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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

ing been taken out almost completely cxfaustod late this evening.
 The various stories or experiences told by those who escaped with fnJu- ries are marveIocs in the extreme. Some ran from the buildings. and escaped the cave-in in which friends were kili@ ed, while others ran from buildings directly into the path Of falling tim bers. which imprisoned them for many hours. Others were knocked down while yet in building, while those who had preceded them ran through the doors and were killed.
 one young man, " EthTidge. q clerk in She freiHht yards of the lRoF Fth z eastern, was in his small station at the time ThS houSe, was completely demolished. while he arose uniH1ured from the ground at a point fully three
 Nelson and Tsrry, two of tlie most prominent among the killed. were found with their arms about each oth- CT. One of the most peculiar features of this was that when they were taken from the ruins large cat leaped out alive. These men were crushed by the falling walls of the adjoining build ing.
 sFound With Throat Cut.
 Williams. who was buried in the Meyer Nevelle Hardware Company'g building, was with William Tenny al the time. Tenny was able to cut his way out in few moments, but during that time could hear Williams crying that he was bleeding to death. When the body of Williams was taken from the ruins it was found that his throat was cut from ear to ear. this leading to a runlor that the young man had committed suicide when he found that he was in S desperate place.
 Smith, Edwards and McGinnin were sitting at the counter of Elmira's res- taurant. There was a score of others also at the place. These thrse, at diff ferent parts of the counter, were crushed to death instantly. while oth- CTS were able to cut their way out even before the rescue party got to work.
 Scores of horses were crushed to death in the three stables in the path of the storm. The bodies of the anil mals are being taken from the ruins as rapidly as possible
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
TALKS OF THE DISASTER.
,. H. Garfield Thanl<fuI That He Failed
 to Visit Meridian.


 to Visit Meridian.
 He does not know whether it was designed by fate or Providence, but J. H. Garfield, a travelling representa- tive of a large sash, door and blind factory of Macon, Ga, who is in Mont gomery, feels that some divine power guarded him Friday afternoon in in- ducing him to change his course from Birmingham to Demopolfs instead of to Meridian, Miss, where he was bound when he left Birmingham.
 T thank the Almighty for having di- rected me to Demopolis, said Mir. Garfield while seated last night In one of Montgomery's fashionable restau- rants. for I believe that l would have been Killed had I gone to Meridian. I would certainly have been in the down town district of the stricken town and that was where the cyclone wrecked so much havoc"
 Mir. Garfield left Birmingham Friday afternoon with his mind fully made up to go to Meridian. He was on a train of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad and, while speeding on in a southwesterly direction, 1t occurred to him that 1t might be useless for him to go to Meridian. The man he was going to see in Meridian he had recently sold large bill of goods and there would probably be no inducements for him to make Meridian on that trip He was undecided, however, until with in 8 few miles oS York station, the junction of the roads that lead to Meridian, Selma and Meridian. When the engine puffed into York and came to full stop, the intuition seized the drummer. He jerked his baggage out of the train and in a few seconds he was standing on the platform watch. ing the through passenger train again start on It's way toward the stricken city. He changed cars a few minutes thereafter, taking an east bound train and, In two hours was in Demopolis where he spent the night. He reached Selma yesterday morning on one oi the first passenger trains that went out of Meridian for Selma. The trair left Meridian at $40 o'clock yesterday morning and carried the remains oi Engineer Smith. killed in the cyclone to Selma for interment The engineer in charge of the train, said Mir. Gar. field, was in Meridian during the cy. clone, but escaped unhurt,
 Although this train had just lef Meridian" said Mir. Garfield. i've were only able to get the most meagre de tails of the disaster. The engineer oi l our train told us the news up to th
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

hour he left the city. He said he had aasiakAd in the relief work and. up to the tffae of his departure, eighty-two white bodies had been recovered and kcoYes of negroes. Ills description of the gruesorae sight was something that would arouse the sympathy of the hardest hearted man. in the universe. The city, according. to him, was in tQtal 5dakkAess second after the sfeFm stfucK the town, beaAlse the power house seemed to have been the dfst completely demolished. The path of the cyclone was about 500 yards wide and two miles long. IL did not reach the fashionabEe residence district, from what Iundekstand, but 1t broke its way through the business portion of the town and the residence district of the poorer classes. including the negroes.
 "An awful incident of the disaster told by the engineer was that of a lady, who had previously sustained a fractured limb, and was convalescing. She was at her home with her husband when the cyclone struck the town. Af- ter the storm he'd passed over, she was practically unhurt, but her husband was not to bS found. He had been car ried away, probably dead. She was hobbling around wildly, groping her way in the dark and begging others to assist her in the search for her hus- band"
 The cyclone, MT. Garfield said. lasted about three minutes. The following morning was clear and crisp. It was the calm after the storm.
 The drummer declares that he will ever remember and be thankful for the divine power that caused him to change his course .f. -..-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
BODIES TAKEN FROM WRECKAGE
 CAUSED BY MERIDIAN CYCLONE
A REVISED LIST OF
 TIFF KILLED AND INJURED

Meridian, Miss, March 3.-=A revised list of dead so far as known is:
 Whites.
 Patrick McGinnis. conductor on Mo- bile and Ohio Railroad; killed at El- lnira's restaurant. Ohio Railroad; killed at Elmira's res taurant. J. P. Tarry. policeman; killed Tn Thornton's transfer stable.
 w R. Nelson, killed same place. Mrs. Ella singelton and little grand daughter; killed in East End. John R. Smith, engineer, Southern Railroad; killed at Elmira's restaurant. James Stewart and little son of Cot tondale.
 Mrs. smith of Cottondale.
 Claude Williams, bookkeeper, Myer- Neville Hardware Company; found un- B. F. Elmirs. proprietor of restau- rant.
 Unknown negro man and little child charred remains found in "Bucktown. Tank Barney and child; killed at Ter tilizer factory Unknown negro woman, killed neal fertilizer works. Mrs Clark, Georgetown,
 Mrs. Dunn. Georgetown
 Among the injured are:
 William Yarbrough. Bryson, La. slightly.
 W. H. Joseph. of. Tennessee, back hurt.
 town.
 Ben Soarkman, negro, express driver T. H. Brown, chief clerk at Queen nd Crescent depot, leg broken, several rios broken
 E. w. Deal, telegraph operator fol Queen and Crescent Railroad; shoulder crushed
 NJ. Goodwin, express driver.
 Grady Stone. negro, leg broken.
 Unknown negro woman and child. William Donovan, left cheek cut. Mrs William Donovan, slightly hurt !. H. Adams. brakeman for th' Frisco Railroad, collar bone broker and bruised about body.
 Negro waiter at Grand Avenue, bad ly injured.
 Collier Carr. bruised on head and body.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
LoNGwoRTH MUCH PLEASED.
Says His Bridal Tour Was Hts Most
 Entoyable Experiences.

Savannah, Ga. March S.--'sThe mos. deliRhtftn trip ever had" said Nich- olas Longworth this afternoon as hs stood in the door of tho private car Crassmere as his train stopped here for a few minutes en route to wash ington.
 s'our trip to Cuba was one of endless delight" he said. as his wife sitting near smiled her approval.
 It was suggested that trip to Sa- vannah and Roswell Ga.. would De In order. as both places were deeply interested in the bride as her mater nal ancestors had resided in both' and felt that they had claims upon her and himself, since he had become a member of the family and also that his grandfather had once resided here when a young man.
 we would like to visit them,' said Mir. Longworth, ,"and I expect we will at some later date. My wife is espec- ia1ly anxious to visit both places. We have had tho greatest time in our lives, still duty Is calling and we are both glad to get back to take up once more the serious duties of life"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
KING EpWARp IN rAnEs.
Enximh Monarch Is Cheered by tn
 French pOpulaee.

English Monarch Is Cheered by the
 French Populaee.
 Paris. March 3.-King Edward ar- rived at the Invalides depot this even ing. He was met by representative of President Fallieres, Premier Rcu- yier Prefect of Police Lepine and SIT F. ]. Bertie the British Ambassador and the embassy staff. Crowds cheer a@ Inc King as he was driven to tho British Embassy. where he will remain for three days as the Duke of Lnncas- ter. comment in connection with the AlBe- ciras conference, as being timely rec afBrnation of the Anglo-French agree rnent President Fallieres and kinG Edward will exchange visits tomorrow and there will be a gala dinner at the Embassy at which the King, the Pres ident and the Premier vii be guests. Baron dsCourcel, head of. the French mission at the funeral of King Chris ton, and who at that time approached Emperor William with the purpose Of ameiIoratinS Franco-German relations also will be Of the party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
soldier AccidentalIy shot.

Meridian. Miss, March 3.-Quarter- master Sergeant H.. A. Quintiey. on the stan of Colonel McCann of the second regiment. on duty in Merid- ian, with the national guard, while walking out of a restaurant on Fourth street about 10 o'clock tonight, acci- dentally dropped his pistol In strik- ing the sidewalk the revolver was discharged, the bullet entering tho abdomen and taking an upper course in his body. ouintley was removed to a physician's office The bullet was not located. He Is 2s years of age. and his home is in Laurel, Miss.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
To Bridge Railroad Tracks.

Tuscaloosa, March 3.-(SpeciaI )-At the meeting of the city council last evening Col. H. B. Foster. secretary of the Tuscaloosa Coal, Iron and Land Company, presented a position rela- tive to the building of a bridge 400 feet long across the net work of tracks owned by the Alabama Great South ern Railroad on Second Avenue. Colo mel Foster stated that if the city and the railroad would pay two-thirds of the cost the land company would pay the other third and that it would give the city an entire block in the south ern seoion of the city to be used as a public park
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
eRIeGs IN THE LEAD
ProbabIy VIII Be ChairmHn of Cam
 paiRn ComnIttee.

Washington. March 3.-(speelai) Representative Griggs, ot Geor- gia, seems now to have ths field to himself as can- didate for Chairman of the Democrat ic Congressional Campaign Committees which is to be organized next Tues day. Most southern Congressmen think & northern or western Demo- crat ought to have the place, but theJ have not been able to find the man: Because Judge Griggs is friend ot Congressman Heart. of New York, ef- forts are being made to produce ar-. other candidate.
 The southern Democrats have the situation in hand and with them choica of a chairman will rest Representa- tive Burnett Is the Alabama member of the campaign committees, as ne was in the last Congress.
 Representative Wiley is using hia influence to bring about the appoint nent of General Shelley, of Alabama. as commissioner of the government under the Foraker bill to mark rne graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors who died in nothern prisons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
FOR MURDER OF ACTOR.
George Hasty on Trial for Life at Gan
 g


 Ganney, S. C.. March 3,-The trial of George Nasty for the killing of Actor Abbott Davison last December. was marked at the morning session of court today by the close of the testimony for the defense. The State introduced several witnesses in rebuttal. particu- larIy to disprove the allegations of self-defense made by Nasty and his witnesses.
 Miss Sheridan, a member of the Nothing But Money Company of which Davison was also a member and to whom she was understood to have been engaged at the time of the kill ing was brought again to the stand. She declared untrue the statement that Davison had a knife in his hand when he was attacked by Nasty.
 Every effort of the defendants at torney's to discredit her testimony and to confuse her on the stand proved entirely fruitless.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION.
Says the Destitute of Meridian Must Be
 Cared For.

Cared For.
 Meridian, Miss, March 3.-GoVernor Vardaman issued the following appeal tonight to the citizens of Mississippi: To the people of Mississippi;
 find on arrival that the very de- structive cyclone which visited the City of Meridian yesterday evening lSLt le,I. q s,raat many poor people in pitifully destitue condition. Their houses were wrecked and household goods destroy ed. The accumulation of lifetime has been swept away. They must pc cared for and their wants supplied, and It is too much to ask the good people of Meridian to bear this burden alone. To this end call upon all good people of Mississippi to contribute generously 10 this cause. Let the contributions be sent to Col H. M. Street. chairman of the Relief Committee. Meridian, Mss. I trust that you will act promptly in thls matter.
 James K. Vardaman,
 Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
CHINESE CANNOT AeREE.
Split In Party of cOmnlIssionsrs from
 the Orient.

Split In Party of CommAssionsru from
 the Orient.
 St. Paul, Minn., March 3.~-That some sort of disagreement has broken out in the ranks of the Chinese commissions CTS who are en route East from seat- tie, the cause of which iS mystery. became known here today. The disa- Ereement was so serious that the party split and three were left behind in Seattle. The remaining thirty eight will divide in St. Paul and take diff ferent trains Eastward.
 whether the three who left the par ty on the coast are going to Washing ton, are intending to return Co China. is not yet known here, but 1t ls ofi- oiaIly published by the Burlington Road that twenty-two of the eminent Chi nese win start from here for China Monday morning, and that Prinse Tsat Tse and fifteen other members will leave here Monday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
REPORTS EXAGGERATED.
Meridian Capable of Taking Care of
 it's Own.

Meridian Capable or Fakfng CHre "A
 it's Own.
 Atlanta, Ga, March 3.-The follow Ing communication was addressed 10 the Associated Press by President George of the Meridian, Miss, Board of Trade tonight:
 'fn view of the highly colored ac- counts of the cyclone of Friday night that found publication this morning. the Board of Trade and Cotton Ex- change requests that you announce offsctslly that Meridian is amply able to take care of her own unfortupates, sufficient funds being raised for the nurpose at a mass meeting held to- day' and does not desire, nor could she accept. outside financial aid of any kind. While appreciating the sym raftv ana good fellowship displayed in these proffers it is we'll to be under atood that Meridian Is. not yet impov- erished. her people being easily ape to meet the present emergency.
 "A. H. George. "President Meridian Board of Trade"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Renort ou Piper Disaster.

Birmingham. March 3.-Chiet Mine Inspector J. NJ Gray, after making & preliminary examination of the recent explosion at Piper Mines. officially an- nounces 1t was caused by a Windy shot" his report made today to the Governor will show eleven killed and the same number injured. Miner Goodman Is not expected to live twen. +vfour hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
AInhnmn Po.taI ARaIrr.

WRshinRton, March 5.--RuraI uaF- riers appointed; Elkmont Route No l. Joseph W. Higgins. carrier Wtn L. Horton substitute Scale Route Mo- James E. Holt. carrier; George R. Mathews. substitute.
 Postmasters appointed; Melroae. Con@ ecuh County. Frank Turner. Winn Clark County. William J. Bumpers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Account of WIfe Murder.

Oci1la, Ga, March 8.--Reason Hand- ley was lodged in jail at Irwinville to- day charged with poisoning his young wife of two weeks Handley Is from near Crossland and had lived here only a short time. The coroner held an in- quest yesterday and the jury asked that the stomach be analysed R. L Henderson left today for Atlanta with
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

the stomach for the purpose of having it analysed by chemist. The aceus- ed is a young man of prominent family of Wilcox and Irwin Counties, He protests his innocence. His coun- sel waived a commitment trial as the grand jury of Irwin County will con vene Monday to take up tho investiga- ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
prunr,I og Profeayor LnngIey.

Boston, March S.-The body Of Prof s. P. Langley. who died last Tuesday was inferred in the Forest Hill Gem
 etery in this city today. Brief services at the cemetery were attended by a large number of friends and relatives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
.-,.,ro,r rDro.to uowe.

New York. March .--(Speeial. 1--., sheriff J. NJ Armstrong of Baldwin County. Ala. who had an operation performed at local hospital and WhO has been here for six weeks, IeSVea New York tonight for his home tB South Alabama,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
Ia nenied Re-Hearlng.

Little Rock. Ark, March s.-The Su- preme Court today denied a motion for re-hearing for James W. Ince. convict ed of the murder of his wife and three small children near Whitley, Yell coun- tv March 6, 1905.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04
WEATHER FORECAST.

Washington, March 3--For Alabama --Fair Sunday Monday partly eioudyi light variable winds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-04

The fertiliser plant was the first buIIdine, struck, being entirely denoi- Iighed. burylng several negroes who have since been taken out alive. Next in It's path was the electric lighting plant, which supplies current for the railway and light circuits of the city, This turned the city into darkness, making the work of rescue more diff ficult, but at the same time ridding the stricken district of the danger of live wires. .tef. 's
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-08
WORKED LIKE A PROSPECTOI
Wicked Trick of Il Western Man
a New York Kid.

"I've been seeing New York, an.
nounced the Western man, as he blew
into the Office of a New York friend
in a downtown skyscraper, says the
Sun.
"Coney Island?" inquired the New
York man, languidly.
"Of course"
"Shot the chutes?"
Shot everything in sight. But
the best time ever had was with a
kid down there"
There are plenty of them
"Yes. New York doesn't have to
worry about race suicide. This chap
WIS about three years old. He was
digging in the sand on the beach
with a toy shovel and a tin bucket
/ talked with him awhile, and when
he wasn't looking l slipped two or
three cents down the hoic he had dug.
When he resumed his labors his eyes
bulged. He couldn't believe his luck.
1t was better than finding pay dirt
to watch him. He dug up the cash
with yell and started to find his
mother, further down the beach.
While he was gone | slid a few more
coppers in and threw little sand
over them. He came right back and
began digging, and, of course, he
soon made another find. That set
tied him. He gathered in the goods
and then he buckled down to work
on that hole like prospector. III
bet he's diggin' there yet If his meth
er hasn't dragged him away, and II
she has I'll bet he yelled some before
he went"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-08
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HIS 'GATOhSHIP.

Mr. Will Prevatt a younger broth"
er of the late J. 7. Prevatt, while rid
ing through the woods near Minis, on
horseback, a few days ago, started to
cross stream of water, but he had
not gone far when he saw large al
ligator coming for him and only
about ten feet away. He at once
reached in his saddlebags for his re-
volver. but "Mr. Gator was too
quick for him, for before he could
think the monster came at the horse
and fastened his massive jaws upon
it's shoulder, and as the horse made
a jump backwards for his protection
the alligator took the flesh with him.
The horse is pretty badly hurt, but is
getting along very we'll. Mr.. Pre-
watt succeeded in killing his gator
ship before he left the spot.-T1tus-
Vile (Fla.) Advocate,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-08

DISAPPEARANCE IN RUSSIA.
Some of my own acquaintances OF
the past week have mysteriously dis.
appeared, and I know that they We're
a moderating influence in the socie-
ties to which they belonged.
Thus the Government, who have a
finger on the public pulse and know
that the new sentiments that stir the
people to desperate deeds can never
be exercised by any of their enchant-
ments, are depriving the revolution
of it's best elements and handing it
over to the control of the men whom
they have most reason to dread and
who have least reason to dread them
the men of the Terror; men Of
consummate and merciless skill,
whose fundamental principle is that
violence must be met by violence;
who decree the outrages which star
tie, if they do not shock the civilized
world; who have agents in the viii
lagos teaching the peasants that it is
not cruel fate, as they had sup
posed, which must be submitted to,
but relentless foe which must be
struck down, that has crushed and
twisted and contorted their lives;
who have at their command dyna-
mite with which to kill and men and
women ready to be killed in killing;
and whose activities are safe from
interruption because they themselves
are not known even by their own
comrades and agents, who therefore
could not, even if under pressure
they would, betray them to the po-
| lice.
These men, and almost they alone
, know their own minds; and they
| have simple faith in the end which
| they have in view, and which they
| pursue as calmly as woodman who
| hews his way through a forest axe ir
in hand. BY it's methods of repres
sion the Government is driving the
revolution into the masterful hands
of these men From Letter to the
London Times. by Mackenzie Wallace
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-08
What She Remembered.

Many people at cilu'th
this forenoon, dear?'
Wife-"Yes. large number.
Good sermon?"
Delightful.
What was the. teXt?"
'It was--it was--well, really, |
have forgotten,
"Humph! Was Mrs. Purlins
there?"
"She was"
What had she on?'
"Well, she had on fail wrap OF
very dark Pompeiian red cloth, with
narrow insertions Of black velvet in
the sides of the skirt. A small yoke
trimming Of the velvet covered the
upper part of the chest, and was out
lined with mixed tinsel braid A mar
row braiding girdled the waist, and
the cuffs were ornamented in the
same way. 1t had cape attachment
pleated upon the shoulders, and at
tached by other pleats at the waist
line, giving a dolman appearance to
the back She"
"That'll do. ] don't wonder that
you forgot the text!"-Daily Plea
yune.