North Carolina Newspapers

7 ;p T" 7 7r SJTOR VOL. XXXVU. NO. 231. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 18!)7. 4.0 PKK YEAR. ra NORFOLK SENSATION Three Prominent Young Men of the City Arrested. THE CITY IS ALL AGOG. Charged With the Abduction of the Wife of On Of Their Number The. Detectives Find the By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. " Norfolk, Va., July 21. This city is agog oyer the arrestof three welt known young men, who are charged - with the abduction of the beautiful young wife of one of their number, l who recently eloped with himagainst "ber mother's wishes. The young lady is highly connected. She was Miss Lillian Bain, of Portsmouth, and Joseph Cannon, herhusband, is the son of a prominent church-street merchant. The other parties ar rested were Guy Hall, a well-known man about town, and William Smith. The warrant against Hall charges him with detaining Mrs. Cannon against her will, and the warrants against the other two eharge them with aiding andabettingHall. These warrants were sworn out by Mrs. Bain, mother of Cannon's wife. Interest in the affair was height ened by the fact that Mrs. Cannon ' had been missing for about a week and could not befound. It was said that a yotfng woman had been seen at Ocean View last Sunday with Hall, and he admitted when arrested that he knew where Mrs. Cannon was, but wouldn't tell unless he was allowed to go after her. This was refused . The three prisoners were locked up, bail being refused them. I The detectives made diligent search )or Mrs. Cannon, and she was this horning found at a Mrs. King's boarding house, over a grocery on - East Main street, . Jf The case was called three times n the police court this morniug, ad coutinued each time. Excite - t ran high, and the streets about 4hity hall square were thronged With hundreds of men. At 3 o'clock, Mrs Cannon being too excited to appear against her husband, the case was continued until tomorrow morning, and the prisoners were re eased in 1500 bond each. NINE REPORTED DEAD. tploalon sf Winchester Cartridge Works tble Morning. New Haven, Conn., July 21. Loud explosions were heard in every part of thft city which rattled glass windows and startled residents at 10 this morning. It was followed mmediately by an alarm of fire from New Hallville, two milesout, where the extensive works of the Winches ter Repeating Arms Company are situated. The explosion occurred in the cartridge department The firemen who responded found a scene of panic and ruin. Several J employees of the Winchester com pany were killed either by the ex plosion or falling walls. It is re arted that seven persons were killed. The explosion caused a fire C that the whole of the Near Haven . department is engaged in fighting. I "ROBERTSON SHELLED. t Underwent a Merelleee Cross Fximlnatlon Terrell Case Tomorrow. A The trial of Thos. Robertson charged with being the seducer of ' Miss Julia Hester occupied the en tire attention of Criminal Court to fday. The case Is being hotly con ; tested by counsel. This morning Robertson took the T stand and gave his version of the af fairs. He underwent a merciless cross examination at the hands of Solicitor Pou and Ex-Judge Boykin. .Robertson was the object of their .'ridicule and it must be said that they placed him in a rather bad flight. t Miss Hester recited the story of her ruin yesterday afternoon. It was apparent that the young woman bad the sympathy of those who heard i her story. No other case has been taken up today. It is likely that the trial of Tom Terrell for the murder of John Gill wUl be begun tomorrow. i '""-V : : I A large number of persona left on . the morning tra'a to attend the dis trlct conference at Garner. ...... , .- ,,. ... .... .. , ; j The prospects tor a large attend , ' anoe at the A. & M. college at the i Vffalng session grow brighter. - THE CONTRACT LET. Ford llros. to Bnilti the Summer House at Pollen Park. The Park Committee, of which Alderman A. M. Powell is chairman has let the contract for the Summer House at Pullen Park, which was authorized at a recent meeting of the Board of Aldermen. Ford Bros., who are erecting Mr. J. E. Pogun's new residence on Fay ettevUle street.get the contract. The price to be paid Is 1400. The con tract was signed last week and it is stipulated that the structure shall be completed in 45 days. Work will begin this week. The contractors are waiting for the lumber. The structure will bean ornament to the park. It will contain three rooms, two for the accomodation of the public and the third will be used as a refreshment stand. The build ing will be a neat job. STILL SHOWERY The Weather Bureau Promlu Belief To. morrow Also Warmer Weather. The weather bureau says showers are probable today and perhaps to morrow morning, followed by fair. Warmer weather is predicted. The thermometer reached 72 this morning and the' barometer 30.18. The storm central Tuesday in the upper Mississippi valley nas re mained nearly stationary, but has ncreased in force, the pressure having fallen to 29.48 inches at St. Paul. The weather is clear only over the States from Nebraska to Texas, where no rain has fallen. Elsewhere cloudy weather contin ues, with rain at many stations, especially on the Atlantic coast. The barometer continues highest over the south Atlantic coast. Southerly winds prevail over the cotton belt and along the Atlantic oast to Boston. Greensboro Moving Forward. Greensboro promises to become one of the most active and progres sive cities in the South . A silk fac tory has just been secured for that place and a new daily paper, "The Evening Telegraph, "equipped with press dispatches, is to be started there August 1st. In fact Greens boro has taken a new lease upon life since the progressive and public spirited Cone Brothers made that place the basis of their great indus tries. These gentlemen by their liberal policy and the expenditure of enormous capital in the con struction and operation of their vast enterprises there have placed Greensboro far upon the highway to make it one of the greatest industri al cities of the South. Col. Holt Sees a Bright Futuie. Col. James H Holt, of Burlington. in a conversation with the Press Visitor, expressed himself as most confident of an improvement in the condition of things in the near future. Col. Holt bases this upon informa tion that preparations are being made for increased business in com mercial circles and indications that farmers will receive good prices for their cotton crop which is causing a better feeling among thenS. He says that the old cotton is exhausted and that the new crop must bring higher prices. Mill men are now buying from Savanrjab and points in Missis sippi. Tor Ueel Knight Received. The Tar Heel Knight will make its bow to the public today The paper will be the exponent of the Knights of Pythias in this state and is published by R. C. Rivers and Company. The publication will be sent in clubs of ten, 3 months for $1.00 as a special inducement. The Tar Heel Knight was formerly pub lished by Mr. F. M. Mesler. John R. Gentry Against Robeit J. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Detroit, Mich., July 21, About 5,000 persons saw John R. Gentry and Robert J. pace an exhibition mile at the Grosse Point track today. Gentry made the .mile in 2:04. Robt J. was a second slower. The track was in fine condition, but the air was rather oppressive and scarcely ideal for record breaking. Firemen's Tournament, FayettevUle. N C, August 3-8, 1897.- For the above occasion the South ern railway will sell tickets from Raleigh to FayettevUle 2nd return at $2 50 for round trip. Tickets on sale August 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, good to return August 7th. For other Information write or call on Thad 0 Sturgls, ticket agent Southern railroad union station, Rv leigh. HAHNA TRULY SORRY Says He Sympathizes With Striking Miners. E. V. DEBS HAS TROUBLE In Perfecting Organization In Tennessee No Cessation of Coal Shipments and no Interference so Far at the mines By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Washington, July 21. Senator Hanna expresses great sympathy for the miners. He says he is doing all he can to bring about a speedy settlement. Ue said President Mc Kinley bad not received a request to act, and would probably decide when he received the requst whether to act or not. Wheeling!. W. Va., July 21. Changes that haye an important bearing upon the coal strike situa tion in West Virginia have taken place. The state, taken as a whole is against the strike for financial reasons. AH strikers have been brought out under pressure of orga nizers and agitators elsewhere. Fairmount rejoins Debs and admits that he is sorely discouraged. Seventy-six of the Monogah men brought out yesterday returned. Fairmount managers declare that if Watson men, about a thousand, can be kept working. Other mines will be working Thursday as usual. Debs spoke at Riverville last night. There is no union at Fairmount but one was organized today. The Wat son 's and their men are on excellent terms, they lead the region in pro duction and profits, and have the miners tied up in contracts to pur chase cheap homes. It is learned that Debs is shadowed by two Pinker ton men, and he has been threatened with death if goes to Kanawha, but he Wiil go however Thursday. A gang of one hundred and fifty Italians will arrive at Fairmount to day, where they have worked a new rfiilriwl jinrl will trv mininc in the. v l n rr l . i terlal change, the success of the organizers being offset by the re sumption of others. Governor At kinson thinks the strike will be come general and hopes the men will win. There is no cessation of coal shipments today, nor any in terference. Trainload after train- load is passing through Ohio. A FORGER NABBED Passed a Check for $100 on a Raleigh Frim Arrested In Nashville, Tenn. A gang of professional forgers and swindlers have been operating in this State for several weeks . Last week one of the most noted forgers in the country forged a check for $100 on a well-known" fur niture establishment in this city. The forger signed his name R B Clark, and claimed to represent a large New York house. To estab lish his story he carried a complete line of samples with him. The man disappeared, and the check proved n.g." The Raleigh firm has, byclever de tective work, had the forger arrested in Nashville, Tenn. There is little doubt but what the right man has been caught. It is likely thaf, Chief of Police Norwood and a representative of the firm on which the check was forged will leave for Nashville tomorrow to identify the swindler and bring him back to Paleigh. BRIEFS. Mr W J Ellis, of Winston, is in the city. Rev Edwin C Glenn, pastor of Central M E Church returned this evening from Panacea Springs much Improved in health. He will hold the regular weekly prayer meeting at his church this p, m. at 8:15. Tomorrow he will leave for Garner to attend the annual district con ference to be held there the remain der of the present week. Referring to the statement that Dr H B Battle will establish a phos phate factory at Winston, and that Prof. Irby, late of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, will be as sociated with him the Winston Sen tinel states that the proposed enter prise cannot yet be termed an estab lished fact. The Sentinel says: "Dr Battle has madu frequent visits to pur city and is negotiating with some Of our business men relative to a plant that would cost about $100,- 000." ASLEEP ON THE TRACE. Train Stopped and the Engineer Had to Get Down to Awake a Sleeper. Had it not been for the alert and heady work of the engineer in charge of the Chattanooga vestibule, which arrived here at 11.45 this morning, a colored man who was asleep on the track at a point this side of Asbury, would have been mangled and killed: As it was the train ran Immediately up to the darkey who was stretched out across the track sound asleep. It was all the engneer could do to stop the train before it crushed the unconscious man. The jarring and roar of the train as it approached failed to awake the man and the engineer had to get down from his cab and give the sleeper several severe jerks before he opened his eyes. The train crew thought the man either drunk or injured. But he was certainly not .hurt and did not appear to be under the influence of liquor. He said he was so very sleepy that he lay down to take a few minutes nop. The man stood on the embankment and smiled as the train pulled by him. MRS. W. J. COCKE'S DEATH, Deed Committed While Suffering frorj the Kffeets of I'raemto Polsoalns. The terribly sad and tragic death of Mrs. Minnie L Cocke, the wife of Ex-Mayor William J. Cocke, yester day cast a gloom over the community says the Asheville Gazette. The cir cumstances were as follows: Mrs. Cocke was soon to become a mother, probably within a few days, and it was due to this fact and a physical condition arising from it that she had suffered greatly in her mind for several days. During the time her devoted husband had been almost constantly at her side, comforting her and diverting her thoughts. Yes terday morning they had together completed the reading of Dr. Tal- mage's sermon that they had be gun the night before. Both had commented approvingly on the dis course antl then Mr. Cocke had rtlKalfra his chair, looked at his watch and remarked that he had a business engagement in town at 1 o'clock. It was then about 12:10 o'clock, and Mrs Cocke said that there was still some time before his engagement and advised that he en joy a bath before he went to town. Mr Cocke agreed to this. He had been gone from his wife's room for perhaps tan minutes when he heard a pistol shot. It sounded from out side the house. There was a young dog on the premises that had been ailing so seriously that there had been talk of Killing it, and Mr Cocke explained the shot on the theory that this had been done, and contin ued his arrangement for the bath. A minute or two later he discovered there were no towels at hand and went into 'the closet that divided the bath room from the chamber in search for them. Not finding them he entered the chamber and saw the body of his wife reposing in a chair. She had shot herself in the temple and was dead - On the table was a note written hastily with a pencil. It read as follows: "My Dear Will: Eternity is be fore me. You have been a dear, good husband to me. Be good and meet me later. Minnie." New Freight Signals. The Charlotte Observer has the following to say of the new freight signals inaugurated on the South ern two weeks since: "The Southern is making its fast freight service a special feature of the road. To facilitate the move ment of the freights, it has inaugu rated a system of cards, red and yel low. On the red cards are the un even numbers, the south bound trains; on the yellow cards the even numbers, the north bound trains. Whenever a conductor or train man sees these cards on a car in any yard, they are not to pass it, but are to see that it is attached to the first train passing, going in the direction which the card indicates. So far, the new rule, or system, has worked liked a charm." Sr'ect Tonr toNiagera rails- The second personally conducted tour to Niagara Falls, Watklns' Glen, Genera, Rochester and Buffa lo, via Baltimore and Ohio railroad (Royal Blue Line) will leave Norfolk Wednesday, July 28th. Round trip from Norfolk via Baltimore, $11.50; via Washington, $12.00. For further information address Arthur O. Lewis, Southern passenger agent, under Atlantic Hotel. Norfolk, Va. SCARCITY OF COTTON Shipment Received Herefrom New York Yesterday. PRICES ARE WAY UP. A Cent More Here than in New York Not a Hole of Nmlve Grown Colion In Kslelgh Mills Create the lcmand. The Raleigh Cotton Mills yester day received two car loads of 'cotton from New York. For some days the cotton mills hers have been put to the necessity of exporting cotton from distant points in order to keep the mills running. Direct shipments from New Orleans, Alabama, Nor folk, New York and other points have been received here for local consumption . There was never such a scarcity of cotton in Raleigh before and for that matter in North Carolina and the South. In North Carolina there is practically no cotton and all the mills have been forced to send else where for the white staple. The large warehouses ia Raleigh are without a bale and this is the first time there has ever been such an occurrence, in all Raleigh there is not a bale of native grown cotton and the mills only have a small sup ply on hand. About twelve years ago there was a scarcity of cotton in Rale'gh, but it was not so general, because there were no cotton mills here, consequently there was no pressing demand. The local receipts stopped some time since and it is said there are not a hundred bales of cotton in Wake county. The scarcity of spot cotton on the local market may be imagined when it is stated that cotton brings more than a cent per pound in Raleigh than in New York. Cotton is bring ing 8J cents here, while August fu tures are quoted at 7.40. As the de mand is steadily increasing for spot cottgn, it seems possible that there will be an advance in price. Speaking withCapt. J. J. Thomas about the embarassment of the local market owing to the scarcity of the staple, he remarked : "There will hardly be any advance in the price of cotton. The mills are paying all they cau stand at present prices and if there is any advance they will have to quit running. The milli cannot afford to pay an abnor mally large price. The prices of fabrics and goods have not advanced while cotton has been increasing. The mills in this section are not making any money at the pricesthey are now forced to pay." The mills in all parts of the State are embarrassed by the present shortage. A well known cotton merchant stated today that there would bo a marked decline in prices when the new crop is marketed. Haseball Yesterday. At Cleveland. Cleveland .... 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0-7 Baltimore ...1 0001 0 0 0 S Base hits Cleveland 12, Balti more 6. Batteries Young and Zim mer; Ulackourn and Kiarne. At Chicago: Chicago 20020020 0-fi! Philadelphia 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0- ! Base hits-Chicagol6, Philadelphia 13. Batteries-Friend and Donohue; Taylor and McFarland . At Cincinnati 1st game Cincinnati ..00100010 1-3 Boston 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 29 Base hits Cincinnati 9, Boston 16. Batteries Dwyer and Peitz; Lewis and Bergen. Second game: Cincinnati 2 110 2 6-12 Boston .' 0 0 0 1 0 01 Base hits Cincinnati 19 Boston 2. Batteries Rines ond Schriver; Klobedanz and Bergen. At Louisville: Louisvile.... 0 1300000 04 Washington ..1 1000004 00 Bfse hits Louisville 11, Washing ton 7. Batteries McGee and Wil son; King and Farrell. At Pittsburg 1st game: Pittsbursr. . ..20200000 4 Brooklyn.. .00000001 01 Base hits Pittsburg 4; Brooklyn 5. Batteries Hughey and Sugden; Kennedy and Grim. Second game: Pittsburg ....20000010 - 3 Brooklyn ....0 000000000 Base hits Pittsburg 4; Brooklyn 1. Batteries Killen and Sugden; Payne and Smith. TO A RICHMOND FIRM Council of State Lets Contract for Print ing Supreme Court Reports. The Council of State, through its delegated representative, Dr Cyrus Thompson, Secretaryof State, award ed the contract this morning for printing the forthcoming volume of the North Carolina Supreme Court report. The printing firn of James K Goode of Richmond was the success ful bidder for the work. Their con tract submitted to the council was $.'i5 lower than any oilier. Nash Bros of Goldsboru. were the next lowest bidders and tliey came very near being awarded the eon iract There was a difference of about :!,")(l in the highest bid and that of the Goode firm. Below is a list of the competing firms: James E Goode Printing Company of Richmond: Nash Bros of Goldsbord; Taylor & Taylor Printing Company of Richmond; Ed wards & Broughton of Raleigh; Craylor & Epps of Richmond; Edu cator Coinpauy of Durham. Neither the Stewarts nor Barnes Bros, made bids. The local printers do not hesitate to express their con demnation of such a system as per mits the painting to be carried out of the State. TODAY'S MARKETS. The Movements In New York and Liver pool Markets. Nbw York, July 21, Marketquotationsfurnished 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: MONTHS. OPEN- HIGH- UHY- CLOS ING. EST. EST. INS 7 06 7 OH 7 Id 7 03- 7 08 7 08 7 08 7 06- 7 13 7 14 7 10 7 1C .... 7 17 7 1.1 7 l:t 7 '45 7 40 7 8!t- 7 42 7 43 7 :!4 7 34- 7 21 7 22 7 IB 7 17- 7 07 7 08 7 02 7 03- 7 01 7 01 6 HO 6 97- 7 03 7 04 H 90 6 99- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, Sept'mb'r October, Novomb'r, Decern bur, Closed quiet and steady; salesSl,- 300 bales. Chleago Grain end Provision Market. Thefollowing were the closingquo- tations on the ChicagoGrain and Pro vision market today: Wheat July, 78i; Sept 74i Corn July, 26i; Sept, 261 Oats July, 17; Sept 17!. Pork July, 7.65; Sept 7.72 Lard-July, 4.07 ; Sept 4.17 Clear Rib Sides July 4.45; Sept 4.52. I Iverpool Cotton Market. The following were the closing quo tations of the Liverpool cotton market today: July 4. 10 1) July-August August-September 4.05 9 September-October 3.02 s October-November 3.S6(i57s November-December 3.54 a December-January 3.52(f53b January-February 3.52di53b February-March 3.53 b March-April 3.54 s April-May 3.54(55b New York Stock Market. The following were the closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange : Sugar 143i American Tobacco 7et Burlington and Qui ncy 84 Chicago Gas 98i American Spirits 12i General Electric 33t Louisville and Nashville 52 Manhattan 91 Rock Island 77S Southern Preferred 29j St. Paul 87 Tennessee Coal nd Irot. 24i Western Union 84i Raleigh Market. The following are the quotations of the Raleigh cotton market today: Middling 81 Strict middling Good middling 8S Strict good middling 8; In Congress Today. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Wasiunoto.n, July 21 The con ftrence report was again taken up in the Senate. The House has au thorized the President to investi gate the Rogie contract by which foreign governments purchase their tobacco in this country. Worked on Sundav. Twenty-four billing cletks, who wereDarrested in Norfolk, Va., for working in the Southern and Nor folk and Carolina raiUoad ware houses on Sunday, were fined $2 and costs each by Justice Ainsworth. The flues were paid and no appeals were taken. SHORT STATEMENTS Minor Matters MaiiijMilaled for the Many. AROUND IN THE CITY. I'onrrl of the New Pictured on I, per Points and People Pertinently IMeked and Pithily Pn In Print Mr. M. Rothchild has established a branch insurance office in Char lotte. Mr. R II. Carter, of this county, who graduated at Wake Forest in '94, bus been elected superintend ent of I lie city schools at Ratou, New Mexico. Col Olds states that Governor Rus sell and Major Grant have buried the hatchet and that the great dem onstration of friendliness was pull ed otT at Ocean View. There is always an element of peo ple who want to see a hanging. So it was here this week. A large num ber of persons made application to Sheriff Jones for tickets of admis sion in the event of the execution of Berry Cook. Mr Fab J Haywood, Jr., who graduated at the University of North Carolina at the recent commence ment, becomes an instructor at Prof. Washington Catlett's school at Wilmington. The Tabernacle picnic train leaves at 7 o'clock tomorrow for Occoncechee farm. A greattime for all who go. The weather will be line and everything will be complete for your joy and comfort. Round trip only 75 cents. A special meeting of the board of directors of the institution for the deaf, dumb and blind was to have been held yesterday afternoon, but a quorum could not attend, so the meeting was postponed. The Durham Light Infantry breaks camp at Ocean View today, but the tents it used will be left standing for the use of the Edge combe Guards, of Tarboro, as the latter command will go into camp Thursday. A large illicit distillery has been seized on the premises of ex-State Senator Warren Carver in Cumber land county and a warrant was is sued for Carver on the charge of moonshining. Over 1,000 gallons of beer were ?lso seized. This has been the greatest ex cursion year the railroad people have ever experienced. Yesterday an excursion in two sections, each heavily loaded, passed through from Winston bound for Norfolk, Va. Six white men who lynched Robt Cranberry in Mitchell county, are on trial in McDowell county for that crime. Under the new law persons accused of lynching must be tried in a county other than the one in which the c rime was committed. The Durham Sun says: It is thought by some that Capt C B Denson, of the old Morson and Den son school, will take charge of the Roxboro Institute for the coming year, some correspondence is now being conducted between Prof Deu son and the trustees of the school. The trial of Jake Jones on the charge of engaging in an affray with officer Oakes was postponed today until Tuesday . Mr. Oakes is repre sented by Attorney M. N. Amis and Mr. Moses Bledsoe appears for Jones. The latter has two other charges to answer. One for resist ing arrest and the other for assault ing Nathan Dunstou. A letter was received at the exe cutive office today from "a voter of Rowan county" who alleged that the officers in charge of the county work house "crulv a Bused an Beet" the convicts. The anonymous corre spondent demanded that the gover nor make an investigation of the charges preferred "Ther meeness is a sin and disgrace," the author concludes. A cablegram received today from Mr E B Barbee announces that he and Mr George Kuehne sailed today from Liverpool. These gentlemen, who have been visiting the points of interest in England, Ireland, France, Switzerland and other coun tries willarrive in Raleigh about two weeks. Col M T Loach, who has been with the party sails ff NovmnV werp on the 24th fer Ni plead' In bar ) r A J. ELLIS.. ' Execute