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'ASSENGERS HELD !N TRAP DROWN
Train Runs Along Trestle, Then Plunges Into Twenty
Feet of Water?Rescue Almost Impossible.
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. At,flnUc N. J.?Fifty lives
..mere blotted out in an instant liere
Kpv .whan two coaches from Camden on
m lr? Uew e,uctr'<' lino jumped from
^ ti'OBtle bridge over the Thorough
a?d sank in mud in twenty feet
t .-ffi water. Tho passengers were
mught like rain in a trap, and only
& four men in the two earn succeeded
in saving their lives. They burst
pg^rindows with their hands, and forc
|!:r; ,ng tholr bodies through the opea
"},Z ? 'UKa came to the surface after the
|f , oars had been immersed almost a
minute.
11,10 is known as the West
Jersey and Seashore Railroad, but it
is tho property of the Pennsylvania
&Y.LKa,,ro{ul- 1'ioctrlcity was substituted
II- 8team only a month ago, and tho
Wimir. rai1 Is ,,-SO(1 The run from
mil.. Vamden to this city in made in an
^m^hour and .a half, and the train was
f . on time.
fc' ' most honihlo Kirht of the ap
nu||nig disaster was that of tho third
?*ah, which completed the train, and
was held suspended for thirty
Is by a projecting beam in the
r 3' , . 0 coaoh was tipped on
... " and niter thirty passengers had
?? s^wpaped tin; ear dropped, and falling
Z.Wr * 1'""i i,ank waw not. covered by
fw water. Several persons wei'fc
?3^-^|Wght in the coach and were
^?-.4rpwiied. Their cries wero heart
A rescuer. Jumping on
pi-s?ttt6r roof, caught a woman's wrl3t
through if. ventilator and hold it un
K: Ml the risi^g. tmo claimed her life.
Wtga-the^coach went Into the water
a fat man was stuck in one of the
""JndowH. Ho was filled with hope
*ica be found that his head was
***Te water. Presently, however, lie
iveretl that (tho tide was rising,
he made desperate struggles to
i liberty and life. Two men on
foof pulled hia arms in vain, and
striving was useless. He grow
I with despair, and threshing
prater with bin arms prayed and
""1 alternately until the tide
?BV0r him. "Tils" body was cut
-?ft hour later. Hi^ struggles
torrlble thaat tht/flesh oii?lits
was torn away by Contact with
Jndow frame.
?ner Caakill, after Inspecting
Idge, said that what he found
Les, lie thinks, criminal negli
5>n tho part of ,tho corporation
\ employes. The tracks on the
?.ldgo are higher than those on
*itle, and the condition of tho
!~the rails on the draw shqaw
Is condition has existed
J id that tho'ends of 4j$3jtfrrails
$n battered by tho wheels
ivitheni.- Another thing, there
^~iard rails along the tracks
Idge. Tho Coroner Is con
lat had there been such
even an Iron railing along
if tho bridge all the cars
have gone Into tho water
hitting thd guard railing
fe gono through, but th?f-Te
ppuld have been enough, ho
^ have stopped the second
a result, tho third.
a went over as a result of
Jpg of the rails. But after
^..tracks It traveled for 100
trestle work, and It
ft'altor Scott, tho mo
tve bocomo unnerved,
*v fsMteuiilclont timofto set tho
brakeaEgflT bring the tralusto a dtop.
tlx -?*? -'<*?-vn with his train, h>w
10 truth never will be
ft tracks were examined
days ago, and it was
:.were safe.
ighfaro trcstlo Is one
h a drawbridge in tho
drawbridge had been
re the train ran out on
, yacht p?Bsnd t hrough
)tt slowed down as he
structure. A signal
him, and ho had air
the train to a stop,
was dropped back
?d ho got the signal
Ho turmwl on the
^traln gathered mo
peed at the tlmo the
Tthe rails was about
tho first to leave
leers report that thc.|
Are spread under it.
thes Werb dragged
tho ,train went:
woodeH floor of
iral times the cars
ing over the aide
ird rail. Thore
issing the bridge
?aid that at the
left the tracks
Rccommendcd.
>n
the rioting by
irllle, Texas,
lonorable dls
ip*nles of the
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to Prwmt Cor
> the ti
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that the passengors began to shout
iir terror. Tho passengers were seen
leaving their seats and crowding to
ward the doors. Before any of them
could get out, however, the .two
couches went into thu water and bl
atantly ?ank from night.
" The coaches went over at one end
of tho drawbridge. There was no
protecting guard rail here, li'nd tho
'flvst coach shot clean out fifom the
bridge and struck the water with
Its whpels spinning. Tho second
coach was almost perpendicular for a
few seconds, when the rear end
slipped from the bridge/the car sink
ing flat in the mud like the first. The
coupling of the third car was broken,
and It turned almost at right angles
to the bridge before if fell. It was
the decreasing weight, as tho pas>:on
gtfrs fought their way through the
rear'door, that finally sent the coach
info the water.
A great beam pierced the lloor and
held tho coach on its point. That
all in tho third coach did not die was
duo to jjie heroism and forcslg&6 of
William Wood, a brakeinan. After
the train jumped the tracks and
while it was running along tho trestle
floor he rushed to the rear of the last
car and opened llui, door. Ho be
lieved that the frj/inNwould go into
the water JH?t"iTe openod\the. only
easy avomfe of escape. Had) he wait
ed the door could not have been
opened, ay It-was strained by the tear
ing of the'beam.
Wood stood guard at Sl|e door un
til tho coach Anally fell. He'assisted
twenty persons to escape through the
door, and as he worked he kept call
Ins tor cveryono to remain cool, as
tho least excitement or panic .might
result in greater loss of life. Wood
was rescued when being carried away
by the tide. He was unconscious
when picked up, but was resuscitated
by a physician.
Harry Reenter, a young man living
in Philadelphia, was instrumental in
saviug several lives after he had on
caped from the front car. Reenter
had a remarkable experience. lie
was walking through the car when
the rails spread.
?"I felt'the coach sink under me,"
ho said, "and as tho wheels began to
bump f'knew that we had left thfts
rails. I steadied myself by gripping
the backs of two seals, Every other
passenger in the coach, .and it was
crowded, was in panic. They all
sprang to their feet and stai'i.eJ for
tne doors, I saw tne water on both
sides of us and I reallzed*lhat If we
went over that 1 wduld be lost if I
tried to light my way to either door.
Jj^Mid to myself: 'You must keep
5*Pour head, and you must go through
a window.'
"So, while all tho passengers divid
ed atirt Rtormed the doors I stepped
between the seats and waited In the
middle of the car. I wus watching
through tho window meanwhile and
shouting at tho top of my volee for
order. But the turmoil was so great
that I could not hear my own cries.
The screaming of the women was ter
rifying, and 1 saw one woman strik
ing a man with her flat in tho faco as
she struggle<Tto protect her baby In
tho crush.
"I wondered why the train did not
stop. I was almost thrown off my
foot by bumping against the guard
rail and I remember asking myself,
'Is the motorman mad?' I believe
wo must have been runing twenty-five
miles an hour when suddenly wo
went over. There' wan an end of the
roar of the wheels on the timbers,
and for an Instant all our voices wore
hushed as if In expectation arid awe
of the fate confronting uk.
"Just as. the car struck the water
I put my flpt through the window,
and as the tide rushed In I broke
out tho bottom of tho pane with my
foot. .1 felt tho car strike the mud.
and I thought that If I coujd keep
clear of the drowning passengers I
could save myself. I held my breath,
and with as much deliberation as 1
could muster I put my head and
shouldors through tho window, and"
gripping the edge of the roof with
both hands,'I began to draw the rest
of my body through.
"I was almost clear when a hand
closed on my left ankle. I pulled
with all my strength, but was un
able to break the hold. 1 thought I
would bo drowned, and I began to
kick in desperation. Whoever had
the grip on me otust have been
wedged between tho seats or else
must have heen so frenzied as to bo
unable to take the chance offered to
escape. I was unable to get free by
kicking, and with a last effort, clear
ing my mind, I deliberately put my
right foot asalnst tho wrist and
pushed with all my strength. I was
successful. Suddenly the hand
Terrorist* OHpture VKMara.
Russian Terrorists In s rtavllghf
attack In St. Petersburg got $193.
000 which a custom house official
was taking to the Treasury.
T. P. O-Comror Lcwrw,
* T. P. OtTonnor. the Irish member
of Parliament, who has been visiting
This country, has returned to "Ireland.'
Births Dhwwe ta Paris.
Tk* ^lrlh rata In Paris Is still^e
5^
slipped. I drew tiin my 1 <'kh? and
Icllllie 'KO of (ill? roof, I rose without
mjcoumotiug I nil her trouble to iho
surface,"
lto< uior was aimoai exhausted, but
he hail strength to hwiin to a piio.
Ho had both Urms around If when
lie thin! couch foil. the rear platform
almost striking him. Roomer was ho
close to tho car thni ho \w?s covered
hy tho splash. Ho taw that thu.ro
wore persons caught in tin- roach, ami
?hopping fr??m tho pile, with a row
strokes ho managed to Jay his arms
across the roof. Then, working along
tho sido of tlio, coach, ho kicked in
KfVtfral windows, through which sov
oral passengers worked tholr way to
safety. Roomer was taken out of tho
watei hy two men In a rowboal.
[ Blocii was niiiuiou, from his earg h'"*
moutn, hut physicians believe ho will
suiter no permanent Injupy
Marco ITono, an Italian merchant
of Philadelphia, mot with a terrible
death. His end was' doubly pathetic
by reason of tho fact he would havo
lived had ho maintained hla presence
of mind. Ho was itt tho lust coach
and went doww with It. Three llsher
men in a skiff attempted to rcscuo
Bono, but the man dost his reason.
He go! his head through the top of
h window, and Instead of remaining
quiet., he disobeyed tho instructions
of tho men and became violent, in
his struggles ha was frightfully cut
on the broken glass, and the water
was dyed with his blood. Finally, he
was pulled out by the fishermen, but
he died from loss of blood live min
utes after ho hud been hoisted to tho
trestle. His nock was covered with
wounds, and one of his fingerfc was
almost severed.
<Jio dead arp: Char lea, Albertua,
Morristown, Pa.: IJ. Anguroso, mem
ber of Tosea's Hand; Mrs. Wal
ter Readishly, of Easiport, Ale., sister
of Oeorge. West, manage of Hotel
Walton, Philadelphia; Mrs. Brodiuh,
identified by her nlecf?; J. p. Demp
sey and wife, Camden; Vlncento I)o?
nelli, member or Tosea's Royal Artil
lery Band; James Hr^m, No.w 2408
Pacific avenue, Atlantic City; Samuel
I. Fiel, seventy-two years old, Wnst
Washington lane, Philadelphia; Da
vid Fried, 12-7 Madison avoiWo?, New
York City; Laura Laurence, Fievonth
and Braudywinn streets, Philadel
phia; Mrs. Lnurence'a husband was
rescued; Frank Monroe and wife of
Camden; Pasquallo Mazollo, ('hnls
tian street, Philadelphia; Fran ?!.?
Saceseno, bar.dimm, of Royal Ariil
lory Hand; Waiter Scoit, of Atlantic
Ciiy, motorman; Mrs. Sclina W'om
for, No. 318 Federal street, Camden,
N'. J.; a god woman, dressed entirely
in black; live bodies not identified'
woman, jibout thirty yea?*3 of ago,
woarluj? a wedding ring with initials
"I. P. i< to i. M. also inscription,
"Sam to Rachel until death do us
part;" middle axed mau.
Tho injured are: Camillo Vita Co
lona. Philadelphia, laceration of
hands and face: went home: Frank
Deeesrl, No. i?L' l League street. Phil
adelphia; Joseph lie Vito, manager
Royal Artillery Hand, No. It .It
South Nineteenth street, Philadel
phia; John Dougherty, Philadelphia;
shock; went home; Ida Dubell, Flor
ence, N. J.; shock; in hospital; Carl
d'Aimizo, Philadelphia; shock; went
home; Angelo Fanzoni, No. 720
South Clifton street, Philadelphia;
Mazarro Fontoni, Philadelphia; lac
oration of scalp; in hospital; John
Fortunato, No. 914 South Eleventh
street, Philadelphia; Philip Freda,
Philadelphia; laceration of jaw; went
home; H. B. Joseph, No. 21 I South
Fourth .street, Camden, N. J.;. John
E. Kelloy, Chester, Pa.; bruises of
ri^ht shoulder and shock: went
home; Nicholas Mastragelo, Philadel
phia^ .laceration of hands; went
hO^fre; Edward Morgan, Seranton,
PaT contusion of left hi)> arid v\?ae*i;
in ho3pietl; Ceorgo McGee, No. 2510
North Thirty-iirst street, Philadel
phia; injured;. Ortste Roy Naialloo,
Philadelphia; contusion ot' right liipj
in hospital; Pascgall Petron; no ad
dress: slight laceration of hands* in
hospital; AI. Reese, No. lifl Archibald
street. Scranton, Pa.; Orestes Roy,
No. 1021 South Eighth street. Phila
delphia; F. Rico SilimonI, Philadel
phia; slight laceration; in hospital;
W. H. Stewart, Wenonali, N. .).; E.
Tosca, leader of baud; badly cut;
went home; Andrew D. Taylor, Cam
den; employo; in hospital.
Tho missing are: H. Hurcit, A. R.
Eudicott and wife, Camden: Mrs. W.
II. Stewart and son, Wenouah, N. J.;
J. H. Walsh. . V
ATTEMPT TO SAYK FATAL.
Iiuliclcil Capitalist Killed in Automo
bile Accident.
Kr.ofio.v- City, M?.?.?II. M. Snydciv
a capitalist, under indictment ;i? St.
Lou hi on :i bribery charge. was killed
in an automobile accident in Inde
pendence Jloulovard, near Brooklyn
avenue. The automobile hit a bicy
cle ridden by a messenger boy, who
died later.
The chauffeur; in an effort (o save
the boy, turned the machine suddenly
and drove ii With area; force against
an iron post at the sidewalk. .Mr.
Snyder wan thrown to tue walk, head
first, tin was taken to a hospital,
where he died a fo\y moments later.
TAKKS ACli) IX Clfl IICII.
Miss llvown Found lload at the Foot
of the Altar.
Kansas Oily, Kan. ? Miss Nettie
Mrown, aged twenty-five years, regis
tered under an assumed name at a
loading hotel here, without funds,
and asked the clerk to telegraph to
h??* -?gnaidian," W. K.?Klndroaa, in
Omaha.
The Onmha man sent no money
and Miss L$?*own was requested to
leave.
After services at the Catholic
Cathedral she waa found dead on' the
altar stairs, having taken carbolic
acid.
A solicitor for the Duko and Duch
ms of Marlborough Issued "a state
ment In London that no deed of sep
aration between the Duke and Ditch
ess had yet been signed.
Heavy Bardon For Farmers.
? v Increased cost of wire netting Is
proving a heavy harden on Aus
tralian farmers. In Victoria the
price per too hat raised from 1105 to
tffl
WASHINGTON'.
Secretary Wilson left Washington
(or Iowa to do some political work.
Tho Director of tho Mine lujs pur*
chased ItlO.OOG ounces of sliver at
|7u,01 coiuu, for delivery at New Or
ion uu.
Thtj Navy Department hfis ordered
[tho cruiser Minneapolis put out of
commission at League Island.
Fearing Berlous friction with
. i^rcpniont K^opcvclt ??&? r>cr?t
Secretary Moteulf 11? San Francisco
lo Inventi :;r o segregation in public
school*.
Mi'. It. do Maroes Van Swinderon,
Minister of tho Netherlands to the
United States, arrived.
Secretary Loeb, who lias hoon < n
joying a vacation in Montana, rc?
sumed his duties at tho Whjto House,
F. 11. Stlckney, in the Government
service since 1857, and Cor thirty-two
years disbursing clerk <*t tho Nuvy
Department, died aged seventy-six.
800rotary Shaw In a conference
with tho President said ho was In
clined to think that aid to tho market
from tho Treasury \vaH unnecessary.
Tho President has dqeided to stop
nt San Juan, Porto Rico, on his way
back front tho canal zone.
Ol'Il ADOITICD ISLANDS.
American troops have boon dtfs
patched to u number of towns in
Santa C)ura, Cuba, to relieve Uuv hi
ral guard garrisons, which will be
aent out to ifeattor armed bands..'
Big shipments of raw sugar from
tho Hawaiian Islands continue.
Ton eases of yellow fever arc un
.1or treatment in Havana. !>r. Fin
lay express l the belief tliat* the epi
demic could bo stayed.
George Cabot Ward, Auditor for
Porto Rico, is trying to Jioat :i $ l,
000,000 boiid issue for tin.' building
of roads.
Find Lieutenant Robert 1?. Cal
vert, of the Twenty-fourth Infantry,
U. S. A., was killed by Sergeant Tay
lor, of the Twenty-fourth Infantry,
at Albera, Province of Leyte.
DOMESTIC.
In a hotel lire at Fourche, Ark., .1.
B. Calvert, a prominent lumber .man,
of Ada, I. T., lo*t bis life.
Robbers blow open the safe of the
bank at Jamestown, Mo., and escaped
with S2 700.
The ?'JOO.OOO Illinois 'memorial
marble temple to the aead or that
Stale was dedicated on Vielcsburg
(Mips.) battlefleld.
'Charles W. Morsie hag purchased
th? Mnllory steamship line, forging
another link in his ehnfli of coast
wise vessels.
Five robbers blew open the safe of
tho bank ai Vergonnes, 111., secured
$100, mortally wounded Abraham
Kimbel and escapc^l.
After killing J.' A. 11 i 1 ley, ?'i guard,
with an axe, William Fain, a colored
trusty, committed suicide' by taking
acid at the Flat Top mines In West-"
ern Alabama.
A burglar is.declared. to have killed
Mrs. Lou Fuller at Goshen, ind-,
while sl)o was In bed, this being the
story told by her husband.
Tho bodies of throe miners who
had died from gas were found in the
.Tames Mullen mine, at New Philadel
phia, Ohio, when the day shift went
on. ^
A grand jury found indictmcntf
against thirty coal dealers, membors
of the Omaha Coal Exchange, oil
charges of violating tho antitrust
laws,..
13y inserting a tube in her tnototh
and turning ori the gas. Mrs. Tames
B. Pollock, wife of the instructor of
botany In the University of Michigan,
killed herSelf aLAnn Avbor.
Charged with impersonating a Uni
ted States recruiting officer, li. C.
Smith has been arrested at Mobile,
Ala.
An heroic statue of General Will
lam llenry .'Gibson, a famous Colonel
of tho Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteers,
was unveiled at Titiln, Ohio.
Not having repented of his wrongs,
the Illinois Supreme' Court has re
fused to reinstate Charles II. Payson
as a member of the bar.
Ralph N. Newton, a New York City
broker, dropned dead at his summer^
home at Shefllold, Mass.
Brigadier-General William Hemn
hlli Bell, U. S. A., retired, died at ills
home, near Denver, Col.
Samuel Dal ton, for many years
Adjutant-General of Massachusetts,
died at Auhuriulalo Sanatorium.
The cornerstone of the new Colt
Memorial High School at. Bristol, It.
I., given by Colonel 8. P. Colt in
memory of bis mother, was laid with
Masonic ceremonies.
Ifmisiux.
The French Cabinet decided to <>n
forco the Separation law, if the cl"r
gy malntirin their present attitude, by
Koizlng the property and revenues of
the churches.
The German and American Minis
ter remain at Fez, Morocco. France
has decided to send a Warship to Tan
gier. * . u"
AanoronU of tho Kaundorf famii'*,
alleged descendants of Louis XVI.,
greeted, their "King" at St. Denis,
France, recently.
There was a grand reception at the
palace in Madrid, Spain, followed by
a state dinner-'in honor of the birth
day of Queen/victoria.
A TV oj/td r Ajltt of typhoid fever has
.{ri PftflB, UUU IU :ui
in ? . ?
!tU5ll WHltjy.
?|spateho>
Dispatch o? from Santo Dominio
nay that Ihe rovolt ha^ been crushed.
Three of Hie insurgent leaders have
been exiled. ;
^ Japan is negotiating with Russia
for tho establishment of an overland
mail service-Trhtch will brin-r Toklo
within seventeen days of Louaon.
Beniaros tribesmen have seized the
(own of Arxllla, twenty-five miles
soutIs of Tangier, Morocco^srm^ as
sumed the governorship.
I ill 181)111 trans
A New Congress and Many
State Officials 'nvolved
-? mmmmrnrn
REPRESENT NUMEROUS PARTIES
*
TuOfiday Election* Will Htld in
Forty-Two Statos and Throe Terri
tories?Pennsylvania Han Twolvc
Tickets Out.
New York, Special.?N??xl. Tuesday
there will bo elections in '1*5 JSt:tt?'*s
and three territories. Oregxm, Maine
mid Vermont have already elected
Stftto officers aih! members of the
sixtieth congress. In 23 ot' (In? Slates
x governor anil othchr State officers
(in 'JO of tliem also, a legislature) :
in It) minor Stale officers or justices
the supreme court; in two congress
men and a legislature, and in seven
congressmen only, are to he elected.
Dklahoma is to vote on a State con
stitution, and Arizona and Now Mex
ico on joint statehood.
The terms of SO I nited States sen
ators?l.j Democrats and lo RepubK
eans?ex pi iv March 3, 1007. Virgin
ia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky
md A i Kansas have aiready selected
Democrats, and Georgia lias a legisla
ture which will elect another, while
?N^aine and Oregon have legislatures
which insure the return! of llepuhli
*#ns. Of the 22 Slates in which is to
>e clioscu Noi', (i a legislature that
ivili elect. I'niied Stales senators, .1 I
nv now represented in lite senate by
Republicans and '-ighl by Democrats.
A national house of representa
tives is to he elected the sixtieth
congress?with 3Si> membr-rs. 'Kin)
present house is composed of 2">0 Re
publicans and I3(i Democrats. Maine
Mas already elected four Republican -,
Oregon two"and Vermont, two.
Fusion in Nobranka.
There is fusion in only one State
?Nebraska?where the Democrats
ind Populists agreed upon a division
3f! tin? State nominations, though in
several other States the Republican
'jr Democratic candidates lor Slate
officers have? been nominated or en
iloiwd by one or more of the minor
parties.
As usual, there is one State ticket
?the Democrats?in South Carolina.
Pennsylvania leads this year with the
greatest number of State tickets?
12. Parties are numerous, these hav
ing tickets in the Held being lnde
penco -league, Citizens' Common
wealth City, Referendum, Jefferson,
American, Anti-Administration, Re
publican, Reorganized Republican,
and Lincoln Republican. Six of them,
however, are confined to Philadelphia.
The Socialists have/'tickets in 25
States, tho Prohibitionists in 23, So
cialist Labor in seven, Populists or
Peoples' in four and the Independence
league in three, while "Public Own
ership" has a ticket in one State.
The number of tickets in tho differ
out States is: 1, South Carolina; 2,
Alabama, Florida, North Carolina;
Tennessee, Washington; 3, Dele ware,
Montana, Nevada, North Dakota,
Rhode Island, Utah;,,4, Connecticut,
Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Minnt?o
ia, Missouri, Nebraska, Now Hamp
shire, Soutth Dakota, Wisconsin, Wy
oming; 5, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, New
York, Ohio; <>, Indiana, Massachu
setts, Texas; 7, California; 12, Pen
nsylvania.
,/v' Socialist Tickct.
The Socialists linve tickets in Cali
fornia, Colorado, Connecticut, PMori*
la, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa.
Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Neva
da, New Hampshire, New York,
North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wis
consin, "Wyoming.
Tile Prohibitionists in California
Connecticut, D?leware, Idaho, Illin
ois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massa
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Miss
anri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, .New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania. lihode Is
land. South Dakota. Texas. Wiscon
sin, Wyoming.
The Socinlists Labor in Tllinoi*, 7 1
diana,' .Massachusetts, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas.
The Populists or People's in Cali
fornia, Massachusetts and New York.
Union Labor in California, Pennsyl
vaniaPublic Ownership" in Min
nesota; Anti-Admin'stration ltepub
lican in Teras; Independent Demo
crats in Colorado.-, ? ?rv?
The Socialists and Prohibitionists
have nominated candidates for con
'_'Tet*? in many districts, and in othor
labor unions or federations have en
dorsed Democrats or liepuhlicans who
nrc believed to be favorable to their
causc.
Npw.i?M?ia j&auroad CHartsred.
Atlanta, Oa., Special.?A charter
was granted to the Western & Gulf
Railroad Company, with an authorized
capital of $400,000. The proposed
new lin^ whidi will be H5 miles long,
will connect Hawkinsville, Amcricus
and Dawson In southern Georgia, con
necting with the Sontheftl Kailx^ay at
HawkinsvUlt. \ ??A-?.
M - V
ill fill KB Oil 18
Taxed Willi Merely a Nominal
Penalty By the Court
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$5,000 INSTMD Oh $6,000,000
rollowing Recent Conviction iu Ohio
Court for Illegal Combination,
Judge Banker Iniptmes ^Bftnply
Maximum Fine Proscribed by Law
i'vi One Day'a Continuance of tlio
Oflense.
Find I ay, <)., Special.? 1 it probate
court hoiv, .ladi^e Banker overruled
the motion lil< .VUta* the attorneys ol*
tin* Standard Oil ('oiupauy for a new
trial and imposed a tine of $5,000
and ousts of the prosecution in the
recent Kuit atutiust the Standard Oil
CompStiy hold lion'. On motion of
the defence, tho court ordered that
the delYndant iiarypauV bo allowed '10
days itt which to prepare and file its
bill oi' except ions in the case, and
on another motion by the Standard
attorneys tlie serttk?yyo imposed was
ordered suspended tor a period of (10
days for tho purpose of lilin# a pe
tition on error in (his ease, it was
also order-.?1 that I lie criminal infor
mations pending against, doling 1).
Hockefoller, the Hmkeve Pipe Lino
Company, and the Manhattan Oil
Company, be <>outiuucd until tho no.xt
torin of court.
The (ine impost d by dnd^e Hanker
was the limit for one offense, though
the law stipulates that each day that
the alleged combination business is
carried* on constitutes a separate of
fense. 'i'akin/.c tliis view of the stat
utes, it was possible for the court to
impose un a^re^ale of tinc^yunount
injr to over $(>.000,000. \
Wife-Beater filial. Dead.
Spartanburg, S. (Spoeial.?W. ('.
Atkins, a prominent liveryman uiuj
business man, was shot and iustantly
killed by Chief of Police Kelson, nt
VVillianislun, 20 miles from (iroeh
ville, S. (J., and between that place
and Anderson. Atkins, it appears,
hhd Ik'Pii boating liis wife in a hori
blo manner and the woman, breaking
away -from him, rushed out into tho
street and cried for assistance. Iler
voice was heard bv the officer, who
onmn hnrrulty ~toward' the "houSr^
When Atkins saw Nelson approaching,
he drew, his pistol and would have
doubtless used it if the officer had not.
drawn first, firing one time. The
bullet sped sure and Atkins fell in
his tracks. There was considerable
excitement a tj first but everything was
about quiet when latest reports were
received.
An Atlanta Roiter Pined,
Atlanta, Ga., Special.?T. F. ?Cle
ments, a young white man, pleaded
guilty to a charge of asault and but
tery in connection with the recent
riots and was fined $300, . or six
months in jail, by Judge Roan, of the
Superior Court. The case was of
George "VV. Rlackstock, a stone-cutter,
charged ..with assault with intent to
murder Mattie Adams, a negro woman
Sept. 22, was given to the jury late
Monday afternoon. The jury is still
out and no verdict is expcctod be
fore morning. This is one of tho
cases growing ?nt of the race riots
bore a month a.^o.
Timber Railway Sold.
Norfolk, Va., Special.-?As the
suit of suits' pending in the Federal
courts of North Corolina for the past
five years, a decree of solo has been
signed by which the Northampton &
Hertford Railroad, together with a
large and 'valuable Irac.t of timber
land and new mill plant, will bo sold
at public auction in Jackson, N. C.,
Nov?.J?f The sale of tho property i?
expected' to result in large enten
hious of the railroad. The proper
ties arc astimated to be worth up
wards of $30,000.
Young Brown Held Without Bail.
New York, S|1oe in I?Lewis R.
Brown, the ricli Ka*t Orancjo youn^r
~mnn wli<> shot Laura Osten. also of
East Oranuc, in a eab in Broadway
was hold without hail to await tjL:
ontcowo of tlie young woman's in
juries. The technical charge ai;aiusi
Hi ?own is felonious assault. It is be
lieved now that Miss Osicn will re
cover.
Waabington With Havana By. Wire
ton.
llavana^s^y Cable.?The tisnal
corps has constated a ftr^lewf tcle
grraph station at Camp Golnrohfh nnd
ia exctanstn* toewapw with' K^y
West promptly. This pnU General J,
FVanklin Belli headquarter* in im
mediate communication with Wash
ington.
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IS
President Ifoosevelt Strongly
Expresses Himself
PRAISES NEW YORK NOMINEE
?
First Authorized Expression of ?if&
idcut iiv N?iw Vork Gubernatorial /?
Race.
New Vrt.L- Thv first pub
lie litt< raiift1 of I'resident Roosovfilt
touching tip'iTi the campaign iu (bit*
Stills was conveyed i? a Republican
mass lmetingat < 'oopev Union in the
form of an endorsement ol' tho guber
natorial cumliduey of Charles E.
llugllCS.
Mavcns Brann, chairman of the
gathering, r?;ad the message which,
ho said, In* luul ivtceivcd frrtm the
president and which countitutcd tbo
tlrft authorized % expression of the
executive concerning tbo present po- ...
litical contest in New York Slate.
President Kousevelt, tbo chairman
stated, said:
''Any one vrhn believes or who tries
to convoy tho impression that I uin
not heart and soul for Mr. UijgheB, w*
either wilfully or inadvertently labor
ing undi'r a delusion. 1 am lirst, last
and all the tunc t'or Gov. Ilughes,
been use 1 know, a tut tool that he
stands precisely for tbo same princi
ples that 1 stand for.
"I authorize you to make that
statement to your friendK -and my
friends on the Kast Side witfj nil tho
enipbasis that is in you.'*
Mr. Bruun went to Washington to
carry to I bo president tho congratulit- %
tions of (lie Hungarian Republican
club of Hi is city on tho anniversary
of I lie president's 4Sth 'birthday. Tbo
expression from tbo president was re
ceived witb great applause.
A* week of energetic campaigning
tfr ti te State tickets was brougbt to a
wliirlw^ud finish, when tens of
thousands in this city and through
out tho Stale listened to election ar
guments, und furl her stirred by band
and her ~ftro accompaniment's, gave
vent to'their enthusiasm.
Back from a Hying trip' up-fctaj^
William It. Hearsay dendcc.of-tlfiT"In
dcpendcnce league and Democratic
hosts, again took up the local fights,
addressing seven meetings in Brook
lyn and Queens county beforo as
many people as could get within roach
of his voice.
Charles K. Ilughes, seeking tho govy?'
crnorship on the Republican ticket',
made eight rapid firo speeches in ap
many towns during the day and
reached Oriean in time for two mor<$
addresses at night. Large and en
thusiastic crowds grooved him. Mr.
Hughes will spend Sunday in Pans
>vitto, and" speirtr aX "TToeTicster Jtfon- "
day. ft
in this city the Republican cam- "
pai?n was pushed with vigor, largely /
attended meetings being throughout
the e\v. The greater gatherings^
wero at tho Grand Central pata<
and at Cooper Union. Saturday]
speakers- included fortfcr Gov. Frap
S. Mack, Lieut. Gov. %roca
and l'ornier Mayor Seth
Aged Woman Assaulted.
Columbia, S. C., Wpecifit.?A mur
derous assault was made by-an-tro
known negro at 'A o'clock Monday
morning upon two nged Indies, Mrs.
Sal lie A. Gibson and her mother, Mrs.
Julian, living unprotected at their
ho&e, 2120 Main street. The negro
knocked at the front door and when
Mrs. Gibson opened it ho struck her
with a piece of iron, but in spite of'
being seriously wounded she put- up &
game fight and her screams am)
those of her mother, who rotreatea
to a position under tho bed, fright
ened the negro away. Tho presump
tion is t.hat the motivo was robbery
rather than criminal assault.
James McKinniy Arrested.
Lo/ Angeles, Cal., Special.?James
McKinnoy was arrested by detectives'
on tho ehargo *>f murder eommitteed
in Marion, N. C., last August, lie is ?'
alleged to have killed a man named
llolliiield. MeKinuey admits that he'
is the man wanted, but pleads self
defenso. '
Says Perkins"* Changes are Due to
j Spite.
Warren, Mass., Special.?Wilson
H. Fairbanks, tho member of the
Lewis & Clark Exposition and the
Jamestown Exposition commissions
frcm this State against whom charges
weijo taado bv James M. ...Perkins*,
secretary of the Lewis & Clark Ex
position committee, in an affidavit
road by John B. Moran at a pelitWiL
fally lield in Boston said that Mr...
Perkins' statements were due to per
sonal spite beeiiuso Perkins had f?ot
been ehosen secretary of. the Ji
town Exposition commission.
Louisburf Woman Sufddss.
Lduk)ur|r, Speeiat.?Mr*. VK' ?lT
WaddeTl committed suicide Fr*
terooon by euttia# Itr tkMal
twndksf'tfatrer "Teepesi
due to profrseW