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VOL. XXXI.
RALEIGH, TUESDAY, MAY 1. 1894.
NO. 8
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Am
lour Pictures
Fraiiidil
At-
We have a large lot of Moulding to seleot
from and are prepared to frame in any sty le
desired for half the regular price.
We aiso have a Larger Stock of
FURNITURE
than we have ever had before, which we are
selling at greatly reduced prices.
DAB Y CARRIAGES
are a specialty,
Thomas & Maxwell,
b Leading Fnrnitare Dealers,
9 and 13 Martin Street,
It A LEIGH, If. O. febl
iff w the mm
KDon't hesitate, but come at once and get
your mattings. We have them, and the
prices are right; good quality and beautiful
patterns. Moquet mats, bound edge, 49c,
cheap at 76c: Smyrna mats at rat's from
49c np. A beautiful line of pjf res,
ao mi ma of
25 and
DONT FORGETJTi; PLACE.
THE LYOMBiCKET STORE
AUCTION SALE for THE WEEK
Tuesday, Thursday Saturday.
In these sales yon will End anything
and everything mostly.
Sales will commence promptly at
12 o'clock each day.
FRANK STROMAUH,
Tiis & In s.
819. 821 and 828 Wilmington street.
For Sale.
COne nloe three room house and lot
Krsale on West Cannon avenue;good
SJll of water in yard; the nous rents
for $1.60 per week; now occupied by a
Lood tenant. One small cash pay
ment and good time on the balance
by paying I per cent on the other
p!81w .6M WartOajanouavenae.
CITY IM.BRIEF. j
Items Picked Op and Boiled
Down.
May began most charmingly.
The farmers are well op with their
work.
May is
known as the "Mother of
Months."
Sheriff J B Smith, of Columbus
county, was here today.
Some parties are talking about es
tablishing a brewery here.
The supreme court is now engaged
on oases at the end of the docket.
' There is no scarcity of candidates
for congressional heroes this year.
Dughi left for Greensboro this af
ternoon, to serve the ices at a large
party.
Efforts are to be made to get the
death sentence of Orange Page com
mated.
Ic is said to be the acid from the
phosphate mills which kills fish at the
water works pond.
The train from Greensboro, due
here at 10:55 this morning, did not
arrive until 12:40.
Quartermaster general Harrell has
shipped 44 rifles to the Elkin compa
ny of tlie D'ourtn regiment.
The event this evening in the "May
day lestivar' at the academy of mu
sic. The programme is very attract
Itive
The Illinois authorities are making
things lively for this great trust,
which the last North Carolina legis-
I lature tackled,
Only two propositions in regard
to the encampment tnis year are
made, these beiug from Morehead
City and Wrlghtsville.
U S senator Stockbridge, of Michi
gan, died yesterday. Within a month
three senators have died Colquitt.
Vance and H toe k bridge
A negro woman named Chavis is
said to have murdered her infant
child yesterday, five miles from here.
The body was found in the road.
Nearly all the farmers who come in
these days, and there are not many
of them, speak of the prevailing
drought. Warm rams are noeded.
Rev P G Elsom last evening
preached a stirring sermon at the
First Baptist ctiurca. lie has done
excellent work at other points in this
state and will be felt here as a relig
ious force.
Garner Dupree.a negro lad, was ar
rested today on a warrant charging
him with stealing a pair of trousers
from Mr Edward Crawford. On Du-
preewas found a revolver. He was
before justice Whitaker today
Thenoisleas bicycles on the streets
at night are quite a menace to
the unwary pedestrian. The chief
of police is doing a very proper thing
in req airing lights to be carried on
all bicycles at night. It is the love
riable requirement in all cities.
Oa the 29th instant- bishop Ellison
Capers, of the Episcopal church, will
predion in at. jpaui s cnurcn, Winston
a memorial sermon on the life, char
acter and religious work of the late
bishop Lyman. It will be preached
before the convention of this diocese.
The supreme court has decided
what may truly be termed a knotty
case. A man in one of the border
counties shot at a man in Tennessee
and killed the latter. Now the point
was, must the man who tired the gun
be tried in this state or in Tennessee?
The court says in Tennessee, for it
says there the felony was committed
At Durham today, the state dental
association met in annual session. Mr
James H Southgate delivered an ad
dress of welcome, to which St J H
Durham replied. The president of
the association IsUrGA Rominger,
secretary Dr J E Wyche. The state
board of dental examiners is also in
session and there are fourteen appli
cants for license.
The state crop report for this week
savs: The' week was very favorable
for farm work, and planting has made
rapid progress, but it was too cool
and dry for crops to come np and
grow. Rain is very much needed ovm
erywnere. uoiion planting nas oeen
finished by many farmers,, though
some are still planting. Com is com-
ing up fairly well, but there was a
noor stand of early corn ana maon
will be replanted. The acreage of
corn is much larger than usual. To
bacco plants are scarce, and nles are
iniuring them. Wheat is looking well
everv where, although needing rain
very badly. Oats are generally poor.
Clover, grass and gardens not grow
ing fast, on account of drought. Rains
reported: Rural flail, 0.12 inch; Ral
eigh, 0.08.
COKE Y ARRESTED.
BE AND HIS ARMY TRY TO GO
TO THE CAP1I0E
Browne Taken to the Station
House.
The Army Disperses jln all Di
rections.
Special to the Eybhinq Visitor.
Washington, May 1. The "Army
of the Commonweal of, Christ" reach'
ed the capitol grounds about 1 o'clock
this afternoon. The police resist'
ed their entrance as an organ
ized body to the grounds, severe
ly pounding some who were perslts
ent.
Carl Browne attempted to ride
across tne lawn and tnroagn
the shrubbery but was seized by
a squad of police and after
a struggle was overpowered and
taken to the station house.
Meanwhile Coxey had reached
the steps of the senate wing of cap-
ltol and was arrested there, as he be
gan an add roes, bthe police, with'
out resistance but protesting vigor1
ously. He was taken from the
grounds aDd placed in his carriage in
which be returned to toe new camp
in South Washington.
The scene at the capltol was tne
most remarkable ever witnessed there.
The throng of spectators outnum
bered the Coxeyites fifty to one. AN
ter the arrest of the leaders the army
was badly scattered and retreated
from the grounds without order. All
was quickly over and notnlng re
mains of a sensational tendency at
present.
Marriages In April.
The following licenses issued in
April by register of deeds Mial
Whites: .Frank Abrarus ana uartna
E Eftiorv.CJ! S Adams and Hoey Fort,
Winner Beets and Tessie L Rav, A J
Bashford and Lizzie Jones. Ed M
Clark and Elmer A Holland, Pat H
Carroll and Vallie Williams, James R
Davis and Rosa Ferrall, Emory
Wiley and Jennie Kelley. T J Hol-
lowav and Alice Ferrall, H G Hold
ing and Elma T Davis, W I Horton
and Mary A Jones, H H Knight and
Bettie Sraith. Chester liang and
Louisa E Newell, G H Medlin and
Htella O'Daniel, Jalmer Mills and
Jennie Wallace. Geo C Patterson and
Fannie W Thomason, Fieteher H
Philips and Eula H Redford, A L
Sears and Martha H Davis, Jos G
Smith and Addie Rogers.
Blacks: James S Brooks and Lena
Davis. Marion Burroughs and Zippo
rah Barber, Bodie Jones p-nd Malinda
Price. Eugene Chavis and iienia
Ford. Anthonv Christmas and Aman
da Mangum, Thomas Ford and Cha-
nev Williams: J L Kerney and uaran
Bunch, William .Lawrence ana uora
Harris, Follie Minims and Effle Crump
Svlvester Mangum and Josephine
White, Mark Mangum ana Laura
Tucker, Sawney Powell and Ella
Dortch. Isaac Roberts ana Frances
Young, Robert Rogers and Lula Per
ry. Miles Latta ana ttosa itooertson,
Alonzo Spencer and Dora Pegram,
Samuel Strickland and Pruella Todd,
Norton Williams and Frances Fou-
shee, Henry Weathers and Emily
Parker. Richard Whitaker ana JUu.
cinda Hlnton, G A Yarboro and Del
la Hays.
Weather.
For Forth Carolina: "Fair. Lo
cal forecast: On Wednesday fair
weather, slightly warmer. Probably
thunderstorm by xnursaay auer
noon. Local data for 24 hours end
ing 8am today: Maximum temper
ature, 73; Minimum temperature, 50;
rainfall. 0.
Synopsis: Tne center or tne mgn
area and clearing condition is over
North and South Carolina, wltn a
pressure of 30:40 inches. The weather
is generally fair over the Atlantic
states. A local heavy rain occurred
at Juoiter. Fla.. of 1 14 inch. The
storm in the northwest has moved to
Minnesota. The weather is cloudy
and warm in the Ohio and Mississippi
valley, with occasional rains, proba
bly as thunderstorms. West of the
Mississippi the weather is clearing
and cooler. ;
Real Estate Transactions.
At the register of deeds office the
following deeds were recorded today:
8 T Ashe and wife to W W Vass, lot
on North West street, $300; W P
Clements to John O Drewry, lot on
Oakwood avenue, $1,140; the Baptist
female university of North Oaroiina
to Mrs M E Barkley and O Betts, lot
on North Person street, between East
Edentoo and East Jones, 13,800.
PERSONAL KENTION
01 People Who Came and
Went Today. "
E C Smith, Esq. left for Washing.
ton, D C, this afternoon.
Mrs H Mahler is at Durham visit
ing Messrs Sam and Albert Kramer.
Miss Fanny Green, who has been
visiting Miss Ad lie Bain, has returned
to her home at Franklinton.
Prof Massev snoke at Henderson to
the Y M C A. and Capt Frank Cun
ningham, of Richmond, delighted the
audience with his fine singing.
HonEdwinH Stroebel, who .was
assistant secretary of state under Mr
Cleveland, but was recently appoint,
ed minister to Ecuador, is at Cleve
land Springs for his health.
Mr L T Myers has 'resigned as gen
eral superintendent of the Seaboard
Air Line, and che resignation has
been accepted. It is intimated that
the place will remain vacant.
Gen Gotten, grand master of Ma
sons is at Oxford, where mr a ni
Lawrence today succeeded Rev Dr
Black as superintendent of the or
phan asylum. Men Cotton superln
tended the transfer.
Arrivals at the Yarboro: Geo Gib
son. W Constantine, N Y; H HO Mil
ler. Chicago: J E Winfree. Va; Geo
a Coleman, Cincinnati; J K Watts,
Atlanta; J F 8terhens, Kooxville;
Mr and Mrs Geo C McGilory, BY; W
L Rankin, Salisbury; Chas Langer,
Battleboro; Thos Cheek, Mebane; D
L Mus worth, N Y; R L Prempert,
Louisville; Geo T Winston, Chapel
Hill; T Jj Fierce, Boston; J M Woo
ten, N C; Frank Grant, Westfield,
Mass; C W Sanford, N C; J M Parker,
Goldsboro.
Arrivals at the Park hotel: Rabbi
S Mendelssohn and N Jacobl, Wil
mington; W B Boyd, W F Rountree,
&R Jones, Newborn; w ? Wooten,
Wilson; J H Bill, Goldsboro; Ed
Zoeller. B F Keech, Tarboro; J
A Pollock. Raymoud Pollock, Kins
ton; B E Hamrick, W Y Weathers. B
O Hamrick, J H Corrall, 8hlbv; T H
Pace. Mas; J W McConnell, Wash
ington, D C; J H McKinnon, Apex; J
J Ragan, SC.
Mr H H C Miller, supreme regent of
the Royal Arcanum, arrived here to
day from Chicago. He is a very
plepsant gentleman and of wide in
formation. On his way he stopped a
few days at Ashevtlle. He is being
handsomely entertained by the local
members of the order. He was n riven
around this afternoon. He will iu
stall the new officers of the grand
council and will attend the banquet
at the Yarboro tomorrow evening
There are 1500 members of the order ic
the state, one sixth of whom are in
Raleigh.
The Washington correspondent of
the Charlotte Observer says: "The
fact that when they met this morn
ing in the senate chamber the North
Carolina senators locked arms and
walked around to senator Jams' seat
and held a pleasant confab was
remarked upon from the reporters'
gallery. "1 am the junior senator,"
afterward said Mr. Jarvis, "and I do
not propose to forget the fact; we
will coioperate for the good of the
party." Both senators think the tar
iff is in good shape ana tnat tne bin
will past in reasonable time. Senator
Ransom 1b emphatic on tnat side.
Senator and Mrs. Jarvis called on Mrs
Cleveland today. He had already
visited the president.
Tax Bates of Cities.
Bulletin No. 05 Issued by the cen
sus bureau gives the tax rate of va
rious cities in the Union. The highs
est and lowest rates given are both
in New York state, the rate in Mid
dletown being $8 43 per $100 and in
Seneca Falls, the rate is lo cents per
$100. In North Carolina Wilmington
has the highest rate of any of the
cities, viz $3 per $100; Charlotte $2 26,
Raleigh. $1.98, Ashevllle, $8. Fay
etteville $3 16. Salisbury $1.23, Win
ston $1.86. Durham $1.50. The rate
in New Yorkcitv is $2 05. In Atlanta
Ga, it is $2 36, with a banded indebt
edness of $2,000,000. '
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XL AO IUU1U10U UU.b m UUUlUer, UOrl. . m mm mm
haps 80 or 40, of the employes at the
railway shops here or are to be drop
lops here or are to be drop! J XXwi-i-i
ped from the rolls. The matter is
under consideration and the reduc
tion may take place.this week.
Two white convicts, named Roffr
and Jones, made their escape late
VAHt.Ardav aftnrnnnn f mm f.ha wnrir
house gang. They got away quite
easily, though tired at once or twice.
Swindell has put in operation
his store a cash and parcel railways.
It is well arranged and works very
sausiactoriiy.
...... .
Special communication of W G Hill
lodge for special work in the third
I degree this evening at 8 o'clock.
Hardware, &c.
CRESCENT
UMcyclles.
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Crescents are the highest grade,light
eat weight, medium price wheels made,
They are handsome in design and
finish, light and easy running and per
fect in every detail.
(
fCRESC ENTS"
are cheap in price only.
We give an honest wheel at a low price, and
CRESCENT
buyers get the full worth of their money,
PRICE, -$75.00.
Wheels at a lower price for ladies, girls
and boys.
RALEIGH, N.C.
Dry Good. Notion. Ac.
j fRADE Attractions.
We offer new, clean, fresh, reliable and
sarefully selected merchandise, and expart
(hoppers appreciate the differenae between
this and bankrupt stocks of antiquated, old
ityle and shop worn goods. This is the
jreatest Wash Goods and Lacs season ever
mown, and inmy pleasant encomiums have
t)en passed upon our selections. Our prices
e tne lowest Known iorsucneiegaui guuus.
Cheap Prints, Ginpani?,Cliallies
and Washable Lawns
specialty. We offer the choice of 500 pea
at only 5 cents per yard.
Ladies' Smnmsr Oaderwear,
Gauze, Lisle, Silk and Swiss Ribbed Cotton,
High or Low Neck, V Square or Round Cut.
Latest Novelties in
Neck Dressings,
in innumerable shad 89 and colorings.
Our stock of
HOSE is conspicuous for good value and
low price.
SEASONABLE
SHOES
FOR
CHILDREN
AND
Attention is called to our new itvles of
Tan Shoes for Misses and little Children.
These are the most economical shoes tnat
children can wean We show complete as
sortments in
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