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NEWS.
Nine Persd
Were Killea in
Wreck of Train
Number of Others Were
Injured When Rear End
Collision Occurred on
New Orleans and North
western Railroad.
Wreck Occurred at Little
woods, Small Station
Near New Orleans
Others May Have Per
ished. By Associated Press.
New Orleans, Nov. 11. In a rear
end collision on the New Orleans
;md Northeastern this morning at
Littlewoods, 12 miles out of the city,
nine persons are known to have been
killed and a number injured.
Littlewoods is a water tank sta
tion in a swamp and is practically
inaccessible by telephone or tele
graph. Twenty Injured Removed.
X'-nv Orleans, La., Nov. 11. In ad-
i;;:inji to nine bodies removed about
U" injured have been taken from the
wreckage and many more are believ
ed in In- in the wrecked cars.
Incitement at Littlewoods is so
-r, si only a disconnected story could
!. secured.
1; appears the Northeastern train
was late and in some way was over
taken by the Great Northern train,
which dashed into the rear of the
lui'iiif-r.
it is reported thftt the killed and
injv.ied are confined to the North
eastern passengers,, no one being
!.i;n on the Great Northern.
The Great Northern smashed
tn: r-:h two full, and two empty
:-e.aeUs. iui.:i of those in the former
'x-ifii: ki!:--1 or injured.
Heart Rendering Scenes.
Later ler.oM.s irom wreck say that
iii.' scene is horrible beyond words.
The ninaiis of thedying were heait
t ' nci rnu and the disfigured bodies of
the (-;.(' formed an awful spectacle.
fnl..- one doctor was abroad
rither of tr;dn he worked in a hercu
! tin Tii;ii:ner, admirably assisted-by
j't .-sr-n5ors.
Good Government League
Seeks to Alter Charter
Special to The News.
Haleigh. Nov. ' 11. Raleigh's Good
Government League is seeking to se
cure a change in the charater of
'he city so that the offices of mayor
and ponce justice will be combined,
!he aldermen be elected at large in
stead of each ward sending members
ml the salaries of city officials
jc.lucefi in several departments. The
leasuti has designated W. J. Peele,
"Imirnian of a committee the league
viil .send to Charlotte for the state
convention of civic leagues to be in
session there Nov. 16 to 18.
The state hoard of elections. Wil
son O. Lamb, of Williamston, .chair
man, meets in this city Nov. 26 to
imvass the 'official returns of the re
cm election and declare the re
suits. The returns that are to be
'aiivfssed are coming in to the sec
retary of state every day now in
iaiehes 0f from fifty to two hundred
there being three copies of each
:et of returns from each county.
The committee will probably require
two or three days to canvass the
.returns.
Barge Ashore.
!:' Associated Press.
X.vfolk, Va., Nov. 11. The Barge
Ku-lev of Philadelphia, bound from
'Itar p n-t in Xewbern, X. C, is ashore
tt: I'umPu-o sound, leaking badly.
Wreck -rs are endeavoring to float her.
!'' Associated Press.
i Vc-v York, X. Y., Nov. 11. A violent
i'calc in prices on stocks of Harriman
ttcifie railroads caused feverish and
'xeiied tone in the early stock market
"lay.
S(.on after opening Southern Pacific
toid down to JIG 1-4. The low price
', -! f, inon Pacific on: the break was
ei The whole market declined
sympathy losses running from 1 to
- oohirs in active stocks.
Support became effective in tle
ours-:; of the first half hour and prices
i.iJier! with the effect of quieting the
"ituiy which had been at a furious
aie.
IIEIUT BREAK
!! PIES . OF
IIS STOCKS
Officers of City Nat'l. Bank
Likely To Be Indie ted
Special to The News.
Greensboro. Nov. 11. While all
sorts of rumors have been flying
around of indictments to be brought
against the officers and directors of
the City National Bank, bankrupt,
and now in the hands of a national
bank receiver, there are no develop
ments to justify these reports. At
the recent session of the United
States court, no presentment what
ever was made to the grand jury, nor
did the United States district attor
ney prepare any bill of indictment.
The suit against the directors for
the losses as directed by the comp
troller of the currency has not- been
brought pending action by the direc
tors looking to a settlement. It is
said that the suit, should it be
brought, would be for something like
$200,000. The amount sued for
would include the SO per cent assess
ment placed on the stockholders
some time ago, the result aimed
at. being the whole burden on the
directors and to protect the de
positors and stockholders. Judge W.,
P. Byntim is of counsel for the
directors. A. M. Scales, Esq., is
counsel for the receiver. Should a
settlement be reached rendering the
suit unnecessary, it would have to
be approved by the comptroller of
the currency and by U. S. Judge
Boyd.
Duke Issues
Statement
By Associated Press.
New York, Nov 11. James B. Duke,
president of the American Tobacco
Hnmnanv. in a letter issued to the
stockholders of the company calling
their attention to the recent decision
of the Federal court that the company
is a combination in restraint oi traae,
said it was gratifying that the court
found that our methods and success
hfive tint ininred the consumers of to
bacco, have greatly benefitted produc
ers of leaf tobacco by giving tnem a
larger market and higher prices and
that we have not resorted to unfair
or oppressive competition.
Mr. Duke said: "The only particu
lar in which this court has decided
against the company is on a matter
of fact, which this company has never
contested and with reference to which
it is in the same condition as most of
the large corporations, as well as many
of the small corporation and company
partnerships doing business in the
country."
Will Refuse President
Roosevelt's Invitation
By Associated Press'.
Denver. Col., Nov. 11. The News to
day says:
"President Rosevelt's snub to Mr.
Gompers will be resented by John
Mitchell, Daniel J. Keefe and James
Duncan as soon as they receive the
president's invitations to attend his
legislative dinner at the white house
next Tuesday."
These three members of the execu
tive council of the American Federa
tion of Labor yesterday decided that
they will refuse the invitations.
May Cultivate Camphor
Tree Instead of Orange
By Associated Press.
Washington. D. C. NOV. 11. That
the cultivation of the-' camphor tree is
heinr seriously considered as a substi
tute for orange cultivation in those
sections of Florida where irosts nave
made the latter industry an unprofita
ble one; is one of the facts that has
been brought out in conection with the
meetings being held by the ways and
means committee ot the house a pre
liminary to the introduction ot tne new
tariff bill at the special session of con
gress next year, as a result of the
hearings on the schedule providing for
chemicals.
It is proposed to restrict the free ad
mission of camphor to the crude natu
ral nrtifle as a result of the experi
ments conducted by the department of
agriculture with campnor growing m
Plnrida anil the announcement by two
concerns of their intention of cultiva
ting camphor to- a considerable degree,
that the articte may be taken off the
free list altogether within a few years.
Six Killed in Wreck.
By Associated Press.
Cheyenne, Nov. 11. Six
were killed and three badly
int nirht when the Union
persons
injured
Pacific
freight collided with an engine and ca
boose at Borie.
Interview, With Emperor
Is Still Discussed
Tit- A cnmatprl PreSS.
Berlin, Nov. 11. In'Reichstag Baron
debate on the interview with
the Empeor said it-was tragic that a
sovereign with so many admirable
qualities' should find himself in such a
plight. His majesty's trouble, he said,
ought rather to be ascribed to his re
sponsible advisers who since time of
Bismark never nave oeeii-wjie iu ieu
his majesty the truth.
Two Million Cotton
Planters
At
Cause of Reductions in
, Sugar Speculated Upon
By Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 11. Price reduc
tions in refined sugar caused ru
mors to circulate in trade of a re
newal of the old fight between the
xmerican Sugar Refining Co. and
Arbtickle Bros
TLrLTZ
been based on the scaling
margin between raw' and raw refined
sugar, which has oeen in progress of
late.
The gradual reduction which has
been in progress has brought the dif
ference down to 73 cents. This, ac
cording to trade estimates is a little
more than the cost of refining, and
cuts down the usual profits by
about two-thirds.
It was declared in circles sup
posedly well informed, however, that
the action of the two concerns in
reducing prices was .due to growing
competition for business, and it was
in no sense a bitter war such as was
waged before. - It was also said that
the agreement reached some years
ago between the late President Hav
ermeyer and Arbuckle Bros, had ter
minated, and .that , the latter de
clined to renew it.
Ten Year Old Boy
Gets Life Sentence
By Associated Pres.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 11 bolomon
Reilly, a negro boy, 10 years old, was
yesterday convicted and given a me
sentence for the murder of Mrs. Wil
bur Torrence, at Pooler, near this city.
mis. ioiieuce, ioi wuu m iuC uw, nau
been working, discharged him and the.
ioiiowmg nay ne secuieu u auui s"
returned to her home and shot Mrs.
Torence, killing her instantly.
The bov stated that he did the shoot
ing because "She didn't have any right
to -5re me."
PERMANENT ILLUMINATION.
The Lights Are Now Being Strung on
- Streets.
The R. G. Auten Company, electrical
contractors, began today the work of
putting in the permanent street illumi
nating lamps, which were ordered at
the last meeting of the board at at cost
of $160 per month.
There will be 1,200 of these lamps,
running three hundred to the block
four ways from the square. These
Avill be about fifteen feet from the
ground and strung along on the outside
of the pavement. The current for
these lamps will be furnished for three
months by the Southern Power Com
pany at a cost as above stated of $1(50
per month.
The lamps will be installed ami light
ed for the first time on next Monday
night. It is. the purpose of the authori
ties to have these lamps burn until
midnight every night. This will give
the adjacent blooks the appearance of
the great white way.
' Coast Artillery Company.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 11. The Coast
Artillery Company organized at New
bern, will be mustered in Thursday
night by Adjutant General Robertson.
This company is the first of several
companies, to constitute the coast ar
tillery corps.
J Physicians Meet.
Atlanta, a... Nov. 11. In three divi
sions "Physicians attending the South
ern Medical Association meet in their
second days session. .Surgery, Medi
cine and Opthalmology were discuss
ed. .
WILL HE GT THE OLD MAN'S SCALP
R
Big
Slogan of the FU teen Hun
dred Delegates is "Price
of Cotton Must go Up"
New Orleans Crowd
ed With Delegates.
Man Favored of Building
Storage Warehouses
Bankers Promise $50,
000,000 Many Noted
Speakers.
By Associated Press.
,,1-
Xew Orleans, Nov. ll.-"Cotton
Its price can go up. Its price should
go up. its price must go up. Its
price will go up."
This is the slogan of between
twelve and fifteen hundred HAlppatps
Ko the National Convention of the
Farmers Educational and Co-Operative
Union, formally opened here.
The delegates represent two millions
cotton planters of the outh.
Determination of the Southern
planter to push up cotton prices
formed the keynote of the address
of welcome delivered by Mayor Mar
tin Behrman, of New Orleans, and
response of the National President
Barret, of Georgia. .
To Build Warehouses.
These addresses comprised the offi
cial program of today. The conven
tion proper opens tomorrow.
The union originally planned to
build a mammoth warehouse at New
Orleans, but the majority of dele-
te8 faym. ot on j a eentr
wai,ehouse here Dut otner war
al
e-
houses in Texas, Mississippi, Ala
bama. Georgia, Tennessefe, Arkansas
and elsewhere.
The farmers, according to the
plan are to store their cotton in
these warehouses where it is to
be held until the market suits their
fancy. In the meantime warehouse
certificates are to be issued" for the
amount of cotton stored. The. certifi
cates . will he negotiable at the
banks.
Already New Orlenas bankers have
given assurances that probably $50,
000,000 could be advanced in this
manner here.
Consider "Night Riders."
So-called , "Night Riders" in the
South will also receive the atten
tion of the convention.
Among the notable addresses to
be delivered will be that of Li Sum
Ling, editor of the Hong Kong Chi
nese Mail, who says he will tell the
delegates that nothing makes a Chi
nanmn so happy as wearing a shirt
made of Southern cotton.
Many Speakers.
Governor Smith, of Georgia, Gov
ernor Sanders, of Louisiana; Thos,
E. Watson, of Georgia; C. T. Ladson
and F. L. Seeley, of Atlanta, and
I John M. Parker, of New Orleans,
are among those selected for addresses-
on the official program.
Night Riding Discussed at
Memphis Conference
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 11. When
the cotton conference was called to
order by President Harvie Jordan
today the' increased attendance over
that of yesterday was noted.
The personnel of the various com
mittees "was announced.
J. A. Taylor, president of the Nation
al innc-rs' Association, In an address
before the cotton conference poke on
' The Night-riding in! the South,' declar-
?
epresented
Gathering
ing Night-riding "Had . its inception
with the fight against a so-called tobac
co trust in Kentucky."
He reviewed conditions in the cotton
growing states from the season of 1900
and asserted that the present low
prices. of cotton was due to manipula
tion. He said: "I feel very .sure we have
lost during the last, two years at least,
two hundred million dollars by the
passage of the state laws. To offset
this we have succeeded in bringing cot
ton to changes to give us what we in
sisted upon three years ago, a fair con
tract. Xow that, we have done this
jl think we should at oi:ce amend our
kiws so as to allow trading fin futures
on legitimate exchanges. Do this and
you will remove the cause and there
will be no night, riders in the south."
Paola Cotton Mills
Resume Operation
Special to The News.
Statesville, Nov. 11. The plant of
the Paola. Cotton Mills, the third
cotton mill added to Statesville's
long list of manufacturing industries,
began operations this week. The
raill is located in West Statesville
is modern and up-to-date in every
particular. It has 5,376 producing
spindles and when run at its full
capacity will employ about 75 opera
tives.
Thie mill is owned and controlled
by some of Statesville's best pro
fessional and business men. Mr.
T. M. Crowell, a comptent will man,
is superintendent.
It is understood that the mill
could have begun operations some
weeks ago but did not. The build
ing was completed last winter.
Death of Child.
Arel, the little 2-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Steward Qiea
this morning at their home' on the
Camden road. The remains were
taken to Stanley , Creek this after
noon for interment.
Commission on
v Country Life
Distinguished Gentlemen,
Appointees of the Pre
sident, Visit The A. &
M. College to Confer
With Carolinians.
Special to The News.
"Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 11 Presi
dent Roosevelt's -commission on
Country Life, now on a tour of a
number of the Southern States, spent
the day here at the North Carolina
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts in conference with prominent
farmers, county physicians and oth
ers intimate with country lifo in
North . Carolina, its condition and
needs. -
Among those in conference with
the commission were President Ven
able, University of North Carolina;
J. H. Wescott, Mt. Olive;, President
James Currie, State Fair Associa
tion; President James 1. Foust, State
Normal and Industrial College.
The commission comprises Dr. L.
H. Bailey, Cornell University; Edi
tor Henry Wallce, of Wallace's Farm
er, editor; Walter H. Page, World's
rWork; Gifford Pinchot, Washington,
D. C, and Dr. K. L. Butterfield,
Massachusetts Agricultural College.
Carmack'
The Result Of
A Conspiracy ?
TEXAS BAPTISTS
Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 11. The
city is filled with delegates and sev
eral thousand visitors who came here
to attend the Baptist state convention
which opened here today. Everything
indicates that the convention "will sur
pass all previous gatherings of that
kind not only in numbers but also in
regard to the result of the delibera
tion. The ten Baptist churches of-the
city and suburbs have made special
efforts in providing pleasant quarters
and accommodations for the delegates
during the convention. The program
arranged for the meetings contains
many interesting features and address
es by some of the most prominent min
isters and laymen of .the Baptist
church in Texas and adjoining states.
The meting of the pastors will be
held tomorrow. There will also be
special meetings of the Baptist wo
men, and the workers of the Union
Baptist Young People's Union.
Hotel Men Having Good Time.
Topeka, Kas., Nov. 11. The two
days convention of the Kansas-Missou
ri Hotel Men's association which be
gan here today, has attracted hundreds
of hotel men and their wives and
daughters and the hotels are crowded
with the visitors. The citizens in
general and the Elks in particular
have made special efforts to make
things pleasant for the visiting men
and they are having a fine time. An
elaborate program has been prepared
for the convention and every minute
of the two days will be taken up with
business of some sort of amusement.
Rapist Gets
30 Years
Special to The News.
Spartanburg, S. C, Nov. 11. The
jury in the case against Irby returned
a verdict of guilty after being out a
tew minutes.
He was sentenced to serve 30 years,
which is the limit, the law allows in
such cases.
There was no demonstration to
speak of when tbe verdict was read.
Clarence Agnew, the train wrecker,
is being tried this afternoon.
Another Account.
Special to The News.
Spartanbmurg, S. C, Nov. 11.
when the special term of court con
vened' this morning to try John Irby,
charged with attempting to rape Miss
Lelia Dempsey, and Clarence Agnew,
charged with wrecking a , passenger
train, O. L. Schumpert, special judge,
appointed to try the case, dismissed
the troops that were out to protect the
prisoners. . Judge Schumpert made a
speech to the crowd appealing to the
patriotism of the Spartan people to
Uphold the law and see that justice is
done.
He was loudly cheered by the au
dience. The case against Irby was
taken up first and Capt. W. M. McGow
and and L. M. Cantrell. were appoint
ed by the conrt to defend the negro.
Mr. Cantrell was not in the court
room. In fact none of the younger
members of the bar were present, and
an officer was sent to Mr. Cantrell's
office and home but he could not be
found. Capt. McGowan asked the
court to excuse him from appearing in
the case; that his felings were so
strong that he feared he could not do
justice to the prisoner.
Judge Schumpert replied that he
h?d expressed an opinion when the
crime was commited against the young
lady, but when he was appointed by
the supreme court, to sit at the special
term of court he responded to duty.
The court room was crowded with
people - from all parts of the county
and an immense crowd stood in the
court house square and about the jail.
Never before has there been such a
crowd at court as that here today. .
Victim Testifies.
The prisoner was brought into the
courtt room under military escort and
after he was placed in the dock and ar
raigned the militia was .dismissed and
Miss Dempsey accompained by her
mother and other relatives appeared in
the court room clad in a neat fitting
coat of blue. She was pale and semed
considerably excited.
In taking her'seat she passed by the
prisioner and turned ' her eyes away
from him. The little lady after taking
the witness stand told of the assault
upon her on the morning of October
10th, reciting in detail how the negro
grabbed her about the throat, choked
her and then dragged her into the
bushes, leaving her unconscious.
She stated most positively that Irby
was the man who assaulted her, that
she could not be mistaken for she seen
him almost every day for two weeks
prior to the deed and was familiar with
his appearance. Drs. H. R. Black, and
J. L. Jeffries testified that she had not
been ravished, but that she had been
choked almost to death. When they ex
amined her they found her bleeding at
the mouth, the skin about her neck
broken and bruised and her eyes blood
shot. She was in a most horrible con
dition. When Irby was placed on the
stand he denied the. charge against
him.
The case was submitted to the jury
without argument. ,
in mention
sDeath
hriends of DeadiSenator
Declare The' Coopers
Had Been Informed, by
Telephone Minute Edit
or Left His Office.
SensationalDevelopments
Promised Within Next
Day or So Claims Of
Both SidesCol. Coop
er Still in Jail.
By Associated Press.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 11. Excite
ment over the tragedy in which ex-
Senator Carmack was shot and killed
by Robin Cooper has to a certain ex
tent abated, yet it is the sole topic
of conversation in political circles here
and throughout the state.
Colonel Cooper, father of young Coo
per, has been remanded to jail without
bond.
Young Cooper remains under guard
at the hospital, where his wounded arm
is being treated.
Coopers statement is that the af
fair was merely a street duel in which
both sides met and both began fir
ms:.
Friends of the Cooners cla
had tried to avoid the . meeting with
Carmaqk, it is said, and they were on
their way to the state capitol in re
sponse to a telephone message from
Governor Patterson when the tragedy
occurred; that Senator Carmack had
oeen warned and was expecting trou
ble. Friends of Senator Carmack strenu
ously claim that the killing was the
result of a conspiracy, pure and sim-t
pie, in which " men in high authority
were implicated; that when Senator
Carmack left the. Tenn eseean office
for his boarding house tlie fact was
telephoned from a house, near the Ten-
neseean office and the Coopers were
notified that the senator was on on his
way and to be alert.
It now develops, according to the
friends of Carmack, that there was e.
third party with the Coopers just be
fore the shooting, a former county
official, who is a close personal friend
of both the Coopers and of Governor
Patterson.
Friends of the dead senator intimate
that there will be sensational de
velopments within the next day or so
regarding the affair.
Distiller Jumps His Bond.
Special to The News.
Statesville, Nov. 11. Walton
Shaw, a white man of North Iredell,
was arrested Monday mornjng at.
his home in Turnersburg township
and brought to town Monday after
noon, the charge against him being
illicit distilling. When the officer
arrived here with Shaw the latter
acknowledged his guilt and gave
bond in the sum of $500 for Ms ap
pearance at the present term of
court to answer the charge. He" pre
tended that he wanted the case dis
posed of at once, and the solicitor
tried to be accommodating and the
case was called late in the afternoon.
But when the case was called it de
veloped that Shaw had left the court,
house soon after giving bond antR
could not be found.
Ar.ti Vivisection Concert.
New York, Nov. 11. So numerous
were the offers of prominent singers
and musicians to contribute their ser
vices to the concert under the auspices
of the New York Anti Vivisection So
ciety at the Waldorf Astoria tonight,
that many of the offers" had to be de
clined with thanks. Everything indi
cates that the concert will be a great
ai;tistic and financial success. Among;
those who will appear on the program
are Mme. Emma Eames, the prima
donna and Albert Spalding, the young
American violinist.
Dividend Declared.
By Associated Press.
New York, ov. . 11. Southern Paci
fic declared a regular quarterly divi
dend of two and one half per cent on
common, stock and a regular semi-annual
dividend of three and one half per
cent of preferred stock; . ,
Union Pacific declared . a regular
quarterly dividend, ot two and one half
per cent on common.
By Assocated Press.
Newbren, X. C, Nov. 11. In the
presence of a representative assemb
lage, including veterans of "both the
Union and Confederate armies, a mon
ument cbmiriemorating the valor of
soldiers of Massachusetts buried, there
was dedicated today.
Mayor Bryan, of Newbern, delivered
i headdress.
MEMORY OF THE