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TmmHmm LE THE WEATHER .''I, FAIR, ''('i A Citizen For Rent Ad Will Rent That Vacant Room. ' VOL. XXV, NO. 78. ASIIEVILLK, N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1909. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AUTHORITIES ALARMED BY REPORTS OF , AN EPIDEMIC Just A Remnder lAri MTAiva tkudINu or AM IMFIIIFMfF RPAlif MClfll I V U1H 11U LILUUL LMW IV 1.JV1LLL OF THE CHURCH AFFRAY COSTLY . i . OF TYPHOID AT MESSINA Realized That Disease May NO HOPES OF EARLY ACTION (lives Views of It's Useful-jdovenmiput Has Already; ness-In Aiding Govern- ! Pa it I $15,000 to Private mental Progresa. Detertive Agencies. Ira THAT J I oo'Nr foRcerf Spread Far Outside Ruin ed Districts CASES MAY PROVE TO BE DYSENTERY 'Ambassador Griscom Pre sents King With Steamer Bayern. (By Associated Praia.) ROME, Jan. 6. The report from Messina that typhoid fever has broken out there has filled the authorities With alanm and apprehension. It Is realized here that unless proper sani tary precautions are taken tha disease may spread far outside the ruined dis trict. Even though the present caseB inay prove to bo dysentery, an epide mic Is feared. ,'.'! King Victor Emmanuel today, re cti ved Ambassador Griscom, who pre sented him with the steamer Bay ern, in the name of the American re lief commission, representing the Am erican people. . The Bayern fa loaded with provisions and medical supplies, nd is ready to proceed to the Strait of Messina- The king was greatly pleas ed. His majesty advised the ambassa dor as to where the ship should pro ceed, .j :,. ':- ? Thirteen thousand refugees have ar rived at Naples up to date, of whom 8.000 are wounded. They are receiv ing the best of care, but many have filed from, their Injuries and others have gone mad. More than SO per cent taken out of the ruins after the earthquake have died, not having strength to survive their terrible ex periences, a The American gunboat Scorpion left NaDles today carrying; supplies prln' clpally sterlixed milk to be distributed at Messina. Stuart Xupton, American vice con sul. In answer to inquiries mode by the atate department at Washington teie graphed from Messina that the hquse of the -Little Sisters of the Poor," was , destroyed. Two of the sisters, Nata ' lis San Fllllppa and Gluseppa Buon Ciovanna, were killed. : jhm others, 14 In number are desirous of going to Mi lan but this is uncertain. , tlear Admiral S perry, commander of (he American battleship fleet has no tified the authorities here that he will lie at Naples January 9, with the first division, composed of the Connecticut, .Minnesota, Kansas and Wyoming. Ths latest news from Itcgglo shows that earthquakes occurred there to day ths shocks being about 20 min. u tea apart. One of the heavy shocks caused the collapse of a number of broken walls and added to the terror of the few survivors who remain there. 14,000 BC1UED. MESSINA, Jan. 6 Earth shocks continue here, though diminished in Intensity. The fires in the city are be ing gradually extinguished. Thirty thousand rations were distributed yes terday. The official figures complied thus far, show that 14.000 bodies have been burled in four cemeteries. that ,000 refugees have left the city and that 9,000 persons still remain there. Instead of excavatlng-'ln an effort to find the bodies burled beneath' the ruins. It has been proposed that every house in which It is believed persons are burled, shall be covered witn quicklime. , The Associated Press had the flnrt correspondent on the scene at Messina- Ho found a condition er utter con fusion existing. The first shock of earthquake virtually had thrown down the entire city. The facades of the buildings along the water front In a number of Instances remained stand ing the interiors of the houses having dropped down and crumbled Into dust, leaving but small hope for the safety of the inmates. The bodies of the dead lay every where on the surface of the ruins, and limbs protruded here and there from the wreckage. The small , first-aid stations were over-crowded ' with Injured, and scores of others were hastily established as soon as possi ble for relief corps from Italian cities and the Italian, French, German and British warships. "Forty-are Shocks. Constant light shocks followed the first great disturbance, until 45 were recorded. The correspondent saw one of them throw down many of the re maining walls of the city, the ensuing crash greatly Intensifying the panic of the populace. The home of Mr. Cbeaev, the Am erican consul, waa "crumbled In the first shock and Its Inmates almost in extricably burled beneath the ruins. Stuart K. Lupton, ths American vice consul, was In his room at the Hotel Vlttorla when the building was de- Vltjto (Continued an pag six.) 0RVILLE WRIGHT SAILS TO : i ; FRANCE TO WIN BROTHER . ' By Associated Press.) NEW YORK Jan. S.Oryille Wright the aeroplanist, accom pined by his sis ter. Miss Katherine Wright, sailed to day for France, where he will Join his brother Wilbur. "I da not believe the aeroplane will "wt take-the plar of trains or steanvj adilr for the carrying or passengers, aid M Wright Just before sailing. ON BANK BILLS Legislative Program for Re mainder of Congress Is Cut and Dried. ROOSEVELT HAS - FAILED WILL TAFTf Promise of Measure Was ' "'''V"'" " " - Important Plank in Re publican Platform, -:; BY TAV. (Special Correspondent of The Cltlsen) WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Friends of a postal savings bank bill, the promise of which furnished one of the Import ant planks in the national republican platform, may as well abandon hope of early action by congress, and avoid dlsppomtment. - The legislative program for the re mainder of the Sixtieth congress has been out and dried by the house lead ers, and a savings bank bill is not pro vided for. It Is anticipated that in the senate the debate on the postal bank bill will be protracted and that means will be found by Its opponents to prevent it coming to a vote, or, at least, from reaching a vote- until so late In the session that the house cannot dispose of It even if the senate does pass It, Now that It Is practically certain President Roosevelt will leave the exe cutive chair withit having been able to stir congress Into action on a pos tal bank bill, an interesting question for time to answer, is: Will Taft be able to make good where Roosevelt failed? : .ij Before the president-elect redeems his party's promise of postal banks wtrlch legtarlattaa because of ttstwtver. sal popularity should foe easy to secure compared to other measures promis ed he, will be compelled to make the battle , of his life. In some ways he will have to show himself far superior to Roosevelt to win. He will have to doninate our old friend. Uncle Joe, who- was returned to the Sixty-first congress by quite a healthy majority, and is as untamed and unbroken and unmanageable as ho ever was. If he Is able to out-master the speaker, Mr. Taft will have proven himself worthy of honorable mention In the T. R class. It should not be forgotten that President Roosevelt, TeVen with his big stick, fell down utterly In every attempt he ever made to "drive" J. O- Cannon. Postal bank legislation like all oth er, centers around Uncle Joe. If he does not wish the bill to pass, it will not, unless the house expells him, f,or if he does not see lit to do so , he Is In a position to prevent the bill com ing up for a vote. Unfortunately for an immediate postal bank, the speaker Isn't any more partial to it than he is to an Immediate appropriation-re gulation or child labor legislation; nor than he was for many years to the pure food bill. Opposition. In addition to Uncle Joe, there Is powerful and well-organised opposition to the postal bank. Every representa tive. In Washington is receiving from one to a dozen letters every week ask ing him to oppose postal bank legisla tion. These letters are mainly from state and savings bank. Naturally they are opposed to a government bank, but eventually they get on the congress man's nerves, and he .begins to doubt the advisability of ignoring the re quests of the bankers. He very sel dom receives a letter from a constitu ent favoring postal banks, because the average citizen seldom goes to the trouble to write his representative in Washington on behalf of the public- This far unfortunate. Nothing Impresses a congressman more than letters from voters in his district The corpora tions Invariably see to It their views on every question of legislation are ably presented to - the lawmaker, but the latter does 'not generally secure the views -f the- people on pending legislation . unless he goes out " and searches far them." ' . ,' Some of the smaller banks, espec ially those that are not national, are not only opposed to the postal sav ings bank idea, but they are enlisting the support of the small business men. the stock raises and farmers who are In business relations with them. The argument is being- made that by the operation of the postal savings plan, (Continued on Baas' six.) "My brother and I nave never figured on building passenger carrying ma chines. Our Idea has always been to get -one tha't will carry two or three or evea five persons, but this had been the limit or our endeavors, ; I believe ultimately the aeroplane mar be - put to special-imps in the carrying of pas sengers, but never In excess of Ji or 2 persona,"' '' 'V: -"V..-, v GRAHAM WINS IN FIGHT FOR SPEAKERSHIP Granville Representative Will Preside'Over Coming . Session of Legislature, KLUTZ PRESIDENT PRO-TEM OP SENATE Republicans Nominate J. J. Britt and N. Ilarshaw,' Who Will Be Leaders, , , (Special to The' Cl(lwn) RAJ.EK3H, N. C, Jan. 6. Ex-Judge Augustus W. Graham of Qrunvills county won tho speakership of the houae of representatives In the demo cratic caucus tonight, his election be ing on the third ballot. The vote wa.l, Qraham 45, Dowd 30, Hayes 2. Just 40 years ago, Judge Graham's father was elected speaker of the house by the first caucus held In the new hall of the new capital. On the first ballot, Iowd received 28, Graham 21, Hayes 19, on the sec ond, Dowd .13, Graham SO, and Hayes 1. The Italloting was rapid and with considerable animation. When the rr- suit was announced. Representative Greer, of Mecklenburg, a Dowd sup porter, moved thit the election he made unanimous and this went through1 by acclamation. The caucus of democratic; members of the senate resulted In the selection of Whitehead KluU for president pro tern. He had no, opposition. Other officers chosen were: princi pal clerk. A., J. Maxwell, of Craven; reading clerk. Mark Squires, of Le noir; engrossing clerk, W. K. Hooka, of Greenville; sargeant-at- arms, It. Steley of Wllkesboro; assistant, Nlek Deber of Rab-lgh. Senator J. A. Lou of Pearson, was made chairman of the the senate caucus and J. L. liar nan j, of Wayne secretary. Republican Caucus. The caucus of the republican mem bers selected their candidates for of fices In the house and the senate and discussed at length the party policies to be observed during the session. J. Britt, of Ashevllle. was named for president pro tem of the senate and N. Harshaw, for speaker of the house. These In consequence to be th recognized party leaders in the two legislative bodies. In the Joint caucus. It was the con sensus of opinion that the legislature should re-enact the revenue bill with whatever changes are necessary. should re-enact the revenue bill appro priation maintenance and otherwise for state Institutions and adjourn with in thirty days. They declined for con servation In legislation and pronounc ed the legislature at this a time men ace toy the business Interests of the state-;, Representative' Vurpwy. of Guilford, nominated Mr. Haynes, B. A. Dougn- ton 'nominated M. Dwd, and T. L. Currle of Cumberland nominated Mr. Graham..i- The selection of the other officers for the house resulted as follows: principal cleric U G. Cobb, of Mor- ganton; reading clerk, R M. Philllos, of Lee county, engrossing clerk, M. V. Klnsland of Waynesville; xargeant -at-arms, Geo. L. Kilpatrick, of Lenoir. HAMBI RG STARTS TO ITALY'S AID NEW YOJIK, Jan. 6 Laden with twenty-fire tons of clothing and 'more than IS tons of provisions with which to elothe and feed the starving and half naked survivors of the Calabria and Sicily earthquake, and carrying homeward ' over 100 Italians of all eltuwse. most of whom are barryfng to the seen where their loved ones have been killed, maimed er rendered des titute, : ' . . WIDOW OF CAPT. RANKEN BREAKS DOWN IN COURT Sobs Piteously as Attorney Pays Tribute to Memory of Husband. "NIGHT RIDER'1 . HISTORY, TRACED Case Should Go Before Jury by Ationt Noon To morrow. . (By Associated Press.) UNION CITY, ' TKNN.. Jan. 5 -Ar-gutnent on behalf of the defense. In the case of the eight alleged night riders, charged with the murde.r of Captain Qin ntln Ranken, will begin soon ufter court opens tomorrow. The case should k to the Jury about noon Thursday. ben Attorney (iciierul Caldwell h:n concluded (ln IJnul ar gument fir t ho prosecution. For the lost time during the trial Mrs. Qucntin Ranken, widow of the man for Ii..ho murder the eight al leged nhilit riders an- tin trial, was In court todnv When tho urguments be gan. Accompanied by a scon- or more of women ft lends, Mrs. Hankeri was escorted t' seat within the bar. Bhe was clad In deep mourninK. Major II. il Holmes opened for the slatw. A:! i he attorney In an elo quent way pictured Cuplain Ranken as one of Dm- cleanest, purest men In Tennessee mil described bis f'-iirful end, Mrs. I mken broln down, anil leaning hei lieavily vi-lletl load up- on the sho, tie widow the accuseil their fac. I'ler of her sisler, the llt--bbed pltetiuH). 'I'wti ft men gazed closely at her. working Involuntarily, 'id Burton unci Hob Hoff iter Is tho man who. ac i least two witnessed fired f plrcetl yititltill I til r I - h he was hanging, slowly death, from tin- foiled nt Log. ten raised her head ' i aught slKhf of the fin . H -n as thtiy lonked sit bi-t i and turn.-. I In r fin-'- fendants setiieri buck in and dlil not again look at They were man. The cording to the shot ii ken's heart stranglliiK ' tree at Wai - Mrs. Ita: moment m. of the two i She shlvii awny. The . to their . ' Mrs. Itanl. Juror I: n Was able to be In court though bo has a fully s of mi ;jhI. x and ': 1 consltier al.ly. lines in bis argument itory of the nluht riders OB they organized until r the murder of I'a.-.tain n accorilihk' to witn sH'c i.On, one of the an u I nlgbitrldt r and paid i- nsttsks and keep a wlli i lis nlght'ii l.u-inoes b . going to be Hell all oUi again looa developed dently snll. Major I! traced lip- ' from the ' an hour f' Ranken, v. Garrett J' assembled t "Burn . tongue al cause ther It." (By Asseciatsd Pr.) NEW (illl.BAMJ, Jan. 5. Hon. !M genc I) Sa .i elers. Judge of the t tut. 1 States court fin the eastern district of Lotilsuna. wnt In hi resignation to night to the president. WMR WAHH1NOTON, Jan. B Forecast for North Carol Ina: -Fair and decid edly colder Wedneaday and Thursday. Cold wave in western portion Wed nesday; brisk northwest winds.- . " 4 CASE AGAINST HARRIMAN RR. MERGER BEGINS Paul Morton Fim Witness in Suit to Dissolve So Callcd Merger. HEARING DELAYED . SEVERAL WEEKS Monopolizing of Tr'ansporta . tion.of Fa? West. Is the Charge. (By Assoolatsd Prsra.l NRW VRK, Jun. . Uslaysd for several weeks by the Illness of former Judge I-ovell, counsel for the dcftise, the hearings In the government's suit to dissolve the so-culled Harrlman rail road merger were begun 111 earnest to day with I'uul Morton, president of the Euultitlil Life Assurance Uocluty, u the iimt witness. Mr. Morton, who whs from to 104 vice president of (he Atchison, Tope.ko and Hantu Ke, one of the defendant companies with the rnlon I'uclfic, the fioutbern Pacini- and other In the alleged combina tion, was called by the government in support of Its contention that the al lied roads hud sic tired a monopoly of the transportation business of the Kar West In vlolution of the Hherinuu anil-trust law. Mr. Morton describing the situation as n-gard to freight shipments between the central Stales anil the Pacific const prior to 1905. when the alleged ciitiihiiiatlon uii' I oi incd, and arier that time. He said that In the iirller petlod Ihn Northern Pacific, the t'nlon and Houthern I'm illc and the Oreat Northern railroads had been In com petition for tr.iiis-i-oiitlnentHl business. The Hock Island s)stcm before bulld Iiik Into HI l'.o"i had connected with I In- Dillon I'm illc at Omaha and the lienver Itlo Cniinle lit Pueblo, he said: ('onlrolli-tl Hlliiulkm. "The sltiiaii-iii." suld Mr. Mortim, was appari-ntl- controlled by the Southern I'm Hi which controlled the rate-rnnkliig imw r" "It In your opinion?" ho was asknd. t hut lielore II f l.iwil a I-1 1 a- I'aeHic toi I ! . otripetllioli '" I 1,.11,-V. . o The Witney i Kiln-o-t roilli- 'I had not i olo pi tie- "old ri gtnie ' Vn," r i . I - do now in New I'nlon Paclllc pur i mount of Hotithern two road were in was the reply, a- asked l)i ther the id the I'nlon Pacific I for bunln' under d the witness. "They York." Mit es have be n arnal i -ago?" l.at lb ,r i K-nnati-d in i b Yen The competition never unouiitiil lo much there anyhow" "You've tnatli- rates yourself In the old davM without consulting any one, h.i'e you not .'" asked the gov trrai-nt , -. ilif.-l. 'lb, no I hav'nt. No one ever pub llbed rates without loni-ulUng with uticr railroads In Iho traffic iwoela-ti-.n 1 don't mean that rats were never made sucretly. All the compan i h did that." "There was competition tlicn?" "It was illegitimate cornjietltlon." Mr. Morton was still on the utand when adjournment wa taken until to rn orrow. SENTENCED TO STATE'S PRISON (By Associated Pr.) NEW VOKK, Jan. 5 For hla part In the dispatching -of the steamer Goldsboro to Honduras last spring, with $S0, (too worth of goods said to have been obtained under false pre tenses, Albert W. " Bailey,, formerly ecrtary-trcasurer of the defunct Ex port Shipping corrfpanr. of thl city, today was sentenced to Mate' prison for not less than four year and six months, or more than alx years and eight month. ' i rnsoPiNiyiNON NEUKO EDUCATION J. Ehvood Cox Sees Taft About North Carolina. Judgeship Matter. (By AssMlatsd Press.) AITQC8TA,' A., Jan. i.Te) the protestant ministers of Augusta, President-elect Taft today expressed hla views regarding the Influence of the church upon civilisation and 14 use fulness In aiding governmental, pro gress. Ill talk, might be regarded as an interesting' Induction U the general discussion Indulged In regarding 4il religious belief, . The ministers had extended Mr, Tuft a cordial welcome and xprsasea a ac slra to arrange a reception for him, their manifestation of trlendllnese n Ing concluded with prayer, Mr. Talt began by thanking them for their good will and their prayers, adding "In carrying on the burden of govern ment, which, -with lis Increasing use fulness - necessarily entail greater tasks, they who ar' charged with It execution need ewery assistance snl sympathy," - ' Mr, Toft referred to the "morl wakening" during the post four year as an Indication of the healthful stats of our civilisation. v Ths people had demand d s moral reform, and In this, he said, the clergy "must take an Im portant part." . In hi experience In the North and fiouth, and In the I'hil innlnoa Mr. Taft wld he had been able to study many different phases of civ ilisation, especially In the matter of church influence. Leaving out the sectional distinct ions" b continued, "the lndlspetislhte presence of church Influenc- kw.tliu Improvonvtnt in our civilisation, no Oha can be blind to who "has shared ( In the slightest tha responsibility for government ami the responsibility for Improvement In a people as I have. mKifwar TponiblUfy Wrpet to the race that I now In o stilts of Christian tutelage and must be un t lifted in my luo'tmem iy u uq through our Influence before we ahu.ll have discharged tha obligation 'that providence ha thrust upon u. And n the study of tha development it ha been maxle known to mi the enor mous Influence that the church must exercise In order to make our pro gress there effective, j "Bail Hetnove!." ' The Roman Catholic church wn there for years, and preserved that state of Christian tutelage to which I have referred. Now the ban has been removed from other denominations, and they are all In there on an equal ity tit the spirit of Christian emula tion, attempting to uplift those people, and we for the government by a sy" tem of secular education, are aiding that uplifting; but without the moral inllurncei of the churches there wo could not aucompllsh anything. It is that spirit of experience by which there is borne In upon us the Import ance of the maintenance of a church and Its influence at a. I hasardt. It is difficult some limes to explain o one who nil neen uei iu ice lose union of church mui state, such a wns preserved in Hj.iun, sucn as is preserved In some other countries be real attitude of the American tov- i rnment toward the churcli. Ho aa- sun.es that If w sepurflU- the church from tbe state It means that the slum i does not favor the cburcn. i nail tnoi.,,. railroad, and Fireman Peter hnmir to rcoresent tbls country In a i ranHRctloii of a busln-es cburucter ' - t with Ia- XIII, at the Vatican ud 1 hero I pointed out to him. with all the-! tiiiihiiels possible that the separation of the church and state was In the In- i-rcst of tin-church and Hint In Amer-: a be could count in the sustaining ' f the rlKbts of the church and if; m outaffi-uient by every legitimate means on the part of the people, ( '.' out its Asxnming unv governmenl.il i function, if It had any governmental rights sin Ii as It has In some other otintrles It comes over me everv onr e n a wblii lhere I am charged with aocornfili"liiriK something ainoiig n people. Iioiv alrtiolutely r-MV-nttal It Is that we cbould have the IntlijetKe of ha cbureb behind everything thai we lo." The (lergymen In their ta)k bad re ferred' to negro education and at IbU point In bis reply Mr. Taft remarked that his previous statement was ooo of his strong reasons for advocating the mnlfifenance of excellent univer sities in the Houtb for the education I Continued on page two.) PLANS MADE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 25,000 TONS BATTLESHIP (By Assoclatsd Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. Plan have been outlined by. the bureau of construction of the navy for a gerat battleship of 25,000 tons, designed to curry eight 1 4-Inch guna ' No indica tions have yet been given that sacb a battleship will be authorUel, but that there Is In the mind of officials of the department the possibilities of asking for an appropriation fur a ship ' ' ' i'' v:i' , -",'-- "",.'..'', -. ' '.:-- v"'" " ' ACCORDING TO HR0T. WRTOnT ItesjKiiJse to Foraker's Res olution Asking About Em ployment of Two Men, h (y Aisoolsted Crew.) " WA8HIN0TON, Jan, S ha cost the government US, 000 already In the employment of private detective agen cies to Investigate the Brownsville af fray and the contract with these agencies are still In force. . ' Thl Information w received by ths Henate todrty from Secretary of War Wright, In responae to the Por- akr resolution, asking when and by what authority In ; law, ; Hurbcrt J. Brown and W, O. tbOdwIn or llnn noke, were employed. It was the re port of Hrowna and llaldwln on whicli President Roosevelt based ' a retwnt message to oohgrcss duclarlng that the guilt of certain of the discharged ne gro soldiers had been fixed beyond a shadow of a doubt, and thl report waa attacked by Senator Poraker in a speech on tha floor of the senate. . Attached to the report was a con fidential letter from President-elect Taft, ' thea eecretary ; of war, uruler date Of April 1. 190, urging the pivs Idwnt to make the original contract with J-trowmt and Huldwln. In that letter Mr. Taft stld . "The lirownsville Intrcittguilon be fore the senate while It estubliilic beyond any reasonable doubt the cnr. redness of the conclusion reached by you on ths report of the insiiecturs of the army and other evldoiu.o lm done nothing, to Identify th iimiim - ular Uiembrt of battalion lio did tha shooting or who were accessories before or after 'the fsi-t", , . . t'oiitriM-t, ; The t-oii tract roouminenrted by W Taft was for the payment of I MOD in. four Weekly installment. V-Ordinary agencies at the disposal of the .exe cutive, ny Secretary? Wright ; wr not completedly successful, especially In determining; what' particular Indi vidual had been engaged in Hi Urownsvllla f affray a parlUiipants. Considerable -difficulty waa encoun tered In locating the former member of the negro "-battalion, acoordtug to HecMtury Wright' lettt-r, but before the expiration ul'lh llrst contract sufficient Information had been b- tained, lie says, to warrant (be depart- men In continuing the investigation by the same person. . . ' - In Heptnmber 190 a supphnnemal agreement was entered Into calling for the payment of tfi.OOO and on Pu ce in be r 6, a third contract was made calling for a further payment of $8, QUO, making In all flG.vOO In all un der the three contract. The- full amount Involved In the three contract wo paid between April , and Jan uary 2, last, In ten Installment vary Ing in amount from f 1,000 to ENGINEER AND ' FIREMAN KILLED (By Asseolstsd Pntt. ' IMNToN. w. VA Jan, I Fat .; passenger train No. 1. du here early Jn(J runnn, tUrm hmir- ute, iM Bn ,, switch at Caperton, ,i,. ninton. killing Kmtt- !, .rtu,,,,am E,i-,,rd. next to the . . .. .. .... t-h-nan-iiii. anil i lltlli'Mi ciikiii. ,o .... r n. ... .......i.i - ,,r Uiiiotito-lfiii. in-iit. i .e,, , w ... ..m......-..-. -n ctiglno and four cars were allclnd. Kx press Messenger W. I vnsliaw, was slightly Injured, bat" none m Ihe passenger were ecrlwus- u. Injured. );. U'augh. of Bheltejvllle, Ky.! A, C. Miller, of KltnberUin, ind., and Paul len. u negro, were cot about, tlm head. ZTrnrivrx 1 tltUUIU lilJ U AIiU IN HOTEL FIRE N I a ; a I : a FAIA.H, S. V.. Jan. I :. Flic was discovered early today In tha Columbia hotel, a five-story brick strtntuic Tho seventy guests all got ,.,.1 ii,.iv hut two employe. lda . Illllltig-'. mi Indian, aged U and Mary Hulacxeik. aged 17, were found later . urn unw l-uts In an where they - droin-I iium a rope by which they , were i i,.i avorlng to descend from the., fourth floor. Miss Belling" legs wsra ; brokm ami she was Injured Internal- ly, Mar.- Hwlacznck was badly injured , about ihf- ankles and feet. William King was badly burned. The property loss I about flS.OOQ. , of larger type than the Dreadnought. 1 attracting attention, among mem bers of congress. ' . The speed of tile new "design of bat tleship would be from from 20 (4 to 2014 knots under trial ronditlons ac cording to Admiral Capps, et.k.t Cob', fitruator-.'-There ere four ships Ui coursn of construction pf the 2O,0i ton claa, v. hb h ., the lartc-'t ever aiitbor i;-. d for Die Ann rlitio navy?