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1 " . i m THE SITOR VOL XXXVI NO. 157. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1897. $4.00 PER YEAR. PBESS VI mm w The Greeks to Take a Final , Stand as Thermopylae. KING GEORGE TO THE FRONT Wilt Command tbc Greek Army at Pher aaloa PersoaallT-Tnrklah Vlstorles Cansc the Markets to Advance Powers to Interfere. Athens, April 26. It is now cer tain that King George will command me ureek army in Pnarsaios per sonally. This was decided upon at a cabinet council at which complai&t was made of handling the Greeks in the recent disastrous engagements around Larissa. The bravery of Constantine is not brought into Question. It appears that the cab! net does not think he possesses the qualities of generalship shown to toe sadly lacking in the Greek army. A director, not a fight er, is most needed at the pres ent crisis. Ed ham Pasha did not allow the troops to enter Larissa. The city suffered little damage. It was surrounded by Acorion cavalry and an officer with a squadron of horses was despatched to its protec tion. The Greeks in their hurried flight forgot to cut the wires between Melouna and Turnavo, consequently the Turkish engineers did not have trouble in restoring them. London, April 26. The Turkish victories created a favorable impres sion in financial circles here and on the continent; securities and Greek issues excepted, are all higher today. It is believed a settlement of hostili ties will be effected within a few days, as the powers appear de termined to intervene - Aihins, April 26. If defeated at Pharsalos the Greeks have decided to retire to Thermopylae aud make a final stand . SHOWERS TONIGHT Aad Perhaps Tomorrow Followed by Clearing Weather. The weather prediction for Ral eigh and vicinity is light showers tonight and perhaps early Tuesday morning followed by clearing weath er. The thermometer was 64 this morning and the barometer 29.84. The pressure t.W" morning is low over the Lake region and JNortn Alantic Coast, with a slight secon dary over North Carolina. Some rata has occurred during the past 24 hours n the east south, but only very small amounts. The weather is cloudy along the Gulf Coast and over to middle Atlantic States, but is generally clear in the Central Valley and west. It is considerably cooler everywhere. HAVEMEYER DEAD The Great Sugar kins and Millionaire Passes Away. By Telegraph to the Proas-Visitor. New Yoekk April 26. Theodore A Havemeyer, millionaire and vice president of the American Sugar Refining company, died this morn ing at his residence on Madison avenue. - . ' - Floods Grows Worse. ISy Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. vtriarirtPM, Man., April 26. The Red river situation-is becoming seri ous, it is nigner than in tnirty years. All rail communication is cut off. A few more inches rise and the electrlo power houses wll be under-". - 'A Snlelde Kills Bla Child. By Telegraph to thePress-Visitor. .New Yobk, April 26. Rlohard Weber shot himself fatally this morn ing. "Before" death ensued he shot his four year old daughter fatally. - TWO of Today Appolntmenta. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. ' . a i tit mi ' WA8EINOTON, April so. i ae X: res ident aonoinU Bellamy Storer, of Ohio, minister to Belgium and Wil liam Day, of Ohio, assistant secre 'ary of state. : ; - : .-, , To Attend the UoiveUln:. - ,. j . Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and her '.'rand-children have gone to Tex- whre they have been Invited as guests of the city of, Dallas, to at tend the unveiling of handsome statutes of Lee and Jackson. SOUTHERN CITIES Public Lyceums to be Organized in a Great Southern Circuit. The Augusta, Ga-, Chronicle an nounces that an association has just been formed of which Hon. Henry Watterson is president, Gen. Jno. B Gordon vice president, H. C. Mid dleton, secretary of Augusta Lyceum secretay, and a number of prominent and patriotic men as a company of directors and advisors, to push the organization of permanent Lyceums in the south as a means of popular education. The form of organizations which the association will promote is the co-operative or non-profit order, Among those who are at the head of the movement are those mentioned, Bishop C B Galloway, of Mississlp pi; A H Belo, of the Dallas and Gal veston News; Rev Sam P Jones, Thomas Nelson Page, Gov Bob Taylor, of Tennessee; William Pres ton Johnson, of Tulane University, Louisiana; J L M Curry, Hon Wil liam L Wilson, ex-postmaster gen eral and now president of Washing ton-Lee University; Frank L Stan ton, the poet, Ex-United States Sen ator Patrick Walsh and others. The association will in a few days publish an address calling the atten tion of the people of the south to the value of the Lyceum as a means of popular education, and requesting the organization of public Lyceums on the co-operative or non-profit plan in a circuit comprising the leading cities of the south. The address will emphasize the value that the Lyceum has proven in New England where the people at large for two generations have been put in touch with the leading thought of the age literary, scientific, etc., with tho declaration that this pow erful influence has been too long neglected in the south. The association will undertake immediately the organization of co operative Lyceums in the following cities, hoping to have the circuit completed by December 1st: Richmond, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Raleigh, Wilmington, Charlotte, Co lumbia, Charleston, Augusta, (orga nized) Savannah. Macon, Columbus, Atlanta, (organized) Jacksonville, Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Louisville, Lexington, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis, Little Rock, Hot Springs, Meridian, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, New Or leans, Galveston, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Austin, and San Antonio. It is not intended that the same authors, lecturers, etc., shall go to all these places, as some of the larger cities will probably require men not feasible in the smaller places for some time. Amopg the men who will be brought to the south from year to year to these associations, besides the leading authors, travel lers, scientists, orators and lecturers of the time will be like Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage. Mark Twain, Lew Wallace, Hamilton M bie, Hopkinson Smith, George Ken nan, Thomas Dixon, Dr. Parkhurst, Max O'Rell, Martin Crawford, James Whitcomb Riley, George W. Cable, Russell Con well, Maurice Thomp son, John Fox, Eli Perkins, Robert J. Burdette, men from abroad like Conan Doyle, Ian Maolaren, Sir Ed win Arnold, Stanley, Justice McCar thy and others when they visit this country infact any of those wbo are giving any of their time to this Ly ceum work. In this way the people will come into contact with the lead ing men of the time. Such lectures as these, when they come through the south spasmodically, cost for ad mission for the people to hear them, from $1 to $2. By the regular Ly ceum organization upon a system similar to any library organization, this price is brought down to the minimum, depending only upon the size of the membership of the differ ent Lyceums. Bed Heads and Radishes. .When Mr, Frank Stronach came down, to his office this morning be fiund on his desk a bunch of rad ishes and the following note: "My Deab SiaI send you this morning with tLe compliments of my wife a bunch of radishes, and she wishes to say to you that she has three eons, all red-headed, who will vote for you for mayor believ ing that you will make the best one we have had In sixty-seven years Hoping that you will be successful In the fight in the interest of thV people, I am, ? V , Yours truly," . t ; ' . The Red-Heaqed Man." : Mr. Strbnach saya he wishes' to re turn his acknowledgements and his best wishes for the increase and prosperity-of the army of red-heads. I, H The Press-Visitor First to In form Him of the News. RALEIGH IS WELL PLEASED With the Appointment-.-Judge Purncll At rived in the City Yesterday-Appointment Made This Afternoon-I.lkcly to be Confirmed by the Sen ate Right Away. Mr Thos R Purnell, of North Caro lina is appointed United States Dis trict Judge of the Eastern District of North Carolina. The above was a press dispatch received by the Press -Visitor this afternoon at two o'clock . Mr Pur nell, who arrived in the city yester day at noon, was immediately called up by telephone at his residence and the Press-Visitor had the pleasant privilegeof breaking the news to him. While the news was no great sur prise to Judge Puruell, it met with his entire and hearty approbation. The news of the appointment was gladly received by Raleigh people, regardless of politics. Indeed, Judge Purnell has so conducted himself as a citizen in the community that he is held in equally high esteem by his political opponents as his politica allies. The successful appointee i a self made man and has attained an unusual degree of success as a law yer, A tall times he has stood high n his party councils It is very likely that the appoint ment will be confirmed by the senate at an early date in order that Mr Purnell can begin the circuit, which is now in effect. Judge Purnell succeeds Augustus W Seymour, who died suddenly in New York several months ago. President Cleveland appointed Mr. W W Clark of Newbern to fill the vacancy but the senate refused to confirm the appointment. The appointment is for life and the salary is five thousand dollars per annum. , NEW MACHINERY ACT. A Summary of tho More Important Pro visions of the New Law. Col. Olds, in his correspondence to the Charlotte Observer and other papers, gives the following informa tion: The revenue and machinery acts are this year of especial interest, owing to the many changes. There are three schedules of the revenue act, and these make 21 pages. The poll tax is $1.29; the property tax 43 cents on every $100 of real and personal property, and moneys, credits, surplus reserve fund, un divided profits, investments in bonds stocks, joint stock companies and otherwise. Any city, town or other municipal corporation shaU have power to impose, levy and collect any greater sum than one per cent on real and personal property, un less the legislature gives special au thority. Bank cashiers paj tax on shares directly to Ue state treas urer. This applies also to B and L associations. The taxes on gross profits and the income from salaries and fees, public and private, one- half of one per cent on the excess over $1,000. All special exemptions from taxation are repealed. In schedule B thsatre licenses are $150 a year for places)f over 10,000, between 6,000 and 10,000 $100 annu ally, each concert or lecture $3, cir cuses $100 a day, billiard and pool tables, it where liquor is used, $25, if not, $12.60, all other games or plays $20; on public bridges or fer ries, 2 per cent, on gross receipts; 50 cents for each horse'or mule kept for hire; and on persons who trade in horses or mules for profit, $25 to State and $20 to county; 1 percent on commissions secured by commis sion merchants, brokers or dealers; cigars ao-i cheroots five cents per 1,000 and on every deahr 1 cent per pound on manufactured tobacco; 15 centsper 1,000 for cigarettes, 15 cents per r,000 sheets cigarette pa per of single cigarette size (this not to apply to manufacturers of cigars, cigarettes or manufactured tobacco), dnd no county shall tax any such dealers. Merchants' purchase tat 1-10 of, 1 per cent, this not to apply to purchasers of farm products from the prodacers. Liquor dealers 2 per cent license tax on total amount of purchases in or out of the State. Druggists who deal in spirits $50 license tax; and if they allow drink ing in their places of business they are liable for the regular liquor tax; but in towns of less than 500 people, or where tho sale of liquor is prohibit ed, the license tax on druggists shall be $25. Peddlers on foot $10 for each county; one horse $J0; two horses $40; itinerant salesmen, $50 each for each county; and issue of license is discretionary with county commissioners. License for sewing machine manufacturers $350, this al lowing an unlimited number of agents and forbidding any city, county or town tax; but this does not apply to the sale of second-hand macnines taken in exchange or as part payment for a new machine. rersons wno sell pianos or organs by sample, $10 for each instrument. Tax on Gypsies, or persons who pretend to tell fortunes $150 for each county. Ou persons who put up lightning rods $20. On itinerant stove, range or clock peddlers, $100 on each wagon, or each agent, in each county. License fee for fire or accident insurance com panies, $200 each, nd on life com panics $250 each, all companies to pay 2 per cent, tax on gross receipts in this State, uu'ess at least one fourth of the entire assets are in vested in North Carolina, when the tax is only 1 per cent. All banks pay in addition to ad valorem tax as follows : On $25,000 capital, $50, and $2 for each $1,030 in excess of $25, -000; also $25 for each county in which such banks, associations or brokers have an agency. Building and loan associations pay $25 on paid-in capital loss than $50,000, ind on less than $25,000 and over 15,000, $10. Auctioneers, $10 tax. Pawnbrokers, $50. Liquor dealers' license tax for selling under 5 gal lon quantities $100 annually; over & gallon quantities, $200; for beerexclusi vely, $20; board of county commissioners having discretion as to granting license; counties may levy not more than the stato tax. Tax on hotels with receipts of over 17,000 $10 and 2i of 1 per cent, on all gross receipts above $7,000. On each dentist, lawyer and practicing physician $5 annually, no city, town or county to levy additional license tax, andall persons who write deeds, mortgages and other legal papers for pay shall be considered as law yers. The franchise tax, which does not apply to railroads, banks and insurance companies, is $5 on corporations having $25,000 or less of capital stock, under J50.000 $10, etc. Schedule C requircseaeh railroad, steamboat or canal company to pay 1 per cent, on gross receipts. Tax on lagacies, or inheritances, devised to persons in the direct line, 2-3 of 1 per cent.; and on collateral inheri tances (save tnose for charitable uses) 1 per cent; no administrator to be permitted to file his final ac count until such taxes ar paid. Tax on express companies $3,000 annually, if receipts exceed $10,000 annual'y. Telegraph and telephone companies, 7 per cent, of gross re ceipts on business in the state. Mar riage licenses, $1. Tax on drum mers, $50 for each one offering for sale, with or without samples; licenses not transferable, and no county, town, or city shall tax such drummers. Odd Fellows Anniversary. The Odd Fellows who went out to Cary yesterday to participate with the Lodge there in celebrating the seventy-eighth anniversary of the Order spent a most pleasant time and speak in the highest terms of the hospitality of the people of Cary. The services were held in the Methodist church which was filled to its utmost capacity. After the rendering of a most beautiful anthem by the choir and the singing of the thanksgiving ode of the Order, Rev. J. L. Burns preached a most elo quent and practical sermon, based upon the exclamation of Cain, "am I mybrolhers keeper." It was full of sound and instruc tive doctrine relating to the respon-J sibility of man toman. After the sermon a collection was taken for the Orphan Home inGoldsboro which resulted in quite a nice sum. The visiting brethren were taken fn charge by their Cary brothers and carried to their homes where they were made welcome and broke bread with each other. It was a most enjoyable occasion aud one that the visiting brethren will not soon forget. . Next Monday Is the date of the city election and Monday night the agony will be over. NEWYORK FAi FILLING Streets are Thronged With Visitors and Soldiers TO DO GRANT HONOR Thousands of Street Fakirs are Suiting "Original Chips" from the Grant Mon umentThe President on hand Weather O, K. By Telegraph to the Proas Visitor. New York, April 26. Recently a miscreant chipped a piece of stone off Grant's tomb. Today there were over a hundred thousand visitors here and street fakirs were selling "original chips" as souvenirs. There were enough of these to build several tombs. The indication tomorrow is fair weather. Today it is slisrbtlv threatening, warm and pleasant. Every body is astonished at the large number arriving. Soldier boys from every State attract most atten tion. They are footloose today and in consequence every place of inter est is crowded. The Grand Armv is largely represented and the streets fairly thrill with patriotism. The President, diplomats and distin guished guests are arriving and all will be here this afternoon. WOULD NOT INTERFERE. Judge Adams Refused to Modify Ills Re straining Order. The injunction matter of Robert Hancock and others vs. Wm. R. Tucker and others was under con sideration again this mornintr be fore Judge Adams. As is known Robert Hancock, President of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, on behalf of the new board of directors, secured are straiuing order from Judge Adams, on Friday, to prevent a meeting of the private stockholders of that roud, which was to have been held at Goldsboro tomorrow. Today the defendants made a mo tion to modify the restraining order issued Friday. The motion was ar gued at length by the different counsel. The judge finally decided that he would not now interfere, as the matter was in the handsof Judge Timberlake and would be heard in the course of a few days. A Splendid Book. The revised, corrected and ably edited third edition of the North Carolina Manual of Law and Forms, just from the press, is a splendid book. The precise, thorough and systematic work of the editor, M. N. Amis, Esq , of the Raleigh Bar, has produced a volume which lawyers, county officers and business men can rely upon. To the justices of the peace this book is a complete one, giving all the law including all national changes, made by the legislature of 1897. It's new chapters on bills, bonds and promissory notes and interest, and the rules for computing the same, are new, im portant and valuable additions to the work. The carefully prepared, full and accurate index makes the book still more valuable. Mr. Amis is eminently fitted for book working and his work in this volume has been admirably accomplished, and he is to be complimented on bis sue- Strawberries Not Hurt by Frost. Yesterday's Wilmington Messen ger says: "Mr. S. W. Westbrook, who was up the Wilmington and Weldon rail road yesterday tells us that the frost did not kill all the huckleberries up tbat way. He thinks there will be a good crop of Sampson blues. The shipments of strawberries and truck between here and Mt. Olive, on the Wilmington and Weldon railroad, yesterday, was the heaviest of the season. Seven refrigerator cars of the California Fruit Transportation Company carried off 6,000 crates of strawberries to the northern mark- kets. Nine cars went to New York, four to Philadelphia, three to Boston and one to Chicago. Two refrigera tor'cars of truck also left for Phila delphia. The prospects are good for still larger shipments on Mon day." For the Rex Hospital. Don't forget the production of Princess Bonnie Thursday night at the Academy of Music under the auspices of the Woman's Auxiliary society , of the Hospital. The pro ceeds will, be devoted to this noble institution, and the entertain eat ill be brightened by the best of Norfolks amateure talent in connec tion with North Carolina talent. OFF TO SOUTHERN PINES Insurance Convention Toraorrov, Pat- rick's Circular Letter. The Southern Insurance Conven tion convenes in Southern Pines to- crrow aad the session will con tinue throughout Wednesday. A delegation of Raleigh people, includ ing local insurance men and dele- gates,left on the train this afternoon. Others will take t ie vest b jle in the morning. The convention havintr been vii; orously attacked and denounced by a large number of papers, Mr. J. T. Patrick, the secretary, has issued a circular from which-we take the fol lowing extracts: It has been going the rounds of the insurance journals, and con siderable mention made in Southern papers, that the object of the South ern Inter-State Insurance Confer ence was for the purpose o boycot ting and forcing from our Southern States, northern and foreign Life and Fire Insurance companies, and giving all the business to Southern companies This is a wrong im pression; it would be a great folly for our Southern people to under take such a thing. The few South ern Insurance companies that are now in existence must beencouraged, sustained aud patonized by our peo pie, this is right, just and proper and nofairmindedmanjwill deny this, but the Southern companies can not do one tenth of our business. We must not injure the outside com panies, we must encourage them to make investments south. We must not only ask them to invest in the south, the profits they make out of the southern business, but by judi cious state legislation, by liberal state insurance laws, we must en courage them to invest a large part of the profits they make from their northern business. We must con sult with the insurance men and see what kind of laws they need. The northern insurance companies will be glad to loan their money down south, if they are secure. TODAY'S MARKETS. Tho Movements in New York and Liver pool Markets Nw Yobk, April 24, Marketquotations furnished by E. B. Cuthbert & Co., 30 Broad street, New York, aud 305 Wilmington street, Raleigh, X. 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- LOW- CLOS ING. EST. EST. ISO 7 00 7 00 8 9ti 6 93- 7 01- 7 i 7 21 7 26 7 23- 19 7 28 7 19 1 25- 7 2o 7 SO 7 24 7 30- 7 31 7 36 7 29 7 35- 7 32 7 37 7 30 7 3tt- 7 12 7 13 7 08 7 13- 6 94 6 94 6 & 6 92- 6 91 8 94 B 90 6 93- 6 95 6 97 6 93 6 95- January, reoruary, March, April, May, June, July, August, Sept'mb'r, October, wovemb'r, December, New York Stoek Market. The following were the closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange today: Sugar U2 American Tobacco 70 Burlington and Quincy 73i Chicago Gas 811 American Spirits 10$ General Electrlo 31i Louisville and Nashville 44t Manhattan 841 Rook Island 63 Southern Preferred 25j St. Paul 731 Tennessee Coal snd Iror. 231 Western Union 79t Chicago Grain and Provision Market. Thefollowing were the closingquo tations on the ChicagoGrain and Pro vision market todav: Wheat May, 731; July 73i. Corn May, 241; July, 25. Oats May 174 July 181; Pork May, 8.50; July 8.60 ' Lard May, 4.15; July 4,25 Clear Rib Sides May 4.72; July Liverpool Cotton Market. The following were the closing quo tations of the Liverpool cotton market today: May-June June-July 4.6-7 July-August 4.5.6 August-September Septcmber-Octobor 3.60 October-November November-December 3.60-31 Deoetnber-January 3 49 January-February 3.49 Raleigh Market. The following are the quotations cf the Raleigh cotton market today: Middling 7 Strict middling 71 Good middling .. 71 Strict good middling.... .. 71 The ralo-today was gladly wel comed by farmers and gardeners. Minor Matters Manipulated for the Many. AROUND THE CITY. Pot-Puurrl of the News Pictured on I per Points and People Pertinent H Picked and Pithily I'n- In Print Dr. T. 1.. Hanks was in the city today . Calvin Scott aud Matilda Morgan were made man and wife at the office of Justice Roberts late Saturday evening. Justice Roberts yesterday after noon united in marriage Mr. Wil liam T. Sorrell and Miss Ella Wick er at No. 307 East Lenoir street. Sheriff Ham T. Jones spent Sun day at his home at Forestville, re turning to the city today, accom panied by his son, Master Shell Jones, who spent the day in the city with his father. Friday, 2,075 crates of fruit and vegetables were shipped by express atpoints ou the Wilmington and Weldon railroad to northern mar kets. Saturday there was a ship ment of 1800 crates. The Euchre Club will meet on Wednesday evening next with Miss Nannie Branch Jones at her home on Hillsboro street, and she will en tertain them in honor of Miss Broad foot of Fayetteville. Cards are out for the marriane ! Mr. Clement G Wright, of Greens boro, to Miss Mary Joanna, dausrh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ber nard, atGreensboro, April 28th. Mr. Wright has many friends through out the state. The motion docket, April term of Wake superior court ill be called tomorrow (Tuesday) morning at 111 o'clock and tho summons docket on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock Members of the bar will please taki notice. The box sheet for ' Princess Bon nie'' was placed on sale at King's drug store today and there was an unusually large demand for seats "Princess Bonnie," a most charm ing opera, promises to be very largely patronized. Messrs. Royall A Borden today announce their spring opening and everybody should visit their store and see their beautful display of furniture and house furnishing goods, the finest ever seen here. Their baby carriages are gems, every one of them. The Southern will run the sleeper, attached to the Norfolk and Chattu nooga vestibule, from the former point through to Nashville to ae commodate the Exposition travel. The sleeper will no doubt be largely patronized by North Carolinians. Persons leaving Raleigh at 3:40 p. m can reach Asheville at 12:110 next day without change of cars. The trip from Norfolk is 850 miles. Apropos of the efforts of certain foragers and pop-hunters to step into the shoes of Judge N. J. Rid dick, clerk of the Federal court, it was remarked today in the hearing of the Press-Visitor tbat Judge Riddick is and has for years been ne of the most efticientand satisfac tory men in the place who could have been there and no change is wanter! by those who come in contact with him in his official capacity. Further more it is not believed that any change will be made. Judge Riddick has served long and well and it is almost the universal desire of all parties interested that he should stav where ho is. Judge Adams. Judge Adams, who is holding the present term of civil court here, is one of the new judges and one of the youngest of the present sta e judici ary. His bearing while here, both on the bench and in contact with oir people, has been such as to win for him many expressions of high com mendation and regard from the bar and the public alike.insuringfor him a most pleasant acquaintance among the people of Raleigh and the confi dence of the legal fraternity. His rulings have been pronounced uni formity just and non-partizan, while his ability la discharging the duties of the bench have shown him to (je one of the strong men of the Noith Carolina judiciary who will make his mark. v. -. ; ,r 1 i i " I I . 4 . 1 Lr