Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-04-27
RALEIGH news
And GOSSIP
A Destructive Conf|agratlon at
Pilot Mountain.
WATER WORKS ROMnS
WATER WORKS BONDS
Proposed Reorganization of secon,i
Regiment = Industrial Progress
NOtes-DTurderors Received MT tho
Penttentfary-ShI OF straw-
berries - Conductor Phipps sus-
tnins Serious Accident.

hdielSn, N. u, April 26.-The follow
Ing special was received in this city last
night from Pilot Mountain:
This evening at o'clock fire broke
out in the Office OF Job HATS furniture
store. In less than two hours the stores
or Job Hiatt. Dodson Bros, and G.. o.
Key, also the Farmers Warehouse and
residence of II. G. Whitaker were utter
ly destroyed. The confagration was ter
rifle and for time it seemed that Il
large part of the town would surely be
destroyed.
The freehoders of the town voted to-
day on the issuance of bonds TO cstab-
lish water works.
MILITARY REORGANIZATION.
Before the organization of the new
Second Regiment, which will take the
place of the old Fourth, Colonel Arm
field will be consulted For it will be re-
membered that Colonel Armncld was
the commander of the old Fourth, and
he Will command the new Second. No
steps will, however, be taken i'll the
matter OF organizing this regiment
within the next two or three weeks. AS
1t amounts practically to Il reorganiza-
ton OF the recently nyustcred-out First
time will be allowed 10 elapse in which
for the future and amalgamatc with the
new companies wherever such have
been formed.
This new Second will be the crack
regiment of the state. as the men Will
be for the most part well drilled men
and experienced soldiers.
Nothing Will be done for the present
In regard to the election OF officers for
the Governors Guard here. or other
wise reorganizing the company. 1T is
nod
organization Captain Beavers will be
chosen captain.
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.
1t is now certain that two large cot
ton mills will be erected ct Tarboro
shortly The Fountain mills will be To-
Gated on the Battle property. The other
mill will be located in Selma.
After eight years of ups and downs"
the North Carolina Steel Works ut
Greensboro. now known as the Empire
Steel and Iron Company. fired up the
furnace early this morning. and nothing
happening. Will be making pig iron by
to-morroW night.
The Sterling Gold Mining Company.
OF Montgomery county. was yesterday
Incorporated with n capital stock of
100000. The incorporat tors. who for the
most part are Rhode Island capitalists,
are George w. Prentice, Emma Francis
Prentice. Sarah a. u. I.iscomb. j.. A.
Smith. Jr.. and s. j.. Williams. The
principal place of business of the cor
pora;ion shall be in Montgomery coun-
y. but Il branch Office will be main
tanned in Providence. Rhode Island
Thcy VIII work tho gold mines on the
Tobc Saunders lands in Montgomery
county.
MURDERERS RECEIVED.
Tho two Robeson county murdercrs-
Henry Mclean and Lucius Gill--were
yestertay brought here to the peniten-
tiary. They were convicted of the muir
der. on February 26ih, Of a white man
named Thomas Mcbride They pleaded
sclf-dcfensc. Mclean was sentenced for
ci-ht Years and Gill FOR ten After
committing the murder the negroes ran
away and went to Norfolk county
wherc they were arrested on .tnriI 1oth
STR WBERRY SHIPMENT.
y special from Wilmington SAYS:
Mere than LOCO crates of Strawberries
were shipped Yesterday from points on
the Wilmington and Weldon railroad
between Wilmington and Goldshoro,
besides many packages OF asparagus.
1t is said that the prospect is for a
very large shipment to-day
ncsterday over 200 crates of berries
were shipped from along the Atlantic
and Yadkin railway.
INSURANCE MATTERS.
The Commissioner OF Insurance vii,
issue the report of business in North
Carolina for 1898. 1t is as follows.
Fire ompanies-Rrisks written. sci :
54+.5i4: losses incurred. SAL. S99; losses
paid. SiG9,9l6; premiums received 81,
OO6,77i ~
Lie companies-Rsks written, ST..
1887: losses incurred. s547. 766. ,oseas
paid, 1891, 962; premiums received 81 :
576,504. "i'-
Accident and surety companies
Risks written. s1S4l5.961; losses in
Cured, S20.6lS; losses paid, 800. 500: nre.
miums received, SG71,107
The Connecticut Mutual Life Insur-