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Ir Ir VOL. XXXVI No. l.s. WILMINGTON N. C. MAliCIT !(). S1.00 PER YEAR i LEGISLATURE Proceedings of the State Senate and House Yesterday THE BOND ISSUE Che Senate Went Into Committee of the Whole on the Revenue Bill It Wan Made a Special Order for Mon day The Senate and House Met in Joint Sestlon to Choose Trustees of the State University Mr. Sherill Was He-Klected as State Liberlan. The Will to Allow a. Vote on the Removal of Hohexon'M Court House raised Second neauinK-ine nouse Finance Committee Will Take Up the Bond Issue Monday. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, February 2S. Bills were Introduced In the senate as fol low: By Gilliam, to incorporate Denton, Edgecombe county. By Blow, to create a stock law in parts of Pitt. By Richardson, to incorporate the Bank of Harnett. By Brown, to incorporate the South port and Northeastern railway. To incorporate the Aulander High was a discussion on the bill to Allow the people of Robeson county to rote on the question of moving the court house from Lumberton to Pem broke. An amendment was sent in postponing the election for one year, that is until August 10th. McBryde, "Webb and Baldwin said that this elec tion was not held this year an off year. This was lost; White withdrew his amendment: Marshall offered an emenameni making me eiectum at me same time as the general election. Tais was lost. The bill passed 20 to 14 on the Second reading, several senators voting for it who are understood to oppose it. Bills passed as follows. To establish a stock law territory in sertain parts of Bertie. To amend the law regarding graded schools at Mt. Oilve. To amend Wilson charter and author ize a bond issae. To provide for a graded school at Williamston. To authorize Smithfield to issue bonds. To charter the Savings Bank and Trust Company, of Elizabeth City. The senate went into committee of the whole on the revenue bill. London explained some of the changes in the law; the bill was made special order for next Monday at noon. The House. Bills introduced in the house as fol io v.- s: To protect fish in Columbus. To extend the stock law in Richmon 1. To prevent public drunkenness tL Cabarras. To secure the taking of agricultural statistics. To provide for circulating libraries for public schools. To tax dealers in coco-cola. To protect partridges in Sampson. To protect fish in Beaufort county. To prohibit hunting in Wayne coun ty, without the consent of the land owner. To provide the registration of trade marks and labels. Bills passed as follows: To prevent overcharge in freight and demurrage, and delay in handling cars. To regulate the sale, inspection and branding of all cotton seed meal, with a tax upon it of 23 cents per ton. Mc Neill, of Scotland opposed this bill, de claring that it discriminated against the farmers Daughteridge, White, Whitaker and Scott all farmers declar ed there was no discrimination. 'Mcllae introduced a bill to charter the Merchants Railway. Daughteridge introduced a bill to in corporate the town of Anderson in Edgecombe. Election of University Trustees. The senate and house met in joint session to elect the trustees of the State University, and chose the follow ing: Madison J. Hawkins of Warren, E. M. Arm field of Guilford, Victor S. Bryant of Durham, C. T. Baily of Wake. . W. II. S. Burgwyn of Halifax. R. B. Creecy of Pasquotank, John W. Gra ham of Orange, Charles W. Worth cf New Hanover, F. G. James of Pitt, R. B. Redwine of Union, R. A. Johnson of Richmond, J. O. Atkinson of Alamance, Walter Murphy of Rowan, Fred L. Carr of Green, Perrin Busbee of Wake, Charles McNamee of Buncombe, Lee T. Mann of Gaston, George Rountree of New Hanover, Z. V. Walzer of David son, F. D. Winston of Bertie, Owen H. Guion of Craven, William R. Kenan of New Hanover, J. Allen Holt of Guilford, A- H. Galloway of Rockingham, A. W. Graham of Granville, Thomas S. Rollins of Madison, Daniel Hudgin3 of Mc Dowell, George G. Stephens of Mecklen burg. M. O. Sherill was re-elected as state librarian, and the Joint session ad journed. ! Removal of Robeson' County Seat. Editor McKenzie, of The Aax:o.i. Scottish Chief, vus here today locking j after the bill allowing th-r peop'e of j Robeson to vote on the removal of the ' court house. He says h fears the b'll will be defeated, as number of tie legislators show prejudice again t leav ing the matter to a popular vote, for that reason that they fear an election will irritate the democrats. $600,000 Dond Issue Would ISot be too Lnree. Representative Guion was Interview ed about the bond issue and what the appropriation committee were going to do about that matter. He said it was quite evident that four hundred thou sand dollars bond issue, as prov ded by the bill introduced In the houe will not produce enough revenue, and that if it is not increased there will be a shortage of $119,CC0 in the support anl maintenance of state institutions. Of course the governor and some of the states leading men have felt all tse while that the Issue should not b? less than $3C0,0C0 and that $6C0,C00 would not be too much. Chairman Doughtcn of the hous? fi nance committee says it will on Mon day take up the bond bill, havirg wa t ed until the revenue bill had passel one branch of the legislature in order to ascertain the policy of the state as to revenue. Dusrhton feels very sure there will be sufficient bond Issue to pay the deficit, which inuding JirO.OOn for pub lic schools amounts to $419,000. Appropriation for Public Schools. The committees on education he'd a joint session to consider the matter of state appropriation to the pub'c school, having before it two bill, one by Senator White, another by Repre sentative Smith. Stite Superintendent Joyner prepared a bill which was ac cepfed as a substitute for these bPls. It appropriates $100,000 to be apportion ed per capita, and $100,000 to be given to bring the school term to four months, j Where schools receive money frrm a special tax, this amount will not be counted in the estimate of the amount raised in the county. There was also a discuss'on before this committee of the bill by represen tative Newland to establish a teachers training school for seven counties In Northwestern North Carolina, in cluding Caldwell, Watauga and others. The Appropriations Committee. The appropriations committee is now the biggest one of them all and aP hands are 'afraid of it. Of course all possible influences are brought to bear to induce this committee to be libral, but one of its members said this after noon Its plan was to cut down every J appropriation. For example it cut off seven thousand dollars of the amount for next years maintenance for the Western hospital for the insane, ad cut off 10 per cent, this year and next year for what was asked for the Ra leigh hospital. It reduced the appro priation for the Goldsboro hospl'at to $58,000. Of course what ever it does is subject to change, even at the last mo ment. There was a discussion before the house judiciary committee of the b'll making it a misdemeanor to carry pis tols under 12 inches long, and weigh! ig less than three pounds, and also Impos ing a heavy tax on pistol sellers, but no conclusion was reached by the com mitter The People to Vote on the Carnegie Library. Morton has introduced a bill allowing the Wilmington aldermen if they choose to submit to a vote of the people the question of the acceptance or re jection of the Carnegie library. There is a disagreement between Mor ton and his senator as to the litters amendment to Wilmington's charter bill, striking out the ?rd section and there will be a conference on this mat ter Monday. (Continued on Fifth Page.) WRECK ON N. Y. CENTRAL The Southwestern Limited Crashes Into a Caboose at the East Syra cuse Yards. Syracuse, N. Y., February 2S. The Southwestern limited on the New York Central west bound was wrecked at the east Syracuse yards tonight The killed were: Charles Batwnck. conductor J. E. Keeler, brakeman. J. D. Gourley. brakeman. Three other , . train men were severely injured. All were from Albany- hey were asleep in a caboose which was detach- ed upon a track. Freight c;rs on the same track being shifted, struck thi ca - ooose wmcn jumpeu ine swnen inu slid along another track, rolling across the west bound passenger track. Here the Southwestern at full speed struck it. The engine toppled over, crushing the car and killing the men inside. The engineer and fireman stuck to their posts and were rescued from the wreck The porter in his buxTet car had his left hand torn off. A number of passengers were shaken up and bruised but none severely hurt. D. K. Yates of Savannah Asphyxiated in Philadelphia Hotel. Philadelphia, February 2S. D. E. Yates, 42 years old, of Savannah was asphyxiated in his room at a hotel here. The coroner will determine whether the case is one of accident or suicide. Yates was a travelling horse dealer. He registered at the hotel last Wednesday. Thursday night he retir ed early and was not seen again until the odor of escaping gas attracted the porters attention to his. room. He had been dead some time when discovered and the gas was turned on full force. A letter of recommendation from G.. E. Emerson, of Savannah, was found among his possessions. THE END NEAR Only a Few Days More ' of This Session of Congress THE WORK DONE Among the Important Measures Passed During the Session of Con gress Was One Creating the De partment of Commerce and Labor, and the Passage of the Anti-Rebate I.atv Several Anti-Trust Provis ions Were Knacteil The Tariff on Coal Was Removed Legislation of Importance to the Army and JVavy Has Ilccn Enacted, niid Measures of Great Benefit to the Philippines Have Been Passed. Washington. February 2S The vnrk of this session of congress, the closing of which marks the expiration cf the 57th congress, is practically at an er.d. except for the passage of the appio priation bills now pending, and these are in the final stages. A limited num ber of other measures may be passsed during the last hours, but I he number will be very small. A summary of the legislation enacted during the two sessions m kes an in teresting showing. The 57th has been a busy congrtss. and important results have obtained. Among the acts of this session is that creating the department of commerce and labor, and adding another cabinet officer to the president's official family. The bill creating this department con tains provisions for investigating cor porations. Another important piece of legislation enacted at this session is the anti-rebate act, commonly known as the El kins law. Another bill was passed which en ables the attorney general to expedite suits brought under the Sherman anti trust law and incorporated in the leg islative, executive and Judicial appro priation act is a provision which places at the Immediate disposal cf the attor ney general, the sum of $300,000 to ret ter equipment for the enforcement of the anti-trust laws now existing. A further provision is made in the general deficiency bill for two assistants tr the attorney general and additional clks. The house also passed the Littlerield anti-trust bill which contained a pub licity feature as well as an anti-rebate clause. The bill failed of passage in the senate One of the first acts of this session was the removal of the tariff on coal of all kinds coming from any foreign country. Legislation of importance to the army and navy was enacted- A general -taff corps has been provided for the United States army, the duties of which are to prepare plans for the defense of the country and for the mobilization of the armies of the United States in times of war, as well as to render pro fessional aid to the secretary of war and the general officers of the army. The militia bill, introduced by Repre sentative Dick, of Ohio, and wHeh passed the house during the first r.os sion. passed the senate during this ses sion and has become a law. This act provides for the general organ'zation of the militia of the United States and makes it available, wrhen its services may be required by the government. The naval appropriation bill wh.ch has passed both houses provides for a material increase in the personnel of the navy to meet the growing demands for officers and men; also for an in crease in the number of warships. Measures of great importance to the Philippines have been adopted at this f session An appropriation of $3,000,000 was made to relieve the distress and suffering caused by the ravages of o"s- i ease nmone the watpr buffalo In th i iclrmd?! i:nrn whirh fhf n.ntivp nr nl- j mostwhclly dependent in the pursuit j agriculture and distress resultJng -from the shortage of crops due to Avar jaml other causes A currenov sv?tein Ihb n provided for the Philippine islands. Another act promoted the ef- I flciency of the Philippine constabulary i and still another providd fcr extrudi- tion oi criminals to ana rrom tne :s- i;mu:. xnv nuue ijuseu u dim k; re- duce the Philippine tariff, and the sen- -1 T" V 1 . . 3 1.111 i. ate has been ursred bv th nrpsidptit to I complete that act. The anarchy bill providing for the protection of the president has passed both houses and conferees have agreed Upon if . i Among the acts of the 57.h congress wnicn were aoopted at the lirst session mv. ...w. .luiiivui.i, oiii as an amenameni to me penning construction of an isthmian canal, pro- v,m. viding civil government for the Philip- j Mr Teller also said that the revenues Pines, providing revenue for the Philip- 1 ghouid be reduced whereupon Mr. ?d pine islands, extending Chinese eV.u- rich asked the Colorado senator if he sion laws, repeal of war taxfs. extend- would co-operate with the republican ing charters of national banks, creat- ?ide of the chamber at the next session ing a permanent census bureau, pro- in racing the revenues, "which." he viding a system for the irrigation of added "we shall certainly undertake the arid lands, providing a consular to do; proVided there is a surplus and diplomatic service for Cuba. ; Mr Teller replied that he would te C.eneral Cordon J 111 Retire from Lecture Platform. Jackson, Miss.. February 23. General John B. Gordon, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, who suffered a severe attack of acute indi- gestion while en route to this city Thursday night, left today for Texas. It is reported that after General Gr- don has filled this season's lecture cn- pagements, he will retire from the pla t- form. ALDRiCH BILL Debated at Length in the Senate But no Vote Taken DELAY IN HOUSE The Senate Passed the Fortifications Appropriation Bill and the House Immigration Bill The Ureater Part of the Day Was Taken I'p With a General Discussion of the Aldrich Bond Deposit Bill The Democrats Stuck to Their Filibuster Pro gramme in the Honse anil Delaye:! ell Business The Omnibus Public Building Bill Was Passed Several i Measures Sent to Committee andidurinsr tne rt'scuion cf a ronteronre Other Reports Adopted. ; Washington, February 23. - The sen ate today passed the fortiilcationa ap propriation bill and the house immi gration bill with amendments. The general deficiency bill, the l.st of the appropriation measures to be consid ered was reported from committee. The greater part of the day was given ud to the consideration of tl.e Aldtich bond deposit bill, which was debated at length, but upon which a vote was not reached. While tha bill was uuJer discussion Mr. Aldrich said that the le publican party would undertake a le duction of the revenues at the next session of congress, provided there was a surplus. The senate agreed to take up the Aldrich bill by a vote of 42 to 18. The vote displaced the statehood bill as the unfinished business. Mr. Berry, of Arkansas, opposed the Aldrich bill on the ground that it ex tends and enlarges the powers of the secretary of the treasury An amendment was offered by Mr. Clay, of Georgia, requiring the secre tary of the treasury so far as prac'ica ble to fairly distribute the deposits authorized. Mr. Turner said the bill proposed the grossest piece of favoritism to a class in this country who already have been too highly favored by laws which nave been enacted. It was the old rub treasury scheme, he said, of the old populist party, except that the bene ficiaries under it are th? national banks and not the farmers. The nop ulist measure had been laughed to scorn and this would shar the same fate. Mr. Hoar criticised the hill as con taining no protection against favoi it ism and advocated the adoption of Mr. Clay's amendment. Mr. Berry then moved to displace the Aldrich bill with the anti-trust bill, but the motion was defeated by a party vote except that Senators Hoar, Mel son and Mason voted in the affirmtive with the democrats. The vote stood 30 to 41. Consideration of the Alrich bill then was resumed. Mr. Bailey said, h in tended to vote for the bill, sying that his course would be accentuated by his aversion to the accumniulation of money in the treasury. He explained that he was not only opposed to Keep ing the surplus in the banks, but against a system of taxation that would make a surplus. As, however, he could not have his way about the accummu lation he was willing to unite with sen ators in takincr the next l-st course, which was to distribute the money al ready collected. Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, op posed the bill. He said that under its provisions the banker could take mory from the treasury vaults by paying 1 per cent, upon it and then loin it out at a rate of interest "known only to the banker and the Lord." lTo wa?, he said, opposed to national banks, upon principle and he considered this bill as merely an enlargement of the functions of the national bank. "Coming to Mr. Morgan as an Illustration "said Mr. Blackburn "would he not find himielf in rouses? ion of such collateral as n'Mill annhla V.!rr t rv driw nut "Wmi Ct ,i,, j " '-.t-. iHiirb "T do r,nt know" 1 Blackburn "Has h" any such co.r't- r, " -Tr uriri, .T ae-iln irswer- that I! I I do Vnow " Mr Blackburn "Nor do I but Lfus- rect he has.'' Mr. Aldrich stated that Mr. Morgan could not get the government money ' from the treasury unless he could sup- the kind of security demanded by tV,o tai-mo tho Vvll ; "Mr Blackburn gave notice of his in- tentlon to offer the LittlefieM antl-tr.ist found willing to lend his aid in the di recti(m indIc&ated and sald tbat he te- lieved the democrats -would: all be found of one mind in that respect. The. bill then was temporarily laid aside and the conference report on the District of Columbia appropriation till was agreed to. The immigration bill was then taken and passed, with an amendment of- fered by Mr. Bacon, excluding anar- chists. The senate took a recess until 11 o'clock tomorrow when a session will be hld for the purpose of delivering eulo gies upon deceased members of the house. House of Representatives. The democrats stuck to their filib'.s ; tering programme in the N ue today and even under the creraion ot 1'ie special ruls adopted yesterday, the majority's prosrress with appropriation ' bills and conference reports was ex ceedingly slow and laborious. The democrats forced a roll cal on eviry proposition and compelled the reMmng In extence of everything prented. Every parl'amentary expedient wng cofznj f0 delay matters and at the end of a session of over nine hours the hoiicP corItelv worn cut. at '05 o'clock tonight took a rress until r.oon tomorrow (Sunday). There was no sien of democrats abatiner their opr-o-sit'on. The rediner clerK" tonignt wre xhautd by the long stra?n of trying to make themlves iif ard above t Cof)"oee5 din pnri confusion on the floor. There were fifteen rvi ells and tvo rll of th- hou-e. Th feitu? of the day was the papnea ot the senate rmpjhu ruMic building b'll vsrh h'us arrendment" wh'ch latter ln craed thQ total carried bv the bill to over JR .000 000. The leader- who op noced tha bill did not attempt to d f?t it and It ws raed L'P-26 under suTenejon of the ru'e. Vr. Mann rnubllcan of TI:nois, ion? o-raeion dnrin"- th debata rwn i to charge "collusion" btwen the archi tect and t contractor of the Chif-asro public building. Mr. Ga!ns. democrat of Tennee. r-orT D"TTriV arraip-neo tn Hlllncri tis for selling the "sacred relics" of tv.o Whit Po"so. including, he a5d. a side board which had ben nrentd to 'rs. Pave by the W. C. T. U. r:s:d which, he said, was now reposing 'n a Washington brewery. The men who secured the side board, Mr. (J-nmsj said, had secured other sacred robes --old os .iunk and intended to fit up a "White House saloon." at the St. L ms exposition. Mr. Gaines sid that other valuable momntos of oth-T dny in cluding a mirror presented by Count Rochambau and bronzes presented by Osnprnl Patterson to President Jack son had been sold as junk. Mr. Orosvenor. republican cf Oh'o. dnled thse charges, savlnsr that noth ing but "second hand furniture," hud b"en old. "When Madison was pres'dent," in terrupted Mr. Cannon, "ft is relatPd that the washing was hung in the east room my God." he ejaculated v Uh mock gravity "what has bevome of t!ie cloths line." Amid the peals of laugh ter this evoked the debate cfased. The net result of tve day's ression was the sendine: to conference of the naval and fortifications appropriation Mils, the adoption of the conference reports on the railroad safety apppllance Mil and the military academy apprfrvia tion bill, the passage of he omnibus public building and the bhl to settle the account of officers during the Span ish war period and the adoption ot the senate amendment to two other com-j paratively unimportant measures. THE BURDICK MURDER Police Have Discovered Several Clues "So Arrests Made. Buffalo. N. Y.. February 28. Mrs. Burdick. the widow of Edward 1. Bur dick, who was murdered at his home Thursday night, arrived here today from Atlantic City. The police have found the hackman who drove an as yet unidentified man to within a few doors of the Burdick residence about midnight on Thursday night. They re gard this as a valuable clue. Another clue in the hands of the authorities is a tuft, of hair which was found on the person of Mr. Burdick. It is not of his hair, but whether belonging to a man or woman the police do not v. It ;s of a color and texture that will be easy to match with the hair from which t was torn. In the room in which the murdered man was found the po'ice also found a paper which had been sent to Mr. Burdick by a Cleveland woman, containing a story of the granting of a divorce from her husband. The police learned that the woman was in Cleve land Thursday night and that her form er husband is working in New York or some other eastern city. It was learned today that Mr. Bur dick. whose business took him on fre quent trips out of the city, had been shadowed for sometime when out of town. This system of espionage, he had said, had been In effect for some time, and the inference is that it was to ob tain evidence, if possible, for counter charges in the divorce proceedings which had been begun by Mrs. B .-rd ck. The autopsy revealed that there were at least eleven wounds on the head, five of which were so serious that any one would hve been sufficient to cause death and that they had been In flicted by some blunt instrument. The location of the wounds indicated trat the victim was in a reclining position when the blows were delivered or that most of them had been delivered 2ftcr he had been knocked down. Consider- ; able force had been used, but the doc tors did not pretend to claim that the force used was greater than might have been exerted by a strong woman. It was evident that the murderer was in 1 a stat(i of pacion, amounting to frenzy, as the skull had been broKen to a pulp in one place and many blows had been struck. To Protect the Plazas. A bill has been forwarded to Raleigh for passage by the general assembly for the protection of the plazas run ning through the middle of the streets o' th city. It makes it a misde meanor, punishable with a fine of $20, for any one to willingly or wantonly pluck or destroy any flower, plant or shrubbery planted and growing on the plazas or adjacent to the side walks In th streets of Wilmington. Many of the citizens have taken pains to beautify the plazas in front Of their residences, and people ruth lessly walk across them and in many instances flowers are pulled and the shrubbery injured. The object of the bill Is to prevent this vandalism. FATAL WRECK Near Lenoir City. Tenn.. By Spreading Rails LIST OF DEAD Besides Three Killed Many Were In jured, Some of Whom Will Die Th Wreck Occurred on the Southern Tracks and the Train Plunge Down a Steep Embankment The Wreck Was Caused by Two Land slides and Occurred at a Most Un fortunate Place The Cincinnati Southern Was Traveling Behind the Ill-Futed Train The Fast Chi cago and Florida Limited UadJast Passed the Place. Knoxvllle, Tenn., February 28. The fast passenger train from Chattanooga to Salisbury, leaving Chattanooga at 11:45 last night, was wrecked about three and one-half miles west of Le noir City, Tenn., this morning about 2 o'clock. The wreck was caused by the spreading of rails. Three deaths are reported so far, and twenty-five peo ple were injured. The dead are: John Bibb, of Knoxvllle, engineer. A. Q. Tucker, Newport, mail clerk. Alfred Best. Knoxville. colored por ter. The injured: R. A. Tompkins, expresa messenger. Bristol. Tenn.. shoulder and neck bruised; G. M. Betty, Knox ville. mail clerk, arm and wrist bruised- W. T. Klutz. Knoxville, baggage master, back injured; W. S. Overton. Knoxville, conductor: Thomas Mills, Knoxville, colored fireman, both legs broken. The following passengers were In jured: J. T. Falcett, Chattanooga, Tenn., shoulder bruised and right leg broken; E.. F. Wanison, Rogersville. Tenn. arm broken and head bruised; P. H. Guyce, Fletcher, N. C. back and shoulder and head injured; Mrs. P. H. Guyce, Fletcher, N. C. back and head injured; W. B. Holt, Lyonadas, Tenn chest badly bruised and injured inter nally; H. O. Toms, Columbus, shoulder and arm injured; Mrs. H. O. Toms, injured internally; Mrs. M. Lee Rogersville, Tenn.. head hurt and in ternal Injuries; two children of Mrs. Lee, one of whom may die; Mrs. Sarab Emerson. Rogersville, Tenn., spine in jured, will die; L. A. Hughes, Lene Mountain. Tenn.; J. B. Troppolin. New York, internally injured; J. A. Kelly. Alexandria, head hurt; Sam L. Kelly, Alexandria, Va., head and chest in jured; F. T. Fisher. Knoxville, head bruised; William Whitehead, Marys ville, Tenn., both hands and head in jured; J. W. Toohey, Greenville, N. C, leg broken; R. P. Harsh. Moskogee, L T., hear and right hand injured: H. B. Sargent, New Orleans, slightly injured. The wreck occurred on the tracks of the Southern railway. The train plung- ed down a steep embankment. The lo comotive went within thirty feet of the Tennessee river. Four of thm coaches were telescoped and partially piled upon the engine. Three coaches were burned outright. The Cincinnati Southern train, from Chattanooga to Cincinnati was traveling behind the ill fated train, it having to come by way of Knoxville on account of damage to tracks of the Cincinnati Southern be tween Chattanooga and Harriman last night. This train was awaiting orders at Loudon, when it was advised of the wreck. The engine of the Cincinnati -Southern train ran up to the scene of the wreck and by pulling two of the rear sleepers back on the track and away from the wreckage, succeeded in saving them from destruction by fire. The wrecking train, with physicians and railroad officials left this city im mediately after the wreck wa3 report ed. It is stated that the wreck was caus ed by two land slides. In the first, it Is thought a big boulder came down the side of a bluff and fell upon the track. These land slides spread the track and when the locomotive struck the bould er, it was thrown from the ties and down the embankment. Several coaches followed. The scene of the wreck Is between Loudon and Lenoir City. Tenn., where the railroad parallels the Tennessee river for a considerable dis tance. The construction of the road at this point was very difficult engineering, and it is the most unfortunate place for a wrectc. s Just before Engineer Bibb died, a physician endeavorc-d to have him drink a little whiskey, in the hope ot extending his life as long as possible. The engineer refused it, saying: "I have never touched it, and don't ex pect to begin to drink it now." Con tinuing he said: "I am going t die so go and look after the women and children in the coaches." He expired a few minutes later. The Chicago and Florida limited of the Cincinnati Southern road one of the finest trains in the country run ning from Jacksonville to Chicago, was but a short time ahead of th wrecked train. The Chicago flyer, which left Chattanooga ahead of Bibb's train was compelled to run to Harriman by way of Knoxville. In stead of over its own line for the rea son stated above. Had this train been wrecked the loss of life might have been very much greater, as it always carries a long list of passengers . aad runs on a very, fast schedule.