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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-23

will be passed during this Congress.
Those of us who are interested in pub
lie buildings are especially pleased
that one of our colleagues will take
care of our interests on that great
committee.
MIR. Small takes Mr.. Klutzs place
on the Committee on Postoffice and
Post Roads. This means much in
view of the installment of the Rural
Free Delivery system. / believe there
is hardly member of the House who
would not be glad TO go on this COM
mittee.
"Mr. Claude kitchin is. really the
leading Democratic member of the
Committee on Claims. He also goes
on the Elections Committee, both as
signments of Importance
"Mr. Page goes on the Committee on
Insular Affairs, which has in charge
legislation affecting our insular pos
sessions. When the committee was
first formed, assignment on it was
thought by some to be even prefer
able to ass gnment on the time hon
cred ways and means.
Mr. Webb goes on the Committee
on Territories, which will have in
charge the bill providing for the ad-
mission of new States. OF course il
Is not necessary 10 dlluue 10 the 1ifl-
portance of such legislation.
"Mr. Patterson takes Mr.. Small's
place on the Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries. which will have
in charge all ship and marine subsidy
legislation. He is in a position to
help to kill the subsidy steal, in case
the proposition is pressed.
'Mr. Gudger goes on the Committee
on Invalid Pensions. a committee
forever overwhelmed with work.
Every member of our delegation. in
addition to the assignments | have
mentioned, is placed on some commit
tee of less importance.
81 do not wish to be placed in the
position of blowing our own horn, bur
every member from our State has
been placed on one or more active
committees, which control legislation
in the House. The only fault we can
find with Mr.. Williams is that he has
put upon some of us more work than
we are anious to undertake"
Mr.. Pou said he did not care to
discuss his own assignments further
than to say he was perfectly satisfied.
He is third on the District Committee,
and is on it's most important sub
committee. Also he has been recent
ly assigned to the committee on the
Revision of Laws, which will report a
bill providing for complete revision
of the statutes of the United States.
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BIDS FOR POPULAR VOTE.
Bannerman Declares for Economy and
Complete System OF Govern
ment by the People.

London, Dec. 21.-Sir Henry Camp
bell Bannerman's first speech since he
accepted the premiership was deliv-
cred at Albert Hall tonight before a
mass meeting under the auspices of
the Liberal Federation.
The premier carefully avoided the
question of hoine rule for Ireland He
said that the fiscal question was the
prime issue of the campaign.
A feature of Sir Henry's speech was
his announcement that the govern
ment had decided to stop the impor-
tation of Chinese coolies into South
Africa until such time as the question
for or against such importation could
be decided by a South African parlia-
ment elected by popular vote. This
was greeted with tremendous, enthus-
iasm, the cheering continuing for fully
ten minutes.
Speaking of foreign relations. Sir
Henry first expressed his kindly feel
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OUT BY THE ROOF
And Down a Ladder of
Human Beings.
Ninety Men and Women Cut Off by
Fire. Escape Through SkyIight
and Reach The Ground
in Safety.
lBx the Associated Press.l

Boston, Dec. 21.-A $50,000 fire in
the building at the corner of Pitts
and Green streets, at the West End,
which started in the shipping room of
the New England Reed Company S
factory was attended by many sensa-
tional escapes and cost one life. The
victim was Pamfilfo Ramonion, an
employe who was suffocated by smoke
before the firemen could take him
from a window. Ninety men and Wo-
men had their escape cut off from the
stairway, and fire escapes and most OF
them got out by means of a sklight.
By passing over the roof OF the
burning building, they reached the
higher walls of an adjoining struc-
ture, where some of them formed a
human ladder and by permitting oth-
ers to climb over their shoulders en-
abled them to reach safety.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-23
HAD HAPPY TIME.
Little Children of .Edent0n street
Methodist Sunday School And
Santa Claus.

The children of the primary depart
ment of Edenton Street Methodist Sun
day School had happy time YESTERDAY
afternoon when in the Sunday School
room Jolly old Santa Claus arrived
with boxes of candy and oranges for
all the little ones.
There were about $50 present, and
the exercises were joyous. Ellen Nose
ley Wilkinson sang, Louisa Wynne
gave a recitation, Isabel Brown sang.
and Rosalind House recited. Santa
Claus added to the mcrriment with his
jollity and a merry Christmas song, the
afternoon being all a delight.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-23
NEEDED SPECIAL CASKET
-Four Hundred Pound Negress Offers
Problem for Burial Here.

Weighing over 400 pounds, five feet
three inches high, and 35 IL inches
from shoulder to shoulder, the fun
eral arrangements of Henrietta Dunn,
aged 26 years. a colored woman of this
city who lived at 534 Halifax street,
proved a problem, as there was no
coffin here large enough for the body.
Finally Undertaken John w. Brown
had coffin made of oak for the wo-
man, but this being too large for a
hearse it was placed in wagon and
the remains We're taken to Mount
Hope cemetery where the interment
took place. Henrietta was well known
on account of her size, for she was a
woman of prodigous bulk.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-23
POLICE ON TRAIL
Another Lady is Robbed
in Durham.
Man Snatches M S. PritChard'S Shop.
ping Bag as She Stands Under
an Electric Light at Her
Own Gate.
Especial to News and Observer }

Especial to News and Observer
Durham. n. c., Dec 22.-Since last
evening the police have been dill
gently searching for the man who
robbed two ladies on the streets last
Wheeler, which was reported by wire,
there was another in the northern
part of the city, but the facts were
not learned down the street until at
ter midnight. Mrs. Walter Pritchard
and little daughter were on their way
to their home on Broadway, and
about II o'clock q negro man ap-
preached Mrs. Pritchard, snatched
her shopping bag and secured a fine
gold watch, with diamond setting,
her wedding ring, five dollars in mon
ey and other vaiuables.
Mrs. Pritchard is the wife of Wal
ter Pritchard, assistant agent for the
Norfolk and Western road in this
city. There were many people on the
street and she and little girl came
up to do some shopping. On their
way up the street a negro stopped
them and asked some questions about
where some person lived. She then
got good look at the negro. When
she went to her home on Broadway
about II o'clock the same negro was
standing at her gats almost directly
under an electric light, and it was
| then that she was robbed.
The police have a good description
of the negro and are doing every
| thing possible to apprehend him.
Christmas has opened early hIe
and this morning there were five
young men before the mayor charged
with shooting fire works inside the
city limits. All of the defendants
We're fines $40 each and cost, the fire
work fines and costs amounting to
more than sixty dollars.
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TUKUM TAKEN BY ARTILLEE
Four Hundred of the People Repo
KiIIed-Sad Story of Baron
and Baroness Won Wolf.
(By the Associated Press. J


Riga, Livonia, Wednesday morning,
Dec. 20.-It is reported that there
was bloodshed at Talsen yesterday.
Revolutionary peasants intrenched
themselves in their houses from the
windows of which they fired on the
patrolling soldiers. Tt is estimated
that forty infantrymen and cavalry
men were killed or wounded
Details Of the recapture of Tukum
show that General Chorounchenko
ordered the artillery to lombard the
town Many of the inhabitants who
had not learned of the arrival of re-
Inducements, thought that terrorists
were throwing bombs, and they fled
in panic in all directions The
troops, surrounding the town, fired on
the people, killing, according to refu-
gees, 400 of them. The bloodshed
lasted from eight O'Clock in the even
;ng until nine O'Clock in the morning,
when the townsmen surrendered.
The leaders of the revolution, how
ever, escaped. Two-thirds of the i'm
habitants fled the town
Peasants continue to devastate tho
estates of the Baltic nobility, and q
total of fifty estates are reported to
have been burned down. Baron Won
Wolf was pulled out of his bed by
peasants but succesded in escaping.
He reached Riga without clothing,
and is now dangerously i'll. Baroness
Won Wolf, who was the we'll known
Italian actress, Alice Barri arrived
here in a sledge. The Baroness has
cared for, fed, clothed and taught a
hundred peasant children in their
castle at Stomersee. The peasants
burned this castle and robbed it of
valuables, which they are selling at
ridiculous prices. For Instance, four
horses were offered for ten dollars.
The post and telegraph service has
not been established, and the post
office is filled with unopened mail
bags
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THREE RIBS BROKEN.
Engineer Burkett, of Raleigh and
Southport, Struck by Reverse
Lever.

As the result of a painful accident
yesterday morning Engineer Burkett,
of the Raleigh and Southport Railroad,
is confined to his room here with three
ribs broken
The accident occurred near Nc
Cullers on the out trip from the city,
when in some way Mr.. Burkett was
struck i'm the side by the reverse lever
of the engine, three ribs being broken,
one of these entering the lungs, the
wounded man suffering great pain.
Engineer Burkett has not been with
the Raleigh and Southport long and
came to it from Fayetteville. He was
brought to Raleigh and taken to his
boarding place. at the home of Mr..
]. w. Hunt, 507 South West street.
where he is being given every atten-
tion
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Profits From Securities
Sale to Hide Losses.
THE HAND OF M'CURDY
VanderpoeI Knew That the Mutual
Lies 1904 Report Showing No
Profits Was Untrue, But Did Not
Reveal the Fac, Thinking it
Unnecessar{.
(By the Associated Press }

New York. Dec. 22.-Additional
testimony as to the management OF
the Mutual Life Insurance Company
was adduced today by witnesses be-
fore the executive committee on in
surance investigation, tending to show
that the company used profits from
the sale of securities to conceal the
reduction of book values of real es-
tate or losses, as e. II. Hughes coun-
sci to the committee called them.
Francis H. Hendricks, the State SUP
erintendent of the insurance depart
ment, when on the stand yesterday
said he had never heard of such a
thing, and that it had never been
called to his attention. Today after
auditors of the Mutual Life had testi-
fled to this fact Isaac Vanderpoel
chief examiner of the department, de-
clared that he had not discovered the
matter in his examination of the com
pany last year when in his report
he gave the company what was prac-
tically a certificate of good charac-
ter" He said these manipulations OF
the figures were not apparent in the
books. These transfer of profits tC
the debit side of the profit and loss
loss account were made by the audi
tors upon Instructions of President
McCurdy and Vice President Grannis
and the yritten instructions were pro-
duced They named the figures that
adjusted the accounts and last year
while there was really profit of
almost million and half dollars
when these transfers were made, nc
profit whatever was shown.
Mr.. Vanderpoel said he had exam.
ined the report of 1904. which showed
no profits from the sale Of securities
Although he knew this was untrue
ne did not so report it because he die
| not think it was necessary. The same
situation existed in the New York Life
according to Mr.. Vanderpoel, although
| the practice was not general, ant
when asked what he did in the mat
| ter. he said nothing" Mr.. Wander
| poel said he mad examined the Hano
yer Bank account of the New Gori
Life in 1904 and did not find the sf0Q,
! 900 that was paid to Andrew HANK
| ton.
Mr.. Vanderpoel never knew of tn,
year-end loans of the metropolitan
| Life to Vermilye and Company ant
never knew how the company handle,
| its colatcraI loans. He said he neve
| in an examination of a company wen
back of its ledgers,
Henry d. Appleton, second deput.
| in the insurance department was oI
| the stand large part of the after
| noon. Mr.. Appleton said that NJ
more attention is paid to the state
ment of New York company thai
! is paid to the statement of com
Dany incorporated in any other State
He said no actual inspection is mad
of report unless examination i
I made.
The committee adjourned owe
Christmas and viii resume it's inVes
! tigation next Wednesday.
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WE ARE ON TOP"
Big Chief Rollins Sits Up
in the Saddle.
Says Things Done Prove This So and
Talks SmiIIngIy With CIaudius
Dockery Who May Become Heir
of Nice Fat Plump lob.

Chairman Thomas S. Rollins, of
Asheville, the heap big chief of the
wranging Republican party in North
Carolina tarried awhile in Raleigh
yesterday, and shed his before COM
pany' smiles on insurgents and loyal
lists of the party alike. In private
he may have had some frowns. but
these. if they broke the lines of his
face. were kept strictly behind the
doors for private consumption and
sub rosa reproof.
Chairman Rollins had with him
"the smile that won't wear off," when
he Ia ked of the affairs of the party.
"The organization is strictly on top"
he asserted and his voice and eyes
meant it. 1--WE are not on the under
side or in the middle, but we are on
the top, and we are recognized in
Washington as in control in the
State. with the Eighth District left
in charge of Congressman Black burn.
am perfectly satisfied with the state
of affairs, and if you will notice the
appointments you will see that / have
a right to be so.'
While here Chairman Rollins learn
ed of the re-appointment of his faith
er, Mr.. W. w. Rollins, as postmaster
at Ashevile. and he expressed his
pleasure at this, but knew, OF course,
that it was coming. OF his being
here, he said strictly private bust
ness, but it was noted that he had a
confab with Federal Court Clerk
Grant, of the fighting weekly Tar
Heel" Company, and that there was
also a pleasant appearing talk with
Mr. Claudius Dockery. By the way,
it is whispered about that if United
States Marshal Fl. G.. Dockery falls
by the wayside. Mr.. Claudius
Dockery will fall heir to the position,
and if that is so, why then of course,
smiles are a perquisite that are due
when the Big Chief and the possible
hcir get into conference.
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Rill For Free Hides.

Washington. Dec. 1.-Representa-
tive Williams. of Mississippi, intro
duced bill today which provides that
hides, leathe. shoes, boots, saddles, and
harness imported shall be duty free if
the country from which they come
admits the products and manufactures
of the United States at its minimum
tariff rate.
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TEACHERS CERTIFICATES

County superintendent Z. " Judd
was yesterday sending out certificates
to white and colored teachers who
pas, ed the examination of December
first
Mr.. Judd said that ell teachers are
required to have their contracts in his
office before January 1st.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-23

Hillsboro. N. c.. Dec. 21.- Sherman
Watts. the young negro man. aged
about 20 years, who was recently ar
rested and committed to jail by Magis-
trate Garrard on warrant for the
killing Of another negro man named
William Pratt, aged about II years. at
University Station in May. 1904. died
very suddenly of a hemorrhage from
the lungs in the county jail Saturday
night about Il O'Clock.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-23
LITTLE LUCY's CHRISTMAS.
She Will Spend it With Mrs. Rives in
Charlotte.

Winston Salem, N c., Dec. 21.-It
develops that the real parents of
Lucy Beidler. the ten-year-old girl
who arrived here yesterday afternoon
from Raleigh. live at Winston, Vir-
ginia, near Culpeper, instead of this
city Mrs. Walter Rives, Of Raleigh,
aunt and adaptive mother of the
child, arrived here this afternoon and
carried little Lucy to Charlotte to-
night to spend Christmas with Mrs.
Rives' parents, after which they will
return to Raleigh.
Mrs. Walter Rives, who is very
fond Of little Lucy, last night called
up the News and Observer office from
Greensboro, in order to make a state
ment concerning the child; but the
line was in trouble, and the lady was
unable TO make herself understood,
either by this Office or by central.
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Mr.. Burners Statement.

Mr.. |. x. Bruner, Secretary to the
Board Of Agriculture, said that he had
read Mr.. McCarthy's views and that he
preferred to await the publication of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-12
WOMEN GOLFERS.
Metropolitan Championship Tourney
Starts Tomorrow.

Entries for the Women's Metropolitan
Golf Association championship closed with
Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany, Oyster Bay, l.. L.,
Saturday night. Thirty-three entries were
received although more were expected. The
tournament will begin tomorrow morning
with an eighteen-hole qualifying round, and
will continue throughout the week over the
Baltusrol Golf Club course. The entry list.
which contains the names Of the most ex-
pert of the women golfers around New
York. is as follows:
Apawamis-Miss Elizabeth Hurry Mrs
II. p. Clark,a Mrs C. H. Conner and Mrs
A. H. Harris.
Baltusrol-Mrs. w. Fellows Morgan. Miss
Maud K. Wetmore, Mrs. William c. Della
noy and Mrs. J. B. Kinney
Brooklawn-Miss Helen Bishop and Mrs
Roger s. White.
Eastern Parkway-Mrs. T. H. Polhemus.
Engewood-Mrs. NJ. ID. Paterson and Mrs
S. F. Ieiferts.
Essex County-Mrs. Edward F. Sanford
Morris County-Miss Marie G. Bryce. Miss
Elsa Hurlbut, Miss Cornelia G. Willis and
Mrs. William Shipper.
Montclair-Miss Ellen Reid
Nassau = Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany. Miss
Gertrude Travers, Miss Katherine Trayers
and Mrs. d. A. Fuller.
North Jersey-Miss Louise Graham and
Miss Bertha Graham.
Plainfeld-Miss Julia r. Mix, Mrs N.
Pendleton Rogers, Miss Maud Van Bos-
kerck and Mrs. Walter Easton
Richmond County-Mrs. Gerald F. Brophy
Mrs. Charles I. Stout, Miss s. 8. Hubbard
and Mrs. Lorenzo Daniels.
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Club Fielding.
DREYFUs HOT.
Refused Brush's Hand in Offer to Make
Up

A special from Pittsburg says: That the
most bitter feeling still exists in the heart
OF Barney Dreyfuss. president and owner
of the Pittsburg club. over the turn down
that he received at Boston by the National
League commission. and that this feeling Is
particularly against John T. Brush, was
demonstrated at Exposition Park Saturday
afternoon for the edifcation of about a
hundred fans.
Come, Barney, let's shake hands It's
all over now and I must confess that our
treatment in this city was more than
could have been led to expect"
There was smile on the face of the New
York president as he extended his hand
but it was not reflected on the face of
Dreyfuss. Instead. the Pittsburg owner
gave him one whitening look of contempt
where snow balls are unknown Then in
the most bitter tones he told Brush what
he thought Of the McGraw affair and the
part that Brush had played In It,
Leaving Brush standing with dazed look
on his face. Dreyfuss turned on his heel
and walked toward the club house, which
he entered and banged the door, Brush
made his escape as carefully as he could
his face scarlet with modification. 1t was
the only meeting between the two presi-
dents during the four days stay of Brush
In Pittsburg. The New York man carefully
avoided Dreyfuss on all occasions and the
only time he broke into print was when
inside information which took place at the
meeting In Boston.
The publication of this informant ton com
Ing from Brush, only added fuel to the
flames. which were already smouldering
in the breast of Dreyfuss.
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HARD ROW FOR TILE vEsPERs.
Picked English Fights Preparing to
Meet Them at Henley.

News comes that besides the Vespers Of
Philadelphia there will be two foreign en-
tries for the grand challenge cup race to be
Belgium and Germany. Entries are as
sured from the Leander, London, and the
Thames rowing clubs. Leander has col
lected eight first-class oarsmen for its crew.
Four are from Oxford and four from Cam
bridge AS these are probably the pick of
the varsity crews of the two institutions 1t
can be readily seen what formidable COM
Thames have been at work with gratifying
results, and they profess confidence Of
taking Leanders measure. With the three
English Fights In first-class condition, the
task that confronts the Vespers can be
imagined.
1t has been suggested that perhaps IL a
leaf were taken out Of the English book 1t
might be possible to win the great race for
Fights at Henley. AS Leander and the other
Engnsh rowing clubs are made UP Of the
crack university oarsmen 1t has been ar
gued that the crews sent over to row them
should also be picked crews Heretofore
the eights sent from the United States have
represented Cornell, Yale and Pennsylvania.
IN each case one educational institution. II
Is Claimed that If an association of college
graduate oarsmen were to send a crew fo
England IT would stand much better
cnance IMAM any one institution. The Yes
pers, IT Is true, have a college oarsman az
two In the crew, but the eight cannot ha
SAID TO be the pick of the country. Recall
now Cornells junior crew easily beat the
seSpefS time In the recent American L.
ley on the SchuylkiIl. 1heA-
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ruilng the demurrer entered nv tba ,,,,,
council of Alexandria in the case Of r
Barker trading as the C. E. Barker Manu.
securing Company. against the city coun-
GIL winch Is a suit to contest the right Of
'he city to impose an annual tax of son
upon firms issuing trading stamns. tn
dealers and tax Of $3.50 upon any dealers
distributing such stamps to their cus-
TONER'S II Is said the case will be taken
TO the court of appeals
The joint final CELEBRATE NJ tho Rrook
ford and Fairfax Literary societies Of the
Episcopal High School will be held to.
morrow evening at S:15 O'Clock In IJgsett
Hall on the high school grounds near This
city Ills
Children's day exercises were held in the
First Baptist Church, the M E Church
south and Trinity M. E. Church yester-
day. The services were attended by numer-
Gus children and their parents
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Wildt and daughter.
Miss Lille Wildt, will spend the summer in
Europe. They: will leave today for Now
YORK. whence they will sail.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bartels and children will
leave Alexandria tomorrow for Baltimore,
whence they will sail Wednesday for
Europe.
The remains of Mrs Ollie w. Moon.
whose death occurred yesterday at the
Alexandria Hospital, were forwarded today
to Columbia. Va. for interment. She was
thirty years of age and was the wife of
Mr. William T. Moon
Mr.. Edwin Schneider of this city will
graduate in medicine at the commence
ment exercises of Georgetown University
tomorrow evening.