North Carolina Newspapers

it FEE ITOR VOL. XXXVII. NO. 213. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1897. W.00 PER YEAK. TELE vis DYING At THE DEPOT. A Negro Boy From Selma Is in the Bag gage Room at Colon Station Dying With Fever. This morning a very Bick negro boy was brought to Raleigh from Selma on the Southern Railway, His condition was critical and the rail road authorities placed him in the baggage room on a cot. Mr. Potts notified Mayor Russ so that he could be placed in the hospital but the Mayor says that the hospital is main tained for this city and he has no authority to have the sick from other towns cared for there. Mayor Russ said to the Priss-Visitor reporter that it was an imposition on the city the way some towns have of sending their sick to Raleigh in order that they may be cared tor in the hospital here at the expense of the city. Not long since a man was sent here from Winston in this condition. In May "a colored boy from Chatham who was almost dying with consumption was given a ticket to Raleigh. The Mayor sent him to the Sheriff's office so the county commissioners would have him cared for. He was finally taken to a colored woman's bouse and died thero next day. The mayor contends that the county commissioners should have such persons cared for and make the commissioners of the county from which. the sick person came pay the Cist. He says that the law provides that if the commissioners of a county refuse to pay such an account they are liable to a forty dollar fine. When Mr Potts received the mayor's reply fte wrote a note to Major Hill chairman of the board of county commissioners notifying him of the man's condition at the de pot, but Maj Hill said that the city physician was the proper person to act in the matter. Meanwhile Mr Cobb, moved by compassion for the poor fellow, sent for Dr McKee who found his fever at 106. He says that it was a case of typhoid fever and that the fellow could not live to be carried to the poor bouse. No one .knows his uame. The officers of the -fouthern railway are having what they can done for him so far as medical attention and nursingare concerned but it is more than probable that the poor fellow will breath his last in the baggage room this afternoon. This afternoon about 3 o'clock he was removed in an ambulance to the county home, by order of the county commissioners. At the same time another colored man, who was found ill last night, was carried to the home also. The latter came from Salem and has typhoid fever also. Shooting at Morchead. Klnston Free Press. We heard yesterday of a shooting the day before in the Atlantic Hotel bar-room at Morehead city. It seems that a young man named Slocumb, of Goldsboro, and Mr. Sam Wooten, of IAGrange, roomed to gether, and were paving attentions to the same young ladv. During the night Slocumb stole a note writ ten by the lady to Wooten out of thelatter's pocket. Next morning Wooten missed the note anQ asked Slocumb about it. Siooumb ac kowledged having taken it, but re fused to give it up. After beakfast Wooten, Slocumb and several others were in the bar room taking a drink when Wooten again demanded the note. Slocumb took it out and handed it to a young man named Merritt. Wooten then demanded it of Merritt. Merritt said it was not his property and he could not give it up except to Slo cumb, who Rave it to him. Wooten then remarked that he would have that note or blood, pulled a revolver and began firing. Slocumb grab bed hlmaboutthesametime. Wooten fired several shots, one of which struck Merritt and ploughed around his knee. One shot grazed Slocumb 's cheek and another burnt his coat over his shoulder. The case was heard before the mayor of - Morehead, who fined Wooten $15. We hear that Wooten compromised the matter with Mer ritt, so the latter would not prose cute the case. ' ; .... -old Hoaa" la Dead. n TnWranh to the Presa-VUltbr. ' Niw York, June 29 William P TlnT. known to three generations cf play-goers as '-Old Hoss," died at hi home this morning, at naa been suffering for some time from ..t unrests. , Since his return from Michigan he went -to bed and nv mt un. He lapsed into un consciousness and did not regain SALE OF CITY BONDS A Block of Twenty-five Thou sand Sold Today. AT A GOOD PRICE They Were Issued to Pay the Six Per Cent Bonds, Maturing July 1st, and Brought 100 19-20 The Pcnn Mutual Bought Them. The city of Raleigh today sold $25,000 of 5 per cent bonds issued for the purpose of paying the six per cent bonds which mature July 1st The bonds were sold today by City Treasurer Joseph G. Brown, and will mature in 1919. The price they brought was $1,069.50 and ac crued interest for each one thousand dollar bond, which means at the rate of 109 19-20, market value. There were several bidders for the onds, but the highest bid was ma-. by the PennMutnal Insurance Company, of Philadelphia, and they were the pur chasers. This was, indeed, a high price for the bonds and for such an old, well established, and reliable organization as the Penn Mutual Company to make such an invest ment shows the confidence which is felt in the credit of the city of Ra leigh. Mr. Brown closed the transaction today and shipped the bonds, and it must be gratifying to our citizens generally to know that the bonds of tbe city can command such a price and ,hat they can liud such reliable purchasers through the good judg ment of cur able and competent city treasurer. lluve they Got Uira? The Chattanooga authorities are in correspondence with Chief of Po lice Rees, of Greensboro about the man Wilson, who succeeded in pass ing a bogus check on the Benhow for $85 some time ago. The Greens boro Record says: Tbe man arrested in Chattanooga fills the description very well. If they have a charge against him there which will land him he will not be brought back here, owing to the ex pense, but if not, some one who knows Wilson will go aftsr him. DIVISION CHANGES. New Arrangements to be Hade In the Southern's Divisions. July 1st is the date set for many changes in Southern Railway circles. Referring to these changes the Ashe ville Citizen says : A new division will be establish ed with Charlottesville, Va., as headquarters, under the superin tendency of E. Ryder. Superinten dent N. J. O'Brien will be removed from Danville to Greensboro, The second division, at Charlotte, will be cut off at Spencer on the north and at Greenville, S. C, on the south. W. B. Ryder will remain in charge of the Charlotte division, and also that part of the Asheville and Spartanburg road between Biltmore and Spartanburg, which will be ad ded to that division. The third division now in charge of Superin tendent Paul I. Welles, will be cut off at Spartanburg, Mr. Wells re maining in Columbia in charge of that division. A new division has been treated, to be known as the Asheville divi sion, extending from Salisbury to Morristown, also inculding tbe Murohv brauch. W. O. Sprigg, assistant superintendent of the third division, will have charge of the Asheville division as superinten dent. The Dresent fourth division will be reduced by so much of the line as is between Asheville and Mor ristown, and will remain under the charge of Superintendent F K Huger. The third new division to be created will have headquarters at Selma, Ala., and will be under the supervision of J Gordon Jones. Educational Campaign. The committee of eleven colored men who have in charge the cam paign for local taxation for the pub lio schools met here today. Prof Bruce of Shaw University "presided and Prof E E Smith, of Goldsboro was elected secretary. Committees on finance, literature and steering were appointed. - Congressmen White and Cheathara.Dancy, Young, Bishop Hood, Whltted, Pegues, Savaire. Johnson, Smith. Vick. King, Roberts. Bishop Petty, Hawkins and Mattherson were appointed to lecture on the subject. ON THE TRAIL The Murderer of Mrs Springs Said to be Located. The Charlotte News of yesterday says: The News from Lexington today is to the effect that the murderer ol Mrs. A. A. Springs is surrounded in a large body of woods nearReids vilie. All day yesterday searching parties were out in every direction hunting for some clue. Mr. Holland, a brother of Mrs Spring., was on his way to Kernersville yesterday. Before he reached the town he met a suspicions looking character. The man asked him to allow him to ride with him in his buggy, this he con sented to. While en route they en gaged in conversation, the stranger telling his name. On arrival at Ker nersville both the stranger and Hol land went to the same hotel. Hol land noticed the register and saw that the man registered under a dif ferent name than the one he' gave to him while on th s way to Kerners ville, Mr. Holland at once went for an officer to make the arrest, but the stranger had 'departed to parts unknown. Holland, in company with others, set out to capture the sus picious character. They traced him to Greensboro where he boart'ed a freight. At Reidsville they found that such a looking man bad been there only a few hours before. In some way it was heard at Lex ington last night that the murderer had been caught. A large crowd of men and a number of ladies were at the dep t to see him come in. The crowds expressed great indignation and it is feared that if the guilty one had been brought there his life would not have been at all safe. Parties from Lexington today state that the town is in a fever heat. All the male citizens of the town are doing whatever detective work they can and every point is strained to catch the murderer. The place where the posse think they have the murderer located is in a dense piece of woods, about six miles from Reidsville. A dispatch from Lexington states that the posse have every reason to believe that the trail is the right one and that there seems to be no doubt but that the murderer will be caught. The Euphrosyne Club. The Euphrosyne Club gave a ger- man last evening at their dance hall in the Briggs building. William West led with Miss Susie Tilling- hast. Among the dancers were: Jas Baker with Miss Eliza Busbee, Frank Faison with Miss Marguerite Crow, Junius Grimes with Miss Adelaide Snow, Jack Perry with Miss Florence Boylan, Dennis Heartt with Miss Mamie Norris, Geo Syme with Miss Etta Heartt, Duncan Cameron with Miss Ethel Norris, Fab Haywood with Miss Louise Holt, Fred Olds w.th Miss Cora Holt, Tom Simpson with Miss Mattie Pace, Geo Badger with Miss Rosa Battle, Wm Jones with Miss Trapier, Wm Moncure with Miss Mary Seaton Hay, Gerald Kendrick with Miss Pearl Tuck, John An drews with Miss Mary Shipp, Wm Smith with Miss Frances Cameron, Howard Thomas wh Miss Minnie Tucker. Stags Mr Pond, of New York; Mr Fuller, of Richmond ; Allan Higgs) Alf Thompson and Mr T T Hay. Chaperones Mrs Trapier, Mrs Rogers and Mrs M T Norris. Fourth July Jubilee via Southern Railway. Good old fashioned 4th of July celebration. The Southern railway runs tbe greatest number of trains on the most convenient schedules, and is the best fourth of July road to and from all points. Tickets at greatly reduced rates will be sold July 2, 3, 4, and for morning trains of July 5, limited for return July 7, 1897. Apply to T C Sturgis, agent Southern railway, Raleigh, N C. Ice Cream Supper at Cary. An Ice Cream Supper will be given on Thursday evening at Cary, for the benefitof the BaptlstChurch. Mr. N. B. Broughton and others are expected to be present and deliver addresses. The people of Raleigh are all invited to come and have an enjoyable time. J. C. Walker, For Com. No Verdict Reached. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Nw York, June 29. The excit ing point in the trial of the Ameri can Tobacco company' offoers was reached this morning when crowds hung around the court of general sessions to bear tbe jury's verdict. Until two o'clock this afternoon the jury was still out. It is expected that they will not agree on a verdict. If so there will without doubt be a new trial. ANOTHER PARDON. The Governor Returns and the Pardon Mill Starts Again. Governor Russell today pardoned B. B. Snow, convicted of iaiceny and receiving at tbe August term, 1895, of Guilford Superior court and sentenced to five years in the state prison. Tbe Governor gives as his rea sons: "This man was convicted in August 1895 for the larceny of a horse. The trial Judge certifies that there was serious doubt as to the prisoners mental capacity a doubt so grave that the court would not have imposed a sentence longer than six months but for the require ments of the statute which makes the minimum punishment five years and in March 1896 the Judge ear nestly urged the pardon. The So licitor, Mr. Bynum, states that up on examination he is satisfied tbe prisoner had no felonious intent and strongly urges the pardon. Nelson, Mayor of Greensboro, whocommitted the prisoner upon the preliminary examination strongly recommends the pardon. Governor Evans of of South Carolina makes a request for this pardon as do also Judge Gary of the Supreme court of that state and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and a number of other prominent men of South Caro linaall of whom certify to the good character of the prisoner. " A Plucky Durham Woman. Durham has plucky women as well as other places. The Durham Sun of yesterday says: "Thers are many women in this city that would de fend their premises with weapons if the occasion should arise. Miss Lou McGhee is one of them. On Saturday night about -11:15 o'clock, some one went to the resi dence of W II McGhee, 330 Petti grew street, and attempted to enter a room in which weie several ladies. Miss McGhee was in tbeyoom. The ladies bad retired, and t lie re was no light in the room. Miss McGhee heard the man at the window, as did other ladies in the room, S'e grab bed her pistol. Her sister and niece called out to her to shoot. She did so, and the man ran off. The police were notified of the occurrence, and Sunday night officer Crabtree arrested Fleming Daniel, a coal black negro, 'and locked him up. After hearing the evidence mayor McCown bound Daniel over to court in a bond of $100. The defendant could not give the bond, and was re manded to jail. A New Kind of Swindler. The Fayetteville Observer of yes terday says : Tbe Rockingham In dex, of Saturday, has a long artie'e on what it terms a "slickswindler. " The "slick swindler" is J. D. Ab bott, claiming to come from Ashe ville, who was here Monday of last week trying to sell the county charts for public schools. He learned that there was no money in the county treasury for suchapurooseand soon took his departure. The Index says that he got eleven hundred dollars from thecc mmissionersof Richmond county in May, and that nothing has been heard of him since, and that he is a "slick swindler." A Coming Horse Event. If nothing happens to prevent it, it is said that that horse race on the 13th of July at Reidsville will beone of the most exciting events of the year. Being between a Greensboro and a Reidsville trotter, local pride en ters into it and the fact that such a large sum, $1,000, is up, makes it more interesting, for it is well set tled that there will be "no jockey ing," and the best horse will win. Reidsville is of course backing Clipper heavily, while Greensboro will be heard from on Callie Lillie when the time comes. Perhaps the fastest time ever made in the state will be recorded, that is for horses bred in the state. Nothing but the weather or sickness of one or the other of the horses will prevent the race. The Cumberland Dispensary Case. The Fayetteville Observer of yes terday says: "Up to tbe hour of going to press, Judge Mclver had not made public his decision in re gard to the dispensary Injunction suit. Meanwhile the dispensary board are making preparations for tbe opening of the dispensary on Thursday morning. Unless tbe law Intervenes the 12 bar rooms in Fay ettevllle will be closed Wednesday night for-an indefinite period. Col John Nichols left this after n&ra on a hurried visit to Wash ington. STILL IN SESSION The Executive Committee of the Agricul tural Hoard Busy Talking. The (executive committee of the board of agriculture held a long session last night and met again this morning at 10 o'clock and adjourned at 2. This morning salaries of some of the employees at the A & M col lege and their duties werediscussed but nothing was definately decided. This committee will meet again this afternoon when these matters will be settled and some vacancies in tbe college filled which were left to the committee by the board. The com mittee is composed of J C L Harris, Waller, of Burke, Prof Butler, Chamberlain and President Hol- laday. Last night they decided to con tinue the contract tor two and a half years under which the experiment station at Southern Pines is ton ducted provided an extension of tbe lease of the propertycan be secured. TODAY'S MARKETS. The Movements In New York and Liver pool Markets. Niw York, June 29, Market quotations furnished by E. B. Cuthbert & Co., 30 Broad street, New York, and 305 Wilmington street, Raleigh, N. C, over their special wire: The following are the opening- highest, lowest and closing quota tions of the New York cotton market: HnHTnq OPEN- HIGH- LOW- CLOS- HONTHS. ING EST EST INQ January, 8 95 7 02 6 93 7 01- February, 7 05- March, .... 7 08 7 0) 7 09- April, - May, .T-"' - June, - July, 7 :il 7 31 7 31 7 34- August, 7 27 7 28 7 24 7 27- Sept'mb'r, 7 07 7 06 7 04 7 00- October, 0 87 B 89 6 86 S8- Novemb'r, 6 84 6 84 6 82 6 S4- December, 6 87 0 8- 8 85 6 87- Chicago Grain and Provision Market. Thefollowing were the closingquo- tations on the ChicagoGraiu and Pro vision market todav: Wheat July, 70; Sept 05r. Corn July, 25; Sept, 26. Oats July, 171; Sept 17J. Pork July, 7.70; Sept 7.80 Lard July, 4.15 ; Sept 4.25 Clear Itib Sides July 4.52; Sept 4.62. Liverpool Cotton Market. The following were the closing quo tations of the Liverpool cotton market today: June-July 40.5 July-August 4.04 August-September 4.01 September-October October-November 3.51 November-December .'..51 Mew York Stoek Market. The following were the closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange : Sugar 127i American Tobacco 78 i Burlington and Quincy 831 Chicago Gas 95 American Spirits Ill General Electric 34! Louisville and Nashville 50! Manhattan 89 Rock Island 74i Southern Preferred 298 St. Paul V 82 Tennessee Coal snd I rot 241 Western Union C 814 Raleigh Market. The following are the quotations of the Raleigh cotton market today: Middling 7 Strict middling 7J Good middling . . 7 Strict good middling 75 Insane llov. A colored boy, 14 years of age, was committed to jail yesterday af- noon. He was brought from St Mary's township and carried before Justice of the Peace H II Roberts and adjudged insane. There is cer tainly no doubt about his insanity. Ever since he has been in jail he has made night and day hideous with incessant noise. The colored asy lum at Goldsboro is full and about the only way to take a patient in is to re move incurables from the insti tution to the county borne. Sheriff Jones is making a special effort to have him carried to Goldsboro as soon as possible. A Big Coal Miner's Strike. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Pittsburg, Pa., June 29. A strike of 125.000 bituminous coal miners in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, W. Virglna is ordered for July 3rd. The strike is for 69 cents in Penna., and 60 in other states. The strike is designed to check the shipment of coal to the Lake front. But at the same time the strike order will stop any work that might be doing on the river. miwvr Minor Matters MiiuiimlHtnl for the. Main AROUND THE CITY. PotPourrl or l lie News IMciuic.l on r per Points und People I'trtliu'iHU Picked and Pithily Pic- In Print Don't forget that J.he excursion train leaves union depot, Haleigh, for Charlotte at 4 lid a in July 1st (Thursday). As will be seen by an advertise ment elsewhere agents arc wanted for "The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War." It is a magnificent work and will prove a very popular seller with the public. The children of the infant class of Christ church arc reij nested to be at the Sunday school room Wednes day afternoon at 4 o'clock. The class will picnic at Pullen Park and they will take the car for the park at 4:150 promptly Ample accommodation will be provided for every lady on the ex cursion from Raleigh to Charlotte Thursday, July 1st, so that every one will be sure of having a seat. Plenty of ice water and the best ol order will be observed. The feature of the excursion to Charlotte July 1st is that the train will not stop between Raleigh and Charlotte to take on passengers, as it is a Raleigh, proper, excursion. The rate is in reach of all only $1 for the round trip. Two colored bowery damsels had Georgiana Wrighc, another member of their circle, before the mayor to day for cursing them. It appeared that malice was at ihe root of the trouble, so the mayor allowed the plaintiff to pay the costs. A gentleman this morning dis cussing the rumor that President St. John of the Seaboard Air Line was on the point of resigning said that if the report was true his suc cessor would probably be Mr. L T. Myers of Washington, now super intendent of the railroad postal service and formally general super intendent of the S. A. L. The S. C Pool shoe store is keep ing strictly up with the procession and everybody who will examine their stock will see that it is the most stylish and up to date in the market, while their prices are made to meet all competition. See their announcemement today and call on them for the latest styles at lowest figures. The conductors' excusion will af ford the finest facilitiesof the season for excursionists. One of the ad vantages will be a moon-light trip up tbe bay and another will be a cheap round trip rate from Norfolk to Niagara Falls- The rate will be only $13.00 to Niagara Falls and re turn. It is said that the Caraleigh cot ton mills will close in about three weeks unless more cotton can be secured. The supply which they have on hand will not last longer than that and as no more can be bought at present prices the mills may close since it is claimed the price of cotton goods will not justify paying more for the raw material. The Crocail Club of Greensboro has issued invitations to their July dance to be held on Friday, the 2d inst., at Greeasboro. The chap erones will be as follows: Mrs John Gray Bynum, Mrs B Frank Mebane, Mrs J D Kase. Mrs A S Cator, Mrs David Schenck, jr., Mrs Caeasar Cone, Mrs Clement G Wright. The committee of invitation is as follows; Everett Baird King, J De Witt Ease, jr., J Adolphus McAdoo, Templer S Horry, Appleton H. Staples, William D McAdoo, Howell Fry. Mr Sol J Jones, of Wilmington, is one of the most successful truckers in the state. His truck farm furnishes not only his home market with a great deal of domestic truck, but he ships largely to the northern mar kets. He also raisesalarge quantity of Chinese cabbage, and has the largest Chinese balsam farm in the world, containing about five acres, from which he ships to the large cities East and West and obtains for this balsam from 10 to 21 cents a pound. He has a Chinaman with him to cultivate this truck who is well experienced in the business. MOKE CHANGES MADE Trustees of the Institutions for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Meet. The trustees of the institutions for the deaf, dumb and blind last night elected Mrs. W. L Meadows, of Ox ford, as mat ron of the white depart ment in the place of Mrs. L. S. Har rison at a salary of $300 per year. Miss Estelle Timberlake, of Ral eigh, was elected oue of the music teachers in place of Miss Evie Ellis, who did not accept. Miss Timberlake is a graduate of Peace Institute and an excellent musician. The choice of the board is universally commended in Ral eigh. Miss Eliza Moore was re-elected teacher of physical culture and elo tiou at a salary of $350 without board. (iideon Holland, eolored, was re elected foreman of the broom and matress department. L. O. Spears was elected car penter iu place of Andrew Jackson, salary $600 per year. The Demo crats on the board voted for Jack son. He has -given entire satisfac tion and has performed his duties with ability. Mrs. Nin C. Parker was re-elect ed matron at a salary of $300. Mrs. Sarah Smith, colored, was re-elected assistant seamstress at $100 per year without board. Ashton Henderson, white was re elected leader of archestea at the colored department, salary $250. Only one place remains to be filled, supervisor of boys, which was pass ed over. Personals. Miss Olivia Barkley went to Nashville, N. C, this morning. Mrs Eflie White of Baltimore is in the tity visitiug her sister Mrs W F Taylor. Miss Alice Jones is in the city visiting at Mr. Garland Jones' on Hillsboro street. Governor and Mrs Russell and Miss Alice Johnson arrived from Wrightsville this morning. Miss Mary Lanneau, of Wake Forest, is visiting Miss Lou la Briggs on Hillsboro street Mr J M Lattimore of Atlanta, General South Eastern passenger agent of the N C and St Louis R R is the city.' Mr. Hiram Worth, who has been spending two weeks with his pa rents, Mr and Mrs W H Worth, re turned to Wilmington today. Mr Charles Taylor, who has been spending his vacation with his pa rents at Wake Forest, has gone to Tarboro to play ball with the team there. Mr Frank Hobgood, now of Wash ington, D. C., and Mr WilliamJones of Johns Hopkins University are in the city. Mr. Jones has secured a fellowship for next year. Mr W II Overton has returned from Knoxville, Tenn. where he at tended the Bible school. China, Japan, England and other foreign countries were represented. MrOver ton led the choir. l)r J R Rogers and Mr Cary Rogers went to Apex this afternoon, to witness tbe marriage of their sister, Miss Lillie D Rogers, tu Judge George Swanu, of Virginia. The ceremony will be performed this evening. A Charlotte party who will visit California left last night by the Southern railway. The party will consist of Miss Lily W. Tjong Mrs. R Barringer, Mr. Osmand Barrin ger, Misses Mary Wiley and Lizzie Scott. They will go by way of Bir mingham and Kansas City, stopping at Colorado Springs and Pike 's Peak , and spend next Sunday in Salt Lake City. HKIKIS. The JunejBulletin is being mailed at the agricultural department. This is the first bulletin issued bv the new board. Mr W W Holding was in the city today. He says there has been no rain at Wake Forest in about three weeks, and the corn is suffering. D C Mangum and John Abrams came before the mayor today for an affray in the former's saloon. They were both fined $3 25. There will be a lawn party this evening at the corner of Blount and Pace streets, one block from the street cars, under the auspices of Epworth M. E: Church Sunday school, from 7:30 until 11 p- m. Tbe public are cordially invited to be present, and a pleasant evening will be assured all who attend. , ;, consciousness.