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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
TWO DEAD, ELEVEN INJURED.
Fatal Result of the Collapse of an
Unfinished Building.

Birmingham, Ala, April 2S-By the col
lapse of the framework of the main build
ing of the Dimmick Pipe and Foundry
Company in the course of construction at
North Birmingham, this morning two men
are dead and eleven are injured, at least
two of whom will die.
The dead are: James McWhorter, and
David White.
The injured are: William McWhorter,
head crushed ana internally injured, will
die; d. o. Patlllo, fractured jaw and con-
cussion of back, will probably die; Har-
ry Brown, K. T. Walker, John Oliver, w.
II. Allen j. o. Beck, George Sler, w. B.
Wynn, ]. A. Rolph, John Sharpe.
The building was 500 feet long and 100
feet wide. While an immense beam was
being placed IMPOSITION on the roof thir-
ty feet above the ground it fell and strik-
ing rext beam knocked it down. The sec
ond beam knocked down the third, and
50 on until twenty-six beams had fallen,
causing a general collapse of the struc-
ture. About thirty men were at work on
the building, and of this number thirteen
were on the superst ucture and went down
in the wreekage. Those on the ground floor
escaped through the windows.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
FLOOD SITUATION is WORSE.
PROPERTY DAMAGE IN TEXAS Is
UP IN THE MILLIONS.

Waco Is in Great Need of Aid-Many
People Seeking Shelter-ProbabIy
Eifteen Lives Lost - Telegraph
wires Down and Half the State
1so,ated-Damage to the Railroads
IA Immense and the Farmers Are
Heavy Losers.
Waco Tex, April 2S.-The food situa-
.,on remains practically unchanged from
,aet night. Conditions could hardly be
worse.
Every available wagon, dray and float
mos brought into use, and the entire
right was spent in moving hundreds of
families out of the submerged district.
There are no new names added to the
list of fatalities to-day, but reports of per-
sons missing and who were last seen in
tbe overhowed section. are numerous.
A call for aid signed by the Mayor and
many prominent citizens. has been sent
o,t. and a mass NEE ting of the citizens of
Waco will be held Monday night to de-
wise means to aid the suffering, and those
IN need. The local weather bureau gives
the rainfall for the past twenty-four hours
as 4O5, the heaviest on record.
Specials from Houston say:
'Not since 1852 has this city and vicinity
been visited by such a downpour of rain
as fell here during the past two days.
The salido overbroke all previous records
and destroyed the fine iron wagon bridge
at this place. At Summerville the school
washed out The large steel bridge at
Little River, on the main line of the Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Texas, is wrecked. The
Leon river is out of its banks and the
electric plant is flooded, the city being in
total darkness"
Causing Extensive Damage.
Dallas, Tex, April 2S.-The floods show
no signs of receding. On the contrary,
most of the Texas rivers are rising.
A Fort Worth telegram at 10 a. m. said
the Trinity river had overhowed, doing
much property damage. The people are
alarmed for the safety of the water works,
which are seriously threatened
A nine-foot rise is sweeping down from
the headwaters Of the Trinity. This will
cause a big overflow in the vinicity of
Dallas and Fort Worth by tonight
A bulletin from WAGON at l0:30 said the
list of dead there will reach from ten to
fifteen persons. The property damage in
Waco will exceed $50 900. The telegraph
lines Of both companies are gone south Of
Waco solating more than one-half of the
state.
Railroad movements are suspended south
Of Dallas on almost every line in the state.
The loss by flood and hurricane since yes
terday morning is estimated to reach So
00000 TO 100000, including damage to
railroads and crops. The damage to rail-
roads is immense.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
TAYLOR HAS FILED HIS BRIEF.
Says He Has Been Denied His Rights
In Kentucky.

Washington, April 2S.-Counsel for Hon.
William s. Taylor and John Marshall
In the contest in the Supreme Court, over
the offices of Governor and Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky to-day. fled their
brief in the case IN that court.
After reviewing the various points in
volved in che case, the brief concludes as
follows:
I'VE will not attempt any resume of the
arguments. We simply insist that the
pretended adjudication which is plead
ed by Mr.. Beckham as the foundation of
MS action, whereby he seeks to take from
William S. Taylor and John Marshall the
offices to which they certainly had the
admitted prima facie right. and whereby
he seeks to make himself the Governor
OF Kentucky and the chief magistrate of
her people, is an absolute nulhty; that II
was entered, or made, in violation of
rights secured both 90 william S. Taylor
and to John Marshall, and to the people
OF Kentucky by the Constitution of the
United States: and that when he comes
into court, asking for the judicial enforce
ment of this arbitrary edict the courts
of the land, OF which this is the supreme
head, should decline to enforce It..
we feel that in this case is involved
the question of whether we are political
freemen OF political serfs; whether we
have in Kentucky a republic or an oil
garchy; whether we vote by right secured
by law, or by grace of few men. 1t
matters not that these men may them
selves have been elected They were given
no commission by the people to select a
govrnor for them; and as said by Mr.
Jefferson, speaking for himself and his
compatriots; An elective despotsm was
not the government we fought for
I'VE have been denied republicanism. The
principle has rallied in It's duty and we call
on the guaranter to make goods its guar
anty. We ask for the protection of lib
erty and property against the arbitrary
exercises of the powers Of the govern
ment."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
YOUNG VANDERBILT TO WED.
His Bride to BE Miss Elsie French of
New York.

New York. April 2s.-The engagement
Of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, second son
of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Miss
Elsie French, the daughter of Mrs. Fran
els Ormond French, was announced to-
day Miss Elsie French and her mother
and Mr.. Vanderbilt are in London.
It was also learned at Newport that Mr..
Vanderbilt and Miss French will be mar
ried there in September at Trinity
Church, and the wedding will be followed
by a small reception at Harbor View, the
villa of Mrs. French.
Francis Ormond French, the father of
Miss French, was a well known New
Yorker the president of the Manhattan
Trust Company. He left a fortune which
has been estimated at $4,000 600. Alfred
Vanderbilt inherited the greater part OF
his fathers enormous fortune. He is e
years old and a graduate of Yale.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
e-e-S
WILL ENFORCE THEIR RIGHTS.
So Say officers of the Maritime
Canal Company.

New York, April 2s.-Considerabie spec
ulation has ben INDUCED In by persons in
terested in the building OF the Nicaragua
canal as to what effect the decision of the
Nicaraguan government to vacate the con-
cession to the Maritime Canal Company
will have.
Secretary Atkinson of the Maritime Com
pany said:
The action by the Nicaraguan govern
ment If it is as reported, will not bother
Us IN the least. Our company has some
rights and the Nicaraguan government
cannot take them away. We will enforce
our rights"
Edwin r. Lancaster, secretary of the
Ncaraguan Company, said:
We will ask Uncle Sam 10 step in and
see that we are not deprived Of our rights.
we agreed to submit the question to arbi
paton and we named our men, but the
government of Nicaragua refused to ac-
cept them"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
WILLIAMS MADE PRESIDENT.
Petersburg. Richmond and Carolina
TtaiIrOnd Meeting.

Petersburg, Va. April 2S.-An adjourned
meeting of the directors of the Peters.
burg, Richmond and Carolina Railroad
Company (Seaboard Air Line System)
was held here to-day. There were pres
ent Andrew C. Trip Of Baltimore, C. E.
johnson Of North Carolina, John Scott of
New York, Judge T.. j. DeCross of Bal
timore. w. r. McKenney of this city. E.
Randolph Williams rendered his resig-
nation as president and John Shelton Will
liams was elected to fill the vacancy. The
meeting then adjourned until next satur-
day.
The following compose the new board of
directors: John Skelton Williams, S. Da-
vis Warfeld, Robert C. Williams, James
IL. Dooley, William A. Marbury, William
+. Cochran, John w. Mddendorf and G.
Sidney Shepard. Mr.. John M. Sherwood
was elected in place OF w. II. McKenney.
resigned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
LYNCHING IN MISSOURI.
Negro-fndian Who shot sherif's
wife. Hanged to Tree.

Marshall. Mo-. April 2s.-Mindee Chowg-
eoe. the negro-Indian who escaped from
Jail here on Thursday night after assault
ing Sheriff Joseph Wilson and his little
son and shooting the sherlff's wife in
the arm. when she came 10 thel ,iist-
ance. was iynched at midnight tonight
by mob of angry citizens
The lynchers forced an entrance TO the
Jail. meeting with slight resistance at the
hands OF the officers, and dragged the
prisoner out into the jan yard, where he
was strung up 10 tree.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
BAD FIRE AT WNsVILLE.
several buildings Burned at a Loss
of About $75, 900.

Brownsville. Tenn, April 2S.-Fire ragged
LOT Two hours In the heart of the business
portion of this city tonight, despite a beat
ing rain and good work of firemen. The
IRE started on the third floor of the Lyle
Ut BOND building at the roof. Two blocks
"S'e threatened and buildings across an
sNey and also TO the south caught, and
me occupants were severely damaged. Two
CCree-slory brick dwellings, owned by
u'oIse w. Lyle and r. N. Bond were he
0',y ones totally destroyed
NJ ouns Opera House was damaged
1, DHo cumberland Telephone Company re-
aged was u'''ii-
o.. ne total loss was about $4,000. The
Hro was checked at II O'Clock just as a
company OF Memphis pulled into town.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
BRITISH AMMUNITION HELD.
Dynamite Was the Cause of the JO-
hannesburg Explosion.

Pretoria, April o. Friday.-The represent
tative of Reuters Telegram Company with
the federals at Brandfort IS informed that
the British at Jammersdrift tried to get
ammunition through Basu toland, but that
the Basutos stopped the wagons and in
formed Gen. DeWet. A strong contln-
gent of Basotos is now guarding the line
to prevent entrance or exit from Basuto-
land.
Native reports from Johannesburg say
the government inspectors there are con-
WINGED that dynamite was the cause Of
the recent explosion and that the dynamite
ers' train has been traced TO a vac mt
house in the vicinity of the first explosion
They have, therefore, stopped all trains
through Delagoa bay, in order to prevent
the escape of the suspects.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
LACOsTE HAS ACCEPTED.
He Succeeds Rivera In Gov. Gen.
Woods Cabinet.

Havana, April 2s.-Senor Perfecto La
coste has accepted the office of Secretary
OF Agriculture mace vacant by the resig-
nafion of Gen. Kuis Rivera.
Senior Estrada Mora acting Mayor Of
Havana, Will be offered the mayoralty for
the remainder Of the term, which will ex-
plro some time after the elections are
held.
The revenue gunboat Baracoa has cap
turcd a small British sloop off Batabano
engaged In the sponge fishery. The vessel
Is now In charge Of the customs author
tiles.
The report that sugar trust has been
organized in Berlin causes some uneasl-
ness among the sugar men here. They are
fearful that this will force the planters
10 accept the United States as the sole
market
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
FILIPINo LEADER CAPTURED.
Senior Palermo Had 10 BE Taken TO
Manila on "a Litter.

Manila, April 2s.-Maj. Gen. Lloyd whea-
ton reports that senor Palermo, the for
mer president of the Filipino so-called
cabinet was captured in the mountains
near Trinidad, Province OF Benguet,
April %.
Paterno recently. through relatives in
Manila. requested and received perm lssion
10 enter I G American lines. but failed to
appear His relatives explained that he
had been sick long time ana was an in
valid. He was brought 10 San Fernando
on litter ambulance by soldiers OF the
Forty-eighih Regiment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
DEATH CAUSED BY BURNS.
Gen. Wilson'S wife stepped on Match
which Ignfted Her Dress.

Havana April 28.-The wife of Mai
Gen. James II. Wilson, military Governor
of the department OF Matanzas-Santa
Clara, died this afternoon from the effects
of the burns accidentally received this
morning while driving with her daughter
While alighting from her carriage, Mrs.
Wilson stepped on a match, which ignited
her dress. She wes terribly burned, and
although everything was done to relieve
her sufferings, she died about 3 O'Clock
p. m.
Gov. Gen. Wood, Gen. Chafee and Adjt.
Gen. Richards telegraphed condolences
and great sympathy is expressed by every
one, Cubans and Americans alike, for the
Wilson family.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
DAMAGE FRoM the BIG FIRE.
Estimates Put Value of Property De-
stroyed at si5.OOO,OOO.

Ottawa, Ont. April 2s.-The estimates on
the damage wrought by Thursdays fire
prove 70 have been under rather than over
the mark. A careful survey Of the field
gives The following results;
Dead. seven; homeless. 1900; buildings
burned. 5000: hands out OF work. 300;
value Of property destroyed. sl5.CO0o0o.
The loss Of lumber alone II put az 1885,
10000 feet. This makes a total loss fof
lumber Of about ts.J0g.Oo0
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
Spain Hears of More Trouble.

Madrid, April Ex-senator Sagrarlo,
Spanish consul general at Havana, con-
firms the report OF the existence in
certain parts of the island Of Cuba
of an agitation against the Ameri-
cans.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
GRAND JURY TO INVESTIGATE.
VIII Go Deeply Into the Labor War
Now ON In Chicago.

Chicago, April 2s-The grand jury def
nitely determined to-day to investigate the
labor war now on In Chicago The fnves-
tlgation probably will begin next Tuesday,
and IL the grand jury finds that It will not
have sufficient time in which to conclude
the inquiry before the date OF its final
dismissal Il will ask TO be continued In SER
vice for as long as Is necessary to COM
plete this special work
The members of the jury have deter
mined to make the investigation a thor
ough one, and labor leaders OF Chicago, as
well as representatives CT the material
men and contractors, VIII be sommoned
10 tell Of the conditions which have
brought about the almost total cessation OF
building operations OF all kinds In Chica-
20 and its suburbs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
Cut In MIrc ana Nnilr.

bon.,u u'insham, Ala, Aprn 2s.-The Ala
v,r' 0,eel and Wire Company. whose
l..' ''d ana nail mill at Rensley recently
M, operations, has announced cue in
wlt, ,tl'e OF its product corresponding
eie1 ' reduction made by the American
.II hnl Wlre Cnmnnnv
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
BOLD ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY.
woman Rang for Police in Spite OF
Threat on Her Life.

Threat on Her Life.
Lynn, Mass, April ga bold attempt
was made 10 rob the Lynn Five Cents
Savings Bank shortly after noon to-day.
During the lunch hour man approached
the teller's window and passed a note TO
Harriet p. Houghton, who was on duty.
The note read:
Don't speak or make any noise, or I'll
pu. a bullet through your brain. Count
out $500 ard be quick; pass Is to me with
out trouble have two friends watch
ing us noy and any attempt to communi-
cate with any one viii mean your death" ="
Miss Houghton, although considerably
alarmed, quickly reached button near
her desk, which sounded an electrical call
for the police. Then she eoolly informed
tbe man what she had done. Without a
pause the robber rushed from the bank
and disappeared down Market street. The
rolice arrived few minutes later.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
NNNGn'S CONDITION SERIOUS.
'E'rnor of Illinois In mt Home
Critically Ill

4"easo' April 2S.-Dr. Nicholas Sem
-, 'N tonight that the condition OF Gov.
'''''er was alarming. The states execu-
a.,', ,e arrived In Chicago in the morning, a
.''ueally sick man. and is now confiuel 4
% m, ms bed at the Great Northern Hotel.
ne Governor submitted 10 an X-rav OK
r,.' uon this afternoon and the skia-
s.r2" "lll be developed tomorrow. Dr.
a.,'" ,'' insists that an absolutely certain d.
r,',la or the case has been made and
s,,' 'ne Governor is suffering from gall
n. ln the ducts. II this is accurate
iI'l' nts chances Of recovery are not
N'N'ldeted very hopaful
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
SHE WAS FROM WILMINGTON.
Mrs. Wilson Was the Daughter OF
Col. John Andrews.

Wilmington, Del. April 2S.-Mrs. Will
son, the wife of AIaj. Gen. James H. VIII
son, news of whose accidental death reach
ed here tonight, was the daughter of Col.
John Andrews of Wilmington, who com
manded the First Delaware Regiment
during the Civil War. She was married
to Gen. Wilson in 1866, and is survived by
three daughters, two of whom were with
her in Cuba She left the Wilson home
here in November last to join her husband
on his station and has been with him
since. The other daughter is the wife
of Henry B. Thompson of this city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
TAYLOR GOES TO FIR ANFxFopT.
Left Washington and Ordered His
Mail Sent There

Washington, April 2S.--Gov. Taylor of
Kentucky left this city at 2:15 o'clock this
afternoon over the Chesapeake and Ohio,
presumably for Frankfort, though at his
hotel 1t was stated that his destination
was unknown. He had short interview
with the President before leaving.
Gov. Taylor left instructions az the ho-
tel to forward his mail to Frankfort He
was accompanied by his wife.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
Turks Playing for Time.

Ferrouh Bey, the Turkish minister, call
ed at the state department this afternoon
and spent half an hour in conference with
Secretary Hay. Beyond the statement
that the indemnity claims were the sub
jects of discussion, nothing official could
be learned of what took place between the
two.
1t is gathered that the Turkish effort
is still in the direction of finding some
other means of escape from the present
situation than a cash settlement. Thus
there Is believed to be more talk of the
old proposition to build a Turkish cruiser
here and settle the claims under cover of
such transaction; but whatever the char
acter of the details Of the Turkish prop
osition, it appears that there is no at
tempt to deny the obligation assumed to-
ward these claimants and embodied in the
promise to Mr.. Straus, and consequently
there has been no refusal to pay the debt
In some manner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
Monument 20 war Heroes.

Washington, April -Representaiiye
Fitzgerald Of Massachusetts introduced Ia
the House to-day a resolution approprint-
Ing 10000 for o monument IN Arlington
Cemetery 10 the known ana unknown dead
Of the BpaDish-Amegican war
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
BREoKINRDGE THE ONLY ONE.
A Kentucky omcinI whose Title Is
Not I'm Litigation.

Frankfort. KY, April 2s--Attorney Cen
eral Breckenridge to-day enjoys the dis
tinction of being the only state officer in
Kentucky whose title is not in litigation.
Judge Clifton J. Pratt, the Republican
contestee, failed to file a superedeas bond
prior to last night and the undisputed title
passes to Breckenridge.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
Is AN OPPONENT OF BRYAN.
Dewey snys That should Suggest
where He Stands.

New York, April pa special to the
World from Washington says:
Admiral Dewey was asked tonight:
"Will you issue statement defining
your views on the public questions before
leaving Washington for Chicaso?"
NO" he replied. ~ see no reason for
any hurry In this matter. I have an
nounced that / would be a candidate and
have announced that I am a Democrat
Them too, it is known that ! will be an
opponent of Bryan at Kansas City, which
should suggest plainly where l Stand upon
the vital issues. ] am not prepared to
say Just when l will make statement"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
REPORT WAS UNFOUNDED.
RabI Is Not Thinking of Anti-Ameri-
can InsurrectiOn.


Havana, April 2S.-An investigation into
the allegation made in a dispatch from
Madrid that Jesus Rabi, the Cuban leader.
had headed an insurrectionary movement
in the province of Santiago de Cuba
shows that Rabi yesterday was at his
farm near Manzanillo, where he resides
during the greater part of the year, and
that he is perfectly quiet.
Gov Gen. Wood characterizes the Mad
rid story as being absolutely without foun-
daton. He says there is no more chance
at present of a rising in Santiago than
Of a rising in Washington.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
harrington for Congress.

Cleveland, o., April 2s.-The Twentieth
Congressional District Democratic Con-
yention to-day nominated H. ~ HIRING
ton for Congress. +. u. Cook ard T.. w.
Bond we're chosen delegates 10 the Kansas
City Convention.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
AT THE WHIPPING POST.
A Large Crowd saw Nine Cuiprits
Well Thrnshed.

Dover. Del. April 2.-FuIiy thousand
people were present at the county Jail
here to-day 10 witness the whlppings OF
nine culprits, all colored, who had been
sentenced for petit larceny. -Four OF tho
nine received twenty lashee. The lash
WAS well laid on by,sherin Wharton.
Samuel Granger. an Old offender, Ia ad-
dAIon 10 his iaahcH. WIS compelled 70
stand In the pillory fer one hour.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
A Nebraska HANK Robbrd.

Seward, Neb.. April 2s.-The bank at
stapichuTst WAS burglarlsed early this
morning and about 1900 taken from the
safe. Bloodhounds are being used In an
effort 10 capture the burglars.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29

Socialist Labor Pnrty's Dcmonstra-
tIon i'm New York.

New York, April 2S.-ThIrty thousand
persons took part tonight in the May
day parade of the Socialist Labor party
and the Central Federated Union. After
the parade there was May-day demon
stration in Union Square under the aus
pices Of the May-dny conference. There
were about 1000 women in line. During
the march 600 Of the striking cigarette
girls sang 1.-THE Labor Marseillaise."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
CLARKE jury DISAGREED.
MistrIaI I'm the Famous Pittsburg Di-
vOrce suit.

Pittsburg. April 2s--The jurs in the
somewhat famous divorce case OF James
King Clarke. son Of the late Charles J.
Clarke. millionaire and philanthropisi.
against Esther Bartlett Clarke OF Wash
ington. D. c.. disagreed, after being out
twenty-four hours and at noon was dis
charged.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29

Harrisburg. Pa. April 2S-The littia
town Of Laurel Forge. Cumberland cout ~
WIS almost wiped out o. eNistence J u
nlght BY are. The loss Is estimated at s50.-
900.