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VOIi. XXXIV. NO. 4 J . WILMINGTON, 1ST. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 190. S1.00 PER TEAR. FEARFUL 101 SIR EFFECT OF AGUINALDO'S APPEAL THE NEW CUP CHALLENGER EXPECTED TO ACCOMPLISH MUCH IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE. SUCCESSFUL LAUNCHING OF LORD UPTON'S BOAT. i f H I THE MT OM GAVE ? r I' r - i; . Heavy know and violent Rain Storms Throughout the Cen tral West Sections. Snow from Canada to Atlanta Sections ot Ohio, Kentucky and West Vir ginia Covered by Fifteen Inches ot Snow This Storm Preceded by Sixty Hours' Rainfall The Ohio and its Tributaries Racine Torrents and Still JilIncr Vast Amount of Damage DoneRailway Bridges Gone, Tracks Burled Under Snow Drifts and Land slides The Wo rwt not yet Reached. Washington, April 20., 8 p. m The 'yjS,? excessive rains of the past twenty-four LXto thirty-six hours over the upper Ohio water shed have caused a very rapid and dangerous rise in the upper Ohio river and its tributaries. In anticipation of a flood of decided . proportions, warnings were issued this morning of a 30-foot stage at Pittsburg during tonight and danger line stages or over below Pittsburg as far as Portsmouth, Ohio. At 7 o'clock p. m. the stage of water at Pittsburg was 24.6 feet, 2.6 feet above the danger line, a rise of 7.2 feet since 8 o'clock a. m., and rising one half foot an hour; at Parkersburg the stage was 34.8 feet, a rise of 7 feet since 8 o'clock a. m., and 1.2 feet' below the danger line and still rising. At Cin cinnati the stage was 33.8 feet, a rise of 4.7 feet since 8 o'clock a. m., and rising, but still 15 feet below the dan der line. As it is still raining over the upper Ohio valley it Is impossible tonight to venture a definite forecast of the exact crest of the flood wave. It will, how ever, move rapidly down the Ohio riv er and stages above the danger lines will no doubt be reached as far as Cin cinnati by Sunday night or. Monday. Flood warnings have been widely distributed, particularly in the vicin ity of Pittsburg, and reports received tonight indicate that a great amount of portable property has been removed to places of security. I (Signed.) WILLIS MOORE. Chief TJ. S. Weather Bureau. A BLIZZARD AT YOUNG STOWN. Youngstown, O., April 20. A storm, the equal of which has not been known here in years began yesterday after noon and increased in violence until It assumed the form of a blizzard .at midnight last night. The snow, which fell continuously for a period of twenty-four hours, reached a depth of eighteen inches on the level this morn ing and in many places drifted to a depth of four or five feet. It brought traffic of all . kinds nearly to a stand still. The street car service was com pletely abandoned all over the city, the smow being so heavy the snow plows could not be operated. Several small buildings and barns collapsed 'from the weight of snow, but no acci dents sf any kind have been reported so far. jy Louisville, Ky.. April 20. Roaring streams, .continued high winds and heavy precitations of rain and snow were prevalent conditions today in many of the states of the south. Little damage was done by the winds, though it is feared that in some localities young crops have been stunted or kill ed by the frost or cold. At many points, particularly in eastern Ken tucky, eastern Tennessee and Virginia, the temperature was lower than known in a decade at this time of year. In Kentucky touay reports were received by the weather bureau from fifteen tf Cities or towns, and in most of them the minimum temperature for last night ranged between 30 and 34 degrees. The maximum for the entire state was 3S degrees at Earlington, In western Kentucky. Reports from Bristol, Va., this after noon were that a dangerous flood was raging about eighty miles east of that place. A forty foot bridge on the Nor folk and Western railroad was washed away, near Wytheville. Va.. and for eight or ten miles the track is from three to six feet under water. Many washouts were reported and several trains were annulled. At last reports snow was still falling at Bristol. TWO FEET OF SNOW. Pittsburg, April 20. One of the most widespread and disastrous floods has - " inundated all the low lands in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and north ern West Virginia. Streams both great and small have passed the flood line and are still rising. Pittsburg is rv in the center of the storm stricken dis trict. and the effects of the flood are ; probably worst In Its immediate vicin ity. Rain has been falling incessantly ' . in, and for many miles about Pitts burg for sixty hours, and all p recita tion records are broken. West and north of Pittsburg heavy falls of wet snow are reported. Up the Alleghany valley reports come of two feet of snow on the level at many places. This had the effect of break ing down telegraph wires apd crippling uiaiia aic J L 1 1 1- X UC" layed for hours or not arriving at all Railroad officials cannot estimate the cost of repairs, but say it will be heav ier than ever before in the history of railroads running into Pittsburg. Tracks, are torn up, bridges weakened. telegraph wires and poles down in all directions. Six landslides have occurred on the Pan-Handle between this city and Stub enville, two of them very serious. The Charties branch is completely sub merged and no trains can reach Wash ington, Pennsylvania, over this line. NEGROES START A RIOT. Carnegie, six miles southwest of Pittsburg, is in a state of panic. To add to the excitement a number of ne groes got drunk on liquor being carried from the cellars of saloons. Chief of Police George S. Foster tried to arrest three of them, when they attacked him with razors, cutting him severely. The fire bells were rung and the citizens turned out.. They suppressed the ne groes and arrested three of them. Carnegie is in the worst condition from flood in its history.. The Superi or Steel Company, employing 200 men, Dunlap Steel Piatt Company, 100 men; Columbia .Bridge Company, 150 men. and the Chartiers Iron and Steel Com pany, 400 men, are closed and th plants are under water. The damage by storm in Carnegie is estimated at $S0,000. The town is in darkness an3 the people are freezing. The gas and electricity are shut off and coal is un der water. It is reported that the bridge on the Washington branch two and a half miles above Carnegie has gone down. At Heidelberg, a mile from Oarnegic the two story dwelling of Peter Tioe was washed away. Tice and his wife, the only occupants, escaped. Nearby the home of Henry Swertzherger was threatened. Swertzberger, who is sev enty years of age, refused to leave, but was carried out by his son, a few minutes before the house was ingulfed. Wheeling, W. Va.. 1:20 Preparations are being made for the worst flood since the memorable one of 1884, when the height of the Ohio was . fifty-two feet, and half of Wheeling was under water. In the wholesale district hun dreds of laborers are moving goods from basements to upper floors. To night the river is rising nine inches an hour. On Wheeling island, 1,000 fami lies are moving to upper floors and oc cupants of cottages are moving to this side of the river. District Manager CTA. Robinson, of the American Tin Plate Company sends an alarming report, instructing the local plants to prepare for fifty to fifty-five feet. Fifty-five feet is high er than the great flood of 1884. This estimate, however, is believed to be on the alarmist order. The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chi cago railroad is crippled by snow of an unprecedented depth west of Orr vills, where in. the cuts there are drifts five and six feet deep. The tel egraph wires were torn down by the wet snow. The Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania railroads east are in better condition being troubled only by small washouts and a few landslides. The Cleveland and Pitts burg is in serious condition, owing to the loss of a number of bridges, and the Buffalo and Allegheny Valley is almost tied up by landslides. At Val ley Camps, the tracks are entirely un der water. A special from Beaver, Pa., says Rochester, West Bridgewater, Indus try and Smith's Ferry are flooded and the residents are moving their house hold effects and supplies to higher ground. The water is expected to be as high, as in 18S4 which will result in great destruction of property. All the glass houses and other manufacturing plants will be flooded. The Ohio river railroad has not run a train since yesterday afternoon and will not move a wheel for a couple of days yet. Near Wheeling a half mile landslide has covered the track with earth from seven to ten feet deep. The residents are moving- from the low grounds. TREMENDOUS FLOOD IN THE OHIO. Cincinnati, April 20. Peculiar weath er conditions during the week have culminated in a rain and snow storm of almost unprecedented dimensions, so distributed that a tremendous flood Continued on Filth .Page. He is Sincerely Desirous of Cessation of Hostilities-Prisoners Being Re leased In Exchange for G.uns-Serious Charge Against General Callles Civil Government to be Established by July lst-;Seret Workings ot the Mando-Ducat Society Drought to Light. Manila. April 20. Aguinaldo has been removed from the Malacanan palace to a private residence. No. 56 Solano street. The guard placed over him has been modified. General MacArthur informed the rep resentative of the Associated Press that the effect of Aguinaldo's address to the Filipinos would undoubtedly be beneficial. Aguinaldo composed his address without assistance. The original draft was in Tagalog. It was afterwards translated into Spanish. It is believed Aguinaldo is sincerely for peace. He is not an educated man, but is possessed of considerable char acter and improves on acquaintance. Aguinaldo is not anxious to visit the United States, and it Is considered best that he should remain here, pending the completion of the work of pacifi cation. The insurgent prisoners at Olongapo will be returned to Manila. Many prisoners ure released daily, in ex change for guns surrendered. Gener al Trias, who surrendered March 15th at San Francisco de Malabon, is ac complishing much in securing the sur render of utstandlng Insurgents. Lucban, in Samar; Malvar, in Batan gas and Minio in Abra province, are still heading bands large enough to be troublesome, but it is almost certain that these three leaders will surrender within a month. The serious charges against General Cailles have placed him in a different category, but the fairest investigation will be offered Cailles In case he sur renders. It is understood that the civil govern ment will be establish soon. The pre cise date has not been fixed on ac count of the administrative difficulties confronting the commission. It will probably be delayed until July 1st, otherwise the military are ready. The trial of members of the Mando Ducat secret society who are charged with burying alive Filipinos who were opposed to the insurrection, and the trial of insurgent agents have elicited the fact that in one locality all the local officers, the parish priest and the president, -were the chief offenders. A reign of terror was secretly inaugurat ed and persons refusing to contribute to the insurgent cause were burled alive by the direction of the president. All the details of the conspiracy have been unearthed, ' many arrests have been made, there is abundant evidence and it is probable that all the ring leaders will be hanged. THE SUDDEN DEATH Of a War Department Clsrk In a Hotel At York, Pa. York, Pa April 20. A man regis tered as W. T. Yates. Washington, D. C,. died suddenly at a hotel in this city today. Physicians attribute his death to congestion of the lungs. He is said to be a disbursing clerk in the war de partment. A iphysician was called in to see Yates , this morning, but he died several hours later. His correct name is said to be Yateman. Yateman came here last night with a woman and registered as "W. S. Yates," and wife. He was In a bad condition and was supposed to have been drinking to excess. The physician who signed his death certificate as cribed the cause of death to acute con gestion of the lungs and heart failure. The physician gives Brights Disease as a contributing cause. He declares em phatically that death was from natur al causes. Distinguished Pythian Expected The Hon. Ogden H. Fethers, of Janesville, Wis., supreme chancellor, Knight of Pythias of the World, is ex pected to arrive in Wilmington today at 12:05 p. m. by the Seaboard Air Line. This distinguished Pythian is on his way to Greensboro to attend the an nual convention of the Pythian grand lodge of North Carolina which meets Tuesday night in that city. He comes here as the guest of Captain T. D. Meares, supreme master of exchequer. Tuesday he will leave for Greensboro accompanied by the grand representa tives from the lodges of Wilmington. The representatives from our lodges are as follows: Stonewall Lodge No. Major W. F. Robertson; Clarendon Lodge No. 2, Past Chancellor J. D. Nutt; Germanla Lodge N. 2, Past Chancellor S. Behrends; Jefferson Lodge No. 61, Past Chancellor R. S. Collins. Christened by Lady DufTerln-SIr Thomas Lip ton Says the Next Boat He Builds will bo the Cup Defender. The Shamrock Built on New Designs. The Luncheon and Speech Making. Compliments to American Yachts-manshlp. Dumbarton, April 20. Shamrock II was successfully launched at Denny's yards in the presence of a good crowd of invited guests, newspaper men and employes. Lady Dufferin christened the new challenger, which looked spick and span in Its coat of white paint rimmed with green, while the manganese bot tom of the new boat shone like a mir ror. Lord and Lady Dufferin. Sir Thomas Lipton and others who came from Glasgow on a special train, stood upon a raised platform decorated with union jacks, the stars and stripes and the Irish flag and with Venetian masts in green and white, which were the pre vailing colors. The employes of the Dennys had a holiday, and, in fact, all Dumbarton was in fete to see Ladv Dufferin break the bottle over the curiously "snub nosed bow" of the new boat. British experts are verv confident about the new boat and think her the best that ever challenged for the cup. "But. -If you do not win." said the correspondent of the Associated Press to Sir Thomas Lipton. "will you try it again?" "I expect next year to build a de fender, not a challenger." was the dip lomatic answer. In this connection the manager of Denny's yard said: When Mr. James Gordon j Bennett saw the Shamrock II here a few weeks ago he said: "'Well, if she wins I am prepared to build a challenger.' " Mr. W. C. Jameson, of Dublin, who sailed the Prince of Wales' cutter, the Britannia, with Captain Carter,' and who will be Sir Thomas Linton's rep resentative on board the cup challeng er, said: "If this does not bring back the cup we might as well leave it; but, I shall be surprised If that Is the out come of our visit to America." The launch went off without a hitch. At Mr. Watson's signal the blocks were knocked away, Ladv Dufferin let go the bottle, with the words: "Success to Shamrock II," and the yacht took the water amid general cheering, the lifing of hats and cries of "Hope she will win." A large luncheon at Denny's office followed the launch, a toast to Presi dent McKinley's health following that of the British royal familv. was enthu siastically drunk. The lord provost of Glasgow propos ed Sir Thomas Lipton's health, refer ring to the indomitable perseverence which had enabled him to reach the position he had achieved today. He paid a tribute to American fairness. Sir Thomas in replying, amid fre quent cheers, expressed his entire sat isfaction with the building and design ing of the yacht. Mr. Watson, he de clared, was second to none. He had worked night and dav for months to prepare a boat worthy of his skill and the contest. "I think I may say," he added, "that apart from the technical excellence of the design, he has turn ed out a boat which. I have every con fidence, will bring back the cup. The last time I had the worst possible luck in Mr. Fife's illness. I know more than I did two years aro. I do not min imize the enormous task of bringing back the cup. No one knows better than I the skill of our American cous ins. Nevertheless, we go across feel ing sure of lifting the cuo. You may all be assured that the best boat will win. Should It be our fortune to bring back the cup, when the Americans come across we will not be lacking in ex tending to them a trulv British wel come." SOLICITOR GESERAL'3 REPLY To Application to Strike Oat His Brief In the Carter Case Washington, April 20. Solicitor Gen eral Richards to day filed in the Unit ed States supreme court a reply to the motion made by the counsel of Cap tain Carter to strike from the flies of the court as "Irrelevant and scandal ous," the solicitor general's .brief in op position to Carter's motion to be ad mitted to bail pending the decision of his appeal in his habeas corpus pro ceedings. Mr. Richards denies that he went out side the record in his case, and asserts that he always tries to observe strict ly the rules of the court requiring counsel to confine himself to the facts of record in the discussion of a case. He sets forth that Carter's application for. ball ' Is supported by affidavits of physicians to the effect that tbe.pris onerV health is imporved. and this, J ' . - ' Some Fine Ball Playing by the Inter-State League Teams. Mr. Richards says Is not only entirely outside the record but is false. Mr. Richards also declares that Car ter's counsel went outside the record in the appeal case In averring that Carter is an Innocent man "" -tnts to be released in order to be tried in the criminal case in Georgia. He adds that to demonstrate the falsity of this last statement it was necessary for the solicitor general to state what the government has done In prosecuting the indictment against Carter and oth ers in the federal courts of Georgia. "The facts stated." he continues, "ap pear in the documentary evidence pre sented by the government to the Unit ed States commissioner in New York upon the hearing of the application for the removal of Greene and the Gaynors to Georgia for trial upon the criminal indictment. THE CONTRACT AWARDED For Heating Plant at the University. Wake Forest Defeats Trinity (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh. N. C, April 20. W. C. Wish art, of Maxton, is. elected assistant clerk to the corporation commission. There were seven other applicants. The base ball game here this after noon resulted: Wake Forest college 10, Trinity 6. The game was called at the end of the sixth Inning on account of rain. The Batteries were Hobgood and Harris; Bradsher and Smith. The state charters the Charlotte Tel ephone Company, capital $30,000. The contract was awarded here to day to a New York firm for the central heating plant at the state university, to heat all twelve buildings. The price is $26,700. No state funds will be used in paying for it. OAK RIDGE AGAIN WINS ner Base Ball Team Walks Away with thatot Bingham School (Special to The Messenger.) Mebane, N. C, April 20. Oak Ridge won from Bingham today by a score of 20 to 4. The game was played on bad grounds, and Is a drizzling rain for the first half. Cook pitched fine ball and Nelson caught In his usual style for Oak Ridge. Wynne and Crowder formed the battery for Bingham. Covington led the hitting for Oak Ridge, getting three two baggers. The team receiv ed royal treatment at the hands of Pro fessor Gray and his gentlemanly as sistants, as elsewhere, this week. The score R. H. E. Oak Ridge 20 18 4 Bingham 3 12 0 Umpire Professor Winston, of Bing ham, TflE OUTLAWS SURRENDER A Band of Kentucky Feudists Yield to a Sheriffs 1-rftrare Posse Middlesboro, Ky.. April 20. A report reached here this morning that a ma jority of the Reynolds band of feudists, who were entrenched on Boone's fork. In the vicinity of Whitesburg, Letcher county, defying arrest, have at last been Induced to surrender. The out laws held out until a small sized army under Officer Wright, the Fleming boys and others, were sent aeainst them. Then they threw down their arms. One outlaw named Mullins and one or two others are reported to have escaped. The outlaws are said to have been bountifully supplied with up-to-date rifles, ammunition and war equipments. Receiver's Sale of Hedgeley nail Club House By virtue and in pursuance if a de cree made at the January, 1900, term of the superior court of New Hanover county, Herbert McClammy, Esq., re ceiver of Sedgeley Hall Club, will ex pose for sale to the highest bidder for cash, tomorrow at 12 m., at the court house door, the lot and club hour of the Sedgeley Hall Club located at Car olina Beach. The Best Blood Purlfler The blood Is constantly being puri fied bTthe lungs, liver and kidneys. Keep these organs in a healthy condi tion and the bowels regular and you will have no need of a blood purifier. For this purpose there is nothing equal to Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets one dose .of them will do you more good than a dollar bottle of the best blood purifier. Price 2.5 cents. Saples free at II R. Bellamy's drug store. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gray and son, John Springer Gray, left yesterday morning for Raleigh by the Atlantic Coast Line. "Wilmington Again Defeats Ports mouthThe Giants Put up an Error less Game Allen and Cranstou as Battery, with Good Support, Put up a Fine Exhibition or Ball Itlaylntr lta lelgh Loses to Newport Neww-IInmp-ton-Norfolk's Rnn o r Luck Still Unbroken-la UnlrerIty Game Vir ginia Dowiu Carolina. Portsmouth. Arril 20. Portsmouth today was again treated with a beau tiful game of base ball bv the local "Stars" and Wilmington Giants. Grand? That does not express It! It will do any enthusiast's heart good to watch the discipline displayed by the Giants. Their today's came was an er rorless one. Wilmington should be proud of her team. The whole bunch seem to be In love with each other and that Is the secret riven for base ball leadership. It was keenly noticed immediately after the came this after noon that the Giants were cutting their eyes towards the capital citv in search of the result of today's came there. Jealousy does not seem to be alone be tween the nearby neighbors. Special mention should bo given to Wilmington's team as a whole but as "Tack" Allen's pitching was so far su perior, giving only one base dn bails and striking out four, he must be men tioned. Cranston, the invincible, did art well and better than ever, and Kemntef. he comes in with a "homer." The b ball interest here is Intense. The box score follows which covers the game entirely a fuller dcrlptlon being necessary. PORTSMOUTH. It. II. J.p. Ai E. Weaver cf 0 0 3.1 0 Clarke 2b 0 1 3 . . 1 Kemmer lb 1 .2. 14 0- .2 Murry r f o 2 0 . 0 Knau s s 0 0 1 2 . 0 Gates 2b 0 o 1 2 1 Swander If 0 0 3 0 t Westlake c 0 1 1 1 t Lipp P 1 1 1 3 0 2 7 27 . : ? WILMINGTON. If. II. P.O..' . E Warren 3b 0 1 2 3 O Cranston c 1 1 7 0 0 Crockett 2b 0 1 0 O Stafford lb 0 1 12 0 0 McGinnis c f 1 3 1 t Allen p 0 0 1 2 0 Hollywood If 0 1 2 0 0 Clayton s s .. .. ,.. 0 0 0 4 0 Delaney rf 1 2 2 0 9 3 10 27 9 0 Summary: Two base hits. Murray; home run, Kemmer: doubleplays. Weaver and Clarke: earned runs. Portsmouth. 2; Wilmington. 1; struck out by Allen, 4; by LI pp. 1: base on baOs off Allen, 1; stolen base. Murry 1. Time 1:35. Umpire Stalev. Newport News. April 20. The home team took anotheh game frsm th Raleigh boys today. RALEIGH. R. II. P.O. A. JZ Stanley, cf 0 0 10 6 Kelley. lb....r: 0 0 11 13 ' Henneger. 2b 0 1 6 1 0 Hampton, rf 0 0 110 Altz, 3b 1 1 1 0 p Meade, ss 0 10 2 0 Sherman. If 0 0 0 0 0 Legrande. c 1 0 6 2 0 Leonard, p 0 0 0 1 0 Persons, p 0 112 1 2 4 27 14 4 Persons relieved Leonard in second Inning. NEWPORT NEWS. R- H. P.O. A. If. Delzel ,3b 1 2 2 3 ,2 Sechrist. If 0 10 0 0 Weddlge. lb 0 1 15 0 0 Foster, c 0 0 4 3 0 Ashenback. cf 0 1 1 00 Johnson, rf 0 2 10 0 Hempleman, 2b.. 0 0 4 2 1 Renner. ss l l o .Hieberger. p i i o 8 0 3 9 27 If 3 Richmond.. April 20. The first weeic of the inter-state league season wu closed here today by Norfolk winning her fifth straight game. The score TLH YS Richmond ....0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 03 7 3 Norfolk 10Q0D002 X 3 5 0 STAND OF THE CLUBS. im Won. Lost. Per Cent. Norfolk 5 o 1.000 Wilmington 3 2 .o6 N. N-Hampton.... 3 3 .600 Raleigh 2 4 J333 Portsmouth 2 4 .333 Richmond 1 4 JE& COLLEGE GAMES. Richmond, Va.. April 20. At Cha lottesville this afternoon the UniYersity of Virginia won from the University of North Carolina. 9 to I North Car olina put up a snappy and pretty game, bat was beaten in fielding. The score Virginia ...2 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 Carolina 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 02 Batteries; Nalle and Carter; Craven and Cunningham. At Macon: Mercer S; University or South Carolina 2. .- At Atlanta: Georgia school of tech nology 13; University of Georgia L v.
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