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. vm- .a. ,---r ' If. irf V5 ft Ti 1V r ii tornadoTn : South SUYS MANY PEOPLE AND DESTROYS 'VALllABLd PROPERTY. ' Whole Pamllle, Kllletl and Mangled In Ala bama and Arkansas Uvcrythlng Torn Away In lllount County, Alabama Two Whole Counties In Arkansas tut a Complete Watte. Birmingham, Ala., April 10 Tho litttu linmlot of Hopewell, 40 miles north' ot tlil city, and onu mllu from llancovllte, was awept away early thia morning by a tornado which cut n jvath of desolation a mile wide and two nilk-a long across a prosperous fanning ruc tion of Mount county. Ten persona wero instantly killed, three or four fatally injured and a aeoro eorloualy injured. Tiio storm caroo from the southwest, and took its destructive path in a northeasterly direction, tearing every thing away iu its way. Tbo tectiou through which it went is mi a table land in Mount county. Thero was pilot tho slightest warning ot its ap proach. ir "- Arkansas Towns Wiped Out. Little Rock, Ark., April 10. Spe cials to tlia Gazette from several towns in White and Clorburno counties, Ar kansas, toll of a tornado which swept through that tec t Ion, leaving death and detraction in its path. Tho major portion of tbo country throuch which CUUA'IS-dKATUI'UL. Palma'a Message to Congress Uxpretscs Admiration ol Roosevelt. " HaVaita, April 8. Congrosa was pomUlod today mid will probably - con tinue in session tliroo extra mouths on account of tho nott'estty for tho. omul inmit of many lawa beforo all the de partments of (hu government got thor oughly under way. A mossago from President I'aliini was read. Tho mes sage says: "Our relations with tho United Slates continue to bo cloto and cordial. Much more gratifying Is tho noblu and rt'to lutoly favorablo attltudo of tho presl dout ol that great republic. It is enough to remembor tho obstacles which his stubborn will have ovorcomo in negotiating tho nclproclly treaty and obtaining tho ratification thoroof, and his linn purpose to summon a poo ial session of congress to dounlloly ap prove of it. Besides the sympathy and respect which we inspire among tho American eoplo by our exemplary con duct an an indapomlunt peoplo who re allru tho dutlos and responsibilities of citUeutdilp, thotH) circumstance por fully contribute in solidifying tho gtod understanding lwtweou the two nations. "It is onr Interest to worthily culti vate then lentlmcnts and wo cannot do so better than by carrying out our obli gations to the Washington government expeditiously, frankly and correctly, whether it is by grant of what wo ought to grant, or refusing what we consider ourselves Justified in refusing. 'The government ii at present occu pied with the Isle of Pines matter, and It lias reason to hope that tho settle ment thereof will be satisfactory to Cuba." President Palma expresses the hope that the nnaation ol incorporating into thetrratyall tho provislonaof tho Piatt amendment will. soon bo settled, and PRESIDENT- TALKS MADB TWELVE SPi SPEEDS IN TRIP ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA, Tells People of Tunctlon ol Individual In Building Up the State An Immense Crowd Greets Mm at Ihery Stop Number ut Children Were Present, to ills Pleasure. the storm plowed its way It remote Mi tlltt (,er lnl h ( ,jon0 it from railroads, telegraph or telephone! wl, Mm unnecessary that the Piatt A curri'siK'nuent wuu.i ironi i .,nl,ni1mnt ahnnlil r-nln an Inmror a tnnltil ,!... U. I....I ....ma ... ..... part ol trio constitution. WILL TALK OVUR WAU US. Of- Tralnmen on Illinois Central to Meet llclaU and Discuss Increase. Chicago, April 8 The adjustment committee of tho railroad trainmen lines. Searcy, Ark., look-lit that ho had gono over a portion of the track of tho storm, and that trees aero twisted from thoir trunks and houses demolished. Thus tar it has been impossible to arertain wboro tho storm U-gan, but it ia known that it raged in thnso two counties. Tho latost report are that nlno per rons nro dead, thre dying anil three badly injurol. Tho towns ot Little Ited, Albinn, Bradford, Heber and Pangbnrn have been hoard from thus far. Bradford, which la on the Iron Mountain railroad, was the first point heard from. Several houses wero blown down there, and one man was aorioaslv inlnrnd. Thn tornado ran from tho west, and had spsnt ita fonoi 1 P' ceut increaw for passenger when it reached Bradford It is forou rervl v thn Httln tnwn nf Hiram, will. mini. John O. Hannahan. grand master of InMnn of lKn. h.n ln win.! nff ilm . the Brotherhood of Firemen, arrives map. It is near Heber. ami in the I '" Chicazo tomorrow to present tho de- inrm'a trark. NVtlilnr liaa h-n hmnl ' manils 01 tlio UlOOien on Abordecu, 8. U., April 8. President itoosovolt yesterday trnvursed Houth Dakota and made moro speeches tbsu on any other day during his present trip, no began with two poochea at Hloux Falls lu the niornlnii and' ended Ills 1-th speoch in the evening at Abor (tveu. b)vevhes were ounfliied lo the most part to tho tariff and to tho gen eral prosperity of tho country. In alt his seeches hu followed closely the lines ot tils formor addresses on tliem ubjocta. Iho preslduut wah acconh'd a cordial welcome at tlio different stop ping places, and at many stations where tho train did not stop crouds gathered and clieervd as tho seclal train sped by. One feature of the day was tho largo number of children In the various audiences and Iho president re ferred to thuui several limes, saying that hu was glad to ko that tho stock was not dying out. Tho president had as his gnosis dur ing tlio day benators Kittrodso and Gamble and Itepresontatlras Martin and Uurke, the South Dakota delegation In congress. They left tho train at Aberdeen. At Tulare tho prosidont departed from his custom and, descending from his car, shook hands with the people gath ered at the station. Yankton was the first slop after the train left Sioux Palls. To thu multi tude at Yankton, the presldrnt spoke on the tariff and the qualities of stood citizenship, saying In this connection: "It lias been a pleasure to toe you, I can sum up all I have to say to you lu a couple of phrases. You need wio laws. Beo that you get thorn, Yon need honest administration of tho laws, bee that you have it. Hut don't make the mistake of thinking that any law meet tbo olliclals of the Illinois Central and Alton nds. Tho trainmen and conductors' committees belinre the same terms can be secured on the Illi nois Centrsl and Alton roads for tlielr members as those on tho Wabash a 16 per cent increase for freight and a the Illinoh from it. It probably will bo several days Offoro the names of all who were killed by too tornado are known. CMINGSG QARRISON SLAIN. Russia Ocglns Hostilities and War With Japan Is Expected, Vlrtoria. Ii. C, April 10. The steamer Victoria, which arrived from thn Orient last tihrht, brought nowa that a party of Manrhurlans and Core anc who wero in the employment of the Itu'aian government ami Kossinn troopa have masacrel the Chinese gar rison of Clia-ICusih, on the Yalu river. Russian officers ffni Moukden have proceeded to Iho locality. New romea from Chehli of a Boxer risintr in that province, and Yuan Phih Kai, the governor, Is putting down the movement. A risinu occurred at Kn tien fihslen, and, on troops being sent to tho acenx.a buttle occurred, in wnlcli thero was a largo Iom of life. Ten of the principal Boxers, amnnir whom were elcbt women, wero captured and be beaded In Japanoso papers received by Iho recent malls stories wero given of rumcre current at Palny and Khalhln of impending war between itu-ein and Japan. Bread and Meat In One Trust. Chicago, April 10. A dispatch to the Tribune from New York rays: A certificate of incorporation for tho United Bte Biscuit companv has been filed in Trenton, N. J., with a capital of 1 4.500,000. The now con cern promises to lie n powerful com petitor of Iho Natinal Biscuit company. The financial powers behind the new company are not disclosed, but It ia understood thev are mllllonrlre Chicago capitalists. It Is regarded in Wall street that the new company will be operated aa an adjunct of tho boot combination, with Armour interests ia control. and conductors organiratlous have ar- or any administration of law can tako rived in Chicago ami nre preparing to the placi ol the fundamental qualities that make a good individual cltlsen and make a good nation, thn qualities of honesty, of courago and of good, com mon sense." At Mitchell the president mado the longest address ol tho day. His audi ence was largo and his sttecch was fre quently interrupted by applause. Hero lie dlscntred thn work of Individuals and tlio Important part they play In lh upbuilding ol the nation. "You can lift up a man if ho stum bles, but If he lira down yoo cannot carry him. If you try to, It will not help him anil It will not help yon. tfo, fucdamenlaly, It must rest upon yourself to win success. As I aald, law can do somethltig, wise legislation of the government can do something. If yon have lawa badly administered they will stop any prosperity. It ia easy enough to get a bad law that will stop the whole bualnois, but to got a good law is not so easy. It ia easy to alt outsldo and say how tlio man Inside should run the machine, but It ia not so easy to go Insldo and run the machine yourself. "This prosperity to which wo have attained has been reached under a scries of economic moves included In a sys tem, though carrying ont certain Ideas In th currincr and In tho tariff. Wo cannot afford to raverto the system. Improvement can bo mado In It. In the tariff, for Instanro, rnhednles nre not sacred, and, as the needs of the nation change and shift, It will tie nee cieary to change certain schedules to moot thoso shifting neods." MRXICAN RAILROADS DU5Y. Ccmral. The adjustment committee of thn trainmen and conductors fiom the Chi- rsgo, Bitrllnston & Qnlncy. Rock Island & Milwaukee and 8t. Paul systems, where demands wero mado January 6 for a horizontal Increase in wages of 20 per cent for two classes of employos, now have their schedules of demanda revised and will present thorn to the managements of those roads beloro the end of the week. WONDERLAND 1903. Pushing Survey Cast. Seattle, April 10. The Bellingham Bay & British Columbia railroad, owned by P. B. Cornwall and D. U, Mills, of Ran Francisco, ia rapidly pushing a aurvoy from ita eastern tr minua at Maple Falls throuch the Okanotran country to Spokane. Tho new survey, it ia raid, la boing mad by the Union Pacific, to secure an entrance to the Puget Sound territory from Spokane. Tiie road liaa large tidewater terminals at Whatcom, but It Is believed to bo the Intention to sur vey new Una from Whatcom to Seattle, Beautiful Book Describing and Picturing This dorlous Wcstland. Another volume has been added to the Wonderland Ferlea published annu ally by the Northern Pacific railroad company. This latt number excels In newneis and varioty of word pictures and camera pictures. Order tbo book mailed to your homo addreis, not to your office, and while waiting its ar rival prepare your mind for the feast of hllnrv, atorj, and traveling experi ences that the hook affords. A big Imndln of poorly conceived and cheaply printed advertising matter will not bo imposed on yon, but yon will bo pro sent id a beantiful magaslno contsinng stories and pictures of thia western wonderland of ours that will excite the Interest and ph'asn tho tasto of the most rrlthal. Tho book costs nothing. The potage ia six rents. Fend stamps to Chas. h. Foe, general passenger and ticket agent, Ht. Paul, Minn., and this nuvonlr of the West will be yours with Uncle ham's usual promptness, Colorado Legislature In Deadlock. Denver, April flO. At midnight to niiht, the hour when tho limit of time nf the present session of the state legis lature of Colorado waa exhausted, the senate and house worn in a doadlock over the general appropriation bill. The bill appropriating (100,000 for b Kt. Louis fair was passed tonight. Tie senate confirmed tho nomination of John M. Maxwell, nf Leadvlllo, nn a Jndge'of the court of appeals. Unlets the general appropriation bill la paerod, an extra session will bo nnavoidablo, Proposed Railroad to Yukon. Washington, April 6. Construction of a railway from Mittimat Inlet through the northern part of British Colnmbia and the Yukon to Dawson ia being agi tatod by Vancouvor buslnea men, ac cording to a report o the state depart ment from United States Consul Dud lay at that pltoe. But They are Said to Be Doing Business at an, Actual Loss. Mexico City, Aprtl 8, Largo busi ness concerns, while hoping for a speedy settlement of the currency qnes lion, ropnrt an excellont business both here and In tho Interior of the county, Tho general opinion is that the country has In a large raessnre adjusted Itself to tho lower lovel of silver, and worn tho rail roads relieved by tho adoption ot some round money Hjatem of stabilization there would lo no unsound spot In tho country's growing prosperity, Tho railway situation must continue serious until a meaauro rf relief adequato to (heir critical condition comes. The roads are doing a hoavy business and are ordering now equipment, dim nro in strict fad dolnur hnslnns ata losa. Chlneie (or Transvaal Mines. Now York, April 8. -Horltert Noyca and II. itoie Kklnoer, from Johannnes burg, Transvaal, lommlsslonera ap pointed by the British government to proceed to China for the purposo of In vestigating Chino'o labor, with a view to Its omploymont in tho mines of tho Transvaal, arrived in Now York today on tho Cunard steamer Umbria from Liverpool. They are on their way to Ran Francisco, whore they will Inquire into tho methods of working and valno of Chineto labor aa employed in California, SWELL MOD 10 LARCENOUS, Muck I'ltrerltiR Titkes.l'laco at Court Function frtll.nntlon. A guilt douboftienii'dnl (a eiuui'd.lo society circlet lu IOiidoii, but iih u,liilo carefully suppressed nhtf seldom refer--rod to in the newspapers, by tho petty larcenies committed at trfo court bulla nud drawing-rooms given by thu sov ereign. These thefts wero frequent during Queen Victoria's rulgu; they ur being repented nt tho rtvcptloiui given by King Kdwnrd. A very atrniigo story Is still told nbjut a diamond necklace which was found at onu of the Hliitu bnllit somo year ago. It happened that ouo of tho late quivu'a huilca-lu-wiill-lug picked up u dlamoud necklace from tho floor, As she stood with It In hor hand n lady camu quickly forward and claimed It. Tho Muder was very firm, however, and declared it was her duty to give It In to tho lord chambrelaln'H olllco, aa tills was tho rule with regard lo any thing found In the pnlnco. Tim lady protested In vain, but the oddest thing wan that this iiccklaeo never was claimed, and is probably still at tho lord clmmborlaln'a olnce. The fact that it was quite a bommon sight to see ladles slutting thoir hand kerchiefs with sweets and cakes from tho supper tablcn nt tho court balls tuny bo regarded as an amtnhlo folhlu of dot ing parents, hut. according to some, laiv hnndkerchlcfa and jewels are waftrd nwny In this fashion nnd some times fur stvlra and lovely opera cloaks liavo bean secured as spoil. It used to be n saying lu India nt the big viceregal halls that the first de parture was mire of thn bent Itamporo chuddnh. Thceo beautiful while shawls arc alwaya more or less the same slse, hut the difference In price Is enormous, na tho finest kind, voluminous as thuy aoem, can easily tie passed through n ring and are consequently very costly, while tho coarser ones nro proportion ately cheap. HERE'S AN ARIZ0N JAIL cut our or solid rock. If our old friend tlio Count of Monte Cristo iiad been conducd in tho county Jail at Clinton, Alia., even tho versa tile Alexander Dumas would have had a hard time getting him out. Tho Jail la blasted out of Iho solid rock lu one ?f tho big hills. Instead of putting up an expensive stnicturv. some genius miggeatcd the plan followed. An open- - - - !. '.- AHIZOKA'S cavk jail. lug waa made, largo enough for one man to pass through. Then tlio Inte rior blasted and excavated, in tlio same manner as a con! mine. The Jail haa four largo cells, divided by walls of natural rock, tho openings of which are secured by strong steel barn. As a further precaution tho Sheriff nnd his ofllcera are located in a wing of tho Jail, constructed out of tho blasted stone. Tho thinnest part of tho Jail in over six feet in thlcknesi, nnd in order to rench tho cells It Is nec essary to pass tli rough thrco barred gateway. THRASHED HER rOOTUALL ' PLAYER PUPILS. The rawtucket, It. L, high school committer haa commended Mlsa Mary L. Rogers, who tenches Kngllsh ami Lntlu. after hearing complnluts thnt she had soaked tho captain of tlio foot- miss uaht r nooEits. - London Now fliis Mnny (lorjccous Hotels -- ---- ------- -- Tho tmpeiidlng enollon lu I'lcndllly Of. t)Vo liuinl'iiHo hotels -ouo on tho alio of Ht. Jiiiues'' Hall nud adjoining prop erty nud the other ou tin) situ of thu present Wnlslnglmiil and Until hotels emplinalxea tbo, fact Unit the west end la becoming Iho clilof mea for hotel life lu Uinilou. A ow year nifu tlio Btrntid nnd Trafalgar Hqunru coiilil elnliii luot'tn liiiinctt as (ho cl'iiti'f of Iho uiONt celo bnited hotelH-thii Snvoy, the Cecil, tho Mutropolo. Morley's, tlm (lolduii Cross, etc. but quite recently n nuw and Im provwl style of "Hotel do luxe" haa cointi Into existence, nnd within n brief space of time It seems probable thnt the west end will be "hotellr.ed" on n scale, both of magnitude nnd luxurious refinement. Nurpasaliig tho airiest dreams of tho hotel inanngcr of fifteen years ngo. While the wonderful Hits Hotel, lo reach from Arlington street to tlio (J recti Park, promises to bo tho most splendid in Inulon. Clnrldgo's, Just olf (Jrosvonor Square, has already Intro duced the modem hotel llfo Into tho very heart of Mnyfalr. Very stnrlllnx Is the contrast-now non-existent-hit-tween the richness of Clnrldgo's nnd tlio plnluiiess, nlmost nuiouiillng to jioverty, of the old Until Hotel, stripped of the homely old mnhognny furiillum which may have been thero slueo John Adams, the first American nmtmssador, put up nt tho hotel. For nearly 1B0 years the old llalh Hotel has been looked upon by genera tions of liudouers aa otic of the mys teries which only thn nrlitocratlc might penetrate. There la something forbid ding lu the words, painted on the Pie radllly side of tlio house, "llaili Hntel for Families and (leultemeti," nud mil lions of people must have lookeil up in the plain, dowdy old corner building, with Ita coat of dirty paint, ami have fancied tho Interior to be, by contrast, n marvel of comfort, Hut now, Mug doomed lo deal ruc tion, tlio old plnce hns been subjected dally to Inspection by brokers, nnd the nuictloueer base sold Its contents. And tho famous Bath Hole) stands rerraled as n wretched Jumble of passages and rooms devoid of attraction nud tit only for thn houachrcakcr. Ha Moors hnvo reached the 'switchback" stage. Thero nre iiiituspected little steps, nomo up and some down, Into many nf the rooms. The old (Kirtable bnlbs-lu a Piccadilly Hotel! cmpliaslicit tho change which haa taken place between the era of tho Bath and thn era of Clarhlge's and the Carlton. All over the west end, saya thn Lon don Mall, tho "hotel do luxe" Is spring ing up. In Hlnnun slreot the f'ndogaii, cloao by the liana Crescent In Mount street, tho Coburg In Kensington (lore, the Do Vera nnd Rnynl Palaro hotels, all tell tho same tale. And tho mlddto aged hotels In Albemarle street and thereabout arc bloaaomlng Into n now and more luxuriant existence. ball team In tho nose with hor hard and t'o.uckly list. Another pupil waa tapped in tho eyo by tlio brainy, not to say muscular, llttlo teachor. After looking Into the matUr tho school so lona decidod that' she did quite right. nnd also handily, The youths wero suspended for .two wceka. BUILDS A CHUBCH FOli ITALIANS Nobis Iltnsfsctlnit of Adrian Islln New York Vlnkiicler. Adrian Iselln, a New York financier, whose family has ajxnit $7.71.000 build ing Catholic churches and schools In New Rocbelle, haa recently added to tho list of benefac tion by closing Iho contract for thn erection of n church nud pariah homo for Italians of Now Itocliello nt a oust of $.10,000. Mr. Ise- (-, Btfx jr "u wl" nlM) hiniish m,'r the rectory ami aup. nlr tho Driest with AuuuN isn.t.-. vestmoiila and ev erything else necessary. Although Mr. laolln Is a Protestant of Swiss Huguenot nucratry, ho and his family have hceu largo gliers to tho Catholic Church In thia country. They gave Ht. (Inbrlel'a Church nnd rectory, In Now llnchellc, nt n coat of CS0.O0O; St. Catherine's Church nud rectory, In Pelhom Mnuor; Kt. (inbrl el'a Academy, lu Now Itocliello, valued nt $un,000; tho old 1 -eland Cas tle. In Now Itocliello, which Is being used an n school by the UrMiillue titius; St, ICIcniiorn'a Homo for CoiivnlcHCouta, nt Tucknhoo. nnd sovornl oilier church buildings. Tho hanker was led to (nko nn Intercut In tho welfare of tlm church by tils wife, tlio Into Hlcminrn O'Dim. null Iselln, who wits n untlvo of Bal timore nnd belonged to ouo of the old est Catholic families In tho United States. On tlio Hpanlsli Main, They were speaking of tho great pi rate. "He roinlmlH mo of n crusty lundlady," whispered tho freebooter with aldo whiskers. "Why. so, mate?" queried tho dnrle man ut his aldo. "Bocntioo ho can repel ao mnny boardors," Chlcngo Nows. Of courso It Is your duty to lovo thoso around you nil tho better for thoir faults, but do youT i I