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THE STANDARD
BY C. C. KNAPPEN,
•ISSETON, SCUTH OAK-CITI
NEWS OF IIWHK IN EPITOME
Important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
WASHINGTON.
The resignation of Lloyd C. Grls
com, ambassador to Italy, reported in
an Associated Press dispatch from
Rome, was authoritatively confirmed
by the state department. Ambassador
Griscom's resignation takes effect
March 4.
Beekman Winthrop of New York,
present assistant secretary of the
treasury, announced that he had ac
cepted the post of first assistant sec
retary of state offered him by Presi
dent-elect Taff. He will replace As
sistant Secretary Bacon.
In the historic east room of the
White House, beautifully decorated for
the occajion, President Roosevelt's
youngest daughter, Ethel, last r.-o-ik
made her formal bow to society. Pre
ceding the dancing in the east room,
which begnn at 10 o'clock, Mrs. Roose
velt and Miss Roosevelt received the
invited guests in the blue room.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Daniel Freeman, the first man to
make an eniry under the homestead
law which was passed forty years
•go, died at his home near Beatrice,
Neb.
Anthony Roose, a prominent pio
neer merchant and capitalist of San
Francisco, died after a protracted ill
ness following an operation for can
cer.
Admiral W. L. Capps, chief con
structor United States navy, bas been
designated by the president to be act
ing chief of the bureau of steam engi
neering.
P. Laurence Lee, an actor and au
thor of several melodramas, died In
Chicago after an illness which he con
tracted while playing with a company
•which was touring through the Middle
West.
Willard Stearns, at one time candi
date for governor of Michigan on the
Democratic ticket, many years editor
of the Adrian Press and one of the
most widely known Democrats in
Michigan, is dead.
By a deed of trust filed at Los An
geles, Nat Goodwin has conveyed to
E. D. Dudley, mayor of Ocean Park,
property to the value of $231,000, to
be held in trust for Edna Goqdrich^ in
accordance with an ante-nuptial agree
ment.
Maj. Isaac W. Maclay, a retired
army officer, who helped to carry
President Lincoln from Ford's theater
in Washington after the president had
been shot by John Wilkes Booth, on
the night of April 14, 1865, died at his
home in Yonkers, N. Y.
ACCIDENTAL HAPPENING^
In a head-on collision on the Michi
gan division of the Big Four at Car
thage, Ind., four men were killed. All
are trainmen. Both trains were prac
tically demolished.
As a result of brattice screens catch
ing fire in Joggins' coal mine at Am
herst, N. S., two men were suffocated
and another so seriously burned that
he will probably die.
A misplaced switch caused the de
railment of a passenger train at
Stokesland, Va. Engineer Satterfield
was killed and Fireman Davis and
three postal clerks were injured.
Sherman Wiley, aged twenty, of
'Malcolm, Iowa, was found dead in the
woods near that place with a gaping
gunshot wound in his left breast. It
was supposed he had accidentally kill
ed himself.
The ehgine of an east-bound Lake
Shore freight train blew up two miles
east of Laporte, Ind. The head brake
man, D. M. Wiser, was Instantly kill
ed, and the fireman, Et L. Replogle,
was seriously injured.
The body of John S. Taylor, who
was serving his fifth term as mayor of
Sheridan, Wyo., was found in a clump
of bushes a mile north of town, where
he had evidently frozen to death. He
is supposed to have lost his way.
The Hussey block at Sault Ste. Ma
rie was destroyed by fire and the Cor
onation block adjoining was badly
damaged. Alexander Kemp, who ran
a carpenter shop in the basement, is
•missing and is believed to have per
'ished. The loss will exceed $70,Q.00.
SINS AND SINNERS,
.i' One negro was killed and two others
fatally wounded during a fight in the
A Na negro coach of an excursion train at
'jv Fort Smith, Ark.
Irwin Cooper, a barkeeper, and WU
Arnold, Jr., killed each other In
a pistol duel In a saloon at Ponchatou
la, Ia., As the result of a Quarrel.
Jf- Glean, forty years old, son of
Col Myer i«. Glenn, mayor of Wauke
sha, Win., committed suicide by hang
ing at Seattle. Wash. Two months ago
he to kill himself with car
bolic acid, following hlch a lunacy
commission declared him sane.
•mployea of the Southwestern rail
way found eleven Chinese In a box
car at Duran, N. The aliens were
plentifully wrolled with witer and
tirovislitas arid had been aeiited In a
^jr tilled frota Redlands, w. toCh*
WORLD APPALLED
AT IMMENSITY OF
CATASTROPHE
la Messina and Reggio Alone
110,000 Are Dead—Other
Towns Add Thousands.
AWfUl TOTALS NOT COMPLETE
Thousands of Survivors Wan
der Half Starving, Half Naked
Over the Land.
DESTITUTION IS EVERYWHERE
Rescue Parties Are Performing Prod­
igies, but Task Before Them !s
Almost Hopeless.
^an" 'mmens'ty of
Monday's earthquake in Southern
Italy and Sicily can only be measured
by the fact that it is now estimated
that 118,000 people perished in Mes
sina and Reggio alone. A number of
other towns have been devastated and
thousands of victims In these places
must be added to the roll. In the
face of these awful totals all Italy
stands appalled.
Nor hag the full death list yet been
reached. Shiploads of fugitives have
arrived at Naples and other ports, and
the vast majority of these are sorely
injured.
Distress Is Great.
Other thousands remain near the
ruins of their homes or wander half
starving, half naked, over the land.
The forces that on Monday overwhelm
ed the cities also destroyed the means
of sustenance.
Telegraphic communication has
been established with Messina. Mes
sages which have come over the line,
though they have been meager in de
tail, show that hope is gone. Nothing
remains of the city but a mass of
ruins that have been swept by Are.
A mere handful of survivors are being
cared for by the rescuing forces, but
their distress is great, and it has been
increased by the violent icy wind that
followed the deluge of rain.
King and Queen at Messina.
Destitution is everywhere, and ap
palling. There is little food and less
water. Of Messina's 90,000 population
it Is believed that fully 70.000 perish
ed. Forty thousand people died in
Reggio.
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena were in Messina yesterday.
The king explored the ruins regard
less of the danger to which. he exposed
himself. He was often moved to tears'
at the heartrending scenes he came
upon at every turn. The king was
loud in his praise of the splendid work
MAINE TOWN FIRESWEPT.
Skowhegan, Me., Jan. 3.—Fire dam
aged three business blocks and burned
five tenement houses in Water street,
in the heart of the town, early yester
day. Two of. the houses were dyna
mited to check the progress of the
flames and It was only after eight
&onra' work that the department, as
fisted by apparatus from Wlritervllle
and Fairfield, succeeeded in bringing
Uie fire voder control. The loss is
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accomplished by the Italian, Russian
and English bluejackets, who saved
many persons who otherwise would
have inevitably perished.
Queen Visits Wounded.
The queen spent the day in the
wards of Improvised hospitals, visit
ing the wounded, many of whom lost
lost all that was dear to them. Her
majesty did her best to cheer them
with womanly words of consolation,
often breaking into sobs as she lis
tened to their dreadful tales of suffer
ing. The king left for Reggio last
night.
Catania, the largest city nearest to
the zone of the disaster, is crowded
with refugees, and the continuous
stream of fugitives coming in, the
sight of the wounded and repetition of
real or Imaginary earthquakes have
so alarmed the population that they
are recoming uncontrollable. There
is no longer any place where the refu
gees may find shelter.
American Consul Dead.
The government is finding difficulty
in ascertaining the fate of the many
foreigners who were in the earthquake
zone at the time of the catastrophe,
inquiries concerning whom are coming
from all quarters of the globe. The
commander of the battleship Admiral
Kharoff. which arrived with fugitives
at Naples yesterday, confirms the re
port of the death of the American con
sul at Messina. Arthur S. Cheney, and
his wife, who were buried in the ruins
of the consulate. The number of
Americans in Sicily and Southern
Italy is believed to be small, and sev
eral of them are reported to have
been staying at Taermina, which is
on the east coast, about thirty miles
southwest of Messina. According to
the latest reports ibis place suffered
no harm from the earthquake.
France's Token of Love.
All the sovereigns and the heads of
states of the foreign governments
have sent expressions of warmest sym
pathy and deepest condolence.
France's message was especially warm
and she is dispatching five warships
from Toulon to Messina, which is hail
ed as a token of love from a sister
race.
The minister of marine last night re
ceived word that the steamships Taor
mina and Campania, laden with 45,000
beds and a large supply of provisions,
had left Genoa bound for Messina.
Other steamers also bountifully stock
ed are on their way to the stricken
cities from various ports.
Half Clad and Starving.
The dispatches from the stricken
zone say that a large army would be
required to cope with even the press
ing needs of the unfortunate people,
who are roaming about half clad and
starved, some cf thern dragging arti
cles of clothing from the smoldering
ruins to protect themselves from the
piercing winds. Terrible suffering is
inevitable before the much-needed re
lief stores can arrive.
The rescue parties, military, naval
and civil, of different nationalities are
Short In Accounts.
Marshalltown, Iowa. Jan. 3. Not
until a note was found confessing that
he was short in his accounts and an
nouncing his intention of committing
suicide, was the disappearance of
Charles D. Swlck discovered yester
day.
Swick was a trusted employe of
President George Gregory of the
Iowa-Nebraska Coal Dealers' associa
tion, and handled much of his employ
ers' funds. As far as discovered his
shortage Is only $200.
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Search Dust for Food.
Added to the difficulty of obtaining
food and water, there are no drugs or
surgical appliances. Heart-breaking
appeals for help are heard on every
side, to which only the most inade
quate response is possible. Tempora
ry hospitals are being rigged up, but
only a comparatively few can be re
lieved and the scenes of horror defy
description. The survivors of the
earthquake are suffering cruel extrem
ities, and in .Messina may be seen
everywhere, v»inlv searching in the
lust and debris for morsels of food.
Many Villages in Ruins.
Later dispatches state that the city
of Palmi contains 1,500 dead and twice
as many injured. Two-thirds of the
town was laid waste. All the villages
adjacent suffered as severely.
Dispatches from Catania describe
Messina as appearing like a huge in
candescent furnace. The fire spread
to the buildings that had not yet fallen,
completing the work of destruction.
The Strait of Messina is now choked
with corpses of men and animals.
Pillage and Looting.
The relief work now is well begun,
but hundreds of persons are wander
ing about the ruins like madmen. They
are being given food and clothing as
fast as it is possible.
At the ministry of marine word has
been received that frightful looting
and pillage occurred at Reggio. This
place, already overwhelmed, will have
few survivors, as it has been impossi
ble 'or the relief expeditions to reach
it.
Americans Respond Quickly.
New York, Jan. 1. The work of
organizing relief for the victims of the
earthquake, which was begun here al
most simultaneously with the receipt
of the first news of the disaster, as
sumed official form yesterday with the
issuance by the mayor of a proclama
tion calling upon the people of the
city for subscription for the relief of
the sufferers.
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A systematized effort Is to be made
for the centralization of the many
channels of relief through which
funds for the succor of the hungry
and. homeless of Sicily and Calabria
are now being collected.
It Is now aimed to make the Ameri
can Red Cross society the medium for
transmission to the Italian Red Cross
society of all money collected in the
United States.
Already the society has cabled $10,•
000, which was dispatched on Tues
day. In addition the executive commit
tee of the national society has arrang
ed to remit immediately to the Italian
Red Cross the sum of $50,000. The
Christian Herald advanced $20,000 on
a fund which it purposes to raise
shortly by contributions from its read
ers and cabled the sum over to the
Italian Red Cross society direct.
Another remittance sent by cable
last n!?ht was $5,000, contributed by
the Italian newspaper, Progresso.
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BONES POINT TO MURDER.
Chicago, Jan. 3. A murder in
which the body of the victim, believed
to have been Mrs. Annie Raffty, a
negro servant, was burned in the fur
nace of a fashionable apartment
building, was disclosed by the police
yesterday by the finding of human
bones in the ashes of the furnace.
The police are searching for the wom
an's husband, who is said to have dis
appeared.
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NEW SHOCKS ALARM SURVIVORS
Complete Ruin of Crumbling Build
ings in Southern Italy and Sicily.
Rome, Jan. 3. Although graphic
stories are coming into Rome of the
horrors in Southern Italy and biclly,
those are but repetitions of Indi
vidual tragedies already recorded.
What chiefly concerns the govern
ment and the people is the progress
that is being made toward the relief
of those "'ho have suffered by the
dreadful visitation. Considerable ad
vance in this respect has been made
at Messina, where, according to offi
cial reports received here, the supply
service is beginning to work saiistae
toril.v. The different regions o:i the
coast have been allotted to various
warships and other ships as centers
from which torpedo boats and launch
es convey and distribute rations and
water to the different villages.
More Shocks Felt.
The minister of justice has wired
from Messina to Premier Goilitti that,
large bodies oT troops have arrived
and are now occupying all parts of
the town. The appalling extent of the
disaster renders anything like a sys
tematic search of the ruins impossi
ble, but persons are being dragged
out all day long and are quickly trans
ported to the relief ships as soon as
their wounds have received attention.
There were slight shocks felt in the
earthquake zone yesterday, complet
ing the ruin of the crumbling build
ings. Those shocks are contributing
to the keeping up of the alarm of the
population. Fires are siiii burning,
although much rain has fallen. The
latest investigations on both sides of
the straits make it certain that many
more than half the population of
the coast towns and villages have
been killed.
More Than 200,000 Dea
Prof. Rico, director of the observa
tory nt Mount Aetna, estimates that
the victims of I he earthquake exceed
210.000. Hundreds of l:ngerou, crim-
inals have been arrested by the troops
and are under close guard. Great, re
lief was felt here when the announce
ment was made that the Lipari isl
ands, which were reported to have
disappeared with their population of
28,000, suffered little or no damage
from the earthquake. Public opinion
is seriously concerned with regard to
the safety of the king and queen and
the possible danger from tottering
walls.
Queen Refuses to Leave.
The king frequently has tried to
persuade the queen to rest or return
to Rome, but she always refused, de
claring that It would break her heart
to abandon her husband in his labors
for the country in its anguish.
New Year's day in Italy is usually
the occasion cf festivities and re
joicing as widespread as on Christ
mas, but these ceremonies and the
festival spirit were wanting yester
day. Instead of rejalcings, Rome is
ACQUITTED OF EMBEZZLEMENT.
Fargo, Jan. 1. In the embezzle
ment case against Ober Iverson of
Aneta, the Jury in the United States
court acquitted the prisoner without
leaving their seats. Iverson Is a sev
enteen-year-old boy, who has been a
clerk In the postoffice at Aneta, and
was charged with embezzling $4.35.
The shortage occurred in connection
with stamp sales, and the defense al
leged it was a case of mistake in mak
ing change and not criminal Intent.
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filled with lamentations pictured ca
the countenance of all is grief for the
destruction of two beautiful regions
of the mother country where tho»
sands now lie dead.
King Supervises Work.
King Victor Emmanuel has been in
defatigable. He has shown wonder,
ful activity and endurance, leaving
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point in Messina unvisited. He has
supervised the entiee work in the fall
en city, and the presence of his maj
esty has infused new courage and en
ergy into the rescuers, hungry and
wounded as they are.
A touching feature of the material
aid offered by all classes of the peo
ple in Rome is the donation of cloth
ing and bedding, which the workmen
are freely giving. Reports from all
parts of Italy indicate the same gen
erous spirit. The king has placed the
royal palaces at Naples and Deserta
at the disposal of the injured.
Carry Refugees Away.
Vessels loaded with refugees con
tinue to stream into Naples and Paler
mo. and each day sees the arrival of
additional steamers in the Strait of
Messina. It. is the government's in
tention to remove all the survivors
possible to the various porta hi Italy.
As an instance of his quick grasp
of the situation. King Victor Emman
uel soon after his arrival at Messina
wired to Premier Giolitti: "Send ships
and men above all, send ships loaded
with quicklime."
Burn and Bury Dead.
So far as has been possible, quick
lime has neen used on the dead!
many bodies have been burned and
others buried. In the relief work the
officers and men of the foreign war
ships have been untiring and their
courage is beyond words. The crew
of the British cruiser Drake gave up
everything they possessed for the ben
efit of the refugees, and practically
forgot rest and sleep for more than
thirty-six hours in their devotion to
duty.
Reports are published that It Is the
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king's intention to sell his property
in Sicily and devote the proceeds to
the assistance of the sufferers.
WATER BOILS IN MIDOCEAN.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 3—A volcano at
sea and a field of boiling water off
the coast of Georgia are among the
phenomena which British officers
have reported to the hydrographic of
fice here.
While the British steamer Baltlo
was headed toward this coast on Dec.
13, in latitude 51:14 and longitude 21,
First Officer Landmary observed what
he reported as an "eruption appar
ently twenty miles distant to the
westward, resembling a volcanic ac
tion." The weird disturbance lasted
but a few seconds.
The British steamship Lord Duffer
in on Dec. 18. passed an area of boil
ing water less than 200 miles oft the
Southern coast, according to the cap
tain's report.
One of the Paris newspapers states
that Wilbur Wright, the American
aeroplanist, will shortly go to Rome
to give instruction to three Italian
pilots in the work of his aeroplane.
Admits His Guilt.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 3.—Wanted in
Chicago on a charge of embezzlement
of money intrusted to his care for de
posit in the bank three months ago,
Herman Paley. a theatrical agent, was
arrested in Seattle yesterday by a de
tective.
Mire. Nordics III.
Los Angeles. Cal., Jan. 3. Mme.
Nordlca Is suffering from an attack of
bronchitis and Is confined to the home
of her sister, Mrs. Castillo.
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