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:VA1IVI3 OiTi Y " (' Li A. DjCv . .: -..I... '.-! .. L:y -, lkin,; lL;t Coach ' ;'vTo I"i;rt 'd Engine 1 Feet Into 1 and ivrcd Ly Ten Lie Impact Locomotive. -: Ta., April 23. Two men I I and 100 passengers had j escape from a like fate in k to-day of a passenger train j Wabash Railroad when the evij one coach le,ft the track ; rralo west of Brldgeville Sta ar here, and plunged into the . rs creek, 40 feet below. Scores or'a missed death -Or injury i a circumstance which is now 'J as providential - : dead: ' ". --. I JU0N BOYD, englneman, of i VHation. -: - - - ". ' , ;AN1C McISAACS, fireman, of .efton, O. .9 train was made up of four pas r coaches. When it was cross- trestle,, over .Chartters creek out warning the engine suddenly ed from the .rafts and shot to the im underneath, taking the first h with. It. The forepart of.ths no eank several feet Into the mud he creek bedy The coach was to splinters by its terrific im- with the locomotive. By what iad men regard as little more mera. chance, there were no Infers In the front coach. The King between-it and the second i was wrenched In two when it tern from .the trestle by the en l ' None of ' those In the three eoi.ches knew of the accident or n l .how close they had Come' to li until several minutes after !, when the cars, deprived of their v power, slackened, their speed ct ne to a stop, - A new schedule ; S,;td effect en: the railroad to , .a to-this fact many owe their 'r&MS CRUSHED TO DEATH, ider the new schedule, trahi No. eft thlB city. 45 minutes earlier over 60 persons missed the train this reason. - on J account of the ced number of passengers, all placed In three rear coaches,! i the front coach was unoccupied. I and Mclsaacs were crushed to ,a. A short time after the vreck mangled bodies were found un t ,A debris in the shallow water, ecking crew was dispatched from - station and after a .delay of ,l hours the track. was repaired 1 with another engine "attached to three coaches which 'escaped the k,' the passengers' were taken to destinations,' The cause of ... the 'ent is a-mystery. . ' , f ( aier SECURES ins CHILD. f . '31. burtiaiu, of Charlotte, Wins .Habeas Corpus Proceedings1 in ' on Superior Court Regie tra or Municipal Election Larger i l. ' ; ':'v ',;vTV ton. April 58. In the Super 1 rt here--yesterday the 'Jury .Id the plaintiff 11,500 damages S,case;of the Elk Furniture Com of Lexington, against the South : ailway. Company. Hhe furniture iny sued for 12,600, on account mage' and loss by flood on Aug. pfl. The wareroom of the Elk y was flooded with water, which frSm art undergrade crossing of Jothern near the de- l At the time " of the f finished product,! 1 ; consist a long list of valuable furni s damaged and ruined, accord ! the witnesses of the plaintiff, klso testified that the flooding of ictpry was due to Interference of Ktural drinage by a concrete arch 1 constructed at that point by the tors putting in a double track 1 Hher . case before. Judge Moore A - term was an habeas corpus I ding; in which J. M; Durham, irlotte, claimed the custody of ; year-old daughter, who . had ! living with 5her grandmathern ,. I. II: Miller, of this place, Mrs. wanted to keep the child, the r' rtow living. In Atlanta. After t the evidence and argument of , l, Judge Moore decided in fa- I tire father. The sheriff deliver. little girl to her father, who kke nor to Charlotte. . .. 'registration books for the 1 pal election which comes oft on ",. closed yesterday with a total tation of. 564, larger than any 1 la .election. While , everything Ana everyone in a good hu l ere Is more than usual interest 1 The chief contest is over the , ty. : The incumbent, John H Wade H. Phillips, are the only jevan otners having dropped .inly .one ticket for aldermen . hool commissioners has been . All the - primaries have been vaulting, in. the' followine una ivtiomlnationg for aldermen and I i commissioners, v respectively: yWard Tv F, , Grimes and R. L. , y,j G. w, Miller and J. D. o; Eat Ward; ,C. M. Tompson I r'l ans;v.vvv pi., Mendenhall uii: pu; Boum vvara: J. w ri ,nd B.C- Bobbins, J. D y -1 E. ' J, Buchanan; : Wet f i t, waltzer and S. J. Colev. i I C.r r I.; . : T. ; a 1 i i t! i C -u t'tlal to The Observer. Creensboro, April 23. Interest In Greensboro municipal fight is at fever heat. At a primary held last Tues day an aldermanic ticket was nomi nated and city executive committee elected. Next Tuesday a second pri mary will be held to determine wheth er Mayor Thomas J. Murphy "or Al derman Leon J. Brandt will be the Democratic candidate for mayor. ? In the first primary Mr. Brandt receiv ed, 455 votes. Mayor Murphy 400, and E. J. Stafford 204. This eliminated Mr. Stafford and now the contest Js on between the ether two candidate. and interest increases each day. ' Both sides are claiming victory.. The majority of those who are giv ing the political situation any thought are of the opinion that Mr. Brandt will win the Democratic mayoralty nomi nation over Mr. Murphy Tuesday by a majority of between 50 and 1 0( votes. Mr. Murphy's friends,; how ever, are not willing to make any such concession, though It Is known that they are somewhat scared. Mr. Brandt having received 55 more votes than Mayor Murphy last Tuesday, It is thought that he will, get enough votes toVgive a handsome majority. It is generally admitted that the great er part of Mr, Stafford's vote will go to Mr. Brandt, though it Is not known who Mr. Stafford will support. . Since the first primary many voters have registered, a new registration having been ordered Bome time ago, and the vote in the second primary will no doubt be much larger than it was in the first. The registration books closed last night,' about 1,750 voters having placed their names up- The Law and Order League, or cer tain of its members have taken a hand n the Contest since the first primary and have Issued x statements saying "Prohibition Is the Issue." Nothing of. the kind was done during the campaign. Immediately preceding the primary, the members Of the league waiting until after they saw Mr. Brandt was In the league, to assail hint and declare that he, being a high license man, is not a fit man to bo mayor of the city. The dictatlonal manner these men have assumed and the -unwarranted attack upon Mr. Brandt at a time when he was In the lead, has, .i it is believed, greatly strengthened his cause. If Mr. Brandt is nominated it will not be construed to mean .victory for anti-prohlbitlonlsts, but a slap at the set of men who for eome time Jiave endeavored to manage the city poll tics,, and dictate to the Democratic party -who Its candidates . shall be This machine . has. , accomplished its purpose heretofore by . reading out of the, party and? out,f -IhO ehtrrches men who did not vote -as they said vote.. The question of prohibition in the city has : been settled for some time to come many years, perhaps forever and there are ' - no-w more prohibitionists " in the city , than ever before. . . . , :b WITH tXCSCAL CRIME. i White ;, Man f. Under Arrest at inton For ' Giving Mercliant iid Whiskey. Wliich Caused x a pi . prisoner Alleged to Be ' The Observer.' nton, April '28. On Friday 19th Instant, a young fel ' fed Hoke came to the candy J.W, Vaughn at this place .uvnugnn to take a drink y with him. He at first but .'Hoke insisted and ( i finally, "drank the whiskey. "Rafter he, was taken deMier. . and, but for the prompt ar- . pnysicjan would have died. c .3 relieved,: however, for the : an3 went to his home at 7i niteen miles rom here Tlie -.poison had, howevef, i his system and he began -se and continued so untL 3 died. ; Hoke was arrest- :eld in Burke Jail o mthe 'ir-r. It, is stated that -uuna nnna ana 13 riot re- ' 'r r. net'?, v.'hf r t! CAR SERVICE AT A STANDSTILL. Following Walk-Out of 450 Men Em ployed by Utah Light & Railway Company Numerous Scenes of Dls- 7 order Balk Attempt to Operate Few Cars With Non-Union Crews. Salt Lake City. April' 2 8. A strike was declared on the Street car lines of the Utah Light & Railway Com pany to-day, 450 men walking out. Numerous scenes of disorder followed attempts to operate a few cars with non-union crews, and all efforts, to maintain even a partial service were soon abandoned, , Mayor Thompson on Friday carried to the men assurances that President Bancroft,- the street-car company, had agreed . to- arbitrate the wsjre question now and other i questions later. This . apparently was satlsfac tory to the men, but yesterday Ban croft denied that he had agreed to arbitrate anything but the wage Scale This announcement caused the strike. . The scenes of disorder that marked the beginning of the strike took place In Main street between Brigham and 'fcond South sftreets. The" leaders of the demonstrations were , strike sympathizers. The strikers A them selves took no part In the disturbance Eggs were thrown by dozens. The strike sympathizers also cut trolley ropes and in some instances dragged non-union motormen off the cars. ,An end was put to the disturbances when a car marked , U. S. Mall was brought into action and towed the other cars back to the barns. No at- tempt was made to molest the .; mall car. j . i . j Act I; a by 1 S - 1 ia Xew I". ' n.l. pr,:'-j to Union O.Ucrrs ami : --:-s Arrts, Will be Jlarkcd lower Contentions Tlian lor Many Years Host Serious Con C'AU :i in Boston Strike of Teamsters a Month Ago Some Causes for Un rest ia Cotton Mills and Attempt is to be Made to Advance Wages at Fall River Next Month. Boston, April 25. According to the union officers and business agents of worklngmen's organizations,, the industrial situation In New England on May 1 will be marked by fewer contentions between caplta.1 and labor than for many years. In the- building trades several small strikes are threatened in a number of cities, but In Boston there promises to be ilttie suspension ol work in any branch of industry.- '", . The building laboiers' unions, the members of which are unskilled, have registered new wage rates in Boston and vicinity. It la understood thai prospects for settlement without a strike are favorable. The painters of ftBternMaasacfausctts arg endeavor- ir-g to establish a uniform, wag of 54 . a day minimum in Metropolitan Boston, but th'.'re will be no strike in May, as the wage question will not be adjusted until later. The most serious condition existing in Boston is due to the strike a month ago of teamsters,' In New Ungluad at large there are several fcaus for unrest in cotton mills and It Is. re ported that an attempt will Me made t3 advance wages at Fall Rivr some rime next month. 1 Expen.-nced In .Military Affairs A Cuban West Tolnt is at First Need ed and Tills Forms a Still More Se rious Objection as it Would Add Double Burden. Havana, April' 23. The plan of a Cuban standing army of, 12,000 men. as suggested by the general staff of the American army, is most attractive tr that pigment, of thft fnhan noonl Tvhich is fond of the gold lace and I lends ard escorted by Judge B. F. SCARCELY A CLOUD IN SIGHT. Almost Perfect Harmony Between Employe and Employer Exist in Chicago All Contracts lienewea. Chicago, ; April 28. The relations between employer and employe1 were probably never so harmonious . in Chicago as they,are now. In the past, on May . 1, there have usually been differences between the labor unions and the employers in Chicago, but this year there is scarcely a cloud on the industrial horizon., . . Every union In the building In dustry, with the exception of he structural iron workers, has renewed contracts with employers and the Iron workers expect to reach a settls ment without, a strike. Machinists have demanded an Jncreasa ,f 25 cents adav in wages, . but the indl cations are that there will practically be no trouble in - putting the few schedule into effect. Most of the larger firms in the city have signified a willingness to grant" the . MneMase and if any strikes are called May 1. they will be confined to . individual firms. The brickmakers i are now holding conferences with 1 their em ployes and will : probably reach a settlement before next week, , G TO EIG AliriY I 1 : ; . t f XL urooTi Does Not Believe It to Recruit in the I: I :n.l 3 .' : .-::ors Who Will Come Up i : rd of United States Army xv l;lly Shared In bv Cubans . A i v . . . , C J a A . . avJ.A A A. . jcrct;:ry Arrives f .1 SpccLil Cr Over c: icinnail. IL n.ilton & Day ton i:. 1 DclKtrs Address Mainly On Growth and inmwses of As sociation At Conclusion of Cere monies lie Returns to Cincinnati, Where To-Day Ho is Scheduled for Two Addresses, l'irst at University of Cincinnati and Second Iicfore Business Jien'd Club on "The 1'ana ma Canal." Dayton. O.. AdHI 23. Secretary of War William H. Taft arrived in this city at noon to-day in a special car over thr Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day ton road, accompanied by his brother, Charles P. Taft, and some personal ' : -"J- tO krfp t 1 :.y;..val state ic:, v. ..; "i eil.dent laborers, to tl-.-i ;;h the government ha 3 in expo riding these millions." regalia of Spanish-American armies. But among the conservative elements, the plan excites really less Interest than the preceding one to recruit the rural guard up to 12,000 men. The latter plan was vigorously op posed even by the Liberals, who, It McCann, who had gone to Cincinnati as the special representative of the Young Men's Christian Association. Luncheon awaited the Secretary s arrival and the succeeding time was employed greeting people and evading Mvmuuua uoaring upon pomicui topics. The ceremonv tf lavlntf the was supposed, would have Jumped at corner-stone of the new Young Men's me opportunity wpeneu oy sucn a unnsuan Association buildinr began lavish atstrioution or patronage, ana 1 at 2:30 tnis afternoon, and after while the standing army schems evl- J singing, prayer and Scripture reading, dently has been framed to meet their me secretary was introduced by E objections, the apparent impossibility L. Shuey. At the conclusion Mr. of this acoomplishment has caused It to ba received with something very like derision. v v. ' ., Governor Masroon. who has not yet been ndvlsfd of any intention of the War Department to adopt th elaborate tirogramme of the Reneral staff, does not believe it DOPaible to recruit in the island of Cttbi 12. CO!) soldiers who Khali come up to the standard of the United States, army. This view is ffiny shared ny i;u Taft formally . placed the relic box In the crypt prepared for it and sealed It. . The Secretary's address deaflt" mainly with the Krowth and purpose of the Young Men's Christian Association. , After the corner-Btone ceremonies. Secretary Taft returned to Cincinnati, where he will deliver two, possibly three, addresses to-morrow. In the bans experienced in military' affairs, who morning he .will visit the University point out that the United States to-day j of Cincinnati, where he is a professor 1 1. ll.k 1 ..xlf. . I . . - ns sum ninicwiiy m uuiiunmK Bui siai;' 1 jn nre law scnooi, and will deliver KK,.." ZSriZZ ? n address to the students. Later in keen the ranks of the army of oaciflca- th ay M may visit the chamber of tion even reasonably full. I commerce for a short time. In the while Jt !s true that ctica is rtcner 1 evening ne win Bpeak to the mem in coioneig inn jveniufny nu nraw nen or me uuainess Men's c uti nn qui::::: vic.oiiia tailes diiive. In Ilw'L : " Attended Banquet In Honor of C-.r .::;i-il Agulrrey-Garcla, Bishop of U;:r on Whose Head Kin Bestouul I led Hat. Madrid, April IS. Queen Victoria went driving this morning, and this evenim? attended a banauet at the Palace in honor of Cardinal Agulrrey Garcia, bishop of Borges, upon whose head King Alfonso to-day placed ths red hat. The King never leaves the side of the Queen now. He has aban doned all of his usual automobile ex cursions. ; The Dowager Queen Maria Christina and the Princesses are bust ly engaged in making additions to the layette for the expected royal . babe, A royal pernambulator, a gorgeous specimen, arrived at the Palace Sat urday.- : '"' ' The Queen la going about almost as busily as at any time since her "wed ding. Her favorite amusement re cently has been In visiting the circus entertainment. She has been thtre three times within the past fortnight and each time With a feeling of su perstition sat In the same chair occu pied 21 yean ago by the Queen Moth er just before the present King of Spain was born. It has been settled that after th 3 birth of the Queen's child the royal family will go to the Granja Palace, where the King and Queen spent their honeymoon. -"a y?';': T'v" Haiti in the matter of generals, few of these warriors have any knowledge of military tactics other than those of the bush. To Injure a supply of trained soldiers, a military academy, a Cuban West Point, thev say. is Indispensable. This is in line, with a recent proposition "The Panama Canal." SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD. At to-day's ceremony, Secretary Tart said 'The great advantage of the instl strongly urged" upon Governor Masroon 1 tutlon Is, that after long experience, by General Estenos. a prominent Liber al, that at least two schooiships oa es tablished to form. the nucleus of a Cu- h.in Aniianolla iii which to rear tne far rasrutts. Nelsons and Togos of Cuban flopta ta ha. . . , f Still more serious - objections to the scheme are that it at once imposes on the republic the double burden ot a nugo miHtnrv pstnhllahmpnt. will absorb at least one-third of the revenues, and dl- It has come to be conducted oh the . most approved business principles Another characteristic of the associa tion is Its non-sectarian religious quality." : we are all mora tolerant to-day than formerly. 1 I never was as lutiy conscious or tms ract as when the question arose which had become intensely acute Mn the A WELL-KNOWN ACTRESS DEAD. minution of the already thin ranks of Philippine Islands in regard to the BETTER THAN FOR XEARS- Practically -All '.Y&g i!efllel In Rt. ., Louis and Suri-ouiuiing Country for 200 Miles Are Signed. .., . St. Louts, April 28.1 Employers and labor leaders of St. Louis and ? the Southwest report v- labor ''Conditions better: for May ? 1 this year ' than f or many years past. Practically all wage scales In St. Louis and "the surround ing territory for. 200 miles are signed. In St. Louis alone this includes 120, 000 union men. The unions allied with the building trades council here are all signed for, the year, . with the exception, of a very few men em Ployed in small shops, There ; are, about 40,000 men in these Unions, Other branches of trade show V" a similarly good condition. The brew- ery workers, who were on a strike a iew weens ago,, have now signed, x Employers and labor leaders say mere wm oe notning this year In locar circles-to hffider great build Ing activity, A CRISIS EXPECTED TO-DAY, Large Forces of Men to be put to W'ork In Places of Strikers in Bat son, Saratoga and Spindle Top Oil . ; Fields. .: ir' rr.,?rT s;-e-,:r:": Beaumont,' Tex., April 28. Late reports from" the Batson, Saratoga and, Spindle Top oil fields, where a strike of the employes of the Guffey Company Is on, are to the effect that a crisis may be expected to-morrow, when the operators declare that a large number of men will be put to work In the places of the strikers. An officer of one of the Guffey companies states that any of the strikers who desire . to return to the employ of the company will be 'given work, but that- recognition of the union is out of the question. ' A large number of special deputies have been sworn In by the sheriff. The " union men still .declare their Intention of using every effqrt to pre vent the Introduction of strike break rs. ITALIAN BARIC , STRANDED. Appears to be Loaded and to Have Been Abandoned. "Baltimore, Mr.,' April-2S. A dis patch to The Maritime Exchange from Cape Henry. Va., reports the Italian bark Orl?nte : stranded on tho outer bar "about - 600 -yard - off fh ore ' from the Poyners Hill life-saving station, r.nl nys that she appears to bo lm.-. , 1 r ' 1,-rn f.V::- '". labor by lust so many men as are called tinnn n txar arms. . Probablv a moderate Increase of the rural guard now- about 1,500 men below Its authorized strength of 5.000 will be regarded by most Cubans aa 'H satisfac tory establishment of the status of the armed forces of tne repuDiic, continued ownership of a large body of agricultural lands by certain re ligious orders of the Roman Catholic Church. The solution which offered Itself i was, , that the government should buy these lands from the friars and then sell them on ; oasv terms to the present tenants. It was CREW OF THE LUCIFER LANDED thought wise to send a representative to Home to confer with Leo XIII up- Steam Saganie, New vorKK to iwi- on tnjs question, in order, if possl- tcrtiam. Arrive ai iu wui Dle t0 brlng aDOut a friendly ' and Men. Alwm They"- Exierlenced I amicable solution. - ZZ.3;:C:r' ": - he . President.' after consulting -"Fal steamer Maud Harrison Stricken With Paraly sis In Room at Hotel, Dying With out Regaining Consciousness. New York, April 28. Maud Harri son, the actress, while In her room at the. Hotel Wlllard to-day, was stricken - with paralysis and ; died - a jtew , hours later without having re gained consciousness. Sho was 51 years sof age, a sister of Louis Harrl son, the actor, and when five years ago she retired from the stage to de vote her time to the care ot an aged mother, she ' had earned recognition as a woman of talent. 1 Since her mother's4 recent 1 death Miss Harrison has been preparing to return to the stage. Friends said that the actress had been sick for several days, but had not sought medical attention. Miss Harrison was for some years a member of . the Daly forces and also appeared for several seasons un- dei- the management of A. Mi Palmer sne had a part in a Beiasco pro duction at one time. Her last ap pearance was in 'Naughty Anthony.' c: ...u. . i : A.: .. , Ci.b at ( ; f ates Exr.v. tior;al Iwinej tion Control , Reach Issue Independent i to Aid ComlL of Wages ia A: Political inters; ir, the poesibllity nouncement of hU c Republican nomlna on the part of Secrt t On Monday he Is t dress the Business 2.1 clnnati. He is expov conference with some friends In Ohio out of positive action may co.- About 1,000 delegat to attend the convent! national Kindergarten i will be held in New Yc nlng on Monday and c days. The question as to Zlon City, built under Of John Alexander Do . to come to aKlsaua on ' Wilbur Glenn TVollva Y tlmatum declaring th people of that'eommu: aj their head by J'-iy 1 radlaal action to t n The Independent ci ers at Havana hava V their factories fApri" " with the strikers of r bine and as a res makers, will be out t that datd. The empl bine struck two' moj- pel the payment of can instead of Span' The Internationa! tion organized by t " union under the ode! the French governmc Bordeaux May 1 and October 31. Elections for memt. Ish Senate will be held j QUIET EXPECTED ON MAY DAY.' In Pittsburg and Vicinity the Scales nave rwen Mgneu and the Men Are AnnarentJv Kntffioi - Pittsburg, April ,28. May pay Jn Vn.uurS ana vcinuy is expected to pass off with less labor .disputes than in Ai.cviuus years., heretofore . con. slderable difflcultv hn. h00 ' hM?ced;belween the workmen "and building trades, but this year scales nf," fif"1 n the men 'are -With the exception of the ma chlnlsts, about 800 nt ' JLl, ready on strike ,t Is believed all the 2 XnMJrir 9 amicably adjusted, v un on King zor an Increase of wages and shorter Hours" At two foundries the men are - now out under orders from7 the union and it la said the trouble will become gen eral unless the union scale Is airreert V MJf Ul J AOL. .... . OUTLOOK IN NEW YORK BRIGHT. Feeling of Contentment is Generally Reflcctexl IA tlie Manufacturing and New .York,. April 28. Th' nr.i of the outdoor construction season finds Nw York, both city and State without apprehension of serious la bor troubles. In the building trades especially,, prosperous and reassuring conditions prevail. " There Is --a-large and well-met demand for both skilled and unskilled labor due, to the ex tensive private construction projects now under way and the tunnels, rail way terminals and other undertakings of a public or quasi-public feature. This contentment Is generally ; re flected In the manufacturing and in dustrial centres, and beyond a few localized and sporadic strikes, the labor situation is regarded as brighter than for many years, - SALARIES OF RURAL CARRIERS. uctaiica Adjustment Approved by tho Postmaster General. Washington, April 28, Postmaster General Meyer has approved the de tailed adjustment of salaries of rural free delivery carriers, as submitted by Assistant Postmaster General De Graw,' and the new schedule which will become effective July I next will make a graded Increase in the com pensation of carriers of from 9 to 25 per cent., '- based upon the number 01 mne iraversea. oy carriers as shown by the records of the Depart ment. The readjustment adopted. 000,000 made In the at)roprlation by (!con?rer!S, win involve an aggregate e peni!!ture fur rural frvlnj drir-r Hl' WiT ''Im-i'SAi&K-:- representatives ' of the - leadl- -eV5 amf.1 fromTSew Yort V nominations, count, a i".,rio' fnr wntt.rdam arrived here uyou wie Ba suuse una me re- foP-day and Sed S Ire? of thl S tolerance of the people of the Bmtish tnk steamer Lucifer, bound V'J L f from New York for i Dublin, which low. the ordinary business principle abandoned In lat. 40.10 north that when one wishes to accomplish rnd3 iSS : 60nwes nt later founder- a. result 1 he should deaUdirectlv wltii . ' . 1 , . the person having the power ef- J, "The sufferings of the crew of the fecfually to agree upon the result de T..,f. n,i.th danger of the sltua-. sired, and a representative 'was sent, tion were greatly increased by the The-business, after much negotiation boisterous' weathr. , During a week both at Rome and Manila, was finally of walfln, before they were taken off, concluded, and no persons were more heavy seas constantly washed the ves- considerate ot the difficulties . pre- sel's decks. ' Signals of distress were sented and sympathetic s with the hoisted In the day time and rockets policy adopted to meet them by tho and flares were burnt at night. The President than the Protestant de- crow was amazed that two steamers nominations whose, opposition had which were sighted one of them been feared. - within a mile of the Lucuer pro- OPPORTUNITY FOR USEFULNESS ceeded without attempting to render n p . ; assistance for J"B.l--w micti a result would not hav f ol tn&WLd"0' lowed, and that the motives of the li,e .X.-"VA government and of the President .7 T ttr the Sarrnal was would have been misunderstood or 8faUtV i continued he res- misconstrued. I regard that as one BJht?iDthe tdCw SconSderabfe diking instance of the greater V U3 . ' w " " " . aj difficulty and - danger an aoccupiu ahmit fivo hours. . The men lost all their belongings. ., They were taen off Just In time, for an hour later the Lucifer foundered. " TO AID EMPLOYES OF COMBINE. 54,000 TnE ope:. : tlons M. Lepine, the prefecto of the police, will have an audience to-morrow of the commanders of the regi ments stationed in this city. He has decided to give final instructions that the entire garrison be confined to bar racks on that day or be posted In stragetlc positions so as to be in readiness for trouble. BePr.. celved up to this time do not indicate that there will be serious disturbances. SITUATION IN FRISCO SERIOUS, Eleven Unions Have Called Meetings to Coiwlder Refusal to Grant 8-IIour Day With)9 Ilour't Ily. San FranVisco, April - 28.Unlon labor's New Years Day, May 1, will find San Francisco facing serious labor troubles. Eleven unions, In cluding every branch Of the metal trades, have called meetings to be held totween now and next Tuesday night to consider. the refusal of em ployers to grant an 8-hour day with 9 hour's pay. A vote will' be taken to decide whether the men Bhall acceut the-offer of a continuance of the 8- hour day with a five per cent, increase of wages or go on strike. ; About 10,- 000 men are involved. The street sar men have issued a call for a mass meeting at midnight Tuesday to. take a vote on the refusal It the United Railroads to grant motormen and conductors an 8-hour day and a wage rate of II a day If a strike should be voted, the entire street car traffic of the city will be naralized. " - The strike of steam laundry work ers which went into effect Jn this city and Oakland one month ago,. Is still on. with no Immediate -prospect of settlement.' ', Little Friction Is Expected. Philadelphia. April 28, May Day, which - marks the beginning of the fiscal year in labor circles, promises to be pasBed In this city with mtia friotion between workmen ana em ployes. With , few exceptions the agreements under which th Union men are working are, acceptaoie ana trouble.!s not atitlc!pated..,:,- Cardinal Gibbons Iletunis Home. Now OrlorriH, La., April 2S. CttJI- brotherhood that now exists between the great Christian denominations a brotherhood that finds no more eloquent proof than the continued prosperity and the growth in In fluence and power of the Young Men's Christian Association, which dedicates this building to-day. 1 "Nowhere Is tho ' opportunity for usefulness of the Y. M. C. A. greater than among Americans in the Philip pines. Porto Rico, Cuba and on the Isthmus of Panama. It Is Inevitable that a great many of the Americans who go first ' to our tropical de pendencies, a long distance from the United States, should be wandering and Irresponsible." ' He' pointed out-that even staid and upright menfof good habits at home often yielded, when in the tropios, to the temptation to drink and other wise to dissipate, due in a measure, he thought to the fact that there wers few 4 places of amusement the libraries were Insufficient and home surroundings were lacking. "Nothing contributes,"" said the Secretary, "more to the support of the views of opponents of our plans of progress than the presence in Manila and other, cities and towns ot dissolute Americans whose example is anything but edifying.- andwho form, an object lesson to enforce. the claim made by our opponents that there is nothing of value in American civilization lor them to follow. Their people are generally a temperate people, aa most tropical peoples are. while Northern people in the tropics are not infrequently . given to In temperance. -'':''' MOST EFFECTIVE INSTRUMENT. ' "Now, the way to avoid this result la to furnish aplace In which the leisure hours of Americans in these dependencies v can be passed in rational, elevating and moral pur suits and entertainments. The-Y. M. C. A. is one of the most effective In struments to this end that we have." Secretary Taft said that on , the Isthmus of Panama, n the American zofre, the canal commission had con structed four club houses, one each at Culebra, Gorgona and Cristobal, all alike In design, -v.. . . . A comprehensive plan, he said, had been devised whereby the commis sion, working In conjunction with, the Y. M. C A., will manage thfp and other, similar buildings in the chief labor centres. ';: -. In closing he referred to the ap polntinont,. of. secretaries for thes club houses, all from Y.'M. C. A. ranks, and to th government's pay insr for chaplains' norvtees at theo bv.-!".!?-: end fM, tbnt tbo PreMdnt 7T- i - Tobacco1' Wer!" r'einiid '. Ihat Wattes lie-Paid i 1 American Instead of Spanish Gold. Havana, April j8. In consequenco of the lock-out to-morrow In all the Independent cigar factories In Ha vana. 9,000 cigar makers will Join the ranks of the 8.D00 employes of the Havana Tobacco Company, who struck two months a ; ago, demanding that their wages be1 paid in American instead' of Spanish gold.- A commit; tee of the strikers visited Governor Magoon and old him they decided not to hold any meetings or demon strations and would guarantee the preservation of order. Thjey said they opposed any sympathetic strikers, preferring that r all the - unton work men should ? remain at their posts, which would assure them financial aid. , The manufacturers have ap pointed a committee to arrange terms of settlement with the strikers. The committee will report in three days. ' ,;. : .l ;,..-: .. ...V,:-;,: The Official Statement Day's Crowd at J;u pitlon'Most of the Visitors Return Hoi ' Norfolk, Va:. April 2 Governorg of States, c sentatlves who were I the Jamestown Expo have returned to tho;. lowing the conclusion sition ceremoriies. wl. took the form of dedica; arid official , receptions t the State buildings In. ' Virginia, Maryland an" Those who deparied w Governor Chanler, of Governor Lea, of P ' Woodruff, tf C Swanson, of Vii v. ; field and staff, of Md. Maryland, State conn . with the f Governor's prominent Marylanders moreans. The official statement own Exposition openl; shows that there were . within the grounds. statement' shows a total mission tickets Including and passes. - This state m Include, however, the pc tered the service and c and several thousand ashore from the fleet of anchored ir. Hampton II. KILLED BY UNKNOWN" ; PARTIES. Body of Watchman at Atlantic Coast Line Shops at Wajcross, Ga,, - Found by Iiittle Son. ., . . , t . . Way cross, Ga., April .28. Accord ing to the verdict of the coroner's jury, John Grantham, 85 years old, was murdered by unknown parties et-4he new Atlantic Coast Line shops here this morning. The body of the dead man was found by his little son at 12 o'clock to-day when lie went to the shops to carry his father's din- ner. The boy ran home and told his mother that his father was asleep and that he could not awaken him. Mrs, Grantham then went: to the shops and found that her husband was dead, a bullet having entered his breast near the heart. The body was about 70 feet from tne building In which Mr. Grantham's pistol -was found with one chamber empty.; The dead man was watchman at the shops and It was first thought that he had accidentally killed himself. SPECTACULAR FLOWER PARADE Celebration of Annual Event In Mexi co City Greatest Ever Witnessed President Diaz Reviews Parade. City of Mexico, April 28. The most spectacualr battle of flowers and flow er parade ever . witnessed . In Mexico City took place to-day. The celebra tion Is an annual event. From 11 a. m, to 1 p. m. a paradt of flower-bedecked carriages, automo biles and bicycles passed down San Francisco street In review before President Diaz, members ot the dip lomatic corps i and other prominent Invited guests in and around Alameda. In the afternoon the ffower parade and battle of flowers and .took up Its march through the main streets of the city, .which were aglow with national colors and brilliant Illuminations. PARTY OF CHINESE OFFICERS, Arrive at San Francisco En Route to Exposition to Represent Imperial Army and Navy. San Francisco, , April 28. The steamship Siberia, which arrived to day from the Orient, had on board a distinguished party of Chinees of ficers who are to represent the im perial army and navy of China nt the-Jamestown"" Exposition: y The party consists of Lieut. Liu S in Chwang, of th navy; Col. Li Tinj p-'n, Major War - Yu -and V -. Yr-n I in, cf 1 MAYFLOWER AT Arrives at Navy Yin , After 1:30 O'Cloclv and Party, Aboard. Washington, Aprlt- : from the .visit at the position and the day's James river. President party returned here t yacht Mayflower this r the party were well. . t ; was later than expecte ! The Mayflower reach . Ington Navy Yard dock : 1:80 o'clock.-. Presides stood on the starboard vessel and waved a gr, crowd and officers who : to welcome jthe party President was the first to and he was greeted with President's party were at to the White House. See said that the President member o( his party had trip. - There was no spe on the return trip. , LINDLEY'S BODY i;i Remains of Young In Drift Ashore on t HcmpsteaiL Near V, . Sign of - Andrews. t?peclal to Th Observer. : Wilmington, April : of W. C Llndley, the y agent drowned with a Lloyd Andrews, over a was washed ashore v noon at Hempstead, " morning the body v 4 that of Llndley, was tr mlngton and prepare! 1 to-night shipped to f . parents of the decer Springs, Ga, Llndley ; were fishing In a ski : : Sound, .near here, ar last seen of either v discovery of Lln i: ; the beach at Han ; miles from the sou Andrews has not 1 young men were a Industrial Life .and 1 DlsrERADO C IVed Carina , V,' nault on Mr. 1 rous-V'-l by ' . '...' Coiu.Uion lr.: Special to The C ' Spencer," Arrll :' who at mi '-' ' ' secret a . Klutti, a CCT, '' 1'
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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