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About Wayne County news. (Jesup, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1906)
President South ern, Killed in Wreck. SIX OTHERS DOOMED Private Car Smashed and Burned in FrightfuL Rear End Collision near Lynchburg, Va. Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern Railway company, and one of the foremost men in the develop «ient of the southern states, was kill •ed Thursday morning at 6:10 o’clock Sn a rear-end collision, in which two fast passenger trains were involved, , i0 miles south of Lynchburg, Va., and a mile north of Lawyer’s depot, in the same wreck three of his guests were killed. Only Mr. Silencer’s pt’i vate secretary, E. A. Merrill, ot New York city, and one of the three por¬ ters survived the accident. Mr. Silencer’s destination wa3 Friendship, N. C., where he was go¬ ing on a hunting trip, with Messrs. Schuyler, Fisher, Redwood and Mer aill as his guests. Mr. Spencer's private car was at¬ tached to train No. 33. and bore tue full brunt of the fearful smash when the fast vestibuled express No. 37 •dashed into it. Fifteen people, most of them pas sengers in the last two regular cars of the passenger train to which the Spencer private car was attached, were so seriously injured that it is feared some of them will die. The known dead are: President Samuel Spencer of Wash in gton, D. C. Charles D- Fislier of Baltimore, Mil. Philip Schuyler of New York city. Frank T. Redwood of Baltimore. I>. W. Davis of Alexandria, Va., pri vata dispatcher. J. W. Shaw, colored, Spencer, N C. died in Lynchburg hospital. An unknown person, whose head and limb 3 are burned off short, who is believed to have been third porter on nrivate car, who is missing. lli-> name cannot be learned. When President Spencers body was taken out of the wreckage. It was so V.lackened and charred that it could not be recognized by his friends, he having been practically cremated. The operator, to whom Is laid the blame for the wreck, is named Mat tox, and was stationed at Lynchburg, As soon as be learned of the acci dent, Mattox disappeared. President Spencer leaves a widow and two sons, one of whom is the sixth vice president of the Southern railway. The train had just, passed the block station at Lawyers. It had stopped to make a slight repair In a coupling, While it stood, train No. 37, which leaves Washington 55 minutes after No. 33, crashed into it from the rear, A club car, No. 37, and a passenger coach, as well as Mr. Spencer’s car, were all burned. In the passenger ear the persons, all negroes, were in jured The injured were removed to Lynch I'urg. President Spencer and his entire partv, as far as is known, were sleeping when the collision happened, and the probabilities are that all of ALL DEPENDS ON OPERATOR. Block System No Safeguard Unless Man at Key Attends to Duty. In the general discussion in railroad circles of the terrible wreck which caused the death of President Spen cer and others, it was generally con¬ ceded that the fault lay entirely with the operator of the block system. While the block system has proved to he a great safeguard against acci¬ dent, Thursday’s terrible calamity was only further proof of the fact that the present block system In the end only blocks while the operator at¬ tends to his duty. WAS READY TO ANSWER. West Expired After Telling Class He Was Waiting Summons. After relating some of his experi¬ ences to a class in St. Luke’s Method¬ ist Episcopal church. Long Branch, N. J.. in the course of which he ex pressed himself as ready to go when the Master called him. Edmund West, an octogenarian, expired just as he resumed his seat. VOILATED LABOR LAW Is Charge Made by the Government Against North Carolina Mill Own¬ ers—Summons Are Issued. A Washington dispatch says: Upon request of Secretary Metcalf of the department of commerce and labor, the attorney general has caused the institution of proceedings against a number of North Carolina cotton mill owners for alleged violation of the alien contract labor law. Colonel H. C. Cowles of States ville, X. C., clerk of the United States court, has issued summons for Messrs. Thomas M. Costellom, Edward A. Smith. S. B. Sargent and E. C. Dwelle, commanding their presence at the approaching term of federal court, which convenes in Charlotte, Decern ber 10, to answer to the charge of having violated the contract, labor laws of the United States in the lm portation of a number of English mill operatives. This action by Colonel Cowles was taken at the instance of United States District Attorney A. E. Holton of Winston and Assistant Dls lr(ct Attorney A. L. Coble of States ville. For several days it has been re¬ ported that negotiations were in progress looking to an ad justment of the differences between the gov ornment and the cotton null men con ^ ^ a summons haa jj een jc SI: ed and legal proceedings commenced does not necessarily mean that a compromise will not. be reach¬ ed. A settlement, may now be made, and the whole matter kept out of tire courts. The law which several of the local cotton mill men are said to have vio¬ lated is found in the act of March 3. 1903. entitled “an act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the Dniteci States.’’ Within the past few months there have been imported into Piedmont Carolina, between* eighty and ninety mill operatives from the Lancashire district of England, Inspector Mc i^a U gj,ii n placed thirty-two of these under arrest and they are now await¬ ing orders for their deportation. Their evidence has been taken down and they ar» being detained until the gov ernment decides how to act. The case has been turned into the hands of the department of justice and District attorney Holton is in charge. Th<* cotton mill men have employed counsel to represent, them and there is the promise of a battle royal in the courts. The mill men assert that they have not violated the laws and hence we are not liable. No arrests have ben made, nor were any bonds required. them, excepting Dispatcher Davis, were killed instantly. It is certain that life was extinct before the flames touched them. President 3pencer’s body was burned almost beyond rec¬ ognition. as was that of Mr. Fisher. The body of Mr. Schuyler was taken from under the train before it was burned very much. President Spencer was lying direct¬ ly under the ble locomotive of the rear train. So great was the force or the impact that the forward tratn was sent at least 1,500 feet ahead, the lo¬ comotive going over and upon the body of Mr. Spencer. Until after the debris burned itself out and the en fiine cooled off the bodies could not be removed. The wreck occurred on the crest of a steep grade when the Atlanta train could not have been running more that? thirty miles an hour, if as fast Hud it been a mile or two further south the number of dead might, have been frightful, as the train was about two hours behind its schedule, a condition in the grade there that would have meant a speed of more then sixty miles an hour. H. B. Spencer, the sixth vice pres ident of the Southern railway, and son of President Spencer, was a pas senger on a northbound train from the south which reached the scene of the wreck a few minutes after it had. oc curred. six dead; thirty hurt The Result of Flames in a Salvation Army Hotel. The Lighthouse Hotel, a three-story structure in St. Louis, utilized as a salvation Army baracks, was damaged by fire early Wednesday, when prob¬ ably five hundred homeless men were lodged within it. Six persons lost their lives, and thirty were injured, some not being expected to live. Four were burned to death and two died from injuries received in jumping from the upper windows. RAILWAYS IN PHILIPPINES. Syndicate Plans to Provide $25,000, 000 for Construction. A syndicate is in course of forma¬ tion by Speyer & Co., of New York: Speyer Brothers of London and the Hong Knog and Shanghai Bank of London, with a capital of $25,000,000, tor the construction o the Manila Rail wa >" company and an extension of its lines. SPENCER AT REST Mortal Remains cf President of Southern Entombed AT NATIONAL CAPITAL Impressive Fvneral Services Were At¬ tended by a Great Concourse of Distinguished People—Ail Of¬ ficials Were Present. All that is mortal of Samuel Spen¬ cer, late president of the Southern Railway, whose tragic death on his own railroad on the morning of Thanksgiving Day shocked the people of two hemispheres, was laid to rest Sunday a.terncpca in the receiving vault at Oak Hill cemetery, Washing¬ ton, there t® await final disposition. A notable tribute was paid to the memory of the distinguished railroad magnate by his associates, by states¬ men, and by men eminent in all the walks of public life. The funeral ob¬ sequies held in historic St. John’s Protestant church were attended by railroad officials, financiers and pub¬ lic men from all parts of the coun try. Many of them were life-long associa’es. Hundreds of friends came from the south. The church was crowded beyond its capacity and huu deeds stood out side. The services were conducted by the Right Rev. Henry Satterlee, Rev. Dr. Roland Cotton Smith, rector of St. John’s, and the assistant rector of the church. Shortly before 1:30 p. m. the offi¬ cers and employees of the Southern Railway, 319 in number, assembled at the general offices of the company, and proceeded, as a body, to St. 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. Joining their friends of the Southern Railway in paying respect to Presi¬ dent Spencer were representatives of the Mobile and Ohio, Georgia, South era and Florida; Cincinnati, New Or leans and Texas Pacific; New Orleans and Northeastern; Central of Geor gia; Atlantic Coast Line; Seaboard Air Line; Chesapeake and Ohio; Pennsylvania and Norfolk and West¬ ern. Just at 2 o'clock the soft strains of Chopin’s beautiful funeral march peal¬ ed through lhe church from the or gan. At the same instant through out the system of railroads lately pre¬ sided over by Mr. Spencer, every train cf.me to a dead stop, every wheel ceased to turn, every employee put aside his work. For five minutes over the thousands of miles of rail way every employe, paid silent re spect to the dead president. It was peculiarly appropriate that tlic body bearers should have been selected from among the colored por¬ ters of the Southern railway. All of them have been in the service of the company for many years—several of them nearly a life-time and all of them were known personally to Pres Idenf Spencer. Following the body came the hon¬ orary pallbearers, all of them per¬ sonal and official friends of Mr. Spen cer. They were principally presidents or high officials of the railroads of America and it was noted that, eithei personally or by proxy, they repre¬ sented quite onelhird of the vast wealth of the United States. At the conclusion of the ritualis¬ tic service, the remains were borne from the church during th:: singing of “Abide With Me.” Services at the cemetery were brief and simple. No such wonderful profusion of ex¬ quisite floral offerings has been seen in Washington since the obsequies of the late President McKinley as filled the Massachusetts avenue home of President Spencer and the chancel of St. John’s church. These tributes canto from all parts of the country. There were car loads of beautiful em¬ blems wrought, from the rarest of out flowers. Only a few wagon loads of the flora! offerings were displayed at the church. SEVEN NEGROES SHOT DOWN And Three May Die as Result of Row in Florida Town. Seven negroes shot, three of whom will die, is the result of a general row and shooting affray growing out of an old feud at Marietta, Fla., seven miles from Jacksonville, Sunday morning. Those fatally wounded are Lester Brunson, Alex Prime and Jas. Hadley. They are in the Jacksonville hospital as are the other four wound ed men. Seven negroes charged with doing the shooting have been arrested and are in jail. A MAJORITY OF FIFTY-EIGHT For Republican* in House of Represen¬ tatives, is Official Report. The first official printed leport on the membership of the house of repre¬ sentatives of the sixtieth congress has just been issued by the clerk of the house. The republicans are shown to have a majority of 58. The republican mem¬ bership is 222 and the democratic TROUBLE IS IMMINENT Over President’s Course as Regards Jap Students in Ssn Fran, cisco Schools. If President. Roosevelt and Sec. Root persist in the position they seem to take in regard to the right of ths government to make treaties which will bind states and municipalities iu the conduct of their local affairs half a dozen able-bodied hornets in the senate will break loose early in the session. Senator Flint and Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of California, both call¬ ed at the White House Friday to see the president and advise him from dif¬ ferent points of view that any In¬ terference by the government or any assumption of a right to interfere with the schools of San Francisco or any other city would provoke a riot Senator Flint declared that the fed¬ eral government would make a great mistake because there was a disposi¬ tion in San Francisco to pass a local ordinance limiting the age at which pupils would be carried in the pub¬ lic schools. This would do away with most of the complaint, because a great majority of the Japanese students arc adults, with whom white parents are not willing to have their young children associate. Secretary Metcalf has come back from the coast, intimating that any attempt by the United States govern¬ ment., by treaty or otherwise, to regu¬ late the sclrools of any city on the Pacific coast would be resented In¬ stantly and could be enforced only by the use of troops. To complicate matters, southern senators now in Washington are in a perfect flame of excitement, because they have been led to believe that Chinese in San Francisco is merely a decoy for an attempt to break down the whole system of separate schools for negroes and whites in the south¬ ern states. So far as the intention cf the administration is concerned the southern senators are entirely mis¬ taken. because the president and Sec retary Root have done nothing more than try to maintain friendly rela¬ tions with Japan, a nation with which wc have traded on ties of and which is just now particularly valuable to us in a. commercial way. While the administration is thus clearly acquitted of any intention apply its theoiies to the negro tion, it is none the less true that two situations are so closclv ed that if the Japanese, by the of the United States, can he put the public schools in San in spite of local law a fullblooded gro with a certificate of from France or Germany or Bj'it»i:i--and there are thousands such—could be forced into the schools of Washington, Atlanta or New 'Orleans. FIGHTING TRUST WITH FIRE. Mob in Kentucky Applies Torch Tobacco Stemmeries. A special from Princeton, Kv„ says: The tobacco stemmeries of Steger and John G. On', the latter controlled by the Imperial company of New York, were destroyed at an early hour morning by a fire which was kindled against, them by a mob of men. The loss is estimated at about $150,000. Thp mob, which numbered 300 men, entered Princeton 1 and 2 o'clock, seized the night shal and disarmed him. They then went to the factories and quickly plied the torch. WOMEN TO BE EMPLOYED By A. C. L. Railway Because of Short age in Male Stenographers. Beginning December 15, the ing rules which debar women from the Atlantic Coast Line general offices will he modified. Two ments, cur accountant and ing agent, are authorized to employ women stenographers when sary. Later the order will apply to all offices. Scarcity of male ers is the reason assigned for the charge. MRS. POST PAYS FINE. Case of Mental Hialer is Finally Closed—Almost a Physical Wreck. The case of Helen Williams Post, the alleged mental healer of Sea Breeze, Fla , which has been pending in the United States court for six years was ended at Jacksonville Sat¬ urday. Mrs. Post filed au affidavit, that she is suffering from acute in¬ flammatory rheumatism, of which she canrot cure herself, paid the fine of $500, promised to cease the use of the United States mails in carrying on mental healing business, and was re iieved from the sentence of confine¬ ment in jai! for thirty d&vs. CASE PRESENTED TO GRAY. Umpire in Trouble of Machinists Will N'w Begin Labors. Presentation of the case of the In¬ ternational Association of Machinists in its controversy with the Southern railway was made Saturday to the umpire. Judge George Gray, in Wil¬ mington. Del, by D. J. Ccnlen, the arbitrator for the International Asso¬ ciation of Machinists. TILLMAN UNAWED Talked of Negro Problem Straight at Chicago Crowd. GUARDED BY DETECTIVES No One Seamed Desirous of Disputing His Views, Which He Expressed In His Usual Terse and Coloric Fashion. The efforts of the negroes of Chi¬ cago to prevent United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman from delivering an address in that city Tuesday night in Orchestra Hall because of the po¬ sition he has assumed toward the negro race, was unsuccessful. When the South Carolina senator ar¬ rived early in the afternoon he was told of threats of injunction proceed¬ ings to prevent him from appearing on the speaker's platform and of a money cc>n side ration that had been offered if he would cancel his engage¬ ment, but Mr. Tillman declared it made no difference to him what the negroes of Chicago did—he was going to fill his engagement; and he kept his word. From the time he arrived in Chica¬ go Senator Tillman was guarded by police and private detectives and was guarded until he left later for Fond Du Lac, Wis. This was in accordance with orders issued by Mayor Dunne, who was scheduled to preside at the meeting, but who declined to have anything to do with the affair after a committee of negroes had visited him a few days ago and offered strenuous objections to Senator Tillman’s ap¬ pearance on the speaker’s platform. Senator Tillman gave his address protected by forty detectives. In an¬ ticipation of trouble, a number of po¬ licemen were also lceyjt in nearby sta¬ tions in reserve, but they were not called for. In the audience were many negroes, but they listened to Senator Tillman’s remarks good natnredly. In leading up to his address, “Shall the United States Annex Cuba” Mr. Tillman criticised Mayor Dunne’s ac¬ tion in refusing to preside at the meeting. “I have been told that I have been snubbed by the mayor of this elty,” said the senator. “f never saw Mayor Dunne in my life. I did not ask him to be here to introduce me to this audience, nor did 1 ask any one else to do so. If any one has been snubbed it is these gracious ladies who planned this meet¬ ing to secure money for the Chicago Union Hospital, who requested Mayor Dunne, the creature of a political hour, to come forward and add ids mite. “I have been advertised to discuss (lie annexation of Cuba,” announced Mr. Tillman, “but in view of the fact that I could not discuss that subject without discussing the race question f am going to go at the matter ham rner and tongs, straightforward, like a man. “You make tip your minds that equality before the law. which the fif¬ teenth amendment guarantees, is right and should be enforced notwithstand¬ ing its result. After telling in detail how the ne¬ gro is prevented from casting his bal¬ lot in the south, Senator Tillman said: “There is a great deal more to this question than the little racket here in Chicago. “No matter what the people in the north may say or do, the white race in the south will never be dominated by the negro, and I want to tell you now th 3 t if some slate should ever make an effort to ‘save South Caroli¬ na’ we would show them in their fanaticism that we will make it red before we make it black. “God Almighty made the Caucasian of better clay than the Mongolian or the African or any other race. The Ethiopian is a burden bearer. He lias done absolutely nothing for history, nor has he ever achieved anything of great importance. There are no great men among the race. “Yet this people lias been picked out by the fanatics of the north and lifted tip to the equality of citizenship, and to the rights of suffrage. No deffibt many cf you listened to the oratory of t>e greatest colored man of this country—Booker Washington. He had a white father, however, and his brains and his character he has in¬ herited front that father. Senator Tillman then told his audi¬ ence of the attacks on white women by negroes in the, south, and declared that the people of the north were, in a great measure, responsible for this state of affairs. SUGAR COMBINE IS FINED. American Refinery Company Must Pay $18,000 for Rebating. A fine of $18,000 was imposed on the American Sugar Refining compa¬ ny by Judge Holt in the United States circuit court at New York Tuesday for accepting rebates from the New York Central Railroad company. The company was allowed sixty days to prepare an appeal. The rebates amoun¬ ted to $25,000. With the Funny * I ! Fellotvs | f if fust f t To Please the Girls. If you would please u g irl. obe 7 This law: Whatever els se you no. Listen to all that she may say, Say nothing she must listen to. It Would Seem Not. “The Mexican Herald says centen¬ arians are common in Mexico.” “Then the auto isn’t in general us» in Mexico.”—Houston Post. Inflammable. “The professor's wife can’t hold a candle to him.” “Of course not. He wears cellu¬ loid collars.”—Town Topics. Poor Boy! Mrs. Hoyle—“I hear that your son had to leave college.” Mrs. Doyle—“Yes; he studied too hard, learning the football signals.” —Puck. Explained. Johnny—“Pa, what is the light that never was on land or sea?” Pa—“That’s the amount the gas company charges you for.”—New York Sun. Competent. “But do you think he will make a competent executive officer?” “Competent! Well I should say so! Why, that man can wield a whitewash brush with the best of, them.” The Reversible Proposition. "Yes, I consider a statesman a greater man than a general. The pen is mightier than the sword, you know.” “Yes, but you mustn’t forget that the sword is smitier than the pen.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. Good Advice. Caller—“My health and digestion. are perfect, doctor, I haven’t an ache or a pain. The trouble with me is that I can't sleep at night.” —-Physician—“if that is the case, sir, I suggest that you consult your spiritual adviser.”—Chicago Tribune. Not Dead Yet. Cassidy—“Yis, the poor fellow'3 gittin' along purty well.” Casey—“But 1 t’ought ye said he was mortally injured?” Cassidy—“So he is, but his in¬ juries ain't quite as mortal as they t’ought at first.”—Philadelphia D ress. Latest. “You will notice,” said the clerk, “that this electric fan turns in two directions at one time. We call it the ‘All Russia.’ ” “Why so?” asked the prospective purchaser. “Because there is a revolution on every side.” Awl That's a Fact. “George, dear,” said the fair maid who was new to the game, “when the man with the wire toilet mask says ‘Play ball,' what does he mean?” “When certain teams are engaged in the contest," said George, “it means that he is somewhat sarcas¬ tic.”—Detroit Tribune. Where He Wins. “I didn't know Bumps was such a linguist. Why, he actually speaks Russian!” "No he doesn’t. He just has the nerve to pronounce all the Russian names he reads without stumbling, and nobody has the nerve to correct him.”—Detroit Free Press. Her Reason. “I don’t see what you want to marry Arthur DeWork for. He hasn't got a cent except what he earns as a mere salesman.” “O, I'm pursuing Art for Art’s sake,” replied the demure maiden who had not yet succumbed to the 'heory of financial matrimony. His Game. “I understand our friend, Main chanz, is working on a scheme to re¬ move weeds.” “I didn’t know he had any interest in gardening.” “He hasn’t; he’s merely laying his plans to capture old Gotrox's young widow,”—Philadelphia Press. Very Realistic. “ ‘And when the hero spoke,’ ” read the college girl with the novel, “ ‘there was a lump in the heroine's throat.’ ” “Poor girl!” sighed her chum. “I bet she felt bad.” “Not at all; she felt good.” “And how was that?” “Why, it was a lump of ice cream.” Mind-Reading. “Perhaps smoking is offensive to you, Miss Smith?” “On the contrary, I like the smell of a good cigar.” Without a moment’s hesitation he threw away the weed he was smok¬ ing. Something in her manner, rath¬ er than her words, led him to suspect that she was a judge of cigars.—
