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ISIT0R. NUMBER 8739. RALEIGH, N. O, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2. 1898. 25 CENTS A MONTH SPANISH MATTERS THEY MUST 60 MAYOR RUSS' COURT DR. BROIHTON'S DECISION UNANIMOUS LOCAL NEWS ITEMS STATEMENT. Aguiualdo Will Fight For Attorney General Decides Against Slot Machines His Farewell Docket and its Offenders Wake Commissioners JRailroad Case THE TAX PAID Familiar Faces in the Pass ing Throng on t il Independence i ARMS AND AMMUNITION. He Told About the Watch Transaction 1 1 HIS OPINION ALPHA AND OMEGA SHORT STATEMENTS '1 THE TIM ES Commercial Kialits of Spin In West Indies for Term of Years Joint Session of Peace Commission. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. PARIS, Dec. 2. The peace commis sion concluded consultation with Gen eral Merritt today after which it took up the question of Spanish commercial rigTUs in the West Indlies for a, term f years. Other subjects of negotiation are 'to be considered later at a Joint session. Spanish sympathizers having close relations wtyh members of the Spanish commission are making much over the reported attitude of the Fil ipinos towards the United States. These sympathizers profess to have Infor mation .iiiat Aguinaldo means to fight, that he now has sixty thousand sol diers armed with Mauser rifles and eighteen .quick-firing guns. It is as serted iie will be satisfied with nothing but independence. Agonclllo, Aguina.1 do's agent was reticent when question ed o nthe subject this morning saying iihal he had no definite Information irom his government. A STRONG DEMAND. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. PARIS, Dec. 2. A meeting of near ly a thousand advocates for revision was held list evening, which adopted resolutions demanding the abandon ment of the. prosecution of Col. Qisquart and a revision of the Dreyfus case, and the punishment of the latter's accus ers. A WRECK FOUND. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. PLYMOUTH, MASS., Dec. 2. What appears to be a large craft Is wrecked n the ledge off Rocky Hill. The beach Is heaped with seaweed, and possibly bodies are concealed in the weeds. DEFIED BRITISH AUTHORITIES. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2. The Brit ish steamer Briardene whose master defied the BiiiisTi authorities and sail ed from Queenstown with a bailiff who was placed aboard to hold her for debt arrived here today. ROYAL ANNIVERSARY. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. VIENNA, Dec. 2. Emperor Fiances Joseph today , upon the fiftieth anni versary of his accession to the throne issued a general order to the army thanking the soldiers for their loyalty, and feailess valor throughout his reign. He declares he will ever look upon the army as a shield and protector of the throne and the fatherland. Amnesty was granted to political offenders. A number of decorations were gazetted. The newspapers without any distinc tion regarding politics published arti cles extolling the Austrian Emperor as the guarVMan of European peace. APPROPRIATIONS :FOR FORTIFI CATIONS. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. LONDON, Dec, 2. The cabinet haa decided to ask parliament to vote a million pounds for construction of for tifications at Wei Hai Wei and Kow loon,a.lso to raise several regiments of Chtmese soldiers. ANDREE'S BALOON HEARD FROM. By Cable to the TTmes-Vlsltor. STOCKHOLM, Dec. 2. Advices re ceived from St. Petersburg say the Minister of Sweden and Norway at the Russian capital has received a letter from the locomotive driver Drake liv ting st Villeskaia, which the writer as serts he has found in the vicinity of the Ural Mountains, a Hungarian wine bot tle with two pieces of paper. One piece boretthe inscription in French: "An dreeV balloon crossed Ural Mountains. 'Andree." The other written In Rus sian: 'Give this letter't'o consul or po lice." REFEREE KELLY DISCHARGED. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. NEW YORK, Deo. 2. Referee Kelly and others who were arrested for gam bling last nigh were discharged to day because of insufflcientevidence. - MRS. CODY BREAKS DOWN. . By Telegraph to Times-Visitor. ' ALBANY, Dec. 2. Mrs. . Cody on 4rhil for alleged attempt to blackmail the Goulds. Woke down upon fter eross-ex-aminatlon itoday and asked tobe taken .from the court for air. She appealed for rrlercy and dented being mixed up ' ItIUi other famous crimes. The State Treasurer Laid the Matter Before the Attorney General Gen eral and This Was the Result. As the readers of the Times-Visitor are aware this paper took a bold stand yesterday afternoon against the slot machines, which are really lotteries, with the odds heavily against the player and hence the worst form of gambling. When the material was col lected yesterday for the exposure the purpose of this paper was clearly laid before Treasurer Worth and he was told that the State was now licensing gambling machines. The purpose of this piper was ito see that one form of gambling was not permitted while other less objectionable forms were prohib ited. The Times-Visitor won ami the slot machines must go. Treasurer Worth sought the Attorney General when our exposure was made and the opinion was given last night. Attorney General Walser gave an opinion to State Treasurer Worth last evening, in which he held that the slot machines, now in use in Raleigh, are gambling and lottery devices and be ing forbidden by The Cone, cannot be licensed. The Treasurer will act according to Attorney General Walser's opinions. All the sheriffs in the State will be notified as to the ruling made by the Attorney General. It was embodied in the fol lowing letter, which was sent to the State Treasurer yesterday afternoon: "Raleigh, N. C, Dec, 1, 1898. "Hon. W. H Worth, State Treasurer, Raleigh, N. G. : "Sir In reply to your verbal request of this date, I will say that he slot machine referred to and described by you is, in my opinion, a. lottery within the meaning of the statute of this State forbidding lotteries. The Code, sec. 1047. S. V. Lumsden, 89 N. C, 672. "A lottery has been defined to be a scheme, device, or game of hazard, whereby for a small sum of money, or other thing of , value, the person deal ing therein, by chance, or hazard, or contingency, may or may not get money or other thing of value, or In some cases no value at all, from the owners or "managers of such lottery. State vs. DeBoy, 117 N. C, 702. "zeb v. Walser, " "Attorney General." Last night Treasurer Worth sent the following telegrapm to a number of persons who had brought the slot ma chines to his attentien: "In reply, I will say that license on slot machines, Eamc are issued under the first clause of sec. 15, Revenue Act, Laws 1S97. "I think it a violation of law to issue for purpose of lottery under second clause of said section. The last clause withdraws all protection if law is vio lated.." MR. HAYWOOD FOR STATE LIBRA RIAN. To the Editor of the Charlotte Obser ver: The friends of Mr. Marshall De Lan cey Haywood are glad to notice the an nouncement of his candidacy for the position of State Librarian. Knowing his fitness for the position, we feel sure that the members of the Legislature wtill give him careful consideration in selecting a man 'for the place. His lit erary tastes, his sense of order and arrangement, and his habits of indus try well qualify him for the position. We wish to call the attention of the members of the Legislature to him through your paper, and feel that you will be rendering a service to the Dem ocratic party by thu9 allowing us the use of your columns. FRIENDS. THE MUSrCALE TONIGHT. Remember and do not fail to attend the musicals at Mrs.James McKiim mon's on Halifax street, near the Capi tal tonight, given under the auspices of the Ministering Circle of King's Daugh ters. It Will be a rare musical treat, being conducted by our best people, and participated In by the highest attain able musical skill ' and culture. The cause, the establishment of a child's cot In Rex Hospital, Tor sick or disabled little children, should touch the tender chords that vobrate In every 'Christian or feeling heart that pulsates in our sympathetic community. You will not onlv' have on enjoya ble evenins, but you will have the sat isfaction of knowing that your dimes have been contributed to the further ance of a much-needed and charitable object. ' The entertainment will icommence promptly Bit 8 o'clock, and all are In vited and all are expected to come. The contributions will be entirely volun tary. TWO MORE BODIES FOUND. ' By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. ORLEANS, MASS.. 'Dec. 2. Two more bodies, making twenty-three from the Portland "were recovered today. Tbrca of the First Patrons sf Mayor Buss Turn op at Bis Last Court To Complete the Circuit-When W. M. Russ first assumed the office of Mayor of Raleigh, and opened the first session of the police court to exercise the functions as judicial arbi trator between the .city and the evil doers who violated her ordinances and the laws of the State, the names of Josephine 'Mahler, white, and Lydia Chnmblee, colored, graced his docket. Not yet having learned with whom to deal harshly and whom to be merciful to, he lectured these two frail crea tures and bid them depart and do bad no more. Yesterday Josephine Mahler was to Fee the Mayor in her farewell appear ance before him as a defendant, and this morning, at Mr. Russ' last session of the police court, Lydia Chamblee was arraigned to secure tne parting ad vice and judgment of His Honor. Lydia J the Aloha and Omega of Mayor Russ' docket. The court opened this morning with an affray in which two colored women from Sawyer's bottom, Emma Whed bee and Lydia Chamblee figured as the defendants. It was a wool-pulling scrap over the ownership of a pistol, and each was taxed $3.25. William Adams, colored, got mixed up with an axe and a lot of carpenter tools belonging to another colored man. It was a plain case of larceny, and Wil liam was held in default of $50 bond for his appearance at January term of Wake Superior Court. Several minor cases were disposed of by way of parting advice from the re tiring Mayor. Another Important character of the male persuation, who, like Josephine and Lydia, figured in the Mayor's first court, was Pine Top, who having many a time since then been arraigned for looking upon wine when it is red, put in his appearance in the last act of Mayor Russ' offcial career as police Judge this morning. Pine Top had not prepared his toilet this morning and did not appear at his best. He said he had heard .that the Mayor was going to abdicate t'he. judicial throne in the municipality's temple of justice and he had dropped in that Mayor Russ might have an opportunity to introduce him to his successor. Mayor elect Powell was present , and, after an amusing conversation between Mayor Russ and Pine Top, upon the latter's reckless af filiation with yellow coin, 'Mayor Russ ' introduced Pine. Top to Mr. Powell, telling him that there was no monkey business to be found in the incoming dispenser of justice, and that he Pine Top had better right now bid a long and lasting farewell to the court and its officers. Pine Top, after paying his repects to Mayor Russ for past courtesies, and taking a long and careful lok at Mr. Powell, bid each an affectionate adieu and hastily took his departure from the court room. A LECTURE COURSE WITHOUT CHARGE. The Westminster League of Young People, of the Presbyterian Church, announce that they have arranged a. lecture course for the winter. The opening lecture, Friday night, Dec. 16th, will be by -Prof. Henry L. Smith, Professor of Physics at Davidson Col lege. 'Mr. Svvlth was the first to introduce the X-Ray apparatus In the State. He has made an extended bycicle trip through England, and his researches in the realm of science and prominence as a leading educator of .the State, have contributed toward making him one of the most popular lecturers who has ever addressed an audience. This course of lectures is given sim ply forthe' benefit of the members of the League and their friends, no charge or collection whatever to be made; and the Raleigh public will be welcomed at .the Presbyterian Sunday School build ing on the occasion of each and every lecture. A CARD. Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 2, 1898. Since Mr. W. G. Allen was so kind to me when he retired as Superintend ent of the Wake County Home, I feel It my duty to' say In his behalf that the Democratic Board of County Commis sioneravcould not do wiser than to re elect him back to the place that he has filled for eighteen years. It looks to me that the board would be untrue to Democracy If they were to fail to re-elect Mr. W, G. Allen. There is no man that I had rather turn the county property over to than Mr. VV. O. Allen, when my term of office expires. 'Mr. W. G. Allen unhesitating ly says that he 4s not a candidate until my time Is out. Very respectfully, V C. B. RAY. BUUGHt FOK ANOTHER Dr. Broughton Made a Clear Statement of the Affair at Last Evenings Service at the Baptist Tabernacle. Before beginning his sermon last night Rev. Len. G. Broughton made the following statement in regard to an ar ticle i nthe Times-Visitor. "I picked up an afternoon paper here tonight and found in it a reference to the fact that some 15 or 20 years ago 1 bought a watch from Mr. J. W. Cole, of this city, and it was discovered that something Mas due on it. "Of this tie paper makes a good deal, with the e.ident intention of hurting my work and disparaging my intluence hero at my old home. I have travelled about a good deal all over the North and the West speaking and holding meetings, and I've bten cursed and abused a good d.?al. as well as blessed and praveil for. but this is the first time my reisonal character has ever been tou -limi or anything said concern ing a failure to discharge my honest obligations. "It seems to me a very unfortunate thing that Raleigh should have any sort of paper to thus treat one of its sons wi lieu' giving him a chance to explain or tit fend himself. "I think 1 can establish what I am about to say by verbal testimony of people heie ii: Rileigh. "I've nevei owned but three watches. The first v:as a nickel watch given mo by my father. The sivond was a gold filled watch bought of a pawn-broker in Louisville. The last, and the one I now have o;,, is a handsome gold watch given me by friends in Atlanta. I started out with a nickel watch and I've ended with a fine gold one. That's the kind of evolution I like. "Yesterday afternoon the bill was presented. 1 understand, at the house where I was stopping, but I was sick and knew nothing about it until this af ternoon about 'half an hour before thf article about it t . ne. out in the after noon paper. "1 don't pretend to say tlieie are not debts of At teen years' standing against me in Raleigh. I found one only yes terday at Ewards' & Broughton's. It was contracted when I was at school, a time when I was in need of money. There may be others. I don't know just how things stand. But want to make this statement: If there Is anybody In Raleigh to whom I owe a cent they can get their money by presenting their bill to me at the home of Mr. N. B. Brough ton. where I am stopping. 'I remember buying a watch from Mr. Cole for my biother, who was a young physician just starting out in practice in Nash county. Some time ago Mr. Coif reminded me of the ac count, but 1 never dreamed that the watch had bt en charged to me. Shortly after the purchase of me watch my brother tlieu. Never since then has the ma ter. that I can remember, been mentioned to me. I've been to Raleigh time and time again: I've held meetings here: I've passed and repassed Mr. Cole on the street, and he's never rttrted to me that he i:ad aught against me. My first notice of it comes in :he newspa pers, and 1 want to pay that I shall take the first opportunity to morrow to settle the account. '1 didn't know a soul in town had aught afMinst me. I have felt compli mented Ivy. the crowds that have come here to hear me, but I attributed it to no power of nnine but to the fact that I was preaching at my old home. "Though the paper has endeavored to do me an injury, I'm now done with the matter. This is the last I shall ever fay on the subject." The above appeared in today's News & Observer. PAID TODAY. Mr. J. W. Cole said today tha: Dr. Broughton sent him the money this morning. "He paid eleven dollars," said Mr. Cole, "which was the balance due after he paid $5, when at Roanoke, Va., abiut five years ago. This paper has no hand in the affair. The enly reason it was printed yester day was because it was street talk and the matter should be printed as news when It had become the talk of the town. Dr. Broughton's statement is printed today with pleasure. WHAT THE WEATHER MAN SAYS? The weather bureau predicts for Raleigh and vicinity: Fair tonight, in creising cloudiness Saturday, followed by rain. The forecast for North Carolina is .threatening weather tonight, showers Saturday; light to fresh northeast east winds. A moderate storm Is central over southern Texas, and the weather has bacome cloudy throughout the south ern States, with a little rain at Gal veston, New Orleans and Key West and on the South Atlantic coast. Cloudy weather prevails also in the Lake re gion, with light snow at St. Paul and Buffalo. The weather Is generally fair throughout ithe central section of the country, on the Rocky Mountain Slope, and north Atlantic slope. The changes in temperature have been, slight.. WAR INVESTIGATORS. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. The war in .vwMgator, has resumed Its sittings here. Col. Bird, quartermaster of the general's office was examined. The Commissioners Ordered Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company to Pay 1 ax For Six Years on $10,000. The Board of Commissioners of Wake county this morning rendered their de cision in the mat:er of assessment of taxes of the Raleigh and Gaston Rail road Company. The decision, which was unanimous, is as follows: "This matter coming on to be heard, and being heard upon the notice, the answer of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company, the evidence and argument of counsel, we find: "That all the stocks and properties which are now fought to be put upon the tax lists for taxation have been re turned to the Hoard of Railroad Com missioners for assessment and taxation and that tlte same inivc neen assessed by it and taxis paid on :he same since ixiil, and that the Bond of Railroad Commissioners was the only body to j which was entrusted by law the power oi' appraisement of said property for taxation, except eighty shares of stock in the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Pot nine Railroad Company, anil lira.: this slock .should have been returned to the list-taker of Raleigh township for assessment. "We, therefore, adjudged that all the items of personal property here tofore ordered entered on the dupli cate tax lis'ts be stricken from saiid duplicate tax lists, and we adjudge that the ramc is not liable for assessment and taxation for any of said years, ex cept eighty shares of ste.- k in the Rich mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company. This stick we or der to be placed on the dupilieute tax lists for ISO". 1S94. 1S95, 1XM, 1S97 and 1S9K, and value the same for said year at $10,000. and that the taxes for the said year be collected on this assess ment and valuilion. And we do not assess or value said eighty shares of stock for any of the years back of 1S9:!. "We further adjudge that the costs of ;his proceeding, including the per diem of this Hoard during its consideration uf this question be paid by the Ral eigh and (listen Railroad Company." The l.sil'oad company accepted the decision r.nd the tax, $56S.02. was paid today. CASE SENT T COl'iiT. Dr. A. J. Buffalo- Indicted for Moving epi'MS u Yesterday a case came tin before Jus tice Marcom charging Dr. BuiTaloc with tearing down and l iking away a stable on the lot he had rented from Col. Hicks, on Edenton street. Dr. Buf faloe was recognized for his appearance at the next term of the court. BOY LOST. Little Tom Privett Looking for His Father. This aftetnoon a little boy is wander ing the streets looking for his parents ing the streets looking for his father's house. He gave his name as Tom Priv ett, age ten years. His father's name is Madison Privett. They moved to Ral eigh yesterday from near the Falls of Neuse. His father came up town with him and he got lost. A gentleman felt sorry for Tom and secured a horse and buggy and drove all over the city seek ing Tom's parents, but in vain. LCNATIC AT LARGE. ?issie Stephenson, colored, an ad judged lunatic, Who .cannot admit ted to the asylum at Goldsboro, because of l:s crowded condition, escaped from her home, three miles south of the city and wandered into Raleigh Tuesday. Last night about 2 o'clock her husband with the aid of a police officer, found her and carried her back home. She is a dangerous lunatic and there should be accommodations made for these un fortunate creatures. CANTATA. Under the auspices of the Ladies' Impiovement Society of the First Bap tist t'hur,"h, a. very delightful Christ mas cantata is being prepared. Beautiful fairies, the different nations represented, children's changes and the appearance of Santa Claus are promi nent features of the entertainment. Trie cantata will be presented at the 'Metropolitan Opera House Friday De cember 23, and the pioceefls will go to wards the seating of the First BapHst church. A GREAT FIRE RAGING. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. LONDON, Dec. 2. A cable from Bra zil reports un Immense fire raging at Bahia. Movement of People Yon Know Glean Inge In and About the Citj-. Snatch's of Today's Street Gossip.. Judge Philips returned to Tarboro to day. The Misses Hoke left the city to day. Mr. George C. McGilvary left the city today. John Howard left for Tarboro this morning. Judge Douglas went to Greensboro this afternoon. Mr. R. N. Simms left today for Lil Iington on business. Mr. Wheeler Martin lof. for Williams boro today. Don't fital to attend the m'nstrel to morrow night in the Academy of Mu sic. Miss Edith Martin, a. m ice of Maj. V. H. Martin, is 'here on a visit -and will perhaps make Raleigh her home. A little boy dropped a letter in the box at the Union Station yesterday ad dressed. "Mr. Santa Cl.ius, North Pole." .Mrs. W. II. Martin and son, Mr. How ard Martin have returned from a visit to Way ross, Ga., and other Southern cities. Mrs. S. M. Inman. w ho has been vis iting her parents, Maj. and Mrs. A. M. McPheeters, left for Atlanti this after noon. Miss Addie C. Blackledge has accept ed a position with Mr. J. D. Riggan un til after the holidays, and will be pleas ed to assist her friends in the selec tion of their Christmas purchases. Mayor Russ today received official notification from Sheriff Jones of his election as Clerk of the Court. What awufl suspense Mr. Russ must have endured ail this time. Col. Walker Taylor, of Wilmington, is i nthe city. He is here to see t'he Governor relative to paying the troops an! their assistants at Wilmington during the late trouble. Mr. D. T. Johnson has an interesting "ail" in our columns today. He is pre pared to fill or book orders for any thing in his line. His goods are new and seasonable. Nothing but first-class goods are kept in Qlis establishment. Labor Commissioner Hnmrick will, in his report, urge the Legislature to es tablish a textile school. At one .time it was proposed to estiblish it here, in connection with the. Agricultural and Mechanical College. It is stated that most of the cotton mill men. if no; all of them, favor such a school. Mr. Archie I). Walters, who for three years past has held a position with J. R. Fcrrall (i- Co., has accepted a place with the Standard Oil Company, and will have ti. management of the com pany's business in Raleigh. Archie is a young man who commands the confi dence and high esteem of every one who knows him as a strictly business young man. capable, willing and pro gressive. The Times-Visitor wishes him sucess in his new field. The "North Carolina Association of Academies." whic'h metCs in annual session In the Senate chamber here De cember 28th and 29th, now embraces in its membership the principals and teachets of the loading high schools and academies in the State, represent ing about 40 of them. J. A. Holt, of Oak Ridge, is president: Holland Thompson, of Concord, vice-president, and W. T. Whitsett, of Whitseit. sec retary! treasurer. RAPE ItS TO BE READ. At the Baptist State Convention next week some interesting historical papers are to be read, as follows: The Preparation for Baptist Work in North Carolina T. M. Piltman. The Personnel of the Convention of 1SS0 Dr. T. E. Skinner. The Work Since 1S50 Dr. H. T. Huf ham. Importance of Collecting and Pre serving Materials of Baptist History V.y E. W. Sikes. Out of the ninety-six counties in the State, eighty-three are represented by students of the University. There are thirteen States represented in ihe reg istration, besides the District of Co lumbia, viz: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Vir ginia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Mas- . sachusetts, Tennessee, New York, Iowa and New Jersey. There are some fifty or more schools represented and about twemy-three colleges by those attenS Ing now. . ' ". ;
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