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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-
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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
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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