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Doth an eternal vigil keep
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VOL.. XXTV
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1R.WEILAT DAMASCUS
The City Noted For St. Paul's
Conversion and His Es
cape From Prison
Its Approach and Surroundings As
Tiewed From Overlooking Moun
tains Said to Be the Most
Beautiful In the World.
Dear' "Joe Argus": Our trip from
Smyrna to Beyreut, which takes near
ly two days by steamer, is an une
ventful one. The weather is clear and
the sea rather smooth. We arrive at
7 a. m. and disembark alter oreas
fast.
The city of Beyreut is rather an im
portant one for trade, and has grown
considerably within the two last dec
ades. It has now a population of
about 120,000, which consists proba
bly of one-half Greeks, Armenians and
Europeans, which is a greater propor
tion than any other city in Turkey.
Yet much of this city is modern and
offers nothing of great interest to the
tourist. We only stay here a few
hours, then take the narrow gauge
railroad to Baalbeck and Damascus,
which takes us over the mountains of
Lebanon; about eighteen miles inland
we reach the crest or divide, which is
4,500 feet above sea-level. We get
an excellent view from this point over
the sea, as also of the valley of the
Ante-Lebanon. From this point we
can also view the town of Harmana,
nestled in the valley, this is the heme
of our Syrian friends living in Golds
boro. Harmana is a great health resort-
in the summer, visited by people
from quite a distance, and is especial
ly attractive for its fine climate and
its pure cold water. We reach the
junction to Baalbeck about noon and
take our luncheon at a hotel near the
depot, the best the town affords. The
looks of the place and the waiters
dressed in colored shirts, callarless
and necktie-less, heads covered with
the regulation Turkish fez, did not
enhance our appetite. I tried some of
the meat, which was too tough to eat,
and which, as I found out next day,
was old camel's meat. 1 1 considered
that the safest articles of food were
boiled eggs and oranges. This held
good for most of the hotels in Tur
key. Especially in Syria, and our
delight and comfort were the greater
whenever we reached our steamer.
The only thing of special interest
.to be seen here are the ruins of the
jgreat temple supposed to have been
.erected some 600 years before the
Christian era. Wdiat can still be seen
of this temple indicates one of the
Largest and finest structures that has
ever been erected. The main court
of this temple is about 450 by 370
feet and was surrounded by marble
columns 60 feet high and 8 feet in
diameter beautifully fluted with Co
rinthian capitals. Some of the ceiling
of finely carved marble still covers
the roof between the Penstyle and the
main building, immense blocks of
marble connect the columns and form
a double frieze. It is a riddle how
these huge blocks of marble could
have been placed " in their position.
Yet even a greater wonder is the
enclosing wall on the west side of the
great temple. This contains no doubt
the largest stones ever used in the
construction of any building; several
of these monsters are 13 feet square
and 60 feet long, weighing about 1,000
tons each. How these stones were
brought from tbe quarry about one
mile distant and raised to a height of
about 100 feet will perhaps always
remains a mystery.
A atill larger stone lies still at the
quarry. This is 15 feet square and 72
feet long, weighing about 1,500 tons.
This Is considered the largest hewn
stone in existence.
Next to the great temple is another
called the Temple of the Sun, This is
considerably smaller, but in much
better state of preservation.
The name of Baalbeck is derived
from the temple of Baal, which Solo
mon Is supposed to have erected to
please some of his heathen wives.
We stay in Baalbeck over night and
tthe two hotels are pretty well taxed t
itake care of our company of about
one hundred people. We have a spe
cial train to Damascus under Cook's
.gtsidance, and we arrive at Damascus
Mnbout five hours..
Damascus Is quite an interesting
clty, iif for no other reason than from
gbe ;f act that it is one of the oldest If
not the oldest city still in existence
. The dress and customs of the peo
ple have scarcely changed in thous
ands of years, and their mode of liv
ing Is probably the same as many cen
- turies ago. We see less of European
style of living here than in other cities
we have visited. The streets open on
squares and restaurants are crowded
t&lth a motley crowd of native idlers,
sitting in groups, smoking their
warghilehs or sipping, their Turkish
coffee, which is at times varied with
a liquid resembling lemonade. Yet
one thing must be said in their favor,
and that is that they -don't take any
alcoholic drinks. In all my travels in
the East I have not seen a drunken
man. The Moslem religion prohibits
strong drink. A little more fresh wa
ter externally used would be quite an
advantage to these people. I have no
doubt many of them seldom use any
(except when they enter a mosque, and
in thes, batbs are generally provid
ed. The chief industry here is the
manufacture of hammered brass yes-j
sels, in which work they seem to be
experts. They also manufacture
swords and firearms, rather crudely,
not of the famous Damascus steel, but
of a poor article imported from Ger
many. They also manufacture Inlaid
furniture, of which I have seen some
beautiful specimens. The bazaars or
shops are quite interesting and very
i much on the order of .those we saw in
Constantinople and Smyrna. They
seem to be without limit and are to
be seen here in their purely Oriental
setting.
We visit some of the mosques, of
which there are a great number here,
the principal one being the Mosque of
Amayade, and the finest next to the
Mosque of St. Sophia at Constantino
ple, and the one in Jerusalem; it is an
immense building, 430 feet long and
130 feet wide, the floor of which is
covered with Oriental rugs, the walls
are of pretty mosaics. From the min
aret of this mosque we get a fine view
of the city and a wide area of the sur
rounding country, even as far as Mt.
Hermon.
We also visit the outer wall of the
city and are shown the window where
St. Paul was let down in a basket, also
the "street that is called straight,"
which dates from before Paul's time.
The house of Ananias, the good one,
is also shown us by our dragoman.
Just outside the Mosque of Amayada
we visit the tomb of Saladin, the
great Moslem conqueror who almost
annihilated the Knights of rthe Cru
sade, which marked the end of the
crusades and made Palestine a Turk
ish province to this day. We make
a most interesting visit to a syna
gogue, a structure standing about
1,500 years, and the services there
conducted vary probably little from
the time of its first dedication. The
ladies there still worship in the court
yard, which has a beautiful mosaic
floor, while the men worship inside
the building. We are also shown the
house of Naaman, the leper, yet I
would not vouch for its authenticity.
Our dragoman asks us to go to a
theatre in the evening. About ten of
our company accompany him, but af
ter staying about fifteen minutes we
got -tired of the performance; two
women sing and play some crude in
struments. The medley was anything
but euphonious. I offered to re-em-burse
our dragoman for the tickets he
purchased and to my surprise he said
he did not pay anything for our party:
he had made arrangement with the
management that if we did not stay
there was no pay.
There are three distinct quarters in
Damascus, the Jewish,, the Christian
and the Moslem; this applies to the
residential part of the city, and it
seems queer to see many of the shops
in the bazaars closed on Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday, the respective
sabbaths of the Moslems, the Jews and
the Christians.
The dwelling houses make a very
plain appearance from the street: in
fact, are built more like fortresses!
with small barred windows, yet many
of them are comfortably and even
luxuriantly furnished. In one in
stance we partook of the Eastern hos
pitality at an afternoon tea and if our
treatment was a fair specimen of
entertaining strangers, we could
scarcely improve on, their custom and
very little on their civilization.
After spending five days in a very
interesting manner at Damascus, we
took the train back to Beyreut to our
steamer and are now heading for
Palestine.
Yours very truly,
HENRY WEIL.
JEFFRIES WONT FIGHT JOHNSON.
Montreal, Que., July 12. "Jim" Jef
fries said positively last night that he
won't fight Johnson under any condi
tions. The big champion is here with
Mrs. Jeffries and Sam Berger, giving
an exhibition of boxing at an amuse
ment resort.
He gave as his reasons lack of con
dition and reluctance to fight a col
ored man. , '
"1 won't fight Johnson, for I have
decided to quit the fighting game," he
said. )"I can't get into my old class
and I don't want to' fight beyond the
color line anyway. I would like to
see the championship go to a white
man, but I can't go in to retrieve it
myself.
. "There are plenty of men who' can
trim this man Johnson, and I wouldn't
wonder if it would be an unexpected
hooier. The fans might as well count
me out,"
SOUTH HO!
Some Side Lights On Pc
tential Opportunities.
As Soon as the Tariff Bill Is Settled
Business mil Adjust Itself to
Conditions and Go
Forward.
Considerable business activity dur
ing the year 1910 is forecast by condi
tions. It is stated that the railroads
during the past few months have
placed contracts for 45,500,625 loco
motives, including a few orders for
Canadian lines and for export. Rail
contracts, which during the first quar
ter of the year were less than 275,000
tons, were increased to 1,200,000 tons
by the first of July, cars and orders
placed during the second quarter ex
ceeding 900,000 tons.
Prosperity in the agricultural dis
tricts is indicated, it is. said, by the
immense business in" wire products. It
is reported that In January and Feb
ruary, when other lines were lan
guishing, the wire mills were pros
perous, with a fair grist of orders
During the last four months, begin
ning with March, the American Steel
and Wire Company have booked con
tracts calling for 880,000 tons, and
for the first half of the year about
1,000,000 tons. Crediting the indepen
dent interest with 200,000 tons the to
tal of contracts for wire products
during the first six months of the year
is 1,200,000 t)ns. As the agricultural
implement manufacturers are the
largest consumers of steel bars, the
heavy contracts placed for the latter
product are not surprising, but the
railroads, indirectly through the
equipment shops, have also been
responsible for a very large tonnage.
It is estimated that contracts have
been placed for about 800,000 tons of
steel bars.
With the tariff bill in such shape
that it will most likely soon be out of
the way, there is every reason to be
lieve that all business will adjust it
self to conditions, whatever they may
be, and go forward without further
hindrance.
Coming down to our own section to
the South and its potentialities, the
Southern "Lumberman," in presenting
the opportunities here afforded, in
vites young men of energy and capi
tal hitherward for Investment.
Says the Lumberman:
"To him who likes to figure with a
pencil on the possibilities of acquiring
wealth and it is usually by looking
into the future that wealth is acquired
we commend the following figures
of the government as to the money
producing power of the streams of the
South. And this, by the way, is but
one of our side lines.
'According to estimates made by
the United States Geological Survey
there is a minimum of about 2,800,000
indicated horsepower developed by
the rivers having their headwaters in
the Southern Appalachian mountains.
Mature consideration of the condition
leads the survey to estimate that at
least 50 per cent, and probably much
more of the indicated waterpower of
the South is available for economic
development. This represents merely
th minimum horsepower.
'The rental of 1,400,000 horsepower
per year would amount to an annual
return of $28,000,000. This amount is
equal to a gross income of 3 per cent,
on a capital of about $933,000,000.
Some of this power has already been
developed; but a very small proportion
hardly enough to make any appre
ciable showing when the resources of
the region are taken into account."
15,000 Go Out on Strike.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 12. Between
15,000 and 18,000 men are affected by
the strike order issued to the mem
bers of district No. 5, United Mine
Workers of Anterica, which is com
posed of the employees of the Pitts
burg Coal Company. Arcording to
George Hosack, vice-president of the
company," the order to strike came
very much as a surprise.. ; He says all
agreements have been Jivd up to and
minor grievances were trader discus
sion and in a fair way to be amicably
adjusted when the strike order came.
He expects a settlement, will be
reached before Thursday, the date set
for the strike. The grievances corn
plained of are objections to the new
"safety explosives," alien d violation
of the eight-hour , law on dead work,
and the check-off system.
Naivasha, British East Africa, July
9.t-The: government officials today
closed the .public road which runs
from Nairobi to Fort Hall, the capital
of Kenla, owing to the invasion of
that district by man-eating lions. Spv
ral natives within the last few davs
have been killed by these animals.
PUBLIC. OFFICIALS MAKING
' PROHIBITION EFECTIVE
Evidence Against Yiolators Obtained
More Easily and Public Sentiment
Is More Strongly Behind the Law
Than Formerly.
To the Editor: As the superintend
ent of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon
League, I am constantly on the go.
During the month of June I have
spoken on the duties of citizenship
five times in Dare, six times in Moore,
three times in Gaston and twice in
Harnett counties, and at Sanford and
Jonesboro. . 1 always., have fair con
gregations, sometimes large audi
ences. If we may judge by the at
tendance upon these , meetings, I am
sure the prohibition law will be en
forced. The earnestness and enthu
siasb manifested on these occasions
by the audience is enough to convince
the doubting Thomases. On these
trips I have also visited Benson,
Dunn, Raleigh, Elizabeth City and
Gastonia, as well as the Shelby Dis
trict Conference. -
Our people, both officers and citi
zens, are concerned about the en
forcement of the prohibition law, and
many of them are ready to do their
full duty. I make it a point to hunt
up the officers as I pass along that
together we may council and plan.
Many times they seek me first. I find
that in nearly everycase the officer is
anxious to be true to his oath of office
and do his duty, and will welcome any
suggestion or assistance that will aid
him. The officers are satisfied that
the best citizens want all law enforce
ed and that their oath of office pledges
them to enforcement; therefore are
diligent. Some town governments are
using detectives to catch the blind
tiger and the town is paying the bill.
This ought to be in every place. As
I see it, our trouble today is not that
the officer will not do his part, but
that the citizens will shirk, and some
times lie. I have been very much en
couraged by all the interviews I have
had with judges, recorders and may
ors. Sentiment among the average citi
zen is toning up. Still there Is much
need of education and agitation along
this line. Pastors need to preach on
the duties of citizenship',1, and press
home the truth that every citizen is
the guardian of the law, and that it
is his duty to report violators. This
false swearing, of which we have so
much, comes only from a depraved
citizen. It is the act of the traitor
rather than the act of the patriotic
and honorable citizen. If the citizen
supports the constitution of thei
State, as he has taken oath to do,
then he cannot support the law
breaker, or shield him from the pen
alty of the law. I have heard some
say that they were honor-bound not
to tell on the seller. But honor never
binds a man to and and abet in law
less, or to tell a lie and swear to it.
The devil binds people to this. When
men become liars, honor has gone.
Though it is a fact that many of our
eople are not doing their duty at this
joint, it is also a fact that more are
oing it today than ever before, and I
Relieve that the day is not far distant
when every citizen that claims self
epect will tell the truth about the
,iolator of the prohibition law. It is
ertainly much easier to get the evi
lence today than it was two years
rgo. I see, too, that the detective is
eing used more than ever before to
top this sort of crime. At most places
:hey are succeeding, and I think it
vise to use them.
The communications coming to our
-fflee almost -daily bring encourage
ment. Today sheriffs, magistrates,
mayors, preachers and lawyers are
constantly writing us to recommend
i detective or to send some literature
r to come and speak or to advise on
a point of law, or how to proceed in
..he matter of enforcement. Our peo-
le are now waking up to the fact
that what we are after is freedom
rrom the liquor traffic, and that the
law only makes it possible to secure
this freedom through enforcement.
They have learned that there are a
few citizens In the State that have
no regard for law, honor, character or
anything else, who are willing for the
State to go to the dogs or the devil if
only they can sell liquor and make
money. Every patriotic citizen will
aid to make these obey, and many of
the very best have determined that
they must obey or suffer.
In conclusion let me say that the
eyes of the nation are upon us' Let
ters every day reveal this fact. And
it is up to us to show the nation that
this law can be enforced; Citizens,
one and all, let us be up and doing.
North Carolina expects every man to
do his duty. '
Yours for " enforcement,
- - ' " R. L. DAVIS,
Supt. N. C. Anti-Saloon League
When people can be genuinely char
itable it is to themselves.
: Self-satisfied people . have nothing
mrre to live for. " -
v,ur Neighbor U Ssbscrib for the ARGUS
PERFECTIOMOF PATHOS
An Old Song That Is Tender
ly Appropriate to the;
Incident.
me xauy-Mieet and Keturn or an
Election Held in Goldsboro for
Town Commissioners Fifty-
Three Years Ago.
Apropos the visit of Mr. George B
Wright to Goldsboro, after an absence
of tifty-three years, as noted in yes
terday's Argus, we have In our pos
session, in the handwriting of the-late
Maj. J. C. Slocumb, and on the regula
tion blue paper of those times, the
original tally sheet of an election
held in Goldsboro on the first Satur
day in December, 1855, by the late
Olin Coor, sheriff, "for the electing of
five persons to serve as town commis
sioners" for the ensuing year, which
was the year (1856) that Mr. Wright
left Goldsboro in February 1856-
although at the election spoken of he
was then in Alabama, making ar
rangements for his removal to that
state, and therefore his name does not
appear among the list of voters.
Here is the preamble and the list of
the voters and the official return on
the back of the tally-sheet:
"An election was held by O. Coor,
sheriff of Wayne county, at the Court
House in Goldsboro, N. C, on the 1st
day of December, 1855, it being the
first Saturday in said month, for the
purpose ot electing five persons to
act as commissioners of the town of
Goldsboro for the ensuing year when
the following persons voted, viz:
"B. H. Stammeir, J. J. Bradbury,
J. B. Whitaker, Bennet Webb, E. B.
Borden, J. R. Murray, O. C. Sasser, B.
C. Wood, Geo. A. Dudley, M. D. Cra
ton, E. A. Sauls, J. C. Slocumb, C. J.
Nelson, E. Pittman, F. Odenheimer, K.
Smith, D. J. Ezzell, B. F. Arrington,
W. R. Ashby, Everett Joyner, Sr., E.
B. Hood, J. R. Kinton, Tho. Sutton, J.
K. Green, B. H. Smith, John Taylor,
E. Sherman," Thos. Warters, Heary
Strouse, W. J. Jolly, J. D. Wilkinson,
J. H. Philyars, Kedar Ballard, Arthur
Stansill, R. J. Gregory, S. D. PhiJa;3,
Thos, Presson, Win. Privitt, J. B.
Griswold, Everitt Joyner, Jr., Jovian
Fields, W. A. Williams, James Long,
C. D. Jones, J. W. Thompson, Wm. R.
Hooks, H. R. Nixon, Willy Hall, Tho.
M. Rogers, L. M. Huggins, Oliver
Smith, Jas. A. Washington, Lindsay
Daniel, W. S. G. Andrews, Matthew
Albritton, G. W. Wattlington, J. I.
Foulks, Henry Stanton, John E. Lan
caster, Geo. C. Jones, E. C. White,
Council Radford, John Wiggs, Blount
King, Lem'l Fields, Howell Sasser,
Jas. H. Privitt, John H. Powell, John
Scarborough, C. F. Dewey,. J, If. Grif
fin, Jno. S. Moore, Wjro, Pail, Gaston
Craig, J. B. Wheeler, HiJUFd S3ser,
J. W. Commack.
"We hereby certify that J. B. Whit
aker received 47 votes, J. B. Griswold
46, H. R. Nixon 45, Josiah Fields 39,
J. J. Bradbury 35, and were duly
elected commissioners for the town of
Goldsboro, December 1, 1855.
"E. B. BORDEN,
"K. SMITH,
"Inspectors.
"O. COOR, Shff."
It will be observed that there were
out seventy-seven voters iff that elec
tion, and the "tally sheet, dh 'the same
paper, shows' that of v thlW 1 seventy-
seven twenty-five received ' votes for
commissioner, ranging from one vote
to forty seven, the highest received,
so that, evidently, people in those
days in matters of local government,
at any rate voted to suit themselves
It will be observed, too, with a
pathos that brings pause and thought
too sublime for words, that of the
seventy-seven recorded as voting in
that election only two are with us to
day, and they are, sls the poet Young
in his "Night Thoughts" so beautifijiiy
says of old age, "walking thoughtful
on the silent solemn shore," yet p
The $1,00 fcottte por. tains
2i times as rnysi) as ,th
50 cent size,
FOR ALL KIDNEY BLADDER
TROUBLE. RHEUMATISM
AND LUMBAGO
i 1 A dose at bed time s-
L-r - alW relieves the uiost
severe case before morning.
lAGK-ACHE
JOHN W. KENNEDY v CO.
- CHICAGO. U. S. A.
For Sale by Palace Drug Store and
City Pharmacy.
TOEULES
joying the fruition of " I this
community's love -ehsafed to
few men. Th E. B. Borden
and Col. J. -shington.
. There is, too, something pathetic
about -the visit of Mr. Wright,- and
while his good wife, of fifty-two years
wedded companionship, who remained
in Alabama, her home, was pot the
sweetheart of his teen days here, yet
his visit brings to mind the words of
an old song that we used to hear
sung when a boy and "the old songs
are sweetest." Here it is:
I wandered today to the hill, Maggie,
To watch the scenes below;
The creek and the creaking old mill,
! Maggie,
As we used to long ago.
The green grove is gone from the hill,
j Maggie,
Where first the daisies sprung;
phe creakrng old mill is still, Maggie,
cince ycu ana i were young.
i
Chorus
Md how we are aged and gray, Mag-
And the trials of life nearly done:
Let us sing of the days that are eone.
laie.
j When you and I were young.
i city po silent and lone. Maggie,
Where the young and the gay and I three of the men being instantly kill
the best, I ed and nineteen nthorc h,i
i
p ponsnea wnite mansions of stone,
Maggie,
Have each fornd a place of rest,
f uuui wnere u e mras used to play,
- t ...Mi -I i . . , I
Aiaggie,
j And join f in the songs that were J
u"s I
lur we sanS as S-'V as they, Maggie,
When you and I were young.
1
hey say I am feeble with age, Mag
gie,
My steps are less sprightly than
then,
y face is a well-written page, Mag
gie.
But time alone was the pen.
"jhey say we are aged and gray, Mag-1
gle,
Aa sprays by the white breakers
flunsr: I
m to me you're as fair as you were.Itles and St- Joseph's Academy were.
Maggie,
i,cn yon and I wer young.
TEAT .TIME AWAITS T IE ELKS.
tis I.aAv SoB!Ana irAl.
: 7 J
"ps Angeles, Cal., July 10.5 ad-
vsj guard of the thoia-kids, of Elks
wn will be here f$rr aowiaiaji con-
vetion and r,eunio thia city net
wed arrive toy.. uifjs the en
suing fort-eijghli hours si iat trains
arriyig a, short. tateirvaJs wttl pour
tensof ttosands of th people
on erth mXo. l&s, Aift&etes. and when
the ft;ad: Ladg& sesjjons begin Mon
day iiis ep(&c1edi fcaJt tlie attendance
will Rye, broken all nrvious records
in tM&igttQ.ry of.tl.a Elks conven
tions, withstanding the great dis-
taae? ew England and the Eastern
stSt!?Sre sending their usual dpJe
gaies, iile the South and Wen
undoubtfly bo better rep'rented
than eyt before.
The eXertainn; yz visitors
will be k a scale, w&ter before at
tempted thsQUcy. Beginning with
tomorrow yarning and continuing
through t week there is not a break
in the sdal program. Something
has been iranged for every hour of
the day an: evening.
Already- contest for the office qf
grand "-eaJd ruler is beginning, ep
excita a.i rn among the deltps.
Thevi fVyfo candidates for,. e-. hig
office ?"?' rfvely and spirit contest
is wroniiFid James n'. khmmio ,
leadiag rr etr of .tIpw bar aud
ior ine pastjne.yei aj memJUer of
the pni'ton.la ajid the judi
ciary of pe Juwfel&edge, is generally
concecl to J the leading candidate.
Opposed "r. Sammis is August
(''Garry? "ftrman, the baseball
magnate an iiitician of Cincinnati.
Headqnai pM, ve been opened at the
Hotel
A ean
In the interest, of
Mr! Hef rtnahhand nothing is . lack
iliJ:
ing in fhewrirf mo!ieyv.o1rrnfljmps
o proniote nisom. -
FrW .Saapnjfe Qkh for
him the umtet4sup.p of Illinois,
Texas. Minesot iwa California,
Kansas, rkanstouiaiana and oth
er of .he Jiiddje-iul Western states,
whije fhg East ifeenerally regarded
as faypripg Mr. Hermann.
.SPECIAL 8EI$B0ABD
is "
PQPMMISSIOHj
Herd Complaints jxma. VaJsft
tlon of ipert.
The board of eee Wmi38te,
met in special sew IvxxXaj 9
heard complaints a, ss v
tion of property. - .alua-
A number of ta? 1
ent. and property in; , were pres-
was increased in v some localities
board. jduation by the
A near-argument is .
nobody gets angry. vne in which
BOX CARSOVERTURfjED
Storm Swept IVitli Unexpected
Fury Over South Dako
ta and Minnesota
Believed That at Least Six Are Dead
and Twenty Fatally Injured by
Storm Wliich Devastated
Four or Five States.
Minneapolis, Minn., July 12. It is
now believed that at least six were
killed and from twenty to twenty-five
fatally injured in the tornado which
swept over eastern South Wo
WPctorti iw ; , i , i
I " "iiuuesoia laie yesterday,
l nearly devastating Ortnnviiie tui
and Big Stone, S. D. "The storm swept
Witn unexpected fury out of th
I southwest, across THp- st t i
I ting the eastprn nart f h
' 1 VTl LU TV U. All
idea of the velocity of the wind is
gained from the fact that a string f
box cars housing a cant rf Italian
j railroad workmen were overturned
i w.uk? uuuij uiaiuieUt
I Cars were lifted from the rails
buildings crumpled up like cardboard
and trees uprooted and sent sailing
tnrough the air. Telephone and tele-
. . .
graph wires were blown down and tn.
day communication is so badly handi-
capped mat details of the damage are
hard to obtain. It is believed the loss
will go to $250,000.
Waterspout In Kansas.
Abilene, Kan,, July 12. A tornado
with a waterspout in its wake struck
this city doing great damage last
night. In five minutes two inches of
rain fell. Hundreds of trees wp,rev
blown down and business was at
sutnasuu ioaay until the debrip, could
be cleared from the streets. Parker's.
warenouse, the Abilene M i,mmR.
Dad,y wrecked. Crops, have suffered.
greatly from the r.in
Mueh Property Lost in Illinois.
Pari Til T.,i- 1 . x , ...
- r lornauo nit
tn city yesterday afternoon, demol-
ismng many houses and nnrmHnir
trees. All electric light and other
wires were blown down. Nobody was;
injured. The losses to property,
amount to many thousands of dollars.
The -vind was followed by a heavs
rain.
FINAL TARIFF BILL,.
Now ilefng Considered by tli tonft'iv
truce Committee
Washington, July 22. The tariff
co,$.e':ees did not meet yesterdav. Re-
Rg.iunj tg today, however, the sittings.
j jji acuca.uy continuous com.
jmencing at ten o'clock in the mornt
ing, with an hour for Iwjcbeon,. oJi
lowea by an afternoon session, a He
cess .f two hours. 3pr. dinner, and a
night sitting. EyeQ under this pres.
sure t is dauhite.dJ if, an agreement can,
be re iched s inside of ten days or tw.Oi
weeka. " j
Wbm members of the conference -cocjnjtteQ.
were not in session, they,
faTP: TJPt, prmttted to spend a quiet or
Mrest&t Sunday. The hotels are full
PLm a representing interests touch
T3P v,ay or the other by the bill, ajndv
they Are clamoring to be taken, oare.
ot u conference. Undoubtedly manv-.
aziienriments of vital interest, to, cer- .
tain industries were permitted to get
into the bill in the Senate merely to
avoid discussion with, the purpose of
acting upon them, definitely Jn confer- .
ence.
The strngl. now is, to keep them in ,
or modify them to suit the interests
of the. me behind them. The real
jtar lyjjj is now being constructed
jand, the- men whose industries are.af,-
fected will leave -no stone unttyrned I
to retain any advantage they bape de
rived Or to remove any harm., that has- been
done them. This is th- day. ficur
the lobbyist to get in hi w,oEk. and
the lobby Is well repsesentedi Just now
in 'WJashingtoh u
CONTRACT LET TfH -G00D ROlD.
Hainptra- Jraly.9.-The 'ooard of
Elizabeth Gity county
melt at the
court house yesterday
A awarded a contract to G.
& Trie
j & Co., of this city, for the
eons
be
.ruction of a six-inch stone road--between
Hampton and Newport
News. The liouievara roaa, as win
be known, extends for a distance of
nearly three and one-half miles, and
the stone is to be six inches thick af
ter rolling. Hudson river granite win
be used. The road will cost $2S,30O..
Of, this amount the county Is to pay
only $5,000, as the state will pay $11',
000 and private subscriptions among-
the property owners along the route.
1 raised the rest ot the money.
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