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- i rKV ri i Li! WL' G;' , 1 J; I I 0 : SUBSCRIPTION PRICE i $8.00 A YEAR. CHARLOTTE, Ni C, MONDAY? MORNING, APRIL' 27, 1908. - PRICE ITVE CENTS. i A. . - I I A. sK MEW-' Vf PBIDAY'S DEADLY SIOBM DEATH LIST IS PLACED AT 30 tig-urea Approximately Correct Place tbe Number of Dead From , the Storm Friday Ni&bt at S50, and tbe Injured at 1,200 one Mome Imi Am ilren at Several Thou- " sands Forty-Six Towns Report Serious Wreckage Two Thousand " - nd Five Hundred Business Houses ' Are Total Wrecks Many of the Dead Are Neaaoes and the Exact Number Will .Never lie Known- I Bomet Remarkable Experiences Ke- ' . lated by Witnesses of the Tornado. r New Orleans LaZ April 28. The totals of- death, misery and ruin caused , In four . Southern States by FrldaYa tornado came tor hand to- day In" approximately correct - form. ' Briefly stated they are: . . -, v, Killed.-about 150." ;y ; 1 x-vt Injured. - gainfully r or seriously. '. H.200. . . . '', Homeless, several thousand. ' Towns reporting serious wreckage, "' Habitations and ' business houses, bractically complete ruins . In these v to wns. about J. 600. - ' '-' The .above figures do not Include the wreckage on . plantations ana ? (arms, scores of which were struck : and daimured. - The number of dead iwlll never be known accurately for the reason that about S00 or them were nog-roes and they . were burled In many communities without . care. rul records being made or tneir num J bera While some of , the first reports ' erring apparently reliable deefa lists nave since , proved, - neyertneiese re have since ."..'- proved -' neverthe lees remote places wikh , are ' late In reporting' their . , dead - Iiave served . to held ' the total- death Ut uniformly around ' ISO. The manner , In . which this 'death list has arowm for two days. " In . spite of continual subtractions from early reports, has been a mel- : anchoiy . index or tne amer-eiaie scope of the disaster. - ' ' COURSE OF THE STORM. Br following- the . wreckage of towns, the general direction of the tornadoes can be traced closely. Ap- parently the storm etruck In three ; Beparate currents, each describing the 'arc of a circle and traveling toward the northeast. t . The first of these struck through northern Louisiana, Mbarisslppl, and Into Tennessee before daylight Fri ; day. The second appeared further Bouth about breakfast time in central ;v Ijoulslana and Mississippi. This ap- garentljr was the ..portion of - the ' storm which swept on through Ala- : bama-and Georgia on Friday night and Saturday' morning. 'The third portion of the storm appeared dur- Inc Friday afternoon, further South than either of lta predecessors. This was the storm .- which demolished ' Amite, . Lev. and Purvis, Uisa, the two" towns in which the wreckage "was -wortrt. ' v.- Why the fatalities were so unusu ally iarge Is apparent to-day from ' a glance' at the mass of -photographs which has arrived -here from marry 'exertions of the tornado belt. They all telMhe same story. Whole blocks of -what -were formerly'., little reei 4 dences and cabins lie spread , over the ground in separata boards. If a husre lumber pile had been flat tered over these areas, the number ' cf Individual boards. : unattached to . anything,, could scarcely have been rreater. Many of these planks show very few ; breaks where they were ee parted ''from the other construction. Hinder this mass of wreckage many - hundred - persona escaping ' . witheut 'one In a hundred escaping without soma Injury. The houses which were 'thus scattered about were mostly fero habitations. - The homes of the whites held together better, and - the photographs show many of them with half the top of the upper half ' of the structure ripped off, but leav ing below protection - which muBt v have saved scores (from death. A ' - REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE. (' T Along With the "accounts of suffer . . ; ; Ing have come many recitals of re markable experiences of which the ..following- is typical: - ... , At- Amite, La., when the tornado :--t appeared there- were- seven - persons . at the dinner table of Mr. Hamilton ,, fWarner'a home, lncludlng'Three -chit-dren. One of the ' diners, Claude ; tdennettt salw the .whirling cloud in '; time to shout a warning and rush out . v; doors, but the others 'remained ; in ' the dining1 room. The wind in a sec ond tore off two. doors on -opposite sides of the roomi and an astonish Ins; proceasion of live and Inanimate t -ffbiects began to pass through- the T room ""throutrh-'lhese doors. "First" . came a calf running before the wind. ..'.Th anlmat Jumped over the dining . ; table and went out the opposite door : from which It entered.' Afterward : came a horse which after one or two prances about, followed througih the - exit taken by the calf.' The three children eought rfuge -4inder-the . dining table and no one tn the room j " 7 iwss Injured: - ' , ' - . - v .To-day has been one of relief 1 -5 measures throughout the wrecked district. "- The .ruined ' towns, 'have been visited by thousands of epecta- tors, very many of whom went with a ' few dollars in -their-, pockets to dis- V tribute among the needy. Sheds made from the wreckage have, become 'the homes of hundreds. . email parties of men on horseback have gone through country , districts taking' inventories ' of the assistance needed and render- f Ing aid where it was moet necessary. i t- At least a - dozen relief fund1 have : ' heen started in'as many cities and, . f In "Xew " Orleans . . Mayor ' Behr , man has called -a meeting - of the ' V' heads of business Institutions for to morrow to take charge of relief from .-I here.- - v. --C TOWNS DAMAGED. ' -Followhut Is a list by States f the "n It towns reportinjf more or less dam . .' ' age and most of --which , are quite " armll: . - -Louisiana: ' 'Lucerne, Kenmore, JLamourie,- Richland, Amite, Weenie, iPlne, Angle. FrankHnton, ohertdan, i Avard. Eunice. Total 12. - " i - MlsslssippL Giles, Bend, Purvis, Church Hill. Lormaii. Tillman, Mel- ton. "Baxterville, Braxton, eunflower, 1 Wahlaka. Wingate, Oolumbus. Walls, Falrchild'a Creek, Quitman's Lahdlns; McLaurin. McCallum, , Winchester, ' pine Ridge. Total -If. v : . - . Oeorg-tet: Columbua; Chlpley, L-' "Orange, Harffa,- Griffln, MoDonough, Icust ; Grove, Cedartown, Cave . pprlngs. Total ' v AhtbamitAlber4TJ31f,jIHK-li -- Mound, - Hatton, Leeburg, - Settle ment, Blountsvllle. - Total I. . - The four members of the Rayburn family reported killed at Baxterville, - Alias., were not killed but - were ln Jitred, 'two of them, Robert Rayburn - f nl n-lfe, eeriouly. The following deaths of white per : rvns Jiave not previously been report-; ... ej; . : - " ' " " - :- ; f -ilelton, Miss: . Potts and wife.' TnXRTT DEAD XX GEORGIA.: Later' Reports Place tho X amber of Dead at Thirty Oop Damage I i Small. wooden Building Suffered the Mosw Augusta, Ga April It. The death list In the storm of Friday and Satur day, which swept over the South, will reach approximately ISO, with practi cally full details from southern and eastern Georgia, where the wind, rain and lightning did rts worst work ear' ly Saturday and late Friday. . Another . severe . electrical storm struck Georgia- to-day, hut so far as known there were no fatalities ana lit tie property damace. .... , . ' The death list In Georgia stands at approximately SO, .with a heavy loss In farming districts , to property. , The crop damage Is small. . V 1 v Reports are still coming from north ern Alabama, parts of Mississippi and Louisiana, but the list of dead U not materially increased. -v x" - With probably twelve hundred per sons Injured, possibly hajf a hundred towns damaged, the story of ruin is told. The communities-which sutler- ed most were wooden built villages, the majority of them with a cotnpar ac tively email number of Inhabitants. Wind caused the greater havoc 'and negro residents form the larger pro portion of dead and injured, , . - Belated y reports from Alccenon, Miss., say that 1 persons were killed in that neighborhood and a number of others Injured la Friday's cyclonic disturbance. Much property destruc tion was also reported. c- ; : . Mra J. c Coleman, a 1-year-old chfld "ot W. E. Bobbo ' - and Emmet Russell died In. a hospital at Albert ville to-day . as ,a result of injuries received : In Friday's ' disturbance, making a total ot eleven whites and two nem-oee dead at that place. An appeal was sent . out to-day from Albertvtlle to Birmingham and Montgomery- for their aid in pro viding for the necessities of life, of which the sufferers . stand in the greatest need. . Reports of another tornado which swept over southeastern Mississippi and a portion ot Alabama to-night state that much damage was done to timber property in sparsely settled sections of those States. Meridian. Miss., reports much damage to truck farms from hail and wind, but so far as Is known no further fatalities have occurred, .. . . ANOTHER WIND STORM. Disastrous Tornado Palmes Through East Mississippi Much Damage Done to Crops and Shrubbery. Mobile, Ala., April 2 1. A special to The Register from Meridian, Miss., says that a disastrous tornado passed through a sparsely settled section of east Mississippi, south of that city late to-day. Meridian also was visited by remarkable wind. rain and hail etorm. much damage'' being done in that section to crops and .shrubbery. Reports from Causeyvllie say the main tornado passed seven miles below that place in a sparsely settled district. The extent of the damage is not known other than ' that the timber properties are reported almost devest' . A report received here to-night ears that the 'timber section of southeast Mississippi and the adjacent Alabama territory has again . been visited by a heavy storm and much property dam age done. WHOLE FAMILY DEAD. . Reports From Alenoon, Ml., - Give the Number or Dead at fifteen One Entire Family Lost, Hattlesburg. Mlsa, April 21. -News received here to-night from Alencon neighborhood. In Perry county, says that IS persons were klued in that vicinity In Friday's storm and a num ber of others Injured. The known dead are: W. K. Howell, his wife and 7 children. ' Seven members of - a familv . livlne- 10 'miles southwest ; of Rlchton are also - reported to have been killed. The greatest force of the storm passed three miles south of Rlchton, where much property was destroyed. Wire communication is sun inter rupted and - Information from the country districts Is being- received by ceurier7or-through-the mails. GASTOXIA DEPOT BURNED. Southern's Freight Warehouse De stroyed at a Lose of aiB.ooo ivo Cars Among- the Property Consum ed Structure to Be Probably Re built at New Location. Special to The Observer. . r Gastonla, ' April 21. Fire which broke-out at-1-o'cloclt this-morning destroyed the Southern freight depot heref .together with Its contents,: ..the estimated loss being In the neighbor hood of $16,000. The flames originat ed in the wareroom and had gained considerable headway before discov ered. - Nothing of value war saved from the building and all the records, eomeof value, were lost. It 'Isnot known how the Are originated; K was possibly the work of rats and matches, thoueh this Is merely guees work. - la addition to the building and contents five box cars, all loaded, were burn ed and are a total losa Two of these were on the Southern tracks and 'two on- the Carolina A Northwestern tracks. V ., ..., ' Owing to ' the central location of the depot in the business section of the town, it looked for awhile a If the flamee would spread; . but the fa vorable direction of the wind render ed it possible to confine the fire to the depot and cars. , Among the con- tents' of the building- were eight bales or cotton, wnicn were onair aamageo. and some colon yarns for shipment. It Is altogether- probable that when the depot is rebuilt It will be In a dif ferent location, aa public sentiment Is greatly opposed to Hs being rebuilt on the old site. , r . Head Officer Old Inhabitant Ao. ; elation Dead. , Washington, April 21.- John Ed ward Libber, president, and Charles B. Church, vice-president, respective ly, of the Oldest Inhabitants' Associa tion of the District of Columbia, died here to-day. , 'Mr. Libbey was born In this city November Jld. 1117. and Mr. Church at Jefferson, Frederick county, Maryland, September 11th, 1828. Both men had long been identified with the lumber business. ' 1 . , A iadgv Wellborn Dead. ' len. tii., April Zi. Junjro rarl- ton J. Wellborn, aged 72, died here to-day. , He had served many years State librarian, was a brigade quartermaster Jn the - Confederate army, had been a circuit Judge of the State courts, and under Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith during a term of President Cleveland served at one of the attorneys Of that depart ment'. .' GOMPKBS WIELDS BIG STICK IS AFTER THE CONGRESSMEN The Labor Leader Making Hie De mands Known In a Systematic Man ner and Even L'elns Threats to Scare the . Reprcneutatlves North Carolina CongresiMuen Among . Those Receiving Resolutions Insist , lng en Certain Laws Bring Enact edMr. Prarre's iiiSI to Regulate lMulna- of Injunctions and Re - straining Orders May Be Passed Withal the Life of a OMigreesniai- ls Not a Rip Van Winkle Jxistenee Miiese uaya . - .. ':.-',:'.:., . BY H. E. C. BRYANT. ,' ; : Observer Bureau. ' " Congress Hall Hotel, , Washington, April 2, - Gen, 6am'uel Compere, labor leader. baseban crank.-. hllUard. player, beer drinker' and all-round - live .wire,' la rounding uni the weak-kneed Repre sentatlves of the dear "nee-puL" He U holding a big stick- over their heads to make them do certain things that he demanda. Neatly ormted mat ter, bearing many - "whereases" ana "resolutions" accompanied by threat ening letters, are being sent to mem bers of Conxresa who are told that at "a largely attended meeting of your constituents resolutions were adopted and ordered sent to you se that you may be croDerlv and reliably advised to the sentiments tnat prevail among a larrs. nroDortlon or tne peo ple ot tnta congressional-aisinct on some very. Important! economic and political questions which, if not set tled quickly and to the oomplete satisfaction'- of the participants In this meeting, - further steps will be taken to make these -questions paramount political issues this year, end, for that matter, until the evils complained of are adequately remedied." The Gompers club is no new.wea Don in the national Capitol. Two em players' liability bills, each of which was considered unconstitutional when enacted, were forced ' -through both houses. The average Representative of the Hmiee introduces one or more labor bills every CongTesa North Carolina Congressmen have recently received circular letters from local organisations telling tnem just what to do. Gompers prepared these, leavlns blank places to be Ailed tn with the name of the town and the officers of the order. Among the reo- lutlonn cresented are the following: "Resolved. That the working people Insist that Congress cease Its In differ encq or hostility and enact the legls lation set forth In these resolutions so that we may exercise our fullest nor mal, natural and Industrial rights, and to attain them we will, exercise our Industrial and political power. Aeain: "That. ' though protesting gainst. the construction of the law by the derisions of the Supreme Court applying laws to workers never In. tended by Congress for that purpose, we yet accept and obey them, thereby demonstrating incontestabty our pa triotism, our law-aMdlng nurpose and pur faith In the. Institutions of mir country: "yet we MH"nd'ao--rniitt that Conrress exercise Its power and perform Ite, plain duty, granting the relief and remedr from the Injustice of which we eomolaln. .: SOME LAWS DEMANDED. The following laws are demanded: The amendment of the Sherman anti trust law; the Pearre.biU to define the injunction power and restrain - its abuse so that-helther directly nor In directly shall there be held to be any property or property right In the la bor or labor power or any person; a general employers' liability law; to extend the present elght-ihour law to all -government employee and - to all employes engaged upon work done for the government, whether by contract ors or sub-contractors. These are to be passed at this Con gress or "We declare," says labor, our determination to hold each and every Representative and Senator strictly accountable upon his record (the last three words are -ln ltaltcs) upon these measures during the 'pres cnt session of the present Congress." AVERAGE CONGRESSMAN A COW- '..-'., '-;... ARD. The life of a Congressman is not one long sweet dream nowadays with la bor unions, temperance societies and woman suffragists at hie heels. The Capitol is Infested with all sors and conditions of -long-haired men and short-haired , women. : There Is no peace for the weary. I have traveled many miles during my sojourn on earth but have never seen so many cowards under one roof. The avert age member of Congress la afraid to let it be known that he Is at. his dis trict home taking a birthday dinner with his wife and children. ' There are so many isms this day and time that no public man can have peace of mind. The age Is favorable to fanat ics and hypocrites. The Congress man who makes good Juicy prohibi tion speeches takes big drinks, if he so desires. 'and totes a pistol and shoots negroes .if bo inclined, with Im punity. All that is required Is a good stock of . hot air warmed to the tune of "Let us have prohibition." . The Pearre bill. Introduced by re quest by Representative Pearre, of Maryland, may pass. -Mr. ' Gompers and -his allies are working day and night for It, The bill reads: , "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit ed States of America in Congress as sembled. That no restraining order or Injunction shall be granted by any court of the United states, or a Judge or the Judges- thereof, In any case be tween an employer and an employe, or between employers and employes. or between employes, or between per sons employed to labor and persons seeking employment as laborers, er between persona seeking employment as laborers, or Involving or growing out of a dispute concerning terms or conditions . of . employment, unless necessary to prevent Irreparable In Jury to property or. to a property right of the party making the application, for which Injury there Is no adequate remedy at law, and such property or property right must be particularly described In the application.' which must be In writing and sworn to. by the applicant , or . by his, her or its agent or attorney. -And-for the pur poses of this-act no right to continue the relation with any particular per son or persons,' or at all. or to carry on business of any particular kind, or at any particular place, or st all. shall be 'construed, held, considered,' or treated; a prdpeny'aecTjnttiwJtipxr a property rlhL ' " " " " ' "Sec 2. That In cases arising: In the courts, of the United Bute or coming before said court' or- before any Judge or the Judges thereof, no agreement hetween two or more per sons concerning the terms or condi tions ef employment of labor, or the smumDtlon or creation or termina tion of any relation between employer and employe, -or concerning any act or thing to be done or not to be done with- reference', to . or Involving or growing out Of a labor dispute, shall constitute a conspiracy or other crim lnal offense or be punished or prose cuted as such unless the act or thing agreed to be dqne or "not to be done would be unlawful If done by a single Individual, nor shall the entering In to or the carrying out of any such agreement be restrained or enjoined unless such act or thing agreed to be done would be subject to be. restrain ed or enjoined under -the provision limitations, and definition contained In the first section, of this act." CLINTON MERCHANTS FAIL, B. F Herring and J. P. Parker Have . Made ; Assignments 3Ir. N. Z. Graves to Build Presbyterian i Church In Memory of Luke C. ..Graves. ... ..: . -; . Special to The Observer. .: Clinton, April 2S. B.. E. Herring and J. P. Parker, retail reerchants doing business here, have- tiled deeds of assignment. Mr. . Herring assign ed to A. Mclc Graham and Mr.-Parl erto- Ds- M. Patriek. Inability to meet pressing bills that had fallen due was the trouble In ooth cases.' The lla billtlea in each case are about $1,' 000. with assets approximating 75 per cent, of that amount. ' The Clinton graded schools have Just completed : their commencement exercises after a most sucesaful year. Principal Ellis announces that he will be unable to remain with the schools and the trustees are looking out for a principal. Much regret is felt at the going away of Mr. Ellis. - Sampson Superior Court convenes here to-morrow with Judge Neai pre siding. The term will be for two weeks, for the trial of both civil and criminal casea - Church bells have . net rung in Clinton for many months, but they will soon be ringing again. At pres ent there is but one church building In service, the Episcopal, the Baptist church having been torn down in or der to clear a site lor the new one now In course of construction. Both the Presbyterians and the Methodists lost their churches by fire in a rew days of each other. Poth these con gregation will soon have new and modern buildings erected. Mr. N. z. Graves, a wealthy Presbyterian, who formerly lived in Clinton, but Is now living In Philadelphia, will make th Presbyterians a gift of a fine church edifice which he will erect as a me. morlal to his father, the late Luke C, Graves. The Unlversallsts are also building a new church. TWO BAGS OF MAIL STOLEN. Mall Pouches Containing Valuables Worth $500,000 Disappear in Transit Between Steamers and Potftofiice Theft Has Bern Kept Secret While the Investigation Was On. . London, April 21. The' London postal - authorities have learned that two bags or mail from this city, con taining securities and other valuables worth 1600,000, were stolen la New lork the latter part or last month, According to . the reports . received here, one of the bags was "destined for . St. Louis- and was shipped ' by the , Majestic, which arrived in' New York on March 26th: the other; des tined for Brooklyn, was shipped by .the steamer Philadelphia, which ar rived at isew xork on Marcn xptn Both bags disappeared in transit be tween the steamers and the post office. It Is stated that they were handed over to the mail boats snd receipted for. ' Efforts have been made to keep the theft secret while the investigation has been going on. New York, Authorities Know Little ' -' About Loss. - - New York, April 2t. Postal au thorities in this city to-night pro fessed to know little about. the loss. reported in a dispatch from - Lon don, of two mall bags containing se curities and other, valuables worth about 1500,000. which are said to have.. disappeared in this . port ln March. Postmaster . Edward Morgan and ' Postal Inspector Walter 8. .Mayer both stated to-night that they thought It Impossible tor 1 100,000 worth or securities or other property to disappear without a ' complaint being received-- - Postal Inspector Mayer said that It- was true that a couple 'of mall bags were missing, ' but the authori ties here were inclined to believe that the absence of ... the bags was due to an error. -, , POSTAL PROGRESS CONVENTION. Effort to Be' Made to Hare Congress xdaact iteiorra jneasnrea Thin .ses sionChairman Overstrect Favors Extension of Service. : .... WaahingtonrAprP-z. 2 1. Already responses are coming to the Invitation extended through Secretary James M. Cowles, of .the Postal Progress League, to public men and organiza tions- Interested In postal reform measures, to assemble in Washington in convention on May 6th In an effort to influence Congress to enact some of these measures into law before the expiration .of the present session. The league is relying upon the moral sup. srt of Chairman Overstreet, of the House postofflce committee, ' because of his announcement in a speech lact winter tn Congress that he earnestly favored extension of the service. ' On that occasion he said: "Upon the postal service, more than upon any thing else, does the economic, a well ea the social and political develop, ment bf the country.' depend." The -National Grange is expressing Interest also In the approaching con ventlon and a letter has been receiv ed from N. J. Bee hie r, the master of the grange, expressing regret at his Inability to attend the meeting as an advocate of air extended parcels post aa at once the hope of the rural mer chant and the farmere. The grange endorses other projects of postal re form advocated by 'Postmaster Gen eral. Meyer. - - , t!dney Herbert Lacy Dead.- Orlando. Fla.. April 21. Major Sid ney Herbert Lacy, Journalist, soldier and historian, died this morning at his home at Maltland. Over the pen name of Sydney Herbert he had for years contributed n Interesting article each Sunday for me ea van nan morn ing News. He was the best posted man In. the United States on ths his tory, of the civil war, viewed from both the Federal and Confederate sides.-. : . -U- - - .---i Towa Half Burled In' landslide. Montreal.. April, 21. The little vlk lAge of Notre Dame de'Saiettte,. about it miles-from Buckingham, is report ed to have been half hurled In a land slide to-day. Detalle are very mea gre. "About 26 lives ere , reported lost. There is neither telephone nor telegraph In Notre Dame. - - CATHOLICS IX NEW YOfiK A i' CENTENNIAL i CELEBRATION Catholic Churclies Are In Festal Ar- ; ray and a Million People Give .Thanks For the , Prosrees . That . CatholMMm Has Made In New York t. rinre it was tstaDitsnca a tiim T-l. K.- i U'otr Wil . Be Spent In Rejoicing- and Thanke- .- a-iviny en. runw i ; viiun ii . Centre . of Inlrrent Interior Building Decorated With Papal : Colors While the American Flag Is Flung to the Breeze on the Outidde . . closes wun a urana faraae mh . U.J . New York. Anril 2 Every Cath ollc church and the houses within the archdiocese of New York were In festal array to-day while perhaps a million men, women ' and ; children gave thanks for the progress Catho licism had. made In New York since it, vmm formally Mtabllshrd a hundred years ago. It was the beginning of the week of rejoicing in honor of the completion er a century or activity. thTs morriinf. Monsltrnor LAveHe,- the rector, wu ccieuraiu v - .wi,im mass of thanksgiving) and the arch hiahhn 'Af Nar Trtrk . nreached a Ber men. The edifice was decorated :-. in the interior with' the papal colors and outside and between its tapering tow ers the American flag was flung to the breese. .,-.., V,t.V,r.r,'k ttiNin. .nil.rivii the blessing i f h. ir Arennmnon FirifT-wci mmM ' Oarttn1 Loiu to this COUn ih Mnru of which he reviewed the history of Catholicity in New iora, poke of the numerous patriots It had given to the country, referred to the niritfiiiii arhoot svstem and its influ ence on the morals of a community, then closed with a wora on me tena ency of the age. ARCHBISHOP FARLEY SPEAKS. .nr.... . 1 1 Wham in vrtYtren. aa Vnn-." uM "that thrf tendency of the age Is .materialistic; that even some of our own brethren, at times. have not been proor against tnte ma terialistic tendency. Ah I - Is It not in,. tn.Amv that monev even among men who profess to believe In Chris tianity, is lawi is II noi conn by the dally chronicle, sad and k.m.fiit aa It lM-. that wealth turns tn atnna h he&rts of fa.'hers and mnih.n hv crushlnx out Chrln- t lan nrlnc I Dies, tends to anninuaia iki inv. nf children for Barents and tne love ot parenis ior ineir uubjiiiiib Tlili la th rrvlna- enme of the age." In the evening the archbishop gave a dinner In honor of the Irish cardi nal. To-morrow night tne eountess -.in antertaln both Cardinals T.r-u tnii nibbona and other orelates who are here for the public festivities that begin Tuesday at tne uainearai. Cardinal- Gibbons-, and Monslgnor Bruchesi, of Montreal, will arrive here to-morrow.- fnr lha nrnreanlon on next Satur day, after which the ceremonies will close, a Brigadier xjenerai Tnomas it. Barry will be the grand marshal. VENOM FROM VIPEB'S HEAD. For- the Second Time tn the History ' of the Science of Medicine Venom Ms Taken From the Head of. the Deadly - Lance-Head Viper Sertum - is Used in uie iTeauneni oi ex treme Cases of Insanity, New York. April 2. For the first time tn 80 years, and the second time in the history of the science of medi cine, an operation for the extraction of venom from the deadly lance-head viper, said to be the most poisonous of all known reptiles, was performed at the Bronx Zoological Park to-day. The operation was a complete success. and as a result science one more has a plentiful supply of the serlum which has been found almost Invaluable In the treatment of extreme cases of In sanity and also pf many of the malig nant diseases. The extremely power ful nature of the lance-head's venom can be no better described, probably than by the declaration or one of the scientists who witnessed the operation to-day. ' He announced that the sup ply was now ample to meet the de mands of the world for at least half a century, m expiainea mai im would provide for the most wide spread use of the sertum in all , t'je malignant diseases such as . typhoid and' scarlet fevers and diphtheria. Bo powerful is ths action that it la pre scribed only In the most minute quantities, the largest potion common ly used containing only one-tentrll-llonth of . a gralnlFrom thatpolnt the trituration continues down to a point where figures would, be useless In attempting to aescrine Those who participated. In the op eration to-day were: Dr. Raymond Ls.Ditmars, curator of reptiles at the nark r Dr. St Clair Smith, a leading homeopath, and Head Keeper Charles p. Snyder, of the repine nouse. ' Dr. Dltmars seized the viper in ' a firm grip, and holding the reptile close to his body with the head pointing outward, save the- signal. Keeper Snyder thrust Into ths snake's mouth the receptacle wnicn naa mm pre pared to receive the venom. When the receptacle was-at a point less than half an inch from the viper's nose, there was a lunge forward so quick that, the eye cou'd scarcely fol low It,, the mouth was thrown open, the lips which covered the cruel fangs were curled back, and with a snap the jaws closed sharply, and the poison, less than half a teaspoonful, spurted narraicvai i - KIIJ-ED IN A DUEIj. AtaRewuKofaDucI One Is Dead and Another Badly injureo Hsa Bad Feeling Between the Men For Some Time, , ', , ' . t..ui rii:.'' AdVII 21. Frank Wl nil. was killed and Gordon Waldrop wi ... iniiiratrf in a duel be tween them this afternoon, about miles from this dry, Willis using a hntnin loaded with ' buckshot and Waldrop using a Winchester , rifle. There had been bad feeling between the men ror some time, sna wnen m a tarrnhmiM to-dav. a fight was prevented by frienda Willis left but was ronowea oy-wamrop ana when they saw each other each open- m.A WiMrnn was shot In thi faco and Willis la the abdomen and near the heart, causing -.almost instant A mo tv, n'iMnn fled aftr tha ahnot. liaa jnd -haanotyetjbeeiucaptur Boycott ' Effective to PensacoU. Pensacola. Fla.. "April 21 That the boycott on the Pensacola Electric Company is effective is evldont from the fact that notover v persona were handled en alt combined lines to-day. Parties going to and from church either walked or rode in hacks. DURHAM A STORM-CENTRE. Political Candldatee Working ' Like Beavers on That Section, aud This ? Week la to See Speaking Galore Prlmarlce to Be Held Saturday. Special to The. Observer. . ; " ; Durham, April 2- Beginning Tuesday and continuing each nlgJt unUl Friday" night, the eve of the Democratic primary, there will bee big' political round-up by the various candidates and their supporters The first speaking will be on Tuesday night, when Solicitor. A. L. Brooks will appear In East Durham. He will make but two speeches in the county prior to the holding of the primary, one or these" being in East Durham and the other In the court house here. It is planned that both shall be big rallies for the popular candi date for Congress. Ths West . Dur ham people are : arranging to run through the. city, with a number of special cars, this being to accommo date those who wish to go from that suburb to hear Mr. Brooks. Ia West Durham the Brooks support Is almost unanimous and It Is expected ' that several cars will be required to handle 1 the crowd -of people. . Un tne following nignt tne K.ncnin supporters win have a big rally. This will be at the Academy of Music and the Durham' Orchestra " has been en gaged for the occasion. Special cars w)U handle the crowds from East and West Durham, the traction company getting ready for a big haul. Stream ers and banners are now up telling of this rally. Mr. J.C. Buxton will be at the court house Thursday and he wlU tell of his claims for the Democratic nom ination for Congress. It was first an nounced that both Mr. Kitchln and Mr. Buxton would be here on Thurs day night, but Mr. Manning, mana ger for Mr. Kitchln. changed the data for his man In order that there be no conflict. The -final rally will be Friday night, when Solicitor Brooks will speak at the court house. This will mean an other large gathering of ths people. The day following the. people of tiie county will tell at the primary Just who they are In favor of for the va rious positions. The outlook at this time Is that the primary will bo ono of ths most Interesting In year, a the light for this sect-'on has been centred hers for some, time. The fight for gubernatorial and congressional honors is not the only one that is receiving attention In this section. There is the contest over nomination for solicitor. Of course, this county Is practically unanimous, as one of Durham's fa vored sons. Mr. Jones Fuller,, la a candidate. It Is doubtful If any of the other candidates get any votes to speak of In the county.. Mr. Fuller has been endorsed by the- Granville county bar and his vote In that coun ty will be very large. On the other side of Durham, however. In Orange county, Mr. 8 ,M. Gattla ex-Speaker of the Legislature, is- a candidate aralnat Mr. Fuller. . He will poll the strength of his county end the fight will then be carried Into - the other counties ef the district. i The mallar are-dally filled with ,let- ters from - various candidates and their friends all over the State W.ie ere asking for the support ef the vot ers" here for the -various offices, In many of the malls voters get from five- to a fldten tetters ef this char- acter. - ' - "- ' For these various reasons tbe pri mary to be held next Saturday will be second to no political move of ths year. ' WEEK'S WORK IN CONGRE8S. Senate Will Take Up Agricultural Bill After the Naval Bill, and HOnse Will Be Busy All Week en Sundry ClTll Bill Republicans to Hold Currency Csurus. Washington, April 21. In Congress this week the agricultural appropria tion bill will follow the naval bill in order in the Senate and It will be succeeded In turn by the, District of Columbia and pension : appropriation bills. The House will give the entire week to the, consideration of the sun dry civil bin. which is really the last of the big supply bills to receive the attention of that body during the session. There are two mora of these bills to come, the general deficiency and the military academy bll's, but they win carry comparatively smai appropriation " The House currency caucus is scheduled for some night about ths middle of the week. Mr. Watson, the Republican whip, says there . is no doubt the caucus will be held, and he insists that a currency bill will be agreed upon at the caucus and pass ed by the House. The prediction Is general among Republican members that If any bin passes it wut pe tne Vreeland bill. "H that or any other currency measure receives ths approv al of the caucus It will probably be taken up for consideration by ths House Immediately after the disposal of the sundry civil bin. There win be two days or general debate on the sundry civil bill, which In addition to permitting several po litical speeches to be made will also afford opportunity to consider confer ence reports, of which quite a num ber are expected to be presented during the week. The bill Itself will probably provoke no little antago nism., - ' The nsval bill will probably occupy most of the Senate's time Monday, as there are, still several speeches to be made on the four .battleships' amend ment. The Senate win meet at 11 o'clock Monday for the purpose of proceeding with the consideration Of the bill, - and It I the agreed pro gramme to conclude with H - before adjourning for the day. EMBEZZLER MILM ARRESTED. W. J. Min. Wanted at launnourg For Knineniemem or insurance Premium. Is - Nabbed In Phila delphia Ilea Eluded Officers . For Nearly Seven Years.' Philadelphia. April 2. After eluding the authorities , for nearly seven years. W. J. Mills was arrested here to-day and held for a requisition from North Carolina, where he Is wanted for the alleged embexslement of 2,00, which. It is said, he se cured as Insurance premiums from Miss Hattle W. Bryant, now Mra Mc Laughlin, of Leurinburg, N. C. Mills was a representative! of a New York Insurance company tn North Caro lina, i On the day ef her marriare. It is alleged. Mis Bryant gave Mills t tr.t 90 to epOBrt'-dfr-a-Hwft kr- That was in December. 101 and the -insurance and North -Carolina officials have since been looking for him. Hit whereabout were made" known by a Jealous woman,-' the police say. and together with local detectives. "Wil liam A. Scott, assistant Insurance commissioner of North Carolina, lo. cated the . man In -a house la the aprthern section of .the city. LOSS; OF THE GLADIATOR I SEVERE BLOW TO BRITISH NAVY. Twenty-Eight Bluejackets Are Dead or Missing as a itesult of the Com mon Between tlie American Liner St. Paul and the British Crutarr Gladla tot Shipping Men and Naval Of- - fleers Are Unanimous In the Opinion That the Accident Was Unavoidable Officers of Both Ships Refuse to DImcuss tlie Affair Until They Have - Given Their Testimony Before the Naval Court Mramshlp Had a . Narrow Eacape From Meeting Same Fate as tbe Gladiator. London,iApri !. The total num-. ber of dead and missing of the Gladia tor's crew as a result of the collision' between the American liner St Paul " and the British cruiser off the Isis ef Wight Is 28. 'Divere to-day searched part of the sunken cruiser for bodies,' but were not successful In finding any., The opinion among shipping men and naval officers and efflclals app- to be unanimous-.mat .the accident jwas unavoidable, being orfe of the must risk. 'There will be the usual naval court and an Inquiry - by, the board of trade. The officers of both'" ships refuse to-discuss the affair un til they have given their testimony officially. - ; ' All witnesses of the disaster agree' well as possible. ' Coming so soon after the loss of the torpedo boat - destroyer Tiger, which -was sunk by the cruiser Ber wick off , the Isle of Wight on April '. td last, I men being frowned, the sinking of the Gladiator Is a severe blow to the British navy. DISCIPLINE, MAGNIFICENT. Interesting . details -. concerning . the collision ana th rescue of tbe men of, the tirltish , cruiser were told to-day by various passengers on the liner, j. X. Hlllis, ot Lonuon. speaking of the delay In lowering boats from the ,St. Paul, said: , ' ( "In response to our offer ot assist ance, the captain of the Gladiator re-, piled that it was not needed., That accounts for ths fact that some time it seemed to me about 20 minutes, elapsed after the collision before the St. Paul's boats were put in the wa ter. At that time the cruiser was turn- ln turtle. Hnma nt tha hlnalarkef a on board of her cried 'Lower your boats.' As the vessel heeled over-we could see the bluejackets climbing to -the uppermost side and those who ' failed to get a secure hold slipped in to the water. "The discipline on the Gladiator was magnificent. .We could see every man at his post. There was no excitement on either ship. One would, have thought that it was a moving picture instead of a real disaster." . The passengers on the St Paul, who acted so coolly during the trying few minutes following the collision, could hardly have realised the danger tn which they stood. They were assur ed by the officers who hurried among them directly as the boats came togeth er that thareUKU no .danger, but the condition of the steamer's bowa dls- closed as she lies at the doclu. shows that .she had a narrow, escape from , meeting the same fate as the Gladiator.- As it was, the fit: Paul was more , seriously damaged than at first sup posed. She shipped a great quantity of water through her broken plates and from the. moment" ahe backed away from the wrecked cruiser until she reached a wharf all her pumps were kept going to their full capacity. ST. FAUXi BADLY DAMAGED. The damaged bowa of the St. Paul' Indicate that she forced her nose at least 20 feet through the cruiser's side, but fortunately the greatest damage", was above the water line.' The bow post was buckled, while the plates en both the port snd starboard - bows . were crushed in and gaping cracks ex tend along the side. . , " Neither Captain Passow nor any ef his officers would discuss the accident. kraf.rrlii. r w.lt ,,nll thav m iK. mlt thlr reports to the proper ofTl-... rials. It Is learned. , however,, that Captain Passow la sorely grieved st the disaster, this being his first serl- oua. mlahsn. ; : nsa ine rruurr pwn painua mar' ether color than slate, she might have been seen eerHee, " and .the eel H slew avoioeo, nut ursai uritain naa deciaea that her warships attract, less atten tion when thus painted, and what is 1 considered the nerltr of war mir.. pnes has contributed to a serious ac cident. , . ,. , - ' SOUTHERN, BlUStC. FESTTVALv Thooaands of Mn'- T,eeeay to Gather - ,et Rnartanbure This Week to He" 7 rvmcerie Greet Aritos Felrel .Ttrorlres -Patronage From . Many States. . ; j : i .., Spartanburg, 8. C. April II The fourteenth- annual South' Atlantis States music festival will '.take place here April zstn. xvtn ana uay lft. There wlll.be three evening and two afternoon concerts. Ten soloists. in cludlng such artists as Madame Gad ski,. Mme. JomeHl and .David Blsp- . ham. with the New Terk Symphoey , Orchestra of . SO .men. 'Walter Dam roach, conductor., and the - Converse College Choral Society of 20a voices. Arthur A. Mancheeter. conductor, will furnish the programme. On ope ratio nlghf - 'The Messiah." the , "Erolca" symphony, and a star proeramme en artists' night will be tiie features. - The scope of the festival is shown bythe- extent-otlt a .patronage, the whole South Atlantte seaboard. Mis- -sisslppl. Tennessee, Kentucky and In diana furnishing patrons. From a : modest beginning It has grown until the cost of orchestra and soloists for a. single festival now exceeds that ef the entire first five'. year of its ex istence. Founded for the purpose of giving music-lovers distant from mu sic centres opportunity to hear large choral works adequately given, the festival has presented all the great oratorios nd many smaller choral worka besides many operas In con cert form. Jt also has Introduced many stars of th musical firmament. The receipts pf this festival, it Is es timated, will exceed 110.000. The festival occupies the unique position of being not only an artistic success, but also of ending Its successive sea sons without a deficit the srusran tors never having been called uron t- contribute - a dollar. The ra,nl growth of the last three years hs necessitated the enlanrement cf th aulteluia in.bilch th feetiv t held, and It noW at9 2.500 anl con tain a 210,000 pipe frn. The remarkable succ -s of r South Atlantic States mu f vals Is pointed to as sn 1 that the South Is not only r i In commerce and mann'tcni also Is keeping pR th c tiona of the country in ,4 i which mae for culture. -t
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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