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V The !EVENG-'v1trisiE n : CONCORD, N. C. MONDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1906. VOL. XI 25 Celts Hath, Cub. Slri0le Copy S cents No. 47, ' i .1. FORTY DAED Appalling Sunday Wreok . on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 'Forty live are Lost Mem ben of Train Crew Under ; Arrest-Road fSL Make Pub- Ik Result of Investigation. 1 Washington, Dec 80. An ap palling disaster occurred tonight at 7 o'clock on the Batimore & Ohio Railroad at Terra Cotta, about' three miles from thiacity, in which about 88 persons "were kill and over 60 injured, some of them so seriously they , will die. The accident was caused by the collision of train No. 66, due here at 625 p. nC from Fredericks burg, MA, known as the Fred erick special, with a dead-head passenger equipment special of eight cars. --; Over 200 - passengers were 'aboard the ill-fated train. The railway officials tonight were un able to assign any cause for the collision. As soon as the news of the wreck reached this city all ambulances - available, with as many physicians as could be as sembled, were sent to the scene. . ' Meakcra sf Crew Arretted. Washington, Dec 81. The latest estimate makes forty dead in the wreck just outside this city Sunday. ", Eighty were in jured. The exact number of dead is hard to learn on account of so many dismembered bodies scattered about the scene for a half mile The railroad officials will make a rigid investigation of the wreck in Baltimore today to be conducted openly and the re sult announced as soon as possi ble It is impossible to place the blame. . . The operator at Tacoma, the last signed station, has been exhonorated. General - Superin tendent T6o7f tonSteoCtnaOhe blame would probably'": rest on the engineer and crew of extra train. Five of' the extra crew have been placed under arrest. TRAIN HELD UP Passengers on Seaboard Train Held Up Near UCross, Va-, Securing $800 the Robber Escaped. ? Richmond, Dec 81. -At 2:40 . this mornuur a Seaboard Air Line train was held up in a most daring manner about 75 miles from here near LaCross. Va. A passenger apparently about 25 years of age boarded the tram at Richmond. He olaced a nistol at the porters head forcing hhn to lock the doors of the sleeper and secured 800 from the Dassengers. The conductor attempted to arrest him and was slightly shot by the robber who escaped. No Improvement for Ex President Cleveland ' . Princeton. N. J.. Dec 81. There ia no imnrovement today in the condition of ex-President Cleveland, who is seriously ill Ha in anfferinff from acute indi gestion. The physician says there is hopes of his recovery witnin a week. " : - Simple Spelling Indorsed. I Chicago, Dee 29. -Delegates fmm the universities oi me mid dle West to the annual conven tion of the. Central Division of the Modern Language Associa tion of America, held at the Uni - vArsitv of Chicazo vesterday. adopted the simplified spelling code. yhere was only one vote against the proposed change. ; Milwaukee. Dec 29. Resolu tions were adopted today by the Wisconsin State Teachers' Asso- riatinn indorsing simplified spell ir.g and the action of President Tlnosevelt in furtherance thereof, but tabled a resolution indorsing llr. Eoosevelt's recommendation for BcientiSc. target practice in huh schools. Of t'.ar 'rlrjcf books there no end. o r y a r-?e- track l. 'er lr.3 kirr . 1 t ! 'i rr- LETTERS FROM ABROAD By A. M. Stack. (Copyrighted, 1906, byR. F. Beasley.) No. 2. Where I am and near here- occupying the space between the rivers Weser and Elbe several hundred years ago there Hived a tribe of people called the Angles. Not far southeast of here lived another tribe called the Saxons. Where they came from into this territory is not known with any degree of certainty. There are those who believe that they were descendants of the lost tribes of Israel, and there are reasons for so believing. They were a hardy, adventurous people and many of them pushed on westward, crossed theNorth Sea into Britain, later the Atlantic into America, and today their descendants are found in every dime Whether or not they were of the people to whom were committed the oracles of God, may always rest in con jecture. But, certain it is, the Anglo-Saxon are today the ones who are going into all the world and carrying with them the light of civilization and Christianity. May not this great race be of the chosen people? The people who occupy this territory now are a fushion of Frisian-Saxon blood. They are the pure Caucasian, with blue eye3, light hair and rosy cheeks. In the crisp air of the early morn ing their cheeks are red. They are of a serious turn of mind and laugh but little. Business is busi ness witn tnem. . rney are dominated by the commercial dea, and Bremen is the second largest port in Germany, the largest being near by on the Elbe and built up by the same -kind of people. . The annual imports at this place amount to over is raw cotton from the Southern States, The city claims to stand next to Liverpool as importers of our cotton. It is also one of the largest foreign buyers of Vir ginia and North Carolina leaf tc- baCCO. : ': These people are our kin folks distant relatives, so to speak. On the market square Stands a monument to Johann Smidt (John Smith). Likely he was a kinsman of all the Smiths in America. But to see these folks is to be proud of them, for they are all good looking. The men are handsome and the women are beautiful My wife has several times remarked that the girls are real beautiful. I had been think ing the same thing but did not express myself . One sees but few very aged people. Whether they have killed themselves prematurely drinking beer or are kept in by the miser able weather I cannot say. The sun seldom shines at this time of year. When it does shine it is not two hours high above the horizon at noon and it sets before four o'clock. It rises late in the day but earlier than I do. . The German way of administer- is 1 . ing ' puDiic an airs nas a iew things similar to ours, but it would require a book to point out the differences. There is little system'or uniformity. We are accustomed to associate with the German Empire the idea of great strength and power. That is true so far as we are concerned, or so far as other nations are con cerned. As to third parties it is great, but inside of Germany it is a small potato. When it comes to home affairs, each State ia all powerful and the imperial govern ment a mere - safeguard against foreign powers. National in terference in State matters and Federal injunctions are unheard of. When the different States and separate governments were re-united after the Franco-Prussian war. the union , was -for military strength and self-protec tion. The States reserved just about all of their previous powers E3 independent governments. For instance, Frerr.sn rcrcrved even the rlt to d '-ta the im- 1 c '..:v.3 c r for V '- port, and Bavaria, under lis re served rights, owns and operates its own postal system, its tele graph, telephone and express business.; The Emperor of Ger many draws no salary as such, but only as King of Prussia. Then certain States or cities are leagued together and run a side show on their own account The Supreme Court of the State of Bremen does not even sit m the State. Bremen, Hamburg and Lubeck are old Hanseatic cities and the Supreme Court of the three holds its sessions in Ham burg? The judges of this .court are elected from the three cities. Then, again, the city of Bremen is bigger than the State of Bre menthat is; the city controls the State. It is the old city idea of Athens and Rome, and later of Venice and Genoa. Each State sends representatives to Berlin in proportion to population Senate as well as House. Bremen sends one Senator and Prussia about eighteen. The Senator from Bre men is elected by the State Senate, and the member of lower House at Berlin by popular vote. The State Legislature of Bre men is composed of 16 Senators, elected for life by the lower House and the Seriate. Under the constitution ten of tnem must be lawyers, three merchants, while the calling of three is op tional. (The lawyers had a hand in making that constitution). At the head of the SenatQtwo Sena tors are elected for four years, and they the chair as president of the bodjtalternately each year. The acting President of the Senate is also Mayor of Bremen. The House is composed of 150 members, who are elected by classes: that is, the merchants elect a certain number, the mechanics a certain number, and all other people a certain number. One Mass cannot vote for a candi date of another class. The large Socialist vote would elect all the members were it not for this class representation. This Legislature makes all the laws for the State, and it makes lot of them. They regulate everything by law. But this regulation by law is not leveled so much at the individual as at those who deal with the public in a business way. As one man ex pressed it, referring to his favor ite subject, "If you buy a glass of beer, the seller must fill up the glass or you can call a policeman and make him fill it up," All the different callings are regulated by law, even the chimney sweeps, street cleaners, etc A schedule of prices is posted at the depot Beer 2 cents per glass, a pretty fair cigar for 2i cents, but the imported American cigar is high, Nearly all of the men smoke; all drink beer. Beer is for sale at about every other house. If on the ground floor the sign will be, " Bier iiaue" 31 in a cellar ine sign will be, '"Bier Keller,',' or "Bier Tunnel" Beer 1s usually sold by young women. -1 did not learn whether or not occupation diminished their chances of mar riage; I should think not, owing to the popularity of the beverage in Germany. r ; ' All men engaged in the public service must wear unuorms. Those in one branch wear blue, those in another green, those in another brown, . etc Judging from the number ' of uniforms worn, it looks like a fourth of the male DODulation is engaged in the public service. But the rail roads, express, telegraph and telephone are all operated by the government, as well as the pos tal system. Likewise, the street cars belong to the public service. The court system is not so sim ple as ours. The civil and crim-1 inal courts are kept separate. Juries decide by a majority ver dict Under their system there is no such thing a one man hav ing as much sense as his eleven associates and preventing a de cision of issues. If a litigant is too Door to employ 8 lawyer he is given one in both civil and crim- ir.rsl matters. - TI.3 LrrcidJ govcrmrr-t owns and operates the telegraph, tele phone and express business as a part of the postal department of the emprie, ' except ' in Bavaria. The railroads are owned by cer tain of the States! - The two sys tems running into Bremen are by other States, one by Prussia and the other ' by the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. The road beds are simply 'splendid and ac cidents rarely ever, occur. ' Their trains, however, aie shabby af fairs. There are? four' classes. Often one coach is for . three classes the thirdj at each end, the second next tewthe third, and the first class in the middle The difference is mainlV in the seats. The fourth class passengers have to stand, their, cars resembling somewhatour cattle cars. " When you have to change cars at a small town wher the "connec tions are poor, and where they have not so much $s heard of the English language, the annoyance is almost enough! to "make a preacher cuss." The people them selves are just a little too clever and good naturedj No matter what you ask them they will either say or nod,. "yes.". ' Too much of that kind of information causes confusion and errors. The trains make, good time. : Wherev er the public- highways cross the railroad some tmejs stationed to keep the gate. Tpe keeper has a snug house to star in. In the rural sections the. (gates' are us ually kept by an told hag who tries to see how unprepossessing she can look. &-":Z.r,.o.h.. Every one whoe income . is over $22 must pay an income tax. A part of this tax is paid over to the imperial government and the State pays jno other State tax to the national? government This tax received ftjom the States, together with the customs, pos tal telegraph and wlephpne re ceipts, go to. pay the expenses of the army, navy and foreign ser vice. The taxes on real and oth er property all go into the State treasury. They have a rather peculiar tax. called the invalid and old age tax. This is levied on the laboring class and is a species of insurance. All who work for others and earn less than $500 per year must pay a tax for the support of' the aged and sick of their class. Even the servant girls must pay this tax monthly, and a policeman comes around to collect it from those who work by the month or the year. Those who do jobsTiere and there (and who cannot so easily be kept up with) must buy insurance stamps, and when they work a day for a person they must paste a stamp in a small book required by law to be kept for that purpose. This applies to washer women and those who do odd jobs. . The em ployer must see to it that the la borer sticks the stamp in the book or he is liable to a fine. (But wouldn't such a law jolt some of our colored people who have no "regular: employment?) But there are no colored people in Northern Germany. That fact suggests another idea: there are no mules here, either.- There is not a- mule in . this part 01 tbe country. , ' Horses are used alto- cether. i . . -i; i- It is a singular iacx tnac no . . . . .... country in Continental Europe speaks one language only. In Germany there is high Dutch and low Dutch. High Dutch is the language of Martin Luther and made popular by his writings. The low Dutch is spoken mainly bv the farmers. The Vlow" re fers to the soil they occupy and not to their social position. ' A servant girl coming -to the city from the country speaks low Dutch and must learn high Dutch. Then, also, the language in Southern Germany is not exactly the same - as here. . On several show windows here are the words, "English spoken," but it is mighty poor- English. J. Oil a cigar window was, ;"English spoke'' 1 went in ior a smone, 'and incidentally to get a few broken remarks on other matters, but he didn't "rpoke" it at all. I tock a r;'n out in the country a day or so since to give the farmers some advice, but as they could not understand my "high" English, they missed some agri cultural wisdom. " I greatly de sired to advise them to build their houses differently and to stop their, social -relations. with their stock and cattle Most of them have just one large house and everybody and everything lives under the one roof. The family, the horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, chickens, cats and dogs all live together upon the most friendly terms, but in separate apartments. The lower animals enter at a large double door in one end, and a large hall, if , I may so term it, leads up near the middle of the house. On one side are the stalls and pens and just across is the kitchen, so that the odors of , fried, ham and am monia may mingle in the most health-giving perfection, j The family live in the other eni , In the villages the stable end of the house fronts on .the street As I walked along the street in one village and passed one of these omnibus residences, an old cow stuck her head out at me wear ing a most benignant expression on her race. Evidently sne en joyed social - equality with.' her owner, ' and ther pleasing coun tenance was also . intended as a welcome .to the stranger within the gate. V' : ; Nearly all of these villagers wear large wooden snoes made in the shape of a steam tug. Men, women and children wear them. When two men meet they can scarcely pass each other on the street . I met one fellow who had very large feet"' He looked as; if ; he had poked them in two hollows logs'. When the village school turns out you can hear the children's shoes "striking on the paved. Btreetafor two- hun dred yards. ' The public highways are main tained by State taxes and they are kept in most excellent condi tion, many of them paved with stone. Private roads are also required to be kept in good con dition by the government The splendid roads enable the farm ers to carry large loads with one horse. There is not freedom of speech or of the press in Germany. No matter what your opinions of the government or its officials may be, you had better keep quiet if you don't want to lie in prison There is no such thing as publicly 'cussing out" the administra tion. No one complains at this, for it has always been so with them. In America we have the other extreme, where liberty of the tongue and of the press, in discussing public men, has about "run to seed." Bremen, Germany. UNION SERVICE Dr. McMaster at First Presby terian 'Church Last Night on Sabbath Observance. Union services were held at the Fist Prebyterian church last night when Dr. McMaster, South ern Secretary 01 we American Sabbath Union was heard in an able discussion on the observance of the Lord's Day. Dr. McMas ter spoke from the word's of the commandment which admonishes us of the observance of the Christian Sabbath. ' , ' He spoke feelingly of the Union he represents and its work, which is of National importance Ser vices at the various churches of the city were not held and the congregations joined in the union service," r S-- ; o:' state Csaveattea,'v.;;' A State Sabbath convention is is to be held in Greensboro on the 15th and 16th of Jauary. Rev. R. F. Campbell of Ashe- ville who is the state's vice-president will preside and the session will be devoted to such matters as the union is Interested in. Don't think that piles can't 1m cored. Thousand of obstinate caw bar been oared by Doan'i Ointment. Moentsst any drag stor. . i t , A SALE FOR j .'.' ... THREE DAYS ON THE FOLLOWING GOBUG Slop Jars with handle and lid, only 3-Piece Tin Water r3 Enameled Kitchen regular price to close you will have to hurry. , . 'fit 4 nut j 1. ' Miss Kittie Hawthorn ith the New Opera House All This Week. - Catarrh Cannot be Cured With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as tlrey cannot reKh the nl of the disease. Catarrh U a blood orcoMtitntkmal disease, and in order to cure it you must lake internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cnre ia taken internally, and acta directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hairs catarrh Core 1. not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by on of the best physicians in this country nr years and las regular prescriction. It ia com posed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly oat cne mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredient is what produces such won derful results in curing Catarrh. Send for timonials tre , . n . W. J. CHK1TBT SC imW V. old by all Druggists, 75 cent. Take Ball's Family Pills for constipation. It's queer that while a man alwavs troes to lunch a woman goes to a luncheon. :v Long Tennessee Fight lot twenty year W. L. Rawta, of Bella. Tenn.. fought nasal catarrh, ' He writes "The swelling andsoreneaa in side my now was fearful, till I began nplying Baoklen'a Arnica 8alve to the sore orfaoe; this caojsed the tanatmt and swelling: to disapper, neror to re turn." Best salTe in existeooo. .JSoat any drag stor. a- , - No search warrant is nocossary in looking for trouble or finding fault - .--vr- Firmer, mechanics, rahroadert, la borers rely oa Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil. Takes the sting oat of out, burns at braises. Pain eaa no stay where it is naed.. At any drug state. . " Billions! Feel heayy after dinner? Tongue coated f Bitter tarter Complex ion sallowf layer neis wakii n up? Doan's K)-"nlet cnre buiiour ii ot-nta at any drag store. - r Sets Gl.OO Ware under out. Cut .X. ft Crescent Comedy Company at Public Speaking: Interrupted Publio speakings are frequently inter. rnpted by people coughing. This would not happen if Foley's Honey and lar was taken, as it cures oonghs and holds and preTents pneumonia and oonstunp-' tion. The genuine contains no opiaies and is in a yellow package. , D. X. Johnson, Druggist. All heroes are good and all vil- lians are bad on the stage, but it is often otherwise in real life. E. O. DeWitt & Co., of Ohioago, at whose laboratory Kodol is prepared, as sure as that this remarkable digestant and oorreotrra for the stomach oonf orms fully to all proTision of the National Pure food and Drug Law. Sold by Gibson Drug Store. : SUA. man should hide nothing from his wife. As a matter of fact he can't It Is noticeable old seldom comes on when the bowels ' re fully open. E.-n Body's LaiatiTe (containing) Hone y t 1 Tar drires out the cold and i' it oongh. Oonf orms to theKatioi II. ) Food and Drug La Sold by ( DruiStora. Even in" turning over i leaves one good turn d rv other. stodd performs the d', the tired stomach and c n pwtive an1"-09-form to t 0 rovi : r ' Fore 1 f " i r ; r- 1