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fimESVISITOR HE o RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST 31. im. NUMBER 8661. 25 CENTS A MONTH HOSPITAL ..,-i-.ri"- OlIVETT The Hospital Corps Narrowly Escape Mystery. CONDITION PORTO RIG AN TROOPS SERIOUS Govorner Bob Taylor 111 Schley Leaves for Porto Rico Ren devous at Newport R. I Shatter's Reception OLIVETTE SUNK. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. FERNANDINA, August 31. The hos- gital ship Olivette which has been lying ' Dear ine quarantine siuuon was buiik. .mysteriously at seven o'clock this morning. The hospital corps number ing thirty-five and the crew of forty flve esciped In scanty attire. Rousta bouts in the lower hold narrowly es caped. Some think they took refuge cn a nearby schooner, others that they reached the quarantine station. The ship was sunk in thlrtv-flve feet of , water and her main deck is submerged. TO SAVE THE OLIVETTE. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. 1 FERNANDINA, FLA., August SI. Prearation are being considered for jumping out the Olivette, the hospital ehip sunk this morning. She was own sd by one of the Plant Lines running between Port Tampa and Key West. ' SERIOUS IN PORTO RICO. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON, August Sl.-The war department is making every possible effort to hasten the withdrawal of troops from Porto Rico on account of the increasing alarming sickness among the military forces on the island. It will be several days however, before adequate transportation can be pro vided. The department officers no lon ger have douts that the santary situa tion in Porto Rico is serious enough to warrant most radical measures for the relief of the troops. OFF FOR PORTO RICO. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. NEW YORK, August 31. Admiral Schley arrived today from West Port. He boarded the transport Seneca which will take him to Porto Rico. He was dressed in citizen's clothes. Besides the members of the peace commission the Seneca carries fifty postofflce em ployees, five army paymasters and forty-two trained nurses. Major An drews, recently detailed by the Adju tant -General for the department at Santigo, accompanied the expedition. VISIT POSTPONED. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. CAMP WICKOFF, August 31. A dis patch from Adjutant General Corbln this morning states that neither Presi dent McKlnlev nor Secretary of War Alger wl'l visit the camp this week. Preparations had been made for their Arrival next Friday. ANOTHER DIES. j "iiir xurijv, AURUSI 31. ITlvaw McKeever of the Seventy-first New jTork regiment died this morning from typhoid malaria. ' t ORDERED TO OMAHA. By Telegraph to The nes-Visitor. WASHINGTON, Aufust SI. A com (pany. of signal corps have been ordered to the Omaha Exposition despite the protests of Chief Greely. QUEEN WILHELMINA. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. Trim MpuE. August 31. Queen l(TVilnelnilna lias peached her majority ;ana asceeqea the throne today. She j Issue! a proclamation accepting th ,. government, and announcing that sh would follow the line laid down by her parent, sn endeavor to eleTate the vflag and the people. ; :!, ; ' .' ' ' CAPT. CLARK ON FURLOUGH. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. BENTON HARBOR, August St-Cap tain Clark of th Oregon has had his , furlough extended for three months. and Crew Cause a SHAFTER EXPECTED. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. WICKOFF, August 31 General Shaf- ter on tne transport City of Mexico, is expected today. The officers are pre paring a rousing welcome for him. To day finds a marked improvement in the condition of the general hospital. The reports are better than for a week. Three hundred and fifty patients were sent to New York this morning on the Yucatan. Later today the Ranmarcus will take another load. This will leave thousand vacancies for the sick from the transports. STORM AT SAVANNAH. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. SAVANNAH, August 31. A severe storm is sweeping along the coast. Ear ly this morning the wind attained a ve locity of seventv-five miles. Rain is pouring in torrents and the streets are filled with debris. The railroad tracks are washed out. The trains are delay ed and telephone connection with Tybee Island is severed. SAIL FOR NEWPORT. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON, August 31. The na vy department received a cable from Ponce today announcing that the Puri tan, Amphitrite. Terror, Hannibal and Montgomery have sailed for Newport. Rhode Island. Their object is to get the crews away from a tropical cli mate. The citizens of Newport have been making an effort to secure a ren dezvous of the larger vessels there. The department could not do this but agreed to send some smaller vessels. SOLDIERS' STORIES. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. NEW YORK, August 31 Another detachment of soldiers from Camp Thomas arrived here this morning. They told pitiful stories about eating poor pork and bad potatoes for days. The travelers on the train were kind to the emaciated ones and gave up their Pullman berths to them. WILL GO SATURDAY. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Adjutant General Corbin says that President Mc- Klnley and Secretary of War Alger and some members of the cabinet will go to Camp Wlkoff next Saturday. SENECA SAILS. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. NEW YORK, Aug. 31. The Seneca sailed at one o'clock this afternoon with the commissioners for Porto Rico aboard. GOV. TAYLOR ILL. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. KNOXVTLL.E, August 31. Governor Taylor Is suffering from kidney trouble at his home in Johnson City. His con dition Is reported serious this morning. Relatives have been summoned. A Syrian had a Greek arrested before Judge Roberts this morning. When the case was called the Judge put on his Syrian robes, and donned his Greek helmet and appointed Mlcaja Interpre ter. After all the evidence was in and the complainant and defendant had gone through with many pantomimic evolutions. Judge Roberts pronounced an old-fashioned Rhamkatte1 Judgment, Imposing a monetary penalty and re quiring the Greek to enter Into recog nizance against further war-like, acts toward the Syrian. .- All the roads leading from Raleigh are In a fearful condition. Residents alQng these roads say there has been no work of any good for some time. 1 LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON. Mr. W. H. Bagley Accepts a Position on the Providence Journal. This afternoon Mr. W. H. Bagley left for Washington city, where he has ac cepted a responsible position in the Washington Bureau of the Providence Journal of Providence. Rhode . Island The Washington bureau of this journal is managed by Mr. F. S. Howland. While Mr. Bagley relinquishes his po sition as editor of the Times-Visitor, he still has an Interest in the paper and the Raleigh public will enjoy some newsy Washington letters. Mr. Bagley is congratulated on hav ing tendered him such a responsible position on t ie leading paper in New England. RAILROAD COMMISSION. Standard Cotton Rates Applies to Ral eigh and Gaston. The Railroad Commission held anoth er session this morning. The only bus iness transacted was the granting of a revision of the cotton rate on the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad making the rate the same as is now in force on the North Carolina Railroad. This s the standard rate. The action of the Commission was unanimous. MAYOR'S COURT. William Roacher and Chas. Manly were adjudged guilty of an affray by Mayor Russ this morning and were fined $3,25 each. Sam Keith and wife were up for dis orderly conduct. The woman was dis charged and judgement was suspended against Keith. HORHIBLE DEATH A Private from Ohio While Delerious Hanged Himself By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. CAMP WIKOFF, Aug. 31. A private n the camp here named John Wagner, while in the delirium of typhoid fever. rose from his bed while alone, went out on the ground and hanged himself to the ridge pole of a tent in the camp. He was enlisted at Columbus. Ohio. Other deaths since yesterday are Alexander Heller of the Eighth Ohio; Henry Burdick, of the Tenth Cavalry; Philip Gooch. of the Twenty-fifth In fantry; J. W. Crawford, of the Ninth avalry. Twelve hundred and seventy- two patients are now in the general hospital and four hundred and sixteen are in detention. THE NEW ROAD. . P. and C. R. R. Will Connect at Pe tersburg This Week. Mr. Charles E. Johnson went to Pe tersburg yesterday morning to attend a very important meeting of the Board of Directors of the Richmond, Peters burg and Carolina Railroad Company. which was held at the Imperial Hotel, in that city, yesterday. There were present De Witt Smith, of New York. President of the company; Gen. J. S. Gegley, of New York, Vice President, and General Manager Charles E. John son, of Raleigh, N. C; J. C. Tripp, of Baltimore, and Willliam R. McKenney, of Petersburg. There was a general discussion of matters pertaining to the building of the road and ways and means of completing the first twenty miles south from Petersburg in the earliest possible time. It is expected to have the road connected with Peters burg some time this week. BRIEFS. Mr. B. C. Glover, formerly of Ral eigh, Is in the city today. Miss Sallie Parham, who has been visiting In Youngsville, returned home yesterday. Miss Withers, of Davidson, Is the guest of Mrs. W. A. Withers, on Hiils boro street. Mr. Frank Ellington has returned form an extended trip north. Of course he reports a capital time. Miss Pearl Robinson, of Clayton who has many friends m Raleigh, presented a flag at the Democratic rally in John ston yesterday. The A. and M. College opens tomor row and a number of students arrived today. The outlook Is good fo)r a large school. Grand Secretary B. H. Woodell left today for Moore and Montgomery coun ties on business for the I. O. O. F. He will be absent the rest of the week. The examination for the scholarship at the Bingham School was held here today. The Judges will announce the winner later. Major Davis was busy again today in the Adjutant General's office getting the accounts which were returned from Washington in proper shape. It will doubtless require several days yet be fore the work can be completed. A number of students passed through the city today to Wake Forest College. The fall session opened today and the faculty are expecting a very fUtterinj atttendance. Most of tha men who went through today were new students. MORE LIGHT The Light Committee Inter viewed BAD MANAGEMENT lhe I'rogresslveness of this Admluistra' trattonhlfi VflJT been What our People Anticipated It Would lie Mr. Joe Correll, chairman of the Light Committee, was Interviewed lu night and from what lie said this . about the state of affairs. The citv has a contract fir 70 a electric lights and liw gas lights f'. street lighting purposes, the location of which lights was made by the tuiiirr administration. Recently there has been much com plaint to the committee in addition to that which has more publicly appeared in the city press. The coinniittte have requested the Elec-lrk- Company to ex plain the cause of this bad service, but for two mopths the committe have been unable to receive anv response from the Electric Company, but have been completely ignored by it. Has your committee reported the miserable bad service, and your futile efforts to correct the same to the Board of Aldermen? asked the leporier. "We have made no repent for two months but there will be a pretty sharp one made on Friday night next." the chairman replied. Mr. Correll continuing said, the com mittee has learned that many lights have been burned out and the Electric Company when this oc-.'urs will change lights from 'one point to another, this was recently done by taking the one from the intersection of Swain and Da vie streets and using it somewhere else for a week or more, without any au thority of the committee. The Board's only action in the mat ter of service is ll.ut of deducting from the Electric Company's bill for lights a sum equal to the time tile lights do riot burn. The only means the Hoard has of ascertaining- win-re and what lights do not bum. is by reports made by the policemen who an on duty at nisht. These reports are, made to the Chief of Polfte. who reports to the city clerk, and a sum is deducted equal to the time such lights do not burn so the city only pays lor what it gets. There has been no complaint of the gas lights. Her& is food for thought A city with some W mil., thoroughfares the lighting 1 action, f public which is d placed in the hands of i the Board of Aldermen. committee of badly lighted for two months past, and the committee unable, the chairman states, to get an explanation. The Hoard of Al dermen mad? a contract for a certain price for the lighting of 70 arc electric lights upon the streets of Raleigh, which price is paid out of the people's taxes for a service essential to the com fort, health and life of such people, and necessarv for the protection of their property. For two months of the term of this contract that service has been miserable and the Board of Al dermen content themselves with a de duction of a fractional portion of the contract price and accept the misera ble service while the committtee does actually nothing. How does the deducting Board arrive at the particular amount to hold out? Says the chairman of the committee, the police report where the lights do not burn. Great Scot. We are to sup pose then that when a policeman finds a light not burning he seats himself down to watch that lump of darkness and with watch in one hand and a match in the other await the tedious hours roll by till the light burns again, note the time of darkness, report to the Chief of Police, who then reports to the Clerk of the Board, he then submits a report to the chairman of the Finance Committee and that committee make mathematical calculations and arrive at a given sum to suggest to the de ducting board the Board of Aldermen and the city treasury is saved the take-out. But where, oh where is the light? The light which the citizens need and want. The light which the Board contracted for and which should be made to comply with every covenant of the contract or no money should be paid by the Board at all. The spirit of forgetfulness of all the rights of the public and the habit on the part of Board of Aldermen to contract for specific things and take what they can get is becoming too com mon about the country. There should be a strict .compliance with every item of a contract made by the servants of the people wherein the public money raised by taxation is to be expended in payment therefor. There are some things that the Times Visitor knows whxih it seems the Light Committee are as much in the dark about as they are about some other things, and that is that the Eetectrie Company is putting in new powerful engines to run their plant, and, of course, this makes It unable to supply as good service as their contract calls for or as they will be able to furnish when the new engine is in. But with this there should have been an under standing with the Board of Alder men by the Electrict Company that a certain time would be allowed for these improvements and a supplemental con tract executed for that period. Then the public should have been made ac quainted with such an arrangement. The Times-Visitor believes the Eelec tric Company are greatly improving their plant and will soon be able to give a much better car and light ser vice than befojA)ut this work should " i juSSfrtned as Speedily to completion -T"- "in wi""-"""1" j. ue people or naieigii are listratTT . ' , . . . a cnaruaDie xoroearing one ana wnne they expected great things from the progressive administration now in pow er, they are sadly disappointed in the light matter and the s'reet work. True, f' e Street Committee, or its chairman, '. s printed volumes of reports and the ... tit Committee and its chairman has ,t muni on reports. Still the city ! nr'les of bad streets, grassy side .ilks and for two months past a ilow of darkness has to a great ex nt enveloped the progressiveness. HEATH OF OSBORNE HUNTER, SR. The above well known colored citizen of Raleigh, died at his home 208 West Cabarrus street this mornins at 9:30. I'ncle Osborne, as he was familiarly known, was one of the oldest of our citizens, being over 75 years of age. He Is the father of O. Hunter. Jr., of the Pension office. Washington, D. C. and C. N. Hunter, Principal of the Garfield school this city, and grandfather to Ed. H. Hunter of the Land office. Washington, D. C. These are all well known ."olmed people. The funeral will probably take place tomorrow afternoon. Notice will be given. WEATHER CONDITIONS. The barometer is highest on the North Carolina coast and is generally hi,!h east of the Mississippi, but there teems to be t storm of narrow area on op the Georgia coast. Reports from Florida and from Savannah are miss !nir. wires being down. A heavy rain if 1.10 inches occurred at Charleston, where the wind velocity was 34 miles from southeast at 8 a. m. Light show ers occurred from North Carolina southwest to Texas. Except a little !-::in at Bismarck, the weather through out the remainder of the countrv is fair and warm. Maximum tempera 'ure of 90 to its occurred over the cen tral valley and west. MISS ADELAIDE CHIPS! M WEDS. There was a vtrv rjuiet little home wedding yesterday afternoon in the rooms of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grissnm. in the Pittsburg block. Miss Adelaide Grissom, sister of Robert, and Dr. 1'emlx rton F. Rucker, son of Judge Rucker. of Aspen, were married in the presence of the family friends. Dr. and Mrs. Rucker are now off for Aspen, and from there they will go on an extended camping tour with Judge and Mrs. Rucker. They will make their home in Bassalt. near Apen. where Dr. Rucker is practicing. Cripple Creek (Col.) Times. DELIVERING BONDS. Securities Valued at $71,864,140 Sent to 154,973 Subscribers. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. The Treas ury Department has sent out, of the ;i v bond issue, $71,864,140 ill bonds of small denominations. These have been disliibuted among 154,973 subscribers, ah aveiage of less than 500 to each subscriber. The work of shipping the bonds has proceeded up slowly to the present time, owing to the fact that all the smallelr subscriptions had to be ac cepted first and the allotments made This work has been practically com pleted, and the remaining subscriptions are in sums of from $500 to 5,000. As sistant Secretary Vanderlip estimates that all the bonds will htve been deliv ered by September 15. With very few exceptions no allot ments for as large a sum as $5,000 have been made. The number of small sub scriptions far exceed the expectations of the department, and it was found when all of them had been examined that the $200,000,000 limit had been reached before the $5,000 subscriptions were taken up. The fact that many of the small subscriptions were found to have been sent by banKs and others did not represent the investments of individuals, as contemplated by the law, caused a number of them to be rejected and enabled the department to accept a few subscriptions for $5,000 titnorwise mere would nave been no allotments for so large a sum. governor itussen late yesterday ap pointed Adjutant David Clark, son of Justice Walter Clark, Captain of Com pany M. of the Second Regiment, vk C ape. J. . Conner resigned. Cap! Clark has many friends in Raleigh vvli will congratulate him upon his appoint ment. judge i nomas it. 1'urneil today ap pointed W. G. Briggs jury commission er for this district of the Federal Court. This position was held by Judge Purne Vina ne went on tne Bench and was ngain made vacant when Mr. C. T. Bailey was appointed postmaster. Justice M. B. Barbee continues quit ill at his residence, No. 420 South Wil mington street. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS usty Travelers From Dusty Trains. SHORT STATEMENTS Those Who are in the fublie Eye Move ment of People Who Have or Have Not Gone to the WarBig News in Little Space Mr. J. B. Munson left the city this morning. Mr. Percy J. Olive, of Apex, is in the c.ty today. Mr. H. W. Norris, of Apex, i.i sp.-nJ- ng today in the city. Messrs. Cross and Linehan announce their 'opening for tomorrow. Capt. John R. Smith spoke to the farmers at Washington. N. C, yester day. Mrs. L. M. Waring is reported criti cally ill at her home, 219 East South street. Mr. Robert Lumsden left today for n extended trip to various Northern points. Miss Fannie McPheeters is spending two months in the mountains of Vir ginia. Old Ace has accepted a position as dispenser of drinks at the Carrollton bar. Mr. Harry Heck will leave tomorrow for Greensboro and Asheville on a bus iness trip. Misses Man' and Ethel Norris has returned from a visit to Lynchburg, Va., and Greensboro. Miss Annie L. Jones, of Baltimore, who has been visiting on North Blount street, returned to Baltimore this morn- ng. Mr. A. M. McPheeters was out on the street today after a confinement of several weeks by sickness. The Superintendents of water works throughout the State will meet in this ity September 13 to form a State Asso ciation. Mr. C. A. Separk with the Seaboard Air Line wears a beaming countenance on account of the arrival of a fine boy t six this a. m. Misses Willie and Nannie Allen, ac ompanied b their brother, J. Way iind Allen, of Raleigh are visiting in lutherfordton. N. C. Mr. Otho Wilson received a letter from his son in the first regiment at Jacksonville. His son has entirely re- overed now and is doing well. Dr. Center of the Secretary of State's office, has returned from Harnett coun ty where he made a great speech be fore the Populist county convention. Readers attention is invited to Messrs. Woollcott's attractive ad in today's is sue. These gentlemen advertise great bargains. Read their "ad" carefully and note their prices. The Ladies' Foreign Missionary So ciety ot the Presbvterian church will meet in their Lecture Room Thursday afternoon at 5; 30 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. Miss A. B. Young of Wake Forest, was adjudged insane by Justices H. H. Roberts and F. M. Purefoy, and placed in the North Carolina Hospital as a . patient. This afternoon the application for bankruptcy filed by Bartholomew of Nash county will be heard before Judge Purnell. Mr. F. S. Spruill, of Frank lin county, represents the applicant. The class of young ladies taught by Mr. Junius Sm'th in the Baptist Taber nacle will give o lawn party in the rear of the postofflce tomorrow night. The proceeds will go to the Sunday school library. Mr. J. D. Carroll is displaying his characteristic progressive spirit by putting in a brand new outfit in his saloon on Wilmington street. He al ways keeps abreast of the times by advertising in the Times-Visitor. Mr. C. B. Williams has returned from a visit to Boston and New York. He attended the sessions of the American Scientific Socielv in Boston and went to New York in time to witness the great naval parade. He formed an in timate friendship with Sampson and Schley. Mr. J. C. Ellington, Jr.. who was bookkeeper for W. H. & R. S. Tucker & Co. is now in his same chair with the progressive firm of Messrs. Dobbin & Ferrall, Mr. Ellington possesses good looks, good taste and is universally popular with the ladies. What more can he want? Mr. J. W. Cherrv, of Norfolk, who was ivited to deliver an address be fore the Red Men of Raleigh at the cel ebration of their anniversary by the Osceola tribe, states that he cannot come before October: hence the cele bration has been postponed until that time. )!
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