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BULLEM VOL. II. ASHEBORO. N. 0., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1906. NO. 28. WRECK AT DANVILLE Another Rear-End Crash and Negligence Ihe Cause TWO TRAINMEN ARE VICTIMS Engineer George Kinney, of Thoniss Tille, Brother of the Enginser Who Had Such Narrow Escape Thanks giving Day, and Brakcnian W. B. Xing.. Killed Outright No. 31 Tel escopes a Freight in the Yards at Danville Firo Follows thi Wreck A Number Injured, of Whom Least One Will Die. Danville, Va., Special. Another railroad horror mi the Southern which in many respeets resembles that at Lawyers nine days api, v. hieh re sulted in'the death of President Spe.i er, was enacted in the yards hero Saturday morning at about 4 o'clock. Two persons were killed outright, half a dozen wore or loss injured, :;e of whom will die as a result of their injuries. Train No. 34, northbound, a solid Pullman and passenger train, crash ed into the rear of freight train No. S2, which was standing on the main line. The eugina ploughed through Ihe caboose and demolished several cars ahead of it. Fire followed the wreck and the local department was called out. Four or live cars were consumed and others badlv damag ed. The Dead and Injured. Engineer George '. Kinney, of No. 34, was scalded to death and Braki man W. B. King burned to a crisp. The home of Kinnev, who is a brother of Will A. Kinney, the engineer on the train that crashed into Spencer's ear, is at Thomasville, X. C. King's hojpp is in Danville. Tlie seriously injured are : II. M. Patterson, of Chatham, brakeman, in jured about the head and shoulders and leg broken. 0. J. Mull, of Columbia. S. C, flag man of No. 82, back sprained and i:urt about the head. 0. O. Mailer, postal clerk, slightly hurt. Robert Ford, colored fireman on No. 34, injured internally and will Hkely die. Several of his bones were broken. The blatne for the wreck rests up 'ou two employes of the Southern. Flagman Mull, of No. 82, w ho was in-.-iiji-ed, and one or the otho- of the op ' fcuiors bt Daaviile aikt . Neatxdiu hi-jHjk stations. When the freight 'sue to a standstill it was the duty rf the flagman to go back and plaea a danger signal for any approaching train and the information so far shows that Mull did not do this. Operator Skenille, at Danville, and 'Operator Clellons, at Neapolis, make contradictory statements regarding the sending and receiving of orders of a clear block for No. 34 and only official investigation will bring out J he real facts. Dispatcher Skenille, at Danville black station, was former. Jy at Rangoon and was succeeded by Mattox, who is held responsible for the recent big wreck at Lawyers. An investigation by the local police au thorities will be held in the mayor's eoti1-,, Tuesday morning. Wreck at China Grove. China Grove, Special. Several box cars of southbound freight train No. 75 were derailed here. A num ber were eompletely demolished, but nobody was hurt. The chief feature of the wreck was the inconvenience t passenger trains. The main line is completely blocked, and unable to pass at 11:30. Young Men Needed For the Navy. Washington, Special. "We want younger men to command the ships of the navy," said Admiral Dewey, after an interview with the president, "and the only way to accomplish it is to retire officers early." This re sult is sought to be attained by the enactment of the naval personnel bill which the Admiral discussed with the president. Discharged Negro Soldiers Apply for Re-Enlistment. wasnington, bpecial. At ttie in stance of Secretary Taft Sergeant Sanders and Private Elmer Brown, of the Twenty-Fifth Infantry, colored, filed with the military secretary ap plications for re-enlistment in the army. One of these has been refer red to the President in order that he may determine whether or not any of the men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry who were recently discharged with out honor shall be re-enlisted and if so or. what conditions. John C. Brain Dead. Tampa, Fla., Special. John C. Brain, of the Confederate navy, died here of paralysis. During the civil war he commanded several Confeder ate vessels. After the war he went to England and returning a month later he was arrested by order of Secre tary of the Navy Gideon Wells and was held a prisoner until March, 18C9, being the last Confederate pris oner to be released. Caught in Cotton Gin. Louisburg, Special. Mr. J. A. Spencer met with a horrible accident Thursday morning at his gin house about one mile from here. He was caught and drawn upon the saws of the gin. One arm was cut to pieces, his face being badly mangled. Sev eral teeth were saed out, and he was badly cut about the body. It was feared at first he could not live but the physicians now ententain flight hopes of his recovery. EX SENATOR SHOT Arthur Brown, Former United States Senator From Utah Shot and Seri ously Wounded by Mrs. Anna M. Bradley, of Salt Lake City. Washington, D. C, Special. Form er United Slates Senator Arthur Brown, of Utah, lies in a critical con dition in Emergency Hospital, from a pistol shot wound in the abdomen inflicted by Mrs. Anna M. Bradley, of Salt Lake, who arrived hero Saturday from that city. The shooting occur red in Senator Brown's apartments in the Hotel Raleigh, where Mrs. Brad ley also had registered under the name of ''A. B. Brown." She was taken in custody and was locked tip for the night in the matron's room of the First Precinct police station. Two shots were lived, one glazing Brown's left hand and the other en tering the abdomen and lodging in the pelvic cavity. After working over him for nearly two hours, the sur geons decided that for the present at least they would make no further at tempt to find the bullet. It was stat ed that while Senator Brown's con dition was critical, his wounds are not necessarily fatal. No Witness to Shooting. Mrs. Bradley arrived here shortly after noon. After being assigned a room she immediately went to Sena tor Brown's apartment. There were no witnesses to the shooting, but a floor maid heard the shots and noti fied the management. According to her statement, Mrs. Bradley came to Washington to demand that Senator Brown marry her. She said that their relations were well known in Salt Lake. "I aked him if he .as she said, maintaining a remarkable composure. '"His reply was that he put on his overcoat and started to leave the room and I shot him. 1 ab hor acts of this character, but in this case it was fully justified." While expressing no sorrow for her act, she was glad to know that Sena tor Brown might recover. "I was practically penniless when I got here, today," she said, 'having only $1.25, and after paying the cabman, all the money I had iu the world was $1.00." She said she urged Senator Brown to marry her, that he had been instru mental in the divorce between her husband and herself, and that as his wife wasdead he now could "do the right thing" by her. This she said he positively refused to do. Tells Senator Ker Story. Mrs. Bradlev is a brunette, about 3S years od, and frail of lUalae. Iter first act after being taken to the po lice station was to send for Senator Sutherland, of Utah, who called on her. Senator Sutherland regu-tted be ing brought into the case, but said that Mrs. Bradley had sent for him because he was the ony man here whom she knew. To him she told the story of her relations with Senator rrovn. She alleged that two of her children owe their parentage to Sen ator ttrown and that she had nam ed one of them after him. Mrs. Bradley was reluctant to speak of hee rornier Husband, but questiomnsr brought out the facts that he now is living in Nevada with a second wife. Further questioning disclosed tho fact that Mrs. Bradlev for two years, 1900 and 19U2, had served in the ca pacity of secretary to the Utah State Republican committee and also at on time was editor of the official organ of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. She declared that she had a sister in the newspaper business in Salt Lake City, but that she would not communicate with memberr of her family because she knew that they would come to her assistance. Manager Talty, of the Raleigh, was notified of the shooting within two or three minutes after it occurred. He hurried to Senator Brown's apart ment to ascertain the facts. Brown Retains Consciousness. Senator Brown, despite the serious ness and shock of ihe wound, retained consciousness and was perfectly calm and collected, lie made no state ment to Mr. Talty beyond saying that he had been shot bv Mrs. Bradlev. The woman continued in the room while Mr. Ttatly was attending to Senator Brown, but offered no as sistance. Finally, Mr. Tatly ordered her to leave the room. She declined with absolute coolness to comply with the order. "I will remain here," she said, "1 am the mother of two of his chil dren." An officer from the first precinct ponce station placed iUrs. Bradley un der arrest. She made no resislanca and offered no further explanation of tne snooting. She was asked for a statement of the incident, but referred all those who inquired to Senator Sutherland, of Utah. Rawlings Boys Not to Hang. Atlanta, Ga., Special. The pardon board commuted the death sentence of Jesse and Milton Rawlings to life imprisonment. The crime is the same for which their father, J. G. Rawlings and Alf Moore, a negro, were hanged i T - 1 1 , i . rr" -i mi hi vaiuosia, mesaay. rue recom mendation of the pardon board goes to Gov. Terrel, who undoubtedly will epprove tne decision. Stole a Street Car. East Liverpool. ()., Special. The police are looking for a stranger whe stole a street car, ran it fo;ir mile: and collected fare from all passen gers and then decamped. (ouduetoi Deitz was at a pump, getting a drink when the thief stepped aboard am" gave the starting signal. The fellow managed the business so well that the motonnan, curtained in on ae count of the rain, suspected nothing SEVEN DIE IN FLAMES 3 Firemen and 4 Cornell Stu dents Meet Tragic Death CAUSE OF THE FIRE UNKNOWN Four Students and Three Firemen Die in Flames Which Destroy Chi Fsi Chapter House, Erected b? Jennie McCraw Fiske at Cost of $150,000 One Student Seriously Injured and Three Slightly Hurt. Ithaca, N. Y., Special. Seven per sons met a tragic death Friday morn ing in the worst disaster that ever befell Cornell University. Three of the victims were volunteer firemen of the eity of Ithaca, and four were students of Cornell University. The firemen all were prominent in this city. They were: A. S. Robinson, Attorney. John Rumsey, hardware merchant. Esty Landon, a salesman. The students were: O. L. Schmuck, Hanover, Pa. F. W. Grelle, South Orange, N N. J. W. II. Nichols, Chicago. J. M. McCutcheon, Pittsburg. Schmuck got out of the building, but went back for his room-mate, Nichols, and in the attempt to rescue his comrade, he was so seriously in jured that he died in the hospital. One student, C. J. Pope, a fresh man of East Orange, N. J., was seri ously injured, and three others were slightly injured. They are: R. K. Powers, a senior of Atlanta, Ga.; W. W. Goetz, a sopohmore of Milwaukee, Wis., and H. M. Curry, a sophomore of Pittsburg. Rumsey, London and Robinson, the Ithaca volunteer firemen, had mast aged to train a hose on the north side of the house when the wall tottered. There was a cry of alarm, and sev eral men standing near managed to get out of the way, but the three named were caught under the mass of debris and killed. A few minutes after the flames were discovered the Chi Psi Chapter House was all ablaze, the flames fanned by a strong northwest wind, and the students were trapped in tho dormitory on the third floor. Many of the boys jumped to safety while thos who hesitated were earned to this ground byr the falling walls. No alarm was turned in until hal en hour ;ly-r the fire had beadis- Covered and it was half an hoiTatet before the volunteer fire department could get to work. There was a long climb from the lower part of the city to the college grounds and by tha time the firemen arrived the interior of the building was almost burned out. They could do nothing but pre vent the adjoining buildings from taking fire. The money loss is nearly $200,000, since the original cost of the building erected by Mrs. Jennie McGraw Fiske was about $150,000 and exten sive interior decorations had been made. The cause of the fire is unknown, though it is suspected that it started in the kitchen. Cornell University is immeasurably appalled by the terri ble catastrophe and academic work is almost suspended. The burned building was built by Jennie McGraw Fiskf. the benefac tor of Cornell, whose will was con tested by her husband, Prof. Willard Fiske. Mrs. Fiske died abroad, seek ing help for an incurable disease, and never entered her beautiful mansion alive. Her body was taken there for the obsequies. Schooner a Fatal Loss. Philadelphia Special. The Asso teague life saving station reported that the three-master schooner Florence I. Lockwood, from Norfolk to New Yoi-k, with a cargo of lum ber, stranded on Williams shoal, off Assateagne, Va., last night, and is a total loss. Captain Taylor and his crew were reseued by the life saver. Telegraphic Briefs. Secretary Shouts' daughter denies reports of her engagement to the Due de Chauriues et Piequigney. Seven Baltimore prisoners were on the special train Wednesday that tcok 87 convicts from Washington to the Atlanta Federal prison. A Chicago syndicate offers to take over the United States postal sys tem, cut the rates m half and save the country $100,000,000. A missionary movement by reform ed drunkards and those among high society in New York is being consid ered. E. L. Adams, agent at Keyford, W. Ya., was arrested, charged with rob bing the express office of $6,000. Booker T. Washington's secretary and Collector Anderson, a leading ne gro politician of New York, sa wthe president and urged him to modify the order dismissing the colored troops. The trial of Chester Gillette, charg ed with the murder of Grace Brown, practically ended so far as the tak ing of testimony is concerned. Mrs. Frank McQuire, wife of i schooner's captain, was lashed to the wheel 48 hours, steering the vessel during a storm and getting the craft safely through. Karl Hau, the Washingtonian ac cused of murder by the Baden-Baden police, is believed to be feigning in sanity. Secretary Wilson reports that the products of American farms this year will amount to a total valuation of $6,S00,O00,00O, an increase of $500, 000,000, over last year THE WORK Of CONGRESS What Our National Lawmakers Are Doing From Day to Day Taft to Give Information. The resolution of Senator Penrose calling the President or all the facts regarding the discharge of the negro troops belonging to the Twenty-Kith Infantry, was received at the White House and at once turned over l;y the President to Secretary Taft, who will furnish the information desired. The Foraker resolution, which also was passed at the same time, but which is directed to the Secretary of War, had not been received by Secretary Taft up to a late hour Friday. Sec retary Taft said, however, upon re turning from the cabinet meeting, that he would comply with both reso lutions to the fullest extent. Simplified Spelling. Simplified spelling received a hard bohv in the legislative bill for 1005? reported to the House by the com mittee ou appropriations, which !ays: ''Hereafter in printing documents authorized by low or ordered by Congress or either branch thereof the Government Printing Ollice shall follow the rules of orthography es tablished by Webster's or oilier gen erally accepted dictionaries of the English language." The bill carries an appropriation of $31,215,525, which is $685,842 less than the estimates made for the leg islative, judicial and executive De partments of the government. An increase from $1,200 to .f 1,000 is made in the allowance to members of the House for clerk hire, and lb; requirement that members certify tliev have spent this amount is omit ted! Efforts to take up the bill confer ring citizenship upon the citizens of Polio Rico, reported from the com mittee on insular affairs of the Hoirs-2 were defeated by objections of the Democrats. An Important Measure. During the three hours the House was in session it passed a bill which has the enthusiastic endorsement of labor as well as manufacturers gen erally, repealing lliat portion of the Wilson inter-state commerce bill re lating to convict-made goods and pointing the several Slates to regu late their competition with "free labor" made grods. The bill was introduced by Mr. Hunt, of Missouri, himself a practi cal stonemason. Under the Wilson bill, which became a law iu 1890, con vinct labor-made goods may enter in to active competition with the goods manufactured by "free labor" and under this Federal law a State could not pass a law that would prevent the shirmin- into the St:ito rn-ison- made goods of ot'ievvS,tr.tc,. The o-x v,nf.,i!s nass;,,i nhvowioz Hip inter- rstate commerce law as at present ap plied to convict-made goods, thereby affording to the different States and Territories the ri-'lit to inhibit the shipping of convict-made goods with in the confines of any State or Terri tory. Senator Simmons gave further at tention to the case which he is te make out against Federal officehold ers in North Carolina, who have been perniciously active in political mat ters, lie confered with Mr. Degraw, Fourth Assistant Postmaster general concerning the specific charges which have been made against Daggeihart, the rural free delivery carrier, who, it is alleged, tried to break up a meet ing in Iredell county, at which Mr. Hackett was to speak. Mr. Degraw said that the inspector assigned to look into this matter had not yet com pleted his report, but he thought it would be at hand in a very few days. Mr. Degraw enfirrned the report given out by the civil service commission that an agent would be sent from the department to accompany Commis sioner Green when he starts on his tour of investigation to the State to look into charges ag'ainst Federal of fice holders. Minority leader John Sharp Wil liams declared it to be lus intention to recommend Representative Small for membership on the rivers and bar bors committee, a recognition that L being urged by the entire North Car olina delegation. Mr. Williams is re pute.l to have sai.l that Mr. Smal was his first choice, and that if Speaker Cannon did not approve ol this recommendation he would next endorse Representative Kllerbe South Carolina. Japs Wani; Naturalisation. Vi ashington, Special. - Favorable action by Congress on the recommen dation of the president in his last an uual message that an act be passet' specifically providing for the natura ization of Japanese who come to the tinted Stales intending; to become American citizens, will go far toward securing a continuance of the tradit ional friendly relations between tint coCTitry and Japan, in the opinion o viscount Aoki, the Japanese ambas sador. The ambassador expressed the be fief that there were not so many Jap- aneses in this country to take advan tage oi naturalization it tt wert granted, but he thought that such ai: opportunity should be afforded them along with the citizens of other coun tries. He said he did not think it probably that those Japanese wl were emigrating in large numbers ti Hawaii and the Pacific coast would avail themselves of naU ralization a most of them ultimately returned tc Japan Planning an Investigation. Washington. Special. An investi gation of the operation and manage ment of the railroads controlled b James J. Hill and his associates, in eluding the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern, and the Chicago Burlington & Quincy, is in contempla tiou mission. The matter has been talked over by the commissioners and after certain preliminaries have bee arranged and counsel for the commis sion selected, formal announcemen of the proposed inquiry will be mad NORTH STATE NEWS (terns of Interest Gleaned From Various Sections FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE Minor Occurrences of the Week of Interest to Tar Heels Told in Para graphs. State Auditor Submits Report. Raleigh, Special. State Auditor B. F. Dixon transmitted to Governor Glenn his annual report and recom mendations for the year just past. The principal recommendation re garding the inconsistency of 45 coun ties of the State receiving more mon ey, for schools, etc., than they pay in in taxes. Mr. Dixon urges that kind of a tax commission be estab lished to equalize the tax valuation. As it is, in one county tax there may be a tax valuation of 80 per cent of the cash valuation, while in another only 40 per cent. In other words some counties as it is now, ara paying twice as much as others. According to the report of the State auditor, a general summary of the State finances shows a balance on hand, general fund, to Dee. 1st, of $338,S32, and an . educational fund of $56,525, making a grand total of $394,093. The total debt of the State, inter est and non-interest bearing, is $(i,S79,450. Investments of the State aggregate $323,550. ' During the past year the State has paid to the old soldiers in pensions $273,479. These payments are to 14,035 old soldiers, an increase iu pensioners over last year of 719. There are now 116 old veterans be ing cared for at the Soldier's Home, and there is a balance due them in the treasury of $2,793 from last year's appropriation. An Increase of $886.45 Charlotte Postal Sales. Charlotte, Special. The receipts of the post office last month from the sale of stamps, stamped envelopes, postal cards and postage on second class matter amounted to $S,312.99. For the same month last year they were $7,426.54, showing au increase of $SS6.45. The money order depart ment deposited during November $29,200.50, for the corresponding month last year $25,400, making aa increase of $3,400. Rural carriers handled during, the past month 29,627 peices of firs.! class, 26,224 pieces of ,-secondclas; matter ai;4 11,038: , circV.Ia. matter, making a total of 69,889. Eun Over and Killed. Raleigh, Special.--W. A. Stunkle, a prominent young business man of this city, was run over and instantly killed by a dray wagon early Thurs day morning. One side of his head was crushed and the shaft of the wag on also penerating the back of his head. He was riding a bicycle, aud, turning: a corner sharplv. collided ith the dray. He was a member of the firm of W. A. Stunkle & Co., team titters and plumbers and was ell thought of here. Case Workers Meet. Winston-Salem, Special. The North Carolina Case Workers' Asso ciation met in this city Wednesday, the session beius held in the assem bly room of Hotel Zinzendorf. There was a large attendance of manufac- urers and after a thorough discus sion it was deciced that if the manu facturers would make a profit on cap ital they have invested it would be necessary to advance present prices on account of the continued advances l the cost of material and timber. The Eice Crop. Washington, Special. The Census bulletin says the capital invested in ice clearing and polishing establish ments for the calendar year, 1904, aggregate $S,821,099. Products were alued at $16,296,916.. The rough e milled was valued at $12,031,132 from which $15,357,133 worth of clean rice and $885,200 by-products is obtained. To Build New Jail. sheville, Special. The Buncombe county commissioners have decided to build a new jail to replace the present very unsatisfactory struc ture. The estimated cost of the new building will be in the neighborhood of $40,000. A committee will be appointed to visit the jails in many of the larger cities and towns, with a viewr of obtaining information in regard to modern structures of this character, so that new features may be incorporated m the new building, Briefs of State News. Governor Glenn has issued requi sition papers on the Governor of New York for Graham Farrier, wanted in Gaston county for the murder of Nash Johnson in 190o. He is now located at White Plains, New York. Wadesboro, Special. Coroner E. F. Fenton received a phone messag. from Blewitts Falls stating that : negro man named Will Huntley was shot and killed there Friday The North Carolina Corporation Commission instituted suit against the Seaboard Air Line Railway las week for the $500,000 penalty im posed for failure to properly bulle tin trains. The alleged failure to comply with this regulation is report ed from Lumberton. J. G. McCorm ick, of Lumberton, A. J. Connor, of Riek Square, and J. D. Heirsch of Atlanta, are the eoruplaintants. Ttc commission states that this is the first violation reported to them. DOUBLE TRACK COMPLETE Work on Southern Between Greens boro and High Point Finished First Train Last Week. Greensboro, Special. The work of double tracking the Southern Rail way between Greensboro and High Point has been finished aud the first trains were run over the new track last week. Trains have been using the sections of double tracks between Greensboro and Pomona and James town and High Point for several months There are now three double tracking crews at work between High Point and Salisbury, and the double track on this section will be complet ed as soon as possible. Work was commenced on that section of road ly ing between Greensboro aud Pelham. The road has been double tracked from Danville to Pelham, a distance of seven miles. The road is to be slraightened in a number of places and steep grades ae to be remedied by cuts and fills. $175,000 For Cotton Seed. Charlotte, Special. Mecklenburg farmers will realize from $175,000 to $200,000 for cotton seed this year. Cotton seed are a product that until recent years was not utilzied at all. Years ago farmers left them at the gins and the ginuers burned them to get them out of the way. Later they were utilized as manure. Since the day of the cotton oil mill seed havd lmreased steadily in price, selling at first for a few cents a bushel and dur ing the last two or three years at from 20 to 25 and 23 cents a bushel. The price at present is 28 cents. It is estimated that close to 25,000 bales of cotton have been ?rised in Meck lenburg county this year. There are 30 to 35 bushels of seed to the bale and the price has probably averaged 23 or 24 cents a bushel, making them worth about $7 to the bale. Thus; figured very conservatively, the total would be $175,000. Growth of Cotton Interests. The fact that 34 new cotton seed oil mills were started in the South in 1906 shows the progressive character of one branch of the cotton manu facturing industry of that section. Cotton, while still king iu a commer cial sense, as respects our foreign trade, is the father of many remuner ative domestic industries. Before tho Civil war cotton seed constituted a nuisance. Mississippi in 1857 passed a-law fining giuners $20 a day for neglecting to tem'oi",?" tkgtroy it. Yet in 1900 val(les . were exiTSCti trom cotton stria to the cxtentf $42,000jO00, ; intruding oil, bujtfrr, cot) i-Liuzer, soap, iard,p; ixiic ! vneu ren T tonseed ifm Juuost exclusively, oulv Italian olive oil labels being import ed by our enterpising manufacturer for the delectation of consumers. Baltimore Sun. Open to Women. Wilmington, Special. For the first time in the history of the road the Atlantic Coast Line general office will open its departments to women ste nographers. So far only two of the departments have been authorized to employ women when advisable, but the order will probably be extended to all offices. Scarcity of competent male stenographers is given as the reason for the innovation. Fire at Tarboro. Tarboro, Special. Saturday after noon the cotton house, stables, 30 bales of cotton and the residence of Mr. James Wiggins were destroyed by fire. The residence was insured for several hundred dollars, but the otlier property was a total loss. "Watch Charlotte Grow." Charlotte is just completing a $250,000 hotel and during the coming year will build a $250,000 office building, while the Southern Railway Company will spend a half million dollars in terminals. There is some thing in the watchword of the Great er Charlotte Club. "Watch Charlotte G row. ' 'Charlotte Chronicle. Serious Charge. Fayette ville, Special. Louis D, Jones, white, an employe of the Post- office Department engaged in trans ferring mail from the depot to the trains was arrested at Wakulla. where he had gone to spend Thanks giving, charged with the .robbery of pouches, registered packages, etc., of about twenty gold watches, diamonds, and other articles of value. Jones is reported to have made a confession. He will have a preliminary hearing before United States Court Commis sioner Sutton. Items of State News. The shipments made by the tobac co manufacturers of Winston-Safem aggregated 2,193,534 1-2 pounds. The ninth district returns for Coiv gress show Webb 12,727 and Roberts S,9SS. The completed returns from the 13th judicial district for solici tor show Linney, Democrat, 9,101, there bein no opposition and 14lh district, Spainhour, Democrat, 6,430; Justice, Republican, 5,418. There is to be a movement by the society and by the sportsmen gener ally to have the season for shoot ing partridges made uniform through out North Carolina and to shorten it so that it will begin November 15 and end March 1. The Crotan Club, at Manchester, Cumberland county, is chartered to have a game lodge and preserve, R. R. King aud other Greensboro men stockholders, capital stock $37,500. ) llie Herby Drug Company, Durham, is chartered with $100,000 authorized 1 capital stock. CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED John H. Sparks Show Ditched at Eoberdel Cause of Wreck is Un known. High Point, Special. The train hauling John H. Sparks' circus, was wrecked Monday morning at Rober del, a small station on the Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad, 20 miles below Troy. One showman was killed and two were badly injured as a result of the smash-up. The cause of the wreck is un known. Several cars were badly damaged and two horses and a pony were badly smashed. The blame for the Occident was evidently placed up on the conductor of the train by the showmen. Immediately after the wreck several of them, infig-iated by the death of their companions, turn ed upon Conductor Slack and beat him into insensibility. After taking their spite out on him they escaped into the surrounding timber aud have not been seen since. To Look Into Graft Charges at Mor ganton. Raleigh, Special, Monday after noon B. C. Beckith, of the State board of internal improvements, N. B. Broughton, John E. Ray and J. N. Holding left for Morganton, to inves tigate charges made against E. McK. Goodwin, superintendent of the State School for the Deaf and Dumb, brought by J. A. Tillinghast, of Con verse College, South Carolina. They embrace favoritism, extravagance and the like. One charge is that David Tillinghast, who for many years has been teacher and is now about 70 years old, was displaced by the efforts of the superintendent and given a menial position. Superintendent Ray of the State School for the Blind goes to act as interpreter, Broughton, as an ex-member of the board of trus tees, holding as attorney for Good win. R. A. Marrom, another mem ber of the State board of internal improvement goes to Morganton. Beckwith will preside at the meeting which will act as a court to hear the charges, which Broughton stated, just before leaving, did not in his poinion, amount to anything. The Case Continued. Asheville, Special. The important litigation of Westfeldt and others against W. S. Adams, having to do with the million-dollar copper mine controversy, was not called at Way nesville Monday-morning by Jndyi W. R. Allen, designated tO; preside at the special term of SupcioriCourt called for- the express purpose of try- . Airer me uecision or crd, received he-rfSatnr- sii'h tfce-c-afy hlNlor the rolina iKJ Company or W. S. Adams, andvwrt the West- teldts, the attorneys for both sides sa-rrT7rrrars. Mome i.eggett in ran had a conference and. signed an agree- cess Anne county was put on trial ment for a continuance of thCase in the Corporation Court here before without prejudice m the State courts. This virtually means that the big cop- per mine suit will not be heard by a State court jury until the higher courts have either affirmed or revers- ed Judge Pritchard The attorneys for the Westfeldts during the hear- ing before Judge Pritchard gave no- tice of 100 exceptions to the court's ruling: on the admission and exclu- sion of testimony, etc., and it is said that they hope to secure a new trial on error. Mesenger Boys Strike. Asheville, Special. Manager Cal vert of the local Western Union Tele graph Company's office had a real nve messengier-siriKe on nis nanas when eight of his force suddenly con- ceived the idea that they were under paid, and turning in their messenger sheets, walked out. The strike lasted less than an hour and now all is peace and quiet at the Western Union office. Body Brought to Spray. Spray, Special. The body of Mr. Oscar Riddle was brought in on Monday morning's train from Dan ville. An overdose of laudanum is declared by the coroner's jury to have been the cause of his death. Whether it was taken with suicidal intent is not known. Fire at Kilgo. Pittsboro, Special. The Alliance 1 cotton gin at Kilgo, iu the northern part of Chatham was destroyed by fire at 5 o'clock Monday morning. Tho cause of the fire is unknown Fifty bales of cotton and 3,000 bushels of seed were lost. Mr. J. H. Norwood was the heaviest loser, having lost 2,000 bushels of seed and 18 bales of cotton Several small farmers lost their entire crop. There was no in- surance. It was a stock company, several of the farmers in that neigh- . 1 .1 -11. 1 - oornooa naving duiic it several years ago. North State Items. Raleigh, Special The State board of canvassers announces the complete i- n : voie iur ouxiesMnaii iu me eiguiu district, Hackett 16,907; Blackburn 15,841; Hackett 's majority, 1,006. Governor Glenn has some Enz lish pheasants sent by Gould Brok- were at work in the" shaft. The c awn. of New York, from his preserve I cident was due, it is reported, to the in Raudolph county, where there are three thousand of these birds. One hundred were killed Thursday The leaf sales last month on the local market amounted to 3,299,4-13 pounds. It brought $2S0,0S5.f)5, an average of $6.63 per hundred. The sales for the past three months ag gregated 8,693,048 pounds. For this the farmers received $679,871.54. It is thought that more than half of tin's V . . i' . 1 .. . I. " If 1 year s crop or ine week m the Pied mont section has been marketed. The Governor is notified of ilia death at Reidsville this morning o" Major E. II. Brookes, chief sergeou of the third regiment. TRIPLE HOMICIDE As Result of Dischare of a Shot gun by Heintisch Coggins, Eight-Year-Old Boy, of Cedar Springs, 6. C, His Sister, Hattie Lou Cog gins, is Dead, and a Colored Girl and the Boy Himself Are Probably Fatally Wounded. Spartanburg, S. C, Special. News reached here of a terrible tragedy that occurred at Cedar Springs Wed nesday afternoon, which may yet re sult in the deaths of three children. As it is, one is already cfeid and two ethers are expected to die at any mo ment. The dead child is Hattie Lou Coggins, a girl eight years of age, daughter of Lisco C. Coggins. Her twin brother, Heinitsch Coggins, is badly hurt and a colored girl, who is employed m the family, is thought to be mortally wounded. Mr. Coggins returned from a huut and placed his loaded shotgun in a corner of a room, within reach of the boy Heinitsch. Picking up the fire arm, he directed it toward his sister, who was at play with her colored companion in the same room. Play fully he pulled the trigger and th contents of the barrel lodged in the bodies of the negro child and little Hattie Lou. The recoil of the gun spent its force on the boy's face and elsewhere, and it is feared he may die, being internally injured, it is believed. Three Rob Freight Train. Clinton, S. C, Special. Eastbound freight train No. 22, of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, was held up at C o'eleok Thursday morning near Mountville, about 8 miles from Clin ton. Three men did the work. One car was broken open and consider able silverware stolen. One of th three, wdio says his name is John Knox, aged 18 years, of Union county North Carolina, was shot by Conduc tor Hoyt Deadwild in the heel, and is under arrest here. The whole af fair was planned in a way which evidenced certainly some knowledge of the train's cargo. During the stop at Mountville the robbers cut the train in twain and signalled Engi neer Wilson to go ahead. Thinking, in the semi-darkness, that the signal was that of his flag-man, the engineer pulled out, and did not discover until Clinton had been reached that half his train had been left behind. As soon as the first section of the train had left the robbers or two of them broke the seal from one of the cars and entered it. This car, loaded with silverware, they ransacked tE Sith. tobe Tjjiegain, Norf4Jf, Spe ?hn SmWh, the. negri" charged with 'criminal as-r Judge Allen K. llancliet. llie trial jury could not agree as to punishment in the ease and was discharged. The jury was unanimous for conviction, The first ballot taken stood seven for death and five for IS years' impris- onment. The last stood nine for death and three for 18 years lm- prisonment. Smith will be put oil trial again at the next term of tha court. Death in Big Fire. Ithica, N. Y., Special. The Chi Psi Fraternity House at Cornell Uni versity, (formerly the Fiske man sion), the finest and most elaborate chapter house in the United States, WHs burned to the ground. Several students were burned underneath the walls. Attorney A. S. Robinson, John Rumsey, son of a wealthy busi- ness man, and Esty Landon, all vol- unteer firemen, were killed by tha fallin- of t?ie wall. Knoxville Boosters Work For Great er City. Knoxville, Special. A movement was launched looking to a Greater Knoxville. Citizens are seizing tha idea eagerly and the Board of Trade will be behind a movement to ask tho legislature to connider the matter. According to the plan now on foot 35,000 would be added to the popula tion and $5,000,000 property valua tion. Killed by Brother-in-Law. Bristol, Tenn., Special The coro- ner's jury impaneled to investigate the cause of the death of Dr. Isaac dei-son who was supposed to have itte suicMe after two days' ' ... . session, returned a verdict fixing the resposibility for his death upon a brother of his widow, James Nelrr.s, ageci 21 years. Nelms was suspectel 0f the murder and arrested shortly after Dr. Anderson's death and is now in iail at Gate City. A warrant - . ... 1-1 i charging him witu muraer na corved nuon him. Twelve Miners Die in Shaft. Laredo, Mex., Special. News has j us rCached this eitv from Monterey, I " ... ,, ,torlt whin, h C- 1YLCJL., Ul ix initio tii--.' , curred last Tuesday at the Avino mines, and which resulted in the - death of 12 Mexican miners, wiio I carelessness of some one in letting a big flow of water into the lower level, where the men were discovered. New President Takes Office. Weshingtcn, Special William W. Finley, recently chosen as the suc cessor of the late President Samuel Spencer, of the Southern Railway, assumed the active duties of his off .3 Fridav and will make his headqur.r- 1 ' . .. ,n, 1 " " ! . 1 ters iu this city. The policies ol 1i;e late president will t2 carried out and no material changes in the system or the personnel of the exe.cutivj branch of the road are cotemplat e l by Mr. Finley.
The Randolph Bulletin (Asheboro, N.C.)
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