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f N Weather To-Day ; For Raleigh and vicinity: Fair; cold.. VOL. III. RALEIGH, N. C. SATURDAY. MARCH 25. 1899 No. 99: Port MORNING i - -4 mmm fill IB Id III BIT Cables Orders to the Lonfl Cruiser Raleigh. r II fl 10 II UK IftTER Extensive Repairs to Be Made The Cruiser Aay Be Cut In Two ard Lengthened Thirty Feet, Alaklr g Her a Much More Servlceab e Vessel. V.--hington, March 24 Special. The r. ;,!-: of Noath Carolina are destined t, .appointment in-their expectation . : first greeting the cruiser Raleigh at i;. ik on her return from Manila. a ry Long today cabled insitruc t, ,!!.- to the Azories, where the Raleigh v. i i touch, ordering her to proceed there direct to New York. Sub r .!',; oivtly she will come to NorfolK., v ;h re reception ceremonies will he h !! 1; is uncertain when the Raleigh will Ti repaired, cr the extent of her re 5 ,;: s. The Norfolk yard is very 'busy, 1 Chief HiChborn, of the construc tion bureau of the Navy Department, f i v.irs sending' her 'to Portsmouth, New H.::r. rehire. She may be overhaule'C t x er.sively. '1 h? probabilities are that 'the Raleigh v. iii b? cut in. two and lengthened by k': ut "thirty feet. This was done in i-ase cf the gunboats Machias and ra.-'tine, with great benefit, the' vessels Ti-ing transformed from top-heavy craft into good cruisers. Although the Raleigh is not top-heavy, the 'addition of this length to her hull will add eon M l rably to the good quali'tdes of .the i ship. It will ne airly double her steaming ra.Hus; and add to her stability wftn ru'; materially reducing her speed. The oo.-i f this work will be abtout $l6o,000 t begin with, and it may be that Othei; changes involving further expenditutre's' nil be made in the batteries anc equipment of the ship. Isaac D. Hargetit, colored, at on a time postmaster at Rocky Mount, i barged with embezzKng funds in con nection with his administration of the office, was taken to North Carolina th:.- evening by Deputy i Marshal S. M. Farmer. Hargett was held by Unites States Comimisisioner Mi'lls yesterday a ft or a hearing, for 'the North Carolina authorities. The Raleigh at the Azores. Washington, March 24. The Navy ;.vy Department was advised this morning of the arrival yesterday of the P.aloigh at Ponta Del G'ada, Azores. "When the vessel reached th't port Cap tain Coghlan found a dispatch from ( retary Long th'ere.ehaniging the des tination of the vessel from Norfolk, Va to Tompkinsville,, State n Island, in deference to the wishes of the peoajle of New York. Norfolk Committee Heard. Washington, March 24. LA. committee of citizens 'of Norfolk calJeo. on iSecre tary Long today and urged that repairs to the Raleigh be made at the Norfolk r.avy yard. They explained that great preparations had been made to give the cruiser a fitting reception and that rail ) ' a 1 companies were advertising' excur sions to Norfolk to give everybody in the surrounding country a chance to so the first of Dewey'13 ships to re turn. Secretary Long promised to take the matter under consideration, but will make no decision until the Raleigh's arrival at Tompkinsville, 'u n the condition of her hull and en gines will be ascertained. UNIQUE VERDICT. Victim of a Lynching Said to Have Frozen to Death. Little Rock, Ark., March 24. Late r ;i i ts from Little River" county say til-- lynching situation1 is greatly im I !'"vevl. The report that 'three negroes v. ri-e lynched today appears to be un fimn'i.led. At the cooners, inquest over the body of Goodwin the jury decided that 'he wag frozen to death." His head, however, had a hole in it ana his neck was broken. 'Two wagon 1 ads of fleeing blacks reached TexaT kana during the day. CRUSHED UNDER A TRAIN. Young Man of Wilmington Killed at Flor, ence Secretary Long Seen tn Regard to the Cruiser Raleigh. Wilmington, N. C, iMar.eh 24. Special. Information was received here ait noon of a fatal aJccident which occurred at Florence, S. C, about 9 o'clock tMs morning, resulting in the death of George G. King, a highly esteemed young man of this city. The details, to far as obtainable, are t'o the effect &U King attempted to tcjai-d a freigrbt train On toe Atlantic Coast Line which Was going 'alt high speed, and missing his 'footing, fell, the heavy train pass ing over his 'body and crushing out his life. King was about 22 yearly old, a young- man of exemplary1 'character and had only been in the employ of the railroad a few weeks. His father is a car inspector for the Coast Line. The body will be 'brought here for inter ment tomorrow. Commander George L Morton and Captain T. D.Mearts left last night for Washington to endeavor to prevalT upon the 'Secretary Of tine Navy to order the cruiser Raleigh to this port. They reached Washington today at no'on, and after a conference with the secretary a telegram was received." fi'oim thecn this afternoon requesting- the mayor to wire the secretary a formal request for the Raleigh to visit Wilmington, that the matter -might 'be arranged. The mayor acted upon the suggestion at ence and wise heads say there is little doubt that the cruiser will come here. The citizens sent the right man, as few men have'the pull 'with the powers that be as Commander Morton. SMALLPOX IN WARREN. Another Case Results From Exposure to Contagion In Norfolk. Warren.ton. N. C, Mach 24. Special. Mr. John Pegram, living on the road between Macon and Churchill, this county, broke out with smallpox Wednesday. Dr. T. B. Williams, coun ty superintendent of health, was no tified and went at once to the house, quarantined the premisie's tnd took all precautions against spread Of the dis ease. Mr. Pegram, 'with a number of young men, went down to Norfolk about fifteen 'days ago to join the army, but returned about a week ago. He no douBt .contracted the disease in Nor folk. The county edmimlss loners are furnishing vaccine points to the public, requesting everybody in 'the county to be vaccinated as speedily as possible. There are no new cases of smallpox in War-rent on. Mr. Tarw'ater, the one patient here, is about well, and no danger is apprehended from the spread of the disease f rom the Tarwater prem ises. STAFF OF GENERAL MILES. Recent Leglslat'on Retires Four of Its Members From the Army. Watshington, March 24: By a decis ion today of Acting Attorney General Richards, the four principal assistants of the quartermaster general arid the quartermaster on the 'staff Of General Miles are mustered out of service by the 'legislation of March 2, 1899. The men affected are Majors William S. Fatten and Crosby P. Miller, now serv ing as colonels, and Captains M. C. Martin and F. G. Hodgson, now serv ing as lieutenant colonels in the Quar termaster's Department here. At pre en there is no quartermaster on :he staff of General Miles. At the begin ning of the war Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Humphreys was made col onel, under the law. He did not serve long on General Miles' staff, but was senit to Santiago with Shaffer's army. He remained there until the army was sent home. For the conspicuous ser vice perforated during the war, Colo nel Humphrays was made a brigadier general of volunteers, and again sent to Havana as chief quartermaster o? Cu'ba, where he is at present. He was on the list marked for muster-out, which was issued a few days ago, but the ordeir, so far as it affects him, has been revoked, and he will continue to hold the rank for the present. RYAN WITHDRAWS SUITS. Long Drawn Out Litigation Aqalnst the Seaboard Air Line Ended. Norfolk, Va., March 24. The several aits against the Seaboard Air Line suits against the Seaboard Air Line by Thomas F. Ryan, of New York, will j be withdrawn sncrtiy. ri'nis statement was m'ade upon the authority of B. L. Gironer, Of counsel fcr Ryan. Mr." Gro- ner said that Ryan hiad advised him to withdraw all suits pending, and that he would do this immediately. He says securities of the system, is convinced !a most xcllen business training, fit vwat ,r.-h nPW m .tv, I s him for tne rpjnsible position abuses complained of will be rectified. Norfolk is in a ferment over the or dering of the cruiser Raleigh to New ( York. Prepanaitions had been made here to receive her, and great indigna tion is expressed that the ship, which was bui'lt here, should be ordered to proceed elsewhere. POSTMASTER'S ACCOUNTS SHORT. He Used Funds for Campaign Purposes and Failed to Get It Back. Savannah, Ga., March 24. W. F. Car ter, until recently chairman of the Pop ulist 'State committee, is short in his accounts ate postmaster at Meldrim, about $650. 'He Is still in charge of the office., His bonds-men today decided to pay up the shortage and permit the government to proceed against Carter if .it desires. Carter says he used the f unds in the last campaign, party lead ers promising to reimburse him after t( election. This, he eayi?, they did not 40 While they eny Carter's story, 11 MEN CAUGHT IN A DEATH TRAP Steam Pipe Bursts With' Ter rible Results. W. H. Branson Dies of Injuries After Seven Hours of Suffering J. C Mathes May Live, But Will be Sightless. " Durham, N. C, March 24. Special. W. H. Branson, secretary and treasu rer of the East Durham Cotton Mill, is dead, and J. C. Mathes, general su perintendent of the mill, is so seriously injured that his recovery is doubtful, in consequence of the bursting of a steam-pipe in the pump -house of the mill. The accident occurred at 10 o'clock this morning, and Mr. Branson lingered between, life and death until 5:15 this afternoon, when he died. He was scaided in the most shocking man ner, and in the interval butween the ae'ei'dent a;hd his death he suffered un told agony. The two men were in the pump house, a small brick structure detached from the main building, when a large steam pipe used to carry stea'm from trie boilers to the pump, burst'. This pipe Avas five inches in diameter, and the steam almost crJoked the men from head to foot before they could get out of the room. The little room was really converted itno a sceam box, and so great was the prese-ure that One wal of the riouse grave way and a hoie aitout five by six feet was torn through it. This explosion relieved the pressure of s'team and saved the men from seething to death in the hot steam. As sOOn as the pipe buu'st Mr. Bran son rushe'd to th door aend tried to open it, but cou'Id not on account of the pressure. He then ran to a window and knocked it out with his fist, 'ana in doing so cu his hand and arm in a very painful manner. Mr. Matthews then ran to the door and the 'release of steam through the hole and window made it possible for him to open the door, and he ran out. Mr. Branson hac? his head and shoulders in the hole he had made in the window, calling' for help. The terrible pressure in the room is shown in the wrecked buiTding. When the pipe burst the wall in direct line of the force was the first to give way. The steam then rebounded across tlie room and the wall on the opposite siae from where it fi'ist struck, was crack ed almost from top to bottom. The building 'is cf brick, and the walls arc 15 or 18 inches 'thick. ,As soon as help could reach the men Mr. Branson was taken to the office of the company and Mr. Mathes was carried to his home next door to the mill, to await the arrival of physicians. Four, were summoned and were on the scene as quickly as possible. Young1 lady nurses from Watts hospital were in attendance upon the scalded men al most as soon as the physicians. Late this evening Mr. Mathes was still living, and hopes of his recovery were entertained. He is burned terri bly and is suffering the greatest agony. While it is possible that he may re cover, it is feared: that he will lose his sight. The skin has slipped from his body in many places William H. Branson had lived in Durham thirteen years, being actively identified Avith the manufacturing and 'business interest oi tne c:ty. wis con nection with, the i.ast Durham mill dated from his arrival here. Later he became secretary and treasurer of the ir'eari mm. ne was 'inirty-eight years old. - In early life Mr. Branson resided in Greensboro with Mr. J. A. Odell, a near relative, under whom he received he occupied. Mr. Branson was an active worker and leader in the Methodist church since early life. He was treasurer of the North Carolina Conference and a trustee of Trinity College. Some years ago Mr. Branson was happily married to Ella, daughter of Mr. B. E. Sergeant, a leadOng manufac turer of Greensboro. Saveral children have blessed this marriage. Arrangements for the funeral of Mr. Branson have net been made, but will be announced after the arrival of rela tives from Greensboro and Concord. LI66ETT & MYERS FACTORY. Option Is Held In Interest of the American Tobacco Company. New York, March 24.-.Wall street -heard today that the option held by Union Tobacco Company interests un- on the stock of Ligget & Myers Com pany, ot tel. Louis, whose plant is the ! biggest plug tobic.-v piaot in ue ONE DEAD ID IE I ID wonu, ;s exercised m tue interest or t!he American Tobacco Company, which lately, ranged to absorb the Union Company "1;:y an issue of new stock. The option is understood to have been made out io Thomas F. Ryan, William C. Whitney and P. A. B. Widener." The American Tobacco Company will turn over the pCant to its auxiliary plug to bacco company, the Continental. Murdered Man In a Freight Car. Chicago,' March 24. The bodv of a man with hha skull fractured waw fpund today in a refrigxt'a'tor car at Swift & Oo.'s yards. The car came yesterday from Newberry, S. C, and the police "believe the man was mur dered between here and that city, the motive being. robbery. The man appa rently has been dead a. week. Twenty Round and McCoy Wins. San Francisco, March 24.--Krd Mc Coy and Joe Choynslci f ought twenty rounds here tonight. The "decision went to MoCoy; 4 BIG BATTLE REPORTED. $ k i New York, March 25. A dis- patch to the World from Ma"- mla says that a big battle has - taken place, in which the Americans lost 100 killed and wounded and the Filipinos 400. Clearing House Transactions -Greatiy Increased. Demand for Cotton Goods Strong, but Price of Raw Material Re mains Low Advance In Railroad and Industrial Stocks New. York, March 24. Dun's Weekly Review of Trade tottnorrow will say: '" Business is not (frightened, either by the .exeat caprtalizaticn of new com panies cr wild fluctuations in Wall street. It goe ahead with calm dis regard of speculative performances, and payments through the principal clearing hou?es have been for the week 7S.2 per cent, larger than last year, butt for cities outside of New York 09.2 per cent, iaiger 'Chan last year. In no con siderable branch has production dimin ished, Tout in practically all has been increasing. In iron and steel a little lower price for Bessemer pig appears at Pitts burg, but with grey forge 75 cents higher there, and Southern iron at Chi cago 50 cents to $1 higher. .Minor met als are all weaker. Wool is at the doubting point, with large sales ordered from the interior by tired holders, and some concessions made to secure transactions at Phila delphia and Boston. Demand for cotton goods is still strong, but this week net at materially advanced prices. Cotton is decidely weaker, though many believe Fhort supplies will in time insure higher prices, but mill and commercial stocks are about 600,000 bales larger than last year abroad, and mill stocks here must be heavier because mills aire buying very little, although' crowded with work, while commercial stocks here are quite large. The wheat market just now is some what stronger. Exports have been for the week from Atlantic ports, 2,920,476 bushels against 1,824.569 last year, and from Pacific ports 824.1S3, against 1, 371,826 last year. Prices are 3 cents higher than last week, while corn is 2U higher. The market for cotton has been de cidedly weak, owing to somewhat bet ter receipts at the South, and also to the conviction that shocks on hand an? large enough to meet all demands. Stocks have been slow, but for good railroad securities fairly strong, the average for sixty having risen 98 cents per share, while industrials average 34 cents higher. Failures fcr the week have been 200 against 251 last year. Cuban Assembly Sends a Committee. Havana, March 24. Another meeting of Cuban generals who are supporting Gomez will be held tomorrow to decide on a donate plan for the disbandment of the Cuban army. Gomez says that many of the tioops will be employed as Cuban guards, and the three mil lions from the United S'tates will be distributed only among those not en tering the guards. The assembly met in secret today, and after a lengthy debate decided not to dissolve, but to send a committee to President McKinley The committee will start tomorrow, traveling incog nito. They will insis t that the money grant be increased (and that a loan to be is-sued by the assembly be guarantee BUSINESS MASSING FOR A BIG BATTLE Otis Preparing for a Forward Movement, t t Insurgents Strengthening Their Po sitionsWar Department Expect ing to Hear of an Important and Decisive Engagement With Fili pinos. - Manila, March 24. The Second Ore gon and Twenty-second Infantry and the troops of Wheaton' brigade are concentrating near CalooCan in the rear, of Brigadier General Otis front The Third Infantry joined Wheaton's cor.vman'd this afternoon. Army tugs con mand Malabonl Every pre para t ion is making for a forward movement. but no such action was taken today. The bia'ttalion of the Seventeenth In fantry which arrived on board the transport Sherman debarked today. Jchn Mifh'r and Sergeant Cohen, of the Twentieth Kansas, were killed raSt night. Insurgents- are actively strengthen ing their posi'tlens. Large bodies of the enemy are visible .from our lines. The cruiser Baltimore is going to Iloilo to strengthen the forces there. Reassuring reports have been recelv ed from Negrcs, where all is quiet. Churches are making ela'borate pre parations for the celebration of Holy week. Vashington, March 24. The War Department has received no offlcial in formation of fhe massing of troops at Caloocan for a decisive engagement with insurgents, but feuch a movement is not unexpected. General Otis In formed the War Department several days ago that he expected to be able soon to report important action, and this was construed to mean that he i hoped to have an important and prob ably decisive buttle. The gathering of American forces in the vicinity of Ca loocan lis believed to be a part of the plan for an aggressive movement against Aguinaldo. DICKERSON TESTIFIES. Judge Moore Takes Offense and Throws up His Connection With the Case. Asheville, N. C, March 24. Special. J. E. Diekerson, defendant rn the bank case, was on the 6tand all day today. He was asked about the discount com mittee, the Object being to show that the committee, composed cf Breese and Penland, had sole discretion in th mat ter of discounts and overdrafts, and th'at if Diekerson was allowed to over draw his account and get money on accommi.dation notes the responsibility was entirely with tne discount commiit- tee. Judge Purnell ruled out alLnues- tions as to the discount committee on the ground that Diekerson was a director, and no set of men could au thorize one of their number to violate the law. Dicker !son then went over the books of the bank, hi testimony show ing that "While he was charged with the interest and discounts of a. great many accommodation notes, the proceeds went t'o Breese or Penland. He also said that so many amounts were im properly .charged against him that it was i'mposisible for him to make his books balance. , Judge C. A. Moore, of counsel for the defense, became offended because Judge Purnell would not allow hi-m to state his reasons for wishing to introduce certain testimony, and withdrew from the court room and from any further participation in the case. 6ENERAL BROOKE'S AUTHORITY By a Recent Executive Order It Is Almost Unlimited. Washington, March 24. General Brooke has been given authority to fsue exequaturs fo consuls of foreign governments in Cuba for the period of American authority. This action, aside from its international importance, em phasizes the absolute powers with twhich General Brooke has been invest ed. Since Spain's sovereignty ended the Consuls have been in an anomalous position, and they finally demanded recognition. Now General Brooke will assume responsibility, issuing exequa turs in his own name Instead of the President. New Department Commanaer. Annision, Ala.. March 24. Orders came from the War Department today directing Brigadier General Frank, who has been In command here the past seven morfths. to assume com rrrand of the Departme'nt of the Gulf, with beu'dauaiti-r ftt Atlanta, in SPANISH WAR PENSIONS. Soldiers In Service la Field or Camp Need Not Apply. "Washington, March 24. A. decisloa ust rendered by the Department he nteflor that no applicant- aY83 s valid unless A0 . t person who has alr-z .quired a pension- at.e status, pounds like a dry technical proposition, "but Hs bearings ba more fully understood by. reference to the crcp of cases which called It forth. It appears that a large number of ap plications have come in since the war with -Spain passed its crisis, from sol diers rtill in the field or in camp, who claimed to have suffered disabilities from 'wounds disafe contracted in the service. The ComlrrflrVioner of Pen sions believed "that it was- his duty to set these applications aside 6a invalid. because the law does not recognzie any soldier as having a pensionable status till he ha: been mustered out, and a muster-out in the late war has always been immediately preceded by a physi cal examination as to the soldier's con dition at that time. To establish a precedent for letting in such applications, now that we are keeping or preparing to keep anywhere from sixty to one hundred 'thousand men In - the field, i-ou'd he . a constant drain upon the Treasury, for U wvuld often.be possible for a. soldier to get a (bad report from th? surgeons while he wa still suffering fromHCme trouble quite capable of cure This, and the ease with which comrades could b? in duced .to swear to the conditions ap parently leading up to the trouble, tend to swell, the pension list unduly. The question raiied by the Commis sioner was referred by him to the. de partment, and drew forth the decision mentioned at the beginning fcf this dis patch. I NOW A SILVER TRUST It Is Designed to Raise the Price of the White Metal. Topeka, Kas., March 24. Mr. John T. Graham, cf . Denver, who owns exten sive gold and silver mines in Colcrado and New 'Mexico, and capper mine in Utah, passed through Topeka today on his way - to his home. Mr. Graham cperates smelting p!ant at his various mines, and he has been in New York in attendance at the meeting . scnelt ers and operators, which resulted in the perfection of a gigantic tru-i, with a capital of JoS.OOO.OOO. While In this city Mr. Graham made the statement tha't the firrt step made by the new trust -wvuM 'be the advance of the price of silver 10 per cent. "This is 3. trust that w!M prove ben eficial, instead of oppressive." said Mr. Graham. "All the smelter iterators who entered into the combine signed a contract agreeing not to raise the price on the treatment of ore for ten yea rs. "The advance in silver will be made within a very short time," continued Mr. Graham, "just as soon as the com bine can be perfected." MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. The Last Congress Broke All Records for Introduction of Bills. Washington, .March 24. Mr. B. S. Piatt, enrolling clerk of the Senate, has prepared a statement giving in figures the results of the work of the last Con gress. "The statement shows that 1,457 bills and Joint resolutuions became Jaws out cf a total rf 18,463 Introduced in both houses. Of the measures intro- rduced, 12,608 were presented in Ue House and 5.853 in the Senate. Of thosw which became laws, 942 originated in the House and 515 in the Senate. There were only two direct veto- during the Congress, one f these applying ty a. S"enate bill and the o'.her to a House measure. There -were5 in audition to these, four jcket vetoes Jftlls which failed to become laws because they were not approved by the President. The record ftfwws that the iSenate pass ed 1.173. of its own bills, and that the House acted favorably upon only 517. or fewer 'than half of them, while of the 1.081 bilts passed by the House, the Sen ate acted favorably upon 946. A larger number of bills was introduced than in any previous Congress. Regulars ordered to Havana Washington, March 24. Eight com panies of the Second Infantry now at Savannah have been ordered to Hava na, and the remaining four companies from Augusta to Savannah, preparato ry to joining the rest of the conrmand. Sherman on the Chicago. Santiago March 24. Ex-Secretary Sherman was transferred from the Paris to the cruiser Chicago this morn ing. He elept well last rrlght, but his condition was not. perceptibly changed from yesterday. Agonclilo Will Negotiate With Spain. Madrid, March 24. It Is learned that Agoncillo is about to send an agent here to negotiate wfrh, the government fur the liberation of Spanish prison ers in the PhUippiaea, . i Ml ... -V ' J 1 V .. . -1 ' fl - - i ft. f ' 1 V . -
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