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YISfTP o. 9,1 7 1 RALEIGH N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY II, 1900. 25 Cents Month: .. v? nrv OR ii Cilia SPECIAL GOVERNMENT AGENTS - INVESTIGATE PENITENTIARY Alleged Mal-treatment of Feder al Prisoners Reported to Washington. SPECIAL REPORT . ON HORN li'S DEATH Man Who Was Shot by Warden Green in Self Defense PEN OFFICIAL SAY INVESTIGATION IS OK Say it its a Regular Inspection Agents La Dow and Brewster Will Make , Report to Department of - -Justice. Two special -agents of (lie Depart- i ment of Justice lit Washington have arrived in this city under instruc- , tions from the Department to investi gate the management ami conduct of the. Federal Prison in the North Caro lina State Peiiitentii.ry, and to make 'report to the Department direct re- gnrdiug the reports that have becu received there concerning' the mal treatment of convicts sent here from the Federal courts. I The. two men who arrived . toduy uiicl are stopping at the CaiTollton arc: t, . Special Agent R. V. U Bow, , Special Agent. R. .1. W. Brewster. Mr. ha Dow was seen this ufternoon - by a. representative of The ' Tunes-j Visitor but lie declined to say any thing further than that it is true that ( he ttlld Mr. llrewster are here to in- , vestignte the conditions at the Federal l'rison, but he said that it. is also true j that they make regular periodical in- ( vcstigutions and that this can lie con siilered one of them. J lie would not stale that there was anything unusual in the investigation or that it would carry with it. any matter of importance to the l'rison out-of the ordinary. Warden Green, of the State Peni : tentiury was questioned regarding the publication in the New York Herald this morning that investigation is to be made and reKrts of complaints as to the treatment of prisoners and the shooting of (ieorge iloriie, a Federal prisonert sent here from Charlotte. I Wurdeli Green Muted that he had been expecting the special agents for three weeks and that- he thought there was no special significance in their visit at this time. . . The two special agents went to the Penitentiary in the carriage from that institution this afternoon after two o'clock, and began their investigation. ' There are many matters, it is said, that they are to make' report, on to tin? Department of Justice, and a e chil report Js said to he necessary re- igarding the shoot inir of George Home. The prisoners will be taken sepor- ately und each will lie given an op portunity to tell secretly to the spe rial agents what lias occurred1 since, the last, inspection. The officers will j aluo give to the inspectors any infor- J motion that they consider of interest, ! with examination being secret. The special agents do not consider so much what Is said by a convict as ; from hlg general appearance, which is considered l.y experienced men as the best evidence of their treatment. The shooting of (ieorge Home. which has been-given great promiii-i enc in the .ew York nit iters, and which is to lie the subject- of special i mention in the report, will lie taken I up tomorrow. I Home wa a. desperate character, and after trouble, and lust week he ' was shot, gangrene set in, his leg was amputated und he died at Hex Hos pital in, this city, where the operation ' was performed. I Home, it seems, was in a continual state of insubordination. All day last . Friday, the. day of the shoot in if, he j committed serevul breaches of discip- ' line that warranted punishment. Lute, in the afternoon Warden Green sent. for Home' to, come to the office and the convict refused to oliey, walking off toward the stockade. '.:.; Wui-den Green ordered two neero convicts to overtake Home and bring him to the office, but they refused, saving that llfrnn would kill them if , they went up to him. an h was a. desoerate character and had on open Vnlfe in his pocket. f The Warden himself then started to overtake the rcbeli.oua prisoner. , thinking at the time that Home in tended a break for lilierty. As the . Warden drew near Home picked up a , . shovel handle and turned noon him; . . Warden Green drew his pistol aud i warned Home to drop the stick. - j Instead of complying the convict, ' mnddAiied with the passion that diur , aeterizcd his conduct throughout the lay, raised the weapon to strike and , the Warden fired, the bullet striking where it was aimed in the convict's limb. A few moments previous to the shooting seventy-five' negro convicts, at Work in the brick yard, it is said, left their work and began to advance toward the Warden and the unruly convtct and Mr. Green says that had he not bey n prompt in subduing tlri: rebellious prisoner, it is probable he and the subordinate officers would have had to leave the. enclosure or fight the entire, mot. Home has been one of the most tur bulent spirits in the institution since his incarceration and has borne out the reputationne brought to the pris on of being a desperate character. Warden Green emphatically denied the story that Home made a declara tion before his death to the effect .that he was shot without provocation. ; One of the surgeons who attended the. convict at Hex Hospital also said that Home had not tmidc. any state ment at all. The New York Herald today, ac cording to telegraphic news received here, makes a sensational display of the investigation of the Federal Pris on here, and contains a statement in a special from Washington to the ef fect, that complaints have been re ceived by the Department of Justice in which it is alleged that Federal Prisoners have been shot here: that ten men on the State farms were beaten to death and. that women have been stripped and flogged in the presence of men. The charges are supposed to have been the outcome of the recent investigation of Suuimerill by the special committee of the-Legislature. The prisoners alleged to have been beaten to death and the woman w ho is said to have been stripped and flogged in the presence of men were State i-risoners, and in no way connected with the Federal prison. ; No Federal prisoners tire per- 'mV.'tf!jJUL.2WWi:!l'!i. iHfnite-n.tljuxJl thisTcity. and at till times are either within the building proper or at the brick yards within the stockades. There has been but one Federal prisoner shot and that was (Ieorge Home referred to. That any women have been stripped and beaten is said to be untrue. Last year 'there w;ere several of the Fed eral prisoners to come under the lash, and complaint was made to the De partment at Washington. Some of the men became unruly and were ruining the discipline at the penitentiary by saying to the officers and men that they could not be whipped like the State prisoners. It, was found neces sary to put a stop to this so five of the ring-leaders were token and given from-three to nine lushes. Upou in vestigation, it is said, it was ucertoin Od that Federal, prisoners in the State penitentiary here, are untenable to all rules and regulations of discipline 'of the prison, and that the right to whip them came, under ihe power of -the Superintendent. The men were whip ped in the presence of the Superin tendent, No new Federal prisoners are now sent to the Federal prison here, ex cept those who are sentenced at North Carolina court. The, numerous com plaints of some time ago are sair to have caused the Government to de cide to withdraw the patronage that it had been bestowing- upon this State prison. A request was inade.liy the authorities some weeks ago to get the government to begin again Rending prisoners here, lint no notice has been given to this request so far as cnu be learned here. .Messrs. La Dow and llrewster Will be here until they have completed the investigation, which they think will require until noon tomorrow. They go from here direct to 'Wash ington, where they will report, at once as to their findings by the ex amination here. " READ HER LETTERS. One Man's Curiosity Has Led, Him Into Serious Trouble. Catherine McCode. colored, had ller tie Mitchell, colored, arraigned befoiv Justice John Nichols this morning on the charge of damaging personal pro perty in that llertie tore up a. hand kerchief, the property of Catherine. Justice JJichols decided that the case was frivilous and taxed Catherine with the costs. Gill iam Henderson colored Jvas ar raignedVbefore IV S. Commissioner John Nichols today charged with opening, reading and exposing letters addressed to Mary L, Stalling., color ed, and was sent on to the Federal Court. , .- Adolphus Jeffries was bound over to Federal Court on the Charge of re tailing liquor. SPANISH -POLITICS Madrid, May 11. Yesterday passed peacefully throughout Spain, exeept at Yulancia, despite the anti-tax feel ing. Barricades were erected at Val encia in the streets behind which a mob stoned. the gendarmes. On. en deavoring to dislodge the rioters, the gendarmes were received '.with rifle shots. Two policemen were injured. Gendarmes replied w ith a fusihide and the mob fled. - ' v JEFFERIES-CORB ETT. New York, May 11. Reports': from the managers of the fighters suy Hint both men are in pink condition anil are ready to. fight for all that Is in them. Never before has a. fight of such prominence attracted so little attention. All attempts to work up interest have failed. There, is little betting, and the indications; are' that few great wagers wi.t be laid ring side. , The odds are the same a all along, 2 to 1. .Most betting is done on the length of time Corbctt will last. :. ." . ...'.v.: ST. LOCIS ST 1! IKK, . St. Louis, Mo., May 11. No change in the strike-. situation except that a, few more cars ure running under 'po lice protection. '..., .-, PARTE DEFIES TREATV. Constantinople. May 11. Despite the protest presented by the foreign embassies in February," Porte has presented a new note announcing' its decision to introduce octroi duties ut Caiipoli. This is contrary to the treaty and it is expected that the foreign ambassadors will refuse to accept the decision. $80.1)0(1 FUiE IN CONCOKD. Concord. N. H May 11. A fire on the Dow block this morning caused a loss of eighty thousand to bickermun and Company, wholesale groceries. The loss is covered by insurance. FAIR WEATHER. The forecast of the Weather Bureau for Ualeigh. and vicinity says: ; Fair tonight, Saturday and Sunday, with marked warm wave Sunday; fresh southerly winds. The area of high barometer has moved to the Southern States, with clear, cool weather. In fact the weather Is fair throughout the entire. Knifed States east of the Mississippi, except at .Marquette. Detroit and the extreme southern end of : Florida where small amounts of rain occurred. A new storm has developed in the extreme northfest, where the temper ature is rising rapidly..' Hisjnarck re ported a maximum of. !M degrees Thursday.- Frost occu rred at JSostoii and Charlotte. COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS The Law Prescribing the Duties -hn posed Upon Ihe Board. The county 'board of elections will meet here again May 2'nd. W. I.. Wat son. Esq.. is chairman and P. K. I'ar tin and A. II. Hunter the other mem bers. At the last meeting the Hoard decided to continue for the present the same polling places. The next session will be very important. The law governing this board is as fol lows: Sec. T. That it shull be the duty of the county board of elections in each county to appoint all registrars' and judges of election in their respective Sec. H. That the State 'lk,r.l-.o Elections shall have power toMremove from office anv member of ll.e county board of elections for incompetency, i failure of duty or for any other sat- isfnetory cause. When any member of the county board of elections shall be removed by the State Honrd of Elec tions the vacancy thus created shall be tilled by the State Hoard of Elec tions. Yneancies occurring in the. county board of elections for other causes than removal by the State. Hoard of Elections shall' be filled by the remaining members thereof. ' ( Sec. 8. That the county board of elections shall have power to remove any registrar or judge of election ap pointed by them for incompetency, failure to qualify within the time pre scribed by law. failure to discharge, the duties of office after qualifying, or , for any other satisfactory cause. Sty:. 10. That it shall " lie the duty -of the county board of elections to meet in their respective counties not later than the first Monday in May, in the year of our IjOiil nineteen hun dred, and biennially thereafter, and after orgonizing by electing one of their number chairman and another secretary; to divide their respective.- counties into election precincts and fix the nlaces of nollino- in the several election precincts. Ihey may adopt the present divsion of their county in to election preciuets, or thev mav es tablish entirely new precincts or they may alter the present precincts, but the election precincts and precinct polling' places as now fixed in each county shall remain as they now are until altered. And in case of any al teration of, the election precincts or Hilling places therein they shall give twenty clays' notice, thereof in some public journal or in lieu' thereof in three public places in such county and at the court rhotir door. And the said county board of elections shall have jiower from lime to time, after divid ing their county into election pre cincts, to establish, alter, discontinue or create such new precincts of elec tion in their respective counties oh they may deem expedient, giving twenty. clays' notice thereof by adver- tisinjj in some pill) lie journal or in Ine ' .I,..-.... : .. ..i i . i. .. ' iin icwi ii, tiii.c iu.-t in mil U IVIIIIII .and nt the court house door. If any polling place is changed in arty pre cinct, like advertisement of such change shall be given; and there shall lie. at least one nolli'iit? nhice in everv township, as nearly central as posai- j uiei COTTON. New York. May ll-Cotton: May, 'I the teachers and children .'' of the .; June l.5t; July, 0.40; - August, schools. .However, the dale will be de 9.29. - ,- f . t finitely announced later, . f !'..- 'v-'v-s ,:.i;-'. -i ;.,' .;,'...;-:.:.'::.-!:.-; DRAW FROM A DRY WELL Beard Appropriated Money When There Was None CITY CHARTER MAKES THIS AN INFAMOUS CRIME Aldermen who Vote for Appropriation tor . . . , . . Permanent Improvement When No Fund are Available are Liable to Fine and Imprisonment The Hoard of Aldermen last Friday night appropriated $."00 for PERMAN ENT improvements in the city ceme teries. There is no money in ihe treasury of this city available to pay the ap propriation. " The charter of the city of Raleigh, section 79. clause 3, provides that any alderman who shall support or con tract any debt, against the city for purposes other than the NECESSARY Cl URENT EXPENSES of the city, without the money in the treasury available for its payment, shall be guilty of an infamous vrime and upon conviction fined not less llian $1,1.100. or more than $5,000, or imprisoned not less than one year or more than five years, or both fined and imprison ed, and shall be liable for an action to recover the amount so appropriated.' Result, the Aldermen -..will be only too ready to retract this hasty appro priation, made in defiance of the Fin ance Committee, at their nexl meet ing. This appropriation was nioile at the session of the. Hoard last week. The Cemetery Committee asked for $."0(l, in addition to their regular appropria tion, to carry on permanent improve ments. The finance committee recom mended against the appropriation, .Chairman W. E. Jones stating that he was in favor of these improvements, but the city did not have the money available. The Cemetery Committee, apiiealert'to the Hoanl nnd by a vote-nf 8 to ;! (Aldermen Jones, '.Wilder and .Andrews voting in the negative), the Hoard ignored the recommendation of the Finance Committee ami granted the additional appropriation asked: The appropriation was mode, but the $.100 has not been placed at the disposal of the Cemetery Committee. Chairman of the Finance Committee Jones knew the city did not have the money and he instructed City Clerk 11. F, Smith not to pay it. at the same time calling attention to the following in the city charter. Section 'Tit. (.I). "Any Alderman or other officer of the city who shall vote for. support or contract any debt '"" "hv.l.v ir pu. puses mm:,. :"?r thn 'iv w'ithout the money in the tn-asury available for its payment: or ) "'" B"-v "PP'opnn1ion, do- " Erectly or .n.llrectly of any money. property or credit of the city for any use or purpose '-other-, than for me exclusive use and-benefit -of -the city of Htileigh a.nd of the people resident therein unless herein otherwise provid ed, .shall Ix- guilty of on infamous crime, and upon conviction thereof in the Superior Court shall be adjudged to pay tv fine not less than $1,000, nor more than $5,00(1, or to be imprison ed not- less than one year nor more than five year, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court, and shall be liable to an action at. law for the recovery of the -"whole amount so unlawfully contracted or misappropriated, paid or transferred." The Aldermen did not have this Sec tiou of the charter in Inind when they made : that -..appropriation,'.. Of course the Cemetery Committee desired the appropriation' only because it is badly needed to put. the two cemeteries in proper condition. However, this little incident will have its effect hereafter and the Hoard will be slow to disre gard the advice of the Finance Com mittee, and incur the risk of an indict- menu and perhaps a fine of $1,000 or - - A CARD T take, this method of announcing to my friends, the voters of Wake coun ty', that I am a candidate for the nomi nation of Sheriff. , V liespectfully, : ' - . M. W. PACE. ANNJ'AL Ol TINd. : The season of picnics is upon us. and ICdenton Street M. E. Church Sunday School, always progressive and up to date, lias reelected Trinity Park as the most favorable )oiiit for this season's outing. This place affords many superior advantages, not to be found elsewhere. There are elegant groves, affording uu abundance, of shade, large, athletic grounds. Imwling alleys, excellent wa ter facilities, and many other features of interest. ' The date will be during the present month, and will lie announced through month aud will be announced through these columns. It is proba ble that the (lute will be Saturday. May lftth, for the accommodation of Local News Items, Miss Mary Mellne.will entertain the Euchre Club tomorrow afternoon at five o'clock at the residence of Mrs. W. T. McChee. Walking arm in arm on Fayetteville street this morning were two candi date for tiovernor. Charles H. Aycock and Cyrus Thompson. Spencer Adams is not in the city und neither candi date here knew his whereabouts. Mr." Ludlow Skinner rctunred this afternoon from Durham, where on yesterday afternoon In: saw the game between Trinity and Horner. He says it was the best game that, has been played in the. State this year. (irand Secretary II. 11. Woodell re turned from Winston this afternoon. The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give a lawn party Thurs day night at the residence of Mrs. Julius Lewis. Miss liettie Heanian is visiting Miss Ruth Wright at the Hitptist Female I'nivcrsity. Miss Annie AunsHiugh will give a pia.no recital at Peace Institute to night at S o'clock. She will be assist ed by Miss Lillian Heavers, violinist. Mr. W. S. Primrose left today for Mount Olive to adjust a fire loss. Manager Rivers, of the Raleigh Rnseball Association, returned today from a trip to Rocky Mount. Wilson and Torboro in the interest of base ball. He reports the prospects very brig-lit for arrangements of games for the season. Candidates for .positions orr tbe-Kateigli-- team -are -pinetieing doily. The s,core between the two picked teams yesterday was (i to Messrs. 1!. .1. W. llrewster and R. V. l.uDow. of Washington. I), ('., are slopping at the Carrollton. At the home of the bride's fath er, .Air. F. R. House, on Smithfield street last Wednesday evening. Miss Myrtle House anil Mr. Ephram T. Smith were united in marriage, The ceremony was performed by l!ev, Al vin Hetts. ' The' Kaleigh band will parade 'the street tomorrow" afternoon to give the public an idea of what they can .do and what they will take to Richmond to play .during the street fair. They leave here Sunday. Mr, Claude Dockery arrived this morning, from (JOpcl Hill,. where he hns been spending several ; days,. 'on business, .Mrs. Dockery joined him on the southbound train this after noon und Ihey left for Carthage, where they will -Kpeiirt- some Joys. The Raleigh dentists who have been attending the Dentist Association at (ircensboro will return home tomor row morning. A light is to be olaeed if. the centre of Nash and Moi Squares at once. This is the result of the work of the l.k'hl Committee and is to be welcom ed by those who wish Hie parks used solely for the good of the citizens. Mr. Claude Dockery said that he re ceived the news of his nomination for Lieutenant (iovernor while he was in Washington and was greatly surpris ed. The nominal ion was totally, un expected by him. He refused to talk politics, saying that he had not thought on' the subject and had mode no plans whatever. ; GLAD lit DID NOT APPEAL A Man in Ibe Penitentiary who is Glad to be There. There is n man in the State Peniten tiary here who might have been free, at the present time if he had chosen to make an appeal to the .'Supreme Court, and though he .'ought, iii-ierly to win his freedom at tic trial when he Was sentenced, he is said to be. glud that he did not appeal. This week in Kinston the. 'accom plices to the murder of a negro named John Thomas ore to be tried for the same offense as that for '-which Fin lliiggins. the prisoner here, was con vietcd, 'the two i'M nnplices. Red Pitt muti ond Jim Johnson, having been granted ii new trial on account of the loss of all of the evidence so that the Supreme Court could not go Over the ease. ; ;'.''-.. Fin Hoggins, the man in the' Peni tentiary, is serving a. 'ten year's sentence- and is now nearly a year on the- road to lilierty. He gives as his reason for being glad that he did not appeal, that he will hove served out his term ond' be free before the other two men ure, out of prison as they are guiltier than he. It is not certain that the cases against the other two' men will come up at this term of court, and that is said to add to the joy of the man in stripes. THE DENTISTS. A Plea-sant aud Profitable Session of The Society. At last' night's session of the State Dental Society Dr. C. A, Romingcr's paper on ."A Plea for Conservatism"' wuh discussed. Dr. .1. M. Fleming, of Raleigh, l-ead a Miper on "Cnuscs Which Tend to Lower the Profession."'. At this morning's session it was de cided to abandon the clinic. An inteivsting )ciper on "Prosthetic; Dentistry" was read by Dr. E. K. Wright, of Wilson. This was followed by it general discussion. The subject of "Oral Surgery" was also discussed. C.reensboro Telegram. HANK PRESIDENT SI KTDES. Kdinlmrgh. May 11. H..H. Norris, majiager of the f'nion Hank of Scot hiiid. was found dead this morning at hi residence, head hlown away by a gnn"shot.v This death, is apparently a suicide. He hod been sufferiug 'from infliiteneea. ' BOERS DEFEATED AT RIET RIVER Pushed From Strong Positions with Heavy Loss IMPORTANT BRITISH ADVANCE FOLLOWS The Boers are Now Losing Heart Rob erts Makes a Clever Move and His Army Advances Towaidi Pretoria. London. May 11 j Press reports from Riet River dated yesterday state that the Roers are driving at the Mint of tile bayonet Koyall and Zand . and East Lancashire. The Hritish loss was insignificant, (jefieral Hutton had a series of artillery duels, the Hoers always retiring and the ad vance is being continued. The Boers are now fighting half hcartedly. The. J'ree Staters are sick of the war. The Hoer right was first that guvc woy. bin the command under Tucker Hamilton hod a tougher time ou the Jeft. '...'..', ." '"''V'; '' ' The llocrs served six guns well, but the Hritish worked up closer and clos- . cr, their guns meanwhile firing incus- santly. The. East Lancashire and Sussex took the commanding regi- -ineiit ridges and a final charge was ordered, but the. Hoers could not . stand it. The rout was complete. It is iin(ioesible to ascertain the- Boc:r loss, lnit it must be heavy. The Brit ish loss, considering the in-jxirtunt ad vance made, is considered light. BOTH DIVISIONS CROSSED. London. May 11.- (ieneral Roberts cables from Piet.prit Thursday say ing that he has had a successful day, having driven the enemy from point to point. General French, with a en- valry brigade and mounted infuiitry, after crossing the Zand river, worked around in a. northeast direction. He . was opposed continually by the ene my, (ieneral PoloCarew's divUiiou ; crossed the river at a drift near th.' railway bridge. (ieneral , .Hubert' headcpiartcrs accompanied this por fion of the army. In military eiroles here this is considered one :. of th cleverest movements of (ieneral llo berts' strategical plans. General French's . movement is evidently for protection of the main division while crossing Zand river. PLOT TO ASSASSINATE M1LNEH. Cape Town. May 11. The South African Review asserts that a promin ent member of the Afrikander Bund, who is also a 'member of the Cape Colony Parliament from the district of Piquetburg. seventy miles from Cape Town, offered a man money to shoot Sir Alfred Milner, the. Governor ' of Cape Colony. Affidavits to this .effect are now i ntlie hands of two attorney generals. ;,.-..',.., t STRIKE ADJUSTED. ' Little liock. May 11. The strike of the, motoinicn and conductois on the street railways .here, elided ut mid night. The men .accepted the propo sition of Heceived Johnson, and they reported at the power house in u body this .morning fiftee nminutcs before time to start the ears. CUJSE FOR WAR Washington. D. C, May 11. In a speech jn the Senate today Senator Lodge sit id. if ...Germany acquired the Danish West Indies it will lie consid ered a declaration ot war. ODD FELLOWS liETl'R.V. A large number of Odd Fellows passed through on Ihe early morning li-tiiriiing from the Grand Ixxlge which closed its sessions ut Winston shortly after noon yesterday. Among the Raleigh delegation who returned this morning were Mesni-s. C. I!. Edwards. C. M. Husbee, A. K. Glenn. W. W. Willson, Perrin Busbee, Irwin T. Jones. E. A. Womble, W. :., Faison, W. T. Davis and J. C. Wralker, The session of the Grand Lodge, was a most harmonious one. There was no legislation of particular import ance.. .. v ' . The members of the Grand Lodge were, highly pleased with the hospl- tolity of the Twin-City. A CURSE REVOKED. Tho curae of work that God Imposed ' ' tin Adnni In h!3 day Has by later loving thought Frowns been willed away; For blei Hlnsc sweeter to the soul, " Or noblt-r, to there none . Thnn cmnoth from a good day's work For love of that work done. . It 1b from this the song swells out It is from this the song swells out . : That mounts Unto the sky; U Is from this is beauty born, " Thai God meant not to die; For maii'n best work Is man's best prayer, - And when his race Is tun, - . - tfn -praise, so precious aa the words ( "Thou faithful soul, well done!" " . lie. ' . . - -
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