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ITOR NUMBER 8,901. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1899. 25 CENTS A MONTH. THE Tims -vis STATE WILL ISSUE MORE BONDS Penitentiary Executive Committee Ask State Treasurer to Issue Bonds to Buy Caledonia. The Executive Board of the Suite's Prison today deposited a written re quest with Hon. W. U. Worth, Stale Treasurer, to issue and sell bonds as provided In section 2, chapter 007, Laws ot 1800, in amount sufficient to. raise .$64,105 for the purchase of the Cali donia farms, and to cover the expenses .f issuing and selling said bonds. TRUE BILL FOR EMBEZZLEMENT W. J. Cocke, Buncombe's State Senator, Put Under Arrest This Morning. The Charlotte News gives the following- account of the indictment of Sena tor Cocke: . A sensation was sprung in the t ederal Court yesterday afternoon wheu the grand jury returned a true bill against State Senator William. J. Cocke, ot Asheville, charging him with embez zling, abstraction and wilful miisnppli---,.( tiio funds of the National Bank .f Asheville during the period that he was cashier of that institution. The bill was returned early yesterday after noon and United States Marshal J. M. Millikan left ou tho evening tram for Asheville to arrest Cocke, which was accomplished this morning. The bill of indictment covers 288 closely typewritten pages and there are 00 counts. It is the longest bill that has ever been drawn in this State, and the number of counts exceeds any in dictment that has ever been presented to a court in North Carolina. The indictment charges Cocke with taking monies from the National Bank of Asheville in sums ranging from $50 to $2,900. Tho indictment also states that when these monies were taken Mr. Cocke had no money in the bank at tho time, and furthermore that his account was then overdrawn sev eral 'hundred dollars. The first count benvs date o June 20th, 1890, and the last one November ,5th, 1897. He resigned as cashier of .the above bank November 12th, 1890. The foregoing summary gives an in night to what promises to be one of the most sensational affairs that has ever taken placo in tho bounds ot this State. The defendant in this action at the re cent session of the Legislature, repre sented Buncombe county lu the upper House. He is well known throughout North Carolina and belongs to one of the wealthiest and most highly thought of families of Western North Carolina. At the time the National Bank of Asheville went under, it was whispered around that Cocke was In a measure responsible for the failure. There was, up to yesterday, no action taken against him, and it was thought that the matter had been in a sofe way hushed up. The action of the grand jury yesterday is therefore in the na ture of a surprise. A News reporter in conversation with some of the Federal Court officials this morning - learned that the matter has been kept a profound secret. The bill was drawn and went before the jrrand jury without even the knowledge of some of the officials. After a true Mil was found, then it was tne part of fxpedieney to keep the matter quiet until Marshal Millikan could get to Ashevilio and serve the lwipors on Cocke. This he did at an early hour this morning. It is also learned that the case has been transferred from this court to the November term, which will be held in Asheville. The aggregate amount that the bill of indictment charges Cocke with mis appropriating is about $18,000. Before leaving- last night. Marshal Millikan was authorised to release Cocke if a wnd of $15,000 was given. Cocke be ing himself wealthy, as is his family, there' was never a doubt but what tho bond would be given without any trouble, ARRESTED AT FOUR, O'CLOCK. Asheville. , N. C, June 15. W. J. Cocke was .arrested In his room this morning at four o'clock by Marshal Millikan,' who' held hint in custody un til dey-nlght, when the bond of $15,000 -was promptly made up and Cocke re leased. Except a few who were aware of the contemplated action at Charlotte the announcement of the indictment was a , great surprise and the arrest a shock. The National Bank -went into liqui . (Vation about two years ago and Cocke resigned as cashier about a year be fore the bank closed. . In a signed statement in the Citizen '.today Cocke says lie does not owe the bank a dollar and that practically er . ery cent he owed it was paid before it went into liquidation. ; : . The affair is deeply regretted by all the people of Asheville, one of the most lamentable features, being the - mortification that the occurrence brings to relatives of Cocke, who are among the wealthiest and most highly respected people in Asheville. r : DROWNED. KNOXYILLB, June Id-While Mrs. ' Enoch Hector, of Asheville, N. C, was . being rowed across the French Broad -river to her extensive garden, the boat " struck a whirlwind - and Mrs. Rector : and the boatman, a negro, were drown- THE TOURNAMENT Firemen to Gather in Greens boro. THE PROGRAMME Some of the Raleigh Companies will Probably Attend Prizes to The Eleventh Annual Tournament of the North Carolina State Firemen's As sociation will be held in Greensboro August 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. It is extremely probable that the com panies here will attend. A circular letter Was received by the Raleigh companies today from Secreta ry E. L. Clarke of the Greensboro Fire Department in which he writes: "We herewith hand you the Prize List of the Firemen's Tournament, which meets in this city August 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 1899, and believe that you will find something therein that will in terest your company. We have en deavored to make the prizes as interest ing as possible. Itest assured that noth ing will be left undouo to make this the best Tournament ever held in the State, and that you will no tregrct having vis ited the "Gate City of North Carolina. The programme and other printed mat ter will follow in a few days." PRIZE LIST. ENGINE CONTEST. Quick steaming, start to finish-- First prize, $50.00. Quick steaming, start to tinish Sec ond prize, $25.00. Long distance First prize, $25.00. Long distance Second prize, $15.00. HOUSE HOSE WAGON RACE. First prize $125.00. Second prize $75. HAND HOSE It EEL CON'TKKT. First prize $125.00. Second prize $75.00. GRAB KACR. First prize- $100.00. Second prize $00.00, HOHSE HOOK AND l.ADHKK RACE. First irize-$125.00. Second prize $75.00. HAND HOOK AND LADDEIt RACE First prize $25.00. Second prize Special. JUNIOR HAND REEL RACE. First prize $25.00. Seconrlnrice $10.00. INDIVIDUAL FOOT RACE. First p.r-$5.00. Second prize Special. Other special prizes will bo announced later. YELLOW JACK APPEARS ,4 HAVANA, JUNE 10.-YELLOW FEVER OF THE MAST VIRULENT FORM HAS APPEARED AMONG THE AMERICAN MARINES STA TIONED AT THE CITY WHARVES. ONLY ONE DEATH HAS SO FAR BEEN REPORTED. SETTLEMENT POSSIBLE. Street Car Strike in Cleveland Conies to an End. CLEVELAND, June 1C Cars start ed this morning on all the lines which were opened yesterday. There was rioting, but obstructions were found at various points and easily removed. It seemed lvossible this morning that a set tlement of the strike may ze effected soon. HOTEL BURNED. Narrow -Escape of Guests in St. John Park Hotel. NEW YORK, June 10-St. John Park hotel, a four story brick building, was badly damaged by fire this morn ing. Most of the guests escaped easily but some were cut off by the smoke and flames and could hardly be prevented from leaping from the windows before idders could be raised to rescue them. TO TEST FERTILIZERS Executive Committee Recommend Ex. periment Stations for Different Parts oftbe State. The executive committee of the board of agriculture was in session again this morning, Col. John S. Cunningham pre siding. The committee decided to recommend the establishment of experiment farms at various, points of the State in order to test different kinds of fertilizers as to their value on the various soils. Secretary Bruner was instructed to get information as to results from far mers who have tried mixing fertilizers. Col. Cunningham and Mr. L. G. Waugh were appointed as a special com mittee to consult with Corporation Com mission about quarters. The immigration committee .was in consultation and instruct Secretary Thompson to act with the railroad to se curing desirable immigrants especially from the northwest. " - : N. G, BAR ASSOCIATION. The North Carolina Bar Association meets at Moreheadi on July 5th. Prof. J. Crawford Biggs, the secretary of tho association was 1 the city today and stated that he expected about 150 mem bers would attend the meeting at More head.:'"; ; j- --"i" -v The association how numbers over two hundred members. Among the latest applications for membership are those of Hon. Lee Overman, Senator Pritchard and ex-Congressman Settle. ! SENTENCE PASSED ON THE KIDNAPPERS Barrow Gets Nearly Fifteen Years Car rie Jones Turns State's Evidence and Gets Four Years. NEW YORK, June 10. The jury found Barrow, the kidnapper of little .Marion Clark, guilty and Judge Furn nion sentenced him for the limit pro vided by law, namely fourteen years and ten months in prison. Tho next one of the kidnappers who win be tried is Mrs. Barrow. Judge Furamon refused a motion for a new trial in the case of Barrow. Carrie Jones, tho other defendant in the kidnapping case, and who turned State's evidence was sentenced to four years imprisonment. Mrs. Harrow will probably plead guil ty in tho hope that it may lighten her sentence. STREET CLEANING. Ollie Sale Will Start His Summer Schedule Sunday. Last Monday The Times-Visitor call ed attention to the accumulated filth, dirt and vegetable matter which re mained around the market house all day last Sunday. In speaking of this matter Sanitary Officer T. P. Sale said today: "It has been my custom during the summer months, usually from May to JJclolior and sometimes to November, to have 1 ayctteville mid streets around the market, swept and cleaned every Sun day morning. This would have been begun last Sunday but I was called out of the city and the other matters which have required my attention for the past few months caused me to overlook pro viding for the work. However, it will bo begun again next Sunday and the wagons will have all the accumulated filth and trash from Saturday removed early each Sabbath." HORRIBLE DISASTER "IN A COAL MINE Explosion Cuts Off Many Miners and it is Believed that they have Perished. HALIFAX, June 10.-A terrible ex plosion occurred this morning in the coal mines ou Caledoni island, Cape Breton. Fire camp is presumed to have caused the disaster. The loss of life is heavy and more is still missing. One hundred and sixty men were working in the pits when the explosion .occurred. It is feared that all who were down in the. pit were )oi.' Twenty bodies were recovered. Many volunteers help in the rescue, but the gas fumes prevent much pro gress. Wives, mothers and children of the miners crowded to the mouth of the pit. The greatest excitement prevails. A later account received here from Cape Breton says that there were forty men in the pit when the explosion took place. Few escapes. It is believed near ly all perished. MOLINEUX FOR MURDER. NEW YORK, June 1C Justice Fursman this morning decided that the Molineux case must be submitted to the grand jury. The district attorney will ask a indictment for murder in the first degree. MINERS STRIKE. DENVER, June 1G.-.L B. Grant, chairman of the operating committee of tho American Smelting and Refining Company, has refused the request of the executive board of the State Federation of Labor for a conferenee iu view of the strike. Business at nvany mining camps is completely paralyzed. The railroads have begun laying off crews on account of the falling off in ore shipment. TONE OF MARKETS. CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Furnished by H. D. White, manager for Paine Murphy & Co., 807 S. Wil. mlngton street. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Livorpool 4 p. ip., June 10, '99. American middling 8 13-82; sales 15.000, of which 2000 are for export and specu lation: receipts 10,000 bales, 8,000 bales American. Futures onened nuit and steady and closed steady. Juno 3.23s Juno and July 8.23s July ana August 8.234s Au fust and September 8.324s September ana October 8 22Jb October and Novemboi 8.22b Nor ember and December 8.20)8 December and January ..8.20b January and February 8.20 J b February and March 8 21b NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. The following were the closing quo tations for the leadingjstocks: American Surar 152 Southern R. R. Preferred.... 49i Pacific Mall 41 R.R. T 117 St. Paul.... X.2 Manhattan .127 B.&Q. 1801 American Tobacco 96 Mifsourt Pacific 41 T.O.I. 64 L.& N. 67 J.O. 117 C&O. 24 U.S. Rubber 68 NEW YORK COTTON. Months. . Closed Juno 5.84a86 July , 5.87a88 August ' 5.9091 September.. v 8.8687 October 8,88a89 November . 6.9091 December 6.B708 January 6.0001 Closed steady. . - DANIEL WALLACE DESIRES A DIVORCE Plaintiff Eighty-Nine Years Old Wants Relief from the Bonds of Mat rimony Duniel Wallace has legally instituted proceeding for a divorce from his wife fllary Wallace. Since the comolaint has not yet been tiled bv the plaintiff ' thn .r...,..,..l .1... ! f,.ui4u ju nu n Lin- oivorce IS sought is not knywn. Daniel Wallace lives near this city, lie is now eighty-nine years old while his wife is quite youthful in comparison. Wallace served through tho Mexican war and now draws a pension from the government for his services iu that war. lie is also a veteran of the civil war. CONTEST THE WILL. Heirs of the Late Jcnsie Bullock Enter Suit. Nowell Bullock and othersc levities of the will of tho late Mrs. Jensio Bullock, who died nearly three mouths since in Middle Creek township, have brought action to set aside the will on the ground that she was not in a sound and disposing mind at the time that it was made. The property convovorl in tlm will is valued at $2,800. I'MOX PIC-NIC Methodist and Baptist Schools Unite to t elebrato the Fourth. Arrangements have been perfected for a joint picnic of the teachers and schol ars of the I'ilot Hill Baptist church and the Epworth Methodist church at Fuquay Springs, July 4th. A delightful program will be nrran.! and the exercises on that day will par take of a patriotic nature. ARBUCKLE'S MANAGER A WITNESS He Speaks of the Operations of the Sugar Trust to the Industrial Commission. WASHINGTON, June 1(3. An minor- am -witness before the industrial com- mission today was J. N. Davis, mana ger of Arhuckle Bros. He said that tho sugar trust began cutting prices in Sep- eniuer, xnan, ana mat by running thein nit of the business by low nrices. TMa would be one way by which the trust would destroy competition. Another way was in the form of a hundred of fers to go into the combination. But for stock jobbing purposes, tho witness added that Arbuckle's sugar was in tlio insmcss to stay. SLOAN ARRESTED. He Charged With Assault on a Waiter. LONDON, June 10. Probably Tod Sloane will be arrested todav and barged with assault, if no more serious accusation is made. Yesterday in the tent of the Sparta Club Ascot, Sloane truck a waiter with a chamoaerne bot tle. The matter was kent ouiet for a ime, but it is said that the man is In very serious condition. One report ays that he is dead. AIR AND COOLER KATTRDAY. The forecast of the weather bureau for Raleigh and vicinity says: Fair to night and Saturday cooler. lho high area and cool wave in the nterior has become quite marked and overs the entire Lake region and north west. The temperature has fallen con- iderably throughout'that section and as far south as St. Louis and cast to Pittsburg. The lowest 8 a. m. tempera ture, ou degrees, occurred nt Detroit. Light rain fell at scattered points in tlio east and south, and the largest mount was 1.10 inches at Vicksburir. It appears that a period of agreeably ooier weatner or some duration will be xjieripnced. RALEIGH STOCK MARKET. Qu bi Br Grimes and Vass. Raleigh, June 16, 1899. BONDS. Bid. 1.391 Asked. 11H North Carolina Cs North Carolina 4s City of Raleigh 6s 108 OS 11U Seaboard & Roanoke SsllO Oa Southern & Florida 9sl09 Southern Ry. 1st 5s 110 Atlanta & Charlotte 7s 12U Wake County 5Js 110 W.N. O.R.R 1st 6s Qa. & Ala. Pref. 5s 105 " " Consols 10 1 Ga. Car. & North. 1 st 5s 104 Carolina CentrrJ 4s Ral. Water Co. 6s 105 Eno Cotton Milll 6s Atlantic & N. C. R. 6s. Seaboard & Roanoke 6s STOCKS. North Carolina R. R. 155 Seaboard & Roanoke Raleigh & Gaston 0 Raleigh & Augusta 30 Durham & Northern Southern Ry . Pref. 49 Common 10i Mechanics Dime SavingsBank: 106 Raleigh Water Co. Raleigh Gas Company Caraleigh Cotton Mills Preferred - 110 Common Raleigh Cotton Mills Odel Mfg. Co. 107 Caraleigh Fertilizer and Phosphate Worka Va. Carolina Chemical Co. Pref ererd 115 Common , 79 1 Citizens' National Bank 180 Raleigh Sayings Bank 150 JMOdell Mfg. Co. 1321 1(8 1051 106 126 fi3 51 55 100 118 !i6' 101 AROUND AND ABOUT Items of Interest Gleaned the Wayside by SHORT STATEMENTS Familiar Faces From the Passing Throng Movements of People You know Snatches of Street Gossip Today. i?t. Luke's Circle of King's Daugh ters invite you to a lawn party 011 the lawn in front of Air. Alex Kreth's South McDowell street next Thursday evening, 22nd for tho benefit of St. Luke's Home. A fifteen cent ticket entitles you to cream and cake. Good music, and plen ty of young ladies to wait 011 you. Mrs. J. B. Collins, who has been ill is very much improved. Justice John Nichols had a chicken poisoning case to engage his attention. The defendant was an old colored wo man and he let her off with a penny and costs. Rev. John W. Jenkins, the father of the Methodist Orphanage went down to Smitbficld this morning. Mr. J. B. Batchelor went down to En field this morning to attend the funeral of Mr. Jas. II. Parker of that place, who died this morning. Mr. Parker was ?( years of age and was a well known and honored citizen of that sec tion. Mr. Joe Ellington went down tt Wake Forest this morning. Mr. II. b. Leard, travelling passenger agent of the Seaboard Air Line, left this morning for Wilmington. Mr. W. W. Parrish went down to Wake Forest this morning, where he has several painting contracts. Mr. O. J. Carroll returned from a trip to Southern Piues this morning. Marriage license was issued today to Mr. Walter L. Smith, of Pittsboro, and Miss Nellie R. Hulin, of Raleigh. Mr. Benton Williams, of Harnett county is iu the city and reports the crops there in good condition. In a letter to Clerk of flic Court Russ Judge Moore writes that ho will open the Criminal term of the court hero promptly 011 the morning of July 10th. The Sunday school of the church of the Good Shepherd have decided on next Wednesday as the time for their picnic at Fuquay Springs. The family of Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire left yesterday for Hillsboro. Tho Walters building, near the Me chanics Dime Savings Bank, it quite an additiom to Fayettoville street. The sidewalk is now being handsomely re paved in front of the building. Prof. J. Crawford Biggs left this af ternoon for Asheville and other points in Western North Carolina. Mr. Jones Fuller has gone to White Sulphur Springs, Va to attend the bed side o his father. Judge T. C. Fuller, who is quite sick. The executive committee of the in sane asylum was iu session last even ing. Dr. Kirby says there are 425 in mates. Not many new ones are com ing in, as all the curable cases in the eastern district are in charge. Some years ago, a number of paralytics were rushed in. These are out of the way now and have made room. There an? many requests for admission here from parties from the western district. Col. Olds writes in his correspondence: "A copyist was observed at work in the Auditor's office today. It was learned that the Labor Commissioner was taking up the matter of suing for the If50 a day penalty the public printers for not having made full deliv ery by June 0. The public printers are therefore getting tho facts and figures as to past years' deliveries, etc. They have good ground for complaint, it seems, as this year the matter of awarding the public printing was not settled until the very last moment." It is reported that parties in Wash ington, D. O., are considering the ques tion of building an electric railroad be tween Winston and High Toint, a dis tance of twenty miles, says the Manu facturer's Record. ALDERMEN TO MEET. Another Session This Month a Necessi tyImportant Matters. Another session of the board of alder men will be held during June. This is necessary to grant the liquor iicenScs since they must be renewed by July 1st. There are now thirty licensed si loons in Raleigh and no one in the coun ty outside of Raleigh. At this session the finance committeo will also doubtless make their report on whether they consider it best to issue the entire $100,000 bond issuance at once or to issue $50,000 a year for two years. The board did not decide this question but left it to the finance com mittee to investigate and report back. This committee is giving the matter careful consideration. Another matter which was left Ho the finance committee was how much the physicians shonld be allowed who were employed by the city to do the vaccina tion. Dr. McGeachy and Dr. Buffalo were employed for $100 previous to the compulsory ordinance and the question is how much they will be allowed for work after the passage of. that ordin ance. """CONVICT RECAPTURED. There are now 1,100 State convicts. Of these 260 are in the central prison here, and about 75 of these are unfit for hard work, as counties dump their useless men here and keep their sound one for road work. There , are 75, mostly all Federal prisoners, in the brickyard. ' A white convict Farmer Reavis, from Transylvania, serving fir years sen tence, who escaped one year ago, waa aught yesterday at Spartanburg, South Carolina. . - . . STREET CHATS "Next full the S. A. L. will run their Florida Limited trains through Raleigh from New York straight to Jackson ville,," remarked a Seaboard man today. "These will be the fastest trains ever seen here for their schedule time will be ,r0 miles an hour." "The most beautiful shade trees I ever saw," said Mr. P. C. Enniss today. "arc iu Cheraw, South Carolina. About one hundred years ago that place was blessed by a crank on tho subject c shade trees and the town is still reaping the benefit of his fanaticism." "When 1 find people in my cougrega tion reading newspapers," remarked u minister this morning, "Ifeel greatly encouraged. A man who takes no in terest in what is transpiring around him is worthless to the community. When I can get the people to begin to read pa pers it is the first step toward draw ing them out of themselves." A promiuent citizen in speaking of the comfort of the puff boosom shirt, which is now so universally worn, remarked: "Did you know this style of shirt was originated iu Raleigh a number of years ago by the late Mr. nliam BoylanY The idea was carried north by a drum mer, who saw Mr. Boylan wearine one of these comfortable home-made shirts. He was impressed with the style and upon his recommendation the house which he represented placed them on the market." Col. John S. Cunningham, president of the State fair association, who is in the city, says that great interest is al ready being manifested in the coming State fair. Applications for space are already coming in. The people through out the State are giving hearty encourag ment and the out look for a big fair is the brightest in the history of the so ciety. I never knew religious services so well attended during the hot weather as this summer," said a prominent relig ious worker and Jie accounted for it by telling this . story: Senator Vance dropped into a Baptist church in Wash ington: one hot July Sunday, the dis tance to his own church being farther than ho wished to go. After service ths minister camo down out of the pulpit to speak to him . "It was so far to my church and so hot I just dropped iu here," the Senator began, when the min ister interrupted him, saying: "Don't trou! le to explain any further, Senator. The fear of heat drives many into my church." 'The position of commissioner o Im migration is a new office," said a citi zens today, "but I believe it is needed and under the direction of Mr. John Thompson will prove a great blessing. A great deal can be done along this line for North Carolina." "Yes," said a bystander, "just look at the sanitary department in Raleigh. Had it not been for the ability and faith fulness with which Mr. Sale built that department up it would have been abol ished but all realize the good it is doing now. this immigration department will become of great importance to the State." "The close of this week will see the assembling in Norfolk and Old Point Comfort of three of the largest bodies of railway men of America the Nation al Association of Local Freight Agents' association, the American Railway Mas ter Mechanics' association and the Am erican Carbuilders' association," said a rairoad mau today. "Two of the con ventions convened Wednesday, the car builders at Old Point Comfort and the freight agents at Norfolk. The latter were invited to attend the Old Point Comfort meetings. Many of the dele gates to the National Association of Master Mechanics which meets at OU Point Comfort next Monday have al rendy arrived in order to be present at the proceedings of the carbuilders." REPORT REGARDED ' ASUNTRUE Rumor That Aguinaldo was Assassinated Caused Excitement LONDON, June 16-0teport reach here from Manila that Aguinaldo met a similar fate ai. General Luna. The rumor says that he was assassinated by the friends of General Luna through revenge. :The Filipino Junta here says that there is no truth in the report circulated here and cabled to the United States that Aguinaldo has been assassinated. THE STORM. Tli Severest Ever Known The State. (Thomasville Times.) The most severe hailstorm that ever visited this section was the one Thurs day afternoon at about 5 o'clock. The duration was about fifteen minutes, and in that time garden truck of every de scription, fruits of All kinds, wheat, corn and in fact every growing thing were cut up and beat in the ground. Many stones were as large as hell eggs and fully two inches deep on the ground. Thousands of window lights were broken. Barns and other out houses were turned over and unroofed by the severe wind which accompanied the hail. Hail could be found on the ground until next 1 day 10 o'clock. Frying stse and small er chickens were killed by the hun dreds. The path of the storm was about 8 miles" long by 3 miles wide with the central part a little south and west of Thomasville. A report from the Ras. Fouts neighborhood says the hail was knee deep there,' Tho wheat crop is the greatest loss, none of it is any ae-' count that lay in the path of the hall- .' storm. The total loss to this section can . never be told, but we are safe in saying that int will aggregate more than $50,-000.00.