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NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS
Occurrences cf Interest Gleamed From All Scctioua the Bwy
Ta.r Heel State
NEW SCHOOL INSP20TED.
Trustees of Eastern Carolina Teach
ers Training School Surprised tj
Find Such Magnificent Buildings
. and Beautiful Grounds.
Greenville, Special. The trustees
tf the Eastern Carolina Teachers
Training School and the State board
tf education met here Thursday to
inspect the buildings being erected
Tor the school. Nearly all of the
State officers, ag well as several other
distinguished visitors, were hcre
, These were met with carriages at the
depot by committees from the chain
by of commerce and the Carolina
"Club and driven to the school site,
where they thoroughly viewed " the
buildings and grounds. It was a sur
prise to the visitors to find such mag
'nificent buildings . and beautiful
grounds for the school.
After the inspection the trustees
"held a meeting to receive a report
from the executive committee " and
the architects of the work so fat
.'done. The forty-seven acres of land
and four buildings now nearing com
pletion cost $115,000, of which the'
State appropriated $15,000 and Pitt
;county and Greenville $50,000 each.
All were agreed that the school plant
liere is the best investment the S,tate
has made", and they could hardly see
"how such splendid buildings could be
erected for the amount expended. The
Building and Lumber Company,., of
Greenville, is the contractor.
After the meeting of the trustees'
all the visitors, about fifty in number,
Avere given a banquet at the Carolina
Club, where after-dinner speeches
were made by Governor Glenn, State
Superintendent Joyiier, Auditor Dix
on, ex-Governor Jarvis, Editor Jose
- phus Daniels, Treasurer Lacy, Editor
"E. J. Hale, Insurance Commissioner.
Young, County Superintendent Rags
dale, State Senator Armond and J.
0. Carr, of Wilmington, all of-whom
referred to the :" magnanimity, of
"Greenville and Pitt county and the
dom of the school being located
Shot to. Death by "a V
' Washington, -Special. J
Woman.
J...ur' ' V asilingion, - opeciai.r iiuuu uir
I N -v.;son Stone, asred 22. hisrhly connected
X . . 1 . i. k ....... I I, U'ji
"in Boston and New York, was shot
and killed early Tuesday by May
Woolard, who then shot herself twico
and may die. Stone went to the' wo
man's house to avow, his intention of
leaving here. It is said she coaxed
' him into the house and when he re-fused
to remain drew a revolver and
v shot Stone in the right, temple. When
he fell she fired again the" ball lodg
ing in the base of his brain. Then
she shot herself twice in the fore
head and temple. The doctors at
the hospital say that the. woman has
a fighting chance for her life.
To Be Guests of Ex.-Governor Jarvis.
Raleigh, Soeeial. Preparations
are being made for the North Caro
"Una State officers to go to Greenville
Thursday as the guests of ex-Governor
T. J. Jarvis for the special pur
f of nersonallv inspecting: .the
-grounds and buildings in process of
erection for the Eastern Carolina
Teachers' Training School, Mr. Jar
vis being a member of the board of
-directors and giving his personal at
tention to the work.
Dentist to Meet in Asheville.
;5 Raleigh, Special. A meeting of the
Executive Committee of the North
Carolina State Dental Association
was held in this city Tuesday nieht
for the purpose of selecting a time
and place for holding the next an-
nual meeting of the Association. It
was decided to hold the meeting in
Asheville, June 23rd-2Gth.
Fearful Blow. .
High Point, Special. West Smith,
colored, Monday night knocked in the
head with a piece of iron another ne
gro after a row near the depot. The
wound inflicted was quite a serious
one, and the negro receiving it will
always remember the blow. Smith's
trial took place Tuesday and he was
bound over to courts
- Asbestos in Iredell.
Saisbury, Special. An' asbestos
mine is being developed in Iredell
county by Mr. Charles Lambert, of
Pittsburg, who. has recently spent
considerable time on the property, re-iurni'-"
last week to Pennsylvania.
:;-irroaiict is said nV.-r.nd on tho'
covei -?. fiin jji-q- ;(t a point n:Ar
. ,t remedy u
-r-.A all Ihn.fif . a Cl"f
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White Man Runs Amuck.
Raleigh, Special. Scott Shadrach,
a white man, if the charges made
against him! are true had a case of
running amuck a few days ago at
Keuse, and having been arrested is to
stand trial on Saturday at noon be
fore Justice Roberts.
Shadrach; so the reports and char
ges are, first made an assault on Mr.
J. D,Lec at his store in Neuse, driv
ing the proprietor out and taking gen
eral charge of affairs. -Next he i3 said
to have broken .into the house of
Mrs. Frank idell and to have made,
an assault ,on her, the warrant in this
case being -for assault and battery.
Having gotten the best of two adults,
Shadrach is said to have next turned"
hig attentions to the rising generation...
Will Shorter; a boy, was the victim
this" time and the warrant charges
that Shadrach kicked him. Shadrach
kept in hiding for a time, but was at
last caught by the officers and landed
in jail here. On Saturday the wit
nesses will tell what they know about
the doings of Scott Shadrach.
Department of Insurance Enlarging.
- Raleigh, Special. State Commis
sioner of Insurance James R. Young
says the receipts of the deportment
at this time show an increase of $7,
000 over the receipts at this time last
year, the fiscal year ending April 1st.
The receipts of the department have
increased steadily from $6,000to $10,
000 each year since the Department
of Insurance was created. The com
missioner is up against the necessity
of "asking this Legislature for an ad
ditional clerk for the department,
there being six at this time. The re
eeceipts"' of the department for the
year will beipwards of $225,000.
- Shipping Cotton to Belgium.
" Wilmington, Special. From the
compresses of Messrs. Alexander
Sprunt & Son Wednesday there was
'cleared .the British steamer Holmlea,
Captain -Airey, with 5,700 bales of
cotton, valued at $2S5,000, and con
signed to Ghent, Belgium, this being
the jSrst. cargo --'of the staple from
Wilmington to Qhent this,' season.
The receipts at the local port con
tinue very satisfactory incidento to
lhe holidays. Tuesday 1,931 bales
were received, of which number 42
were from the upper Cape Fear by
'I he steamer City of Fa3-etteville.
Robinson's New Court House.
Lumberton, Special. The board ! of
county commissioners of Robeson
county met at Lumberton Tuesday
and accepted the new court house,
which is practically completed, and
will be ready for occupancy shortly
after January 1st. The court house
is one of the handsomest and most
complete in the State, and is a source
of pride to the citizens of the county.
II. L. Lazenby, who was employed to
supervise the work on the building,
left Friday for his home in States
ville. 12-Year-Old Boy Crushed by Cars.
Raleigh, Special. Miles Goodwin,
the 12-vear-old son of Mrs. Miles
Goodwin, a widow, fell under the
Raleigh and Southport train Monday
morning near the union station and
narrowly escaped a horrible death.
Both feet were crushed in such a
way that he will be crippled for,-Iife.
Game Warden Appointed.
Raleigh, Special. IL- M. Ballance
is appointed by Governor Glenn a
bird and game warden for Currituck
county, and J. Z. Stroup for the Hen
dersonville section, the appointment
being at the request of the president
of the Audubon Society of the State.
Forged Sisters Name.
Greensboro, Special. Clyde Morris
better known as "Kid" Morris has
worked a slick ime here, by which
he secured $260 in cash. He forged
the name of his sister, Mrs. GeorR.
Blackwell, to a check of $G00, and
left $400 to clear up another trans
action. It was a most cleverly ex
ecuted piece of forgery and deceiv
ed two lawyers, to their sorrow.
Mansion for Kitchen.
Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn
is spending two or three days with
his mother, Mrs. Chalmers Glenn, -in
Greensboro. In his absence Private
Secretary A. H. Arrington has moved
his desk into the executive office while
a handsome new carpet is being put I
J iL. 1 (?!, P iUr
QOvn in me geneiai uiuto ui
ecutive departments, replacing a car
pet that has seen very much service.
Other work of renovation and over-
.;auung is in progress preparatory
to turning the executive department
over to Governor-elect W. W. Kit'!. in
CARING FOR THE VICTIMS
Rations, Clothing, Tents and Other
. Supplies Are Pouring in and the
Hungry and Injured Are Being
Cared For.
Rome, By Cable. What chiefly
concerns the government and the peo
pie is the progress that ' is beiug
made towards the relief of those who
have suffered by the dreadful" earth
quake in southern Italy and Sicily.
Considerable advance in this respect
has been made at Messina, where, ac
cording to reports received here, the
supply service is beginning to work
satisfactorily. The different regions
on the coast have been allotted to
various warships, and other ships as
centres from which torpedo boats
and launches convej' and distribute'
rations and water to the different
villages.
The Minister of Justice has wired
from Messina . to Premier Giolitti
that large bodies of troops have ar
rived and are now occupying all parts
of . the town. The appalling extent
of the diaster renders anything like
a systematic search of the ruins is
impossible, but persons are being
dragged out all day long and are
quickly transported to the relief ships
as soon as their wounds have receiv
ed attention.
The appalling message came on
New Year Day that the Ripari Is
lands which lie just north of Sicily
had gone down with its 28,000 inhab
itants, but a messenger boat sent to
learn the facts has returned with the
news that the islands are but little in
jured. Only the cracking of build
ings make any real damage.
Estimates of Death List.
Rome By Cable. Estimates of the
death roll of the eai"thquake now
cease to concern the Italian people.
It 'js,. enough, to .know, that the catas
trophe ; is overwhelming figures
would add nothing to the grief of the
stricken nation, nor move to greater
efforts those upon whom the work of
relie.f and rescue has fallen.
Every channel open to the govern
ment has been utlized to this end,
and other nations have been quick to
come to its assistance, even before
the cry for aid. went up. Shiploads
of fugitives have been carried out of
the stricken 'zone to Naples, Palermo,
Catania and other ports, and accord--ing
to the Minister of Marine, rescue
vessels to the number of 36 are now
centered in the Strait of Messina,
and 5,000 soldiers are being landed
on the two coasts.
Most important of all-now is the
question of the living. Thousands of
those-who escaped the falling walls
and the sweep, of the tide are starv
ing and without clothes or shelter.
They can scarcely longer survive
their sufferings. The first thoujrht
has been to carry food and covering
for these helpless people, and it has
now been decided by the government
to send a fleet of emigrant steamers
tojtransport them to other places.
Professor Ricco, director of the ob
servatory at Mount Etna, states that
his instruments have recorded 42 dis
tinct shocks afior the first, but that
during the last 14 hours they have
been almost motionless. Etna and
Stromboll are now quiet and he is
certain that the earthquake was not
of volcanic but of geographical orig
in, similar, to that of 1S75.
The horror of the situation at Mcs
sina and Reggio glows with every
fresh dispatch: One of the correspon
dents places the death roll throush-.
out the entire territory as Jiighas j
300,000, but this appears -fo be" "ex
treme. Others mnke their estimate i
200,000, but the official estimate as
made by the Minister of Marine still j
holds to 115,000. -"
The tidal wave lasted much lonzer j
than, the earthquake. During all the j
time vessels shivered intermittently,
as though shaken by some huge ma
rine monster.
A naval observer of the doerne
tion of Messina says there were four
tidal waves, ranging in height from
12 to 30 feet. Thirty minutes elaps
ed between the rolling in cf the first
and the destructive onslaught of the
last wave.
Thousands of half nude individuals
of both sexes have gathered along
the mitddy beaches on either side of
the ruins of Messina seeking food or
lining- IU feci, ttnay
i,5UM V, P. p1 -from PTnosure
and the cases of madness are increas -
ing. '
buriner the nieht the warships in
Messina harbor throw their search
lights on the ruins to enable the res
cuers on shore to continue heir work.
The work of succor is going on fe
verishly but the forces are still woe
fully inadequate. The stench from
'decomposing bodies is becoming .over
powering. A frightful scene occurred heva
Thursday ainid the ruins of the cus
toms house. Bands of famished in
dividuals were groping among the
debris in the hope of discovering
food. The first of the searchers who
were sucessful were attacked by
others with revolvers and knives and
were obliged to defend their finds
literally with their lives. The strug
gle was fierce. The famished men
threw themselves upon each other
like wolves and several, fpll rUsm.
boweled in defending a handful of
dry' beans or a few ounces of flour.
One of the unfortunates was pinned
(o a plank by a knife, while clinging
to his hand wes his little child, for
whom he had sought food.
The United States supply ship
Celtic will go to 4 Messina, after a
brief stop at Gibralta to give a mil
lion and a half of navy rations to
the earthquake sufferers.
. New York on Thursday made up
a fund of nearly $100,000 as a relief
fund.- Chicago's contribution fond
aggregate $30,000. The - American
fled Cross is co-operating with the
Italian Red Cross for the relief of
the suffering.
STROMBOLIYIOLENT
Eruptions Attended by Earthquake
umzena m Panic But Little In
jury Don Rescue Work in the
Stricken Regions as Seen On
Week Later.
Rome, By Cable. A violent earth
hock running north-southwest and
east-northeast, lasting three seconds,
Sunday and during which the Rtrom-
boli volcano began eruption, occurred
in Stromboli island Sunday.
The phenomenon was accompanied
by prolonged dull rumblings. The
houses on the island were badly dam
aged and the populace fled to the
streets in panic, but no one was hurt.
The weather is intensely cold on
Stromboli island.
The system of rescue work in
Messina has been greatly augmented
'by the arrival of troops, who are to
be seen all over the ruined city in
squads of twenty and thirty, pat
rolling day and night. Bodies of
them also are working in the ruins by
day and until well into the night.
The movement of refugees frc
the villages is daily increasing in
volume. Of the victims buried under
the ruins few have been?,, rescued
alive. - :
It . is now clear that the enormous
number of . casualties in, Messina was
due to the suddenness with which the
first- shock came; giving , but little
time to tthe .-- people to escape from
their homes. The tidal wave was not
so higli, as was at first reported, and
would have done little damage had it
not been preceded by the earthquake.
The damage" done by fire was com
paratively insignificant.
The ' first earth shock last Monday
morning literally threw down the city
and almost every street was
completely buried under the walls
that 'had fallen, furniture and other
debris, practically cutting off every
avenue of escape.
Then came the tidal wave to in
undate the city and the living and
dying , were caught like rats and
drowned or had their brains dashed
out by being thrown by the rushing
waters against piles of masonry and
rubbish.
Far greater havoc was wrought in
Messina than was believed when the
Associated Press correspondent first
passed around the outskirts with
Frank Perret, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
assistant director of the observatory
on Mount Vesuvius. During this tour
a most critical examination was made '
of the American consulate. It is a
complete ruin nothing but a heap
of crumbling and crushed stones,
without "semblance of its original
shape. It is most doubtful if the res
cuers will he able to recover the
bodies buried beneath the debris for
a few uays, but every effort to do
so will be made. The French and
Turkish consulates also were razed
completely, and it seems almost im-i
possible that any of their inmates
could have escaped.
Officials in Messina say that the
original estimate of the fatalities in
the city probably was not exaggerat
ed. . The lower part of the city is
practically totally destroyed.
A Washington special says: "Pres
ident Roosevelt has sent two supply
ships with $300,000 worth of supplies
to Italy, that he will ask Congress
for additional aid and that he has of
fered the use cf the battleship fleet
to Italy.
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I -tei at ouez.
j Suez, By Cable The United States
J Atlantic battleship fleet, completing
two days ahead of its schedule the,
next to the longest run o of its world-,
girdling cruise, trrived here Sunday
morning from CoSsmbo, a distance of
3,440 knots, from which place the
fleet sailed on December 20th. The
loss of a seaman from the battleship
Illinois, who fell overboard and was
the only accidcht to mar the voyacro
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RELIEFWORK PROGRESSES
Congress Votes ?500,000American
Fleet to the Rescue The Vattcan
Opens to Suefferers How the
Queer, was Hurt.
Messina, By Cable. Although con
fused and without system, the work
of rescue has been carried on brave
ly by night as well as day. Search
lights on the warships flood the ruins
with their rays fxxid give light to the
salvage parties.
The King "and Queen of Italy, on
board the battleship Regina Elena
have given a noble example of devo
tion. The King with some of his
ministers at his side has been direct
ing and supervising the relief work,.
yet lie cas iound time to visit the
field hospitals and 'speak words of
encouragement to his stricken sub
jects. The Queen has been spend
ing io nours a day beside the sick
beds on the Regina Elena, aiding and
consoling, and encouraging, The
brunt of the work of rescue has fal
len upon the sailors, foreign as well
as Italian, and all have done their
duty. Praises for the Russians are
on every lip. They hesitated before
no danger, dug under tottering walls
or entered the unsafest shells when
asked to do so by some frantic wo
man who had not lost all hope that
husband or child was still alive.
. Although the air in Messina is
heavy with the stench of putrefying
bodies, several groups of Sicilians
have camped out in the cleared
spaces of the citv and obstinatelv re-
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zuse the invitation of the authori
ties to move away.
Upon the arrival; of 1,500 wound
ed from Messing and Reggio, Mayor
Nathan telephoned the Vatican ask,-
ing whether these unfortunates could
be taken m there. The Vatican re
plied in the - affirmative and the
wounded were " received with open
arms. . " j .
The first 120 of the wounded sent
to the Vatican were received at the
railroad staton by Monsignor Mis
catelli, sent especially by the Pope.
Some of them were taken to the Vat
ican in public, conveyances, but the
more greviously injured were carried
on stretchers by the Red Cross. They
ww.'C received in the Vatican pre
cincts by the nursing sisters.
The Pone could not restrain his
desire to brine them consolation, and
o '
sought them out. He passed through
the basilica- ot bt. Peter's over In'e
arch connecting the basilica with the
hospital. Although he did not ac
tually set foot on Italian territory,
he in reality went outside that area
which, under the law. is e-naranteed
enjoys the right of extra-territorial-ity.
The hospital, although belong
ing to the rope, stands on Italian
srround.
A Rome Cable.
Ambassador Griseom and the mem
bers of the American relief commit
tee have chartered for two weeks
the Austrian Lloyd steamship Ocea
nia. The steamer can accommodate
1,400 steerage and 100 first-class pas
sengers. She is now being first-
elas?.
Ambassador Griseom delivered to
Count 'Taverua, head of the Italian
Red Cross, $250,000 from the Am
erican Red Cross. Count Taverna
was overwhelmed and said he would
make an exception to the rule which
forbade the distribution of money
through any but Red Cross channels,
and returned to the ambassador $2,
000, which he had contributed to the
expenses of the relief ship.
Dispatches have been received
from Washington to the effect that
the first division of Admiral Sper
ry's battleship fleet has been direct
ed to go to Naples to assist in the
relief work. The remainder of the
fleet is to be distributed at various
points on the Mediterranean at Ad
miral Sperry's descretion. None of
the other Italian ports is to be visit
ed by the American battleships.
Congress, after assembling on
Monday, quickly and with great un
animitv passed a bill appropriating
the sum of $500,000 for the relief of
the sufferers.
The survivors of the disaster are
so dazed and worn out that they are
quite incapable of describing their
experiences connectedly, but the ac
counts of all agree that the devasta
tion was accomplished in less than
one minute. The strata below the
strait slipped, then tidal wave rush
ed in and out, and all was over.
Those capable of analyzing their sen
sations say that when the shock came
they felt an upward thrust of the
earthquake. This was followed by
an oscillatory motion and the crust
of the earth vibrated,
Few of the survivors are able to
explain how 'they escaped. They
know only that amid falling plaster
and masonary they niauasred to jump
safely from windows or stumble
down crumb!!. ig stairways.
The King and Queen have persist
ed in their personal (.(Torts to alnrd
all possible relief rind S'?d cheer.
Ti, (Wen suffered au iniurv.
Signor Mirabello has given the fo! '
lowing account of the accident t
Queen Helena three days ago at Mcs
sina, when her majesty suffered con
tusions of the chest. He said: "T!h
Queen was in one of tha improvise
hospitals. She was in the net o;
bending over a wounded woman v, ! c
suddenly the door was thrown . ", '.
violently and a erazy. man rashes! in
crying loudly, 'The end of . the w!
has come. The earth has fallen in.
Save yourselves. Save yourselves.'
"7he wounded woman, terrified, -
jumped from her bed and started
running toward the door. The Q'Jtcn
placed herself in front of the unfor
tunate and extended her arms to stop
her. But the woman was out of her
mind , with fright. She lowered her .
head and precipitated herself on the;.
Queen driving her head with full
force sgainst her majesty's breast.
The Queen fell backward. Her '
mouth became full of blood and this-
bleeding continued for some time." :
"Queen Helena is worthy the un
dying admiration of the entire Ital-'
ian people." .. .
Fire Still Burning in Hold of Steamer
Texas.
Savannah, Ga., Special. The firo
in the hold of the steamer Texas, that
put into the Savannah "river Friday
morning, leaving., her course from
Norfolk to Havanna, is still burning
in the vessel's cargo. It is now np- ?
parent that the vessel will be saved
lhoughshe is already badly damacre-l
by the .fire. Most of the cargo in her
after hold is a dead loss.
Married in County Jail.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. Miss
Jessie Collar, of Adamsville, A!a
was married to Chester A. Linn, in
the county jail here. " Rev. Thomas
Beard, Episcopal minister, perform
ing the "ceremony. A number of wit
nesses, including relatives of the
couple, was allowed by the sheriff to
attend the wedding. Linn is being
held as a deserter from the United
States army and was taken to Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga., Wednesday whert
he will face a courtmartial.
Scientists Working For Humanity 't
Good. Z
Baltimore, Md., Special. That, the
influence arid efforts of the leading
scientists in the country will be con
centrated in the effort to establish a
national organization, with regula
tions and rules of its own, for the-
conservation of disease generally was
demonstrated in the symposium on
public health of the American Asso
ciation for the Advancement ol
Science Wednesday.
Alabama Girl Dies of Hydrophobia,
Moulton, Ala., Special. -Miss Rub?
Green, daughter of a well-known far
mer living near Newburgh, died Sun
day afternoon from hydrophobia con
tracted in an unusual manner. A
mad dog recently bit a horse owned
by Mr. D. Green, father of the young
woman. The horse later went mad
and was shot. Miss Green had 8
slight, ibrasion on her left wrist and
in 6ome manner this became infected
while she was around the horse.
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.
TniTi T. Fav. mind reader, com
mltted suicide in Oakland, Cal.
Dr. Paul i3 to settle the disputes
between Venezuela and France and
Holland.
Plans were made for America's
army of occupation to begin to evacu
ate Cuba.
P-jctrn salil he should mit SO obsta
cle in the -wav of Venezuela making
her peace with other nations.
Five hundred guests attended tho
dinner of the Pan-American Scientific
Congress at Santiago de Chllf.
Th9 American Roentgen Ray So
ciety completed plans for its three
days' convention tn New York City.
Advices from Caracas say that tho
people In all parts of the country wel
come the policy of President Gomez.
Patrick T. Alexander, an English
experimenter predicted that aero
nauts would learn to fly without mo
tors. It was announced at Buffalo that
the foot and. mouth disease quaran
tine in New York State had been mod
ified. Eleven men were killed in a riot at
Tungan, twenty miles north of Amoy,
following an endeavor to enforce tha
anti-opium edict.
Venezuelans freed from political
prisons at Maracaibo touched at Car
acao on their way to Caracas and
were enthusiastically received.
The Central Federated Union la
New York City passed resolutions pro
esting against the sentencing of Goia
pers, Mitchell and Morrison to jail.
Fears of a Balkan outbreak aro
subsiding In London. The opinion ia
expressed in authoritative quarters
that there will be no general election.
Jewish families are being expelled
from Finland, and a bill haa been i in
troduced in tho Diet forbid Jing t):
Hebrew method cf slaughtering r.- !
raals.
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