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The herald., 1897-12-22
Died in His Store

SACRAMENTO, CAL. Dec. 21.-Jacob
Hyman, Jr.. a well-to-do jewelry mer-
chant of this city, was found dead this
forenoon on the floor in the rear of his
store. 1t is believed that death was
caused by apoplexy. Deceased was a
native Of Poland, 81 years Of age. He
had been In the jewelry business here
since 1864.
The herald., 1897-12-22
LIGHTS WENT OUT
Colfax People Thought Lynching
Was Imminent

COLFAx, Wash, Dec. 21.-The town
was greatly excited last night and every
body expected a lynching to take place.
The night before a mob Of sixty men had
gathered in an old slaughter house two
miles from town for the avowed purpose
of lynching the murderers of Orville
Hayden, and Jack Leonard, also confined
in the same jail, under sentence Of death.
But for some reason the movement was
abandoned for the night. Last night a
hundred men were on the streets, mo-
mentarily expecting the appearance Of
The herald., 1897-12-22
Their Honored Guest

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.-Mead E.
Deitweller, of Harrisburg. Pa, grand
exalted ruler of the benevolent and pro-
tective order of Elks. who is in this city,
was the guest tonight of the San Fran
cisco lodge of the order at banquet.
The herald., 1897-12-22
Stolen Silver

COLUMBIA, s. c., Dec. 21.-A pack
age containing $4,000 was stolen from
the Southern Express office in this city
some time between Sunday morning
and Monday morning. Employees Of the
local office are suspected.
The herald., 1897-12-22
Harvard,s Oldest Graduate

BOSTON, Dec. 21.-William Gordon
Prince, who was the oldest living grad
uate Of Harvard College, is dead at his
home in River Place, Dedham. He was
born in Boston about "a years ago.
The herald., 1897-12-22
A Bank Wrecked

AUCKLAND. N. e.. Dec. 21.-The
British bark Blairlogie. Capt. Made,
from Delagoa Bay, for Portland. Ore,
has been lost with her cargo, off the Is
land Of Matahiva, in the Tuamotu
group. The members Of her crew have
reached Papeiti.
The herald., 1897-12-22
Dodged His Debts

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 21.-George ]. Fritch,
president of the Fritch Furniture COM
pany and one of the leading business
men of South st. Louis. committed sui
eide today. He was Respondent over
inability to pay pressing creditorA
The herald., 1897-12-22
Mrs. Booths Condition

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Mrs. Balling-
ton Booth, who is in the Presbyterian
hospital suffering with heart trouble,
was tonight said to be in a serious con-
dition.
The herald., 1897-12-22
Might Be Worse

RENO. New, Dec, 2l.-The Board Of
Commissioners for the care of the insane
u the State OF Nevada investigated the
eharges OF Henry Wood yesterday.
Wood charged that Superintendent
The herald., 1897-12-22
A Firm Dissolved

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.-The law
firm of Delmas & Shortridge has been
dissolved, Delmas retiring. The reason
given is that he desires to devote his at
tention to private affairs.
The herald., 1897-12-22
Arizona Weather

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Dec. 21:-The first
snowstorm of the season occurred Sun
day, followed by a cold wave, and the
mercury dropped to degrees below zero
this morning, being as low as ever re-
corded,
The herald., 1897-12-22
Undelivered Telegrams

There are undelivered kilograms at the
Western Union telegraph office, corner
of Spring and First streets, for the fol-
loving persons: Mrs. r. r. Cheney, M.
Ascher, c. r. Williams, ]. L. Rumery.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21
TWO NEW TEACHERS CHOSEN.
The City Public Schools Are to Open OF
Next Friday.

The City Public Schools Are to Open on
Next Friday.
The city school committee met yester-
day and elected two teachers to fill va
cancles in the colored schools. Miss Hat
tie Hyler was chosen to fill the vacancy
in the Garfield school, and Miss Maggie
Dunston to take the place in the Oberlin
school.
They were chosen by competitive ex-
animation. The papers of the young la
dies named above were the best handad
in, and so they were given the places.
Three additional teachers will also later
have to be selected for the school on the
Watson property.
The city public schools open Friday.
From to 2 o'clock Thursday Supt.
Howell will be in his office to examine
and classify new pupils. The matter of
entering pupils should not be left until
Friday, as the superintendent cannot be
N his office all the morning on that day.
As announced in this paper several
weeks ago the Watson property will be
occupied as a colored school. 1t is now
being fitted up.
The Lumsden property, on West Nor
gan street, will probably be rented for the
use of white children. The schools now
are Over-crowded.
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DEATH OF MISS ALICE TANT.

Died, very suddenly ON Sunday night at
10 80 O'clock, Miss Alice Gertrude Tant
in the 31st year of her age. at the resi-
dence of her brother, Mr.. Frank Tant,
412 East Hargett street. She was the
daughter of the late Joseph NJ. Tant of
this city.
The funeral took place yesterday after
noon at 5 o'clock at the residence and was
largely attended. Services were conduct
ed by Rev. DIR. Daniel of the Presbyter-
ian church. of which Miss Tant was a
member. Rev. DR.. Simms, of the Tab
ernacle, assisted in the service.
The mterment was in the family en-
closure at the city cemetery. The floral
offerings were beautiful and loving hands
tenderly covered the last resting place
of this lovely and lamented young lady
with beautiful flowers.
The pall-bearers were Messrs. II. w
Jackson. Ed. r. Crow. o. p. Hay, HoI-
loway s. Webb, Alfred Chamberlain and
|. d. Moore.
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PERSONAL.

DR.. Kirby has gone to Go,dshoro FL,
a few days.
Miss Lizzie Taylor is visiting friend,
in Louisburg. - 'N-'
Mrs. George Terrell is visiting friend,
at Rolesville.
Mrs. -. j. Moon and Miss Dicks are
visiting Mrs. ALI Jones.
Mr.. j. G. Buxton was here Yesterday
on legal business.
Judge Purnell has gone to Asheville &c
hold Federal court.
Mss Eliza Pool has returned from
am extended trip to New York.
Mrs. w. II. Branson, of Durham
spent yesterday in the city with friends
Miss Ethel Bagley is visiting in Tar.
noro' guest at the home of Judge Phil
ips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carey Hunter returned
Yesterday from a visit to friends neal
Apex. ''e''
DR.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Marshall yester
day returned from Ashevile. Thew have
been there several weeks.
Mrs. s. F. Telfair yesterday cam.
back from Western North Carolina
where she has spent the summer.
Miss Cemula Miller, of Talladepo
Ala, and Miss Frances Davis. OF
Texas, arrived yesterday to attend Peac,
Institute.
Solicitor e. w. Pou was here yesterday
on his way to Pittsbo-o, where his fam
lily has been spending the summer. Ell,
will return to Raleigh to-day to fix a cal
endar for next weeks court
Mrs Van b. Moore, Mrs. e. p. May
nard and Mrs. Bart Calling returne,
Yesterday from a visit to reatives a
Meriden, Miss They were detained
several days on their way home by tn,
quarantine.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21
OF THE PENITENTIARY
is 1T BETTER TO KEEP ON RUN
MING AWAY BEHIND
OR TURN THE tWH0LE THING LOOSE
And End, For a Term of Years, All the
Troubles That This White Elephant
Has Brought Upon

The directors of the State penitentiary
meet to-day.
The object of the meeting is to lease
the penitentiary.
To this end two propositions have been
made. One by a syndicate of Northern
capitalists, represented here by Mr.. John
Fl. Winder, and one by syndicate OF
Goldsboro, Wilmington, Raleigh and
Greensboro capitalists.
The general proposition of both is tc
take the farms, the stock and the
convicts-everything as it now stands
off the hands of the State for term OF
years. In other words, they propose to
pay the expenses of the institution.
This, many Republicans, among them
Gov. Russell, think would be the wise
course to now pursue. The penitentiary
is running away ahead in expenses, and
away behind in earnings. And in this
offer to lease they think they see a
chance not only to cover up their in.
competence in management, but to make
the institution self-sustaining.
Such it has never been, except under
the last Democratic administration, but
this fact only makes the failure of the
present administration the more glazing
And this is why they are so anxious to
turn the thing aloose.
But the legality Of such a lease
there's the rub. Have the directors au-
thor:ty in law to thus dispose of the
whole shooting match" to private parties
to come in competition with free labor
Many good lawyers think not; some of
the Observation-Disclosures Dockery is one
of them-hold the same view. They were
last night in caucus till a late hour try
ing to decide the question.
Gov. Russell was present at this caucus
He strongly favors the lease, if it can be
made legally. He also has the two propo-
sitions to lease. AS to which one of these
he favors, am unable to say. Both bid
ders are anxious to secure his influence.
and a member of one of the syndicates
has gone so far as to say that his crow'l
will have Gov. Russelrs influence, that
they expect to secure it through one of
his Wilmington friends and VIII have
it, even if it cost $4,000.
The truth of this statement can easily
be proved, and it ought to be in
vestigated by the directors tonight when
the lease question comes up.
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Ms nonA,p = Co. MAMfRs .
SUPREME COURT.

Applicants for license to practice law
will be examined on Monday, September
9th, and on Tuesday, the 2Sth, appeals
from the First district will be called in
the following order:
State ex rel Solicitor VS.. Commission
ers of Pamlico.
State VS.. Perry.
Cook VS.. Guirkin.
Brown VS.. Brown.
Evans VS.. Cul.ens.
Nicholson VS.. Commissioners of Dare
CreekmOre VS.. Baxter
Ward VS.. Elizabeth City.
Cotton Mills VS.. Dunstan.
White VS.. Railroad
Basnight vs.. Meekins.
Aydlett VS.. Elizabeth City.
Chard VS.. Warren.
Pendleton VS.. Electric Light Company
COwan VS.. Phillips.
Mayo vs.. Town of Washington.
Hawkins VS.. Richmond Cedar Works
Lidden VS.. Myers.
Jones vs.. Brinkley.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21
NEURALGIA!
NEURALGIA!
NEURALGIA!

l have often been asked if my Remedy
would cure Neuralgia, and | have invl-
riably replied / did not know, as 1 had
never known it tried in a case of that
kind, but see what Mrs. II. NJ. Sample,
a well known lady of Mecklenburg coun-
~ says: Several years ago, was a Sc
we're sufferer from Chronic Neuralgia,
which made me feel wTetched and miser-
able all the time. Sometimes it was in
my head, sometimes in my shoulder, hut
it seemed to settle mostly in my left side.
Around the region of my heart seemed
to be affected so much that it made me
anxious and uneasy. / had a friend who
thought there was nothing Mrs. Joe Per-
sons Remedy would not cure, and she
persuaded me to use half a dozen bot
ties. l did so, and it made a perfect cure
of me. Mrs. II. NJ. SAMPLE.
HOpewell, Mecklenburg Co., n. c., De
cember list, 1896.
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FOR RENT.

The refreshment stand at I'uiIen park
bids will be received to the Dist INST. One
year, with the privilege Of two. will be
given. The right to reject auy aud all
lids will be reserved. Address bids to the
hGirmun OF Park Committee.
9-11-tf A M. POWELL.
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A manufacturer of wooden wire spring
beds and all grades of mattresses wants
partner with capital to increase business.
Pays 25 per cent every 60 days. Adj
dress, Spring and Mattress Factory.
No. e 9th street, Charlotte, n c.
9-19.
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WANTED.

Men and women who wish good paying
government positions. Now Is the time
to apply. All examinations held in
every State. Pointers and catalogues
free. Address the American Correspond
ence School, Washington. d. c.
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The opening sale of tobacco in Parrsh's
warehouse, Durham, N. c., October LIST.
under the management of Pope. Caring
ton q Co, will be a big occasion in the
tobacco trade of North Carolina.
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A position as stenOgrapher. Will work
or small salary in order to get practice
nd experience. Reference given. Address
9-11-7t Box 225, Henderson, n. G.
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Mr.. J. d. Perry returned to the city
today after pleasant summer at Reau-
fort. \, G, He has. to the delight Of his
pany friends. accepted a position with
the popular shoe store of S. C. Pool.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21

Woollcott & Son are selling fancy
pearl grits ct 21a cents per pound. Best
cream cheese at IL cents per pound.
Arbuckle coffee at 1919 cents per pound
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21

Life Insurance policies bought Loans
made on TOntine and other kinds of
policies. c.. NJ. HAWKINS & CO,
9-1G-tf Raleigh, n. C.
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LOST {!

White buggy robe with horse-hea
and Two whips on it. Return to New
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physician who is looking for good
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Observer.
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NEW OFFICERS TO BE CHOSEN
Annual Meeting of the Chamber OF
Commerce Tonight.

Commerce Tonight.
The annual meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce will be held this evening,
at 3 o'clock, in the Mayors office.
This is an exceedingly important meet
ing-the most important of the year
and every member ought to make it a
point to be present.
President Pogue is to deliver his an
nual address, new officers are to be
elected, Raleigh Day at the Nashville
Centennial is to be fixed, and other mat
ters of Importance attended to-
The Chmamber of Commerce is an or
ganization that has and can do much
in the upbuilding and improvement OF
the city. 1t is therefore necessary that
it have good officers. Remember the
hours o'clock-and be there tonight
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Business Notices.
WANTED.

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dress up. H." care of News and Oh
server.
9-10-tf.
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FOR RENT.

Six-room cottage, North Bloodworth
treet. A. b. STRONACH.
9-14-tf
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NOTICE.-The city schools will open
Friday. New pupils are required to pre-
sent themselves at the Centennial graded
school on Thursday to be examined and
classified. This does not apply to small
children who have not before attended
school. l.. u. HOWELL.
Superintendent.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-21

Plenty Of celery plants at FL. Stein
neiz's Green houses.
iPh0ne if3.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28

window? We do not wish to catch
pneumonia"
"Oh, / don't mind the rain" care
lessly replied the young man.
We'll, / do, and il you do not put
down that window l VIII do 1t my
self"
You will do nothing of the kind"
came the emphatic answer
Nearly every passenger in the car
was attracted by the alteration, and
a majority of them encouraged the
big man TO put down the window at all
hazards. He got up and, glaring at
the young man at the window, said:
DO you say shall not put down
that Window"
Il say you will not; that is, | do
not think you can. anyway, | would
like to see you try"
The big man, almost boiling with
Indignation, advanced and caught hold
OF the window, evidently expecting OPP
position from the passenger by il.
But strange TO say he leaned back In
order to give the big man all the nee
essary room TO pull it down. He tug
ged at the window. His face grew
red as he put forth all his strength in
the effort, but it defied his power and
moved not an inch. Every one began
to laugh when the passenger who re-
fused TO close it got up and, starting
for the door, remarked: Il tried to
pull it down in Harlem, but failed. -
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28

! looked up the road. To my surprise |
saw IN the distance an engine coming
| toWara me, slowly swinging down the
track AS 1t came nearer | saw it was
empty, and as it passed me | board
ed it.
Reversing the engine, l started back
up the road. | went with such fire as
| could get up, back to Dismal Point.
Here in front of the station, stood the
express car, rif1ed of it's contents.
Across one of the trunks the express
messenger lay dead. The engineer and
fireman were so badly stunned that at
hrst thought they, too, were killed, but
after some time | brought breath back
into the life of the former. He. poor
| fellow, was too dazed to speak. and I
! lifted him into the car, thankful that
: he was alive
When | stepped into the little station
where Tom always sat, an awful sight
met my eyes. There, sitting at the in
strument with his back to the door.
was my old friend, a dagger sticking
through him, and fairly pinning him
to the table. | grasped the wooden
handle and pulled it out with all my
strength, only to receive his cold body
in my arms.
We'll, they never found out the rob-
bers of the train. The engineer had
been struck from behind, and could
remember nothing, and after waiting
only long enough to see my old friend
buried, | resigned my position at
Rocky Forks and struck out again.
But on Toms grave, back in the woods
at Dismal Point, put shaft of wood.
and on it | carved these words: Civ
ing, | will pursue you to the end of
the world. Dead, | will come back to
| YOU
Below it l put Toms name and age,
and vowed aloud the oath that | had
| there written, to find the murderer of
poor Tom Brown.
| Three years later I found myself
stationed in New Ellsworth, su-
burb of New York. I was in charge of
a private wire connecting with the
New Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Company, which communicated with
all parts of the world. 1t was one of
the richest organizations of the new
world, and l was proud to be an opera
tor in its employ
My duty here was to transmit private
messages of the company, for here the
President had his summer home, and
here also were the trustees, and those
who manipulated the road Many con-
| fidential messages passed through my
hands, and l treated them with becom-
i ing confidence.
| never liked the President of the
company, though he lived in the hand
soonest house in the place and treated
me with uniform courtesy. He had a
cold, uncertain manner that did not
| seem to be worthy of trust Certainly
sskAn3e Sot have put my millions into
his hAaeA
Ole nSyht when he did not reach
homH, his wife came down to the tele-
Rran| ONCE and aakednme il had
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28
A BASE DECEIVER.
How Mrs. Sims Was Fooled by tho Gun
ming of Her Husband

How Mrs Sims Was Fooled by tho Gun
ming of Her Husband
| Mrs. Sims had stern-set face, fash
ing eyes and the air OF righteous indig-
nation as she sat down where she
| could look at her husband.
Now Sims" she said, in suppress
: ed voice, Il hope you'll conclude that
my protest against the gas bills have
not been without cause. Look at this
bill for last month and just remember
that our house was closed for three
weeks of the time. Now compare it
with the bill for the previous month.
We're charged more than twice as much
for one week as we were for thirty-one
days.
I've told you right along that we
were being robbed by that monopoly.
but no, you knew all about it.
couldn't tell you a thing. Now, sir,
I'm going right down to that gas office
and give them large section OF my
mind"
I'll attend to that, dear"
80, | know how you attend to such
things. They need a woman after
them"
NO. Mrs. Sims, they need man af-
ter them. Now that l know they've
been giving us the worst of 1t, I'll make
them think the buildings coming down
about their ears" Then Sims stamp
ed the floor, gritted his teeth and NUT
tered dire threats till his wife was de-
lighted. Her parting advice was for
him to stick right to his point and
make the fur fly as long as they showed
q spark of light.
That evening Sims brought the bill
home marked Cancelled" in red ink
with a rubber stamp. Sims had done
the stamping himself. On the night of
leaving for their outing he had lighted
the gas stove to help In the preparation
Of hot toddy to kill of an incipient
cold.
He took the toddy but forgot to ex-
tinguish the expensive blaze and the
first act on his return was TO turn off
the evidence Of his carelessness. Now.
with the Cancelled" bill, which he had
paid in full, Sims boosted loudly OF
how he had made the gas company
think it would have TO surrender it's
charter, and his wife was never before
sc proud OF him--Detroit Free Press.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-28
THE TELL=TALE TICK.
BY LESTER SHULER.

had knocked around in Australia
Tor i've years, put in a years service
in India, and had whack at the Trans
vaal insurrectioniSts as a volunteer,
only to settle down at last as a tele-
graph operator at Rocky Forks, a tele-
graph station between Omah.. and
Sioux City. 1t was my business to
transfer messages between the two
places, and to connect with points fur
Their along.
The next station, fifteen miles fur
Their up the road was Dismal Point, and
here Tom Brown, my oldest and truest
friend, operated. Tom and l had rough
ed it all over the world together, and
when we settled down here, it was to
he near each other
One day Tom telegraphed down to
me that he would meet me at Rocky
Forks next Tuesday, for days shoot
Z ing. He said he would come down on
the five O'Clock train in the morning,
and wait for me to get off at noon.
'lAfter that we would go up into the
hills and shoot along the points of the
rayine.
| liked nothing better than a days
outing with Tom, and l quickly licked
back word that he could rely on me
next Tuesday, as that was my day off.
The following day there came a mes
sage through Omaha that the United
Express would ship $12,000000 in bull
lion over the road TO Sioux City the
next Monday night, and that the train
would pass through my station, Rocky
Forks, at SIS in the evening. | tele-
graphed back that | understood it, and
then | opened UP the instrument and
asked Tom if he had received his mes
sage yet. He said that he had, and
would look for the train seventeen
minutes earlier at Dismal Point
That day and the next l passed in
my usual way. Sunday was unevent-
full and would have seemed long, ex-
cept for the constant ticking of the
instrument, which was kept busy
sending messages about the import
ant shipment to be made the next day.
Monday evening at 1880 | looked at
my watch. THE train will soon be
along | said. q guess l will call up
Tom, and see if he knows where it is"
/ called up Dismal Point, and Tom
answered.
"The express is one station up the
road said he, ''and is ahead of time
1t will wait here five minutes. I'll let
you know as soon as it leaves here
To-morrow-''
There was sudden pause in the
ticking, and then a strange hand sent
the message, THAT is all"
| called up Tom again, but he did
not answer; l kept calling, but no re-
Spouse came, and I thought that the
wires had become entangled.
waited for the express with its s12,-
700, 900 in bullion, until 8:15, but it did
not arrive. waited five minutes long
er and telegraphed again. but still no
response.
The wires must hbe down. !" 7 said.
walked out upd the platform and