The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-04
BITTEN BY RABID DOG.
Two Children Sent to the Pasteur In
stitute. Richmond.
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Greensboro, n. c., April Capt
Joseph Hooper, a Southern Railway
conductor on the freight yards here.
but whose home is at Guilford Col
lege, left here on the noon train today
for Richmond 10 carry two of his chill
dren, a boy and girl seven and nine
years old to the PaSteur Institute there
to be treated as 4 prevention of hydro
phobia. While playing with doc ut
Guilford College one day last week the
children were bitten by the animal
DR.. j. E. Forscue. the family physician
was consulted, and had the dog killed,
his head being sent 10 a Pateur ex-
pert for examination. On yesterday
DIR. Forscue received q report from
the specialist saying that an eXamina-
ton of the dogs mead showed a clear
and aggravated case of rabies and no
time has been lost in sending the chill
dren to an institute for treatment.
This correspondent witnessed the
development of a case of hydrophobia
had been bitten by his pointer dog in
mid winter, six months before. Moth
ing was thought of the occurrence
The man was in the act of swallowing
a mint julep when he had a violent
CONFUSION which lasted several min
DIR. O'Hagan's office in Greenyille,
who on being told of the occurrence
closely examined the mans eyes. and
suddenly blew his breath in the pa
TENTS face. Immediately the man
had q violent fit scattering the crowd,
the late d. Il. Carraway, the well
known newspaper correspondent of
Kinston, and this correspondent, sad to
say having a snrinting match to a safe
Il ictn 70 I'd nT
gan remark as the man struggled,
"Hydrophobia by -" This was be-
fore the day of the Pasteur remedy
and the man although given every
attention by this eminent specialist
himself and several others of the lead
ing physicians of the CITY, became
rapidly worse, and in three weeks died
an awful death.
MIR. James Gill, of this city. while
bvcicling on Summit Avenue this
morning was run into by a two-horse
wagon. The wheel was wrecked but
Mr. Gill escaped damage. The driver
of the wagon was not so fortunate for
the wagon overturned. he was caught
under it, his back badly sprained and
his left leg broken just below the
knee. The driver was taken to the
hospital for repairs. He was a farmer
named Nathan Samuels.
Federal Court in Session.
The United States Court began its
spring term here at ten O'Clock this
morning for the first time in the new
court room. Judge Boyd's charge
was brief and contained no reference
whatever to a subject he has hereto
fore dwelt upon, the failure of gov
eminent revenue officers to discharge
their duties, or the offenSe of an Off
Ger conspirIng with distillers to de-
fraud the government of internal
revenue.
United States Bank Examiner Fred
A. Hull, of Asheville, is here going to
the eastern part of the State to ex
anime banks. He it was who made
the celebrated cartoons distributed by
Chairman Rollins, representing Gov
ernor Glenn and Lieutenant Governor
Winston hobnobbing with NEGROES.
A new drummers lodge was organ
lied here Saturday night it being
Council No zoo of the United Com
mercial Travellers of America. Messrs.
c. H. Harris. It. e. Leachman. j. S.
Morgan and G. L. Lindaw of Hill City
Council. of Lynchburg, Va, came over
and organized the council.
N. b. Merrimon and associates. who
have organized a $4,000 corporation
here to manufacture wood pulp plas-
ter have purchased a lot, and the con-
tract has been given for the erection
OF the necessary building and laying
railroad side-tracks to the factory.
A very hi~h compliment was pail
retiring Chief of Police w A Scott
Saturday night when the Law & Or
der League presented him a hand
some silver service in appreciation of
his faithful efforts to enforce the Dro-
hibition law which the League was
organized to look after. Mr.. Scott
voted AGAINST it, which makes this
testimonial the more significant.
In recognition of the high esteem
in which he was held by the officers
and employees of the Greensboro
Manufacturing Company of which he
had been manager. Mr.. j. G. Murchi-
son. Saturday night was presented a
solid silver service by Mr.. Guy Bran
son in behalf of the company. Mr..
Murchison left today for Rocky Mount
to assume his new duties as superin-
tendent of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad for the Fayetteville district