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The Weather FAIR.
RALEIGH, N. C. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1910.
LAST EDITION.
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Fate of Missionaries Unknown
and There Is Grave An
xiety About Them
DEATH S PLAGUE
rprising in Some Sections of the
Province and Plague mid Famine
. In. Others Makes Serious Situation
in Chinese Knipiro Kfforts to Oh
tain News of " American Mission
nries Futile Famine and Bubonic
Plague Sweeping Cot tain Sections
Entire Districts Depopulated ly
the- Ravages of Disease. ;
(Ry Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Dec, 27 Cables re
ceived from China have caused grave
fears for the army of American men
and women missionaries in tUe prov
ince of Kwang Tung on account of an
uprising in wiiiclj missions, hospitals
and school houses were burned at
Lien Chow.
The Presbyterian board of foreign
missions with, headquarters in this
city, has cabled to the bureaus in
both Canton and Pekin to ascertain
if all the Americans are safe, but so
far no reply, lias been received and
their fate is in doubt. -
The following cable was sent by
the Rev. Dr. Arthur .1. Brown, of the
Presbyterian board:
"Wire full details and if our mis
sionarles safe."
"I have expected an answer before
this,, but presume it was held up on
account of holidays," said Dr. Brown
today. "We are anxious to get word
. from Lien Chow for the early condi
tions pictured there were not reas
suring." There are a number of American
missionaries in and about Lien Chow
who are not ministers. T'aey are un
der the control of the foreign board
and have charge of hospitals and
teach the classes in the industrial
schools. ' "... r
The Chinese government promised
I the United States protection for these
as adequate as the Chinese army
could give. The latest report from
the southern part of Kwang, Tung
province was that several thousand
bandits and Boxers had seized ves
sels on the Gulf of Tokin, upon which
Lien Chow is located and were prac
tically in possession of the city.
In Famine District.
Shanghai, Dec. 27 Famine is
stalking hand-in-hand with the bu
bonic plague " through China. T:ie
province of Kiang Su is being depop
ulated by plague starvation . and a
dreadful wave of plague death is
sweeping into the province Of Pechili,
in which Pekin is located. Accord
ing to reports received here today a
number of foreign missionaries are
dead or dying : from the epidemic,
Hundreds of natives are dying daily,
It will be months before an effeo
ual effort can be made to check the
spread of death. 'Despite the govern
ment's efforts, the zone of human de
struction is widening continuously.
While refuges from the death, belt
L
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
, Newt York, , Dec. 27 Because she had
boent rebuked by her father for keep
ing late hours, 'Dora. Barlow,. 2 year
old, attempted suicide In her home,
1S33 Amsterdam avenue, today by" tak
ing some mysterious poison.
'Physlclans at the Washington
Heights Hospital, after a lengthy ex
amination declared that they were un
able to determine the nature of the
poison. ' '
Dora returned home" at an early hour
today from' a dance and was scoldPd
by her father. As was his custom he
went to the girl's room to awaken her
today. The g!rl ' refused to get up.
After much persuasion she Jumped
from her bed and ran Into the kitchen.
. Before her father, who had followed
' her. could Intervene, the girl placed a
white capsule In her mouth and swal
' lofred a little, water. Almost instantly
she toppled over unconscious.
Lady Clieylesinore, the American wile of ii'i Knglish ieer, who is a
I'nionist, and believes most of her countrywomen in Kuglund have the
same leaning. Lady CheylesinoreyrtVhohefore hermarriai-e wus.MissMlizahelh
French, of New York, believes that a majority of I he American peeresses
feel exactly as she does in politics. Lady Clieylesinore says: "It is tiiito
absurd for people- to sny tiiat the radical party is in any sense the represen
tative of American ideals. I have never yet heard that the American prin
ciples included government by a single chamber which is practically what
the Liberal or Radical programme amounts to. I suppose that women
naturally' take on the political views of their husbands and as most ot the
peers are, of course,. Unionists, it follows that the women of Iheir inmilics
believe the-same way." ''"
are barred from the cities reports, of
the most harrowing conditions have
been received from as far west as
Nankin. . -- '
Along J he Grand Canal entire Til
lages have been wiped out and bands
of-men and women, insane from
hunger, roam the country. No food
can be taken into the heart of the
plague devastated region. '.-' .-
The entire grain and rice supply
has been exhausted in the middle of
the province and rioting is frequent
in remote districts where stored tip
food has been found. Men and wo
men have been known to fiirht to the
death for a hantiful of rice. The
gaunt, naked children have been seen
gnawing thongs of leather to gather
a little nounsnnient. tne nteciicai
missionaries are striving valiantly to
give aid and how many have perish
ed is not known. Braying the panic
of famine and disease they have pen
etrated the remote districts where
word cannot be had of them.
In the old Yellow River district
thousands of dead bodies lie exposed
to the weather. In many communi
ties the need of graves is gone be
cause everyone Is dead.
Chinese soldiers who have been or
dered into the heart of the affected
territory have rebelled and refused
to brave the dangers of the scourge.
CHTKCH ROOF FF.LL IX.
One Man Dead From Accident. Scv
. crnl Injured. (
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Barberton, O., Dec, 27 J. II
Meyers, a real estate man, died to
day as the result of injuries he re
ceived last night when the roof of a
new Christian Tabernacle which was
being erected by volunteer workers
collapsed, injuring two ministers and
five layman, among the . latter Mr.
Meyers. The ministers who were in
jured are the Revs, U. G. Roby and
William J. Thompson, both of whom
were badly bruised. Fifty men were
on the roof when it fell and the last
board was being nailed down when
the supporting rafters gave way.
Mr. Meyers had both his legs broken
and his head crushed.
PLAYED WITH AVIRE. :;
Wrapped Live Wire Around His
Nock, Formed Circuit and' Died.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Lynn, Mass., Dec. 27 One man
was electrocuted and five others, af
ter barely escaping death, were, in
jured early today when William J.
McGrady, 23 years old, of No. 26
Abbott street, seized an electric wire
v
in the cellar of a friend's house,
wound it about his nock in play and
formed a circuit with the dump
floor that killed him.
His panic-stricken lriends, seeking
to .disentangle him trom the deadly
wire, were each in turn knocked un
conscions, and one of them having
recovered was again knocked to the
floor when he attempted to turn off
the switch controlling the current
Two physicians were called, hut
although they worked over McGrady
for two hours were unable to restore
life.
Olympic (juntos Hero Arrested.
New York, Dec. 27 Matthew Me-
GraTh, champion of the United
States in- throwing the 16-pound
hammer, Olympic, games hero and
member of the New York police force
was arraigned before Magistrate Hv
lan and held without bail upon the
charge of shooting George Walker
whom he found being entertained by
his wife at the McGrath home at
o'clock Sunday morning. Although
McGrath was behind the bars today
his police shield had not been taken
from him and he has not been sus
pended. Walker is dying.
Ex-congressman Montgomery Dead
Elizabethtown, Kv., Dec. 27 Ex
congressman A. B. Montgomery,
formerly a member of the Dawes In
dlan commission under President
Cleveland, died at his home today
after a long illness. '
FIVE IN KILLED
IN FREIGHT WRECK
(i:.v Leased Wire to The Times.)
Galllpolls, O., Dec. 27-Five men were
killed In a wreck between two fast
freight trains on the Bultimqie &
Ohio railroad near here earlv today.
The disaster occurred at .Saltlick and
Is believed to have been caused by
a failure of one of the crews to ob
serve orders. All of the dead men
were members of l!he train crews and
lived at Pnrkersburg, W. Vi..
Heavyweight Contest. -
Memphis, Tenn., Dec . 27 In the
first heavyweight contest pulled off
in nearly twenty years in Tennessee
Jimmy Barry and Tony Ross fought
eight rather tame rounds to a draw
before the Nntional A. C. last night.
There were no knockdowns. Carl
Morris, the 250 pound so-called
"white man's hope from Oklahoma,"
issued a challenge at the ringside.
BIG BANK FAILURE
Angry Depositors Start Riot
In Streets
Northern Rank of New A ork Fails
Wholesale Irregularities ( barged
Hank Has Deposits u! Over S(i .
000,000,
(l;v I.e.'iRfil Wire to 'I'm; Times.)
New York. IX.-e. 27 - )1 w i ntr u t mil
which led back to the enilaps ff..the
lleinze cupper pool 'and. the exciting
days of the, !9tlT Mtnir. New.. -.York.
M.it.' hunk 'authorities sinned an in
vestigation -which, lias ivv'Mcil nlmle
Irregularities, with il.-jm.- Hs of (H it
$';,0nu,('ii0 and nine braui-he's, was close i!
tmlay . by (.StiHe itu;i.Tiuti-iident ul
Hanks -Cheney, The hian;-iics .w.-ic
sin rounilM by weepin- and rioioui"
men. and Women ail day. 'The investi
gation : also disclosed xtreiueiy clu.-e
i-elatlon-s between the hank and tine
nsara:iee ami iiidciniiity 'companies tun
of which wore 'formerly owned by the
llciniic family.; The haul;, which, was
capitalized at $700,63.1.. iff nrdeml to ex
pecleil. rtv be i lie ecu t -r of -amazing
liiiaiiclal rcvela'lioie: Us Hit- ii-iTiil..i ri-
lic; arc declared tf. have I'ontiiinc.l
iiiidrr -the. 'very no.-se of .the. hank ex
aminers after, they. 1 ;;-;; 1 1 - work.
The failui was tin- nio-ii s nsit inn -a!
since the day's ;oi' . tin-. !!iii7 ii'i""'.
Kioi.lng .broke tnif aliont ilu- I'.irt lor.-
ris hranch in One Ilnnd
I- lnhi h fi reel this i-v
-.1 an. I Thirty-
I. 1 1 m
.-n I tin
lili- Jllol
police reserves had to'
of iiieii 'and women wit
a.hont the bank damn
-sti'-fi
To" their
.money. Hut the Per
s bra t
was not the only one.wh
scenes, and police', actio
practically all the . bran
were tinder -nolice guard
Hie excited and un-jry d
hulk of business had In
small retail men many
icli saw lively
o. . IJy.. noon
!i institutions
; o, hold h ,, I
- l.-isitors. The
i-ii done-, wit;
of whom .dc-
posited all their '-Christmas r.ceipt
last week.
The .-mspensidn of '..the hank .ma;
involve tlie manaeement of the Aetna
Indemnity Company, ot Hartford
Conn.: the' Title, & Guarantee Com
pany of Rochester, X. Y-; the Fidelity
Development Com.pany of this -city.- 'and
the Bankers Realty & Security Com
puny. ' .. '' -,"'.
otto H. Kii-v. formerly state sup
erlntendent bf.-'Insurjtnce,' is president
of the Aetna Indemnity Company and
four of tlie insurance and ideni-
plly '.concerns mentloed are said to l.d
controlled "by Joseph' (1. liidiin,
'ehair
man of the executive connniitci
Xorihern Hank.
of the
f'rior: to.-the .1907 panic the
-to'.vd was deeply interested
Hemze
in ' tin
.Vetna IiHlemuity. and 'the Title .&
(iuarantee Company. Attluir Ihinzc
being -prcKident of both concerns. The
illapsc. of the copper pool enabled
Joseph O. Itobin to step in. ,
Robin took over the control of the
two companies from tlie lionize tam-
iiy to utilize them "in his consolidatloi
of three crippled banks. -
Mr. Rohm owns M per cent of th
etna Indemnity Company and l lint
'oncern 'owns .outright all the stock of
the Rochester, N. Y. Title & -Guarunfee
impany of which Sir. Kelsey is pres
ident. ' .
Superintendent of Insurance llotch-
kiss started an investigation or tnn
Rochester' concern which is, innclive.
This -Investigation led first In the Aetna
Indemnity Company and thence to the
! ndoltlv Development Company and
finally to the Bankers Really & In-
nrance Comnanv.
The intimate relations between the
concerns ami the Northern Hank were
disclosed by exM'rts of the state -in-Kiiranco
department. It was tlie in-
durance investigation which led Sup
nintendent Cheney to iiKiuire into llu
mans ot the Northern Bank and tins
ed to tlie closing of that institution
Chief of Kirc Dopartment.
(Kv Leased Wire to The Times)
OhieagQ. Dee. 27 -Assistant Fire
Marshal Charles 15. Sevferltch was
todav appointed chief of the Chicago
fire department, to succeed the late
Chief .lames Horan. who was killed
while fighting fire at the Morris plant
in the slock yards.
JAPS SEARCHED
FOR EXPLOSIVES
(liv Cable to The Times.)
Manila. Dec. ST The Japanese col
ony h '.'re was excited todav over raids
made bv I tilted States military author
ities in a search of -Severn! of their
esidenees for explosives.
The bouse, occupied bv tlie local
agent of the great Japanese .irmv and
navy eontraeting firm, the Mitsui l!us-
san Kaisha. known througlioiit Aineri-
i and Kurope lis Mitsui it Company.
was one of those (searched. No ex
plosives were found, it Is reported, but
the occurrence has (riven rise to the
umors of the discovery of a Japan
ese plot against tlie American govern
ment and has caused intense excite
ment in all quarters. The Japanese
probably will protest to their govern
ment. Spy Arrested.
London fl Dec. 27 A dispatch from
Manila savs that a Japanese spv was
arrested by the United States military
ill b ' MviY--:
Slay o!ie, prominently known
is tbinkiiig ol e.riliii" her auloliioaiapiiy, rlii'oiiicliuu.' (be happenings of
hev eventtul Inc. In spcakim; of her
woman who once owned the famous
eiirlli('.inkes all over tin' v.oi-M v iili
lliii'S li-oin (lie time ol (be big tire
'.Since May oiie wrote her book.'
libel suits ll I were to tint in -tin-
authorities, us Corrigirdoi- Island to
day. Tlie island is being strongly for
ttlied by the 'American authorities to
defi. r,d Manila from tittack bv sea..
TIIHKAT OK I.VCillt;.
Danger ol Mob 1 lolcnce in West
irgiina lin Troops Asked
I or.
( Hy Leased YA iro to the Ti n h l
t'haileslon, V. Va., Dee. 27 Gow
ernor Glascock was today notiiieil
t hat a critical situation prevails at
Weston, where William Fiirljy, a ne
gro, charged with criiuinal assault, is
lioing guarded from lynching, in the
county jail. .The .'governor, was .asked
to hold troops in readiness to rnsli
to the town.
Flora Anulin. aged ;1. was ilir
victim of . Fnrhy, and it. is believed
that there is little chance tor her re
covery. " Justice -Hughes told Gov
ernor Glasscock iliac it - would prob-
bly be impossiido to control the
towns-people if the girl died, . and
that an attempt would bo made to
spirit Furby to the Clarksburg jail.
HAYTIUX lIOItDKi; I)ISI1 TF.
Assurance of Settlement: Discounted
by I'riparation lor tlistilittes.
l By. Cable to Tlie Times)
Port an Prince. Dec. 27 -- Despite
the assurances given thai the Iron
tier warlnve between Stint. i Domingo
and Havti over tlie 'border dispute
mid confessions to Americans, would
WHOLESALE VOTE
(Hy Leased Wire to The limes)
Columbus, u., Dec. 27- tiovernor
Harmon will ask Die legislature as soon
as it. convenes for -an investigation.' of
buying ot votes in Adams i-oiiiiiv. The
.yholesale buying of votes as developed
by. the special grand jury of West
l. nion has stirred up the governor. Ho
lias assured Judge ISInir that he would
cooperate with him in 'every way to
unearth the illegal voting.
Seven hundred . and ill'ty-ei(jlK are
now under indictment and bv the end
f the weak it Is expected that at
least 1M10 will be In the net.
Killed Hold-up Man.
( Hy Leased Wire to The Times. 1
Kankakee, Ills., Dec. 27---John
Walton stabbed a hold-up man to
dealli early today and routed, two
others with a kmle when he was
held up near his no me.
both in this eoimlrv and Europe, who
plan recently in San I'raucisco, the
Hope diamond saidi "1 should cause
r.iv book, instead ol !ating every
here, as they do now, people would say,
lint I'm alrnul I slmaM have too manv
names."
result in no further hostilities, but.4
talions of. soldiers were moved to
ward t he buttle zone from both side;
today toiiowmg tin engagement in
wbc.;r two score tire said to have per
sued, aiiiong tiieni at least- one
American, Marion K. lleall.
The bat't le was' 'fought near Comen-
d-idor. and both Hides retired with
Dttf either winning a clear-cut vic
tory- The Mtiytien '..government some
time ao granted a number ot con
cession, to Americans .and this
'.aroused tin ire of the Dominicans
' who' .charged that, the territory given
to tlie Americans did. not rettlly. be
long to Ha i i.
. . Mr., lit nil was ii cijHionis ' o'ttlcer
iinil had been ii Santo, Domingo for
about two and a half years.'
Ill TTKR DKOTIIFIIS DltOWXF.D.
I.iowned in hamtwhit River in Vest
ivmnia
t I'.y Leased Wire 10 The Times)
1-yiu h'b'urg. I) -c. , 27- Worn
Avas received today of the, drowning
of Ceorae and Risiine Htitter, at
'0 a it ley Uvidge,: . W. - Va., in tlie Kana
wha river late ves terdiiv.. lloth men
were cniiii god in m inihg o)erations
in West, Virginia. :.. ,
The brothers were prominently
conueci..,! in 'Virg'nia and New York
society.-"'-They ' were related closely
to i he l.ai'.uinv nis of Albemarle
connl.v and to .'vs. ' Charles Dunn
(libson itnd .Y!r.-;..!acob Astor. .
Revolt in Caroline Islands.
.( t!y ('aide to Tiie Tiniesl
Herlin. Dee. : 27 'Although the
iidonial ot lice received a cablegram
todav I rout the Herman governor ot
I he. Caroline islands, report ing that
the German soldiers upon the islands
could handle t he .situation the Ger
man, cruiser was ordered to Ponape,
where the iinmos. are in revolt and
are reported to lie killing whites. .
The Caroline Islands are m the
Pacific ocean, due east trom the
Philippines. I hev were -purchased
by' Germany froiii: Spain in ..1899.
I here are about fiSll islands in the
group, the two most important being
Yap and Pontipe.
Familiar Figure at Capitol Dead.
( Hy Leased ire to The Times.)
Washington, Dec. 27 J. Hancock
Kohinson, Conlederate veteran and
secretary to three of Mississippi's
senators, died while sleeping on a
conch tu the senate office building to
day. Heart failure was the cause ot
death. He was 02 years old and for
more than twentv years had been a
familiar figure at tae capitol.
KIDNAPPERS
GIVEN III
III SENTENCE
Not Less Than 25 Years Fcr
Man and Woman
Kidnappers
JUDGE WAS" SEVERE
rushing Wow Struck at "Black
band" Kidnapping Gangs When
'I wo Leaders, a Man and Woman,
Were Given Xot Less Than Tweit-
: ty-live, lenrs by Judge Fawcetfc
ludgo Was Severe in Passing Sen
tence und Said He Would Like to
Have the Privilege of Passing
Death Sentence Upon the Prison
ers Woman Screamed Hysterical
Iv When She Heard Sentence.
tr.v Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Dec.. 27- A -crushing1 Mow
was struck. 'jit "blaekhand" kidnaping
tngs today when Marin Itappa and
Manislao Pattenza. heads ot the ab-
luction gang which stole Giuseppe
I jingo and Michael Hizzo. two Brook
lyn children, were sentenced to not
less than 25 years and not more than
III years and ten months, the woman
Auburn and the. man in Sing' Slug
prison. ' . ;
Mrs. Kappa broke down in court
when she heard ; the sentence, and,
screaming hysterically, was dragged
from the room. '"Pat tenza was indif
ferent and walked, out stolidly.
In sentencing the prisoners, Judge
Fawcctl delivered the most scaffilng"
tlenuneiation In the history of the
ourts. declaring the pair menaces to
society and expressing his regret that.
he could not impose death penalties. '
The court was particularly severe In
imposing sentence upon Maria Rappa.
It is almost unbelievable," said
the bulge, .-."that. -you could have held
the broken-hearted children 20 days,
knowing the terrible suffering of their
distracted .parents. Y'ou have given
birth to children your- own children
lived m the very room where little
iliuseppe Loiiqo was held captive. You
have neither the spirit nor instinct of
i ' mother.
"The Ood-made mother love is bet
ter shown in beasts than In vou. A
good mother is the holiest thing alive
but you give no qualities ot knowing
-inything of goodness." :
The .bulge declared that if there, had
been an atom of mother love in- the
breast of the prisoner she would have
turned the little prisoners loose. The
court declared that the cruel, unnat
ural part played by the Rappa woman
branded her as an undesirable mem
ber of society.
"The limit ot punishment is not too
severe for vou,'' said Judge Fawcett.
Vour children will be treated kindly."
In sentencing Pattenza, Judge Faw
cett scored the. black hand and its
crimes.
Your home housed the worst band
of law less brigands in this country,"
ml the court, "and this case has
proven that the notorious black hand
is net a mvth. You and the other
bad men of tlie society lived from tjhe
fruits ot vour dastard'v crimes. You"
onviction is the worst blow that .ias
been dealt the black hand yet in the
Cnited States.". .."'-.';
There was a grasp of astonishment
in the court room as the judge ,ir0
nounced the woman's fate. If .ho liyts
to serve ihe extreme penalty, she will
be 71 when it expires, attcnm-wlll.be
7!).-' " " - '.'''
IN CHICAGO STRIKE
fliv Liiised Wire to The Times.)
Chicago. Dec. 27 Rioting was re
sumed in the garment, workers strike
todav. A dozen Tickets attacked strike
breakers at the Hart, Sc.haffner
Marx plant and after a brief battle
with special detectives were dispersed
by the police, -several were injured.
Passenger Train Ditched.
Corry, Pti., Dec. 27 Passenger
train No. 6;!, on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, which left here for Buffalo '
at 4: SO this morning, was ditched at.
SunNnerdalo, N. Y while running 50
miles an hour. The engine jumped
the track and landed in the dep
snow. ; It was reported that Engi
neer John Miles was killed, and the
fireman hurt, but this was afterwards
denied. No passengers were hurt,
but all received a severe shaking up,