Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-10-07
GENERAL NEWS.

Gu0 RtauI lOlko u uA0SoAS "a VAAoAA
ia, will formally lay the corner stone
of the new Rivermont Avenue Bap-
fist church Tuesday afternoon at $50
O'Clock. Folio wing this, reception
will be rendered the grand master at
the home of the Hill City Lodge,
where the eight hundred members of
the two local lodges have been asked
to meet the official.
Norfelk, Va, Oct. 2.-What will
be tile recommendation of the Second
District primary investigating CON-
mittee next Tuesday night remains
an open question, although the inves.
tiQation was concluded late Saturday
night. 1t can be positively stated that
the primary investigators themselves
have not agreed upon on featare OF
their report.
After the arguments by couns ! for
CongressnlaA Harry L. Ma. -iafd.
William A. Young. and tha citiz sns'
committee late Saturday NIGHT, tie
primary proDers held sho., session.
No vote was taken at this ) IS ion to
sound the committee upon ;'.e natura
of ths report.
Opinion in political circles, h ,yeve-,
gained strength that William A.
Young, contestee in the la1uiIy.
will be awarded the celtif ate OF
nomination over Congressman Harry
IL Maynard, contestant If Mr.,
Young is not given tine cert -iaate, il
! will be a new primary.
Lynchburg, Va, Oct. ;. Jesse
Landrum, the young Southern rail.
way brakeman, whose head was
caught between the fange OF wheel
and the under frame wa-s OF q
freight car when the jack sap PORTING
the car slinped, is still improving
and his right side. at first pacslyzed
Is now sensitive. Landrum lost hall
an ounce of brain, but it is now prob
able that he will be restored to his
former strength and good physical
condition. Tie accident happened
two months ago when Landrum was
helping to repair a car in South
Lynchburg.
Luray, Va October a. A minute af-
ter stepping out OF his automobile,
and while making preparations to en-
ter the Luray caverns, George W..
Hughes, of Woodbury., N. j., dropp-
ed dead on the cavern's lawn fronsan
attack of acute indigestion, which be
gan At Newmarket, in Shenandoah
county. Mr.. Hughes was advised a.
gainst continuing his journey to Luray
and came ovel the protest of the tour
lists accompanying him.
Los Angeles, Cal, Oct "A
large force of workmen, after digging
for thirty hours into the debris of the
T m tui ding, wrecked by an ex-
plosion Saturday morning, have un-
earthed five of the nineteen bodies bur-
led in the ruins. The men are still
at work tonight, aided by huge rail
way crane and derrick, which is lift
ing out the masses of heavy steel.
In the meantime the police are guard
ing the homes of General Harrison
Gray Otis, proprietor of the Times.
and of General Manager Harry Chand-
Ter. Guards are also watching over
the plants of several concerns recent
| " involved in strikes. Three arrests
have been made since the explosion
One of the suspects Ia an alleged
anarchist, Martin Eagan. In the hope
of securing information as to the per-
petrators of the outrage, Mayor Alex
ander increased the city's offer OF re-
ward today to $4,000.
Greenville, S. c., Oct 2. -1ynch-
| ing is feared if negro named Parks,
who struck q white woman last night
| in the Pelham section, is caught by q
posse of a hundred citizens, who have
been searching for him all day. Last
reports state that tue negro was loca-
ted in a clump of woods and was well
armed, and that there was some hesita-
ton about drawing in upon him.
Parks and John Wade, a white
man, had gotten into difficulty,
and when Mrs. E. Smith came uot
to part them, it is claimed that the
negro struck her.
New York, Oct 3.-Probably twenty
nine and possibly forty one lives
have been lost of j the men OF the
battleship New Hampshire's crew,
| who, by the laundering of the big
sailing launch, as it was being towed
from One Hundred aad Fifty
seventh street to the New Hampshire
ON Saturday night. were thrown into
the Hudson River.
Authorized bv Rear Admiral Char.
les E. Vreeland Of the Second Divi.
sion of the North Atlantic Squadron,
Capt. Charles G. Rogers of the New
Hampshire made public last night a
list of the missing men. This was
made up by an examination OF the
survivors. Each told off all of his
comrades that he could clearly re-
member as having boarded the launch
In,this manner eighty nine names
| IF tho crew were obtained Sixty of
these were found to have been saved.
In addition, however, to the names
| given by the survivors, there are twelve
other men of the crew missing. Shore
leave expired at 2 O'Clock last night
At $3.50 O'Clock the roll was called.
Forty one did not respond. 1t may be
that these last twelve men were not
aboard the launch at all and will be
heard from.
A board of inquiry sat all day on