The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Earthquake Horror Still Grows -
Two Mine Explosions Fatal to Many
Preacher a Murderer-Night Rid
ers to Hang.


ers to Hang.
ITALY'S DISTRESS:-Th distress
from the earthquakes in Southern
Italy continues almost as great as at
first, In spite Of the millions OF dol
lars which have been sent to that
country. The government gift OF
ss00,00O is being used as rapidly as
possible. The first of the battleship
fleet have arrived there and the Am
erican sailors are doing all they can.
100000 has been raised by private
uarties and sent across, and similar
gifts have been made by other coun-
tries, and yet there is not enough.
Hundreds OF thousands are without
shelter, clothing or much food, and
many OF them are crippled and sick.
Every cent that is given will be used
aud will definitely relieve suffering.
Thanks to the organization of the Red
Cross, too, none of the money VIII
le lost on the way to pay officials
or In any other way. Every thing
goes right to the right spot. The
work of rescue has been going on
tho made hard and dangerous by the
repeated Quakes and even as late
as fourteen days after the great quake
when every one was given up for
dead, people were taken out Of the
ruins alive. No further figures have
been given as to the number OF
deaths-it may be months before the
number will be at all accurately
known. The Italian government has
never changed Its estimate Of u.s.
900. but others have made estimates
running from 10000 to 100000. 1t is
likely that l5O, 900 is the most nearly
correct.
BIG NINE EXPLoSIoN:-Between
fifty and a hundred miners were killed
Tuesday morning at the Lick Branch
mine at Switchback. in West Virginia,
About three hundred more were at
work In the mine, and it is uncertain
how many OF them have escaped.
EXPLOSION KILLS NINETEEN
An explosion OF gas In the coal mine
at Zeigler. H.. owned by Phillip
Letter, who engineered the famous
wheat corner" few years ago caus-
ed the death Sunday of nineteen men.
Several others were injured.
MURDER BY PREACHER:-A
murder mystery in which II was fin
ally found that the man originally
supposed the victim was really the
murderer, was the feature of last
weeks criminal news. The crime
was committed In a Methodist church
near Detroit, Mich. A mans body
was found cut up and partially burned
At first II was supposed that the bod,
was that of the Rev. John ii. Car
michael, pastor of the church, but
finally. by means of the teeth. it
was decided that the victim had been
one Gideon Browning. The preacher
disappeared, and was not found till
he committed suicide at a small
boarding house in Illinois. lie left a
letter confessing the deed, and saying
his victim hypnotlzed him.
NIGHT RIDERS SENTENCED
SIX OF the men who had been tried
In Tennessee for night riding and
the murder of Capt Rankin. have been
found guilty and sentenced TO be hang
ed. The other two have been SEN
fenced to twenty years apiece in the
penitentlary a new trial has been
refused and an appeal will be made.
POINT FOR THAW:-A point has
finally been won by lawyers for Harr.
X Thaw, who has been trying to get
him out OF the lunatic asylum ever
since they managed to have him sent
there instead of to the electric chair.
They have finally found a judge who
is willing to give him new trial 10
determine whether or not he is still
insane. AS he has never been insane,
but only a murderer. it is likely that
he will be allowed to get out.
GUILLOTINE USED:-The guillo-
tine, that famous machine which was
used to kill so many French mobiles
in the Reign of Horror, was brought
into use in France again Monday aftel
being out of work for a number Of
years, and four men wer killed with
1t. The executions were public.
TRY TO INITIATE Christian
experiment is being made in Cleve-
land by several thousand young peo-
pie, to see II they can live as they
think Christ would have them. They
have undertaken to do 1t for two
weeks, and the experiment has arous-
ed a great deal of interest all over
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