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RALEIGH; N. C SATURDAY," MARCH 20, 1897-
NO. 5.
TSE WEEKLY GAZETTE.
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IEUI1 101HS.
3'Hs Enacted During the Closing
Days of the Session.
RAILWAY LEASE BILL KILLED.
To Lease Convicts Between July 16th.
ol March ist-Insane Asylum Ap
propriations Made Votes of Thanks
4fr-
SENATE, "t
Monday. The "following" ' bills r-d
resolutions were disposed of: esou
turn for final adjournment Tuesday,
March 9th, at 12 m., passed; to assist
in the maintenance of Pigford Sani
tarium for treatment of consumptives,
passed; the bill to create a State board
equalization,' which was tabled Satur
il niKht, -was, on motion of Mr. Ray,
taken from the table and passed; to
prohibit co-habitation between the
races past over on account of a
luorum not voting; to prohibit Jive
itock running at large in Cross Creek
sownship, Cumberland county, passed;
increase the power of the railroad
Jonwnissioneis in regard to inter-State
Jommerce.
At the night session Lyon introduced
bill requiring all surety companies to
ieposit surety with the State Treasurer.
This surety to give surety against loss,
ind to keep an agent in the State on
whom process of law may be served.
The bill to regulate fire insurance
sompany rates by not allowing com
panies to charge any more than is
jharged in Virginia, passed, as did the
Dill to appropriate $.',000 to the colored
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Tuesday. Senate met at 10 o'clock.
Mr. Ramsey offered a resolution that
she General Assembly adjourn sine die
Wednesday. March ICth, 1897. Mr.
Vlaultsby offered a substitute that the
Senate do not consider any more bills
)r resolutions, and that it adjourn im-
- nediately after the ratification of the
)ills that have passed.- Mr. McCaskey
dated that he was opposed to the reso
utions, as the Senate had already con
curred in the one from the House to ad
journ at 12 m. today. Mr. Grant took
the same ground, and both of the above
resolutions were withdrawn, and the
resolution to adjourn today was made
effective.
The following bills and resolutions
passed: To amend the charter of the
town of Worthville, in Randolph coun
ty; to improve the publio roads of
Wilkes county; for working the public
roarU of the counties of Greene. Wil
son and Pitt; to authorize the commis
sioners of Mitchell county to levy a
special tax; to improve the public roads
of Wake county by extending the im
provements three miles; to work the
public roads of Northampton county by
taxation; to allow Tyrrell county to del
tie debt and levy a special tax; to levy
a special tax in stock law territory in
Nash county; resolution to pay James
H. Young $250 eor election contest; to
regulate the liabilities of stockholders
in banks chartered by this State and to
forbid the loaning of more than 10 per
cent, of its capital stock to one person,
corporation or company.
Mr. Ray offered a resolution that a
vote of thanks of the Senate ba fender,
ed to Lieutenant-Governor Chas. A.
Reynolds, the presiding officer, for tha
distinguished ability and impartial
and courteous bearing whieh he has
manifested towards all the Senators
during their deliberations in the sea
ion of 1897.
The Lieutenant-Governor spoke feel
ingly in reply, and the Senate-ad-jourcel.
HOUSE.
Monday House met at 10 o'clock.
After considerable debate and amend
ments the House voted to table the
Grant substitute for the Senate lease
. bill, the vote being 49 to 24. The Golds
boro police commission bill was killed.
The bill requiring names of all partner
ships to be registered under penalty of
a misdemeanor ($100 fine), was tabled.
The election bill (Maultsby's) came over
from the Senate (a com r jmise on the
Dockery and Grant bills). It was read.
It makes sweeping changes in the law
of 1893. On third reading McKenzie
demanded the yeas and nays. The vote
was yeas C4, nays 19, Democrats voting
no. Mr. Dixon, Populist, voted no.
On Mr. Cook's motion the vote was
clinched.
At the nignt session the machinery
act came over and the House concurred
in the Senate amendments. One of
these is to use the word 'conclusion"
in connection with tax titles. The bill
to provide for the maintenance of the
penitentiary came up, making condi
" ttonal appropriations of $25,000 for 1897
and a like amount for 1898. After con
siderable discussion the bill passed.
The bill to appropriate $"5,000 to "North
Carolina on Wheels" wasn't ratified:
The cigarette bill wa3 tabled.
Tuesday. House met at 10 o'clock.
A bill to appropriate 1 5,000 to the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
for a hospital and new boilers came up
and passed third reading. McCrarv
tried to obtain leave to introduce a biD
to allow convicts to be sent to the pub
lic roads,' instead of to the penitentiary;
counties using them to pay charges.
But the House refused to" suspend the
rules. The next bill was on the same
line. It is to allow the superintendent
of the penitentiary to lease out the con
victs for road work between July 15th
and March 1st. After debate it passed
third reading.
At 11 :3Q a resolution was adopted that
no more bills be passed. Nothing re
mained to be done but the ratification
of bills.
The Senate amendments to the in
sane asylum bill were concurred in.
They reduced the appropriation
813.500. . , .
The bill to require insurance com
panies to charge no higher rates on
farm property than is charged in Vir-
ginia passed, after being supported by
Cunningham.
Bills passed: To work Rockingham's
roads partially by taxation; to provide
for working Wilson's roads by taxation.
On Mr. Dockery 's motion, tho prin
cipal clerk was directed to mark on the
back of bills not enacted on, ' 'Not act
ed on for lack of time. "
Crews offered a resolution of thanks
to Speaker Hileman, which was unani
mously adopted.
The Senate resolution to adjourn sine
die at 6:30 p. m. was concurred in.
BILLS BECOME LAWS.
List of the Measures Vassed From
February 22nd to 26th.
From February 23 to February 20,
both inclusive, the following acts have
been ratified and are now laws:
Directing the State Library trustees
to distribute the Colonial and State
Records; to provide for working Macon
county's publio roada by taxation; to
incorporate the town of Roanoke Rap
ids; to stimulate local taxation for com
mon schools in the rural districts (by
use of $30,000 of board of education
fund); to restore to the control of the
State of North Carolina the Atlantic &
North Carolina Railroad; to define du
ties of local boards of State colored
normal schools; to amend the charter
of the town. of Springhope; to reduce
rates of pilotage for Cape Fear river
and bar; to allow Rutherford counts,
to levy ,a special tax; to give dtfputy "
clerks o"f the Superior Court power to
probate deeds and conveyances; to
provide cotton-weighers for Wades
boro, Morven and Lilesville; to pro
vide for convict labor on Rutherford's
roads; to protect all fish in Banner Elk
river, Watauga county; to allow ex
press matter to be carried on Sunday
trains; to extend the time for settle
ment of State and county taxes in Bun
combe for 1893-'97; for the relief of late
Treasurer O. A. Durant, of Brunswick
coun;yj to provide for and promote the
oyster industry in the state; to pre
scribe the liabilities of railroads in
certain cases ; to amend the charter of
Clyde, Haywood county; to allow
Brunswick county to levy a special tax;
to allow Yancey to levy a special tax; to
allow Nash to levy a special tax to pay
debt; to levy a special road tax in
Guilford; to incorporate the James
Baker Lumber Company ; to incorpor
ate the town of Oak Ridge, Guilford
county; to allow Alleghany to levy a
special tax; to allow Mitchell to levy
a special tax; to provide for the print
ing of the laws of 1897; to allow Cas
well to levy a special tax; to allow
Cumberland to fr.nd its debt: to
amend the charter of the Atlantic &
North Carolina ir.ailroad and the North
Carolina & Western Railroad; to in
corporate the Bank of Brevard; to in
corporate Elizabeth Female College, at
Charlotte; to establish graded schools
at Monroe; to incorporate Mt. Moriah
Main and Female Academy: to Dro-
tect birds in Randolp and Davidson;
to incorporate the grand lodge of
Knights of Pythias (colored); to in
corporate the Sione Mountain Railroad;
to give the judge of the Western Cir
cut, Criminal Court "civil power; to
prohibit the use of Dutch or pound nets
and fish traps in Neuse river; to allow
Anson to levy a special tax; to establish
a stock law in part of White Oak town
ship, Bladen county; to amend the
charter of Selma; to extend the time to
compromise, commute and settle the
State debt; to amend the charter of the
Southern Trust and Guarantee com
pany; to allow the people of Chatham
to vote on the road tax question; to
amend the act relative to Littleton's
public choe4-, - trpfint trastees of
the Presbyterian Church at Louisburg;
to place McDowell county it. the
Western Criminal Circuit; to pronibit
hunting on any lands in Yadkin save
by consent of owner; to allow the
grandchildren of certain ex-slaves to
inherit and become distributers of their
estates; to give the white deaf-mute in
stitution at Raleigh $34,500 additional
appropriation; to allow the county com
missioners to elect four cotton-weigher s
for Raleigh.
A LIVELY SCENE.
A. Glimpse of the Busy Time in the Kitchen
a Creat Hotel.
Tt la a larsr brilliantly lighted place.
full of peoole; cooks that shout at each
other In shrill French, and perfuvm
riorfiii fpnta with conDer skillets.
and waiters with their black clothes, in
strong contrast to the white caps ana
rvita nf thft cook3. that scud in and out,
holding a tray in one hand and an or
der card In the otner, dodging otner
waiters and shouting their wants to
the chefs in French, who wouldn't pay
any attention to them if they were not
in French: while farther down me
room are vegetable preparers, mash
in st nnt.at.nes hv the tubful. and on the
Dther side a rabble of scullions rattling
silver and scraping plates and cleaning
lishes at the rate of several thousand
in hour by aid of the self-drying pro
cess, which makes a cloud of steam.
The chefs of the various departments
rlnni? th ran?( snarl nut directions to
the under cooks, and the under cooks
)erk sizzling things off the fire and slap
them back again with the apparent
carelessness that deftness brines, re
minding one of the seeming unappre
ciativeness of bank clerks tying up
packages or bonds. And wnen iney
want another portion or two to nil a
fresh order tbey shout across the room
to the garde manger, and those at the
parrlft manner renp.at the. order and
3hout "Bon!" and three of four of them
yell In concert, sometimes. Each tries
:o put more spirit into It than the other.
Rvervthlnr Is organized bustle and or
derly disorder, with the chef standing
lalmly in the centre or the room water
ing everj ihing. Occasionally he con
fers in a low tone with the head waiter
3 to the time to send up the three
hundred casseroles of Terrapin Mary
land to the banquet-room, where these
3ame noisy waiters will presently enter
sedately and speak in whispers.
The chef is the acting commander,
aot only of these scenes of activity, but
of the bake-shops and sweetmeat de
partments, with their various heads
and sub-heads, and he is just as im
portant as- he Is generally imagined to
be, and wears pearl buttons on his coat.
V Little Things.
The infinite value of little things In
their bearings upon life in this world
has a most striking illustration in the
history of the gypsy moth, which pest
the commonwealth of Massachusetts is
now imploring Congress to help it get
rid of. A Harvard professor who enter
tained a vain hope cf advantageously
crossing theEuropean moth with the
American silkworm allowed his one sol
itary imported caterpillar to escape.
The result is that to-day an insect -destroys
the trees within three hundred
and fifty square miles of territory and
threatens the whole country, and thou
sands of dollars are expended all to no
use. :
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C WORST ON RECORD.
Later Reports from the Storm-Swept
States.
Th? storm which raged throughout
the Middle West Thursday night is un
paralleled, not enly for the extent of
territory over which, it raged,- but for
the amount of water precipitated.
At Cincinnati the rainfall reported by
weather bureau officials amounted to
5.38 inches, and floods are reported
from almost every telegraph station
from Pittsburg on the east to Kansas
City on the west, and from the lakes to
the northern boundary of Tennessee.
In some instances the wind reached
the velocioy of a hurricane, and much
damage to dwelling, barns, fences,
orchards and forests has been reported
from various points throughout the dis
trict. -
Throughout southern Illinois, In
diana and Ohio tho damage to railroad
property in the form of washouts, mak
ing tramo impossible, and in wrecks
caused by softening of roadbeds is im
mense. .
A not inconsiderable loss to the peo
ple," as a whole, will be causad by the
washing away of bridges and roadways,
which have been built in the rural dis
tricts at a cost of millions of dollars,
and which in too. many cases have been
totally destroyed.
Owing to the demoralization of rail
way traffic the mails local to the del
uged district have been greatly de
layed, while the through service over
the trunk lines, East and West and
North and South, has been badly crip
pled, greatly to the annoyance of the
vast business interests involved.
The estimates are that considerably
over $1,000,000 worth of property has
been lost in the vicinities of Cincin
nati, Dayton, Indianapolis and St.
Louis.
31RS. BEEC11ER DEAD.
Passed Away on Tenth Anniversary
of Her Husband's Death.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher died Mon
day, the tenth anniversary of the death
of her famous husband, at her home a.
Stamford. Conn. She was 83 years of
age. Mrs. Beecher had been sinking
steadily since Saturday noon, and dur
ing the twenty-four hours preceding
her death had been unconscious. Sev
eral members of the family were at the
deathbed.
Eunice White Bullard Beecher was
born in West Sutton, Worcester county,
Mass., in 1812. Her father was Dr. Bul
lard, a physician and farmer. She was
educated at a seminary at Hadley, Mass. .
and became acquainted withHenry Ward
Beecher while he was a student at
Amherst College. Their engagement
lasted seven years. She became the
mother of ten children, but four of
whom are still living. During the las,
dozen years Mrs. Beecher had contrib
uted a number of articles on domestic
topics to various publications. She
published a work entitled "Letters
From 1'lorida," and also a limited edi
tion of a book named by the publishers
"From Dawn to Daylight." Her life
during her husbands ministry at Ply
mouth Church in Brooklyn was, for the
most part, one of quiet domestic happi
ness, and in the days of his troubles
she stood by him with unwavering af
fection and loyalty.
Acreage Reduction Advised.
At a meeting of the Texas branch of
the American Cotton Growers Associa
tion, at Waco Texas, Hon. Hector D.
Lane made n speech urging the neces
sity of decreased acreage. He gave
figures to show the danger of overpro
duction. E. S. Peters, president of
the State Association, made an address
on farmers raising their own supplies.
He urged the necessity of more corn.
An address was issued appealing to
all the cotton - growers to reduce their
acreage, to raise more food crops and
to patronize home industries.
Cabinet Sworn In.
All the members of the new Cabinet
met in the Cabinet-room, adjoining the
President's office, Monday morning
when, according to arrangements, the
Chiei J ustice was expectea 10 adminis
ter the oath office.
The oath was administered to the
Secretary of State and to the others in
rapid succession in the following order,
fleneral Alerl Judce McKenna. ex-
Governor Long, Mr. Bliss, Mr. Gary
- TITM
ana lur. vv uson.
Sew Battle Ships.
The Navy Department will in pJl
probability issue advertisements for
bids on armor for the battleships Ala
bama. Hlinois and Wisconsin, upon
which Conprress placed a limit of S300
per ton. It is understood that no time
for the delivery of the armor will be
specified, which will permit concerns
without the necessary plant to compete
for the work, and install the necessary
machinery as the delivery progresses.
A Clean Pick-Up.
President McKinley will have the
disposal of 106 Presidential postoffices
which Mr. Cleveland had figured on
for the outgoing administration and for
which his selection of postmasters had
been announced. These represent the
full list of postoffice nominations made
by Mr. Cleveland during the session of
Congress just expired and which the
Senate failed to confirm.
Shoemakers Strike.
Two hundred employes of Williams
& Clark, shoe manufacturers, Lynp,
Mass. . have struck by order of the ex
ecutive board of the Boot and Shoe
Union. Conferences were nnsuccess
ful in an endeavor to persuade the firm
to return to the scale of wages paid be
fore the cut of 20 per cent, last fall.
To Re-organize. -
The Southern States Freight Associ
ation," which largely controls the rail
roads passing through the territory
south of the Potomac and east of the
Mississippi, is probably on the eve of
re-organization.
Mr. Bryan at Little Rock.
At Little Rock, Ark., a crowd of 10,
000 or 12,000 greeted Hon. W. J. Bryan.
Governor wones and General James C.
Tappan, Speaker of the House, ap
peared on the stand with the distia--.
guished speaker.
BILLS THAT BECAME W.
List of Measures Enrolled and Rati-
" fiedt
A NUMBER OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Counties Permitted to Levy Special
Taxes Towns and Companlea In
corporated Other Laws.
From February 27th to March th,
both inclusive, the following bills were
enrolled and ratified and are Jiow
laws: .. . V ". -r " 4 , -?
To amend chapter 134;-acts oTloSSH
as to Ashe and Watauga; to pro
hibit working of women on roads and
streets of Vance; to establish two new
townships in Surry; to incorporate
Hodges School, in Davie; to incorpor
ate the town of Redmon;to appropriate
5,000 additional to the University: to
appropriate $12,500 additional to the
State Normal and Industrial College;
to allow Charlotte to issue $250,000 in
bonds for water-works; to repeal chap
ter 37, public laws of 18G8, chapter 209,
private laws of 1871-'2, and chapter 163,
private laws of 1893; to allow Jackson
county to levy special tax; to incorpor
ate the Grand Lodge. Knights, of
Pythias; to allow Washington county
to lew a snecial tax to build bridge: to
amend chapter 34 of the Code; to estab
lish dispensary for Bladen; to establish
graded schools at Hickory; to create
1 1 " . J1 11. A
puuuo roaas in asweu; 10 anow iuaai
son to build a bridge across Ivy creek;
to amend chapter 64, private laws of
18835 to amend chapter 310. private
law s of 1891 ; to amend charter of Mor
ven; to regulate the procuring and dis
tribution of dead bodies for dissection;
to allow Transylvania county to levy a
special tax; to incorporate the town of
Dudley; to establish a public road sys
tem in Vance; to allow Craven county
to build bridges across Neuse and
Trent rivers; to create a short form of
agricultural lien ;to incorporate the town
of Whittier; to amend The Code in re
gard to restoration to citizenship; to al
low Onslow to nsesp e:ial taxes for gen
eral purposes; to locate line between
North Carolina ard Tennessee; to
amend the charter of Kitti e'.l Colored
Normal School; to repeal the charter of
the town of Ruffin; to establish a dis
pensary at Waxhaw; to incDrporate the
iNorth Uorolma Land and Timber Com
pany ; to incorporate the American Trust
and Savings Bank;to allow Monroe to "s
sue water works bonds; to allow gradu
ates of the Asheville Normal and Col
legiate Institute for Young Women to
teach in the public schools without ex
am nation; to allow Perquimans county
to levy a special tax; to incorporate the
United Bjaihijsland Sjsters' -Aspocia-.
tion; for the relief of ex-Sheriff
McArtan, of Harnett; to regu
late the bond of register of
deeds of Edgecombe; to fix term of
holding Superior Courts in the fifth dis
trict; to increase and regulate revenue;
to amend laws relative to Craven Su
perior Courts; to amend aud re-enact
chapter 310, private laws of 1893, and
chapter 318, private laws of 1895; to in
corporate trustees of St. Mary's School,
Raleigh; to increase the powers of tho
railroad commission; to exempt certain
fraternal benevolent orders from tax;
to amend sections 077 and 701 of chap
ter 16 of The Code; to incorporate the
auxiliary board of health of Edgecombe;
to amend the charter of Winston; to al
low the people of Concord to vote on
bond issue; to allow Secretary of State
to furnish Superior Courts to Johnston
county; to provide for new buildings at
Deaf -Mute School at Morganton; to
amend the charter of Concord; to incor
porate the Dennis Simmons Company
and enlarge its 'charter; to incorporate
the Bank of Enfield and enlarge its
charter; to amend the charter of Dur
ham and allow it to issue bonds; to
amend the charter of Mt. Airy;
to regulate the oourts of the tenth
district; to allow Cumberland county
to refund its outstanding debt;
to provide for new buildings for the
Deaf -Mute and Blind Institution; - to
extend the stock law limits in Wayne;
to amend chapter 426, public laws of .
1895; to amend the law of 1895 regard
ing a turnpike in Henderson county; to
legalize $10,000 in bonds, issued by
Elizabeth City and levy tax to pay
them; to allow Haywood and Jackson
to levy a special road tax; to incorpo
rate Sovereign Camp of Woodmen of
the World; to incorporate the Toxaway
Company; allow the clerk of Bladen
to be absent Mondays; to incorporate
the Supreme Ruling of the Fraternal
Mystic Circle; to amend the charter of
Elizabeth City; to allow Beaufort to
levy a special tax; to incorporate the
Carolina, Chimney Rock & Tennesseee
Railroad; to repeal chapter 181; private
laws of 1895; to provide for working
publio roads in Nash; to incorporate
Winlerville, Pitt county; for the relief
of Clerk Z. F. Long, of Richmond; to
amend the law as to cotton-we'ghers in
Edgecombe; to give the fusionists con
trol of the penitentiary; to allow Madi
son to issue bonds and levy a special
tax; to pave streets around
Capitol Square; to regulate the
collection of taxes in Durham county,
to work roads in Cherokee; to incorpo
rate the Harnett Central Railroad; to
incorporate the Mulberry Turnpike
Company; to change time of holding
courts in the seventh district; to appro
priate $5,000 for colored teachers' train
ing school; to incorporate the Carolina
Southern Railway and Lumber Com
Company; to amend charter of Wil
mington Chamber of Commerce; to in
corporate the Mutual Aid Banking
Company of Newbern ; to require State
convicts to work certain roads in An
son; to drain Mill Creek, Davie county;
to take Vance out of the Eastern crimi
nal circuit; to incorporate the Williams
Fitzhugh Lumber Company; to drain
certain low lands in Lincoln; to work
Haywood's public roads; to allow An
son to finish jail repairs r for the relief
of R. O. Pitman; to allow Beaufort
county to levy a special tax and issue
bonds: to allow J ackson county to build
a bridge across Tuckaseege river; for
the relief of E. G. Smith and oth
ers, of Buncombe; -to work public
roads in Washington county; to
amend chapter 280, acts of 1889 to
allow Alexander to levy, a special tax
to build a new court house and jail; to
improve public roads from Roaring
Gap to Virginia line, in Alleghany; to
incorporate the Asheville Electric Com
pany j to improve roads in Union by
taxation; to allow Wilkes to levy
special tax; to incorporate the Yadkin
River Power Company; to incorporate
the Eank of Randolph; to amend the
charter of Wilmington so that Govern
or appoints alderman from each ward;
to amend the charter of Newbern in
same way as Wilmington; to amend
the charter of Rocky Mount; to estab
lish dispensary in Cumberland county;
to require all bankers or officers of di
rectors of railroads, State ' banks and
all other corporations created or char
tered by the Legislature to take an of
ficial oath; to incorporate the Hope
Fire Company, of Greenville: to build
public roaa from Gam Oil is school hou
to Virginia line; to establish a grade!
school at Washington ; to amend chap
ter 195, public laws of 18:15; tomtke Su
perior Court clerk of Robeson ex-officio
clerk of Criminal Court; t6 amend Dur
ham's charter; to incorporate the Win-Bton-Salem
South Bound Railroad, re
quiring State to furnish surveyors and
250 convicts; to provide a police justice
for Asheville; for the relief of Clerk
Pace, of the Henderson Superior Court;
to levy special school tax in Wake For
est township, Wake county; to incor
porate Durham's public library ; to drain
lowlands of Carter's creek, Davie conn
ty; to amend chapter 267, private laws
of 1891; to allow Halifax county to
levy special tax; to amend chapter 152,
acts of 1893; to amend section 1 of
The Code; to prohibit taking of clams
for market in Brunswick between April
ICth and November 15th; to allow the
State to refund $200 to the Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians; to Tegulate
the manufacture and Fale' of liquor
in Haywood; to incorporate Whit
sett Institute; to allow Sampson to
borrow money, issue bonds and levy
a special tax ; to create a separate board
of trustees for the white Agricultural
and Mechanical College; to incorporate
the Raleigh Library; to . incorporate
Hyatt Academy, atBoonville; to amend
the charter of Lexington; to allow Cra
ven to levy a special tax; to complete
public road from Creton to Mills
River; to let Ashe county vote on issue
of road improvement bonds; to incor
porate trustees of the First Pres
bytery of the A. R. Presbyterian
Church; to provide for working public
roads of Halifax; to charter the Nation
al Protective Association; to prevent
the introduction of the Sau Jose fruit
scale and other dangerous fruit and
crop pests; to protect partridges in
Chatham; to establish graded schools in
Chapel Hill; to incorporate the Lumber
River Railroad; to amend the charter
of the town of Hub; asking Congress to
rebuild arsenal at Fayetteville; to allow
Randolph to pell county bonds; for .the
relief of E. O. Vesto!-, of Chatham; to
except Polk county from chapter 427,
public laws of 18J5; to allow Raleigh's
school committee to issue $50,000 in
bonds; to incorporate Bethel Hill
Institute, Person county; to pay
James I. Moore $200; to allow Forest
City to issue bonds; to repeal chapter
353, public laws of 18iJ5, so far as relates
to Transylvania; to except Onslow and
Pender from the new oyster law; .to
give the colored orphan asylum at Ox
ford $1,000 additional; to amend the
charter of Forest City; to amend sec
tions 2812, 2813 and2bl4cf The Code; to
revise and improve tho public school
system of the State; to regulate road
working in Tyrrell; to allow Forsyth to
issue bonds upon petition ; to incorpor
ate Hominy Valley institute; to 'allow
Sampson to work convicts on public
roads; to extend time for organization
of the Bank of Lumbertan; to provide
for representation of this State at the
Tennessee Exposition this year; for
the relief of the sheriffs and tax collec
tors (allowing collection of am a-s of
taxes); to reduce fees for imiounding
stock in Buncombe, Madison,. Wilkes,
Tyrrell, burry, Haywood, V ance, Davie,
Cumberland and Halifax; to establish
graded school at Haysville; to incor
porate the Atlantic Development Com
pany; to repeal chapter 418, acts of
1891; to repeal section 178 ana amend
section 1739 of the Code; to repeal sec
tion 5, chapter 131, act of 1895; to reg
ulate the keeping of stock in Tyrrell
county; to allow the State Treasurer to
nv out annronriations ouarterlv or
semi-annually; to incorporate the High-
lands Turnpike Company; to amend
the charter of rsewbern, in regard
to spellinS of nainei to amend
chapter 171, acts of 1872-'3;to prevent
damming Beaver creek, Jones county;
to repeat chapter 12, public acts of 189.V,
to clear the channel of Haw river, in
Rockingham; to provide a dispensary
for Louisburg township; to amend tho
charter of Southern Pines: to incorpor
ate the Chatham, Moore and Harnett
Eauk, at Sanford; to place the insane
asylums at Goldsboro, Jaleigh and
Morganton in the hands oi th j fusion-
ists.
A Gift Within tho J teach or AU.
The lire 'started early Sunday morn
ing, when few' people were on the
streets. It gained good headway be
fore it was even discovered. When the
engines arrived, It was too late to save
property, and seemed equally so to res
cue life. .
A crowd waited, breathlessly, while
the firemen dashed in again and again,
seeking the terrified and helpless people
who found no way of escape. At
length, Just as the spectators assured
each other that all was safe, a woman
appeared at an upper window. Hers
was the direst peril yet faced.
One of the firemen ran up his ladder,
but, brave as he was, the flames drove
him back. Some groaned, others wept,
as he retreated. One man saw a way
to help, "Cheer him!" he cried.
The crowd cheered. The fireman
took heart again. It was easier to daro
the danger, now he knew that others
sympathized. He made a second effort,
and, though it left him sorely wounded,
he saved the life.
A Scotch writer sketches a noble char
acter and a helpful life in a single
phrase, when he tells us that his hero
belonged to "the great society of en
pouragers who make the wheels of the
world go round," for it Is not possible
to all to raise the cheer that Inspires
the brave deed done in the eyes of men;
but an appreciative word that stimu
lates unselfish effort that is the gift
of all. Who shall say that In the final
account It may not how the greater
result? " .
Loud conversation Is hardly neces
pary, and frequently annoying to oth
jera. . '
NORTH STATE NHS NOTES
Items of Irvterest Gathered From
Different Points.
THE DREADED SAN JOSE SCALE
Makes Its Appearance Murder in
Mitchell County Suit for Dam
agesVance's Picture.
The following bulletin has been sent
out by the North Carolina Agricultural
Experimental Station: "The Experi
ment Station regrets to announce that
the dreaded San Jose scale has reached
North Carolina. Bulletin No. . 139 de
scribes the character of this destructive
pest, the damage which it has done to
the fruit industry in other States and
what it is likely to do in North Caro
lina, unless it is stopped at once. It is
6tated in the bulletin that from a single
pair three billion insects may result in
a single season. Although these scale
insects do not move from one place to
another of their own accord, yet they
are blown by the wind or else carried
on the feet of birds to other orchards
not infested. Such is the rapidity of
increase that these orchards will 6con
be covered and the trees will bo destroy
ed in a very short while, besides being
a standing menace to other localities..
The Horticultural Society, aided by the
Experiment Station, has prepared a bill
which is now being considered by the
Legislature, the purpose of . which is
to pppoint an unsalaried commission -to
prevent the introduction and spread of
such pests. There are other insects and
fungous pests as bad as tho San Jose
scale. The commission, if established,
will prevent large losses in horticul
tural and agricultural crops from other
pests. Some of these pests- are: The
cotton boll weevil, now proceeding
northward from Mexico and Texas; the
6fypfly moth (to destroy which the State
of Massachusetts has already epent
$650,000); the tobacco leaf miner, a re
cently discovered insect of most de
structive tendency, and the peach yel
lows, which has practically ruined the
peach orchards of. many States. The
above bulletin contains a copy of tho
bill now before the General Assembly.
It is believed to be one of the most im
portant that the Legislature has before
it for consideration.
The Experiment Station, at Raleigh,
for a number of j-ears past has been de
veloping a sugar corn that would have
the properities of field corn adapted to
this latitude, combined with tho table
qualities of ordinary sugar corn. It is
believed that characteristics of such a
cross are now permanently fixed.. The
station desires to place a khjhII t!tTT:ttge
of the corn in the hands cf careful par
ties who will give it atrial and who wilL
promise to report results next fall, lhis
should not be planted near field corn.
To applicants who will agree to the
above conditions and will Fend four
cents for return postage and expense of
mailing, the station will be glad to
send packages as long as the supply
lasts. Apply to the North Carolina
Agricultural Experiment-Station, l?ai
eigh, N. C.
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By special appointment, President
McKinley received the entire member
ship of Governor Russe l's staff. The
staff was in full dref uniform, headed
by Adjutant-General A. D. Cowles.
The reception by tho President was
most cordial and pleasant, lasting
about twenty minutes. Special enquiry
was made by the President of uovcrnor
Russell and he spoke of his pleasant re
membrance and regretted his absence.
On taking leave of the President Gen.
Cowies expressed the hope that his en
tire administration misrht b as bright
and successful as the day of his inaugu
ration. News has been received here con
firming a rumor of a murder near Mon
tezuma, in Mitchell county. It seems
that Milt Daniel and Sam Fortner,- who
were warm friends and lived together,
a few days ago visited a "blind tiger"
and became intoxicated, after which
they fell out. Milt Daniel had a pistol
with only one cartridge. He shot and
instantly killed Fortner. He was cap
tured and placed in jail to await trial
at the spring term of Mitchell court.
Fortner was a quiet, traceable citizen,
while Daniel is said to be a desperate
character.
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The trial of Bradley, administrator,
vs. the Ohio River & Charleston Rail
road, at Marion, has begun. This is a
damage suit for the killing cf Mrs
Kenipe, of Old Fort, at Henrietta last
year, while she and her daughters were
being driven across the track in a car
riage. He sues the railroad company
and the liveryman for 815,000. There
is a similar case pending on account of
the killing of one of the daughters at
the same time.
The handsome oil painting of the la
merged Vance, now on exhibition in
the ictunda of the capitol at Ra'eigh,
continues to attract much attention.
This is an exquisite work of art, by Mr.
A. Guerry, and is greatly admired by
all. It would be a graceful and lilting
act on the part of the Legislature to
purchase this portrait, h'enator Vance
was for man vyears the idol of tho peo
ple of North Carolina, and his memory
is held in loving remembrance hy til.
The Raleigh Chapter cf the
Daughters of the Confederacy have de
cided to make the Jefferson Davis
Memorial the obiect of their effort h to
raise funds. "The Trivato Soldier of
North Carolina" will be the subject of
the Memorial Day address this yenr.
Captain Thomas M. Mason has been
requested to be the orator.
TJnie3 States DeputyMarshal Had
den and Jack Bates, Alex Robmnon.
and T. J. Abbott, made a considerable
raid on moonshiners of Glassy Moun
tain and tne famous ".Dark Corner.
They came upon a 100 gallon live etil
and 2,500 gallons of beer. The owners
of the still got wind of the presence o
officers and made good their escape.
Governor Russell has tendered to
Dr. Monroe, head of the medical de
partment of Davidson College, the
position of superintendent of the
western hospital at Mroganton.
DOWN A SIXTY FOOT IILUFP.
Heavy Rains CauHO. a Disastrous
-Wreck on the Southern, ,
A passenger train on the Southern!
railroad plunged down a bluff CO feet
deep at tho approach to the Etow alx
river bridge, near Rome, Ga., Satur
day morning, with the engineer stick
ing to his post. The wreck caught fi.ro
and seven cars were burned.
Tho fatally injured are: Engineer
James T. Pittman: Fireman Alfred,
Kennedy; Express Messenger Polk
Culberson; Baggage Master Win
ston. All of the above live in
Atlanta. John Simpson, colored, who
was in the smoker was badly
bruised and tvo other passengers whoso
names are not known, slightly injured.
The train was composed of one Pull
man sleeper, day coach, ninoker, bag
gage, express car and five cars of
freight. Heavy rains caused the tres-
lie near xae uriuge to give way.
A stove in the express car net lire to
the wreck and all the cars which had
gone through the trestle were burned.
A freight train came along and pulled
the sleeper and a car away from tho
fire.
James Pitman, the engineer, went
down into the river, but swam out.)
Kennedy, the fireman. Polk, the ex
press messenger, and Winston, bag-,
gage master, were injured, but nouo
fatall'. Pittman and Kennedy are in a
hospital at Rome; the others went on1
to Atlanta, '
Destructive Fire in Savannah
Savannah was visited by a largo llro
Friday. Tho following is a statement
of the Iosgcs aud insurance: Jos. Mab
bets, $2,000; insurance. $000 on stock. I
J. Tyler. arent. $2,000; no insurance..
K. H. Williams, $1,500; insurance $1,-
000. Walker Bros. & Co., on building,!
34,000, insurance on ftock, $5,000. Gv
W. Averett,on stock, 500; on building,;
$2,000; insurance, SJ.OOO on pro
perty. Wado & Powers, $1,500; no
insurance ii. L. Lilly, $1,000, in-1
surauco ou stock, $1,500. Sweat fc
Wil&on, $300; no insurance. Harrell
.t Co., $2,000; insurance, $800. Miss!
Waters, $1,200: no insurance. J. O.j
Morton, $2,000; insurance, $800.
Creech & Tharin, on building, $2,000;
insurjuico on stock, $.",000. Misses
Moncrer. $1,000; no insurance. Wiu.
Hunter, on building, $2,000; itisuranco
on stock, $3,000. J. W. llopson, on
building, S150; insurance on stock,
$3,000. 'Grover&Co., $2,000; no in
surance. L. S. Price, $1,500; insur
ance, $1,000. Several other losses of
smaller amounts partially insured.
Important Extension. J
It is announced that'negotiations look
ing to the extension of tho Mobile and
Ohio railroad to Montgomery, Ala.,
have been successfully completed by
tha sale of $4,000,000' five per cent.-
bonds of the Mobilo Railroad Compan tw,
havincr fiftv vcars to run. Tcrrjiuli
grounds and facilities granted" by tho
city of Montgomery have been fcecured
at that point and at Tuscaloosa.
Mississippi's Great Height. j
The latest news received from Mem
phis says tho Mississippi river thero
now registers a higher istago of water
than ever known. Disasters attending
this condition have begun, two Arkan
sas towns across from the city being
submerged, and the inhabitants driven
to safer places. Iheseare Marion aud
W est Memphis. The former is under
from three to four feet of water duo to
a break of its protection levee.
1
Fnllure in Cincinnati. I
Hermann Brackman has been ap
pointed receiver of tho Consolidated
Building and Saving Company, of Cin
cinnati, O. The liabilities are $230,000
and assets $175,000. It affects almost
all the employes of the Consolidated
Street Railway as well as others. . It
was incorporated in 1883 with a capital
stock of $000,000.
Rise in the Chuttnhooclic. '
The Chattahooche River is on a big
boom at Columbus, Ga., and the Eagle
and Phoenix Mills, employing 4,000
ha-ds, have nhut down on account of
high water. The rise measures 27 feet
a few inches below high water mark
and still riHiug. If the rainS do not
cease all bridges will be in danger.
A New Georgia Colony.
Deals have been closed for the pur
chase of about 4,000 acres of the ha t
farm lands in middle Georgia, located
about ten miles from Augusta, for tho
organization of a colony. A town pito
will be surveyed aud the property
divided up into small farms, principally
for the culture of fruit.
. 31r. Carlisle' Trip South.
Hon. John G. Carlisle, Mr. Clcta
land's Secretary of the Treasury, ar
rived in Lynchburg, Va., Tuesday
night on tho Florida special, from
Washington, and after remaining there
for two or three hours, left on tho
Washington limited for Greensboro,
N. C.
An Embe.Jer Sentenced.
AtPofiton, Mass., Allison Z. Mason,
convicted of embezzling the funds of
the Globo Investment Company, of
which company he was president, v. as
sentenced to State prison for a period
of not less than five or v.ore than eight
years. .
Jas. D. Cowan Dead.
James I). Cowan, of tho firm of
Cowan, McClung&Co., of Knoxville,
Tenn., died Saturday. Mr. Cowan had
been a merchant there for more than 50
years. ;
Miners Strike.
Tho miners employed in the EichoN
begcr. Hicks, Sweet and Reed bitu
minous coal mines at Dudley, Bedford
county, Pa., have gone out on a trikrt
because of a reduction in the price of
yardage. The strike affects about 400
men. !
Kentcky's Senator.
. W. Godfrey Hunter was eclededbyi
the Republican caucus for United
States Senator on the first ballot. Iti
is said Mark Hanna's influence brouhtl
about the early result. J