The Weather Today: Fair.
The News and Observer.
VOL. LI. NO. 123.
Leads all Worth Carolina Dailies in Mews andCiroulation
FIRE FOLLOWS FIRE AND
PANIC SEIZES THE PEOPLE
The Main Business Section of Waterbury, Connecti
cut, Swept by a Conflagration That Leaves
it in Ruins.
FOR TEN LONG HOURS THE FLAMES RAGED
Then Another Fire Burst Out
in the City.
WAS I r AT THE TOUCH OF INCENDIARY?
The Area Burned Over is About Four
Acres and the Losses Are Estimated
at Between Four and Five Millions.
People Only Half Clad Fly For Life
From the Flames
(By the Associated Press.)
Waterbury. Conn., Feb. 3.—The sun
rose this morning on a blackened and
smoldering map of ruins That marked the
main busines section of the city. There
is a very strong suspicion that the fire
which completely destroyed the Scoville
House today, burning thousands of dol
lars worth of furniture, appointments
and personal effects and imperilling
many lives, was the ork of an incendiary.
The fire originated in the pool and bil
liard room in the basement of the house
on the further side of the burned dis
trict. The room was locked and no one
was supposed to be there. No fire was
kept, in the room, all heat being supplied
from a boilet in another part of the
building.
Manager Truman said at the police
station, while the fire was still raging,
that he had not the slightest doubt it
was of incendiary origin, and the au
thorities have been quietly investigating.
The fire came so close on the heels of
the big conflagration that the thousands
of spectators who witnessed it were
Thrown into a more complete panic than
the original fire caused.
The fire had only begun to die out.
along Bank, Grand and South Main streets
at 1 or lock when flames leaped upward
as by magic, and people feared the city
was doomed after all.
The call was rung in promptly and the
engines that hurried to the scene turned
their attention mainly to preventing.the
spread of the flames. It was evident
that the hotel was doomed, and if the fire
had reached the adjacent buildings there
would have been very Utile hope of
saving the center of the city. The fire
burned far into the day and was not ex
tinguished until evening. The loss on
the hotel wil reach $150,000.
For ten hours last night and this
morning flames, fanned by a high wind,
held sway over the business portion of
this city, causing a loss that will exceed
$3,000,000. The hot business portion of
the city, forming a triangle, bounded on
the north by Exchange Place, on the west
by Bank street, on the smith by Grand
street and on the east by South Main
street, was almost wiped out.
The first, fire, which started in the big
store of the Reid & Hughes Dry Goods
Company, on Bank street, was not con
sidered under control until about $3,000.-
worth of property had been destroyed.
About the time, the firemen supposed they
had the flames under control a second
fire broke out in the small house, the
citvs leading hotel, remodeled by the
late Judge E. C. Lewis. a. few years ago,
at an expense of about $75,000, and the
establishment was completely wrecked.
The occupants of the hotel were forced to
seek the street in their night, clothes.
With the ringing of a second alarm the
entire city was thron into a panic. There
was a fierce gale blowing and sparks
from the burning hotel were driven in
lurid showers over.a great area. The
ocupants of buildings located in the path
of the wind prepared to leave. Although
tlm Waterbury fire department was rein
foned from nearby cities it was for a
time impossible to stay the progress of
the flames.
The fire in its entirety burned over
four acres of the citys best business
section. Among the prominent buildings
totally destroyed are the block occupied
by the Reid & Hughes Dry Goods Com
pany. the plant of the Waterbury Ameri
can, the Masonic Temple, the Scoville &
Franklin houses, ihe W. L. Douglass
Shoe Company, ihe Johnson block, the
Salvation Army Workingmen's Home and
scores of other buildings. In all about
one hundred of the most prominent
business houses are burned' out.
Rarely have firemen been obliged to
contend against worse conditions than
those which prevailed from first to last
in this disastrous conflagration. The
wind was Wowing a gale and the cold was
intense. It seemed at one time as
though every structure in the heart of
the city would be destroyed.
In some instances the wor of the fire
men proved, of no avail- The Water
bury bank building at the corner of
Bank and Grand streets was saved, al
though the New England Engineering
Company's $70,000 building, but a few
feet away, and the Masonic Temple on
the north side of the bank building were
wiped out of existence. During the night
the mayor was in communication with
Gov. McLean and the militia was called
out. Companies A. and G., numbering
about 120 men, were detailed about the
lire district and are still on duty-
UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
The city is now practically under mar
tial law, and the blue uniforms of the
National Guards men appearing on every
side.
Details are changed every two hours.
The armory, the City Hall, the churches
and other public places have been turned
into temporary shelters, hundreds being
rendered homeless.
The scene about the city today was on
ly little less remarkable than that of the
previous evening, thousands of people
stumbled around the icy streets and with
greatest difficulty were restrained by
the militia and police from venturing
within the danger lines.
A resived list of the losses and insur
ance is very difficult to obtain at this
time. Few know just what the loss was
on their buildings and stock. It is be
lieved that when the truth is known the
figures given above will not be far from
the correct estimate.
The remarkable feature of the fire
was undoubtedly the absence, so far as
known, of loss of life. Two men who
were asleep in the Scoville House, Chas.
Y. Kent, of ihe Holmes, Booth and Hay
dens Company, a member of the Board
of Education and the second cook, a
German, were reported missing, but
both have been located.
The re-building of ruined structures
is only a question of time. Temporary
quarters have been secured by all the
firms. /
The American Publishing Company is
among the heaviest losers, the building
being entirely ruined, but the paper was
issued in an abbreviated form tonight.
DISORDER ON THE STREETS
There has been more or less disorder
about the streets today, but the police
have been very active and the militia
has been ot great service in handling the
crowds. The streets were piled with
household goods and strewn with small
articles thrown from the windows. Some
of this property was confiscated by
passers-by, but the amount of thieving
was small compared with the opportun
ities offered by the confusion.
The numb'T of injured was very
small, and in all but one or two cases
the injuries were slight.
The streets are rapidly being cleared
and the trolley service will be soon re
sumed.
SEARCHING FOR THE BODIES
Heartrending Scenes at ths Month of the
Hondo Mines
(By the Associated Press.)
Eagle Pass, Tex., Feb. 3.—Eighty-four
bodies and sixteen men barely alive,
some of them horribly mangled, have
been taken from the Hondo mines. The
foul odor from the mines caused the
search for the bodies to be temporarily
discontinued, but disinfectants arrived
this afternoon and work will be resumed.
The shaft had US men enrolled and IS
are still missing. Twenty-five head of
dead mules have boon taken from the
shaft.
The damage to property is very great.
The company has obtained all the ph»
sicians and nurses that can be secured
from all points and is doing everything
possible to save any of the miners who
may still be alive.
The scene at the opening of the mine
was horrible to contemplate- Wives,
mothers and children of the dead and
mangled men. who perished in the explos
ion were screaming and crying, refused
to leave the scene.
ARM BROKEN BY FALL
Telephone and Telegraph Foies Blown Down
by the Wind.
(Special to ihe News and Observer.)
F'ranklinton. X. C.. Feb. 2.—Mr. I. H.
Kearney, one of our most active busi
ness men, fell and broke one bone of his
left arm ou Saturday morning as he was
coming out of his fathers door.
The ice was very severe on pedestri
ans. The wind tore down telegraph and
telephone poles and unrooked the main
building of the chair factory.
DURHAM WILL WORK FOR IT
The Junior Order's Proposed Otphaosge. Rev.
E. R. Lybarn Accepts the Call.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Durham. N. C\, Feb. 3.—Durham cx
p -ft-, to be w 11 represented at the meet
loir of the State Council. Junior Order (
United American Mechanics, which con- j
venes in Wilmington on the lStli instant.
An earnest effort will be made to secure
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 4. 1902.
the proposed orphanage of the order- It
is understood that. Raleigh, Charlotte,
Greensboro and Winston-Salem will also
bid for it. Sometime ago Mr. R. M.
Jones generously offered to donote a de
sirable tract of land just beyond West
Durham if. the orphanage was located
here.
Rev. E- R. Leyburn, of Hedgeville, W.
Va., who was recently called to the pas
torate of the Presbyterian church, in
this city, has accepted. He. will enter
upon his new work here about the 15th
of this month.
Chief of Police J. A. Woodall went to
Raleigh this morning to see Gov. Ay
eock in regard to issuing a requesition
on the Governor of Ohio for Ulysj«|
Grant Baumgardner, who is wanted he|e
on the charge of embezzlement. Armed
with the necessary papers Mr- Woodall
left this afternoon for Cincinnati, and
will bring Baumgardner back here on
Wednesday or Thursday.
On account of the bad weather all last
week, the receipts of leaf tobacco at the
various warehouses here were not so
very large. Prices continue high.
Debate at Mars Hill.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Mars Hill, N- C., Feb. 3.—One of the
leading questions in the minds of *he
people of North Carolina was discussed
in the Thilomathean Hall on last Friday
night. Tlie question was: “Re c olved,
That North Carolina Should Have A
Compulsory School Law.”
The question was well handled by both
I sides, but when the debate was over it
was decided that the affirmative had
won.
Last week the school building, known
as Big Pine Seminary, was burned down.
It is thought by some that the fire was
the work of an incendiary.
Last Thursday Mr. Thomas Tilson's
dog went mad, but it was killed before
it did any injury.
Since the snow and rain the roads in
Western North Carolina are almost im
passable. When the road con
gress meets, we hope that we will be
represented.
TO REDOCF WAR TAX
Bill Favorably Reported, Bab
cock’ j> Bill to Reduce Tax
on Steel Defeated,
(L»y tin Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 3.—The Ways and
Means Committee ot the House by unani
mous vote today ordered a favorable
report on the war tax reduction Dill. 'A
surprise occurred when Representative
Babcock, Republican member, offered his
bill largely reducing the duties on the
steel schedule and placing some articles
on the f ree list, as an amendment to the
tea repeal section. The amendment was
defeated C to 7. Messrs. Babcock and
Tawney and all the Democrats voting in
the affirmtive.
The Cuban reciprocity question also
come up unexpectedly. Representative
Steele, of Indiana, moving a twenty-five
per cent concession on Cuban sugar. Tlie
motion was withdrawn, however, after a
brief exchange of comment.
The closeness of the vote on Mr. Bab
cock* amendment reducing the steel
schedule caused much comment. Messrs.
Newlands and Cooper. Democrats, and
Bong and Hopkins. Republicans, were ab
sent. It was explained on behalf of the
absent members that they were either
out of the city or detained at important
committee meetings elsewhere and that
ih Babcock motion was entirely unex
pected.
The motion of Mr. Steele, for a 25 per
cent reduction on Cuban suear was re
garded as rather facetitious and as a re
oinder to tbc unexpected motion on the
steel schedule Representative Robertson,
of Louisiana, who is opposed to o re
duction to Cuban sugar, was among those
who voted for the Babcock amendment.
The bill was subsequently reported to
the House.
FARMER FLAGGED THE TRAIN.
Wanted Conductor to be Neighborly and Get
Him His Week's “Chaw ”
(Special to News and Observer.)
Chapel Hill. N. C. Feb. 3. —Between
University Station and Chapel Hill Sat
urday, while the train was running at
that exceedingly high speed, the ab
sence of which the students of the Uni
versity are always ready to testify, some
one jumped out on the track and as if the.
lives of all those on the train depended
upon it flagged down the train. With
“great difficulty” the train was brought
to a standstill, and the conductor asked
the farmer what was the matter with the
road ahead. Without the least concern
the farmer said there wasn't anything
rho matter with the road, lie only wanted
the conductor to be neighborly and get
him his week’s supply of tobacco at
University Slation.
We do not know whether or not (be
conductor acted the part of a neighbor
at this special time. Someone said how
ever. that he had evil thoughts: during
the rest of the afternoon.
ROGERS WILL BE TRIED.
He Will Ciaun Consent in His Trial Charged
With Rape.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Oxford. X. C., Feb. 3.—Court convenes
here today. Judge Neil will preside.
Acting Solicitor Murphy is here. Solici
tor Brooks having been detained. The
only case ot' special interest that will he
tried at ihis term of court is the Rogers
case. He lias been a fugitive from jus
tice for several months but it is thought
that he will be brought to trial this
WAGING WAR FOR
CARPET BAGGERS
i
Carmack Forcefully Assails
the Philippine Policy.
SOME WARM EXCHANGES
Beveridge Challenges Carmack’s State
ments, Arousing Tillman,
HAMMER AND TONGS, THE SPARKS FLYING
Stewart's Amendment Increasing Salaries of
Representatives Meets With Disastrous
Defeat. The Oleomargarine Bill
Discussed in the House.
(By tin Yssociatcd Press.)
Washington. D. C , Feb. 3.—Another
spirited debate, with the Philippine Tar
iff Bill as the text, was precipitated i:t
the Senate today as the result of some
statements made by Mr. Carmack,
(Deni., Tenn.), in the course of an ex
tended speech on the general Philippine
question. It was the Tennessee Senator's
j first speech in ihe Senate and he was
given notably good attention on both
sides of the chamber. He spoke without
manuscript, with earnestness-, force and
eloquence.
At the conclusion of Ids address, which
had been listened to by many of his for
mer colleagues, in the House of Repre
sentatives, Mr. Beveridge, find.), chal
lenged some of his statements. The de
bate which ensued was very lively for a
l'ew minutes, taking on a political phase
which proved particularly interesting to
the auditors who crowded the Door as
well as the galleries. Mr. Beveridge and
Mr. Tillman, (S. (\), became involved n
a heated colloquy, in which the exchanges
wore as- hot as both Senator well could
make them-
Prior to tbc taking up of the Philip
pine Bill, the measure providing for an
increase in the salaries of United States
judges was under discussion for an hour.
Senator Stewart's amendment increas
ing the salaries of members of the. House
of Representatives to $7,500 annually, be
ginning on March 4. 1903, was rejected
15 to 44, the detailed vote being as fol
lows:
Yeas—Burton. Clark. (Wyo.), Dubois,
Gallingcr, Gamble, Hansbrough, Haw
lev, Heitfeld, Kitlredge, Quarles, Quay,
Stewart, Turner. Warren, Wet more—ls.
Nays—Bacon, Bard, Berry, Blackburn.
Burrows. Burnham. Carmack. Clapp,
Clay, Culberson, Culloith Deboe, Diet
rich. Dillinger. Dolliver, Fairbanks,
Frye, Gibson. Hale, Harris, Hoar. Jones.
(Ark-), Kean, Kearns, Lodge, McLaurin,
(S. <’•). McMillan, Mallory, Martin. Mit
chell, Money, Morgan, Nelson, Patterson,
Pettus, Platt, <N. Y.). Pritchard, Proc
tor, Simmons, Spooner, Taliaferro, Tel
ler, Tillman, Wellington—l 4.
An amendment was offered by Mr.
Foraker extending the proposed increase
of the salaries of circuit judges to the
circuit judge of Porto Rico.
Mr. Tillman inquired of Mr. Foraker
whether Porto Rico was in the United
States or not.
“J will say to the Senator," replied Mr.
Foraker. “that Porto Rico belongs to the
United States.”
“The matter of belonging to” and be
ing ‘in’ is entirely different," suggested
Mr. Tillman.
Mr Foraker thought this was not a
proper time to discuss the status of Por
to Rico.
“Oh there is plenty of time.” said Mr.
Tillman. “We've got the whole session
before us. We might as well discuss tbc
question now as at any other time.”
Mr. Foraker withdrew bis amendment.
Mr. Tillman directed attention to an
article In a Washington newspaper pub
lished today relative to the case of Judge
Atilnir H. Noyes, of the District Court of
Alaska, who was fined SI,OOO recently
by the circuit; court at San Francisco and
that of associates of Judge Noyes, who
were involved with him.
Mr. Tillman read the article which in
dicated that Judge Noyes and his asso
ciates are drawing large salaries from the
bated Stab's while the case against them
Is pending in the courts. One of the
men. according to the article, who is
serving his sentence, continues to draw
salary.
Mr. Tillman made, running comments
upon the statements in the article, di
recting nil his sarcasm, ridicule and in
vective against Judge Noyes, finally n
quiring:
“By the wav, whoso business is it to
remove this man?"
Mr. Foraker (Ohio), believed it might
require .impeachment proceedings to re
move Judge Nryes.
Mr. Teller, however, contended that the
President had ample power to remove
a territorial judge.
\ WAR FOR CARPET-DAGGERS.
At 2 o'clock the Philippine Tariff Bill
vas laid before the Senate and Mr. Car
mack (Tenn.). a member of the Philip
pine Committee, delivered a speech in op
position to the pending measure.
“This bill." Mr. Carmack declared, “is
framed on tlm theory that the Philip
pine Llando are a deadly menace to our
own trade; and that the less wy trade
with those islands and the less ve have
le j<> with them ttv> better it will be for
us. The only trade that will flourish un
der simh conditions is that of the exploit
ers and it is proposed to turn the islands
over to them. It is for the benefit of the
target-baggers and not for the b
of the Amercan people that a ar of *.
inal aggression is being waged in the
Philippine Islands.
“We, of the minority, cannot support
this bill or the policy of which it is a
We are opposed to the bill, because
we are opposed to the whole policy of
colonial empire.”
Mr. Carmack discussed briefly (he sub
ject of the censorrhip of press dispatches
in Manila. He declared that it was not
a censorship for military purposes but
Lad been “established by, for. and in the
interest of the Republican party.”
Important information had been sup
pressed by the censor, be declared, and
the people of this country had been kept
in ignorance of matters to a knowledge
of which they were entitled.
Referring to the Republican supporters
of the present Philippne policy, Mr. Car
mack said:
“You lift your hands in holy honor at
the lynching of a colored man in the
South, and yet you are engaged in lynch
ing 10,000,000 of people who recently were
your allies and your brothers in arms and
who have committed no crime except,the
crime upon which this government was
founded.”
Mr. Beveridge, a Republican member
of the Philippines Committee, sharply
challenged a statement by the Tennessee
Snator that the Phiippine tariff had not
been well or carefully considered.
“Did the Philippine Committee make
an investigation of the Philippine tariff
scale?” inquired Mr. Carmack.
“No.” replied Mr. Beveridge, “ but the
Philippines Commission has been con
sidering that scale for two years.”
Mr. Beveridge asserted that Ihe Phil
ippinesh question had been passed upon
and settled four times in Congress and
twice had been before the American peo
ple and by them twice settled.
Mr. Beveridge declared that the reason
why ex-President Cleveland, ex-President
Harrison and ex-Senator Edmunds, all
cf whom had not been in sympathy with
the Philippine policy of the administra
tion, declined to foiow ihe Democratic
party was because that party would not
accept the decisions of the Supreme Court
(Continued on Page Two.)
SCHLEY MAY ACCEPT
An Invitation Sent Him to
Visit Asheville. Program
of Entertainment,
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Ashevilje, N. C., Feb. 3.—E. P. McKis- j
sick, of the Battery Park Hotel, today |
received from Knoxville a telegram say
ing: “Admiral and Mrs. Schley will if
possible to arrange a stop accept invita
tion to visit Asheville.” If they come j
they will take luncheon at the Battery |
Park, arriving hero at 10 o'clock on Frl- j
day. During the evening a public recep- j
tion will bo given in their honor and at j
night a dinner will be given by the j
Knights Templar.
WILL CONSUME ALL THE WEEK.
Long vs Southern Railway True Bill Against
Gorham and Ramsey.
(Special to Nows and Observer.)
Statesville, N. C.. Feb. 3.—The case or
Long vs. the Southern Railway will con
sume all the week. Distinguished coun
sel are here. Mr. Long's counsel out
side of Iredel is composed of Messrs.
Cyrus B. Watson, Platt D. Walker and
Lee S. Overman. The Southern is repre
sented by General Counsel Henderson, j
Charles Price and Goo. F. Bason. The
case was tried last year and almost fin
is-bed when it was discovered that a law
agent of th* Southern Railway had been <
sleeping with a juryman.
A true bill for embracery has been
found against both Gorham and Ramsey,
sentenced to jail for contempt of court
last year by Judge Frown.
Suicide of Mrs. Hammond Moore.
(By the Associated Press.)
San Francisco, Cal.. Feb. 3.—The in- ;
demnity of a middle-aged, richly dress- |
ed woman, who committed suicide in 1
Stockton ou Friday night, lias been es- j
tablished by friends in this city. She :
was Mrs. Hamrnnd Moore, of New York I
City, the widow of <'ol. Hammond •
Moore, an officer of the Confederate Ar- j
my, who .settled in New York shortly :
after the Civil War- She came to San
Francisco from Guatemala last May in
the course of a tour around the w„r!|i,
which she began three years ago. and
which had just been concluded.
The cause of her suicide is unknown j
long For Statesville Office.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 2. —The President to
day sent the following nominations to
the Senate
POSTMASTERS.
Georgia—-Frederick D. Dismuke, Jr., j
Thomasvile; William A. Sheats, Monroe, j
North Carolina—John W. C. Long. '
Sla tesville.
South Carolina—Robert S. Ling. Abbe- J
ville. 1
True Bill Found Agaimt Spiney.
(By the Associated Press.)
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 3. —The grand I
jury, which was assembled here in [
special session today returned a true |
bill after one hours' deliberation against j
Charles Spivey, alias Jim Frye, for the |
murder of Officer Redmond Saturday j
night- The militia which was called out
to guard the iail late Saturday night,
has been dismissed and there is no fear
of lynching.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
&r?, TUFTS
DIES SUDDENLY
He Was Creator and Owner
of Pinehurst.
HIS LOSS DEEPLY FELT
A Man of Great Wealth and Noble
Generosity.
HIS EMPLOYES HELD HIM IN HIGH ESTEEM
He Enjoyed the Distinction ot Owning a Town
With Winter Population of Five Thous
and. His Wealth Estimated
at Over Six Millions.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Pinehurst, N. C., Feb. 3.—James W.
Tufts died suddenly last night about 9
o'clock in his apartments at the Caro
lina Hotel. His physician, Dr. George
McGregor, says that death was due to f
heart failure, superinduced by a se
vere attack of acute indigestion. The re
mains are now en route for Bedford.
Mass., where they will be interred in
the family vault at Oak Grove ‘cemetery.
Mrs. Tufts. Mr. H. W. Priest, and
several friends of the bereaved wife, ac
companied the body. They will be joined
in Washington, D. C., by Mr. Leonard |
Tufts, son of the deceased, and other
members of the family.
The announcement of Mr. Tufts’ death
I came with a shock of surprise to all who
knew him, as he had been in excellent
health and spirits ever since his return
to Pinehurst early in January. Here his
demise is deeply mourned by all, as Pine
hurst is the child of his braiu, a garden
which his generosity and energy has
I planted and cultivated in this sandy
| wilderness. He was at. the hour of his
death, the sole owner of this famous re
sort village, the valuation of which is
reckoned in millions, and every detail
of the Immense work of creating it,
fr.:m the first stake driven in the origi
ral survey of the village to the comple
tion of the Carolina, the largest and
j finest hotel in the State, was done un-
I dcr his supervision. The building, beau
tifying and improving of this village was
his especial delight and he enjoyed the
distinction of being the only man in the
i United States who absolutely owned a
[ lown with a winter population of nearly
5,000.
Ho was also president of. and a largo
owner in the America Soda Fountain
Company.
His wealth is roughly estimated to
be between six and ten millions of dol
lars, but notwithstanding his great
wealth and large business interests, ho
was extraordinarily affable and courteous
to rich and poor alike and almost every
one of his many hundreds of employes
was a warm personal friend.
Mr. Tufts was born in Melrose, Mass.,
ir 1834 and was 67 years old at his death.
Hhe leaves a widow, one son. Mr. Leon
ard Tufts, one daughter, Mrs. William
Jennie, and several grand children. Fun
eral services will be held at the family
betno in Bedford. Mass.
Burial of W, E Bcovill.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Washington, N. C., Feb. 2.—Messrs. J.
Allison Temple and Fred W. Hoyt have
opened a house rental agency here. They
have already secured rental control of a
good mattv residences.
The State's oyster boat patrol, the
steamer "Lillie.” Capt. J. K. Hatton
commanding, is in port after having been
on patrol duty along the coast for sev
eral weeks.
Roper Bros, have moved from Bath and
opened a modern dry goods store for men
and ladies.
The body of the late Mr. W. E. Seovill.
who died in New York city Thursday
morning, was brought here to his home
; Friday night. The funeral was held at
the Methodist church Sunday morning.
The interment was at Oakdale.
Major Len Anderson Dead.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Winston-Salem. N. C., Feb. 3. —Major
Len Anderson, one of best known
men in this section, died at Pine Hall
yesterday, aged 82. In his younger days
ite was known ;,s a great fox hunter. He
leaves n large estate to Ixlm wife and two
dopted children.
Grandson of President Hays Dead,
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Asheville, N. C., Feb. 3.—Rutherford
B. Hays, six years old, grandson of the
former President of the United Stales,
filed yesterday at his home in West
Asheville. The interment will be in
Cincinnati.
A Fire at Durham.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Durham. N. C., Feb. 3.—Fire broke I
out about 4:15 o’clock this‘afternoon at
the residence of J. W. Bauconv, on Wil-
Hard street. The firemen were soou ou
the sceue and the flumes extinguished.
The damage amounted to SSO or more.
Never estimate your peach crop by a
census of the buds,