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WRECK OF TOWNS # hi Ike Death and Injury of a Great Mauy People by Terrible ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE Onwt Disaster Befalls Italy.?Death and Devastation are Caused by the Severe Earthquakes?Troops Hasten to Render Aid.?Survivors Fiee in Terror into the Country. A dispatch from Naples says a severe earthquake Bhock caused a number of deaths and much property damage In Central Campania early Tuesday. The disturbance appears to have centered* In the Province of Avelllno. Meager Information received this week indicates that the greatest damage was clone at Caltri (Avelllna Province.) Calltri is said to have been half destroyed and twenty people are reported to have been killed at that place. Other deaths occurred at Valata, | nearby, and it is feared that fatall' les will be reported from other villages which for a time are cut off from all communication with Naples. The shock occurred at 3.07 Tuee- i day morning while the people were ; still in their beds. Many houses at i Calitri tumbled, hurrying the occu- j pants in the ruins.. I Those who escaped death of serious injury fled terror stricken from j their homes and into the country. < None wanted to don street clothes and as a result many subsequent suf- , fered from exposure. < Troops were dispatched from all , quarters Into the affected district as ( soon ns the loss of life and property ] damage became known to the gov- | eminent and officers of nearby cities. News from Salerno, at the head of , the Gulf of Salerno, thirty miles east \ of Naples, is to the effect that the bock w-as distinct there and caused ] considerable damage. Details are . lacking. TllP ahnplf 11? fid folt fnr ton onnonilo In the province of Avellino. It was also felt strongly, but for a shorter | time, at Coxenza. Paoloa, Can tan- , xaso, Reggio, Potenza, Benevento. | Capua and Melfl. It is said, however, that the damage In these | towns was not serious and thai ( there was no loss of life. fThe shocks was first felt in the , departments of Rasillcata, Claebria and Sicily. Although centered in j the Province of Avellino, it extend- j ed throughout the provinces of Benevento, Campobussa, Casert and ( Naples. 1 A panic was created at Terre An- ( nunztata and Terre Del Greco, where j the population live in constant feaT ( of an eruption from Mount Vesuvius. | Reports from Rascllicata says ( and Uie sleeping town was arroused Potfca. Similar reports come from Paola and Catazaro in the compartment of Claebria and from Palermo i on t.he northern coast of Sicily. The province of Avellino occupies the central part of the compartment of Campania and is directly east of Naples. Calitri, which according to reports, suffered the most, is a town J of 800 inhabitants. It is situated ( Oil thi? Oan ntn rivor auvoeol ? U",KD I northeast of Conza. It was the darkest hour of the morning when the shock was felt ! and the sleeping town was arorsed by the shaking of walls, the rattling of furniture and the falling of plaster from the ceilings. In a moment panic Reized the 20,000 Inhabitants who live In dally fear of a seismic disaster. Half naked men, women and children fled from their homes screaming with terror. They had in their minds visions of a Messina and the horror of Reggio. Recently there was gossip about a prediction that the approach of Halley's comet portended the end of the world. The authorities kept their heads, but they could not stay the mad ru6h for the squares and open districts. Wild confusion prevailed and the frightened on> s could not be reasoned with; could not be stopped. In the squares hundreds threw themselves upon their faces and implored 1 the mercy of the Almighty. Then the religion fervor found expression in nair organized processions to the shrine of St. Andrew's, the protector of the town. Others climbed to the sanctuary of Monte Verglne. After several hours of frantic entreaty the authorities succeeded in reestablishing a semblance of calm and relief squads were organized. It was then found that no one had been killed, although an aged man had died during the excitement. Many houaes were damaged as were the belfries of the churches. As is usually the case the inhabitants refused to re-enter their homes, fearing that another quake would occur. Throughout the day the police were busy bringing together the scattered members of families and reassdring the frightened ones. Lightning Hit Bayonets. Lightning struck the bayonets in a patrol that was maneuvering at Trasnoye-Selo, Russia, Thursday, and killed one soldier. , _ _ SACK AND BURN CAUSE REIGN OF TTRROR IN YALL.ADOLI1), MEXJCO. Yucatan Indiana Rise Up and MomkAcre the Mexicans and Spread Terror* in That Region. The most Berious tiprlsinx with which the Mexican government has had to deal in a long time has start ed in the State of Yucatan, and the troops are being rushed to the disturbed area. In the meantime, reports which have reached Vera Cruz indicate that there has been much bloodshed and that the insurgents are preparing for a battle with the government forces, which is sure to come soon. The Independent newspaper. El Dtctamen. publishes dispatches from Merida, the capital of Yucatan, to the effect that forty persons were killed by the Maya Indians on Saturday. Further dispatches received here state that 5,000 of these Indian insurgents sacked the town of Valladolld, 95 miles to the southeast of Merida, killing all the principal government employes, ths chief of police and others. They seized rifles and pistols and instituted a reign of terror. Many of the inhabitants of Valladolld are fleeing to Merida. The gunboat Morolos has already left VOra Cruz, with 600 soldiers aboard, while the Yucatan gunboat Zaragoza is lying in the harbor ready to take 1,000 additional troops, who ire expe-'ted soon to arrive from the interior. Railroad and telegraph communication between Merida and the jcene of the trouble is now cut off. Twenty miles of the Yucatan railroad have been destoyed by the Iniians. It is reported that many telegraph operators have been killed ir are held as prisoners. The jefe politico and the judge of the criminal court are among the dead. The rebels are strongly entrenched in anticipation of the advance of the federal troops. Maximiliano itamirex Honilla, the former rebel leader, and Col. Victor Montonegro ire said to be at the head of the uprising. The towns of Tinum, Uayma, and Tunkas. all between Merida and Valladolld, have been attacked, but the reports say that the families of all hp rpaiHpntc ?vn. u . xwvtv/ vu, I'i. Uilltlilis, IlttVtf been unmolested. To what extent :lie insurgents pillaged at these [daces has not yet been learned. A strict censorship has not been istahlisbed. The original telegrams giving the first details of the uprising were sent before the government took charge of the news. It is understood that the cause if the trouble is dissatisfaction on he part of the Indians over the acion of government otficials regardng lands, ^ but the exact point of ontroversj iias not been made clear n the reports. It is not thought hat any Americans are involved. SHOWING 1 l? I'KAIIY. rook Advuntage of Fruiikw's Condition to Rob Him. Commander Robt. E. Peary, who vas served at Berlin, Germany with apers in a suit for $10,000 brought ?y Rudolph Franke, left Berlin for London Thursday morning. The Ymierican explorer had nothing to idd to his statement that he had ilaced the matter of litigation in the lands of American A inlumaailnr mil Franke was associated with L)r. Frederick A. Cook in north polar exdoration, and alleges that Peary ound him ill at Etah and took advantage of his condition to secure ?is collection of furs and walrus and lorwhal teeth as the price of trans torting him homeward. While in Berlin Commander Peary laid to a friend that he would conend that the German courts had no mrisdiction in the matter as he had 10 property or domicile there. He inticipated, he said, that the box iffice receipts at Philharmonic hall, where he lectured Wednesday, would !>e attached and he was surprised that ..hey were not. The case will come up on June 2 6. Mr. Peary has arranged to be represented iu court by an attorney. He expects to sail from England for New York on Sunday. Ml'KDEKKl) ON STREET. Man's ('onipauion Turns I'pon Him Without Warning. At Chicago PhUlippo Calolano, thirty-two years old, was mysterious j iiiuiuneu wniie waiKing along a street In the Southslde, "Little Italy," Monday. He was with two companions, when one of them suddenly turned and fired five shots into Calalano's body. The other companion wi? not harmed. He is Edgar Aedete, and told the police he had never seen the slayer until a few minutes before the shooting, when the three men met in a restaurant. Catalano was a former saloonkeeper, but was put out of business by the police, who had considerable trouble with him . He wajt both hated and feared by his countryman ind it is believed his murder was the result of a plot. ..a ... i i WANTS HER MONEY I ? Tare act vaud Important Decision to Farmers Rendered by Judge DeVore ABOUT BUYING COTTON Counsel for Defense Announces Case AVI11 Be Appealed ?o the Supreme Court.?Action Test of Constitutionality of 1910 Act. law Provides Six Per Cent. Reduction. Judge DeVore has handed down on order sustaining the magistrate in the cotton tare case, brought to test the constitutionality of the Cotton Tare Act of 1910. Messrs. Lyles and Lyles, attorneys for W. G. Mullins, of Columbia, who was charged with violation of the Act, state that they will appeal the case to the Supreme Court. The Cotton Tare Act provides that 6 per cent, of the bale of cotton sold shall be deducted for tare. Heretorfore the amount was twenty pounds, as is the case in other States. 1. That the Act of the Legislature deprived the defendant of the equal protection of the laws. 2. That the Act of the Legislature deprives the defendant of his liberty and property without due process of law. Judge DeVore says as to the first point: "It is well settled that the Legislature has a right to make different classes, and so long as all menil>erB of the same class are treat? 111 I * *1. ** <:u aiini-, ii me ciassincation bo reasonable, the Courts will not declare such legislation unconstitutional.' Citing a case. Judge DeVore concludes: "The defendant, being engaged in the busines of buying cotton, comes within the classification made by the legislature, and. in my opinion. is not deprived of the equal protection of the laws." On the second point Judge DeVore says that the test seems to be whether the regulations of the Legislature are reasonable. "If they are unreasonable," he says, "then such legislation is unconstitutional; if they are reasonable, then, in the exercise of its police power," the Legislature has the right to enact the iaw. In t.he absence of a statute on the subject, the reasonableness of a contract Is a question for the judiciary, but if there is legislation on the subject, and the Legislature had the power to pass such a law, then the statute controls." Citing several cases, Judge DeVore concludes: "The cotton buyers and cotton sellers differ as to the amount of bagging and ties that should ho nino. I ed on a bale of cotton. The Legislature intervened and established a scale of cotton tare, and, so far as I am able to judge, the legislation is reasonable. "Cotton is one of the chief products of this State. There are a great many persons and a great deal of property and a number of organizations engaged in the cotton business. "What the tare Is in this State, w-hat it is in Liverpool or what it is in New York, are not matters for this court to consider. This Court will presume that the I.egislture took into consideration the conditions controlling the marketing of cotton and enacted the proper law regarding the tare. Hut this is not a new question in this state. A law fixing tare on?.cotton seems to have been enacted as far back as 1 846. "Cotton buyers have a great many customers, many of w-hom are ignorant and I can readily see how such legislation as this may be both wise and beneficial." The judgment of the magistrate, is therefore, affirmed by Judge De vore. \V. G. Mullins, a cotton buyer of Columbia, was arrested a few weeks ago for violation of the Act, and the case was a test case to determine the constitutionality of the Act. It is stated that $1,800,000 is involved in the Act. It will be carried to the Supreme Court. The State Farmers' Union is interested, and all dealers in cotton are watching the proceeding with great Interest. Mt'TK Kll,LRI) ON HAIL. J. T. Carter Fatally Struck by a Passing Train. J. T. Carter, bookkeeper for the Kennedy Mercantile Company, at Blackstock, was knocked down and killed Wednesday morning by Train No. 3 6. one-half mile below Blackstock. while on bis way to work. Mr. Carter regularly travelled the pule lic road, but probably on account of the heavy rains of Tuesday, which rendered travelling heavy, was using the railroad track. Passengers state that the engineer blew his whistle several times, and endeavored to slow down his train when he saw what was going to happen. The deceased leaves a wife and four children. He was formerly a professor In the State institution for the deaf, dumb and blind, at Cedar Springs. I ANOTHER CHAPTER PENDING IN THE TILLMAN ROW. Young Mrs. Tillman Sues for Cash She Claims Her Husband Squandered of Hers. A Columbia dispatch says another sensational legal battle is abdut to 1 be joined between Senator Tillman's , family and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lucy Dugan Tillman, of Edgefield, who gained such a signal victory over the senator and his son last winter before the supreme court in the light for the possession of Mrs. Tillman's two little daughters.. < Edgefield relatives of Mrs. Tillman say Attorneys DePass and HePass of Columbia have been employed to insMfnto milt " ?ejatucv JUUUfi D. rv.. I Tillman to recover money he acqulr- i ed out o.f her estate and money 1 which he borrowed from her and col- i lected from her rents to the extent j of about $13,000 and that while he i is possessed of practically no property It is hoped to make Senator Tillman pay the judgment if one can be secured. ] A representative of the law firm ( mentioned was In Edg field recently , in conference with Mrs. Tillman on c the subject of bringing this suit", but j when asked today whether the pa- s pers had been filed in court he said , that the complaint had not been a and would not be until after the a tlrm's rush of business was over with ^ court here in Richland, that as a j matter of fact it was not yet deter- a mined In what amount the suit would r be brought for. It is said in Edgefield that the two children were carried to see their father recently for a short visit. ^ much against the inclination of their j ^ mother and against their own wishes. Mrs. Tillman's counsel advise | ( her not to refuse this request, it is 1 said. \V.hen her Columbia attorneys]^ were asked about this they said that ^ they had not been advised that such request had been granted or made. SMALLPOX IN CHARLESTON. Camcs of IH?batable Character Receiving Attention. The News and Courier says ih? officials of the city health office hav-? discovered several cases in various parts of the city which they believe to be smallpox, and which are now receiving the attention of several physicians. The health officer has requested the aid of the police department in keeping isolated the patients and inmates of the build ings believed to contain these cases. Several policemen were detailed Tuesday night to stand in front of the various houses in order to make sure that nobody entered or left the dwellings i? 1? ?o _ Qw. tv to ?ko ;ct itui ut; r i ill n whether the cases are genuine smallpox. but the health otllcials are unwilling to take any chances, and are making a rigid examination. There have been, it is stated, several minor cases of smallpox in Charleston during the last few months; the sickness appearing among whites as well as negroes. WANT THKM MOVKI). Negro Soldiers Not Wanted Because of Their Acts. For the second time within a few months members of ihe Twenty-fifth m United States infantry (the negro regiment of Brownsville fame) were paraded before a woman in an effort to pick out a criminal; the result r was negative as was the case in the JL | case of the first affair. | LMrB. J. W. Redring, a woman who asserts she was attacked in her home by a negro dressed as a soldi r, was unable to identify any of the soldiers as her assailant. 1 As a number of them acted as I escort at the funeral of Major John S. Kulp. the inspection will be continued later. Residents near Fort Uawton, wh?ire the negroes are stationed, are preparing to hold a mass meeting for the removal of the battalion. A CAKKLKSS XntSE. Causes the Death of an Infant ia I 'It 0 At Charleston Little Fraser Graff. Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Graff, who was permitted by the carelessness of his nurse to drink I concentrated lye in the house of I the nurse Mondajy afternoon died Sunday at the Roper hospital.. Carrie James, the nurse, who was arrested Monday and held by the police department charged with criminal carelessness was liberated Von- f day afternoon following the inquest over the Infant's body. The father of the child said that he thought it was simple carelessness on the part of the nurse with no maliciousness and the verdict of the jury was that ? the child met an accidental death In the way stated as a result of carelessness of the nurso. The nurse (| is only 16 year? old- and had just y been employed. 4 . ? PROTECT THE NEGRO. Law Abiding Blacks at Orange, Tex., to Re Guarded. Following the mass meeting on Thursday called by Mayor Brown, of Orange, Texas, at which an organization was perfected to protect the law-abiding negroes, a proclamation was issued by the Mayor ordering ai> saloons closed at nine o'clock until further orders. District Judge Powell has also been urged to call a special court and empanel a grand jury to investigate the assassination of the negroes. Rankin. Moore and Lemon, on Sunday night last. Gov. Campbell has been requested by the Orange officials to supplement the reward of % 1,000 offered by the citizens for the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators of the crimes against the negroes. The better class of white people are now fully organized to protect the negroes from the lawless acts of certain elements of the wjilte population. This latest turn in the racial troubles is iue to the failure of a jury to convict Jack White, a negro, charged with killing a white man. Fell in a Well. On 3unday morning the body of Llge Pontoon, a negro, who worked >n the place of Mr. J. W. Baughman lear Wagener, was found in a well >n his premises. It is supposed that le fell in the well by accident upon irrlving home Saturday night. The nan was missed by his wife, who, ifter a search, discovered tbe body it the bottom of the wel. which is 10 feet deep. His skull was crushed n by the fall. An inquest was held ind a verdict of accidental death endered. Both Factions Beaten. 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