Vol. IX RALEIGH N. 0.. FRIDAY. AUGUST . 18. 1905 No.68 mm WW Colored People From Hinston " Drowned Near Norfolk MArlY LIVES WERE LOST ' I Seventeen Persons Are Known to Be Dead and a Large Number Injured and Missing Many Bodies Be lieved to Be in Submerged Car. Convervative Estimate Places the Number of Fatalities at Fifty or Sixty Drawbridge, Was Open and Fndneer Failed to See It in Time ""Norfolk, Va., Aug. 17. Special. Sev enteen people were killed and forty In jured by the wreck of an excursion jrain at Bruce's station on the Atlantic CoFt Line, about nine miles from Nor folk, shortly before 1 o'clock this af ternoon. One engine and two coaches plunee'l into the open draw at Bruce'3 station, carried to possiDie aeatn 15U fH , ; .', all save two of whom were color i . Olf this number seventeen have i-o far been brought out of the. vreok dead and horribly mangled, f. me of them almost beyond recogni tion. Forty are in the hospitals in ibis city and scores of nurses and doc tors are at the scene of the wreck, administering to those who are await ing their turn to be brought to Nor folk for better treatment. It is thought that the death list will reach at ieast thirty and that many of the persons in the coaches that plunged from the bridge into thirty f'.et of water In the western . branch o the Elizabeth river are dead, held down by the wreckage. Diver? are at -work bringing to the surface now and then the bodies of the victims. The only tvo -hlteeTsons whomet death are'TV. E. Jolly, promoter of - the ex curpiAn from Kinston, and a boy, a nephew of Jolly. . r- . 'V. . ' The known dead so far identified are: "White W. E. Jolly, promoter of the excursion. Jolly. Colored Rosen Peebles, Sidney Thomas, David Smith, Mary Jones, unknown man, John Marable, Weber Ford, Jack Atkinson, Nancy v Purvis, Ayden, X. C. " Th( injured, po far as can be learned ; this time. inre: . ' ' . Whitr-C. F. Riggs, engineer, C. H. Forbes. , Colored Emma Digglns, William Joiir.pon, Matt Northern, Ida McCoy. Cforre Edwards, Lizzie Epson, Carrie Kirby, Joe Chapman, Emily Smith, II; ry Joyner. Wilev Jovner. William Johnson- Mary Donaldson, W. B. Per-. kin, Ida Perkins, Zena Perkins, Glora i Jrrrinirton, B. S. Cannon, Dinks Smith,- Vf liroxton, William Harris, Manson I Parable, James Allen, Laura Allen, Frank Mahry, unknown woman, un- -vn man, S. Mills, Pigg Mills, Syl- Vfpf r Pugh, Samuel King, Nancy K'aJt-ers of Bristol. Tcnn. At 5 o'clock the wreckers were still at work fishing dead from the first fubrr.f'rge'fl coach. One woman could 1h -(;:'n hanging from a window. It g'-'iif rally believed by those on the f-'iv that there are many bodies re training in the submerged coach. Fifteen or twenty surgeons from Nor f'lk and Portsmouth remained on the ' ne doing all they could for the in i'irr , rm(i the officials of ' the road, vndor Superintendent Wooten were ;Vo active in the relief of all who were injured. ' . Engineer C. F. Riggs and thoflreman l"'h faw the draw that had been fr ned to admit the passage of a tug I ' '' hut were unable to stop the train hi time to prevent the accident. Both n jumped from the cab Just as the engine plung-ed headlong to the waters H;--w.- carrying with it the first two o iris and more than a hundred souls. Fr.gir:H?r Riggs sustained injuries that rot thought to he serious. The frerr'an jumped in the water and es r'TM injury. . ' it- " aS said from the office of the Pf nrai superintendent of the Atlantic Coo.st Line at 6 o'clock this evening that that 'office had only been notified of en deaths In the wreck with f-ort-1 thp 1 , , Si a v 25 or 30 Injured. It was further, however, that all of the dead in first submerged coach may not been gotten out and that there be other dead in this coach. The PuPftrmtendent, Jt was stated, was at 6 p. m. on the scene of the wreck, hav lrs all information, and the Norfolk f'af'' not having been notified of the dl vu for several hours. The officials of th Coast Line say ignorance of or ipva or direct carelessness is respon iYC: for the accident. Engineer Riggs - ;c 5 his air brakes would not work Vlif ! he endeavored to apply them. t is said late tonight that when 5ll of the bodies are recovered from in wreck the death list may reach hundred. was learned this evening that- the excursionists on the Atlantic Coast : Line Rocky Mount train, which ar rived here at 3:45 o'clock over xth9 rangement, narrowly escaped the fate of the dead and injured victims of the Kinston negro excursion party. A de lay of fifteen minutes - that held the Rocky Mount excursion, which was preceding the other 'by schedule, placed the Kinston section 1a the lead by spe cial orders from a train dispatcher, it is understood, with the result that the latter was the one to reach trie draw and plunge into the western branch. SEMAPHORE SHOWED WHITE The Engineer's Exclamation as He Was Pulled Out of the River Norfolk, Va., Aug. 17. An excursion train from Kinston, N. C.s for Norfolk over the Atlantic Coast Line, with 169 passengers aboard, ran into an open draw at the point where the road crosses" the western branch of the Elizabeth river some five mile from Norfolkat 12:20 o'clock this afternoon. The first car of the train, which was filled with people, dived 'head first Into the draw, which does not exceed forty feet m width- It struck the center pier, and thus displaced a portion of the roof. Through this small hole the half dozen" or so persons who escaped drowning crawled. The others as the car stood up ' tilted, rolled down into the lower end, which was submerged, struggling and fighting for life, and were drowned. At 9 o'clock the num ber of dead Is not yet known here. The wrecking crew are at work to night removing bodies from the front car and a Norfolk county magistrate is there prepared to hold an Inquest upon " tl3 dead. After nightfall the body of an unidentified colored wo man was changing half out of the par tially submerged car. Reports of the disaster issued from the office of the superintendent of the railway here, and purporting to come from him from the scene, understated the number of dead, and were dis puted upon the arrival of tugs sent out to bring the survivors, and the injured here. These, - some of . whom escaped from tihe forward " car, said that the .car was filled with passengers. They J expressed the belief that they number ed fifty or mole, . They ,were, negroes, however, and were terror-stricken. ; Thirteen- doctors . were sent out to the wreck by the company, and perhaps twenty others went out there to as sist, r r V ' One of the injured, a middle-aged colored man, was so badly hXirt that he could not speak. - He attempted to write (his name 'for the reporters, but had not sufficient strength. He died later at the hospital, his name untold The cause of the accident has not been officially announced. The fireman of the train, Alfred Cooper, said that Engineer Reig, who was making his flrstun over the line, was running the train only about fifteen or twenty miles an hour, and that he apparently did not see the open draw until close upon it. He then jumped and ordered the flrerrtan to do the same. The fireman said that when he pulled Reig out of tiie water and, believed that he was about to die, the engineer said tnat nis instructions always were to recognize the semaphore, adding: "That signal was white when It should:, have been red." r - - The train following the wrecked train had 600 passengers. It arrived here safely after reports had it that it, and not the one with the colored people aboard, was-wrecked. Panic ruled in Norfolk for hours today, half the peo ple having relatives or friends in North Carolina whence , these trains came. It appears that this great train load of white people was ahead of the other train, but was., delayed about fifteen minutes, causing the colored excursion ists to be sent ahead of it, and saving the greater party from going through the draw, perhaps. It is a wierd, scene at the draw bridge tonight where the dead are being taken from the wreck.' Locomotive headlights are being used to brighten the spot about the wreck.'.' Nearly all aboard the train live -in Kinston,; N. CY, or on the line between that town and Norfolk. C. H. "Forbes, white, who is hurt, is a salesman for a Greenville, VS. C con cern. He is seriously wounded. Engi neer S. B. Reig's home is at Radford, Va.., Ke is seriously hurt. The search" for bodies has practically ceased for the night. The Merritt Wrecking Company; will raise the cars tomorrow. The tlead list is now placed by some searchers as high' as 125. This is an overestimate. ; - According to the. railroad" manage ment there were. .169 passengers. "Of these about fifty are known to have been brought here living or dead1. Others, perhaps,; have come in who were not tallied. The correspondent be lieves that the number of dead will reach fifty or sixty. v : An Earliar Report v v :r- . . Norfolk, Va., Aug. 17. One of the most terrible accidents in the history of railroading in this state occurred near this city' soon after noon today, when the engine and three cars of a crowded excursion train shot through an open draw. Seventeen persons were killed so far. as known and sixty in- jured, besides an unknown number " . : missing. The victims were, plunged into twenty-five feet of water, in -the Elizabeth river. - The engineer of the train, which was running over the Atlantic rCoast 'Line Railway, from Kinston, N. C.j to Nor folk, failed to see the open bridge near Bruce's station, about eight mlles from Portsmouth and nine from ' Norfolk. The; coaches were crowded with" 300 negroes, women" and children, who were to spend a few days at Norfolk. As soon as the news of the accident reached Portsmouth every physician in the city wasysummoned to the : scene and a relief I train r was dispatched bearing medical necessities. ' ' The wrecked train left Kinston at 7 o'clock this morning with 165 excur sionists for Norfolk. The' wreck ' oc curred at 12:30 o'clock. The locomotive was in charge of Engineer Relg and Fireman Cooper. Two coaches are submerged with a third passenger coach hanging from the bridge. The wrecked train was due. at Nor folk at 1 o'clock. - Following it was an other, excursion train over the same road bringing 300 excursionists v from Rocky Mount, N. C. Preceding the wrecked train there was another - ex cursion train having 300 merchants from Augusta, Ga., Charleston, S.7 C, and Jacksonville, Fla., bound for Balti more, Philadelphia and New York. The first train, arrived here at 8:30 o'clock in the morning without acet dent: The passengers will leave for the north by water. PANAMA CANAL FUNDS Statement Issued From the Office of the Commission Washington, Aug. 17. In view of the comment that has been offered 'con cerning the alleged depleted condition of thte funds of the isthmian canal commission, an official statement was made at the offices of the commission today showing the true status of af fairs. The figures show the expendi tures, by months, from April 1 -last, the date when the present commission took charge. There was then $7,426,563 left of the appropriation of $10,000,000 made by congress. On August'15 thefe was $2,816,713 left in addition to $1,000, 000 "in the hands of the disbursing of ficers. The monthly' average of ex penditures has been in the neighbor hood of $650,000. The balance on hand is expected to last until early in Jan-: uary, by which time it is expected that congress will have provide! more funds. Mr. Shonts, on assuming charge of the canal work April 1, planned to make the appropriation last -until the; first of next, year. : Aside', from ; $l,3ppr-;! 000 spent in July for two steamships," the monthly- xpenditute ' have'' Tb'een as follows: ' April $475,000, May $503,000, June $659,000, July 770,000, and August up to the 15th, $250,000. The expenditures have been - for wages, salaries, mate rials, supplies and equipment. ' CROKER'S DAUGHTER RETURNS Florence Comes Back Without the Hero of the Romance Dublin, Aug. 17. The newest develop ment in the alleged elopement of Miss Florence Croker is the return of Miss Florence unaccompanied by the hero of the romance, Count Louis San Martino; whose whereabouts is unknowri except to her. By her father's orders 'she re fuses to ' speak to reporters. Miss Florence left Paris Tuesday, not knowing that her father was in London.' She crossed to Ireland by the night mail, absolutely alone, Mr. Croker and also the ship's steward pledging their word to that effect. Arriving at Leopardsto-frn and not finding' her father, .she telegraphed to him. In answer Mr. Croker cut short hfs Londori visit and left Andrew Freeman to en tertain himself at the Carlton, he him self taking the night mail, arriving at Kingston in the morning. When he caught sight of a reporter whdm he had left the night before at the , Carl ton, Mr. Croker refused to discuss his daughter's 'affairs. He said she was at home, having left last night to visit him. ' . . '. t; -,; . It was evident also from his attitude that the meeting between father and daughter was not stormy, but the con trary, . and that whatever the circum-; stances of the case may be he Is de termined to stick by his daughter. i France and Germany Will Agree Paris, ; Aug. 17. A semi-official ac count of the negotiations between France and Germany with regard to Morocco says that there Is no doubt that a satisfactory . solution ; of the points under discussion will - be found, and that the situation as between the twof nations will assume speedily its normal character. : r Soup Kitchens for the Destitute Madrid, Aug. IT. The government has authorized the province of Andalusia, where there is widespread) starvation owing to drought and failure of crops, td open soup kitchens in the famine stricken districts. The minister of .ag riculture has requested the railroads : to make repairs to their tracks,- employe ing as many men as possible. ; . .. " War Vessels on a Reef ,VJ . San Francisco, Aug. 17. The ill-fated gunboat Bennington and the .flagship Chicago ran on a reef off Susalito this afternoon. Immediately afterwards the vessels were in collision and both '.were damaged. They were floated and prQr ceeded to Mare Island. The extent of j the injury will not be learned until the boats go in tb,dry dock. , ' t. , " , . r -v :v. . MERE Peace Envoys Refuse to Com- ' - ' -i'X " 1 - 1 .- " 'promise on WILL TAKE A DAY OFF Saturday Will Be Spent in Commu nicating With Home Governments. Disagreement Upon Japan's Claim for Interned ShipsThe Situation : Regarded as Unfavorable to Peace Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 17. Tomor row the peace conference will be ad Journed until Monday to give the Rus sian andv Japanese envoys the oppor tunity oi communicating with their governments. Judged by "today's de velopments and an expected repetition tomorrow, , Monday's meeting will bring matters to a head, and the world will probably soon know whether there Is to be peace or a continuation of the O war in the far east. Both sides have refused to compro mise' on the matter, of indemnity the one. great stumbling block to a suc cessful -termination of the current negotiations. . Other points of differ ence .exist also, but the question of Japan's demands that she be remuner ated f ot the cost of the war is a hard deadlock." In that lies the danger of absolute failure, and from all outward appearances the prospects for a happy ending j are not the best. Tonight the gossipi in the lobby and tho ball roo$ is.thqut the whole thing is over. It is maintained that the Russian commis sioners; came here fully determined not to make an agreement. . - ' Today's developments marked the beginning of the crisis in the negotia tions. The main nolnt discussed was the; enumeration proposal of Japan, Each- f side clung i tenaciously to vits posidoiland - it' was apparent - that tihere was no room for further discus sion at this time. Then came the question' of Japan's demand for the possession of the Russians ships in terned at American and Chinese ports, b4it there was such a divergence of vjiews that the envoys decided to lay it aside temporarily without record ing that they were unable to agree. There was some dicussion of Japan's insistence upon the limitation of Rus sia's naval armament in the far east ern waters, but tihls had not been con cluded when-the conference . was ad journed for the day. Two official bul letins furnished some insight into the deliberations, and they are given here with.; The reader should keep in mind that article-9 is the indemnity pro posal, article 10 the matter of interned ships, and article 11 the proposed limitation of naval strength. -'Article 12, wtfiich will be discussed tomorrow, relates to the Japanese de mand for fishing rights on the Siber ian coast. - Here are the bulletins: - "At the morning session the pleni potentiaries discussed article 9 indemnity.- Not being able to reach an unanimous decision, the conference de cided to record the divergence of views and proceeded to the discussion of the following articles: "The conference recessed until 3 o'clock, "In the afternoon session of the 17th articles 10 and 11 (interned ships and limitation of naval power) (have been discussed. Regarding article 10 'the plenipotentiaries have shown a diverg ence of views, which has been settled. Articles 11 has been reserved for fur ther discussion. "The conference adjourned until to morrow, August 18." There are some who may see cause for hope In thje fact that the Japanese demand for the formal cession of Saghalien Island, which they claimed by . right of conquest, has been prac tically adjusted. According to the understanding ob tained; today, the Russians virtually consented to Japanese limited posses sion of Saghalien, but under the con dition that it shall not be fortified or used as a base for naval operations. ' However, there is-apparently no ab solute compromise yet arranged, and the Saghalien demand, which' is article 5 of the Japanese conditions, will be taken up again when the envoys come to consider in a consolidated and cor related ; form the points upon which divergence of views was noted. v; The importance of the virtual under standing as to the disposition of the territorial conquest of tJ J apanese can not be overestimated in. the pres ent condition. From, the first the Rus sians have maintained that they would never surrender an inch of territory ;to; the enemy. Anotner tmng, too, shows that the envoys have neen ani mated by a spirit of conciliation the discussion of points upon which It was believed neither- would give way. The Japanese demand for the possess ion : of the Eastern Railway, the Man cm? .-.enterprise of Rusia wAcii ic ?VILfU Ul V LllUL Indemnity had more to ido, - perhaps, than any- ' thing, else infringing about the pres ent disastrous war, was also regard ed as one of the worst stumbling blocks in the :. pathway v of' successful nego- j tiations. Yesterday the envoys, to tho j surprise . of all those on the outside, managed to reach an agreement that the portion of this railway r running from -Vladivostok-to a point ten miles from Harbin- should be under Rus- sian'control and the portion from the point mentioned to Port Arthur should be under Japanese " control, subject to a future- arrangement of details. The worst feature of the situation is the deadlock upon? the question of in demnity.. Mr. Witte apparently believes that there is no hope of a compromise. His instructions from St. Petersburg are all in line with the original Rus- ; slan program that not a penny must! be paid to Japan to secure immunity from further hostile operations on the part of the victorious army of Oyama. The Russian envoys now vow and de clare that not a cent of indemnity shall be paid. As for 'the Japanese, it is contended, that they are equally de termined, to go on with the war if Rus sia does 'not -consent to remunerate them 'for what they have spent in prosecuting the conflict. If the Rus sians are as firm as they say they are if their decision not to pay indemnity, and the Japanese as firm as they are represented to be in their decision to adhere to their demand for payment, the Jig is up and there will be no seace. ' ; "' There is hope of compromise In re gard to the Japanese demand for the (Continued on Page Two.) MOB HANGS A MURDERER Mississippi Gives Another Exhibition oi Lynch Law . Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 17. A Com mercial Appeal special from Iake' Cor morant, Miss.; say that Henry Toung, a negro who shot and killed Edward Perry on the Bass plantation near Lake Cormorant last Sunday, was taken from ' Sheriff - Withers and a deputy last nig)ht, and. at the scene of his crime was hanged by a mob of 100 armed men. . The negro confessed his guilt, but pleaded that he did not intend to kill Perry,' a . pistol for the possession of which they were contending, he said, having exploded. Young was captured yesterday while fording a river to reach his . father's cabin on an island. Sheriff Withers, with a posse of forty men had been scouring the country for the negro. twas notified of the capture and took possession of the prisoner. - Hastening with the negro to : the "town " of Tren ton, where he purposed taking a train for Hernando, the county seat, the sheriff , .was confronted at the station by the mob, and before he could make an effort at resistance was overpow ered and his prisoner was taken from ihim. The mob then proceeded to the Bass . plantation with Young and hanged him on a tree. 1 M 1 LOOKING FOR FAILURE St. Petersburg Opinion Expects the Peace Conference to Adjourn St. Petersburg) Aug. 17. Amongst the ministry a report is being circulated to day that the peace conference will ad journ this week; haying reached the articles upon(which-it is impossible to find a basis for discussion. Each side is believed to be exercising Its utmost Ingenuity to ' place upon the other the responsibility for failure. The spokes man of the foreign office said that none of the dispatches received indicated an intention to adjourn-on this account, but he expressed keen interest to learn the significance of reports that active pressure was being' brought upon the negotiators from the outside. He especially wished to know if the re ports were connected with an English, French and American understanding. The only fact ascertained' here is that England did not refuse, on the eve of the opening of the conference, to offer advice to. Japan regarding the condi tions she intended to propose. BULL COTTON POOL The Presence of W. P. Brown in New York Starts Rumors New York, Aug. 17. Since the ar rival in New York of W. P. Brown of New Orleans rumors have been afloat of the formation of a bull pool in cotton ' that would try to carry cot ton prices much above .the1 present Teyel. It was said yesterday that Sully would have a share in the pool, which was safd to include several prominent cotton firms. , . - " It is suggested In the street that the forces' led : by W.' P. Brown are step ping into' the market and taking the cotton--- away fom another pool with which a prominent local cotton opera ttor is associated. The latter pool, it is reported, -has been trying to de press prices: with the idea of getting cheap cotton, -but meanwhile has been losing considerable amounts of it to the southern bulls. ; - - Peace With Yaqui Indians j Mexico City, Aug. 17. Gen. Lewis Torres, commander of the federal troops in the war; that -has been waged for several years against the Yaqui Indians, has reached an agreement on behalf of the Mexican government with the chiefs of the .warring tribe looking to peace, city for the approval of President Diaz. The preliminary peace articles have been signed and will be brought to this R FRIGHT REINS The Shotgun Quarantine in Force Again . . - -' ' v:. .. . ' TWO OOLY NESTS FOUND A Number of Cases Found at Missis sippi City and Laplace Doctors Thought They Were Malaria. Further Spread Feared as Hospit als An Full of Mosquitoes New Orleans, Aug. 17. Today's yellow fever record: xsew cases 77. Deaths 4. One of the deaths was & negro brought here from Jefferson parish in a dying condition. New Oceans, Aug, 1?. Nearly all the good work done during the week in the way of quieting public appre hension and putting an end to shotgun quarantin-js that have prevailed has been undone by the discovery of two ugly nests of yellow fever which have existed fey weeks. The discovery has given new life to the panic and made every town suspicious of its neighbors. These" fever nests are at Mississippi City, midway on the Mississippi coast and about three miles from Gulfporx, an important railroad and shipping center, an at Laplace, La., fifty miles above New Orleans. In both cases the infection has existed for fully a month an4 was finally discovered only by accident, v - - The ; Mississippi port has been quar antined since the middle of July, main ly on suspicion, although no" case of yellow fever was known to exist thero. The coast counties asked to have th quaran tint removed and offered to let the Alabama ' health authorities make a thorough- investigation of health con ditions. . While this '.. investigation was .being :raaSe at, Mississippi " City ths AlabamiarjS ' stumbled ' on . . the fever. They traced it back "to "July 20, but not to Nsw Orleans, and found that there had been eleven cases in all. The disease has not been concealed by the local physicians, who mistook the fever for malaria. The discovery was followed by the usual flood of quaran tine. Southern Mississippi is back at practically"" the same position it wao when the fever was first announced at -New Orleans. V The discovery of the fever at Lap lace, in the parish of St. John the Baptist,, is due to Dr. Corput of th' nited Sfates marine hospital service, who war, going through the river par ishes to make an investigation. Su John is one of the ironclad quarantine parishes and the loudest complaints against cruelty from quarantine guards have come from there. It has now de veloped" that while St. John was brutal in its treatment of all persons who wished to go through the parish it was itself nursing the yellow fever at home; Dr. Corput found thirty-three oases of yellow fever, twenty-one of them in the town of Laplace, eight on the Dia mond and four on the Terre Haute plantations. The fever is mainly among the better classes. Dr. Ccrput fears its' spread as ho found all the hospitals full of th stegoymia, or yellow fever mosquitoes. The Louisiana state board of health placed Dr. Corput in command of th situation at Laplace and sent a phy sician and nurse to assist Ihim. The prevalence of the yellow fever in St- John was due to the same mistake as that made at . Mississippi, City, th belief by the local physicians that it was malaria. The investigation of' the river parishes above and below News Orleans will be continued until every case of fever is brought to light. Dr. White is now satisfied that th inspection work in -New Orleans is thorough and complete and believes that possibly every case has been brought to light. In Plaquemlne, . Jturt below New Orleans, a thorough In vestigation ' shows that there have been sixteen eases and three deaths, many of the cases being overlooked at the beginning. In Jefferson, Just above, Viot-o harp Kan t-nr&lvft" cases and two deaths ; In St. Charles, above Jeffer son, eighteen cases and three deaths. Governor Vardaman has again gone to the gulf coast to straighten out tho quarantine situation there, especially the differences between the health of ficers and railroads. Biloxi is his objective- point. He is accompanied by Dr. Hunter of the state board of health. Illinois has quarantined against Kentucky because the latter state re fused to quarantine against Louisiana. Boreas Del Toro, Panama, confesses to the flrt case of yellow fever todays Tt has been viewed with suspicion for weeks and quarantined against. Atabtma People Flee From Fever Mobile, Ala., Aug, 17. The appearance of yellow fever at Mississippi City ha created considerable alarm among th people of the. coast and. a number have left for Atlanta and1 other cities tha ( Continued On Pffe Tire.) YF! IW FEVE 1