Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1896, Page 2

- THE EVENING. STAR, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 189¢-TWELVE PAGES. notwithstanding their excellent man. agement, the crowd persisted In pushing through the wreckage. The use of com- mands, and even of clubs, was wholly vain, and it was chiefly by the exertion of brute force that protection was secured for the searchers. Men shcuted and fought to get away, women shrieked at the top of their lungs or turned sick, and children ran off sobbing with terror. man came pushing through to watch a body being carried from the ruins, but as soon as he saw the distorted face and twisted limbs of the searchers” Durden he gave a shriek of horror and rushed away into the darkness, blubbering like a child. A woman on seeing one of her own sex soaked with blood and torn beyond recog- nition by the cruel splinters fainted dead away, felling apparently lifeless in the meadow mire. A woman whose husband had been killed in the accident was stand- ing dazed and wild-eyed in the light of one of the big fires with her little child cling- ing, weeping, to her hand. “Mother, mother,” sobbed the little one. here's father?” He's dead, dead, dead,” answered the ‘woman, slowly. ““Oh, God, he’s dead,” she gasped, and sank to the ground in a swoon. For stretchers to carry the dead and in- jured on, car doors were ripped off and car Seats arranged in twos, and by some means fastened together. After relief trains were filled the patrol wagon was pressed into service, and wagons were relieved of their freight and used as ambulances. The crowd at the scene of the accident by this time had grown in size from hundreds to thousands, and, notwithstanding this large number, it might be said there was good order. The people seemed to realize the rescuers needed room, and once a man, woman or child was seen being carried to the ambulance an instant right of way was given, arg the annoyingly curious individual for some reason was absent. There were quite a number who lingered by the wreck- age all night, tendering their services, and anxious to be of help. The only regrettable thing about it all was the fact that the offi- cers had to keep close watch for thieves who were attempting to rob the dead. Excursions From the Shore. From early morning excursion parties from this city were traveling to the scene of the wreck and conveyances were almost ata premium. The larger number of these excursionists were women. The dead have all been’ removed from tke various kos- pitals and undertakers’ shops to tke old ex- eursion house, once the scene of festivity and frotic, now a morgue. There the corpses were ranged side by side upon the floor, and the place guarded by a corps of police. Coroner McLaughlin will empanel a jury this afternoon and inquire into the cause of the accident. The arrest of William Thurston, the tele- 1 operator at the signal tower, may cate that a mistake in the display of signals was the first cause of the disaster. This is purely conjectural, however, as the est may have been in the way of fcr- . The ursion train was due to o'clock, but it was some when It steamed out to meet destruction, and the delay of five or ten minutes on the Meadows, where it a full stop, is yet to be explained. & train was the 540 from Phila~ here at 6:50 o'clock. The first eating train and the second on rsey were upset, but the third er caught the full force of fe nd was Hterally cut in half, alf shivered to splinters. When ber this car, as well as » Was jammed with humen © horror of the situation can be GRAPHIC sToRI ‘S TOLD. Experie the Suffe -PHIA, July burg, who was near by aad accident occurred City, passed through home this morn- story of scenes he awful sight,” said Dr. Smith. five bodies had been taken n I arrived there. The xpress had struck the excur- on the Per nsyivania, cutting it two. The Reading engine struck d passenger coach of the exc. h a terrific force, impossible The coach was smashed into S nothing left of it except a ters, mixed up with which and torn bodies of men, Death had come in- htning stroke, to ° Was no semblance of this heap of kindling ach had not received he blow, but it was and lay overturned with in © and baggage car of the ex- stood on the rails unharmed, the cars at the other end of the train had been cut in two and ‘ar which opposed the - there was scarcely one pas- as not Killed or severely in- iw the remains of the Reading in a heap of scrap iron and rub- up with the smashed car. The crushed so completely that it mply a scrap heap. I could not gineer and fireman were could not have esca) . caught fire from the ruins and a fire engine from At- was brought out. The flames abdued, and although I could hether any of the victims had ned to death, I saw one little boy on the bank, his clothes burned ff, but he might have been dead be- the flar d him. Pullman car on the rear of the ding express did not leave the track n the cars in front of it, and the in- ates suffered Ittle harm beyond bruises, ts and sprains. Those who had ed, on beth trains, stood about, dazed and helpless, until the screams of the ounded and dying brought them to their : . The physiciens who had been sun- moned from Atiantic City, and brought by al train over the Pennsylvania road, in thick and fast. I assisted them in temporarily dressing wounds in the field, but it seemed as if almost every vie pulled from the wreck had been killed at they ckag the Instant of the collision. I saw the bodies of five children lying side by side on the srass, as they had been lifted out. “The sights all about me were heart- breaking and herrible. Mothers were look- ing for children and husbands for wives, and the air was filled with groans and eries. I was asked to go to the hospital at Atlantic City, where the injured were brought and put in bed. As soon as I found that there were enough physicians in attendance I completed my interrupted trip home.” Red Light Was Up. John Peters of this city, who was on the West Jersey train, and who jumped when he saw the collision was inevitable, arrived here this morning. Said he: “The trains were crossing the meadows at a terrific rate, and it seemed to me as if one was racing to catch the switch be- fore the other. So far as I could see, the red light in the signal tower was up, biock- ing the Reading train and giving the right of way to the Pennsylvania. “Neither train stopped, and then the Reading train ploughed its way through thé center of the other. The escaping steam covered the wrecked trains for a few minutes, and when it lifted I could see the broken cars and the dead and in- jure “I saw the rescuers lift out bodies scald- ed from the trunk upward and others with the heads crushed to a pulp, hanging at the side. Several men were taken from the wreck, and before they could be placed in a comfortable position they died. The de- mand for vehicles was so great that in many instances wagons were hauled to the wreck by men and the bodies taken sway in this manner.” Jn the Hospital. A Philadelphia physician, who arrived from Atlantic City today, told an interest- ing story of the scenes at the hospital after the injured were brought there. He said that he assisted in caring for thirty-five people. Soon after the accident, at least fifty doc- tors who were sojourning at Atlantic City, hurried to the hospital, and assisted in caring for the injured. Many of those taken to the Atlantic City hospital were in a dying condition, and some of them sur- d only a few minutes. Among the interesting stories told cf the scenes immediately after the accident by ‘the passengers who arrived in Philadelphia was one descriptive of the manner in which the injured were taken to the hospital. Near the scene of the horror were a number of wagons of every description. Willing hands wheeled those up to the track, and as soon as a wagon was filled with the injured a dozen men grasped the shafts and pulled the human freight-to the hospital. As soon as the sufferers were re- moved the wagons were hurried. back for more people, and in this way much time was saved in securing the proper treatment for the bruised and bleeding victims, many of whom were in the agonies of death. Narrow Escapes. William Mahew of Bridgeton said he was in the first car. He sdw the engine of the express train coming, and it firs: grazed his car, and then pitched it over. It was full of men, women and childrea, who were screaming, and there was a pandemonium. It was with difficulty that Ae crawled out the rear end of the car. J. Eustis of Bridgeton, who was in the fourth car from the sngine, and who was badly cut about the head, said that the roof on the front part of the car was peeled off, and he climbed out of the top as soon as he could recover from the effect of the blow. This was the only way out, as the doors were jammed and the eniire front end crushed in. Thomas Shinn of Bridgeton, son of the sheriff of Cumberland cornty, and a brake- man on the excursion train, was saved from instant death by but a few seconds. He was passing from the center of the car that was struck to the rear. As he reached there the shock came and he attributes his escape to nothing less than a miracle. J. Ohl of this city, a bartender, was a passenger on the ili-fated train on the West Jersey road. He had secured a seat in one of the cars before leaving Atlantic City, bu seeing a lady with a child, he surrendered the seat to her and went to the rear of the car. This act of courtesy saved his life, as that portion of the train which he first occupied was completely wrecked. The horrible experience of Miss Lydia Pancoast of Bridgeton almost resulted in her prostration. She was in the fifth car, and after the collision she scrambled for the door at the front. A man staggered against her from the rear door of the car in front, with a stream of blood gushing from his mouth and his head laid open by a deep cut. Miss Pancoast’s dress was covered with blood, and as she stepped back the man in front of her fell dead. Charles Blue, a resident of Bridgeton, told of an almost miraculous escape he and his wife had from death. He was in the third seat of the first car when the crash came. They went down in the fall. They were buried beneath cushioned seats with hardly enough room to move. They were extricated from their perilous position, but at the elbow of the husband a little child lay dead. W. H. Purdy, one of the survivors, in de- scribing the scene in his car when the col- sion occurred, said he was in the Reading train and had just awakened from a doze. He looked out of the window to see that the crash was unavoidable. He was at a loss what to do, but in an instant it was all over. The first thing he knew he was dodging persons tramping over his body. They dashed about lke wild people, tramp- ing each other down in their frantic en- deavors for their own safety. He got out safely, but how, he could never tell. TRAIN LOAD OF SURVIVORS. Pitifal Scenes at the West Jersey Station, Camden. PHILADELPHIA, July 31.—At 1 o'clock this morning a special train from Atlantic City, carrying passengers bound for Bridgeton and vicinity pulled into the West Jersey station, Camden. As the engine came into the depot and stopped the sight of the survivors in the four rear coaches, who had been in the wrecked train, was itiful. Persons were to be seen reclining on seats with bandages about their heads, from which, in some instanc the blood was trickling. Little boys and girls, whose faces and necks were burned from the ex- posure to the sun during their hours of pleasure on the seashore, had deep wourds on their faces, and the clothing of nearly all of them was spattered with blood. Two sisters, Nettie and Julia Pierce, were badiy injured. Julia was robed in a white dress that had been lent to her, as her dress had-been saturated in blood. She had a bandage round her head, which con- cealed a ragged wound that the physicians found necessary to clese with several stitches. She said that she had been knock- ed against the seat in front of her and rerdered unconscious. When she recovered from the sheck she saw a man in the next car who was killed. The shock, added to her injuries, had prostrated her, and she was unable to move from a reclining posi- tion. Her sister had a swollen nose and her eyes were discolored. In one of the seats sat S. D. Frazier, his wife, ten-months-old daughter Alice and two boys, Chester Burdsall and Irvin Du- bois. who were with him. The heads of all of them but Alice had been cut, and were stitched and bandaged, and blood was scat- tered over their clothing. Baby Alice at the time of the collision was asleep in the lap of her mother, and when all were thrown into a heap she fell under the seat and escaped without a bruise. Among the survivors was Mrs. Mary Kiger of Elmer, N. J., whose head was bad- ly cut and whose back was injured. When the crash came she was sitting in a seat opposite her husband, and was looking across the meadows. “There was a shadow,” she said, “then an awful crash, and amid upset; I knew no more.” Mr. Kiger succeeded in carrying his wife out, somehow or other, in the wild rush which followed. In the same car little Reba Bowers, seven years old, of Bridgeton, was eating candy when the collision came. She was pitched, head first, under the opposite seat, and had her head badly cut. Opposite her sat Mrs. John Roons with her husband. As the car went over Mr. Roons smashed the window and shoved his wife, feet first, through it just as the seat she had been sit. ting on was shivered to pieces. In every seat of the train that arrived in Camden this morning there was elther a man, woman or child that had received an : j injury. Many of them were hurt about the been back, hips and ankles from the concussion of the train. Very few were able to give any account of what had become of their friends. The an- swer they gave when questioned was that they got on the train together, but had not en them since and could tell nothing about em. SAYS HE HAD RIGHT OF WAY. Statement of the Engineer of the Ex- cursion Train. GAMDEN, N. J., July 31—John Greiner, the engineer of the ill-fated Bridgeton ex. cursion train, brought his locomotive to the round house in this city shortly after mid- night and later he was interviewed at his home. He said: “My train left Atlantic City at 6:46 o'clock. It was about two minutes later when we reached the drawbridge. Just as we were leaving the drawbridge I looked out of one of the cab windows and saw the Reading express flying shoreward. It was then probably two miles away. There was a Camden and Atlantic accommodation train running in the same direction that the Reading flyer was going. From what I could observe, the trains were racing. “I looked up at the tower and saw that I had a clear track. The signals are inter- changeable, and the fact that the white was against me would throw the red against the Reading express. “As the express came thundering down upon the crossing I saw that a collision was unavoidable. ‘My God, Horace,’ I said to my fireman, ‘he’s not going to stop.” “Then I left my seat and jumped quickly ento the engine’s steps. For an instant I was undecided whether to jump or not. Something prevented me from jumping. however, and I sprang quickly into the cab again. The next minute the collision came. “Had I followed my first impulse and jumped I would have been crushed to deuth alongside the track. “The engine of the express struck the ex- cursion train about the middle of the sec- ond coach. é “Four of the cars left the track. It was in the second coach from the engine that most of the people were killed. They were simply ground to d2ith in their seats, Neither I nor my fireman was hurt. “The engine of the express was literally smashed to pleces. When the crash came my engine was severed from the rest of the train and the locomotive ran down the track for several hundred feet before it was brought to a standstill. When I got back to the scene of the accident the sight which met my eyes was appalling. Dead bodies were strewn about everywhere, and the cries of the dying and injured filled the air. It was a heartrending spectacl REPORTS OF RACING. Railway Officials Deny That There Was Anything of the Kind. PHILADELPHIA, July 31—The crossing where last night’s accident occurred has long been a bug-a-boo to travelers between his city and Atlantic City. It is located about two and a Ralf miles from the At- lantic City terminals of the two rival rail- roads, and a block tower occupied by an operator is placed as close to the crossing as safety will permit. This tower is occu- pled by an operator, who is charged with the duty of seeing that the train having , and that the other train ts flagged. There is a difference of opinion as to which of the ill-fated trains had the right of way last night, but Telegraph Operator William Thurston and Switch ‘Tender Hauser are in the Atlantic City jail now, and will remain there until an official in- yestigation definitely places the responsibil- ity. The competition between the West Jersey and Reading railroads for Atlantic City business is'very keen, and both roads run “flyers,” which average nearly a mile a minute between Camden and Atlantic City. ‘There are frequent races across the stretch of open country a few miles outside of At- lantic City, known as “the meadows,” and passengers on the rival trains who are not timid regard the race on the homestretch as one of the exhilarations of the trip to the s2a shore. The timid ones, however, are always apprehensive that something will happen as the dangerous grade cross- ing is approached. Last night the long- looked-for accident occurred, with awful results. A railroad man who came to this city from Atlantic City today is reported to have said that the Reading train, which ran into the Bridgeton excursion train, was racing across the meadows with a train on the Camden and Atlantic railroad, which had left Philadelphia at about the same time. Railroad officials, however, deny that there was a race. MAY’S LANDING DISASTER. A Similar Horror Not Far From the Same Place. PHILADELPHIA, July 31—The awful ilroad accident near Atlantic City last night recalls a similar horror in almost the seme place sixteen years ago. On August 11, 1880, the second section of an excursioa train on the West Jersey railroad, return- ing from Atlantic City, crashed into the first section, injuring thirty-two persons, of whom twenty-five died. The excursion- ists were members of the congregation of St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church of this city. The first section, consisting of sixteen ccaches, left Atlantic City at 6 o'clock in the evening. At May’s Landing, a few miles above the scene of last night’s ac- cident, it was run on the siding to allow the passage of the Atlantic City express from Philadelphia. With the exception of the last two, all the coaches had safely passed the switch, when the engine of the second section crashed into the rear car. At the moment of the collision the cylinder beads of the locomotive were blown out and the escaping steam scalded nearly every passenger in the car. It was raining at the time and the engi- neer of the seccnd engine afterward ascribed the accident to the wet rails, and -|to the fact that he was for the first time using a new automatic brake in place of the Westinghouse air brake that he had been accustcemed to. Before the collision occurred the engi- reer and his fireman leaped from the en- gine and fled, and it was well for them they did, for searching parties were at once fermed, eve in the presence of dire dis- aster and suffering, and several hundred nen ermed with knives, revolvers and ropes, started in pursuit. Several years ago two freight trains col- lided at the scene of last night's acci- dent. ‘The wreck was something awful, but fortunately there was no loss of life. The Reading railroad train which col- lided with the Bridgeton excursion last night was the regular 5:40 express, one of the fastest trains on the-Reading system, and classificd among the “flyer As it drew out of the station at Kaighn’s Point Ferry, Camden, ail its coaches were com- fertably filed. The tracks were badly torn up by the accident, and it was nearly 1 o'clock this morning before an attemp: was made to run a train over the Reading tracks into Atlantic City. SS SAYS HE WILL WIN. All Candidate Goodwyn Wants is a Fair Election. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 31.—Congress- man A. T. Goodwyn, populist-republican candidate for governor, in an interview thts morning, said that he felt certain that he would be honestly elected, and, if the count is honest, he would be governor of Ala- bama. He was not prepared to furnish any figures as to his probable majority, but felt sure of his success, provided no fictitious returns from the black belt are made, Mr. Goodwyn Is equally confident that the pop- ulist-republican combine will control the legislature. Gov. Oates charges that the fusionists are making special efforts to control the legislature, in order to count Goodwyn in when that body canvasses the vote. This has caused democrats to become very watchful of their legislative ticket. National Democratic Chairman Jones wiH not come to Alabama, nor will he in any way interfere, either at the solicitation of General Weaver or any one else, with regard to pleading for a fair election. General Weaver, it is now said, left Ala- bama because he found -that Bryan's friends must look to the democracy and not to the populists here for the promotion of Bryan's cause, many populisis ulready talking of fusing with the republicans and veting for McKinley, on the allegation that they are to ke defrauded by democrats. J. R. Sovereign and “Cyclone” Davis are the only populist leaders from abroad that are workirg for the Goodwyn ticket. Democrats regard the outlook for de- mocracy as bright, and say that Good- wyn’s talk of fraud is a repetition of Kolb’s vld cry, that is unwarranted and a confes- sion of defeat in advance. —— EDUCATION BY GOVERNMENT. Socialist Congress Favors Extending the Public School System. LONDON, July 31.—At the session today of the International Socialist Labor and Trade Union Congress in St. Martin's Town Hall M. Vaillant, the French socialist dep- uty, was chairman and Matthew Maguire, the leading delegate of the socialist labor party of the United States, was vice chair- man. The congress adopted the report of the committee on education and phyaical development, favoring a government sys- tem of public education, extending from the kindergarten to the university, and in- cluding physical, scientfic, artistic and technical subjects, to be genuinely accessi- ble to every one by freedom from fees, and public maintenance of the sciolars. The report prohibits the employment of cbil- dren under eighteen years in night work or in any worx involving labor extending over twenty-four hours weekly. James Kie Hardie argued that whatever expense the maintenance of scholars and their university education would be, it would be foHowed by compensation in the diminution in the number of criminals. ——————— DRIVEN TO DESPAIR. Six Unfortanates at Chieago At- tempted Self-Destruction. CHICAGO, July 31.—Driven to despair by different causes, six people attempted yes- terdsy to end their own lives. Four suc- ceeded and now Ife in different morgues awaiting the inquest of the coroner. Tne dead are: John Carrington, left home Wednesday to lock for work; body found in a shed and a bottle which had contained carbolic acid was found by his side. Frederick Gross, drank carbolic acid, seventy-two years old, and had been out of work for some time. oa Michael Oppelt, despondent over ill- health; swallowed carbolic acid. Eva Skulup, tock rat poison; twenty- four years of age, and has been out of employment for two months. + SHOT DOWN BY MASKED MEN. A Cincinnati Saloon Keeper Killed for fusing to Give Money. CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 31.—At about midnight two masked men walked into George Hetzter’s saloon, at 1209 West 6th street, and demanded Hetzter’s money. Hetzter refused. The masked men opened fire and shot Hetzter four times, killing him. Hetzter, however, had fired one shot and hit one of the robbers in the left eye. ‘This robber, who was cap@ured, gives his name as Thomas Carter, and says he is a miner just from Cripple Creek, Col. He says he heard the shooting, ran in to see and got shot. The other robber escaped. GIVEN: 70 MARYLAND Officers Arrive” With Pa i : for Smith. Miss Drow: d Wuiderer Has Been Well Brotected Here. THE LEGAL MOVEMENTS ae. A requisition was secured at the state department at Annapolis today for James Smith, held in Washington for the murder of Miss Drown. Sheriff Underwood and Deputy Sheriff Waring left on the noon train for this city. It was after 2:30 o'clock when Sheriff Un- derwood, Deputy Marshal Springman and Driver Holbrook reached the ninth precinct station. z Lieut. Heffner was in the station on duty, and after an introduction to the sheriff Deputy Springman produced the bench warrant that had been tssued from court only a few minutes before. “This is a mandate from the court,” cx- plained the deputy marshal. After reading it carefully the licutenant remarked, “It’s all right, and, turning to Stationkeeper Roiff, said: “Bring the man out.” The stationkeeper obeyed, and soon after- ward the murderer was brought from the cell. He was not dressed, and his dressing caused a little delay. “Come out,” said the stationkeeper when he reached the cell door. “Good-bye, Jim,” the said as the prisoner walked out. ‘ood-bye,”” said the prisoner. m glad you are gon ‘So am I.” He was handcuffed and taken to the prison wagon and was soon on his way to the city hall. Just after he had gone his dinner arrived, but it was too late for him. * It was reported this afternoon that’ the sheriff's movements here are being watched by people from the county. This report could not be verified. Sheriff Underwood says he will probably not take the prisoner from here until to- morrow. Then he will take him to Balti- more. Legal Movements. Sheriff T. Underwood and Deputy Sheriff M. C. Waring reached the city shortly be- fore 2 o'clock this afternoon, and they at once presented the requisition to Assistant District Attorney Armes, in the absence of District Attorney Birney. Mr. Armes immediately secured from Judge Hagner an order for Smith's arrest, and Bailiff Springman jumped into his wagon and drove to the ninth precinct, where the murderer has been confined since his arrest. While awaiting at the city hall the ar- rival of Smith, Sheriff Waring, speaking of the prospects of the fiend being lynched, stated that Governor lewndes of Mary- land assured him this morning that he wouldsee that tke negro was legally tried and punisied jf hy had to call out the mi- litia forces of the state to do so. Sheriff Undérwood stated that the man will not be tried until Cctober, the court having adjourned “until then. He evpressed himself as being confident that Smith would be given a fair trial, although he admitted Re expected to be compelled to carefully guard the murderer at all times on the way to Marlboro’ and while there. Smith Turned Over to Maryland. “Jim” Smith is no longer to be a prize prisoner in the hands of the. Jocal police department. 4lthpugh a common murderer and fiend of the worst type, he has been treated better than the average prisoner arrested for offenses against the laws of the District. Murderer Ford, who was after- ward executed for the death of Elsie Kreg- lo, was not treated half so well, although his offense was nd worse than the offense committed, by “Jim” Smith. Ford was really on exhibition in the police station, for hundreds of pecple were permitted to see tue man whose act had greatly shock- ed the entire community. But “Jim” Smith, a Maryland colored man, was not subjected to this petty annoyance. Of course he had not been tried and condemn- ed. Neither had Ford. But, lke Ford, he had admitted his identity and had made a full and free confession, more harrowing, if possible, than the confession of Ford Still he was kept in a glass case, so speak, and away from the gaze of the public. Of course, some few favored ones saw him, but representatives of the press who warted to get the facts for the public were kept out by order of the chief of po- lice, Maj. Moore. And so the brute has enjoyed the quiet of solitary imprisonment, a rest so necessary to his happiness after having passed through the exciting scenes of Tuesday, when he took the life of the one who had been his benefactor, who had befrierded him and given him his daily bread. Although he appeared cool and collected, he really must have been nervous to some extent, and doctors say that perfect rest is one thing that is necessary to cure nervous prostration, and, in fact, nervous- ness of any kind. Jim has rested well in this place, where he has had no one to trougle him, and his daily allowance of food has disappeared as did that given to Elsie Kreglo’s slayer. He had never had any great experience sleep- ing on iron beds, but this new departure did not seem to trouble him. He may have had some nice soft bedding and an electric fan, but only the selected few are able to tell about this. “There is nothing new,” is what the po- lice (acting under instructions) invariably say when asked for particulars. It is sup- Posed that ‘Jim’ is still confessing to the police, and it is known that he persists in making a denial of the truth of his first ecnfession, which so seriously reflected upon the character of Miss Drown, his vic- tim, whose friends knew her to be a good, pure woman. The Indignation. The feeling of the scores of people who attended the funeral yesterday was appa- rent. They were all highly indignant be- cause of what had been said by Smith, and Mr. Kaldenbach, a neighbor of the Drown’s, was strong in his denunciation of the prisoner’s statement. He denounced as false many statements of the prisoner, and thought the one in which there was the most truth was wherein he said he had used the fruit knife on his victim’s throat. The cut, he sal; was a peculiar shaped one and showed that a fruit knife had been used. He was also indignant because of a statement that there had been no struggle in the rodm. This statement, he said, was made because things about the room had not, been turned upside down and glasses smashed, but the condition of Miss Marguerite’s|body showed plainly the hard struggle she made in defense of her virtue. On her‘leg# were large bruises and scars, while there was evidente on her face of the infliction of a severe blow. Then, too, there were two pieces bitten from her hand, and her lower lip showed signs of in- jury. With alf the8e marks he thought no one could doubt that a severe struggle had taken place, as was published in The Star the day after the wurder was committed. Tak of Lynching. In the little’ cotnty cemetery, a burial ground rendered gloomy and desolate be- cause it has not been cared for for many years, tnere gathered a small group of indignant countrymen who discussed the affair and the*protable result. They were of one opinion regarding the fate of the prisoner if he is. taken to Marlboro’ for incarceraticn, and that opinion was not that he would remain there until he is given a legal hearing, but that he will be taken ‘from the little prison and lynched. Some of them were under the impression that an effort would be made to remove the prisoner to the county seat secretly because of the utterances of Sheriff Un- derwood in the King case. At that time the law officer of the county gave notice that he could care for and protect all pris- oners in his charge without sending them to Baltimore, and because of this state- ment they had an idea that he would make an effort in this case to make good his remarks in the other. Believing this to be true they said that the roads would be watched until the prisoner was finally dis- of by the authorities here. If he nds in the Marlboro’ jail it is the belief that he will be no safer than he would be on the road or in the woods, for this jail structure could be demolished with a crow- bar and robbed of the man who has been @ prize prisoner here. own neighborhood, white or colored, who are ir favor of the law taking its course. Colored women who were present at the funeral yesterday not only denounced his crime, but said they favored some punish- ment far worse than lynching. But those of the colored population who do not want “Judge Lynch” to settle the case look to Sheriff Underwood to give Smith all the protection in his power. They expect more of him than they did of Sheriff Middleton, for he is a republican and was elected by the ald of their votes, and should he allow the prisoner to be lynched they may make an effort to blast his political hopes in the future. ——— ARMOR FOR TORPEDO BOATS. One Effect of the Chino-Japanese War Just Developing. One effect of the late Chino-japanese war, which is just developing, was to direct the attention of naval architects to the neces- sity of providing some armor for the little torpedo boats which form the main reli- ance of many ports for defense against hostile fleets, and are also necessary ad- juncts of these very fleets. Among the Japanese torpedo boats which covered themselves with glory in the attacks upon the Chinese fleets at Port Arthur and Wel- Hal-Wei was the little Kotaka, a vesse: built eleven years ago by Yarrow. She had some armor, not much, it is true, but one inch over the boiler and ma- chinery, and this enabled her to run in where no other boat could escape des‘ruc- tion. The British designers were quick to see the advantages of this slight protec- tlon, and information has just reached here that Yarrow has just had a successful trial trip of one of four boats built for Argentina, all intended to be similarly cov- ered over the vitals with half an inch of high-grade steel armor. While a slight sacrifice of speed is made to carry this armor, it is held that it will give the crews greater confidence, pro- tect them against the rain of small mis- siles, which are really more destructive than heavier projectiles, and so make the boat more effective. Probably the idea will 2 taken up by our naval experts before long. + —_____ CONSTRUING THE LIQUOR LAW. A Case Brought to Test the Right to Sell om Steumboats. Judge Miller heard arguments this after- noon in the case of the District against Capt. E. L. Randall for selling liquor without a license. This is the case brought to test the law regarding the sale of liquor on steamboats. Capt. Randall was represented by Mr. C. Maurice Smith, while Prosecuting Attorney Pugh looked after the interests of the Dis- trict. Attorney Albert Shoemaker of the Anti-Saloon League was also present. At- torney Smith read the new liquor law by sections and called attention to the penalty clause, which, he argued, applied to those persons engaged in the traffic specified. He was not present to contend for the defeat of the liquor law, but it was his 1 lef that section 18 revoked the other se: tions of the law. He called attention to the old legi: act relative to the sale of liquor. e s “place” and s which the law of iN repealed were identical in the new law, which was beng interpreted. The information upon which the present case was based contained the word “prem- ises.” A steamboat was not and could not be construed as “premises.” The hearing was still in progress when The Star's report closed. a NINETEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH. End of the Trial of a Band of Mur- derers, VIENNA, July 31.—The six weeks’ at Agram of the Stenjevick band, number- ing thirty-six persons, charged with eight- een murders and numerous assaulis and robberies, has been ended. Nineteen mem- bers of the band, including two women, have been condemned to death, nine others have been sentenced to periods of from one to twenty years’ penal servitude, and eigut were acquitied. ——— To Enforce Judgment. To enforce the payment of two judg- ments* of $568.61 and $15), respectively, Dobler & Mudge and others today filed a bill in equity against John H. Soule and trial others. The sale of sub lot 16, block 10, Le Droit Park, is asked. Attorney W. H. Sholes represents the complainants. Marringe Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: White—Henry S. Frisbie of Mo- bile, Ala., and Agnes V. Barnes of this cit Colored—Wm. H. Brancen and Lena Hen- son; Richarad C. Carter and Mary L. Posey. —_—->—__. Badly Burned. Isaac Brown, a colored laborer, aged had his arm and hand slaked the thirty-five years, badly burned today with newly lime. His injuries were treated at Emergency Hospital. —————— Capt. Kuhn's Duty. Capt. Joseph E. Kuhn, Corps of Engi- neers, reported to Gen. Craighill, chief of engineers, at the War Department this af- ternoon, under orders to assist Capt. Wm. M. Black, Corps of Engineers, in the su- pervision of the great works of fortifica- tions which have been undertaken under authority of appropriations made at the last session of Congress. Capt. Kuhn was formerly stationed at San Francisco. He is a brother-in-law of Maj. Parker of the Soldiers’ Home, and is the junior captain of his corps. He will relieve Lieut. Chester Harding, Corps of Engineers, who has been temporarily engaged on similar duty at the War Department under Gen. Craighill. Lieut. Harding has been ordered to duty at the Military Academy as assistant profes- sor of engineering. ————___e- —______ Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for recemption, $431,183. Government receipts —From internal revenue, $333,053; customs, $286,499; miscellaneous, $39,050. ee Capt. Beck Recovering. The Indian bureau today received a tele- gram from the son of Capt. Beck, the agent at the Omaha and Winnebago agency in Nebraska, saying that the captain is rc- covering from the injuries sustained by him in the runaway accident a few days ago. He was badly bruised all over the body, but his injuries are not serious. a ees Leniency for Dr. Jameson. LONDON, July 31.—Sir Matthew White Ridley, the home secretary, announced in the house of commons today that after corsidering all the circumstances in the case he had advised the queen to make Dr. Jameson and his fellow-prisoners first- class misdemeanants, hence they had been returned to Holloway jail. a A Mextean Governor Retires. CITY OF MEXICO, July 31.—General Pedero Rincon Gallaredo, governor of the federal district, has resigned and his res- ignation has been accepted. He is an old soldier on the liberal side and was minister to Russia before being called to the governorship. He has a large for- tune and desires to abandon public life, and will travel in Europe. ee Mrs. Maybrick’s Case. LONDON, July 31.—The home secretary, Sir Matthew White Ridley, replying to a question as to whether the government would lay on the table the statement of the lord chief justice. Baron Russell of Killowen, regarding the case of Mrs. Flor- ence. Maybrick, said that the government would not do so, as the course was unusual and undesirable, and as the letter was written in his private capacity and not in his capacity as judge. —_—— Won by Phoebus Apollo. LONDON, July 31.—The Chesterfield cup (handicap), valued at 300 soverigns, part in specie, divided to a sweepstakes of 15 sov- ereigns each, for three-year-olds and up- ward, was won by Mr. Theobald’s Phoe- bus Apollo from eleven starters at Good- wood today. The Duke of Westminster's Tampion was second and Mr. George Lamb- ton’s Red Hut was third. Smith finds very few people, even in his} Dr, Mott Has Gone to North Carolina to Straighten Things Out He Warts to Come to the Senate in Piace of Senate Pritchard. There are several southern states where the political situation is badly complicated. North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and ‘Texas are the states where there is said to be trouble, but the situation in North Caro- lina 1s more tangled than in any other state. The various leaders there are play- ing their cards for all they are worth. Dr. J. J. Mott, one of the founders of the silver party and its ex-chairman, left here lest night, and will meet Senator Butler in Raleigh tonight for a conference on the situation in that state. When asked yes- terday what he had to suggest about the North Carolina situation, Dr. Mott declin- ed to talk, except to say that he believed everything would be adjusted so as to com- bine the silver forces. It is further stated that Dr. Mott will rot often be in Washington from now on, and that he will make it his particular business to take in hand the North Caro- lina case and see if he cannot do some- thing to unwind the tangled threads. Dr. Mott was for many years a practicing phy- sician. Politically he is said to be as adept as he was as a physician in healing wounds and in helping a patient. An Effort to Fuse. Dr. Mott's efforts, therefore, are expected to be directed toward getting the populis:s and democrats together on an electoral ticket. He no doubt, it is’ thought, looks forward to the case as a serious one, but is hopeful that he will bring the patient at ails right. is rr. ‘ott’s mission can be those who have an idea of ie mate <d fairs in the tar heel state. There are more troubles to be adjusted than Dr. Moit ever had to contend with in any patient. If there is a fusion of populists and demo- crats on electors the spectacle will be pre- sented of the two parties embracing each other on one set of candidates and cutting each other’s throats ‘on another set, as there will be no fusion for state officers and Congressmen. Or the situation may be presented of the populists and demo- crats working together for one ticket and ae Dopalists and republicans for another, although this is looked upon as a bare ‘The populists and republicans are so wide apart on the money issues gf the campaign ikat they cannot and will not fuse for electors. If the populists and democrats do rot fuse and each party casts anywhere Tear its usual vote the State may go for McKinley. That is what Dr. Mott will try hard to prevent. ° A Senatorship Involved. A senatorship is involved in the complica- tions. Senator Pritchard's successor will be elected by the legislature which is elected this fall. Senator Prite silver man, but he is too stanch a republican to depart from his party for the sake of silver. He thinks more of the republican party and Governor McKinley than he does of the white metal. For this reason, the populists fay, they will not fuse with the republic for the purpose of re-electing Senat Pritchard. They want a silver man and a populist, or one who is very near being a populist. Along with the national fight, therefore, will be the fight for the control of the legislature. Dr. Mott was voted for as United States nator at the time Senator Pritchard was elected. He withdrew from the race, his friends claim, for the purposes of harmen: Will he be a candidate before the next le ielature? is what is asked at times. If be should succeed in cementing the warring silver forces in the state and a legislature should be elected composed of democrats and populists, would he stard a chance cf coming to the Senate in place of Senator Pritchard? At any rate there is no doubt, it is sald, that = hot fight is to be made on Senator Pritchard. He will have his hands fell. He will not only have to look out for himself, but he will have the management of the McKinley campaign in North Carolina on his hand: Se The Late Mrs. Young. The recent death of Mrs. Nora Carroll Young removes one of the best-known rep- resentatives of old Washington. Mrs. Young was the widow of I. Fenwick Young, who was one of Washington's most highly respected citizens. She was the last sur- viving child of the late Robert Le R Livingston of Columbia county, N. ¥., who was in Congress for many years; and through her mother, who was a daughter of the late Mr. George Digges of Green Hill, Md., she was a great grandniece of Rev. John Carroll, first archbishop of Balti- more. The following children survive her Mrs. Peter H. Hill, Miss Amy Young, Liv- ingston I. Young, Notley C. Young, Wm. Brent Young and I. Fenwick Young of Birmingham, Ala. Ske possessed amiabil- ity of temper in a marked degree, and many sterling qualities of character ‘which en- deared her to all with whom she came in contact. ——t The Ad. Writers’ Meeting. The Ad. Writers held their regular bi- monthly meeting at Chevy Chase last even- ing. The first thing on the program for the evening was a sumptuous dinner serv- ed on the balcony of the Inn at Chevy Chase, and this was followed by the regu- lar business session of the meeting. The committee on national convention made a report on the progress it had made toward securing the big meeting for this city, which showed satisfactory results. A sec- ond committee was appointed to confer with the New York advertisers with the end in view of having the convention come to this city, and it is thought fhat the ef- forts of the two committees will result in success. A paper on advertising was read by Mr. I. Gans, and the informal discussion of it closed the meeting. _—— Skull Fractured. Louis Steiner, a little eight-year-old white boy, living at 1008 7th street, was run over and badly injured by a wagon at the corner of 7th ard K streets this afternoon. The little fellow, as small boys will do, was hanging on behind a heavy wagon, said to belong to the gas company, and in some way slipped and fell under the hind wheels. An ambulance was summoned at once and the boy was taken to the Emergency Hos- pital, where it was found that he was suf- fering from a fractured skull. The hospital staff gave him the best of medical attention and at a late hour this afternoon it was thought he would probably survive. —_s—___ Grain and Cotton Market. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, correspendents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. GRAIN. High. Low. Close. Wheat—Sept 59 . Dee. Gls Co-a—Sept Dee. Oats—Sept Pork—Sept 5. 6.92 3.23 3.20 3.55 355, 3.30 3.27 3.45, 3.45 High. Low. Close. 7.20 698 7.20 799 7.68 7.90 689 Ges HD ; G82 663 6A —_——__. Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, Md. July 31.—Flour quiet, un. changed—receipts, 17,148 Is: exports, 11,188 barrais; sales, 150 “barrels, Wheat firm. month and August, 613a62; September, 2¢a stermer No. 2 red, 57a5S—recelpts, 55,440 busl exports, 8171" bushels; stock, 1,102°341 bush: on Sx te a pane, Soe Wheat by sam- a 3; do. on grade, sat - Corn strong — Wie ‘and isnt, SOMei309. Asguat™ Some rsON tember, 20%n20%—receipis, 68,769. bushels; ex: Ports, none: stock, 430.884) bushels; sales, (96,000 bushels—southern white and yellow corr, 30331. Oats firm—No, 2 white western, 2 mixed do., 24%a25—receij ports, mone: atoek, 383,634 bushels. Itye qulet— Xo, 2 nearby, 34%4u35; ‘western, SSa35¥—receipts, 2,477 bushels; Bone; stock, 31,505 bushels. Hay steady—cholce iimothy,, $iéagl& so. Grain ts firm, leas active, Sugar, bet- ter, eggs and checee unchanged. Fractional Concessions Abroad En- courage a Decline at Home. SUBSEQUENTLY AN ADVANCE CAME Effect of Statements as to Railway Earnings. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, July 31.—Fractional conces- sions in the London market encouraged similar reductions on this side during the initial trading this morning, but subsequent operations were generally beneficial to values. There were no new developments of importanee, prices being moved about wholly at the will of the professional ele- ment. Politics are the dominant factor, but it is encouraging to note that the silver scare has at least not increased during the week. The prospects for a normal market are more encouraging than ai any time since the Chicago corvention. Dullness usually characterizes the daily transactions at this season of the year and a decreased volume of business is especiaily probabie in view of the added uncertainties of a political campaign. Deliberation is be- coming daity more apparent and movements in either direction are likely to culminate at the first opportunity for profit taking. A 2 per cent adyance in American Sugar was the most conspicuous feature of the day's business. An advance of % per cent in all grades of refined sugars and the en- couraging outlook for an active preserving season were largely responsible for the movement. Brokers heretofore used in connection with important transactions in this stock were active today, large pur- chases being made up to the highest point, presumably for inside account. ‘The covering of a fair-sized short interest contributed to the advance, but was purely a secondary factor. The support developed around par has increased rather than «li- minished, as the success of the manipula- tion has become more assured. ‘The ready response of this property to ar increased demand had a beneficial influence on the general list. Prices were well sus- tained, but owing to Sugar’s monopoly ol the trading no significant movements were recorded elsewhere. Manhattan sold down during the early kness, but advanced under a moderaie t later in the Owing to the unanimity of the belief duction of the present dividend rate, allies in this stock are likely to be dwarfed by a liberal of ‘selling orders, particularly for the short account St. Paul's report of earnings for the month of June reficcts an increase of $341, 073 in gross, and a decrease of $105,501 in net. nding the disappointmen' occasioned by the last item the price 0! tock v as advanced substantially f e opening level. ‘The strength of the intern an encouraging feature o trading. Speculative sentiment is no ic wholly opposed to operating in the long count for ‘quick turns. Thi denotes moderate progress with conditions scarcely one wi The trading of the last hour w unchanged in character. Prices ruled wi in a fractional radius of the best level the day, but the improvement had appa ently exhausted the demand. Sugar con- tinued to lead in point of ac’ but t profit taking of small traders hindered the uavance somewhat. The decreased buying power of the st is especially pronounced during such market as that of today. Less timidi would have result double t improvement, the market's willingn advance being at times de uous. Capital, however, is not dispos seek even temporary employment du such a period of doubt _ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening,the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as ~eported om by Corson & Macartney, members N York stock exchange. "Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broadwa Open. High. Low. Close, American Sugar. WEY 105% WS” 1053, American Sugar, Pid... 95% Sy By American Tovace oy By SUNY American Cotton Oil eee ooee Atchison. . ny Baltimore & Ohio. 6 Bay State Gas.. as Canada Southern. Canada Pacific Chesapeake & Ohio, ©. C. C. & St. Loals Chicago, B&Q. Chicago & rthwee Chicago : c Mee St. Paul. CM, & St. Paui, Pfd Chicago, K. 1. & Pacific! stern Miinois Central Laclide Gas Lake Shore - Louisville & Nashviil Metropolitan ‘Traction Mauhattan Elevated Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific National Lead . tional Lead Co., Pid... w Jersey Central... New York Central. Pacific Mall... Phila. & Reading. Pullman P. C. Southern Ry., Pid. Phila. Traction Texas Pacific Tenn. Coal & Ii 134 6% 24% sy Oy oy Washington Stock Exchange. The board will adjenrn over Saturdays during July, August and September. Salos—regular call 12 0" tien, 30 at 6, 2 at ‘Government Bond: S. 48, registered, 106 bid, 107 asked. U.S. 4x, coupon, 107 bid, 10S asked” U. 8. 48, 1925, 113% bid, 114 asked. UC. 8. Ss, 110 bid, 112’ ask District of Columbia Bonds.— 20-year 104 bid. 30-year Fund. gold 6s, 1 Stock currency 7, 1901, 110 bid.” Wa a4 Zs, 1908, 110 bid. Fand. currency : Miscellancous Bonds. Metropolitan Railroad Sa, 107 bid, 110 asked. Metropolitan Railroad conv. Gs, 113 Md. 117 asked. Belt Railroad 5s, 70 vid, SD asked. Eckington Railroad 6s, 9) bid, 95 asi . Columbia Railroad Gs, 112 bid, 113 asked. Wash- lock m.—Capital Trae- ington Gas Company, ser. A, Gs, 108 Mid. Wasli- ingto Gas Company, ser. “B, “Gs, 109 ta, 115, asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 3a, 100 bid. “American Security and Trust 5s, F. and A, 109 bid. American Security and Trost 5s, A. and 0., 100 bid. Washington Market Company Ist 6x, 105 bid. Wash Market Company imp. 6s, 105 bid. Washington Market Company exten. @s, 105 bid. Mas-nic Hall Association ss, 106 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington bid, 300 asked. Rank 2 ropolitan, 280 bid, 300 asked. 300 asked. Farmers and Mechanics", ond, 120 bid. Citizens’, 120 1 lumbia, 120 bid. - asked.” ‘Traders’, ‘Obie, 85 bid. Safe Deposit and Trust Compant« National Safe ft apd Trust, 120 asked. | Wasiington Loan ‘Trost, 118 asked. American Security nd Trust, 140 asked.“ Washington Sate 7 Rattroad Stocks. Capital Traction Company, 33% bid, Gly asked. Metropolitan, 107 bi BS'pnd” Bot, 20 aed. Eeklngtom, 38 ashe Georgetown and Tennallyt Gas a4 at “yee 240% 5 asked. re Unite es Blectric Light, 100 bid, Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 32 bid. 33 bid. Metrovolitam, €5 bid. Potomac, 63 bid.- Arlington,” 125 bid. ‘Germ Americen, 150 bid. National Union, 14 asked. lumbia, 14 asked. Riga, 7% vid. People asked.’ Lincoln, 8 asked, Commercial, 5 asked. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, Deposit, Franklin, Corcoran, 50 id: 110 asked. Columbla Title, 6 asked. Wasbingtos Title, 3 bid, 5 axked. ‘Tel Stocks. —Chean and Potomac, *53 merican $ *% bid, 544 Grapboptone, pid, TS asked