THE MORNING POST, WEIKESDAY OCTOBER 4. 105
TRAIN HELD UP-
AND DYNAMITED
Express Car Blown Open and
Safe Robbed
MESSENGER INJURED
i
Three Men Known to Have pone
Work They Escaped During Ex
citement Two Boys Tried Unarmed
. to'Hold Up Passengers, but Were
Captured '..
ir t ' . r ; .
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 3. The Great
' Northern Overland train leaving Seat
tle last night was held up and the
! baggage and express car dynamited
about five miles from Ballard.
Three men are known to have done
the work. Two boys who got on the
; blind baggage here, as soon as the hold
. up began, entered the passenger
coaches. and began holding up the pas
' sengers. They were captured. They
say two of the men were on the blind
baggage when they got on, and the
third got on at Ballard. All were well
dressed, with rain coats and slouch
' bats.
So far as reported, no one was kill
ed, but Charles Anderson,- express
messenger, was injured. ' Manager
"Waring of the Great Northern Ex
press, Company said he did not know
the contents of the safe, but believes
it was- a small sum. , ,
The train was flagged near a brick-
- yard and as the engineer slowed up
two men with rain coats climbed over
the tender and presented revolvers to
Jiis head. "When the train stopped tho
englner was Instructed to pull ahead.
jwnicn ne aid for several hundred
,yards, when he was again command
'd to stop.
Two of the robbers then jumped off,
making, the engineer and fireman do
the same and all marched to the ex
press car door. The messenger was
"commanded to open the door, and, re
fusing, an extra heavy charge of dyna
mite was placed against it and ex
ploded. The explosion tore the car. al
most to pieces. iWhen once inside the
rar the robbers began dynamiting the
safe, the first explosion -being of six
sticks, the second of twelve and the
third of eighteen.
the safe the two boys who had been
riding on. the blind, baggage slipped
off and went through the train, .at
tempting to hold up the passengers.
Thej' had no guns, but took, advant
age of the timidity of the passengers
while the shooting was going on out
side. 1 , .
The boys, who gave their names as
Frank, Alfred and Iloland ' Gibbs, are
now in jail at Everett. A passenger
on the train says their method while
going through the coaches consisted
more of a begging character than a
hold-up.
No one was injured seriously, al
though a continual fire of revolvers
was kept up.
The train was delayed two hours and
a half, and then pulled into Edmonds
making a brief report before proceeding
to Everett.
The two boys claim they never m?l
the loldups until they got on the train
and are in no way connected With their
woi-k
sengers occurred to "them after, the
explosion.
The,' men disappeared in an easterly
direction. Sheriff , Smith has started
out, with a posse. '
-Conductor Grant's report of the hold
up shops, that at least seven" men were
enfgkged in the; robbery. The conduc
tor believes there were men.' further
down the track, but they did not take
any part, possibly because the traini
TO FORSYTH'S SOLDIERS
Confederate Shaft Unveiled
at Winston
Addresses by Major Waddell of Wil
mington, Lieut-Gov. F. D. Win
m ston, Hon.C B. Watson, Mrs. H. A.
London Veil Drawn by 2 Ladies
Winston-Salem, N. . C.,: Oct. 3. Spe
cial. In the presence of an immense
The idea to hold u-p the- pas- f thrng 6f;citizens of this and adjoining
counties and to the happy strains of
Dixie the shaft" that stands as a loving
memorial from the Daughters of the
Confederacy to the Confederate dead
was formally unveiled here this after
noon. ; . .
On account of rain it was found
necessary to hold the exercises in the
court-house,' and soon the auditorium
of the building was crowded ti its
stopped too scon ' utmost-capacity, wniia hundreds couia
1 At noon today .the bandits were 1 not' get near .the ' doors. .The Daugh
lo?ated at Bitter Lake, near Bottel ; Jers of the Confederacy occupied seats
This is tho camo cr.i, f ,n,,,:ln the bar, while on the rostrum were
n-Vi-na iTn rn at ;
i i iittLcy mreu year ago
ayor Eaton, Hon. C.
"Watson,
stood off a posse for many days. It is
Lieutenant-Governor F. D.' Winston,
expecte'd. that a battle will take place! !on- A- YWade5 lv: Dr- H- A
with the sheriff's posse at any time.
Brown-and Dr. : H. T. Bahnson, master
of ceremonies.
"After grayer " by Dr. Brown,
Mayot
The railroad company has offered
S5.0C0 TfiWarr! fnr thoiT r-a ntnro oVirl tVio !
whole country betweenhere and Bottel atn .fn a short address, . welcomed
is swarming wJth - ,r,HTthe visitors to our city.
Qomo nf v, J" i The Salem boys' band
. - V J r O - ktlU AAA V111J
part of the west.
Carnegie's Salisbury Library , '
Salisbury, N. C..V Oct. 3. Special.
Surveys are being made, today for the
location of the $12,000 library building
which was recently donated to Living
stone College, situated here, by Andrew
Carnegie. The building will be a hand
some one and in keeping with the others
buildings of 'the college at this place.
The gift Was made by Mr. Carnegie,
Without restrictions ' and was solicited
While the robbers were engaged; .on institution, and. Booker T.-'Washington.
Petersburg Wants Roosevelt
Petersburg, Va., Oct. 3.-Committees
appointed from the board of aldermen
city council Grand Camp of Confed
erate Veteans, A. P. Hill Camp of
Confederate Veterans of this city and
the chamber of commerce, left here
tonight for Washington. D. X., to in
vite President Roosevelt to visit Pe
tersburg, during the session of the
Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans,
which convenes here on October 25,
26 and 27. At a meeting of the city
council this 'afternoon an appropriation
of $1,200 was made for the entertain
ment of the visiting veterans to the
Grand Camp.
fill
HP
ALL AND
WINTER
I
ilfllLLINE
RY,
furnished
music for the occasion.
The principal address was delivered
by Hon. Alfred M. Waddell of Wil
mington, one of the foremost orators
of the state. His speech was listened
to with close attention, and was inter
rupted again and. again with applause.
Lieutenant-Governor F. D.. Winston
made the address of presentation in !
behalf of the Daughters. He began
his address by referring in the most
complimentary terms to Governor
Glenn, who owing to other important
business was unable to be present, and
who had delegated him to perform this
pleasant task.
Mr. C, B. Watson accepted the
memorial in behalf of the veterans in
a few appropriate words.
.Mrs. Henry A. London of Pittsboro,
president of the North Carolina Divis
ion United Daughters of the Confed
eracy, in response to an invitation,
made a beautiful little talk, pledging
the ' Daughters of the Confederacy to
teach and uphold the traditions of the
southland, saying that never would a
southern mother teach her children to
look upon the Confederate soldier as
other than a patriot, who fought and
died for the homes and liberties of his
southland. ": 1 '
After the speech-making all gather
ed around the monument on the couit-
house lawn and amid the inspiring
strains of Dixie tmd the cheers of
thousands, Miss May Barber and Mlsa
Bessie Blum uncovered to the world
the beautiful shaft. surmounted by the
life-size fiflgure of a Confederate sol
dier, . which will stand for years to
come as a loving tribute from the
James B. Gordon Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, to the
Confederate soldier of Forsyth county.
Immediately after the unveiling the
veterans t and daughters of the Con
federacy proceeded, to the reordering
house of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company, at the corner of Fourth and
Chestnut streets, where an elegant din
ner was served to more than 500 peo
ple. , -
1 ' Food
if of a S
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yj& 'Don 7 forget
(m S Graham Crackers
Wk I Butter Thin Biscnil V
P I Social Tea Biscuit I
V lemon Snaps J
Cracker
Value
dda
You have heard that some foods furnish fat,
other foods .make muscle, and still others are
tissue building and heat forming.
You know that most foods have one or more
of these elements, but do you know that no
food contains them all in such properly balanced
proportions as a good soda cracker? '
The United States Government report shows
that soda crackers contain less water, are
richer in the muscle and fat elements, and
have a much higher per cent of the tissue
building and heat forming properties than any
article of food made from flour.
That is why Uneeda Biscuit should form
an important part of every meal. They repre
sent the superlative of the soda cracker, all
their goodness and nourishment being brought
from the oven to you in a package that is proof
against air, mdisture and dust the price being
too small to mention.
NATIONAL BISCUIT CQMPANY
BIG MILL IN TROUBLE
ednesday and Thursday, Oct. 3-4
We will
exhibit our pattern Hats
above named davs.
on
th.
We cordially invite all the ladies of the city
to inspect them. V
Our Milli
mery
Department has teen for
years very popular and bids fair to be more
popular than ever this fall.
The prices will be of interest to you. We
vill move from our present location after
the Holidays and to close out the stock we
will sell our Millinery at lower
you can buy them elsewhere.
Comp and see the Hats.
prices than
14 EAST MARTAIN STREET.
Union Mills Liabilities $2,700,000
President's Indebtedness $481,000
Charlotte, N. C, Oct. 3. Special At
a special meeting of stockholders of
the Union Cotton; Mills, one of the
largest mills in the, state, held for the
purpose . of reorganization, the report
of an expert accountant showed lia
bilities of approximately $2,700,000 and
revealed the fact that the mills had
been losing money for several years,
only 'holding their own by money
made in cotton speculation, though
since January 1st over $800,000 had been
lost in speculation..
The report showed a personal In
aeDteaness oy President Duncan of
$481,000, and by the Buffalo mills of
500,t)00. A committee was appointed
to. examine .the "reports of experts and
jf resident uuncan's explanations, to
report tomorrow- at 1 o'clock.
Th& election of officers is. likely to
take place at tomorrow's meeting.--A
stockholders' meeting of the Buffalo
mills, set for today, Is . postponed till
the Union mills matter is. settled.
Northern capital Is largely Interested
and the situation has elicited wide
spread interests at is unofficially re
ported that President Duncan has been
asked to resign and refused.
against the Germans. The conspira
l tors are said to include Andries De
I Wet, nephew of .the Boer general of
! that name. They held secret meetings
j on his estates. The conspiracy includes
i half-castes and natives of the Witboia
j tribe, which is'iiow In rebellion against
J the Germans. . Five Boers have been
i arrested, all former native scouts' for
the British. There -are 15,000 Witbois
who it is feared may join in an attack
en masse on Windhoek.
Taft Going to Panama
Washington,. Oct. 3 Secretary Taft
is planning to take another trip to Pan
ama. Just whert he "will leave Wash
ington, if his present plans are fol
lowed, has not been decided. Secretary
Taft believes that a visit by him to
the isthmus would be most opportune
just at this time, and it Is understood
that -the president concurs in this view.
Mr. Taft was in Panama just a year
ago, going there for a few days with a
party of congressmen.
FOUND DEAD IN WOODS
Young Man of Big Ivy Either Killed
or Shot Himself-
Ashevllle, N. C Oct. 3. Special. A
a meeting held on September 25 at the
Hotel Telegrafo in Havana. 1
To several friends who came up with
him' In the Monterey he said that the
object of his trip here was to escape
the possibility of assassination and to
get a rest.. Two Plnkerton detectives
tioned charged Lum Staley of Ran
dolph county with unlawfully manuJ
f acturing the ardent and the jury f ousj
him guilty. He will be sentenced to
morrow morning. j
It looks now as if the noted cases
against N. Glenn "Williams and the Oil
suaiueu mm in an unostentatious wav Niok- w ami r, ji.i.
fa!or,, i , " .... il , . - " """"" -uaipanj Ui. iclUKiii
u,vooa6C iu ciici lll xvetju. i. in a " auu luiiuwea nim 10 me 10-
morning from Democrat In the Biff tel New Amsterdam,
Ivy section of Buncombe county . told He admitted that he was going to
of the murder, suicide or accidental see the president tomorrow or next day
Kiinng or Ellas Maimer, a young man and talk about conditions in Cuba.
ui mat section,
New Cable Laid
Canos, Oct. 3. The steamer Colonia,
which sailed from here September 23,
paying out the Comn'iercial Cable Com
pany's new Atlantic, cable, reports that
she arrived at 6 o'clock this evening
at a point 187 miles from the Irish
coast, where she will make the final
splice between the 2,000 miles, of cable
she has laid fro, mthe American side
and the 187 miles laid from the Irish
coast by the steamer Cabria last June.
The Colonia's report added' that a
southwest gale was blowing, .which
would cause a temporary dely in the
splicing; but that the completion of
the cable was a matter of only a few
hourse. This will make . the nfth At
lantic cable laid; by the Commercial
Company.
Komura Sails
Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 3. Baron
Komura sailed from this port last
night on the steamship Empress of
India for Yokohama. He declined to
be interviewed, but Mr. Sato, ' speak
ing for the baronfl said his chief was
so . much improved that Dr. William
Pritchard, who accompanied the baron
from New York, would leave him here.
It was stated- that young Maner, a
son of Tom Maner of Big Ivy, left his
home at Barnardsville yesterday after
noon for a squirrel hunt in the moun
, Cassie Chadwick's Diamonds :
Cleveland, Ohio. Oct. 3. Judee Tav-
ler of the United States district court
tains. The young man carried a gun ! today issued an order directing United
ana went unaccompanied. When dark
came and Elias failed to return, mem
bers of his family became uneasy and
a searching party was organized. After
searching for several hours the body
oiaies .oiarsnai Chandler to sell at
public auction the diamonds of Mrs.
Cassie It. Chadwick, which were seized
by the customs authorities because of
ivnon-payment of duty. ' Altogether Col-
of the young man was found in the I lector of Customs Leach seized nearly
woods with a terrible gunshot wound $75,000 worth of Mr. rarii,.- 4
The body was cold
Conspiracy in Southwest Africa
Berlin, Oct. 3.-The Newspapers have:
received from . Windham
Southwest AXrioa, news of
The Berlin Strike'
Ct 3-'fhe' strike, of the
electrical workers promises to end in a
complete victory for .the employers,
ihe men s main hope to compel con
cessions by depriving the city of eiec
tr c light has been shattered by an in
flux of non-union electricians from the
provinces, attracted by the liberal
terms offered by the companies. These
men, with many engineer students
rrom the schools, are working under
police protection. They are sumptu
ously fed and housed and -their work
nas prevented any trouble to the users
of the electric light. It is likely that
a number of the strikers will be per
manently replaced by these provincials.
he strike fund, despite subscriptions
from the socialists, are in nowise abun
dant. The strikers here h
ful in interruntine the tra mwnv eT
vice. The bulk of the public sympathy
is with th eemployers, who have the
reputation of treating their men well.'
Forfeit for Poor Services
Washington, Oct. 3. Announcement
was made at the postofflce department
todaj- that hereafter deductions will be
made from payments due ralroads
where inferior service is proved. .Thi$
will apply ' particularly where -railway
service is, not more frequent . than
seven times a week. Deductions wiU
be made at the rate of twenty per cent
of -the value of each train that arrives
at tne terminal or junction poing flf.
in the stomach.
and gave evidence that life had been
extinct for some time. When found
the young hunter was lying face
downwkrds and search for the gun
revealed the fact that it was missing.
Those composing the searching party
carried the body to Barnardsville and
Sheriff ileed was notified with the re
quest that an inquest be held.
$75,000 worth of Mrs. Chadwick's lew.
elry on the ground that no duty had
been paid on them, but persons to
whom they had been transferred sub
sequently liquidated the claims of the
government on many of the gems. The
date of the. sale, has riot been set
win not De xrxea at tms term.
as was expected. District Attorney
Holton states that he Is ready for th
hearing to begin tomorrow, the tims
set ;when the cases were removed froni
the June term of court at Charlotte,
but the defendant is riot here, havinj
been detained at home on account c
the desperate illness of Mrs. Wiffiam?,
who Is reported to be lying at the point
of death. (
With the Wlillams cases continue!
It is presumed that court will wade
into the hearing of the cases against
mo inaiciea revenue officers, after dis
posing or the Jail cases.
Preparing for Roosevelt
Salisbury, N. C, Oct. 3. Sneclal.
A large and enthusiastic gathering oi
C5aiisDury ana Spencer citizens was
held here tonight preparatory to a re
ception to be tendered President Roose
velt on his arrival In this city on Oc
tober 19th. A number of speches were
made and suitable committees appoint
ed to receive the president, who will
reach Salisbury at 6 o'clock In the afternoon.
Specials Account ''Clansman"
J.ne seaboard win v.i
Gaynor and Greene Coming
Ottawa, Oct. 3. Gavnor and
will leave for Savannah, Ga., tomor- cmmlssM
:w " T . or niht- Infinite word
had been sent from here to the Mon
treal sheriff s office that the writ has
and will;be In the sheriffs hands in
the morning. Preparatfons for leaving
by the men and they
hou8haIS ln s than twenty.
. Gate City Notes I
Greensboro, N. , C, Oct. 3. Sperisl
At me uctober meeting bf Guilfort
County Highway Commission 'vested
aay Mr. John L. King was, elertei
chairman. He will also discharge th?
duties of secretary. Mr. W. C: F vn
who has been chairman einno t f,-,-
ation two years ago, last night sent if
his reslcna tlon ao 1 ,-
Lii;
Capt. Jh-ices Will
Salisbury, k. n . . .
n 7n T ra wm nola Shoo-Fiy, VMt cy was made public
111c lUailMHP TlArfAKmo... I - "IIUUICV A. H T.
a conspiracy , teen or more minutes late.
matinee nerfm-mo-
The Clansman- tomorrow to enable
2 PC0P nrth f RaleIgh t0 e the
show, and will also run special troV,?
from Louisburg at 6:15 p. nTsame date
Returning, leave Raleigh at 12
night to aofn,.., at 12 mid-
flrst-class rates will apply trXZ
' ; ; ' C. H. GATTIS, T. p. a.,
'': Raleigh, n. C.
Gomez in New York i
New York. Oct ? r
Presidency of L T atCd for th
Party an MaLC..by . the Liberal
tion to the LiberaUe, . M" resla-
- "erai leaders, arrive
the Ward
A u . "Joiomm
Attorney A. TT i. .
iice, as.executri-r n v, 'X
. ; "1C -os we. The
evening from n,' .. uTtH' arrlved this
liner m " T"" aoard
VJ a
'U.1CLI
ner Mont
bv rvvi.-,, ' '.
" vmci vxestPB -
advisers. He one of hl
'nothing more thn k w 116 could sar-
-- - wia Party at
'aiue or tne estate is place v iV
160,000 and consists JXTA?hhoilt
Personal property The , B'm
the heirs of the c U left
Be
GREENSBORO FEDERAL COURT
Williams, Case. Not Likely to
. Tried Tn At" n
- vlw xveyenuers .
Greensboro, v r rsi -Federal
court .Ct-- 3PecIal.
trial of a numb; XT?-,!? ln the
only two of tkem hi. 1 mi cases,
name, cew!.;lling
iowe Carrlck f T"81 ? and
charged with in, .T.. ??on.J county.
turned a "TiW
John and euill &ullty' a8 ;to
nteneed by : j.SZJ1?? ho was
months it, t. .
Mr. William Moser. .Tr a
employed as a carpenter by Contract
c Morris, fell at th sAntiio rer
yesteraay afternoon ar
broke his right leg near the thigh. "B
was. removed .to his home on Mac
.reei ana Drs. Turner. Grlmslev
Reives attended him:
mere has ' been . a steady, gain 'eve:!
?r?"thlS in the receipts at
Greensboro postofflce ovor th r
Z IZ roonins or 1904. The rorelf
ror the month .just closed were h.W
wafalnSt '0t5-17 for Septemi r
last year, or an increase of $5S?.T?.
SPv.n r6f,IdenCe of M I DAy t:
btLm"l8-nrtht:of the city. -
flm L memters 0rv Mr. Ayd: tt
family were awnfl,.J ;
tit, r'-Ji ouu oo in li.
.nam has bous-h? W
North 4W Brdwn the residence
J w et Ow occupied bv
tW V qCM! and HU move, his f n
fc; West Washington rr,
awl .Metk ' Bea11' wo has
Unw a 'scholarshiP at Col .rf
lea?a
trnoon 'unanlmouslydecl! , d 1
Wr f fhe iGuilford Co4
" a vPmmlsslon., f
months m the United Stnt : ? flftn
tlary at Atlanta 4?? atea Peniten-
- omer case men-
r ieR1t in Moravia
rlrft T ct- 3-There was
The rUenn' Moravia, this ,
0 -Cleared -e streets
aT says that they fired
crowds killing n 11
1
r
land wounding C '