The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-23
In Raleigh Between Sol
diers and Negroes.
MANY EXCITING RUMORS
rovo~ Guard Increased aud
Quiet RessoreS-The second Co Break
Camp Today-W. II. Merritt Deter.
mined TO secure the Nominasiou-w.
a. GuthrieB Become. q Demoert-Liu.
ney Again Ha. Opposition TN ri.
Own Party.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh. y. c.. September 10.


Raleigh. y. C. September ~.
There was plenty OF excitement yes
terday afternoon and last evening in
East Raleigh, just outside the city
limits and there was a narrow escape
from rioting. There were a thousand
and one stories, TO the effect that men,
bers OF the Second regiment and ne
groes were fighting and that several
had been killed on each side. Here
are the facts:
In East Raleigh there are several
blind tigers" where 'whiskey is sold
on Sunday. Ii is out OF the mayors
jurisdiction. The county officers know
OF the sales OF liquor. Yesterday af-
ternoon two white men were sitting on
J the steps or one OF the blind tigers and
engaged in a dispute with negroes.
Both the white men are worthless fell
lows and for one two warrants are out
for former offences. The negroes threw
a volley of stones and nearly broke the
skull! OF one or the white men. One
stone struck a soldier. who was there,
unarIned. He went away and quite
near found some OF mis- comrades. who
IeluI ueu WITH MIN 10 the scene. n
general fight followed, in which the
other of the two white men who start
ed the row was shot in the calf OF the
leg, n soldier was shot through the
hat, another was wounded in the tip
of the finger and two or three negroes
are supposed to rave been wounded.
Mayor Russ telephoned to camp for n
guard to reinforce the regular provost
guard and 100 men were sent in, arriv-
Il ing in twelve minutes under nj
| of Major John w. Gotten. A guard
was placed at the corne Of each street
| along the eastern boundary, all soldiers
| passes were revoked. Forty men were
thus put on guard. a like number kept
at the station house and twenty kept
at the capitol SQUARE as a reserve. All
these men. like the provost guard, were
made subordinate to the civil uthor
ty. There were reports by some excit-
| ed people that a mob had seven soldiers
| cooped up in a house. These were all
false. The guard was kept on all night
and there, was no further disorder. The
soldiers did not start the trouble. The
two drunken white men and the ne
groes caused ii. A number OF arrests
were mad by constables today. The
feeling between some of the negroes
and the troops is high, this being par
ticularly the case with the troops from
the extreme western part Of the state.
The arms OF the Second regiment.
save those to be used by the guard,
were all turned in today and stored in a
warehouse which the government has
leased. This will be guarded and there
Will also be a regular guard at camp
1t is said that about 100 officers and
men will remain in camp, not taking
their furlough. Nearly all the captains
will be here ten days anyway. settling
up accounts with the mustering-out Of
ficer.
Tomorrow those who AXE furloughs
go home. The companies from Will
mington and Fayetteville will arrive at
those points at $40 o'clock and 4:30
o'clock p. m, respectively, and the
people will give them an ovation.
Major f. NJ. Hayes, Of the Seventh
cavalry, is here on the way To Arizona.
AS the senior major he will taxi the
regiment to Huntsville, Ala. it's new
Wheeler's command OF five cavalry
regiments, which go to Cuba and Porto
Rico. Army officers here so state.
!, chief Surgeon Stockhard. OF the Sec.
r. regiment, who is to be court-mar-
tailed for absence without leave. was
up and in uniform this morning. in tn,
hotel, but not at camp.
Charles NJ. Creech, one OF the mem
bers of the lower house OF the legisia
tur from Johnston county. died In tn
, hospital here yesterday OF malaria
, poisoning. He was 33 years of age ant
, had for some time been an agent 70
=, Caraleigh Mills. near here. His BODY
: was taken home for burial.
/ 1t is learned that w. d. Merritt. tn,
( pOpulist nominee for Judge in the Fiji
, district, attended the convention as
= delegate, attended the secret caucus
made a speech for himself, voted 70
himself and then made a speech &C
cepting the nomination.
1t is learned hat all the trouble Il
the First regiment in the way OF op
position to remaining in service wa
= in the Asheville company. Its captaii
: has resigned and this will end an,
trouble. il is said.
Major William A. Guthrie, will. Il
8 said, take the stump next week. 10
. democracy, and white supremacy, 1
h Seventh district. He is a stron
I speaker.
t Ex-Congressman John NJ Rrowe
J. m out as an independent republi
can candidate for congress in tn
Eighth district. against Linney. TIL
boilers who nominated j. .. Wilco
3 for congress will endorse Brewer o.
e the 18th instant. Wilcox having dice
{ The Democratic nominee in that dis
trict will be either ex-Congressmen W
II. Bower or II. L. Green.
e Judge Green declines to set aside hi
judgement that w. l.. Norwood an
not f. d. Carter is superior court ju1g
OF the Twelfth district. He says tina
u Carter did not look after his cas-
, promptly enough Carter expected I
u be made the republican nominee IL
y Judge. but w. A Hendricks got th
u nomination and now Carter says Her
bricks must fight with Norwood Z,
righ TO the office.