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Moore Re-elected
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Prohibition Leaders
Encouraged Over The
Prospects Of Victory
President Of Cotton
Growers ' Association
Ob
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Vill Accet 25 Leading
Men From he Cotton
Counties Wil. Guaran
tee His Salary Vill Be
Paid.
Smoker at The Sehvyn a
Brilliant Affair Splen
did Speeches by Dr.
Winston, M r . Smith
And Many Othzrs.
; lu' morning session of the' Cotton
; : iwers Association was a business
i :;' mainly.
The session opened at 10 o'clock,
:.t the members had 'gotten back
a car ride over the city, and
first speaker was Hon. F. II.
'halt, of South Carolina, who spoke
mow to Finance the Cotton
Mr. Hyatt, in the course of his ad
,;i ss. said: "While I am connected
v.-i-k several banks, I believe that
: re was a concert of action on the
: n of the northern banks during
i ie last panic to refuse to loan the
s; -.Tiers nicney on their cotton."
Mr. Hyatt advocated a system of
v ,.; houses in each county, controlled
: a finance committee, who would
rv loans for farmers on their
:.hhi. "We have got the greatest
TTepolv in the world." said Mr.
Hyau. "When God made the world,
h r.iado only a small cotton patch,
: : we live in it.
'I a:n against bucket shops, but il
v , had a good system of real ex
': Tiaes. where cotton contracts are
:-:!. and when sellers are compelled
be delivered, I think that this
. -!! be a good thing for the farm
Mr. Hyatt closed his address by
M-wing the delegates a boll of cot
!!!, which he had improved from a
!,,'.! with only four locks to one of
: . n locks, thereby increasing the
y,M of the stock, 400 per cent.
Cotton Where Grown.
Cant. S. B. Alexander was the next
-aher. He had for his subject,
'Vk. re Cotton is Graven." He show
. ; 'ho convention that while you
t.m grow cotton in Africa, and
.-':kt places, that the south was the
t.'v natural place for the staple to
have. He showed that the cotton
ar-'a in the Unite States was about
T'Ti-iHi.noo acres. This area begins
a 'he James river, and crosses the
North Carolina line at Granville, go
ii c- through South Carolina and Geor
gia. then"up the valley of the Ten
ia ssee. to Ohio, and then southwest
t i : Oklahoma, then up to the Kansas
In-, and then to the Rio Grand
river, not far from the Mexico line,
.t!i of which on account of the
;:, atmosphere, the cotton plant
-.hi not thrive because of the lack
mi moisture.
Mr. S. II. Hobbs. of Clinton, was
ih" kitt speaker. He spoke on the
t . ar results of the cotton associa
tion, and what it had accomplished
ha- the farmer. After Mr. Hobbs'
address the next business, in order,
was the report of committees.
Discussion Begin.
The first spirited discussion of the
cS ssion was launched when the rc
i.orr. of the committee on resolutions
whs road. The report contained a
-solution asking our congressmen
; a 1 representatives to support a
iTasaro which would do away witnj
;."! -Mug on the crop by the census
! -Nii-tjaent. This resolution stated
Tv as the early guesses on the crop
-,. onlv for the benefit of the Wall
n. r.... r-c- th-it thn department!
:tt;1 be required to confine its're
1'iii.s strict ly to facts.
Meets Opposition.
This resolution was objected to by
Mr. A. C. Green, of Wake county,
who stated that he was afraid that
ta- association was catching the
Alliance itch. "We don't want to
. ;. Congress to do one thing. We
ar-- organized to attend to our own
aaness, and that is to hold our
fotton until we get our price."
Mr. Hobbs, the chairman of the
"a unittee, explained the resolution
and advocated its passage. It seem-
: that the discussion was to become
: aa tal and spirited, when Mr.
J k . e, n, of Columbus, moved that this
Vari of the report be refered to the
'oTiMitice for modification, in order
.hat it might meet the approval of
aik This was done.
State Organizer.
The other resolutions in the re
Ma t were then taken up, one at a
tin,-, and adopted.
These resolutions were as follows:
That on account of the imperfect
organization of the association, that
;he association elect a state organi
z'.r, his salary to be fixed by the ex
'utivc committee, whoso business
it will be to go in the cotton growing
foum.ies and organize warehouses un
!' r the control of a committee which
will secure loans for farmers on
".It'll!.
Mr. E. D. Smith, of South Carolina,
nui.u.,
v.; as called on, and he asked the asso -
'latum to pass this resolution, which
was done.
Change Debt Making.
A resolution was passed asking
iu memuers of the association to
make few debts and to raise as much
of their supplies as possible, thereby
enabling them to hold their cotton.
It was also suggested that the meth
od of making debts become due on
the 1st of November should be
cuiuisuu, as uns gives the
bears a
lever to depress the
price
of cotton
suggested
just at this season. . It was
(tents should be made to come due
one-third on Nov. 1st; one-third on
Jan. and one-third on March 1st.
The bankers were asked to co
operate with the farmers in these
matters.
It was also resolved to ask our
representatives in Congress to have
a bill passed making it illegal for
any exchange or corporation to sell
fllturo f'Olltrar-ts nf ftttin ni-rrvrt tlm
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delivery be made of equal grade of
every bale.
The association passed a resolu
tion asking our representatives to
support the Davis bill, appropriating
money for agricultural high schools.
Moore Re-Elected.
The next report was that of the
committee on nominations. This
committee recommended the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year:
C. C. Moore, president.
A. C. Green, vice-president.
H. S. Hobbs, organizer.
- Central Committee J. P. Allison
and H. C. Dockery.
Executive Committee E. J. W.
Broom, of Union: C. 13. McLcod, of
Robeson, and J. W. Myatt, of John
ston.
Before the election of Mr. Moore
was gone into, Col. II. C. Dockery,
who was in the chair, read a letter
from Mr. Moore, who was not in the
house, stating that he could not ac
cept the position of president, unless
twenty-five men of the association
would pledge that $100 to be raised
from their counties to pay the sal
ary of S2,500. In this letter, Mr.
Moore stated that the association
owed him over 1,500, and that his
first duty was to his family; that
he had given up an income of 2,000
per year to take the position, and
he could not afford to take the place
unless some arrangement could be
made to pay him.
Mr. Dockery read this letter, and
then made a stirring speech, telling
of the great unselfish work done by
Mrr Mcore in the past.
The delegates stampeded to give
the pledge, and cries of "will pay
you, parley," was heard over the
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Governor Sends
Message Today
Ey Associated Press.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 22. Governor
Glenn today sent a message to the
general assembly asking that a bill
be passed to prohibit railroads from
acquiring competing lines.
It is understood this is done with
the idea the Seaboard Air Line might
be sold and pass into the hands ot
competing lines of this state.
The senate discussed the question
of whether it wil act on any matter
not prescribed in the call for the
extra session.
Traders, Mechanics Bank
Of Pittsburg Closed
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 22. The Trad
ers' and Mechanics Bank, a state in
stitution with a capital of $100,000,
closed its doors today.
The following notice was jiosted:
Closed by order ot tne grate oanKing
commissioner, James u. vvnite, tem
porary receiver."
The Treasury Trust Company, a sub
sidiary, ocunvinjr the same building
at Fourth avenue and Market stret, is
also closed.
Recently the Trust Company ar
ranged to absorb the bank but permis
sion was refused by the state banking
department.
The plan was then reversed and the
Trust Company- has been practically
taken over by the bank.
Receiver White says the trouble re
sulted from the inability of the bank
to make clearing and maintain its re
serve and that depositors vill be paid
in full.
Attempt to Blow Up
Factory Frustrated
By Associated Press.
Clarksville, Term., Jan. 22. An at
tempt was made last night to set fire
to and dynamite the loose tobacco fac
tory of the Hayes-Sorey Tobacco Com
pany. Tony Allen and Walter Watkins,
alias Frog Eye, negroes, were killed
while trying to escape the watchman.
Another negro escaped, but was ser
iously wounded.
The Regie Tobacco factory, since the
recent trouble in the dark tobacco dis
trict, has been closely guarded. Dur
ing the lunch hour of the guards three
k nH V r noTrnoo lirnkp
i men were uuiiceu. -l uosiu"
Jand ran wiien spoken to. Shanklin fol-
lowed, and fired three times,
j The factory door had been saturated
!with coal oil and dynamite was placed
there.
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The Boy in the Centre to
Near 800 At
tend Convention
Enthusiastic Meeting of
Anti - Saloon Forces
Resolution Adopted
Want Statutory Prohi
bition. Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 22 Probably
S00 people participated in the anti
saloon of state prohibition convention,
features of the session being a stir
ring and characteristic speech by Gov
ernor Glenn, covering the whole scope
of the prohibition fight and declaring
against any party caucus restriction
as to whether prohibition shall be an
issue before this assembly and the
adoption of a resolution demanding
that the prohibition forces be given a
hearing in the legislature.
President Hariot Clavkson, in open
ing the convention, declared that the
"night is past and the day is dawning"
in the temperance struggle.
Chairman Oates read excerpts from
letters sent by prominent citizens de
claring for immediate statuary pro
hibition. T. T. Thorrrer of Rocky Mount, was
recognized and declared that in his
town with 13 saloons, whiskey could
not be voted out as long as negroes
held the ballot with open saloons.
Hartness Offers Resolution.
Mr. Hartness, of Statesville, offered
a resolution to the effect that whereas
the cause of temperance has made the
progress it has been under the steady
extension of legislative prohibition,
first in the vicinity of the churches,
then prohibiting it altogether in the
rural districts through the Watts and
Ward acts until there are saloons or
dispensaries in less than five per cent
of the state, and time is ripe for stat
uroty prohibition applying to the whole
state and therefore the great body of
the people demand prohibition and
demand of the legislature a hearing in
the matter.
Dr. Battle of Kinston, in seconding
the resolution read a similar one tak
ing the ground that the movement for
temperance has passed beyond the
point of party or political expediency
and demanding state prohibition. Dr.
Battle declared that he would cast
aside a lifelong allegiance to democra
cy .rather than violate his position for
complete prohibition in this state.
Dr. Hale of Wilmington appealed for
statuory prohibition that would pro
hibit, warning prohibitionists that
there was danger, of the opposition
putting on the state some law that in
the end would prove ineffective. Wil
mington had, he said possibly asked to
be excepted from such a law and he
wanted no exceptions.
Glenn Heartily Cheered.
Governor Glenn entered the hall in
the midst ef the speech making and the
audience arose and waved handker
chiefs and shouted in hi:; honor. He
was introduced at once by President
Clarkson as the greatest governor in
the United States and as one who has
sent the greatest message ever sent
to a legislature.
Governor Glenn declared that busy
and fatigued as he was he could not
resist the temptation to come to the
convention. He wanted to join them in
beggpg, imploring and demanding of
the legislature immediate stautory pro
hibition. He believed the convention re
presented the voice of the people of the
state and if so, they had the right to
be obeyed. He decl?rcd amid great ap
plause that no party caucus had the
right to stifle the will of the people so
clearly expressed. And this was really
no party matter. He recited the prin
cipals of the democratic party declar--ing
that he stood for all these, but
that over and above all this he was
against whiskey, defying any man to
show that it is not a curse to the state.
Any legislature, he said, would be with
out excuse for any attempt to throttle
the movement at this session.
Praise Judge Pritchard.
He pledged himself amid applause to
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Pressing Need
Of Y. W. C. A.
At Rally Last Night Rev.
Melton Clark,ofGt eens
boro, Spoke And Mrs.
M.artin Read Secretary's
Annual Report.
"Ninety-nine out of every 100 yoyng
women who cone from the country
and smaller towns to the cities to work
do not expect to spend their lives in
business and consequently they spend
all they make on dress and presents
and pleasures. Prodigal? The young
women at work in the city do not know
the value of a dollar. They are mak
ing $35 and $4G - a' month many if
not most of them and you would be
surprised if you could see how they
spent their month's salary during
Christmas week. One of Greensboro's
merchants, gave me some figures on
this subject that astounded me. The
young woman in business is not look
ing to the future. She is living in
the present."
Thus spoke Rev.. Melton Clark, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church of
of Greensboro in his address at the
Young Woman's Christian Associa
tion's annual rally at the Second Pres
byterian church last night. Mr. Clark
was the principal speaker of the even
ing and should have had a larger au
dience. The occasion and the cause
represented should have command
ed a larger attenuance, for there were
not ouite a hundred people present.
This fact amply justified Mayor Frank
lin, who presided, in saying that he
could not understand why there was
not the same enthusiasm and interest
in the Y. W. C." A. as in the Y. M.
C. A. unless it was because the work
was not as well known. It certainly
was just as important. "I come in
contact constantly," he went on, "with
girls who have no place to stay in this
city and the Y. W. C. A. furnishes
them with every environment they
need."
Mrs. Martin read her annual report
and also the report of the treasurer,
Dr. Annie L. Alexander. Miss Casler,
the interstate secretary, made a help
ful address at the conclusion of Rev.
Mr. Clark's address.
Y. W. C. A. a Battlement.
Mr. Clark got down into the heart
of the matter. He showed himself to
be a speaker of fine common sense
and he hammers his points home in
vigorous telling English. Dwelling on
the queslion of responsibility he said
that Moses in the old Jewish law
wrote that in building a house a bat
tlement should -be provided that the
blood of no workman, engaged in the
erection of the building, should be
upon that house. He brought this
question directly home to Charlotte
people and asked if they were doing
this providing a battlement for the
young girls who came to seek a living
here providing the needed battlement
in the way of adequately supporting
the work of the Y. W. C. A. This insti
tution had grown out of woman's
rights rights in seeking a place in the
world's work but he was vastly more
interested in seeing woman getting
her privileges than her rights. Wo
man's privileges are jeopardy. The Y.
W. C. A. is doing a three fold work of
giving woman educational advantages,
a home and is co-operating with the
church to give her spiritual privileges.
"I doubt not there are 500 young
women at least in your city from the
country and villages round about,"
said the speaker. "It is possible, per
haps, for a man to get along with
out home privileges but without the
influence of a home woman is going
to lose. She must not lose the mother
ly hand, the motherly heart and the
motherly mind, and she will lose these
if the Y. W. C. A. is not given its place
and made ready to do its perfect
work."
The boarding house had destroyed
home influence. The father had yield
Continued on page 5
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GOT'ER HELP ME LICK'IM ! "
Progress Of
Thaw Trial
Several New Witnesses
Called To - day Miss
Pierce Identified Will of
Thaw Anthony Corn
stock on Stand.
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 22. Mrs. William
Thaw, mother of Stanford White's
slayer and Miss Belle Moorehouse
Lawrence, of California, who taught
Thaw when the latter was six years
old and kept a diary recording the boys
peculiarities, arc expected among the
witnesses at Thaw's trial today. It is
said the defense hopes to complete
its case by Friday night.
The rebuttal by District Attorney
j Jerome, will hardly require more than
! a week and therefore it is believed
Thaw's fate will be in the hands of the
jury early week after next.
Miss Price Called.
The trial was resumed at 10:20 to
day. Mr. Littleton, of the defense,
began the preliminary of proving
Harry Thaw's will and codicil execu
ted the day of his wedding to Evelyn
! Nesbit in Pittsburg. Miss Frances
Pierce, who witnessed the signatures
was called to the stand.
Contents of Will.
Miss Pierce identified the papers,
but District Attorney Jerome objected
to the introduction of the will in evi
dence until the witnesses proved its
custody from the time of the signing
to the present moment. Mr. Littleton
temporarily withdrew the offer of the
will. Justice Dowling said the proof
of custody was desirable. Many
changes and alterations appear in it.
Against Jerome's objection the court
permitted the reading of the codicil
to the jury. The codicil provided be
quests to lawyers and others including
Dr. Parkhurst and Anthony Comstock
to aid the alleged victims of Stanford
White to prosecute him.
The defense called Anthony Com
stock. This is his first appearance in
the case. Comstock identified several
communications from Thaw, including
a diagram of the premises where he
declared evil men carried on criminal
practices. Thaw declared the work
men on the building near these prem
ises had heard young girls scream and
suggested investigation.
Contents of Thaw's Letter.
Thaw thought of following him to
Comstock's office, but a search of the
hallways revealed nothing. Com
stock related Thaw's three visits, the
last time telling Thaw he had been
unable to secure evidence as the
Twenty-second street house seemed
closed. Littleton read to the jury
a communication from Thaw to Com
stock describing the Twenty-fourth
street house, claiming one room was
furnished like a forest and secret
stairs led from it to the room of
mirrors. The letter declared there
was no escape for young girls who
were drugged. Thaw claimed six or
seven "criminal scoundrels" con
trolled the place.
"Thousands of crimes had been
committed there and many felonies,"
Thaw wrote. He added that in a lit
tle room with a door behind a pic
ture there is a valuable French
painting infamously suggestive. Thaw
said there was a libel suit in Paris
instituted by a young woman men
tioned as posing for that picture.
News From the Fleet.
By Associated Press.
'Washington, D. C, Jan. 22. Admir
al Evans cabled the Navy Depart
ment today from Rio Janeiro that
the fleet, except Arethusa, had sail
ed for Punta Arenas.
Bank Suspends Payments.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, 111., Jan. 22. The private
bank of A. C. Tisdelle suspended
payments to depositors today.
Said to Have Confessed
To Murder of Four
By Associated Press.
Denver, Colo., Jan. 22. The Repub
lican today prints an alleged confession
secured' by Detective Sandesko from
Antone Neroni, alias Bavori, charged
with the murder of four Italians, three
men and one woman at Florence, Colo.
Sandesko pretended to be a member
of a blackhand society from Pittsburg.
Sandesko states Neroni related the
secrets of the murders beginning with
the killing of a neighbor who abused
him in Italy when 12 years old and
ending with the disappearance of four
Italians at Florence.
Sandesko says Neroni confessed he
killed the woman because she would
not marry him and killed the three
men because they suspected him of
murdering the woman. It was his inten
tion, Sandesko said, to kill the wife
and two children of one of the vic
tims. Long Trip of Submarine
Torpedo Boats Ended
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 22. The trip of the
submarine torpedo boats, Tarantula,
Viper and Cuttlefish from Newport, R.
I., to New York navy yard, is causing
much comment in naval circles. The
trip was made in 17 and a half hours,
although mostly through heavyseas
and in the teeth of a very still breeze.
This is the first time the boats of their
class have made such a trip under
their own power. The boats go into
dry dock today thence after scraping
and repainting to Newport News, said
to be the longest trip ever attempted
by submarines. There they will un
dergo a number of tests. They are
S3i feet long, beam 18 feet and 2f0
horsepower six cylinder engines. They
were launched October 24.
Work of The
Legislature
Resolution lntr o duced
Providing Funds tor
Prosecution of Freight
Rate CaseBills Dis
cussed. Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 22. Among the
bills introduced was one by Graham,
to authorize the governor to employ
counsel to prosecute before the inter
state commerce commission the suit
of the North Carolina commission
against the Norfolk and Western rail
road for eliminating discrimination
against Winston-Salem and Durham
in freight rates, as compared with
Virginia cities.
By Redwine to amend the charter
of Monroe.
By Ormond, to amend the charter of
Kingston.
By Ormond, to prohibit the sale of
intoxicating liquors in Kingston.
By Pharr, to amend the charter of
Charlotte to fund its floating indebted
ness and other purposes. Placed on
the calendar.
By Hicks, to amend section 4113 of
the revisal.
A message was received from the gov
ernor with a bill attached, charging
the legislature to consider a measure
to prevent the disintegration of inde
pendent railroads by prohibiting them
from consolidating, or merging with
competing roads. The whole matter
was referred to the committee on rail
roads. Rate and Prohibition Bill.
By Pharr, a resolution that the senate
do not consider any bills except the
rate bill and prohibition bill, mentioned
in the governor's message.
Commenting on his resolution, Sena
tor Pharr said he wanted to ascertain
the wishes of the majority of the sena
tors on the question. At his request
the resolution was placed on the calen
dar. Senator Long advocated the Pharr
resolution and asked the immediate
passage.
Senator Pharr indicated his willing
ness to amend so as to admit the pas
sage of local bills.
Senator Aycock opposed the resolu
tion, saying that there would be at
least two or three days of the session
yet, and a number of local bills could
be passed in the interim, and no one
would be hurt by it.
Senator Webb held there was some
legislation of a general nature that
should be considered. For one thing
a druggist in a town has been indicted
for selling jamacai ginger without a
prescription and druggists of the
state are here asking for relief.
The druggists in Asheville have been
notified they cannot be indicted for
selling witch hazel. He thought a
law should be passed prescribing the
amount of alcohol that can be contain
ed in these medicines.
Senator McLean took the ground
that there is doubt of the right of the
legislature to consider matters other
than those for which the session was
called. He urged the reference of
the resolution to the judiciary commit
tee, with instructions for an early re
port. Senator Graham called up his bill
Continued on page 2
Caucus Decides on Intro
duction of Bill Provid
ing for State Prohibition
to Be Ratified by Popu
lar Vote.
Prohibition Leaders De
clare They Will Sweep
State by 100,000 Maj
ority Probable Date of
Proposed Election.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 22.--While the
emphatic demand made on the demo
cratic legislature caucus last night by
the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League
was for statutory prohibition, effec
tive January 1st, there seems to be a
very general spirit of acceptance of the
final action of the caucus in limiting
the considering of the prohibition ques
tion to a bill that shall provide general
state prohibition after January 1st,
1909, if the measure is ratified by the
people in a general election.
Leaders of the prohibition forces say
this morning they are practically wil
ling to have the general election and
believe that possibly the campaign
necessary for the election which must
be held will give opportunity for pav
ing the way for better and more gener
al enforcement of the law when it
does go into operation.
President Clarkson, Chairman Jno.
Oates, and others of the officers of the
Anti-Saloon League will remain in
Raleigh several days, keeping in
touch with the legislative work of pre
paring and enacting the bill indicated
by the democratic caucus as permissi
ble. The bill is to be so drawn that in the
"event state prohibition is defeated the
present conditions under the Watts
and Ward acts, the prohibition or dis
pensary territories will not be dis
turbed. So the temperance forces feel
that certainly nothing is to be lost by
the general election to be ordered.
The leaders are declaring today that
they will sweep the slate by 100,000
majority.
On the other hand there are those
who should be in touch with the situ
ation who believe there is a strong pos
sibility of defeating prohibition if the
opponents get out into a really vigor
ous campaign.
The impression now is that the elec
tion will be provided for in the bill in
the spring or early summer so as to
avert the injection of the issue into
the general November election.
Action of House and Senate.
Separate caucuses of the democra
tic members of the senate and the
house of representatives last night
both voted to permit action on state
prohibition, in that there shall be pass
ed bills providing for a general elec
tion on prohioition under machinery
to be prescribed in the bill and to be
effective several months after the
election.
The resolution by the senate was
simply that it was the sense of the
senate that a bill be prepared submit
ting prohibition to a vote of the peo
ple of the state.
The house resolution declared that
it was the sense of the house that a
bill be passed submitting state prohib
ition to a vote of the people, the date
of the election to be fixed later in the
session', when the bill is drawn, and to
be effective, in the event prohibition
carries at the polls, in January, 1909.
The caucus adjourned at 11 o'clock
and the senate caucus at 11:30.
The senate caucus gave a lengthy
hearing to the committee from the
prohibit ion convention, but the he a so
caucus declined to admit the commit
tee for a hearing. Early in the session
of the house caucus there was a vote
of 42 to 41 against considering pro
hibition at this session at all and for
confining the deliberations for the
term to rate' matters.
Representatives W. C. Douglass, of
Wake, and J. E. Buchen, of Moore
county, bolted the caucus at this stage,
declining to be bound by such action.
Douglass declared as he left that he
would introduce a prohibition bill or
"bust."
Steamers Collide.
By Associated Press.
Rotterdam, Jan. 22. The steamer
Amsterdam, belonging to the Great
Eastern Railway Co., and tiro British
steamer Axminster from New York,
Dec. 30, for Rotterdam, collided last
night near Nieuwe Waterweg. No
lives were lost. The Amsterdam was
badly damaged and beached at Mas
sauis. The Amsterdam was coming
from Harwich and had 50 passengers
aboard. A dense fog prevailed. The
Amsterdam had a great hole stove
in her bows and water came in so
fast the captain lowered the boats
and transferred the passengers to the
Axminster. The Axminster's stem
was badly damaged.
"Living Skeleton" Dead.
By Associated Press.
Ansonia, Conn., Jan. 22. Edward
Neidling, widely known over the coun
try as the "living skeleton" is dead
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