North Carolina Newspapers

FiiH Leased Wire Service of the Associated Pr tw. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. LAST EDITION ALL THE MAKI EVENING T VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1906. PRICE 5c. THE RALEIGH IMES COLLISION'S THUNDER FOLLOWED BY BURST OF CONFLAGRATION Of Forty Immigrants Missing Ail May Have Died in Blazing Coaches REPORTS RECEIVED VERY CONFLICTING All Agree, However, in the Statement Thnt Then' Are Upwards of lrtf Immigrants Missing The Disaster the Result of Failure to Ob Herve Signals The Immigrant and I in- Freight' Train A proaehed Each Other at Full Speed - and the Impart Wrecked Both, Fl nines Breaking Out in the Wreckage Almost Instantly After the Collision The Scene of the ' Disaster at Woodvillc, on the Bal timore & Ohio. (By the- Associated Press.) Chicago, Nov. IS. At 1 o'clock oith-ials of Hie Baltimore & Ohio announced that they bad received positive news from the wreck at Woodvillc, Ind., that out of 135 peo ple on the train, forty were killed, 35 Others injured and sixty escaped unhurt'. Valparaiso, Ind., Nov. 12. Fifty of IGT immigrants who Were on a Baltimore & Ohio train which col lided head-on with a freight train at Woodville, ten miles north of this city, thls'toiorning, are missing, and it Is believed that their bodies were consumed by the fire which destroyed j six coaches of the immigrant train. An Earlier Report. A disastrous wreck occurred today on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Woodville, Ind., about thirty miles from this city. Reports, so far. are conflicting, but the majority of them place the number of dead at live killed outright in the collision, 20 (o 30 others caught in the wreck age and burned to death, and twenty live seriously injured. The majority of the killed and injured arc imml- The accident Is said to have been CO used by confusion regarding sig nals which allowed the immigrant train lo pass a station when a freight was approaching from the opposite direction. The two trains oamo to gether at full speed, and the impact wrecked both of them completely. A number of tho cars of the immigrant train were hurled down a tcn-fooi embankment and immediately caught fire. Although every possible effort was made to extricate them from the wreckage, the flames spread so rap Idly that this was impossible in many cases, and it Is certain that fully a score were burned to deaoh before aid could be given them. It is known that five of the immigrants were killed outright, and the engineer on the immigrant train was so badly injured that his recovery is impos sible. Woodville is a small station about ten miles north of Valparaiso, and aid was immediately summoned from that place. A wrecking train which was at once made up at Woodville, was dispatched along the line to se cure medical aid, and every physician within reach was at once taken on board the train and hurried back to Woodville. Scene of the Wreck. Later reports from the wreck de clared that the number of dead was but five, and that none of the immi grants was burned to death in tho wreckage. The local officials of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad claimed later in the morning that only one man, an un known Italian, had been killed In the wreck. At 10:30 o'clock the Baltimore & Ohio notified the physicians in charge of Mercy Hospital to be prepared for the reception of forty Injured persons. The train was scheduled to arrive In this city at noon. The accident it is declared, was the result of a misdirection by a train dispatcher. He ordered a .Westbound train held a Chicago Junction, Ind., to allow an eastbound passenger to pass. The eastbound twin was run ning in two sections, but the conduc tor of the westbound train was not notified of this. When the first section had passed, he therefore pulled out and started for Chicago on the main track and the collision resulted. The -Immigrant train was bound for Chicago. The accident was caused by the freight crew failing to ob serve signals on the first section of the immigrant train that another section was following. The imml- grant train caught fire and was en tirely consumed. Of the one hundred and sixty-seven passengers on board the train, one hundred and seven teen have been accounted for. All the injured were taken to Mercy Hospital at Chicago on a special train after their injuries had been attended to by a corps of physicians from this city. All or the train crew on both trains escaped except the fireman on the immigrant train who was killed. The immigrants consisted of Russian Jews, Servians and Poles and were enroute via Chi cago to the northwest. Baltimore. Md., Nov. 12. Advices to the Baltimore & Ohio general offices here says: The collision was between a west bound train and a Chicago-New York castbound freight train. There were imlgrants on the passenger train. Tho last report says that up to 9:30 o'clock only one imigraut was found dead and as near as could be told about forty to forty-five were missing. They may probably have scattered over the country. Nine Cars Burned. The entire (migrant train of six cars was burned as were three ears In the freight train. The fireman of the freight train is dead and Fireman Culler of the (migrant train is so bad ly hurt that h cannot live. Engineers Kenneman and Burk of the two trains and Baggagemaster Snyder of the imlgrant train are badly injured. Both engines were turned over on the southslde of the track and fell clear of the main track.. It is expected to have the main track clear and rcpair- ed by noon. Passenger trains are be ing dctourcd by other lines with as little delay as possible. South Bend, Ind.. Nov. 12. Reports from the Baltimore & Ohio wreck at Woodville, Ind., are that forty five persons are unaccounted for and are probably burning in the wreckage. Reports are very meager. SHOT THE MAN WHO THREW THE BOMB. (By the Associated Press.) .Moscow, Nov. 12. A bomb was thrown at Mayor Reinot, on Tver street, at 11 o'clock this morning. i Reinot, who was not hurt, quickly ! pulled out a revolver and shot and killed tho man who threw the bomb. DEATH'S SLEEP FOR SIFTER (By the Associated Press.) Bakcrsville, Cal., Nov 12. Gen eral Shatter is dead. Shatter's Last Hours. Bakersfleld, : Cal Nov. 12. At 9 o'clock thlsmorning a bulletin was is sued from the McKittrick ranch stat ing that Major General Sharter is near to deatli and all hope of his recovery has been abandoned. Dr. Mitchell was in constant attendance all night and Dr. A. Schafer is now hurrying to the ranch. Capt. and Mrs. W. H. McKit trick and a cousin and niece are gath ered at his bedside. At 10:5 o'clock Dr. Mitchell telephon ed the following message to the Asso ciated Press representative: "General Shatter l6 very much weaker and is now unconscious. Tho end !s near." TWO MILLS AM) OTHER BUILDINGS BURNED. (By tho Associated Press.) Mobile, Ala., Nov. 12. Fire early today along the river front destroyed the saw-mill plant of Hlerenymus Bros, and the mill of the Mobile Hardwood Company. Several other buildings were damaged. The loss is estimated at $250,000. A high wind was blowing and it looked for a time as if the fire might reach the dimensions of a conflagra tion. Traffic over the Louisville & Nashville, whose tracks run along the firp zone, was blocked for several hours. LIPS SEALED; DUAL SUICIDE Bert Seely and Young Wife Lay Side by Side EVIDENCE OF POISON The Man, Who Was Suspected of the Murder of Edwin Edgar, and His Wife. Were to Have Testified at the Inquest, Which Was Held Today. (By the Associated Press.') Owosso, Mich., Nov. 12. Bert Seel-, who was under suspicion In connection j wm, , , . , the murder of Edwin Edgar I . siiai-.e:, r.j, ami i ii t wj pji.uftwji Brmso West Haven towns!,!,, last Wednesday, jBSyce Brown of the supreme court, in an accident to the Southern Pa was found dead !n bed today and lying After hearing a number of wit- elBc Sunse! Kx press. No. 10, sputh beside him was bis young wif. ulsojnes8es oa Saturday, and arr,mi:ont of bound, fro'in San Francisco to New dead. They were found by Seely'.- counsel for the prisoner, Judge Orleans, opposite the depot at Sar brother. I Brown had reserved division until 1 2 Igent'u Station, NT in lies south of San It is thought that the couple committ ed suicide. There was no evidence of ft struggle in the bed room, and on a stand near the bed stood a glass with a spoon and a white tablet beside it. Edgar was found shot dead in the road near his home last Thursday. In the course of their investigation officers found that Edgar and Seely had quar relled a number of times. Seely wtis suspected and the officers yesterday se cured bom his wife a statement that there had been for a long time secret enmity between the two men as a re sult of an Imputation by Edgar against her. She told the officers that her hus band had been subject to violent spells for a year and said that she believed he ought to be In an asylum. Both Seely and Mrs. Seely were to have been witnesses today at the inquest into Edgar's murder and it was when he went to their homes this morning to j discuss the inquest with them thai Sip!v'h hrn! he:- found tbe eouole dead L WALKER WILL MEET HIS FATE No Appeal Likely in View of Strong Evidence GRAHAM COURT OVER Negro Burglar. Sentenced to Be Hanged on December , Will lie Executed Without Delay Public Commends Verdict Col. Holt Im proves Rapidly and is Much Bet ter 'today. After Henry Walker, the negro who assaulted Col. L. Banks Holt a week ago tomorrow, had been convicted and sentenced to die on December 6, court at Graham adjourned late Saturday afternoon, without any motion on the part of the prisoner's attorney for a new trial or an appeal. It is taken for granted that there will be no delay and that the negro will be hanged on the day fixed by Judge Moore. Walker took his sentence without having much to say, further than that he had been falsely accused by negroes who testi fied for the prosecution. Thq verdict is universally commend ed by the people who followed the evi dence closely and who realized that it was conclusive. The negroes of Gra ham especially are gratified, and It was on tho evidence of colored people that the prisoner was convicted. There was a great deal of feeling among the cit izens of Graham Tuesday night when it became known that Col. Holt had been shot, and if he bad been caught then his safety might not have been guaranteed. As it is, the public is sat isfied with the prompt trial, and Walker will remain In jail without fear of harm. Walker's lawyers made a hard fight for him, but with over whelming proof of guilt there was no way by which he could be acquitted. Mr. John C. Drewry returned from Graham this morning and reports that Col. Holt is improving rapidly., He rested well on Sunday and this morn ing he was particularly cheerful. He is receiving the best possible attention and his wound Is healing rapidly. Sixth Infantry is Bark from Manila. San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 12. The Sixth Infantry arrived here yester day on the transport Thomas from Manila. The first battalion of the j Sixth will leave Tuesday for the headquarters at Fort Harrison. I JUDGE BROWN 'DENIES BAIL Decision in Bitens Case An nounced Today TWO MORE WITNESSES ns Brown's One of Judge Reasons is Doubt Regarding How Shots were Directed No Argument by Solici tor David Allen and Deputy Stell on Stand Today. H. J. Bivens, the special j.olieoman j for the Seaboard Ar Line who killed j an unknown man here October 2 7. . . i MWj, tnrinv denied hail hv Associate j o'clock today. At thai time all the attorneys in the caw- except Mr, ; Jerome of Monroe, as well as quite ia number of interested person:;, were In the court house lo hear the result. It had been expected thai Solicitor Jor.es would make an argument, but. he did no:, contenting himself with examining two more witnesses, the boy David Allen and Deputy Sheriff J. P. Stell. Deputy Sheriff Stell testified that Bivens had a small cut on Ms left wrist when he was put in jail. The cut, he said, just penetrated the skin, and was about half an inch long. David Allen was next culled, and said he was 50 or f 5" feet from the sen flic. Heard pistol shot and saw Bivens running after man and shoot ing down. Man seemed to stop and get his feet tangled, and had his hands kind, of upf, with nothing . in them. Backed two or three feet. Bivens went up-near to him and told him to come along with him. Bivens fired toward bis feet, Then they went on into corn patch and went down together in a mix-up. Shot fired whilcj down. Cot up and man seemed to have his hands up again and backing away. Allen said he did not think Bivens was trying to liii man when he was running. When he first heard shot was perhaps l"i foot away. Then Judge Brown said: "After reflecting on this case. I tuust say to you. gentlenieii, that have to deny your man hail. I don't care to give ali thy reasons lor doing so, for fear it might prejudice the case, but. one of my reasons is that it is quite doubtful as to how those shots were directed. Taken altogether, I don't think It has been shown that the party is entitled to bail. I am glad there is a term of court so near at hand, when the matter can be gone into by a jury.'' ENGINE TEARS UP A STATION (By the Associated Press.) Detroit, Mich. ,Nov. 12. One man was killed and several injured, three of them badly, today when a Michigan Central Railroad freight engine ran away and crashed Into the freight de pot, tearing down a large section of the structure. The dead; GEORGE H. BOOTH, of Detroit, Mich., parcels agent. Severely injured: DONALD THOMSON, assistant dis trict superintendent of the Pullman Company. EARL 'S. M'EWKX, cashier Pullman office. BURT HAN13R, Detroit, a Michigan Central conductor. The engine was switching in the yards a mile from the station about 7 o'clock, It is said, the crew saw a pas senger train approaching behind them, thought a collision was about to occur and Jumped from the engine. It was running at good speed, and. unchecked, dashed into the station and hit the west wall , tearing out a section twenty-live feet wide. The second and third floors over this section also collapsed. Booth was kill ed in his parcel room, near which the engine struck. Haner was on the third floor and fell with wreckage from (there. Kola's Ashes to the Pantheon. (By the Associated Press.) Paris, Nov. 12. The senate committee ....... .... 1 ... ... ... . 1 . r (ha mDt,ai In- yflve to three votes decided In favor o( transferring the ashes of Emlle Zola to the Pantheon. DEPOT BLOWN UP BY Explosion of Southern Pacific Passenger Engine NUMBER DEAD UNKNOWN It May he Two or it May be Half a Dozen or More One is Fatally Hurt and Several Receive Less Se vere Injuries Wires Wrecked by the Exolosion. (By the Associated Press.) I 1 . i !:illod' anotlur fata,,J' inju''ed' ana many passengers mora or less ., i ,... ..,.... I Francisco, ut 9:35 o'cloc k last night. I It is also believed that four or live I tramps riding on the platform or underneath 'he first, car wore killed. The accident was caused by the explosion of the engine boiler, the force of which blew the depot to pieces, tore up the track for a hun dred feet on both sides of the place, and turned over the first four cars of the train. The sleeping cars re mained on the track and none of the passengers In the cars was hurt. Wrecking and relief trains from San Francisco ahd San Jose are now at the scene. The little town is in darkness and the rescue work is handicapped to i cause of this. The explosion graph wires and get full details. l great extent be- wrncked the tele it is impossible to MAN & WOMAN ARRESTED HERE Decent Looking People on a Serious Charge IN THE POLICE COURT Woman Is Young, Kcllncd Looking and Said to Belong to Excellent Family in Eastern North Carolina. Man's Futlier-in-Law Located Them in Boarding House Here. This afternoon at four o'clock comes up in Police Justice Badger's court the" ease of a decent looking man and a woman having every appearance of respectability on the charge of liv ing together as man and wife without being married. They Were put under arrest yestei- day afternoon, and the woman, who is young, of refined bearing and said to belong to an excellent famtljl in the eastern part of the state, was bail ed out by two citizens of Raleigh. The man spent the night in the police sta tion. The two have been in Raleigh about six weeks, living at a boarding house on West Martin street and represent ing themselves as man and wife. . It is said that the man has a wife In Norfolk, whom he deserted some time ago. but from whom he has not been divorced. Her father came to Raleigh recently and had the man under surveillance In order to obtain evidence. It appears, upon which his daughter might secure a divorce. Hence the arrest yesterday. Both appeared in court this morn ing, and the man was ready to plead guilty to the charge and pay a fine but friends had in the meantime re tained counsel and' it was decided to fight the ease, so it was postponed until four o'clock this afternoon. The? story goes that the man was married and divorced before he wed ded his present wife in Norfolk, that he later deserted his second wife, that he represented himself to the girl, for she seems little more, with whom he has been living, as ;i single man, Vis iting her at her home In eastern North Carolina, where she taught school, be came engaged to many her and eloped with her, the girl's mother objecting to the marriage because the man would not agree to be married at the house, that he has been making ex cuse after excuse as they went from one place to another to postpone the BOILER marriage. THE CRUCIFIXION OF A YOUNG WIFE IN HER HOME AT PITTSBURG FIRST XEGRO STATE FAIR OF GEORGIA. (Ey the Associated Press.) Macon, Ga., Nov. 1 2. The first colored state fair in the history of the race opened here today with a large attendance. An opening ad dress was made by Booker T. Wash ington. There Is a good display of agricultural products, negro inven tions, women's work, line arts, slavery relics, and handiwork of the crafts. The fair will continue for one week with special days for a physicians' congress, woman's day. educational day, religious and sani tary congresses, addresses being de livered at each by leading men of the race, including Bishop H. M. uTrner, W. G. Croggan, President Clark University, Atlanta, Dr. K. W. Iff. Owen, president Gammon Semi nary, Dr. E. E. Green and others. RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA IS DESIRED. (By tile Associated Press.) Chicago, Nov. 12. Widespread belief In the advisability of reciprocity with Canada was expressed yesterday by Chicagoans as a result of a speech on that topic delivered before the Mer chant Club Saturday night by James J. Hill. Men prominent in finance and business declared with scarcely a dis senting voice that they were in entire accord with Mr. Hill's position. It was pointed out that betterment of trade relations with our northern neighbor would mean an extension of the Canada market to the pioduets of the United States and that such an ex tension would particularly benefit Chi cago and the northwest. Evn men who are not in sympathy with free trade ideas expressed themselves in fa vor of some lowering of the tariff wall as far as Canada is concerned. It was declared that American busi ness men as a whole have lost through "the atssenee of better trade relation with the dominion. Occasion also was taken to sound a note of warning that the establishment of improved rela tions should not be long delayed, for Canadians are declared to be changing to some extent from their former keen desire for reciprocity. HUSBAND OF CRUCIFIED WOMAN UNDER ARREST. (By the Associated Press.) Canton, (., Nov. 12. William Mitch ell, husband of the Pittsburg woman who was nailed by her hands to ii sink, was arrested here today. He has been here more than a year. He denied that he committed the assault on hin wife, declaring he was not in Pittsburg at the time of the crime. He has con sented lo return to Pittsburg without requisition papers and will be taken there today. TO GIVE AWAY SAGE MILLIONS (By the Associated Press.) New York. Nov. 12. Mrs. Russell Sage will give away tho bulk of the fortune of about $80,000,000 bequeathed to her by her late husband to indi viduals whom she considers worthy. It will not be given to endow churches nor to those who write begging let ters. "1 shall keep only sufficient of the fortune left to me by my husband to live quietly and comfortably." Mrs. Sage said today. "The fact that churches are endowed put them beyond the necessity of work thus making them indifferent and negligent along tbe lines where Christian institutions should do the most good. I mean to give to those Individuals when I think worthy. When I have left only enough to live comfortably perhaps I may not be annoyed by persons indelicate enough to beg for help, as I am now. "I wish to help men and women of higher or lower walks of life, who, through no fault of their dwn are so unfortunate as to need assistance and too proud to ask. Such persons I deem it a pleasure a privilege and duty to aid. Persons who were faithful and kind to Mr. Sage will be remembered as I know he wished me to do so. In all my plans 1 am carrying out his desires I am certain." Mrs. Sage said that she will do all she can however, for struggling churches and institutions devoted 'to the care of the needy and sick. She declared that she intended to buy a home for a clerk In a railroad office who was kind to Mr. Sage. The bodies of her paternal grand parents now buried on a farm near Troy will be removed to a cemetery In that city and the burial place of her maternal grand parents in Sage Harbor, L. I., will be cared for. Her Shrieks Bring Neighbors to a Scene of Almost Gol gotiiic GhastHness HANDS NAILED. ARMS CRIMSON WITH BLOOD Struck Down from Behind, Dragged to the Sink, and Nails Driven Through Her Palms by Some One Unknown Such is the Story She Manages to Tell Her Rescuers. The Record of Crimes for a Day and .Night in Pittsburg Embraces Three Murders and Several Rob beries, but for Hadean Horror the Attempted Crucifixion of This Woman Stands Forth Just Now Hideously I'nique. (By the Associated Press.) Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 12. Pitts burg, terrorized and likened to a mining camp of a frontier town, is the tone of all this morning's Issues of the papers. With three murders, a number of robberies on the highway, accompa nied by violence, and an attempt at crucifixion in twenty-four hours, added to the large number that have occurred during the past two weeks, there has been such a public demand for extra police that Mayor Guthrie and Director of Public Safety Ridge way last night put on a number of extra police without legal provision for their compensation, trusting to the effect of public clamor upon the select and common council for favor able action upon this movement. The record for twenty-four hours, besides the murder of Henry F. Smith, a young business man of the fashionable East End, who was shot by burglars who entered the Smith home. Is extended by the robbery of Charles R. Lawrence early yesterday morning at Sixth avenue and Brady street, almost in the heart of the city. Lawrence was knocked unconscious with a slungshot and robbed of a gold watch and all his money, while going home from the Hotel Schenley, where he is employed as a waiter. He will be confined to his bed for a week with his injuries. Nicholas Leads, of Sharpsburg, a few miles from this city, was also beaten and robbed and did not re cover consciousness for several hours. Raymond White, of Duquesne, was also found early yesterday badly bruised, with several ribs broken. He, too, had been robbed, and could give no description of his assailants. The crucifixion case was brought to light by the scream of a woman In a tenement on Forbes street, near the Jones & Laughlln steel mills. Neigh bors rushed in and found Mrs. Jean Mitchell, 19 years old. In the kitchen huddled in a kneeling position on the floor, with both hands nailed to the draining board of the sink, with blood running down her arms. Alongside the hands lay a hatchet, the weapon which had driven the two big nails and which was then used to draw them out. The woman was unconscious and was taken td a hospital. When she recovered sh merely said that when she entered her flat that morning something struck her on the back of her head and she felt herself drawn towards the sink, her hands pressed against the board, om1 two nails driven in. The police are looking for William Nqely, known as William Mitchell, and the husband of the woman. The Kill lug of I In miner. The day's series of violent deaths was further augmented by the death of Sciafia Randuce, an Italian, who was stabbed in a fight among rail road laborers in a boarding house. The others were badly cut up by stilettos and razors. Peter Nazi denc.i, an Italian, died in the Alle gheny hospital from a bullet which was fired by Peter Fodora. Nazl denci was playing a mandolin, to which Fodora objected and threat ened to shoot off Nazidencl's thumb. The threat was carried out, and itt addition to carrying away the thumb the bullet penetrated Nazidenci's ab domen. Fodora is under arrest.