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eljr S m i ttjfi r 11> Jlrralii. price one dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies five cents. VOL.24. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 26. I905. NO. 43. AWFUL BUTCHERY IN MOSCOW Machine Guns and Grape and Can ister Used Against Rebels. THOUSANDS OF CASUALTIES Insurgent* Displayed Great Stubborn ness In Holding Barricades and Ad vanced In Masses to the Slaughter. Artillery Battered Down Houses. Atrocious Tales Told of Drunken Cessacks. St. Petersburg, Dec. 26.?Direct tele graphic communication wlih Moscow was severed Sunday night, but the government succeeded , in restoring communication by a roundabout route Monday. All reports agree that the fighting assumed the nature of a butchery by the machine guns of the artillery, grape and canister being em ployed mercilessly against the in armed Insurgents. Atrocious tales are told of the Cos sacks who, plied with vodka until drunk, fired down the streets, some times charging with lances. The In surgents displayed great stubborn ness In holding barricades, even ad vancing In a mass to the slaughter. At the same time bombs were thrown from the windows of houses near the barricades occupied by the revolu tionists. The artillery was summoned and battered the houses to pieces. The plan of the Insurgents, it is stated, Is to hold the outskirts and gradually en close the troops in the center of the city. Leaders announce that an army of 30,000 is concentrated at Orechoff sueff, northeast of Moscow, and will soon be ready to march to the city's assistance. The latest report is that both sides were exhausted at mid night Sunday, when firing practically ceased. The streets were in absolute darkness, save for searchlights in the towers of bivouacs behind barricades. Preparations for the struggle were made on an elaborate scale. Twenty flve thousand troops were massed, machine guns were placed on the high walls of the Kremlin, and even in the steeples of churches. Massive towers of the Chinese wall bristled with wea pons. Troops of Cossacks clattered through the streets. Marched In Face of Death, Into this very hell of death marched a proceeeton of revolutionists. They carried red flags and chanted those revolutionary dirges that one day will be the dlrgee of the Russian nation. When this maes of patriots had reach ed a point In Red Square where their position could be swept by the ma chine guns, and where Cossacks could charge advantageously, the mailed fist ?truck. Thousands Slaughtered. The ensuing slaughter was diaboli cal. Casualties numbered thousands. Dead men were piled high. Among these were many of the czar's fighting j men, for the revolutionists had come i prepared to resist attack. This was Saturday. As night ap proached the populace grew more bold. The rattle drumming of machine guns and the booming of cannon were an swered by the clatter of musketry. Shrapnel was responded to with bombs. Buildings were toppling Into ruin on all sides. Among the first to | he split asunder by a bomb was the j headquarters of the police. Crouching figures were to be seen \ running network barbed wire across the streets. Into these the cursing Cos casks plunged unawares, bleeding horses adding their screams to the frightful din of death. Sunday's dawn witnessed a renewal of the carnage Barricades, consisting of boxes, barrels, and even furniture hauled from the mean little homes of the rebels, were thrown up at many strategic points. It was apparent from the outset that the fighting movements of the rebels were directed by sorfie m.m trained In the ways of warfare. At each repulse the ranks of the In eurgentt seemed to be re-peopled as If by magic. Orlm-faced. bare-headed men. with brawny arms and bushy beards, sprang from cellarways, drop ped from upper windows and seemed to rise out of the very ground. Every gap in the ranks of the rebels was Oiled In the twinkling of an eye. Ona of tha most desperate conflicts took place at the Triumphal Arch, acane of so many gorgeous spectacles of state In the glorious old days when Moscow was the seat of monarchy. Students Mowed Down. Here tha soldiers, backed by ma chine guns perched In steeples of near by cathedrals, charged upon a body of student militia. These young fellows J fere well armed and perfectly trained, 1 ?o that It was not surprising that after j | a rerocious encounter tney were able j to drive bark the czar's butcher*. But their victory was won at awful cost, as the ranks of the students were well i nigh depleted. Cossacks meanwhile were resorting to the customary tactics In endeavor ing to keep the streets clear. They used their knouts freely, respecting neither age nor sex. Old men were beaten to InseRsibillty and women lashed to the earth. Children were dragged about by their hair. The other side was not to be out done, however, in the excess to which ! oruelties might be carried. Repeatedly ' thay str!pi>ed Jewish women and forced them to march through the streets, pelting them with stones and offering every describable insult. FIGHTING CONTINUES Casualties Already Est^iated at 9000 Killed and 14,000 wounded. London, Dec. 26.?The correspond ent of the Daily Telegraph at St. Pe tersburg. in a dispatch, time 6.45 p. m., Dec. 25, says: "At an early hour this morning the casualtlea at Moscow were estimated at 5000 killed and 14,000 wounded, with the fighting still proceeding. "It is impossible to move about the city in consequence of the frequency of stray bullets. Many innocent per sons have been accidentally killed. A scarcity of provisions is threatened." The same correspondent, telegraph ing at 10.38 p. m., says: "Your Moscow correspondent, telegraphing at 10.38 p. m? says: " 'Your Moscow correspondent's tel egrams have not been accepted, be cause all private messages were re fused this afternoon. It is learned, however, that cannon firing Is now proceeding in various parts of the city. Near the railroad stations the barri cades erected by the revolutionaries are being desperately defended. The Kursk terminus at Moscow Is being pillaged, and many wagons laden with provisions are being looted. " 'For every barricade destroyed on Sunday two or three appeared in other places. Orders were given by the revo lutionists to shoot only when there was good hope of bringing a man down, but otherwise to tire out the troops until they lost patience. " 'In the meantime in their houses the bulk of the population cowers in the inmost recesses of kitchens and cellars, stricken with fear and trem bling at every boom of the cannon or the explosion of a bomb. " 'The most surprising thing of all Is the loyalty of the troops, which no body here anticipated. " 'Talking with an intelligent group of St. Petersburg revolutionists, I was informed that while they believed the strike would be victorious, they fully realized they were staking everything upon the issue and that failure would set back their cause for several years. They say they were developing their efforts to shaking the foundations of Russian finance. In full confidence that once the existing regime was over thrown they could as quickly build an other. and that foreign nations would be as ready to advance money to a democratic republic as to the auto cracy. They emphatically denied that they were Inciting the peasantry to commit agrarian outrages, declaring that these outrages were the work of the Socialists, but they did not deny their advocacy of the distribution of the crown lands among the peasants. " 'In conclusion, they declared that In event of the failure of their cause, they would have recourse to terrorism, choosing their victims from all classes of society."" Warsaw Strike Ends. Warsaw. Russian Poland, Dec. 26.? The strike of the post and telegraph employes here is at an end. The strik ers have accepted the conditions of the government. The telegraphers have resumed work. The military governor has Issued an order prohibiting the street sales of newspapers, the singing of revolu tionary songs, the holding of meetings and the organizing of processions. Persons who violate the order are sub ject to imprisonment for three months each and to a fine of >1500. Judge Murray Tulley Dead. Milwaukee. Dec. 26.?Judge Murray j P. Tulley. of Chicago, died at the Penoyer Sanitarium In Kenosha. He went to the sanitarium oo October 31. suffering from nervous exhaustion, caused by overwork. Judge Murray Floyd Tulley, the Nestor of the Chi cago bench, was one of the most wide ly known jurists In the west. He was elected to the alrouit beach of Cook county In 1879, and had served con tinuously since that time. Judge Tul ley had the record of fewer reversals of his decisions by the supreme court than any other circuit judge in Cook county. Hankoed. "Bilklns says there's nothing In these get-rich-qulck schemes." "What's happened to him?" "I think he's married to a stlngv hyhees."?Louisville Courier Journal. XMAS ATjJlflj HOUSE How President Roosevelt and Fam ily Spent the Day. ARCHIE HAD A CHRISTMAS TREE Exchange of Presents Was Practically Confined to Members of the Family, and Few Visitors Were Re ceived. Washington, Dec, 26.?Official Wash, ington celebrated Christmas by a gen eral suspension of governmental busi ness. Only matters of urgent Import ance were considered, no routine busi ness being taken up. All of the gov ernment departments were closed to public business, but some of the cabi net officers were at their desks for a time attending to important mail and telegraphic advices. President Roosevelt appeared at his office for anly a short time?just long enough in fact to dispose of a few nat ters which demanded his attention. He did not attend church service, remain ing during the morning hours with the members of bis family. Intimate per sonal friends called at the White House in the morning hours, but for the most part no visitors were re ceived. During the morning there was a general gift-giving It the White House. This exchange of presents was con fined practically to members of the family. The president's third son, Archie, as usual, had a Christmas tree in his own room, and from that he distributed his gifts to the family and the household people. Mrs. Cowles. the president's sister, entertained the members of the family with a gift giving at her home. During the afternoon the President and Mrs. Roosevelt went for a long ride. A family dinner was given at the White House later in the day. Among the guests was Representative Nicho las longworth, the fiance of Miss Roosevelt. The president has notified the mem bers of his cabinet that during the present week there will be no regu lar meetings of the cabinet. He will take up during the week only matters of the most urgent importance and will receive no callers or visitors un less their business is imperative. It is his purpose to make this truly a holiday week, and he will spend as lit tle time as possible in the transaction of routine business. THOUSANDS FED IN NEW YORK Christmas Cheer Lavishly Distributed By Benevolent Societies. New York, Dec. 26.?Christmas Day In New York was marked by the custo mary suspension of business and the usual family reunions and generous outpouring of public and private char ity. Fully 200,000 poor persons partook of the bountiful Christmas fare pro vided in all the city hospitals and asylums, In missions and other be nevolent institutions suppoprted by private charity and at the annual dis tribution of dinners by the Salvation Army and the Volunteers of America. At the Grand Central Palace the dis tribution of Christmas dinner baskets by the Salvation Army began early in the morning and continued until the needs of nearly 5000 families had been relieved. In addition to this numerous bundles of clothing for children and adults were distributed. At the Bowery mission more than 2000 human derelicts werefed and as many more were entertained at the city lodging house. Five thousand newsboys feasted at the expense of Randolph Ouggenheimer at the News boys' Clubhouse in East Fourth street, and the usual dinner for the little fel lows was served at the newsboys' lodginghouse. Congressman Timothy D. Sullivan dispensed Christmas cheer and pres ents of pipes and tobacco to nearly 5000 men at his headquarters in the Bowery. At the Manhattan state hospital on Wards Island more than 4000 insane persons partook of a Christmas dinner and In the evening participated in the annual distribution of presents, fol lowed by the customary ball In the amusement hall. Three Killed In Noisy Celebration. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 26.?Three fa talities and an unusual number of minor accidents resulted from Louis ville's noisy celebration of Christmas Theresa Rousman, an k-year-old girl, was killed by George Doll, 12 years old, with a rfle loaded with blank car tridges. George Irvlnk Harper, a boy 14 years old. met death In an unusual manner. While Harper was tamping a charge in a small cannon with a broomstick, another boy exploded a firecracker over the touch hole, set ting off the cannon. The broomstick was driven through Harper's neck, killing him Instantly. Ella Barrett, a negro girl, wss killed by a stray bu' let from the revolver of a negro w > j was celebrating the day. j CHRISTMAS IN THE NAVY Admiral Dewey Sent Greeting to All Vessel* That Could Be Reached. Washington, Dec. 26. ? Admiral Dewey's Christmas greeting to the offi cers and men of the navy, bespeaking a united stand for the good of the country and the service, was com mil ntcated to the officers and men aboard the vessels throughout the world wher ever they could be reached by tele graph. To the men of the navy along the Atlantic coast there was also sent a Christmas greeting by means of the wireless telegraph which incidentally I served as an elaborate and practical test of this auxiliary of the naval ser vice. The wireless messages were sent by direction of Admiral Manney, chief of the bureau of equipment, and the results were most satisfactory to him. The messages containing greetings were sent out Sunday night from the wireless station at the Washington navy yard and were relayed from place to place. Early responses came from the officers nearest Washington, but before midnight many of the stations had replied, including New Orleans and Colon and San Juan, the Colon reply coming by way of Guantanamao. Liberal shore leaves bad bean grant ed to the officers and men. while the tinner served aboard ship was under the usual custom oharacterlatic of the Christmas season. On many of the vessels the captains Joined with offi sers In the ward room in celebration pf the day. DEFENDED HIS MOTHER Father Attempted to Strike Her When Son Interfered. Philadelphia, Dec. 26. ? Defending his mother against her quarrelsome husband, Joseph Pollock, aged 22, of 138 West Cumberland street, struck his father in the face, which resulted In his death. William Pollock, the hus band, who had been drinking, was called to Christmas dinner by his wife. He became angry because his sleep had been disturbed, and was In the act of striking his wife when the son stopped the blow. This interference enraged the hvsband, who struck the son ,and the litter retaliated by hit ting his father. The elder Pollock fell backward and sustained a fracture of the skull by his head striking the kitchen stove. He died on the way to a hospital. The son has been arrested, charged with murder, and his mother is held as a witness. Another son, who is a lay preacher, was absent from home conducting a Christmas enter tainment. TWO KILLED BY TRAIN Father and Daughter Meet Death After Distributing Christmas Gifts. Philadelphia. Dec. 26. ? Returning home after gladdening the hearts of neighbors with Christmas gifts. Charles H. Hansen, a well-to-do far mer, and his 8-year-old daughter Edna were Instantly killed by being struck by a Reading railway express train at Camp Hill, 15 miles north of this city. Father and daughter were riding in a runabout and were crossing the rail road tracks when the fast train oame upon them. Their view of the ap proaching express was obstructed by a high embankment. The accident oc curred within sight of their home. Druggist's Mistake Kills Girl. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 26.?Coro ner Mix handed down a finding In the case of Minnie Evelyn Killingbeck, of Ansonia, who died on Saturday under circumstances that looked suspicious. He finds that the girl's death was due to the mistake of her sweetheart. Frank Tucker, a drug clerk, who sent a pill box labeled "headache tablets" to her, which really contained bichlo ride of mercury tablets. When Miss Killingbeck sent for headache medi cine the box containing the polgonous pellts was sent to her, and she took one of the pills, which caused her death In a few hours. Wife Saw Husband Killed. New York, Dec. 26.?James E. Mar tin, prominent In New York society, a member of the New York Yacht Club, the Metropolitan Club and the Coun try Club, was Instantly killed near Flushing, L. I., when his automobile ploughed Into a strip of loose dirt on the side of the road and turned com pletely over. Stacy Clark, who was In the car, was seriously Injured. Mr. Martin's skull was fractured. The ac cident was witnessed by Mr. Martin's wife and his son and daughter-in-law, who were following In another auto mobile. Anarchist Commits Suicide. Barcelona, Spain. Dec. 26.?The an archlst who Saturday attempted to stah Cardinal Salvator f ?"iat y Pages, bishop of Urgel as he was l^av Ing the cathedrr' committed sill Ide by taking polston soon after his arrest. Canadian Minister of Marine Dead. Perls. D c. 26.?Raymond Prefon taine, the Canadian minister of marine and fisheries died suddenly last night. 1 (up to theuperatohs Mitchell Sends Them Letter Con cerning Conference. THEIR ACTION IS NOT KNOWN Among the Demands Presented Is Re cognition of Un i& In Formation of New Conciliation Board, Which It Is Said, Operators Will Oppose. Philadelphia, Dec. 26. ? The Press : lays: "President John Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers' Union, has com municated with the presidents of the anthracite coal producing companies in regard to the demands the miners will make for the continuance of work in the hard coal fields. "It is understood the letter Is In regard to holding a conference be tween the committee representing the United Mine Workers and the oper ators. As to what the operators will 1 do, It has not definitely been decided upon. "Besides asking far an sight-hour day, there are also to he presented other demands. The most Important, and one that tf adopted will mean the complete recognition of the union, Is the request that an entire new concil iation board be formed, one that will always be in session and will go from place to place to settle disputes. "This request will meet with con siderable opposition from the oper ators. "The proposed new board Is to be composed of three members represent ing the miners and the same number representing the operators, and a sev enth member, to be chosen by the other six." LOCOMOTIVE BLOWN UP Two Trainmen Terribly Scalded By Bursting Boiler at Paterson, N. J. Paterson, N. J., Dec. 26.?A railroad locomotive was partly blown to pieces and two members of the train's crew were badly injured here by the ex plosion of the engine's boiler. Charles Debarr, of Stroudsburg, Pa., fireman, and Conductor liable, of Butler, N. J., were terribly scalded. Debarr Is ex pected to die. The train, which wae a freight on the Susquehanna railroad, came to a sudden stop when near the city. Some thing had gone wrong with the engine, and the entire crew gathered around the locomotive to ascertain what the trouble was. The engineer remained in the cab, while the others stood on the tracks. In the midst of the examina tion the boiler exploded. The force of the explosion was apparently all downward, for the engineer was unin jured, while the men on the ground were thrown under a rush of scalding steam and the lower parts of the en gine were wrecked. 100,000 MEN MADE HAPPY Building Trades Unions In New York Sign Agreements. Now York. Dec. 26.?No workers are happier than the 100,000 skilled men In the building trades when It was an nounced that every union, with the ex ception of the Housesmlth's and Bridgemen's, had signed a trade agree ment of from one to three years, to go Into effect January 1 next. By this action the unions have officially repu diated the strike of the structural Iron workers. In many of the trades the prevailing wage will continue for the coming year. The wages of the house carpen ters, however, will be increased 30 cents a day, and the cabinetmakers will receive an increase of 22 cents a day, beginning next July. Death of Marcus Smith, Wllkes-Barre, Pa., Dec. 26.?Marcus Smith, aged 68. one of Wilkeg Barre's prominent citizens. Is dead. While greeting a daughter, Mr. Smith was seized with a stroke of apoplezy and fell to the floor dead. Mr. Smith was the founder of the Wllkes-Barre (las & Electric company. He Is survived by five sons. At the last election Mr. Smith was a candidate for mayor, and declared if elected he would make Wllkes-Barre the Paris of Pennsyl vania. Negress Burned Woman. Knoxvllle, Tenn., Dec. 26?Charlotte Hacker, a aegress. Is in Jail at Green Island, charged with having murdered Mrs. W. A. Kidwell, a white wo . an It Is charged that robbery wis the motive for the crime, and that the negress poured oil on th^ body and set the woman's clothing on tire. Interest Paid to Convicts. Jeffersonvllle, lnd? Dec. 26. ? For the first time In the history of penal Institutions, the Inmates of the Jef fersonvllle reformatory were paid In terest. on money due them for extra work. The payments were made from a special fund. VENTURED ON THIN ICE Two Young Women Drowned After Es corts Fought Hard to Save Them. Parnassus. Pa., Dec. 26. ? May Freund and Cecelia KoeOer were both drowned while skating on Puekety creek, near this place. Their compass ions. Edward SoutUworth and William Coughey, were rescued in an ex hausted condition, but both will re cover. The young people (all aged 18 years) came from Arnold, their home, for a skate, but after getting on the ice they decided it was not strong enough and started to return to shore. One of the boys fell and Miss Freund stumbled over him. The strain en the ice was too much, and the whole party went into the water. Miss Freund was carried under the ice. and her body was not recovered until four hours later. Southworth and Coughey, with the aid of people on shore, who threw planks to them, did everything In their power to save Miss KoelBer and suc ceeded in getting her through IS feet of ice, which broke at almoet every move, but when the young lady wae finally oarrted to shore It was dlecaw ered that, aba was dead. Tha yaung Udiaa were highly connected in Ar nold, and the whole party were high achool pupils at that place. RECEIVED MEDAL FOR BRAVERY First One Awarded Under Act of Con gress Goes to George Paall. Grand Island, Neb., Dec. 2#. ? George Poell, county clerk-elect of this county, received a letter from Presi dent Roosevelt, conveying to him the information that the first medal of honor given under the act of congress approved February 23, 1905, had been awarded to him for conspicuous brav ery In saving the life of a child at tha risk of his own, and expressing warm commendation for the deed. Mr. Poell, who was a locomotive fireman, raa alongside his engine to the pilot and snatched a little child from the track, saving it from harm, but he himself fell under the engine, losing a lag and being otherwise badly injured. TEAM RAN INTO PENNSY FLYER Two Killed and One Severely Injured at Delphos, O. Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 26.?A horse attached to a buggy ran into tha Penn sylvania 18-hour "flyer" at Delphoa, O., and Henry Henhorst and his daughter Rose were instantly killed, and Mrs. Barney Wahomhok, also a daughter of Mr. Honhorst, was severely injured. The rig struck the front end of the baggage car, immediately behind tha engine, and the accident was not known by the trainmen until the car 1 na noc torn 1 n fKia />?*?? lun |fov, IV/1 a iu uuo V.IIJ U1KWTCIOU M buggy curtain fastened in the door of the car, and an inquiry down the line was made. Murder Over a Game of Cards. Mineola, L. I., Dec. 26. ? After a Christmas eve card game, one Italian was found dead in the house of An gelio Gineglio here and another a short distance away, mortally wound ed. The latter had crawled a few hun dred feet from the card table and fainted. The police say that Gineglio, Walter Tapper and Philip Nari quar reled over a card game, and charge that Gineglio shot the other two men. Tappor was found in the house wtth a bullet through his heart and Nari was shot in the back. Trolley Cars Collide Head-On. Tamaqua, Pa.. Dec. 26.?Two trolley cars crowded with passengers collided at the foot of a steep incline on the line of the Tamaqua & Lansford rail way, near here. Injuring a number of persons. George Kneis, a passenger, was probably fatally hurt. Bernard G. Lick, John S. Kike and Mike Bollnsky, passengers, and Martin Reese, motor man. were seriously Injured. The front ends of the cars were badly wrecked. Weil-Known Dentist Dead. Wllkes-Barre. Pa, Dec. 26.?Dr. C. 8. Becke, well known throughout this state, died at his home here. He was 77 years of age. and had been prac ticing dentlsty In Wllkes-Barre for the last *5 years. Dr. Becke was one of the founders of the State Dentists' As aooiation. NUGGETS OF NEWS Mrs. S. B. Dibble, first president of fhe National Christian Temperance Union, died at her home at Grass Val ley. Cal. John McCall. J. H. Wells and James Bester were suffocated In a lodging house at New Orleans by blowing out the gas. Irvln Baxter. United States district attorney for Nebraska, has been re moved by President Roosevelt for mal feasance in office. While returning from work. Charles Echoff. of Coatesvllle. Pa., was run down by a locomotive and had a leg cut off and his skull fractured. Seven masked men held up three armed watchmen and a dispatcher Ic the Toledo (O.) Traction company's car barn and escaped with ov r Itonfi.
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