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AT. OCTOBER 16, 1907.
JFIYE gents
NESD
to
PLAWT OF
EXPLODES WITH TERRIBLE EFFECT
The Town of FontainBt Prac
tically Destroyed
BETWELN25ANDI50 KILLED
-i i t
More Than; 600 Persons Were
Injured
Explosion Follows" Explosion in Quick
Succession Concussion. Felt.. Near
ly Two Hundred Miles Away
Hvery Car Window in Passenger
Train Four Miles Distant Broken
and SeTeral Passengers Injured
Farm Houses and School Houses
Torn, to -.-.Pieces Rescuers Pow
criess to' Aid Those .Burning in .
the Ruins lilitia Sent to Ruined
District to Protect Iiife and" Prop-
Fontaiaet ; Ind., -Fontainet was
practically destroyed .toda by' the ex-
plosion of the plant of the Dupont
Powder Company The dead number
from 25 to 50. More than 6000 per
sons were injured and-e very -build-;
ing in the town was wholly , or par
tially levelled to the-ground.
Where ; stood a thriving and busy
town of 100 people
tonight there is ruin
this . morning
and scattered
reckage... ':':-'::rr .:,- . . 0
The dead and more seriously in
jured have been taken away. Five
hundred inhabitants. all more or less
wounded, remain to eathft thir
""' scajjsfed h6Jsebo goods and sleep
Without warning the .powder millsV
seven -in number, i.blew up at 9; 15
this morning. They employed 200
men and of these -75 were at work-
when the 'first explosion 'occurred in
the press mill. In quick succession
the glazing Oinill, the" two coining
mills and the powder magazine blew
up, followed by the cap milk
In the magazine situated- several
- hundred yards -Irop'thei; mills were
stored 40,000 kegs of powder. When
it blew ,upr the concussion. .tas felt
nearly 20 miles away. "Farm houses
two miles away and School house
equally -distant - were - torn, to pieces
and their occupants injured. A pas
rwr train on the Big Four railroad
four miles away had every car wln-
dow broken -aua -several-prtosengers
were injuredby flying glass.
The mills went up with three dis
tinct explosions, followed ninety, min
utes later by a fourth and even, more
serious than- the othtrs :nwhen . the
magazine went up . ' -
Immediately following the explo
sions the wreckage caught ..fire, and
the inhabitants of the town - : who
rushed' to the rescue of the mill em-
ployees5 found themselves; powerless
" to aid those,. burning in the" ruins.
;,They.' worked" frantically in con
stant danger from possibly succeed
ing explosions unmindful of their
. ruined hpmes. -
Dead and dying were picked up.
Eighteen bodies burned and mang
led were': carted to a protected spot
to awaiHderitification, while the bad
ly injured, numbering upward of fif
ty, were put on a special train an.
taken? to Terre Haute, for. hospital
accommodations.
Nearly eje$Y one of the in- J.
habitants carried blood on hands and
face from his or her own wounds or
those people who had required aid.
Thef mills were -located onernjle
south of the town. . 'JX.-.-jr
With the first explosion - the' em
ployees " ran "for safety but' most - of
them were ' killed or wounded by the
quick , following explosions. When
: the heat from the burning mills ex
ploded the giant powder magazine
later practically destroyed the town
by .the concussion, many of those
engaged in rescue .work were ' badly
injured and several killed: i
Superintendent Monahan V of V the
plant was killed while sitting : in his
office and his wife and sister-in-law
were killed in their home some-dis-
tance away. , "
That the death list is hot far great
er is due to the fact that the peo
ple of the town had left their houses
at the first explosion "and were not
'In them when - the explosion of the
'i 0, 0 0 kegs of powder, in the mag
azine hurled ; their 'homes topieces
and scatered their household goods
Iff ffeaps f debris.
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Among the buildings- totally de
,
stroyed m the town .were the jHetho-
aist ana episcopal churches the de
pot, all business blocks, including a
arge- bloclc jiist completed, a large
warehouse - aiad SB 0 houses. v ' :
Three" scJiool Rouses were destroy
ed, twi? 'at ontaint and one at Coal
Bluff, two mires -': away. All', were
filled withjSQhool children and ev
ery one of these were more or less
injured by the collapse of the build
ings. . . . . . , ;.. .. " .
A four room school ibuilding .was
torn, to ...pieces and not'otfe of the 200
children escaped unhurt. None was
The school building at Coal Bluff
was turned over and . collapsed -The
teacher and ninety pupils were more
or less injured. '
Terre Haute and Brazil -sent phy
sicians i and nurses- with supplies in
carriages and automobiles across the
country, while special trains were
made up and run over the Big. Four
railroad5 for the care or the injured
Indianapolis, Oct. 15. The shock
of the exDlosion at Fontainet was
heard in this city. k
' At Crawfordsville, 35 miles from
Fontainet, the shock cracked a brick
wall and sank tiling in a floor an
inch. . , ; - - . ...
- Cincinnati, O. , Oct. 1 5 .A flight
shock similar to that of an earth-
quaket was noticed here at 9:30 this
morning, Professor Porter, of the
University ;of Cincinnati, reporting it
as " very slight but r distinctly notice
able, r ,T
In southern Indiana several points
reDorted a shock in some whatsmore
severe form, and , it was falser Eeport-
j! r tt :it- ri.ir f
- Louisville, Ky., Oct. 15. Slight
parth tremors which! Was at first at
tributed toan earthquake were felt
in the eastern section of the city at
Bottles
in a drug store at Baxter
avenue
and Broad wav were snaKen , irom
thoir shelvps and windows' rattled
in many houses.
fJrften Castle. Ky.. Oct 15.- The
powder mill explosion at Fontainet,
twenty miles away caused general
alarm in this City. In the business
section the jar was so severe that
all the people in the business blocks
rushed to the streets. A number of
windows were cracked and bricks
fell from chimneys and copings
Governor Hanley , at 1 Indianapolis,
ordered the Terre Haute company
of the Indiana National Guard here
to: patrol the ruined districts and to
nrotect life and property. The gov
ernor arrived i this evening about the
timeline soldier ereached here: He
lirought with him 700 tents "andcots'1
for the use pf homeless.
The total itnixber of.deadris believed
to be thirty-five. Of these"five died Jh :
hospitals at Terre Haute tonight: ' At
least six hundred were injured and a
large amount of property was destroy
ed.1 The exact number of dead and in
jured, along with the property , loss will
not. be known for several' days. Gov.
X Frank Hanley," of Indiana, arrived
at 7:30 'o'clock, - took charge of .the
situation and later proclaimed martial
law. f. , R ' 1
Th( town is practically wiped out.
Not a building stands intact, and
throughout the lay-fires kindled in the
ruins cost the lives of several persons
who .were pinned in the. wreckage.
RBOOKLYX DAY" OBSERVED
Address of Judge Gaynor Feature of
Celebration.
Norfolk; Va.. October 15. The
feature .of today's celebartion of
Brooklyn -day at .the Jamestown ex
position 'wars the address of Judge
WllliamGaynor, of the supreme court
of New York, who defended Presidenf
Roosevelt -from Tiis enemies generally
and praifod him . for hi effort to I
Stop the rebate evil He upheld the
president's - movement against law
violating-' corporations and railroads
;f Prominent among the other visiting
spke;.jwerer:;.St"-i Clair McKelway,
ei't0r4;th"Brboklyn ": Eagle, and
chancellor of ' the New York univer
sity; Frank H. Fields and Edward
C. JJlum both of New York
;Tne.'i Brooklyn visitors tomorrow
morning .jcwill . vipit.-the famous con
federate battlefield- of the crater at
Pittsburg;7 :. .- .V; " -
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WOUNDS PROVES FATAL
DrrlndeFires Three Bullets into "fheRue de LaPaix gotto conyersa
" Negro Woman's Body. tion with two i pretty? , y tHmg women
.-cylt'f' V ' .. v whom he thought were dress-maki s.
: Columbia, Sw C, October 15. A rr- He promised to send them some pic
cial to the State from Union, S. C. ture post cards from Milan and drew
says W. L. Lindeer, a prominent yoiiiir - out his pocketbook and placed a. card
physician of that "city; "probably f i- 0n it for them to write their addresses,
tally wounded Lcy. Lipsey, a negro .Suddenly the bell recalling the girlsf.to
woman there today, firing three bul- work was heard and the youitg women
lets into ; her body.
On March 25th last the same woman,
shot Dr. Lindeer in the back without
warning. The cause of the Shooting
is not definitely known, "Dr. S. S.Lin-
deer, father.of the young 'man, passed
the scene just in time to'witnes3 the
shooting Young lindeer surrendered
to the sheriff and was placed in JaiL decline to reveal his name except to
Lucy Lipsey died tonight. Dr.; LJn- say that his name -begins' with the let
deer will apply for release on bail: r iec u3. - - .1 --''
THE iSSI WISH MiDLE
! Both Claim a Victory in Jujlge's
v Decision -
' ::if .
ir - T. . . 0' -
..Harriman Deprived of Support Qf
i 286,731 Shares of niinois Central
Stock Duplicate and , Triplicate
Proxies Issued Result . of Fight
for Control Uncertain. .-
Chicago, Oct Harriman
was today, by an order of the court,
deprived of the voting power of 286iT
.731; sharps of Illinois Central 'stock
in, the annual meeting, pf. that rail
road company which meets at noon
tomorrow. . - . '' ) ,; :
. The order of the court was practi
cally identical with i the modification
asked by the attorneys o f Mr. Harriman.-
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Both sides claim a victory, lilr.
TPfsr becausthe'ehlolhd shares
will not be effective at the election
and-Mf. Harriman because 'his modi
fication was seen red. - . -- r.. '
The shares of stock" ruled out are
those held by, the -Unioh Pacific 1 rail
road company the Railroad Security
Company 'of New5 Jersey and the Mu
tual Life Insurance company of I New
Jersey. y- . .-. -: r '
The injunction was issued by
injunction was yesterday issued by
Judge Ball in the ; supreme court.
Mr. Fish yesterday asked that the
voting of these shares be enjoined.
The court today after extensive ar
gument by the attorneys of both sides
modified the injunction by permit
ting the shares to be voted under the
condition . that if any one of these
shares should have a decisive ef
fect on ' any1 vote taken the entire
vote is then to be null and void In
other words" Mri Fish is-given by the'
court a handicap of 286,731 votes,
and in order to defeat him oh any
motion or resolution which comes
before the annual meeting Mr. Harrl-i
man and his friends must cast 286,-
732
votes jnore than is castr by MrJ
Fish and his .followers.
The decision of Judge Ball was
granted after the attorneys for Mr.
Harriman and Mr. Fish had filled the
day with arguments," and was .the
result of an agreement readied be-,
tween .Thomas Nelson Cromwell, rep-,
resenting Mr. Harriman, and Judge
Farrar, of New Orleans who acted
for Mr.' Fish. ' I '
As the matter stands tonight both
sides believe that victory is 4n their
grasp. Both assert that they" hold
the greater number of proxies, but
the actual facts cannot be guessed.
It is admitted by the attorney? " on
both sides that many stockholders'
have issued duplicate and even trip
licate proxies and as the proxy of the
latest date is effective, neither .side
knows exactly where it stands.
Neitherwil 1 give out figures.
;. .. Mr. Harriman .arrived., in the city
todays butdid not attend the - court
proceedings. Mr. , Fish was incourt
all day. : . . . i r : : . ' '
FRANCHISES ILLEGAL
Decision otrttdge- tn. nree Cent Car
Fare ; Case in Oevplanu f
Cleveiahd Ohio, October 155 J4dge
Lawrence; of the commbnt 5-pleas court
today .declared illegal all franchises
ranted ; br the council for so-caiiea
t hreft cent t lines : on the east side
except, a smair section constructed on
East i4th street' which covers about
two blocks, r The t court holds that the
franchises tor three cent lines on the
west side were valid because- they wei e
granted prior to the date upon which.
Mayor Johnson -was aliged to have be-
come nn&nciaiiy lnterestea in me
roads. . ."; : -
The decision holds that Mayor John
son-is now exonerated' of financial in
terest in the . low fare companies, his
obligations having been cancelled be
fore the passage of the curative oidi-
nance passed by the city council Aug.
3rd last. The evidence exonerates Mr.
Johnson, the court says from any bad
i or fraudulent purpose in. the tran
sactions in controversy and that -iis
motive was to serve the public by lend.
ln& his creait to an enterprise wnica
ne consaerea to be or great penent to
'. the people of Cleveland, but his action,
in approval of these extension, ardi
nanees, other than the Rhodes aven re
grants was opposed to the common law
which does :not permit one. to act as
agent for the public in making a con
- tract affecting 'his' private interests.
ROBBED OF $1,2J0
Wealthy American Victim of- Sharp
Trick, in Paris .
Paris, October IS. A wealthy Antei
ican, dunng tJbe liulch hour" yesterday,
pf the? dress-making establishment on
rushed; in doors takingithe pocketBook
with them. It contained $1,200. The
police were notified and found "that, the
girls" were - not known in any dress
maker's establishment in the neighbbr-
hood. . '-ri'' : '? - -
. As the ricUnif is a married, man and
the father of a family the anthoritieaH
OIIIFOEu GILL OF
LADIflB
Plan
Commerce Commis
sion Not Satisfactory :
-.-.
Hearing Most Important Ever Held
U by Commission Fronrx Standpoint
; o Ixiterests. Affected Adoption of
r- Plan Will be Radical Departure
.From Methods Now is Use. i
Washington, October 15 . -That the
uniform" bilF of Iadirtg which St is prp
posedv to put i into r effect on -.ail rail
roads 'of the; country on January 1st
hext by, the" interstate commerce com
mission is Jiof satisfactory to the com
merqial jnter5ts ; and tfliat two separ
ate bills cf lading should be adopted
Instead whs pointed out at "a hearing
ofthose-inlrej-lefoi-thfr
commerce.; commission today.
The iljhearing waU one of . the . most
important ever ; held by . the commis
sion . from the standpoint of the in-
terests affected as the adoption of a
uniform bill of 3 fading in the- trans-r
portatf on of . freight by common car
riero will involve a rtadtcal departure
from the methods now in UiSe. At the
present time the railroads of the Uni
ted States use .separate bills of lading
and it is the desire of , the commission
that the sb ipping Jand the railroad
interests secure uniformity in fthe mat
ter, the'? only Question tat. issue being
the method to; be; employed in jbring
ingj about the desired result. It . was
the concensus of opinion of the repre
sentatfves of the interests heard that
a recommendation ishquld ibe made
f dr ' jthe , Aado'pti6ri "by t the Tcprnmisidn
instead of one whidh it Was proposed
to nut into effect.", of ' two distinct bills
of lading which should be unirorm in
rcter olie to : be known as ( a
'stfighV' bill, of lading and the other
as an "order" bill of lading. An order
''bill of lading, and the other ais an
of.ladingT it j -wa's explained is' a. ne
gotiable - instrument upon . which
niotiey can be leaned,, arid a" 'straight
bill Of lading is an ordinary receipt
which sine railroad company give? ; for
a consignment of goods. It was. argued
that-shouTd the "commission adopt'the
two proposed bills of lading,; substan
tial justice to all interests concerned
would be afforded., ' v ,
At tlie conclusion of the hearingithe
commission .will take the' matter un
der advise.meht . No . decision will be
reached .for some time. - s Mi . ;
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- -TEXTILE CONFERENCE m )
ivecommrauauons oi committee in
Regard to Child Labor Adopf ed
Nashville,
it
Tenn,r
October 15 -
There were f ully 20 0 delegates, pres-
Vent a,tNtod.ay'ssesj3ion of -, th e Southern
Textile conferehtfe. The committee oti
resolutions-recommended that the age
limit of .children who work '4n -mj lis
and factories shall be 14 years. It was
also recom mended that the; time limit
for women 'and- children shalL be - 6&
hours a week, eiccept where "engaged
in agricultural and domestic pursuits
The committee atoo.: recommended
that children under r 1 6 years of age
be -iiot allowed to work between r?the
hours of p. m. and 7 a. m. ; that
ail children be compelled to attend
chool 1 6 i weeks each, yea r; . that all
able bodied men who. have, no visjble
mearas of support " be declared va
grants; tlrat no5 maie unaer ly ana
female under 17' be allowed W marry.
The : recommendations were . unani-
mously adopted.
SOUTH CAROLINA
DISPENSARY.
Injunction Issued Restraining Com
mission From . Winding JjK It's ' At-
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fairs.
Atlanta. Ga., October J 5. A spe
cial- to the "JournaL , from Columbia
. . .' . . . , ... i i
S. C' says tlia,t Judge rritchardi Qf ;
the . federal court today issued i &.
sweeping injunction restraining" ther
state rcommissi on from rwinding up" fHe:
affairs of thd state dispensary or payT
ing out any money, belongihgto; it.
The injunction ties up abptit $750,000
which 'the commiiision . haaP on hand
for the payment s of i claiins against
the dispensaryi The injunction was
Secured by a wine firm of Weldon,
N. C. which has a small claim
against the etate dispensary wlio ap-U
plied for a writ of mandamus to com
pel the commission appointed fby
Governor Ansel to wind up the affairs'
of the dispensary to iay theirr claims
and meantime the commission is en-
oined from paying out any money on
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other claims. ;
Returned From European Trip X.
Dr. 'William J. H. Bellamy and
daughter. Miss Liua Bellamy, wno
spent the summer on a tour of Europe, .
have Returned .to the city, And they are
being ' Cordially welcomed by their
many, friends -after their long absence.
Mrv William J. ,Bellamyt who spent the
summer at eeuna vista . spnngs m
PennsylTania, has also returned, to the
city.. " .
." HISTORiCAIi AiSSOCIATION
Address ; '.hy . Mr. v.- Taylor-IipviBg
... Cup Presented to Dr. KempP. Bat-
."" tie ' :: -
- -' i - . :z - -it. a n- r? i,.
t: Raleigh,, Nrr C-, October IS.At the
meeting of the state literary and his
torical association Hannis Taylor show,
ed that the Uhted - States -constitution
was ' really written by - Pelatiah Web--
ster of -Philadelphia, an lancle of Dan-
iel Webster; He. declared that . Webster
had. in:ithis achieved greater, things
than any other man'.' He paid' a ''tribute
to John Marshall as1" the1 'greatest of
jurists?5 Taylor's prefetory -tribute to
North. Carolina, his mother state, was
beautifu!.: He declared that whatever
success he had ."won was due' to the in
spiration of ' the "mother state. He ex
pressed joy ; at ' returning to Ralei i
wliich he left after two years of school
life. 40; years ago. .vs . :
.. Francis. B.. Winston presented the
golden " loving cup , 'the ' gift of M"
Lindsay Patterson, to Dr. Kemp P.
Battle for his betterinSg of the Univer
sity. Mr Battle could, not be present
so Dr. George Winston accepted it for
him., The tributes trie brothers Wins
ton paid Dr.1 Battle were gems of ora
tory, and full of tender feeling.
, The -nominating, committee, Edvin
Mims, William R. Cox, W. J. Peele, t.
T. Kluttz and W. L. Poteat nominated
the following' officers and all were un
animously elected: President, Robert
Bingham; Ashevillef vice-presidents, E.
C.t! Brooks, Durham; Richard Dillard.
Edentori; Miss" Mary Hilliard Hunter,
Raleigh; secretary-treasurer, Clarence
H. 'Poe; - Raleigh. s - -:
i A resolution pledging continuance of
the movement for f a perfect literary
and historical society was adopted' and'
Bennehan Cammeron; F. D.' Wiston,
R. D, W Conor, F. A. Olds and - A.
M. Scales, were elected the permanent
committee on . this. . ..
. Resolutions were also adopte t ;
inigj the legislature for aiding the state
historical museum, .and; for rprbvding
for a? statue of Vance in Statuary Hall,
at -.Washington, and thanking Mn
Patterson, ' "Mrs." Rebecca Schunkj
and Miss Mary Hilliard Hunter for in
valuable, work done in collecting ex
hibits for the ihstoricalv department at
the JaniestownHeKposition. : V V-
POSTIASTERS' CONVENTION;
Officers Elected Addresses of Wel
1 come J and Response -Committees
Appointed1 ; ! ' . ! c
, (Special to The Messenjser.Jt.
; Raleigh, , October 15. At the state
conyeiitipn of fourth class pcstmastevs
O- J. f SwVin, of. Pipetown, . originator.
,kf the" riveon'pls,r':was.
chairman,' O.J Jones, of i Mantep,
retary. W-i IB:' Snow, of Raleigh, delivr
ered the address of welcome,' to which
W.j J. . Leary, , of .Edenton, responded.
The convention of , presidential ppst-
masters.rmet at the same time with 62
"present WT. G. Briggs postmaster at
Raleigh;, was' elected chairman, J.-
Joyce, of Reidsville, secretary.
Mayor Johnson, of Raleigh,' made
the address of welcome,, to which ost-
masters J : Cabell, of Richmond, and
Pearson', of Morganton, responded.
' Telegrams were sent 'to Postmaster
General VMeyerr and . First, ' Asslsteht
Hitchcock, expressing regret at their
absence. , . , ;
The two conventions met jointly this
afterjidbn ; and were ; addressed by
Fourth : Assistant Postmaster Generai
. '. Chairmen, -of the various commit tees
are as followst ' By-laws, Pearson,
of Morganton; Program, Hamriclr, of
Hickory; Resolutions, Rollins, of Ashe-"
vine; Organization, Fanigan of Greens
.yille. ; i .' , ..- . .v-sJ- .
STATE FAIR
OPENS
Address by Secretary, Grimes Pro
gram for Laying, Corner Stone of
3Iasonic Temple. i
r ( Special to The Messemrer.
, Raleigh, , October 15.-At the state
fair .grounds today the opening address
was made, by Secretary of State Bryan
Grimes, of Pitt;; who was .introduced
L. augTitrMgerof;- Edgecombe,
tarriinesV pteeclt" as,?lacgey Jils
.torical. He told about , thefirst fair
held 'iri i853.- -l : , ;
A " charter is"" granted - the Baswe I
Cotton .Mills, at Kanstori, . to ; spinsuid,
weave capital stock $200 nrincial
stockholders J. W. Grainger J. E Hood
and L. Harvey. ' r
i;t- Tonight, 5the 1 full program.rof - exer--jci
seat. efeyfngfpt.rthe. cprneriston?
of' the:. iasonc t temple -which -takes
place tomorrow was issued, as follows:
Music by the Third Regiment Band
"The North Carolina ..National Guard
(March ; " lnMocation, Rev. Frederick
Nash Skinner, 'grand chaplain; hymn,
"Laying of a Corner Stone (by choiO
prayer,. Rev. Skinner; address W.R.
Cox; placing "of ; coins and: medals ; by
grand treasurer, - Leo. D." Heart; "The
Glory of God," by. choir address by
Grand Master Winston; ; "Stars - an1
Stripes Forevter;" benediction, Rav;
"Mr Skinner. . -
She then tried alL but nerer.- f oun'df
satisfaction until she used Blue -Rib-
hon Vanilla, ' . "
TTatcltfor the aniouncemeniof the
.Crystal Palice o$csI2
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Cofirebf ion; Discass
rp Question Al! Day
THBEE
HELD
Many ENotable Speeches Made
Upon the Subject
Decided at Late Hour Last Night to
Recommend t the. , House of
Deputies That ' the Suffragan
k Bishop i! Resolution be Adopted
... Today Bishop oMJrazil Appoint
ed. : Richmond, Va., October, 15. A very
stormy day, which included three ses
sions, every, minute of which was
spent in discussion of the negro, ques
tion, the houseof the general conven
tion, sitting as a committee as a whole,
decided at a late hour tonight to re
commend to the house of deputies that
the measure known as the suff ragdn
bishop resolution be adopted. The
house at1 all Tday as a committee dts
c'usln'g' three questions, first, the Ar
kansas question,' which -was to allow
the negroes to have a separate church;
second, "the Pennsylvania ; and North
Carolina' measure, which was to permit
the various dioceses to form their ne
gro congregations into missionary dis
tricts over which, a missionary bishop
would . be. placed, . and f the third, the
question of , suffragan, bishops for work
among the negrpesA The ; Arkansas.'
plan was. discussed early in, the day.
jt he quetion. then was to, decide be-,
tween missionary districts" and suffra
gan bishops and a number of notable
speeches were made, probably the most
notable in interest being' the addresses
of Rev. Dr. C. Braxton Bryan and the
Rev.1 Dn William Meade Clark, both of
whom spoke 'from a practical "knowl
edge of the negro. The vote was first
taken on the racial district question,
&d resulted in the overwhelming de
feat by atvote of 327 to 53. v .
" A'vote was then taken on th suffra
gan .bishops measure, which was intro
duced by the iRer. Dr; Parks, of New
York, and the measure Was carried bv
a vote of 267 Jo , 109. . The suffragan
bishops measui;e will, therefore,, be re
commended tomorrow ,and there seems
to be little doubt but. that it will be
pushed through both houses of the
general convention, " .. ." ' ;
Bishop Lucien Lee ' Kinsolvipg was
e-appbinted as bishop of Brazil.
TRAIN LEFT RADLS
Sixteen
Persons Killed in Railroad
Wreck i nEngland
Shrewsbury, England, October 15.
A train "made, up 'of passenger coaches
bound from Scotland and the' north of
England to Bristol left the rails as it
was 'entering the station here at an
early hburthi s morning. Sixteen per
sons including i ten passen gers, were
killed and many were injured.
There is still no, explanation of the s-
cause of the accident. Mt is suggested
that as, this- is the third .accident fa
similar kind within a year, of a train .
entering a station on a enrve, the cause -
may be found in the failure of the va-
cuum brakes to resnon Rumors are
current here that. , the locomotive of
rne passenger train was making its
first, trip on this tine and" the driver,
had a pilot driver witn him becase he
was not fully acbuainfedwith the road
it seems- somebodv1 blundered for the
engine was goin at armendoits rate
of speed when" the-' accident happened., -
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; SEVERAL INJURED
Specfair Train ,t In . Accident
A a Lynchburg, Virginia f
Near
Lynchburg,7 Va..' October 15. A'
special tram bearing Company.' the
governor's ' foot guards of Hartfordi4
Conn., en route from Roanoke, Vir
ginia, to the Jamestonm exposition to
day, side swiped a wrecking train, as"
it was clearing the main track ati
Forest depot, fifteen miles of Lynch
burg .1 Several of T the ; soldiers -were
slightly hurt, but their names could
not be ascertained aa they were treat
ed by surgeons ; accompanying the
command; The company was delayed
several hours by the wreck. (
' Salisbury Blaii Elected :
Wshif!tn, October 18 The synod
Af Potc Mar elected Rev. D.
Episcopal
r. HeM-. rf ?i-Mr. N. 0., presk
ent. succeeding Rev. A. S WebUer,
.of 'Ba!t!cra. -
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