Engineer Had Insufficient
Warning of Open Bridge
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COULD NOT STOP TRAIN
Cars of Excursion Train Lifted Out
of the Rivsiy but Bodies of the
Dead Were Spilled Out and Went
to the bottom The Number Mist
ing Is Large
Nonffefic, Va Aw. ia Twt sub
merged cars . frotni tine wreck of the
Atlantic Coast Line's ICmston and
Greenville, N. C, excursion train wer
raised this morning, but as they did
so the ends fell out of the cars, and
what derwere therein went to tho
tottom of the river withldetoris from
t2ie interior of th8 coaches
There are soma 50 or 60 of tho 1$9
excursionists wJho have come, to Nor
folk either slightly injured or 'bruised.
The Atlantic Coast Lin officials
have given out no statement in the
matter, but Cleveland Thompson, an
eye witness, says that the small "dan
ger" flag which was placed oa the
track to warn the approaching? train
that tho draw was open, though form
erly a red flag -had faded almost com
pletely white from continuous use- dur
ing the last five years. ,
It was Engineer S. B. Relg's first
run over tlie Atlantio Coast Line to
Xorfolk, he having just come from
East Radford, Vsu, to this line, his
former employment having been" with
the Norfolk & Western Railway.
lie did not know that he was ap
proaching a draw at the time. The
red "danger" flag, it is declared, was
bo small that the engineer did not see
It, and when he saw the "stop" sign,
I""' "V--"" .
Ing to the draw, hi? train, which was
moving thirty-five miles an hour, could
not, be stopped in time, though he
made every effort to make the danger
brakes work.
The small unseen "danger" flag is
said to have been only one hundred
yards from the trestle, which Is a short
one! The tug for which the draw had
been opened was just in the act of
passing through whn the train dash
ed into the water. The tug "reversed
her engines quickly and just avoided
being caught by the engine. .
Cleveland Thompson declares that
Engineer Reig remained by his .engine
up to the very last and did not Jump,
as first reported. He went down with
the engine and was badly injured about
the head and body. He is .now in the
Sarah Leigh Hospital here and may
recover.
J. J. Thompson, aged sixty years, a
farmer and father of Cleveland Thomp
son, rushed with an axe to the scene
of the wreck,' and leaping twenty feet
to the top of the second coach, cut a
hole in tb.4 root of the car and rescued
thirty-five people just before the car
dropped ir.to the water and became
c.lmost c'snvplstely submerged.
Tur.srlnear Reig will live, according to
latest reports from Sarah Leigh hos
pital. He will make a statement with
in a wek. Today Tie is daaed and de
pressed. His answers to those wlio
question him are sometimes vague and
generally unsatisfactory.
"I had no stops to make," he re
peated. "Were there any signals Indicating
that the draw was open?' he was
asked.
"t don't know," was his vague reply.
The pliywician at the hospital who
?-3 prw.ent when Engineer Relg was
mtcri osated, ' suggested that it would
be uelGs to query him further. Said
the physician: "He is suffering from
his injuries and he is mentally de
pressed. -Anything he will say now
will be unsatisfactory. I have seen
'many such cases. In his present con
dition the engineer Is suffering under
the impression that the world "holds
him responsible for the lives that
tvere lost. It weighs upon him, and
he can give no one a satisfactory
statement. It will be a week, perhaps
before he will be able to talk .satis
factorily. Anything he might now say
he might contradict' when hismind
becomes more clear."
Kcig is seriously injured. .He has a
slight frncture of the skull near the
base of the brain and he is severely
cut over the left .eye. He is badly
bruised about the body and may have
Buffered internal Injuries.
BASEBALL GAMES
National Leaque
New York, Aug. 18. On hits by Ma
loney and McCarthy the Chicagos tied
Iho Ecore in the ninth inning today, but
the New Yorkers won in the tenth on
two ba:es on balls, a force and hits
. iy Bowerman and Bresnahan.
The score: R.H.B.
thicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 5 1
Kew Yoi-k 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 15 7 3
Batteries: Brigg3 and Kling; Mc
Ginnity and Bovennan. Umpire, O'Day.
Brooklyn, Aug. 18. Thepirate3 took
another ganxa from the Breoklyns to
flay. It was a pitching duel, in which
both Leeyer and Mclntyre did excellent
U'ork.
The score: H.H.H
Pittsburg .10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 5 0
rrooklyn -.1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 01 4 2
rBattcrics: Leever and Petz; , Moln-
tyre and Bitter. Umpire, J ohnstbne,
Philadelphia Aug. IS. St. Louis de
feated Philadelphia in a see-saw game
this afternoon 'by better fielding.
The score: , R.H.E.
Ft. Louis ......1 a O 3 1 0,3 0 311 15 2
Philadelphia ..2 100500 10 9 12 3
Batteries: Browne and Grady; Pit
tinger ' and Dooin. Umpire, Klem and
Emslie. .
Boston, Aug. 18. Seven home runs
were made by Boston and Cincinnati
in today's double-header. The locals
shut -the visitors out in the first game,
but Cincinnati captured the second,
ten innings' being necessary to de
cide hV
First game: R,H.E
Cincinnati ....0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3
TSnston ..3 0 1 4 1 2 0 1 x 12 ,16 2
Batteries: Walker and Street; Wll-
lis and Moran. Umpire, Bausewine.
Second game: R.H.E.
Cincinnati ....0 0 0 $ 2 0 10 118 15 2
Boston 1 02 1 0 0 3 0 0 0-7 13 1
Batteries: Check and Schlei; Wilhem
and Needham. Umpire, Bausewine.
American League
Cleveland, O.. Aug. 18! The Napo
lrons went down to defeat today before
Long Tom" Hughes, who allowed but
two hits, and was invicible when
men ere on bases.
The score: ) R.H.B.
Washington 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 05 8 0
Cleveland ......0 00 0 0 0 0 0 00 J, s
Batteries: Hughes and; Heyden;
Tloore and Buelow. Umpire, O'Lough
lin. '
St. Louis, Aug. IS. St. Louis played a
sixteen inning, game today, the game
being called on account of darkness.
The score R.H.E.
Phila. ..210 00000 00 000 0 003.13 2
St. L.....00 00 000 030 00 0000 3 12 ,1
Batteries: Henley, Waddell and
Sehreck; ,Glade and Spencer. Umpire,
Hurst.
Detroit, Aug. 18. Donovan had the
best of Young in today's pitching duel.
Ferris was removed for kicking.
The score: R.H.E.
Boston. : . ..0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 07 7 1
Detroit . . . .0 1 0 0 0 0 00 1 02 5 0
Batteries: Young and Criger; Dono- J
van and Warner, - r. Umpires, Sheridan
and MoCarthy.
Chicago, Aug. 18. Thfe white sox had'
Via hJchlanderg on the run today at
the end of the sixth inning when a'j
torrent of water came down, flooded
the field and ended the game.
The score: ,. R.H.E.
New , York . -.- . . . .0 0 0 0 0 00 9 3
Chicago. . . v . . .1 0 1 0 3 16 9 1
Batteries: Orth, Goode and Klei
now; White and Sullivan. . Umpire,
Connolyy, i ,
- Eastern League
At Toronto: - R.H.E.
Toronto.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,...173
Jersey City.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 7 0
Batteries: Mueller and Toft; Linder
man and Vandegrift.
At Rochester: R.H.B.
Rochester .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 8 0
Newark .. .. .. 6 13 5
. Batteries: Shultz Steelman and
PaPyne; Pardee, Hesterfer and Con
nor. At Buffalo: . R.H.B.
Buffalo .'.. m '. ; (it S 8 1
Baltimore . . . 7 13 0
Batteries: Yerkes; and McManus;
Burchell and Byers.
Second game: , - . R.H.E.
Buffalo .. .. .. .. ,. .. 7 13 1
Baltimore .. ...... 0 3 2
Batteries: Gree and McAllister; Ad-
kins and 'Hearn.
At Providence: - R.H.B.
Montreal .. .. .. .. ., .. 2 8 2
Providence .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 5 2
Batteries: McCarthy and Raub;
Nope and Jacklltsch,
Runner Slipped n
Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 18. Special.
Charlotte won this afternoon's game.
Charlotte's fifth run was made in the
ninth inning ' while, Greensboro was
changing pitchers,-Umpire Malone rul
ing that it was right. McEvey was pn
third and stole in Wben Charter drop
ped the ball. The '. umpire had not
called time. A dispute over the decis
ion lasted several' minutes. Charter
pitched , all but the , ninth inning. He
gave men . bases on balls often. Char
lotte's' first "four runs were made on
errors. " " , ' ' ,
Tha score: " . ' , R.H.E.
Greensboro .. ...0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 J 4 6
Charlotte. . . . .0. 4 -6 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 0
Batteries: Charter, Doak and Ryan;
Shannonhouse and Reed. Umpire, Ma
lone. ... . . , .
Municipal-owned Water Works
. Wilmington, N. C, Aug. 18. Special.
This afternoon the board' of audit and
finance concurred in the action of the
city council in appropriating: ,$1,000 for
preliminary work in connection with
the proposed municipal water works.
Thoroughly equipped men will JSe .en-
Oto V-VA VV i v w H cuo 111 U11J.C1C11J. 4,1 13
of the city with a View to deterjtnining I
the best location for the plant. There .
is pracucaily no , opposition to the '
municipal ownership scheme.
DINNER ON THE LAWN
A Scotland Neck Farmer Entertains
His Friends : '
Scotland Neck, N. C, Aug. 18. Spe
cial. Yesterday R. J. Madry, a prom
inent business man of the town and a
successful farmer, gave a dinner of
Brunswick stew and barbecue at his
home and farm near town. About fifty
persons were present, most . of the
guests being from Scotland Neck, but
some from Rocky Mount and some
from Pitt county. .
While enjoying converse together
before dinner Mr. Madry occasion
ally regaled his " guests with some
pleasing music by a large graphophone.
At the dinner hour the long .tables
spread beneath the oaks . on the, lawn
in front of the house 'presented a
picture to please; any gathering. ' The
tables ' were loaded with feculent
Brunswick stevf, crisp barbecue -and
other good things, and a more rbounti
f ul dinner has not been seen. ' In the
afternoon as the guests departed1 they
all voted It a! dayof rare pleasure: and
a dinner complete in all its appointments.'
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SHELBY'S HOME-COMING
Three Days' Celebration a
r Successful
Governor Glenn Makes a Brilliant
Address to Veterans-Congressman
Webb Starts a Movement for a
Confederate Monument
Shelby, N. C., Aug. 18. Special.
Thursday was farmers' day of home
coming week. Addreses were delivered
by Col. John S. Cuningham and Hon.
W. .C. Heath. The Shelby military
company escorted Governor Glenn from
the station. The company engaged in
a sham battle on the court house
square. An informal public reception
was held in honor of Governor Glenn.
Today was veterans' day. Capt. L. J.
Hoyle introduced the speaker, Governor
Glenn, who delighted the audience with
a brilliant, thrilling and eloquent . ad
dress, and made a touching-1 appeal to
the old soldiers to be ready to answer
to the final roll call as theyji had "ever
bravely answered in the civil war.
Governor Glenn paid a glorious tribute
to the .women of the Confederacy and
also to the old soldiers.
Congressman E. Y. Webb made an
address, urging the citizens of Cleve
land county to contribute to erect a
granite shaft In the court jsquare in
Shelby In honor of the Confederate
soldiers, dead and living, of Cleveland
county. ' A voluntary subscription was
taken amounting to about $2,500. A
handsome shaft will soon be erected.
The closing' feature of the home
coming week was a dress parade by the
Shelby military company.
A tremendous crowd was present on
all three days and the exercises were
Interesting throughout.
MORE SEA BIRDS ,
Increase T)ue to Protection of the
;', Audubon Society Law
Greensboro, N. C, Aug. 18. Prof. T.
Gilbert Pearson, secretary of the North
Carolina AudubCn Society, has return
ed from a trip to eastern; North Carolina,-
where he has been, spending' the
past two' weeks , arranging - for game
wardens during the approaching sea
son and visiting the breeding places
of sea birds. Prof.' Pearson says the
number of birds in that section in-
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100 per;; cent over the previous sea
ton. Last 'year between 6,000 and 7,
000 birds were raised on the beadh, the
Increase being due to the protection
afforded by the state Audubon law.
The people along the coast seem to be
pleased with the law, especially the
fishermen of that section, who are de
lighted to see the sea birds coming
again. Prof. Pearson has leased a
suite of rooms In the new City Nation
al Bank building, to be used as Audu
bon Society headquarters. Miss Lelle
Styron of New Bern, a graduate of the
State Normal and Industrial College,
has accepted the position of steno
grapher for Prof. Pearson.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
The Imperial Manifesto Is to Be
Made Public Today
St. Petersburg, Aug. 18. The final re
vision of the imperial manifesto on the
subject of a national assembly will be
published tomorrow simultaneously in
St. Petersburg and Moscow. It will de
clare that the total membership of the
national consultative assembly is to be
520, of which ,412 members will be from
European Russia, The city of St.
Petersburg will send six and Moscow
will send four members. In St. Peters
burg the voting qualification as to
property is assessed at an annual rental
of 1,320 roubles ($680), but is graduated
lower for other cities. Women property
owners may nominate male voterstb
represent them at the polls. Peasants
will be allowed to delegate electors from
their communes to vote "at national as
sembly elections. . ,
TWO CASES OF SUICIDE
Farmer Blows His Head Off and
Woman Jumps in a Well
Fayetteville, N. C, Aug. 18. Special.
Erastus Jackson, a farmer who lived
near Wade, was found dead today
with Ms head blown off by a shotgun.
His family say he committed suicide,
but there Is a strong suspicion that
some of them are implicated. . Ir. J.
C. Dye, actting for tha coroner, is
now holding an Inquest.
News has just been received here of
a peculiar suicide that occurred near
Godwin. A Mrs. Allen, who lived with
a married daughter, after placing her
will in the . family Bible, told her
daughter it was time to prepare din
ner and left the house. An hour later
the daughter called her to dinner, and
finding her bonnet at the well-side,
became alarmed and. called in neigh-:
bors, who found thfe body of the uri-
fortunate wamon In' the well.
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TRINITY COLLEGE NOTES
'
Announcements Relating to the Com
ing Fall Session '
Durham, N. C. Aug. 18.--Special.
The next session of Trinity College
will begin Wednesday, September 6th.
The first meeting of the faculty will
be Saturday, September 2nd. On Wed
nesday and Thursday, September 6th
and 7th, will be held the examination
for admission. Everything is being
put in readiness for the opening. .The
campus is very beautiful and Is the ad
miration of all who see it.
The prospects for next year are ex
ceedingly good. - '
Prof. W. : H. Wannamaker, professor
of German, who has been in Germany
for more than two yearsv has returned
to his home in South Carolina and
he will be at the college in a few days.
Mr. Wannamaker is an A. B. graduate
of Wofford College and aA A. M. gradu
ate of Trinity. Since leaving college
he has been at Harvard and at the
German universities.
Mr. Lfc li. Hendren, professor of ap
plied mathematics, , will begin wprk at
the opening, of the next year. : Mr.
Hendren is an A. B. and A. M. gradu
ate of Trinity, and received the degree
of doctor of philosophy from Columbia
University.
Prof. S. F, Mordecai, dean of the law
school, wiU next year occupy the fac
ulty residence on the park formerly
occupied by Prof. Edwards. , . ;
At the Trinity Park school work Is
progressing on the . handsome brick
dormitory which is being erected there
The large attendance at this school has
made it necessary to increase the dor
mitory accommodations. ,
Prof. Mordecal has just had printed
a manual for the use of the law stu
oen,tS; ,The Utl& of the manual is "Lex
lt iS condens,d history
of the English charters and stnH,tn,
comm,ented-;on ;in the first tAvo bock.s
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Died Among Strangers
Greensboro, N. C., Aug. 18. Special.
James D. Worrell died at 3 o'clock this
morning at the hoarding house of Mrs.
Green as a result of an attack of t: -phold
fever r. Harrison, the att?nn
ing physlQlan seeing his condition wh?i
first called In, endeavore"d to find out if'
he had any relatives, but was unabl?
to do so. "Worrell declined to give a'',:-'
Information about himself, but Dr.
Harrison ascertained that he came hen
from Cumberland county, though be
yond this nothing is thus far kno n
Dr. Harrison is pursuing investigations.
He -. says -Worrell was worth two or
three thousand dollars.
Fire Alarms in Durham
Burhim, -; N. - C Aug. 18. Specla
Last "night ? there
of
- . 'WA'U V V
of fire, neither of which did any
age. The last alar no a in ti i?
morning about X o'clock and was fa"e.
being pulled from a box by eomo veT
son who skipped out V.fore the fire
men 'arrived.' T9ia first ftiarm "' cs
occasioned by ai fire in the count:;
j Tbis was about 10 o'clock. The lo3
in the country "was a tobacco barn.