." . IW ;, .'""T" . . ' . ' - i ..." . . . ' . . . ;v , . . . . .J , XIX. if O. 224 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. . 'P '"5" 5.:, ' ' -J :? :. ' . 5 ", 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; " - .!: '. v . v : ' . 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.- -V"-:: z,:r::'X-:cCP:- 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 . ; .M'"W '"'1 't '" "'""';! '":.:''' - -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- -'--..'-.-- - . .... .- JU' . i i -, 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 -- ....... '" . V 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 . .. .. . 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., - -t ; 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. - 1 " - - ' .- - ,9

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