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m IB n r X.- t. V MM SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $8.00 " A YEAR, : CHARLOTTE N. C, MONDAY MORNING; APRIL 13, 1908. PRICE FIVE CEXTJ. i - "r- - -' : : -' . .. . m BIG f IBIS SWEEPS BOSTON TUB LOSS OVER TEN MILLIONS Fir Which Originated From Snon tnona Cnmbiutloo In Hear of Bos ton Blacking Company's Tftorks Devastates More Than One Square - Mll of . tlie Manufacturing, Busi ness and Tenement District of Chel sea Fire started at 10:40 nd Fan ned ly. a Terrific. aaleFrora . the Korthwee Had Soon Crossed Over .to Marginal, Opposite East Boston Tfchore Twenty Business Blocks Wiped Out Two Fatalities "Beport- . ed lire under voatrou Boston, April lliFire devastated mors than one square ml'e of the manufacturing, business and tenement 1 district"1 f Chelsea jo-day " entailing a loss estimated lit fully $10,000,000. "Tne Are. started at 10;40 a. m, near the Boston' Blacking Company's works on West Third street.' near the Everett CltjHnsvand crossed the-lty.-a dia? tance of one mile and a Quarter to MarglnaC opposite 'the I easC; Boston shore. So far; as can : he learned there was one fatality. Halt a hun-4 dred persons were injured Among- he buildings burned ', were " 1$ churches, Frost . Hospital, Call- dren's Hospital, City HalL Fits Pub- " lie Library, five school houses, a dos- : -en or more factories and about - lot) ; .tenements and dwellings. . . . ..; The residential section of the city 'l " where th wealthier classe residsee- V caped the flames. In the' retail section, through. which the Are passed, were SO business v blocks which . wera , destroyed. The jUnMed ..States Marln iuUdtngi r--were 7 not damaged. ' "' ' .. -f , '- ", V ; ; ? FIRE UNDEB CONTROL, v , -C: ('The.Chese4 lire,' was practically under control at I o'clock : to-night. . Two uromen are known to be dead as Z 4 result of the Are. :' Neither body has ; .-. been Identified. - :. , , . The flra originated In the reap of - : the Boston Blacking Company works : on West Third street, near the eastern "division or the Boston -Maine Ball-, road and In close, proximity to the JBhrerstt City line. . . -A terrlflo gale ! v "from the northwest, which at times ; ' had a'VelocHy .of JO mries jn hour, ''J.Z - carriedlburnlng' shingles.: emhers and - myriads of sparks to a score of wood en buildings, most of them of cheap wooden- construction.- .l- . Tha fire started almost .in the ex treme aouthweat section of the ' city and cut a path to the end of Maverick street, at i the extreme southeastern end of the city,- which borders oa Chelsea creek.; This point Is about - where the conflagration began. The . ' flames swept through the heart of the - retail busineea section, ; which ; waa about ' midway between the two ex . reme limits reached by the Are., . .-V v- Among the. structures destroyed " were the It churches, two hospitals, the public library, city hall, five school Tnouses, 20 -business blocks, nearly a score of factories and upwards of J 00 - tenemepts and dwelling houses. The " flames reached Broadway, the princi pal street of the city; at a point be tween Third and Fifth streets, and de--' atroyed the Masonlo hell. Odd Fallows aall and Bennett block.- - '; MILITIA GUARDS PROPERTT." : ' The flying embers and the showers -of sparks were carried across Chelsea creek to the. east Boston district and the east Boston engines were obliged . to return from Chelsea to protect property In their district"-' - . A militia . call by Mayor Beck, of - -Chelsea, brought out the first compa ' y, coast artillery, Captain Renfrew .-' commanding, in- order to guard prop . ' erty moved Into, the streets from : buildings Ins the path of the flames. Colonel . Wood, commanding the ma rines at the Charlestown Navy Tard, .rvolunteered the . services . of the , Flfteenthnr company r- stationed - at . the - pavy ;. yard . and on; ro quest of Mayor Beck . ,ti .. company twas sent to the fire under '. command of Captain. Hill. Rear Ad- ( , nilral Swift of the navy yard, also sent out ail the men irom tne re reiving .ship Wabashwho were not -.. aireaay .en on ieave inese . mion aere net sent under command of any "', officer but ' were Instructed- ffo ' give ? their services wherever needed .Marines were .fixed bayarteis held back the crowds, while the militia ' and sailors helped families remove their goods. Advance squads of the - military and police -were sent ahead iv.rnlncr fomlflM ltvlnri In na.th of the fire, whlclv leaped block after ' block with astonishing rapidity. ; The crowds . were ? easily baffdled.. Oc casionally some excited house owner , would burst through the cordon of militia "and marines to dash into a house Jor some forgotten, valuables, ' but the presence ef so many uniform ed guards overawed the rougher ele ment. . : ' ' i ' ; ; J5XACTT CAUSE NOT KNOWN. ; The' fire started on the marshes bor ; dering 4he eastern division tracks of the Boston ' Maine Railroad in the rear of the, Boston Blacking Compa ny's works. ,where employes were at -work drying out rags.The compa . Tiy's works arefftuated at the end of "Test Third street half a mile north- west of the heart of the city. A series of long, low wooden buildings . comprised the works;' stored for the , . tnon part with old rags and paper. -. : - The exact cause -of the fire is not r .."known, but it la aunnnsed tha aoon- 4-taneous combustion among the - rags , Was responsible.. A high wnd, blowing at 45 miles an hour, from the northwest drove the flames from the rag heaps direct ly upon the (wooden buildings of tha . Boston Blacking Company. The buildings were soon a mass of flames snd ,as- surrounding property consisted largely of wooden buildings tised for storage of rags,, the fire de partment realised that a serious fire ' was threatened, and a general alarm was sounded. - ' - . ' In the gale, shingles, burning '"pa per and'olf-soaked. "rags were flung high into the sir and went soaring over the city. Within half an hour ths Rosenfelt .Brothers three-story " wooden rag factory on Maple street wat in flames, as was the Chaplin and Eoden Car Company works. Tons of tarred paper stored In the latter fac tory created a dense smoke, which made the work of the firemen ex tremely dlScult goon a dozen Xac- fortes and 'cheaper ' tenement houses west ef Everett avenue were In flames and the firemen saw that they were utterly unable to cope with 'the con flagration. .. Vp; HELP FROM OTHER TOWNS. Realizing that the city was appar ently doomed if the flames could not be stopped at Everett avenue. Fire Chief, H. A. Bpencer summoned ' help from Boston and all the surrounding cities an towns. Four alarms were rungjn ofi tha Boston circuit and all the available 'apparatus was sent across the harbor. Early In the af ternoon aid had arrived ' from Ever ett. , Lynn, Haverhill, Wakefield, ; Sa lem, Maiden, . Cambridge, . Winthrop and Revere.- . . '-- - i . - The first evidence ' ol the fire . on the east, side oC Everett avenue was whea the roof of tha Peoples AM. E. church on Fourth street was seen to be ablase.,. Tha services were, in progress inslde-at the time and . the congregation ' was unaware that a se rious fire-was raging outside. Some one notified the pastor, Rev. Charles F.WaUoff;-:Hff Immediately-turned to his people.- told 'them of the dan ger and- advised -them . to . file slowly. from the. building. Twenty minutes Inter there was not a' vestige of the edifice left ' .' ' ' Forced back down sverett-aveque to the south the firemen battled with the flames in an endeavor to save the heart of the business section and to confine tha fire to that part - of the city between the railroad tracks and Everett avenue;; -Wlthin an area of half "a 'mil square : wera several thurehes and schoolhouses. . .One af ter another was burned, the . Polish Catholic church," the Fourth Street M. E. church- and Advent Christian church on Heard street When the Polish' Catholic church caught flra tna Rev. Father George & jaakouki had lust closed a service and many pec trie were In and about the earnce. in 1 minutes tnenttre-op ox ina church was In flames, r All the mov able effects, and furniture were reraov ea. UNTVERSALIST CHURCH tE V v -; STROTED. A hundred yards away at the cor ner of Chestnut and Fourth .streets, the First Universalis, church caught fire in exactly the same manner as the Fetish church. It was soon en- veloned in flames. A specUcular fea ture of the burning of this church was tha cloture of the flames as -they burned completely around the base of the e-reat aolden cross, .wnicrv. tippeo tha iDlrr- - For a few moments It Stood out against the sky, a flaming golden beacon; and then with a crash tumbled headlong... intoine roor. breaking as it struck the roof, ; one nart rolnr Into the interior of tho edifice and the other : striking the street' . enreadlna - to the nortneast irora Everett avenue the lire seised upon the rowa t business blocks facine on Broadway and - enveloped them one after another.' creeping slowly but steadily toward. Chase Square, tne centre of the city.- t.,- and on the flamea crept toward the iiosptiaj.-...-- y ,-'-.,.J - HOSPITAL BUILDING BURNED. By requisitioning ambulances from curroundina towns and cities and call ing into service all available carriages the police were aoia to speeairy re move the Inmates of the Frost Hos pital and the Children's Hospital out Ida th cltv limits to retreats of safe' ty. It -was none too soon, for ' both hospital buildings were shortly con sumed. The fire swept down Broadway, west to .within ? a block of Chelsea Square, where it seemed to be held in check late In the afternoon. . In the meantime between Broadway and the water front the southern section of the city was In flames. - All the firemen were In the centre of the city and -hafmHe square of the residential section -was in names ana no- protection available or possible. Men. women and children ran around the streets begging some one to call the firemen but there' were no fire men to respond. ' Over Chelsea bridge into East Boston streamed long line of Are - refugees -lugging what -few household effects they were even babv carriages -were oiled high with furniture , and - bedding. - Hun dreds of persons carried huge. bundles tiedv up in s&aete, , . 1 CITY HALL SWEPT AW AY. " - Several of - the -large type of cars used by the Boston Elevated Railway j In . -the - East . Boston tun net aaid abandoned, when It. was found neces sary, to shut off the power. ..were left helpless. In streets swept . by the flames. ' ; ' .. - The greatest damage was done when the Are reached city hall square at the Junction of Park and Washington streets, t The First Bap tist church, a lofty brick building, first caught fire on the highest part of the spire. Soon the roof was in flames and then the embers settled down .. on. the unoccupied church building of St. . Luke's' Episco pal parish and the quarters o the veteran fireman's association. The tower of the Flrst Unitarian church oa Hawthorne street then became en veloped in flames,: and in . the space of a few moments every bulllng in the square was ia flames. - - For a time it looked as If the mag nificent' city, hall structure, - built of brick and' separated from ail other buildings by a wide area might be saved. - The hope was but momen tary, for about o'clock a tiny flame ' was sewn gaining headway under; the copiflg of the cupola and soon the . entire structure -was swept away, . Within half an hour la this one square four churches and the city hall were leveled to the ground. , FLAM E3 REACH WATER FRONT. - Down- Maverick, 'Congress and Es sex streets the fire went by leaps and bounds. - A-four-story-brick block at the corner of Congress and-Shurtlen street was seemingly far removed from danger. Suddenly came the cry that 'the block - was afire. Half, an hour later the block was'ablaxe and rnreoaen had to be brought to that sec tion to make an attempt at atopping the flames.. -., i Down to the water front the flames swept ' Factories -, - along Maverick and Marginal , streets were enveloped :.. . , In - flamea Behind the bank .of flames families were cut oft ior sv time xrirai neip ana es cape and It became necessary, in order to save their lives, to retreat around the .wharf frontage toward Revere . ..' - . , Suddenly there was a terrific ex plosion and the Oil tanks of . the Tidewater Oil Company on the water front in the vicinity of Marginal and Highland street burst . Into flamea Thousands of gallons of oil were soon burning, and gigantic clouds of black smoke curled and rose into the sky. making as night all the east end of the cltt It was a terrifying sight (Continued on Page Three) THE KEW BBII1SH CABINET CHUnCHIXL MAY BE DEFEATED New Cabinet AppolnUneots Are Iden tical With Foretsut Made by Lon . don Daily Chron lcle- M orley and ' WIer Made Peera But Retain - Their Present Offices New Premie- Will Not Dissolve Parliament -; Aim as Bee to Avoid By-Elec-tlons as Far as Possible and Only 1 tVui. Xl'lll n Ti- i ... Cliiirrdlll um ti rir.wCTc'. xmia m. iwr t.w to IM ,or the murder of Mr. J. E. Gal Hard LetTor Dav?J Sofd Geora From at was yesterday acquitted Z?Jfcl2J&tZttJXt-to-- Oalllard s urder at Sumter. London, f April 1 J. Official an- nouncement was made to-night of ths new Cabinet appointments. They are identical wltq the . forecast jmade by The Daily, Chronicle a few days ago and announced . in these dispatches as follows: 1 ,' .' :s . Herbert H. Asqolth.' prime Minister and First' Lord of the Treasury.. ; ! TXavld-LloydGedrger ChAnceUor of the Exchequer. - ' . "Lord Tweedmouth, Pf esldenj of the Council. .f : .. . 'Earle of Crewe,' Secreury of State for the Coloniea. .. . ' IReglnald , McKenna, First Lord of the Admiralty " : : " . ;.- . ''J- Winston" Bpencer- Churchlll,-Fresl- dent of the Bosrd of Trade. ' Walter Ruuclman, President of ths Board of Education.. . J John Money, Secretary, of State for India and Sir Henry It. rowier, vnan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, have been made peers, but retain their present offices. : -. .There had been some speculation as to whether the new Premier would think it well to dissolve Parliament and he would have been tuny 3 us ti tled. "in assuming tha government un der somewhat unusual circumstances, of takinr the course of appealing to fthe country for a new mandate. He has, however, evidently decided oth erwise, r -T-,. -----v, a FOUR BT-ELECTIONS. His aim In composing the Cabinet seemingly has been to avoid as far as possible any by-election In consti tuencies where the faith in liberalism is wavering. The changes as announc ed will only necessitate four by-e lec tions, of which three, heretofore "held respectively by John. Mor ley, .Walter Runclman and Sir Henry Fowler, may be considered quite safe. ' Winston Bpencer Churchill's re-election in Manchester, however, 1s considered decidedly doubtful.--. Until won . by Mr. Churchill, after one of the most notable contests thirty months aga. this seat had been for a decade a con servative stronghold. Mr. Churchill will throw himself Into the struggle with all bis well-known tenacity but he will have the hardest possible task to hold his seat. ' ' '' Now that it la officially, confirmed, perhaps the most striking, feature in the. new Cabinet t the lea of Davldl Lloyd-George to the front rank-Is i,i.i nr. -.'i. u.i miM in rank b becomes the denutv leader'of the House of Commons and the pros pective heir ,, to the premiership, should any unforeseen accident leave mat omce vacant but in a measure the black smoke was a. blessing,- for enveloping as it did the showers of burning embers from, the main . conflagration t the north and west it smothered the fire in them and - "became a protecting mantle which. laid low over Chelsea for a mile-or more to the east keep ln- - off ' theT Are ----- and flames- - from many homes which - doubtless other wise would nave oeen swept away. j SHIPS THREATENED., ' As the flra mads Its way rapidly towards the water front where con siderable shipping was tied up, there was much excitement among-captains and crews. Several tugs were des patched to the scene, and all - the vessels. In thatN portion; . of ths threatened water froht were ' pulled out to safety, although two schooners tied tin near the on company's worm were beginning to blaie. The names were extinguished,- however,- without much damage being done. Fire brands were swept across Chelsea creek to East Boston and firs dwellings on Wadsworth street and vicinity were consumed. The Boston nre aenartment was nard nressea at i o'clock r to-night to prevent - the fire from spreading- and in this they Anal ly succeeded. The fire, after raging for 11 hours, was now under control THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS irwaslrstl mated late to-night-that nearly 10,000 persons are.-homeless, Neighboring cities and the Common wealth have come to the assistance of the fire , sufferers. The Boston heritable authorities also were prompt to give assistance, while the Salvation Army and the Associated Charities made every effort to care for the homeless. . Thousands were sent to Boston, where they were furnished with food snd lodging at public build ings, y .-'.- - -; In addition to offers of financial aid and shelter for the homeless, . came guarantees from bakeries, dairy farms and provision dealers or a pientirui supply of food. "A relief committee v.-as rormea, wntcn win meet 10-mor row to consider definite measures of relief. ' -v -. . ' , . At a late hour to-nlgbt none of the four bodies recovered from the rains had been identified, . . ; ' HEARXE WITHDRAWS. Candidate For Governor of West Vir ginia Announce That Re Is Done With ConteetvJ..: . -,-. -v; Wheeling, W. Vtu April 11 Fol lowing his unexpeced defeat by Audi tor Scherr In the Marshal county pri mary, William H. Hearne . to-night gave out a letter withdrawing from the contest for the Republican guber natorial nomination. This leaves the field clear to State Auditor A. C. Scherr and Secretary of SUte Charles W. 8wisher. Swisher led until yes terday, when 10 counties held prima ries or conventions and of the 154 State convention delegates selected. Scherr; secured 106, Hearne t and Swisher 40. Scherr now has a slight lead and will probably win -the nom ination. '. .'. '-..--; ' ,. Cut and Dried Affair In Orange. Special '.to The Observer, ' ; -- . v -'11 Illsboro, A prQ lt Th e Republi cans aheld their county eonventlon here ye?terdsy afternoon for the pur pose of electing delegates to the State convention. Routine work was gone through and Taft endorsed. B. S. Robertson, candidate for delegate to the national convention, and a party came through ths country from Haw Rtver in an automobile. Mr. Rob ertson made a short address before theconvention. cmcrs man ACQTjrrrED. - the Murdevof Mr. J. E. Gaillard, -re by rfory, and Kegro ow . Serving- as AccompUce riiay Be Pardoned Senatorial .Race Rather ... Dull M Yei. ...ir; t ' - Observer Bureau, .-, r, li1!00 Skyscraper Building, J , l. Columbia, 8..C. April U. George Solvena. trainmaster of the -Cole- Broeelrcus, whe-has been in Ja'l at Sumter since October, 10, the Jury being out on his case only XI minutea The verdict appears te meet with the general approval ; of a...,.. . ... . . r;;;; . - "I.: -: larlty- and nromlnence of Mr. Gall JKeS!'; US1 hr iVf'MSarVn an rVut mow torfinw. iii. mil who SIVr" Lt.??2vn'.wfc",4,l w.?.0 ." ui um uu lard. During . his - Incarceration num been the recipient o( many courtesies at the ' bands of promi nent Sumter women. Tk... i. .i . ..'V-ii- i - hi VT.-7.v.h.. 'iWL XT. T J..V u1k. fire Blll."wha was about a year ago convicted of being one of the princi pals in the killing and given a life term, is not guilty and a -numerously and strongly signed petition is to be presented to Governor Ansel asking tor bis pardon- There has been much mystery about this case, and it la new being hinted that there may be arrests of a sensational natura . In . tha near future. ' Various circus " periodicals have from time to time been adver - tlsinr for evidttnea that would tend to. throw any light on the situation, but while these - have resulted - In statements from several circus peo- pie who could not be reached by the South. Caroline, courts - to - the - effect that neither Spivens nor the negro fired the fatal shot there has been nothing In the statements to connect any South Carolinian with the affair, although there are hints that some one known to the signers did fire the shot that killed Mr. Gaillard. Very little Interest is so far being manifested In the coming contest this summer tor United States Sena- tor Latimer's seat although the various candidates for the place have been busy several weeks building I fences and oUirwlk-accurinrthl ground Diana ef tehlr cattDalans. The recent withdrawal from the race of Messrs. D. 8. Henderson, of Aiken, and Col. John J. Dargan. of Sumter, has served to attract some attention to the ' race, and, there have . been I hints - that there - would beether I withdrawals. This, however.( has caused the remaining candidates to I more - emnhatlcallv.- manifest their i presence ia the running.. There are6T miles; Corinth to Haleyviiie, Ala. still in the race ex-Gov. D. C. Hey. new une--su mues, jvortnern Ala ward. . ex-Gov. John Gary Evana I bama (owned by Southern Railway) SUte Superintendent of Education O. B. Martin, ex-Congressman Oeorge Johnstone and E. D. Smith, familiarly I known as "Gatling Gun" or ton" Smith. . I i The sentiment over the teieL ."l"9i.-. far as your eorresnondant Is able to I FIRST TRAIN SUNDAY. ' sound . that sentiment from talks with visitors to Columbia from vart-l ous parts of the State, with persons I who make frequent trips to a variety I of points in the State and from com-1 ment he has heard on trips, of his own smears ;to be well settled' at I this time that the leaders now ' are Messrs. Heyward and Evana though this condition-may materially change before the votes are counted, or even before the campaign formally opens In June. It, Is two months yet be- fore the entries close. The general prediction,, now -i-ia, . however,. , that there will be a second race between I Messrs.-' Heyward ' and Evans, and I there is such a, variety of opinion as to which of these two has the best chance of finally winning that I It would be unlust to venture an I opinion aa to which of the two men I is the strongest at this time, ... I FIRE IN CAPITAL CITY. , .' ,. I Three Homes Are Burned and Anoth- I i er iramagrd, the Ioi Being About l -; $10,000 Lives of Mother and New Born Babe Endangered. , "-; Observer Buresu. - - ' The- Holleman Building, ' "' .Raleigh, April 18. Fire . which ' started ,' 'about noon to-day- rendered three families homeless and "damaged one i other : residence considerably, having started from a defective flue in the root of one of the dwellings nurned. that of O. H. Johnson, 711 tin lZmnJ7m. 1 ' Washington. April 12 The George eSTnh.nVnd tul1 Z9W removing mothar and hllrl fra th I I building to a place ef safety affected them very seriously but it is believed not fatally. The flra spread, from the Johnson home to a large . .double house, one side of which was occu pied by Prof. John. Michael, of the A ft M. College, end-the other by Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Pelot The Pelots bad . their furniture , mostly packed for shipment to -Atlanta. Mr, Prtot ' I. . tvelin. m-iiT Practically all the furniture was saved from both buildings. E. ' M. Martin owned the double house and . Mrs. Lewis the one . oc cupied .by- the Johnsons. ' An .adja cent dwelling owned and- eccuDied by W. A. Dellan. of the Internal reve nue office here, -was damaged to the! extent of several hundred dollars. The fire damage Is probably 119,000. It required '1,000 feet of hose to reach the fire from the nearest , hy a rani. COUNT POTOCK1 KILLED. Governor of ' Gallcla Assassinated While Giving an Aadlenoc to- a Delegation . of Students Slayer's I rtrouier . vommiis . buickic. Lemberg. Austrla-IIuncary . - Aorll 12. Count . Andreas Potocki, the Governor of the - Austrian Polish province of Gallcla, was assassinated this afternoon by a Ruthenlan stu- aenv aiierosiap sjcxynski by name. wmie giving an audience to a dele gation of atndenta. The assassin fired ' three shots from a revolver.. an or wniea tooa -rnoci. The Gov ernor died soon afterwards.. The assassin did not resist arrest I When led through the Governor's Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and ante-chamber he said to the Ruth- Alabama have already perfected ar enlan peasants who were waiting for I r.nr.m.nt. with n.ir i. .w an audience: ; I -t W... A II, . M I The ' assassin a brother, rho had been Informed - of the plan tonkin the'Oovemor, committed suicide shortly before the murder. The fair has caused a great sensatlonl" throughout, the monarchy. The Potocki family is among ths most prominent aristocrats of Polish blood. The assassin declares that '' he thought it his duty to revenge the Poles for tha Oppression by Potocki s government ' LAST LINK IS ' COMPLETEL I BIRMINGHAM DrVTSION ; READ' " , i i " ' 1 1 1 " ; , r HllnoU 'Central Announce That Will Open the Birmlna-luun Dl . vision Next Sunday Completes Last link in Great - llarriman Trans- '. Continental - Itoute and - Besides Opens the Way to Alabama's Coal Fields Central of Geonrta Will Connect With New Line. Thus -Glving-Dtrert- fine From- Illlnola central rotnts to . the he at ta- . vannab Mobile - A Ohio Line Ready and Trains Over Both. Lines W ill Beech Birmingham the Same Day, ""Birmingham.' Ala.. Aorii II. Ths I "mi-mi auuouncen official announcement by the Illinois Central that the new Birmingham division will be opened for traffic i t -.si . t a aw. a ,or' controlling' the Union Pacific, Illinois Central and - Central ol fl.U ..... in e,m dltlon to supplying" the 'last1tnk-1n this chain, the opening of the Haley-villebrancbrwtlt- - gtVe the Illinois rT'e - oi Central an Inlet to . the great ( eoal of Alabama 'with 1 iron fields their Immense annual tonnage. FR0MOCEANTTO OCEAN The Central of Georgia terminates here and conecu' with the .Illinois CentraL thus - giving a - d lrect con nection -from all Illinois . Central points with the sea at Savannah over-the Central -of Georgia. Con nections of the Illinois Central with the Union Pacific thus give a com piete system from one ocean to the I other. - The connection - Is expected 1 to benefit the Southeastern- States I and to - Increase - Savannah's tm portance as a seaport, for In addition to making it the terminal for much of Alabama's coal and iron. It will receive much of the grain and other trafllo-ef the- Mississippi -valley. n The Mobile St Ohio will open Its new Birmingham branch on April th and present 'Plans contemplate having the first trains over both lines reach - Birmingham ' the same day. To this end ths commercial organisations of Birmingham have planned an elaborate reception. The officers of the two . lines will be guests of honor at a big banquet te be give non the night of April loth and presidents and high officials of all the railroad entering Btrmlng ham have been invited. I The entrance of the Illinois Cen- tral haa been accomplished by cer tain traffic arrangements and by the I building of an entire new line from Corinth, Miss., to Haley vi He. Ala., distance ot . SO miles. .Leaving the main line at - Jackson Tenn- the Illinois will som Into Birmingham by the following route: Mobile Ohio- from Jackson to Corinth. Mlsa, Haleyviiie to Jasper, Ala.. 41 miles! Frisco system, . Jasper to Btrmlng- nam. i miles Alabama Westerne "Cot-Mowned b Illinois Central) into terminals, 20.t I miles, A total length The construction of the new Haley villa branch has been difficult and expensive because or the- -rough character of the country. . The route follows a water shed most of the distance, so that but one bridge of any Importance - had to be built This, however. Is one . of the largest in the Southern Btatea It Is 1,110 feet long and 171 feet a( the highest point . Although " the country through which the new branch passes Is very rough, the road has been built with the low. gradient of O.t per cent on tangent and a maximum curvature of I 1-1 degrees. ' The Mobile ft Ohio, which will run its first train Into Birmingham on the same date with the Illinois Central, will accomplish Its entrance without building any new track. It will use the new Haleyviiie branch or the Illinois Central from Corinth to Haleyviiie. 10 miles: Northern Alabama Haleyviiie to Parrlsh. SO miles; Southern Railway Parrlsh t Birmingham. 42 miles, making total of ITS miles. The Mobile -ft Ohio is now building freight terml na is in Birmingham and for passen ger business will use the new termi nals Station. .. - , , GRAY BOOMERS ARE BUSY, Philadelphia League Rends Oat Let ters Urging; ' the " Nomination and Election of Its Candidate Hpectal 'T Privileges Distributed by ReDubli- " "1 . nuV "vening In tna HAI WAHah. Phll..lnli has sent to Senators, Congressmen, delegates to the Democratic national convention, newspapers and to the Democratic voters of the country an address - urging the nomination and election of Oeorge Gray-to the presidency. . The appeal declares, that- the special privileges which have been b ?. Republican party .r.ODl 1. ln existing financial troubles. It characterizes the tendency toward - centralisation of power by the present national ad ministration iea - little,-: short - of czarlsm. -;. . 4 . ' ; Oeorge Gray-is declared to be Attest for the presidency of those who have been mentioned In con. nection .with the. nomination. His public record and private character are reviewed and the, fact that he Is not seeking the nomination la urged aa an additional reason why he should bs named.' WILL HOLD COTTOX.' ' . Sonthent Cot too Association and Farmers' Union Complete Arrange ments For Holding; Remnant of !tN7 op Bankere - Will - Finance Every Bale in Warehouses. , Atlanta, Oa,, April 11. President Harvle Jordan, of the Southern Cot ton Association, in a statement mads publle to-day, says that his associa tion in connection with the Farmers Union has completed ' arrangements to bold the remnant of the 1107 cot ton crop. The Farmers' Union cotton eomnanlea tha statement un h Ktai,, to unmrt ki. nAM k-i.i in Farmers Union warehouses. Sim v , ww 11 . M.H..... ,V. - . - . '"1 "In"?: '"0.i"Veri" I"'" TW9" "L "", .J""a J sf-r"r'".T" V1 "m """"neru wnon as- . i.a nlr" neaoquarters "a BVl" uivisions, ana at tne argnr cenirausea pomta president Jordan concludes his statement as folio l cannot too freely emphasise again the Imperative Importance of cutting down the cotton acreage and preventing a serious crisis next win a ft W. TO ATTACK SOUTEBN. After Being Enjoined the Son. ft Western WU1 In Torn Attack the Charter of the Southern Sonth ft -Western Will Appear Before J edge , Pritchard Thamiay and Answer r the Injunction Hied by the Booth ern An Interesting Fight la Ex pected. - - - .r Special te The Observer. , . ' Ashevi lie. April II. That the South i. Western Railway will in turn attack ths charter of the South ern Railway, to which corporation an Injunction, stopping aa : work . of construction on the most important section of the former road, was granted yesterday by Judge Prltch ard, waa authoritatively stated to day. The injunction cited the. South ft Western to appear before Judge Pritchard next Thursday -to show cause why it should not be per manently enjoined from doing any work er claiming any rights to the roadbed - which it (the South ft Western) has constructed adjacent to re a a Den s of the Southern. - The blllpf complaint was filed on behalf" of - the Southern .. Railway. Carolina division, citizens of South v.arouna; me tsoutnern Kan way uom pany, citisens of Virginia, against tne Boutn western Railway Com pany, the Carolina. CUnchfield Ohio -Ratlws:y-Com pahyr a "Virginia corporation: Carolina Construction Company, a North Carolina corpora tlon.-andr Millard Qulgg - Construc tion Company,, a Virginia corpora tlon. It alleges that tha : Southern Railways Carolina dlvialenia the owner or . a certain line of road Known as the Sonth Carolina Georgia Extension, running from Marlon to Camden. 8. C. 171.1 miles. and that June 30th. 190, it leased this line for 090 years to the South ern Railway Company and the southern Railway entered Into nos session ana operation; that on April m, isos, defendant railways and their' contractors unlawfully entered into tne right of way of the Southern line between Marlon and Thermal City and wrongfully set up title to same ana are masting and con sirucung road and encroached upon Kins runt oi way or tne Bouthern Railway. - - V . The bill presented to Judge Prltch- ara oy T. 8. Rollins, district counsel. ana signed also by w. B. Rodman division counsel, alleges that Ryan's roads two corporations being named, nave occupied the Botithern'i right of way, but It does not reveal the sensstlonal contest which under lies the - litigation the-ettaelr -en the charter rights of the Ryan corpora tions, their very existence in the locality named, nor does It show the counter attack of the South ft-West em- which Is that-its rlshts are su perlor to those of the Southern and that it can .occupy what land It chooses south of Marlon. - The South ft Western - haa hiillt rrom . the coal fields of Viratnia eouuieasw passing through the north em Carolina counties in spite , of neree objection ' from the -Southern and at enormous - expenses buiidina the finest roadbed known in this sec tion.' 'It tunnela a mountain and to head -i It r off the Southern began Duuaing e tunnel nearby rhlch passes., over the South ft Western tunnel and a year ago rival gangs of workmen fought at this nlaea. ..The south ft Western Is planned to reach ine Atlantic coast - ' BUDGET OF CONCORD NEWS. Bridge over. Rocky River - Being Kt lengthened Judge Shaw Opens rromoinoii campaign in Cabarrus visit From Claude Kltchin. Special" to The' Observer. Concord. Aoril 12. The- Wna Claude Kltchin was in. ths city last evening, but your. correspondent was unaDie to eaten mm at a hotel. It is teamed, nowever, that he holds verv giowing prospects ror nia brother, w. W. Kltchin, the gubernatorial race horse. It might also be stated-with a slight degree Ofaccuracy that Ca barrus is at present decidedly favor able to Colonel Home. Mr. Kltchln's mission to . this- city yesterday .could not be learned. He left last hls-ht on St for the North, golna direct .to Washington. . A force of railroad hands waa to day working on the railroad bridge over Rocky river, putting new abut- nrg-in, in order to strengthen the road for the handling of the larger engines over tne southern road, There was quite a number of Con- cord people out there to-day watch ing tne big pile-drivers., ,: . Mr. snd Mra Thsodora -ananlcAf Rock. Hill. SV C- are here for a few days, visiting at the. home ; f "t Mr. Quants's mother. x. Mr. Lester Ransom, of Charlotte. has accepted a position as prescrip tion clerk at the Cabarrus drug store, successor to D. D. Johnson, retired. Three new transformers have been placed at the sub-station of t the Southern Power Company In this city. They, were first Intended to transmit the power from hers to Sal isbury..'.' ,. '.; " - The prohibition campaign . was opened here yesterday, . when' at 1 clock ex-Judge Thomas J. flhaw. of Greensboro, addressed an audience Cabarrus citisens. There..- were many country people In the city for the occasion, -and It is claimed that the cause was very much strengthen ed by Judge Shaw's able and argu mentative speech. He defined the li quor curse to a nicety, and his effort was nothing more than the plain, un varnished truth.; . -'. , -'. . many coyrEsry ix doubt. : ; Reaalt of Pennsylvania Primary in Aome Instances Will Not Be Known For Several Days Indications Are That Bryau Forces Have Suffered Defeat. v Pittsburgh April 11. Many of tha contests in yesterday's primary elec tion remain undecided at midnight and the Indications are that the re sult in some lnstancea wUt not be known for several dsya . t While neither-figures on the results nor names of the successful candi dates for delegates to the Democratic national convention are obtainable to-night it is practically certain that the Bryan forces have suffered an almost, complete defeat ia westers Pennsylvania. In Allegheny couaty the returns so far as tabulated, indi cate that they have not won a single delegate either to the national conven tion or to the State convention.-The party organisation, led by Cot- J. M. GoffeyV opposed' Instructing ' dele gates to the Denver convention, while the fight tor Instructed delegates was made by, the Bryan Democratic League. - Little attention, however, has been paid to any of the figures In the Democratic contests and no compre hensible statement regarding them will be possible before the i:..ia count U made. PBEPABLNG 10S TilOUULE - -. j STATE TTtOOPS TO IDNSACOL.u FoMowtns; Report ' That V Pen- v ! Mob liad : Destroyed the t'liy ,? 1 ;and That the Federal Troop 1 1 Mutinied Adjutant General !'. , r -, Orders Three Companlee of fsul- dlrrs to Proceed at Once to Tens- cola Further Order Commands I i Every Available Man la the StAte ; miw to Report Fog Duty at Once Ufrtric Company WU1 At tempt to Operate Cars To-Day and If Further Trouble Develops the Trqppe Win Be Reedy . to .Take t Charge of the City. , , . Jacksonville, Fla, April II. The following order was received late this afternoon from. Adjutant Oeneral J. Clifford R. Foster, from Tallahassee: "Assemble Companies A, D and F . Immediately and proceed by after-. noon train for Pensacola, there re porting to Colonel Leflles on arrival. ' Take every available man- . bav linarchlng orders; 20 rounds reultlpl uau caru-iagea per man. Commuta tion of ration allowed for trip, and If possible take field In, the ranges. Aft crnoon train will be held three quar ters hour; Sound general alarm se as to get men out qulckrrrand"takras -many as possible. . r - , . 7, Immediately upon receipt ef this message the fire whistle sounded the riot call. Almost Instantly military ' . men, policemen, deputy sheriffs and ' special-officers rushed 1T their head-""4 quarters and at o'clock ons hun dred and seventy men were marching , double-quick .time to the depot Following- them,. was the Catling' gun detachment and at C: 10 o'clock the train pulled out amid cheers - from the excited crowd that had gathered , at the depot , , TROOPS HURRYING TO SCENE. 1 In addition to ' the "Jacksonville : companies every available , man la the SUte militia service was ordered to - Pensacola at once. special ' . from Live Oak stated that the Suwa nee Guards, the Tallahassee, Apala- chioola and other companies had pro ceeded to Pensacola on the morning train. '- . . . - ' Wild rumors were afloat on tha streets this afternoon that the mob had destroyed the city Jail to get at' ' the strike-breakers, and another ru- " mor waa to the. effect that-the Feder al troops had mutinied,,. These re- ports, however, were not given cred- ence. ....... . Knowing that the Pensacola' Klec- v trio Company Intends to make aa at- tempt to- operate cars to-morrowr tt" Is believed that the military compa- -nies were ordered te that city to be on hand In case of further trouble. MONSTER MASS MEETING.' Besides Meeting of Laboring . Men There Are No Ie velopmen ta la Pen. eacola Strike Curfew Law Pat In to Effccavy-.- I . . Pensacola. Fla., April 11. With ' the. except ion- of aTrTonster mass meeting of alt organised laboring men - er rensaooia. tnere were no develop ments In the strike situation here to- . day. Mayor C. C. Good mam early this . morning Issued a proclamation plao-. Ing the curfew law in effect and to- night all residents, excepting officers . , actually on- duty must be off -the streets by 10 o'clock or else be ar rested and detained for the night. This order is to prevent crowds gathering on the streets. j. Two additional military companies arrived during. the dav making a to- . tal-of -four with two-more te coma" - -during tha night. It is expected cars. will be started to-morrow. .,. ;;-,v.. A RELIC OF THE CIVIL WAR.'; f IWHutchlnson Ford Presents to the National Museum " a '. Forty-Poand ' Cannon Bali Fired lYont Fort Sum ter at I lie Beginning of the War Rebounded From Battery and Waa Picked Up on the Sand Bar. Washington, April it. The United - States National -Museum has Just re- . cslved aa a gift from Dr.,W. Hu.tch.ln- son Ford, now residing In WaahlngDn, -a forty-pound cannon ball fired from. Fort Sumter at the beginning of the engagement on April - llth, 11., which marked the opening ef the civil war. In connection with the history -Of this shot Dr. Ford says: . ;v This cannon ball was fired by t Major Anderson ' from" FOrt ' Sumter " OA the 1 1 th of Apfllr 1 t . " A t the ' beginning of the fight Major Ander- . son devoted his attention to the float ing battery, which was moored In the cove at Sulllvana Island, near .the western extremity, about a mile and a quarter from the fort Three of his . shots struck the battery and rebound ed upon the sand bar. falling to pen etrate more than three lnchea. I waa one of the surgeons of the hospital at Mount Pleasant across the lagoon back of Sulllvana island, and as there waa nothing to do, being no wounded. . - a company with a colleague I visited . the Island on the llth of April, and seeing these shots lying in front ef the floating battery on ths sand bank. caught up one of them la my bead- - kerchief and brought it away, fore- seeing Its historic value. I then took the ball to Charleston and Aiken. 3. C, thence to fit. Louis, where it re? malned until I -ught It to Wash? lngton. . ; .- . CRIPPLED1 STEAMER- LIMPS IN. Newfoundland,', Badly Leaking and w Uli Bow and Stern Crushed . by Ice, Forced Into St Johaa , Port Sealer Gore Down With Cargo of Seals Valued at 130,00O. St. Johns. N. F.r April -11. Bring ing tldlnrs of the sinking of tha Steamer Grand Lake, of the sealing " fleet and the serious Injury of several others caught In the grip of ice floes. the steam sealer Newfoundland limp ed into port to-day leaking ' badly. The Newfoundland's bow. and stern were crushed by Ice, and her crew of 200 men "were forced to stand by for hours pumping and balling, to keep the vessel afloat. .- The Grand take met with disaster last Sunday. She was shot up in the relentless Jaws ef two great Ice f oes until herslae gave way and even her engines wete crushed. Her ere t, v numbering 114 men, wade thrir es cape to the-stearner Vanjair l. wV was close by. A catch of 10.009 sa!s r.t ' Ith the Grand Lake. Th: car alued at 1130.909 and was l- The steamers Joe!ful an 1 ere also crushed la.i'v Iv ; but were kept afloat ur.t 1 t - r r could careen them on i. e : . make temporary rera'rft. The ptfini.r a ri-.e l . i - ported badly Cxxr.: . : i.
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