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mm THE WEATHER. IT WILL PAY YOU To RWwl Tlie CIlWu Waut A' VOL. XXIL NO. 241. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1907, PRICE FIVE CEWT3. COACHES ROLL DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND SIX POPE COMPANY PASSES INTO E. B. MOORE TO GET LEASE OF NEW SELWYN RECEIVERSHIP ARE HURT TB E -' ' 1 11 1 1 . I. i I,, i '..I,, ii " f 1 " 1 i im1a'"i"'r" ' 'y; " ' "'"'' """1" ... i 1. ii - - , ' PASSENGERS Train to LaJce Toxaway Is Ditched About Five Miles Beyond Brevard. SPREADING RAILS CAUSE OF WRECK Prompt Action of Engineer Black Prevents a Great . Loss of Life. Train No. I which left Asheville for Lake Toxaway yesterday morning, wit derailed at Ssllca, four mile beyond Brevard, and all the ca.ni wera over' turned and thrown down a small bank, with the result that Ave pereona were Injured, though not seriously, while the Uvea of about 260 on the crowded train were Imperiled ' The; track spread' a short distance before the engine reached a trestle and th locomotive wat on the trestle ' when Baaaacemaater Hanna aDDlled the emergency brakea akid the -engine waa ftopped, but all the cara left the track. There waa a panic among the pasengar. who included besides the Hat from Wayneavllle and Ashe -villa many excursionist from Hender- aonvllle and Brevard. It waa feared at first that results were serious and messenger waa rushed four miles to the nearest telegraph station and phy alclans went from Brevard. It was ; found, however, that the Injuries were . not dangerous, . Those Injured were: . - Tbe Injured. 0. W. Wlmberley, Waynesboro, Qa., Ml mi Lacile Kingsberry, Wilmington, N.t C, Mrs. W. Kingsberry, Wilming ton, N.- C.r Ji 0.i Houston, Bear Pop lar, N.. C., Mrs, H. I Shaw, Fountain Jnri, 8. C.; W,- R.5Brown, Spartanburg, it a),iv,''Vv'iv'5'f'fr The "nju'reo' pereona were taken to Brevard where they received the best bf medical treatment and the other passengers were returned to Hender ronvllle and Ashevllle by a ' train which reached here last night. The train was In charge of Conduc tor Low and Engineer Black, and be cause of the fact that tow rates pre vailed -yesterday was unusually crowded. Superintendent ' Ramseur went to the wreck with the wrecking train and" the track was cleared last night.' i. i .' .- KafTOW' Escape. According to one of the uninjured parents, who cam back Into the city last- night, the accident would have been an appalling one and ihe loss of. Ufe terrlnc had It not. oeen for the cool head and prompt action of En gineer Black., According to this gen tlemen's statement, the train was running at a good speed when the coaches left the track and the front trucks of the engine were on the trestle. The engineer, the instant he felt the Jar, threw on the "emergen- (By Associated rss.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. Aa the result of the block station operator giving northbound passenger train No. on the Southern ; railway a , clear track at Reldsvllle, N. C. early today, the train, while going at full speed. ran Into the rear end of northbound freight No. (4 at Sadler, N. C. re sulting In aerlous injury to Engineer Pierce of the , paaeenger train -'' and slight injuries to nine passengers. The Injured passengers, according to the list given out by Southern railway of ficials, are: W. a. Stafford. Mrs. W. Stafford. Miss Stafford, Mrs. L. A. Sears, E. B. Shuman of Salisbury, N. C, Miss Pearl Flentoff, Mrs. Lea Bevlll,, Mrs. N. Ingram and Mrs. Thos. D. Caraway. The places of residence Lof the injured passengers were not ob tainable. NINE INJURED IN A COLLISION Southern Passenger Train Crashes Into Rear-End of a Freight Near Sadler, N. C. I - : I l m a i:r,.l IT" V&'riGL" ITTM-I-:. . -T& &&-yt-J -tw 1 ' t - M . M II i m ipm mj-1 Biggest Bicycle and Auto mobile Concern in Coun try in Tough Luck. 1 INDEBTEDNESS IS UP IN MILLIONS ; THE OPERATOR'S DREAM. Son of the Old Colonel Is Ap ' pointed Receiver by The Court. I BOTH SIDES CLAIM TO BE HOLDING REINS SEC. TAFT BACK TO WASHINGTON After a Month's Vacation at Murray Bay, He Returns and Settles Down to Work. the fgv Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. SecVe tftry Tart returned to Washington this morning from hla vacation of about month spent at Murray Bay, Can ada. He went early tp the war de partment, reaching hla . office before o'clock, and at once -plunged Into great mass of work needing his attention, The secretary has consld- rable to do. between now and Sun day, when he' again leaves the city hla western trip, which Is to end Seattle, Where Mr. Taft Is to em bark for the Philippines. The most Important matter on hand Is that of preparing his annual report and the estimates of appropriations for the war department for the next fiscal ear, which he Is anxious to finish i before again leaving the city. Secretary Taft spent some time dur ing the forenoon revising the proofs of the speech which he expects to de J liver next Monday night before the Buckeye Republican .club at Colum bus, O. It Is expected that in this peech Secretary Taft will sound tne keynote of the next Republican cam- Situation in Telegraphers' Strike Little Changed Up to Last Night. SIXTY STRIKE BREAKERS HAVE ?. 1 HARROW ESCAPE FOR LIVES (By Assecl BINOHAMTON, clsd N. NO TROUBLE HAS , BEEN APPARENT Strikers are Earnestly nop ing That the Railroad ' Men Will, Join Them. cy," stopping the train almost In-; palgn. Among other things, he will stantly, before the' coaches got onto have something to say about tha the trestle. Had the coaches gotten Brownsville eplspde. He has not yet onto the trestle Derore turning over heen nb0 to plan the otner spcecnee which he Is expected to deliver at various points on his way to the Pa cific coast. a rreat loss of life among the paJieengers must have resulted. "NO REVISION OF TARIFF" SAYS JOE 4 GOVERNMENT RESTS ITS CASE WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. "There will be no revision of the tnrlff by the sixtieth congress." said Speaker Joseph G. Cannor. of the house of representative, said he tonight upon i hla arrival from Danville. Ills., en route to Lake Champlaln, N. Y., where he will spend several days with former Representative Jos. C. Sibley of Pennsylvania. "The republi can party will meet in national con vention next June," Mr. Cannon added, "and formulate new policies tor adhere to Its present platform aad we who are republicans will abide by their convention's decisions. Two years, ago we made the fight on the Issue of "Let weH enough alone" ana (By Associated Press.) RALEIGH, N. C, Aug. 14 The ; government rested" Its case In the trial or H. A. Kline ror peonage, at ueiu fort today. SVeral witnesses testified for the defense. A deputy sheriff who served warrants on the foreigners, de clared that It was he, and not Kline, who told the men they would have to work or go to jail. All the witnesses v ,(By Associated Press.) NEW, YORK, Aug. 14. There was l,lttle -change lit the telegraph strike tltuatlqn today, as far as concerns New York and other Eastern cities. Both yesiern Union and Postal tele graph tompanlea professed to be thor oughly satisfied with the progress made tdward-'normal conditions.- . On the other hand. "the leaders of the strikers declare ther cause hbs been strengthened, by the -responses to the calls 'to go out Iff many of the-chic's whert .strikes have . hot already been Inaugurated. No trouble developed among th' telegraphers employed In the scores of broker offices in the tnanolal district, where, according to tha telegraphers' union many houses granrcd the demands of their men as regards wages a-nd working hours. The pews service throughout the East was practically unimpaired, except In the cases of two or three smaller centers and the news of the world was moved to all points. The hope of the striken that the Order of Railway Telegraph era would make common cause with the Commercial Telepraphers had not been reallwsd tonight. The West ern t'nlon and Postal people Insisted that the railroad operators would ktjfhd by their contracts with the va rious railroad companies, who. In turn, would fulfill their obligations with the telegraph companies calling for the handling cf such commercial business ns might be turned over to them. Vice President and General Manager in any of the Postal tonight summarized the situation thus: "The strike Is over so tar as we are concerned." General Superintendent Brooks of the Western Union said: "We are moving business, rush and otherwise, to all parts of the country with normal despatch." Strikers' (Statement. Strike leaders declared tonight that both companies were badly handicap ped and that desertions from the ser vice, were continuous throughout the Following a meeting of the frets.) . V k 1 i The Uvea of 60 strike-breaker In the Erie- machine -shop at stusqueharma. Pa., were Imperiled and the mammoth store house of the company was de stroyed by fire at an earlv hour to day. The strike-breakers had wen unable to tibtain board In tha village and were quartered In the upper por- VIOLENT DREAK FOLLOWED BY ' '.Vf","'; -' ... ' - f '"-J1, f -'4' "Wr--i .., SLIGI1HALLY Rumors of Financial Embar rassment in High Quar ters Cause Break. RAILROAD STOCKS , SUFFER HEAVILY General List Very Unsettled ; Final Rally Begun Just ; Before Close. aid that the men were well fed and b ,..,.. .k.. .i,. i. country in temper, filthy in habits, and dlsln- local union today, It was announced by dined to work. The deputy sheriff: wmiei u,--.. - was able to recognize among the gov- " adopted appointing a committee ernment's witnesses only one of thel wait on , State Attorney General men he arrested. He said there hjid I J""" ad I demand .that, he proceed transformation in then-! againsi me ....... is for me, s continuance of the ilone" policy. t wen enougn atone ana bren such a transformation in their ! agamm i - -1 shall certainly advocate' pprance that they did not look like Telegraph companies for unwarranted "Let well enough tha same men. Other witnesses I be examined tomorrow. will MONUMENT TO GENERAL THOMAS SUMTER UNVEILED YESTERDAY r (r Associates' Prstss.) COLUMBIA. S. C, Aug. Ivelt appropriate to the occasion. Klnt Artillery band and about The 14. A Klnt Artillery band and about 0J monument erected to the memory of regulars from Sullivan's Island and Gen. Thomas Sumter, tha Revolution-: several companies of state militia took ary hero, waa unveiled at Stateburg. jpart In the exercises. The monument Sumter county, today. About 2.600 1 waa erected by the state of South people, from all sections of the state, 'Carolina at a cost of 11.000. r,). gathered . to participate in the eer-j General Sumter, besides being a ,-clsesw' Former, Governor A. J. Mon- j great warrior, represented South Car- i aagua of Virginia and Hon. II. A. I. olina for a number of years In both - Smith of Charleston wera the prlnct-; branches of rongresa. He was born delay la transmitting public business. At the meeting the matter or raisl. funds to support the Idle men waa-nlft. cussed. The strikers realise that the financing of) fa ptrtke I a serious consideration' sa they talk of arrang ing public entertainments to raise money. The strikers continue orderly and In the vicinity of the telegraph of fices there Is little to suggest that a strike Is on. pal speakers. Governor M. F. Ansel in Virginia, but spent the 'read ar message from President Roose-, part of hi life In this state. greater NORFOLK OFFICES ' ALMOST DESERTED By Associsted Press.) NORFOLK. Va, Aug. 14. Union telegraph operators In both the West irn Union and Postal offices here are oat today, the strike having become effective at 13 o clock this noon In atead of 12 o'clock midnight some be- I Ing superstitious of the date,1 August (Continued on page four.) NEW" YORK. Aug. 14,tlstrUHt of the government's attitude toward the corporations, a threatened monetary stringency in all the leading markets of the world, undone financial em barrassment of the Pope Manufactur ing Company combined to demoralize the stock market today. Prices melted In sensational fashion and tha aver age level of declines was below that reached In the memorable Northern Pacific panic of May, . 1001. Stocks wera sold lower than ever before In their history, of tha several causes named, tha failure of the New Kng land corporation probably excited the greatest amount f apprehension. On I the exchange nri In .the various brokerage offices the, excitement was Intense throughout tha afternoon. Af ter the close of tha market urgent calls for additional margin were Ik- sued by broker There was talk of a bank or pool iH-lng formed to pro tect the market from further raids. but this was ridiculed as. absurd In trustworthy quarters, t The mre sub stantial Interest Pilfered little or no' support. Under vigorous hammering greatmany orders to sell to stop Inseesere uncovered and aa Is usual lyln times of great excitement, num- rdna accounts were thrown over and sold for what they would bring. There wero unmistakable signs of en forced liquidation In many slocks, particularly Amalgamated Copper, which came out In enormous quanti ties. The great bulk of , the day's operations was In the llarrlman stocks, Reading. Amalgamated Cop per and United Wales Steel. Amal gamated Copper, which closed yester day at 74, went. down to . a new low record for this f year, and closed at CI!. New York ('em rat.! which closed at 104 last night, fell to 100, Its lowest -record for many years. .. , Brooklyn Hapld Transit drop ped to 41 snrt closed at. 42. Read-: ing fell ihi points to S4 and rouna-l ed to 21 at the close.- Union- Pacific receded nearly 7 points. Northern Pa-! rifle 4 points to I'lihi and Southern Pacific 1 14 points. United States Steel scored a net Ion of m points for the day.' The decline waa checked near tha closing, ,, : 1 (ion of the big wiuden building which Is stored all the supplies used on tha Erie division, between, ' New York and Buffalo, The fire, was dis covered In the upper portion of tha building shortly after I o'clock, and It waa-with difficulty that tha men made their scape. The flames spread rapidly and the building was totally destroyed, but the adjacent shops were saved. Tha loss Is about I1SMO0. . ROOSEVELT TO TAKE NO HAND IN THE STRIKE (By Associated Prist.) BOSTON, . Maas., Aug. 14 Judge Doiig of the United Slates court this afternoon appointed Albert : L. Pops ancillary receiver for the Pope Man ufacturing company, In tha district if Massachusetts. B. B. Dodge, the gent for several of tha Popa auto mobiles In this city, stated today that tha Popa Manufacturing company gttve up Its office in this city tw years ago and that Its business had been conducted aa In other, cltloa, by agents. By tha last financial state ment of tha company, published here In June of this year, current liabilities were placed at $2, 400,000, against In, which were shown assets, aggregating IB.sso.ooo. or tha current assets I4.JS8.000 represent material .and supplies and finished product on hand, mostly automobile. " Lessee : of Kenilworth Will Have Possession of the i s .. , . . .. j v Magnificent Hotel, i ...ten LEASE WILL RUN t8 A . FOR TEN YEARS POPE'S SON IS MADE RECEIVER (By Associated Press.) .UARTKoKD, Conn., Aug. 14 In the superior court 'here tortsy Albert L, Pops was appointed rscelvsr of tha Popa Manufacturing company of this city upon application of the MoMa- nus-Kelly company af Toledo, Ohio, who were represented by Jams H. Fraldmora of -New York. ' Bond wero flied at $200,000. t The receiver is son of Co. A. A, Pop1 In the.ordnr Mr. Moore Will Run Kenil worth Until Lease , Ex- j ; Pires in December. Bdgar B. ' Moor, present lessaa of Kunllworth Inn, yesterday closed tha deal for a' ten year lease of the new Selwyn hold, at Charlotta. and will take possession ' August 17. Mr, Moora will operate Kenilworth Inn until hi lease expires, In December. Tha new of Mr. Muora'a luccasa In gutting the magnificent Balwya will be read with plousur by hla many friend her, lie has been at Kenll- wortrt for six years and It ha been the subject of common remark that ha is the only man who had tha nerve to stay with It through thJclc and thin. Ills administration of Ken ilworth has been noted for tha fact that he ran It on a modern plan and his modernt plnn f with moderate) mean and hospitality waa one of hi chief features. Hla reputation as n nterprlslng hotel ' keepor 'extend throughout th country. The Char lott hotel, which' Mr, Moor ha Just acuulred, was completed six months ago at a cost of 1300.000, and It 1 said to be on of tha finest hotels In tha south, It has 160' splendidly fur bished rooms and It private hatha. It la; fitted with modea-n apisjlntment throughout. It waa'not known until yesterday that Mr-.THoor waa ona of tha bidder for tine Holwyn, although many hotel mnn were after It,' several ' coming from tlui north In an sITort to t -'the loose. But the fact Is that the genial Umm of Kenilworth hns been after thVChurlotta hotel for tlia Telegraphers and Companies Will be Left to Fight t It Out. PRESIDENT HAS URGENT CALLS ii . speciiieo. mat ui receiver msy psst year. nnM h had rtiiiny Intluen- eou vuiuisi-i tor urn rrtepas. ' woi-kitig- for him. A iijo ssie ana aeuvery oi automobiles, bicycles and their. accessories to sucw an extent as Ih his Judgment ma be advlsaWo arid until tha further order of tha court. Tha McManus-Kelty company, In the action Inatltuted here today sued' on lis behalf and on be half of such other creditors and such stockholder of th company a may elect, to Join In the prosecution, tTh matter of conjecture. In McMaitus-Kelly company claim dam age of 185,000. , j REASONS GIVEN , FOR THE FAILURE All Communications - Have Been Referred to Com missioner of Labor. OYSTER BAY, N. Y., - Aug, 14. President Roosevelt will not concern himself personally with Ihe telegraph ers' strike, according to Ihe best In formation olitulnable her tonight Appeals to the president jo take some action, looKing i a settlement, ot in strike were received at th executive office here today, from board of trade and commercial bodies, of a large number of cities., The applica tions were similar In character to those formulated yesterday bY ' the Chicago Board of Trade. Kauh em phasised the Importance of direct ac tion by the president. Th com munications have been- referred to Commissioner of Iabr -Charles P .Will. It Is understood that no in structions or recommendation have' been forwarded to Mr. Neill. the first Mr Nelll hat been active in the company continue sn endeavor to effect a settlement of concern. the trouble, as yet has (By Aisoslstast Prstt.) NEW YORK, Aug. 14. the com pany was Incorporated in February, 1002, In New Jersey, succeeding the American Bicycle company In the manufacture of bicycles and automo biles. It owns all Ih stock of the Pop Motor Car and of tha Federal Manufacturing company. There is 10,000,000 of common stock, 13.190 7( of first preferred and U, 831,100 of second preferred stock- outstand Ing. Th first preferred Is a per cent cumulative stock subject to call t 110. The second preferred I t per cent cumulative. All the Muck I held In a voting trust enduring until February 1, 1001. There I no bond ed Indebtedness, , . A Johns, Larkln A Rathbone, counsel for the receiver, gse out th follow ing today; "The necessity for the present proceedings. n th case of the Pope company and Its subsidiary companies arises from th curtail ment of credit and the reduction of loan. In a' word , th receivership firoceedlng are the direct outcome of the present rigid money market condition. Doans are falling due arti. the company was unable to ralri fund with which i meet them. '.V have every reason to believe that' the fs ars worth many times tnore From, than the amount of tha liabilities of as a going We expect that , such- will cording to .- reports, : the- uiiuoui,,-,-ment that jJHr..' Moor la to lone charge of; tho Helwn was recivet Wllh mucll aullsfaetlon ' In Chorions, where ho fs well and favorably known.:' '; What , dlsposlilon will be made of Kenilworth Jnn after Mr. Moore give It. up In Docember I largely aom Quar ter It Is said that an effort Will be mad to convert It Into a school for girls, other report are t th etfavt that It will continue to be run aa a hotel. - At a, money making proposi tion It Is regarded in white els phant. . ' HAVE SITOATIOM IN HAND IN S. C, It Is stated here that he! be the case. Egbert 3. Tamblyn wa male no report to the , appointed by th chancery court of president, nor has he received any messages from Mr. Roosevelt touch ing u lion the matter in hand, Mf. Nelll's movements, however, have been closely followed, snd while the direct statement I nM rrnide, the lm- prwslon Is given that hv Mr. Nelll's efforts the administration' considers that the limit of Its function and au thority In the mailer Is being . exer- Used. CAPIAS ISSUED FOR CHAPLAIN JONES NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 1 4. ?oort martial trial of Chaplain 'Marry W. Jones, V. 8. N.. upon charges of alleg ed scandalous conduct destructive of good morals, was concluded at the navy yard. Court martial trial having- been concluded end Chaplain Jones not having appeared in state New Jersey as receiver of the Pope Manufacturing company' property In that Mat yesterday. The applica tion for a receiver was made by coun sel for the Pope Manufacturing com pany. v ( . i , COLUMBIA, 8. C. Aug. 14 Man-. agar J. T. Oray of the local Western Union office gave out the following statement tonight regarding the atrlk situation In South Carolina: "The fol lowing office In the Mate are open for buslnesa: Andereon. ' Abbeville. Oreon villa. ; Greenwood, Newberry, Rock Hill,' Chester, Wlnnaboro, ln- caater, Orangeburg. . UDartanburg. rlorene!, , Marlon, Union, Aiken. BlacksXllle, Murnwell, OafTney,;,Char- lestop. add Columbia. ' I There are a few. Joint office which have refused cor.imerqlHl business tuday,. but .they are coming around, and we expect td handle business tomorrow with very little delay. We liav handled busi ness to all points of th country with soma little delay since the strike, but conditions are now vastly Improved." , FAIR TODAY. - (By Associated' Pr.) WASHINOTON, Aug. 14. Forecast for North Carolina: , Fair Thursday and Friday, fair except showers In east, portion. light variable winds, becoming northeast and fresh, 1 ' ' : t a TELLING OF A PLOT AGAINST JAILER LIGHTENED SENTENCE It developed yesterday that J. J. Wells, the bogus check nian, received a lighter aentence than he would therwlse have gotten If It had not been for the fact that he Informed i t Deputy Bherlff Mitchell of a plot last week among the prisoners to kill him and make their escape. As told by Wells Decatur Johnson, a prisoner held by th United States authorities for making Illicit whiskey and who was csptured several weeks ago on Mount Pisgah by a outer door o feed them and kill nlm If hccessry The plot waa revealed by Welp one night and the attempt to escape waa to be -made next morn- ilng. - When Mr. Mitchell came to the outer door next morning be told the prisoners that be would com In usual and knew of the plot, but U enr one moved to execute It there would be at least one dead man In the Jail, whereupon tha whole assemby bolted man for the roar of the hill. , ! -. court here to give bond for f ut ure , namea Israel, ana t nsries Miller, l Miner waa take yetera"a morning trjal upon Indictment found against ! negro sentenced to life Imprison-ito Raleigh "with Jeremiah Walker, a him for giving a check which wa re-1 ment for breaking Into th N'nwell l eleven-year-old negro, sentence ts turned protested, a capias waa issued ( house some weeks ego, planned tolls years In the pen, by Deputy Ehertrt for hie Immediate arrest. , rush the Jailer when he opened thaWilllams. -..-.i- i,. , . i . . . . - I., .i. l
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