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' ir-; ! : ' J -J i 'Ay SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $3.00 Per Year. CHARLOTTE, N. 0., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 190G. price rivi: c;;:; culf sio;,:.i damage vast WATERS EHIVEK HIGH GX ICOAST "VAi 3,000,000 AT rENSACOLA ALONE Vast Property Loss Wrought by Oio Tropical Hurricane, Pensacola bus- mining tlto Heaviest Blow of This Kind In Its Hlatory and Outskirts, or Now Orleans Being Flooded by Rts of Lake Pontcliartraln -Heavy IjOss of Life Rumored Between City aiul Navy 1'ard at Pensacola Before Wlro Communication FalUsd -No Fatalities at New Orleans Various Gulf Towns Submerged and Com inunlt-atlon Wltu Some Cut Off Numerous Wasliouta on Railroads. '.'. Interruption In One Case Extending SO Mllca Mobile Not eara.Toin ffM. NmtIt 14 Hour Storm Heed ing Across Tennessee and Kentucky for the Lake Region.-. - ; l.0nisvllle. ICy.. Sept T.-rTh .trop ical hurricane, which for 14 hours has been churning the paters or tna uuu r Mitro and doing much damage on . the coast and far Inland, Is to-night whipping through, northern Alabama ' i nnrtiairtir)Y direction at ! a velocity but slightly les than the 48 miles an hour recorded in New Or leans during th day: Report re ceived by the. Associated Press do not V . indicate any loss of Uf.. but ,;the V" d image to property. Is enirmoua. All : . iire communication Is gertously -dls-arranged and In some Instances has - resulted In cutting off cities complete ; ; ly. Mobile; -Ala., not "' having : been ' heard from for nearly v It hours, v Numerous washouts have" occurred, ''. tie Interruption' . from this cause in . coe case extending SO miles.- '" V' WORST AT PENSACOLA. & ',; Pensacola, where 1 the maximum velocity of wind was .probably ; f ejt ',.' early this morning, reports a proper--' ty loss of M.000,009 and sends rumors of loss of life, which It I Impossible . to I conflrm.: as t uncertain ; J, wire - which held long enough to glean this Information this afternoon failed with the coming of night ., i ' Ni c 1 New Orleans furnished ; numerous ; , wild tumors during the day, but later reports from there indicate that while ' there was considerable . damage -, tb property, there has been no : loss of life. Wires between New Orleans and the Gulf are down and It may be v- v' 'era! days, before gnythlng,. can ..be - heard from the territory between the Crescent City and the Gulf or from Ihe shipping which is riding" put the . , atorm in the open gulf.". - V - :.' FIVE FEET DEEP IN STREETS. ' ' Blloxl, Mlaa., and Mosa Point, Miss have pot been heard from for nearly 4 hours. Moss Point reporting the water nVe feet deep in the streets at "10 o'clock Wednesday nlght.V -'.' : A There was a heavy rain and high A wind , at . Montgomery, Ala but no serious damage was done. . ". v , - A gale Is blowing at Birmingham after a day of ateady ralnr and at .. . Memphis the rain has been continuous : . for' tl hours'. , , . -' - ; AUanta began' to feet the storm at 0 noon, but np to o'clock IU force had not been Increased to an extent ; portending serious results. t The LoulavlUe Nsshvllle also suf- ifered several waahouU near New Or- leans and no trains are being ran to night over certain sections of this trackage, v The New Orleans ft North- ; western reports Its tracks under wa ter at several places In the vicinity '. 'of New Orleans. : - . ' pIAJf I TOWNS FATE UNCEUTAIN. Anxloty Felt at New Orleans for Ei Ji. nosed- llacna on the Coast, But Be '.' 4 liance U Placed la Uie Fact That i -. Two Bays Warning Was Uiven ' .' Calm Sea Now lteportcd Far Out . U Unix. .' - a- ' New Orleans, Sept .17 All efforU to penetrate even the edge of the ' flood caused by. the hurricane on the; ' . oulf of Mexico coast to the eaat and ' south of here have been fruitless to right up to a period almost 14 hours ' fetter the receipt Of the last message front the exposed towns. Apprehen ' ion was Increased, by the tact that these places, beginning at Lake Cath erine, the farthest point east reachod thus far, are much more exposed to the wind and water than the larger goilf cities which have harbors.- ' . . From Lake Catherine eastward, ihe ' o posed towns arei Bay Bt Louis,; ) Christian, Mississippi City, Bll t U Ocean Springs, Pascagolula and ) cranton. These placee face Missis sippi Bound, across which the wind; has a long sweep. Some of them ex tend up to the very brink of the sound , and In places ars protected by banks rot more than to 10 feet above the normal sea level. . Many of these 1 anks are, moreover, soft earth. ' guff correspondents of the local , ,'rPr, who yesterday afternoon Ni ft here, and distributed themselves ' , jng the sound In anticipation of the i arm, have not been hard from. Al though their papers have tried to roach them by roundabout telirrains northward Into ths middle of MIimIs rirpl and thence to the coast, not an Intimation of the situation has been "Clvd. Not only Is all rail, trle- iphlo and telephonlo communlra i it cut off wlththe MUnliwippI sound t . vna, but there are no Immediate i rrixpects of news by boat No craft 1 as come up the MlMUfllppI river af ter dark. ' The wireless station at the mouth of the river was shandonM early In the storm, the last report being that there was about eight fort of water over the floor of the operator's room. lepite the anxiety here to-nljrht. owevrr. there Is s general belief that t-w it any lives have been lout. This ImpfiilneM was due to the fact thst the connt Inhabitants had two day' v arnlnir ) of the Storm. All reports from the places aat nlfjht were , !,it mute? was rlnlng end that the in J ,rii !' int were prepnrlng for emer-f,-nr', n. f r ri r was rerlypd to-dny from ' I1-''" ii tr Cornells, which, at the1 beginning of the hurricane, had cross ed Lake Tontchartraln and was about to land forty passengers at Mllneberg but was forcod to run back with out making her dock and to recross the lake. Although the wireless tele- rraDh station here managed to epeatc wlth steamers S00 miles out In the gulf to-day, and as far east as Key West, no answer was returned to calls for the wireless station at-Pensacoia The steamers far out in the gulf reported a calm sea. - 4 ' r-j OUTER NEW ORLEANS SrFFERS. BJse of Five Fee In Lake Pontdiar traln Works Havoc In Outskirts and ' Buhntcrges the Long Railway Tres - ties for MUe Fears for. Gulf Coast l Towns. '.v'-'.V ' v -' , v j New Orleans, Sept. 17. A tropical hurricane has been driving the water of the Gulf of Mexico In shore with winds of 45 to 80 miles an hourQreat loss of property, but, no loss of Hie, had been reported up to this after noon.. Nevertheless, great', apprehen sion Is felt forstne towns aiong wm Oulf coast, which are. cut off from communication ' with New ' Orleans. This apprehension wee Increased by several narrow escapes irom flrewu In renorted durlnff the day. ' . - Tha first meacre details to ' reach the city from outlying districts told of havoc wrought by Lake - Pont cbartraln on the outlying portion of New Orleans, the lake having risen about five feet because of the Incom ing waters. All 1 railroad. ' telegraph and telephone communication was cut off. , The road-bed of the Louisville ft Nashville Railroad was submerged at Lake Catherine, an Inlet from the gulf, nve1mtles east of here. The New Orleans ft Northeastern Railroad re ported that its trestle over Lake Pont chartraln was under water for a dis tance of II miles. Queen ft Cres cent trains were prevented from en tering the city by the rise In the lake. : About dark the waters' of - Lake Pontchartrain receded appreciably and began to drain off from the submerg ed portion of the city because of a change In the wind, which, veering to the northwest, began to drive the high water. toward the Oulf of Mexico... - The barometer Indicates the ap- preaching abatement of the hurrl canq. . '. , , ; ' s ;:,; PENSACOLA A - WRECKED CITY. Worst Storm In a Centnry Bamages , Every House. Wrecka the Wharves '.Vand Tluws Big Iron Steamer Vp High and ,J)rT--Clty in Barknees, ' Without Car Service, and Complete-7-Iy Cn( OIL, -.V :-;ai.. ; .?. j Pensacola," Flaj, 8ept -j 17 The worst storm 'and hurricane that the gulf coast, has experienced since the village of Pensacola on Ban Rosa Is land was swept away 107 years ago begstt last sight and' waa still raging this afternoon. . v-. 'i'v - The .estimated property damage Is three million' dollars. Every house In Pensacola has suffered damage and many roofs are blown off. Telephone and telegraph and electric light wires are among the. mass. The water front is strewn with wreckage for miles on either aide of the city, and vessels are piled on the' wharves, or where the wharves once were. In otter ruin. Big Iron steamers and many lighter sailing ahlps are lying btgh and dry up in the city where the tide has never been known pa reach. Every where for mlea around wharves have been swept away or are damaged be yond repair. The electric power , was shut off. at . 1. o'clock this morning. There Is no street car traffic .' and communication with the outside world Is practically cut off. The streets of pensacola are strewn with timbers, tin roofing and broken glass. This dispatch, with other telegraphlo mat ter, le being carried to Flomaton, Ala., by the western union manager, who makes the trip by train to ascertain the-extent of damage done here and elsewhere.-' It Is feared great havoo and loss ef life will be shown when reports from the entire section along the coast can be gathered. t HEADS UP MISSISSIFTT VALLEY. Gnlf Storm Bwe to : Pass Through .Tennessee and Kentucky to the Lake Rerton, . Where It Will Re ", new Its Strength. ; , .,, A Washington, 8ept 17.- Belated re ports from Pensacola, Fla., to - ths Weather Bureau here show that ths Oulf storm has passed inland some distance west of that station ; with winds of hurrtcana strength, ' the max I mum velocity at that station be ing lltxnlles an hour. The storm Is probably central to-night In the south central portion of Mlssslselppt, bo re ports, however, having been received for that State or Louisiana and south western Alabama. It la believed to be Increasing In energy and that It will move slowly northward during the next 14 hours. . - , . An Increase In energy, however. may be looked for when the distur bance reaches the lower lake region. Its probable course during the next 14 hours win De nortn throngn Ten nessee , and Kentucky Into the Ohio valley. - . - Rain will continue in the middle Mississippi valley, the Ohio valley, the Bouth Atlantlo States and will probab ly spread into the western portion of the Middle Atlantlo States and the lower lake region by Friday night ' ; Ij. NV HIT FOR $1,000000. v.. SO Miles of Roed.ned ' Between Bay Mlnette and f Aiomie wshImhI a war and Other Sections of Track Badly Torn Vp Terminals at rensacola Heavily Damaged. , , A . . v. . , Monta-omery. Ala.. Sept 17. Be- ports to Supt J. I. McKlnney, of the Montr ornery dtvlalon of the Loulsvllls A Nahsvllle Hallroad. Indicate that the road has suffered damage of over 11,000,000 as a result of the oulf storms. Tracks between Flomaton, Ala., and 1'enncola are entirely ob structed end In some places badly torn up by falling trees, .while the section between Ueorrlann and Oracevlllo, Fla., has sufrersd similar ly. At I'ensacols the Louisville ft Naahvllle grain elevator has been de stroyed and the entire traeknge to KsramMa, liny Is ruined. The rell rond wharf la a total loaa snd 18 ears of crtnl of the company have been wanhed Into the bay. Ills reports In dicate that the rad-bd between May Minette, Ala., end Mobile, a dlatance of 30 miles, has been waahed away, rendering tratllo Impoaalble.' Five hundred section workmen sre being ruh-il from Montgomery snd Illrm- liiKham to the scene of the damage. fctlll Knglnz Over IVnaacola at II O'clock. Atlnnta. Ga., fcopt 27. The Wealern llnlfin . Te'erraph Company St t o'clock to-rtlsht report"d that the wind In a!lU very Mirh at PenHaeolu, blimlnir from the Ouif. The In'llca tlons sra for aeveial hours' contlnu- snc of tho storm. WOBKOFTKAINYBECKEBS THE FLORIDA LIMITED BITCHED Spikes Drawn and 'Three- Angle Bars JU"movel . lYom , the Trewile Be- tween Barton and Alletulal 8. C. v Locomotive and Two Coaches Overturned, But No - Passenger beriouHly Hurt Negro Fireman, Andrew Kemp, Rlv Uefore Physl- ; clans Itewcn Hlnj l'awenircrs Tak en to Columbia and Traiixfcrrcd to meir leiluatlon Details of an Inosua Wreck. , ' .Observer Bureau, . ' . ' . 120 Main Street ' ' Columbia, 8. C 17, t Southern Hallway's North-bound Florida train. No. SO, was derailed at 1.10 this morning- as it was clearing a bridge between Barton and Allendale, this Btate, and though : the engine rouea aowa une .,' envD&nKment r ena two coaches were overturned no pas senger, was Injured and the engineer escaped with a few bruises and burn. Colored Fireman Andrew Kemp, who had been In thel servloe seven years, coming here from Edgefield, had both legs broken and died before the phy sicians could reach him. . -The . railroad people say that the accident was clearly tRe work of train wreckers, and the local magis trate, James M. Patterson, seems to be similarly Impressed. The railroad people say that a number of splkee were drarwn and three angle bare re moved from . the north end of the trestle.'"' .-.-:".' . -j "' fV" Magistrate ' Patterson telegraphed Governor Heyward: . ' ' - i ,y "Soutiiern No., to wrecked by re moval ef "rail. 'Man dead. Send bloodhounds If possible.': Answer." . To which Oovernor ", Heyward re plied! '".-., ..'.:'.-'- .;..;;v" "Telegram ' received.- ; ' I '. have no bloodhounds. ' Better .-'confer-' wtth Sheriff. Immediately " -,' ' ""' : '-. NO FAB9EN0ERS HURT.' .' ' The passengers all intact but much shaken up and shocked were brougttt on to Colombia on local train No. 11 from Allendale and tranef erred here for their destinations. v : Division Surgeon F. D. Kendall, accompanied by his assistant. Dr. J. K. Helee, were Immediately summon ed to the scene. They found the fire man dead, and Engineer J. E. Mc Danlel erlously, but net dsngerously bruised , and burned. A few of the passengers) fcad ' scratches, but none was tourt so as to be at all lnoon- venienoed. Mr. McDamel had been on this train tea year and was., a careful man. v..--w. '.r .. ' ' ; Dr. Kendall asserts positively that the wreck waa a dearly defined case of deliberate' "wrecking. The wreck. did not obeoure this evidence. The rails, which had been removed.' were carefully piled on thw side of - the trscks and the ptko from there were tying close by.' No part of the train touched them. - The train, was in charge of , Conductor Blanton. who handled the situation admirably -after the accident y " :.';. . . .. . : ENGINEER BADLY SCALDED. - Engineer ; J. B. 1 McDanlel - was acalded about tire body and legs. He was able, "however, 1 walk from tna wreck to a residence near-by, , where ho-was attended by Dr. Kendall. Ha came to Columbia and la now: under treatment ae the Colombia Hospital. His burn are peJnf ul and extensive, but not very serious, and unless un expected complications arise he will recover..'--- ' '.'v-' "''" ' " ' ' " The escape of Engineer McDanlel was remarkable. - The engine . fell down an - lt-foot -embankment and the engineer was still In the cab when It settled. He was knocked uncon scious. - When he recovered the light from some live coals that had spilled from the grate of the engine enabled him to see a narrow opening through which he could get out of the-eab, which was filled with steam. , He managed - to get out and then lost consciousness again. When the train men found hint, he was standing bolt upright In the swamp and . did not recognise his fellows. Mr. McDan lei's condition Is serious. . . Miss lAila' Wlngard, aged 11. wfv lives at 1111 Main street this city, was a passenger. She was bruised snd suffered considerably from the shock, but rallied and came on to the city with Dr. Kendall. Two railway mall clerks, Mr. W. M. Lander and Mr. C. W. Wimpy, both of Jackson ville, were slightly Injured.' 'Both have, gone back to Jacksonville and will be able to go out on their runs to-morrow as usual. - 8.m WUne, a colored , porter, was more ' or .less bruised, and four or five passengers were a - little hurt - and very badly soared.- -. . ' ., f ' . The train was composed of engine 1.001, one of the high fast speed Pa cific type, wtUi a mall car and bag gage car, a da coach and three Pull mans, In charge of Conductor J. W. Blanton, who was unhurt . - - s r K BAD WRECK. " ". ' The engine was eompletely over turned. The mall and baggage oars were thrown ever on their sides and the day , cosoh and" three sleepers were derailed, but remained upright The road-bed was - badly torn up. Division Superintendent H. A. Wil liams, Assistant General Superintend ent Scale and Division Surgeon Ken dall were burrted to the scene In Mr. Beale's private car skttaohed . to the wrecking train. Considerable enter prise was displayed In the rapid way In which provision was made to carry on the work of the system in spite of the demoralisation , inevitable . with the occurrence of a wreck of such magnitude. All the passengers snd svery piece of mall, baggage and ex press were transferred to the Allen-date-Columbia local, and when the laitter reached Columbia a special train, a new No. 10, was made up to carry the through passengers and the mail and express on to Washington. ,.';'! ' " Alabama Cotton Crop Heavily Dam ; ... .- ' - aged. : !,;! . ' ... Montgomery, Ala. Sept v 17. Fpe elals to The Advertiser Indicate that the storm which raged throughout southern and middle Alabama to-dny did incalculable Injury to the cotton crop. Moat of the cotton was still In the field and this was ruined by rain and wind. The hay crop sImu suf fered. - ,'... j Two Killed by CVlIspae of Hotel, j New Orlcsns, 8ept. 17. rsaaenrers j arriving here over the Illlnola tn-i tral to-nleht said that while the train was Stopping St Maron, Jllns., a hotel collapsed In Iheremer, hilling two peranna. They anld that henvy rln.l wm encountered at Macon. They had no funther details. STOESSEL NOT TO BE 6HOT. Drfendor of Iort Arthnr . Resigns , Front Army With Cssr's Consent After Being Convlcteu ly conimts , olou late of Otlier OlUcers Who ; , Joined In Surrender .Not , Yel De temilnext. . :-,..';.;'.' '''.';. Bt Petersburg, Sept, 17. The As sociated -Press was Informed: to-day hat Lieutenant General Stoesselwho commanded the. Russian forces y at Port Arthur, ' to-day submitted f;.:tls resignation from the army It la un derstood that It will ': be accepted. thereby ending the history of the surrender- of the fortress without the undesirable disclosures which. . would result from a formal court-martial. The general's resignation Is said to have been due to the Initiative of the Emperor. After reading the re port of the commission appointed to Investigate the surrender., of . Port Arthur, recommending that Stoessel be dismissed from the army and shot his majesty expressed his aversion to any further discussion of the subject In onen court It Is not ' known whether Lieutenant 'General Fock. whn nnmmandan' the East - Siberian division at Port Arthur, and the of ficers concerned will accept the alter native of standing trial. Robbers Kill American Sewing ' Ma- :,'-i...'- rhino- CaslOcr. ' . . ivi.KkI Vn.,inJ.'i Ttnaala. Ssnt. 17 The cashier of the local branch ol an American sewing taachlne com unv here was killed last night, by robbers, who were forced to flee with, out obtaining anything of value. , i ... 1 . i SIIAW;TO DEPOSIT fa,0h0,000. , Kes Taric and Cldcago to Get $3,000. , 600 Earh, ' New Orleans and Threw Others l,0OO,OW Kara, siesnpnw, ' AUanta and Others $500,000 Each Miwt be Returned Wben Preesura ls.Oer. '-' Washington, ' Sept -17. SecreUry Shaw announces that $14,000,000 Will be deposited with-existing depositary banks In the following cities; -.Kaw Tork and Chicago. 11.000,000 each Boston, Philadelphia, St Louis and New Orleans, 11,00 0,000; Balti more, Loulsyllle.- Kansas City and Cleveland,' $1,000,000 each: Pittsburg, Buffalo, Minneapolis, Milwaukee. De troit Cincinnati. St Paul, . omana, Dea Moines. Denver, Sioux City. Memohls. Peoria. Atlanta, - Naahvllle and Sioux Falls. $500,000 each. Security In bonds which are law ful Investments for savings banks of New York and Massachusetts will ne accepted for these deposits at 10 per cent of their market value. These deposits are . temporary in character, to be returned a soon as the press ure Is over, beginning probably Feb ruary. 1, . ntxU ; TO raiLABELPIIIA BANKERS. Comptroller Rldgely Delivers Prlncl- pel Address ana Macon Man aisses Hit With Paper on "Bankers as Patriots Vvw.-jV . ' t ' PWladehmU, ' Sept 17. With an exceptloneily large number of mem- beer la acienaanee, xne rmnayivama Bankers' Association v began Its twelfth annual meeting to-day In the ball room of the Beilevue-Stratford Hotel..-'The sees tons were held, one in the forenoenv st which William G. Reading, - of- Wllllanurport, Pa the presidettt of the- association, delivered his annual address, and another this afternoon when, several men promin ent In financial circle spoke. The nridpsl ad drees of the afternoon was that delivered by William B. Rklgely. Comptroller or i tne - currency, a Washington, "Who , discussed "Bank Directors." ' . . , i Another address to which the mem bers paid particular attention was that made by L. P. Hlllyor, of Mac on. Ga. He spoke , on . "Bankers at Patriots." FpR MCRDER OF BIS PARENTS. Adolh Weber Pays Penalty on Sraf- t fold at Sacramento lor increaimo Crime Committed Nearly Two Years 4 Ago. :.. -i ' ' Sacramento. Cel., Sept 17. Adolph Weber, who murdered - his parents. setting Are to the house ansrwaras. was hanged her to-day. - Weber went to the scaffold with a firm step and to the very last maintained the nerve that has charactsrlsed him as one of the most remarkable criminals of the century-;"'''..'' "- ". "' , -'' y. The crime ror wnicn wener pain the penalty was committed Novem ber 10, 1104, at Auburn, Placer coun ty; . Fire was dlscovsred In the resi dence of Julius Weber, a wealthy re tired merchant f Inside the burning building were found the dead bodies of Mrs. Julius Weber, her daughter. Bertha, and little son Earl. Two dsys later the body of Julius Weber waa found. - Mrs. Wsber and Bertha had been shot Esrl had .been beaten" topr Cleveland, which Is now staUoned 4enth. f ' " --'i' v , r V,v , . j I t Clenfuegoa, together with the gun- . ,. ,', y. " ; 1 boat Marietta. In addition to the reg- OX PHILIPPINE C05IMISSION. Prrsklont Appoints W. Morgan Shns- . ter, of Washington City, Who Will i Ifav a f 10,000 Secretaryship Be- 'idea."' f , V:...';iK ;-V'.. Waihlnatnn.' Sent 17. President Roose velt hsi appointed W. Morgan Shuater as a member of the Philippine eommlwlon to nil one ef the vaeanelea cauaed br the resignation of Governor General Wright and Governor Oenara! - Ida. The other vacancy recently waa nnea y tne ap pointment of Judge Charle K. Magoon, im.riran mlnlatar to Panama and. U. srnor of ths Canal Stone. Mr. Shmter is a native or tne city of Washington. In 1901 he accepted the sp. .ointment of collector or ciutoms in the 'hlllpplne Handc A a mamber of the- I'hlllriplne enmmlMnn Mr. Hhuiter will receive a salary of V.M0 per annum snd 110,000 per annum additional a aacrstary of one of the departments of the Philip pine government. - h ',.'.. Fire Damages Sclmonr at Cliarlcston. Charleston. S. C. Bent. ' 17. Firs wss discovered In the hold of - the schooner Howell J. Leeds, this morn ing and It took hard work on the part nf two tow boats to extinguish , the names until they had beaten a way through the deck and caused great damage. Ths schooner srrlved In port yesterdsy from Promised Land with a cargo oi nan. scrap ana tne nre Is supposed to- have started from spontaneous combustion. A survey will be msde to-morrow to determine the damages, . ,r ; ... ''- KUnlnd Barely Mixers Cell 13. Jolllet. 111., Sept. 17. raul O. ptenaland, the Chicago bank convict, whs saaigned to cell 11 In the eaat wing of the penitentiary to-dny, and wbs put to work In the sorting; room of the broom factory, where ho will laimr alongalde of Jnhn A. Lynn, for mer clerk of the Superior Court of 'hiragi, undor sentence for cmbexzle- rnent .' , A8 PBOYISIONAL GOYEBNOR TAFT TO . PROCLAM HIMSELF Nobody In Havana Inclined to Doubt That within z Hours a Temporary Government Will be Formed, tle venous: ix-nartments to be Con . tlnneil Under Present Heads as Far 7 as loHlble I'aima Declines, to . WltlMlraw His Resignation, Despite s President ltoosevelt's Sollciutlon Ocn. Funston Arrives.- ( ;", . Havana, Bept 17. President Pal ma steadfastly refuses every s sollciutlon or nis xnenas to withdraw his resig nation. Typical of this .i was , the cablegram he sent , , to ' President Roosevelt In response . to the final urgent message from the American President that-; he remain ; at , his neira. In this. President Talma ex- pressed his warmest appreciation .of President Roosevelt's efforts to , se cure peace In Cuba, and the friend- snip no nag always shown. the Cuban people. He ; referred to .... his own previous sacrifices for Cuba, which, h said had not been made In vain, but in tne present situation, , In view of an mat had transpired, he folt that further sacrlfloe- on ; hls part-would he1 useless, and that It was not con sistent with his dignity and prestige i remain m omce. . ' r-aima- ".resignation were ac- accepted It would then become nece sary for Congress to" elect a pro visional president . Such an election would only be a new source of con tention. ,;vTh American commls stoners will not brook the-' establish ment .of a provisional government by me c-UDans simply as a -.means of gaining time. -They hold that If a provisional government la created, it rausr d by the TJnlted States. Secre taries Taft and Bacon would not be properly discharging their full duties ii suen a government . were created in any other manner. ... . , , ; ; DISTRUST CUBAN POLPTICI ANS. " The 'American eommlailonari have little confidence In the seriousness of the intentions of the politicians. No body Is Inclined to doubt to-nliht that within 14 hours. Secretary Taft by au- tnonty or tne President of the United States, will proclaim himself pro-, visional Governor of . Cuba. Such a government however, would be made cuoan as far as It wag possible so t do by continuing th various depart ments under the Immediate control of the present heads thereof, Immediate developments , depend on the action taken by Congress to morrow. it is not likely that the Liberals will attend the session, but the Moderates and the Liberal Na tionalists combined expect to secure a quorum. The Moderate leaders to-night expect nothing ' but inter vention to-morrow.- Even should Congress carry out Its announced In tention of not accepting President Palma's resignation, Secretary Taft win hold that a vacancy exists unless Palma himself., concludes . to remain In offloe. ' ' v. , . READT TO, LAND MARINES. ' . Mean wh lie; preparations for the landing of marines and blue Jackets from American warship . have been completed,' and 'within a short- time after Secretary Taft aires the order all advantageous points which already nave been selected by naval officers would be occupied by a force of at least 1,600 men. Such an order will not be given until SecreUry Taft re gards It absolutely necessary, but It is certain that the present conditions will not be allowed to continue for more than one day longer. ' The non acceptance, of President Palma's resignation and " IU withdrawal will be Cuba's, laat card. General Frederick .Funston arrived here to-day. He -has gone over all the military plans, approved them. and familiarised himself with the military situation : as presented by Major Ladd, who has been here tor a fortnight. ' . . Among the places visited to-day by General Funston was the rebel camp outside of Havana. Hare the American ' general met" Generals Guerra and Detcastlllo . and ' othsf commanders of the Insurgents, sorns of whom he knew during the last rsvolutlon. -: ':-s The atmosphere at thevpalace to night Is decidedly, gloomy. The President has suooumbed somewhat to nervous fatigue. , President Palma will retire as poor as when he as sumed office. .: MORE MEN TO CIEXFTEGOS. '' Marine and Blue Jarkefi Who Have , Been Pro tort lng rroperty Ttiere Are Worn Out by Constant Duty, Re port Commander Smith Navy De partment In Straits. . . , ' - Washington, . Sept If An ' appeal for more men to assist In protecting property at Clenfuegns, was received to-day by Acting Secretary Newberry, of the Navy Department from Com mander James T. Smith, of the cruls- ular complement of marines and blue jacket on the two warship. 12$ other marine wer ssnt to Cisnfuegos to ss- slst In' looking aftsr foreign InteresU there, snd at present the Nsvy' De partment has no more available men who can be sent to thst place. Lines of men have been thrown out from the two warships at Clenfuegoa to protect . planUtlons ef foreigners gainst marauders, ; These men have been worn out by constant duty gnd Commander Smith said in his request to the Nsvy Department that relief Is needsd at once, . .. The Navy Department Is greatly In nesd of more officers and men. The Tennessee; Washington, Qeorgla and Connecticut have been stripped of offi cers and ere we to man the Prairie, Brooklyn and Texas, which- sre under orders to take marines to Cuba. . . THE PRESIDENT, IIOPEFCT : Preparation for Depart nre to Spend ftt Hours With North Atlantic llot go Forward Despite Discouraging Cnhsnj News Csn Keep In Town With Situation Through Wireless, Ovter Hay. N. T., Sept. n. That thars U till a feellns of hie In the lilnhe.t rlrele that order eventually will be re lored In Cuba aeenn apparent. Kven In tha fnea nf the dlwoiiniglns' tc porta re ceived by the prnm lo-loy r tha prorrex of negotiation between Seereiarle Taft and licon snd the governifient and In urgent lender liv tha lln. T..nl.llr, preparnrlima for the rrel.l,-tit il. imrture to-morrow for a ttny rf r-'iily 4 htur with tha North Allenllo 1 l".'t off 1'ro vlnrMown, H, have Iwn eon-led iteailily t'irwnr'1. The yarht Mnyfluwer, on wliUh he will make ihe journpy from (ly.ler liny to the Ila.aurhiiM'tla coiKt, arrived here to-riljsht. it bad bn tuit-r-ted that In the event of conditions at ldivan auni!ng wlmt inl,,iit be con-lilcr-d a really d..r t e a "In, tha prr.l.lentiMl vUit to ti. (l.-i-t InnliT T'l'iir Ailn.irnl IwaiK. ! ' t tie h. ' nn-.l or l l...Ait ' poatooneti. it ' t IU executive offices to-night, however, that there doe not aeem- to be at thla time at lea.t. any chance that a change o( plana will be made. At the Mayflower and tha hips of Admiral fcvnn.' fleet are equip ped with wtreleai telegrapk eutAU. ths ITovlnoetown Journey dof not mean that the Prcaltlsnt will be, even for a brief time, beyond reach of hie Commie loners to Cuba should they deelrS to con. ult him. . '...'".':;.. .'' ; INTERVENTION CLOSE AT HAND. Moderate Party leaders Again Dem imtieia ftwim t'nwilllnirnees to lie- gin Negotiations With Insurgent Taft Non-CommuuwwuTo. '' ntMM Rnt tr The orobahllitles of United States intervention In Cuba loom up far stronger tnis auernqon than at any previous time. - Few peo nie now munt that intervention Is close at hsnd. The . Moderate party leaders again demonstrated . to-aaj that they are not willing JLo actually beeln negotiations with their oppen- ents and submitted a proposition re gardlng the negotiations wnicn mere ly . proposes . thai they be broken off when differences arise.; Senator Dols, president of the . Senate, holds that It ia the duty of the Moderates to uphold the constitutions! authority, hut says that If they 'do not reach an agreement with their pponeneta to-morrow morning . American Inter vention 'will forthwith be Inevitable. He added, however that the Moder? ates will do everything possible to avoid Intervention, even to the ex tremity of accepting Senator Zayas as President of Cuba snd thereafter dis cussing terms for a final settlement. This attitude, howexer, Is regarded as only typical of the evasive tactics of the government offlclsls, who In reality are no more ready, to con cede the holding of new election than before.' . ' ',; -..---':; '"'' '-. It now 1 appear that the - Cuban Congress will - have . a quorum to morrow to consider the reslgnettons of President Palma and Vice Presi dent Mendea Capote, i - .. Messrs. Taft and Bacon were asked thla idHnnnn If thev ronaldered mat ters to be In a hopeful condition, to wnicn Mr. tsii repuea: - - VI nt know, ,' t l cannot . aay Moderate Decide Not to Let Palma ...... Itesign. '. .'.'.-- '' - Havana, Bept 17 The assembly of Moderates to-night decided to refuse to accept President Palma's resigna tion in the hope of Inducing him to continue In oftlce and thus avoid In tervention. ' Intervention by the Installation of e tAviainnal envernment was eon templated for to-morrow, ' but the united Mates peace commissioners will await the developments In Con gress. ' i .'' ' t .' l: ; INSANE WOMAN KILLS NCRSE. Mnrdcrees Confined In New ' Tork lloepiul for Crlmnlal Insane Make Fatal Attack With 8t'liwnr . Vpon Female Attendant for Whom Kite Had a Mad Fondnes and Whose :. Impending; Departure She Violently '. Opposed, v - .. - r - - Newburgh, N. Sept I?. Ltal Halliday, a murderess confined In the Mattewan Hospital, for insane crimi nals, made, a fatal assault to-day on a female attendant Miss NsUir Wicks, sged IU Miss Wicks bad occasion td go Into the- lavatory adjoining the ward about 1:10. Ths Halliday' wo man followed her In, , knocked ' her down, and taking a pair of scissors from Miss Wicks, stabbed her In the throat - Mis Wick dlod two hours later. Llsale Hsllldsy, who i la a gypsy. In lift klUed her husband, Psul, and two women, concealing the bodies under the house, at Burling ham, a little place In Sullivan county. An insane fondness lor miss wicks and violent opposition to the nurse's Impending departure rrom tne nos pltai was ths motive which prompted Mrs. Halliday to the murder. Mrs. Halliday had dlsnlaysd a rreat deal of affection for Miss Wicks and the nurse had made her one of her most trusted patients. A f sw - week sgo Miss Wicks told Mrs. Halliday that she wss going to leave the hospital to engage . on private hurst ng. .Mrs, Halliday seemed to be greatly . de. pressed and begged the young wo man not to leave , and declared that she would kill her before she would allow her to leave the asylum. Al though Mrs.- Halliday had mad sev eral attack on other defendant, ens had also made so many id I threat that no attention was paid to her threat Mia Wick pretended to hu mor her, but continued bsr prepara tion to leave. This morning when Miss Wicks sntered the lavatory Mrs. Hsllldsy followed her and locked the door on the Inside, lesvlng the key In the door so that none of the other attendants could open It Then Mrs. Haliidav knocked tha vounr woman down and attacked her with her scis sors. Mis Wicks' shriek brought the other attendant to the scene and they forced the door and overcame the. Insane woman after a desperate struggle. . Miss Wicks home was en Long la land, where her parents now resldev , ANOTHER TICKET IN ALABAMA. Bolting Republican Hold Convention ITeekh-nl Roosevelt taueu.ipon to Stand for Third Term. '. Birmingham. Ala.. Sept. J7 'Ant!- administration Republicans of Ala bama In convention here to-day norm narea tne ioiiowidk iicaei: . Governor. Judge A. E. stratton, or Montgomery: Lieutenant Governor, General James A. Hurst: attorney general, J. B. Sloan; State auditor, J. C. Miller: secretary of State, George R. Randolph; Stat treasurer George Byers; commleeloner .of agri culture. Wllllsm Cook; member of railroad commission, 8. R. Leonsrd, Chsrles P. Lane; Chief Justice, Shel by 8. Pleasants; associate Justices, Wsrren 8. , Reese, Arthur a Utiles. The platform adopted calls upon President Roosevstt to stand for a third term. ' Lynch law Is strongly condemned. Any 'tinkering with the tsrtft Is disapproved. . . -.' BRYAN CLAD IT IS HEARST. ; , At fluthrle, . Okls- He Espreewes fJrstllUwtlon at Ileanlt , of mew York Convention Ills Railroad Ownership Talk tlierrrd. M -.1 William T hrvnn m h.rlv M. eeptlon to-night. The Nchra.kan devoted a hair nnu to sn aooreM in wnicn ne merely touched on the national l-mie. tl 1 1. 1 ! i.rnlrm.Hl u nul. 11 - wr kan h mentioned the earp-t-bumj-ir In iwilltli-a nt wurneu ine vocora or kkihiioiiim riilnat railroad Influenre In the cotiatilu- tlonal convention. A srent cher rwl,j the ref-rence to hit Iiulillo rallroatl own- erhlp jimptwltlon. Xlr. ftryiin tnlked frim the ob.nrvntlnn r of a ,0-01111 r nil t e train. Hi-ilvlog 4 a clock from 1'ery. Hkla. tin iuhi tpcpchr ttvdiiy at n.ilny hiIiii In . 'I ..ri-ll.kl-V. Amlm, lhii. . .i 11.. ri V- the riirntian. ""' i.i. f Khi', n. irler. of tha okte ana Ci l.nrt t' I l-e I tun mu. i f t,Ar-. at !- roTTilmii1 Sir. II.-ii.i."' lie i.ll. ''I... - 1 f. .it ii will hn.ae ii. I i. ' a : u, it a4 a J..M.-.1 . rt f-i ! i." BOHANiNOX 'FOUND GUIL. . , , KISEIViCRtTCII VI i:i J ACt'I Gnllford - Jury Convict I'..r, Itrsxham's riuyrr of First.!'. Murder, Holds klwr Cruuliiii i i t,- ' an AccieeHory and Acquits v OuUIiflHdScntcnce Not 1 ' Iaaeed by the Court CiiNe of t . Mato Agalmt Geo. Mecks for t . ; Killing of Mens Oak Called 1 ; Nearly Flnbdicd It Will Go to t s Jury To-Day New' Note of tu Gate City. : Special to The Observer. Greensboro, Sept' ' 27. .Frank Bo hannon, charged with the murder of Foreman R, K. Beacham at Hill Top July list was found guilty of mur der In the first degree; Klaer Crutch field a found guilty of being an ac oeeery and Oscar Crutchfleld found not guilty of the charge , of con spiracy,, by the .Jury, which returned a verdict at It o'clock to-night' No sentence was passed.' ..The charge of Judge Long to the Jury was - one hour . In length snd covered fully every point la the case. It was clesr, comprehensive and di rect He reviewed the evidence and then' gave the Jury the law bearing upon cases of the kind. , - : This morning the case of ' State against George Meeks for the killing of Plea Oaks at High Point four weeks ago was called for trial In courts and the taking of evidence commenced. Solicitor - Brooks announced- that Meeks would - be tried for second degree murder, a true bill having been found for murder. A Jury . was secured In a few minutes. The wltnessee wer called and testified In the following order: Cleve Wood, Grant Johnson. J; T. Bennet Police man Frank Sec h rest. Dr. J. P. Turner, Mr. Jordan and T. C. Oaks, ths father Of the deceased. . KX. the afternon session Meek went on the stand In hi own behalf. Mrs. Meeks also testified. - Other witnesses wer examined, and at a few minutes before I o'clock the defense rested, and the argument of counsel begun, E. H. Farriss, of High Point who Is appearing . with Solicitor Brooks for the prosecution made the opening speech. ' He will be followed by coun sel for the, defence, who will speak to morrow morning, and Solicitor Brook will conclude. The defendant I rep resented by Judge W. P. Bynum, Jr., and Judge R. C. Strudwlck. of this city, and W. P. Ragan and T. J. Gold, of High Point . - The shooting In which the defend ant figured occurred at High Point on the night of August tl. Oaks had gone to the home of the defendant and they had been drinking together, according to the statement of State's witnesses. ' Osks went away and re turned later In the evening. . He was met at the door by Meeks, and after some words, - Meeks opened fire on the Intruder. He shot Oak once and then Oaks ran, failing on the street a few yards away, where he expired. Meeks shot twice after Oaks had run. but he says hs did not shoot In the direction of Oaks. In ths trial of George ' Meeks this afternoon. B.' . H. Ferris, for the prosecution, end T. J. Gold, for the defense, spoke. . A eesaton ef ..rouri wss held this evening st whkh. W. P. Rsgan and R. C. Strudwlck- for the defense addressed the Jury. Th case will go to th Jury to- ' morrow.".--"'..-""' - ' , Deputy U. & Marshal R. C. Chsnd ley returned to-day at " noon from Alamance county, bringing with him Allen Griffin and Charles Moon, both of whom were lodged In Jail In de fault ef f 100 bonds. . They were given a hearing before Commissioner Hall . In Burlington yesterday.. . MEXICAN TOWN RAIDED. Forty Armed Men Put Mayor and Other Official In Jail at Jlmlnew. a Town on the Rio Grande Troops , Hastening pa Scene. Houston. Teg., Sept t7. A special to Th Chronicle from Eagle Pass says that a telephone message received there from Jlmlnes, 10 mile up the RIO Grand river, states that 40 arm ed men raided th town last night placed the mayor, chief of police, treasurer and other city officials In Jail and are now la control. The tel ephone wires were cut, before the message was finished. Government troop have arrived on a special train to-day and are hastening to Jlmlnes. Advice ot' a battle are expected at Eagle Pass any , hour. Cludad Por ftrto Diaa, across th river - from Eagle Pass, Is quiet to-day, but many Mexicans came over to.sleep last night Raider Only Bandit and SrauggU'rs. . Washington, Bept. 17 The follow ing telegram era . received at the Treasury Department to-day from the collector of customs at Eagle Pass, Tex.: '- t . , - "Tester day about 10 bandit and smuggler took possession of Jknines. a email town In - Mexico, to mile above Eagle Pass. A fight ensued with Mexican soWlers; several men killed. Sensational report were sent th press, describing it a a revolu tion. EfforU may be made to induce the War Department to send troops her. Nothing serious in the situa tion reported up to th present time." Mexican Troop " and Revolutionise;) . ,, ,; .. Claelw ',...,...... Houston. Texas, Bept 17. -A courier Just arrived saya that the revolu tionist and a force from Ciu Li i porflrlo Diss clashed last night st t -torla, about five miles south of Ji Ines, that on ranger was killed m i that the revolutionists left s v. r i dead. They scattered and are t pursued by Mexican troops. Jii U not In possession of the latter. affair Is regarded here as pons, but little of a revolutionary on i -Utlcal character. Troop Kill Two "Revolution! " ' El Paso. Tex., flept It. An I Pass spsclal to - The Herald 1 1 says: -.:':'" .A, government force of 75 rav . men encountered forty self-style l i olutlonlsts 10 miles above here ( dispersed them, killing two. Ou i i dred more soiumrs srs conn. 7 : Monterey." ROCiirsTLU r wr: 1 Doth Morning llcrnl.l I Advlaor Annouiu-e l.' iii port HonrM. RorheHter, N. Y., r i t. Rochester Morning !! 1 1! !, Its birth a Democrntl r this nvorntns's I t 1 : as sn lodcpcn.l.-i-t 1 voen ths tie. ' '-. Hr ' . Tl.. fill. ill H ! r!y. ' ! ,! t . t 1
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