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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20
Run Over in the Swanannoa Tunnel
Where He Was Working on
Cave In.
ROADS BLOCKED IN NUMEROUS PLACES
A Train from Columbia 10 AshevilIe Could Put
lis Passengers through Only by Max
ing Many Transfers. Situation
The Worst in Years.
(By the Associated Press.

Asheville, N. c., Aug. 17.-The railroad
situation today as result of the heavy
rains, is worse than it has been at any
time during the downpour of the past
week. One man lost his life in a cave
in in tunnel.
Trains on all lines are completely tied
up and the Asheville and Spartanbure
division of the Southern has practically
ceased operations. No trains have been
heard from on this road today. Another
big slide occurred on Saluda mountain
today. There are a number of washOuts
and the roadbed entirely submerged by
water for long distances is reported tC
be the state of affairs on the entire line
from Spartanburg to Asheville
Train No. 13 from Columbia, due here
yesterday at p. M. reached Asheville
this morning fifteen hours late. The rur
through was only possible after several
transfers rs the road is blocked in q
number of places. Passenger train No
40 due to leave Asheville at 3 y. m. for
the South. was annulled last night, and
No. IA going in the same direction due
to leave here at 7:05 this morning was
not sent out. 1t is expected that train
will be run over the Asheylle and Spar
tanburg division some time during the
night Number 80 was made up here this
morning and was sent out to Morristown
There Is serious trouble reported on
the Asheville line between Black Noun
tain and Round Knob. BY afeave-n Of
a tunnel one man lost his life. and this
mornings trains were, delayed about ter
hours. The longest tunnel on the noun
tain. the S~1nannoa, 1890 feet in length
began caving in at one end, and Sec
ton. Prev and working train were sent
D4< at once to repair the damage. Sec
ti0n Master Robinson was at work in the
tunnel and in the very midst OF the slide
when the working train pushed it's way
through running over him, killing hin
instantly. His body was sent to Danville
Va, his former home.
Every effort possible is being made by
the Southern's officials to get the roat
bed cleared. All wrecking crews ant
bridge forces are at work. as we'll as al
section men in the division.
The conditions brought about by thu
extraordinary stress of weather, are tn
most serious that have been experienced
by railway men in many years.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20
McLaurin Fights and Runs Away
columbia STATED

Because good many people in South
Carolina manifest desire to hear the
issues of the day discussed by those
who are posted thereupon the Charlotte
Observer has concluded that the citi-
zens Of this State are utterly and hope
lessly depraved. Yet the Observer has
been one of the loudest in calling for
free speech and "untrammeled dis
cussion!" The trouble now is that there
is no one to uphold the ideas so dear to
the Observers heart. Even the valiant
McLaurin has not entered the arena
since Gaffney.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20
The BAY VIEW MEN WILL STRIKE
The Strikers Making Determined Efforts tt
fxtend Organization.
(By Associated Press.)

Milwaukee, Wis. August 1.-THE Bay
View men wilt strike. Tie vote on
presiden. Staffe. s urdef IS slI to lave
been unanimous after a SESSION of the
lodge lasting five hours. The plant OF
the Illinois Steel Company at Bav
View will be shut down indc:iEitaly fnd
about 1,4O0 men will be thrown out of
work
INTENDING THE ORGANIZATION.
Pittsburg. Pa, August 13-When the
news from Milwaukee reached here to-
! right 1t was quickly spread among the
strikers. They We're highly enthusiastic
over II and renewed their assurances of
their complete confidence in final sue
cess In their contest against the United
States Steel Corporation. The forces
M the non union mills in operation were
not increased during the day and neither
side had made an important move The
Employees of the Pennsylvania Tube
Works. q plant in this city controlled
NV the National Tube Company, COM
pleted their organization as lodge of
the American Federation of Labor to-
day and made demand or the man.
agement for general advance il wages.
The strikers are making a determined
effort to extend their organization
among the men employed ~ the great
group of Carnegie mills. 1T is under
stood that they have secured a fooipold
In the Ducuesne rc.perty and that tn"
men who have Joined them will he CALI
ed out probably tomorrow or Monday.
There Is strong possibility that there
will be an early break in the ranks OF
the strikers at McKeesport. Many of
the unorCanized men have become dis
satisfied and make no secret of their
threat to go boldly back to the National
Tube Company and ask for their places
just as soon as they gain sufficient fol-
lowing to withstand pressure from the
strikers or are given guaranty of per-
sonal protection.
Good order has been preserved
throughout the strike districts. but the
Irritation at points of contact between
\trikers and srike leaders is increasing
pd 1t is believed here that there will be
olence before another week elapses.
onessen Is picked as one of the places
here trouble Is expected. 1t is stirred
the fighting point by the plan to
Sfart the steel mill with non-union men.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20
SEVEN YEARS IN BED.

''Will wonders ever cease?" inquire the
friends of Mrs. l.. Pease. of Lawrence,
Kan. They knew she had been unable to
leave her bed in seven years on account
of kidney and liver trouble, nervous pros
tration and general debility; but, Three
bottles of Electric Bitters enabled me to
walk" she writes, land in three months
| felt like a new person." Women suffer
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ness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Painting
and Dizzy Spells will find it a priceless
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20
MILITARY GUARD TIE LINE.
The Presence of the Troops Restores Confid
ence on the Isthmus

Colon, Colombia, August 17.-(via Gal
weston, Texas, August 17)-Nothing was
heard of the rebels yesterday. A certain
degree of confidence has been restored
along the railroad line, owing to the
presence of the troops.
The French cruiser Suchet is coaling
at the railroad wharf. Several of her
officers went to Panama today on an
excursion trip.
The Government has established mill
tary posts at all the stations along the
line of the Panama railroad. as a pro-
lection against rebel attacks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20

Southern claim agent on the Asheville
division for number of years, is here
today with view of locating and prac-
ticing law in the city. Mr.. Gorham is
said to be one of the best attorneys in
the State.-Asheville Citizen.
If we mistake not Mr.. GOrham when
he was on trial for contempt at the
May term of Iredell Superior Court,
for an alleged attempt to influence
juror in the Long case, denied that he
was lawyer at all.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20
KURDs BURN AND MURDER.
They Spare Only Young Girls Whom They
Garry OFF to Their Harems.
(By the Associated Press.)

London, August ia dispatch to the
Pail Mall Gazette from Constantinople
says body of 400 Kurds has been raid
ing the Daimzara district of Armenia
and has destroyed twelve villages, leav-
ing nothing but smoking ruins. Only
the young girls were spared. They
We're carried off to the harems. All the
males were ruthlessly butchered.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20
BEAUFORT AND EOREHEAD CITY
LAUNCH MERMAID.
Capt. A. G. Hull.

A new, light and easy-running boat
with an experienced and safe crew
meets all passenger trains at Morehead
City. Purser Gardner meets niEht
train at Newbern and takes charge OF
baggage for Beaufort Daily trip to the
pavilion for surf bathing at cheap
rates. I2-t. 1.
NOTICE.
I hereby caution the travelling public
against giving the person known as
Lou Gardner. charge of any baggage
for the launch Mermaid, as the said
Gardner is. no longer employed by me.
CAPT. A. G.. HULL.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20
STEPPED INTO LIVE GOALS.

when a child l burned my foot fright
fully" writes w. III. Eads, of Jonesville,
Va, (which caused horrible leg sores for
80 years, but Bucklen's Arnica Salye
wholly cured me after everything else
failed" Infallible for Burns, Scalds,
Cuts, Sores. Bruises and Piles. Sold by
all Druggists. Price % cents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20

NEW HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE
My House and lot, No. 517, North Blood
worth street, all modern improvements.
Lot 52h feet by 30 feet. House can
be seen any time Of day. Possession
at once. Mrs. Matte O. Allen.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20

A trolley car on the 10Th street line
of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
late last night collided with Long ISL
and Railroad Company locomotive at
Kensington crossing in the lower part of
Brooklyn. The motorman, named Lee,
was killed outright and from 20 to %
passengers who were on their way 10
Coney Island were injured. Three Of
these, it is said. will die.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20

sDaily. daily except Sunday.
Trains No. 40 and IS solid trains be-
tween Primers Point and Wilmington.
Train No. 40 connects at Rocky Monni
with train 20 for all points South and
No. rs train Tor all points ,lorth.
J. r. KENI.Y, General Manager.
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20
BANK sWINDLING SCHEME
Fraudulent Corporations and Fictitious Notes
the Means Employed

(By the Associated Press.)
Baltimore, Nd, August 1.-THE de-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20
Denied He Was q Lawyer

:. fstatesville I4andmark)
J. A. Gorham. who has bee tn
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20
TRAINS GOING NORTH.

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-20
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.

Dated January 18th. 1901.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-29
WISDOM LIKELY TO PREVAIL.

The Amalgamated officials ana the
United States Steel Corporation are u
10 enuallv congratulated on their evil
1ently mutual desire to reach settle
ment of differences through mutual
concessions rather than by the prlm-
avail method of brute strength and en-
durance. The country at large also Is
to he congratulated on the prospect oil
speedy resumption in the most import
ant of IFS industries on which is largely
based the whole industrial and imam
eial structure.
The gigantic trust, arrogant and over
hearing in the preliminary negotiations
has evidently learned that it is not yet
all-powerful in this country that
there is still another power to dispute
supremacy with it-publie opinion.
And to the same power President
Shaffer. of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton. also yielded with excellent grace
acknowledging the fundamental Amerl-
can principle of freedom to all The
union asks no recognition IN non-uhloil
mills except such as the men them
selves are willing to give of their own
free will.
The present negotiations will likely
result in a happy termination OF what
promised to be the most disastrous ana
widespread strike of history. Once be-
gun it would speedily have become
struggle for supremacy that eventually
would have tied up the most important
lines of industry for months. 1t would
have given our competitors abroad
who have been getting decidedly the
worst of competition in the world 5
markets with Americans a chance to
recoup and regain lost ground, ana
might have resulted disastrously to our
foreign trade which has become lndis-
pensable to a prosperous condition OF
american industry.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-29
EDITOR WATTERS0N
Has n word to Say About "HistorIan
MneIay, the "Lnborer."

Louisville Courier Journal.
Whatever may be the ultimate deter
mination OF public opinion with respect
to the principals in the Schley-Samp-
son controversy. there ought to be TO
difference among intelligent people
about the wretched being who describes
himself as the greatest naval histor-
ian" and is enrolled in the government
service under the ready disguise OF
"laborer, by means Of --ich ne ekes out
an otherwise mean existence with sixty
additional dollars Of very dirty money
paid him as a professional jackall. 1t
is not generally known that the term
"laborer" is in civil service parlance a
DIanket covering every manner of de-
linquency. When poor devil with q
pull" cannot pass examination, he IS
chugged into place quoted as "un-
classified" and dockete1 'laborec."
when a Congressman has 4 lady friend.
who seeks concealment. she is stored
away in some quiet nook with the taC
attachment of "laborer." Thus this
male harlot who, drawing the wages
of a "laborer," because he does no
work, would rattle around as "hstor-
IAN" That the Appletons should dis
grace themselves by patronizing such
a person may be referable to some fore
cast as to advertising; but who in the
government service is responsible for
this kept hemale?"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-29
AN FIRING DAUGHTER
who Ua. Made Trouble for he'
Mother for Years.

Special to the Register. oo Nc
FAIRMONT, w. Va, July 28.-Mrs.
Sarah Noble, of Grafton, is in the CITY
having come down yesterday after near
ing OF the arrest OF her daughter VINO
was locked up by the city police ON
GERS here several days ago charged Win
fighting a young man In the flrs1
ward She has been arrested twice mere
within the last sixty days for an OIL
Tense of this sort, and served several ,
DAYS sentence in each case. ne
mothers object in coming here was TO-
the express purpose of having hef
daughter released and persuade her 70
accompany her home, but after having
gained her freedom she refused 10 re-
turn home. Emma, the daughter mas
been making her home here for seVerai
months Her age is seventeen years.
In the presence of the city officers her
mother made the assertion that her
daughter had given her unllmltea
trouble from childhood and that she
the girl had reached a point where she
or others are unable to conquer her'
and that she had been sent to the
Rescue Home at Wheeling with the
hope that she might be benefited. one
escaped from that institution after she
had been there but a short time. She
is better known here as Emma PUN.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-29
THE COWBOYS STORY.
BY f. l.. Reyes. U. $. A.

Copyright 1901, Daily Story Pub. Coz
One evening some officers were seated
in the suffers store telling anecdotes,
when a number of cowboys entered After
much persuasion one of them was induced
to tell the following:
Austin and | We're sitting up with the
corpse. Abe had been stiff since eight
o'clock, and it was then six hours later.
We were cattlemen-cowboys they would
call us east-living in a ranch on the Pc
cos in Texas Abe was lying on a buff
laro robe over against the wall, where
he died; he had been granting around for
several days complaining of his old wound.
He was taking a drink when | went out
in the afternoon to salt some deer; when
l came back he was dead Austin and |
Strengthened him out and threw a saddle
blanket over him. We closed his eyes, but
left his head out; it seemed more natural
like
Austin was sitting facing the corpse:
had my back that way. We were playing
freeZe-out poker for yearling heifers. Al
of a. sudden there was a noise over by the
corpse that made us both start; it seemed
like two knocks on the floor. We dropped
our cards and went over. Everything was
all right. l said 1t must have been q
prairie dog or a gopher. we had no cats
around. Austin was horribly scared: and
he swallowed a larger drink of whiskey
than usual. Then we went back to oui
game. Presently we heard the raps again
this time louder We got up again and
went over. All was quiet. Austin was
shaking and he said;
Damn If I'll take any stock In spirits
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-29
Anchored with Whiskey.

81 have smelled the burnt skin and
feathers of a singed chicken, but singed
wool obiterates the memory of it. The
old gentleman's house was reeking with
the odor when | arrived, and it nearly
smothered me. 1t made, | think, the
fourth or fifth course, and when it came
on the table | involuntarily glanced
around for something to hold ON to-
There were six decanters at my elbow,
and my host said in the jolliest of
voices: 'Ha, my boy you will find
Irish, Scotch, American and Jersey
whiskey, sherry, brandy and soda. Help
YOURSELF. The eGgerness with which
| went for those decanters was i'll CON
cealed. Of course, | said I'd take
Scotch. | wanted to be complimentary
But | hate the smoky taste. However,
it saved my life. The biggest slice OF
jowl that could be cut from the slnged
head was put on my plate. l was told
that the skin was the delicate part OF it.
Eat it? First | swallowed four fingers
of Scotch, and after each mouthful of
the national dish gulped down two
fingers more as an anchor, perjuring
myself like a native between chaws to
tell the old man how delicious it all
was. We became FAST friends over that
singed Sleeps head"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-29
Costly Neglect.

ST. Louis Republic.
In the official report made to the War
Department by captain Edward Burr,
engineer ~ in charge OF the work
of removing snags and wrecks in the
Mississippi, below the mouth of the Mis-
souri,, there is logically and unavoidably
a condemnation of the folly which pre-
vented the passage of the last river and
harbor appropriation bill by Congress.
1t is shown by Captain Burr's report
that the Mississippi is steadily return
ing to its natural conditions because of
the abandonment of all important work
in the way of improvement OF channels
and protection of banks. Much of the
costly work heretofore done by the
Government is being made yaluless by
the rivers action now that all safe
guarding measures have been practically
discontinued. The one certainty of the
situation is that vast sums will have to
be expended to overcome the disastrous
effects of the cessation of river i'm
provement work.
The miserable policy which brought
about these conditions cannot be too
strongly condemned 1t seems almost
incredible that the worlds greatest
waterway, in the greatest commercial
anu agricultural country III lHe WoIlu,
should be SO Intentionally and wilfully
neglected by the Government. There
is a recklessness in such course which
must surely amaze all other nations.
And the pity of it is that sectional pre-
jualce has much to do with this wan
ton neglect of the Mississippi river. The
people of the great Mississippi valley
are being made to suffer because for
tune did not see fit to commend their
interests to the attention of a Govern
ment which finds it dllficult to see
farther westward than Ohio or farther
southwark than the National Capital in
contemplating q national situation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-29
Valuable publication.

The Industrial Department of The
Lackawanna railroad, in charge of
William B. Hunter, and having its
headquarters at 26 Exchange Place,
New York City, has just issued a 300
page booklet under the caption
Industrial Opportunities This work
treats of every town on the line, show
ing its population, its distance from
New York and from Buffalo, its rail-
road facilities. its leading industries,
its leading shipments, its rate of tax
alton, cost of labor. rent of houses,
how lighted, whether it has water
works, principal power, approximate
cost of steam coal, approximate value
of lands and describing vacant lands
or factories available for manufacture
ing purposes. In the introduction the
aim of the Lackawanna railroad is
set forth as follows:
First, To give assistance to manu-