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Vol. XIX.
dALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 5, 1901.
NO. 61.
THRILLING
RESCUE.
OF SHIPWRECKED SAILORS
ON NORTH CAROLINH
COAST.
THE LIFE 8AVINC CREW REWARDED.
VrMel Bound for Key JVeet Cmojtht In
FHWHTFUL RAILROAD CNLUSOU.
A frightful collision occurred on
Wabash Railroad at a point near
Montpeleas, O. Wrong signals were
given, or thesignals were misunder
stood by the engineers and two pas
senger trains ran into each other at
full speed about 300 passengers
were on the trains. Over half were
killed and many burned to death
both trains catching on fire.
It was onlv a few days before
that a similar collision, though
with less loss of life, occurred
the Santa Fe Railroad. There
WATAUGA HALL BURNED.
A. & U. COLLEGE BUILDING, VALUE
$10,000.
Books
Rebuilt
on
was
Hirrknt and . wc ka-Life a' greater loss of life in These two
Crew at Ocrmcoke Come to Reacne and
Sara the Sailor.
New Bern, N. C, Nov. 29. The
details of a disastrous shipwreck on
the North Carolina coast, that of the
two masted schooner Leading Breeze
of Key West, Fla., have just been re
ceived. The vessel wa9 bound for
Key West, hailing from New York,
with a cargo of 200 tons of concrete
stone and an assortment of wrecking
material.
During the big gale of the 23d
the schooner was sighted in distress
from the life taving station at Ports
mouth. At the entrance to Ocracoke
Inlet. There was a heavy sea and
the gale from the southwest drove
a heavy rain across tho beach and
the fog at the time shut out all view.
Capt. F. G. Tyrrell of the life saving
station cave orders to run out the
surf boat when at 2:45 p. m. the
lookout through a rift in the fog
bank discovered the ship aground
and lying broadside to the breakers
The hardy boatmen, stout North
Carolinians, ran the boat into the
boiling sea, put up what sail the life
boat could carry, and bent six long
oars to the task.
There was a strong flood tide, a
blasting rain riving against them,
and progress was slow, so that dark
ness began to approach. When only
half way to the wreck several huge
green seas were seen to sweep a-
gainst the schooner and she was seen
to be breaking up and soon was a
mass of wreckage tossing on the
water. It was a temptation to turn
back but the brave fellows bent to
their oars and kept on to see if any
living person could be fdund. Their
' reward was great, for iu a little lime
they came upon a large section of
the wreck, consisting of the deck
house of the ship, and on this weie
four men, ihe entire crew. They
had lashed themselves to the sky
light and were still alive and were
taken of? into the life boat.
When the vessel went to pieces
the four men had managed to secure
themselves on this part of the wreck
and the tide was floating them to
wards the shore. It was near the
height of the flood and in a short
time the ebb tide would have carried
them out to sea and to their death.
The life savers reached the beach in
safety and landed with the rescued
sailors who were taken to the station
and given the best of care and at
tention. The schooner is a total loss
and the disaster falls heavily on
her captain and owner, B. W. John
son, as there was no insurance.
There is no better crew of life
savers on the coast than those who
patrol the shore frpm Ocracoke Inlet
to the south. It is a wave swept
stretch of low lying land and at
places the heavy seas will sweep
across the narrow strip into Pamlico
Sound. In the great tidal storm
several years ago the water covered
the entire land, except a few hil
locks, teveral feet deep. The water
in the station itself was 18 inches
deep on the floor. The small set
tlement of Portsuit-u'ih lies half a
miles from the station. This part
of the coast is thickly strewn with
the debries of good ships that a lee
shore has caught and destroyed.
collisions than there were soldiers
killed in the whole Spanish war.
With efficient and sufficient help
and with intelligent and careful
management there would not be so
many terrible accidents and such
frightful loss of life.
Sixty Students Lok all Their
Clothea-The Ball Will be
Once,
Between 11 o'clock and midni.
last Friday, Watauga Hall at the
North Carolina College of Agricul
ture and Mechanic Arts here wis
totally destroyed by fire. This
building was three stories, the first
used as a dining room for all th
j cadets, and in the second and third
stories sixty students - slept Th
kitchen "was in the rear of the hall
and the fire originated there and
swept into the adjoining building.
Next, morning the three hun
students who boarded at the college
were lined up and their breakfast
nanaea out to tnem. a. Daxery in,
the city sent out the food, and coffee
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HANIEL
IM A fi O M LKv
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' tcrthe
NORTH CAROLINA PU&
SJNG SOCIETY'S:PRIZE
SKETCH.
TMne Sjketeh oroforj1) Carolina's,
,;-Afl .Hiaunauanea. j sonbM-ore ncn
Sketches of Ike State' : Great Men"
Should be Written. , . :! ; -
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Nathaniel Macon was. born in
North Carolina, in whit is now"
Warren county, in 1758.: His fath
er was a native of Virginia: his
mother, of North Mlina. The.
father dying a few yearsTafter Na-
We notice that there is consider
able complaint especially in the
eastern part of the state because ,of
the number of negroes who are leav
ing, in many sections mere are
not enough negros left to cultivate
the farms. It is indeed a serious
condition that is facing the agricul
tural and trucking interests of the
east. Of course the machine politi
cians who ran the redshirt campaign
are totally indifferent to this fact,
and uow that they have gotten offi
ces by their lawless and infamous
methods they arejittle concerned as
to the effect it has upon the farming
interests of the state.
was made at the place. The college! ZLZAtt Z Z t "T- -
is seriously hampered by the tg1".1. T
ul. u fthe care of his widowed mother
with but moderate means
auu uiauy oi lao Biuuenis nave eonei ...--v , . v.-
i i witii dui moaerate means oi sup-
All efforts to save this building B' TO neare8C ? SCn0 '
terrific. The students led.bysevertr.-; 7tK,v X
to save the other buildings which I evidences of such marked
were in great danger. . 1 htI STe!
The fire department from the "tT ii u i i t
city went out and rendered valuable " . . , . XT; . -
assistance. Watauga Hall cost $9,00()
The Southern Railway has done
the public a great service by putting
on another train between Raleigh
and Ooldsboro. The train leaves
Raleigh at 5:20 a. m. every morn
ing, and returning leaves Goldsboro
at 9:35 in the evening. By this ar
rangement the Southern makes con
nection with every train on the
Atlantic Coast Line and with all
the. Atlantic and North Carolina
. . .. ) . -
Kallroad.
and was insured for $6,000. The
property and clothing of the students
in the building was nearly every bit
destroyed and amounts to over $3,000
The only insurance was on Watauga;
Hall and the loss minus insurance
amounts to nearly $10,000, esti
mated.
President Winston was seen iri
regard to the fir. He says that the
board will meet Tuesday and he
supposed that they will decide to re
build the burnt dormitory right
away.
DEATH WAS HIS ONLY REFUCE.
as Speaker but nevertheless re
ived forty-five of the 119 votes
-fc83t. In the House of Represente
es he served, being constantly re-
, till 1815, when he was,
out his solicitation, transferred
Senate. There he remained
thiriepn years, always a leading
f mejarfber, and acting president of the
iSenate after the death of Senator
'vqilhtrtl (February, 1826) till May,
president pro tern, he declined the
office, knowing that within a few
BIT CLARENCE R. P0E, OF RELEIGH, 77. w
prfiviousjy aeciaea to retire irom
public life. He was in the midst
WjCerratorial - term, but was true
to Jits purpose, and sent to the
Legislature of North Carolina his
resignation as Senator, trustee of the
University, and one of the justices
ofthe peace for Warren county.
For thirty-seven years he had been
his State's most honored representa
tive in the halls of Congress. At
that time no other man had been
honored by any State by being
chosen to guard its interests at the
nation's capital for so many years
consecutively, and not until more
than half a century later did any
State so honor any man, the late
Senator Morrill, of Vermont, being
Macon's only rival in this respect.
In 1783 Macon married Miss Han-
jjah Plummer, of Warren county.
bhe died a few years later, leaving
twodaughters, whom he brought
tip ajpaccomplished ladies,
fiter 1828 he took no part in
political affairs until 1835, when he
presided over the State Constitu
tional Convention. Serving as elec
tor for the Van Buren ticket in 1836
was his last public act. Death came
June 29tb, 1837, and he met this
grim visitor as he had met the
duties of life calmly and philo
sophically. He had paid his physi
cian; asked two neighbors to make a
plain coffin for his body, and select
ed a barren ridge on his plantation
as the spot for his grave. Believing,
as he had said years before when
opposing an appropriation to build
a mausoleum to Washington, that
monuments are useless since the in
vention of printing, his grave is
marked as he directed, only by a
pile of rough flint stones.
ivolution found him. "Very early
in that struggle he joined, a vounc
hteer company, served a term, then
returned to Princeton.
But in 1778 British troops threat-.
ened to overrun our Southland, and
again Mr. Macon left his studies for
the field. This time hereturned to
Warren county and, enlisting as a
private in a company : commanded
by, his brother John, inarched to
South Carolina. Pay for "his ser
vices he refused to receive' and pro
motion he would not accept a trait,
says Benton, that has neither pre
cedent nor imitation in history. It
was a time of deep despondency.
Macon was at the fall of Fort Moul
trie, the surrender of Charleston,
the defeat at. Camdem, and then
took part in Greene's famous re
treat.
He was still with Greene on that
retreat and in camp on J he Yadkin,
OTHER REFORMS SHOULD FOL
LOW, 1
Free Rural Delivery is the most
popular reform ever established by
the government. Postal Savings
Banks and a Postal telegraph should
soon follow and would be equally as
popular and as great a benefit.
Threatened With Diarrace Treasurer
Young Blows ont His Brsins.
Louisville, Ky , Nov. 27. After
being offered one evening newspa-
Twii nrVkioh GQiH hia Vrnlrci YiraiA nntaii
.exeiaaUwi by expert aWant
Stuart R. Young, City Treasurer Of rr"" luw uuveruur "l -norm.
uua a. suluwuuh iu aiwnu a luteuug
of the General Assembly, in which
body his countrymen hid, without
his knowledge, elected him to rep-
The Charleston Interstate and
West Indian Exposition opened
Monday. We are glad to note the
interest being taken in tnis exposi
tion and that it promises to be a
success, senator uepew made the
oration.
Governor Aycock is running the
pardoning mill wide open. Certain
democratic newspapers attempted
to make political capital out of the
number of pardons granted by Gov.
Russell, but Gov. Aycock has al
ready outstripped his record.
The reherring of the famous
Gattis-Kilgo trial ended last Satur
day. The jury rendered a verdict
of $15,000 in favor of Mr. Gattis.
The dtffendent appealed again to the
Supreme court.
IDAHO POPULISTS DEMUR.
Chairman Andrews Opposed to Eollow-
Ing- Senator Heltfeld's Lead,
Boise, Idaho, Dec. 2. United
States Senator Henry Heitfeld, of
this State, has addressed a letter to
D. H. Andrews, of this city, chair
man of the Populist State central
committee, announcing his with
drawal from the Populist party and
his affiliation with the Democratic
party. The letter says both the
Democratic and People's parties now
are striving for the same purpone
and should combine. He asks Mr.
Andrews, to call the state committee
together, expressing the hope that
it will approve his action and unite
with him in an affiliation , with the
dominant element of the Democratic
party.
Chairman Andrews . intimated
that he did not approve of Senator
Heitfeld's action, and that he would
reply to the Senator's letter instead
of calling the committee together.
The Columbian revolution is still
on with much vigor, but Uncle Sam
will not allow either side to inter
fere with the Panama Railroad. It
is being seen across the isthmuth un
der the American flag each day.
Mrs. Roosevelt has sent a contri
bution to the Daughters of the Con
federacy of Maryland to help them
in erecting a monument to the con
federate dead of that state.
That was very handsome conduct
in Mr. Rayner, the leading counsel
for Admiral Schley, in refusing to
accept any fee for his services.
Louisville, this- evening went to the
rear of a warehoure at Sixth and
Nels n streets and committed sui
cide by shooting himself behind the
right ear with a pistol.
A great sensation was created
when the last edition of one evening
paper appeared with a story, in sub
stance, that accounteants were at
work on the books of the retiring
City Treasurer, , Stuart R. Young,
and that it was reported that dis
crepancies had been found in his
accounts.
Shortly after 6 p. m., Mr. Young
was seen at tbe ladies' entrance of
the Louisville Hotel on Main street,
where he lived with his bride of
few months. Two newsboys who
knew Mr. Young ran up and said:
"Mr. Young, don't you want a pa
per? it's got your picture in it."
One glance at the docble column
headlines told Mr. Young why the
paper had printed a double column
picture of him. He walked down
Sixth street towards the river, the
newsboys following him en the
other side of the street. Just after
passing Nelson street Mr. Young
turned off between some box cars.
The boys feared to follow him any
fursher and returning to the Louis
ville Hotel described Mr. Young's
action to 'Kid' Johnson, a hackman.
Johnson was acquainted with Young
and going the direction given by
the newsboys, finally found Mr
Young lying face downward in the
cinders, his right arm under him.
Seeing a bullet hole behind Mr.
Young's right ear, Johnson turned
the body over. Then he . saw a
pistol in Mr. Young's right hand.
Life was extinct.
Stuart R. Young was thirty-five
years old and one of the most promi
nent men in Louisville. He was a
graduate of Princeton University, a
son of Colonel Bennett H. Young, a
prominent lawyer and former Con
federate soldier of Louisville, and a
brother of Lawrence Young, of
Chicago, President of the Washing
ton Park Jockey Club.
Maccn's
Character
and Political
clpU -:-"
Prin-
resent them. Macon said at once
he would not obey the summons.
Hearing of this, General Greene saw
him and inquired the reason for his
extraordinary action. Macon re
plied by saying that he ' hid often
seen the faces of the British but Jin
tended to stay in the army till he
saw their backs." Greene realized
that men of that mould were net d
ed in the Legislature. He also re
alized that a private who had served
through three gloomy years with
out pay or promotion and still chose
the hardships of the camp rather
than the comforts of the General
Assembly, would not reconsider his
action unless he felt .that by so do
ing he could better serve his coun
try. It was to this very spirit of
patriotism, therefore, that Greene
appealed, and he finally convinced
the young soldier that he could be
more service to his country in re
presentative tnan in individual ca
pacity. Taking this view of the
case, Macon decided to obey the
summons; and so ended nis military
career and began his political life.
And ail must admit tnat ne was as
"faithful over the ftw things" as a
private soldier as he was faithful to
greater trusts as a statesman.
Though only 23 years of age.
Macon's ability was soon recognized
by his colleagues in the Legislature,
our "Colonial Records" showing that
he served on some of the most im
portant committees. The condition
ol Greene's army wasturally, the
subject nearest his heart, . and bis
best work was in behalf of move
ments looking to the better equip
ment of Greene's forces.
Its Mr. Rooseyelt.
New York World.
"Mrs. Flynn, is Aunt Mary here?"
President Theodore Roosevelt had
stopped off on his way ba;k to Wash
ington from Oyster Bay and climbed
a dark stairway to the- second floor
of the house, 150 East Forty-eighth
street, Manhattan, to call upon the
old nurse, Mrs. Mary Ledwith, who
had nursed not only Mm. Roosevelt
herself when the was a baby, but
all ot the children of Mrs. Roose
velt and the President.
"Yes, she is here," said Mra,
Flynn, who is Aun,t Mary's siater;
"but I can't see who you are."
"Just say it's 'Mr. Roosevelt.
and that I want to see her. Trianon
I came up to see how she is.'
Mrs. Flymn, though she had
known the Roosevelt's for many
years, was not unnaturally a bit
"flustered" by the honor of a visit
from the President of the United
States, with his secretary and valet
and detectives waiting outside.
She ushered him into her little
sitting-room and then went and ac
quainted the old .nurse, seated in an
invalid's chair in another room.
"It's the President of the United
States, and he has come up to see
you," said Mrs. Flynn.
"The President of the United
States!" echoed Aunt Mary in
amazement.
"Certainly," and he says to tell you
that if you are not too ill he wants
to see you."
A light dawned on the old nurse's
mind.
"Oh, the President! I'll be bound,
now, that it's nobody but Mr. Roose
velt. Why, you quite look my
breath away."
And then she fixed her hair a bit,
as women will, old or vouner. and.
adjusting her glasses, announced that
the President could be shown in.
Mr. Roosevelt came in smiling
and bent over the old nunc and
shook her hand. Then he drew up
a chair and sat down beside her.
He told her how aorry he was that
she was ill.
In a few minutes the bell rang
again, and Mrs. Roosevelt came in
and took a seat on the other side of
the nuise. She remained only a
short time and then went to another
room to be fitted with some frowns
which Mrs. Flynn is making for
When the President's p irty eame
out the sidewalk was lined with
children, who sent up a cheer.
Some of them called for a speech.
The President passtd through the
crowd, patting their heads and laugh
ing as he went. Frank Flynn, who
escorted the President to the carriage,
had on a Low button. "That's the
right sign," said the President.
In the meantime the old nurse, in
her invalid's chair, was Smiling
happily and saying over and over,
"He ain't a bit changed; not a bit.
He might be ten times the Presi
dent and still be just Mr. Roosevelt,
always thoughtful and kind."
Mrs. Ledwith has been in Mrs.
Roosevelt's family for forty-five
i vears. She is Kevfnlv-si y veara nlri.
and has the culture that, comes of
much travel with refined people,
besides a good deal of kindness of
heart. She took care of Mrs. Roose
velt in her childhood, accompanied
her abroad, and has been the right
hand of the present lady of the
White House in the care of her
children. A few weeks aero, on her
way from Oyster Bay to Washing
ton, she wa taken suddenly ill and
was carried to the home of her sister,
Mrs. Flynn. As soon as she recov
sufficiently she will go back to
A TERRIBLE
R. R WRECK
AN IMMIGRANT TRAIN ON
THE WABASH SHATTER
ED IN A COLLISION.
UANY ON BOARD SLOWLY ROASTED-
Having given this brief sketch of
his life, I shall now say something
of Macon's character and political
principles. In politics, he was a
member of the original Republican
later known as the Democratic
party. Honesty, independence,
faith in the ability of the people to
settle properly all political questions
and opposition to all unnecessary
(and perhaps some necessary) appro
priations, were his strong points;
politically,
He was democratic in the broad
est and deepest sense of that word.
He opposed the adoption of the
United States Constitution because
he did not consider it democratic
enough, and refused to endorse the
work of the State Constitutional
Convention of 1835, chiefly became
the uew constitution did not pro
vide for annual elections, which he
considered "a fundamental principle
of republican liberty." "The peo
ple," said he, "should pass upou the
acts f heir representatives at least
once a year. I prefer the t-mpest
of liberty to the calm of despotism "
Macon wished to keep all political
power directly in the hands of the
people. More than once he com
plained of the constantly increasing
power oi the executive department
of the government. He would ac
cept no office "not the gift of the
people or of their immediate repre
sentatives, the Legislature." Twice
he refused a position in Jefferson's
cabinet but the insignificant office,
iustice of the peace, to which the
people of his county directly called I '
him, was not too small for him toj Politician, of Course.
) One of his Congressional col-1 Not long ago the wife of a west-Wo-hab-
xuhn fc-nw him an a Vind era Kansas politician asked him to
and as a statesman, savs that Macon lay shi politics long enough one
would "trust the people further than .day to the potatoes in the gar
ere
the Roosevelts at the White House
She is' quite overcome by the
fame that has been thrust upon her
by the President's call, and says:
"They were nice people before ever
they went to the White House to
live."
STRIKE8 A RICH FIND.
"l was trouDiea lor several years
with chronic indigestion and nerv
ous debility," writes F. J. Green, of
Lancaster, N. H., "No remedy
helped me until I began using Elec
tric Bitters, wnicn cua me more
good than all the medicines I ever
used. They have also kept my wife
in excellent health for years. She
says Electric Bitters are just splen-
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
The old idea that the body sometimes
needs a powerful, drastic, purgative . 1UHiHM! era are jusi, apien
pill has been exploded; Dr. King's New ' did for female troubles; that they
Life Pills, which are perfectly harm
less, gently stimulate liver and bowels
to expel poiBooous matter, cleans the
system and, absolutely cure cons' ipa
tion and tick headache. Only 25c at
all drujrgiats.
Sold by all druggist.
are a grand tonic and invigorator
for weak, run down women. No
other medicine can take its place in
in our family." Try them. Only
50c. Satisfaction guaranteed.
For sale by all druggists.
CURED OF ASTHMA.
After 35 Years of Suffering.
It will be gratifying to the Asth
matic readers to Uarn that an ab
solute cure has at last been discov
ered by Dr. Randolph Hchiffmann.
That the remedy is an effectual one
cannot be doubted after persual of
such testimony as that of C. W.
Van An'werp, Fulton, N. Y. who
says: -"Your remedy, (Schiffman's
Asntma uurej is the test l ever
used. I bought a package of oar
druggist and tried it and one box
entirely cur d me of asthma, and
I have not had it since. I can now
go to bed and sleep all night with
perfect comfort which I have not
done before for 35 years and I thank
vou for. the health that I now en
joy. . I hope that you will publish
this letter, that others may learn
of its wonderful virtues."
Tn 1785 Macon's brother John sue-1 Toffarann wnnUl hav vntnrpd. far den. He agreed to do it. After
eeded him in the General Assembly, ! havnnd Washington, and to'an ex-' digging for a few minutes he went
and Nathaniel seems to have played ! tent that Hamilton would have pro-' into the bouse and said he had found
no further part in public affairs till J nounced anarchial." I a coin. He washed it off and it
after the framing of the National Scorning the arts of the demago- proved to be a silver quarter. He
Constitution in 1787. Its adoption ! orm. however, he made no dismay Pt it iR bis jeans and went back to
Vie rtnnsvaftrl hlt.tarl V. insist i nf that. It.' Uia Aamtttn tn 4ha ncnnlo anH work. Presently he went to the
o-bvo tnn much tiower to the central ! 4;- nonw nawr mnda nnnninr house again and said he had found
O- ' ' . vw-tn. ) ' - f"l , , ., ,. .
onvommAnt. Kut. it, here mnv hp nK.A1 mnvMscH Hio. anotner coin, ne wasnea me tun
trint. tn nsk for the votes of his con- on oi it. it was a silver nan aoi
Bt.itiiPnts. An uncomnromisine lr H Pt it In his jeans. "I
nh.mr.ion of democracv he wae. but gu&a I'll take a short nap.'! When
he was no time-server, and did not he awoke he found that his wife had
clared that "To dissolve the Union cringe before public opinion, dug all. the rest ot the potatoes,
and destroy the Constitution would iiThnno-h all the tieoDle should de- But she found no coins. It then
be to throw from us as great a bless- dare a measure proper, I should dawned upon her that she had been
ing as Providence has bestowed upon ttill have my own opinion," he said., i orBiea."
If he favored popular measures he
would vote for them; if he did not
favor popular measures the people
should select some one else to repre-
It la not Known How Many People Were
on Board, bat the Nunkw of Deed and
Injured will be Anywhere From lOO to
ISO -The Trsine Crashed Into' Sack
Other Going at fall Speed.
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 27. From
100 to 150 persons were killed or
injured to-night in the most disast
rous wreck in the history of Michi
gan railroads. Two heavily loaded
passenger trains on the Wabash rail
road collided head on at full speed
east of Ssneca, the second station
west of Adrian.
The westbound train of twe cars
loaded with immigrants and five
other coaches, was mashed and burn
ed with the result of awful loss of
life and fearful injuries to a majority
of its passengers. The east bound
train, the Continental Limited, suf
fered in scarcely less degree.
The track in the vicinity of the
wreck is strewn with dead and dy
ing. Many physicians from Detroit
have gone to the scene.
No. 4 was the Continental Limit
ed, engine 609, engineer Strong,
conductor G. J. Martin, and No. 13,
double-headed, engine 88, Engineer
Work, engine 151, engineer Parks,
conductor Charles Troll. No. 4 it is
believed, disobeyed orders in not
waiting at Seneca for No. 13, there
by causing the wreck. The track at
the point where the collision occur
red was straight and at first the
officials could not understand why
the collision should have occurred.
No. 13 which ordinarily is due to
leave Detroit at 2:30 o'clock, was
two hours late, leaving at 4:20. The
two trains met at Montpeller, Ohio,
according to schedule, but No. 4 had
orders to wait for No. 13 at Seneca.
The blame is therefore placed on the
conductor or engineer of No. 4. Had
this train been held at Seneca, the
accident would not have accurred.
No. 4 was due at Seneca at 6:43 ac
cording to the change in schedule,
but apparently orders to wait were
disobeyed, and the probabilities are
that the true story of why will never
be told as the train crew undoubted
ly met instant death.
Advice from the wreck at mid
night state that the country for
miles around is lighted by the burn
ing cars ana that the names could .
not be quenched because of lack of
proper apparatus. Mangled bodies
were picked up along the track by
the farmers before the special train
arrived. In some places the bodies
were mangled beyond all recogni
tion. The bodies which the res- ?
curs managed to pull from the burn
ing ruins of the immigrant cars
were so badly burned that their
identity will probably never be
established.
It is not thought that any Detroit
people are injured, as train No. 3,
immediately behind No. 13 con
tained the Detroit passengers for
Chicago.
No. 4, eastbound, was made up
of an engine, baggage car, combina
tion coach and sleeper. The trains
came together one mile east of
Seneca under a full head of steam.
All but the two rear coaches of No.
13, the westbound train, were de
molished and the coach on No. 4
was telescoped. Five of the cars of
train No. 13 caught fire. The loss
pf life is estimated at 100 on the
train. The loss of life on No. 4 is
skid to be 25. Engines 2o. 88 of
train 13 exploded and engine 609 on
No. 4 turned over into' a ditch.
Two firemen and one engineer on
No. 13 wern killed and the fireman
and engineer on No. 4 jumped and
escaped.
added, parenthetically, that though
he seems not to have wavered in his
belief that the Constitution could
have been improved, he (1814) de-
any people in modern times."
Macon was elected by the people
of his district to represent them in
the lower House of the second Con
gress; wnicn met in
October 24th, 1791.
gan that long service in the councils
of the nation that was to make him
famous. The seventh Congress
elected
House
Philadelphia, ' SGnt them. It has been said that
There he be-, itin the nearly forty years of his
Coneressional service no other ten
members gave as many negative
votes." "This gave rise to the say-1
him (1801) speaker of the;iDg if Macon were drowned, his
of Representatives, which ! bodv would be found up stream.
position he held till 1807. - In 1809
he positively declined to serve long- J . . (Continued next week..)
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