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. fjui;:cji:iriiON rmcH: CHAKLOTTi; N. C., MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, PRICE FIVE CEIT: aiFinUU IX VALPARAISO . , i:sti.mati;h still WILD i cy I)-s 1-t ICwu Placed a Illsh m t ...iO.OUO.OOO, or More Tlmil l-.v i tv Miik nut I Stone of the Com-. inunliy tun Possibly be Worlli -.Known Dead l'laccd by llcHK-e "t Jul), 1 (tit 1'ijfiirce Mill lCnu Xll&ii s 2,H)(1 Great Numbers Now Jsoiih -less ami . Threatened Willi 1 amino t.ovcriuneiit MakUig ' Crest Lfforts : : There continues confusion of state ments as to the magnitude of the dl.saster to Valparaiso caused by the earthquake (hock which began on JThuniday, Auguat J I, and continued at fr6quent Intervals throughout that and the next two days, - IHapatches'from Valparaiso to tha Associated Frew received last even ing state that aw moderate estimate of the fatalities la 1,00 0 and that tha property Ions may be high as 1250,' 000,000, which latter la as great as the loss sustained by , Pan Francisco in consequence of tha earthquake and lira which devastated, that city Mast iAprlL , ' v... .- . r -;' . A refugee who haa arrived at Santl ago places tha known Valparaiso dead at 100, and -other messages In dlcate that first .reports Of damages and casualties were greatly exagger- ated. Dispatches to the . State .De partment at Washington place (he fa talltles at about loir. ' These conflict ing atatementa cannot at this time be adjusted, it la evident thaw even Yet confusion . and panlo . prevail at Valparaiso an until order la restored It will be Impossible to ascertain with accuracy the Ion to life and .prop arty. The dwellings n the city have been practically abandoned by the In habitants, who are existing as best they can In tha plasas and streets of tha city and the hills adjacent to It. without shelter from alorm and sun and with-- famine . oonf routing them. Food is. already . scarce and high, water for drinking purposes is lacking, and disease la feared. The government la doing all it can to bring in reliefs- The crippling of tha railroads leading Into Valparaiso con tlnuea a factor in tha altuatlon for an Indefinite period. Relief supplies can only b obtained through, other means of transportation, tha seaboard affording the- best of these. 4 ' , At Santiago many of tha best pub lic and private buildings were wreck' ed. The loss of Ufa there-was aug mented by tha panlo which seised the people, many , or wnora threw them' . aelvea from tha " balconies . of their homes. The destructive force of. tha earthquake was experienced oyer a large extent of tha country, many towns sustaining serious damage.. i SANTIAGO STILL IX PANIC " Capital With Its IMOoO People la Kept la Alarm by Return bhocks, Tliough Astronomical Observatory . Imum Reassuring Statement Dam . ago Heavy and at Leant Klght Lives ' Lost Many Towns and Villages Beverely Damaged.' ' ' :v. Santiago da Cbtle, Aug., II. H is lenwn that at least eight Uvea were lost In this city by the earthquake, but It Is believed that many persons were killed by the falling buildings and that their bodies will be discov ered later. Several persons became so panic-stricken during the tremblings of tha earth that they threw them selves from - tha balconies of their homes and. were killed. The fires ' which followed the ' earthquake in . this city were promptly extinguished, but while they lasted they added ' greatly to the terror of the people. As all . telegraph ; and telephone lines were more or. fees damaged, the a exact altuatlon throughout the coun- '. try Is not yet known, but advices have ; been received that the towns of Vlr lage and . Casablanca, were entirely . destroyed and that San Felipe,. Ran cagua, Mellpllla and Llal Llal were severely damaged, At Concepclon the shock was saver and a number -of . persons were killed - or ' injured.- The towns of Rengo, San Fernando, Qull- , lotta and San Antonio and many vil lages are in ruins. All railway service in the central sone is either inter rupted entirely or greatly delayed and ' commerce is practically at a stand- . sua. :. - In tha city of Santiago much darn . age waa done. Many public buildings, ' particularly churches, were disman tled. The buildings of Congress, tha ; municipal . buildings, the normal school, tha courts the Peruvian legs ' tlon, ttife resldenca of President Rles eo, the central market, the prefecture ' of police and the natlonar telegraph office were all seriously damaged. The lines of the electric tramway system "and the electric' light wires -were Short-circuited, interrupting street car travel -and plunging the city into darkness, v v- . The scenes at the hospitals, and prisons during ' the excitement were distressing in the extreme. The prts- - oners tried to escape-, from the Jails in-the hope that they -might reach a place of safoty and prison guards were obliged to fire Into the air In order to intimidate and quiet their panic-stricken charges.-- " t .- j - There have been several return hocks of slight , Intensity. These shocks have served to continue the 'state of public alarm and a state of' ' panic ntlll prevails. The astronomical observatory, however, has given out a stateitHUit that It does not appear to be posHlble that there- will be a repetition of the severe shocks. Last night many persons slept In the tram way cars. In carriages and. In the .open air In the public squares. and streets. The government has taken steps to restore order. An -inspection of all houses left standing has been ordered and directions have been is- Tiod for the distribution of relief sup lies to those in need. A troop of oravalry has been svnt to re-establish tjimmuhicatlon with Valparaiso. , The alarming news llrst received by the government-from Valparaiso as to the Situation' in that city bas not been confirmed, but It Is known that numerous buildings In the vicinity of the port were destroyed and that there have been severe fires In the jUmendral quarter. The - mayor of Valparaiso sent word that he did not know the number of killed or In jured, but believed that they were , numerous. Firemen left Santlago for Valparaiso yesterday to aid In extln gulHhlng the fires therev The cue turns house In- Valparaiso Is reported to be burning. Heveral travelers who have Just ar rived here from Valparaiso say that reports of Ihe Bltuation In that city wire exaKRi-ratpd. An employe of .the toleRTiiph service sent word from .i!to, n nr Valparaiso, confirming the news of the i-rloif: fires In tbo Al ruenJral ciurter. This enu love slco nt news that tbe FpiiriMh-ltnllnn !,;!,' building of iV1p;irni. was l v roved by ta5 f.i r I h u;i k A trnvelrr llO l-iiie liere by fx t tr.-iln f'-ll 1' 't v ' d the y i'i i i - r I .i .1, f t S ' f v. -,' cars Yn-i'o , hiiUi-n vloli-ntly and the eiiKliio ii.aiiy i -r t th.i track. A stop Wii tn;ulo noil the ttti'rllled piissengers Hlitjilcd. LiitiT tliey proceeded to IJui Ml. whli'h they found in al- most tolul rulnx. . ' , .; , , All 'lines t.f railway-to the north and the line - to Talca are greatly damaged. -. .: . . In the city of Santiago a majority of the victims. of the disaster were rettidents of the poorer sections of the city, where many email houses were thrown -to the ground. Several deaths from ' nervous excitement and neart a mease are reported,,,-, , LOSS PUT AT '250 MILLIONS. Sffage' Direct From Valparaiso Says .Most of City's ItuthliiiRS AVere l:iUicr Ruined or )umeiil Di-tl 1 jtlimntcd at 1,000Worse Than Nnu Fnuidxco, Says Stcamslilp Cay- tain. . . , : , - Valparaiso. Aug. At - 7:58 O'clock last Thursday evening Val paraiso' experienced an - earthquake of great severity, and during", that night llv Shocks were felt. . Most of the buildings of the city either-were ruined or damaged. The loss will be enormous, probably reacning izso.uou.nou. A thousand persons killed, is con stdered to be. a fair estimate of the casualties. Vina Del Mar. three 'miles from Valparaiso and having a population of over 10,000; Qulrlhue, fli miles to the southward,) with a population of a, 00;. gulllota, J miles to the northwest, 'with a population or 10 000. and villages all , around were annrujreo.1 .. "'' ' '.'- ' ' Most of the damage was due to Are, which started. Immediately after the first shock. - ; -.;'"'' The whole popdlatlon is sleeping In tha bills, the parks or the streets. Food is .very scarce. Milk costs two Chilean dollars a. liter, and it la almost Impossible to obtain 'meat. even at .high prices. lira railroads are an qesiroyea. Rain, which besan to'fall Immedl a1elyafter the first shock, e topped an noun- aiterwarda r - j . The nights - are ery cold and windy,- and the people sleeping in the open ars suffering greatly. The captain ot a steamship which has arrived from San Francisco' says that the situation here is worse thaa thai following the, disaster at San Francisco.----. :.-": WORSE THAN S.X rnANCISCO'i Valparaiso :;' Catastrophe) Considered i iTonortlonatcly , theater Anthorl ; tie Holding Sitoation Well In 11a nd and Famine veexned TJnlikely. ' Valparaiso, Aug. . 1.' via Galveston, Tex. Proportionately, the cataetrCM phe here is considered greater tnan that which befell Ban Francisco, Val paralso and neighboring towns are wrecked and partially burned and in all the towns of the Aconcagua Val ley conditions are similar. In tha southern portion , of Chile, severe shocks were felt at Talachuano. Con cepclon, Talca and .Zone, but - there the disaster was not appalling, as yet no authentic news has been received from Santiago, although a courier le shortly expected - -. - Quakes recur- from time to . time. but are steadily diminishing In force. Aa to the tlead and wounded, an ac curate eell male -1 as vet impss.sible, but lts believed that the former wia exceed one thousand in this and sur rounding towns. :. ' -i '..-, The authorities here nave tne situ ation well In hand and have assumed control of the distribution Of tcod. Steamers have been dispatched both north and south for troops and pro visions. With thousands of tons of wheat, Hour -ana rice neia in stores here and afloat. it Is not believed that a famine will occur.'- Martial law has ruled In .Valparaiso since the first dar of the . shocks and the entire population la" camping in the open. The only Wire working is subterra nean and the sea cables of Central and South American companies, which marvelously escaped unhurt- OP TERRIBLE PROPORTIONS. -. Magnitude of tbe Catastrophe Reveal ed by Later lie ports miotic nop poeed to Have lieen Caused by Vol cano Eruption. -, w,-, ..'. -. "j--Buenos Ayres, fug, II. 1:11 p. m- Tho Associated Press has received authoritative information concerning the worst reportaof the earthquake la Chile,"- - r.-7 -: -- v .--.- -Valparaiso is partially 'destroyed. M?Sst of the damage done waa In the center ef the city, extending from the Plasa del Orden to the Plata Prat- Many lives were lost, but the num ber Is not yet known. - ' Hundreds or persons were injured. A sUta of panlo prevails at Valpa raiso. '-'..' '- ' ' " Santiago also suffered severely, and there waa much loes of life. Los Andes. II miles east of Ban Fe lipe, and having a population of I. 000, was almost otaJly destroyed. , Other towns on the Chilean side -of the Andes wholly or partially destroy ed are Qulllota, with a population ot (.000: Llal-LlaL J. 500: UlapeL s.Sug: Vallenar, 1,000, and San Felipe, hav ing IJ.000. There was great loss of life at Qulllota. - . , From Santiago to the Andes, every bridge and tunnel on, the. railway was utterly wrecked and the rail vtay. lines torn P- . . . . . .' . The shocit is supposea to nave oeen caused by the eruption of a volcano near Juln Los-Andes, it is impos sible to estimate the dimension of the disaster at ,the present moment on account of the circuitous route over w&lch the news Is received. There Is no doubt, however, that the catastro phe was of terrible proportion .: v HUNDRED THOUSAND HOMELESS Sixty Per Cent, of Valparaiso Com. ?lrtely I , ixiuroyea - mkm-ks hurmlay and 100 Since Then. London. - Aug. SO. In - a dispatch from Valparaiso bvlthout date, , the correspondent of The Dally Mall says: "Klxty per cent, of this city has been completely destroyed. The death roll is very heavy. There were eighty-two shocks during Thursday nlnht and there have been 100 elnco then.. xThe tremors still continue. One hundred thousand people are Komelimi and destitute. .Water Is giving out. Hurroundlng towns have been destroyed snd the railroads have; been cut." - i Firrn itnds to strreiujis. Amount Collected In OiIU for Prei-l-lcntliil liiiiiifor.-iUoil to be SO Ap 1 iii-d I'tuilo Abntlnif. Limn, Terii, Aiit. IB. The Intest slvii'-s fii Ivel In-rn from Vslpar bImo iriy that tlm panicky conditions of the '-ii i I t lii'in r ameliorated. Orent (l.unni'f iIhiib In the A 1- mendrul riii .il r, t!,o i rln.lpul bn-.l-null Seitlioi .f I'.n ri1 in In VI- In. ru nisi nlret fe-v -loii nr--- i i a t t - . -i. fvojit the BY 1.II3TAKE KOfi AK0TIIEE T.u iii:i;l killi-j) initamuda IL I VllHliiirt, a Immberton Man . Vtho Went to Florida LnnilxT He . glou Llht oarn Ago and lUd Ac - iilred t'oiisldcrnt-in lroperty, is Miot Down In OlUce of Ix-iitl.nt ' W lKim Mayer Accnscd of Relations : Mtl IHh Wife Oocnod Door and .. Itecelvcd Contents of Shotgun In , j i is ijciut, ikying instanuy, . Ocala. Fla., AUg, H. TU E. Wis- hart, of this cltjr was killed at San Antonjo, Pasco county this morning, by a turpentine man named Rurton. W'lshart operated a tie eamo , at Ehren.'. and with his two daughters went to San Antonio to have der.tal work done for one. While the yotyig lady was m the dentist's chair" and Wlshart was watting in the' ofQce, Burton, who had a grtsvance against the dentist, whose name' is Nichols. came to the door and asked if Nlch els , was In.! VYishart replied, thaf he was,f . and , Burton, thinking. It was Nichols who spoke, fired a load from a shotgun lnto.Wishart's heart, killing blm - instantly; As Burton fired he called out: "Nichols, you have ruined my- wife. v-, . "-V- v; . Wlshart came to Florida 1 from Lumberton. N. C elgtit years ago and owned property on the weat coast 'j ..'-... . i i .,, -f. V' JEROMIC WILLING TO RTJX.' ' Issnee'Statement Saying That In Pres ent hliamefnl Condition of New York Politics He Would ' Accvt jjewocTBuo, Aominauon if Left Un pledged. - ''"':, - h New Tork "A ug. i H. District At torney William Travers Jerome to-day issued the following atftteraent: In the present shameful condition of our political. life in this State. am willing to run for the office' of Governor of the State, If the Demo- eratio 'conventloa shall nominate . me without s,ny understanding, express ed . or Implied, other, than - that, if elected, I shall obey my oath of of fice as I understand ' IV In .letter ' gad spirit' ' . ' - . .. i- M . - f&.OOO Lombcr MiU Fire In Georgia. Macon, 0- Aug.sil. A special to The Telegraph from OclUa, Oa., says the' plant .or the octna Lumber Corn pany, one oc the largest in the State, waa totally ' destroyed - by fire this morning; loss, $50,00 0. Dry kiln, mil IlonsVof feet of lumber, laths, shingles and other material destroyed. Citizens made a - great errort to extinguish flames without avail and then turned their attention to saving adjoining property, which was successful. Very sman insurance on - pro perry, - jiiis will be rebuilt at once.. Origin of fire unknown, .1 , ' .., . . .i . i. i, i . - -v Personnel of Florida Rifle Team An- .- nounca..i J r..-.' , . St Augustine. Fin-, Aug: II. Col. Cerleton to-day announced the Flori da team to participate in the national rifle contest-at Sea Girt -next wouk, the -men , being selected "from! those making the best scores in the State match. Major -General J. Clifford R. Foster will be tea in captain-and Col R. .P. Carletoa will be -team -coach. There are nine men from St. Augustine,-three from Lee burg, two from Jacksonville and , one from Gainesville.- '-' . . v j -. State Department nenrs ot Wasaw In- -. -tcldeaa, .;. t, . - ,'. A Washington. Aug.-' 11. The ' State Departmen has received official advi ces from Warsaw ' regarding ths throwing of bombs at the Governor. General there yesterday, stating- that two bombs were thrown at that- ofli- Cai. who ' "esctped with slight ' In- which did : considerable damage. No fires followed the shock. There were fee victim - '.- The funds collected In Chile for festivities In. connection with the. In auguration of Persident-elect Montt win be distributed among the suffer era from the earthquake.. r . , ' V. & MINISTER aV8 600 DEAD. State- Department ' Finally Receives Advtoes ltegaramg tjiiueaa uiiaini ty Valparaiso Reports Santiago In Dire Straits and Santiago - Docs Likewise Of Valparaiso, Washington. Aug. II. Official ad vices reached the State Department to-day regarding the Valparaiso earthquake, but they gave Informa tion similar' to trfat already con tained In press dispatches. . Under to-day's date. Mr. Hicks, the Ameri can Minister at Santiago, cabled thef 100 deaths were reported at Val paraiso and Immense destruction had been caused by Are and that 'many towns have -been wiped out. ' He added that there Is universal mourn ing. He said it was reported that at Santiago there were 10 .deaths and much -destruction of property. .The State Department also an nounced that Minister Hicks, "under date of the llth, reports that on the ltth there was a frightful earthquake with loss of life, many buildings being destroyed, and shocks continued until the date of the telegram; that the le gation was safe; that the houses In ths towns, were deserted .and thou sands of people had slept two nights In the plasas and parks." Cable anvices were received at the Chilean legation to-day, dated Santi ago, "Chile, August II, stating that the earthquake In that city was very severe, but that there were - few casualties. Up to the time ot, filing the dispatch, which tha charge d'af faires believes was Saturday evening, no news hsd been - cnlved m Santi ago from Valparaiso on account of the 'interruption to .the railroad and telegraph line. A dUpnich . to the state Depart ment from the American legation at Quito, Ecuador, states that a report has beert received -there that an earthquake visited - Valparaiso, but the dispatch gave no details. An other flspatch to the State Depart ment came from the .American con- ul general at Iqulque, Chile, who re ports that Valparaiso Is lit ruins from an earthquake nd Is on fire. - lie Slated tliat nt the time of the fling of 'bis dispatch tiere was no com munication with f-antlngo. end no further details were obtainable. Tiie date of his dlint h Is In ilouM. Mr. Huchanun, the bead ,f the American d-ierntlon to the Inn Amerlran t'onirress at Tiio. rabln-t the rilate Ix-j iutment to-d iy sayln-; that no Information bad been re ceived nt l:l- coneiMig the enrtii quako, snd n- Ke.l tb 1 h-j rnu -t f -r news. Artli. l-.ecri inry Aii- c. : He In r-i i ' -n r--'''"1 In i - , .. I 1. i .' .' i i it m:;ko not vi:t iDEXTinrj, Two Former JttlInl! of Shclliy See (iciiu in Kjioxvhio Jail, Hut Neither 'Know jjowery stane Mrong I'lr cuiimtnntlttl i:vldcnc as a-Cunnect ' Inic , llnk rrNoiicr'a Refusal to - Talk About NortU Carolina Notice ,- able. :.' ri -, -.-,", "Special to The Observer, .J ! Knoxville, Tenn., Aug.;ll. A, R. Eakrldge, , a - railroad contractor and L.' R; Froneferger, in.. the clothing business here, both . former - residents of Shelby, V called at tha" Knoxville county Jut this afternoon to see Enoch Glenn,, the negro believed to be the slayer of R. & Jones, chief of police of Shelby, seven years ago. After talking with Glenn for nearlyan hour both gentlemen stated to your correal pondent that somebody from Shelby who knows Jim -Lowery, the mufder er. should be sent here to identify Glenn. -Neither. has ever seon Lowe ery,. but both are familiar with his description and both stated' that it tallies with that of Glenn. . - . Mr. Froneferger suggested that W1U or Henry Carroll would be most like ly the best men to Identfty the pris oner. Lowery was Known ss a great gambler and Deputy Sheriff Cruxe states that Glenn is also a gambler. Rev. T. M. Lowery. a- Presbyterian minister, to whose family Jim. Low cry's parents belonged - as slaves, IS out of the oltv on a vacation. . , "Froneferger and Eakrldge- slateAJ that Glenn, talked of every, State but North Carolina, stating, he Is from Laurens Courthouse, S. C. ut de daring he had never been Irr, North Carolina. . His refusal to talk about North Carolina was .noticeable.: , CLENN, MAY BB LOWERY. Pliotogrerth of Knoxville Knspect - la That of iJM-re Necro. While Lowcrv. , When He 3f urdered . Chief Jones, 'Was Slender Climate and Other . Things, i However,, - May . ' Have Wrought Change,. , V. , 8peclal to The Observer. . . Shelby, - Aug -T II. This morning Sheriff A.-B. Buttle received a photo graph of the negro. Glenn, who was arrested three weeks ago in Knox vine, -Tenn.,- for killing. another ne gro, and Who was supposed to be the noted 'Jim Lowery; who killed Chief of t Police R.. S. Jones, of Shelby, seven years ago, - -v . ..... The photograph represents a man of large proportions,' while Jim Low. ery, was 'slender when he loft here, Some think that a'cjtange ot climate, drinking of ' beer, - etc., might, have brought a change in his appearance. ' V ' ',. ; f ' . SEVEN KILLED; THREE DYING. In Blinding Rain Storm fast Freight - on rennxyiyania Road Crashes In to mot it Train, Ploughing. Through , Cars Tliotie Killed Were- Aideep na Jlrobabiy Never Felt Anything. Johnstown, Pa., Aug. 19. Plunging through blinding rain storm at the rate of 41 miles an hour early to-day, a fast freight train on the Pennsyl vania Railroad crashed isto a slowly moVlng ork tositf -aF.EajaJ Hollow, killing seven', and seriously injuring seven others of the work train crew. Three of the latter Will .probably 'die, Engineer Woods, was the only mem ber of the freight crew injured. . The freight train had stopped at a water ping near San Hollow to take wwr. a rvn vajme ireignx was following and because -of the driving ram tne engineer was una-bio to' see the work train until just before the crash. - The engineer of the freight Jumped and received injuries from which he will die. The fireman , re mained on the engine and was unin jured. ' When . the freight engine crashed Into the work train It plowed Its way through, the care. . All ot'the laborers and others ot the work crew were asleep and those that were kill ed probably never knew they Were struck. ,- ..' .. - .- .''.''' It Is reported 'tornlght that - four others are In a dying condition. Ac cording to reports, Eriglneer S. 'N, Woods, of the freight train, bad In creased the speed of bis trsin Just be fore the crash, that he might 'take water trom tne water pans aiong tne track, and in so doing Is said to have exceeded his orders. An Investigation will be , made, it . was said to-night. When news of the wreck reached this rlty two wreck crew were sent, out. The conditions as described by mem bers of these crews upon the arrival were - appalling. Dead . and ' dying were lying on the tracks, while some oc the Injured were nanging out of the windows of the "cabin car" cry ing for help and begging to be saved from fire that had started v In . the wreck. " - . ". . ! Some of the injured who. had been thrown from their bunks to the side of the tracks were crying and moan ing on the ground. One - may lay against the side of the bank badly crushed and kept crying feebly for hla wife and children. The big engine lay on its side, breathing streams of hot water And clouds ot steam, wnicn envelQped seyeral of the injured men on the ground, vvitn an name - tne wreckage was lifted away from, ths Injured men. One of these, a one legged, man, was pinned under a tim ber from the derrick and terribly crushed. Calling one of Utq wreckers to hlm, he said : ' . "'" ' For Ood's sake Ki me ana put me out of my misery. 'I cannot live any way. Please don't ten my wire i am hurt, she is away on her vacation and it would be a shame for me to spoil things for her." ; - x': '' 1 When the wreck nad been cleared way It was found that .part of the last car on the .work train hr.d been thrown 160 feet up hill, at the point of the wreck, and one set of ' the rucks bad bead hurled in an opposite direction, 75 feet Into the river, t ., SlU-lincl F. Dwyer, n Prominent on American Tun, i'iw., New York," Aug. . II. Michael F. Dwyer long one Of w the most prominent figures of the American urf, ilefl rto-uay ei me nine immn ii Hrooklvn. opposite the Grnvesend rsen -track of the Hrooklyn Jockey lub. of which Philip J. Dwyer, a rot ner of the fleaa norscmsn, is r. -ident. Michael Dwyer suffered, a troUa of 'usralvsis some years ego. after be had returned from a iIIhhs- rous mrlmr campaign in l.ru:l.ind sn 1 since that Hme has been pracll- 1 1 :y beipi-ss. - ( I" ii l. uW 'Ncirro KISN Dcpuly, lrmle-hsm, Ala., Aim. 19, j.;. j;, Al - ri.i.iiiy, l-puly slicil.f t I.KIIe- i. A i., tt.H county, vins h-t IhbI t :i tl-at l i I''" by n ll- i-rn rU- u.'l t'-l si'-rt'v k f f t v ii r '1. '1 he I . ,il.U. 1 !U 1 ') 1 t J YELLOW JACKINL0U1SIANA ONE CASE OF DREAD DISEASE At New Ilx-rla. Mulatto Roy 12 Years .-Old, Has the lb4mise With Which Jev Orlcaim and IjouIhIhiia Wres- 1 (ll Desperately During the. letter lart of Last Kiimmer lrsllciit of State Hoard of lltmltli ami Awlst ants Iave for Kceuo Nothing xnus rir hi mww now tne mice , tlon Originated. - ; ? " New Orleans, Aug. 19. The follow ing notice was sent out by President C. IL - Irion of the- State . board of health, this afternoon: ' "One case of yellow feyer at New Iberia, 115 miles, from New Orleans. Am, leaving to-night to takejpersonal charge of the situation."-.. ' Dr. Irion left to-nlgbt jiccompa nled by Medical Inspectors Brady and Mayer and Chief Fumlgator Des- trampes. ' ' !: .'The patlont is a mulatto boy,' 12 years old, Urlng la an isolated ' part of the town. The case was reported as suspicious last . Friday nighty and Saturday morning Doctors Charles Chassalgnac and P. - "E. ; Archtnard went'to New Iberia.' The finally agreed this morning - that it , was . a postlve case. There Is' so far. nothing to show how the Infection originated. V Dr. Brady will be specially detailed Jo trace the Infection and ho efforts will be spared to stamp- it out tv nuo no quaraniino nas voeen ue ciared.by Dr. Irion, against New Ibe ria, . he has Instructed the Southern Paclfla Railroad , not to soli any tick- eta out of : tha town, so that1 trains simply stop for .water. , If, after In vestigating the situation, he finds that there t s no Infection in the town thla. restriction' will . be ; removed, STRIKERS DERAIL ilAOON CARi Tracks Obstructed and Greased. Rut - AO Seriomk Damage Follows Mnss Meeting Called by SUikert to At tended by Nearly 5,000 and Ad dressed by Congressman llurtlett. MacOn, Ga., Aug. II. The strikers of the stree( car company and' the company are further Apart than ever, and the excitement bete la-most in tense, "This ' afternoon, ' nearly 5,000 people packed tne city auditorium to attend a mass meeting, called by the strikers -for the denunciation of the company, and Its methods. Among the speakers Was Congressman Bart lett. from this district, who delivered a strong speech In favor of ths la poring man. A number'of cars nave been derailed to-night, the strikers and their ' sympathisers obstructing the tracks in some Instances, and In outers greasing thorn with lard. - Tor pedoes also have boen pleaced on the track. No -serious Injuries or dam ages of any sort have been reported. u is stated that the sympathisers and not the strikers- are doing the dam age. . Ths strikers are about 75. In number. - The -company is firm In its extermination nor to- employ- a - mem ber of any union. . Public subscrip- Hons are being taken up to tide the strikers over , until the company is forced to come to their terms. Sev eral hundreds of - dollars have thus been raised. . -Thousands,, of people are walking In preference Ho patron ising the company. The labor union men- generally are walking. Serious developments sre hourly expected. Ar bitration is being talked of. but there seems, very little likelihood of . any agreement being reacnea tor some time. The ' cars are running ' pretty regulaly, -but men have to be sent In front to look for obstructions, torpe does and the, like. The strikers are keeping sober, and are holding meet ings on streets corners, at which some of nhem tell of their .experiences .with the company. The lives of conduc tors and motormen now working with the, company are being made miser able by the cries of ''scab" and ths fear of harsh treatment. . f V,.:---1- FIRED 1,000 SHOTS AT. SHERIFF. ..... ii,,. ",- ,, -.. i ..' Mob Gives Georgia Officer and Ills j-risoncr, negro Alleged napist, a Hard Race Refore Latter Coukl be Removed From Jail at Cleveland to That at Gainesville. ' -, . Gainesville. Oa, 'Aug. II, Sheriff Andrew Jackson, of White county, reached the city at an eany hour this morning with Dave Moore, colored, who Is alleged to have criminally as saulted the daughter of James Hood, a well-known White county farmer, last Friday afternoon. Moors was ar rested yesterday In White county. Threats of lynching became vary fre quent, although Judge Klnisey appeal ed to the people to ellow tha law te take its course and went so far as to order a special term of the Superior Court to convene at Cleveland Mon day morning to try the negro. This In a measure appeased ths people for time, 4ut last night - threats ' of lynching became so frequent that Judge Klmeey deemed It wise to have W 1 A .. ..m.u.J III- or safe keeping. Accordingly be telephdned to Sheriff Crowe at Gaines vllle late last night of . the situation and Instructed him to meet Ihe sheriff of White county on the way between Gainesville and - Cleveland and place the prisoner in jail here at all has srds. This was done. Sheriff Jack son told the officers that he hsd a narrow escape front the .mob of en raged White county cltlsens,. as they holly pursued him and fired at loast 1.000 shots at htm. lie outran them. however, and got out of their way, , GEORGIA PRIMARY WEDNESDAY. Candidates for Governor, State House onii-lnls and C'ongreeHmsri to be Nominated live 'and Mutes ' for Governor, Include Two 1 Alitor. - Atlanta, Qa,, Aug.' II. The Demo cratic Slate primary, which will be held August 12, will nominate can didates for Governor, State House of ficials and congressmen. A successor to Congressman ltufus Id, Lester, who died Juat prior to the adjournment of Congress, as well as a candidate for the long terra In that district will also be nominated. In the third dis trict there Is a lively race on between t'otrgreesmnn Kv liLewls and Hon. Dudley M. - Hughes. " . .,..' , There sre five candidates for Gov ernor, as follows: Clark Howell, editor of The Atlanta' Constitution: Hoke Hmlth. Atlanta; 'J. II, Estill, editor of The Savannah Morning News; Itlch ard It. ituss-ll, of Jackson county, and James M. Smith, of Oglethorpe. Congressman tinges, - 'Adnmson,1 I.lvlnriton. Iinrtlett, lee, Howard, Hell, l!jrdlik mil 1 ! r-n nt y have no oi pnxii I-ul an-1 1 ! I iin louhti illy be re-. iii'miIimI- !.. K-iinliiiilliiim In thla State 6rj j",h;' nt t c!":'i)n. RCYS MOORKSTILLE'S PAPER, Sir. J. B. Robeson Purchases Interest sol Mr. Harry I'. Denton in Hustling -.; Iredell WeeklyOil Tanks "Run -Away lVrsoiml sud News Notes. Special to The Observer " MooresvIIIe. Aus-. 'II. Mr. ' J. B. Robeson, a prominent cltlsen and for some time Dast depot agent at uid sonvllle.. yesterday purchased ' trom Mr. Harry P. Deaton The ilooresvllle Enterprise, newspaper and job print ing otllces at this slace and will as sume management ot same on or be fore the first Of September. This is one of the most desirable newspaper properties In the-Mate and 'has en Joyed a splendid patronage by the retiring owner for the past , . seven years. . Mr. Deaton' will move - with his family to Concord aa early as ar rangements can be made. ' , Mr. Robe son, the new owner, la a married man and will bring his wife and child with him ' When he ..cornea, He - haa- had many, years of experience In- newspa per, work at the cases and on the staffs of papers at Wilmington and Southport respectively,, and. is origi nally a Bladen and Robeson - county man. The', orphans, concert - given here Friday night - under the auspices of the local lodge of Masons, wana most enjoyable affair. .The children, ren dered a well prepared programme and a. large crowd of enthusiastic cltlsens greeted , them. . Ices and - other re fresh men te were served at the acad emy . lawn - before the performance, and from all sources the net proceeds rot the evening amounted to 1110. I One day during- the week lust closed Mr. James W. ;Brown, proprietor (of tha Lore no Cotton Seed Oil Mill. Was moving two-large tanks from fiat car when he experienced a rather interesting episode. The tanks weigh about five tons each, and when placed on the ground it was thought they would roll down the alight . incline and stop at a point where soma lum ber and brush had beon piled to check them, . but ' when - once started tney rolled through the mill yard, over a stack of lumber, broke down a rail fence, tore through a corn field, mash ing pumpkins, tometoea, melons roast ing ears and everything In sight, snd did not stop until they reached , tne hill lust in the rear oi MX. m. - w. White's barn. It will be quite a task to bring them back to the level pre pared for them. Mrs. Wallace Lowrance lies criti cally ill at her home on the Salisbury road . east or town. sir. ana au-s. Geo.' C 'Goodman are spending ten days In Boston. Atlantic City and oth er Northern and Eastern resorts. They were Joined at Greensboro by Mr. and Mrs. Sfandhope Bryant, of Randls mtn, Miss Bertha Jones arrived last night on a visit to her cousin, Miss Eva Trontman. . tne win return to Greensboro the first ef the week and will be accompanied home by Miss Troutman. Miss 0usla WoMsldes, ef Charlotte, Is the guest of Miss aiarie Cornelius." V'-'' r'!'' "'..'-' In all directions from tne town eronS are lookmg fine, but en ths streets yesterday I learned from farm era that some cotton noias were enco ding. I V ViJ nr ' REVOLUTIONISTS' STR.TAGE3L Governor General ef Warsaw - Was 'Lwrrd , Within Rang of iiomne All liigtil-Halred Girls fn Neighbor- hood Arrested or fouca uut in Vain.;.-- .- ." '..'- - -. :, ; Warsaw,' Aug.1 II. The revolution (sis who Saturday attempted tof as sassinate . tha Governor : uenerai, adopted a stratagem to Induce him to leave the palace, A few days ago revolutionist, . disguised aa an of ficer, appeared at. the Oerman con sulate, quarreled with the vice consul And boxed his ears. Owing to this Incldont the Governor Oeneral was compelled to vlsK the vice consul and offer si) apologyMeanwhile the rev olutionists had; 'rented a fiat near the vice consul's residence and when tho Oovernor General's carriage ap peared they threw bombs at It - The police having been Informed that a light-haired girt threw the bombs, arrested all the ilgM-naired girls In the neighborhood. Nevertbs- ess the miscreant was not caugnt. . ANOTHER LYNCHING IMMINENT. 1 ' - i k : ', " r too Armed ' South Carolinians' Pur- sutbg Negro Who Attempted As- wauit. on i-rcar-uia uiri, r' ii- Charleston, B. ,CW Aug. special to The News and Courier from Saluda says that this afternoon a ne gro youth. It years old, living In the Sandy Creek ,. section of . Datesburg county, attempted to assault a little whit girl, seven years of sge, - the daughter of ft farmer named West The child was badly injured and will probably ' die. The. negroyescaptd to the gwamps, which Is to-night sur rounded by a hundred armed men. A messare sent from the Governor's omce to tne snerin urges mm to pro tect, the man- IX" caught, but the an swer waa not reassuring. In fact. Is wall understood that the negro will be lynched as soon as captured. ALBERT IV HO IT N TREE DEAD. NstlvcNorth Carolinian, Member of Cotton Firm. Dies in New York 'Will bo Ilnried at Klnston. New York. Aug. , llrfAlberf . 'L. Routttree, of : the cotton brokerage firm of R. H. Rountree Co, and for 10 years a member of the New Yorkv eotton exchange, died to-day at his home In Brooklyn. Mr. Rountree was native of , North Carolina and bis body will be taken to Klnston, in that state, for Inter ment. Mr. Rountree was 54 years of age and had been In delicate health for. some time, -'.- ;. ',.- Order of Railway Conductors to Meet. "Norfolk. Va,, Aog. II. Represents- tlves of the Order of Railway Conduc tors will arrive-here Tuesday for a three day's session - In -'Porfsmouth. Delegates from Atlanta, Birmingham; Savannah, Jacksonville ' and 1 from othee Southern States will attend. The principal object will be the adoption of ft new set of rules, promulgation of a new contract wHh the railroads and a new wage scale. It is said that the wage scale may reuse soma trouble between these conductors snd several rsllroads operating In the Mississippi valley. ' NeCToee Rarely Prevented Ioin jyiM-iiiiig irgro juipi(. Augusta, Ge.. -Aug. 19.- A Chron icle special from Mct'ormlck says tho negro population became) so wrought up Irtst nlnht that hlt clfl.-im. t-i rovent ft lyncning, Inul to laka .i n k Samuels, a ncgrt who lm,l nHTuii,-. negro s'rl,' ti lireenwno.i. wli.-re be WHS met by tlx slier' f of A I -. vllle county nnl J 1 nt the li-.it.-r jlnre for af I- - . AS TO CIIAEGE OF P0NAG ; ON SOTJTli A MEM1EUN RAILWAY Staff Correspondent Xlnli Alt Camri j, oo Works lit-tween Marion bikI Spruce Pine Talks With Italian . '. laborers No - Mak-ontents, lvicci-t . ; t Cauin S. Wlim Imli.na Wm ii hi. Ked In May Interviews Willi IJosw-s and General, Oiricera at llciulquar- tcrs, Hrbaol No peonage I'p There. Special to The Observer. I., Bristol, . Va.-Tenn., Aug. II. On Thursday last" I started from Marion, horseback, and visited the 11 camps of he South A Western Railroad, bei ginning with : the eleventh and going by way oMhe tenth, and so on, to the first. Camp U Is well on the east of the Blue Ridge, rbelng little more than ft mile and ; a half from Marion,' and Camp 1 U ss well on the west' I had an Italian Interpreter, ode A. Branca, and through blm Ulked freely with. Italian laborers at all the camns ex cept Camp 1, from which there seems - to nave come no rumors of peonage or oppression. The negroes and white Americans T talked with directly. The. Ore ka, Russians, and other foreigners 1 bad no Interpreter for; but there has ' been no complaint of their Ill-treat- - tnent bv the railroad. , At Bristol, the present headquarters of the South LiVeatern. the- general manager; Mr. fS. J. Cap lea, snd other general ofli- ' cers, gave me free access to their flies and, as much a I wanted of their time. - From, the two days' experience In the camps and Ihe one day at the ' general offices I am satisfied that there Is now no peonage on the South A Western, and. If there has been, that it waa contrary to the . com pany's orders. , . V - '.-", 7 ': -' AT THE RAILROAD CAMPS. At Camp 11 there are only negroes and white Americans. The camp comprises .a. commissary, stables, , blacksmith shop, boarding houses for whites and negroes, and evnumbes-ef shanties and bousea These shanties are built, of rough lumber ftad cov ered .with tin. There Are rows of lower and upper berths In them, and the bedding and furniture are. cer tainly superior to that of the ordinary ; ivfti v v wuu x ss m avtisftoi t-asjsy ensv avwstvu on either aide of a water-shed. The v nltation. , though natural could ' hardly be bettered. '. Only the Bight force was In camp v when : X west through. They, soma of them,-were loiiing in nammecas, outers scrum ming guitars,- and most of the rest sound asleep- They said they were paid 11.10 a day and were - well treated. The men who work In tun nels got ft.tS ft day. Superintendent' C. K. Dsggett said that there bas been . " no case of fever In his two camps (10 and 11) sfnee they were - bulK, the firm.. In tUMmK,, mnA tthA 1 t, In March. The water Is from mountain springs,-brought to camp through pipes. The superintendent said be had had no trouble at all with his 411 men. ..... s .v--'. At Camp I the laborers are almost dagoes. " I talked with some ot the treated, well-paid, had enough to eat. and were satisfied. ,It was at thla num i udl .,1 L. r iTina ri jiiit, , H. PowelL -Jr., resident engineer -of eight miles of the construction. We rode together over his territory. I told him I was . Investigating, in a newspaper way, the charges of peon age against his employer, and requir ed of htm ft candid expression of his anowieaze oi ii. cor am utptiii ul . whomever may not ' know blm it should be said that he will always tell the truth. He said that on the ', contrary from . peonage. Ire had not known another railroad v:amp where the Uborers had been so much pan dered to. . 'This company needs twice mm JUKI, mvn mm i i- 1-1. - - - - It tied enough or more than enough it might abuse thorn, but as it Is these people get better treatment than they ; could expect. ..The company ones not want to lose a man.' It wsnts to gain a thousand." He recited on occasion where some IS Italians came to camp . on a day in MX 1 lt MXt morn- . Ins:.. They had. hsd trsnsportatlon. supper, and breakfast, and had never struck a lickvot worgj out wnen my --v -tttew rtvN Inrid ac counts of tyranny V the public - - At Camp I we founa a squaa er Italians at work and Interrogated them through Slgnor .Branca: - "How long nave you neeu nersr ; "Flve ntODths.'r A , -' , Haw have you been treated? "Bena." which Branoe, translated, : "All rlsht, - ' " , . -i ' -"Have you .gone nungry at aur -No, they said; they had had plenty to eat, K"Are yon smtisuear u - i. l simor:" which la "Tes. Ir." The foreman aald that his boys hsd Ametlmes been out of bread, but that If they got macaroni they could make shift till ft, supply, ot Tally" bread came. ' . 1 . . The Italians are everywnere caima Tallies."- That Is now-come -laity bread." This - bread is Kneaded or good flour, and baked in big round loaves, not In tin pans, as the Amer- 1 lean white and negro bread Is baked, but on the steam-heated brick of the bakery. It Is. for a fact, first-rate eating. The Tallies must nave tnis bread, a certain un-American cheese, beastly olives, macaroni and beer, be fore they will he content. ; At Cmtna I there are II dagoes. Some ef them were working In a big cut , - When the Interpreter asked them If they had been treated white, a long conversation between blm and , them ensued. It eeeme from the in terpretation that Boss Tewers got 41 men April I. ml of whom had gone first to No. II. The six cialmed that the company owed them IS each, but thev did not make clear how or what tor. Bos Powers, who was present, said" he had never been able tn get It straight, but was going to pay it t. keep down growling. ome negroes were In this same siuad. "John," I ald to one of them, "how do yon git along with these ItallanH?" Same as ir we wna nroiners, no", smiled, nudging an unwilling Latin: "better. I speck.' Justice of the I'eace u. j. i.on .r, snld he had heard or ins ranron i men's going after and brh'Jng In. to camp laborers who had run s without paying their traniportnti-"-. but that all he know was heurmv. 1 observation was. and be b" ! "1 - - n over the work several turn-, t he r'HioTd had 'tic it.Ni t i elo'sntly." v e met a bunch '"' - ronil bi'twe n l.'.upi-s 1 l! V 1 I.I K -n- r it t good t)!' t . all--" ''1 r t k I - 'I r. t
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