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, - - ' i i ""-a ' 4 The Morning Star. Subscription Terms. .One year by. Mail' $5.00 Six Months by Mail 2.50 Oldest Dally Ntwipaper In the State. - "" . 1 . Largest circulation of any ; Wilmington Paper. , .1 LLL'1.0 ( Three Monthsby Mail 1.25 VOL. -NO. 128 WILMIKGTOH", WEDENSDAX, FEBRUARY 18, 1907. WHOLE NtnvmER 12291. 3 m 1 i '5 i OUTLINES. Near Block I land; off the Rhode TiM coast Monday night & terrible marine disaster occurred wha 150 or more llrn ware lost froca, the- steam er larchoiont. which waa la colUaloa with the achoooer Harry K. Knowlton, the atmzner was sank and the crew mad Doaieccvni took to the boats, with verjthlagcovered with lea and tarn I and worsen suffering terrlblj; one 04Q was crazed and cut his throat. Represent tiTe Laraar. of Florida, yesterday Introduced a bill in Coo rrr to regulate lobbying a the Na tional capltoL la the Thaw trial in New York yesterday Dr. Evans, an aJlenist. testiSed that he examined Harry Thaw In prison and it waa his opinion that Thaw was insane when he killed Stanford White: this may enab!e Attorney Delmas to put Mrs. Thaw back on the stand today to con tinue herlife story; It Js probable that Mrs. Thaw's mother may bo a witness, against Thaw, and Lawyer Hummel may he called as a witness against Mrs. "haw.- In London yes terday a sfKisationaL art burglary was committed. J 1 75.000 cf rateable paint-' lag and bric-a-brac harin k been stolen Prealdeat Afrcd Walter, of the Sfabcard Air Line, elected about six or eight months ago," died at his horn In New York jester day alter a brief tl!aesa Tho Attorney General Is to ascertain what steps can he taken to carry out President KooeeTeU's desire to bar from the Shafts newspapers which publish the i disgusting details of the Thaw trial la New York. "President Itooserellryeiterday tent to the Senate a trew )Lreaty with Santo Deo In go relating to the coUectlon of the cos terms dntles of thw black re public Lieut. Sydney 8. Borbank; who was said to hare deserted his FVSpfco wife, aerred oat a lS-moath term In the pewtenuary yes le may and threatens to create ax army sen sation concerning the con d art of. ofi- cers In the Philippines. BURNS WERE FATAL Uttlc-Daugriter of Mr. and Mrs. RO. Rankin Meets Fear lul Deatb. HURT IN RUNAWAY DIED THIS MORNING Clothing Caoght Fire YtitenJay After noon at Family Home and Child Was Horribly Burned About - Body Tragic Affair. Florida aeems to hare a monopoly on peonage. . Wealth has !ta drawbacks. One of Harry Thaw's alaterm thought a for eign nobleman wis good enough for her and he picked oat a wife from the chorus. A man up KorQi was Ined IS for throwing a piece ef beefsteak; down, tax the floor. The damage to the floor: la aot suted, but tho raaa will know beK teT hereafter than lo be rough ejaoogh to assault the flodr. At any rate thIUrry Thaw trial should be cut out of the menu at the breakfast table. It Is a salacious mor 4! that should be handled with a pitchfork, and the breakfast tabp Is no place for a pitchfork. Sarah Iternhardt.Tt la announced, is going to play the deril la "Faust.- It is to be hoped thathe will do It la a manner that will --detract attention from the way Stafford White and Harry Thaw played. It In the chorus. The Star yester&Vy received a copy of the Japanese Dajly New World. It ls'a twelve page paper, but as we har no Japanese, "learning- well hare to fay It asides till our interpre ter gets here. L Catherine Harlow, tho Httle 1C-mcnth-old daughter of Mr- and Mrs. Robert C. Ran kin, Jr.. died this morn ing at 1:15 o'clock at the family Cbme on Chestnut, between Fourth and Fifth streets, as the result of hor rible burns received yesterday after noon about 5 o'clock, while the little" one' was left by the nurse for a mom ent In the sitting room of the real dence. The news of the death of the child, to which the parents were so tenderly devoted, will come as a great shock to the many friends of the young mother and father, and they will nare the sincere sympathy of the en tire community In the great bereave ment with which they hare beeu stricken. Mrs. Rankin was away from homo yesterday afternoon making some calls and Mr. Raakla was at his buslnees downtown, the little girl-being left la charge of the nurse, a very careful perron, -who had put the child down on the 'carpet (a the sitting room to play with .some toys while she went to the rear or the house to get a scuttle of coal for a fire which was slumbering la the healer. While the orjrse was absent It is presumed that the child crawled to the front of the heater and with a tiny stick which was later found In the rooax with a burned end. ig cited the splinter. At any rate when the nurse returned she w horrified to find the little girl In games, crying In tier great agony. She shouted for assistance as quickly as possible and Dr. Morris M. Caldwell. who Urea la the vicinity, ran over and did .'all la his power to alleviate the suffering of the little one. A Tew mir tttesf later Dr. Thomas M. Green and Dr.. Thomas B Barbank came la re- thr worked with the child until the moment of Its death In an effort to sare the life llr. and Mrs. Rankin were summoned as quickly as possible and both' were prostrated almost wlih grief at the" terrible accident, the phys icians, holding out but the faintest hope. The baby waa fearfully burned about the face, arms and legs, though her eyes seem to hare escaped and it was hoped .that possibly the flame had not been inhaled. The burns, howerer, proved fatal and at the hour named the little soul took its flight to.eter nlty.- Many friends called at the home dur ing the afternoon and evening to In quire as to the condition of the little sufferer while many personal friends of the young husband and wife remain ed with them until death entered to sadden the heme that was so happy less than 12 hours before. The funeral arrangements for the child hare not yet been made. : ... !. . .-. Governor Ansel, pi South Carolina. Cred the dlspensarjs; board of mana gers because ihypaJd unreasonably high prices for lUjuor that weren't good. Will they please inform a bib ulous public how Vboy can tell when it's not good. Count Bonl de '.Castellane has ap pealed and still hopes to keep from being finally divorced. Boni should be satisfied that-Jie was not "slid" into a tow-sack and- damped overboard some dark night ,whea there waa a drilling rain and; a 'thick fog. Postal Messenger Boy Received Pain ful Injuries By Being Run Over by a Frightened Team Yesterday . Morning on Front Street. A pair of horses attached to a trap rrlonginfc to Mr. James Sprunt and be- j Ing driven by Link Hill, colored, ran away at Front end Princess streeta ysttday morning about 11 o'clock; Morris Anderson, a messenger boy for the Postal Telegraph Company, in the crowded rlreel. was unable to get away from the team and was knocked down by tho runaway, having a very narrow escape from serious injury. He whs approaching the frightened horse; cu h's Mcycle and just in front of tbo Carolina Savings and Trust Company, he attempted to dismount at the curbing. The maddened animals were, upon h'm before he kne- It, and be was struck in the back of the head by the tongue of the carriage, which felled him to the cobble stones. The" boy was unconscious for some time. The driver stopped the horses by reining the carriage against the curbing and Motorraan Chrlstoffersen, of the Consolidated Company, seeing the Imminent peril of the boy by be ing trampled to death by tse animals, ran forward and seized the bits. Oth ers s.lso ran forward and the animals were soon quieted. Young Anderson was taken to Jar man's drug store on Princess street, where Dr. Pride J. Thomas gave him temporary attention and sent him .to the hospital. The boy had two gashes In ' the back of the head, one about two and a half inches la length, aad the other about an Inch and a half. Several stitches were taken in . the. wounds at thfe Ti(33pltal' and the little fellow was sent to his home at 114 South Eighth street. He will proba bly be confined several days to his room as -the result of his Injury. Young Anderson while he was bleed ing Tn the drug store manifested a devotion to duty that entitles him to a medal. While Dr. Thomas was working on the severe cuts la his head he would not be comforted until some one would promise to take the telegram he waa carrying when . he was hurt, to the office of Messrs. W1I- lard St Giles.. Messenger boys of this type are so rare that President Mao- kay should have official notice ofthe Incident. r : . . : :, . . r .-r ' wTbaarirar; .mhila-ai xw 1 averfwtfce accident,' - BaM".TthaX7 ve" horses became frightened at the drop ping or a render on one of the city street ears, while others la the vi cinity say that the breast strap broke. causing the vehicle to run on the haunches of the over-nervous horses with the confusion about the street car junction. The driver escaped without Injury and the trap was not damaged. TO CARE FOR INSANE Compromise For Bickett Bill in . General Assembly Passed in Both Houses. MORE RAILWAY LEGISLATION it- Mr. Koonce Would Amend Newspaper Libel Law New"County of Lee Opposed in Committee Number of Local Bills Other Notesi n 51 ST. ANNIVERSARY IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL SERVICES. ST. PAL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH. It If said that-seven pound tooth has been unearthed near New York. The theory is thajHt la the tooth of a prehistoric inaitodoa. but how- do they know but what it la a front one lost by the wild taaa when ho waa trying to chew the rag with hi wife? District Attorney Jerome seems to be having his inning, but FWt till Attorney Delmas puts Mr. Roger O'Mara on the witness stand? for Thaw. O'Mara Islbe detective who has been finding out the pranks, of Itarry Thaw ever since he baa been on the turf. Mighty easy to prove that every man Is draxy. If youll only follow up the alg-sag meandering, of his trail. J; " - Thaw's lawyer sl .up the claim that Harry Thaw had been so torn up over the doings cf Stanford 'White that he was lscapablft of real! ring that he was doing aayharra la putting an end to White's cat tcr with his p"lstoL Dr. Wagner, expertjuja" ts sanity; teiti Ced that . Thaw's 'grievances : vera enough to make a man craxy, and It Is curious how many people agree with the doctor." Pity and -lore are alia, and it aVetna . that Thaw had a killing "case of fcotfc: , - ' " ' Annual Congregational Meeting Held Last Night 'Annex to Building. The annual congregational meeting of St. Paul s Lutheran Church was held last night, the pastor. Rev. W. A Snyder presiding and Mr. H. L. Vol lers being present as clerk. The re ports at the meeting showed an in crease of 21 members during the year and the attendance upon the Sunday School greater than during any pre vious year. One of the main features of the annual reports was the matter of building an annex or Increasing the present capacity of the church to meet the requirements of the con gregauoa. ro positive action was taken Last night, but the question will be takn up at a postponed meeting at which there will be a definite re port on the proposed Increase with the cost of same, etc The responses thus far have been very liberal, and It was stated that there seemed to be no doubt but that th ornrwtsod en largement of the building will be car ried through all right The follow ing officers for the ensuing year were elected: 'Elder L. Hanson. . Trustees M. G. Tienken, C. W. Fol- vort and J. w. Duls. Deacons John H. Rehder and Dr J. H. Dreber. Delegate to North Carolina Synod,- V. w. roivogx; Alternate, e. Schul- ken. Apportionment Committee Martin Sehni hben, C. P. VonKam pen aad IL a Ponltg.. . NEVV ADVERTISEMENTS. For. Mayor Wm. E. 8prlnger. . J. Hicks Bunting Co. Dandelion. For Mayor Parker Quince Moore, - Wilcaa Engine '& Machine Co. Es timates. : ' . Typewriter Supply . Co. Stearn's Visible Type Writer. Remains of Late Mrs. R. W. Price Laid to Rest Yesterday Morning. Am unusually, large number of frlend3 and sorrowing relatives were present yesterday morning at 11 o'clock at impressive funeral services conducted in the First Presbyterian Church over the remlans of the Jate Mrs. Duralde Stockton Price, wife of Mr. FL W. Price, her death having come with such a shock to the commu- -. - v . Business Locals. For Sale Restaurant - Wanted Stout, .Active .Boy. ,; i foVa'e two-cent fare measure paasod tho House yesterday by a vote 108 to jO. Cheers greeted the passage of the ! I measure In the House today. " 1 nKy Sunday night In honor of Mrs. Price members of thesN'crth Carolina Sorosls. the Horns and Foreign Mis sionary Societies cf the First Presby terian Church, teachers and members of the Sunday school and a large dele gation from the Daughters of tbo Con federacy, attended the obsequies in a body. The funeral hymns were beauti fully rendered by the church choir and (By So. Bell Long Distance Phone.) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 12 Both branches of the General " Assembly to day considered a bill to provide for the insane of the State. The bill con sidered wa3 a substitute for the Bick ett bill presented by the Joint Com mittee on Appropriations. The fea tures which differ from the Blckert bill are that the State Treasury is to be drawn on for $125,000 per year for four years for the proper maintenance of all the institutions instead of having a bond issue of $500,000. The State Treasurer is authorized to borrow money If necessary to meet the appro priation. The substitute retains the provision for a hospital commission and specifies that the insane of the State, whether Indignant or otherwise shall be cared for at the public ex pense. The bill was reported to the House by -Mr. Bickett and to the Sen ate by Mr, Webb. The vote in the House was unanimous. Democrats and Republicans alike joining enthuiastically ; in the support , of tee . measure,. This action' was gretted with applause on the floor of the House, in the galleries and in the lobby of the capitol. The bill, carrying as it does, an appropriation, had to go over for a third reading, and and it will come up to-day. . - Among the bills introduced in- the Senate today were: By Aycock, to provide for the im provetnent of roads In Wayne county. By Williams, to promote the safety of the traveling pubUc on-railroads and to prohibit the removal of ordina ry freight on the Sabbath; ,.Tbe Senate passed the bill authoriz- i ing a ,oona issue, ior -vacwonvme, jn. coy tne eaiapusmnentf ox a aispensary in . weruoro county; - dui , to require each county to maintain one . or morg High schools where the appropriation of the State or county Is duplicated by the people by special' tax was made the special order for -'next Tuesday and 1,000 copies of the "measure were ordered printed Bllls passed to allow the State to repay loan of $7,500 for sewerage at the A. & M. College; to increase the number of. peremptory challenges on the part of the State in all cases below capital felonies and al lowing the State two peremptory chal lenges where there Is more than one defendant in. a capital, case; also bill to prevent delay of .settling cases on appeal to the Supreme Court; bill to empower the Corporation Commission to require railroads to install and oper- hate additional tralnsand maintain spe cific connections; bill to prescribe time in which caveats 'In wills may be filed, fixdng the time at two years. A bill to prevent the running of an ordi nary freight train on Sunday passed its second reading- In the House, among-the bills intro duced were the following: McLean, " relating to the time for hclding courts in Bladen. MaoRae, to incorpbratethe Carolina Methodist College at Maxton. Koonce, to promote the loyalty ..and Elaborate Masquerade Ball Last Night' by Howard Relief Company Dancing and Elegant Supper at Midnight-The Prized. The fifty-first anniversary of the Howard Relief Company was most aus piciously celebrated last-night at the handsome club house of the .company at Front and Orange streets, ;the form of the celebration having been an. ela borate masquerade baJl and supper, which continued until the early hours of this morning. The committee in charge was composed of Messrs. Charles Schnibben, chairman; E. F. O. Bandk, H. Gieschen, M. Rathjen, Jr and F. W. Dock and 'right well did they prepare for the entertainment of their guests upon this " occasion. The var ious departments cf the club building were thrown open and all were beauti fully decorated and brilliantly lighted The dancers numbered about 60, ex cellent music having been furnished byJKneissers Academy Orchestra and the costumes worn by the dancers were quitd grotesque and fantastic The spectators numbered considera bly more than a hnmdred. At 11:3Q o'clock the order came to unmask and some pleasant " surprises and revelations were in store for the merry-makers. The judges were Messrs. T. Donlan, C. F. VanKampen and E. 'Poezolt and they decided that the most grotesque costumes for lady and gentlemen were worn by Miss Etta Fick and Mr. Carl Fick. The lat ter wore the garb of a woqd sawyer and Miss Fick was dresed as. an Ind ian princess. To each of them was presented, the prize, a, beautiful silk umbrella; ' Some of the tothercostumes were equally as spectacular, the im personation of Don Juan, by Mr. Hen ry Gieschen; Gen. LaFayette, by Mr. Carl Rehder; George Washington, by Mr. W- B.- Schuler; Buster Browns by several and a great many others. It; was possibly the most. successful: af fair of its kind given in the city in many years. After the unmasking guests were bidden to the reading and assembly rooms where an elegant supper was served by Mrs1; Eilers. The occasion VlH long -linger pleasantly; Jn the mem ory' of those "who were present and enjoyea tne restmues. . BILL IS AuRliMON Comprehensive Plan of Perman enf Street Improvement With no Hardships Imposed. ; i-. CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT Alderman and Board of Audit and Fi nance Provide Means For $400,-000 Bond Issue Under Non-Political Commission No Assessment - V Hit, V:,' r ,i i --'it NIGHT; Miss Anna Sprunr the Bride of Mr. f :-rt L-yjim C Munds A marriage of . much " interest to -a large number of friends in this city and elsemere was that of Miss Anna Sprunt, a daughter of the late Alex ander Sprunt, of Wilmington, and Mr. William C. Munds, also of this city. The " ceremony was performed at 8 o'clock Uast night at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. B. F. Hall, on, cor ner of Ninth and Princess streets, the Rev. Alexander Sprunt, D. p., or Charleston, IS. C, a brother cf the bride, officiating, assisted by Rev. J. M. Wells, D. D., and Rev. R- W. Hogue, of this city. Only members of the im mediate families and a few personal friends of the parties to the marruage vow were present, the bride and groom preferring that the wedding should be a quiet affair- Mr. and Mrs. Munds will make their home at Seventh and Orange streets. N GIANT MORTGAGE RECORDED. the services proper were conducted by greater respect for the sovereignty of the Rev. J. M. Wells, D. D., pastor of the State by providing that flags shall the congregation of which Mrs. Price was for so long such a useful mem ber. Following the services in the church, the long funeral processiom moved slowly to beautiful Oakdale cemetery where all that was mortal -t the crod woman was committed to earth. The nallbearers were: Dr. W. J. H. Bellamy, Col. John D. Taylor, Capt James I. Metts and Messrs. G. J. Boner. B. G. Worth and C: H. RobTn- son. honorary: Messrs. C W. Worth, R. w. Hicks. Walter G. MacRae, W- B. Cooper, R. A. Brand and Oscar PearsaJl active. Carpenters to Celebrate. An - Interesting social session will be held in Union Hall on Friday night of this week. Mr. J. D. Clements has kindly presented cigars for a smoker during which Mr. W. H. Hart , and others will explain difficult architec tural problems and there will be' other addresses of Interest to the craft, the affair being under the auspices of the carpenters and joiners of the city. Final arrangements will be made for the display of union-made goods on the night-of the 22nd. All trade un- j sengers and to. keep the same in sani be at fcaJf mast upon the death cf per sons who have done great service to the State ; also another Tepealtng the section of the revisal relating to libel and slander by srtriking out the pro vision exempting newspapers which have published retractions. Wells, empowering the Moore's Creek Monumental Association. to en force order and protect the property on the battleground In . Pender county. Peele, to appoint- certain magis trates in Scotland county. MacRae. to pay for artificial limbs for soldiers of the Southern Confeds eracy. Wlnbqrne,' to compel railroads, tele phone and telegraph companies to obey the State la wa and orders of the Corporation Commission. : Jt provides fines not exceeding $5,000 for each of fence, amounts to be fixed by juries in suits to be brought by the Attor ney General upon complaint of the Corporation Commission. , WInborne, to -require railroad com panies to cleanse, passenger - coaches thoroughly each day and : to provide separate toilet accommodations - in each coach for male and female pas- Eighty-Six Page Document That Rep- - resents Total of $75,000,000 Yesterday a giant mortgage was filed in- the office of Register of Deeds ! John Haar, the amount represented by this document being $75,000,000. The mortgage was given by the Sea board Air Line Railroad to the Mor ton Trust Company, of Maryland. The document is a printed affair of eighty-six pages. The bonds issued to cover the loan run for fifty years, and will bear interest at four per cent, interest. The fees for recording the document amounted to $32 and the fifty, cents for probating the doc ument "made a total cost of $32.50 for ' getting the paper recorded here. The same document has to be re corded in every county through which The Horticultural Fair. A. dispatch from Raleigh yesterday announces that the proposed fruit or horticultural fair u? be held in the East in 1907 will be held at Newbern May 22nd and 23rd. The Horticultura Society will offer $1,000 in prizes, for the best exhibits in the various depart ments. An effort was made to ' have the fair held at or near Wiliimingtbn and a committee had been appointed to land the enterprise for this city, but at the last moment, it was decided to make an effort for the exhibition next veas, lanlsta will co-operate with, the car riontAm nn thin rMfc&sion. and a de lightful and profitable .evening It promises to be. The unorganized car penters will also be Invited, a ' small admission being charged, the exhibit of -goods will be made by .the mer chants of the city. The committee s now on Its rounds soliciting these exhibits. The exhibition will conclude with . refreshments and a "smoker. -..J. Services;; Ash 'Wednesday, - at St Paul's ;vi?pIsoQpaI 'Church., corner Fourth and Orange streeta, Rer- AWv Seat re axe rector. Morning prayer and sermon at 11 A. M. Joint -service at 8 P. M., eerraon by Iter. TV P. NoeAlJ are cordially Invited. ; y: - tary. conditions A'flne of. $20 per day la -imposed for; each ".violation, and each day the'law Is: not complied with after, notice has been given, said fine to go wholly or In Tpert -ttf the infor mer. . .' : ' ' - A greater portion of the day In the House, was taken 'up in a discussion of ' the ' bill to : move the ; county - seat of icocklngham county from- " "Went worth to Peidsville. ' It came -up en a minority report in favor, of submitting the xnatter- to ' a, vote of :the:; people, bnt the report ; wask vote( 4own" anJ a motion to reconsider : was , tabled promptly, : so that the" question Is set nt resistor all . time to. 'come so far as the present . Legislature la concerned. V Tbls afternoon o delegation from v:-r":.'- the proposed new county of Lee ap peared before the House Committee to which ;the bill which has already passed the Senate in favor of the hew county, was referred. Tie representa tives or Moore ana cnatnam nappenea Lto be on the committee which Is con sideringthe bill, and both are oppos ed to losing any , part of their terri tory. They secured-therefore, a de feat, of the bill ; in the, committee by a- vote cf 13 to 7, tre majority-voting: out of courtesy ; to : their. fellow members. .:- The ;bill wilt ; come top on a minority, - vote ; In the House today nnd , wiltt.no doubt, be passed, a the Senate- has already passed the mea sure . by : ; an overwhelming majority. The Lee county delegation, came on- a j special train and numbered more thjgn 400. i The : special train returned ; to Sanford tonight; j , i' The., conference of the Board of Al dermen and Board cf Audit ' and .Fi nance for considering- the Street bill, was islow in assembling last night It was 8:30 o'clock when the members came in and upon unction of Alderman J. O. Brown, Mr. H. C.- McQueen" was made chairman. He stated the ob ject of the conference, referring to the former meeting and 'the action taken at that (time, to which some objection had developed. . v Before proceeding with the : regular order of business, .Thomas , Wv Davis, Esq., counsel for Miss Mary Brldgera, was heard with referenceo a bill which he had been requested tq draw including within . the corporate jlmlts of the city a block of real estate be longing to bis client in Carolhia Place, at Seventeenth and Market streets.- A church5 would occupy a part of the- V block, he said, but it waf 'proposed to ,1 develop the balance., of . the. property y - -and while 'the!-city would .not ; iiaxvthe B: ? church, property, a consldera'b':.rOTCh-'i nue would accrrie from real estate ; valuations in the other portions of thei block. Mr. Davis said that .the object was to get fire protection there; "ther ; would be no obligation to pave streets or anything of that kind . ;Mr. , Davis S further said that he 5anew no official : action could be taken at a oonference: " and that he merely desired an earpress . ion of opinion from the two boards. A ' motion by Mr. W. E. Yopp prevalledx that it be the sense or'evMtmBT'; that the bill as prepared byMr, Datis. would' not be opposed. Mri-Dayis, eald1 ; tht he .would vaubmite; bULJtbV the): city nttorny after? whfch ; ItJoulr be forwarded: to tbef Legislature v for pas- ; , ; sage, thenew territory: beingr-ATwrt of " the(rt3 IdernnWHpp7:;' suggested tincbntingV ai of ? Carolina iace. Dut tnisruja not meexiwixn - iavoi Mr. Davis saying that he1 was not' aw thorized to speak for other property, .: ' owners1 out there. ': ;v .--:V ':?:J , ine street improvement iir was- , y:r :. ; then taken up, those present being v ' :: v " Chairman McQueen and Messrs. Yatfeff ' Wilder and Brady, of the Board of Am- V dit and Finance ; Messrs. -Karr, Rath .; v-v r'r jeh, O'Brien, Moore, Nprpirop W ; HV ... " Yppp, W. E. Yopp, Brown ''andKing& ., V of-the Board of Aldermen ; City Attor- ney Bellamy; City Clerk and Treas- X urer Fowler, Capt. T. D. Meares ana v v Messrs. J. A. Taylor and Ll B.' Rogers-; V Alderman King, who was not pres ent at the last conference, took occa sion fiJt the outset to oppose the clause t la the original bill requiring abutting: property owners to pay a part of the cost of macadam. . v" Mr, Taylor was called on for "an ' ex: pression from the business men in re gard to the subject of streets. He spoke of the crystalization of public sentiment in favor of streets - and ' strongly advocated : undertaking r the work under a permanent commission, divorced from politics, explaining the i desirability of such action from his experience as a member of the former -Board of Aldermen The financial end of the proposition was gone Into care fully. He was. of the opinion that the work should be done without cost to property owners other than? that ac- . cruing from increased tax valuation; In response to question by Mr. Wilder, it was stated by Mr. Taylor that he did net regard $200,000' aa sufficient to do the work that was proposed hence his suggestion of $400,000 which could be sold off in bonds as needed:1: The interest and sinking fund on a $400,000 , issue could be provided" withput one mill more of taxes with tHe; $40,000 per year that Is now being expendedr annually on streets. . sC- Alderman King spoke further on the f subject. He was opposed to the .ldea of a commission. Each: ward should' have what belonged to it and the monk ey should, be expended-by the people's representatives on the. Board of Alder anen. , " . '.. ' . City Attorney Bellamy spoke of the difficulties which beset the question of assessing the. property owners Mr, Da- , vis spoke along the lines of Mr. Tay lor and strongly urged the disburse ment of. a. fund under a ncn-polltlcar street commission. There wasr; far ther desultory discussion by Mr; Rath-;'; jen, Mr. King, Mr. O'Brien and otners, The. Aldermen witlr the possible excep tion of Messrs. W. H. ppp ana O'Brien, seemed to be opposed to tne' commission. " . Mr. Brown. o get something; aen- inlte before the meeting, moved a re- . consideration and that the amount ot , bonds be made $400,000 tor ?. streets. v Mr -W.,H.,Yopp, who, feared' that the -large amount for ; streets would 1 Jeop- ardf za the rwater and "sewerage bondis. made an amendment that the amount be left as it la at $200,006; Mr. W. B. Yonn was oV the same onlmon.; ine. v. rhair threw out the suggestlorit thather-- didn't believe thai $900,000 mboria i ;. ; r could ,be floated uceessfaB;atpile V"iV)j.' -f 4 I- :- . V! . . iv. ment ae $400,000. proposjtion that (Continued Fro?ar First Page.) 'j',r-i.r; V.' V
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