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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-15


Freight Agent of the Central of
Georgia Railway Company, testif-
ed that the Southern Railway is
worth mot less than $4,000 a
mile"
Mr.. Y. Vanden Berg, long con-
nected with the B. g. o. Railroad,
testified that the Southern Railway
is worth mot less than $4,000
per MILE" and it earns "a per cent.
on a valuation OF $4,000 per
mile"
Mr.. Edward A. Neil. General
Freight Agent of the Southern
Railway Company, North Alabama
Railway, and the Augusta Southern
Railway Company, testified that
the Southern Railway is worth mot
less than $4,000 a MILE" and that
for the year ending December 31st
1899, it earned At per cent ON the
outstanding preferred stock.
Mr.. j. M. CuIp, Fourth Vice.
President OF the Southern Railway,
in answer to a question as to "the
value Of the Southern Railway per
mile of road" made oaJn to this
statement: well, should say not
less than $4,000 per mile" Asked
as to the true cost and value COM
pared with the average of all the
railroads in the United States, Mr..
Cu1p said: well, as compared
with the roads of the South and
Southwestern territory, the South
ern Railway, as a whole, I think,
exceeds the value per mile of the
average; as to the roads in the
United States, should say that it
is certainly equal in value per mile
to the average"
Mr.. L. A. Graham, Washington,
d. c., testified that the value of the
Southern Railway is $4,000 per
mile, though he said he did not
have the data upon which such es-
innate is made.
Mr.. T. NJ. Emerson, Traffic Man
ager of the Atlantic Coast Line,
who has had thirty years expert
ence in the traffic department of
the C. g. o. and the A. c.. testified
that the Southern Railway is
worth mot less than $4,000 a
mile" and earns 81 per cent. upon a
valuation of $4,000 per mile"
Freight Agent of the Plant System
testified that the value of the
value of the Southern Railway is
mot less than $4,000 per mile of
road
In the face of this testimony, has
the Corporation Commission any
right to make a lower assessment
than $4,000 per mile? Would
not any lower assessment be equiv
alent to saying that in the Dam
vile hearing, Vice-President Cu1p,
Secretary Hill, and the distinguish
ed experts of other great railroad
systems, had sworn falsely at Dam
vile when they swore that this
property was worth mot less than
$4,000 per mile?' Is the North
Carolina Corporation Commission
ready to say that these railroad Of
ficers and experts are so ignorant
they do not know the true value of
the property of the Southern Rail-
way, or that they have sworn false
ly in putting it at mot less than
$4,000 per mile
It SENS that the DanviIle case has
given the Corporation Commission
expert testimony upon which they
will be wise to act next month when
they come to assess this property
for taxation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-15

nomination. We have in this office a
very high respect for Mr.. Hearst's magni-
ficent services to the people and to the
Democratic party. We have very great
confidence in the measure of his capacity
for future usefulness and service. We ex-
pect things Of him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-15
1T HAS COLLAPSED.

IT HAS OUlIAAPSED.
Fayetteville Observer.
1t is gratifying to record the collapse of
the Cleveland boom-which, by the way,
has served the good purpose of more com
pletely uncovering the Democratic" mar
OlotS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-15

special from Chicago to the Atlanta
Constitution says that most of the corn
now is being shipped to the South That
is not good news. The South ought to
raise every bushel of corn it needs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-15
Tar Heel M. DIS, at Richmond.

Especial to News and Observer
Richmond Va, May 14.-North Caro-
lima boys who graduated with the degree
of M. D. at the Medical College of Virginia
this week are: w. E. Walker, High
tower, N. c.; w Fl. Boyce, Rich Square,
N. c.; o. c. Daniels, Orient.., N. c.; j.
w. Davis, Vienna, N. c.; ]. S. Harrison,
Elizabeth City, n. c.; T. c. Johnson,
N. G.
DENTAL SURGERY.
b. T. Blackwell, Townsville, N. c.; T.
S. Goss, Creston, N. c.; F. L. Perkins,
Muttenz, N. G..
Mr.. Walter E. Walker, of Hightower'
N c., has the distinction of having recelv'
ed the highest hospital appointment. Mr..
Walker was appointed as resident physi-
clan at the New Memorial Hospital, which
will be opened here June 18th. This hos
pital is the very best south of Baltimore,
and the equipment is second to none. I'm
til June 18th Mr.. Walker will be at the
Old Dominion in this city.
This bright young Tar Heel has made
a splendid record and has already shown
that he will succeed in his chosen probes
sion.
Mr.. T. c. Johnson. Timberland, N. c.,
also won the honor of being appointed
resident physician at the Newport News,
Va. Hospital.
BACHELOR OF PHARMACY.
Rea Blackwell Parker, Como. N. G.
Mr. w. B. Murphey. TomahawlS, N. c.,
4
sician to Retreat for the Sick, this city
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STATE NEWS.

La Grange, N. c., May 14.-Mr. Hanson
Kennedy is confined to his bed with fever.
A little child of Mr.. Charles Lane is also
sick of the same disease.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-15

commandments are here and all young
peoplc-young in heart, we mean-wheth-
er seven or seventy, will rejoice in the
evidences of progress that the children
are making. Frank l.. Stanton voices
the feeling when he sings:
20, boy, upon the burning deck,
You make Us young again!
The same old soldier in Agiers
Once more for US is slain.
While orators speak vapldly,
We march in Hohenlinden's ranks
Where Iser's rolling rapidly"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-15

-GTeeHSDOTO RECORD.
The growing frequency of railroad
wrecks, and the terrible loss of life that
often accompanies them, suggests the IN
quiry as to whether there is not some
means by which travel may be rendered
less hazardous.
That the majority of such wrecks are
caused by negligence of either the rail-
road or its employees is no longer a mat
ter of debate That there ought to be
some means of relieving the public OF the
consequences of such negligence admits
of no question How, then, may this
condition of affairs be rcmedled?
There are four precautions which,
taken together, would go long way to-
ward lessening the number OF accidents
on railroads
1. Let the railroad commissioners IN
the various States be honest with the
people they are elected to serve and con-
denim all improperly constructed or dan
gerously deteriorated roads, all worn-out
or unrepaired Notwithstanding the
running of trains over such until absolute
safety is insured.
q Let the grand juries bring indictments
for murder against the parties to whose
neglect these accidents are due.
3. Let courts and juries be more strict
in fixing the value of a human life or
limb, lost through such neglect. Then
railroads will be more careful not to as
sumo the responsibility of employing
careless men or of operating with equip
ment that is not known to be perfectly
safe.
A. Let higher salaries be paid, that
class of men whose talents are equal to
the responsibilities entailed may be will
ling to devote a life of service to such
employment.
When railroad year after year con-
tinues to operate its trains over track
that is seen and proven to be unsafe IT
should be held to the strictest accounta-
bility and made to pay dearly for the
lives such contributory negligence costs.
+ When a States railroad commissioners
neglect to condemn such property as I'M
safe and fail to forbid its use they be-
come parties to the crime against the
public.
There are in North Carolina alone many
make-shift pieces of railroad track-and
not all of it belonging to small systems.
either-that our Commissioners might
spend considerable time inspecting, to the
cost of the railroad perhaps. but to the
greater security of the travelling public.
Though, of coursse, there are all sorts
of causes for railroad wrecks and no
possible foresight or precaution can pre-
vent them altogether, the application of
the above remedies would certainly great
" lessen their number.-Asheville Citizen.
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Spirit of the Press.

GREATER INFLUENCE THAN ANY
OTHER.
Salisbury Reasoner.
We have in our own State a daily.
which has the largest circulation of any
IN the State, and, which, most ably edited
has greater influence than any other,
that is most bold and fearless champion
of the temperance cause. The News and
Observer, of Raleigh, deserves the pat
ronage of every anti-saloon person that
INDUCES the luxury of daily printed be-
yond the limits of ous city. The editor
did yeoman service for the cause during
the sitting of the General Assembly and
continues his aid.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-15

1o-cent argument ends in a $40 quar-
rel. II q ks-ssxtE
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-15
Among the Railroads.

Surely the Southern Railway is getting
more than its share of wrecks. To es-
cape three days at time is good re-
cord. OF course on line as long as the
Southern many accidents may be ex-
pected, but there is evidently something
wrong. Business is so heavy that quite
likely numbers of new men are at work
men with no experience whatever-and
there is sure to- be carelessness. A gen
tleman competent to speak on such things
recently that there were more
green men on the road than ever before
and that nothing else could be expected
Greensboro Record.
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TO TABOO BLACK LABOR.

A Northern syndicate has purchased an
immense tract of land in the black belt
of Alabama half as large as the State of
Rhode Island on which a colony will be
established to conduct great farm. Not
single negro is to be employed on this
farm.
The men who have made this purchase
hold to the theory that white immigrants
will not come South because they have
to work side by side with the negroes.
They believe if they can make this colony
success they can eventually turn the
stream of immigrants to the South which
contains more idle land now than any
other section of the Republic. The ex-
pertinent will be watched with interest.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-15

HEART WHOLE AND FANCY FREE.
Atlanta News.
The News and Observer of Raleigh, ed
tied by that excellent gentleman and
astute politician, Josephus Daniels, speaks
of The News as one of the strongest ad-
vocates of William Randolph Hearst toi
the Presidency.
The News and Observer is mistaken.
We are not an advocate tot Mr.. Hearst
or of an other man for 5he Democratic
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-15

Charlotte News.
Governor Aycock has paRdoned Woody.
the young man convicted at Greensboro
last fall of a heinous crime against a
young girl The reason given for the
pardon is that the girl and her father
admit that they swore falsely against the
young man and the girl declares that her
father induced her to commit perjury If
Woody was really innocent and the girl
and her father swore falsely, justice de-
mands that the two be punished for per-
jury. ,Gulford county should investigate
the matter.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-15

SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR PER
JURY.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-30
Tt.iR TEEN HURT in WRECK.
Passenger Train Deraled at Cross
ina Near Tcieco,


Toledo, O., April pa southbound
passenger train on the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton road was de-
rallied at Rates Siding, four miles
south of this city. Thirteen people
were injured, seven seriously, but
none fatally. The most seriously in
jured were brought back 10 this city
and taken TO the Toledo hospital.
The injured: B. ~ MciAe, FinGlay,
head badly cut; NJ Brown, fireman,
Lima, scalp and face wounds; F.'W.
Fanger, indianapolis, travelling sales
man, face badly cut and hip bruised;
William Channels, Avis, o., scalp
wounds; Shewin Johnson, Tontogany.
o. back injured; Bert Deweest, Wes-
ton, o., braised about face and neck;
Miss Ida Wadd, Pemperville, o., cut
about head; Mrs. J. w. Lufllin, Bays,
o., hip bruised; Miss Lucy Cass, OF
tawa, o., bead cut; Charles Scott,
Bowling Green, o., face cut; II.
kersle, Toledo, hip bruised.
When the accident occurred the
train was running about twenty-five
miles an hour and the accident was
due to the turning of switch at a
crossing. The engine and all of the
cars left the track and were thrown
rpon their sides.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-30
VICTIM GETS NO WARNING.
Wealthy Dry Goods Merchant of New
York Shot Down.


New York, April 29.-Leopold
Wortheimer, a wealthy dry goods mer-
chant, was shot three three times in
his home IN West One Hundred and
Fifteenth street. He was wounded
in the chest, arm and right side, and
is in a serious condition. Charged
with the shooting the police have ar
rested Joseph Simpson.
The injured man is member Of the
firm OF Maron & Wortheimer, dry
goods merchants, who recently were
burned out at their place of business
in Third avenue. Simpson, the police
say, was employed there as a watch
man prior to the fire. At the time Of
the fire two persons were burned to
death.
The motive of the shooting is mys-
terry both to the police and to the
Wortheimer family, and Simpson,
who Was very cool when arrested, re-
fused to make any statement. All
Simpson would say was that Worth
elmer owed him money for something
he had done and had refused to pay
him.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-30
Forest Fires in Michiqan.

Alpena, Mich, April 29.-Reports
from the surrounding country state
that forest fires are burning fiercely
and that if rain does not fall soon the
damage will be great. Many small
towns along the line of the northern
extension of the Detroit and Mackl-
nav railroad are in immediate danger.
The atmosphere in the vicinity of AL
pena is almost unbearable. A call
was sent to Alpena from Onaway for
fire engine to assist in fighting the
flames. Dispatches from Traverse
City say the fire is threatening the
summer cottages in that city. Word
also comes from Cheboygan that fires
are raging in that county. Both sides
of Mullet lake are encompassed and
great damage is being done to farm
property.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-30
RAILROAD y. M. c. A. TO MEET.
International Convention to Be Hell,

International Convention to Be Held
in Topeka April 80 to Nay 8. .
Topeka, April 29.-The arrange
ments for the international convention
OF the Railroad Young Mems Christian
association, from April so to May 3,
in this city, are now practically com.
pleted and visitors and workers are
gathering.
President Roosevelt will be an hon.
orary guest, making a few remarks at
the cornerstone laying of the proposed
new Young Mems Christian associa-
ton building and later in the evening
a more extended address at the Audi
torium. The number OF nonresident
delegates present will be at least g..
600, many coming from Canada, Mex.
leo and the European countries Ten
or dozen of the best known railroad
magnates OF the United States will
be present.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-30
RICHARDS is DEAD.
Wyoming Executive Fails to Recover
from Acute Kidney Disease.

from Acute Kidney Disease.
Cheyenne, Wye, April 29.-GoVernor
De Forrest Richards died at his home
in this city of acute kidney disease.
The funeral will take place from
the capitol building tomorrow after
noon in charge of Wyoming command
cry No. /, knights Tenpiar
Governor Richards was born at
Charleston, NJ H.. April 16, 1916 Al
ter finishing his schooling at Phillips
Andover academy he Went to Alabama
and engaged in cotton raising. IN
1885 he established himself at Chad
ron, Neb., organizing the Chadron
National bank. In 1856 he came TO
Douglas, Wyo., and established the
First National bank. He was elected
mayor, then state senator, and III 1888
was elected governor on the Republic
an ticket, succeeding himself in 1902.
The governorship falls to Fenimore
Chatterton, secretary of state, as there
is no lieutenant governor OF Wyoming
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-30
At oskaloosa.

Oskaloosa, Ia. April 29-The presi-
dent arrived at Oskaloosa at s: 80
p. M, hall an hour late The local ar
rangements for the reception were adj
mirable and the big crowd was easily
managed by three companies OF mi
litia. The president, Governor Cum
minis, Secretary Shaw, Congressman
Lacey, Mayor Williams and members
of the local reception committee en-.
tered carriages and. surrounded by
mounted guard, were driven rapidly
from the railway station to the bust
ness. part of the city, where the new
$4,000 Y. M. G. A. building was dedi-
Gated by the president in ten min
utes' speech, the president standing
in his carriage. He spoke upon the
good the association is doing and OF
the necessity OF and demands for NOR
al and upright young men. Crowds
filled ali streets through which the
president passed and the street where
the Y. NJ. c. A. building is located was
jammed. The crowd in the city was
estimated at 10000. The president
was driven rapidly from the Y NJ. C.
A. building 10 the railway station
and departed Tor OtJumwa immedt-
ateIy.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-30
Disorder at Montreal.

Montreal, April 29.-Six hundred Mi.
ntiamen are stationed at the harbor
front, guarding property and protect.
ing nonunion men who came here to
work on the five ocean liners loading
at the docks. During the afternoon
500 strikers overpowered the small
force of city policemen doing duty
at the wharves and went on board the
steamers where nonunion men were
working and chased them ashore. Dis.
order reigned at the docks. In one Of
the disturbances, Jonas Loeb,
French striker, was shot in the leg
by William Wuenn, who was attacked
by man whom he wounded. A furi-
GUS mob chased Wuenn, but he es.
capped.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-30
DISCOVERS SMALLPOX GERM.
Harvard Doctor Declares Pest is Akin
TO Malaria.

Boston, April 29.-The announce
ment of the discovery of the cause OF
smallpox was made by DR.. Council
man of the Harvard medical school
at meeting OF the Boston Society of
Medical Science. The announcement
is the outcome of the investigations
conducted by Dr.. Councilman during
the recent epidemic of the disease In
this city. 1t has been learned that
smallpox is caused BY micro-organ-
ism representative OF the lowest form
of animal life. This fact serves to
show relation between smallpox and
such diseases as malaria and to dis
tinguish it from any other infectious
diseases caused by bacteria.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-30
Investigating Doodle Schemes.

st. Louis, April 29.-The report of
the commission on criminal juris-
prudence OF the Missouri senate two
years ago was prepared by attorneys
for the baking powder trust in New
York. 1t was delivered to Daniel ].
Kelley, who sent it to Lieutenant
Governor Lee, and it was then given
to the chairman of the commission,
Senator James T. Orchard. This fact
was developed by Attorney Folk in his
investigation OF state legislative bood-
ling schemes. 1t is believed the In
formation came from John A. Lee,
who was again a witness before the
grand jury.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-30
Baseball Results.

National League-st. Louis, 4; Pitts
burg, 2. Cincinnati, 8; Chicago, A.
Brooklyn, 2; Boston, 4. New York.
IL; Philadelphia, Z.
American League-Washington, A.;
Boston, II. Cleveland, s; St. Louis. 8.
Philadelphia Z; New York, 8. Detroit,
4; Chicago. 6.
American observation-disclosures City,
z; st. Paul, IS. Indianapolis 4; Co
lumbus, 8. Milwaukee, 5; Minneapolis,
1. Louisville, IS; Toledo, 5.
Western League-St. Joseph, l.;
Milwaukee. 5. Kansas City, 3 Peoria,
IA. Colorado Springs, II: Des Moines,5 5.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-30
SEND Protest 70 kina EDWARD.

London April 29-At The annual
meeting OF the Church ASSOCIATION, il
was voted with only three dissenting
votes 10 send TO King Edward at
Rome, protest against his visitiue
the pope, similar in EXPRESSION TO tha.
sent yesterday by the Protestant ali
anee. This protest expressed the alil-
ance's intense regret that our Pro-
es.ant king intends to visit the pop,
WHO is described in the homilcs of our
established church as anti-Christ.'
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-30
MILLION IS LOST N FIRE
Salt Plant and Three Ships
Burn in Chicago.
FIFTY FREIGHT CARS DESTROYED
Sixteen Acres of Buildings Wiped Out
by Flames-Forest Fires Raging in
Michisan-Many snnaI! Towns in
immediate Danger.

Chicago, April 29.--The plant of the
International Salt company, located
at South Chicago, and three boats ly-
ing in the Calumet river We're destroyed
by fire. The loss is estimated at ST.
$50, ,0O0; that OF the International Salt
company being placed at $S00,o0o.
The buildings OF the salt company
plant covered nearly sixteen acres
along the Calumet river In these
buildings was stored tons of salt and
the greater part of this is said to nave
been ruined by fire and water. In
Guided in the company's losses are the
docks. extending /, 400 feet along the
Calumet river. The fire threatened to
spread to number of grain elevators,
but after q hard fight the fire was got
ten under control. A large number
of cars were burned.
The fire was discovered by a watch
raan, who noticed small fame creep
Jug over the edge of the roof of one
of the sheds at the plant. He turned
in an alarm, but before the first en-
gines arrived the first of the big sheds
was roaring furnace. The Irst
f,larm was followed by several addi-
| ilonal calls for engines. Streams OF
water from every side were poured on
/ the sheds, but as the buildings were
/ constructed Of pine and the roofs
of tarred paper, the infammable mate
rial made an easy prey to the flames.
The wind blew the flames against the
! three grain boats tied up in thess sCala-
/ met river, at Peavey elevator docks,
and soon the vessels were on fire from
the decks to the tops of their masts.
A fire boat that was pouring water on
the salt sheds was summoned to save
the boats, but before it could reach
them they sank On the tracks within
the company's plant were about 15O
freight cars, loaded with salt ready
for shipment When the fire began
to spread switch engines were hurried
into the yards and the cars were
moved as rapidly as possible. Sc
/ quickly did the fire spread that the
engine crews had to quit their work
and many OF the cars We're destroyed
To the east of the plant, near the river
were about fifty cars belonging to the
Michigan Southern railroad, all loaded
with salt. The flames attacked these
and all were destroyed.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-30
W. r. Hearst Is Marr;ed.

New York, April -Congressman-
elect William Randolph Hearst, pro-
prietor OF the New York American,
New York Evening Journal, Chicago
American and San Francisco Exam
iner, was married here to Miss Mill
cent Wilson, daughter OF George H.
Wilson, president of the Advance
Music con pany of this city The
ceremony was performed 2 in Grace
church, Bishop Potter cfciating.