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Swerved and Plunged Downward Four Hundred Feet "of Trestle Also Fell-l-Special Relief Trains Rushed From Different Points Will Be Thirty Six rfbiirs Before Tracks Are Cleared Official Statement Given OuC -V v Occila, Gsl., March 25.--Seven per sons were killed and- more than a dozen injured when the "Dixie Flyer1 on the Atlantic Coast line, "running between Chicago :': and ' Jacksonville, Fla., was wrecked on the 'trestle over the Alapaha . river near here -at7 20 o'clock this morning. The first and second class coaches ; and the first Pullman sleeper went Into the river, carrying away about four ' hffhdred feet of the trestle. According to re ports of some of the passengers, who came to Occila, the crash came with out warning. U was caused by th-? breaking of an axle t on the engine when midway of the long trestle. JThe coaches in the river are ten feet tin der water. It is said the list of dead may be increased when the debris is cleared. Seven bodies had bee recovered at noon. The injured were brought here and will -be sent to the Atlantic Coast Line hospital at Way cross, Ga. ' First reports of the wreck were that! the entire train went: into the river,, and forty persons were killed out right. The scene of the wreck is in a remote section of the State and it was several hours before accurate in formation was . obtainable. ; . Relief trains were sent to. the scene; of the wreck from Waycross, Tifton and Wil acooefceeIt wbi.iW "lefofe'iSe triks; are cleared 'imfxtf fie. V'iVWi-,-.' . : Dfficiai Report. .:; ' .' , Savannah, Ga., March 25.-The At lantic Coast Line General Superintend ent's office gives out the following a: count of the wreck Flyer!'': ; "Train No. 95, known as the 'Dixie Flyer." running from Chicago;, tof Jack-8ohviUet''a.was.v'wtecked';o'nT:Alap-aha ! Trestle, three : miles South Vof Alapaha Station, on the Brunswick and Western Division of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway,- at-7:20 ' o'clock this' morning. The train carried down with it four hundred ' feet of. trestle. The baggage car was telescoped and the first and 'second class coaches and the first Pullman sleeping car; fell through the trestle,;' .Cpfcductor ii Charles . J. Parnell, 4.of Savannah, and a negro porter are -sup-posed id, he under the wreckage , A number of . passengers were " injured. "The accident was caused . by. th axle Z of the , engine's driving wheel breaking off 'although the -engine re mained on the trestle, , Hospital trains were sent from the Coast Line hospi tal, at Waycross to' the ' scene of the wreck with doctors and nurses aboard. This train left Waycross at "8:40 o'ckfck this morning. 'Doctors were also sent from Tifton V on j a specie 1 train. The : company doctors from Willaccochee went to the' Bcene on hand cars. It will be thirty-six hours before the track is cleared. 'The known dead are: W. Culpepper, - "of Tifton, Ga,;.' Cv'.F. Bomwart,-of Hen derson, Ky,; Mrs. 15, W. Fletcher, of 'Rowland, 111.; Conductor. Charlea J. Parnell, of Savannah, Ga,;- Uxpress Messenger Woodward, 'Fireman Lu cius Ellis, colored, and Porter Whid den, colored. - jThe injured are: Express Messen ger; and Baggage 'Master Powell, -(seriously); W. T. Perkins, of VCattJes burfc Kjr. : Mrs. ibl F. Bomwart, 4l HetufersohrKy; "Nlckn DonneIaU(,;i5i en, of Grand Rapids, Mich, Peter uor loff, of Bolton, Mich.; Mrs.'J. P. Klein, and thre4 year bid ' daughter v of -St. Ixuls. Mo., and W. ' F. Francis,.. of Crawfordsville, nd. ' ; DEFINITE KET AS TO CABINET Mexico City, March 25. The, resig nation of the present Diaz Cabinet last night continues to, be the absorbing topic in all official and ; public- qnar ters. The chief interest centers In the question: Who will be designated for the more Important positions In the Cabinet? Nothing of a definite character has been made known, Ths announcement of the - resignations while vaguely foreseen foit some time. came with distinct suaaenness uuu caused more or less surprise. ' Com' pleteness of the change also was not ed, as the resignations composed the entire ministry. The official reason given for the resignations was the belief that it would assist in' re-establishing peace and facilitating contem plated reforms. - . TBI GUARD SiT THREE 0 : ' T! IMES AMBUSH Somerset, Kj March 25. Paul Suggs, a special guard of a freight engine of the Cincinnati, New Orleans and' Texas Pacific . Railroad,' whose white firemen ' are on a strike, was shot three times from ambush near King's ; Mountain, Ky., last night. Ha was brought to a hospital here. His condition Is serious." Y ' '.-vs. ii .....: iiitenant f oiilois arid ? i ?f v 's-i'i . " V k . r- II- 1811- -H l1-V " v-if ilVi Yi-i-r fll Jf. J7f '' " i-Vt - -v A v El Paso, Tex., March 25Confldent that the ' resignation of President Diaz'p cabinet means the end ot the present political regime in Mexico, and the institution' of great reforms, but still uncertain about the immediate results which may follow the selection of a-new Cabinet, the membeas of the insurrecio -unia insist tnatne insur rection proceed. ' - Developments at Mexico City ate considered the direct result of Finance Minister Limantour's conference with the Ihsujrrecto agents in New. York. Despite the resignation of the Mexican Cabinet 'the Junta' de clares there will be bo cessation of hls tilities in tie war zone. It is declar ed that Madero - will continue s pre venting railroad and telegraphic com munication throughout North Mexico and wiir endeavor to capture more towns as base supplies. . The de mand that Diaz declare null his last election and agree to a. new election for President will not be relinquished and the populat election, of . Governors of State win be insisted upon. ACT AS TO.DEUGADO. ".. The maneuvers of the U kited States troops on the Mexican border are furnishing splendid ppbrtuhity for theVaem onstratton.oTthe practicability of the aeroplane for army purposes. The upperipicture shows the army's tifemlcp' -avlatprIJeutenant Benjamin a Foulois of the signal corps, In flight - In the-lower picture-OenteiFonlol8 - seen seated in his machine svith Philip Parmale of the Wrigtt staff of avators preparatory to a flight i TJeiitPn . ant foulois is probably the smallest officer physicaUy in the service In heieht and wMtrht f,A oirT - s part of ihe;.Wte -General' Joe' Wheeler, who was about five feet four inches In height and weighed about 1(XX ooftnaf 1 Ueutenant Foulois is a natiye of Connecticut and is thirty-one years old. He enlisted as a private and rosehw. -H every noncommissionea ranic to nip present position. - . - ?" ?K GOMPERS TO ATLANTA. ' ' Goes to Make Ready for Federation's Annual Convention. Washington, March ' 25. President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, left today for Atlanta, Ga where he makes preliminary .arrange menta for thfl Federation's ' annual convention there in November. Destructive Fire Today. There was a destructive fire short i.. 3ft i a'Iaw tnrfav on Front be y & i kvi i w ' j ! ' tween Wright ' and Meares streets. Three one-etory frame dwellings were entirely destroyed byvfire and two oth er houses were badiy damaged. The deDartment 1 resbonded to three alarms withrn'al hort time of each other this afternoon. The fire on South Front street proved to be the most serious. "IRON MAN" McGlNNITY HURT. Well Known Ball Player Has Fracture - of Wrist. Newark. N. J., Mareh 25. An Xay examination . shows that "Iron Man Joe McGinnity, the famous pitcher, now manaeer of the Newark Eastern League Club,, sustained a severe frac ture of the wrist while cranfcing nis auto Tuesday.... - N K ELEVEN DEAD FROM PLAGUE. Amoy, China; , March N25. Eleven deaths from -the Bubonic plague, and six deaths frbm smallpox were report ed during the past two weeks here - Stocks Today '., '..' '.-n. Jw York, - March 25. The stock market . was extremely dull at the opening, with barely enough! orders to keep ; up the appearance of business for a few minutes.' Most of the stand ard shocks were' either ; unchanged from yesterday, or showed only Slight fluctuations. Small' progress was made downward., Recessions were trivial. The market closed dull with a num ber, of nominal declines. Trading feu to absolutely insignificant proportions in the latter part of the session. The market was almost featureless except for slight activity in Missouri Pacific and Western Union, the latter show. lng-a degree of strength. : s. RUSSIA DEMANDS FULL . : COMPLlCFBUiA Pekln, March 25, M. .Korostovetz, Russian minister- to China, has pre sented to the Chinese Foreign Boaird a. nnf rrnm Kussia aemanmuK iuu .uu vnat nmnHaWpA-with the Rus- ,.jr-2- I . sian semi-ultimatumof February lbtn..; Mr. Bowden Returns. v - Mr. Henry G Bowden, associate sec retary of the Young. ; Men's Christian Association returned i.tiiia -v morning from Raleigh where he participated during.' the past day or two in the movement S or a Y. M.. C: A. huilding. Mr, Bowden reported that the people of the capital city v are thoroughly aroused over the campaign, and that indl9ations poiriTto the raising sof a lare amount'toibe used in the efec- tion,of a fine building. ; ' ; "Jmka Wants to be an Acrobat.' Side splitter: at the Grand Theatre today. - " It. ALL rJftY BE LOST Steamer, With Thirty Nine Aboard, Capsized Off- Beachy Head Thought to Have Met Watery Graves. Victoria, B. C.,' March 25. With thirty-nine passengers and her crew aboard the i steamer Sechelt, a deck steamer - operated ' between Victoria and Sooke by the British Columbia Shipping Company capsized Off Beachy Head last night. It Is believed all on board were lost The , Sechelt left yesterday afternoon with about thirty-five passengers, mostly laborers, bound for the , Canadian Northern Railroad construction 4camp at - Ped- dar Bay, and a crew of four men, with Captain ' James ! in command. This morning the tug William Jeliffe was sent to be of possible assistance. A . wireless message was also sent to the Australian steamer, Moana, notify ing Captain Morrisse of the disaster The Sechelt was eighty-two reet in length, with a gross register of sev enty-three tons. NO News in Seattle. Seattle, March 25. Nothing . was heard this morning of the fate of the ETrty-nine men aboard the little wooden steamer,. Sechelt, a when ' she capsized off Beachy Head, in Fuca Straits .'yesterday. The 'tug Jolleffe, which went to her, rescue, has not yet returned. , CAMBRIDGE WINS. Beat Oxford Today . At the Queen's Club. London, March 25.--Cambridge won today i in - the f ;. annual c - Inter-Varsity sports with Oxford atthe Queen's Club, iwth six points to four. . OVER CAUSED TURNED: I FLAME3 JO SWEEP FORTH New York, March 25. Fire startln,; frpm an overturned lamp in a work man's . cottage swept across a barren island ' in Jamaica Bay, where bi,? plants. are located. 'Much, -damage was done to property "and some f am ilies vf ere rendered homeless. W rtO EXECUTION Mexican Authorities Deny the Killing of Four Americans atvAgua Prieta- Washington Notified of Resignation of Diaz Cabinet. Washington, March 25. The resig nation of President v Diaz's Cabinet wasreported to the State Department in a telegram from : Henry Lane Wil son, the American Ambassador to Mexico, this morning. The-Ambassa. dor made no reference to the probably personnel, of the new Cabinet The spread of the revolution to the State of Neuvo Leon, hitherto unaffected was reported by Wilson.' , A revohv tionary outbreak has also occurred in the City of Morales. The reported execution of : four Americans, Adams. Young, Howard, and Shanleyr at Agua Prieta, for participation in : tha revolution, is denied by the. Mexican military authorities , at Nogales, ac cording' to a telegram received by the Department from American Consul Dye, but he is continuing the Investi gation. . . ' . -I . DUE FOURTH COTTON Mill SHOT THEEI DID Drunkard Slays Keeper and ' Then Goes Forth and Empties Pistol .Into Body of Another Was on His Way to .. Take the Liquor . Cure. . Des Moines, March 25. -Dr. ,HB. Kelly, of Council Bluff. "Tlowa, today shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Clarence Woolmah and Edward. Steerzlng, a bartender. The physician' was being taken to an inebriate .hosiiital at Knoxville. The deputy, and Kelly occu pied tne same room; in the KirKwopd Hotel. This morning Kelly , awakened, drew a revolver and buried three shots In the Deputy's body as he lay asleep Kelly . then hastened into the street ana, entering a saioon, at Tnirp: ana Court streets, demanded "adrihk. 'The bartender refused to give him; a drink. ''You saloon keepers have ? m&de an inebriate , of me arid, nowk you: refuse me a drink," .Klly; screamed as he drew his revolver, reloaded it and emptied five shots V intothe ,f upper portion of - Streerzing's 'body.' ' Kelly is thirty years old and of prominent family. ,r . ; FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON. Boston, March - 25. It vis. ''estimated in qotton mill circles .that fully 25 per cent of the. cotton mill spindles of the country are idle because of the con tinued depression in the " market , for goods, and the firmness of the raw material. Unless the situation , lm? proves Boston manufacturers " say ' a large , amount- of ' the machinery in New England will be Idle next month', Fall River manufacturers and " mill men - in other centers stopped addi tional looms .this week and the pros pect is that the- production will 'be Lfurther curtailed within -the next ten days'. . - ' ' Storm Warning. Washington, D. C, March 25; 1911. Advisory message " Northeast storm warnings are displayed on the Atlantic coast from Savannah to Miami,, and oh the Gulf coast from .Mobile to iKey West- Disturbance apparently devel oping over the west Gulf.'- - Remains of Mr. H. A.'Martindale Lai ' " " ' to Rest Friends in the county were grieved yesterday to learn of the ' death of Mr. Henry A. Martindale; one of New Hanover's - most substantial and'hon ored citizens , who ' passed away ' at his home in Federal -Point - township, fol lowing a brief Illness With heart trou ble. Mr; Martindale was In ''the 74th year of his age. He -. was bonv and spent his; entire life in :the house Hu which he ' died, : His wife preceded him to the grave several years sago. There are surviving two .children, vMr Owen - Martindale a i well known eiti- . zen f the: i county and 'Mrs;' R. ..M ' Johnson who lives with her - father iThere are also five grandchildren.. ?The sympathy of many friends will 1 be. ex 4 tended ther elatives in their -bereave ment.. ' Mr. Martindale fought through .the Civil" War as a member. ot; the; Cpn federate army. The funeral was held this afternoon 1.1, I Li, mm liisurrectd Junta Sll Demaiidiiig Fight Believes Resignation of the Diaz Cab- . met Foretells End of the Struggle, But Uneasy . About What May Re. suit Wants Another, Election; on thft' Presidency, to Be Settled ' Since the recent announcement that special laws, had been passed by the General Assembly regulating disorder ly Conduct in Delgado and surrounding territory, and also regulating drunken ness, disorderly conduct, obscene lan guage, and ; throwing of glass on the public highways,. pf New Hanover coun ty, there autj -l)kB-iiob4r' 'b K- quests that the-, lws be ; published. 'iThjwtnpiyinW An act to , make disorderly conduct a misdemeanor in the' village of Del gado. , .'v., -.V ", '- the General; Assembly 'pf, North Caro- Section . lirThafevery person' who shall engage Jn any quarreling or fightr ng, ?or.. any, - loud and boisterous lan guage, "cursing or swearing; or, any oth er disorderly conduct of any kind what soever onany public highway, . at or within two hundred yards! of any resi dence, public railway station, or within two hundred yards of Delgado Cotton Mills, Delgado CottonxMills office, Del gado Mills Store, or, any school house or chiirch in the village , of .Delgado, or along the Castle street road from Sev enteenth street to .Delgado. village, 5 or in any street, alley, house or else where In the said - village 'shall, be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon: con viction before any. Justice 6t(he peace in .New Hanover county shall he-.fined not more than fifty dollars or. imprison ed' not more than thirty days. ' . A sec. z.; ifivery person rounavarunK along the public -highways '. .passing through the village of -t Delgadpi; ; or aiong ine-uasue 'sireei roaapeween Seventeenth ' street and ' Delgado k vil lage, or in anyother streets or alleys, or in any other , public place In the vil lage of Delgado, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be; fore - any justice, ol tne, peace in wewj Hanover cOunty shall ,: be fined , not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned for more' than thirty days. Sec. 3. That alluaws ahd clauses-of laws in conflict wjth this act .beand me same uu xicnyujr icjicaicu. , Seci. . vThat this acti shall . be in force from and after its ratification In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of PebruatvM911. i t:h v.-:m , ;-v , U. N. P'HARRr -. President Pro Tempore of the Senate . w -cIiDowd. -;f vw Speaker or the House ot Rebiesenta- awM TO PASS Union Labor Officials Now Eaaerlv Awaiting, Return of Their Represen-. tatlves Who. Held Conference In " Washington The Basis of the New Proposition. . ; Cincinnati, March -25. Officials of' the Brotherhood , of Locomotive Jre- men: ana, Jiingmemen, who have been conducting the strike of, white fire men on,- the Cincinnati, New Orleans i and ,Teas Pacific ' RaUroad..- were iwaiting, today the' offloials of the oth-' er- railroad" employes' ; unions, who , at a conference in Washington, with Judge .'Martin r A. Knapp,. of the Court of Commerce, , and i President W. W. FInley, of the Southern J Railway sys tem,: framed a. proposition which may result in a settlement of , the strike. From dispatches from . Washington and Lexington,; Ky., yesterday it was learfied : that the basis on which an , agreement vmay be reached is that whenever a negro fireman on the Southern Division of the road leaves . the service of the company, a white: fireman shall be employed. BATTLESHIPS OFF TOMORROW FOR SOUTHERN DRILL GROUNDS - : r. r f. - ! Norfolk, March 25. Fifteen battle ships , of the . Atlantic; fleet . weigh an chor tomorrow; and sail for the South ern: drill grounds : fpr ten; days 'battle practice at sea, after" which the ship3 return to Hampton Roads f Of the State HooK Worm Corps Has Been Here For several Days onBusl j nss ; Connected With His Depart ment .. ' , v Dr Strosnider (who Is well remem bered in- Wilmington), a member of the. state health corps for the extermi nation of hookworm disease has been here fpr;the past two days visiting the county VsoKOTls in a .campaign of ea iightenmenti which it Is believed will have much, to do with the future con trol, of : the' hookworm disease. Dr. Strosnider . was formerly , connected with the Walker Memorial hospital cf this city and , he Is a physician of abili ty and experience- He; will remain in this county -several days. : During the past day or two -accompanied by Prof. Washington Catlett, county superinten dent of education, Dr. Strosnider has visited several of the schools. In the limited, time remaining he will make ' an'ejlort of the schools as possible. ' Ha will; make talks before the1 student, body of each institution ;In the1 effort to inform the children, as welT as their parents, of the ravages of hookworm disease, the symptoms, methods of cure, and the easiness 'with' . which the - disease can be f ' Controlled r and r - exterminated through a general and persistent (effort on the part of patients. 5 f ;-i,; , Mule :-umpd.jln;,';AMto;.N:,;'.v--'.:'; The ahtics of a mule about noon tbday created ; 'some ' excitement at Secondhand Princess streets. The meriiber of the) tribes of Maude jump ed Into an automobile in which Sher iff S P. Cowan, and Mr. D.' M.' Beards- ley were T riding. It was stated f that the3thule got bbth Jtrontfeet ths'ide the machine. ; It required considerable maneuvering to extricate; the s animal from its awkward position. .. 1. ,.,Lybn Swamp Drainage. TheT first work in the drainage of the: Lyon Swamp District was com menced this week by the Brett Engl- , neerlng. Company, of Wilson. This firm ; secured ; the 'contract to drain the swamp at a contract price of $35,- 000. ! The drainage scheme covers an area of more than 15 miles of swamp 1 laid, " touching two i counties. . Much ,: interest In the plan is being manifest-; ' ed by the residents in the district , to be improved, . It is expected that We reclaimed land ' will constitute one . of the most s fertile sections of the SStftte when the work is finished. Ma chinery; to bQ . used In the dredging arrived' here ' yesterday : and was sent ijn barges to : Kelley's Cove where the work will commence. , ' ' ' U.s " . ? ' Special Sermon Tomorrow. : Rev; J. P. King, pastor of the Sixth Street Advent ' Christian church, ah- j npunces a special topic for" a strong t sermon fori5; tomorrow morning's Vser-; vices at his church.: His theme will be "God's Plan of Curink Hypocrisy." The usual evening services will be held at the church, 'and the public is given a cordial invitation to; attend all servi- ; ; It became, definitely- known this af ternoon that ex-Alderman C.C.S Parker would ; be presented for "; Councilman from the Fifth . Ward: The petition for, his candidacy , will be completed this afternoon; and f published tomor row. " Mr.Parker's friends are strong 17 ces. , ;iv. 'Ss. Candidacy of Mr.; E. p. Bailey. , In another column of The Dispatch today"' appears the petition presenting; the name of Mr. E. P. Bailey as Coun cilman ''from the Fourth -Ward. Mr. J Bailey vis h : progressive ; young: bust 1 !i;-t: W ' ..-V..''.-.- VHi- ?:: -:-v i r 'V- - V f ilsturbance apparently devel- from the family - home afid the inter- in their advocacy and cite his fine ness man and a fine typexof .young.;,.: ;.. -r the west Gulf. Lt -4 ment was made -in "thefahiily; burial record ;as an., alderman- insupport- of Democracy;,and his .friends intend ItW-.-y-, i fMOORk ground.;,,, , llf v,-
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