THE COURIER, ASHEBORO, A. C., JANUARY 10, 1809, Pages 3 and 6.
Bill Introduced in the House to Re
duce Homestead Exemption.
SPECIAL JUDICIAL COMMITTEE.
A Resolution Introduced Instructing Senators
and Representatives to Secure Appropri
ation for Beacon on Pamlico Sound.
THE SENATE.
Foukth Day. —The Senate met at 10
a. m. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr,
Eugene Daniel. Bills were introduced
as follows: A bill to repeal chapter
316, acts of 1895; to investigate the
Agricultural department and charitable
institutions of the State; a bill to re
peal section 1906 of The Code; a bill to
prevent fast riding and driving over
bridges in Gaston county; to amend
section 2872 of The Code by inserting
“enrolling” after “clerks;” to repeal
chapter 50, laws of 1897, relating to
fish in Alleghany county; to change
the time of holding courts iu Nash
county; to provide for the appointment
522,laws of 1891, and a bill to change cer
tain school districts in Chatham county.
The introduction of bills was next in
order, the following bills being intro
duced: Jerome, to extend powers of
justices of the peace, and to amend
sections 872 and 873 of The Code; Bry
an, to provide for the cross-indexing of
wills, also for the relief of William
Watson; Hairston, to license foreign
corporations, companies and associa
tions; Coolie, to repeal chapter 222,
laws of 1897; Justice, (by request), to
ratify the organization of tho South
Carolina and Georgia Railroad.
The calendar was ne^t taken up, and
the following bills passed first reading;
1 Thatno bills shall be introduced after
the 15th of February, 1899, unless by a
two-thirds vote of the house iu which it
is to be introduced; to repeal chapter
15 laws 1895; to repeal chapter 185, laws
1897;. Upon motion of Justice, the
Senate went into the nomination of a
committee on appropriations, and the
following Senators were elected to form
the committee: Travis, Mason,Bryan,
Jerome, Thomas, Campbell, Lindsay
and Skinner.
of commissioners
Washington
county; to amend chapter 81, laws of
1897; also a bill repealing sections 19
and 41, of chapter 168, laws of 1897
Senator Fields requested leave to file
additional evidence in the contested
election cases before the Senate and
was allowed to do so.
Fifth Day.—The Senate met at 10
o’clock. , Prayer was offered by Rev.
Dr. Gibbs. A communication was re
ceived from United States Senator Ma
rion Butler relative to the fish culture
status in North Carolina and suggest
ing that the General Assembly pass an
act similar to the one passed by the
General Assembly ofTennessee, Smith
(by request) presented a petition to re
fund money to Mount Pleasant Col
lege. Bills were introduced as follows:
Giving relief to the sheriff of Alle
ghany; also a bill ^/epeal chapter 316,
laws of 1897; to fnWe on the pension
list the name of James Chandler; to
issue bonds for Charlotte for water
works; regarding investigation of rail
road and telegraph charges; to amend
chapter 45, laws 1895; abill for the elec
tion of railroad commissioners by tho
1 / . The bill provides that the rail
road commission shall be elected in the
same manner‘and at the same time as
the members of the General Assembly;
Fuller, colored, relating to tho treaty
of peace and other foreign relations.
Sixth Day.—A petition of the citi
zens of Sampson county for the ap-
pointment of a cotton weigher was pre
sented by Senator Robinson. A bill to
investigate the agricultural and other
departments was reported favorably, as
were also a bill to repeal tho act re
garding the distribution of dead bodies.
Bills we/e introduced as follows: To
re-establish the Criminal Court of
Hertford; to appoint a cotton weigher
at Dunn; allowing Reidsville to issue
bonds for water-works reported favor
ably; to repeal chapter 311, laws 1895;
to protect fish in Alleghany county; to
appoint tax collectors in Hertford; for
the better government of Hertford
county; to regulate the duties and pow
ers of constables and to validate pro
ceedings based on processes served by
them; to appoint a tax collector for Sa
lem; to amend the charter of Salem;to
amend section 2,831 of The Code; for
the relief of A. T. Houser; to amend
section 148 of The Code. Senator
Cock’s resolution, that United States
Senators be elected by the people, was
unanimously adopted. At the request
of Senator Wood, a bill introduced by
him to establish a fish cultural station
in North Carolina, passed its readings.
It is to be a United States fish hatch
ery. Senator Glenn introduced the
following: “Resolved,/That no bill of
a private nature be introduced until
after February 15th.” Upon motion,
Mr. E, B. Norvell was voted for en
rolling clerk, the vote being 45 yaes
and no noes.
Seventh Day—The Senate met at 10
o’clock. Prayer was offered by Rev.
Dr. Marshall. A petition to place the
names of Everett Dobson and Mike
Byrd on the pension list was received.
A. favorable report was made as to Sen
ator Franks of the thirty-first district,
holding his scat. Bills were intro
duced as follows: To amend chapter
522, laws of 1891; to amend chapter 168,
lawsof 1897; to repeal chapter 158, laws
of 1895, and to repeal chapter 189, laws
of 1897; by Mr. Murray, to abolish the
chain-gang system in Madison county.
A resolution was adopted to investi
gate the Agricultural Department and
the charitable institutions of the State.
A bill to repeal section 1,906 of the
THE HOUSE.
Fourth Day.—At 10 o’clock tho
House met according to the new rules
and Rev. W. C. Norman offered prayen
By a rising vote ex-Governor Elias Carr
was invited toa seat on the floor. The
Speaker announced Hoey, Fleming and
Currie as the committee on enrolled
bills. The following resolutions were
introduced; to give Mrs. Margaret Bus-
bee Shipp a position as assistant en
rolling clerk; to appoint a committee
of three to look into the matter of fees
received by the Secretary of State in
excess of his legal salary; to providefor
a committee to call on the Governor
and ask for the papers and evidence in
the matter of the removal of J. W.
Wilson and S. Otho Wilson as railroad
commissioners; to declare the golden
rod to be the State flower; raising a
committee of three to inquire as to the
payment of moneys out of the public
treasury without authority of law. The
following bills were introduced: To
increase to five the number of commis
sioners of Edgecombe; to amend chap
ter 163, private laws 1897, allowing the
Bank of Fayetteville to reduce capital
stock; to incorporate the town of Man
teo; to amend capter 154, laws 1895, re
garding hunting in Yadkin; to
repeal chapter 168, acts 1897, im-
posin
license tax on lawyers,
physicians and dentists; to repeal
chapter 261, public laws 1895, in
in Chatham;
regard to hunting
to repeal chapter 510, public laws 1897.
creating a State board of tax equali-
Code
I its third reading. A bill
law providing for the
pimcuring^an^SLSfrT^uuon' of dead
bodies cameup. It was placed upon
immediate passage, passing its third
reading. A bill to repeal chap-
ter269, laws of 1895, with the amend
ment that it shall not apply to taxes
levied prior to 1899 passed its final
reading. A resolution to appoint a
joint committee on judicial districts
was adopted. Senators Glenn, Travis
and Speight were appointed a joint
committee on judicial districts. A bill
was introduced by Senator Skinner, to
amend the public school law as found
in chapter 108, laws of 1897.
Eighth Day—In the Senate reports
of committees were favorable as to the
following bills: To establish a fish
cultural station; to repeal chapter 159
of the laws of 1895, and to increase the
number of commissioners in Jones
county; and unfavorable as to bills to
amend chapter 522 of the laws of 1891;
to amend chapter 168, laws cf 1897; to
amend section 1906 of The C me; to re
peal chapter 316, laws of 1897; Io amend
section 2831 of The Code. From the
Governor a report was received reward
ing the executive salaries and expendi
tures and also his nomination of the
following members of the board of di
rectors of the Asylum for the Deaf,
Dumb and Blind; Pulaski Cowper in
place of R. C. Rivers; W. M. Boylan
in place of J. C. L. Harris, and C.
Edwards to succeed himself. The
port was referred to the committee
finance. The following bills were
B.
on
in-
reduced: For better protection of la
borers and mechanics;to amend section
169 of The Code; to amend section 3685
of The Code; causing restrictions in
case of larceny. A report from the
elections committee deciding that
Senator Franks, of the thirty-first dis
trict should retain his seat, was adop
ted. Upon motion Senators Osborne
and Newsome were appointed to meet
three members from the House, to
form a committee to request the Gov
ernor to produce evidence as to the
dismissal of the railroad commission
ers, J. W. and S. Otho Wilson,
Ninth Day.—The Senate met at 10
^hjcli^'-HdpraA'er was.offered by Rev.
^■Skinner. The comm ill ets report -
^^vorably on the following dills: To
chapter 69, laws of 1897; to
Hthe Richmond, Petersburg and
Railroad, and a number of
zation, to pay special venire men in
Lincoln; to put Robert Brown and
Jacob Dellinger on tho pension rolls;
to amend the charter of Bingham
School; to establish graded schools at
Morganton; to repeal chapter 331,
public laws 1897, which requires oaths
by bankers and others to be filed with
the State Auditor; to repeal the char
ter of Dudley. The calendar was taken
up. A resolution was adopted to refer
to a special committee all bills relating
to courts. The resolution was adopted
raising a committee of three to investi
gate the fees received by the Secretary
of State. The resolution to declare the
golden rod the State flower was laid on
the table. The resolution was adopted
iu regard to inquiry as to public money
lent to the penitentiary by the Slate
Treasury. A bill passed repealing the
act of 1895 allowing a discount to Chat
ham people who pay their taxes early,
and imposing a penalty on those who
delay; amending the charter of the
Bingham School. The Senate bill re
pealing the acts of 1897, allowing live
stock to go at large during the winter
in no-fence districts in Halifax and
Edgecombe counties was taken up and
passed without a dissenting vote. Bill
passed providing pilots for Old Topsail
inlet and Beaufort harbor.
Fifth Day. —The House met at noon
and Rev. Dr. Carter offered prayer.
Resolutions were introduced as follows:
Ordering that the State flags be dis-
—played ou the capitol; to create a joint
committee on reprinting statutes. Bills
were introduced as follows: To amend
chapter 1722 The Code; to provide for
paying witnesses; to repeal charter ol
Redmond, Buncombe county; to amend
chapter 148 The Code, removing disa
bilities of married women; to amend
chapter 138 of the Code regarding inter
nal improvements; to prescribe short
forms of crop liens and chattel mort
gages;. to repeal the act creating the
railroad commission; to protect the
lives of property on railroads by pro
viding against incompetent employees;
to establish the Vance Textile School,
(appropriating $15,000, the location tc
be at the place which gives alike sum):
to repeal chapter 287, public laws 1895:
to repeal section 2, chapter 557, acts
1897; to allow Bertie to issue bonde
and levy special tax; to alter the cor
porate limits of the town of Kelford; tc
amend chapter 288 public laws 1895,
USSa^! MA J.5 SI ti&auil Aww SuperiM
Courts; to promote the comfort of pas
sengers on railroad trains; to prescribe
the courses of studying and the books
to be used in the public schools (and
giving authority to have such books
printed at the deaf-mute school at Mor
ganton.
Sixth Day.—A favorable report was
made on the bill, raising aspecial com
mittee to look at the acts of 1895 and
1897 and decide which of them are mer
itorious. There was also a favorable
report on the resolution providing for
a complete investigation of the peni
tentiary. There was an unfavorable
report on the bill to repeal all the acts
of 1897, and on the one prohibiting the
employment of convicts on State farms.
Resolutions were introduced as follows:
Requesting information of tho Secre
tary of State as to fees allowed county
officers; Inviting J. B. Avirett to de
liver before the Legislature January
19th, “Lee’s birthday,” his address on
Gen. R. E. Lee; Regarding the print
ing of constitutional amendments, re
quiring all of these to be printed. Bills
were introduced as follows: To allow
Morganton to buy electric light plant:
To amend the charter of St. Mary’s
School, Raleigh, putting it in charge
of the South Carolina, as well as the
North Carolina Episcopal Diocese;
to incorporate the North Carolina So
ciety of the Cincinnati; to amend sec
tion 590 of Trie Code, in regard to evi
dence (it exclude evidence of any per
son directly or indirectly interested in
any transaction between himself and a
dead man, unless the dead man’s rela
tives offer evidence); to allow McDowell
to levy special tax; to authorize Dur
ham to issue school bonds; to allow
exemption from taxation manufactur
ing enterprises which come to North
was passed amending me act in regard
to the working of convicts on roads in
Anson County, amending chapter 252,
public laws 1897. A bill to repeal all
public acts of 1897 was tabled. The
bill repealing the act of 1897, providing
for working Northampton roads by
taxation passed. A resolution to raise
a special joint committee of five to in
vestigate the penitentiary came up.
(To investigate the management for the
past four years, the committee being
given wide latitude and full authority).
There was no debate. The resolution
was adopted. A resolution was adopted
asking the Secretary of State what fees
are allowed county officers under exist
ing laws. (It is all in the fee bill.)
Seventh Day.—The House met at
10 o’clock. Prayer was offered by Rev.
Dr. Eugene Daniel. A favorable re
port was made on the resolution ap
pointing a committee to ask the Gov
ernor for his reasons for removing J.
W. Wilson and S. Otho Wilson as
railroad commissioners; also all the
evidence in that matter. Resolutions
were introduced as follows: Directing
the State Treasurer to pay tho em
ployes of the penitentiary for October,
November and December, 1898, and
set apart $5,000 for this purpose; in
structing Senators and Representatives
to secure an appropriation for a beacon
in Pamlico Sound. Bills were intro
duced as follows: To give Swain coun
ty the Supreme Court Reports from
volume 1 to volume 8-7; to incorporate
the African Aid and Burial Society ol
North Carolina; to abolish the Cum
berland county dispensary at Fayette
ville; to repeal all laws regulating
elections in North Carolina; to amend
chapter 135, acts of 1897; to provide foi
revising and digesting the public stat
utes; to amend the constitution, by
reducing the homestead to $150 per
sonal property and $500 real property;
to equalize pay of State’s w’itnesses,
sheriff's and clerks; to amend section
21 of The Code so that a will may be
caveated upon certificate that the ca
veator give bond. A bill was taken up
to repeal chapter 163, public laws ol
1897, requiring fire insurance com
panies not to charge a higher
rate of insurance on farm prop
erty than is charged in Virginia.
Many members joined in the discus
sion for or against the pending bill.
Finally it was referred to the commit
tee. Bills were passed incorporating
the Southern Conservatory of Music
and amending the Anson county road
law, so roads will be worked by con
vict labor; increasing to five the num
ber of commissioners of Edgecombe
county; to pay special veniremen in
Lincoln county; to amend the charter oi
St.Mary’s School, Raleigh; to repeal
chapter 316, private laws of 1895, in re
gard to a turnpike between Buncombe’s
and Hickory Nut Gap; to allow Louis
burg to issue bonds for public improve
ments. A resolution was adopted giv
ing the Bagley Monument Association
leave to place a monument or statute in
memory of Worth Bagley in the capitol
square; also a resolution asking the
government to erect beacon lights at
Hatteras and in Pamlico Sound, in the
cape channel, The following was an
nounced as the special committee on
judicial districts: Justice, chairman;
Rountree. Allen, Stubbs and Craig.
Eighth Day.—In the House bills
were introduced as follows: To provide
white committeemen for white schools
and negro committeemen for negro
schools; to repeal section 22, chapter
168, public laws 1897, this being the
section of the revenue act imposing
purchase tax ou merchants; to author
ize the- publication of the “Sketches
of North Carolina Troops;” to make
desertion for 12 months ground for di
vorce; to give magistrates final juris
diction in cases of carrying concealed
weapons. By leave Mr. Hoey intro
duced a bill in regard to libel. It pro
vides that any action against a news
paper for libel shall be brought iu the
county of publication and that in crim
inal action a retraction given equal
prominence shall be sufficient, whileif
the action be civil damages can be
agreed on. The bill also makes persons
liable for misdemeanor who wilfully
give libelous matter to a newspaper.
(This bill was drawn by H. A. London
at the instance of the State Press Asso
ciation.) By leave Foush^e introduced
a bill to exempt roller flour mills from
the provisions of section 1837 of The
Code, fixing tolls.
Ninth Day.-—The House met at 10
o’clock. The following bills were in
troduced: Overman, to authorize clerks
of Superior Courts to issue execution
against sureties upon bonds to stay
execution; Nicholson, to tax upon a
convicted defendant in a larceny case
the value of the stolen property, to be
taxed as other costs iu the case; Ray,
to strike out section 6, chapter 169,
public laws 1897, which creates county
board of equalization; Davis, to amend
chapter 484, public laws of 189DTrot-
speak for the majority of the House
and say that no such amendment would
be submitted to the people. The reso
lution was referred to the committee
on constitutional amendments. Smith
said that if Ray expressed the
sentiments of tho majority of the
House ho was entirely willing to with
draw the resolution, save that as to ne
gro representation on the committee.
By leave, Hoey introduced a bill to
repeal chapter 464, acts 1897, which
gives the power to the Council cf State
to award the contracts for the public
printing. Ho said the bill was intro
duced at the request of the two com
mittees on printing. The bill passed.
Senator Mason Delivers a Notable
Speech in the Senate.
LIMIT DEBATE ON CANAL
BILL
The Diplomatic Appropriation Bill Passed by
The House—The Bill as Passed Carried
$1,705,533.
man
ue
o*a sto constitute a lien ou the
mare for season of her colt; Moore, to
amend section 2,079, of The Code, by
striking out the words “in his county;”
Moore, to amend sections 1,119 and
1,200 of The Code, by reducing from
23 to 8, the number of peremptory
challenges; Yarboro, to repeal the $10
license tax on horse and mule dealers;
Thomson, to amend chapter 425, laws
1891, allowing executions in the stay
Iaw;Curtis, to amend sections 1,-846 and
1,847, The Code, so as to fix the same
tolls for roller flouring mills as for
other mills; Nicholson, to repeal section
1,333, The Code, in regard to buying or
selling pretended rights or titles;
Justus, to amend chapter 345, acts
1895, by striking out “French Broad;”
McIntyre, to amend section 1,906, The
Code, so that no clerk of courtshall ap
point himself or his deputy to make
sale of any property in any proceed
ings before him; also to give consent
f >r acquirement by the United
Stites] of any lands needed for a
fish hatchery. The calendar was taken
up, and the following was tabled: A
bill to repeal chapter 203, public laws
1897. The following bills were passed:
To allow the treasurer of school fund of
Haywood county to pay school fund;
to repeal chapter 510, public laws 1897,
which created the State board of tax
equalization; to change the name of
Chocowinitty creek in Beaufort county
Choco.
to allow Bertie
Carolina; to make it
misde-
STATE SQUIBS
Raleigh—The grand lodge of Ma
sons did a most extraordinary thing.
It remained iu session from 8 o’clock
Wednesday night until 5 o’clock Thurs
day morning of last week. From 11
o’clock until it adjourned it discussed
the Oxford Orphan Asylum. There
were two points at issue-one whether
the gifts of Mr. Duke, of that great
trust, the American Tobacco Company,
to the asylum, should or should not be
accepted; the other whether tho ma
tron, a Massachusetts woman, should
not be replaced by a North Carolina
woman. After a spirited debate a res
olution was adopted setting forth that
the acceptance of the Dake gift, which
is more than $10,000, was entirely
proper. Another resolution was adopt
ed to the effect that a North Carolina
woman ought to be matron. The sal
ary of the matron is $1,000. The grand
lodge held a short session Thursday
morning, and then adjourned until
next January, to meet here. A vote of
thanks was tendered Francis D. Win
ston for his gift of a handsome Bible.
Grand Mater Richard J. Noble, F. D.
Winston, H. I. Clark, Walter S. Lid
dell, M. S. Willard and Beverly S.
Royster were appointed as representa
tives of the grand lodge at the George
Washington memorial ceremonies at
Fredericksburg, December 19th, 1899.
Secretary of State Thompson, before
the insurance committee of the Legis
lature in Raleigh said there seemed
to be a popular impression that he re
ceived a great deal of money as per
centage upon insurance currency paid
into the treasury, but that his onlyfees
were 50 cents for issuing licenses to
insurance agents and $9 for examining
the accounts of insurance companies
whose solvency was in question. He
admitted that ho knew of no statute re
pealing the provision that all money
shall be turned into the treasury, and
said he collected those fees because his
predecessors had always done so. He
said his fees from insurance companies
amount to $3,500 annually, adding to
his salary, and he receives consider
ably more than $6,000 annually.
Action has been instituted in Wake
superior court for the removal of Mrs.
8. C. Dodd as executrix of the late
James Dodd, and also for a division of
the estate. The estate is a very large
one. The suit is instituted by Mrs.
Dodd’s daughter, Mrs. Cecyl R. Craig
and her husband. The complaint
charges that Mrs. Dodd is under the
influence of her brother, Mr. R. P.
Howell, and that $10,000 of personal
property and $12,000 to $15,000 of rents
and securities have been squandered.
Newbern.—Grave apprehension is
expressed for the safety of the crew of
the two-masted schooner Susan E.
Porter, Captain Carron, which left
Charleston, December 17, bound for
this, her home port. Sheis two weeks
over due and nothing has been heard
of her since she sailed from Charleston.
It is believed the crew of five men have
perished. The missing schooner was
loaded with phosphates. She is owned
by Lupton Bros., and valued at $3,000.
Elkin.—The Chatham Manufactur
ing Company will add another story to
its large factory, thus doubling its
capacity. The increasing demand for
its goods makes this necessary. The
Bailey Manufacturing Company, which
manufactures cross-arms and pins for
telegraph poles, is establishing braches
at Mt. Airy, Aberdeen and Taylors
ville, in order to meet the heavy de
mands made upon it for these pro
ducts.
Monroe led oft a few years ago and
built the best court house then in the
State. She comes now with the best
opera house in the State by odds. The
building is 100x60 feet, made of select
brick and will cost $15,000 when fin
ished. The opera house proper has
387 regular opera chairs in the main
hall and about 413 seats in the gallery
—in all 800 seats. The stage is 60x24
and well shaped. From the floor in
the main hall to the ceiling is a dis
tance of 30 feet.
.. Masons Noble
makes ton following appointments of
grand officers: Chaplain, A. M. Sim
mons; lecturer, B. W. Hatcher; sen
ior deacon, F. I). Winston; junior dea
con, Martin S. Willard; marshal, F.M.
Gattis; sword-bearer, T. C. Linn; per-
suivant, W. H. Yarboro; junior stew
ards, F. D. Jones, T. L. Farrow;
tvler. R. H. Bradley; orator, Edward
W. Pou.
The Legislature has created a com
mittee on election law. Mr. Stubbs
is chairman. It desires to get the views
SENATE.
Fifteenth Day.—When the Senate
convened, Pasco, Democrat, of Flor
ida, presented a memorial from a camp
of Confederate veterans of Ocala, Fla.,
protesting against the adoption of tho
proposition of Butler, Populist, of
North Carolina, to pension ex-Confed
erate soldiers. At the conclusion of
the routine business, the District of
Columbia appropriation bill was taken
up and passed. Mason, Republican, of
Illinois, offered the following resolu
tion: “Wheres, all just powers of gov
ernment are derived from the consent
of the governed, therefore bo it, re
solved, by tho Senate of the United
States, That tho government of the
United States of America will not at
tempt to govern the people of any
other country in the world without the
consent of tho people themselves or
subject them by force to our dominion
against their will.” The House bill
granting extra pay to officers and en
listed men of United States volunteers
was called up and
amendment.
passed without
Sixteenth Day.—This proved to be
an interesting day in the Senate, the
principal subject under discussion be
ing the constitutional right of the Uni
ted States to carry into effect the policy
of expansion. Tho leading speaker was
Mr. Hoar, Republican, of Massachu
setts,who delivered a speech in support
of the resolution introduced by Mr.
Vest, Democrat, of Missouri, declaring
it to be in opposition to the constitution
for this country to acquire foreign ter
ritory to bo governed permanently as
colonies. The Nicaragua Canal Bill
was taken up and Mr.Caffery continued
his opposition to it. At the conclusion
of Mr. Caffery’s speech Mr. Morgan,
Democrat, of Alabama, in charge of the
bill, made an effort to fix the time for
beginning the vote upon the measure
and the pending amendments. Ho
suggested that the time be 3 p. m. on
tho 11th instant, but Caffery objected.
The Senate at 4:45 p.m. went into ex
ecutive session and at 4:55 p. m. ad
journed.
Seventeenth Day.—Senator Mason,
of Illinois, occupied the attention ol
the Senate for nearly an hour and a
half, with a speech in support of the
resolution declaring that the United
States will never attempt to govern
tho people of any country without
their consent. In many respects the
speech was one of the most notable ut
terances in the Senate thus far this
session. Bacon, of Georgia, secured
the passage of a bill for the construc
tion of a bridge over the Savannah
river, from the mainland, in Chatham
county, Ga., to Hutchison’s Island. At
the request of Mr. Morgan the Senate
unanimously agreed to the limitation
of the debate on the Nicaragua Canal
bill io 15-minute speeches, after 3
o’clock next Thursday,
was then recognized to
Nicaragua Canal. He anno
self as an advocate of a canal
that he was opposed to the
bill. A bill was passed directing the
President to appoint Paymaster Gen
eral T. H. Stanton a major general and
retire him at that grade. The Senate
at 4 o’clock went into executive ses-
100 pages still undisposed of. The
House adjourned at 5 p. m.
Nineteenth Day.—The House im
mediately after the reading of the
journal, resumed the consideration of
the bill for the codification of the crim-
nal laws of AJaska. A good many
minor amendments were adopted and
about 60 additional pages of the bill
were disposed of. Only ten pages re
main. At 4:25 p. m., the House ad
journed.
Twentieth Day.—The House com
pleted and passed the bill for the cod
ification of the criminal laws of Alaska.
An amendment was adopted providing
a high license system iu the Territory,
with a species of local option. Liquor
dealers by its provisions are to pay a
license of $1,000 per year and the con
sent of a majority of the white citizens
residing within two miles of a
liquor dealer’s establishment must be
obtained before a license can issue.
The Speaker laid before the House the
resignation of Mr. Pitnoy, Republican,
of New Jersey.
Twenty-first Day, — The House
passed the diplomatic and consular ap
propriation bill without amendment.
This is the sixth of the regular ap
propriation bills to pass tho House.
The bill as passed carries $1,705,533.
Seven budgets yet remain to be acted
upon. During the general debate two
set speeches were made against impe
rialism by Mess rs, Carmack and Gaines,
Democrats, of Tennessee. On motion
of Mr. Lacey the bill to extend the
scope of the fish commission to game
birds was sent to conference, after a
motion to post pone tho bill indefinitely
had been voted down, 39 to 71.
Twenty-Second Day—The House en
tered upon the consideration of the
naval personnel bill. It developed
much less opposition than was expect
ed. Berry alluded to the situation in
tho Philippines, and referring to the
backing Aguinaldo was supposed to be
receiving from Germany said: “we may
yet have to whip Germany as we did
Spain,” a amid whirlwind of applause.
He also read a poem on the Santiago
battle, entitled, “Was it Sampson, or
was it Schley.
Finest Section of the South.
Progressive people wishing to find
homes or make investments in any kind
of enterprise in the finish section of the
South will learn something greatly tc
their advantage by addressing John
Patrick, Pine Bluff, N. C., or Dr.
Bright, Ellenboro, N. C. A postal will
bring the information.
Pledged Net to Support Quay.
A conference of the Republican S
en-
ators and members who refused to take
part in a senatorial caucus until Sena
tor Quay is acquitted of the conspiracy
charges pending against him in the
Philadelphia courts, was held in Har
risburg, Thursday. A new pledge
binding the signers not to vote for Mr.
Quay until he is acquitted was adopted
and signed by the 43 Senators
members present.
and
sion. At 4:15 p.
of Democrats all over tho State
the best election law.
as to
Asheville. —Marion Roberts post,
G. A. R., has memorialized the
State
The Distinguished Representative
Passed Away in Washington.
SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
Critical Situation in Manila; An Accident
Might Precipitate Trouble—The
Row- Floods and Inundations.
Washington (Special).—Hon.
son Dingley, of Maine, leader
Eagan
Nel-
x^w^v, A~~« v . of the
Republican side on the floor of the
House of Representatives, and repre
senting the second congressional dis
trict of Maine in that body, died
here Thursday night at 10:30 o’clock,
of heart failure, resulting from extreme
weakness, due to double pneumonia.
There were present at the time, Mrs.
Dingley, Miss Edith Dingley, Messrs.
E. N. and A. H. Dingley, sons of the
deceased; Mr. James C. Hooe, an in
timate friend of the family; Dr. Deale,
one of the physicians who has been at
tending him throughout his illness,
and two nurses.
In speaking of Mr. Dingley’s death,
Senator Hale said: “In the present
condition of public affairs Governor
Dingley’s death is a very great nation
al loss. In all questions relating to fi
nance, to revenue of the country and
to the adjustment of great fiscal ques
tions, Mr. Dingley was above all oth-
ers in authority.
who can take his place.
It is difficult to say
He had the
tho Senate ad ¬
ills; and unfavorably as
e criminals convicted of
kU^btution; to amend
I^M^^^r repeal
to bills
larceny
section
chapter
chapter
meaner for railroads to kill cattle in
Pitt county; to amend section 35 oi
The Code, by making bastardy a civil
action, allowing a woman to appeal
from a magistrate’s decision. The cal
endar was taken up. There was quits
a debate on Julian’s bill to repeal the
act of 1897, which requires all officers
of . State banks, railroads and othei
corporations to take and file oaths.
The bill failed to pass second reading,
veas 40, nays 71. A resolution declar
ing that Senators should vote directly
for United States Senators, was taker
up. It was adopted without discussion.
county to issue bonds and levy tax.
The biil was taken up to remove the in
scription on the corner stone at the
white institution for the blind and for
tho colored deaf mutes and blind, and
to place in these buildings bronze or
marble tablets having the names of tho
directors who planned said buildings.
The bill passed second reading, Mr.
Oarroil then added an amendment, ma
king it a misdemeanor for the directors
to fail to carry out this law. This was
adopted. Petree, Republican, offered
Legislature to make May 30 a legal
holiday, instead of May 20. The post
also adopted a resolution commending
President McKinley’s expressions in
his Atlanta speech, and declaring that
no soldier on either side would throw
any obstacle in the way of the accom
plishment of the plan. The resolution
says those who oppose the President’s
suggestions are traitors to their coun
try.
A young man named Harris was ar
rested in Fayetteville on instructions
from the Chief of Police of Wilming
ton, charging him with stealing $300
from his brother in Wilmington. When
arrested he had $15 on his person, but
upon being accompanied to his room
at the LaFayette, he produced $275,
making a total of $290 he turned over
to the officer—all the money in his
possession.
Concord.—The machinery for the
Lippards & Shealy Cotton Mill has all
arrived, and has been placed in position
in the mill. The machinery, while
not first-handed, is in good running
order, and was picked from different
mills in the Northern States. The
journed.
Eighteenth Day.—A climax was
reached in the debate on the question
of expansion which is in progress in the
Senate. Heretofore, all of the speeches,
with the notable exception of that of
Mr. Platt, of Connecticut, have been
in opposition to what is presumed to be
tho policy of the administration with
respect to the acquisition of the Phil
ippines. Mr. Foraker, of Ohio, ad
dressed the Senate in opposition to the
declaration cf the Vest resolution that
the United States has no constitutional
power to acquire foreign territory to be
maintained as colonies. Mr. Foraker
laid down the broad proposition that
to adopt the Vest resolution was to de
clare that our fathers had brought forth
a nation that was inferior to all na,Mftis
regardless of the generally-accepted
idea that one nation ^s the equal of
Ji^tlwOmduWeq^ restricted.
^Nineteenth Day. —Little business
was transacted by the Senate in open
session. Sixteen bills on the private
pension calendar were passed, and a
joint resolution extending tho thanks
of Congress to Miss Clara Barton and
other officials of the Red Cross Society
for their beneficent work in Armenia
and Cuba, was adopted.
Twentieth Day. —In the Senate Mc
Laurin, Democrat, of South Carolina,
took strong ground in a carefully pre
pared speech against a policy of expan
sion by this country. In the course of
his remarks Mr. McLaurin said:
“Better than wealth, better than a
territory upon which the sun never
sets, is the transmission to our child
ren of a republic built upon the in
destructible rock of constitutional
government.” Mr. McLaurin occu
pied the attention of the Senate for
an hour and ten minutes and was
accorded good attention by both Sena
tors and people in the galleries.
Alien, of Nebraska, introduced the
following resolution: “That a commit
tee of fiveSenators, no more than two
of whom shall be members of the same
political party, shall be appointed to
make full inquiryinto the conduct of
the late war between the United States
and Spain.” The resolution was refer
red to the committee on military af
fairs. The Indian appropriation bill
was taken up, but its consideration
was not concluded before the hour of
xF^rnment.
A resolution raising
’ecial joint
committee to examine the public laws-
of 1895 and 1.897 and ascertain which o:
them are of value, was adopted. A bill
an
of
amendment that only the name
James
moved.
Young be re-
was voted down.
large 125-horse-power Corliss engine,
together with the 80-horse-power
boiler, is entirely new, and is already
running.
The Secretary of State has chartered
the Carolina Northern Railroad, from
Lumberton to Marion, S. C., 45 miles;
capital $500,000. All the stockholders
1 are Philadelphians, and John C. Davis
HOUSE.
Seventeenth Day.—The House was
engaged on the legislative and execu
tive appropriation bill, and completed
it substantially as reported, except tho
items for the civil service commission.
The Philippines came in for attention,
on the discovery of an item of $12,000
for naval charts of the islands. The
item was ruled out ou a point of order.
Eighteenth Day. —The House re
versed Ilie decision of the committee of
the whole last Friday when the ap-
A resolution was introduced by Smith,
of Graven, regarding the committee ou owns 2,500 shares. The president is
constitutional amendments, askingthat : Alfred A. Sparks; secretary, George
one colored member be placed on that Wertener. The State also charters the
committee. The resolution also asked Goldsboro Drug Company, capital
that the negroes may have an oppor- ; $15,000.
'(unity to go before the committee and i Concord.—This being the month for
have a hearing in regard to the matter
a remittance from the Dodson Ramseur
of tho bill to give white taxes to white
schools and negro taxes to negro
schools. Ray, of Macon, said he could
Cbapter of tho Daug
fedcracy a check for ,
by the organization!
Homo at Raleigh. I
r25 has been fent
to the' Soldiers’ i
the legislative, executive, and judicial
appiopriation bill. In committee,
where members do. not go on record,
the appropriation was stricken out by
a vote of 67 to Gl. When the roll was
called the appropriation was restored,
the motion to strike out being defeated
95 to 119.
Tho House, by special or-
der, decided to proceed with the con
sideration of the naval personnel bill
as soon as the bill for tho codification
of the laws of Alaska was out of tho
way. .About 70 additional pages of tho
latter bill was covered, leaving almost
Depew Nominated.
Chauncey M. Depew was unani
mously chosen as the candidate of the
Republican party as represented in the
New York Senate and Assembly, for
United States Senator at a jointcaucus
held in the Assembly chamber in Al
bany’. The Democrats have renomi
nated Senator Murphy to succeed him
self. They are in the minority in the
Legislature.
A $15,000,000 Chewing Gum Trust.
A combination of chewing gum man
ufacturers of the United States has
confidence of his associates in the
House, the confidence of the Senate,
tho confidonce of the President and the
confidence of the entire country.”
Nelson Bingley, Jr., Governor of Maine
1873-’75, and member of Congress from the
second congressional district of Maine, since
1881, was born in Durham, Androscoggin
county, Me,, in his grandfather Lambert’s
farmhouse, on the banks of the Androscog
gin river, February 15, 1832. He was the
son of Nelson and Jane (Lambert) Dingley.
At 17 he taught a winter school in tho town
of China. 14 miles from home, and ho con
tinued to teach winters while fitting for col
lege. Entering Waterville College (now Col
by University) in 1851, he remained there a
year and a half and then became a student
at Dartmouth College, from which institu
tion he graduated in 1855. After leaving
college Mr. Dingley studied law, in 1855-’56
with Merrill & Fessenden, of Auburn, and in
the latter year he was admitted to the bar.
Instead of entering upon the practice of law
be decided to become a journalist, for which
profession he always manifested a decided
taste. In September, 1856, he purchased the
Lewiston Journal, of which he bad been
practically editor while studying law and to
which he added a daily addition. In 1861, at
the age of 29, he was elected Representative
fr m Auburn to the State Legislature, in
which body he at once took high rank, was
re-elected in 1862 and chosen Speaker of the
House at the session of 1863.
Iu 1873 Mr. Dingley was elected Governor
of Maine by about 10.000 majority. In 1874
he was re-elected by over 11,000 majority,
declining a third nomination in 1875. He
Was one of the delegates at large from Maine
to the Republican national convention in
1876, served on tho committee on resolutions
and was one of tho sub-committee of five
who drafted the platform.
In 1881 Mr. Dingley was nominated by the
Republicans of tho second congressional dis
trict of Maine to fill the vacancy in Congress
caused by the resignation of Wn. I’ Frye,
He was elected by a majority of over 5,000,
nearly twice as large as ever before given to
any candidate iu that district. He was re-
elected nine times. His first speech in Con
gress was made April 25,1882, on “Protection
to American Shipping.” President McKinley
tendered the position as Secretary of the
Treasury to Mr. Dingley, but he declined the
cgqu consummated i
lew York, when
the last contracts necessary to amalg
mation were executed. The capital
volved in this combination amount
about $15,000,000,
offer, preferring to remain in his position as
chairman of the ways and means jj^nmt lev
floor leader of the BepuD^'m majority
the House. Under his leadership the
base, within sixteen days after the Fifty-
fth Congress was convened in extraordinary
session, passed a bill revising the tariff. Mr.
Gov. Brooke’s Cabinet.
Havana (By Cable).—Governor Gen
eral Brooke has been carefully consid
ering the formation of a cabinet of
civil advisors and has decided to have
four secretaries, the first of State gov
ernment, the second of finance, the
third of justice and public instruction,
and the fourth of agriculture, indus
try, commerce and public works. Only
prominent residents of the island will
be invited to join tho cabinet. The
governor general has received accept
ances from two. One of the otj^^^wo
may bo a Spaniard, though MflH^^^^
ble that all four will
^^ "
Another DejLlytne Big Distilling Trust.
j^jy~dal from New York says the
interests in the country under one con
trol occurred, when the Standard Dis
tilling and Distributing Company, of
New Jersey, with head offices in New
York city, at a meeting of its board of
directors, took over the control of the
Spirits Distributing Company of New
Jersey. The Standard Company al
ready owns substantially all of the
spirit distilleries in the United States,
and also many of the distributing
plants. The capital of the absorbed
company is $7,500,000.
Mayor and City Council Resigned.
The mayor and the entire city coun
cil of San Juan Porto Rico have re-
signed^ This action, they assert, was
taken because of their inability to raise
sufficient funds under the present tar
iffs. They a»e not satisfied with the
so-called abrupt commands of military
government, alleging that they have
insufficient liberty. There is, however,
no il feeling.
The Berlin correspondent of the As
sociated Press, after a thorough inves
tigation, ascertains that the report that
Germany is aiding the Philippines and
furnishing them with war material ia
absolutely baseless.
If 1
she ,
Iona!
Courtship In Mexico.
the young woman favors the suit
gradually advances, from occas-
glimpses of herself behind a
J half-closed shutter, to a position on
the balcony at certain hours of the
day. Then love is made in the most
ardent fashion, either by the finger
alphabet or by a little telephone es
pecially manufactured and sold for the
purpose, one part of which the young
girl retains while she drops the other
to the lover waiting below. When she
has signified her willingness he enters
the home and addresses the parents.
If they have no objections to him he
is then permitted to visit the house
perhaps twice a week and see his
sweetheart, always in the presence of
one or more members of the family,
until the day of the wedding arrives.
The breaking
of an engagement is
tho rarest of all rare things in Mex
ico, and an insincere lover is an an
omaly.
Plenty there are >vho arc not worthy
and who are unsuccessful in their
suits, because, often, of the wisdom of
the parents, but the Mexican lover has^
nothing to gain by insincere atten-
rions-
York Tribune.
Conscience—The part of a man that
hurts him when his neighbor does
Dingley was a Congregationalist in religion.
He was married June 11. 1857,to Miss Salome
McKenney, of Auburn. Me They have had
six children, of whom five survive.
The Eagan-Miles Row.
Washington (Special). —The Eagan-
Miles controversy, or more properly
speaking, the attack made by General
Eagan on General Miles, has proved
the sensation of the day in Washington.
That an officer of tho army should have
so far forgotten himself as to use such
blackguard language has astonished
^^grybody, and that he should have
gone^^U^^SA^utbein" called to
account by court-martial or
has added to the surprise. The action
of the war investigating commission in
sending back the testimony for revision
is regarded as a severe rebuke to the
commissary general, and it is confi
dently expected that a court-martial
will follow, despite the determination
of the investigation commission to pro
tect its witnesses from all harm.
Critical Situation at Manila.
Manila (By Cable).—The situation
hero is undoubtedly critical, but Major
General Otis has it well in hand and
there is no such certainty of trouble as
many believe. The rebels are concen
trated on the outskirts of the town and
their leaders have issued strict orders
that they shall act only on the de
fensive. Au accident might precipi
tate trouble, but the idea of a rebel
attack upon Manila is ridiculous, as
the Americans absolutely control the
position. Aguinaldo has republished
the second manifesto iu reply to the
proclamation of General Otis which
was recalled on its first appearance,
but it has proved ineffectual.
Russia and Afghanistan.
The Paris correspondent to The
London Morning Post says: Accord
ing to news from St. Petersburg, from
a source usually trustworthy, a treaty
of alliance between Russia and Afghan
istan was signed on January 3, despite
the strenuous opposition of Great
Britain, whose representative is al
leged offered the Ameer money and
troops with a view of inducing him to
enter upon hostilities against Russia,
American Troops Mutiny.
A special from Madrid says, the gov
ernment has received the following offi-
cial dispatch from Manila;
The
American troops here who were ordered
to Iloilo mutined and refused tc start.
General Miller has been ordered to
abandon Iloilo and return to Manila.
All the American troops have bann-ur-
dered to concentrate ’lere^JS^^ation
being of the gravest character.”
—css®.*—
Rey. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, of' New
York, has been offered the chair -of
English literature of the Donovan foun
dation in Johus-Hopkins University. \
Floods and Inundations.
London (By Cable) — Widespread
devastation on land and sea has been
tho result of the storm that has raged
during the past few days and the ag
gregate losses of properly are immense.
Reports are gradually filtering through
from the provinces, telling of c^L-
mautled bouses, overflow:.,., rivers,
inundated streets and fields, buildings
'flooded, cattle and sheep drowned,
railroads disorganized and disasters to
life and limb. London’s parks and
buildings have suffered heavily. The
Thames has overflowed along the up
per reaches, with serious loss toU^
dwellers on the banks.