The times dispatch. [volume], December 26, 1910, Image 1

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TIIE DMPATGH FOUNDBD IN UM.
TIIK T1MBH FOIJNDRD 1H8.
WHOLH NUMBER 18,480.
?RIGE TWO CENTS,
r~. ? ? ? ? r-i
DR.
rOIAMHMNE
Y/orld's Greatest Fa
ker Gives the Lie to
Knud Rasmussen.
SAYS EXPLORER
IS A MUCKRAKER
c
G
Stays in Cook Band-Wagon Till
Music Stops, Then Gocs With
Pcary, and Finally Joins
Anti-Pcaryitcs for Sakc
of Kceping in
Limelight.
New Vork. December 25.?Charact'er
Izing Knud tiasmumn, the Dantsh ?
,. ho WOUld "StOOp tO tr.e
llterary mui ki alter to get
public ttttenilon,' Dr, Frodcrhk A.
Coo? . ,. .. ,, .- o statement to-nlght ln
answer to Rssmusaen's attack of No
v,?,.-,..- 0 lnst. In whlch alleged lnter?
view.. wlth Cook's Ksklmo companlons
we'ra clted lo show thnt the North I'ole
???-? nol rcm hod by them.
i, idehlal to hls defenae of hls own
narratlvo ol An tle exploratlon, Ur.
Cook f?ys.Ui?l by Rasmiisscn's method,
0f investigatlng. Itobcrl K. Peary' ould
wlth eaual case be dlscrcdlted. but
declares that hc "wlll take Mr. Pearj s
I in preferi n
jlther thnt
[ns.nusseu or thc Esklmos ln tho nr><
t< .-r lils 'own accompllshrncnts."
Ilrnnrli Mnlniifnli. h-? l'nl"?'.
In his statement glven out to-nlght
p'l Cook answors categorically the
-im.-i. .-ut> ImDutedtOthe Esklmo boys,
it th'
>f Ul'
ls
Kl
convicts blmselt of a lt
x\ir. vory start. For, ?
of Instruction .'ri'iii me,
vlgoroua aud volumlnc
ifenno, v\"hy dld
Cook
nussen
p,'?itioii ln
?ut a word
iamo out in
reports ln
Jtinip into
ihe
had
n,,k band wagon and shout, II he
dci.ill.i
dl-t
' i
df
would
here clted
lillegcd rc
mcerning the
? tiino it took
ain dlstancce.
its, contlnues
been found
false by puttlng a few qucstlons to
tho nhlor men of the supporting pany;
but lt,was not dono. although thore
were a half-dozcn men who ? ouid have
afnrmed or dcnJed the boys' story.
Even Mr. Pcary's atatcmerits, saya Ur.
Cook, contradlct these asscrtlons. Hc
coqtlnucs:
"Tho mcanest slur whieh Rasmus
sen th'rows is tliat of cheatlrig thc
hoy.T. They were promlsed a knifo and
a gun. They wero pald beforo we
started. Thcrcforc Rasmussen's charge
ls ns false as tho wholo fabric of lils
wcavlng; hut instead of keeplng to my
promlse l ;;ave thom many moro things
and Instructed Mr. Whltney to turn
oyer all niy belonglngs to them when
hc left. It Is, therefore, ln the power
of 'VVhltncy to say whether I chcatcd
tho lOsklmos or not. And lf F.asmus
scn is wrong on thls basoless charge.
can hc be belleved ln anythlng else".'"
DIscrciMtM .MlNslonarle*.
Dr. Cook, turning his attentlon to the
mission u-los, through whom. It ls al?
leged, Rasmussen obtalned the Esklmo
boys' statement, explalns that they
wcrc half-hreed Ksklmo Christians,
who wero quite unablc to make them?
selves undcrstood by the Esklmos to
whom they preached, "and yet those
same mlssionarlos aro creditod with
sufllclont Intclllgonco u> crossfexamine
thc Ksklmo boys ahout somethlng whlch
they themselves do not understand.'
Dr. Cook says in concluslon:
"Dr.ring all of lnst wlnter Rasitius
sen trayclcd through Donmark on a
lecture tour, and ln his discourses lie
has vigorously defended Peary. For
years Rasiiiusseh has heaped all kinds
of abuso on peary, most of lt not flt to
print. Thoro is somothtng lrratlonal
about Rasmusaen's public uttcranccs.
, "ri'ho only ratlonal explanatlon for
Rasmussen's lrratlonal course is to
credlt hlm wlth an ambltlpn to get into
the limelight. For hn tirst Jumpa
without lnvitatlon, un the Cook band
wagon: when thc musle stops he Jolns
the rehound of tho. shoutlng press;
then, out of a job, he runs to tho Peary
band wagon. Again, when tho music
stops, ho Jolns thp nolsy antl-Peary
knooUors. I hopo the outcome has
glvon hlm thc publicity whlch he has
fllmed for. But need an explorer stool
to tho depths of a llterary irjuckrakor
to get puhlic attentlon?"
EARL OF ANCASTER DEAD
He AVns .inlni Iloredllnry l.nril C'rcnt
I'huiubcrlniu of KiikIiiimJ.
London, Docombor l!u.?Tho Earl of
Ancastpr dled to-day.
Gllbert Henry Hoathcote Drum
niond-Willough'^- was born October 1.
ls;to. Tlio oarldoiu uf Ancaster was
crcato'd ln 1S0J. /.Dio carl was a privy
counollor aml jolnt hcrodltary lord
picsat olianiherlain of Kngland. "Hls
oldest. son, T.onl Wllloughby de Eresby,
ln .1(10,") married Mlss Kloisn Breese.
daughter of tlio luiu W. I* Hrcese, of
Now York.
MARKLES ABOLISH NEPOTISM
Jtupoi liili-iiili-uis Xol Allowed to lletnin
llelntivcs in Thelr llcpnrliuents.
llav-leton, I'a., Deobmber '-'5.?The or?
dor of John iNlnrklo, managlng partnor
of tho tlrm of <i. n. Marklo & l.'o.. tho
largest lndividual hnrd coal operators
ln the country. that'iiopotlsm iniist. bo.
abollshed at tlio colllorles of that con?
cern January 1, maV rosult in mnny.
Qeiaploycs losiug thelr, oUauaa.
HRISTMASDAYOF
ood-W ill Season Brings
Sorrow to Scores
of Homes.
OMBS FIGURE
IN DAY'S.NEWS
xplosion at Dance Kills Three
ind Wounds Eight Fatally.
Two Bombs Are Hutlcd in
New York?A Time
of Mourning in
Chicago.
n.'-burg. Pa.. Decmher 2i*.~
persons are ,i?ad. eight prob
ill dle as the result nf tlicir ln
and ten more are In tho West
ii<l Hospltal ivlth palnful burns,
;,it.- fnr Bom'enody'a carelessness
i rody'i vengcanco, ivIjIIo mlnern
lolding n Chi . itmas celebratlon
ft. near lier". lato last
hl, nl oci iirred at tho
!m'i of Mlchael Wlld.lng, whlle ho
ai entertainlng a party of about
... nf. -fi'. ? men and women, some ol
hom had . -.iii? from Voungstown, 0?
i gcek work ln the mtn-'s hero. lt ls
jliovcd that ono of the men in the
irty, while a dance was ln progress,
irew a cigarctt' liutt. n.-.-ie;, lv uti
ir thc stalrway of thc house. rwet,
r-flve pou'iris of black mining powder
-, d to have been stored tnere ln
i ?pen ran. Itutnor^ were current
al '--riking mlnera had thrown a
,inl, undcr tiie stalrway, but thero
'a, no ooniirm.itlon uf the report..
-ton
.- !" I
irougl
illndei
th
rlllli
The'clothlng of nearly all the danc
.k 'ire from the explosion, and
. . room wi burned: and
?.;:--.,,??:: '. :'
i^iiei! in v . ln:ik>-!' ai"! wrai ,?-?
. , ibout tho itarnlng " oro **. *av*
it? many rrom death. Superlntendent
I }? rtovanl. ?f the mliu, arranged
,'r a .ipeelal traln. whlch broug
ljured to thls city.
TWO BOMBS EXPLODED
ullrc Hme Xo riur I" Pcrpctratorai
of I rlnir*.
New Vork December 5 ?As the cul
ihc poUce .-..'. of a foud
f p.ng standing amoHR llailetn gam
lers two dynamlto bombs wero ex
i...|V,i within fl\*e mlnutes of caeh
Ihcr early to-day in vestlbules of
[arlctn house'. Several thousand dol;
irs in dahfage was d'mc anu thi
eighborliood/, were thrown into an
nroar.' Both bombs went off sbortly
efore " o'clock this mornlng. R block
part in rm.- Ilnn-lie-l and Slxteenth
ireel The polico have no dellnito
l,ie ;i< *,.. the identity ot the pcrpo
rators of tlie erlmc.
On one slde r.f the piaces of tho
xnloslon Is a new social club and
i.e Dther a dance hall. The windows
.ullilings were shattered and
iienibers and a bovy of danc
thrown i**tf> cunfuslon.
Before thc surprlsc of tho explosion
itid dlsappeared thero came another
nore violent crash a block away. It
dew awtfy both the inncr and outor
loora of the building.md routed ncar
>v rcsldents from**il*.eir beds.
Botti piaces aro nenr a club whlch
vas ralded nnt long ago by Deputy
?nllee Commlssloner Driscoli. After
iu- rald the commlssloner artnoundeil
hut gamblers had raiscd a fund of
115,000 to kill him.
A DAY OF MOURNING
hrl.itm?x Servlcea .lolnod 1% Itb Ei>
i,rr??i?ii*. of Sorrow for Ihc Ocnd.
Chlcago, III., December 25.?Chrlst
nas was a day of mourning for, thc
;hlca_0 Flre Department. The dls
ister ln the Union Stock Yards on
rhiirsday, when a fire of the Morris _
Jo beef houses swept away the llves
df'Fire Chief lloran and twcirty-four
sthcr men; was vivldly brought to
mlnd. ln the churches, Christmas ser?
vlces were Jolned with oxpresslons of
sorrow for tho dead and sympathy for
ihelr familles. Krom the staffs of pub?
lic bulldings-and many residences
flags hung at half-mast to-day.
Kight of ihe dead firemen were
burled to-day. The funeral servlces
were attended by all memhers of the
rire Dopartment wlio could be sparod
from duty. city officials and hundretls
of citizens. , ,
The funeral of Firo Marshal James
II Iluran will be held to-morrow at
the same time as tlie burlal of twelve
other vlctlms of the tlro. Captain Den?
nls K. Dovlo and his son, Nieholas
Dovle, wlli bo buried slde by side.
Their bodles were found In the wreek
age of the packlng plant, only an ariu's
length apart.
NEVER WILL PLAY AGAIN
VIollnUfn FlngerH BIowii Off by t.'nn
nirn Cracker.
Bomo, Ga;, December 'i'i.?As a re?
sult of hls ilrst experience with firo
works, Alexander Sklbinski, a well
known- Russian vlolinist and professor
in Shorter College hero, never wlll be
able to plav hls violln agaln. Sklbin?
ski. who has been in this country only
since last September. went to a store
last night and calied for Roman can?
dles. Instead, he was glven a glant
flrccracker. The cracker explode.il in
hls hand. tearlng away threo liugers.
Alrs Sklbinski. also a leneber ln tho
collego. wns standing nearby and was
rendered pormandntly doat in ono ear
by. thc explosion.
CHRISTMAS WREATH KILLS
Open t?ns Cock, ?ud Womnn In Ah
phyxlnieil.
Chlcago, Deeember 36.?-A Christma*
holly wrcath swinging from a chan
ileller forced open a gas cock earl*,
to-day und caused tho asphyxlation ol
Mrs. l**du May Slmpson, of Toronto
Mrs Slmpson was dead whon fotini
bv her daughter. Mrs. S'mpsnn ennu
from Toronto last woek to vislt lici
daughter, Mrs,"Edward Tiffen. ,
DIES OF STRANGULATION
Dl*lvcr Mcels Death Wlth 'Hend Ovci
Unnlil-unrd.
Cliarlotte, N. C, Deciynbcr 25,?ttul
ter Boss. a drlver for tho Southern lux
prcss i-'o-jipany. met 'death *-*u*-*ly thli
inromfng ln '' manner never beforo ro
corded Iri tho local coroner's oflice
Kept busv maklng Ctt)* dollveries unll
tho small houi's'oi! the nmrn-inK ln vqri
Inelomewt weallier, Boas, lt ls alleged
lmblhed frtoly, and whon his loan
reached tho atable he was ln a seml
stupor. A 'sudden Jdlt of the lioav:
* ^icon^tlAUtS pn Secppd rase.)
STUDENTS SAVE THEMSELVES BY
SW1NG1NG DOWN ON FIRE ESCAPE
NTorth Wing of Rich?
mond College Utterly
Wreckedby Flames.
rOTAL DAMAGE
ABOUT $65,000
Heroic Battle to Prevent Ruin
of Main Structurc Won at Last.
Voluntcers Worked Bravcly
to Save Priccless Relics.
College to Gamely Out
live Its Loss.
Students Ruined
by Hungry Flames
llnnv ol thc Ktmlenl*. who nro
-?.orUltig tholr way throiiltli Hleli
nmnil < oIIcbc?"iluilcnti- Trho could
nol nfford t.? bo home for ChrlM
,?nN_|,,H( hrnvllv ln the tlre, whlch
???? reckrd thp north "'nu: ot thnt
ln-i l? ni I..11 early jei-tcrHny niorn
ine, Probably *"",ooo wlll put them
on thelr feet. I nlens thin amount
'? rnlnril Homeli'Mv?unleA-i thnt
Rcnrrons publlc whlch hns never
fnllcd lo aniiwer ? worth:' npprnl
COmes to thelr rrsrur?thefie younc
men nm>l nlinnilon nll hope of com
plfllnc thelr eiliicn'lon, nnd bo not
tnto the world, hnlf-trnlned. 10 flnil
work, Hrealtlent llnatwrlteht can
per-tonalljr vbuch for every ytcllrn.
There CQjl bc no holiday cheer f?r
?liei?e ?vntii-fc men lf they muat
Hllentty how to the Inexltable, thelr
bope-t nhnttererl, thelr hearta snd.
Orlglnatlng Ir. the northeast cornci
. fourth tloor, llre early yestorda}
,,..^.t- rntlr.lv d"stroycd thc north
wing ot' Ryland Hall. the main build?
ing "of tlm Richmond College group.
and f-eridusiy ilamaged the central por?
tlon 'f that structurc. Thc loss Is ef
tlmated at from SSO.OOo to Jon.OOO. Tlie
college ls protor-ted by ample insur
,-ine-.. but a large number ot students
have IoeI practlcally nll ot thelr be- =
longlngs, wlth no insurance whatever. f]
Sorric ministeria! and other students
lost thelr books, clothes nnd all on
whlch they had hoped to comi
their college carrer, and uiilos* ******
will lave to wlthdraw from lhe insti?
tution ,',-i d
Three men ce.me down an o*|tstcic
iir.- escape from the fourth lioor m h
their. aighl clpthe*. leavlng everything
be'blnd them. and with every other es?
cape cut Oft by rqarjng llames.
AVI1I nent Dorinitbrles.
Thore will bo no interruption to the
college term. Thc llnancc committee
of tho hoard of trustees met yesterday i
afternoon nnd authorlzed I'rcsldent F. l
\V. Boatwright to lense dormitory and
lecture- rnom uuarters near the cam
jius, nnd lhe institution wlll rcopen af?
ter tho holldays, as announced. The
southorn, or llbrary, wing ot the bulld.
Int* vfka practlcally iinharmed, though
wh-rn tho llre continued to eat its tvi
through the centre ot tlie bulldlng'
nlofig 'the fourth floor and roof Flre
Chlef Joynea advlsed tliat all valuables
be removed. All portralt.", thuscu'ni
curlos and 15,000 volumes from thc
llbrary wero moved hy willing hands.
OrlKln ii Mystcry.
Tli2 orlgtn of tho tiie is somewhat of
a mystery, and Presldent Boatwright de
cllnes to mako nny statement reflcei
ing on nny one until further examlna?
tlon. It is a fact. however, tjiat there
are several fraternlty halls on tlie
fourth floor of thc burned wing. and
tliat on Christmas Eve night receptions
were given thcrc to out-of-town mem?
bers, two of the ','frat splashes" having
lastod until late in the night. In the
n'bsence of any evldence, however, the
authorlties are unwilllng to rcflect on
these organlzations in any way. Pos?
sibly a cigarette or Ughted cigar stump
may havo smoldered on after the jol
liiicatlon was over. Thore was no liro
ln Ryland Hall, the college buildings
bein-* hcated from a central steam
heating plant under the north bulldlng,
somo dlstance away. Nor were there
any electrlc wires for either lightinK
or telephones ln that part of the struc
ture in whlrh tlie tlre started.
Fortunately, a large number of stu?
dents were away for tho Christmas
holldays. Had tho fire occurred at any
other time there mlght havo been great
.lifllculty ln getting nll out, and seri?
ous loss of llfe niight havo ensued.
About 200 students llve on the cam
pus in one or another ot the dorml
tories. Al the dlnner hour on Satur?
day all but twenty-slx lind gone homo
for thc holldays. Of those romalning
but twelve roomed in Ryland Hall, and
all aro accounted for.
t'omc Down Fire Escnpc.
It was just at 4:20 A. M. tliat tlio fire
was flrst noticed, and then the whole
northeast corner of the bulldlng,
malnly unoccupied dormttorles, was in
open ilnnies. XV. M. Hall, of West Vir?
ginla; K. Vi". Cauthorn, ot Appomattox,
Vn.. and J. A. Georgo, of Washington;
N. C. three minlsterlal students, had
rooms on tlie fourth floor of lho wing.
A cry from Hall aroused thc other two
to Hnd the passagawny full of smoke,
and nrotind the turn leading to tho
only stnlrwnj* wns a solid shect of |
llame. Their cnll for help was heard
by some unknown man passlng west?
ward along Broad Street, wlio waved
his hand and ran to No. 10 engine
house, scarcely a block awny, whero
tho alann wns given. Before. leavlng
' tho englno houso Captain Thomas 11.
Davls pulled tho hox for asslstanco and
j orderod a Becotnl nlarni on arrlving at.
thn college, whero three-whlto-robed
flglll'as were nialtlng their way down
an outslde flre escape recently orocted
on tho north end. Other students, has?
tily drossed, and somo not dressed at
all, shlvered ln tlio freezlng "ir whlro
nolghbors and professors -ruthered
about tho bluzlng wing.
Two KukIiicm fliiurd tll.v.
[iiKiieillately on arrlving at the scane
FJvo Chief Joynea got into coiiununlca
tlon wlth llre hoadrfuaftors nnd gavo
tho iratiBfei- orders whlch brought ten
J of tho twelvo englnes of tho clty to
tho scene. Beeause of tlie'fact that "
wns Chrlstmas morning, und tlio men
wero nn tho alnrt for damage from
flrowoi'Ks, no geperal alann was souiid
cd, but prdera were quletly isPued from
mrUs iitKli'r plcture of Rlehnionil College show wlna destroyed by flrc.
d thc.'other
r-ft to guard
other lire
r two hours
?savr: Ryland
iro Streot. and
rrioro modern
jtories, -wlth a
rlng whlch ls
: and cracked
iho oricinal of
re Department headquartors at tho
ty ll.-ill for transfer of company after
mpariy, untll twjj
venty-flftn and Br<
Ninth and Broad. >
*? ,11! ire clty, whl
on woro fightlng W
enied a loslng batl
all.
Tho main college bulldlng. a mas
\-o and toworlng.pilc. standlng in thc
ntro of iho llno of Gr
mked by othor and
lililings. was of four
?nlrnl towcr. Tho
,w but four tottorin
a'ds was bullt in 186-1,
ie present college group. The con
n\ tower was crect'ed li 1873, nnd tlir
mth v, ing. in whlch are the llbrary
nl museum, was comptete'd in l^s?.
Prcsldent'n Ofltcc* Burned.
On tho llrst floor of tho liorth wing
'jro the offl'ces ot Presldont Bont
right a'nd'Secretary,Ryland; wlth sd
dnlng rooms. A now safe ln tho
resiilent's oITIcp wont down wlth the
lins. but ls belleved to bo Intact
>niewhe~re below a mn.-s of rubblsh.
i lt were many important contracts
nd records. papers of groat historical
uluc Includlng tho records of tho old
irglnia Baptist Semlnary, the prede
?s.-nr qf Rlchmond College; a set nf
italogues of tho inrtftuMon and other
uta tliit if fos't i-o\.ld r.ot bc roplaced.
Presli'ent Boatwriglft Teach'ed tiie
uliding soon aftor tho flrst englne
unpany, and hlmself brought fi'o'tn hls
fl\t;t- bencath tho nro all nf tho student
nd' faculty and alumnl records snd
i.my othor papers of valuo. Rcstrained
y the flro ehlefs from ontorlng agaln,
rhen the roof seemed about to eol
ipso. Dr. Boatwright lnst all of hls
.?tter tiles, all of tlie papers in his prl-1 i
jkuiLfractured
at drug store
Charles Conway Dangerously
Hurt by O. T. Hines, Who
Is Under Arrest.
Wlth a fractured skull, and another
voiind on hls head, Charles Conway.
it 1417 Bryan Street, is desperately ill
it the Clty Home from the effects of
in attack made on hlm by O. T. Hines,
x ilruggist, at the corner of Ite'ld and
Uuart Streets. Conway was operated
in at tho Clty Home yesterday aftcr
loon by Dr. H. Stuart McLcan. Hines
.vas arrested yesterday mornlng, and
s being held in the Flrst Police Sta
tion without ball.
It is said that Conway had been
irlnkiug heavlly Saturday night and
iad been disordcrly ln Hlnes's drug
jtorc, from whlch he had heen ejected
several times. About mldnight ho
?ame ln agaln, and, according' to tho
story, Hines thrcw hlm out of tlie
:loor and thon struck him twlce wlth
the wooden bar used to close tho front
tloor. Conway fell to thc pavement,
and the ambulance was called lmine
dlatcly.
Removed to HoMpllnl. .
Dr. Tune treateil him and took hlm
to hls home. He was thon in a semi
oonscioiis condition, but dld not seem
to ho dangerously injured. Yesterday
afternoon he had not recovered con
scibusness, and had to bo removed to
tho Clty Honio Hospital, where, after
oareful examlnation, lt was found that
tho skull was fractured, and tho oper?
atlon was performed.
Hc probably wlll llve through tho
day, tlie doctors say, but there seems
but llttlo chance of hls ultlmato re
covery. Conway is a wldowor, and
has several sinall children. In tho po?
lice. statlon (llnes would not havo any
thlng to say coni'ornlng tho affair,
Besldes tiie fra'cture, whlch ls said
to be nn miusually had one, Dr, Mc?
Lcan dlscovore'd a largo blood clot on
tln- braln! Conway has not been suf
liclontiy consclous to make any state?
ment.
Moderate Temperature
for Christmas Week
YViiNiiliigiiHi, Uece'iiibcr '-.">.?Wlth
tho rxcrutlon ot n cold "PCll <>"
Monday ln Ihe ISnstcru Stntes, m<nl
crnte tcmPeri?turca ?ui prftvnll
cverywbere during Cbrlstiuas week,
nccord|hg t<> the Wentber Iliirmu'n
bulletln to-duy. A dUturbnnce ?r
uioilrriuo luimNltv, now ln tbe
Nouthivesti wlll rchoh' <!>?? AUautlu
aeubonrd by Tupsilay, nml wlll b*
nttrndod liy ujisettled weather. wlth
rnln or sjiow ln Northern nnd <>n
inil Sim?-M oiiNt of Ibr Hooky .>1imii>
tnliiM. Tbe iirlni'l|iiil (Usturhlluce
Of Ihti week, Whlch wlll rcni'li Ihe
PiH'iiio coast on Tnpsilny ?>r 'Wodnea
,lnv iiuil Ibo AtlunUo cohbI b.v l''rl
ilitj ?r Siiturdaj, wlll bc attended by
uo'inM-ni preelpltntlon nnd ? pro*
UOUUCed Chailge tO colder weather.
ito desk, nnd many other valuable
live rccords of all sorts.
?tudcnt*i f.ose llcnvlly.
On Uie paine floor wlth the presldent's
flce was thn studohts' hook store,
>pt for this sesslon hy T. C. Durham
ld W. D. OTlaherty. Thls ofllco also
id in it lho ioIIoec post'-bfllpe, a large
noutit of stuilent mall ha'vlhg i'oon
irncd. ln the book store was a stock
' textbooks and stationery, yalued at
i in, the personal propcrty of the
-ents. and they had no Insurance.
otli Mr. OTlaherty and Mr. Durham
id left college for the holldays, nnd
ere nntltWI yesterday of thelr loss.
bove the first floor thero were three
uors of dormltorleq ln tlu- hurno**
Ing. aml in them slxty-nlnc students
nd tholr rooms.
Few of those who had gone homo had
iken more th.in a sult case. and all
ist thelr trunk?. room furnlture,
nthes and hook--. Most <>f th? minls
>rlal students ln the college lived In
lils wing. and many of them lost
yerythliig they have. The students
wned tiirir owii room furnlture, nver
-s*lilg in valuo $25; booka for each stll
f,-: Would average $2", and with other
elnnf-lncs th'e avrage loss p?r stu
erit is placed at from $75 to $100.
I.nacx Vnhmhlc I.lhrnry.
L, v. Paulette, formerly a buslness
lan of Richmond, who rceently decld
ri to study for the Baptist ministry.
ad ln his room on tho thlrd tloor a
Ihi-ary of more than 600 volumes, col
??Cted'for yenrs past. It ls a total loss,
.ith im insurance.
Presldent Boatwright sald yesterday
hat it was dilli.'ult to plact; an cxact
alue on tlie burned portlon of the
lUildingi Tiie north wing cost when
rected $35,000, and is a total loss, the
LEAVES ASYLUM
AND SEEKS ALTAR
Lunattc Takes Unto Himself a
Wife in Person of Pretty
Attendant.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch. I
Staunton, Va., December 2b.?Staun
ton is used to lunatlcs and their ways
there being more than l.-'OO of ther
in tho Western State Hospital hon
thoso who are harinless und able 1
take caro of themselves being ullowc
to come into the town and go abou
at certain hours of the dny, just o
other people, so tliat strangcrs hav
to ask who is crazy and who is no1
tiie crazy ones at largo being app.tr
entiy as sane as any one.
- But Staunton has had a new expe
rlcncc wlth a lunatlc, the facts con
cerriiilg whlch have just come to'llgh
The.lunatlc fell ln love wlth a hand
somo femalo attendant, nnd sho recij:
rbcated. As a rcsult, whon ho wa
permitted to come up to town a fe<
days ago, she camo over and met hln
and tho two hied themselves to th
City ?clerk's ofllce, and ns thc cler
does not know a lunatlc from anybpd
cl's'e, and as thp nnswers to hls inqui
rt'es were all innde in due and nneiet
form, he lssued the license. The
hunted up Dr. O. F. Gregory, thc ohllg
ing iiastor of' lhe Bnptist Church, wll
is just as innocent when lie sees .
lunatlc, aiul tho knot was tlo'd, aml tli
pair went away rejolclng, but, as tl
scqucl shows, tu short-lived liupplnes
The man in the caso was A 11. Jli
Ciehec, comniittod from Shotinndon
county, who jjixvc lils ago as iliirtj
four und his occupatlon a? u pluvhb'e
Tho young woman was Mlss Alico I.i
llo, o? W'inchostcr, aged thiriy-llve.
A pretty closo watch ls kept on tl
\vards of the.hospital, and tho nup1.fi
knot had not boen llcd very long bi
foro Mcdoh.ee was taken iu eliargo ar
hurrled to the lldspltul, and tlio nttem
ant was dlschargod, ending tlio ri
triiince, but whni tho status of tlio pa
ties now is is ptizzllng the publlc,
not tho authorlties.
N0 NEWS 0F GRACE
Family ol Aeronnut iihn sot Ahai
doucil llope.
London, Deoonibei' 25.?Many Nori
Sea tr.uvler.s are home tOl' ClU'lbtmn
but none of them brought newa
Cecli S. Graco, the young aviator, wl
dlsuppeiircd ou Thursilny wlllle a
tpniptlng a returii illght from Cala
lu iniver. Th- mission ut lhe till
s,'iii out tu srour lhe waters along 0
coast has been oquallv tt'uttless, til
thero ls onlv n Hlender liopo timt Cra
ls ye! allye. Tho only indlcatlun
his' ni'bbable fate ls tho renQi'T' of
tiushiug pllot, who tirrived m Ostoi
on Saturday, tu the effect that
passed ?yrockago ot spura nnd wir
resambllng portlona ot an aqropifti
orace's relatives, however, liavo n
ai.iindiini'd hape. aiul they aro con tln
ing tho searcli wlth undiiniuishod c
fort. .
walls belng crackcd an?l toitcrlng. Tho
m'lddlo part an.l lower, of wlllclt th?
root is burned, and whlch is water
so.'ikr.l from top to bottom. cost $60,000
Thc studoht loss, while not heavy 11
total amount, wlll be that most hcayil-,
felt. sltico many mon Havo losl theli
all. SOme men wero maklng their wAj
through college by agencles, aml los
stock for whlch thoy are responsible
An agent f"t* a laundry had more thai
$;io 'n cash In hls room: another los
several suits of clothes sent up n;
samples.
Ulirnry Hnr-tlly Moved.
The Ilro ran rapldly along under th,
rnor and threatened for a tlmo th
whole building. FearitiR* a total loss
ITto Chief .toyhes gavo tlio word fo
the removal of every thing of Valu
from tho soutli on,i of the bulldlnp
President Boatwrjght, wlth an a\
from n. Ilre wagon. gmashed the librar
door; and wllllng vblunteers from stu
dents and the neighborhood carrled ou
16,000 volumes from thr* llbrary. Al
portralts nnd statuary an.l curios frot
the museum were removed, Includln
the hlghly prlzed mumtuy. the last re
malns of Thl-Ammnng-N'el. an Cgyp
tian princess, who llved 3,000 years be
fore Chrlst. This niumniy. one .,f tii
ilrst. to be imported to thls oountr:
ivaa presented to tl
Curry by tlie KhedlVC "C Egypt,
w.i-5 "oxh'ibitfil for lhe flrst time at
[Centcnnjal oxhibltlon in l^T**., and U
1 presented hy Dr. Curry td Wcum
College. Wllllng student.-- hore.
munimted remalns of tho i
princess in mock proocsslon
horne of Bresldont Boatwrlght,
where she was
on tho lloor. bci
(Contlnued on Second Page.)_
TRAIN IS HELD UP
L. ."?
*,gyptls
to tl
ndorlj
a 'Tirlstu
tr.
Eacli of More Than ioo Passci
gers Is Compcllcd to
Contribute.
Kansas City, Mo., December 25.?
bandit celcbr^ted Christmas to-nig
hy golng * through a Mlssourl PacI
Ballrpad traln and lioldltig up mo
than 100 passengers, from whom
took money aml watches.
Thc man boarded the traln, whi
was bound from tSt. Josoph to St. Lou
ln Leavenworth Junction. In tlie ot
skirts of Leavenworth, Kan., and 1<
It In Northwestern .lunctlon, in Kan;
Clty, Kan., after gettlng a large umou
of money and valu'ables and shoot!
one man who attomptod to reslst hi
As the train pullcij out oi Leave
worth .lunctlon the robber opened t
rear door of the piillm'an car and c<
frontetl the astonished erow aml pi
sengers wlth a revolver. Then
rpbbod them onc by one. CautlonI
the coriductor and porter to keep st
lie went through the car, taklng up
I'bllectlon of watches and wallets. 1'"
islilng wlth tlu* Pullman, he contini
through thc chair eurs and the. sm<
jing ear untll lu* had hold up every pi
songer. Tl"* traln was In chargo
Coiiiliii'lor May, who, with his bral
man aml porter, was forced to put
his hands aml give up hls money;
the time the man had llnlshcd hls wc
tho trnin Ind reached Noithwesti
.lunctlon. Tliere. he droppei from i
Stops oC tho sniokiiig car nnd ill ai
pearod. lt took tho robbor abi
twonty-iive mlnutos to d>> tho Joh.
Tho Kansas ICity pollce were cai
when tho train reached tho clty stati
and olllcers were sent to Northwcsti
.lunctlon lo .search foi* tho bandit.
Tlio railroad oflleials say the n
who was shot was not .serlously injur
lt is not known how much money
bandit got.
"FRAT MEN GATHER
Alpha Tuu OnteguH "*\ IU Hold Congr
lu .Mlnntn.
Atlanta. Oa., December 25.?Bog
ning next Wednesday AUantu will .
tertaln more than SOO membars of
Alpha Tan Omega Krateruily, who y
guthei* iicro l'or Us tweiity-sccoud
onnlHl COllgl'SSS, The Ilrst of
larger delegatiuns will arrlvo Tuesd
when u special traln brlngs tn tho N
York iiieiiihers.
Dologutes wlll attend from si
ehapters ot tho t'ralernlly ln the i
leges nml unlvi rslties iu thlrty Sta
in addltlon, thero win bo sooroa
vlsltors attraotod by tlio r.eunlon i'
ture of tho OCingrOBH, Dr. Olls A. Glu
brook, ol" KH/.ubeth, X. J? 0110 or
two lUhta founders, will arrlve Tn
dav wlth the N'ew Yurkors.
The soelill evenls selieiliile.l fur
"frat" men IncUule an old-fasllio
i Georgla barbooue Wednesday night
| hall at lhe I'lediuuilt. Driving c
Thursday night, and ? banquo-t Frl'
nlght. Thu business sessions *?? ill
presldecl over bv Paul R. lUUkoU.
WbUiiliii'ioiv D, c? wovih-ii!'''.1.'1 t-1'
FDR EXPL0S10N
AT UBMKELES
Attempt Is Made to De
stroy Plant With
Dynamite.
ITS EMPLOYES
ARE ON STRIKE
Fight Has Been Bittcr. and Crime,
Coming So Soon After De
struction of Los Angcles
Times, Has Created Sensa
tion_Labor Leader Dc
nounces Charge.
Los Angeles, Cal., Pficcmhcr 25.?Tho
Llewellyn Iron Works was partly
wrccltod by an cxploslon, prosumably,
ot dynamite, early to-day. Tho forco
of thc cxploslon toro out tho front of
Iho building, smashed wlndows for
moro than a block, and awakened por
sons moro than two miles away. J. E.
Ashury. tho watchnian, was slightly.
Injured,
V.'ho placed tho supposed charge of
dyiianilto is unknowti to the police,
but it ls belleved to havo beon tho out
coino of general labor troubles, in
whlrh tho Llewellyn Company haa
b'-'-n Involved. A riole olghtcen inches
deop and about slx foot in diameter
bears wltness to thc placo of thc ex-.
plosion.
About seventy-flvn feet of tho front
of tho main bulldlng. a three-story.
frame structure, was shot to plccos.
and its e.ontents of furnlture and par
aphernalla woro plled together In ap
parcnt ruln. Tho heavy machlnery of
tho building upparently was undam
aged. '
Tho Llewellyn Iron Works has long
been promlnent In the light against
thc recognltlon nf unlon labor In thls
clty, and Is one of the concerhs Involved
ln thc metal vvorkors" strlke, whlch
went Into effect on June 1. The strlke
has beon chnrnotorized by great blttcr
noss on botli aldes.
To Enforce Tleiunnds.
'Tlm strlke was called originally tu
onforce a demand Cnr an elght-hour
olty for iiH the m"tal xvorkevs and a
I uniform wago scalo of 50 i ents an hour.
Th,- struggle was prcclpitiitcd b.v a
| notlce from tho men ongagi',1 ln the
metal trades ln San Francisco that the
em'pfoyors thero had niiido conccsslons
to thelr employes. on condltlon that
thoy shotlld not Ihcreby bo placed at
a dlsadvantago tn competltlon wlth
non-unlon Lda Angeles ilrnis.
Offlclals of tho Llewollyn Company
aro of thn opinlon that the supposed
effort td d.ostrny tholr plant is tho out
growth of their dlffcrencos with labpri
a'nd tlm police are worklng on thls
thoory.
Fred <", Whcelor, presldont of tho
Los Angeles Central Labor Couacll,
Issued ?' statement dcfylng auy one to
fastcn tho responslblllty for th" crime
upon thc organization whlch ho repre
senls.
Apparonlly the pollco hnve no defi
nito cluo to the perpetrators. lu vlew
of tho Los Angeles Tlmes dynamitihg
oulragc, in whieh twonty-oho men were
killed, last uctobor, to-day's cxploslon
created cxtraordinary Interest. Tho
grand jury Is expected at auy time to
hand liv Its report on tho Times case.
PREPARING NEW BANK PLAN
Aldrich May Bring Propoaltlon Ucfore
C'oiigrems.
Washlngton, December 23.?Authori
tatlve information ls obtalned to the
effect that Senator Aldrlcli. the chair?
man of tho Natlonal Monotary Com?
mission, has partly completed tho
drafting ni' a preltmlnary plan for a
new measure of banklng reform, and
that as soon as ho rocovers from a
slight operatlon from whlch he ls now
convnlesclng ho wlll finish thc tenta
tlve draft and bring it beforo tlio Afon
otary Commission in order to get tha
approval of that body.
Thls information comes from those
who havo seon tho tentatlvo draft and
have talked ovor tlio matter with Jlr.
Aldrich. lt ls romarkablo becauso ot
the fact that iho oxlstence of thls draft
has apparentlj.t been known to the
niomber.? of th- Monotary Commission
Itself, As a matter of fact. lt is an
tlclpatod that thc chairman of tho
commission will rely only -to a sllght
oNtont ii|)nn his colleagues in shaidng
his proposed scheme,
Mr, Aldrich will not try to throw
lils scheme into ftnal form or even to
put it Into tho shupo of a deflnito bill.
He wlll merely stato it in tho form
of n broad. general proposition, to
Whlch il is belleved tho ussont of the
other inembei's of tho Monotary Com?
mission can thon bo obtalned.
cuNGsTo "runaway~engine
Urivlng itoii 'I'onrK Away Cnh, but Bn
Klncei' Stlfk.s to liovoniotlvc.
l.vnii. Mass.. December 25.?Two
tralnmcn wcrc slightly Injured yoster
day when a passenger traln on tho
eastern dlvlslbn nt thc Boston and
Mtilne Railroad ran wild for a fow
miles, Whlle tho traln was runnlng
flfty milos an hour, tlio drlvlng md
broke, tearing off tho cab of tho en
Rinc- , , ..
.lohn Ellery, tbo englneer, was left
cllngl'ris I" tho tender of thc loeo
uioiivo. Tho fireman uiaiiagcil to crawl
ovor tln- tondor and get Into the bag?
gage car. whero ho set tho cmerg.niey
brako. When iho train was brought
( ,,a stop ICUerv was ablo tocllmb down.
FIRE IN BOSTON CHINATOWN
llln/e Deatroya Threo ilutldlugs ?n?
CauscH tKU8,uO0 Loss.
Boston December 25.?A greater
nart-uf the downtown l-Tre Dcpartmoirt
wns rushed Into tho hearl of Chlim
town .u thc hetght of the shopplng
perlod lusi night for i two-alunn Ilre,
Tbo llames wero tound cnvelonltis;
Ui,. Now Kngland Chlnese Mission
bulldlng, a three-story wooden htruc
tni-,'. aml beforo the> wero ex'tlnguian?
ed had cousumed lhat buli'lli'u, two
other smallor wooden ones. eccupled
mnliilv bv cP.rpontrtrs aml tallois. The
lusj ia placed al SU-j.'J'-'0.