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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-02-20
LEXINGTON and DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Anti jlg Law now In Force. Liquor Men
ALREADY Locking for Orders.

MteauJ LOCKING TOT UEaels.
Lexington Dispatch, February 18th.
| Americans though we are, and
North Carolinians, we find many
things that constantly remind u,
that We are not far removed from
ancestors who were born and rear.
cd in the old countries and who
spoke their Lative tongue and kept
up tho habits and customs of their
respective b1rthplaces. This il
especially true in the block of
counties here in the Piedmont
section where the Dutch settled
thickly. The generation that
spoke the Dutch language is hard
ly gone and we suspect that there
are still a few of the old men and
women who could express them.
selves in that tongue. One day
this week an old lady died in the
county whose age was written
down in the old family Bible in
Dutch, and not one If her family
could read it, 80 that ber exact
age Was not ascrtained.
Al their meeting Friday night
the alderman passed an ordinance
requiring all plumbers to pay Iii
annual tax of $25. People own.
ing property in the fire limits are
rushing things to get their plumb
ing finished by the first of March,
the time set by the aldermen for
ali connections with the sewer to
be made in the fire limits,
A gentleman who has been keep,
ing his eye on LsMnetss % \ Asl4
foc Investment, arrived here one
night last week on late train.
accompanied by his wife. Sleet
covered the ground and was fall
ing rapidly, and it was very cold
He was surprised to find no sort of
eonvsyance. At the depot, and there
was not4ng to do but to shou der
his hageaEe and wax through the
ice to his destination. Lexington
is probably. the only town on earth
that makes no provision for train
arrivals in the way of vehicles
Everybody who comes here for the
first time wonders why.
It Is told us that three separate
Danville liquor houses have agents
in Lexington this week taking Or
ders for liquor. We do not know
the law op the case, and contra
dictory expressions are heard re-
garding the action of other towns
in the sta.e under similar circum-
stances.
News from Thomasville says
that petition is being circulated
over there against the proposed
dispensary in Lexington. Evi-
IDENTIFY Thomasvllle is under the
impression that there is danger Of
di.pensary here.
The anti-jug law went into ef-
feet for this county last Sunday.
No more whiskey can legally he
shipped into Davidson from points
Aithin the state.
RaYn RurnpY Gate Is YpaYc
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-02-20
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUGGY.

We haven't a suitable cut
of the buggy which some
lucky person will receive at
the expiration of this contest,
but in a general way we can
say that it is a No. 12 Dia>
mond buggy made blythe. .Du~
rant~Dort Carriage Co. 1t is
of the open side bar type and
one Of the best makes on the
market. substantial and first>
class in every particular. It
can be seen by calling at the
Barber Buggy and Wagon
Co.'s place of husiness on
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
Romance ina Banana.

A Handsworth servant girl has had
singular romance arising out of a
love letter which she found inside a
banana. When preparing banana
for the table she noticed birds quill
projecting, and inside was letter
written In the smallest characters. but
legible, says the London Tribune.
The writer enclosed his address
and stated that he was engaged upon
the Jamaica plantation His life was
very lonely and he desired mate to
share his loneliness. The girl decided
to answer the letter. and two months
later received a further reply repeat
ing the offer of marriage.
Correspondents continued for about
year. Both were looking forward to
marriage. when, unfortunately for the
jamaica planter. former soldier low
er Of the young lady appeared on the
scene and the wedding with the old
sweetheart has now been fixed
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22

Joseph Hurtan, employed at the pub
lie library in Butte, Mont, was fatally
injured by falling from the top land
ing Of the fire escape. He died soon
after being taken to the hospital.
Four persons were killed at a rail-
road crossing in Long Island City
when a train struck funeral coach
Three of the occupants of the coach
were instantly killed and one died on
the way to the hospital.
Timothy Harrington was killed by a
fall of ground in the High Ore mine at
Butte, Mont. He was covered by
more than a ton of earth and rock,
and it was several hours before his
companions dug him out.
A distinct earthquake shock was
felt in the region of the James River
division of the Chesapeake & Ahio
railroad between Rock Castle and
Columbia, about sixty-five miles west
OF Richmond, Va. No damage is re-
ported.
An explosion OF leaking gas in IA
restaurant in Ahe heart of Los Angeles
killed four persons, mangled and seri
Ously injured half dozen others,
slightly injured nearly score and
completely wrecked a two-story brick
building.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
TWENTY-FIVE DEAD
IN RAIL WRECK
ELECTRIC EXPRESS TRAIN MEETS
WITH DISASTER IN NEW YORK
CITY.
BODIES TERRIBLY MANGlfD
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY.FiVE
NEUROLOGICAL lNVES-
TIGATE.

New York. Feb. 19-Twenty-two dead,
two fatally hurt and hundred and
forty-five more or less seriously in
mred is the result of the wreck OF an
electric express train on the New York
Central railroad at Two Hundred and
Fifth street and Webster avenue Sat
nrday night. OF the large number OF
injured fifty are. according to hospital
and police reports, seriously hurt, and
the death list may be increased within
the next twentyfour hours.
Most of the others are suffering
from decorations or shock and will re-
cover.
Pitched Through Windows.
When the wreck occurred the three
rear coaches. completely filed with
passengers. were thrown on their
right side just above a sharp curve at
Woodlawn road bridge. The shock
was terrific. People were hurled vio-
lently from their seats. and fmost OF
those who were killed were pitched
through the windows as the cars Slid
on their sides. The third rail held for
time, but finally broke with a flash
and roar seen and heard for a great
distance. Between the wreck of the
current" rail and the main track the
bodies were wedged. They were held
here as the cars passed along. and III
this way were terribly mangled.
Cause of Wreck a Mystery.
The cause of the wreck is still mat
ter of speculation. All night Inspector
Fox Of the police department Coroner
Schwannecke and Assistant District
Attorney Smythe, together with other
members of the district attorneys
Office, looked over the situation and
sought to determine the cause OF the
derailment of the train. The result OF
their investigation may become known
when the inquest is held to-day by the
coroner.
The state railroad commission IS
preparing to make a searching inquiry
into the wreck.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
TELLS SON TO KILL FATHER
Tragedy at Page, N. D., Grows Out o.
Lcng-Standing Family Quarrel.

Fargo, n. d., Feb. 20.-Fred CraTef.
a painter of Page, this county, Wa
shot and killed by his sixteen year-oia
son, Arthur, who says he acted nhder
instructions from his mother who al
mits that she told the boy to shoot.
Mrs. Cramer and the boy are in the
local Jail awaiting trial, which VIII
probably occur Feb. &c
The family relations of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cramer had been strained for loa2
time, and recently Mrs. Cramer ana
the boys resided on the second FtooT
and Cramer on the first floor of Inelr
home.
The night of the tragedy, she ana
her son insist, Cramer came home an
yry and threatened to invade the sec
ond floor and attack Mrs. CrameF, and
he was coming up stairs to their apart-
ments when he was shot. Mrs. era
mer says she would have shot him, but
was too nervous to Eold the revolver,
and ordered her son to fire on the
father The boy obeyed only too wetl
and the one shot was fatal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
plot TO MASSACRE
NEGRO SOLDIERS
STARTLING TESTIMONY IN SEN
ATE BROWNSVILLE IN
CURRY.
TRY TO STAMPEDE SOLDIERS
FORMER MEMBER OF REGIMENT
TELLS A SENSATIONAL
STORY.

Washington, Feb. 17.-Startling tes-
timony concerning alleged plans TO
massacre colored soldiers at Browns
vile. Tex. by men from the town fir-
ing over the barracks to stampede the
soldiers and challenge to them TO
come out of the barracks, was given
by negro ex-soldiers yesterday at the
investigation before the senate com
mittee on military affairs. The most.
sensational story told was that OF VIII
liam Mapp, who was member oil
Company c, Twenty-fifth infantry.
Plan to Massacre Soldiers.
Mapp was asked il he had ever
heard any discussion OF the shooting
which caused him to suspect any per
sons. He replied that at breakfast on
the morning following the shooting he
heard Wilburt Vosichelle, the reserva-
tion boss and white man. who had
been in charge of the corral prior TO
the arrival of battalion OF the
Twenty-fifth infantry, discussing the
case. According to Mapp's story, Vo-
sichelle said:
Weli, IL Is SOOu tuluS IL HdpPShSh
as it did / was out in town last night
and the crowd came in front of me,
The plan was to catch lot of you tel-
lows in Allison's saloon and massacre
you"
Mapp said that the remark was not
addressed to him and that he did not
question VoSichelle.
Used Opprobrious Epithet.
Before giving this testimony, Mapp
said that on the night of the shooting
he had been awakened by the firing
and had gone to the window of his
quarters. and from there he saw sew
eral gun flashes and the shots seemed
to be directed over the barracks. A
man with deep voice, he said. shout
ed: Come out, you black - 'using
an opprobrious epithet and making it
applicable to the troops). MapD SAID
this challenge was repeated several
times during the firing, but the call to
arms was then sounded, and he hur-
ried to get dressed and fall in with his
company.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
Jap QUESTION IS ADJUSTED
PASSAGE OF IMMIGRATION BILL
IN THE HOUSE is FINAL
STEP.

Washington, Feb. 90. japanese
children are to be admitted to the
white schools of San Francisco under
certain restrictions. Skilled and un
skilled laborers coming from Japan
are barred from, the main land OF the
United States, and American laborers,
skilled and unskilled are TO be eN-
cluded from Japan. This is the basis
OF the agreement between President
Roosevelt, Secretary Root Mayor
Schmitz and the San Francisco school
board as an adjustment of the anti
Japanese agitation brought about by
the segregation of Japanese children
in the schools of San Francisco.
What II Means.
The agreement means that the
schools Of San Francisco will be CON
ducted in the same manner as they
were before the board of education
adopted the resolution last October
providing for the segregation of the
Japanese, except that adult Japanese
who are in the primary grades must
continue to attend the Oriental schools
and that Japanese children under six
teen years of age will be admitted to
classes with white children of their
own ages. While the resolution of the
school board as amended reads chill
dren of alien BIRTH" it is freely admit
ted by Mayor Schmitz and his associ-
ates that the resolution will apply only
10 Japanese children, and that the
change in the wording was to make it
plain to the Toxic government that no
discrimination was intended against
Japanese children.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
GORGE IS THREE MILES LONG
BOTTOM LANDS ARE INUNDATED
AND CONDITIONS ARE VERY
SERIOUS.

Vermillion. S. D., Feb. 20.-With III
tie prospect of the ice gorge breaking
here for several days and a repoFteu
gorge near Springfield that may break
at any minute, conditions are very Sc
rious here. The river fell eighteen
inches yesterday afternoon. due proba-
bly, to a gorge farther west. The pros
and under hot sun for two days that
gorge might go out The ice is ptieh
up for three miles in length.
Three miles of railroad track is un-
der water southeast of this city.
During the day the water rose rap
idly, backed up by an immense ice
gorge at Burbank, inundating all oot-
tom lands. The water has made
breach in the grade of the Milwaukee,
track between Yankton and Sioux
City, interrupting traffic between tn"
two cities.
thousands of hogs and hundreds Ut
cattle We're caught and drowned.
Hundred Homeless families.
One hundred families have been
made homeless and farmers along the
river are greatly alarmed. Not since
The great ,h0od of 1881 has the water
been so high as yesterday.
The ice in the Missouri river began
moving at Chamberlain yesterday All
ernoon. During the last forty-eigh'
hours the river there has raised more
than six feet, il record for February
The Milwaukee company has large
force at work there Strengthening the
trestle railroad crossing, which is con
sidered to be in danger.
The steamboat Bachelor and ferry
boat owned by Capt Joe Leach were
sunk at Yanl>ton by ice running III TN"
water The loss is 900. Ihere Is "
large ice gorge above here. but there
is no damage yet.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
SEEK CAUSE OF WRECK.
Four Investigations Under Way and
Legislature May Take Hold.

New York, Feb 20AFour distinct
Investigations into the wreck OF the
Brewster express on the New York
Central railroad Saturday were in
progress yesterday and resolutions
were introduced into the legislature
for a legislative investigation. One
OF the investigations already under
way is under the direction of the cor
oner, a second was made by the New
York state railroad commission,
third by the district attorneys office
and the fourth by the railroad. The
police lists show twenty-one dead as
result of the wreck, with possibility
that four or five others may die in hos
pitfalls or at their homes in this city or
White Plains. 1t is expected that the
final death list will not exceed twenty
five. Most Of the injured are doing
we'll.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
SEVEN DIE IN SEA EXPLOSION.
Boiler on Steamer vIadivia Blows UP
With Fatal Results.

9OtJ0C or 0IS&TVCT VIaOIVtd 0tOWo w
With Fatal Results.
New York, Feb 19.-The Hamburg
American line steamer Vladivia, fruit
laden from the West Indies, came into
port with her forward decks shattered.
her funnel fiat upon the deck and the
story OF boiler explosion on board
last Wednesday morning which caused
the instant death of seven members OF
the crew and the serious injury of an
other. The exploding boiler was
known as the auxiliary boiler and sup
piled steam to the various hosting en-
gines, capstans. steering gear, ETC.
Off Hatteras last Wednesday it was
decided to turn steam from the auXil.
iary boiler into the main steam pipes
to help out in making the speed neces-
sary to contract requirements and to
save the perishable cargo.
All through the loading ports in the
West Indies, it is said, the auxiliary
boiler had been working with 80 to 100
pounds OF steam, whereas just before
the explosion occurred the steam
gauge showed pressure Of only thlr
ty-tive pounds.
This was being increased by forced
draft when suddenly there came a
puff as it was described, and seven
men lay dead.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
From Other Shores.

The political situation in several
provinces Of Argentina, according to
reports prevalent there are alarming.
Extraordinary precautions to preserve
order have been taken.
The Brazilian government has de-
cided. in order to- avoid possible disa-
greeable incidents, to exclude negro
sailors from the Brazilian squadron
which is to visit the United States.
An Internal machine was discovered
accidentally in chimney of the house
occupied by Count Witte, the former
premier. The machine was timed to
explode after the family had retired
for the hight
Charles Tucker, member of the
South Australian parliament, and a
customs agent named Forwood, have
been sentenced to two years impris-
onment for conspiring to commit ex-
tensive customs frauds
The rejection of the first chamber
of the Holland states general of the
war budget, because of the abolition
by the minister of war, Gen. Staal, OF
the long service term for militia, will
lead to cabinet crisis, the council
having decided collectively to resign.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
SMOOT LOOKS LIKE WINNER.
Predicted in All Quarters That He
Will Retain His Seat.


Washington, Feb. ia final effort
by religious and wOmen'S orSaniZa-
tions to secure the expulsion OF Reed
Smoot of Utah from the senate is now
being made. A mass meeting and rally
conducted by the National League OF
Women's Organizations was held here
last evening at the Metropolitan Meth
odist Episcopal church.
Dr. William NJ. Paden, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Salt
Lake, voluntarily came here for the
purpose of making an address at this
meeting and described conditions as
they really exist in Utah.
Wage Hard Fight.
The fight against the Utah senator
is being waged with increased vigor
as the date approaches for vote on
the question. Members of the delega-
ton now in the city have established
a lobby at the capitol and are making
personal appeals to senators, in many
instances enlisting the aid of the leg
islators' wives, in what they term a
fight for the preservation OF the
American home and motherhood.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
NEWS Of WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington Notes.


The United States assay Office In Ell
Paso. Tex, has been abolished.
Congress has passed bill creating
new land district in Valley county.
Montana.
The senate has sent the army ap-
preparation bill to conference with
Senators Foraker, Warren and Black
burn as conferees.
Midshipmen Spencer of Duluth and
Lergequist OF Minneapolis, who just
graduated at Annapolis naval acade
my, will be assigned to sea duty
MarCh 1.
Mrs. Roosevelt has been presented
with loving cup by the crew Of the
battleship Louisiana, on which the
president and Mrs Roosevelt went to
Panama.
Representative Hearst has intro
duced bill to prevent corrupt prac
tices n elections by making bribery .
felOAy and prescribing other safe
guards for elections.
A biA has been introduced In con-
gresa to create commission to report
. piaa for the preservation OF the
Grant farm in Missouri, where Gen.
Grant lived before the Civil war.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
Personal.

Mrs. Clara Parquette, Kansas pio-
neer, died of apoplexy at Leavenworth,
Kan
Harold S. Van Buren, of New York,
the American consul at Nice, France,
- dead.
President Alfred Walter Of the Sea-
bocrd Air line died in New York after
. two weeks Illness.
Gen. Thomas Fl. Talbot, who was at
tOrney general under President John
son. died at Brookline, Mass.
Schuyler Hamilton, great grandson
OF Mai. Gen. Schuyler Hamilton OF
Civil and Mexican war fame. died at
Norwalk, Conn.
Frank Tolton, for thirty-three years
editor Of the Green Bay (Wis.) Advo-
cate, and one of the foremost newspa-
per men Of his time in Wisconsin, is
dead.
Ed9a May, the actress, is engaged
- marry Oscar Lewisohn of New
York. The wedding will occur some
time this year and the couple will re-
side n London.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
Always in Use.

Gould / borrow your flatirOns to-
morrow" ventured the new neighbor.
mo, am sorry replied the woman
In the red sunbonnet, "but our irons
are always In use, night and day"
..s0racious! You don't mean to say
that you are ironing all the timer"
''Oh, no. But by the time l finish
fronting Uncle Billy gets the misery in
his wisdom tooth and has to hold hot
8iroas on his jar. and when he finally
sets on to sleep the rest OF the family
ueed the irons to throw at the stray
scaks n thezhi1tk yard
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
WEATHER CHIEF is HURT.
Prof. Willis L. Moore Laid Up for
Month With Broken Arm.

Washington. Feb. 20. - Willis H..
Moore, chief of the United States
weather bureau, is confined to his
apartments as the result of an accl-
dent Sunday afternoon in New York
city He was descending stairway
at the Grand Central station when ne
slipped and fell, breaking one of his
arms in three places and bruising
himself badly. He was taken to ho-
tel. where the broken arm was set,
and arrived in Washington yesterday.
He will be confined to his home for a
month.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
Crimes and Criminals.

James Orr was shot and killed in
Chicago while resisting two youthful
robbers.
James Stafford, manager of bath par
lors at Mason City, Iowa, committed
suicide by taking laudanum. Domes-
tic trouble was the cause.
L. L. Brown and Margaret Strawb
were found dead in the rear of the
formers store In Washington. The
coroner decided it was case Of sui
eide.
James %. Money, Jr., nephew OF
Senator Money, was found not guilty
Of the charge OF murder in killing l..
]. Henderson at Greenwood, Miss. The
two had quarreled.
Hartley 9. knight has been arrested
n Philadelphia on warrant from
Sioux Falls, 8. D., charging him with
embexslement Of $1.4O0 from the Bee
Hive company Of that city.
Bnrglars forced their way into the
0naha public library and robbed the
velaable Byron Reed collection OF
many nl&u-pFlC00 coins. Inc WatcH'
aaa vas surprised. bound and gagged.
B. Kuppenheimer, manager Of the
1sm u B. Kuppenheimer & Co, was
fonnd dead at his home in Chicago
with bullet wound In his head. The
IcOroner's Jury returned verdict OF
suicide while respondent because OF
1ll health.
The federal grand jury ct Chicago
has found indictments against q num-
her OF persons charged with using the
malls to defraud. They charged small
corporations q fee for the selling OF
their bonds and then made no EFFORT
to sell the securities.
Chief Of Detectives Taylor Of Homo
Iulu has been offered $1.4O0 week BY
An association Of Chinese gamblers
Tor their protection and to secure them
I monopoly OF gambling In Honolulu.
1 The chief accepted payment to bind
the agreement In order to secure EVIL
dence against the would-be bribers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
RESCUED BY FAlLIERES.
Frenci, Cabinet Saved by Personal In
tervention of President.

Paris. Feb. 20.--President Fallieres
personally interviewed yesterday in the
ministerial situation with success He
had long conferences with Premier Gle
menceau, Education Minister BRAND
and other members of the cabinet and
an agreement has been reached on a
final formula for the contracts for the
lease of the churches satisfactory to
both NM Clemenceau and BRAND.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
CAN'T KILL TOT.
Child of Three Is Nearly Drowned ana
Twice is Poisoned.

Waterloo, Iowa. Feb 20.-it vould
seem that three-year-old Charles Hiie-
of Jessup bears charmed life. Less
than a year ago the little chap fell
into tub of water and narrowly es-
capped being drowned. Shortly after
fly paper and then ate the paper itself
but was saved Yesterday he secured
a bottle of aconite and before he was
discovered had taken tow mOuthf.ils
Prompt medical attention again saved
his life.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
Bad Blaze at kaaota.

st. Peter, Minn., Feb. 20. - Kasota
village had $4,000 fire when N. A.
Ostrander's general store was barned
The origin of the fire, which was dts
covered just before midnight. is NO.
kuown.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
Crazed by Thaw Trial.

Madison. Wis. Feb. 20. Violently
insane over the Thaw trial. John Ler
dolph of GAINESVILLE. Wis, was taken to
Mendoza asylum yesterday. Lerdoiph
talks only of the trial and Thaw amt
says he has 100000 to help out Eve
lyn and Harry"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
Whjtclaw Reid Is Sick.

London, Feb. IS. Ambassador
Whitelaw Reid. it is reported, is sui
fering from influenza. His physicians
have advised him to go abroad for a
week or two but his official duties at
this time make this impossible.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-02-22
Two Killed bv Train.

Finleyville. Pa, Feb 20.-Mrs. Jo-
seph Walrous and Mrs. Helen lgnat
were instantly killed last night by a
train. The wome nstepped off a side.
track to avoid freight train and were
run down by the express.