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THE TIME5 VISITOR RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1898. NUMBER 8753. 25 CENTS A MONTH RAILWAY DISASTER Fatal Collision on the Penn sylvania Road. SIGNALS AT FAULT. The Washlnghton Express at Full Speed Ran Into the Rear of the Pittsburg I-Iyer this Morning with Fatal Kesults. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. COLONIA, N. J., Dec. 21. The Wash ington express, one of the fastest trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad, crashed Into the "Pittsburg Flyer," in a fog5 this morning, two miles from Railway. Several persons were killed outright, and many others were fatallly injured, two hours after the disaster occurred ten of the passengers were still pinned under the wreck. Persons who were on the s.cene of the wreck say that the block system wwas not used at that point, but that the railroad employed the automatic signal system instead to regulate the Tunning of trains, which saved in the number of employees required to watch rVU nf fh. 'Pittcltilri, IS1!, ra." . . . aid nor see uie sikiiuih ui me point where the block system begins. He reduced the speed of his train for this reason. The engineer of the Washing ton express saw no signals, and as the "Flyer" slowed up he ran his train into the rear end of the "Flyer" at full speed. Two were killed outright in the dis aster, W. DeWolfe, of Parkersburg, West Va., and the porter of the parlor car, Knight, while the injured are: Pulman Conductor Welsh, Frank Irish of Chicago, who is General Passenger Agent of the Chicago and Western Railroad, Engineer Vandeveer, of Washington, and Fireman Seanee. The locomotive ploughed halfway through the s'eeper. About twenty persons, more or less, were seriously injured in this fatal col lision. Several women were pinned down under the wreck for several hours. TROUBLE AT SAMOA. A War Between the Rival Factions is Feared. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. AUCKLAND, NfSW ZEALAND. Dec. 21. Advices received from Samoa dated December 16, say that serious .trouble occurred there In connection with the election of a king. The German con sul is supporting the candidacy of Ma taaf.i, who has assumed a warlike atti tude towards the foreign residents on the Islands. The inhabitants fear an outbreak, and a war between the rival tribes is anticipated. CIVIL OR MILITARY. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. PARIS, -Dec. 21. The Court of Cas eation will not accept the secret dossier unless It Is communicated to Marnard, who Is the counsel acting in the inter est of Mme. Dreyfus. A decree em bodying the Judicial pronouncement which Col. Plcquart asked to have made In regard to the manner of his trial, will be Issued during the present month, thus settling the question as to whether the case is civil or military. SPANISH PERSONALS. By Cable to the" Times-Visitor. MADRID, Dec. 21. Captain General Blanco was received by the Queen this afternoon. Minister Sagaata has improved but Is still obliged to remain in his room. JOINS THE JEWISH CHURCH. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. PARIS, Deb. 21. Mme. Kahn, v. ife of Gustave Kahn, the famous poet, for merly a Catholic, was admitted to the Jewish church In resentment to the anti-semetic agitation. GRIP. -By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. NW YORK, Dec. 21. The president of the Board of Health says that there is no occasion for alarm from an epi demic of grip. The death rate is low and the epidemic Is not particularly severe. All the street cars and elevated railroads have been ordered disinfected. ANOTHER RAILROAD WRECK. By Telegraph to thfi Times-Visitor. WILKESBARRE, Dec. 21. A New Jersey Central freight train gofbeyond control at Yates ville and crashed into the rear of a Delaware and Hudson freight train. The engine and twelve coal cars and six freight cars were wrecked. .Conductor Stark and Flag man Zeephers were fatally Injured. " Mr. Jack Isn't that skirt danger a peach? ...... " . Mrs. Jock I should say aha was more . Ilka brown sugar; very aweet but coarse; a little oft color, and decidedly n re fined. Life, . .. TRAIN HELD UP. Two Men Fail In an Attempt to Rob an Express Car. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. GRENADA, Miss., Dec. 21. The Illi nois Central passenger train was held up last night "at Pope's station by two men. However, the robbers were una ble to break open the express door, and they fled without getting any' booty, . --Vut f 1 1 AT CANEA. By Cable to 'the Times-Visitor. CANEA, Dec. 21. Prince George og of Greece and high commissioner of the powers have arrived to escort the Biitish, French, Russian and Italian flagships. They were received unthu slastieally. .... ANOTHER ATTEMPT. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. The Merritt- Chapman Wrecking steamer "Merritf started for Santiago today to make an other attempt to raise the warships of Cervera's fleet. JEWETT GUILTY. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. BOSTON, Dec. 21. The jury today brought in a verdict of guilty against ex-President Jewett. of the Lake Na tional Bank, of Wolfboro. Jewett was charged with embezzlement of $25,000, MARRIAGE LICENSES. Capt. Hood continues to hustle the marriage license business. The follow ing licenses were issued today: Mr. Henry B. Baker and Miss Hattie Tt. Burnett. Mr. Eddie M. Cooper and Miss Ethel M. Sorrell. Mr. Samuel Sorrell and Miss Addle Moody. Also four colored couples secured li censes, they are Cornelius Webb and Cora Vass, Charles Whitaker and Nel lie Walton, George Thomas and Katie Rogers and Will Leach and Flora Mc Clamm. THE OPERA TONIGHT. Everywhere that the Andrews Opera Company have appeared they have re ceived the highest endorsement. Last night the company played in Durham, and the Herald says : In the "Bohemian Girl" last even ing the Andrews Opera Company fully sustained the good impression made upon Durham theatre goers in "Mar tha," their first performance in this city. "Bohemian Girl" is a romantic opera by Ralfe, in three acts. The Inclemency of the weather again kept the "'house from being .crowded, but those present made up a highly appreciative audi ence. Mr. Walters, tenor, acted the part of Thaddeus, a proscribed Pole;" Mr. Howard, baritone, "Count, governor of the province;" "Florentine, his neph ew, was played by Mr. Burgess, and Mr. Johnson, basso, represented "Div llshoof, a Gypsy;" Miss Clayton, con tralto, "Queen of the Gipsies," and Miss French, contralto, was "Arline, daugh ter of the Count." The play was so well rendered that It Is useless to try to particularize. It Is a pity that Durham's shows can not always be of the character and strength of Andrews' Opera Company and it is unfortunate that the weather wass uch as to prevent many of our citizens from witnessing the two per formances just closed, of the best op era company that ever appeared in this city. ' The company goes from here to Raleigh. Admission, 25c, 60c, 75c, and $1.00. Doors will be opened at 7:30 and per formance begin at 8:30. THE POULTRY SHOW. Secretary William Barrlnger Is re ceiving many letters from poultry fan ciers asking for particulars about the poultry show to be held here on Jan uary 18th, 19th and 20th. Many fine birds will be here from Georgia, Ala bama and other'Southein States. The show is under the auspices of the Charlotte Poultry and Pet Stock Asso ciation, of which Mr. J. M. Scott is president; B. S. Davis, treasurer, and William Barrlnger, Secretary. Char lotte Observer. MORE RAIN. The weather bureau predicts for Ral eigh and vicinity: Rain tonight and Thursday. ' The forecast for North Carolina sent out from Washington is rain tonight and Thursday light southwest winds. The storm over the Lake region Is now In the vicinity of Marqette, with a pressure below 29.5 Inches. Although there Is no depression on the South Atlantic Coast considerable rain has fallen, with amounts over an inch at Jacksonville' and Charleston. The weather has cleared in the lower Mis sissippi Valley with southwest winds. The temperature continues slightly be low freezing only In the extreme north west, and It Is quite warm elsewhere. SECRETARY INTERIOR President Appoints Ethan Hitchcock of Missouri MILES' TESTIMONY Be Gives Some Strong Evidence B.fore tle War Investigators in Wash ington TodayBouse Adjourned. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Lieut. Col Miles, Shatter's chief of staff, told the war investigators the positions of the two armies before Santiago and said the Spaniards were so conspicuous that there was no necessity for any recon- noisance in force to determine them He said no doubt there were Spanish sharpshooters between the Spanish and American lines, but he was unable to find a single instance of Spanish sharp shooters firing on our hospitals in the tear or on our flank. uneial Miles when before the war in vestigators condemned the arrangement for landing at Santiago. He says the operations there were too precipitous that orders defining the amount of tent age and transportation for Shatter's army had not been issued by Secretary Alger until after the expedition sailed. The provision for disembarkation, made by Gen. Ludlow, was poor. He had se cured a number of pontoons and such material suitable for a small stream. Gen. Milts opposed the landing of a large amount of troops fli Cuba. He had hoped to get tugs and lighters from New York, but they did not ar rive. Ho did not think the supply of medicines ever sufficient, and he said that Gen. Young might have camped on high ground. He frequently refer red to his correspondence, and in re ply to a statement of Shafter, that the surgeon could get all the medicine needed, he said that Gen. Wood told him that (our men of the 33d Michigan died from lack of medicine. There was a small attendance in the House today. Several bills were pass ed by unanimous consent. On motion of Chairman Dingiey, the House-, ad journed at 1 :05. In the Senate Mr. Hale moved that the Senate go into executive session. The ayes and nays were demanded and a roll icall disclosed the ab'sence of a quorum. A call of the Senate was made to consider the nomination of Ethan A. Hitchcock, of Missouri, as Secretary of the Interior, and he will be confirmed before Senate adjourns. The nomina tion was made by the Piesident this norning. Secretary Long is eonfied to his home with grip. Nothing is learned of his reported resignation. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, Dec 20. Representative Rixey, of Virginia, ful- endorses the opinion of Mr. McKinley, hat the government ought to help take care of the Confederate dead, and goes further. He has introduced a bill pro- iding that all maimed, eripped and eedy soldieis and sailors, who served in the civil war, shall be admitted upon the same terms to all Soldiers' Homes and other institutions wholly main tained by the United States govern ment. - The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections has referred the charge of bribery made against Senator Han- na, by the Ohio Senate, to a sub-com mittee, composed of Sentars Hoar, Spooler and Turley, for investigation nd report. There will be a white-wash report from the majority of this sub committee, and that will end the mat ter, so far as this committee Is con cerned. A joint resolution for the usual two eeks Christmas recess of Congress has been reported from the House Ways and Means Committee, and it will be promptly adopted. The war Investigation commission will take a Christmas holiday, although for anything it is accomplishing, it might Just a8 well take a permanent holiday. The next prominent witness t will hear will be Gen. Shafter. The commission has been having a little trouble of its own. Half of Its force of stenographers went on a strike, be cause they said they were tired of do ing all the work, and that the other half were incompetent. An effort will be made to raise the Mongolian pheasant in this State. Un der legislative protection these splen did birds have enormously Increased in Washington and Oregon. The experi ment will be first tried in Wake, says Col. Olds in his correspondence. "Jube"" Fosejr, constable of the town of Claiborne, Tenn., was recently sent to levy on some calves in a stable, but mission was unsuccessful for the rea sons set forth in the following memo randum which he Jotted down on the levy before returning It to the Court: "The above calves were seeable through the kraks, but not gltable, as the doar was locked." r .. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Dr. Burns May be Criminally Indicted Next Month. Since Mr. Perrin Busbee won his suit against Keeper of the Capitol J. L. Burns for poisoning his dog, it is more than probable that an indictment will be presented at the January term of the Wake Superior Court against Mr. Burns for cruelty to animals. This case will prove very interesting to the publi.?. AN INQUIRY AND ANSWER. Editor of the Times-Visitor: i wish you would please ask von readers, or in some other way find ou or settle it which night the children snouia nang up their stockings. m ennsrmas day proper comes on bunday, I have heard of some who mv they will observe Sunday, and some Saturday, as Christmas Eve. It strikes me some way should be adopted so tha tne same day should be universally ob served. What is your opinion on the suDject ; PARENT. ine aoove inquiry presents many technical points which hang principally about two words, "children" and "stockings." In ansewerlng the quere satisfactorily to the fond heart of "Pa rent," one must needs be possessed of a volume of general information, have considerable legal knowledge and be a parent of children vho have stock mgs. Turner's Almanac for 62 yen's last past, an authority among the dwellers in Rhamkatte, has, without successful contradiction located Christmas on the 25th day of December of oieh and ev ery year. This arrangement has boon accepted by those who have stockings and such as have no stockings, both parent and child. Christmas being ill iutn ny ot December, then t lie evening of December 25th would necessa rily become Christmas Eve. Christinas is not regulated by the day of the week. but when the 25th day of December falls on Sunday, custom has made Sat urday preceeding, in some localities. nd Monday following in other locali ties, the day for public demonstration and celebration. In the homes of the people there lias never been any established rule by which to be governed. If one desires to utilize the chimney and fireplace racket one must necessarily have the 'children," also the "stockings." These two essential constituents being avail able all that is required of him who, through his purse, must assume the role of Santa Claus, is to assist the children in hanging their pedal ex tremity apparel beside the chimney corner on Satuidiy night, and while hey sweetly sleep, fill the stockings full of goodies and toys, that the little ones' hearts may be made happy on Christmas morning. ANOTHER PARENT. A CHRISTMAS CANTATA. By the First Baptist Sunday School Children. The Cantata Friday night, under th? auspices of the Ladies' Improvement i Society of the First Baptist church, by the young people of the Sunday school will be one of the grandest of the many holiday entertainments. Tne .spirit of expansion of enjoyment has developed! in this entertainment, the nations of the earth will have rep resentatives there. Of eouise a holiday occasion without Santa Claus would be a dry affiii-. so the old gentleman wil be on hand. Uncle Sam. John Bull, Queen Lil, the heathen Chinee, the Fil ipino, the Irish wit. and Scotchman, In dian, Moor and the American dude, brownies and fairies will join in making it an evening of unalloyed pleasure. Among the more prominent characters are. Miss Ellen Durham, Miss Mattie Lumsden. Miss Minnie Lanier, Mr. Wm. Royal and otheis of the Sunday school. This is in a most worthy .cause and the price of admission is within reach of all ,and it is hoped that a large audience will greet the ladies and chil dren in ther efforts. Box sheet wil be opened at King's drug store Wednesday morning. Gen eral admission 25 cts. for adults; 15 cts. lor children, with one price for re served seats. 25 cents. XMAS IN PRISONS. To the Good People of Raleigh: In our countv jail and State prison there are many intelligent men and wo men to whom you can give pleasure on Xmas morning by simply sending the bright periodicals and religious papers, which you have already read, to the Co-operative Store, on Fayettevllle street, from which place I will gladly take and distribute them among the prisoners on Sunday. If you could see the eager hands stretched out for a fresh paper you would be only too glad to give those you have already used. Any copies of the Bible or Testa ment or other good books, no longer used In your homes, will be thankfully received for use in my prison work. MRS. I. C. BLAIR, Supt. Prison Work W. C. T. U. Send by Saturday noon. "Yes, Mrs. Punk, I can understand why you would not live In a small town." "What do you mean?" 'Anybody can live In a cltybut It takes people who have mental resources to enjoy life in small town." Chicago Record. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Familiar Faces in the Pass ing TkroDg SHORT STATEMENTS Movement of People You Know Glean Inga In and About the City--Snatch's of Today's Street Gossip., Mr. R. P. Taylor, of Oxfo:d, is in town. Mr. Jones Fuller is here to spend the holidays. Mr. James D. Glenn, of Greensboro, i ii the city. Mr. R. L. Vernon, of Charlotte, is at the Yarboro. Mr. Henry E. Knox, Jr., of Charlotte, is at the Yarboro. Mr. W. S. Primrose went to Fayette- ville today on business. Mr. T. D. Jones, of Gulf, is in the "ity today on business. Mr. R. If. Battle left today for his farm in Edecombo countv. A number of students oT St. Mary's will leave torn .row for Christmas. S. S. Daniel, of Winston, is appointed l I'rUed States Commissioner by Judge Purneil. Rev. R. B. Culhreth, of Wilmington, s spending the holidays with friends in he city. M iss. tinied ; Mamie and Ethel Norris re today from a pleasant trip to Washington. The State Board of Public Charities called to meet Thursday to prep ere the annual report. Many students of Teaoe Institute will leave tomorrow and next day for their homes for the holidays. Mrs. H. S. Leard will leave tomorrow for South Carolina where she will spend he Christmas holidays. Letters are being received from legis- ators daily inquiring about board, eac. luring the coming session. Misses Lilly and Fannie Hoke, who have be-n visiting relatives in Balti more returned home yesterday. The Legislature will convene two weeks fiom today. Governor Russell s completing his message to the body. Rev. Mr. Yates, of this county, has turned from Chicago, where he has en attending the University of Chi- .ago. Today is the shortest day in the year nd is the beginning of winter proper, Ithough the weather does not beir out he assertion. Miss Susan McPheeters returned ome today from Mrs. Sefebore's school n Baltimore, to spend the holidays ith her parents. In a few months the president and faculty of the Baptist Female Vniver- ity will he chosen. The University will be opened next fall. Mr. William Crawford is preparing to have another house built on his place on Salisbury street, between the ntersection of Edenton and Jones. The Christmas exercises of the West Raleigh Baptist Sunday school will be given tomorrow evening, December 22d. beginning at 7:30. The public is in ked. The seventh batch of claims in con nection with the volunteers . was yes terday sent to the War Department. This completes the list. The total is .M.G42. The fence around the diocesan rec- ory .comer of Wilmington and North treet, has been removed and adds reatly to the beautiy of tilat part of he city. William Johnson, the negro, who has lost his wife, was arraigned befoie Mayor Powell today on the charge of isorderly conduct. He was made to pay the costs. There is not a single store now va cant in Raleigh and three parties are aid to be seeking places to open bus iness, liven the new stores which are being built are said to be all taken. Next Friday afternoon at 4:30 in the Sunday school room of the Edenton treet Methodist church an entertain ment will be given by the infant class. An invitation is extended to the public to attend. United States District Attorney C. M. Bernard has rented the McVea house corner of Polk and Blount streets and will move his family here shortly. Mrs. Bernard is now here doing the requl- ite shopping before moving. Next Tuesday night the children': entertainment of the Presbyterian Sunday school will be given In their lecture room. Santa Claus wl come down a chimney, and then destroy the chimney, giving each child a brick. The Andrews Opera Company, forty forty strong, arrived this morning and will present Martha in the Academy of Music tonight. This is a fine opera and deserves a large house. They play no where In the State except under a positive guarantee. A fire alarm was turned in this morning about 11 o'clock, but the alarm was caused by a chimney being on fire at a little house on East Cabarrus street. No damage was done and it was not necessary to even take the hose from the wagon. Mr. R. B. Raney will have two hand some three-story brick buildings, for stores, erected on the corner of Salis bury and Hillsboro streets. A tempo rary building near his present store will be occupied by Mr, Robert Simp son while the new store is being built. Applications for membership in the Lyceum are still coming in, but rather slowly. The directors will meet this week and it is hoped that a sufficient number of applications will then be in to enable -the managers to complete the arrangements. The examinations at the A. and M. College will be completed tomorrow, and the students will then leave for their homes to spend the holidays. The Christmas recess will last until Janu ary 3rd. About twenty students will pend the holidays in Raleigh. Work is now being done under diree ion of the Seaboard Air Line in be half of the banquet to he given at Southern Pines on January Dt'.i next, n honor of the commercial traveling men and business men ot tnis aim au- joining States. The banquet will be given at the Piney Woods Inn. Every commercial traveller and all the busi ness men in this section of the country are cordially invited to attend. TONE OF THE MARKETS NEW YORK COTTON. Months. Open Clos. January 5 4'.5 43 Fcbruarv 425 43 March 5 44 April 5 47 May -5 50 June' 5 54 July 5 57 August - 5 CI September 5 CO NEW YOPiK STOCK MARKET. The following were the closing quo. Change: American Tobacco . 140 Sugar - - 125 American Spirits (prof 112 Burlington and Quincy 121 Con Gas - 197 Chesapeake Ohio ... 25 Deleware L & W - --- 151 ," ersey Central . 93 Louisville ft Nashville 63 Manhattan.. 00 Missouri Pacific. .... 43 Northwestern 141 Rock Island 1009 Southern Preferred 41 U. S. Leather... 09 Western Union. C3 St. Paul 1171 New York Central 123 CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISION MARKET. The following were the closing quo tations on the Chicago Grain and Pro vision market today: Wheat Dec 6G; May. P8. Corn Dcc.35. May SO. Oats Dec. 25. May 20;. Pork Mav 9.73 Jan 9.42 Lard May 5 32 Jan. 5 10. Clear Rib Sides May 4.S5 Jan. 4.05. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. The following were i'ae closing quo tations of the Liverpool cotton market today: American middling, low middling clause: December and January 3 03 January and February 3 02 February and March 3 f 8 March undAwil 3 04 WHAT TO LEARN. Learn to laugh. A good laugh it bet ter than medicine. Learn to tell a story. A well told sto ry is as welcome as a sunbeam In a sick room. Learn to keep your troubles to your self. The world is too busy to care for your ills and sorrows. Learn to stop croaking. If you cannot see any good in this world keep the bad to yourself. Learn to attend strictly to your own business. A very important point. Learn to greet your friends with a smile. They curry too many frowns In their own hearts to be bothered with uny of yours. As usual his mother asked him what he had learn at school that day. "We learned about the kindergarten colors," he answered. "The what?" she demanded. "The kindergarten colors," e le peated. "What in the world are the kinder garten colors?" she asked. "Ho! don't you know that?" he re turned scornfully. Why, orange, green, blue " "Oh, you mean, the primary colors!" sfte exclaimed. "What's the difference?" he inquired. Chicago Post. If you find you are being driven to despair get out and walk.
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