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VII.
; COLUMBUS, N. C., THURSDAY. MARCH J 3, 1902.
r
N0.48.
iLLED IN A
WRECK
a! Accident on Southern Pacific
Railway,
TEEN Kli-LED AND MANY 4 HURT
People Slaughtered Outright--
n Was Running at a'fligh Rate
t Speed.
AntonioL Tex., , Specialbrpkr,
caused a frightful wreck on the
in
rai
them Pacific Railroad, nmn Max-
station, 25' miles west of Sanderson.
'. o
clock Friday morning, . r rum
accounts received here 15 people
3t
3
killed outright ana more u:
1 mi
I
fiiiured. The, -deaa are: .
drn, of Hart: Riddle; -,of Chetopl;
jf. Estavdn ;.Qntraras, fi
Andrew C. Shelly, wife and
jtd;.prierrTe-x.;i::child-.p. E. Hpus-
Racine
Paso,
P4?v-Tex.; jChris Keel,contractor,
kntonio;' L.' A. Bo6nI, ;Doyline,
i.
The
(.injured arei,,Mrs. Mary Koehler,,
in Francisco, internal injury'; A S.
arnei-, Blackhawk, Miss., fiand'crusTi
I; Mrs.rE.M. Sheppard, Glenn Mills,
a., head hurt; J. Fuller, Washington,
i C. leg and foot crushed; Antonio
lrio. Del Rio, TexM. internal; George
ilenburg, Lexingtoh, Ky., hand crush
1; E. C. Baker, Angleton, Tex.,- brnis
1; Charles H. Hoy, San Antonio, Tex.,
th feet scalded; A E.rseyVilb,
ex., scalp wound; J 'I;, Taylor;. MuV
erry, Kan., head injured ; Mrs MitcH-
.11, Philadelphia; internajly. ,h,urt; W.
i. Adams, express messenger, internal
, .Ws.;..Al Mpsu, ensmi, , at ?W,u. ;rft ultimately $00,000,000 or $20,000-
Tex W. W. Prince engineer, chased about 30,000 acres of land in or- ooo per' annum. The rural.free deliverv
. .XI ' TjArtcnhnlCr nrPiTTlHIL. 1 vivi i .nv m, V- ..-w w I BClVllIM II U LU UI18 'UJIIK'. .I1H Slll nM.ll
injuries 'adJbdscalded;V-Gigat1 1 eek as td be established. Mr. Fisher
tleman, NorthDaQiah'eadTand.bacfeKis erected a brick buildjpg. 50x90 feet
hurt; Biscoe Rodriguez, -Dei Rio, 'rex-.,: I in size, and nas oruerpu i.ur. mswiwuuu. vama, wnose aeam occurrea suaaen-St-ii,-.
T.,iinni MoraVoc ' tp1 . Rio therein thirty knitting" ma'chines, thir- 1 ly at Philadelphia, last night A com-
il,r;:L. a- '
j;6""1 T v I v " i
Rio, bniised;. M. J Robert,- resjdeps
unknown, head-nurt; :D. P. ;Havens,'
rasp, cruised; A...ta. ivictvenzie, oaw
!ord, Ariz., slightly injured; R. J. Todd,
Jrankfort, Ky.- - bruised; Thos. O.
6rov,;def, Houston, bruised; ytin. Jos-'.
phs,t San T)serCalV, 'back Injured?-J.
H. Tayldr, jBirmington, Ala.? : slightly
injured ;' DrJ
G.C! Martin, Pec9S pity;
Slightly injured: C.oW. B. Bennett, St
Paul, Kan
bruised; . W. , S. .Glenn,,
Blackhawk,
Miss.i leg broken; i&rs. -
Annie Wortherst, San Francisco, :leg ,
and hand- crushed.' , 1
The ill'fatd .train left San Antonio
at noon -Thursday, 2 12 hours late,;and j
at the time- of the accident .was fuu-
Ding at a nign rate oi speea m oruei
to- make. ud. time. The road at the
point where the -wrek occurred Ssvin
a rough ccuntry,.the curves being-sharp
rounding d curve that the strain,, left ;
ih tMnt it w'ooM , nn nwhiint.rtf a
i.rnir ,o i rriv, unr. n TTi fif.
teen hours after the ttaln ha'dleft An-.
lonio: shhihe.thni it was. still behind
time.; ; AUxthe,. pasgers; were asleep
and vtne.'snock'. that followed was the
first iUtimatoni they had of the danger;
he trainvwas imping at such a rate of-
speed that jlhetender and ehglne land-
!rnI5"Srirom e P
.iecars oeiiinapuea upa5amBi
consumed except the sleepers.
Signs Ball. .-.
Washington, I Special. The Presi
lent "has jsignedthe ; biff "creatinga
permanent CensuUS; Bureau, ' and the
President, in a letter to the Secretary
of . the Interior, says: ' "You will
please inform the Director of the Cen
sus that
his: office'1 will continue !as
heretofore
to be administered as t
j vujt. ..pcriuassion, appoint such mem- i'
bers 'of the present forc' ntidor hinV
"wiu conswutne permanent cen-
.sus. Bureau force: annnintinir nnTv
many as ' are to lxn nprmationfiv h-m. I
ployed. 'After that date all . appoint-
inents will beisinad under the regula-.
uuus or tne civil service, i -.l
News to Ee Given put by President. I
Washington, . ; Special. At the pabi-
iiet meeting, President Roosevelt re
quested the members not to talk to
newspaper correspondents about mat
ters Under discussion at the semi-week
ly meetings. It was thought best for
the President himself to make public
such matters as he deemed proper .J o
"be given out. Hereafter 'the President
will do this.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
New Enterprises That Are, Enriching
Our Favored Section.
V, All Immense Water.. PoweY,,.
TheSaHsbury (N. a) Su publishes
an interview with Mr. E. B. Ci.Hamb?
ley of Gold Hill, N. C, president of the
Whitney Reduction Co., particulars of
which have previously been . given in
the Manuacturers' .Record, ;c4n' ; w;hic.h
garaing Lne great wore prypo&ea-uy.ni3
as j. i a j. t i r
company;, "This includes ;.the bunding, tthe .conference reporVupon-the Phjlip
of 6 Simile 'railroad, now sunder coh-Tp
LStruction the development o . a water-- J
powder planned -to t give at first ,20,000
horse-power, and eventually, to.be in-
?seq;Jto o,vtw : norserpower..
plans include the building pf a dam
across the river, which Mr; Hambley
states will be of granite secured from
tiic uuuiptmx quaiwcp. mu'vo j.uvy t
feet- long, 40 feet ; high aild.: 0 feet
through the base.; Jt is proposed that
the power-house-i-hftll .po. 300 feet long
nnd 10O fefit' wide. and - estimated - to
QSt.$;go,pO), wit-h machinery ' figured
reheiisiveundertakihg Included
in this as' a,gold and . copper mine.jm
which it is understood about : 250'00
have been expended . in opening up the
property preparatory1 to its larger ; de-
velonment when
the water-power has
been completed, it ..is intenaeu to uu-.
.lize this ater-power for elecjtrjc trans-
I
mission to .taiis Dury ana a.uuiucr u system was continued they would even
other towns in the vicinity. The capital tually receive $800 or $900. f "At the
ior mis unaeriasing nas ueeu itu&oij
secured in Pittsburg-,, Mr. - George I.
Whitney of Pittsburg being, vice-president
; F. l: Stephenson of Prttsbdrg,
treasurer; and H. ft W:" Hyde of Pitts
burg, secretary. . v - ' . ;
- $15,060 Knitt-ng flill
R J; Fisher of Athens, .Tfinn., writes
the r Manufacturers: '"Rotd giving, de- I classify the- rural free .delivery ser-tila-
nt hfs IrnittinEr.imllT'r'bbYte but without : action adionrhftd
ty ribbers, twlve loopers andauxUiary
.machines besWes dyeing -plant. vThe
product" willb3 about .275 dozen &airs-
.36'fr . jniss'es jf aild- ..cjmren -ribbedshbse
ciaiiyc iue pose 01 me. wuiyioy? .yuwii. i
will from $i2,uuu to ?id,uuv.
; v ... Textile Notes. :
(From the Manufacturers' Record.),
i-.Tf ia- stated that a. comoanv has neen
P-?iTiAd to build a 50.00-SDindle cotton
mill , at JJunn, xh. u. -
M "R Whltphurst. New Berne. N. C.
fa addresses- of Ynahufacturers of
cottoii and manila rope. ,.
; n. B. Mills of Statesville;' N; C, con-
templates the erecWjpn: of. a mill to knit
fleece-lined underwear.
The report of last ; week as to the Gaf-.
feny (S;:C.) Carpet? Manufacturing' Co.
adding luu looms, was an error.
-c iirvr r Unafftrw fc Vina nhl
jtis nA04whrt.h
Q ? cet cumulative first preferred
;Stoci v : ir. , Ve V .
. Monarch Cotton Mills of Union, S. J,,
will build, thirty, operatives cottages
Nthda Varhouse: This.. company has a
10,000-spindle .and 300-lopm mill. ;; -
i.wi8li5aj4a Dallas,'
Texas3s asking for - information and?
prices on equipment for bleachery to
be 'Used in;-cc-niiection with sheeting
mill;? 'XX ? ' K
- Mrs, L; G, Miiler VT Shelby; N. C. haa
purchased the Laura Glenn Mills at
which was sold recently at
ourtv sale' "to John E. 'Hurvpf Balti
more;-' Dresident of the former, com-.
pany.;,'... , .
Ah ' order has been ; passed by , court
action for the -sale of the Fayettevllle
(N: C.) Cottbn Mills, H; W. Lilly being
temporary receiver, -with Messrs. C. W.
Broadfoot and H:! L. Cook as commis
sioners. The plant has 3120 spindles.
Gharter-of theiRadford (VaV). Woolen
Manufacturing Co.. has been '.recorded,
- :0 " A '
treasurer. - . r 1
.;,jo1",uu
tfemrlates establishing plant aor ... the
manufacture of bobbins and" shuttles
for. textile mills iand asks makersof
the r.eauired machinery to send prices
.and -information.
; Opelika' (Ala.) Cotton - Mills writes
hat it does contemplate installing ad-
ditional spndjes, asreported last week,
but .has not made a definite decision as
yet. There are now 6500 spindles impo
sition, arid 1248. mqre are prposed.
J iHaughton Ihrll, Pittsboro,?Nv C.
contemplates establishing plant for the
manufacture of bobbins ; for textile
mills, and is asking makers of the re
quired machinery to send information
and prices on the equipment needed.
IN CONGRESS.
Detailed Doings of Our National Law
makers. HOUSE. ,: ' -r
Sixty-fifth Day The 'House began
the consideration of the bill to. classify
the, rural free delivery " service and
place the carriers- under the contract
system. Only two speeches were: deliv
ered. Mr. Loud, of California, $J chair
man of the committee on : postoffices
and post roads, made.ttte opening argu
ment In; favor of the bill,-speaking for
two and a half hours. .Mr. Swansori. of
was:- interrupted before the .close
.of ;:the -session by' the presentation of
ifcy - leader, declined to allow the minor
ity more ttian SO minutes ih which to
discuss the- report and this offer was'
rejected by Mr. Richardson, -the minor-
ity leader. A filibuster followed, and the
House adiourned after' the previous
question upon, the adoption of , the re-
port -ii aa oeen oraerea.
Mr.. Loud, ci California, began the
debate, on the rural free deliveny bill.
He declared that upon the solution of
this question would depend whether
the rural free delivery. "service would
been' a political ,one and it had given
many members ;of Congress their first
taste of the sweets of . publio patronage.
He traced the history and rapid growth
of the service and its-cosf declaring
that it was the most extravagant in the
public : service; r( At vthe inception the
the carriers -received $300 per annum,
They now receive $600; .If the salary
present time. $850,000 was being spent
for the supervisory , force. Mr. ioud
charged that a promise had gone forth
that -if the present system was contiu-
uea the members or - Congress would
control the appointment of the carriers
in the future as they had in the ca3t. -
Sixty-Sixth Day; The .House con
uuubu iue ueuaie on-. xne oiu - 10
It. . " 1- J. - .1 Ml' j '
early, out Jot respect' to "the memory
of r Representative Polk, of Pennsyl-
mittee df fifteen; including Mr. Griggs
of, Georgia; was appointed to attend
.the funeral- of, the deceased member,
The conference report on the pension
ppx-opnauon om was.auopieu
. , SENATE. ; ; ; ;
Sixty-fifth Day The Senate began
the consideration of "what is popularly
known -as ' the shipping bill. Mr. Frye,
chairman of the . committee on com-
merce; made the opening statement in
support of the bill. Ho occupied the.
floor for nearly two hours, reviewing
the mtasure reported by the commit
tee and dealing .with questions which
have arisen in connection with its cOn-
sideratioQ.
Mr. Frye's address "w'as
largely technical, but; his argument was
listened to with close attention by Sen
ators on both sides of the chamber; It
seemed to; him, Mr. Frye Stated; that
the policy of protection had been vast
ly beneficial to the American people.
The United States, he asserted had do
peer industrially;; ; One Industry ? had
been without, protection and .without
protection for 50 years an d what was
the logical "result? The shipping inter
ests of the country had been neglected
in the; giving of protection. This tin
try had permitted its inferiors to aeize
upon the pathways of ocean commerce
almost without a struggle. ; V "
"It seems to me," said Mr; Frye,
"that that picture- ought 'to" humiliate
and mortify beyond expression any
patriotic citizen of the "United States
who. glories in the power -and prosper
ity of his country. It is not alone hu-mfiiating-it
is absolutely dangerous."
t Mr; Frye asked who .was going to
carry the $487,0P0,000 of exports in the
event of a war between German and
Great. Britain. "Why, said he, "the
farmers and the manufacturers and the
wage-earners of, the United States
would pay a penalty equal to that paid
by either of the contending parties."
Mr. Frye then sought to show that 'this
condition of things was caused by
American wages, which increased the
cost: of our ships for the foreign trade
at least 25 per cent. , I
Mr. Frye declared that of all steam
ships in the world of 14' knots and up-
ward, 80 per cent, are subsidized by the
J v..
countries whose flags they carry. Of 16
knots and upward, he said, all but six'
in the world are heavily subsidized by
the countries whose flags they 'float
"Are we to submit to this humiliating,
wretched condition "of things?'' said Mr.
Frye.
The nations paying these: subsidies,
he declared, did so for; the purpose of
extending their trade and for nothing
else. "Trade cannot precede the mail.'
said he. "The mail must precede the
trade."
- Sixty-Sixth Day Senator Lodge in
troduced into the Senate an amend
ment to the Philippine bill which is
now pending before the committee on
tlie Philippines. It provides thai
whenever it is certified to the Presi-
aent tnat the insurrection in the
Philippines shall have ceased and
peace established, a ceneral election
shall be called for the choice of dele
gates to a popular ' assembly to be
known as the PhiliDDine Asspmhiv
The1 legislative power . conferred in
the Philippine commission in all that
part of the archipelago not inhabited1
by the Moros, or other non-Christian
tribes, shall then cease and be vested
in a legislature consisting of two
iiouses- the Philippine Commission
and the Philippine Assembly.
Fire at Aiken, S. C.
Aiken, S. (J., Special. Fire here early
Wednesday destroyed nine buildings,
comprising a" block in the centre of the
city. A -.gale was blowing and the)
flames "were fought under great diffi
culties. There were no fatalities. Sev
eral people who were in jSunnysidj
Sanitarium, which was among the
buddings destroyed, were- injured.
Their names have not been learned;
but it is certain none is seriously hurtl
In addition to the sanitarium the fol
lowing structures were burned : Lyce
um Hall, The Aiken Recorder office and
the residence of Mrs. Quash, Miss Fard
and J; H. Loomis. A number of stables
were destroyed. The financial loss is
not large. js
Another Snow Storm,
. ,New York, Special. Another storm
which threatened to do much damage
started Wednesday morning. The snow
was heavy and wet and ' considerable
delay to traffic on elevated and surface
lines resulted. On the river the water
was so thick that ferry boats were un
able to run at more than half speed.
The snow was accompanied by aiod
erate wind. The snow stopped shortly
before noon and was followed by sleef.
A total depth of 6 inches of snow has
fallen. ; I
; ; Cx; Fear of a rioo.
Marion, Ahu, Special. As the result
bf a. report that a mob of negroes is
niafchihg toward this: town, - with the
intention of "attacking thecounty jail
and releasing two negro murdered3, one
of whom, Luke Sanders ;to. to Jiang,
cityzen soldiery is being organized and
at 9 o'clock Wednesday evening 50
men were under arms prepared to meet
the negroes. Pickets have been thrown
but on every road leading into vibe
pwn and if,;the mob appears a serious
conflict, is feared.
I Consuls Elag Fight ;
London, By Cable. Cabling . from
Tion-Trin. the correspondent or tne
Standard reports a dispute between the
French and American- consuls there,
arising from the attempts or tne
French consul to include certain mis
sion properties in the French settto-
ment the American consul, says . the
correspondent hoisted - the American
flag on the disputed buildings. The
French consul now threatens to hoist
the French flag above the American. '
Panic in Tobacco Factory.
New Orleans, Special A panic
1.
oc-
curred among the' 500 girls in the.
Hordshelmer Tobacco Factory,: result-'
ing from an . alram ;of fire several
squares away. A strike occurred lome
time ago in the factory and. there had
been a rumor for some weeksthat an
attempt might be made to blowup the
building. When the cry or lire sound
ed the girls frantically rushed to leave
the building and many were trampled
and bruised. Bertha Cantress 17 years
old, is thought to be fatally hurt.
Aid for Southern Education,
New York, Special. Announcement
was made that there had been organ
ized in this city an association to pro
mote Southern education, to be known
as the General Education Board; and
that more ? than $1,000,000 had been
placed at the disposal-of the boardj of
trustees. The underlying principle1 of
the association is to be the recogni
tion, of the fact that the people of the
Southern States are v earnestly en
gaged in the promotion of piiblic edu
cation and: that in this effort they
should receive generous aid;; and to
this end, and in pursuance of this and
kindred objects, the ' association .will
seek; gifts, large and small, from those
in sympathy with its plans.
The English sovereign, value twenty
shillings, was first used; in 1628. 1 1n
1600 the largest coin in general use
in England was the noble, value fif
teen shillings.
The German army ; includes more
than 10,000 musicians. ; !
THE CUBAN TROUBLE
President Anxious For Settlement of
- Reciprocity Matter' t
THE CABINET SAID TO BE DIVIDED
Many Leaders in the Councils of the
Nation Call on-Mr. v Roosevelt Con
cerning the flatter. -
Washington, Special. Speaker Hen
derson and Representative Cannon, of
Illinois; called at the . Whate House .
Wednesday; It was relative to the sub
ject of Cuban reciprocity and the call
led to much expeculative i comment, al
though -; no definite details were avail
able on the. nature of the conference.
Active canvassing continued, prelimi
nary to the third caucus on Cuban re
ciprocity to be held Thursday night.
The. most positive claims were made by.
those opposed to Representative)
Payne's 20 per cent reciprocity "plan,
tnat there was a clear majority against
it. Mr. Payne and his associates did
not concede this much and expressed
the belief that a concession, to Cuba
would be ultimately granted.. It was .
said in this connection that ; Speaker
Henderson is now favorable to the po .
sition taken by the majority on the
ways an d means committee.
'During the" day several members of
the cabinet were called on by Messrs. ,
Tawney ,of the ways and means com- ,
mittee; who has proposed to rebate
plan as a substitute for Chaxirman.
Payne's, plan, and Morris, ,of ; Mlnne--sota.
As an outcome of these calls,; it
was stated that three members of the
cabinet, namely, .Pctmaster General
Payne,lSepretary of theTrur Shaw1
and Secretary "of Agriculture
were hopeful of seeing a solution of the
problem which would, not 1 endanger
any American industry. This was con- ...
strued in some quarters Jo show a di
vision in the cabinet but it-was stated
by those conversant with the situation
hat the attitude of the cabinet mem
bers did not warrant any sucn con
struction. -
Later in the day, Representative
Tawney called at the White House and .
had '; a conference lasting nearly an
hour and a'half with the President. It
developed that Mr. Tawney liad told .'
the . President . that there was little or
no possibility for the adoption , of the
Payne plan by the Republican confer
ence and that if it was adopted some 40
Republican members would n3t consid
er themselves bound and would carry
the question to the floor of the. House
whe,re there would be additional com
plications owing to the attitude of the
Democraticmembers. : -y, ;
The President is "understood to have
made it clear that he had no intention
at present of sending a special message
to Congress on the subject The Presi
dent expressed the most earnest solici
tude that a satisfactory adjustment be
reached by . Congress. After hearing
from Mr. . Tawney, ' his associates ; ex
pressed the belief that the President
would accept the rebate proposition If .
Congress would present It to him. Thty
were considerably encouraged to hear
from Mr. Tawney that the President
was not laying down any emphitie ul-
timatum in favor of the plan as pre
sented by Mr. Payne.
While these conferences .were going
on at the Wh.lte .House, , Chairman
Payne and - members of . the ways ; and
means committee supporting him. were
in conference; This brought about no
change in their attitude.; One of the.
members stated that he wav confident
that the Payne reciprocity proposition
commanded a majority of th-3 Republi
can members, but that the s minority
was so . large and was so disposed to
carry the contest into the House that
Mr. Payne and his friends recognized
the seriousness of the situation; How
ever, there was no disposition-to ac
cept the rebate plan, as it was stated
that this was merely a repetition of
the plan proposed by the head , of the
beet sugar organization two months
ago. . . , , ' - ' -
Five Men Drowned.
Sacramento, Cal., Special. Five men
were drowned , in the Sacramento river
on Sunday. The party, consisting of
Dr. J. H. Morton, George Nunez; Clar
ence Casterson, Elmer ' I very and1
Knight Lllllngton; left Cortland; down
the river, i" 7 s,-1l brv?t .mrly Sunday
morning. Their boat was found in Tul
les, toar miies uUow Cortland. Near
the boat the bodies- of the three' first
named were found; A searching pirtY i
dragging for the otKer bodies.