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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-11
VESSEL BURNED
TO WATERS EDGE.
Crew Believed to Have Taken to
Boats and to Be Await
ing Assistance.
(By Associated prcss.)

CAPE NAY, Feb. 10.-A threc-masted
schooner, the name Of which has not been
learned, was burned at sea tonight. The
fire, which was plainly visible from here,
started about 5 o'clock this afternoon
and burned until after $ O'Clock. The
schooner came to q i,o;nt about six miles
off shore in a northeast direction from
Cape May Lighthouse during Saturday
night, and was caught in The ice fields
flowing out of Deleware Bay.
AS soon as the crews OF the life-savinS
stations at Cape May Point, Cold Spring
and Turtle Gut inlet saw the fire they
manned their yawls and attempted to so
to the rescue of the sailors on the schoo-
ner. Ice prevented the crews from reac!-
in. the schooner, but it is believed, from
what can be seen through glasses, that
the men were in their small boats fioat-
ing around in The ice waiting for assist
arcc
Up TO the time darkness covered the
ocean tonight no big craft, which could
have rendered assistance. was seen
within Two miles of The burning vessel.
The life-s;tying crew had not returned up
to II O'Clock tonight. The vessel seems
to be burned to the water line.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-11
LIVELY WEEK in
SOUT H AT RIGA
Beers Swooped Down on British
Convoy and Destroyed and
Captured Wagon Train.
(By Assocla ted Prcss.)

LONDON, Feb. 1o.A report received
to-day form Lord Kitchener at Pretoria,
shows last week to have been the livliest
week, with the heaviest losses on both
sides for several months past. Lord
Kitchener gives the Boer casualties q to-
tai cf 50 killed, II wounded, 81 surrcn-
lcrcd and d7i taken prisoners. The Brit
ish captured $50 rifles. ono pompom and
tho usual grist of munitions and live
stock.
The most serious British loss during
the week was the capture fssiSt don
key wagons, conveyed 1i,ss 1G0 troops. At
2 poilir thirty mics from beaufort
West, Cape Coony;ftl the enemy swooped
on the donkey wagons and cut UP the
convoy before assistance arrived. They
were able to move only Twelve OF the
wagon.s and burned tho rest. In this Gu
Sagcment the British lost two officers
and eleven mon killed and one officer
and II men wounded, while the Boers
lost q killed and II wounded.
The Boers also rushed a detachment
of one hundred men of Colonel .Doran' $
column. the night OF February Sd, when
the British lost three officers and seven
men killed and II men wounded.
Won Donop surprised PotS.eter's laag-
sr. near Molina ranstad, Transvaal col
ony, February 7th, killing three Beers
and capturing Sc as we'll as % wagons
and livestock.
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what other allowances arc made
..None. except that am allowed as
governor. to live in the Malacanan, nfle ola
Bovernor-generaiis palace.
1T is an extensive place.
Rather. 1t costs me S125 in gold per
month to light it, and ] paT $50 a. year
out of my pocket for servant hire.
Are the other members OF the conf
mission provided with residences :
'They are not. All of them pay rent,
and I can assure you that | would much
prefer to pay mine to being required to
live at Malacanan and keep up that es-
tablishment. There is much entertain
ing necessary, especially of native ladies
and gentlemen, and the cost of every
thing is greater than in Washington.
Indeed. money goes SO fast that it seems
to melt
Governor Taft added that the commits
sion had had nothing TO do with fixing
the salaries of it's own members, that
having been done in Washington, but
he said that it was impossible to secure
the services of competent men for re-
sponsibic positions without paying bet
ter salaries than are paid here. He
thought This especially true of men hold
ing judicial positions He thought they
should be paid higher than they now are.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-11
BUILD TWO STORES
UNDER S. A. |
Unique Structure to0ccupy Space
on Main Street Where the
TrestIe Crosses.

A very unique building is to be erected
right beneath the trestle of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway Company where it
crosses Main Street.
The railway company does not Sell the
property under the trestle, but leases it
to Mr. L. Hanklns, who will erect a
structure there large enough for two
stores But neither store will be very
large. The railroad company has here
about thirty feet OF vacant ground. 1t is
fortunate that3this ground is also between
two supporting pillars of the trestlc.
Mr.. Hankns has engaged the services
of Mr. w. c. West. the well known ar
chitect, to design him a structure that
will Bc unique and will occupy every foot
OF the ground which! is a t present vacant.
Mr. West will have to plan low. broad
building and two stores Will find their
homes IN IT
Here is another unique feature about
this proposed structure: The Seaboard
Company may have the building put on
it taken away at any time. Z hey naFe.
only TO give Mr. Hankiils q notice OF
brief period.
Mr.. Hankins will likely have little troit-.
BE in renting these stores. even if he
has not already done so. Tor the building,
of the depot there and The many improve
me1lts that have been made recently have
attracted the business people anew to this
section. Property is In excellent demand
and business is brisk down there now.
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STREET CAR men
TO Wait ONE DAY
Passenger and Power Company
Given To-Day to Reinstate
-Four Discharged Men.
Power Company is

-
The Passenger and Power Company is
given to-day in which Messrs. Simmons,
Allen, Reed and Perkinson. the men dis
charged by Superintendent Wightnan. OF
the Clay Street line, may be relnstated
If they are. not, a committee Will demand
that they be given back their places. II
that is not effective. d meeting OF the
association will be held again tonight at
midnight.
What action will be taken in event
of this none can say, and NOT one man
last night would 50 much as intimate. but
itswouId seem that nothing would be left
for them to do but strike. Arbitration
would be little effective after what Will
have been done in the meantime.
The A1nalGamated Association of Street
Car Men, No. sl52, held q two-hours' ses-
sion this morning, beginning at one
o'clock. a, report was made to the elIect
that the Board OF Directors OF the Pas-
senger and Power Company would meet
to-0ay and would take up the dlscharse
OF the mem Mr.. Simmons Is expected 70
wait on General Manager Dlmmock, at
Sthe conclusion of the meeting, and as
certain if sheir action is satisfactory. !
not. q committee consisting CT Messrs.
Nondcock. Trice and Goldsby, will de-
nand the reinstatement the men. 1
this will not bring about the establish
,aent OF the men in the goodwill OF the
company, a meeting Of the Association
will be held again tomorrow morning At
che O'clock, when action will be deter
mined upon.
Mr.. Dimmocl1 was seen last night be,
fore the time for the meeting OF the car az.
men and asked for a statement OF the
trouble He said the reports of the dis,
agreement had been exaggerated q SooG
deal He did not fear q SIrike.I thlnh
fhe men are too sensible for that, he de-
clared. He could not tell whether Messrs
Allen and Simmons would be reinstated or
not. Is ne had not Investigated the
trouble and did not know where the blame
would fall. e
The men arc very sore over what they
4construe as unfair dealings with the mct
on the part of Mr.. W1Shtman.
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MONEY SEEMS TO MELT.
Governor TAFT Thinks $4,000 Year Too
Small Salary for Philippine Executive.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb 1o.-In con-
tinuing lis statement concerning condi-
tious in the Philippine Islands before.
the Senate Committee on Philippines to-
DAY, Governor Taft said, in speaking Of
the American teachers in the archipelago,
that of the SS5 there only one had been
mistreated. This one had been carried
away by the insurrectos, but he had been
returned soon in Il hammock.
!, was necessary, he said, to make; sal
aries from 20 TO 25 per cent. higher thaul
in the United States. In this connection
senator Culhcrson made INQUIRIES con-
5cerning the salaries and allowances Of
tho commissioners Of tie archipelago.
.Is each of the commissioners paid
s$2Q,000?" lie asked.
& NO was. tie reply. w hen was
appointed civil governor, 4 WI s. allowed
s. .0o0 for my legislative duties and SIS, ,00o
for my duties rs an eSecu making
sc, ,0o0. The other coInmlssi oners We're q *
5I.wed 5000 for their legislative ser;
ices, and $40. OBJ for their executive du-5
tics. ,n;kins sls, 600. all IN sold 81
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lRr Associated rrcss J

PATTERSON. n. J.. Feb. 10.--A feeling of
confidence in the future pervades the
minds of the citizens OF Paterson tonight
Mayor Hinchlifre has the situation well in
hand, and to an offer of assistance which
came from Mayor Low, of New York, an
answer was returned containing thanks
and the assurance that Paterson is man
agic 10 care for those in need.
Money and securities said to amount to
ys.eoo.oaa wero recovered from the two
huge vaults under the ruins Of the First
National Bank lato this afternoon. Books,
papers. bullion and paper money were
Iund uninjured. Guardcd By files of sol
dicrs with fixed hayonets, The treasure
Mas conveyed to The Paterson Savings
institution in q two-horsc dray.
Buried beneath the ruins OF the City
Hall were found the safes which belonged
10 the comptrollcr's Office, and in these
also the papers, legal documents and
uublic records were found unharmed.
TAX RECORDS BURNED.
The greatest tanglc in city affairs viii
he III the lax OIitt II 10 .SSio ~ - AiA'io''.
certain the records showing who paid
,hcir taxes and who had not are de-
slroycd. and that there is not in existence
anything from which the information
could be obtained.
The work of clearing UP the burned dis
1rict has not begun. but the tiremen were
busy until night with ropes and dynamite,
tearing down the shaky walls that en-
dangcred those Who had to be inside the
burned area So we'll did this work pro
:;rcss that in The afternoon, after 4 con-
1ercuco with Major Ross, commanding
The military. the public WAS admitted TO
The ruins, Scntrics were posted ut every
important point, and the crowd WAS kept
moving briskly. Thousands qa9ssed about
The choked-up streets and viewed The ru-
jus curing the TWO hours and a half al
lowed thom There has been no disorder
and the authorities believe there Will be
Gonc.
Ttiks ORIGIN.
President David Young. Of the street
railroad, i'm the barns of which the lire
WAS Thought to have started, stated to-
ala, that as 81 result Of q careful inycsu-
:.ation. he would positively declare that
The fire did not originate in :hc barns.
1Iis sea rch showed him that The iirc start
"a back of the barns in ashes not owned
iv the trolley company.
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TWENTY FIVE BLOCKS
Heartof City Wiped Out by Flames
That Defied Efforts to Control.
The LOSS OF LIFE VERY SMALL
Springfield, Ohio, The Scene Of Another Great
BIsze that Destroyed Shops Valued at
Million Doliars-New York. Brook
Iyn, pbiludeIpbis, ST Louis and
Other Places suf,er-EleY.
en- Killed liz ST. Louis.
THE LOSS OF LIFE VERY SMALL

Fire Sunday and Monday ragged
in all parts of the country, de-
stroying property the aggregate
value Of which is ten million dol
lars and caused the death of
score or more persons.
Paterson, N. j., was the great
est sufferer. though the fires IN
New York. Philadelphia, St.
Louis, and Springfield, Ohio,
would seem of disastrous proper
tons save in comparison with
the conflagration that literally
wiped out the business portion of
that city. twenty-five blocks
were burncdiand the loss is esti-
mated at eight millions of dollars.
Theloss of life was phenomenally
small. and though the flames de-
fled the efforts of the firemen,
and ate deeper and deeper into
the city, only two persons lost
their lives. Sixty-three were sent
10 hospitals, injured by falling
walls.
The ST. Louis fire was the most
disastrous in loss of life, eleven
persons being killed.
In Springfield the great East
Street Shops were destroyed.
There were also numerous other
conflagrahons.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-11
PROMINENT YOUNG
COUPLE DROWNED
Herbert Mock and Miss Mae
Geiger Break Through Ice in
Onancock Creek,
ESPECIAL Dispatch 10 The Times,

Especial DlSpatch 10 Inc IlmcS.l
ONANCOCK, VA, via, OnleS, Va, Feb.
1o-Great gloom and excitement was ere.
ated to-day about noon, when the news
rushed over the community that Miss
Mae Geigcr and Mr.. Herbert Mock had
broken in the ice III Onancock Creek op-
positc Mr. Thomas Taylor's old mill,
near the Is. C. & A. Railways pier, While
skating arm ana arm, and We're drowned.
1t being near dinner time il is sup
posed that they had started for the boat
to go home. and when passing a point
in the creek the ice broke and both we're.
thrown into, the water Gallant Mock i t
is stated, could have saved himself, oas
he. with bravery worthy of q Yictotia
cross. STAYED to- the last and tried ID a.sip
Mis-. Geiger out, offering her his hama as
he went down.
taIr. Harmanson killnan Was ABOUT 100
wards away on a hill. when he say .henl
break in, and Immediately ran down and
wadt>d in the water up TO his neck after
them The rotten ice breaking with each
step he became exhausted. With great
effort he kept himself up and was only
saved after being in the water twenty
minutes
Harold West. II Young iau OIL ScNSasGS;i
son OF Mr. William c. West, proprietor
Of onancocll Hotel, went in after them
but could not swim on account af mis-
skates. lie also became exhausted and
had TO be pulled out.
Henry G. Crockett. Jr., WAS pr lie .i5s
at the tsme and went TO their rescue, o. t
broke in isefore reaching them. He finally
got 10 the opposite shore. Mr.. l.. B.
Lewis was also very brave and tried TO
rescue them.
[ All these, especially, actee like heroes
and did all in their power 10 save them
Miss GeigerS and Mock were dragged out
aftd, being Ii, tho water for thirty min
utes, hui. were beyond the aid 81 the med
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-11
DISHONOR NATION
BY GREED OF SPOIL
Mr.. Turner Denounces Leaders
Of Republican Party,
PRETENsE OF SERVING GOD
lie Says They Have Struck Liberty the Worst
Blow ii Has Received Since it Gained
Footho,d ou the Ameri-
can Continent.
lRr Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, Feb 1o.-ThrouShout
nearly the entire session Of the Senate
to-day the Philippine tariff bill was tln-,
Ger consideration. Mr.. Turner of Wash
ington, concluded his speech begun last
Friday.
He devoted lis argument. as on the
previous day. to a discussion of the legal
and constitutional phases of the Philip
pine question, holding, in the lnain tina,
as the Philippine Islands had established
an independent government prior to the
fall of Manila, the United States had
no right in the Islands
Mr. Teller, of Colorado, took the floor
to deliver Il speech upon the pending
measure. but had scarcely introduced his
argument before he requested that ne be
allowed to continue his address to-mor
row.
DENOUNCED REPUBLICANS.
In the course of his speech, Mr.. Turner
exclaimed with great vchemence:
1.-THE leaders of the Republican party
have dishonored the nation by their greed
for power and spois. They have done
so under the false and blasphemous pre-
tense that they were serving Almighty
God by advancing, liberty and religion
Instead of advancing the cause of liberty
they have struck it the worst blow it has
received since 1t first found 4 foothold
on the American continent,
Taking UP the sedition act in the Phii-
ippines, Mr.. Turner referred to 1t as
rot only unconstitutional, but as u relic
of b;rbarism, too black even for the most
despotic and tyrannical government that
now exists on the face of the earth
When Mr.. Turner concluded It confer
ence report on the urgent deficiency, bill
was laid before the Senate. The House
amendment relating to the opening OF
State claims was agreed to, which passed
the bill.
REPEAL sEDITION LAWS.
Mr. Patterson. of Colorado, presenter
an amendment to the Philippine bin,
providing for the repeal of the scdition
laws applied to the Philippines.
Mr.. Teller gave notice of an amendment
that it is not intended by the Government
of the United States to permanently an
mex the Philippine Islands as an lnte-
grail part of the United States. but that
il is intended to establish: with the con-
sent of the inhabitants thereof, gov
ernnent. or governments, suitable to their
wants and condition.
Mr.. Spooner asked Mr. Teller whether
he regarded the acquisition of Porto RICO
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-11
WANTS TO BE A
REAL LIVE MAYOR
Not Seeking the Office for the
Money it Pays.
LIVE WIRE USES PLAIN WORDS.
Asks All Those Who Talk Behind His Back 70
Meet Him Face 20 Face Like
Men-PoIiticsl
Notes.
I'VE WIRE USES PLAIN WORDS.

The Live Wire" was the whole show
at Whalcns Hall, in Jackson Ward, last
night
Tor nearly two hours Captain McCar-
thy talked in Il semi-conversational man
ncr TO as many people as could be packed
and jammcd into the room. He was at
his best, and hardly a. man left the room
while lie was talking.
There were some present, PERHAPS a
good many, who are supporters of Mayor
Taylor. They all gave. Captain Mccarthy
a most respectful hearing, It was ono OF
the most orderly meetings ever held on Il
similar occasion in the city. Mr.. W. Z.
Leaman, the president of the Working
mems Democratic Club of Jackson Ward,
presided.
Captain Mccarthy caught the car OF the
audience from the start, when he waded
right into the meat Of his subject by re-
marking: The office of Mayor should be
something more than Il iigurchead. The
person at the head Of the city government
should not only be u man with brains
enough 10 defeat unwisc legislation, but
he should be one who can think out and
offer suggestions that, il they be adopted,
would be for the public isood-for the
good of all the people Of every class. Has
the present head OF the city government
ever offered one suggestion that was for
the beuerment of our condition?
a PAINFUL PAUSE.
II want to pause right here Tor q reply;
| if any one knows Of a single suggestion
| the present Mayor has made. let him
| speak out right now" said the Captain,
/ as he folded his arms and awaited an
| answer.
| Men turned about rather nervousy in
! thei. seats, looked around at each other,
! but there came no response.
Captain Mccarthy then went on 10 tell
/ about the interest all the people should
! feel in their city government. lie con-
tended that tho wage-earner, who did
not own n cents worth of property, Was
/ as much interested, or should be, as the
big propcrty-owner, for he had TO pay
i taxes on what he consumed.
PAID BIG PRICE.
The speaker occasioned something of q,
/ sensation when he got down to talking
| about Councilmen. mind you, | am not
| charging the Councilmen with improper
! conduct" he said. Il tell you this, how
! ever. a gentleman who has given me the
/ authority TO use his name whenever 1t
may become necessary, has told me that
a syndicate was formed to get through
| the Main Street charter for the Passen-
| ger and Power Company. This syndicate
/ was given $4,000 in stocks and bonds.
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BAND OF OUTLAWS.
-Four Killed in Fierce Battle With Two sber>
IFS and Posses.
lBy Associated Prcss.l

j Ell zPASo, TEXAS, Feb: 1o.4Ben Viii
liarls, a detective for the Santa Fe Rail-
way, reports that. in the vicinity of the
Captain mountains. new Mexico, the peo-
PIE have been terrorized recently by the
appearance of eight outlaws. The gang
has. held up and robbed several stores and
ranches recently stolen numerous horses
and committed one murder. Tow sheriffs'
posses pursued the outlaws into the
mountains. where a battle is reported to
have taken place. resulting in the dea1n
of four of Et1leEoutlaws. -.
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ical skill OF DrS. Robertson and Fosquc
Both were about twenty years OF age
and members of prominent families inc
Geigers came to this place from Char
lottesville, and Miss Geigcr was d grand
daughter of Colonel Bowcock, of Abe
marie county.
Young Mock was a son OF Mr.. n. W.
Mock. a prominent citizen of Onancock
ano formerly the collector OF customs of
this port under Cleveland's administra-
ton. He was taken sick about one year
ago with appendicitis and was carried to
Baltimore. He was there operated on by
Dir Tiffany, and has only recently recoE-
cred his strength.
Miss Geigers father was in Philadelphia
and was tclcgraphed to.
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A u.
fSpecjal pispatch to The Timcs)

Especial Dispatch to The Times
BISCOE. KING AND QUEEN CO,
Feb. 1O-N1r. Erasmus Greenwood shunS
himself Friday night lie had been IN
poor health for some time and his miiid
had become unbalanced.
His wife was prostratcd on finding the
body.
For many years Mr.. Greenwood had
been and elder in Shepherds Methodist
Church and he was highly esteemed Ey
his ncighbors.
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Four NilIions in Rolling Stock.
1By Associated Press.

ROANOKE, a., Feb. LIN addition
5toa an order placed with the Southern.
Car and Foundry Company. of Birmins-
ham, a Ia last week by the Norfolk and
Western Railroad for q, 600 box ears and
100 coal cars, zthat road to-day announced
its Intention to place an order for 800 aat
of this city.
e Tie orders for rollin stock placed by
the Norfolk and Western during the past
few months amount 10; more than 81
fO0O. .0c0,
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soutnard- Randall.

tsnceial Dispatch 10 The Times.
,,p Is11s9,iE;RICNSBURG, a., Fcb. 10.-
~ Henry C. Sonthard ana Miss Jose
Zine Randall. both of Stafford county,
a,sr. married yesterday at Ramoth Bap-
2,;st church, Rev. A. 4. Lyn:: Off ciatinGss
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EIGHT MILLION LOSS.
lire Demon Wiped Out Business Portion OF
pay,e-cop

Patterson, n. j.
The fierce confagrations which burned
SIS way through the business center oil
Paterson yesterday has completels spent
tts force and is quickly dying out IN t'ie
ashes and broken brick Of its ruin.
LOSS EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS.
Conservative opinion inclined to-day 10
,.,,t s.. 600 from the aggregate loss OF
;iGcoe.poo agreed upon yesterday and Ss.-
.rLlet Will probably Ire accented linaiis as
thc actual cost OF the fire. No tabaiatior-
oi individual losses that can be accepted
as reliable has yet been made. and y
Miil be several DAYS before satisfactory
..;nres can be prepared. Equally incom-
,ietc is The estimate of INSURANCE.
vas lated here to-day that the insurance
r,nonated TO ,,c.ween s4,eaee eae and ss.-
o;s a,e out What gave basis to the call
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MANCHESTER POSTMASTER.
8. B. Weisigsr Amoas Those Confirmed by
these 1T Yeslerlay.
IEy .NssosIateI d Press

WAsHINGToN. D. c.. Feb. To- Con-
fIrmations by the senate Postmasters
Virginia. G. Alexander, Boydton. S. s.
4 Ireyyett, Glen Allen W IL Faulkner,
south Boston, b. B. lfefsiser. NIanches-
ter; o.. jackson, Blackstone. W. e.
Young. TazemelI:: G. II Revercomb.3 Cos.
5ll.S ton.
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The Live Wire was the whole show
at Whalcn's Hall, in Jackson Ward, last
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RANGE OF THERMOMETERS.

The Thermometer ranged as follows a (
Tho Times cfice yesterday: a. NJ. y;
j. NJ. "a: 3 P. NJ. S.: 6 p. NJ. IS: . T.. NJ
s:: II midnight. Is. Average. 52.s
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WEATHER FORECAST

FORECAST for Tuesday and svednesda
5s NortI, Carolina and yirsinia- a.l.
1 6rrssdav and Wednesday; light WesteIiy
to aorthwesterly winds.
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