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THE TIMES Has 1,325 Sub cribera to Begin The Ne v Year. THE TIMES. Added 326 New Subscrib ers in December, mm Vol. i. THE NEWS BY HE To-Dav's Happenings All Over the Countrv. SEVEN WERE KILLED TWO HUNDRED KILOGRAMS OF POW DER EXPLODED IN MADRID. Revolution in Uraguay-Patent Commis sioner Butterworth Wo ee-Russell Sage Well-Chinese Backed. By Telegraph to The Times. Madrid,' Jan. 5. Seven 'persons wt-re killed and many others horribly man gled by a gun-powder explosion at the Sam-Ma mjoy a factory at Oviedo to-day. .The factory was demolished and over two hundred kilograms of powder ex ploded. ; : j i'i;TijJilfi BUTTERWORTH SINKING WORSE Georgia and New York Physicians: De , ;. .. spair of his Recovery. By Telegraph to the Times. .';' Thonwisville, Ga., Jan. 5. The condi tion of Patent Commisisoner Butter worth gTows steadily worse, and he is lying at the rincy Woods hotel at the point of deatlb. The physicians from here and New York are attending him. They all agree that he cannot live more than forty-eight hours, while death is momentarily expected. J. B. KELLOGG. SURRENDERS. By Telegraph to The Times. Now York, Jan. 5. James B. Kolloggt one of the members of the defunct E. S Dean Company. Myron L. Bernard and day to the police. lie was held in $1,- 000 bail for examination on the. charge of "conspiracy to defraud." Kellogg is. the reputed founder of the Dean Company, Myron L. Bernard and Sam Kellar, the president and manager of the firm, surrendered themselves yes terday. ;-' LOVE FOUND A WAY. By Telegraph to The Times. London, Jan. 5. Lady Anue Coven try, third daughter of the Earl of Cov entry, was married this afternoon at St. Peter's church, Eaton Square, to Prince Dhuleep Singh, son of the late Mahar jaih of Lahore. The courtship of the Trince and Lady Anne lias been marked by considerable opposition upon the part of the lady's family, which was mainly overcome by the intervention of the Trinee of Wales. MANY CUSTOMS RECEIPTS. . New York, Jan. 5. United States Ap praiser Wilbur F. Wakeman to-day said: "I predict that the receipts from cus toms for this month will exceed the re ceipts of January, 1897, by $4,000,000, doubtless more." In the latter part of November, Mr. Wakeman predicted a. large increase in customs Tevenuei for the month of De cember, and the custom house report for that month more than justified the prediction. NO TERMS REACHED. By Telegraph to The Times, ' London, Jan. 5. There is little doubt entertained in financial circles that the British government will agree in the theory to guarantee a Chinese loan, of sixteen million pounds, but there is good reason to believe that terms have not yet 'been settled. LARGE ORDER FOR RIFLES. By Telegraph to Tiiu Times. New Haven, Jan. 5. An order for ten thousand Lee rifles and five millions pounde of ammunition were placed with the Winchester Arms Company to-day. It is believed' to be for Russia. STEAMER ON FIRE. By Telegraph to The Times. Trieste, Jan. 5. Fire started to-day in till fomhold of the Austrian steamer Gottfried Sdlicnlvor, this port from New Orleans. Much damage was done to the cargo. The vessel is believed to have suffered very little injury. THE CONCESSION MADE. By Telegraph to The Times. rekin, Jan. f. The Kiao-Clrau diffi culty was settled yesterday at the con ference at Taung Li Yamen. The Chi nese) government made the necessary concession. 100 OUT OF EMPLOYMENT. By Telegraph to The Times. Jaitnestown, N. Y., Jan. 5. The Straight Manufacturing Company was burned last night. . About one hundred are thrown out of employment. RUSSELL SAGE WELL. Br Telegraph t The Times. ''-'" New York, Jan. 5. Russell Sage re turned to his Wall street office this morning, The slight cold has left him and he feels bettor . after the pent. , A BRIGHT OUTLOOK COTTON TO BE BRIGHTER DURING THE FUTURE SEASON. Cotton Figures Are Interesting the Brokers and Commission Buyers New Era In Cotton Growing. By Telegraph to The Times. New York, Jan. 5. There is increasing foreign demand for American grown cot ton and augmented shipments to England and Japan recently have caused South crn growers to have more confidence in their staple.They said to-day that the out look for the new season is especially bright. Brokers, and commission men of the New York Cotton Exchange, re garded the figures of the increasing ship ments as possibly pointing to a new era in cotton growing. Prosperity is bound to accrue to all cotton handlers from pro ducers to consumers. HOUSE ON THE CIVIL SERVICE. Secretary Gage To-day Sent Civil Ser vice Resolution to Senate. By Telegraph to The Times. Washington, D. C, Jan. 5. Secretary Gage to-day sent a reply to the Senate to a resolution calling upon the heads of the several executive departments for information as to what positions in the respective departments would be ex cepted from the civil service law rule. It shows that he favors changes in only a few directions. There was a large attendance at the House to-day and the time was devoted mostly to a debate on the civil service. DEOLARE HIMSELF DICTATOR. President Otiestas, of Uruguay, Will be the Cause of a Revolution. By Telegraph to The Times. Washington, D. C, Jan. 5. An of ficial dispatch to the State Department says President Jose Cuestas, of Uru guay, is about to declare himself dicta tor and that a revolution will follow. The United States cruisers Cincinnati and Castine at Montevideo will guard the American interests. KILLED IN AFREIGHT WRECK. Brakeman's Body Horribly Manglel and Several Trainmen Seriously Injured. By Telegraph to The Times. New Haven, Jan. 5. B;rakeman Etl.sim P. Quinn was killed and several' other trainmen seriously injured hi a oV.luic;i at Belle Dock this morning. The freight took the wrong track and collided with the coal train. Brakeman Quinn was caught between the cars and instantly killed. His body was horribly mangled. WEATHER IN JANUARY. By Telegraph to The Times. : Washington, D. C, Jan. 5. January weather on the North Atlantic ocean, according to the naval hydrographic pre dictions, will be stormy north of the 40th parallel and along the American coast north of Hatteras. Strong west erly and northwesterly gales along the trans-Atiantie steamship routes. The effect of these gales is frequently felt as far south as latitude 33 ; (about Hat teras.) Occasional gales in the vicinity of the Azores. Northers may be ex- pected in the Gulf of Mexico. Fog at intervals on the Grand Banks, but not In extended areas. Ice near Cape Race probably as far south as the Northern steamship routes. CHINA WANTS MORE BOODLE. By Telegraph to The Times. Berlin, Jan. 5. The Cologne Gazette, on authority from the best informed quarters in Paris, announced yesterday that since Thursday last important negotiations have been proceeding in London for a Chinese loan, the attempts made in Paris and St. Petersburg to ar range a loan havingjailed. China there upon offered to contract for 10,000,000 pounds sterling dn Loudon, at the same time asking the good offices of the British government. ' PERPETUAL MOTION. By Telegraph to The Times. Logansport, Ind., Jan. 5. S. B. Hick nni, the iuventor who has been exierl menting seven years, says he has per fected perpetual motion. Sealed in globe will last as long as the globe re mains intact.. II ER MACHINERY DISORDERED. By Telegraph to The Times. London, Jan. 5. The British steamer Kanawha, Captain Waxwell, which sailed. December 24th tot Newport News, returned yesterday with machinery dis ordered. ' ; BOUND FOR CHINA. By Telegraph to The TinwV Port Said. JnJi""X ships,. Deut mand of r" rived here RALEIGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY TREASURER I11T Judge Timberlake Issues a Restraining Order. WILKES COUNTY BONDS NO INTEREST TO BE PAID ON W. N. C. RAILROAD BONDS. Judge Starbuck Will Hear Cause Vhy Treasurer Shall Not Pay--Stanly County Decision Holds, Au action. has boon brought by. Hon. A. C. Aver', entitled the Board of Coun ty Commissioners of Wilkes County and C.' C. Wright vs. Clarence Call, Treasur er of Wilkes County. Yesterday Judge Timberlake granted an order restrain ing the Treasurer of Wilkes county from paying interest or any part of the prin cipal of the bonds issued by ', Wilkes county in payment of a subscription .to the Northwestern North Carolina rnil road until the hewing before Judge Starbuck, when cause is to be shown why the Treasurer shall not be enjoinod till the hearing. , It is understood', that the decision in the Stanley county case "a relied upon to invalidate the bonds, The people of Wilkes say that they have never gotten what was promised them, and that ns the bonds were not legally -bunted, they ought not to be forced to pay them. GOES TO ATLANTA. But Before Locating, Rev G. in Broughton Will Spend North Carolina. a Monti f Dr. L. G. Broughton has accepted the call to the Central Baptist church in At lanta. He 'had several flattering, calls and decided to go to Atlanta lecause he felt that the opportunities there for build up a great institutional church were! so nrnmisinff that, he could be most suc cessful flit that "point. His purpose is to 'Imild in Atlanta an' institutional church, something after Dr. Connoll's temple in Philadelphia, Dr. Broughton is a steam engine at work, and one of the great est organizers in the whole country. The Baptists inAtlanta will back him with all necessary help, and he will do n groat work there. His success in Roanoke has been wonderful. - ... Before entering upon his new field of labor in Atlanta, Dr. Broughton will speind a month with relatives and friends in North Carolina taking a much needed rest nfter his recent illness. He is ex pected at 'his uncle's, Mr. N. B. Brough ton's, in about ten days. The Wilmington' Dispatch says: Mr. B. F. Keith, of Wilmington, who was sent on to Roanoke last Friday by a committee of the First Baptist church here to induce Dr. Broughton to accept the call extended Iby the First church, returned to that city last night and corroborates the above report. Mr. Keith says that he eminent divine de cided to accept the call to Atlanta on Sunday, after lie learned tnat he could not enter upon his duties here before May 1st, should he accept the call. NO WORD FROM MISSING BARK. By Telegraph to The Times. New York, Jan. 5. No word has yet been heard in this city of the missing bark Coal King with five men aboard, which broke away from 'her tug on Sun day night, while bound from Boston' to Newport News. Two powerful tugs have been sent to search for the barge nd it is still hoped tllvnt the men aboard may be rescued. As there were few provisions on the Coal King, the crew, if still alive, must be suffering from -linger by this time. The Coal King was being towed, with other barges, by the tug Luckeiiibach. During very heavy weather off Fenwick Isl Light Ship the hawser parted. This accident wns not noticed in time to pick the barge up again, and although the Luckenbnoh spent a day looking for its missing tow, -no trace of the barge has been found. Paris, Jan. 6. The Liberte" asserts tflnat Cllppterton Island, over which the Mexican flag is reported to have been hoisted by a party of marine from the gunboat Democrats, after the stars and stripes tad been hauled down, in spite of the .protests of the Americana there, really belongs to France and adds; "Naturally the American have asked protection of their government, .la France's duty to re-establish that Island, adjudicate between ieans and Mexicans, and dem- iur ofm rights, wlucb luave contestod. G. B. RAY ELECTED Commissioners Turn Out Mr. McMackin. VOTEWASTWOTOONE INEXPERIENCED MAN PLACED CHARGE OF ROADS. IN Ray's Report as Superintendent County Work House-Eleven Men Etcaped During the Year, ; The county commissioners to-day elect- cd C. B. Ray road supervisor for Ral eigh township. The vote-stood: Ray 2 (Barbee and cnammoej, .uc.uacKiu Kixin.f j . . j t.. - r i.'.'iv nnw sn.ner nrnniienr ftr t n v.ou,u.y xxome uuu ttui " "u ou-, pervisor of Public Roads, Dor tins he: gets 900 a year. Mr. MoMackiu got $1,200 a year as road supervisor. The two places have been combined under Mr. .'ita'y's management and hisj salary increased to $800. In addition to this he will be allowed to employ a fore man at a salary not to exceed if 300 a year. This, in salary, will save the county ' $i()0 a year, but through the. expends ture of money ou the roads, inferior- work done and otherwise the county will dub and many will attend the German annually lose three times this amount.1 P"'' 1,y th Capital Club complimenta Ray knows absolutely nothing of the ' t,J Ml'- and Mts. AVilliiim Holt Wil work he is undertaking, and he is honest ''inason. enough to acknowledse the fact. He The lraniatic Club will present "Lon not only has no technical knowledge of ,lln Assurance," the, same play. which road building and road improvements, ; -'ave tlK'm complinientary iw- but he has no experience. Had he eith- i ''" audieiwes in .Eastern er he could not be hired to undertake ' Carolina during the holidays, the work for two hundred dollars a year, i TI,e H''beis of. the Dramtic Club of Ignorance is always cheap. It is kuowl- edge and experience that come high. There is not a better road man in the State than iMr, McMackin; and iuaii.tr doubt if the superior can be found. He j was cheap at $1,200, By his knowledge aind experience he has saved Wake coun ty, thousands of dollars and given Ral eigh township some of the best roads in the State. , Turning him out was a sorry day's work for these two Populist commission ers. 'Jihiey make no secret of the fact that. Ray was ejected on account of his! polities. All the other officers were re-elected. Mr. Ray.' made his report as Snperin- tenuent oi rue u one House anil (Jountyt Home which shows that one-man dietl at the work house nutd eleven escaped during the year. These eleven make one' twentieth of the total number of in-"! mates during the year. A sorry record indeed. j His report as to the work of the Coun ty Home for the poor stated that 200 barrels of corn and 4,000 pounds of meat had been supplied at the home. At present there are 5-1 inmates; 33 of whom are white and 21 colored; 27 male and 27 female. The Board adjourned to meet again next Monday. OBSERVx'.,vi THE WEEK OF TRAY ER. - Every afteroooa of thig week, at 3:30 o'clock, the Barrtit ladiea of the city are observing ti e week of prayer by daily services at the Baptist Tabernacle! All women invited. Mi MJaud: ReeJ led on Sunday aftern-iou, Miss 1"; onie Heck, on MoniaJemooD Mrs. T. H. Briggs yesterday afternoon. These services are well attended and are proving full of Interest and profit to those in attendance. TWO NEW CONVICTS. Deputy Sheriff King, of Cumlterland county, arrived this morning with two new prisoners for the State penitentiary. One is to serve a one-year sentence and the other will reside within the stocknde for ten years. The one-year prisoner was brought there on a couch, having been in a poor condition when convicted. He was shot while resisting the officers. GONE TO THE FARMS. Governor .Russell. "and Superintendent Mewbo-o-orne left this morning from Johnston Street depot for Wehlon. The Governor will accompany Mr. Mewbo-o-orne over the farms and in troduce him to the henchmen placed in positions by him, so that in the future there may be no conflict. 4 NO DATE SET. Mr. R. O. Burton returned this morn ing from Washington, D. C, where he docketed the case of Major J. W. Wil son, ' against North Carolina, for the office of Railroad Commissioner. Mr. Burton says no date has has yet been decided upon for the hearing of the case. : Evangelist Lee yesterday shipped his tont to Orlando, Fla., whither he will follow in t few di ys to hold a series of meetings. i 5, 1898. DISAPPOINTS WILSON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WILL MAKE RE PORT TO SURPRISE HIM. Work Accomplished in the West With Part of the Appropriation-Wilson's False Charges. By Telegraph to The Tinnw. Washington, Jan. 5. The Secretary of the Interior has sent to the Senate the answer of the .Geological survey to the resolution adopted in iHicoiiiber, at the instance, of Senator Wilson, of Washington, Inquiring what ...use has been made of the appropriation for the examination of the conditions of forest reserves,--'set apart by President Cleve land. The answer shows that the' work was put into the hands of three.; capa ble assistants of the surveys in various parts of the west, and the results have ,,,.,, n(.()t.ml,iuiu..i with ,,ly part of the .... . , money appropriate l-. 11 is unuersioou I thut wil(.JU ,immullcj tl1!lt the survey .... .. ... ., ti... ... -...m disappoint him materially. FRIDAY NIGHT'S EVENTS. I'1' Dramaitic Club's 'Entertainment and Capital Club's Gorman. Friday evening Raleigh Social Circles will all join together in one of the swellest gatherings of the New Year. Every one will .lie present at the on- tertainmont of tl University .Dramatic ine Lniversity were selected irom tuose who had stood high-in 'their classes and were t a limited in this direction and the club was coached by a young southern woman who has attained an enviable reputation on the stage.' The play is filled with the choicest wit and scenes of rare beauty. It has been well staged by Prof, Samuel May, who accompanies tihe Iniys on their trip here.' ' - The Capital Club German will be giv en immediately after the University Club'8 wtrtalnment and the gathering will be composed of the fairest -women and most gallant gentlemen. Nearly every member of the University Club is well known in :, Raleigh,' niniij of them having 'been 'guests 'in this cilj diirlnir Fnlr wieK- Tlie iii.'inl.oru tf lio 1 club will lie entertained in Raleiglu by their friends. , Fer the benefit of those who have not seen their programme we print r.hv cast of characters as fol lows: ' C-rales Conrtloy Mr. R. II. Graves. Dazzle Mr, R. S. I'usbee, Max Markaway Mr; iS. May, "iDolly Sp!inker-Mr. R. M. Rawls. Mtirk Meddle Mr. AV. G. Cox. Cool Mr. I. F. Harris. Solomon Isaacs Mr. W. G. Cox. Martin 'Mr. A. Staton. James tMr. I. F. Harris. Lady Gay Spanker Mr. R. E. Foilin Grace Ilarkaway Mr. G. L. Myers. Pert Mr. A. Staton. SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY. Act l.-Reception-room in Sir liar- court's House, London. Act II. Manor House and Grounds, Oak IT ''l Gloucestershire. Ac II.', IV ai,r " Drawing-room a lid f -Vr la n H?.U. ORGANIZATION. : Director ii.. May. v Business Manager Mr. 11. E. Follin. Assimtant Business Manager G I). Vick. ''.'. THE MAYOR'S COURT. Large Attewlance of Interested Listen ere in Court This Morning, The Mayor's office was crowd morning with interested listeners trial of Frank Hayes and Allie John ston, charged with disorderly conduct oil Christmas day. Many witnesses were presented by tl defense but mone knew anything at a after they occupied the "horse shoe." Ti. 'Mayor fined each $2.50 and cost rfAinir duiuiMiou iinsweix'o. to ti secon'iu A T..1 i , a. charge, assault with a deadly weapoi and was sent to court for this offieuee The trial, (however, which occasioned the greatest sport for the spectators was that in which W. II. Mangum wne up before the Mayor for several things mainly -owever, for not paying for t wagon whieh he had bought from the city. He Ihad paid' f4.00 and one bushel of potatoes, but was never ready to pay rtho last $2.50. wneix.'flir. miea atteirpi-oo gci money Mn Mangij. row and cause to arrest him, xie maue a vioic- but wtis finally sf station house. The Mayor fof ed that his it house jpiAJ No. 109. LOCAL KJTEM5 Important Hancenings in and About the Citv , FOR BUSY READERS INTERESTING EVENTS OF TO-DAY AND T0-M0RR0W. What is Heard on the Streets and Jotted Down in Cur Note-Book-Personal and Otherwise. The hull's of the Woman s Lxchai e met. .this A onian "vnoiin at 4 p. in. ; change building. the The Ait League met tins tilternnoa Willi Mis Mnssev at the home of her father on IlilM'oio street. Mr. J. A. Duncan litis moved his of fice to the uptown headquarters ot Mr. It. W. Blake, on Fnvett ville street. During the month of December the State Treasurer paid uit !?."7,,jr.S in pen sion warrants.' The chonH class of the Raleigh 'Musi-'' cal Association will meet at tuetr hall for practice 'I hursday, January dth, at 8 p. in. A lull attendance is desired. The Rescue Circle' of Kuiiri- Daugh ters, which is doing excellent work aiiioiig the nei'ily. nmt this'-.morning with Mrs. .Tallies McKiiiiiiiu.il. . The ul.i'.i'i." Home ; cd six case of canned .T. S. Carr, for which th' thanks. slorua.v reowv-.' tods from. CoL haw returned '1 he Dramatic Club ot t;ie I mversitr, will be guesls ot the Capital ( lub In day evening after thctr peiroini.inee, at the Gerniiiu coiniiliiiientiiry to Mr. and Mi. 'William Holt V lliiainson. A letter wasfPJrsgL this .morn in iu the eapitol addressed to Mr. I'red Chail'.e Handy, 1XH, 12lh street N. W., Wash;! gton. D. C. For the benefit of the lit. er It was mailed bv Cat i E. ; Tliornt Mr. A . E. Jones has returned from Ensttrn Carolina and brings with him one of "W iisliiiifrton's most progressive men. Mr. A. U. Gardner, who w. II here after be connected with Mr. .' Joiiii ' store in this citv. Rev. E. I'. Glenn lias iii.jtoiiite.l 1 i it. t oiiitiiit sn; ei tliteinli'iit ut tlie Oil-' I tra'l Mviliodi..--t Sunday'- sc1n'..d 't.. 'succeed M-cretary m State 1 hump. on. who ten dered hi resignation several weeks ago. 1 he Seeretaiy of Mate v 'steriliv in corporated the ''Supreme Todge Knights of Gideon," with its principal office in Durham. It is a benevolent organiza tion created for the purpose of mutual aid and protection. The annual mcK'ting of tlie -'members of the Capital Club w ill be hold in" the. club rooms this evening for (lie purpose of considering changes in their constitu tion and election of nltieers fY.r the n stting year. Tlie finance coiiiiinttee. appointed to ex amine the books of the Bursar of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, completed tiheir work today; and report tall uccounM in good condition. The committee is 'composed ' of Dr. B. F. Dixon, of Shelby; Col. L. C. Edwards, of Oxford, and Mr. J, W. Harden, of Raleigh. f' " ' v. Uf - ,v ci--A . : :,-'," r..fc' ,. ft, ,f i i v,,.-.'r;,'"ny'
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