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The Largest City Circulation of any Paper in Raleigh. Our Circulation Books Open to All for Investigation. THE TIMES Has Taken the Town. The Town Takes THE TIMES Vol. 1. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1897. No. 21. DEPUTIES ARRESTED Sheriff Martin and Depu ties Given a Hearing. FOR KILLING OF MINERS -BROUGHT TO HAZELTON MILITARY ESCORT. UNDER Judges Lynch and Bennett Sit as Justices of the Peace to Hear Testimony In the Case-A Large Crowd Met Them at the Depot. Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 22 Sheriff Martin and his sixty four deputies were given a preliminary hearing before the couit to day, charged with the killing of twenty-four striking miners near Latti mer on Friday, September 10. The de puties were"brous;ht up from llazelton under military escjrt, A largo crowd nee', them at the depot, but they proceeded un molested to the court house. Judges Lynch and Bennett presided. Judge Lynch announced tint the judges would sit as justices of thepoaco to hoar testimony in the case. The'jadgos after a consultation with District Attorney Fell hold all the depu ties in $1,000 each until the hearing is concluded. Jo3. A. Sinn, trust officer of the City Trust Safe Deposit and Surety Company, of Philadelphia, qualified as bondsman in the sum of $250,000. Not a single witness testified to hearing Sheriff Mar tin give the order to (ire. Concrete Crushed His Skull. Washington, D. O., September 22, Thomas E. Fletcher, a colored boy 12 years old, was instantly killed by being struck on the head with a piece of refuse concrete, at the Rock Creek dump, near the M fctreot bridge, at 1:80 o'clock yes torday afternoon. Fletcher and several companions, among whom was Joseph Marshall, also colored, were seated in a clump of bushes about half way down the damp embankment. The bushes con cealed them from the view of those above. The boys had built a fire behind a large rock near the creek, and were cooking a chicken over it. The dirt thrown from the carts on the dump easily spreads out before It reaches the bottom, but a large piece of concrete from a cart load of street paving, dumped by John Reddick, a carter employed on the streets, bound ed down the hill, and clearing the rock behind which the boys were congregated, struck Fletcher on the head, crushing his skull and killing him instantly. He died before medical attention could be given him. Policeman Howlett arrested Reddick, the driver of the cart, and detained him at the Ssventh Precinct police station until the investigation, which was made later in 'the afternoon at the Seventh Precinct Police Station J by Coroner Carr. The evidence of the wit nesses showed that the boys' death was purely" accidental, however, and Reddick was released. Dr. Carr gave a certificate of death, and the body was removed to the home of Fletcher's parents at 2705 N. street northwest. Marshall was also struck on the side with a piece of concrete, but was not injured. Speechless During a Sermon. Newport News, Va., Sept. 22. -While preaching his morning sermon Sunday, ' Rev. W. R. Motley, pastor of the Chris tian church in this city, was struck speechless just as he had reached the dra matic climax of "a particularly passionate appeal. For some time he was nnable to articulate. Thore was a large congre gation present, and the surprise which was at first manifested on the part of the bearers at the sudden stop in the preacher' discourse soon gave way to fear and pity. The congregation was dismissed and Mr. Motley went to his home, where dur ing the afternoon his power of speech returned and he preached in the even ing, as usual. In explaining the strange occurrence to day all Mr. Motley could say was "I folt something snap in my throat and I was speechless." y Carried to South Carpllna. Tho Charlotte News of yesterday says Mr. Jason O. Boozar. whose visit to Charlotte is still fresh in our memories, and who was placed in- jail in Greens boro for taking a Jug of wine from the Southern depot, and drinking most of it, toAonues at ureensuuru unvmg - thatNbecanse he was not of sound SOUTHERN RAILWAY LEASE. Hearing In New York Before Special Mas ter Cralge Concluded. New York, Sept. 22. The hearing in the case of the Governor and the Attor ney General of North Carolina against the Southern Railway Company was con cluded here to-day before special master Kerr Craige, appointed by the United States District Court to take testimony. Col. F. W. Heidekope, president of the Chicago, St. Louis and Peoria Railway, formerly receiver of the Richmond and Danville joad, which was succeeded by the Southern Railroad, and E. Francis Hyde, second vice-president of the Central Trust Company, holders of the mort gages, testified to day as to the value of the lease. Both doclared that they knew of no fraud or illegality in connec tion with the lease. The next hearing will be held in Balti more to-morrow. J. Pierpont Morgan was subpoenaed as a witness yesterday. It was said that he was in control of the Southern Reilroad. Mr. Morgan was excused on the state ment that ho know no details regarding the leaso of the North Carolina road. Crack Shots of the Army to Compete. Denver, Col., Sept. 22. Army circles are greatly interested in the approaching infantry and cavalry target competitions which are to commence in the depart ment of Colorado within the next few days. Picked men from the city com panies of infantry are at Camp E. T. Jittery, near Colorado Springs, and crack shots of the cavalry are en route from Fort Wingate, N. M , to take part in the cavalry tournamont. California and Texas send men to contest in the cavalry arm of tho service. The contests are of special intercut, as this is the first annual meeting of the skilled marksmen In all the departments of the army since the new ride and new firing regulations were adopted. DEAD IN A BURNING MINE WORKERS CAUGHT ON ThE SLOPE AT BELLE ELLEN, ALA. Panic Followed the Alarm of FireFive Men Meet Death by Suffocation-Rescue Party at Work. Birmingham, Ala , Sept. 20. About two hours after ttro men went to work in mine No. 2 of ths Bessemer Land and Improvement Company's coal mine at Belle Ellen, near Blccton, Bibb county, yesterday morning, fire was discovered far down in the main slope. About 100 men are employed in the mine, and at once an alarm was given. A panic followed among the workers, and in the little town of Belle Ellen. Hundreds of men, women, and children gathered at tho main entrance of the smoking mine, whilo rescue parties were at once formed to relieve the miners. More than fifty were gotten out from the varioue entrances without harm. Others were overcome by smoke, and fell by the wayside These the brave searchers found and dragged out, while those waiting at the entrance restored life to their unconscious friends. Five men who were working about the slope beyond where the fire originated could not be reached, and it is regarded as certain that they are dead. It is possible that two or three others may be in the mines, but these five are known to be lost. - Base-Ball Yesterday. At Boston: Pirst game: Boston, 02000120 1- 5 10 5 Brooklyn, 13 0 0 5 3 0 0 2 0--22 21 3 Second game: Boston, 102004 2- 0 12 0 Brooklyn, 0 0 0 0 0 1 0- 1 5 2 At Cleveland: Cleveland, 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 5 14 2 Chicago, 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 11 8 At Philadelphia: Philadelphia, 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 i , 4 S 4 Washington, 01201001 0- 5 06 At Pittsburg: Pittsburg, 100002000-3 50 Cincinnati, 1112 2 0 4 0 011 14 2 At New lork: New York, 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 5 Baltimore, 300 10020 410 15 l . A Water Famine. Norfolk, Va Sopt, 22, This city is now in the mldstof a wator famine that has threatened for months past. Wator in the lakes, from which the supply is drawn, is only a few inches abovo the pipes, The water department yesterday communicated with the Mayor, calling his attention to the crisis that has arisen in the water problem, and requesting him to do whatever, in his judgment, is right to support the department. The, work of connecting two new lakes with the system is now in progress, but the situa tion is very serious. B. W. Upchurch will open the Oyster season to-day with the finest Norfolk oysters, RANEY IS PRESIDENT Chamber of Commerce Met Last Evening. TO ENTERTAIN EDITORS OCTOBER 8TH WILL BE RALEIGH DAY AT THE NASHVILLE EXPOSITION. The Army Post Will be Pushed at the Next Session of Congress, Which Con venes in December-Reports of OJTicers Submitted-New Officers Elected. The Chamber of Commerce met last evening at 8 o'clock in the Mayor's office, President Pogue presiding. Mr. Engine Carpenter, Superintendent of the Raleigh Electric Company, and Mr. E G Birdsong were elected mem bers. Mr. U. B. Raney, for army post com mittee, submitted letters from various parties who have tracts of land adjacent to tho city, and who offer options on their property for the purpose of locating the army post. A number of suitable locations are among the number. The matter of getting the army post for Ral eigh will bo pushed by the Chamber ac tively at the next session of Congress. Tho secretary stated that he had a letter from Mr. Frank Hay ward, who it will be remembered conducted the party of New Jersey editors to Raleigh and other Southern points last spring, stating that a party of Pennsylvania editors would make a Southern tour early in Oc tober, and desired to include Raleigh in thoir itinerary. The Chamber expressed a deeire to give them a hearty welcome, and a special committee of live or ten will be appointed by the president to ar range for a suitable reception to them upon their arrival. Mr. Drewry stated that the Chamber shou1 d en ter tai n themlu tho h andso meat manner possible. Tie secretary stated that Mr. Jno. T. Patrick was now in Pennsylvaniaand would spend a month there in the inter est of Southern immigration. He stated that Mr. Patrick thinks he will be able to induce about four hundred people to come to this State during the winter. The Chamber holds seven tickets to Nashville and return which it will sell for ") each to members, or $6 each to non members. Parties desiring to represent Raleigh on her day at the Exposition would do well to secure one of these tickets from Sjcretory Allen. Messrs. Drewry, Ashley and Nichols have already signified their intention of going. Raleigh day will be October 8th, the same date as Charlotte day. Secretary Allen stated that he was in Nashvillo on Wilmington day, and that it was a grand occasion. The Chamber appropriated $20 for ex penses incidental to programmds, etc ., for Raleigh day. Mr. Battle took the chair, and Presi dent Pogue submitted, his report which was interesting, and contained a resume of the work of the Chamber. The re ports of the secretary and treasurer were also read and received. Mr. Poguo declined a re-election. Mr. R. B. Raney was unanimously elected President; Mr. J. C. Drewry, First Vice Prcsidont; Mr. Logan Howell, Sec ond Vice-President; Mr. Wm. William son, Third Vice President; Mr. Frank Ward, Treasurer; Mr. George Allen, Secretary, and Mr. Chas. Pearson, As sistant Secretary. Mr. Allen, the Secretary, had on exhi bition some leaf tobacco which he had brought from Newbern and Goldsboro, grown near those cities. The tobacco appeared to be of very nice quality. "Healed" and Not Healed. The "divine healer" cured one case yes terdaythat of a colored woman who claimed to have had rheumatism. She declared j she was well and could get about as well as any one of her years. Late in the afternoon she went to a store and was telling about it, when some one suggested she was not well by any moans and was then limping. This talk was taken up by one or two others in tho store and in ten minutes the old woman was so bad off that she had to bo hauled homo. She vowod shohad been "hoodoed" and was wrathy over It. Greensboro Record. Epitaph of a North Carolina Moonshiner The following lines have been carved on the tombstone ot a North Carolina moonshiner, says the Green Bag Maga zine: "Killed by the government for mak- Inn. wKlalrAW Alifr nt man fiwtm aanA furnished by a Congressman." MRS. ARRINGT0N ON THE WAR PATH. After the Ex-Postmaster at Nashville. Says She Has a True Bill Against Ross. Mrs. Pattie D. B. Arrington is in the city. She was looking as fresh as a daisy, and will probably remain bere sev eral days. She is encouraged in the fight she has been making for years. She states that at Nash county court last week the grand jury found a true a true bill against T. T. Ross, now of Weldon, for perjury in the case of Ross vs. Arrington. Mr. Ross, she states, gave bond for his appearance at tho next term of the criminal court of l.ash coun ty. She expects great things from this caso, and appears to be exceedingly jubi lant at the action of the grand jury. Of the particular circumstances we know nothing. Mrs. Pattie claimed to be here lojking after her land suit, but we knew she wa3 after deeper game, and so it proved. She appeared beforo U. S. Commis sioner Nichols this afternoon relative to taking out a warrant against J. B. Bod dio, ex postmaster at Nashville for embezzlement. LEASING PEN DEFERRED. Committee Lays Down a Basis Upon Which They Will Consider Bids. The boaid of directors of the peniten tiary met again this morning. The com mittee to whom the matter of leasing the penitentiary was referred filed their re port. Thoy formulated a basis upon which they would recoive bids. The terms state that they must have ab solute control of tho management and discipline of convicts be kept by the di rectors so as not to allow atiy chance for bad treatment. That during a Republican adininiatra tion Republicans be given the places in the control of convicts and tho manage ment of the farms and other property. The question will be taken up by the board at their next monthly meeting' which takes place October 19, for final disposition. THE DAMAGE IS GREAT MANY LIVES LOST BY THE SOUTH 'ATLANTIC HURRICANE. Several Small Boats Have Been Wrecked. Goods Taken From the Windows of Store, Which Were Broken by the Gale. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 22 --A special to the Morning news from Fernandina, Florida, says: A hurricane has been blowing all day, and at 6 o'clock there is little indication of it. abating. Tho wind is blowing harder and the tide risng on the already swollen waters. Great fears are enter tained of serious damage to the entire water front. If tho wind does not abate, the prospects are for the greatest storm damage in recent years. A pile driver and a lighter loaded with piles, besides a number of schooners and other boats have been wrecked and sunk, some in the river and others in the marsh. In one case, a captain and his wife from a wood boat, names unknown, were drowned in their boat. Many small boats were wrecked. Gjods have been taken from the win dows of stores, several of " which have been broken bv tho gale. Trees and chimney tops have suffered. Charlotte People Sit k In New Orleans Tho telegraphic dispatches this morning bring the disquieting news, and to some extent alarming nows from New Orleans, Among the new cases of yellow fever re ported yesterday wore "E. O. Ray, Lacy Ray, Katherine Ray." Mr. Ray is Charlottean. Lacv and Katherine are his little daughters. Mrs. Ray is daughter of Mrs. B. L. Dewey, of this city. Charlotte Observer. Mrs. Ray is a niece of Mr. B. R. Lacy, of this city, aud has many relatives and friends hore who will rejoice in the speedy recovery of her husband and children. A Rising Young Man'. Mr. A. R. Love will lead the prayer meeting at the Tabernacle, owing to the absence of the pastor from the city. Mr. Love will probably fill the pulpit of this church Sunday night. He will leave for Louisville Theological Sem inary next Tuesday to continue his studios for the ministry. He has already made rapid strides in his studios and the indications are that he will "bo a useful and biil liant light in the ministry. It will bo year or more before he completes his course at tho seminary. Mr. Love is a Raleigh boy, and we are pleased to note the success that is follow ing him. Dr. Q. H. Shlnn, tho guest of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Carroll, will be pleased to have his friends call at 8 o'clock this evening. RESTRAINING ORDER Continued by Judge Bryan Yesterday. INJUNCTION GRANTED A HEARING AT WARRANT0N, CAROLINA. NORTH Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Rail road Company vs. The Old Domion and Carolina Railroad Company and Others. At Warrenton yestertJay, Judge Bryan continued the restraining order in the injunction proceedings brought by the Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad company against the Old Dominion and Carolina Railroad com pany and Peter Arlund. The effect of this order is to permit the plaintiff to build its road from Ridge- way, N. 0., to the Virginia line. This is a part of the Virginia and Carolina rail road, whose company, some years ago, expended a great deal of money in the construction of a road bed from Rich mond to Ridgeway, a work of great im portance tothe people 4Tthis State, as it shortens the distance between Raleigh and Richmond nearly fifty miles and will be a part of the main line, north and south. . Tho Richmond, Petersburg and Caro lina Railroad company is the successor of tho Virginia and Carolina Railrord company, and has mods contracts and arrangements to complete the work at once. In the suit at Warrenton, plaintiffs were represented by Messrs. MacRae and Day, of this city, and Mr. W. R. Mc Kenney, of Petersburg. Messrs. C. A. Cook and II. A. Boyd, ol Warrenton, and Davis and Davis, of Petersburg, ap peared for defendants. Lieut. William J. Griffin. The following General Order has been issued from the headquarters of the State Guard : State of North Carolina, Adjutant General's Office, Raleigh, Sept. 20, 1897. eneral Orders No. 12.1 It is the said duty of the Commander- in-Chief to announce to the State Guard the death of Lieut. William J. Griffin, commanding Elizabeth City Division Naval Reserves, which occurred Septem ber 3, 1897. Lieut. Griffin entered the service of the State Guard, Dec. 6, 1881, as first lieutenant ccajpany E, Third regiment (Pasquotank R lief), afterwards trans ferred to compauy I, Fiist regiment. He served in this position for ten years, and was promoted cr.pt.iin of tho company, January ,13, 1891. On Miy 1st, 1893, he was appointed M ijor and Asaif tant Inspector General on the staff ot Briga dier-Generul Cot tor, c-'intnanding the First Brigade, Natli Ouroliua State Juard. Upon the organ'zation of Eliz abeth City Division, Naval Reserves, he was unanimously elected Lieutenant, commanding, which position he accepted and resigned as Mj r and Assistant In spector Oanoral First Brigade. Lieutenant Griffin was burn in Pas quotank country in 1854, and was a member of one of the oldest and most re spected families of the State. He chose the profession of law as hi life work, in which he attained a most enviable and honorable standing, and, by his sterling integrity and his keen conception of right he won for himself the highest respect and confidence of the members of the profession, his clients and the commu nity at large. Ai a soldier he was thor ough, conscientious, and ambitious to excel, nd was highly esteemed by his superiors and subordinates. As a mark ot respect tho officers of the State Guard will wear the usual badge of mourning on the left arm and sword hilt for thirty days and receipt of this order. By order of tho Governor and Com mandcr-in-Cliiet. A. D. CoWLKi, Adjutant General Colored Sunday-School Convention. Quite a number of colorod people were at tho Union depot this morning, going to Lonisburg, whero thoy will attend Baptist Sunday School Convention which will opon there to night and ad journ Saturday. Marriage License. Isham Williams andJue Ella Scar boro, colored, were to day granted marriage lloense. 'THE BILER BUSTED." The Engineer Thrown Forty Feet, But He's Still Ginning. Mr. Holland lives some ten miles south of Raleigh, and yesterday he was run ning the engine of his cotton gin. The gin was buzzing, the engine a puffing and Mr. Holland sweating. Just as Mr. Holland tested the water gauge, the boiler exploded, the wheels stopped, the gin ceased buzzing, and Mr. Holland lay unconscious some forty feet from the engine. It was some minutes before all knew just what had happened, and fully twenty minutes elapsed bafore Mr. Hol land recovered consciusness, and then he raised up, rubbed his head and re marked: "I guess the water's getting low in this engine." He was then told that the "biler had busted." He looked at the old thing, got the bursted flues out, hitched up his wagon and brought them to town and got new ones to fit, and this morning he was ginning cotton again none the worse for his shake up. Mr. Barnes Comes Baok Empty- Handed. State Auditor Ayer is endeavoring to get possession of the paper owned by North Carolina, and now in possession of M. I. and J. O. Stewart. ex-State printers, at Winston. He sent Mr. Guy V. Barnes up to that place, but the Stewarts refused to give it up, saying their attorney was away from town, and they could do nothing in his absence. Granted a Reprieve. Lonnan Haynes, who was convicted of murder in the first degree at the last term of the Superior court of Columbus county and sentenced to be hanged on the 24th of this month, has been repriev ed by Governor Russell until the 5th of Novemher. This was done at the re quest of the Solicitor, who wishes to ob tain evidence from the condemed men as to certain accessories, who will be tried at the next term of the court, which be ging October 25tb. PENITENTIARY LEASE A WHITE ELEPHANT ON THE HANDS OF THE STATE. The People are Opposed to the Lease. and Will Condemn Any Such Action of the Board. The directors of the penitentiary of North Carolina have laid down proposi tions upon which they will lease that institution. From the Gov ernor's letter and other information appears that the institution was a white elephant on the hands of the State, and it is willing and anxious to get rid of it, in fact, it appears to be in tho con dition of the man who has hold of an electric battery, and calls for some one to take it loose. The Times is opposed to the lease. It does not believe that it is for the bett interest of the State, and it believes that the people as a mass w ill condemn the board of directors if they should lease it. The system of leasing State peniten tiaries meets with condemnation by the people. A syndicate cannot make the institu tion a profitable investment unless it brings its felons into competition with honest labor, and the mass ot the people have always condemned such a policy. Rather would we have it a burden than a menace to our working claasses. Our laboring classes have hungry mouths to feed, and we do not believe in placing them in competition with felon labor. The people from Murphy to Manteo should swell the cry in denouncing the lease in such suggestive, and certain tones that the directors will be to aban don the idea. Let the State manage this institution on strictly business plans, and if it can not be made to be self-sustaining with out working an injury to the laboring classes of the State, we say let it be a burden. It will pay in the end. Will Invesligate. The grave charges which have been preferred against Dr. H. K, Smith, men tion of which were made in yesterday's Times, will be taken np by the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary at the next monthly meeting, October 19tb, and thoroughly Investigated. . ,