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7 Vol. 1. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1898. No. 108. THF fJFU!l!l RYflRF LDCALEWS ITEMS THE IS m m m u m m m m m m m . m . -h v STEEL AND WIRE TRUST LETTERS OF INCORPORATION SENT DIREGTOBSMETTHE -oiVtuJ' fir' To-Dav's Happenings1 All v Over the Country. : r''7.'. .'I, H r. HANNA STILL HOPEFUL EXPECTS MUCH TO HAPPEN WITHIN . THE NEXT WEEK. ' .'.: Byrne, the Baseball Magnate Dead-Mo-Kinley Agent to Go to Cuba-The Lon don Horror. By Telegraph to The Times. Columbus, Jan. 4. Senator Hanna eays:"The legislature has been organ ized against us, : but still it ,ia -a week before the senatorial elections. The ene my is now in the open and we don't de apaLr of ultimate' victory." $20,000 FOB MRS. LUETGERT. f Police inspector sciraack utters Tor tier . ' ' . Dead or 'Alive. . ' tJy Telegraph to The Times. Chicago, Jan. , 4. Police Inspector Schaack offers $20,000 to any person producing Mrs. Luetgert dead or alive. 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. By Telegraph to The Times. Malone, N. Y., Jan. 4. The mercury registered 35 degrees below zero at Sar anc. Lake to-day, the coldest day this year. , " , , . GREATGALE AT COLON. Steamers Seeking Shelter and -Wharves V Have Been" Greatly Damaged. By Telegrah to The Times. New York, Jan. 4. A private dispatch received; froin Colon to-day says a north er continues to 'blow furiously and has raised tremendous seas. ' Shilling busi ness is paralyzed 'and' steamers are seek ing, shelter at' Porto Bello. Much dam age has been done to the wharves and THE LONDON HOOROR. Twenty Four Bodies Already Recovered and Identified by This Morning. By Telegraph to The Times. .',; .- Londonr Jan. 4. No more victims of the collapse of the floor in the city hall last night were found by searchers in the ruins to-day. Twenty four bodies have already been recovered from the ruins and have ibeen identified. (President Brooklyn Baseball Club Sue- combs to Complication of Diseases. . By Telegraph to The Times. . Brooklyn, Jan. 4. Chas. Byrne, base ball magnate and president of the Brooklyn) baseball club, died to-day at his home on West Eleventh street. He has 'been, suffering for some time with complication of diseases. TO WATOH CUBAN REFORMS. MeKinlcy fiends Joseph P. Smith to the Cuban Islands. By Telegraph to The Times. Washington, Jan. - 4. President Mc- Kinley will send Joseph P. Smith, direc tor of the bureau of American republics, to Cuba to watch the effect of the re, forms. ., - , i BUTTERWORTH . ILL. Th Patent Commissioner Suffering From Kidney Trouble, in Georgia. By Telegraph to The Times. Thomasville, Ga,, Jan. 4. Patent Com missioner Butterworth is reported to be suffering very seriously from kidney trouble at Piney Woods Hotel, his dnughter, Mrs. Howe, is "with Mm. The attending "-physician to-day pronounces his condition as extremely grave. a VERY HEAVY VOYAGE. "Aurauia Arrived With Liverpool. Chan- ' nel Pilot on Board. By Telegraph to The Times. New ork, Jan. 4. The Cunard liner Vurauia arrived here to-day from ineenxrnwn nna reworis a, very stormy yage, The sea Is unusually mgn, ana was impossible to transfer Channel t Martin,' who was compelled to pro- 1 !iL d-Y. l-. 4 1 1 2 n wtif f l Willi lut? Divaiiiri w yvi VSUKGEXT LEADER LEFT, ri in Havana but Went to Mex ico 'Surprised Spaniards. ffwiiih tn The TimoR.V ' - ,"T..4-- A .. fnln Ylanfnl Trill a Much surprise . waa expressed circles at the presence In this the former insurgent leaacr, , . t. ,vil:-. . h to The Times. Jan.- 4. Marquis Ito Is iv cabinet. i c TO SECRETARY TO-DAY. ' Basis of Valuation of Plant Has Been ".Agreed Upon--Accountant8 Ended Work. By Telegraph to The Times. Chicago, Jan. 4. The incorporation papers of the American Steel and Wire lOompany, with a capital of $87,000,000, has been submitted to the Secretary of State at Springfield for information whether the corporation stated an amount of the stock to be common or amount to be preferred. It is not cer tain to be incorporated. In Illinois or New Jersey the deal will 'be closed in several weeks. The basis upon . which the plants -wil be taken has been agreed upon. The accountants are now verifying the valuation. Venders get either cash or stock. . ROBBED THE ROBBERS. Standard Oil Company's' Slates Blown Open and Rilled of Contents. By Telegraph to The Times. New York, Jam 4. "Joe Thornton and exconvjet, Joe Fay, " safe crackers broke into the office of the Standard Oil Company this morning and blew open the safe. He gagged the night watch man and rifled the safe of its contents, They were captured' several 'hours later with money in their possession. , Gv. MOVE FOR THE CITY. Not Only Improve Looks of Capital Square but Old Cemetery. Some time ago it was suggested that the fence around the capitol square 'be removed. It would add. to the beauty of the city to take away this high fence and terrace and curb the square; The officials of 'Raleigh and the peo pie of the city generally approved the suggestion, and many of them called on the Governor to make the request. The Governor expressed' ' a willing ness to oblige the citizens, and an anxie ty to do anything in hie power to add to the beauty of the city. But how to dispose of the fence, 1 which, originally cost some $7,000,' was the thing that troubled him. He did not wish to throw it away . and nobody seemed to want it. But the problem has been solved. The city wants the fence. It needs such a one around the old city cemetery. , So it lias offered the State a trade. The State wants paving stone to pare the streets around the square. Why not swap? This is what the city proposes, and the Council of State will meet late this afternoon to say whether or not they will accept the proposition. It is most earnestly to "be hoped they will. There can be no question about the fact that it will add a very great deal to the beauty of the city. All the people of Raleigh, with scarcely an ex ception, ask this change. .HAiNlING AROUND TREASURY. Mewborne Thought Jno. R. Cajme With His Yearnings Instead of Earnings. In the State Treasury yesterday Jas. M. Mewborne was seen, and aid. with a smile; "Yon see I am banging ardun'd the Treaeury." Chief Clerk Denmark sali:-ThV just whaf John R. Smith S4'ito &y V He added: "But'Smlth' aTn"witih : Bis earnings, instead 'of hit yeaning.""' V '? " iMewbome was asked what he pro posed to do in regard to the' peniten tiary employes. He replied: "The peni tentiary is already organized, and if any are removed it will be for incompetency or dereliction of duty, I have not found an excess of employes. - Warden Russell says that he has now only 19 at ihe penitentiary, while lost year there' 29, and that he cannot spare one of them." There are relatively now but few con victs in the penitentiary. CRIMINAL COURT. Judge Timberlake ' Has Ninety Cases For Nest Week. Next Monday the January terni of the criminal court will convene here and Judge Timberlake will be in the chair. The docket will be completed on Fri day and will contain about 05 cases, which in the main will be disposed of next week, ' The judge and solicitor will arrive here Saturday, and court will convene promptly at 10 o'clock. - . The case in which the greatest inter est is centered, is the trial of John Book er, alias Jim Chavia, for the murder of Mehaley White in House's Creek town ship about one year ago. ' The report thot John Grove, who was found guilty of the murder of Henry Wail, near ;jJ'orotvuie. and granted a new trial by. the Supreme conA,L.i'"v be tried here is erroneous. . lhf carried to Wayne County for tr!1 North Carolina Railroad Men Here. 1 DIVIDEND DECLARED THREE AND ONE-HALF NOW, THREE TO BE ADDED IN AUGUST, r Dr. Normant In the Chair-All Directors Present-Adjourned at Call of Chair man. ' The directors of the North Carolina Railroad met here in their annual Ses sion this morning, with ull their mem bers present. President R. M. Nor mant was in the chair, and Messrs. A. C. Avery, of Morganton; V. S. Lusk, of Asheville; W. H. Chadbourn, of Wil mington; II. U. Butters, of Wilmington; John S. . Armstrong, R. F. Hoke, of Raleigh, and Benehan Conieron, of Stagsville, were present. The Governor 'had held a consultation with Mr. -Chadbourn for some time. It was said that the Governor feared he might be outwitted similar to the Charlotte meeting, eo he had called hie cohorts together and they had a friend ly chat in his office this morning. The meeting was a moat harmonious one, and all of the directors exchanged New Year greetings at the beginning of the meeting. The $10,000, which was owed to Gen, R. F. Hoke, had been paid out of the borrowed $15,000, on which the company pays 4 per cent, interest. ; mis morning trie only act wmcn is of public interest and which has been made known was the declaring of a div idend of SYa per cent. . This will be added to in August by a 3 per cent, dividend, which makes up the required amount under the present circumstances. .; , - v ' The directors were all guests at the Yarborough House, where the meeting was held, and they all dined together to-day. The meeting adjourned at 1:S0 o'clock, to meet again at the call of Dr. Nor mant, the president. CONDEMNS THE BOND SUIT. Col. V. S. Lusk Considers It Repudia tion Will Have It Withdrawn. Col. V. S. Lusk is in Raleigh, attend ing the meeting of the North Carolina Railroad directors. Col. Lusk has expressed himself as unalterably opposed to the position of the County Commissioners of Buncombe county in their suit brought to annul and make void the $98,000 of Spartan burg and Asheville Railroad bonds. Col. Lusk said: "I do not think the Commissioners represent the people of Buncombe county dn this matter. The people of this county have always been honest, and I do not think they desire to repudiate an honest debt by taking advantage of a technicality. If this thing is done, it will be dishonest repudiation, and I, for one, am opposed to it, and I believe the people are opposed to it" 1 , ""Chairman Brown should withdraw his suit. 'Buncombe county should pay this debt if it should be,1 ascertained, that there waa not a scratch of a pen 're ceived1 for It. It "is? known! that the county 'got "what it' 'contracted fori and the' damage that will be done by an attempt to repudiate the debt more than twenty -years after it was honestly con tracted cannot be easily estimated." Col. Lusk said that he wished it die- I tinctly understood that 'he knew nothing whatever of the' matter until the an nouncement was made that the suit was brought, and he further declared his intention to do what he' could to induce the Commissioners to withdraw it. GOING TO ATLANTA. Mrs. Jefferson Davis and Daughter Will be Entertained by Georgians. -Mrs, Jefferson Dav!e l to be tbe guest of the United Confederate Veterans' as sociation during the Tcunlon in July. She has 'been invited and has accepted. -Miss Winnie Davis and Mrs. Hayes, also the daughter of Mr. Davis, has been invited and she and her two children, will also be in Atlanta, The invitation extended these three ltfdles did not come from anyone camp of veteran. Every camp in the State of Georgia joined in extending a special invitation to the widow and the daughters of the great Confederate chieftain. A special train will be sent to these distinguished guests, and an escort of veterans will take them to the city. -. ' The escort will be composed of veter an -Vm th various camps of Georgia. Y there are a large number of Vr who are applicants for poal hia escort. ' Arrangements for Trans fer Completed. MIGHT BE SUB-LET IT WILL ALWAYS BE READY FOR OC CUPANCY WHEN CROWDS. May be Run as Yarborough Annex-Rooms Will be Rented-No Meals Furnished There. The announcement made this morning that the Park Hotel had been leased to Mr. R. B. Raney for a term of 99 years was a groat surprise to many people in this city, and to the traveling public generally. Mr. Page was here to-day, and was in conference with the lessee until nearly 1 o'clock. Arrangements were made for a trans fer ot the property, to be consummated within the next week or ten days, but the new management has made no defi nite plans as to the. future use of the newly leased hostelry. The guests of the Tark Hotel have, by its management, been notified of this change, but have been offered accom modation at the hotel until it suita their convenience to go elsewhere. The Yar borough House has offered the guests of the Park Hotel accommodations for one month at the same rates which they are paying now, nnd will, after that time, be glad to entertain them at as low rates as- possible. No plan has been matured by the lessee of the Park Hotel n to its future use. It may be run as an annex of the Yarborough House, some of its guests rooming at the Park and taking their meals at the Yar borough House, and it is probable that some of the rooms at the Park Hotel will be rented at reasonable monthly rates, without any obligation to board at any particular place. It is certain that the elegant rooms contained in the Park Hotel will always be available to visitors, to Raleigh on crowded occa sions. At other times, it has been proven that the transient patronage coming to the city is not more than sufficient to make more than one hotel profitable. The lessee of the Park has said that he would be glad to sub-let the property to anyone who will guarantee the rental. The Yarboroflgb House will now have a clear field, and will be able to give its patrons the best possible service in every way, and doubtless will do so. Its management now is courteous and at all times seems to do the pleasure of its guests. E. V. DENTON GRANTED LICENSE Hie Blount iStreet Establishment is A gnin Opened to the Public. There was never eo great a row raised in Raleigh over one liquor license as, .n the past few days has been caused by the refusal of the Police Committee to grant license to the Blount street estab lishment of ni. V. Denton. i Yesterday afternoon the Police Com mittee held a meeting in the Mayor's office and reconsidered' their action in re fusing license to Mr. Denton. Mr. .Denton wae present yetrterdayi at the meeting and showed to the satisfnc tfouf the committee' tbotrhe rumors attr'eharges Against his' establishment were f alee. The committee granted a re newal of license. MRS. BOYKIN'S 'RECEPTION. Ladies Charmingly Entertained at Boy- kin Residence This Afternoon. What promised to be one of the pleas- antost social events of the season was the reception at Judge 'Boykin's this af ternoon, given by Mrs. E T. Boykin complimentary to her guest, Mrs. John Yorke, of Concord The parlors were beautifully decorated with" stately palms and other potted plants. In the parlors delicacies were served fend the Indies enjoyed thorough ly the afternoon's event. . Mrs. 'Boykin was assisted In receiving by Modnmcs Minnie Bagley, Cook, Tim berlake and Misses Puttie Mordecni, Annie Busbee, Jane Andrews, Rather- ine Badger and Caddie Fulghuui, of Goldshoro. . FEARINGTON-WYNNE. On the 30th of December, at the resi dence of Fred H. Williams, Rialto, N. C, Mr. Tom B, Fearington and Miss Grace D. Wynne were happily united in the holy 'bond of matrimony, Rev. W. A. Smith, of Louisville, Ky., officiating, The attendants were: Miss Annie Hutching, of Chapel Hill. Mr. Joe E Williams, of Raleigh, Mis LUlie Wil liams, of Rialto, Mr. John Budd, of Rialto. Miss A. Bertha Williams, was maid of honor. The, many friends of the bride and groom wish them arnica success and hap SENSATIONAL TRIAL IT WAS ABRUPTLY ENDED ON AC , COUNT OF JUROR COX. Belonged to tbe Murderers Lodge Jnnior Order United American Mechanics Will be Prosecuted. Cumden, N. J., Jan. 4. -The trial of love-sick Eli Shaw for the murder of his mother an! grandmother stopped abruptly and sensationally to day. Each side threw out hints that a sensation was coining, exposing a deep-laid conspiracy in' the trial, which was declared a mis trial because one of the members was found to- be a fellow member of Shaw's lodge, in the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. The lodge adopt ed resolutions pledging to support Shaw. . Nelson W. Cox, juror number twelve, was the member.' Many women were present to hear the case, which is sim ilar to the Thorn trial. Some say Cox will be prosecuted for answering falsely to questions on examination. The case will possibly be postponed until next April, when the court holds its next meeting. HOBOES CAMPING HERE. Twenty-four Roosting "Knights of Near the City the Grit" Limits. The news was flashed over, the wires yesterday from towns weBt of here ad vising that the authorities keep open eyes and watch three hoboes, who were bound this way, No news came from other points and no warning bad been given the city au thorities until yesterday when they were notified from Durham and Cary. Last night however there were new develop ments. -' Mr. W. K. Calder, a farmer from Franklin county, who was here on busi ness etarted homeward about ten o'clock. Near Peace Institute the noticed sev eral men in a group whispering and as his two companions had promised to meet him just at that point he got out of his wagon and started over to where the men were standing. One of the men grabbed a package from the ground and sprinted away the others following immediately. Mr. Cnlder saw a bag lying on the ground and examined its contents. He reports finding an auger and n number of wire keys. Mr. Calder went to the home of a Pilot Mill operative and re ported what he had discovered. , There is a regular camp for tramps just beyond the Seaboard Air Line cot ton platform, nearly to the Mot Cot ton Mills, and there it is said 24 tramps of all descriptions spent night before last. - Many of these tramps are jolly fellows meaning no harm, but like other well regulated families accidents will happen among the Hobo gens. Saturday night . a number of hoboes were gathered around a smart fire about one Hundred' yards from the Boylau Bridge. A member of the police force said last night that he visited the hobo camp near the Seaboard Air-Line cotton plat form' and that a conservative estimate placed the nunvber at 20. The three tramps who eame here from the West yesterday were not at the "camp" last night:- ! The report is about that they are pro feselonaf ' eWe crackers and have been doing lively- work in.; Virginia. .-! ;,There.is an ordinance against. begging, and- Mayor ; Rues; hae rigidly punished those. who have been hrought before him for -breaking that ordinance, unless they were m absolute .distress or in great need. i - ,'.,- : , .....There were no reports of burglary last night , hut the authorities are keeping "skint eyes." GERMAN TO VISITORS. In the rooms of the Euphrosyne Ger mnn Club last night there was a delight ful subscription German given compli mentary to visiting young ladies. The following couples participating: Miss Frnncca Davis, of Texas, and Mr. McGeaohy; Miss race and Mr. Fuller, Miss Primrose and Mr. Garvin; Miss Ethel Norris and Mr. Stronach; Miss Stamps and Mr. Sloan; Mies Hay aul Mr. Root; Miss Hoke and Mr. Bnumalin; Miss Boa 11, of Charlotte, and Mr.. John MeKee; Miss Latta and Mr. Rnmseurj Miss Newsome and Mr. Will West; Miss Chilton, of Memphis, and Hugh Ken- driek; Miss Cameron Mr. Harry Lee; Miss Dalglewh, of Washrngtom, D. C, and Fred Olds; Miss Norris and John "West; Miss Marguerite 'Crow and Joel Whitnker; Hal. Moreon and W N. H. Smith; Hiss Busbee and June Grimes; IMiss Mary Jones and Wm. Jones; 'Miss Adelaide Snow and Frank Falss. "Tkt stags were: Messrs. Fa;uon, James MeKee, Perry, n. Kendrlck, Dick Bui- Be, Frank Rogers, of Concord ; Alf . Thompson, Bert Thompson, D. Heartt, Important . HaDDenings in and About the Citv FOR BUSY READERS , INTERESTING EVENTS OF TO-DAY ; AND TO-MORROW. What is Heard on the Streets and Jotted Down in Our Note-Book-Personal and Otherwise. Peace Institute and St. Mary's both resumed work this morning. Judge Walter Clark is in Washington, registered ut the Metropolitan. The annual meeting of the Capital Club occurs to-morrow evening. A number of young women were here to-day, en route to Littleton Female College. Mrs. W. R. Tucker left to-day for New Bern to visit her sister, Mrs. Hughes, of that city. A. G. xvemp, of Little River, has been granted license, by the county commis sioners, to sell liquor in Little River township. M:ss Mary Turner left this morning for the Peahody Conservatory, in Bui- timore. Miss Turner return in February.; Mr. Joel P. Whitakcr, who has been .spending the holidays with his family near this city, returned to-day to Rich mond . - "There are 9G cases of measles nt the Thoanasville Orphanage," writes a gen tleman at Thomasville. My! my! what a hospital it must be. . On the west bound train this after noon were many students returning to the University, aiidtNiormal and In dustrial College at Greensboro. JET!":- It is said that the visit of Mr. R. 0 Burton to Washington as for the pur pose of arranging an earlier date for the hearing of the Railroad Commission case. The ladies of the Woman's Exchange will uneet on Wednesday at 4 p. m. in the W'oman's Exchange building. A full attendance is earnestly requested. : Mrs. C C. .Crow, president. Them will be a meet-ins of the Art League tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at the home of Prof. Massey, ou Hillsboro street, in West Raleigh. The Blount street paving will begirt on February 1st, Among the visitors to Raleigh this week is Josiah Turner. The time was when his coming to or leaving Raleigh would create more, stir than the doings of all the State officers. He is engaged in writing a 'book of his recollections. . Mr. J. A. iBIrown, of Chatham, who is pleasantly remembered in Raleigh as one of the leading State Senators of the session of 1891, was in the city today. He has been at Cameron for some days hunting, and says the sport was fine. Mr; Maddrey formerly of The Dur ham Herald, was here to-day, en route for Aulander, where he will attend the wedding of Miss Burden, of -Bertie county, to Prof. W. F. Cheek, principal of the Aulander High School. "' vtfipr,.; jriuier naving resignea pas or- fiee as superintendent of the Soldi Home, tv take effect February 1,' 898, Mr. Robt H. Brooks, f ormeriy- - sergeant in Mauly's Battery, has been elected in his stead. . Judge Furnell has signed an order granting an npiteal from his decision to the Circuit Court of Appeals, in Rich mond, Va., in the case of the United States gmvninivnt versus Thomas V, Ievereux a ' others, involving the title to Smith' iHi.init, at the mouth of the Cape 1-V.tr, near Wilmington. The Island is a large one and is valued at $50,- CKH). THE MAYOR IN THE SWIM. '1 he City Father ' Was Strictly "in it" Lost Night. ' . Mayor Russ enjoys cold weather, but plumbing and plastering bills get next to him. ,," Though they get next to him, they don't touch the same spot the water did last night, when the pipes, froien by the cold weather of Sunday, "liurst forth in all their glory and read the previous day's emancipation proclama tion. Twenty-five feet of plastering crowned the city's highest official and such water as can only : be supplied . by Walnut ; creek during January added ' its New Year's greetings. The mayor enjoyed all tf . the pro gramme thoroughly. Yes, thoroughly. '',., '4v G. Syme, M. Parkt'rH. Primrose,' D, Cameron, T. Simpson. dh'I ' : v'' 2. .',"' X i ,'-i. '.,':'.;.
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