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t fffif)X SV"" If If 4? Jssoci&ted Press Service Associated Prtijs Serrta Vol. LXX. No. 150. The Weather RAIN. RALEIGH, N (5 , TUESDAY Bf.UJ.k'BUft 2'J I'M.) LAST EDITION PKICE FIVE C22tf 3. Double the Number of Paid Subscribers i FLaleHh. of 9 ther Newspaper 1 .IiS CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON Questions of State Forgotten the Celebration of the Day In AT THE WHITE HOUSE The Celebration in llie Capitol Dil erPiit. Kroni the Observances in All Tluv Other Cities C I lie Country stand-Patters and Insurgents, Re piibliciins and Democrats Ih Aside Their Diflerences anil Merl On Common (.round llsthy .Mr I .en ii Christinas. ( Hv Winliold Jones. ) Washington. Doe. dhe capi tal or do Muted Slates with a way all its own. is onee more observing Christmas and ihe reign ol peace upon earth. in Washington Cnristmas is dn- lorent. according 10 those who hnvt spent, the holidays in Hie ..a vent el.'v. The presence of the e.uet exeeuuve ol the nation t.ie ambas- sudors and ministers from lorelgu charts, members of congress, cabinet officers and wealthy ciir.ens from all section!; ol the country give toe capital a cosmopolitan air. .There's tin; .Christmas dinner at the. white house, tile celebration ol the Yule tide In lorcign embassies aceordinir to tne customs ol various countries represented and u hundred and one magnificent private alt airs ut the iiomu ot diplomats, statesmen and wealthy residents. Kor a time the .capital forgets all about international complications the tariff, trust busting, the clamor of iiiBiirgents. ami, the last stand ol the Bland-patters. A truce is tie dared between the two political par ties. Roth houses of congress take a recess and tor a couple ot days the great government departments with tnere thousands of employes are deserted except tor a. solitary watenman here and there. As has been the custom for many years the President, ol the I nited sfates attended church on Christmas dav. I ii the alternoon there was a short, spin in one ot the big w.nte house automobiles lurnis.ied lor use of the executive by a generous gov eminent. Then as evening tell the 'resident and his family, together with a select party ot friends, gath ered about the white house table where a sumptuous Caristinns tint nor was served. There was no Christmas tree at the white house this year. Iiecaiisc tae President, and Mrs. I alt. have no small children, t here was a mutual exchange of Christinas renienv brences. however, and Miss Helen Robert and Charlie Talt were till home tor the holidays, the two bovs arriving several dins ago Irom their respective schools; The white house will be tiie scene of many pleasant, gatherings ol young tolks during the .'remainder of the Christmas holidays, and on New Year the President and Mrs. Tatt will throw open the doors for the annual reception, wtiich precedes the various state functions t.iat tol low during the first. lev niont.is of the year. . Little work has been done at the TRIAL OF MEAT Chicago, Dec. 26 When the trial of the ten Chicago meat Bellers for alleged criminal violation of the Sherman anti-trust law was resumed, after the holiday, before Judge Car penter, the government began the presentation of its case to the jury. The . government has subpoenaed three hundred witnesses. District At torney Wllkerson began by having the witnesses tell the story of the old packers pool, which it is said, operated prior to the organization of the National Packing Company In 1903. The government will trace the history of the packers combine in an effort to prove the packers fixed meat prices and suppressed competi tion. O'Connell Leaves Rome. Rome, Dec 26 Cardinal 0 Con nell departed for Naples. lie will visit Taermlna, in Messina 'province, giclly, before embarking for Boston. executive offices since last .Saturday Kvory one lrom the President down wanted to go shopping, There was a general cessation ol labor about the white house olbccs. .A ten lure or the celebration ol C.irisimas at the home ot the President was the presentation of Mr. Tat t. of a turkey to each of1 The one hundred, married employes with the connection ol the executive mansion, and the; offices adjourning, d. :' d ; ; . llie Christipns spirit was also in evidence on Capitol Hill- where hot houses :. i'ace a . busy. .-session after .limitary ;;rd. I lie senate and house adjourned on December :21st. and except lor those who live in distant states .adjournment meant . "going home. Perhaps a hundred members ol the senate and house, however, remained in the capital tor Christ mas, not caring lo make the journey of several l:ious:ind miles in so short a time. , This ..was especially true of the 1'acilic const "members and those trom the far sout.iwcst. Members of lite house and senate will be seen hi the various diplomat ic receptions given during the week, and lor the time being; an armistice will be declared -In, the legislative war. Insurgents will gather at ban quets with stand-patters and Demo cratic tariff tinkers,, preparing to. be gin work on schedule K. will torget their ilillerences wm.i Republicans who want, to uphold tiie, protective tariff principle in . any . legislation passed. .trist mas in i nshiiiglon lo Hie gnvorliiiienl clerks, . of w hich there are about llnr.v - thousand, 'llie lug departments were closed vestenln v. and i'm-le Ham's employes, frotii duel ol the bureau to caarwomen. were allowed to go their way and celebrate Christmas as .best suited individual taste. . . Hundreds of government clerks tire 'residents ot nenr-bv states. Vir ginia. .Maryland and Delaware and grear majority of these went home to spend a coliple of dnvs wit.i .heir folks.. Comparatively, speaking, -.the work will be light In the department lor the remainder of the year, and hum mi .lanuarv 1st. will come an other holidnv. .Owing to the large number ol f Continued' I' roni Page Five.) Stick Placed Under Flo tr And Ignited Which Blew Hole In Floor (.special to The Times.) Kranidiiiton. Nl. C. Dec. L'U. Saturdn v night Alex. Kearnev a stick of dvnnnnle under tin of H. (J. Wood on "Mill Hill." h. C. Ynnns houses, which w:ieti ig nited blew a hole in the floor large enoug.i to let a man through. hie v all the glass out, ot the windows pillars from under the end of the hot:,:e and scared the inmates verv badly. It appeared tiial. Kearney nasi mad Willi Mr. Wood lor appearing against him in a former case for orderly conduct. , He also did not like lor a certain lellow to visit Mr. Wood's daughter, who was there nt the time. Ciller of Police A. Ft. Cook was on t. to scene watching Kearney and arrested him pretty soon after the explosion. Mayor Cohwnv heard the case nul in deiault. of $a(M) bond Kearnev is in jail. . , lark on Speech-Making Tone. Kansas City, Mo.. Dec. 2i.-- Chnmp Clark arrived here on the way to Oklahoma on a speech-mak ing tour, -.lust gool old Democratic doctrine. Clark said, would be iiis subject. Clark starts on tiie .return to Wasaingtoro Saturday to reach the capital for congress reopening. Two Aged Women l!uriie to Deiilli. Aberdeen .Maryland. Dec. (-Mrs Betsy Keithley, seventy-eight, and Mrs. Susan Malloc. eighty-one. wid owed sisters, were burned to death In a fire ot unknown origin which de- stroyedVthelr home at Carson's Run Tlio women have lived alone for the last twelve vears. Meeting at Navy Vard. London, Dec. 26 A dispatch from St. Petersburg reports a tnutiiw broke out at the naval ordnance yard. Authorities, attempting to (liiell the disorder, wounded several mutineers. HiKher Price For Crude Oil. Pittsburg, Pa., Dee. 2G An nouncement made by Joseph Seeh ........ hringihg- the..pHee.-i.a1ii:.indePeuit -3-' '! 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SU.UW.ls Ml 1 did lip l 11, ' UtiJiLIN i.Uggivb rtl nritish steamer r.im-tMrn. :;d ;iaude,t ;'' ; hCSIOSiair ' v v- !' 'In'r' Sniln PlTPS - here... Cuillemoi . -reritsieivd ' I I "1 .: ; 1 ' ' 1 '";! ; " e-i.i OUlialuls I ihcd tons -net.- .":: J:-.',, ;; 1.',,.:i,l'.,.,.!),,c;,. ::yv;,y ;.l',-a,r,:fll, , .. V ''.,: ' ' . ." f ' ::"'., : ,:'. .' , " '.'' V' " ') ;!':: . ' i.".-:":'v is lv l i j; on' .1 li;; '' -Last .' C.,1- Cell iit. liner. . i-r - -e.:i ruiie. ,,.. i..e A ;1 ..jH j.,, y,v,, (!,:,;.; V.,,,,:,,,., , -,. '. f,,.,r:' .'i.v'" p:.;.,,,.'.. place,. ; i ' 1 U.e ,.l d-iv.-iv. t..i..iiifei,ie c'. : : ' , .:,n,r j : , . , ' ., , ' "'!" "" 11 S. Dei . i.-- i.itii i lio.. I'otlsviiie. I'a.. l)e,i.'".;v.Tl.i:'-:i,,' i::i l,.;:,, ,;, i,s' .ded, -t.,'. -'.re uy.0l' tr-,' '-1" .v -.v. V' ''' :wln"'' '"' sliol .'ami; one.)!' Passengers' were aboar.l a. I iMllev car . oi-.t- ''li ..'' V'.'iiVt . v-i.'e V;i I h-r "i ''.I. ." 'T. ;m ,l.,v, , ' r ''.:' .. !.': ' d'e ,!,,ot h-re last ni'flit by which, left the rails. 011 Hie bridUe ! .i? -vc. ,,:(;, t.i . -v i,.,. : i s n ,., : V,': .', . ' ' , .'.'..'. Jv'tM-a'! , Kobi-rtson-. a '.negro,, win. spa.ilii.ig SdniylkiU' ..river.., and , ;;'s; ,!V ', i,;,,,, tui 'i.e m:;, ;. ' ;T,f(,',:.: Z . dotloil '-,11 ov. - ' i;;"n!i',!'' IU- :A ' ' dvpor.,,1 to ( Plunged into tbo i,i oiVtlH- s:r. :,d. , j liy f)r r1: w " t" . i ,,;;y J 1!aV ' h':" " i;r.t at lire : "" '"",. ..-j...-........... ,vt. ( 1 . -1 i 1 - Ui.r'iiiineiii;' ,.-i Sfrnin;!t!.-Wiideil'.";hlnlotfiMl . ,: ' ? ' Xn.. u-.ti.., tj.it w.iv.. . . i.itu,.,ii Ar . - . 1 . . ;i ... : iti . , 'in' n is were Hiirie,! into.;;, hvap- in tiv.,' ,rl " A! ,. ,,,,.l,A ,., ;;;i,t,.r,,,T ',.,,,. - i -, ,, :'li;ii-,nv' ,-,,:,', t i,, , illjon ma rk , , , ' ' V, '- :'- ' ' ,,' the ear hid, was W in a Veflicl ,V .fa yn ,. ,,V,,,;,;V ,,, :v,, bchs'i-n'r !!:' ', evict' c;;i.i;se. the I'""'"1' . ;v; ..uu.i..e.P.- ..e.ti.e,- iiov.-i,v.Vi,;!v,:iar)f.M.nV hnau.'duy ,i,,'ni,r,lo:;V'''' .'""'' V'''.'-.; .-"'l. . ' . ,, , " . .'- ,, ,. , ' 1 . '', , ' 1' ,' ,'' I . 1 he u i:i'i- hey .i;ni negro .: err , Jlile ,.,;: ;n!' V II, lta:g e- ':ii .11.1 i -wm eei! o uoo.l. "Hit-. :becatlKi) ; , ': ,'.'.,.'. 1 '-, , '. .. .. . . ..' .' . . .. ', .. ":,. . 1. : 11:: ii-- ! 1 1 :: anj thai tit neL-ro turn- is- ' Admiral Dewey's I .ill mlav. . :'"" 1 e ; I. 1:1 li'e 1. lit. v-.-r. n . ' i'.ey l.ia i- tiu ' i'i!se 01 ma lilt :i in-! .. , , . v.. , . . : Washington. Dec. Admiral V' :':"id' -v S 0 . ' 0 j-"': ;1 l.'i-i- r. 1 .; i ,; -0 i Ti iia. ; ; . . j rani,., a in'ost . Iii'-i an' 1:.' . Tlie. vejiort. Ceorge Dewev foilav" recdveil Ci.' K-V;1': ':'-': ,-ih-; ,,i'.f.i,ii..!i-;-M : yj .:i:r!.a,:,,ha': !rnl a let ofihaf eN, ;,';,,;.. ,,..,. is ta,,; t ;,rr s. :it; feliciialions or the piesid, nf. fiibitiet' ' : 1 "-re 'ii err . .Mr. (.a . -tiei'ieni-e.' A U.' eai: a;:o lha c::y, .j 0f, ,a 1s HmusM u. h- true: members and ai'inv ami navy ..',! -'V'; .a . . 1 e . imai ,.m, ,. h,- , . a ,,l 1 . ...... in.. ; ::.!.' '!' toha.aa. ,.u-:i;ils ,,;:: dbiiig- the negro rials upon the occasion of his .seven- hk'Hr, v1!;1;: 'M tTl'ti, :-ci . ei a Th'ts. wast he '.Danville -of the wrn. foi-vi ;l , io,l:,y to many towns ty-fourili ' birthday danniversarv. i-"' 'Hi". V:ai.iidnK la e. s, dale ,.and. leharrt. .-nae troiti . very a,j ,.:,iir ,, !: N,.r, ami Smith Dewey is intlie best ol' healll). . . ' hi uuglieui the Ma'.'. - lt. "1 s he ...M-'.;i en,. ::-'wii there, '.-.as '.le-velo.pi .1, Carojiaa. , hai.-.!.J..'sirie.t,:illi.L-oii lo hi:.' ! n Ue 1 ' d . d'.; ' ' . '" d d. 'd i"W".w h.i a, a;da:.e,; capture.r. '.dv '."-': ::" ml daen ir Vaaiei iuie: (,,-ehM'i : i,, , e ! ',V : . ....el 1 11 1 unk . he ,, ,,",',! int.. tae wou.is Shanghai, China, Dec. As no r.s ho : her name m, ntiomd. :,d,', I-''."". ' '' ' : - l'ro.;dh, ,v, : l;;';'"1 r-". Shanghai. China". Dec. L'ii -As no reply has. been received" by Tang Shao 1 to his desnntch to Premier Yttan Shi: 'Kill, pointing out that ac ceptance ol the idea of a republic ... is the only moans of securing n peace ful solution ol China s n roubles. th revolutionaries are :. demanding the immediate election ol a president of the republic. The conlerence yes terday between Dr. Sun Vat Sen the proposed -president and W 11 ling Kang, chief of the revolnl lontirv del egates at -the peace conference suited in complete agreement be tween the two leaders. I he revolu tionaries are showing a more united front. Nanking is regarded by them as the most suitable place lor the new capital. : When one hears some warble it s not difficult to stand W'hv they are sndde: they sing Seawell a ei'iii-eil li-i-i liif-nsfi 'm ura.-i; a!' dar' ;al' liiw .'at 'Tehei;an In 1 1 rv- '"' " d ' ''. ' '.' "'.'.!" r .d:i.H-: iW. i.i -Tsti7.i.;rfiiWKnii!.'. ri"- i,lhii!S..iia:i'..rV'AV-'i.l;r,: ,!l;h-r,,,, :,",!M,;VV' not had en-adon t(i practice pro- u. . . . . d ,,' . . ''., ., " fessieiK thi rd aredew iMMtei- itnonh - ' '''l?11 . ( ' '' 'an eislunei t.ml M;l j, ,(;,.m.ral: Hedges Dead. -T '" i'df:- '.:i" ': He Will li, ' ' VV '" : !:""iw,i '' !"j Wada.de;,. D,a d, X:,jr lief, to the el'liCe .Well., d nee Tor icar - Jie a blood y; massacre . b; lisissian sol- ! , ci-aiq, i,; I iidees 1" S ;re iiailTieen gre;,. . aid to Colon"! ilicrs at llafh-.i an- causing serkew tired. :..li,d nr bin .iii.niedin Illinois Kenati. .... , d .a.iiprelieiii'.iiin, I.i! lie .add it dual 11:- to'day.',' -Hodges .'was- horn 'in .Rhode : .-.Mr.. ' SeaWf ll's grt-iiilTiiHicr, ileiiy ... " ..:...' , ishiinl sixty-lour vears ago. ., .1 IUI It I HI II HI Mi .11' It' Millet Seawdl.v.as the drst, lawyer lo id- . . v d cad' in lialeigtK-ahmit one hunddd .U'nssacre. hasd.ceii rcceiveil. ; Accord- , ; .. - -- . . .in- ... ..i. t 1, .. 1 .. Ko.it nl ItiuiiKi House I yea i s ago. 1 ie w tis a. mem ucr ot nc ..... v ........... . .... , ........... scperior tonrl. ami court of coiner- V-'! oi-nirred Smulay . when lie Alioo'ia, I'a, lii'i:. 2ld em e- . there was- no riiprenio couri R'asjitj; i! is said, numbered - of wurl'.meti were seriousI in :i:"H,iii...ii,i- .a .nnv...v,..,i ."")'),. inclmliiig some women . and . I.w-enr v. locotaotivos ditma T.ie -gran. Is tin in.ierited .much, and ! f,'iU!l'",!- '': 'ms"l renor's' the roof of the Pen anuinw tliest' wire sterling iiuriMri- i i'v rcKloreil. . : j rtmnd house, used .... 1 , , 'l ' - ..-j., ... .... Seli.ger liieoniot ives 1I .SI'M'l.ll t.'. lit I il l H.'IIS III It!., Ill .1 'lf . J .. men. I l.rce Ktlleil in Mevican liattle. The ieiiner clerks of the coi'fl. '.;. PadutcarAied.-o. Dee dU -Three Whlclt was organiwtl. in 1KIS, we e: jHrsens dveiv. kilted, and tw.tlty people Arciiniiiiii u, .v.urpiiy. Uliliani .i- wtmniled v. hen rurales fired inlo n .under- bards, :'nv Dodge. Kdnnind R. i-'i" - cnn'.tl thai was parading Hie s reel s,i I When man, vi uiuiii, .1. iauiiey i.inu i nes. iiiiout mg lor Zapata. : Tile city is I 6. Kenuii. . ;.- ' ' uo'-v nuiel. Mil ell In. A number hurt, and :ed. when sylvania railroad for bossing . pas fell in. .Miss. ii!; t.irl Had Romances. . Chicago.- Dec. 2'i Willi the dis covery that. Violet neuthler, missing since November ::i. had several ro- ' nianees the line ol police search i changed 111 tlmt, directum, 0 BY EXPLOSION Hester Atwater Colored Boy, Sots Off Can of Gunpowder On Christmas Day THREE WHITE BOYS HURT Slieiwoud Scott and ftov anl Arelne Raines Receive tseveii) liiirns as Result ol Ignition ol Ten Pounds Ol (.iii.pomlec on south Jilount Mreol Damage Done to the Houses 111 .Neighborhood All tli 1ct11ns Resting Well Today. s the result of tiie carlessness or igaoi-iiiice ol a yo'ing negro boy, who ilropiiei-i a "-lighted matcii inlo a ten pound, ran ol gunpowder on South .iluiiiit si reel lesterdav morning, the hiiiiseif and three white lads nr.- 111 a nioie or less serious condi tion, dThe injured are: . ' d . ....Hester.. -At water.- colored, aged ghoul- I .", veal s. , Mienvood Scotl. aged 12- son of md .Mrs. W.-O. Scott. 229 South iinhlield street. J.o iittiiies. aged about 13, son nd Airs. Jack Raines. -1112 'until, mount street. " Archie Raines, aged about 10, also on in Mr. and Mrs. .lack Raines. At mi, Agnes Hospital today it wns f.iat the negro bov had orient goad nig.it, but it was too early to say whoiher he would retain the sight ol tin eve. . Master hcott passed a good night Rex -.Hospital and should be well again in several days. His injuries consist mostly 0t powder burns on the lace, bodv and legs- i.he two Raines - bovs are also do- as could be expected Roy, st, was the most, serlouslv and it is thought his right li" permanently Inmrprl 1 lie Accident. I he-.explosion -occurred on South lilount sireei near the corner of mi ..hlie Id .street yesterday mornine. les-ter At water. the. colored boy, had a can ot cunDowder liei-'ii looking at siiung on the shelf 11 the store of Mi. h. (,. Smith and had said that he wanted to lire it Christmas day lold not to monkey with it- Hester took, it from tae shell, carried it to the sir, i'i and applied a match. I lu re ai e two versions as to how Hie powder was caused to go off, but these are immaterial, since it was evidently the lad s intention to have .1 lug n.or-c. .len the lire struck the I'OWtk., t mire, was un explosion and ihi. enure neighborhood was jarred. ere l.tiuKing On. Aiiiacled by-wnat was aboiit to Place the. three small white reir. gathered about the colored nint Ins powder to . see whnf would ..happen..-. Willi the explosion '"" hois were knocked down, win now panes were shattered in sever al douses ami many persons suppoB c.i that it was an earthquake.- The clothing .01 Hester Atwaler was liter-"-.'illy .blown from his body, these lodg ing in ihe limbs of a tree near by. lie was so terribly burned that it wns daid. he. could liurdly recover, hur at t.ie hospital foday ..the in (Continued on Page Two ) SURRENDER OF REYES .Mexico it v. Dec. .;(;. .(Jen Ilern tinlt) Reyes surrender at Linares, yesterday, it i8 believed, marks the end ol the. .most perplexing problem taciitg the Madcro government- The Reyes lollowiug m Mexico Was con sidered very slrong lor vears. To hln Mrenglh was attributed much appre hension' ol the government when he Marled the revolution. ReyeB was lornierly .commander-in-chief of the army under President Diaz Reyes lo Prison. Mexico City, Dec. 26 The end ot the week probably will see Gen eral Rernardn Reyes, ncctipying a cell in tiie lederal district penitenti ary in a portion set upart for the political prisoner.- Tue commander of the third military zone probably will assign an escort of ruruals to t.enerul Reyes and give him safe con duct to Mexico City. Don t bite olt more knowledge than you can chew, or you may havq an uttack ot mental indigestion. .
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
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