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VOL. XXV. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 13, NO. ?. r HO ARE DROWNED D0INGS 0F congress Crew and Passengers Die in Sight of Land LIFE-SAVERS UNABLE TO HELP Rotterdam Steamer Berlin, With 141 Passengers and Crew of 50, Wreck ed Off the Hook of Holland, Every Soul Aboard With One Exception Disappearing in Mountainous Waves. Imdon, By Cable. Tha Hotterdam rr,:i! steamer Berlin, from England, with 111 passengers and new, was wrecked off the Hook of Holland, at tb.f '-tit r;t tj r-f of the Hivr Ma as, lead in.' to Ii'iitt'Tdam, shortly before 6 o'clock Friday morning, and with one exemption on board cerihed. A tci i ilic s'n t hu eslerly gale was tiiouinr liht in shore and drove the Purlin on a sand bank close to the north in jetty as she was trying to enter the new waterway. Heavy Fens quickly pounded tiw vessel to j.'hcs. She broke in two, her forc- p;ut s 1 1 : k i : ' lt immediately, while the !'.., med p;tssenv;ers and crew could li' seen tor a brief space of time clustered ;n the afterpart. Then the at'terpart I i j i ed off the ledge and dis appeared in the mountainous waves. Tutrs and lif boats, when the alarm was firl " sounded, promptly put out to the as-istanee of the Berlin, but the violence of the gale and the heavy seas made it impossible to ap proach the wreck, and the helpless Touhl-bc life, savors saw the steamer break up and the crew and passeng ers washed away without being able to render the slightest assistance. The lierlin left Harwich at 10 oM uk Thur.!ay night, upon the ar rival there of the Londou train with the greatest number of passengers who si'.b.-f quent J v lest their lives. Tb steamer should h:ivt reached the Hook of Holland ;:t " o'clock Friday morn ing and would lmvc then proceeded for IJotferdajn. All cn Board Drowned. As t lie Berlin was entering the waterway at the entrance of the river Maas, she apparently became unman agable on account of the force of the '.vind and was driven ashore. The alarm v. as iven and life boats from the shore went to the assistance of the steamer, but the seas were so high that the boats were unable to ap proach tbtt Berlin close enough to take off any of the passengers or crew and the life boat men had to sit helpless while the steamer pound ed nntil slie hroke in two and everv soul on board was carried down. The steamer apparently struck off and sank immediately, while her after- part, could be seen for a considerable period of time afterwards. The waterway in which the disas ter occurred is a new one on the north side of which is the pier and railroad station. The steamer must have been within a few miles of tvins? nn after her .rough passage across the North Spa when she was overtaken bv the disaster. Land was but a few yards awa, and except in the roughest weather those on board the lierlin could have been rescued Avithout dif ficulty especially a the Avaterway is navigable at all tides. New Ambassador Arrives. Washington, Special. Honorable James Bryce, the neAv British ambos sador to Washington, accompanied by Mrs. Bryce, arrived here at 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. They Avere met at the station by Mr. Esma Howard, counsellor of legation and charge d'affaires, and the entire' em bassy staff and ladies, Avho extended them a hearty greeting. The ambas sador and his wife Avere immediately driA'en to their temporary apartments in Stoneleigh Court, while the repairs to the embassy are being completed. Eates for Exposition. West Palm Beaeh, Fla., Special. The SoutliAvestern Passenger Asso ciation adopted rates for the "James town Exposition and special tourist rates, but these will not be publish unlil reA'ised by the proper authorit ies. Otherwise only routine matters were considered and the association adjourned. What Our National Lawmakers Arc Doinf From Day to Day Smoot Holds His Seat. ' With the gallaries packed and the crowds extending out into the corri dor 4, the 'le on the question of .v -ufcr Reed Smoi retention of his teal was taken after an entire atternr.on had been deoted to the concbiHoa of the debate. The final vote Mood 42 to 2S in favor of Smoot. Figutecn Senators were paired on the !pK.hon, bringing the actual vote recorded trid paired up to 51 to 37 in fjAor of the retention of the Utah Ser.r-.lor. The entiri strength of the Senate was either reeoued or paired, willi the octption of but two Sena tors Mr. .Smoot himself and tMr. Wetmore, of Rhode Island, neither of whom : .to. TbrongLiut tlie cnti.e speeehmak ing Senator Smott listened atten tively, bat when the voting began he reluct; lo itie nepuoocan cloakroom and there Avaited the lcsult. At the conclusion if the voting there v a - a rush of Republican Sen ators lo the cloakroom to congratu late Mr. Smoot. A lar;re number of members o the Houe followed and then the Utah Semdoi Aa9 patted on the back and hi- hands were fchakeu in heart v fashion bv the men who expressed their admiration of bis bearing in the long and trying ordeal through Avhich he has passed. Un tne floor of the Senate and in the gallar ics it Avas many minutes before order could be restored. The final vote on tne proposition lo expel the Mormon Senator was as f oIIoavs : Yeas , Republicans Burrows, Clapp, Dnpont, Hale, Ilansbrough, hJttndgc, La Lallette and William Alden Smith, of Michigan: total, 9. Democrats Jiacon, Berry, Camack, j Clarke, ot Arkansas; Clay, Cuiber- ' son. Dubois, t razer, Latumer, A.c- Creary, McLaurin, Money, Newlands, Uverman J'ettus, ltayner, Simmons, Stone and Tillman. Total, ID, Ag gregate, years, 'JS. Nays, Democrats Blackburn, Clarke, of Montana; and Daniels, of Virginia; total, 3. Republicans Al drich, Allee, Ankeny, Beveridge, Bulkeney, Burkett, Burnham, Clark, of Wyoming; Crane Curtis, DepeAV, Dick, Dillingham, Dolliver, Flint, Foraker, Frye, Fulton, (jallinger, Gamble Heyburn, Hopkins, Kean, Knox, Lod;e, Long, MeCumber, Mil lard, Mulkey Nelson, Nixon, Penrose, Perkins, Piles, Spooner, Sutherland, Warner and Warren. Total, 39. Ag gregate nays, 42. Pass River and Harbor Bill. The Senate passed the River and Harbor Appropriation bill, carrying a total appropriation og $92,720,472. All the committee amendments Avere agreed to. The bill as passed carries the ap propriation for the completion of the 35-foot channel. COO feet Avide, up the Patapsco river to Baltimore. Grazing on Public Lands. It was conceded by Senators in charge of the agricultural appropria tion bill in the Senate that the graz ing lease provision will be eliminated from the bill on a point of order. Several Senators desire to make speeches on the provision before it is stricken out, otherwise this action would have been taken at once. The reading of the agriculture bill - C7 fj was completed after most of the day had been spent in debate on tne ior estry system and thejrrazing yjrovis THE N. C. LEGISLATURE What Oar SUte Lawmakers are Do ing Ealeixh Fatally Injured by 12-Inch Gun. Pcnsacola, Fla., Special. Harry L. Leonard, a first-class gunner of the Twenty-fifth Company of Coast Ar tillery Avas perhaps fatally injured at Fort Pickens by the firing object of one of the 12-inch rifles. One of the prmiings failed to ignite the charge, and after waiting a feAV minu tes Leonard inserted a new primer. The gun fired just as Leonard was leaving the breach block, throwing Lim some distance away. His skiull Avas fractured, tAo ribs broken and he'Avas otherwise bruised. His home is in Chicago. ion. tion, t according to Senator Lodge, on several nrovisions relating to the . r-- bureau of ehemistrv of the Depart ment of Agriculture, and these were passed over. An amendement as agreed to at the suggestion of Sena tor Nelson which will add $5,000 each year to the appropriation for agricultural colleges until the total amount for each state for these col- leo-p.s shall be 50.000 annnallv. The annual appropriation at present for agricultural colleges is $dU,UUU. The ealarv of the assistant seere tary of the department was increased from &L500 to $5,000. The provision for the survey of the White mountain and Apualchian TYir.nntain water sbpds. to ascertain the feasibility of making a forest re serve, was also passed over ior dis cirssion. The session throughout the day was devoted to the agricultural appro priation bill, and it is understood that this measure will be again consider ed with the idea of getting final ae tion on the measure Senator Dephew presented the fol lowing resolution. It Avas ordered printed and went over. "Resolved. That the committee on finance lie authorized to investigate and report Avhat legislation, if auy, mav be necessary in relation to the - deposit of public moneys and the is sue or curreTIcv to prevent condi- tinnc nf aVmnrmnl and danererous rates of interest at certain periods of the year and provide such elasticity" in the currency that it will be more Responsive to the conditions of busi ness." Will J. Duffffy is Dead. Norfolk, Special. Will J. Duffy, one of the prominent theatrical man agers of the country, died at St, Vin cent's Hospital, Norfolk. He was &ieted with double .pneumonia. At the time of bis death ne Avas'manager of the "Squaw Man," a Liebler & Co. production, Avhich Avas playing at the Academy of Music here. Duffy arrived here from Lynchburg Sunday and v.r.s taken to the hospital in the fterncon. Unofficial Return Indicate a Victory for Mayor Dunne. Chicaso, Spaeial Unofficial re turns from the Democratic primaries indicate a victory for Mayor Dunno tvith 655 delegates, former Mayor C. H. Harison with 239, Roger C. Sul livan -with 62. Four hundred and ninety-four delegates are necessary for a choice. The. city convention will be leld February 23, Considering the Revenue Bill. At noon the House reolved itfcelf into a committee of the whole and considered the revenue bill, HoyMer in the chair. Dougbtou, chairman of the finance committee in charge of the bill, said there had been no changes in the sections up to 5 of the present act, and thee were adopt ed without reading. A slight amend ment by the committee to section 6, regarding the inheritance tax, was adopted. From that section to sec tion 23 there was no change from the old law and there wss adoption with out reading. Section 23, requiring the tax-payer to send certificates of ineome to the corporation commission was changed so that it U'to be sent to the tax-lister. Section 27 Avas amended so as to include exhibitors of moving pictures and magic lantern pictures in the $2 per day class for taxes, provided they do not giA-e con tinuous performances. There was prolonged debate over the committee amendment to section 29, imposing a tax of $300 instead of the present $20) on circuses. Oallert offered an amendment making the tax the same as at present, and fervid speeches in behalf of circuses privileges for the people and in support of the amend ment were made by him and Hieketr, Galloway, of Greene, Kennedy and Peel. The amendment Avas defeated. Having reached section 35 without material, amendment of the commit tee's report, the committee of the whole arose, the House resumed its session, MaeRae being speaker pro tern, and Chairman Royster reported the progress of the committee and the the adoption of the bills up to section 35. Consideration Avill be resumed Fridev morning. " v . The Senate bill to authorize street and inter-urban railways to build and maintain water poAver plants passed and the House adjourned. A short session of the bouse Avas held at night, during which only bills, on Avhich there Avas no contest, Avas considered. Preston's Immigration Bill Passed. At 9 o'clock Preston's immigration bill came up as special order. Speech es in opposition to any immigration of any kind Avere made by Stevens, Peele and Price, of Rockingham, con tending that the scarcity of labor was a blessing in disguise by decreasing the products of farm, shop and fac tory and enhancing their prices, while labor could command higher Avages and be more independent, and immi gration would injure laborers by com petition. Strong arguments for the bill were made by Preston, Neil, Mc Rae, Houghton, Laughinghouse, Blount, Parson, Galloway, Julian and Clifford. ' Tho Rate Bill. McLean then spoke about his own bill, providing a flat 2-cenf rate for the big railroads and a 3-cent rate for the others. Daniel declared that McLean by bis own argument, had proved his own bill illegal, that Dan iels' Avas illegal, lie said lurtner that McLean had taken parts of his oavii bill from parts of the House bill and that two sections of McLean's bill and Daniel's bill Avere alike, so that McLain Avas really opposing his own bill. Keid sair at nrst nes toon for to two-fare rate, but iioav thought this would complicate the situation and might invalidate the law and was conA'inced that it should be only one rate. The only question is how much shall the reduction be. it must ha substantial. The substitute of Daniel pleased him better than any other bill before the Senate and he would support it. He answered Mc Lean's argument that the bill inter fered with inter-State rate, saying that mterlereinff Avitli these and pre scribing them are but two very dif ferent things, and that JNortn Caro lina oue-ht to cet its iust proportion of, the rates charged from points in the State to points out ot it and irom points without to points within. Mason declared that Gaston county people paid more money for freight in 10 daj-s than lor passenger lares in a year. Me ottered an amendment to Graham's bill- fixing first-class fare at 2 1-4 cents, second-class &t 2 1-4, leaving the remainder of Gra ham's bill as it now stands. Aycoek spoke in support of Daniels' substi tute. He said that no opponent of rate reduction had introduced a dim in reduce freight rates, though it was now Avithin two Aveeks of the end of tbc session. He said he had asked the railway officials to reduce the freight rates and remove the dis criminations against North Carolina while the Legislature was m session, but that the railways had not done this and would not do it until forced. TTolt said he deplored the sending out by lobbyists the impression that this Avas a Legislature oi Communists and Socialists, Avhile it avj(s a very conservative body, lie regretted tne statement bv Senators that vested rights of stockholders of-railways would be destroyed and tneir proper ty confiscated, tie opposed leaAing the matter with the corporation com mission, saying the people and the Democratic party had put the respon- sih v unon the Legislature ay men ought not to try to shift the duty. Me- Laughiin had stated that no esnsior v?hn na d 82.0.00 a vear ior treigut would be willing to vote for 2 1-4 cent rate. McLaugnlin said he paid $10,000 a year for freight and Thontrht a passenger rate of 2 1-4 -- , .... cents fair and .pist and what tne peo ple wanted. He attacked the rail- ways for their neglect or. sortn car? lina, Myin if they would jrjv Ut ter fciHtie fur travel ia this State tbrir t rifiir would greatly iocrrac. Iong ai be hailed .fnw mimtjr which knew the Imratir party had a pal t form at tbe" at elect ion and that ihh promtrt hwer railway rate and relief from railway extor tion and injustice upon the peoj!e. He dec-la ml that the proper regula tion of these public service corpora tions was the only question before t!i American rwcmle lod.iv. t .. . ( The discnssion w4 here ended, tbe j chair stating that tbeie was 75 bill I to be ratified. Webb offered a resolu tion that "a "130 Friday all debates Khali elos ttbe pending railway bills and a be taken. This reso lution wasV Wd by Pfaarr, Gra ham and l-r and was !ot, only Webb voting ' it. Seventy-five bills were r. 1 and at 2:15 tbe Senate adjou .J On Friday the Senate passed tbe rate bill, only 3 votes being cast against it. The Rate Bill Debate. The Senate took up the discussion of the passenger rate bill. Mitchell said he regretted the disposition of many people in North Carolina to impugn the motives of the legislators in reaching conclusions ou this. sub ject, and believed the ieople wanted only what was fair and right. He admitted, there Avas a popular de mand for a reduction but declared it Avas bis opinion that 2 1-2 cents was the proper figure and begged the Senate to look at the proposition from a business instead of a. political standpoints theraihvayshad to meet the same problems which confronted the jeop!e of the State. With a great labor, and the State demanding lower freight and passenger rates, better service, and better equipment, and that no man could see justice in all these demands at once. McLean spoke very sharply in crit icism of the report in The News and Observer of his speech, the statement having been made that be stood for a "chec?e paring" reduction. At this juncture. a resolution came over from the House and Avas imme diately adopted for a joint ballot for trustees of the Stale University. Lovill. Avho lias introduced a sub stitute bill referring this entire mat ter to the corporation commission, spoke for the dcA-elopment oi nis sec tion. Drewry said the question of pas senger rates was an issue in tbe cam p? ijrns of Wake, his opponent taking position for a 2 1-2 cent rate, but that he had not made declaration as to what rate he Avould vote to fix, but had promised to hear the matter dis cussed and then give his verdict. At first he favored flat rale, but iioav favored tbe Graham bill for two fares. Odell eaid he Avas satisfied the Senate avss not sufficiently in formed to make a proper passenger rate at present, as it cannot be ac curately said exactly Avhat the rail Avays in the State are earning, and it was impossible for a legislature in GO days to learn the matter so thor oughly as to know exactly Avhat should be done, but the Democratic party had placed the responsibility t o,nl iho R-n- UpOU IIUS jt.y,iritti uiu u" i ate must fulfill the party's promises. Graham spoke for the committee s bill and demanded the previous ques tion, but alloAvcd McLean to offer an amendment. Amendments and Substitutes. McLean's amendment provides that the corporation commission may, for such time sls it thinks proper, permit railways of 100 miles or less and all new or independent roads, to eharge not over 3 cents per mile. Th'.t adopted. McLean's substitute Avas lost 11 to 27. LoAiil withdrew his substitute, Daniel's substitute Avas lost, IS to 27. Blair offered a sub stitute for one class passenger fare, not to exceed 2 1-2 cents, though the nnvnnr.i tion commission may allow roads under 100 miles long not io exceed 2 3-4 cents. This Avas lost, 6 to 34. Graham's amendment, embodi ed the committee bill, Avas adopted. Graham's amendment to ins own bill makes section 3 apply to roads earning as much as $1ouj per mne. So if earnings are less than that amount three cents can be charged. The amendment was adopted to go into effect July 1st, 1907. The "vote on Daniels' bill was ayes, 18; noes 27. The House bill Avas put on reading. Webb moved to substitute the Gra ham bill for the House bill." This was lone The Graham bill then passed its third reading: Ayes, Aycoek, Ballenger, Blair, Brown, Burton, Bux ton, Carter, Daniel, Davis, Dawes, Dickey Drewry Efird, Fleming, God- Avin. Graham, llarnrfgton, mens, Tnit Howard. Kin?. Kluttz, Long, Lovill, Mason, Mauney, McLaughlin, j McLean, Mitchell, O Dell, urmouu, PeiTett, Pharr, Polk, Redwiue, Reid, Reinhardt. Rives, Seawell, Stubbs, Turner, Webb, Wilson, cod; total, 44. Noes: Ballamy, 15reese, Uieer; total, 3. Text of the Rate Bin. The following is the text of the passenger rate bill as it passed the Senate: Section '1. That the passenger rates fixed by the corporation commission be reduced for first-class fares from three and one-quarter cents to two and one-half eents per mile, and second-class fares from tAvo and three- quarter cents per mile to two cents. Section 2. Ifiat all rauroaos carry ing passsrigcr3 in North Carolina shall issue iut&rebangeable mileage tiekts for u00, 1,000, .1,500 and 2,000, miles to be used by the purchaser thereof in transportation of any person' or persons who may choose to travel on said ticket. Section 3. That the foregoing sec tion baJl apply only to lb rail road eotcparues where tbe patter earning per taile of road etreed fUVW; and if not o t&urh. tht the firM-e! fare may be thrre rent r mile and the fceeorid-la fare to and one-half eeota per mile, but only for those train whkh in operation do not pay $1jO0 paenprr earning per mile of road. Section 4, That all railroad wbete tle ta.sener earninjc ier tcite of road uo not eieeeU f l,twt may charge tbe rates now in Section 5. That tbe railroad com panies affected by this art ha!l mt the passenger frame rate herein pre scribed into operation on July 1, 1907. Section 6. This art fhall" take ef feet from and after its ratification. Compulsory Edncatioa Bill. Tbe bill providing for eompu!ory attendance on public M-boolg 1G week each year under - certain condition came up for consideration, Pilling, tbe author of tbe bill, poke in tup port of it, saying he hoped it would net the Kame vote given tbe bill for the care 'A the insane of tlx State, that is a unanimous vote. He de clared that in spite of the criticisms from tbe North and Fast of faetorv eonditions in the South, the mill men of North Carolina had done more and Avere willing to continue to do more for the betterment of the conditions of their employes than from any other class of employers in the State. Chairman Blount, of tbe committee on education, explained the bill, sav ins that it was so flexiable that com pulosry education would be require only in counties which saw nt u adopt it, upon petition- of citizens, Speaking of tbe necessity of some such laws in certain sections of the State, he declared that investigations showed that the largest mimber of children of school age who failed to attend schools Avere in the cities or larger towns, Avhere first-class graded schools werei n sight of their homes. . Statistics showed thai last year there Ave re 40.000 children oi' school age who could not read ami Avrite, and 144,000 children of school ae who did not attend the public school that year. He read other statistics of the illiteracy, showing fhat the ratio of'deerease Avas not as great as it should be. lie appealed in behalf of ehildien Avhose parents were illiterate and did not care to make use of the advantages for edu cating their children and urged that in aid of such ehildien the bill be rwihsed. Discussimr the principle of com pulsory attendance, Blount said near ly e-ery State in the Union had this laAv and so did every country in Eu rope except Turkey and Spaiu. He referred to tbe sreat need for such a law here and to the demands, re quests and petitions ior it irom all over the State, from labor organiza tions, from councils of the Junior Order, from educators, from beads of great manufacturing plants and their employes, and these Avere told of to show the urgent demand for a mild laAv requiring attendance on the schools. Midvette opposed the bill, saying tbe grandfather of the election law and tbe constitution was sufficient in centiA'e to compel attendance on the schools, and that it had done more than anything else to arouse interest in 'education and that there Avas no sort of trouble in securing attendance in eastern North Carolina. The theory of compulsory education Avas all ri"ht, but the practical applica tion of such a law would not do for his people. He opposed it as con centrating too much in boards of edu cation, but said, hoAve-er, that if the provision of the bill whereby the board of anv countv could require compulsory attendance, in that coun tv. or in districts ofilv. upon petition by a certain proportion of the Aoters, Avas stricken out and this matter ten to a vote of the people, he would sup port the bill. Stevens offered an amendment ex erupting Union from the operations of the law and spoke against tne com pulscry law theory, saying education ai enthusiasm had no right to try and enforce such a law down the throats of the people. McNeill, supporting the bill, said his only objection to it Avas that it ay&s not an absolutely compulsory law for the entire State. Galloway, of Greene, opposing the bill, declar ed that the proposition to take charge of the children,- even in the matter of education, Avould be bitterly resented, and that the effort to force parents would greatly retard the present vol untary educational progress. Parsons supported tbe WJl, saving it Avas as mild as it could be and was prepared by the most conservatiAc oi men, con secrated to the plan of bettering the entire people, men he was not only willing to trust with education, but to look atfer any matters. He ex pressed bis willingness to also trust bis county board of education. The Bill Passes. Further speeches for the bill were made bv Manniuer. Bickett, Kennedy and Douglass, the latter reading statistics showing great benefit oi such a law. In Macon eounty the school attendance had increased 35 per eent and in Raleigh had greatly increased, Avithout a single prosecu tion. Dilliufr called the previous question. AH amendments to tbe extent one proving that the law should cot apply to territory already under tb coapulaory school atten dance law. Bill passed second read- . . A A. ing 91 to , those voting agains n being Crawford, Eringnanse, uano wnr. of Green: Johnson, of Johnston Morgan, Rose, Royster, Stevens and Vflnn. , -Ob tfcird. reading Representatives T - .... from t&a&r re tssed in n w I M amendment that t. eoaette Ke et eepte4 tmle ife ptftt of ectpt- ory Uectae 1 fl to a rle, ifce excepted eooetie Wing: !Wtc, ! an. Corritttek, timtve. MKr!l. It- dell. raAquuUfrk. I num, J4alti, Yaneey Twrrll. tiroil!e, KracKk, On polk, Hahfai, Han, Nh, t atcWn (ataba. I.ia'In. fol nostra. Swain, Wi'ke, tlay, IaAie. Chat hint Cleveland, Nflbaa5itoo, Gate, Stoke. JrVo, Carll, Pamle and Martin. HUmnt apa!ed t ber but to follow the l-a4 of n.mit of the bill. Rata Bill AxTted On. The 1 lmie eomroittee on uhUc service eorporation, after threr week' consideration of all the freijiit rate bill, Saturday night eomjJeted its work and finally agreed nnani mously n a ubtitute bill, which will be reportedf to the H.ue Monday. There were a nutrWr of new bill introduced, among the number one to etahlihh a tuberculoid hospital a ! tle State and provide for it main tainance. OVER 60-FOOT PRECIPICE Escape of Occupants of Famous 18 Hour New York- Chicago Train Wrecked at Mineral Point Little Short of Miraculous. Johnstown, Pa., Sjcial. - The Pennsylvania social, tbe famous 1S hour New York-Chicago train of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was wrecked at Mineral Point even miles eat of here Saturday about midnight. None of the passengers were kiNcd, and but one, John I. Kline, of Juliet, Ml., probably fatally injured. Tbe tiaiu crew also escajed serious injury, Piactiealiy all the 54 pascn-ers on the train were nmre b's! mat Ten of the injured were taken to the Altoona Hospital, and the other Avere able to continue their journey The escape of the occupants f tbc train from death was little short ot miraculous. The train was running at the high speed of more than 50 miles an hour when tbe la-t three cars ?f tbe train, Pullman tdceper, suddenly left the rails. They turned down twice, then .did down the (10 foot embankment into the Concmau'.'b river. The ears Aent through the heavy ice, but there was little water in tbe river so that there was no danger of drowning. Tli twL- it i thought, was caus- A lv the dronnin? of the bi-;ke rig ging on the first sleeper following the locomotive and comuinauon c.u. The rigging lodged under a tie, de railing the following cars. The lo comotive and comoinatiou car re mained on the track. SINKS Willi SEVEN m ! fruU Vessd Goes lo Bottom of Mississippi THE DEAD ARE All JAPANESE Tfei rrtwh Crslrt ttitfetr m the Astrtcaa Tw Sutxtt Ka fcraa at Kr OtIa Sstr Ooca to tha Sotusa is Itvt Hiasta asd Ema Coal Parsers sd nr taea. CUeiy Jaase Are Dr9w4 Artist Killed in Office. Chicago, Special Webster H.- Guerin, alias Louis Fisher, proprietor of 'the Harrison Art Company, was shot and killed in his office at La Salle and Van Buren streets by Mrs. Flora McDonald, wife of Michael C, McDonald, a millionaire, who was for , i-aara fhn Democratic political "boss" of Chicago. The motive of the killing is not exactly known, air. r.TVmalrt hecame hysterical, and was unable to make a connected stated ment. From what Bbe said, However, u ia koKpvod that for some time Guerin had obtained money from her by the threat of making certain ais- closures to her husband. The Lyric Theatre Burned. Altoona, Pa., Special. The Lyric Threatre conducted at Keith's vaude ville house was destroyed by fire Sunday. The fire is supposed to have beencansed by crossed electric wires on the stage. Tbe house was opened if Vm-emher. The loss is about $90,000. Ex-Congressman J. v. mcw and D. J. Neff, whose law offices were in the building, lost $10,000 in their office furniture and law library. Sev eral other occupants of tbe building lost heavily. The insurance is only partial. While running to the fire, Wm. W. Redding, of Dixon, lib, a. visitor to the city, was stricken with paralysis, and is in a serious condi tion at the Altoona Hospital. Nw Orleans, Special. The At&r lean fruit nieaffier !!uuta wa tmk in tbe Mip4 mer in ftnt tf tbe city. It i reported that ! in eoi!iion itb the Frrnch rruier Kehcr, and lir- bae U--n bt. Cai4:n IjpU, f ih l!ti-ti. caidth.it ?vrn roa ! pM--. and fit-- men bad bern drwnrl n t t - e. Mit of tbcci wrie Jaj it.. Jcir O'Neal of New Ytk, ufeied a broken ;? from tj.C lriiart. The cruier wa but idurbUy i.:nai.- d. The Klcler, jut aim in.- ftm Havatia, w.i rniud a ';aip luin and tbe llugmia, t'nftiit uih tt fi-miic eddxing rsinri.t, tttt t.ei ti nvtly into the man-of-war v!l. Captain Lewi. t( tl.r lliv.-oman, y that bi ii:tul miMalm by tie warxhij. Tbe Utltr irurk the fruit vbip atcidbii on the i t ndf, i.rAr ly rutting the vt-v ! in two, and with in five rninutr Ui1 llu.nia !iinrd l the lK.tt.jin in tnoir than !'." Url vi water. Sexcral of her crew ct audited nin the ! wit of the nuiwr l-tuje latter backe.l fur. while tbem lowered boat and ;. f two jmt into the river. The Ijn.ohm of toal was extrrinly !i(tit-u't, for when they xtruck. the Uu'.-ofisa roiled r to htarlx'2rl. icii.an.iit thiro until the eruiwr baked, l:cti the fruit i-hip iirinciiialely Jied t l"it anil iK'gan to down. The HtiLMnna wa ltund for Porto Ikiran iMrl. earivinif a ciilmi ef rice, fo"ir and crs tic. Tie ckcI was of small tonnage and avus built in J!Ml at Wvaudotte. Mich., and i owned by the New Yosk & Poit Rico Steamship Company. News in Brief. The MTsenee of a siKjt on the f.iu covering 300.000 maiaro niile i an nounced by Piof. John A. iJrafciiear, of Allegheny Ohfcrfatory. Premier Bond, of Newfoundland. n a long speech arraigned tbe Im perial Government for it course on tbe fisheries question. Samuel Granato. cf Taeonv. caus ed the arrest in Philadelphia of Sa- vano Itomano, on the ehaige that lo years age be stabbed to death Gulch ia Granato, Samuelo's fatl'cr. President Roosevelt in a Merial roes?agc urged that the government retain the ownership of its coal and Umber land. On a noint of order tbe item for tbe Solomon Island drydock wo tiitkcu from li e Naval bill in tbe House. Hundreds of woman suffragists stormed the House of Common in an effort lo gain ndmittare, and somn Arore severely hurt by mounted ioiice. Th nereement of th French gov emment to the modification of church leases may end the trouble between church and state. Longshoremen's Strike Renewed. vArfAlv. Va' Special. Tbe strike of the longshoremen employed on the foreign shipping which arrives were. was renewed when some uu men loading and unloading the British steamship Hestia and the German steamship Wollgunde, quit work. The longshoremen insist upon an increase in wages of five cents per hour, mak ing a total general pay of about 25 cents per hour. If tbe stnte conuno es the vessels may be taken to New port News to complete tbeir cargoes. Machinists Aik for Mere Pay. Norfoik, Va., Special Machinist prr.nlnvpd t tha Norfolk Navv Yard I will asnd n 'ertn-mittea to WashinartOJl pay, according to the reecj&ffiesc'a tioa of the general wage - board which was rejected, by the War De partment. Foity or 50, machinists will be dropped from tbe rolls at the navy yard on account ot laclc of work, 1.973,00 for Alabama Echooli. Montgomery. Ala- Special. Bills nnroniiatina' an a?irre?ate or 073,000 to educational invtit-itin of tbe State were pard by h lloi:e. This is in addition to a year already put at the 6hctzl ! the common schools. KUled CoTifin Otct Land Deal. Concord, Gft., Special. Harvey J. Crouch, a young farmer, living rear Gay, Ga., was shot and killed ihU morning by bis coiuin, George V. Brown. The shooting iepiicd to hue been tbe reult of a rnieunder- . standing a to a land deal. Brown claitrs fclf-defen-e. Crouch leaves a wifa and out child. Brazilian Ambassador Speaks. Buffalo, N. Y., Special.-'-Joti;m CaH icxi, tmbasador tn in Brazil. wa tha g"c' cf tbe Uberal Hub bete Tueitdav. Mi. Nabuco was formerly tbe Brsziiisn minister to Kngland and wm pivi-iJtut of the titird isiterne- , tio.nl conference at Ht Janeiro. Tah-'ug ioi bis copic "Trade rt-ra-tiutiK between North and South Am ertea," Mr. Nobaco reviewed tbe rap ,d strides toward eontincntal eon fra ternity in tbe western bembpbere and prophesied even cioer . relations be tween tbe republics of tbe two Americas. Iti TJisnezarv Comrilssiott Holds Initial Meeting. Columbia, Special. TLe Stale dif pessary ccjnjsitsion held its initial Ei of ti procee4i?g except Uit W, J. Muray was made president and Mr. Arthur, of Union, secretary. The commission was in conference with the Governor and the attorney gener al and made a trip to the State li putsary. , . - - i J
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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Feb. 28, 1907, edition 1
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