North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXVI.--NO. 57. WILL AWT THE OFFER •—■- Spain Willing for Olney to Settle Cuba’s Trouble. HAS ASKED NO AID. No Other Powers Queried by Spain So Premier Canovas States—Other News Relating to the Bloody W ar In Cuba. By Cable to the Press-Visitor. London, Dec. 29.—The announce ment comes from Washington that the Spanish minister has agreed the tender to accept the good offices of the United States in the settlement of the troubles of Cuba. It is generally accepted here as satis factory, and was not unexpected. Madrid, Dec. 29.—Premier Cano vas says he has asked no aid of other powers respecting Cuba. BELIEVE MACEO ALIVE. Sonic Cubans Cling to the Hope that he Will Meet Spain’s Armies Again. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. New York, Dec. 29.—An officer of the steamer- Vigilancia, which ar rived from Havana, this morning, said that while the vessel lay at Havana he learned from several Cu bans, in that city, that the belief prevailed there amongthe adherents to the Cuban cause that Maceo was not only not murdered, but was never slain at all and is now plan ning a coup d'etat in Matanzas.They base their belief on a story told by a passenger on a train which skirts the boundary of the province of Matanzas. who declared that he saw General Maceo passing near by at the head of his troops as the train moved slowly along, The bfficers of the steamship had seen nothing of the filibuster- Three Friends, and were surprised and greatly interested at being in formed of the libelling of the little craft, and that she is alleged to have, taken part in landing arms and men on the Cuban coast recently. TWENTY DROWNED. Spanish Steamship Goes Down and Only- Two Were Saved. By Cable to the Press-Visitor. Santander, Dec. 29.—The Spanish steamship Carranza, Capt. Martinez, foundered off the Bay of Biscay off this port. She carried a crew of twenty-two, twenty of whom were drowned. Roanoke Bank Goes Under. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Washington, Dec. 29.—Comptrol- Eckels received a telegram from Roanoke, Va., announcing the fail ure of the Commercial national bank. Examiner Sands was sent to take charge of the institution. The de posits are $75,000 and other liabil ities 335,000. Failure due to specu lation and boom tendencies of the locality. This is Well Said. Editor Press-Visitor: Now while the weather is dry it would be a good time to look for that crossing that got lost in the mud on Blount and Morgan streets some yearsago. Pedestrian. White Caps Kill Husband and Wife. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 29.— Masked men, believed to be white caps, shot William Whaley and wife to death in Sevire county early this morning. Gets Thirty Six Years. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. New York,Dec. 29.—IsaacZuker, convicted of incendiarism was sen tenced to the State prison for thirty- six years by Justice Fursman of the Supreme court. Big Safe Break. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. New York, Dec. 29.—The safe of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., on 42nd street was blown open by nitro glycerine and $2,000 secured last night. Heading Towards Cuba. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Tampa, Fla., Dec. 29.—Assistant Secretary of the Scott Wike passed through the city en route to Key West last night. The January term of Wake Su perior court for the trial of criminal cases begins Monday next. PRESS-VISITOR. RALEIGH, N. C., TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1896. $3.00 PER YEAR. A VERY OLD TIMER. The “Tornado” Supposed to be the First Engine of the R. & G. Railroad. S, A. L. Magundi for November publishes a portrait of thevenerable “Tornado,” supposed to be the first tractile engine that ran to Raleigh, N. C., over the Raleigh and Gaston railway, an integral part of the Sea board Air Line system. A model of the old engine is now at the Seaboard shops in this city, and is certainly singular enough in appearance to to have been the first engine ever run, says the Ports mouth Star. Recently, however, the company received a communi cation from a civil engineer in Eng land which throws some doubt on the Tornado’s claim to priority. The writer states that in looking over some old charts of the Vulcan foundry, at Leicester, he found drawings of two locomotives built over GO years ago for the Raleigh and Gaston, one of which was the Raleigh, the plans of which he sent, thinking they would prove valuable relics. These are now in the possession of the superintendent of motive power and machinery. The drawings of the Raleigh prove her to be a less primitive machine, at least in appearance, than the Tor nado, which is one of the most singular-looking freaks imaginable compared with the modern locomo tive. Its genesis is thus given in S. A. L, Magundi: •'The Raleigh and Gaston Rail road company purchased about Sep tember, 1839, four engines from D. J, Burr & Co., of Richmond, Va., which were respectively named Tor nado, Volcano, Whirlwind and Spit fire. The three last succumbed in course of time to hard usage,though faithful to their prescribed duties to the last. The Tornado, the fittest, survived all; the restand continued in active service from 1839 to 1869. TO MOVE THE CAPITOL. A Member of the Legislature from Bun combe Says that Will be the Frist Bill Introduced. The Asheville Citizen is informed by prominent local Republicans who contemplate being in Raleigh during the Senatorial contest that it is very difficult to secure accommodations at the capital. All desirable places, they say, have already been engag ed. One of the complainants will rep resent the western part of the State in the Senate. He saysthe first bill he will introduce will be for the re moval of the capital to some town where adequate hotel accommoda tions may be secured. Weather Conditions. The barometer has fallen over the entire country and the weather has become cloudy and threatening nearly everywhere. Light rains have fallen at scattered stations in the central valley from northern Texas northeast to the Lake region, and on the south Atlantic coast. The storm is still central in the north- west and is causing warm southerly winds in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. The temperature has risen considerably in the east. The C. F. & Y. V. In Court Again. Judge Simonton, of the United States circuit court, has notified Mr. J W Fries, receiver of theNorth State Improvement company, and his attorneys, Watson & Buxton, of Winston, to appear before him, in Wilmington, on January 14th, next, when he will issue a decree regard ing the sale of the Cape Fear & Yad kin Valley Railroad. It is under stood that the judge's order will be for a sale of the road as a whole and not by sections, as some of the in terested parties asked for. Romantic Marriage at Durham. The Durham Sun of yesterday says: Yesterday morning while services were in progress at the Presbyte rian church, there was a little ro mance being transacted which the congregation knew nothing of, not even relatives and intimate friends. Miss Winnie Brock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Brock, was sit ting in the congregation. Just about the time the services began she arose and passed out of the church, ostensibly for a drink, of water. On the outside she met Mr. Moran Watts. They got into a car riage and were driven to the resi dence of ’Squire D. L. Belvin, near Bragtown, where they wete made man and wife. ’Squire Belvin pro nounced the words that joined them together in the holy bonds of matri mony, WATSON AFTER BUTLER The Georgian is Caustic in His Criticisms —Calls Him “Mary Ann.” Tom Watson makes a severe at tack on Marion Butler in this week’s People's Party paper. It is signed by Mr. Watson’s ini tials, and is headed: ( ‘Mary Ann Butler Grows Pro fane Also and Calls Mr. Watson a Damned Fool.” i‘It says: ‘And now ' it is an nounced that Hon. Thomas E. Watson will contest the seat of Black from the tenth Georgia dis trict. We have strained ourselves right much to be loyal to Watson since his nomination for the vice- presidency, but our strength is now exhausted, and ve give up the job of loyalty to him with a con viction that he is more sorts of a damned fool than Elliot F. Shepard ever was.’ “We clip the above from the edi torial page of the Caucasian, Mr. Butler’s paper. “The paragraph is, in many re spects a most remarkable one. In the first place, it is curious that a United States Senator cannot use a pen to any better purpose than to fresco his editorial page with pro fanity. Any vulgarian could do that, One would suppose that Sen atorial anger would clothe itself with Senatorial dignity, and that a tirade coming from that lofty source would at least avoid the atmosphere of the gutter. To call a man “a damned fool” isaperformance so es sentially commonplace that it has well nigh lost the right to be classed as ridiculous. The idea is that Butler has been standing to Watson like a brother, all along, and still yearned for friend ship and loyal relations, but that Watson has goneand done something very wicked indeed—and Butler just couldn't stand any more. “We have strained ourrelves, ” says Mary Ann—omitting to state whether in the ankle or back—‘right much to be loyal to Watson since his nomina tion for the vice-presidency, but dur strength is now exhausted. We give up the job.' “And why does Mary Ann give up the jab after ■^fcralhiug horo^if right much ?’ “Because Watson now contests Black’s seat. And yet if this contest be a sin, it was committed in November, 1895, long before the -vice presidential nomination was dreamed of. “But there is yet another feature of the paragraph we have quoted which is more illustrative of Butler than any we have yet touched. “He states that ‘it is now announc ed’ that Hon. T. E. Watson will con test the seat of Black, as if this was the first he ever heard of it, and then he proceeds to condemn said Watson for his wicked purpose, and to say that ‘he is more sorts of a damned fool than Elliott F. Shepard ever was!’—all that because ‘it is now announced that Hon. Thomas E. Watson will contest the seat of Black.' “The thing which is most remark- able about this juvenile puerility is that Mr. Butler knew when this con test was filed and knows that Mr. Watson tried his best to have it heard before the summer adjourn ment, was in correspondence with Mr. Watson about the case, ex pressed his sympathy with said Watson in said contest, assured said Watson of his willingness and readi ness to do all he could in favor of said contest, and exerted himself to impress said Watson with the belief that he, Butler, was heart and soul with him, Watson, in said contest! “For Butler now to announce that he abandons and repudiates said Watson because of this same contest, and to call Watson ‘a damned fool’ for bringing it, is a very wonderful somersault, indeed—even for Butler- “If Mary Ann ii not specially ab sorbed with his high sensatorial du ties and his Democratic intrigues, we would like to see him take bis pen in hand and make reply to these few and humble remarks of ours. “Perhaps he can get out of the scrape without ‘havingstrained our selves right much.’ “At least we have a mild curios ity to see him try it. T. E. W. -— Physicians Elect Officers. At a recent meeting of the Raleigh Academy of Medicine the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: W. H. Bobbitt, President; A. W. Goodwin, Treasurer;H. A. Roys ter, Secretary. Dr. Ayer left yesterday for Phila delphia to take a special course in the Porcelain dental art. STEW COME HIGH • They Cost the State a Bonus of $8,400. • A GREAT INCREASE PAY $3.00 IN ADVANCE. HAPPY-WELL YES In the Expenses ol the Public Printing for the Past Two Years, Over the Years of 1893 and 1894. There has been much speculation for some time as to the amount of money the State has paid the Mes srs. Stewart for the public printing. It has been stated repeatedly on well grounded authority that the printing for the past two years under the Stewart contract cost more than itdid the preceeding two years when done by Messrs. Uzzell and Edwards and Broughton. This statement has been denied repeatedly by republicans and populists. During the campaign the Messrs. Stewart gave an interview, which was subsequently used on the stump, in which they stated that the public printing under their contract cost the state much less than in previous years. The facts are the Messrs. Stewart have made 'an enormous profit and the public printing under their con tract has cost the state over eight thousand dollars more than it did for the two previous years when done by two Raleigh firms. And this is not all. Additional increase of expense to the state under the Stewart contract will be made known in a few days. Of course there were costs incurred in transmission of matter to Winston which is not included. The cost of the printing for the past four years are given herewith from figures taken from the records on file in the Auditor's office. They are facts that cannot be disputed. The cost of the public printing for the fiscal years of ’95 and’96 when done by two Raleigh firms was for for tho fiscal year ending N«—>>>-1'^“ 30th, 1893, $17,085.57: for fiscal year ending Nov. 30th, ’94, $9,747.59. The total cost of the public printing for the two years underthe contract of the Raleigh firms was $26,833.16. The cost of the state printing for the fiscal years of ’93 and ’94 when done by the Messrs. Stewart was the fiscal year ending November 30th, ’95, $20,676.58: for the fiscal year ending November 30th, ’96, $12,798.78. This gives a total cost of the printing under the Messrs. Stewart’s contract of$33,475,36. But this is not all. The Messrs. Stewart rendered no bill of work done dur ing November until after the end of the fiscal year. This bill was some $1,800 and it makes the amount re ceived by the Stewarts for work done during the past two years $35,275,36. All this is exclusive of printing done for the Railway Commission and other institutions, for which the Stewarts were paid seperately. As will be seen the public print ing cost the State nearly $8,500 more under the Stewart contract than it did during thetwopreceedingyears. The Winner of the Berwanger Bicycle. The winning card which drew the bicycle offered by Messrs. Berwan ger Bros., and which was drawn from the box on Christmas eve night, bore the name of Ernest Pittman. Nobody knew who Ernest Pittman was till yesterday Mr. L. F. Alford, a gentleman living at Kenly, John ston county, was here and informed the Messrs. Berwanger that the lucky lad was a young eight year old orphan residing -near Kenly. Some days ago Mr, Alford went to Berwanger’s store to purchase for Ernest and his brother, Austin, a lad of twelve years, a suit of clothes each, preparing them for admittance into an orphanage, their application having been passed on favorably. Mr. Alford took advantage of the of fer made by Messrs. Berwanger and put six tickets in the box for Ernest and seven for Austin, thirteen dol lars being the total amount of the bill, and Ernest drew the bicycle. Mr. Alford was buying the clothes as a gift to the little boys. Thus it will be seen that a double good deed was done. The orphan boys were snugly clad in warm clothing by the generous donor and the wheel of for tune, which was presided over by the dainty hand of little Emily Smith, laid a hundred dollar Christ mas gift in the shape of an elegant bicycle at the door of one of the or phans. The Messrs. Berwanger will at once send the bicycle to Er- -nest Pittman. The Price of the Press-Visitor will be $4 After January 1st. Nearly a month ago notice was given that the price of the Press- Visitor after January 1st, 1897, would be 35 cents per month instead of 25 cents per month. Accordingly all bills presented after that date will be at that figure. Those who do not wish to pay at that rate have the privilege of paying up and dis continuing their subscription be tween now and January 1st. Those who let their subscription run over into the month of January will be expected to pay at the increased rate of 35 cents per month when bill is presented. Any one will have the privilege of paying $3.00 for one year in advance any time between now and January 1st, and any one will have the privilege of paying in advance for any number of months at 25 cents per month, provided pay ment is made before January 1st. It is gratifying to us to note that the Press-Visitor has not lost a dozen subscribers up to date in consequence of the raise in price and these have been replaced by new subscribers. This convinces us thatour subscribers think that we are entitled to and are willing to pay the increased yet modest price we ask, because they feel that the Press-Visitor is worth it. THE RALEIGH TRIBUNE: office Selected—Paper Will Not Appear Before Assembling of Legislature. The new Republican daily, The Tribune, will not appear before the legislature assembles and probably not until a few days afterwards. Ed itor Haywood stated to a Press- Visitor reporter that it was his in tention to have the Tribune appear several days prior to the assembling of the legislature, but he found that it would be impossible. The Tri bune has secured the red front store on Fayetteville street, opposite Tucker & Co., which was formerly occupied by the Progressive Farmer for their offices. This building was found to be most suitable for news- Daner n nr noses. Mr. Kenyon, the business mana ger of the paper, has gone to New York to look after the equipment of the office and to hurry the construc tion of the Mergenthalers. The Babcock press recently ordered is expected this week. The force that will make the Tribune has not yet been entirely selected. Mr. Willis Briggs will be the city editor. Mr. Briggs is a young man of rare intelligence and literary ability. He is splendidly fitted for newspaper work. As has heretofore been stated, Mr. Hay wood will be the editor and Mr. Kenyon, business manager. Air.- Phillips Aged 48 and Miss Morris Aged 18 Married this .Morning. Tired of single bliss Mr. W H Phillips of Johnston county, aged 48, threw off the cares of batcherlor- dom and took unto himself a wife. The bride, Miss Bettie Morris is 18 years of age. The courtship of the lovesick couple, the disparity of whose ages is only a trifle, is"of recent date. It may for the sake of convenience be dated by hours instead of days, weeks or months. But what of that; it was a case of love. The old re mark of the danger of delays ap pealed very strongly to the happy couple and this morning Mr. Phil lips and his bride presented them selves in the office of the Register of Deeds, where license was secured. When Clerk Williams had attached his signature to the document, which was to make the two as one, the groom looked upon the bride, he smiled rather fetchingly, and then such an embrace—the groom was overcome with enjoy. He fairly raised the bride from the floor. Over to the clerk’s office the couple went where Mr. Phillips was told the transaction could be legally clinched, There sat clerk A. W. Moye, who is also a magistrate. The groom bashfully made known his desire, and Mr. Moye, who is a most accommodating gentleman, did the deed, The groom and his bride tarried only momentarily—just long enough to get their belongings in hand. No mention of the union of these two happy lives would be complete without the attendants. Mr. John B. Kenny witnessed the entire ce remony from the time of the purchase of the license. The other attend ant was Mr. J. A. Duncan. SHOUT STATEMENTS,' Minor Matters Manipulated for the Many. • — AROUND THE CITY. THE STATE PRINTING. Stewart Bros. Receive a New Press and Office Equipment. Messrs. Stewart Brothers of Win ston will establish their branch printing office here within the next ten days. A very large printing press, a large quantity of typeand a complete outfit for a printing office have arrived from the manufacturers. Mr. M. I. Stewart, who has been here several times in the interest of the Raleigh branch of the firm has not as yet selected an office. The Messrs. Stewart will do the state printing in this city, provided the firm can re-new its contract with the legislature. The knowing ones among the re publicans do not talk as if the Messrs. Stewart will be given the printing contract again. They hint very strongly that if the printing goes to a republican, which none doubt, it will be given to the Tri bune, the new republican daily. TODAY’S MARKETS. New York, Dec. 29, Market quotations furnished by E. B. Cuthbert & Co., 30 Broad street, New York, and 305 Wilmington street, Raleigh, N. C., over their special wire: months. OPEN- HIGH- ING. EST. January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, Sept’mb’r, October, ' Novemb’r, December, 6 71 6 79 6 89 6 96 7 06 7 10 7 16 6 82 6 90 6 98 7 04 7 12 7 18 7 16 LOW EST. CLOS ING 6 68 6 77 6 86 6 96 7 03 7 07 7 10 6 81- 6 90- 6 97- 7 04- 7 12- 7 12- 7 13 6 78 6 78 6 68 6 78- Closed firm; sales 173,500 bales. The following were the closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange today: New York Stock Market. Sugar 1101 American Tobacco 80 Burlington and Quincy 704 Chicago Gas 731 Des. and Cet. Feed General Electric 321 Louisville and Nashville 481 Manhattan 89J Rock Island 661 Southern Preferred 261 St. Paul 731 Tennessee Coal sad Iron 251 Western Union .... 83 Chicago Grain and Provision Market. Thefollowing were the closing quo tations on the Chicago Grain and Pro vision market today: Wheat—May, 831; July 791. Corn—May,251; July, 261 . Oats—May 201; July —. Pork—January, 7.52; May, 7.82. Lard—January3.77; May, 3.97. Clear Rib Sides—January 3.75; May 3.95. Liverpool Cotton .Market. December 3.58 Inauguration of President Alderman. Dr. Alderman has been in charge of the State University since Au- guest 15th, but his formal inaugu ration as president will not take place until January 27th, when that occasion will be made a function of more than ordinary interest and impressiveness. The next gover nor, the Hon. Daniel L Russell, who is a University alumnus, will in duct the new president into office. An elaborate program will be ar ranged for the event, and a large attendance of the alumni and friends of the University are expected to be present. Among the distin guished visitors will be the emi nent Dr. William R. Harper, presi dent of the Chicago university, and Dr. J. L. M. Curry, president of the board of trustees of the Pea body fund. December-January 3.o6 January-February 3.55 February-March 3.55 March-April 3.55 April-May 3.56 May-June 3.57 Closed steady, sales 12,000 bales. Killed on His Wav Home. A serious accident occurred two or three nights since near Roxboro. A number of men were in a wagon returning home from town. Sever al of them were under the influence of whiskey. In going down a rocky hill, the horses either became fright ened and ran or were driven down the hill at a rapid rate. A man by the name of Ingram was thrown out or fell out of the wagon, striking his head against a rock, producing death. Governor Carr is very busy pre paring his biennial message which will be trans-mitted to the legisla ture when it meets here Wednesday week. Pot-Pourri of the News Pictured on Pa per—Points and People Pertinently Picked and Pithily pu’ in Print. The Christmas entertainment of the First Baptist Sunday School will occur tonight at the church at 7:30 p. m. Messrs. Thos. H. Briggs & Sons have something of interest to say in their new advertisement today. Don’t fail to read it. There have been but few cases before the mayor since Christmas. Those few were mostly drunks. Chief Heartt says the city was never more orderly on a Xmas occasion. There was a rumor that the Yar borough would open but it was without foundation. To the dis credit of Raleigh the hotel will re main closed throughout the legisla ture, C. B. Moore will, in all probabiL ity, succeed Mr. R. 0. Patterson as clerk of the Federal court of the Western district, so the Asheville Citizen states. Mr. Moore is a re publican. The Babbitt party, representing the Babbitt soap, are again in the city and are stopping at 316 Jones street. The party includes W. L. Katzenberger and wife and child, Seegrand Selig and S. Green. The noon trains from the south and west, the Seaboard and South ern, kept up their records of the past two weeks today. The South ern was an hour and forty minutes late and the Seaboard about half an hour. Mr Joseph Terry, who lives two miles west of th,e citv cantured a large o possum in his chicken coop a few nights ago. The o’possum, which weighed nine pounds when dressed, was jin the act of devour ing a good fat hen. Mr. and Mrs. C. W, Raney have issued invitations to the marriage oftheir daughter, Lallie Kittrell, to Mr. C. B. Cheatham, on Wednesday, Jan, 6th, at St. James church, Kit trell, N. 0. Reception Tuesday, evening, Jan. Sth, from 9 to 11 o’clock. No cards. The heads of the departments of the S. A. L. presented Vice-Presi dent St. John with a handsome leather chair as a Christmas re membrance. Vice-President St. John favored all the officials of the system with a personal letter ex pressing appreciation of their loy alty and efforts in behalf of the S; A. L. and also extending to all a merry Christmas. Mr. J. D. Riggan congratulates our readers on the happy Christ mas they have enjoyed and tells them that he will be doing business at the old stand next year with a complete and varied stock of stand ard goods in his line at lowest prices. Riggan will be with you all the year round and ready to supply your wants. Watc h his advertisement. By reading the newadvertisment of the North Side Drug Store today you will see that they keep abreast of the times. When the procession moves on at a little faster pace they move with it •and consequently do not get left. They will be ready to fill your prescriptions with the best and purest drugs during the com ing year and will be pleased to have you call. Watch their advertising space. For a Dispensary. The Prohibitionists of Buncombe are going to make an effort to se cure the dispensary system for that county, as they feel they have little hope of getting prohibition straight- out. Petitions were started out Sat urday for signaturesand will be dis tributed in every township in the county. The canvassers are asked to make a speedy house to house canvass. Seaton Gales Lodge, No. 64,1. O. O. F. Regular meeting of Seaton Gales Lodge No. 64, I. 0. 0. F.,Thursday night at 7 o’clock. It is earnestly de sired that every member be present. Members of sister lodges are cor dially invited to attend. A. M. PowELL { N, G. T hem, Sec.