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7 ' .11 Charlotte. in .Mccklen ;ulvrrt.isenieiit .! the mot of CHARLOTTE NEWS. Largest circulation in Charlotte MECKLENBURG TIMES. Largest circulation in Meek leu burg. Put your advertisement where it will reach the mosijjof your customers. Vi.l. VIII. CHARLOTTE. N..C. THURSDAY. MAY 28 1896 NO. 401 If F fir I 1 1:1 111 i7 lit -ilne of Constancy. lr-'i f water , ., ?s;ir.lost stone; v- .- ,.f Towaor i..uht bone; ins; lover . i. lushing maid; iii advertiser , , . iT'Ms the trade." in- I KRS' COLUMN i ivni'h preserving piwess for , -t , ables. mats, ei?vr. etc., as !. World's Fair, is now being1 i mir city. No cooking or entirely cold method. No . .:. acids or chemicals used - - natural, flavor and aroma for ; !in trouble or expense. En ,u ians and boards of health. i.t I'nited States and Canada; ; and State rights for sale. -uinples at the drug store of -hi'PI'ard. .A. Cornwell & Co.. ;. Viavi a home treatment. La : luive only to see those using to that you don't have io suffer. No ' i restore vou to health. Consul OilK e hours f rom2 tot. 310 North 21-d&w-tf. given NOW IS THE TIME. Timks has already watch aud two cotton plan us premium offer. Don't hit ue of those valuable pre- r that $25 cash prize? u't get it without work but it tie work might secure it. It too late to regret it after her fellow has won the prize, ime is out. Now is the time our work. W. C. Dowd, Editor PREMIUM OFFER. jny one who will send Us one abscriber we will give one apers garden seed, i club of "six subscribers we e a Harris Cotton Planter, k club of eight subscribers we e a pretty 22 calibre rifle. club of ten subscribers we e a pretty gentleman's or ratch guaranteed t6 keep good I I club of twelve subscribers .'give a handsome eight-day afclub of fifteen subscribers fgive a fine single barrel loading shot gun. club of twenty subscribers ,give a good set of buggy club of twenty-five sub we will give a good family I club of thirty subscribers give a double barrel breech shot gun. A good shoot- a club of forty subscribers we e a handsome double barrel catling phot gun. A fine or a splendid cortland club of fifty subscribers we e a first class sewing machine implete set of attachments. club of seventy-five we will pretty buggy that will make u and your girl happy. club ol one hundred sub wc will give a first class tic tirt- nicely finished bicy- IX CASH. he larcrost club received un- oi'f. i we will give a cash prize nf thri' are only five yub- n the lot. The winner of lizecan take his choice be club prize and the cash : will close on the 31st May. Renewals count the ?; w subscribers. In all iii v must accompany clubs. P" information address Dowd, Ed. and Prop., Charlotte, N. C. p Fruit Jars Williams, 's Advertisements. i-lic in General, and - Especially C. B. '. iV X. T. Smith. '. l or Sale by R. H Jor- '- Delicious Candies p pa rd. ' y- and Children's Straw Alexander, Son & Co. ionl Ties, the Finest ' ..'!! & Co. King and Fisher, the ( "'lege agents, left last ; y will return inside of with an architect and -ardener. lug in Popularity Daily. H. Sewn & Bio., Pine Bluff, Ark." ionic hasiriven more satlsfac- P it her chill tonic we have sold. v in our salesisan indication that K :n popularity daily." Sold by vvv. uu ?1,w pomes, THE MIGHTY HEATH Wim of buildings, struck by fly- STATE POLITICAL TALK. ing timbers, cut by shattered glass, or sbo k'pfl hv tbp npr. vvnrl' nf tvlrs i- '- -'0111 WASHTXHTON. THE FIGHT IN INDIANA. CHARLOTTE THE WINNER. A CYCLONE STRIKES A CITS' AND SUBUKBS. Great Destruction of Property and Log of Lire in St. Louis The Auditorium Dam aged and the City May Not be Ready for the Republican Convention Three Cy clone Mri tud Centred )n One at St. Louis The Deaih Roll in Shockingly Large One Thousand Injured at i he Diepensar ie Wheie the Dead were Found The News is Yt Ineompl te Along the River Front I'uknown Numbers of Bodies are Under the Water. Chicago, May 28. From reports received up to 1 o'clock this morning from Missouri, Indiana and Illinois cities, the destruction and extent of the appalling cyclone are shown. The storm began its work of devas tation and death near Moberly in Randolph county in the northeastern part of Missouri.' It then passed, southeast into Audrian county where , the schoolhouse at Rush Hill audits ! occupants were victims. Thecvclonel moved slightly north into Pike coun- ; ty, Mo., and then jumped the Missi sippi river into southern Illinois. The ladies' seminary at Drake, in Green county, Illinois, was stricken by the tornado, which then passed south and east, following the Illinois river until it joined the Mississippi, G the greatest point of destruction being reached at St. Louis, East St. Louis and East Carondelet. The direction of the wind storm from that cluster of stricken cities then appears to have been in a south easterly line through Illinois, but no news of destruction has been received from Illinois towns east of the big river. The cyclone reached the Ohio river and struck Evansville in the southwestern corner of Indiana. Later news indicates that the great storm is tearing a path through the heart of Indiana in a southeasterly direction. The latest reports compiled from the scene of destruction in the States pcint to the loss of over 700 human lives, and the probabilities are that later reports will swell the total death list to enormous proportions. According to reports received the death roll is divided as follows: In St. Louis, 300; East St Loirs, 300; Drake, Ills , 80; Rush Hill, Mo., 10; Renick, Mo., 5; Labaddie, Mo., 10. The number of injured is estima ted to be in the hundreds. St. Louis, May 28. At nine o'clock this morning it was impos sible to fell the exact number of per sons killed by the cyclone last night. A conservative estimate of the killed in St. Louis is 200; and in East St. Louis about 250. This report is based upon the reports at hand. The teleghone and telegraph wires are down, and it is difficult to learn the full extent of the loss of life, but these figures seem warranted by the news already gleaned. The number of buildings destroyed in St Louis will reach 100, while those unroofed or otherwise damaged is ten times that number. The greatest area of damage is just south of the centre of the city, where.there are many large factories, and just below the tracks at Clint jn Street, extending west to Sixteenth. The storm played havoc in a quadrelateral space covering two miles. The report that a Chicago & Alton train was overturned is untrue, but the train was was badly wrecked. The damage to the. Eades bridge is not as bad as was reported. The property loss is loosely esti mated at millions. In portions of both cities, where the worst effects of the hurricane were felt, the wreckage i"s supposed to hide many victims from sight. The list of identified dead is over one hundred, while many are reported missing. More uncertainty, perhaps, exists as to the loss of life along the river front, than any where else, bteam ers were blown adrift. The fate of the excursion, steamer Republic, said to have five hundred persons aboard, is unsettled. It is denied, however, that it has been lost with the. passengers. In East St. Louis there are four dead at the relay depot; twenty dead at the east switch house, Eads Bridge; six members of the wharf boat crew, and probably two hun dred squatters on the river front; sixteen atthe Vandalia freight depot; twelve at the Louisville & Nashville freight depot; sixteen at the Big Four freight depot; five at the Air Line freight house; twenty em ployees of Liggitt & Myers Tobacco Company; twenty employees of the St. Louis Wooden Gutter and Re frigerator Company. Crushed be neath falling walls, hurled against huma iitv suffered in wavs innum- able. The names of all the iujured will never be known. One thous and were attended at the dispensa ries last night. The latest estimate of dead, out side of St. Louis is: Drake, Illi nois, 80; Rush Hill, Missouri, 10; Renick, Missou-i,5; Labaddie, Mo., 10. Thousands of persons were in jured. The auditorium in course of con struction for the Republican Con veution was in the immediale path of the storm. It will require ten days to reconstruct it. All the workman that can be employed will be needed to repair the damage to the buildings in St. Louis and East St. Louis, which may cause de lay in the reconstruction of the au ditorium. It is also thought not likely that the city will be in shape to receive the delegates, even if the building is repaired by the lime the convention is called. There seemed 'to be three separate cyclones frorr the northwest, weet and southwest. When they reached the Mississippi they became one, which descended upon East St Louis and from thence it passed on towards Alton. New York, May 28 At 9 this morning only one telegraph line was operative to St. Louis. Every effort is being made by St. Louis to in crease outside connections hz,i93-y Be Overcome Forvli112tiuibri to Do and McRae the Talk for WRECK OF THE TOOK HOUSE. St Louis, Mo., May 28. First the roof of the poor house in the southern part of the city was carried away, then the tower crashed through the building. Over one thousand people were in the building, which was supported by eight immense columns, all of which came down. Almost increditible to state, none were killed, but a few were injured. The railroad business is virtually demoralized. The Grand Republic Safe. St. Louis, Mo , May 28. The S"teamtr Grand Republic is safe, hav ing gone up the river to Alton. The Loclede Gas Co's tank, at Fourteenth and Gratiot streets, was struck by lightning and exploded. Maybe a Cyclone at Pittsburg. Xew York. May 28. All com rauii cation with Pittsburg was sus ptnlrd at noon today. It is feared thei t- has been another cyclone in that vicinity. A Cyclone in Illinois. Keyv'anee, 111., May 28. A cy-clout- passed here this morning. A number of houses were destroyed and several people were killed. CLEVELAND AND SILVER. The Chicago "Post" Says That the Admin istratlon fU Fight Possible Condemna tory Resolutions. Chicago, May 19. A special to the Post from Washington says: "The President has ben told that not onlv will the sound money ele ment lose its fight in Chicago, but that a triumphant and merciless free silver majority will insist upon the adoption of resolutions in strong de nunciation of his course on the mon ey question. "Senator Harris estimates a free silver majority in the convention of not less than 200. Correspondent McBride, who has all the sources of information that centers in John R. McLean of the Cincinnati Enquirer, says that the majority will be nearer 250, and Congressman Bailey of Texas, who is running for Senator on a free silver platform, will not be satisfied with a silver majority under 275. The ultra-conservatives have raised their minimum estimated ma jority from 75 to 125. "The tree silver sentiment among the Democrats has the same ground swell roll to it that the McKinley movement has been among the Republicans. 'The efforts of the administration from now on will be to prevent the adoption of condemnatory resolu tions by the National Convention. If that can be done the friends of the President feel they will have cause for congratulation. Death of Mr. Htrrc n. Mr. Wm. Herron, aged about G5 years, died at his home corner of Tenth and Davidson streets Sun day afternoon. Mr. Herron had been sick fo some time Last win ter a year agoJie had a fall on the ice, from whichhe never recovered. He leaves a wife. The funeral ser vices were condnctexi from the Sec ond Presbyterian church Monday af ternoon, and the body was interred m JSlmwooo, i Shaw Think The Thing Carr, Clark Governor. W a sh i n gtox, M ay 26. Congress man Shaw returned to the city Sat urday Mnd reports a feeling in Fay ettevillc among Democrats that Rus sell will be overcome. Mr. Shaw says as far as he, personally, is con cerned, he thinks the strongest man who could be put up against Rus sell would be ex-Judge James C. McRae. He says that Judge McRae is a liberal, well-equipped, and force ful man, and if nomiuated would overcome Russell with his splen did gift of argument. But Mr. Shaw added that he thought the favorite in nis part of the country for the Democratic nomination was Col. Julian S. Carr. By the bye, Col. Carr is expected in Washington tomorrow, on his way home from Philadelphia. Col. Carr comes in response to an invitation from vice Presid nt Stevenson to attend the marriage of his daughter. Touching the recent visit of Maj. W. A Guthrie to Washington, it has given rise to some little gossip among some Democrats here. While I have heard that he would not mind setting the endorsement of the Deni es c ocrats for Governor, yet it has been shrewdly observed by an old Demo crat here, who has cut his eye teeth in North Carolina politics, that the best thing that Maj Guthrie could do for his contry would be to jump in and beat Tom Settle for ' Con gress. The gentleman who said this is a man of loug head, and added that stranger things have happened. 1 was in Charlotte a few days ago and found there quite a strong Clark element. Iu fact Judge Clark seems to have been the only one men tioned, there to me in connection with the governorship, many saying that he could poll more votes than any man in the State, and there, are quite a number of Democrats here who say the same thing. But the rumor comes distinct and clear that Judge Clark has absolutely refused to let his name be used under any circumstances. The name of Con gressman Woodard, also, is not un frequently heard here in connection with the nomination. Mr. Woodard's course here this session has be;n so admirable that it would seem that his district could not spare him from Congress, he being now, from natur al fitness as well as from term of service, probably the most useful and well-equipped all-round man in the delegation. W. E. C. S3.000 GIFT 7 O THE UNIVERSITY. Commons Ball to be Started in September and Good Board Furnished at $8 Per Month Student Waiters. Mrs. Frederick Baker of New York has given the University $3, 000 to equip Commons Hall at the University and provide board at cost for students. The hall will be opened next September with accom modations for 200, and the charge will be $8 per month, which it is hoped to reduce to $6 after awhile. There will be twenty waiters, who will get board for their services. The Mason Farm (1,000 acres) located one and one-half miles from the University and recently be queathed to it by Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Mason will be used as a poultry, dairy, stock and truck farm to sup ply the tables in Commons Hall. President Winston says that Com mons Hall will have Western beef dairy and the best food in the Slate cooked by the best cooks. This is a great thing for the Uni versity and a great thing for the hundreds of needy boys in North Carolina who are eager to go to col lege, but lack money. Silver Men Indignant. Aberdeen, S. D May 21. After the adoption of the gold standard platform early this morning, the sil ver men in the Democratic State convention charged on the floor that this was accomplished by the free use of proxies held by 42 Federal mar shals and office holders acting under instructions from Washington. They were very indignant, and mjiny of them, including two Democratic ed itors, declared this morning that they would hereafter support the Popu lists. The delegates to Chicago were elected as follows: M. F. Stover, of 'Union; J. E. Garland, cf Minnehaha; Edmund Cook, of Roberts, S. A. Ramsey, of Sandborn; George Culver, of Marshall; S. V. Arnold, of Ed munds; J. M. Woods, of Pennington; W. R. Steele, of Lawrence, They are J all gold men. Silver Will Strengt en Democracy Repub. licans Alarmed. Chicago, May 21. A special from Indianapolis, Ind , says: The Republicans are greatly exer cised over the prospects of free silver being made the issue in this State, although Chairman Gowdy declares that the free silver -Republicans will not vote the Democratic ticket. He said in an interview yesterday that while there are many free silver R -publicans they are all for a protec tive tariff and will vote with the Re publicans on this issue There are nearly 30000 Populists in the State and the Republican managers have figured out that if 75 per cent of these join the Democrats on a free silver platform, it will make a close call for the Republicans. It was decided by the gold wing of the Democratic party yesterday that it is their duty to make a fight against the adoption of a free silver plat form. There will be a gold money conference here early next week, when plans will belaid. It has been suggested that ex-Congressman Wm. D. Bynum be made the candidate of the gold Democrats, for the nomina tion for Governor. He is willing to make the fight, although he and his friends do not believe there is any prospect of winning. MR. OTEY'S STATEMENT. He Tells Exactly How It is In Virginia on the Silver Qaestion. Representative Otey, of Virginia, who is the father-in-law of Mr. John M. Miller, cashier of the Merchants & Farmers Bank in this city, is lead ing the silver light in his State. He is in Lynchburg today, attending the convention, and has made a slatement of how the vote stands up to May 26. It is as follows: Num ber of counties and towns in the State, 118, of which 100 have al ready elected delegates to the Staun ton convention, which meets June 4. The total number of delegates in the convention will be 1,639. Of this number lr351 have been elected." "The number of silver delegates so far elected is 1,002; golcWelegates, 2G7; umnstructed, 82. Of the 288 delegates to be elected I estimate that silver will get 185 and gold 103. This will make the Staunton con vention stands 1,187 for silver, 370 for gold and 82 unclassified. Five counties have so far given a solid vote 61 delegates for gold; sixty nine counties have given a solid vote 816 delegates for silver; twenty - six counties have divided, giving 206 for gold and 186 for silver." Silver men sav that the unit rule will be adopted and that the solid delegation of the State will be for silver. This will be vigorously op posed by the gold men, and the en forcement of the rule may result se rionsly. Representative Otey's home county, Brunswiok, passed resolutions in structing him to cast the full vote of the county if none of the other delegates are present. Why Lynchings Prevail. A few days ago, the Charlotte police arrested a negro named Milton Jackson wr ho had been in the employ of Di. E C. Register as driver, only two days. His arrest was made on the charge of an assault committed a month ago upon a little white girl in Camden, S. C. It has since developed that- it was a most brutal and shocking affair. Jackson had been in Charlotte for three weeks past, and the South Carolina officials had been searching that State for him. A citizen of Camden who was here Wednesday saw Jackson, recognized him and had him arrested. The negro has confessed to an attempt at outrage. His victim is a child only G years old and she was terribly maltreated. Jackson refuses to return to South Carolina without requisition papers, and they are now being arranged. As long as these affairs happen, lynchings may be expected to prevail. The Southern Railway's Earnings. The Raleigh correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch says: The re ports of the earnings of the Southern railway system in this State for the past quarter came in today. The total is $457,810. increase, $12,731, as compared with the same period last year. The statement as to the Southern's leased lines in the State is as follows: North Carolina rail way, $367,193; increase, $17,898; State University, $1,708; increase, $570; 'Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line, $61,604; increase, $1,681; Asheville and Spartanburg, $30, 586; increase, $9,013. THE LUTHERAN COLLEGE TO BE LO CATED HERE. The Committee Makes its Final Decision Columbia was a Very Strong Competitor The Mult A Bright Day iu the History of Charlotte. Yesterday's News prepared its readers for the outcome of the Lu theran college matter. Charlotte gets the institution. The decision would have been formally announc ed yesterday, but one or two small, yet important details remained to be adjusted. All was today arranged to the satisfaction of Revs. King and Fisher and their attorney, Mr Chas. Duls, and Charlotte wins the Lu theran, college. The Highland Park Company of fered a free site of 20 acres of land and the city supplemented this' with a donation of $12,852. This com bined bid carried the day. The location of the college is half a mile east of the city, on a high piece of ground, well wooded in forestoaks and hickory, and the 20 acres includes the Torrance family residence, recently owned by Mr. Bennett. It is an idea: location, reached by the new extension of East Trade street, aud commands a view of the city from the Air Line junction on the North to Dil worth on the South, a distance of two miles. The buildings will be lo cated on the highest ground about Charlotte and will themselves be a conspicuous figure in the' landscape. The grove is a superb one, the trees being of tne soundest of oak and hickory of fine and vigorous growth. The main buildings will command a view directly up East Trade street. The Carolina Central track passes to the north of the property, as also does the improved road leading into Seventh street. There are two bread avenues :o the property, East Seventh and East Trade. The terms of ihe contract are that the Highland Park Company not only donates the 20 acres, but gives in connection eiectric car line, herdic or tallyho communi cation with the city. The founding of the big college there ai d the con sequent movement of the population in that direction, will necessarily re sult in an extension of the Trade street electric line. That line has always been a dad loss, but now it will lea) iti to prosperity and prove a paying feeder to the company by the new business it will bring in. In the course of its efforts towards securing this great educational in6ti tution for Charlotte, The News has made its readers familiar w7ith the character and magnitude of the enterprise, and it would be superflu ous to repeat it all here. It is suffi cient to say that the signing of the contract whereby Charlotte secures this Lutheran college, is the most important event in the modern his tory of the town The t iry did bet ter when it secured this college than ir. wou'd have done had it secuied the railroad shops. It is by far the greatest thing Charlotte has known and just what it really means toward the prosperity, growth and upbuild ing of the city is rather hard to real ize just now. One of the guarantees made by the college agents is that the buildings shall not costless than $50,000. They will more likely cost $75,000. It will bring patronage here from all over the Southern States, for it is to be the college of the Lutherans of the South, and once a vear, on commencement occa sions, it-'Will bring the best class of people herje by the thousands. It is truly a prize for Charlotte to rejoice over. Messrs. Fisher and King this morning took another look at the property and came away better pleas ed than ever. They say that they will at once proceed to have the plan drawn for the buildings, and work will begin this summer, as it is the intention to have the college opened by the fall of 1897. Charlotte had a strong competitor in Columbia. That city offered a site of 50 acres and had raised about $7,500, but guaranteed a cash subscription of $10,000 in case the college should be located there. The site is on the electric car line, has a fine mansion and mineral spring on it, and overlooks four counties. The committee,- however, thought the Charlotte bid and the Charlotte surroundings the .best, and decided. v to locate the college here. The - a persare being signed up this airv noon. 1 . In the matter of securing this col lege, no one deserves more credit than Mr. Chas. H. Duls. He work ed early and late for it and The News wants to thank him in behalf of the people of Charlotte for the good part he played, f
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