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VOL. XXII, NO. 255.
ASHEVILLE, N. 0., FRIDAY MORNINQ, AUGUST 30, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS, t
BRIDGE NEAR
' FAIRBANKS FA MILY REUNION.
PASSFIMFi? TPAIM HITS
I I JJ till XI Ul 1 IM till Ill 1 J
imit APSES CARRYING WITH
A LIGHT ENGINE IN, THE
VlftflPIA PAAn QFfTiOM
IT SCORES OF THE WORKMEN
;IVI UIHl lVill ULVliUll
Tf
CI
QUEBEC
CITY
First Reports Were Tha
Up to Two Hundred
Men Had Perished
DEFINITE FIGURES
HARD TO OBTAir
Tuns qo to Relief ana
4
Special Train is Made
Up at Quebee
. QUEBEC. August 2. The great
Quebec bridge collapsed late this af
ternoon and now the vast masa of
teel work Ilea a tangled wreck across
the St. Lawrence channel. A careful
estimate of the loss of life Is eighty-
four. The bridge fell at exactly twen
ty-three, minutes to six this evening
Just aa many of the workmen were
preparing to leave. The accident was
eo terrible in Its effectiveness In wip
ing out the Uvea of tbe men employed
that very little Is known as to the
cause of the disaster.
The bridge was about a mile and a
half In length and half of it, from
the south shore to midstream, crum
pled up and dropped Into the water.
Ninety men were at work on thla sec
tion of the structure and the whistle
had just blown at &;!0 for the men to
qlllt work for the day when there
cme a grinding sound from the bridge
midstream. The men turned to see
what - had-, happened and . an . In tsani
later the cry want up. "tha bridge is
falllng."-SBt-men made a rush shore
ward but the distance wa too great)
HE FALLS ONE
THOUSAND FEET
AND YET LIVES
Five Thousand People Wit
nessed the Miraculous Es
cape of a Balloonist.
PARACHUTE FAILED
TO MAKE GOOD
Lands on Top of Farmer's
Post But He Will
Recover.
for them to escape, The fallen section
of the brldga draggedothera after 'rt,
the snapping girders and cables boom
- In tike a crash of artillery. ,
Terror lent fleetnees to the feet of
thai frightened workmen aa they sped
shoreward, but only a few of them
reached safety before the last piece of
Iron work on the south shore was
dragged Into the water.
Eight Rescued.
Near the shore the wreckage of
the bridge did not go below the sur
face of the water, and eight work
men who remained above water Were
rescued and taken to the ohspltal at
Levis.
The steamer Glenmont had Jimt
cleared the- bridge when the first sec
tion fell. .The water thrown up by
the debris went' clear over the bridge
of the steamer. . The captain at once
lowered boats. Tha small boats
piled backward and forward over tbe
sunken wreckage for half an hour,
but there was no sign of life. The
twisted Iron and steel had Its victims
In a terrible death grip. , A few float
ing timbers and the broken strands of
the bridge toward the north shore
were the only signs that anything un
usual had happened. There was not
a ripple on the smooth surface of the
St. Lawrence as It swept along toward
the gulf. All the men drowned were
employes of the Phoenlxvllle Bridge
company and sab-contractors of Que
bec and Montreal.
Bnd lea Recovered.
At 10 o'clock tonight IS bodies had
been picked up and of the eight men
In the hospital two are not expected
to live throughout the night.
The Quebec bridge was begun sev
en years ago. and it was to bo finished
In 1909. Subsidies had been granted
by the federal and provincial govern
ments and the city of Quebec, and
the estimated cost of the work wan
310,000,000. The Phoenlx.'illc Bridge
company of Pennsylvania had the
contract for the construction of the
bridge and were working from both
sides of the river.
(By Associated Press.)
BARNBTABLE, Mass., Aug. 21
Nearly 6.000 persona at the Barnstable
county fair saw "rrofeasor" Maloney
balloonist, drop a thousand feet to
earth, strike on the . top of a cedar
fence post and escaped probably with
hia life. Maloney made his ascent
this afternoon, and aa the visitors
at the fair grounds gaxed upward
they saw that his attempts to cut his
parachute were fruitless. A sharp
easterly wind had blown the rope
which connects with the knife amongst
mam of cords higher up and out of
reach of the balloonist. For two
milea Maloney floated. The gaa wan
rapidly leaking from , the - big . bag
above htm, and he prepared for the;
wag ,rop. Maloney ana the Dai-
BAPTISTS HOLD
100TH SESSION
AT MARS HILL
New Auditorium is Crowded
to Its Capacity With
Delegates.
JUDGE PRITCHARD
AND OTHERS SPEAK
Centennial Day of the Ses
sion Observed With Ap-
propriate Exercises.
loon . i ama,. earthward jrapldly. JU,-.lt
neared the earth tha can van fell about
the body of the areunaut and pre
vented him from seeing where he was
falling. He struck In a half-standing
position on the top of a big cedar
post used by a farmer to mark off
his field. Ills bark was terribly torn
and his left arm badly Injured.
A long line of automobiles, headed
by one Carrying Governor Guild, who
was a visitor to the fair, rushed to
the spot where Maloney had fallen.
The man was picked up in a semi
conscious condition and hurried to his
hotel In Barnstable Center. Physi
cians who attended Maloney say that
he Is not internally Injured and will;
recover.
(Special to .The Citizen.)
MARS HILL, Aug. 29. -The one
hundredth session of the French
Broad Baptist association opened here
esterda with an address by Judge
C. Prltchard. yesterday being the
first day, was chosen as the centen
nial day of tha hundredth session of
the association, combined with which
is the aeml-cehtenhial celebration of
Mara Hill college. The new and
pacioua auditorium waa crowded to
Its utmost. Chairs; were brought from
neighboring houses and even stand
ing room ; waa at, . premium at all
three services, of . the flayv ,The fol
io whig Js. y enter. day's , prognimr-'h,
'Morning Service :&' a. m. '
'Hong "Holy, Holy, Holy s t
Opening address by Judge J. C.
Prltchard.
a A hit
. A reunion of the family of Vk e Presldont Fairbanks la to .begin July IS
at the old homestead In Dedham. Mas., and the tall leader from Indiana is
In be present and address the representatives of t.OOO families of his nam
who will be gathered there. Mrs. Fair banks, whose social , leadership har
"" "lr numwer w years a recognixed factor In Washington, will arcom
P..y m,r nwuwn, j ne jra,rpanK Association Is a Massachusetts corpora
tlon and meets yearly at tha old homestead, .but the coming meeting prom
,oj w mi miijrm ever neia.
PLANT AGAIN
MAIN FIGURE
IN RATE CASE
Question of Decrease in Net
' Earnings done Into by
Justice.
PLANT TELLS OF , '
CONSTANT DEMANDS
Sharp Tilt Occurred Just Be
fore the Noon Recess.
Justice Insistent
DATE IS FIXED FOR
SOUTHERN APPEAL
Colonel Rodman Says That
Judge Long is Liable to a
Fine of $500.
FAST TRAIN HITS
RALEIGH. N. C, Aug. 29 The Su
preme court fixes September 17 as the
day for the argument of the Southern
Railway company's appeal from the
$30,000 tine by Judge Iing in Wake
court. In argument for the conten
tions of the Southern as to defects
In making tip the case on appeal.
Colonel Rodman, counsel for the
Southern, declared that under the
statutes Judge Long Is liable to a fine
of 1308 for irregularities In making up
the case and not giving the counsel
for the Southern opportunity to be
heard aa to their contentions. Between
now and September 17the Southern's
attorneys are to be allowed to amend J
and change the statement to the
on appeal in a number of ways.
Quartet, "They That Wait Upon the
Lord."
A Hundred Tears of Baptist His
tory (a) In the State and World.
Rev. L. Johnson; corresponding sec
retary B. M. B., Raleigh N. C.; (b)
In the Association, Rev. J. Amnions,
Outlook, N. C.
Song,' "All Hall tho Power of Jesus'
Name." ,
Afternoon Service 1 :80 p. in.
Song, "Take Time to Be Holy."
Fifty rears of Christian Education;
the Story of Mars Hill College, told by
three of her son (1) An Auspicious
Opening: the First Decade, MaJ. W.
W. Rollins, Ashevllle: (J) Three
Decades of Struggle, A. Fuller Sams,
Thnmasvllle; (S) A Decade of Growth,
Rev, Oscar R. Mangum, Helma.
Quartet.
evening Service T:30 p. in.
Song, "Wonderful Words of Life."
Dedication of the Spllman home
and Teral annex. Treat dormitory and i
auditorium Rev. A. E. Brown, super-1
intendent Mt. Mission schools, S. R.
C, Ashevllle, N. C.
Today and tomorrow the regular
.association business will be carried
out.
FOREIGNERS RUN
FROM THE QUAKE
Monster Landslide Near
Pittsburg Causes Exodus
Part , of Inhabitants
on
(y Associated PrM.)
PITTSBURG. Pa. Aug. 29 With
their houses cracking, windows break
ing and chimneys sinking deep Into
the earth, several hundred foreigners
have fled
vue. a aouthsld suburb, fearing
death in a landslide which threatens
to bury 26 dwellings. w
One hundred yards below the Pitts
burg A Lake Erie Railway company
started recently to make a cut for ad
ditional trucks. The earth between
the cut and the hillside on which the
houses stand Is underlaid with soft
shale and soapstone. The whole mass
is slowly slipping toward, thir cut,
During the past 24 hours the street
for loo yards, with Its houses, drop
ped 308 feet below Its original level,
bursting gas and water mains and
leaving half the village without light
or fire protection.
JACK LVDA MEETS
t
WITH AN ACCIDENT
His. Collar Bone is Broken in
the Wrestling Match With
Noles Last Night.
The wrestling match at th river
side rink last evening between Jac
Lyda and 8. O. Notes, who c blimp to
be the champion lightweight wrestler
of Kansas Cltv. ended dlsastrniisli for
fro mtheir homes In Port Lyda, who wont to the mat before, the
bout had been In progress three mln
ute and arose with a broken collar
bone, which will undoubtedly tlnc.
pacltale him for some time, .
The match wan over before it had
fairly begun, and Manager Alexander
of the Riverside rink, feeling that
perhaps those who witnessed tha few
minutes of wrestling had not received
the worth of their money, in spite of
the fact that the sight of man hav.
Ing his collar bone broken la not wlt
nnaacd every day, at the conclusion
of the bout announced that all admls
slons paid would be refunded.
Lyda waa quickly brought up town
and Dr. John Hey Williams sum
rnoned, who, after an examination.
Ntated that the collar bono waa broken.
He set the Imne and made Lyda aa
comfortable as possible. Tha doctor
states that It will he between three
and four weeks before . Lyda will be
able to resume hln duties with the
street railway company. '
WEATHER FORECAST.
By Associated areH,)
WASHINGTON, August 29.-
-Fore
cast for North Carolina Fair Friday
and Saturday; light variable winds.
MERELY A MATTER OF FORM.
A W MOW JWTTfTT I SCAFFOLD FALLS
KILLING TWO
(Jy Awoclated Press.)
OAKLAHOMA C1TV. Okla . Aug 29.
TORK. Pa.. Aug. 29. Two men
The fast "Frisco train known as thej were killed and two injured, one prob-
Meator," whieh left St. Louis at 2:39 ) ably fatally, by the falling of a scaf
fold today at me lora county jail
which Is -being rebuilt. The scaffold
was wrecked by an eight-hundred
pound piece of granite railing on it.
and the men were precipitated to the
(ground, a distance of fifty feet
vesterday' afternoon and was due to
arrive here-'at noon, ran into an open
switch neart Tulsa. X. T.. at an early
hour thle -morning and waa wrecked.
A mail clerk and two passengers were-
seriously injured.
ORDER IS S1GNEDW WDGE IX.
PRITCHARD IN THE VIRGINIA CASES
Instead of waiting until he reached
Richmond to sign the order, aa he had
planned. Judge rritchard yesterday
signed an order carrying into effect
the agreement reached between the
railroads and the, governor of Vir
ginia by modifying tha Injunction In
the railroad rate" caaea,,..
The Virginia cases are similar to
tha North Carolina, casea and follow
ing tbe agreement,, to put tbe North
Carolina tw oand, one-Xourth cent rate
'into effect the railroad companies
'agreed with Governor Swanson that
I the Virginia two-cent rate should be
jput Into operation pending litigation
Ion the subject. The Virginia law
goes Into effect October 1.
Lucien H. Cocke of counsel for the
Norfolk & Western represented that
road, the Cheaapeake tk Ohio and At
lantic Coast 1 Jne In presenting the or
der and F. W. Owaltney of Washing-
ton appeared on behalf of tbe South-
iem railway.
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The girls they just go dippy, v JT
WTien he passes on the strreet .....
And admire his manly form,
' From his head down to his feet.
But if they could only sec him .
Some day jierhaps they can,
They'll swear upon their honor
. It's the clothes that makes the man.'
WASHINGTON. Aug. 29, Comb
troller Plant of tha Mouthern railway
waa again subjected to several hours'
close and vigorous croaa-asaminatlon
In the .North Carolina railroad rate
caw before) Master In Chancery Mont
gomery. Bpeaker Justice, for the
state, conducted tha cross-examination
and had not finished the Inquisition
when tha hour of adjournment ar
rived. i . .
lr. Justice failed tn his effort to
draw from Comptroller Plant a slate
men I that he . could determine with
mathematical accuracy tha coat of
doing an Interstate buslneaa In North
Carolina on tha Houtliern railway,. Mr
Plant did say, however, that ha eould
determine tha minimum oust of doing
an intrastate business, ' ' ,
The question of the decreane In .the
net earn Iritis of the Houthorn railway
waa.gana tnt very. Jtully, lr. Jus
tice asked Mr, Plant if ha thought
tha deoreae In the earnings of his
company was due to conditions pe
culiar to tha present time or to condi
tions which have coma to be perma
nent Mr, Plant replied that : tha
Southern railway waa confronted with
two things, which, If continued, will
not reault In very much Improvement
In the situation. Those conditions are,
he said, f,he constant demands for in
creases In wages of employes, to-
gather with an upward tendency In
tha price of material and a desire en
tha part of the people of certain
slates to reduce rates and Impose what
he believed to be Improper restric
tions and penalties on railroads. Un
less tha people and tha railroad work
together there would not be, ha said,
that measure of success both desired.
Tha net results to the Houthern sys
tem In tha future, ha added, would
depend very much upon tha attitude
of Its patrons toward It. :
"If wa have favorable conditions
along these lines," aald Mr. Plant, "I
bslleve tha buslneaa prosperity of the
country traversed by the Houthern
railway will give us suffcient increase
In our gross earnings to overcome the
Increases we are now called on to
make In wages and material.''
Mr. Justice asked whether, "taking
into account only passenger trains tn
North Carolina, that Is, through tralna
from on point In the state to an
other and local trains in the state,'
the Houthern operated those trains at
loss. Mr, Plant replied: "My ludg
ment Is that. Including those local
train running on tha main lines with
the1 local trains running on the branch
or local lines, as distinguished from
the through Interstate passenger trains
there Is a loss In the local business.
but, taken as a whole. Including the
through paaaenger trains and the local
passenger trains. I believe there Is a
margin of profit In the buslnes as a
whole."
A sharp tilt occurred between Mr.
Justice and Mr. Plant Just before the
noon recess. Mr. Justice asked Mr.
Plant If he could aay how much more
It would cost to carry a freight train
with passengers than without passen
gers on tha High Point Ashboro
line. Mr. Plant poreeeded In answer
the question In his own way, but. Mr.
Justlie Insisted upon a direct reply.
Judge Montgomery Informed the wit
ness that he must answer "yes" or
"no." Then Mr, Plant replied 'that
the cost could not be determined accurately.
Southern Railway Train in
Collision Neat the Victor? '
la Bridge Yesterday,
NONE, HOWEVER, ARE
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Low Speed of Passenger
Averted What Might Boen
Serious Wreck. "
Southern Railway, passenger (rain
No. 41, while coming. Into the local
yards thla morning, struck a light en
gine,' and what might have been
serious collision was only averted by
the fact that th passenger train waa
running at a alow rate of, speed. Both
engine were damaged gad several of
the passengers were more or leaa In- '
Jured, none of them seriously however,
Knglneer Deverntlea, on ike jllght en
gine, waa Just about to couple onto Me
train, and ran down the track for (he
parpune of switching. The westbound
track being blocked by a ballast train,
ha took the east bound track, probably
overlooking the fact that No. 11 waa
due from the south. The two, engines
came together at 1 1 o'clock on a curve
Just after the passenger train ' had!
passed under the Victoria road bridge.
The train waa running at about II
mllet an hour, when aa It swung round
the curve Engineer Pitta saw the light
engine In front of him. Be had barely-
ly time to ehut off steam when the two
engine met. There waa a heavy shock'
and many of ' th ' paasenger were
thrown from their seats, en man. who
waa standing at tha time, being pitched
lot a plat glsaa mirror and hla face
rather badly dttmaged. Others receiv.
el cuts and bruises. Nrlther of tha
engineer? were --Injured,- ani the en
gines were not greatly dsmuged, f-
ing their headlights, pllwts, and front
pari somewhat battered up. Jt I es
timated that th total damage to
equipment will not exceed 1600.
Assistance wa quickly sent to the
scene and the damaged train pulled
Into th station The Injured paa
senger were taken to the Olen Rock
hotel and Doctor Milliard and Laird
ummoned to attend to them. Among
those who received medical attention
were: I. It. Davis of Philadelphia, left
arm Injured; Mrs. W, A. Collin of
Mattlesburg, Ml., Internal Injuries
and nervous shock. Mrs. Collin had
I but a short tlm ago been operated on
for appendicitis, and, had not felly re
covered her strength. ' It I not ap
prehended, however, that any seriou
result will follow; R. T, Mruble, Co
lumbus, O., face and head outj I. J.
Hardy, Amerlcus, Ua., hip and leg
Injured.
There wa very little delay to trafflo
on account of the accident, .
DOMESTIC WOES
END WITH DEATH
Ocean Grove Hotel Man
Shoots Wife, Child and
Self In Dining Room.
OCEAN OROVB, N. J., Aug. II
In the presence of number of board
er In the New Jersey house, a, hotel
af which he waa th proprietor, Rob
ert 8. Oravatt, 47 year old, today
shot and perhaps mortally wounded
hi wife, Irene, seriously wounded his
nlna-year-ntd daughter, Molly, and
then killed himself. Domestic trouble
I eald to have been the cause of the
tragedy.
The couple quarreled in th hotel
dining room during the dinner hour.
Oravatt pulled a revolver and began
firing at hi wife. She fell with ,
bullet In her leg and th child rushed
between her parents to shield her
mother and was shot In the thigh.
When the child ell Oravatt fired two
other bullet Into hi wife' prostrate
form . and tben eent the remaining
bullet Into hi own brain.
IUDGE PRITCHARD REMANDS CASE
TO SOUTH CAROLINA STATE COURT
Judge J. C. Prltchard In the tinned
States court yesterday rendered a de
cision In the reae of Charles J. Mor
row v th Charlotte Air Line Rail
way company, remanding the case
back to the South Carolina state court.
Morrow sued the railway for f 10,-
090 on account of personal damages
sustained by him, th milt being en
tered In the state court of South Car
olina. The railway company peti
tioned that the ran be moved to
the United Ststes Circuit court on the
ground of diversity of oiUaenaaip, to
railway company alleging-that It waa
a cltlsen of North Carolina, while th
plaintiff waa a eitlien of South Car
olina. Judge 'Prltchard, after hearing ar
guments, remanded the ease hack to
the South Carolina state court from
whence l wa removed xm the, ground
that the railway company waa a do
mestic corporation.
C. P. Saunders of 'Spartanburg ap
peared for tbe railway, and Stanyarn
Wllnon, also of Spartanburg, rt pie
euted th plaintiff Atorrow,