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VOL. 29 SMITHF1ELD, N. C.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1910 x M . 71
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NAVY TRAGEDY LISTS 29 DEAD.
Eleven More Missing of New Hamp
shire Men May Have Been on
Fatal Barge. Not a Body Recover-1
ed. Boats Grapple all Day in Hud- I
son's Waters, While Hysteric Kin
Beg for Hope. Capsizing a Mys
tery.
New York, Oct. 2.?Without one
body recovered of those who went
down last nlglrt In the river tragedy
that swamped a barge carrying 75
gbore-leave men back to the bat
tleship, Captain Thomas S. Rodgers,
the commander .after a day of fruit- .
less grappling, to-night gave out
from the New Hampshire a list of 29
jnen who were supposed to have per
ished in the Hudson. Appended to i
the list are the names of 18 men who
are still absent, but who were not
recognized as having been in the j
pwamped boat. j
All facts of the disaster are being 1
carefully shielded. The captain at
first did not intend to give out1
any names until the fleet leaves New !
York, but to-day, apparently driven to
the change of mind by the grief of j
worried kin, he gave out the list, '
with this brief introduction:
The following is tlie list of the
men mlsing from yesterday's liberty
pnrty who are thought to have been
In the boat that swamped last
jiisht."
Various versions of how the acci
dent occurred were In circulation to
day. The generally accepted one,
however, was that the barge heavily
loaded with sailors and marines re
turning from shore leave, was towed
Into the heavy swells of a passing
gitamboat. Rising for a moment like
a cork, the barge then plunged into
the trough between two waves, one
of which broke over the side and .
pwamped It.
Initantiy the choppy water became
dotted with struggling shouting men,
Intermingled with floating packages,
cult cases and personal belongings !
that the men were taking back to
the ship. The whistle of the little '
steam launch that was towing the
barge rent the air with sharp,
Staccato calls for assistance.
f>w boats were in the vicinity,
hflwover, for the river was running
high in white caps, klckcd up by
the strong wind. What few there
were put Quickly across the 100 yards
tll&t sepa-.ated the distressed craft
en<l tbe bhore. Many of the sailors j
and marines were pulled aboard these
boats; others, held tightly to the I
BW4uiped barge. Still others, unequal
to the battle with the heavy waves I
and tide, floa'ed upstream and dis-'
appeared.
Tl.i* men on the Louisiana and
Kansas, wUo were watching the pro-!
gross of the barge, saw the accident
and raised the cry of "man over- (
board." Meanwhile the launch add
ed to the cries of the men in the |
water and those on the ships with
wild shrieks from its siren.
Strange as it may seem, many of
the sailors from the barge were un
able to swim. They had small chance
of rescue, and even those who were
at home in the water had to fight the
heavy wind and the tide which bore
them upstream.
Scores of motorbcats lay about
the ships. These did splendid work
In saving the drowning men, and
It was not long before launches put
out from the battleships to aid in
the work of rescue.
The powerful searchlights of the
Celtic, Louisiana, Kansas and New
Hampshire were immediately thrown
on the scene and aided In the task
of picking out the struggling men. !
Admiral Vreeland, In charge of the
second division of the North Atlan
tic flotilla, was on board the Louis
iana. his flagship, when be heard
of the accident. He Immediately i
took charge.
Midshipman Chevalier rescued thre*
men who were clinging to the tow
line. Captain Leute, who runs a
boathouse on the pier at One Hun
dred and Flfty-slxht street, was j
standing on the north side of the
pier at One Hundred and Fifty-sev
enth street when the gray launch |
of the New Hampshire started from
the float with the barge In tow. He
declared emphatically that from 35
to 40 were drowned.
Osrtich feathers valued at 18,090,- j
945 have been exported from the
Cape of Good Hope In one year.
PORTUGAL NOW A REPUBLIC.
Revolutionists With Aid of Army
And Navy Overthrew Monarchy.
King Manuel Fled, Leaving Revo
lutionists in Charge.
Paris, Oct. 6.?The Portuguese
monarchy has fallen.
Lisbon, the capital is in the hands
of the revolutionary mob. King
Manuel, according to the latest re
port, fled from the Palace, while it |
was surrounded by a raging mob and
shells from Portuguese warcraft in
the harbor were raining upon It,
and took refuge on the Brazilian gun
boat San Paola.
The revolution to-day is sweeping
the nation like wildfire, and the con
flagration threatens any minute to
sweep over the border and en
gulf the neighboring Kingdom of ,
Spain.
Lisbon, Oct. 6.?The capital is
now completely in the hands of the
Republicans who have formed a pro
visional government with Theophile
Braga as president. A new national
flag of red and green is flying over
all the public buildings, including the
Town Hall.
Already the Spanish Minister, In
full uniform, has called to pay his
respects to the Republican leaders.
It is impossible to estimate the
number of those killed or wounded in j
the fighting, but it is expected to j
reach several hundred. The city
has been considerably^ damaged by j
the bombardment of the insurgentj
warships. The buildings occupied by
the ministries around the Praca Do j
Commercio, and the Necessidades
Palace were made the particular tar
gets of the shells from the warships
and to-day show the effects by brok
en walls and turrets. The tower of
the church attached to the palace
was demolished.
RADIUM IS GROWING CHEAPER. [
Sir WiNlam Ramsey Says That the
Market Price is Only $2,100,000 an
Ounce, a Drop of $900,000 from
the Quotation of January.
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New York, October 4.?Radium is |
growing cheaper. Sir William Ram
sey in a recent London lecture stated
that the present market price is only
12,100,000 an ounce?a drop of $900,
000 from the quotation given out by
scientists in January last.
A radium bank has existed for
some time In Paris. Last January one
was started in London and similar
institutions are to be established in
New York and other cities. These
banks loan the precious substance to
scientists and physicians. The cost
is enormous. As much as $200 has
been charged for the use of 100 mili
grammes for a single day.
Johnston County Man Killed in South
Carolina.
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Mr. Elijah P. Baker who has been '
in SoutTi Carolina for about two
years, was buried at Four Oaks,
Wednesday, Octobert 5th. He was
running a store in South Carolina
and on Saturday, September 24th,
a negro who owed him some money
came into the store. He asked the
negro to pay him but the negro de
nied having the money. Another
man in the store said that he knew
the negro had the money for he had
just seen him with it. Then the
negro agreed to pay the money but
said he would go out for some
change. When he returned Mr. Ba
ker was stooping over some hides
he was salting. The negro struck
him with a piece of scantling on the
head and neck. He was not con
scious much of the time after he
was struck. He was brought home '
on Monday, September 26th, after
which he lived about eight days. It
seemed that something about his
neck was broken. Mr. Baker was
well known In Johnston, having run
a nursery business at Four Oaks for
several years. Later h? was in the
piano and organ business at Ral
eigh for some time.
John Beckwith on the Roads.
One of the cases disposed at the
recent term of the Superior Court
and one of which no mention has
been made was that of John Beck
with. Smithfleld's well known colored
man. who was found guilty of sell
ing liquor and given a sentence of
sis months on the roads. John is
now at work for the county.
ONLY TWO RESCUED FROM MINE.
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Seventy Miners Still in the Wreck
ed Shaft In Mexico. Fan House
Destroyed and No Air Currents
Available. Rescue Helmets Use
less.
Monterey, Mox. Oct. 2.?A special
from I.as Esperanzas, Coahulia, to
day says:
"Friday night about 11 o'clock a
tremendous explosion of coal dust oc- i
curred in No. 2 mine at Palu, be
longing to the Coahuiln Coal Com
pany. The force of the explosion
blew down all of the timbers in the
slope from the sixth" lift to the sur
face. It blew out the mouth of the
slope, lifting twenty feet of sur- '
face and closing the mine. The fan
house was also blown down, but the !
fan and engine were not injured. En- !
trance was made to thei mine through
the second opening, but all the ven
tilating currents and air stepping be
ing destroyed, it was Impossible to
penetrate into the mine far enough 1
to reach any of the miners.
"The first rescue party were over- j
come and a second party had to
go in and relieve them. They were ;
overcome by after damp, but were
brought to the surface and recover
ed in a few hours.
"The work of restoring the air
currents is proceeding as rapidly as
possible, with all the men that is
safe to work. Two bodies have so
far been recovered, and there are
about seventy more men in the mine.
There is no possibility of the men
being recovered alive, as it will be
forty-eisht hours more before all the
bodies can be reached. The neigh-1
boring mines have all sent their
superintendents with picked men, 1
and all have aided faithfully in the
rescue work.
"The rescue helmets, of which the j
company has a full supply, could not ,
be used, as thev were so heavy and
the space left to crawl through so
small that the men could not get
through with them on.
"This mine was the largest pro- j
ducer of the Coahulia Coal Company, i
and ha3 been shipping about 18,000
tons of coal per month for some !
years.
"The cause of the explosion has
not been accurately determined, but
the indications are that it was caus
ed by miners smuggling in some com
mon dynamite instead of using the
safety powder furnished by the
company, and that the company in
sists shall be used."
EX-GOVERNOR BROWARD DEAD.
Recently Elected to the United States
Senate From Florida.
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 1.?Napoleon
Bonaparte Broward .aged fifty-three,
the choice of the Democrats to sue- 1
ceed James P. Taliaferro as United
States senator, died Just after being
placed on the operating table at a
local hospital shortly afternoon to
day. The Immediate cause of his
death was gall stones, with compllca-1
tions. He had been ill for weeks.
For four fears Broward was gov- 1
ernor of Florida and during that
time commenced the drainage of the
Everglades, which, when completed,
will probably be the greatest single
undertaking in Florida's history. Af
ter serving his term as governor, Mr.
Broward was defeated for United
States senator by Duncan U. Fletch
er. In June of this year he de- j
feated James P. Taliaferro at the !
Democratic primaries for United
States senator by a large majority
and was regarded as the strongest po
litical factor In the state.
Mr. Broward was a self-made man. I
Early In the seventies his parents
died and he was forced to start to
work as a tugboat cook and roust
about. He worked In this capacity,
practically illiterate, for several years
and was in turn employed as a sea
man, pilot and captain of small
craft on the St. Johns river, until
he purchased a third interest of the
craft he made four expeditions to
Cuba, once landing in the harbor of
Havana despite the Spanish fleet.
He was elected sheriff of Duval
county and served two terms. Af
terward he was elected state legis
lator and. governor.
Mr. F. T. Allen, representative of
the National Packing Company, of
Richmond, Va., ppent Sunday In
the city.
FINE TRIBUTES TO DR. DIXON.
Governor Kitchin, Ex-Governor Ay
cock and Rev. H. M. North Spoke
At Bier of Lamented State Au
ditor.
The word tributes laid on the
bier of the late Dr. P. F. Dixon,
North Carolina's lamented State Au
ditor. were among the most beauti
ful paid any North Carolinian In
recent years. We print herewith ex
tracts from the addresses delivered
by Gov. Kitchin, Ex-Gov. Aycock and
Rev. Mr. North nt Dr. Dixon's fun
eral:
"Carolina mourns the loss of a
distinguished son. The robust fig
ure, the handsome face, the genial
presence of our lamented friend, Dr.
Benjamin Franklin Dixon, will be
seen no more in our midst. The sil
ver cord has been loosed, the gold
en bowl has been broken. We as
semble to pay a feeble tribute we
must pay, for words cannot impart a
friend's respect and love, and sense '
of loss when a co-laborer of charac
ter, wisdom, courage, ability and
constant usefulness goes hence to
the great Beyond.
"With swelling heart and uncover
ed head we stand in the presence
of the dead and helplessly look
around us, knowing well that tens
of thousands of our fellows have the
same pent up feelings which human
lips can never utter. We see the
beauty of the autumn and its har
vests, we hear the raging storm, but
our language can not describe them.
We join hands with the strong man, 1
the good, the upright, the eloquent, j
the versatile; we admire his noble
conduct, we cherish his friendship, j
we suffer the pangs of sorrow when
he falls prostrate among us. But
we seek in vain to do justice to
his life or to measure to others our
grief. # # * ?
"His smiling good nature, his
gleaming eye, his fund of anecdotes,
his sound logic, his extensive infor
mation, his varied experience, his
candor, his zeal, his ability and elo
quence made him the most popular
orator in the State, in my opinion.
He was equally at home whether
discussing political, religious, edu
cational, fraternal, agricultural, veter
an or purely patriotic matters. He
was bound to the people by every
sympathetic tie that binds a leader.
Carolina truly mourns him to-day, ant
honors his character. His exemplary
conduct in all the matters of citizen
ship and his admirable qualities as
a man. a husband, father, soldier, ora
te r, statesman, have enriched the
State, and will furnish inspiration
to her progress and uplift for years
to come.
"He did a great work and did it
Well. He fought the good fight and
kept the faith. If his friends could
have prolonged his stay he would
have lived on, but the end must
come to each and all. We can but
play our parts and move off the
stage under the direction of the Mas- \
ter. In the hereafter does it mat- [
ter whether one lived ten or fifty or j
a hundred years?"
"As shadows cast by clouds and sun. |
Flit in the summer's grass
So in the sight. Almighty One,
Earth's generations pass
And as the years an endless host
Come pressing swiftly on
The brightest names that earth can
boast t
Just glisten, and are gone."
?Governor Kltchin.
"Dr. Dixon was a man of 'singular |
beauty of person and emphasis of
presence.' He was good, gentle and
brave. He loved his State and when
called he gave to the South the en
thusiastic devotion of a boy. He
loved humanity, and when his Nation
called he voluntered to fight for Cu
ban liberty. He was a many-sided
man?soldier, physician, preacher,
teacher, statesman?he was excellent
in all. He knew the people well
and loved them?he respected their
settled convictions, but no man fear
ed less their hasty passions. It was
my pleasure to be with him four
years in the service of the State.
! He was, under the constitution, one
of my official advisers. I never
sought his counsel In vain nor with
out profit. He was full of know
ledge, and his learning was strength
ened and sweetened by a beautiful de
votlon to his State. He was cour
ageous in difficulties and always
met them with a bold front and a
courageous smile. His frankness had
an outspoken quality about It which
might at times have hurt had it not
been tempered by a geniality of man
ner and sweetness of tone that sof
tened the directness of speech: His
personality was attractive, his man
ners engaging and his speech flu
ent. In social life he was a fine
conversationalist, and one of the very
best of story tellers. On the public
platform he stood among the first of
our orators?his thought noble and
clothed In a language both forceful
and rich, he kept his audience with
him throughout his speech and mov
ed them at will, either to laughter
or to tears. His voice was beauti
fully modulated and sweet as a
flute.?Ex-Governor Ay cock.
"There are two voices that we heai
Id this world. One comes from
the earth, and the burden of its
song is: 'Passing away, passing
away, passing away.' We hear it
as we watch the sun set. We hear
it in the passing of the seasons, in
the murmur of the midnight sea, and
the moaning of the winter
wind. It causes men to despair. Rut
there comes another voice out of
the eternal, the Invisible. Its re
frain is 'Forever and forever and
forever.' This inspires men to take
hope for they know that they do not
labor in vain. They lay their friends
in the grave with the hope of meet
ing them again, and they themselves
come down to the last hour with
triumphant step, unafraid, knowing
that they shall live forever.
"We all desire that our works j
shall live after us for good. That '
was a plaintive ery of the Psalmist I
when he asked God to establish the
works of his hands upon him that
they might not perish. The works
and influence of I)r. 'Dixon will not
fall to the ground. It may be said
of him as of Job that he was eyes to
the blind, ears to the deaf, feet to
the lame, strength to the weak, and
hope to them who were in despair.
His work will live In the lives of
thousands of school children who re
ceived inspiration from him; in the
lives of orphans now grown who
bless his memory; in the churches
whose corner-stones he laid; in the
lives of the old soldier who will soon
follow him to their graves, and in
the memory of all who labored with
him here. I feel to-day like declar
ing with Riley that "I cannot say,
and I will not say that he is dead,
he is Just away!"?Rev. H. M.
North. *
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POU AND COOLEY SCHEDULE.
Will Have Joint Canvass of this
Congressional District.
Mr. R. A. P. Cooley, of Nash
county. Independent-Republican can
didate for Congress In this district,
challenged Congressman Pou for a
joint canvass. Mr. Pou accepted.
The following schedule has been ar
ranged! " "
Slier City, Monday, October 10.
Pittsboro, Tuesday, Of'tober 11.
Henderson, Wednesday, October 12.
Louisburg, Friday, October 14.
Spring Hope, Saturday, October 15.
Smithfleld, Monday, October 24.
Kenly, Wednesday, October 26.
Raleigh. Thursday, October 27 (at
night.)
BRINGS 20 BROTHERS OVER.
Vienese Girl Is Now Arranging for
Immigration of Twenty-first.
New York, Oct. 3.?Miss Marie Tu
fer, a young Viennese girl, arranged
to-day for the passage of a brother
from the old country, who will be the
twenty-first brother she has brought
to the United States in six years.
She was the first to venture to
America, and settling in New York,
soon obtained employment and pros
pered. Her glowing accounts of the
promised land quickly Influenced her
brothers, who began to follow her
one by one. m
Miss Tufer has acted throughout as
the American banker for the fam
ily, and as each brother made up
| his mind to emigrate she would send
the money for his passage to the
; sister, w ho made all necessary ar
rangements. All of the twenty
brothers are now profitably employed
| in and about New York. To-day on
ly the father, mother, and one
| daughter are left on the old home
Just outside of Vienna.
Government telephone service Is
not a success from the subscriber'?
standpoint in England.
FORTY KILLED IN CAR CRASH.
Cad Wreck on Illinois Traction Road.
Crash Said to Have Been Due to
Employment of a Green Crew Who
Disregard Signal System?Motor
man Arrested.
Staunton, Ills., Oct. 5.?Prom the
ueagre information that has oozed
u'H of the office of the Illinois
Traction Company at Springfield. It
appears that the crash between two
trains near here yesterday In which
forty persons were killed, probably a
dozen fatally Injured, and as many
more severely hurt, and was due to
the employment of a green crew,
which either did not kifciw the com
pany's signal system or disregard It.
The crew failed to wait on a sid
ing as ordered, for another car.
Tglv stories are afloat here and
In Springfield, where It Is rumored
that old employees employes of the
company have been expecting an ac
cident for several days owing to the
heavy traffic caused by the state
fair at Springfield. It is even de
clared that four train crews mutinied
and refused to take out their cars,
on the ground that a new man had
been ntKbeying orders and running
by switches where they had been
told <o fctcjv
A Con ner's jury began an Investi
gation to-day and every phase of the
< aso will be laid tare. The authori
ties hero declare they intend placing
the blame where it belongs. It is
feared the accident will go a long
way toward defeating for re-election
Congressman McKlnley, who owns th<
line.
The wreck was the worst In the
hisvory of the electric traffle in
Illinois. It occurred at Dickerson'i
Grove, two miles north of Staunton.
Both cars were plunging down a
steep grade at a high rate of speed
when they met. ??
Passengers on neither train had a
chance for their lives. Those who
were not instantly killed were maim
ed.
The wreck is a parallel to that
which occurred September 22 at
Kingsland. Ind., in which 42persons
lost their lives. ?
Strange to say, none of pie crewg
of either cars was killed or injured.
The southbound train, which left
Springfield for St. Ix>uis was literally
packed with people on their way to
attend the Veiled Prophets celebra
tion. Motorman E. J. Young and Con
ductor William Duncan, both of
Staunton were In charge of the sec
ond section of Jfa? car- which was
the one wrecked. ^ N A
tub first section of the train had
passed some minutes before and the
crew of the northbound train, which
was loaded with laborers, evidently
did not see the green flag on the
end which marked it as a first sec
tion. It pulled out from the switch
to the main track and proceeded.
When going at a rate of 50 miles an
hour, it struck the passenger on
the curve. * ~ ~ r ?
Train orders are given by tele
phone, through Instruments boxed
at Intervals at the side of the track.
This method is said to have been
largely responsible for the acci
dent.
Offiicals of the traction company
have been reticent with regard to
furnishing any information. They re
fused to give names of the dead and
injured.
The Democrats of Robeson in
! their primary have decided to "ro
jtate" Clerk of the Court, W. H.
Humphreys, after a service of twelve
years. They believe that twelve
years is long enough for any man
to hold a god fat office. C. B.
Skipper was the winner In the pri
mary.
Pellagra in Tennessee.
Nashville, Tenn. Oct. 4.?In his
report to the State board of health
In session here to-day. Secretary Al
bright says that during the months
of May. June, July and August there
were one hundred and five cases of
pellagra reported to the board of
which 35 were fatal. The greatest
mortality was among negroes. In his
report secretary Albright says:"From
personal Investigations and reports I
find that this disease is on the in
crease."
The report shows that the disease
has been found In 28 of the 9$ coun
ties of the State.