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CITIES TUMBLE FROM EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS Details of Late Disaster In Western Guatemala. MINERS' OFFICIALS CONFER. 50,000 PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS Quesaltenango, the Second City of the Republic, Suffered by Far the Most. Fully 200 Bodies Were Taken From Ruins at That Place. Guatemala City, Republic of Guate- | mala. April 24.—Correspondence of the Associated Press.—For nearly a week earthquakes have been tumbling ' down cities ami villages on the west ern slope of the Sierras in this re- public. On the night of April 18 at the cap ital a blinding flash of lightning fol lowed by a thunderstorm and torrents of rain, all in the space of a few min utes, caused the people in the streets to rush for shelter. In an Instant, however, the earthquake was upon them. Rushing frantically into the darkness and through flooded streets, anywhere away from the straining rafters and crackling walls, ran the multitude, crying, praying and a few trying to sing the Salve Regina. The following shocks were less se vere and by 10 o’clock many of the inhabitants were wandering about ex amining the walls of the cathedral of Santa Teresa, LaRecollecion and oth er churches which were more or less damaged. News soon began to come in from the hill country, where Quesaltenango is situated. This, the second city of the republic, suffered by far the most. Hundreds of residences and public build’ngs were destroyed or severely damaged. The very na.row streets, often not over tl lee or four yards wide, and the irregular manner in which the town is built served to make death traps of the house, so that al though not half of the debris has yet been cleared, fully 200 bodies have been recovered and many persons were bady injured. Fire as well as flood added to the horror of the night, with the result that many people have gone insane and others have commit ted suicide. Amatitlan, San Juan, San Marcos, Escuintla, Santa Lucia, Utatlan and several other smaller towns have been partly ruined. Still very few lives, considering the extent of the disaster, have been lost. Tte sessions of the national con gress at Guatemala City have been suspended. The meetings of the na tional committee for the Louisiana Purchase exoosition, and which Com missioner Chandler attended by spe cial invitation, were continued without interruption for two hours, though the shocks made the large crystal chande. liers swing like pendulums over the heads of the commissioners. Approxi mately 50,000 people have been left homeless, and public as well as pri vate subscriptions are being raised to prevent the poor people from starv ing. WRECK ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Several Cars Are Burned, but No Lives Lost. Lynchburg, Va., May 8.—Train No. J7, the Washington and Southwestern vestihuled limited, southbound, on the Southern railway, ran into the rear of a freight standing at Lawyers Station. 12 miles below here, at 5:15 o’clock yesterday morning. Two postal cars, the combination baggage and smoking car and one Pullman were burned, the letter mail and baggage being saved. Engineer McCormick and his negr r fireman, Abe Gordon, jumped Just be fore the crash and were painfully cut and bruiaed, but not seriously hurt. No pasengers were injured. It seems that the freight train had orders to remain on a siding a few miles this side of Lawyers until three passenger trains passed, but that rhen only two of them had gone by ie freight pulled out for Lawyers. i level fG BLAZE IN OIL REFINERY. ll Large Tanks Explode—Loss Will Reach $100,000. New Work, May 8.—Fire started ear ly toda\ in the Cooper house of the Swan and ^ incl1 oil refinery on Staten island eou? d - be,ow Elizabeth port, N. j The fla? 1PS s I ,read rapidly, burn ing several ti nks containing 1,300 bar rels of crude oil - Thousands of bar rels of refined and cni(le oil were stored in the yarrf a,,<1 in the shipping sheds and all were consumed. As the fire reaeV >d the big tanks they exploded, senditf the burning oil high In the air and guttering it over new material. The Iosk" as $100,000. Sailed 1,500 Miles Is Life Boat - . Melbourne, Victoria. ^ W® boat containing the fin#’ officer and three men of the British ’hip Boveric liiys arrived at Freemantt. Western Australia, after having Hai ed l-^OO miles to report that the Bo’Ci'ic lost her propeller when 1,500 iu*® 8 from Freemantle, and wasin need’f assist ance. The Boveric sailed y’m this port for Natal March 21, w f h re mounts and 00 soldiers on boail- Secret Conference Held at Scranton. Strike May Be D-rlared. Scranton, Pa. May 8.—The execu tive committee of the three districts of the anthracite coal field, represent ing all of the members of the United Mine workers in that territory, resum ed its secret conference today. There is much apprehension in busi ness circles all over the anthracite re gion regarding the action of the meet ing. Strong im. lences are at work among the miners o prevent a strike, as it is thought a strike at this time means a long struggle and a consequent para lyzing of industries. Many officials of the miners’ union are working to prevent the declaration of a strike. There is much speculation as to what will be the action of the union should it decide that drastic methods are necessary. Granted that no concession will be made to the men, the miners’ officials have only two moves to make unless they declare for or against a strike. They may call another convention, fresh from the rank and file, to decide the matter, or they may send com mittees of employes to the different coal operators to ask for concessions, Some of the company officials are said to favor the latter plan as a way out for both sides. President Mitchell wields the sarr!' , power of influence over the miners that he has hitherto exercised, and it is conceded that the question of strike or no strike depends almost entirely upon the decision of Mr. Mitchell. DEATH ENDS CAROUSAL. Mrs. George Herget Stabbed at Her Home In Dayton, Ky. Cincinnati, May 8.—Mrs. George W. Herget was killed last night during a carousal at her home in Dayton, Ky. Her husband, George Thornton, Frank Kent, Thomas Shields and William Murray, alias Ford Maddox, have been arrested on the charge of murder. Her get is the son of a wealthy distiller who died at Pekin, 111., two years ago. Owing to the habits of George his in heritance was left in trust. When his monthly remittance came Thornton, Kent, Shields and Murray were accus tomed to visit the Herget home. One of these occasions, yesterday, contin ued during the night. At 1 a. m. the officers were attracted by screaming and found Mrs. Herget lying prostrate in her yard, badly stabbed. She died soon after reaching the hospital with out being able to make any state- me'it. The five men were taken out oi the house afterwards in such con dition that none of them up until al most noon today were able to talk. The dead woman’s maiden name was Mary Sellinger, of Clyde, O, They had no children. The officers think Herget stabbed his wife for protesting during the carousal. ATLANTA TO HAVE NEW DAILY. Publication Will Begin as Soon as Ma chinery Can Be Installed. Atlanta, May 8.—A company was organized yesterday to publish “The Atlanta News,” which is to be an 8- page, 1-cent paper. It will make its appearance as soon as necessary ma chinery can be obtained. John Temple Graves, the well known orator and lecturer, will be editor-in- chief of the new paper; Charles Dan iel, managing editor, and J. Frank Keck business manager. The staff of the paper beyond these heads of de partments has not yet been announced. The stockholders of the new com pany held a meeting yesterday after noon and accepted the charter recently granted by the Fulton superior court. Officers and directors of the company were elected as follows: President, Walter P. Andrews; Tics president, L. J. Daniel; editor-fn-chlef, John Temple Graves; business man ager and treasurer, J. Frank Beck; managing editor and secretary, Chas. Daniel; directors. Walter P. Andrews, L. J. Daniel, John Temple Graves, J. Frank Beck, Charles Daniel, John 8 Owens and John W. Zuber, Killed by Falling Dirt. Columbus, Ga.,* May 8.—A. P. Wat ley. aged 5G years, a well known white well digger, met a horrible death on North Highlands. He was digging a well and when 35 feet under ground the sand above him caved in, killing him instantly. Fifteen feet of the dirt fell upon him and it took seven< hours to recover his body. He leaves a widow and seven children. Train Wrecked; One Man Killed. Des Moines, la.. May 8.—An east- bound passenger train of the Chicago and Northwestern, was wrecked at Ames early today. A tramp riding on the front coach was killed and Mail Clerk Griffith, of Des Moines, seriously injured. None of the passengers were seriously hurt. Four cars left the track, but did not overturn. SUUIHERN BAPTISTS MEET AT ASHEVILLE Fifty-Seventh Annual Con vention In Session. KING'S HOPELESS QUEST. W. J. NORTHEN OPENS MEETING This Is the Largest Organized Body of Baptists In the World, Embracing 19,553 Churches In States East of Mississippi and South of Ohio Rivers Asheville. N. C., May 8.—The forty- seventh session (fifty-seventh year) of the southern Baptist convention began here today. The attendance is large. The first session was called to order by Hon. W. J. Northen, of Atlanta president of the last convention. This convention is the largest or ganized body of Baptists in the world. It embraces 19,058 churches in the states r^st of the Mississippi river and south of the Ohio: also in Mary land, Lie Distrh t of Columbia, Mis souri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Ok lahoma. Texas, Mexico and Cuba. The convention is not a legislative, but an adviso y body. Under the denomina tional teachings of the church the convention does not make laws for its constituency. The delegates meet for co-opmation in missionary and educa- tioual work. The meeting of several societies and bodies auxiliary to the general convention were held during the day. The main question for consideration by the convention will be education and home and foreign missions. Both the home and foreign boards have in creased greatly their work during the last year and will report free of debt. It is said that the home board, of which Dr. McConnell, of Atlanta, is secretary, will report a balance on hand of something like $5,000. The report of the foreign board, the head quarters of which is in Nashville, will be made by Dr. R. J. Willingham. Mr. Northen having declined re- election as president, there was much speculation among the delegates when the convention was called to order as to who would be the next presiding officer. Many were of the opinion that Mr. Northen would yet be induced to serve another term. HOLLAND’S SICK QUEEN. New Brunswick Enterprise. Brunswick, Ga., May 8.—The Bruns wick Paint, Oil and Varnish company has been organized in this city, with a capital stock of $50,000. Among the stockholders are some of Brunswick's leading and substantial citizens and the new company promises to add greatly to the manufacturing Interest of the city. Indian Girls Are Drowned. Raleigh, May 8.—News has been re ceived here of the death of three In dian schoolgirls by drowning. The girls were pupils 0 f the Cherokee Indian school, located at Whittier, Swain county. They ran away from the schoo.1 on April 26. It was on their way home that they attempted to cross the Oconalufty river, and be- 'g overcome by the swift current 'rowned. The bodies were swept dow stream for a considerable distant were only recovered yes terday. Sad Condition oi Senator. New York, May 8.—. Wmcr Senator William N. Roach, of North Dakota, who has been ill several days at his. home In this city, will. It is expected, pass away very soon. As the result of an operation complications have followed, the worst being that he can take no nourishment. His stomach has collapsed and he Is now practical ly starving to death. Fatal Train Wreck In Transvaal. London, May 8.—Lord Kitchener re ports another accident, on May 7, to a train hound from Pretoria to Pisters- burg, Northern Transvaal. The cars were derailed at a curve and an offi cer and ten men were killed. Disheartened After Lcng Search for Parents Man Attempts Suicide. New York, May 8.—Disheartened at his failure aft**! years of endeavor to learn who his parents were, Henry King. 30 years old, attempted suicide in the vestibule of the New York foundling asylum. The doctors say he probably will recover. King was a mere child when taken to the foundling asylum, where he was kept until 1878. when, at the age of six he was sent u a Maryland farm. There he remained until he was of age. As he grew to manhood he felt that his parentage should not be veiled in un certainty. Two years ago he brought sm action to compel the asylum au thorities to disclose the identity o' his parents. The action brought forth the response that it would be inv cssihle to tc'l. For days, and weeks niter this defeat, King, then 23, frequented the asylum. A growing belief that h • was heir to a fortune stimulated I s desire, and on one occasion made nim so persistent that he was arre led. Every day he called and repealed his questions, un til finally, disejuraged at his laek of success, he swallowed morphine in the hallway of the home. PEASANTS DHIVEH TO PILLAGEJY FAMINE Details of Late Disorders In Southern Russia. GRANARIES AND BARNS SACKED SESSION OF THE HOUSE. Consideration of the Omnibus State hood Bill Is Resumed. Washington, May 8.—At the opening of the session of the house today the speaker announced the appointment ot Mr. Gillette, of Massachusetts, as a me-.ibei of the committee on appro priation to fill the vacancy cau: ^d by the retirement of Secretary of the Navy Moody. The house then pro ceeded with the consideration of the omnibus siatebood hill under an agree ment that general debate should close today at 3 o’clock. Mr. Moon, of Tennessee, the rank ing minority member of the commit tee on territories, the first speaker, today earnestly urged the passage of the bill, arguing that the admission of the three territories to statehood would only he an act of simple justice to the people residing therein. The constitutional right of the admission, he contended, existed in each case. Attending Physicians Express Satis faction st Her Majesty's Condition. The Hague, May 8.—In the bulletin or. the condition of Queen Wilholmina issued this morning at Castle Loo the attending physicians say: “There was no increase in the pa tient's temperature yesterday evening. Her majesty had a good night and her condition this morning gives cause for satisfaction. ” Prince Henry lias telegraphed his mother (the Grand Duchess Marie of Mecklenhurg-Schwerin) that the queen’s condition is satisfactory and that she has no fever. The prince consort this morning at tended Ascension day services at the church in Apeldoorn. This is taken as a reassuring sign in regard to the con dition of the queen. HETTY GREEN CARRIES GUN. Noted Woman of Finance Granted Per mission to Go Armed. New York. May 8.—Hetty Green, the noted woman of finance, has been granted a permit to carry a revolver by the police department of this city. Mrs. Green applied for the permit a week ago to Captain Steven O’Brien, of the Leonard street station, and it was on his recommendation that the permit was given. Captain O’Brien’s report on the ap< plication says Mrs. Green declared she wag in the habit of carrying large sums of money, stocks, bonds and Jew elry. She also suld It was her Inten tion to secure pistol permits in all the large cities in which she does busi ness. Favorable Report on Nomination. Washington, May 8.—The senate committee on commerce today decided unanimously to report the nomination of H. Clay Evans to he consul general to London, with a favorable recom mendation. WILL ACCEPT STRIKERS’ TERMS. Operations in Smelter Works At Hele na Will Be Resumed. St. Paul. May 8.—A Helena, Mont., special to The Dispatch says: It is learned upon excellent author ity that as a result of a conference last night between C. W. Whitley, northwestern manager of the Ameri can Smelting and Refining company; former Governor Hauser, a heavy stockholder thereof; Phil Bowden, of Denver, representative, of the Wash ington Federation of Labor, and a lo cal member of the strikers’ commit tee, the former two telegraphed the officials of the smelter trust in New York recommending that the terms of the strikers he accepted. These terms are simply for the rec ognition of labor unions formed among the 600 employes of the Helena smelter now on strike. It is believed this suggestion will be approved by the officials of the company and opera tions resumed at once. Many mines closed because of the strike will also resume. PALMA AT SANTA CLARA. Ht Is Received With the Usual Joyous Welcome by the People. New York, May 8.—President-elect Palma, who has Just arrived here, says a Santa Clara, Cuba, dispatch to The World, found the people from the whole surrounding country partly drawn by the exhibition of island prod ucts being held here, gathered to give him greeting. The narrow streets of the town were packed. The horses drawing Senor Palma’s carriage took fright at some fireworks, bolted and ran over two spectators be fore they were stopped. General Pal ma was not Injured. He reviewed in the evening a parade of the police, the rural guards and the secret societies, after which he at tended a public banquet and reception in his honor and a hall at the theater. Violence Is Reported From Twelve to Fifteen Villages, While Three Es tates In Kharkoff and 43 in Poltava Have Been Devastated. St. Petersburg, May 8.—A represen tative of the Associated Press, after a personal investigation of the situation in southern Russia, writes from Mos cow under date of Saturday, May 3, as follows: “Comparative order has been re stored in the government of Poltava and Kharkoff, hut the |<‘asants are only outwardly quiescent, believing that the grant of a division of lands of noblemen will be effected during the coming autumn, leaving the Hardy landowners only 20 acres and a yoke of oxen each. "Authentic particulars of the disor ders prevailing during the last giree weeks show they were largely due to extreme suffering from famine, which was utilized by agitators to foment a rising. The peasants were not the only believers in the issue of an im perial ukase permitting a division of the property of the nobility, and a charitable distribution of potatoes by the steward of the Duke of Meklen- burg's estate at Kharlotfka tended to confirm this belief. “The people of the whole country side, often led by the village mag nates. streamed to the Kharloffka and other estates, afoot, horseback and in wagons, demanded the keys of the pan- tries, granaries and barns and carried off their contents. Rich Cossacks suf fered equally with the noblemen. When landowners refused to deliver up the keys the peasants broke down ihe doors, quietly seized foodstuffs and returned home, even well-to-do peas ants sharing in the plunder. When unopposed the peasants contented themselves with supplying their imme diate needs, hut when balked they burned and destroyed, carried off live stock and desolated estates. Most of the difficulties occurred where the in habitants ot the villages were already on a strained footing with the neigh boring landowners. "Violence is reported from 12 to 15 villages, while three estates have been devastated in the Kharkoff govern ment and 43 in the Poltava govern ment. To add to the consternation 2ou Cossacks arrived at Poltava after the regular military forces had restored order. The troops fired on the people in two or three cases, and in one in stance the peasants attacked the troops with stones, whereupon the lat ter fired, killing several persons and wounding a score, among whom were women and children. Corporal punish ment was administered right and left without over scrupulous inquiry into the guilt of the people flogged. Some estimates place the number of turbu lent peasants as high as 3<UiO(i. “There was a similar occurrence at Kharkoff, whose governor general, Prince Oboloensky, was particularly severe. “General Eugene Michelovich-Douk- vovsky was among the sufferers. His estate at Mechek was ruined and he himself was seized and beaten. He is still ill from the effects of the treat ment he received. “As an example of the extent to which the ranks of the famine strick en villagers are swollen by the re turn of unemployed factory workers, it is pointed out that one iron works which heretofore employed 12,000 to 20,000 people Is now employing only 5,000 for three days a week.” STUDENTS ARE CREMATED. Buys Interest In Lumber Company. Salisbury, Md., May 8.—By a trans action just closed here a two-thirds’ interest of the Jackson Lumber com pany. of Lockhart, Ala., has been sold to Edward S. Crossett and J. W. Wat- zek. of Davenport, la., and Charles W. Gales, of Fordyce, Ark. The price paid was on the basis of $1,500,000 for the entire stock of the company. A new company will he formed to op erate the plant, which comprises 144,- 000 acres of timber lands in Covington county, Ala. § — ■ ■ —— Sharkey Sails for London. New York, May 8.—Pugilist Sharkey has sailed for London to fulfill his en gagement with Gus Ruhlin for a fight at the coronation. He will begin to train soon alter be lauds. Two Lives Lost In Fire Which De stroys Bruns University. Richmond, Va., May 8.—Two lives were lost In a fire which destroyed the Bruns university school near Char lottesville, Va., early yesterday. The dead are J. C. Knox, of Rich mond, Va., and Agnew McNeal, of Al bemarle, Va., both students. Their charred bouies were found in their rooms. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary, or the result of lightning striking the building. The hostler on the place discovered the flames and immediately gave the alarm. Some of the students escaped bv jum.Oig from the windows. One of the teachers, Mr. Sheffey, was pain fully injured ia escaping this way. W. W. Astor May Be Made a Peer. New York. May 8.—-Coronation ru mors are plentiful these days, says a London dispatch to The Herald. The later, is the revival of the statement that William Waldorf Astor will be made a peer in June. Of late Mr. Astor's gifts to scientific, educational and patriotic institutions in Great Britain have been large and numer ous. Rumor still insists that Sir Thom as Upton will receive a peerage in recognition of his work in connection witli the king's dinnei tc 500,000 poor on coronation day. Spring Humors Come to nio^t people and cause tnany troubles,—pimples, boils and other eruptions, besides loss of appetite, (hat tired feeling, fits of biliousness, indigestion and headache. The sooner one gets rid of them the better, and the way to get rid of them and to build up the system that hat suffered from them is to take Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Forming in combination the Spring Medicine j>nr excellence, of unequalled strength in purifying the blood as shown by unequalled, radical and pei- manent cures of Scrofula Salt Rheum Scald Head" Boils, Pimples All Kinds of Humor Psoriasis Blood Poisoning Rheumatism Catarrh Dyspepsia, Etc A< cept no substitute, but be sure to get Hood’s, and get it today. HIGDON MAY COMMAND AGAIN. Treobles of Third Alabama Regiment Saem Ended. Birmingham, Ala., May 8.—The trou- bit;, of the Third Alabama regiment have ’ cen patched up again and it is firmly believed that the present slate will stand. A meeting of the officers was held here and an agreement has been reached whereby all differences will be settled. A ticket of officers was made, to be submitted to the governor, which, it is thought, will meet with his approval and ele< tion will be ordered at once. The slate is said to he agreeable to both tactions in the regiment. The reinstallment of Colonel Hig don was a part of the arrangement, and it is said he wii! at once begin re organization in time for the encamp ment. It has not been given out who are the fortunate winners of the of* flees. ALLIGATOR ATTACKS WOMAN, Farmers’ Wife Near Castleberry, Ala., Has Narrow Escape. Evergreen, Ala., May 8—W. F. Price, an industrious and prosperous farmer, who lives 2 miles from Castle berry. was in his field at work near his house. His wife had occasion to go to the field, and when she got about 200 yards from her home she was at tacked by a ferocious alligator nearly six feet in length. Tiie animal grabbed the woman by the ankle. Her screams brought her husband to her assistance at once, with a Mr. Monk, who was passing along the public road and heard the screams. Fortunately the 'gator only made a slight flesh wound, hut tore the lady's dress in a number of places, and, it is said, had it not been lor the timely assistance of the two men. who killed the animal with dubs, Mrs. Price would have probably been badly injured, , ^ * r’*^. Gang of Timber Thieves Caught. Mobile, May 8.— The wholesale theft of sawn timber from mills on the river has been repeatedly complained of, and an effort to catch the thieves prov ed unsuccessful until today, when dep uty sheriffs arrested a number of ne groes in charge of two rafts of timber valued at $500. The negroes claimed they were innocent, but implicated others in stealing timber with the re sult that Sheriff Powers has seven in jail and will arrest half a dozen more. It develops that the negroes had an or ganized gang for stealing timber. The mill men say their losses will run Into hundreds of dollars each, and sev eral mills have been victimized. Alabama Druggists Meet. Birmingham, Ala., May 8.—The twenty-first annual session of the Ala bama druggists was called to order here at noon by the president, Thomas W. Peagler, of Greenville. The address of welcome was made by Alderman George Ward. A large attendance from all over the state was present at roll call. The most important mat ter to he discussed at the meeting :a the raising of the standards of quali fications for licensed pharmacists and require both practice and theory com bined. Patent Medicine Men In Convention. New York, May 8.—Manufacttirera of patent medicines from all parts of the country are in attendance upon the annual convention in this city of the Proprietary Association of Amer ica. The chief matter to be settled is that of rate cutting by retailers. Bishop Potter Had Fainting Spell. New York, May 8.—It was said at Bishop Potter's residence today that the bishop, who was seized with a fainting spell yesterday due to fatigue from overwork, was much better to day and was resting comfortably in bed. Wire Companies to Merge. Akron, O., May 8.—The Cuyahoga Wire and Fence company, capital stock $1,000,000, will tomorrow absorb the Cuyahoga Steel and Wire company of Cuyahogji Falls and the Hartman Manufacturing company of Newcastle, Pa.