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Weather. a a w i w Washington, D. C., Dec. 80 Pore cast for North Carolina for tonight and Thursday: Rain 'tonight, and poialbly In south portion Thursday. ESTABLISHED 1876. RALEIGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS APPMMG LIST OF DEAD GROWS SMfflii EVERY DAY AND IT 1AY MISS ELENA EALDERON. MADELINE MARSHALL. SECOND DAY OF ERB MURDER CASE TAKES STAND 7TV 2nd Edition (. r: - f-: - ' : mm urn People of Rome More and More Appalled af Breadth of Disaster THE BUSINESS AND COMMERCE ARE DEAD Never in the History of Italy Has Such a Calamity Descended Upon the People Every Hour Brings Fresh News of Devastation Thousands of Tourists Are Believ ed to Have Been Killed Believed Today That Not More Than a Half Dozen People Survived in Reggio, a City of 45,000 People. Consul Cheney Dead. O (By Leased Wire to the Times.) Washington, Dec. 30 -The state department received a dispatch from Consul Gayle, at Malta, saying that the con sulate at Messina has been to tally destroyed and . Consul Cheney and his wife and offl- ; clal family all lost their lives. Their bodies are still In the ruins of the consulate. (By Cable to The Times. Rome, Dec. 30 Two hundred thousand human beings met death in the Italian earthquake. The toll of death from- the - destroying . Jtprcea which swept Sicily and southern' Italy on Monday, is the heaviest from any calamity in the history of the nation. Every effort Is being made by the American ambassador and other in fluential foreign residents here to de termine the safety of Consul Cheney and his assistants. The Continental and American press associations have given orders that this shall come first in the work of their correspondents. The king and queen are at Mes sina. Both lire so overcome that they were compelled to spend the greater part of the day' in their apartments. Both have promised everything with in the agency of the government for the relief and succor of the af flicted. Refugees are now arriving hourly from Calabria. Stories told by these are too full of horror to be easily re- nrnriucpd. Not a building remains standing in Rcgglo. This Information was brought here today by wanderers from the stricken .sections. : Onlv a few scores escaped death. Th sea rolled in with a mighty roar that was at first mistaken for the rumblings of the earthquake. The greater portion of the city's site is covered with water today. Rome. Dec. 30 As tales of horror are brought north from Calabria and sieiiv. where the blight of Monday's earthquake struck in its most terrify ing form, the people of Rome are more and more appalled at the breadth of the disaster. Whereas, yesterday 75,000 was considered rad ical as an estimate of tno casualties, today statisticians are predicting ! a death list of from 100,000 to 200,- ooo. ; It Is quite impossible to figure on the actual money loss. It will go Ilo nitlllnna and It will he Itf TIV years before Southern Italy again Av ?nlns the commercial and architect ural conditions which has been wiped .- away. ' Business throughout Italy Is at a standstill. Commerce Is dead. Ships are being rushed away to the south laden with foodstuffs and clothing and supplies for the succor of the af flicted. Physicians and Red Cross nurses have be'n drafted from every city not affected and the vanguard of this relief army Is already upon the -vcene of disaster. , ' Never in the history of Italy has such a calamity descended upon the people. . Every hour brings fresh news of desolation. The entire continent is sending tnMRaraa of condolence and every ship and railroad train in the port of Ostla brings men and women from northern Europe and the British, isles whose relatives are thought to have nerlsbed In the catastrophe. u la known that thousands of (Continued on Fag Two.) TODAY'S ESTIMATE OP EARTHQUAKE CASUALTIES: Population. 147,000 34,617 1,0.433 7,000 5,420 Messina . ... . . Reggio (Calabria).. Palml. . . 7. . . . . Gioja. . .... Scilla . ..... . . . r Cantillo . . Velpasi (Sicily) . .. Baguara (Calabria) Cassano , . '. ... . , Cosenza .... . . 9,734 . . . 7.500 6,842 5.500 ' Loss of life and damage are reported in the following cities and towns, many of which are in ruins and exact figures may never be known: - ' v- Barcelonia, 16,490: Castroveabl. 3,375; Florida, 12,560; Koto, 22,285; Vittoria, 30,800; Patterno, 20.000; Catania, 1 16,500; Ter ranova, 22,019; Marcunopoli, ,... ;. Mlkelo, 3,477; Augusta, 16, 000; Naro, 12,000; San Giovanni, Capitelll and Calbanisetta are in ruins. IIMeMIMM(teMfHIMtl Italian Comm. unity in New ', York City Mds Sufferers (By Leased Wire to-The Times) New York, Dec. 30 The Italian com munity in this city 'was in terror when the full extent of the disaster. In Italy became known. Up lb the last mo ment hope was expressed by represen. tative Italian merchants, 'hat the, first reports of death and destruction would be found to be exaggerated. At least half of the 140,000 dead and dying are the friends and relatives of hulf of the 500,000 Italians in this city, and the anxiety over the fate of those in the lower part of Italy and on the island of Sicily was felt In all Italian Quarter.-" "l.tttte , Italy," ". in Haileiw, was buried under a pall of grief; Mul berry Bend was black with mourning and the Italian communities-- In Pel ham and In" ihe Bronx were stricken with fear. The first active step taken for relief was the call of the Italian chamber of comn.i-rce for contrlbut'ons. The cham ber met to organize relief measures In NEW PRESIDENT OF N.Y. CENTRAL (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Dec. 30 General Manager Tohe, of the Pittsburg & Ijike Erie Railroad, It is reported, has been select ed as successor to W. H. Newman, who recently resigned a:i president of the New York Central. Mr. Newman's resignation takes effect February 1. In the Pittsburg Dispatch Viee-Pres. Ident Schoenmaker was quoted as con. firming the report. The report was denied at the Cen tral offices In this city. One of the vice-presidents said the appointment of a successor to Mr, Newman rested with the board of directors and as yet no action had been taken, At the time the resignation of Mr. Newman was reported It was said that Mr. Brown, now senior vice-president, would be his successor. HARRIMAN BUYS 1 (By Leased Wire to The Times) Mexico City, Dec. 30 E. II. Hurrl mun and associates have Just closed a deal for the purchase of the Torres and .prleta Railway which runs through rich mineral sections of the state of Sonora, connecting with the ftonora Railway at Torres. The Sonora lino belongs to the Hnrriman Interests. The Torres and Prleta will be extended east from Prleta to a connection with the Cananea, Yaqul River, and Pacific at Ures. The acquired road was built and owned by J. P. Seymour and as toclates. Engineers to Go With Taft, (By Leased Wire to Tho Times.) Washington, Dec. 30 Judge Taft has been advised by Secretary Loeb today that President Roosevelt had selected the six engineers who are to aflromnanv him to Panama on the inflection tour that Is to determine theyuture of the Isthmian canal. EXICAN ROAD ' Loss of life. 7.00H , 1,000 1,000 Almost Destroyed Wiped off the map. ; Engulfed by sea. Many killed. 1.000- . : - 500 conjunction .with the. Italian consul and the Italian -Red Cross In this city. The directors voted $500 for im mediate relief, and before the subscrip tion1 was even noted down the in dlviduiil 'contributions ran up to $2, 000. Thin sum was at once turned' over to the Italian Red Cross. Subscriptions came In fast through the Italian newspapers and at least $10.000; was subscribed from all source Enrico Caruso, the tenor, sent . his check for $2,000 to Editor Charles Basotti, of 11 Vrogresso. The news paper itself contributed $200, Bs.nk'T f!nesar t'nnti SH0. tioloane.sl and Hurt- jjfl'M "IMS-and : Chrcrtr -HteeWer1 SSv .'.finer conn iniuions 10 ine nvw i-pain-i-brought the first day's total to $4,000. The Ked Cross received a number of contributions by ....'telephone. All funds fi-om this city will -be... forward ed to Italy through - the Red Cross, which in 1805 sent $100,000 to help the stricken people after the disastrous earthquake that year. WOOD PULP 10 GO ON FREE LIST (By Leased Wire to Tho Times) Washington... ' Dec;. 30 Wood pulp placed on the free list and the reduc tion of the duty on steel 50 per cent, constitute the principal points In the new tariff law to lie enacted at the special session of congress, to be call ed soon after the inauguration of Wil liam H. Taft as president. Free lumber, free coal, free shoes and free hides are also said to he the other principal changes in the sched ules. Besides this, the revision will tend toward a reduction of from 15 to 17 per cent, and many of the articles will be affected. The new tariff law, It Is said, will be amaxlmuin and minimum law, be a maximum and minimum law. 20 per cent, above the minimum and will favor countries giving the. United States the best tariff rates. DR. TANG'S MISSION ALMOST A FAILURE (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Dec. 30 A Washington dispatch to the Times says: . It Is learned that the real diploma tic mission of Dr. Tang Shao Yl, the special ambassador of the Chinese government, is practically a failure. He is aiming at something which would have practically the effect of an alliance between China and this country. An alliance In form, he knew, of course, when he came here, was Impossible. But an alliance In effect he hoped to secure by diplomatic means that were possible. He Is doomed, how ever .to disappointment that can, by any construction, be made to servo the purpose of an alliance. There Is no question that this gov ernment Is very warmly In sympathy with the Chinese government an1 will oheerfully do all that Is consist ent with Its friendly relations with other governments to be of assistance to China, especially during the period - mm, ) I - - "-I :;1 Miss klenn .Uaiaeroi) ,vif of the Bolivian Minister it t A ashi!)iton, who I lwrntly created a sensation in Wash-! InSton by wearing a full set of jewel-! ry, consisting of iR-ans. They- werej not of the Huston -.vaiiety, however,' but enme from the I;oliviaii forest , and are known n,i Iruiui lienns. . . , , , , , i Halns, suffered a collapse today as the of national development 'upon 'which that empire is turninp. , result of her two days' attendance at Dr. Tang has hf.-;ii in formed tlle trial and was unable to leave the plainly that any fonn of alliance Is room at the Hotel Astor, The de out of the question. The repoatud fonse- hean the dav bv calling Mm declarations of this 'jiovernmoht' con- .'' " ', cerning the pree.rvuUn of terri- nie Rhonfi' the egro servant .in CapU torlal Integrity and the indeiaiudonce Hil'"R' household, to continue her and ' ihe administrative entity of narrative of the Illicit relations ex China had 'led,. some 6f'th!..Ciilneses..,s,,nR between Annis and Mrs. Clau iiut,horiti,!s' to 'hopj. t ii:it Ihe United dia Mains. States would take a mm-o posiiive1 '"'. 'The witness began by declaring she stand In the matter, than had been ..had made a mistake yesterday; that dono heretofore. she did not tell Captain Hains an- - ' .'".'' i thing the night he got back, hut on PKNN'K!) I. HV I I.AMKS. Afotorincn awl ("oiulurtoi s Have Har row Kscape i'r;vni Flami-s, (By Leased Wire to The Times) Philadelphia,' Pa.. Due. -2 9 Penned tried to make the correction, where in ou the. third floor of the Stevenson upon the court told her if alio repeat building by: sheets f iiame and p(l it he would send her from Ihe chokliiK -smoke and ugress by the fire- escape made impossible in- art awn- lag, three score Htrapt cur iiiotornien i and (ondiWoi'S'd liomWiadqvis ?all! early today, many . sustaining' .piiiitTu'rhad .confessed," ,bht.'foStr-oCr&jM injuries. ' . The fire, of ' incendiary 'origin, started in the cellar, where a gas meter -.was 'broken opou and tired, Wheri the 'firemen arrived I hey found the front door of the building locked on the outside, imprisoning the 'men :'.lession,...the witness said, the cantaln ! said Major Hains. attending a mooting to decide vvheth- moaned, "Oh, my God, my children! . "He also said," continued the wlt er or 'not' to join the Amalgiimiitod nio- KV Ml 5'" a,! -tllal "': ness, "she was a good woman till An- Cnion. .'':'. -:'..;' I She was acting the scene, rocking nis drassrecl her down. He ruined Xon-uuion nii'U are 'suspected.' TRAIN" ROI1BKRS -SEXTBSCKI). All Sent to Peiiitentiary For Looting night' must not be repealed. .Mcm-jtho early session ended, Mclntyre ap Eiress" Train. : ! tvie fared up, declaring he Would ns' pcalod to the court to adjourn, as he (Ev Leased Wire to The Times) ino niore questions, of the witness tin- Uvas exhausted. Justice Crane or- Portland, Ore., Dec. 30 Two of the three train robbers who looted the Oregon Railway and Navigation's Chicago express train at Larnie a week ago pleaded to the charge of robbery before Judge Gateneb and were Immediately sentenced to tno penitentiary. William Burks, be- cause he first confessed, was given four years. Jack Hayes, the -leader, of the gang, was given twelve years. CHANG IS DESPONDENT. Corenn Murderer o( Durham W. Stev ens Closely Guarded. (By Leased Wire to The Times) San Francisco, Dec. 30 Sheriff stayed nights at a time when,-' with Dolan has given orders that I. W.! the mention of the dead -publisher- Chang, the Corcan convicted of man- name, his widow entered the rouri slaughter for killing Durham W, room handsomely gowned In blacu. Stevens, should never be left alone Passing within a few feet of the Ce uutil ho shall have been transferred fondant. 'she '.took a seat at the side to the state prison. Since his con- of the room. viction the Corenn has grown de- spondent repeatedly expressing a' wish that his punishment might be death rather tliau imprisonment. BITTER CONTEST OVER THE SPBEGKLES WILL; San Francisco, Dec. .10 There is every likelihood of a bitter contuse over the will of Claus Spreckles. The will was filed for probate yesterday, and two of tho sons, John D., and should give her some attention." Adolph, are left nothing of the vast Asked how the captain acted when estate, which ls 1 'estimated to be told of his wife's Infidelity, the wit worth $30,000,000. ness replied: Under the terms of tho will, which "He cried, 'My God, did she do was executed In New York May 11, ; that? The poor children.' 1907, tho widow, Anna Christian J "He frothed at the mouth, lits the future journey of life together. Sprecklcs, Is given a life Interest In eyes blazed, and Thornton put his The names of six of tho white couples the estate which, utter her death. Is arms around him and told' me to say. that were ' united are as follows: to be divided among three of her no more." Lynn R. Smith to Miss Katie Eng- Children, Claus A Sprcckles. Ritdolpu,1 This completed the direct examlna- land, Robert 8. Evans to Miss Nonale and Mrs, John Ferris, of Klngswood. Hon. The witness hnd given her tos- O. Ellis, Lonnle O. Manguni to Miss England, formerly Miss Emma tlmony in a straightforward manner ' Bessie Murray, R. L. Minor to Miss Spreckles. The testament, recttes that and It Impressed everyone. (Tallage Walters, W .H. Montague to the other two sons, John D., and "Thornton Halns was always witn Miss Elvira Hunt, Hermon Bradsher Adolph, have been liberally provided the captain," said Emma, continuing to Miss Mary Dean, and A. J. Stubbs lor during the life of the tcstalor, 'her testimony under the cross-exam-1 to Miss Louiee Buchanan, Tells of Captain Hains Nerv ous Actions After His Wife's Confession MMNTYRE EXHAUSTED Mclntyiv Appeals to (he Court to Ad journ, as Ho Was KxliuuMwl Jus tice Oane ' Orders a Recess at liilviv Ret'ore I-!o. Leaves Court Room "A Simple. Case of Renin lieiug Ovrrworked," Says Dr.. Fos ter May lie Able to Continue This Afternoon. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Flushing, X. Y.. Dec,4iM-Mrs.. Vir ginia Hains, 'mother of- Thornton ; Sunday. This angered' Justice Crane, who sharply1 reminded her she had said three times last night thai, she had told him all on the Friday night, of his return. The witness again chair, naught. Mclnryro's protests weni for i i I he servant sold she had told the . :(ierea nils stricken irom tne records, saying, 'I will not allow you lo get in ""l;11' 'he guise of what was said, matter you could nol otherwise d veloji." When Mrs. Hains made her con- j hack and forth in her chair, with her : jhands over her face, when (ho court ; ibrupUy stopped her with the warn- ing that her performance of ; last '''' the circumstances, but the court held to its ruling that no more ac:- Ing on the stand would he tolerated. ' On ; cross-examination '.the witness held to the truth oC her narration o , Captain Haifta and was excused. j . Emma l avelle. of : 25 Rockwell' : Place, Rrooklyn. who was employed j as a maid in the Halns household un - HI May ,ri, vvas; then called. ; She first saw the captain three days after his return from the Philippines when s've met him on the street :n Bay Ridge with Thornton Hains, she 'testified. She started upon a recital ! of what she told the captain of h;s wife's trips with Aiinis on which she As the maid continued her narra tive, telling of the protracted visits of Annis with Mrs. Hains at the hitter's nume. and of : the neglected Hains children who, she said,. -were half starved at times while their mother was away with Annis, the handsome widow had to fight hard at times to keep her composure, knowing that w liuost every eye In the court-room .as trained upon lier. blie bit her lip in an effort to keep calm as the wit- ness told of an occasion when Annis apologized to Mrs. Hains for leaving; her to keep an appointment with his! wife, saying "Claudia, you know I am with you all the time, and I really Madeline .Marsliall, who is believed to hold n record amon woman for husbands. She has just been led to the altar for the seventh time in New ark, N. Y. Her maiden name was Devlnn Tiira. Oleson. ination. "He never left his side." "When you told Captain. Hains what you have related, who spoke first?" "1 did." "Did .Thornton join Tri the confer ence?" "No; he did not." The witness vvas excused and Major John P. Hains. brother of Thornton and Peter Hains, was called. On June 27 he hfid a talk with the captain and vvas struck by his hag gard, worn appearance and nervous actions he said. "The next day aT Thornton's home in Bay Ridge he at Icmpted to have a talk with the cap tain about marital troubles, but found him so distraught that it was im- possible. The captain would ex- icliiim, "I can't think; I can't think," and pull his hair and stare at him iV'11?51 t,,(? ..'ftajp'r .testified.. ' ., walking up. and 'down the room ran his hands, through his hair and said:'.- '"My God, this is awful; this man Annis has ruined my home and driven me mad.' He said that several times," her, took her to New York arid had an operation -performed on her. He even borrowed the money to pay for it.' " During a short recess taken before dered a recess at noon half an hour earlier than usual. Dr; Austin Flint, chief alienist for the state, and Dr. George Foster, of 20 Kasl list, has associate, adminis tered to lclnlyre- before the lawyer lefi the (ourt room. "It is a simple case of the bratn 1 being :' overworked-," said Dr. Foster, "Mr. Mcjuiyre has been under a ter- ' ,-ible st.ra.lh and needs a rest I feel t that he may lie .abe lo .continue, this tfternoon." Adjournment was taken until 1:30 p. ni. . NEWS FROM OXFORD. Many Marriages During Christmas Week Xo Fatalities or Acci- dents. (Special to The Times.) Oxford, X. C, Dec. SO At the Christmas of 190S is plodding rapid- i alonK lnlflll(1 l,ast- u ls remark- ably true to nole that up to the pres- : ent time that Oxford and Granville county have been so fortunate as to evade the necessity of recording any fatalities resulting from huntsmen, the laceration of the tlesh from the 1 handling of explosive fireworks, or ; mishaps, or serious accidents, that are of so common occurrence every- where during the holiday festivities Yet, while the recording book of fa- talities and accidents "has clean," on tho other hand the come mar- I riage recorder has been weighed in the balances and found wanting. In cluding .Christmas eve and up to Tuesday at noon, Register of Deeds J. B. Powell Issued seventeen marriage licenses in tho county, there having been nine white couples and eight colored ones that decided to travel Servant of Erb Family Gives Some Important Test imony -y-- '; v. TELLS OF THE KILLING According to Testimony of Beatrice Matzui Erb Was Not Drank When Killed Mrs. Beisel Shot Him Heard Four Shots at About JO O'clock Mrs. Erb Announced Kill ing to Servant in Cool Manner Asked Aid of Servant In Reviving Sister, Who Had Fainted After the Shooting. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Media, Pa.. Dec. 30 When the second day of the Erb Murder trial opened with Beatrice Matzul, the servant, call ed by the commonwealth, on the stand, there seemed to be some doubt as to what District Attorney McDade will try to prove as to the actual shoot ing. He insinuated in his speech lasth night that Mrs. Erb might have shot Erb instead of Mrs. Beisel. This was a direct reversal of the theory he developed at the habeas corpus proceedings and is laughed at by the defendant's lawyers today. Miss Matzui, said to be the wife of a Japanese butler, told again what she had recounted at the habeas corpus proceedings as to how Erb had come home sober at 6:10 o'clock the evening of October 6. She served him with dinner. "Mrs. Erb could hardly have Kot up stairs and I was in the kitchen when I heard an wful noise up-stalrs. banging on a doo a crash of gloa and an awful scream. 'Tteie I heard Kome One ro from the " second floor.ta, tbe Xront hafl '. llk' someone going down easily but their heels knocked. I looked over the banister and saw Mrs. Erb In the main hall. I got part way down. She mo tioned with her head for me to come down the back way. and I did, coming through the dining room. I found Mrs. Erb in a closet beneath the stairs." Miss Matzul told of Mrs. Erb say ing she was waiting for her sister. The witness went to the kitchen and as the convent bells pealed out 10 o'clock she heard four shots in quick succession then two more. Then she told graphically of Mrs. Erb's an nouncement of the killing. "She came down and said the captain was killed. 'Not dead,' said I, 'Yes,' said she, 'He's dead, my sister Shot him.' Her manner was eooL It was about 10:25, five minutes after the foot falls upon the stairs Mrs. Erb said 'He's up-stalrs, and she led me up the front stairs by the hand. 'There he is,' said she, and there lay the cap tain dead en .'the .rug. 'Oh, come on, help me,' said Mrs. Erb to me. I re fused. She went into the bathroom and got a sponge and laid it to her sister's head as Mrs. Blesel had faint ed. Mrs. Beisel came to. Mrs. Erb said to her, 'My poor sister, this Will kill you.' Mrs. Beisel said, 'Close the door, don't let Captain Erb in. Pretty snon they both came down and sat on her-, get awiiy,' meaning Mrs. Beisel. her get away, meaning Mrs. Beisel. Mrs. .Erb said, 'send for the doctor and the police." . "Mis. Relsel asked, 'What will they do to me'." -Mrs. Erb said, 'We'll leave it to God.' .- . . "Mis. Heisel was carrying a pillow around, getting up and lying down and Mrs. Erb told her she made her sick. " .'Well, Florence,' said Mrs. Beisel, he won't hurt you any more.' 'I wish he were here 'Instead, of where he is," said Mrs. Erb to her sister." . HOSPITAL MYSTERY. Wounded Man Can't Tell, or Wont Tell, How Ho Was Shot, (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago. Dec. 30 The Michael ReeB Hospital contains a mystery. A little before noon Monday Nahum Hexter, a well known stock yards broker, was brought to the hospital with a bullet wound in the bead. No information as to how the wound was iu dieted could be obtained. No men tion of it was made on the records of the hospital and for nearly thirty six hours the police were In ignorance of the fact that Hexter had been shot. All that Is known is that the shoot ing occurred some time between the hours of 7:30 and 10 o'clock Monday morning at the Hexter home In Vln cennes Avenue. , 1 Friends of the broker can conceive of no reason why he should wish to take his own life, and tbey are equal ly at a lost to conjurs op a altaation In which he might havt shot him self accidentally.
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