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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
"SEABOARD" AIR LINE RAILWAY
INTERCHANGEABLE MILE
TICKETS ON SALE
MAY 1ST.

Commencing on above date, the Sea-
board Air Line Railway will place on
sale an interchangeable / 900 mile ticket
for $500, which will be honored on the
following railroads:
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Rail-
way.
Atlanta and West Point Railroad.
Baltimore and Steam Packet Com
pany.
Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad.
Charleston and Western Carolina
Railroad.
Chesapeake Steamship Company.
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
Railroad.
Georgia Railroad.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
Louisville, Henderson and st. Louis
Railroad
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railroad.
Northwestern Railway Of South Caro-
lima
Plant System.
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poro-
mac Railroad.
Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Washington Southern Railway.
Western Railway of Alabama.
Western and Atlantic Railroad.
This book is good over about $1,000
miles of railroad in the South. 1t is
gUod over the most important lines, and
passengers can use same between Raj
eigh and Washington, Baltimore via Bay
Line, and as far South as Jacksonville
Tampa and New Orleans, and West as
lar as st. Louis, Memphis and Cincin
natl.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
Help For Firemen

This morning the soliciting commit
zoo If tho Ffremen's Tournament will be-
gin to call on those who have subscribed
and ask that they have the money ready
as it will be of great inconvenience 10
call again, and those who have not sub
scribed are asked to give literally, as
much more is needed than has been sub
scribed
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
Mortgages For Six Millions.
CBy the Associated Press.)

Norfolk, Va, July 9.-Two mortgages
from the Norfolk. Portsmouth and New
port News Company, owning the con-
solidated street railway system of tide
water Virginia, went to record in the
clerks office this afternoon. The first
for 100000 is to the North America
Trust Company, of New York, trustee,
and is called a first mortgage" The
second is for $2,O0O,OOO to the Richmond
Trust and Safe Deposit Company, trus-
tee, and is called first income mort
gage" Both are to cover issues of forty
years per cent. bonds. The former are
to be gold bonds, but the latter are not
specified.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
Osborne Again Under Arrest,
(By the Associated Press

Norfolk, Va, July 10.-Charles Fred
erick Osborne, who was acquitted re-
Gently in the police court for the muir
der of his wife Matte. who was found
in bed with a pistol wound through her
left temple, was arrested today on the
charge of having murdered a former wife
in Saltwater, Okla, several years ago.
Officers are here with a photograph of
Osborne taken before the first tragedy
and the sheriff of Saltwater is on his
way to Norfolk for Osborne.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11

On Wednesday night Mrs. Letitia PEN
ny, wife of the late w. H. Penny, and
mother of Mr.. w. H. Penny, of this city,
died at her home in Apex.
Mrs. Penny, who was about go years
old, was formerly Miss Olive. She was
devout Christian woman and for many
years has been consistent member of
the Baptist church.
The funeral services took place at 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
Attempt to Break JAIL Fooled.
lBy the Associated Press.l

(By the Associated Press.J
St Joseph, Mo-, July 9.-James Blade,
Leck Allen and James Murray, prisoners
in the Buchanan county Jail, this after
noon wrecked the rear wall of the Jail
building with a powerful charge of
dynamite. Allen, Blade and Murray then
made fierce fight for liberty, but the
guards beat them back with Winchesters.
Seventy five prisoners are confined in the
Jail, but those who tried to follow Blade
and his companions were dubbed into
submission. No one was injured.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
Rev. G. F. Smiths Vacation.

At a meeting of the Stewards of the
Edenton STREET Methodist church, the
pastor. Rev. G. f. Smith, was granted
months leave of absence. Mr.. Smith will
leave the latter part of the summer for
the coast, where he will spend few
days. afterwards going to the Western
part of the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
Church Struck by Lightning

During the storm Tuesday afternoon
lightning struck the northeast corner OF
tho Central Methodist church and tore
o large place in the wall. The lightnlng
entered the corner just below the caves
and considerable damage was done on the
outside. Nothing on the inside was dls-
turbed. and the wall VIII be repaired IN
n few days
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
SUMMER RESORTS REACHED BY
THE S. A. L. RAILWAY.

The Seaboard Air Line Railway has
issued very handsome Summer EXcur-
sion Folder, showing the principal re-
sorts reached by it's line. 1t also shows
the large hotels and boarding houses.
their location and advantages.
Low rate Summer Excursion tickets
were placed on sale June LIST by the Sea-
board Air Line Railway to all the prin-
cipal resorts; also weekend tickets to
Norfolk, Ocean View, Virginia Beach,
Old Point Wilmington, N. c., Littleton,
Jackson Springs and the principal re-
sorts in the mountains of Western North
Carolina.
For any information regarding rates
and general information, apply to
c. II. GATTIS, c. p. & T. A.,
Raleigh, n. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
New Superintendent.

Especial to the News and Observer
Concord N. c., July 0.-Mr. Walter r.
has been elected superintend-
ent of the Concord graded schools. He
is a scholar and is highly esteemed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11

1t has been announced from the head
quarters of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company that efforts will be made
to place new men in the positions form
erly held by the striking shopmen.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11

Jackson Springs, NJ, c., via Aberdeen,
N. c., July 9.-The locals defeated
Aberdeen IN pretty game of ball here
today by a score of to 3. Batteries:
Jackson Springs, Glenn and Stanley;
Aberdeen, knight and Celery.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI.

S35. 05-Raleigh to Minneapolis, MINI,
and return, account National
Educational Association July
I'll. Tickets to be sold July A.,
and 6, final limit July IA, eX-
cept by deposit with joint agent
and payment of fee of so cents
will be good returning until Oc-
tober LIST.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
TRAINS ARRIVE RALEIGH AS FOL-
sLEEpINC CAR SERVICE.

Trains 81 and "a Florida and Metro
politan Limited has Drawing Room
Sleeping Cars New York to Jacksonville
and Atlanta. and between Portsmouth
and Charlotte Vestibule day coaches
Washington to Jacksonville, Portsmouth
tc Atlanta.
No. 81 and 66 "SEABOARD" Fast Mail
has drawing room buffet sleeping car New
York to Jacksonville, connecting at Ham
let with sleeping car to and from Atlanta.
No. 80 and Il Drawing Room Sleeping
Car and Day Coaches between Ports
mouth and Atlanta.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
Week end tickets to the mountain and

For any information regarding rates,
schedules and Pullman reservation. APP
ply to c. III. GAITIS,
P. & P. A., Raleigh, N. C.
Fl. S. LIZARD.
T. p. A., Raleigh, N. G.
Office in Marlborough House.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11

NOte-(a) Daily, except Sunday
OBJ Eastern time.
Connections at Jacksonville and Tampa
for all Florida East Coast points, and
Cuba and Porto Rico. At New Orleans
for all points in Texas, Mexico and Cali
fornia.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
SPECIAL. RATES VIA S. A. L. R'Y
MONTEAGLE, TENN.

$17.95-From Raleigh to Monteagle,
Tenn, and return, account Mont
eagle Sunday School Institute,
August 1923. Tickets to be sold
August s, 8, 10, II, final limit Au
gust 25th
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
SeabOard Air Line
Railway.
CAPITAL CITY ROUTE"

Short line to principal cities of the
South and Southwest FloriGas Cuba,
Texas, California and Mexico, reaching
the capitals of six States.
In effect March 5, 1902.
o. c,nTyyprTy1v mn
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11

Miss Sophia T. Busbee returned last
night from a visit to friends in Rich
mond.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
PITTSBORO, N c..

s2.25-Raleigh to Pittsboro, N c., and
return, account District Confer
ence and Sunday School Conven-
ton A M. E. Church (coloreO,
Pittsboro, N. c., July 1920
Tickets to be sold July IA, Is, 16,
II, final limit July %.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
CINCHO believes HEADACHE
For sale ak all soda fountains.

Scott FiSld was nominated Tor Con
gress by he Democrats of the SKIN dis
triet of Texas.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
SPECIAL RATES VIA s. A. L. RY

San Francisco, California, $685.; from
North Carolina points to San Francisco.
California and return, account Biennial
Meeting Knights of Pythias August
Hip, 1902.
Monteagle, Tenn. $1795 Raleigh to
Montcagle, Tenn. account Assembly
Bible School. July to August l5th'
Tickets sold July l, 2, and %, "a and 20;
final limit August Both.
Tacoma, Washington. $G9.65 Raleigh
to Tacoma, Washington and return ac-
count Annual Meeting Young Peoples
Christian Union Society Of United States,
July 23rd to 9th Tickets sold July 10
to 20 inclusive; final limit September
18th.
Week end tickets to the mountain and
uytl ho r,1o 10
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
PROVIDENCE Z. I.

$40 .80-Raleigh to Providence, r. l.,
and preturn via all rail or Bay
Line, via NJ. and M. 7. Co., $21.45.
Tickets to be sold July 6, and
8, final limit July %.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11

Tickets on sale to all points. Pullman
berths reserved and reservations made on
outgoing steamers from Norfolk. Bag
gage checked from hotels and residences
without extra charge at
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH.

$52.O0-Raleigh to Salt Lake City, Utah,
and return, account annual meet
ing b. p o. Efls, August 12-14.
Tickets to be sold August to
inclusive. Tickets good until
September Both.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-11
PROVIDENCE, r. I.

$21. 85-Raleigh to Providence, r. l.,
and return via Bay Line or all
rail account Baptist Young Peo-
pies Union, July 1913. Tickets
to be sold July 6, Z and 8, final
limit July %. Rate via M. and
NJ. T. Co, $2145.
For any information call on the I'M
dersigned,
G. II. GATTIS,
C. P. and t. A, Raleigh, N. c.
Fl. S. LIZARD,
4. p. A, Raleigh, N. C.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-30
THE RABBIT FOOT AGAIN.

In recent editorial commenting on the
depredations OF rabbits in a French ceme-
terry near Paris, we took occasion to al
lude 10 the time-honored superstition
about the talismanic virtues of the left
hind foot Of graveyard rabbit killed on
the dark Of the moon. We expressed the
opinion that this superstition was a very
old one, but admitted our ignorance of its
origin, though we suspected that the
Southern negroes were partly responsible
for it. Since the publication of the article
in question, our attention has been called
to a certain quaint passage in the Diary
of Samue! Pepys, which clearly indicates
that the rabbits foot was reverenced as
far back as the year 1854. Observe the
following. written by the observant Mr..
Pcpys. on the night of December s1st, Of
that year:
$50 ends the old year. I bless God with
great joy to me, not only for my having
made SO good year of profit as having
spent G420 pounds and laid up G540 pounds
and upwards: but I bless God never have
been in SO good plight as to my health i.
SO very cold weather as this is, nor in
deed in any hot weather, these ten years,
as I am at this day. and have been these
four or five months But am at great
loss to know whether it be my hare's foot,
tine. or my having left off the wearing of
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-30

municipal government, and that in the
last analysis the electorate is responsible
for the acts of the men it puts and con-
tinues in office-for their shortcomings IN
the execution of law That is to say. it a
state of lawlesness and scandal grows
out of the election of bad men in ONCE,
or out of the continuance in of11ce OF I'M
faithful officials, then the electorate is re-
sponsble for said resultant conditions.
This line Of reasoning is correct beyond
any question. The Churchman then ng-
ures out that majority of the electorate
of that city being members of the
churches, they are responsible for the men
who go into Office and continue from tune
to time in charge of the municipal affairs.
and this mathematical conclusion when
it reaches cannot be successfully disputed.
It very properly remarks that where
there is power there is responsibility. and
the possession of vote carries the re-
sponsibility for the righteous use or that
vote" and that blame must attach to
every man 'who. having power to pre-
vent or remedy a condition to the extent
of one vote, or one persons influence,
fails to cast that vote or exert that lnfiu-
ence" And what is true of Richmond Is
relatively true of most every city IN this
country, we have no doubt. We haven
the figures at hand, in order to be exact
but we feel pretty safe in venturing the
statement that majority of the eleclo-
rate in all the cities of Virginia are mem
bers Of the churches, and, besides, there
are many men in the cities who are not
churchmen. but who are classified, and
very properly so in many particulars, as
of its best citizenship, who hold the same
moral relation to the question as do MEM
bers of the churches. In other words. 1t
is beyond all question a fact that the ma
jority Of the electorate in every commune
ty is comprised of law-abiding citizens.
who would not be guilty of the scandalous
things that every now and then crop out
as the result of bad government but com
posing as they do the power behind the
throne they are clearly responsible for
the results of corrupt governm ent. There
are, of course. isolated cases where an APP
parently good man goes wrong after he
gets into office, and whose corrupt charac-
ter the electorate could not guard itself
against. but it is not from these isolated
cases that the bad conditions here referred
to-continu slackness in the execution
of tho law-are the outcome They grow
out of carelessness on the part of the
electorate as to the class of men who are
elevated to office-grow out Of careless
ness on the part of the electorate as to
the interests officeholders are too often
elected to SubSerVe.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-30
\ VERY LIVELY CORPSE.

The Providence. r. l., Journal thinks II
evident that those Republicans who are
positive that Speaker Henderson's dis
trict will return a Republican to Congress
are reckoning somewhat without their
host. 1t sees indication that they have
forgotten Ex-Governor Boiess special
skill as a campaigner..' and warns them
that they might do well to recall this. The
letter of acceptance of the old Democratic
war horse of Iowa, remarks our Provi-
dence contemporary, offers for the consid-
Grafton of the Republican opposition
some hard nuts to crack. When, for ex-
ample. continues the Journal, he says that
watered stock trusts must sell their man
ufactures at very high price at home
in order that they may pay dividends to
those who have sold out to the trust he
is exceedingly clever, and that after the
ways of the astutest of his high tariff con-
temporaries.
Not a few of our Republican friends
have alluded to the nomination of Gov
ernor Boies as the resurrection of a DEM
ocratic political corpse but as the level
headed and far-seeing Journal intimates
they are destined to find out before the
canvass is over that the old gentleman
is a very lively and troublesome corpse.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-30
DOWN GOES THE HYGEIA;
ITS DEMOLITION BEGUN
Twenty Men Commenced the work
OF Destruction Yesterday-BuiId-
ing Must he Raced by
December 10th.

HAMPTON, VA, September 9--(Spe-
cial 1.-THE work of tearing down the Hy
geia Hotel began at Old Point this morn
ing. A force Of twenty men went to work
on the rear end of the structure shortly
after clock, and this evening the bath
house connection has been entirely cleared
away.
The contract for razing the building is
in the hands of r. T Parke. who. it is
understood, is to receive s., $50 for laying
the building to the ground He will
simply tear the structure to pieces, and
the material is to be disposed of by the
Burrill syndicate, which recently pur-
chased the hotel as old lumber.
The hotel must be down by December
10th Contractor Parke is heavily bonded
to have the lot vacant by that date. and
in an interview to-day he stated that he
will finish the job not later than Decem.
Der list.
Tomorrow he will double his force of
men. and by the end of the week, it is
his intention to have at least 100 men at
work on the demolition of the once IA
NOUS Southern hosiery.
Mr.. Parke is Newport News man The
demolition of the Hygeia Hotel is occa-
stoned by the recent order OF the Secre-
tary Of War, who requires the site nov
occupied by the building for government
purposes
The Hygeia was erected about fifty years
ago by the late Harrison Phoebus, and has
for. years been one of the leading hotess
Of the South.
It cost in the neighborhood Of 500, eJ0,
and was about twelve months ago so4d
to the Old Point Improvement Company
for $50, coo.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-30
SENATOR AND GOVERNOR,

In Virginia it is always in order to
discuss politics. but it is taking time by
the forelock more than usual to set down
for certain who will be the candidates for
Governor and United States senator in
1905. Between that time and this. a presi-
Dental campaign will intervene. We
have known such canyasses to be the
making or unmaking of aspirants for big
places
It is the great American quadrennial
ora torical show, where the entries are
many. the rivalry sharp. and the prizes
few.
1t is understood that Senator Daniel
If SO. no primary election will be neces-
sary in his case; but it will be different
at the following election of senator. In this
connection the names of Senator Martin,
Governor Montague, Fitz. Lee, and Con-
gresham Jones are heard. For the
gubernatorial office the names discussed
are those of Claude Swanson, Taylor
Ellyson, William A. Anderson, Joseph
E. Willard, and A. c. Braxton
We suppose the same primary will suf-
flee to nominate Governor and senator,
and the prospect is that that will be the
liveliest political contest seen in the Old
Dominion since Reconstruction days.
Meanwhile there probably will be some
legislation on the subject of primaries.
They ought to be put under the aegis Of
the law and safeguarded from fraud as
strongly as the regular election is. That
seems to be the mandate of the new
Constitution in what it has to say on the
subject in section SO.
1t will become desirab BILE if not neces-
sary for the Legislature to adopt uni
form primary election plan and in that
connection it might as well consider the
question of paying the costs of prima-
ries. Some States pay the whole bill, as
in the case of regular elections; some
pay part: some pay nothing. Virginia is
in the last-named class. However, there's
plenty of time between to-day and the
summer of 1905 to turn the question over
in our minds.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-30

-i - :
sylvania courts will endorse that pr 111-
ciple and assure the attainment OF the
practical end sought. That end is the
mining and distribution OF anthracite coal
in suf,,cient quantities to prevent suffer
ing and the further stagnation of indus
tries dependent upon the anthracite sup
ply: and the public do not care "neenei
It is attained by dispossessing me owners
and operators and appointing receiver
or receivers, or by forcing them to resume
themselves. as the only alternative. a
victory for the Boston plaintiffs might
cvcntuate in establishing very broad
and undesirable precedent. but 80 in
sufferabie have become the conditions.
and so desperate is the outlook, that the
masses are willing to take all the risks
as to that
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-30

Lieutenant Peary is of the opinion that
the best possible way of curing consump-
tives would be to send them into the
Arctic Zone. He thinks it would be per-
fectly feasible to establish sanitariums
at very high ATTITUDES for such purposes,
and he says the men who take part in
Arctic expeditions. and who are not ex-
posed TO unforeseen hardships, usually
increase III weight. Lieutenant Peary in
stanced Dr.. Sohon, the physician of the
Windward, who gained nineteen pounds
during the last trip.
We quote the Lieutenant from the New
York Sun:
The life up there is not SO very hard
as it is generally imagined to be. If a
man knows how to dress properly and
how TO wear his Clothes he can be as
comfortable up there as anywhere else.
There are other drawba cks. of course.
These count for little with man who
goes into the Arctic in pursuit of some
object in which he is deeply interested.
But can easily understand that to
any one going there under compulsion
II would be the worst place imaginable
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-30
THE EQUINOX.

The New York Sun stands out boldly
and brightly in defence of the ancient
and honorable theory of equinoctial
storms. 1t repudiates the scientific view
and relies upon the Almanac of Expert
ence- They tell US that the equinox has
no more to do with storm breeding thar
the school-house globe has on the wig
Cling of scorpio's tail. So be it. .
On or about September 2sd. look out for
storms. And the storms seldom,
fail" saseth The Sun.
Last week they had cold winds and
rains in plenty in New York, but here
in Richmond the weather was good
snmmerish. with some rain-not the chill,
weather we are accustomed to associate
IN our minds with equinoctial weather.
81 however, we always have equinoctial
storms down here. but sometimes thev