North Carolina Newspapers

VISITOR' VOL. XXXV. NO: 150. RALEIGH, N. (THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER J, 1896. $3.00 PER VfiUf. THE PRE S B That is the Way the Indian apolis f Platform Reads. A STRAIGHT PLANK The Platform Is Presented to the Convcn - tion this Afternoon and It Is Plain - Spoken-Speculation as to the Presidential Nominee. By Telegraph to tho Press-Visitor, Indianapolis, Sept. 3. As dole gates began filing in the hall there seemrj to be no definite decision re- gthe nomination of candidates lor o presidency and vice presi-- There is much opposition den to - ed agg of Wisconsin who develop- more strength than any other .candidate, General Palmer and . General Black are coming to the - front. Vilas has withdrawn now "and is outof it. . . The drawing of the platform is calling into play political genius and - ingenuity of nearly every leading ' member, the object being to make it . as strong for the people as possible, vet not demagogic. The sub-committees worked all night, yet are - not satisfied this morning. The convention may be called on to take a hand. This combination of the probabilities and possibilitiesdemon strates the earnestness of the body. Florida Pulling for Cleveland. The Florida delegation still insists on putting forward Cleveland's name for president unless they bear from him to the contrary. A strong effort js now being made to defeut Bragg. - A Word from Cleveland. The following message was re ceived by Daniel Griffin: "My judg ment and personal inclinations are . so unalterably opposed to your sug gestion that I cannot for a moment entertain it. J'(Signed) G rovub Cleveland. " The delegates have caucused to decide for the head of the ticket. ', Most of them favored Palmer. lie ' lias told the Illinois men that he will r- yesterday's'T-Ft-TllinOis delegates decided to-present no candidate as the is choice. It is expected that some other State will present Palmer's . "name. -Palmer, Bragg, Vilas, Buck - net and other prwtunent leaders ' were cheered as they entered. Col. Breckenridge was received with boistrous cheers by his admirers, sj The convention is waiting for them ' to. finish the platform. - Nearly all :4'ViJ delegates are seated, ihree thousand five hundred people are present , It is expected that the a convention will complete its work and adjourn late this afternoon. At 12:38 John Warner, of New Yorkj was introduced andaddressed the convention. The committee on resolutions is still out. At 12:55 V Mr. Outhwait, of Ohio,, asked if the committee on resolutions was ready , to report. The chair announced . that their time would be extended on report. Frederick Lehman, of Missouri was recognized and spoke from the platform. The; commtttee on platform has completed the platform.- The finan- .. cial plank is a fiat footed declaration .for the gold standard. Bimetallism is not mentioned., On motion Mr. By Vim addressed the convention at one eighteen, . Mr. Eckels of the committee on resolutions took ; tbe platform amid cheers. He explain ed that he arose- to annouuee that the Senator from Wisconsin would arrive in a few minutes to present , fthe rejiort'of'.'the'cnmdttee..,-.i';.;V The Southern Meets the Cut. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. ' New York, Sept. 3. The Execu . tive Committee of " the Southern V " Freight ' 'Association p held a two thours' meeting os terday to consider what course to take since 'Judge SJjnonton had dissolved the tempor ary Injunction . , News was received that the Seaboard Air-line- hod put its passenger rate, from Atlanta to Norfolk to $8;;; This created a spirit of open opposition and much coin-' ment After appointing a committee to" take up tbe matter and report this afternoon, the morning session of the executive board adjourned. v Samuel Speiyper,' Av B. Andrews and all the Southern railway are in attendance; The Association decided to meet the eut in rates mafia by the Seaboard Air Line. . On and after Sept 5 rates on all classes of freight in . the, territory reached by the Southern Freight Association will be at or about 35 per cent of the present rato -.. . - :- PRITCHARD TALKS. He Speaks Confidently But Is lie Confl " dent? Tlje Washington Times of yester day says: ''This has been a day of notable political callers at local Republican headquarters. First among them in order of ar rival was Senator Warren, of Wy oming, who brought with him con- fidentopiniousof Republican chances in that State, and a little later came Senator Pritchard, of North Caro lina, member of the executive com mittoe, and Representative Aldrich. of Alabama. xne iNortn Carolina beuator was returning from Now York, where he had visited Republican headquarters and stops here on his way to take the stump for McKinley, theRepub lican State ticket, and incidentally his own Senatorial candidacy in his Stat. The very latest news from North Carolina be bad bad no means of learning exjept through the news papers, but up to a few days ago, and he believed conditions had not changed since that time, there was nothing but encouragement for Re publican hopes. 'All I have to say about North Carolina," answered Senator Pritch ard promptly, in answer to the first question of a Tunes reporter, "is that it is going to do its part to help elect McKinley and Hoburt. ' Hut he said a good deal more. 'We shall take advantage of ihe failure of fusion plans between Democrats and I'opulists, and elect our State ticket, legislature and Presidential electors, and besides re-electing the four Republican Con gressmen, gain one in the f ourth district, where Mr. White is our candidate. " The reason for his complete con fidence, he said, is that the farmers won t listen to silver talk while the tarilT is such an important issue to them, and those who desire the de velopment of the natural resources of the State will turn an equally deaf ear to the clamoring of tho sil verites. Senator Pritchard said that he would take the stumpin North Caro lina r.oxt Saturday, making his first speech in Ashboro. Except a little speaking in Illinois, under the di rection of the national committee, he will not do any campaign work out side of his own State. A Question Asked. Correspondence Press-V lsitor. Tho Board of Directors of the Deaf and Dumb Institution elected, or thought they elected, onb Mr. Place, of Indiana. It turns out that according to our statutes Mr. Place could not possibly hojd tho position and could not therefore possibly be elected. The board could not pos sibly make any contract with him. Mr. Young holds the place until his successor has been elected and in stalled into office. No successor has yet been appointed or elected and installed. Why is not Mr. Young still the Superintendent? An im possible appointment, such as that of Mr. Place, could not displace Mr. Young.- If Mr. Young is Superin tendent how could he be made to pay back a part of his salary, to be paid to Mr. Place," which was done? How could Mr-. Place daaw a salary when he has not been, nor could be under the law, Superintendent which he has done? How could Mr. Young be made Assistant Superin tendent when he has not been divest ed of his office as Superintendent, for his successor has not been ap pointed? Under ' which law does Mr. Young draw a salary as Assist ant Superintendent ? ; ". With such a high lawyer as chair- .pan of the board, who Is so conver- ' til. i . I sant wun, anusopuuucijr cipawuicu upon, the eligibility of its members' and who ought to be equally conver sant with the eligibility of the Super intendent (for the law is very plain) it looks to a '.'man up a tree" that an inexcusable blunderjbas been made. Citizen. Bryan Keeps oarSpeaklng. By Telegraph to thrffws-Vlsltor. ; Toledo, Sept, 3. Notwithstand ing the ardtfous trip of yesterday, great speeches were made last night by - Mr. . Bryan, He started for Adrian, Michigan, early this morn ing, . There was heavy rain before starting and he received a small del egation of local Democrats. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ray wish to thank their friends and - neighbors for the - kindness shown them dur ing the sickness and death of heir little baby.' ; " THE CITY'S MORTALITY. The Monthly Report for August Makis a UooiTshowing for Health. Sanitary Inspector Sale reports deaths, births and contagious (lis eases registered at the Health De partmcnt as follows: Total deaths -21, whites 8, colored 13;Jeathsundor five years of age 13, deaths over seventy years of age 2; this is a very gratifying showing indeed and leaves only 25 per cent, of the whole num ber of deaths that died at ages that were not expected to die. It will be further observed by comparison with Aug. '!I5, that the death rate has very materially decreased for Xug. '. The corresponding month last year shows a total of 30 deaths; 20 white and 10 colored, bo it will be seen that the rate for both races has decreased, that of the whiles being tho greatest. Another re markable fact is shown by reference to this and former reports for DC, which is there there has not been a death of the white race caused by typhoid fever. Thereport willshow four deaths resulting from typhoid fever, all colored, while for the cor responding month in !5 we had seven deaths from typhoid fever, six of which were white. We had fif teen cases reported n. Aug. 1)5, while n we have only had six. The registered cause of deaths were entcro colitis 4 meningitis 1. mem branous croup 1. ncketts I, heart disease 1, typhoid fever 4. enteritis 1, bronchitis 1, marasmus 1 .softening of brain 1, consumption 2. suicide, not stated 1. Births were reported as follows: White 1-, colored . Total 20. Mr. Sale says that the city is clean and the sanitary condi tion good. REPUBLICAN COM MITTKE. Is (.nllcd to Meet here ut Noon Next 1 ucs- day. Tho Republican State committee is formally called to meet here next Tuesday at noon. Chairman Holton, who has been in New York a few days in company with Senator Pritchard and Congressmen Pear son and Settle to see Mark llanna, returned home this morning. Hiram L. Grant, the onlv committeeman now at headquarters here, says: The matter of our State ticket will be settled Tuesday. I am for taking down none of nominees save Dock erv. I wantW. A. Guthrie, Popu- is. nominee for Governor, to run. Dock cry is the onlv one who really conflicts with us. If tho Populists want to run their ticket let them do so. The Asheville Reg ister talks of taking down Russell and Henderson from oiii ticket. That paper-no longer speaks by au thority. Its (editor is soured. If the Populists hail met us fairly and squarely, Henderson, our nominee for Auditor, would have been taken down in favor of Ayer, Populist. There would have been no trouble in getting rid of Henderson. " Mr. James Southgate, the nominee for the vice-presidency on the Na tional Prohibition Party's ticket, left yesterday for Baltimore, where he spoke today in the interest of his party. From there he will go to Pennsylvania to enter upon the cam paign. The Durham Herald srys he will be gone sometime and will make number of speeches during his absence. Senator Butler, chairman of the national Populist committee, left Washington yesterday for Atlanta, Ga., to hold a conference today with Populist leaders, including Thomas E. Watson, Populist candidate for Vice President. "Klglil Uells" the Next Attraction. The above pantomimic comedy which has had such wonderful suc cess everywhere will be seen at tho Academy of Music Tuesday night, Sept. 8th. Tbe Brothers Byrne are a rarely progressive firm of clever artists; and in this season's produc tion will give their manyadmirers a rare treat, for they have perfected a number of new and startling tricks besides several sccnio effects that are a marvel of stage-craft. An out lay of a large sum of money by these inimitable pantomimists results in' one of the roost realistic strage pro ductions before tho public. The lust act is entirely-new and pill convince our theatre-goers that the Brothers Byrne J; are' head and shouldors over other artists on the pantomimic stage. Everything has been perfected in detail. .There are hints that the 'fight about tho principalship of the inti tutions for the blind and deaf-mutes fa not yet ended.. No details can be learned. " " BIG FIRE IN- NORFOLK Two Hundred Thousand Dol lars of Property Dest royed. FAMILIES HOMELESS The Dig Ulaio Carries Off a Large Portion of the City A Change of Win J tsaves the old Dominion Property. By Tolejrah to tho Pre88- lsitor. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 3. A fire which started in the five-story plough implement factory of S. R. White & Bro. destroyed two hun dred thousand dollars iworth of property here last night. A number of buildings in the lane leaning to Main straet caught, consuming the block and tenements. A hundred families are homeless. A change of the wind saved the property of the Old Dominion Steamship Company and the Clyde line. TOM. WATSON'S KICK Causes senator Itutlcr to Decide to Notify Him. Tom. Watson s emphatic kick has had quick effect. He will be notified that he was nominated by the Popu list convention at St. Louis for Vice President of the Unnited States. The Atlanta Constitution says this notification will be formally made md Bryan at the same time will re ceive lue niiormation that be has been placed at tho head of the Peo ple s party ticket - Senator Butler has yielded to the urgent demand made upon him by the members of the party who made up the '"middle of the road element and yesterday informed Chairman John Cunningham that he would agree to a consultation in Atlanta Thursday between Watson, H. W -Heed, of Brunswitk, Seaborn Wright and himself. At this conference the method of notification will be dis cussed and the plan of the Populist campaign outlined. It will have important tearing upon tho future doings of Vr.c Popu lists. l.Jitor Ramsey still Dissatisfied. In today s Progressive Parmer is the following editorial: "One of our subscribers paid uphissubscnption last week and ordered his paper stopped untill such time as we see proper to endorse Senator Butler and the St. Louis Convention? We have endorsed Senator Butler tune and again. No Senator has a better public record atWashington. But when it come to frittering away the greatest reform movement on earth, we drew the line and kicked." "We will not endorse the St Louis convention until the work started is carried out, and that means one electoral ticket, and that for Bryan and Watson. Even then it will be a bitter pill for a man who loves the welfare of his country . There are not enough Senators, friends of Sen ators, and subscribers on all the newspaper lists in the country to bulldose us. " Hoke Smith Takes His Leave. The Washington Times of yester day says: Secretary Hoke Smith today took formal leave of the heads of bureaus and other employes of the Interior Department. Upon his arrival at the Department this morning he found the corridor leading to his office crowded. The doors were thrown open and the clerks were presented bj their chiefs. The Sec retary gave each a cordial handshake and pleasant smile. He will remain until tomorrow, when his successor, ex-Governor Francis will arrive. The Tobacco Board of Trade. At the annual meeting of the Ral eigh Tobacco Board of Trade the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, E. L. Fleming; Vice-President, V. B. Moore; Secretary and Treasurer, E. W. Thomason. There was much enthusiasm at the meeting. Ways and means was discussed for the benefit of this market which is gradually becom ing one of the most important to bacco markets in central North Carolina. . Seaton Galea Lodge, No. 64, 1. O. O. F. Regular meeting of Seaton Gales Lodge No. 64, I. O. CV F., to night at 8 o'clock. It is earnestly de sired that every member be present Members of sister lodp-es are cor dially invited to attend .-.vz-.'-y , f " . A. M. Powmx, N. G. Tium, Sec ' TH0USAWS AFFECTED. The CivU Service Law Extended to War Department Employes. The Washington Times announces that ten thousand employes of the War Department have been classi fied under the civil service., Only two exceptions are made. These are the private secretaries of Secre tary Lamont and hisassistant, Secre tary Doe. All other employees of the Depart ment, including all the clerks in the Secretary 's office, and from the chief clerk down, are included in the change. The only ones connected with the Department not affected will be a very few day laborers of the lower class. The classification is made in ac cordancewith President Cleveland s sweeping order of May fc, which ex tended the operations of the civil service law to practically all govern ment employes, except those labor ers whose work did not require any great amount of technical skill. The occasion of the delay in com plying with the order in the War Department has been due to the difficulty involved in including ail those on the pay-roll, particularly of the engineer's division. A. largo number of the employes of the department, including those of the war records and pensions divisions in this city, have, since the enactment of the civil service law, been under its operation, though this number has by no means included half of those upon the pay roll of the department. When President Cleveland sorder was first issued it was thought both impracticableand impossible to place the engineer s division of the War Department under the operations of the civil service law. The classification of more than 5,000 employes, chiefly engaged upon the work of improving the rivers and harbors throughout the country was, however, at once begun. It was a herculean task which the department set about to accomplish, many of the employes being located at outof the way points and all scat tered about the country . Interpretation of the Law. In many of these places the work only goes on in the summer and at others nothing can be done, save in the winter. To bridge over this hindrance and enable a successful classification, a proviso was insert ed in tbe rules allowing the men to be furloughed without pay in the season in winch work coulu not oo accomplished. Provided the men arc efficient they can thus hold their positions and be re-employed without the necessity of an examination when the op erations are resumed on rivers and harbors at favorable seasons of the year. Those capable men who are at present in the employ of the depart ment will all be retained and will not have to siAmit to an examina tion. All newcomers, or applicants, however, from this time forth, for positions under the engineer's di vision, as well as any other, will have to take the regular examina tion prepared by the commission. The sweeping effects of the order have been liberally interpreted by Secretary Lamont, as is shown by the effect the change will have in his own office, only two private .secre taries being exempt from the opera tions of the law. Mr. Whiting Tells About Grapes and Pears There is a great deal of blight of pear trees in this section. Mr. Sey mour Whiting, a very successful fruit and grape-grower, says that he inserted ten grains of calomel under the bark of each tree; that there is no sign of blight and the trees are loaded with fruit. Yet scientific people assure him that calomel ia. not dissolved by the sap of the tree. Mr. Whiting finds it easy to raise figs in this climate if the bushes are bent to the ground and well covered with earth in the autumn before frost, and so kept until danger of frost is over. After much experience, he finds, as to grapes, that the Delaware pays best and is most in demand, the Niagara being second. Suit Against the Ocean View Hotel Man ager. Suit has been commenced by Re ceiver O. E. Smith of tbe Norfolk & Ocean View railroad against Mr'. Edward R. Thornton, lessee of the Ocean View Hotel, Norfolk, Va., to recover $1,129 due on electric light ing. The action was caused by what seemed to Mr. Smith very sVspicious movements on the prt of the de fendant to evade payment of the debt. ANOTHER RISE IN COTTON New York Market Advanced '25 to 35 Points Today. New York, Sept. 3. Cotton quotations furnished by E. B. Cuthbert & Co.. 56 Broadway, New York, and 305 Wilmington street, Raleigh, over their special wire: MONTHS. OPF.y- HIGH- LOW- CLOS ING. EST. EST. ING 8 35 8 43 8 30 8 43 8 40 8 4 8 35 8 4ti- 8 43 8 50 8 39 8 50 8 50 8 53 8 43 8 53- 8 IS 8 28' '8'l5' '8-28-" 8 32 8 34 8 23 8 34 - 8 26 8 29 8 19 8 29- 8 33 8 38 8 26 8 38- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, Sept mb'r, October, Novemb'r, Decern iter, New York opeued wild and ex cited today 25 to 30 points -up from yesterday s closing prices, contin ued steady and rather firm during the entire session, and closed at tho highest point of the day 30 to 35 points higher than yesterday s mar ket. New ork Stock Market. following were the closing The quotations on the New York Stock Exchange today: Missouri Pacific lhi Union I'aeihe Rock Island St. Paul 071 General Lleetrie 251 Tennessee Coal and Iron Manhattan 82 American Tobacco 621 Burlington and Quiney 63 Western Union 78$ Louisville and Nashville 3tJ United States Leather 481 Southern Railroad 7J Southern i 'referred 20 Chicago, (ias 57 i Sugar 112i Reading t Des. and d t. I' wd Atchison D. L. & W 155 Jersey Central 98 J Erie Silver Liverpool Lotton Market. bepteniber 4.30. September -October 4.291. October-November 4.27. November-December 4.26. December-January 4.251. January-February 4.251. February-March 4.201. Chicago Grain and Provision Market. The following were the closing quo tations on theChicagoGrain and Pro vision market today: Wheat September, 50 j; December, tt. Corn Scplcmlier 208; December, 21. OatS'-beptomber, .151; December 16S Pork September,. 5.62; December . Lard September, 3.27; Dec. 3.50. 'ear Ilib Sides-Soptember, 3.15; January a. 27. Steel Works Shut Down. liy Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. PlTTSBi Rd, Sept. 3. Owing to poor business the Edgar Thomson Steel Plant of the Carnegie Co., at Braddock, has been shut down in all departments, making 5,000 idle employees for an indefinite period. This is the first time in the history of the works that poor business hes forced the company to shut down. Bryan and free silver are held re sponsible according to the managers who are Republicans. harthquakc in Japan. By Cable to the Press-Visitor. Yokohama, Sept. 3. Reports are received that a great earthquake ravaged the northeast providences of Japan Monday night, destroying the town of Rokugo and other towns in that part of the empire. Over a thousand persons are reported as having been killed. Will Confiscate Their Property. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Zanzibar, Sept 3, It now ap pears that leading Arabs who sup ported Said Khalid in his attempt to usurp the throne of Zanzibar will be banished and their property confis cated. lie Has Fifty-Five "Saratoga's." By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. New Yoek, Sept.3. Changroseat 6o'clock and started for Philadelphia at 8:30 where he was received with honors similar to the attentions paid him here. It required seven large wagons to transport fifty-five trunks. Meeting of Phalanx Lodge Tonight. Phalanx Lodge, Knights of Pythias, meets tonight at 8:30 o'clock and all members are earnestly re quested to be present as it is the oc casion of. tbe annual installation of officers. ( ; - " . v . . S. F. Tklpaie. ' T Minor Matters Manipulated for the Many. AROUND THE CITY. Pol l'ourrl of the News Pictured on Pa per Points and People Pertinently Picked and Pithily Put in Print. The Republican State committee is called to meet here at noon next Wed nesday. It is feared that another case if the 'Texas fever has developed in Charlotte cattle. Rev. Dr. John A. Preston, pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Charlotte, is critically ill at Lexing ton. Va. There are 300 employes in the S. A. L. Shops at Portsmouth. Mr. Jake Nottingham is now there in the moulding department. The lialeigh "Puzzlers" and the Wilmington "Black Stockings" will play a match game here Monday at ' Athletic Park. B. R Lacy and E. C. Bcddingfield will make political addresses at the Orinoco warehouse in Winston to morrow night and at Waughtown Saturday. Johnston county superior court adjourned at noon yesterday, after two and a half hours session, having disposed of the civil and criminal dockets. Mr. S. L. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture, has returned after an absence of a month, during which he conducted a number of farmers institutes. Holt & llomewooj, of Alamance, today secured at the fair grounds the same amount of space as has been taken by George Vanderbilt for his Biltinore farm exhibit. Governor Carr today paid $50 re ward for tho capture of Peter Cam eron, a noteu roDDer ana nouse- breaker, wanted in Chatham county. He was arrested at Aberdeen. Mr. W H. McCorkle of Mecklen burg county saved his 18-year-old daughter from being killed by a mad cow. He caught the enraged animal by the horns and threw her down. Sheriff Page and his deputies have certainly tried hard to capture Chavis, alias Booker, the negro who blew out Mahala W hite s brains last Saturday, but he appears to have escaped. Hon. R. B. Peebles will speak at Windsor, Bertie county, Monday, September 14th, and Hon. R. B. Glenn will speak in the eastern part of the State several days successive ly next week. The Lynchburg and Durham road is to be sold at Lynchburg, Va., in two weeks. It has been stated that the Southern would buy it, but a statement from President Spencer is that the Southern does not desire its control and will not buy it. The Port Royal and Augusta rail road was sold yesterday by receiver Averill for $550,000. This is the road which made the application to Judge Simonton for an injunction restraining the roads from cutting rates. An alarm of fire turned in at Ox ford late Monday night called out the whole town and the volunteer fire department- A blaze was dis covered in the orphan asylum caused by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. . It was quickly extinguished. The damage was about $600. A patent has been issued for a mouth shield for bicycle riders, the ; object of which is to protect the throat from wind and and dust The t invention is that of Mr. Oscar Mc Cullen, of Richmond, who was for -some years a telegraph operator here. A tobacco dealer of Greensboro ' in the course of a trip in Rocking ham nd Caswell says he saw at ,. least one hundrend different farms where tobacco is grown and failed to see one good crop. All in all he says it is decidedly the poorest Crop -he ever saw. , v.. The "Indian doctor," J. L. White,. ' whose, trial for rape , came up at : Rowan Superior Court was acquitted , ' Tuesday. The trial occupied five days. More than ' a hundred wit nesses testified. White had been in jail since the 9th ol November, 1895, . He narrowly escaped lynching in Stanly county. :-.W- 7 V