THE NUMBER of Charlotte sub
scribers The News has added in the
past three months, would represent a
fair city circulation for. many papers.
no fr
ML0TTE
FROM CHARLOTTE alone comes
two-thirds of the business of two
thirds of the business men of Char
lotte. There is but one paper that
covers Charlotte The News.
VOL. XXIII
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1903.
NO. 5462
NEWS.
ED
IH CHICAGO HOTEL
Sixty Guests Were in Build
ing When the Fire Started,
But All Save These
Escaped
FIRE WRECKS MANSION
OF WEALTHY CLUBMAN
Explosion of an Alcohol Lamp
Painfully Burns Miss Evelyn
Burden and Seriously In
jured Her Servant
Chicago, Jan. 6. Fire at five o'clock
this morning partly destroyed the
Somerset hotel. Four persons lost
their lives.
Mrs. E. Berry and two daughters, of
Chicago, suffered death in their room
and a woman about 28, unidentified,
who is said to have jumped from the
fifth floor to the pavement.
Sixty people were in the hotel when
the blaze started, but all escaped with
the exception of the four now dead.
New York, Jan. 6. In a fire in the
five-story mansion of I. Townsend
Burden, millionaire clubman and iron
magnate. No. 5 East 26th street this
morning, Miss Evelyn Burden, 24 years
old, his daughter, was painfully burn
ed about the feet.
A servant was burned about the
hands and body. The fire was caused
by an explosion of an alcoholic lamp.
The damage will reach ten thousand
dollars.
GERMAN SHELL SMASHES CAR.
Latter Was On English Railway
Puerto Cabello Looted.
Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. C. Prob
ably by accident a 30-pound shell was
fired by the German cruiser Vineta in
the harbor of Puerto Cabello. The
shell burst in a car of the English rail
way, demolishing it and causing de
struction for some distance.
The Germans continued to sack the
fort at Pura Cabello. They have taken
as a relic an old bell from the Spanish
warship which belonged to the invin
cible Armada. They have also taken a
picture from the ancient chapel.
General Raman, one of the leaders of
the revolution, was just leaving the
jail today and said:
"The object cf the revolutionists just
now is to attract as much attention to
themselves as possible, in the hope of
preventing the foreign powers from
making a settlement with General Cas
tro. Nevertheless they are too weak, I
believe, to succeed at present, as they
must necessarily wait for ammunition.
It will probably be months before they
will be able to concentrate in large
force; and even then they may be de
feated, as they were at La Victoria."
Many share the opinion of General
Ramon, saying that their forces are
really not an army, but bands of guer
rillas. Officer Charged With Crookedness.
Free Hold, Jan. 6. Counsel for Stan
ton and Hendricks sprung a surprise in
the Bigger-Bennett conspiracy case at
noon today when sentence of the pris
oners came up before Judge Hasley.
Aron F. Johnson, counsel for the de
fendants, moved to set aside the ver
dict on the ground that the verdict of
the jury w-as influenced by county de
tective Strong, who was one of the of
ficers in charge of the jury during its
deliberations.
Reunites Divorced Parents.
Carroliton, Ga., Jan. 6. W. M. Duke
was remarried recently to his former
wife, Mrs. Katie Duke, who had been
divirced from him two years. Three
little children witnessed the marriage
of their father and mother. A suit over
the custody of the youngest child led to
a meeting of the couple and a recon
ciliation. GROUND 10 DEATH
III BEffl MACHINE
Man Crushed Into Shapeless
Mass and His Compan
ions, Nauseated, Had
To Quit Work
Newbure. Jan. 6. Frank Wilson,
aged 40, met a horrible" death at 8
o'clock this morning. He was oiling
a shaft at the works of the William
Carroland Company at Mattewan
when his body was caught in the
heavy machinery and ground to death.
Four hundred employes were so
nauseated at hearing the news that
they quit work. He leaves a widow.
FO
CHAT
TRYING TO TRAP THE HUGGER, f
Young Men Locking for Fellow Who
Terrifies Hempstead Women.
Hemperstead, L. I., Jan. 6. Attired
in women's clothing, many young men
of this village patrolled the streets last
night in a vain effort to catch a "jack-the-hugger"
who has been terrorizing
the women here by his attacks upon
them.
The "hugger" also sometimes mas
querades in woman's clothes, though
at other" times he wears a long overcoat
and a slouch hat, pulled down over his
eyes. One of his favorite haunts in
Martling's Park, which adjoins the
country seat of August Belmont.
Fully 15 women have been stopped
by the man. The intentions of the hug
ger appear to be simply to terrify his
victims into hysterics for, after giving
a bearlike hug, he suddenly disappears.
Miss Mary Kennar, one of the faculty
of the Hempstead High School, when
returning home from evening service,
met the man, but stood her ground,
threatening him with a pair of scissors
until he fled.
Iowa's War Governor III.
Waterloo, Jan. 6. Burn R. Sherman,
Iowa's war governor, is lying at his
home at Vinton, suffering with a seri
ous fracture of the arm, near the
shoulder, as the result of a fall on the
icy sidewalk yesterday. On account of
his advanced age and general poor
health it is feared he will not recover.
Russian Xmas Like the Cow's Tail.
Washington, Jan. 6. The Russian
calendar being twelve days later than
the rest of the world Count Cassini,
the Russian Ambassador and his staff
will celebrate Christmas today. They
will entertain his official family at a
dinner at the embassy this evening and
tomorrow the Countess Marguerite
Cassini will entertain her' friends at
Christmas dinner.
Supplies Of Lawyers.
Philadelphia. Pa., Jan. 6. Members
of the Anthracite Strike Commission
met today. Fully thirty lawyers were
present at the hearing. They repre
sent the operating railroads, the inde
pendent operators, the union and the
non-union workmen.
DEATH REAPS
OIPfJARllEST
Ex-Premier Sagasta Dead--Death
and Luck Overtake
Famous Prospector of
Black Hill at Same time
Madrid, Jan. G. The arrangements
for the funeral of former Premier Sa
gasta, who died yesterday are not yet
decided upon. It is probable, how
ever, he will be buried on Wednesday.
King Alfonzo, the Queen Regent and
the diplomatic corps have sent con
dolences to Sagasta's family.
Sagasta died at half past 6 o'clock
this evening. His death was due to
bronchitis and gastric trouble. His
family was at the deathbed and form
er Liberal members of the cabinet
were near their old leader. A bishop
administered the last sacrament.
Roubax, S. D., Jan. 6. David
Thompson, one of the best known
prospectors in the Black Hills, over
which he has been hunting for six
teen years struck it rich yesterday
and a few moments later was dead, a
blood vessel being ruptured.
Eradford, Vt., Jan. 6. Governor
Rosewell Farham died here yester
day. He is survived by a widow, a
daughter and two sons.
DE MONTESQUIOU TO COME.
Noted Frenchman Will Be a Mission
ary Of Literature.
Paris, Jan. 6. Count Robert de Mon
tesquiou, poet, in one of his suggestive
essays coins a designation for those
who seek to extend beyond the confines
of a country the knowledge, spirit and
influence of its culture. "Missionaries
of literature" he calls them.
It is as a "missionary of literature"
that Count de Montesquiou is about to
visit the New World having so thor
oughly explored the old. Sailing for
New York January 9, he will remain in
the United States probably until the
end of April. During that period he will
give eight or ten conferences the Eng
lish has no unconventional subjective
and literary dissertion that is the ideal
conference, "lecture" being too formal
and "chat" too flippant. His mission
will be top-eveal or explain to his hear
ers some of the unknown, little known
or wrongly known artists of France.
The Count is a descendant of D'Arta
gnan, the real D'Artagnan, who was
fully as fascinating a figure as Dumas'
reproduction in "The Three Musket
eers." Canadian Roads Raise Rates.
Montreal, Jan. 6. The Canadian
railways, as a result of conferences
with a view of increasing revenue by
increasing freight rates, decided on a
ten per cent, increase on iron commo
dities, -similar to that adopted by the
United States railroads.
House Passes Army Bill.
Washington, Jan. 6 The house to
day by vote of 153 to 52 passed the bill
providing for a general staff far the
army.
LEADS THE SOUTH
WITH GOOD ROADS
Report of Supt. Stowe Shows
That There Are 118 Miles
of Macadam Road in
This County
110 MILES MORE ARE
TO BE GONSTROOTED
Bond Issue flection Will Be
Held, Probably in August
Work Largely Done With
Convict Labor
One of the most interesting reports
presented at the meeting of the board
of county commissioners yesterday,
was that of Mr. S. T. Stowe, superin
tendent of roads and bridges for Meck
lenburg county.
The report shows that there were
11.72 miles of macadam laid on the
roads of Mecklenburg during the year
just passed. This was divided as fol
lows :
Beaty's Ford Road, two and one
fifth miles.
Davidson College roads, four and
one-quarter miles.
Poor House road, two and one-quarter
miles.
Dixie Road, one and nine-tenth miles.
Repair work on Lawyer's Road, one
and one-eighth miles.
The report states that there are now
within the county 118 miles of macad
amized roads and about 110 miles to be
constructed before the county limits on
the main roads are reached.
The average number of convicts for
each camp during the year has been
about 50 men.
Mr. Stowe states that the machinery
and tools at each of the camps are in
good working condition.
The bridge work during the year has
been exceedingly heavy and rather ex
pensive but when-the bridges -nYJ,
course of construction are finished,
they will be second to none in the
South.
The report of Superintendent Stowe
was read with great interest by the
board and the citiens of Charlotte and
Mecklenburg county will, no doubt,
ieel the same degree of interest.
Not only is Mecklenburg the fore
most county in the State in the matter
of good roads but the record of the past
year will place her among the first if
not the1 first in the entire South.
Far and near Mecklenburg's good
roads are talked of by all, and there is
no question but that our roads have at
tracted numerous residents and all who
have seen them agree that they are the
best in the South.
While a great deal of money has been
spent in the construction of these high
ways our people are unanimous in the
opinion that it is the best money the
county expends.
The News man learns today that the
question of issuing bonds in order to se
cure the immediate completion of the
remaining 110 miles will, in all prob
ability, be submitted to the voters of
Mecklenburg some time this summer.
The month of August has been suggest
ed ac tho hpat iimo n hnlrt snrh an
l election.
With the necessary amount of money
in hand largely increased forces could
be worked, and the construction of
macadamized roads could be done in a
largely decreased period.
At present the work on Mecklenburg
roads is done largely with convict la
ber. If the necessary money is voted
in bonds other labor could be employed
and the work, on an increased scale
could commence as soon as the bonds
were placed.
While the matter of issuing bonds
for this purpose has not been definitely
decided, it is more than probable that
the board of county commissioners
will recommend that such action be
taken.
SANTA FE ROAD
RAISES WAGES
Enters Into Agreement With
Chief Arthur By Which
Fifteen Hundred Engineers
Will Be Benefitted
Chicago, Jan. 6. Grand Chief Ar-
jthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
: Engineers, left Chicago last night after
arranging a satisfactory agreement
with the Santa Fe company officials.
The engineers were granted an in-
; crease of eight to ten per cent, m
! wages and several important conces
' sions regarding the working rules werp
made. About 1500 engineers are benefitted.
f . -
DEATH
NOTED MAN.
Swain, Who Fitted Up Ram Albemarle
Clans Gathering.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 6. John Swain,
fitted the machinery in the famous
Confederate ram, at Albemarle, died
in the Soldier's Home.
Gattis, Morton, Smith and Lucas are
still in the race for the speakership.
Lucas will withdraw tonight. Gattis
friends claim 80 votes. Tha members
are nearly all here.
House Considers Army Measure.
Washington, Jan. 6. When the
House met today a report from the
Committee on Rules adopted for imme
diate consideration the general staff
hill to promote the efficie of the army,
which failed of passage yesterday ow
ing to the absence of a quorum. The
general debate is limited to one hour
and in committee of the whole consid
eration of the measure was begun.
To Place Coal On Free List.
Washington, Jan. 6. Shortly after
the opening of the Senate this morning
Proctor, of Vermont, left a notice that
tomorrow morning he would move to
take up the bill for the reorganization
of the milita. There was laid before
the Senate a resolution of Mr .Vest,
of Missouri, introduced yesterday, to
place anthacite coal on the free list.
To Discuss Bubonic Plague.
Washington, Jan. 6. Surgeon Gen
eral Wyman of the Marine Hospital
service, has called a meeting of repre
sentatives of the various state boards
of health for January 19th in this city
to discuss the alleged existence of bu
bonic plague at San Francisco and for
mulate measures to prevent a possible
spread of the disease.
DEATH'S HID
INTERVENED
Grim Specter Steps Between
Miss Frances Templeton
Miiler and The Man She
Was to Wed
The News chronicles this afternoon
one .of the. saddest deaths of the new
Tofn yeUr the pathetic passing of one
who in "crossing the bar" withdrew
from the world too much of Its wonted
sweetness and light and youth. It is
all the more pitiable since in associat
ing a young life so fresh and gracious
with death it seems like reversing a
law of nature.
To those who held her to memory
dear remains the sweetness of a life
that to all intents and purposes, went
out too soon. While to her may there
be an ever-green grave and the softest
of all poppied sleep.
Miss Frances Templeton Miller,
passed peacefully into the beyond last
night at 11:30 o'clock at St. Peter's
Hospital, where she had been taken for
treatment only a few days before. She
was taken ill Christmas day in her
room at the Central hotel. Her con
dition gradually grew worse and her
friends thought that she could be bet
ter cared for at the Hospital. She was
taken there New Years Day. She grew
weaker day by day and on yesterday
all hope for her recovery was abandon
ed. Sunday, symptoms of peritonitis,
in its most aggravated form, appear
ed and Sunday evening her parents,
who reside in Waynesboro, Va., were
notified of their daughter's serious
condition. Last night they were in
formed of her death.
The body was prepared for burial by
John M. Harry and Co., the undertak
ers, and this morning it was taken to
Virginia accompanied by Miss Anna
Collins, a life-long friend, who resides
in Monroe, and Miss Belle Hall, of this
city.
Deceased had been head milliner at
Belk Bros, in this city for the past two
seasons. She was exceptionally popu
lar with the trade and her employers,
as well as the entire force, were very
fond of her. She was 25 years old and
had been with Armstrong, Cator & Co.,
the Baltimore millinery, house, since
quite a child. It was from Baltimore
that, she came to Charlotte. Her home
was in Waynesboro. Va., and her par
ents are Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Miller of
that town.
During her sickness the firm of
Belk Bros, saw to it that she received
every attention and Mr. W. H. Belk
last night took charge of the body and
assumed all the expenses of the young
lady's sickness and death.
Miss Miller was to have been married
th's month to Mr. G. Edgar Smith, of
this city, who is in charge of the In
ternational Correspondence School of
Philadelphia for this section of North
Carolina. Yesterday afternoon when
she was apprised of the seriousness of
her condition, she asked that Mr.
Smith be sent for. The two were to
gether for some tim. It was an ex
ceedingly touching incident but it is
better that the curtain be dropped
here.
The casket containing all that was
mortal of this young woman was tak
en to the Southern's passenger station
this morning at 10:30 o'clock. Before
leaving the undertaking establishment,
there was a short service conducted by
Dr. A. C. Barron. Flowers, beautiful
and fragrant wer on the casket an.l
pinned on the breast was a beautiful
boquet of white blossoms, typical of
all that is pure and good in this life.
OF
CELLYA1S FOR
ILL-FATED CASTRO
No Avenue of Escape Open
and the Insurgent Army is
Now Preparing To
Oust Him
HANS AND JOHN BULL
WORRIED OVER OUTCOME
Newspapers Cannot See How
It Will All End-State De
partment is Waiting For
Something to Happen
Washington, Jan. 6. The delay of
the State Department in transmitting
to Congress the information and cor
respondence asked for regarding Vene
zuela is caused by the fact that so
much has occurred since the request
was made, it was considered best to
wait until the negotiation reached a
point where the whole matter could be
treated conclusively. There is a pros
pect that the papers will be sent to
the capitol before the close of the
week.
Willemstad. Curacao. Jan. 6. The
forces of the revolutionists are ad
vancing in three columns on General
Castro's army.
A desperate fight which occurred
last night within eight miles of Cara
cas resulted favorably to the revolu
tionists. They are cutting all the tele
graph lines, tearing up the railroad
tracks and are hourly expected in the
immediate neighborhood of the city
A condition of extreme panic prevails
among those who have heretofore be
lieved that Castro was invincible.
A committee of the most prominent
citizens has gone to President Castro
and made representations to him of
how hopelessly untenable is his posi
tion. But he insists on holding on un
til his forces are defeated in a de
cisive battle. It seems that this can
not be far distant.
President Castro is already plann
ing what he shall do when the inevit
able comes, but he will make a des
perate fight before quitting, as he has
no chance to escape. The only alter
native is imprisonment.
General Penalosa is in command of
the advancing revolutionary force
No attempt is now being made by the
allies to conceal the fact that they are
affording assistance to the rebels.
London, Jan. 6. A majority of the
naners today reopen a discussion of
the "Venezuelan muddle." There is
general uneasiness expressed regard
ing the dispute, the papers express
me themselves as unable to see
where it will all end.
Berlin, Jan. b. There s an un
usual feeling in official circles re
garding the duration of the discus
sion of Venezuelan dispute before the
Hague trubunal. A prominent official
today said: "A long delay wouldn't
be tolerated by Germany. The claims
are clear enough for representation
before any tribunal tomorrow. Th
government will feel sore if an award
is not given in three months.
Big Concern Incorporated-
Albany, Jan. 6. The Acker Merrall
and Condit Company of New York
City, was incorporated today to take
over the business now carried on by
Acker Merrall & Condit, who do a gen
eral importing business. It is capital
ized at five million dollars.
Carnegie to Make Chief Speech.
Washington, Jan. 6. The new Car
negie library will be dedicated Wednes
day in the presence of its donor, Presi
dent Roosevelt, members of the Cabi
net, Senators, Representatives, mem
bers of the diplomatic corps and others
specially invited. Mr. Carnegie will
make the principal speech.
GE01 WILLIAMS
PASSES AWAY
Millionaire Banker of Char
leston, Native North Caro
linian, Dies at the Ripe
Old Age of 82
Spartanburg, S. C, Jan. 6. A tele
gram from Charleston announces the
death early this morning of Geo. W.
Williams, th-2 millionaire banker of
Charleston.
Mr. Williams was a member of the
Ways and Means Committee of Char
leston during the civil war. He was
born in Burke county, N. C, in 1820.
He was for 30 years trustee of Wofford
College in this city.
He was 82 years of age at the time
of his death.
PENSIONS FOR EMPLOYES.
The Old Dominion Steamship Com-;
pany Inaugurates System. i
New York, Jan. 6 The Old Dominion
Steamship Company has iust mit a nen-
sion system into operation among its
employes.
The basis of the gratuity is to be the
average amount of the retiring em
ploye's salary for the last 10 vears of
his service. The pension will be equal j
o i per cent, or this amount tor each
ear of the beneficiary's employment.
To illustrate:
If A. has been in the service 20 vears
and his salary was $50 a month the
first five and $100 a month the last five
years of his employment, he will re
ceiv 30 per cent, of $75, or $22.50 a
month.
The new scheme crovides for comDl-
sory retirement of all employes who
reach 70 years of age.
The main line of the Old Dominion
is from New York to Norfolk and
and Richmond. It also runs shorter
lines into the bay and river ports ad
jacent to Norfolk and the lower Ches
apeake.
MINERS TO GET MORE PAY.
Advance Of 10 Per Cent. All Through
West Virginia Region.
Wheeling, W. Pa., Jan. 6. A wage
advance averaging 10 per cent, will be
granted by every important mining
concern in West Virginia. It was given
January 1 in the Norfolk and Western
Railroad and Fairmont regions, and
others indicate like concessions this
month.
The famine caused by the anthracite
strike increased the selling price of
coal considerably, and thus allows the
voluntary wage concessions, but it is
said the threat of President John
Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers,
to establish headquarters in the Fair
mont region January 25, and remain
until the West Virginia field was thor
oughly organized, was a strong factor
in influencing the operators, who fear
a general strike in the spring.
German Ambassador Is III.
Washington, Jan. 6. The German
Ambassador Von Hollelen, dean of the
diplomatic corps at Washington, is
confined to the embassy with an attack
of grip.
WASKTON TO
GET COM. AT COST
District Commissioners In
dignant at Imposition of
Dealers Will Buy From
Mines and Retail It
Washington, Jan. 6. In order to re
lieve the people of Washington from
the imposition of local coal dealers,
who are charging ten to twelve dollars
a ton for hard coal, the Citizens
Coal Committee appointed by the Dis
trict of Columbia Commissioners, has
decided to buy a large quantity of coai
diiect from the mines and retail it at
six to six-fifty per ton, practically the
cost cf the coal.
AMERICAN COTTON FEARED.
French Want To Avoid a Monopoly
For Mills Here.
' Paris, Jan. 6. With the view of de
fending themselves against American
competition some of the leading men of
the French cotton trade, supported by
ethers influential in commerce and
finance, have formed an organization
called the Colonial Cotton Association.
The Temps says that the cotton in
dustry of the United States is develop
ing to an "alarming" extent, having
in the last 10 years increased by 61 per
cent. Immense factories have started
and it is feared that the entire crop
of the United States will be brought up
for the benefit of these factories, which
would need a market abroad, as in
spite of its increase in population, it
is not thought possible that the United
States could absorb the whole of its
production.
It is pointed out that Great Britain,
Russia and Germany are making ef
forts to ward off the "American dan
ger" by promoting the cultivation of
cotton. The object of the new associa
tion is to prevent Americans from cer
nering cotton by developing its pro
duction in French colonies, notably in
the Coudan.
TO RAID WOMEN'S EUCHRE.
Husbands Who Pay and Have to Do
the Cooking Invoke the Law.
Pittsburg, Jan. 6 Justice Morgan,
of Mcntooth Borough, a suburb, was
asked by several business men today
to stop gambling in the village. The
Justice said he knew of no gambling.
They told of a woman's euchre club
that plays weekly for. prizes, whose
value, they said, has become so exces
sive that many members are on the
verge of ruin.
It also absorbs so much attention
that the men frequently have to get
their own suppers and put the children
to bed.
Justice Morgan said he had had a
similar experience at his home and
promised to look up the law on the
subject and try to stop the card playing.
LATEST FOREIGN
NEWSAI10 VIEWS
Accident at Epiphany Ser
vice in Royal Chapel .Cre
ates Some Excitement
This Morning
TO FIGHT AMERICAN
INVASION OF FRANCE
Merchants Organize with that
Object in View The Porte
Makes Some Roseate
Promises
Havre, Jan. 6. A number of promi
nent merchants have founded, under
the patronage of exministers Moline
and Secigfried, Senator Waddington
and Deputy Motte, a company to
fight the extension of the American
cotton industry in France and to de
velop French colonial resources.
London, Jan. G. The annual ser
vice of the Epipharfy, at which the
King's offering of frankincense and
myrrh is made, was held at the
Chapel Royal at St. James today. The
service was attended by a large con
gregation of the fashionable element.
An exciting incident occurred while
the service was in progress. A
draught blew the flame of a candle
against the Christmas decorations
which blazed up and for a moment the
most valuable window in the chapel
was in danger, but one of the attend
ing clergy sprang forward and ex
tinguished the flames.
Vienna, Jan. 6. The Levant Herald
today asserts that a Russian oil
syndicate has been formed for the ex
press purpose of fighting the standard
Oil Company. The Russian govern
ment has granted the new enterprise
its support in every way.
Constantinople, Jan. 6. Owing to
the protests of the American Legation
the Porte has promised to release some
of the Armenian teachers connected
with the American school at Marsona,
Asia, Minor, who were recently ar
rested by order of the local governor.
Rome, Jan. 6. It is asserted in
Vatican circles that at a March con-
; sistory the Pope will appoint eight
j cardinals, four Italians and four for
j eigners. The report has given new life
to the pro-Ireland party which is
; strong. It has also aroused anti-Ire-
I land force to a vigorous campaign.
Lahore, India, Jan. 6. It is re-
t ported here that the Prince of Arcot,
i one of the wealthy potentes of India,
died at Delhi.
SOON TIRED OF DIVORCE.
Mr. and Mrs. Runyan Re-Married Two
Weeks Afterward.
Auburn, Jan. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Wil
bur L. Runyan were married twenty
years ago. Recently they disagreed and
on December 16 were divorced.
In the two weeks following they
thought over the subject, and on New
Year's Day Mr. Runyan called upon
his recent wife. A few minutes latr
i the Rev. Edward J. Brcoker was sent
i for, and Mr. and Mrs. Runyan celebrat
ed the day by being married over again.
Army Places Go A-Begging.
Washington, Jan. 6. That an army
doctor does not have a soft berth is
shown by the fact that there are now
fifteen or twenty vacancies. Officers
do not like the ordnance service either,
and there is a shortage of these of
ficers. Congress will be asked to permit
second lieutenants of the line to enter
this service, giving them additional
pay.
HERE'S A HOVELTY
FORjEA VOYAGE
Marconi News Service Will
Enable this Liner to Publish
a Daily Newspaper on the
Trip Across the Pond
' New York, Jan. 6. A despatch from
London says the Marconi Wireless
, Telegraph company has mad-3 con
tracts for a daily service of news tele
grams to the British mail steamer sail
ing from Liverpool for New York at
, the end of the currant month.
j The vessel will be equipped with
complete staff plant which will enable
the publication of a daily newspaper
aboard during the voyage. For the
present the company withholds the
name of the vessel.