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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23
DEATH OF MIR. THOS. l.. SHAW.
TMe BODY Taken to Laurinburg Last
Night for Interment

Mr.. Thos L. Shaw, who lives with his
son, Mr.. B. s. Shaw, on West Jones
street, died Tuesday night, and his body
was carried on the Atlanta Special to
Laurinburg for interment. He formerly
lived in Laurinburg and was for twenty
five years foreman in the railroad shops
Der of the Methodist church.
Mr.. Shaw was GA years old and had
liveu in Raleigh for several years.
Though quiet and unassuming in man
ner, he was man of solid worth, strong
will and great personal magnetism. His
last illness was brief, though he has for
some time been in feeble health. He
leaves wife and one son, Mr.. Sherman
Shaw, of the Standard Oil Company,
and daughter, Mrs. Everett, of Laurin-
burg.
HE was Of the salt of the earth,''
said a gentleman who knew him well.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23
BOARD OF PUBLIC CHARITIES
Institutions and Prisons Made the Best
Reports Ever Before Known.

The Board of Public Charities yester-
day morning completed its work and, af-
ter an interesting visit to the Insane
Asylum here, adjourned.
Nothing was done at the meeting ex-
cept receive reports from all the State
institutions, county iaiIs. work bouses
and county homo
1hese were nd will be carefully
gone over ar h action as may be
deemed hec' will be taken looking
TO reforms IL management, where
the condlt: TN institution is not now
what it 20 be.
Since Establishment of the Board
OF Charities some great reforms in the
county jails and other prisons in North
Carolina have been brought about A
large number of those reporting to the
board at this meeting were found in ex-
cellent condition. A still larger number
were rated good and the smallest num-
Der ever before known were reported
bad.
The Board adjourned to meet again
subject to the call of the president, Dr.
Chas. Duffy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23
CHRISTMAS BASKETS.

| am prepared to furnish fruit baskets
for Christmas, fixed up ito beat the
band" at from S1.00 to $500 each, con-
tanning three different kinds Of Cali
fornia grapes; same in pears, besides
bananas, fresh pineapples, oranges, man
darins, and all other fancy fruits. This
is the handsomest present that you can
send friend. Baskets shipped to any
part of the State on short notice.
A. OUGHT.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23
RALEIGH ELECTRIC COMPANY
A Statement as to the Deductions Made
g6i by the City.


The report that the. Raleigh Electric
Company had lost large per cent Of
the contract price for lighting the city.
beca use the lights sometime fail to burn.
Secretary Johnson, of the Electric Com
pany. claims was exaggerated, though
the facts were furnished this
paper by the mayor. Under the
contract the mayor is authorized to
deduct from the monthly bills the time
when the lights do not give good ser
vice, and the mayor has "docked'' the
company whenever the service was not
up to the contract This amounted, Mr.
johnson says, to considerable sum
while the new plant was being put in,
but recently, he claims, it has been a
very little, as, he says, the bill and de-
ductions since May show. In May,
according to Mr.. johnson, the bill
for lighting was $176.42, and moth
ing was locked; in June, $410.49 and
$13.35 dockd; July, $436.04 and S4725
locked; August $436.04 and $4005
locked; September, S43604 and $3.50
locked; October, $4,000 and ,$1470
locked; November, $4,000 and $4.20
locked.
Secretary johnson yesterday, speaking
about the light and its cost, said
that he knew of no place, using
steam power, where lower rate was
given than the one provided for Raj
eigh in the present contract.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23
PERRY SMITH IN JAIL HERE.

1t was expected that Perry Smith,
who killed Alex Stewart at Garner Tues
day in quarrel about a woman would
be brought here to jail yesterday. But
he didn't come until last night. On the
preliminary trial Smith plead sel-de-
Tense and the evidence pointed very
strongly in that direction, but the magis-
trates did not feel justified in releasing
him. He was brought here on the
freight last night.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23
IT MUST NOT BE ALLOWED.
DR.. Ramsey is too Rare an Herb to be
Carelessly Lost.

And now comes the rumor that DR.
Joyful Laughter Ramsey is to be trans
ferred, along with Mr.. Mewborne, TO
the penitentiary section of the pie table.
Such course, the Greensboro Telegram
thinks, is sheer dissertation. The inval-
liable taste of Keeper Burns, it says,
should be invoked to prevent such a pol
itical solecism. 1t makes our heart ache
to think of it. 1t is worse than blast
ing up the palisades or painting "Castor-
ia" on the pyramids. Imagine poor Zeke
bIkins being compelled to irradiate
gloomy prison cells by furlongs of his
choicest humor and of the bubbling, IL
quid, ripping ha, ha of DR.. Joyful
Laughter being forced to ricochet down
penitentiary corridors. Perish the
thought!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23
NO CURE NO PAY.

That Is the way all druggists sell
!RnVMS TASTELESS CHILL TON.
% for Chigs and fever and ali forms OF
Malaria. IL In simply Iron and Quin1ns
ia taEteless form. Children love il
Adults prefer 1t to bitted, nauseAtins
,onlca. Price, soc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23
XMAS MONEY in OLD BOOKS.

~>Niao Hho4>Hi IN o14D bOOAo,
Xmas Cards. Games, Bibles and the
largest stock of Books in the State, or
CASH given in exchange for all kinds
of books, regardless of condition or date
Scnool and Law Books speciality. Cat
alogues, etc. sent on application.
SOUTHERN BOOK EXCHANGE,
Raleigh, N. G.
NJ. NJ. SMITH, Prop.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23

Life Insurance Policies bought.
9. NJ. HAWKINS & 60,
9-16-tt Raleigh. n. @.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23
Business Notices.
HON. ]. c. l.. GUDGER ON TUR-
MIX s N G. ALMANAC.

Washington. n. c., Nov. 20, 1897.
James II. Enniss. IA
Dear Sir: Enclosed find 20 cents. /
do not well know how to do without
Turner's n. G. Almanac, and besides |
want a copy for my mother whom /
have supplied regularly and (she says
without a break for the last 80 years.
Yours truly,
J. G. L. GUDGER.
Dec. % 3t.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23

Mr.. w. B. Guthrie, of Durham, spent
yesterday in Raleigh, on professional
business.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23
" AREHOUsE TAKE CHRISTMAS.

- 3H1c11HIO OFo11 I1R1A11 O11 IOIJ M -.
The Raleigh tobacco warehouses will
be closed for the holidays after today's
sales. There will be no more sales I'M
til Tuesday, January 4th, at either Of
the warehouses;
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23

ROYSTER' CANDY
on so firm basis of public confidence.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23

Nature has demonstrated that only
the fit survive. Our thirty years of sue
cessful business proves that
ROYSTER'S CANDY
is survival Of the fittest.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23
NJ. NJ. SMITH, Prop.
$4,000 WORTH OF ovERCOATs.

Yesterday afternoons express brought
two thousand dollars worth of over
coats to Cross q Linehan. They offer
fine bargains. This week only. See
advertisement.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23

1t is not chance, but merit that has
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-23

EGGS, EGGS.
Fancy select Tested Eggs 20 cents.
No. Tested IL cents. Infested 16
cents per dozen.
W. s. BARNES & co.
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

James G. Blaine. son of TIE late
statesman, is a guest at the Kelley in
stitute at White Plains, n. Y, taking
the gold cure.
Buffalo Calf. the aged chief Of the
Quapaws, died of pneumonia at the
Quapaw agency, in the northern part
of Indian Territory.
Presiding Justice Corsen of the SUI
preme court of South Dakota has
handed down an opinion fully sustain
ing the legality Of the amendment re-
pealing prohibition in that state.
Lattimer Jones. who was extradited
from England on a charge Of forgery,
pleaded guilty before Judge Fitzgerald
in general sessions at New York to one
of the II indictments which have been
pending against him since 1883.
The president offered Whitelaw Reid
the post of special ambassador to repre-
sent this country at the queens jubilee.
Colonel Hay, our regular ambassador
to St. James, was consulted as to the
appointment of Mr.. Reid and gave cor
dial consent.
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
New York Markets.

FLOUR-State and western dull and
barely steady; city mills patents. $3.50
6I5.2O; winter patents S4.6544.9O' city
mills clears. $f75QA9O; winter straights.
S4256A35
WHEAT-No. 2 red opened firm on
covering. but later weakened under fine
CROP news and lower cables; May. 1875
0Soisc.: July. IS 1l-16d76 3-i6c.
RYE-Quiet: No. western. 37hc.
CORN-No. > inactive. but steady; Ju-
IN. s9ssc.; September, 30%@S0iAc.
OATS-No. ? steady; July 2lAc.;
track. white. state, 25GSlc.
PORK quiet; mess. $S.75Qs; family.
S9.5O6l05O.
LARD-Quiet; prime western steam
$3.50 nominal.
Steady; state dairy 100
14Isc.; state creamery. 11@l5isc.
CHEESE Quiet; state, large, SssQ
sac. small, &c.
EGGS-Dull; state and Pennsylvania
11i5c.; western, 10Mc.
SUGAR-Raw firm; fairrehning, 2%c.'
centrifugal. SO test, 3hc.; refined quiet
crushed. 5kc.; powdered f4c.
TURPENT1NE-Fi at 21Q27hc.
R1CE-Quiet; domestic, 4hq6c.; Ja'
pan, 4l4@4isc.
TALLow-Quiet; city. 7sQ3c.; coun
try. SQ3lsc.
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
End OF the Earemerer rrlal.

Washington. May 2S.-"Certainly 1
am satisfied with the verdict said Mr..
Havemeyer a few minutes after the
jury had returned a verdict of not
guilty. THE verdict" he continued,
ought to be satisfactory to every de-
cent man in this and every other COM
munity." That was the only expression
the president Of the American Sugar
Refining company would make upon the
result Of his trial, which had been in
progress for three days before Judge
Bradley
The verdict was the elimination Of a
long legal battle which began three
years ago when Mr.. Havemeyer de-
clined. as a witness before the senate
sugar investigating committee, to fur
nsh the committee with data as to the
political contributions made by the
company of which he is president to the
local and state campaigns of 1892 and
1898.
Broker Chapman, around whom the
preliminary battle waged. was found
guilty and is now serving a 80 days
sentence in the District jail. The con-
clusion Of the trial was abrupt The
defense produced no witnesses. When
the government rested its case, the de-
fense moved that the court instruct the
Jury to order an acquittal on six
grounds, the principal one Of which was
| that the committee did not have juris-
diction, and that the question asked
was not pertinent.
The district attorney made a valiant
attempt to induce the presiding judge
to overrule the motion. But the court
after taking an hour and a half to
weigh the arguments. sustained the mo-
ton
In rendering his decision, which was
very lengthy and consumed over an
hour in its delivery. Judge Bradley de-
clined to rule on the main question, as
to the Jurisdiction of the senate COM
mittee. He said the questions involved
in that proposition were of such grave
Importance that he would not rule on
that point without further and more
careful examination. But he held ii
was unnecessary to rule on the main
contention. Practically he sustained
the motion upon the single ground that
the question-calling for data to state
and local butions-demanded in
formation not within the knowledge
Of the witness, which he had testified
he had no personal knowledge Of and
which. if given at all. must have beer
procured from books and of which tht
books themselves We're the best testi-
mony. Although the verdict of mot
guilty" was given by the jury. il wa.
a verdict returned under the courts di'
rection and amounted practically tG
the judge throwing the case out Of
| court
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
CHARCEDWITHTHEFT
The Son Of Ex-Governor Robin
son Of New York Indicted.
SAID TO HAVE USED INSURANCE CASH.
Alleged to Have Purchased Real Estate
with Money Belonging TO the Mu-
tual Life-The Company Now
ForecIosing Mortgages.

New York. May 2S-David Robinson,
son of Lucius Robinson, former govern
or of this state, was summoned before
tho grand jury 20 give testimony TO a
specific charge that he misappropriated
the sum of $4,000 of funds belonging to
the Mutual Life Insurance company.
The grand jury returned an indict-
ment against Robinson. 1t was very
lengthy document and contained six
counts.
Robinson has surrendered himself to
the district attorney. Bail was fixed at
$4,000. Edward Haffett and \. =. Eu-
sted of Elmira promised to 80 on his
bond. ana he was paroed Ia custody OF
his counsel.
Robinson was the general agent for
the Mutual Life Insurance company in
Elnira. The specific charge that was
brought to the attention of the grand
jury is termed larceny.
Lawyer De Lancey Nicoll appeared
for the company.
Assistant District Attorney Lindsay
said that the defendant was charged
with obtaining money from the insur-
ance company under false pretenses.
The amount, he said, was 100000. The
money he said, was mlsapprOpriated in
August, 1892. Robinson was then a
trustee Of the company. The alleged
methods of misappropriation were as
follows:
Robinson applied for a loan from the
company in the name of Robert w.
Bush Of Elmira. The application set
forth that Bush owned property. one
piece worth $4,000. the other worth
500 00O
The company afterward. it is alleged
learned that Robinson had purchased
the property while the negotiations
were in progress. He paid $1,000 foi
one piece and $4,000 for the other. Then
IL is said he transferred the property
to Bush. The company did not learn oI
this transaction until the mortgage
was fOreclOsed.
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
A rrnminent Nan In rolitics.

Elmira n y. May 2S-David c.
Robinson is the son of Ex-Governor Lu-
cius Robinson and was his fathers pri-
vate secretary. He was the chief actor
in the proceedings to remove County
Clerk Gumbleton Of New York city in
1877 and brought about the division in
the Democratic party which made John
Kelly a boiling candidate for governor
in 1879.
Colonel Robinson succeeded his father
as a trustee Of the Mutual Life Insur-
ance company. After entering upon
his duties he began buying property
right and left in Elmira. including
many large and valuable pieces of real
estate. the Elmira Waterworks COM
pany. Elmira and Horseheads Street
Railway company. Electric Light COM
pany. Elmira Gas company, Elmira IL
Eliminating company, etc, at cost Of
over S1.OOOOOO.
The purchases were largely made with
Mutual Life money. The Mutual Life
company was obliged to take all his
property here to save the company from
great loss.
The Mutual Life company is now
fOreclOsing real estate mortgages given
by Robinson here for amounts reaching
$3.50 900. Besides that a legal notice has
been published that property and Sc
curities of the nominal value of S1,375,-
600 would be sold on Thursday, June 3.
at III Broadway, New York city. by
Adrian H. Muller G. Co. auctioneers.
Judgments far in excess Of 100000 were
entered recently in the Chemung coun-
ty clerks office against Robinson and
in some cases against his wife and sis
ter
The two women have been on the
rack for many days in supplementary
proceedings.
A big judgment creditor Is the West
ern National bank of New York. other
banks in New York and Albany have
big judgments. Robinson made an as
signment in 1898. but before he failed
his affairs caused the closing of the
Elmira National bank, which is now in
a receivers hands. For months Comp
troller Eckels tried TO secure Robin
sons Indictment I'm the bank case. but
RobinsOn's influential friends saved
him. He lately lost his retainers as an
attorney of the Erie railway and Of the
Mutual Life. His financial operations
here were on a mammoth scale for sew
eral years.
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
DANGER FROM FLOODS.
The Rio Grande River Rises and Causes
SERIOUS Apprehension.

Serious Apprehension.
El Paso, Tex. May 2s-The Rio
Grande river has risen about two
inches. and the outlook is more omi-
nous than ever. The river washed away
a large portion of the bank protecting
the head gate Of the big irrigation
canal. and it seems impossible TO pre-
vent it going out altogether and letting
the water rush through the Santa Fe
yards and the business portion of the
city. All Of the residences in the neigh
borhood have been vacated, and the
families have gone to the foothills in
the vicinity.
The big levee protecting the southern
portion of the city is being strengthen
ed. but it is feared a windstorm. so
common this season of the year, may
come up and force the water over it.
The situation in Juarez, Mexico, op-
posite this city. is even more precari-
Gus. the levee being considerably weak
ened by the terrible force of the current
running against It.
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
SCORES Of tho Basebal Games.

At Pittsburg-
Pittsburg .... 0 0 0 0 o 2 / o. 3
Brooklyn ..... 1 o o 3 0 0 o o. 5
Pittsburg- 6; errors. 2. Brook
lyn-IIits, 10; errors, 0.
At Cincinnati
Cincinnati ... o o 0 0 o o.
Boston ....... 3 1 0 0 8 0 3-l6
Cincinnati-Hits. 10; errors. 8. Bos-
ton-Hits, 20; errors, g.
At Chicago
Chicago .......O o o 2 / 0 o.
Philadelphia o.. 0 0 0 0 0 g.
Chicago-Hits. 3; errors. 3. Philadel-
phia-Hits. 9; errors, 3.
At Louisville
Louisville 40 o o o . 1 e.
Washington 20 90 90 0 0 o.
Louisville-Hits 9; errors, 0. Wash
ington-Hits, 2; errors, j.
At Cleveland
Cleveland i... o L 0 0 o o 3 g.
Baltimore .....3 1 I 0 0 o o L
Cleveland Hits, IA; errors, 3. Balti-
nore-Hits. II: errors. 2.
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
HERMANN's INSURANCE.
Ills widow Unable to Collect the Policy
On His Life.

New York, May 2S.-Mme. Hermann.
wife Of the dead magician. has been
unable to collect the $4,000 insurance
policy on her husbands life from the
Connecticut Indemnity association. and
her attorneys have transmitted the
matter for investigation TO the state de-
partment Of in.urance.
My husband died suddenly In
sleeping car said Mime. Hermann. The
company demands a certificate of death
from the attending physician. There
was no physician In attendance. and
such a certificate is out OF the ques-
ton
Charles Henry Butler. who IS attor-
ney for Mime. Hermann. said. "The fact
Of Professor Hermann's death is gem
orally known. The circumstances sur
rounding his death We're such that a
physician whose certificate of death o.
now required could not be- got 10 his
bedside
Two weeks after death we filed the
necessary proofs and We're Informed
that the company had 90 days in which
TO pay the policy. Ninety days passed
and further delay was asked on the
ground of insufficient proof of death
Certificates OF death were then present.
ed from the widow. the clergyman who
conducted the funeral services and the
undertaken. Then we were informed
that the matter was referred to the
Waterbury Office for adjustment, and
finally. after waiting five months IL was
referred back to the New York office.
"An attachment was then sworn out
against the company, but The sheriff
could find nothing on which to levy.
and now the superintendent of insur-
ance will decide the case"
Professor Hermann died In his pri-
vate car at Ellicottvllle while on the
way from Rochester to Bradford on
Dec. H. 1896, of heart disease. The body
was buried here.
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
Illegal Entry Of Chinese.

Washington, May 2S.-In response TO
a resolution Of inquiry, the attorney
general has sent to the senate the cor
respondence relating to the Illegal entry
Of Chinese into the United States The
documents inclosed cover the smuggling
in Of Chinese at the ports of Piattsburg.
New York, and St. Albans Newport and
other points in Vermont on the pre-
tense that the immigrant Cinnamon are
natives and therefore citizens Of the
United States, the plan Of proceeding
being to have Cinnamon at the port of
entry swear that they are the fathers
of the immigrants and that the sons"
were born in the United States. This
oath under the law assures the release
of any Chinaman arrested for violation
of the restriction law.
In a letter from United States Dis
trict Attorney Poucher dated Oswego
n. Y, he says the practice of Importing
Cinnamon after this manner has long
been in practice at st. Adams and 9TH
er places in Vermont
He says there are attorneys regular
" engaged in assisting Chinese immi-
grants to egade the law and that some
of those in Vermont are making from
s.. 900 to $4,000 per year I'm the business.
He adds the remark that he has no
doubt that the Cinnamon come in un-
der a stipulation to pay the lawyers a
stated compensation upon their release.
San Francisco is almost always given
as the place Of birth, and it is impos-
eible to discredit the evidence The
Chinese seek arrest in order 20 have
the matter settled in the courts after
this manner.
District Attorney Senter Of Vermont
In a letter strenuously denies the report
II a combination 10 promote this class
Il immierafion in order to increase the
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
Gunbont For Patrol Duty.

Brooklyn, May 2S.-rhe navy depart
ment has given orders that the new
gunboat Helena be put in commission
on June Is instead of the gunboat An
napolis-that Is. il there shall be only
enough men for one crew. as is expected
will be the case, the Helena will take
them. The boat is TO be employed in
the patrol of the Florida coast instead
of two revenue cutters now serving in
that capacity. The Helena is chosen
instead of the Annapolis because she Is
of lighter draft.
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
chrlstlans Attacked In china.

San Francisco. May 2s,-Private ad-
vices per the steamer Glenavon, which
has arrived from Yokohama, states that
the province Of Kweisan, China, was
the scene OF an attack upon the Chris
tian missions recently, and it is rumor-
ed that Rev. Father Mazeli. who was in
charge of the chapel at Loli, was muir
dered. IL is feared that other whites
were massacred. owing to the remote
ness of the scene IL was impossible 10
obtain any details Of the affair.
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
Betrothai Of a Princess.

Copenhagen. May 2S.-The Princess
Imeeborg Charlotte Frederica, second
daughter Of the Crown Prince Christian
OF Denmark. has been betrothed at
Bernstorff castle to Prince Carl. duke
of Westergotland. third son of King
Oscar II. Of Norway and Sweden. The
princess was born Aug ?, 1873 at Char
lottenlund and Prince Carl at Stock
holm on Feb. 81, 1861.
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
Drowned In the Canal.

Cumberland, Nd, May 2s.-William
r. Percy. one Of the wealthiest men in
Allegheny county, was drowned in the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal near Frost
burg. il is thought that while riding
along the towpath his horse became
frightened and threw him into the Ca
nal He was 56 years old and leaves
a widow and three children.
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
GAS WORKS BURNED.
Destruction Caused by the Bursting OF
the Pressure Gauge.

Merchantville. N. j.. May 2S.-Fire
destroyed the gas plant at this place
The bursting of the gas pressure gauge
In the hreroom started the trouble
The gas escaped in a large volume and
caught fire. and i'm a moment the room
was a mass of flames.
Engineer Groves was enveloped and
dashed through the door, with his cloth
ing burning fercely. He saved himself
10y rolling over and over in ryeneld
near by. Another man on duty es-
capped by leaping from the window.
The fire destroyed the entire works
with the exception OF the main gas
tank.
The loss Is about $4,000.
Evening journal., 1897-05-28
Aa.lstnnt secreiary Roosevelt Inspeots.

Bethlehem. Pa. May 2S.-Theodore
Roosevelt. first assistant secretary of
the navy. inspected the works Of the
Bethlehem Iron company. Flags float
ed over the works i'm his honor. During
his stay Mr.. Roosevelt was the guest
of President Iiuderman. He was great
Is pleased with the progress of govern
ment contract work and the excellent
facilities for turning out armor plate
md nlIns-