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F ii VOL. XI. THE-PRESIDENT I NEAR DEATH j Roosevelt's Carriage Ran Down i bv a Trollpv f.ar and Hie ! - ^ w Mswaawj VU? UilU U1U Body Gnard Killed. The Chief Executive Escapes With Slight Injuries?Accident Happens While Driving From Pittsfield to Lenox, Mass. ' IMttsQeld, Mass. ? The carriage In which President Roosevelt, accompanied by Governor Crane, Secretary Cortelyou, und others, was being driven front this place to Lenox on the thirteenth and Inst day of the President's New England trip, was struck by a trolley car at the foot of Howard's Hill and Instantly demolished. The occupants of the landau were thrown into the air, and Secret Service A pent William Craig. who foil on the tracks directly in front of the rapidly moving car, was instantly killed. The President, who fell by the roadside, sustained no injuries other than a bruise on the cheek and a severe shaking. Governor Crane also escaped unhurt and Secretary C-ortelyou's hurts were minor. 1). .1. Pratt, of Dalton. the owner of the carriage, who was driving the four horses attached to it at the time of the accident, sustained a dislocation of the left shoulder, a sprained ankle, and was otherwise seriously bruised and cut. The scene of the accident was about a utile and a half south of the park where the President had addressed an audience of several thousand people hefore entering the carriage. After his address he drove to the home of former Senator Dawes, who is now eighty-live years old, and after making n call of a few minutes started down South street for Lenox. The party were a little late, and Mr. Pratt put his horses to their best speed in order to make up time. The President's carriage was on the west side of the street railroad track, hut as the track crossed to the other side of the highway at the foot of the hill it was necessary for the earring*' to cross over to the east side. This Mr. Pratt attempted to do. not seeing the car which was approaching front the north or r.-n In <i?n r.n ? I'l l' U lJUIllher of passengers. including: .Tames \V. Hull, a director of the Pittsfiold Electric St roc r Railway Company; District j Attorney Noxon. A. \V. Knton and a I numlicr of moniliers of tlio Pittsfiold ' Country Club, who had chartered ir. | The car struck the right side of the carriage, demolishing the wheels on that side and preclpltatin.tr Craig directly oi^the track, lie was instantly killed, his entire skull being crushed and Iris body terribly mangled. It was feared at first that Mr. Pratt's Injuries were fatal. He was taken at once to the House of Mercy, in I'ittsfield, where the nature of his injuries was ascertained. The physicians in charge say that he may recover. All four of the occupants of the carriage were thrown out. Governor Crane seems to have escaped entirely, and the injuries to the President and his secretary are not regarded as being serious. President Roosevelt and Governor Crane, who occupied the rear seat of the carriage, wore both flung violently ?-'i ?- -? 111111 i in* ingnwny, but they saved themselves by clingifig to one another. Fortunately, at this point there is a quantity of soft earth, caused by the wash from the hill, and into this the oeeupnnts of the President's veliide, other than Craig, were precipitated. The President was on his feet in a flash. Ho assisted the others to arise, and his first words were a question as to the condition of the other members of the party. Learning that Craig was under the ear he said that he must be dead, and lie gave his attention to stanching the blood that was flowing from cuts in the neck of Secretary Cortelvou. The President's injuries were painful, but not at all serious. The left side of his lip was bleeding from contact with woodwork in the carriage, and the right side of Ids face was bruised. Ills glasses were thrown off. but were ?u>t broken. His frock coat wrffc ripped at the elbow, and ills silk bat was ruffled by the toss in the sand. Wlrui Mr. Boomvott ?? *? , . , .VWAVU U|>U1I 111 I.* body of the detective who had been with him throughout his Now England Journey, he was deeply overcome. He went toward the car and in a severe tone said to the motorman: "Why did you run Into the carriage?" "You don't suppose I did It on purpose, do youV" replied the motorman. "If you lost control of the car, that Is one thing, but If not, your act Is an outrage," responded tlv? President. As he turned aud walked away the motorman called out: "Your driver had a right to get out of the way. anyhow." The body of Craig was removed at once to the house of A. B. Stevens, near by. President Itoosevelt. Governor Crane. Congressman Lawrence and Secretary Correlyou walked to the Stevens house, where they remained for about half an hour. Members of the party were desirous that the President should abandon his trip, but this lie refused to do. He JHHHi JlH tH ORT FC said that lar;;t? crowds evidently Had J gathered to greet 1dm. and lie would continue, hut lie announced chnt lie would make no more speeches during the day. Another carriage was telephoned for from l'ittsfield. and the I>resident continued his trip. He and (Joveruor Crane went to the \spiuwall Hotel, where h? was to have dedicated the State suite of rooms, but the President did not leave his carriage. He stood for a moment and said to the hotel guests and people assembled to meet liim, that he wished for no demonstration and 110 cheers. He did not outer the hotel, but drove directly from there to the Curtis Hotel, where nearly all the cottagers had assembled to meet him. The program which had been arranged provided that lib should enter 1 the hotel ottice and parlors and meet the cottagers, but lie did not do this. 1 ill t ctnrwl n?* l?l? *?1 ** ? - ~-1 11 U|I ill 1119 milium" I1IK1 SilHl he "wished no demonstrations on account of the terrible accident. The thousands of people had assembled in front of the hotel were perfectly silent. The party, after remaining for a brief time, drove on to Stockbrldge, where luncli was served. Then Governor Crane and Congressman Lawrence left the party. Craig's body was later taken to n local undertaker's establishment and his relatives were uotitled. 1 There seems to be no question about 1 the blame for the accident. Judge Joseph Tucker, President of the l'lttsiield Street ltailrond, in an interview, said that the cars had not been for- 1 bidden to run over this branch of the ' road during the day, but Mayor Kng- ' land had forbidden the cars to run over this road while the President's carriage was upon it. The car which ran down the President's carriage was a special, chartered by members of the Pittstield Country (Club to convey them to their clubhouse, which was formerly ltroadliall, where the Poet Longfellow lived when in Berkshire. Luke .1. Madden, the motorman, and James Kelly, the conductor, were arrested soon after the accident. The charge against them is manslaughter. 1 Ball for the uiotortunn of $500G was ! furnished by former Alderman Maurice J. Madden, his brother, and Patrick H. Dolan, manager of the Pittstield Street Itaihvny Company. Kelly was hailed 1 in $11300 by Mr. Dolan. ball being accepted by Special Justice Charles 1* llihhard. Kelly is twenty-five years old, single, and has been employed on the railway for three years. Madden is thirty-two years old and has a wife and five children. l'middcnt Kudo New Kiclunil Tour. Bridgeport, Conn.?President Roosevelt ended his tour of New England ' horn ;l tllo tlll-lllln.' ..x-.x.x.. St. Vincent. Roseau, Dominica.?A copy of I/Opiu- | ion, of Fort de France, says that over I 1.-.OI persons were killed as a result of j the recent eruption of Mont Felee, and that a still greater nuuilier of persons j have been brought to Fort do France i by the French cruisers Tage and Sueliet, and by coasting craft. The hospitals of Fort tie France are j tilled with the sick and wounded. Kingston, Jamaica.?The Herman steamer t'aslillia, on arriving here from St. Thomas, D. \V. I., reports encountering a heavy fall of volcanic dust while Soo miles out at sea. She also reports that the coast of Haiti was completely obscured by haze caused by dust. Paris.?Tito Minister of the Colonies. In placing i?100.0OO at the disposal of the Coventor of Martinique, M. Lenta ire. to relieve the distress in that Island, has urged the Coventor not to segregate refugees at Fort de France, but to distribute them In the south, where their necessities can be most easily supplied. Recognizing the danger of a tidal wave at Fort do France, the Colonial Minister ltas instructed Governor Lenta ire to adopt all the measures necessary to enable the inhabitants immediately to evacuate the place in case of necessity and seek refuge on the heights above the town, where food depots should be established. The Minister has also recommended the establishment of observatory points, whence the least sign of a ??*? ? * **?, VAjn:? itiil C ill PlttsHeld. Mass. IIi> remained aliout an hour anil a half, and was escorted to a stand In Seaside Park, ivhere he had intended to deliver an address 10 workmen. lie excused himself, however, front making any speech be- 1 cause of the accident, and at ids request his carriage was hurried away 1 from its escort to enable him to board the Sylph, where Mrs. Itoosevelt and his son Kerinet met and embraced him. 1 President Arrive* at Home. Oyster Bay, X. Y.?President IlooSc- ' velt returned to Oyster Bay hut little the worse for his thrilling experience of tlie morning. I lis right cheek was swollen, there was a black bruise under his right eye, and his mouth was slightly swollen. Otherwise lie showed no effects of tlie accident. lie will go ' South according to the original sched- 1 ule, and will be aecotnpanied by Secretary Cortelyou, who, while lie was 1 considerably shaken up, expects that ' his injuries will not incapacitate him 1 from duty. 1 The President was busily engaged on 1 ills return in signing commissions and ' disposing of work that hud accumulated during his absence. William Craig, tlie Secret Service ' agent who was killed, was a man wlio ' had been on duty as Presidential guard at the White House for many years. 1 lie was forty-eight years old, and was ' a giant in physique. He weighed over 1 2(H) pounds and was more than six feet ! tall. lie was a former member of the Queen's Grenadiers, anil was an ex- * pert broads words man; years ago lie 1 gave exhibitions with Duncan Ross, and was credited witli many victories over liim. j TERMS OF FAIR SETTLEMENT. A Million Dollar* Sniri to Hnvo llecn j TraiiHferroU to tlin Wife'* Hrtri. | Pan Francisco, Cal.?By the terms of i the agreement between tlie heirs of ] >irs. muni's i.. i-atr, and Mrs. Her- | ninun Oelrlclis and Mrs. \V. K. Vander- < hilt, Jr., the former receive more than $1,000,000. Of this sum $300,000 in . gold has been paid by Hernia mi OelJ < l'lclis to Mrs. Nelson. 'Hie money was < deposited in the Field Ivitionnl Bank, 1 where it stands in the name of Mrs. < Nelson. j Within a month the balance will be t he handed over tc the heirs of Mrs. Fair. In addition io this amount there Is still a considerable sum represented in the personal properly of Mrs. Fair, ^ the value of which cannot he determined until her estate is appraised. It is. however, estlinaud to he worth t between $.10,000 ami ?i?000. Acrorl- t in# to A. It. Cotton the persoral prop- ! erty will bo distributed b> die Prol me Court in four montus. i Ohio Democrat*' 1 ndnrw tt'jfti 1 1 The Ohio State idu\ .nat. " uren j tion has nominated a ' ia' t !. -t am* | ] adopted a platform u i* < h > . s dicta '1 . > by Mayor Tom L. .foli'isrn of ?'\e. | land. The Kansas < ity pie oroa J 1 attlrmed and Mr. Bryan i. nqivdi I j ly Indorsed. The boom of , ;r. . < In ' t for the Presidency wus also ' . h- d. | I P ? ... * i n mi omnreaiv ??r .Mont l'elee ran | immediately be reported to tlie siu- j thorities. WEST VIRGINIA STRIKE OFF. On Mllrlii'll'i Advice. Miner* Keturii to Work on Old Term*. Huntington. \\\ Vn.?Tlie conl strike ' In West Virginia, which has been in I progress since June t?. is at an end. I At a mass meeting of miners from ill the coal fields along the Norfolk ind Western Railroad it was almost unanimously agreed to end the strike, provided the operators will take back ill the old miners, and the latter have dgnitied their intention of doing this. The miners agreed to return to work. It is reported that President John Mitchell, of toe United Mine Workers, tdvlsed the strikers to return to work. | is he realizes that winter Is near at land and the miners in this Held could lot hold out much longer, as almost very one is dependent upon the union 'or food and clothing. It Is thought he strikers In the New River and Kanawha fields will soon follow the id ion of the strikers on the Norfolk i nd Western. ?i "LOBSTER" A SER'CUS NAME. toldler Charged With an OnVitre Agaii> t K<io?e?elt Sentenced r?r L'.lnc I . T"> I .1 ? ifi-iiuionci, va.?Hecause, according to allegation?, lie called a brother ofSeep a "lobster" while In a state of ntoxicatlon. lieutenant John W. Stark lias been dishonorably discharged from he Virginia militia and sentenced to ?p? nd two months In the city Jnii. Stark a short time ago was tried ind acquitted in tne United States "ourt here on tlio charge of sending >bscone matter to President Roosevelt. , It was understood here that the Presi lent's generosity in calling off the nosecution liad much to do with the 1 esult of the trial. CENERAL CRONJE BACK HOME. iVell Trralol by the Hrlttftli unil Willing to Work With Tlirin. Pretoria, South Africa. ? General ( C.ronje, who surrendered to tlie Britisli roops at Puardeberg. Orange Free <tnte. 1ms returned to the Transvaal ,.ith h's wife from St. Helena, and is tow at "lerk??doff?. Gener. . Cronje said be bad abso- ( utely no grievance with rijnrd to his roatment during IiIr long ixile In St. , rlclena. He .said lw was contented i ith the terrors of peace ntid was < >n- , .<!? i t tiiat Bo- r and Briton would soon m? working band in band. He was ; flud to return and assist in this work ind to advise bis own people. i MI] )RT MILL, S. WED HORE DEAD IN MARfiNIQUE Another Eruption ot Mont Pelee Adds to the Awful Devastation DARK AS DURING AN ECLIPSE Lnrgr Number* ol l'cojile Are l.nsvliiK the Inland? llonpltuN lit Fort do If miner Filled With the Injured ? l'limlng btenmcr* Covered With l)uit?I'rernutlonary Mc??ure* Crired. Castries, St. Lucia.?The Royal Mall steamship Yaro arrived here from Martinique with the report that a violent volcanic eruption has occurred there, anil that about 2000 persons arc said to have perished. Large numbers of people are leaving the island. The coast telephone service reports that a violent eruption of the Soufrlere volcano, St. Vincent, has been observed. It was quite dark here at r?.:iO o'clock a. m. At that hour the sun was obscured as it is during au eclipse. The British steamship Savan, Captain Hunter, on arriving here from Trinidad, was covered with dust, and i reports that she ran into a dense cloud j of dust when twenty miles south 01 i 'JL 'i NKSI >,\Y. SKPTKMISE BILL ARP'S LETTER.| 1 lie Philosopher Writes About the Opening of the Schools. THE7E IS A GREAT COMMOTION Children. Carrying their Books, Aro Swarming on Their Way to Seek Useful Knowledge. What a commotion. The public schools have opened the winter session. Hundreds of children are going to and fro and every family is excited for their own. The books have been hunted up, the faces washed and hair brushed. The boys have a new suit and the girls new school dresses, and it looks like everything and everybody is working for the children. Merchants, mechanics, doctors, lawyers. preachers and farmers seem to be busy in their trades and professions. but behind them all is the welfare and happiness of their children. We have but one scholar now?a sweet grandchild, who has risen to a ] higher grade and has to strain her I young mind to solve the mazes and mysteries of Latin and algebra, but she will do it. Our schools have good teachers, and with help at home the willing PUDil will keen nn wiHi ?>w. I foremost. Yes, help at home. 1 wish that every child had It. In a grade of thirty or forty pupils it is impossible for the teacher to give more than a f- \v minutes to each one. but I sometimes give nn hour to our little girl at night. That is what an old grandpa is good for. But it is hard for even me to fall into line with new books and master them. The first Latin book I read was a simple little one t ailed "Htstoriae Sacra,*' and the first line was "Deus creavit eaelam ct terrain intra sex dies," "(lod created the heavens and the earth in six days." 1 know the whole chapter now. but that book is out of print and 1 don't know the new ones. Just so with algebra Old Jeremiah Day is dead and now there is a new hook and new rules, and they axe harder to me. How we old men do love to talk over the good old ways of fifty and sixty years ago. Captain Calhoun was telling yesterday how old Beman mauled knowledge into the brain through the shanks and posteriors of rebellious boys. 1 haven't forgotten some of the lickings that good old John Norton gave me, for I was full of mischief. Professor Ronald Johnston is here now on a visit. He taught here many i years and most all these young married men carry his marks, for he is j a Scotchman and has a Scotchman's ! faith in Solomon and the road. In ; IStll he joined the confederate army, j una wxiin tnL* war was over resumed his school and has now been teaching over fifty years. He is a fit successor to Itemari and Isham anil Touchie. but has gentled down a good deal, and loves to pet his grandchildren. I was ruminating about these s< hool books and their cost. It took $1 to buy four little books for the new grade and I know it is too much, and 1 rejoice to see thai a ompr.ny has been formed to publish southern school books in a southern city and keep our money at home. I rejoice that I)r. I. William Jones has published a school history of the United States that is acceptable to our people. He Is a grand old gentleman without fear and without reproach, and has done more to preserve our good name and our record than any other man. His biography of Jefferson Davis and of Robert E. Lee should be in every household. Even Teddy, who claims to be a historian, ought to read that of Mr. Davis and repent and retract and apologize before he is set. j down as an arch calumniator of a < true patriot and a noble man. This re- ' ininds me of that brave girl, Laura \ Talbert Gait. who refused to ring i "Marching Through Goorgia" in the Louisville public school. Blessings on her; she ought to be adopted as the successor to Winnie I>avis, the Daughter of the Confederacy. My good friend. Joe Drown, has written a parody on that song, and the last line : to every vo!"e fs: "As we went thieving through G rgia." 1 have lost some of my respect to: the city of Louisville as a southern city since that infamous song is allowed to be sung in their public schools. But I am comforted every day with letters of Inquiry about the roster that Georgia is going to make an 1 about Judge Walter Clark's l>(K>k:i an 1 how to get them. Hare Is a beautiful letter from Hon. P. 1\ Turnloy, mayor of the city of Highland Park, Ills. He Is SI years old, but does not look It in his handsome photograph. He was born and reared in Tennessee and graduated at West Point in 184G. Stonewall Jackson was his roommate; Generals D. R. Jones and William Montgomory Gardner his classmates. That is getting pretty close to us, for D. R. Jones was our briga-' dior for a while, and Oardner wifl our colonel. Mr. Turnley wants those j books and I wish to say here tflfc the books must be ordered from M. Oi 1 Rherrill, state librarian. Raleigh. N. C. Send $5 and they will be sent by express, but not prepaid. And here is a lott? r from G. W. Nichols, of Jesup, | Ga.. vbo also sends his interest'ng , hook. "A Soldier's Story of the Lawton Gordon Kvans Bfigade." That's right. 1/ we can find one man in every regi- 1 ment who will wrlto its history wo will soon get our roster started on a North Carolina basis. I pime 11 10,11)02. FOR HARNESS ul ouco, aud you will bo tu>touisliod to s "LiL M r It's this waj You can burn yourse Powder, etc., or you i with Steam or llotW only one proper way scald and that is by \ Mexican Mustang l I It gives immediate relief. ; linen cloth, saturate it with ' loosely upon the wound. Y< idea what an excellent remea you have tried it. ACnUfl TIP It you have at. rUfVL I IT. other jK.ultry d Unlmcnt. It- is called a bta-xjjaiu> I'sOUTl I 5^. 5 1L* I THE CREjCT I OF TFcMDE J}. .J Uniling (Prlnc rj Ccn:crs r..r\<J Heal L Itosorts ti tiie uou I NORTH, orb Voslibulf Trair between Nov Yorlt and I Cincinnati and k'ioridu I Aahavillc. Now York and Tlorida, oith? and Savannah) or via Savannah. Superior Dinin(f-C;ir Scrvlci Excell cr? t Service and Lev count South Carolina In 1 Expoaition. Winter Tourist Tickets to reduced rates. For detailed Information, liter apply to nearest ttcket'agcnt, or S. H. HAKDW1CK, General Passenger JJgent, IVashlngton, ti. C. B R XV. HUNT, H . Die. Passenger Jlgcnt, R * Charleston, S C. H PCCSUASV IO. IOCS %gpgnnxsBMaEKX&B^3ErjsiKam But I am not well and must rorhear for this time.?Bill Arp lb Atlanta Constitution. 1 a An Explanation Rcauestod. f The late John \V. Bailey, managing p editor of the Philadelphia Record, hnd \ a large fund of stories and anecdotes concerning typesetters' mistakes. As , f is generally Jinown. his career on t the Record began in the compos in-; j room, from the foremac3fetp of which p ho was raised into the cxr.eutl v*j ; editorial position ho held until th time of Ids recent death. One evening when a member of the Record staff was looking through his proofs a aud grumbling at the arbitrary divis- a ions of words made by the typesetters. ( Mr. Halley told of a "comp" who once * divided the word ""horses," making a syllable of "hoi" ond driving "sea" into the next line. The proof reader, of course, marked "horses" to be put s undivided into one line. When the marked proof reached the lypecetter he waxed Indignant, called the atten- p lion of his fellows to what he termed Ihe proof reader's Ignorance, an-:. f nfter explaining the circumstance::. ? declared himself as follows: "If that ain't the way to divide 'horses.' how in the devil c.' ould it bo divided?" , IWBfW ^ / I.. - - -?3' ' NO. 25. >ro<j Moxlcnn Mustnnf; MnX? what you n?<o?L It takes ofTecfc ?t>o uuw quicKiy ic uuuid sorea. IP X 7 ? r O If with Fire, with :an scald yourself ratci\ but there is to euro a burn or ising Jniment. Got a picco of soft. old this liniment and bind , >11 can have no adequato ly this is lor a burn until * ird afflicted with Roup or any iseuso use Muxlrau Mustuug remedy by poultry breeder*. JM* 11^ fiERN I WAY I HIGHWAY* 1 NZ> TRAVEL. | ipal Conirnerri^.T ' ) ti'i u.iit3 Plcastro th wiiit t&ie jC? ( T and WEST. | ?s. Through Slcop'uirs jnj Orleans, via A. : ants, *oir,!S via Atlanta and via i? >r vln Lynchburg. Danvillo n Uunvitl* and I > or* ul] Throufjli T rtin*. > r Rates to Char It i ion atur*Stalc z.rkA VVcat lru-.3i.?r? all Hor.orIs now oa *al? at iiturr, time tables, rates, etc., address W. H. TAYLOE, Jisst. Cera. Pass. Jtgent, Jitlaata, Ca. J. C. BEAK. A District Pass. Mgant, M JHlanta, Cm. I Two Good Irish Bulls. Tho I'lliladolpliin. Times gives two ;oorl samples of Irish bulls. Dr. VHaguc, health oflleer at MinncapoIs, when recently in Philadelphia at i gathering of medical men. became ngaged in a discussion of tho dr. . ;ers resulting from impure drinkii vater. "Way," he said, "tho typhoid fever lacilli call for tho most diligent atention if the health of a community s to ho conserved. They are so small, gentlemen, that a handful of thein ould he placed on the point of a ieedle!" Still another bull i3 contributed by i reader, who says ho overheard a trcet car argument between two 'elts the other day concerning tho inlrihinHotU 1 icuHiugH ui mo laus i'erdluand J. I)rcor. "Well," said ono, "ho moight havo ?een a bit foolish an' belavcd in banihoe an' tho loikc, but ho knew enough to have himself cr-rcmatcd." "An' do yez bo thinkin* that's a ;ood thing?" asked his opponent. "Why, man I do that! Whin yes ir r-remated yez can nave tho ashes p;i n a little tin box an' carry 'era aro.in n your vist pockot wid yez." It is possible for good naturcd pco;..* o live on cross streets.