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Weather Today. Showers and Cooler. SIXTEEN PAGES— SECTION ONE—. '-'B, The News . d Observer. VOL. LI. NO. 146. X©adsall Worth Carolina Dailies in Mews and Circulation RUIN WROUGHT BY RAINS INTHE WEST Buildings and Stock Swept Away at Marshall. PEOPLE PANIC STRICKEN Once They Feared the Village Would be Washed Away. SENATOR PRITCHARD LOSES HIS LIBRARY Miles of Railroad Tracks and Many of the Bridges Are Gone, No Trains Can be Run For Some Days (Special to the News and Observer.) Asheville, N. C., March I.—The Hood situation today remains about the same, all communication west of Asheville is still cut off. There have been no trains either to or from the west since Thurs day, and the probabilities are there will be no trains in this direction until some time next week. The damage to the Southern Railway is incalvulable. Milos of track in all directions are washed away. The Ashe ville and Knoxville division is almost completely submerged by whter and the railway bridges gone. Almost the entire Murphy division is also undermined and no trains will be run until next week. At Marshall the river rose over the thirteen foot wall and completely flooded the village, causing great destruction to property. The greatest apprehension pre vailed for fear the entire village would be swept away. Live stock and buildings were carried down by the tnde. Railway cars were washed away and whole sec tions of track carried off. The people of the village were panic-stricken for fear all would be lost. Among the losses sustained was United States Senator Pritchard's valuable law library. A reward of one thousand dol lars was offered to have the books saved bu of no avail. The library was valued at two thousand dollars. Almost all buildings at Marshall are undermined by the water and a number swept away. Much valuable stock were also drowned. The water was higher than ever before known. Considerable damage was done the Vanderbilt farms. Parts of the truck houses and the heating plan were swept away. HAVOC WORKED BY WIND. Destruction at Pulaski. Life Lost at Clifton Forge. Train Service Improved (By the Asociated Press.) Roanoke, Va., March 1. —The train ser vice is much improved over what it was in Southwest Virginia on Friday, though traffic is still seriously delayed on ac count of the many washouts and inun dated tracks. The Shenandoah tracks are still under water at Fort Royal for a distance of more than a mile and the train due here at four o’clock this after noon is not expected until some time Sunday. The Norfolk and Western main line west of Roanoke is open to Bristol and as far as Panther,. W. Va., on the Bluefield side. There is a washout at Panther, but it is thought that the rail ioad at that place will be opened some liine tonight. On the Clinch Valley divis ion a bridge at Cedar Bluff is bady dam aged and there is a bad slide at Kiser. Those breaks are expected to be cleared by Sunday. Bluestone river, near Blue field, W. Va., is higher than ever has been known and all the bridges crossing that stream for miles have been swept away. r l here are many coal operations along Bluestone river, but so far there has not been any damage of consequence reported to mining property. The town of Pulaski, Va., presents a scene of havoc and destruction, the dam age caused there by a whirlwind amount ing to many thousands of dollars. The entire roof f Hotel Pulaski was blown away. The damage to the hotel is more than $2,000. Scores of other buildings were unroofed. The rich farm lands along Roanoke river, betwen Salem and Chris tiansburg have been denuded of fences and crops. At Clifton Rorge last night. Guy Craf was standing on a bridge that crossed Jackson river, when it gave way beneath the pressure of the raging wa ters. Craft was thrown into the stream and drowned. Y. M. C. A. The twenty-sixth annual convention of the North Carolina Young Men's Chris tian Association, to be held at Charlotte, bids fair to be a meeting of unusual strength. The convention will open Saturday! evening. March Bth, and adjourn the fol lowing Tuesday night. On Sunday morning nearly all of the principal pulpits will be occupied by prominent association workers, in the afternoon there is to be a great mass meefing for men, conducted by Augustus Nash, of Cleveland. Ohio. A mammoth meeting for boys will be a special sea- , ture, conducted by O. B. Vau Horn, of Asheville. , On Sunday night there will be four union mass meetings, addressed by C. L. Gates. Atlanta, field secretary of the Iu- j ternatioual Committee; Don. O. Shelton, ' New York, religious work secretary of the International Committee; H. E. Rose year, Louisville, Stat seertary of Ken tucky; Augustus Nash, of Cleveland, Ohio. All day Monday and Tuesday the con vention will devote itself to the con sideration of problems relating to young men. The music will be a speial feature and is to be in charge of E. O. Sellers, of Washington, D. C. Rev. ark Carlisle, pastor of Washing ton Street Methodist church, Columbia, S. C., is down on the program for three heart-to-heart talks. Mr. Carlise is one of the leading men in the South Carolina conference. Another prominent man who will be heard with interest is H. Edgar Fry, educational secretary of the Atlanta Association. Mr. Fry will speak espe cially of the educational work of the association. A special invitation is extended through the columns of this paper, by the State Executive Committee, to all men who are interested in their fellows to attend, whether members of an association or not. It will be necessary, however, to write A. G. nebel, State Secretary Y. M. C. A. Building, Charlotte, N. C., and se cure proper credentials. There will be reduced rates on the railroads. All who come will be enter tained in the homes of the good people of Charlotte, provided credentials, have been sent in advance to the local associa tion. Parties who contemplate attending should send in their names to G. C. Huntington. Y. M. C. A. Building, Char lotte, N. C., prior to March 6t^. THE STRAWBERRY CROP. Acreage Increased 20 Per Cent. Death of Rev. P. C Morton. (Special to News and Observer.) Wilmington. N. C., March I.—The Caro -1 ! ina F r<m and Truck Growers’ Journal, issued today, estimates the increase in strawberry acreage in North Carolina fully 20 per ccht. The yield this year bids fair to be unusually heavy and the Guit oi superior quality. Lettuce shipments have been going for war practically all the year round and prices have been good. The bean and pea crops will be up to tiie average this year and far ahead of last season, while it is considered the potato, cantcloup© and watermelon crops will be among the most important in the history of this section. Rev. Paul Carrington Morion, a well known Presbyterian minister of the city, two years pastor of the Immanuel Pres byterian church of Wilmington, but lately engaged in evangelical work in Eastern i counties under the care of Wilmington Presbytery, died suddenly of heart failure at his home last night at nine o’clock. Mr. Morton was the oldest of a family of seven sons and was born in Halifax county, Va. He was educated at Wash ington and Leo University and Union Theological Seminary and served*gallant ly throughout the Civil War as chaplain of a regiment in Stonewall Jackson’s brigade. His early life was spent in the ministry at different points in Georgia and Alabama. He came to North Caro lina in 1895 and first served a church at Ro<boro. Then he engaged in evangelistic work in that section of the State and came to Wilmington four years ago, where he resided until the time of his death. A wife and five daughters sur vive him. Rev. Dr. W. D. Morton, of Rocky Mount, is a brother of the de ceased. The deceased was in the 65th years of his age and was universally liked. The funeral will take place from the First Presbyterian church tomorrow. Grace Street M. E. church, of this city, will be materially enlarged and improved within the next sixty or ninety days. Three thousand dollars will be spent in building an annex, installing a new elec tric lighting system and in beautifying the grounds. Mr. Don O. Shelton, of York, one of the international* secretaries of the Y. M. C. A., will visit the local association and hold a series of three meetings next Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. A CASE OF SMALL POX Bodies of Twin Negro Babies Left Unbm iel in the Woods. (Special to News and Observer.) High Point. N. C., March I.—What was thought to be a ease of infanticide was brought to light here today. Two dead colored babies were found in the woods near Hester's brick yard. The officers on close examination found that a negro woman had given premature birth to twins, and that some of the family car ried the infants to the woods, leaving them unburied, thinking they were do ing nothing wrong. A negro man today was found to have <i case of smallpox and was immediate ly carried to the pesthouso on the out skirts of the city. A Growing School. (Special to News and Observer.) Clayton, N. C.. March 1. —Our school grows rapidly. There were seventy new pupils enrolled the past week, wringing the enrollment up to one hundred and seventy-seven. .Our cotton market is rather lively at present, selling on the street this week jat SVi - There are about 75 ) bales on Laud at present in the warehouses here. Schooner Blown Out of Her Coarse. (By the Associated Press.) Wilmington. N. C., March ).—Five lasted schooner Prescott Palmer. Bath, Maine, February Ith, to Baltimore, Md., j arrived at Southport for harbor a;' a. ni. today, having been blown our. of her ' course. Vessel is uninjured, but Cap tain Sumner had his right arm broken February 9th. * The average man deceives himself of tmer than he does others. RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 2, 1902. RIVER AND HARBOR BILL IS COMPLETE Pitifully Small Appropriation for North Carolina, THIS IS KOR OUR RIVERS Cape Fear at and Below Wilmington Gets $150,000. TOR THE PAMLICO AND THE TAR $35,000 The Total Carried by the Bill $60,700,C00, About Two Millions More Than the Bill Talked to Death in the Last Congress. (By Associated Press.) Washington, March I.—The River and Harbor Bill was completed today and the items made public. Unusual interest at taches to the measure this year, as last year passed without a River and Harbor Bill. The total carried by the meauro completed today is $60,700,000. Os this total $24,000,000 is in cash and $36,700,000 is in continuing contracts available July Ist, 1903. The total is about $2,000,000 more than the bill which owas “talked to death" during the final hours of the last Congress. The appropriations of $25,000 or over follow for Southern harbors: Virginia—Hospital Point, Norfolk, $lO,- 000 and continuing contract $183(957; Hampton Roads, SIO,OOO and continuing contract $215,000. South Carolina —Charleston, $15,000. Georgia—Savannah, $50,000 and con tinuing contract $1,000,000; Doboy Bar and Darien, $30,000; Brunswick, inner harbor and outer bar, $110,000; outer bur, Goodyear. $45^0(1. Florida—Key West, improving entrance to harbor, $200,000; dredge for river and harbor improvements in Florida, $35,000; Hillsboro Bay, $150,000; Apalachicola Bay, $40,000; Pensacola, $220,000. Alabama—Mobile, $300,000 and con tinuing contract. $200,000. Louisiana—-Calcasieu, mouth and passes of river, $35,000; Southwest Pass, $750,000, and continuing contract, $2,750,000; South Pass, $75,000. Texas—Sabine Pass, $185,000; Galveston harbor, $350,000 and continuing contract, $400,000; Arkansas Pass, $250,000; mouth of the Brazos, $50,000. Following are appropriations for South ern rivers: • -'\ Virginia—-Rappahannock river, $25,000; James river, $250,000. North Carolina—Pamlico and Tar, $35,- 500; Cape Fear at and below Wilmington, $150,000. South Carolina —Great Podee, $22,500, and continuing contract, $10,300; Santee, Wateree and Congarce, $27,000; Inland waterway, $30,000. Georgia—Flint, $25,000; Chattahoochee, below Columbus, Ga., $100,000: Coosa (Ga. and Ala.) and Oostenaula and Coosa wattee, $25,000. Florida—St. Johns, $350,000, and con tinuing contract, $950,000; St. Johns, at Orange ills Flats, $30,000; for the re moval of water hyacinth, $50,000; Caloo sahatchee, Orange, Crystal, Manatee, Anclote, Smvanee and Withlacooehee rivers and Charlotte harbor. $44,500. Alabama—-Warrior, $374,000 and con tinuing contract, $500,000. Mississippi—(State)—Yazoo and tribu taiis, the Tallahatchie and Big Sunflower, $55,000. Louisiana—Rd rivr (Louisiana, Arkan sas and Indian Territory), $135,000. A BODY WASHED ASHORE- * Progress Will Compel the Movement of Nows paper Offices. (Special to the News and Observer.) Washington, N. C., March I.—The body of an unknown colored man was washed ashore at Leechvillc, in this county, early Ihls morning. From what is learn ed no wounds were on the body. Coroner Joshua Taylor was called to perform a post mortm examination. John Watson, a colored employee of the Havens Oil Mill, had his hand severely mashed in the oil press late last night. Mr. Floyd Berry has bought a half in terest in the store of L. B. Suskin, of Baltimore, who runs this store here as a branch business. The N. S. Fulford Hardware Company has bought the prop erty of Mrs. Claudia Waterson on Main street and will erect a handsome storc two or three stories high early in the spring. Ihe Gazette-Messenger and the Watch Tower which have offices in this building have been given thirty days time to get out. This firm is now running two large stores here and owns a large warehouse in addition to those adjoining the passenger depot of the Atlantic Coast Liue. Want it in Kansas Col. John Nichols’ ’History of Hiram Lodge, No. 40, of Raleigh, 1800 to l'W j s being asked for from many sections. Yes terday a request for a copy of it came from Topeka, Kansas. Mr. Geo. \v. Mar tin. secretary of th. Kansas Historical Society, trustee of tin State of Kansas, wrote and asked that a copy bo ten that organization, saying that ‘ such ma teria! is the best rs local history’ and that the receipt of it would be ncknowl edged in the biennial report Col. I- ichnL has a right to feel compliment ml over the nice things said about nis work, SENATORS BUCKLE DOWN 10 BUSINESS Pass Bill Providing For Irri gating Public Lands. O.VINIBUS CLAIMS BILL And Agree on Conference Report on the Tariff Bill. SUBSIDY BILL PUSHED TO THE FRONT The Measure For the Protection of the Presi dent Comes Up. Hoar and Pettus Ar gue For a Body Guard For the President, (By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., March I.—Consid erable important business was disposed of by the Senate today. W hat is known as the Omnibus Claims Bill and the measure providing for the irrigation on public lands were passed, the conference report on th© Philippine Tariff Bill was agreed to and the Shipping Bill was mode the unfinished business. Boon after th<- Senate convened Mi’. Turner (Washn), announced that, after consideration, tie had concluded that his resolution offered yesterday ought to properly to be referred to the Commit tee on Privileges and Elections. The resolution leclared in brief, that the presiding officer the Senate had no authority to eliminate from the roll calls” of the Senate the name of any member of the body. The present occupant of the chair (Mr. Frye), he said, had made a statement concerning recent occurrence;? in the Senate, in the cours- ©f which he did m© the honor to apologize to me for not entertaining an appeal, which I had taken from his decision.’’ Mr. Turner said that as th<- Senate was about to attend the memorial ser vices to the late President McKinley, he was prevented from making acknowl edgement of the kindly and courteous act of the chair- He desired now to make su< h acknowledgement, although he felt that the apology of the chair was un necessary. He desired, he said, to express the deep sensibility of the act of the chair and to sav that he appreciated it high ly. He was pleased to maker this state ment, ancl he wished the chair to under stand that his resolution had not been drawn in any spirit or personal hostility to- that officer. The resolution then was rofered to the Oam in it tee on Privileges and Elec tions. The protest of Senator Tillman pre sented Thursday was referred to the same committee. The bill for the protection of the Pres ident of the United States was laid be fore the Senate- Air. Hoar said it seemed to the com mittee that for many obvious reasons, any attempt to kill the President ought to be taken cognizance of by the Fed eral courts rather than by the State courts. Relative to section seven of the bill directing-that the Secretary of War should provide a military guard for the protection of the President he thought all careful observers must agree that the detective police, upon which depend ent?' now was haid, had not accomplish ed its purpose upon at least three im portant occasions. The purpose of the provision was to make some officer of the Government responsible for the pro tection of the President. Mr. Pettus, (Ala.), maintained that the military guard ought to be provided. He expressed his conviction that if there had been a military guard of ordi nary proportions, not one of the Presi dential assassinations would have oc curred. Perfect protection, he thought, was not possible, but he remarked sar castically that the only blow struck for the life of Iho President at Buffalo was struck by a negro. Such a situation would scarcely have been possible if a proper military guard had been provided- The bill was laid aside without action and consideration was resumed on the Irrigation Bill. Messrs. Bacon and Clay, of Georgia, and others supported the measure. Mr. Bacon spoke of the importance of tho Savannah River commerce and approved of the irrigation provided for by the pending bill. Mr Clay said that as a matter of justice the bill ought to bs passed. Mr. Tillman. (S. C.), support'd tho bill and in the course of his remarks referred to some statements mad© by ex-Senator Carter, of Montana, when he talked the River and Harbor Bill to death in the last Congress. “Which were not true," interjected Air. Bery, (Ark). ‘T’m afraid.” said Mr. Tillman, “that my friend Jrom Arkansas will get into the same trouble I was in recently if he lent more parliamentary.’’ The bill was passed without a roll call, the sentiment in favor of it being unanimous- After some further business the Sen ate adjourned. APRIL 15TH THE DAY. For the Meeting of Negroos Wno Wish Better Political Future- Pursuant to the agreement reached at the conference held here two weeks ago by leading colored Republicans, who re sent the turning out of negro officials m Eastern North Carolina, tho following call for the State Convention hag been is sued : STATE CONVENTION OF COLORED MEN. 1 This is a year of doubt and uncertainty. The colored people are at sea waiting to see what their future hope is politi cally. There is a want of understanding among those who are in the lead and there is an entire lack of organization. With out these two essentials we can never hope to accomplish anything. For the purpose of re-organization, and to have a calm discussion of what plan is best to pursue, and for the purpose of creating a greater stimulus for improve ment in the industrial and educational condition of our peopi©, a mass conven tion of colored men is tailed to meet in the city of Raleigh, Tuesday, April 15, 1902, at 12 o’clock in the Metropoliban hall. It is earnestly desired that every coun ty send a delegate or delegates. Select your most conservative citizen;. Send as many as you desire. \V< would further suggest that as far ac possible each com munity hold a mass meeting and elect delegates. Each minister who has the interest of his race at heart i;? earnestly requested to be present. The advice of all our leaders in all walks of life is especially sought. This is a crisis in the political history of our people in the State, and we urge all to be present. Reduced rates will be granted on all railroads. Respectfully, HENRY E. HAGANS President. R. H. W. LEAK, S. G. NEWSOME, See. REBELLION IN CHINA It Breaks Out in Kwangsi. Missionaries Ordered to Leave For Safety. (By the Associated Press.) Pekin, March 1. —The Chinese Foreign Office now admits that the rebellion in the vicinity of Nanking, Province of Rwangsi, 70 miles north of the Gulf of Tonquin, is very ferave, though this was denied yesterday. Over 1.000 former sol diers are engaged in pillaging. An edict has been issued commanding the Chinese authorities to afford protection to the missionaries and other foreigners. Mr. Conger, the United States Minister, has notified Prince Ching, head of the Foreign Office, that he expects China will speedily suppress the rebellion and protect the foreigners in that part of the country. IN THE CITY COURTS. Trial of Will Solomon Set For Monday. Color ed Woman Threw Brick Mayor Powell yesterday fined James Van Blair Cum. a white man of this county, $5.25 for being drunk and dis orderly. Osborne Price, a negro, for the same offense, was sent to th© roads for thirty days. ’Squire Yearby had several eases in his N court yesterday. Ma thew Hayes an / swered to a charge of stealing an over coat from John Elom, a waiter in a res taurant. Henry Johnston was up for deserting and failing to support his wife. Will Solomon, who was brought back from Durham charged with the iarcei.y of several articles from Mr. John Mason, a telegraph operator on tin* Seaboard Air Line, was up in court, anl his trial was set for Monday morning at ten o’clock. Mandy Davis was before ’Squire Ycar by yesterday afternoon for throwing a brick at. the head of Mr. T. P. Jones, an agent of the Georgia Life Insurance Com pany, and further attempting to" assault him with a poker. Tho whole trouble was caused by a difference of opinion between Mandy and Mr. Janes over the payment of the weekly collection on Mandy’s policy. WILL NOT ACCEPT SWORD Bince the President is Not Permited to Present it Major Jenkin3 Doesn’t Want It (By the Associated Press.) Warrenton, Va-, March 1. —Major Micah J. Jenkins has declined to accept the sword which it was intended to pre sent to him at Charleston, S. 0., whea the President visited that place. Major Jenkins, who is a member of the faculty of the eßthel Military Academy, here, has sent the following telegram to Lieu tenant Governor Tillman, of South Caro lina : “Lieutenant Governor James H. Till man, Columbia, S. C.: "You are represented in the press as having telegraphed President Rooseveft at the request of subscribers to the sword recently offered me through you requesting him to withdraw acceptance -to present, same. If this is so I must decline under these circumstances to ac cept sword. Thanking you for personal kindness in the matter, I am “Yours trudy, “M. J. JENKINS .” Winston-Salem, March 1-—J. S. Cobh, of the leaf tebaco firm of Cobb and Cur riu, this city, has accepted a position with the American Tobacco Company. His headquarters will he in Richmond. He will go there the alter part of May oi first of June. His brother, J. B. Cobh is president of the American Cigar Com pany. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RESCUERS EEARTRE TREACHEROUS ICE Avalanches Continues to Descend the Steeps. OVER A SCORE ENTOMBED No More Bodies Can be Recovered Just Now. * * \ _______ THLY MUST AWAW MELTING OF THE SNOW L. M. Uimstead Tells of the First Slide of Snow When its Mad Rush Brought Sadder N’ght Over the Mountain Side. (By the Associated Press.) Tclluride, Colo., March I—The number of lives lost in the avalanche that swept down the sides of Smuggler Mountain is now estimated from twenty to twen ty-five- Fourteen men arc known to have been killed, an unknown number are buried under the snow and twelve badly injured persons are in the hospital, while several other men who were hurt are at their homes. It Is believed that few if any more bodies can lie recovered until the snow melts. The most lucid account of the first snow slide was given by 1.. M. l T instead, w’ho is employed in packing ore from a crusher to the tram station. He was in the stable saddling his animals when he heard a terrific crashing and rattling. The stable grew suddenly dark and op ening the door, he found the nitsido to tally dark and tlie air filled with fix ing snow. Thinking it xvas a terrific gust of wind, he slammed the stable door shut and waited a few seconds. He peered through a crack, and as it grew light again he opened the door and saw the train cable swinging about and buckets rolling down the hill. As the snow in tlhe air settled he stepped out and could see no signs of the boarding house and bunk house. Then looking down the hill he saw boards and timbers sticking out of the snow ancl scattered about. The exact number ol men who were caught in the slide is not known, but there xvere probably not less than twen ty in the bunk house ari l boardin’? house when they were swept away. Fortu nately a large majority of the 250 miners employed in the Liberty Bell Mine were either in the mine or absent in town at the time of the accident. The accident broke the telephone cir cuit and sex'eral hours elapsed before a messenger reached town with tidings of the disaster- All the doctors available and many citizens hurried up the moun tain to lend assistance in digging out the dead an:l injured. Seven oodios had been recovered and five injured men brought to town when a second slide came down in the path of tho first, kill ing two more men and injuring a num ber of others- This xvas followed by more snow slides in which five liven xvere sacrificed. As the storm still continued and the xvorlc of rescue could only be carried on under the most extreme danger to the living, and as it xvas believed that no more of those buried under the snow could bo. alive, it xvas decided to abandon tho spareh for bodies’until it can bo prose cuted xxith greater safety. Doctors Allen and, Delaney, xvho went up to attend the victims of the first snow slid, xvere caught in the second. The former sustained sever© injuries about his loxver limbs and the latter escaped 1 uninjured. Both were carried down a dis- I tance of more than 50 feet, but managed I to extricate themselves. | George Rhorer, who was killed in tho fourth slide, had been county clerk and xvas one of the most prominent, mining operators in the district. The damage to the mine property is e estimated at $5,000. The tramway terminals are gone, with | crushers, etc., and the entire tram and most of the towers are doxvn. It. will be at least four months before worn can be resumed. Today broke bright and clear in tho city, but clouds still bang over the moun tains. A larg searching 'party left this morning to resume the search for the dead buried under the snoxv. Telephono lines from this city to tho mines and to Denver are down. A slide occurred today in Marshall * Basin at the Sheridan Mine. John 11. Johns, a miner, was killed. A slide is also report? d at the Gold King Mine, South of this city. The tram way was wrecked, but it is not known whether any lives were lost. The Emperor Thanks the Editors, (By the Associated Press.) New York, March I.—Emneror Wil liam has made the following reply to (he eaie message sent him by the American pres-s on, the occasion of the banquet given by the New York Staats-Zeilung in honor of Prince Homy: “Berlin, March Ist, 1902. “Mr. Melville F7. Stone, New York. * “Accept my thanks for your welcome message. I highly appreciate the grand and sympathetic reception six'en to my dear brother by the editors of the dally newspapers of the United tSates. (Signed) “WILLIAM, I R“ ,