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We hare boea notine with
some
Interest the expressions of opinion
of leading Northern papers on the
coarse the President has pur
sned in the Indianola postoffice
matter and in the appointment of
Dr. Cram as Collector of Customs
at Charleston. The partisan pa
pers which from force of habit; if
nothing else, endorse every thing the
President does, approve both, and
remark, as does the Philadelphia
Press, that it is proof that he intends
to treat black and white alike. The
non-partisan papers, some of which
were admirers of I Mr. Roosevelt,
pronounce both Unfortunate blun
ders, and some ot them seem to be
unable to understand why he
should have blundered so when he
could have so easily avoided it and
benefited both his : party and him
self by doing so. The New York
Herald, the Aew York Times and the
Phildftlnhin. Tjfi.dnnr. all indAnandant.
non-partisan papers, and friendly
to the President are strong in their
condemnation, and! regret that by
uib ouitiuu, nueu uuo wumm;
should have been his desire, he is
keeping up and giving fresh impetus
to the race question whether he. in
tended it or not. It does not seem
to have occurred to them that he
was playing Minnie Cox and Dr.
Crum for politics, although if they
had they would doubtless have pro
nounced it bad politics, the poli
tics of an amateur. ! Bnt this is the
view that a good many take of it.
In the Baltimore Sun a few days
ago there was a letter from its
Washington correspondent, writing
of the Iadianola post office case,
which discusses views as to political
motives. It says: j
Political experts are discussing with
curious aod liyely interest the motives
un.lrrl7iag the action of President
Roosevelt in the matter of the negro
worn a ia charge of the postoffice at
an obscure country town in Mississ
ippi. According to the authorized
triion siren out at the White House,
Mr. Roosevelt and his Cabinet spent
several hours over i the discussion of
the apparently insignificant case, and
then two or three hours more were re
quired to prepare a statement to be
given out for publication. .
So the question of whether a negro
woman shall hand out letters to a rural
population of some 600 souls occupies
the President or the Unjted States and
' his entire Cabinet for a longer con
rcutive period than baa any one of
the great subjects, ; national or inter
national, iiciuding the Venezuelan
aff ir, with ail the possible momenlois
coaitqaencos devolving on its settle
ment, which have been brought to the
attention of the Administration since
Mr Roosevelt's accession. Further
more, this insignificant affair is con
sidered of so much consequence as to
warrant the issue pf a formal state
paper. "
It is no wonder political circles are
utiumt If agitated.! Of course, the
spontaneous impression is tbat per
sonal and political! ambitions are at
the bottom, but wise heads 'are shak
ing in the prospect ! tbat after all this
aolemn deliberation ' and determina
tion tbe President is weaving a tangle
from which it will be difficult to ex
tricate himself. You may be inclined
to doubt It, but the naked truth is'Mr.
Jtmaevelt has gone stark, staring Pre
sideucy mad. lie thinks of it bv day
and he dreams of it by night. Every
more he makes, every appointment,
every line of policy, big or little, is
bound up in his absorbing desire to
obtain his party nomination in 1904.
Passionate, impetuous, self-willed as
he Is, this has caused, him already to
- commit errors so grave as would
scarcely have been essayed by one of
ordinary political acumen and sa
gacity, i
The fact lr, Theodore . Roosevelt
never was and never can be a scien-
tiflc politician. His whole nature is
against It This is what has made
him the creature and the plaything
of the master politicians of his party,
and which, no matter how strong or
Kpular he may be at large when
34 rolls around, will plaoe his des
tinies absolutely in their hands. Most
certainly he is not this day aovthing
like so strong with influential Repub
licans in the Senate and the House
as he was when he first came into
office. He promises to-day and un
does to morrow. j
Mr. Roosevelt gets credit 'for
clever management of some per
plexing questions, such as the trust
question, which he has forced his
party to take cognizance of; the
anthracite coal strike which he
was instrumental in bringing to an
end; the prosecution of the Beef
Trust, all of which1 helped him and
. bis party; and of the Venezuelan
question. Bat in all of these Jbe
had the counsel and co-operation of
older and more experienced heads
than his own. Whether he had the
counsel of older and more experi-
VOL. XXXIV.
encethhaads in the Minnie Cox and
Dr. Crum cases is doubtful. In
this Postmaster General Payne and
General Clarkson may hare ; been
his Mentors. . Speaking of the mo
tive the correspondent says:
Naturally everyone says the Presl
den hopes by his action In the case of
tbe Mississippi negress to secure a noia
upon the .negro delegates from the
South in the Republican convention.
With the possible exception of Gen.
Grant, every Republican President
nominated since 188(1 has been under
vital obligations tothe negro dele
gates. There is moat likely to be a
similar condition In the next conven
tion. Whether Mr. Roosevelt's action
will be material depends largely upon
whether some other candidate will ap
ply the golden arguments which have
always been more ' effective - with
the negro delegates than . any and
all other appeals. At any rate," this
is his desire and this is his hope. : In
spired by this, he has taken ex parte
cllon, for there is nothing In tbe
contents of the paper which he has is
sued to show there may not be good
and valid reasons for objections to the
negress. It seems peculiar that race
prejudice should be responsible when
the woman has already, without
threats or remonstrance, served the
people as postmaster for six years. It
is anticipated that the Mississippi Con
gressmen may throw the light on the
subject which is absent from the
White House pronunciamento. How
ever, for reasons to be presently given,
the Southern members of Congress are
rather averse at this time to opening
up the negro question in any general
aspect.
In but few States of the South has
the Republican party now any organi
sation of Importance. In most instan
ces the delegates to the Republican na
tional convention are selected In a
happy-go-lucky sort of way, the ne
groes, in consequence of their
numbers, claiming and secur
ing a considerable proportion. In
North Carolina it happens- to
he different In that State there is
an effective party organization, and it
happens to be in control of Senator
Pritchard. Senator Pritchard, as the
country .knows very well, although a
Southern Republican, Is not only op
posed to negroes holding office, but to
their taking any active part in politics.
He has been for some time engaged in
the work of building up a white Re
publican party in North Carolina. Mr.
Roosevelt has given out intimations of
opposition to this, but he has not as yet
arrayed himself formally against it.
What will he do In the appointments
to office! - Will he follow Mr. Pritch
ard's advice or to the contrary t This
is what the politicians are waiting for.
Will he blow hot in Mississippi and
cold in North Carolina! Unless he
does the chances are 10 to 1 he will
not get the North Carolina delecation.
There's the rub for him.
He has passed the point where he
tries to maintain consistency for
while he. turned down the leading
"Lily White" in Alabama he an
gles with Senator Pritchard, and
dallies with the Vick case in Wilson,
and flies in the face of white senti
ment In South Carolina, regardless
of politics, by appointing a negro
collector of customs in Charleston.
It is a very inconsistent, complex
game that he is playing and one that
he will find it very difficult to play
to the end successfully, for there are
men in his own party who profess to
be friendly to him and to desire his
nomination next year who are watch
ing and ready to take advantage of
any blunder he may make to defeat
him for the nomination.
He said in his letter called out by
the opposition to Crum that color
should be no bar to appointment to
office if there were no other object-,
tion, and apparently acting on this
declaration he appointed Crum.
How easy it would be for some
shrewd manipulator who wanted to
embarrass him to get some bump
tious negro in New York, for in
stance, to apply for some federal
office in that city and thus put the
color declaration to the test? With
the Lily Whites, and the Lamp
blacks, and the effort to play in with
both, Mr. Roosevelt has been, per
haps unconsciously, concocting a
good deal of bother for himself,
which he may realize later on.
WHAT DIHGLEY SAID.
In the discussion of Senator Vest's
resolution on free coal, Thursday,
Senator Hale said he didn't believe
that Mr. Dingley ever said that some
of the duties were expressly made
higher than necessary for the pro
tection of those whom they were in
tended to protect, so that in nego
tiating reciprocity or other treaties
we could make concessions that would
appear liberal without depriving our
manufacturers of any protection they
needed. That was a sort of Yankee
trick. In reply to Senator Hale's
statement that he didn't believe it,
the testimony was produced -of the
Philadelphia Bulletin, which quotes
Mr. Dingley with speaking thus in
conversation with the editor:
We are purposely making them too
hlgb, because we want them as a basis
which will enable us to offer foreign
countries material inducements to en
ter Into reciprocal relations with us.
When other nations seek closer com
mercial relations with the Uoited
8tates we can largely reduce duties in
many directions in return for the en
trance of American products into tbeir
markets without depriving our. own
Industries otthe protection they really
need." .
The Bulletin is' not a Democratic
paper, but a Republican paper, of
the independent order. It is not an
anti-tariff, paper, but a believer in
reasonable protection, and when that
paper published this statement it had"
no intention of misrepresenting Mr.
Dingley. ..: '
But this statement attributed to
Mr. Dingley was freely cited when
the question came np as to how an
thracite coal, which was generally
supposed to be on the free list, got
on the dutiable list, and some of the
Senators were giving the public their
version of it. That was last Sum
mer, but no friend of Mr. Dingley
ever arose to dispute it, or to say
that he didn't believe it, or that it
was a reflection upon the sincerity
of a man who is dead and can't
speak for himself. It is no reflection
upon his sincerity at all, it simply
shows that he was putting up a
shrewd job which would enable this
country to drive a better bargain
with other, countries when it came
to dickering on treaties. .
Whether Mr. Dingley did or did
not say what ' is attributed to him,
it is not generally, admitted that
many of the duties are higher than
necessary lor. protection purposes,
and that some of them are not nec
essary at all for protection purposes?
Even many of the protectionists. ad
mit this, and yet they shrink from
touching the Dingley tariff, which
Senator Vest aptly characterizes as
the "sacred elephant."
WHY SOT t
Apropos to the nomination of the
negro Crum as Collector of Customs
at Charleston the Washington Post,
an independent paper, makes the
following pertinent inquiry:
If the President feels called upon to
appoint the negro, Crum, as collector
at Charleston, 8. C., why is he not as
urgently called upon to appoint a ne
gro as collector at Philadelphia! There
are more negro voters in Philadelphia
than in Charleston. Moreover, the ne
groes in the former city are infinitely
more substantial, cultivated, and re-'
sponsible. They represent a much
higher civilization and maintain a far
better standard of citizenship.
Of course he would never for a
moment entertain the thought of
appointing a negro to any such
office in Philadelphia or any other
Northern city, although he says
there should be no discrimination in
these matters on account of color.
But his practice contradicts his ut
terances because he does discrimi
nate, the only difference being that
his discrimination is governed by
geographical lines and location.
If the otherwise unobjectionable
negro is eligible to office in a South
ern city, why not in a Northern
city, where the negroes are more of
a political factor than they are in
Southern cities, and where the Re
publican- party is much more in
debt to them for the support they
give ;it? They help the party not
only in some of the Northern cities
but in some of the Northern States
to hold power, bnt "when it comes to
recognition the way of distribu
ting the offices in the gift of ap
pointing powers, they are inva
riably ignored and counted as
ciphers.
This thing has been the practice
so long that even the negroes them
selves, who hold frequent meetings
to denounce discrimination in the
South, seem to look upon it as a
matter of course.
Roosevelt gives hearings to promi
nent negroes, talks nice to them,
throws an occasional sop to some
Southern negro, but turns the cold
shoulder to the Northern negro, all
the same. Thus it has been and
thus it will be. On the discrimina
tion question Roosevelt is a fraud.
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Police Justice Donahue, of Wilkes
barre, Pa., fined a fellow citizen $10
for refusing to provide food for his
wife, who had appealed to the court.
The man said he didn't have $10 to
pay the fine, when the J. P. ordered
a couple of burly policemen to pick
him up and invert him. Sixteen
dollars in silver dropped out of his
pockets. This was gathered up,
handed to the J. P. who gave it to
the woman, sent her home, remit
ted the husband's fine and sent him
to jail for a week. '
The bachelor Governor of Kansas,
who by the way is a right good looking
fellow for a Kansas man, has written
to all of the 1,000, more or less,
women who were willing to become
his Governess. He was afraid if he
took one he might have trouble in
making a satisfactory explanation
with the other 999, ! or thereabouts.
They have added to the catalogue
of bacteria one kind that feeds on
glass and another Ion the hardest
cement. Some time ago they dia
covered one that feeds on steel
rails, from which it may be Inferred
that they are not particular as to
what they eat and that their diges
tive capacity as pretty good. :
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1903.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
Read to Both Houses of North
Carolina General Assem- ; "
bly Yesterday. :
MATTERS OP TAXATION.
Mocb Property is Not Properly Listed;
Two Commas Devoted to Edacttloi. . '
Refornstory for Yoasg Crlat
!asls-$500,009 Boil Issue.
Special Star Correspondence.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 8 The first
biennial messsge of Got. Aycock was
read in both branches of the General
Assembly to-day. It is a TOlumnious
paper treating exhaustively of . every
interest of the commonwealth. After
a few words of welcome to the assem
blymen' tho Governor refers 4o the.
great prosperity which p rvades the
state. : - . . ; .
Regarding the devising of ways and
means by; which the expenditures of
the State will come within the reve
nue he sajs he is of the opinion the
revenue law now in force under the
new assessments to be made next June
will supply all demands of current ex
penses. The revenue and machinery
acts otthe Legislature he says were
much criticised, but experience shows
that with a few modifications they are
as good as could as be devised under
our constitution. Regarding the taxa
tion of railroads the message says that
much of tbe value of corporations is
intangible and no tax law which ig
nores this intangible property is just
to the owners of tangible property as
sessed at its true value. The law now
in force recognizes this fact and pro
vides for the assessment of this in
tangible property and lays down rules
by which it can be done with reason
able accuracy. These rules proceed
upon the idea that "whatever property
is worth for the purposes of income
and sale it is also worth for taxation."
No just man demands more than this
and no fair-minded man can justify
anything lest.
There is much property other than
railroad property undervalued for tax
ation. When the law says that pro
erty shall be assessed at its true value
in money any custom or rule of assess
ing it at less than its true value ought
to be abandoned. By obedience in
matters of assessment of all property
ample revenue will come to the State
for every legitimate purpose, and those
who are already paying upon fullral
ues will enjoy that equality which by
right belongs to every citizen in bear
ing the burdens of government. The
Machinery Act passed by the last Leg
islature makes ample provision for se
curing this end. He therefore, recom
mends that both the Revenue and Ma
chinery Acts now constituting our law
in reference to taxation shall remain as
they are with the modifications rec
ommended by the Treasurer and Audi
tor. 1
The Governor aays if any plan can
be devised for remedying the evil of
refusal to properly list personal prop
erty, causing a full listing of property
at its full value, a long step will be
taken towards the adjustment on an
equitable basis of the burdens of taxa
tion. The recommendation that a tax
be levied for Bute purposes or distil
leries, rectifying establishments and
saloons.
The recommendations of the Super
intendent of Public Instruction are
commended to the assembly . and a
strong aad lengthy appeal made for
liberal provision for the education of
the "whole people." He declares he
would have discussed the matter more
briefly and made no mention of the
race question had it not been-that some
of the members were instructed to ad
vocate a law by which taxes paid by
white people should go to white chil
dren and those by negroes to negro
children. ' This idea he denounces In
the strongest terms, declaring such
legislation would be a crime against
civilisation and a disgrace to the Bute.
Be says, "Let this not be the first
State in the Union to seek to make the
weak more helpless. Let us be done
with this question." He endorses local
taxation.; Fully two columns are de
voted to education. The 8tate Univer
sity, the A. Sc M. colleges for white
and colored, and the Btate Normal and
Industrial College are each noticed
separately and commended to the lib
eral consideration of the Legislature,
also a number of schools of lesser im
portance that receive State aid.
.The report of the Secretary of Stale
is briefly commented on and the rec
ommendation made that all vacant
lands in the State be transferred to the
Btate Board of Education, which al
ready has the swamp lands, to be sold
to the hichest bidder. He advises an
amendment to the law so the
Secretary of State can have more
than one assistant in the legis
lative engrossing department He
recommends tbe erection of a new
State building for office and storage
purposes corner of Morgan street, ana
that the records of permanent election
registrations received by the Secretary
of State from the county clerks of
court be constituted the permanent
records as a matter of economy. Tbe
reports of the State Treasurer, State
Auditor, Attorney General, Insurance
Com mini oner and Board of Agricul
ture are each briefly but highly com
mended. I
- In treating the report of the Com
missioner of Labor and Printing the
Governor contends that the time has
come in this Btate when the State can,
without injustice to any interest, de
clare that not more than eleven hours
shall constitute a day's work And not
more than ten hours for night's work,
and tbat no child under twelve years
old be employed in a factory and none
under fourteen years after 1905, un
less they can read and write.
The report of Shell Fish Commis
sioner Webb contained: a proposed
law to preserve and increase the pro
duction of oysters in our Eastern
waters, i . ,
The management of the Atlantie
and North Carolina Railroad, State
firoperty, is commended, the road be
ng in better condition than ever be
fore. The State School and State Board
of Health are cordially commended,
and the State's Prison Is reported self
sustaining with a surplus on hand. Ex
tended reference to the care of the In
sane is made and insistance is made
that increased accommodations be pro
vided at llorganton and at Raleigh.
The Governor recommends that a gen
eral law be passed prohibiting the man
ufacture and sale of liquor except in
Incorporated towns and says the 'State
should no longer depend on the Fed
eral Government to suppress this evil
business." He recommends that at
tempt to outrage a - woman and to
poison be made punishable by life im
prisonment He comments at length
on the evils of lynching. Recom-
mendation is made that a code com
mission be appointed.
'-' An ample appropriation for a credi
table exhibit at the Louisiana Pur
tatse Exposition Is recommended, and
the statement made that if., the State
appropriates ' $15,000, an additional
$15,000 will be raised by private sub
scription. - ,
" The work of the Audubon Society of
North Carolina In striving to protect
game and sea birds is commended?
-A reformatory for young criminals
la urged as a necessity and the Assem
bly asked to make a start towards its
establishment, t - :
The message states that the total de
flclt in the State treaury, Dec 1, 1902
was $319,419.41. It is regulated says
tne uovernor that this deficit should
have come about' but
the 8tate has
has had full value
for it. The
appropriations made
by the last
General Assembly
exceeded the
estimated income, and even where the
appropriations were paid It was found
4y most of the ; institutions of the
Btate and unforeseen accidents that
they could not conduct their business
upon the appropriations made. The
history of the borrowing of the $200,
000 several months ago was reviewed
and the act justified in an extended
review of the situation. He says three
other courses were open: First, with
hold appropriations, for the enlarge
ment of the asylums and refuse to pay
the $100,000 appropriated for provid
ing four months public school terms.
Second, call the Legislature in extra
session and let it take the responsi
bility of repealing the appropriations
or make provision for meeting them.
Third, pay the appropriations and
issue .bonds .at six per cent
The inadvisability of all three alterna
tives Is argued. It is Impossible, the
message says, to meet the floating debt
together with current) expenses and
the absolutely necessary permanent
improvements out of the State's cur
rent revenues. "It is therefore appa
rent to me that it is necessary to issue
bonds to pay off the present Indebted
ness " says the Governor.- He asks
that the Governor and Council of
State be authorized to issue non-taxable
bonds in the sum of $500, 0W to run
50 years. He believes a three per cent
bond can be sold at par.
In conclusion the Governor says:
Perhaps no General Assembly has
ever assembled in timeof peace tbat
has had greater 'opportunity for real
service to the State: i You will not for
get the dread of our people for debt
and their opposition to excessive taxa
tion, nor will you fall to appreciate
the great undertakings which the Btate
has entered upon and the larger future
for which we all, so earnestly hope.
There is but one right way only to
serve the people well and that is to do
the right thing, trusting them as they
may ever be trusted, to approve the
things which count for tbe betterment
of the State. i
A TRAFFIC ARRANQEMENT.
Three Steimbost Coapssles oa the Cape
Pesr Will Be Operated Cosjolstly.
Mr. Love Afeol si WUoUaftoi.
The splendid new steamer City of
FayettevUU, of the Fayetteville and
Wilmington Steamboat Company,
will go into commission on the Cape
Fear river this week and will provide
an all-water' route between Fayette
ville and New York, Boston, Provi
dence and Philadelphia, in connection
with the Clyde Steamship Company
at Wilmington. When the new boat
enters the freight and passenger ser
vice on the uape Fear it will mark a
new era in shipping upon the waters
of tbat historic stream. The new
steamer is now being 1 furnished at
Fayetteville and will make her initial
trip, most probably tbe last of this
week.
"THE CITY OF -FATXTTKV ILLK.
In connection i with what is said
above, the following from yes
terday afternoon's Fayetteville Ob
eerver will be read with Interest:
'The three steamboats lines that ply
the Cape Fear between Fayetteyille
and Wilmington,: to-wit: The Cape
Fear and Peoples' Company, of which
Ool. W. 8. Cook ia general manager.
which owns the Hurt and Ha toes; the
Merchants and Farmers' Steamboat
Comnany. of which Mr. Oliver Evans
is president which awns the High
lander na Driver, and the Fayette
ville and Wilmington Steamboat Oom
oan v. which owns, the City of Fayette
ville, of which Mr. A. A Lisman is
president and Mr.'E. W. Cooke gen
eral manager, have formed a traffic
arrangement and Col. W. S. Cook
has been made the agent at Fayette
yille. and ; Mr. i T. U. liove the
asrent at Wilmington for the three
lines. t
There was a meeting yesterday of
the stockholders of the Fayetteville
and Wilmington Steamboat Company,
at which the following stockholders
were present: Messrs. H. W. Lilly,
W. L. Holt W.iM. Morgan, R. P.
Gray, A. A. Lisman, 8. H. MacRae,
L. A. Williamson: K. H. Williamson
and E. W. Cooke,
"The meeting was for the purpose
of 'reviewing the i financial condition
of the comnany. and to take prelimi
nary ateos for the operation of the
line, nendinr the annual meeting of
stockholders In February.
"Under the new arrangements all
the boats of the several lines will use
the snlendid new wharf of the Fayet
teville and Wilmington Steamboat
Company." j .'
Two seamen from the Eevenue
Cutter Tueearord, Peter veal and
Rudolf Snelder, engaged in a bloody
flsticaff on Front, between Market and
Dock streets, early last night They
weresarreted by Police Sergeant O. 8.
Burnett and Special Officer J. G.
Swann. who took them to the police
station for trial Monday.
Miss Holly Paca, aged 63 years,
died yesterday at the Baptist Home,
715 Wooster street The funeral was
conducted by Dr. Btackwell yesterday
afternoon, and interment waa in the
I Baptist lot in Bellevue cemetery.
n
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
Transmitted to Both , Houses of
General Assembly at Ra :
.-'' leigh Yesterday.
SENATE COMMITTEES NAMED.
Liqoor . Qaestloa Tscklcd Immediately.
Two Bills la Seoste Lower House
" Took a Hasd ia Soath Dakota
Boad Case Other Notes.
Special Star Telegram. : ;
Raleigh, N. Q, Jan. 8. Both
branches of the General Assembly con
vened for the second day's session at
11 o'clock. The Governor's menage
was received and read simultaneously
in both houses.requiringmore than two
hours. A joint resolution was adopt
ed, ordering 1,000 copies printed for
distribution. A synopsis of the mes
sage is printed on the second page of
the Stab to-day.
Bills of note introduced in tbe Ben-
ate.: To raise revenue by. imposing a
tax of 55 cents per -gallon on liquors
manufactured or sold in tbe State, by
Reinhardt To confine manufacture
and sale of liquor to incorporated
towns and impose State and County
tax of $500 on each, by Justice.
The Benate committees were an
nounced by Lieutenant Governor
Turner, the chairmen being as fol
lows: '
Propositions and Grievances O. S.
Vnn.
Privileges and Elections R. B. Mc-
Laurin.
Claims D. J. Aaron.
Judiciary J. E. Woodard.
Internal Improvements A. A.
Hicks.
' Education J. S. Henderson.
Military Affairs H. N. Pharr.
Agriculture Geo. H. Bellamy.
Banks and Currency R. I. Walker.
Corporation sE. L. Travis.
Finance H. A. London.
Insurance R. B. White.
Penal Institutions T. D. Warren.
Salaries and Fees TJ. L Spence.
Engrossing R. F. Beasley.
Deaf and Dumb Asylums H. E.
Norrisv
Insane Asylums J. D. Glenn.
Federal Relations O. W. Mitchell.
Fish and Fisheries 8. 8. Mann. -Pensions
and Soldiers' Home J. F.
Reinhardt
Railroads and Railroad Commission
E. J. Justice.
Public Roads J. P. Allison.
Counties. Cities and Towns J. P.
Allison.
Public Health J. A. Pollock.
Mining Jas. H. Cathy.
Election Laws Don. Gilliam.
Constitution Amendments A. J.
Burton.
Shell Fish Commission J. A.
SpraiU.
Rules J. A. Brown.
Appropriations F. T. Baldwin.
Judicial Districts A. L. Blow.
Library N. M. Thayer.
Justices of the Peace A. A. Hicks.
Public Buildings and Grounds Jas.
M. Lamb.
Trustees of the State University
W. N. Pritchard.
Engrossing Bills C. A. Webb.
House committees are not yet an
nounced.
In the House, a bill by Graham, of
Granville, to extend the time for set
tling bonds of the class now being sued
for by South Dakota, on old compro
mise basis, to January 1908 was voted
down on second reading; then on mo
tion or Morton, it was reeonsiaerea
and referred to a committee. ,
Other bills introduced were: To
provide an agricultural building for
the A. & M. College, by Scott To re
peal the dispensary law in union
county, by Williams. To Incorporate
the Merchants' and Farmer Bank or
Winston, by Britton. To incorporate
the Bank of Kerneraville, by McOalL
Ralbiqh. N. O , Jan. 8. At a
joint caucus of Republican mem
bers of the legislature to-night
Jeter O. Pritchard was nominated to
succeed himself as United States Sena
tor. His record Is enthusiastically en
dorsed. . Twenty-three Republicans
19 Representatives and four Senators
participated; also two Populist
representatives from Sampson.
RALEK3B, N. C, 'Jan. 10. Neither
branch of the General Assembly was
In session to day longer than an hour.
Notable bills passed by the Senate
were a House bill authorizlngthe Sec
retary of State, to appoint an assistant
to index the laws, the cost to be not
over $500. The House resolution to
investigate the number of Assembly
employes. Senate resolution for the
appointment of a joint committee to
prepare a bill for the establishment of
a code commission.
Much time was consumed in the dis
cussion of a bill, authorizing the Sec
re tar y of 8tate to employ an enrolling
clerk at $300 and mileage, and to pay
copyists ten cents per sheet it final
ly passed without amendment -:
Notable bills Introduced : By Hoey,
to wind up partnerships in estates;
Gilliam, to amend Section 1229 of the
code; Pollock, to increase the number
of commissioners of Lenoir county and
to change Lenoir Superior Court; Bur
ton, to give superior courts equitable
jurisdiction of contingent remainders
In the distribution of lands.
Bills of interest passed in the House
were as follows: To increase the num
ber of commissioners of Rockingham
county; to amend chapter 410, of the
laws of 1891, by striking out Septland
.county.
Bills were introduced as follows: By
Smith, to define meaning of the law
in division of school fund per capita,
so that school terms for the races be
the same length (the bill is no change
from present practice); by Gulon, to
remove disabilities of married women
in making contracts and to allow dam
ages for mental anguish; by Greyer,
to incorporate the Winston-8tewart
Turnpike Co.
A large number of local bills were
introduced.
McNeill introduced a petition against
extending tbe stock law in Scotland
county.
Raleigh, N. a, Jan. 10. A charter
was granted to-day to the North State
Piano Co., Washington, N. 0., capital
$100,000. The incorporators are J. T.
Buckman, E. T. Stewart L. R. Mayo,
A. E. Hodges and Stephen O. Bragaw.
A bill Introduced in the 8enateyea
terday by Henderson' will probably
meet with very general endorsement
It provides that deputy clerks of Coun
ty Superior courts shall have authori
ty to represent the clerks In all mat
ters. If enacted into law, as It will
probably be, it will prove a great con
venience both-to clerks and the public.
' The senatorial fight seems still to be
a considerable , enigma. The gain of
from 43 to 50 votes by Overman In
NO. 12
last night's caucus, gives decid
edly more confident air to the friends of
Overman, many of whom claim tbat
on the "home run" he will get the
eight votes now being cast for Alex
ander. Many of the most experienced
politicians who are on to forces at
work In the fight talk of Gen. Can as
the probable nominee. - He really lost j
two votes during the caucus balloting
last night but this is not regarded
as any bad indication. He will get a
large following from : Overman men
In case of a deadlock as to Overman.
Friends of Craig and Watson are
working with confidence and really it
it is impossible for the best political
progno8ticators to form any idea of
the ultimate outcome.
Pssslsg of Slot Machines.
As predicted In the Stab yestetdog,
the effect of Judge Peebles' order that
any of the defendants in the slot ma
chine cases, who continued the devices
in operation in the city and were after
wards convicted, he would consider
their action a defiance of the law and
would punish them accordingly,had the
effect to stop practically all of them
and no more will the music from their
gilded sides be heard in the land. The
machines were boxed anL-hlpped
elsewhere to points unknown. As
a result of the "eeaation of hostili
ties" by the machines, the city will
lose a revenue of $10 per month op
each and the State and county wi
lose $10 per year on each.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Fayetteville Qlserver: Henry
Sutton, a negro, escaped from the
county chain gang, which is encamp
ed at Big Sandy Run five miles from
Fayetteville Friday morning.
Weldon News: The Roanoke
has been full this week, and so early
in the new year, too, but let us all
hope that later in the season, when the
crops are looking green, It will keep
within bounds. The water was about
85 feet above low wrter mark when at
its highest point, but fortunately all
crops haye been moved out of the low
lands and no damage has been re
ported. Lumberton Robesonian: Mr.
J. W. 8klpper died here at the resi
dence of his son, Mr. a B. Bkipper,
Thursday morning, about one o'clock.
He bad been in feeble health for sev
eral months and his death was not un
expected. Mr. A..E, White Is
making an effort to organize a siocx
company to build a tobacco warehouse.
If this anct the other warehouse, the
building of which is being contem
plated, are built, it will give us four
warehouses In the town.
Sanford Express: Mr. H.
Makepeace aaya Pmehurst is filling up
with tourists and that many of the
cottages and hotels are now occupied.
Some fifteen or twenty new cottages
will be built and the hotels enlarged
In the Spring. Twenty-five able
bodied negroes left Banford Tuesday
for the State of West Virginia to work
in the coal mines. It seems that the
coal companies of that State are try
ing to supplant white labor with negro
labor.
Greensboro Record: Messrs.
Spencer, Fisher and Jordan have just
received thirty pairs of Hungarian
quail and have placed them on the big
hunting preserves at Friendship.
They come high $5 a pair. Only one
died aa a result of the shipment and
Mr. Jordan brought it to the city. In
color It resembles our quail, but is
larger, and is said to be the hardiest
bird of any. It frequents sedge fields,
turnip patches, etc., in preference to
the woods, but Is very swift of wing.
Wilson Times: There is some
thing hard to understand about the
altercation between Davis and John
son at Fremont, last Saturday eve
ning. John received a shot wound in
the back of the neck though no pistol
was found on Davis' person and he
claims be hod none. . Some think that
Davis in tbe melee took the pistol
away from Johnson and In the scuffle
as Johnson turned fire the ball into
his neck. Others are of the opinion
that Johnson accidentally shot him
self trying to ward off Davis' blows.
High Point Enterprise: The
office of the Tomllnson Chair Manu
facturing Co. was entered Wednesday
nlsrht bv safe crackers, who got In
their work, leaving the safe a wreck
but securing only a small amount of
money, about $5.00. The door of the
safe was pounded with a sledge ham
mer until the bolts and cement gave
way. The Inside door was then broken
into pieces. The floor of the office was
office waa covered with debris and the
tools used, sledge hammer, chisel and
another small hammer were close by.
No dynamite was used.'
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A BURGLAR KILLED.
Identified as a Convict from the Peilteo-
. tlary at Ralelgs, N. C.
Bv Teiegropn to tbs Morning star.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 10. A burglar"
who waa ahot and killed by a. police
man here early yesterday morning,
wis tn-dav identified as Horry Bel
mont, an escaped convict from the.
penitentiary at Raleigh, N. O. Bel
mont robbed the postoffice at Odlla,
Go., In 1833, was arrested at Savannah
and sentenced to three years In the
penitentiary at Raleigh. He escaped
after serving one year and was not
again heard of until he was killed in
Atlanta while attempting to escape
from policeman Mann who caught him
in the act of robbing a store. .
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WASHdGTOir, January 10. A ca-'
blegram, received from Minister Bow n
al the Btate Department to-day, con
veys tbe information that he has de
cided definitely to sail from LaGuaira
for Ihe United Btates to-morrow, and
he should be In Washington within a
week or ten days. The minister also ,
Stated In his message that considerable
distress is being felt through the oper
ation of the blockade in the cutting
off of food supplies.
While arrangements have not yet.
been made for the meeting of the
Venezuela commission, some atten- -tion
has been given to the subject and
it appears that the United States gov
ernment will be expected to provide '
accommodations for the body. It Is
probable that accommodations will be
procured in one of the hotels here, for ,
the State Department has no available
room to devote to such purposes. Big-
nor Mayor Des Plances, the Italian'
ambassador here, is, by virtue of sen
iority, entitled to preside if the pro-
ceedings ore to be in the nature of a -
joint meeting, and his long diplomatic
service Is regarded as peculiarly fit
ting him for the important work im
posed upon the commission. All four
of the prospective members of the com-
mis don, Signor Mayor des Planches,
the Italian ambassador; Sir Michael
Herbert, the British ambassador, and
Count Quadt and Baron Sternberg as
well as Minister Bowen, all speak '
English perfectly, and it Is likely that
this language will be the official me
dium of communication In the com
mission's proceedings.
BOSTON BANKER ARRESTED.
Held on $20,100 Ball to Answer tbe
' Chsrfe of Lsrceny of a Larje
Amount of Money.
" bj Telegraph to tb Morning Btar.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 10. Edward J.
Dunning, a State street banker, with
a residence in Brookline, was to-day
Indicted, arrested, arraigned and held
in $30,000 ball to answer a charge of
larceny. It Is alleged In the indict
ment found by the Suffolk grand jury
that Dunning fraudulently obtained
$23,000 from Francis A. Brooks, for
Jears a leading member of the bar who
led last FalL
Assistant District Attorney Mc
Laughlin stated-io- the court when
Dunning was arraigned that tbe
counts of the Indictment do not repre
sent all the money obtained from Mr.
Brooks, as Dunning received large
sums within the past two years.
When Dunning was brought before
Judge Bond, Assistant District Attor
ney McLaughlin briefly reviewed the
principal pointa in the case and said :
"The money was sec ired by the de
fendant through a aeries of gross
frauds on Mr. Brooks during the two
years prior to his ceatb. The state of
Mr. Brooks' health was such that he
should not have been permuted to at
tend to large financial matters and a
petition for the appointment of a con
servator for bis estate was pending at
the time the defendant got the money."
Being unable to secure bail, Dun
ning was taken to jail.
BEET SUa AR -PRODUCERS.
Not Satisfied With the Cuban Reciprocity
Tresty Peodlng In tbe Seoste.
Bv Telegraph to the Horning Btar.
Washikoton, January 10. For
three days representatives of the beet"
sugar industry of Michigan have been
in conference in this city not only
among themselves and other beet
sugar producers from other Btates, but
also with the .Michigan delegation In
Congress. To-day Senator Burrows
had long interview with President
Roosevelt, during which it is under
stood he indicated to him that the
Cuban reciprocity treaty now pending
in the Senate was not satisfactory to
the beet sugar interests.
What the producers chiefly desire is
stability of rates which would enable
them to put additional capital in their
industry and develop it further with
somo assurance of success.
So far as Is known the President has
not indicated what his attitude might
be concerning the proposition to amend
the pending treaty.
WRECK ON THE SOUTHERN.
Fireman ssd Brsketnsn Killed Dsmsfc
to Property Considerable.
Bv Telegrapn to tbe Morning Btar.
Columbia, B. O., Jon. 10. A ser
ious wreck in tbe Southern Railway
yard In this city early this morning
caused by tbe collision of a shifting
engine pushing seven not cars or
brick and an outgoing freight train
bound for Augusta, caused the death of
Fireman Frank Yeldell and Brake
man William Chapman, both colored.
Conductor (Pound and -Engineer
Reese saved themselves by jumping.
The damage to property Is consider
able. Four cars were thrown from
the track and demolished and the en
gine ot the freight was stripped. The
responsibility of the collision has not
yet been definitely fixed, although
members oi tnerauroaa commission
were soon at the scene of the wreck.
FIRE AT NASHVILLE. .
i Ltrfe Dry (foods Howe Destroyed Lots
Over $220,000.
By Teiegraptt to tne Homing Btar- ,
Nash villi, Tsunr., January 10.
The wholesale dry goods establish
ment of Lyle & Black Company was
destroyed by fire this afternoon. The
fire started in the basement ana ns
origin Is supposed to be due to a de
fective electric connection.
The dry goods houses of Kornman
& Sawyer, and O'Brien Brothers, on
either aide of the burned building.
caught fire, but the flames were extin
guished without much difficulty.
These concerns sustained considerable
damage to their stock by water. The
loss on tbe Lijie-macs: sioc. u esti
mated at $310,000 and is covered cy
insurance for $100,000. The house Is
valued at $18,000 and is insured for
$10,000. w
The Benate Committee on the Ju
diciary will meet Monday next for the
purpose of taking up tne trust ques
tion. It. is expected the committee
will a-o into the subject very thor
oughly and that a number or meet-
lngs will M neiu euner vj w i
committee or a sub-committee. , -
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PfMidimt Roosevelt has received an
invitation to attend the annual convo
cation of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church, South, to be
held In Lexington, Va., next May.
tk PMuMnt indicated that he pro
bable would not be able to accept.
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