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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-21
"SlLvER TEA" THIS EVENING.
The Unique Entertainment by ST. Luke's
Circle of Kings Daughters--And It's
All Free to the Public.

The Silver Tea" that will be given
bv the ST. Luke's circle of Kings
Daughters this evening promises to be
one of the best entertainments ever
given by this organization. Besides
the refreshments there will be pleas
ant programme of readings, recita-
tions. vocal and instrumental music.
The public, leach and every one OF
YOU who constitute that great throng),
is invited in this little poem:
'St. Luke's Circle asks your attend
ance
At their delightful Silver Tea
They'll have sandwiches, chocolate,
and coffee,
And think of it, all of them free
"All we ask you to give, save your
presence,
Is a dime or a quarter, or more,
If YOU wish, just a small piece OF silver
TO be given to us for the poor.
"Our readings, recitations and music
viii be all that the muses. could claim,
Wen be heartily glad at your coming,
And remember it is done in His Name"
The Raleigh cornet band will dis
pense music between the acts; there
will be readings and rotations; piano
and violin solos; violin solo with flute
obligato; vocal solos by half dozen
accomplished vocalists; and a number
of other attractions
In addition to those already an
nounced, Miss Bruce Carr and Miss
Florence Boylan will render violin
solos, accompanied by Miss Wissner;
Mrs. Hanks, of Richmond, will take
part in the entertainment; Mr.. Hayes
and Miss Linehan will render duet
on guitar and mandolin.
This is enough of a programme to
attract any one who enjoys music;
and for those who relish the good
things of life, there viii be ample
refreshment.
The circle entertains from eight to
eleven o'clock this evening in the room
at 131 Fayetteville street
The entertainment is for the benefit
Of St Luke's Home for Incurables,
which is almost entirely maintained
by the efforts of this circle.
No admission fee is charged; it is
all absolutely free.
But every one who enters will drop
a coin, "a dime or a quarter or more, .
i'm the basket that waits for aims at
the door.
The following will participate: Mrs.
McKimmon, Mrs. Hamilton, and Mrs.
Bobbitt, Misses Eliza Pool Mitchell,
Caspari, Linehan. Boylan, and
Eleanor Carr; Messrs. Hayes, New
comb and Dr. Hubert Register
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-21
EXHIBITS BROUGHT BACK.
Things at the State Museum Under
Going Re-Arrangenent--S Some New
Specimens of Rare Birds.

Prof. Holmes and Mr.. Ashe, Of the
State Geological Survey, came to RAJ
eigh yesterday to look after the install
ment and arrangement of the addi-
tions to the State Museum.
One carload Of Atlanta exhibits has
already arrived, and another is eA-
pected TO get here tonight.
All the North Carolina exhibits al
Atlanta are to be brought here and
added to the collection in the museum
Many of the best things on exhibit
there We're taken from the museum
and these will, Of course, be returned
At the museum carpets have been
torn up and a general Encouragement
IN going on. The addition from At
lanta will make necessary more com
pact arrangement of everything in this
, interesting place.
The skeleton Of the great Right
Whale hangs out of reach Of the dis
turber, but nearly everything else is
to be changed.
And when the changes are complete
the museum viii be even more interest
ing and valuable than before.
Nearly every stranger that comes to
Raleigh, and has the time to spare,
takes a look at the specimens and curl
osities that are gathered in this place.
Last year over twenty thousand per-
sons visited the museum. And the
number is increasing all the time. A
large proportion Of these visitors are
Northern people, who are inyestigat-
ing the advantages and resources of
the State.
IN MIR BRIMLEY'S DEN"
Mr.. H. IT, Brimley, the popular cura-
tor, invited a reporter into his den"
yesterday
This is his sanctum sanctorum. In
this little Office are mounted and fin
ished specimens for the museum.
Mr. Brimley is professional taxi
dermist, and just now is devoting spe-
cal attention to the collection of
birds for the museum.
One of the handsomest specimens of
the American barn owl (Aluco fam
meus pratincola) in existence has just
been secured and mounted. 1T was
killed in Wake county.
4 pair of beautifully marked pin
tail ducks, killed near Morehead, have
been secured
A hooded Merganser, known in east
ern Carolina as the pheasant duck"
or water pheasant" has been re-
ceiyed. 1t came from Morehead and is
almost a perfect specimen.
Mr.. James Boylan has presented to
the museum pair of log cock, killed
in this county, very fine specimens.
These are being appropriately mount
ed
A great horned OWL in an attitude
Of anger, is one of the notable speci-
mems that are TO be added to the col
lection.
But probably the most interesting
of all is a whole coyey of cartridges,
mounted in every attitude assumed by
this interesting native bird.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-21
THE PoPULIsT CONVENTION.

St Louis, Mo-. Jan 2O.-The mem
bers of the executive committee of the
Populist National committee and the
convention OF the Business Mems
League Of st. Louis to-day completed
all details for the July convention and
executed contract whereby the Pop
ulists viii be given the use of the hall
in the exposition building, now being
prepared for the Republican National
convention. This hall it is expected
will seat $4,000 people when all ar
rangements are completed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-21

Mr.. S. A. Woodland, of Wilson, passed
through Yesterday afternoon on his
way to Durham. He appears there to-
day in the case of Carter VS.. Hales,
which involves a large amount of to-
bacco. One of the parties to the suit
lives in Wilson.
Judge T. C. Fuller went to Durham
Yesterday to visit his son, Mr.. Frank
Fuller. Judge Fuller will leave for the
West about the first of February He
will spend week in New Orleans be-
fore going to Arizona.
At the Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday afternoon
a special meeting for railroad men
was held. The room was crowded,
there being the largest audience that
has attended the new series of adj
dresses. Mr.. b. r. Lacy, Commissioners
of Labor Statistics, was the speaker.
He made an excellent address on
ssMan's Individual Responsibility" j.
w. Cooper played the cornet, j. Nj.
Burrows the violin and +. n. Spencer
the organ, while Secretary Overton
was leader.
Prof. f. 2. Moses, former superin-
tendent of the Raleigh public schools,
was here Sunday. He came with Mrs.
Moses and their child, who are the
guests of Mrs. Kirby. There has been
an epidemic of measles in Rock Hill,
s. c., where he now lives, and one OF
his children died from the fatal dis
ease. Prof. Moses is enthusiastic over
the prospects of Winthrop Normal
College, in which be has charge of the
normal department. This is the first
wear of the college and there are in
attendance 1925 young ladies.
Mr.. Charles st. John, proprietor of
the "Piney Woods Inn," at Southern
Pines, passed through yesterday on
his way to that resort. He says there
are already a number of guests in the
elegant new hotel, which is not yet
really opened. The formal opening
takes place Wednesday, the 22nd,
Governor Carr and number of other
notables are expected to be present.
The opening of this hotel raises South
ern Pines to a higher rank among
Southern winter resorts.
Il was up at Mount Pleasant fac
tory day or two ago." said Mr.. Bark
lev, "and saw two men near the factory
sitting on log, and fddlng for dear
life. Is that a usual occurrence here2
4
Why, that nothing he said, There
are within two miles of this place two
hundred people who play the fiddle.
And sometimes it seems to me they
are all going at the same time And
there are some Of the best fiddlers
there | ever heard" added Mr.. Bark
ley.
4 negro named Bell is under arrest
at Norfolk on suspicion. He is held
for the murder of the old umbrella
member, whose name. even. was un-
known, in Warren county, near Little
ton. The clothes found on Bell are
supposed to have been taken from the
body of the murdered man. Bell has
escaped from the North Carolina peni-
Tertiary three times and well deserves
the title of ''bad man" Several weeks
ago he escaped from the pen, went
10 Norfolk and committed robbery,
and has just been sentenced to ten
years in the Virginia penitentiary. He
might easily have murdered the old
umbrella member, while en- route to
Norfolk on his robbing tour. Solicitor
Daniel writes that he may be brought
back to North Carolina and tried for
this murder.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-21
NORTH CAROLINA HORSES.
Some Horse Gossip and Facts That viii
interest Horsemen.

BROAD Rock" in his Sunday letter
in the Richmond Times tells some
things Of interest TO North Carolina
horsemen.
"Mr. w b. Lewis, the well-known
tobacconist of Milton. y. C., was in
Richmond last week, and while here
purchased of s. Il. Nelson the thor
oughbred stallion Norwood by Bren-
nan, dam Stella, by Powhatan, son of
Add Ed. Kader. Norwood is very
handsome bay horse, full sixteen
hands high, strongly made, and com
bines symmetry with substance. He
was bred by Maj. II. r. Selden. of this
city, who owned his dam. Brennan
was owned by the late w. Roane Ruff
lin, of Chesterfield county. Norwood
is about the only strictly thorough
bred son of Brennan that / recall. Mr..
Lewis viii breed him TO a good class
Of mares, and hopes to produce some
fine general-purpose horses.
Among the matrons at Alamance
Farm, Graham, n. c., that are in foal
to the pacing king John X. Gentry,
2:03M, is the black mare Winnie ID.
''Mr. w. L. Linckhaw, of Lumberton,
y. C.. has a very handsome young
stallion in the brown horse Judge
Ingram, by Bourbon Baron, out of
Belle Latimer, by Melville Chief. Mr..
Linckhaw viii have Judge Ingram
trained during the coming season, and
hopes to see him develop quite turn
of speed
Mr. Burnett, of Tarboro, n. C., has
recently bought a lot of Svell-bred
trotting stock from J. A. Howerton.
Of Paris, kentucy. He secured couple
of threeyear-old FLIES by Scarlet
Wilkes; a couple Of geldings by Nut
breaker and Dark Night; two geIdings
and three-year-old FLY by Belmon-
tan, and a five-year-old son of St.
Just.
John I. and r. f. Riggs, both we'll
known trainers of trotters, are winter
ing at the Arlington track. Baltimore.
Both have handled horses for a. number
OF years in different parts of North
Carolina. Young Biggs has in charge
the black mare Kitty Hawk, 2:2s1b, by
Baron Brown. She is owned by Cross
and Linehan, RaIigh, n. C.. and is in
fine shape. Biggs drove the black
daughter Of Baron Brown 10 her record
last season, and looks to her to beat
2:20 during the coming one"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-21

a GENTS WANTED UnquestiOnabIy the
"a greatest seller, latest patei t, and big
gest money. maker on the market; sells on
sight. Send l0c for sample.
FLETCHER Il COWAE, Dayton, @.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-21
A PREACHER ASSASSlNATED.
BY a Member Who Was Offended by
His Sermon.

Toomsboro, Ga, Jan. 20-News has
just been received here of the mystic
rious assassination of the Rev. Warren
Powers, a well-known country preach
er, near Halls Station, this county.
Powers was called to his door at night
and shot, falling dead in the arms of
his wife.
The suspicion of the officers here
have been directed to man named
Dixon, member of Powers congrega-
ton, and he is under arrest. 1t is said
that last Sunday Mr.. Powers preached
a strong sermon against the marital
infelicities of some of the community,
and Dixon took the sermon as apply
ing to him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-21
RETURNS FROM PALESTINE.
President StaIeN of Elon College,
II Speaks of the UnspeakabIe Turk T.
and the Armenians.

and the Armenians.
Rev. Or. w w. Staley, president of
Elon College, was here yesterday.
He has just returned from a tour
through the Holy Land, in which he
visited Jerusalem and all the places of
interest in Palestine.
lie saw some of the Armenians. that
prosecuted race whose troubles call
forth the sympathy of all Christendom.
He saw nothing Of the atrocities be-
cause he did not go through the dis
trict devastated by the Turks. He says
one hardly feels safe in travelling
through Turkey at this time. There
is great excitement all through the
East on account of the condition OF
affairs in the region under the domino
ton of the Sublime Porte"
DIR. Staley viii lecture on Turkey
and the Armenians at Elon College to
night, and rs he is fresh from the
scene his address will likely be Of un-
usual interest
The President was at Elon College
last night for the first time since Au-
gust, when he left for his tour through
the Orient
Last night at Elon College the Board
of Directors met. Rev. j. w. Wellons,
of Durham, who was also here yester-
day. went up to attend the meeting.
The college is prospecting, and the
attendance increasing.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-21
ENGLAND HASN'T BOUGHT CUBA.
And Her Flying Squadron" is Not
Bound for Havana---A Rumor that
Fluttered.

Governor Carr yesterday received a
telegram from the "St. Louis Repub-
lie" the leading newspaper of the
West, asking him if he regarded the
purchase of Cuba by England, and the
sending Of her Flying Squadron" to
that island, a violation of the Monroe
doctrine. 1t also asked how many
troops North Carolina had, and how
many hours it would take to mobilize
them.
Governor Carr had not replied to the
telegram last night
1t was rumored all over town late
yesterday afternoon that England had
purchased Cuba.
The News and Observer sent this
telegram to Gen. c. A. Boynton, the
general manager OF the Associated
Press, at Washington:
rs there any truth in the rumor
that England has purchased Cuba and
sent her Flying Squadron there?"
He promptly and laconically re-
piled:
1T is totally without foundation"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-21
NOTICES!

Meeting of Grand Lodge A F. h A. M
The Grand Lodge OF Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons of North Carolina will
hold its l09th Annual Communication in the
city of Raleigh, on the second Tuesday in
January, 1896, at 730 o'clock y. m, being the
Hth day of the month. All Subordinate
lodges are requested to send representa-
tives. Reduced rates will be on sale by all
railroads in the S ate. N. NJ. MOVE,
Attest: Grand Master.
JOHN G. DREwRY,
Grand Secretary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-21
How Did He DO It?

Did Jones buy the swinde for
pay for h
thing
Row g gods2 Why of
ctd6
lon rud have q
lcoud
~ond
credit,
Things
Wednesday have special lk lie. Take selling of
liz re be Ue by and that the N Take piece
ol1 VII be 81 l-2
|oa 80 cents FAKE CO that rs it will be
As' on same day ("ednesdy 5000 va ds Ribbons
w. G. JONES,
206 Fayetteville Street.
The morning times., 1896-03-10
New Sewer Bond Bill.

The sewer bond bill introduced yesterday
by Senator Mcmillan is in keeping with
the suggestions and recommendations of
several OF our citizens associations, and
is TO be commended at least for that its
operations are restricted to the limits
OF The city proper. The three and a half
million dollars for which it provides are
TO be expended for the perfection of the
trunk sewer system and for the protection OF
the city against floods. II is measure
that may not meet with the appreciation OF
the Commissioners because it interferes
with the general plan ofputting a debt OF
any number OF millions upon the taxpayers
OF Washington, butitisat tleastan irshicatiou
OF a return TO a businesslike way of trans
acting the peoples affairs.
The bill throws Safeguards around the
The morning times., 1896-03-10

II was the first genuine case Of what
we now call the inventive crank, Archi-
mides, who said that if he had a place
to stand, he cou.d move The earth. Proba-
bly, had this arch-iype OF Inventors lived
at this day In Yankeeland he would have
invented that place TO stand
Everything else has probably been in
vented that our forefathers regarded as
the impossible things Of disordered visions
OF the recent "fluoreScence" OF grey
matter let us name merely the flying
machine. 1t does not always fly. 1t is
true. but that it will fly there is no manner
of doubt Then there is The fish torpedo,
a devil fish indeed, which swims like a
shark, with as good an eye and Il swifter
motion. There is nothing left of anything
when the torpedo reaches it's destination.
Thirdly there is the horseless carriage,
another fell blow at the autonomy of the
horse and the patient pack mule. Then
comes the pneumatic postal tube 10y which
millions OF letters fly as fast from
the lesser 10 the greater New York as do
election returns over The wires from the
Golden Gate to Cape Cod. Then there are
the Roentgen rays-bui that S an old story
already
The morning times., 1896-03-10
265,' 7 Il.

SThe Times has again, during the past
week. demonstrated its superiority over
its rivals, both in point OF quality and
quantity Of its news and circulation Eight
pages every morning, eight pages every
evening, and twcniy-four page Sunday
edition. filled with the choicest reading
matter obtaiuablc, ali delivered for fifty
cents per month Is having its effect on the
thinking. reading public, and consequently
The Times ,ircuiati tion grows.
The Times does not, like the manager OF a
political campaign, claim everything in
sfgtt. but makes affidavit to figures which
are without doubt the largest ever attained
by any daily paper published ia the District
of Colombia But The Times is AMBITIOUS,
and viii moi stop 10y the wayside until it's
circulation reaches FIFTY THOUSAND
DAILY
Keep your eye Oh The Times, keep your
eyeon it, circuiut ion and witnessJhe growth
OF the journalistic wonder OF the Capital
city. II you do not read The Times YOU
do not read ihc news, and miss treat every
day of the week.
The morning times., 1896-03-10

expenditure of the money to be paid out
under its provisions. No contracts above
a certain amount can be entered into
without the unanimous consent OF the
Board of District Commissioners, and bids
for ali work amounting TO more than five
thousand dollars must be advertised for
not only in the newspapers of this city
but of New York, Philadelphia and Balu-
more, while bids for work ranging from
81 600 TO $1,000 are 10 be advertised for
in local papers. An important provision
is that contractors must keep the work in
repair for five years.
1t has long since been admitted that the
sewer system of the city is far from being
perfect, and if the expenditure of the
amount provided for in this bill can make
it so il will be a profitable outlay.
The morning times., 1896-03-10

In all the conferences that have taken
place between the various committees OF
Congress, the Secretaries Of War and
of the Navy, and army and navy Officers,
one thing has been emphasized more than
any other, and that is the urgent necessity
for more guns. They are needed for YES
sells and they are needed for fortfications,
and more for coast defense purposes than
any other. Experts have stated that for
tificatiOns, TO serve a temporary emergency,
can be thrown up in a hurry bat they are
useless, of course, if there are no guns to
mount on them.
If descent upon our coast We're made
within the next two or three months, we
would not have guns enough for the de-
fense of a half dozen Of our great cities
While the United States has been creating
conditions that may lead to war-though
The morning times., 1896-03-10

Imitation HairCln.h, 1 1-2c. I'd.
Imitation Fiber ChamOis. 4 3-4c. yd.
Not as good u the genuine, rs some
folks will tell you, but the best jmi-
taLlon on the market
10c. Linen Grass Cloth, 4 3-4c. yd.
II lie. SIlesia, . PC. yd.
lie 36-in. Rustic Percaline, &c. yd.
1Sc. Rustic Percaine, II lie. yd.
zoe AI-Linen Canvas, II 1-2C. yd.
39c. Genuine Black Haircloth, zoe. yd.
39C Atwood MoTeen. 29c-
II lie. Figured Si!esias, Sc. yd.
l2c. Ali-Silk Seam Binding, &c piece.
10c. Best WhalebOnes, white and
black, sc. doz.
lie. gin Vciveteen Binding, &c. piece.
i0c. Substituted WhalebOBe Casing,
&c. piece.
Zoe, &c. and 15c Herringbone Trim
ming. 4c. package.
&c. Tooth brushes, 4c.
DC. Mourning Pins, 1c. box.
10c. box Assorted Toilet and Belt
Pins, 4c. box.
Ice. box OF so Duchess Fine Steel
Hairpins, 4c.
1Oc. Curling Irons, all sizes, &c. each.
Zoe. Frilled Garter Elastic. 4C. yard.
10c. pkg. Best India Tape OF +
pieces, &c. package.
sc. VaSeline, &c.
Balance of sc. Rose But,crmiIk''
Soap, 1c. cake.
The morning times., 1896-03-10
Some Considerations On Electricity.

1t Is electricity which is the present and
future magician Of the ages. 1t VIII even
DC the great thaumaturgist of the millen-
mum. The day will come when all things
save love will be made and done by the
Promothean spark. Cows viii he called
home, yea, and MIXED by electricity; the
cook OF the future must be an expert
electrician; shirts and underwear OF both
genders will be rolled off machine whose
mower will be the electric spark in the posi-
tive and negative feet OF female; the hi
cyclc will he a self-acting scorcher OF 1000
volts; babies will walk erect at two months
by means OF electric supports and drink
themselves TO sleep out of bottle with
patent rubber stopper and electrified lacteal
fluid. An eIectric-motor baby carriage
will releeate the nurse 10 the realm of the
dcthroned horse and in fine and in fact
all manner Of men and women will be
the peers of the gods that had wings on
their feet and wheels in their heads.
And all this may occur i'll this brilliant
age of invention long before the discovery
OF DR.. Nansen, the true Schomburgk line or
the assaiiant of the late William Patterson.
The morning times., 1896-03-10

thctc repelant brother who "Iinows'' hu
man nature so wei. The balance OF the
east was insignificant perhaps more by
reason OF their parts than anything else.
a word however, for Mr.. Fred Thorne,
whose porlray val OF ihc butler was just the
sort of butler who should have looked
after Mr. Goldfinch. There was Il curtain
raiser that narrowly escaped being the
event OF the evening. BY way Of intro
ducine Fred Terry and julia Nelson, Gil
bert's Comedy and Tragedy opened tue
performance. Miss Nelson SO charmed
her audience that the curtain had 70 be
raised six times at the close AMI there were
Stili scattering OF eager hands ciamoring
for j 70 go up again. Miss Nelson, who Is
really Mrs.. Terry. and a sister-ns-law OF
Ellen. is quite the beauty reports had led
one 20 expect. She, moreover, acts with
considerable power and at all times with
splendid discretion and fine intelligence.
The morning times., 1896-03-10
River From Remedies Necessary.

The report of Mr.. John G. Cooper, in
spector of hulls. on the condition of the
wharves on the Potomac front, as pub
lished in The Times this morning, needs
careful and instant attention from all
concerned. The inspector practically con-
temns a ma jorily Of these structures, some
of them being described as totally un-
safe'
1t is understood that the report has
been referred TO the Commissioners, al
though The United states has ample juris-
diction 10 require that the patrons OF the
The morning times., 1896-03-10

various companies be protected from
disaster the prospect of which is emphasized
b. he inspector.
II is a timely notification, inasmuch as
within month traffic and transportation
viii be- resumed for the spring and summer
season. 1t is condition, we think, which
once known to the public viii remedy itself
The people at large will be chary to
patronize companies or individuals who
life and property. To read the report is
to heed it.