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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-01-01
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-01-01

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
BIG STEAMSHIP REPUBLIC SINKS
The White Star Liner Rammed in
Fog By Florida---Wireless
Brings Aid
Two Passengers and Four Seamen Dead
Two Others Injured.

believed the crashing together of the
two big ships off fogbound Nantucket
Saturday morning had not resulted in
the death or injury to a single pas
senger or member of the crews.
Shortly after midnight, however, the
wireless telegraph, that mysterious
force which had appraised the world
of the Republics distress and quickly
brought other ships to her aid, flash
ed the news that two passengers on
the Republic had been killed and
two others injured Late in the day
another wireless message told of
four deaths on board the Florida,
either of members of the crew or
Storage passengers.
How the unfortunate passengers of
the Republic were killed or the, ma
ture of the injuries to Mrs. Murphy
and Mr.. Lynch is not known by Of
ficials of the White Star Line. who
have communicated with relatives Of
the dead and injured.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
LIVES LOST IN MOROCCO.
Landslides Due To Earthquake Or
The TorrentiaI Rains.

Ceuta, Morocco Especially A ter
rible tempest, accompanied by tor
rental downpour of rain, ragged for
I'VE hours over the northernmost Sec
ton of Morocco. There were no
casualties in Ceuta, but reports
brought in by native runners from
the Rhmara territory, a mountainous
district SO miles to the south, declare
that several small villages have
been overwhelmed and many persons
killed or injured.
Several American colliers and sup
ply ships are anchored in Negro Bay,
between Ceuta and Tetuen, awaiting
the arrival of the American battle
ships. No damage to these vessels
has been reported.
1t In Impossible to ascertain wheth-
er the landslides to the south are
due to an earthquake or to the in
undation. The lower portion of the
town of Ceuta was inundated. The
fires in the electric light plant were
extinguished and the town, conse-
quently, plunged into darkness.
There were several local landslides,
but no casualties.
The foregoing communication cor
r0b0rates message received from
Tetuen saying severe earthquake
shock in the region south of Tetuen
had wiped out several villages and
that hundreds of people were report
ed killed or injured.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
MANY PEOPLE PERISH
IN 4 GOLD NINE
"A Terrible Disaster-..~ in the
TFansvasl.
rs PERSONS ARE DROWNED.
Dam Bursts and Floods . Mine Ten
White Men and $50 Natives Caught
BY the Rushing Watefs-Rart Of .
Town Also Washed AWAY and Ii
Persons Drowned.

Johannesburg Is &c TAI -One
hundred and seventy-three persons
are known to have lost their lives
as result of the floods which are
general through the Transvaal colony
and Northern Natal. Great damage
also has been done to property, MIN
ing plants having suffered heavily.
and houses and railway bridges be-
ing swept away or inundated. The
foods are the result of heavy rains
that have fallen recently and all the
rivers have been converted into
roaring torrents. The railway and
telegraph services are disorganized in
all directions.
BY the bursting of Knights Dam
the Witwatersrand gold mine, in the
southwestern part of the, Transvaal.
was flooded and ten white men and
$50 natives were drowned. The
water from this dam also flooded the
lower section of the town of Elsburg,
where number of houses were swept
away and 10 persons persisted. A
gold dredger valued at $4,000
broke adrift on the Kaap River and
was wrecked.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
AS TOLD BY THE WIRELESS.

The steamer Republic sank at
$50 p. NJ. off No Mans Land.
south of Martha's Vineyard, off
the Massachusetts, Coast. All of
her crew are safe aboard the rev.
enue cutter Gresham. The Flor
ida IL being conveyed to New
York.
The steamer Baltic, crowded
with the rescued passengers from
the Republic and her own $40
passengers, was Off Sandy Hook.
Two passengers of the Repub-
lie were killed (Mrs. Eugene
Lynch, of Boston. and w. J.
Mooney, banker of North Dako-
tai and two injured (Mrs. N. M.
Murphy, of North Dakota, and
Eugene Lynch, of Boston,.
Four deaths are also reported
on the Florida, either members
of the crew or steerage passen-
gers.
The ocean liners. the Baltic,
New York, Furnessia, Lorraine
and Lucania, in response to wire
less message, have assisted the
two disabled ships.
The 442 passengers and men,
bers of the crew of the Republic
had trying experience in two
transfers at sea, first to the Flor
ida and then to the Baltic.
It required all Saturday night
to transfer the passengers to the
Baltic in open boats.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE

The Chesapeake & Ohio has puc-
chased the Virginia Air Line Railway.
In December the Baltimore & Ohio's
gross earnings Increased $357,5S8
and net profits increased $902,213.
United States steel has paid Great
Northern $1,326,00O in royalties on
iron ore which it has not mined.
w. C. Brown was elected president
of Michigan Central. to succeed w.
HI. Newman. Mr.. Brown recently be-
came president of the New York Cen
trail and he is replacing Mr.. Newman
in all the Vanderbilt Railroads.
AT the directors meeting of the
Wisconsin Central majority of the
stock of the road was formerly trans
ferred to Newman Erb, who. with his
associates, now hold control on be-
half of the Canadian Pacific.
A Philadelphian who for years has
been familiar with the oil trade said:
American Cotton Oil is sure to in
crease its dividend, for / know its
business is getting larger all the
time"
1t is understood that Standard Oil
bankers will shortly put out big re-
funding bond issue on Missouri PACT
fic. The chief significance of, the
transaction is in the bankers selected
to market the bonds. 1t shows that
the Rockefeller interests have gained
a Arm foothold in the Gould proper
ties.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
In A Hurry To Be Hanged.

Washington. Ark. Especially Be
fore Sheriff velvin had read more
than a few words Of the death war
rant to Joe Thompson, a negro, the
condemned man stopped proceedings
by announcing that he had heard
enough and, walking to the gallows,
placed himself on the trap with the
request that no abungling" be made
of the job. Thompson was pronounc-
ed dead few moments after the trap
had been sprung.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
Red Cross Fund 1901, 1871.

Washington. D. c. Especially. -
The National Red Cross has received
$901,131 to. date for the relief OF
the sufferers from the earthquake IN
Southern Italy. or that amount New
York contributed $306,617; Califor-
MIA, $18O,O67; Illinois. SOL, 500; the
Christian Herald, $500 Missouri,
$1,000; Connecticut. $34.103; Mas
sachusetts, $31,671; Visions n, $685.
1877; Rhode Island. $20,426; Pennsyl-
vania, $16,153: Maryland, $14.747;
District of Columbia. $14,275: and
Washington. S1O.847.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH

The board of consulting experts
reversed DIR. Wiley, of the Agricultur-
al Department, by declaring benzoate
of soda harmless food preservative.
In his annual report Governor
Magoon, of Cuba, urges the immedi-
ate removal of the wreck of the
Maine from the harbor of Havana.
The government has sued for the
recovery of 353,2S8 acres of land
In Oregon within the old Oregon and
California land grant.
Three cases of leprosy have been
found to exist in San Antonio, Tex.
The Senate confirmed the nomina-
ton of Stuart x. Lupton. of Tennes-
see, to be consul at Messina. Italy,
vice Arthur S. Cheney, who was kill
ed in the recent earthquake.
Attorney General Bonaparte's re-
fusal to appear before the Senate
Committee on the subject of the
steel merger has caused tension with
that committee.
The compulsory retirement of
medical officers of the rank of major
in the army is provided for by bill
passed by the Senate.
The House committee has decided
that the Marine Corps should'remain
under the control of the Navy De-
partment.
The Urgent Deficiency Bill, as re-
ported to the Senate, carries an APP
preparation of $1,151, 6O2.
The House passed a bill establish
ing United States consulate at
Catania.
The military appropriation bill, as
approved by the House Committee
on Military Affairs, provides for a
general staff corps, which shall con-
sist OF one chief of star and two gen.
eral officers.
A subcommittee of the Senate In
terstate Commerce Commission heard
delegation in opposition to Senator
Taliaferro's bill providing for the fed
eral inspection of naval supplies.
The treaty between the United
States and Great Britain concern
ing the boundary waters between
this country and Canada was order
ed fayorably reported to the Senate
Secretary of State Root appeared
before the Senate COMMITTEES ON
great detail the treaties between the
United States and Panama.
A department under the federal
government which shall have charge
Of all public improvements was
favored in a resolution adopted by
the National Board of Trade
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
ExpL OSION IN BORlNGs
CHlCAGO'S WATER TUNNEL
Fifty-Tlres Men Burned to Death
OF Drowned.

Chicago Especially. - Blown to
pieces by exploding powder, burned
to death by the resultant fire or
drowned in the icy waters of Lake
Michigan. was the fate of SO men
who were working on a submarine
tunnel, beneath a wooden crib on
the surface of the waters mile and
half from shore. The crib was
used in the construction of new
submarine water tunnel connecting
with the south side shore of the
city at Seventy-third Street. 1t is
known that 95 workmen were en-
ployed in the crib and the connecting
tunnel at the time of the explosion.
which started the fire and blew or
drove the men into the water.
The work of the destroying ele-
ments was begun so unexpectedly
and reaped its harvest of victims with
such swiftness that the contracting
firm of George w. Jackson Company
and the rescuers have been unable
to arrive at anything like an ac-
curate list of those who persisted. or
OF others who escaped the fury of
the flames or the icy water of the
lake. All Southside hospitals are
filled with injured men. City fire.
boats and tugs of the construction
company made frequent trips far into
the night to the scene of the dis
aster through heavy Icy foes.
After several hours of heroic work
on the part of the rescuers, 80 work.
men were rescued. When the fire
tug Conway and it's crew had finally
quenched the flames, SO bodies had
been carried to the shore and placed
In morgues In South Chicago await
ing Identification. The bodies of the
victims In the majority of instances
were unacceptable.
Owing to the difficulty experienced
by small crafts in reaching the crib
during the winter, most of the work
men employed on the work, particu-
larly those who had no families.
slept in temporary hunks at the crib.
1t was just as these men had been
awakened for the days work that the
explosion and subsequent fire caused
the pandemonium, which resulted In
the great loss of life.
AS nearly as the investigators have
been able to ascertain the explosion
had it's origin in powder house of
small dimensions, situated about 100
yards from the crib structure proper,
but at the same time being part of
the general structure built on founda-
lions resting ON the bottom of the
Take at this point. In this clubhouse
the George w. Jackson Company
stored, from time to time, just
enough powder and dynamite for
urgent use in the work of construct
ing the water tunnel, and in some
manner not yet known the explosives
were put into action.
The dull detonation, muf1led as It
was by the crunching of floating ice
against the crib and the atmosphere
laden with heavy fog, simply aroused
the attention of the workmen, ac-
cording to the survivors, and it was
not until the heat of the flames and
the sitting smoke penetrated the So
called living ROOM of the crib and
tunnel beneath the waters of the lake
that the full import of the disaster
dawnedT upon the workmen, cut off
from quick suecor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
Attack On General Stan.

Washington. D. C. Especially -
President Roosevelt has sounded a
call to arms to prevent an attack
upon the general stan of the Army.
He had a special conference with
Representatives Malby. Fassett, Par
sons. Dwight and olcott. all of New
York. He asked them to fight on
the floor of the House the report from
the Committee on Military Affairs
which practically cuts In two the
general staff, when the army bill
comes uD for action
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
Mr.. ROOT RESIGNS
BACON NOMINATED
Secretary Of State Concluded Treaties
With Bryce on Fisheries.

Washington. D. C. Especially. -
Elihu Root, secretary Of State and
Senator-elect from New York, Mon
day sent his resignation from the
Cabinet to the President
1t was agreed that Mr.. Root should
retain his Cabinet place until pend
ing negotiations with Great Britain
had been concluded. An agreement
ON the Newfoundland fisheries trea-
ties was reached Sunday night at
midnight with Ambassador Bryce,
and Monday morning Mr.. Roots res
'ignation was forwarded to take eff
foot upon the qualification of his sue
cessor.
Bacon Is Nominated.
The President at once sent to the
Senate the nomination of Assistant
Secretary Robert Bacon to become
Secretary of State, as well as the
nomination of John Callan O'Lough-
lin to be assistant secretary of state.
Ambassador Bryce cabled to the
British Foreign Office for authority
to sign the two fisheries treaties.
Adjust Pecuniary Claims.
The treaties cover the Newfound-
land fisheries problem, and the adj
justment OF pecuniary claims result
ing therefrom
The Newfoundland fisheries case
is to be referred to The Hague Court
of Arbitration for Interpretation of
article /, of the treaty of 1918.
Upon the decision in this case will
depend largely the disposal of the
claims that have arisen in connection
with the fisheries.
A second treaty provides for the
establishment of a joint high COM
mission, which will take up and de-
eide upon each claim separately in
accordance with The Hague tribunal
decision
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
Guard Kentucky Jail.

Lexington. KY. Especially The
jail at Harlan Courthouse is guarded
to prevent the threatened mob vio-
ienee to Henry Carter, Robert Os-
borne and Sidney Pope, who ale held
there on charges of assassinating
Talbot Howard. Towards body was
found in the Caldron River, where
II had evidently been thrown by tae
slayers. His wagon was found Sun
day with bullet holes in 1t and this
led to a suspicion of murder
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
Swallowed A Tack.

Stamford, CT. Especially Louis
Lotticy swallowed carpe: tack. He
sent over to a butcher shop and
got chunk of raw beef He tied a
string to the beef and swallowed It.
Then by the string he drew it out
of his stomach, hoping to fetch the
tack along with it. The tack did
not come. but the string cut the
mans throat and injured il badly.
Then he went to DIR. Clooman for
treatment. There have been no bad
effects from the tack.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
Lived Long With Broken Neck.

Atlanta Especially AT coroner's
inquest into the death Of Frank Car
ter, so years old, here 1t was testified
that he had broken his neck IL years
ago, and had lived without serious
Inconvenience from this accident. Car
ter died of apoplexy. When the pol
ice found that his neck was broken
they suspected foul play and ordered
the inquest. The testimony that his
neck had been broken for II years
was accepted as conclusive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
500 Houses Ready.

Washington, D. c. Especially Pay
Inspector Mudd, who has been detail
ed in charge of the shipments of the
1850 houses to Messina, reported to
the Navy Department that the first
shipment will be Saturday nj ht.
This will consist of 500 houses,
which will be sent on the steamship
Eva from New York. Mr.. Mudd
says that four vessels have now been
chartered. three to sail from New
York, and one from New Orleans
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
VOLCANO STARTS FLOOD.
A Curious CONFUSION OF Nature In
Philippines.

Manila Especially A dispatch re-
ceived here from Lucena, in the
Tayabas province, confirms the re-
ports of volcanic disturbance there
and states that the greater damage
was done in the fields under cult
walton. The roads and bridges in
the neighborhood of Sariaya were
destroyed. All the damage reported
was done by the inundation which
followed the outbreak of the volcano
OF Laganas and was caused by an
explosion which let loose the waters
of mountain lake.
The explosions in Laganas volcano
continue, according to the dispatch.
The eruptions apparently have baAn
slight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29

New York Especially The palatial
ocean steamship Republic. of the
White Star Line. which was in col
lision with the italian liner Florida
of Nantucket, Mass, went down at
half-past eight o'clock p. M. Her
passengers, with the exception of the
two who were killed, we're taken of
many hours before, and are on the
steamship Baltic, which was of
Sandy Hook at a late hour making
for this port. The bodies of the
dead are also on the Baltic.
The Republic was in tow of the
revenue cutter Gresham and the dere-
lict. destroyer Seneca, proceeding to
New York, when she sank. On board
her was Captain Sealby, with vol
unteer detail of SO of her crew. She
had been towed but a short distance,
when she began to settle rapidly.
Seeing no hope of saving the ship,
Captain Sealby hurriedly gave the
order to abandon ship, and the crew
was taken of by the Gresham, which
cast loose from the crippled liner and
stood by until she sank beneath the
waves.
The Gresham and the Seneca then
headed for the Massachusetts, Coast
and will land Captain Sealby and
his brave crew at Gayhead, Mass,
or Newport, R. I. AS to the exact
point of landing wireless advices diff
fer.
The point where the Republic
went down is described in brief WIRE
less messages received here as on
No Mans Land, small island south
of Martha's Vineyard Island. off the
Massachusetts Coast.
The Florida Limping In.
The italian liner Florida. which
crashed in to the Republic in the
dense fog off Nantucket, Mass, early
Saturday morning and gave the big
ship her death blow, Is slowly steam
ing toward New York, conveyed by
the American liner New York. Her
passengers also are on the Baltic,
having been transferred in the early
hours of the morning along with
those of the Republic.
The Baltic, which was called by
wireless telegraph to the aid of the
Republic, and transferred from the
Florida, not only the steamers 900
and more passengers. but the 442
passengers and part of the crew of
the Republic, is in New York harbor.
This in brief is the situation in
the stirring story of the sea, fol-
lowing the first wireless flash on the
collision of the two big ships In the
early dawn of Saturday morning of
Nantucket, Mass. For 36 hours the
suspense of the public was unallay-
ed, for almost every hour since the
first flash of the mishap came from
the Republics wireless operator has
brought conflicting reports from
man. points, all giving different
phase to the shifting scenes and
tending to confuse the situation.
No less than seven ocean liners
the Baltic, New York. Furnessia, Lor-
raine and Lucania and the two GRIP
pied ships. Florida and Republican,
figuring in this string story of the
sea.
Dead And Injured.
Until an early hour Sunday it was
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29

New Orleans. La. Especially For
mer Gov. Newton C. Blanchard will
leave for Canada in a few days.
where he will be married to Miss
Charlotte Tracy, now visiting rela-
tives there. Miss Tracy, whose home
is at Baton Rouge, La. first met the
Governor during the latter part of
his administration, when she appeal
ed to him not to commute the death
sentence OF a negro convicted of the
murder OF her brother.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
8 Killed In Pennsy Wreck.

Altoona, Pa. Especially The rear
end collision between the first and
second sections of the St. Louis ex-
press, on the Pennsylvania Railroad
near Summerhill, west of here, caus-
ed the death of three men and the
injuring of dozen others. The fact
that the passengers on the second
section were eight cars removed from
the point of collision probably avert
ed a greater loss of life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
To Die For Murder OF Grandfather.

To Die For Murder OF Grandfather.
Bridgeton. N. ]. Especially For
the murder of William Read. his
grandfather. in vineland. N. j..
November 10, Walter zeller was
sentenced by Judge Trenchard to die
in the electric chair during the week
beginning March 8. Cline Wheeler
and Herbert Grigg were each sentenc-
ed TO 80 years at hard labor in the
state prison at Trenton. Wheeler,
whose tr al was to commence today,
pleaded non vult.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
Carnegie Relief Fund Figures.

Pittsburg Especially The seventh
annual report of the Carnegie Relief
Fund, applicable to the employees of
the Carnegie Steel Company and its
nine constituent corporations, show
ing operations for 1908, was made
public here tonight. Benefits for the
year totaied $210.423.70. accident
benefits being $2O,307.70, death
benefits $109.023 and pension allow
anccs $81, 093.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29

Richmond. Ind. Especially Prof.
Ebert Russell, of Earlham College,
president of the Intercollegiate Peace
Association, received a letter from
Andrew Carnegie, in which Mr. Car
negie expressed a desire to contribute
500 to the organization. The gift
will be accepted. The association
aims to spread peace principles
among students in all colleges.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29

Votes For Woman Law Passed.
Uierre. s. D. Especially Without
debate and with but two dissenting
votes the equal suffrage amendment
to the state constitution passed the
Senate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
Brownsville petectives Dismissed.

Washington, D. C. Especially -
The services OF Brown and Baldwin.
the private detectives who were paid
$4,000 for their work in following
up members of the discharged bat
TALON of. the Twenty-fifth Infantry
and secured a confession" from
Boyd Gonyers, one of the number,
have been dispensed with. The War
Department has not abandoned its
efforts to secure evidence as to the
identity of the men who did the
shooting, but has practically decided
that private detectives have accom-
plished all that can be expected of
them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-01-29
Cannot stop Work no Fight.

Rome Especially AS the result of
an incident that occurred at Messina
during the earthquake Professor
Albanese has challenged General
Mazza, commander of the Italian
troops in the earthquake area, to
a duel. The Professor violently pro-
tested against orders issued by Gem
eral Mazza and the General expelled
him. The challenge was then sent.