CAUCASIAN.
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VOL. XXV.
RALEIGH, NOBT11 CAROLINA, THURSDAY. APRIL 11. 1907,
NO. H.
DELMAS
Terrible Arraignment of Stanford White
and Mrs. Thaw's Mother
TRIAL NEARING ITS END
Jury is Ordered lacked Dp Until
Trial Ends and in View of This
Justice Fitzgerald's Charge is Ex
pected a3 Soon as the District At
torcey Concludes, the Case Prob
ably Reaching the Twelve Late ia
the Evening Debnaj Makes Strik
ing Appeal to Sympathies of tb
Jurors, Basing Argument Solely on
Story of Evelyn Thaw, Denouncing
Her Mother in the Bitterest Terms
and Dealing With White in the
Most Scathing Terms.
New Voik. Special. The tiial of
Harry K. Thaw, chared with the
murder of Stanford White, is nearing
iho end. .Attorney Delphin M. Del
mas, the California aocate, Momffty
afternoon Loirna his closing Address
to the jury and after ho had spoken
for more than two hours and a hlf,
:m adjournment was UtikVVi until
Ti;ex3ay morning, Mr. Delmas ex
pected to eon, 'hide he fore the Ju'Ae:
etm hour is reached. ltYiet Attor
ney Jeromes will rPAe the closing ad
dress of the (vial on Wednesday; ant'
Thaw's inc should he in the baftdsof
the .jury hy Wednesday evening. .
.1 n ice Filrnsld ordered the- jury
loeked up wAi the end of the trial.
In view of 1 his, the ud-re 's charge to
Ihe jury uitdoMhU-Vy will he deliver
'd immr.cViely, the' district attorney
.onehies. Tlie latter says hi speech
will occupy rot morn than three or
tWir hours.
Declaring he would not base his
plea upn th ''unwritten law" be
cause his client four.d ample protec
tion in the written statutes of the
:Suit of New York, Mr. Delmas made
ii t riking appeal to the sympathies
of the jurors and so far as he pro
gressed the subject of Thaw's insani
ty at the time he committed the homi
cide was not even hinted aL
Mr. Dehorns based his argument
solely upon the siovy of Evelyn Nes
Jnt Thaw. With flushed cheeks, but
dry eyes, that young Avoman heard
her lir'Q history repeated to the 'men
who are to judge her husband and
iVed her head as her mother was
denounced in tire bitterest terms and
tones the ekyuent lawyer could com
mand. t -'Even a beast protects its young,"
mip declared! with scornful emphasis,
out this unnatural mother deserted
her daughter in this city of millions
to he betrayed by a false friend, to
be lured into a gilded palace and there
loft the victim of a gray haired man,
wounded, bleeding am1 devoured."
Mr. Delmas went with great detail
into the life Evelyn Nesbit had led un
to the meeting with Harry Thaw. In
::11 of his remarks he referred to her
as "this child," for he said she was.
i-day. He told of Thaw's great
hne for her and his effort to rescue
her from "the clutches of Stanford
"White." whose achievements in his
profession, the attorney deelaredi,
were an aggravation of his crime.
Mr. Delmas before beginning his
attack on Evelyn Thaw's mother
poured out a torrent of denunciation
upon the architect who became the
victim of Thaw's pistol. Ho accused
him of the ' 4 crime of rape," and then
declared that President Roosevelt had
Harriman Unable to Appear,
New York, Special. E. H. Hani
inau was unable to appear in .police
court to ettsify against Frank W.
Hill, his former secretary, who is
under arrest charged with making
public the now famous Harriman
Webster letter, and the hearing whL'h
had been set for Moudav was adjourn
ed until next Saturday. Hill's bail
was reduced from $2,500 to $1,000.
Current Events.
At a special meeting of the Roose
velt Republican Club a Hamilton
county, Ohio, resolutions were passed
endorsing the Roosevelt administra
tion and pledging support to the can
didacy of William H. Taft for the
presidency in 1908.
Demurrers hh?d bv the New York
entral and Pennsylvania Railroads
against the indictments charging
tliem with granting concessions to
the Standard Oil Company by an ar
rangement in violation of the Elkins
act are overruled in the decision
handed down by Judge Hazel in the
Elates Court.
The Southern Pacific Railroad has
announced, through its general sup
peiintendent, that union men may
expect no promotion.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., will not
give up his Bible class.
The circuit court of Taylor county,
West Virginia, has confirmed the ac
tion of the lower court in naming G.
H. A .Kunst, of Grafton, receiver for
the personal estate of the late Adol
pnus Armstrong, who left a $300,0001
estate, Ha bonded ia 0100,000,
ELOQUENT
PLEA
said 4n -a message to Congress that
such a rime should be visited with
death. Thi was one of the sugges
tions which Thaw himself made 10
his counsel for his summing up
speech one of the suggestions which
playei'iso important a part in the pro
ceedings before the lunacy commis
sion. Mr. Delmas declared that, tiod
heard the cry of thr fated child upon
which Stanford White had fixed hi
trac and had determined should! be
hi. He quoted from Scripture that
"he who afflicts a fatherless child
shall perish," end declared thi
Providence had s?nt Thnw to aVnge
the wrong.
The. attvtrV&y declared that Thaw
va his wife's only protector that hi
tame into her life when she was on
the downward path, told her that no
matter what the world thought of her
she was to him an angel. He took
her to be hi wife, ready to share, the"
bicvden, that a mother had helped U
place upon her daught'e
Mr. Delma. abused Mrs. Nesbit of
havi2 !Vved ujon the wages of her
daughter's ruin. lie ou-M, 10 pic
ture to the jur,v Vhal lie termed the
sinister ii'rroundings in which the
girl nad been reared aiui in doing
he mercilessly attacked the mother.'
Mr. Delmas rose to the hightM 'point
of his address-when he iold the inrV
1 that th girl's mother was the 'one
who had furnished Di-trict Attorney
Jerome with '.?; arrows with which
fo kw'i:Vu the daughter on cross-examination
a cross-examination
which he declared would jivr) long in
the annals of criminal his'troy, but
which left the girl's story unshaken
in fdi its essential details.
That Evelyn Nesbit ?s story was
true and; was told to Harry' Thaw
formed the subject of argument for
more than an hour. Mr. Delmas de
clared the only evidence, the district
attorney, had to hnit 'against the girl
was the "Mrt'isseaVled nifidavit" nw.
ured by Abraham Hummel. Speak-
mg or. iiummel Mr. DeUna again
drew havily upon h bitterest invec
tive declaring that it would require
more than the word of a perjured
man to send Harry Thaw to an iv
nominous death.
. Mr. Delmas thf-n gave a resume f
Evelyn Nesbit 4s life from her birth
in 1884 to the time she met Stanford
White. Continuing, he said:
"Brave and courageous, we find
this child of 15 or 1G years of age,
rushing in the day time from studio
to studio earning $16 to $18 a week,
and at night appearing upon the
boards and earning an equal salary.
"At this time we find a man whose
hair was tinged with gray, who had
an excellent Avife and an accomplished
son, fixing his eyes upon the fated
child and determining to make her
his. To win her he had none .of the
graces or principles of the honor
able suitor. He introduced himself
to her family in the guise of an in
fluential -friend. He won his way into
the confidence of the mother and
established himself in a parental audi
protecting attitude in the family, and
when his footing was sure he per
suaded the mother to absent herself
from the city, assuring her that the
child would be safe in his hands and
telling her how furtuuate it was that
there was such a protector to watch
over her. In one of those dens fitted
up with all the beauty and taste
which this man of genius possessed;
into one of these dons this ehild was
lured and found herself alone with
this man, old enough to be her father,
the man who was her protector,
A Mistrial Ordered.
Wilmington, Special. After being
out 56 hours, and three times having
notified the court that it was impos
sible for them to reach a verdict, a
jurior was drawn and a mistrjal was
had in the case of Lonnie Snipes,
charged with the killing of W L. Wil
liams in this city last September. t
is learned on high autboritv that the
jury stood 11 to 1 for aeqmtal.
By Wire and Cable.
The strike of longshoremen at Nor
folk has tied up shipping.
An effort is being made to induce
Prof. Andrew M. Saule to reconsider
his resignation as director of the Vir
ginia Experiment Station.
The threatened strike of the train
men and conductors on Western rail
roads was averted by arbitration.
Bishop James N. Fitzgerald, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, died af
pleurisy at Hongkong.
Andrew Carnegie and 27 other fa
mous Pittsburgers were guests of
honor at a banquet in that city .
A striker was shot by shipvard
guards at Lorain, Ohio.
T. O. Bullock, special master ap
pointed by the United States Court,
began at Romne3', W. Ta., the final
hearing of the evidence in the case of
P. W. Reherd, receiver, against the
Coal and Iron Company, involving
more than $250,000. P. W. Reherd
is receiver for the construction com
pany which built the coal and iron
railroadi and suit is a result of dis
agreement. o.Y.cr m ietttonent.
NORTH CAROLINA CROPS
Condition of Crops as Given Out hy
the Department of Agriculture.
The weather crop bureau o! b'
Department of Agriculture for the
North Carolina section gives the fol
io wing summary of condition! for
the week ending Monday, April 8.
tti? wSefe b?guh fnll! nrM. .indy;
On Tuesday, April 2nd, the minimum
temperatures were below freezing
over the entire State. The lowest
temperature reported was 20 dgrees
in Buncombe county on the 2nd. Ice
formed in many places, and froit
from light to killirtir wrc' jtiieral.
Cr.ntoirabl damage w?s done, in the
western, counties, but less in the cen
tral and eastern counties. On Wed
nesday the temjjeratures rose, and
the highest generally occurred on Fri
day, April 5th. The highest. rejot
ed was SI degreps on lie 4lh id Ma !
isttri . f o'uidy, and on the 5th in Ran
dolph county. The last portion of
the week was again cool. The tem
perature averaged about G decrees
below normal. The week was fair un
til Friday evening when rain beiran
which continued in most places Sat
urday and Sunday. The rainfall
averaged above normal snnie what,
and waa heaviest in the interior if
thfc Stale.- A. ft. Thiessen. Section
Director.
Killed His Own Son.
Wilson, Special. A preliminary
hearing was heid Saturda;. nio.niii'.' in
the court house on the case of the
State against Nathan Moore, who was
jailed here charged witli the murder
of hiJi iy-year-old son. Nathan -Moore,
As the prisoner is a poind ir
and well-known farmer, and the cir
cumstances of the killing are so
horrible a large crowd attended the
hearing boforc Magistrate AY. R.
Wood. The State's witnesses were
examined by Solicitor C. C. Daniel
and the evidence in substarce was as
follows: Moore, senior, on" returning
home found his son Nathan absent.
He learned that he was at a neigh
bor's house 200 yards distance. He
went there .nd saw his son with n
Dieiidj Joh'.i Kills, asieCp finder a bug
gy shelter-. Moore picked up a square
pint bottle and approached his son.
As he did so his Soli raised up and
Moore beat him over the head with
the bottle and kicked him. There
was true evidence after the young
man had been carried in the house his
father struck him with a chair. Be
fore ybuHg Moore died he told his sis
ter that his father had killed hhn.
The eiti nee is Aery strong and con
vincing. Moore was a high-tempered
man and it is thought that he did the
act in a fit of temepr. He pul'ed a
gun when Sheriff Sharp arrested him,
but saw it was useless to resist and
surrendered. The solicitor asked
that the hearing be continued unlil
next week so physicians could make
a post-mortem examination. Bail
was refused! Moore in the meantime.
The prisoner did not go on the stand
or offer any witnesses. Super
ior Court meets next month and then
the case will probably be called then.
There is a great deal of excitement
over the murder.
Will Build Again.
Enfield, Special. It has been de
cided to rebuild the Enfield Knitting
Mills, recently burned. The company
will erect a one-story structure of
brick and cement, 40 x 1G0 feet, with
firewall in center, making two rooms
40 x 80 feet each; dyerooms, 20 x 50
and 20 x 30 feet ; engine room, 20 x 20
feet; boiler room, 20 x 20 feet; each
department cut off by automatic fire
doors. There will be installed to be?
gin with 100 knitting machines for the
production of doub!-knee ribbed hosT
iery, 400 dozen pairs daily, The eon
pany will issue $20,000 of common
stock and $10,000 preferred 6 per cent
stock.
New Hotel in Kinston,
Kinston, Special. On or about
June 1, Mr. J. A. McDaniel will open,
in his splendid three-story building
near Caswell monument, a modernly
equipped hotel which will be run on
both the American and' European
plans. The name selected for this
hostelry is "The Caswell," in honor
of Richard Caswell, North Carolina's
first governor.
Firebug in the House.
Salisbury, Special. The home of
M. C. Quinn, in this city, was discov
ered to be on fire about midnight Sun
day night and! parties who broke tli2
door down to get in found Charles
McCormick, a negro secreted in the
kitchen. He was arrested for setting
the building on fire and it is is expect
ed he will be tried for arson. He is
held without bail for the preliminary
hearing. The house was saved by he
roic work. McCormick hails from
South Carolina. It is claimed that
he bore ill will to the Quinn family cu,
account of the discharge of a cook.
Oak Ridge Drug Store Burned.
Kernersville, Special. News reach
ed this place of the destruction, by-
fire the drug store and stock of drugsvfj
Paddison & Holt at Oak Ridge, six
miles north of this place. The origin..
of the fire was not learned, neither
the amount of fir insurance carried,
The owners were, Dr. J. R. Paddison,
a prominent young physician of that
place and J. Harvey Holt, son of Prof ,
If TT TT.1l -A TIM.. .
U, Hi Holt of Oak Ridge Institute
NORTH SIATE NEWS
Items of Interest Gleaned FrdnS
Various Sections
FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE
Miner Occurrences of the Week of
Interest id Tzr Heefc Teld ia Pax
trap hi.
Extending To Asheville.
AsheyLlle, Si?e$l. The Tennes
see & North Cdroilsi Ra'lroad, whi;h
runs from Newport, Tenn. id Water
ville and Mount Sterling,, N. C, twen
ty miles, will, it is reior.ed, build an
extension to Canton, N. C, and also
from tho other end of Newport to1
tvnoxville, Tenn. There are rumors'
that the Louisville & Nashville Rail
road is back of this movement, al
though it is said that the Southern
Railway may be concerned. Recent
ly parties interested in the Champion
Fibre Company, which is building a
large pulp mill at Canton, arranged
for the construction of the Pigeon
River Railroad from Canton to Sun
burst, seventeen miles, but it is said
that if r-st.ehsion of the Tennessee
& Is'orth Carolina; will coyer tit rout
cf the proposed independent line and
will render its construction unneces
sary. The route will be along the
Big Pigeon River. In this connection
it is said that the Louisville & Nash
ville Railroad is probably interested
in the movement, as it desire's to enter
Asheville, N. C. Both the Southern
and the Louisrille & Nashville are re
ported to- haye been doing consider
able engineering work recent y around
Canton and i:i adjoining counties.
Monasite Plant Closed.
Shelby, Special.- The British Mon
azite Company, a branch of a Londvn
firm, have closed down their plant,
three miles east of Shelby. This prop
erty was purchased a little more than
three year.; ago from L. W. Campbell
for $"40,(H'0. An expensive concen
trating plant was erected and put i'i
to operation. However. Mr. Stewart,
the engineer in charge, for reasons of
his own, decided for the present it
would he better to close the plant,
whereupon he cabled the company In
London, and they sent out Mr. Leech,
their consulting engineer, who with
Mr. Stewart agreed to close down.
Mr. Stewart and Mr. Swan, his as
sistant will return to their home in
England later.
Will Movo On Jamestown.
High Point, Special. The High
Point manufacturers expect to be well
represented at the Jamestown Expo
sition, and to this end are already
engaged in getting out samples to. be
placed on exhibition and literature
giving desired information to those
who are looking this waj In addi
tion to this the Enterprise of this city
is getting out a large number of a six
ty page booklet of High Point and her
manufacturing interests, which will
be distributed gratuitously. It will
be a handsome souvenir, containing
forty catchy views and some twenty
pages of reading matter..
Driveway Delayed.
Salisbury, Special. Work on the
I public drive-way to the Federal Ceme-
tery m oansmiry, lor wnicn an ap
propriation of $15,000 was recently
made by Congress will not begin for
several months on account of securing
a title to the right of way from the
Southern Railway Company. The ti
tle to the property rests in the North
Carolina Railroad Company and the
stockholders of that company will
have to grant the right of way at a
meeting to be held in July.
Tired By Lighting.
Wilson, Special.--- Monday evening
at 8:30 o'clock, while a storm was
raging as in mid-summer, lighting got
in its work cn the premises of Rich
ard Shackleford, who reside.? near
Saratoga, in this countv. It is sup
posed thit a bolt of lyating struck
the stab'les first. The fiame3 soon
communicated with the barn. In the
stables there were four horses and
four mules. One of the horses and
two of the mules were cremated. One
horse was injured slightly, but will re
cover. The two mules that were res
cued were maimed for life.
Store Burned.
Asheville, Special. The store,
building and stock of merchandise,
belonging to Fletcher and Roberts, at
Fieteiiar's ten miles from here, were
destroyed by fire. Probably $300
worth of goods were saved, the total
loss is several Thosand dollars with
$2,500 insurance. The post office ar
Fletcher's was located in the burned
building. Most of the post office
property was saved. The origin of
the fire is -not known.
New Bank At Ramseur.
Ramseur, Special. The new bank
will open its doors ibr business April
10th. The nerv bui'iding next to the
hotel, which is nicely designed, and of
brick, has just besa completed. It
presents a handsome appearance and
supplies the bank with attractive and
commodious quarters. V. JtL Wat
kins, Sr., is the president of the in
stirution and TL I. Smith, of Green.
' boroi is cstbiftt V '
WlLt SOON BE OPEN
Arrangements Complete For
Great Jamcwn Show
PRF5IDENT A BIG ATTRACTION
Openinf Exercises, Beginning Si fina
lise April 26. Open With Silnte c
iOQ Guns by the Kcrfcli Light Ar
tillery" Bt&n Comnenicratinf the
SOOth Aarremry 6 iH Tim En
lish Settlement in Aaerici.
Norfolk, Special. Pi evident Roose
telt is lo b the feature of the open
ing dar cf t!ij Janitown Ter-Cn-tenuial
xp6itif-ri,- b omVia! pr?
gramrr.e of v;uic'h ws auironnml.
The owning exercises, , which tke
place Friday, April 2d, will Iwgin at
sunrise by a salute ef Xu) guns by
the Norfolk Light Artillery Blue
commemorating the IJOOth anniver
sary of the first English Settlement of
America.
The President will reach the expo
sition grounds at ll:3t o'clock, alter
passing on he Mayflower through
columns of saluting foreign arid Am
erican warships iu Hampton Roads.
He will be escorted to t he renewing
stand on Lee Para, in the rear of
the auditorium building. The speech
making feature of the programme will
begin at once, and in the open air
should the weather permit. An invo
cation bv the Right Rev. Alfred Ma
gi 1 Randolph, bishop of the diccce;
of southern Virginia, and a brief in
troductory address by Harry St.
George Tucker, president of the Ex
position Company, will precede the
Presirint's remaiks. When Presi
dent has concluded he will press a
gold button, and immediately the nia
chinery of the great show will be in
motion, a thousand flags will be un
furled on the Exposition buildings and
a salute of the nation will be fired by
the foreign and American ships in the
roads and by the garrison at Fort
Monroe. At the conclusion of the sa
lute the Exposition bamV. will play
the "Star Spangled Banner,"- the
troops will "present arm-;" and the
concourse will stand with uncovered
heads.
The parade of soldiers and sailors
of the United States under Major
General Frederick Grant, will be the
next feature. The President will re
view the troops from a grand stand,
where also will be gathered the hon
ored guests of the occasion, including
the diplomatic corps, the official com
mittees of the Senate and House of
Representatives, and the Governors of
States, 20 of whom have accepted in
vitations to be present.
The day will close with a reception
to President Roosevelt, between 5 and
6 o'clock.
Pittsburg is in Danger.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special. J. W. Ar
ras, of the United States engineers
corps,-who has charge of building the
dams in the Ohio and Allegheny riv
ers in this vicinity, has submitted a
report to the government, in connec
tion with the recent flood here in
which he sa-s Pittsburg, like Johns
town, is in danger of devastation
some day by a flood causing t ho loss
of thousand-, of lives and millions of
dollars worth of property. Mr. Arras
reports that when the catastrophe oc
curs it will come with just as little
warning as did the one in the Cone
maugh valley.
. Serious Accident.
Charlotte, N. C, Special. The ex
pected happened Saturday morning at
10 o'clock when street car No. 24 of
the Highland Park Hue and Seaboard
passenger train No. 133 collided ft
the Brevard street crossing, one pas
senger, Mr. Wiley Howard, having
his skull fractured and left forearm
broken, Mr. Lee Martin, conductor of
the car, having both legs fractured,
besides sustaining other injuries from
which he may die and three other pas
sengers being more or less badly hurt.
This is a particularly dangerous cross-
Iing, and no one is surprised at the
terrible occurrence.
Theodore D. Buhl Dead.
New York. Soecial. Theodore D.
Buhl, president of the Buhl Malleable
Iron Works, of Detroit, president of
Detroit Bank, anil also of the firm of
Parke, Davis & Co., chamical and
drug manufacturers, dropped dead on
the street near the Waldorf -Astotia
Hotel, where he had been a guest.
Death was due to appoplexy. Mr.
Buhl was one of a group of steel mag
nates, multi-milionaire and prominent
in banking circles in the Middle1 West
and the East. His body will be sent
to Detroit for interment.
Ex-Police Chief Assassinated.
Havana. By Cabv;. Jose A. Yala,
ex-chief of police of Guinez, Havana
province, was assinated at G nines
Wednesday momiurr. The crime ap
parently was political as tee vicum
led the governmental forces in the
vincinity of Guines daring the August
revolution, thereby incurring so much
enmity that he went to Mexico, from
which country he had just returned.
The assassin, who was a memehr vf
Uts rrtej ftray, escapii - ... '
DEATH IN TORNADO
Scvcfd Persons KHcd In Se
vere SoulfWn Storm
A SERWUS LOSS OF PROPERTY
rcAXf&l Ter&Ado VUitl&l laitiasA,
300 ilrh t4 XlTt Uaclt Dt
t ruction in ti Wk.
Kfw OrUam, Special; A eoff f
perfojrs r killed by a tornado,
which eH etrr 300 mile strutf
portions of LouisUf Mdippi n
Alabama. Part of four f-M were
devastated with damaj, ttCtH;
$5)fiQQ. The wind damagrd jrtIJ
ctx9 d Ulejrapb wire throughout
its coarf.
The tornado lgafJ t Alexandria,
Iji., soon fiiitt i o'fkN-fc Fndi morn
ing, killing toist r.o. I jprub
ably fatally injuring fhT? iftd ?t
iously injuring 13 other. Soon after
daylight it neared the Mfciippi
river killirr five person at Jackstm,
La., while at Vz?u Sara, La., at
least a dozen others are rportfi) kill
ed. There was fe fatal iufcty at
Jackson.
The tornado next appeared at Car
son, Miss., where tftfat property dam
age was done and disappeared about
noon near Selma, Ii., the inhabitant
saw whirling clouds iie into the air
as they crossed the river. A nejro
was reported killed near Selma.
Victim of the Storm.
The known dear:
At Alexnmtia. La.:
M. O. Brick, white.
Matthew Dunn, white.
Ora Dudley, colored.
Lydii Harding, colored.
At Jackson:
Three female inmalf of tsylum.
Two negroes.
At Bayou Sara;
Several Negroes.
At Filitiana Parish, Ia.
Mrs. C. L. Collins.
At Jackson, Ia.:
Mary Lea.
Alexandria, a town of about 16,000
inhabitants, had a fearful experience.
When the tornado struck .the electric
lights went out, the cracking of fac
ing buildings could be heard above
the noises of the wind and vivid
lightning flashes showed) such sight
as an empty iron mountain passenger
train rolling over and over. A heavy
hailstorm added to the general dis
comfiture. The main portion of Alex
andria escaped the worst of the tor
nado, which cut a path through the
northern part of the town, a residence
quarter. About a score of home
were demolished, 50 were damaged
and altogether about 100 buildngs
were wrecked, including several busi
ness houses. A freak of the wind
drove a small section of a house into
an empty passenger coach, wedging
two bodies almost inextricably to
gether. In the woods about the town
thejornado cut down trees and small
cabins in a narrow line about nine
miles long. Several house were
blown down at -Pineville and injuries
were reported. The hail tld much
damage to crops.
.Insane Asylum Wrecked..
At Jackson, La., the insane asylum
was wrecked with a lo6s of about
$20,000. In addition to three female
inmates many others were injured.
Mrs. Leas' residence was blown down
and her daughter was severely injur
ed. Two negroes, were killed on a
nearby plantation, while reports from
the surrounding country indicate tjjit
there was probably more loss of life.
At Bayou Sara several passengers
on the steamer Batsy Ann had a
thrilling escape. The Betsy Ann was
severely wrecked. While breaking
timbers frXa the steamer and from
the shore flew through the sir the
crew got all the passengers safely
ashore.
At Carson, Miss., the Mississippi
Cetral. Railroad depot was blown
down, also a church, a school hanse,
two business buildings and several
cabins.
From Carson the storm crossed the
State line into Alabama, where it be
gan to lose much of it destructive
power.
Details are slow as many wires tit
down.
Stranded off Pablo Beach.
Jacksonville, Fla., Special. The
60-foot two-masted lauach Charlotte
Casse, sai3 to be owned by Paul
Casse, Wilmington, N. C, was found
stranded on the beach 16 miles below
Pablo Beach, with no one on board.
It is believed that her owner and
party were aboard for a eruise and
ran into the severe gale of a few days
ago, washing the overboard. Thi
discovery of the launch was reported
to the vice consul here.
Seven Killed ia Freight Wreck.
Vera Cruz, Jlex Special. In a
collision between two freight trains
on the Mexican Railway (oL3 Vera
Cruz) road between Rinconada and
Tamarindo seven men lost their lives
and traffic was blocked for U hours.
Several persons were injured. The
cause of the wreck is not ' known.
The dead included both engineers.
Americans. Tbe oihen were Mexican
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jahty et tW trryT of tb ara
railroad ta the lUrrifcJm ?trm.
The German AuarrhUt tpr
Vi in an cprn fUdX
EartWraakea bate caaed a panUi
ia the Iian4 of St. MichaH, Are.
The quctio of Jraiaint U
dmthrig the poer mh'uk will wod
delegate to the Masu Peace Con-
NiVarcraa prtcit acahwi the at-trmj-l
"f th Uctted Slate rrfir
rotative to te'p tt bombardment vf
A ma 1 pa.
A fi,OuO,OOrt Penney! vanU CajitI
contract way tx oid, former Gover
nor Stobe it i taiA n-t having
it.
Charle i(. Sefcab announced that
the IWtJjkheai Str CVmpany ul4
build mre warhip fr the Unitnl
StU Government.
Fm Ud much datca- in the Mc
Adoo ti nnri terruii.a! Sew York.
Secretary Tafl Uaa avridej t bar
lijuor frt'in the Cunat Znc.
The brewery strike in
ended.
A .tettleinent of the eoi?frovrry
between the Vetnn railroad and
the trainmen wfm in isiht.
BUhop How announced the ap
pointment for the Baltim re South
ern Methodic Conference at Staun
ton. The bodies of Henry Fler, a
young farmer, and bis wife were
found in a fence corner nenr Flint
Hill, Rappahannock eininfv.
W. !l, Pcdigo. Republican w elect,
ed Mayor of Parkeburjr. W. Vn
The Republican!! alto carried Clark-
burg by a gMMi majority.
. Secretary Cortelyou ha derided '
redeem $4:UHO.0O'I "of the 4 Ir cent.
and refund $jO.OOO,000 in r.e- 2 i-er
cent bonds.
Capt. William Smith, f the eor
necticut, wa found guilty of neglect
of duty and ujendei for nine
months.
Col. Chailes B. Hall and Col. Fjirl
1). Thomas are apidnted brigadier
generals. K. II. Harriman' itat-ment that
be raised $250,000 fr the campaign
of 1004 at the request of the Pni
dent was denounced by lhe latter, and
aw interesting controversy precipitat
ed James J. Hill resigned the pt ca
dency of the Great Northern Railway
and became chairman of the board of
director.
Congressman IL T. Rainey, of Illi
nois attack the commissary depart
ment in the Canal Zone.a furnishing
evuY-nce of graft.
E. J. Dercarest, a wealthy resident
of New Orleans pleaded guilty to vio
lating the State law in having cashed
a $-15,000 lottery prize about a year
ago. He was fined $100. The prize
was issued by the Honduras National
Lottery Company.
President Roosevelt declared hi be
lief that Harriman and other finan
ciers are in a conspiracy to defeat the
Administration' policies, that Har
riman wantedl Depew made Ambassa
dor in order that Harriman might be
appointed United States Senator.
President FinJey, pf the Southern
Railway declared that rate are i toe
result of economio laws, and the rail
way management is not responsible
for mak-s them.
As the result cf the examination
held on March 14, a number of con
sular appointments hare been cade,
including the following: Edward t
Norton, of Tennessee, consular at A
nncton, Paraguay; Lncien Mommin,
ger, South Carolina, eoniular clerk
ant? vice and deputy eonaole general
at Boma, Congo Free State.
Fred A. Bunt, Republican, was
elected Mayor of Chicago over E. F.
Dunne, Democrat.
News of the death in Hong Konj
of Bishop James N. Fitzgerald, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, was
received last week by the Methodist
Book Concern in this city. Pleurisy
was the eause of death. The bUbop
home wa in St. Loai. The remain
accompanied by bis wife, daughter
and on, will be brought on the Pa
cific mail steamer China.
At New Orlenas United State Dis
trict Attorney Marion Erwin con
cluded argument for the govern men t
in theGreene and Gay nor ease on ap
peal from the United State Circuit
Court at Savannah before the Federal
Circuit Court of Appeals.
In New York thirty firemen, among
them Chief Croker and Deputy Chief
Guerin, were injured by falling debris
and rVimage estimated at $50,000 wa
caused by a fire-in the five-story
troildrag at 159 Maiden Lane.
The Spanish government has de
creed that in the event of Queen
Victoria giving birth to a son be shall
bear the title of Prince of the Aus
trian, the title given to the heir to the
Spanish throne and fim afsuiaed a