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o. "9,309 25 Cents a Month -1 TOM JONES PERISHED ON THE SCAFFOLD 1 1 u ' His Neck Dislocated byjthe Fall and Death Came Swiftly REV. FATHER GRIFFIN SPOKE FOR HIM AT THE GALLOWS Tbt Murderer Was Coal, Calm and Steady at tbt Fatal Hour-r-His Last Prayer and flaidbye Story of His Atrocious Crime. ' Tom Jones paid the penalty for his frightful crlmo on the scaffold this morning. The execution passed .off swiftly. The murderer's neck was dis located ,by the drop; in six minutes he was virtually dead; eight minutes after the fall his pulse was still and five min utes later his body was taken down and carried to the undertakers. Without a word on the scaffold ex cept a brief good-bye tp the officers and the repetition after Rev. Father Griffin of a brief prayer for mercy the soul of the condemned man went into the pres ence of his God. Coolly and calmly he met his terrible fate, without a tremor he took his place over the trap, with a smllo he' told his keepers farewell. The expectation that bis nerves -would give way and he would break down completely were not real ized. This was due to the ministrations of Rev. Father Griffin who stood by his side with words of assurance until the very last. '; y THE -EXECUTION , DAY, Early in the morning persons eager to get a view of th scaffold or catch a glimpse of Tom Jones, the condemned felon, as he marched to the fatal trap, began to congregate about the jail and court bouse. Windows, tops of buildings, telephone and telegraph poles contlngu ous to and overlooking the jail yard and enclosure of the scaffold, - were . sought for and for hours before the execution occupied. The. court between the Jail and court house having been roped off. . special deputies aided by jjeTfoifottned city police, had their nerves strained to the highest tension holding ' the great ' crowd, j back. Those persons summoned , by the sheriff, as witnesses for the State to the due execution of the death sen tence, and the attending physicians, were gathered in the sheriff's rooms. The crowd that thronged the sheriff's' room begging for tickets encluded every class of citizens from ministers of the gospel down to the morbid curiosity seeker, who feels doomed if any harrow- tmw anana JDinnna, Kim O V, I v T1 .. i bis deputles'were kept busy explaining why every bne could not be admitted. THE DEATH WATCH. Last evening Tom ate a light supper and was locked in the upper cell, sec ond tier, north end of the Jail. Deputies v Separk and Rlddick by terms spent the night with him. Tom went to sleeep at 10 o'clock and slept soundly through most of the night. This morning, how ever, h was nervous, and broken until Rev. Father Griffin and Squire M. B. Bnrbee went to hla cell and remained with him.'" Father Griffin ministered un to bis spiritual needs and he grew calm and steady, and seemed confident that Leaven's open portals awaited him. WARRANT READ. Jliddlck, Dr. J.J. L. McCullers, Dr. J. W. VcGee, Jr., and newspaper reporters en tered the jail at''-' 10:12. Jones was brought from his. cell down into the. cor ridor below. He was dressed in a plain black , suit and carried his hat and a handkerchief In his hand. He was ; a S very small negro and wore a Butt of six . . teen-year-old boy's size. Father Griffin stood at his side when Sheriff Page said "I come as the law directs to read you the death warrant," apd; the sheriff pro ceeded to read: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. T To the Sheriff of Wake County Greet ings ... ,"'.; ,;: .. y ,. Whereas, Thomas Jones, charged with , tnurder in the first degree, In a bill of Indictment found by the- grand Jury of Wake county, in the Superior court, thereof, was at March, 1900, term there of, duly tried and Convicted of 'the said crime and the. penalty of. death ad judged. .. . -.K' . ! And whereas, upon his appeal to the Supreme court It boa ; been decided ..there Is no error in the rocord of nro- 1 ceedings, and' Bald ,, judgment has been ofj- which, with the opinion, has been j certified and been made known to me. ? i Now, therefore, by - virtue of the, au thority s.yested la me by law, I, Daniel L. Russell, Governor ot North Carolina, 'do command you, that 'on the 31st day of August, A. D., 1900, at the usual place ,; prescribed by . law in said county, you pruuuea to carry saia judgment into execution,-by hanging the said Thomas Jones by the, Beck, until he be dead. '; ;: In witness whereof, I have hereunto set hy hand and 'caused the Great Seal of ' North Carolina to be fixed. : Done In our city of Raleigh, this 4th day of June, 1900. and In the' one hundred fourth year of our American Indcpeqd- ence. ' . (Groat Seal) - ' 1 '..' DANNIEL L. RUSSELL. '"''Governor. By ths Governor ' i. ." - Baylus Case, ' ' . -. 1 - Private eeretary. ' "DON'T GRIEVE ' ' . s , " "Tom then walked down the corridor .and shook hands with his., fellow-prison er, 10m mun. - uooa-oye, dovs, aon t grieve," were his only words. The oth-, er prisoners bo paBsed In silence and the ( little procession wended its way from the jail to the gallows. ON THE SCAFFOLD. With a steady step the negro walked up, the scaffold steps and stood beside the trap. Rev. Father Griffin stepped forward and said, "Tom Jones asks me to say to the officers, the sheriff, the jailer and all who have done him any act of service that he is very grateful that he Is sorry for the harm he has done in this world and throws himself on the mercy of God and asks to be forgiven." THE DROP, The murderer knelt, . with clasped bands and eyes turned upward, and re peated this simple prayer after Father Griffin, "O, Merciful God, I am sorry for all my sins and detest them above all else, because they displease Thee. I ask thy pardon In Jesus' name." A little sil ver cross with the Image of the dying Son of God was held forth. Tom kissed Jt and rose to shake hands V with the sheriff and deputies and take his place nn.lhfl tran. Ha wah nilleklv hnuml orittt J black bands, the black cap adjusted, and at 10:29 Sheriff Page sprung the trigger and the body shot down with a thud The knot was adjusted under his right oar. The , rope stretched, and his fee t were not three inches above the ground. A few convulsed movements and all was over. The body was. cut down at 10:42, The physicians . pronounced that his neck was dislocated by the fall and he must hays been dead In six minutes. His face was not disfigured in the least and his eyes, were, closed as if asleep. The body was taken to Mr. Brown's es tablishment where it will be turned over to Dr. Goodwin, who had bought it. DEATH WARRANT RETURN. The return of the death warrant reads: . North Carolina Wake County. . Office ofShcrlff. To the Superior Court of Wake County I, Malcus W- Page, Sheriff of Wake county, in obedience to the commands of the foregoing death Warrant to me directed, on Friday, the thirty-first day of August, A. 1900, . between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon, and two o clock in the afternoon, to-wrt: at the hour of 10:29 o'clock a. m. of the same day. with Dr. J. J. L. McCullers and Dr. J. W. MeGee, Jr., two regular practicing physicians of said county, and In, the presence of A. T. Smith, A. Dughi, K. M, Gray. R. L. Heflin, Rawley Gal lowayt, W. R. Macy, O. G. King, J. S, Upchurch, E. L. Fleming, Jr., C. D. Ar thur, W. D.-Upchurch, Jr., Dave Levine James McKee, James Leach, Geo. Lit tle, Chas. D. Wilds, Fred Mahler, H. E. Caudle, good and lawful citizens pf wake county, having been by me sum moned to the place of execution end admitted as witnesses for the State to the due execution of the judgment and 4eath,vsentence of our .. Superior soifM made against snd upon Thomas Jones the In my custody being, convicted of murder in the first degree, I did then ana- there,, within the enclosure, of the common jafl of Wake county, with all the solemnity .' appropriate to the . final act of penal law, hang him, the said Thomas Jones, by the neck, until he was dead, and so pronounced by the attend ing physicians. . Witness my hand this 31st day of Au gust, A. D., 1900. , MALCUS W. PAGE, '" 'A(,:j ; .,. K Sheriff of Wake County. . i, -', THE MURDER. However inhuman and barbarous, was the killing of Manala White by JimBook er,' cruel as was .the shocking hideous ness of the slaying of Iana Wimberly by George Mills, the flondish, barbarous brutal murder of I5Ua Jones and her five helpless children by the wretch1 Tom Jones, marks the darkest page in the history of atrocious crimes in North Carolina. The particulars of Tom Jones' terrible butchery are fresh within the memory of this people. They--will forever leave a stain upon the records of Wake coun ty, for the horrihle crime was commited within her borders. : But this day, within the common jail closure, '. the miserable brute paid the penalty of his crime and may he forever be forgotten. 1 WHY HE KILLED HER. Neither during his trial or up to the day of his execution did Tom Jones ever make public any excuse for his murder of the Jones woman and her family. However, his attorney, Mr. B. C. Beck with, says that the murderer told him that the woman was abusing and threat-: ening him and Anally reached for the axe but he seized it first and began his terrible butchery. Jones always denied to Mr. Beckwlth that the crime was premeditated and contended that he had no idea of mur der when ' he , entered the house. The fact that the woman was in bed when he struck her detracts from : the prob ability of such a Btory, although Jones' counsel says that the woman's child corroborates the murderer's statement that the unfortunate woman was in ibe act of rising from the bed when the axe was planted In her breast and that the implement used for the butchery be longed to the woman, and was kept by her" bedside. . oc'.-:' :Vr-'" A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CRIME. During the midnight hours the night of March 21, 1900. Thomas Jones, alias Thomas Farrar, alias "Preacher", Jones, without warning to . his helpless, un suspecting victims, hurried Into eternity the' souls of Ella Jones, Ida Jones, Jes sie Jones, Nancy Jones and an unnamed baby, upon its mother's breast. There were two other little onos, Lau ra Jones seven years of age, and Sid Jones hardly four years old, who with the six who were murdered, lived in a small log cabin of one room, about a mile beyond the village of Garner, five miles southeast of tbis city. - . On the night of Wednesday, March L 21, 1000, Tom Jones, In that locality bet ter known as "Preacher" Jones, who had by Ella Jones been charged with the paternity of her ; unnamed month-old baby, visited the home of Ella Jones and her ' seven little ones. But what took place that night between Tom Jones and Ella Jones Will never be known. Cloaked beneath the pretence of preaching the werd of God to. his fellow-creaturesi this human fiend stopped not at sending the souls of seven helpless unsuspecting, : - (CmilaneJ on 3rl Page.) RELIEVED AND -: RELIEVERS FALL OUT Officers and Foreigners Accuse - Each Other of Misrepra sentation. BOXERS HELD MISSIONARY GREEN AND FAMILY Lwtlq Proceeds ShamelessJy In Pekii and the Americans Alono Refute to Take Part In the Flagrant ' " A Robbery There. " ' ' Takii, Aug. 31. There Is much recrimi nation between the-' foreigners who were besslged p. Pekln and Use members ( of the relieving force. . r-. J Officers say that the 'besieged foreign ers sent out alarmist reports and that the condition of the foreigners was never one of such extremity as the offidal des patches represent. They assert that the foreigners could have resisted indefinitely, The foreigners, on the other hand, ac cuse the generals of timidity and exag gerating the Chinese opposition. They think that a much smaller army might have made the march and relieved them months sooner. Looting 3n Pekln proceeds industriously- and openly. The efficersof every nailion, except Americans, ignore .the repressive order and all .the allies) ridicule the- Americans for .tfceir abstention frcm loot ing and pillage. Missionary Greon, of the China Inland mission, his sister, wife and two children, were for some time held as prisoners by the Boxers at Hsing Han Sien, near Paoting Fu, and were wcil treated. . A company of Frencli Catholics have hefd a town near Pawling Fu for three month against the Boxers and imperial troops. The Chinese officers have offer ed torg sums for their capture. (The missionary Green above mentioned is from tlrls county and returned to China from a visit here a little more than a year ago. Ed.) Taku, Aug. 31. An intercepted letter from the viceroy of Pao Ting Fu who commanded Tien Tsin during the fight ing there, says that the Boxers are fighting Imperial troops. They are be sieging that town. The viceroy reports that Taotl t in the city of Tsang Chew In grand eTOSt'invlRrtr-aweJtftpuRantf Boxi era to, a feast, and while the Boxers were : eating and with their weapons stacked the Imperial soldiers by his or ders fell upon them and slaughtered all. NEWSPAPERS SUPPRESSED. Hong Kong, Aug. 31. The Acting Vice roy at Canton has suppressed the native novrspapers on the ground that they nave been publishing false news which was de trimental to the raaintainence. of peace. MORE SERIOUS. Hong Kong, Aug. 31. Tho situation at Amoy is growing more serious and the natives are fleeing from the city in panic. The British cruiser Isis. has land ed seventy men to protect the British interests. Five companies of Japanese troops have left Formosa in consequence of the Chinese burning ' the Japanese temple there. . : MARRIAGE LICENSES Register of Deads Did a Good Businesl In August. Capt. W. H. Hood, register of deeds, during the month of August, ending to day, issued twenty-six marriage license; twelve to white couples and fourteen to negroes. The couples range in age from sevonteen to sixty-five years. The greatest disparity among the white cou ples were two grooms 65-and 52 claimed brides 35 and 28 respectively, while a groom of 28 rescued a bride of 30. Among the colored couples one man of 53 got a bride of 29, August has been a good month for the register of deeds but Capt. Hood says he sees no reason why business should decline during September and October, the first two fall months. FAIR WEATHER ' .The forecase for Raleigh and vicinity issued by the 'Weather Bureau', says: Fair tonight and Saturday. The area of high barometer over the lower Lakes' has increased to over 30.20 Inches, and now dominates the weather throughout tho country east of the Mis sissippi river. Cloudy weather prevails generally throughout the South with lo cal showers, tho largest amount being 2.00 incehs at Macon. Fair, warm weath er prevails In the Central Mississippi,' the Ohio valley, and northwest, where the temperature is rising and has again reached 90 degrees. ELOPED. Man Runs Away With a 14-Year-Old .. Girl.- - . . ( (Charlotte News) Mr. W. H. Johnson of Davidson, is here today looking for his 14-year-old daughter, (another Miss Packard) who has left home with a man named Til- den Harrison, whom Mr. Johnson had employed on his farm. Harrison is about 20 years of age. The girl has light hair, blue eyes and a scar on her cheek. Mr. Johnson Is greatly distressed over her conduct. He did not know that his daugh ter and the man saw each other, except as she might meet ith any other person employed about the place. He has no idea which way they have gone, but wilK do every thing in his power to And them. The wife ' of Joo Hill, a well known colored, blacksmith, and one ot Raleigh's oldest and best colored citliens, died' yesterday and was burled from tbo Con gregational church, colored, at tour o'clock this afternoon. REAL ESTATE IMPROVEMENTS Building Permits Issued During August! SEVERAL IMPORTANT CONTRACTS MADE The Permits this Month Notjso Numerous as In tbe Spring But Show the City's Steady Progress. While the number of building permits Issued this month by the chief of police wcro not unusually large yet some im portant contracts have been given dur ing the month of August. The following are the permits issued: W. W. Vass, ceiling overhead In store, 237 Fayetteville street, A. Dughl's place, Geo. Harris contractor, price $38. J. H. Mulllns and sister, repair on frame bouse on Ncwbern avenue. W. A. Withers, frame building, Hills boro street, A. J. Jackson contractor, price $250. Thomas Crowder, frame house, Smith field street, no contractor, cost $350. Thomas Crowder, frame house, Can non street, no contractor, cost $350. J. S. Johnson, two story frame house on South Harrington street, Faucett, Hudson and Co., contractors. Mrs. Virginia Giles, five room frame cottage on - Boylan avenue; A. J. Jack son, contractor, cost $1,200. H. A.' Bland, four room frame house on South East street, Crosson and Hall contractors, price $700. J. K. Marshall, two story framo house on North Blount street, W. T. Barrow contractor, cost $4,200. H. Mahler's Sons, glass and marble front in their Fayetteville street store, W. B. Barrow contractor, cost $1,3G5. Nancy Hunter, two room frame house on West Cabarrus street, Robt. Evans coneractor, cost $300. PERSONALS. Familier Faces Among the Passing Throng, Mrs. J. E. Arnold and children, of Archdalc, are visiting Mrs. Alfred Wilis, Mrs. Arnolds mother. -. Miss Helen L. -Wilooxy q Warrantnu, and Miss Ida E. Martin,' one; of the teachers in the Baptist Female Univer sity, are the guest of Mrs. J. J. Thomas 126 North McDowell street. Miss Susie Timberlake, of Raleigh, and Miss Susie Porter, of Tarboro, came last night to visit Mrs. G. D. Hawks. Klnston Free Press. Mr. James A. Biggs has returned from a business trip to Northern cities. Mrs. F. F. Brown and children have .roturncd from a visit to Mrs. F. L. Brewer in Kinston, Mr. A. D. Zachary returned to tho city today. Mr. J. Frank Maddry, of the Durham Morning Herald, was In the city, today. Judge George H. Brown came In this morning. Miss Emma McVca returned to the city this morning. Mr. J. J. Daniel, of Halifax returned home this morning. Mrs. A. B. Cox and children of Ma rion, S. C, arrived in the city today and will make thoir future home: here. Mrs. Cox is a sister of Mr. T. B. Wilkin son, of this city. Miss Patle Sanderlin, of Washington, D. C, who had been visiting Miss 'Clara Wooten, went to La Grange this morn ing, accompanied by Miss Clara. Kin ston Free Press. Mr. W. S. Primrose, Jr., Is offering lib eral inducements to those who enroll In the International Correspondence School of Scranton, Pa., during the month of September, This school has now 95 stu dents in Raleigh. Regular monthly meeting of the W. L.: Womble Hook and Ladder Company to night at 8 o'clock. The Raleigh Malo Academy opens Mon day next at 9 o'clock. Mr. Hugh Morson, assisted by Mr. Brogden, will be ready to receive pupils and begin the work of tho term. No better preparatory school can bo found in the State and parents can make no mistake in sending their sons to this Academy. The importance of entering students the very first day cannot be overestimated. Mr. J. R. Barklcy, who sold his resi dence this week to tho Baptist Univer sity will movo on Monday to the residen ce on Newborn avenue next to Ma, J. B. Hill's. Attention is called to the advertise ment of Mr. Jacob S. Allen, Jr., on Har gett streot, who Is selling out his entire stock at cost. The dale will continue for three weeks. Rev. A. L. Beits left this afternoon for Mayodam, Rockingham county, where he will hold a meeting. The other members of the Hollowbush orchestra arrived this morning from New York. Tbe orchestra is now complete. Tomorrow tho orchestra goes to Durham YELLOW JACK. ' New York, Aug. 31. A pasenger on the Spanish steamer Leon XIII arrived this morning from Havana. He was moved to Swinburne Island for treatment and ob servation shows yellow fever symtoms. Nine Immune passengers landed while a hundred and twenty four others were detained. CORBETT VUTMEFFRIES. New York, Aug. 31. Corbett has chal lenged Jeffries to fight just1 as soon as a match can be arranged,, and a. battle ground found. At his house last night ho eald for seventy-five thousand he will fight West. . . .. ? THE CONVENTION COMES TO A CLOSE It Will End its Labors tbis Afternoon THE CATTLE QUESTION DISCUSSED TODAY Association to Visit Towns In Western North Carolina-Visit A. & M. Col lege Tomorrow Morning The Convention a Great Success , The second annual convention of y tho Agricultural Commissioners of thb'Cottton States is drawing to a close. They will complete their work late this afternoon or tonight. "Thl3 convention has not only been one of the most profitable from a business and agricultural Etand'polnt, but one of the most pleasant on account of the hospi tality cf .the people of the city," said one of itha visiting members of the associa tion. He further stated thait the members ot tihe board cf agriculture, by their cour tesies had made a most pleasant occasion of what might have ibeen a tedious and monotonous session. MORNING SESSION. The members of the association met this morning at 10 o'clock. Commissioner Redhead, of Mississippi, introduced a resolution, which, with slight amendment, was adopted. This resolution was to advise the farmers to equally distribute the sale of their cotton throughout the cotton season, in order to prevent depression of the market be cause of conjested delivery shortly after the picking season. , Mr. Royal Daniel, of Atlanta, secretary of the convention, made report of the ap pointment'of Messrs. Rieves and Blrdsong as assistant secretaries to the associa tion. Miss Rieves read the minutes of yester day's session, and acted as secretary this morning. Dr. Cooper Curtis, of this State, read a valuable paper this morning on "Live Stock Sanitation." Prof. C. A. Carey, ot Alabama, followed Prof. Curtis on tho same subject In a most able manner, ;. this subject is a' most Important one, which comes under the head of the agri cultural departments, and these two ex perts, vho addressed the association, threw out many valuable suggestion in ccnnectlon with their oattle experience. AFTERNOON SESSION, At the session this afternoon other lm- portmnt subjects will be discussed, j . . WILL VISIT A. AND M. COLLEGE. Tomorrow morning the members of the association will visit .the Norlih Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and wUI'be taken through all tho various departments under the direction of Dr. Winston. .... A TOUR WEST. . Tomorrow afternoon the visitors will take a tour of inspection 'through a part of the western part of the State under the direction ot the members of the Ag ricultural Department. They will stop at Durham and ottoer tobacco towns in order to get a practical idea of the tobacco in terests of the State. Sunday the visitors will be in Aslieville and on Monday they will go to Blltmore t'o visit the gret Van derbilt estate. From there the visiting commissioners will continue on to their respective homes. The secretary, Mr. Royal Daniel, will, however, return to Raleigh to look after the unfinished de tails of the work of his office. The newspaper representatives who have been reporting the sessions cf tho association, were made honorary mem bers cf the association. I The i'j,ce of next .meeting will be de cided on this afternoon. Commissioner Patterson, who is now First Vice-President, will no doubt bo elected President at the next session. 1KSTERDAY AFTERNOON. The afternoon session was largely taken up with a discussion of the report of the Committee on Fertilizers, ami resulted af ter much debate J nthe adoption of the repqrt as a whole. The resort was In two sections, the first of whicih provided that there should be branded on the ik, tho brand or trade-mark, the weight, the rr cent of the various constiuents valu able cs plant fcoxl present, and tho. second section of which, recommended that the manufacturer be required Ao file with the Ccmmlss'loners with the "guarantoe, a statement showing the source of the "ari ous ingredients. Prcf. Massey delivered an address on urasses for Forage." Prof. Von Herr mann lectured on lie weather In a most humorous vein. THE AUDITORIUM. There will be a meeting of tho di rectors of the Auditorium Associatii at the office ot Mr. Charles M. Busb'ee tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. This" will be an Important meting and it ia hoped some definite action will be taken. JOHN QUEEN DEAD A Well Known Citizen of Raleigh baa Passed Awy " ' Mr. John Green died this morning at four o'clock at , tho home of his sister on East Ed en ton street. He has been confined at homo by disease for' several months. Ho will be , missed on . the streets of this city for he was known by almost every man. woman and child In Raleigh. He, was a native of. Franklin county and came from a prominent and Influential family In ante-bellum days. For many years he ha resided In Ral- A ROW IN THE CABINET' Secretary Hay and tbe President Seriously Disagree4 PRESIDENT'S PRO-RUSSIAN POLICY THE TROUBLE Sec'y Hay Would Naturally Lean Tuwai da England-United Hates the Only Country Whleh Has Yet Sanct ioned Russia's Plan. Washington, Aug. 31. Reports are current that a serious split has occur red in the President's cabinet and Hay red in tho President's cabinet, and Sec retary Hayccmfshrdl vbgk cmfwy vbg retary of State Hay is said to be at outs with President McKinley over the. latter's position . on this government's China policy, hence Secretary Hay's re tirement to New Hampshire. It is free ly stated that a pro-Russian policy was only decided upon after the most Btren uous opposition of Secretary Hay. It is stated that when Secretary Hay found that he could not hope to stay events fact that all the latest negotiations that he retired from tho scene. It is a have been transmitted through the as sitant Secretary of State. A plea of Ill ness was thrown out by the administra tion but it is known here that Secretary Hay is not ill, despite all reports to tho contrary. Russia is the only country that is unequivocally with this country. Great Britian maintains an ominous silence and Germany has positively refused to agree. France is holding aloof and tho other nations have not been heard from. .BLACK HANGED. Belair, Md., Aug. 31. William Black, colored, was hanged In the jailyard to day. Black would have been lynched had he ben caught by the country people, when he committed his crime. ESTES PAGE VERY LOW. Sheriff Page, while in the, city this morning, received a telephope message saying that his son (had shown no im provement since the sheriff toft Morrls--vrllt) ISst: night Sheriff Pge, sys that the young man ihas a complication of pneumonia with tyrhoid fever and 1b as lew as he can be. The attending physi cian hss informed the Sheriff that ho thinks there is little or no hope for his recovery. Estes Pa?e Is only seventeen years ohl and Is the Sheriff's youngest child by his first wife. The people of Raleigh deeply sympathize with Capt. Page in his anxiety and trouble and earn estly hope that his son's condition may speedily tke ft favorable turn. He was doing well until he was, taken wilh a sudden pain in his side after an ice bath, as usual, was given .him Tuesday. Since then pneumonia has rapidly developed and his fever, which had been reduced, has again risen. , Sheriff Pa?e only left his bed side to e'eme here and perform the Sad and dis agreeable duty which the law imposes on the sheriff In executing a death sentence. LAWKS DEAD. London. Aug. 31. Sir John Bonnet Lawes, eminent authority on agricul ture, died this morning. JOHN STEVENS A Young Men Just Twvnty-Two Leaves widow. Mr. John Stevens, overseer on the farm of Mr. Henry Jordan, died this morning at his home In Cary, aftor sev eral weeks' Illness with typhiod fever. He was only 22 yeai'i old and leaves a young wife. FIFTY PERFORMERS Al. G. Field's Greiter MlnslrelS this Season Greater Comedy Thcro is no lack of comedy element in '.ho performance of the Al. G. Field greater minstrel .who como to tell Academy of Music September 5th. One naturally expects comedy in. a minstrel performance, with all the superb sing ing and strong.V vaudeville features which Al. G. Field has injected into the performance, there is an unusually ample Ingredient of comedy. Al. G. Field himself supplies much of this and he Is assisted by that always funny young man Arthur Rlgby. Then there is that old favorite Tommy Donnelly and that always welcome vis itor Doc Quigley, whose excentric danc ing forms an unique part of the per formance, with Field, Rlgby, Donnelly and Quigley there is never any let up In tho fun, they are Introduced first as visitors to the big French carnival "A night In 'Paris," during tho exposition, wo see Field and Donnelly again In a ratling funny skit, Rigby In a mono logue, which is twentieth century from stem to gudgeon and Quigley is his bets known character aptly dlscrlbed as the "Dancing Momus." Then there an Ber- ry and Hughes In a musical act in which music and comedy are blended in Just the right proportions, of course, there are plenty of other features vocal and lnstrmenta) music of the highest order ever offered, by a minstrel company, - Pascatcl. an European Importation, whose wonderful posturing acts are an tirely new to this country. . A tribe ot ' marvellous mamaluke acrobats, etc., all these are Included In the BO perform-' ersi whom Al. G.Field brings 'to th Academy of Mus September 6th. Re serve seats now oa sale.
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