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OR MIC No. 9,ii5 RALEIGH. N, C., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1900. 25 Cents a Month 111 111010 V SUCK IN BRITISH WAR MOVEMENTS No More Reinforcements to go From jiome MYSTERIOUS MOVE OF GENERAL JOUBERT No Explanations why ba Loft the Field -Kltohenor at Klmberly-the Queen's Effigy. By fable to The Times-Visitor. Loudon, March . Evidently General Roberts thinks that tho Uocrs are as ;;ood as whipped already. The Ei,;htl division has been under orders to embark for several weeks, but the-) orders, so far as the artillery contingent is concern ed, have been recalled. General Uober'a having reported that no more artillery from home will be necosiarv. 'this la the first paupe in reinforcement since the war began. Generals Buller and Wolseley are understood to also con-dder that no more arf'lery will 'ie needed. MEET Nl) OPPOSITION'. London, March 9. Brabant's column en tered Jamestown on Friday unopposed. According to Boer reports twelve differ ent British troops are advancing along the Helpmaker road threatening Hie Boer positions on Blggurshurg range. Additional troops, including the Canadians left Cape Town for the front yesterduy. REBELS SURRENDER. London, March . The Rebels In the Lady Grey district arc surrendering their rifles to the lo 'al field cornet. Thev hive already received fifty-five riles and eighty thousand rounds of ammunition. BOERS NEW POSITION. Lorenzo Marquez, March 9. The Trani vaal government Las forbidden iK pm..j -Ing out of several gold mines, which ha I been flooded, especially at Symmer and Jack. The Boer commander has :akcn up a position at Rlnemhof, the vice in tercepting any British troops who m.giil lie traveling on the railway towards Misf iring or "marching to Klerksdoip. TO BURN QUEEN'S EFFICV. Wiunipeg, March 9. The Gretua ,Veo noniles who are strong Boer syuiimi Inf ers, nt templed to burn the queen in cf Ugy last night, but a dozen EnRllohren. with rifletMiurrlred on the sconj and tlireotenecPlo fire on the disloyal crowd, if the effigy was lighted. The Monnoi. ites ultimately dispersed. Tlie, Alton Mennobltes are also giving trouble unci are ; threatening to drive the English peaking poople out of town. FEARED QVBEN'3 SAFETY". loudon. March 9. It Is stat?d that th. queen's visit to Italy has been abandon ed because the Rome government feared as to her safety, owing to the strong anarchistic movement. IJELAC.OA BAY INCIDENT. Berne. March 10. The Bund announces that the arbitrators have pronounced judgment on Dclagoa -bay. but : -be principal points only. The question of Indemnity to be pall by Portugal, re mains to be decided Boon. Thi .'adg ment will be then communicated to tbo parties concerned. GENERAL WHEELER RESIGNS Civet his Rensous for Tendering Resig nation it This Time By Telegraph to The Times-Visiter. Washington, March 10. General -'jc Wheeler's letter of resignation was mailt: public today. Ill it he says "the insurgent government Is virtually destroyed, thai Agulnaldo is a fugitive in the northcu provinces and his Cabinet aud Cougre:.;' scattered. The various commands o:' in surgent generals, he says, have been re duced to mere skeletons and keep vi;h mit gun. shot range. From what ih present President of the Phllippiuco Co Kress says, he doesn't think they cut; ever reassemble. General Wh.-et,"', therefore, resigns as an officer In tho vol unteers. No action has been taken ou Ills resignation up to this time. VEGETABLE CROP DAMAGED By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. Corpus Christl, Texas, March 10. The high southerly winds which have been prevailing along this section of the coast during the past few days will prove of ultimate destruction to the large vegeta ble crop of the country contiguous to Corpus Christl. The wind yesterday was a regular gale and as a result nearly all the leaves have blown off the plants, while the dUBt has obscured small plants and will eventually deteriorate tltelr growth. Unless rain comes within the next few days, there will be a greatly di minished vegetable and cabbage crop as a result of the heavy southern March gales. THE YOUNGEST PRINTER. By Telegraph lo The Ttraet-Vi.Unr. Beaver Springs, Pa., March 10. Snyder ' county claims to have the youngest typesetter In an American newspaper office. He is Amnion Monroe Aurand, Jr.. not yet 6 years of age, son of the publishes of the Beaver Springs .Herald. His fifth birthday omes In April. The little fellow learned to set type before he knew the alphabet. In fact, It was by handling the metal that he be gan to distinguish the letters. Now he can do a good turn with the printer's stick, and occasionally sets np stories for his father's paper.'- Sometimes to vary his work It Is play to him he runs off cards, clrculors and envelopes on the press. London, March 10. Thr has beau a re spouse lo the offer of war loan and cjm netent authorities estimate that the to tal subscription will aggregate billion dollars, as huge offers are reported front -New York, Paris, Berlin and FrnnKtort PRISB STORY JU08KS Those who HaveConseated to Decide the Short 8tory Contest The greatest Interest has been mani fested by the young women, In the Times Visitor's Prize Story Contest, the condi tions of which are mentioned on the sixth page of today's paper. There Is a sur prise in store for the winner of the first prize, which will make the result of the contest most interesting. This will nor be announced until after the hour for closing the contest next Saturday. even ing. In the selection of the Judges for the contest, the plan was adopted to request three young women to name three jjdgea and from the list of names thus obtain ed, to select the three ladles who v LI decide the contest. This duty of selecting the judges th is became an easy one. as each of the three lists contained the following name? Miss Eliza Pool. Miss Emmie McV'en. Miss Susie Dinwiddle. The Times-Visitor is highly graliticu that such excellent judges were select ed and that they have consented to a, :. It appreciates their kindness In this par ticular and Is suro that the eomestinis will he thoroughly satisfied Willi what ever decision they render. WIDOW SUES FOR $50,000 An Old Man Who Didn't Wish a Darling is In Trouble. fty Telegraph lo The Tillios-Yiaitor. New York, March 10. Mrs. Helen Put ter, a young Philadelphia widow, and a member of a prominent family in that city, has sued rich and elderly W. H. Gross for i0,000. Mrs.' Potter says that he broke his promise to marry her. She accuses his relatives in Massachusetts of being re sponsible for bis actions. Epistles of a tender uature will play a part In the suit letters written lo her by Mr. Gross, as she says, during the course of lhclrcourtslilp. THEY MET AND LOVED. It va3 in this city about three yearn ago that Mrs. Potter met Mr. Gross. He Is 55 years old. distinguished in appear ance, and a stylish dresser. At that time he lived at (he Hotel Rivers, on Broadway. He now lives In Massachu setts and is a partner in the firm of Gross Bros., marble dealers, who have large quarries In that Stale. About two years and a half ago. ac cording to Mrs. Potter's story, she be came engaged to Mr. Gross. BROK IT OFF AT THE LAST. A days before the date set lor the wedding, eight months ago, he broke off the engagement. Mrs. Potter's lawyers have been trying lo serve Mr. Gross at the Hotel Rivers. Failing in this city they obtained permis sion today to serve notice of the suit by publication! TO PERPETUATE THE NAME Family of Jefferson Davis Adopt Plan to Prese rve Name. By Telegraph lo The Times-Visitor. Savannah. Ga.. March 10. Sidney Her bert, writing In the Savannah News, says that, the family of the late JefTerson Davis have adopted a plan to keep his name se cure in their own ranks. Mrs. Varina Howell Davis has adopted the name of Varina Jefferson Davis, while the nuinly young son of Mrs. HayeH, her daughter, has become Jefferson Hayes-Davis, while the olile.st daughter perpetuates her hon ored grandmother's name as Varina How ell Davis-Hayes. The Grant family is .also keeping up the old faimly names, and we have lllllc llysses S. Grant 111., and JulVi Dent Grant 111. It is a good plan thus to transmit to posterity the names of our great, heroes and statesmen through living miiuiiments. Today in out regular army a score or more nl gallant young officers are adding luslre to the honored names of their fathers, which Ihey bear in full, and some of them in regiments in which Ihelr falhers (later on generals) served in curly life. A GIFT TO CABLE EMPLOYES Chance to Invest in Commercial Com. pauy's Stock at Par. Ily Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. New York, March 10. John W. Mackay, president of tile Commercial Cable Coin, pnny, has given to all employes of that corporation the privilege of becoming stockholders on the same terms at which he and his partners became possessed of the business. ' The stock of the company sells at from 18."i to $190 per share, its par value is $100. The difference is due to large divi dends paid, 8 per ceut being the declara tion last year. There is $1,000,000 of- this stock In be distributed 10,000 shares. Counting the premium at which the stock Is held in the open market, the company is thus giving its employes outright $850,000. It Is all to be registered, to prevent speculators taking advautage of the com pany's generosity and turning the stock over for the profit of the bonus. 25 CENTS FOR A SHAVE San Aatoolo Barbers Will Raise Their Prices After May I. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. San Antoula. Texas. March 10. -F.y an agreement between the union journeymen barbers and the proprietors of union bar ber shops, comprising the principal shops In the city, the 'price of a shave will be 25 cents and the price of a hnir rut SO oents in Ban Antonio after May 1- Thsro are at present nearly 100 barber shops in the city whose prices range from 5 to 15 cents for a shave and 15 cents to 23 cents for' hair cut. Sacred Hearty Catholic Church. Kathor Griffin, Rector. 8econd Sunday In Lent. High Mass and Sermon 11 a. m. Sermon, Way of the Cross and Benediction 7:30 p. m. Sunday school 3 p. m. Way of the Cross, Wednesday and Friday 5 p. m. A NARROW ESCAPE FROM AWFUL DEATH Newspaper Man Saved by Dur ham Yard Master FELL BETWEEN CARS OF AMOVING TRAIN Mr. H M. Jordan, City Editor of Durham Sun and Correspondent of News and Obsever Badly rfjsred today. When Ihu Smithi-rn Railway train was pullliifc out from Durham this morning,' Mr. H. M. JonJnu. City Editor of tho Bur- ham Sun aud Durham correspondent of the News am! Observer, attempted to jump on the morning train, when his foot niiuiu, iu&l ms nuiu on me uur auu fell hod ily between (he moving cars. Only the cool headiness of Yard Master Adams saved Mr. Jordan from immediate, ueath. He was standing close by and as (he newspaper man lost his foot Jug Mr. , , Adams made a grab at his clothes in an effort to catch him and in this way was enabled to pull Mr. Jordan from under ,,,,,, , , , , , , the train before his body could be crush- ed by the wheels. II was In lime t s-.v life hut nn it was 111. unit to sav us lire, but not lu time to prevent painful and serious Injury. ..ruiscl and cut aud his elolhes were torn from his body, Blood was gushing from his face and the injuries sustained were giving him great pain. When taken from beneath the car he was able to f.tand alone, so the train left at once. Large numbers of passengers were on that train, many of them enroute to this city large crowd gathered on the plat- form under which Mr. Jordan had fallen. It Is sincerely to be hoped that he will soon be perfectly well again. PRIMARIES MARCH 31; COUNTY CONVENTION APRIL 7 The County Democratic Executive Com mittee Met Today at Noon and Set the Dates. The Wake County Democratic Executive Committee met toduy at noon pursuant to call of Ihe f'hairmau. Mr. Armistead Jones, for the purpose of naming the dales for primaries and county conveu-" lion. There was a full attendance of the com mittee and the nice tint; was an enthusias tic one. It was decided to hold the Democratic primaries on March Itlsl. to elect dele Kates to the County Convention. The County Convention is named for April 7lh. To this end Chairman Jones will at once Issue the resolution of the Executive Commit tee. NEXT WEEK IN C0NGRKSS What the Program Arranged in Ibe House ; and Senate. H.v Tel, r.t,h I,, Tin- Tiim-s isM ,,r. WiisliinKton. .MhivIi lit. The pi onr-mi in ot tlu House nexl week liu-Iuili-s on Von lay at -:;' ihe vole on the A'ise V;!ini!; contesUMl ease. Some Keuulitu'aus ; said lo ho inelineil lo vole in f.ivo: ol Hie DeinoiTal it: KiitiiiK memlfois-.. On Tuesilay the whole ilay will !,. ileiuicil lo a eonlerenee on ihe repo"! oi ihe li nauee hill. The vole will In: lal a !aie in Uie aflernoon. Wednesday, and til-' a.d diliouat m'Kenl deli-itney hill will ta-it he passed. Then Ihe IHstricl ol' I'oUin Ira approprial ions will oet-tipy (he i nu: m.ler t.f the week. The Porto Itieo hill will have rl'.i! of way in the Senate next week, as uiifiii ished business. UAl.lHdll 1'AI'HltS AUK THK UKST. lOdilois Times-Visitor. I rend your ariiele last ninhl on the "N(?w Kueo of the News and Oliserver." I)f eourse. tin; paper looks niee in Its new dresn. just as a pretty Rirl looks niee in her new. dainty spring dress. (KiRhi here I have a strong notion lo abuse you. I don't believe there is a married man eonneeted with your paper.) ltut as ! iho new, neat type. They produee a feelitiK of sadness, as I have to "strain" my eyes when I try to read them, not- wllhstandlne. 1 wear the best glasses the ..i ...- i . . ...i i. is f;ad to feel that the type we read from are to grow smaller ns our eyes grow dimmer. Hut It "Progress" requires '!iu' the newspapers use small type, let It be so. Hut is il really true that it is'bestv It may be best for the Oculist, hut not for the Reader school children and the like. The Raleigh papers are the oest pa pers I see nnywherc. and I see them from all sections. 1 have often remarked, that the Raleigh papers are the neatest, newsiest, and the best printed anywhere, not excepting the New York papers. Do we often enough stop to think of tlie mental and bodily work that It takes to get out these papers? 1 have been a sub scriber to the News and Observer, and the Times-Visitor from the date of their first Issue, years ago, and you know I do not sleep well when I do not get your good evening paper. Why Is It that the papers try t get out such lurgc papers, so much as twen ty pages on Sunday?, They make them so good nnd Interesting that some cannot read them through by church time. Don't work your printers bo hard on Saturday. Let them quit work In time to get ready for Sunday. Give us a smaller paper on Sunday. Condense all the news and other Items. Please do not consider this as a complaint or in the spirit of critlci-m, for it la not. SUBSCUIBER. Mrs. J. A. Brogassa la quite sick at her home on South Salisbury atreet. Henry T. Hicks will have an Interesting announcement In Monday's Tlmea-Visl-tor. , CONCERT AT GOVERNOR'S MANSION Miss Minnie Fitch Tucker and Mr. Olmstead Delighted their Audience. Tlit iiiiflitovium at tlie Governor's Alatibiun was tin,' rH-fiif of the in'cond rnital prenentwj li Mr. BtianlYv OhjiU'fJ, the brilliant young director of tin ( 'uiiM-vHtory f Muic at IVacr Institute. Frli fium his great miccchm mi las! Frtd.i v cvritii.n in (he ivrtHithHi vt tin immiliiliiV tiflo tlmnia "Kiuh Ii Ardon," ly Ki hard Wtrau-w. M. Ottiisicil wan in good shape tu Hcorii tlie i' tmy ttWuiliiiK Ji j in in his spec ial ianu recilnl. Allln.iii:h he lu bt'en heard on nuniemus ( fciims in U.ilrinh audience lie ha never aplK-.n-' l I itt f (ileal anvamaife. as on Huh ocmihimii. it I m-liictlim unusual to listen lu such pl.uhu this eily, and Mr. tH muled Iihh made a prui : mini jmpieMUiii with hU uplendid work. HavMtK procured a maK"'evnl mellow-loncd, SteiiiM.ii uraiid. through the special courtesy f-f .Me-Ts. K, K. Droop and Sm, of V ufhiut; loii. In1 s.is well pivparcd to furnish a rare treat tu the r, i vr listeners who had fcatheied. Hi- progi'iuii wan rhaniiinn aid muarkahly Well lull. iia tit. The pi'v(i in in was as fid low-: I. IVhiovrii, Op.1..!. Kirsl Mo ciuent. L Km l., nil Warner - her Fucl (The Alltel.). Had der Zdt t Wheel if Time.) suntf hy .Mi- Minnie Filch Tucker. ejJiUi,,, spim,med tspinni.. Sms.)"' Brahm Capiiccio. npm Ktude, Italia. le, A Hat major.) ilui !, ..,-,; s, hnurzen (Fai.:-f, Mi- Tiukei. ". fiii-g Selected, M"' . V:!,M' ,,; V;'H'- i Tu n W r -.jst l.ii-letod i Lou- death ) ; W 11; ucr Itiu-sm- Fein 17-inber ( Fire -Maic. IViiinmiiir wild the first niouinent of lhai funiun- Mi.iiata bv lleelhoven, the scliol- uny vnihtinn of tins most ciirtkun nii'ii-jer ! Wo" '' i"1" the aiiiiiem-e. 1 lieu came u dt licate irii.u-,Mi 0f veiiuhh- lone -pouns. Che dreamy mo d . h iik little piano sok "IVh Aiends. ' and tv ,li,,llia n l, JSTZ- which u.is interpolated was iiueirupleu l (tie j whirlini; r ihm of the difficult time Spinnerlied by M-ni(ehsoini. '"' "i,s Mr,l k whl1 ,,H' '';l,,,,'r frir- '"''l1' K(v(. , r,.IH,.nnK ,K, i,.s .U-ihK as tive .if the difference hetwecn the t hopiu n.d I richmtMiiu stvle of piano sinjrin. The broad ZrT teriznl l. a certain restrained .M'ldncss .nc Iren.. i ,n .'fulue-s of lel.iil pi-. Iilin r any Lend, n- feels id ihe sin -ft (ice of eh i.iu ss nl ..;; h ;md depth lone. Ilis ?iniriiitf lone in he levin Keuide nitio l careful study of (one cnor. The liiillade afforded him opportunity for display of sunn' of his iikM brilliant work as well as the Utm.'-l eie;uy of lolie in I lie liuhler pas-aKes hi t lit- sh.rtvv, Ki'aeeful Mo A wski aUe, ihf 1 : " ........ i li. ..i . ni. it... . -.! ' f '.i,., ,, Vet, u ih mark .l . Pi racy and mellowness itf lolie. T' lis nuinlier ;i great ,i)ii)jiuse. The utter absence of an iuciiua .! -.i lo hr nu' raj'itl pai-tatres or neglect Ih.- iiiiiior iiti-.li :i.t IhncA for Mr. t'lnisied :i ai-'fut i -s 'm U v ill insine him the praise of seven- musical critics in the artistic career which is undoubtedly open in him. From i hi- lie.uilifnl "Traunic,"" arii-ticalli it n dercd lo Miss Tucker, (lie -i-pran-. Mr 1'ims ted ulided imuietliatcly inii ! n maje:iic "Lii'lhot.id,'" one of i hi- ver;. I luimbe. w r licard fr.nn Id- I'eperioire. The deip s.Mlllulliev. ol l- lie .n. permeates It bioiiuht iil a iu ph.i-' of ill-- pianist's sle. lie pvoved a true inti-i r i f :l- p.ir.'tn.ile wiiniii k developed i'- liuiaxes in a masterly inaniK r. The "Mauic Fire Seetie" was a most lilting ch.se i mi excellent a -roL.Taui and lefl a rh,u i"iti i iiipii's-.ion upon i he listeners. The 1 i tii 1 1 1 (low of ihe ai petition si nod in contra-tt lo Uie ,f.ind chord' in tin- se ond l lieme and ihe 47riie number was ivndu'ed in tmisiu'd. eh lianl !t te. ' In keepitiK with Ihe spirii of ihe pnf;rum ihe er arti-tii vma well; of Mi.s Minnie Fil'h Tucker, already known -o well in Ital cith as a sinner, hut appearing in a hioiid.r I lole than cei- hefore in Ihe lieaiilifnl N airie r Ionus, h i.tielv heard and -eldoiu so well sun if. fis Tinker p..st.s a mezzo soprano wire ; of unusual hchiM.v ol imie. The marked dramat ic iiiality oi her riimiiiff renders her one who lui- I'l-oiuiw of .ni ani-iic career. t)ei-ld-l imi-ical temperament and ililelli ! f nee are r-hown in her line inleiperlalioii ol I he Idilth ult .ilhii r miiiiln The "Srhm: racn" w. ( and all her nuuihei she was recalhd sever. T ed olib lo the l;ct s.ii.L i AM conral ulale I'ci ' liad the scrvircs of . -oitv to learn that l In n-tn.nk.ilily w,-ll --iiiik M-it- m,"t i-nji,y,ili),-. litlH'. lll-lltfll ,'3'UIH- itilut,- iik,ii li;iini: :i dix-i tor. .toil ;irt u In- Mr. lllliik-.nra last season in Ibileiii. Me has nude ,ni iinpre--tMii " ;ts a pianist and a (fen I lenian who u iil not -ooti hi foi'ffoi ten. 1 1 is ;iid I ha I he i- lo iil I an cliaifemeul on the 17th iu-l. in u .i-hinlou. w here he w ill he heaid 1m the eiile t lli.il eil . -lOrUEUTS MllVKS MYSTK!;I1 Lotnlon. Man h The iM-.'.'cip'Uid -in id Ihe Times, at l.oren.n Mar'iuei. seals the followini;: There is scmulhiiit! m. -slerious ahoul Cmnuiandant (iener.il Jmi hert's uuittim; ilu' Held, for the v.ar if lice at I'reteria. The most ;rob:'b1.' i .. planalioh is thai he has either l-isl eon Iril over the llurehers or no longer his eenlldellee in l hi-ln. it is possihl", l.uw -ever, that his arrival at Pre.oiia i" in some way eonneeicl with til, .n-i.i:.:-tious for the sieni- that is --- s i wl to he in progress. All n:ale European' at li liannesburtf have lii en eoiriuaitdt e-l lo police service. CAVE III.MSELI' l'i . Jerse City. March la.-Kohert J. C.i" -ham, an employe in the service of U Coffee and Co.. of Toronto, surrendered to the police herj today. He s charged with colleeliiiK l.vo iliousai d dollars an I tleeinK with tlie cash. AX INVITATION. The following' invitation has been - I '"""'"V ""u lu all Chrisilan men in North Carolina, to llLltTlIU llir UIII1III4I V VIJl ,,,,, Ji tuullt, Men's Christian Association next month: The executive -.011111111 tee, liavlnK accept oil the Invital'on of a lurse number of our citizens to hold the Tw -my-ioi:i 1I1 Annual Convention of Ihe V.i'HK Me.i 8 Christian Association ol North Carolina in tho city of Qreensboro. wo heteoy i n tend a hearty Invitation lo e'l x.ienibcrs of th Association, as well as ,0 a ! Cliria tlun men to meet In Greensboro A.-ril r to S, 10. It is scarcely '.Keessary 10 u.,ii.io,i Cie advantages of ojr city, w hich is ;erh ii'.ei more con veni-: ally located for such meet ings than any other city In t'.io. Slate. Our passenger train service c,,:, -Istuiit of twcn'jr-eighl trains daily, is i..t ex celled; beBldes these advantages, our churches are among the handsomer.! iinn best equipped in the Plate. 0'ir peop'e are very hospitable and cheerfully o,eii their homes to you on this occasion. Th-' sessions of the convention will le held in the First Presbyterian Church, w? c h is probably equipped with the largest and finest pipe organ in North Carolina. Names of Pastors: Egbert W. Smith (First Precbylctiuii.) J. C. Rowe, (st Market M. E. South.) C. E. Hodgln (Westminister 1'reHl.vte rian.) L. W. Crawford. (Editor Chris'.lan Ad vocate.) Convention Committee: R. M. Phillips, Chairman, C. C. 4ll4san, l,ec O. Wharton. A. M. Scales. C. '. Yount. C. W. Potty, T. A. O'.ascucl-. M. Thos. Edgerton, L. W. Crawford, Jr., P. I r, Claxton, V. M. Brown. TO INVESTIGATE MONDAY AFTERNOON Special Committee Said to Have no Power DOUBT ABOUT TESTh MONY BEING SWORN One Prominent Citizen Of the Opinion that Ihe Inveligation Should be Post pone! and Should be Secret. On Monthly afternoon at o'clock, the Special Investigation Committee of the Hoard of Aldermen, appointed at tin. meeting last Friday night to Investigate Ihe conduct or management of the Ral eigh Water Company during the lire on Wednesday of last week, when tin Pogue Tobacco Warehouse was destroyed hy lire, and where, it was alleged other buildings went up in the flumes ou ac count of lack of sufllcient pressure in the streams of water, will meet in the May or's Court Room. The committee is composed of Aldermen McDonald, Chairman. Crocker and Correll nnd the City Attorney, Mr. W. L. Wat son. The committer has sent, or will have sent prior to the hour of meeting, noli lication to the Chief of l-'ire Department, upon whose complaint the Investigation was ordered, the members of the variou:-. Ire companies and to the officers of the Raleigh Water Company, advising them that in pursuance to inst run ions ironi ihe Hoard, Ihey will meet for the purpose of hearing any Information that anyone has 10 give on (he subjci t under consid eration and any statement that the Water Company may see lit to make. The committee has little power, accord ing to Chairman McDonald, who say?, that ihey have not the power to sum mons witnesses before them or to com pel anyone lo give any information other than voluntarily. It was stated today that there Is some doubt as to whether any of the testi mony will be sworn and that if sworn testimony is given at all it will be upon request of the persons appearing before the commitiee. The giving of testimony on the part of the members of Ihe Pire Department will be voluntary, but it is thought that few members of the paid force will desire to thus antagonize Ihc Walcr Company, if what they have to say is adverse to the company's position. Wlielher the officials of the Water Com pany will have anything to say at the meeting of the committee is in doubt. There are those who deplore Ihe fact that ihe Investigation has been called lor sin h an early dale, for the reason thai certain "sharks" arc alleged to be wait ing an opportunity to attack the com pany. Speaking of this niaiter. a gentleman said this morning. "1 favor an investiga tion into this matter, hut I do not beleive in huving the proceedings published forth that foreign concerns may have an op portunity lit study more carefully, and if possible, lind some technical flaw in the proceeding, whereby ihey ran sue the Waier Company, which Is owned almost entirely by local capital. I do not IhiuU that there is a man in Raleigh who would not stand hy Ihe Water Company in tin event thai some foreign concern thus at tacked it. "Whether I here was any fault on Ihe pari of the Water Company must he .1 question of doubt. It is known that everything was done hy Ihe officers in charge ai the lime, lo make the service all thai it should have been ,aud there i.-. no reason v. h.v these matters should hi- aired publicly even though the Water Ci.mpany is not in Die leasi in faull. II would be folly for Ihe officials of the Water Company to appear ,,efore the In vestigation Committee and attempt to give a statement regarding the conditions at (h;- lime of the recent Are. They i.ave ncthing to gain by so doing, in the llrst place, and In Hie second place, il must he acknowledged lha' there has not been sufficient time for the company to make the thorough Investigation that they would wish to make before giving out anv slaleineni. The officers of the com pany who are actively engaged in its management are conscienl ions workers and feel Hint they did their duly on ihe occasion of the fire. "If the Investigation is to be pu.-'u 1 and 1 doubt seriously lhat it will be. in Water Company should keep out ' C oroceedinKs and await some dellnite re turns from their olvii examination of their plant and then, If it Is desired, give a statement." The Chief of ihe Fire Department made official complaint lo Ihe Fire Com mittee, and they in turn to the Hoard of Aldermen, and il is this complaint that (he committee will ask answered by the Water Company. What the outcome will lie or ol what nature the proceedings Monday afternoon no one can forecast, but it Is probable that whatever is right and Jusl will be dene toward the Water Company nnd no prejudiced testimony will lie admitted. The meetings will be open to the pub lic. FAIR N Sl'NDAY. For Raleigh and vicinity: Fair loniglu and Sunday. The storm on the coast has moved 10 New- England, and although cloudy weather persists over all the Atlantic Stnles further precipitation is improb able. The cold wave in the extreme norlhwest has disappeared, with a rise In temperature at Blsmark of 42 since yesterday. Fair weather prevails through out the central valley and west. OPEN THE SEASON MONDAY. Mr. W. H. King Drug Comoany a li start on Monday next, lo serve their deli clous Imperial ice cream aorta and impe rial chocolate. Thin Is one of t'ia noet popular fountains In the city ail U fa mous for Its high grade summer rtriKi-:'. A new ice cream cabinet has been added to the fountain fixtures. PRETTY GIRL'S SENSATION Stenographer who Launched Sensation in Columbus is in Toledo. U Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. Columbus, Ohio. March 10. Ora McAu ley. of this city, who has been employed as a stenographer in the Board of Trade Building in Chicago, and who, nfter a quarrel with her lover, disappeared, leav ing a note which slated that she would be found in tlie bosom of the Scioto River, has been found. Evidently she thought better of endiug her life, simply becauso of a little spat with a man. for with her trunk full of love novels and clothes she came to this city on Wednesday and re paired lo the home of her parents, at. No. 8.04 West Eigth street, where she re mained that night. The next day she lelt for Toledo, where a position as stenographer bad been offered her. The project, ef dragging the bed of the Scioto for the body of the pretty Miss McAulcy will now be abandoned. Her dlsappearauce promised to develop i:i'c a sensation unlil unraveled by Detective Owens, of Colum bus, assisted by two local offices. HOGG NOT IN THE FIGHT Will Take uo Part in Senatorial Con. test in Texas. Ily Telegraph lo Tho Times-Visitor. Dallas. Texas. March in Farmer Shaw is in receipt of a liter from ex-Governor Hogg in which Ihe latter stales that he will take uo part whatever in the sena torial struggle between Messrs. Bailey and Chilton while on his slumping tour. Colonel Hogg opens at Waco April 1!. and. according to his letter to .Farmcr Shaw, will not mention the row over tile senatorial toga, but will content himself witli an advocacy of his proposed amend ments to the State constitution. He says that, while he is personally for Senator Chilton, the latter must light his own bat tle as he can. HER CENTURY BIRTHDAY. Ily Telegraph lo The Times-Visitor. Fleinington. N. J.. March 10. Miss Sarah Petit celehrated her one hundredth birthday at the home of E. J. Chamberliu. on the outskirts of Fletnington, today. l' lo ten months ago, when she fell and in jured her hip. Miss Pettit had always been up and annuel the house. Since her mis fortune she has been confined to her bed in an almost helpless condition, being un able to move herself. Miss Pcttit's hearing failed her abour IT, years ago and her eyesight also be came impaired. At intervals her heariug has returned so that she can hear or dinary conversation, and her eyesight im proved so that she can read the paper without glasses. Her sister. Margaret Pettit. who died a few years ago, lived to be HI'. SOUVENIR BANQUEr Mr. Ashby Baker Handsomely Entertains Officers of Commercial and Farmers Bank. On Thursday evening. Mr. Ashley I'al.cr entertained the officers and ni.iloycs of ihe Couiiiiercinl and Facacrs It.iu:i at a Souvenir banquet at the rcsid-mee Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Thompson. TK affair was the most elegant t',ai lias beeu given In Raleigh this year, -he llo.al and color decorations consist rig of buUKS of American Beauty roses, stuilax ate' Pania violels, which made the iatcr or scene one of rare beauty. The deeoi:; tions luive never been surpassed in K111 oich. The guests, including Presideet . A. Thompson. Assistant Cashier and Mrs. Herbert Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. H. W Baker. Mr. E. II. Clow. Mr. A. P. Hau 111.111. Mr. Miller Hushes. Mr. Burke Lit tle. Mr. E. M. Coolu-. of Swepsom ill" , and Mr. and Mrs. Ceo. W. Thompso.i. Eighteen covers were laid aroin-.d elaborately decorated tables, where 1! following menu was served ill fourlee.i courses, the guests taking their seals ,1, 7::lll and the last course being scrv.-l c. 1 1 : :;o : nine Point. Half Shell Grand Yin do la Tour lll.iii' lie Soup .lullcnni- .Newberne Shi'd Potato Croquettes Baked Capons String Uctins Chateau l,atiic Roman Punch Dianirnd Back Terrapin Minimi's Extra Dry. Gobi Label Entrees Olives Bon Hons Salted Nil Is Salads Tomato Nut Canvass Back Duck Current Jelly French Peas Chain bertin 'illcl or Heel French Mushrooms Lettuce Quail on Toast Asparagus Tips Chablis Roast Turkey Chestnut. Dressing Cranberry Sam e Celery Amontillado Strawberries Individual Ices Cake Fruits Nuts ' Raisins Figs Cafe Noir Neiifehatel (,'heese Crackers The souvenirs were presented to each guest immediately nfter the banquet. The souvenirs consisted of sterling plates, gold cuff links, diamonds, pearls and cut glass, and were purchased from Baltimore. Tho Ices for the occasion were prepared by Stollp, of Baltimore, and consisted by blocks in the form of bank cheeks, drawn hy Mr. Baker, on the Commercial and Farmers Bank, in favor of each guest for $1,000,000. 1 I New York, March 10. Cotton March tftftO. April 947. May 946, Jims !i3i, J .ly 93!i, August (41. September $4).
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
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