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The news & observer., 1901-02-24
A Letter From Pat Grove.

Omaha, Neb,. Feb. 22.-E. A. Cudahy
has received a letter bearing Pat Grove $
signature. which the police authorities
believe is genuine. 1t is dated South
Omaha. February 18th. In it he maintains
he is innocent and SAYS that ne mas no
knowledge of the affair excepting What
he has read in the newspapers. lie says
he would drop into Omaha some Day ana
prove himself innocent and that ne wou'G
have done so long ago had ne not hee''
afraid that he might suffer the rate OF
the negro who was lynched at LeaVen~
worth
He expresses the opinion that he will
soon be able ITO come here with safety,
and makes a1 appeal to the pollce ana
Mr.. Cudahy 10 stand between him ana
violence. In conclusion he SAYS he IL
much hurt to think that Mr.. Cudahy sus~
poets him OF being guilty
The news & observer., 1901-02-24
BEST AMATEUR PIGEON SHOOTER.
Harold Money of Oakland, New Jersey, Wins
the American Championship
(By the Associated Press.

New York, Feb. 22.--Harold Money, of
Oakland n. j., member of the Carteret
Gun Club. of Garden City, l.. l., and the
youngest son of Captain A. w. Money, the
veteran trap shooter, won the amateur
pigeon shooting championship of America
from field of seventeen contestants at
the Carteret Gun Clubs Grounds today
with a score of SS kills out of a possible
100. Colonel Thomas Martin of Button s.
c., and Harry S. Kirkover, of Buffalo. N.
Y. tied for second honors, with 81 kills
each. DR.. Frank c. Wilson, of Savan-
nah. Ca. and c. A. Painter, of Pittsburg
tied for fourth place, with sc kills
each.
Young Money was well to the front
from the start of the contest yesterday
morning and towards the end of the shoot
this afternoon he made some remarkable
kills and after he had won the blue
ribbon for amateur shooters, he proved
that it was not by fiuke that he had
achieved the honor Immediately after
the big contest had been decided miss
and out handicap at $15 each was in
stituted to which the club added a prize
of a $10O silver cup. The new amateur
champion was put on the SO yard mark
and had to concede two, three and four
yards to some of the men whom he had
just beaten.
Money killed II while McAlpin ran sec
ond with Is and Bradley third with 10.
Taken altogether it was remarkable
exhibition for such a young man.
The closeness of the scores at the fin
ish of the principal event made the on
lockers very much excited. Colonel Mar
tin, of Bluffton, S. c.. picked up wonder
fully in today's shoot and both he and
Kirkover passed Wilson. of Savannah,
who led the entire field at the end of the
first days shoot
The news & observer., 1901-02-24
TO MEET THE RUSSIAN CASE.
A Bill to Repeal Section Five Of the Tariff Act
of 1897.

Washington Feb. Representative
Mann, of Illinois, today introduced a bill
repeating section 5 of the Tariff Act Of
1897 under which the President is en-
powered to levy additional duty on i'm
ports receiving bounty from foreign
governments, equal to the amount of the
bounty paid. 1t is under the operation
of section that duty was recently i'm
posed on Russion sugar equal to the
bounty paid on this sugar.
Mr.. Mann's resolution was referred to
the Ways and Means Committee.
The news & observer., 1901-02-24
The Captain, William Ward,
Born in Raleigh,
He STANDS BY HIS VESSEL DYING A HERO
Consul Wildman and His Family Re-
turning From Hong Kong Are
Among Those Who Perished.
The Steamer Sinks a Few
Minutes After Strik.
ing the Rock,
(By the Associated Press.)

San Francisco,c Feb. 22.-The Pacifi
Mail steamer Rio de Ganeiro ran on a
hidden rock while entering the Golden
Gate early this morning in dense fog,
She sank few minutes after striking
The latest figures place the loss at 122
persons, most of whom were Chinese
and Japanese, but it is impossible to
ascertain the exact number, owing to
the fact that Purser John Rooney, who
had the passenger list and roster of the
crew, is among the missing.
At o'clock this afternoon ten bodies
had been recovered, two white women,
one white man and seven Chinese. The
most prominent passenger on the steam
er was Rounseville Wildman. L. S.
Consul at Hong Kong, who was accom-
panied by his wife and two children.
1t is thought all were drowned.
The ship was in command of Pilot
Frederick Jordan when she struck. He
was rescued. Captain William Ward
LIST OF THOSE ON BOARD.
AS nearly as can be learned there were
two hundred and one people on
board the Rio de Janeiro, as follows:
Cabin passengers, 80.
Steerage, Asiatie, SIS.
Second cabin T.
White officers, 80.
Asiatc crew, N.
The saved number 70, classed as fol-
lows:
Cabin passengers. II.
White officers. H.
Steerage, Asiatic, 10
Crew, Chinese. Al.
The lost number 122 classed as fol-
lows:
Passengers. "a.
Officers, 49,
Crew. Chinese, 36.
Steerage Asiatic i3.
Following is the cabin passenger list,
almost complete:
CONSUL GENERAL RoUNSE-
WILLIE WILDMAN.
MRS. WILDMAN, two children and
nurse, from Hong Kong.
MRS AND MISS WAKEFIELD, of
Honolulu.
JAMES K. CARPENTER, mining en-
gineer, Oakland Cal.
MISS ROWENA JEHU, Honolulu.
WILLIAM BRANDER, London.
MIR MATTHESON. Shanghai.
CAPTAIN HECHT. German navy.
CAPTAIN HOLTZ, Shanghai.
MIR. DOWDELL, Shanghai.
]. f. SEYMOUR, editor of The Amer
ican Manila
MRS. X WEST, San Francisco.
MISS LEHRAN.
RUSSELL HARPER, journalist. Ma
gasaki.
MR.. AND MRS. HART, Manila.
MISS GABRIEL HOEROU,
DIR. DODD. Butte. Mont.
ATTORNEY HENSHAW, Butte,
Mont.
The news & observer., 1901-02-24
THE NEWS IN RALEIGH
Sad Tidings of Capt. Wards Heroic Death
Wired to His Brother

Captain William Ward, of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Rio De Janeiro whose
heroic death at his post of duty on the
sinking ship as described above. was
native of Raleigh, and lived here for
many years. Messrs. John and Frank
I. Ward, of this city, are his brothers.
The news & observer., 1901-02-24
Nominations by Mckinley.
nv The Associated Press

Tf7T T1f-
Washington. Feb. 22.-The President to-
day sent the following nominations to the
Senate:
Mary Green. to be postmaster at War
renton. ~ c.
Colonel Aaron s. Daggott, fourteenth
infantry, to be Brigadier General I. 5. A..
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas G. Leblot
Fourteenth infantry TO be Colonel I. S. A..
The news & observer., 1901-02-24
wild with Eczema
Fire could Not Have Been More
Painful.

=" After spending two years in TAX
inc all kinds of medicines that were
suggested for eczema, but without
avail, my mother was induced to take
Hoods Sarsaparilla. The result was
wonderfully gratifying. Her limbs
had been terribly laccrated by the dis
ease, and there were times when fire
could not have been more painful.
She was, in fact. almost wild. Two
bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla COM
pletely cured her, and not trace Of
eczema was left" E. w. DECKER,
Gardiner, N. Y.
eat Well, Sleep Well.
"H Hoods Sarsaparilla has been q
great blessing to me. was weak,
irritable, tired and nervous; had no
appetite and was always sad and des-
pondeEt. One day | got hold of a
little book about Hoods Sarsaparilla.
I looked it over and resolved to try .
bottle. | was better before it WAS
gone, SO l kept on until had taken
i've bottles. / can now sleep well,
ieel cheerful and can do all my work,
Including plain sewing, and ! can
walk two or three miles day. | anu
55 years old and now feel that life IS
worth living" MRs. EMMA SMITH,
6S T.. Mitchell ST., Oswego, n. I.
crItIcai Period OF Life.
al took Hoods Sarsararilia during
the critical period OF my life, and now,
at the age of 60 years, am strong
and healthy. IL is a great medicine
for the blood. | find Hoods to be the
best" MRs. RI. PoMRoY, % Lansing
Street, Auburn, n. \.
Yo1 can buy Hoods Sarsaparllla OF
eny druggist. Bo SIRE to ask for iiood 9
and do not acrept any substitute.
The news & observer., 1901-02-24
NOTICE.

If any one has box or any other per-
sonal property Of my mother. the late
Mrs. r. G.. Lewis. they Will confer fa-
vor upon me by leaving the same with.
or giving information to Mr.. r. B Mosely
c. K LEWIS.
The news & observer., 1901-02-24
Russell sage's Motto.

The wife of Russell Sage, writing in
Success" for March, gives this as her
husbands favorite quotation: TO cuI-
tivate strength OF will, to conquer self,
is to develop character and achieve sue
cess.
The news & observer., 1901-02-24
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LaxaCro Bromo Qulnine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II 1T fails
to cure. E. W. Groves signature is on
each box. Price 25c.
The news & observer., 1901-02-24
Sudden Death at High Point.

Especial TO News and ObserverD
High Point, y. c.. Feb. 22.-Mr. g. G..
Burns. member of Guilford Council No.
,. j. o. U. A. NJ. died suddenly tonight
OF heart failure.
The news & observer., 1901-02-24

picked up, others drowned. The Chi
nese crew, numbering over a hundred,
was terrorized. Many jumped into the
sea-
Captain Ward remained on deck un-
til the vessel had settled and the water
was engulfing him. Then he went up
on the bridge to issue directions.
That the steamer sank almost imme-
diately after striking is the report of a
majority of those rescued. The wreck
lies about three fourths of mile south
of Fort Point, about a thousand yards
off the rocky shore. The smokestack
and portion of the upper works OF the
i'll fated steamer are visible.
THE FATE OF CAPTAIN WARD.
Three survivors say that they saw
Captain Ward to the last, but Frederick
Lindstrom, the quartermaster OF the
Rio, emphatically declared that Captain
Ward emulated Admiral Tyron of Her
British Majestys ship Victoria, in 60
ing down to his cabin, where he met his
doom behind a locked door.
Ouartermaster Officer LindstrOm was
one of the first to land. According to
his story, Captain Ward, after consult
ing with Pilot Jordan came down from
the bridge. He was standing on the
deck when the vessel crashed upon the
rock.
There was cry of man the boats,
but it was apparent that in the midst oi
the awful confusion a systematic effort
to save the passengers would be Of no
avail. Everybody was scrambling for his
own safety.
1t was at this time that Lindstroom
, says he saw the captain standing on the
forward deck. Suddenly the captain
turned and walked hurriedly to his
cabin and disappeared behind the door,
which he closed. second later the
vessel plunged to the bottom of the
seq
The news & observer., 1901-02-24
THE MISSING PASSENGERS.

Concerning the missing cabin passen-
gers, the following has been learned:
Mrs. and Miss Wakefield boarded the
ship at Honolulu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodworth. of Denver,
man and wife. were evidently wealthy.
The gentleman was a consumptive and
had gone to China for his health.
Mr.. Mattheson, a statistician of Shang-
hal, was on his way to London.
Two Japanese gentlemen with their
wives, names unknown, were cabin pas
sengers. AS far as known they have
never been seen since they retired last
night.
]. f. Seymour, editor of the American,
at Manila, was we'll known newspaper
man and he intended to spend a hard
earned vaaction among relatives in this
country.
Mr. Hart was a weather diamond ex-
pert of Manila and he and his wife were
on their way to London and Paris
Mr.. Dodd and Attorney Henshaw, of
Butte, Mont, had gone to Honolulu on
a vacation trip.
Mr.. Dowdell, solicitor from Shanghai
was on his way to Santa Barbara, where
his wife was awaiting him.
The Fort Point Life Saving crew was
out drilling at 7;40 when the fishing boat
with the first of the survivors passed and
reported the wreck.
The news & observer., 1901-02-24
THE MAIL BAGS ROBBED.

The Italian fishermen brought to the
Merchants Exchange station at Megg S
wharf twelve bags of mail, which they
picked up at the scene of the wreck.
These include two pouches from the Uni
ted States military station in China.
Also two bags of registered mail. When
the registered bags were delivered it was
found that they had been ripped open
with knife and all their contents stolen.
When this crime was committed is a
question, but the fishermen who brought
them in are not suspected and it is i'm
possible to determine who the robbers
are.
The Rio carried in all 200 bags of mail
Five bags of newspapers are among the
rescued sacks.
There is one sack of mail from Toxic
for Germany and one sack from Toxic for
London, all in bad condition. The mail
from the United States military station
was not tampered with.
j. Wade, Japanese passenger, had
81 500 in his trunk, which was lost.
Rounseville Wildman. who is presumed
to be lost, was we'll known in this city,
where he resided for number of years.
He first came into prominence locally
when he purchased the Overland, which
he owned and edited for some years prior
to entering the consular service at Hong
Kong. He resigned recently the post
of Consul General at Hong Kong and was
on his way home with his wife and
family.
MIR. Wildman married Miss Lettie
Aldrich, daughter of Mrs. Louise Aldrich,
a sister of United States Senator Stew
arts wife. Mrs. Aldrich is now in the
city.
The news & observer., 1901-02-24
THINK THE RIO BLEW UP.

The rescued people were taken ashore
to the life saving statiun and the crew
started out to the wreck but there was
nothing to be found. The Southside crew
was on the scene about an hour later and
it's captain was of the opinion that all the
wrcckage pointed to the fact that the
Rio had blown up after sinking. All the
woodwork is splintered and other details
known to seafarng men and too numer-
oughly.
The Rios resting place is about half
a mile from the shore, a mile to the
southwark of North Had and a mile and
a half to the south and west of Fort
Point. The tide, ebb or food, had south
erly set and this was what put the
steamer in with the land. On the north
shore there is a northerly set quite as
strong and it was this that caught the
steamship City of New York and piled
her high and dry under North Head
The City of Rio Janero was an iron
net. She was built by j. Roach & Son
at Chester, Pa, in 1878. The vessel was
owned by the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany and was in the Oriental service She
sailed from Hong Kong for this port on
January 22nd
About ten years ago the Frank Jones.
an American deep water ship. struck Mile
Rock and went down under somewhat
similar circumstances
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
THE SCIENTIST.

A single sunfiower breathes out 20 ounces of water in day.
 Rev. John Watson Clan Maclaren"), in the course of a recent sermon for the London hospital fund, said that his experience had been that most people became ill because they had never set any restraint upon their appetites, or because their fathers or grandfathers had not.''
 The spider shields itself in winter by weather proof covering of silk, but some kinds come out for an air. ing occasionally and even take g scamper across thess snow. The trap door spider passes the entire season deep in the ground in hls winter house of spun silk.
 Races living at high attitudes have weaker and more highly pitched voices than those living in regions where the supply of oxygen is more plentiful. Thus, in America, among the Indians living on the plateaus, between the ranges of the Andes, at an elevation of from 10000 feet to 14,00O feet, the men have voices like the women, and women Nks children, and thsir sinsing is ' ah1iH monotpnu. sss s
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19

"A very great proportion of the pres ent general prosperity says writer in the New England Engineering Mag azine, respectfully in the iron and steel trades. machine tool trades and metal working industries generally. is due to success in securing orders in foreign countries. Gains in this direction are won in international competition largely by high adaptations of mechan- ical equipment and works Organiza- tion, and by the adoption of policies which secure the fullest possible ac CTS and workmen in advancing econ omy of production. The land which is to gain or to maintain industrial su- premacy must perfect methods of deal men as she perfects her methods of building bridges and locomotives. The operation of her factories and work shops must proceed as smoothly and continuously, with as little friction or heating or clashing, as do sewing ma cnlneS. the planefS, the lOOMS, or 1He engines with which she supplies the four quarters of the globe. She must hold to and extend the resort to req son, justice and common sense in the settlement of trade difficulties, so hap oily eNemplifed in the agreement reached last May in the United States between the National Metal Trades as citation of Machinists. She must send the lockout and the strike to the scrap heap, along with the thousands of other inefficient and obsolete devices she has thrown out of her shops. Their wastefulness is intolerable and should be abhorrent.''
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
IN THE STATES AND CITIES.

The people of Oregon are nicknamed Hard Cases and "Webteet.''
 Arrests in Cleveland last year num- bered 1e,923, as compared with 15,674 in 1899, and 14,452 in 1898.
 The Boston postmaster thinks all the big post offices in tho country should be supplied with a government physician.
 New York is building state hospital in the Adirondacks, to cost $10OOOO, where patients with incipient consump- tion will be treated.
 Old horse cars are being used for cu- rious purposes. In Chicago che of the old cars has been mounted on a scow and transformed into hcuseboat.
 Arizona newspapers declare tlrat deer, antelope and mountain sheep will soon be eNterminated unless immedi- ate steps are taken for their preserva- tion.
 Dr. Rohe, of Baltimore, in tatistics concerning IS American cities without public baths, showed that only g per cent. of the residences are supplied with tubs.
 St. Louis is after the trade of the southwest. and as means of securing it a delegation of merchants has gone into that section to cultivate closer 'so- cial and business relations"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
He Wanted Her Fare.

\ conductor on the Park line h ad an experience the other day that is quite certain to causa him many uncon- fortable miautes in the future. His car stopped at Spruce street to let a middle-aged lady on, and as she took her seat the conductor gave the mo- torman two bells and the car shot ahead. When the conductor entered the car the woman in question was locking out of the window and did aot see his outstretched hand.
 Fare, please!' remarked the con- ductor.
 The woman evidently did not hear him, for she did not turn her head. Neither did she hold out the necessary coin.
 Flare, please!" said the conductor, in louder tcne.
 But the woman paid no heed. Then the conductor touched her on the shoulder, and in a tone of voice that rang through the car, exciaimed:
 ''Your fare, plaase, lady!"
 Then the woman turned hastily around and looked at the conductor. The knight of the bell cord gave one gasp and fled to the back platform.
 The woman was his nother-in-law Omaha World-Herald.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19

Before the house passed the army appropriation bill. carrying q little less than $l1S.OOO,OOO. Representative Me Clellan of New York in q short speech presented some figures that are worthy of the country's most thoughtful con- sideratiOn. He stated that the annual cost of each soldier to the United States. excluding pensions. would be S1 2SS, and including pensions $2.S2S. while the annual cost of each German soldier, including pensions and the ex- pense of past wars, was only $22I, and that of each French soldier. including pensions and the cost of the Franco Prussian war, was only $232. He said the total cost of our army would soon reach $500, ,O00,O ,O0O q year. to say noth- ing of the expense of the navy. which is now more than S1OO,OOO,OOO.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
IN SENATE AND HOUSE.
Post.

Judge Ray, one of the New York delegation in congress, is said to be able to smoke a cigar faster and to smoke more cigars in a day than any other congressman. He never neg lects n opportunity to smoke.
 Congressman Galusha A. Grows hobby is the care of deaf and dumb children and he is now endeavoring g to have the government send children from the other states and territories to be educated at the Mary s. Garrett school in Philadelphia.
 Senator Towne served just 56 days and drew SIP as salary and $2ss for milea ge-S1 ,OOO in all. During his brief term he only delivered one speech. It was 10000 words in length and occupied three hours and twenty minutes. As that speech was about the only public service MT. Towne performed during bis senatorial ca reer it is estimated that the govern ment paid hlm at the rate of $5.5o a minute, or five cents a word.
 Senator Jones, of Arkansas, is a member of humane society. He is also on occasion the reverse of a dandy in his costume. The other day he stopped On his way to the capitol and began inspecting q team of horses standing near the curb. What you feeling about that horses neck for?" demanded the driver. ''I want to see if the collar fits the horse,' said the senator, mildly. ''Wen,' said the driver, eff it don't fit no better n that collar fits you it's darn bad fit Gid enn
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
A Close Shave.

A Sand Hog in red shirt and grimy trousers sat down by me one after noon on a heap of boards midway be- tween the Sand Hogs house and the hospital" This pressure worker, whose knees showed traces of "the bends,'' evidently had story to tell ''It was only the other day. he said. ''I seen it, and how the man ever hap pened to live I dunno. It was one O these little caissons here we're putting this big building on. He was one of the superintendents, a young college feller that knows his job. We'll, he went down with us. There wuz four in the gang, and one O them, Tim that Harp yer might see drinkin' cof- ice now. They wnz a rock there, and the foreman told Tim to have go at it. He got his pick and swung it for a good crack There was a tearin' an rippin' an Tim dropped his pick. As he swung it the young feller had stepped out, and the pick had ripped off every button from the blue jumper he had on without even scratchin' him. '-Cromwell Childe, in Leslie's Popular Monthly.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
The HJOIly.er.v

 I'm al1us kind O glad to see the 'jolly-er' come along; The fel.er that kin tel! g Joke or nebbe sing a song; The man that puts up lightnin' rods yol really didn't need, Or sells you ground that isn't wuth the paper in the deed. He has way O shakin hands an sayin "How-dy y-dor' That jes' convinces you he thinks the world an all O you. He doesn' keer fur money; he is sech 9 generous elf! An prrty soon he has you feelin' jes' that way yourself! But I don't bear him any grudge; I jes' take off my hat. He's made this ol' world brighter, an Tn, 'bliged to him fur that. l listen to his stories Gan at some I'm laughing yit). An try to git off jes' as cheap as reason will permit. Fur it's wuth q little somethin' to hay. some enc comin out To make you feel that you're the real thing without dOubt; A regular steppin' ushbred-much swifter than the thrors- You feel that you're right in it when the joliy-er comes along. Washington Star.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-19
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1901.
Doubtless the reason why some (

Doubtless the reason why some of the republican senators do not active ly support the ship subsidy bill Is that they have heard from some of their constituents and that they wrote something like the editor of a AIichi- gan republican paper did to his Wash ington correspondent who had sent him some favorable comment on the attempt to pass the bill: we don't want any more such gush. We are not running an administration paper, but a republican paper from an hon. orable standpoint. There is no more damnable steal before congress than the subsidy bill, and we will bet you 2 new suit of clothes that it will never become a law