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"VOL. XXXIX Ko 34. WILMINGTON. C, MAY1, 1906. 31.00 PER YEAR -F' - - " - - J SEARCH FOR RELICS Thousands of Sightseers Pour ing Into the City PERFECT ORDER PRE1LS Only $300,000 of Sum Appro priated by Congress Available Tills Represents the Extent of Finan cial Assistance Tliat Can be Expect ed From ( That Source Statement Causes Surprise Mayor Schmitz Asks That Federal Troops be Per mitted to Remain in tlie City Mag ifieent Libra ries Were Destroyed by the Fire. San Francisco, April 28 Surprise was caused today when James D. Phe lan, chairman of the finance committee, announced to the citizen's committee that he had been given to understand by Secretary of Commerce Victor H. Metcalf, the representative of President Roosevelt, that only $300,000 of the $2, 500,000 appropriated by congress for the relief of San Francisco was avail able, and that this sum represented the extent of financial assistance that might be expected from that source. Secretary Metcalf corroborated Mr. Phelan 's statement. Mr. Phelan then said there was only $518,000 available cash to his order at the mint, and the strictest economy would be necessary. "We need money," said Mr. Phelan, "and the country should not be led into the belief that millions are on hand to relieve the destitute people." The question of the use of federal troops to assist in the preservation of the peace and good order of the city developed a unanimity of opinion among the civilian and military au thorities, and at the request of Mayor Schmitz the committee asked that the troops be permitted to remain. Absolute order still prevails in San Francisco. The great city which but a Jsrief time since was known the world over as the "Second Paris" so wide was its reputation for gaiety and pleasure seeking, has settled into the quietest of communities, in which the population is not seen abroad after the first hours of darkriess. While the most rigid patrol system is maintained everywhere, the people are free to come and go as they please. But there are no more places of rec reation to attract them, few venture abroad at night. The influx of sightseers is adding to the work of the authorities and to the discomfort of those still living in Sail Francisco. Thousands of these people crowd the ferry boats, block the few open streets with all sorts of useless vehicles, and seriously interfere with those engaged in relief work. Today they added to the terrific jam at the main ferry sta tion and choked the narrow passages cleared in a few streets for vehicles. They overran ruins of buildings, where safety would permit, and were ruthless in their frantic efforts to seize on some article of historic or intrinsic value and cart it away. Throughout Chinatown and along Kearney street, where bazaars filled with oriental wares once stood, the harvest of relics has been particularly rich. Men, women and children, fear ing neither the presence of military nor the danger of crumbling walls, swarm -about the ruins with great profit to themselves. In many of the Chinese and Japanese stores, when the fire approached, the proprietors buried a large part of their stock in the base ment intending to return after the fire had passed and recover what they could. They never came back. The terrors of the rocking earth and the sweep of flames were too much for their minds, but the relic hunters came, aDd everything that was of any use or value has been carried away. The work of the looter has not been confined to the ruins of stofes alone. Many residence sites have been work ed over, and articles of gold, silver and china carried away. At the ruins of the Hopkins Art Institute and the Stanford residence, guards are main tained and yesterday two women who had been gathering relics at other houses along Pine and California streets, complained against the refusal of the guards to permit them to enter the ruins where the Stanford and the Crocker homes once stood. Among the ruins of many family hotels, and in the ashes of pawn shops, relic hunters gathered trinkets and un set jewels. There is no limit to the endurance of the looters, nor to the efforts they will put forth to find something of value. Among the greatest losses from the fire are the magnificent libraries of San Francisco. Library after library, hold- ing la all more than a million vol- umea, disappeared In the fire. Great col- lections of invaluable records came to the pitiful end of making food for the made of the monetary worth of the KrvrOra Host' mvcA hut it it tw1fovff1 that their market value was in excess of $3,000,000. The public library was the j eighth in size in the United States, j DOWIE AT ZIOX CITY Return Was Void of All Pomp and Ceremony Mrs. Dowie Gives Him Hearty Welcome. Chicago, April 28. "I am glad to be home again." With those words John Alexander Dowie, the deposed leader of the Christian Catholic church in Ameri ca, this afternoon, stepped within the portals of Shiloh house, thus complet ing his much heralded entry into Zion City after an absence of several months during which time he had been de serted by a large part of his followers and had' been stripped of all ecclesias tic authority. Mrs. Dowie, the wife of the "First Apostle" met him t t'h door of Shiloh house and gave him a hearty welcome. Dowie's return to Zion City was void of all pomp and ceremony. Only a handful of people were at the station, to greet him, but the majority of thee were women. When Dowie today left the Audito rium Annex, where he had been stop ping since his return from Mexico, he was driven to the Chicago and North western depot, where a private car had been attached to the regular 2 o'clock train. He was accompanied by several of his personal attendants. THE OLYMPIC GAMES King George Singles Out American Manager for Short Conversation. AThens, Greece, April 28. King George and Princes eGorge and Nicho las were present in the stadium when the Olympic games recommenced to day. The king singled out James E. Sullivan, manager of the American team, and chatted with him for ten minutes in a jovial manner, showing the keenest interest in the sports. The king said he had the highest admira tion for President Roosevelt, and much regretted that the President was cot present to enjoy the games. Martin J. Sheridan, Irish-American A. C, New York, Myer Prinstein, Irish American A. C, New York, and Hugo Friend, Chicago University, were among the twenty-six contestants in the discus throwing. Stephen Mudiur Hungarywon. Distance 32 metres 64 centimetres. In the final for the long jump Lar son Robertson, Irish-American A. C, INew York, was first. In the team swimming race the Hun garians were first and the Americans fourth. No time was taken. SECRET TRADE AGREEMENT Allegations Ajralnst the Standard Oil and Affiliated Companies, Suit Started by State of Ohio. Toledo, O., April 28. Alleging that the Standard Oil and seventeen affiliat ed companies have a secret trade agreement, by which they control pro duction and transportation of oil and gas. Prosecutor L. W. Wachenheimer, of Lucas county, on behalf of the state of Ohio, today filed suit in the circuit court a&king revocation of their char ters, and dissolution of illegal agree ment. In the petition it is alleged that the production of oil was reduced for the purpose of increasing the price to con sumers. It is set ud that this reduc tion amounts to fifty per cent, while the price of gas to the consuming pub lic has been increased one hundred per cent. Queries are directed, in the pe tition, to the railroad companies pres idents, asking them whether rebates are given, directly or indirectly, to the oil companies and 'whether the oil concerns have not .been given pipe line rights on the railroads. flO SEIZE SLICE OF CHINA Russia Anxious to Occupy Two East - em provinces of Mangolia. St. Petersburg, April 28. In spite of the defeat of her ambitions in Man churia and Kwantung, and the ob stacles met with by M. Pekotiloff, the Russian minister to China, in his nego tiations at Pekin, Russia, is steadily pushing forward with the purpose of occupying another big slice of China, j namely, the two eastern provinces of Mongolia covering the route of the proposed railroad from Baikal to Pe kin, which, as announced by the As sociated Press February 20 has been iriven over tn the Russo-Chinese bank. Under the guise of the innocent sound-, ing name of "Georgraphic, ethno- grapnic expeamon ior purely scienunc purposes" a party neaaea by coionei Novitsky, one of the brilliant younger members of the general staff, leaves j St. Petersburg in the middle of May ; United States marshals made two raids to survey the hitherto unexpected ; ,ir..fTT nnA , reign between the Manchufian frontier m Harnet county, and one m Moore and Urga. - county, capturing two stills, one white T. ' ' ' r operator, a quantity of beer, and. on Formal Application for Federal Troops 1 , - , , , Washington, April 28. Governor tl,e first raid on of corttwais Pardee, of California, has accepted the i.v- The whiskey was thrown away president's suggestion as to the use or on. account of the inaccessiblity of the federal troops in that state, and has place The Moore connty'still was op filed a formal application for their em- erated ,by negroes who escaped. The ployment, which has .been granted. It stills averaged about sixty gallons ea is stated at the war department that pacfty this removes any doubt as to the le- 'Fhe North Carolina Library As3ocia gahty of the use of the troops, but will tion elected officers for the ensuing not in any way change the existing year: MrjL Annie Smith Ross, Char status y lotte, president; Dr. Charles D. Mclver, '' , Greensboro, and Mrs, Sol Weill, Golds- nna in vZr tli r t boro, vice prosident; Dr. Louis R. Wtl Comes in handy when the Cook fails Vn A Tt:h , . to put in her appearance. Gas solves the servant question and is Cheaper than wood. I IltlQ IPimCT TUl TIDirr - WILLIrtUld nunill J I I ilL IM1HT ; Minority House Leader Concludes f His Speech ;WAS REPLIED TO BY CUSIIMAN j Williams Unable to Conclude on Ac- I count of Neuralgia He Discussed the Speech 3lade by Hepburn Eu logies to be Delivered on the Life of the Late Representative Pinckneyl Washington, April 28. Mr. Williams, the minority leader of the house, con cluded his speech begun yesterday, oc cupying the floor for two hours. With the experience of the many interrup- tions of the day before, the leader of the minority threw himself upon the mercy of the body, and asked thai he be not interrupted. Generally his request was observed, but here and there questions were put to him by Mr. Boutell, of Illinois; Mr. Hamilton, of Michigan, and C. B. Landis, of Indi ana, which nettled the speaker not a little. Mr. Williams was unable to conclude on account of a severe attack of neuralgia, contenting himself with what had been said against existing tariff schedules, and availing himself oi the privilege to enlarge upon the subject in his published speech. Mr. Cushman, of Washington, replied to Mr. Williams, but was taken off the floor before he had really got started owing to the former action of the house, agreeing to conclude general de bate on the agricultural appropriation bill at 3:30 o'clock, at which time the house adjourned until tomorrow when eulogies will be delivered on the life of the late Representative Pinckney, of Texas. Mr. Williams again discussed the speech made by Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa. He took exception to Mr. Hepburn's dumping" theory, a word, he said, that has come into use much like the "sur plus," used in the disposition of goods abroad. He said that the selling of goods abroad was neither a "dumping" process or a "surplus" process, but was an "exploitation" process. He de clared that the American steel "trust" had been "dumping" their goods in for eign markets for the past ten years and there was indubitable; proof that the steel people did sell their product low er in foreign markets than in the home market. He had no sympathy with the statement that the lower price was obtained abroad because of the over production in this country. The fact remains, he said, that prices were greater at home than abroad. Mr. Williams, after holding the at tention of the house for the greater part of two days concluded his speech with the statement that "protection ism is rank socialism, rank agrarian ism and rank communism." Mr. Sims, of Tennessee, said he had just commenced to fight in favor of the rural patrons of rural free delivery building their own rural .boxes instead of being compelled to purchase boxes authorized by the postoffice depart ment. INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL Measure Passes the Senate Spooner the Champion of the Indian. Washington, April 28 The Senate today passed the Indian Appropriation bill. Several hours were devoted to a spirited debate on the question of re moving the restrictions from the al lotted lands of the Choctaws, Chero kees, Chickasaws, Creeks and Semi noles, except full bloods. After an amendment was offered and amende! to. suit those who favored it, a point of order was made against the pro vision and sustained by the vice presi dent. Mr. Spooner was the particular champion of the Indian in preventing the renewal of the restriction, but Messrs. Teller, Long and others who favored the amendment charged that he was misguided in his zeal, and the Indians themselves wanted to be per mitted to seek a market for their sur- Pms lan(is. Mr. Spooner said the entire argu ment appeared to "be for the white man. with nothing for the Indian. The Senate adjourned until Monday. TWO ILLICIT STILLS TAKEN Both Raids Made in Harnett County, Officers of State Library Association. (Special to The Messenger.) , Raleigh, N. C, April 28, Deputy .1 nuv rewy auu ui urer. Meeting closed this afternoon. without naming next meeting place. . GEORGETOWN DEFEATS 0. fl. C. Pitching, of Haycock the Feature of the Game ITNAL SCORE WAS FOUR TO ONE Virginia Defeated Georgia and Clalm? the Southern ChampionshipScore of the League Games and Results of Other College Games. Washington, April 28. Maycock's good work held North Carolina in check today and was the chief feature in Georgetown's victory. The local team bunched their hits and obtained a lead which North Carolina could not over come. Smith, Georgetown's third base man, drove the ball into deep left for a home run. The score R. H. E. Georgetown . ..0 00 10102 i 6 0 Carolina . . . .10 00 000 00 1 5 4 Batteries: May cock and Mudd; Cun ningham and Harris. Charlottesville, Va., April 28 Vir ginia defeated 'Georgia again this af ternoon 8 to 5. This gives Virginia clear title to the southern champion ship. The score R. H. E. Virginia. . . .003001 1308 10 5 Georgia .0300000 115 6 4 Batteries: Moore and Woodson; Sul livan and Brown. AMERICAN. At Washington: Washington, 1; New York, 5: At Philadelphia; Philadelphia, 6; Boston, 7. At St. Louis: St. Louis, 4; Chicago 5. At Detroit: Detroit, 7; Cleveland, 14. NATIONAL. At Boston: Boston, 4; Brooklyn. 0. At New York. New York, 7; Phila delphia, 2. At Chicago: Chicago, 1; Cincin nati, 0. At Pittsburg: Pittsburg, 10; St. Louis, 0. VIRGINIA STATE. At Norfolk: Norfolk, 14; Ports mouth, 2. At Richmond: Richmond, 4; Lynch burg, 0. At Roanoke: Roanoke, 4; Danville, 2. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. At Atlanta: Atlanta, 1; Nashville, t. At New Orleans: : New Orleans, 5; Shreveport, 7. At Memphis: Little Rock no game. At Birmingham: Montgomery for feited game to Birmingham on account of Manager Durret, who was suspended refusing to allow his men to play un less he (Durret) participated. SOUTH ATLANTIC. At Savannah: Charleston, 5; Savan nah, 3. At Macon: The game between Ma con and Jacksonville today came near being broken up because one of the home team accused one of the two 'Cu bans" of being a negro. There was in terchange of blows between Viola, of Jacksonville, and Chandler, of Macon. The trouble arose over Padrone's color. Police had to intervene finally. Jacksonville, 3; Macon, 2. At Augusta: Columbia, 7; Augusta, 4. OTHER GAMES. At West Point. West Point, 6; Wes leyan, 3. At Providence: Brown University, 2 ; Princeton,, 0. At Cambridge: D. r mouth, 3; Har vard, 1. At New York: Yale, 13: Columbia, 5. At Knoxville: Tulane University, 5; University of Tennessee, 4. (10 in nings). At Atlanta: eGorgia Techs, 2; Mer cer, 0. At Annapolis: "Naval Academy, 11; Bucknel, 3. At Providence: Brown, 2; Prince ton, 0. At Ithaca: Cornell, 2; Pennsylvania State College, 1. (16 innings). ENGLAND ANGRY AT TURKEY Another Demonstration . May Soon be 3Iade Feeling is Outcome or the Tabah Affair. London, April 28. The patience of Great Britain with Turkey over the Tabah affair is about exhausted, and it was understood at the foreign office today if tue Suiton does not soon ac cede to the British demands, there will be another demonstration before a Turkish port within a short time. Some months have elapsed since the Egyp tian government discovered that Turk ish troops had occupied Tabah, hereto fore considered to be an unimportant port at the head of the Gulf of Aka bah. Turkeyfs attitude is the cause of much irritation here, and the govern ment is prepared to take the most se vere measures to protect Egyptian ter ritory. There are many theories as to what is influencing Turkey. The 3ri ish foreign office holds that the Turk ish commissioner at Cairo is largely responsible for the present situation, and that he probably has ibeen led by German scientists and merchants -at Cairo to believe that Germany will sup port Turkey's aggression. There ap pears, however, to be ho ground for some of the press statements that Ger- .-many is actually so doing. ,t i CRAPSEY CASE WITH JUDGES Trial of the Episcopal Hector Ends With Final Arsrn meats by CotmseL Batavia. N. Y.. April 2S. The fate H of Rev. Dr. Algernon S. Crapser. as a clergyman, of the Protestant Episcopal church, rests with his judges. The trial of the rector of St. Andrews, Rochester, on charges of heresy and violation of ordination vows, ended to day with the final arguments of coun sel for the accused and for' the pros ecution. The eccleslatlcal court of five members took the evidence under consideration, and will render a ver dict to Bishop Walker, of the diocese of Western New York, on or before May 15 th. Edward M. Shepard of New York, concluded for the defense. He declared that the church is not simply an organization ruled by by laws and regulations, a legal docu ment, or a club but rather a beautiful and expanding growth; a church which loves liberty, which looks with indulgence upon its presbyters when they err through human frailty. It recognizes the possibility, the likeli hood of human error and says: "Gad will take care that the truth will come out and prevail." The speaker then cited precedents in which he said that several well known English clergymen have ex pressed views which could assuredly have been declared more heretical than those uttered by Dr. Crapsey, and either have never been brought to trial for them or have been tried and acquitted. Judge Stiness, of Rhode Island for the prosecution said: : "Mr. Shepard argued almost every question except that actually before the court, which is Has Dr. Crapsey under his ordination vows, the right to say Christ was not born of the Vir gin Mary?" "The plea has been made that the court should acquit the defendant on the ground Of liberality, but I say to you that the church must guard in violate its sacred doctrines. The church has a solemn duty to teach cer tain truths and she cannot permit a man holding contrary beliefs to serve he" Following Judge Stiness John L. O'Brian made the closing argument for the prosecution. STATEMENT BY MITCHELL Says Operators Have Never of Their Own Volition, Granted Advance to Miners. Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 2S. Presi dent Mitchell gave out this statement today: "There is no instanec on record dur ing the quarter of a century which the railroads have dominated the anthra cite industry, that an advance in wage3 has been granted to their employees. Every concession has been wrung from them by strikes and the pressure of public sentiment "The railroad coal combination not only fixes arbitrarily the price at which coal is sold to consumers, but seeks to fix arbitrarily the price at which labor shall be bought. It seems that every conciliatory over ture we have made ofr peace ful settlement has been interpreted by the operators as sign of weakness, and our conservatism an evidence of cow ardice. The question is asked by the operators where is the advance to" come from if it is not charged up to the con sumer of domestic coal. It occurred to me -that the small advance proposed by the miners might have been taken off the exorbitant freight rates charge.! by them Yhat the outcome will be cannot be predicted until the con-en-tion is held. "Personally I am such disappointel and 1 am sure all mine employees expected more consideration than th(-y have received." SALARIES ARE TOO HIGH Senate Committee Discusses the Ques ' tion of Amounts Received by Canal Commissioners. Washington, April 28. In consider ing suggested legislation for the gov ernment of the canal zone, the sena'.e committee on inter-oceanic canals to day discussed the question of salaries of canal commissioners and incidental ly the nominations pending. It was argued that the salary of the chairman was too high, and several senators fa vored reporting a resolution fixing the compensation of various canal officials at considerably less than they are now receiving'. In the event the salary of the chairman i3 decreas ed it is expected Theodore P. Shouts, the present incumbent, will resign. He now receives $30,000 annually. The chief engineer, John F. Steven3, receives the same amount, but it is the intention of the committee n,ot to disturb his compensation. Another question that will be considered by the committee before the resolution is re ported is the holding of dual positions by canal officials. Governor Magoon, of the canal zone, is a member of the canal commission, a member of the ex ecutive committee and minister to the republic of Panama. The committee is said to be a unit against the man hold ing so many positions. It U said the resolution also will provide for the di vorcing of joint positions where the in cumbents serve the canal commission and the Panama railroad. It was agreed that nothing should be done with the nominations of canal commis sioners until after the question of sala ries has been determined. Inhabitants Alarmed by Earthquake Shocks. Berlin, April 28. Several villages in Saxony experienced four earthquake r ULK . snicks today. No damage was done. but tne inhabitants j were greatly alarmed. READY TO HOLE SmWIOO Government Expects f,lay Day to Pass Without Great Disorder THE PUBLIC SHOWS UNEASINESS Apinhenion lncmkM by Activity of Police Sensational Pre increases tle Unrest Official Give lNiiUe Assurance Tliat Order Will be Main tained. Paris, April 2S.The government has completed final preparation for drt Ing with the May Day situation aud U confident that the day will pass wj h our serious disorder, but at the same time the public, which is no: in the least re-assured by the elaborate mili tary concentration, Is showing great un easiness. This has been accentuated by tho explosion of a bomb Friday night un der the railroad bridge at Arxeuleult in the suburbs of Paris, which links the capital with Havre, and by an at tempt this evening of a band of a hun dred striking jewelers to penetrate to populous center of the Place de L'Operu for the purpose of making a demon stration before the great establish ments in the Rue de La Palx. The ac tivity of the iolice in making more searches and seizures although design ed to insure the public safety also ta3 had effect of increasing public appre hension, many persons believiug that such extraordinary efforts indicate th seriousness of the situation. Govern ment, military and polia? officials give the most positive assurances that orde. will be .maintained and he calmer heads accept these statements; but :he nervous element of the city Is hastily preparing for eventualities, some per sons leaving town and taking their val uables with them and others laying In stores for an emergency. The scenes at the great supply stores are unprece dented, hundreds of persons invading them and clamoring for emergency supplies. The sensational press increase th unrest by publishing alarming report of anarchist designs, while the serious press gives prominence to the military concentration and public plans, all of which leads the public to apprehead that something is about to happen. The explosion of the bombs under the Argenteuil bridge Is the first overt "direct action." The bridge I a maa act iu what the revolutionaries term sive structure crossing the Seine six miles outside the St. Iazare stations and hundreds of trains cross it daily. The military reinforcements that have been brought to Paris crossed the river on this bridge. The bomb used was cylindrical in shape with a slow fuse. The deafening explosion was heard for five miles. It shattered windows m Argenteuil and awakened the sleeping town. The railroad was torn up and the signal on the bridge was smashed, but the solidity of the structure re sisted the force of the explosion. There is no clue to the penetrator of the ex plosion. The appearance of the striking jew elers in the fashionable shopping cen ter this evening caused considerable ex citement The strikers proceeded In a body from the labor exchange to th Rue de LaPaix, the richest, short stree. in the world, the windows of the stores being literally lined with diamonds. They reached the Place de L'Opera, where a band of republican guards and police barred their advance, and a live ly scuffle eusued in which the strikers were separated, turned back and dis persed though a number of them were arrested. In the meantime, the police had made searches of the domiciles of six person suspected of having anarchist connec tions and of the officers of several in flammatory newpapers. SUBMERGING VESUVIUS REGION Oceans of Mud Inundating the Entire Section Situation Described a a Black Misery. .Naples, April 28. Oceans of mud brought from the mountain side by tor rential rain3 Friday night are practi cally submerging the Vesuvius region. The situation can only be described aj a black misery, and if it rains again soon It will be absolutely hopeless. The recent eruption of Mount Vesuvius having closed the old water channels, a torrent of rain Friday night had thou sands of outlet! in all directions, and. carrying black mud with if, broke up bridges, weakened bouses at the basts as the ashes had already done on the roofs, inundated streets, contaminated drinking water and attacked all that the ingenuity of man had erected for his own benefit Among the people today was seen the calmness of despair, there were no ravings or terror, but the despair which weakens the will and removes the desire to do anything. About SO houses were almost submerged, hot have not yet fallen may be saved If the rains are not repeated; but if is down pour starts again preparation haa been made to blow them up with dynamite In order ko preevnt a worse disaster. Wood huts are being erected rapidly at Ottajano for the homeless, and the houses that were damaged by the eruption are being strengthened by an army of masons.
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