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No. 9,164 RALEIGH N, C, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1900. 25 Cents a Moptb, ROBERTS FORCES i TOE COEDS BACK Boers Admit Loss of Life and Positions GENERAL HAMILTON AT WORK WITH ROBERTS Coaditlons tt Mtfeklng-DlmlnUbei Ra ' IIobi and NlM Thousand Souls to - r. .4 buil'j;' c,mii..i From Transvaal London, - May 3. The Central Newt hearB that Commandant Eloff has left . Mafeking, practically abandoning the : siege. .'.,'.,..'. -: '! ' . CONDITIONS AT MAFEKING. ' , London, May 3, Baden Powell repoits from Mafeking under date of April 20, that all is well there. . He says he have complained to Snyman about the shooting of native women and Snyman has not re plied. Provisions are being carefully saved. With diminished rations there are nine thousand souls to be looked after. ' ROBERTS SUCCESS. London May 3. The War Office today received dispatches stating that Generals Roberts and Hamilton on Tuesday drove the enemy' out of strong positions' with cdmparatlvely small loss: to, us. The Boers are said to have been dispersed in several directions. The Boers admit twelve killed and forty wounded. Among the former list Is Lieutenant Gunther, a German volunteer. Among the wounded is M. Maximoff, Commander of the For eign legion. Twenty-one out of the fifty-two of the enemy's" casualties occurred among the members of the Foreign Legion. , BUBONIC PLAQUE SPREADING - Ifelve Parts of the world Faces Sen. oiis Plague Infection. I n .1 n t n rji-t a i. - -uuiiuvu, jaay l eiegrniire lu ine Lion " don papers continue to show a remarka ble spread of the Bubonic plague In at least a dozen parts of the world. A siim- mary today shows . Mauritius, Bombay, Calcutta, Port Said, Teheran, Manila, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Sydney, Noume, New Caledonia, s Brisbane and Bueno Ayrea, to be affected. Very serious spreading at, Bombay and Calcutta, with lifty-lwo deaths reported at Sydney and forty deaths at Buenos Ayres. THE STOCK MARKET Condition of London Msrket and New York Cotton Reports London, May 8. Prices are bouyant on the stock exchange today after a dull opening, due to a variety of rumors, 'all, however,- requiring confirmation, includ ing the British victory In South Africa, the death of President Kruger, and the rcnei oi maieKing. TEACHERS SALARY SCHEDULE. Albany,. May 8. The Governor today signed the Davis School Bill, fixing the salary schedule, for teachers . in New York City. NEW YORK COTTON. i ; New York. May 3. Cotton quotations today are as follows: May 9.46; June 9.43 August 9.38.. . FAIR AND COOLER For Raleigh and - vicinity: Knir, cooler tonight una Friday.. The storms yesterday central on . the south Atlantic coast and over the Lake region have united near the New Wfigland const. Light rains occurred nt numerous stations east of the Mississippi. The feature of the map this morning is the cool wave in the northwest which is advancing south eastward. Chicago and St. Paul re ported heavy frost and Omaha light frost. , ARRESTS AN AMERICAN. Pretoria. May 3."An American has been arrested in connection with the blowing up of the Begble arsenal, for which all remaining British, Subjects have been ex pelled from the Transvaal. Begbie is one of the proprietors of the engineering works at Johannesburg, recently blown up. and he was remanded to jail. The charge is murder and no bail will be ac cepted. .;--' READY FOR SIGNATURE. Paris, May 3. M. Caulois says the con vention between France and Spain defin ing the respective spheres and Influence of Morroco, has been, prepared ready-for signature. '- : . v AGREE TO INCREASE. . Constantinople, May 8. The agents of the powers have sent a note to the porte assenting to the Increase of import du ties. ..; , .. . , v. FRANK BERGEN DECLINES. . Elisabeth, N. J., May 3. Frank Bergen said today that he had written a letter declining the appointment as Chief Jus tice of .Porto Rico to Attorney General Griggs. He will be pitted against Con gressman Fowler, tor the nomination for Congress. : ' , CONGRESS WILL ADJOURN JUNE 12th ..'-' '. "... - - - i'-.V- y i Senator Aldrlch on the Remaloiof Work of the Session WILL ADJOURN BY JUNE 18. ' ' Washington, Hay 3. Senator Aldrlch says. that Congress will adjourn not later than June 12th, and possibly earlier. There will be little legislation outside of the appropriation bills. As : soon as they are disposed of, he says, Congress will adjourn. NO NICARAGUAN ACTION. Washington, May 3. The prevailing opinion among. Senators is that the Nicaragua Canal bill will not be acted upon by the Senate at the present ses sion. It is rumored that the President has expressed -desire that the bill go over till next session. ,"'" THE CLARK CASE-. Washington, May 8. The, Senate Is to day considering the Army Appropriation BUI. The Clark case will be taken up on Thursday of next week. : WILL PROBABLY MEET JUNE 2nd County Democratic Executive Committee Meets Here Saturday " Chairman Armlstead Jones, of the Wake County Democratic Executive Committee, has called u meeting of the committee for Saturday at noon in the Mayor's office, at which time the committee will name the date for the holding of the county convention for the nomiuntion of county officers. A number" of the committee have been talking over the dates that have been suggested foi tl4f convention, and it is probable that June 2nd will be, the- occasion-for-the -conflictThe number of- candidates for the various county offices is not as large an was at first expected, though there is the greatest abundance of material ready to be sawed if the convention wishes other candidates. All of the county officers, except Clerk of the Court, are to be filled by the coming election. ' j ,, TO PFRFECT ORGANIZATION Raleigh Athletic Association Subscribers Meet Tomorrow Night Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the Metropolitan Hall there will be a meeting of the subscribers to the r.tocK in the Raleigh Athletic Association, which or ganization proposes to have a first class baseball team in Ralel;!i .this summer, and if possible have a psrmaneot atnle tlc association that will i's a credit an.l attraction to the people 61 Raleigh. The meeting tomorrow night is called for the purpose of perfecting organization, the necessary amount of slock to or ganize having been secured without can vassing the city, and this having been added to make the organization what it was at first hoped it woulti be. There are now only a few shares remaining to be taken to complete the fifty charter mem bers desired and these will be taken tonight. This is certain as a number of gentlemen who are interested in the sport and in having attractions here in the summer have slgniued their inten tion to subscribe. - The by laws and rules and regrlatiocs of the Association will be adopted at the' meeting tomorrow night and directors will be chosen for the management of the- affairs of the company. A manager and captain for the ball team may t.e selected though it is at present the wteh of the majority of those who have teen consulted that the selection of a manager and of captain he left tor the director who will have to consider carefully the qualifications. ' Other towns in the State have organ ized their teams already, fnit the ma jrlty are " awaiting the return of the college boys to make up the nine twlrlers to represent their towns. One thing seems to be agreed upon by all who have subscribed to stock in the Raleigh Athletic Association Is that no tough, element shall be allowed oa the team, or In any way to be connected with It. This meets with universal ap proval and alone assures the popularity of the team that will be placed iu the field. , A- - FREE E N T ERT A 1 X MENT TONIGHT. The members of the Presbyterian Sunday school cordially -invite the public' to be present this evening at the stereoptiean exhibition to be giv en complimentary to the school by Sir. E. B. Thompson, of Washington, D. C. Mr. Thompson will, show some two hundred or more beautiful views of Washington City and vicinity, us ing one of the finest' stereopticans known to science; There will be no charge, ajid it is honed that a',1 who expect to attend will be on hand promptly at eight o'clock. ' CLAYTON INVITED. llr. Charles Home, a . prominent young business man of Clayton, was in the city today. He says that Clay ton is moving rapidly ahead in indus trial enterprises: Work on the cotton mill building will be begun June 15th, the scarcity of brick preventing an earlier start. Clayton is also to, have an oil mill, the company faarinkg al ready been, formed. A planing mill has just been completed. These three enterprises are all located iu the same vicinity. 1 . . IN THE MAYOR'S COURT There were only two offenders before Mayor Powell this morning, one of these being a young boy wbo had lien cursing on the street. , The cursing bad begun in a spirit of fun. u Y Jack Oargus, the secon offender was also charged with disorderly conduct.: tie had hern cursing and swearing on the street and paid for It with a subscription of $7.35. - V: HEADQUARTERS AT GREENSBORO Republicans May Not Open Any in Raleigh ADAMS BEGINS CANVASS AT WINSTON Republics Stat leigus Met at Noon Today and Elected Officers for the : Yiar Delegates all Do part Today. The Republican Stat convention completed its work lasl nigtit at T:J3 and adjourned sine, dio. J'lie dele gates began leaving on the early trains this morning mid by this af ternoon very few were still in the city. "Senator Pritchurd left for Washing ton city at .2:20 this morning. He expressed himself to friends as highly pleased with the work of the conven tion. He said lie could not as yet tell exactly when Congress would wl journ, but it wan hoped that- the work woujd be finished at any. .6. ,0 .work.. would be finished early in June at any rate. Marshall H. C. Doekery last night gave a box party at the opera to Senator -Pritchurd, Col. J. E. Boyd, Judge Spencer Adams and Mr. J. ,M. -AI otxi v State Chairman A. E. lIoKon, Sec retary W. S. Hyams and ex-Judge. Spencer B. Adams left fur the west this morning. Secretory Hymns' said to a T'nies Visitor 'representative.: "We will open the campaign proper at Winston Salem on .Tuesday, May 15th, when Senator Pritchard, Judge Adams. At torney General Walser, A. K. Price and others will be present and make addresses. A large crowd will be present. Within the. next ten days we will have forty speakers on the stump in North Carolina." Mr. Hyams said that he did not know yet whether headquarters would be opened in Haleigh during the cam paign or not. : State. Chairman Holton wa.s asked if headquarters would lie established in Raleigh and replied: "We have not decided. 1 have two assistants in the headquarters now opened in (ifeeiis boro and 1 run back and forth be tween Greensboro and my home at Winston. 'At least two days a week are spent in fireensboro." "Is not Raleigh more suitable for your headquarters than Greensboro?" the reporter asked. "Well, 1 don't know: perhaps it in." and 'then he added with a -laugh, "lint too much gets out here in Raleigh." The Times-X lsitor of yesterday con tained the proceedings of the conven- S tion up to 5:i1'i p. ni., and the body adjourned nt 7: l. I ne complete iick et nominated is as follows: The Republican State convention held here yesterday nominated the following ticket: Governor Spencer B. Adams, of Guil ford county. Lieutenant Governor Claudius Dock ery, of Richmond. Secretary of State James F. Parrott, of Lenoir. v State Treasurer L. L. Jenkins, of Gas ton. '. . .: ' State Auditor Thomas S. Rollins, of Madison. , - Attorney General Z. V. Walser, of Davidson. Superintendent of Public Instruction N. C. English, of Randolph. Chairman Corporation Commission C, A. Reynolds, of Forsyth. Corporation Commissioner J. A. Francks of Swain. Commissioner of Agriculture Abner Alexander, of Tyrrell. Commissioner of Labor Thos. S. Mal loy, of Rockingham. Electors A. H. Price, of Rowan, and J. C. McCrary, of Davidson. ' Delegates to the national convention are Jeter C. Pritchard, James E. Boyd, E. C. Duncan and Chas. McNatnee. , Col. James E. Boyd went up to Greensboro today. He expects to take his summer vacation the latter payt of. June and will spend much - of, his time in Greensboro. ; , A notable feature of the conven tion was the slight. Governor Russell received from the' body, Governor ltussell desired to be a delegate r, large to the National convention but the opposition was such that his friends decided not to present, his name. . '--..''.-.' . ' - - The f riends of the' Governor secur ed places from the various districts on the committee on platform and resolutions, and they were said to be in a majority, A strong plank was drawn up warmjy endorsing the Gov ernor's administration, but the chair ninu of the committee with assistants managed to side-track it and the Governor's name was not" mentioned. J. C. L.1 Harris, Wheeler Martin, Charles Cook and others stood ready to defend the Governor if .anything derogatory had been said. 1 The general comment on the street today was that the convention was a gathering of office-holders. HEPUBUCAN LEAGT.XE. The Republican State League met today at noon in the Park Hotel. President Warren Vines Hall presid ed and Mr. Thomas Rollins was sec retary. . ' .,' " V ' . - . ,;. ' The attendance was small, and the only business transacted was the elec tion of officers, committees and dele gates to the meeting of the i.ationnl Republican League in St. Paul, which will be held July 17th. 18th and inth. ' The delegates at , large to the Na tional League elected are Charles Me JCamee, of Buncombe: W. 8. Hvams, of Mitchell; W. V. Hall, of Mecklen burg and B. N. Duke, Jr., of Durham. The. following are the delegates bv districts: tp iwWCZt First District C. TJ". James, 1). JIT Abbott, J. J. Phelps and 1. M. Mee kins. Second District H. P. Cheatham, Dan Patrick, W. E. , Parrott and Frank Martin. Third District Paul Slocumb, O. ,T. Spears, Will Brown and A. M. Clurk. Fourth District J. E. Mendenhall, J. W. Harden, J. A. Gyles and E. A. Johnson. Fifth District J. R. Joyce, Homcue Mitchell, R. D. Douglass anil J. A. Hnskins. t 9j3jsl Sixth District Claude Dockery. ,). D. Haultsby, V. S. Clunton and Fred Rice. Seventh District A. H. Price, Z. V. Walser, John R. Itoundleman, Paul Young. ' Eighth District K. S. Blackbttrn. G. K. Pritchard, K. E. Shaw, J. H. Mar shall. Ninth District H. S. Anderson. A. S. Patterson, M. W. Brown, J. L. Mor gan. The officers elected were Charles Harris, of the Ninth District. Presi dent: . W. -8. 'Hyams, National Vice President; W. V. Hall. Natnal Com mitteman; Treasurer E. A. Johnson; ecre.tarv Thomas Koiliuu. Executive Committee; S. Hare, J. A, Field. A. M. Clark. 0 T. Bailey W. T". Trogden, J. M. Smith, (ins Price, K. E. Shore and H. S. Anderson. Finance Committee: I. M. Meekins, W. H. Buffaloe, Paul Slocumb. F. D. Jones. Elwood Cox, W. S. Clanton. J. R. McCrary, P. H. Lybrook, Charles McNamee. Committee on Organization: E. C. Duncan. W. T. O'Berrv. L. B. Chaplin, J. II. Young. J. T. Holland. W. B. Williamson. .1. (5. Walser. E. S. Black burn and O'B. B. Blythe. TWs-completett-the work of "the: ; League, the remainder of the session being consumed in the discussion of organization in the verious counties. REPRIMANDS CAPT.CHADWICK Secretary Loaf on the Captalas Disre spect toSchley Washington, May ' 3. Secretary Long has written a letter to Capt. Ohulwick, of the New York, emphatically reprimand ing, him for "the disrespectful language used by him towards Admiral Schley in his recent interview and art Icie. Secre tary Long says the language w;n e'.iliveiy unwarranted. "CALLED BACK." Johusou is Taken Back to the Pen to Serve His Time. ' "blclt" Johnson, the escaped convict,- who was captured here; Sunday night, was taken back to the penitentiary" this morn ing by an officer of that institution. The officer stated that Johnson has been a tough problem since he began serving his. time. He was sent up for five years but. had only done time for a short while when fhe succeeded in escap ing. He was captured and began serving his sentence but made his escape for the second time dually landing in Salisbury Sunday night and going to the lock up. He will be closely watched after this until his time expires. Ed Morrison, Johnson's companion proved not to be the other man wanted. He has been sent to the chain gang, how ever, for vagrancy. No information has been secured as to where the big lot of knives which they had on hand at the time of their arrest, come from. The officers who arrested Johnson get a rewar of J10.00 from the State. Salis bury Truth-Index. DEATH OF MRS. -OLIVE T. FELT. This estimable lady died nt the home of her daughter. Mrs. S. W. Brewer, this morning at j : KMi'cIoek. She was the youngest daughter of Joslma Tnlcott. of Cmenango County, New York, and was born in Stivvrna, N. V., June 15, 1822. Her husband. Mr. Eli Felt, died iu Raleigh February 5, 1SS5. She leaves two daughters. Mrs. S. W. Brewer and Mrs. .1. J. Tbomns, of this city, and four sons' Messrs. .1. P.. De Witt and C. H. Felt, of Emporium, Pa., and Mr. E. T. Felt, of Johnstown, Pa. The remains will he taken to Wake Forest tomorrow morning nt 11:1",, where : the f'.inernl services will be held at noon. 16)00 MEN IN THE STRIKE. Philadelphia, May 3. The, allied build ing trades council today ordered out all its men wherever the brotherhood car penters are working. Secretary Allen says about twelve additional men are at work this morning. This makes about sixteen thousand men now out on the strike. . '.; ..-' BALL GAME TOMORROW. The A. and M. ball team will play the University of Maryland team to morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. This will be the A. and M.'s last game of the season. The visiting is a strong team and a good game is expected. RALEIGH COMMAXDERY NO. 4. A regular conela.ve of Raleigh Coni mnudery' No. 4, K. T., will be held this (Thursday) evening at 8 o'clock. Mat ter of importance. Please1 attend promptly. W. E. JO.N'ES. E. C. I). S. HAMILTON, Recorder. t DISTRICT ATTORNEY DEAD. ' New York, May 3. Deputy Attorney General Coyne, who was engaged in pro ecu ting District Attorney Gardiner, died this morning at the Holland House with Malignant diphtheria. - Miss Dnisy Smith, of GoldsborOj is visiting Miss Mary Armistead Jones, on Hillsboro street.. Place your orders with J. L. O'Quinn and Company early for Easter cut flowers if you want the best at the lowest prices. " ' ;' , WHAT THE BOARD PROPOSES TO DO May Meeting: to be Held Fri day Night. MANY SMALL MATTERS FROM LAST MEETING Street Committee to Make Monthly Re portMeeting Tomorrow Moralng Suggestions or Requests to be Received BOARD OF ALDERMEN 6. .6 .... 6. .6.. The May meeting of the Board of Alder men will be held in the Mayor's Office to morrow' evening at 8 o'clock, and at that time the City Fathers will take up a number of matters of minor importance that were sidetracked by the great vol ume of business that held them in such lengthy session at their last monthly meeting. Besides the routine business to be looked after the Board will give its attention to some questions of importance that have been brought totheir attention during the past month. The Finance Committee is In session late this afternoon, and at their meeting today will determine upon certain recom mendations to the full Board for appro priations for different undertakings that have been proposed by committees of the board. The Finance Committee has naw--b.egun-loaking-.nvpr, ,the -books-of the Auditor of the City, something that has never before in the history of the city been customary. The Auditor's books will hereafter be made to show more clearry what has been the purpose of each expenditure. ' The Street Committee was to have met at 5 o'clock this afternoon, but on account of the absence of Alderman Pe gram, the meeting has been postponed until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, at which time Chairman Drewry will be glad to receive any suggestions or requests that any citizen may wish to make. It has been the wish of the committee, that property owners and citizens Interested make any suggestions and requests direct to the committee in session. The city report went to the printer ten days ago but the first proof has not yet been returned. The printers are given forty days within which time tbey must return the printed volume and it is there fore expected that the city report will be readyjor distribution among the mem bers of the board at their Junem eetlng. The Raleigh Electric Company, accord ing to their proposition accepted by the hoard at the last meeting has placed arc lights In Pullcn Park though the lamps have not yet been lighted. An appropria tion of $250 was made for this purpose. Hargett street 1s now ready for maca dam. Newbern Avenue is also ready, and the work on the two will be pushed at once. The north sidewalk on New hern Avenue between Blount and Pearson streets is like a ploughed field, but will soon be paved and greatly Improved. : The board will probably take some ac tion regarding Memorial Day exercises and the city's part in the program. The auditorium will also be discussed. The attention of the board will be called to the fact that the Water Company has not yetp. laced in the Station House the pres sure indicator. A, & M. CADETS Public Exercises of (he Pullen Lilersry Society. The following invitation has been issued: ' "The honor of your presence is re quested at the Public Exercises of the Pullen Literary Society North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mecliimic Arts, i Raleigh, .North (arolina, Friday evening. May the eleventh. Nineteen Hundred." PROGRAM. President, Leslie (1. Berry, .'Washing ton, X. ('.: Secretary i L. Omer I.ougee. Raleigh. X. C: Chief Marshal, Leslie I. Allen, Louisburg, N. C. Sub-Marshals: Cleveland D Welch. Waynesville, A..Cit Charles A. Watson, Raleigh. N. ('.; Howard Simpson. Simpson's Store, N. C; .'-Robert 1. Howard. Conetoe. N. C. DEBATERS: Affirmative Martin Kellogg, Sun burv, N. C; Puul CollinV Raleigh, N. C. ".- .'' ''.:' . Negative J. Sidney Cates, Swepson ville, N, C; W. D. ' Briggs, Raleigh, N. C. -. : Query: Resolved, that Labor Cnions have been a benefit to the 1'nited States.-, . Orators: ,T. H. Bunn. Henderson. N. C. and Wilbur C, Cooke, Louisburg, X,V .. - - -.- v MARRIAQE TONIGHT At. 9 o'clock tonight Miss HaUic tndcr hlil will be united in marriage to Mr. William Huffham. The wedding ceremony will be performed by Rev. B. W. Sp'V.nan, and will take place at the home of the bride's father, Mr. Arthur Uud-nhlli.' PRICE CURRENT. Cincinnati, May 3. Price current today says: "Conditions generally continue fa vorable. Wheat outlook maintained. Spring wheat good start, with possibly reduced acreage. RAISING WAGES. New York, May. 3.-The Standard Oil Company has raised the wages and lower ed the hour of seven thousand of its employes. . .. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. Mr. J. S. Manning, of Durhuui, is in the city. Mr. H. H. McLendon, of Wudesboro, is iu the city. Mr. and Mrs. James W. McNeill, of I Wilkesboro. are in the city stopping - with Mrs. McNeills purents, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Johnson. Miss Maude Vaughn, of Wilmington, is the guest of Miss I'pcburch, on West Morgan street. ; Mr. John Unchurch has returned to his home at Moniuc, (Ju,, accompanied by Ins brother-in-law, Mr... Uarland Upchurch. Hon. Xeedham Price .Mangum, a statesman of Wilmington, arrived in the city this afternoon on his way to Wake Fcrest, where he. intends to re- -cuperate. Dr. James McICee, who has been ill with flu ncnta nttjiK- rtf mint nnrl Afr from an attack of rheumatism, were taken to the spring yesterday. Their hosts of friends hope for their speedy recovery. .Mrs. C. C. McDonald, who has- been sick "for several months, is improving. The young people of Meddlers, a thriving little station of the Raleigh and Cape Fear Railroad, chartered a secial couch today, going to a point in Middle Creek township on a pic nic. Prof. Charles H. Mebane, Superinten dent of Public Instructions, was in the city last night on his way to Raleigh. "I am particularly pleased at the i stand Mr. Aycock is taking for popular j education." said Mr. Mebane. "He is the j-first candldSTe-ror"g6vcfridr within" my recollection who has taken a bold and positive stand along educational lines." Speakiug of the constitutional amend ment Prof. Mebane said: "I do not see how any school teacher or educator In the State could oppose the amendment." Salisbury Truth-Index. Mr. J. W. McNeill was lust Saturday nominated for the Legislature by the Republicans of Wilkes county, while his father and an uncle by marriage were nominated, for county commis sioners. Mr. Robert McNeill, of Ashe county, is also in the city, lie will probably be the Republican legislative candidate in that county. Don't forget' the,', repetition . of the Fisherman's Luck, benefit ' oi the Daughters of Confederacy next Tues day night, May sth. nt the Academy of Music. Mr. John C. Drewry returned to the city last, evening. The. regular weekly drill of . Ihtt Raleigh Light Infantry will be held tomorrow night, instead of tonight.' Notice is hereby given by Captain Bernard. The State Board of Elections meets .'tonight for the purpose of finishing the. list of Board of Elections for the various counties. Passengers from the East this af ternoon reported a big hail storm this side of (ioldsboro. The hail wus near ly two inches thick in some places oil the ground. Mr. lieorge Rountree and wife passed through this city this after noon enroute to Chapel Hill, where be will deliver an address before the University Law School tomorrow night. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mebtuie; Miss Louise Holt, Mr. Bob Holt and. Miss Heartt, who spent last night, in Hal- eigh to sec The Charlatan, left tuiH afternoon for their homes. HOPPER LAST EVENING. The Big Comic Opera Comedian and His Company In the "Charlatan." The inimitable Hopper, the king of coin is opera, and his strong company appeared last evening in ' his latest success, the Sousa and Klein comic opera, "The Charlatan." The opera house was crowded with one of the largest and most fashion able audience of the season, which thoroughly enjoyed the rich und witty Hopper and his able support. As in Mr. Hopper's previous suc cesses, the big comedian is the central figure around which the whole thin); revolves, nnd the play furnishes am ple opportunities for display , of his rue talent wit. Miss Jessie Muckaye. who is travel ing with Mr. Hoper this season, how ever, shared a large part of the hon ors with the big comedian Inst even ing. If anything her clever work add ed color to the great Hopper. She is unquestionably the cutest, brightest, , most, graceful and vivacious little wo man that has ever appeared on the Raleigh stage. She. has a pair of the, brightest eyes, that sparkle with an unusual warmth, and she knows how to use them to the most effective ad vantage. And 'tc her many other charms is a rich, sweet voice. The solo work of Miss Xella Bergen was of a high order. She possesses a splendid soprano voice, which was dis played to admirable advantage last evening. . . The part of Jelikoff was well liau dled by Mr. Charles Swain. Harold Blnke. Mark Price. Miss An nie. Cameron and Miss Ida Lester, the other principal characters, filled their parts in the. most satisfactory manner; At. the instances of many requests Mr. Hopper lecited "Casey at the bat," which scored a big hit, There was. a large chorus of pretty and shapely girls. The Charlatan was a fitting and brilliant close of the theatrical sea son of 189W-1000. AMERICANS KILLED.- Manila, May, I. Report received today state that' four Americana were killed anu sixteen wounded were 4eft on the field at Tanay. v, .- .-