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Sty Mefalii. "-lea One Dollar Per Year "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COD." Single Coplea Flva Centa. * * * " -X- ?: ? ^ ? i VOL. 29 SMITHFIELD, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1910 Number 5 RICHMOND POSTAL ROBBERS. Trapped in New York Shadowed by Secret Service Men Until Claimed. Officer Disguised as Baggageman Seizes Frank Chester, of St. Paul, And Crowds Pursue and Capture Fred Cunningham, of London. Third Man Escapes?Thousands in Stamps andCash Found. New York, Marcli 29.?Two men \vere arrested after a fight and chase' in front of the Grand Central Station to-night, and were safely locked up dt police headquarters in connection with the postofflce robbery at Rich mond, Va., early Monday morning, when $85,000 worth of stamps and $3,000 cash were taken from two Jron safes. The men are Fred Cunningham, thirty-four years old, of London, Eng land, and Frank CLester, fifty-four years, of St. Paul, Minn. A third man was with them, but escaped. The arrest was made by detectives from police headquarters and postal Inspectors. With the men were seiz ed three trunks, one of them con taining the tools with which the safes wi re broken open. Another contain ed between $27,000 and $30,000 worth pf stamps. ( The trunks arrived In town to-day py circuitous routes and after many transfers. They were watched all the way from Richmond by postal Inspectors and Secret Service men. One of them, that containing the burglar's tools, was traced to the I Jlotel Avon. The second, wiUi nearly half the Stamps, was left at the Grand Cen tral Station until 8:30 o'clock to-night, two boys to go In and present the check and have the trunk turned over to a transportation company. Detective Joe liailey, disguised as K baggaageman, told the boys to take the check back to the man who gave it to them. They did so, and when Chester went there and got lialley, following them, grabbed Ches ter. There was a fight which lasted for some minutes, until IJalley final l.t knocked his man out with a blow on the Jaw. Cunningham, who was standing pear, took to his heels when the fight commenced, but was caught after a chase in which citizens and half a dozen policemen took part. CHICAGO'S EGG-EATING RECORD. 40.217,400 Required for the Easter Holidays?Meat Prices Lower. Chicago, March 27.?Forty million two hundred and seventeen thousand and four hundred eggs. This is the cumber of eggs required by Chicago in observing the Easter holiday. The supply was twice as large as it was a week ago and nearly 6,000, 000 eggs in excess of the arrivals for the same week In 1909, but prices held at 1-2 cent lower than last week and one cent higher than a year ago. Changes in meat prices were con fined to a drop of 1-2 cent a pound in chickens and a re duction of 2 cents a pound (n the wholesale price of live tur keys. These reductions were attribu ted to the fact that poultry values have been held at such a lofty level that the demand has fallen off to insignificant proportions, compelling commission men to make concessions In order to dispose of their holdings. HOMICIDE IN SAMPSON. Hosea Mayner and Nehero Denning Get Into a Dispute the Former Killing the Latter. Clinton, March 30.?News reached Clinton this morning of a homicide late yesterday morning of a homi cide lite yesterday near the John ston county line. Hosea Maynor and Nehero Denning got into a dispute Over a road. Maynor hit Denning over the head with an axe and killed him. Maynor has made his escape. The coroner went to the scene this morning, but has not returned. Both men are white. The particulars are not known. Ancient Cemetery Found. Paris, March 25.?A cemetery from B.OOO to 3,000 years old has been found at Pogor. near R&eims. The tombs contain a quantity of be* at I ?iw, bracelets, and necklace* ?o4 seae decorated t?welis BREWER DIES FROM APOPLEXY, f Supreme Court Justice is Stricken E At Home. Passes Away Before Doctor Arrives. Wife Finds Him Unconscious in Bathroom. Second Oldest Member of Supreme Court. Washington, March ^8.?David Josiah Brewer, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United 1 States, died to-night at 10:30 o'clock j as the result of a stroke of apoplexy, t His death followed within a minute v or two before he could be carried to 1 his bed. Mrs. Brewer was .with him c when the end came. Justice Brewer s was 73 years old. c The end came unexpectedly. Al though h^ had not been feeling well 1 for the last few days, the aged jurist t was up and out to-day and apparent- a ly in the best of health and spirits. 1 He was in equally good spirits at < dinner and spent the evening in > reading. 11 Shortly after 10 o'clock he retired r to his room and within a few mo- e ments Mrs. Brewer heard a heavy s fall and went to investigate the > cause. She found her husband on c the floor of the bathroom. He did > not regain consciousness and died \ before a physician, hastily summon- t ed, could reach the house. s The two daughters of the agedx jurist, Mrs. James Karrieh and Mrs. i H. J. Jetmcrre, were summoned at t oiice, but reached the residence too i late. \ Justice Brewer came to the Su- ; preme Court of the United States i from the Federal Court in Kansas. 1 He was the second oldest member f of the court, Justice Harlan only be- i ing his senior. He was regarded as i the most democratic of all the mem- i bers -of the court, most affable, ap- t proachable and accommodating.- He * was the one man on the bench who i had proof copies of his opinions pre- t pared for the newspapers, and this ' he did consistently. I EASTER HATS IN RICHMOND. Franklin Street Rivals Fifth Avenue ' In Riot of Colors. Brilliant Scene, ; ' But Oh, Those Hats! i I Kaleideoscopic in its brilliant color. West Franklin-ward the course of the c Easter parade took its way yesterday j, afternoon. It almost seemed Fifth f Avenue, in New York, or Beacon j Street, in Boston; the superb new j gowns, the high hats, swinging canes , and the flying squadron of autos i made the illusion very real. In fash- t ions fair femininity brought Paris to , Richmond. It was a dress sight that |, made the eyes sparkle and the cynic comment on what wonderful, progress has been made since the days when ! Eve appeared in greenhouse cos tume. Oh. those hats! In all hues flamed the famous "Chanticler," which has brought glory to poor Edmond Ros tand, glory that may be immortal '? when the names of his plays are ' faded and forgotten. The dame with 1 the slim purse wore a pullet wing; ' the stout lady, with her henpecked husband, who has the coin, wore a ' whole roost that stuck up like a 1 fighting turret on a battleship. But 1 all were chic and Frenchy. Sometimes the hats coming down ' the pike looked like a covey of scar-1 let pigeons on the wing; again they,' | looked like a perambulating flower 1 : garden, and sometimes like a travel- ' ing fruit display. Some of the hats :' were loaded down with cherries; they looked so real that the bar-tenders 1 who failed to lay by a stock of joy , oil for Sunday got thirsty at the thought of many a dear, dead cock- 1 | tail decorated with the matchless I Maraschino.?Richmond Times Dis - patch. THE "DRYS" WIN A COUNTY. ? Carry Steuben County, Indiana, Af ter a Busy Day Tuesday. Angola, Ind., March 29.?Steuben County voted under the local option law to-day, and the returns indicate that the "drys" hare carried It by a majority of about 900. The temper- j ance people were out in force in (?very precinct, while the liquor ele- j men appeared to take little Interest in the result. In some parts of the county members ot the Woman's Christian Temperance Union held re liglouit services in the morning and then dispersed to the polling places, where they worked throughout the dtj . t % ? ' ' t EARFUL HUNGARIAN CISASTER. Jetween 300 and 4C0 Persons Vic tims in Ball Room Holocaust. Were Caught in Death Trap. Fire Broke Out in Building After Exit Had Been Nailed Up?Women and Chil dren Trampled in the Panic. Mate-Szalka. Hungary, March -8.? fho village of Oekoerlto and the ad aeent districts have been thrown ln 0 mourning by a terrible disaster ?hlch occurred at the former place asi night and which resulted In the teath of between 300 and 400 per 10ns and the serious Injury of 100 ithers. A public ball was announced to be leld at the hotel of the village, where he coach house had been fitted up is a ball room. It was a great barn ike structure, decorated with tinder lry June branches taken from a pre rious entertainment to which were idded other decorations and Chi lese lanterns. The festivity attract ;d pleasure seekers from the whole surrounding country, and the building vas ?o packed just before the ball ?ouimenced that the single door vhich afforded entrance and exit vas nailed up to prevent the admit ance of scores who clamored out ?itie. While the dancing was in full swing 1 pine branch caught fire and fell to he floor. It blazed furiously and al nost instantly dresses of the-several vomen were in flames which spread istonlsblngly rapidly. A dreadful pan e ensued, the revellers losing their leads completely. Many of them with 'lames shooting out from their gar nents, rushing toward the barred ex t where a surging mass were ?jam ned together. Women fell and were rampled under foot. Those in front vainly endeavored to tear open the loor, but were crushed helplessly by he pressure of the crowd behind, rhe roaring and crackling of the lames mingled with thy despairing shrieks of the doomed throng. Soon the roof crashed In, the blaz ng wreckage falling upon the help ess victims, so many of ^hose, who, litherto had escaped the flames, were' (truck down by the beams or buried inder the debris. The scene was hor Ifylng. m When the door finally was broken | >pen some few persons escaped, but nost of these collapsed before they ;ot far. Inside the building were leaps of charred corpses, and heart ?endering screams and groans still nere audible from the smoking piles. \ detachment of troops was immedi itely ordered to the scene to clear ;he wreckage and help bury the lead. SNOWSTORM RAGES OUT WEST.' 1 I rhe Wires Are Down and Trains Are Blocked In Wyoming. Denver, March 29.?The heaviest snow storm since last December has Seen raging all day In Wyoming. The tall is nearly three feet already, and j the storm still raging. The gale which accompanies it has filled all cuts, and the railroads are completely tied up. Telegraph and :elephone wires are down and it is j lifficult to get trace of the locations | }f stalled trains. Two newspaper trains are snow bound at small stations west of Chey snne, where the Union Pacific enters the mountains. With only one wire working to the East, the Western Union, has been tadly crippled all day, and to-night has no wires except to the West. The Postal Company was crippled all day, but tonight has service to the East. * HUSBAND DETAINED 40 YEARS. Wife Asks Representative Roberts To Explain Captain's Absence. t Way back in March, 1868, C'ffK Charles Lee Moses, U. S. N., a sur vivor of the fight between the Mon itor and Merrimac, and an officer of the Kearsage when she sank the Ala bama, wrote fondiy to his wife from Bangkok, Slam, that he was about to sail for home in the brig Swal low. Just the other day?forty years la ter?his wife wrote to Representa tive Roberts, of Massachusetts, ask ing him to find out what was detain ing the captain. Mr. Roberts, who has been In CongTess tor ten reaps, thinks this la In some way* tbe most remarkable k* ever sot ? Washington Heralfl. THE NEW RULES COMMITTSE. I Representative Currier Rjports the ' Resolution Naming tne Committse And ft is Adopted by Viva Voce Vote?Oalzell Chosen Chairman by Strict Party Vote. Washington March 25.?By a un animous vote thu Mouse to-day adopt- ' ed a resolution, raining a committee i on rules, composed of sis Republicans and four Democrats, in pursuance of : the provisions of the Norris resolu tion. Sir. Currier of New Hampshire re- ' 1 I i'1 olut h n natuiiisi a> a i mi * mittee on rules Dalzell of Pennsyl- : vania, Walter I. Smith, of Iowa. Bou tell, of Illinois, Lawrence, of Massa- I chusetts, Fasset, of New York, Smith, i of California, Republicans, and Clark, 1 of Missouri, Underwood, of Alabama, I I Dixon, of Indiana, and Fitzgerald, of ? New York, Democrats. I After a brief discussion, which made it a matter of record that the 1 members named In the session had I been selected in party caucuses, the < Mouse by a viva voce adopted the resolution. . i Soon after the election of the "re- i formed" rules committee, the inem- I hers retired to tlie Mays and means ' committee room and proceeded to or- ; ganlze. Mr. Dalzell was chosen chair iunn as had been expected. Five Re publicans voted for Dalzell and three Democrats for Champ Clark, both Mr. Dalzell and Mr. Clark refraining from I Noting. There was a brief informal discus sion about the future work of the I committee by several members, but nothing was determined upon. The selection of the new rules com mil tee means the loss of $1,000 an- I nualljr to L. White IJusby, secretary to Speaker Cannon, who was clerk of the old rules committee and drew that amount in salary as clerk. The new committee will have a new clerk. PREMATURE DEATH A CRIME. Or Wiley Gives Straight Talk to Cornell Students. Ithaca, N. Y., March 24.?"Every man is intended to live a certain length of time; If he doesn't It Is a case of suicide or homicide. It is a crime to have a cold. The first j business of an architect Is to see to | It that his building will furnish { enough pure air for the people who will occupy it." These were some of the state ments of Dr. N. \V. Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, In a lecture to Cornell students to day. He said: "The science of public health is the science of the individ ual always, and what I have to say I mean for each of you to apply to himself. Man is an animal that Is Intended to live a certain time. Of course, accidents happen and people die of disease, mostly preventable. "Because disease is preventable, death may be said to occur either by suicide or homicide, In respect wheth er It is brought about by carelessness or the condition of environment. "It is a crime for anybody's child to have a cold. Since children may | not be old enough to know better, 11 am not going to say whose crime It | is. A man once came to me whose! children all had colds, and wanted a cough medicine which did not con tain alcohol. I told him I could tell him of a remedy that didn't contain alcohol; that was to go home and put the windows of their sleeping room wide open. "People don't have colds at the north pole. Ask either of the gen- j tlemen?I will not mention their ' j names. Lieut Shackleton didn't have j a cold on his trip toward the south j | pole. But when they get back to j | civilization they do have colds. . One ! | would never have a cold If he didn't breathe foul air." WILL VOTE AT DANVILLE. To Determine Whether the Sale of | Liquor Shall be Licensed. Danville. Va., March 26.?Judge A. j | M. Aiken, of the Corporation Court. today issued an order calling for a j [ special election to be held on April | 2*th to determine whether the sale of Uqu*r shall b? licensed. The order : la response to a petition signed | by wKars cmsttUHiog more tha ft I ummmrr tar unm tb? easter Contests at benson. T"he Representative of t'le Benson And Kenly High Schools Give An Interesting Debate at Benson Mon-j day Nigtot. Baseball In the After noon. t ? On Monday, March 28, the boys of I till' Public High Schools of Kcnlv uid licnson ha 1 an Easter contest In J Ha cball and debate. The exciting and Inspiring sfctnes took placp In ! Benson. The Hall game, as we are Inform-1 i'd. resulted in a tie, standing M to 9, j and came off In the afternoon. The! playing was fine. ? Te debate came off at night, the Following query being discussed. "He solved. That Federal Law Should Pro hibit Children under 14 years of Age In all the States from Working in Cotton Factories." Benson had the affirmative and was represented by I Messrs. Ezra Parker and R. E. Par ker, while the negative was defended by Messrs. Wade M. Brannan and [irover Woodard, representatives of Kenly. The debate was especially! fine and exciting. After hearing the| discussion the judges, Messrs. W. S. j Stevens, of Smithfleld, L. H. Allred, | af Selma, and J. C. Clifford, of Dunn,1 awarded the victory to Henson. This sets the schools even since Kenly won the debate last year. MATTERS OF INTEREST. Municipal grafters by wholesale are! lx Ing unearthed in Pittsburg, Pa. Some 2"> or more have confessed, some 37 have been indictcd and 16 others implicated. Some of them sold om for b ss than $100. Without a quiver the Senate Mon day passed a bill appropriating j:i, 500,000 for the enlargement of the Capitol grounds, it authorizes the; purchase of 12 blocks of ground and | looks to the creation of an aveuue 150 feet wide extending from the Union' Station to the Peace Monument at the west side of Capitol Park. A dispatch from Atlanta says the women of the Southern Methodist Church are preparing for the battle in the coming quadrennial conference at Asheville, N. C., for a recognition in the Church. They are demanding j the same rights granted to laymen in ( the councils of the Church and their organization is confident that their demands will be granted. A total of 225 persons perished by shipwreck and 83 vessels met with j disaster off the New England and , British North American coasts, or while engaged in the New England, Canadian or Newfoundland trade, in the fall and winter season of 1909-10, ending Monday. Of the vessels in volved 13 were steamers or tugs, 1 was a full-rigged ship, 4 were barks, 8 barkentines and 62 schooners. A number of barges were lost, but they were not included in the list. The financial loss exceeds $1,000,000. Drinks Gasolene and Dies. Eagle Mountain, Va., March 27.? Margaret Finney, the eighteen-months old child of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Fin ney, of this place, took a big swallow of gasolene yesterday, and within three minutes the child was dead. Mrs. Finney was using the gasolene on the back porch for some purpose, and the child, unnoticed by its moth er, picked up the bottle and drank some of the fluid. Despite heroic treatment, the little one passed away. FATHER OF THIRTY-FOUR. Dedham Carpenter Does Not Believe In Race Suicide. Dedham, Mass., March 27.?The birth of a healthy baby boy in this town has made Joseph Sears the fa ther of thirty-four children. He has been married twice in the past forty years, his first wife giving birth to eighteen children, and the present Mrs. Sears to sixteen. Twelve of *the large family are living. Mr. Sears is fifty-seven years old. He is a carpenter by trade. Viaita Insane and Lotas Mind. } wpnton. Ky? Mkifch 29.?Andrew Mclte^o, aged twenty-eight years, visit** fcta Insane mother at the Sal ter* Keotveky Asylum b#r? to-4*r< Shortly Ktor leaving the (a tk? became violently tnaat*, JjpM! wm nm tmtmr to Incarcerate blq) M tin aeyttfm. % , POU NOT OPPOSING STANCIL. Congressman E. W. Pou Makes a Statement to the Press in Which He Declares That He Is Not Fighting the Confirmation of the Smithfield Postmaster. Washington, D. >C., March 30.? Congressman K. W. I'ou, of Smith field, has given the following state ment to the press anent the postmas ter-ship muddle at his home town: "Because of the mentiou of my name in connection with certain charges against Mr. J. C. Stancil post master of the town of Smithfield, I ought to say that at no time have I made any charge against Mr. Stan cil and am not opposing his confirm ation by the Senate. Furthermore I regret that the matter has bepn brought to the attention of the Pres ident. "When the name of Mr. Stand) was first sent to the Senate, 1 did ask Senator Overman to hold up the matter until I could have opportunity to talk with the President, thinking fiio President had probably overlook ed a conversation last Summer with Messrs. James A. Wellons, John A. Narron, J. I). Parker and myself red atlve to the appointment of a post master at our town. In talking with the President I learned that he had entirely forgotten the conversation referred to, but from the tenor of his conversation 1 came to the con clusion that he liad no Intention of changing his action relative to the appointment at Smithfield. Shortly thereafter 1 saw Senator Overman and told him tliat s-o far as I was concerned there would be no oppo sition whatever to Stancil's continu al ion. In about a week after this conversation, Mr. Stancil was con firmed by the Senate. 1 know that both Senator Overman and Mr. W. \V. Cole, attorney for Mr. Stancil, will bear me out in this Statement and I deem it proper to make it because it hns been stated in a newspaper published in Smithfield that Stancil had been confirmed over the oppo sition of myself and others. The truth is lie was never confirmed until Sen ator Overman allowed it to be done and thy Senator's action in permitting the confirmation to go through was taken at my request. Until very recently Mr. Stancil has never been a resident of Smith field. I do not believe a resident of one town should be permitted to move to another town for the purpose of receiving an appointment such as postmaster. There are very many persons in Smithfield well equipped to run our post office. 1 do not think a resident of that town for in stance should be permitted to move to Benson or Clayton for the sole purpose of receiving the appointment 1 in either of those towns. For that reason I asked Senator Overman to hold up the matter until I could talk ] with the President. "I made no mention to the Pres dent of a visit of Mr. Stancil to my office in Smithfield during the March term last year of our Superior court. I have never said to any one that he had offered me a bribe. I make no such charge now. I am not mak ing any charge against him and as I have said am not opposing his con firmation. While his friends admit that his conduct on the occasion of his visit to my office was not proper and while I thought it improper I was willing to excuse him on the ground of ignorance. I regret that my name has been brought into this matter and I sincerely wish I might never hear of It again." Fee Question Settled In Stewart Case. A final settlement has beenmade in the contest as to fees in the'Stew art case in Harnett county. W. A. Stewart, a lawyer of Dunn, was kill ed by a train on the Atlantic Coast Line and the road paid his estate $25,000 in settlement of the case by compromise. The administrator had contracted to give attorneys 25 per cent of the amount recovejed, this being $6,250. The widow objected and at a hearing before the clerk of the court the allowance to the attor neys was cut to 15 per cent.?$3,750 ?while the administrator was allow ed & per cent.?$1,200. An appeal was taken to Judge O. H. 'Allen and Jto increased the allowance to the fkwren to $4,000 and sat the allow tM to the admlntrtrator to $960. the Mil t>eiM IS# teaa than m allow 5% Uto ^