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smashing in windows, blowing down trees and fences, and crossing Thirtieth street, struck the residence of Robert J. Lowe at No. s15 South Thirtieth street, leveling 1t to the ground and instantly killing MT. Lowe's four weeks old child and fatally crushing Mrs. Lowe, who died within fifteen minutes after being removed from the wreckage The cook was badly hurt and may die. MT. Lowe and the nurse escaped with only slight bruises
 As soon as the storm passed a num- Der of men rushed to MT. Lowes resi- dence and made heroic efforts to rescue the buried bodies. All of the telephones and electric car line wires were down and it was impossible to communicate with the people down town. It was there fore impossible to secure medical aid for at least an hour after the terrible catas- trophe.
 Mrs. Milan, mother of Mrs. Fred Grambs, who resided with Mir. and Mrs. Grambs, at SO9 South Thirtieth street, was caught under some falling timbers and sustained a severe gash on the right temple and bled Drofusely. She was re- moved to the residence of A. A. Adams, 2931 Avenue I, where Dr. Moore dressed her wound.
 number of other persons were more or less injured but none severely or dangerously so.
 Other Damage Wrought. The residence of Mrs. Pete Clarke, at Avenue H and Twenty y-ninth street, oc- cupied by herself and Hugh Martin and family was badly damaged, windows be- ing broken out and roofing torn away P. G. Bowman's residence, just across the street from the Clarke residence, was almost totally demolished, but there were no casualties.
 Other residences along Avenue H. be- tween Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets that were more or less damaged were those of T. w. Gathright, Mrs Lucy A. Miles, G. R. Harsh, G. H. Harris, P. Sid Jones, G. F. Jackson and the residence at the corner of Avenue II and Thirtieth street.
 In Avenue I, between Twenty-ninth and Thrtieth streets, residences occupied by J. C. Boles, l. w. McAdory, Mrs Sowell, w. H. Moore J. R. Adams, A. A. Adams and MT. Williams were all more or less damaged.
 In Thirtieth street. between Avenues H and l., the residence of Robert J. Lowe was totally demolished and the residences of Fred L. Grambs, Richard Belser and w. G. Montgomery were badly wrecked.
 The Worthington residence east of Thirtieth street was blown away and one or two persons badly hurt, though nene fatally.
 Continuing in an eastward direction, the storm swept everything in its path of seventy-five yards width until it passed beyond the city limits and struck the Lakeview hill about Thirty-fourth street There were no houses of any description in it's path after it had passed the city
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THE RELIEF FUND.

following subscriptions to the relief fund have been received; Union sussey 2SOo Birmingham and Savings Co., 10000 MIner Ketig.,.. 10000 Alex T. London . =. -... ..... =. 5000 The Ase,Herad asOO The Daily News Co 2soo Thompson Thompson. ,SOO George 10000 M. Reynolds cO......., 25oo Charles A. 5000 sowers Furniture Co ... .. 5000 First National Bank .. ....... =. w. P Ward -. .... :. ........... 2soo T. H. Lathrop Lumber co. 25oo Theiss Smith 6 Douglass. 15oo G. ereener.. ..... .... ...... Hood Yielding 25oo T. M Davidson. 25oo MoFein. .... .... ....... w. Hughes. 1000 N w. Ti%a'ss.. T%%ss - - " 1000 Erskine Ramsay 5000 Gooda Brown d Co.'''' 5000 Thomas Kirk, Jr 2ooo surbrldse... cu'pspPe s-' " '-' -. ..' ~.- oo John L. kau 26oo Nabers Morrow sinnise Munser.. ...... ...... =. . 10000 Alabama Penny
 
 M. L. Hanahan. Wrought Range co.......... B. Mrs. J. B. 0ryer..... 500 ..- =. John McPoIand Cash..... Dr. J. M Mason. J. Gibson Mrs U G. Mason w. w. Thompson. Henry B. Gray...... R. D. Wemoe Municipal Working Mems Club of Ensley Infant Class Temple Emanuel Miss Rosa 6ans
 
 Master William Festival Chorus. H. L. Leavett, Eks Fair T. Bush F. Hickman. M Holt. A..
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limits and consequently there was no damage until it reached Avondale.
 At Avondale.
 After leaving Birmingham the storm struck Avondale at the extreme southern end and fortunately did not pass through a very populous district. The residents of Faggot's Hill were the principal suffer ers though there were no deaths report ed Those injured were Miller Harbin, Mrs Harbn and child, MT. Flynn, Mrs. J. J. Tendon, Miss Jennie Sheldon, Mrs. Mann. MT. and Mrs. Lowery, and others Jess severel injured.
 There were about twelve houses de- stroyed, and the property damage is es- timated at about S50O0.
 Soon after the storm a mass meeting Of the citizens of Avondale was called for the purpose of rendering assistance and immediate aid to the sufferers in the storm-stricken district.
 The meeting was called to order by Rev. R. M. Hunter, and J. R. Ellard was elected chairman; E. E. Howard, secre- tary; and the following committee was appointed on subscriptions: R. M. Hunter, S. A. Jones, A G. Frey, G. L. Lambreth, S. H. Bell w. R. Starbuck, E. E. How ard, Tom Johnson, J. P. Spencer, J. B. Messer. R. C. Burris, W. w Mitchell. Mckinney and Faulkner, G. c. Estes and Drennen and Miles.
 On distribution-J. R. Ellard, chairman and treasurer; A. w. Smith, Rev. M. Hunter Rev MT. Andrews, Rev. MT. Cur tis.
 call for donations was made, and $234 75 was subscribed at once, of which s1S2 25 was paid and turned into the treasurer of the distribution committee.
 At lrondale.
 After leaving Gate City, the storm struck Irondale, mile or two further on, shortl yafter 10 o'clock, and very nearly demolished that prosperous little town. There were four killed, and the total property damage is estimated at about s1S,O00.
 The dead are George Gardner and three unknown negro children.
 The injured are Mert Triplet, Clay Gore Willie Gardner son of George Gardner, B. H Crawford and a strange white man. John Despaine's house was blown away. leaving him in bed raving with high fever.
 M. T. Crawford of Irondale land agent of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad, was in the city last night, and from him the following details were obtained:
 At the time the storm struck the place MT Gardner and his son, Triplet, Gore and Crawford were in the brick store of c. H. Moore. This building was demol- ished, and MT. Gardner was buried under a load of brick. Tn others in the store were more or less seriously injured. MT. Gardner was a carpenter, and was held in high regard in the community He came to Irondale recently from Childers- burg, and is thought to have lived a long while in Talladega.
 The Property Loss.
 The storm passed almost through the center of the town, destroying every house it touched, but mraculously spar
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were lifted up and moved several feet and then dropped. This, while it saved the lives of the inmates, damaged the house almost as much as if it were demolished. The plastering in all such cases was ruin ed.
 Many houses were damaged and some totally destroyed in the neighborhood of Beeler Station. It was near here that MT. Robert J. Lowe lived, whose house was totally destroyed and whose wife and child were killed.
 On Juniper avenue the residence of Mrs. John Hine was badly damaged in the in- terior. P G. Bowman's residence was badly injured, the roof being blown off, but nc one was hurt. Many other houses in the neighborhood were more or less damaged.
 Outside the Path.
 The force of the storm in its eastward course extended as far southward as Tenth avenue The residence of Solon Jacobs was damaged slightly. and also that of Maj Charles J. Allison. Many houses lost chimneys, blinds, railings, etc.
 In several places vehicles were lifted out of their owners yards, and landed elsewhere. In these cases the tops had been left open to catch the wind. When thdy lit 1t is needless to say they were smashed.
 A hack was demolished at Twentieth street and Avenue H. The horse ran into a live wire, which had been blown down, and was so badly cut that he died, The
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WoODLAWN SENDS AID. Company A Volunteers Its Services In
 the Hour of Need.

Lieutenant Evans and sixteen men of Company A of Woodlawn came to the city last night and rendered their ser vices to Capt. c. l.. Ledbetter, command ing Companies G and K and Troop D, who are guarding the storm-stricken dis trict Their services were not needed, however. and the detachment returned to their homes at Woodlawn.
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Three Officers Killed.

London, March 26.-The official casualty dst, issued last evening, indicates re- newal of active operations since the fail are of the negotiations between Lord Kitchener and General Botha.
 At Hartebestefontein. March p and 23, three officers were killed and three wounded and four men killed and twenty wounded There also seems to have been heavy fighting at a place near Gragedacht
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STORM VISITS PRATT CITY
 CAUSING GREAT DAMAGE

cred a total loss, and will have to be rebuilt anew; tore the roof from the new high school building; unroofed one saloon l. Bonfeld's dry goods store, the Birm- ingham Southern depot and T. c. I. com missary; jumped the North side of First street, and alighting on the drift, track, wrecked innumerable negro houses and left desolation in It's wake. There is one negro reported dead and another negro injured. Nearly every church in town was damaged Besides the Southern Methodist which was so badly wrecked, the First Presbyterian was twisted nearly off it's pillars; St James A. M. D. church lost it's steeple; Rising Star Baptist church was badly injured; and three other col ored churches on the drift track were more or less seriously damaged
 The loss will run up into the thousands. The high school building was damaged to the extent of 5000; Southern M. B. church $2OO0; I. Bonfeld $5O0 J. Kelso 5000: Will Thomas $250; T. c. I. commits sary sl0OOO: various other damage $5OOO; making a total of $19,750.
 No insurance, as no one carries cyclone insurance. Hardly had the people recov- cred from this experience, ere another severe wind arose about 10 o'clock, and people. who had been congratulating themselves on their luck in having been outside the path of the cyclone, were given a taste This. second wind came from the northwest and passed over the southern part of the city, but luckily did little damage-merely turning over few old outhouses and blowing down some fences. It seemed to be most severe in the vicinity of Pratt City lumber yards overturning few stacks of lumber and blowing down one telephone pole-and passed on over toward Jones Valley.
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around by the wind and started in the opposite direction to which they had been going before the tornado struck them.
 Street Railway Damaged.
 The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company sustained heavy losses from the storm, which blew down it's wires and poles along it's pathway. All traffic was suspended on the Highland Avenue line. the Cottonwood Avenue line and the Highland Avenue loop. Cars on the North and South Highlands line had to turn back at Avenue and on the Avondale line they could not go further east than Avenue F and Twenty-second street
 General Manager McClary put a large force of men to work repairing the brok- en wires and putting up new poles in the rm-stricken district and stated to an Age-Herald reporter late in the after noon that he hoped to have the North and South Highlands cars running through to Fourteenth avenue before midnight He did not think traffic would be interrupted on any of the lines, except perndpS the oOItOnWOOu ANChuc llue, longer than this morning.
 The money damage 70 the wires and poles is considerable, but no approximate estimate of the amount could be made last night as the entire route Of the in- terrupted lines had not been inspected.
 Railroads Escaped.
 Inquiries at the supenntendent's office of the railroads entering Birmingham elicited the information that none of the roads has suffered any losses from the storm. The passenger trains from all di- rections arrived as usual during the aft ernoon and night. It was reported in the
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DeWItte's Prospects.

St. Petersburg. March A.-(Sunday. )-In diplomatic circles here 1t is regarded as probable that M. DeWitte, the finance minister will be made imperial chancel- Tor within a few years. They also be- lieve the Czar will first bestow princely rank upon him.
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HENDERSON, THE klDNAPER,
Declines to Make Deposition When
 Requested to Do So.

Dallas, March 25.-Sheriff Johnson has received a letter from Charles w. Halle of Omaha, attorney for James Callahan, who is charged with being one of the Cudahy kidnapers, in which Halle asked if H. c. Henderson, who accuses himself of this crime, will give deposition for the benefit of Callahan. Henderson de- clined to give an answer for publication, but maintains that he is the guilty party
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George Sullivan of Mobile, State presi- dent of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Is in the city.
 pr. c. c. Jones of East Lake has been called to Conden by the serious illness of his infant child.
 Among the arrivals at the Metropolitan Hotel yesterday were: Percy G. Van Dyke, Springfield, Mo-: F. c. Hoffman,, . Springfield, Mo; F. W. Murcke, Macon, GaI John V. Smith, Montgomery; L. T. Harrison, Montgomery; Frank Brown North Carolina; P. J. Harding, city; c. c. Collier, city; T. c. Lovett, Atlanta: H. c. Stiles city; J. G. Mozly, Marietta, Ga H. Wilensky, Atlanta; pr. w. H. Blake, Wetumpka; E. L. Campbell and wife, Ironton; J, H. Propst and wife, Gardo; MT. and Mrs. K. G. Falgre, Thornby: S. S. Booth, Dothan; Al Harrison and wife Jackson, Miss; E. L. Brannon, agent Cooper & Co, show; Mrs. E. S. Cunning ham, Memphis; A. Haze, Montgomery; J. A. Gates, Lopez; J. K. Dixon, Talla- dega; Ed Elkan, Atlanta; c. R. Duryea, New York; c. H. Ogilvie, Memphis; E. F. Moss, Nashville; w. C. Shapert, Gin cinnati; Herman Frirsberg; Cincinnati L. D. Harris, Cincinnati; A. B. Campbell Troy c. M. Crew, Good Water; T. J. Arnold. Good Water; D. A. Read, Belle Sumpter; J. T. Maxwell, Alabama; J. c. Furgerson, city; A. c. Davis, Russell vile; J E. Barnes, Selma; J. E. McRee, Columbus, Ga; E. c. Lester, Columbus, Ga; Dr. W. Y. Bigner, Columbus, Ga.; M. w. Howard. Fort: John c. James, New York; J. L. Clemo, Adger; T. T. Harris, Blocton; J. Wolf, New York; E. L. Higdon city; Joe J. Hockstadter, Gin einnati; I. H. Cohen, New York; D. Marglins, Norfolk; J. c. Duncan, Annis- ton; Dakota Bob, long distance walker, B1, 500 miles in five years; I. Joachim, Pratt City; J. Brown, Chicago.
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 25 cents.
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RISING
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'N"S~e"N~S~S~~~~~e~"S-ssS~S" ing the lives of nearly all the inmates. From Irondale the storm crossed the Ala bama Great Southern railroad track and missed Trussville in its route to the northeast.
 The following is an itemized list of the property losses at Irondale:
 M. T. Crawford, house and household goods, 5000; Dr. J. W Towards houses, $500; effects of tenants in Howard house, $500; C. H. Moore, goods in store, $120O; W. P. Hickman, store house, $l500; Criss Sewers, household goods, S100; B. H. Flaw kins, store house, $500; c. c. Stamps, dam age house and goods. $500; Columbus Montgomery, total loss, $500; MT. Ander- son. $500; MT. Prentiss total loss on house and goods, $So0; John Despaine, house. hold effects, $400; Montgomery, loss on Despaine house, s4OO; MT. Stockwell, total loss, $500; Montgomery, loss on Stockwell house, $500; Peter Black. houses, $500; G. W. Baker, house. $500; Mrs. Pearce, three hhouses and goods, $1000; Mrs. A. Hambright, house, s100; Fred Ambright, house, s100; MT. Barton, store house, $500;
 
 Gardner, store, etc., $500; Ned Johnson, colored, $100; A. G. S. R. R., section house. $40o; goods in section house, $2O0; six negroe houses, total loss, 5000; other damage, $150O.
 Near Lakeview.
 The small child of MT and Mrs. Fred L. Grambs, S09 South Thirtieth street, was caught by the wind and carried through the hall to the kitchen door, where it was caught by the cook. Mrs. the cook just moment after the baby fell into her arms. The three were left standing there after the storm had passed over The roof and one wall were torn away by the storm, but neither of the three were hurt.
 Mrs. J. J. Banks was in the R. H. Thomas residence when it was demol- ished The debris buried her, but she extricated herself and escaped without injury.
 A negro driving a delivery wagon load ed with furniture was caught by the storm in Twenty-ninth street, between Avenues G and H. One by one the pieces of furniture were blown from the wagon and then the negro was picked up and carried almost a half a block up the street, where he managed to grab a small tree, to which he chung with all his might until after the storm passed over. The wagon and mule were turned completely
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MAYORDRENNEN SAYSTHAT
 OUTSIDE HELP NOT NEEDED

Mayor Drennen and his secretary, MT Murray, were upon the scene of destruc- tion soon after the storm had swept over and established headquarters in a vacant house at Twenty-fourth street and Ave nue I.
 At the Mayors request, General Clark soon had the military out patrolling the storm-swept district, and Engineer Ken drick roped off the wrecked blocks to keep the crowds out.
 The police, the military and all the aldermen and city officials rendered splendid service, said the Mayor last night "The Rifles, the Volunteers and Troop D were on the ground in an hour, and guard was placed around the wrecked blocks from Fifteenth to Twen- ty-fourth streets. Police Commissioner McCary and Chief Austin swore in twen- ty-five extra policemen. Strange to say nor heard of any footing.
 The business men and citizens general ly did everything in their power to aid in relieving the suffering and distressed Nearly every firm sent wagons to aid in the rescue work. and the aldermen and city officials were at work all day aid ing in every way"
 The Damage.
 Tn speaking of the losses by the cyclone Mayor Drennen said last night:
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'T should say about 300 houses were destrdyed and that the property loss will be from sSOOOOO to $5OO,OOO.
 T would prefer that no outside assis- tance be called. for Birmingham is amply able to care for the suffering ones. AL ready quite a sum of money has been raised and I am sure that Birmingham's citizens will furnish all necessary relief funds.
 I've have the situation well under con- trol tonight, and the suffering ones are cared for until tomorrow. Much money is needed, but I believe 1t will be forth coming in the morning. I am sure we shall need at least s1O,0OO, but feel that that amount and more will be raised by noon tomorrow"
 A Sad Sight.
 One of the saddest sights I witnessed was at Twenty-third street and Avenue I, where found a negro man and woman sitting by the wreck of their home with a dead child beside them. They were ap- parently helpless-simply sitting alone ap- parently not knowing what to do, and absolutely penniless. I sent for a coffin for the child and had them cared for.
 q found hundreds of other negroes helpless None complained; but all apparently didn't know what to do or where to turn"
 
 city early in the afternoon that train was blown from the track and turned over at Irondale but this proved to be erroneous.
 The Scene of Destruction.
 Probably the scene of the greatest de- struction was at Nineteenth street and Avenue H. It was in this neighborhood that pr. Chapman was killed. Houses on both sides of South Nineteenth street were demolished and the street itself filled with litter, shingles and timbers. Thousands thronged the streets and hundreds of vehicles made their way over a mass of wreckage, risking lockjaw in their horses from stepping on plank with nails in it.
 On the north side of Ninth avenue, be- tween Nineteenth and Twenty-first streets, many houses were demolished, and the whole pathway of the storm was a scene of desolation. Householders were busy trying to rescue their household effects and the sneak thief was not ab- sent.
 In some of the smaller houses where the negroes lived, the whole family would in the doorway of a house whose roof was gone, or standing around the ruins of their humble home.
 The storm proceeded eastward along Ninth avenue, the houses on the north side of the street receiving the most dam age. One house on the south side of Ninth avenue, which was uninjured itself, held in the valley of its roof the remains of a brick chimney which had been blown from a house across the street.
 Proceeding east along Ninth avenue, and just before descending the hill at Twenty-third street, a scene of desolation met the eye. The valley below is not built up and here had been strewn hum dreds of blanks, window blinds and other debris which the storm had carried per haps for several blocks. There were acres of such wreckage.
 Played Strange Freaks
 The storm played strange freaks, some times skipping a house and taking off the roof of the next one, repeating this several times in succession. Many houses
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Piles Cured Without the Knife.

Itching Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Your druggist will refund your money if PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure you, 50 cents.
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To Prevent Pneumonia and Grip Laxative Bromo- Quinine removes the
 cause.
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J. L. ChalifOux & Co.
 1925 to 1881 lst Ave.
PERSONAL.

George Sullivan of Mobile, State presi- dent of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Is in the city.
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THE TORNADO DEALS
 DEATH AND DESTRUCTION

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SPRING
 HING.

Every material, weave, style and get up of a gar ment you can ask for, you will find in our spring showing, at
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TO CURE A COLD IA ONE DAY Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets
 25 cents
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pr. c. c. Jones of East Lake has been called to Conden by the serious illness of his infant child.
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And other P so many ma the use of
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The storm passed almost through the center of the town, destroying every house it touched but miraculously spar