THE MORNINC? POST. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1904
Membership of Next
House Figured Out
Republicans Have a Largre
Majority Than Evr Before.
Inroads Made on Repre
sentation From Dem
ocratic' States
Vaington. Nov. 19.-The clerk of
(he House of Representatives today
finished the compilation of a list of
the members of the House in the Fifty
ninth congress, which shows that the
Republicans will Have the surprising
majority of 31.
This is the largest majority the Re
publicans have rvcr had in the House,
although they had nearly as much
115. in the Forty-third congress, and
ll' in the Fifty-fourth congress. The
Democrats, lwwvvrr. had. a larger ma
jority in the Fifty-second congress.
The list compiled by the clerk of the
House was ma-io up partly of unoffi
cial notices from - the secretaries of
various states, and where these, were
rot secured from the best reports ob
tainable from newspapers and other
sources. It is known as the -'unofficial
list," but will distributed officially
hv tho clerk of tii" House as soon as
rereiveu irom
the eovernnic-nr printing office. o no-
tlces of eoni st have been mcti.
According to the list the House in
Explosion of Gas
Makes Great Havoc
Chicago. Nov. VX Over pressure on
several tanks- of acetylene gas cause!
a series of explosions in the plant or
the Pyle Kieciric Headl'ight Company
at Grand Crossing Friday, causing the
" death of four persons and the injury
of a score of others. Adjacent build
ings were wrecked and a small sized
panic followed among the pupils in the
Cornell school, several blocks away.
The dead: Ralph Wells, superin
tendent of Pyle National Electric
Headlight Company: Amos Watkins.
assistant superintendent; Georg
Muehl, draughtsman for Peoples Gas
Light and Coke Company; Thomas
Jennings, laborer for the Pyle com
pany. The accident happened while an em
ploye of the Peoples Gas I.jght and
Coke Company was making an in
spection of the building preparatory to
its reconstruction. George Muehl,
'who was making the investigation,
w as hurled into the air. his body .dropping-
back Into the names. His body
was found afterwards burned to rt
cinder.
Nobody knerws just hov the explo
sion occurred, as evt-rybody who was
in- the building when the explosion oc
curred is dead. Tt is known that sev
eral Pullman cars were being supplied
with acetylene gas, and It is believed
that the pressure applied on th?
pumps was too great, the explosion
following. Nine explosions in all fol
lowed in ouick succession. The fire
that followed the explosions destroyed
what remained of the three plants.
The monetary loss will reach about
5100,000. The nerscis injured were
walking in the street near the plant
and were struck by flying missiles.
Gasoline Starts a Fire
Lascaster, Pa Nov. 18. By an explo
sion of gasoline in George Sellers' hard
ware store at Gap this evening the
business block of Walter & Eby'was de
stroyed by fire. It contained a dozen
business places, including the Gap Nat
ional Bank. The loss is $75,000.
A Fortune for Education
New York. Nov. IS. By- her will, filed
for probate today, Miss Sarah C. Tracy,
who died November 6, left the bulk of
her estate, estimated at over $500,000,
to Bishop P. J. Donahue of Wheeling,
W. Va to be used in founding Catho
lic educational and religious institu
tions in his diocese. The entire- resi
duary estate is left to Bishop Donahue
absolutely.
Bomb in a Basket
Barcelona, Nov. IS Two individuals
brought to the oonceirge of the mayor's
residence last evening a basket, saying:
"We have just found it." - The con
reirge, seeing smoke issuing from it,
thew it away, when a bomb exploded.
Eleven persons were injured. The
street was full ' of people, who were
thown into a panic.
Parliamentary Pleasantries
Budapest, Nov. 18. A question of pre
sedence in the lower house of the Hun
garian Diet today led to an uproar, in
the course of Avhich a deputy threat
ened to stab the president Avith a pair
of scissors.
Several members hastened to the plat
form to protect the president, where
upon some of the opposition pelted the
president Avith seats, books and ink
stands. A deputy was struck by a seat
and an inkstand just missed the presi
dent, who suspended the session amid a
babel of insulting epithets.
Gifts From the Mikado
. Washington, Nov. 19. Before leav
ing Washington Prince Fushimi or
Japan sent to Mrs. Roosevelt and to
Mrs. Hay, wife of the secretary or
state each a beautiful tealcwood chest
as a gift from the mikado. The chests
are adorned with silver trimmings,
and although the exteriors are some
Avhat plain, the interior of each chest
'.s a marvel of skillful workmanship.
Roxes and drawers of all sizes and
iliapes inside the chests contain silks.
the Fifty-ninth congress will consist
of 232 Republicans and 134 Democrats.
Nine Republicans' and seven Demo
crats will' represent "Missouri in place
of one Republican and fifteen Demo
crats In the present House, three Re
publicans and eight Democrats are re
turned from Kentucky. In Colorado,
Brooks, Republican, at-large was
elected, although it was reported that
he had been defeated. In Nevada,
Yerrington, Republican, was- elected in
place of Van Duser, Democrat, the
sitting member, who, according to the
first count, was returned. In each of
tho big delegations from Illinois, 'New
Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania there
will be only one Democrat" One Re
publican was elected . from North
Carolina, which in -the- present con
gress has a solid Democratic delega
tion. The Republicans gained three
membew? of the House in California,
one in Delaware, six in Illinois, two in
Indiana, one in Kentucky, one in Mas
sachusetts, one in Michigan, eight in
Missouri, one in-Nebraska, one in Ne
vada, two in New Jersey, six in New
York, one in North Carolina, three in
Ohio and two in Pennsylvania.
In view of the smallness of the Dem
ocratic representation, it is probable
that the speaker will be obliged to re
duce the number of minority members
upon many of the committees or adopt
the alternative of making the Demo
crats give more of their time to corn-
inittee work by appomtin
each of
mem 10 nn unusuaiu ingc numuci ui
committees.
embroideries and other articles or
Japanese manufacture. The gifts were
accompanied by courteous notes from
the prince.
Prince Fushimi remembered all the
police officers, detectives and servants
who attended him during his stay in
Washington with sifts. Each of the
policemen received $25 in cash from
the prince.
A New Miles Boom
Boston, Nov. 18. Friends of General
Miles, former commander in chief of
the United States army, have started
a boom to have him succeed Adjutant
General Dalton at the head of the Mas
sachusetts volunteer militia. A rumor
today had it that Governor-elect Doug
las had asked General Miles to take
this position, but it was denied by W.
B. Buchanan, private secretary to Mr.
Douglas. ,
Blamed the Hapsburgs
Vienna, Nov. IS. In the Reichsrath
today Heir Pernerstorfer, a Socialist,
made art amazing attack on the Haps
burg dynasty. He declared that all of
Austria's misfortunes could be ascribed
to the Hapsburgs. Their only object
was to plunder the country. This state
ment evoked loud cheers from the So
cialists and Pan-Germans. He asked
if the country was to support all these
do-nothings' forever. He added that
they did not possess special qualities.
The Avomen AVere bigots and the men
hangers-on of the clerical party.
Airship Just Drifted
St. Louis, No a. IS. The Benbow
airship at the World's Fair made a.
flight this afternoon, much to th?
gratification of seA-eral hundred spec
tators. The airship drifted along en
tirely oblivious 'of the whirling paddle
wheels. Its dirigibility was not dem
onstrated at any time. It was driven
jr. to a tree top and its rudder broken.
Clearing the tree, the ship pitched and
tossed to the manifest danger of the
aeronaut. Lowering a rope, Benbow
and his ship were pulled back to terra,
lirma.
r . Few at Work in Mills
Fall River, Mass., Nov. IS. A few
mills are in operation AVith small
forces, but many reported gains to
day and the agents hope that by the
first of the Aveek they will have a goocr
working force.
In all probability there will Tie
another general opening of the mills
Monday morning. If no better results
are obtainable than those of the past
Aveek it is more than probable that
many of the plants will close indefi
nitely. Fight on Foraker
Columbus, Ohio, Noa 18. Senator
Dick returned to Columbus today and
resumed the conferences Avith the ad
ministration 'leaders looking towards
counteracting the opposition to Gov
ernor Herrick for renomination. The
machine all down the line is to - be
kept running. There Avill be no peace
because the presidential election is
over. Senator Foraker and his follow
ers are noAv regarded as opposing Her
rick's renomination, and the fight Is
to be to Avipe out Foraker as well as
obliterate the opposition to Herrick
from other sources. ; .
Coming to gn Agreement
London, Nov. 19. The neAVspapers
continue to givesrreat prominence .to
the Anglo-Russian settlement. Ac
cording to the most trustworthy infor
mation it is progressing satisfactorily.
Sir Charles Hardinge, the British am
bassador, assured the St. Petersburg
correspondent of the, Standard yester
day afternoon that . -the negotiations
were going on smoothly. Nothing has
yet "occurred' to cause alarm- The
facts seemed to be as already stated.
Some differences in interpretation had
i caused delay, from w hloh fact the
! scare-mongers drew unjustifiable fh-
j fcrences. .
I These had produced anxiety in Eu
rope for a time, but the matter could
: now be regarded as involving nothing
serious.
A k r- A " n or! at
Hamilton, i:ormnda, Nov.- lS.--The
American baik Limiranda, lumber la
den, has been abandoned at sea. Her
crew have been landed here by the
British steamer Horsa. .... - .
Buried Under Dirt
York, Pa.. Nov. 18. William Hutton
and Bud Ebord, while working in the
slate quarry of Robert I, Jones at
Delta, Pa., were buried under ari aval
anche of dirt and instantly killed.1 Wil
liam Barber, a companion, ;waa badly
injured and may die.
Four Wives too Many
Circleville, Ohio, Nov. 19. Four
hours after going to trial here today
Rev. William T. Nickerson was con
vited by a jury of bigamy. Sentence
will be imposed tomorrow. The Rev.
Nfckerson has a mania for child wives
and he has succeeded in accumulating
four more than the law allows. A
j year ago he left Tennessee and came
to Cincinnati. After a few weeks he
came to Circleville, where he married
lifteen-year-old Myrtle Zimmerman,
after a courtship of barely three weeks.
Trunk Robbed of Jewelry
New York, Nov. IS. Dr. and Mrs.
Samuel J. Ilblley of Lexington, Ky..
who are stopping at the Plasa Hotel,
jhavc reported to the central detective
t bureau that one of their trunks had
i been robbed of jewelry valued as
nearly $20,000. Dr. Holley is a promi
nent southern physician. His wife is
the daughter of James Helm of Lou
isville, Ky., one of the leading rail
road attorneys of the south.
Dr. and Mrs. Ho-lley came to this
city last Sunday.
Burned in a Caboose
Port Jervis, N. Y., Nov. 18. A fatal
wreck on the Erie railroad occurred at
7 o'clock tonight at Buckley's yaros.
Conductor Joseph Warren wras burned
; to death in his eaboos-?, which was de
stroyed. Two trainmen are in the
Port Jervis hospital badly injured. A
freight, in charge of Warren, had
pulled in the switch when the milk
train, No. 1, running late, crashed
into the caboose of the freight cutting
lit in two and setting it on fire. The
two injured trainmen were riding in
the caboose.
Mutitation for Crime
Melrose, Col., Now 19. F. 11. Allin,
a white man 35 years old, Avas muti
lated in the county jail here at mid
night last Tuesday and is now in a
serious condition. The two physicians
who performed the operation were
forced to do' so at the point of guns.
They would have been killed on the
spot if they had refused to wield the
scalpel. The doctors are among the
most prominent on the Avestern slope
and one of them was a candidate at
the recent election on the Democratic
ticket for a high state office. Strat
egy Avas used to get the physicians to
visit the jail. The crimes for which
Allin was mutilated Avere two attempts
to assault little trirls here last week.
A Fairbanks Demonstration
Pittsburg. Nov. IS. Vice President
elect ' Charlts W. Fairbanks, passing
through Pittsburg tonight on his Avay
to Washington. Avas the recipient of
a demonstration for Avhich he had not
bargained. Fi-e hundred people had
j gathered on hearing a rumor that the
senator had been hurt in a wreck.
, He answered the cheers with a speech
j while Mrs. Fairbanks cried softly her
thanks to the great crowd whfth had
been so solicitous about the welfare or
her husband. Word came from the
west early this evening that Mr. Fair
banks had been hurt in a wreck on
i the Panhandle road and a crowd galh-
j ered at the union depot for the latest
i news.
Doctor's Double Life
Peoria, 111., Nov. 18. Death has re-
A-ealed an extraordinary case of double
life led by Dr. T. C. Conklin, a promt- !
nent physician of . Farmington, Avho
died November 8. Yesterday the wife
with Avhom he Avas liAing at the time
of his death Avent to Lewiston, Fulton
county, to haA-e herself appointed ad
ministrator of his estate. She Avas hor
rified to fihd that the records showed
that many years ago her husband had
been married to a Miss Steele and that
the first Avife, together with four child
ren, the result of the union, were still
alive. The first Avife lies in this city.
The children of the first wife will make
j a fight for the estate, which amounts to
about $10,000.
Dr. Conklin had two children by his
second wife.
Jury Says Weber Did It'
Auburn, Cal., Noa 18. The coroner's
jury last night returned - a ' verdict )
charging Adolph Weber with haing
inflicted wounds wiiich caused the i
death of hit father, mother and sis-
ters and of being ; responsible 'for the '
suffocation of his little, brother at the?
family home in '.Auburn.
Weber treated, the-news of the ver
dict - Avith indifference What im
presses eveiv c"ft as most revolting
juu unimtui ar 19 ftuuipu s lain ui. w
ing , for his dead relatives. His Re
count of his actions on the night of
the fire have been disproved by many
witnesses. Circumstantial evidence is
strong against him.
Timber receipts" at Milwaukee by.. the
way of lake, during 1903, fell off 30 per
cent compared Avith 1902, and railway
J receipts in the same district increased.
BONDSMEN PERJURI
Federal Grand Jury Spri ng s
a Surpris
Asheville.v N. C, Nov. . 18. Special.
Before the grand jury in United State3
court was discharged yesterday three
true bills were found against B, B
Meroney, Robert Galusha and A. I.
Cooper, all of Cherokee county, charg
ing them with perjury.
The indictments against the Chero
kee county men was a novel and un
usual procedure. It seems that Messrs.
Meroney, Galusha and Cooper during
a term of federal court in 3902 indi
vidually; went on the bonds of certain
defendants Jlniaking affidavits to " own
ing and being' in possession of a cer
tain amount of property as required
by law. The defendants' failed to
make 'their appearance and the bonds
were "" forfeited. Where"" the United
States marshal attempted to collee:
the amount of the bonds he found
that the bondsmen were not worth any
thing and that in making affidavits
they had sworn falsely. The mar
shal's report Avas to this effect witn
the result that a true bill was found
against each of the three men. Papers
for the arrest of the alleged Cherokee
county perjurers have been issued.
When taken they will be held in $500
bonds.
Ranze Love, tlje negro w ho : last
Aveek attempted to wreck the rolling
stock of the Bee Tree Railroad Com
pany, was convicted in the superior
court today and sentenced to . two
years on the roads.
A compromise has been effected in
the suit brought by the administrator
of Porter Allison against the South
ern Railway . Company, wrhereby the
railway pays the plaintiffs $2,500 dam
ages for thedeath of Mr. Allison, who
was killed by a Southern Railway
train at Hendersonville about a ' year
ago.
CRASH ON STILTS
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Forty People Hurt byCollis
ion of Elevated Trains
New- York,". Nov. 19. At the height
of the home-going traffic last two
Kings county elevated trains crashed
in a rear-end collision on the EuciiOi
avenue curve in East New York, just
this .side of the Crescent avenue sta
tion, the highest point on the Kings
county system. The motor car of the
second - train , ploughed .half Avay
through the -rear "car of the first
train, stuck, and A-as itself smashed
to kindlings for half its length.
Fortunately the smash-up occurred
near the end of the line and the trains
were pretty weU emptied of passen
gers, The inotorman. of the second
train was the only one badly hurt. He
lay bleeding - and delirious in the
wreckage , far, two hours while firemen
struggled to chop him out. He Avas
taken to tfee Bradford hospital with
small chance of recovery.
At least fort j- passengers, thrown
doAvn by the shock, were more or less
bruised and cutx but only five needed
the attention of the ambulance sur
geons.
ThE HORSE SHOW
' ' -
Tremendous Crowd td See a
Bunch of Events
New York, Noa 18. In a pell moll
rush there were many events decided
in "the horse show today and the
champions will make a fighting finish
tomorrow on the home-stretch All
society that loA-es sports, and a- host
of sports who like a look-in on society
at least once a year, with the usual
crush of mere amusement-seekers,
helped to make the gathering the
greatest Friday morning, afternoon
and night of horse show history.
At 10 o'clock tonight the gathering
was impressive from its A'astness,
aside from all else, and a scene of
beauty Avorth. a journey from the an
tipodes to behold.
Mr. Eben Jordan's Hildered won the
class for high-steppers in the after
noon, AAhich brought his total winnings
up to $3,530. Next to him in the even
ing session was Mrs. Gerken, with
$1,390, and third A-as Mrs. Grosyenor,
with $1,255. None of the others has
passed the $1,000 mark. It was rather
a blank day for the English exhibitors.
NAN PATTERSON JURY
Twelve Men Selected and
Trial to Begin Monday
New York, Nov. 18 The jury -which
is to decide whether Nan Patterson is
guilty or innocent of killing "Caesar"
Young, the bookmaker, in a cab, June
4, was completed this afternoon, almost
at the close of the day's session. Abe
Levy, her counsel, had then exhausted
all but two of the defense's peremptory
challenges and there were only twelA-e
talesmen left in the panel of 100 special
jurors.
When it 'came to selecting some of
the Jurors, the defendant herself de
cided whether to reject or accept them.
The" trial will begin before Justice
Vernon M. Davis in the supreme court,
criminal -branch, next . Monday, when
Assistant District Attorney Rand : will
open for the prosecution. He said to
night that he expected the trial to last
the rest of the month.
Suicide Cure for Divorce
Cincinnati, o., Nov. IS. Mrs. Grace
Fennesy, xvife of James E. Fennesy,
the Avell known theatrical man, com.
mitted suicide here tonight by taking
carbolic acid. Worry over divorce
proceedings, AvJbJch, have,- been pending
for several months is said to have
been the cause. The couple were mar
ried in New York a year ago last Junfc.
I
Tells How He Escaped the Terrors
Mr. Brock's
Age is 15
Years.
MR. ISAAC BROCK. 6GRIM IN BUNCOMBE GO., N. C, MARCH I, 1788.
His age is 115 years, vouched for by authentic record. He says: attribute
my extreme old age to the use of Peruna. '
Born before the United States
was formed
Saw 22 Presidents elected.
Pe-rwna has protected him from
ail sudden changes.
Veteran of four wars.
Shod a horse when 99 years old.
Always conquered the grip with
Peruna.
Witness in a land suit at the age
of 110 years. -
Believes Peruna the greatest
remedy of the age for catarrhal
diseases.
ISAAC BROCK, a citizen of McLen
nan county, Texas, has lived for 115
years. For many years he resided at
lJoque Falls, eighteen miles west of
Waco, but now lives With his son-in-law
at Valley Mills, Texas.
A short time ago, by request. Uncle
Isaac came to Waco and sat for his pic-
lure, in his hand he held a slick cut
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Shoe iCfWlJF. MP'M F I Shoe
News tJ?M MJLs M MJLa vv tJ Mews
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Ha ving received for the fa tra z cue thcusan d cases shoes, this is the Ian
est shipment ever made and even ure U:?.n the entire city buys, this Purchasi
means bought at less prices and will be sold accordingly.
If the Thanksgiving dinner is well dressed, surely
thP. ditl&J' filMSht tn h& - -AfTnnnrn&Tr Via mcif ty fhztntm
Jul in his old clothes as in new ones, but he doesn't
wok iu now
15.00, 18.00 or 20.00 suits, or one of our elegant
$12.50, 15.00, 16.50, 18.00 or 20.00 Overcoats p
rrf. . - .'...-' 1 . -
inanKsgiving. Perhaps it's a NEW HAT, a NEW TIE,
GLOVES, or SOMETHING ELSE in Haberdashery yov
ARE AFTEU.rrThe best of EVERYTHING in MEN'S
WE AS IS HERE,
; w-uwoul Au oumn
So
M
AN-IN AM
by Using Pe-ru-na
from the grave of General Andrew
Jackson, which has been carried by him
ever since. Mr. Urock is a dignified old
gentleman, showing few signs of de
crepitude. His family Bible is still pre
served, and it shows that the date of his
birth was written 115 years ago.
Surely a few Avords from this remarka
ble old gentleman, who has had 115
years of experience.to draw from, would
be interesting as well as profitable. A
lengthy biographical sketch is given of
this remarkable old man in the Waco
Times-Herald, December 4, 1S0S. A still
more pretentious biography of this, the
oldest . living man, illustrated with
a double column portrait, was given the
readers of the Dallas Morning News,
dated December 11, 1S93, and also the
Chicago-Times Herald of same date.
This centenarian is an ardent friend of
Peruna, having used it many years.
In speaking of his good health and
1 extreme old age, Mr. Brock says;
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FOR F'LL
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POOL
WMN(HEU One-price Clothiers
of Many Winter
After a man has lived in the or
5 long as I have, he ought to h.
found out a great manv tiling i
perieuce. a vjjiuh. a nave none, .so,'
oui tu my enure satisfaction i$ thj
pruper ining sur aliments that arc
due directly to the effects ot the
climate. For 115 years I ,avfi
vithstpod the changeable t limat,
of the United States.
II T 1 I.
iiivu, uutui i-uuiso !uujeci 10 tho 'a
affections which are due to hii a
changes in the climate and temivj-'.
During my long life 1 have k;; ,Vl., l
great many remedies for coutrhs ci7i
ana diarrhoea.
"As for Dr. fiart man's remedy
Peruna, I have found it to be tht
best, if not the only, reliable rem
edy for these affections, it has
been my standby for many yCsre
and I attribute my good health and
extreme old age to this remedy.
"It exactly meets all my rniim,
ments. It protects ir.e-froni tho .-Vll
effects of sudden changes; it k'cns ,
in good appetite; it givcsine f-trcn;;a-
it Keeps my oiooa in good circulation
I have come to rely upon it almost p,
tirely for the many little things f,j
which 1 need medicine.
"When epidemics of la pripp'e fut
began to make their appearance m tj,,,
country I was s sufferer from this c'.ij
ease.
' had severat long sieges with
the grip. At first I did not know
that Peruna was a remedy for
this disease. When I heard that
la grippe was epidemic catarrh, I
tried Peruna for la grippe and
found it to be just the thing. "
In a later letter dated January si, 19m
Mr. Brock writes:
"I am well and feeling as wcii &
have for years. The only thin- that
bothers me is my sight. If I could
better I could walk all ovrr thj farm
and it would do me good. I would oa;
be without Peruna."
. Yours truly,
For a free book on; catarrh, addreos
The Peruna MedicineT'o., Oimni.r.s o,
If you do not derive prompt wrA -an
factory results from the use of ivnina,
write at once to Dr. Ilrrtman. giryiir a
full statement of your case nnd li will
be pleased to gi'e you his vahnilu ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hirtman. IVsidcr.i of
The Ilartman Sanitarium, Celuaitnn
Ohio. ,
NEW SHOES
ALLEN
S. C. PooVs Old . Stand,
RALEIGH, N. C.
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handsome $ 12.50,
i a snienrliri time