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SEVERE SHOCKS Continue Making Complete the Ruin of Once Fair Cities. v .^UP*RI GROUP SUNK Volcanic <?roup Near Sicily Reported to Have Hisiipi^urnl Witli the Entire Population?List of Cm-u:ulties Now EktininicH) tw ;i<M),00O ?Iluul Murder and Steal. Ror. e, Dec. 31.?The- Vita states that a wlreicss message s'rom the Strait of Messina reports that the Li pari Islands, a group of volcanic island", in the Mediterranean, near the coast of SK.ly, have disappeared. The total population of the group numbers 2S.U00, and must i ievi tably have perished. Kbtimates o" the death roll of the earthquake nov. cease to concern the Italian people. It is enough to know that the catastrophe is overwhelming?figures would add nothing to the grief of tin* stricken nation, nor move to greater efforts those upon whom the work of relief and rescue has fallen. Every channel open to the government has been utilized to this end, and other nations have h?-?*n iv iu eume 10 us assistance, even before the cry for aid wen: up. Shiploads of fugitives have boon c??rliod out of the stricken zone to Naples, Palermo, Catania and o'hcr ports and according to the mi.lister of marine, rescue vessels to the nu in her of 3G are now centered in the Strait of Messina and 5,000 soldiers are being landed on the coasts. Most important of all now ia the question of the living, j housaiids >'f those who escaped the falling walls and the sweep of the tide are starving and without clothes or shelter. They can scarcely longer survive their sufferings. The first thought has been to carry food and enuring for these helpiess people and it lias now been decided by the government to send a fleet of enu < miu fcteainers to transport them to other places. The latest reports received at l*<ome state there have been immhv ^ i>\ .11 vt out shocks, following the] tlrst, to which the greater part of the destruction is attributed. The British warship Minerva reported t>y wireless to Malta that two severe shocks occurred at Messina last night. The horror of the situation at Messina and Reggio grows with every fresh despatch. One o" the ? uTospondents places the deatn roll throughout the entire territory as high as 300,000 but this appears to he extreme. Others make the estimate 200,000, but the olflcisl estimate as made by the mini'.tor of marine still holds to 115,000. Relief expeditions which ha\e been making their way to Reggio have encountered tremendous obstructions all along the route. Ti? -v report 1S provincial villages beside those already mentioned in Clacaria as having boon completely ruined. This would indicate that the earthquake did not confine its work of liavoc to the coast. What lias become of the inhabitants of the villages is noc known. Those that were left alive after the destruction of their homos doubtless joined the great nrmy^of refugees seeking safety or have fallen by the wayside. The Calahrian roast for 20 miles lias been torn and twisted. From Bagnara to Rcrrgio, a distance of 25 miles, the country is half demolished. A si-istance has reache 1 Diir row or (he villages and thoy arc practically without supplies of any kind. At Hagnnara surgical oporHons are being performed with pruning knives, hut at Heggio even that is impossible. Bands of inieves infest the country and the despai** of the unaided villages is, completely Hunger slipplies the motive for scenes of shocking violence . nd pillagers and rotbers defy the few surviving police men and soldiers. A dispatch received here from the observatory at Itiposto says the center of the earthquake was in the the sea in the southern part of the Strait of Messina. Signer Stancel, a distinguished citizen attached to the Florence observatory, is of the opinion that the Y fataclysni wis geologic rather than volcanic. According to Signor Stancel the trouble was caused by a subsidence of the lower strata. As a rca,,U ? r lUI.. -1 ! * nun in HUM I'ssiuil HUge (THC S appeared in the form of a semi-clrclo. the center of which was tho focal point of the disturbance. mmmm?mmmmmmmmmmmm?a?mm?m?m?mmmmmmrn M SUBSl CITY ALL IN RUINS NOT A llOlBK 1J2FT STANDING IX MESHLXA. Impossible to (JItp a Faint Idea of Uio boHuUtkm o fthe Awful Bcenon. Rome, I)ec. 31.?The commandant of tho Russian cruiser Admiral Makharoff, which arrived at Nifc>lcB yesterday with refuges from Messina today, gave tho following account of tho disaster: "Hearing at Goata, Sicily, of the disaster, 1 hurried to Messina. The city was literally nothing but a heap of ruins. Every building there has collapsed, but in many cases the outward shells remain standing and as a result tho general contour of the city is less changed than might be vtAI,uuu'u. This is particularly true of the sua front. In spite of what has been said, the form of the Strait of Messina shows little if any change. "The harbor is filled with refuse of every kind, and at one end lies the wreck of a sunken steamer. "It is impossible to give even a fant idea of the desolation of the scene. Every now and then we heard the crash of falling floors and walls. This constitutes tin* greatest danger pf the rescuers, it is not safe to approach any standing masonry. Men from my vessels had many narrow escapes, and I saw several terrible accidents to the brave Italian soldiers who were doing more than their duty. "Wo lost no time in setting about the work of rescue. We established an open air hospital on the shore, where we received and treated a thousand men, women and children. We also saved the safe of the Hank of Sicily with its treasure, weighing two tons. "I estimate the deaths at Messina, conservatively, at 80,000. The mind shrinks from contemplation of the present, condition of the stricken city; that there are thousands of persons still alive in the ruins, nnd that countless numbers must die. The tidal wave lasted much longer than the earthquake. During all the time we were in the harbor of Messina. our vessel shivered intermittently, as though shaken by somo hinge marine monster. i rou id relate pathetic stories without number. Under some wreckage, inclosed in a kind of little cubl>v hole and protected by two heavy beams, I discovered two babies, safe and uninjured. They wore comfortable as possible, and laughed and played with the buttons on their clothes. We could find no trace of their parents, who undoubtedly lost their lives. "It made a terrible impression to see the bereaved children. Many of the little ones live while their parents are dead, while we saw manv mothers with dead babies in their arms. It was als o indescribably painful to see the many who had gone crazy from grief. They searched and searched aimlessly for their loved ones, keeping up the quest even after they had been brought on board our ship." jrihiti hides in woods. Won't Come Out Unless lie Is Protected by Troops. Jackson, Kv., Jan. 2.-?This town is the scene of terror between the two pitched camps of former Sheriff Ed Callahan and the friends of James T. Doaton and Rush Sebastian for shooting whom Callahan is to be tried. In the woods near Lost Creek is County Judge S. S. Taulbee, declaring that he will not return to town to hold court in the Callahan hearing unless the governor of Kentucky sends troops to protect him from the two bands of armed men in Jackson. * Hurled to Death. Chattanooga, Dec. 20.?Miss Addie Haggard, a popular young lady | of Kings Mountain, near Danville, Kv., was knocked from a high trostel at that place today and instantly killed. She was crossing the bridge when overtaken by a fast express. * Republican Prosperity. New York, Jan. 1.?For twenty years it has been the custom for the breweries of New York city to give each of the bartenders in that city I went v-fivo dnllnrs in cnbl nn#1 nn order for a new hat. This year tho the gift was not made because of the falling off of trade. Five of the Pierces Killed. Milazzo, Sicily, Dec. 31.?The sister of Joseph H. Pierce, the former American vice consul at Messina, stated today that so far as known only five of her family were killed. The fate of the others is uncertain and she entertains hope that her brother is still alive. CRIBE N( THE WORST YET Late Earthquake Destroyed More Lives and Property THAN ANY OTHER ONE It In Now KNtiiuated That at I/ea^t , Three Hundred Thousand I'wrple 1 i Were Killed und .Millions of lk>l- ( lurs Worth of Property Was Ih1- i Htroyed l>y the Kurthquukc. A fearful convulsion of the earth, ( which devastated Southern Italy and Sicily on Monday of last week, wip- , lag out the lives of 3 00,000 people, and overwhelming two large cities as well as a score of smaller towns, will go down In history as one of the most terrific disasters that have ever visited this planet. There is no record of any earth- ; (Itiake that wrought as much frightful damage and caused greater loss of life than the earthquake that visited the lower part of the Italian peninsular and its nelghl>oring islands, last week. Few regions of the world have suffered more heavily in the past than the province of Southern Italy and the beautiful island of Sicily, which are now staggering beneath the weight of another blow even more terrible than any which preceded it. Of all known earthquakes of ancient and modern history the most destructive up to last week was that which visited Antloeh, the capital of Syria, in the year 526 A. 1). It is said that the streets of the ancient city literally opened and that not fewer than 250,000 human beings, as well as innumerable temples and houses were engulfed in the yawning chasms. In 115 It. C., while the city was thronged with visitors, who had come to attend a celebration in honor of the Kinporor Trajan, another earthquake occurred, less destructive than the one i which was to come some six hundred years later, yet violent enough to* cause the death of thousands, among them being many Romans of i distinction, the Kmperor himself barely escaping from the ruins of his castle. In Yeddo, Japan, in the year 1 70:>., an earthquake occured, in which 200,000 people are said to have lost, their lives; and just twentyeight years afterwards tlije city of Pekin was practically overwhelmed by a similar disaster, in which it is believed that nearly 200,000 of the i r? U r. 1. I i i- * in nit imam s pensneu. or other | earthquakes In which the lost of life was so great as to render them memorable for all time, there are so many as to forbid enumeration. Several of these, as remarked above, 1 took place in the same region which was affected by Monday's appalling disaster, and in the other countries of Southern Europe. In 11117 seismic disturbances caused the death of 15,000 people in Sicily. In Lisbon, in 1531, 1,500 houses were wrecked and 3 0,000 Mves were lost, and again, in 1 755. ' in the same city, 00,00 0 people perished as the result of earthquake, and a large portion of the town sunk 1 beneath the waves. In 1783 Messina, which has been practically obliterated by this most recent disaster, was almost entirely destroyed by a mighty shake, which, at the same time, caused the death of many thousands. The same ill-fated city suffered heavily from seismic disturbances in 180 1 and 1 800. I it 1851 the South of Italy, the same region devastated by the earthquake of last week, was visited by an earthquake which blotted out 10,000 souls, and again, in 1857, there were other convulsions, the deathtoll of which amounted to about 10,*00. The most famous of all seismic disaster which have visited Italy ?that in which the twin cities of 1 lorculnneum and Pompeii wen; destroyed? was not an earthquake, but an eruption of the volcano Vesuvius. Some of the <?rcnt Disasters. Number Year, Place. Killed. r,20?Antioch 250,000 1137?Sicily 15,000 ? ? - e\ _ ? ii.?h?rsyria 2O,O0n 1268?Cilica no,ooo 1436?Naples 40.000 1531?Lisbon 30,000 1626?Naples 70,000 1 667?Sehamaki 4 80,000 1 603?Sicily 1 00,000 1703? Jeddo 200,000 171 6?Algiers 20,000 1781?Pekin 1 00,000 1764?Grand Caire 40,000 1755?Lisbon 50,000 1755?<Kasohan, Persia .. . 40,000 1797?Central America .. . 40,000 1812?Venezuela 9a nan 1822?Aleppo 20,000 1 867?Peru and Ecuador .. 25,000 1 888?Island of Krakatoa . 50,000 1803?Persia 12,000 1 896?Japan 35,000 1902?St. Pierre, Martinique 25,000 IW TO WILL REDUCE TAXES 1 AIKKX WILL NOT NKKI) A HIGH LKVY. The Profits From |)fs|KiiM?ry Halos Hasmii to Warrant h Hcdurtlon of Uip Tavtw. Aiken, Dec. SI.?The newly ilected delegation to the general assembly from Aiken county held u meeting at the court house to hoar suggestions from the citizens as to I needed legislation hero. After hearug from those present the members if the delegation were of the opinion that the entire county tax can he taken off in this county. The ordinary county tax is at present two and one-half mills. This end was brought about because of till business of the county dispensary system. The dispensary board submitted a report to the delegation, stating that a little more than $f>5,000 has u'-J ready been made in profits by the dispensary, and that by January 1, when the report for the last quarter will bo made, approximately $23.000 more will be added to the profits. Out of this sum the county will receive, for tDo ordinary fund, about $23,000, and the town and eountv schools will receive a like amount. In addition to this $5.one has been spent by the dispensary in equipments, whieh will be added to the profits next year. The treasurer of the county Rave a statement showing the financial condition of the county. This statement was to the effect that the present income of the county is greater than the expenditure. Superintendent of Education Sanders stated to the meeting that in his office the schools can he operated with a good margin for a surplus on $r?0.000 a year, and now with the dispensary money about $72,000 is received annually. It is probable that the delegation will endeavor to have tlie taxes reduced at the coming session of the legislature. They state that the two and one-half mills ordinary county tax can easily be eliminated. In addition to this, a number of timely suggestions as to needed legislation were received. WHY NOT SWINt; I1IM? A Seventy-Year-Old Negro lleld for Second Killing. Anderson, S. C.. Dec. 31.?Sam Beat\ t negro aged twenty-five, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded by Houston Tribblc, colored, aged seventy, six miles south of Anderson early today. The shooting followed a dance held by the negroes of that section and it is stated 'hat. Tribble was drinking. Beaty IV' !1 t! Kl'/Vll.rb' 1 .MwuKin iicre a low hours aftor tho shooMng and is now in a dying condition at the hospital, tho hall having penetrated tho livor. Trlhhle is in Jail. It is said that Tleaty it temptod to persuade a woman who was with Trihhle to go with him when Trihhle cursed him and flrol tho shot. In October of last year fribble killed Will Fuller, colored, and was cleared. woi:i{ii:i> to dk.vrir. W. I,. .Mutinies, Former Treasurer of Pennsylvania, Succumbs. Media, Pa.. Doc. St.?William T., Mutinies, a former treasurer of Pennsylvania, died suddenly late today at his home here, aged forty-six, cause pneumonia. It is generally believed that the illness was superin'neod by the tribulations brought on him by tho Harrisburg capitol graft, cases and his recent sentence to two years in the penitentiary for his part in the alleged conspiracy against the State. * 1905?Northern India .. .. 10,000 Messina City of Disasters. Many times has Messina been overwhelmed with disaster. Some of tho most Important are: Fifth Century, P. C.?Seized by fugitives front Santos and Miletus. 306 11. C.?Destroyed by the Carthaginians and rebuilt by Dlonysius of Syracuse. 260 H. C.?Once more fell into the hands of the Carthaginians, under Hannibal. 831 A. D.?Taken by tho Saracens. 10 61 A. D.?Recaptured by the Normans. 1740 A. I).?Forty thousand persons died of the plague. 1783 A. D.?Town almost entirely overthrown by great earthquake. 1 848 A. D.?Greatly damaged by bombard ment. 18T?4 A. D.?Cholera carried off 1 6.000 victims. 1 894 and 1896 A. D.?Suffered great loss of life and property by earthquakes. THE HO TILLMAN SPEAKS The Senator Makes a Notable Speech te Teachers. BREAK SOLID SOUTH. By lTse of Patronage is What Pretd(IvnUKIect Tuft Alms to l>o, Hays the Senator, Who Warn* Month ern Democrats to Bo 011 Their <iuurd. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 1.?Senator B. R. Tillman, in delivoring an address before the State Teachers' Association here tonight took occasion to warn the people against the agitation for compulsory education, asserting that should such a law he passed it would mean the education f the negro, which would in the and mean a blow to white supremacy. Senator Tillman urged the Democrats of the South against the scheme which he said President-elect Taft and his associates were hatching up to break the solid South, llo said it was the purpose of the president-elect to hand out feleral offices to the Democrats of the South in order to build up a white Republican party in this section. Tho Senator took Issue squar ?Iy with two of tho speakers ho had beard in tho morning, Prof. Clax' n, of Tennessee, and tho Hov. C. 10. Welt nor, of Columbia, and devoted his speech largely to arguments against compulsory education, basing his object ions to the proposition on the presence of tin* negro, lie began by assorting in effect that education is not an essential of good citizenship, and cited the example of the Revolutionary soldiers, who fought at the battle of King's Mountain, yet many of whom could not read and write. lie rather resented the stricture on this State's illiteracy in the address of l'rof. Claxton, and in discussing the negro question, referred at length to the purpose of Presidentelect Taft, of whom he spoke in friendly terms as a gentleman, to break up the solid South by the use of patronage. He said that if this intention was successful, instead of negroes and scalawags in the Legislature, wo would have negroes an 1 some of our bank presidents and cotton mill presidents representing the Republican party. He declared that the Republican party was the black man's party In the South and the Democratic party the white man's party. He did not believe that any great number of Democrats would ho boquiled by oflices. Some times servers would sell out, hut he did not think there were many of such men in the Democratic parey in the South. In speaking of the efforts of the Re publicans to break the solid South, he asked why thoy did not advocate the breaking of the solid North as well as the solid South. Taking up the question of compulsory education he urged that to compel under the law. the negro must be given equal rights with the white man, and that this would mean the education of the negro to vote. In concluding the Senator praised the efforts to cultivate the love of the beautiful in the school room. The speech of Senator Tillman was plain and_ to the point, as all of Ids speeches are. The hall of the House of Representatives, where the Senator spoke, was crowded with a large audieiy>> of cultured and intelligent people to hear him. His audience seemed to be in sympathy with what he said, and it frequently applauded him enthusiastically. While the Senator did not say so, his speech indicated that ne would rather have the offices in this State filled by true blue Republicans than bv Democrats who had sold out for efT b'o Shoot s 11 is l-'m .. O.reonvllle, S. Doc. 3 1.?Tho:n? n? Springfield, a merchant near the Monaghan mill village In the suburbs of tho city, was shot, this afternoon by his son and his condition is considered critical. Springfield was shot in the stomach. It is reported that Springfield was drunk and that he had some words with his son, which led up to the shooting. Anarchy Reigns in Hoggin. Reggio, via. Catania, Doe. 31.?A state of moat frightful anarchy prevails. Mobs of ruflians roam among the ruins giving full sway to their vilest instincts. They are pillaging the wrecked jewelry stores and banks, and do not hesitate to shel the blood of those opposing them. RRY HE . > MINERS ENTOMBED. TWKIJK I)BAD AND MANY IMPRISONED. Exact Number of < 'u.vualtle?i Not Yet Known?Work, of IIohcuo Begun at Once. Hluofleld. W. Va., Doc. 29?Twelve men ere known to be dead and probably 25 more w??re entombed uh the Insult of an explosion which oerurrI ed in the Lick Branch colliery, ownled by the Pocahontas Consolidate^ I Coal company, the largest coal ml*. I lug concern In southern West VirJginia, this afternoon at three o'clock, lit is not known exactly how many I men were in the mine at the time. The men leave the mine after what lis known at the "run" and as many las 52 who were at work today were I not in the pit when the explosion I occurred. I State Mine Inspectors Phil Ips, I Henry, Werner and Oradv, who were tin the Tug River field, came to ths I scene of the explosion and took I charge of t he work of exploring the I mine. The management of this property. It is claimed, had provided every I device known to mining experience land science to insure safety and it is I thought that the troutdn originated I in an abandoned connected working I in the western dl\islon of the mine. J The little town of Switchback, in I which all of the miners who work Jin t he colliery live, was wild with | excitement when the news spread I that an >- - * , A1?uniuii Mini illKnil plane, and from all of the neighboring collieries men hurried to the scene to aid in the work of rescue. A special train hearing the otliclals of tho company was sent from Pocahontas to the scene of the accident. TWO (OMMi ri KI) Sl'ICIDH. Death of Daughter of a Professor Caused 1>c?m1. New York, Dec. 111.- Prof. J. P. fiordv, of New York University, and his wife today committed suicide t, few hours after the death of their daughter, oigntefn years old, who died this morning of pneumonia. The parents retired to their apartments and, getting Into lied, swallowed the contents of three bottle.; of Chloroform. Two hours lat -r Prof. James 10. Lough, of New York University, who occupies apart men's adjoining those of Professor Cord* detected a strong odor of chloroform and traced it to the apartments of his friend. After vainly waiting for sonic answer to his persistent ringing, Professor Lough summoned Dr. Van Santvoord, the fiord y family physician, and the two broke in the door. They found the couple iu each others arms and both dead. Professor fiordy filled the Chair cf American History and Pedagogies. * TOOK TO Tin.' ... . ... . nuui )>. I .A Judge Defuses to Try ('uses InIess Protected. 1 Jackson, Kv., Doc. ?, 1.?This town tonight is a scene of terror between I the two pitched camps of former I Sheriff I'M Callahan ?and the friends of James T. Deaton and Hash SehasItian, for shoot hug whom Callahan Ja [to be tried. In the woods near Lost 1 Creek is county Judge S S. Taulbeo I declaring that he will not return to I town to hold court in the Callahan I hearing unless the Governor of Kentucky sends troops to protect him I from the two bands of armed men I in Jackson. Governor Willson Is I absent from the State and LieiitenInnt Governor Cox up to this time I has refused to send troops. * I.arge Meteor. Marion, Ala., Jan. 1.?A largo meteor fell in the western part of Perry county at 10 o'clock last night, ft came from the southwest and could he seen throughout the county. A short time after it fell a distinct shock was felt over a largo part of the county that caused windows and doors to rattle. # Iloth Large Cities. Washington, Jail. I.?The latest census of Italy gives Messina some 150,000 and to Catania almost exactly the same, only a few hundred difference. Poth of these cities were non rl v rloot cavo/I ? .J i/jr lilSt WWK S earthquake. French Consul's Wife Kscape<l. Mllazzo, Rlcll, Doc. 31.?The wife of the French consul at Messina, the sole survivor of her family, reached here this morning. She is badly injured. Her husband, son and daughter, were killed. RALD