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THE PRE VISITOR.- NUMBER 6.056. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1897. $1.00 PER YEAR. FAIR TOMORROW. That's tho Prediction Mode bj the Weather Bureau. The Weather Bureau predicts fair weather tonight and tomorrpw. The maximum temperature for yesterday was 86 degrees. This morning at8 o'clock the thermometer registered 70 degrees and the ba rometer 30.04 inches. The storm yesterday in the St. Lawrence valley has disappeared, while the low area from the north west has moved eastward to the up per Mississippi. A very heavy local rainfall of 2.28 inches occurred At Jupiter, Fla.; elsewhere, chiefly on the north Atlantic coast, a few scattered showers occurred. The weather is now generally clear everywhere. It is cooler in thceast Lake region, but the temperature is rising in the west, with southerly winds. A FULL ATTENDANCE. Delegate ComlnR to the Convention Who lias a Wife and 1 1 Children. The entertainment committee of the Sunday school convention re ceived a letter a day or two ago from a Sunday school worker, tell'ng him how many and what kind of delegates would be sent rom his section, and asked that the committee arrange suitable homes for each of them. One is described as a good Metho dist superintendent 70 years old, another a young superintendent who is a farmer and a d vout man, and ono is a faithful Baptist man with a wife and eleven children. The writer does not say whether the Baptistabrotber will bring the children along or not, but some of our children are inclined to dodge this brother, for fear the family will bo along- The Devils Auction Next Wednesday Night Among the many new features of fered by Chas II Vale 'e "Forever Devil's Auction'" for this season is a new absurdity entitled, "The Bashful Maidens,'' a screaming episode of song and pantomime pro duced under the sobriquetof "Weary Willie" which according to reports received has met with, since its in itial production, greater success than Mr Yale's famous theatric travesty which he very aptly dub bed "On the Rialto." Another of this season's "hits" is the timely burlesque on "The Bicycle Craze," regarding which a writer has stated and truthfully, that: "There are bikes and there are bikes, but its dollars to doughnuts no one ever saw a more varied assortment as glided around the stage in the 'bike' parade in the "Forever Devil's Auction." It will be presented Wednesday night at Metropolitan Opera House. Liquor Dealers Elect Officers. '"The North Carolina liquor dealers, distillers and grape growers annual association completed their business. Before adjourning Raleigh was se lected as the next place of meeting and the following officers elected for the ensuing year : President Frank O'Dounell, of Asheville. First Vice President S T Smith, of Raleigh ; and second Vice Presi dent T H Scoggins, of Durham. Secretary and Treasurer F W Ortman,of Wilmington. State Organizer T E Wallace of Wilmington. R B Proctor, of Durham was ap pointed on the board of control by the president. A Railroad Tight. A special from Petersburg says. "The right of way through Meek burg county of the Richmond, Peters burg & Carolina railroad and the Richmond, Blackstone & Southern, seems to be causing some trouble, which in all probability the courts will have to settle. Dr. Arlund, the president of the latter road, is still bying up the right of way, and has two corps of engineers at work. He seems to have plenty of money and says be intends to have his road completed and equipped from Black stone to La Crosse by the end of the year Dr. Arlund siys that at one time he would have sold out to Mr. De Witt Smith, but that he will not do so now. In fact, when these roads were under discussion in the Council, Dr. Arlund proclaimed that he would sell out for $10,000. Mr. S. S. Batcbelor has tendered bis resignation as city ticket agent of the Seaboard Air Line at the up town office. He is succeeded by Mr. Z. P. Smith. HE WAS THE FIRST Negro Hung in Va. for At tempted Assault. FIFE STRUNG UP, Execution Occurred In Richmond Today Crime Confessed Virginia llrcaks Her Record. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Richmond, Va.,Aug. 20. The first legal hanging in Virginia for at tempted assault of a woman took place here this morning when Fife, the nineteen year old negro was ex ecuted for attemp'.iugtoassaultMrs. W. H. Marks. He confessed the crime. About seventy-five people witnessed the execution. WHEAT JUMPS AGAIN A Rise in the Market Today to $1.0:1. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. CiilCAfio, Aug. 20. Wheat shot upward today. September wheat, which closed at 00,' last night, sold up to $1.03. More Talcs of Ureat Riches. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Port Townsk.ni. Aug. 20. The schooner Co'rnan arrived from the mouth of the Yukon today. She brings more tales of the richness of the diggings of the Klondike coun try. Prospectors are only taking nuggets and few people are return ing from the northwest. WANT IT PUBLIC Petition Sent to the (Jovcrnor to Hove llrodle's Execution Public. Governor Russell received a peti tion from Henderson today, signed by more than one hundred citizsns of Vance county, who desire that the execution of the condemned rapist, George Brodie, be made public. As the Governor has no authority in the matter, the petition was for warded to the County Commission ers of Vance. Mr. Benj. Smith, a brother of the sherilT sent an accompaning letter with the petition in which be stated that fully nine-tenths of the people of Vance desire that the execution be made public. He further stated that the chairman of the county com missioners had resigned and that there was no way to convene a spe cial meeting of the board by which action could be taken. Ail executions in this state must be had privately unless otherwise ordered by the county commission ers. llund Concert Tonight The following is the programme for the band concert tonight at Pul len Park: I'AIJT ONE. 1. March "Orchestra," Orches tra. 2. Song Selected, by James H. Jones. 3. Selections Mandolin and gui tar. 4. Song and Dance Warren Bros. 5. Waltz Selected, Orchestra. 6. Song for Cornet C. E. Alston. 7. Song Company assisted by the Orchestra. PART TWO. 1. March Sousa, Orchestra. 2. Song-"OakCity,1 'Male Quartet. 3. Song "All Coons Look Alike to Me," Jones. 4. Two Step Selected, Orchestra. 5. Music, Song and Dance War ren Bros. 0. Solo "Basso," Thornton. 7. Waltz Selected, Orchestra. 8. Medley Finale, Company. Baud will not play on the cars. Concert begins promptly at 8:30 o'clock at the pavillion. The Press-Visitors lllrthdov. The Press-Visitor today passed the second anniversary mile-post of its existence. The Press-Visitor was organized two years ago today, and took the afternoon field of Ral eigh journalism which it has since held successfully and with satisfac tiod to the reading public. Having established itself upon a firm foun dation in the good will and business confidence of the Raleigh public, it assures its clientele that it will con tinue to greet them daily for many years in future, giving them always a newspaper which will command their respect and approbation as it has done in the past. Field's minstrels will parade the principal uptown streets tomorrow about 12:30 o'clock. Tt will be a sight worth witnessing. PEST COMMISSION. Prof. JWnssey Made Botanist Regulation Regarding Shipments In State. The commission for the extermi nation of pests, which was created by an act of the last general assem bly, held a meeting yesterday at the agricultural building. There was present, Prof Withers, the director of the experiment sta tion, Mr. Mcwborne, tho commis sioner of tho department of agricul ture and Mr. Van Lindley, the presi dent of the horticultural society. Prof W F Massy was elected bot anist and entomologist of the board There is no compensation attached to the olMce. Neither do the mem bers of the commission receive re muneration for their services. A slight modification in the rules governing the shipment of nursery stock in the State was made. It was decided to require a permit from the commission to be attached to every packageof nursery stock shipped in the stale. This step was taken to prevent the intro duction of the much dreaded pests and scales fromother states. The commission earnestly desires those interested in the nursery in dustry to assist in tho enforcement of this new regulation. Norfolk Says Held is the (ireatcst of All. Raleigh's favorite, Al G. Field, and his great minstrel company, will be here tomorrow. The perform ance at the Academy of Music prom ises to be a record-breaker in point of attendance. Mr. Field and his minstrel ap peared in Norfolk Tuesday and here is what the Norfolk Ledger has to say of it: "The silver lining to the cloud which i,h.is hovered ovpr the Acad emy of Music this season presented itself last night in the shape of Field's Minstrels an organization of mirth-makers which excells itself each season. To undertake to give special criticism of each number on the long and varied programme would be giving space which is useless, as the whole performance can safely be covered by one word good. Mr. Field and most of those under his banner, are great favor ites here, and last night their entire host of friends and admirers turned out and filled the Academy to the doors. The performance they gave has ncer been excelled in this city by oue of its kind. There were new features., new jokes, new costumes, new songs, and in fact the whole was new and grand. SAY THE DEVIL'S DEAD. Colored People o't Mountvllle. S. C, Ar range for His llurial. A special to the Baltimore Sun from Mountville. S. C, says : Over 5,000 colored people in this vicinity have quit work in answer to a call to assemble for the"burial of Satan," who, they say, has just been con victed by a jury of twelve angels and sentenced to everlasting burial in this place. These people have been holding a revival meeting in the town, and a result of a collection they bought a bell to adorn their church. It was upon the first ringing of this bell that some of them said they detect ed the announcement that the burial of Satan was at hand and that the ringing must be kept up continu ously. The ringing has since been kept up and the colored people have been thrown into a high pitch of fever, in which they forget all things ot earth and raye like lunatics. Every day the number of the de votees is being added to from the surrounding country, and the re sult is that the cotton is standing unpicked in the fie.'ds while this wild demonstration is in progress. The attending colored ministers say they have attended the court of heaven in person, where God, the judge, after Satan had been convict ed by a jury of twelve representa tive angels, passed sentence on him, turning him over to the colored peo ple of Mountville to bury once and forever. Ten minutes are now allowed be tween the intervals of ringing the bell, during which the attending crowd sings vociferously and de clares all manner of revelations. I.awn Party Tomorrow Night. There will be a lawn party tomor row night on the beautiful lawn near the Devereux meadow at the. end of North West street for the benefit of St. Savior's Chapel It is a worthy cause and those who attend will enjoy a pleasantevening and elight ful refreshments. , REV. JONES TO THE ROADS His Holiness Sisters Are Waiting on the Lord to Move Them. The Rev. Jacob ; D. Jones, the Holiness divine will' be taken to the roads this evening to work out $22 in costs, which will require all of four months of his time. When Justice Nichols put the costs on Rev. Jonee yesterday in the second wbitecapping case, the ollicers took the sanctified brother in hand. Failing to pony up the necessary $22, the "Doctor" was placed under the sheltering protec tion of the jail, where he has re mained since. Visitors to the courthouse today very likely noticed four sad-faced old women occupying.a bench in the corridor. These were the folluwers of Rev. Jones in Oberlin, and Aunt Triphena Alston headed the list. We asked them this evening what t; -y were going to do towards got ting their brother out of jail. "We are waiting for the Lord to move us," said Aunt Triphena. But it takes $22 to secure Rev. Joues his libertv, aunt Triphena was reminded, "We are waiting on the Lord," the four sad -faced women chirped at once, and there they have sit wait ing ever since. One of them said 'Bro Jones" wasn't strong enough to go to the roads. Out in Oberlin there is rejoicing over Rev. Jacob's ill luck. They think Ligue Harris is a hero since he turned the tables on the Holiness parson and if the lawyer should ever happen out that way they are apt to make him "King of Oberlin " 850.000 APPORTIONED Nine Cents Appoi tioncd to Kverv School Child by Board. The State Board of Education met today in the Executive office. There were present Governor Russell, Auditor Ayer, Secretary of Slate Thompson and Superintendent of Public Instruction C. II. Mebane. The meeting was had for the pur- poseofapportiouing the accumulated school fund among the public school children of the State. This fund is derived from bonds and it is the ac cumulation of tho odds and ends un der acts of the legislature. The fund is kept together until a suffi cient amount has accumulated to ap propriate at least five cents to each child of school age in the State. The last apportionment of the fund was made in '01 and the amount was seven cents to each child between the ages of ti and 21. The Board has about $75,000 on hand and it was decided to make the appointment 0 cents to every child of school age for this year. There a'e between 500,000 and GO0.OO0 children of school age in the state. It is expected that the apportion ment will require $50,000. Supt. Mebane states that this ex tra apportionment of 0 cents will prolong the school terms from 3 to 4 weeks in the larger counties. In counties where the population is not so large the terms will not be prolonged so much. The Board also transacted some minor matters. RESIDENCE PILLAGED. Thieves Went Through General R. Ft Hoke's Residence Yesterday. Yesterday thieves entered the residence of General R. F. Hoke on the corner of Edenton and Harring ton streets and ransacked the entire building with the exception of the dining room. General Hjke and family have been absent from the city all summer and the residence has been closed. The neighbors noticed that doors were open and windows raised. An in vestigation made under the direc tion of a police officer revealed the fact that the house had been broken in by thieves. An entrance was effected from a rear window by the breaking of the window pane. Ac cess to all parts of the dwelling was then an easy matter. Trunks were opened and the con tents scattered about, and there were evidences of a thorough search for valuables in all parts of the house. The dining room was not entered. General Hoke was notified imme diately by telegraph. It is impossi ble to tell what the thieves secured. There is no clue to the burglars. One of the neighbors heard a door slam yesterday morning and it Is thought that the thieves were oper ating then. Miss Mary Han way Duncan left this morning via the S. A; L., for Philadelphia to visit relatives. THREE PRIVATE CARS. Mr. Percy (iray Here to Take His Sister to Asheville. The Southern Railway's Chatta nooga vestibule had there private cars attached to it this morning. Mr. Percy Gray of the C. F. & Y. V. Railroad came in on his private car, which was run uuderthe Union shed. This afternoon he took his sister, Mrs. George Heck, who has been quite il1, to Asheville. The other private cars were those of Treasurer Ambrose of the Nash ville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Rail way, and Chief Engineer Hudson, of theSouthern Railway. Both officers were aboard their respective cars, aud they were en route to Norfolk The train was one of the longest that has pulled into Raleigh in many days. TODAYS" MARKETS. The Movements In New York anJ l.iver pool Markets New York, August 20, 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: OPEN- LOW EST. CLOS ING January, 9fi 7 01 7 UU 7 01 7 01 7 07 7 07 7 1.1 94 7 01 7 00 7 00 7 08 6 94 8 97- 7 00 7 0.1 7 Oti- February, March , April, May, June, July, August, Sept'mb'r, 8 JO 7 .17 7 08 li 90 (i 92 8 10 7 50 7 14 li 97 6 97 8 00 7 .11 7 04 6 90 6 90 7 95 7 37 7 07 fi 90 6 90- October, Novemb'r, December, Closed barely steady; sales 178,600 bales. Chicago Grain and Provision Market. Thefollo wing were the elosingquo- tationsontheChicagoGrainand Pro vision market todav: Wheat Sept 987; Dec. 93",,. Corn Sept 30!; Dec, 33. Oats Sept. 19i; Dec. 208. Pork Sept. 8.90; Dec. 9.07. Lard Sept. 4.S5; Dee. 4,9."). Clear Uib Sides Sept. 5.70; Dee. 5.70. Liverpool Cotton Market. Tho following were tho closing quo tations of the Liverpool cotton market today: August 4.07- s August-September 4.02-03 s September-October 3.59- s October-November .1.52-53 b November-December 3.49-50 b December-January .1.48-49 b January-February 3.48-49 v February-March 3.49- b March-April 3.50 s April-May 3.50-57 b May-June 1.51-52 b Futures closed steady; sales, 8,000 bales. New York Stock Market. The following were the closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange : Sugar 148 American Tobacco 91 Burlington and Quincy 908 Chicago Gas 102i American Spirits 141 General Electric 37 Louisville and Nashville 60S Manhattan 105i Rock Island 878 Southern Preferred 345 St. Paul 91i Tennessee Coal snd I rot. 28 j Western Union 928 Raleigh Market. The following are the quotations of the Raleigh cotton market today: Middling 8i Strict middling 8t Good middling Strict good middling 8 Watauga Club Meeting. There will be a meeting of the members of the Watauga Club at the office of Mr. G. E. Leach, secretary, No. 305 Wilmington street, Raleigh, TJ. C, on Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock, to take into consideration the holding of a re-union, during the next State Fair, of all the members of the club, resident and non-resident, and exercises appropriate thereto. All members in the city, or near enough to conveniently at tend, are requested ,to be present. John L's Platform. John L. Sullivan's platform in his candidacy for Mayor of lioston is said to be the following : "I believe in the policemen doing their duty, and at the same time demanding and getting the respect that is due them I'd pay the firemen better. I'd find places for small children to play." It looks as if there ought to be popu larity in that plank. Richmond Dis patch. SHORT STATEMENTS Minor Matters Manipulated for the Many. AROUND IN THE CITY. Pot pourri of tho News Pictured on Po per Points and People Pertinently Picked and Pithily ln In Print There are 200 cotton mills in the State. They give employment to 20,007 persons. There will be a free band concert at Pullen Park tonight at 8 o'clock . Go out and take "somebody" with you. Will Wynne gave an exhibition of his trick bicycling at Ox ford Mon day night for the benefit of the Pres byterian and Baptist churches. Little Junius Moore, age twelve years, sou of Mrs. Druecilla Moore. of this city, fell from the elevator at the Central Hotel last night and sustained a very serious injury. Mr. E. C. Potter returned to Nor folk today to resume his duties as travelling representative of the Norfolk and Southern Railway, after having taken a ten days vacation . Messrs. Berwanger will be pie- pared for the fall trade with some of the handsomest suits and mens out fits generally ever seen in this city. They will have some eye-openers for their trade when the fall season opens. Rev. ''Dr." Altogether Righteous Burns is sore and tired of Raleigh, so those who have conversed with him say. We hasten to assure the Reverend gentleman that Rtleigh is far sicker of him th:n his joblots is cf the city. The city schools will open Sep tember 21th, as the 1'kkss Visithk announced two days ago. There will be a lot of repairing on the school buildings. The Watson prop erty will not be utilized as has been stated. A high honor has been conferred on our fellow towusman Mr. J. Hal. Bobbitt. A press dispatch from Minneapolis, Minn., announces that he has been elected Secretary of the American Pharmaceutical Associa tion. Secretary Nichols is receiving many notices of reservation for spaces for exhibits at the State fair. The Biltmore exhibit will be a very fine one and a large exhibit of fine swrne will be made by R. C. and M. . Griffin of Richardson's Creek, N. C. J. T. Wyalt, of Faith, N. C. has been appointed director of the de partment of minerals at the state fair this fall, and he is getting up specimens from all over ths Old North State. Specimens of any kind will be taken to the fair free of charge. The state board of equalization makes a report that in 83 counties, all that have reported, the increase in the assessed value of property is $1,104,470. The clerk of the board says the increase in valuation of cor poration property is about 10 per cent, while the increase, as above, on other property, valued at about $200,000,000, is on $1,104,470. A lish Expert. Mr. Stephen G. Worth, formerly a resident of Raleigh, who has been for years the chief clerk of the' fish commission at the headquarters in Wilmington, has been transferred to Irwin, Tenn., where he is superin tending the construction of a fish station. Irwin is on the line of the Ohio ana Charleston railroad be tween Johnson City aid Unicoi Springs. When the station is com pleted, Mr Worth will remain as the permanent superintendent to oper ate it. Off for Alaska. The Salisbury World says: ''Mr. Richard Merrimon ; of Raleigh, who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Lee S. Overman, left this morning for Seattle, Wash. From Seattle Mr. Merrimon will go to Alaska to seek his fortune in the Klondyke gold fields. Later on he will be joined by Mr. James L. Enniss. "Mr. Merrimon says that he is proof against the freezing tempera ture of Alaska. He states that he has been in Montana when the ther mometer was 3G degrees below zero, and stood the cold without any especia) discomfiture. VALUE OF BOND ISSUE. I A Talk With Mr. J. C. Drewry on the Suhleet. The Pauss-Visitor had an inter esting chat with Mr. J. C. Drewry, the progressive chairman of the street committee yesterday, after noon. Among other things Mr. Drewry said in his conversation : "I believe that it is the unanimous Opinion of the board that not one cent of the money derived from the bond issue is to be used for any other purpose than that which is emphatically stated in our resolu tion, which is that every dollar of the money derive:! from the disposal of the bonds is to be set aside speci fically and eutirely for permanent street improvements and that alone. This money is to be spent upon our streets for the benefitof ourcity and its citizens, and only those who are citizens of Raleigh will be employed in doing the work upon the streets. Not one cent of it is to go into the Sinking Fund. ' The money is to be divided as equally as possible, between the four wards of the city, and ou r earnest endeavor shall be to use the money as prudently and economi cally as possible in order to advance the interests of the city as much as possible. "The street committee is impressed with the idea that naturally we have one of the best and most beautiful cities in the south, and if our peo ple would unite and all pull together and manifest a little more public spirit in tho welfare of the town that we could in fact improve the many advantages with which nature has endowed us and make our city what t should be, one of the most pro gressive and beautiful cities in the United States. Nothing will add more to the comfort and convenience of our people than good streets, aud I believe that money spent in this direction will prove to be a profit able investment. "It will certainly add largely to the prosperity and growth of the city. We can never have good streets without a bond issue, and we believe that Raleigh is more sadly in need of good streets than any thing else. "1 believe that Raleigh has a smaller bonded indebtedness per capita than any city of its size in the United States. Our bonded in debtedness is only $1,000 which is only about $12.50 per capita whereas the city of Richmond has a bonded indebtedness of $08.00 per capita; Norfolk has $G'i.OO per capita and nearly every other city of any size has a bonded indebtedness in about the same proportion. We be lieve that the only way to reduce taxes is to issue bonds and improve our streets. Taxes can never be re duced under the present system, as the present income of the city is barely sufficient to pay its current expenses and keep the streets in re pair "If we issue bonds and improve the income of the city will be large ly increased by reason of the many improvements which will result therefrom, aad the saving from the amount necessary to keep the streets in repair will be amply sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds and taxes can in the course of a fiw years be reduced. "1 am fully convinced that the bond issue is the wisest and best step lor us to take at the present time, and that it is more pregnant with good results for our town, and will add more to its advancement along the lines of growth and prosperity for the town and convenience and com fort of its citizens than anything else which we can do at the present time. The coming together of our people on this important question will add largely to the increase of pub lic sp'.rit which is so essentially necessary to the advancement of the best interests of every town. Wc all may differ in our views of how city improvements should be made, but we are all of one opinion that these improvements ought to be made, and we should subordinate these small personal differences tot the public good and let us unite in one grand effort tD advance our city's welfare and the happiness of its peo ple. "There is one more Saturday in which to register, as the books wilt be open next Saturday from 9 until 12 o'clock, and every citizen who has not registered and who is inter ested in the good of our town should not fail to register on next Satur day in order that he may vote for the bonds. '' The box sheet for the "Devil's Auction will open tomorrow morn ing. 4 TV it j , '. 1 hi- r
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