The -Oreeoslboro Eweini in r Telegram. " - :
VOL. I. NO. 133
GREEN SBQROir N. ITU ESP AYj J AIM U AR Y, 4, 1 898.
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Price Two Cents
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COR
I H D
X E d
N & M
The above letters con
stitute the name of a well
known business firm in
Greensboro, whose ad
vertisement will appear
in this space next Thurs
day, and will be of great
interest to every lady in
the city, for it will speak
of something which no
lady ever gets enough of.
Don't
Be Fooled
A. A. Waterman's
''Standard"
Fountain Pens are
the only modern
pens.
Beware of Old-Fashion Ideas!
W 6 farrar & Son
Jewelers
Established 1868.
I Have'
Soured a Fi rat-
Class Cook, and am fullv prepared to
serve the good people of Greensboro.
Remember I only cater to the best
trade.
Central Cafe,
e. n. GRADY,
Manager.
USE
Tar Heel Cough Syrup
and
Stop That Cough.
Trial Bottle Free, at
Asheboro Street Pharmacy.
Geo W Kestler & Son, Props
W C Porter, Manager
To Our Friends:
Hoping that each one
of you have spent a jolly
Christmas and wishing
you a happy New Year
and abundant pros
perity throughout 1898.
Call on us at the
old stand.
Respectfully,
VUNCANON & CO.,
Reliable Grocers.
South Elm St. 'Phone No. 2.
When Out for Your
Christmas Shopping
call and examine our
Holiday
Goods
We may aid you in
settling the Gift
Question.
Gaston W. Ward
Druggist.
THE STEEL AND WIRE TRUST
Has filed Its Papers of Incorpo
ration in Illinois.
EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS
It Is a Cold Day at Malone Blowing
Hard at Colon Mrs. Luetgert's
Oolden Opportunity.
By Wire to Thi Tklbgrax.
Chicago, Jan. 4. Incorporation
papers of the American Steel and Wire
Company, capitalized at eighty-seyen
million dollars, have been submitted
to the Secretary of State at Spring
field for information. Whether the
corporation will state the amount of
stock which is Co be common and the
amount which is to be preferred is not
certain. The company will either be
incorporated in Illinois or New Jer
sey. The deal has been closed for
several weeKs ana tne oasis upon
which the plants are to be taken has
been aerreed upon. Accountants s
now verifying the valuation and the
vendors get either cash or stock.
A COLD DAY IN THE MORNING.
By Wire .to Thi Tklbgram.
Malone, N. Y., Jan. 4. The mercu
ry registered thirty-five degrees below
zero at Saranack lake today. This is
the lowest temperature of the year.
REWARD FOR MRS. LUETGERT.
By Wire to The Telegram.
Chicago, Jan. 4 Police Inspector
Schaack offers twenty thousand dol
lars reward to any person producing
Mrs. Luetgert dead or alive.
BLOWING AT COLON.
By Wire to Thi Tklbg&am.
Zsew York, Jan. 4 A private die-
paten irom uoion toaay says tnat a
norther continues to blow furiously
there raising a tremendoui sea. The
shipping business is paralyzed and
steamers are seeking shelter at Porto
Bello. Much damage has .been done
to the piers and wharves along the
coast line.
A CLOSE CALL.
Lindsay Thomas Badly Injured by a
' Horse Falling on Him.
This afternoon about 1:30 Lindsay
Thomas attempted to ride an unruly
horse at Vanstory's livery stable. He
succeeded in saddling and mounting
the animal when it made a plunge and
reared up, throwing Thomas and fall
ing over backward upon him. The
man's head fell in the gutter close by
the curb stone and this probably-saved
his life, as in falling the horse struck
partly on the sidewalk.
The man, however, is very seriously
hurt. The horse is a very large and
heavy one and most of his weight
rested across Lindsay's breast.
Dr. Turner was hastily -summoned
and administered to the suffering of
the unfortunate man.
At the present writing it is thought
he will get well, though it is hard to
tell just what his injuries are. The
doctor thinks there are no bones
broken, however.
Thomas is a colored man and lives
in Thomasville, and was preparing to
start home when the accident occurred.
OPPOSED BY TRAVELINQ MEN.
National League Preparing to Fight
Antl-Scalping Bill.
New York, Jan. 3. The Commercial
Advertiser says: P. E. Dowe, presi
dent of the Commercial Travelers'
National League, said today that this
organization is prepared on the recon
vening of Congress to vigorously op
pose the anti-scalping bill now before
that body.
Mr. Dowe disclaims any connection
between his organization and the
scalpers, saying that the league will
not oppose any legislation directed
against the business of scalping. Neith
er the word "scalper" nor "broker"
occurs in any of the biils passed by
the legislatures of ten states, or in the
bill pending before Congress. He
thinks the bill, if passed, will be a pre
lude to a general advance in passen
ger rates all over the country.
Proceeding Slowly.
The case of L. L. Hendren, guard
ian, vs. Alspaugh et als., which con
sumed yesterday afternoon, was con
tinued today. The amount in contro
versy is about $2,000.
NOTES FROM HIGH POINT.
The Local News from Our Neighbor
Briefly Told.
Telegram Bureau, )
High Point, N. C. Jan. 4, '98. f
Mrs. J. O. Walker, of . Randleman,
came up yesterday evening to visit
her parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. R
Scroggs.
Miss Lena Freeman, of Archdale,
passed through, en route to Guilford
College.
We regret to learn that the son of
Postmaster Clark is very sick.
Clyde Capel and sister, Mibs Blanch
of Troy, were in the city last night.'
James Scroggs, one of High Point's
most popular young men, who spent
his holidays at home, returned to
Trinity this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Baling, of Bis
coa, who have been visiting the fam
ily of J. S. Sechrest, returned 'home
yesterday.
A. V. Sapp and daughter left this
morning for Greensboro. -
Nelson King-, of Greensboro, is upend
ing the day in the city.
Depot Agent Ernest Wiles, of Ran
dleman, who has been visiting his par
ents in Winston, returned this corn
ing.
E. P. Wharton, of the Southern
Stock Mutual Insurance company of
Greensboro, is in thecity today on
business.
J. S. Sechrest left this
morning for
Greensboro.
Messrs. A. H. Millis and Clyde Capel
left this morning for Horner's Mili
tary School at Oxford.
J. W. Edmonson's fine horse died
this morning. It was taken from the
stable last night and replaced about
4 o'clock by unknown parties. It is
thought to have been poisoned.
Miss Mina Alexander returned to
Greensboro Female College this morn
ing.
Miss Bertha Tomlinson, teacher in
Durham's Graded schools, who spent
the holidays here, has returned to her
duty.
Harvey Davis returned yesterday to
the University.
f "WE TOLD
" t " '
YOU SO."
It is
Practically Settled and Work
Will Begin Soon.
What is practically settled? Why
the fact that Greensboro will soon
have a new and commodious passen
ger depot, lnere is no longer any
mistake or doubt about the matter.
There have been many rumors, and
some good guessing has been indulged
in, but the facts have been kept a
secret as far as possible. The Tele
gram, however, got wind of the
movement, and contented itself with
the knowledge that very soon the old
and inadequate depot would be a
dream, as it were, of the past, and
that people coming into Greensboro
over the Southern railwav. would
alight from the cars into a depot and
reception room in keeping with our
progressive city.
If you don't believe this story now,
just wait. We predict that ere long
there will be a movement about the
depot that will make the heart of
Greensboro glad. We give It as our
opinion that the old freight Ware
house will be torn down to make room
for a handsome depot and the tracks
will be shifted to the southside of the
present building. The street between
Cleggs and the railroad will be
widened to make room for carriages
and the hotel conveyances.
And so we might go on telling you
what we predict will be done, and you
might not believe it. The Telegram
believes that these things will be done
soon. Then, when all this is being
done we can point to the business and
say
lEaTWe told you so.
ria.de a Home Run.
By Wire to Thx Tklbgrav.
Brooklyn, Jan. 4 Charles Byrne,
the baseball magnate and president of
the Brooklyn baseball club died today
at his home on West Eleventh street.
He has been suffering for sometime
with a complication of diseases.
Will Watch Reforms.
By Wire to Thb Txlxgrax.
Washington, Jan. 4. President Mc-
Kinley will send Joseph P. Smith, di
rector of the Bureau of American Re
publics, to Cuba to watch the effect
of Blanco's reforms.
To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Brbmo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. 25c,
WILL THEY HANG U SHAW?
Sensational Developments v in
Today's; Trial.
THE' JURY WAS FOUND PACKED.
The trial Was Indefinitely Postponed
Hanna Says there Is Plenty Time.
No More Victims
By Wire to Thx Tkudg&ax.
Camden, N. J., Jan. 4 The trial of
Eli Shaw for the murder of his mother
and grandmother stopped abruptly
and sensationally today. Each side
threw out hints of sis&lfcnal devel
opments exposing a .deep laid cc
spiracy in tne iriai. a mistrial was
declared because one of the jurors was
found to be a member of Shaw's lodge
of the Junior Order of United Ameri
can Mechanics. The lodge adopted
resolutions pledging support to Shaw.
Nelson W. Cox the twelfth juror was
the member.
Many women are present and the
case is' very similar to the Thorn trial.
Some say that juror Cox will be
prosecuted for swearing falsely to the
questions on examination. The case
will possibly be postponed until next
April when the court, holds its next
meeting.
NO MORE VICTIMS.
"M. "
By wire to TheTklkgram.
uuDtton, ra5. jan. i jno more
victims of the collapse of the floor of
the city hall last flight were found this
morning by the searchers in .the ruins
today. Thus far twenty-four bodies
have been recovered from the ruins
and identified.
T HANNA SAYS.
By Wire To Ths Tu.bg ram.
Columbus, O. Jan. 4 Hanna says:
"The legislature has been organized
against us but there is still a week be
fore the election of Senator. The
enemy (is now i the open' 'and we do
not despair of ultimate victory."
BEN BUTTERWORTH ILL.
Commissioner of Patents in a Dan
gerous Condition.
Atlanta, Jan. 3. A special to the
Constitution from Thomasville, Ga.,
says: Commissioner of Patents Ben
jamin Butterworth, is very seriously
ill at the Piney Woods Hotel, in this
city and grave fears are felt for his
recovery. He is suffering from kidney
troubles and was attacked suddenly
today, with uremic convulsions. Dr.
Mcintosh, who is attending him, pro
nounces his condition tonight as ex
tremely grave. His daughter, Mrs.
Howe, is with him.
commissioner 5utterwortn came
here some weeks tAgo to recuperate"
from an attack of pneumonia, and
until today was steadily improving.
He was at the theatre Friday night,
and had been out walking or driving
almost every day since he has been
here. His sudden prostration was a
painful surprise to those who know
him here.
noJbetter this morning.
By Wire to Ths Tklbgbam.
Thomasville. Jan. 4 Patent com
missioner Butterworth is suffering
seriously today. His daughter Mrs.
Howe is still with him. The attending
physicians, pronounces his condition
extremely grave.
THIS NEGRO, SAW A SNAKE.
And Me Was the Genuine Article Too
and a Boa-Constrictor.
Coltrmbia, S. C, Jan. 3 Last si
mer a . traveling siae-showman an
nounced that an 18-foot boa-conatric-
tor naa escaped into tne cellar, oi a,
building in Columbia's business centre.
As the reptile was not found, little
credence was given to the story. This
morning a negro porter of the Loan,
and Exchange Bank saw something
like a log by the furnace, when he
went to fire up, He was almost para
lyzed with fear when it moved, but
managed to escape into the upper re
gions.
It was the lost boa. Later several ,
newspaper men, with a sponge sat
urated with' chloroform at the end of
pole, put the huge snake to sleep," and
it was captured. .
To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. 26o.
HUNTINQ FOR GOLD.
me Treasvre Belonged to Indians.
White Men After It. -
. Maryvill, Mo., Jan. 3 Northwest
Missouri Is much interested in a search
for gold, which has been secretly in
progess for three months, near Clear-
mont. ULV-
Dave, John and Bill Bains, broth
ers, who live near the Iowa-Missouri
line, declare that on a small strip of
Jand north of Clearmont, is a buried
treasure of gold. .
Alexander Gray, a harness maker,
owns the tract. The Bains boys as
sert that the secret was disclosed to
them by some Indians of the Sac and
Fox tribe, who made a search for the
gold years ago. ,
In 1837 congress extended Missouri's
boundary line so as to include 6 coun
ties now in northwest Missouri. The
Sac and Fox and Iowa Indians owned
the land and after much difficulty it
was purchased from them. Part of the
price was J7.500 in eold, delivered to
Chief Cahaqua (Red Fox) at Liberty,
Mo. He and his party were set upon
and murdered by a band of Omahas.
Chief Red Fox died without revealing
the hiding place of the money and oth
er treasures.
The Sac and Fox Indians were tak
en to Kansas and a tradition among
them is that the gold was deposited in
a hollow log and sunk to the bottom
of a small lake near where Clearmont
now is.
The Nodaway river has since filled
the lake with sand, and its position is
aoubtiul. A stock company of Clear
mont business men has been organized
to aid the Bains brothers.
ON A BLAZING CAR.
Four Horses Burned to Death and
Theatrical Scenery Destroyed.
St. Louis, Jan. 3. Fire on a Wa
bash train cremated four horses and
destroyed the scenery of a theatrical
troupe this morning.
The horses were used in the play
"In Old Kentucky," which opened a
a week's engagement in Havlin's The
atre here this afternoon. The scenery
belonged to the same troupe.
When thirty miles from Kansas City
the engine sparks set fire to the bag
gage car, and Conductor J. W. Cana-
bey signalled the engineer several
times to stop.
Fearful of blocking the main track
and causing a wreck, the engineer dis
regarded the signals and ran the train
to Flaming, a siding, in Ray county.
The rnn of twelve miles was made in
fifteen minutes, and during that quar
ter of an hour consternation reigned.
All the baggage was burned, and it
was only by heroic efforts that the
troupe was able to show here today.
Academy of Music Thursday Night.
Pudd'nhead Wilson which comes to
the Academy of Music Thursday night
is Frank Mayo's dramatization of
Mark Twain's famous Missourian
idyl. The play deals with the folks of
a little Missouri village, to which has
come a .lawyer named Dave Wilson,
who by his quaint sayings and eccen
tricities has long been looked upon as
a simpleton and dubbed Pudd'nhead.
He is that kind of a lawyer to whom
nobody will trust a case but by his
great fad for taking thumb impres
sions of different persons he is at last
able1 to demonstrate his talents and
win the . greatest case ithe' region has
ever known. The role of Pudd'nhead
will be assumed by no less an artist
than Mr. Theodore. Hamilton one of
the best character actors on the stage
of today. Mr. Hamilton is said to
portray the genial, quizzing, kind
hearted Missourian to the very life,
and his sayings and twisting of the
proverbs give to Twain's work: a new
charm. Joseph Jefferson, Jr. son of
the elder Jefferson of Rip Van Winkle
fame ably supports Mr. Hamilton.
The piay will be mounted . with that
same attention to detail that aided
much in making its New York run so
successful.
The Wood was Loaded.
Ed Roseboro, colored, wife and
four children live at 317 West Stone
wall street. Sunday night at 9
o'clock the women and the children
were sitting by the fire, when suddenly
there was a loud explosion, and every
thing in the fire place was blown into
the room, and the woman and chil
dren blown out also.
The last stick of wood the woman
put on, it turned out to be, was load
ed, and the result, when it went off
was to injure the woman and her four
children.
They were shot in different ways
and places, all being painfully hurt.
The woman said the wood came from
Jim Taylor's wood yard. Taylor de
nies the charge. He says he did no
et any. such trap. Charlotte Observe
er, ,
ROBBED JOHN ROCKEFELLER.
Thieves Break In and Steal Bat
are Captured.
GAGGED A NIGHT WATCHMAN.
An Incoming Cunarder Reports
Stormy Weather and Brings
an Unwilling Pilot.
By Wire to Thi Telegram.
Syracuse, N. Y. Jan.4. Joe Thorn
ton an ex-cqnvict and Joe Foy, pro
fessional safe-crackers broke into the
Standard Oil Company's office this
morning, gagged the night watchman
blew open the safe and rifled it of its
contents. They were captured severa
hours later with the money in their
possession.
A WINDY VOYAGE.
By Wire To Tee Tklbgbam.
New York, Jan. 4 Cunard liner Au
rama arrived today from Queens town
and reported a very stormy voyage. The
sea was unusually high and it was im
possible to transfer the channel pilot
Martin who was compelled to proceed
with the steamer to this port.
Japan's New Cabinet.
By Cable to Ths Tklbgrax.
Yokohoma, Jan. 4 The Marquis of
Itoj formerly Premier, has accepted
the task of reorganizing the ministry
and is forming a new cabinet.
THE MARKETS.
Closing Quotations by Private Wire
to W. A. Porterfleld & Co.
w . a. if orterneld & (Jo., commission
brokers, furnish us with the following
closing quotations of the New York
Stock exchange and the Chicago Board
of Trade
The following are the closing quota-
of the New York Stock Exchange:
New Yoek, Jan. 4, 1898
American tobacco 88i
Atch.rTop. &u Santa Fe
B. and O
C. and 0 214
Chic, Bur. and Quincy..
Chic. Gas
Del., Lack, and Western,
Delaware and Hudson...
98i
95
Am. spirits
Dist'r and cattle feed
Erie
General
Electric.... , 33f
r
Jersey Central
Louisville and
95
Nashville.
55
Lake Shore
Manhattan Elevated 1 101&
Missouri and Pacific 32T
Northwestern ) 120
Northern Pacific Pr
National Lead
New York Central 105i
Pacific Mail
Reading 22
Rock Island 884
Southern Railway .'.
Southern Railway Pr 30
St. Paul 93
Sugar Trust 140i
Tenn. Coal & Iron , . 254
Texas Pacific
U. S. Leather Preferred 63i
Western Union Tel 89i
Wabash Preferred
The following are the closing quota
tions of the Chicago Board of Trade:
Chicago, Jan. 4, 1898.
, 904
. . 914
Wheat, Jan...
" May
" July
Corn, Jan....
264
" Sept
" Oct......
" May
" July
214
21
Oats, Sept
" Jan
4 May
234
900
920
472
482
447.
462
Pork, Dec
Jan
" May.....
Lard, Dec....
" Jan
Ribs, Deo....
" Jan
" May
Cotton, Sept 605606
" Oct (A
Nov , (g
" Dec
Jan.... 577579
Feb....: ...580581
March'... 583584
April. ....588589
May... J. ..592593
June 596597
July.. . .600fl01
August .604605
ct
Spot 5 cotton. .5 15-16.
Puta, 904; - Calls, 924; Curb 911
NEW YEAR ADVICE
may be wasted, as it is only the wise that profit
by other people's experience, but we will give
it for what it is worth. You will get more real
satisfaction, comfort and wear out of one suit
of custom tailor-made clothing- than you wHl
out of twenty ready-made suits. Why not f
What is a tailor for 1 To fit every curve, rem
edy every defect of figure, have your collar
lay justso, and give you the style of a gentle
man. We do it every time. .
B. L. RUBEN, Merchant Tailor,
116 South Elm Street Benbow Building.
There Nothing so Gotid for
Chaps and Rough Skin, as
CHERINE
i
(Ki-reen)
It is an Antisentift. TTalinor Tt.in
r , -3 -wvuwuj
which cures almost instantly.
25 cents.
-PREPARED BY-
Richardson & Fariss.
Prescriptionists.
121 and 504 South Elm Street
Huvler's Fine Candip.s. RO mnt.i
pound. Hildreth's Velvet Taffy, 10
25 cent packages.
New Year
Resolutions
You probably have been resolvlnc ' "''
for some time that you would cease vv C, .
endangering your sight and have your fif--zs.
eves attended to bv a i-. -
Competent and Reliable Specialist.
Now resolve that vou will onrrv v.
this into effect before making any '(
otner, ana go to see - . '
J. T. JOHNSON,
The Eye Specialist,
M. P. Publishing House 3024 South
Elm Street. Examination Free.
OFFICE HOURS : 8:30 a m to 12:S0
m.; 2;:00 to 5:30 p. m.
A GOOD
House for Rent,
ON MARKET STREET.
Plenty of Money
to loan on first-class real
estate security.
WHARTON & Mc A LISTER.
AGENTS.
Crude Rubber
Has advanced, but we are
selling Atomizers, Fountain
Syringes, Hot Water Bot
tles, &c, at the old price.
New Goods. Old Prices.
Howard Gardner,
Druggist.
Corner Opposite rosy Office.
One of the
Best Resolutions
for the new year is to do
your trading at Holton's -Drug
Store.. . "
Honest Goods at Close A
Prices is our motto.
Holton's Drug Store.
McAdoo House Building.
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