The News and Observer. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 54. fsaE [LfttKdEST ©OGBtBMHL/SnnKDK] ®F TOGBTK] ©AMfljm ©ADUf. CAPTAIN FISHER DEAD HlB DEATH THE RESULT OF A STROKE OF PARALYSIS ON MONDAY. SHORT SKETCH OF HIS CAREER. Daring Two Administrations He was Chief Clerk of the Pension Bureau lie Served in the Union Armv, hut Has Since the War Lived in Newberu—Senator Ransom to I*enve for Mexico Thursday- -Postofiice Matters—The Marine Band. Special t the News and Observer. Washington, D. 0.. March 2(5 Capt A W. Fisher, of the Pension De partment, who was stricken with paralysis yesterday, died this morning He was born in Vermont, and served in the Union army. After the war he resided in Newb-rn, and served two terms in the State Legislature. He was twice chief clerk of the Pension Bureau. Capt. Fisher is sixty-one years old, and about three years ago >e suffered from an attack of paralysis, which makes the present attack much more serious Capt. Fisher was chief clerk of the Pen sion office under Col. Dudley, aud during the first Cleveland administration re tired to a desk in the office. During the Harrison administration Capt. Fisher was again chief clerk, and at its close took the position of Dominick Murphy on the board of review, which is bis present position. In the pension department Capt. Fisher was held in high esteem, and his sudden death is the cause of much re gret Capt. Fisher has a wife, a son, aud a daughter, who are greatly distressed at his dea»h. Senator Ransom is expected here to morrow. His papers at the State D< - partmeut are ready for him. It is now thought th it George will go with him to Mex c>. He will leave for h s post of duty on Thursday. Congressman Bower and wife are at the National Hotel. David Bower still sleeps with one eye open and seems glad to return to Washington. They will leave to morrow or Thursday for Lenoir. It was thought np to to day that quite a number of postoffiees in North Carolina which at the present time are not money order offices, would be given that privi lege. It has, however, been found that this would neceseitate new bonds to be given by a number of postmasters who even ha I trouble in getting up the bonds which they have previously given. An order ha'* Wen issued which makes the route No 18910 from Lineolnton to Hickory supply Crimsic six times a week. Winthrop and Merrimon have b«en given a >pecial star service from New beru. The.-e places are supplied six times a week. Mr. John B Burwell and son, of Ral eigh, left to night byway of the boat for their home, accompanied by Mr-. Bur well, wlio has been here for treatment, being attended by Dr. Sterling Ruffin. Mrs. Burwell has been here for some weeks aud is much improved. Hon. Kerr Oraige, Third Assistant Postmaster General, was busy to-day signing collection drafts for the postof fices in North Carolina. Each office sends its rec> ipts to some larg» r office until it is ail collected in some very im portant office, and from here it is piid out as directed by the orders of Mr. Craige. The Marine Band, fifty strong, under the direction ot Fauciulli, has left mi its Southern tour. This is the finest band in the country, and the people of North Carolina will three chances to hear these accomplished musicians. They will give concerts in Greensboro, Raleigh and Wilmington. The management of Georgetown U Di versity baseball team have been trying to arrange a date with the University of .North Carolina for a match game here in May It would hardly be expected that Georgetown should desire another drubbing like the Tar Heel foot ball team gave them last fall. Dea>.h ot Mr. W. J. Capebart, Special to the New* and Observer. Newbefn, N. C., March 16 News was received here this morning of the death of Mr. W. J. Capehart, at his home, in Bertie county. He was 76 years old. and the father of Mrs. W. P. Burras, of this city. He was an hon ored citizen, and was widely known in this State. An Embezzler Gets Three Years. New York, March 26.—Barry Mines, the former confidential clerk of J. Pierre pont Morgan A Co., who was arrested on Wedn* sday for alleged embezzlement of of SIO,OOO from that house, pleaded gnilty to the indictment of grand larceny before Judge Fitzgerald this morning and was sentenced to three years imprison ment. Bank Robbers Get 910,000. Rockford, lil, March 26.—The New comer bank, at Mount Morris, was en tered by robbers last night. After drill ing into the vault and breaking the door dynamite was used, nearly wrecking the safe. The robbers escaped with an un known amount of money, about SIO,OOO being in the safe. Lincoln, Neb., March 26.—Gov. Hol comb to day signed the bill passed by the Legislature appropriating $200,000 for the purchase of seed, grain and food for the drought stricken farmers of Western Nebraska. THE ALABAMA WHITE CATS. Their Case Taken up Yesterday in the United States Supreme Court. Washington, D. C., March 26 —The noted white cap cases from Alabama were under argument in the Supreme Court to day after the Debs et. al. ha beas corpus case had been taken under consideration. Rather an unusual condition of things was presented in the record and by the briefs filed. Wiley and William Pruett were taken from their beds on the night of March 4th, 1693, by a party of about 20 men, and severely whipped, each re reiving about 75 lashes with large sticks “until.” as the record says, “they were I>l >ody from their shoulders to tbeir knees, their backs being lacerated in many places, the skin being cut in gash es six or eight inches long.” The night was inclement and aside from the whipping, the Pruetts suffered greatly from exposure. For this assault J. W. Todd and twenty six others were indicted in the United States court for the northern district of Alabama, under section 5406 (K. S), the indictment charging that they “did combine, con spire, and confederate together by force, intimidation and threats, to injure Wiley Pruett, who had therefore been witnesses, and testified against Joe Arnold, Mil ion Farmer and George Kelly upon a charge of endeavoring to intimidate, and impede witnesses iu a court of the United States, in violation •if the criminal laws of the United States, tried preliminarily by and before Robert Charlson, acting as a commis >i oner of the Circuit Court of the United States for said district in their person and property on account of said witnes ses above named having testified in said cause in said court as aforesaid, and in pursuance of such conspiracy, did beat the Pruetts as stated. On the trial of the cause, Todd and thirteen others were convicted and sen tenced to four years imprisonment each and the payment of a fine of SSOO From this judgment they appealed to the U. 8. Supreme Court, being admitted to bail pending the decision upon appeal. The defense was that the indicted parties were not guilty of inflicting the whipping, and that if they were, it was administered not because the Pruetts had been witnesses in a United States court against their neigh hors, but because they deserved it oa general f rinciples. The was ar gued for the defendants by John C. Fay, and for the goverment by Assistant At torney General Whitney. In concluding his brief the latter ap parently conceded that the judgment of conviction could only be maintained with any assurance of certainty against three of the defendants. DEATH OF WILLIAM 8. KIMBALL Well Kuown Tobacconist and Million aire Dies at Virginia Beach. Rochester, N. Y., March 26.—Wil barn S. Kimball, the well known to bacconist and millionaire of this city, died at Virginia Beach, Va., this mo.n iug Mr. Kimball left Rochester two weeks ago accompanied by his wife, Mr. A. K. Howlett, of Syracuse, and Dr. Williams, on a pleasure trip. A few days ago Mr. Kimball complained of an abecess which had broken out back of bis left ear. The ailment d d not improve, and Thursday Mr. Kimball summoned Dr. Baker from New York to perform an operation. A tele gram was received by his son here stat ing the operation was successful, but an other came announcing his father's death. Dr. Ely, the family physician, says the nature of the trouble is similar to that which caused the death of Ros oe Onklin. The announcement of the death of Mr. Kimball is a great shock to the busi ness world. We was one of the best Known residents of Rochester and known all over the country. In 1863 he resigued from thß United States Navy where be had enlisted and came to this city to engage in tobacco manufacturing. He was pres ident of the Post Express Printing Company, a trustee of the Rochester Savings bank, President of the Union Bank, President of the city hospital, President of the Industrial School; Vice- President of the Security Trust Com pany; vice President of the American Tobacco Company and director in the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railroad Company. k'r. Kimball leaves besides his widow, twos-ons, Harold C. and Ernest, and one daughter. Cecilia, all of this city. THURSTON’S STATEMENT. Suva He has Not Been Recalled, but that he Will Return to Hawaii. Washington, D. C\, March 26.—Min ister Thurston, of Hawaii, said to day: ‘ I have received no information from my government or from Mr. Gresham that my call has been requested, and up to the "present time there has been no change in my official relations with the State Department. Whether my recall has been requested or not I do not kuow. In any event I shall not remain in Washington. There is nothing of special importance to keep me here, while there are several matters requiring my attention at home. I shall therefore return to Honolulu, leaving Sail Fran cisco April 4 ” El wood, Ind., March 26.—The Dia mond Plate Glass firm has closed down ihe casting halls, and will close down the entire plant Saturday, and 800 men will be thrown out of employment. The shut down is to take an inventory of stock and to transfer the plant to the trust. RALEIGH. N. C.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1895. ATLANTA’S BIG SHOW THE GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT TO BE THE MOST COMPLETE EVER SEEN. THE MATERIAL IS ALL IN HAND. Tne Fish Exhibit will be the Best Ever Made—There will be Amongthe Patent Otliee Models a Special Ex hibit Showing the Progress of Cot- Machinery of all kinds—'t he Dis play in the Agricultural Department Will be Very Complete. Atlanta, Ga., March 26.—Dr. Chas W. Dabney, Jr., chairman of the U S government commission for the exhibit at the Cotton States and International Exposition, has returned to Washington. In speaking of the government exhibit Dr. Dabney said: “Ttie material for th* government exhibit at Atlanta is now all in hand and can be placed in thirty days if necessary. The exhibit will be very complete and one of the most interesting iu every detail ever made by Uncle Sam. To the visitor entering the government building from the northeast entrance the first department exhibit to meet the eye will be that of the Smithsonian institu tion on the left. “Among other exhibits hear will be seen a series of figures illustrating the evolu tion of the negro from the earliest ani mals, through the ape, the chimpanzee and the South African bush man, down to the negro as he is in this country. “Another interesting series of ethno logical representations will be figures of the Aboriginal Indians of the trib- s that once roamed through the hills and for ests of the South as the Cherokees, C’hick asaws, Creeks, etc. “Further on the right will be the ex hibit of the patent office illustrating the wonderful triumphs of American genius. Among other models will be a series illus tratiDg the progress of ginning machines from the first cotton gin of Whitney down to the complicated gin of to-day. The plow will also be allustrated by models, from the earliest plow shares down to the steam plow of modern farm ing, and the progress of other farming implements. A special exhibit will be to exhibit the progress of cotton ma chinery. “The workings of the geological sur vey will be illustrated by maps and models, aud presses will be in operation to illustrate that department of the work. “Just beyond the interior department exhibit in the center of the building will be the exhibit of the agricultural depart ment. Special attention will be paid to the exhibit of orange and citrous fruits, intended to show their methods of cul ture, tbeir diseases, and the methods of preventing and curing disease in the trees and plants. A display will also be made of horticultural and fruit growing tools and implements. “In this connection will also lie made an exhibit of the different soil* of the country, their adaptability to different sorts of agriculture and horticulture. Plants contained of wax will illustrate plant diseases and the insects that prey on plant life, and the chemicals and in struments used to exterminate them. A full display will be made of cotton plants, both of this and foreign lands, and the insects and diseases that prey on the cotton crop, together with the methods of war waged on them. “In the ornitholigical and mamma logical displays will be realistic models of the various birds and animals of America, showing their habits and methods of feeding. For instance, one of the specimens will be a fox carrying off a hen, and so natural is the model that it will take a second look to con vince the observer that the figures are not alive. The models are prepared by experts aud will illustrate fully the valu able or nefarious habits of native beasts and birds. “On the right Land aisle will be ex hibited the workings of tLeTreasuty De partmentincluding specimens of all sorts of money, bonds, etc., and a coiuing stamp in operation. “Owing to Atlanta’s proximity to salt water, tne exhibit of the fish committee will be the most beautiful and complete ever made by the United States govern ment. The hatcheries will be represented in operation and all kinds of material used by the fish commission will be pre sented. “The Postoffice Department will have specimens of all kinds of mailing implements used by the United States, including a full history illustrative of the mail service of the country from models of the first horse-back mail car riers down to the present day. The dead letter office will be shown in opera tion and specimens of all stamps issued since the beginning will be on exhibition. “In the annex of the building will be the war and navy exhibits, giving in the fullest detail all the different styles and armaments of modern vessels, many models of historic models and models illustrating the progress of naval con struction from the early days of the gov ernment down to the present day. “The War Department will also have a very complete exhibit of guns and equipments, and will show in detail the manufacture of the modern army rifle, the different kinds of projectiles, etc. “As a whole the government exhibit will be complete in every detail.” Appointed Paymaster General. Washington, I). 0., March 26. -The Pr*sideut has appointed Col. Thaddeus H. Stanton to be paymaster general of the army, with the rank of Brigadier- General to succeed Gen. Smith, retired. FOOTBALL PLAYER UE \ D. He Received the Injuries Which Re sulted in his Death Last November. Washington, March 26. —Geo. D Baheu, the football player of the George town University of Washing who was injured last Thanksgiving Day in a game between the University and the Columbia Athletic Club, died shortly before noou to day at the Emergency Hospital, this city, where he has been receiving medi cal attendance since the accident. Mr Bahen was born in Richmond, where his parents reside. His father and mother were at his bedside when he died. It was in the game between elevens from the Georgetown University and the Columbia Athletic Club on Thanksgiv ing Day, November 29, last that young Bahen received the injuries which re sulted in his death. The play through out was eharacteistic of rough and harsh exchanges, and a number of men on both sides were more or less injured and bruised. Young Bahen was plajing half back for Georgetown, and he met with his mishap in the middle of the first half. Bahen’s play was to interfere with Lcet, while Mahoney had the ball, aud this he was doing to perfection. Bahen made a rush and received a blow from a Colum bia adherent which felled him to the ground. Before he could recover and regain his feet he was trampled upon by the excited players and received the full force of numerous kicks. In the struggle Mahoney had an ankle sprained, but be stuck manfully to his post and was laid up for several days afterwards. Bahen was carried from the field to the University, whence he was afterward removed to the Emergency Hospital. On examination it was found that the fourth vertebra was shattered and as a result the entire body below that joint became paralyzed. There were several bruises on several parts of his body, and his scalp was torn in several places. After being in the hospital for some days the operation laminectomy was performed with such success that the paralysis was partly removed. Ever since that memorable Thanksgiving the student has been bedridden, but he with stood his position with commendable fortitude.# His splendid physical condi tion served to prolong his life, but he slowly faded away. Everything that medical science could suggest had been done for him up to the very last, and together with the kind offices of a loving mother, an indulgent father and attentive nurses, the de clining days of the unfortunate young man were made as comfortable as the circumstances would permit. Deputy Coroner Glassback called at the hospital as soon as the death was re ported to him. The inquest will proba bly be held to morrow. ORANGE GROWING IN .f ‘ MAICA. Fruit Raisers i** Florida Discouraged by the Recent Cold Wave. Washington, D. C.. March 26 —Our Consul at Kingston, Jamaica, in a re port to the State Department quotes Governor Blake, of Jamaica, in his an uual message as saying that he has re ceived applications from Florida for in formation as to the prospects of orange growing in Jamaica. They come from persons whose groves have been ruined by the severe Lost, and who realize the precarious nature of the fruit industry in Florida on account of the periodical cold waves from which it has suffered. The Governor speaks of the excellence of the Jama : ca orange, grown without cultivation or care, and says that it is evident that Jamaica could, with system atic cultivation, produce enormous crops of oraDges, lemons, grapefruit and .shaddock equal in qualify to that of any fruit in the American or European markets. *i. lie will welcome the introduction of a regular cultivation that ought to be as valuable and as stable as the cultivation of sugar aud bananas, and ha-t directed full information to be prepared aud for warded to the parties iu Florida who have asked information on the subject. GOFB TO THE JURY TO-DAY. u* rs that the Turnkey forget to lo k the door. toii'iil to Japan Dead. Washington, March 26 —The D< part* ment of State was notified to day by ca blegram from Osaka, Japan, of the sud den death at Hiogo, Japan, probably yesterday, of Consul Enoch Smithers. Mr. Smithers was appointed from Dela ware, July 1, 1889. Two Men Killed by kii Explosion. Van Wert, Ohio, March 26.—The boiler at Amos Hutchins’ saw mill, on the turn pike near here, exploded this after noon, killing Blakeley Shaw and Fred Hutchins, and badly injuring Melville Storz, Isaac Bowman and Neil Fassett. The mill took fire, and with a large Quantity of lumber was destroyed. The ead men leave families.