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HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI. WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER II, 1908
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TEN ARE KILLED; MANY INJURED
IN DISASTROUS RAILROAD WRECK
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Northeastern Passenger Train No
Leaving Hattiesburg This Morning
Struck By Train On Great North
ern at Littlewood, La.
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SURGEONS RUSHED TO THE SCENE
FROM NEW ORLEANS THIS MORNING
Full List of the Dead Cannot Be Ascertained,
But Several of Them Are Known in Hatties
burg-Many of the Seriously Injured May Die.
Wreck is Worst in History of the Road.
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THE DEAD.
C. B. Lowry, Lexington, Ky.
Prof. C. E. Ttoss, New Orleans. •>
W. A. Martin, Slidell, La. *
Willie Attaway, Slidell, La. ❖
B. Aswad, home unknown.
Ora T^ravis, Hattiesburg.
J. P. Shows, Hattiesburg.
C. A. Cranford, Seminary, Miss. *>
H. L. Harrison, home unknown •>
August Heikamp, Slidell, La.
Two unidentified dead.
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SERIOUSLY HURT.
Jake Salmen, Slidell, La.
•> Peter McCarthy, Flosom, La.
❖ G. B. Harris, Magee, Miss.
❖ D. B. Calhoun, Flosom, La.
❖ Mrs. Alphonse Attaway, Slidell, •>
•> Louisiana.
❖ Miss Florence Lyde, Lumber
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❖ Mrs. Robert Hinton, Sr., Lum- •>
❖ berton, Miss.
❖ Mrs. Robert Hinton, Jr., Lum- •!>
•5* berton, Miss. ❖
•> J. A. Quick, Hattiesburg, Miss. ❖
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I.ocal passenger train No. 9, which
leaves Hattiesburg at 4 a. m. for New
O leans was telescoped by a train by
the New Orleans and Great Northern
a* Littlewood, a small station on the
Northeastern 12 miles this side of New
Orleans and not far from the lake.
The 'wo rear coaches of No. 9 were
run into and completely wrecked and
It was a miracle that everybody in
these two coaches did not meet n
horrible death.
The names of the others who met
death could not be learned over the
phone.
There were twenty or more injured
and it is believed that several of them
will die.
Of the number injured, Mrs. R. W.
Hinton, of Lumberton, had her leg
Her condition is not con
broken.
sidered dangerous.
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FREEZING.
Washington, November 11.—Fore
cast for Mississippi: Fair tonight and
Thursday; colder with frost tonight.
It appears that No. 9 was just pull
ing out of Littlewood. There was a
heavy and dense fog and IF was about
8 o'clock. The New Orleans and Great
Northern starts from Covington and
uses the tracks of the Northeaster^
from Slidell to New Orleans. The
Great Northern passenger train No.
21 was following closely behind No.
9, and in the dense fog that prevailed
it was impossible to see very far ahead
without a head light. The Northeast
ern was crowded with passengers,
many of whom were going to the far
mers' union convention in New Or
leans. The Northeastern train was
moving slowly out of the village when
the Great Northern crushed into the
rear and completely demolished two
coaches and knocked everything off
the track except the engine. The en
gineer and fireman of the Great North
ern escaped injury by jumping, and
none of the passengers on that train
were injured. None of the trainmen
on No. 9 were injured.
The news of the wreck was quickly
wired into New Orleans and the rail
road surgeons came out at once on a
hospital car and all the injured were
carried to New Orleans and placed
in a hospital.
The cause of the wreck, it is said,
was the inability of the engineer and
fireman on the Great Northern to see
any distance ahead on account of the
fog, which was unusually heavy. The
Great Northern was running at the
rate of 25 miles an hour and it is con
sidered remarkable that no more were
killed.
It is certain, however, that a
number of the injured will die.
It was one of the worst accidents
that ever, happened on the Northeast
ern, and it is said that the scenes
among the dying and injured, as they
were hauled out from under the tim
bers of the wrecked coaches, was
something to melt the heart with
sympathy.
Supt. Flanagan was In Hattiesburg
when he first heard of the wreck and
he left at noon for the scene of the
disaster, carrying with him a wrecker
WORK OF RESCUE IS
STILL BEING PURSUED.
New Orleans, La., November 11.—
Nine persons are known to be dead
and twenty injured as the result of a
rear-end collision between trains on
the New Orleans and Northeastern
and the New Orleans and Great North
ern at Littlewood this morning.
Both trains were southbound. The
forward train was the Hattiesburg lo
cal and every person in the two rear
coaches was either killed or hurt.
The wreck occurred at 8 o'clock this
morning and up to 1 o'clock this af
ternoon all of the dead had not been
taken from the rains.
One of the oaches Is wedged tightly
between two others, making the work
of rescue exceedingly difficult. Many
of the seriously injured were In this
car and their cries and groans were
pitiful. It is not certain that an of
them have been rescued up to this
hour, and it is possible 'that several
other dead will be found beneath the
wreckage.
Fire started in the debris soon af
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HATTIESBURGANS KILLED *
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❖ Messrs. J. K. P. Shows and Ora ❖
v Travis, of this city are among the •>
❖ killed.
This will be shocking •>
❖ news to their many friends and ❖
❖ relatives. Mr. J. A. Quick was ❖
❖ badly injured, hip broken and oth- •>
<* er injuries.
•> were delegates to the farmers' •>
❖ union now in session in New Or- •>
These gentlemen •>
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ter the wreck and for a time it looked
as if dozena of the dead and injured
would be cremated, but the close
promimity of a water tank and willing
hands of the uninjured passengers on
both trains soon extinguished the
blaze.
Members of the train crews worked
heroically. Many of the passengers
and a number of negroes residing in
the community joined in. It was near
ly an hour before the arrival of sur
geons from New Orleans and the suf
fering of the injured was pitiful and
heartrending.
Fifteen Tickets Sold.
There were fifteen tickets sold from
Hattiesburg to New Orleans this morn
ing, and the' relatives and friends of
the parties who went on the ill-fated
train are suffering much uneasiness.
Among those who went from here was
Jas. A. Hearn, but no information
has been received from him. It is
hoped from this that he was unin
jured. All efforts to get a complete
list of the killed and injured from
New Orleans have so far failed.
SIMILAR DISASTER IS
REPORTED IN WYOMING.
Boree, Wyo., November 11.—Nine
persons were killed and three others
seriously injured as the result of a
runaway freight train crashing into
an engine on the Union Pacific Rail
road near here this morning. Thirty
care were piled into a heap and im
mediately caught fire.
FOUR KILLED;
WHEN TRAIN
STRIKES AUTO
Red Bluff, Cal., November 11.—In a
collision between an automobile and
special train last night four persons
were killed and one seriously injured.
The dead are:
GEORGE K. WILLARD.
MRS. GEORGE K. WILLARD.
MISS OLIVE WILLARD.
MRS. IRENE HAYS.
Trainmen say that the automobile'
carried no lights and that they did
not see the vehible until after it was
too late to stop the train.
DEAD BODY
THE WOODS
Hearst News Service.
Chattanooga, Tenn., November 11 —
The dead body of J. Glenn Marl'd,
aged 23, son of E. C. Martin, presi
dent of the Suwanee Coal and iron
Company of this city, was found late
yesterday afternoon in the mountains
near Tracy City.
Martin had been shot through the
head. His revolver was found too far
away from the tody to indicate sui
cide and murder is the only theory
advanced.
CURTAILED
Gulf & Ship Island Shows Marked
Decrease in Volume of
Its Earnings.
STILL SHOWS PROFIT
DESPITE THE PANIC
Net Revenue For the Year Was $42,
064.12, Against $106,070.02 For Cor
responding Quarter ofPrevious Year.
—Percentage is 84.17 Against 73.75.
Jackson, Miss., November 11.—The
Railroad Commission has received the
quarterly report of the Gulf and Ship
Island Railroad company for the quar
ter ending September 30. The report
shows receipts of $414,587.98, a de
crease of $214,489.71 from the figures
covering the corresponding period for
last year. The operating expenses are
given at $348,694.72, a decrease of
114,979.08, and leaving net earnings
of $65,623.26,
Against this is charged taxes, inter
est, etc., amounting to $17,687.38, an
increase of $6,560.09, and leaving a
net revenue of $42,064.12, a decrease
lrom the figures of last year of $106,
070 72. The percentage of expenses to
earnings is $84.17, against 73.75 for
the corresponding quarter last year.
STATIONERY FOR
COUNTY OFFICERS
Jackson, November 11..—In an opin
ion to Mr. J. P. Pace, president of the
board of supervisors of Forrest coun
ty Attorney General Fletcher holds
that county district officers—super
visors, justices of the peace and con
stables, are to be treated as county
officers within the meaning of sections
315 and 4767 of the code of 1906, which
require that boards of supervisors
shall furnish hooks, stationery, and
all necessary articles to all county
offices. He also holds that, while the
S'atute is mandatory, the board ol
supervisors has discretion of a cer
tain sort, in that it may determine
in many cases just what articles arc
really needed.
If you are not already a sub
scriber, call No. 35 over either
telephone and have your name en
rolled on the list.
The News is already a good
It will be a better
one as the days and weeks go
by. More than
newspaper.
s,ooo
residents of the Hattiesburg ter
ritory regard the paper as more
than worth the subscription price,
50 cents a month.
Call No. 35 today and have your
name enrolled. Never mind the
pay. Our collector will attend to
that.
Remember the Number,
35
Over Either Telephone.
FUNERAL
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A Large Concourse of Sorrowing
Friends Follow Remains to the
Cemetery in Jackson.
Dally News Special.
Jackson, November 11.—The funeral
of the late Ramsey Wharton, mayor
of Jackson, took place at the resi
dence of his sister, Mrs. H. Clay Rob
erts, 959 North State street, at 10
o'clock this morning, and was largely
attended by citizens from all walks
of life.
There was a general suspension of
business in the city during the fun
eral hour, and the people joined in
paying the last tribute to the man
who for four terms served as the ex
ecutive head of the municipal gov
ernment. The city hall was closed
and the public schools suspended for
the day to pay honor to his memory.
The funeral rites, characterized by
beautiful simplicity, were conducted
by Dr. H. F. Sproles, the venerable
divine who for many years served as
pastor of the First Baptist church in
this city, and who is now a member
of the Mississippi College faculty. Dr.
Sproles is in the city to preside over
the session of the Baptist state con
vention board. For many years he
had been an intimate personal friend
of the deceased.
Scores of beautiful floral tributes
from all parts of the city, and many
from adjoining towns, surrounded the
casket.
One superb floral offering
was sent by the members of the city
council, and others from the fire and
police departments, minor city offi
cials. employes, etc.
After the funeral rites the remains
were borne to Cedariawn cemetery,
where the interment took place. The
sombre casket was supported on each
side by three members of the fire de
partment and three members of the
police force. The honorary pall-bear
ers were as follows:
James Ewing, F. C. Robertson, Eu
gene Simpson, W. D. McRaven, James
Longstreet, R. V. Rachford, W. M. An
derson, Isidore Dreyfus, Fred Lusk,
W. W. Downing, Z. D. Davis, S. J.
Johnson, J. R. Dobyns, E. L. Bailey,
J. B. Harris, Thomas Gale, James K.
Vardaman, R. H. Thompson, C. H.
Alexander, W. S. Hamilton, H. Clay
Sharkey, A. C. Crowder, L. F. Chiles,
J. Hunter Taylor, Lem Moore, R. W.
Bullard and T. A. McWillle.
TRUSTEE SYSTEM
MAY BE ABOLISHED
Jackson, November 11.—The senti
ment seems to be growing throughout
the state in favor of abolishing
hoards of trustees of the four educa
tional institutions under the control
of separate boards, and substituting a
ingle Joard of regents who would con
trol the University of Mississippi, the
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
the Industrial Institute and College,
and the Alcorn A. & M. College (for
negroes.)
Interest is added to this sentiment
by the near-certainty that at either
the next or the succeeding legisla
tive session will see the passage of
m act creating a state normal school
fur teachers, jl thing which has been
advocated with much ferver by prac
tically every educator in the state,
ind when this is created it would als)
come under the* supervision of the
gr.ve nitre board, giving them five
large institutions to manage, which
would ■ require practically all their
time.
PAYS PENALTY
Negro Raptist Swung to a Limb By
Enraged Citizens of Biloxi
Yesterday Morning.
Daily News Special.
Biloxi, Miss., November 11.—Henry
Lidy, a negro, was hanged to the liinl
of a birch tree in this city yesterday
morning by a crowd of several hun
dred indignant citizens.
J he negro's crime was that of rape
and his victim was the 13-year-old
daughter of E. H. Hausen, a prominent
vi ite farmer residing near this city.
The little girl was passing along
the public road near Back Bay, when
ibe negro sprang upon her. After
uvating the child into insensibility,
the brute threw her into a ditch near
the highway, accomplished his das
tardly purpose, and when the chill
regained consciousness beat her
th ; head with a heavy club and left
he for dead.
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A PECULIAR LAW
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Jackson, November 11.—In handing
down his decision yesterday in the
case of Abe Stovall vs. State, from
the circuit court of Madison
Chief Justice Whitefield stated from
the bench that during his fifteen
years on the supreme bench this
the first ease where a man had been
indicted for murder, convicted of man
slaughter and had his case reversed
for that reason, the case being
in which the court erred in granting
an instruction to the jury that a man
slaughter verdict might be brought in.
Judge Whitefield stated that it was
clearly u case of murder or accident,
and could not under any circumstances
be manslaughter.
Under the law, the jury having ac
quitted the negro of murder, he can
never again be tried on that charge.
He cannot be tried for manslaughter,
because the decision of the court is
to the effect that it could not have
been that. It follows therefore that
he cannot again be tried on any
charge, but he cannot be released on
this showing alone, except on bail, and
the case cannot be finally disposed of
until the next term of the court there,
when the case will doubtless be nolle
pressed. Stovall killed a negro wo
man and claimed it was an accident.
county.
was
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NEGRO LED WHITE
Jackson, November 11.—The elec
tion returns from Simpson county
were received by Secretary of State
Power this morning, leaving only four
counties yet to hear from on the pres
idential and congressional election of
November 3. The returns give the
democratic electors 717 votes, the Re
publicans 61, populists 8 and social
ists 29.
These figures, added to those of the
73 counties already received, give the
Democrats 60,507, the Republicans 4,
257, the populists 1,199 and the social
ists 953.
A rather odd feature of the Simp
son county returns is that the highest
vote of the ten electors on that ticket
was accorded to J. W. Francis, who
is the only negro on the ticket, the
lowest man receiving five votes less.
rI 'he only explanation of this is that
some of the negro voters split their
ticket, but voted for their men each
time.
Teams of the Cotton States League
Are Quietly Looking For
Right Sort of Men.
HATTIESBURG CAN
GET INTO THE GAME
Formal Proposition May Be Made at
The December Meeting.—President
Crowder Resigns to Become Mayor
of the Capital City.
Jackson, November 11.—A quiet
hunt for managers to take charge of
teams in the Cotton States League
r the next season is now in piog
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It is not likely that any of the
managers who piloted teams aroutil
the circuit during the recent seas m
" 'll retain their positions for anof-.e
year.
rvss.
Roy Montgomery, manager of
■ kson's pennant-winning team, ha 4
signed a contract to take charge r f
Zanesville team in the Central
DwBard has declared that fcp
not care to take the manage
rnent of the Monroe organization for
another season. Fuller
the
I eague.
does
has played
quits with Meridian. Vicksburg has
had quite enough of George Black
burn, and Columbus cares no more
for Lou Hall. This leaves Bobbie
Gi lies, of the Gulfport team, as the
cu ll possibility, and it is very doubt
ful whether Gilks would accept the
Place if it were again tendered to
hin.
It looks, therefore, like a new deal
all around the hoard, and thus far
none of the local associations have
in sight the sort of a man they would
like to sign,
chise, and has made a proposition of
some sort to Carlos Smith, formerly
of Birmingham, to take the
Natchez wants a fran
manage
ment but it is not altogether certain
tlat Natchez can get a franchise,
unless the circuit is enlarged to eight
teams, and the possibility of enlarge
ment depends on whether Hatties
burg will also apply for a franchise.
Within the next few days President
Crowder will send out a formal call
for the December meeting of the board
of directors at which the proposed
franchise transfers and enlargement of
the circuit will be brought up for
di. ussion. It is doubtful, however,
whether either Hattiesburg or Natchez
will be in a position to make formal
propositions at the December meet
ing, and action will doubtless be de
fetred until the spring session. The
only matter of general interest to
come up at the meeting next month,
on which decisive action is expected,
will be the resignation of President
Crcwder, who intends to retire be
cause of the fact that his new duties
as Mayor of Jackson and personal
b' siness affairs will not afTord him
the time to properly look after the
wt rk.
BOILERS EXPLODE;
FIVE MEN KILLED
Hearst News Service.
North Bay, Ohio, November 11.—
kamonge exploded last night, killing
at least five persons. Six others were
badly scalded, but it Is thought "that
Boilers on the lake steamer Teraas
they will recower.