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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-22
SMALL INSURANCE.

Wake & Son, the agents here of
the several fire insurance companies
which held risks on the hospital, would
not give out any information, but 1t
was learned from Sister Bernard that
the building was insured for only $23,-
600, very small percentage OF the
loss. So careful were the hospital at
tachees with regard TO fire it was con-
sidered unnecessary 10 pay premiums
on large Insurance..
Wake e. Son will pay the entire
amount without question. They repre-
sent seven or eight big companies, but
refuse TO say in which the building
was insured. II is understood that sew
cral companies bear the loss.
HEROIC WORK OF RESCUE.
All the heroic acts performed at yes
terday mornings fire will never be re-
corded for in the rescue OF the patients
deeds of heroiSm were so common that
no notice was taken of many OF them.
Several of the fescues from the fourth
tloor were seemingly miraculous. Coun-
Gilman Holland rushed up three flights
OF stairs and brought down an invalid
in her bed, the pillows and mattress
catching on fire as he came down the
stairways. He is reported 10 have said
afterwards that he never knew what
impelied him 10 take the daring risk,
but whatsoever force that did move
him was irresistible. lie could not tell
Tor the life of him how he got down
the stairs. Stranger still, he was un-
conscious of what he did with the pa
tient he rescued. but she WAS taken in
charge and cared for by the physicians
after he reached the outside. Many
said that there was not IL more daring
rescue during the fire.
Flremen Barrett and Foster are look
ed upon by every one MS heroes. In
the midst of the holocaust. after the
nremen had been compelled TO leave
the building, which the flames were
cutting from one end to the other. these
brave men rushed to the fourth floor
and rescued n patient in the heroic
,.Glanner and with the sad result; por-
trayed in yesterdays paper. Fireman
Barrett, having his leg broken, his arm
broken in two places, besides other in
ouries, may never be able for active
duty again should he recover, and IL
mas been suggested that if such Is the
case the city could not do n handsomer
thing than to pension him.
There was not one OF the aremen
who did not work like q Trojan, and
Continued on Sixth Page.)
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-22
the | RANSvAAL
WAR CLOUD.
Afrikandars Urges Peace il indie
pendence is Saved,
voLKsRAAD's ACTION
yoLKsRAAD's
presidont sseyn Says 1hn, Nothing
Warrants mn A,tncs BY Ensln.d
on the Trnnsvnni-..Wnr Wound he
nnIn.uit 20 Religion ana civnl-
Eation''
(By Telegraph to vlrgln,nn-Pllot.,


London, Sept. 21.-While the precise
result of the secret session of the Rad
OF the Orange Free state is not yet
known here. President Steyn's speech
at the opening OF the session is re-
garded as an almost lnfal!be indica-
ton Of the attitude which the Free
state will take. Commenting from this
point of view the London morning ma
pers are all impressed with the added
gravity OF the situation, and murmurs
are beginning To be heard regarding the
dilatoriness of the government in get
ting troops forward.
Military men are said to be impatient.
Ihey assert that everything IS ready
and that they are only waiting for or
dcrs.
IL is recognized that the attitude or
the Orange Free State makes the orig
ma estimates based upon Dutch neu-
traiiiy too small. Evidently Il much
larger force will be required
ne Government Is faced with same
tnlhS IKE Il dilemma. 1hc'leader nr tho
oppoSltion has publicly denounced thu
pre':ipitahcy OF the colonial Office In
forcing conflict. Therefore. Ministers
are disinclincd to convokc parliament.
II, on the other hand, so large an cv
pehditure as the apparent; attitude Of
inc orange Free State would involvn
should become necessary the Govern
ment would be Obliged to summon par
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-22
THE CARTERsvILLE RIOT
VERDICT or THE coRoNER,s
JURY IN TWO SECTIONS. II
by Telegraph 10 Virginian-pllo,.)

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. 2i.-A Carters-
vile special To the State Journal says
that the secret verdict of-the coroncr.s
jury In the Cartersville riot case Is In
TWO sections. The first States that
House Bradley, John Black, II. L. Floyd
and Henry Branum came to their
deaths BY gunshot wounds Indicted
during riot, and charges Wesley
Shadowen, Willis Sliadowen, Elmer
James, Lem Shadowen, VILLAS Carney.
VIII Kelly, and others. unknown to the
Jurors, with being engaged in the riot.
The jury states that 1t Is unable Ia
say which OF the accused men killed the
negroes.
In the second section of the verdict
the jury finds that the fifth negro
Killed. Sam Cummings. was shot nv
Elmer James and others. thus making
direct charge of homicide against
James. 1850
The special says the negroes at the
Brush mine attempted to XIII one of
their number, whom they accused OF
betraying them into the hands of the
white miners. The negro was rescued
by the militia and fled the neighbour
hood. The white miners are now look
ing for him. They desire to prosecute
him for participating in the Sunday
riot to Offset the cases brought against
them. - =
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-22

Lament in order to get adequate sup
plies, 1t is understood tina. the money
question accounts for the dribblIng
manner In which the troops are being
forwarded.
No member of the Cape cabinet was
present at the meeting of the Afrikand-
or members Of the Cape parliament yes
terday.
A dispatch from Pretoria announces
that arms continue 10 be served to the
Burghers.
Cape Town, Sept. 2o.-tDelaycd in
transmisslon).- n meeting OF the
Afrikander members OF Parliament to-
day, Mr.. Neethling presiding, the fol-
lowing telegram was dispatched TO
President Kruger:,
"We, Afrikander members OF Parlia-
ment, thoroughly sympathize with out
Afrikander relatives in their troubles.
While approaching the concessions al
ready made in the interests of peace
we beg 10 urge the expediency of doing
the utmost. short Of sacrificing indie
pendence, to avert The horrors nf war;
While agreeing that the joint inquiry
proposed by Mr.. Chamberlln cannot he
asked as q matter of right, We believe
such Il commission will provide n way
out of the difficulties which are fast ap-
preaching IL crisis. with results which
Transvaal and our Free State brethren,
but also to the AfrlkRnder party OF
Cape Colony. In the presence of imme-
diate danger and the momtntous issues
awaiting ;he decision Of your honor the
Executives and the fNolksraad. even the
risk of being misunderstood is Of minor
Importance. We beg your honor 10 lay
these words. only dictated by keen
sense OF our common interests and
riSkS. niit-p t,ai.r hat .r,-,
ard Nolksraad.r -
To Ibis message. WHICH W.as signed by
81 members OF Parliament. President
Kruger made the following reply:
II wish you and other sympa thizers
viii notice. US you have doubtless al
ready seen by the reply of the I'm
pcrial Governments that we have. nc
coidins 70 your desire. considered the
m3tfeT and accerEeil the invitation to
the ioint commission. Why The no.
ceptance was delayed Is shown by this
dispatches published, wish to thank
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-22

inc Jurymen, Coroner and High Con
stable retired, furt her deliberations he
ing postponed until to-day at nom
when they will meet in the High Con-
= l..Nln.s-aIicG- aila-renle Observation-Disclosures
cordancc with the facts.
The body OF Mrs. McEwcen will he
inferred this morning from st. Mary 8
Catholic Church.
TIE DEAD.
Mrs. Margaret McEwen was afflicted
of mind and had been ut the hospit.,I
Tor two or three months She had.
however, been former patient there
Tor some time. She was about 20 years
OLD. She was the mother of Mr. ]. e
Flynn, Il well known dairyman Of
Church street. She was identified by
her ear rings. Mrs. McEwean's room
was on the fourth floor, facing north
The brave hremen, Barrett and Foster
tried to save her Just before they were
injured, but She Hereby resisted them.
her diseased mind having presumably
been completely unbalanced by the
fire.
Mrs. Patty Pippin was from North
Carolina. and had just entered the hos
pital She was to have been operated
upon by DR.. Leigh yesterday. She was
found In her bed, and it is probable
that she was unaware of her danger
Her home was in Tarboro Her sister
Mrs. Hoskins, of Elizabeth City. \. G..
is here, stopping at the home of Mrs
Black corner Wood and Fenchurch
streets, having accompanied Mrs. Pip
pin here.
Cherry Boswell, n three-year-old bow
was from North Carolina and had but
recently returned to the hospital To be
cured OF club foot. He was improv-
ING under the treatment and the de-
lormlty might soon have been remedied
he was u bright little fellow, and his
death is much regretted.
Miss Elizabeth White had been at the
hospital for a. least ten years as a
poarder. She was about Go or 65 years
oid, and often assisted the nurses. She
WAS much beloved by those about the
hospital.
THE INJURED.
AT 7:30 O'clock last night n call at
Mr. Barretts residence 80 Cumberland
street. elected the information TINT no
was resting easily, but that no one was
allowed TO see him except his physi-
clan and his trained nurse When he
was removed to the police station Drs
Riddiok. Speight and Odend'hall work.
ed herocally on him under great dis
advantages.
II was stated by the sisters last even
Ing that Miss Kate Dclan, the nurse
who was so seriously injured during
thU early part of the fire. was regarded
as being in q better condition than was
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-22
LIVES LOST In
THE BIG FIRE
-Four Charr l' Remains Taken from
Debris Yesterday.
TO REBUILD HOSPITAL
70 REBUILD HosPiTAL
rhe Loss Us E-,imatea a, 1900, 900, the
Insurance nc,ng only $50. 900
Many Deeds or i,ero,sm In .nesen.
ing Tho Patients from ,ncFrrc-Mr
Ioitansl,. Brave EecAcnc.

4 -Four black, charred human bodies.
each mass of horribly burned flesh
and hardly recognizable as the remains
Of human beings taken from the debris
of the st. Vincent's Hospital fire yes
terday morning. represent the most
narrowing result of this conliagration,
one of the most frlghtful in the history
of Norfolk.
The lass of that magnificent property
the main building of the hospital
was discounted in the minds of the peo-
PIE when 1t became known for GER
tainty that human life was lost in the
cauidron of flames. The scene Of re-
moving the charred remains was one
that beggars descriptions; rnutterable
horror was depicted on the faces of
those present by necessity; few Of the
there
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-22
LIST OF THE LOST.

The bodies-those of Mrs. Margaret
McEween, Miss Elizabeth White, Mrs.
Patty Pippin and Cherry Boswcll-were
all found lodged among the debris on
The third story. near the center OF the
building. They had rooms on the
fourth floor.
Coroner Newton yesterday afternoon
assembled a jury in each case. and att
er Viewingthe remains, which were sep
arately identified. with the MD OF
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-22
West virEtsintntI mig strike.Ss
by Telegraph to VirElnlan- PiIot.J

Montgomery. w. Va, Sept. 81 g Il
most o thousand more coal miners join
ed the strikers to-d day. But two co.'s
lierles In the New river district are now
f, In operation. II So
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-22

Court | Of Appeal / & iii n!
Unique Case a [
CONTESTS oKsEp aIF

State ,Casmtn ittre = ny i. Is SsfIYssE
e RI 70 Pcs 4 sles.s nssSI
I,is eI vie nj ~ VI q g j. ~ tssS
Dlpioan. IN i nj tSss
EhI De spca .xSr5of irlps lxnytx usss isssS
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-22

inc Jurymen, Coroner and High Con
STABLE retired. furth delibera tons be-
ing postponed until to-day at noon,
When they will meet in the High Con-
SLAB le.S-ltlll:G u cl rnratctS IL,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-22

coruance with the facts
The body OF Mrs. McEwcen will be
inferred this morning from st. Mary's
Catholic Church.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-01
MRS. RYLER ARRESTED.
A1rA'sned on Cruelty Charge and
Hold in 03OO Rail

trenton, N. J., Aug. 81 ,Irs, Mvrt,a
.. EYER. principal Of the State In.
oustrial School for Girls has been ar.
Testeo po and taken before Justice of the
=. oace william s. Mills and required
70 give bond in the sum of $500 for her
appearance before Mercer County
court OF Oyer and Terminer. on a
Snarge OF extreme cruelty to Kate Bar.
low, an inmate Of the school. The
onarge was preferred by Arthur W.
Blshop, President of the passaic
branch Of the Society for the Proven.
non OF Cruelty to Children. Capt. e.
". Richards, prominent citizen of
this city. indorsed Mrs. Eyler's bond.
Inc arrest of Mrs. Eyler was evident
~ pre-arranged. Constable Branin
went by train to the school, where he
served the warrant Mr.. and Mrs.
Eyler, Mrs. r. J. Atterbury, a close
friend of the Eyiers, and Constable
branin then entered a school carriage
and were taken TO the office of the
Justice on East State street. Mrs.
Eyler seated herself at the desk and
quietly attached her signature to the
bail bond. The entire party then arose,
re-entered the carriage and were driv-
en- back to the school. Mrs. Eyler
looked pale and weak, the result of her
late illness.
The Court of Oyer and Terminer con.
veneS on the first Tuesday in October.
Mr.. Bishop will have to appear before
the Grand Jury and state his charge
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-01
The Trade of Matanzas.

Washington, Aug. 30.-The War De.
partment has announced that the i'm
ports and exports for the port of Ma
hnzas for July were as follows: I'm.
ports-From the United States, $751;
666; England, $500; France, $7S7;
Germany, $5,604; Holland, 5000; India,
s4,O47; Norway, 1926; Spain, $6,66S;
grand total of imports for the month,
Sl24,S16. The total exports for the
ponth amounted to $2O9,994, of which
VOLS consisted of raw sugar; $7,084
m molasses and syrup and the remain.
ing $1,000 represented glass and glass
ware. All of these articles of mer-
ehandise found market in the United
States.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-01
Bryan Men Won Victory.

Plattsburg, Aug. Boa meeting Of
the Clinton County Democratic Com
mittee was held, and October 10 was
decided upon as the date for holding
the County Convention. Caucuses will
be held in all the towns next month.
There was a contest at the meeting
over the date of the convention. The
Bryan Democrats, headed by Robert
Fl. Rogers, wanted a late convention in
order to give more time to the question
of organization, while the Gold> Demo
Gratis. led by John b. Riley, wanted to
hold the convention early for the op-
posite reasons. The Bryan men won.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-01
|V|l AID THE BUTCHERS.
c,ttlemen of Texas to Aid in
an Effort to Throttle the
Big Meat Trust.
WON'T CUT OFF SUPPLY.
rh. Capital Company, of Northwest
sm Texas, Suggests Plan 1t Be-
lieves Would Be Successful.

The Company Declares It's Read!.
ness to Deliver 100000 Head a
Cattle at Once and 900, 900 More
In One Year-Public to Share a
Portion of Profits.
New York, Aug. 81. There Is no one
on all the broad land more anxious ia
smash the great Meat Trust than the
cattlemen of the Texas ranges. This
was the joyous news given to the Re.
hil Butchers Mutual Protective Asso
cation, and it gave them assurance
that in their proposed opposition to the
Trust they would not he cut off from
the supply as the Trust shouters have
Nied to make them believe.
There was meeting in the Terrace
Garden Assembly Rooms. Louis A
Meyer, financial secretary of an organi.
alton on the west side, presented n
letter from the Capital Company of
northwestern Texas, suggesting plan
similar to that once carried out by the
Marquis de Mores, of supplying con.
sumers Of beef with the article fresh
from the ranch. The Texas company
is ready to deliver 100000 head of cat
de at once in New York at from S2S to
sSS and in a year promises to have
100000 more.
This price. Mr.. Meyer said, is foul
cents pound less than the Trust now
demands and would enable the butch
ers to 90 back to old prices.
The letter said that Armour, Swift
and the other men who want the earth,
have for years ground them down to
the last notch in the matter of prices,
and they have been scarcely able to
keep going. They will turn in with
heart and soul to help the retailers
smash the Trust and they hope that
the Eastern men will perfect an organ.
l7ation for sill time. There is no reason
why retailers, producers and the pub.
lie itself should not share the stupend.
ous profits now enjoyed by a little
handful Of men.
The retail butchers here have been
greatly encouraged by the leSer from
Texas assuring them of the support
Of the cattlemen and they are going
into the matter of self-protection now
with increased energy. Cattlemen in
other sections of the co1ntry are also
being heard from and all of them
pledge hearty support to the new enter.
prise. butchers in other large cities
are expected to fall into line in the
matter Of protecting their personal in
terests and the interests of the con-
sumer against the dictations of the
meat combine, and it is proposed that
when the war opens to make it one of
determination of trust business in the
meat industry,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-01
New York Markets.

Grain.-Wheat. No. . red, 77%c.
SPOT; No. l Northern Duluth. SIC. to ar
rive; No. 2 Northern Duluth 75%c. to
arrive; No. hard Duluth S48sc spot;
No red. elevator T594c.; No, North
ern New York. 1880.
Corn. No. 2 corn 39c, elevator,
391ac. delivered, and 40hc., (. o. b.
ahoat.
Oats. No. 2 oats 26hc.; No. oats,
251bc. No. 2 white, 2Sc.; No. 3 white,
27c.; track mixed, 26a2Sc.; track white,
265a33c; No. 2 white clips, 29c.
Rye. No. / Western, 62c., f. o. b.
afioat: No. 2 Western, 61lAc., spot;
State rye. 56c., c. /. E. New York, car
lots.
Barley. Feeding, 3siha4Ol5c c. /. (.
Buffalo; mailing 4Sa55c,, delivered
New York.
Flour. Spring patents, 81 s5a4 10;
winter etraights, $335a3.45; winter
s,raights. $3.35a3.45; winter patents.
s3.60a39O; spring clears, $3O5a32O;
extra No / winter $2.65a2S0
Trovisions.-Pork; mess, SIS S7tl9sO;
family, $11a12; short clear S.O.25a
1l.75. Beef steady; mess 50; family,
sJ50a11: packet, $0,25a10; extra India
r,esss, $14a15.50 Beef hams quiet.
SGT. Dressed hogs steady; bacous,
c>Ac.; 1870 lbs, 63lc.; 100 lbs, 67sc.;
pigs. 77sc.
Butter Creamery, Western, extras
per H., 2fc.; do, thirde TO seconds, la
19c. do, State, extras, 20l@a2Tc; do,
firsts, 191aa2Oc.; do, thirds to seconds
17a19c.
Cheese. State, full cream, small
rolored, fancy, 1G1aa1O%c.; do, white
rancy, 1Oha1Olac.; good to choice, 92la
loc.; do, common to fair, Sl2a9Ihc.; do.
,arge, colored, fancy, 10a10H
Eggs. Jersey and nearby, fancy
white leghorn, 20c. do, average prime
17a1Sc.; do, Western, loss off, 16l5c.
do, selected fancy, t61165c.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-01
Boycoured the Teacher.


Chicago, ILL.,. Aug 30.-The BODY Of
a man who is said to bear close re.
sepablance to Demetri Friedlander the
missing Russian banker and church
treasurer was found with a bullet
wound behind the right ear. lying IN
the woods on Seventy first street bo,
tween Stewart and BgGleston avenues
A revolver with empty chambers was
found near the body. Friedlanderh
peculations from churches, soaietieA
and individuals amounted to about
SRn 900
One of the curious businesses that
men engage in is ham-smelling in pack
ing houses. 1t is a business allied with
that OF tea-tasting, wine-testing, and
the like. The ham -smeller Is techni-
cally known as q manchester. 1t iS
his business to inspect meat products
and Judge of their soundness. This
is done before the meats leave the
house or when they are brought from
other concerns to fill a shortage.
The ham-smellers only tools are a
long steel trier and his nose, says the
Kansas City Star. 1t Is often neces-
sary to test hams after they come
out of the sweet pickle and before they
go into the smokehouse. The ham,
smeller stands in barrel to keep his
clothes from being soiled by the drip
ping brine, and the hams are brought
to him by workmen. A ham is laid
before him, and he plunges his sharp
pointed trier into it, withdraws 1t and
passes it swiftly beneath his nose. The
trier always goes down to the knuckle
joint. In testing meat in that manner
the man with the trier judges by the
slightest shade of difference between
the smell of one piece of meat and an
other. The smell of the meat is al
most universally sweet and that is
what he smells; the slightest faint or
deviation from the sweet smell Is
therefore appreciable. 1t is not the
degree of taintedness That he expects
to find burt the slightest odor that Is
not sweet. When he detects an odor
he throws the meat aside. and IL 1t
is not unwholesome it is sold as re
jected" meat, but if it is tainted it goes
/ to the rendering tank. The ham-tester
smells meat from Z o'clock in the
morning until o'clock at night, and
I his sense must never become jaded or
I ineXact, or his usefulness would be at
an end.
Ham testing is not a pursuit danger
/ GUS to the health, as tea tasting Is
supposed to be, but the ham-smeller
with a cold in his head is like piano
player who loses his arm in a railroad
ur-o~L
Snhscribe tor the CITIZEN, AM - ere
, by get good, reliable paper.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-01

Cleveland. O., Aug. 30.-Patrolman
Dyer was shot through the neck while
taking James Fox, laborer, to the
police station. When within 100 feet
81 the station, Fox stopped suddenly
drew his revolver and shot Byer. The
wounded officer grappled with his pris-
oner and both fell to the ground
Lieut.. Searles, Sergeant Prang and
Patrolmen Conrad and Profant, who
were at the police station, heard the
shot and ran to Byers assistance.
They arrived in time to disarm Fox
Just as he was trying to fire another
shot. Fox was locked up on charge
OF shooting with intent to kill. Byer
- In dangerous condition.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-01
BREADTH OF LIGHTNING
How a Flash Makes a Case Its Ex-
act Size.


Did you ever see the diameter Of q
lightning flash measured?" asked a
geologist. We'll, here is the case which
once enclosed flash of lightning, flt-
ting 1t exactly, 50 that you can see Just
how big 1t was. This is called full
gurite,' or lightning hole and the ma
terial 1t is made Of ia glass. will tell
you how 1t was manufactured, though
II only took fraction of second to
turn II out.
When a bolt OF lightning strikes a
bed of sand 1t plunges downward into
the sand for a distance less or greater,
Transforming simultaneously into a
glass the silica in the material through
which it passes. Thus, by it's great heat,
1t forms a glass tube of precisely it's
own size. Now and then such a tube
known as TuIgnrlre' is fnunu ana uuy
up. Fulgurites have been followed into
the sand by excavation for nearly thir-
ty feet. They vary in interior diameter
from the size of a quill to three inches
or more, according to the bore of the
fash.
but fulgurites are not alone pro-
.duced In sand; they are found also in
solid rock, though very naturally Of
sIlSht depth, ana frequently existing
merely as a thin CLASSY coating on the
surface. Such fulgurites occur in as
tonishing abundance on the summit of
Little Ararat, in Armenia The rock is
soft and so porous that blocks a foot
long can be obtained and perforated in
all directions by little tubes filled with
bottle green glass formed from the
fused rock. There is a small specimen
in the national museum which has the
appearance of having been bored by
the teredo, and the holes made by the
worm subsequently filled with glass.
Some wonderful fulgurites we're
found by Humboldt on the high Nevada
de Toluca, in Mexico. Masses Of the
rock were covered with thin layer OF
green glass Its peculiar simmer in
the sun led Humboldt to ascend the
PERCEPTIONS peak at the risk OF his life"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-01
Another Storm Brewing.

Washington, Aug. 30.-Another storm
is brewing off the southeastern coats,
but the officials Of the weather bureau
are unable to predict at present
whether it will be of damaging char.
acter north of Virginia The storm
was noted off the coast Of Florida. and
was increasing slightly in intensity.