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Autos and Ra; By Sylvester Stewart T3(3^nuc? IIAT the automobile has ; OCnUCTOU mission is to change oil thoroughfares. The hor 22 I TT!? occupies too much spar S2 X ww wroug kind of feet on Snnnnn w?rrie<l driver whips, fn VTt*rwrtrTi*T ol,t of him and shortens Hut whatever etliciej proreinents, it will always reniaiu tr same engine ami the same quantity o i one ton of -freight on the best 11 passengers or four tons of freight on obsolete." the auto will call for ligb thousands of localities, and will prob guides, so that it eau run either on o The automobile, instead of being a to it. Light railways?T rails, platew and on these branches will run frelgli ways there is nothing like steel, nor It. Of course, in sections too thinly > road ar.d a light railway) the business . road. but wherever it does it will lv freight and passengers, on account of countered on all roads but steel.?Enj The Nebular H By Agnes M. Clarke. is stated that things W ^ U nay, out of existence I H| hypothesis. Stat non I E3f with nnnnntatloos i Jfor I theme is barely recal w MJ ^ upon it. Entire Ucei 8 jf and simple lines of e literated or submerge modern cosmogonists "Natural History of the Heavens," tesian vortices reappear, with the oeh there wanting theories or speculations Impacts. Moreover, the misleading fashion 1 with Laplace as co-inventor of the un tnonly designated as the "nebular lij source of much hurtful confusion. S; by no means their exclusive propert; planetary system, Kant's and La pi a c common. Their postulates were ver ployed radically different kinds of "n objected, in each case, to totally diss "The R.OSS?Ull Ana 3kjwv By John N. May, Tre American Rose Socief. SHE history of the race the flower was first ii remain a matter of ancients knew and ad many centuries ago. Early Greek write asserting that it was beauty, to Cupid as i as the god of silence, the white rcse was regarded as a syn was suspended from the ceiling and an "He who doth Beneath my ro< What faith and what confidence man in those days when only the pre: alienee and to. impress upon those pre; be kept inviolable! The Romans also held the rose in g know to-day were unknown to them. the beginning of the nineteenth cento troduced. Since that time innumerab ""existence, and to-day they range in c< dainty button size to those measuring l color from the purest white to the dec shade of color not yet attainable is bl bestowing all other shades, forms an content without this color. But this, i one has a glorious range of hues from The wild or native rose can be,] every temperate zone. It is found in North America. The native varieties ; roses that now embellish the gardens Inhabitants. Til? old-fasliioucd rose, growing by the roadside in the count ccstor of some of the highly colored a beauty to decorative purposes. No one will dispute the popularit; the fads of the hour and hold sway ft rose ia always in demand, summer a are not exceeded by those of any othe winter, when no special function is of this beautiful flower. ?7 x Can Floods Middle West, mean!: w" tlie Kaw and tne ues : ^ -p $ spring estimated at $23,( ^ 1 v millions of dollars are v by States in building levc the lower Mississippi an prpved thus far impossible to eontr rivers; their frequent rebellions rest larity. Suppose the money lost this sums wiped away during all the forty spent in intelligent preventive measui it have been effective? Already many across ravines and sloughs on prair bounty. These are constructed prima: keep the floods from the land below i crop washed cut. If this system be tipper basin on a larger scale, it tvoul seasonable rainfall, but give opportu: from the stored water. The Senate o ized the necessity of doing something, 060.000 for the purchase cf 2,500.000 range in the States of North Carolina, object being to protect tiie iorcsts auu on the hillsides, rather than allow tl The hill failed i:i the House, but it ou tsblishment of a permanent reservoir with ample appropriations for its co the development of the West. It will high np on the prairie slopes, exerting hot winds and the drouths; it will fi lands a steady supply through the si the life of the agriculturists of the and so prevent the floods that araual anxiety.?The Independent. ilways. ;i great future I do not deny. Its chief :.v streets from manure yards to clean se Is unfit for use on city streets, lie e: he is too hard to steer: lie has ilie him; besides, on crowded streets, his ?ts and jerks ten per cent, of his energy his life. ley the auto may attain by future iraue. that if it is put 011 steel rails, the f fuel necessary to pull ten passengers lacadam road will pull at least forty ^''tuoL-innr mlhvnvfl SH.I-J. ou. IUSH'IIU Ul UIUUIUJ, ............ t steel rails for itself, in hundreds of ably l>e equipped, in many eases, with r off rails. menace to the railway, will l?o a feeder ays. etc.?will branch front main lines, it and passenger automobiles. In roadanything that makes any approach to settled to justify two roads ta common automobile will have to use the common e com wiled to charge a high rate for the great resistance to progression engineering Magazine. ypethesss. : may be improved beyond recognition, . So it 1-as happened to the nebular ilnis "umbra. The name survives, um ndefinitely diversified. The original [led by many of the variations played use of treatment prevails. TLe strict volution laid down by I.aplace are obd. Some of the schemes proposed by are substantially reversions to Kant's the long discarded and despised Carit of virtual novelty, in others; nor are reminiscent even of Button's cometary ins come into vogue of bracketing Kant ijestic and orderly plan of growth conrpotliesis." This has been, and is, the ive the one fundamental idea?and that y?of ascribiDg unity of origin to the e's evolutionary methods had little i 1 y far from being identical; they cmorld stuff:" and the "world slu^" was iwilar process.?Knowledge. & disputed an ftf iTlrtWfirS. VIA V a A ?\w v v WA wo lasurer of tho y. ' s full of romance anil poetry. When Produced as a garden bloom must ever conjecture; but it is certain that the mired this Queen of the Flowers many, rs mention It in many of their writings, consecrated to Venus as an emblem of in emblem of love and to Harpocratcs Probably this last fact explains why ibol of silence, and at ancient carnivals Dund it was written this sentence: secrets reveal if shall never dwell." must have existed between man and sence of a flower was needed to insure ;ent the injunction that secrets were to reat esteem. The beautiful varieties we for it is a matter of history that until ry very few double roses nau ueen wile and grand varieties have come into jlor, size and fragrance from the small Ave inches and more in diameter, and in per maroon, or nearly black. The only lue. Though nature has been lavish in d sizes, the lover of the roso must be [ am sure, will be no great hardship, as i which to choose. found growing in abundance in nearly Asia, Africa, the whole of Europe and are the original parents of all the grand ? and homes of millions of the earth's with its single row of petals, found ry districts of New England is the annd fragrant blooms that now lend their 7 of the rose. Certain flowers become >r n time, but are soon dethroned. The nd winter, and the sales of its blcous %. Tte cnocr\rt r\f cnocffll fjivnr deemed complete without the presence ?7 5 Prevented? iK the territory of the lower Missouri, doines rivers, suffered a flood loss last XXMXX). And this despite the fact that ised each year by the Government and ?es and otherwise endeavoring to confine d Missouri within safe bounds. It has ol entirely the mighty force of these lit in inundations with alarming reguone season, to say nothing of the vast years of Western settlement, had been .1 l 7 _ I'S at mtr liruu? Ul ll.V nucaiiij, nuuiu Western fanners have thrown up dams ie farms, which hold back the rain's rily as cattle watering places, but they aud save many a field from having its extended over the whole area of the d not only retain a great portion of unuitv for irrigation on the lower levels f the recent Congress has already realfor it passed a bill appropriating $10,acres on the top of the Appalachian Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia, the to prevent floods by holding the waters lem free course over deforested areas, ght to succeed at next session. The es? system under Government control and nstruction should be the next step in mean a tremendous body of water held its influence In the modification of the irnish to the growing area of irrigated miner months; it will retain the rains lower Mississippi and Missouri one of ly spoil the low-lying farms and icuke II I ?II 1 ? ANTI-SEMITE RIOT AT GOMEL. The Police and nilitrry Openly Sided With the Murderers. The Associated Press correspondent has made an investigation on the spot ot the "Pogrom," as the Russians described the anti-Semite riots, which oc eurred here September 11, and were renewed for several days. The riots were smaller, but perhaps more remarkable than those which took place at Kischineff, because the police and military openly sided with the plunderers and murderers, the "Pogromshiks," as the Russians called them. The troops, supported by many educated and well-todo Christians, formed a movable 6hield behind which the "Pogromshiks" ruthlessly demolished the Jewish homes and shops and cruelly clubbed such Jews as fell into their hands, leisurely proceeding from strec-t to street and district to district, as they did so. The commerce and industry of Gomel, which is conside-able, is largely in the hands of the Jewish poulation, numbering 2fi,000. Few of the residents are wealthy, but none are paupers. The Jewish artisans incline to socialism. The trouble began September 11, a holiday (the day of the beheading of John the Baptist) in a wrangle in the fruit and fish markets between Moujiks (peasants) and Jews. The wrangle end80. in a free fight in which many were wounded, one Moujik succumbing to his injuries. The Moujike demanded vengeance and employed the following days in inflaming the anti-Semite agitations, the leaders being an officer named Pensky and a rich merchant named Petrachenko. Everybody knew that a "Pogrom" would occur on Monday and the Jews appealed for protection to Chief of Police Ravasky, who summoned an in fantry regiment from its summer.- encampment. Thus there were 1,600 soldiers in the town. At luncheon hour on Monday the anti-Semit railway workmen to the number of some hundreds began an organized attack on the Jewish houses in Seamovkaya street, sacking them and demolishing or spoiling the bulky articles by soaking them with kerosene. Police Chief Ravasky had placed police and troops on the Zamovaya. but they acted as though they were intended to protect the "Pogromshiks" from interference. Jews who tried to cross their lines to rescue their co-religionists were brutally clubbed with the soldiers' guns, bayonetted or arrested. Meanwhile, recruits for the "Pogromshiks" poured steadily over the bridge leading from the railway workshops. A bystander begged the commander to send troops to guard the exit from the bridge. The officer replied threatening the man with arrest, and saying: "We know what we have to do." The plunderers now proceeded from street to street, the troops and police following them, and cutting ofl[ access to the devastated Jewish houses. They subsequently visited the Jewish quarter called "America," the Konnaya square, the upper end of Roumanizouvska-ya street, the principal thoroughfare of the town, and the district called "Panrashis." Altogether nearly 400 houses and s! ops were wholly or partially wrecked, the windows smashed, the blinds and frames^being splintered and every scrap of furniture and effects, even the Samovars, sewing machines, mirrors and lamps destroyed or stolen. The Jews who did not take refuge with compassionate Christians or conceal themselves in cellars, were severely beaten and in many cases dangerously wounded. Some young Jews exasperated by the action of the police and troops armed thmeselves with any frvaiiable weapons and tried to force their way to the threatened houses. A Mysterious flurder. -j Chicago. Special.?Early Wednesday morning the dead bodies of Harriet Elizabeth Weber and Innocenti Talamini, a marble cutter, were found on Lexington avenue, just south of Fiftyfourth street. Both had been shot twice and while there are indications that the man shot the woman and then killed himself, there are other features to the case that make it somewhat mysterious. Arthur M. Laurie, with whom the dead woman had made her home, will be held by the police until after the inquest. There is no evidence connecting him with the shooting, but he is detained as a witness. May Close Its Plant. Cnos?fa1 ?Tho TTnifrvl 1 UtOUUl (5, *4*v V?%. States Steel Corporation may close all its steel plants in the near future un. less the workers will consent to a reduction in wages. The reason for this attitude is an overstocked market and dullness of trade at this time of the year. Last year the Amalgamated Association reported a reduction of 3 per cent, on all material made for foreign orders and the steel company, it is said intends to make a similar request this year. President T. J. Shaffer, of the Amalgamated Association, stated that he felt sure that the limit would not be changed, and that existing conditions do not warrant it. Working on Message. .Oyster Bay. Special.?No visitors were received by President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. Already the President has begun work on his annual message to Congress. This work is simr>?.flnfiratnrv nnH nothing vpf h?s o * been reduced to definite form. The message to be presented to the extraordinary session will be comparatively brief, the call for the extraordinary session will Dot be issued until about the middle of October. A Suicide. Charleston, S. C., Special.?J. H. Foihemus, formerly city passenger agent here and also in Savannah for \ the Plant System, killed himself Thursday morning at Suirrmerville, S C. He went into the yard with a parlor rifle, the muzzle of which he placed against his breast and pulled the trigger. His body was found by his child. The bullet passed through his heart. j OUT ON HEAVY BAIL Slayers of Russell Sherrill Give $25,000 Bonds. EVIDENCE GIVEN ON BOTH SIDES. It Was Proven That Sherrill Was Not Th. U/hlio Rrnth^rs Prnve Good Characters. Salisbury, Special.?After a hearing before Judge Geo. H. Brown. Jr.. here Saturday, Thos. J. and Calmers L. White, who killed Russell Shcrrill at Mt. Ulla. on September 17th, were allowed bail in the sum of $25,000 each and released from custody. At the hearing in the case the court bouse was jammed and crowded as it has seldom been before. This strong public interest was induced by the peculiarly tragic circumstances of the killing. Two men of high character and well connected admit the killing of the young man, also of prominent family, in an alteration caused by the ruin of their niece, the child of their dead brother. They allege circumstances of self-defence. On the other hand the prosecution contends that they offered young Sherrill the simple alternative of death or marriage and that upon his declaring his choice of the former when he found that they would accept no equivocation or delay thev shot him down, unarmed as he was, and before his mother's eyes. Large numbers of people were present both from' Concord and the Mt. Ulla section of Rowan county. The Sherrill family was represented by Mrs. Josephine Sherrill. mother of the deceased and the principal witness for the prosecution: her daughter. Miss Lucy Sherrill: her little son. Price Sherrill, and her son-in-law. Mr. W. A. Barber, of Cleveland. The relatives of the defendants present were: Messrs. Tinslow and Thornwell White, of Concord, and Sergeant R. C. White, of Charlotte. The defense was represented by Senator Lee S. Murphy, of Salisbury, and Montgomery & Crowell, of Concord. Solicitor Hummer, L. H. Clement, T. C. Linn and B. B. Miller appeared for the State. Representative Theo. F. Kluttz, who has been retained for the defense, was not present, being away from town. All the points arising during the hearing were hard fought and once or twice warm rejoinders were between counsel. When the evidence had been concluded at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon both sidej agreed to leave the matter of bail to the court without argument. Judge Brown announced that he would take the matter under consideration and file his decision in writing with the clerk of the court. In the meantime the prisoners were remanded to the custody of the sheriff. Mrs. Josephine Sherrill, mother of the deceased, was the first witness for the State. She testified that of six rhiMrpn other than the deceased there were in the residence on the day and I hour of the killing. Price, a ten-yearold boy. and Lena, a fifteen-year-old girl. There were also in the house J. H. Thayer and son, Charles Thayer, of Mt. Pleasant, who had come to Mt. Ulla to sharpen gin saws, and Prof. W. R. Clegg, a school teacher, boarding at the place. She continued: "I beard a knock at the door about 6 o'clock in the morning and upon answering it saw two strangers. They said they wanted to see Mr. Russell Sherrill. I said that he was not up, but that I would call him, and I placed chairs for them on the porch. I then went and told my son. He asked who the men were, but I couldn't tell him. He rose from bed and came down in his shirt and trousers and with his shoes untied. The gentlemen told him they wanted to see him privately. I was in the hall, but hearing this, came out. They told me to go back, but I refused. Russell had sat down on the bench near the door and as he did so the Whites immediately covered him with their revolvers. rising from their chairs as they did so. They told him he had ruined their niece, Annie White, and had to die today if he didn't marry her. Chal was the spokesman of the two. Russell said he didn't ruin tne girl. I stepped between the two men and Russell and pleaded with Chal White not to kill my boy. I then turned to the other man, Thomas White, and began to plead with him, begging him for the boy's poor mother's sake to spare his life. Tom said he was deaf and told me to talk to his brother. Chal repeated that Russell would have to marry the girl today or die. He told me to step back and I did so. Russell said, 'I'll go with you,' and got up and stepped towards the door, whereupon Tom White, the big one, shoved him back. Russell then said he didn't love the girl and couldn't marry her, upon which they both fired, almost together. so close, in fact, that I couldn't tell which fired first. In shoving Rus- | sell, Tom White had pushed him towards Chal and away from'the door. After the shots Russell fell and I fell almost on him. Rising. I ran out into the yard, screaming and crying out for the neighbors to catsh the men who had killed Russell. They left im mediately. Further testimony was given by the nrescution. It was developed the Slicrrill was not armed. The defense then gave evidence. For the defense Col. Paul B. Means, Messrs. W. R. Odell, J. P. Allison, Charles Ritchie, Frank Smith. P. B. Fetzer. A. Jones Yorke and Dr. Robert S. Ycung. all prominent citizens of Concord, testified to the excellent character of both defendants. The defendant Thomas J. White then took the stand and, being partially deaf, was examined by means of a speaking tube. He testified thus: "I am J9 years old. Annie White is my niece, her father having been my oldest fuli brother. Since his death I have acted * .1*. I as her guardian, though not legally cuch. On the evening of the lGth inst. I came to Rowan, brought by this letter." Here the witnes exhibited a letter. the reading of which was. on objection by the prosecution, excluded as incompetent. As, however, it may figure when the case comes to trial, it is given here: "My Dear Brother: 0. my brother, how can I tell? Annie is a ruined girl and I want you to come at once and tell me what to do. Russell Sherrill is the author of her ruin. 0, "God. this is so hard!?Jennie." The writer of this letter was Mrs. Samuel Archer, the mother of the girl and the Bister-in-law of the White brothers. " ? J - The witness eonunuea. v^iiuiuj*-is> came with me. We went to our sisterin-law's. arriving at about 8 o'clock at night. My brother had an interview with Annie. I did not speak with her. but had a conversation with her mother. We went next morning to Mrs. Sherrill's, reaching there about 8 o'clock. We went early to make sure of finding Sherrill at home and to avoid publicity and also to enable us to get home that afternoon. Mrs. Archer lives a half or three-quarters of a mile from Mrs. Sherrill's. We went to the house and Chalmers knocked on the door. He had a conversation with Mrs. Sherrill, which I could not overhear. I asked him if Hussell was at home and he said yes. Upon young Sherrill's arrival my brother began a conversation with him, but I could not catch the words. Sher* {11 Crvfin ry /\ n{fl rt n ^ KnAfhfiK rlroir ixil o^iaa5 IU 1110 itci a*iu ui uiuvi ui v his pistol. I also drew mine. Mre. Sherrill came out and talked with my brother. Don't know what was said. Mrs. Sherrill stepped in front of me and said something to me. I told her to talk to my brother, as I wa3 der.f. Sherrill then advanced on my brother. I following him. I was to Sherrill's right. He continued to advance on mv brother, in a threatening manner an J sprang past me at Chalmers in striK.ng attitude. At this point Chalmers flrcd, and I fired almost immediately afterwards. Sherrill fell at once. We went to the buggy and started for Salisbury. Three shots were fired, Chalmers firing the third shot. I had no agreement, with my brother when we went to Sherrill's. We went to ask Sherrill to right the wrong he had done our niece without publicity; we had no intention of killing him. We took pistols because of the night journey from Concord and not for possible use against Sherrill. I did not shove Sherrill away from the door. Did not touch him except when I shook hands with him on arriving. I had seen Sherrill before, but did not know him." Cross-examined: "I borrowed my pistol, already loaded, from a friend. This was on the afternoon we started. Nothing said between my brother and myself about beiug armed. It is about 23 miles from Concord to Mt. Ulla. We did not go to Sherrill's house early in order the more certainly to catch him unsuspecting and unarmed, but on account cf the reasons I have already given. In accordance with our request M s. Archer woke us up at about 5 o'clock. Cn reaching the store near the house we loosed the horses but did not take them out of the buggy. We talked with Sherrill five or six minutes before the shooting, Chalmers carrying on all the conversation except the one remark I made asking Sherrill to get into the buggy and go with us. We drove to Salisbury quickly to forestall pursuit. I didn't shoot because I was 1 in danger, but because my brother was."' The testimony of Chalmers White was coroborative of that of his brother in all substantial details, being that the idea of killing Sherrill never occurred to them, and that the act was done under the impression that their lives were in danger. At the close of the hearing Judge Brown admitted t??e White's to bail in bonds of $25,000 each, which was readily given. The Whites then returned to their home in Concord where they were heartily congratulated by their friends. New York, Special.?Louis Nixon Saturday night announced that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor. He made public statement in which he said: "I am a candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York. This statement is made with a full knowledge of the uncertainties of the Democratic situation. ^ I desire to make it clear that I am j. willing to stand with those Democrats, however small their number, who be Iieve that the Democratic party of this city should lead and not follow in the forward march of municipal re- r form." 0 Workers Among Negroes. e Atlanta, Special.?The national con- 1 vention of congregational workers ' among the colored people, which has n been in session in this city, elected the 1 following officers: President, Rev. H. 0 H. Proctor, Atlanta; first vice presi- d dent, Prof. W. E. Goss, Talladega, 1 Ala.; second vice president. Rev. S. H. ^ Brown, Washington; recording secre- p tary. Rev. 0. Faruma, Troy, N. C.; j, corresponding secretary, Rev. G. W. d Henderson. New Oreleans; treasurer, r Rev. F. D. Sims, Memphis. " h The Pcrbody Fund. Little Rock. Ark., Special.?Hon. J. t. H. Hinemon, State Superintendent of c public instruction, OI ArKansas, ciaics v that there is a likelihood of an early s meeting of Southern States school t: superintendents to take action relative p to thd disposition of the Peabody edu- n cational fund. The fund is now over b $3,000,000, and many Southern States ji superintendents are said to favor p closing the trust and distributing the fund to the States of the South, rather s thr.n to concentrate the money on one large teacher's college, as has been n proposed. il o Conveyor Burned. Galveston, Special.?The conveyor of the Southern Pacific elevator, 1,500 feet long, was destroyed by fire Monday. The elevator was in great danger for a while. A part of the wharf 0 was destroyed. The total damage is t: estimated at between $75,000 and $90,- i 000. d It probably will be two months before repairs can be made, though some v temporary arrangement for handling , grain may be made sooner. The insurance probably covers the entire loss, t ' - - ' . , ? V MANY PEOPLE KILLED ^ 4 Women Who Witnessed the Accident May Die From Fright. \ BAD WRECK NEAR DANVILLF, VAJ The Train Was Running at the Rate of cr? orTiO HIIm an Hnur and Left the Track on an 4,S" Curve. o Danville, Va., Special.?No. 97.' the Southern Railway's fast mail, plying between New York and New Orleans, plunged over a trestle north of this city Sunday afternoon, killing nine men, injuring seven others and completely wrecking three mail and one express cars. The killed are: The Dead. J. L. Thompson, railway mail clerk, of Washington. W. S. Chambers, railway mail clerk, of Midland. Va. D. P. Flory, railway mail cierk, of Nokesville, Va. P. M. Argelwright, railway mail clerk, of Mt. Clinton, Va. J. A. Broady, engineer, of Placerville, Va. J. T. Blair, conductor, of Spencer, N. C. A. G. Clapp, of Greensboro. Flagman S. J. Moody, of Raleigh, N. C. A 12-year-old son of J. L. Thompson. The Injured. The injured are: Lewis W. Spears, of Manassas. Frank G. Brooks, of Charlottesville. Percival Indenmauer, of Washing-^" , -j ten. Charles E. Reames, of ChariottesJennings J. Dunlap, of Washington. K. C. Maupin, of Charlottesville. J. Harrison Thompson, of St Luke. All of the above are railway mail clerks. It is said that this is the first time that Engineer Broady ever ran a mall train and the supposition is that he was running too fast and was not entirely familiar with his road-bed. The wreck occurred on a steep grade, the latter embracing the trestle, which is in the'6hape of the letter "8." The train was probably running at a rate of between 50 and 60 miles an hour when the engine left the track. The train ran some distance on the crossties, plunging over the trestle at a tangent, when the engine was about half way across. The engine and all of the ears fell 75 feet to the water below. The last L-ar tore up a considerable section of the trestle. The engine struck and was buried in the bed of the creek. The ?ars piled on top of the engine, ail of Lberu being split into kindling wood, rho engineer was found some little distance from his cab, horribly mangled Uid dead. All of the bodies save one nave been recovered. The train carried nothing but mail >nd express. The mail was net much lpmaged, considering the extent of the trreck. Some loose registered tetters ind the valuables of the dead ruea lave been recovered. The express mater was considerably injured. The mail coaches were taken In :harge by R. B. Boulding, a clerk who :pends his Sundays in this city. He arived on a train within half an hour iffer the disaster. Mail clerks were i ;ent on special trains from Richmond, Charlottesville and Greensboro, N. C., / o assist in rescuing the government ^ >roperty. > The wreck itself beggars description, til of the cars are battered into kincling wood, and the engine ik buried la he mud of the creek. A wrecking rew is laboring to remove the debris, o that the trestle can be repaired for he continuance of traffic at as early in hour as possible tomorrow. All of the injured mail clerks were aken to the Home for the Sick in this itv. where they received medical at ention. ( The other victims may recover, alhough the physicians can give cut no lefinite information as to their coudiion. One man, name unknown, is still n the wreck. He can be seen, but the lebris under which he is lying has not leen removed. Official Report. Washington, Special.?Official retorts to the Southern Railway general ffices in this city state that the wreckd train was on time at the last staion at which it reported, and that t was going at the rate of 30 to 35 ailes an hour when it approached tne rcstle, and ran off the track just north f the trestle, carrying the trestle own when the engine ran off the rack to the ground below. Broady, the rati tugium, yi(ia j ? ? ? ge. and had been with the Southern tailway about 20 years, his service a ?.ree part of the time being on the ivision on which the accident occurred. While reports leave it in doubt just ow the accident occurred, and it wilt ake further inquiry to make this cer?.in, it is believed here that the acident was due to a flange on the front . heel projecting ever the rail and triklng the ties. The trestle where he accident occurred will be fully retired by an early hour to-morrow lorning, and trains are expected to e running over it tomorrow. The inured men have been taken to the hos ital at Danville, and are oeing given very attention. Train No. 97, it Js trrted at the general offices, has beeir: unning about a year, and has had no lishap. except that some months ago : ran into some earth that had fallen n the track. N*ero Elected. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Special.?John licks, colored, was elected a member f the Republican town committee for he ninth district. Hicks' election was he result of a factional fight in the istrlet, engineered by John Baker, rho ran Hicks to get even with Willam E. Luyter, the present member of he committee ij.' _ 5.'vfrtS