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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-31

persons either lost their lives or were
injured in the fire. Some OF the persons
beng carried from the building at that
hour were still alive.
The fire broke out in the second act of
the play Blue Beard, Jr. 1t burst out in
the flies of the stage presumably from n
defect in the electrical display. IN an in
slant the draperies and iiimsy stage Set
tings had burst into flames. The actors
and actresses ran wildly about the stage
as the audience fought and damned its
way to the front doors. In a short time
entity a mass of fame, and smoke was is
suing in clouds from the front of the
house. A frightful panic ensued.
The loss of life was greatest at the
foot of the stairways from the upper bal
comics.
At that point the bodies of the persons
who sought to flee from the flames We're
piled fully twelve feet deep The bodies
were taken out as rapidly as the men
could enter the smoke-filled corridor and
grasp their awful load.
At 4:45 p. m. the fire was out.
At 4:50 p. M fifty bodies had been
carried from the theatre into Thompson s
restaurant, one door east. VI these July
thirty were dead, number were show ng
faint signs of life and it was impossible
to tell at first glance whether about enc
dozen of them were dead or alive. They
were mostly the bodies OF young women
under twenty years Of age and children
from eight to twelve.
At sos p. m.-One hundred dead bodies
had been taken to the principal morgues
Of the city. The keeper refused to take
any more bodies, saying the place was
filed to overlooking with dead, though
wagons were backing up TO the doors con
stantly with more dead bodies.
At $50 p. m.-Chief Musham said that
he considered 500 low estimate tor ~
total number of dead and injured.
The Iroquois was only recently opened,
being a magnificent new structure med
elled after the opera comiQue in Paris.
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Bryan Back in London.
(By the Associated Press

London, Dec. 29.-William j. Bryan
has returned to London from The Hague.
He will sail for New York, December 80,
on the White Star Line steamer Celtic.
from Liverpool.
Mr.. Bryan said to the Associated Press
reporter tonight that he had found h,
European trip extremely interesting and
Instructive" Asked whether his study OF
the financial conditions abroad had re-
suited in any change in his views on the
silver question, he replied Not the slight
est"
Asked concerning the possibility in the
nomination for the presidency, Mr.. Bryan
said that he was compelled to decline to
discuss that matter il any way because
of the possible misinterrretation 10 which
his views might be subjected in the Uni
ted States.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-31

trihe with the diseases peculiar to her
sex. Neglect to-day means worse con-
ditlon tomorrow.
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uSIy wife, Mrs. Mary Estes, has been taking
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no substitute for the medicine which
works wonders for weak women.
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Merger Of Lumber Firms.
(By the Associated Press.)

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dee. 29.-The
largest lumber firms in the state have
been merged here into company to be
known as the Hachley hclps-Bondal Co.
The concerns which are party TO the mer-
ger are the Wiconsn Lumber and Bark,
company, now one of the largest organi-
cations the sort in the country; the Grand
Rapids Bark and Lumber company and
the Bonnell Lumber Co.
The new institution has extensive inter
csts in Wisconsin and the South. The
capitalization is 100000. The merger
was made, it is said, principally to avoid
conflict of interests
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-31
Testing Open Air Treatment.
(By the Associated Press.)

Pensacola, Fla, Dec 29-The Navy De-
partment recently decided to make test
of the open air treatment of consumption.
After examining various localities, it Sc
lected Warrington, near the navy yard,
as the best location. Six patients are now
under treatment at the camp for naval
consumptives located three weeks ago,
and so far all are showing Improvement
If the camp should prove satisfactory it
will be made permanent institution. The
patients are compelled to sleep in tents.
and are required to be in the fresh air as
much as possible. About twenty-five ad-
ditional patients viii be directed to go to
he camp for treatment in the next few
weeks.
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Wife of Booker T. Head.
INV the Associated Press

Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. 30.-The South
ern Federation of Colored Women Clubs
spent this afternoon in discussing the NOR
tality of the colored race.
Steps have been taken by the Fedora
ton to print and distribute leaflets, Civ
ing instructions as to the care of the body
and the home.
The newly elected officers for the com
ing year are: Mrs. Booker T. Washington,
president; Mrs Wade, of Mississippi, re-
cording secretary; Miss Bowen, of Ala
bama, first vice-presidcnt; Miss Foster,
of Alabama, corresponding secretary. and
Mrs .Hunton, of Georgia, chairman of the
executive board. Mrs Hart, Of Jackson
vile, organizer.
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CoIored Women's Clubs Convene.
CBy tie Associated Press.l

Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. 9.-The fourth
annual convention Of colored woman's
clubs is IN session here. Among the sub
iects discussed are Tho Morality of the
Colored Race" THE Habit of Cocaine
Eating andUsing Intoxicants,' Dry Nurs-
es for Children of the Working Glasses"
Free Kindergartens fer the Working
Classes ard Orphan Asylums and Char
table Work of All Kinds" special stress
being laid on the organization Of mothers
meetings.
Mrs. Booker 7. Washington is the pre-
siding officer of the convention, having
been the president from the beginning.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-31

Walnut Creek Council, no. So, at Cara
leigh Mills, elected the following officers
last night:
r. p. Jones, J. P. c.; j. Q. Watkins, c.;
]. T.. Baker, V. c.; r. w. Justice, W..
G. T. Roberts, Con; T. N. Green, l. S.;
G.. c. Ray, O. S.; d. c.. Smith, Chaplain;
E. Y. Lacy and +. p. Jones, Rcpresen-
tatives to the State Council, which meets
ia Charlotte, February 22nd.
A joint installation of the officers of
Walnut Creek and Capital City Councils
will De held next Monday evening in the
hall OF Capital City Council.
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Crash Follows Orders MisreaG.


Fort Wayne, Ind, Dec. 29.-One man
was killed, two seriously injured and seven
others more or less hurt in a head-on
collision between Pennsylvania limited
train No. s, westbound, and an eastbound
freight train at Larwill, thirty miles west
Of here, today.
The wreck was due to mistake by
Engineer Crowell of the freight train in
reading orders. He had been given orders
TO meet the limited at Larwill at $50,
but misread his orders as 6:30 and was
taking time 70 make the meeting point.
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R0yai hrcanum Officers.

The Royal Arcanum has elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
Regent, A. NJ Powell; vice-regent, w. H.
Robbins; orator, O. L. Belts, secretary,
w. H. Dodd; treasurer, II. j. Young; col
lector, D. T. Johnson; Chaplain, w. A.
Faucet; guide H. e. Glenn; warden, L.
S. Hinnant; sentry, T. w. Baker The
representative to the Grand Lodge is J. NJ.
Norwood; alternate, w. A. Faucet.
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Told Them Over the Phone He Was a
Thief.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Frederick Lindstrom,
cashier for the firm of Friend. Moss G
Norris, today called up his employers on
the telephone and announced that he had
stolen $4,000 from them. and was about
to leave the city. Mr.. Friend, with whom
he conversed over the telephone induced
Lindstrom to come to the office and he
was arrested. 1t is said that Linstrom
lost the money betting on horse races.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-31
Views and Interviews,

Mr.. j. l.. Womble, of Moncure, who wa
in Raleigh yesterday. says business in
his place has been good this fall. Speak
ing of the Work by the Cape Fear Power
Company, he said:
much work is being done by the Cape
Fear Power Company. They have COM
menced work on the dam and have on.
hundred men at work. This work makes
business good One hundred bags of CO.
ment were unloaded in one day. It WA
carried down the river in barges. Il,
will considerably help Moncure. When
the dam is completed, it is expected that
a steamer will be put on from Moncure to
Wilmington. We will have plenty OF
water. Formerly boats ran up beyond
Moncure and when the dam is completed
there is no reason why with the new
dam, boats should no. run 10 Lockville
Superintendent Brown, who has charge
OF the construction, returned to Moncurc
from Philadelphia on Monday morning
and they say that work will be prose
cuted steadily to completion
Something ought to be DONE" said a
lady of Raleigh yesterday, "to stop the
small boys from setting fire to the dry
grass in various Parts of town.
cit seems to be a common form of
amusement with some boys of late she
continued, and it is exceedingly danger
Gus to property, if not to life tGslf. The
other day I was out walking, and as 1
approached the Edenton street railroad
crossing / saw little boy in front of me
acting rather suspiciously l looked coed
and saw him deliberately light a match
and set fire TO the dry grass close to the
plant of the Raleigh Electric COMPANY
Immediately ran over and stamped out
the small blaze, and l never saw boy
look as sheepish as that ycungster did
then. There are several small frame
dwelling houses close by there. and that
little blaze might have started a great
ccnflagration.
''That is not the only time have seen
such thing" said the lady, several
times lately have I seen boys set fire to
grass in vacant lots and other places.
1t is high time something was being
done"
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Banquet Postponed.

Owing to the crowded condition at the
first of the year, the annual banquet of
the Chamber of Commerce will be post
pcned until some day in February, Of
which due notice will be given.
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Monitors Ordered Ready for Service.

Philadelphia, Dec. 23.-Orders have been
received at League Island Navy yard from
Washington to prepare for service the
monitors Miantonomah and Puritan. The
old vessels were today hauled out of the
back channel and work will be at once
started. Both are to be fitted for tropl-
cal service, as they are to be used as
guard ships at the United States coaling
stations III Cuba.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-31
Tammany Elects Officers.
By the Associated Press.)

Ney York, Dec. 29.-The Tammany
Hall General Committee organized tonight
and elected the following officres:
]. Sergeant Gram, reelected chairman;
John T. Oakley, first vice-president; Jno.
p. Eansmocher, second vice president;
Philip r Donohugh, treasurer; Patrick
A Whitney, recording secretary; Thorn
as F. Smith, reading secretary; Jacob
Marks, corresponding secretary; John B.
McCIoskey, sergeant at arms
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Corporation Notes.

TIE Kinston-Clark Brick and Tile Com
rany of Kinston, n. c., yesterday filed g
certificate of amendment IN the office OF
tic Secretary of State, changing its name
to tire Carolina Brick Company.
The Cray. Galloway and Barber Com
pany. of Winston, filed articles OF disso-
luton.
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Pan American Railway Company.
(By the Associated Press.l

Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 29.-The Pan
American Railway Company, with head
quarters at Guthrie, and with $3.50, 100000
capital stock to build line from Port
Nelson on Hudson Bay, British America,
to the Argentine Republic, was chartered
today. The total length is 10000. The in
corporators as named in the charter are
W. B. and G. r. Davis, G.. d. Farmer,
H. c. lies and Edward Hillman, of Ar
ington, Okla.
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BY Mr.. Hines Improved.

Rev. r. w. Hines, the Presbyterian
pastor at Mebane who has been at Hygeia
hospital, the private sanitarium of Dr.. j.
Allison Hodges, at Richmond, Va, has
returned to his home greatly improved in
health and strength.
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BURNED TO DEATH.
Little Five-Year-OId Girl
in West Durham Meets
AWfu! Fate.
Especial to News and Observer)

iSPecidl 10 news and OBSERVER
Durham. N. c., Dec. 30.-The five-year-
old daughter OF w. e. Dunnegar, of West
Durham, was burned to death this morn
ing at o'clock.
She was left in room with two little
sisters, and her dress caught at the open
fireplace. Half of the skin on the child S
body was burned entirely off, She lin
gered until quarter past ten tonight.
when she died
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Icint Masonic installation.

r. leigh Chapter, No. TO- r. A. NJ, ami
Raleigh Commandry, No 4. knights TEN
nar will hold joint installation of
aSascrs for the ensuing Masonic year, this
hg at o'clock. All Royal Arch
Cons and Knights Templar cordially
tied to be present.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-31

New York, Dec. 29-Police Commits
siorer r. V. Greene today sent his resig-
nation TO Mayor Low to take effect Dec.
81 or Janpary I. The commissioner an
nounced that he ha sreceived the resigna-
ton of Deputy Commissioners Eben-
stein and Davis.
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Zee. sJ.-- lie VESSELS OIL lIc
Asiatic squadron, under command of Rear
Admiral Evans, which has been in this
port for several days, sailed today for
Manila via the Island of Guam.
Toledo. o., Dec. 29.-The Standard Oil
company has reduced the price of oil
five cents in the East and two cents in the
West. This comes as a disagreeable sur
prise to oil producers in the Northwest
ern Ohio field
Jacksonville, Fla, Dee. 29.--At meet
ing held today the Jacksonville board of
trade by almost unanimous vote, passed
resolutions requesting the Senators and
Representatives of this State to use their
influence and vote for the ratification of
the treaty between the United States and
Panama.
Philadelphia, Dec 29-President Potter
of the Philadelphia National League base
ball club, announced tonight that the
team would be taken to Savannah Ca,
for spring practice. The players in charge
Of Hugh Duffy, the new manager, will
reach Savannah on March Is. remain there
two weeks and then return direct to
PHILADELPHIA
Nashville Tenn, Dec. pa cablegram
says the steamer Lapsley is moored bot
tom-side I'D in the Congo River, and that
efforts to save her are being made.
The craft foundered about eight weeks
ago and carried down with her twenty
three of the native crew and two Ameri-
can missionaries She is the missionary
boat of the Southern Presbyterian church
In the Congo Free State.
Pensacola. Fla, Dec. 29.-The Atlantic
training squa6ron under command OF Rear
Admiral Wise, reached here today from
New Orleans. All the vessels dropped an
Choir off the navy yard after an exchange
OF salutes and Immediately began coaliug.
The squadron Will T"'" horn several
weeks during whic ,rentices
will no trained in hen the
s; :: e 8; !; !: !; !:
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Farmers State Alliance.

Tho executive committee of the Farm
IT., state Alliance will meet Thursday
.anuary 7th. to take up the work of the
I'll ance during the past year and to dls
a,.ss plans for the outlay of work during
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Telegraphic Briefs.

Honolulu, Dec. 29.-The vessels of the
Asiatic squadron, under command of Rear
Admiral Evans, which has been in this
port for several days, sailed today for
Manila via the Island of Guam.
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Remember this sale closes December 26 Cone early
if you wish to get the pick. Other Christmas goods
being added daily. ::
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
Duty Before Work.

A London preacher had an interest
ing experience not long ago with a
hungry man, says the Chicago Record
Herald. The mendicant explained that
he had found it absolutely impossible
to get work He had applied every
where, always to be turned away, and
at last nothing remained for him but
to beg from door to door for the food
that was necessary to keep life in his
body.
The clergyman's heart was filled with
pity. The poor man seemed to be hon
est and after being furnished with a
good meal he was asked where mes
sage would reach him. He gave an ad-
dress and went away.
Then, the preacher set down to think
the matter over. He knew of no work
that he could find for the man, but he
decided to invent job.
This gentle fiction could continue I'M
til something turned up, and in the
not have to be Inundated by knowing
that he was living on charity.
Accordingly the next day the preach
er sent a message to the luckless man,
saying:
Come at once. I have a position for
you We need a man to clean our
school house and keep it in order"
He received an immediate reply as
follows:
Sorry I can't come. have to march
with the unemployed to-day. Would
tomorrow do?"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
A Parable of n Pig.

con my way NORTH said Booker T.
Washington recently, according to the
Mail and Express, "a Southern gentle
man asked me, when l made a. speech,
to prove to the Northerners that they
were responsible for the Introduction
of slavery into the American colonies.
told him it was a pretty big contract,
and 1 didn't think 1 could undertake
it, but 1 will tell a story that bears
upon the subject.
IAN old colored man had a pig,
which he sold one morning to a white
man for three dollars. The white man
drove off with his purchase, but on the
road the pig escaped and found its way
back to Uncle Zeke's cabin. A little
later, another white man came along,
and Uncle Zeke sold him the same pig
for another three dollars. On his way
home with the pig, the second pur-
chaser encountered the first, returning
in search of the escaped animal. After
some wrangling they decided to go
back and refer the question to the old
darby.
"'Uncle Zeke. said number one,
didn't you sell me this pig at o'clock
this morning?' 'Sho' I did, Massa. ,
But, Uncle Zeke.' said number two,
didn't 1 pay you three dollars for this
pig at ~ o'clock 'Sho' you did, Mas
sa.' Well, then, who does the pig
belong TOP 'Sakes alive said Uncle
Zeke, can't you white folks settle dat
question between yo'selves.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Birmingham Age-Herald Dem.)
says: 1.-The negroes go right along
making cotton without any reference
to the fact that they are a problem"
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
Dem.), says: Theodore Roosevelt
once spoke as CONTEMPORARY of the
office of Vice President as A. ]. Bever-
idge is said to have spoken recently;
but one thing Is certain, if Roosevelt
had never been Vice President he
never could have been President"
The Charleston Post (Dem.), says:
Again it is reported that Fairbanks
of Indiana will be candidate before
the Republican national convention
next year for the presidential nominal
ton. 1t is to be hoped that the party
will put up some other man than
Roosevelt, but it is also to be hoped
that it will name a candidate of good
red blood and not a mere crafty poll
tician like Fairbanks"
The New York World (Dem.), says:
eff the Democratic masses want har-
mony they will not get it by after din
ner speeches.. Still less will they Sc
cure it by giving prominence and
power to the original discord makers.
They can compel it by brushing aside
all egotistic leaders who prefer suicide
to success. by dropping all dead is
sues, and by becoming again soundly
and sanely Democratic. And this, we
imagine, is just what they will do"
The Richmond Times Dispatch
CDem.). says: MIR. Charles Francis
Adams made an important historical
find" in the discovery that when Rob-
ert E. Lee was a cadet at West Point
the text book on constitutional law
used there taught that the states had
the right to secede. What he has had
to say on this subject Is receiving
much newspaper fattention North and
South. The book in question was
'Rawle's View of the Constitution
Mr.. Rawle was a leading member Of
the Philadelphia bar and he taught
that the states may wholly withdraw
from the Union, but while they con-
tinue they must retain the character
Of representative republics
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-23
GERMANY NOT OUR ENEMY.

1t is understood that it is the pur-
pose of the President to bring about
a better feeling in this country to-
wards Germany, or, rather, to remove
the impression that seems to prevail
that Germany is our enemy and is
waiting a favorable opportunity to
strike us a. blow. One of the reports
that is being sent out from Washing
ton is that the President recently told
the members of his cabinet that he
would not tolerate the continual in
situations on the part of their subor-
6inates that Germany was an enemy
of the United States, because such in
situations created a wrong impression
and might lead to trouble eventually.
Evidently there has been an under
standing of some sort between the
President and the German minister
at Washington since the minister, at
a dinner given in his honor last night
in New York, took occasion to declare
that the best of feeling was entertain
ed by the German people for the peo-
pie of the United States. He admitted
that there had been some unpleasant
ness which threatened to produce fric-
ton, but that investigation had shown
that it was due to misunderstanding
"Our future rivalry" he said. 'be 1t
ever so keen, should never let us for
get that our work is directed towards
the same object-the perfection of
IN,
mind nothing will mar our peaceful
progress"
1t is probable that year ago a
great many Of our naval officers were
under the impression that Germany
was hostile to us, and that she was
preparing to test our naval strength.
Perhaps this impression was due to
the remarkable progress Germany was
making in building up her navy and
to her aggressiveness in extending her
commerce. In fact, it has been much
less than a year since Admiral Dewey
said that the West Indian maneuvers
were intended as an object lesson for
the Emperor William. Whatever his
meaning may have been it was con-
strued to be that he regarded Ger
many as an enemy.
AS a matter of fact a strict investi-
gation of our relations with Germany
does not show anything which justi-
fles the belief that she is hostile to US.
There is no good reason why naval
officers and others should make re-
marks calculated to impress on the
public mind that Germany is looking
for favorable opportunity to attack
the Monroe doctrine or to do some
other thing that would bring about
trouble with lis. In fact it is said that
our naval officers are coming to the
conclusion that there is no ground for
assuming that the Germans have any
thing but kindly feeling for the
American people.