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THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , MA11CTT 13 , 1003 Employes of Argo Starch Works Walk Out. TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY QUIT. Ask an Increase of Wages for Com mon Labor of 17 1-2 Cents an Hour. Negotiations Have Boon on for Some Time. Nebraska City.Nob. , March 10 Spec ial to The News : All bauds employed iu the Argo starch works of this city walked out this morning. The strike is because the coiupauy has refused to comply with the demand of the union that the common laborers employed in aud about the factory bo paid IT1 * , cents per hour. Two hundred and fifty of the em ployes are out aud they express n de termination to remain out until their demands have bcou met. Nogotlatious botwoou representatives of the workmen aud the management of the company Imvo been on for Borne time , but the workers had hopes of win ning without a strike until this morning - ing when they were ordered to resort to thejlast Htop to enforce their doinuud. WARNS MEMPHIS OF DANGER , \ Weather Bureau Predicts More Floodu In the South. Memphis , Tenu. , March 10. The river at this point marks thirty-five feet and rising. The weather bureau bulletin states that the present rise will continue until a stage of thirty- eight feet or more is reached at Mem phis. phis.Weather Weather condistlons are similar over much of the vast area drained by the Mississippi and its tributaries from the head waters of the former to the gulf , and reports from all points Indi cate heavy rains and swollen streams. The greatest stage ever recorded at Memphis was thirty-seven feet three Inches , and it is thought that a great- z"f " er stage must give much damage In ' the lowlands. What would occur from such a stage cannot bo foretold. The levees on both the east and west sides of the Mississippi are be- strengthened at all weak points / v and at such places as will bo sub- , Jected to the greatest pressure when iL-rf the flood Is at its height. Govern- i - ( ment boats are patroling the river and men on foot are patroling the embankments - , , ments watching for suspicious or threatening developments of any char- actor. f Reports from points further down * ne river show that considerable damns - ns ° 's ' being caused by the flood In the south. At Baton Rouge , La. , the water is some Inches above the base of the levees on Trout street. Dis couraging reports also have been re ceived from Vlcksburg and Natchez. SPEAKS AGAINST TKEATY. v Sanguilly Says It Is Not Necessary to Development of Cuba. Havana , March 10. The debate on the reciprocity treaty with the United States was resumed In the senate. Senator Sanguilly made 'a lengthy Bpeech , In which ho contended that reciprocity was not a necessity to r - ' Cuba's progress. His address , while fc\ voicing the fear of the domination of V Cuba by trusts , was marked by no bit terness towards the United States , , government or people. Senator San guilly denied that the treaty would i benefit either the Cuban producer or the United States consumer and as- aerted that the trusts would bo the cole beneficiaries. As a proof of the alleged conspiracy to gain control of the Cuban market , the speaker called attention to an ar ticle published in an American review by General Wood , in which he ld that Cuba was lost unless it secured reel- JK , procity with the United States , where as , as a matter of fact , it was entirely possible for Cuba to exist Independ ently of such aid. The miseries of Cuba , continued Sanguilly , had been overdrawn to influence the reciprocity movement , the Cuban sugar producers being In a better situation than those In the United States , for 82 per cent of the beet sugar factories In the United States were heavily mortgaged. MANY MATTERS ARE ADJUSTED. Turkey Finally Consents to Various Demands of the United States. Constantinople , March 10. The United States legation has finally ob tained official recognition of the ex aminations at the American medical college , Beyrouth , on the same lines as the French examination and also tha settlement of the long-pending question affecting the rights of the wives and children of Armenians , who have become naturalized Amer icans , to "leave the empire. The council of ministers has agreed to recognize the American educational , charitable and religious establish ments and they are now waiting Im perial approval. Canadian Pacific Strike Not Settled. Vancouver , B. C. , March 10. Al though it seemed probable a settle ment was about to be effected between the striking employes and the Cana dian Pacific railway , all negotiations , have been broken \off. The strikers cay that It will bo a battle to the fin ish. The Union of Brotherhood of Railway Employes say that the apparent - . ent willingness of the companvtq ar- vH , oitraio zor settlement' wab merely" > niflo to gain time In which to recruit substitutes for their striking men. All members of their organization along the line have boon called out , Calgary , Winnipeg and Fort Williams being particularly interested. The company hae received another carload of eastern men. COMMITTEE FAVORS TREATY , Colombian Document Reported With * out Amendment , Washington , March 10. The senate committee on foreign relations agreed to favorably report the Colombian canal treaty to the senate. No action was taken on the Cuban or other reci procity treaties. The Colombian treaty was reported , as in the former session , without amendment. During the session of the committee on foreign relations , Senator Morgan offered to consent to a vote on the Colombian canal treaty nt 2 o'clock on Saturday , provided the senate would consent to allow him to print sucji re marks an ho wanted in the Congres sional Record , or as a public docu ment. Members of the committee later discussed the proposition with other senators and the concensus of opinion seemed to be against granting the permission. Some of the rotnarkfl heretofore made by Senator Morgan reflected rather severely on the Co lombian government , and especially on the president of Colombia , and senators think it would bo Inadvisable to give official sanction to such utter ances by allowing them to appear In the records of the senate. It also is feared that the Colombian government might take offense and fall to ratify the treaty , and it Is assorted that rati fication of the treaty can be accom plished oven if no agreement is reached. No Stay for Nlegenfind. Lincoln , March 9. Governor Mickey will not Issue an order to stay the execution of Gottlieb Nlegenfind , he says , unless some new and unexpected development transpires. The gov ernor says he has been strongly Impor tuned by friends of the condemned man to commute his sentence to life imprisonment and as strongly urged by others to enforce the death pen alty. The governor says ho called at the penitentiary twice to converse with Nlcgcnflnd at the latter's re quest and Is satisfied that his murder of his wife was entirely without Justi fication. The governor says he ha * ; been asked for his opinion on capital punishment as a principle and asserts his conviction that It Is a part of the divine law. He Is opposed , under gen eral circumstances , to tire practice of an executive setting aside the sen tence of a court of justice. Cars Roll Over on Sides. Springfield , Mo. , March 10. The "Frisco southeastern limited was de railed at Bols d'Arc , the mall car , bag gage , express , smoker and one chair car rolling over on their sides. Two postal clerks , Miller and Davis of Kansas City , and the baggageman and express messenger were hurt slightly. None of the passengers was Injured. The accident was caused by a chafing Iron falling onto the rails. Vesuvius has again become active. The volcano Is throwing up ashes and explosive Incandescent globes. Doblln a Mental Wreck. New York , March 9. Philip Deb lln , who figured prominently in the charges made by Representative Mon tague Lessler that an attempt had been made to bribe him to vote for contracts for submarine boats , was found wandering In Central park In a condition bordering on mental and nervous collapse. Ho was taken charge of by a member of his family. Doblin's condition is said to have been duo to worry. Rebellion in China Is Spreading. London , March 10. The Dally Mall correspondent at Shanghai telegraphs that the rebellion In the Kwang SI province is spreading seriously. Sev eral villages have been captured and authority of the government In the province Is practically at an end. The popular hatred for the Christians , adds the correspondent , Is displayed In the Shantung province by the do- Btruction of the churches. Cuts Stock Yards' Profits. Topeka , Kan. , March 10. The house of representatives passed a bill pro viding that the Kansas City stock yards rates should be reduced 25 per cent and that the profit on hay and grain at the yards should not be over 100 per cent. The senate has already passed the hill , and it will go to the governor for his signature. Cattle men of the state secured Us passage. Part of Ship Drifts Ashore. Atlantic City , N. J. , March 10. Life savers at Hereford and Cold Springs stations report the drifting ashore of the dock , upper works ana some rigging of a ship. Part of the deck came on the beach at each sta tion , the two being six miles apart. No name can bo found on the wreck age. TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD. A girls' championship basket ball game at Bay City , Mich. , resulted In a fight in which bloomers were torn , hair pulled and two girls injured. The Missouri senate passed the bill prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to children under eighteen years of ago. The same bill has boon passed in the house. The right of the city of Helena , Mont. , to build and operate its own waterworks Is affirmed In an import ant decision handed down by the Unit ed States circuit court of appeals. At Singer , La. , thrao children , Inoa Nichols , Nathan Hyatt and Joyce Hyatt , fell from a foot bridge acrosb a little stream , which had been swoll. en by recent rains , and were drowned. Two hundred and fifty descendants of Ellas Mayer Rles of Baden , Ger many , from all over Europe , the Unit ed States and Australia , have hold a reunion in New York city. Many met for the first time. Score of Persons Are Burned Beyond Recognition. WRECKED TANK CARS EXPLODE. Spectators Are Covered With Burning Fluid Many Fall In Their Tracks nnd Are Incinerated , While Others Flee With Clothes Ablaze. Clean , N. Y. , March 10. A score or more persona were killed and a largo number were Injured by an explosion of oil near hero. A freight train on the Erlo , made up principally of oil tank cars filled with oil , broke In two near this city at about 1) ) p. in. The two sections of the train came together with a crash and ono of the oil tanks was demolished. Flro broke out almost Instantly and the sky wun lighted up for mllon , A largo crowd of people left thla city for the HCOUO of the fire. While they were lluod up along the tracku a terrific explo sion occurred. The flames eotnmunl cated quickly with the other tauk ears and a second and third explosion followed each other In rapid BUCCCB- slon. Sheets of flume shot out in all directions. ScoreH of persons wore cauth within the zone of the fire and enveloped In Humes. Men and boys ran screaming down the tracks with their clothing ablaze. Others fell where they stood , over come by the awful heat. Just how many wcro killed Is not known , as ninny of the bodies were Incinerated The number of dead Is known to be at least eighteen and some estimates place It as high as twenty-five. More than two score were more or loss seri ously burned. Some of them will die. It Is out of the question to Identify any of the bodies recovered. Some of the Injured. The following were treated at the city hospital : James McDonald , con dition serious ; Richard McDonald.con- dltlon serious ; James McCready , legs and face badly burned ; Walter Jack- BOH , head , back and arms burned , In haled flames , will die. Sydney Fish , a prominent business man , said : "When I was within a quarter of a mlle of the wrecked train there was a terrific explosion. Flnmca Ehot outwards and upwards for a great distance. I saw several persons who started to run away drop on the rail way tracks. They never moved again. Others who had been standing close to the wreckage were hurled through the air for hundreds of feet. The ecene was awful. Half a dozen young boys ran down the tracks with their clothing on fire. They resembled hu man torches. I could hear their agon ized screams distinctly from where I stood. They ran some distance down the track and then threw themselves to the ground , grovelling In the ditches In their frantic efforts to ex tinguish the flames. Then they lay Btlll , some of them unconscious , oth ers dead. I'do not know how many were killed , but I counted twenty bodies before I came away. " Word was sent at once to Olean police headquarters by telephone. Every doctor and ambulance in the city was summoned , . Grocery wagons and carriages of all kinds were pressed Into service and everything possible was done to bring the In jured without delay to the hospitals for treatment. The first of the Injured to arrive at the hospital were four boys. Their Injuries are frightful. Great patches of flesh were burned off and hung in ehreds from their bodies. It will be difficult to ascertain the names of a great many of the dead , as their bodies were burned to ashes In the intense heat. A canvass is be ing made of the city as rapidly as possible to find out the names of those missing. There Is great excite ment in the city and the streets are thronged with people. Largo crowds gathered at the hos pital and the faces of the injured were anxiously scanned as they were berne Into the building on stretchers. Heart rending scenes were witnessed when one of the poor , blistered bodies was recognized by a father or a mother or brother , and it was with difficulty that persons were restrained from in- rading the operation room. Street Cars Are Only Splinters. Fall River , Mass. , March 10. Anew now plow which was being trans ferred from ono section of the Old Colony street railway to another be came unmanageable at the top of a Bleep hill , In this city , and dashing down the Incline , crashed into two cars loaded with passengers. Both the passenger cars were almost com pletely demolished and five persons sustained bruises and flesh wounds enough to necessitate their being car ried to a hospital. A dozen others were bruised and cut by glass or splinters. Fire In Northern Pacific Mine. Chestnut , Mont. , March 10. The fire In the Northern Pacific coal mine has broken out with renewed vigor and at this tlmo the destruction of the entire property IB threatened. The mine Is filled with flames and smoke and it Is Impossible for firemen to within 1,000 feet of the fke. Brakeman Kills a Tramp. Utah , March 10. C. A , Malan , a Southern Pacific brakeman , shot and fatally wounded Patrick Costello - tello at Matlan. Costello wan one of twenty-five hoboes who had been eject ed from a freight and he becan shootIng - Ing at tb.8 train crew. Malan returned the flro. HEALTHY WOMEN Praise Pe-ru-na as a Cure for Colds and a Preventive of Catarrh. MRS. M. J. BRINK FIRST STAGEOFCATARRH. A Serious Mistake Which Thou sands Are Making. The first stage of catarrh Is what is commonly known as " catching cold. " It may be in the bead , nose , throat or lungs. Its beginning is sometimes so severe as to cause a chill and considerable fever , or it may be so slight as to not hinder a person from his usual business. In per haps a majority of cases little or no at tention is paid to the first stage of ca tarrh , and hence it is that nearly one- half of the people have chronic catarrh in some form. To neglect a cold Is to invite chronic catarrh. As soon as any one discovers the first symptoms of catching cold he should at once begin the use of Pcruna GRAND RAPIDS FLOOD DAMAGE. Number of Factories Compelled to Shut Down. Grand Rapids , Mich. , March 10. Grand river continues to rise. A number of factories along the banks have been compelled to shut down , as the water has Invaded their holler rooms and put out the fires. Fears were entertained for the safety of the Grand Trunk bridge and a large force of men was set at work throwing Btecl rails and other material into the river on the upper side of the abutments for the purpose of strength ening them. The ice gorge at Ionia still holds and Is backing up the water , the dynamite operations falling to break It up. Con siderable apprehension Is felt hero of the result of the breaking away of the leo gorges above. New Senators Take Oath. Washington , March 10. When the senate met a letter was read from President Pro Tern Frye appointing Mr. Kean ( N. J. ) as presiding officer during his absence. The oath of office was administered to James P. Clarke ( Ark. ) , W. J. Stone ( ? > Io. ) and Senator Galllnger ( N. H. ) . There being no legislative business to transact , the senate went Into executive session. Injunction Is Made Permanent. St. LIulB , March 10. In the clrrult court Judge Wood made permanent the temporary injunction granted last October against Dennet Wasserman , et al. , ticket rcalpers , restraining them from buying or s Mlns World's fair excursion ticket P. The temporary in junction was grouted at the Instance of all the railroads entering St. Louts and was argued recently. Mlnero on Trial for Contempt. Charleston. W. Vn.j March 10. Federal Judge Keller opened a spe cial term of court to try the miners charged with contempt In violation of his famous blanket decision , out of which grow the Standford flght. Charles Evans and other strike lead ers arc hero to watch the Interests of the men charged with contempt. Ship Yards Tleup. New York , March 10. A general tic- up of all the tndos at the Townsend- Downey ship building yards , on Shoot ers' Island , was ordered by the Marino Trades council , In sympathy with the bollermakers now on strike at the fards. About 2,000 men arc affected by the strike. Pope Is Able -Receive. . Home , March 10. The pope received Cardinal Peraud , bishop of Autun , Franco , in audience , thus contradict ing the alarming rumors which had again been circulated regarding his health. according to direction * on the bottle , and the cold is sure to pass away without leaving any bad effects. UnlcBS this is done the cold is almost nurc to end in the second stage of ca tarrh , which is making BO many lives miserable. If 1'cruna was taken every time one has a cold or cough , chronic catarrh would be practically an un known disease. Miss Ellrnbolh Ulier , No. C7 lluHsott Rtrout , Albany , N. Y.tivrltou : " I Imvo uhvnj-H drcmlcil unrrtUcMl wciitlii'rhnciuiRoofinyoxtrmtiolliihllllylo cntoli cold\vhniinontnrrlml troulilowouli ) quickly tlovulop through my unllrn HJ'H- tmn , which It would tulto wockH to drlvo luvny. I mil tlumlcfiil toNiiy that Hlncn 1 Imvo taken I'KHUNA I ilo not Imvo nny renscm to dreiul this iinyinore. If 1 Imvo liocn nt nil exposed to the damp , wet or cold wcmther , I tnko a dose or two of IMjnUNA , nml It thrown out any hint of HlckucKH Irani my NyHtotu. " MUu Kllzii- both Ubor. Mm. M. J. Ilrlnlc , No. R20 Michigan nvonuo , St. Joseph , Mich , , writes : "TlilHiiiiNtwIntorduringtlin wrt nml cold wcnlhur I cuiiKhL iv midden nnd Kuvuro cold , which developed n cntiirrhal condition through inyentlruKyHteiM.imdHoiiirected my yenerul lirnllh tliutl WIIH completely broken down , nnd liccnmo ncrvoiiH nnd hyntcrlcul find unfit to mipcrvlKo my home. MyjihyM- clnu prescribed for me.lnit Komuhow ) IH ! mod- Iclno did mo no cood. Heading of PKHUNA I decided to try It. After I hud taken but three bottles I found inyNulf la line hcaltli. " Mrs. M. J. IJrlnU. Blhyl A. llndloy , 20 Main Btroot , TTnntlnR- ton , Ind. , writes : " Lust winter after gul- tlnK my foot wet I bogim to cough , which gradually grow worse until my thront won BOre nnd raw. Ordinary remedies did not Answer to Injunction is Filed in Wabash Case. NO INTENTION TO VIOLATE LAW. Brotherhoods Deny There Has Been Any Illegal Conspiracy Judge Adams Will Set Date for Hearing the Arguments. St. Louis , March 10. Special to The News : Tho'nrgnmeuts in th6 Wabash case will ho made on March 17. An agreement was reached this afternoon between the attorneys that that date bo fixed for hearing the motion to dissolve the injunction issued to prevent firemen ami trainmen employed on the W abash railroiid from striking , and Judge Adams agreed to the time sot. St. Louis , March 10. A sweeping denial of all the charges made by the Wabash , Hallway company In Its bill of complaint , upon which wan issued the Injunction to pre vent a strike among its em ployes , was contained in the answer to the Injunction suit filed in the United States district court by the counsel for the Wabash firemen and trainmen. In support of the answer were filed the allldavlts of all those named in the Injunction. Today Judge Adams will set a date for the hearing of the arguments for and against the answer. The motion to dissolve the injunction , briefly stated , is based on the grounds thai the writ of injunction was improvi dent ! } ' granted ; that charges of ille gal conspiracy contained in the bill of complaint are unfounded and dis proved ; that there Is no equity In the bill of comjitaiiit ; that the Injunction was Issued without notice , and that all the material charges lu the bill are fully denied. President Ramsey of the Wabash and the company's legal counsel be gan the preparation of their argu ments against the answer immediately after it was filed. The counsel for the Wabash em ployes spent the day in looking about the city and will continue to spend the time intervening until the hearing of the arguments. None of the brother hood officials have left the city and all express themselves aa well satis fied with the answer as filed. Drainage Canal Case. St. Louis , March 10. Before United States Supreme Court Commissioner Frank S. Bright , lu the Chicago drainage - ago canal case , Dr. Amand Ilavold , former city bacteriologist , testified Miss. SARA MCGAHAN , help inn nnd cough remedies nuunontod mo. Heading an ndvurtlHumont of what 1'fi- KUNA could do , I ducldud to try n boltln , nnd you can Imuglno how glad I felt when It begun to relieve mo in u very Hhort tlmu. In Jens than two woolen I won coiiinlutvly cured.1' Sibyl A. Ilmlloy. MlHH Bnm McGiilmn , No.l078d street , Al bany , N. Y.wrltcns "A few montlm ngo I miirorod wlthnnovoro attack of Inlluen/a , which nothing Hcmncd to rulluvo. My hearing bocmnohnd , my eyenl > o- came Irritated and fovurlim. Nothing Heomcd "iKhl iiiul nothing I nto taxied good. I tonic 1'KHUNA nnd within two woolut I WUH perfectly - foctly woll. " Barn Mc.Oiihiin. If you do not derive prompt and satis factory results from the use of 1'cruna write at once to Dr. Hartman , giving a full statement of your case , and lie will be glad to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman , President of The Hartman Sanitarium , Columbus. O. that by placing certain species bl'oac- terla Into thu drainage canal near Chicago cage he had obtained absolute proof that the Hov/eiago of Chicago waa damaging to St. Louis water , and that bucturla In thu canal at Chicago wcro allvo when they reached St. Louis. Ho tentitled that in November , 1900 , accompanied by a corps of assistants ho dumped 107 barrels of prodcgromia bacilli into the water at Loinont , be low Chicago , and a few days later ho received specimens of the bacilli , taken from a tap in the St. Louis city hall. The shipment of prodogrosus- bacilli was obtained from Europe and. resembles the typhoid bacilli , except that they are harmless. This plan , , of obtaining absolute proof came aa a surprise to the attorneys on the Illi nois side of the case. ' Battle In a Church. " Atlanta , March 10. As the result of a factional flght in the Mount Pleas ant Baptist church , six miles from Johnston , S. C. , ono man was killed and three were seriously wounded. Recently the congregation become di vided Into two factions and ono fac tion forbade Rev. Kit Jones to preach. The other faction Insisted on his preaching , and the minister went into the pulpit. As he announced the hymn the opposing faction entered the church and flrod upon him. Two of the preacher's friends were in. the pul pit with him and returned the fire. George Hammond was shot dead and his three sons wcro seriously wounded. Pays for Car of Coal. Iowa Falls , March 9. The Rock Isl and Railroad company has just paid S. Freedman , a coal dealer of thla city , $91 for a car of coal confiscated during the recent famine. Freedman presented a bill to the company , but It was turned down. Ho then brought suit and secured a judgment , which has just been settled In full , Includ ing interest and costs. Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. This preparation contains all of tha digcstunts and digests all kinds ot \1 \ food. 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