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Sill "Nomisa SUCCEEDS LIKE 8UCOESS." If YOU WANT TO SUCCEED ADVKBTISB IN THE DAILY TIMES. THE LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION ENABLES TH E TIM ES' PATRONS TO SECURE THE BEST RESULTS. Vol. 1. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1897. No. 48. THE MARSHALS' BALL. Given by the Capital Club at the Yarboro . - House Last Night. The marshals' bail took place last even ing at the Yasboro, end was a brilliant and delightful aft'.iir. Many beautiful ladies from various sections of the State were pr.-senfc Tae dace- was given by the Otpital Club of this city. . Among those who were present at the dance were: . v? Miss Elizabeth Pond with Col. P. II. Lybrook; Miss Nancy Lybrook with Mr. Puud; Miss Nanuie Jones with Mr. A. J. Cowaud; Mies Lizzie Taylor with Mr. B. W. Baker; Miss Gertrude Bush, with Mr. Decker; Mr.' and Mrs. Alfred Wil liuuis; Miss Theodora Grimes .with Mr. George Syme; Miss Jessie Carroll with Mr. Frank Hy man; Miss Florence Jones with Mr. John West; Mies Lucy He Aden with Mr. James Williamson; Mish Sophia Busbee with Mr. John Chapman; Miss Kate Prescolt with Mr. J. Mc Alister; Miss Suliie Kirby witin Mr. lieury Kiug; Miss Ella Kirby with Mr. Tom Denson; Miss Anne Purnell with Mr. Walker; Mrs. A. B. Andrews with Mr. A. B. Andrews, Jr.; Miss Fiances Jones with Mr. Albert Bauman; Miss Mamie Norris wKh Mr. Vaughn; Miss Hal Morsou with Mr, Humphrey; Mrs. YV. S. O'B. Kobinson with Mr. Alexan der; Miss Katie Johnson with Mr. W. S. O'B. Itobinson, Jr.; Miss Margaret Har ris with Mr. M. D. Bailey, Jr.; Miss Flossie Settle with Mr. Oliver Dockery; Miss Kvelyu Johnson wdh Mr. Joe Alexander; ; Miss Adeline Douglas with Mr. Giles Mebane; Miss Lula Woodell with Mr. Sherwood Haywood; Mrs. W. A. Ilabel with Mr. J. Allen; Miss Anne Busbee with Mr. Robert Gray; Miss June Andrews with Mr. S. S. Batche lor; Miss Mary Bridgers with Mr. Cam eron MacKae; Miss Lydia Bauu.ee with Mr. Henry Lite-Word; Miss Evie Prescott with Mr. Siltord; Miss Margie Overman, with Mr. iDick Busbee Miss Blanche Blake, with Mr. Williams Andrews; Miss Ethel Roberts, with Mr. Sam Hairston; Miss Ivie Lyon, with Mr. Eugene Holt; Biss Laura Williams, with Mr. John Andrews; Mies Mattye Puce, with Mr. Fred Cooke; Miss Adlaide Snoiv, with Mr. Crawford Biggs; Miss Mary Philips, with Mr. Charles Mangum; Miss Helen Dortch, . with: : Mr. Chears; Miss Evelyn Johnson with Mr. B. Alex ander; Miss May Harvey with Mr. Dick Gwathney, Miss Mary H. Andrews, Miss Etta Perry, Miss Annie Duncan, Miss Theodora Marshall, Miss Belle Pcscud, Mr. Jack Perry, Mr. Will Suitt, Mr. Will Jonos, Mr. Will BatUe, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kenncy, Mass Nellie Merrimon, Miss Bessie Merrimon, Mrs. John B. Munson, Mr. John B, Munson, ' Mr. and MrsJ It. W. Hodges, Dr. and Mrs. V. E. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ferrall, Mrs. George S. Bradshaw, Mrs. Armiatead Jones, Mr and Mrs. J. M. Turner, Mrs.. C. K. Woodruff, Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Walker "After the .ball was over" Chief Mar shal Lybrook was presented with a hand some gold-headed cane, and gold watch and chain, by the assistant marsnals. Traffic in Chinese Girls. Baltimore, OjL 23. The second day's session of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church was devoted entirely to listening to and discussing reports from the heads of the various branches of the work. That which excited the greatest inter est was the report of the bureau for Oii entals, written -by Mrs. L, P . Williams, its secretary, in the course of which it it asserted that the trtffio inyonrg girls for vicious purposes is carried on among the Chinese in this country, eepeciall 1 n 8an FranciKOO, npon a plan whict practically amounts to tlavery, and that enoh girls ara bought and sold for prices ranging from $ .00 to $1,500, and that the courts have been known to tacitly v- sanction the traffic - 0;her reports received and discussed weie from Mr. J. L Whets -one, of the bureau of the East 8: uther States; from Mrs H. O. Hedges, of the bureau cf Misjlfsippl, andi from Mrs.. Mary Flek Puks, of the Watu de Puysteer Home United Workmen In Convention. - - Philadelohis. Got 91 The twenty eighth annual convention of the Grand Tvfoeofthe Ancient Order of United Workmen of Pennsylvania, which bar fcnAn In session here this week, adjourn - ed yesterday, after selecting Pittsburg 1 a t e next place ot meeting, on uciooer 18 1898 A full list ol officers ror lows-vv was named, headed by E. X. Hohmann, f Johnstown, for Grand Master, wore ' man. The delflgfctui were banqueted last nlgbt at Horticultural ma. IS MM Of Death for His Brutal Crime. CONVICTED OF MURDER SAM WRIGHT, WHO KILLED W. A. CARR, TO HANG NOVEMBER 10. The Evidence Was Wholly Circumstan tial, But Conclusive, of the Prison's Guilt. A special from Goldsboro eays: Sam Wright, colored, who, on the night of the 2nd instant, brutally murdered W. A. Garr, a coantry storekeeper, by cutting his throat forjtho purpose of rob bery, was tried vesterday bafore Judge Robinson, fonnd guilty and'ssntocced to be banged November 10. Tee evidence was wholly circumstantial, but conclusive, of the prisoner's guilt. The jury retired at 5:45 p. m. and forty fivo mkutes later b oigit in the above verdict, which gives general satis action. A mo ion for a new trial was overruled. Shears Severed His Jugular. Lebanon, Pa., Oct. 22. Prof. S imual Miles Hemperly, of Myerstown, this county, met death in a speculiar manner yesterday afternoon. He was engaged In trimming and tying up vines growing on the wall of his residence, and was and was using pruning shears. Prof. Hemperly was on a step ladder twenty feet above the ground. He suddenly lost his foothold and fell. While falling he accidentally stuck the shears into his neck, severing the jugular vein. He bled to death before medical aid could be summoned. Prof. Htmperly was fifty-eifcht yeais it age. He was a graduate of Heidel berg College, of Ohio, and was principal )f the Myerstown Academy for four years. He alto fllle 1 the chair of pro feasor of mathematics in Palatinate Col lege, at Myerstown, for sixteen years. Warrants for State Officials. Pierre, S. D., Oct At a late hour to night Public Examiner Taylor swore out warrants against State Auditor Mayhew, Ex Auditor Hippie and Clerk Anderson, sharging embezzlement of public funds in each case. Besides this action, civil suit has been commenced in the name of the State against Mayhew and Hippie ind their bondsmen in the former case for $3,000 and the latter for $10,000 be claim being for fees in insurance exami oatlons which were never turned into ihe State, but, it is said, were retained by the parties doing the examining. The theory npon which these suits.are brought is that all fees collected by the insurance department by the SLato Audi tor's effice for TOrk performed by an employe ot the office, paid by the State lelongs to tho State. Three Oil Tanks Explade. Lcuisvllle, Ky., Oct. 23. Three oil anks on a Monon freight train exploded lear New Albany, Ind., at 2:15 this norning. The train was on a down jrade, and the Oirs behind the oil tanks cere destroyed. The cars in front of r,he burning tacks were pulled into New Albany. The crossties were burned for 300 yards, and the rails so warped t hat trrfflo was delayed ten hours. None of '.be trainmen were hurt Killed In a Bar-Room: Tallahassee, Fla., Oct. 22. A. Mo- tfahon, a prominent young member of the State militia, was shot and killed by Dr. LIghtfoot, a Cherokee Indfanand a professional gambler, in a quarrel over a dice in a saloon th's mornini. The assailant was recently rehased from jail atParlp, Texas. ' Earthquake Shocks. Thursday "night was 'earthquake" night for a good many towns In this fltatn and mAnv slndowa wera made to rattle, causing considerable exoitement and many people were aronsea rrom tneir peaoerui wumoer. COL. L. D. STEPHENSON. v Prominent Citizen of Wake County Passes Away. It is with deep regret that we an nounce the death of Col. L. D. Stephen son, which occurred last night at his home in Swift Creek township, this county. Col. Stephenson was about 58 years of age, and one of the most prominent and useful citizens of Wake county. For a great number of years, he held tho office of magistrate, was in the legis lature for several terms, has been a member of the board of county commis sioners, and a trustee of tho institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. Durirg the late war, he was commission ed by Governor Vance an agent for the State in the blockade running depart ment. He married Miss Arabella W. Mitchener, of Johnston county, and left six surviving sons and two daughters. The home of Col. Stephenson was a seat of hospitality, always open to his friends and neighbors. He was open hearted and generous, a man of un bounded charity, and the poor in par ticular will sadly miss his helping hand. Funeral services will be hsld at the houso at 2 o'clock to morrow afternoon. The interment will take place at the family burial grounct, about one mile therefrom. Dr. Blue Mountain Joe's Show. Another large audienee was in attend ance last night at the above show. Good music, refined j comedy, fasoinating dances and skillful acrobatic acts tells the story "in a nutshell," end this is the invariable rule at these entertainments. To-night a double bill will b9 presented. The doctor has decided to remain an other week, and commencing next Mon day night will introduce his famous In dian remedies, which have made him famous in every Southern State where he has been wo: king for the past five fears. R.,membor the location on Salis bury street, in the rear of the Supreme court building. Editor Judd Married. Mr. E M. Judd, editor of the Hope Mills Chronicle and postmaster at Hope Mills, was married Wednesday night at the homo cf the br ide, to Miss Irene Campbell, danghter of Mr. Thos. Camp bell, a prosperous farmer living near Sinford. Mr. Judd, his sister and best man Mr. Roscoe Barnes, passed through Fayetteville on their way to Faaford, says the Fayetteville Observer. Freight Rates Too High. Mr. W. W. Lawrence, secretary of the Cnmberland County Fair Association went np to Raleigh Thursday, says the Fayetteville Observer, to visit the State fair in the interest of the Cumberland fair. Mr. Lawrecca has been negotiating for the exhibit at our fair of the Van derbilt and J. 8. Carr exhibits nojwat the Ra.eigh Fair. These gentleman, we understand, are willing that their ex hibits brought here and the only thing that stands in the way is the cost to the association of such immense exhibits. Prisoners Escape. A special to Charlotte Observer from Newton says; Two prisoners made their escape from the jail here to-day. They are yoncg men named Potect and Good win, and have been in jail only a short time, awaiting trial in November, on a charge of larceny, having broken open and stolen a lot of goods from a store in Hickory a few days ago. The jitter was away from home when the colored waiter rpjned a small door and while he walked on the opposite side to get a bucktt the two boys crawled through the opening and made a rush for liberty. After some delay, pursuit was made but up to a late hour this afternoon they bad not been captured. Ax Imbedded In His Brain. Sunburyi Ont', Oat. 22.-Felix Ville neuve, a former resident of the town ship of Rayide, fifteen miles from Sun bury, was brutally, murdered Tmsday afternoon. When discovered by his twelve year-old son, the body was lying in building on which VUleneuve had been working. The skull was literally hacked to pieces, and an ax was found Imbedded in the brain. Arthur Char trand, a neighboring farmer, tag been Arrested, WOODWARD-WARREN. Will Close Their Engagement at Opera Hcuse To-Night. The Woodward Warren Company will close a successful ' week's enganement tonight at the Metropolitan Opera House, Every night this week they have given clever and pleasing performances and have demonstrated that they are gocd players. This is their last per formance and they should be greeted with a-packed house. They played '-Our Strategists" last night to a large audience. Toe performance to-nieht will be in two parts, the first being vaudeville and tho latter "Hester's Mysteries." THE RUNAWAY WIFE. . - - " The Grieved Heart of the Husband Was Easily Healed. The arrest of "Big Ed" at the fair grounds yesterday created quite a sen sation and for a while all sympathy was for the husband of Mrs. Diegle. This morning the whole matter took a far different shape when it became known that Diegle himself was a fakir, and that his wife left him because of unkind treatment. Mayor Rus3 released both Mrs. Diegle and "Big Ed " from custody this morning and Diegle, wife and the two children left the eity at once, while Campbell, or the "Brg Kid," re mained here and will go to Rocky Mount fair, which comes oft next week. There are two sides to every thing and when facts began to come out the sensation dwindled down to "nit." Mrs. Diegle consented to return to Oaio with her husband only on condition that "Big Ed.," who bai befriended her when she was in trouble should also be released. MURDER AT SALISBURY. A Young Machinist Meets Death at the Hands of a Mix-Breed. A special to the Charlotte Observer from Salisbury of yesterday says a ghastly tragedy was enacted in Salisbury this afternoon, and as the result Frank Averitt, a stalwart young machinist of Nashville, Teun., now lies cold in death in the undertaker's rooms of the Salis bury Hardware and Furniture Company, and Gilmore Hammoud, a young man ot 24 years of age, is in the county jail, charged with murder. At about 5:30 p. m. people in the neighborhood of Leo Scultz's bar and pool rooms were startled by two pistol shots in quick succession, and Gilmore Hammond was seen to rush across the street 'Returning quickly he gave him self up to the police, who had in the meantime come npon the scene. Ham mond and two eye witnesses were com mitted by Mayor Linn, who in the ab sence of Coroner Dorsett, held a prelimi nary examination at 7 p. m., in a room adjoining that in which the dead body lay. It was a gruesome sight. There lay the dead man, with a ball through his heart. At a table, lighted by two lamps, sat Mayor Linn, the defendant sitting at the other end, nursing his injured arm. Hammond, the defendant, has the blood of the Oroatan Indians mixed with that of the negro. He is vicious. The dead man, Averitt, had been here only a few days, and was almost unknown. The prisoner was committed without bail to await the November term of Rowan Superior conrr. The city is thoroughly aroused and ex cited over, the tragedy. A Constable Kills a Negro. A special to the Charlotte Obsorver of yesterday says a homicide occurred at Waxhaw, in this county, of which the de'ails are meagre. William Crow, con stable for Jackson township, went to ar rest Andy Meeks, a negro, on some slight charge, when, it is alleged, the negro drew his pistol to resist, whereupon Crow drew his pistol and fired two shots, striking the negro in the bowels. The man died yesterday afternoon. The con stable, it is said, will give binnelf up. There Ts in the custody of the sheriff of this county an old man of 83 years, who baa been committed to jail on a peace warrant to await the Superior Court He had a falling out with some of bis neighbors who went and "took" him on a peace warrant He says that home is a good place, but that he is far ing sumptuously now with Sheriff Horn, and could not be driven off till his case is heard, or some one goes on his bond. He is allowed all the liberty he wants, and walks about the street. Everybody well knows that he will make no attempt to leave. He Las been, in his time, one of the best known oitizens cf the connty, He takes his troubles gaily. Christian Churoh. Trnf regular 8unday servloee will be held at. the Christian Church to-morrow. IS E Slashed His Wife With a Knife. A COWARDLY ASSAULT JOHN CAYL0R ARRESTED ON A VERY SERIOUS CRIME. The Woman Fell, Bleeding Profusely, and Cay lor, Thinking Her Seriously Injured Her, Escaped But Was Captured. Washington, OjL 23. John Caylor, colored, was arrested last night by the police ot the Sixth Precinct, and held on a charge of seriously assaulting his wife, Maria. The couple recently moved into Pleasant alley southwest, and yesterday had a quarrel about household matters. Caylor'drew a knife and slashed his wife across the face, and then struck her with his fist, breaking her nose. The woman fell, bleeding profusely, and Caylor, thinking he had seriously njured her, ran out of the alley, Some boys followed him to a stone yard, in the neighborhood, where he hid, and wHle two of thorn watched the place, the rest went back to the alley and informed Policeman Cornwall of Caylor's hiding place. Toe woman had, in the mean time, boen sent to the hospital, and Cornwall went after her husband. Caylor had left the stone yard by the time they reached there, however, but tho two toys who had been left to watch him, followed him np town until he was in the Sixth Precinct. Near the police station on New Jersey avenne they point ed him out to a policeman, and he was locked up. Caylor's wife's injuries are not serious. A Burglarious Attempt. Last Wednesday night, or early yes terday morning, says the Wilmington Star of yesterday, an attempt was made to burglarize the wholesale grocery and commission house of Messrs. C.vlder Bros , corner Water and Chestnut streets. Yesterday morning a panel in he heavy wooden doors facing on Chest nut street, was smashed in, which loft the iron bar that fastended the door on the insido in reach of anyone on the op podte sido. The bar, however, was not disturbed from its position, which clear ly indicated that the would be burglar was disturbed in his work and frighten ed. Policeman George Bell, colored, in whose beat Messrs. Calder Bros' estab lishment is included, states that he no tlced nothing wrong, either Wednesday night or yesterday morning, about the building. The Davie Times. The Divie Times, one of our interest ing weeklies, comes to us this week un der its new management, Mr. Ooley hav ing retired for the purpose of engaging in journalism in this city. Mr. John M. Blount, the mayor of Mocksville, is now the editor and will no doubt keep the Times np to its stand ard of excellence. V Guilford Wins. The A. & M. CollegeandGuilford Col lege foot ball teams played at Athletic Park yesterday. Our A. and M. bnys were not in it at all. The Guilford boys won with a whoop by a score of 18 to 0, The A. and M. team is weak this year so far; the boys are too light Mayor' Court. In the Mayor's court to day, two men, one white and one colored, paid $3 25 each for disorderly conduct Another partya sneak thief was bound over to court for stealing clothing. State Senator Resigns. ; Hon. Milton MoNell, State Senator from the Twenty-Ninth North Carolina District, has resigned that office, having reoived a United States appointment as post-master at WUkesbcra ' , . :.'-:vi-v-:,.':;r--.-:V'i:v . STATE TAX ON DOGS. A Dog Listed for Taxation is a Subject of Larceny. When a Times reporter called at the office of Auditor Ayer this morning, he found that official busy notifying tax collectors that all dog tax belonged to the county boards of education, and the State had no claim for its proportion as is usual with taxes collected. Dogs are not subjects of taxation by compulsion, but when voluntarily listed, are protected against theft by the law. Section 2502 of The Code provides: ' Dogs listed for taxation annually, at the usual time of listing taxes, shall be subjects of larceny; and the tax on each dog so listed shall be one dollar annual ly, said tax to be applied to the common school fund." ERMINE TO-NIGHT. The Wilbur Opera Company Give Their Last Performance To-Night. "Carmen" last night at the Academy of Music was a charming success. A tremendous audience preeted the players and thoroughly enjoyed the brilliant en tertainment throughout. This afternoon the company gave a matinee, prodncing the comio opera "Said Pasha." To night will be their last performance, and they will preset "Ermine," and the Academy should be packed from box to gallery. THE WEATHER. For Raleigh and Vicinity: Showers To Night and Sunday; cooler. Conditions: Cloudy weather, with rain at scattered stations, continues in the east and is apparently caustd by the high area on the north Atlantic coast and consequent northeast to north winds which extend southward to the Gulf coast. Light rains occurred from Hatteras to New York and over Florida, where a storm seems to be central. Tampa re ports 2,90 inches rainfall. In the central valley and west the weather is generally clear, with rising temperature and southerly winds. Durham-Raised Pecans. The Durham Sun says: "The climate of Durham is suitable for raising a great many things if the trial was only made. Mr. E. O. Hackaey, wholive3 on the cor ner of Corcoran and Green streots, has six young pecan trees in his yard. They are just beginning to bear fruit : Yes terday he gathered as many as a hatfull of well developed pecans, the flr,t grown in Durham, in open air, so far as we are now advised. He presented the Sun with one as a momentoof.the first crop." The raising of pecans is an old indus try in Raleigh. There are quite a num ber of trees here that bear large quanti ties of nuts every year. Beside the pecan tree, we grow EagTSh walnuts and hazel nut trees, which flourish and bear fruit every year. : A College Journal. The Asheville Gazette says the stu dents at the Asheville College for Yonng Women are making preparations to edit and publish a monthly paper. It will be edited solely by the students, and will be very artistic in appearance, and profuse ly illustrated. The object of the journal will be principally literary. Literature, art and music will be its main features. Tho first issue will appear next month. :-..-;.;;- , ...... J The Fire Last Night. The charred timbers of the old Ham building, which was burned last Tuure- day morning, re canght last night about Ho clock. The fire alarm was turned in, the companiw. responded, and the flames were extinguished without any damage. A dangor signal has been placed at this point, as the walls are liable to fall at any moment. They should, as sug gested by tho Times yesterday, be re moved without delay. Want a Big Patch. State Superintendent Mebane Is in re ceipt of a letter from a land agency whloh doesn't believe in "taking two bites at a cherry." His correspondents, Messrs Yellard St Co., 808 Washington Square, Philadelphia, want to know where they can bny one million acres ot woodland In this State, TTMTft TTK THP
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