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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-22
fscu{Rs sskErED M SCENES
Evidence Of Horrible Death Struggles
Found in piles Of Corpses-tatest
Estimate Places Number Of Injured
at One hundred-Defective Switch
the Supposed Cause.
(Rv Associated Press)

Antwerp, May 2i.-cHe VI Tue WSio'
railroad accidents in Europe IN recent
times occurred at Contich, a station
six miles southeast Of this city on tue
main line at S O'Clock this morning.
The exact number of victims had not
been determined mp to late tonight
owing to the difflculty Of removing
the bodies from the debris bu; the lat
est estimate places the number at
sixty killed and one hundred wounded
Caused by Defective Switch.
the catastrophe appears to have
been due TO a defective switch where
the main line crosses local line.
Al this point train carrying a
large number of pilgrims on their way
TO the shrine mt Turnbout. was stand
ing. Into this. the Antwerp. Brussels
express dashed ut a speed Of fifty
miles an hour. literally leaping on top
OF it,
Lighter Train Crushed.
The heavy coaches OF the express
crushed the lighter train into splin-
tors, The sides Of the express cars
were torn frcm their fastenings. the
floors cL:apsing. thus precipitating the
passengers to the side Of the track
uEinjured. whence they fed, frenzied.
across the fields,
Hut for sthis fact the deaih fci,
would be much greater. Few OF the
occupants of the local train escaped
alive. Those that were not killed
were badly injured. many Of them
MORALLY. .-
Rescuers Siekened by Sight.
The rescuers. even ths doctors. we're
sickened at the sight that met their
gaze Evidences were found. OF hor-
rible death struggles that occurred In
the crushed coaches.
In one place a dismembered hand
was found clutching one of the sup
across the boiler Of the locomotive
crushed into a shapeless mass. The
majority of the dead could not be
re cognized. either being decapitated
or their heads being terribly crushed.
The signalman at Contich says that
his switch was not working just as the
Antwerp express came laundering
down the line.
He ieaped from the window Of his
signal station. and hsroicaily ran down
the track toward the oncCming train.
waving red flag. His effort, how
ever. was too late TO avert a disaster.
The engineer and the fireman Of the
express train were killed at their
posts.
s;tnain,en Arrested.
The judicial authorities Of Antwerp
soon arrived on the scene and opened
and investigation into the disaster.
They ordered the signa!men In
charge of the switches under arrest
although il ~ believed bv the authori-
ties they were blameless. Prince Al
bert went To Cortich this afternoon
and visited the wounded. having can
cei6d an engagement to preside ut q
isnouet NJ Antwerp this evening.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-22

the DAILY PRESS 10 the
emily nswspapsr published In
Newport News that receives the
full news report Of the Also.
cIatsd Press.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
~NNr-0rNanf
Theresa Good Time


Republic the United States no danger
a business in any other way The resources of the
country greater than they before The
ergy people, if it parayzed by
sttuton Of government for individual effort if it is left
along the old roads which followed from the days
small things the present days of eanessthe road
Independence the road Of individual enterprise determ
succeed in the battle nfewi ITSELF
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
Smith on His Travels.

John Smith-plain John Smiths
rot very high sounding; it does not
suggest aristocracy; it is not the
name of any hero in die-away novels;
and yet it is good. strong and honest.
Transferred TO other languages it
seems to climb the ladder of re
spectability. Thus in Latin it is Jo-
hannes Smithus; the Italian smooths
it OF into Giovanni Smith; the Span
iards render it Juan Smithus; the
Dutchman adopts it as Hans
Schmidt; the French fiatten it out
into Jean Smeet, and the Russian
sneezes and barks Jon1off Smittowski.
When John Smith gets into the tea
trade in Canton he becomes Jovan
Shimmit; if he Chambers about
Mount Hecla, the Icelanders say he
is Jaime Smithson: if he trades
among the Tuscaroras, he becomes
Ton Ga Smittia; in Poland he is
known as Ivan Schmittiweiski: should
he wander among the Welsh Noun
tains, they talk of Jihon Schmidt:
when he goes to Mexico he is booked
as Jontli F'Smitti; if OF classic turn
and he fingers among Greek ruins.
he turns to Ion Smikton, and in Tur.
key, he is utterly disguised as Yoe
Seef.-Phrenological Journal
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
hey, LITTLE LAD.


Hey. little lad, with your bonnie blue eyes:
Come with voir laughter-we u dream "
the skies
That are walTng for Us in the Land Of
So come . this heart with that curling
gold hair
Come. and ven aoat on the beautiful sea sea
In the Dream Ship that's waiting TOT sou
and for me.
Hey, little lad. with the wee wearied IeeL,
Up in these arms, My, those Kisses She
sweet
Come and IN tell you story or tMo - +te
That win make heavy eyelies IAN oFeE li's
bltie
One little arm round my neck and wen
float ,...4a
On the River Of Sleep in the little
Dream Boat
Hey. little laa. but how heavy you've
You've slipped to your dreaming and LEFT
me alonet
But know that the skies in your dreams
are as fair - ~
As the blue Of your eyes and the gold OF
And 8, little lad. ia your garments OF
white
Your dreaming. / wish might know it
good night
win F. Griffin. in Milwaukee senunei.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13

The problem for Russia today is not
how to dispense with government, but
how to bring an Anticipated and OPP
presslve system into harmony with
the reasonable liberties of a people
one part of which is intellectually as
advanced as any in Europe, while the
other and greater part is still stumb-
ling among the mists and morasses of
mediaevalism. 1t is a truly tragic
problem Glasgow Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
Ocean Ronfire Extraordinary.

The seventy-fYe-foot whale which
came ashore a week ago at Phillips
Cove at the Cliff and was subsequent
ly towed of the hubble light and an
chored, while the promoters made
good business taking people out in
their motor boats, became so strong
under the intense heat that the au-
thorltles interfered and the promot-
ers, after inserting several sticks OF
dynamite in the big carcass. towed
1t two miles to sea and then discharg-
ed the dynamite.
The dynamite went off all right but
another effect than what was expect
ed followed, for the big whale burst
into sheets of flame and, fed by the
oil in the carcass, burned fiercely for
several hours, the flames rising to the
height of ten feet. It was a great
sight from the shore, and the beach
was lined with people. This evening
the whale is still burning and lights
up the sea for miles around.-York
Beach, Me..-Special to Boston
Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
A Diet Of Apparel.

A southern congressman tells of a
darby in Georgia town whose best
quality is his devotion to his aged par
emit.
Once the congressman asked Pete
why he had never married.
why, boss" explained Pete, Use
got an ole mudder had t do for her,
sub. Eff doan' buy her shoes an
stockin's she doan' git none. Now,
boss, you see eff was t "a, married
I'd have t buy 'em TO NAH wife. an
dat'd be takin' de shoes an stockin's
right outer my ole mudder's m0uf."-
Harper's Weekly.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
ANcIENT PIcTuRE THIEvEs.
Some Who Were Caught and Put to
Death-Instanee Of Clever substi-
tuition.


tuition.
In olden days-indeed until the end
Of the Napoleonic era-art roberies
on a grand scale we're the privilege
Of the mighty OF this earth and the adj
junct of victorious warfare This was
so in the days OF ancient Rome, when
shiploadfuls of marbles and bronzes
were transplanted from Greek to
Italian soil; and it was again when
the First Napoleon pillaged the col
lections and churches Of Italy and
Spain. Such action, however, was con-
sidered the conQueror's right and does
not come within the scope of this
article, which is to deal with petty
theft and criminal appropriation of
works of art.
The first deed of this nature OF
which | have been able to trace .the
record occurred as far back as 1901,
when two heads were cut out Of Wen
ceslaus Koeberger's "Martyrdom OF
ST. Sebastian" in Antwerp Cathedral
The fragment is said toSbe even nov
in an English private collection But
the thieves were caught and speedily
put to death.
Other cases are on record Of art
thefts committed in the dim past, but
in most cases they amount to bare
statement that such and such a pic
ture or object disappeared at such
and such a date and has never been
heard of since These records lack
the flavor of romance which clings
to those other cases in which the
peregrinations of the thieves and Of
the stolen property can be- followed,
as in that of the famous Murillo at
Seville Cathedral representing The
Appearance Of the Infant Jesus to st.
Anthony"
The Duke of Wellington is said to
have been so struck by the beauty
of this masterpiece canvas of i'm
posing size-that he offered to cover
the whole surface with gold pieces if
the chapter would sell it to him. How
ever, the chapter refused, and in Nov
ember, 1874, the figure of st. Anthony
was cut out of the picture by unknown
hands, and the stolen fragment found
its way to America
There is distinct element of hui
NOR in the circumstances that at
tended the theft of portrait by Paris
Bordone good many years ago from
the house of a wealthy collector in
Vienna, who generally allowed the
public access to his gallery when he
was away from town. The picture was
one day cut out of its frame and car
ried of. A reward of e120 was i'm
mediately offered for its recovery and
descriptions of the stolen picture were
sent to the diplomatic Representatives
of Austria abroad.
The result was that a stranger
called at the collectors house and ar
ranged TO return the picture against
payment of the promised reward if
no further questions were asked. His
terms were accepted, and on his pro-
ducing the painting, which fitted ex-
actly into the opening that had been
cut out of the original canvas, the
stranger was paid his promised re
ward. 1t was only some time after
wards, when one of the collectors
friends expressed doubt as to the
authenticity of the "Bordone, that
the picture was found out to be a copy
OF the stolen masterpiece.-London
Magazine.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13

Inc GQleL NGgSLSu AOT mOmChS
then he said somewhat feebIy; What's
the matter with those other words?
They sound good enough to me"
Silently his stenOgrapher opened the
dictionary and laid it before him
Hum 'Disgorge, to give up I'M
willingly ill-gotten gains 'yerbiage.
the use of many words with little
sense he read, and after that he al
lowed himself to be shorn of the high
sounding expressions he had been so
fond of using (but which yet did not
seem to express what he meant in
spite of their imposing appearance)
without protest.
By the end of the first week every
man in the Office was ready to lay his
heart at the feet of the Crackajack.
The bookkeeper made pencil notation
on all his margins in an effort to fig
ure out how two could live on 500
month, and the Harvard Graduate was
framing his proposal in blank verse,
for he knew that he had met his ideal.
He was still young enough to have
ideals
But there came day at last when
the Harvard Graduates dream was
shattered-a day, however, when in
the Chiefs eyes his new stenographer
acquired the final touch of perfection.
The Chief had not been altogether
happy under the new regime, in spite
Of the confidence he now felt, for the
first time, that his correspondence was
being properly handled 1t was all
very well to be able to feel that you
could throw chaos of words into a
machine, so to speak, and the machine
would grind out order, but to be con-
stantly on dress parade as to manners
and speech before this prunes-and-
prisms miss was like sleeping in a
boiled shirt and high collar. Also, in
this expurgated edition of himself, he
felt as though he had lost some of the
force the yirility-that had made
him what he was in spite of his de
fective education
He became hesitative under this sup
preston and one day, in working OF
some of his irritation, sbig, big d.
exploded into the telephone not twelve
inches from the delicate little ear
which must beyond all question be too
greatly shocked even to listen to an
apology from the repentant culprit.
Now he had done it. Already he had
a vision of his paragon sweeping
haughtily from the Office without
word, leaving him to struggle, alone
and unaided, with the English Ian
guage for the remainder of his bust
ness career. Then he realized how in
valuable she was to him. He felt
like lame man about to lose his
crutch.
He dropped the receiver and mopped
his brow.
II beg your pardon" he NUT
tered; 4 didn't mean that. Il"
The Crackajack looked him calmly
in the eye.
Why not? It's pure, vigorous Eng
lish-and quite the right word under
the circumstances. There are oc6a-
sions." she said, when no other word
is adequate occasions when I use it
myself mentally
The Chief took long, long breath
and took OF his coat. But the Har-
ward Graduate groaned and, tearing up
his blank verse, scattered it over the
bottom of the waste basket-sadly,
slowly, as one would cast rose leaves
upon a grave.
"Ah, woman, woman he sighed bit
terly, "once our superiors, now our.
equals! New York Press.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
a Naval Voice.

What do you think of my voice?"
she asked after trying a selection
from IN Trovatore."
1T makes me think Of sailors" he
replied.
"of sailors? Why should it do
that?"
1T has tendency to die at c.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
BY Z 5: Martin.
sapaAgaaaS


He habit nave
taken hold Of the people OF 1ns
British that Is mol all
We gaining habit for the prOporuOn o.
Light reading literature seems
& be
Why that s a temporary condition or
6@nm@ something discussion suspect
It Is onraints mankind that
the readers the those OF the
generations IN being Il plenty OF
publishers who sell They
Mon PRINT many books that practice as that
g business But they have which mere pecn
pron book that they which never 40
Iea.a % tner however
@ sure the substantial books competition with All the
great ooks That neglected tae good new BOOKS
oaer @ read the good old might as something detr
% me publishing Of
p M would not md II i sign Of dcyng culture degeneTang taste
b Is not the competition limits attention to new
% o whoever has learned to read ae much the hkeer
a inc e Who has the habit reading and the appetite Tor
vii read what suits his appetite be The trouble is that the
appetite oftener forme
you are to make SIX purse must have the silk You cannot
OF material along
minds adapted
reading You find able books mostly trash
q less ability who hnd
differences take
OF printed
M ana vita less EFFORT than Others quicker with
e Drains and their perception almost nan
taneous Other people entirely
tany, each word-Harpers Magazine.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
Still Useful.

A small girl, lost at Coney Island
was kindly cared for at the police
station until her parents should be
found The matron, endeavoring to
keep the child contented, had given
her candy cat, with which she play
ed happily all day.
AT night the cat had disappeared
and the matron inquired if it had
been lost.
mo" said the little maid. Il ken
it most all day. But then it got so
dirty / was 'shamed to look at it. so
1 ct il. "-Youth's Companion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
Esperanto, the paoo.

Katie, do you know the policeman
on this beat?'
Sure l do ma'am."
He told me to-day he had taken up
Esperanto"
And, sure. what had the Oitalian
been dom, ma'am. "-Yonkers States
man.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13

Teacher-Johnny. can you tell me
how many seasons we have?
Johnny-Yes ma'am, two. Baseball
and football Chicago News.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13


the doctrines socialism The
SOIL factories This decline
passing ripple the surface Of the great Of American life and action
perfect
direction initial and immediate bring
which
American business pathway
iumpha which it has followed
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13
The 400 is VoLU
1.-THE 100"
ey F. TOwnsend Marlin.
QArOs9

HAVE been interested in society since eighteen
old New York society has through its forma
tive Its society resembles that Of London the
oldest and most absorbing society in the world,
People say, casually The balls Of the past have
been discontinued the city large That
not the point Society is the city Society
with the city should say there LOO persons
in society daresav this figure is staggering revolution
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13

but believe this
would say that 100 completely the number of they would
to
New York
is plous develops
boredom Society sedden There Meadowbook Tuxedo
set the Southampton the Winchester the Lenox the Aiken
the that in Palm Beach, Aiken,
Mrs William Astors retirement
Perhaps there viii another qualifications
ozed But it is manfesty difficult to think who
in
popularity
are limitations which
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13

The yearly subscription to any Ma.
Mia daily newspaper is So.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
IMPORTANT TO POSTERITY.

The Confederate records at the best
are incomplete, and every living Con
federate soldier and every Confederate
organization and every State that was
part of the Confederacy should lend
a willing hand toward ii completion of
Confederate army. Adjutant General
Ainsw orth has charge of this work, and
he appeals to societies and camps and
Individuals to loan him records that
will enable him 10 complete the Con.
federate roster. The Union roster is
we'll nigh complete, but there are many
gaps in the Confederate roster.
This is really an important matter to
succeeding generations. The omission
eta siaglenamefron the roster would be
q grave wrong to an old soldier and to
all his descendants. All records loan
ed to General Ainsworth are promptly
returned to the persons who send them
to Washington. No loss in that re-
speet need be apprehended, and every
one should endeavor to make the COM
piIa tdon as nearly complete as circum-
stances will permit. No other roster
Of the entire Confederate army will
probably ever be made, and all should
endeawor to add to the present one.
Any letter addressed to AGjutant Ger
eas.l A@nsworth will receive due atten-
ton, and individual letters are invited.
Every camp should give this subject
attention. The record of each Confed-
crate soldier is desired. In this work
lao line will DO drawn between Conted-
crate and Union soldiers. Accuracy is
desired in the history Of each individ
ual soldier, and the whole is to be pu,
Fn print to become permanent record
Of great value.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
new COUNTY BOARD.
Commissioners Organized Monday
and Elected MIR. w. R. Hollo-
well Chairman.

The new Board of County Commits
sioners organized Monday morning and
unanimously elected the retiring chair
man of the old Board. Mr.. w. r. Hol-
lowell, to preside as chairman OF the
new Board. Mr.. Hollowell is the only
member of the old Board who was
nominated to succeed himself.
The Board as now constituted is
composed as follows: Messrs. w. r.
Hollowell, chairman, D. Ell. Overman, /,
B. A Parks, J. r. Murvin, and Alex.
Aycock.
The bonds of the various county Of
ficers were passed upon and approved,
and the county printing for the en-
suing year was awarded to the Colds
boro ARGUS, as the lowest bidder.
There was SO much business OF rou-
tine nature that the Board found il
necessary to hold an adjourned meet
ing. which will be on Monday week.
December 81.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
CONOURING THE AIR.

Aeroplane has received this year an
impetus that insures rapid improve
ment in the coming years. Even the
year now near at hand may see man
flying through the air without the aid
of gasbag, for the Wright brothers
and the French aviators have fully
demonstrated that man can fly unaided
in that undesirable manner. Hun
dreds of men in both the old world and
the new will now endeavor to overcome
the obstacles one by one as they pre-
sent themselves. The improvement of
the aeroplane may even outdo the i'm
provement Of the automobile.
No doubt great changes will be made
in motors adapted to flights in the air.
No doubt, too, much remains to be
done in order to take advantage of the
wind. making it means ofaerial loco
motion rather than a danger to it..
Economy in aerial flights lies in the
utilization of the air currents. All
these things are to be studied, and
aerial navigation is to be fitted to
them. The gasbag is no longer con-
sidered. It has been dismissed, and
man has begun to fly as the birds do.
The birds are heavier than the air
they displace, and so is man and his
machine.
All the authorities in aerial naviga.
4 ton are confident that success will
i soon attend the efforts of modern avia
i tors on the lines already marked out
The hardest part of the problem has
been solved. Man can fly, and now i
remains to make the task safe an6
| economical. To this task many keeI
| brains will now be turned.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
REAlTHFUL TRADE.
The Signs Of Coming Activity Are
Certainly Well in nzEvidence.

General trade is not only far better
than it was year ago when the panic
was doing it's worse but it is in a
healthier condition than it was even in
the fall of 19O6.'' said James W. Janey,
of Chicago. "And what makes it
especially satisfactory now is the
cheering outlook for the past year.
industrial prosperity is reviving
slowly but surely and have never
known a time when business men
were more optimistic regarding the
near future.
mot only is confidence restored but
there is widespread feeling that by the
summer OF 1909 and maybe earlier
prosperity will be in full swing again.
The signs of coming activity are GER
talnIy well in evidence"
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WELL ?

Bright's Disease. Diabetes, Rheuma-
tism. Gout, Gravel, Drepsy, Infa NINA :
ten of the Bladder, Bad Bleed and
Nervous Troubles caused by Sick Kid
neys.
J. n. Hill Il Son, the well known
druggists of Goldsbors knows by ex-
periencs that HINDIPO will cure all
forms of Kidney and Nervous Troubles,
and will guarantee it in all cases.
Can't you afford to try it at their risk?
It costs you nothing if it don't dc the
work.
Sent by mail to any address, prepaid,
on receipt of SOC. Six, boxes, So. so,
u ldsr a positive guarante
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10

The fourth -class postmasters are. t
Jobs. s.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10

Mr.. Taft's inverted glass outranks
even the Fairbanks cocktail incident.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10

Prosperity is coming back, but.it j
nifty. @
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10

The night riders need an uplitt OF
about ten feet.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10

The bride and groom will arrive
home at $3.50 tonigh,t on the A. C. l..
train from the North. and it goes with
out saving that shower partgs' will
meet them at the depot.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-03-14

Good. I axe you. saId Stratngate,
what shall It be7"
We'll, cut the cards as before"
"Once OF thriee7"
zone time 1t shall be my last
temptation Of fortune" he added
~Tscklessly.
well said" returned strathgate.
Snseringly. when 1t is lost you lose
your ALL"
Ellen stepped forward impulsiveIy
"a If to interrupt. and then stopped;
my lord was speaking.
Nay. my lord" said Darlington,
bowling, Il shall have n thing left,
which possibly does not enter into
your calculations"
Ellen stepped expectant. WRs he
going to say my wifs?"
No. the words came from him
ooolly.
Ny honoEi"
ITO be %continued)