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. r Today's News Today served at The Times'. Circulation i., City of Raleigh Is Double that cf any Other Newspaper.- It Covers the City like a Blanket. :- your Tea Table at an. average costof One Cant a Day. -'- And EVENING VISITOR! ESTABLISHED 1879- Whole No. .9,341.' RALEIGH, N. C. TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1900 a Year. MINEES' CONVENTION Strikers' Busy Today Elect ing Delegates to go to Scranton Monday SETTLE IT THEMSELVES Mitchell Says National Officers -Will Allow the fliners to Ac cept or Reject. lly Telegraph to The Times. St liA.VIO.N, i'A., Oct. O.-Tlic min ors' convention 10 be hrlil Friday is the suli' topic of conversation hero, livery local uniiiii in the clistriut is se lecting its delegates today. President .Mitchell will come tonight or early to-' morrow. The slrikc will hereafter bo directed from tliis city, where Mitchell has selected headquarters nt the St. limit's Hotel. 'the eon veil! ion will be held ill Musie Hull, the use of which bus been tloniited to the miners. The hail is not large and its capacity will uiMloiil'.tetll.v he til Ned to the utmost villi 11 crow 1 1 of f.Odll persons. Accord ing to District Deputy Dcmpsoy, there me 2,111111 miners in the district and the other districts have at least 4,0(11) more. The ratio of representation at 1 lit" convention is one delegates for every lull incumbers, with 1 he proviso 1lint a delegate may represent four or ders. Mitchell says neither he or any id' the national officers will try to in lluence. the voting" one way or the oth er. The strikers are to be left to themselves to decide whether "or not they will accept ! lie tell per cent otter. I'Air W, AT SliAMOKIN. SliAMOKIN. i'A.. Oct. 'J. Dig de monst ration of striking ininers will be held here at one o'clock Itiday. I'resi ilent Miiclicll and other proiiiiiicut h ndcrs will be present, .Macs meet ings follow at which .Mitchell speak upon issues of the strike. It is esti mated that 10,0110 men will take part in the street parade. The city is pro luscly decorated, . TO PAIIADIC TOMOIiliOW. SCKANTON, I'A., Oct. '.). Preparn t inns have been 'completed for the big miners jia!. loc tomorrow. It is esti nuiled that many more will assemble ul the mass meeting to bear the ad dress of rrcsideiit Mitchell. .".Mother" .lones will be "t:ne of the niiurrs" in t be parade. SHE WAS THE CORPSE Did Insurance Thieves Kill Their Own Principal? Pv Telegraph to The T'mcs. CHK'At.O. ILLS., Oct. '.). The nil-' tliorities have laid hands (in what They believe to be a sensational attempt at insurance swindling. Charges id' con spiracy one.; of v. Inch are insinuations of murder, arc lodged against three men. Warrants in the case were is ,lsied against the following: Dr. Au 1 grfM M. I micr, I'. W. -lb-own. assistant malinger Mnoucy and Uuland deieutive figenev; and I' M. Smiley, an operative Df the Mime agency. 'I lie three i'u"i were arreted. They were arraigned and held in M.l.mJi 'bail each. Marie !icfciib::eli. tvvcnly-threo years old. is 1 1n- deceased principal in the case. She is said to have been a party to the pint, which it is alleged contemplated the substitution of a corpse for Miss llclenliaeh. Hut the fact that he is dead -Is the sensational feature of what would or dinarily have been a Common ease of insurance swindling. Marie Dcfenbaeli died the latter' part of August. In -.I li I v she oblnined money from the Nov.- cvl: I. He Insurance Company a policy for ."n.VOIM. On or about August, illth she secured insurance in the Canadian Order of Foresters for S.VIIfW, and in the Knight and Ladies of Don or for ip-MMi-.l. .Two weeks after the last policy was taken out, .slit! died in horrible iigronv. STEYENSON SPEAKS. Made Several Addresses, in West Virginia Today." l;y Telcgnii'ii to Tho Times. WMKhl.N'O, W. VA., Oct. 0. Yicc Freiddcntml candidate Adkd K. Steven son reached Wheeling at 7 o'clock this moMniiir. Afler having breakfast he left nt II 'o'clock on a special train over tl'e Ohio Valley Kailroad to eo'n liniic his trip through West Virginia. Nir- Stevenson denied that he has been ill, as reported yesterday, and said he never felt better in his life, lie slid he was pleased villi bis reception and predicted lirvan'a s Recess by a large ma ;i it v. No speech had been selicdiiled fur Wheeling, owing to 111 early hour of his arrival. Hut Mr. Stevenson wis ob liged -to make a few remarks to a fair si.ed crowd 1rom the end of the train. CONVENTION OF HOO 1IOOS. l)y telegraph to The Times. DALLAS. TEXAS. Oct. 0 The annu al conventions Of the Ilea liens is in mss.iiii in this -city -today. .''Captain (ieorgo . I-oek. of T.ake Charles, La., presided as Suark of the. t'nivcrse, the senior Ibio llo-) is Charles F. Keith. Kail--!"! llv Mo.: Junior Una lion, .1. W Ijiup'iii'i1, Ilcston, Mass.: liojuni, . I). .Mebeod. Cincinnati, (.: Keijlveiia tcr. .'I- II- ltird,-N;i'--hvlllf. Teniw: .lab iii'rwock. A. II. AVelr. "Lincoln, Xi'b.: Cnrtocataiiiv Johli J.I. Mason, . Yiuc Chateau. Mis: vArcnnoper,, lOugcnc Kliaw, Kail Claire, Wis. 'ARMY OF CUMBERLAND Reunion Held at Chickamauga. Blue and Gray By telegraph to The Times. CJ1ATTAXOOGA, TK.NX., Oct. 9.-. The 1:111111a 1 reunion of the Society the Army of Cumberland which is be-iiif,"- held here, will continue tomorrow and next day. A niiinb.cr of I '11 ion mid Confederate veterans are in town, tiencral D. S. Stanley, president of the Society is in chajxe. '-There will be a (jeneral reunion of the veterans of all the armies, who have tilled the town, the Hlue and tfie (Imy harmonizing most luipily. The Sp'aiiish-Anicriean war veterans are also here in large numbers. AiTangemiT. Is were completed some time ago for the inspection by the veterans of all the armies, engaged about Chattanooga, of the historical tablets, monumental inscriptions and location of lines of battle upon the seven battlefields 1-iiibraccd in the Chieknmnuga and Chattanooga l'ark. the object being to secure verification or correction by participants, in the battles of the historical work thus far completed. This inspection lias the approval of the secretary of war. It is believed over 10.000 veterans will be here before the exercises end, BRYANS' TOUR Enthusiastie Audiences all Thro- ugh Illinois By Telegraph to' The Times.''' Ql'l.MV, JLLS., Oct. !). Cryan be gan his second day's tour of -Illinois Here this morning. His meetings yes terday in the Southern part of the Slate were nearly all short, giving the candidate an opportunity for rest, evidence of which he showed today, liryan went through a thinly populat ed section yesterday. While the au diences did not in size compare with the Indiana crowds of last week, they compared' favorably in enthusiasm. The itinerary today is: Camp t'oi.nt, (lolden, ( arthiige, Macomb, JiSalle, Juliet. The private car 'Jiainbicr wil be taken into Chicago during the night, and Wednesday he will leave for two days in -Michigan. liryan will spend next Sunday in Cleveland. RUSSIAN PILGRIMS KILLED. Upper Story of an Inn Gave Way. Forty Dead. By-Tclegraph to The Times. ST. I'KTKIiSr.riiti. Oct. '.I. A terri ble accident occurred last nighl in. the 1'orkoii' district, .North ii'u.ssia, where .1,000 pilgrims had assembled to at tend a religious festival at monastery of St. Xikandcr. Many of the pilgrims put np at an inn.. Some lime in 'he night the upper story of tho balding gave way under the weight of the sleeping people and fell upon those in tile lower s'orc. The try of fin' added to the 'panic w hich followed. Thirty . iir women and four men were crushed to death. and twenty persons were injured, soiiu of them fatally. LAST BARBECUE The Old Rescue Company to the Front with a Celebration. The last of-the barbecues of this season by lialcigh lire 'companies w..i be ghen rt the Water Works tomor row, beginning a! . ten o'clock by tin; Kcxcuc Fire Company, of which Mr. I!. K. Liimsdcn is Captain.' The com mittee on enterlaininent consists of Messrs. McKary, .Move and IVuiugtoii. A invat time is arranged for and the occasion promises to be as enjoyable as the barbecues given by ten tune, companies -of -this city. After the dinner, consisting of .bar becue, bruns'wick slew, etc., is par taken of tomorrow, the Mayor, city of ficials and other invited guesls are ex pected to deliver stirring orations. NAGLE MAXSLAl tiHTKi CASIO. Iiv telocrnph to The Times, - l'.OSTON, Oct. I). The case ai'ninst William Nugle, who caused the death of .1. J. 'Jlayj'S in June last by knock ing him down in the strcef, -came up oil adjournment today in 'SI uulcipaJ Courti and is now in progress. Tin' case presents some unusual and inter esting points. CHICAGO'S l'OSTAL AXNKX. Bv TelcRranh to Tho Times. CHICAGO, Oct. !). The annex to the temporary post cftiee has been finished on tin., the anniversary of the great fire. It is calculated that X0IIII carriers and clerks w ill be r'-csent '' th--dedication,' exercises' and will be address ed by Senators Cullom and Mason. Several rrpresentat ives will also spenk. There Will be a large representation present of State officials. Postmaster Gordon will preside at the celebration. CTIICSAI'EAKK SHOO'!'. By ' telcRrnph to The Times. t vi.'VIill!T KVVS. VA.. Oct. '.). The Chesapeake (inn Club will hold today the most not.iiile tronnv shoot 111 n - . ..... 1 1 -.,.. history, the r.nmmore. hichhioimi. folk, ' Portsmouth and Williamsburg associations are well represented. No table trophies are oifereO. the publ'e taking a lively interest in the tour nament. I'A 15 NULL'S A.N.N1 VlvKSAIiY. By telrRrsph to The Times. Dl'ltLIX, ("t. '.). The aniiiversarv of Vnruell. the Irish leader, occurs todav. There are many visitors to his jrave in Glatsnevin Cemetery, near this city. TRIAL OF YODTSEY. State Treasurer Day Saw Youtsey with Gun in His Hand.; SOME DAMAGING EVIDENCE 5am Shepherd Saw Goebe! Just After the Shooting. Youtsey Received Cartridges. By Telegraph to Tho Times. GKOIiGKl'OWN, KY Oct. 'J. -Conn was in session only an hour this morn ing. The jury left-'at 10: 'Ju o'clock for Frankfort to view the State House grounds and premises.' Dr. Eler, of Frankfort, one oft he physicians who attended Goebel at'tir the shooting, was the first willies.-. J!e told of Goehcl's wound. ICx-State Treasurer W. li. Day was the next witness, lie had known Youtsey since January 1st, and told of a conversation with Youtsey about two weeks before the shooting', in which the prisoner said: "If I iiad $li0(l I would settle this. contest." tie stated that Youtsey refused to explain, and Day answered him: '"You bet I'm that kind of man," to which Youtsey said: "You are treasurer and I thought you were the man to go to." He said he saw Youtsey sitting in the second window of the reception room of the Secretary of State's office vvith a gun in his hand. Arthur Hranch, of the Adams Ex press Company, Frankfort, said he re ceived a. package for Youtsey January 2:ird. It was from the Powell Clement Anns Company, of Cincinnati, which tlie State claims contained cartridges. Sam Sheppard, of Frankfort, was the next witness, ile said he was at work at his desk in the Auditor's of fice when Goebel was shot. Ile saw Youtsey about a minutes after the shooting in the hall, lie said Youtsey carried a pistol. George Uarnes, of Frankfort, testifi ed he saw Youtsey and Dr. Johnson with cartridges in .Youtsey's office. He heard Johnson snv: "Take these, they go with the gun." CASE CONTINUED Trial of Democratic Registrars Postponed Till April. Col. Thomas M. Argo returned from Greensboro- today, where he was en gliced in the di'iiec of the Democratic registrars. This case was tin indictment nT rfg- Tbis case was the indictment of l!c:ristrai's Tlutmiisoii and Wall,.- of Winston, in the Federal Court. The defense asked conlinuancc .on the round that two important witnesses were absent, that iinccn names nan been added, to the bill of indictment sini'c it was originally arawn, ami that Mr. Wall was ill. Judge i'o.vd held that this was sul :.;.! f cause- for a continuance, and so the cases went over until the .April term of the court. Judge Shepherd returned from Troy lodiiv ami says that busiius engage ment there prevented him from be ing in Greensboro. CHINESE SUBMIT. By Tclctrraph to Tho Times.- liOMH. Oct. !). A message from Kio iivs Field Marshal Count Yen Wal- dcrsee and Admiral of the Powers, lias invited the civul and military authori ties of the province of i'e Chi Li to submit within forly-ciglit hours. .Nearly all the -Chinese in ipiestum agreed to accept voluntarily, says the dispatch, and a general disarms! luenl followed. The message from !!io adds ihat K.IIOO Chinese who were at work oil the -fortifications of the great wail followed suit when the request to sub mit was received. has Bidden i.;no miles. By Telesraph to The Times. NEW YOUK. Oct. '.I.-Margaret Giil, the woman cyclist, endeavoring 1j wheel :2,OIK)0mih's in t en (lays, .complet ed her seventeenth erntui v a little af ler day thi morning. She is a little behind her 'schedule, owing to-miserable weather condition.. All through the rain last night she rode a wheel covered with mud. ller eon:!ition is excellent. -' rmcK of tea to go L'p. ; By telcRraph to The Times. ! - SAX FIIA.XC ISC(t, Oct. li. Local tci merchants say that they look for an other advance in the' price of tea. There has been a shortage in Ilia Ja liaaese tea crop, and the demand; j-i Knysia and European countries in Tenter than ever before. FAVOR MEMOlilAI., DAY ('IIANGE. llv telccreph to Tho Times.: LAXCASTEH, PA.. Oct. The eigh teen Grand Army posts of Lancaster county met here today. The association at its last meeting adopted a resolu tion endorsing- Cominauder-inCliicf Shaw's recommendation to chantre De coration' Day' from Siay :I0 to the last Sunday in the month. OPERATION l'OS'irOXEl). I)v telerrnnh to Tho Times. l!ALTISIOI!E, Oct. 0. The operation that was to have beet'i lu'rlonned upon Mrs. Stonewall Jackson today wi s postponed. Sirs. Jackson is eiv.nforl nblv situated at the Church Monie and Inllrmurv, on North liroadwny. CHUBGH WORKERS. Episcopal Religious Labor ers Among the Colored People Meet Here SERMON FOR TO-NIGHT Topics Suggest for Discussion. Rev. H. L. Phillips of Phila, Pres. Bishop to Preach. The sixteenth annual confnrenco of church workers anions tlie colored jreojile of the United States in the Episcopal Chureli will be held at SI. AusastUie's Chapel at that school. beKinains this evening ami closing with a session Fri day evening. ' Representatives of all branches of Episcopal Church work anions the negroes will be present, ami llieue an nual conferences result in ureat good arising from an exciia:i!;e of ideas and a consideration- of plans fcr the Ri'ov.'lh of the Episcopal Church and I bo exten sion of the Gospel :1111011s the colored people. AH engaged in tbs work, both white and colored, take part in the con ference, which is strictly religious. The conference was held lust year in New York city, and at that time Raleigh was selected as the next place of meet ing. ltcv. Henry L. Phillips, of Philadelphia, is the president, and lie arrived in 1111s city last night to open- the first session this evening. Thin.- or forty represen tatives from at leusi halt a docen States will he present. 1 The 'suggested pro;.:rnm ' for these ses sions, all of which will be held In St. Augustine's Chtipol, is as follows: TCKfDAY. 7:30 p. m., Serxon, by Rev. Ceo. F. Hrasg, of Baltimore. WEDNKPIUY. Services 8:2(1 a. m. 11 a. ni.. Celebration nf the Holy Com munion and an Address by lit. Uev. Joseph BloKint Ch'eshire, liisbop of North Carolina. Organization. 1 to 3, Recess: 3 to !. Tiusinrss Meeting. SUOGHSTEI) Sl'flJECTS. 1. Conduct of Oar Jlissiopary Work: (n) iliilusiqn: (b) CcKi-entratlon. i. Condition of the Held what is being dene what might be done. 3. Is the paroehicl system adapted to our Missionary work? 1. How canlaynien best help to extend Iho church? (a) In the Christian life, (b) In social gatherings Religious gath erings. (c) In Sunday School. (U) In financial support. TtH'RSnAY.' S:20 a. 111., Service. Business Session. 1. When docs help become dciriiuental in Mif-sionary work? 2. Would eccltf-iastiral Indepcndencp be i.enefieial to the x.ork of church growth and extension? '3. Would a "Iie!i);!msJ Orrji-r" be help ful to our work ? fn) A eoinnuniity cf Celebate Priests, (b) To be absolutely under the control cf'lhe Bishop or Arch deacon. ; 1. Are there any special hindrances to Church gruwl hand prosperity? if so, v.i-.at are they?- Reniedy. I to -3, lteccss. Afternoon session: 1. Best means of 'deepening the Spirit ual life til' tho clergy. 2. Is a field secretary or an asisiau: secretary (colored) 'at Hie 'Mission House ill New (irk what is most iieedri'V :i. Kind of nieu needed for the min istry. 4. Jicar.s cf effecting best resulls of membership. 7:2u 11. in. - Contribution of the Negro to the Nation, (al in the ministry of t.e Church, (id In literature, (c) In busi ness, (d) In the wars. ''.... FUIDAY. Rervicjs, S:o a. ni. Women's Day. Celebration of tlie Holy Communion and Sermon, 11 a. 111. Easi ness, meeting. 7:30 i. 111. Missionary meeting and dosing of- the Conference by I'lvsidont, Henry L. Phillips, of Philadelphia.- BAPTIST ASSOCIATIONS A Week of Great Activity Among that Denomination. This is tlie week for llapti-t associa tions' -in North ('.ircliua, and they are now being held from one end of the State) to tlie -oilier preparatory to the State convention which '.-will meet in this city in December. This morning Mr. X. I!. I'.rougliton went, to Mt. olive, where he will repre sent -The. HihHcnl Recorder at the Ki'stel'il linptist Association. Sir. J. YV. Ibiih y has none to (iranam to speak before Mt. ion Association. Mr. J. '. Caddell ami the dcleu'.ites from the First linptist .'Chureli 'here have gone to New Hope, where the Central Association meets. I!ev. O. L. St ring fiidd. Ilnancial agent of .the, linptist Female I'uiversj ' v, '.ex pects to be on the go all this week, lie will spend o ie (lav at tlie Ivistern As sociation at Sit. Olive, avotlier at tli'i I'nion Assi-eiatioil at Slob roe and wind up. nt the Sii'idv .liuir' Association at lleiirietla in Kutherford county. CKX. CALM; AT FAVI'.'I'TI'VII.LI'. , General 'Julian S. ("arr passed Ihroii'rh tiie oily this morning on Ids way f miii Durham to 'Hope S.ills. where he will speak tonight. Tomor row 'nielil lm will deliver an nddressf in Fayetteville and will undoubtedly be greetd by a .-large crowd, t General ('arr cxnresscd himself as well nlc!i'-ed villi the prospects und is delighted will) nssurnnees of sunport that ho is receiving in his campaign for the Senate. " ' Elector Woolen, of the First District ) in on tin canvass in Northampton and Warren counties this week. DELEGATES ARRIVE First Convention of Daugh ters of Confederacy Con venes Tomorrow CAPT. DENSON TO SPEAK Portrait of Capt. Sparrow Un veiled by Miss Fowle and Ac cepted by Mr. Simms The first State convention of the Daughters of 1 he ( oiifcdcrney of Xort !i larolina will meet in tile new hall in the Agricultural llnilding on North Salisbury street tomorrow morning' at l(.':;:il o'clock. '1 his -will be a strictly business session. 'the Pettigrew chapter and the la dies generally of 1,'alcigh arc showing the, deepest interest in t he convention, and are working bard to make it a success. The reception committee, composed of Sirs. .1. U, Houshall, Sim. Chai-lc McKiminon, -Mrs. ( harles Root. Sirs. K. A. Olds, Sirs. Herbert Jackson, .Mrs. Garland Jones, Sirs. S. K. -Telfair, Sliss Daisy Dcnson and Sliss i'anuie Sle Pceters, were at the depot to welcome the 'delegates as they came, in and send them to the homes previously as signed. Among' those who have ar rived are the following: Sirs, llurwcll and Mrs. A. T. John son, of Charlotte, with Mrs. Charles 10. Johnson. Sirs. . lames, of Wilmington, with Sirs. C. I!. Dcnson. Sliss SI en res, of 'ilmingfon, ami Sliss Alexander, of (bnrlotle, with Sliss Mary J:: Jliilsljoru street. Sirs. London, of Pit tsboro, with Sirs. Josephus Daniels, Sliss Pink-Ion, of Wadesboro, with Sirs. I'M. Chambers Smith. Sirs. Dalton, of Greensboro, Willi Mrs. I!. 11. Lewis. Sirs. P. A, Woodard. of Wilson, with Mrs. Stanback. Sirs. Ihiiadiiax with .Mrs. A. I!. Andrews. DAVIS SiONi ii:.N'!'.: At the afternoon session of the con vention of the Daughters of. the Con federacy on Wednesday at p. in.. the subject of the .IcH'orsou i)ais mouuiiH'nt will be taken up and there will be an interesting programiiie on that occasion. This is the only session of lite 'con vention' thai will be open to the puli iic. and all who arc inlwslcd arc cor dially invited to altcml. Col. Kenan, in the introductory remarks, and ("apt. Ib'iiscn in the address of t lie a It ernuou will gio, as they always do. much pleasure to tuose who arc f'orluuaU enough to hear thcui. '.i'herc .will In appropriate songs, ami a violin solo by 'oieo of lialcign s favorite musicians. Following: is the programc: Introductory remarks by Col. T. S. Kenan. Violin Solo -Miss Mary Johnson. 'Address I'y Capt. C. P.. Dcnson. -'' Solo- H.v Sliss biie.v Alice Jones. Hen-ding St ate chairnian'.-; report and iciMirts of various chapters. Solo - llv Miss Klizn Hushec. . Chorus. -'-Old North Stale." . SPAUliOW I' I ( t I li A iiortrait of th val-ianl Capt. S"ir I'ow lias been donated to tl'e Pciligrew cliiiptcr by two young ladies and tlie reception 'of thi.s picture will prove a iileasing'V'.xci'cise .Wednesday e veiling. 'I ho .ceremony will lake place during 4he. reception 'which .will last from t l-.i ! 1 o'clock. The picture of (apt Sparrow will be unveiled by Miss Fowle. of Peace In stitute, and K. N. Simins. Ks( -of the Halcigh bar, will acceit it 011 behail of t he chapter. On Wednesday aftevnoon the Daughters-of the Ci'iifedeiai'V will hac a :'cee.1io:i at tie'. Si.ldicrs' Home, oil Wcdm sd; y evening aiuilhcr will fol low, in; tlie Agi'iec.ltnral Hall, and I hursday evening Hie (ni': will .tender them a -rceepfion. followed bv a dance. ' ; . ' . ,. vf.llow j''i:vi:i: fl nd. By Teltgrapli to The Times. JACKSONVII.LK. FLA., Oct. !). At a -meeting of the Jacksonville Auxilia ry Sanitary Association, having con trol of tho balance of e!low fever fund, left over 'since' the epidemic of 1SSS, now uinountiiig 10 sf'.'-l.tmu, it was voted not to send .any of it to Gulves lou, as it is claimed it is a sacred fund fcr yellow fever sufferers alone. Public: opinion is strong against ofli'-inls of the association, ami .tifjic thai ifSJIO be sent. CAI.LKD to UOt ixV SHU NT. Kev , W. N. Johnson, a prominent young linptist minister who recently claimed a fair daughter of Wake coun ty. Miss (oppedgc. of Wakeiicld, for a bride, has- received a (all to the baptist church at Hot ky Mount, and lias 111 (epted. Sir. Johnson spent a day in liiileigh and said that he regrelled to leave hi present field at Weldon. where flic people have been except ion ally kind. Sir, Johnson is u native of Sampson county. FA IK OPIONING POSTPO.M'.D. A telegram was received here todav announcing that tli;- opening tit the Central Carolina Fair, which was to have opened in Greensboro this morn ing, has been 'postponed until tomor row -on. account of the ruin. 'the showers came at a most inopportune time for the people of Greensboro who had made extensive vrep'iraliops for a great time this wveli. The Fair .will open tomorrow, Tuesday, however, rain or shine. 'ssbel fome bead. One of the Loveliest Young Wo men in the State Passes Away. A telegram was received here this morning conveying the sad news of the death of Sliss .Mabel. Foote. She died nt the home of her mother, Mrs. II. A. Foote, at Wilson, at 0:31) o'clock ,this inorninv'. Sliss Fooie was a native of Warren ton, and was about nineteen years old. She was a frcipient visitor to Raleigh, and the news of her death will bring sorrow to many who know and lovcij her. She was one of the UK st attractive and popular young ladies in the State, and added to beauty, the graces of a rare voinanhood. She irade friends of ail who knew her, ami wherever she ww it left the impress of her winning personality. For the past year she had been in very bud health, and b'ld snll'crcd great iy. . Her heallii lias declined for some mouths, and the end was not en tirely unexpected, though her friends here did not know her condition was critical. Miss .Mabel was (he dnu::!iler of the late Mr. Henry A. Foote. a leading law ycr and editor of Warrenton, ami was the. niece of Sirs. J. A. F.gerton. of this eitv. FIRST FROST Jack on Edge of Cotton Belt. Clear Tomorrow. The forecast of the Weather Bureau for llaleigh and vicinity says: liain, continued cold tonight and Wednes day: clearing' Wednesday evening'. The area of high barometer occupies the central Mississippi and Ohio val leys and Lake region, and is apparent ly moving southward toward Texas. Ibis will give the sloria which is now ovov I'loi-ida rr.niorti: :i it v to mov e no the Atlantic coast, and will probably continu me rainy period tor itnoiner fl:i- 'rin. ti'iitiii-nii lire lias fallen con siderably throughout the S0111I1. and light frost is reported from the north ern edge of the cotton belt. Frost also occurred at l)ode City. St. Louis, and ( bieagd. but the temperature is now sing in t he northwest.- STRET CAR STRIKE 200 Men in Terre Haute Want Short er Hours, Higher Wages By Telegraph to The Times. tf. r: rk 11 ai "T 1:, ixn.r ()c't. 'n: Tvvo hundred motoruien. conduciois, en gineers 14ml linemen, employed by-the Torre- Haute Company, struck this inorning fcr shorter hoars and higher wages. .m,; an electric car in the city is moving and every "newspaper of lie., and anuiectory in the -city supplied with electricity from the company is tied "P- : KANSAS ( ITV POLITICS. t .1,., ,., (0 's'i(, 'i imcs. . KANSAS CITY, Oct. '.1 'I he exciting lie. In in Hf Democratic party between, the police mai'liine and the anti-police . i.n'.wl will be decided today. The pri mary election's are being held. A new mid complete registration of voters' is reipiired. every person desiring to vote being ei nipcllcd 10 take out new regis tration papers. Feeling runs high, and a sharp light between Doekery and Cowherd is on, the hitter's rrnomina-i-ion for Congress being at ri-k. The auti-police men arc to a man win-Ling again bin:.' PAPKI! MILL TO ST'AKT. 1!" telegraph to The Times. M ADISON, Si F.. .Oct. !l The 'Owners of the big paper mill, which is ready to open hi re, claim to have already bonked orders ahead for practically all their product.- It. will '. eou'l rolled by the Great. Northern Paoor Company which is capiialized for -.-..nno.i'ne. The 'output- of ncvvsnaii"!' will .lie al lies! about Jim tons daily, btif later will be increased to 'M tons a day. . TL'liK FY'S ( F.NS'. S. Be telrcraph to The Times. NI'W YOIIK, (hM. 'I'broHgb ad. vices- from ('onslanlinoide the result nt 'the census tf ls!;i:n whieli Turkey has been taking' bceenus krov. 11. 11 gives tlie total uuiiibcrdf Slohnmiuc- daus in the world as HKi.j-)U.(MI(i. . T,()i'IS"i:i'' ! !' I it. The Street Fair and Cari)iva! is in urogress at Louisliui'".- tins week and d,.,'" l,o.ii.i('ibl,. iieonle v f that . 1own have thrown, wide. their 'doors ami e- oect visitors fri'iu all ever tlie S.alc. Dr. A. H. Hawkins, Sirs. William Hniley and Sir. Kverard P.aker vere among those who Went to att?iid this uio-n- i!l'". Mi;, h i;i:is p.o' Nl) ovFib l'niled States Commission John -Nichols Ims bound, over to the. next Federal court Sir. Jack: lla"iis; -of near- Wake - .Forest.- a promine .cilien of this county, for allowing an illicit" dislillery on hits binds with his knowl edge. "WINDWAltir HFAIID FKO.M. I5v Tolrcraph to The Times. ' NKW YOUK. Oct. The Secretary of the Piary Artie Club received this morning a letter from Captain Saanu'l W. Harlette. of the Peary steamer "Windward,'' dated tiodhaven. C.reen land, August ii'th. reporting "the arriv al of the expedition at that point 011 that day. All were werr. nearly half of the 'distance from Syduev hnvinir been made under canvass, and the let ter said Hartlettc would leave at once for Cape York. , THE YEAR'S! YOBi:. Raleigh Chamber' of Com merce Holds Its Annual Meeting Tonight. SECY ALLEN'S REPOHT. The Methodi. t Orphanage, the ndrose Mill and the jAudi torium. , Big Hotel Next. TJic annual incetingif the Chamber of Commerce will be held ,at t he Aln.y- ors otiiec at eight '- cJtidc ,m evruv' iii'. .At. this meetiiic the iiew..officcri."' will be elected, 'ihe rctiring officera will subniit their (unnualroportit, which arc oi more than usual interest, iscv oral (jucstioiis of iutejrpet are to coma up for discussion uaid -settlement, and a full attendance is expected. .secretary George Allen Bnui to J lie Times this morning the reports tiiat will be made this evening', bhwwfag the officers and members have not been idle the past twelve months. Hih report shows that ' several matters have had their attention during the year. The annuat reports will show the collection and payment of the, money subscribed for Jhe purchase of property for the Methodist Orphanage, a matter of great interest to the city and to the State. The, -organization of the Melrose Knitting Mill,, which has been completed, rjio; will boon dc in operation, making , Bnderwear for men, and giving employment fa a large number ot operatives, f i he organizai; tion of the Audito-rium . Couipunyv which has bee incorporated, and' whose, directors are at worK, urrang ing for the early completion of , . a building that will, accommodate large assemblies with comforts This hitter cntcrjirise' has fur . more (lifficn)t! to arrange than both of the others com bined and has required" a large amount of work by the Chanjber. The. terms of office expire with this meeting, and new officers will be elected. A lull meeting of the members will no doubt be secured. The Chamber has much work before them, and has already given notice nt a late meeting that the work for the coming yenr will be the organ iation of a. hotel company that v iil prepare to make KnJeigh the stop ping place- for' the.' Jtortjierp travel between New iAigland.jr and Wo"''- This is really the ha. ' city. Mr. W. N. .Topi".. I'.t, nlin'Sf 11 -i-tieu. and -Mi ivgllsntkejailhi, fnl and energVMc Vi.alJ. ' ! - made records of whicb Tlu'V itiht w U be prond. Tho Clmmucr 0$ Cpviiun , has only a hitudred fneutot-rs, and yet during the past year it has accomplish ed more than any other similar body in the State. This is in a large meas ure due to the-tillering efforts of its : able officers, to whom Uuleigh. W debt of gratitude. 1 ( WILL BE GAT WEEK Many Attractions , Promised . for the Coming Fair. Fair week will be a gav one for mal- , eigb. In many directum its frienils and . patrons have given notice of theljt com ing. The trials of speed hint year low- , er'ed the time of tliCitrack "bcyoiul- rtyr,'.. thing in its history heretofore, and there are assurancts thnt.tlio rccoitl will be again brokeii. It would be especially liotei','.tl?t -' lace No. 7 will include two races at the same time; it-ban been so modified f that it- will be run in 2: 13 for'trotiiiig' . and 2:t8 for pact tiff, -beat three in five, , for a, purse of threa hundred tlolloi's. , Kntries to close October 15th at 11 ? p. ill. , ' " ; 1. : : ' : 'I'he Art Department -will' -be some- ., thing notable this year..., 0t: of the cut ries,vestertlav wns thnt of the ac eomplishotl artist, Miss Sue AV. Hall, of Oxford, who'will beml tapesfries, portraits and other paintings, occupy ing 250 square feet of space, . it .is.,, especially gratifying to note theork of the Fair, in bringing; tko getnus of our own people; 'to pubficlinowlctl0 -and apin-eciation. . "PRIVATE JOHN AWN."- . ,.,e mimcrnuii' .'h4ractti. m Charles TJ. Hansford a i.a,v- .?, Pr1vjTm-s Jrhn Ai.'en.' which 'TAw'& .lSVeW "-.; nounces as the avtructUui nt hu ftj(iAtt' on Thursday nlsht are two t U oi'J.iiettc , familiar to tho si.-y:, and ' v Ha .ft 'amoRR- the oldest ot old . friends, r Tho, two tirst mentioned are those of John Allen libaself and tha wicked woman of the play, "Bessie Stokes.'! - To Mr. Hans ford belongs tho credit for exploiting in this production politician, aad on ad venturess who, while 'being.- in accord with the fact, are out of traditional lines. -Joh nAUen Is cot ha stump-BneukluK. eiiin-v.'Kslirrert, cheaply amart chsrse.ter that always comes to mind, but a patriot. of fin highest moral qualities and Inlol lectual gifts. He la active in. politics ; hern use lie belirvea in Xha rlrhtrouaarns ' of thn local roforms ho advocated, anil puts his love of party next to- hi love cf ctv.mtry and ot home. ' , ; ' INVITATION'S ISSL'liD. ' Invitations have. been. Issued 03 fol lows: - . ; . -. . ... .. .'..: Sir and Mrs. W. V. iVinglttss rtMpiest your ftrpsence ft the mtwrin-Hv of their datirhtcr, - Dai sic. ' to Sfr. Vi"iam llnyes, Wcilnesdii.v, October sevcnteenlh, nineteen htindred, two thirl v i. vi;, ' ' nt liotne, Raleigh, North t aroliim. J '1 , L f