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HUNDREDS KILLED
TOdecpread ,Dtructloa Trop.
erty AUo Reported , A t .' .ri
v Result of Storki-V-' . - ,
"NEBRASKA TROOPS CALLED OUT
CoTernor Morehead Leaves On
Special Train Fpr Scene
Of The 'Disaster.
Chicago, Jill., March 24.i-A terific
windstorm, causing , widespread 1 de
struction and loss .of life, and practi
cally wrecking tke already demoralized
telegraph service, raged over theCen
tral West and Middle States late yes
terday . Reports from Nebraska,
Kansas and Iowa and Indiana indicate
lieavy damage, but owing to the wreck
ing of the telegraph lines, the reports
are fragmentary and lacking in detail.
Omaha, Berlin, Ashland and Yutan,
tteb. the latter towns near Omaha';
MarJhaltown, Ackley, ; Woodbine and
Carroll, Iowa; Terre Haute, Ind., and
Abilene, Kan., are places from which
scattering messages carrying the news
of grave destruction have been re
ceived. For more than four hours no word
was received from the strike city of
Omaha. Late bulletins report that
half the city was swept by a tornado.
AH wires were down, and Berlin, a
neighboring town, was said to be in
ilames. The message was received
over a single long distance telephone
wire, which worked at intervals.
Terre Haute suffered severely.
Scores of person's were inuured, and an
unknown number were overwhelmed
in the ruins of houses blwon down by
the wind, and many fires were started
an different parts of the city.
First reports from Nebraska were
that the towns visited by the strom had
been wiped oU and that the wreckage
was on fire. Trains loaded with res
cuers, nurses and physicians are strug
gling toward the scene, being compelled
to feel their way without running or
ders, owing to paralysis of the tele
graph service.
The loss of life and property in Iowa
was less severe, according to messages
from the storm district. Dust storms
rain, hail, and tremendous electrical
disturbances prevailed over Kansas and
Nebraska the greater part of the day.
Where railroad service was impossible
motor cars were pressed, into service,
nd surgeons and supplies were rushed
to the wrecked towns at the best speed
possible over the washed-out roads.
The total loss of life in -the territory
wept by the sfrm is thought to be
in the !.un Ireds, potiibly as many as'
fhree hundred.
Scores Killed In Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb. . March 24. Meagre
1 reports from Omaha indicate that thati
c;ty Wis the ,-csne of the most disas
trous tornado that ever visited the
'. State. From thirty to forty blocks in
the residence section were Swept -V, by
a storm, killing scores of , persons,
iiiji ring several hundred and leaving
., liundreds , of wrecked . residences in
the storms' path. The villages of Ben
son, Dundee and Florence,' suburbs: of
Omaha, were pratcically wiped out.'
The fact that heavy, rains fell for half
an Hour alter the tornado saved the
x mass, of wreckage and many of the
todies frcm being burned, : The Web-
. eter Street Telephone station, contain'
ing .twenty or more girls,' Vai one of
, the buildings hitby the tornado, nd
it, was twi ted and many injured. At
l wenty-ioi rto ' and: Lake ;. streets a
, , moving picture, show ; was' putting on
. its final him, when the storm descend
V' L The roof of the building; fell in
" v'. In the' road r ssh made ' through the
, siarrow exits' msny of those who were
not nurt, Dy- the couapse ot the, Duud
, "v V ;K.Vin&',wse: tempted 'jHl&Mh&'lffif
S f p. f ' The Nebraka troop were.Arderet
, ' afeV ojiti by., CveriW-MoKhead at the re
, -Jruitst Jof Mayor Dshlman la order t
, 4,A'J;j)reserVe order and ; prevent' .looting.
! ''x -4 i ' Two Linclott , companies and , othen
others
' from . nearby - towns
were' .first-,' di-
, ',,v! .r'lPtcbed to the scene on special trains
"' ' kv?'i 'TTtoi'' Governor' himself left 6n'Vpe
rial train' for the , scene , of rdisaster.
; Passengers' arriving here atv midnight
fought information that the tornado
first destroyed the suburb of. Ralston
and froni there swept up into the resi
dence section of Omaha. ;. At Fortieth
and Farnum' street a garage was dt
Ktrbyed and a large strip of territory,
i, fiortn ana. cast oi that corner, was
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YOUNG MAN WHO FOUGHT
OFFICER SENT TO HIGH
- ER COURT.
The most important caEe before May
or McCarthy yesterday afternoon was
that in which Gannon Fulford was
charged with resisting' and attacking
an officer while the latter was in dis
charge of his official duties.
This affair ocourred in the business
'section of the city last Saturday night
and caused considerable 'excitement
and the court room was filled with
spectators during the time -that the
trial was in progress. Fulford entered
a plea ,of not guilty to this charge but
the evidence of Policeman" W." H.
Griffin, who made the arrest, and m
Chief of Police Lupton who placed
Fulford in the cell at the City Hall
after the latter had been brought there,
was sufficient to cause the defendant
to be bound 'over to the next term "of
Superior Court Vinder a bond of fifty
dollars which he secured and was re
leased from custody.
Ephriaip, Brinson and William Brin
son participated in the melee which
took place at the City Hall while the
officers were attempting to place Ful
ford in the cells and warrants had been
issued for them on charges of disorder
liness. They plead guilty to the charge
against them and William Brinson
was fined two dollars and the cost of
the case. Ephiram Brinson received
a teriffic blow in the face during the
scrap and the Mayor stated that on
this account he would suspend judg
ment upon the payment of the costs
of the case.
Rev. and Mrs. Robert E. Knowles
of Canada are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Slover.
UNUSUALLY CLEVER SHOW AT
THE ATHENS.
The Athens this week is offering
an extra large and decidedly cleaner
bill and last night at both shows the
house was crowded.. Miss Margaret
Leslie and Richard Hamlin in. their
singing and talking act .were all to the
merry while Clark's comedy dog and
pony show was as good as ever shown
here.' . ' -
s;riously damaged. The Illinois Cen
tral bridge bvef the Missouri River
was destroyed.. All wires are. down
with the exception of a single railroad
wire-into Lincoln, which is" not, avail
able for 'press reports. Semi-hysteri
cal bassengers, arriving here,; -sayV the
Kbspltals and hotels ,of Omaha .are 'full
of JnjuriW and that the dead are'yery
numerous 'In tpe absence of ' wire
contmunications, it is impossible to get
any hint ofthe exact situation. ..The
railroads that have the Only wire into
Ohama, say i thei situation is-very
grave. Burlington train No. 12, Which
left Lincoln at; 4:34 o'clock-yesterday
afternoon,' picked up -, many dead and
injured aiong its way near umana. - '
v Omaha Worst Sufferer. - ,. .
Omaha's. suburb f,; suffered Cthe
heaviest loss; : Ralston, southwest iof
Umaha, was rased to the ground and a
score were killed. East Omaha which
left the tell of ; the. twister, reported
houses demolished, but. no lives lost
Council Bluffs,, Iowa; ; suffered nine
dead,' score or more injured and great
droperty damage.-The worst damage
was done and , the, largest toll rbf .lives
exacted In the western part of Omaha
and in the. vicinity of Twenty-fourth
and Lake streets. ; From there north
cast to Sixteenth and Binney; streets
the ; storms path was ' very destruc
trveJ Thls was the residence , portion
of, the 'city' and the disaster wrought
wa's 'i, appalling. Whole ; blocks! of
homes ,' were 'picked op and dashed
Into a shapeless ' mass. , Street cars
were hurlec). from the tracks fchd de
motishpd. a At Bd early hdfur this morn
ing, ten dead and eight injvired ha
been removed from the ruins of the
moving1 picture show at Twenty-fourth
and Lake streets. It Is estimate
that fifty people Were in the theatre
It is feared that most cf them are
buried in the debris. , ; '
CMiH FULFORD
FUEHU GETS
"Mil" I
Two Cases Of, ?The Ardent, Now
Belnft Held at Oty RaU ,
' j", Awaiting Claimant, v ' ; -
WAS ENROUTE TO JAMES CITY
Eack Package Consigned to Ray
mond Lee But Police Don't
' Know Him. '
Two hundred half-pint bottles con
taining a very popular brand of "tiger"
liquor were, located and confiscated
by Policeman A. A. Ipock yesterday
afternoon and are now being held at
the City Hall awaiting a claimant.
The liquor was "spotted" by the
officer as it ws being hauled away
from the Trent river warehouse on a
dray driven by Ben Russelwho is
employed as a driver by a local mer
chant. The officer, thinking that he
might possibly see the, -whiskey de
livered to the owner, followed slowly
in' the rear but when. the driver -of
the vehicle turned froni South Front
street into Trent river bridge, the officer
lost no time in halting the procession
Russell vowed that he did not know
who the whiskey was owned hy, that
a man had hired him to carry it to
ames City and told him that the
owner would be waiting for him on
that side of ihe river. Whether, this
statement was true couJd not be verified
but two hundred half-pints of whiskey
entirely too much to be. owned by
one person and the "wet goods were
taken to the City Hall and placed under
lock and key.
The whiskey is in two cases, a hun
dred bottles to the case, and each
package h consigned to Raymond
Lee, New Bern, N. C. . The authorities
have no special need for the whiskey
and if this Lee person will call at the
City Hall and exhibit proofs of owner
ship to the confiscated goods, it will
in all probability be turned over to
him.
Paul J. Delemar of Oriental spent
yesterday in the city with friends.
GIFTS OF RICH
NOT APPRECIATED BY THE PUB
LIC, SAYS VICE PRES
IDENT MARSHALL.
Springfield, Mass, March 24, 'The
public does not appreciate charity that
emanates from predatory wealth," said
Vice-President Marshal in an address
before the Young Men's Christian As
sociation in the , municipal ; audito
rium yesterday. "Institutions founded
and maintained by co-operative con
tributionVV he said,' ''receive much
more v public' appreciation. In my
travels about the country I have been
much Impressed by 'the eagerness; with
which citizens have, pointed out itheir
public institutions; But I generally
have to ask to see Carnegie library,
if there is one in' town. V i - ,
Mr. Marshall's topic was, "It is more
blessed to give then-to' receive." ;,
Mr. Marshall later; addressed a large
gathering made up exclusively of. wo-
BRIDGE CLUB ENTERTAINED.
Delightful Social Event Yesterday
Mrai Cb'aries fettit was the gracious
hostess to vthe. Auction "' Bridge) Club
yesterday afternoon at her , home on
Johnson street.,' Trailing f yelldw; jes
samine, Ivioleti and, hyacinths'' attrac
tively adorned . the . rooms. - Hand
painted ..cards,1 were ; drawn : td decide
who would be partners in the auction
bridge came.-&&?& .J '' 1
After, a delightful . houf of bridge,
tempting andj delicious; refreshements
were served. '". " 'y': ';,K '-k-'t '-. V
I' Those present ; were :Mrs. William
Dunn, ; Mrs. ' Edward Bishop, - Mrs,
'David Cdngdon, Mrs. , Harry . Marks,
Mrs. Raymond Pollock Mrs. William
Hand,' Mr- 1 George .tratton, ; Mrs
K. K. Chapman, Mrs Thomas Warren,
Mrs. Henry R. Bryan, Jr., Mrs. Mark
de ' Wolf i .Stevenson,-' Mrs. 'Edward
Clark, Mrs. ' Charles Thomas, Mrs
J. Guion Dunn, Misses Sara Congdon
and Eulalia Willis. - . ;.
' Mr- Preston Cotton of Norfolk wa
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a viit;r in th city yesterday. '
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The Framework of This Mammoth
Structure Is Now Nearlng
'' " '..; Completion.
PARK TO BE . OPENED MAV I
Two New Street Cars Will
Be
Placed On the Line On
the Opening Day. .
Rapid progress is being made in the
erection of the casino which is being
constructed . at Ghent Park. The
foundations were laid several weeks
ago but on account of the scarcity of
building material the contractors were
unable to go ahead with the work at
that time. However, for the past two
weeks they' have had a number of
carpenters engaged in the work and the
framework of the building "is now near-
ing completion. v
It is the desire of the owners of the
casino to throw it open to the public
on May 1. With this end in view, all
possible haste will be made. After
the building has been completed there
are many things to be done before the
park will be in readiness for opening
and the owners will have their hands
full until that time.
Mayor C. J. McCarthy, one of the
local managers and stockholders in
the New Bern Ghent Street Railway
Company, who own and will operate
the park, has received a message from
the Cincinnati Car Company who are
engaged in the construction of two
additional cars which will be placed
on the local line, in which they state
that the"" work on the cars is going
ahead as rapidly as possible and they
hope to be able to have them ready for
delivery by ay 1.
In order to facilitate the handling
of the crowds who will visit the pa k
during the summer ,a three point
switch will be placed ,at the corner of
Pollock and Metcalf streets and this
will ' make it unnecessary for the cars
to back into the switch while another
passes, this latter work will be
started during the next week or two,
AND THEN CLUB GIRLS MUST
HAVE MAN EARNING .
-"$5,000 PER. ,
Bonsto, Mass, MarchJ24.HStudents
of Wellesley College have started
club, the object of ' which- will be to
prevent a member frtfti brarrying until
at least three years. afteF her gradua
tion, and then only to a man with an
income of $5,000 per annum.
TKe clob is to be known as the Wei
lesley Marriage Club.. "The club has
been organized by the daughter of a
Chicago business ) man. who' declares
that the .organization of 'the 'ciub is
the '-beginning , of a chain of similar
L'clubs that are to be started shortly in
all of the large, colleges for young wo
men in the country! She also declared
that, many of the smaller schools are
planning such clubs. ' , ; .
r.-The election of officers' for the club
at Wellesley is to be held within the
next' months or as soon as the mem
bership, reaches 100.1 'At-present only
forty f .; the' students ; have declared
themselves in fayor,pf- the dlub, but
the .prganizers claim thatsthis. Is be
cause they are desu-ous of keeping it
exlcusive, and have only, asked about
fifty of the students to Join,; 'j2 y
CARNIVAL HERE: JEXTh WEEK.
Beginning next '. Monday" and .con
tinuing T through - the week the. Well
known Johnny; Jones Carnival, Com
pany will exhibit in this city at Ghent
Park, under the auspices of the'' New
Bern Steam; Fire .Engine Company
This amusement 'company hat visited
NeW Bern many times during the past
years and has always g'Ven complete
satisfaction Jn every ; way . This, sea
son the company is said to be better
than ever; before.";, ,:U''A.,',;-"s ';'.
i The local high school's baseball team
Is making preparations for a game with
a team from Elizabeth City schools
This game will be played'tiext Frida"y
of Saturday, the weather permitting
and the local team is hard at work
ecttinif in trim for the event. '' Tb
enact date of the game wilbe announce
ater. . ..;-; ..
JOflTHERfJOUTtET THROUGH
I L Hill GAS
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HHrie: PLAY
LOCAL ARTISTS TO BE SEEN
AT MASONIC THEATRE
TOMORROW NIGHT.
Eighteen hundred and thirty is a
long time ago, and to have the cus
toms and usages of that period brought
to you is interesting from a historical
point of view, besides the story is full
of thirlling and dramatic episodes.
The Little Minister, the play that
the Paint and Powder Club, assisted
by a number of other people not mem
bers, will tomorrow night present to
the threate goers of New Bern, is a
story of the weavers of the famous
Scotch plaids, portraVing their religious
life. The old order of things in their
kirks was for their minister not to
philander with the conduct of their
members, and when the new minister
was installed in his position as leader
of their flock, ' he beean to interest
himslefin theri behalf. His transfor
mation of desperate characters into
peaceful citizens; his fearless method
of dealing with; obstinate elders, made
his ministry a success from beginning.
Then a woman, the Gypsy, came
dancing into his life, and being bonny,
captured him body and soul. The
shock came naar paralyzing the elders,
and their love for the young minister
made them loth to take any action
against him, and their hesitancy gave
time for all such love stories as this
to right itself.
Cast of Characters.
The cast at this time might interest
the public:
Babbie Mrs. D. S. Congdon
Gavin Dishart A. T. Willis
Lord Rintoul J. W. Watson
Capt. Hollowell J. C. Bagg
Rob Dow. Miss Amelia Hahn
Tamas Whammond.-.
Leon Williams
Snecky Hobart T. C. Daniels
Silva Tosh George Green, " Jr.
Andrew Mealmaker...,F. W. Fehlman
Nanny Webster.... Mrs. Herbert Willis
Jean, the Manse Servant
Miss Lila May Willis
Tickets now on sale at Clark's and
a Wafer's bakery.
JUVENILE BASEBALL TEAM GO
ING TO, WASHINGTON.
The Union Point Sluggers,, a local
juvenile baseball team, is making pre
parations to visit Washington next Fri
day and play a team at that place."
The boys are now engaged in securing
funds with which to pay their expenses
and are , meeting - with . considerable
success in their efforts. ' Both teams
have a number -of unusually good
players and a hard . fought co "test is
promised . The next game it to be
played in this city.
NEW-ADS
W. G. Boyd Valuable city property
for sale. . .
National Bank of New Bern Bank
ing facilities.
New Bern Banking & Trust Co. A
happy young man.
-;HiH's , Sporting ; Goods Store Ball
bearing skates at reduced prices.
A Burrus. &' Co. Rain; has put your
farm work behindt" " , -
H.C Armstrong--! know you want
the best you can get for your money,
East; .Carolina" Lumber .Co,-Wood
sawer and logging men wanted., , 1
5 ' Ne w J Bert Bankinc & 1
Trust Co.V
Presybterian church -Lecture? on 1
Thomas Carlyle by Revt R. E, Knowles.
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NOTICE.
To
the Democratic - voters - of the
Fourth Ward.t-;
I feel grateful to ' my ; friends and
fellow citizens ot the Fourth Ward who
have presented my name for nomlna
tiort for; Councilman at the' coming
primary, Business demands, will make
it impossible for' me to give the office
the' time and "attention which it 'de
serves, on this account I ask that my
name be' withdrawn. - ,
; u. . " . ', ' Very truly,".'" '!: - ; ' .
. ' '""' ' ', W. P. METTS. :
COAST LIIIE ROj'.D
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Committee Asks That New Bern
Be Given Connections '
With the North. ,
PRESIDENT FAVORS THE PLAN
Only a
Matter Of Time Before
C. L. Will Construct ;
This Road. ;' .;
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A committee composed of J.-'-B.-:
Blades, William Ellis, R. A. Nunp, L. C
H. Cutler, Sr., J. Leon Williams, Ow j1
G. Dunn and H. K. Land representing:
the New Bern Chamber of Commerce i'
went to Wilmington yesterday and ap-
peared before T. M, Emmerson, pres
ident of the Atlantic Coast Line R, R.' -'
Company and T. R. Kenly, third vice- '
president of the same company relative
to the building of a line by that road
giving New Bern Northern connection. V
R.-A. Nunn acted as spokesman for y
the local committee and he explained ;..
to the officials, the v object of : their
visit, stating that New Bern needed "
this connection and that the citizens
here stood ready and were willing to'
give the company any possible as- v
sistance in its construction.
J. B. Blades, who was chairtnan of v.
the committee, went into details 4 in.'.'
regards to the immense amount of;
shipping done from this point and the ;
amount that would be handled over"!
this line if it were constructed. J.
Leon Williams, 'secretary of the Cham- '
ber of Commerce, presented the offi-;:
acils with the information which had
been complied relative to the amount '
of freight received and shipped here
leach year and also made a short but .
very interesting talk favoring the build
ing of the road. L. H. Cutler also
made a short talk and put some Very,
convincing facts before the officials,
not only in regards to- the present
amount of business that is being done '
by the local citizens but told of large
quantities of new business that could
be worked up, and he assured them .
that if this road was built that the com- -pany
could expect all possible aid '
from the citizens of this city. 'v fc
Mr. Emmerson, president of the rail- .
way company, stated to the committee
that the company had long had the,
building ol this northern line in view
and that in 1906 they made a survey. .
That at that time they wanted to get
their freight warehouse down in the
busines3 section of the city and that
as soon as the property owners discover--ed
what steps were being taken that .
they at once went up on the price' oV
meir lduu auu nidi ai mai liiuo lutj .
proposition was dropped. , . .;';
Later the panic followed and since
that time Mr. Emmerson said the com--pany
has had but little money to, be
used in building extensions and ' con
sequently but few lines have been con-,
structed. However, he stated that the
proposition as shown to them in regards
to. building this road lrom New? Bern,
to the North was very attractive and
thai the company thought very favor
ably of it, but that at the present time
they were not in a position to give dut
anything definite. ' , t
. He stated, however, that this-roav
would be constructed. It might pos
sibly be one year or three years' befoie
the work was begun hut he gave the y
committee a9suranc that th. road I
would be built at some time and that
he would do everything in hlat power to
hasten the time when this would be
done. ' -'VtX'
, Mr. Kenly, third vice president of
the. company, also made a short talk
in which he stated that he too, was
very r favorably impressed with : the
probable construction of ths road and
that he, believed the people of New
Bern' would give all possilbe' aid in
bringing this about.1 He said, however,
that the Atlantic Coast Line Company
did not want anything given them but
only wanted to be '.dealt with fairly,
adding that; he hoped that when the
company .decided ;.tO ' build this lin
hat the property owners would e. "
them land as cheap as they would s
It to an individual. ..
, .The - committee were , very mu
impressed 1 with' thi gracious ' manm
in' which' they- were, received and i
their opinion it will be' "only a man
of a short time before this line connr
ing New Bern" with the North' will I
constructed.' v;:v ';', s'V:'',' V;'V .' s
' ,S.' M.,' Brinson spent yesierd.iy
Vancboro' tonferring with Dr. J
Tu lington principal of! tho pr :
Cravca county Farm Life S ! !m
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