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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-12
FURNITURE MADE OF STEEL.
Entirely New Equipment for United States
Vessels.

New York (SpeciaD .-The new
cruiser Baltimore, which has been re
built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard dur
ing the past three years. will be equip
ped with steel furniture. The state
rooms and the crews quarters will
alike be furnished i'll a new kind OF met
al furniture which has been manuiac-
tured at the local navy yards, and which
will within the course of FIVE years be
used exclusively on all of the warships
OF the United States Navy.
The Baltimore will be the first man
of-war from this country or any for
eign country that has been made en-
tirely freproof. She will be the first
ship on the sea which has not carried
large amount of inhammable furni-
ture and numerous decorative articles
The furniture is made of thin sheet
steel. 1t is welded together in such a
manner that the seams do not show
The writing desks, cabinets and chit
foniers are patterned from the wooden
articles that are generally in use in pri-
waite homes. Rolltop desks are made
by using narrow strips OF steel for the
flexible portion of the top.
1t will cost $4,000 to fit out the Bal
tinore with new kind of furniture
This is about three times as much as il
would have cost to reft her with wood
ell articles.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-12
DR.. Cutles, Composer, Dead.

Swampscott, Mass. (SpeciaD.- DIR.
Henry S. Cutler. composer and musical
conductor. credited with introducing
vested male choirs in this country, died
here. DR.. Cutler formerly was organist
and choirmaster OF Trinity Church, in
New York city. When the Prince of
Wales. now King Edward VII, visited
this country in 1860, DR.. Cutler CON
ceived the idea of having a vested choir
in Trinity, similar to those in the Eng
fish churches, because the Prince OF
Wales had decided to attend the service
there. The idea was at once taken up
in this country and became general
DIR. Cutters setting to the hymn. "'rhe
Son OF God Goes Forth to War;" is
the best known of his compositions.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-12
All the Dead Were Insured.

St. Louis, Mo. (SpeciaD Deputy
Coroner Boogher in an official statement
made, declared that the result of the in
quest held over the body of Mrs. Kate
Smith, whose death was the sixth oc-
curino during the last IL months of per
sons nearly related revealed the fact that
all of the dead, except baby, had been
insured. Nearly all of the six persons
died suddenly, The fact that they were
insured and that they all exhibited SINH
lar symptoms caused the inquest to be
held
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-12
Cost of a Chicago Subway.

The city engineer of Chicago has SUBJ
mitted an opinion in regard to the cost
of building a subway extending from
curb to curb, and of not more than
twenty feet, which he estimates at
$1,500.000 per mile. This is about
$1,000,000 less per mile than the cost
in New York. where good deal of the
excavation is made through solid rock.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-12
Foreign.

Countess Boni de Castellane will sail
for New York December Ia, but the
Count will remain i'll France to conduct
the campaign for his reelection.
A new German political organization
has been started, to be known as the
Kaiser party, the efforts of which will be
directed against socialism.
The seconds of Deputy Syveton and
M. Vale, the French minister of justice,
favor arbitrating the differences instead
of resorting to duel.
The SEVENTEEN anniversary of the birth
of Biornstjerne' Bjornson, the Norweg
ian poet and novelist, was celebrated
throughout Norway.
1t is reported that the pretender to the
throne of Morocco has assumed sover-
eign rights and taken possession of the
treasury.
Prince Oscar, the fifth son of Emperor
William. fractured his collar bone by
falling from horizontal bar
The King of Portugal concluded his
three-week visit to England and started
for home
Harry McCalmont, the sportsman and
member of Parliament dropped dead in
London.
The strike crisis at Marseilles is ended
and many sailors have returned to work.
Emperor William, in an address to a
delegation of workingmen at Breslau,
Prussia, declared it was lie that work
men had to rely upon the socialist party
for betterment of their position.
The British Board of Agriculture will
remove the embargo on cattle from New
England ports soon as the American De
partment of Agriculture considers thai
the outbreak is suppressed.
The British ship Leicester Castle ar
rived at Queenstown from San Fran
cisco. Her captain reported that tire,
American seamen had mutinied and sho
the second officer dead.
Premier Combs announced Vt, tn,
French Cabinet that he had Suspended
the salaries of the Archbishop of 2esan
con and of the Bishops of Orleans ant
Seez.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-12
Three Cremated In Dwelling.

Menomine Falls, Wis. Especially Max
Manthey and two of his children are
dead and Mrs. Manthey and five other
children were injured as result of fire
at Colgate, five miles from here, in which
the general store and dwelling of Max
Manthey we're destroyed An infant
daughter was the only member of the
family unhurt.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-12
Georgia Town TerrorIzed.

Nicholas, Ga (SpeciaD Lee Crib. a
white nan, ran amuck here, killing Mar,
shall Holton and seriously wounding a
boy, the engineer of train and mer-
chant named Hart Crib was captured
after mu-h difficulty, There was talk OF
lynching, but the man was hurried off tc
the Jail at Dougles. No reason is as
signed for his murderous craze.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-12
THOMAS B. REED DEAD
Ex-Speaker of House Expires at Arllng'
ton Hotel, Washington.
WAS ILL LESS THAN FIVE DAYS.
Author Of The Rules Which Bear His Name
And Which Give Autocratic Power To The
Speaker-From Farmers Son To A
Mighty Power in Shaping OF Our legis'
latiOn.

Washington. ID. c. (Special).-Ex-
Speaker of the National House of Repre-
sentatives Thomas Bracket Reed, OF
Maine, died at 1910 o'clock Sunday
morning at the Arlington Hotel, where
he was stricken suddenly on Tuesday
night with what was believed to be acute
gastritis.
Mr.. Reeds condition became worse
Saturday morning, when signs of blood
poisoning reappeared On Friday night
he was attacked with nausea, which was
taken as a 81 n.ptom that Bright's disease
had developed, and all of Saturday he
was in condition which his physicians
knew meant an early dissolution. At
times MIR. Reec spoke AID seemed to be
in cheerful frame of mind but it was
easily seen that death was approaching
At midnight a consultation was held,
participated i'll by Drs Gardner, Nc
Donald, Bishop and Goodnow the latter
being called as an expert consultant from
Philadelphia.
At the conclusion of the consultation
Dr. Gardner announced that complete
condition of urse1lia was found to exist
and that Brights disease had developed
as the latest complication. 1t was then
decided that the case was hopeless and
that death was a matter of minutes only.
Mr.. Reed reached Washington Novem-
Der 3d. having come to attend to some
matters III the United States Supreme
Court. He was at the Capitol Monday
visiting with friends and former asso-
ciates in Congress and witnessed the con-
veuing of the second session of the Fifty
seventh Congress. Apparently he was
enjoying good health, but later in the
day he called OF Dr. F. A. Gardner and
complained of gastric distress.
The following day his physician com
PEELED him to remain in bed while dag
nosis was made of his condition. MIR.
Reed was strongly averse to staying i'll
bed, but rise i'll temperature made il
imperative that he remain quiet Symp-
toms of appendicitis appeared, though
his condition was not considered as
alarming. A trained nurse remained witt
him throughout Tuesday night, and the
patient showed signs of improvement.
Mrs. Reed and daughter, Miss Kittie
arrived Wednesday and remained will
Mr.. Reed at the Arlington Hotel since
On Thursday the physicians announced
that the appendical symptoms were abat-
ing, but that kidney trouble had de
veloped, giving more serious aspect to
the case. DR.. Goodnow was summoned
from Philadelphia for consultation.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-12-12
Creator of Reed Rules.

Thomas B. Reed was conspicuous in
the National House of Representatives
during four Congresses, in three OF
which-the Fifty-hrst. the Fifty fourth
and the Fifty-hfth-he was Speaker.
Nature made him conspicuous by reason
of his ample proportions, and his service
as presiding officer gave him place.in
history as the creator of the so-called
Reed rules, which even to-day guide the
deliberations of the House, and which
won for him the titles of Gear" and
"Autocrat.
He was born on October IS, 1880, in
Portland, Me, in Louise which yet re-
mains as one of the ''show places" of
that city. In the corner of the right
angle formed by Hancock and Middle
streets are the houses in which Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow and Thomas
Bracket Reed first saw the light of day,
and i'll the same SQUARE is the site of the
first building erected in Maine, the dwell
ling of George Cleeve, the first white
settler of Portland, and the grandfather
seven generations removed OF the late
Speaker
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-02
TO VOTE.
Number of Ballots in South Carolina
Rid1culously Small.

Columbia, S. c., Nov. 28.-The ne
groes have ceased to vote in South
Carolina. Thousands who are quail
fed electors having registration tick
cts did not go to the polls this fall.
The canvass Of returns in the Sec
rotary of States office shows that in
the six Congressional districts where
Republicans were nominated there
rel 742 votes polled for these can-
didates November 4th. The largest
number in any one district was 247
and the smallest 81. Even in Beau
tort and Georgetown, where there
we're negro candidates for county Of
fees and the Legislature, few ne
groes went to the polls. In these
counties there has always been a d.
vision of the offices and until now
the negroes have had representation
in the Legislature, but for the first
time since the negroes got the bal
lot, not one is holding my public
Office in the State. Bolts, the lone
colored member in the last Legisla-
ture, has been retired and the body
to meet early Ill January will be COM
0osed of white men unanimously.
Two years ago nearly five times as
many Republican votes were polled
as this year. The entire Democratic
vote in the last election was 31,343.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-02

phenomenally mild-no killing frost
the plant has had ample time to
ripen and the picking eason thus
far all that could be desired. It is
therefore not improbable that the
crop this year will exceed that of last
year by some 100000 bales"
The Irish land question which has
been the source of more injustice
and crime than the world may ever
comprehend appears to be nearing a
settlement. The British govern
ment is expected to Immediately
adopt a compulsory act under which
the landlords, whose rule has been
the bane of the island for centuries,
will be bought out by the tenants.
By this plan the British government
will act as a realty agent and adj
vance by a system of credits and
yearly installments the tremendous
sum of OO,OOO,O 900 as the purchase
price for the tenants, number no.
900. By former acts the govern
ment has already advanced 100000
600, and thus enabled 10000 tenants
to purchase their holdings. This was
in the richest districts. There has
been no relief in the poor sections
of western Ireland, where the most
suffering is reported. The plan
worked we'll. Only three tenants
were behind in this years repayment
of their installments to the govern
ment. AS a result of the same legis-
lation $3.50, OOO, 900 is available now
for future purchase. Landlordism
is a curse to any people. No nation
can be prosperous or permanently
endure where the common people are
refused Gees to the land. A
brighter day seems dawning for the
Irish people, for which all mankind
must rejoice.-Chicago Rural-Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-02
GENERAL NEWS
WHAT THE DISPATCHES TELL.

of the National Irrigation Act, sue
ceeds Senator Jones, of Nevada, for
a long time a picturesque figure in
the Senate and a lifelong champion
of free silver.
A Frankfort, KY, dispatch says
that Henry E. Youtsey, convict in
the p~enitentiary serving a life SEN
tence for the Goebel murder, has
signed a confession giving the de-
tails of the plot, and the confession
is in the hands of the States attor-
neys.
John G. Carlisle, formerly Secre-
tary of the Treasury, has accepted a
retainer fee to appear for Virginia
Republicans in the legal contest hat
has been begun against the validity
of the new Constitution of Virginia,
which DISTINGUISHES practically the
entire negro vote of the State.
1t is said that President Roosevelt
has decided not to appoint DR..
Crum, the colored political leader,
collector of the port of Charleston,
S. @. It is understood that the
Presidents decision is the result of
statements concerning DR.. Crum's
political career, charging him with
questionable conduct in the National
Republican Convention some years
ago..
The figures of the. Commissioner
of immigration show that only 1,649
Cinnamon arrived in this country
during the last fiscal year, this being
a decrease of so from the year be-
fore. When it is seen that the ar
rivals from italy during the same
period numbered 1885 and from
Austria-Hungary 1889 one wond-
ers if it would not be a pretty good
scheme to apply restrictive measures
to the Atlantic as we'll as the Pacific
side of the country.-Charlotte OBJ
server.
Returns from nearly all the coun-
ties of Texas show that the Consti-
tutional Amendment requiring the
prepayment of poll taxes to entitle a
citizen to vote has been carried by
a vote of over two to one. The
amendment will put Texas on much
the same standing as Louisiana and
Mississippi in regard to the suffrage,
will extinguish negro voters and cut
down the white, and is likely to ma
t~erially reduce the total vote of the
State. The Republicans will be the
worst hurt.-Landmark.
Reports of the bubonic plague in
San Francisco have failed to attract
much attention because every one
takes it for granted that the city on
the Pacific must pay for the advan-
tages of Asiatic trade by being
troubled with Oriental maladies. 1t
is something of a surprise to learn
that there is really some danger hat
the scourge may grow to serious pro-
portions. 1t is reported that there
have been 2,233 deaths in California
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
What Congress Will Do in the Short
Session Which Has Just Begun.

Session Which Has Just Begun.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
Most of the Senators and Repre-
sentatives have arrived in Washing
ton, the President has completed his
message, and it is being rapidly put
in type and everything is ready for
the converting on Monday of what
promises to be one of the most in
~teresting short sessions of recent
years. The social season is in full
swing, the diplomats have reopened
their embassies, and legations, and
the new state dining room at the
White House has been initiated with
a farewell dinner to M. Cambon, the
retiring French Ambassador.
THE PRESIDENT s MESSAGE
While speculation is rife in regard
to the Presidents message and mum
erous sensational predictions are
finding their way into print, your
correspondent is in a position to say
that there will be nothing sensation
al about the document. It will be a
brief statement of facts as they ap-
pear to Mr.. Roosevelt and, aside
from a virtual ~reiteration of his well
known views in regard to the trusts
and his recommendation of a bi-par-
tisan tariff commission to examine
into the question of tariff modifca-
ton, there will be no remarkable fea-
lures. It is expected that some ref
erence will be made to the financial
situation, both in this country and
the Philippines, and Congress will be
urged to enact such legislation as
the conditions demand. Briefy,sMr.~
Roosevelt is too appreciative of the
heavy responsibilities which must
rest on the President to be willing
to assume those which belong to
Congress.
The policy folloTed by the Presi-
dent in his message will be observed
by Secretary Shaw in his forthcom-
ing annual report. The Secretary
will set forth, in unequivocal terms,
the evils of the present currency sys-
tenn and will urge upon Congress the
necessity of legislation which will
remedy the defects. E~x-Secretary of
the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, said
last night that the sentiment of the
New York Chamber of Commerce
was that a change should be made in
the law whereby banks should be per-
mitted to issue currency without de-
posting bonds as security therefor,
the issue to be based on the financial
standing of the issuing bank.
NO TARIFF LEGISLATION
Numerous Senators and, Represen-
tatives who have been seen by your
correspondent state hal they do not
believe there will be any attempt at
tariff revision during the short SEES
sion. That a tariff commission may
be appointed to investigate the sub
iect and reDort a wear later is nos
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-02

ing Republican victory. Prince Kali
aninaole, popularity known as "Prince
Cupid" was elected Delegate to Con-
gress over William Wilcox, the in
cumbent and Democratic candidate,
by a majority of over 1000. The
Legislature will be almost entirely
Republican, as fifteen Republican
Representatives and five Senators
have been elected. The new Delegate
to Congress is a full-blooded Ha-
waiian.
Says the Literary Digest: The
daily newspapers seem to approve
heartily the indictment of three
Christian Scientists for manslaugh-
ter in the second degree, on the
ground that they "did maliciously
and feloniously cause the death of
Ethel Quimby, aged seven years, by
neglecting to provide medical at
tendance" as the Indictment puts it.
The little girl died of malignant
diphtheria in White Plains, N. Y,
with no treatment except that given
by John @. Lathrop, a Christian
Science practitioner, and by her pa
rents, also Christian Scientists, who
are all three now held on the above
charge. If found guilty, the law pre-
scribes no less a penalty than fifteen
years Imprisonment or $1,000 fine,
or both.
The following note from the
Youths Companion explains the
Doukhobor movement of which so
much has been said of late: Late
last month there was an outbreak
of fanaticism among the curious
Russian sect known as Doukhobors,
who settled two or three years ago
in the Northwest Territories of Can
ada. Following one of their number
whom they believed to be John the
Baptist, and obeying literally the in
junction to forsake everything for
the sake of Christ, hundreds of
them started upon a disorderly
march in search of the Messiah.
Men, women and children were
among the pilgrims, and some of
them died from exposure by the way.
The weather became severely cold
while the procession was on the
march, and the government, to save
the lives of the pilgrims, detailed a
strong force of mounted police to
intercept them and compel them to
return to their villages.
Latham, Alexander & Co., of New
York, in a circular letter of Nov.
25th, put forth an estimate of H.
100000 bales on the cotton crop of
19O2-19O3, against 1~O,681,OOO for
19O1-19O2. North Carolina is put
down III tie current crop estimate
for 100000 bales, against $4,000
bales last year The circular con
cludes: "Last year was an unfavor-
able one for cotton production in
nearly all sections. In the South
Atlantic State excessive rains pre-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-12-02

Numerous Senators and, Represen-
tatives who have been seen by your
correspondent state that they do not
believe there will be any attempt at
tariff revision during the short SEES
sion. That a tariff commission may
be appointed to investigate the sub
ject and report a year later is pos
sible, but that will be the extent to
which the matter will go. The dele
cations from Minnesota and other
parts of the Northwest are strongly
in favor of the reduction of certain
schedules but even they appreciate
that it will be almost impossible to
effect such important legislation in
the limited time at the command of
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-02-05

London, Feb. 3.-King Edward and
Queen Alexandra, with large suite, Wis
tied the Lyceum theater Saturday night to
witness the performance of Sherlock
Holmes" Their majesties' entrance was
the signal for an enthusiastic demonstra-
ton on the part of the large audience, at
which the king and queen were apparently
greatly pleased, the king bowling again and
again. The royal party seemed delighted
with the play and at the end of the third
act King Edward sent for Mr.. Gillette and
complimented him upon the performance.
At the end of the play the king again sum
moned the actor and warmly shook him
by the hand, thanking him for delight
full evening. A great crowd waiting out
side the theater cheered their maiesties as
they left.
There has been wonderful change in
the aspect of theatrical affairs here and
the majority of the theaters are now at
foodtide of success. Old favorites like
kitty Grey" sherlock Holmes and
''Frocks and Frills" continue to draw over
flowing audiences, while every one of this
weeks productions has been equally sue
cessful. Plays whose success on the first
night seemed doubtful are all sharing in
the general prosperity. The visits of the
king and queen and other members of the
royal family to the theaters this week
have added interest to the productions.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-02-05
Waterbury, Conn.,, BURNED
OVER TWO MILLION LOSS.
The business Center Was Wiped Out
Rain Fell and Wind Blew n Hur-
ricane-Panic acknowledgements
ing cities Sent Their Fire En-
eincs.

Waterbury, Conn, Feb. 4.--The most
disastrous fire in the history of Wa
terbury has occurred. A large section
of the business part of the city was
wiped out. Shortly after midnight the
| fire, which had seemed to be nearly
under control, broke out with renewed
energy. A conservative estimate
places the loss at 100000. A special
train with fire engine from New Ha-
ven went to the scene.
The manner in which the flames
| leaped from one building to another
and even across the street terrified the
spectators, for it seemed that no earth
| ly power could check them. Several
times it looked as if the firemen had
finally confined the blaze to a certain
district but each time a cry of dis
appointment and warning went up
from the thousands of threats and the
fire was seen to be breaking out else
where.
| The fire originated in the upholstery
department of the third floor of the
store Of the Reid u Hughes Drygoods
company, at 10S-112 Bank street. The
origin is not known. The fire was not
discovered until it had gained tremen-
dous Roadway.
The fire started in a drizzling rain
with rapidly rising wind and with
with a rapidly rising wind and with
snow The wind was at first shifting
but it settled toward the east and car
ried destruction with it.
| In the panic caused by the fire there
were many rumors of accidents and
fatalities, but at the Waterbury hospi
tai at 1 o'clock it was said that ne
accidents or deaths had been reported
there.
At that hour the fire was still burn
ing, though. as viewed from the hos
pital, which is on an eminence com
handing the city, it appeared that its
vigor was abating.
1t is reported that numerous thieves
were operating in houses where they
found the owners absent.
In the first district thousand of PEG
pie packed the flooded streets. Many
of them fell on the icy pavement
and many were injured by being tram
pied on by the surging crowds.
Stores, houses and churches outside
Of the fire district were thrown open
for the reception of the HOUSEHOLD
goods and valued stock hurriedly
taken from the imperiled buildings.