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he Q Tele VOL. I. GREENSBORO, N. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1897. NO. 86. eens or gsramni. laisins: Muscolets, 10c lb Seeded, 12 l-2c lb Sugared, 10c lb Prunes, 10 Cents Pound HENRY HUNTER, Thonk 41. Collins' Corner. New Arrivals: New Cition New Dates New Currants New Dessert Raisins New Layer Figs Fancy Virginia Apples J. HENRY PHIPPS. 'ft! Ashboro street. 'Phone 24 Change of Office. 1 tiNnv lt. as soon thereafter as 1 1 'Hi move my office to the H. P. Publishing House, 304 S. Elm St. All per.on.-; Buffering- with their eyes will find me on the second floor, front room. J. T. JOHNSON, K KKXS H u ) .;'K SPI2CIALIST, -M. 1. I'Libiisliiny Houso. Examiration Free. OFFK 'K HOURS: 8:30 a m to 12:30 :.: 2:mi to .V:;a p, m. For Saturday: Plenty of chickens, ev.i, Sutler, apples, sweet and Irish P tato.es; in fact, everything you want in groceries or pro duce, and our prices are as l,;vv as any one in the city, quality and quantity consid ered. " Your-;, anxious to please, VUNCANON & CO., Reliable Grocers. - .uth Elm St. 'Phone lo. 2. Just In. ' ma's Lime Fruit'Tablets', at Wards icon's llaspberry Tablets, at Wards 'ion's Pulmonic Cough Tablets, at Wards 'm.'s Lemon Tablets, at Wards ' un's Horehound and Wild Cherry 1 i:-m-u at Wards i' firm's Blood Orange Tablets, at Wards FOUR HOUSES IN ASHES. The Prompt Response of The! Fire Company Saved Others. HOUSES WERE NOT INSURED. The Loss Will Be ; Comparatively Small but-There was no Insurance. Poor People will feel the Loss. At two o'clock the alarm of fire was turned in from box 52 and the fire company responded promptly. Dense clouds of smoke rising in West Greens boro showed the scene of the fire. The reporter, reached the scene at the same time with the fire company and and found three small houses on Whit tington street, about fifty yards from Lewis street, in flames. One of the houses was already nearly in ashes and the others burning rapidly. ' The fire started in a house occupied by Aaron McCoy. The house on one side was occupied by Wilson Sloan and on the other by Walter Banks. Both were completely destroyed. All three houses belonged to Wilson Sloan. There was no insurance at all on the houses. Across . the street from the three houses stood a small house occupied by Henrietta Gilmer. This caught fire and burned despite the efforts of the firemen to save it. It was surrounded by large cedars which hindered the men in their attempts to get water on it. The hose company had to reel off about 2,000 feet of hose before the fire could be reached. This of course di minished the water pressure, which Chief Stone reported was very satis factory. The buildings were all light frame structures, except the one occupied by Sloan, which was of logs, weather boarded and they burned like tinder. There was not the slightest chance for the company to have saved any of them. The spectacle among the poor dar kies who owned the houses was piti able. One woman had to be taken away from the scene by two men and went weeping hysterically. All she had was burned in the house. The women who were her neighbors were crying in sympathy and terror. One of the women whose house was burned does laundry work and a large quant ity of clothing belonging to white people was destroyed. She seemed greatly distressed at this, apparently thinking her patrons would hold her to account. A quantity of household stuff was piled up in the streets and gardens near by but as is usual in such cases the most worthless things were saved. Dave Gilmer was overcome while fighting the fire and had to be hauled -m-w 1 1 1 . 31 up town in a wagon. le win naraiy suffer anything more than a few hours layout. The loss was small, but falls heavily on the poor darkies who lost all their belongings in the fire. The winter is near at hand and it would be well for the white people to help the sufferers. They can be recouped for their losses without the people who help them missing what is given. Some of our charitable people should take the mat ter in hand. The fire originated between the roof and ceiling of McCoy's house from a terra cotta flue. The negroes in that part of town have wanted a hose wagon for some time. It would be well for the water committee to investigate and see if ad ditional water plugs could not be placed there to advantage. Blockade Still Captured. A special from Raleigh to the Wil mington Messenger gives the following account of a unique capture: Revenue officers made a lively raid in Edgecombe county near Battleboro today, and captured an illicit still in a remarkable location. It was in the middle of an immense reed swamp into which it had been brought on a boat A preacher was the guide of the reve nue officers and led them very care fully to the exact place. The moon shiners fled. , - STATEMENT FROM MR. MlCHAUX. He Gives His Version of "If it Were Possible." Mr. Editor: I have read with in terest the dissertation by Mr. Petty, Manager of the Guilford College Foot ball Team, regarding the recent game between that team and the Greensboro team, and the games he would have played and won ",had it not been" for the faculty. In that connection I would remind him that it is much easier to write a five line gush of foolishness in a news paper than to make a five yard rush through the line of a football team. The Greensboro team prefers to con test for football supremacy upon the football field rather than through the columns of a newspaper, and is willing to allow our friends to improve their score, if they can. I attended the fair in Winston last Wednesday and while there attempted to arrange a game with the Winston team. The captain. Mr. Bailey, in formed me that his team had been dis banded for several weeks. He then asked me why we did not play Guil ford College in Winston. He stated that his team had gotten a letter, on the Saturday before, asking for a game on Saturday the 6th of Nov. If our friends can draw any comfort out of the above they are perfectly welcome to it. Yours very truly, John A. Michaux, Manager Greensboro Team. Their New Quarters. We congratulate our friends, W. G. Mebane & Co., on their handsome new quarters, the Doggett building, into which they will begin moving in a day or two. . The building was built and arranged to order and is admirably suited for the business of this enteprising firm. Besides the convenient and suitable arrangement of the building the loca tion is all that could be desired, being located right in the heart of the traffic center of the city. The business offices which are in center of the building on the front between the two entrances, are being finished in oil, and are very conveniently ar ranged. This firm has already established a good business, and we predict for them a still more prosperous career in- their new and handsome business home. Consumption Among Negroes. Dr. Scruggs, colored, of Raleigh, gives the following interesting figures regarding consumption among the ne groes: In one city in the south, the number of deaths from consumption in ten years was 3,119, of which 611 were white people and 2,508 were colored people, showing a death rate of abroad one of the former to three of the lat ter by population. The negroes in this country constitute less than one tenth of the population, and at the same time nearly 40 per cent, of the mortality from consumption alone." Football Game Friday. i The Greensboro eleven will play the Wilmington boys on the latter's grounds next Friday. The Messenger says of the game: The Wilmington football team will play their first game of the season at Hilton park next Friday, November 12th, with the Greensboro Athletic As sociation's football team. The boys have been practicing faithfully for about a month and are now in fine trim and confident of victory, although the Greensboro team is one of the best in the State. The Andree Relief Expedition. Christiana, Nov. 6. The steamer fitted out by the governor of Tromsoe, under instructions from King Oscar, which has left Tromsoe Island in search of Professor Andree, the miss ing aeronaut and his party, is the Victoria. She carries a crew of fif teen men and has on . board Paul Bjoernvig, the explorer. The Victoria is provisioned for eight months and will search Daumandsoeren, Advent bay, Cape Thordsen, Prince Karl Foreland possibly Danes Island, from which point Andree's balloon ascended in July last in his attempt to cross the arctic regions. On her return trip the Victoria will explore the southwest coast of Daumandsoeren. Still Prospering. The managers of the Southern Stock Mutual Insurance company report that its business was never better than at present. Speaking of the insurance rate war the Insurance Herald says : "The action which association com panies are taking against the South ern Stock-Mutual in North Carolina, seems to us to be unwise. If organi zed rate-cutting against a small mutual company should succeed in driving it out of existence, the result would be one of the worst things that could hap pen to association companies." WORK OF AN INCENDIARY The San Morco Hotel at St. Au gustine Burned BENJAMIN BUTTERWORTH BETTER Five Hundred Cloak Takers Go On A Strike and The Brotherhood of Tailors flay Strike. By Wire to The Tklbgbam. St. Augustine Nov. 8. There con tinues to be no clue to the incendiary who yesterday set fire to the San Morco hotel, one of Ihe largest ho tels iP the city. The hotel was burnedjto the ground entailing a loss of two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars. The whole amount of insurance on the building was less than fifty thousand dollars. CONDITION OF MR. BUTTERWORTH . Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 8 The con dition of Benjamin Butterworth, com missioner of patents, is slightly im proved today. His son arrived here this morning, but the father was un able to recognize him. Dr. Kent announced that the patient passed a comfortable night. hanna's trip Postponed. Cleveland, O., Nov. 8. Marcus A. Hanna has postponed his proposed trip to New York until the recovery of Butterworth. BIG STRIKE IMPENDING. New York, Nov. 8 Five hundred more cloak makers went on strike this morning. Meetings will be held by all the allied trades, including the Pressers Union and the Brotherhood of Tailors and Coat Presses to discuss and determine upon the advisability of a general sympathetic strike. Thus far the strike has been attend ed by practically no disorder. LOSING CONFIDENCE IN BLANCO. The Trial of the Competitor Prison ers Postponed. By Cable to Thk Telegram. Havana, Nov. 8.-. There is much ex citement in political circles here due to an increasing lack of confidence in the ability of Spain to establish an autonomous form of government in Cuba and to apprehension lest the Spanish troops should not be able to suppress the rebellion by force of arms. The feeling of uncertainty as to the future increases the business de pression which has existed for more than two years. There is also a de sire among a part of the population for annexation to the United States. The secend trial by court martial of the crew " of the American schooner Competitor, of Key West, Florida, has been postponed owing to the illness of the president of the court. COVERED BY INSURANCE. A Hundred and Fifty Thousand Blaze at Louisville. By Wire to Thk Tklbgram. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 8. A fire here this morning resulted in damage to the extent of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in the wholesale bus iness district, on Main street between Sixth and Seventh. The principal losers are Bareford & Lawson, wholesale millinery dealers; Benjamin S. Weller, wholesale dealers in boots, shoes and stocks. Many ad joining buildings were considerably damaged by water and smoke. Loss fully covered by insurance. Football Games. At Ithaca, N. Y. Final score, Cor nell 45, Pennsylvania State College 0. At West Point, N. Y. Final score, West Point 48, Lehigh 6. At Norfolk, Va. University of Ma ryland 18, Virginia Polytechnic insti tute 4. At Hartford, Conn. Weslayn 17, Trinity 4. At New Hayen. Yale 16, Chicago A. A. 6. At Newton, Mass. Brown 24, New ton 0. At Princeton, N. J. Princeton 57, LaFayette 0. The Revolution Over. Washington, Nov, 7 Mr. Pringle, charged d'affaires ad interim at Guat- amala, reports that the revolution there is practically.. ended and the rev olutionists are retreating over the bor der into Honduras. The government is paying the troops as fast as they come in. The handsome car which is to go into thirty or more States to advertise North Carolina, will arrive in Raleigh Wednesday from the shops at Wil mington, Delaware, so the exhibits can be placed in it. FAYETTEVILLE FACTS. The Gospel Wagon and The Fakirs Both There. Fayetteville, N. C. Nov. 8. Fay- etteville has had many religious op portunities during the past inonth. The last week in Sept. Rev. L.L. Nash D. D., of the Hay street Methodist church, began a meeting in his church and for three weeks labored hard for the salvation of souls. A few days before he ...closed Rev. Dr. Drew, of Virginia, began a meeting in the Presbyterian church, aiding pastors McKelway and Graham. For nearly two weeks he preached with great abil ity and delighted his people greatly. At the close of this meeting Rev. Fur- man H. Martin, of Norfolk, Va.,came to assist pastor Thomas in the Baptist church and for 10 days he labored hard to lead men to Christ and build up the christians. Mr. Martin laid bare sins and spared none of the vices of the people. On drinking, dancing, and card playing, he was very severe. There were twenty-three professions in this meeting. During the month Dick Morse was also here. His wagon attracted some attention and the preacher laid hard blows on the dis pensary. Dick Morse does a good work along the line of temperance, but he sometimes errs in bis state ments and fails to accomplish much religiously because some of his de clarations are not accurate. He never forgets to belabor Greensboro for put ting him in jail, usually declaring it was for preaching the gospel. Fair week with its fakirs and fools is upon us.. The old proverb, "a fool and his money soon parted" will be abundantly illustrated during the next few days. More cotton has been sold in this town than for a year or two, but now that prices are so low not a great deal is being sold. The farmers are des pondent over prices, but some believe that they will advance after a little while. A CARLISLE INDIAN DEAD. A Brother of the Noted Seneca Indian Half.Back. . By Wire to The Tklbukam. Harrisburg, Nov. 8 Victor Seneca aged 19, of the Seneca tribe of New York state, struck his head, in some way between Philadelphia and Pacoli Saturday night while returning with the Carlisle football team from the University of Pennsylvania where the Indians played a game. He died at the Carlisle Indian school last night without having regained consciousness. He was a- brother of Alfred Seneca, the Carlisle Indians noted half back, and his parents re side at Senaca Falls, N. Y. He has been in the Carlisle school since 1895 and was very popular. MADAGASCAR IN REBELLION. The French Control to be flalntalned By Force of Arms. By Cable to Thk Telegram. London, Nov. 8. A dispatch from Paris says alarming information has been received there. News has reached the French colonial office that large bands of well armed and disciplined rebels are scouring the island and cut ting off insolated French detachments. To Prevent Cheap Labor. By Wire to Thk Tklkgram. Chicago, Nov. 8. As a result of the conference between Secretary McHugh, of the Stone Cutters' Union, and the heads of the Central labor bodies, they have decided to formulate a demand that organized labor get all contracts of stone work for postoffices which ag gregate a million and a quarter of dollars. All work to be done in Chi cago to prevent outside -cheap labor. Presidential Appointments. By Wire To Thk Tklbgkam. Washington, Nov. 8 The President today made the following appoint ments: W. Godfrey Hunter, of Ken tucky to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Guateen ala and Honduros. Collectors of internal revenue: James Wood, district of New Hamp shire; Edward T. Franks, second dis trict of Kentucky. Durrant flust Hang. By wire to The Telegram. San Francisco, Nov. 8 The United States Supreme court has denied the appeal of Theodore Durrant, of San Francisco,-who was convicted of the murder of Blanche Lamont. The court affirmed the decision of the Su preme court of California and Durrant must hang. All the families save one have been removed from the penitentiary in ae cordance with the recent order of the directors. Four families were living in the prison. MARTIN THORN ON TRIAL, The Jury of Guldensuppe's Slayer Being Empanelled. SHARPENING A KNIFE FOR HANNA Foraker and Kurtz In Conference And The Result Will Be a Fight in Ohio When Legislature fleets. By Wire to Thk Tklbgram. Long Island City, Nov. 8 The -trial of Martin Thorn who is charged along with Mrs. Mrs. Nack, with having murdered Guldensuppe, a turkish bath attendant, and afterward attempting to conceal the crime by cutting off the head of the victim, began here this morning. The case has attracted a great deal of attention throughout the country, has been twice postponed and promises to be one of the most famous murder trials the East has ever had. Witnesses have been brought from Europe to testify. Two hundred men have been summoned from whom the jury will be selected and it is expected that it will be several days before the jury will be empanelled. THE CASE AGAINST HANNA. Cincinnati, Nov. 8. Charles L. Kurtz quietly slipped into the city yes terday and conferred with Senator Foraker with reference to the election of a senator by .the next Ohio legisla ture. It is reported that Sentaor Kurtz has carefully considered the situation and has reached conclusion unfa vorable to the aspirations of Mr. Hanna. JOSEPH KELLEY ON TRIAL. Counsel Will Put In the Plea of In sanity. By Wire To The Telegram. Dover, N. H., Nov. 8l The trial of Joseph Kelley for the murder of Jo seph Stickney, the cashier of the Great Falls National Bank at Somer- worth began today. The state has eighty witnesses and the defense fifty and the trial will be long and hotly contested. Kelly still maintains that he is sane and is greatly worried over the likeli hood of his counsel proving that he is insane. Havemeyer Still Improving. By Wire to The Telegram Stanford, Conn., Nov. 8. It is an nounced today from the Havemeyer residence that H. O. Havemeyer is comfortable and continues to improve steadily. British Steamer Aground. Bv Wire to Thk Tklkgram. Philadelphia, Nov. 8. The British steamer Ratho was grounded in Dela ware Bay Saturday and floated on high tide this morning. No damage was done. Two New Cases Fever in New Orleans By Wire to Thk Telegram. New Orleans, Nov. 8. There were two new cases of yellow fever reported by the board of health this morning, also two deaths. Horse Thief Confesses. By Wire to Thk Tklbgbam. C Indianapolis, Nov. 8 John G. Keerns has confessed the stealing one hundred and eight horses in the streets of Indianapolis during the past year. Actress Dead. By Cable to The Tklkgram. London, Nov. 8. Miss W.B. Parks, a well known actress, is dead. Reduced Rates. On account of the Cumberland Coun ty Fair at Fayetteville the C. F. & Y. V. railroad will sell round trip tickets from Greensboro at the following low rates: Tickets sold only on Nov. 8th, 9th and 10th, with final limit Nov. 15th, good for continuous passage in each direction, at $3.60. Tickets sold on Nov. 11th and 12th, good until Nov. 15, at $2.60, good for continuous passage each way. . These tickets include one admission to the fair grounds. These special trains will leave Greensboro at 7 a. m., and returning will leave Fayetteville at 5 p. m. Excursion tickets good on all trains Children over five and under twelve years of age will be charged half rates. For tickets and further information apply to any agent of the above named road. - Proportionately low rates ap ply to all stations between Greensboro and Fayetteville. y ,,nn" Ty T m () Mm Wm mm v FASTIDIOUSMEN are always well groomed and; well dressed. They start right by having their clothing made . by a first class tailor, from the latest styles in handsome fabrics, well fitted and. handsomely finished. There is no one in this btate that can do this to suit the most exquisite tastes or that takes the pains to please, as I- Cleaning, repairing and dyeing done at short notice. B. L RUBEN. Merchant Tailor, v 116 South Trim Street Benbow Building. "An Ounce of Prwr.ti:3 IS OUR- : ' Wonderful Croup Salve. 25 Cents. . , The brassv couarh and hard breath ing quickly yanish and sweet, quit t sleep follows the application of this wonderful salve. The . membranes of of throat and nose are soothed aad' kept moist by every breath. Valual le for head colds ana catarrnaiirouDij8, opening the nasal passages , and reliees -necessity of -breathing through five nose. Guaranteed only with our 8 g nature. Richardson & Fariss. Prescriptionists. Fresh Huyler's Candy every week. Facts Worth Studying. If the Southern Stock-Mutual pays no larger dividends than the 20 per cent, now paid, and the business in creases during the next seven yoars In the same ratio it has increased during the last three years, the - actual saving for the ten years to policy-holders in North and South -Carolina will be $194,822.00, and to the policy-holders in Greensboro alone," $ 2b,Z3i .W. Be sides this the Company's assess (rein surance reserve and surplus j repre sented by still . larger figures will be kept at home and invested pi tie state. What better investment.can tie public make than by upholding ah,' institu tion tike this? - .. WHARTON & McALlSTHER. " T Special Barocins -AT THE- ; ... if- .; New Racket Sidro in Capes, Vestf, .Rugs, Hats and Gaps, Lace Curtains arid Hosiery. S Fordham-j Call, 113 East ri&rket St. Call and Examine: ouiv Elegant Toileti Soaps Just Opened " ; Howard iQardner, Druggist. Corn Kit Opposite Vost Office. - Seasonable Goods. Have just received a large lot of Pine Tar Cough Balsam, King's Discovery, : And other cough cures. ' liolton's Drd Store. Remdval. f - We have moved 1 bur place of business from the McAdoo. To East f Fliet. Bicycles, Bic and Bicycle Sui right. Come it Blaylock i 115 East Market. . Repairing 'es. .Prices " " US. r--.. hite. "SB..
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