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RALEIGH, N. C' FRIDAYEYENIN$, NOVEMBER 18, 1896.
$3.00 PES YEAE.
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'TV? VnMlOTliroiJV
S. P, Ldon Prefers Sensa
ticnal Charges. -
f.:i33 KATIE K. WAITE
Aecoaed of Withholding $28,000 Worth
, of HtaBoada-Langdod InatltUM Pro,
. " Madtaga Th'roBfk Mr. Uinsdal --
ta Fadarai Court. '
Mr. Samuel P. Langdon, of Phila
delphia, the former President of the
Langdon Hensiey coal company at
Cumuock, N. C, has instituted prtH
ceedings in the Federal court to re
tire Mr. Henszey from the receiver
v ship of the mines. v Mr, J. W. Hins
, dale, who is Mr. Langdon 'a attor
, ney filed a number of papers with
-:- clerk N. J. - Riddick this morning.
Mr. Langdon -makes sensational
'- charges against Mr. Henszey and
. he also brings Miss Katie K, Walte
v in the case. Mr. Langdon 's petition
asking for the removal of Mr. Henszey
is full of spice. r , ' ' .
, The other side promises to make
the case even more interesting when
v they are heard from. , , - - .
In his petition for the re moral of
Samuel A, Henszey from the re
ceivership of the ; Cumnock coal
" mines, Samuel P. langdon, one of
' the parties to that action, the owner
of $50,000 of the ..bonds of thede
v fendant company and 1300,000 of its
capital stock, represents: t ;
, First, that the "receiver, Hensxey,
has never had any practical expert-
ence in the operations of coal mining,
r; the mines at Cumnock ' being the
i only ones he was connected with.
:. He came to Egypt six years ago and
, took charge as President, he and
ibis uncle and father controlling the
largest interest T in said company.
He made a complete failure ,of the
, enterprise, sinking and wasting
4 about $100,000. ;, He "knew nothing
of the business himself and engaged
" Incompetent people, ' who knew
nothing of mining, i . ; '' " It
f v"n Jpthtwhen the Langdon
Coal Mining Company was
organized, Henszey was made Vice-President
and Treasurer on account
f of the interests which, be represent
ed, with the understanding that his
duties should be ( confined to minor
, work. ' f . "t . ' ' - '
third, that Cobb Pendleton,' the
general agent and manager of the
' mines,' employed by Henszey, is lg
i ; norant of coal mining and, therefore,
Incompetent. , "
Fourth, that through carelessness,
said receiver failed, to Insure the
mine fans, worth $700, which- were
, destroyed by fire In July; that the
same has never been restored and
' ... the mines are not properly Tenti-
lated.
u ' Fifth; that Henswy 'has failed to
- replace worn-out property - and
thereby cut down the tonnage of the
M mine one half-' ' r . 1
; Sixth,' that while he has failed to
furnish these . necessary repairs,
- costing $175, he has, durlnff the first
three months of his receivership,
paid to himself, as appears by his
August account, $1,721.26, although
"... he was allowed by theoourtthe.very
liberal sum of $300 per month only,
V which amounted to this time to $975;
' and although., he has paid to his
typewriter and private secretary,
Miss Katie K. Walte, . $277.27, for
-'' what, his account does not disclose.
Seventh, that your petitioner be
lieves the mining operations have
been carrried on under management
of the Receiver without regard for
the future of the mines. That he
has suspended the work Of Improve
ment in the mines In order to make
the best showing possible. ,
F'trrith. that "said receiver has
o 1
' poorly stocked the. Company's store
with provisions,' necessitating the
miners going inconvenient places for
necessaries of life; that there Is now
in the store only . such articles as
snu!T and pepper and thajt this has
.L.-,!sed dissatisfaction among the
miners. .. . Y:: ';';''( :;".-:':o.:'p,
Kinth, that : your petitioner is in
tern cd tLit said receiver has failed
o iy t'ue miners for a space of 3 or
4 ninths and that there Is danger
If 1' e time being 'entirely deprived
tf t, ..r-'.Jrs. , -
1 . : ' h, that as affiant Is informed
r 1 1 'loves, it is well known in
f ' I circles InNewYork, Phila
r '"it 1 Tiltimore that the said
I : las r' -ys been a failure,
; IV 1 1 3 r j v c r r i J a a success of
- I ; t?s v ..Isrtal.an, and
- -,l j i ''lloner i j ii.!vi :eJ and
believes, this is the "-reason he has
J not been able to negotiate more of
the receiver s certificates and that
It will prevent him from further ne
gotiating samo. ' ,
Eleventh, that voun petitioner is
Informed and believes, the said re
ceiver has hypothecated or pledged
such of the receiver 's certificates as
he has reported to have.been nego
tiated, as collateral upon call or
short loans, and that upon nis fail
ure to pay . the - same same, it is n
the power of the holder of said col
lateral to sell them in the market for
what they will bring, holding him
as the receiver for the balance of the
indebtedness, so' that in such cases,
the certificates will have been nego
tiated; for less than face value and
the Interests In his -hands Will there
by be .greatly prejudiced. - -"
Twelfth, that said receiver Is vio
lating instructions of the court under
which he was allowed to pay 21 per
cent brokerage commission for ne
gotiating, the receiver's certificate
by paying the ZJ per cent commis
sions twice. , - ' - '' '
That said Henszey has not earned
and should not be paid . $300 per
month as receiver for services' that
are worthless and injurious to the
company.' ' " ' . , ' '
The petitioner avers. that Samuel
Henszey is : unreliable. : Thatrhe
has acted in a faithless manner in
regard to the issue of bonds pi the
Langdon, Henszey coal minnlng
company. That In -November - 4
said company' contracted to pur'
chase from the Egypt copl company
the plant in Chatham 'county" which
they have since operated. Mr.
Langdon recites in his petition that
the consideration to be paid for the
property was $100,000 of the capital
stock, $150,000 of 'first consolidated
bonds of the ' new ; company, : said
company also to place in the hands
of the mercantile trust and deposit
company of Baltimore trustee $50,
000 of said bonds to be used in re
tiring the' bonds of-the Egypt coal
company then outstanding of t the I
same aggregate amount and secured
by a deed of trust. That In Decem
ber '94 the new company executed
$350,000 of consolidated bonds. That
the t mercantile company ' of Balti
more retained $50,000 of said bonds
and the remaining $300,000. were
handed Sam'l A. Henszey. treasurer
of the XAngdon, ' Henszey company
by. the petitioner The-" petitioner
states that said Henszey was to pay
the Egypt coal comgany $150,000 of
the bonds for -property purchased
and to hold $50,000 to be delivered to
President Langdon when he should
have put the mines in modering work
ing order and 'to hold the' remain
ing $100,000 subject to the order of
the petitioner as president." . ; f
, That the Bald Henszey delivered
to the petition upon nis order $28,
000 of the remaining $150,000 bonds
to be used as collateral. V "
That as your petitioner Is informed
and believes', of the remaining $122,"
000 of said bonds, the said Henszey
delivered to Miss Katie K. Walte,
who has been for. six. years his type
writer and ) private secretaryyin
Cumnock. N. C.,' $50,000, the said
bonds being ! the . $50,000 to 'which
your petitioner was entitled under his
contract with the said company, he
having fulfilled his conditions. " ,; "
That the.. delivery to said. Miss
Waite . was without authority from
your petitioner and without any val
uable consideration from the;, said
Miss Walte, That the said Miss VVaite
has since surrendered $23,000 of
these bonds upon demand, to your
petitioner, and he has since taken le
gal stens to enforce the. delivery to
him of the remainder of them.;, ,'. 7-
That said Henszey has represent
ed to your petitioner by letter dated
August 13, '96; that he has in the
treasury of said company $34,500 of
said bonds. If this be so, your pe
tioner asserts that said Henszey has
issued wrongfully, .' withoufrauthor-
ity, and for no consideration $37,500
of said bonds. " And upon informa
tion and belief, your petitioner says
that, said Henszey has issued; the
same to himself and his relatives and
friends, some $8,500 of said bonds
being wrongfully issued to himself.
Mr. Langdon also institutes action
through his attorney," Mr. 3." W.
Hinsdale, to force the Raleigh and
Western Railroad to pay.;to the
Langdon-Henszey Coal Mining Com
pany ;some ten thousand dollars
which he claims the railroad owes
it. .Mr, Langdon-, la a petition, al
leges that Mr, Hdnszey is an officer
of both, -corporations and is there
fore not 'disposed to enforce the
claims of the mining company against
the railroad company
When the company went into the
hands of a receiver, thirty thousand
dollars worth of receiver's bonds
were issued in order that the-re
ceiver, could operate the property,
These bonds take,' priority
over ' all - others. Mr.. 4 Lang.
don r institutes r. r another . ac
tion . i to restrict 'the Issuance
of $30,000 wnrtbvof receiver's bonds
and instead ' Issue .' only: $15,000.
He files a petition setting forth that
he has had great experience in- mm
ing and that he knows of his own
knowledge that said Henszey .has
made mispresentations in bis peti
tion for .the issuance of reotverrs
certificates. . M rv Henszey figured
the cost of bperatingthe mines for 3
months at ; $29,164. , Mr. : Langdon
says it should be done -for $17,595,
Mr. Jngdon represents tnatf 10,001)
worth of receiver's certificates are a
serficlent amount with which the re
ceiver should opereate the mines, la
addition to the 110,000 due from the
Raleigh and Western railroad. ' .
: Another petition is. filed request
ing- that Miss Katie K, Waite be
compelled to file the $25,000 worth
of bonds which Langdon claims as
his own with the Master, Mr.TE. C.
Smith. ' ' ".. -
Judge Seymour ' yesterday signed
au lrder jnaking Langdon a party
to the suit and referring the matter
to Mr. E. Chambers Smith: master
to take the evidence and make report
upon the petition. ? . . f ' '
Miss Wailt was restrained from
disposing of or hypothecating the
$25,000 worth of bonds in question.
TODAY'S MARKETS.'
. , :Nit'Y(K, Nov. 13.
Market quotations furnished by G.
E. Leach, Broker, .311 Wilmington
street, Raleigh, N. C.
, , 7By Private Wire. 1
wrvOTHa OPKN- HIQH CL0
, u . . BTO. EST. est. ma .
January, 7 98 7 99 7 79 7 79-,
February, 8 02 1 5 02 7 84 ! 7 8-
Marchj 8 09 8 09 7 91 92-
April, . .'. ... 7 96 7 98-
May, 8 16 8 17 8 00 8 07-
June, 8 19 0 20 8 04 8 06-
July, -y. 8 23 8 23 8 07 6 08-
August,
Sopt'mb'r,' ...... ...... ...... .......
Odtober,
Novemb'r, 7 62 ..... ...... 1 64 r
December, 7 84 7 85 j 7 67 7 68
I Kw York Stock Market. '
The following were-the dosing
Quotations on the New York Stock
Exchange today:
uga&... a.'.... oi. tffc. 1191
Ameriean Tobaooo. t . , 83i
Burlington and Qulncy .1......
Chicago Gas. ..... 77)
Des. and Ct. Peed
Genera' TDlectrlc', f. 331
Louisville and Nashville. .
Manhattan . i . . '. --
Rock Island '......,. .i , f
Southern Preferred . '
St. Paul., ........ ". -
Tennessee Coal sd Iroi 31
Western Union.7.. 'v ;,..,. " ..vi .88
Chicago Grain and Provision Market.-
a':- -'.a. i, v i'4'V- -;.
The following were the closing quo
tations on the ChicagoGr&in and Pro
vision" market today j ; ; '. :jf
.Wheat December, 80i; ; Mayt 83.
Corn--Deoember, 26! May,. 281, .f
Oat-Deoamberl9(; i May 22t. -Pork
December ,6.95; January, IBS-L&rd-T-Deoember,
4.10; January 4. 30.
Clear Rib Bides May 1 3.86; Jan
uary 3.95. : . . ..A , i.'V.'.'-;.'. '
iofii vi Uvarpool Cottoa Market. i-
Liverpoot'closed unchanged to 11
higher as compared with yesterday's
closing prices. jiywitvfW' i
Liverpool opened about 2-64 up,
steady, with spot sales" of 10,000
bales4, middling 4 19-32 with a hard
ening ; tendency. ' The market de
clined slightly and closed quiet- un-
change to 1-64 better than' yestet
New York opened practically un
changed, but subsequently declined
Owing to heavy- selling for Liver
pool and. New Orleans account v ..."
The interior . movement was re;
ported very liberal. The ' South
sold.' German houses bought, but
soon turned sellers, Receipts con
tinue J to ' exceed 'I expectations.
Futures it declined gradually 20
points, recovered partially; but col
lapsed again and closed easy almost
at bottom prices. , - , -Stocks
declinedowingtocontinued
war rumors, later on they rallied in
consequence of reassuring,reports
from Washington:
: Wasiunoton, Nov, 13. A promi
nent official of the war department
says the Inter-Ocean is a lie, which
would be funny were: it not mali
cious; The government before mak
ing the 'ahnual : transfer of troops
asks for rates from the various rail
roads.' This was done some weeks
ago and the transfers have been
made. He " says if there was an
emergency for troops, In Florida no
time would be wasted- In asking for
rates and they would be pushed
forward irrespective of companies.
til
Z1
Hestraining the . A & N ,0.
i Stockholderg.-'y
TEMPQBA.RY'ONCY
Haw Kaestved Sere. that, tbe Proposed
Xaasa is - Katopped : Twsaty Dps-
n;, Iaaaad bj Jndg Bobiosoa at Inataaa
. , . of T. R. PsnwlC
j A startling and sensational turn
la the proposed lease" of the Allan
lie and .North- Carolina Railroad.
which was not taken into account by
either of the parties to th? bargain,
developed . today f at 'New; Herb,
wbere the, stockholders )iad assem
bled with the expressed , purpo'so of
taking the railroad from under the
control of the Statef" ? ; '
News was received " here today
that a temporary Injunction had been
granted by Judge RobiLSon restrain:
ing the stockholders from making
the lease. - A temporary injunction
is effective twenty days at the most,
It is rumored that Mr. Thomas R.
Purnell's vls!ttq the eastern part Of
the State the first of the week-was
for tb'e purpose of taking out the in
junction proceedings. Mr. Purnell
is said to be acting for Mr. Robert
Hancock, of Newbern, and a number
of other stockholders. :!' ' ' - r
CHAS 11. RAYTflE MAN
Selected to Succeed Mr. Will Allen aa
Snpsrlntendeat of Conntv Institution,
There is at ' present right much of
a scramble among Wake Populists
tffsecureJUr. Will' Allen's position
as buperintendent of the County
Home and Work House, :
But many of the faithful, and in
fact all of them, except Charles B.
Ray, Esq., are doomed to disappoint
ment. It seems to, be pretty well
settled that Mr, Ray will receive the
appointment at the han'ds of the new
Board of Commissioners. , Mr. John
Smith, of. Eagle Rock. Mr. Tony
Green and others are applicants for
the plaee. -i "
The Republicans concede the office
to the Populists, though If they did
not the two Populists could out vote
MaJTIIHtfWr: '
Mr. Ray, the gentleman who seems'
to have the call for the position, is
remembered as a candidate for the
nomination of Register of Deeds
against Joe Rogers in the Populist
convention two years ago. 1
The present board of county com
missioners has its farewell meeting
next Monday. The new board will
assume control of the county 'a affairs
December 7th. . .
Elcation Called in Cary, ;!.
Mr. Dan H. Young, clerks of the
Superior court of Wake county, has
issued an order for another election
in Cary township. v r
' fit having been made to appear to
me as clerk of the Superior -court of
wake county, as provided in section
25, chapter 159, laws of 1895, that
Larry B. Woodall and William M.
Sorrell, candidates for the office of
justice of peace in Cary township.
Wake county, received - an equal
number of votes at the election held
on Tuesday, November 3, 1896, and
there ia a tie in the vote lor said of
fice, it is hereby ordered that an
election be held on Tuesday, Novem
ber 24. 1896, in said township, to the
end that such office may be filled by
the - electors residing and voting
therein." - -
Sherlff-Elaot Jane Arrangta Hia Bond.
Mr. H. T, Jones, sheriff elect of,
Wake county, has . arranged his
bond with tha Fidelity and Deposit
Company of Baltimore, Md. The
sheriff s bond is $100,000. '
Ham has two offices on his bands
at present, but he does not intend to
be caught with both of them on his
hands after taking the sheriff's office.
Mr." Jones is a magistrate, but be
will - tender ' his, resignation this
week.,' - t",
' Diad.
Jas..E. the thirteen year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. A D. Hulls, died
at the home of his parents In this
city at Uo'clock yesterday morning.
The funeral was held at the residence
this afternoon at 2 o'clock, and was
attended by alarge number of friends
and relatives. - ' - -
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Battlegave
a small card party last evening.
Their guests were Miss Saunders,
of Richmond, Miss Pearce of Ken
tucky, Miss Minnie Tucker, Miss
Lily Hoke, Miss Sophyt Busbee
Miss Lulie Busbee, Air, Howard
Thomas, Mr. Sherwood Haywood
Mr. Henry King,-; Mr.: Watkina
Rpbards and Mr. P. P.Haywood, Jr.
; : GIGANTIC FRAUDS.
ASvndieata of Salndlnm Reap- MUliona
- . In the Southern Statea. '
J - '
New York dispatch tells a re-
fiarkable'stor concerning Thomas,
Peters,, and Conners two men ar
rested in the westfor passing forged
checks. ' They turn out to be impor
tant factors in a gigantic scheme to
swindle which has been carried on
for the past three years with wonder
ful success. It is closely estimated
that the conspirators have received
more than sz,uuo,ooo in cash by
their schemes,-a large portion of that
amount coming from farmers in
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennes
see '.and the Carolinas. The head
quarters of the leaders of the con
spiracy was at 20 Pine street, New
York-:fe.'i': ' -tuk.'. -
,;. William E. Valentine,' one of the
conspirators, has made a conression.
He re veals the facts that bring to
surface a gigantic syndicate of rob
bers and a scheme, that stands al
most without a parallel in America's
Criminal annals.
More than a score of arrests will
be made as soon as the police in
various cities can catch the men they
are after.
AS a consequence of the acts of
the swindling syndicate, the firm of
Jv H Baker A Co., forwarding
agents, No. 14 South street, is com
pletely ruined, and Charles H. Ab
bott, the junior parntner, is a fugi
tive from justice. J. II. Baker is
left without a cent
Several arrests have taken place
and the . prisoners are now in jail
awaiting trial. It was suspected
that the men were members of a
gang when the arrests were made,
but their full history was not known
until Valentine madn his confession.
In his confession Valentine says:
I was led into this thing through
ough, and the money I got out of
It would barely pay my living ex
penses. I first met Bough three or
four years ago. At that time I was
building contractor, with offices at
No. 189, Montague street, Brooklyn.
Bough was introduced to me at the
Matet ial Exchange, I supposed him
to'bs a wealthy' property owner in
Brooklyn. I did not see htm again
until late in the winter of '93; then
I heard that he was a swindler.
Bough introduced me to McLaugh
lin. His real name Is Charles Mc
Laughlin, and his family were form
erly very wealthyi nd lived in
Hempstead, L. I. I also met at the
same time, James G. Wilson, but
whom I knew as James G. Caverley.
I failed about this time and Bough
hunted me up. His office was then
at No. 69, Wall street. He told me
of schemes which he wanted me to
aid him in. Chief among these was
the disposal of thegoods which were
being shipped to J. H. Baker & Co.
This-fixm succeeded the firm of Do
herty Bra A'Co., who formerly did
a big shipping: business at No. 14,
South street. They sold out to J.
H. Baker A Co.", Charles Abbott be
ing the second member of the firm.
I met Abbott at Bough 's office. He
wanted me to go out and sell lumber
bich was being consigned to the
firm. 'This thing oan only last three
months,' they told me, 'and we must
work quick.'.
"Their system of operation was
very simple. Baker was merely a
figurehead; Abbott was a lieutenant
Of Bough's. Abbott secured a
rating In BradstreetVof $75,000 by
palming jwnersbip of a large num
ber of canal boats. These boats are
stuck in the mud at Hoboken, and
have been ,for years. They are so
rotten that they would, fall to pieces
If any one tried to float them, and
the whole lot is hardly worth more
than $5.: With this ratbag Abbott
wrote to lumber firms throughout
the country and secured from them
large consignments of valuable tim
ber. In payment for this be gave
notes of the firm. The lumber was
sold at less than cost and the money
divided among the gang.
While Abbott was. running this
firm, George J." Tragidis, another
lieutenant of Bough, was the re
puted head of a farm produce com
mission bouse at No, lox ueaae
street. Tragidis had been a florist
and owned a , little property with
which he secured small rating in
the mercantile agency: With htm
wasOallaher; who was thoroughly
experienced 1 in the produce busi
ness. They wroto to farmers and
shippers all through , the country,
askiug for consignments of goods.
They gave as reference Baker & Co.,
the United States Land and Guaran
tee Company and the Standard Coal
and Oil Company, all of which were
Bough's schemes. ',
Km the strength of these refer
ences they received large consign
ments of. butter and eggs and all
7
kjnds of farm produce.
the first
shipment. they paid
ilv and in
full. For the second paid one
hftlf Pnr n.11 After ; V. t.Kpv nftM
nothing. In this vf vV&ey obtained
goods from thouf Ts of farmers
from all parts of country, each
man usually Bending eightor 10 con
signments and getting pay for one
and one-half; the balance of the
money was divided, Bough and
Tragidis getting most of it.
v "In August the farmers stopped
sending, and about the same time
Baker & Co., ' could get no more
lumber, so they commenced to buy
anything they could lay their hands
On, their rating in the commercial
directory still giving them credit.
In this way both firms bought hun
dreds of bicycles, thousands of dol
lars' worth of wine, clothing, jewelry,
elocks and bicycle sundries. All of
these they sold for any amount of
cash they could get. They never
paid for any of them
SETTLE TO RETIRE.
Pr. Ualby Saya So Claims That he Will
Bava the Clear Road Next Time.
Dr. A. J. Dal by, the Populist
candidate for Congress in the Fifth
district, who was knocked off his
crutches by the Guthrie tornado.
was in the city this morning.
Dr. Dal by is a small stout man af
flicted with a se'-eral years growth
of beard. He is 4ireless and ener
getic -and is already talking of air
castles for '98.
"How many votes did you get,"
was a question put to the doctor.
"Some how or another they won't
let me know. I come to Kaleigh to
sej if I could find out."
"I'll tell you if I could have made
three morespeechesduring the cam
paign I would have gotten twice as
many votes as I did."
Just how the good doctor was go
ing to manage this he did not state,
but it has been suggested that he
would hove spoken to the voters of
two counties at one time.
"If settle had come down, "con
tinued the doctor, "I would have de
feated Kitchen by five or six thous
and votes. Kitchen would uot
come do vn. But two years from
now I will have a clear field and they
cant beat me."
"Isu't Settle going to be a candi
date?"
"No. He will get some big ap
pointment and I don't think he will
be a candidate again. That's Popu
list ground now."
''Of course you received nearly
all the Populist votes cast in the
district," Dr. Dal by was asked.
"No, sir, some of them voted for
Kitchen, but they are sorry of it
now. I got as many free silver Re
publican votes as I did Populist
votes. That was the cause of Set
tle's defeat."
PEARSON'S THE LARGEST
Bis Campaign Coat aim Over 10V) All
Statements Filed.
All the Congressmen and State
officers recently elected have filed
their statements of election expendi
tures with the Secretary of State.
Richmond Pearson filed his state
ment of election expenditures this
morning. The campaign cost the
Duke from the Ninth $1,650.39.
This is $500 more than was expend
ed by any other candidate in the
Stale, according to the statements
filed in the Secretary of State's
office
Mr. Pearson gave $78 for flags;
newspapers came in for $G0; W. H.
Worth received a $125 contribution
for Republican-Populist ticket. Mr.
Pearson's expeuses incurred in
travel, ete., were $400. '
Rev. Chas. Henry Martin gives
his expense account at $229.75.
Congressman-elect Kitchen spent
$435 in securing the election in the
Fifth district.
A, F. Freeman, Bryan elector
from the second district, is a nov
elty. He certifies in his statement
of election expenditures that the
campaign did not cost him a cent.
j .y. Tha Chrysanthemum Show.
This afternoon and tonight will
bring to a closi the chrysanthemum
show at the old Y, M. C. A. building
and the sale of the beautiful specimens
on exhibition will take place tonight
about 10 a o'clock. There are cer
tainly some , choice specimens of
the flowers there and the gentlemen
should call and purchase a band-
some cluster. .'Their lady friends
will appreciate it. Delightful re
frehments are being r erved by the
ladles incharge, including icecream,"
cake, brunswick stew, barbecue.
etc., and these will be continued till
a late hour fnlghU .
Minor Matters Manipulated
for the Many-
AROUND THE CITY.
AS
Pot-Pourri of the Hawa Pictured oPa
per Point! and PaopI Partinantlf
Picked and .Pithily Pat la
Print..'
Mr. Everett Betts has purchased
Mambnno Girl from Mr.. R. E..
Crawford.
Dr. Sexton lost his very valuable
horse last evening. The animal was '
tiken suddenly ill.
Telephone subscribers will please
add to their lists the following; Mrs
J. B. Timberlake, residence, No.
257 B; Mrs. W. N. Pace, residence,
No. 257 C.
Mr. A. J. Peterson, late of the
firm of McClure & Peterson, has ac
cepted a position with one of the
railroads, passing through Raleigh,
and will in a few days enter upon
his duties ar a machinist.
Messi s. Thos. H. Briggs 4 Sons
will giveaway aBuck Junior Rang3,
to the girl under fourteen years of
age who will collect and carry to
them the largest number of adver?
tisements with the "Buck" trade
mark . Read their announcement in
their new advertisement today.
Governor Oarr has been invited
by Governor Mitchell of Florida to
be present at a meeting in Tampa,
Fla., January 20th, of the Governois
of the South Atlantic States to take
action in regard to extending proper
coast defenses. Governor Carr will
be unable to be present in person
owing to the fact that the change in
administrations occurs soon after
that date.
"A Night'a Frolle" Tuesday.
"The comedy hit of the century,"
"Funnier than Jane." "Brighter
than the Private. Secretary." "A
positive loss not to see it," "Per
fectly presented and capitally play
ed." These are criticisms of me
tropolitan critics ballad " down" to '
single lines, on the Wilson-Thayer
production of Augustus Thomas'
comedy, "A Night's Frolic," which'
will be the attraction at the Academy
of Music Tuesday night.
'A Night's Fro.ic" is made up of
excruciatingly funny incidents, -
though the characters being at cross '
purposes. Each and every one of
the ten characters are well marked,
especially the dual role of the gay
young- widow and the gallant
French officer, played by Miss Orient
Anson, and are almost sufficient in
themselves to make any play "go,"
but obtaining as they do full dis
closure, "ANight'sFnolic" becomes
laugh provoker, of the highest
type. Unlike most of the present
day farces, "A night's Frolic" has
a clear and well defined plot, and an
Interestingand comprehensive story,
and its action is punctuated by men
ry intervals of song and danoe, that
grow out of the scenes and incidents
of the play and are necessary to the
complete exposition of the plot.
At Metropolitan Opera floaaa.
Another large and appreciative
audience greeted the Woodward-
Warren Company at Metropolitan
Opera House last night and every
body went away highly delighted
with the performance as they have
been every night this week. We
know of no Company which has ever
visited Raleigh for a week's engage
ment which has made Such a favor
able impression upon the public and
given such complete satisfaction and
genuine amusement and entertain
ment. Mr. Woodward is a whole
team in - himself and his powers tl
corned v and humor rival in their ir
resistible vein of mirth the famed
Sol Smith Russell, The Company
will tonight present Colorado and
those who fail to see this company
before the close of the "week at the
low prices tbey give will make a
great mistake. .
- - Tha Norfolk Pilot Sold. . , ;
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor,
'ii Noifolk, Va f Nov. 13. -The new ,!
Daily Pilot has been purchased by
Messrs. A. H. Grandy and W, T.
Barron, of this city. The policy of .
the paper it is thought, will be un .
changed, and it will continue as -strongly
Democratic as it has been
since the nomination of Mr. Bryan
and the declaration of the Democratic
patty in favor of free silver. . . '
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