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VOL. XXXVL NO. 118.
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY EtENING, MAKCH .10, 1897.
14.00 PEB TEAR.
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THE - SOUTHERN'S i: SD1TS
Matter Statu Quo Until April
. ' the ixth;.
COUNSEL. CARLISLE
Went to Greensboro and Remained I bar
: . flevml Hoar, Wkn Im Metered J
1 -to Washington. Jade Sim. , . -A
onton'a.Order-
In the equity suits of the South
ern railway and the Central Trust
company of New Yoik, agalnBt the
North Carolina rail way company, the
first news of which was- (riven in
'.yesterday's paper, a temporary re
straining order had been granted
i', - -early yesterday morning enjoining
tj& the governorj the attorney general
, f . ', and directors from bringing suits to
j Invalidate the lease of the North
" 'Carolina railroad to the Southern
, r railroad company. The defendants
1 1 ' ore required to appear and show
; cause before Judge Simonton, in the
; j-United StatescifcuitoourtatGreens
) boro, April 6tb, and in. the mean
time are restrained from, doing any
thing to threaten the annulment of
the lease or to cloud the title of the
plaintiff in the leased company., t 1
Hon. JohnG. Carllse ex-secretary
of' the treasury in Cleveland's cabi
net, reached Lynchburg early yes
terday about one o'clock ; in the
morning. He appeared before Judge
Simonton as special counsellor the
Southern and left at 3:40 , in the
morning for Greensboro. ? u' ,. ..
- Judge Simonton 'and Mr. Carlisle
met for the first time. : The x Sec
retary of the Treasury presented
brleflhls argument In the case in
question. The old Richmond and
Danville railroad had a lease on the
North Carolina railroad, which will
expire in the year 1901. - That lease
Xras purchased by the Southern
when the Richmond and Danville
was sold, and in 1895 a new lease
was made by the North. Carolina
railroad to the Southern for ninety-
nine years. ThCrental was enlarg
, d and all taxes were assumed by
V tbs Southern.,' which gave tip tUa-ea.
emption from taxation which had
v been enjoyed by the North Carolina
- railroad. The Southern railroad
f further agreed at the time to thor
oughly repair and equip the road.
; After the election of Governor Rus-
" sell, an effort was made to set aside
' r the lease, '.-'".- t"f f,
., After hearing Mr. Carlisle's argu
- iment, Judge Simonton granted the
- ( necessary papers for a rule against
the directors of the North Carolina
-railroad, to show cause why an in
junction should not be issued against
'. ;any attempt to break the lease made
- -of that road to the Southern road,
-The rule wasma .-rable on the
,., b . Crreensboro, N
C. : j uage Simonton also issued the
usual order of restriction, forbid-
! ding any change in the in the status
. quo of the North Carolina road.
, Mr, Carlisle's trip to Greensboro,
y eater leaving Lynchburg, was -for
J the purpose of deltveringthe papers
v for service to the authorities of the
United States court at "that place.
-' The distinguished .lawyer remained
there only a few hours, going back
to Washington on a private car in
which he traveled, - . 1 ' 1
. There will hardly beany more de
: velonments in the case, until the
hearing in April."
Proapaata for a Oraat Saaabatl Taarn.
' Chapsl HiilMarch 9. .
The Varsity baseball teamisgrad
' lmllv irettine into rood shape, and
every one looks . forward - with es
peclal interest to the first game with
T. the "University of Virginia, ; to . be
htnved in Richmond, on March the
' Froui the present outlook, all team
positions cah be determined, except
pitcher. At this post are nve ap-
' tolicants Messrs. Tate.i Mangum
Hlnes and ; Williams; and l,Hayes,
' Manttum has plaVed OA.'.the scrubs
; for three years, and Tate was'pitch
er on one of the preparatory :schopl
tpnms last aetvfVM&&F'-
For the other p'aces the list will
nmbablv be, as follows Catcher,
. Bailey, first base, mnsion,
base, Stanley (captain),' third base,
Johnson; ' shortstop, Belden; left
field, McKee; centre field, Whitaker;
right field, Davis. The manager
this year Is W. S, Howard, '97.,; ..
On the whole a team never began
here -with brighter prospects, and
If one of the new pitchers proves
c "...'.cnt, it will equal if not excel,
f ( lampion nine of '96. , .
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BIG FINANCIAL" DEALS
Drtxel a Co. Make Two Important -ab
nounoementa. ' ' " ,
By Ttelegraph to the Prees-Ylaitor.
FBitADCLPHiA, March ; 10. -r-It is
officially announced by the trustees
of the Packer estate today that tbey
have arranged with Drexel & Co. to
fund for a period of years the entire
indebtedness of the estate. -f," -
In connection with this transaO'
Uon , Prexel & Co. are given the
voting power on all the Lehigh Val
ley stock controlled by the estate.
An equally; Important announce
ment is made that the Lehigh Valley
railroad hasoontracted with the same
firm for a general- re-adjustment of
the railroad's finances, .It has now
agreed to create aserles of $8,000,000
5 per cent bonds to be secured by
ample 'unencumbered- assets' now
held by it. Of these bonds $5,000,000
are to be issued now, and have been
sold by Drexel 4 Co., and 13,000,000
may be issued ai needed in the next
two or three yekta.iif'i'iii:'
The company reserves the . right
to Increase the amount of the mort
gage after 1899 by $1,000,000 ant
Dually1 for seven years, these last
mentioned bonds to be used to ac-
quire new property, etc?, all to be
subject to the mortgage,' :-; '
The 15,000,000 now sold are ex
pected not only to pay the entire
floating debt of the railroad company
but also to leave it a substantial
working capital . , .'1: ,
C0UB.T-MABTIAL WOMEN
Waytor AaaartaThay an UanUat to Sb-
dn. tad Fa von th Death Paaaltv
By Telegraph to the Press-Vlaltor.
Nkw Yobk, March 9. A Havana
special to the World says: :
Gen. Weyler has Issued an order
direoting that hereafter all womeu
arrested, in" Cuba who are called
"suspicious" shall be tried by court-
martial. While the penalty is not
publicly stated, it is supposed that
if the women are found guilty the
death penalty will be imposed. The
issuing of this order has been pro-1
tested against by some of the foreign
consuls-";S;;'&,";:,i!::"is i r: '
Gen Weyler says, it is asserted,
that the women are the hardest to
subdue, and that If he had bis way
t-arouMuuthenurAMdiryJ,.,:: 7Z1 by
A kinsman of the first President
of the Republic has been arrested
and treated in the most cruel man
ner possible : He was imprisoned
in a small cell; six by nine, and kept
inoomuoicado 100 days. He had
Only one meal a day, slight at that,
was reduced to a skeleton by inhu
man i treatment, and is now dying j
from the effects. He isonly sixteen
years old.
WILL GO SLOW "
Searatary BUaa Will Mak Chaaaa Onlv
Whara Noaarr. 1 -
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor.
Wabhinotok, March 10.---Seore-
tary of the Interior Bliss has stated
to friends his purpose of acting on a
conservative policy and of making
changes only where -necessary. The
mennow'ln office will be retained as
far as possible, where competent
and 'where consistent with reason
and the necessity of confidential re
lations.,"- ' V' - .. - -- - -5
Mr. Bliss was kept busy today re
ceiving and returning congratula
tions of personal friends.-.- Senators
Wilson of ' Washington,"" Shoup of
West. Virginia;-, were among those
who 'had personal chats with him.
The latter', was accompanied by his
old law partner: ex-Delegate Catron
of New Mexico, and was in confer
ence behind closed doors with the
Secretary for some time.
v. Tha Flf htlm Waa Evan.
By Telegraph to thePrew-Visitor
' Philadelphia. ; March 10. The
star event of last night's fistlo pro
gramme at the arena of the Quaker
Cjty Athletio Club was a six-round
bout; between '.'Kid" Lavlgne, the
lightweight champion of the world,
and Charley MoKeever, of this city
McKee ver was nearly R head taller
than his opponent, and weighed at
least ten pounds more. The fight-
Ing was evenr and no decision was
rendered. c.-t rfe;
, I ' Waatad a Paj tot Waaa.
: J. Zeb Waller, the "red headed
politician of Alamance," said t
Durham Herald reporter:. , I'
' -They aooointed me one of the
trustees of the A. and M. college
but it would have pleased me better
it they had given me a place that
would pay something with not quite
so much honor.
Dr J H Crawford Is very sick.
COBPENING SUES
Coasraaaawn Sklaaar aad Back Kitehea
. forUbal. i
L. H. Corpening, of Burkecounty,
brings suit against Congressman
Skinner and Buck Kitchen for libel.
. Sheriff Jones today served? sub
poenas on Representative , W. E.
Hodges and k. P. Foster to appear
at Burke court in the case. - :;. ;
: It will be remembered that some
one 'stole a. watch and a sum of
money from Congressman Skinner
and Mr. Kitchen at the Populist
convention la St Louis. Corpening
was accused of It. ' Now be brings
SOUTHERN B; AND L.
Aetioa Takan by tha Stockholders at' tba
.. MaaHas Bald Laat Waak. : f; ,
The stockholders of the Southern
Building and Loan Association, af
ter a thorough examination into the
affairs of the association decided to
ask the court t . discharge the tem
porary receiver and allow the stock
holders td reorganize and go ahead
with business. The reports of all
the committees showed the associa
tion to be perfectly solvent. The
plan finally agreed upon was to ask
the oourt to appoint an expert to
make a thorough Investigation of the
affairs of the association, and if in
the judgment of the expert and the
court the association is solvent, to
turn - the - management of the
association to its officers, and then
proceed to reorganize under a plan
which was submitted by a commit
tee appointed . for that purpose at
this meeting, and which was indors
ed by the delegates present.
There ; were about 600 delegates
present and a hopeful feeling pre
vailed, the most of them believing
the oourt 'would grant the petition
of the majority of the stockholders
represented at the meeting.
About three-fourths of those pres
ent were in favor of the course
adopted, and about one-fourth were
In favor of the appointment of a
permanent receiver.
PLACED IN
HOUSE.
Patatins of Vane to ba Oppoaita That of
Washington. '
The painting of Vance, by Guerry,
been placed in the hall of the house
of representatives. The painting,
which has been, pronounced by all
who have seen it a most exquisite
work of art, will be "placed on the
right of the hall, opposite the por
trait of George Washington.
Few persons are aware of the fact
that Mrs. V, S. Lusk, wife of the
able representative from Buncombe
supplemented the state appropria
tion by a $500 gift. This Is a rare
instance of patriotic generosity.
Senators Hyatt and Rollins have
volunteered to secure another dona
tion -of one thousand dollars to in
sure Mrs. Guerry from loss.
HELD
UP THE TRAIN
"V-'
A Daring Train Robbary oa the l.oalsvlUe
and NaahvlUe.
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor.
Birmingham, - Ala., - March 10.
The Louisville and Nashville north
bound fast . mall . train No. 4, was
held np by six masked men three
miles this side of Calera early this
morning.. The engineer was order
ed to halt the train by two men on
the platform of tha mail coach. He
was mado to go with the men to the
express car. One man' got inside
and scoured a' number of packages.
The contents are -not definitely
known. ' Twoof the men then order
ed the englneerto pull out, which
he did. ' It is believed that ten
thousand is the amount of the loss,
Aaaldaat on tha Kalalgh. 5 vr
By Telegraph to the Press Visitor.
PoaTSjmrv VaV Mar 10.-Ab
accident .occurred today on board
the United. States cruiser Raleigh,
hloh it was at first feared would
terminate In the same way as the
aceldent on board the., Cincinnati.
Steam was found escaping, the for
ward starboard bunker,: which is
next to the magazine- The bulk
heads-were dangerously' hot and an
explosion was feared. However,
the crew . got to work quickly and
the coal was taken from the bunker,
Then it was found that no fire exist;
ed, and an examination revealed the
fact-that a steam pipe jvalvewas
leakinir' slightly. No damage was
done and no ammunition was moved.
1 Ep worth League of Edenton street
Methodist church has Inaugurated
a youngpeople's meeting, which will
meet every Monday evening at 7:30.
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Appropriations Will Exceed
the Revenue,
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SAYSTHE TREASURER
Aa Estravagaa Lag Ulatara spaalal Ap
propriatloaa taoraaaad Not Laaa than
,. $S4,0O07-Ia(tslatara ioat tha
Stata $980,300.
The legislature adturned this
morning shortly after ' one o'clock
finishing: up the ratiflmtion of all
bills .) iA, number of members went
out on the midnight trains and this
morning and afternoon he city was
pretty well cleared of. few, makers,
who go home and face thelr consti
tuents. The popular orfinion is that
this legislature is the -).rst the peo
ple of North tCarolIn&yhas ever
endured, but that is a Matter which
time will determine. .? f '
The assembly 'was (certainly , a
most lavish one In making appropri
ations. . ;
StatA Tppftiirr Worth hut ficrnr-
ed roughly and he flndi that the to
tal amount of approprlaions.togeth
er with the cost of the assembly is
not less than $950,300, 'which is far
in excess of the amount expended by
the legislature two years ago.
Treasurer Worth says the expen
ditures will far exceed the re
venue and that there no hope
of meeting all -'the appropria
tions. He. will honor the
regular appropriations first and then
the remaining funds in the treasury
will be divided among the others.
Representative Bryan of the
finance committee says the special
appropriations can not be less than
$130,000. This is thirty thousand
more than they were two years ago.
LENTEN.SERVICES
Rav. Mr. Plttencer Delivering an Intereit
";. . Ins Series of Sermons.
Interesting Lenten services are
being had at the church Of the Good
Shejaj' . .-UrtfiwtaiMie. the
pastor, is delivering a series oi ser
mons Sunday nights on Old Testa
ment, historical and scientific sub
ject The subjectnextSunday even
ing will be, The Story of Creation.
The other Sunday night ser
mons and their dates are :
March 14 The Story of the De-.
luge.
March 21 The Story of the Ex
odus.
March 28 The Story of the Con
quest of Canaan Jericho and Gib
eon. April 4 The Story of the Cap
tivity.
April 11 The Story of the Res
toration.
April 18 The Rational and Irrat
ional Scepticism. r
A series of illustrated lectures on
the "Bible and the Holy Land" are
being delivered Wednesday nights.
The subject tonight is Wanderings
in Bible lands. Future subjects
and dates are:
March 10. Wanderings in Bible
Land.
March 17, A. Tour in the Holy
Land.
March 24, Historical Settingof the
Parables. f.
March Sl. The Birth and Ministry
of our Lord. ' .. ..
April T, The Passion of our Lord.
AnrlL14r The Stations of the
Cross. V
The Crete War.
By Cable to the Press-Visitor.
Canka, March 10. There were
strange vessels at anchor this morn'
ing in the harbor., .Inquiry showed
them to be British and Italian trans
ports loaded with troops, evidently
part of the foreign force which the
admirals -recommended. They will
occupy all of the principal seaport
towns of the Island. The Turks as
sert thai these troops will be used
to drive the Greek ; forces out.et
Crote.A-v-H?.
""Old Times Down Boat
The ' Tabernacle Sunday"
school
have secured Mr. Polk Miller, who
will give one of his Inimitable reci
tals at the Academy of Music April
15th. Everyone who heard . Mr.
Miller last year will want to hear
him again, and those who did not
hear him will be sure to do so this
time.': The admission will be 50c,
with no extra charge for reserving
seats. 5 - , " - ' i
LAW-MAKERS
TO DECREASE Af .AGE
' vv
Tha Commissioner of kf' ..are of Gcor.
"' (!a leaner A.
By Telegraph to the .ss-Visitor.
AtLANTA, Ga., March 10. Mr. R.
T. Nesbitt, commissioner of agricul
ture, and Mr. William A. Brough-
Lton, presidenf for Georgia of : the
Cottan Growers' Protective Associa
tion, have issued a call urging all
the farmers of Georgia and adjoining
states to be present at the meeting
of the Cotton Growers'. Protective
Association which convenes in Au
gusta on the 15th of March.
The most salient object of the con
ventlon will be to try and induce the
farmers to decrease their cotton
acreage.
The officers of the association be
lieve that if this is done it will ad
vance the price of the staple
The following is the call :
Atlanta, Ga., March 9.
"On the 15th of March there will
be held in Augusta a meeting of oot.
ton planters of this and the adjoining
states. This meeting has been call
ed by the president of tW Cotton
Growers' Protective Association for
the purpose of considering the agri
cultural outlook of the cotton states,
and, if possible, devising and sug
gesting some plan by which our ag
ricultural Interests may be benefit
ted. We invite all who areinterest
ed in agriculture and in theadvance
ment of the state to attend the meet
ing, as "in a multitude of counsellors
there is a wisdom. " We are trying
to secure reduced rates from the rail
roads, and, if succesfull, will an
nounce the faot in the papers. "
FOOLED THE NEGRO
That's What Lea Person Thinks the
Re-
pnblloans Old Only 3 Vegroes
Appointed.
Lee Person, the colored senator
from Edgecombe, says that his sus
picions are confirmed and that from
present indications it looks as if the
negro will be cheated out of the east
ern asylum for the insane.
Governor Russell appointed three
negroes on the board of directors,
which is composed of nine members.
Lee looks on this with suspicion.
He says the republicans agreed in
caucus to give the asylum patronage
to the negroes and that any violation
of the caucus agreement will be
Governor Russell dosen't se
be-paying much attention to cau
cuses, and to quote a wen Known
republican, he seems to regard them
as a method for passing time.
Oscar Spears is one of those re
publicans who thinks that the negro
should be given the eastern asylum.
FAIR ONCE MORE
Will be Colder Tonlfht and Tomorrow-
No More Rain.
The weather prediction for Ral-
igh and vicinity is fair and colder
tonight and Thursday.
The temperature this morning
was 64. The barometer was 29.98,
The rainfall during the past24 hours
has bees .40.
The threatening, rainy condition
of the weather continues over the
eastern states. The storm has
moved from Illinois to the St. Law -
rence valley, with heaviest rainfall
at Cincinnati, 1,22 inches. The
weather is much warmer along the
Atlantic coast
A clearing condition now prevails
in the central Mississippi valley and
westward, with considerably colder
weather. A fall of 26 degrees oc
curred at St. Louis, ' Mo. , and a fall
of 10 to 18 degrees t other western
nnlnta. It continues very cold in
the extreme northwest, with 14 de
grees below zero at Bismarck.
TWO CATTLE THIEVES
Caetared at MorrtavUle They are Now
Jail.
Two cattle thieves were run down
today and they , are now peeping
throuirh the bars at hotel de Ham
Jones, ' ' ' ' ' '
Bob Morgan and John Hunt, of
Method, two coal-black negroes, are
the offenders who haVe terrorized
the neighborhood by their . many
thefts.
Monday night they stole a cow and
a ox rrctn Aiex lyier ana
a ' aw l a
Matt Curtis. They drove the cat
tle ;:to iMorrlsvile ; where they
attempted to dispose of them at
very low figure. -. Their tactics soon
gave them away and they were arr
rested . J E Gibson , a justice of the
piece gave the two thievee shearing! Federal judgeshlp made va
..a ij An v.n cant by the death of Judge Seymour
SUU1U MWMt
ia.tl to await court. , -.
Wm Smith was on trial in the
mayor's office this evening for the
theft of a small . amount of money
from Wm Wallace. r '
JUDGE SUTTON, m.
Governor Russell Civet Walter R. Uertrx
the Cold, Clammy Pat.
Governor Russell appointed Thos.
H. Sutton, of Cumberland, judge of
the eastern criminal court today.
The appointment is effective April
1st.
Mr. Sutton was the representative
in the house of repressntatives from
Cumberland. His caucus endorsed
the nomination of Walter R. Henry
for the judgeship. What Mr. Henry
thinks of Judge Sutton's action in
this matter would fill several good
sized volumes.
Mr. Su'.ton was a democrat
urtil several months preceeding the
election .
Governor Russell also issued a
commission to Dr. D. H. Abbott as
railway commissioner. Dr. Abbott
succeeds Mr, Eugene Beddingfietd
of Wake) and he will qualify at once.
TODAY'S
MARKETS.
Tha Movements In New YoiV-u4, Livers
,.u . PoolMarkete t
Nrw YoaxWarch 10. 1
.Market quotations furnitihed by E.
B. Cuthbert & Co., 30 Broad street,
New York, and 305 Wilmington
street, Raleigh, N. C, over their
special wire:
The following are the opening,
highest, lowest and closing quota
tions of the New York cotton market
today;
MONTHS.
OPEN
high
est. LOW
CLOS
ING) ING.
EST.
January,
February,
Marcti,
April,
May,
6 97
6 99
7 05
7 09
7 12
7 15
6 86
6 77
6 79
6 8z
6 95-
6 99-
7 04
7 07
7 11
7 11
6 84
B 74
6 76
6 80-
bales.
6 95
7 00
7 05
.7 10
e'ii
o"80
6 5
7 00
7 05
7 09
7 10
6 84
6 73
6 74
6 79
June,
July,
AugUBt,
bept'mb'r,
October,
Novemb'r,
December,
Closed
firm;
sales
103,100
Cotton Movement.
The following shows the semi-
weekly movement of cotton at 13
leading interior "towns this week
compared with that of last week,
last year and 1895:
REC'PTS. SHIPMENTS. STOCKS.
This week.. 20,903 31,331 316,716
Last week. .27,36 37,963 378,008
Last year.. 16,482 30,154 330,376
In 1895 41,975 44,595 337,053
The following rwex iw 'v..
ear Vm atnk H.ri..
quotations on the New York Stock
Exchange today:
Sugar 116
American Tobacco "81
Burlington and Quincy 761
Chicago Gas,.,.'. 77
American " Spirits .',.,,.... 13
General Electric 34i
Louisville and Nashville 49
Manhattan 831
Rock Island 68
Southern Preferred
St. Paul 771
Tennessee Coal snd Iron 271
Western Union M
Chicago Ore la and Provision Market.
Thefollowingwerethe closingquo
tations on the ChicagoGrain and Pro
vision market today:
Wheat May, 74f ; July 71i.
Com-May, 211; July, 251.
Oats May 17. July 18;
PorlrAMay, 8,30; July 8.42
Lard May, 4.10; July 4.20
Clear Rib Sides May 4.37; July
50. ,
Liverpool Cotton Market.
The following were the closing quo
tations of the Liverpool cotton market
today:
Marob -. . . . 3.o8 v
March:April 3.58 v
April-May 3.58 b
May-June 3.58-59 b
June-Jtfly: 3.58-59 b
July-August 3.58-59 b
August-September 3.56 b
September-October 3.50-61 s
October-November 3.46-47 s
November-December 3.45 s
January-December 3.45 s
Closed steady; sales 10,000 bales
Or. Marshall Returns.
It will be a source' of great grati
fication and pleasure to our readers
to learn that the Rev. Dr. M M Mar
shall has returned to the city fully
restored to health. Se has entirely
recovered his usual vigor and is in
equally as good health and strength
If not better than before his recent
affliction. ThePBSss-VisrroBrejoices
with the many friends of Dr. Mar
shallfhere and throughout the state,
at his complete recovery. ;
Cart. Prise a Candidate..
Capt, fchatleS Price is a candidate
. i savs roe oausoury norm. n nas
I W 1 Y . ,
a strong backing and his petition is
simed by many ' members of . the
Salisbury bar., Capt. Price will
)
leave for Washing city tonight...
SH0aT?r?STATEMENTS.
Minor Matters Manipulated
fori the Many.v
AROUND THE CITY
Pot Pourrl of the Mews Pictured oa Pa
per Polnta and People Pertinently
Picked and Pithily PnMn
Print, -
The March number of the Wake
Forest Student is out.
J. . Cheek, of Orange, is a can
didate for revenue collector in this
district.
..Recently tthe .;, Edenton;. Street
Methodise church and Sunday school
have bad a number of electric lights
put in. " -
--While here Senator Butler called
4 on Governor Russell and remained
In conlereiua. with him half an hour.
The weather may have been a topic
Of conversation. . i
Read the attractive new "ad." of
Messrs. Whiting Bros. One of the
firm has just' returned from New
York City, wherebe made selections
that will please the public. ' v .
The Park Hotel has ordered a
large and brilliant electric light
sign, which will be placed on the
tower of the hotel and which will be
visible over the city. ,
Rev R A Cobb who got relief in the
state library has gone to his home
in Morganton and will return in a
few days with his trunk. The Rev.
Cobb took the oath of office Friday
and immediately assumed the duties
of librarian .
Arborvitae L. Swinson, the de
posed enrolling clerk of the gener
al assembly says he will bring suit
for salaray as enrolling clerk up to
the time of adjournment of the gen
eral assembly.
The sheriff of Davidson county
brought three convicts to the peni
tentiary today, one white and two
colored. Tom Finch, colored, was
sentenced to seven years for house
breaking.
Mrs. Spencer, mother-in-law of
Mnp.lr FrAdmnn AnlruMkri AloA at.
most estimable "colorecT womafflftift .u-.l
greatly esteemed by all who knew
her. The funeral took place at 3
o'clock this afternoon at the congre
gational church.
The board of directors of the state
penitentiary have been called tomeet
here next Wednesday. J. P. H.
(Buck) Adams, of Wake, is a candi
date for the position of warden of
the-'penitentiary. Forty-nine more
republicans are fighting for the same
place. x -
W. O. Scott, a saloon keeper made
an assignment yesterday. Assign
ment papers were filed in the Regis
ter of Deeds office naming Justice
Harry Roberts as assignee. Mr.
Scott assigns his store fixtures and
stock of whiskies and goods at 114
East Martin street. He makes the
five hundred dollar personal proper
ty exemption . Creditors are pre-1
ferred to the amount of $155 Mr.
Scotts' liabilities are in the neigh
borhood of 1600, while his assets are
not that much. A Richmond firm
took out an attachment against him
a few days ago for (92.35.
Conductor Fired on.
John C. Judkins, conductor of the
interstate express, which left here
at 9:10 o'clock last night for the
South over the Seaboard Air Line,
following the passenger train, was
wounded and came near losing his
life in an encounter with a negro
tramp at Kilby, beyond Suffolk, His
assailant was shot three times by
Mac Rose, colored forward train
hand on the expressand will prob
ably die from his wounds. Ports
mouth Star.
The Puritan Disabled Off Hatteraa. -
By Teletrraph to the Press-Visitor.
Washington, March 10. Secretary
of the Navy Long, telegraphed this
morning to the cruiser Columbia, At
Hampton roads, to proceed with all
possible baste to assist the monitor
Puritan which is disabled off Cape
Hattcrai. , 1 -f,
America a Prisoner Liberated.
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor.
Washikotok, P.. C, March 10.
The secretary of state received a dis
patch from Clenfuegos Cuba, stat
ing that Antonio Del VUlar, an Amer
ican, detained in a Spanish prison
bad been liberated, ' -
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