The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-26
UxsHINGTON ITTER4RY SOCIETY.
A Head-on Collision Between Freight
and ~ Passenger Train.

LEXINGTON, VA. Feb. 2j.-Special.-
Saturday night, Washington Literary So
Getty. OF Washington and Lee University,
celebrated the eighty-ifth annual inter-
mediate, and, as is usual on such occa-
Rions Il was both a social and literary
success. with a large, fashionable. and
cultured audience present 10 near the
speakers.
hTe programme for the evening was an
Interesting one. from the literary and
oratorical standpoints President Frank
lin Brockson. OF Delaware presided, ana
opened the evenings exercises with an
appropriate address, I'm which he dwelt
.upon the day we celebrate" Il being
Nashingtons birthday, from which the
society took its name. and from which
the University secured its first cndow-
ment Of $5O.oOO and its name. Mr.. +. q.
Hereford. of West Virginia presided,
as the vice-president. and Mr.. II. NJ.
Wurzbach. Of Texas. as the secretary
and Mr.. G. II. DeClOuet, OF LOUISIANA
chief marshal
The DISCLAIMERS were J. l.. Leonard
GiissourD, 'The Chariot Race; r. 5.
McClintic missouri. The Unknown
Speaker" Mr.. McClinuc was awarded
the declaimcrs medal.
Debaters. Affirmative W. l.. Welch
missouri T. $. Vance (Kentucky):
>
II. l.. Carlock CTennessee).
Question: Resolved. That there should
lie an educational qualification for exer-
else OF the right OF suffrage"
Judges-Hon. W. A. Anderson. DR.. Cur
rell, OF the University, and Colonel 5.
Ii. Letcher. of the V. NJ. l. The de-
hater's medal was awarded to Mr.. Car
lock. His feature Of the debate was
an unusually fine and finished effort,
evincing great ability.
Mr. w. T.. Garrett, a prominent mem
her of the Leesburg Na) bar, Grand
Chancellor Of the Grand Lodge Knights
of Pythias. OF Virginia, paid an official
visit to Lexington Lodge. No. GO. knights
Of Pythias of this place. Saturday night
and delivered an eloquent address on
the teachings. merits, and objects OF
the order He was entertained by the
order here, and has created a deep inn
preston as a man of very decided ability.
JIe visits stanton Lodge tonight
1Ynchburg. Tuesday, Roanoke, Nednes-
day. and Salem on Thursday Further
than this his route IS not made up bul
he will be out on official work for two
weeks more.
There was a head-end collision on the
Valley branch OF the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad Saturday night between Summit
Point. W. Va, and Vaudeville. II was
between a freight train and a passenger
train. The freight had broken into
two parts and brought one part on 10
Vaudeville. where il was placed on
siding. They left a fiagman there 10
notify the passenger train that they
had gone back for the other part OF The
train. several miles distant. When The
passenger train came up the nagman
told the passenger trainmen that the
freight would not be back there. but had
gone on TO Summit Point. on this In
formation, the passenger train pulled out
and the collision resulted, as the freighi
train had gotten the other cars, and was
on it, way back to Wadesville. Both en-
zines were badly damaged. one thrown
down the bank. and several cars dam
AGED. One OF the engineers was hurt,
a. were two Of the brakemen. No pas
sengers were hurt. All trains were de-
,ayed for several hours.