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1 Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. ' 4 !' IE1Z 7t I '7i I a V. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. , LAST EDITION. ":? ALL THE MARKETS. J THE RALEIGH EVENING' TIME VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1906. PRICE 5c NORRIS DEFENSE GOES TO JURY WITHOUT PUTTING ON ANY WITNESSES Lawyers Get Fierce Over the Photograph of the Burned Dwelling STATE RESTS WITHOUT PUTTING THOMAS ON Lively .Arguments by lawyers Kvery Minute Almost Progress Very Slow Photograph of House I'sod l!y Oofonso to Determine Location of Kitelieii ,hid;je Aiiiioiinees He Will Hold a N'ifjit Session Tonight ATler :i few minutes' conference of the attornios for t ho defense, Mr. Holding announced that the defense would introduce no testimony,'- pre ferring to Ko before the jury with the rase as it was. The defense has tho opening and closing of the argument. .Iudgv Webb has announced that there will he a session of court, to night. . Judge T. I?. Womaek addressed the jury lirsl for the defendant. J. D. Mclver. sheriff -and member of house of Chatham county, was called first by Mr, Spruill. He lived about five miles from the old Norris house. Know M. T. Noi'ilst hiiw on day bouse was burned. Met him on the ro.ul on southeast side of liuokhoril creek; overlook him in his buggy with a nf Kro boy driving hi in. It was on tho rond by the river. Ho was going at a medium Rait, Witness asked Mr. Noriis if he was going to Moncure Hint night. He said he was; thought he'd' Bet'" there by 8 o'clock. From that tioint it Is S or 9 miles. That was about live o'clock. When they came to the bridge Mr. Norris said he want ed to see Marks it Ansley at the mill. Told him old man Marks and family were ill I'ittsboro, but his son', .was tin re. Mr. Norrls then wfctit on to the mill, which was off tho 'main road, lie would lose n quarter or half a mile going by the mill. To Marks' bouse woiilil be three quarters of 'mile oul of the way, to Ansley's about one half mile out of the way. From the bridge to' the mill and to Ansley's and back to the bridge would be about one inile. From Lawrence's store to the old Norrls house was some two miles; from Tom P.uehnnnn's to the Norrls place was about four; from the cros.1 roads about 3; from Lonuio Minis' place 2; from T. N. Hunter's olioiit 2: from liuckhorn Falls about 7; from nugland's mill about 0; from marks & Ansley's about 5, the differ ence ill distance to Moncure along tin river road and to Monciiro from Cross' was about a half mile in favor of way from Cross' nlacc: from tho bridge to I'ross' was about two miles. The country about there is broken The road from the Norris place to Moncure was hilly, about half way of it; from the bridge to Moncure was n little hilly. Tho road along the creek was better nt that time. Mr. Mclver said ho had known Mrs. Emily Womaek 'up to the time she wont to Durham eight or nine' years ago, nnd slie bore a good reputation up to that time. Mr. Holding cross examined Mr. Mo Iver and showed him the ma of the section prepared by - the prosecution. It represented F.uekhorn creek empty ing In to Haw river, whereas it did empty in to Cape Fear. Various other errors in the map. were' pointed out. Mr. Holding brought out that the firm of- Marks & Ansley was composed of T. O. Marks and T. A. Ansley. T. O. Marks was the younger man. Why, then, had he said he told Mr. Norris the old man, was'In Plttsboro? Wit ness replied that ' tho old man, Joe Marks, ran the mill. Had he, at the ntugiqt rate's trial, said, anything about rrtentionlng that the ''younger Marks w-as nt the mill? He slid not remem ber. Shown a copy of his testimony at the magistrate's trial, witness said he did not think ho did. Had he said anything about theWounger Marks to Mr. Young or Mr. Scott? Ho had told them J. A. Mnrks and Ausley were at rittsboro on the jury. . Witness did not know condition of Mrs. Womack's mind In recent years. Had never heard her sajjlty questioned until this thing came up. Had he ever heard she refused to sleep on a bed, and when her son gave her one she threw It out in the road? No, ho had never heard that. Had he not heard from her friends and kinsmen sir.ee the trlnl wns started that her mind ,was affected? Objection sustained. j Mr. Mclver denied tui no lanes a very active part in the prnsectuion. Had never been to lialeigh to see Commissioner Young since ho was sub poenaed. Had J. J. Thomas test Hied before the grand jury? objection; nnd Solicitor Jones said Mr. Holding knew it was not compe tent. Mr. Holding said ho would not. accept any such remark as tlif I ; let the other gentleman stay within tho bounds of reason and ho would. The question whether Mr. Thomas was in court to testify was ruled out, and defendant excepted. Witness admitted that ho had writ ten to W. S. Primrose hero about the mailer. Hid not know Mr. Primrose was adjuster of the Home company. U...1 I..,.! T Tit ,,.,u,. liul mliiiul. ed some losses In Knli-Igh. He denied I positively that he had written this 1ft-j l-r after a conference w ith Mr. I Thomas or Mr. Seott on street, but had talked with W. A. Lawrence, O. F. I Drake, T, 'II. Buchanan...!. II. Tiueh-1 a n an. V,'. H. Cross nnd other neigh-1 bors before he had written the letter, j Were the Buchanans related to j Thomas? Killed out. Mr. Holding pressed Mr. Mclver to' sav-why lie went around to the homes of his friends telling about this thing, Tho witness first said ho was working at- timber, and then admitteu luioi-j that he was not working at'tiinherj then, but bad been before that audi since. Did not remember why he-had visited his friends. Mr. Holding said it was not for timber, and Mr. Mclver said no; and he was not walking on. Mi-it that lire either. Mr. Holding rejoined ; writ. John D. (Iloason, based ins ap il looked very much like ho was j olicnl ion on the grounds that, the working on the fire. When Sir. Holding produced picture of the Norris' house there the was a short squabble, and it was some time in the Webb could contusion before Judge tind out what it was. When it was finally shown to the Judge. he: would not allow it to be shown to the witness, saying there was' nothing on it to show when thi' picture Was taken, or the condition the house was in. Sir. Holding said it was not offered to show aged condition of the house. Witness said in standing in front of the gate one could not sec tho kitch en or any part of it. On re-direct Sir. Mclver said his time was railroad, time, 10 or 15 minutes faster than sun time. At the justice's trial he bad not been asked anything about T. o. and J. A. Stalks, which one was in I'ittsboro. Why had lie writen to Mr. Primrose? He started to say what information ho had received, anil there was a sharp argument. -of counsel. Finally Webb allowed witness to state that h got information nnd wrote the letter on the basis of that. In consequence of what he.' hoard about the tiro lie wrote the letter. "What was the nature and character of tin; letter to Mr. Primrose?" usked Sir. Spruill. Defence objected because letter had not been produced in evi dence. Judge Webb . held the letter it self would be the best, evidence; Hon. J. Y. Joyner, state superinten dent of public, instruction, and K. SI. Albright testified to the good character ot W. A. Scott. Dr. It. T. Spcine. Dr. It. T. Speneo of Harnett gave Sir. Mclver a good character. Cross-examined by Mr. 'Holding, Dr. Spcnee said the rental value of the 51 acres would not be much because it would be hard to get a tenant, and most of the neighbors had land enough, lie did not know the value of the land with tho house.' To put a suitable ten ant house of 6 rooms and a kitchen on the place would cost $1,000 or $1,50(1. The. witness was very particular, and kept asking if the estimate" was to include doors and windows, underpining, one or two chimneys. Judge Webb 're marked that a house usually included duel's and windows, underpinning, one linally gave his estimate Solicitor Jones said: "Not including water works." ".Nor gas," added Col. Han is. Ki v. 10. Tope gave Mr. Mclver a good (haunter. H. J. Cross on the Stand, H. J, Cross of Chatham lived about H miles from the Norris house, al 4ho Cross Itoatls, nearly west from the Norris house. To Moncure from where he lived was about S miles.. Was at home running a store at the time of the burning. About dark he heard some one call and went out and saw Sir. Norris in his buggy, and the latter tried to sell him some goods. They talked 10 or 15 minutes. It was about dark. He went east in . tho direction of the Norris house. Witness went to bed right -after dark. Saw Mr-. Norris once between then and Christmas, when Mr. Norris wanted to know what the Insurance men had xbeen doing up In tho country there ami said ho wont to the house to see if the doors We shut. Cross-examined by Judge Womaek, witness had given Mr. Banks a state ment, also Mr. Seott. Mr. Hanks had been to see him before Christmas, and Mr. Scott too, he thought. Later they went together. The night Mr. Norris had gone to the store he had asked for money that Cross owed him, but he (Continued on Page Two.) ARGUED THAW II Writ Against Jerome Heard This Morning MEETING IN JAIL CELL Thaw's Wife' and Lawyer I (art ridge Hold Another Conference With the Prisoner Awaiting Decision of Judge McLean In The Injunction Case Against District Attorney. (My the Associated Tress.) New Y"i'k, July 19.--Clifford W. Ilnrlridgo., counsel . for Man y K. Thaw, and the prisoner's wife, Kvelyu NesbiUThnv,-, held a conference with Harry K. Thaw in I he Tombs prison oilay. The application of John D .Olea Ron of Tlinw's counsel lor an absolute writ, prohibiting District Attorney Je rome from examining witnesses un der subpoenne in the? Thaw case, came up for argument before Justice i McLean today i Kt elfH declared . Counsel for both they' weer ready to proceed. -: Argument, on (ho' writ, of prohibi tion was heard promptly. At. its con clusion Justice McLean reserved his decision. In his argument in support of tin grand jury has. no ni(uitoiial pow ers, and that under the stale consti tution that. Thaw has the right to lie present whenever the testimony of any witness is sought to be taken against him and to examine, the. wit ness. W. M. K. Olcott, the lawyer who was dismissed by Thaw and ordered by tho court to show Cause why he should not. surrender the papers in the Thaw case to Thaw's now coun sel, Clifford W. Hart ridge, said to day that the papers will be surren dered to Mr Hartridge this after noon.. Thaw's w ife, after '.visiting, him in the Tombs today drove to the office of her .husband's personal, counsel, Clifford W. Hart ridge, for whom she dictated a long statement giving a his tory of her life since she has b cnein New York. .Mrs. Thaw gave such a statement to W. M. K. Olcott. 'formerly mm .Iudgoi(lf Thaw's counsel, shortly after Thaw was arested. . (Ilv the Associated Press.) Now York, July 1'.). T. II. Hamil ton, editor in chief; P W. Sclinefer, general manager; John T. Hnrke, nLjrii t editor; (leorge Minor, Sunday editor, and M. M. (iillinni, advertising manager, of the New - York Herald, for whom warrants had been issued at the request of t ho federal authori ties charging litem with violalin the postal laws in having -. deposited in the mails copes of ' their publica tion containing "Personals" alleged to be obscene, surrendered them selves today to tho Hilled Stales marshal. They waived a preliminary examination before a United Slates commissioner and were paroled in custody of their counsel to answer on October"" any charges the grand jury inay llnd against them. Ancient Order Hibernians. U!y tho Associated Press.) Saratoga, N. Y., July 111. --The ''na tional -convention of the -.ancient order ot Hibernians in executive session to day resumed the'. consideration"' of. the reports of numerous coininillces. The ladies auxiliary was also engaged In similar .work. THIS LAWYER ALSO FOUND A LOOPHOLE . (Bv the Associated Press.) New York, July 19. Burton W. (lib son, tho lawyer who was committed to tho Tombs prison in default of $2,0A0 ball, to await the action of tho grand illl-v In connection u-lth ihty mm-der nf Mrs. Alice r. Klnnan, appeared before Justice nianchard today on a writ of 1 habeas corpus and was discharged from I .. .'. . . . .. ' . I HERALD MEN SURRENDER j ne district attorney s omen mai o no , , . ,.., i, tti.,i t - . Iwindow on lie sixth floor of Hotel opposition to the argument of Gibson s , ,t , , counsel that Gibson's commitment was'10"1" ,!Wt niK,lt' diod t0lmy from Illegal. the effects of her injuries. I ' DEATH FOR If GEN. STOESSEL jThe Port Arthur Commission, Recommends II GALLEYS FOR GEN. FOCK Impulsion From Hip Ai Case of (Jeneral Kens'; rimancl for Admiral Commission Concludes ni mid All lis in the a l! p ie I ind- in" s la Port Arthur Surrender. (Hy tho Associated I St. Peiershug, .Inly I h. mission appointed to inv. cs:-.) .Tile eom- al,' the surrender of Port Arthur has (in- j of parliain. in - lodav Islicd its labors and recoin;iicad.-; that ! '" 'h" nation, on tin Lieulenanl. t'.eneral Slues:el. Il.el'vil1 precipitate the former commander of the Kiissian forces til: Port Arthur, be dismissed from the army and tdiol. That Lieutenant. (!en ial FnH;, who commanded the I'onnli herian division at Port Ar dismissed from the" arin.. ih'rgo a year's hard lalnu. That (ieneral Iteiss, chief of (ieneral Sloessel, ho di aiii banished. That Admiral . AlexielT. -ill l!" 1 1 and ' lorni:1 viceroy i nllie far east. Lieutenant Ceneral Smirnoff, comntar.il. r of the Port Arthur fortress, aril (huieral Vernander lie reprlmandeil. 'The formal trial of these 'oUieials will t.iko place sliortiy. :, SHOT CHIEF OF POLICE Attempted to Arrest Oilicer Slay He Fatally Injui ed lllias I'lhoon Attempts the Life of Chief I. iois Suell at , Kscapcs. 1 llelliaveil -Negro '.(Special to .lln- i:venin;; Times.) Washington, N. ('., .Inly 1 !).-Lonis Sneli, cliief of poli-:.- of lielltaveii, was shot (limn in cold hlood yester day by Klins Klioru t colored). Sneli went to the house- of Khorn . tit. 7 o'clock to serve a warriuil. , lie found lOhorn at home and staled his object. Ho then attempted io .-u-resl. him, j hut. Khorn got away ind -secured, a shot, gun and' fired, oil Suell, 'the load entering bis side and inn, wounding ; him seriously if not fitally. j ' After the shimling Khorn escaped to parts unknown. posse of men i ure scouring the coiutry for lie inj Kro. . , .:..'-'. He is of gingi-i'-cale color; wcighl i"0 pounds; hei'ghf, six feel, kuil'o schrred face ami m-c:. Lilies I report . I'loil lielhaven lo dny is that. Sneli is -est ing well and there are now st rung hopes of lils.nl liniate recovery, iinhss blood poison ing sets in. , BRAZIL WELCOMES SECREfARY ROOT .. (F-y the AVashlnglon, Assoiiatcd Press.) ,lui' ltt.( iliicial dis d I. flay by the charge in elibassy states thai patches rccelv f the P.r.-lxili Secretary ltoot as enthusiastically Uracil, by the' au- people. elegram of I'.aron received at Paia thorilies and by nsworing the Itlo liranci). sent to Heeretary Itoot I'.ia.iliau soil, the your kind message upon his toticliin secretary said:" 'I thank you f of greeting rooel.Td at the moment of first- setting my foot on the soil of tirazil, J take i ;is a happy omen of the good results which w ill Inevitaliy How from more perfect understanding and friendship let ween our two coun trios and these I'lmpo wo may live long to promote." Tho cruiser ''.'Charleston, in which Secretary Knot Is traveling, after call ing at Pornnnbuco and Pallia, will arrive at Uio 18 Janeiro on the morn ing of the 2(ilh lust. . lloston AViulow Ix-aper Dead, Boston Miif-J., July 19. Mrs. J. Samuel Plza, wife of n New York business num. who - Jumped from a PLUNGE RUSSIA INTO CIVIL WAR Measure Adopted Today May Have that Result THE CZAR HESITATES When the truest ion of Dissolving Parliament Is Presented To Him. Proclaiiial ion to Hie Nation On the Agrarian (Question May Pre cipitate Trouble War Inevitable. (I'.v Pel. the. the Associat Tsluirg. .1 uly idoption by I I Press.) 111. The belief e lower house St, that of a pt'oclo mat ion agi aria li quesl loll, long liiewing con Ciiuiiliy into civil ot mil 'plunge in j war is profound. ! All hope of 'reconciliation between , ii.'irliaiueiit and the oo eminent is van- i jshing and the g..Vermnent isevideiuly east Si-! preparing to take up Hie gai;e of bat Irir, be lie w hen H is formaltv throw n down, .lid im-1 At the council held at'lYlcrhoff last night the camarilla came out strongly in favor of dissolving parliameol, Ijul aceoitling to tiie best information . . t T i - ''emperor hesitated and at the inomeni jiil' adjournment, refused to agree to a I dissolution', though his linal ' decision w i'S post polled. I Neverl In-less the more modi-rale fac itioii of the constitutional democrats comprehending ' that the .government I i-nii hardly avoid the issue shrink from j making the appeal to the country. which may involve a climb down. They seriously believe that the advo cates of a dissolution of parliament, realizing 'that making lln-.appeal Would be equivalent to -a declaration, of civil war. count .upon the active interven itien of Austria and (lernuinv, which j iiccordiiig to the olllcinl . U.o.ssia have agreed in principle -on .sending troops across the border, to aid m the sup pression of an agrarian uprising should the. Jlussiun. government formally ,ri.-. finest'- it. The Kossla's announcemeiit created a tremendous sensation. It Is slated thai the execution of the princi ple of confiscation of properly 'In lius s.i:l Would const it nil- a danger to. them. Children ibiracd lo Dealli. (Ily the Associated Press.) l-'ort Wayne, (ia,, July 1 H -.Miss Annie Winiliisit, aged, sixteen, and lioherl Wiinliish,-six years old, chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. It. V. Winihish, of Savannah, . .Ca., were burned to death last.niglil al. the home 'of their 'gi.-iindfaruer-j W. (I. .Ionian. LETTERS IN HARTJE CASE (Py tlv : I'illsbuijr. Ass.icia(-cl Press.) I uly. in. -Tin- spectators !'al Hie twelfth i dil'i n ee ; case day of the trial of tiie of August us. 1 lai lje I'iigainst his w ile.. Mary ;. Seott ilarlje j wen- disappointed when -Miss ' Helen j Scott, sister of tin- rcspoiiil-'iil was not ; ae,aiti called to tiie w ituess stand w lieii court opened. She w as being croi:s-es- amioed ny counsel lor Ilarlje on the most interest inv,' part of her testimony when an adjournment was taken yes terday,, ami it was expected that III.-eross-e'xn niina lion will V. conl inu-'d. It is said Unit the two b-tti rs iniro duced by Mr. J lart je's counsel yestei -day ,iu. t he effort to .show lhal .; Mrs. Ilartje and "Tom" Madine, lie- eoaeli nian co-i i spotident in: the i ;ise. has In en cor: esponiling with: Miss Scot 1 as the go-between, will be introdnc-'d in evidence when the plaintiff begins Ids rebut lal. All atti'-nipts to La in the. i-haiacler o1' lln-se letters Were :-. fail ure. Ilnitje's counsel 'docKiring'" the puldii- must w ait until Ihev cr,. ),r,--sentcd ill court. l! is understood, llartje's experts have been ill w oik on the let li-rs si-vcral days. Xo impel lant testimony developed today. PEASANTS' MARCH OF RUIN GOES ON (fly the Associated Press.) Moscow, July '10. A landlord fleeing from ltobrow, in the province of Voro nesczh, where u peasant uprising has taken place, has arrived hero and gives a frightful picture of the devastation. He described the losses in the prov ince as colossal. ' The troops are pow erless to cope with the peasants, who are marching in largo bands, destroy-J ing practically everything. Not more than one-tenth of the estates are' spared. " : , t'pon 'approaching a village an ad vance detachment of the peasants en ters, announces that It Is being pur- sued by (i.000 troops with machine guns and asks for support.- , The villagers thereupon join the rioters and the pro cession moves on. ,' The movement started by the refusal of the landlords of tin noi l hern part: of'Mobrow district to cgrec to an ad vance of wages to the farm women. Tiie ripening crops are not being harvested. RUSSIAN MONEY CEDER INQUIRY. (By tho Associated Press.) ' Norfolk, Va., July I !t. Two weeks ago I. Ahramson of Norfolk, .com plained to the I'niled Slates Postof liie Deparluient thai three money or ders, purchased at Lynchburg by Jako (lershon for transportation to a relative in liussia, had been refused payment in Ihe hitler country, and Mr. Abrainson asked an investigation of I he mat lor. Ho has received a reply from the deparluient staling that the matter will bo taken up .wiili the Uussian liostoflice department Willi tin urgent request '1' for further" investigations. It. is claimed )iy the Russian depart ment Hint payment, lias boon made. In replying to the complaint, the I'niled Slates Postodice Department, says: "It should be pointed out, however, that payment of a money order issued in this country on Russia is not. ef fected , upon the order delivered by jllio issuing postmaster to Ihe remitter jhul on another order of different form issued by the Itussian exchange lolliee at Warsaw. The return of the original money order form of the i I'niled Slates issue is, therefore, not satisfactory c-vldeheo that the amount was not paid. .-to the intended bono- WOMEN MOBBED FREE ICE WAGON. m.v. the Associated Press.) Now York, July l!l. Five hun dred inch, women and children took part in a riot in the easlside today during which they made a raid on a wagon load of ice inlended for free distribution' among them, and took every pound in the wagon. The rrowd was composed of persons hold in gtickels issued by dispensaries and hospitals enlitling them to the ice without, cost. The distribution was to have been made at Cherry and Jefferson 'streets, but. the wagon was late in arriving.. When it appeared and the icemen began to chop the blocks inlo small pieces, one of the impatient ones snatched a piece nnd ran. Instantly there was a. free fight for t lie remainder; in, which the wo men 'fought, sturdily against men for a live pound piece of ice. The police reserves were called,, out but when iiiev arrived on the. scene the ice and the crowd had disappeared. sikiki: OI POOKLY PAII COPYISTS. i (llv the Asso-iated Press.),:: ., Albany, N. Y.. July 1 1). A strike of it .considerable .proportion ot me male, 'copyists, employed by the ad dressing company which is copying tlKvlists of tit.' insurance companies policyholders for the-' international policyholders' association committee occurred today. The trouble appears to have arisen over 111'' lact tiial the copyists nireu in Albany were paid one dollar -per thousand nam. is, While a number of men were sent from -New York tin der an engagement to be paid, bill Sn ci-nis. Several of the latter iiieu said they could not . on the average make even a dollar a day. A uni form rat of oiie dollar was finally conceded, hy the company and a num ber of strikers went hack to work. The resl held out for a better rate, or for a day's pay basis. . DUBLIN EXPO. COMMISSIONERS. (P.y Hie Associated Press.) Now York. July !.- Key. Father Pal, rick Lolly of (laluay and 'Colonel M. i". Ilaeketl of lmliiin, Ireland, arrived hen- today from Luiope on the steamer Teutonic, Thev li:i ve, come to America to obiaiu .objects ol historical interest for tin- ihtci national exhibition', to-, bo In hi at I nibliii. in llinT. Tiny will visit all of the larger cities to secure relics in, the possession of families of Irish descent. JOIIXSO HOL'SX'T WANT NATIONAL CIIAI1JMAXSH1P. Columbus, ()., July 111.- Mayor Toni L. Johnson, of Cleveland, de clares he is not after tiie position of onairman of the national democratic, commit tee. '. "I am not a candidate for the po sition of chairman 'of the democratic national committee," said Mr. John son today. "I have no idea, of trying to oust Tom Taggarl. People do not seem to realize how 'well 1 like my present position. ' I am mayor of Cleveland and I'm going to run again once or twice. I'm goin glo run for mayor up there until they defeat me or elect me unanimously. FLEEING FROM Succession of Daily Quakes in New Mexico CAMPING OUT IN TENTS Thousands Are Leaving the Country. Xo One I hires to lie! urn to Shelter As (lie Disturbances Are Repeated Hourly l-'ooil Scarce and IMstrew Imminent. (By Hit- Associated Press.) Albucquerquc, N. AL; July 111. Refu gees in large numbers are arriving here from Socorro, N. M.. where great dam age lias been wrought by a succession of 'daily, earthquakes since July 2. In that time nut an hour has passed with out one- oi- niuro quakes. The centre' of the disturbonce Is a scene ;!0 miles long by about 10 miles wide running from the Ludrone moun- jiains soulluast .through Socorro, Sail I Antonio and Sun Man ial. This side of the belt the shocks have been hardly felt. Kaoh one Is preceded by a loud rumbling, like heavy thunder, -whl'h can be heard approaching from the northwest before it reaches Socorro. Senator Haca of Socorro, until re cently district attorney, Is here with his family. He says that people are leaving on every train, nnd those who cannot ride on the' railroad are leaving by wagon. About 2,0ii0 people are l imping out in tents and no one dares to go in doors. Practically every resi dence and business block in the town has been irreparably damaged. There has been much distress among the peo ple who are camping in the open, as heavy rains have fallen in the last two days. Most of the people are going to El Paso, although many ure coming to Albiiequcrqu'e and Santa Fe. The shocks generally occur as short, sharp jolts, the ground seeming to slip violently. It is believed the adjustment of rock strata in the lugged Ladrone and Mncdalcna mountains is the cause of ihe continued shocks. Provisions are growing scarce and real distress is feared, "Tiie noise and the quakes are fright ful," said Mr. Lei-son, a refugee from Socorro. "I have experienced quakes at Los Angeles and San Francisco, but never anything so sickening as those pro longed rockings and Jerklngs of the earth at Socorro. Water placed In a bow! wU show continuous vibrations between Hhe great shocks, showing that Hie earth is never still. Not a house in town is safe to enter and chimneys and Walls topple with each recurrent tremor." Santa Fe.. N. M., July 19. Several slight -"'trembles occurred at Socorro last night. No serious damage was done. The panic among the inhabitants is subsiding, as it is believed the worst earthquake has passed. STORE DYNAMITED BY COAL MINERS (By the Associated Press.) .Seranton. Pa., July 19. Hollistei- and Pi w mans Company's store at Averea was badly damaged by dynamite to day. The entire front wan torn out and Argus Howell and family, who occu pied rooms over the store, were hurled from their, beds, ns was also George lllnchliffe, who lived on the opposite side of the street, whore the force of the explosion tore off doors and blew out tlio windows in three buildings. Hollister and Howman recently op erated the Averea Colliery, and there was considerable fooling among the miners because the sliding scale ad vance was not added to their recent pay.. It is thought that the dynamite outrage was tlio outcome of this dis satisfaction. TREATY BETWEEN U S. AND SPAIN ; (By the Associated Press.) Madrid, July 19. American Minister Collier has loft Madrid for San Sebas tian, where he will sign with Foreign Minister Gullon the new commercial treaty between the United States and Spain. The document Is considered most advantageous to both sides, over coming a number of the increases In the Spanish tariff which became oper ative July 11 and giving Spain recip rocal advantages. Tht treaty is expected to be the basis for a similar understanding between the United States and other powers. I
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