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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30
FEAR MAY DAY RIOTS
Paris Stirred Over Attempt TO DeS-
troy Bridge.

PARIS, April 30.-The civic and mill
itaIy authorities have completed final
preparations for dealing with the May
day situation and are confident that
the day will pass without serious dis
order, but at the same time the public,
which is not in the least treasured by
the elaborate military concentration, is
again showing great uneasiness as the
LIST of May approaches.
This uneaSinesS was accumulated by
the explosion of Il bomb Friday night
under the railway bridge at A|Tgenteuil,
in the suburbs of Paris. which links
the capital with Havre. and by an at
tempt later of Il band of a hundred
striking jewelers. to penetrate the pop
ulous center Of the Place de rOpera for
the purpose of making a demonstration
before the great jewelry establish
ments in the Rue de Ia PaiX.
The activity of the police in making
more searches and seizures, although
designed to insure the public safety,
also has had the effect of increasing
public apprehension, many persons be-
lieving that such extraordinary efforts
Indicate the seriousness of the Situa-
ton. Government, military and police
officials give the most positive aSsur-
ances that order will be maintained,
and the calmcr heads accept these
statements. But the nervous element
of the city is hastily preparing for
eventualitics. some persons leaving
town and taking their vHluablcs with
them and others laying in stores for
an emergency. The scenes at the
great supply stores are unprecedented,
hundreds of persons invading them
and clamOring for emergency supplies.
Dispatches from the provinces show
that most active preparations are be-
ing made for the May day disorders.
At Lyons 10000 men have quit work.
Ite-enforccments of troops have been
sent to all the big cities.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30
TO
THE CAPITOL
Plans Have Been Completed and
Work Will Soon Begin
Beautiful Structure.

TRENTON. Apr. 30.-In a short
time The noise of the saw and ham
mer. and the hustle and confusion
of the builders will be the leading
features of affairs at the state CAPT
tol. replacing the whir of the law
making fachinery and hum and bus
of the legislators, which but so re-
Gently held fun sway there,
Architect George r. Poole, of the
state department Of charities and cor
rections, completed last week the
plans for the handsome 100000 adj
ditiou 10 the state house, which was
authorized by the last legislature.
Governor Stokes and the state house
commission approved the plans, and
the blue prints and the specifications
have been prepared. The advertise
ments for bids for the new structure
will appear in the newspaper tomor-
row.
The new building will be erected
on the site of the present wing con-
tanning on the first floor the offices
of the state board of taxation, the
state board of assessors and those of
State House Custodian John w. Wes-
eman. This wing contains on the
second floor the %chancery court room
and two ante-rooms. 1t is but three
stories high. This wing is the second
from the front on the easterly side
of the capitol. The work of demolish-
ing this will be commenced at once,
and the work on the new structure
will be rushed so as to have it com
Dleted by January /, 1907.
The addition will be a splendid,
massive structure, of the classical
style of architecture, finished in
stucco to match the rest of the state
house. 1t will contain four stories
above a deep basement, and will be
much larger on the ground than the
present wing. In length the new wing
will extend from the centre corridor
of the capitol TO Delaware street, a
distance of SO feet 6 inches. This. is
about thirty feet longer than the
present wing. The new structure will
be fifteen feet wider than the old one,
also. The construction will be abso-
lutely %fireproof. consisting of solid
walls, steel beams and columns
and concrete floor. The exterior will
be specially attractive with its classic
lines, large windows and Indiana
limestone trimmings.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30
Torrents of Mud From NeSuyius.

NAPLES, April 30.-The latest report
from NesuviuS shows that the damage
done by the torrents of mud washed
from the mountain side by the heavy
rainfall of last week was great, The
mud. mixed with which We're cinders
and baSaltic stones, invaded all places
and killed many animals. AT Pac-
ciano, Il town of 500 inhabitants, the
food INSTRUCTED the doors of houses
cape through the windows. The Ouch
ess of .Aosta braved the dangers and
went to Ottaiano in order to ascertain
the extent of the damage done by the
mul
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30
PROF. BLOCK AGAIN.
The Little Man Who Makes Fun Is
in This City.

Prof. John Block, the wonderful
little man who initiates birds and an
imals so correctly, is back in town.
Prof. Block caused much amusement
when he was here before. as he fire.
quently startled a carload of peopIe
or a group on the street by his imita-
zion of some creature. He had The
passengers guessing on a trolley car
when he was here before on one oc-
casion when he had them all certain
that a dog was in the satchel at his
feet and was whining to be released.
He is a Pole, born in Cracow. Aus
tria, in 1864, and is one of twelve
children, all of them ventriloquis $.
He has exhibited all over the world.
He may show here for a time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30

JERUSALEM, April 0.-Willlam j..
Bryan. who is visiting Jerusalem in
the course of his tom of the world, on
Saturday addressed Il special meeting
held in the tabernacle by the Chris
tian Missionary alliance. He spoke
with e|loquence On the life of Christ
and his teachings and expressed aston
ishment at the small proportion of
Christians in America and Europe Wis.,
ting Biblcland.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30

VIENNA. April 3o.-A cabinet crisis
is regarded as imminent, Premier
Gautsch Won F1aukcnthurn's efforts to
arrange Il compromise among the par
liamentary groups having failed. All
parties except the Poles were willing
to agree to the Introduction of uni
versal suffrage and the establishment
of a parliamentary cabinet.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30

CINCINNATI. O., April 80. The
May musical festival opens here to-
morrow. Sir Edward Elgar. the choral
composer of London, will conduct two
of his W compositions. 1.-The Dream
Of Grrontius" and The Apostles"
Many prominent singers and Il large
chorus will take part in the festival.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30

NEW YORK. April 30. With his
throat cut and the artery in his right
wrist severed. the body of Alfred
Schubert was found in an ancient well
at Corona. Many circumstances indi-
cate murder to the minds of the Flush
ing police and of Coroner Amber, who
has charge Of the investigation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30
CITY BRIEFS

The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Perth Amboy
Gaslight Company for the election of
directors. and other business, will be
held at the Offices, 14S Smith street,
next Monday afternoon al I o'clock.
The number of autos passing
through this city Saturday was very
large and there we're several extra
ordinarily handsome machines.
A meeting of the Third Ward
Democratic Club will be held tonight.
Plans for organization will be COM
pleted.
Two dead dogs were found float
ing around in the pond at Eagles
wood yesterday.
The Hebrew school baseball
team was defeated by the Young Mar
ion baseball team yesterday after
noon The score was Is to If.
The Sick Benefit Association, OF
the Danish NJ. f. church. will hold a
meeting in the chapel of the church
tomorrow night.
The regular meeting of the sun
day school board of the Danish NJ. r.
church will be held in the church
Thursday night. The election Of
officers for the ensuing year will take
place,
A cellar door was found knock
ed in on Front street, near Fayette,
last night.
Edward Lindblatt. of "a Com
merce street, has reported to the pol
ice the loss of a Boston bull terrier
yesterday.
A dictionary which had been
stolen from the Kempson building
on King street was taken to police
headquarters yesterday by Il man
who found it where the boy by whom
it was taken had put it.
A gray horse escaped from the
stable at the Isaacs clay bank Satur-
day night and was found on Smith
street and taken to Liddle K Pfeif-
fer's stable, where he was called for
later.
Two men who asserted that their
lives had been threatened were es-
cOrted by Patrolman Kozusko at their
own request down to the Lehigh
Valley wharfs last night. No attempt
was made by anyone to harm them.
A dog met death under a trolley
car at Smith and King streets yester-
day morning.
Joseph Kramer, of $40 State
street, reported to the police Satur-
day that two panes of glass had been
broken at 343 Madison avenue Pa
trolman Wood made an Investigation,
but nothing was found amiss.
A small girl from 81 Parker
street was lost Saturday night. She
was found by Patrolman l.. c. Jen-
sen and was returned TO her father.
Considerable excitement was
..- -. $50 Atr~al 4a,,,,a 1000,
within and outside of the house
where one of them lives yesterday. !
THE launch Rayo was put over
board Saturday afternoon. She will
be commanded this season by Cap
tain Charles Zerher. while James
lO'Hagen is chief engineer and Rich
ard Hibbett is pilot. The Rayo is a
fast boat and the captain expects TO
enter her in a number of races.
Chief Burke and Detective Huff
went to New Brunswick this morn
ing.
Edgar Reid, a clerk in the office
of the Raritan Copper Works. is en-
joying a weeks vacation.
The employees of the power
house of the Raritan Copper Works
will start the annual vacations this
week.
A number of Indian motor cycles
passed through this city Saturday af-
ternoon bound for T|ottenville, on the
way to New York.
The session of the district court
this morning vas a long one A case
growing out of an alleged Italian
partnership was heard. G.. j. Plech-
ner and H. W. Kehoe were the OPP
ranSioo counsel
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30
Toronto postomce AbIaze.

TORONTO. April 30-Fire Of I'M
known orig.l Id $4,000 damage to
the general portotice here. The rharred
body Cie0r - atray, the engineer.
was folad IN he ruins later. \ fami-
" of or" of the inspectors, who lived
in the building. was rescued by fire
men. \ great quantity Of mail matter
was burned ANA lost, but the registered
mail in the vaults is safe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30

BAYONNE, y. j., April 30.-Charles
Stuart Miller, who worked in the re-
cent civic election, then preached tenn
perance and later was arrested here
for alleged embezzlement, is said to
have 4 long criminal record.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30
Staten Island Sound AHame.

ELIZABETH. n. j., April 30.-The
Bay Way Refining company's plant mt
Elizabethport was destroyed with a
loss of 100000. Six of the company's
oil tanks blew up and the burning oil
flowed into Staten Island sound and
for Il time endangered shipping.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30
weoI,hv Youtb Nortnuy Hurt.

NEW YORK. April 30.-Edward II.
Wallace. Il Yale freshman worth 81
100000 in his own right. was MORALLY
hurt probably by being hurled from
his motorcycle while going at top speed
on Jerome avenue Wallace. it is said,
was racing with an automobile belong
ing TO him or his father when he re-
ceived injuries to his skull of which he
NAV die.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30
Thousands visit French Squadron.

NEW YORK, April 30.-Thousands
visited the French warships in the
North river. but hundreds of passen-
gers were turned back by the police
patrol, who rigidly enforced the license
and life preserver law.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30
HnverhiII Los, $4,000 by Fire.

HAVEItHILL, n. H., April 3O.-Fire
destroyed "A considerable portion OF
the business section of this village,
causing a loss of nearly $4,000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30
Ratify Grannis Verdict.

NEW YORK. April 30.-The congre-
cation of the Church of the Disciples
ratified the verdict dismissing Mrs.
Elizabeth b. Grannis.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30

Read the EVENING NEWS col
umn of City Briefs every day. 1t is
bright and newsy and keeps you in
formed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30

The EVENING NEWS is read by
more people than any other news
paper published in this county.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30
Subscribe for the NEWS.

lflhealth is wealth and money talks,
For so the proverb runs,
A fortune you may plainly see,
In taking Rocky Mountain Tea.
sections drug store, 20 Smith street.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-03-07

damaged. From this particular
point, for distance of half a mile
Or more, the storm appeared to
follow no particular course, zig.
tagging in its way toward the IN
broken forests beyond the city.
Crossing the Mobile & Ohio Rail
road tracks near the water tank,
some Q miles above the city, and
sdemolishing a cluster Of small cab
ms, with reported fatal results,
the tornado appeared to lift over
the treetops, and it was not heard
from again until it was reported
in the vicinity Of Marion, q small
station FIVE miles north of Merid-
ian. In this wide expansesof ter
ritory through Georgetown, em-
bracnig the little homes OF the
laboring classes, it is estimated
that not less than 500 dwelling
we're. completely wrecked, the
financial loss being conservatiyely
placed at $3.50, 900. In this path
there were numerous other build
ings badly damaged and the finan-
ciaI loss will be greatly increased.
While no official report has been
made in Meridian up to tonight,
persistent rumors are floating
about that the little town Of
Marion suffered severely from the
visitation of the storm, whose
force appeared to have been spent
in and around the city of Me-
ridian.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-03-07
EDUCATIONAL.
Teachers and Patrons Meeting.

/
Following is the program for
the teachers and patrons meeting
to be held at Moak's Greek school
on Saturday, March II:
Devotional Exercise.
Song Third and Fourth Grades
of M0ak's Greek School.
Training the Powers of Atten-
tion- Miss Ada W0oley.
Reading Della May Moak.
Educational Address Prof. Fl.
E. Groves.
Reading Cornelia Maddox.
Educational Address Prof. j..
/. Brueck.
What the Lincoln County Teach
ers Most Need Miss A. Boyd
Mckenzie.
Reading Albert Martin.
The Country School as a Factor
in Our Material Advancement
Supt. Edgar Green.
Contest in Spelling Between
Sixth Grades of Moak's Greek
School and Oak Ridge School.
All teachers, patrons and friends
of education are cordially invited
to attend this meeting. Teachers
are requested to bring exhibit
work from their schools.
BENNIE A. DUNN.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-03-07
The Preliminary Contest in Beat 2
at Heuck's Retreat. Friday.
March l6.

On Friday, March 16, the pre-
liminary contest in elocution,
defamation, music and athletics
in beat 2, will be held at Heuck s
Retreat school.
A cordial welcome is extended
to all, and we especially desire to
have the patrons and pupils from
all the schools of this beat with
US. Dinnerwill be served for all.
On the evening of the same day,
beginning at s o'clock, an enter
tainment consisting Of music, elo-
cution and some other interesting
feature in which all can take a
part, will be given for the bene-
fit CT the school.
A small admittance fee will be
charged. We invite the public to
this entertainment.
w. q. WILLIAMS.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-03-07
FIRE YESTERDAY.
Two Residences Burned Belonging to
Mrs. Gaee.


The residence of Mrs. Susan
Gage on North jackson street was
discovered on fire yesterday eve
ming about 6 O'Clock, and the
flames had made such headway be-
fore being discovered that the
building was soon completely en-
yeloped and consumed, only few
articles of the contents being saw
ed by those who first reached the
scene. The fire soon spread to
the adjoining building, also be-
longing to Mrs. Gage and occu-
pied by Mr.. Seth Applewhite and
family, and it was also destroyed.
Most of Mr.. Applewhite's house
hold effects were saved, but in a
much damaged condition. The
residence of Mr.. j. M. Tyler, just
south of the Gage property, was
barely saved by the prompt work
Of the bucket brigade and a hand
pump.
The Leader learns that the
property was only partially COW
cred by insurance in companies
represented by the Urderwriters'
Agency 5000 in the Mechanics
AMI Traders 7and $500 in the
Georgia Home. Mrs. Gage also
had $500 insurance on her house
hold furniture, which was lost
with nearly all the family's wear
ing apparel.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-03-07
The New Commercial Bank Building
Catches Fire.

The fire department was called
out at $50 Saturday evening by
FIRE discovered in the second story
of the new Commercial Bank
building. Tire fire started in one
of the upper rooms in the rear of
the building and got well under
way before the hose companies
arrived; hut after they got to
work they had it under control in
a remarkably brief time. The
damage was confined entirely to
the second story rooms and the
roof. The flames got in between
the ceiling and the roof, with its
fresh coats of pitch, and spread
very rapidly, the total damage to
the building before the fire was
subdued, reaching nearly 81, 900.
The loss was covered by insurance
carried by Contractor Larsen un-
der builders permit, in the
Home, of New York and the Liy-
erpooI and London & Globe, rep
resented by the Underwriters
Agency.
The effective, work done by our
volunteer fremen was, as usual,
greatly to their praise. No dam.
age was done to any of the ad ia
cent buildings. The origin Of the
fire is not known, but it is beliey-
ed to have been accidental, caused
possibly BY some of the plumbers
leaving FIRE exposed when they
quit work late Saturday evening.
Mississippi lost her boundary
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-03-07
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Help Meridian !

Senator Magee's bill to create
JEFF Davis county out of portions
of Lawrence and Coyington has
passed both Houses and awaits
the approval of the Governor.
The. question then goes to the
voters of the two counties for ap-
proval or rejection.
The Supreme Court rendered
its second decision Monday IN
favor of Senator McLaurin in the
Sandy Bayou case. AS before,
the court was divided, Justices
Calhoon and Truly sustaining the
action of the Board of Control and
Chief Justice Whitfield rendering
"a dissenting opinion.
Senator Magee's bill to create
another Circuit Court district to
be known as the Thirteenth, COM
posed of Lincoln, Lawrence, Gov
ington, Simpson, Smith and
Jones, has passed the Senate and
is now before the judiciary Com
mittee of the House. This COM
mlttee recommended its passage
Saturday, after a brief considera-
Etion, but before a vote was reach
ed in the House Monday, Repre-
sentative Watts, of this county,
got it referred back to the
committee for further considera-
tion. The Senate bill to add
another week to the Circuit Court
term in Lincoln and keep il in
this district, is also pending be-
fore the House, and if the new
district bill is passed, it will no
doubt be adopted with Lincoln
cut out Of it, as d Iengthening Of the
court terms IN this county, as
provided III Senator Ratcliff's bill,
would meet every requirement Of
the situation.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-03-07
Program for Teachers Meeting
Union School March 10. 1906.

Devotional Exercises Mr.. j.
M. Boyte.
Welcome Address Mr.. j. j.
Martin.
Response to Welcome Address.
MIR. w. B. Baker.
What Education Will Do for Us
Mr.. 2. G. Hodges.
Reading Dovie Richie.
Reading in the Primary Grades
Miss Myra Smith.
Reading Miss Leila Hoggatt.
An Address - Mr.. w. Ell.
Weathersby.
Recitation Tomnie Boyte.
Open Discussion The Difficult
ties that have Arisen in Teaching
Our New Text Books Teachers
of this Section.
Program will begin at 1920 a.
10. All teachers and patrons are
invited to attend.
VICTORIA HILL.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-03-07
MERIDIAN VISITED
BY AWFUL CYCLONE.
ABOUT THIRTY LIVES LOST OVER
ONE HUNDRED INJURED.
Several Blocks Of the City and d NIL
lion Dollars Worth Of Property
Swept Away.

/ Meridian, Miss, March 3, 11:50
p. ma day of eager, heart
| breaking work succeeded in Me-
ridian the night of terror that
followed the tornado of Friday
Ieyening. Late tonight, after the
lcltizens, the soldiers, the State
officials and the convicts have done
their several parts toward ascer-
tanning just what deaths have been
suffered, just what property loss
has been inflicted, it appears that
Iearlier reports sent out immediate
/ ly after the storm were perhaps
slightly exaggerated. As it is,
the actual conditions are worse
than Mississippi has ever expe-
rienced from a similar cause.
Martial law is in force, with State
troops on guard everywhere.
! Twenty-seven dead are known.
More, no man knows how many,
perhaps score, may be hidden in
the ruins of the proper residence
ldistrict.
Thirty persons are known to be
seriously injured, some of them
! fatally. while those more or less
bruised number hundreds.
The property loss, supposed at
first to approximate S., 900, is
believed now to be covered by
SO, ,000, ,000-this decrease IN the
estimate being due to the allow
ance for discovered partial de-
struction where total destruction
was first believed to be true.
| Of this loss barely one-qdarter
or one-eighth, if that is covered
by insurance, for the policies car
rled in Meridian held, most of
them, the saving clause exempt
ing the companies from liability
when the destruction should come
"by the hand of God.'
Tonight Gov. Vardaman, who
arriyed during the afternoon with
a train load of convicts and sever
al State officials, issued an appeal,
calling for aid from all Misslssip-
plans. During the afternoon,
however, meeting Of prominent
business men, after selecting a
committee to conduct the task of
relieving the homeless and the
hungry and raising an $4,000
fund, issued a statement declaring
that the town of Meridian would
care for its own, thanking the
many who had proffered aid for
their kindness, but saying that no
money was required.
Following is a list of the dead:
/ w. r. Nelson, policeman, /. r.
larry, Claude Williams, Mrs.
Ella Singleton, Make Slaughter,
James Stewart, Clarence Stewart,
John Smith, Mrs. Babe Smith,
Mrs. Clarke, Patrick Mechanics,
Cliff Edwards and twelve negroes.
L. F. Elmire died from injuries.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-03-07

Mississippi lost her boundary
suit against Louisiana.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-03-07
Farm Land for Rent.

Thirty acres Of good farm land
for rent, seven miles from Brook
haven. Apply to
Sartin & Chandler Bros,
ookhaven. Miss.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-03-07
The Track or the Stern.

Here is how the storm came.
Following drizzling rain all DUR
ing yesterday afternoon, prema-
ture darkness settled over Nerd
ian shortly after 6 O'Clock. Eye
witnesses claim that day faded
into night without the usual pc
riod of dusk. Accompanying the
dense black mass of clouds was a
wind that rapidly assumed pro
portions of a tornado, striking
the city to the southwest without
other warning than a rapid in
crease in the velocity of the wind.
As described by eye witnesses,
the storm assumed the appearance
of lofty ball of fire as it swept
upon it's pathway of destruction.
Meehan Junction, the first place
damaged, is twelve miles south
west of the city. There the storm
partly demolished the immense
saw mill plant of the Cotton State
Lumber Co., the wreck taking FIRE
and entailing a total loss of about
$500, 900. Bounding from the
saw mills, the storm next struck
the fertilizer plant, just below the
city limits, wiping it entirely out
of existence. The loss is estimat-
/ ed at SAC, 900.
The electric power plant was
next smashed, and there is a 6nan-
|cial loss Of about $50, 900.
The Queen & Crescent Railroad
freight Offices and depot were
damaged, but the loss will not be
great. The entire loss to the rail-
road is estimated at about $50,
|O00.
Every building from the Queen
| & Crescent freight depot to the