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- I, !. LAST: EL ' u ALL THE UA - , - - M 1 1 t j i - ::T VOLUlE 27, RALEIGH, N, 0.; TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1907. t . PRICE 5c. ICTUS MPS OF EVEEYPf ED) .PERISH :-;,IXaTlH!E it i .IT Cvi::y C:r:zircXc?c:J L'c vjo "stec of Qvqp 20.QQ0 VJbrtls i - .','..- ; :.i ' : r ; i S; - :Mt- FIVE HUMP K 1PEM mhPmSW, : W ' -M--A VAST GATALSR)fl 4 I Ers. Esliian. Gives Her Ver ' . slaa cf Evelyn's Tragic ; Story of BerLifeVc THE MQTHEfTSEEKS NOT "TO SHIELD IER C1D t VI ".' , " ' " ' She Declares That Her, Confidence In White Was Implicit; That Slip ? Did Not Willingly Leave Evelyn in ' Ncw'iVork' That Had Evelyn Told Her of tho Wrong Suffered at ' White's Hands Khe Would Have Killed tho Man Herself; That She Did Not Want to (Jo AVith Evelyn and Thaw to Europe llecuuse Her ,luirhter riainly Showed the Mother Was Not Wanted There. (Copyright. 1907, by Hoarst NoWn r Sorviro ) (By Leased, Wire to The-Times.) ' Pittsburg, pa. April l'G.AThe fol lowing Is Mrs. C. II. llolmab's state ment: i . Two days after the night upon ' which Harry Thnw shot Stanford Whlto at Madison Square Gardon wo received this telegram . : .''It Is most Important for you to say absolutely nothing. I : (Signed) "F." : l Immediately formed the 6solu Uon that I should Bay nothlna to nny one, pending -the outcome of tho trial of Harry Thaw, which I realized must - take place. i This Is the -only -communication that has come to me from my daugh ter since the iDUruar...1. i -V "I silent I have remained silent until "now,, and I would have kept .silont . bad It not, been for the attacks upon mo by Mr. Del mas In his closing, ad dress to tho Thaw jury. I made no ' statement . to District Attorney J- ; rome, nor jto any of his representa ! fives. Neither did I aid the district attorney in any way. . 1 ' "Forced to Take Defensive." ; ' ' t -have been forced to take th'e de ' fenBlve from thct start, and the situa- tion was rendered Intolerable by Mr. Delmas' aspersions. - f One of the sentences from Mr. Del ',,tiiM' speech : referred to me aa "a mother Who manifested that charac ' ter . of -frivolity and , extravagance ' which were later to boar such deplor abla consequences." At the death of my first husband I . was thrown entirely upon my own re- - sources. - When tho estato was set ' tied and all debts paid, I found my self with exactly $113.33 and a house x filled with furniture. My husband's : mother suggested that I seek to make "a- livelihood taking roomers.' -.-.The venturo was not a success.'. . ?v. . I was extremely fpnd of my chil dren, especially of my-" danghter. ' Florence - was -never the "household drudge,' as -Mr Delmas called her. To quote Mr. Delmas, "Florence was ' endowed with the fatal Rift of beau ty," a gtff, ho,! said, "which r the - mother soon saw was tho means of , supporting the- family." - ' , .i This refers to the posing Florence r did In- Philadelphia, and Now , York. I had to close out the rooming bust--i noss and wont to Philadelphia, send ing tlieehlldroUi to Tarentnm, Pa Thef positioir I had moved; to Phlla - M - delphia td take did not materialize, j There seemed to bono hope, for usv By selling artlcleg of furniture, I suc-y " ceedetl In obtulnins enoiiBh money to purchase food for tho throe of, ns, toy by jthls tlmo the children wcro With mo. ' j . ' . ! : " ' Meeting : With an . AW 1st. f , . ''.!v One eveninc Florence and I went " to Broad street station In PhlladeJ-:! , phla to see a Pittsburg friedd off on a train; Suddenly Florence--pl- my ' . side and ran to greet an elderly rjiari whom sha brought to me. . '. - ' This is an' artist I met at cresson i she said. "He is th one who- wants ' The man intrdueea himself 'as Mr. I . Storm. He told mo his -slater. Mrs ' -Jai'rjgh. was a portrait painter. Mrs.' ' Darragh subsequently asked Florence m- to pose for her. When we became bet-' ter acquainted with her, she learned : of our financial situation, and through 1 her, Florence posed for various artists !; : and photographers, only women at th? start. Oeors-o G:bbs was the first man for whom she posed. It was througn some of these photographs' that Flor ence afterwards took tn the Urondwav Magazine, in New York, thai her beauty becime'ftknownVto the pub lie. ! ' - !' I went to New York to sea what I eouldf do." t toolca room on "west Twenty-second street.. . , : ! All thla timet. -despite the smallnn of our 'resoufces I .managed to keep up appearances. -;.-,. Men Evelyn rosed For. 'w-.-.: Florence : poseft only for Carroll Bockwlth, Irving Wiles, - car! Blon ned and Mf." :Chureh, all of whom 1 know T be. honorable gentlemen. A I am hot ashamed to ssw that soma days we did not have enough to eat. Florence was In lov with the staffe, " I do not remember what stops Flor ence took, : but. at length. I yielded (o her solicitations and accompanied her to see Mr, Fisher, of , tho, FJorodom company, to whom she had a letter of Introduction.. .- , - . ... Florenre was paid $18 a week at th 5 tart'.- .-She -got alonewwell, and soot n small, part' was givepher. Kfco dl:l a little SpaniFh dance and her- pa v w as raised -to J25 a week. j Introduction to White. The stor" of her first encounter wHi Mr. Whlto hn been told several times. ncIudiTie; onee bv herself on tho vi'. jtcss stand. - Her acrcunt was subsian tau'lyorrect.i It wa Kilna fioo'lm-h w!:u was In the Florodorn eompanv who Introduced thoni. Mms .loiiilii..-!i asked that Plorcnee be allowed Hi tend a luncheon after a niatineo with her and several other plils. It was tostifld that I 'dressed her to meet White,' I dhl not know whom she was to meet. When Florence returned pljo said to me, 'Oh;- mamma, I met the gronde.it man thls afternoon. He took a groat likluR to me and he says he wants you to let him have mj tooth fixed. . HJ ays if it is not .attended to it will maru by beauty.' The tooth was one that hod been Improperly, treated and had begun to discolor. I. -questioned Flor ence about this man whoso name shs said was,. White, and told her it was unusual for a man to offer to do any thing like that, especially at the Qrst moating.'- When I Tyent to the. dentlBt, Dr. McCarthy, to find - out about the treatment for the tooth,. I asked him puYtleularly about Mr. : White, who h-s vai, and I remarked: that the Interest HI, - -Wilt.fo-atf(tif. In tnfraA are hot th only persons he does. things for;' and I also asked Dr. Potter about Mr. White, and he said, 'Mr. White la the salt of the earth.' ... I a!s asked other persons about. Mr.- White, anj they all spoke highly of him. Mrs. Hotmail's OMifldcnce Won Soon after this Mr, White sent a re quest for me to see him In his .office. I went and was greatly Impressed with his manner and : what he told hid. Among other things, he said:- "Mrs. Nesblt, do you know you have a re markably beautiful daugh ter ? -She should not be on the stage 01 going around studios. She is too good for that sort of thing." 1 -, Why- do you take such an Interest in my daughter?"' I asked him. . "Mrs. Nesblt," he.replled, " I like her because she is so pretty and so good." I was so persistent In . demanding from Mr. White pledges and assur ances of his good intentions toward Florence that he grew impatient and said: "What sort of persons have you met? Have you no friends? You must not be a nuisance to me," If ever a woman reposed implicit confidence In a man, I did In Stan ford White. ' 1 I never went away from New York and committed my daughter to Jthe care, of Mr.- White. I was compelled to go to Pittsburg because my son was - ill. ' When 4 returned, to all appearances, Florence was well and happy. If he underwent :tho:: ex perience that is said to have befallea her,' she did not take, ma Into her confidence. She has acknowledged this in her testimony. . ' r - i I Would Have- Killed Him. Had she told me what she iold tlte i Thaw j m y - wtmu not nave Tf necessary for Harry- .Thaw5- to -1- llkVUDO.il J . ..(..! 'I, Stanford White. " I wo It ivyself. ?Atl of Mr; White's dealings with us wcro oix;n and above board, espe cially whore money was concerned. The money he , gave, r Florence waa banked- subject to hSr ' Oraer." -.- His partner. Mr. Harnett, knew all ahout It hnd nttendet! to It.1 '- It Was no secret ' Mr. vWhlte gave me to-j un- aorgtand that ho wanted everybody t0 know it if they" So desired, so there would he no criticism and no ghnme fall upon Florence's good namo. , j It must : not bo bverlookod - that name apears as the eh- dorser;on some of these checks given by Mf...White, thore was an excellent reason, and a legal reason for. lt. Florence Was a minor. .' , ., ... , . ' i Thaw lld Not, Mention Marra;c. ; Mr.' Thaw, had been trying: to pay attentions to Florence when we were at tho Audubon. .He never ' men tioned marriage with Florence . to me. . 1 , ' i Mrs. J. J, Caiu never heard him offer to Bcttlo J100.000 or any other i amount If I Tould gam consent Ho marry htm. Intimations have -been made about the operation which Florence under went ' Vhllo she . was at Pomjiton.' : There-was nothing mysterious abou! It; there was nothing iraiiroper about It. ' y ' n When-Florence was convalcscout after the .operatian tha physicians , rccommonded a son trip. A coast wise voyago wca susgoslsd, but onco when the matuer was under (iiacut; sion Mr. Thaw'aa pn;jni and prof posod a . voyase vtt 'i'Haw then and niterwards lu.sisjoi I that go with Klorenec to whom 1 tola this, wns "licit and l)i- j,!i.-:te(l." Floreze..! said on th:j n:n,d as till! Tor niOT.-y (untln-,;.--. IK-7trd ihem to give m; p. ar.il let me return. 'm .v ijielt and dl:iKUSwJ at i:i -... tofc'.linga. I"io,i-eiH'.'i'3 titiil'.u!.' w.-i ns tii ernv-trcV mo tint I not fil in Paih and tatit !he .U,l :v that Rho-twoU liu; oln-ili : r ' t!o:idllnn fi'rv.' w.n..- i;.si tinned 'to Iinior!. '1 1:.: i .iii::ix oo -jftornoun y.-hsrn Air. ' i:i.. vi.tl). Of thc'Arill-l li an "eiiuajj'OTiiL'.n to i i.; n It was 'tf.sLtlii.'il Hi.': : Iihd (tiBulIi'd mu. He n. vo . Tlieii-FIoinnce and linr.v me.( 0edfH. tne M t Willi be., man V) i ?'; 1 fSolH,the end we did to;, n: communicated with me was In, London. Dui lns t': wrote ;'v "Itt.you net- rta EtaiifohV' V- r Accusations Made and Jleniid. Mtei ffftnoftttpi was sent tor by l liaw and brought ma to Nffw Turk. -While.' Miss ; Blmonton was i: .Pav.is. Mi'.r T haw- cemmlttod to har, sbo-saUU statement-written, by Florences . wiiIhIi unntair.ed ccrtil'i chires n!;.iin-i iVl White, the was I-itiu led."i,i'' eaUl. to show this rtatiimentitft ws buia: we landed, in New York.- I Jta cot wj) it. - ;-:.;' 'hen Florence returned t New Yotk , U n rit . ilAriulntf 1 I U 1 did Bot see Florence from theday slie and Mr. Thaw 'left London the'day the afternoon ofr h'.sr marri.ise on tho fourth of April. 19C6. I. was not con sulted about tlio marilage. We did not know that a rnartiage hud 'been ar reg-aned until my husband and I weio asked to no to thl home of Ilcv. 1'.. 'Tl.ln .nu rt l.Mlll. llflfnl'to ihl! ' ceremony. ... All the arrangements had been ear rlcd out. by Mr. i. Dnnnlsan LyotK Mr. Thaw's banker. Mr. Lynn had tho marriage license-, clerk at the clergy man's house. It vas'necaasary that the mother elan the application for Urease fot'.my daughter was a minor. Thin i readily and cheerfully did. :l was clad that Mr. Thaw was man enouth to give her his name. I was glad tor. her snSsj. " I have not seeii my daughtor since. As solemnly, as "though these words were uttered with my lastsbreatli, I wir here tq afltrtn that my love for my daughter is ns. deep and intense as u waS when I fust held her In my arms. a helpless babe. The door of my horn: Is open to hof. - . . , ' 1 . " , . (Mrs.) feolyn Florence Holman. H :x:,;.fc ' . '-. : -.v DRATH OF J. It, STKVENSON, - 1 NATIVK Olf NKW YORK CTT1 . PRtsbororX C, Apill 16 Mr. John It, Stevenson of New. York city died "here this morning, of heart dis ease. Mr. Stevenson . and his s'on moved to this section ahout six months ago, hoping ' tho climate might improve his health. , - This IsV typical scens on the Isle t I ' Li'T"'' V:. ""' i-:""-:V - - ' ii 7 - lmiMlfl)'-iBmiiirri'' 111 i - of tht? Vnitd Biatvs meirtly Qf1k'JuHy rulcil thai thrtv iwlmrf i9 v- r . V -.. v' . !. ' .I-JL. Fiorcnc.f, ! if ;:t'i. . mm H iioi-e. Mr... ,v w 9 V- V lit.'. It ,v- ?1F- t d. I " Si ' ( W M B " ) o-i l.tsV s irJA ' rA t ij - 'vrf " 'v'".'; 1 .ml. F.uu.i.::. j , ' A ; . 1 did. ' ' . . . ,.v , (i il it v.'Cir p;?-:."'; ,i - . :ii .' r id: 'T!l'V: tde ft.SIU'lWh' pr:- .. .. t'. v f:'r--' . fr.iy.vm 4a the. i;i-:, j: ..j,.'. 1 .. I; lor nee (j,,,,., ,. ': , . whiie. t - f i pei-i.iiVshj.- V- MHEJiiO m . H. LOiiwcdWii.- la The-Tifties.), k. r!MftlliMti,' vtku i4Tw- ceuvlejs,! fKMK-i. I'U ' aaiL IVt'it 'Olael:, 1 . 1 - i. yesterday nftf rnom: A to far oiily oni. i'v'cat'4red.': -- Tht poatwi'are" now ".oi'sla Jmountairn of them haH wawlen ami i siouiiiiR the . Um- mi;.- oth.'i'!'. .The . m-.n it wtrv thi oiifih 1 ' caith's mi!'.. l by digging the; i of the mine to tli iere waa' no gum i i time fts It wa, chanee for th . lis at the mines n names of the me. j W to tli ui thouislit th : to get away. ' fused to r;i.. who ist-api-d. RlLKifi'l M ' V KXOC-KKH ltrY ..! ilOISHKD OF Pl'RS!: (Special I iDunviil . Callowa.. v.. from tile ie; of hlghwt'y llaleigh. X. Mice o!' ;:i BIClltB I).' i night, Wi:.i ! . The livening Times.) Va.. April lt.r! Hena; sent t6 the grand jury '.o.-'s court on tho charg. umbers. 1 Zeb Edwards of ' . v.iiila nhder the infln i ey and ''taking In the la- tenderloin- Saturday m i ked down by a man with a ill ar- ii'.rlrument,: and hi purse ami v:..'.i h stolen. "B'dwards. in court ha: posh ively'-iden tilled Cal- loway nr. hi ailatit.' Bl'SINKHS I tvr.TioN yr ii: CITY lltaTKOYKI). 1 Wire' toiTbe J'lmos.) (int., lApjifl -.IS; The t!p of this fUy liaa been ! e. The) lost Will aK- , i ' (By Lease Hastii;.!..-:, b'iiness i-or wiped out' r srogate $1"' w'm mm ot Tines! from a photograph by Kstrnda f Hsvan , Tim .Supreme Oonrtpn tUtTt-loiv a pentfut'ir it Cuba.- LS SAY HE IS (T.y I.ea-ied Wb-f to The Times.) Viinvlilf", Ills.. Api il lfi.- Ki'V. ;i-oi-R'o j N. Kenbivon. pa'tiu- of the Fimt f"on- Krer,;".n:ei: l i nil)-' :., roiuiisiu,-, nfi-i iy the grand .lury iiii l : S.:"D bunds oa th'i -. mill.- Ir. r-iiir 1;-1h, nil under R'it:r;-i iin.l mf :.)",. r, !: :f eburc h. Thty nil-US.- llie irict-jr of cive-SHlng Ihc-iii in hi", -itiri;'. and so-no of tli(rn mak lnoi -- s : iiiuM rhnre.f. : -T Li.lt - !-:i.ij'n.- hn!d Die ptii(oj- to 1h-.' i i::il jr.iy o.i ( hi- ' eii:i i-P3 pre- 1 Flnivii i' I '-.in avm-th In i ri!r;iMisl. vi.i-ih t- ii,-i n.nt .-,i:;i;i Ii-il ' S Kil!;!'.-, ' tho ! pilTM.l- ,.: 1 1 y. .:llll 1 ; : P. T!i.T f, :.n t:ii: : ! I'M. ilieeinl lo Tin- P:-.-nln;: 'I'lmes. Wiiitilon-Sili ii. '.. April J'',. "i'il r-!(-r-iie ( 'aitiinis-iioa.-r ilii-i-m1. .1! is ijive.stifraliii;; ehargi-j of poltti ;'.l at-iivltv on the fmrl of tie- f.-d-liil offlee-hnlders in this state, will vlfll AVi'j.'iton-tili-m April '24. niiMi!i::i! naiMiieo ny liivvn-- at :'.!' p -illl as th - l.iraest l.i the h'Stiry of Winntor.-S ilen. The re- o:lpts from the Incoming and outgoing; frvisht BnviunteJ .to at least "ji"..nOa .!!i::i'fl 'than', for the same Virion', h last year, " .' ;'? ..- ; . N A STjfioEN PIEE AND . y TWO MEJJ MISSING hrOke out with gi'eat suddenness In ohe of the larfce wai'ehquse3 on Cen tral Wharf today. An explosion is said to have started the flames In .vt!rlo:is, parts of the buildins.- Two men, Charles Murray and Michael l.ear.v, are said to' he missing. fii'?at difficulty was encountered in lakiin; hordes and drays from the whrrf. Fifteen horses were so badly iHirnod that tho humane society was Informed Hint it was neeesaary to shoot them. Several persons who wi'io burned wore treated at hos pitals., A report that a largo quantity jof oil wns stored in tho building and l hat an explosion was Imminent caused great excitement. Three alarms were sounded In quick suc eV'Ssion, and it is believed that, the flames will he confined to the one warehouse. THE KXOXKKATIOX OF BILLY BKITTOX. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) l..exington, Ky., April 16. is coolly and calmly as detailing matters of every day occurrence, John Smith, the Breathitt county feudist, went on the witness stand here this morning, and with Judge Jim Hargis glowering at him with fear and hate, detailed how hi with Curtis .Tett. nnd John Abner. killed Jim Coekrlll. eonipletelv exoner ating Bill Bntton. now on trial for this assassination. fotvlsa; JiwKory nnd BLACK REFUSES OUCH CASI (I!y Ieasi-d Wire to The Times.) New York. Aphi l(i.--The positive ptatenient'vas made todiiy I hat forin -r fiovernoi- Fiauk S. liliu-k had Li-n IV (liiesttrt to a el a:i i-liiif i-ouns 1 for Har ry K. Thaw at his next trinl. (Joverm.r Hlai-k replicil th-il nnil.-r no rii'cumntiini i s iv.iuld 1k touch the ease. Tiiin uunouiu-riiK-i.t -. as ( onlli int d lo dfiy by an aKsocialt- of 111;- disiini-'uith-i-tl lawi'.r. v!io eonilueled tli. HueCfr-.sM-fill ih'f-.-ns,. of Knlani! li. .M..ili:.-ii;:. I.awyoi- J 'i n Inn y vlsii.il Tha. in the Tombs' today mill riw;it nearly .111 hour .wilh Hie pi-isom-r. Wln-ii ii.- i-ainu out ill. IValioJy c.iid: j No ."! a tviii. 111 v iliome ij ven out by lliim iiiiUl Thui-siliiy and h:f .111:1 re etril will III.' v. i!! aiaki- a .1.. Mali iin-r.l I-k'.-i; i in Thin l;iy s-ne a stati-iii, -,i his t-i.liiis- I an Immediately ney .leriHiu- n l.il'liev. IKIll for ili-.riy '1'lr Tlle-.v hilli-iiir will 1 i.ly- Ktallng wl .lel'eiil I n lie. al'4er Dir.triet Attor urnr. tuninrrovi.' from the iiaeslion of bail w is liisi-ussed with him, tin- entire Tliav: family, with the exception of Kelyn, will leave New York. The Couutoss of Yarmouth will sail for England, Mrs. William Thaw will so to Crescent, Pa., Josiah .ind his wife will fjo to Walehiiff'e, Ii. I., and Mr. and Mrs. George Cr.r nei?ie will make a tour of the south. Uvelyn Noshit. Thaw will continue to llvo at the Lorraine. Tho mother was confident that her son would be with her Insido of a week. A SLEUTH WRITER NABBED BY SLEUTH (By-LeaseAWlre to The Times.) t Chicago. April 16. It J..S. Cowley ai9.'0fftorV toorrtSSi SfdH on material for sleuth stories-he can write an interesting tale out of his own experience with J. C. Deliste of the Palmer House. Mr. Cowley-BrWn still carried some bits of local color. Includ ing n broken hut and a bruised head, which he asserts, were administered by the detective. The encounter occurred n week afro. but Mr. Cowley-Brown was not able to leave his bed until yesterday and tho story was a secret until last night. The first thiny he did was to swear two wan ants for the arrest of the de tective and start suit lor damages against the hotel company. The ver satile writer was sitting quietly In a chair in the lobby of therfiolel. accord ing to his story, when he was stealthily approached by Detective Deliste who whispered in his ear: Say there are too many of you porch climbers around here. Now clear out ye." Tho detective emphasized his in junction by grasping Mr. ( 'owley-Hrou n by the collar of lii-i coat and dragging him suddenly from his comfortable seal. "Hhere. I'm not a 'poreh climber' or anything of the sort,'' Mr. Cowley Brown ciieil, attempting at the same time to wiiggle mil of the detective's viet-like ?rip. Then li adjusted his neck lie. which had become askew and said: "I am an author." The di lei five did nut wilt. "I guess they're about the same tiling," he re- m.,vl.-,.,l LIGHT AM) POWKH CO.'S oi rici: is sui t ir TO TOUCH CASE rRpecial to The F.venlng Time" ) j piehension is felt that the volcanoes Purlin ii', N C, April li; The ' h.ive hurst. Into eruption and are ad Durhiim LIkIii and I'ower CompanVs ' th destruction. i Many .miners . olllco closed l.ue ei l.u ..I l. , ... '. , . ,, ' , i ternoon lv Depulv sheriff J. F. Har- ward, wnn mid several executions I fioni Justice Owens' court, these i executions beini; on jn.r-.ae.ils ihiil , had h.'cn ?r.i'ii m the mart. r.K' claims on which the: oi'lce of me company was locked up, are I rum .!. Ij. Bowline;, nil boms; Tor coal. l r.i..;... C. ,1 "I! ...t.-i, I J 111. 1 .1 IS "III I l.lllll ll'l .! I . It llll 1" 1 It'-ret't. and cost; anoliier for $ti(..i(. with interest and cost, and the thu d for STO with interest and cost. MAY PI T THK IMIKSIDKN T OX THE BOYCOTT LIST. ( Incniio. Anril 111. One we. k having passed since the Chicago federation of labor sent lis telegram to President ltoiirvelt. jtnd re answer hnvinrf been 'tT.e.-ived. the ofiieiiH of the federathn ,lll. at Us meetiig toniTiov, teiul a mortal messenger from Chicago tn lh white house to ask the nation's chief, evetrtle to verlfv the languasre cred- Itetl to him In referring to Moyer and Havwood as . undesirable cltisens."- ; ti Fhovld the president's silence not hir broken bv the personal . emissnrv of federation, - that body cannot do: trsnJze" list the i president of i the ( United Stales. Mexico Scene jf Disaster In dicated in Dispatch to THREE CITIES SAID TO HAVE BEEH DESTROYED These Cities : are ChilpanciningO, i. Chilapa and Ti.tln Government , Officials IK Not JJelievO tho Kc . ' port of 1 licir Demolition, Bat : V Admits' Tils': They Have Joul;tIe.s I'een Seriously Damaged They ': Also Bonbt That (he Death List ; ' Will lteach Five - If undmV Com . muiiicatioii With West Coast Cut, I'Vnv That Volcanoes HaVo. Bnrijt ' ' Into Mr-untie'- Appeal for Help,. (Hy Leased Wire to The Times.) ' City of Mexico, April 16 A, frightful V loss of life and property rwas caused bjr the earthquake which threw this city .- into n panic and lasted four and a half : minutes. It is reported that EOO per sons met death and as many more j serious injury. . I Another report says that the city- of jTixtlawas also destroyed.-". Ths panic- . j stricken surviois are camping in the open air. , , It is known that the towns of Cnil-i - panclningo and Chilapa in the state of,. iJueriero, 125 miles southwest of .this 1 c(ty, were destroyed, . A telegram lo the National Bank of Mexico here states that 500 person wee killed in Chilapa and Chilpsiiciningo, The citlei.'lt Is re'ported (his morntng, ' were completely wiped out. Govern ment officials do not believe Jhis report. .is-"&hu)M4nkis istirti'rtat oi cities were . badly, damaged; but is is : not thought" the deaths , wlEHeven p-- -proxlniate, BW. The houses there re low and massive built of stone, to re -slst earthquake shocks. , - ! Extent of the Shocks. - It is known that the shock extended over more than 24,000. miles of territory . ' in the southern half of the republic and that it was one of the most severe -experienced in this land of earthquakes -. - - equal in its terrible force to the shocks . that overwhelmed San Francisco, -Val- f paralso and Jdinalca Island. The telegraph wires are down south'? of a line from Aeapulco on tho west;,'": coast. Not a woid has como from Aea pulco nor from Tixlta, a prosperous ., town midway between Chllpanoinlngo - .u and Chilapa. J , - A panic prevails at Chilpanctningo and' " most of the 8,0(10 Inhabitants are flee ii . ing to the open count jy. The earth at Chilapa continued to rock at half ' hour intervals and many minor shocks - are completing the dest uellon done by Hie first earthquake. .-? vv-; ...', Appeal From Clillapa. v This message from Chilapa was re-.' ceived today at the Federal Telegraph '. Company's office heie: "Our boys are working in a public -ij. gaidcn. A terrible panic prevails,' as - the earth continues to tremble at regUis-is,. lar Intervals. .Send us tents that we- "', may establish an oih.ee out in the coun- try." ,' J The entire west coast has been, fcut t -off since the moment 'of the; first i,,? i'llOI-k. .' ' ,. '' :--,;,ct,'-,7,;.v;,;;-iK,: No word has conic from the districts , In which the" volcijftioes M C'olima and .. Jovullo rear themselves, and ftrcati ap' ' 1 l"'''i''" l'o.n He Laud 8t art! in Michoaciij! ctute. whftro lorullo,: M t .Tt. c ri. kimw in WmWnw:,'-' In tins cH.V :.n o iJieK ill crv. m via the h(h-k otcuned lit U't nlqht, nnd reniarkubls 10 of its long duration no , ii i ' nou-ily hut. L" void tiack i l walls and asphalt ptiveinent and ; biokvu i liustei the properly less ' la Mil lit ' J ' ' " tiiiddcnlv awakened, ' cterj'Oae : first . tlKe.ishi. oi thq. recent tahimllous earth : pi il es on this continent, . t s j ) Tliousnnds In their nlpht .clothes rushed from their homes,- and womerl fell on their knees and prayed, of U'.dd. 'lag up their children, Implored : the, sal il- to protm ihcm. No one 111 the eitv slept afterward and the city is In semi-panic .lest the shocKi be repealed. Mcssarcs from ns far roiln ei Pan Luis Potosi and as Tar south as the A'tty of San Juan Bupttsta, il .Tpbasco . au. Kreivtd icpons lh"t tho shock e iu.miiiuj viw;uiii--iih at no place lias a toed of ltfW"Sret drstiurllon ct plbpeUy bean reported except in yufcrrero' etale. Front these reports H would tieom that ,th- earth tremor-wa wider. In extent than any during the last half century. The north line of U.prescpt shoe -,k extends across Hon Jor tnare than four hundred miles tContluued to PhgelTwo.) -I i -t J it - t' ITDin) invTnr
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 16, 1907, edition 1
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