Newspapers / The Smithfield herald. / Nov. 25, 1904, edition 1 / Page 2
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
SITUATION AT FORTRESS CRITICAL American Consul at Chefoo Says Japs Hold the Outer Forts. FIGHTING OCCURS NIGHTLY Washington. Nov. 18.?Consul Gen eral Fowler cabled the state depart ment froui Chefoo that the situation at Fort Arthur Is extremely critical, the outer forts having fallen into the possession of the Japanese. He also status that three Japanese torpedo boat destroyers are lying outside of Cho/oo harbor, and that the Russian crew of the torpedo boat destroyer Rastoropny destroyed Wednesday are transferring their arms and supplies to a Chinese cruiser which Is posted in front of the Russian consulate. Fighting F.very Night. Chefoo, Nov. 18.?Fighting at Port Arthur has taken place nightly since the Japanese began their general as sault on October 26, according to Cap tain Ronberg. a pilot, who was a pas senger on the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Rastoropny. The Japanese trenches, the captain says, are closest to the forts on Rih lung end Keekwan mountains and to other forts on the northeastern group. The sharpshooters of both 6ides oc cupying the pits converse with each other and frequently make individual truces in order to borrow cigarettes or to relieve their cramped limbs. The Japanese are displaying great energy in the construction of trenches and the mounting of guns All the rail ? road steamers belonging to the Rus sians, except the steel screw transport Amur, have been sunk by Japanese shells The hospital ship Angara, formerly a transport, has been sunk in shalfow water. The patients are still on board the ship and are comfortable. The Japanese shells direeted against the harbor are fired with remarkable accuracy. CAN HOLD OUT SEVERAL MONTHS | Stocsscl Certain He Can Defend Port Arthur Until Fleet Arrives. St. Petersburg, Nov. 19. ? General Stoossel has telegraphed to Emperor Nicholas that Port Arthur can hold out several months. Needs Munitions and Stores. London. Nov. 19.?The Daily Mail's St. Petersburg correspondent says that Lieutenant General Stoessel's report expresses a firm conviction that he will be able to hold out at Port Arthur until the Baltic squnun n arrives In March, on the condition that he is sup plied with munitions and stores. The governm- nt. the correspondent adds, has Instructed its agents abroad to supply Lieutenant General Stoessel's requirements at any cost. Another Great Battle Imminent. Tokio, Nov. 21.?increasing actlvl'y along the Shakhe river seems to indi cate the imminence of another great battle. The Russian feints, evidently in tended to draw a Japanese attack, are uniwormly repulsed. Army headquarters yesterday receiv ed the following report from Field Marshal Oyama, dated November 18: "At dawn today a detachment of the enemy made an attack near Hsing luugtun. They were repulsed by us "Since this morning the enemy in the vicinity of Shakhe village have in directly bombarded our positions with mortars and field pieces. They have ef fected no damage. " I he enemy have burnt Huanglashe tzu and villages to the southeast on the right bank ot the river Hun." NEW NAVY FOR RUSSIA Determined to Maintain Position As First Class Power. St. Petersburg, Nov. IS.?America is likely to profit, both directly and In directly, from the execution of the large naval program which Russia is now elaborating. The vital importance of the sea power has been Russia's bitterest les son of the war; and the government is fully determined that the maintenance of the empire's position in future as a first class power will be Impossible without an adequate navy. If the losses the Pacific fleet has already sustained should be followed by dls aster to Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron, it will be necessary not only to rebuild the whole navy, but to in crease its strength. The immensity of the task seems to be fully appreciated. While some of the contracts will be placed abroad, owing to the limited facilities of Russian yards (and It is expected that at least one big ship will be constructed in America), the admiralty's plans will be directed towards the ultimate divorce from de pendence upon foreign shipbuilders by the organization at home of vast ship building, armor plate, ordnance and kindred industries. For this purpose It Is realized, however, that foreign , builders and specialists must be at- | traded; and some alluring prospects , are likely to present themselves. Vlck- | ers Sons and Maxim Armstrong, , Whitworth & Co., limited, of Eng land, have already made advances, but owing to the anti-English senti ment, Itritish firms are not meeting with a very cordial reception. The dis position is to turn towards France, Germany and the United States; and a great plant at Libau or on the banks of the Neva, directed by American brains, and possibly In association with French and German enterprise Is one of the possibilities of the near future. PLACE FOR COCKRELL President Oflera Missouri Senator Isthmian Canal Commiasionership. Washington. Nov. 21?The preslden' has offered Senator Francis M. Co k rell, of Missouri, the Isthmian canst %? SENATOR FRANCIS M. COCKREIX OP MIS SOURI. commlsslonership made vacant by the resignation of Col. Frank J. Hecker, of Michigan, and has also told hin that if he feels that his health wili not permit him to take this place the president desires to offer him a posi tion on the inter-state commerce com mission. TWO MEN FATALLY BURNED Gasoline Explosion Caused Fire That Threatened to Destroy Town. Lane aster. Pa., Nov. 19.?Two men are perhaps fatally injured and the Walker & Eby business block totally destroyed as the result of a fire which threatened destruction to the town of Gup, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 17 miles from this city. The flames broke out in the hardware store of George T. Sellers, supposedly from the explosion of a gasoline tank. Joshua Hershey a id lienjamin Sellers, clerks in the hardware establishment, were near the tank, and the burning fluid was thrown upon them, inflicting terrible burns. They have been taken to the Pennsyl vania Hospital, Philadelphia. The Walker & Eby property Is a large three-story brick structure, oc cupied by a half dozen tenants. The flumes were spread rapidly by a high wind. A message for assistance was sent to this city, and a fire company was hurried to the scene of the con flagration on a special train. Four hours later the flames were under con trol. The loss will exceed $50,000. The principal losers, besides Mr. Seller.', are the Gap National Rank, the Gap Academy and the Gap Social Club. RUMORS OF MARINE DISASTER Red Star Line Steamer Kroonland Said to Have Foundered at Sea. London, Nov. 21.?A news agency report from Brussels states that ru mors are afloat at Antwerp that the Ited Sta r Line steamer Kroonland foundered in mid ocean. Officials of the company here deny all knowledge of the alleged disaster and discredit the rumors. Officials Brand Rumors as False. New York, Nov. 21.?The officials of the Red Star Line brand as malicious the rumor of the Kroouland founder ing. They discredit the report and de clare that the Kroonland Is not due here until tonight and as vessels ar riving report heavy weather she may not get here until tomorrow. Minister Goes to Jail For Thirty Days. Worcester. Mass., Nov. 19.?Rev. W. P. Squires, pastor of the First Baptist church. East Brookfteld, was sent to Jail for 3d days for contempt of court by Judge Forbes, of the probate court. Tho clergyman wrote a letter to the judge in connection with a suit now pending. In which the First Baptist church Is interested, accusing wit nesses oi* icrjury. The judge promptly decided that the writer had used "un due and Improper Influence" with the court, and sentenced him to pay a fine of $50 or go to jail. The clergy man said that he could not pay the fine and took the alternative. Minister Drops Dead On Street. Greensburg, Pa., Nov. 19.?Rev. Dr H. C. Beacon, one of the prominent ministers of the Methodist church, dropped dead on the street at New Florence. He was 76 years old and had been to the postofflce for his mail and was on his way home, when he fell to the pavement and expired in a few minutes. He was the father of Hon. James F. Beacon, former state treasurer, of this city. He had been preaching since 1860, and was widely known. He is survived bv his wife, three sons and two daughters. Boy Mangled In Shafting. Brldgeton. N. J., Nov. 18.?A horri ble accident occurred here. Samuel Horner, a lad 14 years old, employed it Ayar's canning house, was assisting in placing a belt on a shaft, when his ipron caught in the shafting. His jcalp was torn off. his left arm broken j a four places, shoulder dislocated and :he clothing torn from bis bruised body. There Is little hope of the boy's ?ecovcry. Professor Shearer Burned to Death. 1 Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 21. ? Professor Samuel B. Stvarer, former superin tendent of the Cumberland county ichools, was found dead In a thicket a mile south of here. The body was i>adly burned. Suffering from illnes.', i be wandered from his home. It is be ieved that he fell into the thicket and ] that matches In his pocket set fire to | nls clothing snd that he was burned to < leath. ' TWELVE DEAD IN TENEMENT FIRE Smothered Before They Could Reach Fire Escape on Building. TWO FAMILIES WIPED OUT New York, Nov. 21.?Smothered be fore they co ild reach the rear fire escape la a burning tenement build ing at 186 Tn itnian street, in the Wil liamsburg district of Brooklyn, 12 per I sons met death. Two entire families. those of Maranio Trlolo and Charle" ! Polognlo, are wiped out. the last living member of each being now in a hospl J tal, with no hope of their recovery They are Charles Polognlo, 33 year* I old, and Tony Trlolo, 13 years o'd. both of whom are terribly burned. Al though, in the opinion of the coroner, ail the dead were suffocated, the bodies were biully burned before they could be taken from the ruins by the fire men. ? The fire is supposed to have started in the cellar of the grocery store of Antonio Glambalvos, on the ground tioor. The cellar was stored with in flammable material, and the flames spread with lightning-like rapidity. All the occupants were asleep at the time, and there was considerable delay in sending in the first alarm. The Giam balvos family lived in the rear of the store and succeeded in getting out of the building, but before the occupant;, on the two other Moors were roused their escape had been cut off. Before the firemen arrived the fire had communicated to the adjoining tenement, but here the occupants had sufficient warning and all of them es caped. All the bodies were found In the rear room of the third floor, and it was evi dent that all had been suffocated in their effort to reach the fire escape at the back of the building. The two who were rescued were found in the lower hallway soon after the firemen reached the scene. Working their way through the building, the rescuers dis covered the heap of dead on the third floor. In his intervals of consciousness Po lognio tries for his wife and children, but the physicians fear the knowledge of their death will kill him and have not told him of their fate. In their investigation as to the or igin of the fire the police have been unable to obtain a statement of any kind from neighboring tenants. It was with great difficulty that even the names of the victims could be secured. The dead are: The mother and two small children of the Polognio family, Maranio Triolo. his wife and three children. Marie Ambrosio and her 18 year-old daughter, Mary Galigoni, IS years old, and Lonaria Grosseppl, 3C years old. SAVED FROM BURNING STEAMER 21 Persons Rescued From Blazing Mohawk With Much Difficulty. New York. Nov. 19.?Twenty-one persons were rescued from the big freight . tearner Mohawk, of the Cen tral Vermont Railway's fleet, whicfc burned to the water's edge off Hor ton's Point in Long Island Sound. The watchman, a Swede named Larsen, is believed to have been burned to death. All the others on board, among whom were two women, were taken off the burning vessel by the freight boat Boston, of the Fall River line, and almost immediately afterward there was a heavy explosion on the aban doned freighter, which apparently com pleted the destruction made by the flames. The vessel and cargo are a tolaI lnoo The Mohawk was loadrd with gen eral merchandise, which included near ly a thousand barrels of sugar and considerable oil. The value of the cargo has not yet been ascertained. The fire was discovered as the vessel was passing Horton's Point on one of her regular trips from this city to New London, Conn., and a few min utes later her entire framework was aflame. The Iloston came up in a shorl time and went at once to her assist ance. The rescues were made with much difficulty, owing to the intense beat. Yacht Captain a Suicide. Oyster Bay, L. I., Nov. 21.?Captain Edwin Boss, a well-known yacht cap tain, committed suicide here by shoot ing. The cause of his act is not known He had commanded yachts for the late Colonel Van Rensselaer Cruger and other men of prominence and was wealthy. He was a friend of President Roosevelt and a member of the same Masonic lodge. Rat Turned On Deadly Gas. Wllliamsport, Pa., Nov. 21.?A big rot. trying to reach a piece of bread that lay on the gas range in Otho H. Miller's home stepped on and opeael two of the stops of the range, thus permitting a str< ng flow of gas to es cape. Mr. anil Mrs. Miller and their young son were almost asphyxiated. Calls For 25 Per Cent, of Deposits. Washington, Nov. 19. ? Secretary Shaw has announced a call upon na tional banks holding government de~ j posits to the amount of 25 per cent, of; their holdings, 10 per cent, to be paid [ on or before January 15 next. This, the ' secretary estimates, will bring Into the treasury about $23,000,000. Colonel Breckinridge Is Dead. LexinRton. Ky? Nov. 21. ? Colonel W. C. I'. Breckinridge died from a stroke of paralysis he sustained last Wednesday The end came peacefully, j fie had been gradually sinking for 24 hours, and for that length of time the ; "Bsc had been known to be hopeless, j l'te funeral took place today. A Rdal Christinas Story. The December McClure'e opens with one of the most charming; 1 Christmas stories ot the year. Hi is called '"A Jumlilein Divinities," and is the work of James Hop per. Any "one nuo read Mr Hop per's story in the November Mo dule's, a stainiitrly real inter p relation of the puysirai and i mental stress of football, will j find it ditficulr to associate his name vvitn this exquisitely Oiuder and sympathetic sketch of the heart-life of a little French lad. In such a remarkable contrast I Mr. Hopper shows his true art. His Christmas story is a literary Jgem, excelhea in bi.Mi quality ] I and workmanship. It has cauurht ] mid refiec: - iiie hristmas spirit in all of its beauty and euti-j ment. ft is sure to brin<r tears of appreciation itit > many an j eye before this childreii's-tide is I past. Oniy flakes a Bail flatter Worse. Perhaps yon have never thought of it hut the fact must be apparent to every one that constipation is mused by alack | of water in the system, and the use of drastic cathartics like the old fashioned pills only makes a bad matter worse, i Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver tablets are much more mild and trentle in their effect, and when the proper dose | is taken their-action i? so natural that one can hardly realize it is the effect of a medicine. Try a 2'< cent bottle of them. For sale by A. H. Boyett. Smithfield; Selma Print Co.. J. W Benson. The naval reserves of Wilming | ton are going to have a carnival J in that citv, begining November 28th. The Best Liniment. "Chamberlain's J'aic Halm is consider ed the treat liniment on the market." write Post & Bliss, of Keorgia, Vt. No other liniment will heal a rut or bruise so promptly. No other affords such | quick relief from rheumatic pains. No | other is so valuable for deep seated pains I like lame back and pains in the chest. I (live this liniment a trinl and you will i never wish to be without it. Sold by A. H. Bovett, Smithireid; Seima Drug C ., J. W. Benson. The board of county com missioners of Mecklenburg have decided to build a reformatory for youthful criminals, with or without State aid. OASTORIA. Bears the Kind 1? Have Always Bought 7 The State Superintendent oi Public instruction hascompleted hie report on the school receipts : and disbursements. There was expended for rural schools this year ?1 ,514,596 and for city schools ?356.184. The m ruber of children attending was 489,- . 735; average length oi the term, white school, seventeen weeks; colored, sixteen weeks. i OASTOniA. Bears the _/J II* Kind You Have Always Bought . Grand Secretary John C. Drewry of the Grand Lodge of Masons says the Masonic Temple fund dow reaches $100,000, and that $20,000 more is needed. It is decided, be stated, that work on the building will begin in the early spring. It may be that a canvasser will then be put at work in the state. Lust year Francis I). Wiustou made a very successful canvass. Thedford's Black-Draught comes ji nearer regulating the enl ire system S, j and keeping the body in health than fj any other medicine made. It is H always ready in any emergency to f treat ailments that are frequent in r any family, such as indigestion, r biliousness, colds, diarrhoea, and H stomach aches. E Thedford's Black-Draught is the E stan<lard, never-failing remedy for 3 stomach, bowel, liver and kidney yj troubles. It is a euro for the domes-1 tic ills which so frequently summon II the doctor. It is as good for children Bj as it is for grown persons. A dose of B ? this medicine every day will soon B ffl cure the most obstinate case of dys- 9 " ? pepsia or constipation, and when fl . B taken as directed brings quick relief. B I lusviLLr, III., Deo. 1902. Qj ' . I Thodford's lllack-PraUKht has been our B m 9 family doctor for Cvo yours and wo wunt B ? ? no other. When any of us feel badly wo 9 9 take a rto.o and aro at'. right In twelve 9 f I hours. We have spent lots of monuy for 9 9 doctor bills, hut act along just as woll 9 9 with Black-DrauglH. IaA jj ItAbltH. B jg Ask your dealer for a xxtckage of 9 9 Theilford'a Black-Draught and if he B B does not kocp it seud2.v. to The Chaff.e B M nooga M?dieineCo.,ChaU*n<--go, Tc::u. 9 B and a package will be mailed to you. M jpv ^ jM( T N ' A Mlim II ? III! 2iZSaatKS3R ^jOBKK The Kind Yon Have Ah ;ys Son^ht, end which has heem in use i'ii' uu r ,iO yi'.ir; r. borne the signature of ?- ;i;t! Las been made under hia p?r i ui Tvi: ui ? its Infancy. A' : <ci. . .yowv > cue to deceive you in tliiiA All Counterfeit!, Iiavta ? " Just-p. {rood" are but r?-;p.'ritiwc- i 1! at triflo w end cndaiigei the health of Eu&UHi t. 1 Children?Experience aj: .inst Fxparimuut. What is CASTORIA Castoria is harmless substitute fee Cc-loi Oil, T?ar<v porie, Drops and Soothing Byrnes. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nr.r other Narcotic substance. Its age is Its guarantee, .ode.* Worms and allays Feverlsliness. It cures Diarrhoea :.i d WI:-I Colic. It relieves Tci"'. tig Troubles, nut -> C< *. .ipatiou ami Flatulency. It assimilates tlm Food, regulates tlm Stouiarh and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea?'The Mother's Friend. genuine castor2a ALWAYS Bears the Signature of ^ The Kind You Have Always BougM in Use For Over 30 Years. THE CCNTaun COMPANY. TT MURRAY STREET, NCW YORK Cf*. - ?rc JIL.-&- V -- : At Cost WE WILL SELL OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Caps, Shoes, Men's and Boys* Suits, Ready Made Skirts, Groceries. Crockery. &c.. At Cost At Once, And invite all to come and buy while these goods are goin^ cheap. W. E. ST A LINGS & CO., CLAYTON, North Carolina. Just Reeived f\ T T""P Carload of O. K. Stoves ? 1 kill Carload of Flour h m %i M Carload of Meal B 3 a! P Carload of Rice Meal ? ? 111 Carload of Mill Feed 1 JLJ Carload of Hackney Rubies Carload of Hackney Wagons P|\/p Carloads of Cotton Seed Hulls P|\/F7 * * * *-* Carloads of Cotton Seed Meal * I V Cr The largest line of Clothing, Gents Furnishings, Dry Goods and Shoes ever brought to Kenly. We buy in large quantities and for spot cash, can sell and will sell as cheap as the cheapest. Call and see us. G. G. EDGERTON & SON, KEKLY. N. C. THE JINO. A. /V\cKAY MFG.CO/V\PANV DUNN, N. C.. FOUNDERS. MACHINISTS AND GENERAL METAL WORKERS AND DKAI.EKR IN Mill Supplies and Hijsh-Clrade Machinery. AGENTS FOH ' ? Harquahar Machinery, Atkin's Saws, Serjeant & Lane Saw Mills, Etc. 'arker and Roosevelt Issue Dwindle* into insignificance when compared with the vital issue of henltli and disease, indigestion the harboring death angel of millions of American Citizens to-day, gets its wings clipped whenyougiveKel lum's Sure Cure for Indigestion a fair show and count. Physicians buy it and prescribe it, Druggists recommend it and the public praise it and we give you a f .1.00 Guarantee to cure yon however bad your case, through the following firms: HOOD BROS, Smitbfleld, J. VV. BENSON, Benson, SELMA DRUG CO., Selmn, Z. TAYLOR, Pine Level, C. M. & W. G. WILSON, Wilson's Mills, J. A. GRIFFIN, Druggist, Clayton, J. R. LEDBETTER, Princeton, A.II.BOYETT, Smitbfleld, W. II. KING DRUG CO., Wholesale Druggists Raleigh, N. C.
Nov. 25, 1904, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75