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The age-herald., 1901-09-13

For quick and good repairs on any kind of machinery, phone 21O. John p ,ykes
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
B|GELOW TALKS TRUST SCHEME ID LOCAL FIRMS Plan is to Form a Combina- lion of Hardware
 Stores NO DEFINITE RESULTS Has Conference With 3. F. Moore. Has Plan Similar to That of
 the Bicycle consoIida-
 tion.
NO DEFINITE RESULTS

Henry NJ Bigelow, who is at the head of the syndicate which is attempting to form a trust of the hardware stores of the United States, was in Birmingham yester- day. He reached here Wednesday after noon.
 MT Bigeiow was in consultation with local hardware men yesterday, but it was stated that no definite offers were made or options secured Yesterday morning he was with B. F Moore, president of the Moore & Handley Hardware Company, He had lunch with MT. Moore at the Met ropolitan Hotel. and afterwards called on several other hardware merchants. He was closeted with these gentlemen for some time. but he corld not be seen by q reporter.
 MT. Moore when asked about his consult tation with MT. Bigelow and the combina- ton he was attempting to form said:
 In a General Way.
 "Mr. Bigelow made me no definite offer nor did he secure an option on our com pany. In fact. the only thing he did was to tals over the idea In a general way and ask the opinion of the members of our company regarding the advisability of forming a combination. His talk was of a tentative nature and only about the man. ner in which such a consolidation might be made and how 1t would be accepted.
 ''I am positive that no definite plans have been made by MT. Bigelow and his associates. He only has a general idea. In case anything comes of that idea all the details will have to be arranged at a later date. His general plan. think, is for a consolidation along lines similar to the trust formed by the American Bicycle Company and also by the United States Steel Company
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
knows Nothing of It.

H. H. Mayberry of the Mayberry Hard ware Company, said that he did not see MT. Bigelow, and that no members of the firm talked with him. He said that the combination had been discussed informal ly, but he did not think anything definite would result
 c. D. Thomas of the May & Thomas Hardware Company said he knew very little of the consolidation or MT. Bigelow's visit. He knew of his presence, but would not state whether he had talked with him. He also refused to make any statement as to any offer having been made him.
 MT. Bigelow left Birmingham last night via the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for the North.
 The following statement relative to the trust was made in the Nashville News yesterday:
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Deal In Nashville.

'Persons interested have gone to fig- uring on what the successful carrying out of the syndicate's plans will mean, and the results reached. while necessar- fly approximate by reason of the incom- plete data at hand, afford the best means for just conception of the proportions of the proposed deal. and are rather startling, to say the least.
 "In Nashville are six wholesale hard ware houses employing in all about 400 men. Of this number between seventy five and eighty-fve are travelling sales men, and the remainder stock men.
 MT Bigelow's plan includes the reduc- tion of this force by three-fourths. Tn other words, 300 men in Nashville alone would be thrown out of employment should the plans of the capitalists go through.
 How 1t Will Affect Men.
 "There are approximately 300 other wholesale hardware houses in the other various cities in the United States. It Is not possible at this time to figure closely on the average number of employees in each. One hardware firm in this city em- ploys more men than all the other local hardware houses combined. Another largo house in St. Louis, in turn, gives work to five times more men and women than Nashville's largest concern. All these houses, great and small. would be tnclud- ed in the deal and for that reason 1t would be hard as stated, to reach any, thing like an accurate result as to the number of persons who would be thrown out of employment in the country at large.
 ''The same rule, however, would apply everywhere as in Nashvile-that Is, busi- ness everywhere would be carried on with one-fourth of the number now working. This Is stated distinctly in the proposition which Mir Bigelow submits. and includes both travelling and stock men.
 According to MT. Bigeiow's plans as to the local situation the consolidated whole sale hardware interests of Nashville would occupy the present quarters of Gray, Dudley 6 Co.'S big jobbing house. A proposition for the property on which the building stands was submitted 10 these gentlemen along with the bid for their stock in trade.
 MT Bigelow will return to Nashville tomorrow or Friday. Just what develop msnts will follow his secohd visit here in the interests of the new company will be awaited with much interest"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-19
NAVAL STATIONS IN CUBA.
Our Maintaining Them There Meets With
Strong Opposition.

Havana Feb. 16.-Tbe special commits
sion appointed by the Cuban Constitu-
tional convention to draw up a PROPOSE
ton, defining the future relations be-
tween the United States and the Repub-
lie of Cuba. have returned from a con-
ference with Governor General Wood at
Batabano and will report to the conven-
ton in secret session.
The question of the United States main
tanning naval stations in Cuba met with
strong opposition and the commission will
report to the convention not to accept
this condition. The other clauses in the
proposed relations have been practically
agreed 10.
The Cuban Constitutional convention
held a secret session lasting several hours
this afternoon considering the question of
the future relations between the United
States and the Republic of Cuba. The
commission which met Governor General
Wood at Batabano last night offered no
formal report. but asked that the matter
be considered in committee of the whole!
majority of the delegates opposed the
granting to the United States of the right
to maintain naval stations in Cuba and a
large number favored leaving the rela
tions between the United States and Cuba
for the future Republic to settle.
The right of the United States to in
tervene at any time for the preservation
of peace, was also the subject of a strong
discussion. The questions of regulating
loans, and the foreign relations developed
no opposition
Cne of the delegates in the course of an
interview said that the convention would
never agree TO allow the United States
to establish and maintain naval stations,
as the people look upon this concession
as unpatriotic and a practical giving up
of their Independence. The only way the
United States can obtain this right the
delegate said, would be by insisting upon
the concession, the responsibility for
making which the convention does not
want to take.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-19
Wife Falls Dying at Her
Husbands Feet.
His First Butler Struck Her Lying in Bed The
Third Crashed Through His Own
Brain.
(By the Associated Press.)

Crescent City, Fla, Feb. 16.-Dr w.
L. Mcleod and his wife were found
dead in their residence this morning.
The evidence disclosed that Mcleod had
killed his wife and then himself.
Neither of the couple had been seen
since last Saturday when Mrs. Mcleod
was visiting members of her church re-
gf cling some religious work. For the
first several days it was believed that
the couple had left on a visit to Mrs.
McLeod's sister, who was reported to
be i'll. The fact that no one knew any
thing about their departure, however,
and their continued absence, led to an
investigation today by the mayor and
sheriff.
The bodies were found in the bed
room, undressed and two bullet wounds
both mortal, had been inflicted in Mrs
Mcleod. Her husband then fired the
third bullet through his own brain and
held his pistol in his hand. Mrs Nc
Leod had first been shot in bed and
then on the floor as she kneeled before
him. 1t is believed the tragedy occurred
last Saturday night.
DIR. Mcleod had been drinking on Sat
urday. He was a prominent citizen and
eX-city official.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-19
The Honduras Company's Suit.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, Feb. 16.-The taking of
ark, n. j., in the suit brought by the
Honduras Company of Georgia against
the Honduras Syndicate, Il New Jersey
corporation. In this suit serious charges
are made against former Secretary of the
Navy Benjamin f. Tracey and the law
firm of Stetson, Tracy Jennings and Rus
sell, of New York.
II is alleged that the firm named, and
Mr.. Tracy while acting as counsel for the
complainant, obtained knowledge of the
great value of certain concessions anu
contracts made or about to be made by
the Republic of Honduras, and with the
complainant, and that subsequently a
syndicate was formed by them for the
purpose of acquiring these concessions
and contracts from the Honduras Re-
public. The bill alleges that Senator
Depew, John Jacob Astor, Charles Nc.
Neagh. William s. Webb and other men
induced them to join the syndicate
The purpose of the suit is TO secure y
final decree requiring the defendant cor
poratiOn TO make an accounting to the
compainants of its profits and as to com
plainant all beneficiary intert Is
that may have been Gcudircd ~
the defendant. II developed at the hear
ing today that Mr. Shepherd. the promo4
ter of the Honduras Company of Georgia,
as far back as 1895 had entered into nego-
tiations with George Scott in regard to
financing "a scheme to develop the re-
sources
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-19
Gun on the Kearsarge ExplOdes
(By the Associated Press.)

Pensacola, Fla, Feb. ia big thirteen
inch gun exploded on the battleship
Kearsarge while the ship was at target
practice off Key West. The gun itself
and its superimposed turrets were badly
damaged. The battleship is at present at
anchor here awaiting orders from Wash
ington. The sh!D's Officers are IN
quandary as to what will be the outcome
of the accident, whether the Kearsarge
will be ordered home for repairs or
whether the captain will be instructed
to proceed on her cruise in Southern wat
ers without the gun.
The general impression here is that the
Kearsarge will be directed to continue on
her cruise.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-19

Yadkin Division Main Line-Tran leaves
Wilmington, 900 a. M, arrives Fayette-
vile 1906 p. m. leaves Fayetteville 1925
p. M. arrives Sanford LAB p. m. Return
ing leave Sanford sos p. M, arrive Fay
etteville 4.SO p. M, arrives Wilmington
9.25 D. m.
Bennettsville Branch-Train leaves Ben
nettsville sos a. m. Maxton 9.05 a. m,
Red Springs 9.5l a. M. Parkton 10.41 a.
IN, Hope Mills 1885 a. m, arrive Fayette-
Vile lilo. Returning Leaves Fayetteville
AS p. M, Hope Mills 500 p. M, Red
Springs 5.4S p. m, Maxton Clio p. M,
arrives Bennettsville IT'S p. m.
Connections at Fayetteville with train
No. IS, at Maxton with the Carolina Cen
trail Railroad, at Red Springs with the
Red Springs and Bowmore railroad, at
Sanford with the Seaboard Air Line and
Southern Railway. at Gulf with the Dur
ham and Charlotte Railroad.
Train on the Scotland Neck Branch
Road leaves Weldon 1856 p. m, Halifax
All p. m, arrives Scotland Neck at Sos
p. m, Greenville 6.57 p. m, Kinston 755
p. m. Returning leaves K,nston $50 q.
M, Greenville S.52 a, m, arr Ewing Halifax
except Sunday
Trains on Washington Branch leave
Washington $40 a. m. and 2.21 y. M, ar
rive Parmele $40 a. m, and 100 p. m,
returning leave Parmele 9.35 a. m. and
$50 p m, arrive Washington HOO a. m.
and 7.3O p. M, daily except Sunday.
Train leaves Tarboro, N. c., daily ex-
cept Sunday $50 p M, Sunday, Ais p. m.
arrives Plymouth TAO p. m, 6.10 p. m.
Returning, leaves Plymouth daily except
Sunday 7oC m, and Sunday 900 a. m,
arrives Tarboro 1910 a. m, HOO q. m.
Train on Midland ~ C. Branch leaves
Goldsboro daily, except Sunday 500 a. NJ.
arriving Smlthfeld 6.10 a. m. Returning
leaves Smithheld 800 a. M, arrives at
Goldsboro S25 a. m.
Trains on Nashville Branch leave
Rocky Mount at $50 q. M. $40 p. m.
Spring Hope HOO a. M. AIS p. IN. Re-
turning leave Spring Hope 1i2O a. M,
4.55 p. m, Nashville 11.45 a. M, $50 p.
M, arrive at Rocky Mount 1910 p. m,
600 p. m, daily except Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves War
saw for Clinton daily, except Sunday,
l140 a. m. and 4.25 p. m. Returning
leaves Clinton at 6.45 a. M, and $50 p m.
Train No. Is makes close connection at
Weldon for all points North daily, all rail
via Richmond.
II. NJ. EMERSON,
General Passenger Agent.
!. r. KENLY, General Manager.
#. NJ. EMERSON. Traffic Manager.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-19
MARBLE WORKS.
RALEIGH MARBLE WORKS,
Cooper Bros, DropFaetors.

MARBLE WORKS.
RALEIGH MARBLE WORKS,
Cooper Bros, 0ropFHetors.
JOB PRINTERS.
Afford, BYNUM & CHRISTOPHERS
115 +. Hargett st.
CAPITAL PRINTING COMPANY,
lis West Martin st.
UZZELL. e. NJ,
Cor. Wilmington and Martin Sts.
MERCHANT TAlL0RS.
KELVIN, c. H.,
2ud Floor Holleman Building.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
DARNELL & THOMAS,
ia Fayetteville st.
PLUMBERS AND GAS FILTERS.
NORTH STATE PLUMBING AND
HEATING COMPANY,
109 West Martin st.
SHOES, TRUNKS AND HOSIERY.
HARDING, VIM. r.,
1870 Fayetteville st.
VEHICLES AND HARNESS.
STRONACH, FRANK,
p1o to 323 Wilmington St.
FURNITURE.
THOMAS & CAMPBELL,
to II e. Martin st.
lNVESI WENT AND LOAN
ALLEN, GEORGE,
Pullen Building.
SIGN PAINTERS.
BULLOCK, CHARLES F.,
II e. Hargct5 st.
JEWELERS..
JOLLY, B. r.,
1913 Fayetteville st.
MAHLER'S SONS, H.,
228 Fayetteville St.
LIVERY AND SALE STABLES.
ROBBINS, J. H., STABLES,
n Block from Capitol, f. Morgan ST.
ROOFING AND SHEET METAL.
ALLEN ROOFING CO., THE,
1873 Salisbury Street.
HARNESS AND SADDLERT.
WYATT HARNESS COMPANY,
100 e. Martin st.
INSURANCE.
PRIMROSE & CO., w. s.,
Holleman Building
cRoCERS, WHOLESALE, RETAIL
LANCASTER & CO.,
IL Z. Hargett ST.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-19
The Olivia Raney Library.

List of books IN the Olivia Raney Lii
brary on the life of George Washington:
Lodge, George Washington; Steeyle
Story of Washington" Johnson BRAD
ley) General Washington" Irving,
Life of Washington" Brooks, True
story of George Washington" Ford,
True story of George Washington 4"
Scudder, George Washington" Wharton,
Martha Washington; Headey. Wash
ington and his Generals"
Books donated this past week
BY c. Holeman Bernard. "Henty True
Stories Of the Days of Washington"
BY A. l.. Morris: Henderson, practical
Floriculture; Ellwagner, THE Rose"
BY w. F. Massey: Peele, Lives of Dis
tinguished North Carolnians."
The circulation since last Saturday has
increased from 100 to IA per day.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-19
TO CuRTA1L REDUCTION.
Cotton spinners Discussing This Question. In
suranee Company Elect Offices,
(Specinl 10 Nave and Observer.

Especial to News and Observer
Charlotte, N. c., Feb 16.-The Cotton
Spinners Association are in session. The
subject under discussion is curtailment or
production. The meeting is largely at
tended from all sections of the South.
The United States Mutual Fire lnsur-
ance Company at a meeting today elected
the following officers: w. c. Heath,
president: S. .. Tanner vice president;
Jno. B. Kenney managing director w.
II. Twitty, secretary and treasurer. The
following are the board OF directors:
Walter II. Holt. ]. W. Cannon. Caesar
Cone, Geo. H. GRAY. s B. Tanner, Jno'
NJ Scott. R. L. Holt, l.. A. Carr, r. S.
Reinhardt A. Mcdowell. Geo. A. Mebane,
F. Dillng, Ashley Horne, W. R. Odell,
Jno, B. Kenney. The incorporators OF
thts company represent the manulactur-
ing interests of this State. The company
is successor to the Home Protection In
surance Company. The home office VIII
be at Charlotte.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-19

Died at st. Louis, Mo-, February 18th,
1901, William Courtney Watts, brother
of Capt. J. T. Watts, of this city. He
was born at Hillsboro, Orange county,
N. c., the 18th day of November 1921.
He was a Past Master of a Masonic
Lodge in st. Louis, and was buried by
his lodge with Masonic honors.
The will of God is accomplished so
mote it be.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-19
7 CASES OF SMALLPOX SHOT DEAD KNEELING
Dr.. Brooks Finds Two Pa.
tients at Durham.
Both Are Negroes and Are Taken TO the
County Pest House Outside
the City.
Especial to News and observer)

Especial to News and Observer
Durham, N. c., Feb. 16.-Durham has
two cases of smallpox, the victims be-
ing negres. DR.. Il. r. Brooks, county
health officer, was called to Hayti, ne
gro suburb this morning to examine
Caleb Burns, suspected of having small
poX. After an examination DR.. Brooks
diagnosed as a case of smallpox. He was
then called to Box Car Row, another ne
gro settlement, and there he found
another case of this loathsome disease,
the victim being a negro boy about 10
years of age, and looking for further
reported cases of small poX DR.. Brooks
found negro woman by the name OF
Winters, who claims to have contracted
smallpox in Wilson some time ago. She
came up to Raleigh and stopped with
her sister. She broke out with this di-
sease while there and remained in Raj
eigh until she had recovered. The Win
ters woman says the young lady MISS
Highsmith contracted the disease from
her, (WintersO sister
Dr. Brooks had these smallpox pa
tients carried to the county pest house
about four miles north Of Durham this
afternoon, and is using every precaution
to prevent the spread of the disease,
having all the exposed under guarded
quarantine.
Dubbs Smith, five year old child of
Alex Smith, colored fell into well,
distance of forty five feet. The well
contained about six feet of water and
the child was not hurt.
Gen. j. s. Carr has donated to each
of the orphan asylums of the State both
white and colored one barrel of the
Durham Roller Mill flour.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-19
]: RALEIGH'S BUSINESS HOUSES. !:

ARCHITECTS.
PEARSON, CHARLES,
Tucker Building.
ARTISTIC WOOD MANTELS.
ZACHARY &c ZACHARY,
108 West Martin st.
BOOK STORES.
DOUTHERN BOOK EXCHANGE,
127 Fayetteville ST.
BAPTIST BOOK STORE
113 Fayetteville st.
BANKS.
COMMERCIAL & FARMERS BANK,
Cor. Wilmington and Martin SITS.
BUSINESS COLLEGES.
PEELE, JUDSON.
Pullen Building.
COAL, WOOD AND ICE DEALERS.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON.
122 Fayetteville st.
JONES & POWELL
107 Fayetteville ST.
CANDY MANUFACTURERS.
POPE, j. A.,
los Fayetteville st.
COFFIN HOUSES AND EMBALMAa
STRICKLAND, G. A,
lit to 119 5. Wilmington st.
CHINA AND GLASSWARE.
HUGHES, VIM. H.,
127 Fayetteville st.
CHINA, TOYS AND CANDY.
.RlGAN, J. u,
1872 Fayetteville Street.
DRY GOODS.
DOBBIN e. FERRALL.
123 and 125 Fayetteville Street.
WOOLLCOTT, WALTER,
IA E. Martin st.
DRUGGISTS.
KING, w. Ii. DRUG CO.,
Cor Fayetteville and Hargett. also Cor
Wilmington and Martin SITS.
SIMPSON, WILLIAM,
Pullen Building.
CROCERS, WHOLESALE.
BALL, JESSE g.,
2 Hargett Street.
DUNN BROTHERS,
10 and 20 Martin Street.
PHOTOGRAPHS AND PICTURES.
WATSON, FRED. A.,
lip and 131 Fayetteville st.
WHARTON, C. p,
119 Fayetteville Street.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-19
Five Filipino officers Captured.
(By the Associated Press

Manila, Feb. 16.-Lieutenant Low, with
detachment of the First cavalry, re-
Gently overlook two hundred insurgents
near Batangas. After a stubborn fight
the enemy was driven into the mountains.
Lieutenant Mapes of the Thirty second
regiment, has captured five rebel officers.
20 men and Is guns, nine miles from
Manila. Mr.. Bradley, formerly the legal
adviser of the military Governor, died
today of typhoid fever. His body will be
shipped to the Elks of Chicago.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-19
North Carolina-walle county.

North CafOllna--W axe county.
In Superior Court before the clerk.
Ellen JACKSON, Betty Hawkins, Elias
Felts, Nathan f. Leonard, William A.
Leonard, James A. Leonard, the three
last named being infants, by their next
friend II. L. Jackson, G.. p. Felts, Alice
Cochran, Thaddeus +. Felts, Billie
Felts. Alice Felts, Miss Willie Felts.
Wittie Felts, Bee Kelly, Thad Kelly,
Mooney Kelly, Moody Kelly, Susie KEEL
ly and Leslie Kelly, the ten last named.
being infants, by their next friend
VitruVius Royster, Ada Jackson, L. G.
Kelly, Lula Kelly, James d. Felts, r.
V. Felts, ]. b. Tins, f. f. Gilbert, Julia
A. Hicks, T. j. Tins, jeanette G. Glib
son, Marcus B. Felts and j. c. Maroon.
administrators of Caswell G.. Felts, de-
ceased and r. f. Jackson administra-
tor of Nancy NJ. Felts, deceased.
Eek PARTE.
To the heirs of Caswell G.. Felts:
This is IL notify you that petition
has been filed by the plaintiffs in the
office of the clerk of the Superior Court
for said county of Wake to sell the
real estate of said Caswell G. Felts to
make assets TO pay the debts of his es-
tate, and for division of the proceeds
of sale, after such payment, among
his heirs. TIE petition will be heard by
the said clerk at his office in the city
of Raleigh. said county on Monday, the
25th day of February, 1901 at IL o'clock
M, at which time and place you are
hereby erquired to answer or demur
to said petition.
w. NJ. RUSS, C. S. c.
Jan. 4. 1901 1w1G1w
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EXECUToR,s NOTICE.

Having qualified as Executor of the
last will and testament of Anna j. May
nard, who was executtrix of the last
win and testament of Miss Claudi .
Leach, / hereby give notice TO all per-
sons holding claims against the estates
of either of the said testators to pres
ent the same to me for payment on
or before The 10th day of January lSo2.
or this notice will be plead in bar OF
the collection of said claims. This the
18th day Of January, 1901.
e. N. BOOKER, Executor
Polenta. Johnston county, n. G.
James H Pou, attorney, Raleigh.
1-W-6-w.