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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-20
FOURTEEN HOUSES BURNED.
Charleston Has Thirty Thousand Dollar Fire.
Insurance Two Thirds.
(By the Associated Press.

(By the Associated Press.)
Charleston, S. c. Dec. 19.--Fire today
destroyed fourteen buildings in the upper
part of the city. They were mostly frame
structures and the loss is about 100000.
Among the places burned were several
street shows, which had recently opened
here for the exposition period. The loss
is about two-thirds covered by insurance
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-20
One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fire
(By the Associated Press.)

Clarksville, Ark. Dec. 19.-Fire origi-
mating early today in the Mcconnell block
destroyed property valued at 100000 VS.
hut little insurance
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-20
BOTH ENGINES WRECKED.
rwo Lives Are Lost in Head-on Collision at
Upland California.
-tBy the Associated Press.)


San Lucas, Cali, Dec. 19.-The north
and south bound Southern Pacific Sunset
Limited trains came together in head-on
collision at Uplands, at 1:o5 this morn
ing and two men, the fireman and bag
gage man were killed. Four Italians,
who were In the smoking car of the
north bound train were bruised and
scalded. but not fatally. Both engines
were demolished and the baggage,
smoking and chair cars on the north
bound train were burned. one of the
cars on the southbound train were in
jured and none of the passengers was
hurt.
The killed are:
FIREMAN GERBER.
BAGGAGE MASTER GARLAND.
1t is stated that the cause of the ac-
cident was the failure of the southbound
to wait at siding at Uplands. Instead
of waiting the train went past the siding
at the rate of thirty miles an hour.
Half a mile beyond the siding 1t
crashed into the north bound train from
Los Angeles, which was going at an equal
rate of speed. Just as the crash came
both engine crews jumped for their lives.
All escaped but Fireman Gerber of the
northbound engine, who was crushed to
death.
Both engines were completely wrecked
and the baggage car piled on top of the
engine. The smoking car of the north
bound train in which there were half
a dozen Italian laborers, was also
smashed. and four of the Italians were
badly bruised and scalded by escaping
steam. None of them are believed to
be fatally hurt.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-20
Norfolk Peanuts,
(By the Associated Pres

(By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va, Dec. 19-Peanuts dub:
fancy 2% strictly prime, 21z; prime
to 2k.
New-Fancy 3; strictly prime 2% to
rs; prime 2ss to 21s Spanish 721s to rs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-20
Leadsall North Carolina Dales i'm NewsandC CpeuIa tom

said he would not object, and after some
further discussion the order for the con-
sideration OF the bill was made.
At las the House adjourned until
January 6, 1902.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-20
Navy Department, Dec. IS,
Office of the Secretary.


Dear Sir-The Department has re-
ceived your communication Of the 18th
instant, wherein you request that if a
protest is filed by Rear Admiral w. T..
Sampson relative to the question of
command of the American naval forces
during the battle of Santiago and credit
for the victory won in that battle, you
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-20
LONG WRITES TO SCHLEY
Yea or Nay When Simpsons Protest
is Received. g
sCHLEY HAD REQUESTED 70 ANSWER 1T
Sampson Will Object to Dewey's Finding That
SchIey Was in Commlnd on Grouai
That Testimony on This Point
Was Not Admitted
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington, Dec. 19.-The Navy De-
partment has not yet prepared its an
swer to the bill of objection filed yester-
day by counsel for Admiral Schley, but
is so far advanced that it will be ready
for delivery tomorrow, Captain Lemly
and Solicitor Hanna having given good
part of today to the work The following
letter today was addressed to Admiral
Schley:
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

tail the things which must be done, ana e1-
plicitly promised TO do them. His pledge was
that the rights of every citizen should be pre-
served that the corrupt Of public money
should be prevented that extravaganza shouid
cease that the streets should be properly cared
for that there should be adequate school ac-
commodations. that the power of taxation
should be prudently exercised, and that the pup
lie good at every point should be the sole op-
iect of his administration. He said: 1t is the
.opportunity Of this generation for man TO
leave a name that will endure" That was an
intelligent and honorable programme. There
would have been nothing in public lie 100
good for a Mayor who had carried 1t out But
Van Wyck did not adhere TO 1t for single day.
II would almost seem If his purpose In max
ing such q series of pledges was to furnish u
standard by which his treachery could be
measured
At all events the people have kept rigorous
account Of the ways in which Mayor Van Wyck
has been SHINING against light for four long
years and when the time came TO pass an III
dIvidual sentence, uncomplcated by other can
didacies they took care that there should De
no doubt as to its meaning. The man who had
the opportunity Of this generation to leave IL
name that would endure will indeed not be
forgotten He will be remembered as the chief
official figure In an orgy of misrule and as the
one among many who was worst punished III
the monumental election of 1901
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
PERSONAL.

while Professor Virchow' says THE Boston
Transcript has been an indefatgible worker in
science and politics all his life on one thing he
surrendered years ago, convinced that 1t was use
less to struggle against his fate any longer ihlS
thing was the pronunciation OF his name Inc
English the French the Italians. the Russians all
had their own way of accosting him. and
even the Germans generally got II wrong,
most Of them addressing him as "ircho
(he German w being pronounced like the kh8nSh
W The correct pronunciation, according to lhe
professor is Fircho (the being like IN pm ana
the ch being. of course pronounced IN tte @ oT Irs
way) This pronunciation is also the one aIWdys
heard in the village NiTchoW, ana near i-aAe
ElrchOw.
The Munich Academy of Fine Arts has elected
to honorary membership Edwin Austin Abbey. the
American painter; John Singer Sargent the por-
trait painter, and Walter crane the bfltiSh a' ''S'
General Sir Lloyd Mathews, the Prime Minister
and Treasurer to the Sultan OF Zanzibar was porn
in 1850 and began his career in the navy, serving
under Lord Wolseley in the Ashanti War. He was
subsequently engaged In the suppression OF the
slave trade II was while on this duty that he be-
gan his intimate acquaintance with Zanzibar az
fairs With perfect mastery OF Araolc ne COM
bined diplomatic gifts and an innate capacity ior
the mana cement Of native poputationS hS Pc III. @
sion of the British government ne Jo4leu 'No Sc
vice of the Sultan.
In recognition of his extensive explorations in
the previously unknown region of the Upper Nile
last year the Geographical Society Of Philadelphia
on Wednesday evening. presented the Elisha Kent
Kane medal to DR.. A Donaldson Smith. OF Phla-
delphia who is the first recipient OF the honor Dr
Kane the arctic explorer left a fund to be dis
addini, to the known geography OF the world, ana
the presentation TO Dr. Smith was approprlateIy
made by Captain Amos Bonsah. presldeut OF tne
society who is the sole survivor of the Kane e&-
DeQitiOn.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

year his unerring observation warned MIN ne
had sailed far enough on the tack OF patrlotz
ism He contrfved TO let 'Ae niiiiAe.
know that he was to be bought, ana tneh pio-
ceeded to exalt their appreciation OF ms Value
by attacking them with more JUNCTION 1hah eVei.
On the 25th of January, III, appeared the an
nouncement that Alexander Wedderburn' ESQ
had become Solicitor General to MS naaJes'yss
. The new law officer made pretence OIL
defending himself by putting about that George
Grenville had been his leader, and that, since
Grenville's death, he was bound TO no one
. He might be bound to no leader, but ne
was bound to himself-to his own soleIih
pledges; to his well weighed actions. 70 the
lnultitudes on either shore Of the Atlantic
whom he had taught to look upon him as their
counsellor and protector.
So with Mr.. Shepard and Mr.. Dayton. Henry
George might be dead Party alignments might
no longer suit the former champion of Mr.. Low.
But they both were bound to their solemn
pledges, to their weighed actions to the multi
tude who looked to them for guidance. We do
not say they consciously betrayed their trust,
but In all kindness to them it is impossible to
doubt that their defeat as warning TO
others against the use of public confidence and
q good name as a commodity to trade for poiiti-
cal preferment What they did bindly others
would have done with clear sight
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
FIRES IN THE STREETS.

Election bonfires are mischieyous and harm
full in our crowded cities, and street urchins
steal large quantities Of combustible material
to feed the flames. There is no good reason for
permitting this wanton waste OF fuel which
would be welcome in the homes of the poor in
the cold days and nights of midwinter if it
were not made useful in other ways Genera
tons ago wood for heating and for cooking
could he bought cheaply in Manhattan Now
both wood and coal are held at high prices, and
the prodigal destruction on the pavements and
in the roadways of stolen barrels. pieces of
timber, baskets and beams, laths and scant-
lngs, all sorts of stuff heaped up to make q
blaze has no warrant in reason and common
sense.
Such chtldishness and worse on election
nights should be suppressed entirely. 1t would
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
VAN WICK.

Croker not running for office on Tuesday,
and his power might have been reduced If MIR.
Shepard had been elected. There is some rea-
son tc think that Devery would not have taken
the risk of being dismissed by order of the
man who refused to say in advance what
his intentions were, but would have retired on
a pension. But Van Wyck titular head of
the Tammany government. in whom its char
acter has been officially embodied; who has
carried out his masters orders with complete
personal satisfaction and loved to claim a larger
measure of original authority than he ever
actually possessed-Van Wyck WAS candidate
for the Supreme Court bench, and some ac-
counts, therefore, il was peculiarly important to
defeat him, while the unmercful thrashing he
received is q source Of extraordinary JOY. If
Tammany, with Mr.. Shepard's aid. had sue
ceeded in rewarding Van Wyck's eager devo-
ton with the nigh judicial office which he has
long coveted. be would have disgraced it for
fourteen years Mr.. Shepard could not have
touched him. however bitterly he might have
come TO deDiore his share in the transaction
The man who has protected and promoted cor
IIsption who has declared Deyery to be the best
chief of police New-YOrk eyer had: who has
seized every opportunity to display his ram
pant prejudices by blatant insolence TO unof-
Tending men and women who were not his
partiSans, and whose whole course OF conduct
throughout his term has been defiant demon
stration of his utter unfitness for the bench,
would have had charge OF life and property and
reputation in this great judicial district That
such a calamity has been averted, not by a
narrow margin but by majority OF votes far
larger than was cast against any other cand-
date in the county of New-York. is one Of the
pre-eminent causes for pride and satisfaction
Ii estimating the Righteousness Of the over
whelnins condemnation which has been visited
or Mayor Van WycE. his clear knowledge OF
what duty required Of him must be considered.
He is not an ignorant man. He has enjoyed
superior advantages. His natural associations
were with respectable people. AT the beginning
OF his term he took pains to prove that he
knew what kind of Mayor he ought TO be- He
declared that he recognized the obligations
which he had contracted. He recounted Ia de-
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
1mnGemcnfs.


iXM0cAN THEATRE2-s:lo-The White Squadron
AcADE-aY OF MUSIC-s :I5-Arizona.
rIJoC THEATRES :se-The Auetioneer-
ROADWAY THEATRE-s-The Sleeping Beauty ana
s-ASINo-S:I5-The LATHE Duchess
CRITERION THEATRE-S:3e-A Royal Rival
DALYS THEATRE :l0-The Messenger Boy
EDEN MUSEE-Day and Evening-World In wax
EMPIRE TBEATRE-S.2o-The Second in Command
GARDEN THEATRE-S:f5-If Were king.
GARRICK THEATRE-S-2o-A Message from Mars
HARLEM OPERA HOCsE-s:15-The Rogers Bros IN
Washington.
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-s:15-The New-Yo<hers'
IRVING PLACE THEATRE-s:2 :20-Iohan annisfeuer-
EEITH'S-Contnuous Performance.
kNlCK ERBOCKER THEATRE-s:i6-king Cnarlee l.
LYCFrM THEATREs;9o-A Royal Family
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-fo d n TO II p m
MATTSoN SQUARE THEATREs:so-The Liberty
Bellies
MANHATTAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of the Bal
MURRAY Hill. THEATRE-2-s-A Tin Soldier
NEW SAVOY THEATPE-S: :2o--Eben Holden
PASTOR'S-rav Nfght-Continaous SHOW -...
PRoCTOR'S FIFTH AVENUE 80 to 1o-3o-biue deAls
PRorToR's TWENTY-THIRp sTREET-l:so to io'se-
Varieties. - - a 20
PRoCToR's 12sTH sTREET-1:9o 1o:3o-Nancy Co
and Varieties 40 :. ,o.ao
PROcTOR's FIFTH-EIGHTH STREET-1:3e to lo@oo-
Happened 70 and Varieties Nal,
THEATRE REPUBLIC-s-15-The Bonnie t5rleI DIa..-
WAfI-AcK'S THEATRE-S:3o-Don Caesars fie'Viil-
vTCTORIA-s:l5-The Way OF the World
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

be less Objectionable to permit the use of
Fourth of July firecrackers all over the town
after the votes are counted, and less damage
would result These election bonfires III the
most thicky settled quarters of the community
are a survival of a foolish old custom which
should have been abandoned long ago 1t IS
high time to put stop to 1t. The Police De
partment and the Fire Department are required
to exercise the keenest vigilance both night and
day at election time. and their energies are
oyertaxed while rowing bands of young fellows
are permitted to ransack every block in the city
In search Of anything which they can drag
away and set on fire. This abuse should be
ended There is no excuse for it now.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

IT mey be that American capital VIII obtain
control of the street railway system of St
Petersburg within generation and will set on
foot improvements of far reaching importance.
The irrepressible Yankee will keep on matching
Destiny for beers. Kiplng saw him doing
wears age and this century will probably be
still young when the enterprising American will
be running trolleys In Lassa, the Forbidden
City of Thibet.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

While the merry war between English and
American tobacconists is kept up briskly. the
British consumer rejoices because of low fig
ures for his daily incense in honor of the fuligi
nous goddess of nicotine But when the fight
is over he must perforce pay the piper in higher
prices for the contents of his pipe.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

THE Herald recently reported Nine. Sarah
Rernhardt as saying a neat thing about the
self motor The blooming, perennial ac-
tress who is still active and energetic. recently
purchased one of the horseless vehicles. When
she was asked by her friends why she bought
the machine. she replied that she preferred
other ways of locomoton, but she added: II
must go about in automobile myself
..shall surely be run over by of them
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

for great public building? The victories OF
peace are not invariably cheap. but when the
fortresses of the waves cost half dozen million
each is it not time to take in sail?
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

The experiments in Germany In the running
OF electric cars at the rate OF one hundred miles
In an hour have not been successful 1hey
could not keep up so tremendous pace why
seek to go faster than threescore and tenE
What reasonable human being longs for swifter
motion EXCEPT In an emergency of life death?
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

each is il not time to take in sail?
new trolley route between those two typical
New-EngIand cities Providence and Worcester.
has been mapped out, and it is proposed to cover
the distance, about forty-four miles on regular
schedule of two hours That is fast time for
such line over the peaceful stretches of Rhode
Island and the old Bay State. But the especially
praiseworthy feature of this talked of enter
prise is that the rails to be laid to con-
siderable extent upon private property, and
pleasant and picturesque drives not to be
given over TO destruction 1t is the part of wis
dom TO keep the trolleys within reasonable
bounds everywhere, and to make the restraints
effective in suburbs where the electric cars may
do much harm in the best roadways.
The game laws have been prepared so judi
ciously in many of our States, especially in
New-England, in New-York, and generally IN
the northwestern part of the Union and these
laws have been enforced with much energy,
that the reports from many quarters of excel
lent sport with beast and bird gratifying.
When the last echo of the elections has dleu
away the debate as the teaching of vertical
penmanshp in the public schools may take a
new lease of life. This system of handwriting
has many assailants and many advocates. IL
it were possible to take a poll within a reason
presidents the country over and of the ablest
accountants and bookkeepers. the comparative
advantages and disadvantages of the upright
lettering might be settled Meanwhile the type
writer keeps up it's conquering advance
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

Unless vast new stores OF coal which can be
mined and transported at reasonable cost are
discovered ere this generation draws it's last
breath the expense of crossing the Atlantic
in the fastest steamships is likely to to
lofty figures The number Of coal consuming
vessels. naval and mercantile. is increasing
rapidly every year. and the demand for fuel for
such craft is steadily expanding Coal fields
which can be worked to advantage for the sup
nlv of steamships do not contain inexhaustible
treasures Of carbon. The biggest and feetest
boats on the sea burn five hundred tons more
each day Long before this century ends the
fuel problem may become perplexing.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

Notwithstanding the carpings Of the doubtful
and the finical. football seems TO maintain more
firmly than ever this year its hold on public
favor as a stirring. wholesome and manly sport
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

Surgeons doing wonderful things. In
France they have supplied patient with an
artificial larynx which never feel fatigue.
What a campaign orator he will be!
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

France has launched new floating citadel
at total outlay of nearly 30OOOOOO francs.
almost $6OOO.QOO. Who can suggest limit to
the expense OF fighting when q single ship en-
tails a larger expenditure than that required
New-York tribune., 1901-11-08

POLITICAL OTf $780, =.
The note of pessimism when runs 'A s.nev. +,
these comments is horn OF ueSi,. ,,,o-
to holster the waning power Of poil'ioa. .' -.
s,,,o, rat,s- than a Willingness TO shoulder :
sponzsbilitiss from which there is no eseaps sssa
can boast o, no commercial training OF. md nd
more than ordinary powers of ooserVat "a
a weakness for applying the lessons Oh '' ,ne
to problems which the present ioi' ,usi-
fore. I am fully prepared 10 De 'oi1 natrict-
ness is business. and that sentiment anu ard
ism cut but sorry figures in matters OF 'raue Al
finance. I am willing even to concece &c wen
commercial exploitation of the lsia'1 n is
were this the object of our policy - ,ns
not-for some time to come seems o ,srs
question. I cannot admit. hoWeVei' ia ius-
Is anything ir the situation when "o an
t,rv anv one in considering it hopeless
not admit that the Introduction OF ma ~, no,
and improved methods of agriculture .-.a.
result, sooner OF later. in an incresS' S-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-10-05
sennsl 70 Shooting Sensation

Miss Bessie Lee Stuckey, a trained
nurse of Richmond, and Mr. Chas. ;.
williamson. of Nottoway county. were
married in Washington Thursday
Last winter Williamson, who was III
love with Miss Stuckey. created a sensa-
ton by walking into the hallway oil the
Virginia Hospital and shootingdown the
young lady, u,u
He fired twice, and might have killed the
nurse had not DR.. W. j. Chewing, OF TINS
ritv who was then the resident physician.
sDranp upon him, and, aided by others,
taken the pistol from him. One OF the
shots entered Miss Stuckeys arm and the
other her side. The young lady soon
recovered.
There was no disposition to press the
case. and Williamson got OF with a line
of 5000. He will attend college IN Baltl-
more this winter.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-10-05
LOCAL MARKETS.
Corrected by Simon Hirsh & Bro)

Corrected by Simon Hirsh x Bro.)
Wheat, 90 to 20; corn, 81 to 63; meal
s1.35 to 81. 40 per 100 pounds; oats, 30
to 40; fowls dive 6 to I turkeys (liye),
; to 6; ducks dive, & to I; spring
chickens, 10 to II cts. per pound,
lard. 10 to II; eggs, - to is;
butter. - to 20; hams, II 10 II; Irish
potatoes. go to 10; beef, 3to 81; veal, AZ;
pork, > to 6; hides (green), ~ to o;
hides dry, to 8; baled hay, $40 to
$12 per ton.
Wool-Unwashed, 16 to II; washed,
% to "a.
Leaf Sumac-5O to 50 cents per hun
dred pounds.
THE GRAIN MARKETS.
The grain markets closed yesterday as
follows:
Wheat. Oct 67%; Dec. 69H,
corn, Oct 54]s; Dec j6k oats, Oct. 33X;
May 81 90
New York-Southern wheat, 40 to 80;
corn, 60 to 63.
Baltimore-Southern wheat, 40 to Il;
Southern corn 81 to 81
Wheat, ~ to 73; corn 81
to 60 an
Alexandria-Wheat, Gs to 20; corn, 63
to g..