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.4 .... W E . , B MM IGH : ETEN1NG : TIME ry- ! ; ' t V volui: 7. EALEIQH, N. O, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1907, ; ex.. glcde-iis-sihiai:; SOOTHSAID; BYNKulGLAND - .REV. E. LAWSON HVNT AND WIFE BAIL COuD CF OilE LiLL..l 7 OTEIEAVALS r t mm Spain, Turkey and i Jyrl3, Chile ",. 'r't ...- jji'Eii q::e THOUSAr:pr: MD III UEXISO - " They Are the Victims of the Catas- ' trophe Already Reported Kumors That Many Wore Killed In the City of Mexico Horror of Dark v"v(!m jBmodi Over Chile Luridly Illuminated by Flashes of Volcanic ; Lightning, Rent ; hj the Toon 's der of Storms and Foal With tlio ' Stench of Sulphur. f Bv Leaned Wire to The Times ) New York, April 18. Dispatches re ceived from four continents today indi cated that the whole world has been In the throes of a remarkable series of earthquakes. '. . , , -:tM. More than'l.000 lives have ucn tost In Mexico and many towns have been swallowed In the rents of the earth. i ' i., Violent earthquakes are reported In i the Russian Trans-Caspian territory In Asia, In southern Spain, In Tyrol and throughout Turkey , and Syria. The startling erputlon of a volcano hi Chile - la accompanied by darkness, lightning, , storms and the stifling odor of burning sulphur. . ' , - MORE. THAN A THOUSAND . . 7- WERE KILLED IN MEXICO, ; (B Leased WIM to- The Times.) r v Bi Paso, Tex.; April 18. More than - thousand persons were killed in $ha ."" earthquake which devested the terri- torv southwest of Mexico City. The 4ia..fdad may be Increased v - rreatlv according to late dispatches re- celveff here today from the affected country. New-volcanoes have broken . out and the -burning lava has set; fire " to the forests and people and live stock are fleeing for their lives. ' Scores of towns lying between, Mexico Cltv and the. Pacific, ocean have been wiped out by the earthquakes. In many instances the earth opened and in the i -'' great -chasms thus formed, swallowed whole villages. , The greatest damage is between the W ' City 61 Mexico and the Collma volcano, v. which seemed to be the starting point .,f the disturbance. v , v ', . : . , . rvtlimM in Violent Krnntion. l" '. V Collma Is now in violent eruptidtf, the most severe in the history of Mexico, and no estimate can now be placed on , , ' the extent of the damage done or yet to be done. i One of the most alarming features ot m ' the dispatches received here is the Indl V cation that there has been a large loss VA ,nf life In the lty of Mexico, a fact , , i which the authorities are trying to ' - suppFess, Kfforta to communicate with '; . the authorities have failed, but private ', advices to commercial houses' say that V, the loss of life has been heavy, but that no announcement wilt he made by the officials. - 1 Messages received at the town of , Jaures, In Mexico, Just across the river i from Paso, say that whetf all of the ' dead in the scores of towns and villages ? to the southwest have been enumerated. , the list ot dead will far exceed-1,000. f This series of earthquakes was the " ' most severe in the history of the coun v try. Not only did the disturbance ex tend from Mexico City to Collma, but .- . there was a great disturbance on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. . .. Horrors of the Gulf. . ' Fishing boats returning from the ' 'Red Snapper Banks report that they were v-overtaken- by most remarkablo storms .in which cross tides attacked them, water spouts appeared andreat . columns of steam shot from the ocean. Several of these boats were mado so hot from the steam from the sea that the lep In which thatr fish were packed Was melted. v - All of the railroad lines In the south i 1 ern- and western part of Mexico have been practically destroyed, In scores - of places the road bed was carried com pletely away, - - This has Interfered greatly with the execution of the government measures for relief. The Biahop of Chllapa, tele graphs that the destruction of Chllapa was almost complete, and In many In ' stances whole families were killed and that the need of relief Is Urgent. , , " The tidal wave which swept over the v . . town of , Acapulco did great damage. The tldul wave led the meteorologists to believe that the earthquake was of world-wide dimensions. i THE TOTAL niOSTItrCHOX OF AVl'TLA IS 12STABLISHED, I (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Mexico, April 18. Details, of the de struction wrought by the great earlh- (Contlaoed on Fata Two.) - MRS.- E. if ' ! ' . - This in picture of Mrs Ik D. CockrclU whose father says .the woman now with his son-in-law, posing as bl wife in EoroiK. is not his daughter, but notorious woman cx-Unlted States Senator and now Francis SI. Cockroll. . ". THE RISING CRY f S I VIV. V. , ' Sent Out by WaH Street Against Harrimao : ON THE STAND TODAY Rockefeller and Morgan, Directors of the Union Pacific, Have Decided That Harrinian Must Answer All Questions of the - Commission About the Road and Take the Con sequences. v' rr , ' 1 (By Leased ..Wire to The Tiroes.) -New YorkVprll 18. E. 'H. Harrlman took 'the stand again today in the. in quisition to which the Interstate com merce commission is subjecting htm on account of JJnlon- Pacific and other trans-continental roads, and the ''Al ton deal." r - ' - . "Crucify HarrimanP' " ' ' ' Tills Is the call which 'Wall street Rockefeller has sent out by John D, and-3. P.' Morgan.'u.x ' v. , - V They are both directors or the union roclfic. Railroad and thoy have, decid ed that Harrlman must answer all questions regarding the railroad and take the consequences. This statement In practically official. 'The directors declare they have been compelled to take the stand by the attitude the pub' lie and the policy of large estates to ward Union Pacific stock.. When ' Mr. Harrlman- was , asked whether he would answer the ques tions when called before the interstate commcrcoj commission today, ha said 1 mil IK mil & ltur quenuon io turn mo. . I will not discuss anything that it In litigation." c The rumors that Mr. Harrlman is to bo removed as president of the. Union Pacific are not credited In well inform ed quarters. CRUCIFY II COCKREU ' III i... '.-A'l'H.-' from New Vork. Cockroll Is a soa of InterstaUi' Commerce . : Commissioner , ' ' .'",' IGRO VOTER V FciirlceDlIi and Fifteenth '4'-' ;'.)!. . .--JV.jj'-i'""V" '"'-T-i: J'?; : AnecimcDts are Void THUS IT IS ASSERTED Crowded Galleries Cheer the Action - 'of tho ' LoglslatBre i-The Senate V AdoitS tho Joint Resolution Intro duced by Beard . of ' Fcnsacola pie House F.tvorstit Overwhelm' lngly. . ' i ' ' . Ci. 'TA . : ,r t- ';T;f'-;V s-'v ' (By Leased Wire" to Th Times ) Tallahassee, Fla. April IS. The sen ate by a vote of 25 to 6 has adopted a joint' resolution - to declare - the .four teenth and fifteenth' , amendments to tho federal constitution ' void and to disfranchise the :nogro ' In Florida, The resolution, was Introduced by Senator John S. Board,' of Pensacola, who spoke at length upon the subject- Senator Beard declared he ' believed the j su preme court of the United States would aphold the action of this state In dis franchising the negro. , r- v . , . The heuse is overwhelmingly for the resolution, and those -who believe In the -iogaiuy- ot the amendments . In question will thus go before tha United States supreme court. , , Crowded galleries cheered the a5- tlon of the senate. 'w, . :. MR. FCLLEK KNTERTAINKI) -; , ' FRIENDS AT A RARUECFE. Mr. T. 8. Fuller, who leaves In the next few days . for New York city, where ho is to practice law, gave a barbecue yesterday afternoon at Mah ler's vlnovard to tho members of the Raleigh bar and also the court offlers. There wcro about fifty present, and all sent a most enjoyable afternoon. FLORIDA BARS Case, of Bascrhiaatioiijfl ' . , freight THE . HEARING , TODAY Tlif Eafirr? Syrs.VirJ iJHJna; New Ens- Luid lanufactnrcrs ' un Immense . . .... . .. ..(. , r Advanlagc Is AlwlU h ihi- Caso of tho Enlorpriaii'.. 5l:umf:icturiiig Company of Georgia. . ! tty Leased Wire, o The Times.) r TS'a&hlnBtOir Anrifi'-fl?. Th. whole cucstlon- of ' aliased" iHnn'linhiiitlon In freight rates in fa vortol thi' New Eng land manufacturing I'll lea a ajrsl.'ist thov! engaged lu, tl!tij (athtstrles In th3 south, is-raised bofoje-tHe interstate: eomnierce commissloa In a case winch bej.a.i heaving toduy. f . ""NeW JSnKlaud wast?D'l ino.-c ni'ui--ly unanimously l,.tJj; Mu eui:i!utijn of lo et -year than anf atlier section i Iho country,' Ja; thdaipuud of team that present adjustmHHtfv of r.-.trs, fav orable lo thOMeij4abllh(Vj liulur-l i :; of thaf flocUoo. inlitkl be teiterfcred wllh uiKier a new syMqitw) New lO.iijland en joys what hre known aVj'poslHge stamp ration manV things; llwt It", the rate has been mhde' fotf.Vwr . long hauls practically or in . aome tose exactly the same as for mueh shorter dlatuucis. Hie Boston and Mtia'a Road s poilcy has been': to 'secure; sudr rajte 'adjustments for the benefit of Us tenltory.. content ing itself with very ..small prepoitlonatcn of long Jdistance'rutea.. In consideration of the prlvlloge of charging local rates within New l'Jnglatid'e arrltory. liljtthla entire systoln Is attacked in the case of Ilia- Enterprise Manufactur ing' Company at Oewi'gln v. S4 rail road companies; jind u the ease of tire China and Japan Tracing Conninny v the Sam! dofotulant companies,;- - The two cases will 'piubablv be eotisolldated for tlte. hcHirlng boie vhe "commission, beginntntt tjhi J rt4,yfi"':. r-rjt -'rsafregedtW , thjse leases 'Jlltat the rates da cotton goods from southern manufacturlng-cei:tors to the '.Paelllft. coast, on business Jcatlned for Oriental export. Is. unjustly high and discrim inates against the .southern' points as compared to New England. 'Specifical ly, the rate per 100 pounds on, these goods In carload lots Is stated et fl.M from Southern points to the coast, as against U from New Bngland to the coast: and In less than oar load lols, it Is felven as I1.C5 from southern points as against tl.DO from New Bngland. 'The commlHsluii Is asked tp- Issue an order requiring coirecttort. of this al leged discrimination. Tho railroad and manufacturing interests of both sec tions Involved consider it a case of tht greatest Importance, for It Involves a construction of the term "competition' In its widest application to business be tween remotely separated sections, and handled under very different ' clrcum-stnee.--- ' .fcitf'f R. 3. Southall of Augusta, Qa.; ap pears as counsel for the complainants, and Edward Baxter, of Nashville, for tjbe railroad companies. . : The case is ex pected to require a long hearing and introduction of a great bulk of testi mony. The decision may determine the. future status of New England as a manufacturing district. . i, : . DIVORCE BECAUSE -OF WIFE'S CRUELTY (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Adrian, Mich., April 18, Arthur E. ilosher' was yesterday granted a di vorce from 8arah Comfort Mosherr for alleged -.cruelty of an. unusual nature. Shortly after the marriage he claim bis wife wanted him to; enter into nn agreement but he declined, : Later, they occupied separate bedrooms, and one night,,' he testified, sho came into his room' River ne nau rtn.iivu na vncuv ever ' the magaslne of the coal stove so the gas would escape., Another , time while out driving he said she wanted him to drive In front of an approach ing train. Both are Quakers. ,t , BREWER WILLS FUND ' k SALVATI2MSTS tBy Leased Wire to Tha Times.) .- ; Rockford, IUs , April li.-j-The will of the late' George J. Sckienck ot Belvldere provides a bequest for i perpetual trust fund, part of tha income of wWch will to to the' Sal vatlon Amy to old Its work .'"among the Towty'atii outcast la places of drunkennesi Mndsqaalor." ' Mr. SchlonCR was a brewer, ? U r This picture is from atreccnt photograph of Rev. E, Lawrence Hunt ami His , wife formerly Sirs. Fannl e Rice Bussett. The members of tlie ?iOble : Street' Presbyterian Clmrch in GwH'npoint, have taken steps to fsectiro tho fjcctlon of MfT Hunt, who was formerly the pastor 'of that clmrch, from tho parsonage. ; - . , SPRING HOPE A Disaster That , May Well be Described as a Conflagration EIGHT BIG BUILDINGS . Si IN FliEiZE The Fire Started in the Owens Hotel at One O'Clock This Moraine and Raged for Five. Honrs Among tho Property Destroyed .Were Eighty-Eight Bales of CottonY the Railroad Platform and tlie Ware house, Together ' With? Its Con tents, of Finch, Richardson & Co. (Special to The Evening Times.) ; Spring Hope, N. C, April 18. Spring Hope was visited with the most dis astrous fire in its history at X o'clock this morning. The loss will amount to $65,000, only partly covered, by insurance. ,;, The fire originated in the Owens Hotel, and two wooden buildings near by soon caught, and from the Intense heat the Are swept across, the street to the solid row of brick buildings opposite, and five were burned before the are could be chock ed, which was finally done by herloc Wti..'.,'."; vW'.i-'- At one time It appeared that the en tire business block would be swept away. ''.', Eighty-eight, bales of cotton and the railroad platform were destroyed as was also the warehouse and contents be longing to Finch, lUchardson and Company.,..-', i ' :. . " 7f : Tbe fire lasted about five hours. . DEATH OP THE REV. ! . DR, T, S- HAMLIN ','5 ?, ( , ' ,L . . - " . ' :' - I. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) j ; New- York, April 18.RcV. Dr- T. S, Hamlin, who was pastor of the Presby terian church of the Covenant of Wash ington, t. C, died early today tn the Hanemann Hospital in this city. He had been a patient there for only a day and k half, ' - j - Sr. Hartlia Wat well known to NeV Yorkers' and freqwently preached 'in the Brick .isepbyterlan- ehuroh and' the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. - He ws amost W years old, . having ecn bom in, Olenvillo, - N. on- May 11 1S47.' wmsssmm AGLARE rlicH ARREST OF MAIL THIEF Expected to be Made In Wil mington Today Tho Suspected ' Man is a Native of That City and Has Been Connected . With the Railway Service a Num . ber of Years. " (Special to The Evening Times.) Wilmington, N. C, April '18. An arrest will' in all probability be made here today In connection with the re cent theft of $10,000 sent by the At lantic National Bank of Wilmington to the Chemlcnl National Bank of New York. A number of post-offlce inspectors are here. The suspected person Is a Wilmingtonlan and for a number of years has been connected with the railway mall service. WANT WILEY HEAP HEALTH DEPARTMENT (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Aril 18. To make Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, a cabinejt member, at the head of the now department o: public health Is the purpose of a move ment In process 6i organization, medi cal men, pure food advocates, . people who believe in the general . govern ment taking charge of all quarantine regulations 'and other powerful in fluences. ; - . , The American Medico Association Is the chief among tne interests which want such a department of the gov eminent established, and; the ! move ment is likely to be publicly inaugu rated at the annual meeting of the as sociation at Atlantic "tSty, v ' Dr. Wiley Is htef chemist of the department of agriculture, and is the man if ho for many -years mlmbst sln-gle-hahded.' carried on he Straggle to get puVe food legislation 'passed.-" He IS said to te backed br the offleers of the American Medical i Association for the position- of iseoretanri-of the- new department!, which would make him a member of the president's cabinet Mrs; Thaw Vill C:I:2 Tl;t Much if K::;:t GOES to pirn::: It is for the Purpose of Attending ' to the Matter o Turning Certala Securities Into at Least One Mil lion Dollars That SIi Takes TIUs Trip Thaw is IB. ' )f I ' ( ,', . ? m .. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, April .8. Mrt,- Wil liam Thaw started for, Pittsburg to- day to raise money for the -ball Of Harry Thaw. ' ' , ' - i .She was accompanledi by ; ' the Countess of Tarmouth, her daughter. Joslah Thaw, half - brother of the ' prisoner, went with them from the Hotel. Lorraine to the Penisylvanla ' Railroad station,, " ,,. ' . ri " Jt was understood thai Within the next ten days Mr.. Thaw expects to turn , certain securities she holds K" Into at least 11,000,000 in ahttclpa tlon that such bail bond would be demanded for her son'e liberty, v " In leaving the,: hotel, the elder Mrs., Thaw said she -would be n c Pittsburg about ten days, , after -which she would return to New York, prepared to- give, any- slse 'ball the courts may demand far hep son, ' " Thaw's Health Breaks. k Confinement In the' Tombs at last t: has broken Harry Tbaw'tf tealtK . t Disappointment over the outcome of the' trial, combined with .the fear -that he may have to spend several , months more in the Tombs 'before he can. even bet tried again, has al most wrecked the constitution already ' undermined py confinement, Xate into the night Dr. Jelllffe, one of his physicians, had to stay; with him, and ' today Thaw Is. la a very, nervous con- ; dltkm." His lawyerat In alann, al lowed a telegrem to be sent to Pitts burg for Roger O'Mara. who more than any one else can cheer up the prisoner. O'Mara arrived early today while i Lawyer peabody was with. Thaw. The big Pittsburg detective merely shook liands and promised to ' come back UiteV in the day. ' This Is in accord with the plan of the lawyers and family, not to leave ,. Harry alone for any length of time during the day. - i . ' ' t , Alone, He Broods, -When alone he begins to brood over the situation and the slim chance - - he has of getting out for months. : The thought of knother long sum mer In the Tombs Is altogether too much for him.. If left Alone, his friends fear he will become entirely 3 overwrought. This nervous and men tal condition working on his physical ' health must of necessity produce bad results. - -1 ' 1 At present the plan J for Peabody to come to the Tombs .early in the morning. Then he Is succeeded by Evelyn Thaw at 10:30 o'clock, and , after her others connected with the . . defense will arrive in relays.' . ' - -, ' It was because -of ,the precarious , condition of Harry Thaw's health- : that his mother hurried to Pittsburg ' to see about raising the 11,000,000 ' which may be needed for ball. Going to Europe., 1 ' Edward Thaw, .half , brother , ot . :' Harry K. Thaw,' and his wife sailed today for Europe on the Hamburg American line steamship : Kalserin- . , Auguste Victoria. They occupied the ,; kaiser's suite, the price for which Is ' ' $1,500, exclusive' of meals. Their names did not appear bn the passen ger list, but a great amount ot Sow- -ers sent to them indicated their in tention to sail. - - . . ' "Two trunks and a satchel bearing ' the name of Joslah Thaw, Edward's ' brother, were also sent to the kaer's ' suite, but It was said tjhat he was not : 1 going to sail for several weeks.1 J. Clinch Smith, the brother-in-law of Stanford White, whoso testimony . counted more against Thaw than any thing else, also catted today for. Eu rope, on the Kaker-Auguste Victoria. The Thaws did not""" know that Smith was aboard, npf was Smith aware of "the presence of Mr, and BONILLA LANDKD1 AT ' J ' ' . BALI N A CRUZ, MEXICO. ! By Leased Wire lo The VlmeA.) Mejrlco"Glty, 1 April It President Manuel Bontnk, the fugitive president of Honduras, 'Was landed at Knllna Crus, Mexico, from the United States gunboat Princeton. . President Bonilla ,ls expected to oome directly te this city.
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