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ESDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 16. 191t. NO. If
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question or another railroad
being conatrurted actoas Main etreet
?the request being nude for ami
by Mr, Jonathan Havens and Will
lam Braxaw * Company. The board
was called to order by the mayor
at 8.10, after which it w^a announc
? ed for what purpose the meeting was
At a previous meeting of the
Hnhrd of City Aldermen. Mr. Havana
made application lor the prlvll
ege of allowing the^ Atlantic Coaat
Una to run another track or apur
acroaa Main street tp his property
Thereupon. Win. Bragaw ft Co a?ao
Bled application for a track to the Old
nonunion Property, owned by the?.
At that meeting the alderman de
cided to deter the request to a aub
aequaat meeting for consideration.
In the meantime the ritlaena of the
city were reaaaetad to he present, and
give eipreesloa either pro or cosi as
to the advisability ot the pro poet
tlon Several commualcatlons have
appeared In this paper opposing toe
scheme, ao It Is needless to state thai
a large number of the taxpayera and
others were present last night ready
to agbt the propoeed additional croas
Ing with glovea off.
Mr. Havana was aaked to state
what he deal red of the board, etc..
with reference to hla riqneet. He
replied that ha^rould like to have a
track placed serosa Main street to
hla property. Mr. John Bragaw was
called on by the mayor to state thel
desires of hla Arm. He aald that he
had not conferred with his brother,
l(r William Bragaw. who Blade the
reqoeet; therefore he would be un
able to Inform the alderman lutein
gently.
A map 01 the proposed crossing
wae exhibited and vtowed by nyltiy
j)resent VmV-' ?
Mayor Sterling then called on any
WUf"pfopoiM tntcki |
ay the board desired to fcTfalr and'
?quart tn the matter. For a time K
looked aa If no one would reapond.
Finally Mr. Dempsle Grimes arose
?ad offered the- following resolution.
"Reeolved. that It Is the aanaa of
this meeting that the people of Wash,
lngton are opposed to another rail
road (rack erasing Main street."
Mr. 8taphen C. Bragaw aald ha
wconded the motion 4a ha opposed
the croealng. Ha than read the rol
I ? lowing petition or proteat. which waa
I algned by 110 dtliena and taxpayera
of Washington:
? . To the Honorable B<ard of Alder
men of the City of Washington: ?
The underalgned. cltlaena and tax
payera pf the city of Washington, do
hereby reepectfullr protect against
permlttlag the cvoealax df Main
atreet with another traea of the At
lantic Ooaat Una Railroad from Its
preeeat property on the north aide
of Main etreet to the sooth aide of
Main etreet. between Gladden and
[ .-tkkaordn streets, and respectfully
I" submit: .
I First, that we believe that the
atreets of the city should be kept
open for the use of the public, and
that no part ol same should be do
nated for purely private purposes
Second, that In oar Judgment, to
permit another track to be laid acr -ee
the etreet. at the dletance proposed
from the preeent track would carious
ly Interfere with frame upon the said
street, and would be a menace to
cltlaena using the eald street.
Third, that special prlvtlegee
should not he granted for the beneflt
of a lew, when It Involves taking the
public streota, which belong to all.
Wherefore, we petition that yon
refuse to (rant the application, or
applications, now pandlac before
yog. ltO 81QMER8
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TUB KtTCHBH B1HK.
uhyalclM aald. "If I
am called Into a caee of diphtheria,
the Brat thine I look at 1c the kitch
en alnk." The dangera arlelng from
a badly kegt clnk cannot he exagger
ated. nor can any decree of care In
avoiding them be considered ex
treme The waete pipe from a kitch
en alnk. aaya Farm and tfesne. should
have boiling water and ammonia, or
washing soda, poured down It each
day. At least once a week tt chonld
' be treated to a doaa of some good
disinfectant, such aa ch|otlda of lime
:
on |the market ?
mourning or dross.
? p,1 '*
Another
/ere Unnan
iastlc and Well Attended
Mr. Uoyd Waters added hi,-pro
test against the trjwtk croaalng the
lireet Called the aldermena atte?
tlon to the dtu.ger or the aim* to th.
si-html children. womea. etc. Mr b.
A. Daniel a,ld that Mil., ho did oot
Mgn the petition, he desired to re,
later Jt!s sentiment against the track
?olnn acroa* the street stated that
It would only benefit two men and
nould hrtn* no additional revenue
to Waahlngton "These gentlemen
?aid the egeaker, "will do bualoeu
?t the lame anfttd whether thla track
croaee. or not, Ther hare been doing
baelnes.r there and will eontlnue ?;
gald that be and I*) cltlaen le In
Stephen C. Bragaw then ad
?r*~ed the hoard. stating that he
,W authorized to .peak for Mem
'!?. B. PulfoM and O. A. ,Phllllt?. Mo
cltl.ena and pr??ertr-holdere who are
,ae much Interested i? thla matter aa
?" Id the eltr. He waa preaeit to
Iproteet against thla additional track
for theee gentlemen. M It would .e
rlonely InJ.ire their property. Mr.
Bragaw atated that the eltr could not
afford to encourage private enter
prleee to the detriment at th? |, ihlk.
"The pubUe etreeta ahould not be do
nated tor prlrate nee, and I protect
In tbe name Of adjacent propertr
ownera who will be epecfally dam- _
am#, and Is behalf or all tbe people
j who own thl> street" Mr. Bra law's
addrw waa heertllr applauded.
II Rev w. H. Call waa another apeek
?er oppoelng the croaalng. Said he.
When will thla matter end. when
? will these pet I tlon a cee.ie?" said he
^?deelred not to damage anr corpora
Htlon. hut be had seen enough of rall
Hroada croaalng streets He called on
^?the aldermen to Ignore the reqneet
? for the protection 0f the eountry
tne.. th.^lalt our city, ror the wom
I en and children. Said that while we
Hhare not ret had anr accidents, still
we knew net the hoot when an ac
???MMttgMBaAriceintadedifcrl
?I thhjg
atated that be deelred the additional
track a.-ruaa Main street to hla i-rnp
ertT tor the reaaen that H weuld In
?creese hla boahieee; he deelred bet
ter facilities to* handling -h|p atuff.
at present he waa conalderably han
dicapped. Spoke of tile dumber of
handa he employed and the amount
lot moaay paid out In thp run of a
? week. Mr. Havana then concluded
I hla remarka br aaklng that the heart
poetpone final action until the
Moodar night in 'September.
I A motion waa made by Mr. 1. a.
Cbaencey. of tbe board, to grant the
requeet of Mr. Havena.
I Before thla motion waa pat. Mr.
Stephen Bragaw aroee and stated that
while thla large number ot cltiaenal
were preeent, they ahould be permtt-l
tea to reglatar their rlawa. and aek-l
led that tha queatlou be aubmltted to I
thoee clUaena preeent. aaklng that
? the namee of about one hundred and I
Itwentr-flre wboee namee he had readl
I from the proteet preaented hr blml
he recorded agalnat the propoe-l
led track acreaa the street
The question waa then submitted!
I to the audience gathered, and prae-l
tlcallr all preeent roted agalnat the I
track eroaalng the atraat. and wheal
I thoee farorlng It were aaked to rote I
I not a rote waa caat In Ita favor.
Then, wtae nthe queatlou of poet-1
ponlag action waa taken up br the!
board. Mr. Bragaw atated that In his I
opinion the board had no.legal right I
to grant tbe application, and aaggest-l
ed that the aldermen aak their attor-l
ner, Mr. Carter, for hla opinion. Mr
Carter etated that la hla opinion thai
board had no authority to grant the
permit; Whereupon Mr. Harena with,
draw hla application, antf Mr. Will
lam Bragaw stated that It Mi
ta bad withdrawn hla application
he. Mr. William Bragaw. would 1
withdraw.
Wlll-B
r. Ha- I
cation
? alao
RKFIJ*7riON8 OP A BACHKfA>R.
lt'a almoet aa hard to Inherit mon
ey ea to marry It , V vr/f J
A maa la proud to be In buafaeee
tor hlmaeir It he doea nothing but
leee money at It.
A man wanta hla with for a qart
ner at bridge, ao that when he la
beaten ha can blame it on het
Nobody In the family double the
baby la talking Bngllah. especially If
nobody anderetanda it.
A woman comae to thinking her
haaband la affectionate when ha eata
hla breakfast without growling
r-SILK!
1 besV
)f HabutiaSilk
Work ta progressing rapidly on
he plant for the Pamlicd Chmnloel
Company iu the east end of the oily,
The pier, which projects 2U0 feet out
?n the rlrer, lu^e been completed; th?
right of way from the Norfolk South
ern haw been graded and the work
of laying the track Is In progress.
Thla plant means big things for
Waahlngton. It w1U give employment
to a number of peopJe and will aid
the cllfy In t>Tery way.
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STOLEN MOVKY.
HThe Baltimore Evening Sun as
serts that since January I, 1905. the
banks and trust. companies ol the
United States have lost tho enor
mous sum of 128.000,000 by the
dishonesty'of officers and employes.
"Here la stealing." says the Bun.
"upon * scale hitherto unmatched In
the Annals of felony. Each year the
i Is $5,000,000; each month It Ifl
more than $490,000; each week It
Is $100,000; each business day of
ate hours It la nsgrly $15,000, or
$3,000 an hoar or $5$ a minute. The
money lost betweetn Monday mom
log and SaturcV y night weuld pay
the salary of the president of the
United States for 18 months;
money lost tn fire years would
for four battleships." '
FOVK TASTE QUALITIES.
Only four distinct tasts qualities
are discoverable by the human ton
u ts the announcement of a sclen
m ,
Sweets and salts, two of the taste
qualities, art obfcerrable at the tip
of the tongue, and In determining
whether the white crystals be salt
or sweet the tip of the tongue un
consciously la used. Sour and bitter
flavors are the other strictly tongud
tastes and can be determined onljn
upon being carried back upon the
tongue towarde its root, wheq the
sensations will be Interpreted to the
brain by the edges of that organ.
Dry pubstancee that remain dry
cannot be tasted, and many thln;^
remain tasteless to us. not only be
cause they are taatless. but because
they are not soluble In water. Again,
apices are differentiated through th<
correlative ?ense of amell. Holding
the nose and chewing a raw onion
me
S
^ ?r%o
difference In the flaroT'Of thg two.?
Chicago Tribune. .
NUMMARY OF OMTOK CROP.
Memphis. Tenn.. Aug. 15.?Tbe
following cotton crop aummary will
i>o published by thf Commercial Ap
peal tomorrow:
For three successive weeks cotton
iu improved In the State* east of
:he Mississippi river snd It promises
low fair to good. The crop Is late,
ind would be sestauly damaged by
in early frost, while frost later than
ibaal Is needed to allow the fullest
promise to bee matured. The plant 1q
:he past two weeks has grown very
rapidly and Is attaining fair alse. It
Is settling bolls quite satisfactorily,
ind the farm tone la decidedly more
>ptlmlstlc.
8uch rains as fell during the past
reek were beneficial. They were lo
jal In many sections, however, and
the Carolinas and parts of Georgia
vould be benefitted by general pre
cipitation.
Even In the earliest sections of the
Mstern belt there Is very little cot
ton that Is ready to open> snd the
movement to market will be delay
ed well Into September unless
drougjit later on should force pre
mature opening. V +
4 SKILFUL MANKl'VKR "*j
Governor Patterson's' offer to
waive the Democratic governorship
nomination/now held by him. In the
event that the insurgent Demaerate
will agree to support whoever may
be nominated lrf a new primary, must
embarrass fats opponents considera
bly. The tiouble arises not only from
the fact that Governor Patterson
might carry the hew primary, but
because there has been a general and
qutetly admitted understanding be
tween the insurgents and their Re
publican allies as regards the elec
tion for governor ne*t November.
The Insurgents, placing no nomi
nee of their own In the field, were to
stand aside aod lit the Republicans
win. Aa the Democratic majority in
Tennessee two years ago was only
20,880 for Patterson and 17.184 for
Bryan, though Tennessee has a lar
ger population than North Oarollna,
I Republican victory would be al
most assured. In the Judgeship elec
tion 1 set week the Republicans uiv
Questionably carried out their part
of thf bargain. Oovernor Patterson's
move, therefore, shows no little
Bhrewdnees. It remains to be seen
what the Insurgents will do.?Char
lotte Obeerver.
AN UNU8VAL AOC1UB7NT
,.r
| The Brussels Exposition is De
stroyed by Fire.
LOSS OVER TWO MILLIONS.
BRIS8KKS FX POSITION' lirHNKD
Hl'NDAY NIGHT?ALMOST CTttK
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<MJ?Alt AXI> SEVEJUf. PKR
hoSh KUJiKD. .
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Brussels, Aug. iS.-^Careful esti
mates made this afternoon by the
Welglan exposition offliclafe put the
total amount or damage done by fire
last night and early today at fZOO,
OOOjeOO. This makes it one of the
most destructive flre^ In the history
of the world. The loss lu the de
struction of San Prarielsco In 1906
was less than $600,000,000. The
hnsusance on the exhibitions here
'will cover hut a fraction of the loss
Jt Is believed, yet several French
companies which handled most of
the Insurance are reported hard hit.
Only two bodies hare been recover
ed at noon, when the known dead
was offlclally announced. The list
was ewelled. however, by the many
persons missing.
It was announced today that the
expoeltlon would continue open with
the few buildings remaining, efforts
being made to repair such as were
not entirely deetroyed. ?
" Vtotails of the Fire.
The smoking rulna of the White
City, Brussels' 1010 exposition, to
day are practicaly under martial law
and not a building la the magnifi
cent fair grounds escaped damage
of destruction In the flames 'which
?wept on with panie-fjptfafcdlng speed
last night. It Is believed that twen
ty persons were killed Jbr fire, pan
ic or in clashes with the military
by looters, while fully 100 were Iti
the fire was Anally tinder
control today the ofllctals of the ex
position eill mated t he damage at a
minimum of 970,000/000. It proba
bly will be double, that
Rome of the wlld/fljpmals that es
caped from the menaaeric: were to
day still at targMy^pjyrs had been
captured and bosm Wl been shot
8parks carried by a high wind not
only spread the flames within the
fair. grounds. but carried them be
yond to the residential districts In
the vicinity and 60 homes were de
stroyed.
^Throughout the night special
trains arrived from every part of
Belgium, bearing additional firemen
and apparatus. The continental en
gines and other apparatus, however,
proved Inadequate and the blase
burned itself out despite the use of
dynamite.
When daylight came the main of
fices of the exposition were a mass
of ruins, with *? the records of the
fair destroyed. Because of this, no
pretense of awarding medals can be
made.
Dawn found the Engllah and the
French buildings in ruins, and the
Russian. Austrian. Japrtfcese. Norwe
gian. Danish. Chinese and American
buildings still burning.
RAILWAY NEWS
Several Bout* Being Rep*lr*<l at
the Local" Yard*.
? The tug Nautilus, owned by the
Kugler Lumber Company, ha* just
been launched from the Mutual Ma
chine Company'! railways, where the
has been undergoing considerable -e.
pairs to both hull and machinery.
The tug W. F. Taylor, owned by
the Leach Towing Company, Is now
on the rai!w*yS baring her machine
ry and h?tf overhauled.
The schooner Ida ttldyette and
other craft^re In po^i awaiting their
turna on the railways.
ORK2I1V OF HAND-8HAK1NCJ.
Shaking hands Is a relic of barbar
ism anyway. It became the custom In
the dsys when everyone carried a
dagger In his belt, and when one
friend meeting another thought It
Meeasary to attest the peacefulneas
of his Intentions by extending an
open palm. Then the other could do
no lees than make a similarly reas
suring demonstration, and the grasp
of these extended hands naturally
followed. Subsequently, by, a logical
procetts of evolution, the handshak
ing^grew to be Che conventional form
of greeting, and the refusal of a prof
fered hand was regarded as one of
those Insults whose dishonor can be
wiped* out only by blood. New the
custom Is too firmly and widely es
tablished for Its abandonment to be
iHftble.?Philadelphia Inquirer.
POINTED PAlUCiRAPHH.
A woman never loses Interest In
a man es long as he knows sorae
Is anxious to And out.
ted by 4 female.
IS firmly eonvln
are all to the con
CHIIMH KILLED
Tnio Runs Down' Two Tots at
High Point.
THEIR MOTHERS ESCAPE.
BOTH OK THB VltTIMK ? KKK S.\.
TIVKH OK HIUll I'OIXT ,<M?
WKRK t>N A V1HIT TO KKI.A
T1VKH NK.4H UOMMQl ON
HOVTHKRJi THK NLAY Kit.
High Point. Aug. 15.?This city
was shocked this morning when the
news of the horrible sccldent at Lake
reached here, telling,of the killing
of two small girls by train No. 44.
Little Vadft Cook and Hazel Myers
left here on* train No. 11 this morn
ing with their mothers to visit rela
tives near Lake. and after leaving
the station at l*ke they were walk
ing along the track watching a ffelght
train going south when No. 44 caipe
along,' running them down.
IC seems the children were some
distance in front of thQlr mothers
and could not be warned of the ap
proach of th ?'train, which was com
lng around a sharp curve. Mrs. Cook
and Mm. Myers returned to this city
on train 44. but could not bring the
bodies with him on account of the
coroner's Inquest having to be held
first. Both girls were about nine
/?ars of age. Hazel Myers was the
daughter of ex-Policeman James My
?rs, living on Tate street, and Vada
Cook was the daughter of Mrs. Flo
ra Cook*, a widow living on Tomlin
son *tft?t. Undertaker R. L. Loftln.
of this city, went to the scene of the
accident/at. l o'clock and returned
with the bodies at 2.45. The bodies
of the chfl^ern n?ere badly mangled,
and from the appearance the skulls
or iJoth were entirely crushed on the
back side, where they were hit by the
engine.
The same engine that killed these
children wag the one that some time
ago was being driven by Engineer
Sebe Perry, .of this city, when ho
met his death. It is reported that
several other engineers have met
with severe accidents while running
this engine.
LIST OF LKTTKUS.
Remalninic rncsllMNor tn the Local
Pi O. for WVek Ending Auk. !?'*?
GENTLEMEN?Mr. W. T. Brown.
Mr. C. A. Brown, Mr. W. M. Bauiy.
Mr. Henry CTatch. Chapin Sacks Mfg.
Co., Mr. J. W. Cherry. Gus Carter,
Lewis Herman. Hours. J. W. Jones.
Mr. R. J. Jordon, Mr. David M. Lu
cas. Jesale Little. Mr. F. K. Leathy.
J. H. Mills. Mr. J. D. McKnight. Thos.
Neat. Mr.^F. N. Pinner. Mr. Charley
Smith. Freeman Tankard, C.' White.
LADIES?Miss Jennie Adams. Miss
C. L Bell. Miss Ida Jackson. Mrs. A.
[B. Jackson. Mrs. Harty Moore. Mrs.
Ella Mann. Miss Etta J. Murphy.
|Miss Carry Patrick. Mrs. John Spen
cer, Miss Mary Shepperd, Mrs. Julia
| Washington.
| These letters will be sent to the
Jdead letter office August 29. 1910, If
not delivered before. In calling for
the above, please say. "Advertised,'
giving date of llrft.
HUGH PAUL.
Postmaster.
KLORKNCT-: NIGHTINGALE.
FAMOL'8 NURSE, IS DEAD
London. Aug. 15.?Florence Night
ingale, the famous nurse of the Cri
mean war, and the only woman who
ever received the order of merit, la
dead, having passed away yesterday
at her London home. Although she
has been an Invalid for a long time,
her death was somewhat unexpected.
She eank gradually until 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, when an attack
of heart failure brought the end. Her
funeral will be as quiet aa possible.
In accordance with her wishes.
On May IS last she celebrated her
90th birthday, and was the recip
ient of a congratulatory message from
King George.
Florence Nightingale was bom In
[18t4. She waa the first woman to
'follow a modern army Intb battle as
a nurse, and In the Crlmeaq war gain
ed the title of "Angel of th^ Crimea."
WITH THE RHARP8HOOTER8.
Down In New Jersey a gang of
avengers tarred and feathered a man
and tied him. leaving hjm exposed to
the attacks of Jersey mosquitoes?
crowning horror of all, particularly
If those trual blrda recognized their
feathers.?Troy Times.
It will be safe to doobt the news
from Tennessee that the preliminary
election reeults "stung Governor Pat
terson to the quick." Governor Pat
terson's hide Is generally believed to
be Impervious to either punctures,
rim cuts or blow-outs.?Dallas
Morning Sews.
Senator Gore may hare been ibis
Informed In some details, but he de
serve the nation s gratitude tor un
covering a condition of affaire In the
government's dealings with the In
dlsos which cannot be corrected any
too toon-?Kansas City Times.
if not Alfonso it wl|l be Don Jaime
nebody elee Spain Is not yet
enough to adopt the commls
Bhtrta, \
MEWI5 PROSPERITY
Purchase-of the Canal to East
eta Carolina.
Stat* library.
3P1NION
GiJYVJfMtESTr HKAIUXO IX NOR
FOLK SBPtlUraKR o IIKLA
TIVK TO PPRCHASK OpTSSk
OF KXIKTIXG IXLAXI> WATRR
WAYM UFINd MAi?F KKKK.
Raleigh. S. C.. Aug. 15.?In dis
cussing the Inland waterway and the
question that U now uppermost as to
whether the old Dismal swamp ranal
or the Albemarle canal shall be se
lected as the course for the water
w?y- Bryan Grimes, secretary of
state, said today:
"The old fight that for several
generations has been waged between
the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal
and the Dismal swamp canal bid*
fair to be settled at the meeting In
Norfolk September 6. when the gov
ernment will have a heating of the In.
terests represented by tbe two canals'
Bach canal ts auzloua to be purchas
ed by the government, and it Is a mo
mentous Issue to many thousands of
people in eastern Carolina.
"The purchase and making free of
one by the government means the
practical confiscation of the other.
The making free of either of these
canals means the reestabllshment of
boat lines that have been bought up
or strangled by the railroad compan
ies. It means that about 25 counties
in eastern Carolina will get much
lower freight rates, as Norfolk Is *f
great bsslng point for making rates,
and is the great distributing gateway
[for the counties "of North Carolina
watered by the Pasquotank. Per
quimans. Little. Chowan, Blackwater,
Meherrin, Roanoke. Cashle. Scupper
nong. Alligator. Pamlico. Tar. Neuse
and Trent rivers, and Currituck. Al
bemarle and Pamlico sounds. .
"A successful business man. a
large millowner in eastern Carolina,
writing a few days ago !n answer to
inquiries as to the amount of savings
In freight that tbe making free of
the Albemarle and Chesapeake can
al would mean to the people of east
ern Carolina, said: 'The figures have
been carefully estimated, but In do
ing so both tbe Albemarle and Ches
apeake and the Dismal swamp can
als were taken Into consideration. As
a matter of fact the figures repre
sented over six hundred thousand dol
lars per year.'
"You understand, of course. If this
canal were made free the water com
merce would be increased very much
?possibly double. You are aware of
the fact that the present canals per
mit boats to pass through them
loaded not to exceed nine feet. If. as
suggested, either of the canals should
be purchased by the government and
made free and the cut made deep
enough to permit boats loaded to 12
feet, there would be a marked de
crease In the freight rates and In
crease In water traffic; and when yoa
take Into conxlderatlon the fact that
the eastern coast of North Carolina
has 2,600 miles of water front, bot
tled up. subject to toll canals, I am
Inclined to say that I would be mod
est in suggesting that a saving of
at least a million and a half dollars
per year might be made by the peo
ple of eastern Carolina.
"As anxious as are the people o(.
eastern North Carolina for an Inland
waterway, which has been tbe hope
of that section for a hundred years,
there are many who believe the mak
ing of a free waterway from the Al
bemarle sound to Chesapeake bay
would give that section almost as
much a- benefit as the more extended
waterway. There is a bill before the
Congress now which authorises the
secretary of the Navy to contract for
the purchase of a canal, subject to
the approval of Congress."
The government engineers are to
recommend which canal Is to be se
lected, and there Is very strong prob
ability of the recommendation of the
Albemarle and Chesapeake canal.
IN HOSPITAL.
Mr. Greely Brlnn. of Swan Quar
ter, arrived In the city yesterday
bringing to the Washington hospit
al Messrs. W. B. Swindell, of Swan
Quarter, and W. H. Jones, of Lake
landing. Mr. Swindell was operated
on last night and the latest reports
from his bedside are that he Is get
ting along s'cely. Mr. 8wlndell was
at ?ne time proprietor of the hotel
at Swan Quarter. His many friends
In this city wish for him a speedy
recovery.
SCHOOLS OPEN 8KPT. 1?.
At a meeting of the board of trus
tees of the Washington Public
School* yesterday afternoon in the
office of the secretary. Mr. C. H.
Harding, It was* decided to open the
fall session on September 19.
EXCURSION TRAIN.
An excursion train of ire cars
pawed through the city yesterday
on the*Norfolk Southern bound for
Beaufort and Intermediate points to
Norfolk. At Plymouth another car
was added, making six in all.
ACCKPTS POSITION.
THE RIOTERS BUS!
Conditions Rapidly Approaching
Anarchy.
CARS ARE ALL CALLED IN
FOR THK FIRST TOOB IN THRKf:
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IAUHT MDliri?CARS C'ALLKU IN
KARJLY?ANOTHKK ATTMJtn
TO IILOW CP 1URK.
Columbus. Ohio. Aug. 1G.?Street
car strike conditions are rapldjy ap
proaching anarchy and it is said tMt
the return of State troops canilot
long b? averted if a reign of terror
1* to be avoided. Two regiment* of
lufantry are under arms ready to go
out at a moment's notice.
For the first time In the three
weeks of the street car strike the
police mere forced yesterday to cope
with daylight mobs. Rioting broke
loose at 3.30 p. m. in the north and
south portions of the city and soon
spread In every direction.
Eighteen arrests was the record
made, nine persons were Injured and
25 reports of disturbances were re
ceived at the city prison. The most
serious disturbances were attempts
to blow up the south and west car
bams; two riots which occurred li
the afternoon near Schiller park, and
a riot at night in Mt. Vernon avenue.
Had not street cars been taken to
the barns earlier In the night than
usual. Judging from the temper of
the rioters, last nlghi's riots would
hsve been the worst of the strike.
Two thousand rioters at Mt. Vernon
and 8t. Clalf avenues were cowed af
ter two hour* of rioting last night
only when patrolmon and detectlver
drew their revolvers and flred a vol
ley. The meu Intentionally flred high
and no one was hurt, hut a wild
scramble ensued to get out of range
and the backbone of the riot was bro
ken.
With a deafening roar and a de
tonation that shook houses a mile
away, an explcutlve ftald to have been
a dynamite Mlmb, alleged to have
been thrown from n roof or wlndoiv
nearby. exploded on the roof of the
south High street car barns at 9.6D
last night and did considerable dam
age.
A hole two feet across wan torn in
the nehd roof and windows of neigh
boring residences shattered.
A third attempt was made yester
day to blow tip the west barn. Con
siderable damage resulted.
His cry of "scab" brought to Em
met D. Hoover, aged 3f?, a bullet In
the right leg that severed an artery,
and nearly coat him his life, at Park
ind Spruce street#. Conductor John
?on was locked up at police head
quarters after he had confessed the
ihootlng.
The llat of mutineers In the Co
lumbus police force was Increased
from OS to 64, when eight more of
the special policemen turned In their
badgee and refused to ride on the
pars. Their resignations were accept
ed without protest.
itbuc m'Hrtor, examinations.
Those students who failed on one,
two. or three examinations In May
will be given an opportunity to pas?
these examinations before school is
opened In September. If there are
any who failed on more than three
subjects who desire to take the exam
inations they will be allowed to do so.
No examinations will be given sfter
school opens except for satisfactory
reasons. It Is nnfalr to the great ma
jority of students who have done
their work, that so much school time
should be taken up with these delin
quents. hence the reason for giving
the examinations before the opening
of school.
If students who failed on examina
tions In May and others who have
for any reason to take the examina
tions. will call at the public school
office on Thursday, August 18, be
tween the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock.
I shall be glad to furnish them with
books with which to prepare them
selves for the tests. Please remember
the date. Thursday of this week.
I am confident that a large number
of the students who failed can pass
the examinations If they will do a
little faithful study between now and
the Friday before school opens. For
this reason we are offering them this
opportunity to prepare themeslves
for promotion with their grades In
September. Parents are requested to
sec that their children avail them
selvs of this opportunity. The chil
dren may have the use of the books
for the month free of charge.
Those who failed In music can eas
ily make up their deficiency In that
subject by making some arrangement
with Miss Lillian Bonner for private
lessons. Miss Bonner will return to
the city this week. Miss Elisabeth
Warren will be willing to assist those
who failed In other subjects. She now
has a class of about 14 to whom she
,1a giving private lessons.
| N. C. NRWBOL.D.
Superintendent.
August II, 1910.
MATKKIAI. ARHIYBS.
I The schooner WUHam IL Davids??
arrived In port this morning from
New York loaded wit* asphalt for the
ptreets.