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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-19

Hon. w. c.. Newland of Lenoir,
who was here yesterday, says that the
Western North Carolina resorts have
great throngs of visitors and that
Blowing Rock is having a splendid
season. AS to Lenoir, he says that
it is building new stores and residen-
Ices, lis improving and going right
ahead. that its latest enterprises are
c1flin factory ard a veneering facto-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-19
A BIG TABLE OF LAWNS.

New styles. new patterns in fast
colOred lawns. All white grounds
with neat black and fast colOred prints
i'll dainty designs. ...........J SC
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-19

The friends of Mr.. George Norwood,
chief clerk III the office Of the Secre-
tary Of State, will regret to know that
both Mr. Norwood and his son, VIII
liam. continue very ill with typhoid
fever.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-19
JULY CLEARANCE SALE
ADDING TO THE BARGAIN LIST.

do
of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-19

beautiful remembrance from the
Gamewell Fire Alarm Company and
the Fabric Fire Hose Company. The
gift is a handsomely designed gold
fire chiefs badge, and on it is Mr..
Mangum's name. He is wearing this
at Winston, where the Firemen's tour
nament is going on.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-19

Raleigh sent more visitors to VIM
ston yesterday to attend the Firemen
Tournament, and in the party We're:
Messrs j. r. Watson, K. d. Peebles'
L. ID. Bagwell. Gus Hilker and Luther
Sorrell.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-19

Superintendent of Schools j. Y. JOY
FER will go to Pinehurst, in Moore
county, on Saturday to make an adj
dress at a grand educational rally to
be held there on that day when q
number of addresses will be made.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-19

Mr.. w. M. Wogstiff, of Roxboro,
who graduated from Johns Hopkins
with splendid honors is at work with
Prof d. Z. Hamilton. of Winning
ton, in the State Library among the
old archives.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-19

The Sunday School of st. Saviours
Chapel will go on a picnic to Chaly-
beate Springs today. The tram
viii leave at 8 O'Clock and the fare
will be sixty cents round trip; children
thirty-five cents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-19

On Thursday, July goth, there will
be a union picnic from Kinston TO
Raleigh of the various colored SUNDAY
schools of that town. The colofed
citizens of Raleigh are expected TO
turn out in masses and entertain the
visitors.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-19

Prof. J. V Ta-.ye, of Wake Forest,
who has spent a week at Jackson
Springs, was here yesterday on his
way home. He SAYS there are about
a hundred people there now, and all
were pleased. AS to the alumni build
ing at Wake Forest, work on it is
being pushed as rapidly as possible
oleted.
Mr. JOHN w. Mangum, Chief of the
Raleigh Fire Department received {
New-York tribune., 1905-02-28
SAY NOBODY TO BLAuE y
Lttleton and Buildings Suprn.
tendent Yisit Scene of Accidant

Borough President Littleton and B,,p,,-
Superintendent Collins visited the church - -.
the accident and later saw DR.. Jacobs :,
home.
Superintendent Collins said he had cauAa i,
pastor to his Office last August and that -.
lation had been placed on the old building 81
because OF an insufficient number Of exits =,
pastor promised to build an exit in the -ras.
the building, and did 50. Many got a7vav =.
night by this exit
The building inspectors visited the eh,.
later last August and found no violations =.
timber that broke was Sx12 inches II va.
white pine. and snapped under the undue st.,.
placed on 1t last night ..-
Both Mr.. Littleton and Mr.. Collins ds.l...
they wished TO go on record as saying rha,
blame could be attached TO any one fo- s.
cident. and that the catastrophe could nof "a "a
been fOreseen by any one.
THE pastor had ordered the aisles craa..,.
said Mr.. LittletOn." and had Just finished 80
ing them when the accident happened a -
a clear and connected story. and neither 5 -
any one else can Be blamed for the acct..si 40
which was entirely unavoidable -.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-28
MRS. HONE QUITS CAST.
Leqpes "4bigaip' Company Because
of injury from Fall.

Mrs Charles r. Hone the actress. who is the
daughter of John r. Hoey, former president OF
the Adams Express Company, and Mrs. HoeV'
who was leading woman for Lester WallacK'
has been forced TO retire from the cast OF ADJ
gail" at the Savoy Theatre, and so TO Lake
wood as a result Of a fall three weeks ago on
the slippery sidewalk in front of the Waldorf
Mrs. Hone. when she fell. cut her head ana her
nose. Several stitches were taken in the head
wound and she went on with the rehearsals of
Abigail"
Last Friday night, however after the play
had been running a week. she began to puzzle
her fellow players by forgetting her lines and
finally by acting in the most inexphcable fashion
on the stage, so that the audience openly guyed
her Miss George, the star, almost had mysteries
after the scene, which had been ruined, was over
and a son of Mrs. Hone was sent for
It is thought that the stitches were removed
too soon from the wound, and this, together
with an attack of grip, caused the actress TO
lose her powers for a time. She was taken TO her
home No 81 East S1st-st- and then 10 Lake
wood An understudy played her part Saturday,
and last night Miss Jean Newcomb was regur
larly tnstated in the role. Mrs Hone also con.
ducts dressmaking establishment at NO; 9
East 94th-st Tt said there yesterday thal
she was getting along well toward recovery.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-28
"oUT AT FIRST" SAYS MAGISTRATE
Mr.. Moss Discharges Prisoner Against Whom
He Once Played Baseball.

When Jack Thornton, of No. $50 East 6Oth-st.
was arraigned before him for intoxicatiOn in York
vile police court yesterday Magistrate Moss dis
covered that as a member Of a rival baseball nine
in his younger days, he often played against the
prisoner The magistrate used to pitch a nine
representing a society connected with ST. Moni-
cas- Roman Catholic Church. while Thornton
played on a team representing society connected
with St. James's Church.
When Thornton faced the judge. he looked him
in the eye as he had done in the old days when he
stood before him a batsman, and said
PLAY ball"
The magistrate looked sharply at the prisoner,
and then said:
''Hul1o Jack, I'm sorry to see you here
You're no more sorry than / am to be here.
your honor replied Thornton TITS long time
since played ball together"
Don't ever get IN fix ,ike this again. Jack"
said the magistrate. and Thornton promised he
wouldn't.
''Out at first. jack said the magistrate. and
Thornton discharged
New-York tribune., 1905-02-28
DEATH OF RICH ACTOR.
Harry Morris Was One of Original
German Dialect Comedians.

Harry Morris Of the Weber Music Han COM
pany. one of the original German dialect come
dians and reputed one of the richest actors on
the American stage. died last night at Alstons
sanatoriurn. No 26 West 61st-st from acute
kidney trouble He had been out Of the cast
for q month suffering from pneumonia, but had
almost recovered from that when the new dis
ease developed.
Dr Henry Frauenthal his physician
though DR.. f. G. Janeway was called IN at the
last Mr. Morris was extremely popular ana
the news of his death, which occurred at 9:Ao
was kept from the Weber company uh'll the
final curtain had fallen, lest the performance
ba snoiled He was an intimate friend of Mr.
Weber. taking Lew Fields's place in the COM
pany this season. .
Mr. Norris achieved his fortune largely IN
colds removed from Broadway. He was better
known out through the country. his DuTiesques
were financially very successful ana, thougn the
extent of his fortune is not known, he has been
heard TO say it well on toward @loOoooO-
New-York tribune., 1905-02-28
CRUSHING PIER RIVAL.
Continued from first page.

the interest of the public that the New-forh
Con+rac+ine, C,oronanv should have convenient
dump"
would you not have obtained much larger
price for the half pier if you had put II up "'
public auction. the same as your preoeceSSoi'
with the provision that not more than 20 Genus
a cubic yard should be charged for dumping
1T is not public dump, SAID Conlfiilssioiei
Featherson. .sonly the contracting company
can use it for it's own dumping. Heaiey priv,
lege is different Anything can be dumped
there"
CENTRE OF THE HAY BUSINESS
The hay business of the city is practicahy CEN
tired at the 35th-st. pier. The Hay Exchange Is at
33d-st. and 11th-ave.. and perhaps three-tourthS
of all the hay dealers in the city are within
block of the spot.
Two years ago Mr.. Brouwer' n steamship
man. made the city liberal offer for the Both
ST pier. It adtoins the italian line pier. MT
Rrouwer had a number Of boats running 10 Meo-
iterranean points and needed the pier faclhtleS
AS soon as he made the application 1or the pleA'
the hay dealers and other merchants reoei'"e
freight at the 35th-st pier swooped oo"h oi
the Low Sinking Fund Commission ana .Iao, Lnhue
out such a strong case that the ,ra 70
unanimously decided that it would be wrong !" =.
rent half of the pier to any steamship line as 1t
was needed by the hay men. ~ -, :. o,,r
"It is q grievous wrong to take half OF our
,;ar :. satd Charles ]. Austin, president Of the
Hay Dealers Association, to Tribune reporte' p
Yesterday. 1--WE didn't have enough room oeIore, ,s
and there is no telling how we snail gel aoIs as
noSv 7 do not think this permit was granted In
the regular way. We did not know anytnIng
about 1t till 1t was done. sent Commissioners
Eesfberson a photograph showing the congested
condition of the pier and letter setting ioar. ut
the views of the hay trade think ne never sen sen
any reply to the letter. Our association WIN tIi oi
a meeting the first week in April and we shail al
take up the matter then. But / don't see tnat we
can do anything. The pinch Will come carry @ IA
Anril as soon as canal navigation opens Soille
of the dealers get hay by canal boat, ana IneIl i
there are canal boats as well as parges 70 iUSa '
after There will not be room Tor poth' Ine
Murphy company has such string OF catIs I
going on and off the pier than we won't pe ape
10 drive a load of hay off we used TO.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-28
FOR COUNTESS OREILLF.
Decision That She Has CaHSE o.
fiction Against Gen. BrOose.,

Judge Holt In the United States pis1rict -
yesterday Overruled the demurrer o. Major % -,
Brooke. L, S. A.. retired. in the action se~ -
against him by Sonora Dona MaEi4 F'ssa
O'Reilly- Countess OF Buena vista, Cu'a Tor -
damages for. as Governor General Of Cass Sss.'
ing her OF her hereditary right 70 slaughter a. a.
cattle for the city OF Havana. 9ri'ilsse cav
by her family since It's.
Charles w Russell. as Special Assistant AZ -
General. representing General Brooke, ny. ny tss
murrer. declaring that the facts as SET toI -,lyn
complaint did not constitute calse 81 rsrsrai
Judge Holt intimates that nOt Only - - at
Brooke personally responsible az law tcl .-st tls
but that the countess has a good clalns ~sa1@
government a we'll --,,+x e
The countess contended that under the LT TYs-itst
Paris, between the spanish crown an ~ ~ ssrrres
States General Brooke had no authority sS'e-srst-
the family OF its special rights W.tnouL ss,ssrfrs
ing her Judge Holt hnds that the ~ =. .sl rrOP-
Brooke was COnfiscUtiOD 0f the olaill-l- mae
erty. and wholly unlawful tortinoS 80 ,rss =
thorized on the part OF The defendant go 80 III ~
COntraven;ion OF the Spanish laws oi -t3 ~ y, 50
subsequent decree OF the spanish crown -
New-York tribune., 1905-02-28
DoMINICANS CELEBRATE.
Observe sixty-secOnd Anniversary Of Inde-
pendence-Congress Opened.

santo Domingo. Feb. ga large reception of the
diplomatic and consular corps took place at the
palace this morning in celebration Of the sixty
second anniversary of the independence OF Santo
Domingo The government officials and officers
from the American warships, including Rear Ad-
Tnirel Sigsbee. assisted
Later in the day Congress was opened in ordi-
nary session by President Morales In his message
to Congress the President recommended that many
reform measures be laid before that body. The
-American-Dominican Convention will be submitted
for the approval OF Congress.
The message recommends the establishment Of
civil government in place Of martial law the enact
>nent OF laws governing the sanitary conditions of
the country, opening roads to assist agriculture
ana providing assistance for agricuturists and de-
rlares that diplomatic relations between Santo Do
fnngo and all other countries cordial and that
quiet prevailed in the republic
The American warships yesterday and this morn
ing nreo saiutes IL honor of the Dominican flag.
Further arrests have been made in connection
with the inquiry into the plot to assassinate Pres-
dent Morales. The tribunals active, but so far
nothing positive is known regarding the affair.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-28
KILL THREE PLATOONS."
Er-Chief McCulIagh's Advice-Ju-
tiCe GaynOr Before the Nine.

Following out the IDEAS expressed IN hs "a.
rious intunctions restraining the action q he
police. Justice GaynOr talked to the Conutrss
OF Nine for nearly three hours yesterday about
the autocratic. arbitrary methods enpIoyet II
the men IN blue He told OF instances which
had come under his notice where the police bad
gone utterly beyond their powers.
No reform could come 10 the police tspsr
ment which would be as effective as ths stuv.
ping OF this reckless disregard for the Ian, b
said. When high officers Of the police depar.
ment took such action. could The patrolrnsa b
blamed for contempt for routine dstaAs Ehich
state or mind IN time necessarily led to poor
discipline and decentralization or the force? Tas
spirit Of the department was that OF reckless
hlghhended arbttrartneSS. dangerous to citizens
and the department itself
Ex-Chief John NIcCulIagh gave the commitfss
his views on police reform and his experience
under the old system and the present one. Ths
abOlishing OF the chief Of police by the new
charter, he said has led to the coruolsts DE-
mOralizatiOn of the force.
The remedy" he declared. is TO have con-
missioner appointed by the Mayor, representing
MN IN the administrative affairs OF the depart
n-ent The commissioner should appoint one
deputy and chief Of police selected frem the
uniformed force, TO be dismissed on charges
only with one deputy chief. The chief Should
nave the power to transfer, assign and eeIAi1
10 outy all members OF the uniformed lorcS r.
Omnending all promotions. y trial board sno1Ia
be provided 10 consist of the commissioner ne
chief and deputy chief. or in the dep9Vs
place an inspector or captain. who saeaal -
changed according to the Judgment OF the Sl!o-- -.
civil Service examinations should De neil HA-
the direction OF this trial board
On February -, 1895, after the reorgAa-As,
tion Of the department there were on ae's-
patrol duty at night two thousand men lnS'
the two platoon system. Under the three -
toon system. now on night tours there arc y
1,40O. yet the force has been increased so-s
eight hundred men, The force at pressns :
entirely inadequate; there should be az 80
ten thousand men. who, properly GlSeiF--sr
under the two platoon system, would give 49, -,
protection would recommend that " - -
platoon system be re-established, giving tas - -
thirty-six honrs on duty four times ros.-
This, with twelve hours or every Otner ~A''
would satisfy all their demands"
New-York tribune., 1905-02-28
GORKY AGAIN ARRESTED.
Released, but Retaken at Prisons
Gates-To BE Deported.

ST. Petersburg. Feb 27.-Maxim Gorky had
only glimpse of liberty to-day. Released on
5000 bail, the author was Immediately rearrest-
ed and conveyed to a place of confinement pend
ing deportation to some distant city or province
where his residence, it is thought. Will not be
so dangerous to the welfare of the government.
The release of NJ. Gorky was effected by or
der of Governor General Trepoff. who. after the
friends OF the writer had overcome obstacle
after obstacle and won the grudging assent OF
the hierarchy and officials. signed the mandate
admitting him to bail. The rearrest also was
the act of the all powerful Governor General.
who is unwilling to allow such frebrand to
be at large in the capital of which he is prac-
tically the supreme ruler.
M. Gorky knew nothing of the Governor Gen.
erals decision when the doors of the cell which
had been his home for the last five weeks swung
open. His disappointment therefore. was pitt
able when, just as he was passing out of the
great gate of the Fortress Of st. Peter and st.
Paul, he was again placed under arrest. His
appearance indicated that his health had suf-
fered from the effects of his eonfne nent. even
though the rigors of prison life had been relaxed
in his favor
In the custody Of two officers Cf the de-
partment of secret police, which is charged with
the protection of members of the imperial fam
lily, NJ Gorky placed in a closed carriage
and driven to the headquarters of the secret
police in house formerly belonging to the poet
Pushkin, where he will spend the night. pend
ing the receipt of orders assigning his place of
future residence
NJ Gorky was not more disheartened than
were his wife and children, who. having been
Informed of the decision to release him on bail,
awaited his return home for hours
New-York tribune., 1905-02-28
JAPANESE ACTIVE IN MONGOLIA.
Their Numbers Few, However-Said To Be
Stirring Up Chinese.

Moukden, Feb. 27.--A correspondent. who has
just returned here after a trip westward says
that the reports Of the presence of Japanese
in Mongolia are exaggerated. The Japanese
there are in small numbers. They engaged
in melting the Chinese against the Russians and
in gathering grain. They are sending south great
quantities of foodstuffs. Others are organizing
and training bands of Mongols and Chinese
bandits which are intended to attack the rail-
road. The Japanese number 500 and the Chinese
bandits 5000, scattered about Mongolia The
larger bands are reported to be going to Beuhe-
dou and Taitsikar in Manchuria, and the
smaller bands are penetrating further north into
Siberia, intending to attack the railroad some
where near Baikal
The reported turning of the Russian right was
largely imaginary. but affairs the left flank.
where the Japanese have several divisions con-
Centrated, more serious
New-York tribune., 1905-02-28
TEN IRE NOW HELD.
Police Take Them in Connection
5cith Girls Death.

Paterson n J., Feb. 27-The ten men arrested in
connection with the death of the woman found dead
beside the Lackawanna tracks on Saturday We're
held under a,oOO bail each to-day. but if by any
chance there should be some one who would come
forward and offer bail the would be in
creased The police have learned little more about
fhe case since yesterday. The body is being held
The members OF the gangs under arrest are doing
more or less talking and the case may eventually
be pieced together.
A Is now SAID the woman was here long ago
as week ago to-day, and that after buying
drink IN Ma-ket-st. saloon she asked some one
70 buy her drink. It is said that after several
orlKs she wandered out of the resort in the state
9f depression she seemed to be in when first seen
Friday morning. ~
MeInDers OF the gang say the woman told them
heT nIgeFs Were mace sore and raw by having been
oDIgeo 20 use sasoda IN scruboing while on Black
meliS IStdEd The police are inclined to think
mere is no doubt she came from New-York That
sne nad not sunk TO the level of the women who
are usually picked up by the Notch and Swing
gangs is also pretty certain.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-28
CONDEMNED YEARS 4eo
Congregation Has Soon to Hars
a Ne1g Church.

According to a property owner in ne -s,,..
hood. the old church building. which vas fe,--
and more old was condemned by the B-11sF- - -
partment about five years ago. Several - =
slight pillars supporting the main floor - AZ
taken out, 1t is said. and Others onlY a U+ss -
solid put in their place. Two OF thesA i -. ~
ported had been taken out a couple AZ - .
and no temporary imports put in their -,
Last night there seemed 10 have been only an, -
port In plaee-one about The middle OF r6s -
This lone support was a piece Of 4-tn.b j.- -
ehurey inadequate for the weight IL had 70 sumo,
The unsafe condition OF the building -, -,
been realized. and the congregation baz - -os
ing 70 obtain funds to put Up a new one !, -, -
successful in this. and only d few more r1ss+@
were to be held in the old church. wbcs ~ :, ?
replaced by new one. .
soon after the IroquOis Theatre FIRE m n.,.
90 1913. The Tribune called the sttenfio, - -
Mayor TO the conditions existing IN 1na1v =, 80
chHches OF the city, and urged thar the nrr,o-
precautions be taken 10 make the places - -
ship as safe as the places Of amusement Ro,o,-s
PRESIDENT Littlet0n ordered a careful t,,ss+,.,
All rs 5ia1s p$ FsJer J Collins, Superintendent ~
and other places OF amusement N 49, s1LS nzlls
Az the same time the Mayor appointed a srsc7,I
committee on public safety, which an1oIrrrsS -
the end OF January 1894 that Ihe- vVsrs a5SS, = =
make thorough investigation OF the ch1rrEss "
Whether or not the investigations Or tHfs co----t
ISe eAtenOed 70 churches OF the same class a. h.
fleet street Methodist Church could not be Issrs5
Ex-Borough President J. Edward Swansron ~
brooklyn said last night regarding the rspo-t iss1
the cnurch was condemned ive years ago.
i never heard that the church Uas ea.ss--.s
tiOn in the charter which gives the city ofcss sbs
rlSht 10 inspect churches. since they do aot fsl
ment- 1t is my opinion haJ the oficial5 could o7v
inspect such building on demand -
New-York tribune., 1905-02-28
HENRY vIGNAUDs COLUMBUS"
Many Facts in Discoverer's Life Brought to
Light-Errors Corrected.

Paris Feb. H.-Henry Vignaud, secretary Of the
American Embassy here, who has made a study
OF the life of Columbus, has embodied his
searches the various phases OF the navigator's 8
life prior to mis- discoveries in volume which has
Just appeared. Mr.. Vignaud's book is OF historical
interest in making clear those periods in CoIum-
buss life which have hitherto remained obscure
particularly that in which he formulated his great
design Mr.. Vignaud reveals the true family of CO.
Iurnous; and says that the two admirals with
Wholn ne claimed kinship were, in fact as foreign
20 MN IN blood as in nationality. The book demon
ales that OF all the acts relating TO the early
lie Of Columbus recorded by Las casas and Fer.
ns GllSha columbus. not one has been confirmed by
9qeFh research or has stood the tezt OF scientific
etIIaeisn. eaIn. Among the legends proved to be inn
80 sa Is that or Columbus's voyage TO Thule
ana one hundred leagues beyond
New-York tribune., 1905-02-28
NO REQUEST FROM JAPAN.
State Department Has Not Been Asked to
Submit Peace Proposals to Russia.

Washington, Feb. 21.-To set at rest rumors
which have been printed recently. to the great
annoyance of the legation here. respecting nego-
tiations for peace. it authOritatively an
nounced at the State Department to-day:
The government of the United States has
never received from the japanese government
any request 20 lay propositions of peace before
the Russian government, and, of course, has
never in any manner, directly indirectly, ap-
preached the Russian government on the sub
ject.
This statement was made directly after Mr..
Takahlra the Japanese Minister. had conferred
with Secretary Hay.