J ITOR RVLK1GH. N. C SATURDAY BYB.VLVW, OUTOBKK 15 IH9 ; 25 cK.vrs Movra NUMBKR 870) THE TIMES VIS PEACE COMMISSION They Mt Together Onl) Twice a Week. WKLOOME FKOST T.llw Jaok Mart Giro Way hti Jack" rot .pear--OuUt An th lllinoUe Sirikernfcewa of t oday. By Cable to the Tiroes-Visitor. PARIS, Oct. IS. The sensational or definite dispatches concerning the peace commission conference can be based oniy un conjeeture ' since information from Madrid buth Spanish and Ameri can commissioners are mute. They do not foresee any publication of their proceedings or time required for their work. The joint sessions held twice a week not by any rule, but according to their convenience for referring to the home government certain questions. The; United States commissioners beside ple nary Dowers have full Instructions in the delinile matters, In which ex-Secretary Day has already been the chief -agent. It la understood that the finan cial questions are uppermost and the commercial ones have not vet been touched. WELCOME JACK FROST. By Telegraph to the Times-VlBtor. WASHINGTON, Oct 15. The occur rence of frost in various parts of tne South was welcomed by the Marine .Hospital authorities, who look for their , . , , continuance and consequently a ii.F?d diminution of yellow fever. Prist is reported officially at Jackson, titark ville, Columbia and Holly Springs in Mississippi. ILLINOIS STRIKE. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. VIKDEN. 111., Oct. 15. The attorney of the Chicago and Vlrden Coal Com pany says that no further attemot will be made to land Alabama negroes here. An attempt to fix the responsibility fur the loss of life will be made by the Governor. WANT HELP. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. NORFOLK. Va., Oct. 15. Captain Elliott and crew of the schooner "Western Belle," of Hamburg, bound for Brunswick, Georgia, which was wrecked In a hurricane on the Grand Banks, has applied to the British Con sul to help them get home. COL. BRYAN. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 15. Colonel Bryan and his regiment are preparing to go to Cuba to do garrison duty. He will remain with the regiment if the authorities refuse to muster the regi ment out Col. Brvan is not In good health. POWDER FOR MANILA. I By Cable to the Times-Visitor. DAniA tnuA, uui, xo. nv re loads of brown powder has been ship ped to Manila. yellow Jack. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. JACKSON. MISS., Oct. 15 The weather Is cool and It Is hoped and ex pected that this will check the fever. Fifty new cases are reported In the State. The situation remains unchang ed. MEET IN DECEMBER. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. k NEW UKLJSANo. Oct. 16. Mne Biaie joard has received a report of only one ypw case of fever and no deaths. The lilicatlona are that the meeting In De- Vnber for the purpose of preventing (warranted quarantine will be large ) attended. WANT TO COMB BACK. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. BT. JUOUia. Oct. 15. Negro miner from Alabama have been dumped here without Information, disposition or oh Ject. Thus neglected they are anxious toretura to the South. THE EPISCOPAL DIVORCE CANOK. The following 1 the amended eanon as adoDted at the Episcopal convention now In session at Washington City. It was adoDted after a very spirited die cusston by a majority of but one. The section of the canon as adopted Is: "No minister of this church shall sol emnize the marriage of any person who haa a divorced husband or wife llvin. If such husband or wife ha been put away for any causa arising after mar- rluee. Thla shall not BDDly to the Inno cent party In a divorce suit on hi her film with the minister, as evidence of auch lanoeanoe. a legally certified transscript of tb record, showing final judgment or decree of a court of record nsviag jurisdiction en in ana tact matter awarding aim or her a di vorce ''a vinculo matrlmonl en the ground of adltT.M A MMOY A. Child Four lears Old Address Crowds I ha Child's Fatbtr m atveof KaUlga and Its Mother a Q orgiaa- There is a child In this city only four years old and vet It can can answer almost any queatlon about the Bible which is propounded to It. The child's name is Lonnle Lawrence Dennis. Lonnle 1b a bright mulatto, al most white. The father and mother (Green and Cornelia Dennis respective ly) arrived in Raleigh with the child this morning from Durham. Green Dennis might easily be mistaken for a white man. He says that he was born in Raleigh, but this Is the first time he has been here in thirty-five years. No sooner had they left the train than a crowd collected around the trio. Lon nle was the center of attraction. He I a little fellow, In a white (rock and sail or hat, and from his looks one would ex pect to hear baby talk, but from his conversation one would Judge him to be forty. "How old Is the child?" a re porter asked the mother. She turned to the baby and said. "Answer the gen tleman's question." Lonnle then stated that he was born on Christmas day, 1893, in Atlanta, Georgia, and he went on further gave the street address of his home In that city. The child answered without hesita tion every question on the Scriptures which was propounded. As an example, a bystander asked him where Jesus was born. He quickly replied correctly, and answering further questions stated about the wise men coming and bring ing presents. "What kind of presents?" he was asked. "Presents of gold and Bllver," was his reply. With the names of the disciples he -was perfectly famll . , .. lar, and also readily answered questions .. , , , . on the old Testament. "Who taught you, Lonnle?" "God,' he replied. His mother and father declare that he cannot read and that they have never been able to teach him anything. He has manifested this wonderful knowledge ever since he was two years old. He has been catechised by the Gov ernor of Georgia, the Governor of Ala bama, and other distinguished men. He has visited five States and address ed 35,000 people. He has spoken In Char lotte and Durham. His mother said last night he spoke In a hall in Dur ham. "No," said Lonnle, "I spoke In a school house there." The child is remarkable, no matter how he acquired his knowledge. APPROACHING SALE. From the number of Inquiries made by proposed purchasers of the Myatt lots on Newbern avenue, the indica tions are that the auction sale of said lots on November 2d, will be well at tended, and that the'Iots will sell read ily. The terms of sale are favorable, and it affords a rare opportunity for people of limited means to procure a home at a cheap price on easy term. A map of the lots with terms of sale appear on third page. RIDICULE THE PLOT. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. PARIS, Oct. 15. The anti-revision newspapers ridicule the Idea of a plot o nthe part of the military officers to seize the government. THE NEW ROAD. Col. F. A. Olds and Mr. Jesse Jones have returned from a squirrel hu;it down the new railroad. Of course, thr,y had a fine time and killed all the squir rels they saw. The Raleigh and Cape Fear Railroad now extends fourteen miles, and is within five miles of Fu quay's Springs, which is In Just two miles of the Harnett county line. Col, Olds savs that this is ths best built new road In ths State. Mr. J. A. Mills, the president of the company, has arranged a special ached ule for Fair Week, and intends to bring crowds to Raleigh.. The train will then stop at the Caraleigh Junction point, so that the passengers can he conveyed from there atright to the Fair grounds. MU6TBRINO OUT. Capt Todd Dally Expects Definite la itrvetioaa. The question aa to whether the iec ond regiment will return t Raleigh to be mustered eat of the governmental service still tanga fire. Captain Todd, the mustering out officer, is dally ex pecting definite an dunmlstakable in structions before) he can proceed with hi work. Ths view of officer here regard to the beat plan for the govern ment to adopt have been sen t the department at Washington. Mr. James King ha ust returned from Durhaai, where he went I nthe in terest ef the State Pair. HI trip was very auccesffuL Mr. King give a glowing description of the Durham Con servatory ef Music under Prof. W. O. Bryant. He my that conservatry la a great eaeeeej, autd Prof. Bryant has mere applications tor admittance than he ean aaiipt. SEA DISASTER The Steamship MohegHis foaiiderd at Sea NINETY-NINE PERHH Iks Crew Worked voblv The BoMs were Lowered v ittt the w ora a In Ti em rasacnora lung to Nocks. By v. , the Times-Visitor. LOfc Oct. 15. The particulars of the f oui.-. ing of the steamship Mo hegan, near Lizard are eomlng in slowly. A dispatch to the Lloyds from Falmouth merely announces that she sunk with fifty-nine passengers and a crew of one hundred and fifteen after striking man acles. After striking her back broke, she slide Into the deep water, carrying all save thirty-three, who succeeded In getting into a life-boat, and found fourteen others clinging to rocks. A tug picked up a man who had been floating seven hours. He said that he was In the dining room when he heard the crash. When found he was on the rocks. He said that the utmost order pre ailed among the crew who worked no bly. The boats were lowered and filled with women. He was unable to say what became of them. Less than twen ty minutes after the crash the ship set tled. The night was clear. The latest reports places the number of saved at seventy-five and the lost at ninety-nine. CRAVEN MEMORIAL HALL. A Brief Descrlpetlon of the Elegant Building. (Durham Herald.) The Craven Memorial hall at Trinity Park is now under way and the founda tion is nearlv completed. Architect Chas. C. Hook, of Charlotte, who de signed the building was here today in specting the work. Architect Hook In forms the Herald that Craven hall will be one of the handsomest buildings in the State. It wul be built of silver gray brick and trimmed In beautiful granite from the Mt. Airy quarries. The building will be of a classic de sign and will make a grand appearance from an tide. The interior will be finished in natural woods and will seat between 1,200 and 1,600 people. The . floor will be bowl shaped, and the stage will have a seat ng capacity of 200. The procenium of the stage will be a large arch 35 feet n diameter and ceilings will be paneled so as to give a massive appearance. Architect Hook also designed the Memorial hall at Guilford college, which was built by a donation of 10,000 given by Messrs. J. B. and B. N. Duke. The building was built as a memorial to Mrs. Mary Duke Lyon, and so carefully were the plans drawn when the build ing was completed there was a balance of 150. ACTING AMPHIBIOUS MARVELS. The Onlv School of Performing Seals and Sea Lions. Among the many performing wild creatures which will he seen In the Adam Frepaugh and Sells Brothers' Consoli dation of America's Greatest Menage ries, Curcuses and Hippodromes at Raleigh, on Monday, October 31, Capt. Woodward's school of performing huge sea Hons and mild-eyed seals every where attract mirthful admiration as the onlv exhibition of the kind, and one abounding in the quaintest, queer est and funniest illustrations of am phibious Intelligence ever seen. A por poise performing a polka at a fashion able hop would not be one whit more surprising than are many of the mar tial, musical and mimic successes of these strange scholars, with only tails and flippers to physically aid their sa gacity. Their programme includes a rarely wonderful and laughable com bination of salt water and ashore imi tation and comicalities, which old and young alike applaud to the echo, and the mere recollection of which evoke peals of mirth. THE WEATHER. For Raleigh and vicinity fair tonight. and Sunday; frost tonight: wanner Sunday. A moderate area of high barometer to central this morning over the Southern States east of the Mississippi. There was considerable fall In temperature throughout the east and light frosts were reported In Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and western North Carolina. The storm which produced small amount of rain yesterday on the coast from North Carolina to New England ha moved off tb North Atlantic coast. Another storm appear In the extreme northwest which has caused a considerable rise. In temperature west of the Mississippi, with southerly winds. The weather I generally fair every where. CHRIST CHURCH. Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. Bun day school 1 a. m. Divine service 11 a. nv Evening praya V p. am seats, jarferrltas. 1 ODD FELLOWS The political pot bolls too strong now to grow fraternity. Where two or three brethren gather together there doth the office-seeker ippear. Capital Lodge seems to have been Vnefitted bv the notice given in our ast column. As soon as the election Is over and 'he excitement subsides, we want to ee all the lodges begin to put on new life. The Rebekahs in the Northwest and East are rapidly increasing. In the South there is a very slow schedule. Don't be an Odd Fellow In name only, but- do something to Identify yourself with this great organisation. From recent correspondence we are 'ed to hope that a Rebekah Lodge will soon "be "organized In Goidsboro. It ought to be. What a grand field for Rebekahs to cultivate In' rwflsboro. There is the Orphan Horrte and nearly fifty children being cared ' for. Whnt ran be more needed than a Rebekah Lodge? Odd Fellowship teaches friendship nf the true kirffl. There Is a vast differ ence between a true friend and the fel low who feigns friendship when he thinks he can make you of service to him. Friendship cannot be counter feited, much as It is attempted to be. We sometimes accept the counterfeit at par but no one need believe we have been deceived by it. The Odd Fellow's Review, of St Paul. Minn., says: "Grand Sire Plnkerton was initiated into the Order in 1878. elected Grand Master in 1S88, and elected Grand Sire In 1898. We cannot suggest what '8 in store for him in 1908 unless during the coming decade he should decide to get married." There now; we had nev er mistrusted before ...at Grand Sire Plnkerton was a single man. Tf our girls had susplcioned this -while he was in Raleigh he might have had greater reasons for saying: "I never passed two days more agreeably than with your Grand Lodge." The laws of the Order declare it to be prima facie evidence that a brother who is suffering from a chronic com plaint, but is vet able to go to his place of business, superintend it, and participate in it to a degree, is not en titled to benefits as a sick brother. Judged by this law, there are probably many brothers receiving benefits who are not legally entitled to such con sideration. As a general Ftatement the lodges aremoro-lenlent with their mem bers than the members are towards their lodges. Washington Odd Fellow. , . A POOR LODuE. A Lodge can never grow and be suc cessful unless its members have teal and enthusiasm. The circumstances of the Lodge depend largely we might al most say altogether, upon the feelings of the members. If they feel that they cannot succeed, they will not. A hun dred visits from Grand Lodge officers will be of no avail unless the members not on'y hope but believe they can achieve success. You might as well try to inspire enthusiasm In a mummy dead a thousand years as to try and en courage people who stubbornly refuse to be encouraged. And when a Lodge gets in such a frame of mind that it will not make a sincere and confident endeavor to better its condition, it is almost a hopp'.ess case. The trouble with a Lodge in this condition does not come from without, but from within the Lnd?e. There is a screw Iooe somewhere, and it is about time some effort was ma?e to find it ont. Opno'ii t'on rever k'lied a Lndse. Inactivity s penerally the prime factor. One great -?ause of inactivity is lark of interest on the port of the members. Pome as soon as they are initiated se'dnm trou b"e tlemse'ves anv more about the Iodre, nver attond any of its meetings, and wtien ask?d to p ty IheT dues lose what little Interest they ever had. An other class never attend, but keep their dves paid up. They say: "We pay our dues, and that's all that is required of ni." TTh'le It Is true that a Lodge cannot prosper without money, It is equally true that It cannot succeed without members who will attend Its meetings. Then there is another class who might well be known as "croakers." Thry t"eem to think the world cannot move without their asslstsnce, and that the Lodge does nothing right unless origi nated and engineered sole'y by them. They are continually prophesying that the Lodre Is going down, and by their persistent croaking and bickerings, bet ter members become disheartened and etsy away from the meeting. The'e 's yet another class, who mere ly join out of cur'onlty. and not through any love for the principle tauKht ;n the Loflire room. Their solemn obli gation hss very lltt'e weie-ht with them. They attend occasionally after Initia tion, but then the'r Interest ceases. It has had no Influence rn the'r life end conduct, and In fact for all practical they might never have been Odd Fellows. There Is no necessity for a Lodge to ro down, wvli'ert the members do their duty. Waahlnrton om wiiow. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Sunday school 10 a.m. Preaching at 11 a. nwby the pastor, Jae. I Poster, and at T:S0 p. m. by Rev. S. B. Klapp, of Toungsvllle, N. C. The public cor dially Invited to all service1 Important church conference after morales' ser vice. hTvery snewtter re sweated' to be MONDAY EVENING CLUB. The First Meeting of the Season Will be Heli. donday. The first meeting of the season Just opening will be held on the evening of the 17th, at the residence of Mr. T. H. Briggs, 14 West Eoenton street. An Interesting program has been ar ranged, and all members are requested to be present. The following is the official program, embracing the work planned for the Club for this season from October '98, to may "BS: CONTEMPORARY LIFE. Special for this Evening, Oct. 17. I. (a) Gladstone's Life, (a) Bismarck's Life. (c) Germany at the opening and at the close of Bismarck's life. (d) The different aims and views of these two statesmen. Music ANCIENT LIFE. II. (a) The Central Truths of Grecian Mythology. (b) Greek Art and some of its Lega cies to Mankind. (c) The Grecian Theory of Govern ment. (d) The Greek View of Women and Its Effect on their Life. (e) General View of Greek Social Life (Including Education and Business hab its, Amusements, Entertainments, Streets, Trades, Professions, etc.) Music. III. (a) Homer's Life and Work. (b) The Women of Homer. fc) The Homeric Hero as contrasted with the Beowulf Hero. (d) Effect of Mythology on Heroic Poetry. (e) Homer's Bequest to Poetry. (f) The Theology of Homer. Music IV. (a) Greek Life in the Lyric Age. (b) Different Classes of these Lyrical Poets. (c) Effect of this Form of Poetry as shown in Great Lyrics. (d) Sketches of Sappho, Anacreon, Pindar. N. B. Each Is a twelve minute paper. Music. V. (a) The Attic Drama. (b) The Elemental Points of Differ ence between the Ancient and Modern Drama. (c) The Greek Theatre, Actors and Accessories. . (d) Aeschylus, His Life and His Art. (e) Euripides, His Art and Inuence. Music. CONTEMPORARY LIFE. VI. (a) Stevenson's Life. (b) His Island Home and Its Sur roundings. (c) His Style, Methods and Alms. (d) His Successes and Failures In Fic tion. (e) His Poems. N. B. Each member state: "Why I like a novel." Music. THE SCOTTISH DIALECTICIANS. VII. fa) Scott'sh Social Life as Drawn by These Writers. (b) The Successful Eelement In Their Works. (c) Dr. Lydcate and Dr. McClure. (d) Character Sketches of McLaren, Barrie. (Each member 0'iote the brightest sentence found in thse.) Music. NORTH CAROLINA NIGHT. VIII. Music. AN APPPAL. The following was today given out at Democratic headquarters: The Chairman of the State Execu tive Committee finds it necessary to ca:l j upon the Democrats of the State for motif' to defray the proper and neces sary expenses of the campaign. The Democratic party has no means of rais ing funds for campaign purposes except through the voluntary contributions of the people, and Chairman Simmons, therefore, calls upon the Democrats of the State to send at once, directly to him, small contributions, ranging from one to five dollars, In order that he may secure a reasonable fund with which to meet the liabilities which h has already Incurred and to defray the further expenses of the campaign. It te hoped that the people will appre ciate the necessity of liberally respond ing to this urgent call of the Chairman, and that he may not be hampered by a lack of of the amount of money neces sary to pay the legitimate and una voidable expenses Incident to the cam paign. "IT WAS NOT MY FAULT." (Faytttevilie Observer. Fayettevllle. N. C. Oct 1. Mr. Editor I wish ta state through your valuable columns that though I was chairman of Jehn McDuffle'a Popu list convention last Saturday. I am a Democrat and have always been one. This may sound strange; queer, even In myself. ' 1 heard there was a Populist conven tlon to be held In the court room Sat urday at noon, and happening to be la the court house went up to see the fun. Mr. McDuffle asked me to be seated, which I thought very kind of him, and before I could catch by breath, propos ed me for chairman and waa unani mously elected. This atunned me al most into insensibility, and I remained throughout the convention a bewil dered, theagh much amnsed chairman. Year for Democracy aad Whit 8a- """ v w. v. cntrjitTLKm. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Familiar Faces in the i'ass iug 'Ihro ix. SHORT STATEMENTS Movement of i epli on Know-Gleaa ligsia aad About the ity awateiue of Today" MlMt Gooklp Mr. G. B. Alford is in the city to day. Mr. F. M. Wimbish left this morning for Oxford. Jim Young's regiment was paid oS yesterday and furnished a lot of new clothing. Miss Sue Borden, of Goidsboro, who has been visiting Mrs. B. S. German, returned home today. Ex-District Attorney C. B. Avcxk. will probably make some speeches in this county this month. The manv friends of Mr. Chas. B. Johnson are glad to know that his con dition is improving. Rev. J. A. Whjte will fill Rev. T. H. Bain's appointment at Epworth tomor row evening at 7:30. Rev. J. L. Foster returned to the city this morning from Vance county, where he held a revival meeting this week. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Womble, of Dur ham, are spending Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Johnson, on Hilltboro street. The Secretary of State issued incor poration papers for the Immediate Bu rial Relief Society of Newbern today. Miss Maggie Moring returned from Durham today, where she has been at tending Prof. Bryant's ConBervatory of Music. Mayor pro tern Powell today had John Hobby and Alex Barnett before him for affray. The former was fined $2.26 and the latter discharged. Miss Blanche Blake, who has been visiting re.atives and friends in this city, left yesterday for her home In Raleigh. Durham Herald. The new building at the white Insti tution for the blind is nearly completed and will be ready for occupancy by November 10th or 15th. Rev. Mr. Osbourne, chaplain of the Second Regimenf, will conduct services in the Good Shepherd church tumor row in the absence of the reotor, Rev. Dr. I. McK. Plttinger. A musicale will be given next Tues day evening, October lath, at Metropol itan hall for the benefit of St. Am-brose parochial school (colored). Doors will be opened at 7 p. m. Single admission 15c, couples 25c. Mr. P. Matthews is In the city visit ing his parents. He has ust returned from St. Louis, where he assisted in putting in an improved machine for packing and stamping smoking to bacco. At the Tabernacle tomorrow Dr. Simms will fill his pulpit as usual. Morning subject: "Three Questions about the Church." At 7:30 p. m.: "The Joy that was before Christ." Visitors in the'city are curdially invited. : The revival services at Brooklyn con tinue with increasing interest. Ser vices tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock and at 7:30 p. m. After morning ser vices the ordinance of baptism will be adminirteicd and the doois opened for the admission of membeis. The meet ing will doubtless continue during the coming week. ) -A- A BOLD THIEF. How a Negro Woman Stold a Bicycle. Recently a negro woman went to the dry goods store of Mr. A. B. Stronach and ask for several pairs of shoes for a certain lady living in Raleigh. She gave the lady's name, and four pairs were accordingly sent. Soon the negro returned bringing back the four boxes, and stated that they would not do. Af ter she left the boxes 'were examined and one box was found empty. T-e same negro girl called at the res idence mt Mrs. C Durham and said iu. i ..us. bniiih sent her to ask please to send her little girl's bicycle, as Mrs. Smith's little girl wanted to learn to ride. The bicycle was accordingly sent. About a week later Mrs. Smith was seen and she knew nothing about the bicycle. The negro woman w bo committed these two offences is the same person. She has not been arrest ed. LONDON GAIETY GIRLS. The London Galetv Girls, says the Durham Herald were at the opera houses last night as advertised, but were not as hot numbers as some of the young men expected. There was a pretty fair display of red hosiery which was very pleasing to several young men who occupied seat near the front at fa' house, and who. Judging from their ac tions, were witnessing the first perfor mance of this kind in their existence. Boxing and bag punching by Misw Rola Whit was perhaps the featae ef the performance. There was a pretty goad aadlenr ef men whs seemed eajey the shew. it; L