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' .rr- ^ I ' I President Southern, Killed in i Wreck. SIX flTHFRR DflOMFD i' f- * i { v" " ~ ] Private Car Smashed and j ] Burned in Frightful Rear- ; 1 End Collision near I, 7-i' j ] Lynchburg, Va. j} r- . |< h ! , Samuel Spencer, president of the ' 1 ... < j 1 Southern Railway company, and one ! , ? v > * 1 of the foremost men in the develop- : 1 ment of the southern states, was kill\* '. ' ed Thursday morning at 6:10 o'clock ; ] in a rear-end collision, in which two < fast passenger trains were in vol vet1, ; ? 10 miles south of Lynchburg, Va., and \ a mile north of Lawyer's depot. In j ( o the same wreck three of nis guests ! t "" were killed. Only Mr. Spencer's pri- j( fcjy ? * vate secretary,- E. A. Merrill, ot New York-city, and one of the three por- j ters survived the accident. I c k- Mr. Spencer's destination was !* Friendship, N. C., where he was go- ; . ; ing on a hunting trip, with Messrs. c Schuyler, Fisher, Redwood and Mer ? r- rill as his guests. jl . 1 / Mr. Spencer's private car was at- j v ? . tached to train No. 33, and bore the | J ' . ^ull brunt of the fearful smash when i j the ' fast vestibuled express No. 37 j v dashed into it. i Fifteen people, most of them pas- j e t . sengers in the last two regular cars j t of the passenger train to which the 1 e .?Spencer private car was attached, |} were so seriously injured that it is ; t feared some of them will die. j ; ? ' /The known dead are: i. V' President SUmuel Spencer of Wash- c ^kfngton, D. C. ! i ' v j Charles D-. Fisher of Baltimore. Mil. it ' Philip Schuyler of New York city. 11 Frank T. Redwood of Baltimore. ; > D. W. Davis of Alexandria, Va., pri- j 1. vvate dispatcher. ' r > J. W. Shaw, colored, Spencer, N. i ^ ' C., died in Lynchburg hospital. j t An unknown person, whose head j v . x- and limbs are burned off short, who jr /. * is believed to have been third porter t ^v. f on private car, who is missing. His I '* -name cannot be learned.. c When President Spencer's body w*as 1 .taken out of the wreckage. It was so f a Slackened and charred that it could t '*% not be recognized by his friends, he : . I having been practically cremated. j 1; V .The operator, to whom .is laid the : r : *blame for the wreck, is named Mat- t tox, and was stationed- at Lynchburg, s ^ ; As soon as he learned of the acci* c dent, Mattox disappeared. b r-.''"v" President Spencer leaves a widow d ? V and two sons, one of whom is the ? ^ sixth vice president of the Southern b a* railway. , The train had just passed the block j o - v_j -3 + .-? f station at l^awyers. it nau stupjjcu ?.-# > < make a plight repair in a coupling, j r i ," v "While it stood, train No. 37, which j ? * * leaves Washington 55 minutes after ; ? No. 33, crashed into it from the rear. , n A club car, No. 37, and a passenger t i coach, as well as Mr. Spencer's car, j s I were all burned. In the passenger car t V the persons, all negroes, were in* o fe>-vv jured. The injured were removed to Lynch- i< fe^'burg. * s President Spencer and his entire j s y. party, as far as is known, were f s sleeping when the collision happened, v end the probabilities are that all of c l^v %'sr all depends on operator. ? h Block System No Safeguard Unless j Man at Key Attends to Duty. In the s^eneral discussion in railroad j *; circles of the terrible w retk which i?, caused the death of President Soon- c cer and others, it was generally con- j. ceded that the fault, lay entirely with the operator of the block system. n White th<* hlock svsteni has proved ro ' be a ereat safeguard against accident. Thursday's terrible calamity wa; only further proof of the fact that e the present block system In the end.* only blocks while the operator at- r . tends to his duty. T * . - WAS READY TO ANSWER. West Expired After Telling Class He 5 Was Waiting Summons. After relating some of his experiences to a class in St. Luke's Method- * !st Episcopal church. Long / Branch. S N. J., in the course of which he ex- * pressed himself as ready to go when I . 1 the Master called him. Edmund West, f an octogenarian, expired just as lm v resumed his seat. . * VOiLATED LABOR LAW ! i Is Charge Made by the Government ! Against North Carolina Mill Own- j ers?Summons Are Issued. I A Washington dispatch says: Upon request of Secretary Metcalf of the :Iepartment of commerce and labor, the attorney v genera! has caused the institution of proceedings against a number of North Carolina cotton mill owners for alleged violation of the /->f lntirvr To TV WUtiuV't, 1V4W1 Colonel H. C. Cowles. of Statesville, X. C., clerk of the United States pourt, has issued summons lor Messrs. Thomas M. Costellom, Edward A. Smith, S. E. Sf.rgent and E. C. Dwelle, commanding their presence at :he approaching term of federal court, tvhich con\enes in Charlotte, December 10, to answer to the charge of having violated the contract labor aws- of the United States in the im!X>rtation of a number of English mill pperativos. This action by Colonel Howies was taken at the instance of [Jnited States District Attorney A. E. -lolton of Wdnston and Assistant Disrict Attorney A. L. Coble of Statesrille. For several days it has been reported that negotiations were in j progress looking to an adjustment, j ,f the differences between the gov^nment and the cotton mill men conierned. The fact that a summons has jcen issued and legal proceedings :otnmenced does not necessarily mean hat a compromise will not be reached. A settlement may now be made, i.nd the whole matter kept out of the :ourts. The law which several of the local :ottcn mill men are said to have vioated is found in the act of March 3, i 903, entitled "an act to regulate the mmigration of aliens into the United States." Within the past few months there iave been imported into Piedmont Carolina, between eighty and ninety nill operatives from the- Lancashire listrict of England. Inspector Mclaughlin placed thirty-two of these mder arrest and they are now awaitng orders for their deportation. Their widence has been taken down and hey are being detained until the government decides how to act. The case as been turned into the hands of he department of justice and District attorney Holton is in charge. The cotton mill men have employed ounsel to represent them and there s the promise of a battle royal in he courts. The mill men assert that hey have not violated the laws and ence we are*not liable. No arrests iave ben made, nor were any bonds CV|UII vu? hem, excepting xMspatcher Davis, rere killed instantly. It is certain hat life was extinct before the flames onched thcra. President Spencer's iody was burned almost beyond recignition, as was that of Mr. Fisher. Tie body of Mr. Schuyler was taken rem under the train before it was turned very much. President Spencer was lying directr y under the--big locomotive of the ear train. So great was the force of he impact that the forward train was ent at least 1,5C0 feet ahead, the loomotive going over and upon the' tody of Mr. Spencer. Until after the ebris burned itself out and the en;ine cooled off the bodies could not >e removed. The wreck- occurred on the crest >f a stSep grade when the Atlanta rain could not have been running ncre than thirty miles an hour. If as ast. Had it been a mile or two urthcr south the number of dead night have been frightful, as the rain was about two hours behind its chedule, a condition in the grade here that wouW have meant a speed if more than sixty miles an hour. T_T T> O + V* /-v c i v f Urofl. IJL. D. ) uiu oiav.u * iv^> |/i vw dent of the Southern railway, and on of President Spencer, was a pasenger on a northbound train from the outh which reached the scene of the /reck a few minutes after it had ocurred. SIX DEAD; THIRTY HURT *he Result of Flames in a Salvation Army Hotel. The Lighthouse Hotel, a three-story fracture in St. Louis, utilized as a Salvation Army ba racks. was damaged v fire early Wednesday, when probbly five hundred homeless men were edged within it. Six persons lost their lives, and Jiirty were injured, some not being xpected to live. Four were burned o death and two died from injuries e..-waii-c/l in inmnfnp' frnm thp UnDer ?" J?"t CJ . | windows. RAILWAYS IN .PHILIPPINES. % Syndicate Plans to Provide $25,000,000 for Construction. . A syndicate is in course of forma on by Speyer & Co.. of New York: ;peyer Brothers of London and the ions: Knog and Shanghai Bank of .ondon. with a capital of $25,000,000, or the construction o the Manila Railray company and an extension of ts lines. i -> - ' ; [SPEND E~R~ ATTEST I I I i Mortal Remains cf President I cf Southern Entombed I | I AT NATIONAL CAPITAL I Impressive Funeral Services Were At* tended by a Great Concourse of j Distinguished People?All Officials Were Present. All that is mortal of Samuel Spencer. late president of .the Southern Railway, whose tragic death en his own railroad on the morning of Thanksgiving Day shocked the people of two hemispheres, was laid to rest Sunday a.ternc?:a in the receiving vault at Cak H ill cemetery, Washington. there to await final disposition, i A notable tribute was paid to the | memory of the distinguished railroad j magnate by his associates, by states- j men, and by men eminent in all the j walks of public life. The funeral obsequies held in historic St. John's Protestant church were attended by railroad officials, financiers and public men from all parts of the country. Many cf them were life-long associates. Hundreds of friends came i from the soui.ii. The church .was J crowded beyond its capacity and hun- ( dreds stood outside. The services were conducted by j the Riaht Rev. T'enry Satterlee, Rev. j Dr. Roland Cctton Smith, rector of St. John's, and the assistant rector of the church. Shortly before 1:30 p. m. the offi- i rers and employees of the Southern i Railway, 310 in number, assembled at the general oinces of the company, ! and proceeded, as a . body, to St. j John's church. Practically all of the officers of the company throughout its system of nearly five thousand miles , were in attendance upon the services. I Joining their friends of the Southern ' Railway in paying respect to Presi- | dent Spencer were representatives of I the Mobile and Ohio, Georgia, South- | era and Florida; Cincinnati, New Or? leans and Texas Pacific; New Orleans and Northeastern; Central of Georgia; Atlantic Coast Line; Seaboard Air Line; Chesapeake and Ohio; j Pennsylvania and Norfolk and West- j crn. [ Just at 2 o'clock the soft strains of ; Chopin's beautiful funeral march peal- ! ed through the church from the or- j gan. At the same instant through- ! cut the system of railroads lately pre- | sided over by Mr. Spencer, every j train 'came to a dead stop, every j wheel ceased to turn, every employee j put aside his work. For five minutes j over the thousands of miies of rail- i way every employee paid silent re- ! s|>cct to the dead president. It was peculiarly appropriate that j the body bearers should have been j selected from among the colored por- j ters of the Southern railway. All of i them have been in the service of the . company for many years?several of them nearly a life-time and all of j them were known personally to Pres- ; iaent Spencer. Following the body came the hon- j orary pallbearers, all of them per- j sonal and official friends of Mr. Spen- j cer. They were principally presidents ! or high officials of the railroads of : America and it was noted that, either , personally or by proxy, they repre- j Rented quite onejhird of the vast ; wealth of the United States. At the conclusion of the ritualistic service, the remains were borne front the church during the singing of "Abide With Me." Services at the ; cemetery were brief and simple. No such wonderful profusion of ex- j quisite floral offerings has been seen j in Washington sinco the. obsequies of ' the late President McKialey as filled the Massachusetts avenue home of President Spencer and the chancel of St. John's church. These tributes came from ail pans 01 ine cuuuuv. . There were car loads oi beautiful em- ' blems wrought from the rarest of cut j flowers. Only a few wagon loads of i the floral offerings were displayed at ' the church. i WILL ASSIGN BIG BATTLESHIPS j i To Two Fleets for Service on Atlantic j and Pacific Coasts. The completed plans for the organ*!- I ration of the fighting vessels of the j navy in two fleets for service on the j Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the j United States in such manner that the i whole force may be readily mobilized < in case of emergency, in announced by Rear Admiral Converse, chief of ! I the bureau of navigation of the navy j department, in his annual report, I madQ public at Washington Friday. The concentration will be completed j about January 1, next. a km a iad!nrv ntr ricTV.Fir.HT ! n mnu vm i ? vi ?. . . , I ? . I For Republicans in House of Represen- : tatives, is Official Report. Thp first official printed report on 1 the membership of the house of repre- ! sentatives of the sixtieth congress has j .Inst been issued by the clerk of the i house. The republicans are shown to have ; a majority of r.S. The republican mem- i bership is 222 and the democratic I membership is 1C4. ' I i NEW ORLEANS HARD HIT In Loss of Cotton Eusiness the Past Year?Worst Season Since Founding of Exchange. A big failing off in the cotton business of New Orleans during the year ending August 31 last, is indicted in the annual report of the cotton exchange issued Friday night. This has been the worst of the year for spot cotton business in New Orleans, says the report, since the inauguration of the exchange thirty-five years ago. The cause of this record-breaking' falling off is explained as largely due to abnormal "tonditions and to disi ? +Vi/v immo/iiotolr tri. CIS CVT I ?> III U1V O^V^CXV>**C AXJa&AXWVAAU'VWJ VI A I butary to New Orleans. Gross receipts of American cotton at the port of New Orleans were equivalent to 14.75 per cent of the commercial crop of the United States, as compared .with 20.07 per cent the year before. Speaking of the receipts in presses, which were 30 per cent under last season, the report says that in addi-. tion to th^ disasters already mentioned it is believed New Orleans suffered from diversion in other centers. "We. continue," says the committee of supervision, "to be practically shut oijt of Texas through the ruling of the railroad commission, and for other causes, and out of the crop of, that state and Indian Territory of '!,025,S3f? bales we received only 170,425 bales." A recommendation to establish a direct wire system between the New Orleans nnd New York exchanges, the two bodies to own the wires jointly, was made by the commiission on information and statistics which has beer, investigating the telegraph service SEPARATE CARS FOR RACE3. Oklahoma Constitutional Convention Has Two Plans. The actual formation of a constitution was inaugurated at Guthrie, Ok lahoma. Friday afternoon wh.en preparations were introduced in the constitutional convention for two plans, providing respectively for railway regulation and separate coaches for wh'tes and negroes. The railway regulation bill is summarized as follows: Railroad. excess, sleeping car and oil. pipe line companies shall besdeclared common carriers, to provide for stock inspection to prevent consolidation and prohibiting free parses. The Jim Crow" resolution was offered by Judge Ledbetter, of Ardmore, 7. T. Both propositions were referred to the committee on railroads, the rules were adopted later. A feature of the morning session was the sddress of Delegate Ledbetter, who opposed the adoption of a resolution recognizing the federal constitution as paramount to that of the state of Oklahoma. He declared that state sov-' erdgnity should be strictly observed. EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE MEN. Fatal Accident in Construction Work on Norfolk ?md Western Road. A news repcrt says that five men, including one American and four foreigners were killed Friday by an explosion of dynamite, in a cut la which blasting was doue, on the construction work on the Norfolk and Western railroad. several miles from Clinchport, Va. JOINED CHURCH AT NINETY-NINE But Lived Only a Week to Enjoy His New Experience. Adam Swohe, 99 jears old, who joined Trinity Methodist church in Trenton, N J., on his confession of faith a week ago, and who said then it was the first time he had ever been connected with a church, died in New York Friday. * French Squadron Sails. A special from Toulon, France, says: Admiral Touchard's squadron sailed for Tangier Friday. MRS. POST PAYS FINE. Case of Mental Healer is Finally Closed?Almost a Physical Wreck. The case of Helen Williams Post, the alleged mental healer of Sea Ereej-.e, Fla, which has been pending in the United States court for six years, was ended at Jacksonville Saturday. Mrs. Fost filed an affidavit that she is suffering from acute inflammatory rheumatism, of which she canrot cure herself, paid the flne of 5500. promised to cease the use of the United States mails in carrying on mental healing business, and was relieved from the sentence of confinement in jai! for thirty days. i MOTHER TOOK HEMP ROUTE Because She Objected to Her Son Being Married. Mr?. Archibald Lance, H years old. committed suicide by hanging herself in the cellar of her home in Washington. X. J.. Thursday night at the hour | her son was being married at New- j ark. The family is quite prominent, her husband being a member of the j Washington town council. vT-'-v ' sepw&^'sj* l A <\ A A A A rti f? ^ A J ] Palmetto State Ibsf Sethea to Be Secretary. Governor-Elect M. V. Ansel has announced the appointment of A. J.P.elhea, of Darlington, as his private secretary. * * * New South Carolina Industries. The following new industries were established in South Carolina the past week: Marion?$50,000 lumber company. Ulmers?$10,000 lumber' company. Spartanburg ? $10,000 development company. * . a * Murderer Resentenced. R. A. Adams, a Colleton county murderer, who killed his kinsman, Henry Jacques, several years ago, was taken from the penitentiary a few days ago and carried back to Colleton to be resentenced. All efforts to save his life proved futile and he received the death sentence. * * Reduction in ?rice of Lights. Charleston will have cheaper lights as a result of action taken by city council, by which a substantial reduction, both in electric and gas rates, has been agreed to by'tbe local light corporation. Gas will ultimattely be furnished at $1.25 a thousand feet from $1,65. the present rate. 0 v * ? * Merchant Kills Himself. P. "Butler Wood, a-retired merchant of Chester, shot and killed himself 1... U V litbltUllig ci ?UUl^UU 111 11UUI J4 his bedroom door, a string from the trigger to the knob, ancl slamming the door. Ho left a note saying he had to die and preferred dying by his own hand. He had been suffering from acute nervous trouble for some time. * .. r * Boy Accidentally Kills Sister. At Hartsville, Darlington' county, the little six-year-old daughter of Mr. Parrotc Bell was accidentally she* and instantly killed. A brother of ten years of age was' standing on a box and reaching for a shotgun on a shelf, the box fell as the gun was grasped and in failing the gun was discharged. The load tore off the top and side of the head of the little girl, standing nearby. * Largs rorce Duuomy nannaj. Nearly one hundred laborers have been put to work to build the Charles-ton-Sum merville electric railway, which is being financed by General A. J. Warner of Gainesville, Ga. Contracts for material have bene let, and every indication points to the completion of this line from the water front of .Charleston through. the* heart of * the city on to 'Summerville, twentytwo miles distant. The great difficulty in securing rights of way has prevented building this road for many months. * * Clothing Company Embararssed. The Eddens company, clothing and dry goods merchants of Sumter, have addressed a letter to their creditors, stating that owing to bad crops and poor collections, the firm finds itself embarrassed and unable to meet its obligations now due, and offers to set- i tie at 25 cents on the dollar cash, if the offer is accepted at once by all the creditors. Its assets consist of stock valued at $1,200 and cash In bank and on hand to the amount of about $800, in addition to which it has a considerable number of accounts receivable. Its liabilities, as given in the letter, arc $25,000. *Trial of Contractors Postponed. The Columbia federal grand jury has relumed true bills on all the indictment against Grant Wilkins of Atlanta. Moise tDeLeou of Augusta and other large contractors charged with violation of the eight-hour law in connection with the work on the Charleston navy yard. The attorney representing Mr. vvn- i kins and other defendants, asked that I court to determine when the cases would be tried. He said Mr. Wilkins stood ready to give bond whenever required and that he had no desire to avoid the processes of the courts. District Attorney Cochran agreed to this and ic was decided that the cases would not be called for trial until the spring term of the court in Charleston. ' It is understood that, if these prosecution are successful other cases would begin. The defendants will set nn th^ claim that the laborers were paid by the hour and if they worked more than eight hours there was no violation of the federal statute forbidding the employment of laborers more thou eight hours per day on government work. > 1 * \ * $ Respite Given Convicted Negro. Governor D. C. Heyward has grauted a respite until .January IS, 1907. j . ' f . ' - r.' . m for Joseph HenCerscn, colored, who was sentenced to have been hanged at Sumter last week. The officials and prominent citizens of Sumter petitioned for clemency for Henderson^ occause he was twice instrumental int' ( preventing a .iail delivery, while- confined in the Sumter jail. He inform*ed Sheriff Epperson of one plot and probably saved the jailor's life. -r; The other prisoners had secured;. arms and tools to break jail. The ~' respite is granted-in order that the board of pardons may pass on the _ :: case in January. .Henderson w?.s con- ' victed qf killing his wife, by stab- , bing her to death on the streets* ot j Sumter. . I V'Vj * * :A Banker Sues Trust Company. J.V In the common pleas court at Co- v lumbia the trial of the suit of W. A- . Clark against the Columbia Trust compaiiy was begun the past week. Mr. Clark is president of the CarolinaNational bank, the oldest bank in Co- ^ lumbia, and president of the chamber of commerce. He .was for- .V^ mcrly vice president of four of the r ^ ?iii- 2 o?i* A# fKAi . -< -j cotton onus i-n wuiuuia auu v* ?Uv Columbia Electric Street Railway V -j company. Three,, years ago an agreement was? made by which the Columbia Trust company proposed to finance the ' street railway, which was then in .dipficulties on account of the embarrassment of the cotton mills. Mr. Clark ' was one of the largest stockholder**; in the street railway company, and '' "J his stock-, as well as that of otbere? was taken over bye the trust com-^?p? The suit arises out of the transfer of the stock. The Columbia Trust company is controlled largely l>y Mr. E. W. Robertson, president of the National Loan and Exchange bank. ernor Iieyward has recently been eleo--^^ ted president of the trust company. ^^ wtyich, it Is proposed, to be changed - >'? into a savings' bank. The suit wilt occupy some time. Directly or indlrectly, nearly all the prominent bankers and financiers of Columbia are--.. \ ; interested in the outcome. Attorney General Youmans Dead.' . Y-i Attorney "General Leroy F. Youmfcns-;: died Mond.'.y at his home in Columbia, after a long illness with Jfcfer trnn'tiios He was over 70 age and spent an eventful life. -He? was celebrated as South Carolina's; most eloquent orator of this genera- . He was admitted to the bar before the tfar. He was elected a member the South Carolina legislature and laler solicitor. When the war began enlisted, in company third ^uth'Ca^VIJ'/# olina and served with distinction. sumirig law practice aftfer the war ja&''?0 became attorney general of the state-" ' in IS77, when General James Connor; retired and was subsequently elected!;^^7^ for two terms on the ticket with Wade- * Hampton in 1878. * In 1SS5 he was appointed by President Cleveland district attorney for South Carolina and served for years. Thaving a remarkably successful record! : Jas' prosecuting official. He was ap- , . pointed assistant attorney geaoa^ySj^a When Mr. Gunter died in March, 1900, : the governor made Mr. Yonmang torrney general, he holding that pobi ; y1 tion at the time of his death. His term would have expired next montn, at v/hich time he would have keen succeeded by J. Frazer Lyoh, ' who won as a member of the die- .. tjensary committee. It is likely Mr. Lyon will at once be appointed and assume the duties of the office. . v the future. CABINET NOMINATIONS. Cent to Senate for Confirmation by President Roosevelt. On the opening cf congress, Presi- . cent Roosevelt sent the following nomiur.tions to the senate: Secretary of the Treasury: Georgd B. Cortedyou. Attorney General: Charles J. -Bo naparte. :|i| Postmaster General: George L. VanLO^| Meyer. , Secretary of the Navy: Victor J3L-. Metcalf. Secretary of the Inferior: James 5- ^ ^ Garfield. , . Secretary of Commerce and JjJtborr Oscar S. Strauss. ( Associate . Justice Supreme' Court William H. Moody. LAST PLEA FELL FLAT. Georgia governor Refused to interferein Rawlings Execution. Governor Terrell Monday notified- . :[fAttorney Cooper, representing J. G. X Rawlings and his sons, convicted of ! :J the murder of the Carter children In Lowndes county, and sentenced to . hanged, that he must decline to terfere with the execution of Rawlings r ' and the negro, Aif Moore. CASE PRESENTED TO GRAY. x ' Umpire in Trouble of Machinists Will V;;J N<-w Benin Labors. - Presentation cf the ca?3 of the InVv'^w ternatirnal Association of Machinists'.^? m its controversy witn the Southern railway uas made Saturday to the ^ Pv-: umpire. Judge George Graj". in Wil- r y mington. Uel, by D. J. Ccnhn, the arbitrator for the International Assor, : ;/;t ciation of Machinists. 'Sj&jM '