North Carolina Newspapers

WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 7; l?l lit wUnV lu HI Tobacco Market for Wwli Final Arrangement f The Daily News can now state with authority that Washington Is to have a tobacco market. All the plant and arrangements have been perfected and the work of- erecting the build ings will commence without daisy. The site of the tobacco warehouse is the Hardy property on Pearce street.. The warehouse will be 94x200 and will be up-to-date in every particular. In addition to the warehouse there will be conatructed a bunk house 16x50 for the convenience of the farmers audi also another building to '? accommodate at least 60 teams. The committee to make the final arrange ments for the work of construction is - composed of Messrs. C. If. Brown, O. T. Leach, J. K. Hoyt, S. F. Buck man and J.D. Orimes. ( The buildings will be erected as fast as pOesibte, so as to have every thing In readiness when the season opens. The Chamber of Commerce met In regular session at their rooms In the Baugham building last evening, Mr. j C. M. Brown, president. In the chair, i The application of Sheriff Geo. E. Ricks was read, and upon motion the by-laws were suspended and the sec retary was Instructed to cast the rote for the chamber, electing Mr. Ricks a member. ?- ijn *? Thpre waa several matters, of Im portance bronght ap and discussed. The report of the committee, com \ poeed of Mr. J. D. Grimes. Mr. A- M. ' Demay, Mr. J. K, Hoyt, Mr. Thad Hodges. Mr. F. J. Berry, and Hon. Joh? H. Small, who had been to Rich mood to ask the American and Im perial Tofaftteo Companies to send a buyer here for the warehouse, made their report ststlng that they had sacrificed their time to go to Rich mond la the interest of the town. While there they were royally treated by Mr# Walter, the manager of the American Tobacco Co. While Mr. Walker would hot aay he would send a buyer his actions were favorable. Tha Imperial flatly refused, though ?v. l%ter Intimated they fight change ^ Oce\Qf their buyers fi%m a smaller The? following letter, aras read from / the A??rlcan Tofc.coo Co?n?r, ... . w. Mr. C. M. Brown. r Washington. N. c. Dear STr: V Through Mr. T. J. Walker, who represents ua in Richmond, Virginia, there has been presented the resolu tions adopted at a meeting of the oltlsens of Washington. N. C. held in conjunction wjth the Chamber of ' Commerce of that city on April 22, ltlO,"^)<wi>whlch meeting, you were chairman, stating the purpose of the citlseAs of that elty to establish art? bacco market, and requesting /that we, along with other tobacco manu facturers, place on the market an ex perienced buyer. If your market is opened this fall, we will put on the market an experi 1 . ' eneed buyer. His retention on the market will depend, of course, on whether the conditions make snch re tention desirable to ub. While one of the elements that naturally and necessarily goes to make up the mat ter of the desirability or undeslrabll lty of the retention of a particular purchaser is the amount of tobacco that he buys. It is true also that the amount sold on the particular market Is n much greater element. We earn estly hope that since we Intend to put a buyer on your market, you will secure other manufacturers and deal er* as well to buy there. We bellevq that you will best be able to build up a msrket by having many other buy ers, without respect to the effect of a number of buyers on the price, and wc have no <!eelre to eliminate or di minish. the jyjjapetltlon that our buy er would liave. We earnestly hope not only for the success of your market, but that sat isfactory relations may exist between those who conduct(and are Interested ' In the sale of tobacco there, and our selves who hope to buy tobacco there. We do rtbt seek to subsidize in any way liny method of expression of pub lic opinion; bnt we do trust that to bacco men and oltlsens of Washing ton will ro-operate in the establish ment of relation of confidence and good will. We, and no other manu facturer of tobacco, however large or amall, can ever affect permanently the prices paid for tobacco In defl f . ance of the law of supply snd de w - mand? -when the supply lor a partic ular type is inoreasing and the de mand la decreasing, there is aa an avoidable tendency of the prtce to de cline; and on fhe other haatr. If the Pattern Hats Reduced Entire stock of Pattern Hats, including Gages' i Knickerbockers, at sharp reductions. These Hats . ?very desirable and will move quickly at the prices < have pot on them. Thi? is very early lor such, a Anct on. ' 1 ? > ' and /iM A%aan7r-9:u<>:& Kin iMitumitLT ' ;.?"??&* ID ngton Now Assured? The a This Afternoon. - - !-'%>-%) > > i demand is Increasing while the idjpM ply Of the particular type is either stationary or declining, there to a tendency of the price to advance. We 6estre, though, as 'a large buyer of tobacco, tq co-operate in all posetbie waye towards securing satisfactory prices to the prodnoera. sad satisfac tory conditions to th/?narket. Mr. A. M. Dutnay moved that the trustees be instructed to take the matter In haad and immediately pro ceed with the building, end that an Immediate etart can be made they de cided to have a meeting at 4:40 this afternoon in the office rooms of the First National Bank. The secretary was Instructed to write Mr. 8. Fleming, thanking him In the name of the chamber for bis liberal ofTer donating a sltes(or the tobacco warehouse and with this let ter of thanks to return the deed that it may be destroyed by Mr. Fleming. CEMETERY -.-w* Marked Improvement la OakdjUe C? Now Be Seen By Vtetthsg It. It would pay every clUsen of Wash ington to visit Oakdaie Cemetery and note the marked Improvement made there recently; they are so marked that the Dally Views' cannot refrain from calling attention to them. The keeper, Mr. Edward Phelps, Is cer tainly doing fine work there.^and the cltlsens should and do appreciate his efforts towards beautifying this burial plat. Next Tuesday Is Memo rial day and this paper believes that when 1 the Confederates and others visit the cemetery they "will see it In better conditio^ then li^years. The .keeper Is to be congratul^ed. It Is especially desired that all owners of lots have them in flrst-clsss condition by Tuesday. As stated above It will pay all to see how well Oakdaie Cemetery appears since the recent work there. NEW ENTERPRISE ( The south Creek Lugj^ef Co. be gan operation Wednesday, May 4. under- wry favorable el ecu instances. The mill waa formerly owned and op erated by 8pr1nger Lumber Co. at 8outh Creek, but has been closed down for several years. The present management, Mr. Jos eph Campen. Jr., and Mr. Woodhouse, are young men of ability and have a thorough knowledge of the business. This enterprise means much for the future development of Sbuth Creek section and will furnish em ployment to a great many men. In Addition to this it will make a market or all the local timber. * The News wishes for the new en terprise much success. THE OAIGTV. H Tonight will conclude the engage ment of the vaudeville team for this week, and alt music lovers who have not seen these two great artists will get Just one moro change ? tonight ? for the last time this season, as they are on their way North The Gaiety also has two great pic tures for tonight. The Girl Thief, a Kaleni, and one of the latest Bio graph Alms, Romance of 'Western Hills. Come early and secure good Beats. * ? Watch the Gaiety's announcements closely next week, as they have some excellent pictures to offer. DUCK EAT8 YEART, EXPLODES, AXD PUTS MAX'S EYE OUT. Des Moines, Iowa, May 6. ? The itrangesty&ccldeni recorded in local history^bccurred when Rhadaman thufj^^rduck, which had taken prizes ^the recent Iowa Poultry show, ex ploded into several hundred pieces, one of which struck Silas Perkins In the eye. destroying the sight. The cause of Khadamanthus' un timely explosion was a pan of yeast. This, standing upon Perkins* back porch, tempted the duck, which. gob bled it mil up. ^ Upon returning from church, Perk ins discovered his prixe duck In a logy condition. Telltale parks about the pati of yeast gave him a clew to the trouble. He was about to pick up the bird when It exploded with a loud report' ind Perkins ran Into the house, hold ing both hands oter one -eye. A sur geon was called, and it was found that the eyeball had been penetrated by a fragment of flying duck. He gave no hope that the sight could be laved. ' v*ir . ^ IS \ BOILING PIT "" n ? ? . _ . A Volcano Crater Discovered in TottenviUe. ? A SEETHING, MOLTEN MASS! U to Like Red -Hot Bain bows Hwrltl Ing In a HetttJe, So Xboee Who H??? 8cm It nncrlbc M|ht ? Men Overcome by Nkxlou Cm ? Hum ing for Three Weeks. New York. May t.-Ltot more than three weeks a small section of Tot tenvllle has been a seething caldron of molten "lava," and only a few residents of the little town hare known that almost at their doors were the elements of a small volcano. The "crater" la under the Church Btrfeet-ttorehouse of the TottenviUe ?op per Company's plant, a Guggen heim concern. Attempts to cool the boiling msss of rock and metal hive so far been fntlle and have cost a dozen men dearly., Before the copper company could build last year the three buildings that form the plant., two worm of meadow along Church street had to be filled In. Tto filling aaofl waa coke and slag and ashes. This foundation was 16 feet deep. Sunk In this were five-foot square brick piers on which OkQb^lldlngs were erected. One of theblggest was a steel and concrete warehouse 300 feet long and 75 feet wide. At one end of this Is a brick smokestack 65 feet high and 12 feot in diameter at the base. This chimney 1* connected \rlth six blast furnaces by as many flues, each three feet Bqiiare, running through the foundation four feet below the surface. These flues ^became heated to a high temperature In the fluxing of copper. About three weeks ago men piling pigs of copper In the warehouse saw that the concrete floor, ten Inches thick, was buckling and cracking In ?pots. Near the rents the . flooring was warm and the men snielled gas eous odors, but paid lUtle attention, as they attributed the cracks to the weight of the pigs and were used to the odors. Within a day or two a big hole appeared In the floor suddenly and about tt for a space of ten feet the concrete sagged. Two of the workmen ventured over teethe aperture and looked in. What they saw appalled yet fascinated the men. A few feet below them was a boiling, squirming mass, whose sev-l eral thousand colors changed with kaleidoscopic swiftness. As one man expressed It, "It looked like millions of red hot rainbows swirling around In a kettle." As the men gazed breathlessly into thve "crater" a puff of caustic gaB al most suffocated them. They tottered back and fell Into the arms of com panions who had been watching them in amazement. When they described What they had seen the othet*s did not believer them" until they had view ed the remarkable thing for them selves. When the company's officials learn ed thai the foundation was on fire, the engines were called, and for two days they pumped water on the Are, but the thousands of gallons of water poured on the seething stufT had no more Effect than a light shower of rain on a forest Pre. The water sim ply became steam as fast as It was pumped into the caldron. Then John Seaton. superintendent of buildings for Richmond, was call ed In. He nays that he found that all of half of the foundation- had fluxed and is now simply a mass of boiling metal. He forbade anyone to work In the building, as he feared it might collapse. To prevent this the walls have been shored- u,>. .Mr. Seaton said last night : "I beltove a flue or two leaked and Ignoted the coke used In the All. The intense htgt from the fluxing of the copper in the smcftel- "Bouse hfcd sim ply fed the stuff, extending the fire from day to day. Half the founda tion from top to bottom In red hot. It is the most prismatic blaze 1 have over seen." f ' Twenty men began yesterday dig ging a trench ten feet deep In the All around the "volcano" so as to head off the flre. While the men were working In the pit the pungent gases poured out and twelve of the diggers were overcome. A man busy with a pick or shovel Vould suddenly and without warning topple over, and the man next to him would not be af fected. The little gaseous bubbles seemed to spring from every place near the "melting pot," and there was no .*fey to guard aglnst it. One 'Inhalation was enough to nearly suf focate a man. But the effects were not lasting, and after an hour or two the men revived sufficiently to return to work. No further attempts. It waa said last night, would be made to extin guish the flre. It wHl be allowed to burri Itself out. , TO ATTEND flWNHOt. - i Rev. M. T: Plyler expects to leave Monday for Aahevllle to visit tbc general conference now In aeealon in ?hat city. He trill also attend th? trustees meet lag oi the Greensboro Female College, of which hfc la a member. The reason a gtrl can fall In lovi so quick Is she's trying to beat all EHCUIO'S RULER PASSES AWAY 11 jcmt Edward VII Is Dead 't Sovereign of Great Dritian and Ireland and Emperor of India Died at 11.45. v- - ' fc-T* A GREATftATlON MOURNS r_ J>cu tii Ttkat Ihr topUr Prom Eng. Klat^-HU Wa. M I n t?|ur aad He Wm Greatly People ? The Prince Walt* Vtw King and Astfunea Ihf Title o/ Ctoorg; T. ? I'neiuuoala w Polto*lB^ Bronchitis Cauwof the i l>eath. fyfyS * - -> i London, Hay 7. ? King Edward VII. sovereign ?f the United King dom. Greats^iitain, Ireland and Brit ish Domalna beyond the seas, Em Per?r of Indian, expired at 11:46 o'clock last night. The end rame Id the presence of his family. The Prince of Walts succeeded to the crown Immediately, according to the laws of the klagdom. without of ficial ceremony. vHls first official act was to dispatch to the Lord Mayor the announcement of his father's death, pursvance to custom. The new king will take the title of George V. Pneumonia, ?followed by bronchitis. Is believed t* hare been the cause of death, but the doctors thus far have refused to Issue a statement. Some of theMilng's friends believe that wor ry over the critical political situation which confronted him, with sleepless nights, aggravated If It did not cause the fatal Illness. The death of King Edward occas ioned no surprise throughout the em pire, as the people had been expect ing it since the evening bulletin was posted at Buckingham palace. One of the last utterances attribu ted to King Eflward was, "Well, it is all over, bul I. think I have done my duty." *11 ?/? The body lies in the King's cham ber In the northwest wing of the pal ace. which is brilliantly lighted, while the rest of the great gloomy building Is entirely darkened. The death of His Majesty will mean the abandonment of the prin cipal functions In honor of ex-Pres ident Roosevelt. The new king was born on Jirffe 3. 1865. snd is the second son of King Edward and Queen Alexandra. His full name is George Frederick Ernest Albert. Edward VII. assumed the throne on the death of Que?n Victoria Janu ary 22. 1901, bo that he was king less than ten years. llUGE LEMON Mr. W. T. Bulley KxliiliitinK One Wclgning Owr Ounces? ltui>?Ml at \Vmlc?bot-o, X. C. Mr. W. T. Bailey returned hum* last night from Wadcsboro where he has been visiting his brothers and I sisters. Air. Bailey brought back { with him a huge lemon which weighs over 22 ounces, it being as large u* a cocoanut. The lemon was raiced by his sister at her home In Wadeohoro and the tree contained T4. Mr. Bailey Bays there Is now a second crop coming on the same tree. THK (J KM* The Gem last night presented a most pleasing, program. "The Call." a beahtlful Biograph drama, impress ed everybody. A story of intense inter est run throughout the entire film which kept the entl/e audience cap tivated.' Tonight one of Pathe's beau tiful hand-colored pictures will bo "presented. "The 8tory of Bluebeard" is a familiar one to every child and has always proved of great interest. The picture vividly portrays the dif ferent ?characters In .a way that is sure tq please. "The New Maid" is a comedy drama that will make you scream. Don't fail to aee theso pic tures tonight. . * ' first "mbthoihwt johcbch. ? : : r ir The pastor will All hla pulpit Sun day morning and evening at the i Methodiat Church tomorrow. After the morning sermon the Holy Com munion Will be administered. Sun day school meets at a o'clock. All Invited tto be preaent. ' - 1 (JHMWriAK CMTRCH. There will be regular services at this church Sunday morning and evening at the usual hours. "Moth er's Day?' will be observer at this church tomorrow morning, and every person standing la reqaeated to wVir a white rose. The pastor 'a subject will be "Th?r Uncrowned Queen." At night the topic of the sermon will be "Illustrious Ufa" All are cordially Invited. StfadAjr school meets at S o'clock. ?. W. Phillips, superintendent L j DLL OF MEN flitu / \ The Disaster Worst in Historj ? v of the Sttte. + \ ? . WORK OF RESCUE NOW ON .Ninety Negroes and Forty .five White* Imprisoned in the Mine ? Work of Keacue Begun Yesterday But It !? ilelieved All are Dead m Explosion Wm * Terrible One. Palof. Ala.. May 6. ? The grim work of recovering the bodies of the ninety negroes and the forty-five white men imprisoned in No. 3 mine [>f the Paloa Coal & Coke Company t>y the terrific explosion of yesterday began today. No hope Is entertained for the recovery of a single man illve. This Is Alabama's worst mine dls ister. Following close on the Mulga llaaster of April 20. In which forty three men perished, the new catastro phe has startled the city and the State. Under thfr direction of State Mine Inspector James HUlhouse, the work Df penetrating the mine was begun today, after bands of rescuers had been beaten back again and again In ill night attempts to enter. The oxy gen helmets of the United States Geo logical Survey were again requlsltlon ud and today the men of the survey station here . J. J. Rutledge and Qeorge F. Rice, fotced their way Into the shaft. One of the most, terrible scenes ever caused by a mine disaster met the rescue parties as they penetrated inu> No. 3. Torn and mutilated, the bodies of the men were piled in ghastly heaps or strewn along, dis membered, through the levels. With the first sight of the condi tions within the mine, all hope for the rescue of any of those trapped when the explosion shook the earth for miles about was abandoned. The Red Cross workers were among the first rescuers to reach the mine. They established Held hospitals and prepared to care for scores of In jured. Their work Is confined to caring for the relatives of the vic tims today, however. All night long a band of haggard women clustered about the mine buildings, struggling to get near to tho shaft entrance. Hour by hour they demanded Information of their men? husbands,' fathers, -brothers, sweetheaKs. Always they '.vo.e five a.' the same answer.. . ? ? There was iff tie violence among them. Occasionally one would be come hysterical. But the disaster generally has stunned them. They repeat the facts of ftie accident as far as known In a dull manner, but understanding Is not theirs. There are .children, too. Like their mother?, they cannot, realize the extent of the accident. This morning they began to bring che bodies out. As one by one thc| corpses were laid out In the great' patch of ground set aside as a tem porary morgue, the women clustered about them. For the most part there was no hop* of Identifying the vic tims. disfigured as they are. but the women searched and examined each Dody. each bit of clothing, with piti ful anxiety. ADJl'TANT UKNKIIAI. Ol'STKD. Head of .Military Brands Assistant A * Traitor, :;i:d of J^vlrnVHKnnrP. Columbia. S. C-. May 6. ? Ending ? for the time being? the serious brea't In the military of the State within the office of the adjutant gen eral the head of the military- depart ment in South Carolina todny noti fied the assistant adjutant-general that his resignation would be 'accept- , ed. This in expected to lead to more , serious strife lu the department. The? adjutant-general Is J. C. Hovd. and ( ] the assistant Is Col. \V. T. Brock. ? A few weeks ago General Ho; is- t sued a statement in which he claim- t ed that Colonel Brock on his inspec tion tour had worked aginst him for ^ reelection and that he had deceived him aa to the probabilities of hi? be ing put back Into office. In a counter card Colonel Brock attired for a court of inquiry. General Boyd's latest statement is to charge Colonel Brock with using too much money on Inspection trips and that the amounts have Increased from year to year. Colonel Brock, upon the receipt of the letter from General Boyd tonight, natd that he would make no dtflnlte statement. He has called on Gover nor Ansel and urged that a court of inqtllry be appointed to Investigate the entire situation. Governor Ansel has made no statAnent as to what course he will pursue In the matter. Raleigh, N. C., May 7. ? A general order has been Issued from the adiu tant general's office here dlsbandln* Company D of the First Infantry, sta tioned at Charlotte. The organisation is clajmed to hive made no headway. < but rather decreased In efficiency in the. past twelve months. Captain T. Black, of Colonel Bragaw's staff, has been ordered to take charge of the governtfifctit property. ; , ? ' HOCK CHANGS it. The Episcopal, PreabrMrlan mil Metbedlst Sunday school*, beginning tomorrow afternoon, will meet at 5 i o'clock Instead oC f aa heretofore [All the etudenu will please bear tbla 'in mind . . .y.- "'r Afnfc/Vi*' UEDIGATED SUNDA1 rNew Rooms of tbf Y. M C. L. to Be Opened. THE ORCHESTRA WILL PLAY A Most Interesting Program !>??,. i*ed Tomorrow Afternoon at 3; SO. Mr?. I>. m. Carter unci Miss Anlcc Bright to (*??*? Ifer. J, A. Sullivan to Make I>e?Uratory Address. The no*- Young Men's Christian League rooti". f?var the store of the J- H. Harris Plumbing & Supply Co. are to be fuiuially dedicated Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock and the oc casion Is looked forward to with great pleasure, not only by the mem bers of the league, but the city gen erally. Ever since the Chamber of Commerce gave up their rooms on '.he first fiooi of the Baugham build ing the league has been without a home, so the rooms above mentioned were rented and have been hand somely fitted up and will be utilised fot; the first time tomorrow after noon. No doubt a large number will at tend the opening exercises of this worthy organization and if they do they will be agreeably burprised to see what an attractive home the league has. The auditorium is to the rear of the building and In ?he front is locat^fcahe reading and writ ing rooms ? riff of which are well ap pointed and convenient for the mem bers. and all others who care to visit the league. Everything has been ar ranged with excellent taste. Noth ing elaborate has been installed, con venience and comfort has been the idea. The league orchestra, "wh+cli has delighted so many by their playing each Sunday afternoon, will again furnish the Instrumental music to* morrow. This announcement within Itself should attract a largo number. Every seat should be occupied to morrow. The meeting is announced for 3:30 and wfT the Sunday schools do not convene until 5 o'clock t)?ere should not be any excuse for at yy one absenting himself. Everybody is cor dially invited. i Program. Opening hymn, "Draw Me Nearer." Scripture reading. Prayer. By R eV. 11. B- Searlght. Vocal solo. "Joaus. Jesua, Mlssere," Miss > nice Bright. Thiee minute talk on gymnastics. By Kev. M. T. Plyler. Three minute talk on literature. By Rev. H. B. Searlght. Three minute talk on Suhday ser vice. By Rev. Robert Hope. Hymn, "Take Time to Be Holy." Dedication address. By Rev. J. A. Sullivan. Prayer. By Rev. M. T. Plyler. Collection. Vocal solo, "Jesus Lover of My Soul." By Mrs. D. M. Carter. Report of Finance and Improve ments. By Mr. C. H. Harding. Hymn. "Th^ Story Must Be Told." Our Plans for the Future. By President N. C. Newbold. ' Hymn. "Onward Christian Sol diers." Benediction. Rev. Robert Hope. INVITATION". JP'l.c Daily Now? acknowledge* il\e ?eceipt of an Invitation from the fac* illy and graduating class of the \'orth Carolina College of Agricul ure and Mechanical Arts to attend he eighteenth annual commencement! Hay 20 to 31. 1910, Wwi Raleigh. ?. c. The uAci'iilanrc*ate sermon is to be lelivured by lie v. li. w. Howard, of Norfolk, vn.. and the commencement ddress by Congressman Klchard lobson. Among those to graduate hi? year is William Clark Slyron, on of Capt. A- \V. Styron. of ihl* ity. 'OLOIIUS STRIKF.ItS llKTt HX TO WOltK, WINNlN'Ci STItlki:. Columbus, O-, May i>. ? The strlk ng conductors and motormen at 1 : 4 5" I'clock this morning voted in favor f accepting ar< agreement proposed iy Mayor Marshall- Complete serv re was resumed at 4 o'clock. The iutcome is regarded as a victory for he employes as the four men who rere not reinstated after the April igreement and because of whom the nen went on strike, have the option >f accepting employment In the city ervlce or returning to the car service it their old pay, though not to their ormer runs. The men are to be free to Join or efuse to Join any organisation with out Intimidation or discrimination ind the company agrees that when engaging employes the question of lnjbntsra or non-unionism shall be iltm??.wted.> ? A man always thinks his brain R-ould be more appreciated by people if the climate agreed with him better. WA>TliI> ? YOl'NG MAN, KXPBRl onced salesman, for- Eastern' Nortii Carolina; gkod aalary with ? jMnaei patd ? Ofr? r?far?DC?a, atatlnf raplj coaftden tlaJ. Addreaa, Wholaaale Oro?r. lit, care of Vlr*lnl*n- Pilot, Ner tulk. Va \ - . ? .. 16 i# . J\:~ w . i - .. i ' i -'J-L t COTGO IN Rfflfc Earthqu?kts Do Great Damafl in Central America. MUCH HAVOd fs ftftOOCHT For tlie Seventh Time Cartago Lie* in llulna ? Otlier cities Also De nt royed ? l.OOO ore Dead and 1,500 HonifleM ? Railroad and Wirrm are Wrecked. Port Li id on, Costa Rica. May 6. ? For three days Central America ban been shaken by violent earthquakes. The shocks continued today but with diminished forc^. For the seventh time In history Cartago, former capi tal of Costa Rica, lies In ruins. Other cities ""have been destroyed. Careful estimates based on the latest reports received here today give the following as the extent of the disas ter: Dead. 1,000; injured. 4.500; homeless, 15.000; towns destroyed or partially wrecked, four. Paraso, a town eight miles to the east or Cartago. and Orosal, taventy miles x^o the southeast, are both re ported have met the fate of the larger cltyV * The volcanoes Turialba and Irasu, already partially or wholly in erup tion. give signs of* a severe outbreaks The enthe population of the central and northern sections of Costa Rica is in terror. The railroad running from here to the north, with spurs to Cartago and San Jose, is tied up. It is believed that the line has been completely wrecked in places and that Its re construction for a great portion Of Its length will prove necessary. All wires are down. The full dam age Is beyond the grasp of startled Costa Rica. One of the richest dis tricts In the country lies desolated, the wreckage of Its houses covering hundreds of dead and aid Is urgently needed. Though Cartago. according to the fullest reports available, bore the brunt of the shock the earthquake af fected a wide area fully 2U>J miles lu length and extending into Nicaragua. The towns along the San Juan river., running near the boundary between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, have all felt t.he shocks severely, according to tffapatches from Greytown. at the mouth. .Couriers arriving brought news oT-da*nage done to San Carlos, CasLlllo-VieJo and Oarha. Through-: out tye valter the shocks t\ave playfd havoc arid In at least one place tbe course of the river baH b?e6 changed. Many settlements In the hills about Cartago are believed to have been de stroyed. besides Paraiso. whose popu lation is 2.000 and Orosl. a town of 2,200. Relief expeditions were today sent out from San -lose. The distance be tween th? two cities, the capital and the destroyed town. Is but fifteen miles, but progress between them is slow. THE EDISON I'HONOGHAI'H NOT l\ THE IIACK(;i<C>l'M?. Russ Bros. 'state thai although they have put in a complete line of Victor Roods, it is no reason that they have lost interest, or have any objections to the Edison machine and that they expect to give to the Edison patrons the .same careful consideration iu the future us in the past and that you can at all time* find a complete line make your choice from. Records to amuse and suit people In all walks J of life. Would you be amused by a ? lever vaudevill" sketch? Record No. 1 11 furnishes u most entertaining vaudeville b\ Murray K. Hill, one of the cleverest of < nteriaii:i?rs. In this record the manager of a miustrel company leaves his company strand ed the IJ. & O. R. r. and the .'urnes t own Exposition and the Innside Inn ?ill pet theirs. Would jro? be enter tained with the latest song hit. In spired by a patriotic band selection, enthralled by the lovely voice of an operatic song bird or impressed by the reverential strains of a sacred hymn? Record No. 2 is. a song thjt Is taking the rounds. "I've Got Rings on My Fingers" 1 Scott >, sung by Billy Murry. A hit In "The Midnight Sons." The hero of the Hong is Jim C D'Shea, who was ca9t away upon an Indian isle. The Hinging of the chorus by a quartet IJK a feature. Record No. 253, Crown Diamond overture (Auber). National -( Lon don 1 Military Band. A delightful melody from the opera In which the unrivalled Pattl once sang. ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ? Qem Theater. ? Gaiety Theater. ? Wm. B. Harding- -New Books. ? J. K. Hoyt ? Curtain Goods. ? Mother Gray Powders. ? Cardul. ? Doan's Kidney PUU. VIOLIN LESSONS For rates and other de tails addres? me, inclostn ? two-cent stamp. L^rS?HAFF?R, I Washington. N. C.