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116 Ltijo Him
Was at Work When Foot Slipped-
Grabbed Live Wires' and ; Awful
- Death Followed Co-WorKers Look
ed on With Horror Happened at
white PlainsN. Y., This Mornirlg.
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White Plains
bert Delaney
cuted in
N. Y., Sept;.3kHer
lineman, was electfo-
midair here today while Ms
co-workers looked on in horror.-So
vas at the top
and lost his footing and fell against a
Uve wire. He seized another Twiref to
keeP from falling to the groundr-this
making a circuit for six thousand, volts
to pass through his body. t
G. a. R. ENCAMPMENT-
Toledo Crowded and Veterans; Having
a Glorious Time V;V,J2
Toledo, Ohio, September 1. About
thirty thousand veterans and one hun
dred thousand visitors are here to at;
tend the G. A. R. encampment. Every
hotel is crowded and the people are
sleeping in halls and corridors. : e
encampment proper began this after
noon at 2 o'clock with a dedicatory
services of -the Fort Meigs monument.
Addresses were delivered by Gov.
Wilson, of Kentucky, Senator Foraker
and others. Tonight the veterans will
be formally welcomed to the State
and city by Gov. Harris and." Mayor
Whitlock. Also by J. H. Shares for
the GranArmy of the ReplibUcifpf
Ohio. The camp fire meefings "will be
held at several places in the rcity. ' :
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MOVED TO ANOTHER-CO ONTYaV
' BeecTi Hargis WifT Not betXrftfd-in
Jackson, Ky., Sept. 1. A change
of venue was grafted" in the Beech
Rargis ease today by Jud
the eYiidence in the case
an unusual state of affairs, both "sides
proving that the . sentiment fnrtthe
county is overwhelmingly Ignst the
;the. Season Today-During the Per-
ge;Marion:"SeasideS'H on
Wrightsville Beach was closed for the
?e m I t04a rihgtheummer
Just concluded, .this beneficent charity
has been r the medium through which
many lives - of ; infants ;have " been
aved; - and -the anVount of good , work
accomplished by rtheJinsUtutionr can
hnot measured in mere words." Diir-
ng i the season - of three months "in
which the institution: was kept open,
Bl 'sicklinfants i "efe? given medical
treatment, and attention from a sklll
ed corps of trained nurses.- In addi
tion to ; thenumber of children ; 29
mothers .were; furnished board at the
Home during the season"- There were
number being-regarded as a minimum,
rhen the ", number 'of cases treated,
and Jthe severity '.of soine 'of these, is
taken ; intos considerations
i ;The total i number -of days treatm
ent
accorded the' infants during the season
was 43,and a total of 330; days board
wasrpished tthefi mothers, . "
i Ml$a ?Helen 5 (Gk ) Lane j was matron of
tne nome, and Miss Julia Saunders
was head nurse, assisted by Miss Fred
ericka. Saunders and Miss, Beckwith.
'X The attending physician' during the
first part of the summer was Dr. E. J.
Woodland vat the middle of the sea
son, the, duties" were assumed by Dr.
Charles P. Bolles. Both physicians
were unremitting in their care of the
children and to their assiduous atten
tion is due a great part of the suc
cess' which attended the treatment of
thenfants; rVwi-" - '..
WAXERAT? 75 -FEET,: :V'--:-Rine
Flowvof ; WaterJObUined for We!!
iiilitt
Chairman D. L. orj of tjie f Republi
iT can c. County , Executive. Committee,
i :Mde;Reqw
Hon.l W. Wr Kitchin's . Address? Here
i be Fu rn i shed H im so That Arran g e
! merits;; Can ; be" Made to Have a Be-
l M -i? W -.:;.( '.i,--v-;'; j '
j publican Reply to Him.
A decidedly interesting feature ,was
added today, to, the political campaign
whiqh. . will open j in ,"thts city . shortly,
When , Chairmatf John, - J.. Furiong; l'of
the it; Democratic C County !t Executive
Committee, -received 'jx communication
fronl:ChirrhimI)j 'jGpreo; A at
the ;head of f the . Republican ', County
Execiitiye Cnimittee,' jequesjtlng ; ; that,
tea days .notice be given the Republi
cans priorTto the date upoa: which Hop.
W.-lw Kitchih, the Democratic 'candi
date for Governor, will speak ip this
city, so that they can make - arrange-"
tnents to have a representative pf
their , party here to make reply to Mr,
Kitchin, . Mr. Gore's , communication
stated . that he was acquainted person
ally with Mr,. Kitchin, and he felt that
,the latter would have not the slightest
objection to a debate on the points at
issue in the campaign. -
' -Mr. Furlong has not decided the
exact date upon which Mr. Kitchin
will.be invited to speak here,, but the
speech will be delivered within the
next t ew reeks, ; . Chairman Furlong
statedthat ,he would take pleasure in
furnishing !Uieninanagement:the:Re-
mm-
ted
defendant. The State asked for a
change notwithstanding the circum
stances while the defendant wanted
to be tried among his own people It
was proved also that efforts" had been
made to influence men to qualify--as
jurors, so as to cause a disagreement.
Practically all the best men in the
county had disqualified themselves as
jurors by expressing . an opinion in
the case. Under these circumstances
the case was removed to another
county
LITTLE SON WILL TESTIFY.
Hain
. age,
Child Will Likely be Witness, at the
' I Hains Trial. J syif&x:
Net York, September 1. Peter
thehird, and seven years , of
n of Cant jpeter C! Hains. may
be afcvitriesV for his fatherluadbrotn
r lr their trial for the murder of
wimam E. Annis. Captain - Hains'
mother, now 70 years of age, will also
0e a witness. The littie boy will tel
uout tnings he saw about home. wheiM
nis father was away and the mother
wil1 tell about the condition of her
son following the' development of the
troubles with his wife. - v 't
IcTheJ jifyslppbUc; well ; orreallx
drinking foratein,t northwest Kwasi definitely wtined; ' that
s abput In readctesftXf i
1 i.. rv ,i tk i Jt j. u .. !.- -n. j v. f
mormng wpi6uaiaow oTrwatNtaJ
struck: by Contractor Lowry 'at
f6fet! ndVhe ssy thiS water is of
RAILROAD TRAFFIC
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county with the date-upon' whith' Mr,
Kitittwtffla3sp
IS now .;irt"r tii vpsrugnf . w iwt mc
Exception of One Outlet.
Traffic- oh ' the railroads today . out
of this city, is reported as rapidly as
suming Its nomral , condition, every
outlet except one, being open . now
for the operation of trains. On the
Atlantic ? Coast Line the tracks be-!
tween"TVilmington and Goldsboro, and
Wilmington and Columbia, are both
open to the points stated,' and bej'ond:
However traffic on the Coast Line
and Seaboard betweeP this .City and
Navassa' is still ; compl'tefy? paraly zeii
owing to the flobded1 lowlands between
this city and Navass3 iThwater to
day is reported as .being higher, than
'onryesterday;afld until , it recedes, the
opef atibri of trains between thiscity
and Navassa is manifestly impossible.
; ; Mr. -A: ModentaP is? 'playing an ini
pbrtant engagement at" SJ.V M. Solky &'
r.n'R: Have vour-measure taken, a iX
MARRIED THIS AFTERNOON.
BANNER SALES WEEK.
Merchants Flocking to :Baltimirefhls
Week to Buy. . "S .
Baltimore, Md, September, 1 This
expected to be the banner week in
e wholesale district and hundreds
southern 'merchants are expected
v arrive. The lonal merchants are
Planning for their reception both in a
usmess way and socially. About fifty
erchants have already arrived from
Georgia and Florida.' ; ' - :
Mr. James LeGwin Donnelly Wins Fair
, - .; ,r. AugusteBrlder' Vf
Friends of Mr. James LeGwin Don
nelly, a well known young man of this
city, will be interested - -in the an
nouncement of his marriage . to Miss
Annie ; M. Cheval, of Augusta, Ga, The
ceremony was performed : in -that city
this . afternoon - at 1 ;30J ip' clock, ; at the
tnrv f St. Patrick's Catholic
Church.;f;:;t'fMllf
: Mr. Donnelly ; is connected with, the
Eureka ' Pressing ,Club. v -He ; and . his
bride wiilfniake .their . home, ih; this
city. . ana mey vim jlcu ,
and. Mrs. E. D. Warren, at No. 520
Nun Street.; L"i
e tine of their party-rply to Mr
glad t
o be
ost eloquent "and ; fearless debaters
h theState, and he is capable of hold
ng his ground with any other orator
in North Carolina. .Tbe request, from
the Republican, management for, the
debate when, he -will speak,, demon
strates that the Republicans are going
to wage an active , campaign in .this
county, and the join speaking , will un
doubtedly be. attended by one of. the
largest political gatherings which has
ever assembled in . the county. It is
hoped that the . Republicans will make
an- effort to have Mr. J. El wood r Coxe,
their candidate for governor .come here
to reply to Mr. kitchin as the pitting
together of the two candidates for the
highest office in. the gift of the people
of the State, would cause a tremen
dous1 outpouring of voters to be in at
tendance to hear the discussion by the
two candidates on the points at i?sue.
OfCtizesRetU-i
mipgtonrs Escape From' the Floods
Will Be Held Thursday at Noon at
tnf caaemy. of ; Music--Time: Deeid-
P?f efncer pfMJpistef s
bet Requested to Close for One Hour
T? tlxe announcement yester
day that public mass meeting wonldl
be held in expressionof gratitude that
Wilmington Was spared the :- devastat
ing effects of the recent storm,- a num
ber of: ministers of he-ity met in an
informal conference todays r A' full dis
pusslon of . the -proposed; plan swas held,
after 'Which it was decided to have the
meeting tat the - Academy of Music, on
Thursday at -nooni In wder that the
meeting may be, attended by as. large
congregation as possible, ' all business
houses in the city will be asked to
cios for the one "hour, during which
the meeting wlit bp: helj t isbeliey-
ea max, xne .ousmess men' Will gladly
consent to, fclbse fheirestalishments
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for the short IpprtpdJ paJtf) ; I as ev:
erypne will cpmmendthepurpose for
whih the1 meetinfe vti : beheld. -. and
also because th& business 'inei, jnore
thai -any one else, were benedttd; jby
the Iprodeiitiai 'escape of Wilming
ton .irom tne noods. t ::-. i-
; The. call for ', the. meeting, signed by
a'majdrity of the" ministers of fee city.
of whom all will be given an opportu
nity tb sign the paper, is as follows:
To the Citizens of Wilmington, N. C.
Large sections of our country, and
particularly of our State, have been
visited by calamity; and great suffer
ing has come-upon very many of our
people. Grateful to pur Heavenly Fath-
er for; the mercies vouchsafed xs in
sparing our city, when . so many others
have suffered, , we, the; ministers,' call
upon? the people' of our city tb meet
at-the. Academy of Music on Thurs
day) September .- 3rd, . -at p'clpck,
nook for .ihe f tMirpose of rendering
Mblfcaifcainpalgnf4&
cloaedvfr
ojudfr that eveiSDn
portunity to be : pnesent-r ,c
x-Toiat this service nxay. be an expres
sion gUtley4aaoP0rtonitywill
those iwrho are In. peed, .: Af, committee
has been appointed . to arrange, a sultr
able', program, in which both minis
ters and laymen are expected to take
part; and we urge upon our people
the value and Importance of this ser
vice. Signed T. A. Smoot, J. T. Johnson,
Thomas P. Noe, Fred D. Hale, G. A.
Martin, Charles F. Whitlock, W. E.
Hocutt, J. M. Wells, J. A. Erwin and
J. S. Crowley.
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Interest Compounded!
Ouatefly.
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FRO M SEPTEMBER 1st.
CAPITAL AN Dt SURPLUS . . . ..:-. ; ,.V. . . . $ 110,000.00
TOTAL RESOURCES. .... . . .... .. ...... 1,000,000.00
Located in that Bltf White
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- ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 2nd, in
OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT WILL
BEAR 4 PER CENT. COMPOUND IN-
. TEREST FROM SEPTEMBER 1st
(THE N E W BANK--N EXT TO ORTON HOTEL.)
absolutely; safe.
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COAL' MINERS STRIKE.
A" u"'on Men Walked Out Today iri
Wyoming n;"J
Cheyenne. Wvotnin? SAntmhpr .1
strike of all unionized coaCminers
Wyoming bas been declared. Three
thousand miners Brarinvvorf iiiie
rike, which is the Result of
"on in wages of ten and -fifteen cents
per day. . , A ,v :,:""'. - 'v
ALpERMENjT ; .
And Hog" Ordinance .Will iCome jni:for
a': Round atn the Session vTonight. , (
1 ; . A special meeting 5 of the : Board; of
Aldermep ?will1 be fhew tonxgnx
o'clock and it is r.pnderstdodtJiat jpe
TrtVin ;- busines's will -be ; to, v consider o
suspension of the hog prdinance wcb j
intoj effect today.,' It Is said j
t 1 CHIEF SCHNIBBEN BACK. r
He fReports a Swell Time at the Big
r Pow-Wow of Fire Gene rals at Co-
lumbus, Ohio. ; ,
Looking robust . and smiling ;Pire
Chief Chas. Schnibben, head;, of .the
Wilmington department, returned this
morning from Columbus Ohio;; where
he attended the annual convention of
the International Association of Fire
Engineers) which is" anf organization
of fire chiefs.. The meeting was a big
one and Chieb Schnibben thoroughly
enjoyed himself, besides exchanging
ideas, with the "big men" of. different
departments. On the, .4 return . trip
Chiefs Schnibben" stopped Jover ::ihCin-
; The next convention jwill be heldin
Grand Rapids, Mich. Mobile, Ala., and
Atlanta, Ga;, also .sought the conven
tioni and. Chief Schnibben, states, that
either one of these Southern points
coul have landed it if , they had pulled
EXCURSION POSTPONED.
The Cotton M aVket. 1 1 : .
New York. Sentemher ; -i Cotton
arket steady, opening September,
by those who - wish, the suspension that
hogs an opportunity tp dispose ,of
their property and . hoi ; at a sacrifice
wheh'the time for elling hogs;is.not
hp EthatIis notiaj
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BadlWeather ''Holds Upa Delightful
- 1 Affair ; 7..'
Tonight was the time fpr :the excur-:
sion of the Senior and Junior. Epwor.th
Leagues pt Trinity Methodist Churchs
to enjoy, an excursion on ' the : old. Cape
Fear, bu irf apcouM
and . the high tide, the event was postponed.-
The 1 date will be' announced
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NEW FILM A THRiLLER.
"The Rwbery of the Citizen' Bank" at
" : , .. the Bijou Today. , ,v ; ,
The above named film is the feature
of the new. offering -at the Bijou today
and the story goes as follows:
A" gang of expert bank thieves con
ceived the idea of robbing a bank lo
cated in a suburban town. Tone of the-
number a venerable, plausible old ras
cal, in company . with a . girl, presum
ably his - daughter, opened an account
and. rented a deposit box in the Bank
Vault. The last action gave them .a
good oppoHunity to study , the location
of the treasure. A German member
of the gang rents an empty storepext
door and apparently does business as
a cobbler. ,.The; rest come separate
to ; his, shop an4 wait for ipstructlons,
'Old Doc', shows a plan whereby tun
neling through ; the cellar the vault
may be reached. A -f convenient time
comes' vhen theiplan is -put into; exe
cution;. An imrnense sum Is acquired.
Af' burgiar.: alarm has been overlooked,
and the, 'robbery is; discovered. " " :
j"A? posse is 'organized;; and follows..
Terrific riding ; and shooting . brings
them to the side' pt a precipice. . With
the desperation of the hunted animal
they? descend the, frightful chasm.
Fresh; horses are procured. Thevposse
again; gets : op ; thp trail driving the
thieves,; before.? them,.? who. jump-into
the river. The sheriff and. posse final
ly corral them. In their. . retreat After,
a shooting battle the thieyes are ; plac
ed in irons and the money is . recover-i
ed."
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WILL;BEGIN ON ,TU ESDAY, SEPT. JsL . DEPOSITS TM A pOj -gi
OR BEFORE SEPT, 2nd, WILL BE CREDITED WITH INTgSTg l
IN THREE MONTHS (THE SHORTEST TIME ALLOWED UN
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4 PERCENT, lWxERESirr cdjiipbuN DEbi:.'-QUARTERLVrt-
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's for two days only, v 2t
a ' . . Maypr'SvCpu rt. Today, j
' ..In- .the mayor's court today Joe
Enhared ith aancWas
sent to theiK County roads fothifty;
daysi Alberta ,and i Abraham. Bishop,
charged : With ' an affray, were ordered
i-f payf thVcostCi?were ohntfat
kins,.iWilUamand.Wai
I ed With disorderly conduct.
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and ;experienceai management ;
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authorized , inderV Government 5
regulations, and. none other; 1 ."
Depository for U S. Government ;
State .of N. and Count of j
CapIUI.. . ;y $200,00005;
(Surplua'i ;"V: (100,00000
f Froflts SSS 25,005000"
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