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THE DAILY PHE33 !? the ^sT^Tb?! ^
only newspaper published In fB& \ '! Wm jjfiL,
Newport Mews that reccivci the ^ffljH i i BB A ^Bf* Hi
foil news report of the Assu- \ltSS I I ??? H H I
elated Press. JfiLlllB???-?? Hlyf&. H
VOL. XII. NO. 202
SKIPPER DEAD AND FOUR
SEAMEN FEVER STRICKEN
at Old Point With Her
Crew In Pitiable
Plight.
TWO OFFICcfi SIERRI?LY SCAL?EO
When Ship Wan About a Day's Sail
From Capes, Stcampipc Exploded
and the Chief Engineer and His As
Elstant Were Dangerously Injured.
Vessel Held In Close Quarantine by
Dr. Collins.
With her captain dead from tover,
four seamen 01 I bo crow ill with tho
sniuc disease and the chief engineer
and one of the assistant ctlgiucora
horribly Bcnldcd by steam, the Urll
lsb stcamBuTp Matteawuu arrived oil
Uld Fohlt Comfort about s o'clock
yesterday morning from Dakar; oil the
northwestern coast ol Africa, en
route for tills porj, to load a cargo
of coal for Cuba.
As soon as be boarded tho vessel
to conduct the usual health Inspec?
tion, Dr. Collins, the Federal quar
antlnc officer at Old Point, placed the
s|paincr and everyone aboard in quar?
antine tor an Indefinite period. No
one* aboard will be allowed a-bore
and only tho quarantine officers will
be allowed aboard.
Captain Stricken nt Sea.
The Mattcawun sailed from Dakar
in ballast curb! this month and when
she was several days out oil the voy?
age. Captain Itciihett was stricken
With fever. Later one of the seamen
Mil Til knd .soon altorwards three
others were stricken. The presence
*>f itho \d|seaso caused considerable
anxiety among the offlcora and men,
but everything possible was clone for
the comfort of the suffering captain
and seamen.
About a week ago Captain OCnnott
died and Ilia body was buried at sea.
The deariiV* the skipper served to In?
crease the fears Of the crew, but the
men worked faithfully and the big
vessel raced across tho Atlantic as
fast as possible to get the suffering
seamen Into port where they could
receive medical attention.
Steam Pipe Bursts.
Sunday, when the Mnltcawnn was
only a slrfirl distance from the Vir?
ginia Capes, a horrible accident oc?
curred- One of the steam pipes in
the engine room burst and the chief
engineer ami one of the assistants
were horrible scalded.
For a f.-w minutes there was a
panic in the engine room, but the
cooler beads succeeded In quieting
liu> engine room force and the suf?
fering engineers were borne to their
rooms where thoy were made as com?
fortable as possible. The vessel had
no surgeon nboArd, however, and the
sufferings of the men were horrible.
The damage was repaired as soon
as possible and the .steamer continued
her voyage to the- Capes whOrcf a
pilot boarded her and piloted her In
Old Point. When the vessel steamed
Into the Itoads h.-r flag wa^ flying
nt half mast in respect for the dead
captain.
The disease which killed the skip?
per Is supposed to be an acute bil?
ious fever contracted on tin- African
coast.
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
FOR R. C. SERVICE CADETS
Chance For Young Men to Become
Officers on Bonrn Revenue
Cutters.
Examinations for enhance in the
United States llovoillle Cutler set
vice as cadets will be held on Septem?
ber '.Oh hi various cities of the Unit?
ed Stall's, among l hem Norfolk.
This examination la open to all
young men who ni'e cltlsoiis of the
United States, unmarried and between
the ages of is and 2-1 years. The
examination covers such studies as is
taken up by the average high school
boy, and the candidate most be physi?
cal morally and men ally quairru-.l,
before receiving an appointment.
The examination is strictly compet?
itive, and all papers are referred to
a hoard of officers at Washington for
review. The cadet course covers a
period of three years after which the
young man receives an appointment
ns third lieutenant, which correspond
in rank and pay to that of a BOCOIld
lieutenant in the army and an ensign
In the navy.
Applications are made to the Koo
TCtary of the Treasury, Washington,
for permission to take the examina?
tion. Application blanks and other In
formai"on as to the examination may
1-,. had from the commanding offi?
cer of the cutter AUttquin, Captain
.1. M. Moore"; U. S. It. C. S.
The Algonquin Is now at the local
[ shipyard undergoing general ropalrs
.and overhauling.
ALL STAR SOUTHERN
LEAGUERS ARE COMING
of Three Games May
Ployed Here During
September.
Manager Loch is In receipt of a
letter from Umpire Harry Mace, of
(the South Athletic League, ashing
for a scries <>f throe games between
an all star team of Ilia; league ami
'the Shipbuilders, in this city oh So|h
I tendier 10, 17, ami 18. This team
? will "Come to Virginia on September
15th t<> play, the Virginia Slate League
.teams of Norfolk, Portsmouth and
I Richmond for the championship of
[the South.
I Umpire Mace asks for 7.". per cent,
of the gate receipts, but Manager
Loch has written huh' Stating that
he will play the all star team ami
split the gale receipts. As ?o visit?
ing team has to lay over hero in wait
for the (dose of t'.ie Virginia League
Reason, the offer probably will be ac?
cepted.
The letter which Dr. Loch has. was
written by Umpire .Mace to Mr. Jack
Mngce, a well known ball player
here. Mr. Mrigco was mu Interested
in tire proposition pnd turned tho
communication over to Dr. Locb.
SMITH D. FRYE HAS RESIGNED.
Former Newspaper Man No Longer
i in Customs Service.
II was learned yesterday thai Mr.
Smith I), five has tendered tho
treasury department his resignation
? as inspector of customs in the ens
| torn house hare. Mr. Fi ve Is now
living in Washington with his bride.
Mr. I'rye came hero about a year
ago to accept uu Inspectorship lu the
custom house, lie retained that po?
sition until early In tin- summer when
ho was given n leave of absence ami
went to Minefield West Vn., where
lie became mannging editor of the
Bllleflcld Leader. Tho next heard of
him was a little over a month ago
when he was married in Washing?
ton, lie has since- lived in that city.
I NORFOLK TO BE SURVEYED,
i_^
Hull of Steamer May Have Been
Damaged by Grounding.
Tito Norfolk lc Weshlugloii Steam?
boat Company's passenger steamer
I Norfolk, which was aground last week
in the I'otomac river, will be hnilleu
out in dry dock No. it, at the ship?
yard, t_hl.s morning to have her hull
BurveySti.
The vesta^ tvns on the mud in the
Potomac for two days und It Is feared
that some of her hull plates may be
injured. She will make any neces?
sary repairs at the yard.
Groom, Age 101, Takes Bride 100.
NASHVILLE, TF.N.V, Aug. 2?.?A
great crowd assembled in a tent at
Tile Springs to witness the marriage
of Juhu P. Purden, I it l years old,
and Miss Itoso McGuire, a sweetheart
of his youth. The happy woman also
is well up in years, this being her
one hundredth birih:da\y. The tent
v.as erected on the spot where H?r?
den and Iiis Bwoethear) kepi secret
trusts when .lohn Quincy Adams was
President.
| W. W. Gray Dead at West Point.
. WEST POINT, VA.. Aim. 2?.?Mr.
W. W. Gray, one of the most promi?
nent merchants in town, chairman of
the Board of Trade, steward in lie
I Methodist cnurch, chancellor com
Inlander of Chelsea Lodge No 49,
' Knights of Pythias, a valuable citi?
zen and a Christian gentleman, died
(this morning at a quarter to 7 o'clock
nt his home here. The funeral and
business will take place tomorrow at
jColOsso Baptist church, in King Wil?
liam, at 2 o'clock.
I J.ip Village Nearly Wiped Out.
(By Associated Press.)
I HAKODATE, ISLA el D OF YF/.O.
JAPAN, Aug. 2C?Kiro broke out
.this morning in the flimsy native
structures oi this seaport ami before
ii cotlld bO gptldn under control ricnr
I) seventy per cent, of the city was
I in ashes. ?Villi the exception of the
I American, all tho consulates wore
I burned. Grcol flislivss prevaile..
I among the people.
First Cargo for Egypt.
The British steamer Ariadne, Cop
.fain Dosser, arrived yesterday from
;.Santos via St.' Lucia to load a cargo
'of a haut 5,000' tons of coal for Alex?
andria. Egypt, This will be (he first
cargo of coal ever shipped from New?
port News to Egypt.
Extra Money for Panama Work.
- (By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. 1). C.; Aug. 2l'..?
Tile President has approved Col.
Qoothal's rcquosi to expend 18,000,
000 in excess of the uro rata monthly
allowance for Panama canal work for
the present fiscal year on account of
"Prcsenl necessities ami of uhforscen
developments since those estimates
were siihmilted."
NEWPORT NE1
BRYAN CHARACTERIZES
TAFT A3 A WOBBLER
Believes [hat His Own Position
Has Been iVSisreppesented by
Roweii's Right Hand?
HE 03E5 N3T TAKE STRONG STAND
Commoner Sayn That the Secretary
is Stronger in Stating What He Op?
poses Than In What Ha Favors?
Scores Taft*a Pcsition cn the Tariff
Question?No Reforms.
ttty Associated Press.)
UN'COHN, N Kit., Aug. 2?.?William
J. Urynn'a reply to the spceelt Of See
rotary Taft a( Colutuous, Ohio, was
given out tonight.
Mr. liryan complains that his own
position lias boon misrepresented by
tbo Soorota.*?. Mr. Hryan .-ays:
"fa'ocroltiry Tail's BpC'C'cIl will prove
a disappointment to those who ex?
pected a clear bugle note in favor
of reform. Thcio is not ;t single
question on which he takes a strong,
advanced position.
"On the railroad question he is in
favor of preventing wittered stock,
opposes tlie consolidation of compet?
ing lines and the duplicating of ill
rcctoriUos. So far so good; but be
docs not advocate the ascertaining
of the value of the roads or tho re?
duction Of rates. Ho even defends
tile President from lh>- charge of fa?
voring the reductions made by the
States. The railroads may object to
his rhetorical UOIIUnclttttoil of abuses,
but they will hardly l>e scared by his
remedies.
"On the trust questions he thun?
dered unlawful trusts hut not only
docs not recommend new legislation,
but takes tho position that a monop?
oly may (bo harmful. He seems to]
lean toward the Idea that It must be
convicted oi some harmful act, and]
throws the burden of proof upon the
government. He recognizes that re?
straint is mor.. difficult when on., cor?
poration swallows iyi a lot of other
corporations ? that it involves enor?
mous labor on the part of the gov?
ernment to prosecute such a combi?
nation because the proof of the gist1
oi the toffense Ibis underneath nil I
almost limitless variety of lrunsac-1
tion-,. and yet he is opposed to the
license system which would enable
the govcriimoui absolutely to prevent
a monopoly.
Corporation Above the People.
In other words be gives the benefit i
of the doubt to the corporation in-j
stead el' the people. He thinks thai!
putting one or two trust magnates In
tin- pcnltcutltiry would haven healthy'
effect, but he uses so many qualify?
ing words that one is left in doubt]
as to what he really favors.
"Alter submitting an argument in
support of an Inheritance tax and a
graduate Income tax, he conclude* by |
saying that he is not in favor ofi
adopting eitlior of them now. At
some future lime he may adopt inem
if they ai'e needed.
"He comes out strong in favor of
government by Injunction but does not
take any position on arbitration and
electing Senators by the people.
Wobbles on Tariff Question.
lb- takes a rap at socialism, de?
nounces the Initiativ,- ami rcfore
dum and presents an argument
against government ownership. lie
Is stronger in slating what lie ori
poses than in what he favor.s ami he
has unintentionally of course, mis
slates. Mr. Itrynn'a position on sev?
eral questions.
"He makes out a strong case in
favor of tariff rcfornT, but when he
got a to the remedy ho goes no fur?
ther than the Republican leaders have
gone in'former Campaigns. He wants
enough tariff to coyer the difference
In cost of labor here ami abroad?
the excuse given for the present tar;*
?ami bo wants the tariff reformed
by its friends. Tariff reforms by the
friends of the tariff is a fare,, and ?
fraud ami the Secretary runs awuy
from tin- conclusions which Would ha
lurally hi; drawn from the statistics
which be presents,
"The conservatives may object to
uis 'speech Ik cause it admit.; many
Hemociatic Contentions, but no real
reformer will find encouragement m
it. U is a straddle of tie mos) im
i mi issues?n compromise instead
?>f fight for reform."
20,000 WEAVERS MAY STRIKE
At Odds-With Manufacturers Over
Wat;e Schedules.
KAM, RIVKIt, MASS. Aug. 20.
Ai tomorrow's conference lutwcen
the Cotton Manufacturers' Association
and the operatives will be determine ]
the question whether L'o.oon employes
are to strike, closing 76 mills and
making the biggest shut down in the
history of the city.
The operatives demand a fixed stau
dard of length for every piece of goods
woven as a basis for wages. After
protracted negotiations', the manufac?
turers have consented to fix tho stan?
dard length for mint cloths nt 17 1-2
yards. Tho hitch comes over I be re
WS. VA., I ? liiSDAY,
| fu.-al <>r the mill owners lu pay, for
weaving roods of odd classifications!,
pi ic, s In proportion In tli.it paid for
pilot doth of 17 i :' yards length.
It was not until nimm ti month ago,
when a special meeting of tho woav
eis- union was culled in vole on (ho
question of a strike, that any really
serious attempt Wild' inali' by the
mntiufoctitrors lo roach aif* under?
standing With the weaver.-, on the dis?
puted iptestlou. Since then much
progress has been inude, and i( is pre?
dicted that nu agreement will ho
reached at the conference on Tue:;
day.
READY TO START TOR POLE
Walter Wellmnn Cables That Airship
Is Working Well.
CHICAGO, Aug. 211.-In a dispatch
to (lie Record Herald from Cnnin
Wellborn, Spitzbergen, Mr. Walter
Wollmnn says:
"The airship America is ready lo
sail toward Hu- Pole; The motors
and machinery have been thoroughly'
teste,! and are working perfectly. H
Is believed to he the most powerful
and enduring airship ever constructed,
it holds hydrogen well.
"The voyagers. consisting of
Messrs. Horsey, Vniihuutt, Holsen
I erg and myself, are awaiting a calm
tor swinging (he ship In n compass
correcting trial over Virgo Ha) and
I hen starting north Immediately In
case the trial is satisfactory.
"We hope to start this week, but
if necessary not later than Septem?
ber 6."
KENTUCKY WIFE KILLS A MAN
First Shot At By Landlord While
Hurband Was Away.
MOUN'T STERLING, KY. Aue 2(1,
- In a pistol duel today Mrs. Katie
Brummet, wife of O. A. Brummet, a
farmer, shot and killed Aigin Thomas,
a prominent farmer of Montgomery!
countif. Mrs. Brummet Is only 20
years old The Brmumets wciv ten?
ants of Thomas, and the men had a
disagreement.
Today, while Brninnie) was away
from home. Thomas shot at Mrs.
Brummci three times one bullet graz?
ing her head, she ran find secured
a revolver and fired at ?ChoinnS five
times, one bullet piercing tin? brain
ami killing him Instantly.
The young woman is al'iut. lo be
; come a mother and ns a result of the
I shock Is in a critical condition. She
I la a native of Johnson county and Is
highly respected.
Thomas was 70 years old and leaves
a family.
Today's Exposition
Program.
OAKLAHOMA CITY DAY.
Convention Meeting
Amorlcnn Osteopathie Associa?
tion.
Special Features of the Day.
S to !i a m.?Drill Twelfth U.
S. Cavalry.
iT a. in. to 12 in.?Concert, Ex
l>osition Band, Manufacturers'
Building.
i i a. in.?Special Piano and Vio?
lin Recital. Mr. Shohort and Mr.
I'fouls, Convention Hall.
I p. m.~-Violin and Piano Recital
Mr. Barl .1. I'fouls and Edwin M.
Shonort, Auditorium.
". p. in.- Daylight Fireworks. *
?.?:'.'i ii. m. VVIllungtoh Zouaves,
War Patlb
i p m.?Organ Itccltal. Mr. T.
M M?sgr?vo, Auditorium.
5 p. in.?Dress Parade, Twenty
third I n fan try.
i; p. in.?in ill Haiti ry D, Third
Artillery.
'i-.'.'M p. in.?Wltlllngton Zouaves,
War Patli
Stated Program Every Day.
7:30 n. m.?dates open.
0:30 (o ln:30 a m.?Concert
Rximslllon Band, Main Date.
: in a. in.- Ami hourly thereafter
! Exhibition of weather bureau,
RurlBquhtto recorder; Government
Building A.
10:30 to 11:30 a. ni.?Concert,
Phlrtuey'a United States Hand,
Raleigh Sipiare.
II a. in. -Preparation of largo
I weatlter map from reports from
all sections of (he country, Gov?
ernment Building A.
11 a. m. lo I p. in.?Session of
Children's School Farm.
11:30 n. in. to 12:30 p. in.?Moxi
can National Band Concert, Ra?
leigh Court.
12 tn. to 2 p. m.?Session of Mo?
del School.
1 p. m.?Biographic and Stere
optlcoil lOxhildtlon, Scenes on In?
dian Reservation with lecture, In?
terior Department, Government
Building A.
2 p. in.?Biographic exhibition
and lecture, scenes in Yosoirilto
Valley. Government Building A.
2 to I p 111. I'hinncy's United
States Hand. Auditorium.
2:30 |>. in l ulled Stetes Lifo
Saving Service Drill nt. slntlon
2. p. m.?Illustrated lecture "He
claiming the Descrf by Mr. C. J.
Blrtnchard, l'. s it. s. Interior
Department, Government Building
A.
?i p. m.?Illustrated lecture "Yoi
lowsloiiQ National Park,*' by Mr.
B, C. Culver, Interior Department,
Government Building A.
5:30 to 0:30 p. m.?Mexican Na
llonnl Band Concert, Reviewing
Stand.
7 to 0 p. in --Combined Bands.
Reviewing stand.
/VIJG?ST 27, 1007.
NOT PAYING BUSINESS
Souihern Railway Comptrollep, J
H. Plant, Gives Speclel Waster
Figures on Road's Famings.
NO MONE! MADE IN NORTH STATE
Cl.ilnu. Th.it It Costs More to Pun
Inlr.vStatc Business In North Coro?
Una Than It Does in Any Other
Commonwealth, and QlvCc Figures
to Support Statement.
VVASIIINO TON'. I). (V. Auk. 20.?
The hinting ol UlQ Ninth Carolina
railroad tmtio bef. Special Master
Walter Montgomery wa.. resinned at
the Southern Hallway offices toilay
ami Comptroller .1. II. I'laul, of the'
Southern Itallway, occupied iho wit
net at a ml throughout the day. The
testimony dealt mainly with the high
er tost <d operation in North Caro?
lina than in other slates.
Mr. liant slated thai the total cost
ot operating inlor.-otnlc pnswmgor
traffic for the \eir. ended Juno 110,
lO?ti, was S2.IS4I.-1 in ami the total
earnings in North Carolina', wer,. $1,
','T 1,038, a net loss of about $450,000.
The avorago passenger traffic rovOIIUO
per train lllllu, he said, whs Oil cents,
whii,. the earnings. Including state and
Inlet state and mall and express were
$1.31 per inile.
"The minimum cost of operation
In earning one dollar on the Inter?
state traffic," he said, "was .8895.
That represent.i the cost of earn
im-, cue dollar on lutru-atulo business
In Nrtrth Carolina for tiro fiscal year!
o" TI/OO exclusive of taxes or bettor*]
monie or interest on Investment.''
Mr. Phllll said (bat so far as ho
?had l)\ n aide to. determine by a
careful examination the cost of opT-r
atloti bad been greater thus far in
1007 ?ban in 1900 In both freight ami
pnriRcngur business.
"?Mj Investigation," ho said, "dem?
onstrates that to earn otic dollar of
local revenue in Iho bIUIq of North
Carolina is twice ;is expensive im It
is to earn a dollar Oil interstate busi?
ness.
"The figures I use nre of minimum
expenses and a very low minimum at
that. The average cost of handling
a ton tier mile in North Carolina Is
net less tIn-it three (hues as great as
it Is on lite system gem-rally found."
Mr, Plant staled that the tax val?
uation of tho Southern Itallway prop
ertv in North Carolina for lOOli was
$20,1:11,805,
"Has there fieoii a recent increase
in that tiBsi BsmehtT"
"I have been so informed." replied
Mr, Plant, "It's now $33,802,208."
jT.se witness discussed the propo?
sition of tin- net earnings of the road
to lb,, nsxosaed valuation Indicating
that under the pr?Sciii earnings the
'lax valuation one lit 1101 to exceed
$!I,345,98G. He sa?l that tho gross
revetiue:; of intra-slate traffic in
North Carolina for 1000 wer,. ?.V
324,025.
Mr. Plant explained that during
the year ended .lane 30, 1000, $804,
R50 was charged to capital account In
North Carolina for Improvomonts ami
equipment while, on the whole system
the amount charged to the same ac
count was $2,850,100, IK- said that
the UXpOIIFC of keeping the property
up to modern Bliiudarda in North
Carolina till ring the year was $107,045;
This amount added to the slate laxes
of $200.051 aggregated a total sum
not capitalized of $407,500.
Ficjurcs Relatives to Net Earnings,
The total net earnings in Nortll
Carolina for 1900 were :':::' I .?.".<'. Mr.
Plant testified that If tho proposed
rales were put Into effect i n the hasls
of the business of 1000 the total net
returns from Ititrh-slatp business in
Hint slate would amount to only $2S.
n"7 not allowing nnything tor the
payment of Interest or dividends. The
earnings, he said, would be only r.9
i00 of one per cent, while the earn?
ings during Ifiot". i,ii the oil rates
amounted to 1 t 2 per cent. During
the last nine months, Mr. Plant in?
dicated, tho operating expenses of
the system bad Increased to such an
extent thai tile expense of naming
a dollar in North Carolina now was
00-53 cents. 1'iiilcr the old rales he
explained the road would have $ 17?1
7th". remaining on Hn Illlrn-Stnto trn!
flc Under tile new rates rind con
dltons tho minimum reduction of
revenue to the road would bo $239,
:'.7.~. Without coin lulling any Intorcr-j
or dividends or taxes.
In response to an Inquiry by Mr.
Tbom, Mr. Plant said: "Thee la no
method known by which the cost to
do Intra-Btato business can be do
lormlncii with mathematical accuracy.
The local business," be added, "cOSt-t
for more than tin- system business."
A maximum of traffic Is carried Oil
through trains, while on local train.;
a minimum of traffic is handled.
Mr. Plant explained that there
were a great many local lines in
North Carolina and that the local traf?
fic generally was distributed over
local or branch lines. Much of, this
I nt If Ic i'tH|tilroH three ami four hand?
lings. What witness termed tho bta-|
lluu coat of itm truffle was :i.ss ccii'u
mi tlu> whole By at em mill Hourly !>
cents in North Carolina- -that is.
??aiiy throe HinoB as much In tho
state as en the system.
DEATH OF M?S. SPIERS.
Well Known Lady P.ir.scs Away After
Long I Huron.
Mrs. I* II. Soleis, aged !tfl years,
died at her residence, 308 Thirty
socond at root, Sunday afternoon at
61-15 o'clock, after a hum Illness. The
funeral ?III tnkc place from the
Thirtieth st.t Christian church at
I o'clock fills nftornoon. Services
will he conducted by Kev. 1). S. Hon?
ied, pastor of the TWbhty-fohrttt
Street Church of Christ, ami inter
men I win in- at Grcciilnwn.
Mrs. Spiers Is survived by her hus
haml ami five small children. Bhc
was a devout im tnher of tho Thlr
ii- ih Street church ami was popular
ntUOU|; " wide circle of friend* She
wa;l a meinher of the local "live of the
Ladles of the Maccabees, which will
nttend thb services lu a body
The pill 1?Mirers win he Mr- W. P,
Cooper and Messrs It. L. Davis, .1.
M. Marl,ham. W M. Parlor, flcorgo
W, Btircher and Thomas W. Drookl
DEATH CHEATS CHARITY
Wealthy Woman Succumbs To Apo?
plexy Before She Maxes Will.
liTi'SIHRO. Au?-. 26,?After hnv
lug devoted her entire lire to charity
and for the betterment of the condi?
tions of others. Miss Ka'e McKlllght,
one of Ho- most charitable women
Pill .Dm-, over produced, died with
her proa tost desire unaccomplished.
MISS M<-Kill-lit had a private fortune
of more than i'tnu.uuo, and It was her
chief aim to leave this fortune at her
denlh to a number of Institutions hero
' In which she wan interested.
j Recently she aitccmncd to a stroke
of apoplexy. lOvory effort has been
made since then by her relatives to
find a will, but thev have finally given
Up the sc ,-u. Ii ami reached the con?
clusion that death overlook her be?
fore she found' lime to draw up such
a document.
Miss McKtitghl gloried III the title
of "old maid." She never had time
lo gel married, she said. She founded
more charitable Institutions In Pitts
burg than any other woman, and de?
voted more, of her Minn to charily.
Coining from one of the very besl and
oldest families here, her greatest so?
cial obligations were those that had
a charitable end.
JAPS BUY 1.000 TORPEDOES
They AlnyjBt Corner The Output Ofj
The Engllrb Factory.
WASIIINGTON, Aug. 20.?Will lo
the liiltod States has. been secretly
negotiating with the Wliltohotid Tor
pedo Company of England for the
purchase of ".(I of the newest am!
most approved English torpedoes, .la
pan has slopped in and bought 1,000
ol I lie weapons, al an expense of $5,
(100,000.
The torpiden- ; were purchased by
the Japanese at $6,000 each Imme?
diately after the first negotiations of
tin- Pulled Stales government. Tbl
Information comes from England and
has caused much surprise. It is be
I loved the enormous purchase by Hie
Japanese practleaily takes the White
head torpcdooB from the market for
somo time.
Ocean Lines Reduce Rates
HAMBURG, Aug. 20.?Tho agouti
of the Cunnril lim- for Gormnrijl today!
formally announced a ^reduction or)
12.50 in Boctind-clnss and stoorago
ralis front Hamburg to New York Ma
Liverpool ami also thai the Cuiinrd
line's botloni price for first ctlbtll
was ?02.50.
The Cunard lino lias thus gone
stop further than the German line:
by reducing its second-class nnd|
steerage rate, whICh Is regarded as
bel?g equivalent to a rate war willij
the .Mercantile Marine Company.
Ghouls Vis t Grave of Girl
BKIt.NARDKYILLE. N. Y., Aug.
Discovery bus been made that
gliottla vlsllod the grave of Margaret
Kuhli-wiml, tin- eight-year old KirL
who was killed ten days ago in an
nuiomobllo accident, exhumed the
body an* rcoiovod therefrom certain |
Paris. The ghastly wmk was evident?
ly done by hands skilled in surgery.
The new. ha., given the residents al
hock, ami it is announced thai uo|
xpenso will be spared to capture the
rlmlnals.
? LcnlFlfttor Shot Melon Tb'.eves.
PRINl KSS ANNK C. II.. Aug. 20.?
Por somo llino hogfooa haVo been
stchiihg wntermolons in this section.
Saturday night thoy raided the patch I
if Dr. George T. Snctid. it happened
that be heard them before Ihey had
lime t'? run und as a result he idiot]
al tie-in in lite dark, crippling three,
one of whom is expected (o die. Dr.
Sucdd Is one of Ih,- hi s'-known men I
in this section, having represented
this county in tin- legislature for'
many years, and was recently ron?nil
n a ted.
Servants' F.gbt Causes Fire.
PATTERSON. VA., Aug. 26.?The
homo of Dr. A. C. Slovens, a promi?
nent physician of this place, Burgeon I
lo the Virginia Iron. Coal and Cok"
Company, was bunted Saturday night!
ai 9:30 o'clock. Servants fighting in
the kitchen overturned a large lamp,
the names from which spread so rap?
idly that file building could not be
saved.
THE WEATHER,
loci casino, cloudiness Tues?
day, possibly showers hi moun?
tain districts; Wednesday, show,
era liflht variable winds.
PRICE TWO CENTS
IWENTY ONE INJURED
IN SOUTHERN WRECK
Mm Hal! Near Cfiarlollesville
Throws New York & Augusta
Fxprcss Off the Track.
COACHES AGAINST EMBANKMENT
Fortunately the Train Was Runniny at
Moderate Speed or There Would
Have Been 11 Heavy Loos of Life?
Private Car of Railroad In Accident
But Occupants Escaped Injury.
(Hy Associated Press.)
OHAHHOTTiaSVlU^B, VA., Aug.
20 Twenty um? pontons were Injured,
only ouo ot them seriously, by the
tlerallmont of a Northbound train on
the Southern Hallway at. Red Hill.
Iliuu miles south Of here today. Tho
accident was caused by a broken
rail. Tin- I rain fortunately was run?
ning at moderate speed. A special
train, which was Immediately made
up here, carried all the Injured to
Washington. The train wrecked was
the Now York & Augusta Kxproas.
against an embankment. Tho worst
Injured are:
Cltlvln Cowali, negro Salisbury, N.
C, badl) citt about I lie face.
V. W. Duvall, llyattsvjllo, Md.,
chief clerk In mail car; cut on breast
and arm.
Harry Qoothntlll, mall clerk, Wash?
ington, hurt Internally.
II. C. Collor, 22 West Olio Hundred
und Twenty-fourth street. New York,
body burland and arm hurt.
D. S. Rothbrbck, Wlnst?n-Salom, N.
C, arm contused and body brulsod.
Kilon II. Cotton, 10 Hitrlelgh slrcel,
Catnl'iblge, Muss.
Unknown negro, arme and body
contused.
It. N. Bltirgls. Rook HUI,'S. C,
body bruised and arms hurt.
C. C. nichnrds, express mah,"
Oreensboro, N. C, head nnd amis
hurt.
lt. I,. Holland, Washington I). C.
negro, amis ami body bruised.
It. (i. HpflOll, Whitney, N. C, arms
and body bruised.
Daniel Korr, Nashville, Tonn., arms
and body bruised.
II. Morton, 100 Ashford street,
tlrooklyil, N. Y.. band burl.
Ada Mnllocl:, (ireeuwood. Va., nrms
tool body brulsod tool contused.
Richard Sweeney, Jersey City, por
ter. chest injured.
All or these except Dtivall, accord?
ing to the railway officials, Wcro able
to proceed without assistance.
Tin- private car of bird Robinson,
president of the Mobile, Jackson &
Kansas City Railroad, yvas wrecked
I'll the party nbonrd tho car escaped
uninjured.
FEDERAL JUDGE THREATENS
Promises Railroad Men To Punish
State Officers Who Arrest Them.
MONTGOMERY, AHA.. Auk. 26.?
A delegation of ir, railroad men.
mainly employes of iho Louisville nnd
Nashville railroad, visited Judge
.(ones, of the Hulled Slates Court,
atel asl;e,| his advice ns to threats
made In- tie- Slate to arrest them If
they violated Hie reduced freight and
passenger tariffs which has been uns
lionded by Injunction of the Federal
court.
Judge Jones assured tho men that
thoy would be protected by the Fed?
eral courts. He said thoy would be
released on writs of habeas corpus
and that the State's officers arrest?
ing them would lie punished.
Battleships Sail South.
dtv Associated Proas'.)
NORFOLK, VA.. Aug. 26.?Rear
.Admiral Kvans" fleet of HJ warships
which assembled in Hampton Ron s.
railed today for the southern drill
grounds where they will spend a week.
Not J. Arthur Kept.
(Hy Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. I>. C, Aug. 20.?
The man arrested In Logan, W. Va.,
yesterday answering the description
of J, Arthur Kemp, tho absconding
chief clerk of the Metropolitan Police
Department j?f this city, proved not
to bo the fugltlvol
Exoloslon Killo Three.
HAGARSTOWN. MD., Aug. 26.?
Three men are dead and a fourth Is
dying ns the result of a small boiler
explosion today at a lumber camp in
a tract of timber on the Hnyctt farm
a.bont eight miles north of H?gers
town. , Tho body of Ihn foreman of
the sawmill wfis blown 100 feet.
Schooner Jane Palmer Burned
(Hy Associated Press.)
BOSTON, MASS.. Aug. 20.?Tho
rive-masted Bchooner .lane Palmer, of
Boston, caught fire tonight from a
I blaze, which started on tho dock of
tho Massachusetts Coal Company.
Last Boston, alongside of which nhe
Was Ho?*. The loss is estimated at
,1200,000.