LOUIS AUGUST
KILLS HIMSELF
Fulfills His Tlireat of
Taking His Own Life.
STORY OF HIS CRIME.
His Act Gives Satisfaction in the
Community.
REGRETTHATITWASNOTSOONER
Bis Body Will bo Brouffht to Rlch?
mond for Dcsscction?It is Proba?
ble thnt iho Autopsy will
"Ttevcal Some Interesting
Facts ? His Skull
Was Dcprcsscd,
NEWPORT NEWS, VA., Jan. 13-Spe
fclal.?Louis August, ths human monster,
-Vho was on Saturday convicted of the
horrible murdor of Annie Bcnedict, and
who was to-day to have been sentonccd
to eighteen years in the penitentiary for
his crime, was this morning lound dead
ln his coil in tho Elizabeth City county
jjali, hanging from one of the bars of the
apartment, a towel tightly nooscd about
his neck. Tho man had been dead for
hours.
Before hanging himself, hc had dis
robed and folded his clothing neatly upon
s. bench. Hc had then fastened the towel
about his neck, lying the other end to
the bar. The next step was the last.
He simply permitted himself to collapse,
*.nd. his feet still touching the lloor,
eliowcel himtelf to be strangled to death.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.. **
The news of the suicide spc-'ad quickly,
and by the time the coroner's jury reach
?d the scene, five or six hundred people
had gathered at the jail.
The sentiment was one of unlversal
satisfaction, the only regret expressed
being that tho man did not kill him
s-ir before putting the State to the ex?
pense oi a tedious trial.
Five minutes after the verdiet was
announced Saturday, August had said
that he would kill himself before he
would go to tho penitentiary. He kept
his word. and no one was sorry, it be?
ing deemed that the murderer had, un
consciously, perhaps, meted out to him?
self that justiee which most men be?
iieve he should have received at the
hands of the jury that tried hlm.
FOR DISSECTION.
The body wlll be stnt to Richmond for
dlssection.
It ls believed, for one thing,.that the
autopsy wiii reveal some interesUng
facts. It wiii explain, for instance, how
far the man's conduct was affected by
?the depresslon of the skull which ex
ists at the base of his brain.
Concerning the past life of this man.
little or nothing is known. AccorSing
to his own statement, he came to tiiis
country some ten years uro from Nether
lands, where he left a father and mother
and sister. He landed in New York,
flnd presently went west, working in the
mlnes in soveral States, Arizona. among
Them. He drifted to Johnstown. Pa.,
and there in an explosion. his skull was
cracked by a rock, making the depression
referred to. -
"Whether he was a normal man before
this accident, is not known, but the
presumpdon is that he was. He de?
clared tliat he had never commltted a
- rimc prior to that, though his attorneys
told him that if it could be shown that
he had commltted a number of simiiar
crimes. the faet would he a point in his
favor, inasmueh as it would go to prove
that he was crazy ou the subject of
alaying fast women.
A-ugust. declared also. that th?rc was no
Insanlty in his family and never had been,
so far as he know.
CLAIMED 1GNORANCE.
.Vs to tho deed for which he was tried,
August claimed to know nothing about
lt. He said tliat on the night of the mur
<"er he was in Fhoebus drinking. The
"first he remembered was waking up with?
in the fort enclo. ure and finding himself
lying on the ground in front of the "fort
tow." He got t;p and went to his room.
"When he found that hls hands and cloth?
ing were covered with blood. he was
seared almost to deatli. ile washed his
hands and changed hls clothing. then went
on duty. He was arrested.
"What followed his arrest?ir. tho state?
ment of Ausust?m-as an evldent lie. He
eaid that one night some one came to'hls
cell window and in a lo iv voice told him
ihat he could clear the whole matter up.
The ghostly . tranger, according to tho
-prisoner, told him that on the night in
qtiestion the real murderer found August
lying drunk neir the house in which th?
woman was killed. He dragged August
ln. took his knife and left it in the room.
smeared his clothing with blood and then
put h'.m out. The story was so flimsy and
impossible that not even the attorneys for
1he prisoner paid any attentlon to it,
thouch the wi-in clung to it to the last.
KILLED OTHER WOMEN.
There is no doubt in the minds of those
who wc-re connected with lhe case tliat
August was the murderer of Minnie Far
po. as well as Annie Ber__3ic? lt was
siso in evidenec. in the preliminary inves
iigaljon, when he was arrested for hls
former case, thrt ho had attempted to kill
another mula'tto woman of Phoebus and
had beTi prcvenied from straai gllng her
1 :> death only by the prompt arrlval of os
eistnnco.
Tndeed. it is reasonable to suppose tliat
if the dark p?ok of this stranare ftehd's
P'.st' could he opened. npou its pages
?would be found written ihe blo->dy record
cf other horrible arid inhtiman crimes.
In tbis erentnre, the lowest depths of
human d.pravity seent to have been
sounded. He was brother to the babbcon?
_ soulless Frn-.iken. tein. yet wlthal. in
ihe guist of a. rational and ordin_ry
human being. There was nothing about
his appearance to befcray lhe terrible
ra'.ur.'" thut writhed within him. His
features wc-re regular, his eyes, clear: his
inU'Ihgcnce. average; his manner, ordl?
nary.
lniagination can conceive no more artful
<i is-guhe. ln Eden. the devi! took the form
of a serpent. In this case. he assumed the
form of an Inoffensive-looking rran.
Plekot" Camp Anxilinry.
A called meeting of Piekett Camp Aux?
lliary was held Monday -afternoon to ar?
range for a donatlon on Fiiday next. lt
?was voted that Jmiuary 19th. General
Lee's blrtJiday. should hereafter be known
as "Donatlon Day." A uommitlee of la?
dies wUl he at the Hall. Flfth and Broad
etreets, fixim 10 A. M. to 5 P. 31.. to re?
ceive donations. The ladies ask for llb
rral donntlons of food, fuel \md clothing.
es there ls great need of help.aniong the
ones dependent on the charities of the
Camp.
Tt nflle 1. loekaded.
The trolley-pole on car No. 102, of the
Clay-su-eet Ilne. pulled out. and for some
time <__"- were bloeked on Beech street,
?ibout 10 o'elock last nlght.
Miss Bllle. Esgleston left for Farmvllle,
?where Khe m-ill he the guest of her sister,
Mrs. -V. H, Robert-on.
lUv. Rt'B. __re,l?ston. ol Portsmouth,
tmt a\ Ittohmonrt vi-itcr. ? _
CASTORIA
\_Xnv-^^..V vs;v\SVn_.
JiSC^J?^~_XS."^_^._>_^>S%
for Infants and ChHdren
The Kind Tou Have Always Bought has borne the signa
ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has heen made under _n~*
personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one
to deceive you in this. Countcrfeits, Imitations and
??Just-as-good" are hut Experiments, and endanger tho
health of Children?Espericnce against Experimcnt.
The Kind You Have AlwaysBought
Bears the Signature of
Use For Over 30 Years.
THg CC_T_UW COMP. HT. TT I
??T BT-rET. _______* CITT.
SEABOARD AIR LIRE
GETS THE DECISION.
(Continued From First Page).
and those acting wlth them, in reference
to the three railroad' systems sought u>
be brought into consolidation, are such
aa to make sald Williams and Mjdden
dorf and the present representatlves ot
Uie majority of the stockholders in the
said Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad
Company Jmproper persons ttf act in that
capacity; that their duty, as ofilcers ot
the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Com?
pany is entirely incompalibie with tliat
of directors and managers of tho Georgia
and Alabama Railway and the Florida
Central aud Peninsular Railroad Com?
pany, and ?eontrollers of the syndicate
owning said roads, it being mariifestly
to the interests, as complainant ciaims,
of the two last-named roads lo beeome
a part of the valuable Seaboard Air-Lirie
System, controlled and owned, as he
ciaims, by the Seaboard' and Roanoke
Railroad Company, and that they, said
Williams and Middendorf. having com
bined to constitute themselves a majority,
In order to control the said Seaboard and
Roanoke Railroad- Company as they see
flt, are. for all purposes, the corporation
itself, and assume the trust relation oc- i
cupied' by it to its stockholders. ln sup?
port of this position, complainant eites,
among others, the following authorities:
Ervin vs. Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co., 21 F.
R? G25; Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. vs.
X. Y. & X. H. Ry. Co., 150 X. Y. '10. 430.
It should be borne in mind that the case'
is not now being heard upon its meritc and
no inlimation is intended to be expressed
herein upon anj- question of law or fact
properly determinable at that time. The
only matter now to be considered is
whether a proper case has been mad.e for
grantlng an injunction upon either of the
two grcu_ds urged. T,.e rights of tha par?
ties ultimatc-ly will in no manner be af
fected by c-ither gran! ing or ref using the
injunction. Xew Memphis Gas & Llght
Co. vs. Memphis, 72 F. R., 953"; lloyden vs.
Hotel Co., &c, 42 F. R., S75; Buskirk vs.
Klng, 2. U. 6. App., GOT.
The principles of law controlling at a
hearing on its merits are different from
those applicable to this motion. It may
be ennc-tded tnat a minority stockholder
has the risht to seek the intervention of
a court of eo.uity against. the acts of a
majority when such are ultra vires, fraud
ulenit or illegjl. The measure of relief
afford"-! will. of course, depend upon tho
facts. Hawes vs. Oakland, 101 U. S., 450;
Sliaw vs. Davis, et al., TS ild.. 30S, 31G.
SHOULD BE REFUSED.
Whether or not an injunction should be
awarded is a matter addressed to tho
sound discretion of the court and in its
exercise all of the clrcumstances must
be taken into consideration, not only the
damage that may arise to tiie complain?
ant by reason of its refusal but the damage
likely to result to the defendants from
its issuance. lf 'there is greater likelihood
of damage from the latter than the former
the injunction should, as a rule, be retus
?sd (Foster's Fed. Prac. Sec. 2.1, and cases
cited).
On tho first ground on which the injunc?
tion i=s sought. cmplainar.t insisls tliat tl~o
charler of the Seaboard and Roanoke Rail?
road Company does not authorize its
merger with rny other company, and
therefore, in the absence of an act of the
Legislature, tlws eontemplated consolida?
tion cannot he entered into by that voaj,
and that all acts and doings on lhe part
of said company and its offlcers to that
end should be forthwith enjoined. In an?
swer to tiiis contf-ition respondents admit
that no authority exists for the proposed
consolidation. and moreover, say none is
eontemplated by them. Complainant in
sists. on the contrary, that every act of
the defendants indicates a dc-terminatloii
to effect tho immediate consolidation of
the roads as 'feoon as authority can be ob?
tained from the LegiskKure of Virginia,
and that unless tho cov.rc intervenes at
this time the authority will be given and
sueh action taken before resort to the
court can be had. However apyrenensive
complainant may be, it does not appear
that such an emergency cxists as would
warrant the court"s lnterposition hy the
e_truord:n. ry remedy of an injunction. lf
no authoritv exists to consolidaue. and
this is conceded, then. the merger cannot
lawf'ully be entered into and no damage,
certainiy irreparable in character, can be
sustained bv the complainant as tho result
of the defendants' effort to do a vain thlng.
To grant an injunction ln anticipation ol"
a possible injury lo ..rise vnder a law that
mav never bc passed is, to say the least,
ur.usual. -That c-_~p'aintanfs rights may
bc and what -relief should be aff-frcted hlm
in ihe event of the passage of such a. law
as he contempUUes. cannot now be antici
l.ited Many questions may. and in all
probabilltv will. then arise tliat-flre nw
foreign to this .<__-" upon the present con
dltion of the pl^odtngs. The power ot the
Legislature to act, the effect of the,law as
passed. the character of the action* taken,
the cc-r.peiency of those actions, the bona
fides of the acts performed and many such
like considerations would then have to be
.taken into consideration.
The second ground on which the in?
junction is asked to enjoin the sale and
tranafer of the seven thousand: four hun?
dred and twenty-two (7.422) shares of
stock in the Raleigh and Gaston Rail?
road Company, l^eretofore held by the
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Com?
pany, presents a different and somewhat
more difficult question.
SALE A BONA FIDE OXE.
Compiainant insists. that the salo of
this stock to Mfadendorf, Oliver ie
Co. was but a part and parcel of
a scheme of the defendants to maintain
control of the Seaboard Air' Line Sys.
tem in order to put lt into consolidation
with the other two lines mentioaed, and
?that the sale .was intended. and Us effect
was to reduce the Seaboard and Roanokfe
Railroad Company from the positlon of
the dominant corporation in the system
to merely ono of tho sutaordinate roads,
und to give the Rale^feh and G_ston
Railroad Company. in which the com?
plainant owned but a few shares of
stock, the superior positlon theretofore
occupied by the Seaboard and Roanoke.
Railroad Company. The reasons for
thls sale and its legality canj only ,bo
settled when the case ls determined on
lts merits. For the present it may be
sald that"the defendants vigorpusly'.deny'
the uiottves as ctcdltcd to tbem by.'the
complainant, and insist " that. a ..-alid
reason" cxist ed for the disposlHon ot'the
i?toc_t -_*_._}?..tbe pjicc *4^iyA?<_ totit,
was a fair one and the sale, in all re
spccts, bona lidc.
Should the court by way of injunction
at this time seek to annul the sale and
direct the control of said stock, in pass?
ing it may be sald that it does not ap?
pear to the court that by the sale of
'.these seven hundred four thousand and
twenty-two (7.422) shares of stock of
the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Com?
pany, the Seaboard and Ro'anoke Rail?
road Company thereby lost control of
tho former road. though it does seem
tliat by reason of the prcyious issuanc'e
and sale of certain treasury stock of the
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company
by that road, assentcd to, it is tr.ie, by
tiie defendants. representing the*Seaboard
and Roanoke Railroad Company, that the
latter company ccascd to have a m.ijority
of the Ritlelgh and Gaston Railroad Com?
pany's stock. However wrong this act
may havo been lt cannot bo remedied
on this motion, if indeed at ali in this
case and within this jurisdiction, the
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company
beic'g a corporation of tbe State of Xorth
Carolina. lt will bo conceded that or
dlriarily a corporation, acting.by its direc?
tors and stockholders, can dispose of one
of its assets, for example, stock held by
it in another company. In a word,
such a sale, if bona lide, made to a per?
son competent to purchase and without
any fraud. is valid. The fact that J.
W. Middendorf happened to bo-a director
of both the Seaboard and Roanoke and
he Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Com?
panies, and a member of the flrm of
Middendorf, Oliver & Co., making
the puichase of the stock, does not neces?
sarily rendtr the sale of the stock to
them void, however much lt may throw
upon him and them the burden of show
ing, in order to sustain the transactlon.
that the sale was free from any taint of
wrong doing, bona fidc made and for a
fair consideration. Pneumatic Gas. Co.
vs. Berry, &c. 113 U. S., 332; Leavtn
worth vs. Chicago, &c, R. Co., 134 U.
S., G3S, 707; Thompson on Corporations,
4059, and cases cited.
RIGHTS TO !JE PROTECTED.
The fact that this sale was ratified by
the stockholders of each company, that
the defendant, J. W. Middendorf. wan
one of six directors in one of the roads,
and one of seven ln the other, and that
the purchase was. made, not by him in
dividually, but by a firm, of which he
was a member. are circumstances to be
taken into aeeount in detcrmining tho
proper exercise of its discretion. When
it is remembered that the lirm of Midden?
dorf, Oliver & Co., only one member
of which is before the court, will
have tied up by the issuance of the in?
junction prayed for the large sam of
$742,200 that of itself should make the
court proceed with great eautjon and
only give the relief asked when it is
manifestly necessary to protect and pre?
serve complainant in his rights.
Upon the whole case my conclusion is
that tho circumstances do not justify
granting the injunction asked; that the
probability of irreprable damage to the
complainant from a failure to award the
injunction is at least no greater than
the injury likely to result to the de?
fendants should it be awarded, if indeed
so great. To the present time the com?
plainant does not appear to have been
scriouslv damaged and I doubt not but
with tiiis suit, comprehensive as it is,
with all the parties before the court,
charged with notice of his claim, serious
in character and affecting all of the
property and estate of the Seaboard and
Roanoke Railroad Company, and at
least all of the parties to this cause deal?
lng with sald property that his rights
can, and will be fully protected.
The rights of the other persons inter?
ested in the litigation should not be
overlooked, and especially is this true in
a case in which a minority stockholder
in insisting upon a course to secure his
rights believed by practlcally all of his
co-stockholders to be inimical to and
litterly destructive of theirs. The com
plainant's stoek, according to the present
market value, is worth $200.00 per share,
(the par value being $100.00), that is.
$491,200; whereas that of the other stock?
holders who oppose what complainant
wishes, is worth some $2,3S5,6CO. This
refers of course only to hoidings in the
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company.^
AVhen the interests of those that may
be seriously affected by tho injunction
in the other roads of the Seaboard Air
I Line System, of the Gorgia and Alabama
Railway Company and the Florida Cen?
tral and Peninsular Railroad Company,
proposed to be consolidated with, are
taken into account the amount reaches
to many millions of dollars. f
The other stockholders ln the Seaboard
and Roanoke Railroad Company. wno'
beiieve that S2C0.0O is an. excellent price,
have the right to expect the court to
eautiously exercise the discretion asked
in an effortX to protect a stockholder
owning less than one-fifth in amount of
the company's stock when by so doing
j theirs may bc seriously affected.
The preiiminary injunction prayed for
is refused.
EDMUND WADDILU JR..
U. S. Judge.
MR. WILLIAMS INTERVIEW ED.
Has No Fear That Court Will Permit
Dady to Inipedo Consolidation.
SAVA-vNAH, GA., Jan. 15.?John Skel
ton "Williams, president of the Seaboard
Air Line, gave out an authorized inter?
view this evening, in whicli he, speaklng
of the suit brought In the,Unlted States.
Court for the Southern- District of
Georgia, by M. J. Dady, of New York,
to restrain the consolidation of the Flor?
ida Central and Peninsular with the
Georgia and Alabama, says: -?
"Dady ls not only hot.a s*tockholder'
of record of the Florida and Peninsular,
but he is not. even a registered. holder
of voting trust certificates. The alle
gatlons in' the bill which he filed cannot
be supportefl. and I have no fear that
the court wlll permit hlm to impede thfe
j progress of our work when the true facts
" ln the case ha ve been submitted to lt.
3Iet in Conference.
A meeting of the Chesapeake and Ohio
offlcials, the owner of 'the Pace Block and
archltect Dhumock held a consultatlon
yesterday regarding the remodelling of
the bulldlng.
Though^ no , definite conclusion .was
reached, it is altogether probable. that
j the Chesapeake and-OhJp, offices wlll y?
xnaln Iri ihat building after the improve
unen'ts arc "madoi, ',.'_j___ ": J
CAPITOL IS NOT
LARGE ENOUGH
North Carolina's Pretty Building to be
Enlarged.*
ORIGINAL PLANS PERMIT OF IT.
Tho Outbrcak of Smallpox Canscs a
Suspcnsioii of Court iu Surry
County?Typhoid Outbrcak was
Due to Bad Plurabius.
RALEIGH, !-_ C, Jan. lo.^Spccial.?.
The State Capital is by no means large
enough to accommodate the growing
amount of business, so when the Legis?
lature meots ln June, archltects wlll pre?
sent plans for enlarging the beautiful
Capital bulldlng.. In the original plans
this neeessity was fpreseen, and so the
east and west entrances were flnished with
immenso columns supporting large por
t'lc'os, whttle the north and south entrances
are flat entrances direct into the corri?
dors. To these sides will the extensions
be added.
The Supreme Court and State Library
building belongs to the Agricultural Da
partment, and ls not llre-prpof. This ad?
dition will give room for all those, and
furnish eommittee-rooms. Of course this
will take time, but it iwill in a few years
be 'that large wings to the building- wll!
be rising on the north and south faces of
the building.
Jt has been necessary for Governor
Russell to counlermaud his order for spe?
cial term of court for Surry county, nn
account of the o'utbreak of smallpox in
Mt. Alrv, in that county.
IT.WAS BAD PLUMBIXG:'
As many have thought ail along, the
bo'ard of directors of the State Normal
School decided that plum'bing dld the
damage at the college, in causing the
ouitbreak of fever there, from which ?_ev
en of the pupils died.
A ihalf.witted negro girl here gets two
years' lmprisonment for attempting to
poison the family she lived with, by.
putting matches in the coffee-pot. /
Work out at the Methodist Orphanage'
site will soon begin in Earnest. Plans
for the flrst building have been accepted
and it will be erected at once.
Next Thursday .tihe Populist State Com?
mittee meet. Of course its amendment
w-ill come up. but a leading Populist he're
does not beiieve that any action will be
taken deelaring for or against it, but will
let the convention handle it. One of the
committeemen, Boggs, from the Ninth
District, has declared in favor of it.
The annual report of the Corporation
Commlssion will be out in about ten
days.
Insurance Commissioner Toung wants
a list of all unpaid insurance ciaims. The
law reqttires the companies to make re?
turns of their unpaid ciaims. but often
they fail to do so. So the holders ot all
unpaid ciaims are asked to notify "he
Commissioner, so that those companies
can be dealt with.
SUICIDEIN NORTH CAROLINA.
Receiver Appointed fo Sell Gilbert's
Haitlware Stock.
"WJXSTON, N. C, Jan. 15.-JSpecial.?
Alderman Thomas F. Laden, cf Lexington,
shot himself in tho head with a pistol yes?
terday with suicidal intent. ile died this
morning. He was telegraph operator for
the. Southern railway up to a few years
ago; since then he has been clerking in a
grocery store. He leaves a wife and one
child.
Smoking ciganettes and drinking pro?
duced bad health and despondency and
thence suicide.
Judge Ewart. of tiie Federal court, has
appointed !S. F. Vance receiver, with
power to sell the stock *f harefcware ln the
Gilbert bankruptcy case, His bond is
$20,OC0. !
The injunction hitherto granted is con?
tinued to a final bearing in the Federal
court.
Gilbert. who Is in jail here, sold his stock
to a hardware lirm here for half its value
' and went to Callfornia without pay ing
his creditors. He was arrested and
brought back.
SMALLPOX IN MILD FORM.
Has Kxisted in Viciniiy of Grecnsboro
for Some Time.
GREENSBORO, N. C, Jan. ,15.?Special.
Dr. C. P. Wertenbaker, of 'the United
States .Marine Hospital Service, -was or?
dered here to examine' several suspicious
cases of smallpox. He confirmed the
dkignosls of the superlntendent of health.
and says the patients are afliicted with'
?the malady ln a mild form.
- Smallpox has be'en pre^ralent fh tihis
section for several weeks, though but
very few castes . have been serious. No
alarm is felt over the situation.
*W. S. Jessup, formerly manager of the
Benbow House. this city, has been ap?
pointed general representative of the
American Tobacco Company in India,
with headquai-ers in Calcutta. He will
Sacriticed to
Blood Poison.
Those who have never had Blood Poi?
son can not know what a desperate con?
dition it can produce. This terrible
disease which the doctors "are totally
unable to cure, is communicated from
one generation to another, infiicting its
taint upon countless innocent ones.
Some years ago I was inoculated wlth poison
by a nurse who intected my babe with blood
taint. The little one was
unequal to the struggle,
and its Hfe was yielded
up to the fearful poison.
For six long years I Suf?
fered untold misery. I
was covered with sores
. aud ulcerB from head to
foot, and no langu.se
can express my fcellngs
of woe during those long
years. I had the best
medlcal treatment. Sev?
eral physicians succes-^
sively treated me. but all
tono purpose. The mer- ,_ _ , . '.
cury and potash seemed to add fuel to tne
awful flame whleh was devourlng me. I waa
advised by friends who had seen wonderful
cures made by lt, to try Swif t's Specifle; We
cot two bottles. and I felt hope again revive ln
my breast?hope for health and happlness
az-in I imfcroved from the start, and a com.
Diete and perfect care was the result. S. S. S.
is the only blood remedy which reaches de_
perate cases. ,?M. T.W. Lai.
V" Montgomery, Ala.
Of the many blood remedies, S. S. S.
is the; only one whieh can reach deep
seated, violent cases.- It never fails to
cure perfectly and permanently the,
most desperate cases which are. beyond
the reach of other remedies.
S.S.S^eBlood
is ktrb_t vEO*_rAB-_, ?nd is the only
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THE MAYOR'S STATEMENT.
Gi'ccnslxu'o Has lSeen Well Vacci- |
iiatetl?Cases in the Country Too.
"RALEIGH, N. C, Jan. 15?Mayor Tay- ,
lor, of Greensboro, "_". C, to-night matte
the following- statement in regard to the
smallpox situation there: -
"Inspectlon to-day by Government expert
shows only e:ght cases of smallpox withm
lhe citv limits. conflned exelu. Ively to tho
negro districts. A thorough Inspection of
the city will be made at once, and all cases
sent to the hospital, as well as those who
have been exposed.
"Our populatlon was thoroughly vacc:
nated last spring. and compu'.sory vacei
nation will again be enforced with all who
have not been successfully vaccinated <
within the past twelve months. No ex?
citement -whatever, and we anticipate no
trouble. m ?._ ? -___
(Signed) "Z- V. TASXjCR ?
The disease, however, is not conflned to
tne citv. and over one hundred cases are
reported in the country by Dr. V."erten
baker, of the United States Marine Hos?
pital at Wilm'ngton, who has been ordered
there to make an investigation.
NORTH CAROLINA CAMPAIGN,
The White Man's Flan Was Raised at
Itockingliam.
ROCKEsGHAM. X. C Ji\n. 13.?Spe?
cial.?.Richmond County Superior Court
began lts sesslon here this morning, Judge
Henry R. Bryan pres'dlng.
The campaign on the amendment dis
franehlsing the illiterate negro voters
opened at noon.
' A large white flag, trimmed -with red,
bearing the motto, "White Man's Gov?
ernment," was raised over the cupola of
the court-nouse. and stirring speeches
were made bv Messrs. John D. Sha%v, J. T.
LeGrand, T. S. "Wright. "VV. L. Parsons,
Georgo Warburton, A. S. Dockery, John
"W. LeGrand, and P. C. .Vhitlock. The
feeling here is intense, and the fight will
be warm.
Senator Pritchard is billed to speak here
against the amendment to-morrow. It is
predicted that his audience will be,- made
up principally of negroes.
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DURHAM COUNTY COURT.
A Furniture 3Janufacturing Company
Organizetl.
DURHAM, N. C, J*an. 15.?Speclal.?The
Durham County Superior Court convened
here this morning. with Judge Moore ou
the bench. The docket is a large one. and
many people were in attendance.
General J. S. Carr eal.led the County
DemocratJc Executive Committee to order
a. noon. All of the townships were repre?
sented, and vigorous interest was manl
fested.
"V.. T. Parker. a ipraetlcal furniture
manufacturer. has bought one-thIrd In?
terest in the Unlon Furniture Company.
of this piace. The name has been changed
to the "Carolina Furniture Company,"
and new stockholders elected, wlth Gen?
eral J. S. Carr as president. They wlll
commence the manufaeture of furnituro
at once.
Smallpox Stops I'olitie..
RALEIGH, N. C, Jan. :13.?The cam?
paign against the proposed eonstltutlonal
amendment ln thls State was to have been
opened to-morrow at Rockingham by
iSenator PritcharS, ? An outbreak of small?
pox -wlll; however, prevent Wa speakins.. ?;
Ten well-developed caies were dlscov-.
ered cthere; to-day, .and the speaking haa
been indefinitely postponed.
; Court,' whiQlv was In session, has .heen
aajounied. arid." neishborins towns nave
quarantined against the piace.
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BUSY IN NELSON.
Ocatbs From TyplioHI Fever?Roai"? in
.-. ?'Firto Condltkm. ?:--.
TABGR-? ~V_n_IA ^VA^VjJan. 15^pe
clal-?Tbe :iuerchahts, 'the 8upe~~inteB_eht.'
o?.Cha lead min^kbft ~)a_a_&X- ftt-hrn flau. J
and saw-mills and smiths report much
prosperity. Everybody is busy.
A few cases of typnoid-fever have re?
cently been reported in ttvs community.
Mr. Charlie Tillman lost his wife on
Thursday of last week at the hands of the
fever. and now his brother. Mr. George
.V". Tillman. is very 111 with the same
dreaaed disease.
Mr. Lee Martin, who has been on a v.'sit
to the home ot" his father, Mr. Hudson
Martin, since Christmas Day. left to-day
for his piace of business. in Harrison
countr, "W. Va.
Owing- to the very fine weather during
tne fall and winter the roads of Xelson
county have kept lu a most excellent con?
dition. Usually by the mlddie of January
'travel has been rendered well-nigh im?
possible.
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WINDSOR TIRE-SWEPT.
I The Principal J. uslnesa Portlon of the
Town Destroj'cd.
SUFFOLK, "VA.. January 15?Special.?
! Tho princlpal business block at Windsor,
! Isie of Wight rounty. was burned early
i Sunday morning. Combustible wood
; houses and southern breezes helped the
'. confiagration. ,
j Twelve buildings were burned. including
' three stores, two woodworking shops, two
! saloons, a barber shop, a doctor's office.
j two blacksmith shops, a warehouse and
dwelling.
About 4 o'elock A. il., a bluze was seen'
in a wareroom annexed to R. W. Atklns'
store. A general al_rm was sounded, and
In a short time half-dressed men and
women from all over the vlllage had
rushed from thelr homes to .witness tne
work of destruction.
Vv'lnJsor lias no fire Apartment, but the
citizens worked hard to st_y tho flames.
Th-re was much confusion, whieh was in?
creased by cries of distress from the wo?
men. A breeze sprang up and .anned
the blaze until everythlng in reach was
turned to smoke and aahes.
ilrs. Atklns. who sle.pt over her hus?
band's store, had barely time to escape
in a night-dness.' She was silghtiy
burned.
Considerable property was taken from
some of tho burned buildings. Thirty
_boys -from a boarding-school did active
work in this way. Much damage was sus?
tained by goods in removal from -the
possible course of the fire.
>3Xo--t of the burned buildings were sniail.
The largest Iosers are: R. W. -"^Sf
huildlns and merchandise, $T,(__>; E. >v.
Eopes and W. T. Barrett & Co., $2 ?K> on
buildln . and stock. About. 40 ?????*- ?**
the burned property was covered t>> in?
surance. . _.,,--,?
?? ?_-_ -. -*?_ % ftrp !. not kiiov. n.
The on .tn of -_e nre -? '?"??
Th?r_- h-k been no fire in the wareroom
4tT._ .. conjecture advai* ed is that the
blaze was started by burglars.
Tho total loss will be about "U4.M: In
surance. J5.030.
Wl-TDSOR STATIOX. VA.. Jan. ..1 -?
Special.?The flames spread rapully and
tha people worked herolcally. but had no
means to extlnguish the flre except by
buc-kets'and knocking down buildings.
The following are the sufferers:
R, W. Atklns, store and eontents loss
?6,500; Insurance, "~3.t_.-_. .
C W; Balley, -wood and blacksmith
stops and part of the ccnteiits, loss SGOO;
insurance, $330. - *\ . ?.?
E. W. Ep?3, store-house, Ios3 ?.-JO, ana
sald to be Insured fot ?1,??1 -
- W.'T. Barrett & Co., stook Of ffrocerte
and Ii.uors, loss partlal, as most of th?
?goods were gotten out; covered hy Insur?
ance.
W. J. Bradshawv 'barber shop nxtures.
furnlturaaad impiements; ,,103- small and
ntT-r_iui_uice. - t ? ? -
Wtnl H. Anarews, blaeksrolt*- ana wood
shop tools, materlal, ete; Joss estimated
at ?30a, covered by Insura nce
? liaj. T. W. Duck. store. wood and black
smitH'shops. Xi> Insurance.
Mrs. Monroe Gray. and Eddie Gray. her
*ti?pson. tw? -_jildings. and ~v~~u*""___d an <?
kl__n?-i^fw_H--"re damaged; Iaa* |M- ??_?
;;,i. ? mjc\ a /' i.','' ?' *?_?? J
HOTEL LOBBIES.
S i-uijjcrs iti the City and Hotel. ate
Uoing \V*'l_
Mr. H. T. Thomas. of PltSbUAg. Pa.. is
at the Jefferson. Mr. Thomas- is more ?
popularly known as the "Prilnce of Drum
mers," and Is not a stranger to Rlch
moiulers. Mr. Thomas is tho representa
tivc of the United States Glass Company.
which. Us genial representatlve says, "is
not in the trust, but doing truslneaB Just
tho same." _,_ ,-j. ,_?-,,?_ I
It Is a uuestionwh. iher tli- American
plan wil be adopted by the management
of the Jefferson this season. Managec
I-'ry stat*d last nlght that the business
of the hotel had sritwn such a aectoiOd
increase that the American dining-room
hereaftei- would" be used in connectlon
with the ditilng-rooms conducted oiii tho
European plan, ns. the guests could tioc
be a?con_nodate_ ln the court, and that
all would be on thu European plan.
The Jeffei-bt", lobby 1- bein.. rcpainted
and relitted, and the whole houae is uit
tlergolng a thorough renovatiott The
Jefferson. is reccgnized as the lead'lnx"
hotel of the Southern cities. and one of
the rinest in tho country.
- * *
At the Jefferson?T. S. Baskerville, Clif?
ton Forge; Albert Frazor, Farmville; Mr.
and Mra. l_ f. Stearnes. ".ewport News;
Mr. and Mrs. rt. t. T-'i-m.in. Cl-i.>rt"_
C. Brooks Jotns.on. Xcrfo k: W. J. "Selmj,
Newport Ne-s: Charles Cary. Mr. _Jl~l
Mrs. J. H. Klssam, Mr. aud Mrs. E. >".
RCblnsoJ. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. L_>ng. Jr.,
Xew York city; James F, Gleasotr. Mr.
and Mrs. John R. Wlgglns, Edgar Frtes,
Miss Pries, Miss Muc S-irley. Cl C. Kg
..'?? rt. Thomas M. ZeDley. A. W. Herr,
Philadelphia; William Marshall. Xewark.
X. y.': Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Feruced. F. K.
Kidder, Boston; John R. Dingle, Baitl-.
n-rt: BenJ-nn'ii A. Richmond. Cumber?
land, Md.; Burton J. Robinson. Milwaukee,
[ "Wis.. and W. C. Jarvis, Indianayolls.
j M. P. Descharope and M. I.ou's Barrault.
? Paris, France, are at Uie Jefferson.
> Fred Grr.nt Young. adva__eagent of th?
j "Si. n of tha Cross," is registered at the
l Jefferson.
At New Ford's?Dr. R. L. Page, Bares
I vilkr; M'.ss Moiiie Page. BaiesvUle: ?>rs.
? J. D. Smlth. Mliler School. Va.; IL X>.
? Colonna. Portsmouth; J. T. Hoodhouse.
John A. Shipp. B. D.' Whlte. Princess
Anne; C. C. Williams, Portsmouth; X. I.
1 Kagey. Wyer's Covl-; C. V. Ca. raway,
? Mangum.
I At tho Le_ington?A. L. Peters, Lynch
! burg; Mr. ands Mrs. George A. Endly.
i Chase City; Mbs B. C. Williams. Orang-;
j H. H. Peck. Staunton; Dr. J. F. Kolle
i burn. Petersburg; Miss Minnie P. Boy
i kin, Smithfleld; Allan M. Shee, Xorfolk:
\ L H. Adams. Lynchburs: J. L. S'reet
j and wif#, Xewport Xswa; T. H. Oliver,
1 AJbemarle.
'_ m . . ?? * . ?
1 At the Alhamhrai?W. M. Burke. Roan?
oke; Wllliam R. Sllvey. White Hatt,
At the St. Clalre-iH. B. Xieholas.
__uckl_g_a__- R. C. Xlciiotas, .M. IX.
PlttsylYanla. - ? . . '.:/'?'__*
Hon. ?*_. T. Cooke, of Xorfolk. a tocmetr '
-_-.ei_ber.Gf ths House, la ta the city.
I DRATH*
\ HL'TCHISBSX.-Die-, Janaa r? _!_ 18*?. at
? S o'e-ack F. M., at his Iate resldence^ta
i H.nrleo coun#r. WILLIAM P. 51 CTCHX
I SOX. to hl? 3_ve_. lath. year. .
I Funeral from hi* l ?.te residence WEXK
XESIiAY ?HQ'R'tf&f--. ianuary ."tb, 11
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