North Carolina Newspapers

ti " - V--1, -' . - - -X '' ' '' " " . The Morrmg- Temperature for the past 24 hours: Max.30;Min.70. For North Caro lina: Fair. Vol. XII RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY, fATJG-TJT 8, 1903 No, 66 Twenty -two Lives Lost, in Air Brake Refused to Work. Eleph lant and Camels , Killed Hotel Con verted into a Hospital Durand. Mich Aug. 7. An air brake on the- second section ot Wallace Brothers' circus train refused work in the Grand Trunk railway yards here early today, causing a collision be tween the two sections in which twenty-two people were killed and over a dozen injured. . The circus travels in two trains ol about 33 cars each.. After last night's exhibition at Charlotte the two trains Ift for Lapeer over the Grand Trunk road, the second section leaving a half hour after the first. It was 3:43 this morning when the first section pulled into the west end of the Grand Trunk yards here. A red light was hung on the rear car to stop the second section. Kngineer Propst of Battle Creek, who was running the engine of the real trnin. savs he saw this light and ap plied the air brake. To his horror it, Plied the air brake. io ms flom.r .i, refused to work, ne reversea i . Kme. dui tne moment... "r.t train behind was too great, and tslth a crash that aroused all the town near the yards the two trralns met. ThiGrarfd TrunR road. The engineer's crrs of the stationary first section er: 8tatement tnat the aIr brakes did not telescoped and the engine and n.hold Js yen nQ credenke Dy ranroad cars of the" moving train were demol-, commonlv acknowledged ifhsd. .'that the engineer of the second train The rear car of the first section was. was . elther asieep or negligent. Air a cafcooe in which the trainmen were brakes had held on three occasions be--pir.g and the next two were filled fQre thg acc,dent and were In g0od con- wnn siecr-nK .ir.ua --"i"uJ rrato4t c of life was in the ca- r - . , boose. One of the wrecked cars oi u that lt is piainiy the fault of the en- tecond section was occupied by "ve'gineer. elephants and several camels. One oft M :he elephants and two camels were tilled outright, while the other animals. ind their trainer e5caped. With the ixceptlon of this none of the menagerie was wrecked. The other demolished rars contained canvas or wagons. There was comparatively little excite ment among the wild animals. As soon ns they recovered from the first shock the trainers rushed among the cages, quieting the few beasts that were ex ited. The elephants in the wrecked .ir behaved with surprising calmness and were led out of the wreck without trouble. . tne escaping steam snu strrams ,vi . . -, t,) ris oi ino;e lmiiiicu in mc horrUy.nUuMl.m In the eray, mid a c - . i . ..-v., v. o m n. men in the yards and the aroused: i "' h v sses townspeople firsr reached the scene parted cashier, but .as each da passes Many feared r.t first that some of the the amount grows larger and up to to-m-nagerie had escaped as some of the' night the figures had reached the 130. "imals could be heard crying. The COO mark and yet it I. not vtfc . to say .... . , li thit t will ston at that. The direc- nr.i the whole town was aroused. The rescuers could see, unfortunates through the tangled wreckage and went fu riously to work without tools' to ex tricate them. A wrecking crew Is kept in the yards here and It was on the cene in a very few minutes, bringing tools and equipment in plenty. All the physicians and trained nurses tn the town were sent for. The Hotel liirhoiipti was converted into a tern- rorary hospital, and scores of volun- nectea wun fthirt, the -re with stretchers were in readiness! "Received of Mr. D. Roberto the to carry the injured there as fast as books kept by him for the Farmers ih- rescuers could extricate them. and Merchants Bank. " gives me The dead, many of them so terribly: great pleasure to state that they are mangled that Identification seemed' well kept ;.nd In PenUy g? weii nigh Impossible, were carefully dltion (Signed) Jno O. Ellington, laid on the green sward a short dis-, State Bank Examiner ' ance from the scene. By 6 o'clock a1 Received of J. A. .Nunn, Esq.. col ofTwefve physicians were ope-lector of the Farmers and Mechjnlc rating on the Injured and dressing Bank. New Bern, N. C $l,0Sa ..37 In !hMr wounds in the temporary hospital, cash and ch various uncollected Four of the injured died at the hospital drafts and notes, amounting to 54,2-0.48 before V a. m. When the wrecking It- gives me great p easure to state train crews had finished pulling to that his books the tangled and broken cars, Pently good condition. (Signed) John me milieu v, O. Ellington. State Bank Examiner." venteen dead men 7ftmonf ha,0 '4ecelved of Miss Brownie Hanks, fraw awaiting removal Jo the J0u" Farmers and Merchants' A majority of them were killed while ., ct o Tt len Wallace Brothers say that their Ban of New Bern. N. C, $-.8.2.98. . It 5t pp. waiiace ruiin j gives me great pleasure to state that !n will be very heavy. a Agrees with the books. . Her ctven no estimate of It as et This is k Qf her Hi serond wreCK ine auace auuna ft ive sunerea wiuun a raunm. 1 Engineer Propst. Fireman Colter and Head Urakeman Benedict, who was also pn the engine of the second section, all agree that If the brakes had worked a they ought to when the engineei J ti 1ft thm there would have. been no collision. Fireman Colter and Brakeman Bene dict, when they saw that a collision could not be averted. Jumped. Engi neer Propst remained at his post, vain ly trying to get the " brakes to work until his train was within less than a hundred feet of train No. 1. Then he too Jumped when he was within but vrv few seconds of sure death in the crash. lie was. of course, shaken up. s was the fireman and brakeman. but'ifr. D. S. Martin. living about one half mt badly. None of the crews of either mile from Mt. Olive, which is in the r.n!n was hurt. At the time the crash? rcnter of the great trucking belt of rcrurred train No. 2 was running prob- ea8tern North Carolina, and who is aMy fifteen miles an hour. one ot the most prominent citizens of Central Manager F. H. McGuIgan of tnat community, was In the city today th Grand Trurik system was on hlsj.j friends for the purpose of em ay from Chicago to Montreal and r-poyInff counsel for his defense for an rivi at the scene on the passenger !unfortUnate affair that occured on his train. He Immediately took charge of vnce yestcrdav. The facts as gathered !h work of clearing the track and car-:DV Ir.g for the injured and dead. A stn te rnent is expected from him -oon. RfifilaClk WBBdd rriMn4 .MH 'Aucitt 7. All the! available drays and express wagoni Inking a large and successful truck farm Collision of Circus Trains the vicintty were used for. ambulances and for several hours after the acci dent there was a steady procession from the scene of the accident in the railway yards to the hotel. The dining loom of the hotel was used as an oper ating room by the surgeons. A score of the wives and daughters of rescuers volunteered as nurses and worked with the surgeons all the morning. More than twenty of the injured were fast ened and pinned down In the wreckage. Their groans and cries were pitiful and spurred the wreckers on to redoubled efforts. It was late In the morning before all had been extricated. All of the" animal cars were unloaded and the cages were removed to neighboring fields where the animals could get the air and quiet down after the excitement. Edward York died at noon at the tem porary hospital. Fifteen of the Injured were placed on board a special train at noon and will bo taken to Harper hoypltal In Detroit for treatment. The circus people, have pitched their tents and camped nsar the scene of the wreck. Th Eaclnrer Clamed Detroit, August 7. The circus train accident on the Grand Trunk Railway Durand. Mich., today, was caused the 8tupdlty of tne en&ineer of the second section of the train, according, offlcIal stfttement lssued tonlght rt, xTftfl Mrttuiffhan of the ditlon when the train started from the lief nvinni otnn XTrOnl i?han savs .tao jyn. t ivmw v wf. - 1 j " DEVEY'S SHORTAGE KEEPS ON GROWING It Is Now $130,000 and No body Can Tell Where It Will Stop N'ew Bern. N. C. Aug. 7. Special. As the davs co by more of Dewey's - - . . ,T.. stoA inn come to ixht A hen the first ex-mlnst on r tn. - was mouKiu uiai i,vw tors today decided to offer a reward ot $4,000 for the arrest and delivery of the missing cashier. This is an in crease of 53.500 over the. first reward offered. Every detective agency in the country has been informed of the re ward, and it is thought that Dewey will be caught and brought to justice. Jno. O. Ellington, state bank ex aminer, today sent the following state- monta tn the officers who were con- V . I A 1 1 - . affairs were In apparently good condl- . ... . c, t o minion, state ZT'' ff . flltlplj f DDIO y 1 H J nnlblV AWLI " w w " " SHOOTING AFFAIR White Men Kill a Nesro and Explain That It Was in Self Defence fniA croro. N C. August 7. Special. tne reporter are as follows: Mr. Martin's son, E. R. Martin, was working about 25 bands, all colored. when a disturbance arose between him and one of hie negro employes named John Hobbs. In addition to 'Conduct- Mr. MarUn makes brick. For some time the son of Hobbs, a' boy aged 7 or 8 years, has been destroying the output of the 'mill as they were put oiit to dry. Mr. Martin repeatedly remonstra ted with the father, only to be told that "Boys will be boys," and "the little fellow does not mean any harm by It." On yesterday afternoon while Mr. Mar tin was making his usual inspection of his work done for the day he ran across the boy "in flagrante delicto," and remonstrated with him by rubbing the soft mushy brick In his face. This angered the urchin to such an extent that he howled long and plteously un til his father and other members of the family arrived on the ucene, who declared that Mr. Martin had chastised the boy. Mr. Martin's explanations were of no avail. The father used op probrious epithets. Hobbs is a large, strong and powerful negro, and the Martins are men of small physique. When Mr. Martin saw that his explanations were useless he left and informed his father of the incident. The father approached the Hobbs res idence ahead of his son, and asked Hobbs to come out as. he wished to speak to him. Hobbs advanced a few feet, and then replied "If you want to see men you can come in here." ;The Martins then went in the yard and the elder Martin said to Hobbs .that they had come down for the purpose of ex plaining the matter. A dispute arose between them and Hobbs jumped back to the door of his house and reached up to get his gun The Martins closed In and Hobbs was shot by one of them. They claim to have acted in self-defense. The "other members of i the Hobbs family came to the rescue of Hobbs with chairs and other handy articles of defense and offense; and the elder Martin was roughly handled by them. He defended himself as best he could. None of the women is reported hurt. The physicians report that Hobbs was shot twice through the body, the balls entering just below the heart and just above the bowels, and there being only one exit. STARTED A BOYCOTT A Movement at Kinston De signed to Help To- bacco Farmers Kinston, N. C, Aug. .7. Speclal.A large and enthusiastic meeting of the local retail grocers and general , mer chants association tonight started a movement calculated to accomplish great good for tobacco growers throughout the state. Resolutions were passed boycotting all American Tobac co Company products. The resolutions will be forwarded to all forty associa tions in the state, asking concurrence. It is hoped by this means to force the trust to pay living prices to farm ers for . raw material now below! cost of production, accredited to the trust's high-handed dictation of prices. ; The meeting was attendeds by large num bers of business men of the city; who are unanimous in demanding some concession from the trust and asking retailers of the state to assist. The movement, if successful, will be far reaching in effect. Every merchant in Kinston will be asked to sign the reso lutions and the state and national as sociations will be asked to concur. SUIT FOR A GIRL - A Grandmother Seeks to Res cue a Child From an Un natural Father Durham, N. C, . Aug. 7. Special. Habeas corpus proceedings were this afternoon instituted by Mrs. Caroline Browning against John Dezern for the Dossession of a child twelve years of age, the daughter of Dezern. The or der of Judge O H. Allen, directing De zern to appear before him in HIlls boro next Tuesday morning with the child and show cause why the petition of Mrs. -Browning, grandmotner of tne child shall not be granted. The petition of Mrs. Browning, says that eight years ago when Roxie De zern was four years of age, she was given to her by her father and moth er, and that since thaf time she ha f clothed, educated and cared , for her as she would for her own child. On July 25th, says the petition, the father of the girl sent for her to spend Sat urday night with him. She did not want to ko. but was persuaded by her grandmother to visit her father and mother, and says that since that time she has been unlawfully restrained. Since John Dezern has- sad posses sion of his daughter she has been put to work In the West Durham cotton mill, and the complaint says that he let her remain with her granamotner until she was large enough to put In the mill, and that this was the reason the father took possession of her. During the eight years that Roxie Dezern has been with her grandmoth er she has been going to school, at least during six years of the time, and is now well advanced in" the graded school. Thia fact is recited and then the petition to Judge Allen recites that John Dezern is In every way un fitted for the care of the child; that he is a . drunkard, brutal and cruel; that he served twelve months on the roads " of the county for assaulting an aged man with a deadly weapon, and that he left his wife on one occasion, but the matter was settled outside of the court .room. Mrs. Gudger Injured Asheville, N. C.,, August 7. Special. Mrs. Gudger, wife of Congressman Gudger, received a painful injury,-last night in a runaway accident. Mrs. Gudger and her son Herbert were com ing from the depot when their horse took fright and ran. The vehicle col lided with a street car and Mrs. Gudger was thrown violently to the ground. A telephone message received from the home this afternoon gave information that Mrs. Gudger was confined to her bed suffering from the shock of the accident. vVilSFbeTgrush - Sixty Thousand People Will See the Coronation Rome, August 7. The coronation of Pope Pius on Sunday will be the. first occasion of a pontifical mass having been celebrated in St Peter's since 1870. Sixty thousand cards of invita tion are being distributed, but no priv ileged places will be provided, the pope declaring that all Christians are equal before God. , There is some nervousness In certain quarters lest the opening to the public of the whole basilica, except the' part reserved for the clergy, will lead to dangerous crushing. It is forseen that the crowd will be immense and it Is believed that those desiring to enter must stand for hours before the doors are opened. 'There 'will be no seats for the public. . . LOVE TIED THE KNOTS i 1 Two Negro Murderers Effect ually Choked Off Birmingham, Ala., August 7. Will Jones and Will Hudson, negroes, were hanged in the jail yard here today, for highway .'robbery. Both negroes had their neka;-broken. Jones made a statement on the gallows that his name was Is'aa.c Pitts and tht his home was In Atlanta. Hudson went "upon ' the gal lows smoking a cigar. He made a state ment on the gallows acknowledging that some months ago he shot a police man's helmet oft in Birmingham trying to kill him. He joked and laughed on the gallows. Just before leaving his cell he said he was born in Mexico, Mo., and that he had killed twenty-two men In his life. On the" gallows when asked to tell of his murders he replied that he would tell that to his master. The two negroes were hanged one hour apart on the county's portable gal lows. Sheriff Love tied the knots. Money's Majority Jackson, Miss., , August 7. Though few official returns have come in since last nieht there has been nothing to change the first estimates. Senator Money is re-elected, by 19.000 to zo.uuu. Vardaman has votes to spare for gover nor. Henry for auditor; Power for secretary of state and Williams ror attorney general are safe. The treas- urership is between Miller' and bnarp. The. contest for lieutenant governor is close. s ' ; Ladrones Badly Beaten Manila, August 7. Two hundred La--a in Vio nmvinrp of Albany, un- 1 UUCd - . der the command of the notorious Ola, attacked twenty-five members or me constabulary under a native sergeant. The latter were forced to retreat inlo a stone house where they were beseiged for naif a night. They finally made a sortie and charged the Ladrones, kill ing twenty-nine of them and captured a dozen guns and a number, of prison ers. There were no casualties among the constabulary forces. Big Guns Heard at Sea Bar Harbor, August 7. Soon after ten o'clock tonight several cannon shots were heard and it is believed it means some decision- has been reached between the two naval squadrons work ing out the search problem off the New England coast. After the first, stray shots there were heavy cannonading that seemed to come from two oppos ing forces. Revolution Growing Worse London, August 7. The Times corre spondent represents the Macedonian ! itatinn as becoming- worse, 'iney say that military action is slight and the want of Turkish troops is emboldening the insurgents whom the peasants are joining. The ministers at Constantino ple are much disturbed. Turks Rout Revolutionists Salonica, August 7. A fight occurred yesterday, near Sorovuch, In which 1, 700 revolutionists were routed by five battalions of Turkish troops with ar tillery. No details of the fighting have been received. Mount M rv the Busv Rapid and Substantial Im provement of a DozenYears. Good Hotels and Progres sive Merchants and Manufacturers Bj B. Jtf. PHILLIPS Mt. Alrr. K. C. August 7. Special. Visiting this place- for the first time In about a dozen years I find but little here to remind me of the former visit save the' splendid scenery and solid eranite hills. From . a busy little mountain village Mt. Airy has growl in" a few years to a thriving, bustling city, with good hotels, large mercan tile establishments,; various manufac turing enterprises, splendid churches and. excellent schools, all indicative or a prosperous and pushing people. Four miles away is the popular White Sulphur Springs. This season the ho tel at the springs is under the man agement of Mr. N. W. Brown. Like all other mountain resorts "White Sul phur this year is enjoying a large pat ronage. J The crops In this section are very fine. The best grades of chewing to bacco arc grown to j perfection and marketed here. It is aso a great mark et place for chickens, eggs', j cabbage and other produce. j ? There are several concerns ,bere handling produce only.. The hotels of Mt. Airy are keeping pace with the growth find development of the place. The Blue Ridge Inn, a modern hotel,) Is under the proprietor ship of Mr. Sam Pace, and Is a popu lar resort. The Central Hotel . has re cently been thoroughly renovated and put in the best of trim by Mr. Will R. Warrick, who makes !all his patrons feel it home. It is a characteristic of all thes6 mountain folk to bestow hos pitality with a lavish hand, and War rick is easily a prince among the best of them. Everybody here belives in Mt. Airy. They have a goodly heritage in pure mountain air and water, rich , fields afid sturdy forests surrounding the city, and, inside there is constant num aTt'ri sion of raw materials into various ar ticles that quickly find their way Into the outside world and take waiting niaMfl 4 mnrts nf commerce. Mt.1the traveling public, and you are glad Airy, like numbers of North Carolina towns, is today doing what the most advanced thinkers among editorial Trriters said a quarter of a century ago North Carolina towns must do to place the state where her natural re sources made it possible for her to be in the industrial world. It Is necessary now for the pessimist only to Open his eyes and look about him to be con vinced - thai he is following a blind trail, and Mt. Airy fs doing her part in furnishing this powerful object les son. In looking about the place I have ziava i noted a few of the men and enterprises that have made Mt. Airy a young city of importance. The West Hill Company, operating a general store and produce establish ment, will do a hundred thousand aoi- lars business this year. Cutting HtTrav Between Negroes and White Boys Rude Conduct of the Latter Led to Bad Feeling that Culminated in a Fight. A Negro Badly Cut Charlotte. N. C August 7. Special. A special to the Charlotte Observer from Henrietta says: . A cutting affair took place last night as a result of an ugiy race lecuus. which had been brewing for several days, in which Otis Bird, colored,, was badly !cut and may die, and Vigil Cudd, whltej had one finger cut off and a- bad bulse on the back of the head with the butt of a pistol in the hands of Bird. "The negroes have been holding a meeting at their church Sin the south west side of town for a few days, and a crowd of white boys have been at tending at nights and making disturb ances by engaging in rude conduct and vile language. They have been dis turbing the negroes on their way t to and from services by throwing rocks at them, and so on. Complaints against the very indecent conduct of "the white boys were made to Superintendent Du val of the Henrietta Mills Company, and he increased the force of j night watch men to try to catch up with the guilty parties. In the meantime, as the re sult of this feeling, a rude and offen sive negro, TVel don Logan, cursed Felix James, a very quiet, peaceable and in offensive white boy, in the streets a few days ago. v "T oarnlpM a laree crowd of white boys ' met Otis Bird and three other negroes In the street between the com pany store and the bridge, and Vh-gil Cudd began to abuse them for Logan having cursed the young man James. Otis Bird resented the abuse and a quarrel ensued in which he drew a pistol on Virgil Cudd, which he snapp ed several times, but it failed to fire. Cudd went ta him with a knife and a lively ' fight folio wed, in which Bird r,. ivrf. Atrr Marble Works r sit uated near the celebrated granite qua-: ries, one of the finest bodies of ray granite in the world. They build the finest marble and gray granite monu ments. W. D.. Haynes, & Co. ar the proprietors of this large enterprise. J. W. Earp & Co. conduct a larg furniture and undertaking business, and handle all kinds of household goods. . ' J Inman & Dean are the proprietors of a large general tor and handle im mense quantities of country produce. T. M. Everett runs a large and well equipped machine shop and steam pip fitting works. ( . All modern towns liav one or mort. flrs-claa photographers, and M, 1 Dean, In this line of work, holds Mt. Airy in the front ranks. ' J. W. Prather has one of the largest, and most complete clothing houses in the western part of the state and en joys a large patronage. Galloway Brothers conduct ft large, wholesale produce business and ship to all parts of the country. The Mt. Airy Buggy Company manu facture all kinds of spring buggies and carts, and enjoy a reputation for th most substantial work. , The Mt. Airy Mantle and Table Com pany is operating one of the most mod ern and complete furniture ' factories in the state, turning out the most hand some and artistic pieces from the na tive hard woods. J. A. Tesh, contractor and builder, operates a plant for the manufacture of doors, sash, mouldings, brackets, and , handles building materials of all kinds. The large granite . Quarries is one of the most interesting places about Mt. ' Airy. It is operated by Woodroffe .ft. Sons, and hundreds of car load of rough and dressed granite for curbing and building purposes are shipped o all parts of the country. ' j And Jhus I might contiriue enumera ting the progressive enterprises of this charming mountain city, but it is un necessary. New buildings are constant ly going up. Streets are being im proved and there are some of the pret tiest homes in the state here. A new Ice factory has been recently built, and new ateamaundrr is golp. up. There ate pretty drug stores and mil linery parlors. , One of the cleverest railroad agents In the state waits on when you arrive nere ana sorry wneii the time comes to leave. I have en joyed my stay and feet like giving three hearty cheers for Mt. Airy and the good people composing her citizenship. Gov. Aycock at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, N. C, Aug. 7. Special.. Gerrard Hall was flleed with an appre-f ciative audience last night. The occa sion was art address by Gov. C. B. Ay cock on Our Educational Problem, and the governor handled the subject in a masterly manner. He is an attrac tive and powerful speaker, and made a good impression upon those who had not heard him before, sustaining, at the same time, the reputation he had won among those who had listened to him before. was using the butt of his pistol on Cudd with telling effect, when Joe Ken nedy jumped upon Bird and began to stab him: in the back with a knife. The crowd of white boys prevented the other negroes from ' coming to Bird's assistance, and they would have killed him in a few minutes had not George Simmons and others' of the night force arrived on the scene Just then and stopped the fight. . "Laterlin the night a crowd of armed negroes started in pursuit of the Bird' assailants and had reached the 'bridge when the night forco made , them gc back by goodly advloe and the proml that they would take Bird to 'a doc torand see that he was protected. "Considerable excitement prevails .and it is feared that there will be more trouble over the matter." ELECTION DUEL Fatal Shooting at the Primary in Mississippi ;; Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 7. The flec tion Jn Mississippi yesterday was at tended by a fatal duel between' Sheriff Williamson and W. II. Moody, candi date for the chancery court -clerkship of DeSoto county. The feeling between the men had been very bitter for a long time. Moody aggravated this by dis tributing circulars attacking the char acter of his opponent. When they met in Hernando yester day hot words passed and shooting started almost at once. Williamson fired the first shot, striking a tree be hind which Moody had sought protec tion. Moody then stepped from behind the tree and fired several shots into the helpless man, producing fatal results. The feeling against Moody ran' very high. . .Williamson is in the hospital 'heref but no hopes for his recovery are entertained.