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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-03
THE GRAND LODGE OF NORTH
CAROLINA.

The Grand Lodge OF Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons of North Carolina will
convene in its one hundred and Four
teenth annual communication at the Ma
sonic Hall in the city of Raleigh on Tues
day evening, January 8, 1901, at 1880
O'Clock, p. m.
Usual reduced railroad rates have been
obtained. Tickets on sale January til
to 8th, with final limit January 18th, 1901
Representatives to the Grand Lodge will
kindly ask railroad agents for round ARR
tickets under special rates to the Grand
Lodge.
JOHN c. DREWRY,
Grand Secretary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-03
Killed by Exploding Lamp.

Especial to News and Observer
Tryon, n. c., Jan. 2.--Alice Smith (col.) ,
while trying to extinguish lamp Mon
day night, blew the blaze down in the
lamp which burst, throwing oil over her
and setting fire to her clothing. After
much suffering she died today at 8 p. m,
from the effects.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-03
HE FOOLED THE SURGEONS.

All doctors told Renick Hamilton, OF
West Jefferson, O., after suffering Is
months from Rectal Fistula, he would die
unless costly operation was performed:
but he cured himself with FIVE boxes OF
BuckIens Arnica Salve, the surest Pile
cure on earth. and the best Salve in the
world. % cents box. Sold by all Drug
gists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-03
YOUR REST WORK

Cannot be done unless you have good
health. You cannot have good health
without pure blood. You may have pure
blood by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla now.
You cannot realize the good it will do
you until you try it. Begin taking it to-
day and see how quickly it will give you
an appetite. strength and vigor and cure
your rheuma tism, catarrh or scrofula.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-03
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Raleigh Savings Bank will be held
at their banking house on Monday. Jam
uary. the 18th 1901 at 10 o'clock m.
J. 0. LITCHF0RD, Cashier.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-03

is the only purely veg.
etable blood purifier
known contains no
poisonous minerals to
ruin the digestion and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06

There seems to be no good reason for the
crowd that went to Broad Ripple on the
Fourth and did not all get home till the
next morning to lay blame on the street
car company. Reasoning beings ought to
have considered that when the company
all day in bringing the 1900 or 5000
people TO the grounds it could not we'll
carry them all home within an hour. Com
mon prudence should have suggested to a
proportion Of those present the propriety
of leaving early in the evening. but appar-
emily all decided to remain. with the idea
that enough would have been prudent to
leave the late cars comparatively free and
uncrOwded.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06

organized the men engaged IN buying the
votes needed to elect Marshall were en-
ploying their greatest efforts 10 bring this
result about without the aid OF Democratic
votes. Offers OF $4,000 were made 10 a
dozen different insurgent members OF the
House. and one OF $4,000 for the votes OF
three members was made 10 one OF the trio
supposed 10 control the two others. None
or their efforts were successful. and the
five Democrats were finally called into
service 10 insure the election OF Mr.. Mar
shall as speaker.
Tn price promised for the voters who
were offered or demanded money for their
votes for the railway franchise grab was
from $1,000 TO 5000. Few Of those who
contracted TO sell their support az these
figures were paid the money before their
votes were cast. The understanding was
that the money was TO be paid after the
bills were signed by the Governor. The day
OF payment was delayed. however. until
after the passage OF the bill known as the
railway franchise chaser" which con-
fines the benefits of the railway ripper"
batch OF charters. unless their applications
general. the secretary OF the common
wealth. a number OF those who voted for
both the railway franchise grab 'rippers"
and the railway franchise '-chasers' were
paid the price promised them last Friday.
whether all who sold votes were paid at
that time Is impossible TO say. as some men
are more discreet than others.
The allegations here made are based upon
statements made by bribe-givers and bride
takers during the recent session OF the
Legislature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

If a steel pen be heated in gaslight and
dipped in cold water ii becomes as good as
new.
King Victor Emmanuel III has the largest
and most valuable collection of Italian
coins in the world. 1t comprises over so. 1000
specimens.
King Edward VII has decided that his
eldest daughter shall not bear the title of
Princess Royal" during the life of Queen
Nictoria's eldest daughter. the Dowager
Empress Frederick.
The Rev. J. A. Ely, of Greensburg. Pa,
on a recent Sunday appointed six men TO
count the number OF men entering the six
saloons OF the town during one hour. The
aggregate number was found TO be 1850,
while only 7N men attended the Sunday
services OF the twelve churches. ,Ir. Eby
thinks that there is a moral concealed
somewhere in these figures.
In a life of Pasteur. published in Paris.
attention Is called to the fact that the man
who was destined to revolutionize chem
istry came fourteenth In the list OF twenty
two candidates at his high school In Dion,
and was marked weak" In chemistryi His
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06

researches in regard to the disease OF
silkworms are said to have been the means
OF saving France a sum equal TO that PAID
TO Germany as the price of peace.
A friend who has recently seen the neao
of the house of Bonaparte. Prince Ma
poleon, as he is now called. in Brussels, de-
scribes him as a very handsome man. He
is tall and we'll made. the upper part OF
the face being astonishingly like that OF
Napoleon L. whereas the lower. with It's
sweeping mustache. bears a strong re-
semblance TO the princes grandfather. VIC
tor Emmanuel III. Prince Napoleon. VINO Is
a student. speaks English. Italian and Ger
man with remarkable fuency.
When Professor virchow was out walking
the other day he was blown by a very high
wind against a tree and sustained an In
jury to the head. Happily. assistance was
quickly obtained. and the professor. who
was unable TO walk further. was taken
home in a carriage and the requisite sur
gical aid rendered by his medical attendant.
There Is said to be no reason for any i'm
mediate anxiety. but 1t must not be for
gotten that Professor Virchow is approach
ing his eightieth anniversary.
NJ. Fiammarion. the French astronomer,
has prepared and submitted to the French
Astronomical Society a novel scheme for
reforming the calendar. He proposes that
the year shall begin on March q. and that
the months shall be named after the car
0lAd u III VI ~ ihR III IO@-
exactly ffty-two weeks long he would make
New Years day land. in leap years, the day
after it, a holiday. and would not consider
1t a part of the week. Thus the dates or
the DAYS Of the week would not alter from
year TO year, but would be invariable.
Soon after The Heavenly Twins came
out, Lord Crewe. then Lord Houghton and
viceroy Of Ireland, had been expressing his
opinion that Sarah Grand had no right to
call herself madame that title being the
privilege, he said. Of three ladies only In
the United Kingdom: Her Majesty and two
Irish ladies-the wife OF The O'Donoghue
and another. A ~well-known critic ana man
of letters conveyed this conversation TO
Sarah Grand. Oh said she. pray tell
Lord Houghton that / do not call myself
madame after people of that kind. but
after my dressmaker-a woman or taste, TO
whom L owe "a good DEAL
T. p. O'Connor publishes a remarkable
conversation which he had with Andrew
Carnegie at Skibo. says a London cable to
the st. Louis POST Dispatch. He says: LAS
we drove down to the station L was say
ing how I envied him his wealth. He said:
Il an not really to be envied. How can
nv wealth help me? / am sixty years old
and | cannot digest my food. l would give
YOU all my millions If you could give me
youth and health Then L shall never for
get mis- next remark. We had driven some
denly turned and in hushed voice ana with
bitterness and depth of feeling quite lnde-
scribable said: If / could make Faust
bargain, | would. / would gladly sell any.
thing TO nave half my life over again:
And I saw his clenched hands as he spoke
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06
A FOOLISH
Evaporation Over the Ridiculous
Prediction of Chief Moore.

New York Sun.
No foolish utterance by any official per-
son in recent months has provoked one
tenth Of the evaporation and just resent
ment which have followed Mr.. Willis l..
Moore's ~asinine prediction of Tuesday
afternoon.
Mr.. Moore is the chief of the Weather
Bureau, employed by the government at
a salary of $500 a year. He is the execu-
tive head of the bureau, not the PRINCIPAL
forecaster. He is not personally eminent.
so Tar as we know, for attachments in
meteorological science. Just at present he
is off duty on a vacation at Binghamton.
n. y, hundreds of miles away from the
records and contemporary data Upon which
the Weather Bureau bases its daily official
predictions, such as they are.
Yet Mr.. Willis L. Moore, off duty at
Bingharnton, was reported as furnishing
to the newspapers, when public excitement
ana apprehension over the protracted hot
spell were at their height, this unofficial
bulletin:
II think that the present hot weather
will continue for a lengthy period, probably
without a break for a month"
Mr.. Moore. was reported as adding to
this the sapient remark by way OF expla-
nation:
The months of July and August are
noted for heat. SO it is improbable that a
49, Va Oily 1dh III uGN6lODe0
during those months"
1t is not a case for good-natured jokes
about weather prophecy. 1t is a case
wnere thousands OF frail lives, struggling
against conditions of almost Unprecedented
severity and danger, were sustained only
by the hope that springs eternal in the
human breast. To kill that hope is to
disarm endurance. II Mr.. Moore had really
known what he was talking about. his
crime would be similar TO that of the ply
stefan who should unnecessarily inform a
nervous Invalid. LIVING 0n from dow q, A..
solely by reason OF the hope of the i'm
provement tomorrow might bring. that
ne could expect no improvement. Some
times an intimation Of that kind from an
apparently authoritative source amounts
10 a sentence OF immediate death. :
Now, II weather prediction were a
science, which IL is not, and If Mr.. Moore
at Bfngharnton were able to forecast the
temperature OF the next thirty days with
unfailing accuracy, which he Is not able
TO do. and IL he had known with absolute
for a month 10 come, which he did not
know-under those circumstances, we say.
be would nevertheless deserve removal
from Office foe going outside OF his official
duties to put forth such a PROCLAMATION
at such a time.
How much more deserving of punish
ment when he lends the weight of his off,
cial station to a pernicious and destructive
announcement based on no surer ground
than Il afforded ny his own individual
pessimism and personal discomfort at the
moment.
We are a long way from the days when
old Probabilities" commanded the con-
fdence and affectionate esteem OF the
American people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06


Every person who has followed the recent
course Of events in the far East with some
attention must have noticed the growing
friendliness between the United. States on
one side and China and Japan on the other.
This has appeared at every stage of the
roubles in China. including the military
operations and the diplomatic negotiations
to which they gave rise. Almost every
suggestion of justice or Ieniency. of fair
treatment or mercy for China has come
from the United States. and Japan has
generally been prompt in ~seconding them.
1t appeared also when Russia was threat
ening to seize Ma~nchuria. with obvious de-
signs on Korea and ultimately on Japan.
That incident made it clear that Japan re-
garded the United States as her friend, and
that the moral influence of this government
would be exerted to prevent Russian ag-
g~ression in that direction.
These evidences of increasing friendliness
between the three powers are further en-
phasized by two current announcements
first, that Prince Chuan, brother Of the
Emperor of China. who will start for Ger
nan soon on a special mission and viii re-
turn by way of the United States. and.
second. that the 14th of July has been fixed
as the time for dedicating with great nom
ors a monument TO the American Commo-
dore Perry. at Kurihama, Japan. Both Of
these announcements argue friendlines. for
the United States. Prince Chuan's mission
to Germany is a humiliating one. He goes
upon the demand of that government to
apologize in the name of the Emperor for
the assassination of the German minister
at Picking. The apology will do no good
beyond imposing needless humiliation on
China that will rankle for generations. In
the long run it will cost Germany dearly in
the loss of Chinese trade and in vindictive
memories. After performing his humiliat-
ing mission Prince Chuan will visit the
United States, where, no doubt, he will ex-
and considerable course pursued by the
United States towards China The other
incident. which. by the way, is a voluntary
movement on the part OF the japanese gov
eminent and people, will commemorate the
opening of Japan TO the outside world and
her entrance into the family of nations as a
result OF the efforts of the United States.
The monument which is to be erected Will
bear this inscription: This monument
commemorate the first arrival of Commo-
dore Perry, envoy from the United States
of America, who landed at this place July
IL, 1853. Erected July II. 1901" There will
be a squadron Of United States vessels
present on the occasion, and the Japanese
government will do all in its power to make
il memorable.
These evidences of increasing friendship
between the United States and the two
great Eastern powers are significant in
their bearing on the future. China dis
trusts and hates every foreign power ex-
| cept the United States. Japan hates Rus
| STA and cares more for the friendship of the
United States than she does for that of all
| other countries combined. To have laid
| the foundation of permanent friendship
with these two great coming nations of the
future is a distinct triumph for American
diplomacy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06
CORRUPT LEGISLATURE.
Pennsylvania Lawmakers.
Harrishurg Letter In Philadelnhia Press

over $1,000. 600 was corruptly distributed
among a number Of the member OF the
Pennsylvania Legislature during the session
which closed last Thursday. IL was used to
influence votes in the selection of the speak
er of the House and 10 secure the passage
of the ~second-class city ripper bill. the
Philadelphia ffth-court bill. the Philadel-
phia Board of Revision Of Taxes ripper"
and the railway franchise grab bill.
This amount does not include the COM
paratively small sums promised for votes
against the oleomargarine bill. which have
not yet been paid. the cash paid for votes
of legislators against the game bill. or the
none paid for the passage or defeat or a
number of other bills in amount of less
Neither does il include the thousands upon
thousands Of dollars appropriated TO the
hospitals and other institutions out or the
state treasury in an effort 10 placate the
constituents of senators and members who
might otherwise be disposed TO wreak early
vengeance upon the men who employed
their positions as representatives 10 fill
their pockets with money. Some OF 1t may
represent the percentage paid on or prom
ised for state appropriations.
At least half a million dollars was distrio-
uted among members OF the Senate and
House during the contest over the so-called
Pittsburg ripper" OF this amount not less
than $4,000 was paid TO members of the
Senate. and half of this sum is generally
half dozen men. Three OF this number. after
negotiating for several days with advocates
and opponents of the bill. voted aye when
the roll was called on its final passage.
They had been offered $4,000 each Ia vote
against the ripper. Two OF them are sup
posed to have received $4,000 each for their
votes. How much in excess OF $4,000 the
third received has been estimated at from
SIS. 900 TO $4,000.
The price paid for votes on the Pittsburg
ripper is believed TO have exceeded ever
the figures dealt in when the struggle for
the election OF a speaker OF the House was
engaging the attention OF those who real
lied tina upon its outcome depended the
result OF the long contest over the election
OF a United States senator.
The highest price promised for a single
vote for speaker. OF which any statement
has been made by the bride offerer or the
person who received the offer. was 10000.
Speaker Marshalrs election by one major
ity was brought about by the votes OF I'VE
Democrats. Two days before the House was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06
JOHN EISkE.

The death of PROF.. John Fiske, the fam
Gus American scholar. lecturer, philosopher
and historian, calls for a more extended
notice than the brief obituary contained
in the news columns OF the Journal yester-
day. Professor Fiske was a remarkable
man, and his untimely death-he was only
ffty-nine years old-is a loss to American
citizenship "a well as to American litera-
ture. He was remarkable for his intel
lectual breadth and vigor, for his scholastic
attachments and for his thorough Ameri-
canism. Nature endowed him with great
parts, and he added to his gifts a love OF
study and a capacity for work that would
have made even an ordinary man great.
1t is not often that early precociousness
of intellect is as well borne out by later
fruits as it was in the case of Mr.. Fiske.
AT the age of seven years he was reading
Caesar in Latin, and had read Rollin,
Josephus and Goldsmith Greece in Eng
lish. Before he was eight years old he
had read the whole of Shakespeare and a
lie began the study of Greek at nine. BY
eleven he had read Gibbon. Robertson and
Prescott. and most OF Froissart. AT the
same time he excelled in the higher math-
ematics. At eighteen he read fuently
French. Spanish. Portuguese. Italian and
eral other languages. 1t would have been
a pity for so versatile a mind to have been
chained to the practice of law. which
was Mr.. Fiske's destined profession,
though he soon abandoned that and teach
ing for literature. In the latter field he
proved TO be q profound and original think
er. a tireless investigator and a forc;ble
and elegant writer. lie never published d
line that was not a positive addition to
American literature. His historical works
are conspicuous for their wealth of in
formation and originality OF treatment.
The beauty of his style and the philosoph-
ical spirit with which he traced cause and
effect in the development of political ideas
gave a fascinating interest to-his historical
works. In another field he was a stanch
upholder OF the philosophy OF evolution
as p~ropounded by Herbert Spencer. II no
other American has done more TO popu-
larlze the truths Of that system. All idea
original with Professor Fiske. and which
he exemplihed very effectively, was the
fact OF the increased length OF infancy in
the human race and its Importance as a
factor I'm the mental and moral evolution
of the race. His Through Nature to
God" published about two years ago. was
one OF the strongest and clearest argu-
ments for the existence of an unseen world
and a Creator that has been made from
that point OF view. When Professor Fiske
went abroad his lectures before the Royal
Institution in London and the Philosoph-
ical Institution at Edinburgh were highly
praised. and he numbered among his
friends most OF the men in England emil
nent in science and literature. A pro-
found thinker and great worker. he was
also a companionable man and could sing
good songs in English or German. accom-
panying himself on the piano. His school
histories were among the best ever writ
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06

square gave 13 colonies of germs; after
two minutes scrubing with gasoline the
same area of skin had left but sixteen
colonies. Gasoline poured over the skin
without rubbing left untouched eighty-four
colonies. but after repeated %scrubbing, on
ly seven colonies could be found. Now.
who would suppose that doctors went
about with such dirty hands: they ought
TO be ashamed to tell il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06
The MotOrman Knew.
PHILADELPHIA Record.

There was a touching incident on a
Stra wberry Mansion trolley car yesterday.
Among the passengers was a young woman
with a baby In her arms. The child had
been crying piteoasly. and nothing the
woman could do seemed TO give II comfort.
elderly woman. but her efforts to soothe
II and stop it's crying were equally unavail-
Ing. The motorman brought the car TO a
stop in the middle OF a block when the
park had been nearly reached. He pro-
cured a glass of ice cold water from a
woman who was sitting on the porch Of
her house and handed the glass to the
eagerly and stopped crying. The motor
man then returned the glass to its owner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06

No doubt Father Malone, OF Denver. ex-
presses the sentiments of all intelligent
American Catholics when he says the best
Interests of the church i'm the Philippines
will be served by a complete separation of
church and state American Catholics"
he says. want no union OF church and
state. They have seen it's disadvantages in
other lands. and they know that where
free and u~ntrammeled and entirely indie
pendent OF state support II can best follow
out It's divine mission" That should be
the feeling Of any church that has vitality
enough 70 exist ON IT'S OWL merits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06

1t Is not 10 be assumed as an unquestion-
able fact that the person who stole $4,000
worth OF rare stamps from the govern
ments exhibit at Buffalo was led TO the
act by the mere money value OF the stamps.
Considerable observation of the ways OF
stamp collectors leads the Journal TO be-
lieve that the sight of stamps not In their
own collections and not attainable by or
binary means would easily rouse them to
frenzy Emotional insanity might we'll be
the defense Of the guilty person. The gov
eminent took great risks when it put temp
tation in their way
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06

The Porto Rican Legislature having COM
piled with the requirements Of Congress
and asked for full free trade with the
United States. the President should issue
his proclamation TO that effect as soon as
practicable. The Porto Ricans suggest
that it be issued July %. "as that day is
being established as a legal Porto Rican
holiday TO commemorate the anniversary Of
the coming Of the American flag
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06

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