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A S Sali? ESTABLISHED IN 18 WILL COME SOON Wireless Station Will Be Estab ' llshed in Several Cities IN SOUTH CAROLINA The United States Wireless Tele graph Company Begins Work Up on the Great Inland Sontheim Ex tension of Its Commercial Dispatch System-r-Instruments Ordered. The January number of The Aero gram, a magazine devoted to ths wireless telegraph and telephone bus iness, will contain an interesting ar ticle on the proposed extension of the business of the United Wireless Telegraph Company, and from ad vance proofs it is learend with pleas-, ure and interest that Columbia is on t^ list of new offices to be es tablished. The company is making preparations to form a complete sys tem for over-sea and over-land bus iness and expects in "the course of time to be in active competition with the wire lines in bdsiness, social and official transactions of messages. The following from the article men tined will be of general interest: The eastern operating department of the United States Wireless Tele graph Company announces the plac ing of an order with the company's manufacturing department, for 250 complete sets of wireless instru ments, all of which are soon to be installed at stations to be establish ed in cities east of the Mississippi river. This is the largest order for wire less apparatus and to manufacture,, erect and put the stations into op eration, will require an expenditure exceeding $600,000. The majority of the stations will be of one or two k. w. capacity, with a range from 100 to 300 miles, but some, which are intended for long distance serv ice, will be of from 5 tc; 20 k. w. to ' .transmit wireless messages, under all conditions of weather, for a range of from 50 to 2,000 miles overland an! from 1,000 to 3,000 miles over the water. The United Wireless Telegraph Company's manufacturing depart ment embracing three complete.fac tories, two of which are located in Jersey City, N. J.,. and the other in Seattle, Wash., have a combined capacity of over $1,000,000 worth of wireless apparatus per year. The larger part of the entire output o$ these factories has heretofore been needed in filling orders from various governments and for vthe United Company's marine department. [t is probable, nowever, that with an extensiou of this factory equipment, which will be made in the near fu ture, the 250 sets will be completed and the new stations be ready for operation in 1909. The company promises to erect stations not only in the States east of the Mississippi river, but also [<t the Western States from the Pacific coast eastward, until they complete an intercommunicating wireless (Sys tem covering all important commei cial mining and manufacturing cen ters throughout the entire United States. Inasmuch as nearly all of such cities are connected with many smaller places by local telephone sys tems," it is expected that the United Wirelsss Telegraph Company will be in a position, by, the end of 1909. to receive and deliver messages at several thousand polnfs. where the wire companies at present maintain offices. The operating department of thi company is now organizing its forces to begin the selection of locations for these new stations. Contracts . and leases will be entered inte an.I the advanced work completed, ready for the installation of the aparatus as rapidly as suitable sites can be secured and satisfactory arrange ments made. Among the stations proposed are the following: North Carolina:?Elizabeth City. Cape Hatteras, Beaufort, Newbern, Raleigh, Wilmington, Greensboro, Charlotte, Asheville, Henderson and Winston-Salem. South Carolina?Charleston, Sum ter, Columbia, Spartanburg, Green ville, Anderson and Abbeville. Georgia?Savannah, Brunswick Valdosta. Albany, Augusta. Griffin. LaGrange, Athens, Atlanta anu Rome. Florida?Jacksonville, St. Augue tine. Gainesville, Ocala, Tampa, Key West, Tallahassee and Pensacola. Alabama?Mobile, South West Pass, Selma, Montgomery, Tuscaloo sa. Birmingham. Anniston, Gadsdea and Huntsville. Mississippi?Columbus, Greenville, .Meridian. Jackson, Vicksburg, Natch ez and Biloxi. Louisiana?Now Orleans , Bato:. Rouge, Alexandria and Monroe. Tennessee?Chattanooga, Bristol, ?Knoxville, Columbus, Nashville, Clarksville, Jackson and Memphis. The article further states that the announcement of the western operat ing department will be made in a short time, giving the location of station contemplated in the States and territories west of the Missis sippi river. As rapidly as these sta tions are completed they will be put into operation with the stations al ready established, of which the? 69. WORK OF RESCUE. HEROIC RELIEF PARTIES STRUG GLE NIGHT AND DAY. King and Queen of Italy. Share Un flinchingly in Dangerous and i. Heart-breaking Task. Messina, Jan. 6.?Although con fused and without system, the work of rescue has been carried on brave ly by night as well as by day. Seachi lights on the warships flood the ruins with their rays and give light to the salvage parties. The king and queen of Italy, on board the battleship Regina Elena, nave given a notable example of de votion. The king, with some of hia ministers at his side, has been di recting and, suprevising the relief work, yet he has found time to visit the field hospitals and speak words of encouragement to his stricken sub jects. The .queen has been spending 15 hours a day beside the sick beds on the Regina Elena, attending and consoling and encouraging. The brunt of the work of rescue has fallen on the sailors, foreigners as well as Italians, and all have done their duty nobly. Praise of the Rus- ] slans are on every lip. They hesi tated before no danger, d/gging un der tottering walls or entering the unsafest shells when asked to do fo by some frantic woman who had not lost all hope that husband or child was still alive. Although the air in Messina is heavy with the stench of putrifylng bodies several groups of Sicilians have camped out in the cleared spac es of the city and obstinately refuse the* invitation of the authorities to move away. The survivors of' the disaster are so dazed and worn out that they are quite incapable of describing their experinces connectedly, but the ac counts of all agree that the devas tation was accomplished in less than one minute. The strata below the strait slipped, then a tidal wave rush ed in and out and all was over. Those capable of expressing tbelr sensations say that as the shock came they felt an upward thrust of the earth. This was followed by an oscillary motion and the crust of the earth vibrated. Few of the, survivors 'are able to explain how they escaped. They know only that amid falling plaster and mansonry they managed to jump safely from windows or tum bled down crumbling stairways'. PRIEST MAY BE UNFROCKED. Mysteriously Disappeared With a l'oung Girl. Newark, N. J., Jan. 6.?Rev. Filomena Siani, assistant priest a: St. Roccos Roman Catholic church, ihis city, and Julia Lesta, 17 year old. disappeared simultaneously last Thursday and today the girl's fath er, received a letter from the prie.u stating that they, had been married in New York, and would not be heard from again. Rev. Father Siani had been a cu rate in the church for two years. He had heard confessions offered the sacred of the mass daily. Ho had heard many..vtimes the confessions o' the girl with whom he eloped and had called frequently at her home. Rev: James Zuccorell, rector of the church, said today he would take steps to have the eloping priest un frocked. Bishop O'Connor has been informed. AMERICANS CHARTER STEAMER Secure Austrian Lloyd Liner Oceania / to Aid Suffering Italians. Rome, Jan. 4.?Ambassador Gris com and the members of the Ameri can relief committee have chartered for two weeks the Austrian Lloyd steamship Oceania. The steamer can accommodate 1,400 steerage and 100 first class passengers. She is now being fitted out. Ambassador Griscom today deliv ered to Count Taverna, head of the Italian Red Cross, $250,000 from the American Red Cross. Count Tav ?na was overwhelmed and said he ould make an exception to the rule, which forbids the distribution of money through any but Red Cross channels, and returned to the ambassador $2,000, which he had contributed to the expense of the relief ship. Made Solemn Pledge. Cleveland, O., Jan. 4.?A move ment which has been in the course of preparation for several weeks was put into effect here today when 1, 800 young people pledged them selves to "live as Christ would have lived." The pledges were made at the Epworth Memorial church, where hundreds of members of the Ep worth League. Christian Endeavor and Baptist Young People's Society met. are now about 200, including sea coast stations and ships equipped. The business to be handled by th'.> extensive wireless system include commercial messages to and from boats, between ltoats and shore sta tions, "over-sea" cable business, commercial and land service betweeu cities and the distribution of press matter in competition with the wire systems. DONATES $800,000 SENDS LARGE SUM TO EARTH QUAKE SUFFERERS IN ITALY. Special Message From the President Recommending Aid for the Strick en Sister Nation. Washington, Jan. 4.?Bountiful provisions for the . earthquake suf ferers of Italy was made by con gress today and that, too, by un animous vote. In the house there was vigorous handclapping as the bill carrying the appropriation was sent en its way. The munificent sum of $S0o, 000 was granted almost immediately after the reception in both houses of a message from the president call ing attention to the calamity and the pressing need of aid for the stricken sister nation. The president's signature was not affixed to the bill tonight, as it. did not reach him, neither )the vice president nor the speaker yet hav ing signed it. The house hai ad journed and Speaker Cannon had left the capital before the seiate passed the measure. Presi-iont. Roosevelt wil sign the bill, making it effective when it reaches him, which probably will be tomorrow. But for the fact that the national legislature was adjourned for the usual holiday recess when the earth quake occurred earlier action would have been taken,- although by the president's direction and with con fideneo of congressional approval supplies aboard the naval ships Celtic and Culgao, intended for the battleship fleet, were diverted and ordered to the sufferers. No such generous help ever was extended to a stricken people by this government before. The legis lature received the message and fille.i with a sympathetic desire to lend their votes to anything which would bring relief were early in their seats and prepared to take immediate ac tion. Confident that the further con tributions of the American public will justify its assumption of respon sibility in authorizing Ambassador Griscome at Rome to charter ana load with supplies a relief vessel and also to transport refugees, the American National Red Cross ad vanced the necessary means where with to meet the suggestions of the ambassador and his committee of Americans in Rome. Over $3 30, 000 has been collected through the Red Cross alone, of which $60,000 represents the advance referred to, one-half of which The Christian Herald has agreed to raise. Because of the belief of the prime minister of Italy, expressed in a mes sage today, in response to a cable gram from the president to Ambas sador Griscom, transmitted last Sat urday, that the American fleet of battleships will arrive at the scene of disaster too late to be of great assistance, qonferences are being held with the view to rearranging their sailing programme, especially as it has been determined that tha fleet's visit to the several Italian ports where preparations were mak ing for its appropriate reception would lie ill-timed under the present circumstances. President Roosevelt in a message to congress today asked for a direct appropriation of $500,000. At the conference- at the White House last night, attended by Speak er Cannon, $500,000 was agreed up on as the amount which should lie appropriated. Ten minutes before the house convened the speaker re ceived a letter from the While House suggesting that the amount be increased to $snn',0fi0. Before any action could be taken by the committee on appropriations the house was in receipt of the presi dent's message on the subject. At the hurried meeting of the commit tee in front of the speaker's dosk, JKG , 8. C TH UBS DAY, THEIR LAST BOUT IS OVER. SHOT AT NEGRO. Was Attacking Two Ladies When Drove Off at Pistol's Point. Rome, Ga., Jan. 4.?At the point of a pistol, Mrs. Bradley drove off and fired at a negro here today, who was atempting to assault Mrs. R. D. Campbell and her daughter, Lilly. The two women were on the back veranda of their home when the ne gro came into the yard. He seized Mrs. Campbell's dress and pulled her from the porch and also her daughter. Both screamed, which attracted the attention of Mrs. Brad ley, a next doer neighbor, who seiz ed a pistol, went to the rescue. Pointing the pistol at the negro, she ordered him to leave the place. Not going fast enough, she fired at him several times, none of the shots tak ing effect. A posse was soon organized and is searching the woods for the negro. One negro was arrested by the mob and brought before the two ladies who said that he was not the man Serious trouble is feared if he is caught. the $500,000 which had been place i in its measure was increased to con form with the president's later recr ommendation. The president's mes sage follows: "To the Senate and House of Repre sentatives: "The appalling calamity which has befallen the people of Italy is followed by distress throughout a wide region among many thousands who have escaped with iife, bin. whose shelter and food and means of life are destroyed. The ordinary nieana for supplying the wants of civilized communities is paralyzed and an expectional emergency exists which demands that the obligation-: of humanity should regard no limi: of national lines. "The immense debt of civilization to Italy; the warm and steadfast friendship between that country ana our own; the affections for their na tive land felt by a great number of good American citizens who are im migrants from Italy; the abundant;-.' with which God has blessed us in our safely?all these prompt us to immediate and effective relief. "Private generosity is responding nobly to the demand by contribu tions through the safe and efficient channel of the American Red Cross society. "Confident of your approval I have ordered the government sup ply ships Celtic and Gu'goa to the scene of disaster, where, upon re ceiving the authority which I now ask from you. they will be able to dispense food, clothing and other supplies with which they are laden to the value of about $300,000. The Celtic has already sailed and the Culgoa is at Port Said. Eight ves sels of the returning battleship fleet are already under orders for Italian waters and that government has been asked if their services can be use ful. "I recommend that the congress approve the application of supplies above indicated and further appro priate the sum of $500,000 to be applied to the work of relief at the discretion of the executive and with the consent of the IUIian govern ment. . "I suggest that the law follow the form of that passed after the Mount P.lee disaster in 1 902. "Theodore Roosevelt. "The White Hou^e, January 4, 1909." Rabies From Horse. Ncwburg, Ala., Jan. 4.?Miss Ruby Green, daughter of a well known farmer, died yesterday after noon from hydrophobia contracted in an unusual manner. A mad dog re cently bit a horse owned by Mr. Green, father of the young woman. The horse later went mad and was shot. Miss Green had a slight abra sion on her left wrist and in some manner this became infected while she was around the horse. JANUARY 7, 1909. ?Brinkerhoff in CUvcland LMctar. RECEIVES MESSAGES FROM ONE WHO DIED LONG SINCE. A Woman Claims She Has a Spirit Friend Who Helps Her do Wonder ful Things. London, Jan. 3.?Seeing the an nouncement, emanating from New York, that a Plymouth lady spiritu alist intended claiming the prize of $5,000 offered by the American Phychical society to anyone wbo could* prove having received a mes sage from the dead. I have Inter viewed the lady, whose name n Martin, at her home at Plymouth. While desiring that her name and address should not be given, she readily consented to the interview. "I have made no enort to prove that I have received a message from the dead," she said, "but I am cap able of proving it." She 'lad, 3he asserted, received very good mes sages from the dead on several oc casions. The lady explained that she re cently saw in a.London paper a tel egram from New York containing an announcement by the Metropoli tan society of New York to the ef fect that they had raised $5,000 now in the hands of David Goldberger. 747 East 130th St., to be given :i any person who would shut his eyes and with the help of a spirit or by any other means, count a few oranges split on a table behind him. She \<trote to the address given and offered to accept the challenge To the remark that this would in-, volve her going to New York, she repfied, "Oh, no; with my spirit friend, I can go there and return again?that Is, in the spiritual sense. From my house here I could count tne oranges as they are sp??t on the table in New York." Questioned as to the identity of her spirit friend, she said, "I would not like to give the name I never knew my spirit friend when she was alive, but I have seen her many times since. It is with her aid th;:i I claim that I can do what I have offered to do. She added, that, as a rule the message from her friend came to tier when she was in bed and were communicated in -\hispers. As an instance of her powers of claravoyance, she mentioned some time ago a friend of hers attending a dinner at Exeter. Although she remained in Plymouth, she was able to repeat the conversation which her friend had with another friend at the dinner, tell what wine was drunk, and give otner retails. All this, she said, she did with the aid o. ..er spirit friend. * SHINGLE MILL BURNED. Damage Will Amount to About $415,000. BelUngham, Wash. Jan. 4.?The plant of the Puget Sound Mills and Timber Company, said to be rhe big gest shingle mill in the worlL b urn ed last night. The damage wat about $415.0t)0. with insurance of $150.000. W. L. Cleveland, a saw filer, was burned to death, and sev eral persons had narrow escapes. The fire started from a hot box Protest Against Decision. Scranton, Pa., Jan. 4.?The Cen tral Labor Union, representing 75. 000 workmen, today adopted resolu tions anent the decision of Justice Wright protesting against the pro posed imprisonment of Gompe:?S. Morrison and .uitchell, and appeal ing to President Roosevelt to u':e his office "'to maintain the integri ty of the constitution.*' Atlanta's New Mayor Installed. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 4.?Robert F. Maddox, who was recently elected mayor of Atlanta, defeating the reg ular primary nominee, was installed 'n on">co tonight. wtm. BOOST IN DEVORCES NO REASON FOR SLUMP IN MAR x*lAuES. South Carolina Charged With M?k ln Augusta Clearing House foi Her Mis-Matches. The Augusta Chr?r*cle says: "A slump is marriages and an increase in the number of divorce proceedings were registered in the county of Richmond last year. Richmond county has for years been a sort' of a clearing house foi mis-matched couples from South Carolina, and this fact has caused the large number of divorce proceed ings In the county each year. The ordinary last year issued 665 marriage license, against 689 of the year before. There is no especial reason given for the slump in mar riage licenses for the year. The di vorce mill showed that there were 79 divorce proceedings filed for the year, as against 72 of 1907. The record shows that one out of about every nine weddings in the county pan out bad. The per cent is between 12 and 15 per cent for the county. All of this, however, may sh >w up ?'.he outside world very bad for Rich mond county, but when iL is taken jnto consideration that so many cases are dumped on the county frjm Caro lina, The record is not so bad after all. REVOLUTION REPORTED. Stated That Nicaragua, Salvador and Guatemala Are Against Honduras. New Orleans, Jan. 4.?The Times Democrat publishes today a stoiy based on reports received from Cen tral America which are to this ef fect: "Nicaragua is marching troops from the frontier into the vicinity of Cholucteca of Mignel Davilla, president of Honduras. It is report ed that the Nicaraguan, Dr. Arrias, has recently received almost $40, 000 in army supplies, medicines, etc., shipped by secret agents of Zelaya in this city, and that all preparations are being made for a long campaign. "The informants of The Times Democrat stated that it was general ly understood that the revolution was a four-cornered affair, with the Honduran malcontents attacking the Zelaya forces, backed by supplies and men from Salvador. It is also al leged that the Guatemalan govern ment had supplied men and arms." The consular representatives in New Orleans of the governments con cerned deny any knowledge of the movement reported. SLAIN FROM AMBUSH. North Carolina Farmer Killed After Nightfall. Danville, Va., Jan. 4.?Charles Brown, a widely known farmer of near Selma, X. C., was hot and in stantly killed last night, near Iiis home, supposedly from ambush by a party lying in waiting for him. He was returning home from a visit to a tenant on his plantation, wh^i the report of a gun followed by a cry, "I am killed," was heard. Brown was found by neighbors in a dying condition. His assailant es caped and today bloodhounds were placed on the trail. No motive for the shooting is known, though there are rumors that there is a woman in the case. The dead man was be tween 35 and -10 years of age, and leaves a widow and seven children. KILLED BY WOUNDED DEER. Wounded Back and His Victim Found Near Together. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 6.?That F. R. Swindell was killed by a wound- d deer was the verdict of the coroner's jury at the close of an ivestigation into the death of a prominent cit izen of Beaufort county, whose body was found in about three feet of wa ter in a creek near tue spot whpre he suddenly disappeared from a par ty of hunters Wednesday near. Broart Creek. Hundreds of men had searched for two days for the missing man whose body was located by blood hounds in a mill pond, a large buck-deer being founV.1 near him, wounded. A number of cuts and bruises on the body and head of the man were found. Had His Throat Cut. Thoniasville, Ga., Jan. ."?.?B. p. Aikridge was found on the street with Iiis throat cut. Aikridge says he was attacked by a crowd of men at Ochlocknee river. lie declares the men would not ten him the rea son for the attempt on his life. Hi' says that they held him and with rifles pointed at his heart, one man cut his throat. He says further tha? they threatened to lynch him. Fight Officers. San Diego. Cal., Jan. 4.?Advices just received from Mesa Grand, for ty miles from here, tell of a pitched battle thirty miles from there, be tween a gang of cattle rustlers and members of a vigilance committee. Two Mexicans, an Indian and a white man, all members of the band, were shot and killed, and one vigilant was seriously wounded. 0 $1.50 PER ANNOTfc STILL QUAKES. Frequent Shocks Keeps the Poor Sufferers in Terror. ALIVE IN THE RUINS. Some Are Being Taken Out and May Be Saved?Dreadful Desolation on All Sides?Corpses Floating in Bay of Reggio?American Fleet Send ing Relief. Messina, Jan. 5.?Earthquakes are continuing here, though they are diminishing in intensity. At night especially are they frequently felt. Fires in the city also are being grad ually extinguished. Thirty thousand rations were distributed yesterday. Official figures compiled thus far show that 14,000 bodies have been buried In the four cemeteries, that 9,000 refugees have left the city and that 9,000 persons still remain here. Instead of excavating in an endeav or to find the bodies buried beneath the ruins it has been proposed that every house in wnic? it is believed perons are buried shall be covered with quick-lime. The Associated Press correspondent has made a vis it to Reggio and carefully inspected the town. It has been found that the number of persons killed here and damage done to property is much less than at Messina. Only the central section of the city is damaged. The official figures place the wounded at xiegg'o at l,u00. The number of dead in the ruins is not known.1 Reggio is practically aban doned. The bay of Reggio is still strewn witn broken boats and other debris. Numerous persons still liv ing were taken today from beneath *be ruins, while the voices of others -;ould be distinctly heard, appealing for aid. The tottering building wnt be raised and the bodies that have not been buried will be burned. The Associated Press had the first correspondent on the scene at Mes sina. The bodies of the dead lay everywhere on the surface of the ruins and limbs protruded here and there from the wreckage. In the camp of the refugees piteous scene'i were enacted. Constant light shocks followed the first great disturbance until forty five were recorded. The home of 'he American consul, Dr. Cheney, was crumbled in the first shock and its inmates were almost inextricably buried beneath the ruins. The escape of Vice Consul Lup ton, who was in his room in th?> Hotel Victoria when it collapsed, wa-j remarkable. He had only his trous ers on, and, carrying his shoes and overcoat, he groaped his way alonig the quay knee deep in water toward the American consulate. On his way he three his coat over the shoulders of a woman., Clambering over the ruic.s of the consulate he became conscious that his feet were cut and bleeding. Later he raised the United States Hag over lue new con solate and began an industrious search for Americans. All Americans not yet heard from may be considered safe. Probably all are in the south of biciiy. YOUNG MAX KILLED. Much Feeling Against Those Charg ed With the Deed. Walhalla, Jan. 4.?Mann Phillips, a young white man, was found dei'-d two miles south of Walhal'a yester day afternoon. Officers and an im mense crowd rushed 'to the scene. It was seen at once that young Phil lips had been murdered and a ciua was Btartod that led to the arrest last night of two young men. De Witt and C'reo Vandiver of West minster. It is believed that Phillips was killed Thursday night and carried dead or dying to the place where he was found, as tracks of several oth ers were seen there. The only wound was a stab into the heart. Young Phillips had on his ovf.rcoat and heavy driving gloves and no knife or pistol was found upon his person. This murder has stirred the com munity, as it has never been stirred before and wild rumors of sensational nature are afloat everywhere. Mann Phillips formerly lived here and is well connected. The Van-li vers are among the most prominent people in the county. Perished in Cemetery. Mount Holly. \. J., Jan. 5.? Samuel S. Shinn. aged eighty-two years, was found dead in a lot ad joining a local cemetery, where hs perished in the cold after wandering from home barefoot and hatless. Ha was mentally unbalanced and had frequently left home on long trips, being exposed to the elements two and three days at a time. Killed Himself. Amerlcus, Ca., Jan. 4.?Col. Jos. C. Roney, for twemy years post master here, shot himself through, the brain with a pistol early this morninc, dying as his wife who heard the shot, reached his bedside. Illness and the fear of increased bad health is believed to frave caused his act.