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4 r f v v jUvm- .uiin as!.-- mm UJ INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGS. Subscription Price;$1.00 Per Year in Advance. ti.O HP Three merits the uopy. . , - .'ii . IV VOL XI. COLUMBUS, N. C, Tn URSEfAYy JAN U All Y 25, 1906; NO. 39. i i. nir ini n nimnnii i iiiikirncnii it urnnir i & h n n hi n tununwa ai yvuksi 0 yiL '.iii.fi .vuumii Mid Panic Caused By a Small Fire. ..'.,' . ICTIMS WOMEN AND CHILDREN nxell cf Smoke In Philadelphia Col ored Baptist Chnrch Gives Rise Jo . shrieks of 4 4 Fire ! and . 18 Are Killed and Nearly 40 Others ' Injur ed in Terrible Rush for Exits. , riiili-titlpiuaj opcciaj. a wna pan- followed a loud shriek of cFirel" intl i'lj avies to nearly iwo score oi , . i ' Sunday night at St. Paul 's " church, oii the west side of hers :-4)tli street between Jfopular street ul Cirard avenue; The terrible. rush: ion, 'find that more were not killed in tuTupede was probably due-to the et -that tne cnurcn was noi crowaea. oi more than 300 persons -were on Ail " 1 " : 1 " 1 he second floor oi tne Duiiamg-wnicn i .1 . 1! Hit- yuilcijrj was tupauic ui. uuiu- nsr to 700. The fire was a trifling lie and was extinguished before the renion arrived. The mell' of smoke ddol to th-e' panic, and despite the eroie work of the Rev." E. Wr John-" .1 L- i? 1- t- on. me pasiui oj. me vuuitu, wuo rled in vain to allay -the fears of the ri-iitened 'worshippers; the terror- tricken people made a desparate rush o leave the church, only to be .choked i ' i i mi ip on u:e narrow stairway, xnose in the rear leaped over the v pmstrate foin.s of those who fell, and when lie rush was over, IS lay, dead on the hrst ti oor and stairs oi the building. Death in neatly every case was due" to suffocation or trampling, t V BLOODY DAY 1 . - IN ECUADOR Two, New., Governments, in an Hour Makes Notable 'Record . Even, for South America P.eople-of A Gnaya quil Revolting' Against Assumption of Fewer by Vice President Moreno Guayaquil. Ecuador,. . By : Gable General Alforo occupied Quito, ' the capital, at 3 p. m.,' Thursday-. rA juanta of n6tible; person's- met in the goyerri-. iment palace nere , at 4 p.; m. and iorm- ed a new government Vice President Baquerize Moreno assumed the execu tive power, establishing a newJMinis- trv. ".- : - 1 1 i 'ting followed. The people dur- inc: tne atternoon attacted tne prisons, liberating the political prisoners and afterwarcls capturing the police bar- rachpwhere the rioters' obtained poss ession of a number of rifles and otae cannons. Rifle shots later were heard in all parts-of-the city and the rioters became so lxId that they attacked va battalliwi' of artillery. ' Many persons were - Lued aad wounded during the The new ministry, however, only lasted one hour. The people rejected the administration, of Baquerizo Mo reno and proclaimed as President General Elroy Alfaro, t tlie former President of Ecuador and "leader of the revolution, and in bis absence Dr. Emile Arrevalo assumed ther civil and military authority. ' . : A great panic prevailed here during the evening arid in the , midst of the. disorder General Leonidas Plaza min- istei , of Ecuador to tKe'IThited Statesj who arrived here Jan. 18 and assumed chief command of the army in its operations against the rebels, escaped from the city and embarked on board the Chilean steamer Leora, Tmicn leaves here to-morrow.for Panama, Later-in the evening order was re stored. Two hundred persons were killed or wounded in the fighting here. TwoKilled in 'Mexican-Wrecki Mexico City, Special. Two mcn, a loeoin6tive ensineer'rand, expess mes: sen get, swere.; killed gp.utrjgbtiii, ajcol lision between atpassenger;train and a ircight tram, on the . Inter- , Oceanic Railway. Two " others were - severely injured. The baggage car contained half a milliori- silver8 dSllarisut'none were lost'. . - ,a';.":;v';Vl .. ... - -- " :: -, Preacher Alleged, Poisoner. , j Cai nesvilie!: "Ga.SDecial Rev. J- "'AJ. Austin, at one timeastor'of Ithe Methodist " church1 at BelltOwn 'neat Oainesvillc- was' placed in thecounty .iail lieVe liavirT? been arrested a-nd brought frorii Gwynette" county, charr ! with attempting to poison Hon. liob Ouillian.' of Belltown. "giving Mr. Quillian 'airne'djcaTeUTapple. : It isal lotted. thatRevJ Mr. JAiistin' while at amp meeting, at Popular Springs last ' 'ramer, Mr. Austin preaching a ser Jnon a few minutes after giving Mr, Quillian the annle. which made the latter violently ill. '. What Our National Law Makers Are Doing Day by Day. Tillman Gets Warm. Senator Tillman niad?j a passionate speech upon the recent, ejectment from the White House of Mrs. Minor Morris On Thursday he introduced a resolution to appoint a committee of investigation, which jesolntion failed to jjass. . ; ' A Lot of Discussion. I I Abuse in the expenditure Qf appro priations was the text of the discuss- 1 ii XT . i i , -l ion in me nuse aunng ine consiaera tion of the urgent deficiecy appropria tion bill. But little progress was made in consideration of the bill, which will be ) the continuing .topic for Monday., The portrait of ex-Attorney General Knox for which the Department of Justice has asked $2,615 was f again me topic or comment. ne most ani mated discussion of the' day took place on an amendment by Mr. Keif er Ohio, to increase the amount for the transportation of silver coin. Mr. Smith (Iowa) declared that the practice oi transporting silver coin o,uuu in me laieuiy xuutuai nsui from and to sub-treasuries was graft ance Company; of Philadelphia, and pure anu bimpie . ana m xne interest Mr. Hill (Co fin.) said if was "un- adulterated, graft,' L Every Secretary, of the Treasury from Carlyle down, he said had disapproved of the, practice. He said he could, give , a" specific 'in stance where an express company was paid by the government $16,000 for transporting its own "mpney from San l?ransisco to JJew lork. Mr. Williams (Miss.) stated; that, of il- i. U i 3 I iue movement oi silver r was siuppeu or restricted it would ivork hardship in agricultural districts. The amend; ment was lost. Want License Record. Mr. Humphreys -(Miss.) discussed a measure he has pending- to make the government records of Federal liquor taxpayers and license-holders availa ble as tevidence In prohibition ? and local' option, sections of the country, he said, the rpreserit' practice of with- holding this information really, placed the Federal government in the posi tion of aiding the violators of local laws.' .' Persons operating ' blind' ti gers, ' ' - said Mr. Humphreys, obtain Federal license and thus avoid-pursuit by government, agents, but the govern ment records ,wBre withheld by ; the rules of the Internal Revenue Bureau from being available by State officials in makinsr prosecutions, The rule of the Internal Revenue Bureau, he said, -1 if rTt T of evidence of our iurispruderice. ' ,! Stating that there had been con- siderable criticism of Southern cotton planters , in their efforts to decrease their cotton acreage Mr. Sims (Tenn.) ZlAnYofl thai tin" wrvnlfl infrpnsn TWn- pean aerease and placed in The Record an article from the govern ment crop reporter on the subject. Bill in Exposition's Behalf. Washington, : Special. Representa tive Maynard, of Virginia, introduced a bill authorizing the government to participate -in the Jamestown Ter centennial Exposition at Hampton Roads iri1907, arid providing an ap propriation s of j $1,340,000 for govern mental buildings and, exhibits. The bill also provided for the coinage by the government ofl,000,000 $2 silver pieces,: the exposition to pay for the bullion used. "By this means the ex- position expects to realize, a profit of about Juu,uuu on tne dinerence De- tween the cost of the silver and the circulatmg value oi tne coins, xvep- resentative Maynard believes there wiir be'a great -demand ,ior 4 silver pieees;i especially coined, tfpr the ex- position and bearing scenes typical of Jamestown, as the coin will be of such unusual size that it will be prized as a souvenir. Charged With Murder of Sleeping Brother..,. Madison,'- , Tex., Special. Rangers arrested arid jailed R:" D. Defee and ' .: .... - - ' i' . ' - J. H. Defee on -: affidavits charging them with the murder of Tom Defee, a son and brother of the accused, who was beaten to death with an axe as he he had been mortally wounded he suc io ocior, in home at MidwavJ ceeded in shooting the other two men, - IT 7M ; Augnsta-CTolnmbia Trolley. , AugSstay-Ga;r Speciah-James i U. 7ima' coraig. to ia?t . F-,.auo..u?w- - t Rieker died in a few minutes. The yacwou,;viTO pcu ii T 1.. -rin rooiHont int .tho ' A HOmSwl ta- Aiken Railway Company, and others, filed with the ecretaryol State at Columbia, S. C, application for charter of company to be known oath Anbiista and Columbia Rail- V" O . .. ....... ,. . 1 u . J :oad Company. .It is their; purpose to extend :xne jti.iis.ea -lvm.c.v lon. on to Columbia, shorten- mifs the distance between Augusta and the Southarblina Capital nearly 20 1 station1 abdut":eight";miles-trom At miles. ' lanta. ins: HIS BODY EXHUMED Doubts of Rebert Keith Dar- gan's Death Settled HIS REMAINS FULLY IDENTIFIED More Than Fifty Persons ho Knew Robert Keith Dargan in Life View ed Disinterred Remains of Suicide President of -Defunct Cotton Oil Co. and Positively Identified Body.V Darlington, S. C, Special In order to set at rest the numerous persistent stories to the effect that Robert Keith Dargan, who. committed suicide here on July 11th last, shortly after the; disastrous failure of i several large corporations of . which he was manager the grave was opened and the remains identified by 50l or more well-known cictizens who knew him in life. Dar- gan bad $40,000 insurance on his life, J $15i000 in the Equitable.: The latter company accepted the proofs o death submitted 'and, some months ago, paid the amount, due, but. the Philadelphia company, by reason of the current ru mors that Dargan was not dead, per sisted in the demand that the body be disinterred and made an effort some weeks asro to secure an order from jw C. Watts to haw this done . The Judge declined to issue the order, but stated tha t, if ..the company were sued, it could renew its-repuest with out prejudice from' his decision. . On August 5th Mre R.K. Dargan submitted proofs of deafh. and; in re ply, . the company wrote her, in part, as follows : rtt Th proofs of; death . as submitted are not . satisfactory and, under all circumstances of the case, we must ask you to submit further proof of death by allowing the grave to be opened and the body to be in spected by six residents of Darlington, . 1' - 11 -1.1 ...ill. wjio were prsonaiiy acquainted witn Mr. Dargan in his life. j Had to Fight ' if Not Docile. Annapolis, Mr., Special The rtial of Midchipman Chester A. Bloebuam, of St Claries, Mo., on charges of haz- as conauueu ': ' " V.' court marshal pccupicd only seven minutes in reaching a verdict in tbe case of Midshipman BloebaUm, by tar the shortest period in any case A char?e of hazms has been med asrainst Midshipman Claude B. Mayo. of Columbus, Miss., a member of the first class. His , offenses are alleged to have been committed during Sept ember " last when Mayo, with other similarly situated midshipmen, were kept at Annapolis while the other Ur per classmen were on,leave.; . New Trial For Capt. Jones. ; Norfolk, Va.', Special Judge Hanc kel this week reached a conclusion tvViih not become tublio until va nenviny'the motion for a new t - i in tne case 0f Capt. P. W. Jones, nf tnft Virjnnia National Guard, con- yicted of the murder of Maud Cam- eron Robinson, formerlv of Selma, N. c ami given 18 years in the peniten- tiarv: but as the result of a decision rendered bv the Court of Appeals of UViro - inia allowinff a new trial to Fred -?gHoback; convicted in Floyd county Va.L of murder, the same point invol ved in the, Jones case wes decided m favor 'of the prisoner and Jones con sequently will get a new trial it f Shot Both Before Dying. ; i I Knoxville, Tenn., . Specia7..--Ben Rickerwas killed and the two broth- ers, Clark and Tom Hals, shot in an altercation : at Freshour's distillery; 12 miles from Greenville, Tenn. Rick er was shot by Tom1 Hale, but" after J viyillf CH.IC1 llillij 'i.pJIUl ii invu vmn ori art Ha A's hrf(flS .. THe rlaieS are being driven; by wagon ta 'North origin or tne trouoie is not Known. 1 . . ' .. . ii .1 Fatal Wreck Near Atlanta. , , Atlanta, Ga.; Special Two ; men were instantly killed, another is missing, "believed to be under the de-, t : nnA o -fr4i4Ti fninllv scalded as ; the result ot& head-on ; collision be?; i tween a norm-doujiu imuugu and - a7 switch : engine on , the Seaboard ! Air lane Railroad' near Mma, a small ELEVEN IN ONE DAY Progress in Industrial .Lines Still j ',' i i Keeps Up. ' . . The State issues the following char- tres : Penny Brothers : Co., Greens boro,, live stock, wagons, .- etc., ( with $125,000 - established stock, $10,00(1. paid. in, G. T. and J. C. Penny and J. R. Thomas, stockholders ; the Harby Batnes Lumber Company, Clarkton. $25,000 capital stock with $6,000 paid 'AT ' . -w- -ww -wr ' -rw m in, j jn . iv.. Barnes, ii. j . narvey and others, stockholders : Enterprise " Gro- eery? uompany, Mt.;Tabor, Uolumpus county, tor conduct 15f wholesale and retait business J with $4,0001' capital stock; $2,000; of which ; is, subscribed, D. Lewis, of Mullms, S. C., ,V. Lewis,, of Tarboro, and others stockHolders ; the( Citizens Bank,' Rutlrerf ordton with with a paid-up capital of $13,000 out of 15,000 authorized, to conduct com mercial and ordinary business; H, L. iarpenter, A. L. Ghson and others, of Ruherfordton and nearby towns, in corporators ma list of 40; stockhold ers J the Harrisan-Porter $ Pharmacy, Inc.,"Greencboro, $5,000 paid in total capital stock $25,000: W; C: Porter, A. S. and W. B. Harrison; the North Carolina Land & Timber,, Investment Co.: Goldsboro, N. O 'Berry, E. B. Bor- dda arid others stockholders with $25,- 000, paid m out of a total of $125,000: ,tlve: Simpson-Peacock Co., at Salis bury, 'wholesale groceries, with $60, 00 capital; $10,000 of. which is sulP scribed, J. N. Peacock, S. C and II. T. Simpson, incorporators; the J. W. Watts Co.,- Stony -Point, buying and ginning cotton, capital ; $8,000, , J. W; Watts and A. W. White and others stockholders; Morrison Brothers, Hickory, jewelers and optical works, alslo merchandise, $7,000 paid in, C. T. and J. C. Morrison and others stock holders; Kerner-McNair Co., Hender son, L. C. Kerner, W. R. McNair. of Henderson; L. W. Brown, of Americu? G'a., and others as stockholders, to sell drugs at wholesale and retail, capital stock $10,000. v, ; f i , . f,- : ... " .-v , :-- 1 - Distillery Was Notorious. ; jGreensboro, Special. No afternoon session of the-Federal Court was held Saturday in the trial of the G. W. Samuels case, alleging fraud while the defendant was serving as deputy, col lector. The morning session was con sumed in receiving the testimony of three of four government witnesses in regard to the operation of an illicit steam distellery belonging to a man named McEwen, ' six miles from Wilkesboro. One witness testified that i. a preacher, by the name . of Perdew, denounced the distillery in a sermon in Wilkesboro, that the district at torney made" a vigerous effort to show that itwas jao.torious,. and.yet itwas permitted by the revenue officers to continue in fulLblast near the' public road, during September, October and a part of November,, the, officers re-. porting at the ;time that they had de Stroyed it. 1 Another witness testified ;that 'the boiler was n6t destroyed, and other , witnesses gave testimony with reference to other distilleries, report ed as having been destroyed stating .that 'they erTol'moIestetoirriy great extent. The government's tes timony wils not be concluded before next Wednesday and, if the defendant puts on all of his witnesses, the trial will lastar least two ""weeks longer. " ' Dr. Jethro Rumple Dead; - Red,' Springs, Special. Dr. JethrO Rumple,: of Salisburydifed here Saturt day night after an .illness of several weeks. The body will be taken to Salisbury where the funeral will take : place Tuesday,", The remains will . be interred in Chestnut -Hilt ' Cemetary beside the bqdyof his wife, according to .his.vVequ'est. DrLsRurripte 's "death occurred-athe. home of his daughter. Mrs. C. G. Vardell, where he had been for two months. , . 7 Death nf Rev! J-A; Dorritee. Cliarlotte V Special. . Rev.. J ames Arringdale q Dorritee4.founder t and builder of the Westminster Presbyter ian church,: and one of the most popu lar ministers that ever lived in Char lotte, died at his liome in Dil worth Saturday afternoon a t 1 o 'clock.. Foi many years. Mr. Dorritee had been suf fering with diabetes.-; . Lasti October his system gave 'way and? since then death. has been expected daily. Only wonderful vitality sustained hirril iq long: The whole family: were about i f . Dead at the Age of 100. . ... v i Asheville,. SpeciaL Victoria Reed, ,the oldest eoloredit woman in ;iBanf combe pounty, if not in this, section of the; State, died in Aheyflleednes-' day and vr'&s ? buried at Riverside Cemltary. "Arictoria Reedl was JaJ na tive jof Buncombe county. She was a . .v. .... r .. . ' : sl aye, and" although.. her.exact;age .was not knonH'isaid -that 'She-was taat least 100 years old. ' SHOOT FROM THE TISBURY YEW Interesting Relic Secured by a Boston--;- Clergyman.' :: ' -;' When Dr. Charles E. Banks was In England J six years ago ?and visited Tisbury he saw in the old , churchyard of that 'parish -the if amousS yew tree which is said to havd been planted by one of the Arundel family seven hun dred or more years ago. It is about thirty-six leet in: circumferance, nol lowed' at the trunk and - capable of holding about ten persons in the cav itj."-'-' ' V '4 t.ViJX.'i. The vicar promised cthe . doctor; a shoot from the tree as soon as one could be procurred. Recently the doc; tor received by expres". a young 'tree from the old giant; and it is now. pot, ted and ready for transplantation; at the proper time. When it becomes ac-1 climated this memorial of the old Tis bury; will 'find 'a home in the: new town on I the lawn of Dr. Banks' summer nome at vineyard Haven. Tne-yew is .a 1 large and 1 beautiful evWgreen tree,, with a trunk? often j, of j "great thickness, branching s few feet above the ground arid forniing a large and deUse had. Fine specimens of it are frequently,? found , hi English; church-' yards, and, for this reason, it .has been often mentioned in the elegiac poems of English authors. i ? ; . :j The yew tree obtained by Dr. Banks will have a deep significance and. in terest' for the Vineyard people not only because it came from old Tis bury,' but also, for the reason that.un nler the spreading branches . of the parent" tree' 'Thomas Mayhew known to fame as Gov. Mayhew must have been carried to his baptism over three hundred years , ago. Boston Tran script; ? r'li'-i';'nJ z mtk m f 1 3U UAia 1 We will send on thirtv davs' besides being baU handkerchief to quilt., , You can pay for it. at the, rate of 50 cents, per,. week. Write to-day for our proposition, mentioning this paper, to A "' ' i - o u SPOTLESS WASHING MACHINE CO., Inc., CYLINDER G DGK m THE ; PRICE tit fi jAlachine Urease, iselt urease ana ivxie urease oi aii rrades. 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