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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THDkSD AY, JANUARY 14, 1904.
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Items Gleaned From
Murphy to flanteo.
Two Women Killed
Gastonia Special. Sarah and Cora
Brewer, two colored women, aged
about forty and seventeen, were killed
by southbound passenger train No. 11
at Hcndrick's crossing, four miles
west of Gastonia, at 1.80 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon. The negroes were rid
ing in a buggy behind a mule, both of
which belonged to Mr. Eph Holland,
on whose farm they lived. The mule
wa3 killed and the buggy completely
demolished. Coroner Meek Adams
drove to the scene of the accident, but
decided that an inquest was unneces
sary. The body of one of the women
was. thrown 75 yards and was badly
rr.ar.fsled; the body of the other was
iTurc-ly thrown from the track. The
;u:iknt was witnessed by the section
rr .-.v. which was working on the track
nearby. The crossing is on a curve
it seems that the engineer did not
li o,v and the victims were not look
ir.g. The women moved to Mr. Hol
land's fai-m Saturday and were strang
ers in the community. The bodies were
turned over to a nephew of the older
woman and taken to Bessemer City
:"cr burial.
Frozen to Death.
Winston-Salem, Special. Parties
hf re from Yadkin reported that a
man, with his two children, traveling
in a one-horse wagon, were held on
tbo boat at Conrad's ferry several
lu.urs yesterday afternoon, and that
iho children came near freezing to
death. The mush-ice floating down
the river prevented the ferryman from
operating the boat after it reached the
middle of the stream. The man in
hargc of the ferry found it necessary
to get out and wado to the bank.
There he secured a rope. Attaching
one end of this to a windlass and the
ether to the boat the man and his
children were pulled to the shore. The
Yadkin river is unusually low. In
soiuc places it is not over two feet
deep. This is accounted for by all of
the smaller tributary streams being
frozen up.
Cylinder Head Blew Out.
Lexington Special. On account of
ore of the cylinder heads blowing out
of the engine of the south-bound pas
se user train No. 29, near Conrads, a
li'fman came near losing his life, and
five passenger trains were held here
until about midnight. Yvhen the en
gine became disabled, the colored fire
man jumped, and came near being
scalded to death by escaping steam.
Though severely injured hem ay re
cover. Another engine was sent for to
replace the disabled one, which was
plnced on the siding here, and at a
late hour the track was cleared.
Tar Heel Topics.
Charters were granted Thursday to
the Powell Supply Company, of Fair
Bluff. Columbus county, with a cap
ital stock of $50,000; stockholders
Mary D. Powell,, G. A. Powell and
others: to onerate tobacco ware
houses, make turpentine and wood
HDirits. etc.: the Statesville Female
College (incorporated) under the con
trol of the Central Presbytery of Con
cord, F.ev. Dr. Shearer, and others
incorporators: the Johnson & Wat
sen Cofpany. of Greensboro, capital
j-tock $100,000, A. A. Johnson, C. S
Watson and others being the stock
holders, the purpose being to acquire
lands for factories for the manufac
ture of boots and shoes, and to oper
ate such factories.
The State Superintendent of Public
fnstruction says, applications for what
is known as the second $100 000 of the
State's annual appropriation for keep
injr the nublic schools open four
months in the year are coming in
quite rapidly and the division of the
sum will be made before long. War
rants were issued today for about 20
new rural public school libraries. One
or two districts attempted to secure
an extra library, whereas the law only
allows one to a district.
The hero of the Merrimac, Rich
mond Pearson Hobs, will appear in
Charlotte on next Monday week, Jan
xiary 18 and will deliver a lecture on
the Star Course of the Y. M. C. A.
The chairman of the Raleigh dlspen
sary board announced that the d:s
pensary will make not less than $40.-
000 profit this year. The city's re
ceipts from the bar-rooms under the
old system were about $13,000.
B;- far the finest specimens of nick
el ore ever secured for the State Mu
seum were received by Curator Brim-
ley from the W. S. Adams nickel
mine, in Jackson county. There are
20 pounds cf it, which shows metallic
nickel imbedded in the ore. The qual-
uy is very- mgu. xue ameu wui
tn V.o WnrlrTs TTair at St Tuls
Governor Aycock has refused to
commute the sentence of George Mor-
gan, of Wilson, who was convicted of
gambling and who was sentenced to
the roads for four months and fined
$1,000. Morgan is willing to pay the
fine, but wanted to escape the road
service.
There does not appear to be the
least possibility of any -lease of the
Atlantic & North Carolina Railway.
North Carolina had only one. lynch
ing in 1903. The year previous there
were eight lynchings in that State.
Governor Aycock has set the day
for two liangings. The day set for
the execution of two men is Thurs
day, the twenty-fifth day of February.
On that day Jabel Register, white,
will he hanged in Whiteville, Colum
bus county, and Will Boggan, colored,
in Wadesboro. Both for murder.
The attorney general of North Car
olina has decided that all non-resi
dents who hunt in the State must take
out license at $10, no matter what sort
of game is hunted,
MATTERS
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
Resident of Heneietta Is Completely
t! timed Out.
Henrietta Special Mr. June Hicks'
residence, on Henrietta street, between
Dr. R. Hicks' and Dr. 0. B. Wiseman's
residences, occupied by Mr. O. B. Big
gerstaff, a merchant of Henrietta, was.
with all of its contents, destroyed by
fire at 9 o'clock Monday night. Mr.
Biggerstaff and wife had gone across
the street to Mr. John Lee's to spend
an hour with the family, when the fire
was discovered and the alarm given.
When parties reached the house the
fire had gained such headway that it
was unsafe to enter the building.
However, a few thints were saved.
The fire started in ft closet In the cen
tre of the building, near a chimney,
and it is thought to have been caused
by rats and matches or a defective
chimney. Other buildings nearby
caught, but were promptly put out by
the large crowd that had gathered.
Robbery Near Statesvllle.
Statesville, Special. Mr. Ham
Smith, a merchant cf the Troutman
neighborhood, was in town Tuesday,
and told of the robbery of his store on
last Friday night. An. entrance was
made through a front window. About
$"0 worth of goods were stolen and
$2."0 worth of negotiable notes. The
latter were taken from the pocket of
a ccat which Mr. Smith had worn
while collecting and which he had left
hanging up in the store. While there
is no conclusive evidence to the per
petrators of the robbery, two white
men of another county are suspected.
They were in the store the evening
before the robbery and their conduct
while there caused them to be sus
pected.
North State Notes.
Mr. George Windle of Hamlet, com
mitted suicide at the home of his fath
er-in-law, Mr. E. A. Alley, at 1315 S.
Tryon street in Charlotte on Saturday
afternoon by shooting himself through
the temple with a 38 calibre Smith &
Wesson revolver. lie shot himself
about 2 o'clock and lived for about an
hour, dying at 3 o'clock. Mr. Windle
went to Charlotte from Hamlet Friday
night to Visit his wife and three chil
dren, who "were there for the holidays.
He appeared in his usual health and
spirits, and no one dreamed that any
thing was wrong with him.
Mention has been made of the fact
that there has been only one lynch
ing in North Carolina during this year.
During the year 1901 and 1902 there
were no less than eight lynchings, of
which three were murder, three for
rape, one for assault with entent to
rape and one for poisoning. These
lynchings occurred in the counties of
Martin, Northampton, Wayne, Moore,
Anson, Buncombe and Rowan, two be
ing in the latter county.
The survey for the Raleigh & Pam-
plico Sound Railway is progressing in
a very satisfactory manner. The sur
veyors are now within ten miles of
Raleigh, going that way from Wilson,
which is the starting point, and going
from Wilson eastward, have reached
Greenville. It is said that the money
is ready for the prompt building of the
road.
A house on North Caldwell street, in
Charlotte, occupied by Christian Cru
saders. was broken open Thursday
night while the inmates were attend-
1ns- services in their hall on North Col-
lege street, 'lhe rob'oers eneciea an
entrance bv orizins open a window.
A 1 thou eh thev broke open several
trunks, valises, etc.. nothing was taken
out except two dollars in cash, ine
police officers have discovered no ciue.
News was received in Wrin3ton Frl-
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dav of a homicide in Stokes county
Monday afternoon. Sam Lawson was
v. v,i- Tffio Qiclr frnm thfi er-
vz AiA Tuociinv mnm-
ing. The shooting occurred at the
warehouse of Kelly SisK's aisuiiery,
n m OicV Viae Tint
near uenai owiiac. -
been arrested. The sheriff of Stokes
ronntv offers a reward of $100 for his
caDture.
Thursday was the last day of the
bar rooms in Raleigh, the dispensary
going in Friday. The bar keepers of
that city say in two years bar rooms
will be voted back, but the anti-saloon
people say that the dispensary will
either be continued, or there will be
prohibition. The law limits the profits
-f the dispensary to 80 per cent, but
Manager W. P. Bachelor says the av
erage profit will be about 66 2-3 per
''cr-t.
W. W. Alverson is still confined in
the Caswell county jail at Yanceyville,
charged with abducting pretty Annie
I veaman fifteen years old, from her
bome at pelham. Many of Alverton's
. v5rv, Ko inrxnt nf
lneims uriicvc
the charge, and if the girl's story is to
be believed he is a very persecuted
man.
At the annual meeting in Salisbury
of the stewards of the Salisbury dis-
trict of the North Carolina Methodist
Conference Friday morning, tne salary
of Rev. Dr. G. H. Dstwiler, presiding
elaer. was nxea at approximately ai,-
4uu, an lucrwsB w xma cp
sents 11 per cent, or x,ne aggregate sai.
aries of the pastors of the district.
In a serious runaway accident in
West Raleigh, Friday, Mrs. Tate But
ler, Mrs. J. R. Jeffreys, and Miss Fort,
of the Greensboro Normal and Indus-
trial College, were thrown form the
C3rmi&e. ana. jciiiw . .
injured, and Miss Fort was hurt in
the face; losing several teetn.
News In Notes.
Secretary of War Root has taken
charce of the negotiations with Colom
bia owing to the illness of Secretary
pf State Hay.
GEN. GORDON DEAD
Confederate Hero of Many Battles is
Now at Rest
BE EXPIRED ON SATURDAY NIGHT
Much of tils Life- Since the Surren
der Has Been Spent Trying to Heal
the Old Breach.
Atlanta. Ga.. Special. Lieutenant
General John B. Gordon died at his
winter home near Miami, Fla., at 10:05
o'clock Saturday night. His fatal ill.
ness, which overtook him last Wednes
day, was congestion of the stomach and
liver, following an acute attack of in
digestion, to which he was subjected.
General Gordon was born in Upson
county, Georgia, July S, 1832, of Soctch
ancestry, which had a prominent part
In the Revolutionary war.
Young Gordon graduated from the
Georgia State University in 1852 and a
few months later was admitted to the
practice of law. Early In 1861 he en
listed in the volunteer Confederate ser
vice and was elected captain of his
ccmpany. He rose rapidly by promo
tion to lieutenant colonel of the Sixth
Alabama Infantry in December, 1SG1.
He participated in the struggle on the
peninsula, and took part in the battle
at Malvern Hill, and was commission
ed brigadier general, November, 1862.
He was in command at Chanceilors
ville and in the Pennsylvania cam
paign. In an official report to General
P. II. Hill. General Gordon was char
acterized as "the Chevalier Bayard of
ihe Confederacy."
When hostilities were ended, he
called his men about him and advised
them to bear the trial of defeat, to go
home Ih peace, obey the laws and re
build the wasted country. He has taken
a prominent part in the councils of his
tarty since 1866. He was a defeated
candidate for Governor of Georgia in
1868, and in 1873 and 1879 was elected
to the United States Senate, resign
ing that position in 1880, he participat
ed actively in building the Georgia Pa
cific Railroad. In 1886 and 188 he was
elected Governor of Georgia and in 1890
entered again into the United States
Senate for the full term. Since his re
tirement from political activity he has
devoted much of his time in lecturing
presenting the North as well as the
South in his lecture upon "The Last
Days of the Confederacy."
Since the organization or the united
Confederate veterans he has held the
position of its chief commander, and
his freouet re-election to that posi
tion have testified to the warmtn oi
affection In which he has been held in
the South.
General Gordon had been uncon
scious nearly all diy. The beginning
of the end occurred this afternoon, se
rious complications setting in, and by
night his physicians had abandoned an
hope, as his kidneys refused to secret
and uraemic poison was very decided.
His death was quite. He fell pear.eiui-
ly to sleep and all was over.
General Gordon became ni vveunco
day afternon with acute indigestion.
He had suffered from the same trouble
in Mississinni many months ago. At ix
o'clock Thursday morning consultation
of physicians was held and it -s
found that he was seriously and crit
inaiiv in His son. Major Hugh Gor-
nn xuhn resides at Biscapne, was with
i!tyi' A tPleerram was sent to nis daugh
ter Mrs. Burton Smith, or Aiiani.
uiiintr Iipt tn his bedside.
She was with him when ne aieu.ueu-
I erai Gordon grew steadily worse un-
mi tndiv when he was uncoscious
most of the time.
Mrs. Gordon had been in
Florida this winter only three weeks
before his death. His health had been
unusually good prior to his fatal at
tack. He had bought a winter home
n;.vTiP three vears ago. ana naa
I . ' of Vila
since been spenumg a f'"u "l
i winters tnere.
I f ionprn I lioraon s uuuv win "'f
I , 0a n his home at Klrkwooa, near
Atlanta, tomorrow night, leav.ng tnere
at 8 o'ciock. h ica--u
I An oWumnnn
i uj "'" , rAr.n u-m Via
The remains of Gen. Gordon will be
mid in 8tate in Atlanta and w ll
lil 111 111 u." - . - J
viewed by his numerous friends and
8dmirers.
Assembly Meeting.
San Juan, Porto Rico, By Cable.
The last session of the second bien
nial Legislature of Porto Rico will be
onened Monday. Governor Hunt's
message will be read on Tuesday and
it is anxiously awaited as it is expect
ed to indicate President Roosevelt's
DOlicy in the island. The better class
has assured the House of Representa
tive that it will support the measure
of a loan of $5,000,000 to the farmers.
The Americans In the council ai uy-
tne measure on the ground of
r.0tnnntinn bv killinsr all the American
measures, including the general ap
propriations. -
Dynamite Explosion,
Huntington. W. Va, Special. A dy
ite exI)iosion occurred near Cass-
Jn Wayne county, Saturday,
& number Df employes on the
& western extension were
I luncheon- six men were killed and
fourteen were injured. The dead are:
Thomas G. Frazier, Frederick Alar
t,., -Rtss-rf. Frank Regor.
Tlft .-les of the injured have not
yet been learned-
par Eastern Situation
Tnnin. tv Table. At the Japan-
I ideation it was said that the far
1 Eastern situation remsuueu un"-"o
ed No news had Deen rwci.cu
the legation and it was believed some
days might elapse before any devel
opments occurred, as Japan was still
considering her reply and that no
i .anaiirod nt the lesar
TCOWS HU.U uecu i cevi . I
'on concerning the reported dispatc 1
troops bo Corea,
MTfl CLEVELAND DEAD
Oldest Daughter of Ex-President Fell
By Dlptberia.
Princeton, N. J.. Special. Ruth, the
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GroTer
Cleveland, died in this city Thursday
very unexpectedly, th& bnmediate
cause of death being a weakening of
the heart action during a mild attack
o! diphtheria- Dr. Wyckolf, the at
tending physician, said that Miss
Cleveland had been 111 with a mild
form of diphtheria for four days, and
that the heart affection was not an
ticipated.
The Cleveland household is grief-
stricken over the death of Jthe oldest
daughter and many messages of con
dolence are being received. The private
Echool which Ruth attended has been
closed for the rest of the week oat of
respect.
President John N. Ninley, of the Col
lege of the City of New York, Mr.
Cleveland's personal friend, has come
here to make all arrangements for the
funeral.
In response to many inquiries, for
mer President Cleveland gave out the
following statement:
"After a few days' illness, which be
gan with an attack of tonsilitis and
developed yesterday suddenly into
diphtheria, our oldest daughter, Ruth,
died today, suddenly."
Ruth Cleveland wa3 born on October
3, 1891, in her father's residence, at 681
Madison avenue, New York, after Mr.
Cleveland had served his first term as
President. She was named after Mr
Cleveland's grandmother, and as "Baby
Ruth" was a great favorite in Wash
ington society during her father's sec
ond term in the White House. Mr. and
Mrs. Cleveland hay, tnuv remaining
children.
It is now understood that it was the
child's illness that prevented Mr.
Cleveland's attendance at the dinner
tc Mayor McClellan, In New York, on
January 4.
The funeral services will be held et
the Cleveland home, conducted by Rev
Maitland Bartlett. Mr. Cleveland, with
President Kinley, of the College of the
City of New York, Dean Andrew West
and a few intimate friends will accom
nany the body to Princeton cemetery,
where interment will take place. It is
said the other children show no signs
of diphtheria. -
Right to Tax Bank.
Washington, Special The United
States Supreme Court, in an opinion
by Justice McKenna, yesterday re
versed the decision of the Supreme
Court of the State of Louisiana., in the
case of the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana
vs. Col. Parker, tax collector of the
first district of the city oi New Or
leans. The proceedings involved the
right of the city to tax the bank, but
the bank claimed exemption under its
charter granted in 1833. The State
court held that legislation subsequent
to the charter had the effect of revok
ing it, but Justice McKenna's decision
held otherwise. The Chief Justice and
Justices Harlan and Brewer dissented.
After Perry Heath.
Salt Lake City, Special. The De
sert News says the government in
spectors, including James H. Bennett,
of Cheyenne, have been in the city for
two weeks in an endeavor to sub-
poenae former First Assistant Post
master General Perry S. Heath, but
have not yet succeeded in serving the
papers. It Is said that the papers
have been placed In the hands of the
United States marshal. Mr. Heath's
presence, it -is stated, is required in
the East in connection with some
phases of the postofflce investigation.
To Abolish Office.
Washington, Special. Secretary
Hitchcock, of the Interior Department,
has recommended to the President
that the ofilce of railroad commission
er, held by the late General James
Longstreet, be abolished. It seems
probable now that the recommenda-
tion will be adopted ana mat no sue-
cessor to General Longstreet will be
appointed. For two years tbje Inter
ior Department has made no estimate
for the salary of railroad commission
er, the necessary appropriation for
General Longstreet's salary of $5,000
beine made by Congress on Its own
Initiative. The duties of the office
practically have been absorbed by the
Inter-State Commerce uommisaion.
Paid Big Price.
New York, Special. Daniel J. Sully,
who gained fame In the recent bull
campaign in cotton, closed arrange
ments todaj with Edward Morrison
for the purchase of his seat on the
New York stock exchange and the seat
was posted for transfer on the ex-
rhanee It was said tnax suny paia
someS'ing in" the neighborhood of
Sftf.noo for the seat. The committee on
admissions will act on the case within
a week or two.
News In Notes.
was reported in New York that
It
, , . . .ni.. y.A
John D. Rockfeller and his allies had
wrested the control of the Steel Cor-
noration from J. F. Morgan anu
porauon irum o
friends. .
On account pf the great sorrow caus-
ed by the loss of life In the big theatre
fire in Chicago, the usual amount of
noise at the beginning of the pew
year was dispersed with,
KILLED AND INJURED
Many Suffer In Another Terrible
Railroad Wreck
CONDUCTOR AND ENGINEER ERR
A Frightful Mistake That Resulted
In the Loss of Many Lives and Pro
duced fluch Suffering.
Topeka, Kan., Special. Seventeen
persons were killed and thlrty-seten
injured in a head-on collision between
the Rock Island, California & Mexico
express and a freight at Willard Wed
nesday morning. Most of the Injured
are in hospitals In Topeka. The doc
tors announce that all will recover.
with the exception of Mrs. M. A. Hill,
of Greensburg, Kan.
The dead are: Mrs. J. II. Hill, Greens
burg. Kan.; Mrs. W. S. Martin, St. Jo
seph, Mo.; Mrs. Mary Harvaille, Chilli-
cothe. Mo.; Ben Harvaille, son of Mrs.
Harvaille, aged 13: Tot Harvaille,
daughter of Mrs. Harvaille, aged 3;
Mrs. Susan Reed, a sister of Mrs. Har
vaille; James Griffin, Claremont. Mo.;
E. E. Mayer, Buffalo, N. Y.; Raymond
A. Martin, Chillicothe. Mo.; W. S. Mar
tin, St Joseph. Mo.; E. R. Rankins,
De Kalb, Mo.; William J. Weds. Jack
sonville, 111.; Mrs. Mary Kaiser, Rus
sian; Gale Fuller, aged 7, Brockton,
Iowa: Grace Reed. Chilleeothe. Mo.;
Leiiora Reed, Chillicothe, Mo.; uniden
tified boy, aged eight years.
It ia thought that carelessness of the
trainmen, caused the wreck. Instruct
ed to meet a special freight train at
Willard, the engineer and conductor of
the ill-fated passenger, noting that A
freight train stood in the siding at
Willard, rushed through, thinking that
the cars that they had seen were the
ones which they had been instructed to
pass.
Upon seeing at Willard a freight
train upon the siding, Enigneer Ben
jamin threw open the throttle, and un
der the impetus cf full steam the pas
senger leaped into darkness and
crashed along at a rate which the pas
sengers declare to have been 65 miles
an hour.
A formal inquest was held at the
wreck today by Coroner Dooly, of Wa
bunsee county. The investigation will
be continued tomorrow.
H. G. Parsons, a reporter of the To
peka State Journal, who was on the
wrecked Rock Island train, arrived in
Topeka at eight o'clock this morning,
after driving overland from the scene
of the collision. Parsons escaped with
slight injuries, while two persons on
the seat in front of him were killed.
Parsons tells the following story of the
wreckr "
It was in the third car of the pas
senger train, the first coach having
been preceded by a smoker and a bag.
gage car, that l:he greatest loss ui mr
occurred. The smoker, which was oc-
rtinipri hv onlv two or three men, was
overturned and pushed through the
car behind it, whurh was crowded wun
nassenerers. some standing In tne aisie
The first warning given the pasengers
in this or was when the suocen set
ting of the air brakes shut off the
lights, leaving all in darkness. A mo
ment Jater a mass of splihtered wood
nr imn was crowded down upon
thTn None were thrown out of their
sears bv the jrlow. Most of those in.
the forward end of the car were killed
,-TwtAntlv. Thirty in the rear end oi
the coach, however, succeeded in es
t.bnt. end of the car which
was still unobstructed. No one in the
front half of the car escaped. They
were crushed down between the seats
f the smoker. When rescue was fin
ally possible only three living persons
were taken out by the rescuers, who
were compelled to chop holes in the
side and through the floor and top of
the coach to reach them.
Tk rescued from this por
tion were a man, a small girl, middle
aged woman, who were hegging to be
rr, ,it nnp man. hurt internally,
was removed through the rear door
within minutes after tne cohimuu
but died almost as soon as the res
cuers could lay him down A woman
died two hours later while trying to
tell a physician her name. A dozen
men had worked on the place where
she seemed to be before sne was
"Bonnie Martin, a girl 11 years old.
was Dinned down between the two
Qr thfi heaw stove resting on one
attracted the res-
cuers and men, many of them bleeding
nhnnt the face and arms.
viroA hAmirallv to eet her out. It
i, tmo tn release her. When.
she was taken out she addressed the
tnr hn was bending over her as
"nana." The physician did not have
the heart to tell her that she, was an
han her father and mother having
Deen killed.
Mr. Martin was sniea
instantly and Mrs. Martin men u
minutes after being taken out of the
wreck. The child was suffering with
o v,rnVAn ankle, where the - heavy
stove fell on her, and severe scalp con
shp was nut to sleep by a hy
podermic injection to relieve the pain.
"Some of the bodies found tn the
badly crushed as to
be unrecognizable. inrougu
-m ra
chopped in one swe
body of a gray-haired, neavy-
Zl VWmanwith Ions, j-p-.b.
vu.u j"" -
-irtcHhle. Fires were ouut aiong
the track at short intervals ana uj
"o . . . 1 i
the light of these the rescuers, m tneir
eagerness to remove
. . n tt i f "i i r i h
chopped openings , m uu
coaches until exhausted and then they
handed
i me smca w -
away when the
Occasionally the rescuers would de-
SlSt 11 DOH an aiaum ucuift
watchers, who neciarea uai
ping away el
moker down upon uie iv;uiu.
wa the force of the collison
that the smoker left the trnck in its
tacKaxa rusu, ' . , k
Not a wbeel the
entlre passenger train seemed to be
ackward rush, leaving tne itucks buui
i off tne traca.
i frPi?ht train fared differently
I imTnAHatelv behind the
XUtS 1UUI CM a
engine were, crushed Into kindUng.
Dead and dying cattle littered the
rieM of way, while many which had
escaped from the cars uninqured ran
about, adding to the confusion.
-On the taenrer train, ta the
sleeper, was a young physician, who
walked with a crutch a the rrsun ci
BDinal trouble. He was thrown down
and slightly injured, but was the Brit
man to emerge from the smpt ana
immediately began aiding lb Injured.
He had a portion f th chair car sad
the berths in the kp?r elard. and
to them the victims were carried T2
physician was without lntromcU or
medicine, and the only thing he could
do was to bind up wound with band
a?es which he made by tearing up
aleper abeets and pillow cases, and
giving the patients whiskey to deaden
the pain.
WITH THE LAWflAlfRS
What The Two Houses of Congress
Are Doing.
The response of Senator Rcd
Smoot. of UUh. to the charges made
against him was presented to the Sen
ate committee Saturday. It waa aareed
that at the regular meeting of the
committee to be held next Saturday
the attorney for Mr. Srnoot and also
for the petitioners should be beard.
They will be expected to show prece
dents and authorities and after they
shall have made their presentation
the committee will decide whether to
go farther into the matter by calling
witnesses or dispose of it cn the show
ing which will then have been male.
Mr Smoot submits In answer to
charges against him the following:
"This respondent is advised and
avers tnat dui iu
made aeainst him In said protests.
either directly or by implication, are
such as. if true, cotfld legally aueci
his right to hold his acat in the Senate.
These two charges are:
1. That the respondent is a ioiyg.
amlst.
2. That he is bound by some cam
or obligation which Is inconsistent.
with the oath required by me cuhmi-
tutioh, which was administered to mm
before he took his seat as a Senator."
Both these charges responaeni ue-
nies.
As to the charges that he it a
polygamist, the respondent says that
he waa married September 17, 1884, to
Alpha May Eldrldge. She is still his
wife and Is the motner or uu
children. He has never had any other
wife atid has never cohabited wun an
other woman. t
As to the charge that the respona-
ent is bound by some oath or obliga
tion controlling his duty under nis
oath as a Senator, the respondent says
that he has never taken such oatn. or
in any way assumed any such obliga
tion. Hr holds himself bound to obey
nnH nnhold the constitution and laws
of the United States, inciuaing
Mtinn in reference to polygamy.
..1..JI A fa. -v
.upon which the State of Utah was ad
tti ittpn into tne union.
'The respondent uenles that ne is
one of said alleged self-perpetuating
hnrilps nf fifteen men. or that there is
any such body of men, or that tne 101
lowers or members of the Church cf
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saintf, or
any of them, accord the rlgnt io saia
alieeed body to claim supreme au
thority, either divinely sanctioned or
otherwise, to shape the beiiei or con
trol the conduct of those under mem
in all or any matters, civil or tem
poral, or that said church or such ai
leeed bodv or any-person or body ex
ercises any authority or power to in-
culcate or encourage a Deuei in i
practice of DolvKamy or belief in or
practice of polygamy or belief In or
practice of polygamous conaDuauon,
or tnat euner counieuautes
nives at any violation of the laws of
the State of UtsJi or of the United
States and this respondent for himseii
in particular denies that he is one of
said alleged self-perpetuating body of
fifteen- men. or that there Is any sucn
body, or that said church or any part
thereof or person therein Inculcates
or encourages a belief in the practice
of polygamy or belief in or practice of
polygamous cohabitation, and tnis re
snondent denies that he is guilty of
polygamous cohabitation, or that he
is a polygamist. or that he ever has
been a polygamist, or that he has ever
practiced polygamous cohabitation."
Mr. Smoot denied that he has ever
connived at any violation of any law
of Utah or of the United States, and
declares that "since the manifesto of
President Wilford Woodruff was is
sued in 1890. neither a belief in. nor
a practice of polygamy or polygamous
cohabitation has either been taught or
encouraged."
The House was in session but 12
minutes Thursday. Mr. Hemenway,
chairman of the committee on appro
priations, obtained unanimous consent
that that one hour be devoted at the
opening of Friday's session to the con
sideration of a bill amending the act
appropriating $500,000 for the eradica
catlon of foot and mouth disease
among cattle, so as to make $250,000
of that amount available to meet the
emergency caused by the Mexican bool
weevil. The bill was favorably report
ed today. The House adjouned.
A training school for philanthropic
and social work will open January 12,
. nt,n nnder the auspices of the
r-iwmitf Extension Division of the
vl"lt' of Chicago, with Prof. CraW
' I . T,ir , diirertor. The lectcre
i ,., .,i fnttn-
course will Include personal, institu-
. nilMIe ork for dependents;
" yi' Drevcntlve, public and
. . w v. -
- method. There will be aiscus-
sions on legislation. Improved awei-
open 8pacc,t school
agencies, tne city b-i
IL settlements and ethical and ra-
,QUa regourcJU
Big Salt
waWnte Sreclal. Robert Bur-
-
ton Rodney, paymaster, with rank or
I lieutenant command.er on the retired
I list of the navy, Drougni uit iw
"SJ eg against Capt. Samuel C.
judge advocate general of the
. . . j m
navy, tar aiiegea luugtuuuuui
cuniary and naval grade losses and
indignities. The complainant alleges
that r.ATrtain Lemley has accepted
practical supremacy in the Navy De
tiarttnent and is depriving the com
plainant of legal rights under his cqm-
misslon,
THE COTTON REPORT
Ctises Eereao Gim Oct Fiprts et
1903 Crop
TBE REPORT SHOWS FALLING OFF
5tatlttc Compile Trora Report! of
Glooera Indicate a Heavy ShorUft
la the Crop.
Washington, BjwU1- Tb Centos
Bureau ha lwms! report showing
that there had been ginned up to aa4
Including Saturday, iecember IS. l
S 48,747 ruin'vctl bales, coop pax4
ith 9.311.S33 Imlcn up to and l&clud
ing IkcrmUr 13 ?f lt jrar. The
Ccnsu Barcau fou&d that gin
nerUs had been tn-rt!ed thla .
fegalast S0.194 up to IHembcr IS ot
year. Counting round balm a
hali baits, the number of bale gtn
nd i 8,526,244 thl on, againit
8.9 5.503 last season.
This report a followed by two
others, showing the quantity of cotton
ginned from tie gruth or up i
tihd including January 16. 1904. ana a
final rcr-ort at the er.d cf th ginning
itcason. almt March 15, which will
(lintribute the rrop by counties. aggre
pate upland ainl Sea Island cotton Ind
givo weights of bales. Of the tola oi
8.848.747 commercial bales Tor tno
United States 8.144;493 were squaro
bales, C45,0('C round balei and 59.248
Bea lland crop bales- The report by
States follows:
Alabama. 1M6.C56 commercial
bales against S'JC.S?4 Ut aoason; 3.
850 active ginneries, against
lesit season.
Arkansas, 54 4,80 bales, against
7C8.S61 last season; 2.C09 actUe gin
neries, sjutinst 2,510 last aeaeon.
Florida. 50,049 bales, against 54,443
lat season; 2C9 active ginneries
against 284 last peanon.
(Jeorgla, 1.202.815 bale, against 1.
37CS50 last reason; 4,378 active gin
neries, against 5,016 lat aeason.
Indian Territory, 230.873 bales,
against 372,042 lat season; 4S3 actlv
ginncrlc. against 423 last season.
Kansas, no crop reported.
Kentucky, 42$ bales, against 1.027
last season; two actUc ginneries,
against three last season.
Louisiana, C86.CC0 bales, against
70,485 last season; 2.17 active gin
neries, agilnst 2.143 last season.
Mississippi, 1,211,744 bales againet
1.135,557 last season; 4,192 active gin
neries, against 2.143 lat season.
Missouri. 28,881 bales, - against 39,
185 last season; 74 active ginneries,
against 59 last season.
North Carolina. 502.591 bales,
against C17.0C8 last season; 2.715 ac
tive ginneries, against 2.863 last sa
son.
Oklahoma. 155,242
1C3.190 last season;
bales, againut
232 active gin-
neriea, against 218 last aoason.
South Carolina, 728.828 - bales,
against 863,1189 last season; 3,173 ac
tive ginneries, against 3.187 last sea
son. ' .
Tennessee, 210.C68 bales, against
272,135 last season; 778 active ginner
ies, against 815 last season.
Texas, 2.310.725 bales, against 2.
167 472 last season; 4,431 active gin
neries, against 4,542 last season.
Virginia, 11,143 bales, against 12.
537 la-st season; 116 active ginneries,
against 109 last season.
Well Known Author Dead.
Baltimore, Special. Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Wormley Latimer, the au
thoress. Is dead at her home here. She
waa 78 years old and had been In
feeble health for some time. The
shock of the death of her husband.
Randolph Drande iAtimer, on Christ
mas eve, was fatal to her. Her bus.
band was a member of the engineer
corps that laid out the Baltimore
Ohio railroad.
- Dowle Wants an lslsnd.
New Orleans. Pedal Alexander
Dowle. self-styled Elijah, reached thin
city last night in a private car No. W
of the Arkansas Pass Railroad. Asala
tant General Manager A$ent Lupton.
of the road, is personally conducting
him. Dowle has been misleading the
newspaper men, and bis real objective
point was not made known until after
he arrived here, and that by accident.
He is going to Arkansas Pass to look
over Montigorda Island with the idea
of purchasing it. This island contains
30.000 acres, and If he buys the whole
tract, he will remove ine w
from the shoi-es
to that island.
of Lake Michigan
Merchants Association.
New York, Special Former Pres.
William King, of the Merchants' Asso
ciation, has planned to start February
1st for an extended tour throughout
tho South and West, with the Tiew to
the ultimate formation of a National
Merchants' Association. Although no
definite plan of union hfis
lated. it Is the purpose to discuss tha
feasibility of such a combination wltn
existing local organlratioss.
The Chinese Treaty.
Pekin, By Cable. The Chinese gor
ernment has promised United States
Minister Conger to soon forward the
Chinese cop yof the treaty to Wash
ington for the exchange of ratifica-tiens-
It Is necessary first to obtain
the Emperor's seal. After the treaty
is ratified the opening of Mukden ann
Antung to-the commerce of the worm
can be pressed. ' ,
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