THE .NUMBER 6.080, RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1897. $4.00 PER YEAR. z FAIR, WARMER, b the PredlcUo'n of the Weather Bureau ,mK- for Tomorrow. "Clearing this afternoon; fair and warmer Friday," says the weather bureau's report for Raleigh and vi cinity. The maximum temperature yester day was 58; the barometer readings this morning were 29.04 inches. The storm in the Atlautic has dis appeared, leaving an area of low g barometer over North Carolina with gentle rain throughout the state. Heavy rainsoccurred in the Augusta and Atlanta cotton region districts Tbe barometer is highest on the north Atlantic coast. The weather continues cloudy or rainy along tbe entire coast north of Florida. The weather is generally clear and warmer throughout the central valley. A rise of 8 degrees in tem perature occurred at St. Louis, Kan sas City and Chicago, to above 60 degrees at 8 a. m. A slight depression has appeared in the extreme northwest. FROM NEW ORLEANS A Passenger Arrived In Raleigh Last Night. A pissenger from New Orleans arrived in Raleigh last night. At the depot there is a piece of baggage, which came in last night from New Orleans, but which, so far, has not been claimed. Mr.G. D. Farnum, the agent of the Bertha Creightoo company, who arrived here last night, stat ed this morning that there was a lady on the train last night from New Orleans, who got off here. He stated that the lady related her experience in evading quarantine regulations in order to get to Ral eigh. Mr Farmun' stated that somo of the passengers were frightened when they learned that a New Or leans passenger was aboard tbe train. Morgan Gets Central of Georgia. J. Pierpont Morgan has scored another important point in his pro ject for the control of all the rail- - nwda an1 filaamaliin llnaa in tha - auwci u otubca. Lie ut wuu uia long fight for possession of the Cen tral Railroad of Georgia. On Octo ber 1 tbe ofg system will undergo another reorganization. H. M. Comer, now its president, will re tire and John M Egan, Morgan's man, will succeed him- Tbe Geor gia stockholders, who have retained control of the property despite that they were in the minority, will lose their grip by this change and will be at the mercy of Morgan and his associates. New York Journal. o-i o u. u u : Lillian Lewis. The first really big production of the season w!tn a superb cast and grand scenery will be presented at the Academy next Tuesday, when Miss Lillian Lewis will appear in the great Boston success, "For Lib erty and Love. " No advance will be made In the prices. The critics of cultured Boston have pronounced this play to be the greatest of all military dramas, and Miss Lewis's acting as the modern Joan of Arc the most finished piece of work be fore;Uie puble. The comedy Is de lightful and the climax thrilling. Mr. Winder Can't Aeopet the Schedule. John H. Winder states in regard to the proposition submitted him by the Board of Directors of tbe Peni tentiary for leasing the conviot labor: "It is not possible for me to ' bid under the new schedule as given to me yesterday. The penitentlaryau thorities want to appoint all persons who are to have charge of the con victs. They decide to invite bids, to be opened October 18th. This seemstoendmatters until that date. Dr. Abbott to the Governor. Col Olds says in bis correspond enee: "It is reported that Railroad Commissioner D. H. Abbott has no -titled Governor Russell that on the advice of counsel he is certain that the present incumbents can hot be suspended by the governor and that it is his (Abbott's) duty to serve with them, no matter if he does at tempt to suspend them. " Mr. Lacy's Hleoas Better. A telegram from Mr. . C. Ray, in New. Orleans, says the Charlotte Newr, states that his wife and children, who have been stricken with yellow fever, are getting on nicely. Just a short while before the dispatch was sent the physician .. Was with the family and he said that there was no need for alarm. REPORTS HOT SO BAD Fever Patient Said to be Improving Everywhere. CASE AT LOUISVILLE And Seven New Cases at Ocean Springs Cases at Cairo, Illinois are Doing Much Better. Louisville, Sept. 23. The second case of yellow fever here was an noucced by health officer White to day. The first case was that of Frank DeRumsey who died. He came from Ocean Springs, Missis sippi. The second was John Mc- Dougall a machinist of tbe Louis ville and Nashville railroad shops in Mobile, who came from Mobile September ninth and was taken ill last Wednesday. Mr White says the frost last night will prevent any spread of fever. Ocean Springs, Sept. 23 All the old casei of yellow fever are improv ing. Seven new cases are reported today. Cairo, 111., Sept. 23 The yellow fever patients at the marine hospital are improving rapidly. An alleged case at East Cairo is convalescent. Negro Girls Sold Into Bondage. By Telegraph to the Press Visitor. New York, Sept. 23 The prac tice of decoying young colored wo men from the South to New York and selling tbem to white and negro masters has been unearthed. Tbe work is done through colored emloy- ment agencies, who havi branches in all the Southern cities. After the young women get here they are sent out on the streets and watched over by men, who take all their earnings and stealings. Tbe practice is on tbe East Side, and so extensive that the Legislature will be asked to abolish it. President Kruger's Malady. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. London, Sept. 23. The Daily Chronicle says it learns from an unimpeachable source that on Sep tember 14 President Paul Kruger, of the South African Republic, was examined by two leading physicians, ho diagnosed his malady as Bright's disease in a very advanced stage. One of the physicians informed President Kruger that he would probably not live more than eigh teen months. Tbe President, how ever, perseveres in nis resolve to seek re-election. Storm Passed Out to Sea. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. New York, Sept. 22. The Caro lina Hurricane which was marked to do so much damage all along the coast has passed out to sea. When last seen it was kicking up an uly looking sea off the coast of the Caro linas. The storm signals which were ordered out the entire length of the Atlantic coast yesterday will come down today. Greatest storm scare thus far this season is over. Must be Settled by the Courts. A friend of the Governor states that while he is fully decided to oust the two Wilsons as railway commis sioners, he will hardly render his decision until October. He realizes that the question of bis having au thority to take the step must be set tled by the courts. Tbe Governor desires that the matter come up at the October term of Wake superior court, in order that a decision may be had as early as possible. Notice. There will be a meeting of the Im proved order of Heptasophs tonight at 8 o'clock at tbe office of Dr. J. W McGee, Jr. All members requested to attend. New members for initia tion please be present promptly. W. E. Foster, Sec Improved Order of Med Men. Oseecola Tribe, No. 1, Improved Order of Red Men, will have their regular meeting Friday night at 8 o'clock instead of Wednesday. W. E. Faison, Sachem. J. E. Bbidqers, Chief of Records. Brewery Burned. By Telgraph to the Press-Visitor. La Crosse, Wis., Sept 23. The John Gund brewing plant was burned this morning. The loss is over three hundred thousand dol lars and was half insured. NATIONAL LEAGUE RACE Baltimore and Boston Fighting Hard for the Flag. The games to be played by the Bal timore and Boston teams this week will decide which team will fly the Leaguechampionshippen nant. Not since the memorable race of 1889 between the New Yorks and Bostns has the fight for the first honors been so exciting. The teams are so evenly matched and they are playing so consistently that the re sult Friday, Saturday and Monday is awaited with interest by thousands of baseball enthusiasts all over the country. After the series with the New Yorks the Baltimores will meet the Bostons at Baltimore. The Bostons are confident of taking two out of the three games, but if they only win one they still have afightiugchance, so the critics believe. Selee's men have three games to -play with the Brooklyns, These and tbe Balti more gamis are the only ones left for the ex-champions te play. The Baltimores, meanwhile, have three regularly scheduled games with the Washingtons. to be played on the champion's grounds next week. Win or lose the pennant, Boston has earned the right to play for that Temple cup, as there is now no one chance in 400 that New York can get there. The scries for the Temple trophy will no doubt be started in Boston in order to avoid -the cold weather as much as possible, and for the same reason the games will be started as soon as possible after the regular season closes, says Tim Murnane in the Boston Globe. All the money taken at the games. goes into one pot, to be divided, CO per C3nt to the winner and 40 to the loser. The grounds are given free. Each team will keep the extras from privileges, such as score cards, etc. The Bostoa club will have eighteen players and Manager Solee making nineteen to share in the division. Hallway Commission's Order. The following order was yesterday filed by the railway commission in the matter of reducing cotton rates: "The railroad commission having carefully examined the cotton rates now in force in the cotton states, find that our present rates are. five per cent lower than the average rates in the different states interested, and is lower than for any single state, with the exception of Georgia, which seems to have the same rate with North Carolina. The rate, however, does not seem uniform on the differ ent systems, and to modify this it is hereby ordered that the following tariff shall be put into effect on Oc tober 1st on tbe Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, Southern Rail - way, Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad, per 100 miles: 'Five miles, 9 cents, 10 miles, 9 cents; 15 miles, 11 cents; 20 miles 13 cents; 25 miles 14 ceuts; 30 miles 15 cents, 35 miles 16 cents; 40 miles 17 cents; 45 miles 18 cents; 50 miles 19 cents; 60 miles 21 cents: 70 miles 22 cents; 80 miles 23 cents; 90 miles 24 cents;100miles 25 cents; 120 miles 27 cents;130miles 28 cents; 150 miles 30 cents;160miles 31 cents; 200 miles 35 cents." Edward's Case Compromised. Mr M J JSd wards, of this city who brought suit against hisbrother in-law Dr J J Lawrence, of St. Louis for the recovery of $30,000, has effected a compromise whereby he gets $7,500. Mr Edwards whose wife, Mrs M E Ed wards, con ducts a boarding house at number 117, Fuyetteville street, loaned Dr Lawrence $5,000 some years ago. Since then he has become wealthy from the sale of patent medicines. Roth Mr Edwards and Dr Lawrence are from Wilson county.. The compromise was effected by Messrs Argo & Snow of this city, counsel for Mr Edwards. Col Argo has had the case in hand for several years. Later Mr Snow was called In and a few weeks since ex-Con gressman Woodward was retained. The compromise was quite a victory for Mr Edwards and his counsel. Messrs Argo & Snow have devoted much time to tbe case. Messrs Aycock and F A Daniels, of Golds boro, were counsel for Dr Lawrence, June High was before Mayor Russ this morning charged with taking a trunk from the depot belonging to Eliza Wall, of Wyatt There was not sufficient evidence to hold High on the charge and he was liberated. The trunk, which was tagged and not checked, was taken under false pretences at Cary and $6 in cash re moved from it. An old man named Austin said High brought the trunk to his house and prized it open. HANDSOMEFAIR EDITION Ten Thousand Copies Will bo Printed and Circulated During the State Fair. We take pleasure in announcing to our patrons that we have again secured the services of Mr. C. Beauregard Poland the well known young Kentucky journalist to get out a handsome fair edition of the Press-Visitor, which will be issued just before the fair and tbous inds of copies will be distributed each day during tbe fair and circulated free. This edition .will be very valuable as an advertising medium to the people of North Carolina as copies will be given to nearly every visi tor at the fair. We will have this edition illustra ted with views of Raleigh and with portraits of our prominent citizens, etc. Mr. Poland who has this edi tion in charge is well Known to you alias an editor of only first class and successful editions. He will call on every merchant and business man in Raleigh and give them an opportunity to be represented in this the handsomest fairedition ever issued in North Carolina. This edition will be issued about October the 18th. Ten thousand copies will be circu'ated to the visi tors at the fair and all the regular subscribers of the paper will be reached also. "Voter" Makes a Point. Editor Press-Visitor: I have it from good authority that a CDmmittee, from our Sister City Durham, contemplate paying us a visit to inspect our streets with a view, to beautifying their already pretty little city. Now Mr. Editor by the great horn spoon, persuade the city officials to post a sufficient number offers on Halifax and Salis bury streets, to keep the committee out ot Johnson street. By the way two baby carriages met on Johnson street this morning, and one of tbem was forced to back into a private yard to allow the other to pass. And Mr. Editor,pleasesee thatourMayor Pilots the next shipment of Jersey Editors down to Johnson street. We can show them some things they will not soori7orget. And as to the $30,000 bonds, all we want is fifteen or twenty cents. Yours, "Voter " CRIMINAL INSANE. Their Care and Treatment With the Su perintendent of the Raleigh Asylum. It has been called to our attention that the act making provision for the department of the crimnil in sajie at the penitentiary also pro vides that the care and treatment of tbe criminal insane shall be in the hands of the superintendent of the Raleigh insaneasylum. Thus it would appear that the appointment of any person by Supt. Smith in the capacity of medical attendant is not legal. It would seem that the en tire matter rests with Dr. Kirby. We quote from the act creating the criminal insane department : "In this department for the crimi nal insane, the races and the sexes shall be kept in separate apart ments, and shall be under the medi cal care and treatment of the physi cians and surgeons of the central hospital at Raleigh. The principal of the said central hospital is charg ed with their care and treatment, and may from time to time delegate this duty to one or more of the sur geons or physicians at the peniten tiary; but the care, treatment and cure of such criminal insane sl'all at all times be under the supervision and direction as herein of the said principal of the central hospital at Raleigh." "The physicians of the peniten tiary, under the directions of the physician of the Raleigh insane asy lum, as herein provided, shall be the medical superintendent of the insane wards hereiu provided for." New Una. Messrs. T. A. Bowen & Son, car riage makers and dealers, make an in teresting announce to the readers of the Press-Visitor today. This is a new firm recently established to succeed L. A. Bowen, and are car rying in stock a large variety of the most desirable class of vehicles to supply the trade. They are also agents for the celebrated Victor Bi cycles, and will quote you prices right See their announcement. Circus Coming. Robinson and Franklin's circus is booked for Salisbury on October 9th. STAFFORD IN LEAGUE. The l or Ueel Ball Player With Louisville Text Year Robert Stafford, probably the best ball player North Carolina has ever produced, will next year wear a Na tional League uniform. Stafford has been playing first base with the Mil waukee team of the Western League for the past two years and yesterday he was drafted by the Louisville club. Mr. Stafford is tbe heaviest batter in the Western League. Stafford, who is' well known in every village in North Carolina is a native of Guilford county. He first appeared on the Oak Ridge team and later with the Wake Forest college nine. He !'as since p'ayed pro fessional ball in Petersburg, Va.. New Orleans and Milwaukee. TODAY'S MARKETS. The Movements in New York and Liver pool Markets. New York, Sept 23, By private wire to John A. Dun can, broker, 307 Wilmington street. The following are the opening- highest, lowest and closing quota tions of the New York cotton market: months. OPEN- HIGH- LOW- CLOS ING. EST. EST. INO 6 53 6 55 6 50 6 51- 6 68 6 fi 6 58 6 56- 6 60 68 6 58 6 59- 6 67 6 66 6 66 6 63 - 6 68 69 6 67- 6 54 6 54 6 51 6 64- 6 50 6 60 6 44 6 46- 6 46 6 48 6 43 B 43- 6 47 6 50 6 45 6 4U- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, oeplmbr, October, JNovemb r, December, l'ort Receipts of Cotton . TODAY. LAST Y'H. Boston 28 93 Baltimore Brunswick Charleston 3748 1400 Galveston 1604 537 Mobile 1033 New York New Orleans 5498 7237 New Port News ... Norfolk... 1780 4192 Port Royal Savannah 5908 5170 Houston 14647 8569 Chleago Qratn and Provision Market. Thefollowing were the closing quo tations on the Chicago Grain and Pro vision market today: Lard Dec. 4.55; Oct. 4.60. Pork-Oct. 8.26; Dec. 8.33. Clear Rib Sides Dec. 5.10; Oil. 4.90. Wheat Sept 921; Dec. 901. Corn Sept 30!; Dec, 3 4 Oats Sept. 201; Dec. 238. Liverpool Cotton Market. The following were the closing quo tations of the Liverpool cotton market today: August September 3.53- September-October 3.47 October-November 3.-10 November-December 3.37- December-January 36 January-February 3.3s- February-March 3.37 New York Stoek Market. The following were the closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange : Sugar . 1471 American Tobacco 891 H. lieago Gaa 108 Manhattan 1071 Louisville and Nashville 61 Western Union 921 Jersey central 99i Burlington and Quincy 100 Omaha 86i Rock Island 95 St. Paul 100i B. & 0 19 Chesapeake & Ohio 254 Missouri Pacific 364 New York central 112i Southern Preferred 35t Union Pacific 24 Wabash Preferred 22 Chicago & North Western 128S U. S. Leather Preferred 68i Wreck at Baw River. A freight wreck occurred Tues day afternoon on the Southern rail way at Haw river. A freight train had stopped at the water tank there jand was getting water for the engine. Another freight from the rear dashed into the rear of the train at tbe water tank The caboose was considerably smashed and broken. The water tank was also smashed into frag ments. The engineer and fireman on the rear freight train, as soon as they saw that a rear end collision would result jumped and were not hurt No one was seriously hurt. No in vestigation has been had. Mr. Sam Wiley to Wed. Mr. Sam Wiley and Miss Beulah Bernhardt of Salisbury are to be married on the 14th of October. SHORT STATEMENTS Minor Matters Manipulated for the Many. AROUND IN THE CITY. Pot-Pourrl of the News Pictured on per Points and People Pertinent!? Picked and Pithily Pn In Print The State fair will be in full blast four weeks hence. Miss Norfleet, of Tarboro, is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Stronach. Mr C F Farnum, theadvance agent of Bertha CreightOD, who is booked to appear at Metropolitan Hall Sep tember 30th, is in the city. Senator Butler says in the Cau casian, the-state can and will repeal the charter of the .Mocksville & Mooresville link of the Southern railway. Mrs. Perry and daughter, Etta, and Misses Annie and De Duncan returned from Beaufort this even ing, where they have been visiting for some time There will be an afternoon soiree at the dancing school hall over Mr. Jas. I. Johnson's drug store, tomor row afternoon at half past four. Ad mission 10 cents. By a mistake in the type, J. D. Riggan has been offering the best candy at 25c per pound. The price should have been 20c. and the cor rection is made in today's paper. Rev. J. II. Lamberth, of Lexing ton, a prominent Baptist minister, was here this morning on his way to Wakefield, Wake county, where he will assist Rev. A. D. Hunter in a series of meetings. There will be no bar at the Park hotel forthe present, Mr. Foust, who conducts a barber shop in the base ment refuses to give up his quar ters. He has leased the basement under the new Lumsden building on Fayetteville street and he will not move until that is completed. Mr Samuel Henszey and Mr C F Pendleton, of Cumnock were here today. They came to attend the hearing before the special master, Mr E C Smith. The matter of claims is being considered now. The hear ing is continued until the latter part of the week. The Salisbury World says: Mr. J. S. Wyatt, who is manager of the department of curiosities at the state fair, tells us that he is receiv ing a large number of curiosities to take to the fair, largely from this coun'.y. Mr. Wyatt will go down several days before the fair opens in order to get everything in shape in his department Mr. Frank Strouach's Emporium is the scene of much activity now. Mr. Stronach has a splendid lot of horses on hand. In a few weeks Mr. Stronach will begin his fall sab of fine Kentucky horses by auction sales. The progressive proprietor of the Emporium has already placed orders for large consignments of "blue grass" stock. Mr. Stronach 's auction sales have proved exceeding ly popular and this season will be no exception . Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, and Adjutant General Brown of that state, came up on the Seaboard mail as far as Sanford, N. C.. where they take the C. F. and Y. V. for Man chester. The governor and his ad jutant general will be the guests of the superintendent of the C. F. and Y. V. Several fox chases have been planned. Col P B Means and Mr Morrison Caldwell, of Concord arrived here today to see the governor with the object of securing pardons for Mor ton and ThosPetrea whoare serving three year sentences on the Cabar rus roads for forcible trespass by the use of dynamite. Mr MorrUon Caldwell was interested in securing thirty convicts to work the roads of Cabarrus county. Tbe convicts can not be had at this time. Sta e Superintendentof Public In struction Mebane, says : "The pub lic schools are opening. I find one negro township, North Fork in Wa tauga, voted for the public school special tax. This makes7 townships 2 in Surry, 1 each in Davidson, Mecklenburg, Lenoir, Jackson and Watauga. In 91 townships more people . voted for than against the tax.... fi.! WOULD BE UNWISE. Dr. Lewis Writes the Governor Against Receiving Fever Refugees. Dr. R. H. Lewis, the secretary of the State board of health, today sub mitted the following letter to Gover nor Russell: "The letter of Surgeon Gen. Wil liams, asking your approbation of the extension of an invitation to persons in the fever infected districts of tbe South to take refuge on "the moun tain plateau of Western, N. C," submitted to me for my considera tion and advice in the matter was received this p. m. "Having duly considered the sub ject I would respectfully say that in my opinion it would be unwise to extend the invitation. While I do not think that at this season of tbe year and at the elevation of our mountain plateau there would be any appreciable dangerof conveying the disease of yellow fever to the residents, I do believe that it would be practically impossible to detain the refugees upon the plateau suf ficiently long to prove that they were not infected, and that therefore there would be a distant risk of some of them going to certain sec tions of our State that are suscepti ble to the disease, notably our city of Wilmington, and sowing the seeds of a serious epidemic. One section of tbe State might have to pay very dearly for the advertisement of an other, to say nothing of the economi cal suggestion you make that a num ber of helpless people might have to be cared for at our expense. '' YOUNG-SHIVELY. Marriage Ceremony at Edenton Street Church this Fvening. Mr, Samuel Marvin Young and Miss Lottie Parsons Shively were united in marriage this afternoon at three o'clock at Edenton street church. The interesting event was wit nessed by a large number of friends of the happy couple. The ceremony was performed by the pastor, Rev. W. C. Norman. The maid of honor was Miss Nellie Shively, sister of the bride, and Mr. Joseph F. Watson acted in the capa city of best man. The ushers were Messrs. Irvin T. Jones, Chas. B. Hart, J. B. Young and Hiram B. Worth. Little Misses Helen Brown and GussieLandis were the flower girls. Mrs. J. L. Foster presided at the organ.; The bride and groom are popularly known and are held in the highest esteem by a large circle of friends, of whom they have the heartiest and best wishes for a bright and happy future. The bridal couple left on the after noon train for the western part of the State to pass their honeymoon. Funeral of Mr. B. K. Harding. The funeral of the late B. R Harding was had this morning. The exercises were conducted by Dr. Eugene Daniel at the Presbyterian church, of which the deceased was a faithful and consistent member. The funeral exercises wereattended by nearly all the employees of the Seaboard in this city, who went to the church in a body. The interment was had in Oak wood cemetery. The pall-bearers were: A M McPheters, S W Whiting, W C Stronacb, John H Winder, D II King, J M Monie. GOLD MEDAL OFFERED Tor llcst Exhibit of Poultry by Col. Carr SI SO Purse for Bicycle Races. Col Julian S Carr, proprietor of the Occoneechee farm at Hillsboro, writi'S Secretary Nichols that he will give a haudsome gold medal to the best exhibit of poultry made at the State Fair. The fair association has decided to give purses to the amount of $150 for bicycle races. The distribution of th i s amo u n t for the d i fferent classes, of events has been left to Mr. Perrin Busbee, who is in charge of the cycle feature of the fair. Mr. Bus bee expects' well known riders from a distance to participate in the races . The reduced railroad rates will be announced in a few day. Secretary Nichols says be has letters from parties in the western part of the state asking for space, who will make the best exhibit, of fruits ever seen here. Richard Croker Best Han. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Chicago, Sept. 23. Senator John Cantor was married at noon to Miss Lydia Greenbaum of South Park Avenue. Richard Croker was best man. i IS

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