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6. Price Five RHGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THUHSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1904 Mi mid. 2k i Ay a All (ft ill 1 yl Xv ww 7f' A UJtK- Zz-fjyi 1Y7A Lea1; THE RUSH OF Wrecks Hark Path Wild Winds Eas and West. RUIN AT r.lOUNT OLIVE Added to the Demolition of Houses and Negro Church a Child is Reported Mortally Injured and an Aged Woman Badly i Hurt. Destrudtlon Property in Durham and in mrren County.

Wild Gale on th Coast. (Special to Kw and Observer.) Ooldaboro. N. C- Befit 13. tele phone me way received in this city this morning about 7 o'clock from Mt.

Olive to the effect that a jpyclone had passed over that town' eatly this liiornins. doing: considerable damare to crops, blowing' down houses, tear ing off roofs and prostrating many fonces and trees. I When th cyclone was wlthl a half rhile of ML Olive It struck a use In which an old lady by the na' Musgrave lived and blew dow of the building upon her; she being- venty- live years of aire and too eebl to set out of the house before it el She was seriously but Is still living- at this (' -The storm then rushed furiously to Jit. Olive, where it demolished negro church and -several small tenement and also tort off the toof ot llr, John U. Bell's large sa mill plant, but fortunately no Uvea were lost, soi far as can be learned.

1 I Here the wind, pursuing a so itherly direction, struck the farm of Mr. 1 Martin, about two miles frcra Mt. Olive, blowing down his gin ase, a barn and several, Preceded by a' roaring soun with rapidity and terrlflc force. It passed on. flattening- and de- Stroylng- everything- In Its path, whether trees, houses or fencea I It was so sudden and tanex pected.

and so violent in its ravages tl at the peopel almost panlc-s rtcken and It Is considered almost a miracle that no lives were lost, especially in 1JU Olive, where it seemed) to do Its 'worst, 1 The exteni, of the damage done cin- oot at this time be determined. I Lateri 12:6 today anot ler report received from Mt. Olive Isj to the effect' that a colored child. sixVyears-ipld, was badly crushed and w) ll die; i Iso. that Mrs.

Musgrave, who yas re-ported seriously will 1 recovtr, The. report also says that the Cyclone a quarter of a mile wide and wept everything la its path. In addition to the above the' fol- Amrlnt-r tSt-l of t-anAt i si -i lap-, i VIII UUIUcr bofo, lias reached this of flee: 1 i is reporieo, nere that there was a terrlflc wind and rain storm lot cyi Clonic proportions below Mt, Olive at 7 O'clock this striking edge tof town and destroying tea on twelve houses, besides injuring several peoples and breaking one woman'l back, AM wires are down between Mi Olive and Ooldsboro now, but may bT up by evening. Crops are badly dainaged' pome being destroyed. One maif is th! loser by $4,000.

It Is also reDorteA that the cyclone wrought damage ai far as Falson. -1 CIX)UDS AT DUIUIAM. I. 1 Chimney ftiid Itoofs Went 1 Cdasli- ing and Trees I1I Before thd Blast. fta ril Durham.

Tf 14. Durham uas visited by a cyclone this morning. While it was of p. local nature and, -from what can be learned, did: not ex. tend any great the damage Was considerable.

'1 It was about .11 o'clock, when the cyclone formed on lower Main) street, and It did not last in that Immediate Bcctlon more than two minutes at most. The wind roared and lightning, without the usual accompaniment, of thunder, played on all sides. Trees iwerd twisted oil, some at the ground and others several feet from the ground; tin roofs- were torn-, from buildings, chimney taken off and other damage done. i An eye wltnecs, who at the "time was In 4 tall building and observed all that could be aeen, said that he jnotlced clouds flying towards each other and this attracted his attention! He watched, and at or near the First Presbyterian church, the clouds met There was a twisting, he said, and then the clouds seemed to go up. and with them leaves and limbs torn from trfees.

It was very dark and lightning played everywhere In that section, After the collision of the clouds the srhall cyclone turned south over thd track traveled one of 'the cloiids and passed out of the city limits, going In a southwest At the point where the cloUds met two trees were torn down on the sidewalk at the First Presbyterian (church; At the court house, some fifty yards away, five oralx large glasses were broken from the windows, i Three large 'glasses were also broken from the Johnson building, corner of Main nd Church streets, one blorV; from where tho cyclone bgan. great was the force of the wind that tome of 1 Yi CZAR GETS Tilt Kuropatkin's Official lb-I port lie ach StJPctc re burg at Last. A STORY OF DISASTER It Bejins With the ftctreit frcn An- plng Toward Uio Yarg, Dwells en the Strosgfss cf tha Anny a Way Over tho abral j- Vtaclei, Tells cf Absr.i:r.:i and the "Arrival and Fighting at Lfao Yang. t' (By the Associated Press.) St Sept? 14 The expected report of General Karbpat-km on the battle of, Llao Tang has been received. It Is dated September 11, and is as follows: i It Is now possible, from details of the battles since August 25, in which various armv corns tiarflrlnat J.

to furnish Tour Majesty ihe following re port of operations: "On August 21 the Manchurian army fwviinl1 thr rrmina nf nns! Inn tho first atf Pettsu and Anping on the left name me secona at taanaiansiaji, in th centra, and th third at Anshan. ihnn nn th rlp-ht flnnlc" Thit Kima day the Japanese assumed the' offen sive aiong me wnoie ironi. ai their attacks were repulsed, and on. the left we "retained our rtrlnpnii.f (wMltlnn Annlnff Kfir n. desperate battle the Japanesei liowev- er, succeeaea in securing me posujon at Pettsu; thus threatening the lino ot retreat of the, corps along the Tau river.

Simultaneously a turning ment by considerable forces of Jap- aneaeewas obnrv(t nn th left 1' of our position at Anshanshan. raaing aavaniage oi our positions -at Llandiansian and Anping in order to gain time and Inflict severe lessen nn th nmv I 'mlthdraof 11 tha nr-mv corps from advanced positions at Llao Gons Lost In Iletrcat Tit 'flstiMsniSAtiscm A fha tnniintatnAiisi nature of the country on our front and A -M V. me oaa conutuons oi me roaus towards the South, the, two days march toward Vano waa nf Vi mnul I ficult kind, and only the devotion of all me iroops on tne east iront enahieti it to be carried out in good order. After Incredible difficulties was It found no. sible to drag all the guhs without ex ception ana our; baggage through.

puses. eo me or our gruns were carried through the mountains by, Infantry. Difficult as was the retreat through the passes, under pressure from the enemy, the march across tho open'ebuntry was still more arduous. The left and centre columns succeeded In getting all their artillery and uftxoKe to liiao xang. -j.

me or tne right column, which was obliged to the railway, where the country had suffered most severely rains, was especially difficult. Considerable rorces ot tne enemy followed the rear guard, which maintained a stubborn resistance. 'The guns of one of the retiring batteries began to sink io the mud.f Every effort was made to save them. Twenty-four homen u-er hitch ed to each piece, companies of infantry, assisting with ropes. The horses and men.

however, sunk so deep that It. was necessary for the the latter to haul them out. General Kutkovsky remained so long, covtrlnff the extrication of the guns that hts force lost heavilv. and ih el' and Colonel. Raben.

commanding iae rounn itegiment or East Siberian Sharpshooters, were Notwithstanding all effort it ti-o flnaitu cessary to abandon the guns. 1 un August Z9 tho army concentrated at Llao Tang. One corps took a position on the rlsht bank of the Taltse River, while another held the left bank. Massing at Llao Van. "On August SO and ll the Japan-ese.

attacked our advance positions with great energy, but everywhere were repulsed with -enormous losses. There was desperate nshtlng on our lert nank and centre, accomnanled number counter attacks, resulting In bayonet fighting, and 1 wan compelled to reinforca the flhti: -line with. the special reserves and tl general reservea "During August 31. It could clear De seen that a considerable forco of oeneral Kurokl's army crossed to right bank of the Taitsa River. Ow- VJ5 on our letl on JO and 31.

it was to supposed the main force of Kurokl's amy 1 i been told to turn the left f.r.'.; our position and attack our In conpofjut resolved to withdraw the a troops to the main pcdtlon hrJ'c centrate a large forca and attempt to hurl hia prr upon the Taltse Itivcr. i tain points, was this carri: 1 cessfully. Tho KvacunU -i I "At nl-htfall. un Jaranese, we cot tlon of our a almdy 3 REPORT 1 v.4 i v'-; v1 'si I si 1 'J; THE CASE OF MLL EXUM. It Will be Cvlled for Trial One Day Next Week, (Special to News and Observer.

IClnston, Sept 14. Court con vened this morning. Judge Moore hav inr arrived from Ooldsboro. Over i hundred, cases are on docket here, one ceing capital. it is that of Will Exum, charged with the killing- of Guv Wal- ston September 3rd.

at. Institute, this county, rourteen miles from Kins ton. The grand jury returned a true bill of murder In the first degree. Exum was arraigned this evening. Counsel i for the defence tried to get the case continued.

After hearing counsel on both sides the judge deckled that the case must be. tried some time next week, the day to be named later. a Tobacco men report from about one and three quarter to two million pounds of tobacco sold to date, at av erage six to seven; expect to sell about ten million this season; FOUR MURDERERS OUT. In tlie Gang of Prisoners Tiiat Escape From JalL 1 (By the Associated Press.) Mobile, Sept. 14.

A' special from Camden, says that all the prisoners confined in the Wilcox county jail broke jail and escaped today. Four alleged murderers were In the party. Bloodhounds will be put on their track. Neg-resa Shoots Her BroOier Dead. (Special to News, and Observer.) Fayetteville, a.

Sept 14. A port has reached here that on Sunday a negro girl named Willis km, her brother. George Willis, and that she is now In the guard house at Rae- ford, and Will be brought to the Jail here. It Is said that she and her brother, quarreled, and the latter drew a jistol which the girl took from him and t' -or unit uiruusu me neaa, hin -5iamiy. A i i i I (Byi Courtesy ihe flying tikes was driven Into tne wood.

Old tyon Factory t'nroofcd. Ttia am Iaqi Aamnard came when the cyclone struck the old Lyon tobac co factory, owned -by the city ana leased to the American Tobacco Com pahy as a storage ihouMs. A portion of the roof was taken pf. about 50x40 feet, andj rain poured Into the building in torrents. The building was filled from fop to bottom wtJ- tobacco'in hegsheads arid this: was necessarily to a conslderalile extent.

In a short while! the company had fifteen or twenty teams at! woik moving the tobacco that was being damaged. This damag Lftemoon oof I on 1 up an the afternoon tnrougn a heavy rain. A portion I of the storage house ot A. bacco dealers, was roof on the brick Wraihes Co- to- torn joff and some damage resulted- several 'chimneys were blown down, in th path of the cyclone, limbs torn oft; and i carried considerable distance, and flower wardens destroyed: i About I five blocks from where the cyclone made Its appearance the damage seemed cease, although the path of thej cyclone could i be easily traced by thje broken Hrbs and twigs. People who jcame fn from the country south and iwest of tb city limits during the afternoon, say that; there was quite a hard; blow of wind, but that no damage jto speak lot resulted.

This seems to Indicate, that It was ent rely of a local nature. In the path of the wind In th city the fire alarm Wires were, broke and some fifty or seven ty-five telephones put out of i I I t. 3 Ifo OneKlUed. i Later 'news from 'the cyclone showv It to have been more general than at first thought The cyclone entered Durham; from the and Some four 1 miles north east of Durham at small cottage be" longing to K. Proctor was blown down: near; that a stable wag leveled with the earth.

and t- a horse was caught under the falling timbers, but the animal was not -killed. Another home In the same locality occupied by LFHfflfffi mill MASTER'S VOICE." New Orleans Picayune.) a widow lady was moved from the foundation, but was not destroyed. Sq far as can be learned no one wa killed in this section. i DTtUIN MARKS T1I11EE MILES. Small Houses, Outbuilding's and Trees Go Down in Wreck.

(Special to News and Observer.) Warrenton. N. Sept' 14 A cyclonic storm passed over this section, today, doing a considerable amount of, damage. Starting about a mile north of Warrenton and tearing a path one hundred yards In width, it roare-; Its ruinous way for three miles in the direction of the line of Virginia. Small houses and trees iwlthin its sweep were wrenched from foundation and soil.

Outbuildings in many were blown into splintered masses. Everything on Westley Ferguson's farm! except the residence fell before the wind's rush. Page Fergu son's! place met with a similar fate, On the first named farm wo mulerj werej killed in the collapse of thr, -I No human beings, so far as has been ascertained, were killed or injured. All jof the storm-visited territory. however, has not yet been heard from; still It Is hoped that therein the worst is told.

a I A GALE ON THE COAST. Wires Down, High Tides, Anxiety for Ships- it Sea. "HIS train pulled out carrying the soldiers and animals whose duty it was to stay to the end. The breaking i up of camp began last at five o'clock when the Southern Railway carried away the first train load of militia. From that time until this afternoon the Southern Railroad transported ninety-two trains of troops, baggage and animals.

No accident of any kind occurred to any of the train-f. UNDER MILITARY GUARD. Governor of Georgin Orders Soldiers Out to Protect a Negro Prisoner. i (By the Associated Press.) Valdosta, Ga, Sept, 14. Major R.

L. Wylly, of Savannah today received a telegram from Governor. Terrell; instructing him to report at Camilla tomorrow and take charge of military forces ordered there and report to Judge W. N. Spence for Instructions, and conjunction him prevent mob violence.

The prisoner whom the military is sent to- protect Is a negro named who was arrested near Sneeds, Fla, and who is being carried. to; Camilla for trial. He killed a bailiff named West and shot citizen named Cox, who were trying to arrest nearly a year ago. Major Wylly left for' Camilla. via Thomasvllle this afternoon.

ANCESTRAL HOME The DneUing of Sirs. Needluun Foster and all its Contents, i (Special to News and Observer.) LaGrange, N. X.V Sept 14. The dwelling of Mrs. Needham Foster, one mile west of town, was destroyed by Are about noon today.

The fire originated in a dfVtlvA (In. -Un Vnmtr ahelderly lady, was alone at the. time uname to save anything. The banK and contents were also burned. 18 e8t-mated at 12,000, with 1800 Insurance.

Thef house was a two-story building, about one hundred -id and very rt8tantially bullL ll naa oeen for manv vaw session of the Waters family. So Powerful is the Speech of Glenn That Hearers Faces Pale. IO i yv anu Salisbury. N. Sept.

14. The speech of Hon. It. B. Glenn, of counsel for the prosecution of Thomas and Chalmers White, charged witi murdering Ilussell Sherrlll.

was the absorbing feature of the trial here today. Capt. Glenn spoke with telling effect for more than four hours. So passionate was his argument at tiroes that Judge Cook called him down upon objections made by counsel for the defense. I Th.

armv nf fart and rehearRal nf evidence In the case as brought OUT, Dy Mr. Uienn were ttsiuiiimurig 10 the vast throng whicli heard the great speech. I For tho first time during the six days' progress of the trial did the Wh te brothers show marked signs of uneasiness, Glenn's words bringing a visible pallor to their facea The charge to the jury by Judge Cook followed immediately after Mr. Glenn's speech. The same was pointed and was considered a fine piece of legal work.

The Jury retired for con-ideratlon at. 5 o'clock and at a late toUr tonight no verdict had been reached. I Last Soldiers Leave 3Ianasas. (By th Associated. Presa) Manassas.

Va-. Sept. 1 4. The last of the troops present at the! recent regular army and militia manoeuvres left here at 2: SO p. nu when a fcjsSrvicil avs buu v-uivi -eg Wilmington, N.

Septl 14. The Carolina coast was swept by a severe southeast gale last night and I today. Wilmington got the center pf the disturbance about 1 1 o'clock this morning and for many hours the city was in the teeth of one of the worse gales that has visited this section; In several Js'o appreciable damage was done In this Immediate vicinity, but It is feared! that vessels at sea suffered in the 1 (Continued on page tlx.) i I'.