Rent, For Sale, Boarders and
Board - Wanted, Employes or
Positions Wanted, For Sale or
Exchange ads. In The Times for
'One .pent a Word.' ;t; H -?
One Cent a Word Is all an. Ad.
vertlsem'ent In the .Times wilt
Cost you, and It will reach three
times as many people in Raleigh
as any other medium.
And EVENHVQ VISITOR. Established 1879.
lam
Whole No. 4
RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 28, 1900
$1 a Year,
BACK IN PRETORIA.
KILLED HIS WIFE.
100TH ANNIVERSARY
MANYf (REFORMS
TOTAL 1899 TAXES.
ONE OF THE HAZED.
FUNERAL SERVICE
Kitchener's Presence .. Re
quired by Boer Activity
in the 1 Transvaal. -
Jasper Green Murdered His
Spouse Because She De
tained Him.
Hiram Lodge Prepares for
Association Jof Academies
Adopts Important Reso
lutions. $3,064,460,52 Paid on Real
Cadet Doyle, who was a
Remains of Mr. Robt. .0,
Burton Taken to Halifax
for Interment'
the Celebration Jan
uary, 14th. ,
THE BANQUET SPEAKERS
and Personal Property for
County, State, Schools
Victim, Tells of His
Experience
FOR A LONG WAR
Boers Prepared to Keep . Up Re.
sistance Indefinitely. Noth
ing to Gain by Surrender.
fly telegraph' to The Time.
LOXDOX. Dec. 28. Lord Kitchener
is back in. Pretoria, . This indicates to
,:. ninny of the English newspapers that
the crisis in Cape Colony in over, and
the British have the situation well in
hand. It is possible that Kitchener re
turned because the situation in the
Transvaal would not permit : of his
longer, absence.
Scant as are the dispatches from
South Africa, it appears possible thai
the Boer activity, extenuing over a
wide area, in the. result of a,n organiz
ed plan for a long war. Attacks . on
British garrisons have been made at
widely separated, points in the post
few days at Boksburg, near- Johan-
nesburg;, at Utrecht. just over the
Natal border, and nt l'an Station,
south of Kimberley. According to of-
flcial dispatcher, these attacks were re
pulsed, but Boers did not suffer seri
ous low and apparently are in position
to renew the attack indefinitely,
BOTHA TIIK LEADER.
It is believed that General Louis
Botha is the controlling genius of ac
tivity in the Transvaal, while General
DeWet. directs operations in the south.
The Boer columns in Tajx. Colony con
tinue their march. They are pursued
by the. British but the latter, although
occasionally, in touch, do not uppeur
to be able to force an engagement or
to drive the Boers back Quiver the
border. - ......"''
THEY WANT DeWET. ; : :
Nothing further, has'Jieen received
concerning the combined,- . operations
against DeWet in the eastern Free
State, . His capture is desired above
all by the authorities, for it is believ
ed if leVet is made prisoner, the
backbone of resistence in the south is
broken. Still those who entertain this
belief overlook the fact that Kitchen
er's policy of devastation leaves the
Boers nothing to gain by surrender.
., BOEKo TREK WESTWAIl D.
VRYBfJ.ttll, CAPE COLONY, Dec. 24.
(Delayed :. in transmission.) Two
large" Boer commandos with mnny
wagons nr.- trekking westward. It is
believed they are on their way to Ger
man West Africa.
NO SKATING ACCIDENT.
An Exciting Fake Story From
Whatcheer, Iowa.
Special to The Times.
CHICAGO, Dec. 28. Dispatches re
ceived here 1 1 out various cities in' the
-vicinity of Watcheer, Jowa, discredit
the reported skating disaster there
Inst night. A message from Ottuniwa
received here at !) a. 111. says a news
paper man ;heve just had coinmunica-
tion with the editor ot a atcheer
newspaper over the telephone, and he
was informed there was no truth in
the dispatches sent out lust night,
'the train dispatcher of the North
Western Raiiroad inquired of the op
erator at Watciicer as to the truth or
falsity of the reKrt, and was inform
ed that there was nothing in it. The
trainmen on incoming Iowa trains
that passed through and near
Watcheer last night and early this
morning heard nothing of the acci
dent. It waa reported that 49 child
ren were drowned by breaking the
ice bit a. pond at Watcheer during a
skating party last night-
.'...'- : 5-
TROUBLE WITH TURKEY
B" ToiPi-rnrh to The Tlms.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 28. A di
plomatic hitch has occurred in the re
lations between Turkey and Switzer
land. The. government of the latter
country has refused to recognize
Munir; Bay, the Turkish ambassador
at Paris, as Minister to Switzerland.
' The King of Sweden was asked by
the Swiss government to instruct the
Swedish ambassador at Porte to ex
plain the situation to the Sultan.
Abdul Ha moid, .however, heard of the
Swiss protest against Munir Bey, and
now refuses to receive the- Swedish
amlmssador. if that subject is discuss
ed. Belgium has also refused to receive
Munir Bey at Brussels.
QUAY BEADY FOB FRAY.
Br teiirrnnti 10 The Times.
WASHINGTON. -Dee. ' 28. Ex-Senator
Quay left Washington for Harris
burg today to start his contest for
the Senntorship before the Pennsyl
vania, legislature, which meets Janu
ary first. Quay expresses confidence
in his re-election to the Senate, lie
y.H been ill for some weeks with
bronchitis, but is better now.
TRAVELERS' MEET.
Bv telcaxaph to The Times.
INDIANAPOLIS, INT)., Dec. 28 The
Indiana Association of Comruerciiil
Traveler met in annual convention
today in the" board of trade ntembly
rooms. Tomorrow night they will
give reception and ball.
GRAND DUKE QUITE ILL. .
By tnleernoh to The Time.
BERLIN, Dec. 28. The Grand Duke,
of Suxe-Weimer. who whs recently
taken down with influenza, has devel
oped inflammation of the lungs.
BRAX. BRAGG, MURDERER,
A Colored Name-sake of the Fam.
ous General Kills a Negro
Woman.
Special to The Times.
CHEEDMOKE, N. C, Deo. 28. On
the night of December 25th, a negro
by the name of Jasper Green shot and
killed his wife without any provoca
tion whatever.
After having attended to the feeding
of the stock at McCain. Lyons, neat
Hester, N. C, he went home, and t'.r
ter supper started off. His wifj in
sisted that he should not go, finally
taking hold of him. When she did
this he deliberately pulled his pistol
and shot her dead. - This is the sec
ond case lor the coroner here in less
than a week, "
Another awful murder was commit
ted in Brassfleld township, Granville
county. Bra xton, Bragg killed a ne
gro woman Wednesday night, Decem
ber 26th. Up to the present writing
neither of the murderers has beeu
found.
SWEAR IT IS BREAD.
How Americans ; Confer a Stone
on Cuba.
By telegraph to The Time.
MANCHESTER. Dec. 28. The Guar
dian prints an article, today comment
ing on the -New York nation's account
of the American government's scheme
tor The settling of the C uban question
It snj's: "It is certain that if the Cu
bans had foreseen in. what vt partial
sens t ney were to be made independ
ent they would not have accepted the
offer of American, intervention. If the
United States government were to say
they made.'n mistake and would more
or less honestly try to justify the
repudiation of their promise to Cuba,
though that would be a sorry course,
it would be better than the present
plan of giving the Cubans a stone and
swearing it was bread."
THE TROUBLE ADJUSTED.
Wilkesbarre Motormen Will net Go
on Strike.
By telcpraph to The Times.
WILKESRARRE, PA., Dec. 2S. At
a meeting this morning between Presi
dent Iligg, of the United Transporta
tion Company, and the executive com
mittee representing the iiiotorim'n em
ployed by the Wilkesbarre and Wyom
ing Valley Traction Company, the dif
ferences which a" -week ago seemed
certain of resulting in n strike and
a. general tie-up of all the lines here,
were satisfactorily adjusted.
FIVE COTTAGES BURNED.
Spirtualist Settlement Almost
Destroyed.
By telegraph to The Times. .
DUNKIRK. N. V., Dec. 2S. Five
cottages at 1 ilydale, the spiritualist
eampiifg ground, were dest roy ed by
fire this morning. The fire started by
the explosion of a lamp, and as the
place has no fire protection, the flames
were only stopped by tearing dow n ad
joining cottages. The loss is not
heavy.
AUSTRIAN TOWN BURNED.
46 Lives Lost. 4.860 Persons
Homeless.
By Telegraph to The Times.
VIENNA. Dec. 28. The town of
Wisnitz, in Buckowina, has been wiped
out by fire.
Six hundred houses were burned,
and 4.860 people are homeless.
Forty-six persons, lost their lives,
ASHORE ON A REEF.
By Tpl"ffraph to The Times.
MIAMI. FLA., Dec. 28. The
steamer "Tomerio," from Baltimore
to Mexico, coal laden, is ashore on a
reef twenty miles south 01' here. This
morning the steamer was not badly
damaged. Uvless a storm should come
and pound lur hard on the rocks, she
will probably lie saved..
GERMAN STEAMER WRECKED.
By Telegraph to The Times.
SIIAXG1IA1, Dec. 28 The New Ger
man, stennier "Suih Sinng" has been
wTeclied sixty miles above Idling, on
the coast cf the Yellow Sen. All her
crew were raved except the captain'.
FIRE IX PORTLAXD.
By telegraph to Thn Tiroes.
P0RTLAX6, ME., 1ec. 2S, Fire
broke out at 1 a. in. in the double
store of Woolsworth and Otmimnj
The fire was confined to the building,
but, guests-in a near-by hotel were
bndlv scared. The lom.ta $50,000.
THE STATE FORECAST. ;
Bv teleeranh to The Tiroes. '
WASHINGTON. Dee. 2X. ForecaMt:
For North Carolina, rain tonight;
colder in w,estcm portion. Saturday,
fair colder; fresh southerly winds, be
coming northwfsteiily tonight.
The Seaboard Air L'ns will put holiday
tickets on sain asain on the 30th Inst,
until January 1st.
E. 5. Martin of Wilmington, the
Visiting Speaker. Work of
Grand Lodge.
The Grand Lodge of North Carolina
will meet in Raleigh in. its 114th annu
al communication on Tuesday even
ing, .January th. at 7:30 p. ni. Dur
ing the last year 5 new charters Were
granted, making the total number of
lodges 320. The membership has in
creased from 11,fli0 to 12,100, and the
order ia in a flourishing 'condition.
One of the most pleasins features in
connection with the forthcoming session
of the Grand Lodge will be the celebra
tion by Hiram Lodge No. 40, ot this city,
of Its one hundred anniversary. Arrange
ments have been made for this celobratlon
to take place the first night the Grand
Lodge meets.
The committee having the matter la
charge was composed of Messrs. F. H.
Busbee, W. S. Primrose, W. W. Parish
and W. H. Bain. Mr. Primrose has ar
ranged the program, Mr. Busbee the bnn
quet and Mr. Parish looked after the
financial end of the line.
The banquet will be served In the Grand
Lodge hall. The speaking will bo of an
Informal nature. Mr, F. H. Busbee. Past
Master and Grand Master of the.. Hiram'
Lodge will nake an opening talk,. Judge
T. B. Womack. Sr. Warden of the lodge,
and a representative ot each of the other
two Masonic Lodges here will nlso speak.
Eugene S. Martin. Esn.. of Wilmington,
has been selected as the out of town
speaker and the choice Is most appro
priate since Mr. Martin comes from the
oldest Masonic Lodge in the State, St.
John's Lode of Wilmington, the only
Lodge that has thus far celebrated a one
hundredth anniversary.
A pleasing and interesting feature of
the celebration will be the "History of
Hiram Lodg."' Tills has been prepared
by Col. John Nichols and will cover briefly
the history of this lodge for the past one
hundred years. HiramLodge is closely
interwoven In the history of Raleigh and
the sketch br Mr. Xichols will be a
valuable contribution to the literature of
the Capital city of North Carolip.a.
ARCHITECTS MEET
League Elected Officers in Char
lotte Last Night
Mr.' Charles Pearson returned this
morning from Charlotte, where he at
tended a meeting of th architects of
the State.;
They met there vesiel'd.iv, accord-
tug to the adjournment of a 'meeting'
of the stums men. held in liulrigli, 0c
toner sjoth, and perfected the organi
zation of the Southeastern Architec
tural League, The meeting was held
in the rooms of llie Manufacturtrs'
Club.
The following officers wore elected
for the co ning vear: President. R. S.
Smith, of Ashevillc; first vice-presi
dent. F. P. Milburn. of Charlotte;
second vice-president, Charles McMil
lan, of Wilmington; secretary and
treasurer,. Charles' Pearson, of Raleigh.
Executive committee; It. S. Smith,
chairman.; H. E. Honitz, of Wilming
ton; (). D. Wheeler, of Charlotte: O.
M. Gates, of Greensboro. '-and F. M.
Sawyer, of Charlotte.
'Mr. Pearson says the next meeting
will lie held in August next.
BIG STORM IN IRELAND.
Worst Gale in Cork for Thirty
Five Years.
By telegraph to The Times.
CORK, IRELAND, Dec. 2S.The
worst storm in southwest I rein ml in
a quarter of a century prevailed yes
terday. The railroads are' blocked in
i. infections, and much property vu:
destroyed. ' t
HE SHOT THREE.
XEW YORK, Dec. 2S. Three men
were shot in a Harlem barroom last
night by Miles Cv McDonald.-a., well
known gambler and sport. The vic
tims of his shooting tire George Price,
shot under the heart: Edward Court
ney, shot'in smail of back; Thomas
Kennedy, shot in leg. Price and
Courtney arc seriously wounded.
Kennedy's condition is not serious.
McDonald was arrested.
CAMPAIGN IV MINDANAO.
By telegraph to The Times.
MANILA, Dec. SX. Advices from
Mindanao tell of active camMiigiiing
by American troops in the northern
part of the island. The towns of
.liminez and Langarin, as well as sev
eral insurgent mountain strongholds,
have beeu captured. Severn! ins urgent
bands were routed. The troops en
gaged mostly 1 he loth infantry.
AT CA RALEIGH.
Many hearts were made ,flad rt the
Christmas exercises tit Cinrttii'ih MR1
Mission last night, Ail 1"n children
after the exercises were provided with
a box of candy. Mr. .loJm 1. Pul e:i,
the Kimeriiilcndcnt, was the good spir
it of the occn.siori.
I.NACGrRATION.
The executive committee i:f the In
augural Committee recently appointed
will meet this afternoon nt 4 o'clock
in the mayor's office. The sMcial tsuli
jrcN for consideration today tire the
date and the attendance' of military
organ iatioiid.
PROF. SHEEP PRESIDENT.
Association Completed Its Work
and Adjourned This After,
noon.
The fourth annua meeting of the North
Carolina Assoclatlqh of Academies, held
their final session (today and adjourned.
The officers chosen or the ensuing year;
President, S. L. Sheep.
Vice-President, John Graham.
Secretary and Treasurer, Robt. L. Madi
son. "The College In Relation to Secondary
Education," was discussed by Dr. W. P.
Few, Trinity College.
Literature in Secondary Schools. Its
Object and Methods, of Teaching." was
the subject of a fine? paper by Miss Mar
garet Burgwla HUlianl of the Francis
Hilllard School. 0
The Report of the jlommittee on English
in High Schools (report by the eharmian,
Prof. S. L. Sheep) and an interesting dis
cussion followed. ' i.
The following resolutions by Prof. D.
L. Ellis, of the. Sanford High School were
read and adopted separately:
Resolved, That he Association ot
Academies recognizing the urgent need of
a State Reformatory, for young criminals;
and that we hereby ask the Committee on
Penal Institutions to report a Bill, pro
viding for the erection and malntainance
of such Institution. V
Resolved, That w recognize the gravity
of the Public School Problem confronting
the approaching Legislative sessloa. and
we respectfully urge the several commit
tees on Education to stand firmly and
nobly and generously by the dependent
and helpless school ' children of North
Carolina, and clve them such legislation
as may greatly strengthen and lengthen
the public school term of our rural schools.
Resolved, That we realize very fully
the voice of the services of the retiring
State Superintendent Hon. Chos. H. Me
bane, to the cause of education in the
State; and that we shall always rejoice
at his welfare and hnopiness.
Resolve, That we pledue our co-operation
and sympathy to the State riuperin-
tendent-elect General Toon, and that we
shall gladly labor with him to promote
the interests and progress of the public
Schools.' ... . "'.2,k''''-; .':...'-..
Resolved. That our sincere thanks arc
due and are hereby tendered to the Presi
dent and the Secretary of this Association
for their faithful and untiring Efforts to!
make this session a success and In pro
moling its interests in all Its affairs.
HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.
Mr. Cameron Sends The Times a
!. Chii'.es: Newspaper.
Mr. Duncan H. Cameron, a former
Raleigh boy. who now lives in Hong
Kong, China, sends The Times a copy
of the Hong Kong Telegraph. the
leading foreign newspaper of that
great Oriental city. The subscription
price of the .daily is only thirty dol
lars a year, just ten times as much
tut. The Times, and it is not such a
large paper either. It contains (piife
a lot of news froiu Manila, and many
articles and special telegrams relat
ing to the troubles in China. There
are some amusing burlesques oil the
foreign soldiery, and some account ot
their doings. There is an extended
account of the "massacre, of missiona
ries in Northern. China, especially of
the terrible experiences of the Green
family nt lluolp.
The editorials are devoted to discus
sions of the writings and philosophy
of Confucius, to the war in South Af
rica, the mussacres in China, and that
perennial subject, the. '. Philippine in
surrection. Mr. Cameron, who is a son of the
late General F. H. Cameron, now
holds a. responsible position with the
Standard Oil ('omMHiy in Hong Kong.
He has lived in the East for several
years.
SNOW PROBABLE
Weather Bureau Says Colder with
Possibly a Snow Saturday.
The forecast of the weather bureau
for Raleigh and vicinity says: llain
tonight and Saturday, colder; possibly
snow Saturday night.
The storm yesterday has moved
southeast to the vicinity of Vicksburg,
Miss., with decreased force, but uc
coniptmicd by heavy rains at New Or
leans (2.04 inches) and at Mobile
(1.7S inches.) The development of a
depression over the lower ljike region
caused the weather throughout the
east to lieeome cloudy and threaten
ing very rapidly. Throughout the, en
tire country from the Mississippi to
the Atlantic, us well as over till the
Southern' States from Texas . to
Florida, cloudy, rainy weather pre
vails. The Plateau region is occupied
by an extensive high area y.nd cold
wave. --The' lowest temperature this
morning was 2 degrees below zero at
Miles City.
.H'DGE SHEPHERD IX WILMING-
. 4 : TON". :
Judge Shepherd, Standing Muster,
has gone to Wilmington, where 1h
hearings in the railroad taxation cases'
will be resumed. There will probably
lie a. hearing ut Fayctteville later, and
at several other points.
INCREASE OF $292,254.52.
$04,458.01 riore for Public Schools
Than in i898. Decrease in
Valuation of Bank Stock.
The Slate Auditor completed the statis
tics today regarding the school taxes
payable to the county treasurer.
Valuation. ' ... , Taxation.
No. 1S8308 White Polls... 279,051.25
i N'o. 6.t Indian Polls 071.40
No. 73,975 Negro Polls .. .... K'i,175.61
$34,t9B,!)77 railroad, telegraph,
steamboat, canal property....
$3,520,940 Bank stock..
$357,80;) Building and Loan
Stock
62,719.93
6,523.23
646.13
$243,103,720 Listed by white citi
zens 439,401.82
$309,016 Listed by Indian citi
zens . . .......
$a, 478,399 Listed by Negro citi
zens Liquor Dealers first class
Liquor Dealers third class
Tax on Dispensaries
. 557.28
17,225.95
73.261.66
526.00
1,200.00
From Fines, Forfeitures and
Penalties (.. 5,790.34
From Other Sources .'.'. , 2,879.27
Special school taxes 333.30
Graded School Taxes 32,267.39
Total School Taxes. . .
t'OtXTV
County Purposes.....
Poor
Bridges and Roads . .
Convicts and Jails ..
Special County Taxes
.........$1,032,530.1'"
TAXES.
. ,., 7ii3.3S7.33
38,616.74
125,724. GS
3S.42S.I1
352,433.63
Total County Tc.xcs $1,318,622. f.i
The total amount of taxes paid in North
Carolina 'for., the rear 1899 on real -anti
personal property for county, State and
school purposes will therefore be:
Total school taxes , 1,032,530.07
Total county taxes . .... 1,318,622.19
Total General Taxes 723,307.36
Grand Total ...'.. , . .$3,031,460.52
The amouat puid for the respective ob
jects in the previous year 1S98 were:
Total school taxes 933.072.66
Total county taxes ............ 1,207,051.92
Total general taxes .... , 527,081.42
Grand Total ... ....... . . ; . : . .2,772-,206.00
This shows ail increase of $292,254.52 of
1899 taxes over taxes in 1898. The in
crease in the valuation of railroad, tele
graph, steamboat and canal property was
$893,073. ' The valuation of hank stock
shoved a decrease of $88,713, which 1s
quite surprising. The increase in the
number of white polls was 5,706 and of
negroes 20?. The increase In the valua
tion of property owned by white citizens
was $18,217,703. and of negroes f318.722.
The increase for schools was $94,45S.01,
and for county purposes $111,570.57.
RKCORDS OF 1000.
By telegraph to The Times.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S. Til
lust
year of the century has lieen a re
markable one for breaking the record
in many strange things, Milwaukee
furnishes one in a man who married
his mother-in-law. She was just twice
his age. Minneapolis nearly 'matches
this with a man who 'weds, his step
daughter. Chicago reports a man and
woman marrying after 15 minutes ac
quaintance. Marriages being so
quickly, arranged it is not surprising
tha.t more marriage licenses were is
sued in the month of .lune in Chicago
than ever before in one month 2.1 51).
or 75 per day. St Louis nearly match
ed this with 50 divorces in -one day.
San Francisco doesn't .'claim- so many
divorces, but she divorced one couple
in exactly 20 -minutes "from .the time
the complaint was ..tiled. W. .1. Bryan
made 30 speeches in one day. Mrs.
Reeves, in the insane asylum at Kala
mazoo talked .herself to death
September 2fith." The Hurlinglon road
made a .run of two and four-tenths
miles in One minules and twenty sec
onds i:() miles an hour. The largest
lumber deal of the yeaer was a sale
by a Wiseom-in dealer -of ' 4.1.000,000
feet .for $1,000,000. -.'.
MR. ROSCOK MITCHELL TO WKP.
The Raleigh Times is in receipt of
the following' invitation.
Mr. an! Airs. Harvey-How la ml
request th Honor of your presence
at the r.iHi i iage of their daughter
Clara P.elle,
and
Air. Ro-ice Thomas iIHcln-11.
on Wednesday evening, January 2nd,
ninete.Mi hundred and one.
at half past five o'clock.
Westminster Presbyterian Church,.'.,.
Dilworth.
Charlo'ie, North Carolina..
Mr. Mi'ehcil is well known in this
city, and has many friends here. He
made Raleigh his home last winter
and spring.
THEY WANT 2,000.
. iegraph to The Times.
KANSAS CITY, MO., Dee. 2S.-The
Young Men's Christian Association of
this city is vigorously trying to raise
Its membership to 2,000. A committee
of 100 is working hard to secure mem
bers. ': There are lacking now about
:i(M. and it. is hoped to round up its
year with the required number.
' NEW "t EAR'S CA1.US.
' All those who ' wi II receive. New
Year's Day are ' requested to either
send or telephone Iheir names to The
Times tomorrow morning. It is 'un
derstood -that an unusually large
number of young men will go calling.
ATE QUININE PEACHES
Did Two Hundred "Spread
Eagles" and Several "Wooden
Willies" Without Rest.
By telegraph to The Times.
West Point, N. Y., Dec. 2S. The mili
tary court in the Booz investigation re
sumed proceedings this morning.
The most important witness was John
R. Doyle, of Philadelphia. Doyle enter
ed the Military Academy In '97, but was
discharged In June this year for de
ficiency. Hs is now attending school in
Highland Falls, preparing himself for a
commission in the army.
The witness save full details of the
manner in which he was hazed. He took
a teaspoonful and a half of "Hell sauce"
without injury. .
Among other things he- did was to
"qualify" by eating one quart of preserved
peaches mix?d with quinine. He also did
"200 eagles" and several "Wooden Wil
lies" without a rest.
Said he was completely exhausted at
the end. but soon recovered. He knew
Booz only by hearsay.
Witness said he knew Breth before the
latter entered the academy. He was ex
amined physically in Baltimore and de
clared deficient.- He was of very nervous
tempcrariient, and frequently trembled all
over while at the table.
Cadet 1". S. Grant, third-class, related
his hazing experiences and was treated
no differently from others. He qualified
on "Sammy" prunes and cabbage. He did
not, regard any of the hazing as severe.
Witness entered the academy in '99, after
Booz and Breth had left.
XMAS ENTERTAINMENT
The Cantata Given by the West
Raleigh Sunday School.
The West Raleigh -Baptist Sunday
school gave a most enjoyable Christ
ma entertainment last night. The
church was crowded and all were de
lighted with the exercises.- One of the
prettiest scenes was the ' tableaux
which .was 'beautifully shown off with
colored electric-lights, while the hottr
of the church was darkened. , Mr.
Ilenrv ,1. Perrv is suiierintendent ot
the school and is doing a tine work
in West Raleigh. The program in
cluded: Prayer. March and chorus by the
children. Welcome sjx'ech by Wilma
Xow ell. Speech by Clarence Wood
lief. Chorus, Hark the. Chiming.- by
choir. Recitation, by Ponnie Swindell.
King the Bells, by'!) children. Re
citation, i,v Carrie Yerby,
Tableaux. Recitation, by Maud
N'owell. Duct. Sweet Christmas -' .An
gels, by Misses King.: Recitation by
Jessie Howell. Recitation by Myrtie
Howell. Chorus, "Happy Christmas,"
liv the children. Recitation bv Claud
N'owell. "The Doll's letter." by
Colia. Howell. "Hear the Echo,"
by choir. Recitation, by Yallie Park
er, Dialogue "Give to The Poor," by
7 children. Speech by Fred. Pegram.
Tableaux Recitation by Lilly
Woodlief. Chorus. "Something to
Do." by the children. Recitation, by
jleiilah King. Cradle Sung. Speech,
by Tal Stafford,- ( horns. Silver Bells,
bv the choir.
CAPT. HITLER'S RECEPTION',-'
' WEST CHESTER. PA.. Dee. 28. The'
reception of Captain Smedley Darling
ton Butler, son of Congressman But
ler, the youngest officer in the I'nited
States Marine. 'Corps, who was twice
wounded in China, will be held tonight-
iiv the' armory of Company 1.
(ilk Regiment. It will lie worthy of
the recipient of the.: honor. Three
hundred invitations were sent out.
The guest of honor will be .Caplnin
Harrv Leonard, who carried Captain
Butler to a cuple. saffor.i,i, (iv.O'iO
Butler to a place-of safety after hc
was wounded at Tientsin.
THE OREGON COMING HOME,
flv telegraph to The 'limes.
SAN" FRANCISCO. 'Dee. ' 2.S. The
most noted warship in the world our
own Oregon is coining home. (apt.
Dickins. I". S. N.. who sailed for the
Asiatic Station on 1 lie 12th instant,
will bring the wonderful battleship to
this port for permanent repairs to her
hull, which was seriousy in jured when
she struck .1 submerged rock in China
waters. - The Kentucky will ' replace
the Oregon in the Orient. '
BIRMINGHAM'S BEAUTIFUL BALL.
BIRMINGHAM. ALA.. Dec. 28. The
most beautiful ball ever given In Bir
mingham the Charity Ball will be giv
en tonight at the Auditorium under the
auspices of the Young Ladles' Auxiliary
to tho Hillmnn Hospital. The returns are
expected to be very generous, as tho
boxes sold well and the .tickets were $5
per couple.
MRS. -LEE Ql " 1'F. SICK,
All's. C. R Lee is quite ill with fever,
and has been carried to the hospital.
Her brairding house is closed for the
present. ,
GERMAN AT RAX EY LIBRARY,
There will be a. fu" dress germnn nt
the Rancy Library building tonight.
Dancing from 10;to 1. Music by Me.
Daniel's orcherfra. .
DR. VICK DEAD.
Dr. Vick, of Sebmi. n.i prominent
physician of Johnston county, died
lost night. .
REY. G. F. SMITH'S TRIBUTE
Ministers from Various Demoni
nations Here Took Part in the
Service This Morning.
The funeral service over the remains
of the late Robert O. Burton was hold
from the Edenton Street Methodist church
this morning at. 10 o'clock and a funeral
has seldom been so largely attended. ., The
entire community, all denominations and
all professions, joined la paying this last
tribute. to the mortal remains of one of
the most valuable men who has lived la
Raleigh in twenty-five years. The mem
bers of the board of stewards' of th& i
Edenton Street Methodist church and the
Raleigh bar attended In a body.
The service opened with a solo. '
"Lead kindly Light" was sung by the.
choir. . '-.-. 1
Rev. Dr. A. A. Marshall of the First
Baptist church read the 90th Psalm, be
ginning. "Lord, thou hast been our,
dwelling place U all generations."
Rev. Dr. I. MeK. Plttlnger, rector of
the Church of the Good Shepherd, read
lith chapter of Corinthians, in the regular
burial service of the church.
Rev. Dr. R. H. Whltaker read the hymn
i "How Firm a Foundation."
Rev. Dr. George F. Smith, pastor of
the Edeuton Street Methodist church of
which--Mr. Burton was a member, then
gave a beanl tful little sketch of the life
of the deceased. He summed up Mr. Bur
ton's character in three words, "Integrity,
Strength, Kindness." and in his remarks
sfid:
"Strength and beauty mingled In hla
life, and gentleness was the flower and
fruitage of it all. In. him the lion and
the lamb dwelt together; In him was the
granite and the lily
"Until death came, that bolt that blasteij
'-. both . '"'.-.- i"'' '.
"The cranite's firmness and the lily's
growth." : ,
The church services closed with a fer
vent prayer by Rev. Dr. Eugene Daniel,
of the Presbyterian church. .
The following acted as honorary pall
bearers: Supreme Court Justices
Walter Clark . and Walter A. '
Montgomery, judge T. B. Womack,
Judge Spier Whltaker. Messrs. F. H. Bus
bee, Bart M, Catling, S," P. MoreaTTT
Ed. Chambers Smith, Chas. - TL Belvln,
Joseph P. Brown. B. S, Jerman. It. T, ,
Gray, Sherwood Higgs. Richard H. Battle,
3. W, Brewer and Dr. Richard H. Lewis.
A large number accompanied the body :
to -the Union Station.. .'
Decides the immediate members of the
family Rev. G. F. Smith, Mr. L. M.
Alston and several others accompanied
the body to tho family burying ground
near Roanoke, Rapids In Halifax county,
where the interment will take place this
afternoon. Four brothers of Mr. Burton
were here to attend the funeral and ac
companied the remains to Halifax county:
They were Mr. Jno. O. Burton, of Wcldon;
Mr.. A. J. Burton, of Reidsville; Mr. Jamts
H. Burton, of Weldon; Dr. E. A. Burton,
of Greensboro, and Mr, W. A. Burwell, of
Warrenton, brother-in-law of the de
ceased. A beautiful floral tribute was sent by
the Raleigh bar.
TO GOVERNOR AYCOCK.
Co!. Cuninfiham's Beautiful
Christmas Present.
The tloldsboro Argus says: "No man
in North Carolina has finer impulses,
loves his friends better, and In the most
graceful ways shows his appreciation of
them than Colonel John S.Cunnlngham,
On Christmas day, the express brought
from Col. Cunningham to Governor Ay
cock a beautiful sold headed cane, to
gether with a letter of frlendshin and
good wishes. It was a graceful act on
the part of 'John Cunningham,' as his
friends love to call him. and there was
something of a tremor in our own
Charlie A. "cock's' voice, and a little bit
of a rain drop in the eye, as he spoke
of 'the beautiful gift from ray friend, Col;."
Cunningham.''- ...
The friends of Col. Cunningham are not
surprised nt this gracious gift. It Is
characteristic of that genial, warm
hearted gentlemen.
TWENTY LIVES LOST.
By Telegraph to The Times.
London.- Dec. 28. Another gale which
has stcadil" Increased In violence today
is raging along the British coast. The
tiacket service between Dover and Calms
has been stooped. Many minor wrecks
arc reported and twenty lives have been
lost, .
PEGAST S' CREW DORYVXED. .
By
Iegraph to The Times.
LONDOX. Dec. 2S,-Thp . barque
"Pegasus," f om Sun Francisco. Aug.
17th. for Sharpness, foundered near
Cardiff. All but one of her crew of
thirty four are reported lost.
FRANK BROTHERS DEAD.
By telcjrraph to The Times.
MONTREAL. Dec. 2. A private dis
patch from Havana announces - the
death there of Frank Brothers. mn.n-'
nger of construction in the Cuban mil
rwul syndicate in which Sir Win, Van
Home's ninny Canadian and American,"
capitalists are interested.
TO ELECT OFFICE R,4.
St, Luke'H Circle, King's. Daughters.-
which hns charge of St. Luke's Hmn,
will hold n meeting, thl afternoon,;
and elect officers. . .. .- ,