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VOL. 21. SMITH FIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1902. NO. 10.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS,
Some Happenings of the Week
Tersely Told. '
Jlany Items ot Interest Concerning
Tarbeeldom Clipped and Culled
From the State Press.
A big alligator was hwti in
Neuse river near Kinston a few
days ago.
It is stated that Col. J. S. Carr,
of Durham, is in the race for the
United States Senate.
A new Episcopal church build
ing, to cost about $15,000, is
being completed at Kinston.
Lauringburg has voted $30,
000 of bonds for water works
and electric lights and Dunn,
Harnett county, has voted $35,
000 for a similar purpose.
Jesse Drown, a 16 year-old
colored boy living uear Kinston,
was drowned in Neuse river Sun
day. He ran away front his
mother, who tried to take him to
church.
At Greenville Saturday the
Daughters of the Confederacy
unveiled a monument erected
near the graves of 14 unknown
soldiers, who died there during
the war.
Mr. IV. ft. Miller, a prominent
young business mnnofSails try,
died Saturday night, aged about
35 years. He b ft a considerable
estate and had i?17,0(!(> of life
insurance.
The little son of Mr. George
IVaid, living near Kinston, while
playing in the yard, fell into a
tub of boiling water and was
horribly scalded. It, is not ex
pected that he will live.
\\ arron county Democratic
convention Saturday was unani
mous far Clark lor Chief Justice.
For Associate Justice Drown
received -18% and Conner for
district Judge, Peebles 48%,
Winston 0<i%.
At Lexington Monday morning
Mr. Fayette Grimes was up in a
tree catching young squirrels
when he lost his hold and fell to
the ground, a distance of 25 feet.
His neck was broken by t tie fall
and he diet) in a short time. He
was .'55 or 40 years old.
The suit of Mrs. W. A. Mowry,
of Salisbury, against the South
ern Railway has been compro
mised for $2,750 damages. The
cause of the action wasthe death
of the plaintiff's husband, as a
freight conductor. nearCleveland
two years ago lie was hit by
an overhead bridge and instantly
killed.
An important case tried at
Stokes court last week was the
suit of Isaac Barr against W. J.
Johnson and others for a claim
of .$400. While the defendants
were threshing the wheat crop of
the plaintiff sparks from the
engine ignited the straw and
burned it and the wheat. The
jury could not agree.
.Near Walnut Cove, Stokes
county, Saturday, two little sons
of Alex Glidwell, a farmer, aged
four and seven years, got their
father's pistol from the drawer
and were playing with it under
the bed when it was discharged
and the ball passed through the
younger boy's body. The wound
is dangerous but the boy may
recover.
Some months ago the grand
jury of Buncombconnty criticised
the county home of i hat county
in severe language. In response
to the demand for better care for
the county poor t he Buncombe
commissioners have decided to
erect a new and more commodi
ous and modern building, with
hospital annex, 011 a more
eligible site.
Mr. W. T. Stnrgill. from A die
county, who graduated lost June
from the A. and M. College, has
received an appointment at West
Point from Congressman Spencer
Blackburn. He has been admit ted
without mental examination on
his diploma from the A. and M.
lie has passed a physical exami
nation held at Fort McHenrv,
and will go to West Point in
June.
The Ripple savs there are 254
citizens of Yadkin county who
have not paid their poll tax, 100
of whom are Democrats and 148
are Republicans. Of this number
78 have left the county, so there
are now in the couut.y only 181
who are liable for poll tax that
have not paid. The Mocksville
Times save only about 25 white
men in Davie county failed to pay
within the prescribed time.
At Winston last week a hus
band and wife separated, because,
as he alleged, the wife objected
to his taking an occasional glass
of beer. The wife wrote the
Sentinel that it was not the beer
alone but other drinks that were
objected to and especially the
fact that the husband wouldn't
stay at home nights. No names
are disclosed. The man left town
on a train and the wife went to
the home of her father in a neigh
boring town.
A few nights ago a party of
revenue officers made a raid in
the western part of Stauly
I county, near Rig Lick, in search
of illicit stills. Just before day
break they went to the home of
| Ulysses Whitley and his wife, who
! was ihadelicatecondition, seeing
| the men armed with guns and in
j search of her husband, became so
badly frightened that she was
j thrown into convulsions which
tasted for a couple of days, when
death relieved her of her suffering.
Avden was visited bv a disas^
trous lire Saturday morning.
The fire was- discovered in tY. 11.
Dew's colored barbershop. In a
few minutes the building was
enveloped in flames, and one by
one other buildings were burned
i down. The fire started about 1
o'clock and raged until 4. It was
impossible to save any buildings
on the east side of the railroad.
Total loss about ?$28,000, with
only .$9,00D insurance, l'laosare
already being laid to rebuild at
once. Rrick buildings will proba
bly be erected.
A NEW YORK TRAGEDY.
Paul Leicester Ford, the Novelist,
Killed by His Brother, Who
Commits Suicide.
New York, May 9th.? Paul
Leicester Ford, the novelist, was
shot and killed to-day by his
brother Malcolm, the well known
athlete. As soon as the victim
fell mortally wounded, with a
bullet through his left breast, the
murderer tired a shot into his
own side near the heart and ten
minutes later was dead.
The tragedy took place in the
library of the author's new resi
dence at 137 Fast Seventy seventh
street and was the end of a long
existing trouble among the seven
I children of the late Gordon Ford,
the millionaire real estate lawyer,
who died eleven years ago.
Malcolm was disinherited, the
property divided equally between
his two brothers and four sisters.
Malcolm contested the will but
withdiew his suit as terms of set
tlement were reached. Heclaimed
the terms were not carried out,
frequently lelling his friends that
this was so and complaining bit
terly.
Miss Elizabeth Hall, the au
thor's secretary, was the only
witness of the tragedy. Shesa.vs
the brothei s were discussing
money matters at the desk of the
novelist, who was seated, when
Malcolm, who w as standing, fired
the first shot, Paul fell to the
Hoor without uttering a word.
Malcolm calmly surveyed his
work, then deliberately killed
himself.
Paul was carried up stairs,
where lie died half an hour after
the shooting. Paul was small,
only five feet tall, almost hunch
back. while Malcolm was tall,
tine-looking and of athletic build.
Paul was married a little over a
year ago to a daughter of E II.
Kidder, of lirooklvn. He was the
author of "JaniceMeredith" and
many other graceful love stories.
He was 37 years old.
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HE SAW THE HORROR.
Pelce's Fearful Burst, As An
Eye-Witness Tells of It.
LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD.
Fiery Cloud and Awful Upheaval
that Blotted Out Thousands ot
Lives In a Twinkling:.
Dominica, British West Indies,
May 11.?It was about daylight
[ on the morning of May 8, when
we sighted the island. We had
run through a thunderstorm and
we steamed ahead for St. Pierre.
At (i o'clock we were at anchor
i uge off the Place Bertin landing.
When the agent, with lighters
and stevedores, came alongside,
I they told us that Mount l'elee
had been acting ugly ever since
the previous Saturday, and that
there had been a heavy fall of
hot cinders over St. Pierre itself.
However, the volcano seemed to
have quieted down, and we got
the stevedores to work smartly.
Twenty vessels were anchored
111 the harbor. One of them was
the Tamaya, a bark from the
French port of Nantes There
were four other large sailing ves
sels. The British steamer Rod
dam put into the berth next to
burs and let drop her anchor.
END OF THE WORLD.
Then something happened.
There was a shaking in the air,
so tint we felt as if someone had
jostled us.
A man near us cried out:
"My God, look at that!"
lie was looking at Peleo, and
every soul on beard looked, too. j
I can't describe what I saw. of
course, but my first thought was
that the end of the world would
look just like that.
The whole mountain appeared
to blow up.
It was just as if the mountain
had been blown up by all the dy
namite in the world. First of
all, a great pillar of flames rush
ed straight up in the air, then it
opened out wider than the moun
tain itself and came roaring
down out of the sky upon us
Some of us rushed to the fore
castle head to heave the anchor.1
I saw the captain shouting or
ders and I saw McFear, the en
gineer, drop below.
FIEKY CLOl!l> I I'ON THEM.
As we reached the ship's head
the fiery cloud was upon us.
Hough stones, scalding mud and
real splashes of flame dropped
and clattered all over the ship.
Shi|>s were swallowed up by
an enormous wave.
There was another roar, and
with it all the water in the har
bor seemed to get up and rush
upon the shipping. Fvery craft
heeled over to the great tidal
wave and seemed to sink.
When the wave struck us it
flooded us fore and aft, sweeping
away the masts, funnel, all the
small boats save one and part of
the deck.
1 aere was a yentilatorat hand,
and to save myself 1 seized it,but
was nearly killed, being driven
into it by the force of the wave.
A couple of stevedores nulled me
out of the ventilator ana dragged
me into the steerage. There I
remained, half dead, for <iuite a
time, during which the ship roll
ed and the fire and rocks batter
ed the decks.
Now and then a charred and
shrieking sailor rolled down flip
hatchway anil died as he came,
so that a pile of corpses lay over
me. Someone pulled me from
under these. I clambered to the
deck and began turning a hand
toward saving the injured who
were lying all about, though
even then small red-hot stones
and mud were falling.
('arttain Muggah. of our ship,
was burned almost beyond recog
nition.
As I was about this work rap
tain Mug?.jh came along. 1
knew him by his citAhes, though
these were smoldering, but his
face was scorched beyoi u recog
nition.
"Lower the boat!" hesnid.
I could not obey his orders, for
the boat that was left by the
\ tidal wave was burned full of
holes by the flaming rain. 1 saw
no more ot the captain after that,
but I was told by a stevedore of
St. Kitts that he jumped over
board and got ou a raft which
had been hurridly put together,
and that he died there
All this time the sea was rolling
like the heaviest kind of ground
swell, Pelee was roaring, and the
air full of strange shocks.
When I looked at St. Pierre the
sight was terrifying. The city
was gone and in its place was a
long stretch of gray, smoking,
flaming dnst.
A DEADLY NAPHTHA EXPLOSION
A Score Dead and 200 Injured in a
Pittsburg Suburb.
Pittsburg, May 12.?TheShera
den yards of the Panhandle Rail
road Company were the scene
this evening of one of the most
disastrous explosions and tires
known in this section for many
years.
A score of lives were lost and
about 200 persons were so badly
burned, that, according to the
judgment of physicians in at
tendance, 7o per cent, of them
will die from the effects of their
injuries.
The cause of the catastrophe
was the explosion of a train of
naphtha cars which were being
switched at the yard. In the
sw itching the rear car telescoped
a car forward.
The leaking naphtha ignited
from a switch light, causing tin
explosion which threw flames 50
feet high. Much of the escaping
naphtha ran through Corks run
to Esplenboro, 1 % miles. Here
it caused another explosion,
blowing to atoms the Seymour
Hotel and the Collins House, on
River road, and badly wrecking
a frame building near by, in
which were congregated two hun
dred or more persons from Pitts
burg and vicinity betting on the
races and baseball. Few occu
pants of this building escaped
injury, many Deing oauiy nurt.
The first car of naphtha ex
ploded about 4:40 o'clock. The
spectacle soon attracted a large
crowd on streets lining the hills
on both sides of and parallel to
the railroad.
The second car exploded atiout
o o'clock. It was (J: J when three
more cars of thedeudly stuff went
up with a roar that could be
heard for miles. Then the work
of destruction really began.
A torrent of flame burst forth
on each side of the track, sweep
ing back the terrified spectators
like a charge of artillery and
sending a shower of fire over
their heads.
The clothing of many was soon
afire. The victimsran frantically
about tearing their burning gar
ments from their bodies and
screaming for help.
In the meantime the fire had
spread to other cars, and in an
incredibly short time the entire
yard was ablaze. It is estimated
that 70 cars were burned. The
heat was so intense that firemen
were unable to get anywhere near
it for a time.
The Charleston exposition will
close June 1st.
The postmaster of Portsmouth,
Va , has disappeared. His ac
counts are short $5,000 to $2,
500.
Fire at New Milford, Conn.,
Monday night destroyed about
50 buildings, including most of
the stores in the place a id two
hotels. The loss is estimated at
$500,000 to $600,000.
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JUDGE CLARK S LETTER.
He Answcrs-His Accuses by Publish-,
ins: the Much-Talked-ot Letters
to Gov. Russell.
Last Sunday's papers contain
ed Judge Clark's reply to his ac
cusers. The letter, which is a
very long one, is addressed to
Col. E. J. Holt, Smithtield, and
coutains the letters written to
Governor ltussell and his defense |
of same. As the letter is too j
long for us to publish complete,
we give the following summary
taken from the Raleigh Times:
Judge Clark first gives the let
ter from Governor Russell saying
that he kept the letters secret j
until the impeachment of Judges j
Douglass and Lurches, when he [
showed them to an attorney for
the judges on condition that they
should only be used if absolutely
necessary for the judges. Judge
Clark's reply asks why if they I
were official communications are
they not in the executive office |
and if private why are they now '
in the hands of railroad attor
neys. Governor Russell n plied
saying that he had sent the orig
inals to F. 11. liusbee and that
Judge Clark could compare them,
lie also encloses a copy of a let
ter sent Mr. Busbee saying that
the letters must not be given out:
except the publication be made
Judge Clark himself. Judge
Clark then charges that these!
!communications obtained in the
confidence of attorney have been
made use of by the railroad law-!
vers but says that this is a mat
ter between the attorneys and
Governor Russell. Judge Clark
then quotes the assertion of
Capt. w . 11. Day and Mr. Bus i>ee.
that these are all the letters be
tween himself and Russell.
The first of these letters is a
communication giving the Gov
ernor some information about
the Cage railroad and winds np
with the (statement that. .1. II.
Reurson is willing. Tliisthejudge j
explains by saying that Gover
uor Russell hud then brought!
action before the railroad
commissioners to make railroads
pay fair proportion of taxation.
I'lie l'< arson reference was to a!
letter irom Col. W. S. lVarson |
'saying that if a Democrat was to j
be appointed he would like for
his brother, J. H. Rears on, to be
named as railroad commissioner
Judge Clark discussed some of
the reasons for removing the
Wilsons.
The second letter is a memo
ratulum. "Whatsoever thou
dost, do quickly." Judge Clark
says there is nothing to connect
him with this quotation, that it
was from the scripture spoken to
Judas Iscariot and he remembers
110 reason for applying the same
to Governor Russell at that
time.
Letter ?'! is also unsigned and
is not given. Letter 4 is a note
to Governor Russell saying that
railroad spies are watching their
houses,but if the matter is import
ant enough he will come to Gover
nor Russell at 9:30. The Judge
says that it is unfortunately true
that his house was watched and
once his messenger with mail was
stopped and the names to whom
his letters were addressed tele
graphed to an outside paper.
The oth letter is an undated
note suggesting that the grand
jury should investigate Judge
Simonton coming in a palace car
free in violation of the anti-pass
law, which imposes $5,000 fine.
It also suggests the employment
of Aycock or Connor as attor
neys.
The Oth was a note < f advice
about bringing action against
Page's road for discriminations
Judge Clark says in explanation
that it was the duty of iinv citi
zen, especially a judge, to call at
tention to violations of law. The
order removing the railro id
commissioners was drafted by
Governor Russell ana Judge
Clark read it over and made
some corrections at Russell's re
ijuest. This summons, however,
was never used.
The last note was a note to!
the Hovernor telling him to de
stroy the previous corrected
summons and giving him his
i opinion that the law gives thoj
Governor power to suspend and
the Legislature power to remove
railroad commissioners. Judge
Clark says that he knew the rail
roads would use any misrepre
sentation to prevent him trom
sitting on the cam, so lie asked
the Governor to destroy the un
used summons which he had cor
rected in the presence of Mr. R.
O. Burton, who was counsel for
the removed commissioners.
Judge Clark, after further ex
planation of the conditions at
that time and his actions, in
which he presents some facts as
to railroad tares and taxation,
says, "I have made mistakes, I
have committed errors, but God
knows that I have never done a
dishonorable thing." The friends
of Judge Clark say that every
action is abundantly explained
and Major Wilson refuted, while
those against him declare that
his communication with Russell
unworthy of a Judge.
UUR ONLY VOLCANO,
Mount lona Displays Signs ot Activity,
Omaha, Neb., May 12.?After
a silence of thirty years Mount
lona, the only volcano in the
United States, is today sending
out smoke and steam, anu some
of the people in t ie surrounding
country say low rumblings can
lie liearu. These reports are
brought from Cedar county,
Nebraska, where the little moun
tain is situated, by travelers who
say that the settlers hi tiieneigh
borliood are pan e stiickenand
ure hurrying to leave. The
mountain is situated on the
Missouri liver. 1">0 miles above
Omaha, and while not of great
height is high compared with the
surrounding country, it lias
been for years n sacred place with
the Indians, and it was near there
that the last big sua dance was
held in 1878. No Indian will go
to the raountian itself, as it lias
long been known to them as the
hill of fire.
Lewis and Clarke, in 1 heir ex
ploring expeditions in 1807,
landed at the place and reported
to the government that they
bad discovered a small volcano
on the banks of the Missouri,
(ieologists have said that the
smoke is caused by water sweep
ing through the limestone forma
tion of the mountain, but the
people are fearful of an eruptiorf
and are preparing to move.
Mrs. Sarah l'elot, of Louisville,
is dead. She was with the Treas
ury Department of the Southern
Confederacy during the civil war,
and all of the Confederate money
bore a signature written by her
husband. She was 70 years old.
George II. Stiver, a life convict,
who died in the Michigan City
prison last week, after 18 years'
incarceration, succeeded in ac
cumulating $0,0()() in govern
ment bonds by working over time.
His heirs are unknown, bijt it is
said he has relatives living near
Cincinnati.
Harry S. New, member of the
National Republican Committee
for Indiana, and President '
Roosevelt are arranging for a
hunting excursion in the Big
Horn country in Wyoming, and
it is understood that they will
make the tripsoon afterCongress
adjourns if the President finds
that he can leave Washington.
The way to ri?e above the dis
appointment is to fix our eyes
not on other or our own failures,
but 011 the mark, and press to
ward that.?II. W. Foote.
The practice of pausing mo
mentarily in business and recrea
tion to realize God's presence is
one of the rudimentary lessons
in the Primer of Religion, which
teaches us to walk by faith and
not by sight.?Ex.
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