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RAJEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY ?0, 1900. 25 Cents s Month No. 9,082. SENATOR GOEBEL FATALLY SHOT FROM AMBUSH TODAY Assassin Fired Five ohots as Goebel Entered Capitol Grounds Frenzy of Excitement PrevailsGov. Taylor Orders TroopsExecutive Offices GuardedSenator Goebel Garried to Motel Where He is Now Dying. Frankfort, Ky., Jan. ISO TUr .v is the wildest excitement here uud the Stif militia has been culled us :i result of the shooting of Senator Will's! n (UM Jtanncrutic candidate for .iovoru.r. lie was .shot from noihush, us hi- entered tho Capitol Ground, mid the is un known. Ofliwnof Taylor at i:oo called fill the State tnilitia and a gnu:.! of :i5 has 1 11 placed around tin- cc.ootivo . rti'-.-: Goebel is dying. 'Five shots were Mr-1. leu only cut look effect, this lodging m his l--f t lir-i-.; near the, heart. Tlx- oxoiiemoit a.ws and is terrible now that it has reached such n tension. Senator (loi W is not yet dead, hut it i impossible for him to live. The fatal Pullet was fired from the third floor of th executive huildiig. The 1ivi idiots came from a window. As soon as Senator Goeliol fell he n o.-, raised by friends ami carried away t" tho Capital Hotel, wliere medical inten tion mis given ami constant watching attended by his bedside. A utiraiigo as it may seiiu the assusin is not known. The ithots fired eaine from position which is public, but the COLDER WEDNESDAY. For Kaleigh ami vicinity increasing cioiwuietiR and slightly warmer touiK.it. Wednesday fair; niueli colder ednesoay nifftit. The fold wave has tulvarced to the amith. Atlantic States with modified force. The lowiwt tempera tare at K.n-j eign was only is negroes; in norma uie lowest was 26 degrees at Jacksonville. A severe storni is central over the Iake re gion' which is followed by nnothor cold wave in the extreme northwest, when temperatures from aero to 18 degrees be low prevail, with chances of over 40 de grees during the paM. 24 hours. S, A. L. CHANGES Mr. C. H. Oattis will Relieve Mr. Kimball as Depot Ticket Agent. On "February 1st, next Thursday. Mr. Charles Hawkins Gnttis, of ibis city, who has bteeJ the up town, assistant oily agent of the Seaboard Air 1ine, will re lieve Mr. W. 'C. Kinvball, the ticket niJent of this road at the depot. 'Sir. Kimball 1 will return to iMoneure and assume ehartfe of a similar position there. Italeitth will reprret to lose Mr. Kimball ami his cbtmiiini; family. Mr. Charlki (iattis has risen rapidly with this systepj ud is one of the mosit capable, obiigbwt and eiwrsetie railroad nwn In this city. iMU. TBAkLEY 1N.H RK1. Xrfit yesterday Mr. Edwanl Teiisby, one of Inleigh's most venerable and highly esteemed citizen, met with painful necident 'on West Cabarrus street. While, walkiim on Calwunw Wreet. which leads to his home, a eil ored boy who was running froni a b ram into 'Mr. Teasley and knocked lrim down, injurintt hint quite sever'ly. He was parried home in a earrinite. No bone wer broken and Mr. IVasley s utany friends trust that he may soon be out agaiD. - TRAipnERS ASSEMBLY. Rirperinteindent of iririslie lwtni-tiou C. U: Mibnnm is How- busy working with others on the twopran for the next - slow of the 'NoTth Oniiwlinn Toucher i' As MTVubly. Tho ineounp of tho n:einily last year was $1400 and thw year it is e.v peoted to reach; $1,200. Shoriff McUhhU of -Iwplin eniiil..'. 1rotl(rnt five convict to the State eni tentfarv. Three of thes w nvnrder w, one a hurprlar and, th fifth, a tbiof. They wire oil neirroe and are sentenced at front 3 to 15 yeai-s. X N EW C()T.TJ-:?E. (arlesto W. Va., Jan. 28.Pro. . 1. Hatton. president of Claretuont CoJ le. Hickory. N. C. lias leased from th tlmrletrtowni enmpany the larce l'ow bfttau 3Iotcl property at this pliiep for a . fMivMMUMikl u ill eotwttet there lit a college for girls and young tydies, rhe .... . . .n L . 1 .1 Hcoooi will m Known as ii muuum logo ant trill open la Sepetufcer- next " n Ir.u I., a m-aII LflMrn owtn. X niimvr l n l lA'lk mm m " ' ' A oHtor and a graduate of (McGoo College, Out assassin wan not seen and no clue, up to this hour has been obtained. As Koon as the news was heard it was known that the miliria. would be culled wit. The people generad'. especially the iK'iuocnits, are worked into a frenzy of i xci lenient. The w hole city is in a .state f chaos and from all sections of the Slate there may be expected the wildest of deiitonst rat ions. Goebel was Ixuru in Philadelphia, and l.y the hardest fighting rose to groat prominence. 11c begun as a newsboy aid at the time of liis nomination for Governor liis law practice amounted to $50,000 a year. He was unmarried, but In Id the love and esteem of women as well as men. Il was just about conceded that lie would receive the governorship of tlu State, and would w in the contest iu the Legislature. Frankfort, Jan. "0. LATER. Senator liochcl is not yet dead. I (it he cannot live. Tin- exeileiiuiet eon' Mines on the iu-iti-iim". Taylor's office is surrounded by a guard. Tno local troops are out and other troops ci'ining .from Ixiuisvllle and clx'when en sjwcial trailLs. There is dauber of great Irouble. IN GREAT PERIL Six Men Imprisoned on a Detached Sec. lion of Ice. ,'Mononiouie, Wis., Jan. 30. Six men. sitpiKisod to In- fishrmon. w ho went out from Meufkauce yesterday afternoon to set net, are seen, on a section of ice, de tached from the niaiii body of the ice, souili of the city. Their rescue is a mat ter of i;iave dout. A party took a boat and weni out to bring them back, but they have not yet returned. NEW CORPORATIONS Two More Factories for kGreensboro Franklin County Company. Charles It. Saxton, of !'v -nsbo.. Valtir H. liishop, of CliicaBo. an.l E. H. Saxton. of ISuffaloe, X. Y to.ay tiled iirticlrs of nuieeuient wTtli the eTela.v of Stale for the ineoxratioii of the Piedmont Shuttle and Bobbin Works, wit Ik iirim-rpal plinv of t isiness at (ireeusboro. The capital stock is $1(1,1)1X1. The ltidire Fwiirc 'Couip-my. ergan irl for the puri" of mniit'acturin furniture at i reeiitiboro. was incoi-por it 1 with the Sccrctarj' of S'tate today by W. J. Ridge. V. O. Johnson and I. T. IMcks with a capital st.K-k of $1..S0. The C'.n1n"ille Suptly ConHiany, "I Ceiilreville, Franklin county, was incor porated KMlay for the pnros of dealing in mM..lt,t,l,.. itn.l iriiininir is.tlon. The capital stock is 4,5l)0 and the incorjio- ratoTH, are Augustus v rigni, -.a. . ston. Jenie ('. Alston and 'i. X. Wil- linniN. Tliere is no better index to the geii ny,t u-,i.-a j.r troviu.rit v which now ocr- vde this State than the steady growth of tin- number of new corporations. Sev en new- cotton factories have Iks ii incor ported in Xorth Carolina witliin the past .'roe wet'ks. AM ATHtTR TTi lEATRtO A IjS. The Filierjnan'BvI(U?k is being rehears ed cby a cast comiKwed of the best talent t hat Raleigh can 'prpduco. This eamedj ilranm has lMen -played by professionals, and alo by tho -best aiuaturs ia the country. It is a Tvrty tay of eountiT life, "way down In Main," and to the hands of the eomipetont cast which it ho Minis tering Circle of King's Daughters" has selected, it is .ure to bo a most success ful performance It's gibblo and gabble and gobble When we go to afternoon teas. And it's lots and loads of trouble 1'0 take them nil iu. if you please. It's fuss and it's fume nml it's feathers When euchre' the game wo play, And we goi ire all sorts of wenthers -Protending we're merry and gay. It's shaking and standing and staring Wheu receptions are all the go. You always oomo away twearin You never did like them, jou know. But when, cards .on tables are clicking Or tea or reception so bright. This is the thought that we're thinkiu: We're "in Socirty tooight." LOCAL NOTES , A gentk'mau who came down from Durham today brought the news that Dr. Kilgo, President of Tiinity College, who has been sick since his return from Kalcigh. is niiidi improved. 'Hie special car bringing the "Country Visitor" arrived from Durham this juoniing. upd its band mraded the streets at noon. The music furnished is good, and the prfradc decidedly mil- j que. An important culled meeiiiur of the Christ church Branch of the Woman's auxiliary, will be held tomorrow after the evening service. It is requested that al lwhw can possibly do so lie present at tbe meeting. - In Durham last night Mr. K. K. Creel, fornrtrly a sinlent at Trinity Col lege, but -tnnv a student at Vunderbilt I'niveisity, Nashville, Tenn.. was. mar ried to Miss Alexin" Button; the chief nurse al the Walt's Hospital. Mr. W. W. Card, of this oily, ailed as best man. Mr. S. T. Smith, who has lecn confin ed to his house for the past two weeks with grippe, is able to be at his plan cf business. Siiiator Daniel, of Virginia, lias tender I'd bis servii-cs to -Chairman Sitn'mou.s in the cnniKtigu this year. He may come to the Stale and make sever spoccUei. iMr. Don Oilliara. of Tarboro, is a oainali date for the Democratic nomination for K'ongrots in the second district. )piss I.i.zie Taylor, of Durham, who has been the -mt of Mrs. 1,. T. trown, ii'tumed honic today. Messiw. W. tt. I'pchurclt and Cempaiiy if 124 Fayetteville street, will lie-in closing out their stock of fi;i,- ro-'erii1; on the first day of Fcbniarv. Mr. I'p cliurch. who has Usu tbe proprietor ami inarragor of this store, hns built '.'p a fine business in Raleigh, and '.h,' fact that ho has decided to sell out lie-e ;m4 o into biisini-ss iu the far south in (ieorgia or Florida, will le gemrall.' recreit.sl. 'lie is a fine luisiniss man. and will make n success anywhere. He will offer great bar:ririi:s in Ins stock at the closing out sale. Senator Stephen Mcliity-rc. of Robeson eoimly. as 'attorney fir the people there in the Reuben. Ross cafe, hold a long conference winh (iovornor Russell todnv (in the subject. Mr. IMclntyre -s eoD v in cod of tlie negro's guilt, and .b'sii-cd that the li'oveinor allow him to hang February !Mh. After the interview with Mr. Mclntyre. Coreriior Rnss. li said that he had no slatemont to make to the piihlio. RFCEPTI0N TONIGHT In Part Complimentary to two Young Women From Raleigh Speaking of social functions, that of tonight complimentary to Miss Ethel Xorris and Miss Jessie Carroll, of Ral eigh: Miss Daisy llanos, of Winston: and Miss Itigelow, isinontioncd as fol lows in the liirhain Herald today: An elaborate reception will be given at the home of Mr. I. A. Carr. N"o. 7li:i I .ce street, this evening. The reception will he given by Miss Snowden Cnrr. to a number of her yonnii lady friends from a distance, and to Durham friends. Among the young la dy vWti.ru are Miss Xorris. Miss Car roll. Miss Danes and Miss Bigelow. About two hundred invitations have Iih-ii sent out. ami it will be one of tin niest eliirming, and the same time elab orate, social functions to lie given in Durham in many a day. Some seven or eight young ladies will lie in the receiv ing line. Mr. iMighi. the well known Raleigh caterer, will be on hand and furnish the refreshments for the occasion. Misses Daisy Danes, of Winston, Ethel Xorris, of Raleigh, came up from the last named city yesterday afternoon and arc the guests of Miss Carr. Sever al other young ladies will arrive here today to attend the reception tonight. THE PLAY FOR TONIGHT What Durham People Thought of "A ;Countiy Visitor." Tonight at the Academy of Music "A Country Visitor" will bo presetted. In tho compa.iy is Frank Wilson, an old Raleigh Uty. whose anearanoo will be welcomed by his old friends. This morning's Durham Herald, w hich paper is fair-miiwled and generally gives a just criticism of a .show, contains the following account of last night's perfoim ance in that city: "A 'Country Visitor" was the attraction at 11io opera house last night, and it drew an audience a little nlswc the ay era eo in tsriat of nmuliers. The play is a rural eonnyly dranva in four acts, and is much ls-tter than the average play of this kind, and syas fairly well presented, Mr. Harry (irceu. as the "Country Visi tor," being especially line. In fact in bis particular line of work Mr. Green has but few equa s, and his portrayal of the character of Hiram' Homer, ooni pletelv captivated tho aiHliom-e. Mr." Frank Wilson, of this city, and for merly with thin paper, is a nieniiocr of Uie company, ami essayed the role of Robert .Oallington very acceptably. Mr. Wilson received the glad hand Trom his friends ujsn hi first apearance, and they manifested a keen aproelutioH of his work throughout. The specialties Introduced in the last act were above- tho average, iMr. Hayes, the bicycle rider. arl iMr. Oroen in a monologue and songs, ibeing especially r)ne. The company carries a good baud uid orchestra and puts out a novel street pa rade. The company travels on its own special oar, the "Country nitor." which left for Raleigh this 'imorninig, where the company shows tonight. MASONIC, Hiram I.!go. NV 40. A. F. and A. M.. w ill meet Monday evening, January 15, 11X10, in regular commttnicatkm nt T:W p. m. A full me-pting of the metrdiershlp 'a drod. Brethren of siatef lodges ore cordially invited. s By order of i w. w. r&anisii, w. BRITISH NERVES UNDER A STRAIN Will Roberts Permit Btiller to Again Make Attempt 116,000 BRITISH JTR00PS IN THE FIELD Speculations as Iu the Invasion of tbe Free State and as to the Proba bility of Builer's Renewal of Effort to Relieve Ladysmith London, .bin. :UI, 1:15 ,i. in. illivtorv piutse, f,,r a time in South Africa. It. is one of those un-satisfuelory pauses thai T arly so "try 'nig to Hriti.sh nerves as a Miieins of reverses ami apparent ly will terininate only when lvord Ro berts fri,; tin' word for the forward movement in.i the Fii'e State, w hich, ae cotvling to the most, cheerful view, he will in- unable to do for a fortnight. Whether he will permit General Jluller make another attempt b relieve l.ady smilh :s ipiite outside the knowledge even of tlio- closely eonnecti-d with ihe War Office. With the troops due to arrive next month, he may think him self strong enough to try two large op erations. Combining the forces under Generals Metliuen, French ami G.itacre. and ndiling to them the arriving troops. Ijord Roberts would have 70,(100 for the invaion of the I'rw State, with 4i,(mh to oli.tHH.I guariling s)innvunicalioiist and 4I.(KKI Hying to rescue l.adysMnit'h. The public 'bums with iuijiuticnee that sonie-tbiliL- should be done. Hut there is noth ing lo be done but to wait on the pro- pari Oceans ot inks are poured out Orators are at work iu the telling the ix'ople that F.ng-si-i her teeth in grim detenni- in a.lvici provinoi s. land ha.-. nntiiui to M-e it through." 'Jibe goii-niment's declarations in I'ar liameii', the counter suggestions of those outside l!n' governim'iit, and the i-oiisc-ipiellt dlM llssioll iu the press and on the plat form will immediately enthral publie inlent. The thing on which everybody scen:.s agreed is that more men must go. Twenty thousand two limnlnd and . weni , , , ., i,,cn ;,:i(i io,... a... ,t si a El. veil thousand infantry and !. fMWI eavalr.v, including 5.1 KM) yiimien, are practically ready to embark. The re fore, can place at. the disposal of Lord Robert KM,111 ''additional .men and loo guns. The fuiiher purpoM's of t-he Wat- Office are supjiisi'd lo embrace somewhere in the iieighborhood of 5o,0(Xi nwirc men. As tho indication is that candidates wif be rather scarce, the War 'Oifiee will issue orders for Miose reserves who were found unlit at the previous mobilization examinations to rcort tor further ex amination. Applications for cavalry ser vice are Mill friely offering a yoemanry. Gone-rn! Tluller's oM'rations have cost 012 men, so far officially reported within ten. days. Applying 1o the 2tnt Siiou Kop casualties, rooi-iod tmlay, the rule of proportiim, the lifrN4's of officers indi ente probably 5011 casualties yet to coine. The total casualties of the war. conv i iom official reiiorts, an' 0.52;!. near ly a division. Of these 2, ISli are killed. 4.S11 woim-dml and the rest prisoners. Tlie aggregate British home troops in Tith A."-i.:'i . -iml. ID". OiMl: the t -ians. 7.15S. and C:i Colonials. 21,0(. QUEEN'S SPEECH She Addresses the Opening of Parlia. mint Today. tondon. Jan. "0. The British parlia ment rcasscnslilid ilii- niorning and the feature or the occasion was. '. course, the sK'ooh of (Juceii Victoria to the body. The (Juccn in her seech to Par lianient, which reassembled tolay, says: "I.m Ti'sisting the invasion of llie Smith African 'Rriti.-l Ionics by the South Af rican Republic and the Orange Free State my people have responded with de votion and enthusiasm, to the appeal I made to them. The heroism of the sol diers on the field of battle and of the sailors and marines who wen" lamb't to cinuM-ralc with them, has not fallen short of the noblest traditions of our mi .tary history. 1 am deeply grieved that so many valuable lives have falld. a sac rifice in this cause, but I hav" witnessed with ivrido the twit riot ic enge.ness : ud spontaneous loyally with whic h my sub jects, in all parts of the ltri'.sli domin ion, have eotnc forward to -hare in tbe eoimmon defense of their imp'r..il intei ests. I nnv confident that '. shall not look in vain when. 1 exhort them lo sus tain and renew their exertions, until I have brought this struggle for the main tenance of the empire, ami to assert its supremacy in South Africa, l a victo rious conclusion. In sqieaking to illhe House of Commons Her Majesty says: The exiairioinv de rived from a great war must necessarily afford lesson of the grcntest importunie in the country's military administration,.!. You will not, I am convinced, shrink from any outlay, which may be reiiiitred to place our defensive preinratioiiH on a level with Tosimnsihilitics wHiich 1hc iss sission of such an Bnnpipe entails. At a time when several other nations are perfecting naval proarations nt groat cost, which is increasing the efforts, sac rifices awl -solicitude, whereby you have provided an efficient navy and coast de fences, assunslly must not Is? relaxed. 1KX10R DISPATCHES. lVetoria, Jan. 30. A Oolesburg dis patch received here sa-s that CmiuiKind nnt Delarry ivisirr eneoirutoring ,'i large body of tho BritisH advance hist Thnrs-j day;, ho attacked them, causing the Brit ish to retire, flftor suffering a heavy ftghtiag since daylreaJc Th; British With a great force ore ende.ivorin 1 1 surround tbe 'Boer positions. Ooneril Shoeman hasteued to tho assistnuco of Ucnwal GToblcr. Crcuoral Shoetuan rv turned this evening and reports that tic Kriiish were repulstyl and Ilia' the lto rs inaiutaiiicd ihoir jiosilions. The I.-mr loss was fonr while the RritiJi lns si'verc. ItOEll FACTORY 'DESTROYED. London, Jan. "0. A siss-ial dispiiteh riseived here from Durban say-- that a refugee then- from Johannnesburg and reports the destruction of the ltoor shell factory, located at. that place, on Jan uarv 20. Tbe Wws, it adil. i i repara ble. f;rixg at kimrerlkv. Modder River. Jan. I'.O. -At eleven o'clock last, night pickets from Sintt's Guards detei-lisl a number of "Snipers' creeping throuuh tho bushes, on the north bank of Riot river and on th south bank of Modder river, in the di rection of the camp. Alter a sharp rifle lire Scott's Guards dispersed the ltoers in the direction if Jacohs-dul. The mgln was very dark and it was inisssiblc ! esiiinale the number of Boer. The firing of guns at KitnlKTlcy were distinct Iv beard before duw'u tislay. AT TCGin.A RIVER. London. Jan. :',!.- A despatch. from Spearniur's Camp stati that General 1 luniloiiahr.s mounted brigade readied the south bank of Tugela river on Saturday, and that. Gonnral Lyttleton's brigade re mains in its original position. (K't IT'lliS THEIItl S. Sterkst rooni, Jan. HO. Genera) Kelly Kenny's column has oonipiod Tin-bus station, bctwici, Strinburg and Roso mend. GAPTURED IN RALEIGH Police Authorities Here Gfve Durham Poiice a Money Sna;i:her. Late yesterday al'ternoo,. the polic, Ihorities here arrest oil a half-willed audi- orisl boy. naiiiisl IC.1 Williams, who ci .me lo re to hide at the home ul L'raiiihiiofher. and escc'.e arrest for had ' his lar- cony of money iu lluriiam. In response to a reipicst i-oin Chief of Police Wood all, of Durham. Chief Mullen sent the boy back yesterday afti ri.ooii. The Durham authorities received the boy in good shaiM' and ibis niorning'--Herald says: "Sunday night lv.l Williams, a h lit- " it ted negro who lives with liis parents m ar the cemetery, snatched a roll of money from his stepfather and cscaix-d. 'Tlhe mailer was reported to Chief of Police .1. A. Woodall. who at once noti fied the authorities in Raleigh, where the negro's grandinoi her lives. Yester day the officers in Raleigh arrested Wil liams ami Policeman Caule went .Ihwii and brought hiui back on the -l:bt o'clock train yisterday afternoon. "When the matter was reported to the police deiia'lueei it was claimed that the thief had 07. but when he was arrest, ,! only nUiui S.".o was found mi bis per son. He docs not deny getting the nvin cy and says he spent less than. on his trip. The family are a very ignorant set mid it is probable that he did not. get more ihan 'S.5. "Williams was Licked up last night and will be given a hearing Is'fore Mayor M. E. MeCown this morning. LOCATION FOR LIGHT HOf'SE. Marshall II. C. Dockcry and Dist.-i-Attorney C. M. Iten ard lef ilii- e oni ing for Wilmington, where thev ,viil se lect a site on. Smith's Island for ;i" light house which the gownur.e:i! p i li'ses to erect. An appropriation of $75. 000 has bi-n made by Congress fortius piirKso and suitable land purchased. VANCE MONUMENT Committee Goes to Examine the Work Next Month. Mr. Joseph G. ilirown. Treasurer nt the Vance Monumental Association, stat ed this aflei-iuH.n thai liie Association has a little more than -ST. MS on h ind, which is sufficient to pay for the nioiiu nnut, work upon which has already bis-u begun, and which will Ik- iiisjiectod by tin' committee during February. li. Charlotte, as will In- seen from the item reprinted below from the Char lotte OhViner. fliere is a small sum which may Is- sent to Raleigh to go in the fund for llie monument here. Mr. Brown says this would be acceptable and could be used to advantage in ar ranginc the grounds about the luonunieiil. Tbe item from llie Observer is as fol lows: About a year alter Senator Vatu-e died, a good citizen, of Charlotte nic! in the eld auditorium for the purpose of rais ing money in ons'i a monument to h.s memory in this city. No regular com mittee was selected to ru-t ill the matter. but Major C. Dow.! wM made president and Major .1. G. II arris Voasur movenient'. of till Maior Harris states that for this fund he reo ived $110, which has been at iu lerest ill a bank for some years. In nd- ilition to this amount he says there are 1:15 im ollnr liands. lo be used for t'le building of the monument. Major Har ris iiiwlerAtands that there -is no objection to some of this money being us,il fi r til Vance monument fund in Raleiga. But he is not at all certain as to its appor tionuu'Dit, and he doesn't like to act with out authority from senie one or .some liod v. In brief. Major Harris wants to know what is to Is- done with the -4.. I tilwre to be a Vance monument hi "har- lotte ai'id in this money to ninaiu as tin initial part of tho suliseriptioii If tin monument or statue is mot to be erected her., then what is to liocouio of tbe $245? Major Harris will nppri-ciat formation as tu what course he must pursue. RFBOXI PI.AC,FE. Wnsliinutoii. Jan.. :t0. Advictis from Honolulu state that '.there have been 27 deaths of (Hubouic plaguo reported. rnxx. Now Y'or, Jan. .10. Cotton: 7.0; Muixtli TJ4. February CAUCASIAN A MORNING PAPER Daily Organ (f Anti-Amendment Forces Here THREE WEEKLIES EAST OF RALEIGH Thj Leaders of the Fight Against the Amendment to the Stale Conotitu. lion Dec id to Establish Ni-w. papers. An anti make its iniendineui daili paper will .pea:ance in Raleigh jsissil,) w il bin a molill from a tril-tw Tl inforiiioi iotj e. in.-- thy .siiiu-ci.. The Ami-Am. ndmeiit pa; Senator Butler's personal . i a oca sia n." When he was il! "I! i:.ii"is-i :he last time :itteiiding the n t'le; of the Populist Slate Executive Committee he had ibe mat'or undi-r ailviseinciit .tin! coiife md with several Popn I -1 and Re publicans here upon t lie subject. No de finite plans sis.nii.sl lo have b '.-a niti.le. however, until his return to Washiutou City. There tin- mutter was lavor.thly reecivi d by lhe opjiojH'Ut.s of : be Anlcld- n'ei.'. who arc in ealio.ii with him in h's tight ami lhe only contingency w.iiicli may now arise to prevent the coiismiLtiiai ion of his plan will be the lack of sufficient eani'iKiigu funds to sustain the enterprise. This movement is simply a part of the plan laid by the Republican, and Popu list lender of this Stale for oi.ii.liictinjr lhe campaign against the pending amend ment In the Constitution to i-'stact lhe riitlit of .suffrage in North. Carolina. These leaders have decide! thai il will be impossible for them to carry out tl-.c active campaign which they pr,.po-o to wage in North Carolina without the as sistance of newspapers, which they now lack. Tbe only pais-rs besides a few Re publican weeklies scattered in the Stale, which arc op poking the anioiHhnetU are the "Asheville Gazette," n niorning paper, and a lit lb weekly, published at Gastonla. Senator Butler and Senator Pritohnrd, it is reporied. eonsich r lln-M- fapers en tirely iiiade'tnate for the work proposed: beiiee. il is intended in have llie "an easian for a morning pajsT in Ita."igh to cc.-er Eastern and Central Carolina while tin- Asheville Gazette will reach lb- vol cfs of the Western part of the Suite. Ar rangements are also being made to estab lish three weekly papers to fight the aineiidim ill iiv .sections oast or Raleigh. The counties in which these throe papers will lie located are yet unknown, bin it is safe to say that one will be esrablisli isl at some town on ilie Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, while another will probably U' placed in f mill tor Inn d r RoN'son county. The Morning Caucasi.in. or whatever name will be given it. Witt receive "i st enthusiastic welcome from the Ral eigh typographical l.ii'.on, tor n win certainly make more work in Raleigh for the members of that organization. When this paisr makes its first ap IMaranee there will lie throe morning dailies in Raleigh anil such a condition never before existed in any town in North Carolina. This is tbe first campaign in this State iu which the l!-publio.nis have sought to wage their war through the State pnss since the days of the Rjileigh Standard, and the situatiom is not without a soukc of humor when it is. roinoniborcil that the class to be affected by the Con stitutional Amendment are. said to be solely those who cannot read or write. There has bis-i: no announcement lis to what press service will be ussl or the staff of the new paiicr. An effort was first made to move the A.-'heville Gazette to Haleigh. but this failed, benee lhe plan to run a paper lure. Of course it is only intend, l to run this anti-aineiidinent j.aper during the cam paign. LEAVE CASH ON THE'FIELD The Raleigh Kopjes Not Attacked by Mayor's Conrt Defendauts. lisorderly conduct hi the form "f .sw-enring ami cursing nil l nc mti'i-is. an i assault, in the shape of rooks and chok ing the breath out of a young m-cro by brought four eases up in the Mayor's court room, this niorning and .Mayor Powell dispcnsisl justice to 1I10 shivering defendants, who, in all but two o:i-',-s, put up stubborn opposition, and attempt ed itgaiiist Boorish odds to pass tin- lim-:. But there was strong mrposition and as Chief Mullen and .I nek Dcitslcy were presem ibe defendants had constant re minders of the Kopjiw tb.it keep order in tbe city of Raleigh. Ed Lewis, a young colored boy who. since yesterday, lias been coi.ifimsl ill jtiil for rocking Silas Burnett, was b.vrrowe.1 from Justice II. II. Uols rts for llie pur pose for giving trial lo Sil.-is Burnett, who was brought up from the station hoic-' charged with assault on Ed Lewis. Once before these two have been ill the May or's Conn Room to answer lor the sui'o offense and at that time Silas claimed to be the guardian for the youngster: This morning he made no such claim and after a isoriie. led by witnesses David Prat her and Rosa Lou is. Silas w as cap tured and left $5.25 dead on the field of action. J. B. .lohnson and W. H. Johnson, each charged with disorderly cmidiut. which in this instance moans swearing and cursing, admitted that war was a fail ure and paid an indemnity to Sir Wal ter Raleigh's lyinuwako to the tune of $5.25 each. John Lee,' arraigned for consigning Andrew Jones and .1. I Alston to other. I ar:s, could not hold out against the at tack from the kopjes and it is reported tjiat hill losses amounted to, $7.25.. This, onnonnceflient conies from an official dis patch fromi Powell's camp, a few yards distant from the city treasury and wiia not delayed tu truustmWoti, - UMarjhind, , .
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 30, 1900, edition 1
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