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. -mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. miim .mm Mil . I MMMMWMIWWWMflWIIMIMWWMIPI - - : - 1HE WEEKLY bTAR. r; . no A YEAR.IN ADVANCE. ..... " ": . - - - - . " " " : - . . ' S33SS8S88888888S8 8S8S8S88888S88888 HooW 9 '888888' 88888888888 qooW 8 88888888888888888 S2a88SS3SSSS8RS 82888888S8S8888S8 88888858828888888 8888! wteiot-i 2882288888888 88888888888888888 ' 10 " 00 S 3 s s s s s & H o 3s to ' I filtered at the Pom Office at Wilmtgton, N. Second Clais Matter.1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. ' I 1 The subscription price of the Weekly Star is as lollow: l 1, ! i nn " 8 month " " w A. CHEAP BREAD. We publish he following para- graph from the New York Tribune btcause there is an answer, an argu ment and a moral in it: ; The bakers of Port Huron, Mich.. Hve tit-Mi indulging in a Dreaa war. me , r aK OI wuicn uas unguilty sui- nscd them. In their attempt to ruin ech other, tney nnauy cut aown tae pnce of five cent loaves of bread to two c ' s d then it became a quescion Wvi.cn -t them would go under. But the peope of the town all stopped do ing tbeir own oaaing ana Dougnt natters brad. the result of which is that all takers are making money at two cents a loaf, and there is no talk of going back to the old price. When in the campaign of 1890. the Democrats arraigned the Re publicans for passing the McKin Jcy bill, charging thai it enhanced the cost of the necessaries of life, the Repulicans tacitly admitted this and rather boasted of it in! their flippant comments on "cheap'' things. Mr. McKinley declared that cheapness was synonymous with nastmes?, and President Harrison gave it as his opinion, that a ''cheapj coat" made a "cheap man," in other words, that cheap clothing was' a demoralizer that sapped the manly spirit. The American people didn't agree with either of them, for in the election of that year they bounced the Republi can majority ont of Congress, and in the following election bounced Mr. Harrison, and put in their places re presentatives of the Democratic par ty, which does not believe that cheap ness is synonymous wii h nastiness, or that a cheap coat degrades an Amer ican citizen. But neither Mr. Mcjtmley nor Mr. Harrison meant literally what they saidrThey doubtless wished to make it appear that cheap goods lowered the price cf labor and there fore made cheap workmen. That was a tricky way tht-v had of deceiv ing the working people and making them believe that the higher the pro lection to the1 employer ; the higher wiges they received, and that the re would be that suit of cheap things the workmen would .have to work for wages that' wouldj not support a family or go idle and let the family starve. . j In the extract given above there is an object lesson jwhich it would do the anti cheap goods men good to read and ponder upon. It was a dis covery made by accident for those Huron bakers did! not start out to lower the f price of bread simply to build up their own trade, or favor their customers but to break their competitors down, but instead of breaking each other down thev built each other up ancj sold more bread and made more money at two cents a loaf than they did before at five. Bread baking is not one of the protected industries, it is true, but the argument against ckeapness ap plies as well to the unprotected as to the protected industries?, for it was asserted that cheap goods necessita ted cheap laborjand little of it in in this, country when protection and high prices were gone. When bread got down to two cents a loaf we might naturally look, if we believed the protection doctrine, for a big re duction in the wages of bakers, and expect to see a great many of them turown out ot employment, but in stead of this the employers are doing a better business than they didbe fore, and the jbakers are kept busy trying to supply the demand and their wages are as high as they were before the bread war began Ail the protectionist objections to or .slurs at cheap coats are applicable to cheap bread, for they are both necessaries; but neither Mr. McKin- ley nor Mt Harrison has ever ob jected to cheap bread although they went as far! as they Could to make dear other iood when they put a pro tective duty on products of the farm fortunately the American people have not tp buy their food. We raise enough and more than enough to i uur -ranis, ana nave to import ' tlftn t , ' . t . ta a.fr I a . . --- . save in me years wnen there m'ght be. a scarcity of some article of w F Kenerai consumption. If we had to import our food stuffs we would find 1 i . "em, with a protective tariff, dear enough to suit the most high toned protectionist and entirely too dear or the wage-earner who toils for his Dread w .it would not be difficult to I C3 0 W W . , Prove that the cheapening of the VOL. XXVI. necessaries of. life would benefit not only the consumer but the seller, the employer and the workman who made them, as cheap bread has done in this instance in Hnron. With cheap clothing, for instance, the man who economized and bought one suit of clothes could buy two, which would double the business of the work for the workman. It would also double the consumption of the raw materials used in the manufac ture of the clothing, thus benefitting the wool grower, cotton-grower and others who produced the raw mate rials out of which the clothes were made. And so with everything else. The cheapening of iron and steel has brought them into common use as a substitute for wood in the build ing of ships and houses and made & demand for ten tons where before when high prices prevailed there was a demand for one. J , I j .i v -. When aluminum cost five dollars a pound there was little of it nsed for anything save ornaments for per-, son al use, while now with cheaper prices it is used in the manufacture of numerous articles for household and other uses. . - When California pears were worth twenty-five cents apiece but few of them were seen in any Eastern mar kets but since cheap transportation made it possible to -put them and California grapes and other j fruits in the markets at prices that the aver age purse could stand they can be found anywhere, shipped by the train load, and the industry of fruit growing has become a great and a prosperous one. So with the fruits and fruit-growing in Florida. Cheap ness has not only given the people delicious fruits which before only the rich could enjoy, but has built up the fruit growing industry in those and other States to colossal propor tions, and so would it- build up the business of our manufacturers. The cheaper things are the greater the consumption, the more business for the producers and the more work for toe workman whose services are re quired in the production. XIHOR MENTION. Senator Hill is not adding any thing to his prestige as a Democratic leader by joining hands with Sena tor Quay in the effort to obstruct the collection of the income tax, and thus practically nullify the law. There are ways provided for testing the constitutionality of an act of Congress, but not satisfied with this Senator Hill asks Congress to set aside the statutory requirements in order to facilitate the proceedings of those who are endeavoring to pre vent the collection of the tax. We would not be"surprised at Mr. Quay or any other mere partisan Republt- can pursuing tms course, Dut it is surprising that a man who is sup posed to be loyal to his party, and one who aspires to its leadership, hould thus labor for its defeat and to bring humiliation upon it. Republican as he is, Senator Sher man would not go so far,1 and Fri da', when expressing his views on Senator Hill's motion administered a genteel rebuke to the New York Senator, , a rebuke all the more pointed as coming from the leading Republican in the Senate.) Senator Hill made bis record on that question by his stubborn . fight against the adoption of the income tax provision in which he went . to the 'extreme of being the only Democrat who re fused to abide by the decision of his Democratic colleagues in caucus, but when he goes to the further extreme of trying to pass a new law tp nul lify a law which he could not defeat it puts himself in the unenviable atti tude of an obstructionist, j who com bines with tricky Republicans to an tagonize his- own party j and make abortive its efforts to run the revenue of the Government must have. The Catholic Times of Philadel phia charges members of the City Councils with demand and receiving $362,000 worth of stock out of a to tal $r000,000 issued by a telephone company, for privileges granted, They probably had a frank on the "hello" also. I It is an ill wind that blows no good. The hard times have had a depressing effect on the sale of oysters, and some of the Maryland ovstermen have bad to pull out of the business. It is rough on them, but the oyster will have a rest and will hot be sucked-Hr so much. City Market. Supplies of all kinds were abundant in the city marktts yesterday, and the demand was sufficient to satisfy the ven dors of-such vegetables as are in season, the butchers and fish dealers. In poultry there were dressed fowls at 60 to 75c per pair; live, 25 to 80c apiece; turkeys (dressed) 12Kc to 18c per pound, geese (dressed) 75 to 80c per pair Wild ducks sold at 25 to 75c per pair.' '-f v In the fish market small mullets sold at 10c per bunch. Other varieties were scarce. Oysters retailed at l to 25c per quart, and clams, 12c per quart Cabbage sold at 10c per head, turnips, 5c per bunch; lettuce. 5c per head; sweet Uk (ici uuuku, wuubc w .w, potatoes, 15c per peck; collards, 5c per i i. .i. a. ... hHinh - JOHN C DAVIS. UNEXPECTED RETURN OF THE NOTED : SWINDLER TO WILMINGTON. ; - His Esoaps From the "Asylum st BtleiRb . ' end Bn Journey Here os Told by Him- mtlf The Purpose of Hli .V llt-He Will be Sent Baok to EUleigh To Mor- The universal topic here yesterday was John C. Davis. On the streets, in' the stores, in the saloons, in the homes everywhere the inevitable subject for comment and discussion when two or more persons met was the return and arrest of John C Davis. V Davis, it will be remembered, when the cases against him were called for trial here some three years since, - was adjudged Insane by a jury, after hearing the. testimonv of medical experts, and was taken to the State Hospital at Ra leigh, where he remained until lastTues .day night. At that time, as heretofore reported in the Star, he made bis escape, under cover ol- the storm prevailing there, and the first news to reach 'Wil mington of his whereabouts was brought by himself when be alighted from the 10 a. m. A. C L. train yesterday. As usual, .a large crowd of both whites and blacks was at the depot, and many of them recognized Davis as he was coming toward the gate, and when he passed out, the words, "there's John C. Davis," passed through the throng. Officer Savage, who Was on duty at the depot, got an inkling that Davis was coming a few minutes before the train arrived and immediately sent a messenger; to the City Hall for instructions, whether to place him under arrest or not, but there was some delay in receiving an answer, and in the meantime Davis walk ed very rapidlv down . Front street. Officer Savage followed in sight, waiting to receive instructions. ' A large crowd, which grew larger as they passed each corner, followed on the op posite side of the street, getting a thor ough inspection of the man who figured so prominently in rendering a num ber of widows and orphans homeless and who had baffled for a long while many shrewd citizens. When near the corner of Front and Chesnut streets (op posite the Cape Fear Club) Cspt. R. M Capps, accompanied by a messenger. Mr. Frank Rowan, gave Savage j the signal and Davis was once more in New Hanover county under arrest. When Mr. Savage put him under arrest the prisoner inquired "What foi?" At the corner of Second and Chesnut, he asked Officer Savage his name, ; and when informed sa;d: "You are a son of Mrs. Savage; I know you; and shook hands. He then begged the officer to carry him to Judge Meares, saying that be bad been informed recently that he had committed some crimes or depredations in this county and wanted to Straighten them up. He asked what buildings the Court House and Post office were, and said that they had been erected since he left here.- He inquired also, whether Court was in session. When be reached the City Court room the news bad spread over; the streets that Davis bad been arrested and hundreds ot anxious and interested people were awaiting bis arrival. Upon orders from the Mayor he was sent to jiil to be returned to his old quarters in the State Hospital at Raleigh to-mor row morning. j On bis way to jail from the City j Hall in a very quiet unexcited manner he said it looked hard after walking nearly all the way from Raleigh to be lecked up upon bis arrival here. A Star reporter who was present went into his cell and began propounding questions to him, in reply to which he said : "I am tired. latigued and physically unable to give you an interview now. You will bave to call and see me later." As the Re porter left be arked that Mr. John D. Bellamy, jr., be notified that he was here and that be wished to see him. A representative of the Star called on Davis in the afternoon. He was clad in a common suit of clothes, the same be arrived here in, and there was very little change in his appearance ; if anything. hs was looking better than he did when he left here about two years ago. He stated in a calm, considerate way, that be left the asylum last Tuesday night while it was raining and took the Fayetteville road, beading for Wilming ton. He came via Dunn, walking all the way to Faison, where he boarded the train this morning. He spoke of the wet. muddy toads and of having to wade tn several places. He was furnished food and shelter at farm-houses along the roads. : He obtained money to pay railroad fare from Rev. Mr. Jenkins, of Faison, who was an old friend of his, they having worked together several years ago at the cotton mills in this city, He-told the story of his leaving the asylum and lor what purpose he came to Wilmington, as follows "I recovered in last September, and realized that I was at the Asylum, and my first desire was to learn when and how I came there. After being told that I was sent there by the Court, I contented myself, and gradually grew oetter, and understood that in a short while I would be returned to my people a sane man. But as I continued to grow better, friends would meet me and say that I bad wrecked Fifth Street Church, and some said I had only iniured the church. Others told me- that I had swindled a widow lady. I was very anxious to learn the truth of these matters and begged those in authority at the Asylum to inform me truthfully of what I bad done. For reasons best known to them selves tbey informed me that there was no truth in the rumors. I continued to bear strange stories of my actions in Wilmington and begged that I be dis charged so I could return and find out the true status of affairs. i "Dr. Kirby, who, with his j wife, was exceedinelv kind to me and to all the I r patients, said that he would have to re- i turn me to tne autnoniies oi new nan- WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1895. over county. I longed to get light on what seemed to he hidden and resolved to come home and see .what information . I could gain. I told Dr; Kirby Tues day that t was coming. He wanted to know when, and I told him as soon, as I could; but that I would be open about it ' and not leave him clandestinely. The Sunday before Christmas I walked out id the woods and sat" down and then I had what seemed to me to bs the greatest blessing of my life.f I knew then that my troubles were at an end, and I read my Bible constantly.' J Above everything 1 believe a man should be honorable, and If 1 owe any money in Wilming ton, I hope ., by friends '., will tell me truthfully about it. I - am anxious to settle every debt I owe, and while practicing law I accumulated ; a little property and will gladly, sell that to pay any honest debts I owe. I re member owing about $800 to Mr. A. B Cook for groceries, Mr, N. Jacobi, Mr. Shrier, Mr. Quinlivan and others,' and cave notes at 8 per cent, interest, but . ' I remember positively that, ve, y one w settled." I " " . j Along tbe road from Raleigh . he met several influential citizens and gave hut name, which excited no comment. He bad heard since his return that the mem bers of- Fifth Street Church to which he belonged had built a very pretty church since he left and was glad to hear it. "I carry my Bible with me nearly all the time." he said. "I think too much re ligion is injurious to a man, I only read my Bible three times a day. I have met several of the members of Fifth Street Cburcb, recognized tbem and was glad to see them. : He requested that no more publicity be given his return here; than could possibly be helped, saying"; that he was glad to learn that he bad j never com mitted any crime in this community and bad never done the church any in jury. His many friends who called to see him during the day had assured him that there was no truth in tbe ru mors that he bad defrauded any one, and that his mind bad been greatly relieved, and that be would return to the Asylum, in better condition, hoping to return in a short while discharged and a sane man. . , ; Many people believe Davis' return to be a trick of his to escape the courts; others think that it shows very plainly that he is insane. - RISING WATERS. A GREAT FRESHET IN FEAR RIVER. THE CAPE Jlood at Tayetteville People Driven From Their Honaea Bridges Carried Away Great Damage to Property Waah Otxta on Bailroad. ' j The recent snow storms in the West ern and Central parts of North Carolina and the heavy rams tbat followed have caused a rapid rise of the waters, in all streams and rivers, causing great dam age at many places. Tbe Weatber Bureaus synopsis is sued yesterday morning from the Wil mington station said: "Tbe freshet In tbe Cape Fear river is even more ex tensive than was at first anticipated; the gauge at Fayetteville this morning read fifty-two feet; a rise of fifteen feet in twenty-four hours, and still rising. This is only a few feet lower than tbe highest record there." There were rumors during the day tbat the county bridge over the river at Fayetteville had been swept away by tbe flood, but passengers who arrived by tbe C. F. & Y. V. R. R. last evening reported that tbe county bridge was in tact when the train passed there; but tbe water was only foot below the Sherman freshet" in 1865, and was still rising. It was thought that the bridge would not be damaged A special dispatch to the Star last night from Fayetteville, said: "The greatest freshet that has been known since the Sherman freshet in 1885 is now doing lots of damage in this county. Tbe streams are overflowing in every part of tre town; bridges are down and tbe damage to property is among the thous ands. People along the streams bave bad to move out ot their bouses. Tbe family of Mr. W. H. Newberry, who lives near tbe Cool spring stream, was compelled to vacate tbeir residence late this evening, tbe water being under bis bouse and still rising. The water is now (0 p. m.) rising at the rateof six inches per hour. Tbe conductor of the train on the C. F. 6xY. V. R. R. arriving last night, said tbat Deep river was higher tban ever be fore. Tbe train ran through water a foot deep on the track for over two hun dred yards near Gulf station. Tbe freshet in tbe river below Fayette ville it is feared will cause great loss, of timber washed away by tbe flood and stock drowned. Reports from the line of the W. & W. R. R. indicate no high water in any of tbe streams. On the Seaboard Air Line washouts near Cameron and near Moncure held trains nearly all day Thursday. The north-bound train was held at Moncure for six or seven hours by tbe washout of a trestle over a small run. . The washout at Cameron occurred after the regular man had passed. The. great freshet in the Cape Fear river reached its highest- point at Fay etteville yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock, when the water was -at a stand-still, The freshet is the greatest on record three feet higher tban the famous "Sherman freshet" of 1865, and has no doubt caused an incalculable amount damage. -7j' Yesterday morning at 8 o'clock tb Government gauge at Fayetteville showed 58 feet and the water still rising. At 5 O'clock last evening the flood had reached the flooring of the county bridge, and was within three feet of the track on the iron, bridge of tbe Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad which spans the river a short distance below the county bridge. ; . Persons who 'arrived by train last night from Fayetteville report that tbe country on the east side of tbe river was covered with water for miles, and the river itself was covered with drift wood. All through the country above Fayette ville; bridges were swept away, but tbe railroad bridges were intact. Haw river and Deep river were ' falling at 8 p. m. i ycaicruay, muiuiiiug luiu uic uuuu m I these rivers had reached its greatest yesterday, indicating tbat tbe flood in i aaigni. JOHN C. DAVIS ESCAPES. The Wilmington Embfssaler . Oat of the Xni-ne AjylumHe Had Been TalkJac About Going Back to Wilmington and fJtxl&c Matter. Up" Got Oat ot the Asylttm Baildin Under he Cover of the Storm and tbe Darkness. 1 RdleicA News and Observer ' John C Davis has escaped from tbe Insane Asylum, where he has been con fined for three years. f ! Tuesday evening, inst i as ' the dusk came. on, he stole from the building and escaped undercover of. the storm. He was not missed at once and ; betore his escape was discovered be must bave gone some distance from the asylum. Davis bad almost entirely recovered bis right mind, and would bave been discharged after this montb. ; He seemed in good health, had not been violent for a long while, and his insanity seemed to be almost gone. ' j I borne of tbe patients bave been talk ing to him about his. record at; Wilming ton, the trial and things connected with all the sensational events in which Davis figured, and he has said; several times that he wanted to go back to Wilming- n llUn. U , v " n St,on- he has been questioned time and again as to bis ' connection with tbe crimes for which be was tried at Wilmington, and he bas always said, "I know nothing about anything of the kind." Persons who bave talked with him say his mind seemed - perfectly blank j regarding all that period in which the embezzlement took place..,. - r : '-!" Wilmington ts ; probably tbe place Davis is heading for. No news ot him has been heard since his. escape. This wandering off. Dr. Kirby, tbe superin tendent, says, is probably a freak of tbe Insanity with which Davis is am cted. Davis embezzlements, I bis trial and conviction and bis going to the asylum instead of tbe penitentiary Caused a great sensation three years ago. A great cburcb man was Davis in Wil mington, a liberal giver and a free handed donator. But he never knew tbe old adage, ."Be just before you are generous." His gifts were either on paper or tbe cash came out of somebody else's pocket.; j lie wrecked t nth btreet Methodist Church by bis wild methods of pouring trust funds right and left; He was the Treasurer of this church, and when tbe crash came, the cbnrch people thought they were safe. But Davis had not paid out the money fos tbe building, and the money of the Methodists was lost in tbe crash.! He had generously donated a fine, set of chimes to tbe cburcb, but had not iustly paid one cent on them. In bis bands several widows and or phans had placed their little fortunes and when the crash came their money was found squandered. Tbe trial was one ot the most interest ing New Hanover bas ever known. Tbe charges of embezzlement were so plain tbat tbe jury called him "guilty" without a dissenting voice. ' Tbe question of bis sanity was then raised, and after much discussion and testimony by experts, be was declared insane. , And so he came to tbe asylum instead of the State prison. I Davis was never put on trial lor any of his numerous forgeries and embezzle ments. His counsel put in tbe plea of insanity when the first case against him was called; he played "crazy to perlec- tion in jail, and the experts summoned from abroad to examine into his conoid tionr, gave as their opinion tbat he was insane. He was sent to the asylum to be treated for insanity, and in the event of recovery was to have been returned to New Hanover county for .trial. star. j Governor Carra Message. Governor Carr's message is a book. It makes 76 pages ot type-written copy. and it would take about 20 columns of the Star, in solid type, to hold it. A hurried examination shows tbat it is a carefully prepared State paper contain ing many excellent, practical recom mendations; but it is not likely tbat the present Legislature will be! influenced by anything Governor Carr says, unless it shall accord with the views of the majority already formed. For this reason, in addition to tbe disinclination of the masses to read very long mes sages, the message will not excite the interest usually created by such papers. a-av Xiuxnber Bridge Lyceum. 1 A correspondent write" the Star that a'i Lyceum was organized at Lumber Bridge Friday night, with the following officers: Rev. P. R. Law, President; W. I. McNaughton, Vice President; Prof. J. A. McArthur. Critic; J. A. McGeachy, Secretary; Miss Mittie Cobb, Treasurer. The reading club for girls, ably conduct ed for some time past by Miss Sudie H, Gay and Miss Mary McArthur, will be merged into tbe lyceum. Wilmington Xa the Floe. I The following paragraph is repro duced from a long and interesting tele gram which appeared in the Star yes terday : I "Mr. Culnock added that he thought New England bad seen its best days as a manufacturing centre. Lowell bad water- power and tbat is all, but the mills are mostly run by steam power. All the ad ditional machinery put in, Mr. Culnock said. .8ince the water power was ex- haustedhas bad to be run by coal, which is brongbt here in sailing vessels from Pennsylvania and- Maryland, and with the freight to Lowell, makes the fuel very expensive. This, with the cheap cotton and cheap labor in tbe South turns tbe tide in favor of the South on plain goods." It is worth noting, too, that fuel for steam power can be had in Wilmington now at almost nominal cost. j;j;Vi. . The legislature. i The present Legislature conld do all the majority care to do that is, they conld enact such legislation as they deem necessary to give them the political ma chinery and to supersede Democratic office-holders with Populists and Re publicans and adjourn at the close of the present month. And this tbey would doubtless do but for the fact that tbey are allowed tour dollars pier day for sixty days.; as boar a is cneao in Kaieicn, ana majority of the members of this Legisla ture have never known probably what it was to earn four dollars per day, they will remain in Raleigh I the full sixty days, ands will then leave only because tbeir pay Is cut off by law. i There af e about a half-dozen leading subjects of legislation that are import ant, -and to these the Star will give Special attention In 1 i ; Mr. i. D. vernelson bas re signed his 'position with the Virginia Life Insurance Company and leaves to- i l - I morrow for Memphis, Tenn., to go into ui-juouiaui u-iu s tucic GENERAL ASSEMBLY. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE RECEIVED AND READ IN THE HOUSE. --- -- mT BO! Introduced in the Senate to Chance tbe Xiegal Bate of Interea-Bill Pasted to Restore Charter of the Farmers' Allisaoe Two FoDuliaes from the fiinui District Seated -Bills Introduced In the House Upsetting Demooratte legislation Tbe Senatorial fight.' f Special Star Correspondence. ! Thursday, Jan. 10. SENATE, v !"' The Senate was called to order at It o'clock by President Doughton. and prayer was offered by Rev. H. W. Nor ris of the Senate. The minutes of yes terday were read and approved. Mr. Cook, from the committee to wait on tbe Governor, said his Excellency would communicate at once. i " The rules of tbe last Senate . were, on motion of Mr. Abell, temporarily adopted. , - ' A committee to prepare and" report rules for the Senate was "adooted. Messrs. Rice. Hamrick and Adams were appointed on this committee." Mr. Abell, of Johnston, introduced a bill to restore six per cent, as ' tbe legal rate of interest. Mr. Mewborne introduced a bill to re peal chapter 137 of tbe private laws of i8ua so as to restore tbe charter oi tbe armer's State Alliance. Placed on passage and passed third reading. TWO POPULISTS FROM THE JIINTH DIS- -j TRICT SEATED. , - , Notice of contest of the seats of Messrs. Aycock and Smith,: of Wavne. by Messrs. Grant and Paddison. The grounds of contest being admitted by Messrs. Avcock - and Smith. Messrs. Grant and Paddison came forward and were sworn in as Senators of tbe Ninth Senatorial district. ! Tbe Senate then adjourned till 11 o'clock to-morrow. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House was called to order at 11 o'clock by Speaker Walser, and prayer wasj offered bv Rev. L. L. Smith, a member from Cleveland. Tbe Journal of yesterday was read and approved. The day being dark a member moved that the gas be lighted, which was carried. t Mr. French, of the committee to wait on : tbe . Governor, reported that bis Excellency would shortly communicate withae General Assembly. Messrs. F. S. McLean, of Richmond. and R. Duffy, of Onslow, came forward and were sworn in. ' Tbe Governor's message was then aid before the House and read by tbe Clerk. 1 Tbe two following committees were appointed: Rules French (chairman). Heilman, Ewart, Lusk, Wooten and Ray. Privileges and Elections Wright of Bladen, Turner, Cox, Williams of Craven, Young, Peace, Heilman,. Wooten, Curne, Smith of Cleveland, Bryan, McClamroy, Harrington and Reinhart. The following bills were iniroduced and referred: . . By Mr. Heilman, to repeal chapter 13," Laws ot 1893. By Mr. Ewart, in relation to giving bonds in guarantee companies. By Mr. Williams of Craven, to restore to the people the right to govern them selves. By Winborne, to fix rate of interest at six per cent. Also to fix fees ot solicitor in certain cases. By Mr. French, in'regard to the elec tion law; provides for one ballot box and one balloL No canvassing board with judicial powers. Sundry memorials and petitiocs were referred. There will be a joint Republican and Populist caucus to-morrow morning to complete the officers of tbe two bodies. There is severe criticism of Speaker Walser's action in referring the papers in contested election cases to the com mittee before their presentation to the House, and the maionty ot tbe commit tee are sharply censured for considering the same. . LBy Southern Associated Piets. RALEIGH, N. C January 10. Two hours of the time of the House to-day was spent in listening to the Governor's message which contained about xo.ouu words Tbe Populists and Republicans then introduced bills upsetting past Demo cratic legislation, chiefly in tbe election law and tbe county government system now in operation. The Senatorial fight grows warmer if anything and it is now thought that tbe field is combined against Jeter Pritcbard wbo is considered Butler's man accord ing to his alleged bargain with Congressman-elect Richmond Pearson before election. Candidate Mott, who is considered by many probably tbe most sagacious of tbe candidates, says tbat tbe complexion of tbe fight may change when election time comes, and be said this with seeming sureness of effective opposition to de velop against Jritchard. Only one copy of the Governor's message was prepared, and it would therefore be read to the Senate to morrow. This was criticized by some. One Republican member introducing bis bill in the House called it a bill "To secure a'free ballot and a fair count." Another Republican . called bis a bill "To find out whether tbe people of this State bad a right to govern themselves." A motion to adopt the rules of tbe last Senate nntil new rules could be adopted was defeated, and tbe Senate proceeded to business without rules, while the House adopted the old rules. This is understood to mean tbat a reso lution will be passed taking the appoint ment of committees out of the hands of the President of tbe Senate. Senator Abell, Democrat, introduced a bill to make six per cent, the legal rate of interest. Senator Mewborne, Populist, intro-, duced a bill to repeal tbe charter of the State Farmers' Alliance and to restore tbe old charter which was amended by the last General Assembly. This bill passed and was sent to the House. Senators Aycock and Smith, Demo crats, wbo held certificates of election in tbe Ninth district and whose seats were contested by Grant and . Paddison, Fu sionists. were not present and the latter were declared, to be tbe duly-elected Senators and were seated without oppo sition. . j Special Star Telegram SENATE. Raleigh. N. C January 1L The Senate convened at 10 o'clock this morn ing, President Doughton in the chair. Prayer was offered by Rev. L. Branson. On motion of Mr. Cook, the bill to make the legal rate of interest sue per cent, was referred. J; no; ii r ,- Mr. Mtwborn, of Lenoir, iniroduced a bill to make the legal rate of interest 5 per cent. , - :'',; f V -"' ' Mr. Mitchell, of Bertie, a bill relating to convict farms in Bertie, Mr. Mewborn, a bill to repeal chapter 85U section 1. Laws 1893, in regard to State printing. Pessed. 1 Mr. Franks, of Onslow, bill in regard to fire insurance companies. Mr. Hamerick, fof Cleveland, bill to amend the election law. - Mr. Cook, bill to amend sections 60 and 616 of the Code. . Mr. White, of Alexander, a resolu tion asking information of the State Treasurer.' ' . '-''; Vr:V'.- ' ; The Committee! on Rules reported, recommending that the right to appoint standing committees be takeiy away from the President and vested in the Senate. The Democrats protested against tbe unusual procedure, but the report was adopted, the Reps and Pops voting together.'! ... The Governor's message was read and tbe Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. xhe House met ! at -11 o'clock, the Speaker in tbe Chair. Prayer by Rev. D. J. W. Carter, of this city. The Jour nal of yesterday was read and approved. Resolutiocs and bills were called tor, and tbe following were read and referred to appropriate committees: Mr. Phelps, a resolution concerning the currency of the United States. Mr. Crumell, an act to incorporate David Lodge No. 118 I. O. O. F. Mr. Duncan, an; act for the protection of the fishermen of Carteret county against monopolies, j By Mr. Smith, of Gates, an act to carry- out tbe constitutional require ment in regard to public schools. By Mr. KenzieJ' an act to prohibit the manufacture of spirituous or intoxi cating liquors. By Mr. McClammy, bill for the relief of the clerk of (the; Superior Court of New Hanover coUnty. A'so. bill to repeal the stock law in jNew Hanover county. By Mr. Rascol, bill relating to labor oi convicts in tsertia county. Bv Mr. Wmboirne, bill to amend chap bill to allow Greene ter 359. Laws 1685. By Mr. Mewborne county to levy a Special tax. By Mr. Turner. H Mitchell, bill to prevent dealers! in jury and witness tickets from defrauding. By Mr. Wilson, bill to amend Chap ter 187 Lrws of 1885. and Chapter 194 Laws of 1887. Changes time of holdine the Superior Court in Craven and Bertie counties. ' By Mr. Winborne bill to amend the charter of the Murfreesboro Raiuoad Co. Allows exterJ s on of tbe road. Also. bill to extend tbe corporation limits of Snow Hill. Greene county. By Mr. McCall. bi 1 to incorporate tbe Carolina Mutual Fire-insurance Co., of Charlotte. Special Star Telegram Raleigh, N. C, January 11. The first spirited debate cf the session to-day was on tbe resolution of.Peebles.icquiring why the Committcej on Elections . set a time to bear contested cases before legally constituted. Messrs. Peebles Evarts, Lusk, McClammy and others participated, The ' Democrats com pletely overthrew i he opposition, and their questions drove the chairman out of the ball. At a meeting of the com mittee to-night they virtually receded from their position. senatorial. As the Republican caucus meets to morrow night there is much macce jver ing going on. A prominent Republican tells me Mott has withdrawn. Tbey are making great efforts to get together. Tbe fight is narrowing down to Pritcbard and Holton, but Pritchard still , leads. Dockery, it is said, will go to Holton, yet Boyd has been stirring all night. By Southern Associated Press. Raleigh, N. C Jan. 11. Tbe main feature ot tbe Senatorial situation to-day is the meeting of the Republican caucus set for to-morrow night. The meaning of it is said to be a play by Pritchard against Settle, Holton, Ewart. Boyd and the rest. Ewart is chairman of the Com mittee on Privileges; and Elections, and Settle is attorney . for many of the contestants. There are seventeen cases, and it is thought by some tbat j the seating of the contestants will make tbem lean to ward the anti-Pritcbard combination. Mr. Pritchard's friends having caught wind of this, got the caucus called for to-morrow night, for tbe purpose of choosing the candidate for the' short- term Senatorship. Moreover, the crys talization against Mr. Pritchard seems to be taking more solid shape, and high times are looked for at the caucus. Tbe House to-day precipitated a warm debate on contested election cases, some of which, the Democrats claimed, bad improperly gone to the committee with out the formalities ot a memorial. The . . . . I a rest oi tne proceedings were oi a local nature. The Senate took the power of appointine committees away from the Lieutenant-Governor with onlv six Dem ocratic members, which by the Demo- crais la uiuuku a uigu-uauucu. Special Star Correspondence. Raleigh, N. C, January 12. SENATE. The Senate was called to order at 11 o'clock. Prayer was offered by Rev. Father Marion, of this city. The Jour nal was read and approved. Bills and resolutions were introduced : By Mr. Paddison. to amend section 733 of the Code, in regard to the pay ment of ccsts in criminal actions. By Mr. Grant, to amend tbe charter of Goldsboro. By Mr. StarbuckJ a resolution urging repeal by Congress, of the ten per. cent. tax on State banks. Also, in regard to the repeal of tbe Internal Revenue laws. By Mr, Taylor, bill for relief of W. J. Sutton, late sheriff ot Bladen. Mr. Rice, of New Hanover, reported for the committeej on appointment of standing committees, and the list of committees nominated was read. Re port adopted. i . .. Mr. Rice moved that the Senate pro ceed to the election of President pro tern. . Mr. Adams and others protested that the action was unprecedented. Mr. Ammon, of Madison, moved to lay the motion on the table, and it was laid on tbe table by a vote of 86 to 6. HOUSE OT REPRESENTATIVES. The House met pursuant to adjourn ment at 11 o'clock, with the Speaker in be chair. Prayer by Rev. L. L. Smith, a member of the House. ' Mr. Ewart, chairman of the Com mittee on Privileges and Elections, rose to a question of personal privilege, and bad read an editorial from the. News and Observer, charging him with undue haste in pressing election cases. He denied undue- haste, and claimed his prompt action was in the interest of the tax-payers. - Messrs. Peebles and Payne also arose and stated that - the ' Committee- on Elections having corrected their error, attributed no improper motives to them. ' By Mr. French, memorial in the case of Croom vs. Ward, from Pender. The Chair announced, that a special -committee of fifteen, on the election law would be appointed to day. By Mr. Payne, resolution to instruct our Senators and request our' Repre- " sentatives to vrge Congress to make an appropriation forthe Croatan Indians in Robeson county. v - By Mr. McLean, of Richmond, bill to form a new county out of Richmond. . t a Us i win . i . v - t mi. augiua, Ulll lor ICIICI ot aueriQ of Yancey. By Mr. Pool, bill tb repeal charter of Elizabeth City and to re-charter the same. - - " By Mr. Drew, of Brunswick, bill to repeal charter of the Brunswick Bridge and Ferry .Co. By Mr. Monroe, of Wayne, bill to co dify laws of North Carolina. . By Mr. Roscoe. bill to change time for electing municipal officers in Wind sor. . f . --" By Mr. Lusk. bill to incorporate the town cf South Biltmore, Buncombe o. Also, bill to incorporate Intra-Montaine Railroad Co. By Mr. Ewart, bill to repeal chapter 887. Laws of 1889, to secure to the people a pure and simple election system. By Mr. Hunter, bill to provide lor the establishment of a criminal circuit in -Buncombe and Madison counties. By Mr. Smith, of Gates, to amend sec tion 80 of the Code. By Mr. Drew, to change the dividing line between the counties of .Columbus and Brunswick. , By Mr. Heilman (by request), bill to amend chapter 880, Laws of 1885; also. ohi to amena cnaper 147, Laws 1887. By Mr. Reynolds, to allow (oho L. Stewart to peddle without license. Special Star Telegram. Bepnbltean Senatorial Canons Adjourned - to Meet Monday Niht. Raleigh, N. C, January 12. At a joint caucus of Republicans and Popu lists to-day, John W. Biown. of Gran ville, was nominated by acclamation for enrolling clerk tor the two Houses Judge Rus3ell bad quite a "boom" for Senator last night. The Republican Senatorial caucus met in the Senate Hall to-night, but by a vote of 34 to 24. adjourned tilt Monday night. As a well-posted Republican remarked, this leaves it an 'Any Mary" fight. LBy SouthenCAisociated Press ' Raleigh, January 12. Tbe Populist caucus of the House and Senate met this afternoon at 8 o'clock, and though it was "thought by some that . Butler would be nominated for the Senator shio. such was not the case, tbe meetin- I having closed with tbe nomination of an enrolling clerk tbe position that controls more than any other office. Tbe Republican) caucus to be held to night is expected to nominate a United . States Senator for the short term. Since the retirement of Dr. Mott last, nieht. Pritchard's chances are thought to have grown, and the general opinion is that he will receive the nomination to-nieht. A candidate is quoted as saying that the caucus will ao nothing important to-night, but -will adjourn until next Thursday: Settle seems to show fight, too, but the knowinc ones say that this will count for little to-night and tbat Pritchard will be the man. A stormv session of the caucus is looked for, and it is not unlikely that much bitterness will be stirred up. theeffect of which may be felt in tbe Legislature, as the Holton and Settle and straight-out Republican spirits look upon Pritchard as Butler's man. and may therefore be estranged from him somewhat, though out and out Republican members here after. In any case, after the Senatorial question has been settled, it is said that there will be considerable drifting apart . . &i & I : 1 1 , . . warmth of union which has outwardly marked tbe proceedings during these first three days of the Legislature. All the candidates will stay until after .the election next Tuesday week. Dr. Mott. in having withdrawn, is said to have been clever, as defeat would have left him un der tbe weatber in bis party despite his long service as a Republican. Whereas be is now in the position of dictator. The Legislature to-day did nothing except of a local nature. A bill which will pass was introduced to take tbe public printing away from bidders and it is said, give it out to Butler's organ here as patronage. To-days session ot the Senate was characterized by unusual interest. A resolution to recall bill sent to the House repealing the law letting public printing to tbe lowest bidder, was defeated. It provoked a somewhat heated discussion, The first attack on city charters was made by Mr. Grant, of Wayne, in a bill to amend the charter of tbe citv of Gold boro. Resolutions were adopted instructing V Senators and Representatives in Con gress to endeavor to secure repeal of tbe ten per cent, tsx on State banks, and certain objectionable features of the internal revenue law. A heated debate arose over the pro position to elect a President Jro. tern. This procedure was argued by Demo crats to be unconstitutional and with out precedent. Tbe Constitution pro vides for the election of a President pro tern, in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor, or when be is acting Gov ernor. The proposition Was defeated. ' A joint caucus of tbe Republican Senators and Representatives meets to- night - to select Republican U. " S. Senator. Tbe Republican caucus held to-night resulted in an adjournment without tak ing a ballot for y . S. Senator. The Jfritcbara lorces tougnt strenu ously for a ballot, but tbe anti-Pritchard force, which is really the field against Pritcbard, after six tie-ballots, succeed ed in a postponement until Monday night: when tbe caucus will re-convene. This is a victory for candidate A. E. Holton, The Pritcbard men are greatly disturbed but great effort is beine made to keep them in line. Boyd and Dock ery are tbe dark horses, with a possible rejenterind of J. J. Mott, whose retire ment was announced last night. HALIFAX COUNTY. A Cotton Mill to be Built at Boancke Baplds by Northern Capitalists. Star Correspondence Weldon, N. C, Jan. 12. . I was shown yesterday a diagram drawn by Messrs. Lockwood and Green, of Boston, for a cotton mill to be erected at Koanoke Kapias. aoour, nve mnes from here. This mill .will have about twelve thousand spindles ana lour hun dred looms, and a proposition has been made to Mayor T. U Emery, of this place, Chas. Cohen and W. M. Hableston. of Petersburg, who will be the owners of this mill.. to increase its Capacity to double this as they would take stock. Halifax county has water powers 'supe rior to any in thei State, and Northern capitalists are becoming interested, in them. We will soon have a manufactur ing county. '',.'..- Roanoke river is high. No damage is beingrdone. . ; A number of readers of the Star have expressed their appreciation of the concise manner in which it gives the proceedings of toe Legislature. They want the story briefly told each' day. And when it comes Ito guessing tbey can do that themselves. It is facts and results they are after. uc au, cistTt ww wv i . - , . , , . , -
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