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VOL.' XXXVI NO. 90.
1 Governor Russell Submits
-' " " Seaboard's Terras.
REFUSED THEIR BID
Hafrmaa sya the ft. c. Director woaht
Hot Giva Than) a Chane to Lease-
I - RnsaisU SaysCourta Would Annul
, On Strength pf This.
Governor Russell today trans
mitted a special message-to the leg
islature relative to the lease of the
:-' North Carolina railroad and embody
: ing' correspondence with . Seaboard
officials. - - -
' -v ToaMoaange.
Ralkiuh, N. C, Feb. 6.
; To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives; "',
I have the honor to submit here
v with the following correspoadence
concerning the lease of the North
Carolina railroad:
. Seaboard Air Link System.
Baltimore, Jap. 20, '97.
To His Excellency, Hon. D. L. Rus
sell, Governor of North Carolina,
Raleigh, N. C:
Bear Sir Understanding that it
'Is probable that the N,-rtb Carolina
t-ailroad's present Ie .se may be an
' nulled,- and the road offered to fair
competition, I desire to state on be
half of the Seaboard Air Line, as I
stated to the President and. Direct
ors of the North Carolina railroad
before the last lease was consumma
ted, that if the roid was in position
to be handed over to the successful
bidder, that the Seaboard Air Line
would make an offer to lease the
property at a higher rate than is
named by the present agreement.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) R. C. Hoffman,
President.
' Upon receiving the foregoing let
ter, I notified the representatives of
the Seaboard system that I did not
regard thqir offer as sufficiently
definite to be satisfactory ' to the I
' general assembly and thereupon ad-,dresaed-ttBegi-afarttaw
wama
ceived the reply1 as follows:
State or North Carolina, Ex. Dept.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 20, "97. .
R. C. Hoffman, Esq , President, of
the Seaboard Air Line System,
Baltimore, Md. :
My Dear Sir There is.in my opin
ion, a reasonable prospect that the
lease of the North Carolina Railroad
will be annulled through legislative
or judicial action or by both. In
that event I, as Executive of North
Carolina, desire through the keenest
competition to make the property
bring the greatest amount possible.
Therefore, I would be pleased to
. have from the companies you repre
sent a proposition for leasing the
same for the term of twenty years,
and desire that you will state plainly
aud fully the terms upon which you
would b4 willing to acquire the
property and the amount that you
' would pay for the same.
Besides the franchise, rights and
privileges of " the said corportion
the lessee would acquire the use of
the property embraced in tha ac
eorcponying schedule.
1 1 earnestly ask for an immediate
(UlSwer. lours respeuumiy,
Daniel L. Russell,
Governor.
' Sbaboahd Air Link Systkm,
Baltimori, Feb. 2, J897
. ' .To His Excellency, the Hon. D. L. '
- Russell, Raleigh, N. C. . ;
Sir I beg to acknowledge receipt
t , of your- esteemed favor of the 20th
concerning the probable nullification
' of the existing leas of the' North
' Carolina Railroad, and" suggesting
' . that in . this event" you would like
our company to submit a bid for a
'. twenty year lease of this line. ' -
, Permit me to say it Is most grati
fyisfj to- receive . assurances from
you of the likelihood of our ;i being
allowed to participate, ; upon" an
- equal footingwith competing: lines
ia submitting bid, for the opera
tion of the State's properly, a privi-
" lege not heretofore accorded us, al
. though we have heretofore' been, as
we are today, prepared to submit a
bid," which is an advance on the
'v. amount paid by its. present lessees,
and a figure wore consistent with
- its ralue td the owners of the stock
and the taxpayers of your State.
In the Bvant of the present lease
- being annulled.1 beg to say that out
company would be willing to lease
the property l its enUrety upon a
basis of the legislation now proposed,
at aa annual rental of four hundred
thousand dollars which you will note
THE
Is equivalent to ten per cent upon a
capital stock of four million dollars.
I beg to say in this connection
that Under favorable conditions the
North CarolinaRailroad would prove
a valuable adjunct to the' Seaboard
Air Line, not only resulting in ac
crued benefits to the latter company,
but affording the people of North
Carolina that competition which is
most essential t) the upbuilding of
any state or community.
' It has been the policy of our coin
pany to court legitimate competition,
with other transportation companies,
rather than to discourage it, feeling
assured that if tne same laws are
enacted of one, as of the other, and
the same privileges afforded,- we can
successfully maintain ourselves and
at the same time satisfactorily-set ve
the ; public as a common carrier.
Should we acquire control of the
North CarolinaRailroad, there would
be no hesitancy on our part agree
ing tai handle the trains of our com
petitor, its present lessee, over such
portions of the line as desired, upon
payment of trackage charges not in
excess of amounts paid out by them,
to 'Other lines, in this section for
similar accommodations, or upon
such terms as arc usual in such
cases.
It might be out of place for me at
this time tffgo into details as to the
salutary effect tbe operation of the
North Carlina Railroad by the Sea
board Air Line would have upon
commerce throughout the section it
traverses. I beg however to thank
vou for your communication, and
hope that conditions will make it
possible for you to give favorable
consideration to the terms suggest
ed above, the further details of which
I shall be glad to discuss, by letter
or otherwise, as may suit your con
venience.
With great respect, I have the
honor to subscribe myself,
Yours very sincerely,
(Signed,) H. C. Hoffman,
President."
The assertion of the president of
the Seaboard system that the com
panies which be represented were.
not allowed to participate with com
peting lines in submitting a bid for
the; North Carolina railroad and that
this fact 4i iiii thfn rffjiat i . ' -
and directors'of the North Carolina
railroad before the ninety-nine year
lease was consummated, isstartling.
That there appeared in this trans
action the indicia of undue haste and
ndefensible secrecy is well known
to the public, but not until now, so
far as I am aware, has it been al
ledged by responsible parties that
the trustees of the state actually at
tempted to make what is substantially
a sale of its property at a price less
than was offered by responsible
bidders. If this as&ertion be true.
then the transaction is not only void
in equity but fraudulent in law and
morals. If this allegation be sus
tained by the proofs the courts of
equity would nullify this ninety-
nine year lease on the ground of
palpable and flagrant fraud. Any
director or other trustee who would
sell or lease property belonging to
his fiduciaries when he knew that
he could get a better price would be
rebuked'aad removed and the trans
action itself vitiated by the equitv
courts .
Your honorable bodies will now
see that here is an offer for a twenty
year lease which gives to the state a I
net gain over the ninety-nine year
lease of 'about one hundred thousand
dollars a year for twenty years and
to the private stockholders a net
gain of about thirty thousand dol
lars a year. Chi this bid the state
would get for twenty years four per
cent on .. two? and one half millions
of dollars and ihls a clear net' gain
over what it will get if this ninety-
nine year, lqase is allowed to. stand.
Under this offer of the Seaboard
system, the state , would receive
-over and above what it would get for
twenty years under the ninety-nine
year lease about ' two millions dol
lars and at the end of the time have
all this property as its own. If we
advance in material development as
we tope and believe w will, at the
end of the twenty years the state
will have in this railroad a property
that may be of great value to its
people-in. reducing taxation or in
augmenting the school fund. There
is good reason to believe that the
Seaboard would pay hot. only the ten
per cent, but -also the .organization
expenses and the taxes, state.eounty
and municipal of the North Carolina
Railroad. . Indeed, what reason is
there to doubt that this bid of 10 per
cent may be greatly Increased by
those who want this property and
by those who not only wsit It but
must have it, because it Is indispen
sable .to them, unless they areal
judgment of the
ake county -ju
0 -, entitled
trator of . tbe
v. deceased,
falters -et als,
Saturday the
house door
expose to
lowed by our law-Mho. hiehest
independent of it? nd, in sai
If the bill now pS-K9
your honorable bodiefti&Mttd
act to prescribe tlMS-fifi
which foreign railroad V rptVi; "ft
shall be allowed to opoMfx rai
and transact business. V ilVm ty&
State of North Carolina sh .1 ft.," !
enacted by you into ' law, not oi vp
will this 10 per cent be realized. bt j
in my opinion, more than that will j
be obtained for your property. I'ut
this cannot be accomplished if the
bill is to be amended by striking out
any of its important features The
provisions of tbe bill as to requiring
non resident corporations to obtain
a licence after the first day of Majr,
1897, and denouncing criminal pen
alties for its violation, are essential
for the State's protection. This
license feature applies to the eld
lease as well as the new. The les
sees have no right to complain of
this action by the State, bocuu.se
they took tho thirty year lease wi'.n
notice of the reserved right of ti e
State to exercise its soverign now;'
to prohibit them, as a foreign cor
poration, from operating a railrou I
in the State They new
had a lease from tbe Stat:
or any contract with tli,i
State. Their lease and their con
tract were with the Railroad Com
pany. The North Carolina Railroad
Company leased to them, a foreig;'
corporation, ana they were p ran
ted to take the lease under and by
virtue of an unwritten law which
said to them "You are authorized bv
the laws of Virginia to take this
lease and not by any statute of Nort.i
Carolina. North Carolinu admits
you here as t. matter of lmspitalih
and comity. This hospitality and
comity she will withdraw at her
pleasure." The provisions of tlu
bill as to removals from our courts
are just and fair and necessary to th
enforcement of the rights of the
State. The striking out of any pre
visions of the bill will probably bq
disastrous unless it be that whicb
authori. s the sale of tin; State stock.
If the General Assembly in its
wisdom prefers not to authorize thp
sale in any eveut, that much can
be stricken from the bill without
weakening oi
;,.,,...;,.;,r -.. aet
That sceme is to malic such laws as
are necessary to get forour property
what it is worth. My own best judg
ment is that the stock should be
sold unless better terms may be had
by lease.
Objection is made that the legisla
tive action in this matter will lead
to expensive litigation. I do not be
lieve that the litigation would sub
ject the state to serious expense. I
know of no way to assert rights or
correct wrongs except by litigation.
It is of the highest importance
that the North Carolina rauroad
from Greensboro to Charlotte shall
not be paralleled until tho stale has
disposed of its stock by lease or sale.
To permit this is to seriously impair
the value if it does not throw away
the property.
No one railroad or lino or system
should be permitted to acquire by
lease, purchase or otherwise auy
competitive railroad or line or syst
tem. I earnestly recommend that
the measure relating to that sub?
ject which has passed tho house oi
Representatives be enacted into law.
The North Carolina railroad is
hardly competitive to tho Seaboard
system but if it wp the mui.-ifosi
interest of the state to nuke an
exception In its policy as to it for
the sake of realwlng it value for the
people. .-St,
The state nas a large .interest in
the Atlantic aud jSiorth Carolina
railroad, It is entirely practicable
to compel the lessees or purchasers
of the North Carolina railroad to
take the state's interests in the At
lantic railroad provided thegeneral
assembly will authorize th lease of
sale of the Atlantic and North Carp;
lina railroad and pass the measures
necessary to enable the state to get
value for its property.
Sailed from Hampton Roads.
By Telegraph to the Press-Vinitor.
Washisotox, Feb. 5 .t Admiral
Dunce's squadron sailed from Hamp
ton Roads today to begin a new set
of manoeuvres and drills, the most
interesting feature of which wilt be
a mock blockade of the port of Char
leston, S. C. The vessels which
followed the flagship New York out
of the roads were the battleship In
diana, he armored cruiser Maine,
the - turret-ship . Amphitrite, - the
cruiser Columbia and the dispatch
boat Fern. . " ","'
Mr,' C. A. Riddle is isick with
pneumonia. ( 1. v . , a
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,& FRIDAY EVENING,
mm, mmm
i -
Drjwry "Would (live Electric
ht Co. 00 Days Or
FRANCHISE.
' tnt iltforc lliiard'ur Aldcr
s C coin? im , i Committee's
t--Ueneval of f.iglitlns Con
nitR ,
tract Coming
The JJoa- ; if Aidermon meet in re-
-ar nioiuni; esewo (onjnt,, lne
esgion will b 1 viinviortSfet one and
wil do' lilies oe marked by
ely j.rococdiitgs.
Mr, J . C. D re wry, chaiman of the
giw mi I u ' ' ire ill illtlKT- a UJUIIUU
take tho .street railway franchise
frlnJJfeiv Flee trie Conipany, unless
thtj ' company does something in tU
dai 0 reR-"v the ld plant.
lie ' i;flf ji al of the city 's lighting
clisjrisipn. 'ese and other mat
tOTi iirci'.'nninnd the attention of
tjjj Board. The report of tho street
c01Aaiitlee is given herewith:
jfljthe fonoruble Mayor am Hoard
f illiern. :: :
'out' committee on str.vls submit
l). 3 follorinn report
Iwingtoihe bad weather which
oa 5 prefaced generally for the past
30 days w.' have been unable to
pUih th0 work on tin- streets as
rBjiid!y as wo desired.
Ve.hai'e about completed the work
Hitlsjoi'o .street, als'i the work in
ning and extending West Mor-
;n btr-iei 'o tne city limits. It
Aly remains now for the county
Inmtoa rtv..t I., fL-ft tit, tl.;.-
aj jtho City limits and extend this
street to Harrison Avenue, . hich
jyjjgive us another inlet that will
aferially benefit, a good many of
f)U!i country people coming into the
Clt4 '(,rgan street, bridge, so long
jjeda1 out, and the opening of that
.jtrKet to the corporate limits of the
jjjf'fi-now an accomplished reality,
iat cltv as a cal l'
j yyait-o thip m.i't r -! f;w re-
yj vwip !; -, una worn, mereoy ren
derii'ig avjluable service to the
Satiric coun. . It ii to be hoped
aaMe couuiv authorities will take
03Bt definite and speedy action
coBcearniiig it!
. A , . .. 1.1 ' 1. II 1
Sonie months ago we recommend
ed thai the Southern Kail road Com -oftny
Tie required to re. novo the
0Odtjjn'?beanis which supported
he'r 4rackrfiicic it crosses South
streetiand that the;, be required to
span hat street 1 'means of iron
girders po as n i' to obstruct the
free passage, of vehicles in any way.
TbAs Bjeconimendation was adopted
a id it 19 with much pleasure that we
roportjto. you that the railroad au-
ihoriWS chesrfully complied with
our, Iraquircments. and thev now
hayft a good and substantial iron
uridgci over South street, and the
dea ptructure has beenciear-
whlchadds very much to the
,nce ' of that part of the;
's06n as the weather set
oleutly, after finishing up
on llillsboro and Morgan
whi'ih wlil not take but a
dfcs, it is our purpose to
alteur trnes tftSouth Fay-
oa 'SlMipil rv i -om Davie
4 th fact that ihe oou-
c "tialeigh street oar
o6;ipi.v1iw.i,MH ttiat the street cur
line nalt'beeiratcd continuously
an d that this line has now been idle
for): wore tla thirty flaysTShcr ho
aojjfon has been taieii by the com
pny to : ecstabni-li . this line, we
reiSointnend V. that i;gal notice be
seitved on the company by the pro
pejr city uthd;itie8 stating that un
its worX be commeneed on the line
witiiift the nesi 60 days from date of
notic fo tbe)urXso of completing
and operating the fat rcet car system,
tha step wif). be taken by this
board declarinhe contract void
an 4 tto franchise ftrfeited
4a excellent bridge has been built
ovJe Rocky JSranh on the Asylum
roadieadir3 out of. Uie city. This
brilge was bai,U the latest im
prcretl manner and is a splendid
pieie i work. - It yri s necessary to
build a ery stoar. j iridge at this
poiirt, as our l&t tci . steam roller
will attunes hae pass over it.
It Was Cftlt-iletlal Is a tnt.il rcvit. nf
only $118M whfcl,.we think, is
highly creditable t jur street com
missioner, i:Mr. oV. Blake, when
the quality of. the; ' ork Is consM
ered;. -? '- -,r -
We are now hav'n n.'t?!hljorury
bridge over the bran i wt jchcises
South Person streat wber we pro
pose to open and ex nd that street
from South Btreet toS llthfield street.
All of which is jri ipectfully submitted.;.-.
Jowrf . Drewrv, ,
oid
ed awsV?
a P pearl
th i work
st eetsJ
e-.f mor
triin'sfen
ef MiHaT
FEBBUA
i 5, 1897.
AFT lull TAX EVADERS.
Physicians. I.unyers, etc.. Keported h
Auditor Ayer to l-'Inancc Committee.
Auditor Ayer is after people who
evade taxes, lie has addressed a
letter to the Finance Committee in
which he say: Your attention is
respectfully invited to some matters
herein mentioned with the hope that
some means may be devised by which
what now appears to bo very irregu
lar may be made to come more ac
curately within the scope of regula
tions contemplated by law.
An examination of the report of
the state treasurer will show that
the banking institutions of the state
report bank stock to the amount of
$5,43(5,970.04. The treasurer receives
from the institutions for the state
the tax on this amount at the rate
imposed by law.
A comparison of the reports of
the treasurer and auditor shows a
jvast discrepency in the amount of
bank stock as reported by the banks
to the treasurer, and as listed for
taxation in the counties for stock
holders and reported to the auditor.
For while the banks report stock
to the amount of $j,4.'iii,!t7u Ut to the
treasurer, the amount reported to
tbe counties and subject to county
tax is only $2,00K,:)lL'.OO. It thus
appears that there is a difference of
$3, 248.05S. 05 between the amount, of
bank stock on which state tax is
paid ami the amount mi which
county tax is paid. At the
present rate of taxation the
counties lose aunuallv. bv this
discrepeney in istiny, the amount
of $18,8'JS .
Another item vhichsecins to require
more attention than has heretofore
been given is that of "deposits and
money on hand. The aggregate
amount of deposits reported by the
banks in the stale is $10,0i;4.47ti.0t,
for the year 189i. The total amount
of 'money on ha,nd and on deposit"
as reported from the counties to the
auditor for 189(1 is $1,135,000. It
appears, therefore, that there is a
dillerence of $5,!)2!).47U between the
amount of deposits reported by the
banks, and the amount of deposits
listed in tha counties, for taxation.
4.t the present rate o' taxation it
appears from this discrepancy that
the state loses annually from this
source of revenue the amount of $14,
750, and that the counties lose an
nually the amount of $25,450.
Auother item to which attention
may be directed as an instance of
laxity on the part of certain sheritfs
and tax collectors U this. The last
auditors report shows that taxes
were collected during IStiil from
1,879 lawyers, doctors and dent ists.
Branson's N. C Directory 'ives
the names and addresses of 2,2"ii of
these practitioners, and this cannot
be the maximum of members of these
professions in the State, for the re
ports from some counties are incom
plete. I'ut if this were the whole
number, i' would show that there
are -100 of these practitioners from
whidi the annual State tax of .sill
was not. collected, and this fail .li e to
collect entails upon ths State a 'oss
of 1,000 for the year of 1890.
These matters are respectfully
submitted to your attention, and it
may be suggested that this depart
ment might, be able to present others
upon your pleasure to hear them
mentioned.
Vours very truiy.
H.M. W. Avkis,
Auditor .
MIVAS AliL FIXED.
Jim ouns ImmcdintcH SeaTcTJ Timn?'1
Ilunso toda--Kcfiiscd to Postpone
By Dockery (resolution) that it is
expedient 'hat some method be de
vised for 'ie protection of the youth
of the State against the blighting in
fluence of the deadly cigarette and
its trust, therefore the judiciary
committee be instructed to prepare
and present to the house for its con
sideration a bill to establish a gen
eral dispensary system forthe State.
The calendar was taken up. Bill
to establish a uniform standard oi
time for the State was tabled. Bills
passed raising a committee to con
sider the reduction of salaries to
conform to the prices of farm pro
ducts. Bill to amend the divorce law so
as to permit either party to a divorce
under the act of 1895 to be allowed to
remarry during the life-time of the
other, was referred to the judiciary
committee.
By leave Sutton introduced a bill
providing that parents and guardians
shall cause their children and ward
to be duly vaccinated before they are
two years old, except children cert
tided by a physician to be unfit sub
jects; tbe penalty for failure to be $5.
On motion of Duffy the resolution
SITQB
in the Hron,'hton-Young contest,
from Wake calling for immediute
action was taken up. The majority
reported in favor of havingmore time
for Young to begin taking testimony;
in other words in favor of tabling
the resolution. The minority report
on it was ill favor 'of taking up the
matter at ouft. Duffy spoke in
favor of speedy action, saying that
if -Feb. 15 was chosen as the date it
would be so long before-the matter
was disposed of that the session
would almost be at an end and jus
tice be perverted. He declared that
no matter should have prompter at
tention than an election contest: tha
Broughton had rights in the matter
which were not to be trampled upon.
He charged the republicans with
gross inconsistency and unfairness,
in continuing from day today this
matter; that it was a case of moral
cowardice and fear.
Cunningham spoke in support of
the minoritv resolution, and said
this was a case in which a citizen
presented himself to this legislature
merely for justice: merely to submit
the evidence and the facts. Able
lawyers assured him. said the
speaker, that a sub committee had a
right to takeevidence in this matter,
it seemed to hi in to be the purpose
of the contestee. through his counsel,
to put. oh" this case until the end of
the session. The house should look
a! the matter from the stand point
of justice, it is not a question of
who shall have the seat, it is a ques
tion of getting a hearing.
Cook referred was most particularly
to Duffy's attack on the committee,
but passed on aud replied to Cun
ningham's presentation of the case.
Cook declared that not a day had
been lost in the matter.
The question then whether the
minority report should be adopted
as a substitute for the majority re
port. On this Duffy demanded the
yeas and nays. The vote was yeas
02, nays .'12. Cram voted aye. So
did Jones.
Cook then moved to table the reso
lution, in accordance with the re
port of the majority This motion
prevailed, 01 to 32.
TODAY'S MARKETS.
New Yokk, Feb. 5.
-Markctquotations furnished by E.
B. Cuthbert &. Co., 30 Broad street,
Now York, and 305 Wilmington
street. Baleigh. N. C, over their
special wire:
OPEN- HIGH
1NO. KST.
(L,OW- 1
1 EST. ;
CLOS
ING January.
bV.bruui'V.
March,
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riept'mh'r.
OclotH'r,
N'oveTnb'r.
Deoomber,
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7 17 7 1- 7 15 .7 17
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( ' li ised
2011 li. iles
piiel and stiady. sales! 5
The following
quotations on tin
were the closing
New York Stock
Kxeliau-e today:
.N.w ork Snck Market
S3 11
li:U
74i
7ii
Amerieaii Toliaoco
Hurl i i eton a ml Qii i ncy .
Whieaeo Gas
Anieriean Spirits
General l-'.lectrie
Louisville, and Naslivil
Manhattan
i:t
-
SitJ
I lock Nlaii'l ti7A
Southern Preferred
St.. I'n ul
fWftfiefMOoal "Mid Iron
7li
WoBtom Union
Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
The folio wing were the closing quo
tations on the Chicago rirain and Pro
v'sion market today :
V.'l.eat -May. 7.'.s: July 7'j.
C.,-n May. JU: July. -!.
Outs - May 173. July
I'oi-k May, 7, OH; July 7. He.
Lard -May, July - .
Clear Ki! Sides May :i.s.; .inly
:!.!.'..
Liverpool Cotton Market.
I'Vliruary 3.57
February-March :t."8
March-April
April-Mav .'!.."u b
May-June .1.60 8
Juno-July W.H1 s
July-August li.fil h
Closed quiet but steady: sales
8,000 bales.
McKinlcy's Private Secretary.
L-By Telegraph to the Pros Visitor.
, W ashington, reb. D represen
tative Henry, of Connecticut, re
ceiVed a telegram this morning from
!':. Addisoti Porter, of Hartford,
Conn-, announcing that ha had been
offered, and had accepted, the posi
tion .of . Private Secretary to Presi-dent-elect
McKinley. . 1
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Minor .Matters Manipnlatwll
for the Many.
AROUND THE CITY.
Pot l-ouirl of tha News Pictured on I'n
per Points and People Pertinently '
Picked and Pithily P In
Print.
Mr. H. M. Kmerson, of the Atlan
tic Coast Line, is in the city.
A telephone has been placed in
the union depot: It is No 270.
Itev. Edwin C. Glenn, pastor of
Central church, is confined to his
bed at the parsonage on Morgan
street with la grippe.
The engagement of MissStauiford'd
company in Raleigh all next week--"
will certainly prove to be the treat
of the season in the theatrical line.
The box sheet for Nat Goodwin
was placed on sale this morning at
King's drugstore. A great many
seats were sold. Tbe sheet will re
main open until the 17th when the
king of comedians will fulfill his en
gagement at the Academy of Music.
Nat Good win is the greatest artiht
Raleigh has ever had booked.
In response to an invitation by
the General Assembly, General Roy
Stone, chief of United States Bureau
of Road Enquiry in Washington.
will deliver an address on public
road improvement in North Carolina
tonight at 7:30 o'clock, in tbe hall of
the House of Representatives. And
immediately following this address
Prof. Holmes, of the Geological Sur
vey, will give an exhibition of magic .
lantern views of North Carolina
scenery and resources in relation to
road building. -i-
Mr. John VV. Whitehead, lately
with the Seaboard Air Line, has ac
eepted the position of shipping clerk ''
with Randolph & Clowes, of Water-i .
bury, Conn., and has gone, there to
assume charge of his new duties.
Uis many friends, while regretting
his going away from Raleigh, con
gratulate him upon securing a post- 1
tion with superior inducements and
wish him much success. Mr.'
Whitehead's family remain in the.
city for the present.
KICKING ON THE PEN.
A Division of Officers as Will he Sub
mitted to the Caucuses.
There was a re-parceling ol pie
last night by tbe conference com
mittees of the republicans and popr
list minoritv. Only two changes
were made in the previous arrange-
ment. The populists swapped the
Eastern Asylum of Goldsboro for
the eastern judgeship. Tbe ex
change of the judgeship was effected
for Mr. Walter Henry's comfiture.
The populist minority is (1errained
that Mr. Henry shall have he east
ern judgeship, and so they gave up
the Goldsboro Asylum for it.
The agreement of the two commit tees
as to the division of offices will
now go netore tne eauensesfor ratih
cation .
Two of the members of the popu
list committee, Messrs. Barker and
Abernethy voted against the report
as adopted by the committees. Both
gentlemen insist that the populists
should have the penitentiary. The
penitentiary promises to give the
otherwise loving and harmonious
Pritchard admirers a deal of trouble.
The report of the two committees,
recommended the following division
of offices. Populists -Agricultral
Department. Judgeship, Raleigh
Insane Asylum, Labor istatistician.
Librarian, Shell Fish Commission
and Keeper of the Capitol.
Republicans Penitentiary, Rail
road Commission, Goldsboro Asy
lum. Western Asylum at Morgau
ton and Atlantic Railroad.
Sale opens Tomorrow. y ;
From all indications there will be
a rush for seats when the Bale opens .;
tomorrow for Monday night's pel- 1
formance of the Staniford company v'
in "A Soldier's Sweetheart',' ,, "
Ralph Bingham this tvenlnf. - ..,
Ralph Bingham.the finest platform v
entertainer in America, appears at
Metropolitan Hall this evening.
Attend the entertatntrjentfif you
wish an evening of pleasure;
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