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$!je Jkralli met one dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." axon oopib rite cur. VOL. 2(5. SMITHFIELD. X. C.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 13. IS)07. NO. 40 J, - - : ? ' : " ! : ? ? ' BRIDGE COLLAPSED Seven Men Killed and Twelve injured Near Bloomsburg. Pa. FLOOD CAUSED ACCIDENT ?ebris Carried Down River Struck False Work of the Bridge and Caused It to Fall?Forty Men Were at Work. Bloomsburg, Pa., Dee. 11.?By the collapse of a traveller on a new bridge being erected by the state over the Susquehanna river at Mifflinville, ?eight miles north of here, seven men were killed and 12 were injured, three of them probably fatally. Forty men were at work on the traveller and span when the structure collapsed and they were thrown into a river swollen by the heavy rains and the melting snow. The dead are: A. W. Fahs, Charles Creitzer and Adam Nuss, of Selins grove; Adam Trltt, of Beaver Valley; Irvin Updegraff, of Georgetown; Mil lard Bowman, of Mifflinville, and George B. Faux, address unknown. The injured: William Boyer, New York, back probably broken; Ray Sherwood, Meshoppen, spine injured and skull punctured; Percival Reigh terbach, McKees Falls, leg broken; Howard Reighterbach, McKees Falls, leg fractured; William Moyer, Selins grove, leg broken; Luther Eckerd, Liverpool, shoulder dislocated; Cecil Sharer, Newport, shoulder dislocated; Newton Dalton, Bellefonte, general contusionr; Harry C. Goodllng, Hop per, right elbow broken; John Sees holtz, Sellnsgrove, general contusions; John Fisher, Sellnsgrove, arm broken; William Welking, Snyder county, gen eral cuts, and Jacob Johnson, Blooms Kiipo- lAff. The collapse of the bridge Is gener ality supposed to have been caused by the rapid rise In the river. The water rose at the rate of almost one foot an hour, and debris carried down the stream by the flood struck the false work of the bridge and caused Its collapse. The accident occurred just when the men were preparing to abandon their work, and as a result the work of res cuing those who were thrown into the water and caught In the mass of iron of the falling structure was greatly retarded. The second span of the bridge was being erected, and it was this section that fell with the big traveller. The bodies of four of those killed were found floating on the sur face of the water entangled in the bent and twisted girders and iron work, but the others have not been found. Many of the men were caught in the rapidly flowing water and car rled a mile or more down the river before they were rescued. One of the most miraculous escapes was that of William Nesbit, who was caught in the iron work and held a prisoner, with only big mouth and chin above water. He was held fast, for an hour before he was rescued. The bridge is locally known as a hoodoo. It was being built by the state to replace cue carried away in a freshet in 1903. The county authori ties refused tc rebuild it. and it was only by the passage of the Rose bill In t' ? of 1904 that the state was authorized to put up the structure. Then work was delayed by litigation with the Pennsylvania Rail road company Work was started on It this year. FLOOD IN WYOMING VALLEY Manufacturing Plants Forced to Sus pend and Mines Threatened. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Dec. 11.?A con tinued fall of rain throughout the Wyoming valley has caused the water in the Susquehanna river to rise nearly a foot an hour. The situation is somewhat al.'rming on the west banks > r the river ? hould the water con tinue to rise. The street car traffic be tween here and Nanticoke was practi cally cut off, due to the overflow of creeks outside of this city. The silk mills an J other plants in the south ern part of the town were forced to suspend operations until the water re cedes. Southwest of this city on the low lands many cellars are flooded, and in Feveral instances the water al most reaches the first floors of many of the homes. At Hudson, a mining town a few miles from here, the surface over an abandoned mine of the Delaware & Pinebrook colliery began to cave tn. caused by an overflow of water that came from a nearby creek, which rushed into the workings in torrents. Operations in another portion of the mine were at once suspended, and the men we'd hurried from the mine. Nearlv 200 men are at work chang ing the envree of the stresn to pre vent the water from flooding the workings. The creek continues to rise, and moro trouble is expected. The I l&llroad aud mine officials are on hand with a force of track walkers who are patrolling the railroads, and all trains j are run slowly over the affected ter ritory. The water is reported high in the mines at Hazleton and at Jeansville the town was partly flooded by the j breaking of a small reservoir and the 1 tracks of the Lehigh Valley Traction | company were washed away in several places. The Lackawanna river is overflowed ] at Scranton and much damage has been wrought in the valley from Car bondale to Old Forge. At Mayfield th? ?lver has broken its banks and is cut ring a new channel through the low lands. So great was the danger of flooding that the Glenwood mine ceased operations. In the city of Scranton two new bridges were badly damaged. The false work was washed away, permitting the structures to sag. A bridge was wash ed away at Blakely with a locomotive on it ana a small dam at Chinchilla gave way. The Fishing Creek in Columbia coun ty overflowed its banks and 15 bridges belonging to the Pennsylvania Lumber company at Jamison City were washed away, together with several hundred thousand feet of lumber. The works of the Union Tanning company are flooded and the town of Banton is in j danger of being washed away. Ground Sinks Fifty Feet. Scranton, Pa., Dec. 11.?About an i acre of ground sank 50 feet on the j main street of Peckville, seven miles | north of here. The hole was quickly filled oy the inrushing water, and per sons living in houses bordering the miniature lake have gone to the homes of friends in higher parts of the town, fearing that the caving may j extend, carrying down their houses. GOING TO GOLDFIELD General Funston Will Look Over the Situation. Goldfleld, Nev., Dec. XI. ? General i Funston will come to Goldfleld, ar riving here on Thursday, to personally take charge of the situation. It is probable more troops will be brought J here. Martial law has not been ds j clared. Won't Command Troops. San Fiancisco, Dec. 11. ? General Funston said that he would leave with two or three staff officers for Goldfleld for the purpose of looking over the situation. He wished it made plain that he was not going there to take command of the troops there an 1 in any way to supersede Colonel Rey nolds. Neither is it his intention to order additional troops to the min ing regions. Boston Goes Republican. Boston Dec. 11.?In the closest and j hardest fought election contest which Boston has known for many years, the city went Republican by about 2000 votes, Postmaster George A. HID- | bard, Republican, defeating Mayo;' John E. Fitzgerald, Democrat, who: was a candidate for re-election. Tho ! swinging of Worcester into the no license column fqr the first time in 16 years; a similar change of attitude by the votcis irv Lynn after 11 years of j liquor selling, and in Woburn; sub stantial gains.to the temperance sen ; j timcnt n many other places, but a | complete turn in tho other direction i ! on ths part of Chelsea voters, were ' the most surprising of the general fea ,tures in the municipal elections held in 18 cities of the state. Policemen Rob Pcstoffice. Muscogee, Okki., Dec. 11.?Chief of Police John A. Suggs anr Night Po-1 lieeman Lewis Yv'oods, of Fort Gibson i nre under r.rr si. charged with rob bing 'he postolficc at Fort Gibson, ob taining $400 in cash. The arrest was made by Mayor Rand Lee after an in vestigation of ti o crime. The prison ers were bound over to the grand jury, each under a bond of $1000. Receivers For Ornamental Iron Co. Reading, Pa., Dec. 11.?In court here Thomas K. Daizell and Alfred J. Con ner. on penition of creditors, were ap - pointer" leceivers of the Temple Orna-1 mental at Structural Ircn Works com pany, of Temple, this county, a New Jersey corporation, capitalized a' $100,000. Bill to Raise Pay of Rural Carriers. Washington, Dec. 11?Senator Hans- j brough. of North Dakota, proposes an ! increase in the maximum salary al lowed rural free delivery carriers from $900 to $1200. He gave notice of an amendment to the postofflce appro priation bill to that effect. Justice Fuller's Grandson Dead. Washington, Dec. 11.?Thomas B. Wallace, 2d, aged 14, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Wallace, of Ta coma. Wash., died at the residence of his grandfather, Chief Justice Fuller, In this city. \ GIMGERS IN SESSION Big Convention Opens at West Chester, Pa. 1500 DELEGATES PRESENT 100 Graces Represented at 35th An ual Meeting of Pennsylvania Farm ers?Will Discuss Grange Bank and Hear Secretary Wilson. West Chester. Pa., Dee. 11.?Repre senting 500 granges, 1500 farmers were present at the opening session of the 3oth annual convention of the Pennsylvania State Grange. From every section of the commonwealth came the tillers of the soil. The con vention will continue four days. Elaborate arrangements have been perfected for the proper reception and entertainment of the grangers. Every one of the subordinate granges in the state has its one or more delegates. The 45 Pomona i ? ? 1 II JAMES WILSON, Secretary cf Agriculture, who is down for an address at the Grangers' Convention in West Chester. Granges of the state are also repre sented by delegates. Many of the delegates are accompanied by their wives and daughters. The address of welcome was made by Burgess Alfred P. Reld. The re sponse was made by B. B. McWill iams, of Mifflin county. Worthy Master W. P. Hill, of Cham bersburg. next followed with his an nual address. He gave a short history of the grange movement and then dwelt on the work It has accomplish ed in Pennsylvania. He counselled the members of the state grange to be careful and prudent in all their de liberations. He commended the work of the state hoard of agriculture, dairy and food department. State College and state highway department, and urged all grangers to co-operate with them. He put particular emphasis on the work being done by the state board of health for the sufferers from the great white plague. He said that he hoped that the state grange would adopt some measure to aid those cur ed at the state sanitoriums to find healthful employment. He advocated the elimination of the middle nmn by the grangers getting closer to the manufacturers. The at dress was lengthy and it wa well re ceive!). The grange leaders say th^t an at tempt will be made to commit the organisation to local .option. Grange banks will also receive a share of the attention of the convention. Thursday there will be reports of committees, discussions and srhir-sa 03, on' by James Wilson, federal sec retary of agriculture; to be f Hawed by a banquet In the evening, to b ten dered to the visitors by P. M. Shajp less. the millionaire manufacturer of cream separators. Friday the qlosing ceremonies will lake place. Among the Important questions- to be discussed In the convention will be the exclusive grange national hanks, the defective oleomargarine laws, state appropriations for good roads, the parcels post and postal savings banks, the betterment of the public school system and other topics of more than local or special Interest. Returns All But the Cash. Paulsbcro, N. J., Dec. 11. ? Wlille Edward 0. Miller was shopping in Philadelphia his pocket was picked of his wallet, containing several hun dred dollars and valuable papers. He was surprised on arriving home to find a package awaiting him containing the wallet anil papers, but no money. The sender wished him a merry Christ mas. Was a Cousin of John D. Rockefeller. Phillipsburg, N. J., Dec. 11.?Jona than I .a Rue. first cousin to John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil king, died here He was 82 years old and 1 worked at his trade, that of a car- ? nenter, until a short time ago. COLLEGE FOR BAKERS ?urdue University to Have Scientific Biscuits and Buns. Lafayette, lnd., Dec. 11.?A college course In scientific baking, the first In America, will probably be given at Purdue University. A conference Is being held between President Wlnthrop E. Stone, of the university, and the master bakers from si* states?Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan ^nd Illinois. The project has Been under con sideration for several years and has received the indorsement of the Na tional Association of Bakers. About 200 students will be enrolled In the course at the beginning. Expert mas ter bakers will be in charge. MAN AND WIFE DEAD Pair Found Suffocated in Their Homo j at Newark, N. J. Newark, N. J., Dec. 11.?Max Brody, , 70 years old, and his wife, Marie, 10 | years his junior, were found dead ! from gcs asphyxiation in their home here. After an investigation the police say they believe Mrs. Brody turned on the gas with the intention of killing ber husband and herself. They found that she had suffered from hallucinations, one of them being that her children were arranging to put her In an asylum. She had declared that she never would be separated { from her husband. Senate to Probe Bond Issue. Washington, Dec. 11.?Senator Al ririch infcrmed the senate that the committee on finance would within a | very short time bring In a resolution providing for an inquiry into the re cent bond Issues of the government, nnii thar it wniilri nrnvirio for an in vestlgalion into all matters contained in resolutions offered by senators con cerning the financial stringency and the efforts of the government to re lieve the situation. Senator Tillman allowed his resolutions on the Bame subject to lie on the table until he se cures data he desires to present to the senate. Broke Up Court With Furniture. Egg Harbor, N. J., Dec. 11. ? Judge ' Hettmansperger's court was the scene of a celebration when it became known that the local constables had failed to tile their bonds and were powerless to make arrests. Squire Goller was pleading his own case be fore Hetrmansperger when he told of the powerlessness of the constables. Then the fun began. Chairs and ta bles were upset and flung about the room and Hettmansperger crawled un der his desk. At length Mayor Mall came in and deputized every one of the rioters as policemen. This stop ped the racket. Indicted For Peonage. Danville, Va., Dec. 11.?Indictments for peonage were returned by the fed eral grand jury against B. M. Gold berger, a representative of the Boston Shipping company, an employment agency of New York, and against Jerry Bunting, a police justice at Bristol, Va., where it is alleged the offense was committed. The men are indicts I on three counts and are charged with unlawfully confining and imprisoning in the Jail at Bristol 12 ] Italian lat:< rein brought there from | Baltimore to work on the South & We t laliway. Prodigal Son Eack After Five Years. Whiting. N. J., Dec. 11.?Given up 1 as dead by all except his mother, j iicorgo Harvin on returned^ home af or Hi year r.rui occupied the place at the table where she had als ays kept j a plate for him. Throughout the years , of his absence his mother would not ! permit arv one to sit at hpr son'! ! place at the table. Cr.rncrjie C Ives $2,000,000 More. Wd ;p' , I) i . 11.?Andrew Car- j negie lias it i led the sum Of $2,000,00 ) ] io the $;o,OOi).i: i endowment fund of j the Carnegie Institute. Annonnc ni nt ! or th" fact was made at a dinner at j the New Wiilard of the board of trus-1 lees of the Institute, to which had been Inrlted a number of scientists and msn p?omlnent In public affairs. Endorse Cray For Presidency. Dover, Del., Dec. 11.?The Demo cratic state committee passed a reso lutlon endorsing Oeorge Gray, of Dela ware. for the presidency. NUGGETS OF NEWS The 11th annual convention of the American National Live Stock Asso ciation will be held in Denver, Colo., January 21 and 22. John Philip Sou3a has fully recov ered from an attack of ptomaine poi soning from ? ich he has been suf fering and le V Chicago to rejoin his hand. Ernest C. Sohultz and F. W. Rybj were fatally scalded and 12 others se verely burned in an engine room at the American Steel & Wire company's plant at Cleveland, O., by the bursting of a steam pipe. (SAD COPY II i KT\ CRASH MUST RIVER Crowded Ferryboat Narrowly Escaped Sinking. IN COLLISION WITH STEAMER Panic Followed the Crash and Many Women Fainted In Rush For Life Preservers?Men Passengers Charg ed With Cowardize and Brutality. New York, Dec. It.?The Fall River Line steamer Providence was in col lision with and but narrowly escaped sinking a crowded Fast River ferry boat. The latter cral't lost a portion of her superstructure and her pas sengers were thrown into a panic, during which, it is reported, a man and woman Jumped overboard and wore drowned. This report could not be confirmed, and so far as definitely known no one was killed or seriously injured. The Providence's prow struck the ferryboat a glancing blow on the star board and the boats huug together long enough to permit many of Its passengers to pass from the ferry's) upper deck to the steamer. Others I were taken off by tugs, while some re-1 mained on board. Uoth boats drifted down the river until aided by tugs, j the ferryboat crippled by the acci dent and the steamer temporarily un able to get her head. The latter fin ) ally returned to her dock and the| ferryboat was helped to a slip.. The Providence was not greatly damaged. | Following the accident charges of cowardize and brutality were made I against the men passengers of the ferryboat. When the latter craft reached a slip she still had 75 women and children on hoard, while with few exceptions the men passengers had escaped to other boats. The ferryboat had been practically strip ped of life preservers. The accident was due to fog through which th? boats fortunately had moved slowly. The Providence left her pier in the North River for Fall River. A drizzl ing rain was followed by a fog that settled down thick as the Providence rounded the flattery and moved slow ly up the East River and directly into the path ol the Brooklyn Union Ferry company's ferryboat Baltic, which had left her South street, Manhattan, slip and was feeling her way cautiously to the wharf at the foot of Atlantic ave nue, Brooklyn. Only when within easy hailing distance was the danger realized and both vessels made des ? perate efforts to sheer away. To their partial success may be credited the avoidance of a frightful loss of life, for another moment's delay would have permitted the Providence cut ting the Baltic squarely in two. As it was the steamer scraped the Baltic's starboard, tearing away the latter's hood and throwing her over until her port deck was nearly awash. The Baltic was crowded to the rails bv persons r> turning to their homes In Brooklyn and whert the crash came there was a panic. Many women faint ed and in the scramble for life pre servers, it is charged, that the men' got most of them. Would Mr'.i Men Wear Wrappers. New York, Dec. 11.?"If men would wear wrap;- i '? instead of h -wy suits In summer -i think Bow nice they would feel," said Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake to the Mothers' Club at the Ho-i tel Martha Washington. "If I had the| making of tile laws I woul 1 certainly I see that men wore liuhter garments! in hot ivr nt! ? ?* " wont on ns she ! discussed the critic ? is nvn are wont to fling at what, women wear. "Women do wear tr>' mtr >us garments some times, but ai they worse than men's! clothes?" B'jrglrr to Cet Life Sentence. White Plains. N. Y., Dee. 11.?James 'Murray, a burglar, who has recently be -n c?:nvi< t-d for the fifth time, and who was last week sentenced to Sing S'.r.g for i-fc months, will be brought bark to White Plains within a few days and resentenced to prison for life, under the provisions of a new law which makes the fourth convic tion for burglary a life sentence. Was Descendant of Thomas Jefferson. Richmond, Va., Dec. 11.?Jefferson Randolph Ruffin, an inmate of the Confederate Soldiers' Home here, and well known throughout Virginia, died at the home from a stroke of apo plexy. Mr. Rufiln was 65 years of age. He was a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson and closely connected with many prominent Virginia families. Fox Steals a Boot. Greenfield. Mass.. Dec. 11.?A fox snatched a boot In front of a shoe store and scampered down the street Pursuing dogs caused the fox to drop the boot, which was returned to the or light I CII 11 ? A E> CHECK ON THIRD TERM TALK President's Letter to Federal Office holders Made Public. Washington, Dec. 11. ? After the cabinet session the letter addressed oy President Roosevelt to the mem bers of his cabinet on November 19, instructing them to inform federal of ficeholders not to participate In a third term movement for President Roosevelt, was made public at the White House. It Is understood that cabinet officers will at once take ac tion in accordance with the terms of this letter, which is as follows: "I have been informed that certain officeholders In your department are proposing to go to the national con vention as delegates in favor of re nominating me for the presidency or are proposing to procure my endorse ment for such renomlnation by state conventions. This must not be. I wish you to inform such officers as you may find it advisable or neces sary to inform in order to carry out the spirit of this instruction that such advocacy of ray re-election, or accept ance of an election as delegate for that purpose will be regarded as a serious violation of official propriety and will be dealt with accordingly. Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Yellow Fever Test Kills Pugilist. Patcrson, N. J., Dec. 11.?Austin Gibbons, at one time lightweight pu gilist. is dead, and his brother, James Gibbons declares that death was in directly due to yellow fever, with which the victim had allowed himself to be innoculated by army physicians while In Cuba after the Spanish American war. This was done to learn if a healthy man could contract the disease by the bite of a mosquito. Gibbons was one of five volunteers for this ecientific experiment. urdnason or Miexanoer namuion ueaa Tarrytown. N. Y., Dec. 11.?Major General Alexander Hamilton, grand son of Alexander Hamilton, secretary of the treasury under George Wash ington, died at his home here at the age of 92 years. He had been ill from grip since Thanksgiving. General Hamilton was born In New York in 1815, and early in life was aide to Governor Morris and later to Governor Seymour. Coinage of $20 Pieces Goes On. Philadelphia, Dec. 11.?"The report that the coinage of the new $20 gold piece has been stopped is entirely erroneous," said Dr. Alfred Norris. chief c'erk of the mint. "We are still working on the 8000 lot of double eagles ordered by the department A little more than half of these have been struck off. We shall finish the lot this week." Orders Japanese to Sit on Chairs. San Francisco, Dec. 11.?The Jap anese must hereafter sit on chairs. Their mikado has issued an imperial edict warning against squatting on the floor, says a report here. He is un derstood to believe that squatting Is a cause of beri beri and thinks if his subjects will use chairs they will suf fer less from the disease. Hiccoughs Rack Man Four Days. Asbury Park, N. J., Dec. 11.?How ard Hulick, of this place, has been the victim of an attack of hiccoughs for four days and his condition is alarming. I tors have !> en unable to give him relief. Hulick was for merly assistant postmaster. Locked In With Dead Parents. Minneapolis, Dec. 11. ? While his wile an l their two little children, the eldest ouiy (< years old, slept, George Stlmso'i shot his wife through the head and then killed himself. Ro'ii died instantly. The tragedy took place some time Monday, but the bod ies wcro not discovered until Tues day rijjfht. During all that time the children. ob'.Iviotv to what had taken place, ??>;.? It: el tip with the dead bodies of t r ????- " table to un der: 'in v. c! it > 1 ng. Jeal ousy it r l t ause of the tragedv. rt? Ub Pet cf N?v > f 11.?Three thousand ij gold pieces have been ? T. J. Jones on his farm in tins Mctilrtll district while he was digging a tre?; h. Mr. Jones was formerly a Nov.- York bus'ness man. and al> ut a year ago bought the farm from Edgar Peet. The gold was In a tea kcttl". which from its appearance had been in the ground for many years. Grief Killed Her. Moriden, Conn., Dec. 11.?Grief over the broken heart of a man she jilted killed Mlrs Cora Clarkln. of this place, according to a friend. She was en gaged to a young man, but some of her friends did not like him and she sent him away. His sorrow was In tense and Miss Clarkln began to feel she v>ronged him. Her woe Increas ed until she was taken suddenly ill and lived but a little time.
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