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-a Jj- ' -. . . , Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. VOL XII. NO. k ' : COLUMBUS, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1907. REWARD OF $5500 FOR TRAIN WRECKERS Keystone Express Narrowly Es capes a 40-Foot Plunge PLATES REMOVED FROM RAILS Serious Disaster Averted on the Penn sylvania Only by Speed Having Been Reduced to About Thirty Miles an Hour. Pittsburg. The Pennsylvania offl Tials in Pittsburg made an appeal to "the county authorities in running down the band of train wreckers who flerailed the Keystone Express near "Turtle Creek. Rewards aggregating "35500 have been offered by the com pany for the arrest of the wreckers. The place where the wreck occurred Is within the confines of Allegheny 'County, and County Detective George "Waggoner at once put four men on the cas. At the pam t?re an appeal was made to th Police Department of Pittsburg Tskin? that detectives be "put at work in the city, where, it is believed, the wreckers are now in hiding. The railroad ofnr'als believe this wreck and that, of the Chicago lim ited were the work of employes dis charged some time ago. and who were known to have made threats against th company. Train No. 2ft of the Pennsylvania, known as the Keystone Express, east bound, was derailed near Wilmerd ing. Pa., fourteen miles past of this city. The engine, two mall cars, and a combination baggage and smoker left the tracks, but no one was hurt. The train was derailed bv wreck ers, and it is believed that th same persons who wrecked the Chicago Limited at Stewart are responsible for this work. The Pennsylvania officials an nounced that the company will pay a reward of $2500 for the arrest and onviction of the persons guilty of wrecking the Keystone Express and ?2500 for the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for the de railing of the Chicago Limited. In addition, the company offers $500 for information leading to the arrest of the guilty person or persons. The same plan was carried out and only the slow speed of the train, thirty miles an hour, saved it from turning over and diving over a steep bank. The work of the wreckers was thorough, for on both the east-bound and west-bound tracks one rail joint was displaced. The displacements were only a few rods aoart. Following the derailment the pas sengers rushed out in their night clothes. "When they discovered that there was no immediate danger they returned to the cars. A hasty exam ination disclosed the fact that the crime had been committed by men so familiar with the signal mechanism that, while the rails had been discon nected, the signals continued to indi cate safe. The outside rail held against the grinding of the heavy train and prevented the whole train from plunging over a forty-foot em' bankment into the river.. Near by, on the tracks, were found a track wrench and a pair of gloves, while in the river below were a crow bar, nuts, bolts and fish-plates. JAMES HENRY SMITH DEAD. Stricken in Kioto While on His Wed ding Trip. New York City. James Henry Smith, to whom Wall Street had giv en the name of "Silent Smith," died suddenly at Kioto, Japan. The news of his death reached here in a cable dispatch sent by the Duke of Man chester, who was one of the Smith party. : Mr. Smith was on his wedding trip with his wife, who was Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart. Mr. Smith was born in the West fifty-three years ago, and when a boy was taken to London by his uncle. Mr. Smith, whose fortune was estimated at $60,- 000,000 at the time of his death, in herited most of it from his uncle, George Smith, a pioneer of the West, at one time a partner of Alexander Mitchell and heavily interested in Chicago real estate. Mr. Smith came into ibis fortune in ISO 9. CENTRAL OFFICIALS HELD. I. A. McCormack, A. H. Smith and the Company Accused of Manslaughter. New York City. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, as a corporation; Ira A. McCormack, General Superintendent tne Electrical Zone, and Alfred H niita, a Vice-President and General Manager of the company, were in dicted for manslaughter in the sec ond degree, as the result of the inves tigation of the wreck of the Brewster tress at Woodlawn, on February u last, when twenty-four persons led and sixty-seven hurt. O'Brien Itetires. McCluro Named. After being sworn, in New York ri . as 0Qe of the commissioners to tS?i whelher Harry K. Thaw, on Vh-r lor the murder of Stanford no ' 'Bnen decided that he could Fitr ertake tne wor- Justice Clur!erald then named David Mc ure a lawyer, to fill the vacancy. Draw.i bv Carto ODDITIES IN HEWS FROM ALL OYER THE WORLD VORACIOUS ENGLISHMAN ATE SOOO PEAS IX A DAY. London. John Cotton, who lives in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, is believed to possess the most voracious appetite of any man living. Within the past few days he has consumed a meal at which a van horse would hare jibbed in despair. The contest which has just ended lasted fourteen days. The condition was that he should eat two peas on the first day. double that number on the sec ond, and continue to double it day after day for fourteen days. The pea3 which were used for the contest were the ordinary green marrowfats. During the first week the man simply swallowed them like pills, in the dry state; afterward they were steeped and boiled. On the tenth day the number was 1024; on the eleventh, 2048; on the twelfth, 409 6;' on the thirteenth, 8192, and on the. four teeth, 16,384. Owing to a little hitch in the proceedings he refused to con sume the total on the last day; but on the thirteenth day he disposed of 8192, which is believed to be a world's record. The only condiment he took was a little pepper. On the thirteenth day operations were com menced about 3 o'clock in the after noon. He disposed of 500 without the slightest inconvenience, and calmly rested until 7 o'clock in the evening before recommencing opera tions. At that hour he faced the enormous mass, which filled the largest household bucket, with a de termination not to surrender. Just before 11 o'clock he cleared the last of the dishes, and was greeted as the world's champion. During the thir teen days he had eaten 16,3S4 peas. FROGS AND BUGS IN A MICHIGAN CLOUDBURST. Kalamazoo, Mich. A shower of insects of a kind never seen in this vicinity, large in size and sreenish in color, together with very small frogs, fairly covered the territory be tween Kalamazoo and Battle Creek. The storm broke quickly in a cloud burst. Frogs began falling slowly at first and increased in number until catch basins became clogged with them. The bugs foliowed after the frogs. Professors and students car Tied large numbers of insects home for examination. Scientific authori ties assert the specimens are not known, but claim they would not have reached earth had not an un usually heavy thunderstorm pre vailed. Most of the bugs were dead when picked up. SEA TRIP TO JAMESTOWN FOR LIBERTY BELL. Philadelphia. For the first, time in its history Liberty Bell will have a sea trip. In July it will be taken to the Jamestown Exposition on board the battleship Pennsylvania. All that is required is the indorse ment by President Roosevelt of the plan, and it is understood be favors it. While the Jamestown Exposition will be open before July the bell will not be sent from Philadelphia until after July 15, when the Elks' conven tion in Philadelphia adjourns. ASHES DEPOSITED IN VAULT OF BANK HE FOUNDED. Boonville, Ind. The Boonviile Na tional Bank received a novel deposit when the cashier accepted a box con taining the crematory ashes of Di. Charles Keegan, who died recently. Dr. Keegan founded the bank in 1874 and. continued to be a large stock holder. It was the request of Dr. Keegan that his ashes be kept in the vault of the bank he founded. onM TiWW f fS Xew Yorl; Press. NURSE FINDS HUSBAND ON DISSECTING TABLE. Kansas City. By means of a de formed foot Mrs. William E. Turner, a trained nurse, was able to identify the body of her husband as it lay upon the dissecting table in the Hahnemann Medical College. Tha head had been removed. Mrs. Tur ner is now exerting every influence to have it found and restored, so tfcrtf she may have the body decently bur ied. Turner had died at the City Hospital while his wife was attend ing a patient, and under the law the body had been turned over to th medical college. -When the woman applied for admission to the dissect ing room she was refused, but she soon displayed authority for her pres ence and was then allowed to enter. The moment she saw the deformed foot she cried out: "It is Will! Oh, my poor husband!" The hospital au thorities and city officials are silent as to the case. It is said there will be an investigation. BLACKSMITH SHOCKED TO DEATH CLIPPING HORSE. Chicago. Frank Tesmer. a horse shoer, was killed while clipping a horse by electric power. He was holding the steel clippers in his hand, when suddenly there came a blue streak from the ceiling. Tesmer was thrown against the wall of the shop and died instantly. The horse was also knocked down and killed. Line men were at work on wires across the street, and in some way a wire charged with electricity of high volt age was thrown across the wire which furnished electricity for the clippers. AGED WOMAN'S HAIR SHOWS REMARKABLE CHANGE. Greenfield. Ind. "Grandma Clay ton is growing a full suit of black hair," was the announcement made concerning Mrs. Ruth Clayton, the oldest resident of Hancock County, 100 years old, and many of the pio neer's friends called upon her and were astonished to see the change that had come over her. Following a short spell of illness a few weeks ago Mrs. Clayton lost her hair, which 'was silvery. A few days ago her hair be gan to grow again. FIFTEEN CENTS A DAY TOO MUCH FOR RICH MAN. Omaha, Neb. "Tai Title" Seaman, the eccentric Omaha man who has a fortune of about $200,000 and has boasted that it cost him only fifteen cents a day to live, Las decided that his living expenses are too high for a man of his means and that he must cut them down. He never buys any but second hand clothing, but he says that this year he shall buy none at all. "I have figured on it," he said, "and I find that I can live well on twelve and a half cents a day, and I'm going to do it. Fifteen cents is too much." SHARK BITES OFF SAILOR'S FINGER USED TO PLUG LEAK. t Washington, D. C. A curious story illustrating the number and ferocity of the sharks that infest the harbor of Manila is reported in the mail just received at the insular bureau from the Philippines. As one of the boats of the little gunboat El Cano was be ing rowed out to the ship the plug in the bottom came out and J. J. Dun lap, a sailor, thrust a finger into the bitten off by a shark as U amputated by a surgeon. As the lost finger was used to pull the trigger of the rifle the sailor will have to be retired. SOUTHERN P TRAIN WRECKED f OPEH SWITCH Many Passengers Killed and In jured at jColton, CaL EXPRESS NiN HOURS LATE Westbound Train vt Fourteen Coaches Running at igh Speed Left the Track and ferc Crashed To- gather With frightful Loss. Colton, Cal. 4k. disastrous wreck on the Southern pacific occurred one and a half miles iast of here, when a west-bound trail from New Orleans for San Francisco! known as the Sun set Express, ran jto an open switch at forty miles anfhour. Ten of the fourteen coachejjf were derailed. Twenty-six persons ace known to have been killed,; and the final list will probably totamuch higher. The Injured number sout one hundred, m,iy of whom my die. Four of the wrecked coaches were smashed to splinters. Most of the dead were Immig&nts en route from Near York and Nigw Orleans for San Francisco. They ogcupied the smoker and day coach, "fhe dead were ter ribly maimed andgmangled. The Florence Roberts Theatrical Company occupied! one coach, which was hurled from tfe tracks and both ends of it crushed in by impact against the othersj Two of the twenty-two members ofthe company were injured. Miss RopertB was unhurt. The escape from ileath of the occu pants of this caic was remarkable, considering the mjp.ner in which the cofehes were splintered and torn. TJi men and women were hurled one end of the coach to the Roberts arm her chorus were render aid -to the victims. o cars of th troupe's scenery were destroyed, a oil as a result the oompaay will be compelled to aban don the remainderiipf Its circuit and return East at onci.'. The train was $nore than nine hours late, and making time. The blame reste crew. The switch I with a switch -. engine had just freight cars on to ban M. J. Morri bf the crew that pushed a string of a side track. Fire! on, the only man' has been seen sin the accident, called attention tot the open main line switch. , Only two Ameri(bns are known to have been killed, aflkough several of them are among ths injured. Half of the cacs "ere old-fashionod day coaches. Theyitvere smashed in to & shapeless mass by the seven heavy Pullman siegers which made up the rear of the train. In the Pull man coaches were ghty passengers. Not one of them ra Injured. Engineer Wormlhgton stuck to his post and was furiously injured. Among tho injureg passengers are Milton Hill, of Ne York, and Fred Ackerman, of Utldj both slightly, and E. V. Giroux, of New York, man ager of the Florenc Roberts troupe, cut on arms. fa- George. L. Sharp.nof Muncie, Ind., was instantly kill INVITATION TOr RAILWAYS. Interstate Commerce Commission Dis cusses the Existing Conditions. Washington, D. 8 A general In vitation has been exended to railroad officials by the Intestate Commerce Commission to comp to Washington and confer with it th a view to de ciding on a policy f legislation for more governmental control, to save them from the advei$e action of State legislatures, and tgf. restore public confidence in railro investments. "The commissionjfiwill be glad to see railroad offlcialsprom any section of the country or from all sections," said Commissioner MLiane, "for the purpose of discussing with them pro posed legislation foa greater meas ure of governmental! control of such a character that Itlpwill not be in jurious to the intejsts of the rail roads. The whole Commission feels this way." J . This statement Virtually comes from President Roevelt, as Com missioner Lane hasW conferred with L him every day for a brtnight. TRAMPS HOLD UP TRAIN. Ccat the Engineer a Are Captured by New Jersj Sheriff. Morristown, N. JB Five tramps were arrested by Sieriff Judson A. Gunn,- of Sussex Codtty, for holding up a train on the Lehigh and Hudson Railroad near HuntsyJUle and serious ly injuring the engineer, Edward .A. Shaeffer, of Phillipsb&rg. As the train nearep Huntsville the five men jumped intdthe cab and or dered Shaeffer to gfop the engine. When he refused to p so the tramps pulled him from th cab and beat him. It is believed e will die. At tracted by his criei for help, the train crew climbed itfto the cab, and the tramps fled to Un woods. They were next heard of iniAndover, where they robbed a jewely store of $35 and a grocery store oP$50. The men were caujiht in a barn on the Cranberry Lake road. Jjgjk Hill's Boadf Wins. The Supreme Co nil; oi Minnesota found for the Great pprthern in the State suit involving tte issue of $6Q, 000,000 new stock. n fro 0tss aril to Wholesale Trices Quoted In New lork - MILE. The Milk Exchange price for standard quality is 34c. per quart. BUTTER. Cronmery Western, extra. $ .104$ St Firsts 28 fn 30 Stte Hairy, finest 28 (2t 29 Good to prime 25 (tii 27 Factory, thirds to firsts... 10 21 CREESE. T3ile. full cream, fancy.... 14 r U?4 Small..,.. U(a is Part sK-imfl.goed to prima R 9 Full skims 2 3 EGGS. ."'erpey Fany 21 f f2 Ftate Goort to choice llVfo) J$ WesternFirsts 17 J5 Duck epes 2r 3 .o Goose eggs 90 100 FRUITS AND BERRTER FRESH. Angles Greoivng, per bbl. t m . m 3 T" Kirp. ter bbl 3 00 Of) 3 75 Brn Davis, oer bb! 1 50 (7t 3 2." Cr-nberries. C.Cod, per bbl S 00 7 50 Jersey, per , bbl 4 00 5 00 LIVE POULTRY. "Fowls, per lb (Fi "! Roosters, per lb.. 0 i? 'I'uv'-eys. pe- lb 0 i. "HnrkSj per lb (ft IB Gese. per lb 9 n l Pigeons, per pair 80 DRESSED POULTRV. Turkey, pe- lb.. in (ft Ti Fords, per lb ,.. (ft 15 (lee9, spring, per 8 (ft 10 lueks. spring, per lb S (ft 12 Squabs, per dozen 1 75 4 75 HAY AXD STRAW. IJp-". prime, pp 10 lb (ft 20 No. 1, per 100 lb (ft 1 15 No. 2. per 100 Jb (ft 1 Or? Clover mixed, per 100 lb. SO (ft 1 05 Straw, long rye 60 65 HOPS. St M e. 1906. choice 21 (ft 22 Medium. 1905 9 (ft 10 PaHnV Coast. 1906, choice. . 13 (ft H Medium, 1905 8 K) VEGETABLES. Potatoes. L. I., per bbl.... 1 50 (ft 1 R5 Southern, per bbl I 50 (ft 3 00 Sweets, per bbl 2 00 (ft. 3 7r Tomatoes, per carrier 1 50 (ft 3 00 Kgg plant, per box 2 00 (ft 3 00 Squash, per box 1 00 (ft. 2 50 Peas, per basket 1 00 (ft. 3 00 Peppers, per carrier 1 25 (ft 2 2$ Lettuce, per basket 1 00 (ft 3 00 Cabbages, per crate 75 (ft 50 String beans, per basket... 2 50 (ft 5 00 Oni ons, Ct.. red. per bbl... 2 25 (ft. 2 75 Orange Co.. per bag 1 50 (ft. 3 00 Carrots, per bbl 1 25 (ft 1 75 Beets, per bbl 1 00 (ft. j M Ceiery, per case 1 50 (ft, 2 50 Turnips, per bbl 90 (ft 1 12 Okra, per carrier 1 00 (ft 3 00 Parsley, per bbl 2 00 (ft 2 50 Spinach, per bbl 75 (ft 1 7o Watercress. per 100 bunches 1 25 (ft 2 35 Kale, per bbl 1 00 (ft. 1 50 Shallots, per 100 bunches.. 2 00 (ft 3 00 Radishes, per basket 1. 00 (ft. 2 50 Cucumbers, per basket.... 2 00 (ft. 3 5 Leeks, per 100 bunches . 3 00 (ft 4 00 Parsnips, per bbl 1 75 (ft 2 "25 Horseradish, per bbl 3 50 (ft 6 00 Asparagus, per doz. bunches 2 00 (ft 7 00 Oyster plants, 100 bunches. 10 00 12 00. GRALX, ETC. FImr Winter patents .... 3 63 (ft. 3 R5 Spring patents 4 00 7(5) 4 75 Wheat. No. 1 N. Duluth... 91 No. 2 red Zl(ft. 83J4 Corn, No. 2 white (ft. 55 No. 2 yellow (ft. 52?4 Oats, mixed (ft. i 64 Clipped white.... Afft. 52 Lard, city S! 8 LIVE STOCE. Beeves, city dressed 7 (fy !) Calves, city dressed 10 (ft. 15 Country dressed " (ft 13JJ Sheep, per 100 lb 4 50 (ft. 6 00 Lambs, per 100 lb (ft. 6 00 Hogs, live, per 100 lb 6 10 (ft. ? 10 Country dressed, per lb.. 8 9 EOOM IN MAPLE SUGAR. Pure Food Laws Have Eliminated Rivals of tho Honest Farmer. Swanto, Vt. Ideal weather foi starting the sap in he sugar maple trees of this State has prevailed foi the past few days. While few farm ers who own extensive maple or chards have tapped their trees, prep arations have been made for one ol the most profitable seasons in years The pure Jood laws recently passed have practically killed the competi tion of dealers manufacturing adul terated or imitation maple sugar and syrup, and already buyers from Ne York and Boston and other large cities are on the scene offering twelve and thirteen cents a pound for sugar. Most of the producers are holding of! from these prices, although last yeai they accepted eleven cents a pound Buyers are also trying to get syrujj at from eighty to ninety cents a gal Ion, storage provided by the buyer, although last year's price was sixt cents a gallon, storage not added One farmer in the vicinity of Cam bridge, who tapped 1000 trees, re ports the sap running freely. Good Southern Crop Prospects. If the excellent crop prospects can be realized the railroads will enjoy another era of great prosperity. The South has large amounts of cotton and corn to sell. The streets of country towns and cities are lined with cotton bales, because of the ina bility of railroads to move out the cotton rapidly enough to make a place for the movement off the plan tation. April Dividend Disbursements. April dividend and interest dis bursements aggregate more than ?135, 000,000, which is a record amount for the month. Up to the present 187 corporations of various sorts have declared dividends calling for a total payment in the month of $79,001,783. The interest payments of 380 corporations will amount to S53,042,222. GIRL POISONER ACQUITTEb, miT nnrn to iaiii una dui uucd iu mim Jennie Burch Consoted by Woman Whose Baby She Kilted. JUDGE PRAISES JURY'S FINDING Alienist Declares Girl May Commit Crime Again Under Unfavorable Conditions Tells of Fdblt in New York State Law. Carmel, N. Y. On the ground of insanity Jennie Burch, the fifteen-year-old poisoner, was acquitted In the Supreme Court of having mur dered an infasft son of Herbert Win ship, a wealthy farmer of Patterson, in Putnam County. Immediately af ter the filing of the verdict Justice Mills committed the girl to the State Asylum for the Insane at Matteawan. Jennie Burch did not ccoiport her self as an insane person throughout the trial. It was certain when tho jury retired, however, that under Justice Mill3' charge and the sum ming up by the State the verdict which was found would be returned. When the girl heard Justice Mills make the commitment to Matteawan she began to cry again. Ono ef her attorneys said .to her: "You will be treated kindly there, Jennie, and the doctors will help to recover your mind. Be of good cheer and keep your nerve." "That's all very well," she replied, "but how is any one to keep her nerve in a place like that, with luna tics all around?" When the girl was taken from the court room to the quarters of Sheriff Barry and his family she found awaiting her Mrs. Winship, who met her with outstretched arms and told her to pray to forget the past, as she wng nrn vine sh mitrht ho ahlo tn An "You have my entire forgiveness," said Mrs. Winship, "and do please, try to keep your mind off tho terri ble things that have happened and grow up to be a good woman." After this visit Jennie seemed to welcome the news that she would he taken immediately to Matteawan. After the jury had been discharged it was learned that on tho first ballot one man wanted to find the girl guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, which would have meant an imprisonment cf from a day to twen ty years. This juror was reminded of the unfortunate birth and ante cedents of the girl. So he was won to join in the finding that was made. In making the commitment to Mat teawan Justice Mills said that he be lieved the jury had found strictly on the evidence. He added that from personal observation in court he be lieved Jennie Burch to be insane and also from the results of the investiga tions made by Dr. Granger. "Therefore," he declared, "I am going to commit ' her to Matteawan on the ground that her freedom would be a menace and a danger to the peace of the community." "What would prevent this girl fFom being liberated a year from now?" Dr. Granger was asked by a reporter. "Nothing. To all intents and ap pearances she may recover her men tal health two or three months or a year from now, and all that would be necessary would be for some law yer to release her on a writ of habeas corpus. That is the one hole In tho laws of the State of New York through which much misery has flowed out upon the citisens of this community.' I would not trust her in my household. She might be led to commit a similar crime at any time." The mother of the unfortunate girl was not in court on the last day, and it remained for the broken old grand father to comfort her. . A remarkable phase of Jennie Burch's abnormality has been her rapid growth since September last. At th time of her arrest she weighed less than one hundred pounds. Her height was only live feet four inches. She has grown three and a half in ches and gained more than forty pounds. HEARST SUES FOR $2,500,000. Chicago Tribune Published Mr.Root Utica Speech With Comments. Chicago. Five libel suits aggre gating $2,500,000 were instituted against the Tribune Company by William Randolph Hearst through his attorneys, Darrow, Masters & Wilson. According to Edgar L. Masters, he suits are based upon five articlos pub lished in the Tribune. Each is a quo tation from a speech delivered by Secretary of State Elihu Root at Utica, N. Y., November 1, 1906, and comments of an uncomplimentary na ture on Mr. Hearst are contained in the headlines. SOAP MILLIONAIRE A SUICIDE. Aged William A. Procter's Grief Over Wife's Death Caused His Act. Cincinnati, O. William A. Proc ter, aged seventy-three, multi-millionaire president of the Procter & Gamble Company, committed suicide by shooting himself In the bathroom of his magnificent suburban home in Giendale. To Coroner Otis L. Cameron mem bers of the family attributed the act to failing health and contiuued grief over the demise of bis wife almost four years ago.