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- rt t " " " " - , , , " . VOLUME FOURTEEN 1 Fatal Explosion In Gas Main in Brooke lyn Twenty-Five Workmen ,Were Engaged at the Scene at the Time- Flames Went One Hundred r Feet High and Threatened' Nearly BuJld ings. . z ' r. - i New York, .Nov, 20.-r-Ten; men were killed today, in an explosion of; gas in a main in Brooklyn. "Twenty-five men were working on ; the- main,-, when", it sagged and ' burst with ' tremendous " rfe port. Workmen. were hurled- in every direction, v wnen the ambulance rsup geon arrived, h found, 15 'pi the. men dying. Ai number of others were bad ly hurt. : . With -the explosion the gas ignited and the" flames shot ;100 feet high, threatening' "nearby - buildings; The flames continued '; to burn, r until the gas was turned off. .Great excite ment prevailed in the" neighborhood. ... ' , ; . . CROSS EXAM I NATION - .STARTS. John D. Faces Attorney; . Ketlogg in . , Court Yoday.T New York, Nov. 20 Rockefeller did not look as if he expected-to be pu on the griddle today, when he walked with a steady tread into the Custom House building, where the evidence is being heard in the , case against the Standard Oil. ' It, is conceded that the trust lawyers - scored, a, point , against the defense" yesterday in stopping the direct .. examination. Just - ' snort of: the time of ( J882, i when rthe4ru3t: was or ganized. Mr, Kellogg:; the Government attorney, is thus kept f roint asking- the Oil Kihgtb'e mpst-lhpo'rtant ques tions and ' theflues'ioti v ; that : might nave ue?u iiuru vjuswvn ,uvvijji ler wentf on me 'stand eaHy and ' the cr os9r-exaTninatioir was : begum - -, .A 4 Doesnt Want Any MejeonujTica' i '' 0 tlons Sent H im. V , , ' - - N$wnYork, ,Nov. 2pirt?-harie3ijW, Morse-sent for Warden Tlynn of the Tombs, today and forbade him send ing him any communications whatever from newspaper, men- The warden de clared that Morse didn't have to se anyone he didn't care to see, but7 that he would . continue to send ' him all cards and, papers left for him. 7 DETECTIVES ARRESTED - - Charged With Carrying; Concealed Weapons. :y-r-fV:;-'x4:.j Special to The Dispatch. r Fayetteville, NJ., Nov. 20. Follow ing the arrest of . fifteen men, : four white and eleven negroes r yesterday by three detectives; from South Caro lina employed i by the ; Anti-Saloon League,. Morrisey, - Stanton " and Huggins, warrants were A issued I last night for Morrisey for selling whiskey an d carrying concealed weapons; and Stanton for cai-rylngroheealeoV weap on. They were held under one hun dred dollars bond each for trial this afternoon. J. Sprunt Newton, city at torney, went on their bond. PLUNGED INTO DRAW. Auto, With Eight Occupants, Drppped ' Into River7 -:- -. -77'-"- "P-- Chicago, :.v Nov, 20 Two; person were drowned arid - six.,: rescued in a thrilling automobile - accident - today1 when a big touring car 'plunged over an embankment of the GalmhOttfRiv-: er. The machine, with eight - occu-v pants, struck the ; platform i fifteen .feet from shore, the entire party -being thrown into the ! water.7 : Al'bridge ten der and ? several, others Jumped-into the water and swain with the drowning people to shored The draw was open, but the chauffeur 7 thought 7 It was I closed. LOST I N ST R A N G E MANN E R. y i And Now Cow ( Wanted Returned to ,;SteamerrDupHnr7.7 ' C All have heard of the cow : jumping over the moon. but now comes ? the cw that . , Jumped : overboarjl, Last i night an animal of this ,: type .was aboard the steamer Duplin, which ; was nt her wharf, and suddenly took a llBEiliPliii II U1IUUIUU.. mm.--- i- . ,i !l Juuif illlVlJ 0 ; ,: LH"" - I . The Atnencan Waf iona KRan I III Id Fifteen ond Many Injured riivcr "on to take a dip. She umpea:-;oWT;;:tne.5.najm board, and nothinghas : been heard mbercompanyphjd. from h. ,- olo4 bitten the hands of.a.receiverrinrl902 by the back home and it is notVknown whet er she ia dead or alive, f There Is fia, possibility that she may -have drbwn- but as . cows: cant swim she' may. nave made the shore-and is now graz es somewhere. News of the missing cw is; wanted at the steamer' Duplin. ' ' Get busv hnv nnrt nt .T. f. Sol iy & Co., for information : a3 how. to get bicycle. " 7 7'77 It- Members of St. Andrews Presbyterian ; Church, Will Ceiebrate' 50th Anni versary of the v- Founding of the eChurch-7-Receptlon This. Evening at v. the Home of t Rev. A. D," McCiure, Pastor 7of St Andrews Elaborate Proflranv for Sunday Services' t;? v -The i exercises arranged in honor' of the 50th" anniversary. pf the' founding Of St, Andrews Presbyterian churchjin this city iwiir be' given this evening and, will continue r through l Sunday night." v Muchr interest is being taken in the event -by members of the Pres byterian, churches 4nthe coinmunity and the- services to? be held Sunday, which ? are to be features : of ithe anni versary celebration, t , will undoubtedly be Attended by' large congregations.. r , r-vThe opening of the anniversary .will b&r featured ; with , a ( reception to xb6 given" at- thesidence of Rev i "Alex ander- D.- McClure; pastor of St. An drews chitreh; which handsome struc ture j wasl recently' erected just : south of thb chirchrbiiijding, on Fourth be tween Red L ; Cross v and " Campbell1 streets." The i reception, will . bgitt'' at 1lZ0 P. M.; thW evening, and will continue- until' i0;3&f o'clock,-v While "the reception'. tiaS been' planned primarily for. the memJSefs of -the three Presbyr tertdhvchircheairf ;-tlie city: all-friends f SV.' Andrews cjlurch;. irrespective of denomihatibn;; ar$' extended a cordial invitation to : be" present;- . The recep tion party jwill consist of Dr. -: and Mrs. McClure, Rev. M. Wells, pastor of the First :j Presbyterian church, r and wife, and Rev. and ; Mrs.; Alexander Sprunt; of Charleston; S. Cr' The re ception bids fair to be a most delight ful social event Saturday is really , the anniversary day, upon which the church was- foun ded fifty years ago but" ho special fea tures will be held tomorrow." On Sun day, however, .the real exercises ar ranged -; for the" - ainiversary occasion will be .carried' out and the program for. the morning service is '.jis follows Organ- prelhde, doxblogy invocation, f alleluia,' palm . reading,. ; scripture, prayer;, nymnv; oitering,- otrertory; "A Prayert of. -Penitenda;''; baritone solo by Mr.j;, We'slby WJiiteijsefmbn.by- Dr. ' Alexander- Spruntw : of Charleston, S ;i3rayi -Vr'g-T"fostfttdebTOedI tion.. f fTh rdel ol sxtjr&s'es f (ithe even- lMg$nUsi&. raldws-fOrgaiitprelude; hymnq JiAyocaon,, hJm3rl; scripture j with.the sameQns qlast year()rer' rdjng pYayer "Unf old -Your Por; I suiting, in a,ni4wr9i:theiopeTat talsby.thje holr; rearksTy btr, B; jng .revenues jfpr, ;theJxyea.r.pf ; $742 J. W6rthfemlniscericd, byMr. ! James Sprunt ; address : by vtev; J,- M. Wells, pastor of : the - First 'Presbyterian church; hymn, 'histortcar V sketch by Dri Alexander Sprunt; offering, during which will be1 sung, "Glory Be to God On High,"? by - the :' choir address by Dr. b Alexander j Sprunt j hymn, bene diction. ; ."f S- - 1 J' ; " - The chbir which'will fender the musical-selections during the: two servi ces j.Is composed of : the ' following well known musicians, with Miss Cannie Chasten as organist: Sopranos Miss Liucy Mcintosh, ,Miss Carrie Whitei- Miss Gertrude Sneed and Mrs. Jos. -W, Yatesit-7itosMrsmfesiiD, Smiths - and - WV U WilUford- Bassos den-: and; R'plrH 7 As stated ; 'above, those In charge the anniversary; exercf 7 extend most hearty and cordial invitation vd, the public to participate in . the occa: I sion whichiwi.ll ; a.eneral ? period of rejoicing for PresbTteridns in the city. a Si': EN JO YA B L E, MUSICAL 7c 7 Was : Rendered7l'st7Evening at lm 7" : manual : Presbyterian . Church. i : - Those, who attendefthe musical at Immanuel Preshyteriatt i. church i last evening dare nthnslastic .in -their &ocietytof;the church of the most; successf uHtrrf hed;))y that organization. A; large- number of pec- p je were In attendance' arid all praised Lunstintedly the ;fine-prograhi which wag fenedred..:?C;-AV-ii'-v-'.-- -' ,-..' ; -' ". - ; : After the: musical ; a- short address WHS Uclivctcu ug ,vc; ,.r v i V " pastor of the church, tipOn t the work in ' the 7k3ndergarteh v and the Sunday School.'- , . J '': - ' P- Decision I Refidered.rS 7 The Circuit Court bf : Appeals hlsjre- cently rendered a decision in the: long contested suit Of . the Union Trust. Com iany against , the Southern, Saw -Mill and : Lumuer ijouipauy, -yx iviugauaic, the ybonnowerpwxMy 7DR7 H O HVATT7will-be In Wil mington all his , office o ver. Murchison Bank Monday, Tuesday and ;Wednes- day7NOvS;23rd,4tnianaAain F?F,i-w nurnose of . treatlng'dlseases of the eye and fitting lasses xryatt, is ai ovW in mnston ThursdafFrhiay-aBd MIsLIwie.WaddelLVliSB-ballie Smiths iiuiofim tossfiWdiftfttf fiate? J ' Miss Carrie fiarker.uTenorsMessrai e(t;i7 Kt(tfti.H?at tsivi t praisesof the excellent program cr $2;, v.37 Vde. dered. tThe raeasantinira?astgive under the directlonfHhJLadiaTAid ,1 office?: are Saturday. , . V- ? 9 wrrl: - - -.r -..i-- . ' - - - - I WMMMMBaaMMMMMMMMMaMWMMMhM WnJ-IINGTONN, ;cSrPRIDAY,:-lfOVEilBER 20, 1908. : Decreased Hates Huttl Says Passenger Experiment Has Been - Costly, But TSees I Bright -Future v Ahead -All Dividends- Were Paid as Usual and All Officers Re-elected- ; A. C Ltock Steadily Rlsingr-' . . Since the ' 'annual, meeting of the stockholders' and directors of the- At lantic Coast; .Line Jn : Richmond' this weejc. tne stockholders - of this city andt. others of -WilminetonV-.whb are naturally -interested in theSelfare ot the ,rp2id have felt jubilant frits': true that.'th.er'meeting showed losse&t!0r d creases 1$ revenue have' beett'inairred; by tHeldecreased-passengerates imi posed , by - certain-.' States; -but- the re port ,of. President ,T.. MloEmerson wasv most' optimlsticaad. predicted' a .bright future; ?T,heVshQWmg hiade' as to ;the payment pfudlfideads Is alsp highly gratifyingf,- k Fok onie - days nowCoast Line stock has been advancing and while it did not close today as high as yesterday, yet 109, :at which it did close today, is a 'big improvement, on what it-was a month or so ago. . : The; Richmond Times-Dispatch of Wednesday "gave this interesting ac count of the annual meeting." ' I Like other railroads, the reports of the Atlantic Coast Line, read at the. annual meeting r of the stockholders yesterday, showed heavy losses by rea son of the recent business depression and the Cent. rate -From? the former the road has .been' gradually recover ing since July .1st,; but fas rPrsident Emerson said;,in hs. report; theadop. tion of the reduced passensertir4tihas been a- very costly fixnerIhl?alvtrY :J The ;'g"ross-;op:e'nit'ig:r re yenuesfof h!Ljrst,five months of the "year creased $7t2,0831-"over" tho same" months : of the pecedng - "fear, while for the last seven months theyder creased . , $1,4 54 A53-95,-aA--- compared ,476.14, or ,2,T7 peri; pjent-.-. T,he, jefTect , of the business depression , - was particu-i Iarly;felt in the freight department, which showed a revenue decrease of $704,523.1C, or 3.82per cent. ' . -; The passenger , traffic fehows . i gross Increase of $195,592.58," lor ,3.21 per cen t. wh ich is . attributable to James town Exposition travel, which was in progress during the first five months of the fiscal year and to an increase in the through passenger traffic. Local passenger traffic showed a decrease due . to the reduced passenger rates in the several States in which the road is . operated. - The' number of . passen- ge carded, lncre4 12X5 per.cent T Cbmmissiohs reduced;' passjenger r)ae ents per7 nille intercliarigebfo ile age' 'tickets; 7 .7c N - c7 -:-XP ' J P. "The experiment is .proving a -very cdstljf one7 asshowDTb'y th(' f ollci wing figures, : The' large Increase. of through travel which we handled during the winter to and from; Southern-resorts came to an nd with the months of April. . "p'.t; -pp-p Piprv'PPPP 7 :-. ? ' r " "Our passenger, - revenues, . both through and. local, from April 11 to 0"c tober l, 1908, have been as follows : 1539,3547 ; (In crease, $92,122) ; August,;; $427,097 (de crease, $115,939) ; September,? $407 532 (decrease, $104,664) .7 'E'otal, . $2i G57.030; total decrease, $457,91. V , ;"Year 1907 April, 7 $505,619 ;7 May, $48628;; june $500,4157 July,$53 92; ' August, ; $543,036; September, 51296i7Tota7$3L186177 7.7P97 From this statement it will be seen that, - In the , five., mpnths .. following Ap;rlime last month or heavyt travel, passenger . revenues fell off Hkerl1 went M& eft7fel7iM908. 1 V UU F r Ul n WT1 1 - V rifl. . 1 I Ut 1 $457,891,,equal;to.l7.8:per cent- QfU.. n. ' thisf $164,000; 6,4 peEnt7is tobe aunouiea zo ine Jamestown- JJiXpo tion held dast ar Vt' N Of ;tfee balance; jjan TayeiageLlbf 7 $50000'; por mOnth Is due to-the. decreased passen 'gjer'Tesgf77r77 : Mr. Henry Walters, chairman of the board !of directorsstated -that; all d idends'had been paid out of the earn ings, and, that" a surplus of .$32,t)00 jvas lef yWbilei : ttos7ls7considered small, a number of the roads of the country. haye7been obliged to pay this year's dividends out . of theprofit; and loss account; Members of the board 1 and the ;?tockhold.eos expressed the - belief tthatihard pi timeswerCPrcticAlIy byer, ; and thatAWhUeTthe; Increase n (Continued on Third Page.)" ' Recived; by",Mr; "S:vP: Colirer,; CleVk "f ;uK'jted States Cbur Concern: : ihe Disposition . of .Youthful p'ris JorifPs.f UnderU'the, Age ;of Sixteen yearsand Also Female Prisoners' fV.Two.very- important'orders concern ing tne disposition of Tyouthfur male prisoners; bothN whtte and colored nn- 4er- theage of fsixteenyears, and 6f Temale a prisoners, convicted and- sen tenced in-the United 1 States v courts In this district were-received and placed ptr file today-by Mr: s; P.; Collier, clerk of the courts at this "point Both Orders -wer, issued by Judge Thos.R. Purneli: of" the United Stateam!trv- Court J and become 'effective immediate ly. . The- order? concerning male prison ers, both white and colored (under the age of sixteen years, states that the Attorney General of the United States has designated the NatlonalTraining bchoy foeioys'atWashingtori; Mown a& the reform school of the Diftrict of " Co!mh'bia;ytf,,tnB pladf cbfine ment Jor; juvenile male; prisoderslboth white -arid' colored?' cdhvftte of lme In the.vEasterh 'District of Norttf' ISaroi. Una;. The pVder:'contJntte$l tliat fiport motion pf ' District Attorney HarrV Skinner to 1 the- 'court,- from and lifter this" tfate a!i - adveB fle-ffialtf ;Isiner8 cohyictedJ' :irf rtK,- Gli'ctfkfo; Dijtrlcl courts, anci1 wiiosfe1 &entfencipitb lav re formatory shall freconfined In , the "National Training School for boys fat Washington as designated by the At torney General, It is further stated that -the order ' be' entered on the rec ords of the court here and that cer tified copy be sent to, the clerks of tb' courts at Elizabeth City, New Bern and Washington, N. C. -The- second order, concerning tile disposition" of female prisoners recites that; the State's t prison at Nashville, Tenn., whiclrhas heretofore been used for the purpose, is no longer .available i or? the. 'confinement ) of female prison ers 'convfeted In the ,4 United .States .Conrfsl --fit Is therefore commanded that the orderN appointing this prison frfiv&?ifi Cflmlftent, issued in ,a9fibiOked,r5ia(jUt is further or- deredlthat in cases ;where females" are convicted and- sentenced to.:tefms?of in-hmprisanmentthey shall .be jiV such prisons as the'Deparl ill .be -confined DepaHSenf Jhstice upon application; 1 shall desig- nateXdi -'ij)uoiff , uw: ijai i-M& """'- 'j ' n-.ix - t Jir4'l. JSKl5tV the'BljbU!i " J - ;? J Therfirm tO'Jlie' sftowfinat: the; Bijou thatretodaiy are f called "Grotesques" and 'The-'esnierist'i 'Both' are1 of unusual interest 1 in 1 that they treat of subjects 'not usually encountered in the moving picture- world. The pic tures will undoubtedly please the patrons of the-theatre.' v DETECTIVE BUREAU. New - Concern Rents Princess Street Officesand : tles Papers- of lncor p. poration. P Pp,P t-P- --- ;--:7:-:7''7?; The -Southern Detective Bureau, which was chartered-by the State sev eral days ago; - filed its papers of 4 incorporation- at the court house this morning.' The papers'st'ferth the litt kre .;ffVe,&- sfff.-Sror J, To organize -and - train a.- force., of organize 'and train afdrcerLbf active tetectivesin ;iNorthCardliha and; ih, O0erStates7: wreshuld desire; tW. pnrp to . assist "the authorities and : individ uals trx the. funning down , of criminal!, solving ;mysteioushaj tect; the country' atv large by brmgipg lawbreakers, to justice with the hoped results of modifying crime."'- . ; It is understood that the Bureau has ; rented? offices in the . Smith, build- Princess, street, and .they are niieu-up ipr l lh utse. - 4 ue the - same - ones occupied during" the r campaign as.- the Demo; crauc. neaaquariers. .1- -. .- - - V DR. J. L. NICHOLSON: WH I be I i ver " Add Iress o n the Hfeek 7'"- 7 7; Worm This Eye n i n g. .;7 -77 Z h ': ' Dr. J. L. Nicholn7 ef jaehland7 N. .C, wlll arrive thi afternoon and to hight ho will deliver an address at the .v1s.Hn cWonV flnrt nhVRimflnR frnm slow,; Brunswick ,: and , Columbu, ; who have ; been extended invitations to hear th addre?sf NicKolson isene of the "foremost authorities ; in the coun try on. the hook worm disease: and. he wiiC speak upon this sub ject7 After ' flecnas conciuaea ni aaaress, ne wui lead, a discussion concerning, the" topic ' otmMi v aa AAfo) c!lllfcT 'V'-Trl? UliUUA.tvVi (V U'P M. fc v .7- v Dr. ..Nicholson - is making a campaign of the state delivering addresses upon the; hook ' worm, and it is7belieyed that pfactlcdlly;. the entires medical , prof es &jon or vfhii if&iinix' jrlll ,be7pf elsentcto hear, his interesting" address this ev$n- 'Si--. ,- Contest for Bicycle at Jt Mv.Solky & CoLrstarts Nov: '21s07.7s77757lt object of w1Jfi9flcelrp!5s1 amountj of caDital and Its incornorators. ' .The t 1 tal 1 stock' 'of the assOciatfea is, Mven OF WILMINGTON, N, C, 1 Offers; more protection to deposir ; ' tors, in proportion to their lia- ? ;-v , .bdities,: than in4He 4 - .4 PER CENT, PAID ON SAVINGS. . , ; . , f J tllllMMIIMHIIMIIMIWHUIimiMHIIIMMIMIII Jt 1 1 7 ' MUVWlUlkZUJkS - OUR NAME The Wilmington Savings and,Tmst Company, i 7 OUR LOCATlON-110 North Front St- (Opposite Orton HoteI.it: : rOVR CAPITAL AND; SURPLUS $223,439.41. Assets;' $1,500,0 JiHt? uuk uht-iutKS-j. vy. Norwood, President; H. Walters,. Vice ' . 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