THE PBE S ITOR 5 i r VOL. XXXVI. NO. 149. RALEIGH, N. C, THUfiSDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1897. $4.00 PER YEAK. S-VIS Mr. LOgau Uam3 fined $10 and Costs. CASE CONCLUDED Mr. Howell's Attorneys Asked for a $50 Kin -The Lawyers Took Most of the Time -Some Plain TalkDefense Introduced No Witnesses. Mr. J. C. L. Harris was fined $15 and costs by Justice Marcom this rooming for assaulting Superintend ent Logan D. Howell of the city graded schools, some days ago. The case was called this morning at 10:30 in Justice Marconi's office in the Pace building. The prosecu tor and defendant and their attor neys were present, as well as sprinkling of spectators. The law yers iu the case consumed two hours and a half. It only took Justice Marcom one minute to render his decision. Mr. Harris was represented by Col. Argo and Mr. Armistead Jones and Mr. Howe'l by Messrs. W. C Douglass and W. J. Peele. Col. Argo entered a plea of sub mission for his client and made a motion to stay judgment upon the payment of costs. Mr. Douglass, representing the prosecution, denied the right of the defendant to make the motion, and upon this point Col. Argo and Mr. Douglass dwelt at some length. Jus tice Marcom decided that he would over-rule Col. Argo's motion. The various witnesses, more than a dozen, were brought in and ad ministered the oath. All of them were boys from the school. Dr Kirby, Mr. C. E. Johnson and sev eral lady teachers were not sworn in. The first witness examined was James Broughton, a young lad, who told a very straight-forward story. Mr. Broughton said that he did not see the tight. He stated that he saw Mr. Harris' son, Gordon, jump from a window and run out in the yard; that Gordon stumbled and fell and that Supt. Howell fell upon him; that he caught him by the collar and carried him to his office; that I Prof. Howell did not drag the boy. As to the encounter between Mr. J. C. L. Harris and Prof. Howell, he did not see that. Mr. Broughton stated that be did not get close enough to Gordon to see whether he was bruised on the face or whether thjre was dirt on his forehead. He did not hear Mr. Harris curse. David Baglcy, the next witness, told that he was given the note by Mr. Howell to carry to Mr. Harris, but met Miss Harris and at her re quest gave it to her. Mr. Harris, he said, struck Mr. Howeil in the face. He thinks he hit Mr. Howell two or three times and then kicked him . David stated that M r. Harris cursed Supt. Howell; that three ladies were present, one of them be ing Mr. Harris' daughter and that they could have heard him cursing He said he heard some of the boys say that Mr. Howell dragged Gordon on the ground. ' The next witness, Jas. Richard son, said that Gordon threw a rock at Mr. Howell and that he dodged to avoid being hit. He stated that he was not close enough to witness the fight or hear any cursing. He said that the boys, a number of whom were in the yard and close around, were cheering and hurrahing. Some of them, he stated, hid behind trees and such expressions were heard as "Hit him, Mr. Harris, " "Beat him good, Mr. Harris," "That's a good lick, do it again. The young witness said that the occurrence disorganized theschool. When cross examined he said that he meant by disorganization that the boys were .whispering in school about the fight and discussing it at recess. He said this was keptupforseveraldays. He stated that he did not see Mr. Howell drag Gordon. The prosecution decided that it would not introduce any more wit nesses and rested its case. The defense here stated that it would not introduce any witnesses and renewed the motion for a sus pension of judgment upon payment of costs Mr Armistead Jones first ad dress ed the court. He considered the en tire matter a personal difficulty be tween Mr. Harris and Mr, Howell. Mr Jones held that Mr Harris'son had been badly treated and Mr Harris I received information to that effect from many sources. Mr. Harris did as any father would have done under the circumstances. Naturally his paternal feelings were aroused and it was his duty to protect his son Ml TlrtiirrlacQ navt cnnlrn TTa said that he had no feelings in the case. He maintained that there was a dignity attached to a public school, which every citizen should be made to respect. There is a special pro tection thrown about the schools, which is a part of the public law There was no other course for Mr Harris to pursue but to submit. It was a last resort. An assault by Mr. Harris, a leading citizen of Ral eigh, makes it a graver offence than under ordinary circumstances. It must also be taken in consideration that Mr Howell is superintendent of the city schools and that a blow at Mr Howell is a blow at the public schools of the city. It is an assault on the public schoolsystem, not only of Raleigh but elsewhere in the state. The result of this assault was a demoralization of the schools. The defendant produced anarchy and rebellion in our public schools by his action. "Do not put a small fine on Mr. Harris. He is a man who holds a high position in society and a moul der of public thought. An example should be set in this case. This is just as grave an offense as this court has ever tried or had jurisdiction over. 1 ask the court to hne Mr. Harris $50. I think that it will benefit Mr. Harris, in that it will teach him a lesson This fine would run a school for a month. We are asking for protection of our public schools and if that cannot be given we had better abolish them. If the government is going to allowCorbett and Fitzsimmons to fight and young boys to throw stones at the super intendents of schools, our school had better be converted into a box school." Air. Harris bad an imaginary grievance. There was no dirt nor any bruises on his body and no evi dence has been given to show that there was any." Mr. Peele followed Mr. Douglass He stated that Superintendent Howell had a very defenseable po sition. He said that Mr. Howell had refused to take part in the en counter which Mr. Harris had brought about. He held that Mr. Harris was guilty of assault and battery, forcible tresspass and dis orderly sbowed conduct. Mr. Peele that Judge Gaston had established the right of a school teacher to whip a pupil. Col. Argo closed the argument in the case. The pretence that the public school has been disorganized has been relied upon for insistence that Mr. Harris should be punished as a cover of the gravity of Mr. Howell's offense against this little boy and to prevent his removal as superintendent from this institution. Mr. Howell should be forever re moved from this school. The appeal is made to you to fine Mr. Harris $50, because the sum will go to the public school fund, and also it is claimed that public sentiment demands it. Whoever heard such reasons advanced for imposing a fine. The prosecution seems to think that this court should be governed by public sentiment. That little boy ran from the Super intendent because he feared him. He feared physical injury. 1 do not believe that a young boy ten years old is so abnormal in his temperment that he hates and will flee in terror from a school teacher who treats him kindly. Kiadness makes friends. The cruel treatment of young Gordon made those boys at the school cry out in indignation. No wonder they cried out, "beat him Mr. Harris." They talk of pro- tecting the publio schools. Why didn't they get out a warrant against Mr. Harris for disturbance of the public schools. Mr. Howell is not a man who can forgive. A man who is cruel and unkind to a child cannot do that. If Mr. Howell finds that he cannot rule a child except by harsh treat- ment he should return that child to its parents. If Mr. Howell had been in the right, the boys who were present would have rushed to his rescue in stead of taking sides against him. Has the prosecution proved that Gordon was guilty of any fault. which justified whipping him? If Mr Harris had seen Mr Howell fall upon his son he would have fought this case to the end. We submitted because M r Harris is only technically guilty. He did not see this occur rence. Col Argo asked why Mr Howell and the other witnesses bad not testified Col Argo said that Mr, Harris had grounds for bringing action against Mr Howell for assaulting his son. Mr Peele said that he would wel come such a suit. "Mr Harris is too much of a man to persecute Mr Howell'' replied Col. Argo. "He was prevailed upon to bring the matter before the school com mittee.but he has declined to do so. " MR RAMSEY EXPLAINS The Tnie State of the Case as to the ship. Editor Ramsey of the Progressive Farmer, a close student of the heavens, has examined, with his usual care the bright light which so many people have declared to be the "air-sbiD." He savs that what has caused such a state of excite ment is the star AlphaOrionis whic becomes visible at 5 o'clock. At that time it resembles a strong white electric light. It first becomes no iiceaoie in central soutnwest por tion of the sky. At an unusually rapid rate for a star it takes its course toward the northwest, finally disappearing in that corner. As the star begins to sink, the atmos pheric conditions cause it to appear to bo of a reddish hue on the under side and green on the upper portion when seen through a glass. The center of the body is white, yet Sir ius, the dog star, is much brighter and follows Alpha Orionis, while the planet Venus, brighter still than any star, shines abe id. But in spite of the cold, uuitnagi native declarations of science, there are thousands or people who still firmly believe that they have seen the famous air-ship, and who utterly decline to acknowledge that they have been simply "star gazin wit hout knowing it. Editor Ramsey says that if these people will study the southern sky about the middle of June they will see the air-ship develop into soini'tbing like a sea serpent. The astronomers will tell them it is the constellation of the Scorpion, one of the most beautiful in the heavens. But they must not believe it. Saturday the Last Ituy. There Is only one more registra tion day before the May election. Saturday is the time. Any one who fails to register at that time will find that he cannot vote on Monday, May 3rd, when he goes to the polls for that purpose. It is the duty of every man to exercise his rights of citi zenship by casting his vote for some of the candidates. This is an im portant matter, and should not be elected. If you have not already registered do not fail to do so Satur day. The following are places for reg istration and the names of the regis trars : First Ward Kenuett's store, cor ner of Jones and Salisbury. Regis trars: L. H. Lumsden (dem) , R B Crutchfiold, (pop), and J R Rogers, (rep.) Second ward Haynes' shop, cor ner of Blount and Morgan. Regis trars C ASepark,(dem),OM Marsh- burn, (pop. and Thomas Taylor, (rep.) Third ward Jones' warehouse, corner JJlount and Davie. Regis trars: M R Haynes, (dem). A J Scarborough, (pop), and Henry Christmas, (rep.) Fourth ward City lot, corner of Salisbury and Davie. Registrars, W. A. Gattis, (dem), W F Debnam, (rep) and W H Strother, (pop.) To Discuss State Aid The annual debate at Eton College between the Literary Societies of that Institution Friday night promis es to be an interesting one. The now ,ive issue of StateAid toHigher Institutions will be the query. The debaters are among the best speak ers from the Societies and the occa sion promises no less interest this year than on former occasions of similar nature. Discounted Their Tickets The Wilkesboro Chronicle of this week says: It was a kind of a gold bug court at Greensboro this time. The marshal had no money to pay off the witnesses. The sold bun Cones went into the ticket brokerage business, charging the poor fellow a Dig per cent discount, of course. One of the banks, however, made a more liberal proposition and got most of the tickets. To Give a Rooertlon. The ladies auxiliary of the Wil mington Y M. C. A , is arranging for a reception to be given to the Southern Baptist convention when it meets in Wilmington in May. It is Doubtful Whether the Senate Will Ever Do So. WAR IN HONDURAS so Consul Little Telegraph:, Appoint ments hy the President Today Noth ing About the Judgship- -Nearly all Were Postmasters. W asiiixuton, April 15. The Pres ident sent to the senate today a num ber of nominations of postmasters and two other nominations of some importance. They are Percy C Hen niughouse, of Maryland, commission er of immigration of Baltimore, and Greely W Whitford, attorney of the United States district of Colorado. In the senate executive session an unsuccessful elTort was made to fix the time for a vote on thearbitratiou treaty. It is doubtful whether a vote will ever be reached. United States Consul Little tele graphs from Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, that a revolution has broken out and that the republic is under martial law. Death of Col. George Puryen. We clip the following from the Abbeville, S. C. Medium: "Col. George Duryea died in New York last Thursday. His death was di rectly due to wounds ho received in the battle of Gaines's Mill, .June 27, 1862 while leading his command known as Duryea 's Zjuavcs in both armies, He was promoted by the U S congross for gallantry ou that oc casion. He never entirely recovered. The survivors of Orr's Rides will remember the Zouaves on thatevent- ful day. As the regiment moved forward the artillery in front and on the left opened fire upon us and Fitz John Por. er's corps directly infront joined in the bloody reception. Through the smoke, at this moment we saw uuryea s zouaves rise up on our left flankas if frorithcground and deliver a murderous volley. It must have been at this time that Duryea received his desperate wound hat finally caused his death." Col. Duryea is well known iu Ral eigh where he has visited several times and made a number of friends who will deeply regret to hear of his demise. New Insurance I'irni. Mr. George Snow of this city and Mr. George Stephens of Charlotte have entered into copartnership in the insurance business. These two well known and popular young gentlemen will represent, the Equitable Life Insurance Company of New York, one of the staunch est insurance companies in the world. The Equitable Company could hardly have secured two more pro gressive and desirable young men to represent them. Messrs. Snow and Stephens arc thorough business young men and stand high in the community and wherever they are nown. They have a valuable ex perience in the insuranco business and are sure to meet with success. It is a pleasure to welcome Mr. Stephens to Raleigh. Compromised the Case. The Greensboro Record says: That case of Simerson, administra tor, vs. the old R &JD., now the Southern, which occupied all day in the Federal court yesterday, has been compromised, the company paying $5,000 damages. The man who was killed was a reman on an engine that ran into a rock which had fallen across the track in what is known as "Rock ut," on the W N C R R. The plain tiff seemed to have everything his own way and it was only a question of the a.Bountof damages to be found by the jury. Seeing tnis Judge Dick said it was better to settle it, for if the jury brought in a verdict for over $5,000 he would set it aside as excessive, ''whereupon the plaintiff agreed to it. The Southern was represented by Col Boyd, Chas. Price and F H Busbee, while Judge Boykin, Col. Buxton and Col. Morehead looked after the administrator's interest Wit and Humor. An evening of song and story, the best entertainment of the season. No one should fail to hear Polk Mil ler at the Academy of Musictonight Program new, bright and sparkling. Admission 60c; gallery 25c. ACTION TO M 17 .IX. Daughters of the Confederacy Kecnt the P.oros.-edG. A. H. History. There appeared in the Baltimore Sun of April 1st an article from Chicago stating that the G. A. R. would have issued a school history iu which, whereevcr there was a reference to the civil war, the Southern people were to be treated of as rebels and insurrectionists. Tuesday the Raleigh Chapter Daugh ters of the Confederacy met and de cided that resolutions be sent to L. O B. Branch Camp Confederate Vet erans, asking them to bring before the reunion of Confederate veterans at Nashville in June the fact that we must meet this spirit by having a southern historian who will tell the true state of the case, giving all the glory and honor that, is justly due to the noble spirits who resented oppression and interference by the north. Rev. Dr. Weston, Kev. Dr. Daniel, Prof. Morsou and Mr. Devereux sustained the ladies in this decision. Prof. Howell did not approve of the plan. Each of the gentlemen ad dressed the "Daughters" in earnest words. Dr. Daniel presided at the request of the president, and the following are liis views on the sub ject: "On the threshold, wo must de fine what we mean by history." "Clearly, history is not a mere collecting of facts, as in an ency clopedia. Nor is it a bare recital of views aud counter-views, as in a lo- gal record. History, to bo such, must give facts in their true relations, togother with the principals under lying them, in such a way as to evince the truth and show whero it ies. No great historian can confine himself to merely reporting facts aud opinions. " Impartiality in history, so de fined, is as difficult as it is neces sary. The nearer to the time of a struggle the historian lives, or the more closely he may be allied to con tending parties, the greater the dif ficulty must be. Therefore, an im partial history of the war may not be expected in our time. The ut most to be looked for is that each side wi l write down the facts and principles according to its own con victions and leave this material at the service of a historian to come in other days than ours. "The North is manifestly acting upon this view. The Grand Army of the Republic and Prof. McMaster, according to thedocument just read, serve notice thatthey intend to make theirconvictionsapartof their forth coming history. They mean to teach what they believe to have been facts and truth, and leave the true historian, yet to come, to pass his judgment upon the evidence furnish ed by themselves. They are prepar ing to issue a book under sanction of one of the most powerful organize tions in the land. Very well. But it is surely equally well for the South to remember that a similar work must be done by herself if the impartial historian of the future is to have full data for his great work. If a book is to be put forth by the other side under the sanction of the G. A. R , the ladios now in this meeting propose to inaugurate a movement which shall result in a similar work to be issued with the endorsement and sustained by the influence of the corresponding organization in the south. This seems entirely conservative and reasonable, the loast that is due to the dead, to the cause that did not succeed, to the youth of the south now living, and to the truth of his tory in time to come. The proposi tion before this meeting, therefore, simply resolves itself into the homely maxim: we can expect nobody else to take care of ourselves.'" Dr. Weston made astrongaddress in favor of not patronizing any pub lishing house that would issue such a history as suggested by the GAR. Good Frldav. Tomorrow is Good Friday the an niversary of the Crucifixion, a day annually observed by the major por tion of Christendom with unusual devotion, fasting and self denial. In many places it is customary to have continuous services lasting between the hours of the Savior's Passion withmeditations in the seven last words from the Cross. Very little will be done in a business way until after Easter as most of the exchanges at New York, Liverpool, London and Paris,thegreat centres of the world's trade, remain closed during this period. Orange county wants to borrow money to fund her debt. FITZ HAS NOT RETIRED. Mieiit l ight Again Veraseopc Pic tures All Right, liy Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. New York, April 13. Martin Ju lian arrived here today. In an in terview, published in the Ereninf xeiegraui. is credited with say- ing- ' We have never stated that Fitz simmons had retired from the ring, or that ho would not fiihr, pi If any new aspirant comes forward and a good purse is offered, Fitz will not shirk a light He has never been a shirker. The talk of Kid McCoy's challenging him is nonsense Why, Fitz taught him all he knows. In regard to Brady 's threat to challenge, he is not such a fool as to attempt it, and Corbett lias no desire to meet Filz again. ' Kegarding the rumors of the fa ureof the verascope pictures of the championship battle, Julian said Uur latest dispatches are to the effect that they have been an un qualified success. ' TODAY'S MARKETS. Movements in New York end Liver pool Markets Njcw York, April 15, Marketquotationsfurnished by E. B. Cuthbert & Co., 30 Broad street, New York, and 305 Wilmington street, Raleigh, N. C, over their special wire: The following arc the opening, highest, lowest and closing quota tions of the New York cotton market today : MONTHS 0PEN- HIGH- LOW- CLOS .' INO. EST. EST. INO January. 0 87 6 S7 6 t6 6 85 February, b 8S- March, AP"1, 1 7 U-i- May, 17 11 7 12 7 09 7 OS June, ! 7 1") 7 lti 7 13 7 12 July, 7 1J 7 20 7 17 7 17 August, 7 20 7 2i 7 18 7 18 Sept'nib'r, 0 95 6 95 6 94 6 94 October, 6 79 ti 78 6 80 6 77 Novemb'r, ti 78 B 80 6 78 6 77 Docemher, o 82 0 84 6 82 8 81- New York Stoek Market. The following were the closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange today: Sugar nil Americau Tobacco 71J Burlington aud Quincy 7H Chicago Gas 81i American Spirits General Electric 31 Louisville and Nashville 44 Manhattan 841 Iiock Island 62 Southern Inferred 25ft St. Paul 72i Tennessee Coal snd I rot 22$ Western Union sOg Chicago Grain and Provision Market. Thefollowing were the closingquo tations on the Chicago Grain and Pro vision market todav: WheatMay, 69J; July ti9i Corn May, 238; July, 25. Oats May lti. July 17 ; Pork May, 8.40; July 8.52 Lard May, 4.20; July 4.27 Clear Rib Sides May 4.70; 4.7m. -i n 1 y Livcrpool Cotton Market. The following were the closing quo tations of the Liverpool cotton market today: April ...... 4d April-May 3.63 v May-June 3.62 -(. s June-July 3.(50 s July-August August-September.. 3 4S b September-October October-November 3.50 November-December 3.47 Deoember-January 3.45 h January-February 3.45 s Futures closed quiet and steady: sales 12.000 bales Raleigh Market. The following are the quotations of the Raleigh cotton market today: Middling . . 65c Strict middling 71 Good middling . 71 Strict good middling 71 Senator Butler an Officer. The Sampson Democrat says the North Carolina Building and Loan association of Charlotte, which re -cently went into the hands of re ceivers, had a branch at Clinton of which Senator Marion Butler was president. A Fraud. The State Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction says that a fraud is being perpetrated on the public schools by persons who are selling charts worth about 13.50 for $16. He says in one county fully $2,000 was thus used. Ballon Friday. Wake Forrat is to cross bats with Lehigh in Greensboro Friday. The ams will bs called at 3:30. iMinor Matters Manipulated for the Many. , AROUND THE CITY. Pot-Puuiri of the News Pictured uu per Points and People PcrtlncmH Picked and Pithily Pn- in Print The Sunday-school of the Chris tian church will give their Easter services Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Tomorrow being Good Friday, di vine service will be held at Christ church at 11 a. in. and 5 p. m. The public cordially invited. The Buckler Stock Company will present a repertoire of popular plays at popular prices all next week at Metropolitan Opera House . Lad ies ' tickets free Monday night. There will bo a matinee at Metro politan Opera House tomorrow after noon and also Saturday afternoon, when the projectoscope will be shown. There will also be perform ances every night this week. Rev. J S Felix, pastor of the first Baptist church of Asheville, has been invited by the faculty and grad uating class to preach thebaealaure- atc sermon at the University nf North Carolina, .May 30 The Nationals will play the Eclipse baseball team from Durham at Athletic park Monday afternoon. Manager Winslow is trying to ar range a game with the Washington. D. C. team. Don't forget the "Evening with Moore and Burns" that will be given a the parlors of the Yarboro by the Daughters of the Confederacy Thurs day, April 22nd. Voluntary con tributions for the Davis Memorial fund will be received. The Mystic Midgets held a very gratifying practice yesterday after- ternoon. This promises to be one of the most delightful entertainments of the season. The performance will take place next Monday even ing. Outing parties will do well to set Mr Frank Strnnaeh's new wage uette, which is the handsomest vehicle of the kind in the city. Mr. Stronach always le ds in the livery business and he has just equipped his handsome stables with new vehicles and stock. Give him a call Mr. C C Fordham has taken a position as pharmacist in Mr. Henry T Hick's drugstore. Mr Fordham is an intelligent and eliicieut drug gist and a very clever gentleman He was with Mr J Y MacRau for sometime. Mr Fordham will be glad to see his friends at his new home. At the meeting of the railway com mission yesterday evening the vari ous telephone companies doing busi ness in this state were notilied t appear here on the 27th and show cause, if any, why telephone nt'S should not be reduced. This action was taken by the commission upon complaint from a number of tow ns in the state of excessive rates. There were complaints from Raleigh. Mr Hill E King, principal clerk of tbe senate, is in the city. He arrived yesterday from his home in Onslow county, bringing with him the index of the senate journal. It was immediately sent by the secre tary of state to the public printer in Winston. The senate and house journals are both completed now with the exception of tbe indexes. They will probably be ready for distribution by the last of next week. The West Raleigh Baptist church has completed arrangements with Rev. J. T. Betts whereby he will give au entertainment in Raleigh on the evening of April 23rd at the Academy of Music. Thj proceeds will be devoted to building purpos es. As is well known Rev. Mr. Betts will present what is popularly known as "Picturesque Palestine in Photographic Panorama." There are illustrated solos by Rev. Mr. Betts and illustrated songs by the audience. Fairies and Mldgeta. Call at the Y. M. C. A. rooms any time and get tickets to sell. 1 hey are all ready. Box sheet will be open at King's drug ctore tomorrow morningat nine o'clock. h . :.' P m