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-Vol. VIII.
RALEIGH, VIST. C. SATURDAY v SEPTEMBER 7, 1901.
No. 33
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RST REPORTED AS
The
Assassin Arrested and
from Hob Violence
ill S
Ann nrnrriiniT nnrwnii n
w iBm mm
Angry People Would Have Torn the
Wretch Lirnb from Limb
)ne Bullet Removed, but the Other Not Found After the
Operation the. Doctors Expressed the Hope That the
President Would Recover
sault Received Everywhere
and Indignation
Buffalo N". Y., Sept- 64.30 p. m Special This
ovening in the Temple t)f Music President McKinley
was shot twice by an Armenian Anarchist during the !
TV. T JK, "Ui - j i
around his hand in which
The first ball entered the
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giancea : tne second Dall
turned downward. The first has been extracted.
The President was instantly conveyed to the hos
pital, where he is now resting and is conscious. He
called his secretary to his bedside and is now dic
tating instructions and his last wishes in case the
wound should prove fatal. An immense7 throng ran
after the assassin, who would have been lynched for
che interference of police guards.
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RESTING EASY. $
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$ Washington, Sept. 6. 1 a. m. 8
Secretary Cortelyou has just tel
J egraphed to the White House S
here tharat 1 o'clock this morn- 3
ing the President jvas resting S
easy. Hhis physicians pronounce $
S his pulse and temperature as S
near normal as could be ex- $
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DEED OF AN ANARCHIST
Pieman Declared He Had
Only Done His Duty
Buffalo, Sept. C President McKinloy
Vas shot twice by an assassin as he
flood in the,Temple of Music atthe Pau
Ameriean exposition at 4 o'clock this af
ternoon. The shots were fired by
Fred Nieman, of 'Detroit who 'said after
ward that he was an anarchist and had
rnlv done his dutv The attempted as- '
fussination took place' in the presence
of 3.000 people who had crowded into
the Temple of Music and whil ten thou
:uid others stood outside the temple
waiting for a chauce to euter and shake
h'tids with the President. ...
The first bullet struck the sternum in
the President's chest, deflected to the
I-ht and traveled beneath the skin to
P liulnt directly below the right nipple.
The second bullet penetrated the abdo
fiien. Only a superficial wound was
caused by the first bullet, and within
.muuies artcr tne Pnysician reacnea
w lfeiu it nad been removed. iu?-
-uu niuiet was not round. An oper-
ion wa8 performed on the President
ets, ; Take Effect
Wounds Are Serious
News of the Murderous As
with Expressions of Grief
a pistol was concealed.
President's chest and
. ni i ilium iuf uiiiiiiw.i i iii.vno"..v.
entered the abdomen andherTmeu and the wow of the policemen a
at the Emergency Hospital on the ex-
position grounds at 6 o'clock bv Dr.
1 -
Matthew. D. Mann, Dr. John Passmon
ter and Dr. Herman Myeuter. The
President's stoniatrh was opened, but the
builet was nut found. - Drainage tubes
wtre inserted, the incision was sewed
I'p, ana at i :-io o ciock tne 1 'resident lf'1-u , f j fell oacK wnen it saw tne ngure oi me
was removed to the home of John G. ! -f? ambula,ice from, t!l,'i "TiS President on the stretcher. There was
, ,1" pital was summonefl immediately, .indi , . . , , ., .
M .lburn at Detawa r niennc and Ferry ;lhe ProKMeut, rtTU . onsci.-.is, sank iipon no' -peed for the police to ask the crowd
street. The doctors stated after the the stretcher. ' Secr?ta;v Cortelyou and j to move back. Along the route of foun
opeya'tion that they were hopeful, and Mr. Milbum rode with him in the am- tains and through the hall the crowd
that Avhile the wound caused by the sec- bulance, and in' nine minutes' afier the I itself cleared a pathway, crying "keep
ond shot was serious, it was not neces- shooting the President was awaiting the; back," "keep Dack," "niake way."(
sarily fatal. arrival of surgeons who had l?eu s'im- Colonel Chapin, of General Roe's staff,
The man who did the shooting was ,inoned f.ro,m u. sSc.tl ',ns ?."tft, ot-Z. c"d j with the mounted escort, who had ac
seized immediatelyby the detectives. TLTSe
He offered no resistance, at first refus- conversed with Mr. Cort-dvou and Mr. outdoor appearance since his arrival m
ing to give any information about him- Milburn on his way to the hospital! i Buffalo, surrounded the ambulance and
self. Later he said his name was Frod "I am sorry," he s.iid, "to have .been 1 they' went swiftly to the. hospital. .' Th
Nieman, that ne was 28 years of age
and had come" to Buffalo from Detroit
a week ago. He to living at No.
1025 Broadway. He gave his occupation
as a blacksmith and said he was. born
in Detroit : " '
-The reception to the President this
ui- i. i ' -Beuerai
iJumiK. uau u'-ciL. lu-rueu. i-reioent
John G. Milburn of the exposition had
introduced the President to the great
erowa in ine Temple, and men wemen
and children came forward for a pr-
sonal greeting. Amon- those in lin
was Nieman;" whose left hand wn
wr.inru. in o V,r,,1b.l,:- tt..., j
. . . .. ...
.. . U1'" nna tne assassin and to punish him.
in the handkerchief was a 32-calibre Der- Certain it is. ff the officials had not
ringer. A little girl was led up by her used remarkable diligence in taking Nle
father and the President shook hands man oat of the way of the crow4 he
with her. As she passed along to the v'ou'd have been mobbed and beaten, to
right, the President looked after her 4' . , " . v "
smilingly and waved hi hand in pleas- rZm? !l "? 0R7iwl ln9 . 8k!
ant adieu ' " ' - room at the northwest corner of tha
' s" (temple. There he was searched, but
mv irrru mm Don
.ext in line came the assassin. As
xh? Prcsulent turned to the-right again,
hnnsrinsr h rfvhi--hand .ii ! -it..
charactc.rr5tic inlnner with which
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FATAL
Protected
f tends it while receiving, Nieman thrust
OUT liotil 11. S nanus, mnsutu abiuc
President's extended hand and brought
the revolver hidden in the handkerchief
up against the President's stomach. At
the same instant he pulled the trigger.
The first bullet entered too high for the
nursose of the assassin, who fired again
as soon as his linger could move the
trigger. On receiving the first shot,
ltesidcnt McKinley lifted himself on
his toes with something of a gasp. His
movement caused the second -shot to
entrr just below the navel. With the
second shot the President doubled slight
ly forward and then sank back. Detec
tive. Geary caught the "President in his
arms and President Jilbunj helped o
support him. " ' " - ' f
It had all happened in in instant. Al-
. most before the noise of the second shot
sounded Nieman 'was seized by S. R.
Ireland,, a United States secret service
man, who stood opposite the President.
Ireland hurled him to the floor, and as he
-fell a negro waiter named John Harper
leaped upon him.. Soldiers of the United
States artillery, detailed at the recep
tiou, sprang upon them and he was
surrounded by a squad of police and se
cret service men. Detective Gallagher
grabbed Roman's right hand, tore away
the" "hamlkershief and s
volver. The artillerymen,
ized the re
seeing the re
volver in Gallasner -S hand, rusnea at
him an 1 handled him rather roughly.
Meanwhile, Ireland and the negro held
I the assassin, endeavormc to smela mm
.-... Vir infni'i'itwl ortil-
clubs. -Supported by Detective ooary
and President Milburn. and surrounded
by Secretary George Cortelyou and half
a dozen exposition officials, the Presi
dent was assisted to a chair. Hsa face
was very white, but he made no outcry
and s:mk back with one hand holding
his abdomen. His eyes were open, and
he was clearly conscious of all that had;
transpired. He looked up into Presi
dent Milburn's face and gasped "Cor
telyou." The President's secretary bent
over him. "Cortelyou," said the Presi
dent, "my wife; be careful about her.
Don't let her know."
Moved by a paroxysrm the President
writhed to the left, ami .then his jyes
fell on the prostrate form of the wouid be
assassin. Nieman lay on .the flojr,
bloody and helpless, beneath the biows
or. the guard. The President raised iiis
right hand, red with h:s own blood, and
placed it on the shoulder of his secre
tary. "Let no one hurt him," he gi'pod.
and sank back in the chair, while he
the cause of trouble t th exposition."
Three thoughts had found evprossion
th the Resident first, that the nws
T?0"1'!, ne kept. fr"m ,h's 'ife: second,
that the assassin should not be harmed;
'amI third, regret that the tragedy might
ieww? 'SSfto President h.d been.
snot passea across tne exposition grounds
libli Ve-id, and the '
temple grew until it I
rhis crowd, .followed I
witn almost increainl
crowd around the
counted 50,000. This crowd, followed ?
e ammiKiuup 10 me nospiai ana rnen ;
diTmed itself two parti one anxious j
to iearn the condition of the President
2nd t.cacb u eTei7 rumor that came :
iLum me uu$uiihi. ana
"c yni, aiiuxue uiuer eager x
norning was found upon him except a
;Icier.rcnn to lodging. They wanea
T1T,U iacana.asea
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gave p nam M
art
the
1
that of Nieman. He is of medium
height, smooth-shaven, brown-haired, and
was dressed m tne ordinary ciotnes 01 : nwuon a uigeuu iinauaiwuai,
a mechanic. He fferel no explanation jtfas performing an operation at Niagara
for the deed, except that he was an ' -Falls. The New York Central brought
anarchist and : had done his duty. A; him to the scene on a special train and
detail of exposition guards was sent for, !
ana a company oi soldiers, a earriugc
was summoned. 4
Has KnairNs Bonnet
. South of the temple- .as pace had been
roped off. The : crowd tore out the
iron stanchions holding the ropes and
carried the ropes to a Hag-pole standing
near by on the esplanade. "Lynch him!"
cried a hundred voices, and a start was
made for one of the entrances of the
temple. Soldiers and police beat back
the crowd. Guards and people were
wrangling, shouting and fighting. In this
confusion, Nieman, still bleeding, his
clothes torji, and scarcely able to walk,
was led out -by Cant. James F. Vallely,
chief of the exposition detectives, Com
mandant Robinson and a squad of secret
service men. Nieman was thrown into
a carriage andthree detectives jumped
in on him. Captain Vallely jumped -on
the driver' seat an3 lashed the horses
into a gallop. The crowd buret into
a roar of rage. "Murderer, assassin;
lynch him, hang him 1" they yelled. Men
sprang at the horses and clutched at the
whirling wheels of the carriage. Nieman
huddled back in the corner, concealed
between the two detectives. "The rope!
the rope!" yelled the crowd, end they
starred i.orar, all in tme grand fight,
the." soldiers f 6 save and the"'Citfzens Co
take a murderer's Hfe?"- ' '
Soldiers fought a war clear at the
heads -of the horses, and, pursued by
the infuriated thousands, - the carriage
whirled across the esplanade, the horses
at a full gallop across the triumphal
causeway, and vanished through the Lin
coln parkway gate, galloping down Del
aware avenue until police headquarters
was reached. Thousands left the exposi
tion grounds, and, learning that ' the as
sassin had -been taken tor KHce head
quarters, followeoVthere, willing to do
violent justice if the President had died.
as -evening came, numbers grew
so that the multitudes blocked all the
streets in the vicinity of police head- j
quarters, ten inousana asKing one an- '
other. -I- thP PrPsidnt Rtill alivr' All
effort to dispel the crowds was vain, j
The conversation of this mass of D?oile
nenetratea even to tne cell wnere A. first of the witnesses away from Wash
man lay. Now and then the cmvd -fnn -oanAr,. cnmmnTi- of
would surge over to one of the news-
paper building bulletin boards arid cheer
wildly when the statement was flashed
out that hope was entertained.
Doctor Reader Relief
While this crowd threatened the life
of the murderer, every effort was being
made to offer scientific aid to the Pres
ident and to bring to him the best sur
geons that could be secured. Dr. E. W.
Lee, of St. Louis, Dr. Storer, of Chicago,-
and Dr. Van Peyma, of Buffalo,
were on the grounds and joined the hos
pital staff. , Dr.- Matthew D. Mann,
Dr. Herman Mynter and Dr. John Par-j
menter were summoned by teiepnouc, j
nn1 Trwtnrs Wjirrinsrton and S tonic t on '
and Doctors Harrington and Stockton
were brought to the grounds in swift
automobiles.
The President was borne from the
temple of music at 4:14 o'clociTby Doc
tors Hall, Ellis and ' Mann. Jr.. in
charge of the ambulance. The crowd
doctors were at the President s side
within 30 seconds after his arrival, an
the. nurses hadmade ready for the task
oi. the surgeons. Outside the hospital
the police established safety lines and
the crowd fell back, thousands remain-;
ing there for hours and whispering ques-
tons to those, who went-Jn and out of
the hospital. There the President was
stripped and placed where the surgeons
might see his wounds. In the room with
might see his wounds. In the room with
tne t resiueui were .ue.s. iunuuiu aim
Corteh)ou. In the hall of th? hospital
were John N. Scathered, of the exoe-
ntive commrttee of the exposition, and
Secretary of -.Agriculture Wilson. Mei-.
ville C. Hanna, of Cleveland, was also
present. , '
The first news that came from the op
erating rom 'was that one bullet had
been extracted and that this wound-was
superficial and by no means serious.
Then came the news of the second
wound and the Information that the bul-
let. had not been fonnd and that the
tioc.tor3 na(l decldeTI to wait for a consul-
tatlo ng snr&eona before beginning au
operation.
I ' t 532 tfdecjkBeerettrr.W, CJ
of the government board of exposition'
managers, arrived with' Dr. Rixey, Mis.
Rixey and Mrs. Cortt They had
tome direct from iht j.iiburn homo,
where Mrs. McKinley was sle?p!ng, all
unconscious of what had happened. Of
ficers of the army and navy, including
Captain Hobson, and foreign diplomats
wlio came here for President's Day,
crowded the corridors of the hospital.
At ( o'clock Captain Vallely bionght
the news that he had delivered the pris
oner safe at police headquarters, in the
custody of the detectives who arrested
htm. -As the six o'clock whistles were
Mowing Mr- Scathered and Harry Ham
lin emerged from the hospital and asked
that the crowd move still further
hack and preserve quiet. The request
was obeyed instantly. It was announc
ed at this time that the President was
about to undergo the operation to find
the second bullet. Dr. Mann performed
the operation, assisted by Doctors Par
mrnter, Mynter and K'ixey. The crowd
waited patiently for twenty minutfs,
wlicn the news was brought that the
President had undergone-the operation,
that the bullet had not been found, that
the drainage tube had been inserted, the
incision had been sewed up and the
surgeons were hopeful of the outcome.
Two telegrams were seut to Vice
President Roosevelt at t this time, one
notifying him of the shooting, and the
other informing him that the President
had regained consciousness after the pp-
eratzon. Lr. Kosewell l'arK, wnose rep-
np
arrived :n time to be consulted , in
ird t thf operat,on Arrangements j
rega
were made to remove, the President to
the Mil-burn house before any reaction
might set in.
At G:o0 o'clock Dr. and Mrs. Rixey,
Mrs. Cortelyou and Webb C. Hayes, a
(Continued on Second Page.
.
Admiral Barker Comes at Re
quest of Schley
ARRIVAL OF DEWEY
Civilians:; Cannot Be -Sum
moned Before theCourt As
sembles Newspapar Men
to Be Called as Witnesses
Washington, Sept. 6. Rear Admiral
A. S. Baker, commandant cf the Brook
lyn navy yard reached Washington
this morning in response to a sum-
mons to appear before the Schley court
, . ,f,r,f0i n th
oZ muxury and at once reported to. the
Navy Department where he is regis-
ttaraA Ttonr Arltniral Tl fill.-Or WD 9 thft
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the department, and he is called at the
request oi itear aamirai ocmey.
Admiral Barker spent 'a few moments
at 'the department and then went to
the apartments of Admiral Schley,
where he held a consultation with the
victor of Santiago and his counsel.
Admiral Barker was requested by the
Navy Department yesterday to report
in Washington. He obeyed the. sum
mons immediately.
Admiral Dewey, president of the
court, who has been spending the sum
mer at Portsmouth, N. H., reached
Washington this evening, and it is ex-
petted that preparation for the assem-
1.1.-., .,iff ...in v.n i.mlVik1
blv of the court will be pushed
Commander J. M. Miller, who had
command of the collier Merrimac be
fore she was sunk in Santiago harbor
and who is a witness for the Navy De
partment, also called nt the department
this morning. Commander Miller is now
in command of the Ajax. He. was clos
eted for some time with Captain Lem
ly, judge advocate of the court. It-is
understood that Commander Miller dis
cussed the character of his testimony
before the court with the judge advo-
fntc. ,
Admiral Schley today asked the Navy
Department to summon to Washington
for consultation with his counsel several
civilians who will be put. on the stand
in his behalf. The department notified
Adnjiral Schley that it had no power
to ask civilian witnesses to appear be
fore the court assembled, but had sum-
mr.nert those named bv Admiral 'Sehlev
to be in Washington on the first day
of the investigation. Civilian .witnesses
n re not obliged to obey a summons
from the Navy Department or a naval
j omirt,
Each is entitled to mileage and
$1.50 a day for expe
Among the civilian
J by the Navy Departr
expenses.
wiAieste railed
by the Navy Department in behalf of
..ninjrai ivuicy i une rxunez, a uDaii
j pilot residing at Santiago, who was with
j the flying squadron off the south coast
; of Cuba. It is said that he told Admi-
ral Schley tliat Ceryera's , fleet couid
iioit enter Santiago harbor without tugs
and that tugs were- not available. Ad
miral Schley became suspicious of the
man and dispensed With his services.
Some newspaper, men who were in
the West Indian naval campaign have
been summoned by the department for
Admiral Schley. Their names were not
contained :n the list of witnesses made
public by Admiral Schley's conns-el, arid
the Navy Department , declines to jtell
who they are, leaving that to Schley's
m
JLreprosentatites.
1
Managers Win a Victory Over
the Strikers
WORKED A NEAT RUSE
One Hundred Men Slipped
Into the Mill Without Op
position Pickets Taken
Off Their Guard
McKeesport, Sept C The Demmler
Tin Plate mill was started" this morn
ing and the strikers made no attempt
to interfere. One hundred workmen
got into the mill in an hour and only
twenty strikers were there to see them
enter. Instead of three, eight mills
wre started -today and the managers won
a complete victory.
In order to" avoid a demonstration
strategy was resorted 'to by the mana
Tfae ear JHOrning at Demmier
WM coW and f Thre were hard.
ly a dozen pickets insigbt. They wera
sitting on the railroad tracks and walk
ing around to keep warm. In the
shadow of the mill fence the deputies
walked up and down muffled in over
coats. There was no. sign of life in
the mill until 5:30 o'clock when the :
eieotric light plant was started and the
laborers and firemen inside of the en-'
closure began to feed the fires in th !
heating furnaces. From the railroad I
track the pickets watched the opera- j
tions and laughed, saying that the j
bluff was a good one, and that they 1
knew that tie mill could not start to- j
day. :
Af 6 o'clock ithe mill engineer blew;
the whistle, indicating that the hour
for the shift to change had come. No
one was at the mill gates to jgett in,
and the pickets jeered at the deputies.
By that time the heavy fog thait hung
over the river began to lift a little.
There -was enough light; for the pickets
on the railroad to: see an old river
steamboat moored to the levee at ' Du
quesne, just across the river, but they
thought nothing of tnat, . Then ame
six-thirty o'clock,' and with 7lt .a long
freight train an the Pittsburg- and Mc
Keesport railroad, that ' runs - between
the mill and the river. e The train stop
ped opposite the mill and then the old
river steamboat, with 21 mill men bound
for Demmler, cut loose from -the De-
Lques'ne" shore and started across the
river.
The fog was - impenetrable and the
pickets on the Baltimore and Ohio tracks
could not see the steamboat. , The pilot
steered to a point on the Demmler
shore where a six foot culvert .opens
from the mill yard, making a big round
hole in the river bank. It was just 6:50
o'clock when the boat touched there
and still the pickets were unconscious
of it all. They were watching a thin
stream of men that kept coming out
of the fog 'to the main gate of the mill
with dinner pails and disappearing be
hind the gate. The gang-planks of the
steamboat were run out and the 21
men made a run up the slope of the
shore into the culvert and then inta
the mill yard. In the meantime 33 oth
er men had come into the mill at the
three gates.
George Crawford had been in charge
of the boat, and the general superinten
dent, Mr. Lauck, who had received the
men, walked in and rounded up " tha
men and found that they numbered 54,
or enough to start eight furnaces. The
number was all that they needed, so at
7 o'clock the mill gates were thrown
open and the whistle sounded that the;
mill was in operation. The fog began
to lift just then, and for the first time
the pickets saw the stacks of the steam
boat. The freight Ifain, which, had
been stopped as a part of the general
plan, had gone on. and the strikers
knew that they had been fooled. They
were angry, but all they did was to jeer
the deputies and retreat past the "dead
lire." ; ' '
It was not until 8 o'clock -that the
men manned the furnaces. The fires
could not be got hot enough until then.
j By that time Zo morepnen nad come m
and the steamboat had' crossed to Du-
qiiesne for another load cf men.J She
returned at 9 o'clock with fifteen men
from Duquesne and then six men had
wal'ccd in, swelling the number to 100.
AV. if these men were old hands and a
i r ' maD-v 01 tnem 1010 iae oomb xnax
T tl'-i-y had come to the mill today in the
a i 1 1 il I il u.
"fa-e of threats. V " . i , ;
Mr. Lauck said that he expected Just
as many men to report for the night
trick and that he thought that all thir
: teen heating mills will .bv going by to
morrow, xne oraer iiKit. was . issnea
: by Mr. Schwab last night to eta rt all
; of tne mi.is at once aiscussea nere
, .
i s taken to mean that the National
Tube mill would attempt to resume, but
it is not thought that moreTthan 1,400
IlItTU tail. Lb CJJUMU lllili 1U LUC tuiu
before three weeks, as it will take that
long to rebuild the furnaces.
Major Grant's Card
Washington, Sept.- 6. SpeciaL Major
Grant's card in a Chatlotte paper last
Sunday is the subject of much comment
among North Carolinians here. Its bo
vere arraignment of the present Demo
cratic management 5n the State is like
ly, to call forth a reply.. from some of
vthe members of the State cominitt'ea
who, it is stated, take exception to cer.
tain statements and insinuations mail
in the article. , - .
SIMMONS IN WASHiNGTON
He Says Politics is Dull Down
This Way .
''Washington, Sept. 6. Special. Sena-3
tor Simmons, who arrived ; here . thisj
morning from New York, left this af 4
ternoon by the Norfolk boat for ; the
south, and will reach, home tomorrow.
The Senator reported North. Carolina
as being very busy just now with; its
crops and mills, and said politics was
extremely dull.-. What little there was
centered around the election of a Sen
ator to succeed Senator Pritchard. Mr.
Simmons considered it '. highly probable
that the Democrats ; would elect tho,
next Senator, but still it could not ba
won without a hot fight. . There are, he
said, a number of candidates in tha
field, including Lee S. Overman, R. IV
Glenn and ex-Governor Jarvis. Mr.?
Simmons expressed the opinion that tht
silver question would not find lodgment
in the next Democratic platform.
REACHED HIS LIMIT
Herreschoff Did j His Best in
Building the Constitution ;
Newport, Set, 6. The selection of
the old cup champion Columbia as tha
boat to meet the Shamrock II in the
races for the America's cup continues
to excite comment" in yachting circle
in Newport.' : : ",' -
A well known yachtsman said thlv.
morning that there was no question thaV
the Constitution's lines were far supe
rior to those of the Columbia, and ha
could not understand what was the mat
ter. Another said: "HerresshofE ha
reached his limit and the future, yachts
men will have to look elsewhere for cup
defenders! - v
Captain Barr went to Bristol, last
evening on business connected with-ths
Columbia, returning this morning lie i
very much pleased with the selection of.
his boat, and feels confident that he
can for a second time'-successfully de
fend the cup. The Columbia will re
main here for a few days and. then gv
westward.. - " ,
FREIGHT TRAIN DITCHED
Escape of Engineer, from
-Death Almost Miraculousy
WmstonVrSleni: N'C.,Sept: G. Spe
cial. The outgoing freight from Winston .
to North WilkesboTO . was,, wreckl near
Rural Hall this - afternoon. Llngineer
Swift Hooper, Conductor Edwavd Hold
ing and Flagman Crews sustained might
injirries. The engineer's escape from
death is considered almost miraculous. -The
accident was caused by some un
known ' party breaking the ' lock and
throwing oyer a switch. .The engine, of
course, left the track and van -into' an "
embankment. The passenger train f rom.
North Wilkesboro and an' excursion train
were unable to pass the 'wreck. They"
ran on the other G..F."&'.Y. V." trackr.
at Rural Hair- and went to Greensboro, '
reaching here tonight. . . -
The first news regarding the shooting"
of President McKinley was received 'here
at 5:10 this afternoon. Genuine rerets
was express-ed by every citizen.
BURNING THE WIND
Australian Mail Trying ter
Catch an Atlantic Steamer
Chicago, Sept. C The most important
mail that has left Australia for years
passed through Chicago this morning five
hours later than usual; but with ; the
efforts of a hundred railroad men md.
the fastest engine on the Lake Shore '
road combined, it was hoped to ruf sh it
through to New York in time to catch
the - steamer which sails at 10 o' clock
tomorrow morning for Southampton.. .
There is a carload: of it, and for thi'
vast thirty-six hours the wire-s have
been hot with messages abont a'ccelerat '
ing-its speed and delivery. The Orien
tal Steamship Company brought the mailV
to San Francisco from Sydney. - At best
it would have arrived in Chicago at
9:30 o'clock this morning. -an hour too -
late to catch the Lake Shore fast train
which leaves for New-York at 8:30. So "
J. D. Sprecklps decided to. send a special
train out of Chicago . in order to over
take the regular train at Cleveland. - If
the mails miss the Southampton steamer. ,
the British government will not get its .
Australian colonial mail for two weeks-
ABDUCTED MISSIONARY
Minister to Turkey Under
takes to Have Her Releasei
Washington,, Sept. 6.- John G. Leish t
man; the American minister to Turkey
has taken steps to secure the released -
Miss Stone, an American missionary '"",
who was recently captured and adbuct-"
ed by' brigands in the rilayet at Sa
lonica, Turkey. . -
The news of the abduction of :M13 .
Stone was received to'day at the Stato
Department from the American miu- -ister
at Constantinople. No particulara
are given j beyond the- fact that rths
American legation has taken up the mat- '
ter and hones to secure the yoonswu -man's
release. . : .
. According to tie dispatch from Coa- -".
stantinople Miss Stone; accompanied by
a lady traveling companion, waa seizsd
in the- district of- Salonica- and carriod
on ' by; brigands. It is inferred - that
both -Miss Stone and her-companion
were abducted. - ; , . .
It la not known whether, the oth-ir
woman mentioueithjaatlegram i
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