VOL XI.
COLUMBUS, U; C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1905.
NO. 32.
1 KILLED: 5 INJURED
pesuSt of Collision on Pennsyl
vania Railroad
25 FREIGHT CARS DEMOLISHED
Tvo West-Bound Freights " Were
Wrecked on Pennsylvania Railroad
ITcar Harrisburg by Rear End Col-.
lisicn.- ,.
Harrisburg, Pa., Special. One man
kiiU'd. five injured and twenty-five
freight cars, two postal cars, one bag
nze car and one, Pullman car totally
wrecked as the result of a rear end
collision of two west bound freights,
ami the subsequent collision of a pas
senger train into a wreck on the
Pennsylvania 'Railroad at Thompson
town." D. G. Huntsbee, brakeman of
Harrisburg, :is the man who was killed
. Eranch Died. From Blows.
-Annnnoiis. Md.. Special, The pro-
X ' A
cocniion used its heavv artillery m
the line of medical testimony during
Thursday's session of the court mar
tial which is trying Midshipman Mer
iwether for manslaughter in connec
tion with the death of Midshipman
Branch. Important witnesses being
Dr. J. M T. Finney, chief surgeon of
the John's Hopkins University, , of
Baltimore-, Dr. Henry M. Thomas,
neurologist of the same institution
and J. C. Byrnes, the' chief medical
oftieer attached to the Naval Acade
my. ; .. '"''".'
The operation upon Midshipman
Branch, censisting of lifting and fold
ing over a portion of the skull in order
to remove such blood clots as might
be formed, was performed by Dr. Fin
ney, and Dr. Thomas, the specialist in
that line, came to Annapolis at Dr.
Finney's request in order to locate
from the symptoms the proper place
for the operation. Dr. Brynes was
called in consultation with Dr. Stone
shortly after Branch had been brought
Ajj the hospital. ; 1 , , ' J r-
:uucu cviucuvc ui a tuwi vot
ing, though' sometimes technical char
acter, was given by the medical men.
One point, of interest brought out in
explanationof the fact that the skull
was opened on the right side, that the
nerves controlling one side of the body
cross from the opposite of the brain,
while the nerves controlling the facial
m;iles do not, It was further brought
out that the injury, though on the
iilit side, was occassioned by the
successive fist blows on the left side of
' the head. The injury was of the na
ture blows to the skull on one side
of -the head having the effect of forc
ing the. brains against the walls of the
sk till and causing compression in that
way. . ' .
All the medical officers gave it as
their very positive conviction that
Branch died from the effect of the
medically known as "contre cop." the
blows he had received in his fight with
Meriwether. V.v ;
Big Fire in Cotton.
Augusta, Ga., Special. Augusta
Mas visited by a fire which destroyed
or .damaged one thousand bales of
eotton. and also damaged the ware
house in which the staple was stored.
There is no possible explanation of
the cause of the fire, as the compart
ment in which is originated had not
been opened for two days, and there
were no signs of fire before the blaze
burst forth. The warehouse isowned
by X ixon and DanjEbrth and the
building and contents were fully cov
ered by insurances .The loss is esti
mated to be in the neighborhood of
$40,000. The fire is now under con
trol. Lynched for Killing a Man.
Coahoma, Miss., Special. Dave
Rims, the negro who shot and killed
R. V. Jones (white), at his home one
mile, from -Maugh Station, in this
county on Sunday night, was lynched
by an armed mob at the scene of his
crime. Sims was captured Friday
and immediately brought to this place.
The negro is said to have made a full
confession. . . .
Fire at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Ind., SpecialFire
caused damage to the stock of the
Badger Furniture Company to the
amount of $75,000 and injured the
two seven-story buildings on T Wash
f ton street occupied by the company
vo the extent of $10,000. The Colum
bia National Bank which occupied an
d joining building was damaged by
ater. During the progress of the fire
. securities to' the amount of $600,000
re removed from the bank for
safety. '
MAY GET $100,000
Proposition That May, Mean a Great
Deal to the A. & M. College.
The Agricultural and Mechanical
College may be the recipient of a gift
of $100,000. This is a piece of very in
teresting news. A gentleman connect
ed with a very great educational
movement says that the money can
easily be secured if the college, that
is the State, will accept the building
and maintain them. It is understood
that the gift will " be in the line of
marked development of this now not
able and rapidly growing institution,
which is so much in need of more of
what may be termed house-room, and
of (course in need of special buildings
for the development both of its agri
cultural and its mechanical ' depart
ments. A Comparative Statement.
State Auditor Dixon wrote to every
auditor of Southern States, asking
the amount paid Confederate pension
ers and the number of such pension
ers. The replies in round numbers are
as follows: Texas, $500,000, 7,000
pensioners; Tennessee, $275,000, 3,000
pensioners ; Louisiana, $150,000, 2,000
pensioners ; Arkansas, $203,000, 7,000
pensioners; Georgia, $790,000, 16,000
pensioners; Florida, $288,000, 3,000
pensioners; South Carolina, $656,000,
15,000 pensioners; Virginia, $300,000
14,000 pensioners; North Carolina's
appropriation is $275,000 and there
are 14,000 pensioners. Auditor Dixon
said : 4 ' In proportion to the number of
pensioners, North Carolina pays her
Confedenrate veterans less than any
other Southern State. - It pains me
deeply to have to say this, but it is
the truth. I did not kntfw it until
now.
Three Tears for a Slayer.
Spencer, ' Special. Whitman' Hardy
was tried in Bowan Superior court
here and convicted of the murder of
Zeke Young, colored, in East Spencer.
September 3. Judge Peebles senten
ced the prisoned to three years in the
State Penitentiary for the crime. Two
young wltfce men, Stirwalt and Butler
by name, were sentenced by Judge
Peebles to three years each in the
State Prison for assaulting and beat
ing Mrs. Lizzie Upright, a well Known
character of ,the northern section of
Rowan county, in a frightful manner
a month ago. Ed Light, another
young man of the same neighborhood,
was also given two years for assisting
in the assault upon the woman.
. The Southern Double Tracking.
Salisbury, Special. In order to pro
vide for the demands of heavy traffic
upon its lines the Southern Railway
Company is double tracking at a num
ber -of points in this section of the
State. At the present time a double
track is being constructed between
Cleveland and Barber's Junction, on
the Western branch. This is a vita
point in the handling of freight not
only on the Asheville division, mi
also on the line between Winston
Salem and Charlotte. Lines have
recently been staked out for a double
track on the main line of the South
ern north of Spencer, where there is
a congestion of. traffic. It is learned
the work "of laying the track will be
gin at an early date.
Corporations.
The Finlayson Manufacturing com
pany of Charlotte; with : $5,000,000
total orthorized and $50,000 subscri
bed capital stock, was chartered last
week. The object of the concern is to
manufacture cotton, woolen and silk
goods. The incorporators are: E. V.
Finlayson, Paul Chatham and W. A.
Ebert. The Hendersonville Mercan
tile Company, with $11,000 capital
stock, was chartered. The incorpora
tors are : C. M. Pace and M. C. Tamps,
of Hendersonville, and others.
Jury's Verdict Set Aside.
Oxford, Special. In the suit of
Prof. R. G. Kittrell against the board
of trustees of he Oxford graded school
the jury rendered a verdict in favor
of Professor Kittrell, which verdict,
however, was set aside by Judge Ward
on the grounds that the weight of
facts did not justify the verdict. The
case will come up before a new jury
at the next term of court.
Bank Organized atGraham. .
Graham, Special. The stockholders
of the Citizens' Bank here met accor
ding to call and elected as directors
J. A. Lomg, McBrideHolt, A. M. Had
ley, A. J. Thompson, J. S. Cook, J. M.
McCracken, Dr. Geo. W. Long, J. C.
Simmons, 'W. J. Nick, Heenan Hughes,
W. F. Blackmon, W. H. Holt, W. S.
Vestal, J. L. S. Patterson, W. W.
Garrett. The directors elected Jacob
A. Long, president ; McBride Holt
vice-president ; and, Chas. C. Thomp
son, : cashier. A committee, was ap
pointed to procure a location, a safe
and the necessary supplies for !rin-
nmg business.
MORE
LIVES LOST
Another fatal Railway Wreck
Leaves Death in its Wake
15 DIE IN CRASH OR BY FIRE
Massachusetts' Worst Train ' Disaster
in Many Years Occurs When Son
day Night Express From Boston
on Boston & Maine Crashes Into
Rear of a Local. ;
Lincoln, Mass., Special. The most
disastrous railroad wreck in this State
for many years occurred at 8:15
o'clock Sunday night at Raker's
Bridge station, a mile and a half west
of Lincoln, t on the main line of the
Fitchburg division of the Boston &
Maine Railroad. The regular Sunday
express, which s left Boston at 7.45
o'clock for Montreal a the Rutland
s3Tstem, crashed into, the rear of a lo
cal train which started from Boston
at 7.15 for points on the main line
and the Marlboro branch. '
- At least 15 persons were killed out
right burned to death or suffocated,
and 30 or more were seriously injured
Many passengers sustained minorcuts,
bruises and burns
The wreck was primarily due to
thick weather, which apparently ob
scured signals set 'by: -the 'forward
train, which, at the time of the dis
aster, was standing in front of Bak
er 's Bridge station. The Montrlea
train, drawn by two locomotives and
consisting also of , nine cars crashed
into the rear of the Marlboro" branch
local, demolishing the two rear cars.
All of the passengers killed alid
seriously injured were in these. The
passengers lived in Concord, West Ac
ton, Maynard, Hudson, Marlboro and
several smaller towns in the Asabet
Valley. None of the passengers on
the Montreal train were seriously hurt
but the engineer and fireman of the
leading locomotive were killed.
The wreckage caught fire and some
of the 'passengers were , incarcerated.
Few1, persons live in' the vicinity of i
Baker's Bridge station and no fire de
partment" Avas available, so that the
flames practically burned j themselves
out. Uninjured passengers! and an um
ber of train hands, assisted by villag
ers, went to the aid of the injured
and many persons were rescued.
A special train with doctors was
sent from Boston at 9.35 o'clock, and
reached here in half an hour. Many
doctors from Waltham and other
places in this section were sent to the
scene in carriage and by other trains.
Bank Clearings for the Week.
New York, Special. The following
table, compiled by. Bradstreet, shows
the bank clearings at a number of the
principal cities for the week ended
Nov. 24, with the percentage of in
crease and decrease as compared with
the corresponding week last year.
Seventy-two other cities are included
in the totals:
, New York $2,024,7S7,173, increase
15.9; Chigcao $218,716,490, increase
33.3 ; Boston $153,966,899, ' increase
21.0; Philadelphia $150,689,060, in
crease 36.7; New Orleans $26,S40, 940,
increase 37.7; Louisville $12,559,206,
increase31.6; Memphis $7,83S,792, in
crease 25.5; Richmond $5,412,955, de
crease 5.7; Atlanta $4, 657,161, in
crease 36.9; Nashville $3,681,370, in
crease 3S.3; Norfolk $2,457,426, in
crease 29.5; Augusta, Ga., $2,589,622,
increase 71.9; Knoxvilie . $1,421,811,
increase 26.0; Charleston, S. C, $1,
702,436, increase 40.7; Chattanooga
$1,315,895, increase 75.1 ; J ackson
ville, Fla., $1,297,089, increase 76.7;
Macon $647,443, increase 72.5; Sav
vannah $7,059,930, increase 67.1.
Total United States $3,091,638,741,
increase 20.5; outside New York $1,
066,851,568, increase 30.G.
Big Lumber Deal.
Nashville, Special. A Bristol,
Tenn., dispatch says: J. W Wilkin
son of Bristol has closed a deal for
17,000,000 feet of lumber and timber
in North Carolina. The land lies
along the 1 Southern railroad .near
Asheville. The amount reported to
be involved, in the deal is ahalf mil
lion dollars. '
. Heresy Trial of Dr. Bradley.
Newman, Ga., Special. At the
meeting of the North Georgia Con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, here Bishop W. W.
Duncan appointed a1 committee to in
vestisrate chanres of heresy against
Rev. H. S. Bradley, D. D:, of Atlanta
These charsres were preferred by Rev
J. N.'Snow. of Atlanta! The commit
tee appointed by Bishop Duncan is
composed of'Dr: C. W. Byrd, of Au
gusta. Ga. ; Dr. Luke , G.! Johnson, oi
Rome, arid Rev. J. A. Sharpof Dah
tonea, . : .
NORTH STATE NEWS
Items of Interest Gleaned From
Various Sections
FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE
Minor Occurrences of the Week of
Interest to Tar Heels Told in Para-
graphs.
-i-
Charlotte Cotton Market.
The cotton market firm.
Low middling. . J . . . . . . . . . .10
Low middling. . f a . . . . . . . . . .10
btnet low middling. . .. . . . . . . .10
Middlimr.. .. . i ....11
ood middling . . .... . . . . . . .11
General Cotton Market.
Atlanta,; firm. , . i . . ... . . . .11 3-16
Galveston, firm. . . . . ...... . .11 1-2
New Orleans, flrr4, . . . . . .... 11 9-16
Mobile - firm . ,
r;
.,111-2
.11 9-15
..11 1-4
.11 1-16
. .11 3-8
..111-2
. . . 11.75
Savannah, steadyj.
-:-
Charleston,' firm . .
Wilmington, steady. .
Norfolk, firm.. . ..
Baltimorer, nomiaal . .
New . York, steadt . . .
.... , .
Boston, steady. . . .... . . . .11.75
Philadelphia, firm. .
12
..11 lr2
..115-16
...11 5-8
...11 1-8
. . . .11 3-4
Houston, steady JV'.,
Augusta, firm. .1. ,
Memphis, firm vf.v
t. Louis, steady. .
Louisville, firm. .
25 Nuw Pharmacists.
The State board of pharmacy an
nounces that, 25 of the applicants for
licenses to practice in this State who
stood the examination recently in Ral
Vgh were successful and six failed.
1"wo of those successful were negroes
'j he list follows: it. M. Bell, Windson;
barren H. Biggs) Williamston; M. N.
ogart, Washington; Walter Buth
raann, Greensboio; J. E. Denton,
High Pointy E. B; Cooke, Goldsboro;
S.'P. Fletcher, Harrisburg, Va,: J. S.
JX ill, Fayetteville ; H.. - ILtarper,
menmona ; a; jv .anaraee, jaenson ; ' w
A. Jetton, Davidion Dr. A. A. Kent,
Lenoir; T. O. Levister, Raleigh ; G. F.
MeGee, Greensboro; J. M. Morgan,
Sanford; E. G. Mulhns, Charlotte; L.
G. O'Brien, Wjlnston-Salem; R. E.
Parker, Durham) C. A. Ring, High
Point; R. B. Suggs Belmont; J. N.
Thomas, Warrenton ; F. L, White, Me-
bane; J. H. Eaton (colored) Winston:
W. F. MeNair j(colored) Greensboro,
A Youth Missing.
New Bern, Special. Willie Roger-
son, the 17-year old son of Capt. Rog
erson, of this citv. is supposed to
be drowned, Willie was served as
deck hand on the. steam tug Edmond
Parks. While the, boat was lying' at
the wharf of her owners, the Blades
Lumber Company, Capt. Parkins call
ed to Willie, wh was on a flat which
was in tow, but nb response was heard..
An investigationiwas made, and noth
ing could be seefi of the boy, but his
hat was found floating on the water.
A report was made to the company
which immediately notified his father.
A diligent search has been going on all
day, but up to this time he has not
been, found. .
Arrested jor Firing Barn.
Charlotte, Special. Roy Monroe,
colored, was lodged in the county jail
charged with the? burning of Mr. J. S.
Beid's barn with -six head of horses.
The fire occurred ten days agro.- The
negro has admitted causing the fire
but says it was entirely unintentional ;
that he was in jthe act of lighting a
pipe and carelessly threw the match
in a pile of hay that was near the
building. ! I "
Farmers Signing Pledge.
Tarboro, Special. Mr. E. F. Mc
Rae, of Maxton,special representative
of the Souther4 Cotton Association,
was here to pui' in operation a plan
to secure pledges from farmers to
hold cotton for lot cents. Mr. McRae
is making a tour of the cotton belt of
the State and says pledges are being
signed very , promptly. :
Dashed In?;o a Street Car.
Winston-Saleti, Specials-George
White, eolored,':kged about thirty-five
years, and the ghorse he was riding
were killed by I street car on North
Liberty street. .jThe negro was riding
down the street,! and upon meeting the
car the animal became frightened and
dashed in . front of the car, runniag
Hs head into the headlight! The car
ran on both horse and rider, and it
required an hou or more to get it oil
them, v White rand the animal were
badly mangled.! The accident is the
worst that has fever befell the : street
railway company.
MRS. WIGGINS SUES '
Action Against . Saloon Keeper For
, Heavy Damages.
Asheville, Special. Mrs. Katp Wig-'
gins of the 'Salvation Army, has in
stituted suit for $10,000 damages
against A. A. Feathers ton, a liquor
dealer of this city, who kicked her.
trom nis saloon several veeks " ago;
The complaint has not'yet been filed,
but it is known that the amount nam
ed will demanded for the assault and
battery and for injuries alleged to
have been sustained. The criminal
action asrainst Featherston has' been
continued until the next term of Su
perior Court by order of J udge Mc
Neill and will be heard in February.
Volunteers to be Paid.
Asheville,, Special. Sneed Adams,
of this city, a lieutenant in Company
H, Second Regiment, North Carolina
volunteers during the. Spanish-Ameri
can war, has received the muster roll
of Company H, raised here, and also
information that the 103 men of the
company are entitled to, and will re
ceive pay for the time from their en
rollment here to the mustering-in at
Raleiarh. The . men will draw back
pay and subsistence for the days in
tervening between enrollment and
muster-in,' amounting to about $1 a
day for each man. The men of the
company will draw from the govern
ment pay for from seven to twenty
days, according to the date of en
rollment. Woman Burned to Death.,.
Mrs. Gribble, a widow whose home
is not very far west of Pomona, met
a fearful death last Monday, the facts
of which have just been made, known
She lived alone,", a colored woman
coming to her home every morning to
wait Aipon her Last Tuesday morning
the -colored woman went there as usual
and finding the doors "locked, sum
moned assistance and opened a win
dow, finding Mrs. Gribble lying on
the floor in front of the fireplace with
all of her clothing burned off and her
body in a crisp. The coroner deemed
an inquest unnecessary There was no
fire in the fireplace when the body
was; discovered and it it not known
at what time she met her death. Her
husband was a miner and was killed
in a mine a number of years ago.
incorporations.
The Wilson Wood and Lumber Com
pany filed a certificate with the Sec
retary of State, changing the location
of the principal office to Elizabeth
City '
The Lion Stone Company, of Reids-
ville, with $25,000 authorized and $5r
000 subscribed capital stock' was char
tered. The incorporators are: T.
Davis and Lucile Harrison, of Reids
ville, and S. Rue, of New York City.
The H. J. Moore Company of Wal
nut, Madison county, with $1,000 cap
ital stock, was chartered to do a mer
cantile business. The principal incor-
'. ...
porator is H. J. Moore. .
Tar Heel Topics.
Capt. W. B. Ryder, a .well known
railroad man and prominent financier
of Charlotte died in a sanitarium at
Battle Creek, Mich., on Monday night.
Morehead City has been selected as
a permanent camp site for the North
Carolina soldiers.
Guilty- of Criminal Assalut.
Wilmington, Special. At Kenans
ville in Duplin county Superior Court
Will Carter a negro youth, was found
guilty of criminal assault upon a six-
year-old daughter of Howard James,
of Wallace, N. C, about six weeks
ago, and he wan sentenced to be hang
ed at Kenans ville, December 20th.
, .A Child Mangled.
Asheville, Special. One of the
most' horrible and distressing acci
dents that ever occurred on the Ashe
ville yards of the Southern Railway
happened at 8 o 'clock Friday morning
when Paul Redmond, the eigh-year-ol3
son oj. Redinondof this city?
was knocked down and run over by an
ana inP and terribly jniured. Both
lei were severed from. the body just
vJlmv the knee, and his right arm was
t nff ni- the elbow. The boy was
hastily removed to Biltmore hospital,
where he died m the aiternoon.-
BRITONS WILL COME
Assurances of English Exhib
its at Jamestown
TWO CHURCHES MAY ALSO MEET
. President Tucker : Obtains Assurance
on London Visit That British Gov
ernment Will Be Represented by
Impressive Military and Naval Con
tingents. t .
London, By Cable. ' ' We are now
fully assured that Great Britain will
have representative milStary and
naval contingents at Jamestown in
1907," said Harry St. George Tucker,
president of the Jamestown (Va) Ex
position Company, to the Associated
Press. 1 1 The British ; government
through Foreign Secretary Lans- :
dowhe, the Admiralty and the War
office, has given me a most cordial
welcome and has promised to assist
in every wray towards the success of .
the exposition.
' ' The day had been already . pre
pared for me by our ambassadoi.Mr.
Reid, and Sir Mortimer Durand, the
British ambassador at Washington,
who has been urging the claims of the
exposition and as a result Lord Lans
downe sent the following telegram to
Ambassador Durand early this month :
" 4 His majesty's government de-
jsires to co-operate in every way that
may conduce to the success of the ex-V
position at Jamestown, whieh cannot
fail to excite much interest in this
country. Mr. Tucker will be received
with pleasure and "his majesty's gov
ernment will be glad to learn from
him the precise nature of the co-op- ;;
eration which the United States gov
ernment desires. ''
4Lord,Lansdowne showed ; thathe
was in earnest by receiving' me ut a -most
cordial manner and sending a'
representative with me to the Admir
alty and the War Office where in. out
line of the proposed displays were
discussed the heads of. those depart
ments taking keenest, interest in the
matter. The details have not yet been
worked outj but it is generally under
stood that Great Britain will be rep
resented by a battleship squadron
trid a' military contingent, the latter
including every arm of the service.
Special attention will be paid to the
recent improvements in the , instru
ments of military and navai war
fare. " .
Mr. Tucker will spend a day with
the archbishop of Canterbury, who
has invited, him to discuss the pro
posal for a joint meeting "of the Epis- ,
copal churches of England ands the
United States at Jamestown during
the exposition. On Wednesday he
will meet heads of the Admiralty and
the War Office to further discuss the
details of the displays.
Armed with Great Britain's ac
ceptance, Mr., Tucker expects that h'is
visits to other foreign capitals will be
equally successful.
Mother and 5 Children Slain.
Independence, Iowa, Special. Mrs.
William Mc Williams and her five chil
dren, ranging from 3 to 18 years in
je, were slam at their farm home
and the husband and father was ar
rested in Independence charged with
killing the members of his family. He
declared himself to be innocent. Each
person had been killed with a ham
mer blow on the head. Mrs. McWil-
lams was atrociously beaten, and a
few knife thrusts had been inflicted
on the crushed body.
Big Timber DeaL
Nashville, Tenm, Special. A Bris
tol, Tenn., dispatch says:. J. W. Wil
kinson, of Bristol, has closed a deal
for seventeen million feet of lumber
and timber in North Carolina. The
land lies along the Southern Railroad
near Asheville. The' amount reported
to be involved in the deal is half a .
million dollars.
Arrested for Burglary'.
Anderson, Special. Herman- Parr,
a negro boy about 14 yearsold, has
lwn arrested bv the police and is now
ml
being held in confinement pending an
investation ; on the charge of bur
glary. During the past month about
a dozen stores 'have been entered at,
night and small sums of money and
merchandise : stolen. The boy is a
confirmed criminal, having been .con
victed of stealing frequently He
seems to nave Deet me cniei oi a
gang of small bo1 who have been,
systematically engaged , in 'rthfc' urg
larly business.
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