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Evening star., 1896-11-13

out a single available lending library, with
reading rooms open at night, without even
the command Of books enjoyed by the
working people Of little northern and west
the library statistics. No satisfactory sub
stitute either for actual water or actual
books is furnished by complimentary sta
ustics.
Want Amidst Plenty.S
The departmental librariess at the capt.
tai contain nearly three hundred thou
sand volumes, accessible only 10 few
employees Of the government, aSd closed
to them early in the afternoon. The vast
wealth of reading matter in the Congress
sional Library is practically ont eof reach
of the workingmen and school achildren
owing to the hours Of opening and closing
and the conditions placed npons the en-
toyment Of Its privileges. NOT ONE OF the
great government collections ssopen in
the evening, when alone the Ereat mass Of
the people can use the books There are
fifty-two libraries in the District. each
containing over one thousand volumes, and
not one Of them is free lending library
with q reading room open at night for the
benefit of the general public. Such an
institution Is the most urgent need OF the
national capitai. Viewing this ocean Of
more than a million books, spread tantaliz-
ingly before them. the workingmen. the
school children, the government clerks. the
great mass Of the citizens OF Washington
thirsty for the knowledge which comes
from reading, may well exclAim with the
Ancient Mariner: water, water every
where, nor any drop to drink"
A great national reference library for
the worlds scholars does not prevent in
other capitals the existence OF numerous
popular lipraries and should not in Wash
ington. I'm London, where the British
Museum with Its vast library OF over two
million volumes, Is still sacred to schol-
ars. there are thirty local libraries, in ad-
dition to many special librafies. open to
various classes of students. In Paris,
where the great national library is only
open to readers well arme1 with creden-
tials, there are 'sixty-four popular libraries,
while Berlin has twenty-five.
Children Demand q Free Library.
To meet the absolute necessity of books
as working adjuncts in the public schools,
small libraries have been formed in con-
nection with some of the. buildings, and
the High School has very creditable col
lection But to complete and perfect its
by adding the peoples free university to
the free school,, Washington absolutely
needs the proposed public library. as an aid
to the development Of intelligent men and
women, the good Americans Of the fu-
ture, the pillars of the republic. Its crea-
tion is demanded in the name Of the 63.
600 children Of school age In the District,
and especially in the name Of the $4,000
of age.
Government Employees Demand q
Free Library.
Investigation Of the departmental libra
ries shows that a very large percentage
of their 100000 volumes is composed of
technical books and books Of reference,
which have a direct bearing en- the work
OF the department which possesses them;
that there are only between 10000 and
Evening star., 1896-11-13
THREE FRIENDS LIBELED.
Steamers Owners Charged With the
violation of the Neutrality Laws.

Steamers Owners Charged With the
violation of the Neutrality Laws.
The steamer Three Friends. which was
seized at the mouth of the st. Johns river
Saturday evening by the revenue cutter
Boutwell,, acting under orders from the
Treasury Department, through the collec-
tor Of the port of Jacksonville, Fla, was
formally Hbeled and attached yesterday.
The boat is now in charge Of a deputy mar
shal. The libel Is now under section 526S
of the Revised Statutes, which provides
against the fitting out Of an armed vessel
to cruise or to commit hostilities against
the subjects or property of any foreign
country with which the United States is at
peace. Under the section the Three
Friends is charged with being fitted out on
May %, 1896, as an armed cruiser, with
intent to be employed by certain insur-
gents, or other persons on the Island of
Cuba, to cruise or to commit hostilities
against subjects and property of the Island
of Cuba, and against the King of Spain.
The attachment is returnable before the
United States court on the first Monday
in December. The governments informa-
ton is said to have been secured through
two persons who were passengers on the
trip and who afterward made their way
back to New York, going thence to Wash
ington, where they divuIged the facts to
the Spanish minister. II this be true, they
will need a bodyguard when they come
to Jacksonville to give testimony in the
case.
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-01
CONFIDENTIAL" TO MEN.

Secretary Oyerton, Of the Y NJ G. A.
has succeeded in securing Mr.. S. NJ. Say
ford, Of Boston, to give his confidential
talk to men only. 1t will be at Metropoii-
tan Han Wednesday tomorrow even
ing, December 2, at $3.50 p m. Admis,
sion win be by ticket, which can be OBJ
tanned at the Y. NJ. c. A. without money
or price.
OF this talk, Professor Jordan Of Lee
land Stanford, Jr., University, of Califor-
MIA, says
MIR. Sayford's talk before the young
men Of the University, was in all respects
the best confidential talk to young men
that / have ever heard from any source
whatever. Nothing can be done more
healthful to the personal character of the
young men of the colleges Of this country
than to have every one of them to hear
Mr.. Sayford"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-01
GOING TO TELL GOV. MKINLEY."

A negro bully, Alvin Copeland, got
drunk Saturday night and concluded to
clean out Upchurch's bar, on Whining
ton street And he cleaned it out in
short order. But he had not more than
completed the job when a policeman ap-
peared and took Alvin in charge This
was a phase of the situation he had not
counted on, and it was with the great
est reluctance that he accompanied the
officer to the guard house. He insisted
that the Republicans were now in pow
er and officers no longer had any right
to arrest negroes. He declared that he
was "going to tell Gov. Mckinley
about the treatment he was receiving.
Yesterday morning in the mayor
couHte Alvin was a changed man. He
was as humble as a lamb and begged
pitifully for light sentence, pleading
that he was so drunk that he knew Moth
ing of his resistance Of the officers who
went to arrest him. The mayor there
upon agreed to let him go on payment of
a fine of S7.25.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-01
REMEMBER THE FATHERLEss.

The committee from the Masonic bodies
in the city who waited upon the citizens
of Raleigh last Wednesday soliciting
Thanksgiving offerings for the orphan
children at Oxford Orphan Asylum. re-
port cash received $3.50 Owing to the
inability of the committee to make as
thorough a canvass as desired and also
the prevailing hard times, the collection
this year is much smaller than heretofore.
Several donations Of clothing, dry goods
and groceries were also received and viii
be forwarded Wednesday. Should any of
our merchants desire to contribute any
thing in the way of clothing or groceries.
to be shipped in this box to the little or
phans as a Thanksgiving donation, it can
be sent TO the store Of Mr.. T. w. Blake
The committee desires to publicly thank
the citizens Of Raleigh for their generous
donations to this worthy cause.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-01

Revised Statutes, and chapter %, section
6. of the Revised Code, provided that the
votes for Governor should be counted
by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives then House Of Commons) in joint
session. The difference between that ana
the present provision is that then the
Speaker of the Senate was to open the
returns: whereas, now that duty ue-
wolves upon the Speaker OF the House.
And there is another difference: 1t was
that it then should be some time during
the first week in December. But
after the adoption of the constitution
in 1868. the Legislature made the time
more definite by declaring that the count
should be made on the first Tuesday
after the converting of the General AS
sembly. and this has been the law since
that date The date of the qualification
of the officers and their installation, and
of the inauguration of the Governor has
not been uniform, and there was not, un-
til 1893, any statute fixing the date.
"Tt was the custom, however, for the
General Assembly soon after its organi-
zation by resolution, to either nix the
day for the Inauguration or to appoint a
committee to take the matter in charge
and arrange for the ceremonies, which,
for the past twenty years, have been
nublic. But it was deemed best for the
convenience, especially of those living at
n distance, who desired to attend the
ceremonies, that there should be law
fixing the date for these ceremonies; as
only a few days notice could be given OF
the event, when it was dependent upon
the action of the General Assembly, in
that particular instance.
''The Legislature of 1893 therefore
fixed the third Wednesday after the first
Monday in January after the election, as
The day.
And this has been about the time of
the installation of the State officers, since
the time of the meeting Of the
General Assembly was changed. Gov.
Scales was inaugurated on the 21st of
January according to resolution of the
General Assembly, Gov. Fowle on the
18th and Gov. Carr, on the 18th.
There is question as to whether the
statute of 1893, fixing the date, is repeal
ed by the present election law. But it
practically makes no difference. For il
the General Assembly should desire an
other date, they could, so soon as they are
organized, after comforting with the
C,oyernor-elect and the other officers
change the time to any other day that
would be subsequent to the counting of
the votes.
IF the officers-elect should decline to
consent to the fixing of a day for their in
stallation, then | apprehend they. would
have the constitutional right, just so
soon as the two houses of the General
Assembly determined the count, and
the presiding officers had prepared and
signed their certificates, tn be indicted
into office. If, however, the General
Assembly should not repeal the law of
1893, and that should be the day for the
installation of officers, present officers
term would continue until then-fOr the
constitution provides that they shall hold
until their successors are elected and
qualified.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-01
w. Z. JONES,
zoo Fayetteville Street.
Black Dress Goods.

Black Figured Dress Goods, 40 inches
wi ., worth 35c per yard, at 25c.
Bcz Serges, heavy quality, 40inehes
wiue elsewhere soc per yard, our price
49c
Black Crepon As inches wide, excel
lent value at 75c per yard at soc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-01
A VERY DESPERATE CRIMINAL
Joe Boggan, the Rapist, Attacks a Eel
low Jail-Bird With a Knife.

Joe Boggan, the negro from Richmond
county who is in Jail here, seems to be
q fend incarnate. He seems to be happy
only when engaged in some deviltry.
During his stay here he has given the
officers more trouble than all the rest
of the prisoners together. Though close
ly confined in an iron cage it is wonder
full how much mischief he can hatch up.
His latest desperate deed was to at.
tack the negro boy, William Rogers,
who shares his cell with him, take his
rations from him and stick the knife
with which he was eating into his back
several times. This assault was made
without any proyocation, except the
threat Of the boy to tell the jailer Of how
he was being robbed of his food.
Boggan is in custody for raping a
white woman near Hamlet several months
ago, after beating her husband almost to
death The general opinion here is that
he ought to be hanged on general prin-
ciples He will be taken back to Rich
mond county next Monday, when court
begins there, for trial
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-01
THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
A Meeting of the Board of Directors
Called.

Notices were yesterday sent out to the
Directors of the Normal and Indus
trial School by Hon. John S. Scar
borough, calling a meeting Of the Board
at Greensboro on Thursday, December
II, at o'clock p. N. The business call
ing the Board together will be the hear
ing Of reports of the executive committee
and officers Of the institution, prepar-
Ing Of the report Of the Board of Direc-
tors to the Governor, and attending to
such other business as may be properly
brought before the Board for its action.
The Board of Directors of the Normal
and Industrial School is composed of the
following: John S. Scarborough, cX-
ofiicio president; DIR. ]. NJ. Spainhour.
secretary, Lenoir; r. d. Gilmer, Waynes-
vile; II. g. Chatham, Elkin; s. M. Fin
ger, Newton; A. G. McAllister, Ashe-
boro; NJ. G. s. Noble, Wilmington; DIR.
J. D. Wilcox, Dresden; John Graham,
Ridgeway; J. e. Fowler, Clinton; w. =.
Shaw, Winton.
DIR. SpainhOur is only secretary Of the
Board and not a member of it.
President McIver has been here several
days to consult with Superintendent
Scarborough in reference to having this
meeting called. He says that the present
year has been one Of the most satisfactory
in the history of the Normal and Indus
trial School 1t has all the students it
can accommodate.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-01
MEETING OF THE ELECTORS.
They Convene at the Capitol To-Day to
Organize.

The North Carolina electors for Presi-
dent and Vice-President of the United
States, meet at noon to-day in the Sen
ate chamber pursuant to the pr0clama-
tion of Governor Carr at the Capitol.
The following are the electors:
Electors-a -Iarge-Locke Craig, of
Asheville, and Robert b. Davis, Of Will
mington
District Electors Ralph Rowland, of
Carteret: Howard II. Freeman, Of Will
son; Charles r. Thomas, Of Craven; Will
liam S. Bailey, of Davie; William ID.
Merritt, Of Person; Benjamin F. Keith,
Of Wilmington Theodore f. Kluttz, of
Rowan; Tyre York, of Wilkes; Robert
u. Gilmer, Of Haywood.
1t seems that there is a conflict between
the State and Federal laws as to the
day upon which the vote shall be cast,
and the Federal laws prevail in so far as
they are in collision with the State law,
under the decision Of the Supreme court
Of the United States i'll the case of the
Michigan electors, 146 United States Su-
preme court reports, page /. in which
Chief Justice Fuller, delivering the
opinion, says:
''The State statute is valid except in so
far as it come in collision with the United
States constitution and Statutes
The last Legislature failed TO conform
the State election law to the amendments
in the supplement to the Revised Statutes
of the United States. which fixes the date
of meeting to cast the vote upon the
second Monday of January after the
election.
The new election law followed the old
law in The Code, not adverting to the
amendment in the supplement TO the
United States Revised Statutes.
But the electors must meet to-day I'M
der the North Carolina election law for
organization and to fill any vacancy in
their membership for any cause, such as
death, resignation, disability, etc, and
meet again on the second Monday Of
January to cast the vote, that being the
day fixed by Congress, which, under the
United States constitution, must be the
same day in all the States"
The votes when cast will be as follows:
Eleven for William Jennings Bryan for
President; six for Arthur SewalI for
President, and five for Thomas
Watson for Vice President.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-01
TWO HALL THIEVES CAUGHT

Two daring young thieves have been
caught and sent to jail for trial next
January term of court They are only
about 16 years Old but have been carry
ing on their offerings for long time
They are what is known as hall
thieves" their plan being to steal upon
piazza about supper time, quietly open
the door and take everything in sight
umbrellas, hats, overcoats, overshoes and
such other articles as may be lying
around. One of them watches at the
gate, while the other commits the theft
One Of them is colored a tramp.
Charlie Martin, who claims to be from
Suffolk, Va. The other is a white boy,
Andrew Foy, who used to live Mt Kin
ston. His father is now in the Soldiers
Home here
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-01
DEATH OF MRS. LAssITER.

kilograms were received in the city yes
terday announcing the critical illness at
Denver, Colorado Of Mrs Ellen FaucetT
Lassiter of Henderson. Soon after her
arrival in Colorado, whittier she had gone
for the benefit OF her husbands health,
Mrs Lassiter was tricken with typhoid
fever, from which attack she was thought
to be gradually convalescing, when the
painful tidings Of her relapse was roceiv-
cd. She completed her education at St,
Mary's in June, and in August of this
year was united in marriage to James II
Lassiter, Jr., a prominent young business
man of Henderson. The news viii be
a sad shock to her relatives and school
friends who had hardly ceased congrat-
ulating these happy young people on the
bright beginning Of their welded life.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-01
HILL1ARD BANKS NOT CAUGHT

Hilliard Banks, the negro man who
80 fearfully beat his mistress, Pleasant
Smith, at 30 West Cabarrus street,
Saturday night, has not yet been caught.
The woman, though seriously injured,
Will probably recover. She has been
taken to the home of her father, John
Hall She has three very small children.
Banks is bad character and the Off
GERS are anxious to get hold Of him. He
has already been in the work-house three
or four times for beating this woman.
Once he knocked her insensible on the
street in the presence Of several other per-
sons. His home is in the country, but
ne spends most of his nights in Raleigh.
The trouble Saturday night arose over
City cents which the Smith woman
claimed to have loaned him, but which
Ike refused to pay back.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-01
Colored Dress Goods.

Just received 500 yards Plaid Suitings
IN beau iful colorings, value 15c per
yard at 10 &c
All Wool Suitings SO inches wide. in
Gray, Myrtle, Cardinal and Brown. YOU
would usider them cheap at 35c per
ward our plice, as long as they last, at
25c,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-01

The Soldiers Home received from Re
publican headquarters yesterday evening
two very handsome rocking chairs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-01

Wake up your liver, but be sure you
take Simmons Liver Regulator to do it
whit will do it every time, and do it
so well that you will feel wonderfully re
freshed and strengthened. is Simmons
Liver Regulator that does it. There is
only one Simmons Liver Regulator, and
you'll know it by the red u on the pack
age. Take nothing else, and you'll be
sure to get all the good health promised.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-01-15
NORTHERN PACIFIC CASE.
Three Supreme Court Justices will
Hear Presentation of the
Facts Tomorrow.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 13.-The law
yers in the Northern Pacific railroad case
have made an arrangement with Justices
Harlan Field and Brewer of the Su-
preme court for presentation of the facts
in those cases tomorrow. They will ask
to have the road either placed under one
receiver or under one set Of receivers
who will have charge of the property
as an entirety instead of the present plan
of numerous dependent receivers. The
circuit of each OF these judges covers Il
portion of the road.
The hearing will take place in cham
bers and will be in the nature of pres
entation of the facts in the case by all
the parties in interest, including the
holders of the bonds and stocks of the
road. They are all agreed that the
conflict between the courts along the
line of the road as to jurisdiction is
injurious to the property and must
eventually result in great loss unless ter
minated. The recent action Of Judge
Gilbert in unifying the receivership in
the Ninth circuit is regarded as useful
only to the extent Of cutting off the
salaries of two men who have been elimi-
mated from the receiYership in that juris-
dictiOn.
All interests now appeal to the SUI
prame court justices who preside in the
respective circuits which the road pene-
trates and they are sought to solve the
problem presented by the conflict in the
courts. The receivers in New York con
tinue as heretofore while in the Seventh
and Eighth judicial circuits, embracing
the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota and
North Dakota, there are two receivers
and still another in the Ninth circuit in
control of that part of the road lying
west of North Dakota. The last named
receiver is not working in harmony
with the old two. The various interests
are unanimous in seeking to have JUS
tees Harlan, Field and Brewer agree on
a unified receivership for the entire line
and in asking them to recommend the
appointment of such a receiver by all
the courts engaged in the conflict.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-01-15
BRITAIN AT HER OLD GAME.
What the Venezuelan Minister Thinks OF
the Latest Report.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 11.-Senor
Jose Andrade, the Venezuelan minister
to the United States, was shown the
cablegrams to the effect that Great
Britain, according to the Westminster
Gazette, was about to renew the effort
to re-establish direct diplomatic relations
with Venezuela, the oyertures to be
made through the good offices of an
American state, not the United States.
The minister seemed much pleased at
the news contained in the dispatches but
called attention to the fact that this was
merely a renewal of the policy urged by
Great Britain toward Venezuela since
the beginning of the boundary dispute.
In diplomatic circles here the impress
sion obtained that the news contained in
the dispatches coming at this time in
dicated a back-down in Great Britain's
attitude toward the South American re-
public. Chill was regarded as the coun-
try to which Great Britain was most
likely to make any new representation
to Venezuela of the character indicated
in the dispatches, as its relations with
that country are very cordial, but at the
Gillian legation it was said that nothing
was known on the subject.