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OVER A DOZEN KILLED
IN A TERRIFIC CRASH
OFF THE FRENCH COAST
Mail Steamer Orinoco Bursts
Open Bows of Kaiser Wil
helm Der Gross
HER BiNNUS FOUR
In a Frenzy of Fear People Leap
Into the Sou, and Some Are Res
cued by Boats That Pt Out Im
mediately From Cherbourg to the
Seeiie of the Disaster Others Are
Lout Several on the Orinoco Arc
Hurled Into the Waves by the
Awful Impact The Stem of the
Orinoco Carried Away Both Ves
sels ltemuiii in the Koadstead of
Cherbourg.
(By the Associated Press.)
Cherbourg, France, Nov. 22. Details
of the collision between the North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Wilhelm der Grosse
and the British royal mail steamer Ori
noco show that it occurred at 9 o'clock
Inst night. The Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse. and the Orinoco were both out
ward bound from Southampton, via
Cherbourg for New York and West In
dian ports respectively.
1 The shock Is described as having been
terrific, causing panics among the pas
sengers on board the two vessels, es
pecially among the emigrants. On the
yi!noeo three men and a woman were
kiiinil rIx women and a man were In
jured and Hve persons were knocked
overboard and drowned.
Of the two steamers the Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse Is said to have sus
tained the most damage, but beyond
the fact that she has a hole In one side
of her the nature of her injuries has
not been ascertained. Four of the crew
of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse are
. run ti.it In hnve heen killed and twelve
injured, but the exact number of thej
killed and wounded on that vessel nave
not been reported here.
The damage to the Orinoco was con
fined to her bows. .
Both vessels remain in the rodstead
hero.
The Collision.
when the collision occurred the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was steam
ing at the rate of seventeen knots an j
hour from Cherbourg after having
touched here on her voyage out. The
Orinoco was bound for this port. The
captain of the Orinoco claims that heslg-1
nailed that he was going to starboard i
of the North German Lloyd vessel, but j
that the latter held her course across
the Orinoco's bows and only went to
. a. a f ...t.A I. urn. t i 1 1 i
port or me uruiucu whoii ,t v
late. The engines of the Orinoco, it is
added, were reversed so soon as It ap
peared likely that an accident would
occur, but she crashed Into the Btar
board bow of the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse, making a breach twelve feet
wide.
The stem of the Orinoco above the
water line was carried away as the
vessels cleared after the collision. The
shock threw all the passengers on the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off their
feet, and the grinding of the Orinoco's
bow Into the steerage of the German
vessel Instantly killed four persons, dis
emboweling a girl clever years old.
The Punic On Board.
The captain of the Orinoco ordered
boats to be cleared away, but the panic
cm board of her was general. Some of
the crev Jumped Into and launched two
of her boats, and several frenzied wo
men attempted to get into them as they
were being lowered over the side. One
boat was swamped when It struck the
wn(Ar
So soon as the accident occurred a
number of small boats from Cherbourg
put out to the scene" of the collision,
and succeklcd In rescuing some of the
sailors andPpassengers who were strug
gling In the waves, but five of the crew
of the Orinoco are believed to have
been drowned.
...... rt thn hnAlaa nt thf nPrflfHlfl
drowned were recovered during the
day.
The pilot Lesage had Just left the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Gross. vhen the
accident occurred.' : , ,
London, Nov. 22. The report of the
collision between the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Grosse and the Orinoco, received by
the North German Lloyd Steamship
Company here says that the former's
starboard bow la damaged, that several
of, her plates were pierced between
decks and that four steerage passengers
w're killed and five Injured. The
steamer is not making water and the
damage is regarded as not being very
serious.
Both vessels are expected to come to
Southampton for repairs. The former
must be temporarily repaired before
leaving Cherbourg.
Paris, Nov. 22. At the offices of the
North German Lloyd Steamship Com
pany here it is stated as the Injuries
to the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse by
her collision with the Orinoco will
make it impossible for her to proeeed,
the passengers will be transferred to
the American liner St. Paul and the
French Line Steamer La Lorraine,
leaving respectively Southampton and
Cherbourg and Havre, November 21.
TO TRY DAVfS FOR
KILLING WEAVER.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Lexington, N. C, Nov. 22. C.
Spencer Davis was brought here yes
terday with a cloud of witnesses to
stand trial for the murder of Hugh
Weaver, in Hampton township, this
county, last week. Owing to the
inability of the shoriff to servo no
tice upon one very important wit
ness for the state, the trial was
postponed Until Saturday of this
week. Until then Davis is under
bond of $2,000, justified.
So far as has been discovered,
there is but one side to this homi
cide, and everything goes to show
that Davis acted in self-defense.
However, the trial Saturday may de
velop something more. There never
was a killing that excited as little
interest as this one. Davis is a
vounir fellow who has nothing of
the criminal in his appearance, .and
his father is accounted one of the
good men of the county. He will
probably he liberated when the trial
comes off.
TWO TEACHERS SHOT
BY AN ANGRY PUPIL
(By the Associated Press.)
Punxsutawney, fa., Nov. 22. Bo-
cause his teacher refused to grant
him permission to go hunting, James
Dougherty, Jr., Hi years old, shot
and seriously wounded Prof. J. ii.
Kohler, principal, and Meade Sny
der, his assistant.
Following the afternoon session
of school, young Dougherty ran to
his home, secured a shot gun and
meeting the teachers on the road
from school, demanded that he be
given permission to go hunting. The
teachers refused again and the boy
fired at them. Prof. Snyder received
part of the charge In his face, body
and legs, while Prof. Kohter was
only slightly injured in the legs.
Prof. Snyder's condition is critical.
Young Dougherty was arested.
BRYAN SPEAKS AT
TBE BIG CONGRESS
(By the Associated Press.)
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 22. At the
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con
gress today the especial drawing
cards were Leslie M. Shaw, secretary
of the treasury; Isham Rudolph,
chief engineer of the sanitary dis
trict of Chicago, and William J.
Bryan, who were on the program to
mako speeches. Mr. Bancroft was to
speak at the morning session on the
subject "D$ep Waterways from the
Lakes to the Gulf"; Secretary Shaw,
at the afternoon session, on "Ameri
can Finance," and Mr. Bryan, in the
evening, on "The Development of the
Trans-Mississippi Region Along Com
mercial Lines." The day promised
to be one of the most important of
the entire gathering.
SENT BRIBE ANO SELF
TO THE LIFE BEYOND
(By the Assoclat.d Press.)
Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 22.
After a trivial quarrel yesterday with
his bride of three months over the
purchase of some furniture, Dalos
Highland, a farmer living near Cas
novia, shot and killed her. He then
turned the revolver upon himself,
killing himself Instantly. The trag
edy took place In their home. High
land was 28 years old and his' wife
was 22. ,
GILLETTE'S CASE
FILLS THE COURT
Movements Traced After
Death of Grace Brown
A THEORY Of SUICIDE
Odd Question By Gillette If He
Knew at the Time He Asked it
Anything of the Matter of Grace
Ttrown's Death Rev. Cuthbert
Frost's Testimony.
(By the Associated Press.)
Herkimer, N, V.. Nov. 22. Ches
ter Gillette's whereabouts and ac
tions on the Thursday and Friday
following Grace Brown's death,
Wednesday, July 11, in the waters
'of Big Moose Lake, in the Adiron
daclts were l raced tit today's session
jot' the young man's 'rial on the
charge of murdering his former
sweetheart. Witnesses testified thai
Gillette went from Fourth Lake to
Seventh Lane, inquiring of various
persons as to the Whereabouts of the
two young women of Cortland whom
he had met on the train while trav
elling with Grace i Brown to the
mountains and whom he had prom
ised to join on the following Thurs
day. The defendant failed to locate
the camp where the young folks
were stopping, but upon his return
said lie had secured a number Of
good pictures on Black Bear moun
tain with his camera. Attention was
culled to the Tact that all this time
the body of Grace Brown was float
ing lifeless In the Big Moose.
The important testimony of the
morning was that of Rev. Cuthuort
Frost of Lowville, who at Arrow
head on Friday, overheard Gillette
ask the two young men if they had
heard of a tragedy on Big Moose in
which a young girl had been drown
ed. The witness did not hear the
answer the men gave.
L
The Morning Report.
Herkimer, N. Y., Nov. 22. There
was another great crowd of women
and men waiting early tills morning
for the doors of the old-fashioned
Herkimer county court-house to
open for the continuance of the
tragic story of the love of Grace
Brown of Cortland for Chester Gil
lette, of the death of the girl, and
lastly the trial of Gillette for her
alleged murder.
When the court session closed
after dark last night the chain of
evidence presented by the prosecu
tion had reached the point of the
story where Gillette was at Arrow
head on Fourth Lake, after his
fateful boat ride with his one-time
sweetheart on Big Moose Lake. Dis
trict Attorney Ward had shown that
the two started out together on the
lake, were seen drifting along in the
dusk close to the shores of a lonely
bay, and that only Gillette returned
to land. The prosecuton was pic
turing the life narrative of the two
young people from the beginning of
their acquaintanceship. He had not
reached the finding of the girl's
body and officially the jury had not
been told of her death.
As circumstantial evidence is to
be relied upon, the district attorney
is introducing every scrap y of evi
dence tending to throw light upon
the events of Grace Brown's last
days. He said today that he does
not know just when the prosecu
tion will close.
Exactly what the defense will be
has not yet been disclosed.
Those who have been following
the trial closely incline to the sui
cide theory, and it is said Gillette's
counsel have a score of witnesses.
They maintain absolute secrecy on
the subject.
Gillette Appears Brisk;
When court convened at 10 o'clock
Gillette walked briskly to his seat
beside his counsel'. He carried a
note book and pencil with him and
while the first witness was testify
ing made several notes. The wit
ness was a porter at Arrowhead Ho
tel where Gillette went the night
Grace Brown disappeared. He gave
details of the defendant's arrival at
Arrowhead. After Gillette register
ed, the porter said, he showed him
to room 23. He afterward found
this was a mistake and transferred
the guest to room 24. The witness
gave little new information.
FOUR ABE SWEPT
AWAY TO DEATH
Caught by Sturm on Crib
work of Breakwater
EIFE SAVEfIS HELPLESS
No Boat Able to Live in That Toni-prst-whipped
Sea At iliisk the
Men Were Seen Clinging to the
Cribivoik At Dawn Tiny Were
All Dead.
(Hy the Associated Press.)
Grand Rapids, Mich . Nov. 22.
Four men who wore- cacslii by last
night's storm on the eriliwork of the
new breakwater at. 'lie eiitrntice to
Holland Harbor, Lake Michigan.
When the life-savin;; crew suc
ceeded in reaching the crib today the
dead bodies of Bennett. I .liaise arid
Nelson wore found in a pocket of the
crib. The Uody'of 'i ...... a I.! had
bean washed away.
The dead are:
'Join ll'.'iiiiett, of .L .. :a, ( .in
fractor for the cdbwork.
George1 LacHaine, of Holland.
Alvic! Neison, of Muskegon.
Martin Woodward, of l-Vmivillc
The four men, w!th 10.1 Bennett,
went out to Ihe cribworl. in a launch
and a scow 'n the afternoon shortly
before the storm broke W in n the
wind struck the crib the scow with
Bennett aboard was torn loose. It
drifted up the lake am! was finally
cast ashore north of Ottawa Beach
with Bennett safe, although in an
exhausted condition.
The four men left on the i ribwork
could not rcaln the shore because of
the immense sea. The life-saving
crew attempted to aid them, but the
waves were so high that no boat
could live. Attempts were made to
shoot a line to them, bat the hurri
cane hurled the line back.
A tug was rerftfeWeil from Grand
Haven, hut no boat dared go out in
the storm. When night closed, the
men were still clinging desperately
to the cribworl;. At daybreak they
were t;one.
I
ASSASSINATION
WAS ATTEMPTED
Called From Red and Shot at
in McCuIlers
MR. BARKER'S ESCAPE
Howard Barker, Who Was Sleeping
in Rear Room of R. H. Utlcy's
Store, Aroused by Knock on Store
Door, Opened It, to Be Fired at.
He Returned the Fire.
A few minutes after midnight last
night some person went to the store
of R. H. tltley, at ..xcCullers and
knocked on the door. Mr. Howard
Barker, who was in bed in a rear
room, heard the knocking and called
out: "Hello." He get up, took his pis
tol. weWt into the state room and un
locked the door. AS he was opening
the door 'a would-be assassin shot at
him with a 38 calibr -'-ol. The ball
entered the door on a level with Mr.
Barker's breast.
Mr. Barker says he was excited, but
as quick as a Hash he thought it was
a case of life and death, so having
his pistol in hand, he shot twice in
quick succession at the fleeing form
of a man.
No harm was done, but excitement
was aroused among all living near by,
several having heard the- shooting.
Mr. Barker has not had any difficulty
with anyone and cannot understand
the affair. He was unable to tell
whether his assailant was a white,
man or a negro.
TO KEEP ROME QUIET
WHEN GEORGE COMES.
(By the Associated Press.)
Rome, Nov. 22. Thorough precau
tionary measures have been taken to
Insure order tomorrow on the occasion
of the arrival here of King George of
Greece. About four hundred extra po
licemen have arrived here from the
provinces, the carbineers have1 been re
inforced and the troops forming the
g.mlson have been augmented. All
anarchists or suspected persons are
under close surveillance.
BY TRAIN AND
AUTO TO PICE
Tbe President Returning
From San Joan
GREAT SOCIAL EVENT
Reception in Honor of the President
Lust Night Eclipsed Anything of
the Kind liver Before Seen in
Porto Rico To Embark for Home
at Police;,
(By the Associated Press.)
San Juan, i'. H., Nov. 22. Presi
dent Rooaevoli and his party left San
Juan by special train thin morning
for A reel ho, 40 miles .vest of this
.city, where I hey will enter aulomb
i biles, drive to Ponce ind embark for
' home on board Hid Louisiana,
i Governor and Mrs. Winlhrop nc
jcbnipanicd the .r".iflent to Aree'.bo,
. and Mil hid iiini good-bye at. Ponce.
'The car in Which the presidential
party traveled was constructed of
native wood especially for the In
Ifanttt Eulalie when she visited Porto
Rico in 1893. ,
GovorndT and Mrs. Winthrop's re
ception last night in honor of Mr. and
I Mrs- Roosevelt was the greatest so
'c.al function In the history of Porto
I Rico. The executive mansion was
I not large enough to accommodate the
I guests invited, who included a large
! number of members of the Spanish
colony.
President Roosevelt, during the
i course of the evening, was happily
i surprised at meeting E. G. Norton, a
I former sergeant of the Rough Riders,
I who, with his brother, was by the
1 side of Colonel Roosevelt at the bat
! tie of San Juan Hill.
The president's return home by
: way of Ponce was necessary, owing
1 to the fact that It was impossible for
I him to board the Louisiana outside
'of San Juan harbor.
I
Washington, D. C, Nov. 22. The
navy department, was advised today
that the battleship Louisiana, with
President Roosevelt aboard and con
voyed by the battleships Washington
and Tennessee, sailed from Ponce,
Porto Rico, today for Hampton
Roads.
SIX INCENDIARY
FIRES BREAK OUT.
(My the Associated Press.)
New York, N. Y., Nov. 22. Six in
cendiary fires within an area of half
a dozen city blocks caused intense
excitement in the vicinity of Twenty
fourth street and Eighth avenue
early today. One woman was so
severely injured that she may die,
hundreds of lives were endangered,
and thousands fled to the streets in
foar. The financial loss is compara
tively small.
LIT KEG OF POWDER;
BLEW UP A HOME.
(By the Associated Press.)
Latrobe, Pa., Nov. 22. -The home
of James Menselle was blown to
pieces and a boarder named Almeda
Dionesi was fatally injured last night
when a keg of giant powder exploded.
TWO DEAD IN
WRECK OF MAIL
(By the Associated Press.)
Minob, N. U., Nov. 22. The
Oriental Limited on the Great North
ern was wrecked early today a mile
east of Dohon, N. U. The engineer
and one llreman were killed. Two
mail clerks and three passengers
were injured, but not fatally. The
accident was caused by the spread
ing of the tracks. The train was
going about forty miles an hour. All
tho cars went off the track. The en
gine, mail and baggage cars were
demolished.
SPANISH INFANTRY ARK
HEADY TO GO TO MOROCCO.
(By the Associated Press.)
Gibraltar, Nov. 22. Four companies
of Spanish infantry stationed at Al
geciras have been ordered to hold
themselves in readiness to start for
Morocco should developments in the sit
uation there require the landing of for
eign troops.
iR. &P. MERGER
IS
Meeting of Raleigh and Pam
lico Shareholders Today
VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS
Will Soon Be Pait of Norfolk &
Southern Stockholders of Latter
Road Expected to Meet in Nor
folk Entire Merger Will Be Ef
fected Probably in Near Future.
The shareholders of the Raleigh
& Pamlico Sound Railroad Company
met tiiis morning in this city and
confirmed the action of the board of
directors in merging the road with
the Norfolk it Southern.
The vole of the stockholders was
unanimous in approving the merger.
No other action was taken by the
meeting today, which lasted less
than half an hour. It was held In
the oliice of President C. O. Haines
or the Raleigh & Pamlico in the
Elks Home building, where the road
has a large suite of offices.
It is expected thut the sharehold
ers of the Norfolk it. Southern Rail
road Company will meet in Norfolk
tomorrow. The merger of the vari
ous railroads that will compose the
Norfolk & Southern system, the Vir
ginia and Carolina Coast, the Atlan
tic & North Carolina, the Pamlico,
Oriental Ac Western, the Raleigh &
Pamlico, will be effected in all prob
ability in the near future, with
Frank S. Gannon as president. Mr.
Gannon is now president of the At
lantic & North Carolina and the
Norfolk & Southern railroads.
There were present at the meet
ing today Solicitor L. I. Moore of
Greenville, T. M. Washington of
Wilson, A. Trendwell of Norfolk and
C. B. Barbee f Raleigh, besides
President Haines.
MINERS DRIVE BANK
ROBBERS FROM WORK
(By the Associated Press.)
Greensburg, Pa., Nov. 22. Four
men attempted to rob the National
Bank of Pleasant Unity near here
yesterday, but were driven away by
a party of miners on their way to
work. The burglars cut a hole in
the plate glass window and had
bored several hols in the steel
vaults before they were discovered,
'i he miners followed the burglars to
the borough limits, but were com
pelled to seek cover from a fusilade
of revolver shot:;.
OPENING RECITAL ON NEW
ORGAN AT HIGH POINT.
A two manual organ costing $250,000
and built by Hilgrcne, Lane & Co., of
Alliance, Ohio, has just been placed in
the Baptist Church at High Point. N. O.
Mr. Wade R. Brown left for High
Point thin morning and will give an
opening recital on the instrument this
evening.
SIX OF THE CREW
(By the Associated Press.)
Toronto, tint., NOV. 22. Six Of thS
crew of tho barge Resolution from
Eric, Fa., v. civ drowned this morning,
their boat swamping as they wore en
deavins to escape torn the barge which
was sinking.
NEW YORK CENTRAL
FINED FOR REBATING
(By tho Associated Press.)
New York, Nov. 22. Judge Holt
of the United States circuit court to
day lined the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company
$18,000 for rebating freight charges
to the American Sugar Relining
Company.
No. 108 Side-Wiped by Sec
ond Section of No. 37
BUT NO ONE WAS KILLED
Three Trainmen Hurt by Jumping
An Open Switch General Man
ager Ackert' Seeks to Fix Respon
sibility Raleigh People Among
Passengers; None Injured.
(By Southern Bell Telephone.)
Greensboro, N. C, Nov. 22.
Southern Railway train No. 108,
Greensboro to Goldsboro, was side
wiped by the second section of No.
37, Washington and Southwestern
Vestibuled Limited, southbound,
fifty yards from the station here this
I morning near the Davie street cross
j ing. The baggage and the mail car
I of the train bound for Raleigh and
j Goldsboro were struck by the engine
j of No. ::v and knocked from tbjfc
track. Nobody was killed.
The local was leaving the station
forty minutes late, and if it had
been sixty seconds later the two
trains would have crashed together
head-on. For some reason not yet
explained a switch was left open,
and instead of coming in on the
main line the Limited turned into
the track from which the local was
spreading oat
W. a. Nek) and J..M. Williams of
Greensboro, mail clerks on the
local, saw danger ahead and jumped.
They were painfully, though not
seriously injured. Engineer E. L.
Smith of No. 37 was badly bruised
by jumping. The local was heavily
crowded, but none of the passen
gers was hurt. Among those aboard
were Miss Allen, daughter of Mr.
Jacob Allen, of Raleigh, and Mr. L.
C. Bagwell, of the same city.
Both trains were moving slowly
at the time which prevented a more
serious accident. The open switch
was within a car's length of the
point where the engine of 37 struck
the rear end of the Raleigh baggage
and the front of the mail car. The
local was delayed an hour in leav
ing here.
Mr. C. H. Ackert, general man
ager and fourth vice president Of
the Southern; General Superintend
ent Coapman and other high officials
of the road, were at the depot and
witnessed the accident. They are
working this morning to lix the re
sponsibility. BARGE AND HER CREW
LOST ON LAKE ERIE
(By the Associated Press.)
Sandusky, Ohio, Nov. 22. The barge
Athens, in tow of the steamer Pratt
went down in Lake Erie in the storm
last night. The captain and six men
of the crew were probably drowned,
captain Mackey, of Milwaukee, was
In command of the barge. He has sail
ed on the lake for forty years. The
Pratt was bound from Escanaba to
Buffalo with iron ore.
Captain McPherson, of the Pratt,
says that the sea was running so high
that he was unable to render any as
sistance to the Athens, and the barge
wentdown about 10 o'clock at night.
THE NURSE SAID TO
HAVE STOLEN CHILD.
(By the Associated Press.)
Fishkill, N. Y., Nov. 22. The New
York police have been asked by
Charles H. Langdon, a New York
broker, to search for Lottie Jackson,
a colored nurse girl, who is alleged
to have kidnapped Mr. Langdon's
only daughter, a little child. The
nurse, with the child, left Fishkill at
5 o'clock yesterday evening, and both
were traced to New York. Several
valuable rings belonging to Mrs.
Lnngdon and $4 60 in money also are
missing from the Langdon home, and
the nurse is suspected of takitig
them.
FRANCIS S. COXE
REPORTED DEAD.
J
(Special to The Evening Times.!
t Asheville, N. C, Nov. 22. A mes
sage at 1:30 this afternoon from
Philadelphia announced the death at
that place of Francis S. Coxe, son of
the late multi-millionaire, Col. Frank
Coxe, and one of Asheville's wealth
iest and most prominent young busi
ness men. u