North Carolina Newspapers

IXLVIL-NO; 41. WINSTON-SALEM, N.O.. THURSDAY, MARCH 2.v KILLED IN L WRECK REPOR T. Jt That Many Perish In following neaa-on ;ollislon Today. : llCTIMS CREMATED tTerrlble. Catastrophe Was at station On Denver And Rio Railroad. Two Paenger One Being a Double Header, igether And Conflagration With Horrible Results. Can Burned. Claimed the Wat Due to Miscarriage of :r Col., March it. mroni tty passengers were killed or ve after a collision between trains on the Denver and lie railway at 2 o'clock this The trains, 'one ot them a ider, met cn a curve near n a valley 140 miles from 'Immediately after the colli- Wreckage caught firo and the' ho were' pinned down, were Lsted to death while their ire cremated. the trains was the Jocal pas- kde up at Leadvllle and the the Utah and California Ex- jich left Denver at 8 o'clock iact caused both engines had day coach to Jjjrn: over fifteen of the paissengers In able to escape. It is re- it he crews of both trains dan, who reached Portland wreck, Rays forty are dead. nde officials, doctors and as- ft Denver for the scene of 4:30 this morning. . lis are at hatd. The wreck fst that has happened In the; ntry since the accident at h of Pueblo, nearly , two when 125 persons were by the train plunging into itreara, bridge - over .which weakened' by the flood. brnlug's wreck occurred at jtlon four miles east of Flor- (g a heavy snow storm and t Is claimed, to miscarriage either by the dispatchers kr Pueblo. , r William Hollis, and Em illiam Consajletere are 1 dead. One fireman was tther saved by Jumping but ured. Express Messenger of Denver, was burned fcnder the wreckage People ave him by throwing snow ping mass but this was pority of the dead were pas- f the forward ctach of one Ins. This car, together with was entirely consumed bv Mien . started within two f'ftcr the trains came to- IWe that the exact number i will never be known. of the injured have Ween Pueblo. The scene, of the r the ears had been burned 'oo horrible to describe. It "le io get a list of names ailroad conductors compare Every person, killed was "emated and nothing now f-m the ackened timbers 1 rods with here and there a ('an ashes. - ' "EtiM estimate is: Dead, Sub-Committee of Senators to Consider ,.: His Case to , Meet Tomorrow. BLACKBURN IN THIS STATE Latter's Secretary Authority for State ment That Sub-Committee , Will Merely Decide Tomorrow Whether or Not There Will Be Investigation of Charges Filed Against Mr. Hol- ' ton. '.:;...; '' . ;',' GREENSBORO, March 16. Con ressman E, Spencer Blackburn, who irrlved here from Washington early esterday morning,: has. cot been con spicuous on this trip. "He is having inferences with his attorneys con stantly and while not -talking" any ibout the indictments against liim now, for publication, reiterates that he has no fears of the result and will In sist oft a speedy trial. His private secretary, Mr. Crouch, is here witu him.. A man pretty well posted lu t,e ways of Republican politics as now conducted at Washington, remarked this morning that Blackburn had managed to stave off confirmation of District Attorney Holton for several weeks by getting the courtesy due as congressman rrom senators of , not considering nomination while he is absent;, that the Inst time it was held up the congressman absented himself from Washington for several days and thus delayed action. He said that he was satisfied that Blackburn left Washington this time to further postpone the hearing set for Satur day (tomorrow) by the sub-committee of the senato of the charges he had filed against Holtoa. When this was mentioned to hia private secretary the latter said the congressman had come simply to con sult his attorneys here and that at would certainly return to Warhingfm tonight. The sub-committee, he said, will not institute an investigation of the charges tomorrow, but simply de cide as to whether there shall bo an Investigation or not. LAWLESSNESS IN II DEPOSITORS rD. Pa iorK in i- v - i":iiea nrcoui me 'hen naI bnn1 nece tnis , - i.uwu oi anxious ae H cor.grc-gatod. They In- ar.u many miners who wv.ig for the possible . -" win uh cam iu is, I Lver",f- claim he was ui a coniMnalion, ASSASSIN IS EHT IN ARIZONA. RADOM, Russian Poland, March 20. Two men walked up behind two Iderly gentlemen on one of, the prin cipal streets here today and dls harged revolvers at their heads, klll ng them Instantly. Assailant hailed i cab and drove off quietly although ve street was thronged with people, nvestlgation showed that the mur lcvred men were government agents, ent here from Warsaw to track pol ' ' ical offenders.. . 300 Officers Dismissed. ST. PETERSBURG, March 20. The irercment baa dismissed during the :st three months three hundred gen rals and, colonels as unfit for active ervice owing to glut of officers.: fan yof those dismissed have drawn 'ay for years but never had command if even a small detachment of troops. CAPITAL STOCK OF NEW COMPANY TO Bt $125,000 The papers for the incorporation of e B. F. Huntley Furniture Company fere sent to the secretary of state to lay for incorporation. The authorized apital stock is $125,000. The coiuppuy, which yesterday par :hased the plant of the Winston Fur niture Company, in North Winston, vill spend from 13.000 to $5,000 in naklng Improvements upon same. . The new company will give employ ment to a large number of men. JAPANESE TO PLANT COTTON IN CHINA. MANCHESTER, England, March 19. A Ktanchester dispatch says the Tapanese, with the consent of the Chinese government, are promoting a great scheme for, the development of 'he cotton Industry In China. Advisers of the Japanese 'govern ment In the matter have decided to engage a number, of experts on cotton from the United States to give advice on the subject of laying out cotton lands for cultivation and the employ ment of the proper kind of machinery. Death of Mr. Elizabeth McCuiston. . Mrs. Elizabeth McCuiston, widow of the late Robert D. McCuiston. died Sunday morning at her home just east of Wauchtown at the advanced age of 80 years. The deceased leaves I a K 1 1 J V tkMn ilonahrrt'tt hp- ! live mum eu, tut? mice ub - Senate Judiciary Committee Today Recommended Hol ton's Confirmation. - - ': . I . . . .... Favorable Action by 8enate I Ex , pected to Follow Unless There la Some New Hitch Now Unforeseen. At Hearing Before Committee Saturday Holton And Blackburn Were Both Present Mr. Casper' 1 Affidavit. .... '.. .: ." WASHINGTON, March 19. The senate judiciary committee' reported favorably today for District Attorney) Helton's confirmation. j District Attorney A. E. Holton and ', Congressman Spencer Blackburn stood face to face In Washington dtySdb! arday. . The occasion was a meeting oi :he sub-committee of UnHed States senators to consider the chaiges filed against Holton by Blackburn. v-'.i. I.V. Thomas Pence, In reporting the proceedings, says that the - climax lame when the congressman from the eighth district, In the flash of excite ment, exclaimed: "You know," point ing his hand at Mr. Holtbn, "that I have net taken a dollar for appearing before a department of the govern ment" - "I didn't know IC replied Mr. Hoi ton, In a tlger-llke fashion, "until ladl April,' Until then I thought you had ione ' this work without compensa tion." -' -. There was intense interest in the de 'elopments at this Juncture, which flew thick and fast, i Members of the committee took a hand in propound ng question's relating to the lndl:t sent of Mr. Blackburn. When asked .vhen he had the bill of indictment returned against the . congressman, Holton replied, "Not until I was or dered to do eo by the department of Jjstice." After making this statement he pro luced a telegram from Attorney Gen fal Moody, in which that official di rected that he begin proceedings against the congressman for practlc ng before the department. ; After following yp the Individual indictments Senator KIttredge asked Mr. Holton. what Blackburn was charged with particularly. ' : ::- "For. receiving 500 jn the Dinklna ase, J10O m the DavlB ase, and,-f Af in the Krides case," was District At torney Holton's prompt response in neetlng the direct question wblcr some of those present. thought he o.iltl decline to answer, for the rea son that he might probably refuse to mswer on the grounds that such in formation would. disclose his band. When the district attorney had fin 'shed. Senator KIttredge significantly suggested .'that it was not necessary to o rarther In the government' case. The real sensation of the day wa ' irnished when it became known tha vlr. Holton had filed with the commit ee an affidavit secured by the district attorney from a Winston-Salem mau, copy of which was secured by The Sentinel. It reads as follow and ev lalns itself: Mr. Caper' Affidavit, tate of North Carolina, Forsytr Oointy. Jotn L. Casper, being duly sworn sates that he is a citizen and res leit of the city of Winston; is a rtember of the board of aldermen of V e city of Winston, and that ho has een a resident of this city for twenty ears; that he is engaged In business a the city of Winston, being vice resident of the King Printing Com any, pres'dent of the Southern Pub 'shlng Company, and president of the "asper Company, the latter company elng ensaged In the business of recti leis and wholesale liquor v dealers. That on March 2, iftOO. In the citv of rreensboro, at the Southern Railway lepot, be met the Hon. Spencer Blackburn, member of congress, who tpproached affiant and asked him. "How much will you give to defeat Mr. Holton's confirmation as United States district attorney." Affiant told him- "Mr. niarkhiirn-. tint nrflrtlrall v oat of the whiskey business and have nade nothing for the last two years, ind I am not In a position to pay any hlng." Mr. Blackburn thee asked affiant If he could not see the other people now engaged and who had been engaged in the business of distilling, rectifying and wholesaling whiskeys, and leant if they would not make up a nurse of five thousand dollars to de 'eat the confirmation of Mr. Holton. and if they would do this he would guarantee that Mr. Holton would never be district attorney. To this affiant replied that he would see him later. Mr. Blackburn said he was 'dng to Salisbury, the traifl being xbot ready to move. Affiant asked Ir. Blackburu if ho knew that Mr. Holton had indicted J. C. and W. V. Vomers, liquor dealers at Salisbury, at the recent terra of the court at Asheville. Mr. Blackburn replied: "The thunder you say." He then said he. would have a talk with them. JOHN L. CASPER. POSED NEW ROAD WOULD ENTER FORSYTH GREENSBORO, March 19. Ever since the answer of President Barr, of the Seaboard Air Line to the chain bw of .commerce, that his road could jot consider any proposition of build ii r to Greensboro because of agree r i t not to Interfere with the torri o y of the Southern, the fact has at s- t'Wii looked squarely In the face v business men that if they ever ri ch another .outlet they must make it -. hemselves. T : To this end, a movement to build a aKd to couneet with some other romi s taking definite shape. The nearest hi on this road to Greensboro is .W.-'IKcrtowa, in Forsyth, 23 miles dls "a nt. ...A road from Greensboro to this point on the; n. & W, to Greensboro Is Idle Cradinp anrt wnM iriru a ci ;m of-the-eotmtry midwart)eTW8'ia!r tw n the old Ca-pe Fear going by in merfleld and the Winston branch of l ie Southern going by Kernersvllle. Ti road would go through Oak Rldgo i9:l about 30 miles throush the heart of 'Hiilford oounty, only three miles of c t ing in. Forsyth. The matter is be nrf very carefully discussed and it Is argued that with the capital in Greens lioro today the undertaking can be Imiiieed here without difficulty and an inth t secured through the great Nor 'ollr and Western system, giving addi tional freight facilities and making tributary to the city a new region fur lisjiing good farm products. -t. CITY. WASKINOTON, March 19. With I:e exception of John Mitoholl every member of tha executive council M)f American Federation of Labor was ves.nt at the meetiiuj of that body odi4v. On account of tho tlelicsito nestloos involved in the strike of the rypi,!;rapb!cal union, the . threatened irike- of coal miners- And important a'opjsjepislatlon now before Congress, 'i n'.eatig is 'one of extremely. "great ijftoreit. -i.ArrahRcinenis were mado at th .Irst : sensloB'-to 'discasa- Va ttttitadi if Ccnsrcsa toward UUa? bill- that ave notbeco' rfrjontd. . : , The ritneina eiEbt-fcour law, prison ale gec-da bill, the auto injunction 11 and the Chinese exclusion bill will ome before the council for oonsld "atlon, . BOTH SIQL- Operators ;.r. J Alm$ W,il Probably Mold Jo?nt Ses sion Tomorrow or Wednes day at Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS, March 19. This morning the coal operators had their .Irst meeting behind closed doors. It !s known that aside from organizing he niorulng was occupied in sound ing sentiment. The operators Individ tally have refrained from expressing opinions in coal-fight, Their retlce cence Is said to be due to lack of entire agreement with the recent peaceful expressions ot F. L. Robblna. The uluers have completed preliminary arrangements but as the operator did not assemble until today it is believed ;hat a joint session will not bo held before Tuesday afternoon or Wed- MAJOR SCOn DEFENDS L WOOD'S ACTION WASHINGTON, March 20. Major Hugh L. Scott, to whom General Wood. In a cablegram yesterday, re ferred the war department for lnfor rratlon concerning situation at Jolo, ha just arrived lu Washington from tne Philippines. He sayst "The Mount Jolo tight Is nothing more than proper chastisement of a band of outlaws whose resistance to the authority of the United State and t teir own chiefs never at any time rose to the dignity of national or racial It-sue. I can speak from experience for I have spent eight months trying to pet the Mono to settle down. They ire simply an outlaw band, completely iest:tu: of racial. or. political signl- flcarce and I know people of southern island are more than glad that t'leso rr.ldnight marauders are at lu.vt pat, out of business," PRICE 5 OTS fllfl Heavy Rains InM ss!sslppl In terfere. With Railroad Traffic There. 'n 8ectlon Around Jackson Railroad Travel Has Been Rendered Almost Impossible fcr Past Eighteen Hours. Illinois Central Buffer Very Much. Other , Road Also Affected by Heavy Rain. 1 JACKSON, MUs., March 19. All ailroad traffic in this section ot M1 isslppt has been tied up tor the paat Ighteen hour by heavy rains, procl illation for twenty-tour hour amount- ig to five Inches. Many train havo ecn annulled and others are from Ive to ten hour late. t Illinois Central had more than two utle of track washed away near ?ernwood and I trying to send It lain line train over the Y. A M. ,V. bracks to New Orleans, but wash uts on that line have alto been en countered. - The Gulf and Ship Island road Ka en completely tied up slncfl Sunday afternoon. PAST WEEK AT THE NEW YORK THEATRES. HENRIK IBSEN IS 78 YEARS OLD TODAY. D. NOT ILL AS REPORTED ' AKEWOOD, N. J., March 19. ohn D. Rockefeller is not physlclally '1. He was outside his home here sbterday for a few minutes.! It Is a act, however, that be is under a great ervous tension, which la said to ac- ount for the precaution he has taken o guard himself from intrusion. FORMER LEADER MINE PO ERATORS DEPOSED, INDIANAPOLIS, March 19. Frank , Robbins, of Pittsburg, was deposed l le-ader of the mine operators and V H. Winder, of Cblumbus, Ohio, :ected temporary chairman to sue :eed him today. CRAVE RIOTING IN , : A RUSSIAN DISTRICT. 'ng Mesriames W. L. Hampton and Subscribed and sworn to ueiore me Charles Ebert and Miss Annie McCuis-lthis "th day of March, 1906. "on. - The two sons are Rev. J. F.iand, (Copy.) H. B. PULLIAM, J M. vCuiston. The funeral service iNoiary ruuiic. Aru, rB niaa wanted for Mint rx u " crossing '- jaitwt at T " was coniucted by Rev. J. K. ffoni odav at 12 o'clock from tne tries- berg Moravian church, of which the deceased had been a devoted member since childhood. ST. PETERSBURG,' March 19. Irave rioting has occurred at Khar aft district where 10,000 workmen ave revolted. Troops have been ent o Lacadl to crush the revolt and pre serve order. NEGRO RELEASED. Analysis Made by Physician Fail to Show Anything Harmful In Powder George Richmond Placed Upon Hi Wife Food. George Richmond, the negro who as been in the lock-un for ; several CHRISTIAN! V March 20 -D Hen Ik luson is ce!.v.nat.ng his 7aih birth lay today. Although re h to- .soiie (Tterr rero'fKff fr-.m he ..' 'c hi "ess which broup i; M;-1 n ii(t!i 1-Wr 104l vt", I . i ' ' t - .. J L 1 - ,. - .,. ... i .. . ,.J. n -u bis sirti.sLi '.c. i: : ,i i' . ea,Tsi no eff srj v;r t -. -i ic tr tr .sn"e for todav tr. r't i. tt : 5 Ion in his bono", um - ro :hrt--' D" Ibsen was ' e tp h's ' ' iHrest In t c i o y I' still is i ?:"''tar.' rff . t-i.- . np"r ever- rrorc : !,, - m : ;, ' er of telec i " i -mttilatlo'i srri '-' J ;). loin's, ':juxi 4 '"!ng the d.i:r. The veaersblfc Srarr.aiist spent the "ornlng quietly with only son acd he wife of Vh la't.er, a daughter of 'e great novelist HJomstjorne BJorn on. Shortly atr noon Ibsen took Is dally drive, accompanied by his a.t- tPndent acd in the afternoon be re nlved hi sons father-in-law and a 'ew Intimate Mends. enrlk Ibsen was1, born on March 20, 1828 at Sklen, Norway, the sod of ftremely poor parents. At sixteen ve left school and became an appren- tre In a drug store at Grtnatad, in- 'ending ultimately to study medicine at the University of Christians. At he are of twenty-two he went to ChrlBtlacia and entered the school of Heltberg, where he was a comrade ot Rjoernson. He made several unsuc cessful literary attempts, abandoned medicine, and finally in 1851 .was ap pointed by, Ole Bull director of the National Theatre at Bergen. HI at tention wasi thuw turned permanently to dramatic writing. In 18C8 he be came artistic director of the Norweg ian Theatre In Chrlstianla. His best known dramas are "The ' Doll's House," and "Pillars of Society." His plays are greatly admired In Norway and Germany for their discussion of social problems. For a number of years Ibsen lived In Rome, but a num ber of years ago he returned to his native country and took an active in terest In political uil social reform movements. TEACHERS' SALARIE8. In Address at Raleigh Last Week Dr. Mclver Expressed Himself In No Uncertain Manner Relative to Thi 8ubjeet Special to The Sentinel. . RALEIGH, Mareh 1(1 In an ad- NBW YORK. March 17. Intead ot he many new novelties that the man ttrers promised a month ago, tho pres--it week saw Instead the revival of r vo old play's. The market of new a;; seems to have slumped and thi .?currlig during the Lenten period ),oup.t.t ftbnjt u noticeable fulling off n jittqjdatice at many of the theatres, At the New York "Hutnpty Dumpty" tiie Drury lane extravagansa hlch as criminally presented at the New Vmsten!a:n as revived. There woro e sums cciiautod glades, fairy for HHts, coral strands, and rain-bow clad 'shoruses that made up the magnlfi fnex sr-oiac!a that wa the big hit if last year. The Orlgelatl' Aerial It.i'liH Introduced t new feature which -onnU'turt of a - doaen - wltlte plgeoni , nt tlnt'er down from the top balcony if t'io tluvure to porch on the arm (I head of the queen of the fairies '' rji from the stage and file i - r t j h, a. i of tho cast. Frank 1 u, h playod the part of tho i ; .iBinrio -colt nil got even more fun 1 i'. er his iiries than before. The fam :..::,r vons ''.Moxico.'V'Kisse" and -,ci e Share" wore all en- (tr With Its magnificent v j t I'iful coatumlng and ii-s -li imi.ty Dumpty" U t a s'-rcud rnu. 11. ,tr ia "Happyland," 'i 1 1 to tho run that waa . il Horuhardl's Nww to ' eij i? i. c Air. Hopper fmper ;onaiVji a uivtlileal King who I bored j doutb by the general happiness that -el'TO in iila klr.gdoai. Complication inter wh-on he attempts to marry hi laughter off Into tho family of a ' a'.EhborlDg monarch pretending that .the Is a prince. But the neighboring uler has deceived the king by pre endlng that hia on I a girl. All 7entually ends In peace. Mr. Hopper lavs the role without horse play and with genuine humor. Tbe opera U dainty, bright and tuneful and ha an appeal to intelligence, a feature that 'I a rarity In musical production. Th best songs are still "Mlmette. My Mermaid," "Robin" and "Twa 'ft Rose." I ::rt: IEMENT AT SALEM FEMALE ACADEMY The program of 'he Balem Academy has been practically arranged, though many detail must be announced at ft later date. Tbe following are the dates and general occasions: . Saturday evening, May 19, 1906, Senior' evening, In College chapel. Sunday morning. May 20, Baccalau reate sermon in the Moravian Home church. Monday morning, ?,fcty 21, Exercise of the Senior class, on the College campus. . Monday afternoon. May 21. Alumnae Society meeting. Program to be an nounced later. - Monday night, May 21, Grand con cert by tbe piano, vocal and elocution tepartments. In the college chapel. Tuesday morning. May 22. Com mencement exercises in Moravian Home church. Literary address by tbe Hon. Robert N. Pane, member of Pr0'! 'Vinirre ; from North Carolina, and vit whilo nfivKir-nr.R were annlvzlnu 1 1'ess on Southern educational i powd-er which George had sprinkled gress made last night before 'he Wake,"ne presentation of diplomas. rife's- food, was released? I vmj learners- .Association -ur. ; , RESIDENT OF N. C. IS CALLED TO CANADA OTTAWA, Can, Mirch 20. j H. H. Hume, of Raleigh, Mate horticulturist of North CaroMna. bus been appointed proror in bortlculture for tbe agri cultural collega In the government h"' at 8'arne p.!'ni.i rr Another Charge by Blackburn, Congressman Blackburn Bled anoth er charee against .,.-. Holton on Sat-ias a'lsiirls-rator if urday. It alleges among other things j!ate J. Fel.x Miiler. that Sir. Houon aisiuisseu a cane, m order for which Is signed, "Holton per Blackburn," and that a a matter of fact. Mr. Blackburn, while assistant district attorney, did nothing of the kind. Mr. Holton" answer to this charge of forgery Is that he knew nothing of tbe dismissal of the case, and that he afterwards had It restored to the dookeL The charge that be bad failed to do hi duty a prosecut ing attorney, and that be had d!s- Don his WJ: 5av evenl-i?, tre phjtlcias having ; cr.snes u. Mciver aeciareu uai n. is; CTATP tdpaci'pfp i ATV ailed to find anything la the powder, burning shame that variou.i oo-jn- oIAIt lKCASLKLK L,fjl t Hat waa harmful. . : ties In the State pay the state iien it e l.VP?nVIVfi IM ARI70VA That night George wsb again locked Uary authoritk higher wagts pe-rj LHri.UVlAU HX tili,Jnn. p. as he wert houio after his release! lay for the convicts they hire to work) ind d!d several "stums"' that -go to , on the public roads In the county thai j RALEICH, March 20. In letter ibow that his mini is affected. It is hey do to the teachers who tench tic i received this morning by clerk of the irobuble thai he will be placed in the public schools of the County along j'oun W. M. Hut from Btate Tr--olore.1 insane asv'.urr. a Goldsboro. (these Same public roads. Ho declared, prer B. R. Lacy who is In Arizona. '. i with indignant empbdfcls. that tbei'n, hops of getting peromnetit relef E Jordan hus q iaSll?d as i Graduates of tee State Normal, tr.e,':om a enrome case or atnma, air. be esiate of the Tfolton. "Have you at anv time failed to roscute any man?" asked member of the committee. "Only one," responded Mr. Holton. "and then I submitted tho fact to tbe department of justice. This wa tbe case of Lester Davl. who bad been of service to th government. Mr. Koob, who was present, did not qivsilon ;ho accuracy of Mr. Holton's Partlst University for Vteu, Sr. Mary's school a:: other IcaiiK; !r.s . tiuions in tke S.'.zti wc-ix' !o e y n-isivy Inttaore i a'1 :-.:rr . ;r. f. their work as t:?:.i.: j t-.i -HI.'; ?eneration thr u na nil', fc.' '.. .'..':'? employers ttjbe- ' i f .- convict labor. IV i". - ;v gres of pnbi'c c ' r.i jn i . Southern and "Hit ;.-.,, irn and made a .- f .- i T - ' : di rection of le,f:,-5o;,'i; ,:-:r. materially th u'-.'.ii. t:.i i.y-i'jst tte eounty anttjrit - ;. pr:;r!--e f:r ' acy Cetlarfw that his health ws :i-vn,- apparently better; that he baft :, t hud any treble to pak)f from v.Va iir.'ce he reached Solomon vil.'e Fi':vary ). He saya hi da ugh rr. Mit.ri Ir"-e. who U with him. U ttlrir ir. be a expert horwoma. '-''.v.? 1'i iho ssdd'e a great deal of -he ,n He ys he U anxious to get tsck .j .oflattl dut'.e In Raleigh .-,,( p.-i p-vj.i.i.iy rt-fntlu in the west 'or -v- t.ii veesa v:. D . H if. Kapp bi. momd f.'i