/ - _ ^ -- -- ---
~7Wf WCATHEK \
Pwtlj do?dy with local raina
tonight or Wednesday.
_YUUXME-Ix
Editfefl
LJUML CflUHT TBOKOimCCS SHH^
TENCE1 CASE TENNESSEE LYNCHERS
Ate Confined Ninety Days in Jail
S Six Men Who Participated in Lynching at
Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1906 Are Sen
tenced to Terms in Jail foi Contempt of
n J \
Court-Ask for Southern Prison.
Appeal Made Vy hen Mob Lynched
Washington. Nov. 1C.? Tfie s\
preme Court of the United
day pronounced sentence In the case
of former Sheriff Joseph F. Slilpp,'
former Deputy Sheriff Jeremiah Olb
son, and Henry Padgett, Luther Wil
liams, Nick Nolan and William Mayo,
all &f Chattanooga, Tenn., charged
-with ctftttnpt ^>1 that court.
Shipp. Williams and Solan were
sentenced to ninety days and Gibson,
Mays and Padgett to sixty days in the
District of Columbia United States
Williams' attorneys asked that
they be allowed to serve the sentence
In seme southern Jail because of his |
111 health. This afi44catlon wds
taken under atlvisoment. The- law- ,
yers for the other defendants then
made the same application for their
clients. The court also took thlajjn
der advisement.
?Defendants were placed' In the cus
tody of Marshal Wright, pending the
decision of the -courts as to changing
plaoe of eonfincmont 1
Chief Justice Fuller. In delivering
sentence, said In* part:
"V.ii I'lvi- hi-Mn fully heard orally
? and by printed -brief, and after fur
ther Consideration you have been
''found guilty. . Yon have also boen
per/ltied severally to present petU
tlols for rehearing and move th^t
be granted to file them, which,
yter "consideration have been
Ailed.
^ , "We need not dwell upon the de
structive consequences of permitting
? tho tr?nnnrtions complained of to
pass into .a precedent for unpunished
contempts/'
The cases originated In the court's
dccldfng. in March? 1906,. to consider
. the appeal of a negro t>amed Ed.
Ii In.cnn frnm fl vprdlrf n{ Ten
PRESIDENT'S
PROCLAMATION!
" naiiferThufciav. Narpmbgr 25 f
Day of -Thanksgiving.
Washington, D. C ./* Nov. 16. ?
Taft has issi/pd his Thanks
giving proclamation, narnluf llllin-1
-? day, N'nvpm as the date for I
the observance. The proclamation j
says:. . ' -*?'
By the Pre^dent of the United
States.
A PROCLAMATION: ^
The -season of the year has returo
ed , -When_ in. accordance with the
reverent custom established by ouT
forefathers, the people of the United
States are wont to meet in their usual
places of worship on a day of thanks
giving appointed ^ f thectvll uiagls
trate to return thanks to Ood for the
great mercies and benefits which they
have enjoyed.
During the past year we have been
highly blessed. No great calamities
-of flood or tempest or epidemic sick
ness have befallen us. We have lived
In quietness undisturbed by wars or
rumors of wars. Peace and the
plenty of bounteous crops and of
great Industrial production animate
a^cheerful and resolute people to all j
the renewed energies and beneficent
Industry and material and moral
progress. It Is altogether fitting that
j we should humbly gratefully ac
' knowledge the Divine source of these
blessings.
Therefore t appoint Thursday, the
' twenty-fifth day of November, as the
day of general thanksgiving aside
their usual vocations, to repair to
i heir churches and unite in approprl
nte services and thanks to Almighty
Clod.- (Signed)
WILLIAM H.TAFT.
? ? ?
' ^ New Advertisement* ^
? in Today's News ?
~ *r W??l*Ul?.' #
? Southern Furniture Co. ? Car- ?
? pets and Rugs. ?
? Wright's Tailoring Parlors ? ?
- #
? B. R. Mlxon A Co.? "Mullets ?
I , ? FjMnMA. , *
? Rocky Mountain Tea. .?
nessee coyrt. holding him Ku-.lt y and
hlmkri lm huiiyml ? rm ? p
charge of assault. The night after
the determination of the supreme
court to review the proceedings In
I tho case was wired to Ch&ttariooga,
wfeer? ionnson WAS-toeked up. a mob
stormed the Jail, took him out. and
lyiiBk>4 lln^
In the opinion of five Justices. In
cluding 'Chief Justice Fuller, these
men were guilty of an act of con
tempt in connirlng at or participating
In the lynching of Johnson. Johnson
had been convicted of assault on a
.school girl anil sentenced. to death by
a State court. The United States cir
cuit court refused lo grant a writ of
habeas corpus and on March 17th,
three days before the date set for the
execution, an application .was made
to Justice Harlan, of the Supreme
court at Washington, for an . appeal
from the order of the circuit court.
This was - allowed; and two day*
later an order was made by the Su
preme court <lj rating that all pro
ceedings against Johnson "be staged
pending an appeal. That night a
mob surrounded the Jail, seized the.
prisoner, bound Ulm. and then loolT
him. to tho county bridge over the
Tennesae river, about six blocks from
the Jail, and lynched him.
The first time Johnson was strung
up the rope broke and he dropped to
the ground. He was swung up a sec
ond time and- shot. Other. shots wore
fired, and he again fell, and ten nrtn
utes later, after members of the mob
had emptied their revolvers, he was
dead. That disregara~uf Jiiaj u!
execution by the Supreme court ^es
tablished a precedent and Immedi
ately the Federal goverfimeut,?urgetK
<>n by the court, took steps tT"punlsh
the offenders.
HOOK WORMjLEC
TURE ENJOYED
Dr.' Stiles Makes a Most Instruc
tive Talk.
Dr. Stiles gave a most interesting
and instructive lecture last night in
Tilt' M'Jllllll ii i llln?l..? ir ^ _
pity that the whole town was not
present to hear this noted scientist. '
His remarks hit the facts quarely on
the head, and he brought before the
eyes of the people their criminal neg
lect of the laws of health and hy
giene.
The hook worm was the principle
subject of his discourse, and -lie
showed lantern slides with the worm
in every stage of its life and develop
ment. Also the condition and ap
pearance Of the victim of {ft?
Dr. Stiles gave the statistics of the
death rate among the children of
the land from the faai>4ncreaslng dis
ease, and showed the way to prevent
the spread of It, and the care for
tt^ose who have it.
Children ?oing barefooted contract
this disease aod.lt Is known lp this
stage as groiyid-ltch, dew poisoning,
etc. It soon enters the blood and
from there passes Into die lungs and
smaHer Intestines. Dr.- 8ttles showed
pictures of groups children taken
from the country schools and the cot
tonrqllls throughout the South and
pointed to the great percentage who
have- this disease and who will never
live to reach, their twenty-flrst birth
dir. 7
? This disease fs far more prevalent
[In the sand lands than In the clay
land, and la spread and Increased
through neglect of sanitary lawa. It
Is a national evil, the \itt'6r lack of
[care for sanitary lawa and the care- j
lleaaneee-of loss of human life In this
?manner. Dr. 8tlles said that it a
th? |n
'? Uual and the boa> wase to eatah flare]
and sink klfllng- the lot of children
a howl, would go up about the fire In
?n?Mor? which ?puld .reach from one
end of the country to the other, out
we would calmly alt ind let these
aame children go to their deaths for
I want of a lew simple hygenlc nece*
Conatant dripping of water will
of
. -J- ? '> ?"
nnwiiH?
PRESIDENT'S
[ PRIVATE CAR
He Hid in the Kitchen
He Was Tryiug to Dodge the
Railroad Conductor But He
Was Pulled Out by the Secret
Service Men. v
THE PRESIDENT IGNORANT
Washington, D. C., Nov. 16. ? An
unshaven, unkempt, meandering
^4who-- shelter from u tlok
et hunting conductor ou board the
Federal Express, bound from Bos
tpn to Washington last night, wan
dered haplessly fnto President Taft>
prW*t? ? ewr-the Mayflower, ? looked
himself In the kitchen, and created
the greatest excitement pf all the
president's travel. >
The Incident occurred Just outside
of Bridgeport,. Conn., and it was to
th? authorities of that town that the
"hobo" was delivered by the intrep~
id Sloan.
President Taft had spent the (lay
in Middletown and the evening " in
Hartford, Conn. Leaving the ' latter
place at 10.30 o'clock last night, txla
car was switched onto the Federal
Express at New Haven shortly after
midnight. Two local day coaches
had been placed on the expreae
ahead of the president'3 car. and it
was from one of these that the hobo
found his way into the front end of
the Mayflower. Bro&dus, the cook,
had turned in. leaving tire kitchen
empty. The "hobo" was quick to ob
serve till*, nnro tu> fminil in
ct* me pnvaM r jr. miu uuru'u in
to "tho galley amid copper pots and
Ijans^and, solftly closing the door,
bolted It, on "He inside:
The train was speeding on. toward
Bridgeport, when Lethcher. or. as he
is more familiarly known by the
president. "Letch." tried to get in
the kitchen. The fact that it was
locked puzzled him a bit but he pave
r.o great concern. He got A-nder
ioor works with the Inside bolt he
50011. hafl it open.
"Lctch" almost turned white in
iiis first excitement o\er seein? the"
"hobo" crouched in a ?.orner, but in
mother minute he had iujtjTu-ed on
'he wandejrer and had safely eni
srcnnJ- hlUi fn arms" that hugged
with tlic-grlm strength of a grizzly.
?Letch." called for Anderson and An
iorson called for "Jlmrnle" Sloan.
'J!mmle"-^aid a few polite things to
:he tramp, who claimed at first to be
rle was immediately discredited by
he train crew and at Bridgeport was
landed over to the police.
The President meantime was
snoozing away In his stateroom at
j'hm fi n. >? I'm m um.m.'u ir
loi^ance of the excitement going on
ihead. . . _
FIXE POTATOES. ^
County Commissioner Thomas!
Green, of Pantego, is not only mak
ing an excellent public official, but]
he ts one of the county's best farm
ers. While attending the Corn Judg
lng Day he said if he had known po
tatoes were going to be exhibited he
would have brought a few along to
what b* couldLilo- Today, he
brought the Daily News Ave that
lacked, one ounce of weighing Ave
pounds. The potatoes have been dug
at least' three weeks. If they had
been weighed when first taken from
the ground they doubtless would
Inm? ? gone over Ave pounds The
sampled can bio seen at the Daily
News office..
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining uncalled for In post-[
office for the week ending November
II, 1#09.
Gentlemen ? W. N. Archbell, Gar
field Boyd, Henry Boyd, T. E. Bridge
man, Peter Burrea, Mr.' Comshon,
Willie Frank, Peter Hill. Rev. M. T.
Jones, 8. K. McDonald, Rev. Frank
Rotmond, Jake Small,. Jno. SauQders,
Dr. J. R. Taylor. e
Ladle* ? Bettle- ^arlue. Miss Jan
nle E. Bronson.
Miss Louisa Cobb, Miss Mary
Cox, Mrs. Mary Louia.
i/Wkik.
There will be a regular communi
Orr Lodge No. 104, A. F. ? a.
Bonnar atraata. tonight at f;|0
Br ord.r of w. M. VtoUla, brottara
cordially Invited.
Aaaodatton will bafora Tout bring
*Wnt a'grwat ttnpr
-form of hrga
. V
FROM II Di
WITH HOT'IHON
Neighbors to Rescue
y
18 Months Old John Eo4ice Al
most Torn to Pieces by a Sav
age Bull Do? While ^yisiting
His Grandfather.
NOW DYING IN HOSPITAL
. ? I
New York, Nov. 16. ? Eighteen
months-old John Eodice v/tk almost
torn to- by a ttavag^ toulklog
while visiting his god fatter, Pas
quale Picarllll, at No. 238 West 30t"h
street yesterday afternoon, ? He is
now dying at the New York bospit
-jU 1 T
The little boy^was In cljarge of
-Antoinette Plcanlli, the 1^-year-old
daughter of the "houseV'At the time.
The father was attending to. his ex
press business, and Mrs. Pl&arilli
was on a shopping expedition. The
child had been left with (Hem ow
ing to the serious Illness of his
mother, who resides at No. ^06 East
105th street.
Tfio two children wera in' the>
kitchen playing with blocis. while
the dog was laying Quietly behind
the stove.
The baby suddenly jumped up and
playfully pulled the animal's tail.
W'ltii a snarl, the brute seized the
child's arm, hurled him from side to
side, at times dashing his Body up
against the walls. Antoinette rati
Neighbors to the Reectir.
? -^Neighbors ran to the res one _ On?,
in.'.n mshml ln'.u mi' ? ruuni wlth-a
heavy crowbar, and dealt the animal
a crashing blow acroI?-i1l? "head. ? :r
woman then appeared with d red hot
Iron and laid It heavily across the
cog a nose. With a howl h? loosen
ed h'.B Jaws. The man ca-uftht the
child up, and all with4n~>ijfe apart
ment succecded In reaching the en
trance to the hallway and slammed
the door, leaving the dog a prisoner.
the dog's crlcp. and was told of the
affair "by the neighbors. Patrolman
Thos. Creevy joined him. and with
ilrav.-n t-evolvgr* tho \ n? m^n enter
'.'d the flat, and fnnnri thrir- qtiarrv
in the kitchen.
Creevy advanced, guarding hlm
:eif wi;h a ihj.ii1. as nil? t'nrmiran^'t
?ie was met by a Uul'et in the chest.
Several shots were fired without any
ceeming effc-ct, and the dog landed
on the chair held in Creevy's hands,
splintering- it.
Finally the animal ran into a bed
room and era wTe<I "under the BcnT3
The men fired two more fhota. and
he tolled over as though dead. J
Without warning the brute reviv
ed, grabbing Creevy in the right
r\ gash of several
inches ar.d cutting the leg of hlsj
trousers entirely "li. ? ?
Then he sprang for the last time, I
and his Jowls were within a foot 'of
Wedder's throat when the last shot
struck him squarely under the eye,
killing him. The time of the -*>flght
was twenty minutes. ?
Every unoof tbe-twe+n? fired
had passed through the body. Th?
dog was a pure white English thor
oughbred of the fighting stock, and
had been regarded as dangerous foT
some time. ~ ? ?
Will Exhibit
Cotton Samples I
Charlotte, N. C.,JKov. 15. ? Secre
tary Bryant of the American Cotton
Manufacturers Association has- just
shipped two cases containing sam
ples of cotton and cotton goods, |
manufactured in the South; to be
displayed In Washington during the
Southern Commercial Congress De
cember 6 and 7. The exhibit Is In
tendftd to nlfow the cbttomnaTrafac
turlng progress of the South In the
past two decades, and will felso'lndt
cate opportunities not yet developed.
ATTEND CONVENTION.
A special car fait this morning for
Norfolk with delegates to tha'Water
way Congress, and among them were
|fhft fnllnwin* walCTnftwn "Clttrais:
Mewra* Chaa. Mr j^tU#, a. A.
igs. W. x^Mlller. Hoyt Mo
Jennett, Walter Credle. J?
J.'I* M?yo, Herbert Jenkins, E. K.
WII1U, Joe. r. Tayloe. W. If. Kear.
W. P. Beufhmm, A. W styroo, F. 0.'
Ill Pt ff NO
MORE FOOTBALL
AT BNIHERSITY
Archer Christian Dead
Young Player Injured in Satur
day's Game With Georgetown
J)ies ? flody Has Been Taken
to Richmond for Burial. ?
OTHER GAMES] CANCELLED
Washington, Nov. 14^r=Football
has claimed another victim in Arch
-et? ChrUtlaa, -the 1 ii-year-old lvfi
"Ball-bilk m me iniverslty ot Vlr
glnla team whose injury in the game
with Georgetown University Saturday
afternoon was followed by hin death
jtirrOeorgelow;! University hospital
yesterday morning. The body was
taken to Richmond yesterday after
noon for burial. - * - ? -i
An autopsy disclosed that death
was duo to cerebral hemorrhage, fol
lowing concussion.
His End Peaceful. v
Death came to the injured man
peacefully. His parents Mr. and Mrs!
Andrew Christian, and his brother,
also a fmrtball player, were with him
when the end came.- Sincere sym
pathy is manifested for them, and
yesterday morn'ns"'in the university
chabel the entire imdregraduate bodV
knelt and prayed for the repose of
the soul of young Christian. ?
Accompanying the body to Rich
mond, in addition to the relatives,
wpre a number of students of tljo
irani-i-sHy ? wrtnr hud t orni' lu Wash- 1
jngton to witness the game, Capt.
.Thomas Stuart of the -Georgetown I
leuin. und I It? v. John .J. carlin. presi
dent of the Georgetown. Athletic As-.
Bociatlon. The footbath team ? of
Georgetown is maklug arrangements
to attend the funeral.
Police Brutality.
In addition to the alleged indiffer
ence of t'ae police following the ac
fcident ij_ Is charged that Andrew
Christian, a 'brother of the injured
man. Had in a football suit, while^eh
d^murmg tu .ui mnpan; ? tliu palrul
wagon ln%whlch his brother had been |
laid was, roughly mistreated by apo-l
licenian lh? latter striking l.ini ni.d
"shoving him off the roar atop. ThiiT
rjatter also will be looked iuto thor
oughly by the police department.
The death of_Chri?Uan 1: as jnjt a n
eTwf tyatt*fe6tbin*'T^gTin'g'h7" Gt'ui ge- j
town and Virginia for this season'. [
Yesterday President Joseph JJymmel
of Georgetown sent the'following dis
patch to Dr. Alderman, president o?
the University of Virginia;
-^"l regret the sad m'-s
for-tiine that occurred liero Saturday."
-As an earnest of our sympathy wej
have cancelled all football engage
ments."
Condolences al?o were sent to the
university i>v t lit' athleti.- authorities |
of Georgetown. ? ?
THANKSGIVING GAME OFF.\
Richmond. \'a . Nor. 16. ? All the
games for the rest of rho season
have been called off and the football
team disbanded by the University of
Virginia authorities. The university
alumni association here ? can
celled all arrangements for the fes
tivities which were to mark the
Thanksgiving Day game with the
University of North Carolina team in
this city, aiui tte uniytrslty -football
authorities have turned over the ball
| park to the University of North Car
olina for & game with soma other
team on the day in question, should
|lt desire to play one.
A GRAVE CHARGE
Charged with attempting a grave
offense Charles Creasman, a white I
man. will be^arraigned before Magis
trate W. R. Gudger today noon. The I
complaining witness is Mary High-;
tower, the ten-year-old daughter of!
the man on whose farm on Hominy
the defendant was employed. The
[father o? the witness to the offl^ars
that he ^frould have killed the defend
ant but that "the Lord was with me."
meaning that there was Divine inter
position. Mr. Hlghtower Is, a mem
ber of the Holiness sect ? Ashevllle
Citizen.
MAVOR PRO TEM.
Oaptaln Ganrjge J. Studdert Is
[mayor pro tem during Ififi ftOSftnce
of Mayor C. H. Sterling, who Is at
tending the "Atlantic Deeper Water
THE ENGINEER
MEETS DEATH
' IN ACCIDENT
Was Fatally Injured
Received Fata! Injuries Yester
day Morning Near Lynch, Vir
ginia?Accident Due to Crown
Sheet Blowing Out. --
HE FTAD SERVED 20 YEARS ,
? f
Raleigh. N". C-. Js'<jv. 10. ? Mr.
Thomas C. Knnls, one of the oldest
and in u. hi HSlHyuifrJ engineers of th*T
seanoara Air Kine. received Injuries
yesterday mprnlns at 4:10 neat
Lynch. Va., while 0:1 his' run to Rich
mond which resulted in his deathTl
few hours later. .
The accident was due to the blow
ing out of the crown sheet of the
boiler, which happened near Lynch; J
Va.,<at 4:10 yesterday morning while
the train was? descending" a grade.
IT was supposed that Mr. Ennis
jumped from the cab to avoid belnj;
ucahJed to death, arid in some manner
fell with ohe leg under the wheels
of the train, as he was fotiud be
side the trdtk. with his right leg
crushed below the knee.
He was hurried to the Memorial
Hospital In Richmond where It was
decided by the surgeons that Imme
diate amputation was necessary. The!
operation was performed, but Mr. i
Ennis never recovered, death occur
ring about 11 o'clock that morning,
the direct cause being~^Jue to shock.
? A*-?w>n as the news of the-dt?nth
reached Raleigh the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, of which the
"di'WUtrj" war> ^ member, went to the
aid of the stricken family. A com
m It tee of ?Ir consisting of BfHttoeefe
Branch Brooks. Martin, Shepherd.
Horton, Fugerson and Ennis was ap
pointed to go to Richmond- and es
ctJTt the remains to Raleigh. The
-committee aiwi Mr. P. C. Ennis.
I brother of the deceased, and Mr. H.
E. Coj.e boarded the noon train for
Richmond, and ^-brought the body
morning. The "remains were carried
to X. Salisbury street, where Mr. En
nis lived with -his sister. Mrs. I.aw
rence Bowden. r ,
" The fireman wh.o wun 3lr;
Ennis escaped, with a. slight burn,
while the colored bra ken\a_ij \v as li&liw
lullg. but t;ot seriously scafiled. j*?d
is now in a Richmond hospital.
Mr. Ennis had been an engineer]
far 20 years and >vas considered one I
q? the .best in the service, enjo}4ng!
the highest esteem of his' fellow en
gineers and the railroad officials, and
"TOT tftvp'T ;\?T ? Ji^iVT7rnV~,rrn^r^r^rh om [
V.e came in contact with.
lie began his career, In the railroad
shops when only a boy and by hard
work ar.d strict attention lo business
had advanced rapidly to the position
of Fiig'tieer. During !r.s lollR
hft was in ? Utu ? wraaka, ? ia ? en* o<- -
which he was scalded from head to
frjtff. r
Mrs. Sarah Dudley
? Passes Aj^ay
One of Washington's oldest land
marks passed this morning in the
person of Mrs. Sarah Dudley, relic
orth<nate W. L. Dudley, at her home^
No. 520 West Third street.
Mrs. Dudley "was stricken with
paralyAis last Saturday and never sur
vived. At the time of her death she
was 73. years of age. She was a
woman-. of_bro?d. Intellect and noted
I for clrcumspectness of walk. The
deceased leaves four children to
mourn their loss: Mrs. J. A. Dudley,
Mrs. R. J. Manning. Miss Lnla Dud
ley and Mrs. Maud Slorouu of Roch
ester. Pa., besides-* large number of
grandchildren. The funeraT will take
place from the resldenre tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by
Rev. H. B. Sea right, pastor o"f the
First Presbyterian Church. The in
terment will be In Oakdale cemetery.
The following have been selected to
act as pallbearers: Mr." J. B. Latham,
Mr. 7. N. !?eggett, Mr. O. M. Win field,
Mr. T. J. Harding, Mr. John R. Proc
tor and Dr., Joshua Jaylbe.
filVKS" OYSTER ROAST.
? A11 oyster ro?"H was given at the
home or Mr. and Mrs.Hsmail u.
Fegram, corner of Brown and Bast
Main street, last night. The occasion
* ""Wt entfTShte one. Tie fol
lowln* were present-. Hisses Rath
Phillip*. Mary Thomas Howard. Janle
Roberts. Q?MI?-Rlcks, Emll*" Harris,
?11a Lee Wright, EOmHarrls, Lucille
Sit MR
LASEYNE SINKS
UN0 1111 DROWN
_ Only 61 Are Saved
7 European Travelers Aimnj
the Victims of the Disaster -
/*?
Ship Bound From Java to Sin
gapore isjlun Down.
THEY B ATTLE WITH SHARKS
I Singapore, Nov. 14. ? The mall
'steamer La-Seyne. of the Messageries
.Maritlmes se: v k-e, i umitng between ?
, JaAi: and -^iu^apar-e. a<t4- ou-hwr way ?
I to this port, was In collision early
; tills morning with the steamer Oudtr,
of the British-India line, v&hd 'ifttik'
within two minutes. Seven Europeau
passengers, Including Baron and
Baroness Beniczky, and Ave Euro
pean officers, the captain of l<a Seyne,
and SS others, comprising native pas
sengers and members of the crew,
were drowned.
r The rescue' of 61 persons, prac
tically from the jaws fit shoals of
sharks, formed a thrilling incident
of the wreck.
Drowned in Their Berth*. -*?
The accident occurred tbout 4
o'clock in the morning In a thick
haze. The vessels, were steaming at
good speed and the La Sevne was cut
almost. In half. . There was no time
for a panic nor for any attempt on
the part of the officers of the found
ering steamer to get out the boats.
The majority ?f those. on hoard were
rmtfth't t-l tliflr M'l''- '"TIITl^d
down *wfth the vessel. c
The force eMi^the collision brought
viip T.man to ainuVsi a ~ <7enn srnp; jind
her engines were at once slowed and
boats lowered.
Survivors Bitten by Sharks.
The rescue. work proved thrilling,
for not only were the rescuing par
ties impeded by the dark, but shoals
of sharks were already ? attack-log
those clinging to pieces of wreckage
in the water.* r'
Sixty-one persons from ? the ill
fntori stf*'4in.jr iverp finwliy
into the "boats and brought by the
Onda to thl^jpart. Many 4f the:n had
been bitten by sharks and several
are severely Injured.
FIFTY PERSONS
WERE KILLED
Pcoperty Damaged Will Amount
-__toS1.250,000. "
Kingston, ? i^taaica, Nov..
While il is yet impossible to give an
accurate statement of the loss of life
and damage to property as a result
!M et.>!'ra. 1! is vac)ouSly 55!lB4al
e3 TfTaT anou: miy persons were
drowned fcy the floods aud that the
material damage will not be less than
$1,250,000. The principal loss was
to the banana plantations on the
north side of the island and few ship
ments will be pOssTbTe^ before JaflTU
ary. T h**- -*o u ?h- *id e of the Island
was practically uninjured and the
situation here is -not serious.
CROWDS CO TO COTVKNTfOtf.
A large crowd of people were In
the city yesterday en "route to the
Christian Convention which Is being
held at Wilson this week. Among
thow^who were In the town yesterday
en route were Rev. 'f'hos. Green.
Messrs. Stanly Ruse, E. L. Winfield
and Mitres Annie Wlnfleld, Lotta
Bishop. Bertha Daw. Mrs. David
[Windley. of Pantego; Mrs. Eva La
jtham. of Hamlin; Miss Nettle Spen
cer and Mrs. Mollie Pugh, of Bel
haven.
C.IVES CHAFING DISH PARTY.
MIm Julia Mayo gave a chafing-dish
party last night from 8:30 to 11
o'clock in honor of Mian Kllxabeth
Mayo's guests, *M|gg Glover, of States
vi lie. and Miss Whltaker, of Kinston.
STIhs Glover presided over one dish
and made most delectacle welsh rare
bit, while Miss Julia Mayo cooked
oysters at another. All sorts of good
things .pickles, olive sandwiches, and
aiasea daces wer* pAIBM 1UUUI fvilli
the chafing dish stews and everyone
had a Jolly good time. Ml sees Whlt
aker and Glover. Mary and Isabella
Carter, Plum Crawley, Miuj AJ^W,
Adeline. Elisabeth ^and- Julia M*yo;
Messrs. Clifford Blakely, Henry
Item. Hoyt Moore, J. D. Celllss.
Maxwell, a* C. Bmi. T. Hodges and
riwi Umg 1UT*>r WOT rmomf