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Many Parts of IlMnols and '
Indiana Swept. One Hundred
Injured. I
MUCH PROPERTY
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It Happened Just Before '
k Sunset Last Sunday
Evening
? Thlrtytmo persons are "known to
be dead, half a score were so Beverly
Injured they may die knd 'a hundred ,
and fifty others wero butt In two tor- ,
/ nadoes. one of which swept over i
southern llltnots and the?olher across
utiifihern Indiana and Illinois just
before sunset Sunday night.
^ " Twelve were killed at Bush, III.,
fish at Wg'lllsville. narhcs not obtainable;
three at Reddle^ Illinois, three
near Mursphysboro, in., and nine at'
Smroeco. Ind. '
Chicago. April 23.?Seventeen persons
are .believed to hare been killed
In a series of tornadoes which
swept across parts iff Illinois and
Indiana just before nightfall.
/ Twelve deaths have been confirmed
and five are reported on authority
^ which apppars reliable.
A hundred other persons were injured.
at ledst eight of them so Be-reTsJy
they may die. Damage done
to property will amount to thousands
of dollars.
The storm swept through the north
rn part of Morphyuboro, 111., seriously
injuring live persons. Ten
"houses were demolished at Muruhve
I, bora and the Illinois Central station
\ Finney was carried three hunV
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Wanpeonaee, a village near Coal
"City, eraa reported demolished, destroyed
telephone communication ,mak
ing It impossible to learn the ierlousnesa
of the damgve done there:
Honaaa. aheds and faym handings
near Coal City were demollahed, wind
mUla blown down and many head of
catUe are reported dead.
At Ai)een, near Coal City, tele-j
phone and telegraph wires were laid
to the ground for a mile at a stretch;
la several places. . - \ * * *1
Near Dwight a gMl house and,
many farm buildings -4*re destroyed, j
TheChicago, Imand RopfrhgW, l
Railway Ration jjfl? Roddick 'dd|
|\;( ' blown serosa the tracks. Every,
c farm building on the property 6f f
man homed Patchet, there was do-]
strayed and the family wscaped injury,
by clinging to trees In the yiard.J
Many-other buildings were destroy,
ed at Reddick and nearby and Several
persona 'weere Injured but none
severely.
?; Twenty bouses were blown down
In snd near Morocco, Ind., and fully
forty habitations In Newton County
were destroyed. 7*
As near as can ha Judpsd here, the
tornado started In Iroqhoip county.
111., and ewept eastward/ .Stock was
killed when the farm buildings went
, down; r*;V -'li ^
Morocco la only Ave miles north of
Haz*lton, George Ade's county home.
It has not been learned whether hla
property was damaged or not.
1 Twelve dead were found at Buph.
Ill , and It is expected that more will
bo found when ttje debris la cleared
away.
Five persons were killed at Wlllisyijle
and sixteen houses were de-'
mollshed.
TAFT KOlTliH CLAIM
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Special to tho Dolly Nawi. " '.
Providence. R. I_. April 23 ? Re
i publlmjfe-el Rhode Mend will held
Hi*
1?PW tomorrow tor the eeSBs*
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LI rontentton at Chieego. The entire
;>lei!?tlonleolef?td tor fart. Wn>?
" Whoeetep^otior* ere OoWrnotW
Ihler and rtli ihehlhere of the een(mtRV
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Instructions Were Made.
DELEGATES
ARE NAMED
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Congressional Convention
Meets at Elizabeth City
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i omorrow.
.The Republican County Conven
Lion tor the purpose of ^electing
delegates to the State and Congressional
conventions met here yesterday
at the Court House at noon and
endorsed Theodore 'Roosevelt for the
presidency hut no instructions are
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Mr. O. A. Connor chairman of the
County Executive Committee called
the convention to order and Mr. John
W. Chapin of Aurora was permanent
chairman and Mr. B. D. Daniels of .
Edward secretary.
The Republican atatae convention
meets at Raleigh May IS. and the
following delegates were named.
Hugh Paul. J. C. Meekins Jr.. 0,
J. Svaln. M. D Uwolt. T. K Cot- 1
lnr. B. "W. Bergeron. A. N. Cutler.
D. 1-. Perry. Q. X Connor, C. H. Ratcliff.
J. A. Buck, W. P. Edwards.
Noah Toler. Alternates: A, C, -Scott.
Daniel Sawyer. J. C- Habourn, W. O.
Ellis. W. H. Rues. N. L. 8awyer. S.
Woolar.1. J. B. Res peas. W. C. Brinson.
8. Q. Carrowan. B. D. Daniels,
a. Coiler and J. W. Bdwarda
The Congrnnaloaal convention
meets In Elisabeth,City tomorrow
April 24 and the delegates selected
are: t ; a
Hugh Paul. J.'C. Meekins Jr.. O.
J. Swain, John Chapin..R.,A. Cooper,
a. vamvr, %j.r a. Hsicri, u. a. Comwr
C. D. Thorn**, Wj P. Edwards and
C_ fl* Sawyer.
i. Alternates: George Lee, J. G. Lewis,
B. D, Daniel. M. B. Seiby, O. Mnlr
H. H. Allen. A. N. Cutler. D. 1a Perry.
Ismaan Lcuett, H. p. saner. J. w.
Boyd, "Ferd Waters, John Oeugleton.
A roll call of- the precint* was had
fpr tho jjurpose of expressing the conventions
choice for delegates to the
National Republican co^Tewtlepi to
"be held in Chicago. G., . Connor
uusdfosd 9 and A-47 votes; A. 8.
rtlfch*H. 4 and 10-47 rotes; Wheeler
ilarthKVand 8-47 Wtes; 1. W. Meekln,
8 and 14-47 votes.
A resolution w4s introduced and
$ ad did esdhrsl n g- Theddore Roosevelt
I6f pwsflrfrnt but no Imrtrwrtiona
w? maOe.
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CMffimiA AT
78E LYRIC INKIT
The program at the Lyric this
evening promises to be one of the
bedf features tn moving pictures-ex hibited
during the season. Cinderella,
or the Glass Slipper in
three full reels -willbe the \ttraction.
The story of this great masterpiece la
totf wgll known tp give publicity, hut
I Whenever the public has an opportunity
to witness a production of this
nature regardlees of age the public
la greatly benefitted by Its impresftML
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The cast reqijlrod to-prodtfce this
plcttro exceeded 200 people and was
made In 99 scenen^*J|$-jectJng ts perfect
and the costumes are gorgeous.
Thla main feature will be here for
?? "Jay only.
' The adrais8ion (price# for topftht
only* will be adults 20 cents and
childern 10 eeixta and It Is well worth
the prlee of admission.
WKllDIMi <ilFT OROMB8 HBA
TRRICK, .nOKH 90,000 Mil,BO
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Llnteln. III.. April IJ?What U
h erathe a t h er. day, whan, altar eroaa1a(
(be faclflc bceaaTtaM' flmM.
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Decided Impri
be itiade to
Between 20 to 25 Rooms
to be Added?Phocoe and
Electric .System to be
Installed?Work Starts
June 1st.
The Hartel Louise is ts "be enlarged
and made modern. The work is to
begin oa or about June 1 and when
completed this well-known hotel will
compare with any In this section of
North Carolina.
^ Another ptory la to be added which
will pro-vide for between twenty and
twehty-flve additional rooms, la the
roosas bst and cold water appliances
fwlll be Installed. In all the rooms
a phone system and dsctrfc bell calls
are to ha placed. Besides this electric
aJ>waters and other decided improvements
are contemplated.
The hotel throughout is to be
thoroughly renovated sad modernttaft.
making it one of ?Cbe -best appointed
to be found anywhere
For sometime the enlargement of
the' Louisa has been given serious
thought by -the owner and rthe 1 fact
fhAt bm bin ,/lfr-wind fn riVn Wnrlilav.
tpi mi np-tt>-date hotel tnui that Is
abreast' with the times is certainly
cmm tor congratulation. T/hen the
Worfc 1| started It will fee pushed
rapidly tovanli completion. Within
the next few months Washington
car. boast "of .a hotel secoB 1 to noue
IlODlKft ARE FLOATING ATWJfT
Bremen Reports Titanic TletisM I
Float tal Vicinity of Dhfwtrr
Halifax. April'fM .?-Oa?flrmnTh>u
of reports that numerous bodies of
victims of the Titanic were afloat
In the vicinity of the disaster Was
received on a -wireless dispatch from
the steamship Bremen, via the Sable
Island and Camper down wireless stations.
The message reads:
"The steamer Bremen, bound for
New York, aAd the* steamer Rheln
passed on Saturday afternoon in 42.0
north latitude and 42.2 west longitude
in the neighborhood of three
large icebergs. Sighted numerous
pieces of wreckage and * grea^number
of;, human bodies with life pro
servers floating in sea. Sighted and
spoko to the cable steamer MacKayBennett
on the way to recover the
floating bodies.
IRISH TO PASS H<JH E HULK
Special 'to the Dally Hewa.
Dublin, April 2S,-?Between three
and'four thousand delegates, repreaeating
all creeds and all claseea In
trUthntf assembled 'in convention in
the XaSslon Hfouse Is thy eity today
to ^xebsnga' Opinions and register
tbs popular yerdlet in-ragarda to tha
Home Rula hill s'otr befdra tha Brltlab
parUdmant. nteoon.eotloa met
In response to a call lasted by John
details 3ay be het*>tnmen*st ^ ^
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HAYS BSLOW NORMA^
WuthluKUw J|>ril 28.?Tem|h
craturrfl this meek will Average
above the norma] in the southern
states and near or below the nofs
mai with frostfc, over the middle
went. Rock 111?tain, and ptateag
rontons rn.uoadlug-.to the weekly
bulletin of the -weather bureau.
"The wontbei^durlnn the week,:
coattanea the bdRetio, "will be u?.
eettled, with well distributed preth-ipaaion
over h? greater part oi
the country. A disturbance that
-is near over the plains states wlH move
iieatu'uutd and pass down the
8t Lawrence valley today; it wi||
cause general mins the flrat port
of the week in the region,
east of the Mississippi
River. Another disturbance
will develop over the
western plateau today or Wednee^,
day, cross the middle west about
Thursday and the eastern states
Friday; thla disturbance will be
attended by general rains and be
followed by eunaideeabtj cooler
weather."
FLOYD ALLEI TRIAL ,
FOR MR TODAY
Special to the Daily /New?.
''I HUfBTUle. Va.. April 13.?Ip the
same court room where a little mor?
'than a month ago the Allen clansmen
ahot down Judge Maesie, Commonwealth*e
Attorney Foster and
three court^attaches, Floyd Allen wai
called to the bar today'to stand trial
for the parti he la alleged to have
played In the celebrated tragedy
Judge Waller R. Steaplea of Roanoke
was appointed to conduct the circuit
made vacant by the tragic death o!
Judge Massfe, pat on the bench. Immediate^
after court convened argument*
were begun on petition look
tag to a change of venue. It Is gen
I erally expected, however, that th<
(trials Will proceed In Hlllsvflle In ac
cordance with the decision perrioualj
renedered by Judge Staples! The
! trial of Floyd Allen will be followed
by those of the other two mem
hers of the clan now 'in cuatody
These are Victor Allen, son of Floy<
Allen and Bud Marlon.' ?.
POLITIC H IN STATE.
The Raleigh correspondent It
writing-'4o {he Charlotte Obearvei
with reference to politics In Nortl
Carolina has the following; tb say o
Congressman John H. Small of thh
city and r^jpresefttatlTa In oongres
from this district:
In the flist district. lUp*Ml?UUf<
John flf. 8mall 4s now senrlng hi
MTdnth term and a* ray no oppoelj
tlon to bin re-nomlnatlop has dereloi
f. oafct la.ipsr si
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IMF ?'E8T PORTION. LIGHT VAI
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I Annual Exhibit at
the City Schools
Thursday and
Friday.
f Thursday and Friday of this week
the anunal school exhibit of the
Washington Public Schools wlit\take
place at the school building and
everyone In Washington is cordially
invited to attend and see* the work
done by the pupils dring the past
Fear. Visitors wll be enabled to see
)or themselves the work done by each
Individual grade in, their respective
DDptte. The visitors are asked to atTwStl~vt
anytime the vrtseol
1 hours, from 9 o'clock on. At 9'[.clock
there will be short exercises
in tbe auditorium and possibly another
exercise will take place at 2
o'clock. At tbe main entrance to thp
building visitors will And a register
and they are requested by the superintendent
to register their names.
The Washingt9n schools belong to
the public and it Is their duty to visit
tbe institution on Thursday nnd Friday
and see what has been accomplished
by the children during the
past year. A more extended notice
of tbe reception days will be given
in tomorrow's News.
mtwrriN cubes to
AID OF PBVSICIANS
I Mr. Jeremiah Swanner who resld'
es about five miles from this city on
II the Jaemsvillc road, proved to be a
man of true worth yesterday and |
1 today his praise is being sung by all
who are acquainted with the story.
I Yesterday Drs. D. T. and Joshua
> i Tayloe received an emergency call
i to the residence of Mr. James ManII
nlng, who lives near Jamesvllle. The
; I physicians accompanied by a trained
f Mfnrse. left tho city In their auto and j
j when near Mr. Swaniier's house the j
-imacnine , becamo embedded in the 1
1 mud and in consequence could not i
| proceed any further. .Mr. Swanner
| although busy in his farm -work and
! having all his team doing full time ,
r and when acquainted with the clr>!
cumstances ordered that two mules j
- be taken fr6m the plough and placed ,
-.at the service of Drs. Tpyloe. Mrs. |
. ; Swanner also came to the rescqe with
i | thd loan of, her buggy. The physi- !
clans by this chaTlty act of Mr. i
Swanner were enabled to make the
call where they later performed a [
CeaSarian operation,
t Mr Swanner stated to the doctors |
r he was always ready to help those In
i distress.
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I , 4 SON" VERY ILL '
I Master Zophar Potts, the young
on et'Mr. and Mrs. 2. M. Potts, who
u reside hn Market Street, Is reported
i to be quite 111. It la to be hoped
by his many playmates and friends
> that he will soon recover.
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I MR. THOMAS JlO BETTER
> The oondition of Mr. Charles C.
I Thomas, who resides on East Water
I Street. Is reported to he no better
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Carpatljla Wireless Opera- ji
tor. Ordered to Withhold
Story of Titanic.
BIG MONEY FOR
THE OPERATOR
Feet Was "Admitted by T.!
W. Sammis of Marconi
Company.
New York, April 23.?While the
world was waiting three days for in-1
formation concerning the fate of the j
Titanic, for part of the lime at least,
details concerning the disaster where ;
being withheld by the wirelesB oper- !
ator of, the steamship Carpathia tin- j
der specific orders from T. W. Sara-|
mis, chief engineer of the Marconi I
Wireless Company of Aniei^ca. who 1
had arranged for the sale of the
story. . |
This was admitted,by Mr. Sammis.;
who defended his action He said 1
he was justified in getting for the;
wireless operators the largest amount j
he could for the details of the sink- ;
Ing of the ship, the rescue of- the i
passengers and the other Informs- j
tion the world had waited for. .1
The first Information concerning f
the loss of the Titanic carao Monday |
evening, and it was known at that |
time the survivors were on board 1
the Carpathia. About midnight the1
first of the list of'survivors began to
come by wireless, and from that time
until Thursday night, when the res-1
cuo ship arrived In port, the world'
waited and waited in vain for thej
details of how the "unsinkable ship" '
had gone down.
Three messages were Bent to the
Carpathia telling the operator to send I
out no news concerning .the diaeetec. I
Two of these were unsigned, and last [
one had the*slgnature of Mr. Sammis.
The first message was unsigned.'
and It said it was sent as a list of.
names of survivors were being for- j
warded. It read:
"Keep your mouth shut. Hold'
story. Big money for you."
DAILY REFLECTOR
PRAISES DEBATERS
The Greenville Reflector of yea- j
terday in giving an account of the1
Joint debate held in that town of!
Friday night last between the Wash I
ington and Greenville High School
debaters says: "That for over an !
hour and a half the boys wage^ a
lively contest in argument. The
Washington boys argued with much I
force and eloquence." Mr. Thomas I
j Sparrow the first speaker for Wash-'
ington the Reflector says:
Mr. Sparrow's delivery was fine,
and he made a good speech. He was
easy in hla manner, well-trained in
the forensic art, dnd showed himself!
very familiar with the subject in
hand. He argued that the affirmitlve
would have to prove that the pres
ent system is not satisfactory, and
then prove in addition that the proposed
' method Is the one that will
remedy all existing e?iis, and be aj
[method satisfactory to all lovers of
free and honest government. He then
procoeded to defend the plan adopted
b.Xthe fathers, showing that the senato
is most dignified and the most I
j conservative body of lawmakers in
the "world
Of Mr Simmons the paper reports:
The last speaker of the negative)
was Mr. Enoch Simmons, of this
joars graduating Class in Washing-i
ton graded schools. Mr. 8immons
I proved to be ohe of the strongest and ,
clearest and most convincing speakers
of the evening. He had a good
speech, and he presented it well. He
dwelt upon the principle underlying
national represeaattion in congress
and showed*that the purpose of the
Senate was totally different from that
jot the House of Representatives.
That while the House representative
of the voters districts, the Senate
wag a body representation of the national
and the popular whims and
political waves ought not to reach it,
and the election of Senators bJ the
legtslaiorss preserves tWa very fundamental
aaiv-guard. .
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TRASH
IN BARRELS 1
IR BOXES I
Carts to Enter Back Yards
of Premises Would Work
to Disadvantage.
HORSES PART
OF FIRE DEPT.
Cooping Them Up When
There is Alarm Might
Be Disastrous. 4
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We feel sure that if the household- 'jhSB
era of the City of Washington thoroughly
understood the situation the
demands for Garbage Wagons to en- ^ 5*7'
ter back yards for the purpose of re- *
moving sweepings would not be so
frequent nor insistent. Aside front
the,great amount of additional time
which necessarily have to be consumed
m the opening of gates, turning
around in small yards, .etc., the fact
that the horses attached to the Garbage
Wagons belonging to the Fire
Dept.. should act as a further bar to
the removal of trash by this method.
The ringing of the fire alarm excites
these horses to .such an extent that
they become practically unmanageable
. and tho training they ^ 1
have received, which is to respond
quickly, becomes dominant. Coop
them with their drivers In back yards
at such a time and the result might
be disastrous. The "service of th*?
Fire Department must be prompt,
sure and swift, to retard It even for ,
a few moments might entail great -a
property lo^. We feel sure that the
citizens do not desire this. Therefore
it is urged that all refuse from ?ity
premises be plac&l in proper receptiles
on the sidewalk for removal.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING '
Miss Martha Olivia Hodges,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hodges,
will be married to Mr. William
Rice Percivall at the First Presbyterian
Church, this cky. tomorrow
morning at 10:30 o'clock, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. H.,^
B. Searight pastor of the Church. A
Immediately after the marriage the
bride and groom will board the eleven
o'clock Norfolk Southern train
for an extensive tour of Northern
cities. They will be at home after / a
May 5. Richmond. Va.
SOUTH DAKOTA SUNDAY SCHOOL
Special to the Daily News.
Watertown, S. D., Aprl 23?Scores
of enthusiastic Sunday School workera
from all over South Dakota have
rallied here for the annual convenjtlon
of their state association. Be|
ginning with a welcome demonstration
tonight, the session will continue I
over Wednesday and Thursday. The
| International association is represent
ed on the list of speakers by Hugh
Cork, general secretary of the Illinois
Sunday School association. Prof. E.
O. Kxcel of Chicago is in charge of
tlte music.
TO ATTEND MARRIAGE
i? Mr. P. S. Worthy has gone to Carthage.
N C.. where he will attend ?
the marriage of his sister. Miss Mary
Worthy to. Mr. I". L. Spence tomorj
row.
| Mtes Worthy was a guest of Miss
Katie Moore here sometime siuce and
made many friends.
i It doesn't take a very clever wornan
to make a man make a fool of
himself.
You can sometimes do a friend a
favoi by refusing to give him advice. * '-"-frM
I Putting a gag comedian's
mouth will not silence him.
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