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THE TIME 'RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12. 1898. S3.im Ph), EA.R MADE FALSE REPORT. THE DAY IN COURT A BORING REHASH LOCAL HEttS ITEMS eiTV OTGT Two GolcUboro Rtcmits Caught in a Lie Tom Kiel arrfsnn.GKs Three Ytars enTPi!ce The Htdlroad Commission Aga n iu Se-si-n 1'iHfy iruvHci's Horn I'usry 'I'm His. VISITOR. r:mt------: --; - H'? NUMBER .8621 ft! - ( k s - i Shatter Negotiating Says Assault Will A Refusal. PROBABILITIES OF PEACE ABE Spaniards Talking Peace and France Offers Her Services to Conduct the Negotiations Suffering at Santiago. SHAFTER CABLES. BBy Telegraph to the Times-Visitbr. "Washington, July 12. General Shatter cables the following which was probablv written yesterday. ... Headquarters Fifth Army Corps. Been very quiet and but little flght- - Ing. Flag of truce was up since two this afternoon considering the proposition for surrendering now - that I hate the city surrounded on ' '. the north. -The lines were com " -Dieted by General Ludlow at five this afternoon. Down to ithe bay the line Is rather thin but will be : strengthened in the morning bv -General Henry, Who has just ar- - -rived at headquarters. Only a few 'Casualties. Expect to have two of . .the new batteries in position to morrow. Great deal of suffering ; among the people who have gone v out of Santiago. I am doing my best to relieve it but am not entire-, ly successful. Signed SHAFTER. FROM SPANISH SOURCES. By Telegraph to The Times-VlBltor. Madrid, July 12. An official dis , patch from Ilillo says Agulnaldo Is - patrolling the coast with a squad ' ron of merchantmen. The dispatch. 'says two bands of insurgents have been defeated, three of the leaders captured and shot No further news received. FRANCE OPENS FOR PEACE. TBy Cable to The Times-Visitor. London, July 12. The French minister, Del Casse, has notified the Spanish Embasador Castillo at ParlB that the French government Is ready to tender the good offices of the French Ambassador at -Washington In opening ruegotia tlons for peace If the Madrid gov s' ernment consents. BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES. !By Cable to The Times-Visitor. At the Fpmt, July 11, via, Plays, del Bste, July 12. Sfltiago is now com Dletely 'surrounded Dy Americans ' and Cubans. The gap was filled today by he 1 Ohio and Illinois troops thus shut- ting off the last avenue of escape for i ,,he Spanish. The American . lis new I extends from Ratero west to parada YLadron east. The bombardment of the elty was resumed this morning by the 1 1 battering, and he fleet and continued Until one , o'clock this, afternoon, when Shatter sent a message to the' Spanish J under' a! flag of truce containing, It is believed, a request for 'the surrender "-of the city. No reply has. yet been re celvei. CONFLICT WITH THE DANES.- 3y Cable to The Times-Visitor. St. Thomas, July 12.-An attempt " was made by the Danish govern ment -to prevent the' Amerlcanfe v 'using elghV' thousand tons of coal the property of the "United States. , Governor , aoderman, ruler ' of the ' Islands, Botifled Consul Vanhorne, " of the United States, that Ameri ca coal la the harbor w contra - basd of war and It use by Amerl- pans was contrary .to"' neutrality laws, ; He further stated -that the remeval of. the coal would be pre - vented by a Danish gunboat;jnow Iving In the harbor. The Consul replied that the Americans would remove the coal, fcy forae. Governor Lederman declared that fee Would n ia the held of warships of for : eign powers in the harbor, 'The -sntter,bas beer: referred W .y hortttw - and Alger Follow GOOD THE PRIZE BROUGHT IN. Key West, Fla, July 12. An American cruiser has Just entered th harbor with a prize schooner in tow. It is supposed to be the British vessel captured while running the blockade. A POWDER EXPLOSION. Pompton Lake, N. J., July 12. An explosion occurred this morning in the works of the Lafiin and Rand Powyder Company. The suposed cause was the blowylng up of a boiler. The factory has been work -i'ng1 on large government, orders for smokeless powyder; over 15 were killed; many injured. The place was guarded by five com panies of the Third New Jersey Volunteers. THE WANT PEACE. Madrid, July 12. The possibility of peace are being widely dis cussed in political circles and the press. The latter state that Spain is prepared for peace provided it implies the loss of Cuba only. Correa says he will no longer op pose peace negotiations, provid ing the conditions are not tooo onerous. ALGER EXPECTS SURRENDER. Washington, July 13. General Shatter's message this morning Is taken by the War Department to mean that Torai is going to sur render under the flag of truce. The dty, Itaa been compeltely invested ori all sides. This is considered to mean that Toral, seeing that he cannot escape yants to surrender. Secretary Alger, expects news of the surrender today. He says if not a grand assault as arranged will take place immediately. SPANIARDS AT KLONDIKE. By Cable to The Times-Visitor. Vancouver, . July 12. The Brit ish warships Amphlon and Icarus have put to sea hurriedly to pro tect British subjects. Also to pre vent holding up of ships for the purpose of looting "by a Spanish pri vateer said to be hidden near Dix on's entrance to capture Klondyke treasure ships. SENTENCED TO DEATH. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. , New Tork, July 12. Mrs. Martha Place the convicted murderess, who strangled her step-daughter, was this morning sentenced to be elec trocuted at Sing Sing August 29th. THE LATEST DISPATCH. - Shatter Headquarter. July 11, s By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. ' o'clock afternoon, via" Kingston. "Fighting continued, during the day. At this hour it Is believed Santiago will be captured ; within twenty- ; "houra. The.- Americana have ad vanced steadily; all day. Several - Spanish trenches are now occupied, ' In which were found many dummy wooden guns.' Very weak fire from, the field after V Shatter's message was received at Washington this ; morning', . It seems that Torsi's second "proposition to surrender was rejected, and fighting- resum-i . ed. The advent of General Miles ' on the scene . with 4nstructions" ' from . Washington also led to a , 'resumption, -of hostilities. . r - Mis Carlle ; Smith, of bero. ths guest of Mrs. B. on Nortlv Bloedwprth street"; Greens- J. Best, THEY WAN I El) A TRJP They Signed the Enlistment t apers Hare and Were Kcgularly Examined by Dr. II lit ton at Goldsboro Lieut, Christian Notifies Col- Armfield Fred. L, Merritt. in his war corre spondence to the News and Observer this morning, gave the following in formation relative to two recruits for the First Regiment sent to Jackson ville by Lieut. T. B. Christian ,the re cruiting officer stationed here. After naming a number of recruits, Mr. Mer ritt says: "In addition to these, Lieut. Christian sent in two m)en Pettigrew O'Neal and James Hlghtower without first, having them examined and sworn in. This is contrary to law, and. in vio lation of instructions. As the men, on reaching here, refused to enlist, but declared their intention of returning home as soon as thev see the sights in Jacksosville, Christian will be tail ed on to make good to the government the cost of their transportation from Raleigh here. Thev claim he forced the transportation upon them. Wheth er that be true or not, sending them without first havfng them examined and sworn in was directly contrary to instructions." , A representative of The Times-Visitor this morning brought the matter to the attention of Lieutenant Chris tian, who at once denied the state ments of O'Neal and Hightower, and produced papers of enlistment signed by both of the men. He stated further that the men were both regularly ex amined by Dr. Hutton at Goldsboro and wen; then brought to this city. The men left Goldsboro on Satur day .July 9, after being examined by Dr. Hutton, who had wired to Lieuten ant Christian asking that they be sent with the party ready to start on that day. The men reached here at 3:40, and as the train stopped only a minute there was not sufficient time to do more than have the men sign the oath so the verbal oath was not given. Lieutenant Christian wrote these facts to Colonel Armfield ' today, and plainly showed that the men had sigh ed the oath In good faith. There were several witnesses to the signatures. It is not known what action will be taken against the men when Lieuten ant Christian's report reaches Jack sonville. The men can not be handled as deserters, but it is entirely proba ble that some punishment will be In flicted. At any rate, it is hardly prob able that Lieutenant Christian will be put to any expense on their account. AFTER SARGEANT BUNCH. There aresome green men in the Second Regiment and from among the most verdant the provost guard, is se lected. However, if this is not thecase pt no one deny it for the sake of those 'who are overlooked. This morning Sergeant Charlie Bunch, of the First i Regiment, who is here with the re ' cruitlng party was accosted on west 'Martin street by Private Turner, Co. jM, Second Regiment, who after shift ing his musket Into position demanded that the Sergeant furnlsn a pass. "I'm in the First Regiment," said Bunch. "Show me your pass," demanded the private. "Stick to him, partner. I admire your pluck." said a bystander, and the '.private seeing that he had good backing again demanded a pass under threat ' to at once arrest the Sergeant, and take jhim to the "City Hall." Sergeant Bunch to end the dlseus Islon showed to the guard an old letter j from a friend and this was sufficient to 'gain the consent of the verdant guards man to allow tus superior to pass wim- out confinement in the city prison. DEATH OF MRS. ANN WARD. This morning at her home on Halifax street, Mrs. Ann S. Ward died after a. short illness. Mrs. Ward though she ihas been in feeble health fr several years had been doing well until yester day when she became suddenly tli and this mornlntr ' . succumbed to . heart trouble.-Phe was an elderly lady, lov ed fixii esteemed by all who knew her. for her loveliness of character and her sweet Christian charity. Mrs. , Ward leaves four sons and two daughters, four of . whom reside in . this ' city. The members of the family who survive to mourn: their loss are Captain Wll 11am Ward, of the S. S. Rio Janeiro. now preparing; to sail from San Fran cisco :to Manila,' Mr. John Ward, one of Raleigh's steadiest business men, Mr. Frank Ward, of the Julius Lewis Hardware Company, ; Mr.- Charles B. Win, of Denver. Colorado. Miss Mar garet Ward and Miss Jante Ward. , all of whom, except the tw soM, In he mi were at their mother's bedside. 1 f useral will take place totnor row afternoon at six o'clock fftom I Christ Episcopal Cbureb, BROADIE ON THE KOADS William Kuesell and Tom scott git Four Months on the Konds and l.ee Mial Six Months for I arcT Other Cases Dispose of. The sdeond dav's session of Wake County Criminal Court was opened this morning by Judge Bryan and the day's work has been a paying one for the county. The cases of unusual local interest that tried today were those against Tom Richardson, the housebreaker, and Jim Broadie for larceny. The for mer will again visit Ray s sanitarium for three years, and one year of that time he will be joined by Jim Broadie. At the morning session of court much work was quickly dispatched, and the county is the winner by many odds. The roads will need working shortly and Judge Bryan and Solicitor Pou as recruiting officers for the chain gang are a decided sucess. The cases disposed of todav are as follows: State vs.TIsaac Allen; bigamv; nol pros with leave. State vs. W. B. Chavis; larceny; nol pros with leave. State vs. Ed Hunt; larceny; verdict not guilty; discharged. State vs. Jim Broadie; larceny; ver dict guilty; sentenced to 12 months on the roads. State vs. Tom Richardson; house breaking; verdict guilty; sentenced to years on roads. State vs. Rufus R. Sexton; J. P. Judgment taxing costs to Jordan Rich ardson affirmed. State vs. Simon Yelloday; removing landmarks; continued. State vs, W. H. Smith; larceny; call ed and failed: judgment nisi; sci fa and capias. State vs. Lee Mial; larcenv; called and failed: judgment nisi: sci fa and capiaB. State vs. Lee Mial; larceny; verdict guilty; sentenced to 6 months on the roads. State vs. William Russell and Tom Scott; larceny; verdict guilty; sen tenced to 4 months on the roads. State vs. Will Tavlor: assault with intent to rape; verdict. State vs. Beulah Hlll;larceny; ver dict guilty; sentenced to 12 months in work house. State vs. Osborn Brown; keeping- gaming table; pleads guilty; adjudged to pay fine of $5.00 and costs. DROWNED IN A SEWER. Four-Year-Old Boy at Waycross Meets an Unusual Death. The following special to the Savan nah News is of interest in Raleigh: Waycross, Ga., July 9. Ben Park Beavers, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Beavers, on South Gil more street, fell in a sewer well this morning while playing and was drown ed. The child sank to the bottom of the well and was fished out by some men, a few minutes alter tne acciaent was announced. Playmates of the child missed him He had gone too near the abyss and there was no one there to warn or rescue him. The child's father and mother were almost crazed with grief at his death. When the lifeless body was found it was several feet deep In the well and no sign of accident was visible at the mouth of the well. Mrs. Beavers is a sister of Mrs. B, F. Park of this city and the young boy who lost his life was a namesake of the late Mr. Benjamin Park. HIS PETERSBURG RECORD. From the Petersburg correspondence of the Norfolk Ledger the following is clipped: The escape from the Raleigh, N. C. penitentiary of the prisoner Gettlngs, alias Merritt, who was undergoing life sentence for burglarv, recalls the fact that by his timely escape from Petersburg, Just before committing bis crime In Raleigh, he escaped arrest and trial on three separate charges of housebreaking and ! robbery, all com mitted In one week In this city. His companion, who was operating with him here, named Walter Wright; is now undergoing a sentence of five years In the Virginia penitentiary for com plicity in these crimes. - 6n the ' early morning train from the east today was ' a jolly party of Releighites returning from Morehead, where they spent Sunday. ; The visit ors organised themselveslnto a Rough Riders organisation and had a great time at' that favorable resort. Among those la the party were Messrs, Hal W. Ayer, : Sherwood Higgs, J , M. Aye, Henry Gllliara, Henry McXee, J. C. & Harris, ft., Thomas B. Heart, oe Marshall and w. W, Green S.A, L. FILESAN ANMVKK apt, Day Op. ned the Argruraer.t and Attorney Douglas FollowedMr. Lvigh Watts of ortwmouth a so Addressed the ommlsyioncrs. Hie Railroad Commission met again today, the object o the session being to hear the additional answer of the Seaboard Air Line to the Governor's complaints. The commission met at 10 o clock and the session was the most boring in the history of that de partment. The seeches were the same old seven and six without a single varia tion, not even a change of expression or tone of voice among the attorneys. The words rolled out mechanically and the speeches wyere void of new features or bright points. There was no live ly spar between counsel as the ground had ail been covered twice before and attorneys and visitors all seemed anxious to hear the last of the debate that the commissioners may render their decision. Captain W. H. Day, of the Seaboard Air Line, was the first to speak and he wyas followed by At torney Douglas. The session prolonged until dinner hour, when Attorney Douglas concluded his remarks and the commission took a recess until this afternoon. At the afternoon session Judge Leigh Watts, of Portsmouth, is to speak and this will conclude the day's discussion. The decision of the commission is i waited. WEEKLY CFROP BULLETIN. For the Week Ending Mondav, July 11 1898. During the week ending Mondav, July 11th, 1S8, the weather conditions have been very favorable for agri cultural interests throughout the State, and the outlook at present seems more promising than at any previous time this season. The drought was thor oughly broken everywhere by show ers which occurred nearly every day and averaged about 2.75 inches for the State, or nearly an inch above the nor mal. The rains were heavy but washed lands badly only in two or three south ern and northern counties; generally it fell in gentle showers upon slean, well cultivated fields in condition to receive the greatest benefit, and crops have been wonderfully revived. The temperature was much lower than last week, but not beiow the normal ex cept slightly so on the 7th, 10th and 11th. Although the sky has been gen erally cloudy there were occasional pe riods of sunshine. The reports of near ly all correspondents this week are favorable and crops seem to be in flourishing condition. Farm work was impeded to some extent and some fields have become grassy. Corn is now fresh, green and thrifty. Though still reported as tasseling low the stalk Is good and It Is earing well. The rains this week have pracfticully made early corn and wonderfully ben efitted the young crop. Laying by is now proceeding in extreme western and northern count'es and will soon be completed everywhere, though delayed somewhat by wet weather. Cotton has made excellent growth and Is looking well. Blooms have appeared as far north as Pasquotank and Hertford In the east and Davidson county in the west. The crop is best on sandy loam where Is was well worked, but Is still small as compared with last year on clayey, soil. It seems to be fruiting well In the south, where some fields have already been plowed the last time. The crop is green and growing rapidly lice have almost disappeared. Tobac co has improved materially and is looking fine; topping has become gen eral. Cutting has commenced In six eastern counties and a few barns of fine tobacco have . been cured. It late and irregular in a few central and western counties. Threshing continues actively and reports of excellent yields of small grains are more numerous each week. The cutting of the last oat crop will be completed shortly. Rice is one of the best crop in the northeast coast counties. Peanuts and sweet po tatoes are doing well now. Melons have improved, but none are ripe; the watermelon crop will probably be in terior, wardens have recovered to some extent and promises a fair yield of all vegetables. The fruit crop Is generally poor. Rains for the week: Pantego, 1.08; laches: Shannon. 1.75: Areola. z.io; Trenton, 1.00: RloMands, 8.71: ML Ol ive, J.76: Wilmington, 1.28; Rbsedale, 4,60; Weldon, 8.49; Newbern, J.6S: Lum- b&rtoa, 1.IS; Soapstone, VeuMr ; GermantqR, 1.10: Auburn, . ft.02; letgfc, Mj Ilex. 180: Selma. -W; Charlotte, 1.J8; Martc. LIS; Ht Pleas ant. Mir Settle, UTi edeS0fVllle, 1; rate Ml ' i EVENTS Those Who ar.in the Public Eye--Move ment of People who Have or Hav !)t Gone to the War-Xevs in Little Opace. Auditor Hal. W. Ayer has returned to the city. Mr. Leigh Watts ,of Portsmouth, is registered at the Tarborough. Prof. F. M. Harper, of Athens, Ga., is in the citv, visiting friends. Dr. James Battle Avirett this morn ing returned to his home at Klttrell. Mr. W. A. TTpchurch and wife left this morning for Panacea Springs. Mr. Henry Gilliam, of Tarboro, Is In the city, stopping at the Tarborough. Dr. Goodwin returned this morning after a business trip on the Seaboard Air Lfcie. Mr. Sherwood Higgs returned this morning from Morehead City, where he spent Sunday. Mrs. Burke Haywood and Mr. Edgar Haywouja have gone to Wrightsville Beach on a visit to Mrs. Preston L. Brldgers. Quiffe a party of Georgians were here this morning en route to Morehead. Among the party were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fleming and family, Dr. McPher- son, of the University of Georgia; Mrs. Thomas and Misses Isabelle and Ger trude Thomas, of Athens. DR. RAMSEY A DEMAGOGUE. The Recorder Pours Hot Shot Into The Progressive Farmer. The Biblical Recorder, until this week, had refrained from mentioning the Kilgo-Clark controversy. The ed itor, in today's Recorder, has a long editorial in defense of "Christian edu cation," and Secretary White, the for mer and the latter having been drag ged into the discussion. However, the Recorder takes no side in the contro- vers, but Wt'nctly"states that ifis'a personal matter between two distin guished members of another denomi nation. The editor of the Recorder, among other things, writes: But two newspapers in this State have taken this controversy for an occasion, one to make an outrageous attack upon Christian education, the other to misrepresent and insult Sec retary White; and we are impelled by every sense of duty to speak. "The first paper begins its tirade against Christian education by declar ing, as if the people never voted, that men of wealth, with one concerted purpose, have taken charge of the Na tion's legislation, the highways of transportation, the avenues of public information, all political parties; and speaking particularly Insults if such an editorial can Insult anv one the leadening editors of North Carolina, by declarins that monopolists have so thoroughly "done their work that you might give an eye for every daily pa per in North Carolina which thev do not own, without serious injury to your sight." This malicious misrepresenta tion, whirh no sound mind will enter tain, is followed by the charge that monopolists have gone forward to con trol our institutions ot learning: and after much beating of the air comes to this shameless statement: And so the people of North Caro lina, of whatever denomination, or of none, will thank Judge Clark for Els victorious and caustic revelation of the purpose of plutocracy under the catchy cry of 'Christian Education." Judge Clark brands this paragraph with the mark of falsehood when he declares that he Is taking no position in this controversy with respect to Christian education, and that he does not wish to be considered as taking sides. Those who have read the letters produced In the controversy know that Judge Clark has achieved no victory nor made any revelations of "plutoc racy's" designs upon "Christian edu cation." Nor do we believe he desires to be so understood. "And those who .being members either of Presbyterian, Christian, Friends, Methodist, Lutheran or Bap tist, or other denominations, have any respect for their chufches, do not re quire of anv one an exposure ot the baseness of the untruth contained In the direct insinuation that "plutocra cy" can BrlbS churches .associations, conferences or synods, or boards of , trustees, if it sought to, ... "That sentence from the Progressive. Farmer Is an insult to every Christian v In North Carolina, ana a aangerous , thrust at education! Instltubtions! ckarftiaff college trustees with erliUl aal venality. It is the utterance aol merely of a demaagofro. but of a vV clous eaemv o the Christian religUa, , "The heaest people of Nortfc Caro Una will sot be deceived hf demagofl who so Rtoxajr t' It f r i -I i T : V
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