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THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1P01.
Race Problem in Massachusetts.
The race war at Sheillcld. Mass., pro?
ceeds, and the fight becomes moro In?
teresting at every turn.
Our readers will recall that .?.?p?? time
ngo it was decilded by the authorities to
open a special school for the negro chil?
dren of tho negro colony ot New Guinea.
This colony was settled many years be?
fore the war, and, although It has grown
up ln tho pure 'and enlightened atmos?
phere of Alassachusetts, the negroes there
have not improved their condition, and
are generally shiftless and dishonest
Thero aro somo honorable exceptions.
but the rulo is thus stated by a reporter
of the Springfic'il Republican.
The negroes were not disposed to send
their children to tho regular schools,
and It was decided, as we have stated,
to give them a school of their own, with
a r.ecro woman in charge. But the ne
gioes resented the idea of having what
they chose to term a "Jim Crow" school,
end refused to patronize It. The school
committee then ordered a number of
-white children in the vicinity to attenel
thfc school, but the whites resented the
idei, of sending their children to a negro
tfrncher, and, in spite of the law, refused
to patronize tho school. The committee
then removed the negro teacher nnd put
a white teacher ln charge, and continued
the order that the negro children and
white children living near the school
should attend. But tho negroes resented
tho change from a black to a white
teacher, and sent tholr chiMrcn to other
schools. The committeo instructed tho
deputy sheriff to order them away. Sev-i
erai colored men wero arrested for not
sending their children to tho school pro?
vided for them, and wero fined by tlio
judge who tried their case.
Lust Saturday the New Guinea school
house was burned down, and it Is believed
that the torch was applied by somo of th*
rebellious negroes.
However that may be, the school com?
mittee has a very tough negro problem
on Its hands, which it seems utterly un
able to solves. Thu fact is, Northern peo?
ple are attempting an Impracticable tiling
In trying to mix negro children and white
children in tholr schools. It may be
done In some Northern localities whore
negroes are so few that they do not be?
come a factor, but wherever theiu is a
considerable coWet?tlon ?,of negroes, the
Hoe between Hie "faces must bo sharply
drawn or there will bo trouble. We of
tie?? South have long since made up mir
minds on that point, una in tho Interests
of peace and for other reasons, which are
too well known to no discussed, we In?
sist upon complete ?cpu ratlin), That Is
our rule, and that is our taw, and tho
law is as inviolable as the law of the
?lcdea and Persians.
Their Fighting Forces.
When Russia began to build the Sibe?
rian Railway she began a career of ex?
pansion and'extension, und evidently hud
In heir mind a career of subjugation. Af?
ter the road was completed sho found that
the port of Vladlvostoek was not avail?
able becauso of Its ice-bound harbor many
months ln the yeyr, and eo she deter?
mined to And au outlet through Alanchu?
rla to Port Arthur. Sho succeeded In
getting a foothold thero, und dually took
advantage of the Boxer war to station
troops In Alanchurla, which ?die has dog
gedcdly refused to move. She has now
set her greedy oyo upon Koren, and Ja?
pan, which lias been watching the ?in?
gressive movement from year io your,
now bei?s thai she must make a pro?
test and If necessary mi armed resistance;
or else see Korea become a Russian pos?
session, and all Influence of Japan ovor
tliBt peninsula removed.
Korea Is ot ihe utmost importun?e to
Japsn, because it lies al her very doo)a
und Is Inhabited hy poppiti of her own
kind, and mure?,ver, Japan bus practical
control over the Korean nade. II Bus?
sln should get possession of Korea and
establish berseli Hiero, not only would
slit destroy Japanese Irado In greut part,
If pot altogether, but she would alsq put
herself in position to subjugate Japan.
Moreover, thero ib reason I" behove Unit
jiubsiu ig ambitious io conquer and an?
*nex tho whole Chinese umpire, No won?'
der Japan Is thoroughly alarmed und
aroused, for the knows that alio must
Check this Kusslan Invasi.hi now or never,
Ill furtherance of leer aggreuslve policy
Rubsla baa not only built the Sib?rien
Railroad, but has greatly ??,?.?t?i.-td her
navy, In the year isoo ?he hud three nisi
claii battleships >U tbe Baltic and two
In the Black Sea; ten si-cond-clii,s?? buttle?,
phlps in the Baltic and one tlilrd-olu^s,
making a total ot ?lateen. Of coast du
efen>e ve$tvls bhe )i?d twelve; armored
cruisers, fourteen; gunboats und other
yrar vessels of 'hut elusa and inferior
plssyei), thirty.
lu W? ?h? .Uni (?o ftrst-vluss buttle
ships In tho Baltic, five In course of
r.onslrURlloii, one In the Black Res o ml
one building I hare; she hud three second
class battleships in tho Malik? nnd ono In
the Black Sou. ?Sho had four ihlrd-clnsH ,
Imttlo.-hlps, lineo armored cruisers, seven ?
battleships of tho fourth class and Ihrne I
cruisers, threo const, battleships and ton p
erluscfs of Ihe ilfih ohjss, und six cruis?
ers of tho sixth nnd suvmith classes, with
seven torpedo gunbonts and twenty-six
destroyers, besides two hiibmntino boats..
But Japan has not been idle. Accord?
ing to Iho statistics of 11)03 sho had four
llrst-clns. battleships, two aecond-clnss,
six armored cruisers of the second class,
Ion of the sixth class, four of Ihe seventh
class., together with lour torpedo gun?
boats, twenty destroyers iind forty-seven
modern torpedo bonis. But Japan's boats
aro larger than Ihe Bussimi Inni Ih, vessel
for vessel, ? lid she lins a great udvantuge
over. Bussili In having her vessels nt
homo, whoro Ihe light would take place.
"Tho Bussimi navy Is subject," says
the -talesman's Year Book for 11)03, "to
special conditions, such ns do not affect
the navies oO other powers. Owing to the
geographical situation of tho empire, und
Ilio widely Kopuru.tod seas which wash its
shores, Russia is obliged to inaintulti
four distinct Uoets, 'each with Its own
organization Of Iheso tho most impor?
tant In regard to western relation Is tho
Baltic fleet. Owing to the drafts mudo
upon It for foreign service It is by no
moans powerful. Thero Is no immedlute
prospect of Ils increasing, owing to the
calls huido on It to reinforce the Siberian
fleet. The chief buso of the Baltic fleet
Is Kronstadt, which is heavily fortified,
ns ore three oilier Baltic ports. Tho Culf
of Finland is usually blocked by Ice
from November to April, whereby iho op?
erations of tho lleet aro impeded, but a
new ice-free port at Llbtiu, in Courland,
has now been made ready for the iieet.
"In the Black Sea, Sevastopol, head?
quarters of the Exilic fleet, has been
strongly fortified,? and live other ports
have,, been made strong. Great additions
havo lately been made to the Russian
squadron In the Tacine nnd China Seas,
whore Vladlvostock and Port Arthur are
the bases, practically the entire available
lleet being now in the Far East. There
is a flotilla also In the Caspian Sea, which
Insures the communication of the trans
Caspian "Railroad between/Baku and Usun
Ada, and would have its purpose in op
oration against Persia."
Senator Martin's View,
Etnator Martin says that he is not yet
picrarod to vote on the canal treaty;
thnt he has been awaiting tho informa?
tion called for by resolutions of Inquiry
pending in ti? Sonate, and in the mean?
time has authorized no statement of what
hi.; position would be.
"The rights offered this country by tho
treaty," ho adds, "are certainly very
valuable, hut they should not be ac?
quired by unworthy or dishonorable
methods, nnd I destro the ful'?est possi?
ble information before I determine what
course should be taken in respect to the
tienty In th.a Senate."
Senator Martin Is right. President
Roosevelt assorts positively thn,t this
government took no part in tho revolu?
tion in Panama, and that there is no
foundation whatever for such a charge.
The President must be taken at his word,
and we. confess thai that statement bus
Ipigely removed our objection to con
flimutlon. But there are other questions
to be considered, and the Sonalo Is en?
deavoring to bring out all the facts. If
it bo shown from this investigation that
v.?? have done Colombia a wrong, we
must do nur best to repair that wrong
' bc-loro tho treaty with Panama is rati?
fied. This paper has repeatedly said that
thero was a moral question as we'J as a
business question involved, and that the
moral question must be disposed of first,
and disposed of in a way that shall ho
entirely honorable, to an honorable na?
tion. Senator Martin takes that view,
nun ho Is right. No matter how valuable
this canal may be, the United States gov
ovr.ment cannot afford to profit by its
own wrong.
The Police.
U seems to us that the Board of Police
Cciiiinlssloners havo clearly established
tlrj fact that thero is urgent need for an
addition to tho city police forco, and the
subcommittee of tho Finance Committee
hue accepted that view lo tho extent ot
vttlng in favor of employing ten moie
men,
As tho board has shown, tho number of
police avallatilo fur service as beatsmen
is largely reduced by reason of tho num?
bin? who ar.2 assigned to special duty.
Fieni such duty It would bo Impossible
to relieve somo of these officers; others
Height bo relieved, but other persons
WtllV.l Imve to bp paid?at high?''!? rates,
poi haps?to discharge tho duties now por
fiumiel by them,
Timi- mon; patrolmen are necessary fur
thi safety of perseas und property seems
indisputable, and tho conclusion of the
commissioners und tho subcommllteemon
Ik that the only wuy to .secure thorn is by
li.? reusing 'be police force,
Our Information Is that policemen are
in w worked hard. Whatever laxity, or
Indulgence, ,ay have been allowed, thoin
in tho past, It Is certain that great ac?
tivity Is exacted elf them HOW. Il often
lini pens that u mini who might rcusnn
ul'ly unk lo bo excused from a tour of
duty on account of Indisposition or weinl
111 r .s refrain? from doing so rather than
BO upon reclini ns huvlng been thus
excused.
Tho action of the subcommittee in eon.
son ting to leconiiiii iiii the employment of
It tidijltioiml moll, lliei'OfOrp, esecms reu
s?iiell?? and conservative;. Indeed, they
Mitin weU have gone somewliat farther
In aiding iho effort that Is to be made
to have Richmond more thoroughly und
completely patrolled,
Hunier McGuire.
The monument which is lo U? tun oiled
ti.-ilny lu llij Capitol iSijuaro is com?
memorative, not of u guidici- or ;-,iatc-s?
mini, but of a pbybirl.-in and surgeon,
ss ho In a life of intinse activity In his
proiezioni Vet found time tei lead )n
many public; cntc-iprlsi'o.
Dr. McCiu.ro cuinu to ftluhmoud with
the distinction o? having be<iii ih& medical
director of Stonewall Jackson's corps,
but he was not content to ?Cit qa y^
latir?is ho had won ih that position, ite
wns still a yc-i'iuf man, on'- j?0 j?nd n
praiseworthy nihbltlon io advance him?
self nnd lo bo of service to the com*
munlty nnd to science, nnd ho succeeded,
tlo hnd tho qualifications which'
command -success, for ho had grpat
fcrco of chnractor, und could have
distinguished himself In almost any
wollt of Ufo ho might linvo chosen. 11e
hnd ti. comprehensive Intolloclunl grasp,
nnd whatever ho .undertook, he >vcnt at
not only earnestly, hut aggressively.
Tho practice ho built up here -was tin- ?
precedente-, und required him to estab?
lish a hospital to accomtnpdalp a part
of It. At Iho sume timo, ho made note?
worthy ndvunccs .lu practical surgery,
und was president of'Stnto nnd Nnlionul
Medien) and Surglcnl Associations nnd wns
tho chief Instrument In establishing a
no?? medlcul'collego In this city. Withal,
bin Interest in tjio Confederato soldier
never lunguishcJ, und his charity prac?
tice, always great, showed no diminu?
tion, in short, ?r, McQuire wns n. mini
of murk, with a reputation extending far
beyond tho bounds of Ulis, his nntlvo
Slule. He was famous In his profession,
and was much bplov.od personu.lly.
For lheso reasons, and bocnuso his
work and worth truly deserve remem?
brance, his friends and udinlrcrs de?
termined that a monument should be
raised tp hi? memory, and tho Leg?
islature ot Virginia readily agreed that
it might bo put on the Capitol Square,
near to that of tlio doctor's old friend
and commander. Stonewall Jackson.
The st?tue is from the hands of Wil?
liam Couper, of New York, nnd is of
bronze, nnd rests upon ? granice pedestal.
It represents the subject seated. Th?
ceremony of the occasion will be impres?
sive, and will include prayer by 13r. J.
P. Smith, who ? also was a member of,
Jackson's staff, and remarks l'y the Hon.
George L. ChrisUan and Governor Mon?
tague, and an oration from Mnjor J.
Holmes Conrad, of Winchester, which Is
Dr. McGulrc's native town.
In New York It Is proposed that a.
regularly constituted detail from the
city fire department should inspect every
playhouse before each performance that
It gives, day or night, and not "permit
tlie curtain to rise until an ofllclal an?
nouncement has been made that all regu?
lations have been strictly compiled with?
the latter to embrace property guarded
exits nnd the best devices possible to keep
the theatre lighted in the event of a
scare." ,
Very good; but one of "the best do?
ylies" to put a fire out Is water under
ptessuie. Indeed, nothing yet discovered
weuld equal a fire hydrant ("plug") and
hese placed on or near the stage.
Most theatre fires originato on tho
stage, and there, or In the orchestra
space, the hydrant should bo located. In
cases where there is not enough water
piefsur. from the mains, a water tank
si.rul- bo constructed on the roof of
the building, and kept filled by pumping.
The presence of firemen Is comforting
to an audience, to bo sure, but what can
they do when tlwre Is no rcliabVs and
ample water supply at hand?
It seems that great pressure is being
brought to bear upon Charles F. Mur?
phy, the Tammany boss, to havo Tam?
many declare in favor of William R.
Hearst as the Domocratlc nominee for the
Presidency.
Tammany is under some ?ibllgatlons to
Mr. Hearst and his newspaper, but ap?
pears to bo reluctant to take tho proposed
step. At present all that it sees its way
clear to do is to promise that the organi?
zation will not be committed to any one
prior to tlie Stale Convention.
Richmond boys have had an extraor?
dinary good opportunity to learn and to
enjoy skating recently. There has been
only a trifling amount of snow here this
season, nut of freezing weather there has
beer plenty, and the Ice on tlie ponds
liii.i been clear and smooth.
This winter has been in sharp con?
trast with that of lD02-'3, when there was
a coa? famine, which, however, fulled of
Iti rnqst dreaded consequences because
il.u weather was mild.
Raleigh, the capital city of North Car?
olina, and Farmvllle, tho capital town
of Prince Edward county, Va., have start?
ed simultaneously to "project" with tho
dispensary. Tho eye? of the country arc
on Raleigh and Farniville.
Al. Brissuii will bo chosen to succeed
AI. Bourgeois as president of the French
Chamber of Deputies, so the cable dls
patelles tell us. We had hoped that
there wus somu show l'or AI. Alim?n,
Washington has not yet recovered from
New Year receptions and oihor things,
but in duo time we will bo homing some?
thing of political Interest from that
sometimes Interesting town.
Thero aie working duys, off day?, loaf?
ing days and "chinning" days, all In one
year, and sometimes ull of theni, espe?
cially tlio latter, i:oi?c In ono week.
The Chicago horror cu ? be duplicated
In almost any town big enough to have a
theatre building, ana will be, too, unless
the Chicago lesson shall be? heeded.
?Snows to thu notili of ut-, snuws to tho
SOU til of ???>, knows to the cast and snows
to the west of us, and the sun keeps on
shilling bf?ghtly upon Richmond.
Thq ice gorao in tho York, the Uippu
harinock and ptner creeks bring? US Off?
t-its on the frozen half ?lioll, flood
Ollollgh.
Plttsylyunlu I? lu a good way to have
a tirst-chis? hanging a? tho linai result
of a little ( hrlsiruuti ? iiicrialiiment In ilio
Village of l.olo.
When the politicians get to .-ca there
is a yorone calmnei,* on land that Is thick
enough to be sliced with a fork,
To-day winds up the llrst week, and
quite a number of good in-olntlonu uro
Etili ?nuc?.
??-iii'jiiow begins the st'toim week, if
ut Iniil yog did fail, try to r?solu in
agalli.
"i'wui- better to have resolved ami
j bu.ud on It than tie'p to have resolved
at all.
It is cesy enough now tv (jet thine*
I WJ tM storage.
?-AKES BREAD
THAT FATTENS
? Jta?fJt?ur With
I
Virginia editors.
1 fi/Vl"IU ?_?-.n._?# w? jw
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?-?-.?--??--?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?-?
The Roanoke Times wants the canal
built, but -. It says: The canal must
bo built?the commercial Interests of tho
world will be vastly promoted by it?
civilization Itself demands Its construc?
tion?but don't let the d?bauchaient of tho
country's Honor be paid for II? building.
That price is loo higli.
The Newport Times-Herald, whoso
editor is u .man of some experience, ob?
serves: Tuiai; paiiville 'man whu was.
married without a collar may find that ho
was wearing one and did not know it.
Tho Staunton Dispatch- wants to got
right in tlie band wagon, it says: Now,
however, that the first mile-post lias been
turned, and there Is going ? bo a show,
wo sincerely trust the public-spirited men
of Augusta county will got their heads to?
gether and i.soly.o to have the best exhi?
bit thero that, goes up from any section of
the South?. They can ri.? it if they will,
and they will stand In their owh light If
they fall. Who will take the Initiative?
Norfolk Is always trying to solve puz?
zles. According to the Virgiiilan-Pi'ot
here seems to bo Its last effort: in tho
more or less remote posi, in their in?
finite wisdom, the Norfolk? Councils hirod
nh expert, or firm of exports, to come
to town andv ascertain why It was that
water enough to'supply the town's needs :
could not be pumped through a pipe that
was too small, and was, withal, not pos?
sessed of elastic- properties* bolng mado of
iron."
Personal and General.
St. Joseph'.- CbTireh. a'$50,000 edifico .pre?
sented to the Italian ooiony of New
Rochelle. ?."Y., "by Adrian Iselln, was
consecrated on Sunday by Archbishop
Farley.
John D. Rockefeller. It Is announced,
intends his new. mansion at Posanti O
Hills as a present for his ?on, John ?.
Rockefeller, Jr., und hie wife, who was
Alls? Aldrlch, daughter of Senator Aid
rich, of Rhode Island.
General Stephen Moffltl, ono of the
heroes of the Civil ' War. died at his
country resilience near Plattsburg, ?. Y..
on Sunday.
H. Grel'.ant, professor physiology in
the Paris '.Museum of Natural History,
has boon elected a correspondent of tlio
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science.
Dr. William Hauer, the German ethno?
logist, who has been studying tho South?
ern tribes ln tho Interior of Aloxico for thu
Royal Museum of Ethnology of Boriili,
has compiled an Interesting and remark?
ably complete vocabulary of Ian uavus
spoken by the different Indian tribes. The
?Sabotean vocabulary consists of 3,000
wordsi the f?llest yet obtainable.
King Alfonso XIII. and his mother
will visit Austria next summer. On tho
way to Vienna tho King will stop at
Paris and bo received by President I.ou
bet.
Giacomo Puccini, the composer, wus
married on New year's Day at Torre Del
Dago to Elvlro Ronturl Gcmlgnan, a
widow.
Tho two while donkeys which wore so
frequently Iseel by Queen Victoria uro
stabled at the royal paddocks at Hamp?
ton Court, and arc not allowed to do any
work, but are objects of great Interest to
visitors.
Absenteeism.
? Richmond afternoon paper of last
Wednesday liad this Item:
The General Assembly <??<? I?01 transact
an) business to-day. Neither branch had
a quorum, und It wl_ be a ?mrpi'lso to
many of ihe members If thero should bo
anything like a majority of the membcra
of either branch here before Monday.
This is not tin; iirst statement of the
sumo nature 'hat wo have read In our
Richmond contemporaries, and we arc not
sin prised t?i find Tho Tlmes-pispatch
saying:
Tho members of ihn General ??e-mbly
ure making a mistake to subjoct thom
seives to the criticisms that such state?
ments necessarily provoke. Tnx-payors
noli rally ask th.itnsclves why it*Is that
their representatives In the legislativo
bctiy appear so Indlfferont to the public
business for which they are sont to
I'.ehmon-? Moi.ovpr, they naturally say
v.ithin th-mse'ive?, if they do not say It
o;?nly, that u this sort of negllgonco Is
cliut-ctorlstii: of the law-makers, they
must be slip-shod In their habits and
slll-thod In attending to the affairs of
government. A public olilclnl should bo a
gum' business man and should bo as
liiictual. ..'iHii'etk.? and enterprising us
tond business men always are.
Ol course, the people will form nn un
fovorab'.i opinion of members who absent
tl.tinsel ves from their duties 111 111?, man
rut? coniplalu.il or. Naturally, It canuut
l.s expected thnt a legislator can be ul?
v.-ys at his post, but It is nut reasonable
lo suppose timi enough of them aro noe.
ets-rilv a buen t to break u quorum, duy
after ?lay. If they uro only paid for Urn
ihys they were, actually present, tlv?p3
v/i,ul?l bo a gnat deal V'?h absenteeism In
i?e-.-iativ?? bodies, not only In Virginia,
but elsowhere.-Muntgoin.ary (Ahi.) Ad
vutlHer
??->? -
Ephraim to His Idol.
"The esteemed Advertiser Just will pot
giv.: up Cleveland," muses Tho Richmond
Tiuits-Dlspatel.. We havo -Ot-n no i-u
vm why wo .should -Montgomery Adver
ther. ' *
WOULD YOU STOP DRINKINQ
lr' VOL' C?l/lypV .
"O?rme" Is a safe, sure and liimnl?-?
cure qf the drink |iab|t. Mo|it*y l'efuiideil
if li Yeti... Prise, ? per be?? ?'??U f-*?
tie? h?.?-rtreuUse on drunkenness _,
pom .Miller Drug Co., &JA J_. Main _J;
t'om MUlei-llilidrey Co., .First and
-Loud _lsv Klciini.ud,
TO TEST THE
ANTI-JUG ACT
Case Will Come Up in Magis?
trate's'Court ill Raleigh
Tortlay.
VIRGINIAN BUYS THE MILLS
Will at Once Double Capacity
of the Fiorella Flour
Mills.
(Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
RALEIGH, N. C, Jon, 6.?AtlsS Julia
IJowcu, of aoldsboro, who has been
?stenogrtiplier to Governor Aycoclc during
ail his admliiistrulion, has resigned, and
is succeeded by AIlss Ljlllun Thompson,
????? has been stenographer to tlio super?
intendent of tho State Hospital for tho
Jnsune here up to this timo. She will bo
succeeded there by AUss Alary Lacy, the
daughter of Statt? Treasurer B. R. Lacy.
A?iss Howell Is to bo married within tho
next few months.
A suit has been started In a magis?
trate's court hero to test the "anti-Jug
act," ?Ml) public laws of UX>8, an act
drafted to prohibit the shipment of lutox
Ic&uia to any point in tho State, but af
tei wards iho caption wus so changed
that It seemed to apply to only CViveUind,
Mitchell,' Gaston and" Cabarrus counties.
?. F. Long, of Chatham, Is Indicted for
?hipping jugs to a negro in Wuko Forest.
Cameron Morrlslon, of Rocklngham, Is
to defend Long at tho preliminary trlul
to-morrow.
DOUBLE THE CAPACITY.
The Florona Flour Alili? have been sold
by J. W. Do Riindeitu to E. T. Oliver, of
Bedford City, Va., who will talco posses,
sior. at once and doubla tho capacity,
making it four hundred bushels per day.
The mill Is a valuable property.
Hubert Rayner, a Federal prisoner, ono
of the nino criminals who broke Jail
yetteorday morning, was recaptured last
night. Ho was at tho Seaboard Air Line
fi eight station to got out of town on a
freight train.
Governor Aycock went to Gladesboro
this morning to attend the marriage of
lila nephew, Air. Aille Edgorton, and Alias
Anna Bel'? Bord?n, both of that place.
Airs. Edgcrton Is a daughter of Air. Ar
nald Bord?n, of Goldsb?ro.
A coi llflcatc of dissolution for tho
Brick and Tilo Company of Nowbeni
wns filed with tho Secretary of Stato this
morning.
STRANDED AND FLOATED.
Lumber Laden Schooner Pulled
Off the Sands in High Seas.
(Speplal to The Times-Dispatch.)
WILA11NGTON, N. C, Jan. ?.?Tho
Americnn schooner C. C. Lane, lumber
laden, bound from Jacksonville, Fla.,
fop New York, which was driven on the
beach a few miles west of Capo Foar
bar Alonday night in a galo of w)nd and
snow storm, was floated last night by
the Wilmington tugs Alexander Jones
and Blanche! The vessel was toweA Into
Soutbport harbor und was run ushoro to
prevent her from sinking, so badly is she
leak ing. _
'Captain Kelly, the master, says It was
the worst storm he has ever experienced
and tho seas were high and angry. The
v?ssol went high up on tho bench nnd
pounded terribly for many hours. But
for the high seas last night, the vessel
could never have been pulled off.
Steam pumps will be placed on the
Lane, and she will bo towed to New
York. The vessel's cargo consists of 2Gfl,
000 feet j; big timber. The tow bouts
wili get good salvage.
SHOT MRS. ORR.
Boy Falls From Wagon, Run
Over by Wheels and' Killed.
(Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
?ALiougii?, ?- t-., jan. 6.?titorgo
Wan, the negro who is supposed to be the
party who shot Airs. J". K. Orr near
e_..m-]otte a weeR ago, was arrested at
.?eioire.s-.'illc ycstordny. It Is not known
positively that ho Is the right man, but
is being held for Identification. The negro
claims to have llvod In Washington city
lor sonib time, , but admits that his wife
cooKS for a family In Clini lotto. Ho
stopped at Aloorcsville and made Inquiry
contornine Airs, Orr, which fact ijrst
fuoVTseii tho ntiapieion ot tho ofllcers.
i'toi'ik Shrum, a ton year old son of
??., ??, ?hrum, of Newton, was ?ceidently
Killed yesterday, The lud attempted to
Pfiinii ????? a wagon loaded with heavy
iiimner and his foot slipped, causili?
nun to fall. The wheels of the wagon
iiiissed over his head, crushing his skull.
MALIGNANT SMALLPOX.
Mrs. Hedrick Dies at Gold Hill.
Others of Family Stricken.
(Speri-il to The Times-Dispatch.)
HALISPURY, N. C, Jan. O.-Inormatlon
has reached here of the death of Airs.
B. V. Hetlrlok, of Gold?Hill, which re?
sulted last Friday, from smallpox, ami
tho case Is a peculiarly sad one from tho
faot that Mr. Hetjrlck himself Is very
sick with the sumo disease, as are also
two of his sisters. Thero are also a
number of cither casus reported from (he
same community, but tho pltuutlon Is
thought to havo reached Its worst. Alapy
peoplo aro being vucclnuted?
The TliomnsvlHo graded schools, whloh
wero closed, It is learned, somo weeks
ago on account of the prevalence of
smallpox, were reopened yesterday. It
Is said the disease has been practically
stamped out at this place.
DISPENSARY AFIRE.
Several Barrels of Whiskey De?
strpyed and Stock Damaged.
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
WILSON, N. C? Jeu. ?,?The Wilson
dispensary caught (Ire tills morning at ?
o'clock? Several barrels qf whiskey were
destroyed, besides considerable damage
being done to the large stock of bottled
goods ?nd the fixture? of the place The
loes will amount to about f 1,000. which
Is fully t:over?;ii by Insurance.
The origin of the flro i? supposed to
he Incendiary, as what appeared to be
burped tar was found by a burned trash
pilo and- a window pane in front of the
building hud boon broken. Business BPH?
tinned a? usual after a few hours' Inter?
ruption,
WILL CELEBRATE
THE BIRTH OF LEE
(.Special to 'lile ? .incs-Dlsimtcll.)
WILMINGTON. N. C, Jan. ?---The
Confederato organizations horn are plan?
ning for an elaborate c?l?bration of Gen.
eral Robert VI Lee's birthday, January
luth. There will b? u parade of Confed?
erates and military, and exerclsos of ai\ ?
appropriate nature m tho Academy of
Music, ?
if, A. l/mtion. of Pitteboro. a promi?
nent lawyer and-editor, will deliver the
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for Infants and Children.
Casi orla It* t\ harmless substituto lor Castor Oil, Parc
tforle, Drops nud Moothliifr Byrups. , It Ih Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Moipliino not* other Narcotic
subNtance. It destroys Worms and allay. Feverlsliness.
It cures I>larrho_a and Wind Colic. It relieves Teeth?
ing Troubles and cures Constipation. It regulates tlio
Btomuch and Bowels, trivi?,.?? healthy anil natural sleep.
l'ho Children?? Panacea?Tuo Mother'? Prjoud.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
^Tiy^rN?iJ^iij^r*?ji?yf?^uj?B*j'?"
.. HOW TWICE 2 MAKES 5
Invest it in a Wilson Wood Heater, and the
amount of fuel saved will make the differ?
ence jn a very short time.
A new line of Carvers for your
Inspection?GREAT VALUES
Come and See.
BALDWIN
Opposite Old Market,
Reduced Pelees on
Quns?A full? lino
of Ammunition. . .
?3_ t3F*0\A/_M,
RICHMOND, VA,
Hardware, Roofing, Tin Plato, Limo, Oomont, Torra Cotta Pipo,
padres.. Coloncr J.plin D. Taylor, of
Wilmington, will prisent tho crosse?? of
honor.
PROFESSOR ESTILL.
Discussing Several Sites for the
Carnegie Library. ?
(Special to Trio Tlmee-Dlarjatch.)
0:KKENSBORO, N. p., Jan. U.-lJolice
nmii Barnes, who went with Profesor
listili to New' leaven, has Just relumed.
He mid the i>atient was kept asleep most
of the way and gav.j him no trouble. At
Jersey City hq was taken in charge by
til- attendants of an Insano asylum, at
which It seems ho had once before been
un Inmuto of flvo years ago.
Thero has been considerable discussion
hero over tho ulte to be glvon or pur?
chased by private contributions for tlio
?.lu.OOO Carnet?..?! Library building, which
wlli be bul'?', this year. Ono Rito in con?
templation Is on West Washington Street;
another Is on North Elm, north of tho
City Hall; another in on; Davle Street,
vhilo the most popular sito Is on the
county hitching lot, just between the
courthouse and the City Hall,
A NOVEL THEFT.
? Fist and Skull Fight With the
Thermometer at Zero.
(Huoclal to Tbi> Ttmca.niiipntfb.)
GREENSBORO, N. C, Jan, 6,-QuItc ?
novel theft was committed laut night.
? drayman had tlire?! trunks to deliver.
Two of them were being put out at the
residence of Hon. A. M. Scales. While .
In tlio house with them, the baggage
driver left his horse; the horse walked
off. He only went about a hundred
yards, but when the driver caught uji. ho
found that the trunk had been broken
open and everything takqn out of It.
That wus an up-to-date thief, for he had
probably led the "critter" off himself.
Early this morning, with the ther?
mometer at 0 above zero, thrco roen were
found having an ohi timo fist and skull
fighi near the freight dppot, and wore no
hot thoy had to lie oarilod to the city
Ja|l to cool off.
Tho regular monthly mooting of Ruth
unaptor, No. 8, O. E. S., will bo held at
the Masonic 'l'empie next Monday even?
ing at 8 o'clock for tlio purposo ot public?
ly !n_tal!lrig its oi,icern.
W-ak Lungs,
Trios, who huvo .?-??|{ lungs cannot bo
too careful about taking cold, as. unless
promptly treated, pneumonia Is likely to
follow? For the euro of colde und as ft,
preventive of pneumonia, no ono coijld
wish for a botter medicine than Cham?
berlain'- Cough Remedy. Trio succose
that has attended Its use everywhere
?bows that It can always ho relied upon.
? 1m pleasant und safo to luko nnd costs
biit a nuurter. I-trge sl_o, fitly cent?,
For aale by all druggists.
Division Passenger Agent,
-83 10, Main St., Richmond, Va.
CUT FLOWERS, ROSES, VIOLETS
The largest stock of Ro.es, Violets.
LUiea ol the Valley, Clirysnnthemuni
and Cut I? lower., inicial Roui|uetu and
yusigns, ahlup.a to all points. W. A.
.lammon?}. No. 107 E Broad Qt.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE, SOUTHERN
RAILWAY. JANUARY, 10, 1004.
On and after January loth, train No. 11.
for nil pointu South, will leave Richmond
dally nt 10:00 P.M., instead of 10:20 I', M.
an at present? sleeper ready at fl;00 p. M,
York RIvoh Line: Train No- 18. ?fr West
Point, will leave at |:M? P. M. Instead of
4??0 p. M.i u? Ht present, connecting with
atea mer? for Baltimora on Mondays.
Wednesdays and Fridays.
C. W, WKB'rBURV, V>, P. ?,
FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHLAND
via
ATLANTIC COAST LINE. : .
Tho quickest route by oh. Iww ?wd five
minute?, traversed by trains superb in
every appointment, composed of the Idgli?
est el-andard Pnllinan ???-Pingi Prawlns?
Room. Observation, library and uining
_a?_; cuisine Hie heat the markets. ???
ford, eorvod tablo do hoto. Tiegel? ore
now on ?sie. by this Una to all pi'lnoipa?
Wlntoi* Tourist Resorts in Georgi?,
Florida, Cub?, New Providence and tho
Southwest, at Yory low ?'?t?--? For de?
Bcrlptlve mutier ami fuil information, ap?
ply to any ??-?t of the company; er,
m V C. S, CAMrBKLL,
U?kmammmatm???kmmu?m
BLANKS'
B. & S, Olmo Liver Fids
Havo done sood where others fail?
ed. Prlpo lOo. per box, 3 boxe* for
?5o. Sold by reliable drue?ist?.
? DID S?HTA CLAUS ~
BRING YOU AN
AUTISTIC
If so, Christinas was a
joy, and the New Year
will be a happy one. A
great many homes In
Hlchmond aro now enjoy?
Ing the sweet tones from
the BEST PIANO ON
BAItTH,
iheArtisficStieff.
Wo havo taken as first
pay a number ot used
Pianos of ail makes.
whloh wo will eell at
groat bargains to make
room for our new stock.
Prices and terms to
suit.
431 E. BROAD ST.
^C^^mSK
Any child sending us 30 blue coupon?
iBkun from packimes of Quaker Gelatine
will bo sent froo, ono set of Unojo Sum's
Cuwnets, containing a photograph of
every Prosident from Washington to
! Loosovelt and three of his cabinet. Tho
latest, best and most popular game, worth
? $50, In any fumlly,
I These coupons will also bo counted on
ihu contest for tho $20 Oolumbla Dlso
Graphophone to bo glvon to tho boy or
girl |n Hlchmond and Manchester who
senda In tho greatest number Df coupons
between now and Mnroh 31st.
INTERSTATE CHEMICAL CO.,
BAUTIMORE, MD,
KE?IY& DUDLEY, Sole Agents,
1009 and 1011 E. Cary 'Street,
Richmond. Va.
CVDONIN,
An exquisito preparation for the
?? luf (imi otiro of
chapped, Skin
Irritated **??"*?
Price Hootuos ft,ul Huplefr Price
2SC. Manufacturad by 25&?
POLK FILLER DRUG COMPANY
834 Bait Main.
a Chesterfield Cafe
And Rathskeller Now Open.
TABUE ???? E DINNER.75c
Week Days, 6:30 P. M.
Sundays, 2 P, (VI.
exqeuuent serviqe.
THE CHESTERFIELD
APARTMENT CO,,
Shafer and Franklin Street*