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0"T7 LVOL. X. No. 101. WILMINGTON, N. C.v THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1897. PRICE 5 CENTS. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. r ; THE STATE. There will be a contest against the gov ernor appointing any directors of the Raleigh- insane asylum on the ground that the old directors hold over, the legis lature having failed to make appointments- Train Na 74, of the Southern railroad Is wrecked near Old Fort; one person is killed and several injured. DOMESTIC, i The gunboat Wilmington has been or dered into commission The, representa tives of' the leading railroads of the south met in Washington City yesterday and t completed the organization of the South- 'ieasern Passenger Association; Henry Walters, president of the Atlantic Coast Lilne, i was elected president-; Consul iCeneral Lee notifies the state department jof tile arrest and imprisonmerit of two naturalized American citizens by the Spanish authorities The- Knights of iLabor declare war on the American Fed- c-ration of Labor The republicans of the penate. finance committee will not report the tariff bill to the committee before Monday The indebtedness of the' How land corporation of New Bedford reaches $2,550,000 Most of the officials who went to New York to attend the Grant memo rial exercises returned to Washington yes terday. Four lives are lost in the burn ing of a residence in Brooklyn Charles Neukirch, of the firm of Theo. W. Meyers & CO., is expelled from the New York Ktock exchange Customs receipts at New York yvsterday were Veryheavy. Guthrie, Qkla., is visited by a-succession of storms of, wind, lightning and rain; the first was a tornado and the last a cloudburst; the waters rose so rapidly that many people were carried away in the torrent before they could reach high ground or be rescued from the tops of their houses Which were demolished; the death roll is a, long one, but it is not yet known how many persons were drowned; the damage to property is im mense -Three or more deaths from the Newport News fire are reported In the Kentucky legislature on the 112th ballot Deboe was elected United -States senator amid the wildest excitement; bath sides worked like beavers up to the last minute. I At Fairfax Court House. Va., a negro 'iK convicted of criminal assault and con demned to be hanged; he was tried three 'times in three days- The acetylene gas Ipeopla propose to the city of Richmond to buy the city gas works paying $1,000,000 'cash One of the men charged with starting the conflagration at Portsmouth, !Va., makes a confession Miss Mary L. Patrick of Hampton, Va., who was to be married yesterday, mysteriously dis appeared Monday night and nothing has been heard of her since With the elec tion of Senator Deboe the senate now has eighty-eight members, of whom iforty-three are republicans: 'thirty-three democrats .and twelve populists; if Seha itor Kyle were to. vote with the republ icans they wohld have a majority with the vice president's deciding vote W. J. Calhoun will be. the special commissioner ' to Cuba. - - FOREIGN. Four men in a boat from a wrecked French fishing vessel save their lives by -eating the flest of a companion who dies. : Thirty persons are injured by an ex plosion in a church on the island of Cyprus; Turks are charged with the deed. - An Associated Press correspondent with the Greek army at Mati gives a crranhic account of the stampede of the Greeks from that place to, Larissa and. which was continued to Pharsalosr it is said f(l persons, men. women and chil dren, w-ere killed in the route from Mati to Larissa; some. of the ofticers tried to check, the soldiers: but others become panic stricken and fled as fast as their horses could lake them The French for eign minister tells the Turkish ambassa dcre that if the 'Turkish army advances further in Great1 France will come for ward as the ilofynder of the Christians. I . r Base Ball. Philadelphia.. April 28. Boston de feated Philadelphia in" -the" most -interesting game of the ' series. . This is Boston's first victor- and Philadel phia's first defeat. Fffield pitched his 'first game fend showed tip in' league 'form. His fielding errors, however. Were -costly. The scare! R. H. E. Philadelphia ....1 1 10020005 10 5 Boston ...2 0001 02 1 6 8 2 Batteries: Firield and Grady; Klobe tanz and Yeager. Umpire, Hurst; tlir.e,-2:2i. : , I Cincinnati," April 28. The Reds made It Ithree straights today by shutting out Tebeau's Indians. The- visitors could do nothing with Damman, the young left hand pitcher of the Reds, who held them down to sx hits. The score: R. H. E. Cincinnati . . . . . .0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 10 1 0 0 0000 0000 6 1 ' Batteries: Damman and Peitz:Cup py and O'Connoer. Umpire, Sheridan; lime. 1:45, Ixiuisville. Anrll 2S. The Pirates plopped the Colonels winning streak to day. Hill pitched a better game than llawley, but two misplays by the home team were fatal. The score: K. i. xl.. Pittsburg ..1 00 00 0 1 0 2 4 0 XouU-ville 00 001 0 00 01 4 2 Batteries: Hawley and Merritt; Hill find Wilson. Umpire, -McDermott; time", 1:43. Baltimore, April 2S. The Orioles to day won the odd game of this series from Brooklyn. Both .sides, batted well, but the excellent base running of the 'home.. team piled up their score, they having no less than fifteen stolen fnases to their credit. The score: Baltimore .. .. ..0 2 4 1 3 2.1 0 18 2 . Brooklyn 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 12 3 .Batteries: Corbett and Clarke; Ken nedy and Grim and Burrill. Umpire, Km slier timeL2:30. - New York. April 2S. Young. Cy. Sey mour was the hero of the game this afternoon between the New Yorks and ihe Washingtons. The diminutive left iiander had the visitors puzzled and it was not until the fifth, inning that they managed to get a hit. The score: R. II. E. New York 3 0 0 3 0 3.2 0 11 17 3 Washington ... .0 0 0 0 1T0 1 1 1 3 4 5 Batteries: SeVmour and Warner;. Morton. King and McClure. Umpire, Lynch: time. 1:50. I Louis..'. April 2S. Both, clubs play ed poorly. 'today. The Browns had no trouble Jrt stealing bases on "Pop" An Fon and his passed balls nearly lost ihe Colts the game, which was called at the end of the eighth inning on ac rount of rain. The score:- R- H. E. rU. Louis 2 20000 105 10 2 Chicago ,0 1 3 00 0 2.06. 9 5 Batteries: Hart and McFarland; fJHffith and Anson and Kittredge- Um pire, McDonald; time. 2:00. EASTERN LEAGUE. At Netrark " R Newark .....0 0 4 0 9 215 H. 11 11 E. 4 5 E. 9 .Athletics .... 2 0 o Z z 1 J At Richmond R H. Richmond ... Lancaster ... At Norfolk Norfolk ....... Reading .3 0 0 001 000 1 5 ..0 0 000 0 000 0 2 . i R. H. .10 112 6 11013 17 .000100020 3 8 E. To Test the Governor's Filling Vacancies on Asylnm Boards. (Special to The "Messenger.) . Raleigrh. N. C. April 28. It is stated' this afternoon that there Is a movement on foot to prevent the governor from appointing any directors of the insane, ajylum here, the contention being that all the old directors are entitled to hold over, as the legislature failed to fill the vacancies. The terms of Di rectors Cotteh, J. It, Smith, B. F. Boy kin and John B. Broadfoot have ex pired. Dr. Kirby holds office until isoo: . : A Train Wrecked In the Mountain. Asheville, N. C, April, 28. A special to The Citizen from Old Fort savs: Train 'No. t 74 was wrecked three miles east of Old Fort, caused by the pulling out of a drawhead. Five cars were wrecked. The train crew was uninjur ed. A colored man named Gilmore, from Baltimore, was killed and two other colored men hurt, but not serious ly. Robert Lamb, white, of Raleigh, N. C, was badly bruised, but will re cover. ,..!'. . . 'i WIND AND WATER. FEARFUL- RAVAGES BY TWO ELEMENTS. THESE Guthrie and 1 Reno, Oklahoma, Swept by Tornado, Then Inundated .' From a Cloudburst A Wall of Water Rushes Down the Valley From Hill to Bill Sweeping Everything Before It Many Persons Drowned In Sight of Would-be Rescuers. Guthrie, Oklahoma, April 28. For miles tonight the Canadian galley is a dreary waste. At sunrise this morn ing, a mighty wall of water.1 from six to eight feet high and a mile wide, broke U3on "West Guthrie; without warning,' crushing houses, sweeping away property and drowning people by -the score. Every movable thing was swept, before the wave, which, passed on into the valley with resistless force, wreaking terrible destruction to life and property wherever It reached. Dozens of human lives are "known to have been sacrificed how many may not be ascertained for weeks. Hun dreds of houses were wrecked; for miles farms were completely ruined, bridges and tracks were washed out and rail T way traffic in every direction is at a standstill. The efforts of rescuing par ties have in many cases proved in vain. Many- people floated down the stream before they could be reached and their fate is unknown. Others will pass the night, in trees in midstream or perched on house tops. The property loss is placed, at something near $1,000,000. Fully two-thirds of the victims were colored people. Business has been sus pended all day in Guthrie. As thor ough an organization for relief as is possible has been made, but all aid has been necessarily retarded by the con fused condition of things. It will be impossible to explore the houses until the water subsides, as many of them are submerged. As darkness gathered many overturned houses could be seen far out in the flood, but it could not be learned whether their occupants es caped. The river is thirty feet above its ordinary level. - i A' heavy rain began falling this after noon. A threatening bank or clouds came up from the northwest and many persons . fled to their tornado cellars, fearing that another disaster was upon them. Luckfly, however, the damage was slight. The Cottonwood river, a small stream that winds between steep banks in West Guthrie was bank full from a heavy rain yesterday ; and last night. About 6 o'clock, waters from a cloud burst above added to those already nearly up to the level of the high banks, and the flood was sweeping through West Guthrie, "a section popu lated mostly by colored people. Persons who saw the Tirst wall of waT ter said that it was about eighteen feet high, spreading entirely across the valley. There was no water in front of it save that in the river's channel. The first wave was followed by others in quick succession, until the whole set tled into a bank of water from six to eight feet high! . Many had alreay be gun carrying their household goods to places of safety, but few had made more than one trip when they were forced, to flee for their lives before a raging, resistless torrent. The main supply pipe of the water works system burst where it crossed the Cottonwood, in the southern part of the city and all the water in the reservoirs poured into the river. In the southwestern part' of the city a long arm of land is Tormed by the winding of the river. On this land lived hundreds of negroes. During the night the bridge leading across the river to the 'main , section was swept away. The people . were absorbed in watching the rising waters this morn ing when the floods from the reservoirs came down in solid wall and cut across the arm of land near the main land, cutting off escape." The people fled from their homes 4.o the higher portions of the newly formed island. In half an hour the mountain of water had done its work and practically spent itself. The air became hideous with the crash ing of houses and the cries of the un fortunates. When the first shock was over, the more fortunate on the island began to help others. The houses, barns and" other effects began to drift down the stream," each freighted with one or more human beings; boats or rafts shot out here and there from the shore and desperate efforts were made to rescue, the people, improvised rafts were quickly thrown together and started out into the mad stream. Be fore many of them had been propelled a couple of yards from shore, they were twisted and broken by the waters and the would-be rescuers thrown into the stream. . Half a dozen rescuers were drowned even before those they, had tried to save had been reached. Gus Piatt, business manager of The Guthrie Leader, and George Willis, a merchant tailor, swam the river and secured a boat, by which a number of persons were saved. A negro woman with a babe in her arms tried to steady herself in a tree top,, calling for help. She . grew weak and the baby slipped into' the water and was drowned. She was finally res cued and said her family of six had been lost. A-woman wading from her home with her baby on her head was seen to go under, and a man swimming the chan nel to reach four women and a baby in a tree was carried down stream. Two women and a child were carried away on a bridge further down stream and one man and two women, in plain eight of shore, were en a house roof when it went to pieces. They ail per ished. An old negro woman was seen clingr insr to a house top. The building soon turned over and she was drowned. Three men. Walter Olds. John van Duzen and Eugene Gilla, sought to res cue an old man from a tree. Their raft struck an overhanging tree and they barely saved themselves byJamboring into another tree. Thev were nnauy rescued and a rope sent to them by means of a shot gun and a cord Two men seeureg a small stern wneei pleasure boat and started to the rescue of a half dozen men and"w"oraen lodged in a tree. The persons were, rescued amid the cheers of the spectators. The cable holding the craft finally broke and it was carried down the stream but ultimately Janded safely. Adjutant General .Jameson, of the territorial militia,, narrowly escaped with his familye was forced " to wade and lead his horse with his fam ily in the buggy. . John Metz, aged 5a years, was cap sized while trying to save a woman, who sank before he reached her. Metz himself was barely rescued. George Owens, Attorney T.eague Ray, and Dick Pearson, were precipitated into the water while trying to save some people, and Owens was drowned. The wife and five children of Wesley McGill, colored, were drowned in theu- home. Tonight forty 'or fifty people could be seen clinging to trees and roofs oi buildings, but could not be reached and wili have to spend the night where they are. The strength of many may fail before morning. The fate of many others who are known to have been carried. down stream will not be known till daybreak and perhaps not then. It is impossible to get any definite news from the hundreds of rescued people on the bluffs west of the city. Those who escaped are rushing franti cally about in search "of missing ones. The river is going down rapidly to night. When the sun went down this even Ins but two bodies had been recovered, those of Anna Kaiser, a school teacher and Frank Mayers. Others known to have been .drowned are: George Owens, J. H. Calhoun, ,wife and child; Charles Rufner and wife; Rastus Mc Gill, Lena Burk, Mrs. Watt, Mrs. Wes ley McGill and five children: John Metz, Mrs. H. James Montgomery, Mrs. Dummills, Jim, Lilly, Mrs. Dumas, IT. H, Beckfinger. Mrs. Francis Moore, John Beard. Mrs. Sue Wilson. Jennie Taylor, Sam Jackson, George Smathers. It is believed that loss of life has also occurred south of Guthrie along the Cotton river. ... Many farm houses in that district are reported to have been swept away. Seven miles south of here at Seward, Hunt's store and the postoffice were destroyed. Four thousand dollars was raised in Guthrie this afternoon for the relief of the sufferers. El Reno, Okla., April 28 For the first time since the white man settled, in the Canadian valley twenty-nine years ago, this morning's sun set its rays over an Oklahoma, ' sea. The final storm and flood came as fitting climax to a week of unusually heavy rains and damaging floods. A fierce storm Saturday tore out sewers and moved small buildings. Saturday at midnight a hurricane, hlowing forty-six miles an hour, drove 'blinding sheets of water through the roofs of the poorly built or already damaged .."; houses. People were driven in terror to their storm cellars and caves and spent the night in momentary expectation of being borne away by storm or flood. Sunday dawned bright and clear, but yesterday noon another deluge de scended. By 6 o'clock the rain fall amounted to over five inches. A huge black cloud was ohserved moving to ward the city, from the west. The cry get under ground" arose oh all sides and the streets were soon filled with running, shouting people seeking cave dr cellar. Stores and homes were de serted and the people huddled together waiting the Plow. The centre of the storm passed over the southeastern corner of the town, striking the hills across the valley, "wrecking all it touched. ' vv ith the tornado came the heaviest like period, over two inches falling in thirty minutes. 'All day the river had been rising at a frightful rate, reach ing the railroad bridge and moving it out of line. The wagon bridge went, out when the water reached its floor and the bridge and drift, serving as an obstruction, forced the water out over the bottoms, washing out crops, mov ing houses and drowning stock. A dam on the Ellison ranch gave way and earned out a bridge on the Fort Reno road, swept the fair grounds clean and flooded the yards of the Choctaw railroad. .Rising into, the houses of the hottom farmers it com pelled them to desert their homes. A party composed of A. E. Woodliff, Pete Carr, Henry Sshaefer. Charles Justin, James Tompkins, . Rev. Father Hall and others immediately set to work saving the unfortunates. In the home of Thomas Palmer, the latter's wife, and several children were rescued from the tops of "bureaus just as" the water was creeping up to their feet. It was with difficulty they were re moved to the improvised rafts of the rescuers and taken to dry land. The families of Mrs. Hall, Tom Potter, Col onel Severy and :Mrs. Black were res cued from their homes in a similar manner. In each instance the water ha3 swept through the windows and was gradually rising. During the trip a raft of railfoad ties went to pieces on a submerged wire fence and the en tire party was precipitated into the water. They were all saved. Lightning struck the spire of the Presbyterian church and totally wrecked it, The school house for col ored children was struck at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the structure shat tered and about fifty pupils more or lesa seriously hurt. Several other houses were struck by lightning, but no one was killed. Further west the lightning killed much stock. The elec tric light wires went down and the town was in darkness last night. Re ports from surrounding towns are mea gre," as telegraph wires are down and trains have all been stopped on account of washouts. It 1s known, however, that many homes have 'been washed out in towns adjacent to El Reno and it is feared many lives have been lost. West of here Frank Thompson and the 16-year-old son of Hiram McGriffen were drowned. A Remarkable Trial for Criminal Assault. Alexandria, Va., April 28.-James Lewis, a colored man, charged with outraging Mrs. Ida Reidel, a white woman several miles below here about two weeks ago, was found guilty by a jury at Fairfax Court House tonight. The death -penalty was immediately imposed. The case has teen in some respects a remarkable one, the con demned man having been tried three times in as many days. In the two former trials the jury found him guilty of the crime charged, but were unable to agree on the penalty to be imposed, eleven men in each case favoring hang ing and the remaining juryman holding out for life imprisonment. There was much indignation among the leading citizens of the county that the jury could not agree on the penalty after finding Lewis guilty. lu the second trail the case was given to the jury at l:30-o'clock this morning, but after remaining "out about .four hours they reported their inability to asTee. The crowd around the court house became very impatient while awaitins the verdict and threats of lynching were freely, made. Shortly before daybreak Sheriff Gordon, by a timely discovery, prevented a lynching by getting possession of a long rope with a noose in it which a man was iiit nreoarine1 to slip over Lewis nwlt. Ttip- iv-nehlnsr of a negro in vAlexan- Arn last woplc for outrasring a little p-iarl was reeretted greatly by Gov- o-Ferrall and he was determined if TKssfble. to prevent a recurrence of snih an t in the present case. Ac irrtinr)v he ordered the Monticello miards to Fairfax Court House to as ist in preserving order and they ar-r rived at the pjaee during the afternoon from Charlottesville, in command of Lieutenant Hertzel Wlngfield. The im. position of the death penalty on Lewis will, it is expected, relieve the tension which has existed and no trouble is probable. Expelled From the Stock Exchange. New York. April 28. The governors of the stock exchange today expelled Charles Neukirch, a member of the ex chanee. on eharges of fraud. He is a member of the firm of Theo. W. Mey ers & Co., of which former City Comp troller Meyers was for some years the head. The ex-comptroller, it is said, disposed of his interests in the firm for a stipulated sum about three years ago. The other partner in the Hrm or Mey ers. & co.. is E. H. Meyers, a nephew of Theo; W. Meyers. Neukirch was the exchange member of the nrm ana re cently charges of collusion with the notorious E. S. Dean Company were preferred against them. t At the last meeting of the governors the charges were formally received, and since then a riarid Investigation has been made Neukirch appeared before the govern ors at today's, meeting and so fax as could be ascertainedmade a general denial of the charges of fraud, saying that the acts' with which he was rhareed. were only "transfer of ac counts." The vote to expel Neukirch was unanimous. Telegraphic Sparks. Colonel John 6. Mosby is reported as very much better. He is noV entirely rational and the strongest hopes are entertained of his entire recovery. Burruss, Son & Co., bankers .of Nor folk, who failed Tuesday for $340,000, yesterday paid over between $20,000 and S30.000 to depositors who placed j money in the bank yesterday. THE LONG CONTEST ENDED. THE KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE AT IiAST ELECTS A SENATOR. The' Contest Which Hm Lasted Through Two Legislature Ended in the Election of a Candidate of Only a Eew Days. Deboe .Receives a Majority of the Totes Amid a Ltorm of Excitement Both Sides Working to the Last Moment. Frankfort, Ky., April 28. Governor Bradley has written out the certificate of election for Hon. William J. Deboe, of Crittenden county, as junior senator from Kentucky,' to succeed Hon. J. C. Blackburn, whose term expired March 4th. Senator Deboe will be in his seat in the senate Monday next. - Senator Deboe has suffered slight strokes of political lightning before. The end of the famous struggle which has extended over two legislative ses sions will go into history as the most memorable Kentucky, has ever known: Dr. Hunter came here six weeks ago with a majority in the legislature, with a- clean ' majority 6rtnese"1republicanr staunchly for him and the additional backing of the national and state party organizations, but circumstances were against him and the lightning today struck Deboe on the 112th ballot. Republican caucuses, informal, ir regular and impromptu, were held from 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon till after day light this morning. The Hunte'r devotees worked like beavers for Deboe and work was also done by Bradley and his lieutenants. The arrival of John W. Yerkes, national committee man from Kentucky, last night, em phasized the report that it was at last a party fight. Last night, the republi cans announced that there was not the faintest possibility of Daboe's election being delayed longer than today; but their appearance and the zeal with which they worked until the last min ute before the joint session show that they were not as certain as thev ap peared and were afraid of the schemes of the Blackburn people, who never quit working. They watched every train. They had telegrams announcing that their four absent members would surely be here, but they Were afraid of accidents. They- were told that Lie- berth and two others had been in con ference with Governor Bradley and Senator Deboe and had finally declared themselves in line. When the last train was in. the re publican leaders announced that all of the seventy-one republicans were on hand; that Debote would be absent and that he Was sure to be elected by seventy-one votes. It looked this way to the nearly despairing Blackburn demo crats, and to the gold democrats. Not only was Yerkes here, but State Chair man Sam Roberts had come back and was working hard to keep all in line. No such crowds as that which gathered before the joint session was ever seen in the old state house before. All the republicans in the senate ex cept Deboe, answered present. So did all the gold democrats except Park Smith. The gold democrats in the house also answered present with but one- exception. There were no miss- n republicans in the house. The chair announced eighty-one present and or dered the roll call for the ballot. Gold democrats voted for Martin with, but few exceptions. There were 135 present and sixty-eight would elect. There was applause when Lieberth voted for the nominee. Norman also voted for De boe. When the sixtyTeighth vote was passed, the president could not quell the wild cheers. The Blackburn men asked for a call of the absentees and they vqted solidly for their man. Henry Martin voted too. The ballot stood: Deboe 71, Blackburn 50, Martin 13. Stone 1. Lykins was not present, nor was Ogilvie. Governor Bradley was pres ent. The Wild scene that followed could not be quieted. There was no chance to ask the victor to come for ward and make a speech. The cheering and demonstrations were ended by the president putting a motion, and de claring the assembly adjourned sine die. - Deboe can never be charged with using money in his brief, victorious race. He and his friends are too poor to give a banquet. He has received hundreds of telegrams of congratula tions this afternoon and tonight and is beseiged by men for federal positions in Kentucky. . Four Lives Lost in a Fire. New York, April 28. Four persons lost their lives in a fire at No. 1278 Third avenue, Brooklyn, early today. The dead are Mrs. John Newell and her two children, aged 3 and 5 years; also Mrs. Celia Barnett, aged 38 .years. The flames began in the lower hall, and spread with great rapidity through the building, completely cutting off the escape of the Newell family, which oc cupied the top floor. When Mrs. Newell found the stairway burning and the halls filled with smoke, she threw her children, Louis aged 3 and John, aged 5 years, from a window to the street below where four men held a blanket to catch them. The children bounded from the blanket and were killed by falling on the sidewalk. Mrs. Newell was afraid to attempt the leap and was found suffocated later in 'her apart ments. Her , husband escaped with slight burns. On the floor below lived Mr. and Mrs. Barnett. They reached the street in safety, but Mrs. Barnett ran back into the burning building to secure some jewelry she had left be hind. She was subsequently found in an alcove room dead and slightly' burn ed. The loss is estimated at 525,000. . The fire, it is said, was of incendiary origin. That many" more lives were not lost, is only due to the prompt ac tion of the police. Two Americ an Citicens Arrested in Cuba Washington, April 28. Consul Gener al Lee has reported to the state depart ment the arrest of two hatufalizeci American citizens in Cuba recently, in whose behalf he had interested himself, Jose T. Dumas was arrested In Havana The consul general, on being in formed of the arrest, . made a re quest upon the Spanish officials for a Statement pf the cliarge upon which the man had been Vrrested, b"ut up to the 21st, the date of his report, the an swer had not been received. The second case-was that of Rafael Fernandez Diaz, captured by the Spanish troops in Sagua. He is now held in. jail there and Is ttus case also the consul gen eral has' requested ' that all the rights conceded by treaty be extended, ' '"' Casaaltios From the Newport News Fire, (Newport News, April 28. There is no doubt that Elijah Manderson and Wil liam Paxton, the two colored firemen on the tugboat Wanderer, which was consumed In yesterdayts conflagration, were lost, as they have not been seen since. They jumped overboard when the tug was burning. I The crew of the German ship J. D. Bisehoff, which was also destroyed, reT port that one of their number is rniss Jna'," When last "seen he was' fn the water and it is believed, he was drowned. Boatswain Steerman whose heroic efforts saved the life of the cap tain of the same vessel, cannot re cover from his Injuries. He is burned internally. ' TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money If it fails to cure. 25c ORGANIZATION COMPLETED The Southeastern Passenger Association - Formed at a Meeting of Representatives t of JLeading Southern Railroads. ' Washington, April 28. Representa tives of leading railroads of the south met here today and concluded the for mation of a new passenger traffic asso ciation, to be known as the Southeast ern Passenger Association, and elected officers for the ensuing year. The arti iles of association were tentatively formed at a recent jmeeting at Atlanta, subject to the concurrence of four ab, sent mem'bers. These members were present at the meetings today and, after some minor changes in the articles, they were formally adopted. "The roads entering the association are the Atlanta, Knoxville and North ern railway; Atlanta . and Western railroad; Atlantic Coast Line; Central of Georgia railway; Florida Central and Peninsular railroad; Florida East coast railway; Georgia and Alabama railway; Georgia Southern and Flor ida railway; Louisville and Nashville railroad; Mobile and Birmingham rail road; Pennsylvania railroad; , Plant system of railways; Richmond, Freder icksburg and Potomac railroad; South ern railway; Tif ton and , Northeastern railroad; Western Railway of Alabama. - The election of officers resulted in the choice, of Henry Walters, president of the Atlantic Coast. Line, as president; Joseph Richardson, formerly commis sioner of the iSouthern States Passen ger Association, chairman of the con ference committee of .the new associa tion. The articles adopted today set forth the object of the association in the fol lowing preamhle: "For the purpose of interchanging authentic information in regard to the tariffs of the respective parties, mem bers of this association; for consulta tion and mutual advice in regard to the reasonableness of tariffs and the publicity of the same, and to aid in fulfilling the purposes of the laws of the states and of the United States, af fecting commerce, especially with the view of preventing illegal and unjust discriminations betw'een persons and localities, or kinds of traffic," The territory of the association is south of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the 'Mississippi rivers. The ar ticles provide for a conference com mittee to whom shall he submitted all changes in rates, rules or regulations affecting the traffic within the terri tory of the association. It is made the duty of the chairman to discourage re ductions in rates by rebates, draw hacks, commissions, or by any illegal devices. At the conclusion of the morning ses sion, which was 'behind closed doors, the officers of the association stated that the new agreement is designed to come fully within the requirements of the reecnt decision of the United States supreme court in the trans-Missouri case. It is said to be mainly in the nature of a clu'b arrangement, for the exchange of information of mutual benefit and' not for a control of rates within the meaning of the recent de cision. All of the roads entering the associ ation were represented at today's meet ing either in person or by proxy. The association concluded its work this afternoon and the members left for home. 'A number of them accepted an invitation of General Passenger Agent Pannill, of the Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Southern railroad to visit Virginia Beaci tomorrow. The South eastern Freight Association meets here tomorrow to conclude an organization similar to that of today on passenger traffic. Closing; Events of Greeco-Tnrkish War. London, April 28. Matters at Athens are likely to remain unchanged until the ministerial crisis is settled, when overtures from the powrers toi inter vene are expected. The sultan is said to be willing to listen to terms. The downfall of the Delynannis cabinet is taken for granted, though it has not actually occurred. M. Ralli, who is likely to succeed Delyannis, was equal ly keen for war. Little or nothing seems ; to be known at Athens or is reported here as to the movements of the Greek! fleet. The only news of actual fighting in progress this afternoon cqmes from Velestino, which commands the road to Volo. Possibly this indicates ari intention of the Turks to march southward. It is said that Edham Pasha! has sent a white flag to Volo with the assurance that the Turkish troops will inflict no damage upon the city or citizens. There seems little doubt therefore, that he intends to occupy Volo. ! The Greek forces now.' extend in a fourteen mile line from Pharsalos to Velestino. Pharsalos commands the Tarka pass and the road leading to Athens by way of Larissa. Athens," April 28. Midnight The leg islative assembly met again this even ing. Ninety-five deputies were pres ent. As a senate quorum is 104, anoth er adjournment was necessary. The adjournment was followed by consid erable excitement and cries of disap proval from the gallery. The session was awaited with the greatest anxiety. A dense crowd gathered in the vicinity of the chamber to get the first news of such action as might be taken. There was, however, no disorder. Many of the ministerialist deputies declare that they will vote against the government on the question of confidence. Late last night it was rumored that the Greeks are still fighting in front of Penteoi gadla. The opposition leaders issued an ad dress to the public this morning ask ing that order be maintained. It had a calming effect-upon the people. Return of the Officials From New York. Washington, April 28. The Pennsyl vania railroad special train which par ried President McKInley, Mrs. Grant, the cabinet and the diplomatic "corps to, New York. for the Grant ceremonies returned to Wasingtontoday. The ;orfsident an(i his party, Mrs. Grant's partyj Admiral Brown" and General Miles, remained in New York, as did many of the diplomats. The company which the train carried on its return trip included Secretary of State Sher man, Postmaster General Gary. At torney GenSrai McKenna, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Adjutant General Ruggles, the British ambassador, Sir Julian Pauncefote; the French ambas sador, M. Patenotre, and about twenty-five other diplomats. The special made the run in 4 hours and 50 min utes, leaving Jersey City at 11:50 and arriving in Washington at 4:40. The trip was without incident, : The vice presidential train, operated by the Baltimore and Ohio road, ar rived here shortly before 5 o'clock, after a five hour run from New York. .Mr. Hobart and the committees of the sen--ate and house returned on the train. The trip lacked incident. Speaker Reed did not return with the party, but is expected on Friday, The Remeya Trial. Atlanta, Ga.. April 28. Captain Romeyn completed his defence before the court-martial today. He put Lieu tenant ' O'Brien on the stand and the latter swore than no engagement had ever existed between Captain Romeyn's daughter and Lieutenant Bamford. It was the dullest day of the trial. To morrow may being the eniL Ifjaterloo Disappearance of Tonne " laty. -Newport News, Va.. April 28. A special to The Dally Press from Hampton says that Miss Mamie L. Patrick mysteriously disappeared from her home in that city late Monday night. She was to have been married today to Mr. D. W. Culley, of this city, and was apparently happy in anticipation of her coming union. While she was an attractive and popular girl, she had no other admirer whose atten tions were encouraged. Diligent efforts of relatives to And her have been in vain. STAMPEDE OF THE GREEKS THE ARMY TURNED INTO PANIC STRICKEN MOB. The Retreat From Mati to Larissa a Perfect Boat The Road Filled With Fleeing Soldiers, Women and Children Women and Children Killed In the Firing of Fear-Maddened Men at Imaginary Turks. (Copyrighted by the Associated Press.) Athens, April 28. The retreat of the Greeks, after the battle of Mati,' developed into a rout before many miles had been covered. The Larissa correspondent of the Associated Press, who was with the retreating troops, has arrived here and his story of, the fight is full of Interest. While soldiers, villagers, woman and children, were marching along, all hope-r lessly mixed - up and the soldiers anthematizlng their officers, a dozen horsemen and as many riderless horses appeared. The cry went up: "The Turl: ore upon us" and the stampede began. fright ened soldiers and villagers commenced to fire in every direction and , the terror of the animals added ta the confusion. The correspondent, who narrowly escaped being: shot by irregulars, says the mad firing kept up for half an hour. The scene was terrible. Men, women and children- were killed. The way was strewn with ammunition boxes, broken carts and furniture, the bedding of soldiers, blank ets and tin pannikins. The latter rattled under the horses feet, blankets became entangled in them and the horses, frantic with alarm, galloped about among the flying crowds, many of them riderless and deserted. Guns and ammunition wagons and carts added to the obstructions. Their traces had been cut in order to enable the drivers to mount the hourses attach ed to them and seek safety in flight. There were many struggles between the fugitives for the possession of the-horses. In this manner the affrighted crowds struggled on for several miles, presenting a most vivid picture of disaster and fear. Some of the Greek officers, it is true, did their duty. They ordered the buglers and trumpeters to sound "cease firing" and rode about calling upon the fleeing soldiers to halt. But others of the Greek officers lost their heads and pushed on ward as terror-stricken as the soldiery. One brave officer tried to bring his men to their senses by presenting a revolver at them and shouting: "Stop, stop," .but he might as well have called upon a whirl J wind to stay in its course. General Mavromichaelis, who had evi dently reached Larissa some time before, rode back some distance in order to ar rest the stampede. Two miles from the Larissa road is situated an embankment, where the general succeeded in inducing half a company of footsore men to fall in, but thousands continued the pell mell rush for Larissa. There was a block at the bridge across Salambra river at he entrance of Larissa, Another "terrible scene was there presented, guns, men and horses struggling in a fearful mass. In the streets of Larissa, there was in describable confusion.- Troops of all arms were mixed together and threw them selves down in utter exhaustion, heedless of the calls of the trumpets and bugles summoning them to fall in. The inhabi tants rushing about the streets, intensi fied the confusion. The mere mention of the Turks was sufficient to create a fren zied rush. When the moon rose and the neighbor hood of the town could be made out with some distinctness, matters became calmer and at dawn - the excitement had been reduced to a restless movement from street to street, and an anxious discussion of the future. Some estimates of the number of deaths which occurred during the stampede and indiscriminate firing, say that from 500 to 600 persons were killed. But the corre spondent thinks these figures are ex--aggerated, though people declare they have seen many wagons bearing the dead to Larissa. The five newspaper correspondents who were in the stampede all had miraculous escapes from death. The first hours of daylight were spent by the Greek officers in assembling their scattered troops and sending them to Pharsalos. Tl troops continued the march without any refreshment and it is alleged that many of them had not tasted food since Friday morning. When it became known that Larissa was to be abandoned, there was another panic. The women and even the children went about drawing their hands across their throats, showing what they ex pected of the Turks, and in an Incredibly short time the roads leading to Pharsalos and Volo were crowded with people, vehicles and animals, the latter bearing all kinds of household effects. ,A special train of trucks took to Volo about 3.000 people of every degree, the passengers hanging on to the roofs and platforms like a swarm of bees; but the majority trudged along on foot and many of the refugees threw anxious looks back at Larissa and the vale of Tempe, fearing every moment a rush from the Circassian cavalry. - t - - By 1:30 o'clock p. m., Larissa was emptied. Instead of following the troops to Pharsalos the correspondent, .in order to get on: nis dispatches, pushed on to Volo, where there ,-was a panic almost equaling the one witnessed at Larissa, Fugitives were arriving at Volo every few minutes, and they spread rumors that the Turks would enter the place in a few hours. In the absence of steamers there was a general rush for the galques, on board of which the well-to-do classes went to Euboea. or other islands. Your correspondent hired a gaique and went en board of it with a. newspaper compan ion, Mr. Holdall. In a minute there was a great commotion, crowds of people shouting to us to come out of ' the boat. Then a number of men made a rush on board of her, threw Mr. Holdall out and pushed the correspondent ashore. It seems that the lower classes, , panic stricken, determined that if they could not escape from Volo no one else should do so, and they cried, "We ail must die to gether." To such an extent did this feeling of pfinio spread that a government steamer which was embarking wounded soldiers for the Piraeus, was obliged to leave Volo harbor owing to the fact that' the frantic population threatened to make a rush on board the steamship, which would proba bly have resulted in great loss of life. 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