" 'IBm-' '" at 1 - 'V . . \ hh? . Many Parts of IlMnols and ' Indiana Swept. One Hundred Injured. I MUCH PROPERTY IS DAMAGED &j . w. v. ; '* r ' . ^ ./ * J 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 - A* 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 t RHODE ISLAND -I. ' . - ?" 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* -< ' v ***** t<> ????> LI rontentton at Chieego. The entire ;>lei!?tlonleolef?td tor fart. Wn>? " Whoeetep^otior* ere OoWrnotW Ihler and rtli ihehlhere of the een(mtRV ? CRyTO ^KR ^BUNCIl fa Proti ? 11,10 4?' j VN ,V , vf wfeijay I*" , _?r?i * ' *-\ / FA1 ta rhe County Convention *li'. 1* / - 1 Endorsed Colonel but ho Instructions Were Made. DELEGATES ARE NAMED _ Congressional Convention Meets at Elizabeth City ' ' set ' 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 mads. ; f 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. I A?4 .'VT-T-r 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 - . ?.>* 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 VV--i'v !vI ft**** v. V Wv .i;; :* ' WAHHINUTOX, NO - J* TONK.MT AMD WBDMjSDAV. " Jl i' .t ' yT" . 1 . 1 ?* >? ! ?'.*v / " *s. 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 Htnmen*st ^ ^ ~ f 77 * , M " 1 11 r m ' > ^ RTH C4MUKA. TriugAY UTW ioHT FROST TOSflOHT IN KXTIti mm' ?4 v.'i - iL v-^V' SPRING TIME " M t^=- *$ fi f.\ . . If?! > ^ ?jj L ~ j > ~ to werrietits to Hotel Louise . ; j WEATHER MAN 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 ">? * *!< ih?r. r??t tkst k? ?ks?U ? * ? u 'rowM tnui OW Ms (TSSM ftWtt h r?MM4 'Mgfflkji> S *' ?*, jr v-lfM' i*' * J y x HOON. APRIL X8. 1?1Z. IMF ?'E8T PORTION. LIGHT VAI =?n KpsS' ? , . j 1 1 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. r | 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. f . L_ mL 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 tddar. , I F , . - UABLK WINDW. % "KEEP m KITH IT HOLD STORK" ? i 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. . I * \ ' ' j *? l4' Ifl i i? i PLACE 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 I 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. onmtin u/rnniup . ? orKtnli Wttnfmb 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. I V ' I* . * *. * * * 1.1 ST OF JfKW ADVKRTISK IV THE NEWS t Coffee. m ^ PWwVjwl Coami. ? a M a 4 J