VOL. XXIV.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. J AN UAH Y 25, I'JOti.
WARSHIPBLOWN UP
Hundreds of Lives Lost On a
Barzil Vessel
212 DIE, INCLUDING 4 ADMIRALS
Turret Ship Aquidaban is Sunk at a
Port South of Rio Janeiro by an
Explosion in Her Powder Magazine
and Great Loss of Life Results.
Kio Janeiro, Brazil, By Cable.
Brazilian turret ship Aquidaban has
been sunk at Port data repagua, south
of Kio Janeiro, as the result of an ex
plosion on board, and the dead num
ber 212. The cruiser Baroso has ar
rived here from I'ort .laearepagua
with those injured, numbering The
Aquidaban blew up at 10.43 Monday
night. Nearly all the officers were
killed or injured.
Four rear admirals jterisbed on
board the Aquidaban, which had been
used for the accomodation of a num
ber of supernumerary officers and
men attached to the flotilla escorting
the cruiser Baroso. The Baroso had
on board the Minister of Marine and
his staff, who were inspecting the
sites proposed for a new arsenal.
The explosion on the Aquidaban oc
curred in the powder magazine. The
vessel sank in three minutes.
The following members of the. com
mission which left the arsenal on
board the Aquidaban, accompanying
f he Minister of Marine, were drowned
Hear Admiral Rodigo Jose Da Ro
cha, Rear Admiral Francisco Calhei
ros Da Graca, Rear Admiral Joao,
Captain Alves De Larrigo.
Two commanders, two German pho
tographers and one reporter also were
drowned. Later advices show that 98
of those aboard were saved. The
bodies will be brought to Rio Janei
ro and given natural funeral.
Death From Alleged Hazing.
Natchez, Miss., Special. Telegra
phic advices received here from
Greensburg, La., state that Joseph
Hitman, a sub-freshman who left Jef
ferson Military Academy is dead at
his home at that place and it is alleg
ed that his death was due to injuries
received at the hands of a crowd of
hazers at the college. The boy's fath
er. Dr. C. W. Sit man, will demand an
.investigation. Lieutenant Gus Morris
who was day officer at the college
denies that there has been any hazing
at the college and said that Sitman
was suffering from a carbuncle and
took French leave of the institution.
Assaulted Aged Negro.
Winston-Salem, Special. - Lon
Thacker, colored, was arrested Satur
day night and committed to jail on
the charge of assaulting, with intent
to rob, Jim Watlington. According
to Watlington 's story, Thacker came
to his home on Chestnut street and
borrowed a lantern for the alleged
purpose of finding a quarter. The
lantern went out and Watlington was
called out to light it. While stooping
down, Thacker grabbed the lantern
and struck Watlington several blows..
The old negro called for help and
Thacker skipped out. In an hour or
two thereafter he was arrested and
locked up.
News Notes.
Baron Boris Korff. who was ordered
to Livonia, Russia, to help crush the
uprising, committed suicide rather, he
said, than kill helpless persons.
Because Saturday was - the Mo
hammedan Sunday there was no ses
sion of the Moroccan conference.
Governor Glenn, of North Carolina,
visited the Virginia Legislature.
China proposes in the future to have
a voice in the management of foreign
settlements within her borders.
West Belfast, for many years a
Unionist stronghold, elected Joseph
Devlin, Irish Nationalist, to the Brit
ish Parliment.
In Santo Domingo it is said the ati
tude of the United States during the
late revolution has strengthened the
proposed treaty.
Speaker Cannon and the House
leaders decided to bring the Joint
Statehood bill to a test in the House
early next week.
The Senate committee investigating
Panama Canal affairs decided not to
punish Poultney Biglow for not dis
closing his sources of information.
Phares May was sentenced to be
hanged and Berl Lamb sent to the
penitentiary for life for the murder of
a Syrian peddler in Pocahontas
county, West Virginia.
The Walter Wellman-Chicago Record-Herald
North Pole Expedition
was incorporated in Augusta, Maine.
Secretary Root announced that
Gen. Luke E. WTright, of Tennessee,
has been selected as Ambassador to
Japan; Judge Henry C. Ide to succeed
him as Gevernor-General ofthe Phil
ippines. President John Mitchell, of the
Unied Mine Workers, in the course of
a debate on the motion to accept
transfer cards from the the Western
Federation of Miners, accused that
organization of trying to disrupt the
United Mine -Workers.
CONGRESS AT WORK
What Our National Law Makers Are
Doing Day by Day.
Tillman Gets Warm.
Senator Tillman mad.? a passionate
speech upon the recent ejectment
from the White House of Mrs. Minor
Morris. On Thursday L3 introduced
a resolution to appoint a committee of
investigation, which ic-sclulion failed
to p.ss.
A Lot of Discussion.
Abuse in the expenditure of appro
priations was the text of the discuss
ion in the Huse during the considera
tion of the urgent deficiecy appropria
tion bill. But .little progress was
made in consideration of the bill,
which will be the continuing topic
for Monday.
The portrait of ex-Attorney General
Knox for which the Department of
Justice has asked $2,015 was again
the topic of comment. The most ani
mated discussion of the day took
place on an amendment by Mr. Keifer
Ohio, to increase the amount for the
transportation of silver coin.
Mr. Smith (Iowa) declared that the
practice of transporting silver coin
from and to sub-treasuries was graft
pure and simple and in the interest
of express companies.
Mr. Hill (Conn.) said it was "un
adulterated graft." Every Secretary
of the Treasury from Carlyle down, he
said had disapproved of the practice.
He said he could give a specific in
stance where an express company was
paid by the government $lti,000 for
transporting its 'own money from San
Fransisco to New York.
Mr. Williams (Miss.) stated that of
the movement of silver was stoped
or restricted it would work hardship
in agricultural districts. The amend
ment was lost.
Want License Record.
Mr. Humphreys (Miss.) discussed a
measure he has pending to make the
government records of Federal liquor
taxpayers and license-holders availa
ble as evidence. In prohibition and
local option sections of the country,
he said, the present practice of with
holding this information really placed
the Federal government in the posi
tion of aiding the violators of local
laws. Persons operating " blind ti
gers," said Mr. Humphreys, obtain
Federal license and thus avoid pursuit
by government agents, but the govern
ment records were withheld by the
rules of tke Internal Revenue Bureau
from being available by State officials
in making prosecutions. The rule of
the Internal Revenue Bureau, he said,
contravened the well-established rules
of evidence of our jurisprudence.
Stating that there had been con
siderable criticism of Southern cotton
planters in their efforts to decrease
their cotton acreage Mr. Sims (Tenn.)
denied that this would increase Euro
pean acreage and placed in The
Record an article from the govern
ment crop reporter on the subject.
Bill in Exposition's Behalf.
Washington, Special. Representa
tive Maynard, of Virginia, introduced
a bill authorizing the government to
participate in the Jamestown Ter
centennial Exposition at Hampton
Roads in 1907, and providing an ap
propriation of $1,340,000 for govern
mental buildings and exhibits. The
bill also provided for the coinage by
the government of 1,000,000 $2 silver
pieces, the exposition to pay for the
bullion used. By this means the ex
position expects to realize a profit of
about $800,000 on the difference be
tween the cost of the silver and the
circulating value of the coins. Rep
resentative Maynard believes there
will be a great demand for $2 silver
pieces especially coined for the ex
position and bearing scenes typical of
Jamestown, as the coin will be of such
unusual size that it will be prized as
a souvenir.
Charged With Murder of Sleeping
Brother.
Madison, Tex., Special. Rangers
arrested and jailed R. D. Defee and
J. H. Defee on affidavits charging
them with the murder of Tom Defee,
a son and brother of the accused, who
was beaten to death with an axe a? he
lay asleep in his home at Midway.
Augusta-Columbia Trolley.
Augusta, Ga., Special. James U.
Jackson, vice president of the Augusta-
Aiken Railway Company, and
others, filed with the Secretary of
State at Columbia, S. C, application
for charter of eompany to be known
as the Augusta and Columbia Rail
road Company. It is their purpose to
extend the Aiken trolley line, now 22
mi'rs long, on to Columbia, shorten
ing the distance between Augusta and
the South Carolina capital nearly 20
miles.
Socialist Rallies in Berlin.
Berlin, By Cable. Socialist meet
ings held here passed off with com
plete quiet. The halls, which were
filled to overflowing, were closed by
the police half an hour before the
speaking commenced. Strong resolu
tions were passed and protests against
the present tripartite suffrage system
in Prussia were adopted.
18 DIE IN A CHURCH
Wild Panic Caused By a Small
Fire
VICTIMS WOMEN AND CHILDREN
- - - - .
Smell of Smoke in Philadelphia Col
ored Baptist Church Gives Rise to
Shrieks of "Fire!" and 18 Are
Killed and Nearly 40 Others Injur
ed in Terrible Rush for Exits.
Philadelphia, Special. A wild pan
ic followed a loud shriek of "Fire!"
brought death to 13 colored persons
and injuries to nearly two score of
others Sunday night at St. Paul's
Baptist church, on the west side of
Eighth street between Popular street
and Girard avenue. The, terrible rush
to gain the street was of brief dura
tion, and that more were not killed in
the stampede was probably due to the
feet that the church was not crowded.
Not more than 300 persons were on
the second floor of the budding which
with the gallery, was capable of hold
ing COO to 700. The fire was a trifling
cne and was extinguished before the
firemen arrived. The smell of smoke
added to the panic, and despite the
heroic work of the Rev. E. W John
son, the pastor of the church, who
tried in vain to allay the fears of the
frightened worshippers, the terror-
stricken people made a desparate rush
to leave the church, only to be choked
up on the narrow stairway. Those in
the rear leaped over the prostrate
forms of those who fell, and when
the rush was over, 18 lay dead on the
first floor and stairs of the building.
Death in nearly every case was due to
suffocation or trampling.
BLOODY DAY IN ECUADOR
Two New Governments in an Hour
Makes Notable Record Even for
South America, People of Guaya
quil Revolting Against Assumption
of Power by Vice President Moreno
Guayaquil. Ecuador, By Cable
General Alforo occupied Quito, the
capital, at 3 p. m., Thursday. A juanta
of notible persons met in the govern
ment palace here at 4 p. m. and form
ed a new government. Vice President
Baquerize Moreno assumed the execu
tive power, establishing a new Minis
try. Rioting followed. The people dur
ing the afternoon attacted the prisons,
liberating the political prisoners and
afterwards capturing the police bar
racks, where the rioters obtained poss
ession of a number of rifles and some
cannons. Rifle shots later were heard
in all parts of the city and the rioters
became so bold that, thev attacked a
battalia of artillery. Many persons
were kJSeu and wounded during the
fighting.
The new ministry, however, only
lasted one hour. The people rejected
the administration of Baquerizo Mo
reno and proclaimed as President
General Elroy Alfaro, the former
President of Ecuador, and leader of
the revolution, and in his absence Dr.
Emile Arrevalo assumed the civil and
military authority.
A great panic prevailed here during
the evening and in the midst of the
disorder General Leonidas Plaza, min
istei, of Ecuador to the United States,
who arrived here Jan. 18 and assumed
chief command of the army in its
operations against the rebels, escaped
from the city and embarked on board
the Chilean steamer Leora, which
leaves here to-morrow for Panama.
Later in the evening order was re
stored.
Two hundred persons were killed or
wounded in the fighting here.
Two Killed in Mexican Wreck.
Mexico City, Special. Two men, a
locomotive engineer and expess mes
senger, were killed outright in a col
lision between a passenger train and a
freight train on the Inter- Oceanic
Railway. Two others were severely
injured. The baggage car contained
half a million silver dollar but none
were lost.
Preacher Alleged Poisoner.
Gainesville, Ga., Special. Rev. J
W. Austin, at one time pastor of the
Methodist church at Belltown, near
Gainesville, was placed in the county
jail here having been arrested - anti
brought from Gwynette county, chary
ed with attempting to poison Hon
Bob Quillian, of BelftOwn, giving Mr,
Quillian a medicated apple. It is al
p-red that Rev. Mr. Austin while at
camp meeting at Popular Springs last
srmmer, Mr. Austin preaching a ser
mon a few minutes after giving Mr.
Quillian the apple which made the
latter violently ill.
Cracksmen Get $2,050 Gold, From
Oklahoma Bank.
Oklahoma City, Special.- After
four attempts, robbers blew Vtz safe
of the Bank of Dale, near this city,
and secured $2,050 in gold and made
their escape. It is thought that the
thieves belong 'to the same gang that
has been robbing banks near here for
the past three months.
ELEVEN IN ONE DAY
Progress in Industrial Lines Still
Keeps Up.
The State issues the following ehar-
tres: Penny,Brcthers Co., Greens
boro, live stock, wagons, etc.. whb
T25.000 established stock, lfMHK)
paid in, G. T. and J. Cj Penny and J.
R. Thomas, stockholders: the lJarbr
Barnes Lumber Company, Cltrkton.
&J.J.O00 capital stock with $0,000 paid
in. N. A. Barries, H. J. Harvey and
others stockholders; Enterprise Gro
cery Company, Mt. Tabor, Columbus
county, for conduct of wholesale and
retail business with $4,000 capita!
stock, $"2,000 of which is subscribed.
D. Lewis, of Mullins, S. C, V. Ix-wis,
of Tarboro, and other stockholders;
the Citizens Bank, Rutherford ton with
with a paid-up capital of $13,000 out
of $15,000 authorized, to conduct com
mercial and ordinary business, H. L.
Carpenter, A. L. Grison and others, of
Rutherfordton and nearby towns, m-
corjKrators in a list of 40 stockhold
ers; the Harrisan-Porter Pharmacy.
Inc., Greeneboro, $5,000 paid iu total
capital stock $25,000, W. C. Porter,
A. S. and W. B. Harrison; the North
Carolina Land & Timber Investment
Co., Goldsboro. N. O 'Berry, E. B., Bor
den and others stockholders with $25,-
000 paid-in out of a total of $125,000;
the Simpson-Peacock Co., at Salis
bury, wholesale groceries w ith $((.-
000 capital. $10,000 of which is sub
scribed, J. X. Peacock, S. C. and H. T.
Simpson, incorporators; the J. W.
Watts Co., Stony Point, buying and
ginning cotton, capital $S,000, J. W.
Watts and A. W. White and others
stockholders; Morrison Brothers,
Hickory, jewelers and optical works,
also merchandise, $7,000 paid in, C. T.
and J. C. Morrison and others stock
holders; Kemer-McNair Co., Hender
son, L. C. Kerner, W. R. McNair, of
Henderson, L. W. Brown, of Aruericu?
Ga.. and others as stockholders, to sell
drugs at wholesale and retail, capital
stock $10,000.
Distillery Was Notorious.
Greensboro, Special. No afternoon
session of the Federal Court was held
Saturday in the 'rial of the G. W.
Samuels case, alleging fraud while the
defendant was serving as deputy col
lector. The morning session was con
sumed in receiving the testimony of
three of four government .witnesses in
regard to the operation of an illicit
steam distellery belonging to a man
named McEwen, six miles from
Wilkesboro. One witness testified that
a preacher, by the name of Perdew,
denounced the distillery in a sermon
in Wilkesboro, that the district at
torney made a, vigerous effort to show
that it was notorious, and yet it was
permitted by the revenue officers to
continue in full blast near the public
road, during September, October and
a part of November, the officers re
porting at the time that they had de
stroyed it. Another witness testified
that the boiler was not destroyed, and
other witnesses gave testimony with
reference to other distilleries, report
ed as having been destroyed stating
that they were not molested to any
great extent. The government's tes
timony will not be concluded before
next Wednesday and, if the defendant
puts on all of his witnesses, the trial
will last at least two weeks longer.
Dr. Jethro Rumple Dead.
Red Springs, Special. Dr. Jethro
Rumple, of Salisbury, died here Satur
day night after an illness of several
weeks. The body will be taken to
Salisbury where the funeral will take
place Tuesday. The remains will be
interred in Chestnut Hill Cemetary
beside the body of his wife, according
to his request. Dr. Rumple 's death
occurred at the home of his daughter.
Mrs. C. G. Vardell, where he had been
for two months.
Death of Rev. J. A. Dorritee.
Charlotte, Special. Rev. James
Arringdale Dorritee, founder and
builder of the Westminster Presbyter
ian church, and one of the most popu
lar ministers that ever lived in Char
lotte, died at his home in Dihvorth
Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. For
many years Mr. Dorritee had been suf
fering with diabetes. . Last October
his system gave way and since then
death has been expected daily. Only
wonderful vitality- sustained him, sc.
long. The whole family were about
the bedside when the end eame.
Dead at the Age of 100.
Asheville, Special. Victoria Reed,,
the oldest colored woman in Bun
combe county, if not'm Ibis section of
the State, died in Asheville Wednes
day and was buried at Riverside
Cemetary. Victoria Reed was a na
tive of Buneombe county. She was a
slave, and although her exact age was
not known, it is said that she was at
least 100 years old.
Home For Aged Ladies.
Durham, . Special. The King's
Daughters are making an effort fo?
the building of a home for aged la
dies. In fact, the home is to be built
but an effort is now to be made to gel
a sufficient amount of funds to put
up a very pretty structure. When the
movement was first made a site was
donated and since then the members
of the King's Daughters have secured
and now have on hand about $1,000
NORTHSTATE NEWS
Items of Interest Gleaned From
Various Sections
FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE
Minor Occurrences of the Week of
Interest to Tar Heels Told in Para
graphs. Charlotte Cotton. Market.
These prices represent 1. . . .nshft-s
These figures represent prices paid
to wagons. .
Good middling 11 H
Strict middling ll3j,
Middling.. . ."
Strict low middling 11
Good middling tinged ll
Stains BHioi 10"
General Cotton Market.
Galveston, firm H3i
New Orleans, steady IP-4
Mobile, steady II1
Savannah, nominal 11
Charleston, firm II1, 4
Norfolk, steady H'V
Baltimore, nominal 121
New York puiet. . 12.25
Boston puiet 12.25
Philadelphia 12.25
Houston firm 11 "
Augusta quiet and steady 114
Memphis steady 11?4
St. Louis firm 11 11-1G
Louisville firm 11 15-10
To Cost $40,000.
Winston -Salem, Special. At th
meeting of the directors of the Young
Men's Christian Association it was
decided to erect a handsome and mod
ern home for the association to cost
about $40,000. The building will be
50 by 100 feet, three stories high
with basement. In the basement will
be a swimming pool, bowling alleys,
baths, lockers and dressing rooms.
The first floor will have an attractive
entrance lobby, containing an open
fire place, colonial style. Opening
on this will be the reading and cor
respondence rooms and seretary's of
fice, immediately back of the lobby, 01
reception room, will be the gymna
sium, which is also to be used as an
auditorium. The second floor will
contain three class rooms, for the
Bible and educational classes; a spe
cially large and well ventlated end
lighted room for the use of the boys'
department and the gallery of the
gymnasium, forming a part of the sec
ond floor, will be used as a ruuning
track.
Violating Postal Laws. .
Salisbury, Special. The postoffice
inspectors are after vialators of the
first class regulations and one will be
in Salisbury this week to collect from
those who send four ounces for one
cent and write letters in it to boot
Postmaster Ramsey has caught up
with several and recently took in $10
from a colored man who broke the
law. The worst violators are those
who send tobacco tags for premiums.
They collect them, bundle them up,
mark them as merchandise and write
letters. Many do not know that there
is a penalty attached to the infras
tion. Postmaster Ramsey will pres?
all of those who are .guilty for col
lection and if they refuse they will
have to stand trial in the Federal
Court where the costs will be so much
heavier.
Burglary at Salisbury.
Salisbury, Special. The he-me of
Wr. F. Norman, who lives on North
Clay street, was entered and the ends
of a dozen burnt matches to'd the
story of a systematic search for valu
ables. A child of Mr. and Mr!? Nor
man wa-s i"'ck duri'-g ih-i night and
the lamp burned tUmly. A sister .f
Mr. Norman first heard the noise and
called to him. Mrs. Norman also
hearing the steps of the prowler.
When Mr. Norman arose the burglar
opened the door and ran out. He
took nothing, so far as known. Mr.
Norman had a check of considerable
value cashed and took it home though
he carefully concealed it. He believes
that someone who knew all about it
made him the informal call.
North State Items.
Lilleston, the State fair fakir who
killed a man at the union passenger
station in Raleieh last October, was
sentenced to fourteen years in the
penitentiary.
The Moss Lumber Company has
. , 1 1 it- u ; i . v
been cnanereu ai nasuiugwu, i. v-,
capital $100,000..
A woman and her two daughters
were seriously and perhaps fatally
poisoned at High Point by eating can
ned goods.
The Methodists will hold a big mis
sionary institute in Randolph county
on March 30tb and 31st.
Dead in the Street.
Greensboro, Special. Jack Fuller,
aged 40 years, who Was employed as
driver of the delivery wagon of the
Ham Grocery Company, was found
dead Saturday morning at the door of
the stable on Smith Street. He was
as well as usual when he left the store
at night and the supposition is that
he died suddenly from some form of
heart trouble.
MINE W0RTH MILLIONS
Discowry cf Very VaituUa Deposits
of Iron Ore Near Sactaera Town.
Greenville. S. C, S-ct!, I.? ?
ai eihsbitrd in the city ultirh na
found in the mountain a'tr tut
villc, and anaHsi that it ob
tain not less tha t tU j-r wtil. Th
ore exhibited h tj. K. Ju s.u.
of tLi city ht ba opt mm ; ?h
propcrtv. lie ssvs the mn vesu ex-
et.iis aero an eutir- ril n sl i 1 1
nilc in length. Mr. .!..hnti whil
le ore. He jaid litiSc attention to
at lirM but, when !: found that it
w
as so cxU iiit h !t ttHl ;.i nutu
er of samples from ditTfivul puitf
f the ridire. TI: jain!r wrir
mentlv huiInxmI k Philadelphia.
ith the results tiH-iili.;u-.l. ThU
Mid to be a bich yrnde ore u i
o be found iu the world with thr
Mpcle exception (f a jkk1.iI mine in
Npain. It has been hinU'd to Mr.
ohnston, bv a .t-tl iiinian in IVum-
sylvania. that $5.tHKi,(K might m, 1
Wo much for the pnieiiy.
Brooklyn "L" Car Derailed.
New York, Sjwcial. The tniddir
coach of a thies-oar elevated train n
the Cypress Hills branch of th.
Brooklyn Rapid Truii.it Cnip:'ov
was derailed at an "nut-out rolled"
switch and plunged 110 iVtt from the
overhead structure to a vacant lot.
The forward end of the car struck a
heavy boulder and was split from end
to end, collapsing into a .ts 1
wreckage. Of the 12 passtngci who
went down with the t ar. on? ta bill
ed and the others seriously injured.
A guard was standing on the front
platform was so badly injured by be
ing hurled to the ground that he is not
expected to live.
Fell in Whiskey Vat.
Greenvillp, S. C, Sjecial.Oili"
Smith. 12 years of age. fell into a
steaming vat of mush at a government
distillery, seven miles from this citv
Saturday afternoon and was literally
cooked. He cannot live through the
night, physicians sav. The Im.v v:ih
feeding cows from a cool vat and. us
he watched them eat the boiled corn
meal, he leaned againet a pos
posed to protect the steaming vat. The
post gave way ami he- fell in, only
his head and one shoulder being held
above the boiling mass of :neul,-four
feet deep. When pulled out he dash
ed himself in a cool mountain stream
in the hope of easing the pain. When
his clothing was removed most of the
skin came with it.
17 Washouts Near Roanoke.
Roanoke. Va., Special. The tiains
on the Norfolk & Western Railway
west of Roanoke are badly delayed
as the result of washouts along th
line. It was reported that there
were 17 washouts between Roanoke
and Bluetield. Of this number, 5
of them are said to be between Blue
field and Lurieh on the New river
division, and two others are near Mar
ion. Westbound passenger train No.
3, which left Roanoke was caught in
an onrush near Lurieh and stood for
two hours in five feet of water.
Hung to City Scales.
Hopkinsville, Ky., Special. A mob
of ,'00 men, early Sunday morning,
took Ernest Baker, a negro, from the
county jail and banned him from a
beam of the city scaks in the "enter
of the city. Biker attempted. Sat
urday night, a criminal assault on
Miss Mary Gentry, aged IS whom
he knocked down ami dragged by the
heels into an alley. Her screams at
tracted neighbors and th n.'gro fled
but later W3S captured bv officers. The
mob's work was so secretly done that
the prosiners in the jail ju:;t to link
er did not know of the lynching un
til morning.
Mishaps in Fog at Brunswick.
Brunswick, Ga. Si-chlThe steam
er Hessie, plying between Brunswick
and Darlen," was sunk in five feet of
water off St. Simon pier. Fortunate
ly the accident occurred in shallow
water and the crew and passen'ers
were not in any great danger. The
Hessie was returning from Djrleu
and in feeling her way through the
dense fog struck an obscure piling.
Train Kills Two.
Greenville, S. C, Special. Carroll
Hall, a negro boy, was killed by a
Southern train here. The boy was 011
his way home from school and was
holding an umbrella, which probably
prevented him from seeing the ap
proach ing-1 ra i n.
Preston Crawford a mill operative
from Easley, was run over and killed
by the Southern's fast train from
New York to New Orleans. The ac
cident occurred a mile north of t he
station and his body was brought to
the city on the pilot of the locomo
tive to which he was fastened. -
5 Years on the Roads
Wadesboro, Special. Hery Rich
ardson, a negro who claimed to rep
resent a New York firm and who wa.-
arrested some time ago on a warrant
sworn out by three neroes living near
Wadesboro, on the charge of obtain
ing money under false pretence, was
sentenced by Judge Moore to five
years at hard labor ou the countv
roads.
ms body mm
Doubts of RdKit Keith Ber
gen's Death Settled
HIS RLMAINS FULLY IDIXTUIiD
l!or Than Tifty Ftrtcas Wlo U?uw
Rob it Keith D&u&n in Lif V.
d Disinterred Utmost oj uk.!e
Frt t.de&t of Dtfcact Cottcn OJ Co.
txd Fcsitmly Identified Ledy.
lWaugUn, S. 0 SjwTial In s.r
to Ml at mt the mimrn-at wt;-'..t
fttolir to tlx" rect that K.dfit K5l
laryn. ho committed mirid )t
ou J4u 11th la-t, shortly attri !
diaterou faihirr tf -cral
cot illation tif whirl l.e a nui. 're
th p tavr 8 op nd and lh lu .ui
identified by 50 or more cU-kt
rirtieii h kn-w b:m in lite. Iar
gaii had $40,0 .K) imuanc ou hi 15.
JJ5.000 i.i the Kdn lity Mutual L -.-t-
a:ice Cttiany f I'hiladrlphia,
M5.1HR) in the Imputable. The !;'f
cotiiany accepted thr proof if Uis!h
submitted and. some inotth a''. i l
the amount due, but the I'lolad i l.t
rumpimy, by reason of tl.c curir.. m
mors that iHiiyan wa not dead. it
isted in the demand that tb bJy I
dinterred and made an effort .n
week ro t secure an ordr fi m
Judge R. C. Watt to have thi I n
The .Ltde declined to iu the on'tf,
but stated that, if the company v.i
a tied, it could renew ita repuest With
out prejudice fnm hi deeuior.
On August 5lb Mm. H. K. T)u.n
Hiibmitted proof of death and, in m
ply, the company wrote her, iu iut,
S follow s: "The prtKifa of dratii im
submitted are nt atifactory rod,
under all circumstance of th: -,
we naiht sk you to nubmit furthr
proof of death by allowing the
to be opened and the body to be in.
sje ted bj mx resident of Darling ! nf
who were prsonally acquainted tb
Mr. Dargnu in hw life.
Had to Fight if Not Docile.
AimajHdis, Mr.. Sjeria!. The
of MitLhiptrau Chester. A. Blot b- .nf
of St. Claries, Mo., on charge of Laz
ing, was concluded Friday. The
court inalsbal rccupi?d only mh
minutes in reaching a verdict in lb
case of Milfehipman Bloebatun. by
far the shortest ieriod in any
A charge of hazing hn been Mi
against Midshipman Claude B. Man,
of Columbus, Mis., a member ol tl
first class. Hi offenses are a!lrd
to have been committed during St
ember last when Mayo, with lhr
similarly situated midr.hipmen. m
kept at Annapoli while the otfir 1 r
pr classmen were on leave.
New Trial For Capt. Jonti.
Norfolk, Va., Special Judge !!;
kel thin week reached a cone!.ioi
which did not become public imUl
Friday, denying the motion for n v.
trial in the ca$e of Capt. I. W. J m,
of the Virginia National Guard, 'n
victed of the murder of Maud Oia
eron Robinson, formerly of Selma, l.
C, and iriven IS year in the . it
tiary; but as the result of a d--i'i
rendered by the Conrt of Apini f
Virginia allowing a new trial to Fil
S. Hoback, convicted in Floyd co tv,
Va.. of murder, the. fame pVin! i wi
ved in the done ens? wen deei:d in
favor of the prisoner and Jomvi nm
sequently will get a new trial.
Shot Both Before Dying.
Knoxville, Tenn., Special. V n
Ricker was killed and the t'o lioth
ers, Clark and Tom Hals, td.ot iu ?n
altercation at Fresdiour'a disti;rv,
12 miles from Greenville,' Tenn. link
er wh jdiot by Tom Hale, but ;l-r
be bad been mortally wounded 1 e
ceeded in hooting the jtber two ii.n,
dvin? after firing ' shot which n'r
ed Clark Hale' brtat. Tfc IUUh
are being driven by wagoa to N rth
Carolina, according to last r ri.
Ricker died in a few minute. 1 l.e
origin of the trouble is not known.
Fatal Wreck Near Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., SfriaL Tw ru n
were instantly . killed, sooth r
missing, believed to be under tl;e. d -bris,
and a fourth fatally seaJdi r
the result of a head-on collision I
tween a north-bound through fr'.:hi
and a switch engine on tha Seacard
Air Line Railroad near Mina. a nt :'A
station about eight miles trvsn At
lanta. Would Kill Negro Schools.
Kackson, Mws., Special. Senator
Clover introduced into the MbVs-ip-pi
Senate a concurrent resolution o
amend the constitution by providing
that no children shall be admitted to
the public schools of the State w ben
the parent is liable for the poll .tax
for the current year and the sance ie
tcain unpaid.
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