VOL. XXVI.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1909.
No. 50
EDITORIAL BRIEFS
Bryan now has his hands full try
ing to get the Nebraska Legislature
to accept his bank guarantee plank.
Those who "swore off" the first of
the year do not deserve much credit
as they doubtless thought the Jig was
up with them anyway.
What the Governor of North Caro
lina said to the governor of South
Carolina Is now predominant In the
minds of many in this State.
If the Governor was to place a pis
tol In every man's hand in the State
In order to enforce the prohibition
laws whom would they shoot?
Judging from the way the Demo
crats themselves are discarding them
the planks in the Democratic plat
form must be full of worm holes.
Rumor says that Mr. Carnegie has
a large interest in mines in Cuba.
That probably explains why he favors
a reduction in the tariff on steel.
If you will get "us a new subscrib
er to The Caucasian you will be hap
py and prosperous the rest of the
year just try it, if you don't believe
it.
Sme writer has observed fthat
"common honesty" is not so com
mon. He might have also added that
there is still a good market for com
mon sense.
Asbestos has been discovered in
great quantities in Iredell County.
Some of the Democratic politicians
had better lay in a supply while it
is plentiful.
The Washington authorities state
that the gas in that city is inferior
and is really dangerous. That has
been one of the troubles In Washing
ton for a long time.
Senator Tillman announces that he
is opposed to compulsory education.
It is possible that he fears the South
Carolinians will learn something" else
besides Tillmanism.
Several Congressmen were riled
up by the President's message on the
secret service, but all of them took
good care not to allow their names
to be signed to their statements.
The pessimists are now worry
ing over the possibility that some
day a ship will be built too large to
pass through the Panama Canal. The
sensible ones will build their ships
to fit the canal.
The New York Tribune says that
Bryan was the choice of the Demo
cratic party in the recent campaign.
That may be true, but he was not
the choice of the people and the
people still rule.
Now watch for newspapers outside
of the State to conmment on the
cases of "drunks" up in the mayor's
courts in this State. Wilmington
Star. You shock us! Haven't we
got State prohibition?
The State Legislature has conven
ed for a two month's, term, Congress
is in session, history is being made,
and you need The Caucasian to keep
you posted. If you are already a
subscriber tell your neighbors about
the paper and ask them to subscribe.
A dispatch from Raleigh to the
Washington Herald Bays that the
business men will oppose the "Bank
Guarantee,", a Democratic plank, if
such a measure is introduced in the
legislature. Many of the business
men of the South are fast learning
that business pays better than sent!
ment.
.. Reports from Augusta state that.
President-elect Taf t is at work on a
plan for the better control of cor
porations engaged in inter-state com
merce. It does not appear that Mr.
TaftV labors have proceeded further
than tentative suggestions for a bet
ter distribution of the authority over
corporations already exercised by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
and various government bureaus. He
believes that the Interstate Com
merce Commission should be .relieved
of its administrative duties, and con
fined to the business of hearing and
adjudging complaints. His final pol
icy involves the important constitu
tional question how far the National
Government may go in regulating
interstate corporations, as well as the
question what ought to be done in
regulating them.
RILKIKS ABROAD.
Start on His Trip Around the World
Lands in Washington City and
Tells Something of His First Inv
. preseioiis Will Try to Find What
Makes Washington Such a Wicked
aty -Pwmle That He Will Not
7 Talk Politic With the President.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise. At last I am off on my trip abroad!
I hope that a slow start will make
a gude endin'. 1 left Bilkinsville at
9 o'clock yesterday mornin' an land
ed in Washington, the Capital of this
grate country at ten o'clock this
morning. I went by train so as ter
make a quick trip. Ov course, I am
tired an' so iz Bob. We hain't had
much time ter look erround yit, so
I'll hev ter tell a few facks erbout
this city an' what they hev here in
future letters. Me an Bob expeckt
ter stay here sometime a-glttin' our
papers fixed up ter visit furrin' lands,
so I will hev plenty ov time ter in
vestigate awl the perlitical scandals
an' other amusements they hev here
an' tell awl erbout them. From
what little I hev seen ov Washington
hit is a mity purty town. But they
say hit ain't any too gude, an' I am
goln' ter try an' find out what the
trouble iz.
Yes, they hev a purty town here.
I kin see the top ov the Washington
Monument from my boardln' house
winder. Hit Iz over 500 feet high
and Iz built ov marble. I am goin'
ter climb up ter the top ov hit an'
see If I can't look down into North
Carolina an' see Bilkinsville. I'd
glv a quarter ter see Betsy out feed
in' the, chickens or sloppin' the pigs,
fer I am feelln' sorter lonesome er-
way up here whar I don't know any
body an whar nobody knows me. . I
am goin' ter the White House an'
hav a talk with Preserdent Roosevelt.
I reckon he will be glad ter see me
fer I got erqualnted with him when
he come ter the State Fair at Ra
leigh an' made that speech three
years ergo. You will awlso remem
ber that I took him on a big bear
hunt out on the Grimes place. He
shot at that big black bear that stays
in Pullen Park, but I didn't allow
him ter hit the bear. He just shot
at hit fer fun. But the Preserdent
wuz powerfully tickled an' he told
me then that if I ever cum ter Wash
ington ter i cum rite strate ter the
White House an put up with him an"
make myself at home. I am goin.' .
ter visit him while I am here ter git
letters ov introduckshun ter the Zar
ov Rushy an' the Kings and Emper
ors ov them other furrin' countries
an' talk over things in general. Ov
course if he axes me ter stay fer din
ner I may do so. We won't talk any
pollyticks onless he brings up the
subjeckt, fer I am an awl-wooll an'
yard-wide dymakrat an he iz a Re
publlkln an' we mite git ter argyfyin'
erbout the tariff on trace chains an'
wool hats an' fall out. Night-ridin'
an' dymockracy air two things that
the Preserdent haz awlways bin down
"on; awlso all other violations ov the
law.
I managed ter git hold ov a little
bottle ov ten-year-old North Carolina
apple brandy which wuz made by
moonlight in Alexander County an'
I brought hit erlong in my haver
sack. I am goin' ter present that ter
the Preserdent az a sort ov peace of
ferin'. Ov course I know that he
belongs ter the white ribboners an
awl ov that sort ov thing, but I will
tell him how gude hit iz ter cure a
bad cold or a snake-bite an' I think
he will pull down the winder curtains
an' join me in takin' a smile. He
need not be erfraid ter take a drink
ov brandy with me fer I am a gude
dymakrat an' that means that I am
a 32nd-degree prohibitionist. We
dymakrats air ever "ready ter advance
the cause ov prohibition, even ab-
stainin' from drinkin' a whole day
on eleckshun day.
Pennsylvania Avenue iz the widest
street in this city.. Hit iz powerful
purty. They iz little parks and nice
barrooms every here an thar. If hit
wuz summer time I'd enjoy sittln'
down somewhar an' watchln' the
street cars go by. The Capitol build-
in' iz standin' rite at one end ov
Pennsylvania Avenue an' the White
House iz located on the same avenue,
but hit iz some distance from the
Capitol. They wuz afraid Congress
would git ter sayin' ugly things er
bout the Preserdent so they built hiz
house a mile erway.
From what I kin see Washington
iz a clean city. They ain't no brush
heaps nor log piles lyin erround like
we hev at Bilkinsville. While I am
here I want ter go round ter the
Treasury Building an' git them ter
make me some money, fer I will
need lots ov hit when I git ter goin'
awl over the world. I'll speak ter
the Preserdent erbout that. When
the weather gits better I am goin'
ter let Preserdent ' Roosevelt ride
Bob erround if he wants to, an I'll
ride one ov his horses an' we will see
awl ov the town. But, ov course,
I'll hev ter do that when Boh iz in a
gude humor or he mite git ter buck
in an throw the Preserdent in a
mudhole like he did me one day when
I wuz ridin' him home from Raleigh
I hev got Bob a-boardin' at one ov
them liberty stables an' I don't guess
that they will feed him any too
much, so . he will not be feelin' az
gay . az he sometimes did at Bilkins
ville. But I think he iz beginnin' ter
understand what an important mule
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EARTHQUAKE
JN ITALY
About 300,000 Dead in Sicily and
-Manx Wounded.
GREATEST DISASTER
ON RECORD
A Second " Disaster Completes the
Wreck of Several Italian Cities
Food, Tents and Clothing Are Be
ing Rushed to the Suffering Sicil
ian This Country Sends Several
Warships and Funds for Relief of
the Suffering The Suffering from
Cold and Hunger is Intense.
Rome, Dec. 28. All Sicily and the
southern extremity of Italy have
been devastated by an earthquake so
destructive that the latest meager re
ports indicate that it will prove to be
the greatest disaster of modern times
The ruin is so complete and broad
cast that it will be many hours be
fore its scope is fully known.
A late dispatch states that among j
the dead at Messina are many sol
diers, who were killed by collapsing
of the barracks.
The shocks began at 5 o'clock in
the morning and lasted in the outer
radius of the disturbance thirty-two
seconds. The range of the disaster
from the point of view of serious
damage, is about 200 miles in diame
ter. The western end of the Island
escaped with slight shocks. The dis
turbance extended through the toe
of Italy for about 150 miles toward
Naples.
Following the earthquake came a
tidal wave, thirty feet high, which
badly damaged the shipping at most
of the Sicilian ports. All communi
cation has been destroyed through
out Eastern Sicily, where the dam
age is the greatest,, and the only def
inite information received by the gov
ernment from Messina, by wireless
from a warship in the harbor, is that
that city is almost destroyed.
Mount Aetna seems to have been
the center of disturbance, and that
portion of the island within a radius
of forty miles seems to have been
completely laid in waste. ,..
Rome, Dec. 30. Another violent
earthquake shock occurred at Mes
sina this afternoon.
This second shock completed the
work of ruin.
The few buildings which were left
in the quake of Monday collapsed,
and it is feared that many more per
sons were killed.
It is believed that the ruin of Mes
sina is now complete and absolutely
irrevocable. Practically all the sur
vivors who were awaiting conveyance
by warship from the scene were kill
ed. Many persons who were engaged
in the work of rescue were also
killed.
The latest reports from Sicily in
crease the number of deaths. One
places them at 120,000 in Messina
and its suburbs alone. Pending the
arrival of stores now on the way to
Sicily the wrecked survivors are suf
fering the extremity of hungry. Re
ports from Catania describe them as
vainly raking among the ruins for
scraps of bread or anything else that
can be eaten. They are mostly half
naked and many bear shocking un
dressed wounds.
Numbers of others wander pitiful
ly about, appealing to passersby who
are a little more fortunate than
themselves to help them. The weath
er is raw and rainy. A piercing wind
adds to the misery. There have been
many instances of robbing the dead.
The fingers of corpses and even of
wounded persons have been cut off
in order to get the rings they wore.
The Straits of Messina are blocked
with floating wreckage, mingled with
which are the corpses of men and an
imals. On account of this wreckage
and the changes in the coast line
navigation is most difficult.
All Communication Cut Off.
All land communication with the
town is cut off now, and with the
increased difficulty of communication
by sea the stricken city is a helpless
prey of fire and famine.
Subscriptions for relief are coming
in rapidly from all parts of Italy. Sev
eral million lire have already been
collected. A contribution from Ire
land was received to-day.
Rome, Dec. 31. A correspondent
who has just returned to this city
from Catania, and who made the
journey from Messina after the disas
ter, estimates that the number of
dead in all of the devastated area at
no less than 300,000.
The government Is inclined to be
lieve that this figure is largely ex
aggerated, but officials in cnarge of
the rescue work admit that the death
list will go considerably above
200,000.
Signor Bertolini, minister of pub
lic works, telegraphs the govern
ment that the dead are buried under
such a mass of material that great
efforts are needed to remove them.
Large numbers of troops are wanted
imemdiately- to aid in clearing the
wreckage.
A fatal epidemic is threatened. No
water is available.
Food, tents, clothes, ladders,
means of illumination, doctors, and
medicines are urgently needed. A
regular dally steamship service with
Naples is ladispensibie.
The Russian and British bluejack
ets are assisting splendidly.
Signor Orlando, minister of Justice
also telegrapfis emphasizing the ex
treme difficulties of the rescue work.
He urges that means to illuminate all
the stricken places at night he pro
vided to prevent looting. The war
ships are using their searchlights,
but they are Insufficient.
According to the latest accounts
there are now thirty-six ships at Mes
sina engaged in relief and salvage.
Communication between the ships
and the land is difficult and slow
owing to the destruction of the land
ing stages. Five thousand soldiers
have already been landed. They are
engaged in burying the dead. Iden
tification in Innumerable cases is im
possible owing to the way the bodies
are mangledand also to putrefaction
having set in. The speedy disposal
of the remains is imperative In the
interest of the living. "
The burials are being made in long
trenches, as after a big battle. It Is
doubtful whether the bodies of the
foreign visitors who perished can be
distinguished from those of natives,
but wherever identification is pos
sible a record is kept.
Several cargoes of quicklime have
been landed and scattered on the
ruins, partly to prevent contagion and
reduce the odor and partly to prevent
dogs from devouring the bodies.
DEMOCRATS OPPOSE ADAMS.
The President Informed That if
Spencer U. Adams is Appointed to
Succeed Judge Purnell That His
Confirmation Will Be Held Up in
the Senate Two Non-Political
Reasons Why His Appointment
Should Not Be Made.
Sundays Charlotte Observer con
tained the following letter from its
Washington Correspondent:
"President ' Roosevelt has been
told, I am informed, that if he ap
points Judge Spencer B. Adams to
succeed the late Judge Thomas R.
Purnell his confirmation will be held
up in the Senate. I believe that my
information is accurate.
" 'If you will take the trouble to
investigate,' writes a leading Demo
cratic lawyer, east of Raleigh, 'you
will find that 95 per cent of the bar
of the State would be opposed to the
appointment of Judge Adams on two
entirely non-DOlltlcal grounds: first,
a lack of respect for his legal attain
ments, and, second, lack of faith in
his judicial fitness.'
" Continuing 'the writer says: If
Adams should be named I should re
gard it the Imperative duty of cur
Senators to fight his confirmation to
the very last. In saying this I am,
I think, voicing the sentiment of the
disinterested lawyers of the State."
"The author of the letter quoted
here is a man who has a say in shap
ing the policies of his party and is
considered one of the very ablest at
torneys in the eastern section of the
State.
"Another Democratic lawyer, who
resides in the eastern district, de
clares: 'Adams ought not to be ap
pointed judge, and the lawyers know
it. I believe many of them would
urge Overman and Simmons to fight
the appointment.
Not Kind of Man for Judge.
" 'Judge Adams is not the kind of
man we would like to have for a
judge. He is a bitter partisan and
has been so all his political life.
He has not been a busy practitioner
and knows little about the practice of
the courts.'
" 'I would like for the best of feel
ings to obtain between the people
and the Federal courts, but this can
not be when judges . are appointed
when they could not get the support
of 5 per cent of the disinterested bar
of the State,' writes a third.
"There is no doubt that the ap
pointment of Adams would raise a
storm in the east, and it is abso
lutely certain now that Senator Sim
mons and Overman would be asked
to fight his confirmation.
"It is no secret that Judge Adams'
ancient and persistent foe, former
Senator Marion Butler, with all the
influence he can bring to bear, will
not let him become judge if he can
prevent it.
Democrats Will Fight Confirmation.
"I have been told that Mr. Roose
velt said that he would not go out of
the district for a man if he could get
one inside of it. But the power of
National Committeeman E. C. Dun
can at home and in Washington Is
known and respected. Republican
lawyers who might apply for the
judgeship and get the support of
their bars do not seem to think it
worth while to apply under the cir
cumstances, and, therefore, the great
fight will not he made before the
President but in the Senate, not by
Republicans hut by Democrats,
Judging from the letters that I have
received and from things that I have
heard, I do not believe that the ap
pointment of Mr. Adams would go
through the Senate. If he is named
for the place, a repetition of the
Ewart case may he expected.
"If Judge Adams were a lawyer of
exceptional legal ability, the case
would be different; but the bar of
the district believes that a dozen Re
publicans better fitted for' the posi
tion could be found east of Raleigh.
"Organized effort mlgh defeat the
efforts of Mr. Duncan and his organi
zation, but that does not seem prob
able now. But the Democrats will
not let the appointment go through
without a desperate fight if accumu
I la ting evidence does not fail."
ROOSEVELT'S
POPULARITY
His New Year Keccplion a Re
cord-Breaker.
SIXrY PREGNANT DAYS
FOR CONGRESS
The Most Disastrous Kart liquate in
the History of the World The
President's Prompt 31easure for
Relief Taft and the South The
Eastern Judgeship -The lotal
Savings Bank Bill Effort to Re
duce the Country-Lite Commission.
Special toThe Caucasian.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 4. Both
houses of Congress assembled to-day
with sixty days of the busiest work
that any Congress has ever had be
fore it. There will have to be done
between now and th; fourth of March
by the present Congress more work
than is usually done in the first four
months of a long session of Congress.
The present Congress dies on the
fourth of March, and there would not
be another Congress to meet until
the first Monday in next December,
(Unless President-elect Taft should
call an extra session of Congress for
the purpose of revising the tariff,
which he has declared he will do.
Help for Earthquake Sufferers.
President Roosevelt already has
ships on their way to Italy wilh
$300,000 worth of food, medicine,
clothing and other needed supplies
for the relief of the earthquake suf
ferers. He has also offered to the
King of Italy to have the sixteen
American battleships which have just
passed through the Suez Canal to
hasten to the scene of desolation and
distress and render all the assitance
possible. In addition the President
has sent a message to Congress ask
ing for a large appropriation of
money for further relief. The loss
of life and property from this earth
quake Is the greatest In the history
of the world.
The Postal Savings Dank Bill.
There is no one measure that Con
gress will have to deal with in which
there will be a wider general inter
est than the bill to establish postal
savings banks. The Republican party
declared for this great reform in its
last national platform, and the can
didates of the party and the speak
ers from one end of the country to
the other found that the masses of
the people took as much or more in
terest in this plank in their Republi
can platform than In any other prom
ise made by the party.
The Democratic party proposed in
the place of postal savings banks
their scheme for guaranteeing bank
deposits and attempted to make that
their leading issue. The voters de
cided that they were afraid to risk
Bryan's guarantee plan, but declared
in favor of the postal savings banks
instead. It would seem that a meas
ure so popular and one which has
worked with such wonderful success
in all other countries, would be
adopted at once by the party so
thoroughly pledged for Its adoption;
but already there are signs that the
reactionary Republicans and certain
large corporate interests behind
them will organize to try to defeat
this measure. If they should succeed
It will be a bad day for the Repub
lican party, for there is no one prop
osition to-day that is more demanded
by the masses of the people or that
would be of greater benefit to them
than postal savings banks unless It
be free rural delivery.
Mr. Taft and the South.
Much interest is manifested here
in the consideration which President
elect Taft Is giving to the advance
ment of Republican principles in the
South. It is at least beginning to be
realized, not only by Mr. Taft, but by
Northern Republicans generally, that
Republican principles are already
very popular in the South, and ap
peal strongly to thousands and tens
of thousands of the most iudependent
citizens south of the Potomac who
have never yet voted the Republican
ticket, and they are further begin
ning to realize that there is some
cause other than the prejudices fol
lowing the war and reconstruction
that prevents people of the South
from voting their convictions.
Mr. Walter Page, in his speech In
New York, in introducing Judge Taft
at the North Carolina banquet, stat
ed the situation in a few words when
he said that Republican principles
were already much more widely and
deeply rooted in the South than was
shown by the vote at the last elec
tion, but that the best element In the
South would not join the Republican
party or vote its ticket where the
leadership of the party in the South
was in the hands of a class of pro
fessional politicians who took trad
ing and trafficking delegations to the
National Conventions, and whose
chief desire was to perpetuate them
selves at the head of the so-called
Republican organization simply for
the purpose-of dividing the loaves
and fishes. . In short, he said that the
Republican party in the South must
become a party of character before
it could Wad the best people who
really believed in its principle.
It Is clear to every one that Jodxe
Taft it deeply Interested la doing
whatever he can to remove the eill
condition that stand in the way of
Republican growth and progT- One
of hi most recent suggestions I that
Independent political clubs be organ
ised all over the So a in. and that
me.n. whether they are ready to join
the Republican party or not. who be
lieve in Republican principles, shall
be urged to join the clubs and take
the leadership of their .management.
The President's Country Life Com
tuition. There is much interest shown here
in what the Country Life Commis
sion, appointed by President Roose
velt, will embody in its report.
Prof. W. A. Beard, of California,
who is one of the members of that
Commission, said in an interview
yesterday that the Commission had
gone among the farmers in all parts
of the country and were received
with enthusiasm, and that they found
that the farmers were not only will
ing to co-operate with the Commis
sion but were anxious to do so. Con
tinuing, he said:
"We held meetings with the farm
ers and came right down to business
with them. There were no speeches
of any kiud, but getting down to
business, we asked questions con
cerning the conditions of farm life
and the possible means of improving
the same. The result of the labors
of this commission is bound to be
beneficial to the farming interests of
the country, and its effect will be
lasting."
It is very noticeable that a certain
class of newspapers in the country
and a certain class of politicians have
seemed to make a studied effort to
ridicule this Commission and its
work. It is clear that certain mo
nopoly interests and certain reac
tionary politicians anticipate or fear
that this Commission will make cer
tain wise and popular reform recom
mendations, the adoption of which
said interests do not favor. All of
this, however, will become plainer as
soon as the report of the Commission
is made and it is seen who favors
the report and who opposes it. and
the arguments used.
The Vacant Judgeship for the East
ern District.
As soon as it was known here that
the Republican organization in North
Carolina was recommending for
Judge in the Eastern District of
North Carolina a man who lives in
the Western District, the "question
was frequently asked "Is there no fit
lawyer In the eastern part of the
State for this place?" When this
question was answered with a state
ment that there were many Republi
can lawyers in eastern Carolina of
the very highest character and with
eminent legal ability, then the next
question was, "Then why does the
Republican organization go to west
ern Carolina for a candidate?"
This, of course, has been a sur
prise to the people of eastern Caro
lina, much less a surprise to the peo
ple who live outside of the State;
but those who know the Inside know
that there are some strong selfish
influences at work, if not other in
fluences under the surface.
It is frequently said that Mr. Dun
can, the National Committeeman,
would not have gone west to secure
a candidate had he not wanted to be
State chairman and'thought this was
the surest way to increase his pcwer
and give him a political monopoly, i
It would be an insult to the able
bar of the east to go to the west for
a man for the Eastern judgeship,
even if that man were the best law
yer and a man of the highest char
acter and qualifications, and much
more of an insult is it when a man
like Adams is proposed for the posi
tion. Those who know the Presi
dent best do not believe that he will
appoint a man from the west for the
Eastern judgeship when there is so
much splendid material in the east,
but that If he should go west that
Adams is not the kind of a man that
he would select.
The President's Undiminished Pop
ularity. The tendency ' of humanity Is to
worship the rising and not the settle g
sun, and this has been most notice
able In Washington with reference
to the outgoing and incoming Pres
idents. Therefore, no one expected
President Roosevelt's last New Year
reception to be as largely attended
as his former record-breaking recep
tions. But to the surprise of those
who thus reasoned the last New
Year reception was a record-breaker,
for even the popular Roosevelt ad
ministration. There are two reasons for this:
First, the office-seeking contingent
know that he Is not a setting sun,
second, the people generally hare a
genuine respect and admiration for
the man and believe in his policies.
FORTY-ONE DEATH SENTENCES.
Pronounced by Russian Military
Court.
Yekaterinoslay, Russia, Jan. 1.
The military court to-day pronounced
forty-one death sentences, of which
nine were for recent crimes. Thirty
two of the condemned men were
strikers In the railroad troubles in
October, 1905. In addition to the
death sentence, twelve strikers were
condemned to penal servitude . for
life, forty-eight to lesser terms of
exile and thirty-nine were acquitted.
OUTLINES PLAN
PresidentEltct Taft t&S fruty
leaders litre a Cosfert&ce
TO RErUBUCANlZE THE SOUTH
Ttw Itepntdkmn OrgwaUattoai to IW
$IaintaitMd In all of the Mate 4
Efforts made to lnrrrM the
Rank. -Independent dab Ait t
lie fanned In Every Mate 34 r.
Taft Citte IHrt MatrsaenU
"Augusta. Ga., Dec. SI. Mr. Tsft.
gave out a statement to-night outlin
ing the plan for th spread of Itepnb
IkanUm in the South, which had
been under discussion here for to
days. The statement is as follows:
"The conference between Mr. Taft
and Messrs. Hammond, Hitchcock,
and SberriU IT. II. Sherrlll. secre
tary of the lluftinesa Men's league),
in reference to the action to h taken
with a view to the organisation of
the real eblltuent In the Mouth tn
favor of a political change in that
Miction, resulted satisfactorily tn a
plsu agreed upon by all parties.
"The Republican organisation U to
be maintained in all the Slates, ted
efforts made to increase the ranks
of the Republican party as fully as
possible. With the purpose, however,
of curing the aslstance of thoae
who do not desire to ally themselves
with the Republican party as Re
publicans, but only wish io act Inde
pendently of the Democratic party la
national campaigns. It was thought
best to secure the names of those
who would take charge of the inde
pendent movement in each State,
with a view to their subsequent or
ganization at a time when such polit
ical action would be opportune.
"The impression which has gone
out that in the conference any of the
conferees were in favor of giving up
the movement was erroneous. The
question what name clubs to be or
ganised in the future should bear Is
a mere matter of detail, in respect to
which no decision was reached."
HUNTER KILLED BY A DKEIt.
Body Found After Two Days He arch
Was "a Prominent OUien of
Beaufort.
Washington, N. C, Jan. 1. Mr. P.
R. Swindell, of Pantego Township,
about twenty-seven miles from this
city, while out deer hunting near
Broad Creek on December 30th sud-
dently disappeared and has been
missing until to-day, when his body
was found in about three feet of
water and a large buck deer nearby.
A jury of twelve men waa sum
moned end viewed the remains, giv
ing out n verdict that deceased was
killed by the wounded deer, as there
were a number of cuts and bruises
on his head and body.
Mr. Swindell was e very prominent
citizen and , brother of ex-County
Commissioner George R. Swindell,
also of this county. He is survived
by a wife, who is prostrated with
grief over the sad affair.
White Woman With Negro Man.
A big sensation was produced In
this city last night by the arrest of a
white woman by the name of Ellia
beth Howard, in company with one
Gus Rountree, a negro, on a charge
of vagrancy. The couple arrived In
this city yesterday from New Bern
and were arrested by Officer Roberts
and placed in jail. The negro was
charged with carrying a concealed
weapon and disorderly conduct. Doth
were given a hearing la the mayor's
court to-day and the negro bound
over to court. The woman, for lack
of evidence, was released on condi
tion that she leave the city on the
next trait and not return in two
years, which she consented to do, and
a policeman was detailed to see that
she kept her promise.
FEVER RKAKS OCT IX MEKSI.VA.
The Unrecued to be Buried Alive Be
neath Hie Ruins.
Messina, Jan. 5. The first cases
of typhoid fever have broken out.
This fact will cause drastic action to
be taken Immediately in the disposal
of the dead.
The hope of rescuing any of the
living beneath the ruin hare now
been abandoned.
Until the present time attention
has been concentrated upon the re
moval of human bodies from the
Rtreeta. while th r a rr coxa rt ni.
mals killed by the earthquake and
those of dogs and cats shot bf the
patrols have been left lying where
they fell. The delay of these car
casses has greatly augmented the
danger of the spread of disease.
The earth shocks are continuing,
though they are diminishing fn Inten
sity. At night especially are they
frequently felt. The fires la the city
also are .being gradually extinguish
ed. The official figures compiled
thui far show that 1 ,000 bodies
have been buried In four cemeteries,
that 9.000 refugees have left the city
and that 9,000 persons still remain
1 A ..
Instead of excavating la an en
deavor to find the bodies buried be
neath the ruins. It has been proposed
that every house In which It Is be
lieved persons are buried shall be
covered with quicklime.