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GrCTIOIT Oirc Pa-c3 l to 12-23 Jtajs.. u CHARLOTTE, On ' SUNDAY 310RNINQ, APRIL 1900; V SECTI0ir0NE-fPage3 1 ta 12-2D Tc: f 5JT i:;suw!iCE ueh guessi;;g LOSS 5!i3,t!U:! 10 tSSMlll k FIRE DIES OtTT "AMOXq,JOCKS - t After' Addiac Nearly MUe of Gmto 1 ! fclieda nd Wuirvcs to General Do Btrnction, Conflagration ', Appear to filiate Burned Jtseir uut, ana nm rt1 'Heard-aii)ed Dlrtrtet PraetteaJIy Bounded on tbe West or Van Nesa NAvenno OH altitude 1 ot "! Destitute People SUB Remain Despite Ex odus' of miooBands, ana Reports of 8afferUig Come From All Sides Dlssaturaetlon at Too ; Free Firing on ; Pedetriaju ' tty Mere Boys Amens the Militia Many Rumors I - of . ionunary BxecnUona Old Bpan- , Ish-Bailt Chnrch CBacallicd. Eaa Francisco, April L Again came i i tne appearance this momtng that the ?Ors tad; burned Itself out Last night the flames earns from Nob.HlU tldge, hi enaklnsr their wsy to the Wg sea wall sheds, docks and irarehottseivbttt re T ports of damage done are conflicting. One statement Is that most of the Val- tiable.' property on the extreme shore line escaped , A Bulletin reporter who ' had skirted the water front 1a a tug this morning says that everything tx- f ; ceptfour docks had been swept clean ?''", from Flaherman's Wharf at the foot : of Powell street, to sJ-point around Westerly, almost to the ferry bulld- 4ng. , This meahs that nearly a. mile of grain sheds,' docks and wharves liave been added to the general de struction. The reporter also declared that he saw lire biasing in South San .- Yranclsco last night and that spots in the suburbs were smouldering this af- tern oo n. Accordlng'to his account, the Are . was still burning at the foot of Powell street early to-day, but there ' - Vas no possibility of Its going into the ' Presidio district , ' The fire broke out in the South Side ferry building last night, but fire tugs qui eneenve wont ana savea tne ouua ing from danger in that direction, v ' i BOUNDARIES OF THE RUINS. - In the section north of Market . street, the ruined district Is practlcal ' -. ly bounded on the west by Van Ness 1 venue,- although ' in many blocks the flames destroyed SQuares to the "west of that thoroughfare. The Van Ness avenue ournea une runs northerly to Greenwich street which is a few ,4 Jtlocks from lbs bay. Then the boun .. ' err sroes u ever TelesraDh Hill and , flown in that' portion ot the shore that laces Oakland, Practically everything ' In the district ' bounded by Market ' . street Van Wees .nue, Greenwich - street and'th'bay' is In ashes. On the v'east side of Hyde. Street -BUV the Ore . wurned down to Bay street aad Mont gomery irenae Mai. ' stoppedat , that . S interjection. - AM - south - of. . Market i: otreet with perhaps some, exceptions In tbe vicinity of the Pacific Mall dock. v Is gone.. This section is bQupded. OA the north by Market street and runs out to Guererro. street, goes- out thai ' street two blocks, turns west to Do ' lores, runs west six blocks to about . Twenty-second, taking In four blocks -1 on the other side of Dolores. The Are then took, An (irregular course aduth .' : ,i ward, spreading out as far aa Twenty fifth-street and going down that way to the southerly bay'ahore. f ' : v'MAKBS INtJRANCB MEJT .DIZZT. .Si :(- Rolta V, Watt manager of the Roy- . affl Queen insurance Companies and ; one' of the most prominent insurance " men on the coast was asked to-day if jjie would hasard a estimate on the, fl- siancUI loss. He said: "My Idea- Is ; something like 1200,000.000. I have r ' heard other insurance men olace the ,. v figure at $500,000,000. We den t, know. It ts simply too big for any human ; - head to figure out- at this time." ' ' f Dissatisfaction la being expressed, at '.- , the conduct of some of the soldiers. ' -t Many of those doing guard duty and nstrol duty are little more than mere oys who are wrought, up to s. high Ditch of excitement by their DosKlon suDd have been shooting at pedestrians - - , i circumstance where milder orders ' would have answered lust as well. Chief of Police Dlnan has 'asked 'the , military autnorittea to wtthdraw-maiiy .1 ot these companies from the Uy.. .. . . , ' Despite the exodus of thoueands of . ' tiomeless from San Francisco, a multl r;i Xtude of destitute' people remain, and " reports of suffering for want at food .' and shelter come in from all sides; ? - Mlsalon Dolores , church,- the oldest . 1 uildlng'in the city, erected ISO years , ago by the Spanish Missionaries, sur vived the eartbouake shocks and was I. caved from the Are. .1 is constructed oui uiocu, i- in ' newer cnurcn ,., built ot .brick alonrslde of the old building, suffered from ' the , earth T ottake '.i ,f;, s iiMANTTTHIBVES REPORTED SHOX Many rumors of summary execution ; of men caught in the act of looting , last ntcht were afloat to-dav. tint thv could not be Vertfled. The only case of shooting positively .known Is that ' of 'a foreigner who was ordered-to chop' down some trees by a soldier; Not understanding English, the foreigner , . Started to walk away and was shot through the body and dangerously ; wounded. '( --4 k" -f There re persist en 6 but unconffrmed reports of the banging of two men m ' Jefferson Square last nlghtlt Is report ed also that two Japanese were shot , ' "ami .uma uj wtuiers . in tne western ; addition and that there was conslder- ., t" J able thievery n the residence section ,,i ..ijjast night.. i' i (rff.'Vf V CLjThere was very little water la the rr y vnburned section of the city to-day. f I bt it was promised by the water com -pany that all that section' lying west ; - of Van Ness avenue would have eon eectlons with the water mains before ' -' f , A t v PM20TT OF FOOD NOW OX HAND. How to Get "H to the People laai . , rKnrlous . Problem, HoweverCity . Divided Into Sine Relief Districts. San Francisco, April SI. With . the break ot day, steamers from Oakland, Alameda, Vnjo and other points through which the . railroads - have . means of - , communication with Ban Francisco began loading cargoes - of supplies at various points along the water front from the Potrero to the Presidio. These were in sufficient : quantities' to eliminate at once all Idea ' that there would be any. suJXerlng from lack of food, provided that . means could he had to set it to the people, For this purpose the sub-commit tee on rener or the general committee es tablished nine ; general ? food depots throughout the city. ,. At each ot .these poin ts- oray loads or provisions were stored and distributed as fast as the lines of applicants could be served, v The districting of theiclty in accord ance with the directions of the mayor was undertaken by the relief commit tee early in the morning and by noon was well under way. When this has been perfected those-of the people ot San Francisco who from one motive or another.- have refrained from making their wants known at the pnbllo bead quarters will be reached and succored. The lack of teams reported to the sen- erai committee Friday eveninc naa been met by morning. In many eases Individuals . came forward, ana onerea the services of. their horses and wag ons, one sentleraan In particular pro- vlding the committee with, twenty ve- The work of tabulating the .vacant houses throughout - the- anburned dis tricts was-undertaken by the associ ated charities board and It -was hoped that -'by nixhtfali some 1.600. bouses would be at the service of the relief SANTA ROSA'S DEAD ABOlJT4W Not One Brick or Stone Building Is Left Standing and v People v Are Afraid . to-Sleep Indoors City vn act Maruai jaw. - Santa Rosa. Cat. April 21. The list of known dead now totals 68. and H is believed that 100 is a conservative estimate' of the number of, persons who lost their lives in the awiui catas trophe which visited this city on wed nesdav mornlna. . five. bodies were re covered to-day from- the wreckage ana the search, has hardly beaiin. The entire business section is in ruins and practically every residence In town Is more or leas damaxed. 16 or so being badly wrecked. Tne aam ago to residences was caused - pnnci bally by the elnklnx jot the founda tions, which let many structures down on to the ground. The brick and stone business mocks together witn tne pud lie bulldlnars. were all -thrown nat. The' court house, hall of records; the Occidental and Santa. Rosa. Hotels, the Athenaeum Theatre, the new Masonic Temple, Odd Fellows ' block.- air the bank4verything went and fn all the city not one brick or stone building Is standing, except the California NorthwestenL depot. .. ci ' Almost every one here is sieepinx out": of doors, being afraid to enter their- homes except for a ahort while at a time until , repairs have been made. ! There are plenty or. provisions. The city is under full martial law. Cqmpany, C, .of, Petaluma.. haying .been Called to assist the local company in Drc serving order. Many deputy , sher iffs and ana special police nave oeen sworn in. but . no . 4roubIe Jia&v yt oc curred ' and none . Is expected. Forty marines, under command of Captain Holcombe.' arrived to-day from , Mare Islandj and did splendid work in as sisting? In the search. ; Forty-two bod ies were ounea to-aay. .. . " 'r t -4 I M nil n fit " W i. CONFLICT OF ORDERS ONE EVIL Military and Civil Headmartors: Are so mr Apart Tnat n is uimcnicco .Attain : jurontowir yctwn--i'ej-poirary Frame Strnctures Going tJix ' San -Francisco. April M.--THe head ouArters pf Qeaeral .FUngton, i Com manding - the , mnitiaryi locatea at Fort-Mason, on the North' Beach) and those nf Mavor ,, Bchmlta. in ' Franklin Hail at Fftmore and Bush, streets, are se widely separated that there Ir some times a conflict of orders. Kvery ef fort at co-operation 'between' the mil- 4tasy and'olvU authorities - Is being made ana it is nooed some sort or rapid' comMuhlca'tlon between -the dif ferent headquartersrwllt- be- establish ed to-day. The needs of the people Jn'mahy dlstHbU'wire id urgent that there, was- no .time to consult eacn other in taking measures tor their Im mediate relief. . Brlxadler. . General .Funstoa .and tMayor Schmlts ; co-operated later in .the day in tne estaousnment or tne military, district.. with .the military headquarters at Park Lodge. Engi neer,' sanitary ana signal corps orn- cers were detailed to take charge- of thee departments and the military wni promptly do everytning possioie to relieve .the .uncomfortable situation of the refugees now In the , park. Lumber Is being delivered at the park to-day. and. temporary . frame . struc tures are belns erected on all the open-spaces In the park and on the sand dunes south of too park." f , , , BREAKFAST IN OPEN STREETS. No Fires 'Allowed la San Francisco Houses- Sanitary - Situation - the Grare Onestlonl 'San Francisco, April' t:-4 'a., m. 1W.M -mum 1 '4m -e.' M.K.tu. to-day oreaKtastea on rooa eooxed m tbe. opeo strets, no Ores being al lowed rr the houses, j A few bricks or stones 'fathered into a semblance of furnace .with a few dry sticks be neath cans of kettles was the Impro vised kitchen In which the food of the millionaires,! as well as the, humb lest - workman twas, prepared. - AU through the fine , residence section 'of Pad do Heights : people , sat on the sidewalks and took their black coffee. dry bread, crackers, and In; some cases, eggs a.nd bacon.'; . --.".' : ' In ' the parks and along the North Beach, r "wherever people .ware camp ed, the relief stations handed, out food suffcient ' to relieve the .situation. There were proimoiy very xew persons who did not receive some sort of food to-day, . The grave Question to be met is ; the sanitary- situation. The j ferry station Is still open and is not thought to be In danger from the; fire more than half a uu;ie north ot It x-;,- ,f. ' . y ?w ... ,(- t . Terrible Events of Last Few TMfi - Beginning to i en on tne t-eopie, San Francisco. April 21. The terrible strain ot the last few days Is begin ning to tell on the people.. The reaction has come and ' suspense over missing relatives and - friends -is - causing , til. ness and rn soma cases Insanity,, ' : , At Central avenuo and Oak street a man to-day - became insane and At tempted to kill his wife with a cleaver. Heiad to, be arrested.to, prevent him from Injuring himself or family, f -i-Episcopal clergymen to-day decided to hold religious services at the differ ent camps to-morrow. 40 BODIES FROM BVItDIXG; Only. Bono Ift of Thorn Imprisoned under itnins ot wooden btrnoture Containing Three Flats. ; San Francisco April 21. Forty bod-i les were taken from the mint of a bulldlnx at 119 Fifth street to-day by the Red Cross service. The struetnrs, wnicn was a mur-story wooaen buiiii Ins; and contained ' three flats ofilO JLContlxiued pa 1 ge i ive.i , i FUND NEABS TEJf MILLIONS WHOLE NATION TO THE RESCUE , - t (."-m 1', H t - , k W , . From Every City and Town In the , United gutes : , and Wherever Around the World Americans Are Found Comes Material 1 Asslstanoe for OaUfornla Safferera, New York City , Leading , With, $3,000,000 i Massachusetts on the Way to Rals- n tn s,wo,ooo ; Cbloago Gives l, 090,000' and Philadelphia $500,000 -"-Foreign Assistance Still Declined. New York, . April SI The, voiceless appeal of San Francisco has been heard throughout the civilised world. STom every city and town in this coun try... from European capitals and from far i Eastern . communities eamem news that all humanity, in expressing Its eympminy,, it aiso offering every ma terial assistance. f"m ' From the- lncomnlfete figures of the contrlbtlons -which -have been made it IS estimated, -o-nisht that th. Ran Francisco found Is rapidly nearlng the tow ot iui,wo,ovd and will have passed that figure by Monday,- when the Unit ed States Consress. It la announced. will add S1.OOO.00O to the 11,000,000 ap propriate, irom. tne Treasury at waan ington,. In the burst of renerous con tributions. New Tory r eitv ranks next to the government itself and bids fair to far exceed the Federal contribu tions. xc-nlftUt the; New - York fund Kiiiuumou ia aDDroxiinateiy .. S3.UUV.IM. witn contrtDuttons coming in fasti 13,000.000 MASSACHUSETTS ; OOAL. The State of MassachusetU has un dertaken to raise $3,000,000. and . with Boston s generous help Is well on the way to tne xoai. . ' cnicago's - fund, spontaneously sub scribed. Is f approaching tl .000. 000 and promises to xo beyond- that sum.' FhU adelphla will send $600,000. t These are but a, few of the larger sums.; A score or more cities are contributlnx. 1100.000 and more, while hundreds of munici palities are aendmx all their means will allow. From London. Paris. Ber lin and wherever Americans are con gregated, generous Inflow of gold is reported.' :- r Wholly forelxn contributions, while deeply appreciated, are not to be ao cepted. according to the precedent es' tabllshed .by the President yesterday in declining a girt of Z5,ooo from German steamship line. . America. though touched by the evidences of forelxn generosity, feels, able to care ror its own. -. TJNCOUNTBI THOUSANDS OIVINa. uncountea tnoussnas are senainsT their contributions and the grand to tal of tne reuer fund win probably never be known. The New York cham- xir of (vmimflrf-fl tn.rlav f Arw&rriiut ;A san Francisco (soo.ooo. Chief amonx .the .mdividual contributions have been those ot E. H. Harrlman, $200,000, and Andrew Carnegie, William Waldorf Astor. John D. Rockefeller. and the Standard .Oil Company, each of Whom gave UW.OO0L A meetlns-.of Ameri cana in London was caHed and a lance fund, immediately Subscribed. ' Among the other notable- contributions nave been Ladenberx. Thalman A Co.i $75.- 000;, M. Guggenheim Sons, $50,000; J. P. Morxan A Co.. speyer Co.: Kuhn. Loeb A "Co-'and W. 'K. Vanderbilt each $25,000. r It is estimated that the contributions of the New York stock exchange wilt sjrrreirsrte" $260,000. - But most remarkable Is the way in which smgn, cbhtrtbutlons have poured In to the ireasury - of J,-the organisations. formed: to send aid to the stricken clty . 1 v , . Nor. Is the work of raisins relief funds confined to the large cities; From every-' section, every State, comes the news of contributions made by small towns, in ot large in xnemeeives, tneir aggregate will be enormous. rj',;r ;; j,. Httsourg naa given sioo.ooo; commer cial' men of Cleveland, , ,.$100,000:- St Louis. $200,000; Sacramento. $100,000. and Seattle,' $90,000. v "4 &-r' 'P Throughout the country theatrical performances are being planned,: the. proceeds to go to the .relief fund. v: SOUTHS SUBSCRIPTIONS GROW. Atlanta. Citizens Contribute ! $3,000 Additional In 80 Mtarates, Norfolk Council - Appropriates $8,000. While Charleston's Total Reaches $7,000 ' and , JacksonvQIe's $8,200. - 1 Birmingham. Ala.. April JL Bishop C. M. Beckwith. of the Alabama dio cese, has. issued a call' tor all Epls OopaPchurches In the State to take a collection to-morrow . for the benefit of San Francisco Victims. Jewish members of Temple Emanuel,-of this city, to-day raised more than, a thou sand dollars relief fund. ., . , . , ,j ' ,i - i, m ' , Charleston. S. C April It-Charles- ton's subscription to the San Francis co sufferers has so far figured up to about $7,000. special collections . will be taken In . the Episcopal and other churches to-morrow and money is be ing voted : by lodges, orders, and if ra- ternai organisations. - - Norfolk. Va.. - April tl.-Norfolk city councils appropriated $5,000 to-nlxht for the relief of San Francisco. : May or Riddles has issued a proclamation caning: mass meeting of cltlsens to morrow to raise a public subscription. Mayor Reed, of Portsmouth, has Called a similar meeting in hts city. J Atlanta, Oa,. April 21. A mass meet ing of cltlsens to-day Subscribed $5,000 In 20 minutes, for the California relief fund. This ; amount, with the f&ooo given from the city treasury and other subscriptions, - make the - su m sub- scribed 1 to ' this ' evening $13,W0.' This will bs increased, to $15,000 by Monday. Vv ! ,'', - V - . Jacksonville, Fla., April 21. Jackson- vilie yesterday and to-day has raised $8,$00 for the relief of the 'San Fran cisco -sufferers, which ' has been for warded 'to Governor Pardee, of .Cali fornia.- ;. 't;y,M MILUON, MORE FROSt CONGRESS nouM ' Authorises Doubling of Ap- proprmuon tot uuirornut Destitute Vnon '; Reoeivmffw" Messaxe -. Vmm President ittf n z .- ; v . Washlnxton.-' Aortt v 21. An , addltlnnai appropriation Of ons million 'dollars for the sufferers of -flan (Francisco and Oth er California; cities was- the distinctive feature of the legislation enacted by the House to-day. i A message from the; President 'and a letter from the Secretary of War ed the House for tbe action -of the com mute on wppropnations in reporting an other Joint resolution . Increasing tbe amount of Federal aid to two milllona. and barring a general Inquiry as to the manner In which the money would be ex pended,. the resolution passed without de bate. J 1 '' 1 " - ,1. , T5 . " Mr. Bartlett, of Georgia, was made one of the House eonfereos on the quHj-entlne bill in place of Mr. Davey, of LoulHiHna. The-District of Columhl appropriatim hill was completed and pawned. The House sdiourned until to-morrow." wtin eulogies will be delivered. - Knlxhtsof Pythlss fJlve $5,000, Wllrolneton. April II Bnm-ma llaalrr of .the fcschecker T, D, kinr, of this !lty,-tonayTeeivea atitnority from th iinreme council -of. t ha Kntchta f PthlH In. the t'nltad fMt (o at onre forward a chwk (nr I . townrd the oneral relief Of the. a IVanciaco malt EPIDEMIO HOX, BRJSA1)ED REFUGEES DO NOT LACK FOOB Efforts of Military Authorities Satur day Were All In the Direction of f Improving- Sanitary Conditions ' Among the , Congregsted Thon r sands, Though There Has as-Yet i Been Little Siokaess Army; Tents and Blankets Distributed in Great . j Quantifies - Departure From - the v umpi jioicunragea oy uinng xree V Transportation'' Across the Bay. San Francisco,,-April St Among the homeless hundreds now being sheltered at Jefferson Square conditions are as admirable as they could be under the awful; circumstances. The relief com mittee has supplied every sufferer with food,: blankets have been supplied, and many tents Are in place. V An effort has been made bv the mil itary and civil authorities to secure some 'Kind -of an, accurate list of the bread .'in the neighborhood. So far they have been greatly handicapped through .their inability to get reliable people to- engage In the work. Among the homeless' In the square are -many little ones... jLest, night there was a shortage in -the milk supdIv. but , this condition was relieved at an early hour una morning oy tne arrival of many cans or tne precious nuia. EXCITEMENT r OVER SHOWrNO Karly this morning there was great excitement ramong the refugees over ins reportea snooting of a looter in the square. Certainly a shot was fired, but VbV Whom or at what nntnt piciMwr ouuiarj ar civu aumoriues 00 lng police duty. In,, the neighborhood .1 . U .... u. . . . . - nve seen., aoie to ascertain, it M known, however,, that no one was shoe oy either soldiers er police at Jeffer son Square during, the night. There was some relief of the crowd ed condition of the camp in the square before noon . to-dajr- when a UtUe ar my of refugee carrying all they had in, the world upon-thetr backs, msda their way ..through fdebrls and wreck age to the, ferry building. Here those wno were;; out, ot funds were given transportaUoa, across the bay. At uoioen uaw , jrarx.- wnere there are camped probably the greatest number of refugees, conditions to-day were im- FOOD SITUATION NOT SERIOUS. Tbe food i, situation is not serious. There was plenty of food, of the simpl est sortOf coarse, provided for every one in the bread Utte. 1 Major F. H. Keeslinx. of the Firat BatUllon Of the Coast ArtUlery Cali fornia National Guard. Is In command of the military-relief measures in the park. Hts headquarters have been es tablished at the tennis courts. Here supplies of sugar, coffee, bread and canned goods are being distributed. and at another point some, prepared. me a is were given out. Army tents, as many as could be obtained, were set tip everywhere and other protections were maae or di an Kate, rugs, carpets, bed clothes and every other sort of material tha.fr 'could fee' lisfcd Wr The purpose. In some olaces refugees had cleared out snaoes beneath . th think shrubbery and the semi-tropical plants xur wnicn .uoioen uate jfan is famous, and Under these found some sort of protection from the chilly nlxht air. VAJNa.JkOAINtlX VJCFHMCMia . a , yet were, use oeen, attie . sick ness aside from nervous shocks and pnysical . exhaustion. - and from ; these most' of the.' people' bavs recovered. The efforts of ths military authorities tc-dy were - .all in the ; direction of Improving the- sanitary condition and rovjamg eareguaras 'against Any pos sible epidemic that may result from ths exposed situation of so. many thou sand people.'' All. refuse must be de posited 1 trenches i dugifor that pur pose and the nark has been divided into various sanitary, districts; over wmcn military oincers nav been given command and which , re petroled by regular soldiers or by municipal police. Information bureaus have been es tablished and telephone servloA is he. ing provided by the Signal Corps of the regular army. At the entrance of the park, known as the Pan Handle dis trict a.n enormous bill board has been ereetea ana is being used as a direc tory by' thOSe who Wish to designate their location in the camr for the benefit of seeking friends. All vehicles that enter, the park are eon flscwted by the mlUUry- authorftles and are being used to deliver supplies to the various polnU ks well as to remove re f ugees desiring to reach points .beyond the Jurisdiction of the authorities.' All those who desire to leave the park and go, to any point In the Interior' of the' State are encouraged to do so. $100,000 GUANO FAOTOItT FIRE. Add Department of; Oolnmbus, Gal, a-isnc , tfewiroyea oy iro of vn ascertained Origin. Vt - - Columbus Oa.. A&rtt- fl:rira -win ed- out the add department v of the Home - Mixture Guano Comoanv ' this afternoon, causing av Joss estimated at $100,000. The other buildings, compost ing some iwo-tniros et ?, -tne v plant, were saved by the, city fire depart ment The origin of the fire- Is not definitely known. The fire ' was ob served breaking out under the eaves of the- building and the theory Is ad- vanceo tnat a spars irom tne engine room fell In nests that had been built there by birds and started. : the ; con flagration, i . ' r J -1 ; . ' : The Insurance on the Property de. stroyed was about $75,000 and was di vided, among, n companies. -, - 1,000, FOR SCFraRJERS.'-'t' !. , ,i t),y , Cone Export 'and Commission Co. Meeting - at Greensboro To-Day. Special to The Observer. , , ! areenaboro AnrO - 21. Mavnv v ) ltu-nl- has Issued a call X of mass meeting of cltlsen' to. be held at the Grand Sunday afternoon 'for the, purpose of raising a fund for the needy sufferers st San -Fran-oisco and other Pacific coaat cities. -Mayor MurDhr received a latter last vm. Ing from the Cone f&xpOrt Commission Co. enclosing . a Check for $1,000. Tbls morning other contributions were - made esgregatlns about $100. It Is expected that - this fund will be greatly Increased at to-morrow's meeting. . , jv , Hl'llll p I i III I. MMpM lf f ReidsvUIe People i In . San Francisco. Special to The Observer- . t . , . Reidsvllle, April fL Dees ' Interest -t ta eentered ' here In the earthquake at Sad jTranciaco.- r. k. it.-waiance, of Kelds vllle, has" a brother, living in San Fran rlseo. who - was to ' have been married Wednesday and nothing has been beard from him.- Mr; Balance, axprcasea deep concern over the welfare of ht retatir. M T." J. Penn, of: Reidsvllle. was knoan to have been seen In. flan- Fran el tea on the day of the eerthqimhe, and repxated fforte to hear from him . through busi ness houses with' which he came In con tort have- been futll. Mis paopte are greatly distressed. 1 kilas Sudie Pariah, sister of Mr. Henry Parish. i also, there. Killed by FaH1n Clilmnev ARerFlw. Pensacola, Fla., ! v, April ' 21. The TJnl'n depot- at FJomaon, Ala.was deatroyed fey flretute to-day,'' i;t Turkpr ' was standing near one of the chimneys after the fire, when R fell, kUUag tl ta'atftntly, FllSHT ' NOT v TO . CEASE YET BLACKBLRfo STILL THE , TARGET Continued Efforts of the Congress man's Enemies 'to ' Make ' Trouble for Him Would Cause No Surprise ;Mr. Robb Greatly Pat Out' Over ' ' Outcome - of Trial Marion Batter's , Iland bible In It All Collector m Harklns Contradicts Former Denial r; of Resignation Senators - of Both Parties Striving to Shape Rate BIU wiurti vvm prove . Acceptable 4 to ' ' All TaWitML 'Vjbx w. A. HILDEBRAND. ' -n f Observer Bureau. e, . , tm w street . w 'ir . ,i Washington, April 8L '. Thr' -nraa on ft IntitrAnHn To arrival nere to-day. District Attorney Hoiton, fresh from the scene of ac tion at 'Greensboro where be coached the Blackburn prosecution, or persecu tion according to the point of view. Mr. Hoiton repaired at once to the De partment ot Justice where he condoled with Assistant Attorney General Robb. This Individual is all nut out over, the Strange and wonderful splash which tbe prosecution made of this case, for he had told, a lot of people that tne , jjrujreguuoii . naa a. penect case., Hence hie performances as one of the chief instigators, of the prosecution does net leave 'him in a very-enviable tight The prosecution Indulged in a lot of talk about having documentary evidence ot' Blackburn's guilt, ;when Mr. Robb and the reet of them must have known, than, Just as everybody else knows now, that they did not-have anything they said they had. Besides, Mr Robb made a personal matter of this prosecution from the day he went to the State on . an investigating tour where he saw nobody but Blackburn's sworn political enemies and he takes everything they say now as gospel truth." -rv ' :' : ' .-...vy:v.-;,- EFFORTS AOAINST BLACKBURN .-r , - ;. NOT TO CEASE. Neither Blackburn nor any or his friends have ever had a hearing at this Department and Some people here, who have heard Mr. Robb express his opin ion of late regarding the situation in the-State, would hot be the least sur prised If they did not try to make trouble for Blackburn In some other way They are going to keep the thing going it possible until they can Induce some indicted distiller, whom they have on the String, to make some statement tending.. to discredit the Republican Congressman, Several weeks ago Mr. Robb said it was the purpose of the Department to investigate some sort of a ''conspiracy" charge against Black bum And .they did try hard but could not get any sort of evidence to gether 4hAt looked plausible. BUTLER'S HAND IN IT ALL. The name of Marlon Butler has been coupled with this enterprising movement.- In fact the hand of Butler-tnav .be seen in. It all.- Just as soon as HoU ion ku r. nooD to-aay, ne maae bee line for Butler's office. They all do that way. Just as soon as any Repub lican, of ;i the: Butler-Rollins school comes here ha makes for ButleVa at. -flee ahhsB.he visits ,sth)t dintln Wfefcesrsy;a$nsM reea upon. v course, in xu these conferences, , Butler , does all th eon ferring .apd 'the .tales can-fed to . the Departments are the'' products-of his peculiar astuteness. Butler is appeal ing to Senators to hold back the nomi nations of Frailer and Orant so Con gress will adjourn without action. Judge Douglas is supplementing his efforts. Yesterday he was seen look ing for Senator Falton. of the sub committee to. which Frlslefs nomina tion was referred. STRIVINIO TO , FORJM ACCEPT ABLE! RATE BILL. . Both Republican and Democratic Senators, who really : desire some ef fective rate legislation after the man ner recommended by President Roose velt are stilt 'Striving to get a bill In shape which will prove acceptable to the various;, tactions. Up to the present writing veiry little has seem ingly been accomplished, for Senator La Follette, who. Is peculiarly In posi tion to speak, from the stand point ot the shipper.. Is authority for the state ment that shippers simply regard - the pending bills, or some of them, as a step in the right direction, and they are mure or less .wining to take What Is offered, because they have been told that, after 4 years of "praying for relief. It .Is", thS best that Congress will give them at this time. Senator Overman is taking a hand In this work of framing a bill -which It Is hoped . wijl - be looked . upon with favor by gentlemen on'-both sides of the chamber who really desire effective legislation. ' He and Senator Long, of Kansas, the spokesman of the admin istration with the recent White Housa amendment was submitted, to the Sen ate, have been asked to try their hand on a wut xney f win take under con sideration , the Bailey, MaUary, Sim mons and Overman amendments. The Junior North' Carolina Senator is rep resenting the' minority In "these nego tiations witn toe wnite tiouse Repub lican Senators. - , , - cent Democratic conference agreed' to disagree. , One - observer" of this 'rate bill business- said -he did not bellve that Senator Tllhoan - would dare to call for a vote. on any of the pending bills, .and . Senator. Bailey Is ouoted as saying that 'sonu Democrat would be constrained to object a;, to .' immediate consideration should he do so, as there was probably a-majority; of the Sen ators who.1 wonld decline to vote for any bill that has up to this time borne the stamp. of approval of ths Whits (House. In - ether words, 4 those, stand- fng-for-ey. oroaa. court yevlevf feature would, in all probability, win out. and It is said that Mr, Tillman .realises this fact, and that H-is for this rea son that the South Carolinian has had 'very little to say of late about taking an early vbte. It la aait th.t ths country would really 'noi get an- tiling vna diii ih vorea py many Of the Senator should 1 be passed, -but that the country would not find 'this out tor. a year or'so.H i , s COLLECTOR ; HARKIN8 pir, RK. There were develonments durlna- tha Blackburn' trial that seem to have had the effect of clearing bp num ber of . things that needed clearing up. Several weeks ago7 the statement - was made In these, dispatches, that, Cotlact-.i or Harkins had resigned; his position, 1 or had' onerea "lo- resign. uispatches from' both Washington snd Ashevllie immediately emanated - asytng r the statement. was -not tru6s -Collector Harklns came here and was quoted as denying that be had offered , to re stgn or at wast s lex t tnet- Impression uporv'the .mind ef .the reporter who called upon blm. In fact some peopia lrotested over much "that the state ment was not true. , Those who 1 re call these ' denials - perhaps - observed atC-oUector Jlarkms, shea, puVj!2 EX-JUDGE BYKCM SCORED ROLLINS , ISSUES OPEN t LETTER State Chairman ' Thomas - Rollins, of - the ' Hepnblloan - state Executive Committee, Characterises as Jr'alse ' and -Unwerranted Air, f Bynnm's .'; Statement . Before ; Jury la Black- , barn Case That RepubUoaa Leaders i in this state Are CDt-mroats ana ; Pirates and' Challenges Him to Prove Is Charges Mr. Bynom With Base , Ingratltnde and - Says State ment is tiroes euantter. Special to The Observer.' , Ashevllie. April tl. The Republican row in ivortn Carolina nas been re sumed. States Chairman , Rollins has taken , Violent " exception to certain statements made by ex-Judxe W. P. Bynum during the Blackburn trial and to-nignt addressed tan open letter to Judge Bynum. Charging . that gentle man with making false and slanderous statements. The letter la as follows: Hon. W. p, Bynum, Jr.; Greensboro, xn. ; l, 'W Dear Sir: The newspapers quote you as having- said. In your SDeech at Greensboro Thursday, -In defense of Congressman Blackburn, that "the leaders of the Republican party are a band of political cut-throats and pi rates, forever standing with their hands In the pockets of 1 their coun trymen." Tne leaders of our oartv In this State embrace the members of the Republican State organisation, the presidential electors, , the Republican candidates ror Stats offices. , the Re publican members of the General As- emoiy ana many otnera.. whose char acter ana standing are above re proach. FALSE AND UNWARRANTED. Tour statement is false and unwar ranted and I feel that I would not be doing my duty to myself or tha narfy I have the honor to represent, did I not resent your false and slanderous st uck. I am tired and disgusted with having certain persons masquerade un der the guise 6f Republicans, yet sub bing the party In the back at every turn ana Slandering It upon any and all occasions. I remember that, at the last State convention, you gave out a slanderous Interview, about our party and yet there were , more than 82,000 honest, decent white men who went to the polls and cast their votes tor the party whose leaders you have reoeat edly vilified. The rank and flla la com- posed of honest, self-respecting men and they have selected honest self- respecting leaders and representatives and yet, by Insinuation and Inference. you state that they did not have sense enough to know what they were do ing wnen tney selected the men of their choice to represent the Republi can party In this State. REMARKS UNSEEMLY - AND OUT OF PLACE. Aside from the political aspect I think your remarks were unseemly and entirely out ' of -. . place ' in a court of Justice and I feel sure that the decent; law abiding people in North Carollna.con- demn you for taking advantage of your position as paii attorney, As saulting one ot the great ooltttoat or ganisations, simply because you- are aisgroniiea sua jawsetisoea with some oa wk ieaaers. . 4 ne courts .are estaD Ushedr herdett thstnsn may 'seeure Justice and the issues involved fairly ana impartially uiecussea,- ana the ori ganlsatlon and Its -leader were not connected,, .directly, or, Indirectly; with the matter then under conslderaUon, and any sutement that the organisa tion was responsible for Mr. Black burn's indictment Is fslse and without foundation. Mr. Blackburn has 'been tried and acquitted, and la entitled ta the full benefit of the same, and I hope that art members of our party will cease factional strife and come together for the purpose of presenting a solid front to the enemy in the ap-J proachlng campalgri." " 1 LEADERS GROSSLY SLANDERED. If you have any evidence that any of our leaders are cut-throats, and pirates, I challenge you to produce it I moat emphatically, deny, your allega tions, and assert that you have gross ly slandered-our leaders by making the false charges referred to.. The Chief Executive of our country re cently stated. In his lecture on "The Man with the -Muck Rake," that a slanderer was worse than a thief, and I think -the American people. concur, la JUa opinion. Ingratitude Is, In my opin ion, the basest word In the English language and any person who would talk sbout the. leaders of the party which has honored him as the Repub lican party of this 8tate has honored you, Is devoid ef gratitude to say the least. , THOMAS ROLLINS. Chairman Republican 8tate Executive CdrrinMttee.'" ' ' CAPTTAL. OF f 85,000,000. Corporation, Probably to be Known a- Norfolk Southern Railway, Will Take Over Four Eastern Carolina Roads. 1 Special to The Observer. New York. Aorll 21. The corpora ttlooi which .will prjobably . be .known, aJ the Norfolk southern Railway ana which will take over the Norfolk A Southern Railroad, the Virginia A Car olina Coast Railroad, the Pamlico, Ori ental , A Western Railroad and the Raleigh A Pamlico Sound Railroad, is to 'have a capital of $25,000,000, as fol lows: five per cent 60-year sinking fund bonds redeemable at US and in terest Is to have sddltlonei securities of ev deposit of $$ on every .1.000 feet of lumber -taken from the property, $5,000,000 non-cumulative five per, centi preferred stock convertible - for five years Into common but redeemable Into par,: and $20,000,000,;, common stock. ' i ,' 1 -i4t'fJi" ' The disposition of bonds' la as fol lows; JH.OOO.OOO now underwritten to Say for cpnatrucUd lines and those un er way j $$,SOO,000 to retire alt out standing liens, and $7,500,000 to remain Indefinitely In the treasury; -Of the preferred -stock 94,800,000 goes with the underwritten bonds. Of the common, $4,700,000 goes - with the-' underwritten bonds' and $7,000,000 as compensation for4 underwriting and $7,000,000 left in the treasury, - It. Is estimated that the company ,W1II earn,') as soon as com pleted. $4,500 gross per, mile, with op erating expenses at & per cent, which would leave net Jtsso.ooo; interest on the bonds .-would be $7,000. v on 5 the - stand- at - Greensboro; said he had not' been a candidate for a third term, and, In fact had offered his res ignation, but, that It was not accepted. Now that Collector Harklns has made a statement under oath -that - con firms .everything, said by this corres pondent en the 'subject, it will' be noteworthy to add that the gentleman who gave the. writer this Information, whtehrxnow seems - to be strairht enough, also said that Chairman Koi llns'gave no special reason for fall ing to accept the resignation; when it was offered, and had apparently run the risk of wrecking the Republican parly In the Etate by Jteeri -r t and other appointments irv the r 1 tit he could get' his father rearj-.: si ostinastea-ai AaiuvUe,, INSIST UP0KCOTT0X BA( 1 - (i -' y 'n 1; 1 '. r ' ! THE GROWERS TAKE ITRM ST A" wotiEV- f i. iWiiiHIhi. mrf "J ! . . p , President Moore) Says Many of 1 State's 1 Growers Are' Deman' - That Fertilisers be Shipped lnCi- ton Bags and' That Cotton Innter. ? ' ef Jnte Bagging be I'sedlYr. Durham j Enters s Penitentiary . ; Treasurer Lacy Retains From Arl- . xon Greatly Benefitted No lie- ; Hearing - of Gattie-KIIgo . Cap 'Students Canae Excitement BalL -Gams Raleigh News, ' ' Observer Bureau, ' , ? . , ' 123 South Dawson Street t '. ! , Raleigh, April tl. Much excitement was occasioned this) ' , 5 afternoon at 'a baseball game between J the North Carolina Agricultural A Me- ' chanjcal . College and the University , of North Carolina, when a Raleigh po llceman moved as If to draw hie pistol 1 ' 1 from tola pocket to prevent a. rush ont - ' the part of students from the Unlver- , stty. Students ef the Agricultural & -', Mechanical College had forged to the -front on the lines and were allowed to ' -remain there while the University col- , ore were recalled. Some show of ar- -rest was made to a University rooter and it . was thought that ."feather pull- , " Ing" would follow ' but the man was taken from the policemen without ma terial Interference. The affair this at . , ternoon follows the rooster killlnsr at l'v- a recent game between Trinity and the-: The game to-day was witnessed by ! . Governor Glenn and a large and en- T - -thuslaaUc crowd. The victorious A &tS 1 M. boys have the city to-night and 1 are making the place howl. v,- NO REHEARING . OF GATTIS-KIli , GO CASE. ; ; , , . The entire State feels a deep Inter-' V V est in the fact that the Supreme Court - . of North Carolina has' disallowed sy ? rehearing in. the famous. Gattis-Klla-o esse, which has so long consumed the ? time of tne- courts and the attention, $ ot the public. The' two -negative as- - " soclates In the matter"-were Judge Walker and Conner. - f ' Insurance Commissioner Young I V makes the request that any citizens of? ' ' the State who has any death claims''' against the Equity Life Association , of Staunton, Va., communicate " promptly with him stating the amount ' of such policies and the number there7-' . of. This company ceased to do busi-' : ness last fall, and Commissioner '' Young Is deslrlous ot closing up allv ' such matters In the hsnds of policy: - holders. ; ' . The Metropolitan Surety Co of , , iNew York, has been admitted to do ousiness in North Carolina, of the fi-f dellty, surety and burglary classw The business will, for the present f ' ' be conducted from the home office) ' ' as no general agent for the State hae ! been announced. - - , ' CHAIRTERB GRANTED. ' ' ' -The State charters the Morets-Wfcit- -. : ener Clothing Co., Hickory, for the conduot of a wholesale end retail bus)" lness authorised canltal ilivlr nl -tK-i- 000 Is paid in; Incorporators J. A. and Yl Mcu. siorets, A. A. WhUener and A. - A. 8huford; the Hebane Real Estate. -. pei: Mebane, with H. W. Bason, ,w.: W. Corbett and.E. W. Thompson, all," of Mebaoe, incorporaters: " authorise '' eapttalaAtoclt oti- $$5400, 'with t4CV paw in, . s - - v,fs " Mrs. Weston R Galea, daughter of ' the late Judge George.-V. Strong, -of Raleigh, who has. held ) the position, of librarian at Converse College, Spar tanburg, S. C, has - been brought ta Rex Hospital for special treatment,' (Mrs. Gales was accompanied by her 1 . Sister, Mrs. John Calvert " $1,000 FOR PACIFIC COAST SUF; FERER8. , - 1. The people of Raleigh held a mass I " . meeting and J. C. Brown, president ': -' of. the Cltlsen' s .National Bank wa4 .' appointed treasurer of the fund to be, collected and forwarded to the Pacllla ' coast sufferers. It is thought that . . more than $1,000 will Immediately be ! secured. , j . The remains of Mrs. Claude 'M.Jv Bernard, who died Thursday night at the Memorial Hospital in Richmond. Va., were brought to Raleigh thla" morning and will be Interred here to-i1 , morrow. Mrs. Bernard was Ml3 Lucy Gilliam Holman. of Virginia, of -a family prominent in the Christians-' ' bUrg neighborhood.' She -was unlver- '' sally beloved in Raleigh and at hen' -former residence In Greenville.' Three,: - children survive with . the husband. - . Heart , trouble and a complication 08-: : -"' diseases brought death after a, linger: ' Ing illness. s Treasurer B. R Lacy has returned f . " from Arlaona, where he has sought 1 health and has found such marked " i ' ' benefit ' . -.- .' -1 $ Governor Glenn will deliver, an ad- dress to-morrow night In .the Central Methodist church In Monroe. - Next - - Wednesday he will address the forest- . -' ry committee In Washington. - Commissioner .Patterson, of the .de- partment of agriculture,, accompanied; ' by Mrs. Patterson will j, continue ; hie ' ' trip .to .WaAhlogtqq. to Appear at 'the hearing before the agricultural, com- mlltee In regard to the passage of , tha . forestry bill. Lieutenant Governor,, i Winston., will, also go to Washlnxton on the same mission. , ,.-:., - . A- The Carolina Fruit Co.. Biscoe. la chartered to conduct nurseries, : grow :, cereals, flswers, shrubs and trees, ami produee line poultry and cattle. The - -capital stock is ,2B.0O and the ' In- - corporators ' are W. j -y,- "McDonald, Cambridge, Mas a; Junius R. Pssre. Biscoe, and Ralph "W. Page, Engle- wood, N. l. ;' .1 y i '"j . i -WORK , OF THE COTTON GROWERS 'A letter, from C. C Moore, presume of the North Carolina division of tue Southern Cotton -Association, an nounces, two Important facts in con nection with .the-wore of the cotton, growers. He state that many er the farmers in the lower part of the State are demanding that their fertilizers shsll be shipped in cotton bags, and- that" there will - be- ant .insistent' de mand that cotton bagging be provided: for the baling ot ' cotton. Instead of jute. Mr.,, Moore also' makes mention ef the- fact that Jute bagging baa al ready -advanced, moat appreciably an r that the prices wut run far ahead of last season.. " - , 7 ' , Three) Die Frora Drinking Wood ' 1 ' -1 v - . cohot . Roanoke '.Va.,;AprlI 21.A T special rrom Kanrora, v a., t"- t men employed on Tidewater . construction .work near th t day from the ejects of w -which they ..rira 1 ' t: 'i-i ' whiskey.. One of tu? ? ., . erts.v a tm cri:i r . n. ter reai:l.ii.T the and the o.npr t. not.T'vKn,. id on t ...t.r
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