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A CHUM SWEEPS aim Property Losses Will Run Into Many Millions, The Loss In Tennesse Alone Being $1,000,000 Hundreds of Dead and Mangled Bodies Atlanta, Ga., Special.—Cyclones and tornadoes, the like of which have not be£n known for years, swept through the South Thursday night ahd all Friday (leaving in their wake httndreds of dead and mangled bodies, and the dismantled wrecks of prop erty worth many millions. Tennesee was an c&Deciallv heavy sufferer. At 9 o'clock Friday night careful estimates indicate that at least 50 people were killed in that State alone, with monetary losses about $1,000,000. At Franklin and in Hillsboro there was loss of life. The latter town is said to be practi cally destroyed, while at Centrevill# and adjoining villages the loss is re ported very heavy both in lives and property. Near Pulaski, Giles county, the death list reache3 twelve, and many are injured. In the vicinity of Chattagnooga the storm was felt at its worst. Tele phone and telegraph wires were blown down and the movement of trains was greatly hampered. The hurricane followed the Cumberland ▼alley, wrecking small towns and de stroying farm houses. At Ebenezer eighteen houses wdVe blown down. At Charlestown the storm swerved up the Hiasse river, destroying prop erty. At Fayetteville three are knowu to have perished. At Ctiba many houses were blown down and at Oilestown not even a shed was left standing. Memphis reports heavy, loss from towns within a radius of 100 milc9 in three States. At Horn Lake, Miss., half dozen lives were lost and the property damage was very heavy. In Arkansas eight persons were killed near Mammoth Springs and a score of buildings wrecked. Other points in Arkansas report heavy loss. Atlanta and most of Georgia es caped with only slight property losses during the blow. But two young people, brother and sister, Wil liam and Pearl Withra, lost their lives here Friday afternoon by the capsizing of a rowboat during a sud den squall. The hurricane continued upon its course of destruction in Alabama Fri day night. Hnntsville sends word of heavy loss of property, with probably several lives sacrificed near the Ten nessee line. At Danville, in Morgan county, Alabama, the storm struck with terrific force. At Hartsell at least one is dead and many hurt. Soon after dark Friday night the storm winds began shooting across the railroad telegraph and telephone lines connecting Atlanta with Chat tanooga and Knoxville and wire com munication, which had been kept with great difficulty during the afternoon, ceased entirely. The Western and Atlanta Railroad offices here reported that south of Chattanooga, near Em erson, Ga., several big trees were blown across the railroad right of way. tearing down wires and holding up flv e trains. The death totals were swelled Fri-' SUGAR COMPANY PAYS U. S. CIVIL CLAIMS -i --a! n i Sfew "s?oric, American Sugar Refining Company, of New Jer sey and the New York corporation of the same name Tuesdav paid into the treasury of the United States $890,- 000, completing a payment aggregat ing $2,134,000 in settlement of all eiril claims arising out of the fraud ulent weighing of sugar on the docks of the refineries in Brooklyn and Jer sey City. The companies further agree to pive up their right of appeal. The settlement was made upon the advice of the company's lawyers. A FARMERS PLAN A 810 Charlette, N. C., Special.—Presi dent H. Q. Alexander, of the North Carelina division of .the Farmers' Union, is very much interested in the plan proposed for the organization of the several cotton warehouses in the individual Southern States into one gigantic corporation. The warehouses which have been erected by the Union THE MOSLEM DISORDERS IN'ADANA CEASE , Constantinople, By Cable.—A wel come message was received Thursday form the town of Hadjin, in the pro vince of Adana, where five American women missionaries have been alone with thousands of refugees who Bought safety there from bands of Moslems seeking to put them to the sword. Hadjin has withstood a siege for the past eight days and the mis sionaries have been sending out frantic appeals for help. Thursday • message reached here from Miss Lambert, the daughter of Bishop Lambert, timed 10:22 a. m., which said: "With the arrival of the troops PLAN FOR SOUTH TO GET GOOD IMMIGRANTS Washington. D. C., Special. —The Department ol' Commerce and Labor has decided upon a plan for the fur nishing of immigrants with definite and reliable information winch it be lieves will meet with the co-operation of Middle Western and Southern States in particular. Assistant Sec retary McHarg is preparing plans to make a section of the immigration set effective which has hitherto bcien « day night by threj lightning victims at Monroe, Qa. Late in the afternoon a rushing windstorm, accompanied by blinding lightning, broke over Mon roe and one of the bolts struck the residence of M. B. Barrett, running dor n the chimney. Barrett, his wife ar.d his 17-year-old daughter were killed, and a 10-yeaT-old son mrd a younger child were seriously shocked. gflorm in th« Middle West. Chicago, Special.—Belated reports show that the death and destruction, caused by the terriffic storm that swept over the Middle West Thursday night, were more extensive than at first indicated by the meagre tele graph carried over damaged wires. Three men were killed in Chicago by the collapse of a factory. Homeless men, women and children spent Fri day in strange houses in many su burbs, where the storm had upset un substantial houses. In the path of the storm before it reached the Great Lake region, great destruction of property is reported. At least eleven persons were killed. At Golden, Mo., a part of the town was destroyed and many homes were wrecked. 'Five persons lost their lives. At Summerville, Mo., the wind cre ated havoc and two persons were kill ed. Many were injured. The storm was furious in Southern Illinois and at Texas City, near Car :t:i, four persons were ki.led and many seriously wounded. Tiia town wa* wrecked. Great damage to property and crops was caused in Michigan on the cast shore of Luke Michigan, Bentno Harbor and South Ilaven being in the path of the storm. v In Wisconsin, for many hours there rartged a severe snow storm, causing damage to poverty. At Lacrosse and Superior, was f hampered be cause of drifts. Many Rilled in Storm Louisville, Ky., Special. Dis patches, gathered throughout the South by the Associated Press Friday night, indicate that a least 114 per sons met sudden death in the great wind that spread havoc throughout the region south of the Ohio. The number of injured is probably three fold that of the killed. It is substan tiated that 114 persons were killed, distributed among the following towns: Tennesee: Youngs Crossinp. 5: Fayettevillo, 15; Noblesville, 1; Har/- man county, 1; Medina, 4; Clarks ville, 1; Centreville, 1; Franklin, 1; Ilillsboro, 4; Somerville. 3; Laeonia, 2: Bells, 2; Quito, 8; Giles county, Mississippi's most disastrous point was Horn Hake, where IS met death. Arkansas has four dead near Hart sell. Missouri has seven killed # at Somer ville and II at Golden. settlement tfrom the latter was made public Friday night in which they say that the settlement seemed wise because of the fact that the govern ment had threatened otherwise to brjng other suits for amounts reach ing nearly $5.000,000. The settlement while it dischf.rges all the civil claims made h,v the government apainst the companies, does hot pre vent the brinpinp of criminal, prose cutions apainst the men responsibln for the use of the fraudulent device by which fnlso weights were recorded. WAREHOUSE MERCER in Georgia and Mississippi have al ready been merged into a State cor poration and the plan is meeting with signal success there. President C. S. Barrett, of the National Union, is in South Carolina now engaged in an effort to consolidate the warehouses of that State and it is likely that a similar move will be begun in North Carolina at an early date. the disorders in and about the city have ceased, and we are all safe and well. Lambert." Adil Bey, perman ent tinder-secretary of State in the ministry of the Interior, said that the government would make a searching investigation into the cause of the disorders and punish the instigators. Reports received at the ministry of the interior indicated that quiet- now prevailed everywhere. The secretary said that the government recognized the necessity of providing food, medi cine and shelter for the snffprers, and had taken steps to provide these and inaugurate other measures of relief. dead letter. This section provides that States or territories may appoint agents to represent them at the immi grant stations of the United States for the purpose of presenting to im migrants either orally or in- writing the special inducements offered by the Sljrtb or territory to aliens to set tle therein. Efforts have not been made in the past to put into force this been taken in it. WASHINGTON NOTES The most important happenings in the nation's capital Monday were as* follows: - * , The important "commodities clause" case was decided by the Su preme Court of the United States, which while sustaining the govern ment's contention that the Hepburn rate law was not unconstitutional, held that a carrier may own stock in » producing company and at the same time transport the product of that jompany. Representative lloltingsworth, of Jliio, jirese nted in'the Huusii-Monday i resolution protesting against the placing of the of Jefferson Davis on the silver service to be pre sented to the battleship Mississippi by the people of her patronymic State. The appointments of Oscar S. Straus, as an: >issador to Turkey and W. W. Rorkl II as ambassador to Russia were announced. Tariff discussion was continued in he Senate, Mr. I'yles, of Washington, »peaking in defense of the Dingley *ates 011 lumber, and Mr. Borah, of Idaho, strongly advocating an income ax. Tribute to the memory of the late Alexander R. Shepherd, former Gov srnor of the District of Columbia, was paid by citizens of the District'at the unveiling of a statue erected in this ;ity in his honor. •• • • Seirator Hoi liver spoke upon the ariff Tuesday end enlivened the pro •eedines f the Senate. Mr. Dolli /er said he had been accused, in pur suing tlie course lie hud taken in support of lower tariff duties, of a "'mere cowardly acquiescence to a lentiment in lowa." He rend an edi torial criticism to thr.* effect, saying he would not have done so "were it not an authentic echo from the Sen ite chamber itself. He said his course was in pursuance of a contract Jntered into with the people of his Sttfrc nine years ago when lie was first elected to the Senate. When Mr. Dolliver declared, as he said on the anthoiity of Mr. Aldrieh. thai the schedules, of the pending bill were ma>lo bv. officers f the. New York customs house and not by the com mittee on finance. Mr. Aldrich promptly denied that he had made a statement 011 which such an asser tion could be based. • • • The most important happening in the nation's capital Wednesday were as follows: , „ Mehemed V, was formally recog nized by the State Department as Sultan of Turkey, following the re ceipt of official advices of his acces sion to the throne. The memory of Maior L'Enfant, who designed the national capitol, was honored by impressive exercises belli in the rotunda of the capitol, previous to tiie re-interment of the body in Arlington Cemetery, after remaining for more than one hundred years on p Maryland farm. George \V. Woodruff, a former Yal«, athlete, was nominated to be United States District judge for Hawaii. Retention of the existing tariff on i^'ffliijSfy^Viyed 1 **Try* Wr7 Simmons, of North Carolina, in an exhaustive speech in the Senate. The present prospect is that the proposed amendments by the Senate committee on'finance to the tariff bill will be postponed for come days pos sibly until the beginning of next week". The committee is understood to have practically decided to place a duty of $5 per ton on printing pftper and of $1.3,S per ton 011 wood pulp, which is a slight reduction from the Dingley rate in both cases. • • • The most important happenings in the nation's capital Friday were as follows: President Taft attended the cele bration in Alexandria. Va., of the 120 th annive-s"rv of George Wash ington's inauguration and dedication of a park to his memory. The President cabled l.is congratu lations on the birth of at' heir to the throne of The Netherlands. • • • Justice Stafford, in the Supreme Court of the District of C lumbin, de clined to compel Secretary (f Agrieul ture Wilson to vacate his decision to instifute proscutions undo;' the pure food law ngaii t flour manufacturers, who ufce the 1 leaching pro ess. The Senate finance comjrJttee re ported its substitute for the maximum and minimum provision of Ihe Payne tariff bill, practica!ly :rv !::!:ig the lat ter, in that any eonntry to receive our minimum rates.must not in any way discriminate against our products • • • Senator Tillman declared in the Senate Friday, says the Washingtou correspondent to the Charlotte Ob server. that Senators Simmons, of North Carolina, and Fletchd|of Flori day, had made Republican speeches on lumber. Mr. Simmons was not in the chamber at the time and did not hear the charge, but the general im pression here is that he can take care of himself in. a controversy with the South Carolinian. ADANA MASSACRES Missionary to Turkey Writes of the Horrors Perpetrated. HER SCHOOL MENACED BY MOB Miss Elizabeth S. Webb, Missionary From Illinois to Asiatic Turkey, Writes Dramatically of the Firs: Days of the Slaughter. A special from Adnna via Constan tinople says: Miss Elizabeth S. Webb, a missionary from Bunker Hill, HI., has written as follows of JLkll first days of the massacres in' Adnna when the girls' school to which she was attached was in the greatest danger: "Our friends came to school as usual on Wednesday (April 21). Al though we heard there was much un rest in we went on with preparations for a school entertain ment, to be held next day. Soon firing began and before noon we vrcra afraid to send the dav scholars home. There was constant firing. We tried to go on with our annual meeting, but were interrupted by the scream ing in the streets and the shooting. "Mr. Chambers attempted to go to the government building for a guard, but found it impossible to got through the mob. Our Turkish chil dren were present and we thought it would be possible to send word of our' danger by a Turk who had come to take them home. Accordingly notes to their fathers and to the Governor were written, but there was no response. "As night came on fires began to flare up in all directions and we were fenfnl that the rioters would break into I lie school buildings. Finally, ab out !• o'clock, there came a knock at t h» gate and in walked the English consul. He left three of his guard of Turkish soldiers to take care of us. "All the night we seemeh to be in a state of siege. In the meantime fires about the city bar! in creased and the sound of shooting conM lie heard from every point. At last I lie consul passed, lie was nblo to spare only one man, hut thought this one would be more useful than the other three, who had run away, fcjoon after fires broke out in (lie ad jacent streets. Unless something was done speedily our school building must be destroyed. We had hung Turkish flans on all sides of the building, but this did not stop the thousands engaged in the riots from firing I heir weapons, although ap parently they wero not directed against us. "If our building burned, the Cham ber'; house must burn also. Our only safety seemed to he to cheek the flan es. The women and girls carried water, while the men cut down the shed and an,old house in the corner of our yard. A shed on the opposite «ide of the street was also town down. About this time we were horrified to learn that Mr. Rogers and Mr. Mauser had been shot. It seemed (hat they had been fighting the fire and were not with the other men cutting down -the sheds. They were brought into our dining room. Mr. Maurer already •was dead and Mr. Rogers only lived n few minutes. The Rev. Stephen R. Trowbridge, who was near them at I lie time, escaped. " A HAW in limi t !>■ ■■> Ill" ♦> 11 r guard of one man disappeared. I came to my room, where the girls were waiting. For me to tell them what had happened would only cause a panic, so I said: 'We have dono nil we can now; let us pray.' "Before I had finished praying, the bugle of the consul's guard and the Turkish officials with whom he was patroling sounded. lie could not spare a guard, but promised to send one immediately. It was a terrible tit nation; women and girls practi cally alone in the building; a mur derous, blood thi'st v mob outside, with knife and bullet for the Armenians, and the torch for their homes. To add to the misery, there were the dead on the floor below, and the widow of one of them, Mrs. Tvigers, with her infant, 10 weeks old, to comfort. The afternoon and evening passed and 110 guard came. The following day we learned that the British consul had been shot in the arm. That night young men from the Gregorian and Protestant committees patrolled the streets around our building. The situation was grave. A great crowd, bent on plundering, had gathered at the rear of- our house for an attack. Our Armenians asked those below to send one man to confer with a representa tive of our side. "This was agreed to, but in place of one man, hundreds started to come. They demanded that we give up our arms, but this meant certain death. We decided to take the girls to Mr. Chambers' house. Here refu gees cowered everywhere. Both hoti«es~and court apparently bad been overflowing with refugees before our arrival. Four Liens Are Bagged. Nairobi, British East Africa, By Cable. —Four lions are trophies of ex- President Roosevelt's camp in the Mau hills. The lions were bagged Fri day, and Colonel Roosevelt's mighty gun brought three of them to earth, each on the first slrot. The fourth of the jungle kings fell before the rifle of his son Kermit, who. however, took three shots to kill his quarry. Both father and son are jubilant. GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT Davidson County Making Strenuous Efforts to Vote a lljat Purpose.' • Lexington, Special.—ll. R. Varner has secured the promise of the pood roads bureau of the Department of Agriculture to aid in the campaign for a bond issue of half a million dollars for the improvement of the roads in Davidson county. Mr. Var ner had a very satisfactory talk with Mr. Paige, the head of the bureau, who agreed to send to the county a number of lecturers prior to the election. The officials in Wasbinglon are greatly pleased with this move ment for road improvement on such a large scale. It is thought there ia little"&©iibf~biit TKal Hie people will approve this issue of bonds and when the work is completed Davidson will | have the finest public roads of all the I counties in the South. The invest | ment is one of the best possible the county could make and that is the way our people are looking at the propo sition. Granite Interest Combine Salisbury, Special.—A consolida tion of the granite interests of Rowan county has taken place and the re-* suit is the W. A. Esson Oranite Com pany, an organization with a pnid in capital stock of $1,250.00 A. A char ter for the new company was sent to Raleigh Wednesday. The companies consolidated are now working 500 men at the quarries several miles from Salisbury and it is stated that soon the number of employes will have been increased to 2,000. The American Stone Company, The Rowan Granite Company, and the Balfour Pink Granite Company lose them identity in the new corpora tion. Confederate Monument, Salisbury, Special.—The C'onfeder lte monument on Inniss street is to i\a unveiled Monday, May 10, the cere mony taking place at 10:30 o'clock. Large numbeis of veterans and others arc expected, not only from this coun ty but from a number of places, both in and out of the State. Mayor A. 11. Hoyden will be orator of the day, and (Jen. Dennett Young, of Louisville, Ky., will also deliver an address. The memorial will be unveiled by Mrs. Frances Fisher Tiernan, daughter of Gen. ('has. F. Fisher. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, of Charlotte, and Oen. Kobt. F. Hoke, of* Haleigh, are among the prominent guests who have already signified their intention of being pres ent. Summer Conference Discussed, Chapel Hill, Special.—At the reg ular meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Tues day night the "Summer Conference for Southern College Men" was dis cussed. Frank Graham, chairman of the Summer Conference committee, presided over the meeting and bore ample testimony of his deep apprecia tion of the conference by saying he had studied it for the last three sum mers and was looking with more than his usual zeal to this summer's conference, to be held at Montreat .lime the-eleventh, through the twenty first. Dynamite Hurts Boy. Lenoir. Special. Friday afternoon little Samurl Kysart, aged 0 vears, had two fingers and a thumb blown otf his left hand by a cl r viutu.u 'W?rt;r'V He found flie" cap near the cemetery and not knowing what it was started homo and on the way un dertook to strike a match on the cart ridge and it exploded. It is thought the rap was left by some men who had hcen blasting nearby. The little fellow was badly frightened. The Morning Star Soil A deal has been consummated by which a stock company has secured The Morning Star, Wilmington, which has been published for 40 years by Maj. W. If. Bernard. The purchase price was $26,000. Death of N. D. Emerson. Wilmington, Speeinl.—Telegraphic advices Friday morning conveyed to hundreds of friends the news of the death of Neil Davis Emerson, only son of President T. M. Emerson, of t«'ie Atlantic Coast Line Railroad which occurred Thursday night at Phoenix, Arizona, where he had been for some time with the hops tbat the climate would be of benefit to his health. He improved for a time until his heart began to fail and his de cline was rapid. Crushed Skull With Plank. Troy, Special.—A misunderstanding over the incorrect driving of a mule team at the Guilford Lumber Manu facturing Company's Rufus Smith struck Mart. Thompson with a piece of plank Friday and crushed his skull and Thompson is not expect ed to live, whereupon - ; mith wai* ar rested and taken to jail to await.the results of the wound. Military C.ommicsion. Adjutant General Arir.field Friday issued the following military com missions : C. H. Banks, captain; J. A. Turner, first lieutenant, and J. R. I'erry second lieutenant, Co. D, Third Infantry, Louisburg. A. L. C. Hill, captain, and J. O. H. Taylor, second lieutenant Company B Second Infantry, Kinston. First Lieu tenant J. I. Brown retained his com mission. THE NEWS IN BRlff Items of Interest Gathered Bf Wire ard Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAI Live It on a Covering Events of Mam or Less Interest at Home aai Abroad. "Ike Morse has betrayed me. Dr has been going with me for the lot nine years. Ho could not throw M over and live." So said Gertrnic Douglas after shooting down the niaa at Nashville, Teen., last Tuesday. Thirteen-year-old Adele Boas, of New York, created a sensation bf leaving home to pee the wocld ml make her own living. It was not a ease uf kidnaping as was thought ant Adele has eotne back home worsteft and wiser. A tornado wrecked a nnmber of buildings Wednesday evening and did serious damage to crops and fruit aft Tupola, Okla. One person was killed and 10 wen* injured by a tornado which wreck ed a large portion of Douglas, »", Wednesday evening. A group of Chicago capitalists haw leasee! the Geo. W. Vanderbilt hunt ing and fishing preserve near Asha ville, N. C., for ten years at s>,ooo per year. Mi's. Gonzales was killed and four other prominent society ladies were I injured at Pensacola on Monday ky contact of their automobile with a street car A tug sank in the Mississippi river, 40 miles sot;:.!; 3? New Orleans 8 of the 15 pcTtuas aboard being: lost last Sunday. The danger from ice at Niagara Falls seems over as *« % flowing aloqg gently. Admiral N. E. Ijwi.i, ccn.Dindsa of the Japanese training k/\nadroo now at San Pedro, Cal., had a long talk Monday with Rear Admiral Robley I). Evans. They agreed that there is no danger of war between the United States and Japan. Sixteen acres of the home when "Jefferson Davif was born, within 12 miles of Hopkiiwvslle, Ky., have been purchased to in* mjidc into a park to perpetuato his name. Samuel of Pittsburg, ha* won a si»i« sgainst Col. Wm. D„. Mann, of To«a Topics, getting ver dict for $30,"00 f'>r libel. James Boyle, 'be kidnapper is said to be on the verge of f. break down. The Daughters of the Am ami van Revolution Congress in VV.iahinglcnr last week, declared for ftiVt preserva* tion of Fort Me,llenrv as one of thr consecrate*.', visits oi the nation:. A numh.v of wonie'n were hurt in u \\ iiiiatnsburg (Brooklyn) harjii# rush. Four persons perished in a hotel fire in Topeka, Kan Siirniliy.. Benson Hid well and his ROB, Charles, were convicted in ( liicagn last week of swindling. Tfie fatWk health gave way and the son agreed to a ban, lon an appeal and go to the penitentiary on condition that hi* ilflUux J;J eeiv« a nninirint pun in Itmcot of 10 days in jail. The scheme wan effected. Washington Notes. Senator Nelson set tho Senate in a fernzy Thursday in a speech on the plumber schedule. Senator Rayner in a speech Thura day declared free trade to be imprac ticable. / Representative Ilollingsworth cif Ohio wants congressional action against the engraving of ex-President Jefferson Davis on the silver service to be presented to the Mississippi. The remains of Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant have been taken up from its country resting place arid placed in the Arlington National cemetery where it will be suit alrfy commemorated in, his honor for de signing the plan of Washington eity. The American Red Oross society has undertaken to render aid to the desolate in Armenia and has sent on SI,OOO. It will gladly receive dona tions to the cause. President Taft is very much con cerned about the successful compe tition of Germany over America in the Chinese trade. Foreign Affairs. ' Holland is overjoyed that Queen Willielmina gave birth to a daugh ter on Friday, the 30th. It is estimated that 2,000 people were killed in the battle at Conatan-- tinnple last Sunday. The Russian expedition formed U» restore order at Tabriz, Persia, ia re port prT To have been checked. The new government at Constanti nople has sent troops and has rescued the remaining Armenian Christiana. Eleven men were killed and 11 were injured by an explosion of an Italian submarine boat, on last Mon day. The story is now going that who is now iiy France, has a fortm* buried 'ln Venezuela, and is anxious to get home on that account ah». A cablegram Monday says er.-Praa ident Roosevelt and son are both in disposed from overdoing in the fatmk and are resting at the rapch of Sir- Alfred Pease.' Later news saya tkey are again on the bunt.
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