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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!
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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
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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.
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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 ^