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si Rent, For. Sale, Boarders and Board Wanted, Cmployea or I Positions Wanted, For Sala or Exchange ads. in The Times for Ono Cent a Word. , I One Cent a Word is all an Ad. vertisement in the Times will Cost you, and it will reach three times as many people in Raleigh as any other medium. And EVENIINQ VISITOR, Established 1879. Whole No. 9,410 RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 21, 1900 a Year. . WISE DEAD He Was the Present Congress man from the Second Dis trict Of Virginia. THE HOLIDAY RECESS S:natorFrye3 Wife Dead. Chap. Iain's Prayer This Horning Full of Sorrow. By telegraph to The Times. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. iron. Richard A. Wise (Republican), member of Con gress from the Second Virginia district, mod at Williamsburg. Va- cuday. He m . the son of Henry A. Wise, and was tern at Philadelphia, September 2. IS.::. He nerved in the Confederate army through out the Civil War. Dr. Wise was serving his second Congressional term. He had been professor of physiology and cr.em lstr in William and Mary Oobegi!. DEATH OF M!IS. FIU'E, WASHINGTON. Dec. -21. The wtfo cf Senator Frye, of Maine, died suddenly t'ns Morning 1 ntliis city. Mrs. Frye had been : tick for a few days, but no serious appre hension was felt. She passed away very quietly about 9:15 o'clock in their a part ners at the Hamilton, the Senator be ing in an adjoining ;oom at the time, cud supposing Mrs. Frye w.is asleep. The ailment was heart trouble, Senator Frye will start with the remains for bis borne, Jiewiston, Maine, this afternoon. Mr. Frye was 67 years of nge. , She was taken ill Tuesday after dinner with acute indigestion, but apparently was recoverine. IV THE SENATE. There was a small attendance of Sena tors present when the session opened this morning, especially on the Republican sldo. Many have already gone home for the Christmas holidays. Then, on motion of Mr. Hoar, the Senate immediately ad journed as a mark of respert to Mrs, Frye, i.ut to meet asaln until January 3rd . IN THE HOUSE. The prayer , f the chaplain of the House wan laden with tiding of sorrow this morning. He. referred to the death of Rep resentative Wltx, of Virginia, Mrs. Frye, v.ife of Senator Frye, and of an accident to Major Morrissey, doorkeeper of the Louse, who broke his leg last night. As no ouorum va' present, the House took up unimportant - matters by unanimous ei-nser... Mr. Jones, of Virginia, tmno.i iced to t Ue J tonne the death of his colle.is,Te, Kichard- A. Wise, and presented resolutions, of re-jn-r.t. Ail authorized the appointment of u Congressional committee to attend his funeral. The n solutions were agreed to, ilic committee appointed and. as a further rinrlt of respect, the House adjourned to January Sr!. RIVER AND HARBOR BILL. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. The House River and Harbor bill will not he intro-iluc-d until after the holidays. It will authorise the expenditure of about $60,. will. 00.0. of which twenty-three million dollars will be expended next year, and thirty-seven million be provided for "n- . dor the continuing contract plan. The. committee !s now engaged in equalizing the various items of the Mil. THE PRESIDENT'S TURKEY WASHINGTON. I:ec. 21. A mag-iipe. nt pure white turkey was rocoivou at the While House UU morning -,r ihe- Presi-d'-nl's Christnias ilinner. The bird weighs ". thirty pounds, nnd was sent froif: Dub lin, Va., by T. S. Earger and L. A. Try- ler. WAR SHIP ASHORE United States Vessel Reported Aground at Hatteras Dy Telegraph to The Times. XUHFoLK, VA., Dec. 21. An awful i trnr Is reirlng oft the Virginia capes and Cape Hatteras. Several schooner: nil ocean steamer - arc reported ashore as well as a United States war ship. The United States gunboat "Annap nils" went aground In the harbor thl morning. A heavy storm was rasing a: t-o time. The gunboat was later towi elf Into dee." wnter by the harbor tugs She sustained no damage. The American schooner, "Jennie Hair Pa." Captain Lamson, from Trinidad for rir-lllnlorc. with asphalt, went ashore this morning eight miles south of Cape Hen ry. Captain Lamson and one seaman were drowned. , It In reported that a United States war shli !s rshorc at Hatteras, IN CUDAHYCASE An Important Arrest is Expected -- Today. By telenraph to The Times. '.'.-. OMAHA, NEB., Dec. 21. An Important arrest in connection with the kidnapping of Edward Cudahy, Jr., Is expected to dayThe 1'lnkertons engaged by the boy's filler are co-operating with the local po lice in th search for the kidnappers and also for the gold mulcted from Cud dly, which Is believed to be buried some1 where near Omaha. JKSKIE MORRISON STILL IN JAIL. l!v Tolegru.'i to The Times. KMinltADO. KANSAS, Dec. ', 21. Wh the bond that would give Jessie Morri son her freedom !s not fllnd is a question Interesting Eldorado people. It Is tho n-iMirrul opinion that the signers have been secured, but It is not known who they Hi'O. Jessio is light-hearted, anil looking better, though she weighs only S pounds. She weighed 11" when placed hi Jail. " Fur nun of brains "Ad Valorem" Ci gars. "Ad Valorem Cigars worth a ulckcl. " CUIGNET'S AR REST Created More Excitement in Paris Than Any Event Since Henry's Suicide. NATIONALISTS FURIOUS Will Interpellate the Government. Stormy Session of the Deputies Expected Tonight. By Telegraph to Tie Times. PARIS, Dec. 21. The arrest of Major Cuignela for alleged breaches of discip line in connection with Dreyfus has caused more excltemortt In Paris than anything since the sulcldo of Col. Henry. Na tionalists and partisans of the army are furious over the affair, which they re. gard as another gratuitous insult offered by the Republican government to the champions of French "honor." General Andre, the Minister of War. who caused Cuigncts' arrest, only recently disciplined a number of officers for Insulting the Hebrew official Captain Coblentz. .- v; The lobbies of the Chamber of Depu tise are this morning seething with crowds eacer for developmenU.The No th.i alls-Is are prerarins an exconlorj interpellation on the arrest to be made at this afternoon s session of the Cham ber. Capt. Cuigncts was arrested Inst night and lodged in the military prison of Mont valerlen, charged with having disclosed to an anti-Drevfus deputy a confidential document of which he obtained posses sicn while in tlfe Secret Intelligence Bu reau. He is also charged with writing to M. Waldeck-RoiiRseau, accusing M. Delcasse. Foreign Minister, of falsehood. Captain Cuiftnets caused a sensation at the Rennes 1 rial by his . accusations against foreign military attaches at Paris, particularly the German, Austrian and ttnlian. When Majir Schneider Austrian attache, disclaimed the authorship of the letter tending to prove Dcryfus' guilt. Cuigncts accused him of lying. In Octo ber. 1SW. H was reported that Cuigncts and Schneider fought a diil in Switzer land. Some weeks later, Schenider died A BOSTON MYSTERY. Woman Found on Streets Bad!) Wounded. fly telegraph to Tho Times. -BOSTON, Dec. 21. Boston has a,8talj; blng mystery in which a woman. Mrs" Margaret Thompson, of Roxbury. Is the victim. She was found on the street at midnikht with two knife wounds, one under the arm and the other In the breast. From the breast wound the doc tors extracted a two-Inch piece of knife blade. Mrs. Thompson's condition Is criti cal, tut she persistently refuses to say how she came by the wounds. The police think .they .were inflicted by a Jealous wo man. COQUEUN AT COLUMBIA. tloitr,ih m The Timet". NEW YORK. Dec. 21. M. Benisl Con stant Coquelin will deliver a lecture at Columbia University, tonight. His sub ject is "L'Arf et le Comedien." M. Co iiielin poes lo Columbia on th inviintlor of Brander Matthews, who is professor of English literature at the university. ctpikiVi: T"E BRIDGE CABLE. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. The progress of h vork'-nen on the uew East Rive' bridge is now keenly watched. The steel towers are about complete, and the first strand of the cables that is to support the roadway. The public feels greatly ntereated in this and watchea to see the first move made. The temporary 'ooi-bridge which Jill he used in winding the cables together will cost $100,000. THE GUESSING CONTEST. Ren-ember the guessing contest over the big eake at Mr. C. M. Brstsch's store. If you malu the nearest guess to the number of seeds in the big pumpkin, also or. exhibition, you get the big fruit cake worth $25.00. Guesses cost you only It wnts ei;cn, The proceeds are for the benefit of the Catholic "Ornhai"F".'.-'Tb. Judges are Mayor Powell, Mr. E. L. Har ris hnd Mr. Crabtree. . FINNS TO SSTTLE IN CANADA. By telegraph to Th9 "Tiroes. MONTREAL, Dec. 21. Negotiations are progressing between the Qiiob""! eovrp ment and representatives of Finland to iecura the concession of 1,000,000 acres f lr:?" " te PnaM-ka river Lnko S' John district, the proposition being to jeitlc a,ww .. F'nianuor- every year on 'hese rich asr'-cultural lands. : TREATY WITH SWITZERLAND. By Telegraph to The Times. BERNE. Dec. 21. The National Coun cil has ratified the extradition treaty with th'! I'nited States by a vote of 83 to 5. The treaty was reccni.lv ratified by tlie States Council, so that it has now passed both Sw!js hcuses. MARTIAL LAW IN THE CAPE. By Telegraph to The Times. CAPE TOWN. Dee. 21. Martial law has been proclaimed in northern Cape Colony. The Cape Dutch arc greatly excited by tho Boer Invasion and the situation is regarded here as grave. CLEVELAND DELIVERS ADDRESS. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 21.-Ex-Preal-dent Cleveland delivered the addresH to day at the graduation exercises of the 36th class of Pclrco School in the Acadc- my of Music. ABU NDANT WINE HARVEST. 8TRATSHUIMI. Dec. 21. Th wine her vest at Alsace-Lorraine is most abundenf. The oualltv is excellent. There will be a large rxnort to America cud high .net-a are expected. STORM IN BRITAIN White Liner "Cufic' ' Aban doned. Red Star "West ernland' ' Lost Propeller. SCOTLAND CUT OFF dale Sweeps Whole of the British Ules. Many Casualties Re ported' Tcday. By telegraph to The Times. LONDON, Dec. 21. Lloyds dispatch from Portland Illlls, on the So'jih Devon soaHt, say asteamer Is sending up rockets for assistance In West Bay. She has four masts and two black funnels, with white bands. Throe tugs have gone to her assistance. She w&3 thought to be the "Western land," of the Red Star line, but later it was ascertained that she was the Brit ish steamer "SomerhlH," which had the "Westernland" in tow. The latter had lost lior propeller. The tugs which went to the "Somerhill's" assistance were un able to reach her. A later dispatch from Portland reports the "Westernland" at that port and she will reach Southampton tonight. A terrific gale is raging on the English coast. Several small ships are reported wrecked. , The" White Star liner "Cuflc" has been abandoned off Skernles. Her anchors were dropped in 1" fathoms of water, and the crew landed by tugs at Holyhead. The hawsers of the tugs that were tow ing the "Cuflc" parted In the heavy seas It Is supposed the "SomerhlH" lost the "Westernland" In the same manner. Casualties are reported from many polntt on the south and west coasts. "CUFIC" RIDING WELL. HOLYHEAD. ISLAND OF ANGLESEY, Dec. 21,. Tlw storm on the west coast is abating. The White Star liner "Cuflc" : mchored off the Skerries, is riding admi rably, and is not likely to be seriousl; .Itimagt-d. The Westernland has 37 cabin and "UC steerage passengers bound from Antwerp for New York, and their safety Is now soured. , .. (UK- LONDON. Dee. 21. The storm is seriou. in the north. Scotl.ind has been cut of by telegraph. TANK STEAMER LOST. .MIAMI, FLA., Dec. 21. A large Eng lish tank steamer went ashore . sixty miles south of here yesterday. She Is laden with coke. The breakers are lim ning so high that the wreckers canmo r;aea bjsr. The probabilities jire, that she will be a total loss. There is no news of Hie whereabouts of the crew, though they are not believed to be lost. DETAILS OF NASSACRES Turks Dest oying Other Chris tian Villages. -? lelrrraph to The Times. VIENNA. Dee. 21. Fi.rthcr advlcei from Se.lonicu say Ilaidok Islam's bam n: plundering and devastating tlio vil M's of Triihcnd and Novibasar, in th vicinity of his recent massacres. A ron 3!nnt stream of refugees, carrying then MrsseHSions and driving their flocks. I: Dfli'sing toward the Servian and Monten egrin frontiers. At Reviiesa the Montenegrins sideii wllh the Christians and repulsed the Turks, mutilating and wounding them as they had the Christians. Haiduk Islam was formerly an Albanian magnate witr greal possessions. He lost all at the hands of the Armenian money lenders nnd thereupon vowed vengeance on the Christians. He collected a horde of fa natics, malcontents and unpaid officials. and started out to exterminate the "Christian vermin." The Moslems re gard him as a "Defender of the faith." Haiduk has been active since 1898, but the authorities when they have not en couraged him. have pretended ignorance of his designs. BOARD OF CHARITIES Adjourned This Morning After Important Meeting. The Board of Public Charities, conslst ng of Dr. Charles Duffy of Craven, Chair man: - Wiley N. Jones, of Wake, and W A, Blair, cf Forsyth, and Caut. C. B Denson. secretary, have been in sessior for two days past. These gentlemen hav the act've eo-opcratton of about foul hundred of the best citizens of the State men and women, as visitors of jailr ind county homes. They also Inspect th' State Institutions, and furnish an annua report of their condition and needs to lm xeculivc and the General Assembly-, The Society In the comprehensive re port of this year, also .exhibits- the op erations of all the nrivatc and denc-nina-tionnl or municipal orphanages and hos pitals, the number of which and extent o1 the good accomplished Is surprising. The full account of this humane work in our Slate has V.ever been sathered before his rr .ort. The H"-'! ordered that a committee. of which Chairman Wesley N. Jonca Is iiairman. should be ehnrged with the nrrparallcn of a bill embodying the fef tures desirable in the "organization of i Reform School on such line of rt'KJ-rar-cost and oprratljn as in,-:-' f"rrrt a t.'ln' nln$ of relief so much deslr.vl, within' being a burden to th taxpayer. Dr. O. L. Klrbv was jreoent' la t'-e Interest c! the insr.e. The Board in approving the rpcr: passed a rrsolutlon of thanks to Cnntn.ii Denson. seeretnrv. In view of t!i cr:-t.t amount of work accomplished during the year "for hU valuable re;mrt and unt'r ing efforts In behalf of the charil ies." Th aliB-aee of Mr .'or S. W. Held, of wrfc ;! nhiir Ihrovvh Illness, vr.a much regretted. . JfflR. GEO. SYHE BACK Returns from I Nicaragua Where He Has Been Sur veying for the Canal. COUNTRY NOW EXPECTANT Foreigners Already Flocking to Nicaragua Awaiting Devel opments. Mr. Georg-p Synie has returned from Niciuiig'un, where lie has for the pust ten months been working" in 1 lie corps vill connect tho Atlantic nnd Pacific oceans. Mr. Synie soys the survey is complete and lie lias returned for food or until the construction of this great canal' is begun. There was one other North .-Ciiroliniu.il,- Mr. ( . I Maun, among the wurveyors. Mr. Mann and Mr. Synie are. both graduates of the A. and M. College. Mr. Kyme says that, the path of the proposed canal is now marked " off with stakes and may be followed clear across the country.- The Niearairuiin.s nre anxiously awaiting the- decision of the American. Congress on the canal bill for almost the life mid death of the country is involved... The moment that, the building of this canal becomes a certainty there will be a horde of investors nnd specullitors on the scene. Indeed fakirs -a.n:l 'gamblers nre already moving towards .Nicaragua In the hope of a. rich harvest when work is begun. The entire country is on the tip-toe of expectancy. Mr. . Synie bus no exalted opinion of the native Niearaguans or of their government. Like all inhabitants of tropical climes the people are indolent ami careless in business and most de praved according to cur moral code. Although they nearly all profess al legiance to the chiifch. still their lives am not seemingly influenced for let ter thereby. Scarcely one adult out of ten marries and the must shocking depravity prevails iiniou!r even some of the high families. The country sel dom enjoys u stable form of govern ment and any - ambitious man can easily stir a. revolt. Only last Febru ary the government succeeded in crushing a revolt, led by a man who desired to seize the presidency, and now the country is-ready for another outbreak which will nrobnbly come in February. The leader of the hist revolt was not caught by the victori ous government. troops, hut escaped to Columbia. A- revolution mi'iu develop ed iii Columbia and this ev-Xieara-fftinn rebel aeuerul been'. ne ill'.' com mander of the government forces acninst the Columbian rebels. The fact that this hated rebel was on the side of the Columbian government has .aiisctl Nicaragua t: give all Hssil)le encouragement, anil aid to the Colum bian rebels. If ilic rebellion is pill . down then the Columbian -government ! will do all in its poier to overthrow j 'he present administration in Nicarii- j g'lit- ; . J S. S. CONVENTION j ext State Convention will be' Held at High Point The ICxeeutive Committee of the State Interdenominational Sunday school Association mot in this city yesterday. The committee is eompos d of N. II. I'rouglitoii. cliiiirniiin: tlco. W. Wa.tt4s, II. . Snow. ..I.; II. .South-' gate." Upv.' 1!. V. Spilmun. It was (!e terniiued to hold tbc next State con vention February -0-22 ' a-l High l'oint. A comniitlee was uppointe.l to pre pare; -program. It is cxpectctl tltnt this session of ihe State convention will be the most interesting find profitable, ever held as-.; the comniitlee has the promise of four of the leading Sunday school workers of the world to lie present. ROSEMARY MFG. CO. Northern Capital Invests at Roa noke Rapids, North Carolina. ROSKMAKV MA.NT1-ACTl'KI.NU CO. ('stHivus .MiMlieiser and Clarence Millheiser, of liiohnmral. and Samuel K. 1'attci-soii. of INIliinorc, today filed rticles of agreement for the ineor IKirution of (he Rosemary .Ma.tHifiu tur ing Company. The purpose of tlie corporation is to manufacture materi al from; animal and vegetable fibres nnd to furnish electric and other pow er. The prineiml office will be in or near I.V.inoUe Wnpids. Halifax 'county.; The capital stock is $2.1.000. CANKS KOI; KTKI! NS. . Mr. Wilkins. an old soldier of ltiith--'rfordiou, has made a number of canes of various woods, .'.anil sends thorn to Mrs. K. A. Olds, corner Salisbury-unit llnrgett streets, to sell for the benefit of the veterans at the Soldiers Home This is a labor of hue on .lr. W ilkins' part, and he hopes to realize u neat sum for Jhe old soldiers. ' , CANTATA TO-Nlf HT. This even'ii" In the Kdenlon Slre.'l Uclhodist Sunday school the primary de triment wiii give their annual Chrlstmi.s 'ntertainmcnt. The r rents and frlenda of ihe school are Invited. The oxer -'ses are free and everv one Is nvKed. Old Suntn Clans v.'ill.ift oil hand 'n ap:roved sivle. J. J. MAJiTI.N DEAJ). .1. J. Martin, postmaster at Tarboro. N. ('., dlcil this week and was buried yes terday. Ho served a term in Congress nrd whs the Republican candidate Inst f ill. He has been In declining health for the past year. $1,000,000 FIRE The Largest Furniture Fac tory in the Dominion of Canada Burned. SEYERAL ARE CREMATED One of the Partners Badly Burn ed. Number of Adjoining H uses Destroyed. By telegraph to The Times. HANOVER, ONT.. Dec, L'l. The Nnech tel Furiiiture Factory, the largest in the Dominion of Canada, was burued last night. The factory covered about two acres of land. Not a wall is left stand ing. About ten million feet of lumber in the :ard'i and saw mill were saved. The cause of the lire is unknown. The fire spread to adpoining buildings, and the following were consumed: Crutz ner Furniture and Cndrrtakint, establish ment; The Poehlman Company, flour and feed; B. P. Abrens, hardware: Graff & Weppter, general dry goods; W. Roloff. photographer; H. Mauricr. carriage works and Clias. Uoepl. flour and feed. Total flnanciiil loss over 1 .000,000. Mr, Toplcr. one of the partners In the firm of Nnechtel and Company, was badly burned. It is feared several lives were lost, as men were seen going iulo the burning tjuilding. and have not been seen since. TONOXTO FACTORY BURNED. TORONTO, ONT.. Dec. 21. This morn ing fire broke out in the factor" of Mat thews Brothers, makers of moulding, pic ture frames, etc. The cause was tho up setting or a lantern. Thrre were fi.ri men in the building and a number working on the ground floor. They had a narrow es cape from death. Some jam ued from ihe Windows Into the stroll rmf ver "lore or less seriously injured. The names, as far as co.ild be obtained, are? P. Balk. C. O. Cook. J. flavin. F. H. Hitrlicoek. C. Trem ble. J. McMillan, and A. C. Lynch. All ihe injured men are now in the Emer gency Hospital. The Are is still burning. The loss will be heavy, AUDITOR'S REPORT Interesting Statistics Gathered in the State Auditor's Office The figures for the report of the State Auditor hnv." been summarized as follows: Land. 28,2:1.1,000 acres, assessed . valued $llT,1K9,(i7S: miner Hi and e.uai r;' lends. Its. 292 acres. : JSO-1,118; town lots jfl.S. $."I1,191.114: tot-il assessed value real and personal proper! y $1fir..1s.'.'7S. T'ne report shows there are 1T4..'I6X horses, value K.Sft,l2it:.. iSO.fiS? mules. S."..2i)l.!."H: IN'.tiJ.I cattle, $j.:i.".t.2IT; 2!1. 30.1 -sheep. $29-"v!ii3; 1.17-1.717 hogs, $1. ii.10,ii2t: value farm Ins hnprements ,"9:i.tiriii; inonty on bond . $4.:;09,.1fi8: sol vent credits S21.9ii:i.n.".tl; cotton $1.1.17. UiC: 'tobacco 2.?.1ti.i:i7.; shares in incor porated c'Ktinanles $.0;i7.f ;;0: lotal lor property Sti.'i23,-:i7. ' Taxes oa.. real.- es tate S3f9,r,97, and en personal property sh.R8J. ' The- report sa-vs there are 11. 4SU bicycle?,- valued at Sl.'.Oi'V,.; MRS. SUE WINFREY Death of a Noble Woman w:.o Once Lived Here Tlie Tillies has just beard of. the ) death recently from 1ypboi:l fever of j Mrs. Sue Winfrey, at her - home in .lonhstoii county. She was lor :i , number of venrs it resident of this i city as Mrs. Sve WiMiford. (her form er husband Vicing a Willi ford.) She was a member of the Tabemacle Haptist -'church and was. one of the most faithful and eneiiretie and conse crated .members. With the poor and sick, the outcast, and oppressed.-' she was alwas most helpful. She. express-- j ed a w illingness to die and s"id she l wanted, to 'ffo and meet her blessed i Lord and Nlaster. A monument to the' memory of tins huinhle. a-ood woman is Sar lis Hap tist church, .hear her homo in' Johnston county, for it. was .ihrniigh her earn est lnlHrs that the house was built and the church established. T A WATER HAUL Thieves Broke into Hood's Bar and Took 3 Bottles of Water This morning between two and five o'clock thieves broke into the saloon of V. H. Hood. Jr., 220 Kant Martin street, by breaking the glass in the front win dew o nthe street. They used the bed pin of a two-horse wagon to break the window bars. . After -breaking the wiadow they must h&ve become frightened and run. However they thought that they would capture something, so they, seized ' what, . thry thought were three bottles of fine whis key in the display Indow hut their cha grin mav be imagined when they dis covered later that tho bottles contained only water. Mr. Hood had filled the three i hotlles w'lh colored water to keep in his 1 display window and that; was all the thieves got for their work, "I'uro" Cigars, clear Havana filler. See f ii.m- are right, 10 and IS cents. Ml dealers. . -'-' 'VIlftSR The Itiileiirh Lodge. No. .10. A. 1'. and A. ,M meets tonight for work in ihe second degree. I'Vr men of taste "Ad Aalorem" Ci gars. "'I Valorem" Cigars A gentleman's smoke. j AN EXCELLENT SHOWING r ' .; ' - - : Financial Statement of the Result ' of the Recent State Fair , I Secretary Jos. E. Pogue and Treasurer I C. B. Denson are winding up the work of I the State Fair of 1900, and the showing is "most excellent. The treasurer has paid all the premiums and the interest S on the bonds of 1SI()7 and IMS, the out ! standing bonds amounting to $26,000. " Besides $1,K'0 has been spent in Improve ments o nthe grounds. The Fair now has a good working surplus ond is in the best shape in its history for the Fair or expo sition of 1901. 418 AT SHAW UNIVERSITY No Xmas Holidays. More Illit erate Negroes Now Than in '66. "Shaw I'niversity will give no holi day except Christmas day,'' said Presi dent C. !' Mcserve. This is found to be the best Kilicy us it is so expensive for the students to go home. This university now has 418 regular stu dents besides those in the night school. , President Mcserve remarked yester day that the tine attendance "might have lieen in a measure stimulated by the constitutional amendment. This awakening is certainly needed for there are more colored. eople who cannot rend and write now than at the close of the war. In 18ft") there were 4.0(10.000 negroes and. none of them could read nnd write, now there are nearly 10,'jOO.OOO negroes ami .15 per cent are illiterate which makes over .1,1100,000 negroes who cannot read in I'.MIO against 4.000.000 in 186.1. NEW RESIDENCES Mr. S. D. Wait and Mr. J. R. Barkley to Build. Mr. V. IV Rose, the architect, is making plans for a nice brick resi dence for Mr. S. D. Wait on, Newbern avenue, opposite Mr. I. .M. Proctor. Plans are alsv drawn, for Mrs. ,T. 15. Hnrkley's residence on Newbern avenue, and the contract will be let this week. .Miss Stella Jordan will re model her residence one West Jones stei't. CUT TO PIECES Van Louski Killed Himself After Quarrel with his Wife Bv Teleirreph to The Times. PATERSON. N. J. Dec. 21. After a hitter quarrel with h!s wife. Edward Van l.ouskl, aged 'forty, .left his home on Al bania avenue early this morning. He pro ceeded to the Erie railroad tracks and lay down before an approaching train. All the cars passed over him. His head was severed from the trunk, and the heart found twenty feet from the body. TKIJHV Meli() i:i!V; "The Howery After llark" appeared lit the Academy of Music last evening to an audience of men only. The soli tary attraction was that 'Terry Me (lovern, -the champion light weight, would give an exhibition. but tlie trouble was thsit the crowd -had." ti endure a lost execrable perform:! mi before llin-were permitted to witnss Tei-ry's prowess. :md even then the character rf his demonsl ration, v-ns-disapiointing. .Mcdovern is undoubt edly one i:f the most interesting of fa mous pii'jiiists and holds the world light Wok'ht championship, and the eompcnsn! on fur in ailmissiou fiv to the Acadeiny last night was 10 be able to say "I have seen Terry Mo (iovern. ' .; A NOT Kl) I'llVSK IAN. District Attorney llernard received a letter froiii (ireenville iinnouncing the death of Dr. Charles' J. O'llagnn. Dr. O'llatan was the-Nestor and. the Aesculapius of tlie lnedienl profession of -.North Carolina. A nr,tie (if Ire land, edueuteil lit Dublin, u learned lecturer, an accomplished linguist, a skillful surgeon, an erudite scientist, n wise iiriictitioner, (endowed with that T-eadv and radiant wit for which his race is famous, lie was a beneili. lion in a vicl; room, a delight in 'the social circle, a eluirm and power in a deliberative body. AT Till TAHKIlNACI.r. TONHill'l'. 1'tMiiendier the (lift Roceiition .'a'" the Haptist Tubeniiiele tonight from 7 to 10 o'clock. Interesting exercises will be held in 1 be Sunday school room. OfTerin"s .will 'he gratefully receivd of clothing, new or seeond bund, for men, women or ' children.'- groceries, fuel or cash.. your grocer on order to be delivered at the church to night. 1'enieniber the gifts aiv to be judiciously distributed- to worthy unor without regard to church connec tion. : pi ? n'iKft colony. r.HOOKLYN. Dec. 21. The "Hoer- ref ugee Aid. Committee" Is expecting 2" '-"i''lls n( rpfufes In Nassau county during Ihe. present -week. A large trwi cf bind on Long Island between Hlcks vllle and Synsset, has been contracted for, the tract embracing 1,in avres. Some 7(1 families in all will be provided for, each with a plot of from five to twentv flvp acres. The refugees represent the h"Ft class of South African farmers. Three-fourths of them come f ron th Transvaal, the remainder from Orange Free State. CAPT. DENSON, THE Olt.VTOR. Capt. 0. B. Denson, of this c!fy, secre tury of the State organization of United Confederate Veterans, has written a let ter accepting the invitation of Cape Pear Chapter to deliver the oration ut Wil mington on next Memorial Ilav. Capt. Uenson enjoys an enviable reputation as an oralor and !s in demand each year at gatherings of Confederate veterans. BASEBALL LEAGUE Ed Ashenback of the Virginia League Expected to Visit Here Shortly. NEXT MEETING JAN. 16 Danville May Join the League and If So Only Three North Caro- , Una Teams Will Be Admitted Another meeting of the Virginia baseball magnates will be held ii .Norfolk January Kith, to complete me iormauon or xne i irgiiuie. iu : Carolina Baoebell League. J-ldio Money Jkshenlack. of Cincin nati, one of the Virginia ieague mag-, nates who will operate tlie Newport; News-lla.mpton franchise in the Vir-r r ginia-Carolina Ijcagtie this season", i now- at work on the formation of tlie League. About the first week in Janu ary he will make a tour of inspection of "a number of North Carolina teams, with a. view of picking three, possibly, four, to be Granted franchises. There-, is the bare possibility that Danville will be taken in, thus granting North ., Carolina only three teams. Ashenback is enthusiastic over the league prosect. He tell The Rich mond News that there is a. great in terest in Norfolk. Portsmouth, and Newport News-Hampton:' and that North Carolina people are actually cxv cited over their chances: for profes sional bull. ' , ; The' next niecitinir of the Virginia " League will be held in Norfolk .Tn.nti ary Kith, nt which time Ashenback will reort on the North Carolina situ- : ation. and a president-Recreiarj'-treas-, urer will be elected. This officer will have complete charire of the league's business affairs, and will not. be con nected with any cluh. At this mcet e will ownci-nnchisha.vein f srae he. ing each franchise owner will have . to post a forfeit of $.100, as a guaran tee to finish the season, which will omen April 1.1th and close September nth. . - i 3:iT-Wi;' INAUGURAL COMMITTEE To Complete Sub-committees This Afternoon. The committee 'on inauguration met at. flic Mayor's office yesterday after noon at-.-4: 30 o'clock. (Tiaiminn Jos. K. I'ogue presided.. ..After eonsiderahle discussion t. wa decided to a-ppoint a nuinlier of sub-cominiltees to hou.; charge of the different branches of 1lie work. These will be appointed at a meeting to be held this afternoon. The following were named as an es excutive committee, to have general charge of the celebration: Joseph K. Hogue, chairman- Dr. V. K. Turner, Messrs. W. J. -Andrews. Josephus Dan iels, A; J. Field. George Allen and Capt J. J. Bernard, with John Wilbur Jenkins as secretary. Two committees were appointed yesterday as follows: liailmti'l and Hntes-Cnpf. V. W. West, chairman:'.!. A. Mills. William J. Andrews. I'd. Chambers Smith, !. T. Cray, Charles K. Johnson. - Militarv-Ca.pt .!. .!. llernard. ohniv mtin: Col. V, A. Olds, Ciipt. AV. 1!. Crimes. The various siib-coniinitfees will set tle the details of Ihe celebration. FAIR AND COOL TONIGHT Saturday Will Be Fair and Much Warmer. For lialeigh and. 'vicinity: Clearing this afternoon; fair and cool tonight; Saturday fair, much warmer, with brisk southerly winds. For North Carolina:- nir tonight, except rain and 'colder in extreineveust portion; Saturday fair; north winds on the coast, diniini-diing tonight. - The storm yesterday central over Alabama has continued to develoo in force and is now central near Hat teras with the barometer down to 2D..1S. High winds prevail along the Atlantic coast..---The- temperature mediiitelv east of the mountains of North Carolina -and Virginia is just near enough to freezing to en use snow -ve,(; 1h. section between Washington. D. '('., Charlotte, and Italeifi-h. Tho strange anomaly is nresented of snow east of the Blue Ride and a. distinct warm wave in the central valley, for under the influence of an extensile low barometer central over North Dakota fine, clear weather with warm southerly winds' "revuils throiitrhoot tho Mississippi valley, and at 8 n. m. the temperature was 40 degrees tin far north as Nebraska. THE ENDOWED COT. The endowed cot In the female ward In Hex Hospital Is In memory of deceased uemhers cf ihe Ladies' Hospital Aid As oeiatl,iii. Patients within tho city limit a in c'i'led to the services of the hor dtal free of cost, so the ladles have en-ir..-r.."i a mi - rlv fo1" inv white wo man who !s sent there by any phyalchot mi- stoto. When the patient en ters this cot every expense is paid for, under the endowment. Physicians' ser vices, and o"crntV"s n'llelm, Kiord washing and nursing. The association " asks the ai.l of pnysiriaiiS over tho 4tMt Id kern the eot occupied. Any Information ns to this cot will be promptly furnished by Mrs. f. A. OLDS. Secretary L. H. A. A. T1K "KENTirCKY" At I'OtlT 6AII). fly Telegraph to Thn Times. VOJtT SAID. Deo. ?0.-Tp battleship "if'-iim-iky" 'ariiveil hero today frouj 1 Smyrna. ,
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
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