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f U i t i i '( I. y 1 c Chatham Recorb. H. A. LONDON, Editor nd Proprietor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year. rin Sn Advance Why Congressmen Strive Hard to Retain Their Jobs THEY LFYE IN ORIENTAL LUXURY Marble Palaces Being Built for Them, Where They Will Live Like Sybarites Even in the Old Capi tal the Member Prom Produnk Leads a Life of Luxury, With Flunkies to Look After His Crea ture Wants and All at the Expense of the People. George' Robert Agn'ews in the Char . lotte Observerl A glimpse ; at the luxuries generous ly furnished to themselves by Con gressmen out of the people 'sv funds may explain, why Congressmen are so anxious to retain their jobs which pay them only $5,000 a year, and demand,, pearly as much in order to secure re-election. They, receive more than $5,000, when comfort and luxury are' considered. In no conn trv in the world is the legislative body housed with such imperial dis regard of expense. Congress is not satisfied with the accomodations that served for nearly a century, and is building two marble palaces adjacent to the Capitol, where prodigal ex p'ense is used to add to the bodily comfort of the lawmak ers. Each of these palaces will cost about $7,000,000 furnished. The fur niture has not yet been selected, but it will be of the finest and richest des cription. The buildings are of the most ornate and lasting construction, built largely by day labor under the direction cif the superintendent of the Capitol, who has every incentive to please his only masters, the Sen ate and House. These great expen- 1 ditures are made by Congress with out regard to other branches of the government. The President, for ex ample, has nothing to say for or against the expense and could not stop it if he would. If Congress saw lit to make the pillars of these pal aces of jasper and chalcedony, there would be no one to say it nay. Under the circumstances it is perhaps in order to stand aghast at the modera tion of men who have the United States Treasury at their disposal. Old Capital Not Bad. Until the new buildings are ready, Congressmen and Senators must struggle along under the hardships of life "under the dome," as the Capitol is sometimes described. Of course, there is no comparison be tAveen present conditions and those which will prevail when the palaces of legislation have been completed and stored with their treasures of Persian rugs, marble baths, statues, frosted g-lobes, fountains, mural paintings, mahogany desks, feather couches, velvet carpets, and so on. But public men manage to extract a little comfort from their present sur roundings after all, assisted as they are by an army of flunkies and a force of workmen who are forever altering, repairing and improving the ancint Capitol. The Congressman, from Podunk, or Smith's Cross-roads, is a little taken aback when he first experiences the pleasure of life under the dome. This is because he was not fully "onto the ropes." After he is sworn in, he is mighty apt -in learing all about fue perquisites. j He discovers that the stationery pom is open and that beautiful Christmas gifts may be pur chased there for a trifle. He finds a credit of $125 at this place, ready to be blown in.. . He is obsequiously ad dressed by old, diplomatic servitors, who take his overcoat and hat and show him the way to the barber shop. There expert barbers greet him cor dially, shave him, cut his rustic locks, ' give him an electric shampoo and a massage and "hand him over to . the keeper of the baths. . Revel in Marble Baths. These baths are the joy of a Con gressman serving his first term. He frequents them oftener than lie ever dallied with the tub and tea kettb in the old home kitchen of a Satur day night. He finds the same kind old servants ready to help him. He is assisted in divesting himself of his garments, and his faithful help er an old darkey who is carried on the rolls as a "laborer" wraps him in a big, creamy Turkish towel. He proceeds along the warm marble floor to the gigantic basin called a bath tub. It is a solid block of whitest marble, voluptiously carved into a bath, and fitted with gleaming silver faucets, through which gushes filter ed hot or cold water. The attendant looks after the water supply, produces a f resli cake of expensive soap for the bather and proceeds to initiate . him. The man from Podunk never ex perienced a bath like that before. He closes his eyes and imagines he is lord of a harem in Stamboul. The drowsy gurgle of the water, the ex pert manipulation fthe attendant, the scent of attar of roses, and the soft delight of fluffy blankets and towels on a downy couch lull him to sleep. He is never disturbed. He is immune 'from telephone, bell op per M - - 1 .. 1. in ; f FAT G0H6RES8KWAL VOL. XXIX. PHT&BQRO, CHATHAM CbUNTJ,JI. 0., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER sonal call. When he arouses himself ' he is rubbed down by a skilled mas seur, who is paid as a "messenger," and if he is a little languid and' likes the sensation, an electric massage machine is applied to his sensitive shoulders and trunk. If his nails need polishing, a manicure is at his service. Then the attendant helps to dress him and he returns via the elevator to the hall of the House, jready to "read the "newspaper and write letters to constituents. The morning's pleasures, from the mo ment the overcoat is removed by the servant until the luncheon hour, have not cost the Congressman a cent. All at Expense of People. These baths massage treatments, barber shops, etc., are maintained at the expense of the people of the Unit ed States. - These are about twenty exquisitely fitted bathrooms on the House side of the Capitol, each with its attendant ready to administer the poppy of repose to the weary states man, without money and witnoui price except for the occasionel tip. There are Russian, Turkish, Roman and Swedish bathing arrangements, all administered by skilled attendants who do nothing else and who are de scribed officially as laborers, messen gers, or clerks. Some of these bath attendants are paid liberal salaries, but through the method adopted by Congress in paying them; it is im possible to tell what they get. One of the old-time attendants, who de veloped especial skill, and who re cently died leaving . a comfortable fortune, is suppose to have received $3,000 a year in salary and tips. The barber who succeeds in getting a job in the House barber shop is envied bv his fellows. It is a poor year when he cannot make $2,000, working only six months. The member from Podunk, if he is wise, soon discovers that the House restaurant is a pleasant place, with its courteous waiters, who have serv ed great men time ont of mind. They treat the new members well, and if he is the right sort he soon finds delicate tit-bits on his plate which are un known to the vulgar horde. The my sterious word goes down to the cook, and he outdoes himself in fashion ing delicacies to suit the jaded palate of the Podunk stateman, whose pre vious experience has been confined largely to beans, eracklin' bread and pot-liquor excellent nutrition in it self, but not arrogant in its preten sions, ine member discovers also a method of buying choice Havanas a little under the regular rate. King in His Committee Boom In his committee room the Podunk lawgiver reigns a little kng. He sits at a solid mahongany desk with an tique brass trimmings. His chair is big, roomy and softly upholstered, either in leather or velvet. On the walls of the finer rooms are paint- mgs, tne work 01 gitted artists brought to Washington especially for the purpose of adorning the walls with their art. Occasionally, when an especially fine painting is in need of shelter, the Podunk Congressman finds a place for it on the walls of his committee room. Some of these paintings are the work of American masters, for which Congress paid as high as $25,000. They represent in spiring scenes from the national his tory, artfully calculated to arouse the smouldering fires of patriotism in the breast of the man from Podunk. At home, in Podunk, the elect of his fellows is ready to drink out of a tin dipper, or even from the old oaken bucket. But at the Capitol he finds that Apolinaris, White Rock Great Bear and half a dozen. Other mineral waters are neeessarv. His seeretary dmvs liberally on those supplies, which are paid for, of course, by the Treasury.: They are placed in a refrigerator, with plenty of ice and during the hot months are consumed in enormous quantities. The "general public" discovered long ago that expensive mineral water was free at the Capitol, and many a thirs ty hanger-on regales himself at the public expense. Sometimes the wife of the mem ber from Podunk wishes to shine a little socially at small expense. Then he works the graft of the Botanic Gardens. A government employe drives to the member's house in "a government wagon and deposits a load of choice cut flowers, potted pfants, etc., from the government gardens. After the dinner, Mrs. Po dunk enhances her reputation for charity by sending flowers to the poor. In the course of a winter influ ential legislators some times obtain thousands of dollars' worth of flow ers from the government without ex pending a cent. Medicines Furnished Free. If the feast of. good things should upset the Podunker, he languidly touches the bell at his desk and sends his faithful colored messenger to the Sergeant-at-Arms, with a request for some medicine. The Sergeant-at-Arms keeps himself solid with the lawmak ers by looking after their bodily health. In order to do this he must have a good assortment of rl and of course, the government foots the bill. Thfere are pills galore, bro mo seltzer, quinine, calomel and a hundred other remedies prescribed by phyicians. If a member should be seriously and suddenly ill, there is usually among his colleagues a prac ticing physician, who prescribes for him--at government expense. All members of Congress enjoy the "courtesy" of the telegraph and ielephone companies that is, they can send messages free 'anywhere in tW Ihraru the United States. It is common ru mor that telephones a re furnished to members at their residences at re duced rates, -and sometimes free. Of course, they are entitled to newspa pers, which are delivered at their homes and paid for by Uncle Sam. Occassionally a Senator takes a liking to a magazine and has it sent to his house. But the bill goes to the Cap itol and is paid by the good-natured Sergeant-at-Arms. As the session draws to a close the Podunk statesman finds he has made a number of good friends among his colleagues, and it pains him to think that he must be separated from them for several months while he is plod ding away in his dingy law office at Podunk. So a mmket is arranged. J either by special Pullman train orby special government steamer, for ihe purpose of "inspecting"1 the Avild West or Porto Rico, or the Panama canal. These junketing trains and staemsr are luxuriously furnished. and the Sregeant-at-Arms has charge of them, seeing that the members arc treated to the best food, wines, ci gars, etc., that money will buy. Future Full of Promise. When the new House and Senate palaces are completed there will be a better opportunity for the Srgeant- at-Arms to carry out his plans for the comfort of the lawmakers. He is cramped now, but when he will have everything handy. In the first place, each member will then have a stately office, fitted with new mahogany fur niture, costly rugs and paintings. There will be 410 of these, offices in the House palace and the Senate pal ace will contain ninety-nine suites of two rooms each. A senator's office will be 16 by 25 feet, with high ceil- mg, and Ms secretary will struggle along in a room 12 by 25 feet in size. The dining room in the Senate building will be thirty feet wide and 65 feet long, two stories in height, with an ornate ellipiticai ceiling, lne House dining-room' will be the same" size on the second floor with a ceil ing two stories high. The dining room will be finished in . ornamental plaster, with paintings and sculpture, it will overlook the library of Con gress. In each building will be a great ro tunda, not as large as the Capitol ro tunda, but more richly designed, with columns of pure white marble, appro priate statuary, and mural decora tions. Heavy marble intramural stair ways will add richness to the effect, and twelve elevators will be provid ed. From the House palace to the Cap itol and thence to the State palace, J will be cut a subway, with a complete electric tramway 'system, supplied with luxurious little cars for the use of lawmakers: The careworn member from Podunk, if he wishes to escape the importunities of his constituents can descend in an elevator, step into an upholstered car and be whisked across to the Capitol or to the Senate palace. There he can emerge iu an other elevator nearly a cfuarter of a mile away from his tormentors. The public at-large will of course be ex cluded from the tramway. The subway will be. richly tiled, ventilated and warmed by the same power that pro pels the trams and brilliantly lighted. Warm in Winter; Cool in Summer. A new power-house, designed to ventilate, light and heat the Capitol and the two legislative palace.s is now in process of building not far distant, at a cost of $2,000,000. All the appliances will be underground. With the new power-house completed the Capitol willbe overhauled and a new ventilating system installed, which will heat each room indepen dently. Automatic thermostats will keep the tcmperataures constant and in warm weather -cool air will be forced into the myriad of rooms. The same system will be installed of course, in the . Senate and House buildings. ' When the weather becomes hot to ward the end of a long session of Congress, Apolinaris lemonade in enormous quantities is prepared by the culinary department in either end of the Capitol. This beverage is pre pared without regard to expense, and dispensed witn a lavisli hand. It a tired member wishes a stick in it, he has merely to turn to his little priv ate cabinet, where rare old Bour bon, rye, Scotch, and various li quors are 'nestled. Sometimes plebeian beer is preferred, and it is always forthcoming. The sale of mtoxicat ing liquor is prohibited both in the Senate and the House wings, but this does not prevent a Legislator from obtaining tha inspiration necessary to make eloquent speeches and prepare wise laws for a billion-dollar Con gress ? Is it not a billion-dollar Congress ? Shall the ox be muzzled that tread out the corn I Shall the patient ass of legislation be denied his bundle of thistles? Nay, nay, says the member from Podunk as he votes unanimous ly for the little perquisite and sal aries for servants who make life hear I able for him in Washington These are some of the reasons why Uongressmen from Maine to Califor nia are fighting furiously to retain their pleasant upholstered seats in Congress. If one could only close one's ears to the cry for help that is going up from every farm in the great North west, observes the ' Chicago Inter Ocean, cue might get more satlsfac tion out of contemplating tke sea of liannv vnnthfhil faces at the ball IT J f V matches. Ay 10 Taft and Bacon Go to Point of Hostilities PROTECT AMERICAN INTERESTS Quesada Forwards President's "Sol emn Warning" to Executive at Havana Whole Island Expected to be Put Under U. S. Flag Unless Hostalities Cease. Mr. Quesada, the Cuban Minister to Washington, on Saturday forward- ed to President ;i?alma Mr Roosevelt's letter to him, iu which he made sol- ,- ii emn warning tnat .intervention wouiu mm GOES 6U8A follow unless there was permanent j flm sending to Havana the Secre peace and a discontinuance of the iary Gf "War, Mr. Taft, and the As- destructioii of American property on J the island Dispatches' from Washington and Cuba and information from official sources all. make plain the fact that the veiled threat will prove an immen- se sensation in the field of armed activity. Already it is known that American property has been devas- tated, American liberties threatened, and uuless there is an immediate I change, marines will be landed from the cruisers now in Cuban waters and the whole island will be put un der the American flag. Mr. Taft and assistant Secretary Bacon started Sunday for Cuba to an investigation of the ttn;lict. On their report the matter of intervention will swing, foi by it Piei.nt Roose velt will be guided. Mr. Roosevelt's letter to Mr. Que sada, written Friday night following an all-day confereuce-on board the Mayflower at Oyster Bay, is as fol lows : The Presidnt's Letter. Oyster Bay, Sept. 14, 1906. My Dear Senor Quesada: In this crisis in the affairs of the Republic of Cuba I write you not merely because you are Minister of Cuba accredited to this country, but because you and I were frepuently drawn together at the time when the United btates ltnervened in the at- fairs of Cuba with the result of mak- mgr her an independent nation, lou now that I nerer have done and never shall do anything in reference to Cuba save with sincerest regard for her welfare. You also known the pride I. felt when it came to me as' President of he United States to withdraw the American troops from the-Island of Cuba and to officially proclaim her independence and wish her godspeed 111 her carreer as a tree republic. I desire now, through you, to say a word of solmn warning to your peo- pie, whose earnest well wisher I am For seven years Cuba has been in a condition of profound peace and of steady growing prosperity. For four years this peace and prosperity have obtained under her own independent government. Her peace, prosperity and independence are now menaced, for of all possible evils that can be fall Cuba the worst js the evil of an archy, m which civil war and revo lutionary disturbances will assured ly throw her. W hoever is responsible for armed revolution and outrage whoever is re sponsible in any way for the con dition 01 the affairs that now ob- taink, is an enemy to Cuba, and doublyj heavAr is the responsibility of the man who, affecting to be the friends of the country's inde pendence, takes any step which will jeopardize that independence. For there is just one wav in which Cuban independence can be secured, and that is for the Cuban people . to show their inability to continue in their path of iaeeful and orderly progress. This nation asks nothing of Cuba save that it shall continue to develop as it has developed during tJie past seven years, that it shall know and practice the orderly liberty which will assuredly bring an ever-increasing measure of . peace and prosperity to the beautiful Queen of the Antilies. Our intervention in Cuban affairs will only 'come if Cuba herself shows that she has fallen into the insurrec tionary habit, that she lacks the self restraint necessary to peaceful self government and that her contending factions have plunged the country in to anarchy. . I solemnly -adjure all Cuban pa triots to band together, to sink all differences and personal ambitions and to remember that the only way that they can preserve the indepen dence of the republic is to prevent the necessity of outside . interference by rescuing it from the anarchy of the civil war. I earnestly hope that this word of adjuration of mine given in the name of the American people, the stanchest friends and well wishers of Cuba that there are in all the y.'orld, will be taken as it is meant will be seriously consider! and- will be acted upon, rid if so acted upon Cuba's permanent independence, her permanent success as a republic are assured. Under the treaty with your rrov ernment, I as President of the. United States, have a duty "in this mattei awiicii I cannot shirk. The third ar ticle of that treaty explicitly con fers upon the United States fhe rio-ht to interfere for the ma lift en a 1 t -w- - " J'! individual liberty; iiXC property and lne treaty conferring- this nVht i the supreme law of thr 1arA anA furnishes me with the right and the means of fulfilling the obligation that x am under to protect American in terests. The information at hand till nil- that the social bonds throughout the Island have been so relaxed, that life. property and individual liberty are no longer sate. I have received authen tic information of injury to and des- ;nloTnMlt imperative for the sake of CuDa that there snau j,e atl immediate cessation of hostilities and some arrangement which will secure the nermanent. nacification of the is- . r sistant Secretary of State, Mr. Ba eon as tne SP8611 representatives or this Government who will render P L l" m! the Seeretary of state, could have stopped in Havana on his return from South America, but the seeming im- pinence of the crisis forbids further i , eommunicate with the Cuban Govern- ment and with the Cuban people, and accordingly I am sending you a copy or tms letter, to oe presented to xres- id en i raima, ano nave aiso curecieu its immediate publication. Sincerely yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Senor Don Gonzalo de Queseda , the Cuban Minister. Money and Troops Given to Palma. Havana, Special. President Palma has been granted by an extreme measr ure of Congress the power ' to triple the force of ral Suards tc ' doub'e the force of artillery, and the right to appropriate all public funds for the vigorous prosecution of the war, The critical situation by which the life of the Cuban Republic is threat ened has not been modified by the events of the past twenty-four hours. Persistent rumors are still afloat that President Palma wishes to resign his office, and is only restrained by the lpjl(1;no nf overnment heads in the I , . . , . , i " asseriea uiai x les-mem, x wept when he saw American marines from the Denver land in Havana on Fridav. for in that demonstration he read the handwriting on the wall by which the fate of the republic is sealed. There is no effort to. conceal I the fact that Palma-himself asked the . American Government for aid, nor that the Government would rath- er surrender to the United States than to the insurgents. , . President Palma 's wife, whose fa ther, the late President Guardiola, of Honduras, was murdered by revolu tionists, is said to be urging his re tirement." In the event of his resigna tion Vice-President Capote will as sume the Presidency. This would not relieve the situation in the slightest degree, as Capote is as unpopulai with the Liberals as is Palma. Will Yield Only to U. S. In the action of Senator Zayas and General Loynas, who is rebel commis sioners boarded the Denver on Fri day and conferred with Comandei Colwell, supporters of the Govern ment see only a determination on the part of the revolutionists to surren der to no bne but American officers: that iso continue the war until it is stopped by American intervention. The rebel eemmissioners asked foi protection through Havana for en voys, who wished to confer with him. The commander explained that as a foreigner he could not interfere with authority. Later, when he returnee to the palace and told the nature ol the rebels' requests, he was informed that, the Government would not au thorize such a visit. It would be hard to imagine a more critical condition than that in which the Government now finds itslef a country which is not military total v unprepared for war, almost at the mercy of armed bands of revolution ists, which ate growing in number. In his message to. Congress Presi dent PtXima declared that he hac known of the plot to overthrow the Government and murder the executivt and the members of his cabinet lony before the outbreak of the revolution, but that he had deemed it wise tc wait until the plotters had put them selves into the position of open viola tion of the law. . He knew, he declared, that the con spirators were all of the political party which is opposed to him. It was not. he said, until one of the plotters came out in open rebellior that he had ordered the arrest of sev eral of the head conspirators. Minneapolis Seady to Sail For Cuba Philadelphia, Special! The crew oj the cruiser Minneapolis, lying at th League Island Navy Yard, , was busilj engaged in leading stores and provis ions aboard in preparation for sail ing, probably for - Cuba. In additior to the vessel's regular complement oi men, 200 marines are also to be taken It is reported here that the Tennes see, which was put into commissior J only recently, will also be dispatchec to Cuba. 20, 1906. NO. 6. t Items of Interest From Many Parts of the State MINOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS Happenings of More or Less Import ance Told in Paragraphs The Cot ton Markets. On Trial For His Life. Dallas, Special. The trial of John Y. Kincaid, of Bessemer City for the murder of . Will Brown was begun in (iaston Superior Court Thursday morning. Tne court room was crowd ed throughout the day and unusual interest is boing manifested in the case. The deed for which Kincaid is now answering to the court was com mitted on the morning of August 1st in the back room of a store near the passsenger depot at Bessemer City when he shot Brown to death claim ing that the latter had betrayed his sister.. Brown had just that morning married a young woman of Bessemer City and had come to the depot with the intention of leaving on an early train with his bride for a trip to Danville, Va. Claude A. Matthews Dead. Asheville, Special. Mr. Claude A. Matthews died at 11.45 o'clock Thurs day night at the Kenilworth Inn. His wife - and fhild who arrived from Chrlotte at 7:45 o'clock Thursday night, were at his bed-side when the end. came. Mr. Matthws regained consciousness about ten minutes be fore he died and recognized his wife. Mr. Matthews was for a number of years city editor of the Charlotte Ev ening News, and was popular and well liked. He was a painstaking and careful writer and had won a high place in the esteem of his employers. He was about 36 years old and leaves a wife and one child. Reward For Alleged Murderer. Raleigh, Special-r-The Governor of fers a reward of $200 for Irvin Pea- tross, who on Sunday, August 5th, near the Mt Airy granite quarry, killed J. F. Timmons. Peatross and his two brothers and 'Timmons had been drinking the night before. The next morning as Timmons was walk ing along' a highway, singing, Pea tross and his brother appeared armed and told his to hold up his hands. Then Irvin shot "him in the abdomen. As Timmons fell. Peatross threaten ed, to shoot again but in a moment Timmons was dead. Hardin is Found Guilty. Greensboro, Speeial. The jury in the case of United States vs. R. H. Hardin returned a verdict of guilty o f the third count and not. guilty as to all other counts. The third count charges that the defendant neglect fully and designedly permitted James Ledbetter to carry on the business of illicit distilling, with intent to de fraud the government of the taxes on the spirits manufactured. New Hotel For Spencer. Spencer, Special. Spencer is to have a new hotel in the near future which will be owned and operated by Murray Brothers, of this place. This firm had leased the Michael & Peacock building, which is centrally located and which will be converted into a hotel with all modern conven iences. The new hostelry n be' op en to the public about November 1st. Flagman Killed. Asheville, Special- James T. White a flagman in the employ of the Ashe ville division of the Southern Rail way, was knocked or fell from the rear passenger coach of train No. 12 near Point Tunnel Wednesday even ing and killed. Mr. White had been in the employ of the railroad less than a month and just had received his flagman's uniform. Cashier Left Bank in Strange Man ner. Cahrlotte, ' Special. W. A. Jones, cashier of the Hope Mills bank, a branch of the Bank of Fayetteville, who very mysteriously disappeared ten days ago, was located Sunday at Crewe, Va., where he has taken a po sition in the dispatcher's office of the Norfolk and Western. The news came in a message to his father, all pre vious efforts to locate him having proved futile. His accounts are found to be straight, and no course is known for his strange action. First Steamship Sails in October. A special from New York announc ement was made on Thursday that the North German Lloyd Steamship line, has decided to send a steamer about the middle of October on a trial ship from Bremen via Baltimore to Charleston and Savannah. A regu lar service will depend on the result of this trip. The action was taken at the instance of E. J. Watson, com missioner of agriculture and immigra tion of South Carolina, who is in Europe investigating the subject of immigration to Southern ports. It takes 40,000 tons of coppera s month to satisfy home and foreign demands. ' , NORTH (10 AFFAIRS &t)t Chatham ftccor&. RATES OF ADVERTISING, On square, on iaierftieji fl.OQV On square, Wo insertion 1.60 On aquare, on month . 2.50 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con tracts will be made. 0H10ANS IN PANIC TO SEE IS. LONGWORTH She Pulls Flag Off McKinley Statue to Divert Crowd. WOMEN WERE TRAMPLED DOWN Terrorized Thousands Stampeded In Columbus and Exercises Are x Postponed and Completed at Night Scrambles For Relics. ; Columbus, Ohio. To prevent a, panic and save human life the exer cises attendant upon the unveiling of the monument to William McKinley were brought to an abrupt close. v The thousands ' of people that packed the Capitol grounds and ad joining streets to witness the unveil-, ing of the monument became so un ruly in their efforts to see at close range Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long-' worth that, she was compelled to re- lease the dranery, which covered the statue and withdraw. The addresses on the program were postponed until night. , .. ' Nothing like the wild rush that, the, people made was ever seen in Ohio before, and no such crowd of women was ever gathered here. More than 50,000 people, at least 40,000 of whom were women, pushed and shoved, yelled and wept in a mad fever to gain vantage points when the guests appeared on the platform.. Five acres of swaying persons scram bled and pushed until those in front were jammed against the stand. Scores of women fainted, while thousands were pulled and tossed about in the surging throng. Two women were trampled on and re moved in ambulances. Their gar ments were torn, their hats tossed askew and their hair disheveled. At last Mrs. Iiongworth. without ceremony, stepped to the front of the sneakers' stand and tugged at the ribbon till the flags that veiled the statue of the late President fell. A cheer went up, and Mrs. Longworth stood smiling and bowing. It was thought that, her part In . the program over, order would be re stored. Instead, the crowd made a rush for the ribbon with which she . had drawn the veil. It was torn into . shreds, and then a dash was made for the wire which had held the ribbon in place. The brass rings were torn from it. Many were in danger of be ing cut by the wire, which the mob was trying to tear into pieces for souvenirs. Unable to proceed, Governor Har ris announced the suspension of the exercises until night. The program of exercises was car ried out at Memorial Hall. The im mense hall was filled with people. Governor Harris presided. The speakers were William R. Day, Asso ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; John W. Daniel, United States Senator from Virginia, and General Joseph McKay, of Brook lyn, National Commander of the Union Veterans' Legion, and General R. Tj. Brown, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of th) Republic. Mrs. McKinley was unable to attend the dedicatory exercises, but. she was represented by her niece, Mrs. Ida McKinley Day. The McKinley Memorial was built at a cost of $50,000, half of which sum was raised by public subscrip tion, the other half being provided by thft Ohio Legislature. The memorial is in the form of a semi-circle, in the centre of which is the pedestal, "surmounted by a figure of the dead President, nine feet four inches in height." On either side of the semicircle are r llegorical pieces. FOUR KILLED IX A TORXADO. Others Fatally Injured in Storm Which Passes Over Nebraska. Tecumseh, Neb. Two violent and Johnson County, causing the death of four persons, the fatal injury of two and the painful injury of five others. rri., -.-- n 1 . inn ' c. n rn cr Zieman, Roj'al Carmine and George . Koehler. The first three crawled under a Vi toc Vi in o- mfhiiK which WAS shat- 1. lfl t.u. , " tered by lightning. A companion was severely shocked. ' , i The second storm, a tornado In vio- mollsning a scnooi nouse, Riumg Georee Koehler and fatally injuring. two other school children and inflict ing severe injuries oh four others in tho.sMinnl house. Many bar ns ana windmills were blown down. CRIPPLES FORM A UNIOX. Composed of Men Who Have Lost Arms or Legs. Chicago. The only union of crip ples in the world was organized here. The union is composed exclusively of the one-armed and the one-legged men who tend switches or wave flags at railroad crossings. . In the city there are about. 12 00 cripples who earn a living .by acting as switch tenders and flagmen. They complain that advantage is taken ot them because of their physical de fects. They'work from twelve to six teen hours a day and seven days in the week at wages ranging from $40 to $50 a month. Most of them are old railroad men vho have lost a leg or an arm in an accident, and they are regarded as pensioners by the railroad companiss. 1 Laughed Herself to Death. Mrs. George D. Baker, a, well known summer resident of New. Lon don.. Conn., laughed too heartily whils attending a play in the Lyesom Theatre and :vs a, result died at the Crocker House. Insurance' Agruts Hcsiege Dank. Thp run uu the 11. :.?rnia Bank, in 3au l'Yaiicidc-J, i;;' an lied uuis a compr.nr. xsd by dis e inavauci
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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