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Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-06

NAPLES, Dec. 30.-Time only con. firms the unspeakable horrors of the overpowcring catastrophe of the earth. quake. History perhaps will never divulge the supreme total of individ. ual tragedies, for earth and sea have ruthlessly laid claim to thousands of human beings, and flames have merci- lessly completed the uneompleted de. vastation.
 The hotels and homes at Naples are crowded with refugees, and people are veing with one another in aiding the stricken.
 Those who have explicit knowledge of the subject agree the center of the cataclysm was the strait of Messina, which is also the center of the vol. canic zone, whose highest peak, Aeta, is now silent. From this base to Tel luric the disturbance extended, abat- ing little by little, northerly as far as Cape vaticano, and southcrly to the Bay of Catania, ravaging the western region of Calabria and the eastern coast of Sicily for nearly A hundred miles.
 It is impossible to ascertain aceu- rately the movement east and west in the island regions, but it is certain the beauty of one of the most charm ing sections of southern Italy is ire voeably dcspoiled. Vineyards are nc more, waving rows of orange, lemon and olive trees are torn up, and tho enchanting coast line vita its soft fra grant foliage is converted to a hideoui desert.
 Reggie, whose green aspect set of the severity of its mountains, an' Palmi, perched jauntily amid orange and olive trees, have become mer' blots on the horizon.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-06

ROME, Dec. 30.-Half the popula' tion of Calabria and the eastern part of Sicily is dead, and the other half IS weeping.
 It is impossible to exaggerate the horrors. The calamity overwhelms Italy. It is almost beyond imagina' ton. Not only are dead by tens of thousands but innumerable wounded are buried beneath ruins, many or whom must perish because it is impos- sible to rescue them.
 The whole of Italy is stunned and at the scene of the disaster most of the people are literally dementcd.
 The number of victims is estimated at 50,OOO to 100000.
 The king and queen arrived at Mes sina today. When they made theii way through the ruined city the queer almost swooned. The crowd, terro stricken. swarmed around the roya marty. men and women throwing them selves in the mud at their feet an' screaming for aid and pity At Messina the worst fears wer confirmed. The cathedral, municipa building, barracks and prisons are dc stroyed and presumably all the small CT buildings also.
 Of esO railway employees at the sta ton in Messina only eight survived At Reggie the silence of death s'i
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-06

ROME, Dee. 30. The government IS finding difficulty in ascertaining the fate of many foreigners who were in the earthquake zone al the time of the castrophe.
 Admiral Makharofr, commander of the Russian battleship which arrived with fugitives at Naples today, cc~- firms the report of the death of the American consul at Mcssina, Arthur S. Cheney, and his wife, who were bu. ricd in the ruin of the consulate.
 The number of Americans in south ern Italy and Sicily is believed 10 be small.
 The minister of war is dispatching orders to the military authorities whs have practically taken over absolute power throughout the zone.
 All heads of foreign states have sent expressions of warmest sympathy and deepest eondolence.
 France is dispatcaing five warships from Toulot to Messina.
 The minister of marine today re. eeived word the steamships Taormina and Campania. laden with forty.five thousand beds and a large supply of provisions, had left Genoa bound for Messina. other steamers, fully stock ed, are on their way to the stricken cities.
 Added 10 the difficulty of obtaining food and water, there are no drugs or surgical appliances.
 Temporary hospitals have been rig ged up but comparativel view can be relieved.
 The scenes of horror defy descrip' ton. The survivors are suffering cruel extremities, and in Messina people may bc seen everywhere vainly searching in the dust and debris for morsels of food.
 Dispatches state the city of Palmi contains 1900 dead. and twice as many injured. Two.thirds of tho town is laid waste. All the villages adjacent are damaged severely.
 Dispatches from Catania describe Messina as appearing like huge in- candescent furnace.
 The strait of Messina is choked by corpscs of men and animals.
 At the present time twelve war ships are at Messina, four Italian four British and four Russian, as well as n number of destroyers and steam CTS.
 The injured that are being cared fol aboard the steamers will be removed 10 Naples.
 It is impossible to approach Reggie by land or sea.
 The ministry of marine has received word that frightful footing and pillag' has occurred at Reggie. The place will have few survivors.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-06
DEATH
 ROLL COUNTS NEAR
 ID 100000 VICTIMS
Messages Bring News of Undreamed Carnage Throughout Devastated District and Hourly Extent
 Of Slaughter Grows.

By
 children ars sicily Italy entire Calabnan qukes appalling rsos coming owly of all communication.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-06

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Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-06

Steamers with doctors, druggists, fremen and workmen arrived at Mes. sina from Catsnia and other points.
 Special dispatches from Catania con. firm the destruction of Reggie and re. port the situation as bad, if not worse, than that of Messina.
 Relief funds have already started and hundred ships and trains are on the way carrying supplies and rein. forcements to the south.
 Immediately after the quake sailors from the Italian torpedo boat Sappho landed officers and men and Italian and British steamers also sent men ashore.
 Many prisoners in the jail escaped and footed right and left. Hundreds were engaged in robbing banks and business houses.
 Vandalism of the worst kind has broken out and the government has instituted strict measures. Robbers and looters are being shot.
 The prison at Messina collapsed Some of the prisoners were killed but the survivors have joined the vandals There is confusion and no resistance as the local chief of police is dead in the ruins of his office. The barracks at Messina is demolished and the com mander killed with many of the en listed men.
 The government has sent Genera Feirrera de Cossatti to be in full charge of the devastated territory His first move will be to declare mar tial law
 The night in Messina was one oi | horror and indescribable fire and rob bery, with dead and dying on ever, side. The city was in utmost con fusion. In the spell of terror wer' many courageous acts by soldiers an' citizens, many of whom lost thei lives rescuing others.
 Towards moring the worst fires wer under control the footing was par tially stopped and comparative orde prevailed.
 |, The finest palaces, churches an thcaters are in ruins. Countless dea bodies are buried in the wreekage.
 Pestilenec will probably add its hoi TOT.
 The devastation was more or les complete and no part of Calabria e capped.
 The tidal wave was 23 feet high. Tnree battleships cruising have bee ordered by wireless to proceed to Me sina. The British squadron has al' , left to assist in the rescue.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-06

MESSINA, Dec. 3l.-The scene was frightful today amid the ruins of tae customs house. Bands of famished m aividuals groped in the debris for food The first successful searchers were at lacked by others with revolvers and knives and obliged to divide.
 The struggle was fierce. Like wolevs several persons fell disemboweled, de- fending mere handfuls of dry bones or il few ounces of flour. One unfortun- ate was pinned to plank with a knife. clinging to the hand of his lit' tie child, for wnom he sought food.
 The king and queen left Messina last night and arrived at Reggie to- day. When they reembarked on the warship they sent wireless message.
 CT have returned from Reggie, where l found the condition no less disastrous than at Messina," the mes sage read.
 The prefect of Reggie says grave in' jury has visited his provinces.
 A Russian warsnip with 800 wound ed aboard arrived at Naples this morning. Everything must be prepar ed for them. Another Russian shif will carry them to syracuse.
 Slowly the measure of tho disaster is being taken, and as reports aeeumn late it is seen the first estimates did not exaggerate the extent of the hor TOT. Officials estimate the dead a I02 OOO and there is reason to believe it will be greatly exceeded.
 The pitiable plight of the survivor aas universal attention. Counties thousands of half demented, naked starving survivors, some wounded some uninjured, are crying pitifull. for food, water, clothing, shelter an medicine.
 There is no news of Americans. An
 bassador Griscom is said to have SC } out from Rome 10 secure news c Americansh
 |, is estimated a hundred thousan
 people have fled the desolated terr r tory. The latest estimates of the dea at Palmi and Bsgnara is i4,ooo an Q I5,000 respectively.
 [. It is estimated an army Of 2o,o,
 lie needed to rescue the Twin gstill el c trapped and to bury the dead.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03
WESTERN OUTPLAq
EASTERN TEAMS
Pittsburg Held It's Place at the Top,
and Chicago Is in Second Place.
REDS DO THE BEST WORK
Good Hitting Is Done by Teams and
Individuals on Eastern Trip.

The first clash between the eastern
and western teams last week resulted
in favor of the teams from the west,
which won IL of the 20 games play
ed. Two of the western teams bet
tered their positions, and only one is
lower now than it was when it went
east Pittsburg retains first position
by a better margin than it had at the
beginning of the weak. Chicago went
from fourth to second place by win
ming three out Of five games. Gin
cinnati, which did the best work,
jumped from sixth to fourth place.
The Reds lost only one game, winning
four. st. Louis went east in sew
enth place and is now in eighth. The
Cardinals won only two out of five
games. The Philadelphia, as a re-
suit of their meeting with the west
ern teams, and losing three out of
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03

London.-The speech at the Lake
Mohonk Conference on International
Arbitration Of President Nicholas
Murray Butler, Of Columbia Univer-
sity, in which he described Great Bril-
tain's attitude to Germany as a form
Of ~''present-day emotional insanity"
has been s%trikingly confirmed during
the past week. Sensational stories
of German airships, stacks of Ger
man Mausers stored in a London eel
lar, thousands of German walters and
hair dressers eagerly anticipating the
Emperor's signal to deliver England
to an invading army Of their fellow
countrymen, have been the main, fea-
lures of the newspapers throughout
the country.
The Mauser myth, to which atten-
tion was first called by Sir John Bar
low, has been contemporary dis
missed by War Secretary Haldane in
the House of Commons as IAN excep-
tionally silly story" but it has been
quite surpassed by accounts Of myth
zeal nocturnal visitations Of q Ger
man airship.
The phantom Flying Dutchman"
soon developed into a large feet, the
competing papers vouching for the
accuracy Of their respective stories
and giving signed statements circum-
stantially detailing the maneuvres
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03

London.-"Our army is a sham!
We have no ARMY" exclaimed Field
Marshal Lord Roberts earnestly in a
debate in the House of Lords upon
the Duke of Bedford's motion for an
inquiry into the condition Of the re-
serve. Earl Roberts, who is known
to favor compulsory military train
Ing, declared that he was amazed at
the manne in which both houses
treated the army as a party question
and at the apathy Of the nation re-
garding military defense. The ma
ton. he said, did not believe in. the
danger of invasion, and no wonder,
Tor their leaders told them there was
no fear of it. He added:
II know perfectly we'll that the
leaders in both houses are anxious
about the future, but they do not tell
the country that w have neither an
army to send abroad nor to defend
the country at home. While we are
sitting here, taking it easily and
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03

comfortably, the danger is coming
nearer and pearer to us daily, and
unless you cease telling the people
they are living in safety and get an
army fit to deal with any enemy we
shall one day come to such utter grief
that you will bitterly regret your ia
action.
"It is a perfect marvel to me how
anybody can see what is going on
around us in Europe and be content
with the condition of our army. No
country in the world would attempt
to defend itself with the paucity of
men and with the unframed men we
have got. You will never have a real
army until you have taken the nation
into your confidence and tell them
their danger. You may think you
are safe, but you are not. Be frank
and tell the nation what is before
them. They will respond"
His admonitions were addressed to
the Government representatives.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03
YOUNGSTERS WORKING
STRONG IN O =,

East Liverpool, O.-Witb the y.
son 10 days old, fans are lust patt;1s
a line on the quality of the n,ara1s
in the various Ohio-Pannsv1~s~
clubs. There is more young h,oaa
in the league this season ~ o.ooa
These youngsters, SO it seems 0,el.
willing to "play their heads osu are
order to make records, and pot ~ ~
a higher-class league at the ons Ineo
the season Nuu VI
All games so far played have hoo,
OF close scores. Hitting has boou
rather light, and the error coln Droa
show that the germ is greater than
before. In a few weeks. nowevar :.
Is likely that more errorless oomoe
will be played. 7~D
Clarence Rarey of Steuhenv;,1o
seems to be making good with Eria
He was first tried out with steuhen'
vile, then with the East Iivernoo1
P. O.. M. club two seasons ago Rarev
kept himself in trim by WORKING IN >
farm during the winter.
Gene Curtis, the East Livernoo1
outfelder, seems to be one of the hest
hitters In the league. Should ha
keep up his work, he will be in the
300 class r the season closes.
Another good hitter who has coma
back into the fold is Guy Woodruff
last season with East Liverpool, and
who was sold to Memphis. Woodruff
is with New Castle. Only injuries
kept him out of the game and kent
him from being the best hitter in the
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03

President Buffers Remark That It Is a Form Of Present. Day Emotions
Insanity strikinsIy Borne Out by Series Of Absurd Events.

Of the mysterious and swift<moving
dirigible at the anne moment in va
rious places on the east and west
coasts, and eve in Ireland.
Captains Of incoming steamers
have been credited with statements
that they exchanged flare signals
with the aerial visitor in the North
Sea, and some newspapers went SO
far as to insinuate that the scare
ship" had its home on a German war
ship now in the North Sea at maneu-
vres, to which it returns after it's
nightly fight. Descriptions of the
secret f1y-by-night became more and
lore graphic, until certain advertis-
ers, who had been experimenting
with model airships attached by
ropes to motor cars, confessed their
part in the affair and exploded the
various theories.
Meanwhile, Germany, as evidenced
by the comments in the German pa
pers On the latest panic, came to
much the same conclusion as Presi-
dent Butler. Contempt, disgust and
Impotence have been the prominent
notes in the German editorials, which
picture England as "the home Of
mere nervou degenerates, who are
yielding themselves up to a frenzy.
unworthy ever Of a decaying coun-
try"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03

National con1eetoners See a Big Fight Coming For Control OF the
Trader Arranging For Eaetores--And Afterward, President Bedford
Says, May Sell Their Product Through Its Own EstahLshments.

New York City.-The Corn Prod
ucts Refining Company, Of which e.
T. Bedford, of the Standard Oil Com
pany, is president, and in which
James A. Moffett, F. @. Barstowe and
Charles M. Pratt are directors, and
William Rockefeller and the late H
H. Rogers we're generally understood
to be largely interested, is likely to
go into the retail candy business.
AS has been generally known, the
directors at their last meeting took
the preliminary steps toward starting
a project for utilizing the glucose
manufactured in the company's
plants by establishing candy fac
tories. This step, It was said recent
ly; is likely to be followed by the
retailing Of the product of the fac
tories, through a company yet to be
organized, in its own stores. The
candy business has recently seen in a
smaller way signs of approaching
organization OF the modern lines Of
combination, but this step will be far
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03

in advance of anything yet suggested.
One of the principal Ingredients
in the making of candy in these days
is glucose, Of which the company
manufactures between seventy-f1ve
and eighty-five per cent. of all that
is consumed in the United States.
If the Corn Products Refining Com
pany uses its glucose in it's own candy
factories and sells the product in its
own stores, then the smaller and
hitherto Independent candy COM
panies, such as Huyler's, Lofts, the
Mirror and Repetti's, will either have
to go into the bigger concern or COM
pete with it, if they can.
Members Of the National Confec-
TONERS Association, who discussed
the situation-and there were many
who spoke freely on the subject
pointed out that the candy trade in
the United States looked as though
it were going to take a similar course
to that already taken by this coun-
try's tobacco trade.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03

five games dropped from second to
third place. Boston was in third
place and is now in fifth, at a tie with
Brooklyn, which retains it's position.
New York went from eighth to sew
enth place, passing the Cardinals, al
though it won the same number of
games. The eason is that the Giants
have played 20 games to the Cardin-
ais %.
There was some fine individual bat
league players. The heaviest hitting
was done by Beaumont of the Bos-
tons, who on Tuesday made three two
baggers, a total of six bases. On
the same day Mclean of the Cincin-
natis made four hits, including a dou-
BILE, giving him a total of five bases.
On Wednesday Shaw of st. Louis got
four hits, all singles. On Thursday,
in a 13-inning game at Boston. Starr
and Beaumont, ex-Pirates on the Bos-
ton team, each made four hits for a
total of five bases, each getting a two
Dagger. Of course, the record for the
season is still held by Abstein, the
Pittsburg, Businessman, who got a to-
tai of eve bases on April 25.
The highest batting game Of the
week took place at Philadelphia on
Friday when the Philadelphia and
Pittsbufg teams between them made
eight hits for a total of 10 bases.
Clarke made a three dagger and that
raised the total to double figures.
In this game Deacon Philippe was
the particular star. It was the sec
ond time this season that he pitched
for the Pirates, and fully justified the
confidence. placed in him by his many
admirers, who cannot forget the fine
record he made with the Pirates in
past years.
The best pitching of the week was
done. by Beebe of the st. Louis Car.
dinals, who on Wednesday held the
Brooklyn team down to two hits. q
single and a double,t and scored a shut
| out, the score being 10 to O., the most
one-sided game of the season. -Four
other pitchers have this season allow
ed opposing teams only two hits. Will
is did this against Cincinnati, Fromme
against Pittsburg, Ferguson against
J New York, and Mattern against New
York. The record of the season is
held by Camnitz of the Pirates, who
| held Cincinnati down to one hit. :.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03

league last season. Woodruff mas re-
ported to New Castle.
Outfielder Doubles and Pitcher Mill
er have been released by Manager
Clepper' of Steubenville.
In securing Van Patterson to man
age the Canton team, that club mas
more ginger about it than ever Known
to exist in a Canton lineup. How
ever, Patterson is not satisfied Wlth
his club, and it is reported that d
shakeup is soon due.
~Steubenville will likely give lnneld'
er Bevins of Rochester, n. T.. a ry-
out for third. Outfelder OHara'
formerly of the Boston Nationals IS
playing in the league under the nan,e
of Lynch" and will certainly auu
some strength to the SteuDen'iii0
team.
KELLY KNOCKED OUT BY PAPk6;
San Francisco.-One minute ana ~
seconds of a scheduled 45-rouno con.
test was sufficient to demonstrate lnae
Hugo Kelly of Chicago is no ma .hn
in speed or skill with Billy Paphe' 'ns
| Illinois thunderbolt At the emu ~
this brief period, after half a uo ozad
short rallies, Papke stood unliaih 49,
while Kelly lay unconscious II ~
center of the ring, with a ceee ou
over his right eye and his clansi
for the middle-weight cnanlplon'Dp
gone glimmering. ,oa
Faster and stronger than ~ ++1a
appeared since his memorable ps a1os
with Stanley Ketchel at Los Ans annor
Papke virtually toyed with MS opP be
nent. In the several cllnches IN.
smothered Kelly's attempts at NV LIZ
fighting and pushed him away, Qha
to land singing rights n le.t s
found the Italian almost unptote
Kelley lost the battle when rap a~
landed his first clean right and III,
to the law. Prior to this Papke nau
shot. a terrific left hook to the tenplS
which laid open an inch-long gas9 , iuSr
above Kelley's right eye, and
thereupon appeared to weakly the
Papke instantly rushed him ~ into
ropes, shooting lefts and rish@
his mid-sectiOn. +od 10,
AS Referee Eddie Smith cou counts on
Kelley struggled to raise hlnise ms his
his elbow, but the effort 1,nrched
last spark of vitality and ne
back. unconscious.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03
Original Honest Man Lives
the Great State of low

Des Noines, Iowa.-WHliam Will
son. q ~1aboring man of this city,
found $3.50 in greenbacks under a tin
can several weeks ago.
Did William Wilson spend that
$120? No, he did not. He turned 1t
over to Justice Of the Peace Roe,
made an AFFIDAVIT as to how he found
the money, and that's why he is
called Iowa's Original Honest Man.
Wilson was picking mushrooms
near Beaver Creek when he made
the find.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-06-03
Sea Cuts Away Great Stretches
Of Cane Cod Coast.

Of Cape Cod Coast.
Woods Hole. Mass.-The. north
east gale that for over a week blew
steadily along the shores of Vine
yard Sound and on Nantucket shoals
cut up the beaches all along the
shores of Cape Cod, and hotels and
summer homes along the coast will
have to be moved back. ~
The ~life-savers say that they never
before witnessed such great changes
tn the coast line of Cape Cod. and
where they formerly patrolled the
beach the tides now run riot.