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For years the negro agitation was kept up in the North by the Repub lican party leaders, and hair-lifting stories were told and published broadcast about the "barbarous treatment" of the negro by Southern Democrats. They heard so much of this, it was so often reiterated with imbellishments of fancy that the im pression was created that the prin cipal amu8ementof Southern Demo crats was gunning for negroes, and that it was 'a good , deal easier on any morning, when the weather was not too disagreeable for hunt ing, to find dead "niggers" than live ones. They heard only one side of the story; if they were disposed to listen to more than one side, and if they happened to see a contradic tion many of them concluded that the contradiction was a lie. But time has brought a change. Fair papers of the North, in dependent in politics, have been telling the other side of the story, even some of the Republican papers have shown , a disposition . to be honest and truthful, the thousands of Northern and Western people who have settled in the South have done much to enlighten the friends in the sections they came from, and intelligent, observant and honest Northern ao-journ-era, in publio and private life, have also done much towards this enlightenment. And in addition to all this the closer contact into which many of the Northern people have come with the negro since so many of the have gone North and located in the cities has done even more, perhaps, in the way of lift ing the infatuation for the "ward of the nation." We see evidences of this in a number of Northern cities where the color line ia drawn even tighter than it is in the South, an Illustration of which we present in the following, clipped from the Philadelphia Ledger: -)ir I am a colored msu, a me chanic by trade. There is nothing in the line of a house in wood that I can not make. I can build all the stairs, window, make the sashes, blinds and doors. I can build a house from the ground up tnd turn the keys over to tht owr.er completed. I can draw the plan, make the blue prinls, make the sp cuUhodb, and give estimates . Yet I a ti debarred from employment on account of my color The prejudice in this city is strong against me, much stronger than in the place 1 came from. No one wsnt me because lam acoo-ed man. Why is this f lam thirty-seven years old. I drew the plans of the colored church on Tasker strem, above Twentieth. My name is on the corner stone ' I built the State Colored College of Oraogeburr, B. C, and I have built collages in Orange burg ftod for the mayor of Beaufort. 8. C, but slill I am debarred from employment in Philadelphia. "Samuel H. Blythewood." Philadelphia is "the city of broth erly love," it is a Republican city of the most pronounced type, ruled by men who profess to believe that the negro is politically and civilly the equal of the white man, and fully entitled to all the rights and privi leges of the white man,' including the right to enjoy his liberty and earn his livelihood in competition with the white man. In other words, he is entitled to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" In the full sense that the white man is. But it ia not so in Philadelphia, the Republican-ruled city of broth erly love." Nor is it so in New York, Boston, or any other North ern or Western city. There is not a city in the South of which such a letter as the one above could be truth fully written nor one about which such a letter ever has been written, as far as our reading goes. What does the right to vote for some white party boss amount to with the man who is debarred from working to earn a living? In contrast with this read the fol lowing, clipped from an address on the "South and the Negro" deliver vol. xxxiv. : ed a few nights ago in the First Re formed Episcopal church, colored.in New York, by James J. Torbert, assistant principal and financial agent of the Fort Valley Hey and Industrial school, for negroes, in Georgia, who said in part: "Slavery left us 4,000,000 strong. To-day we are about 9,000,000. It left us without a home, but well schooled la the .exercise of the muscles and to some extent with the desire to imitate the white man. Our homes to-day dot the hill tops, plains and valleys, all the way from Virginia to Texas. Slavery left us Illiterate, but with a passionate desire for knowledge, and to-day we have 2,600,000 people In the public schools and 85,000 teachers trained from the rank and file of the race. "If we are denied political power for the time being, the power to do good bai neither been taken away nor abridged. We can plant our feet squarely in the soil and make the white agriculturist green with envy if he views our well-kept homes,, our well-filled barns and our fruit grow ing and bearing full and plenty with each season of the year. When the white man prevents my race from buying and selling among them selves, from teaching and preaching the gospel, of truth to the wayward, from receiving and giving, from liv ine and loving, then they will have persecuted us. They prevent none of these things; they prevent no pro gress." How does this read compared with the wail of Samuel H. Blythewood, of Philadelphia? What a contrast be tween the treatment of the negro in the South and in the North. The South, after long and bitter experi ence, restricts suffrage for her good and for his good, too, and thus tries to make him a more intelligent and better citizen, but she leaves open to him the avenues of honest endeavor, and "prevents no progress," while in the North the negro is allowed the privilege to vote, but is denied near ly everything else, including the right to earn his living by labor when he comes into competition with white labor. Which of these condi tions should the negro with a thim bleful of brains prefer ? As a further proof of the oppor tunities the South gives the negro to labor for his own betterment we have the accumulation of property by them and the progress they have made, which is most noticeable in those States where they have been the least under the baneful influence of unscrupulous partisan leaders, where there has been the least negro agitation and where they have been least interfered with and left freest to work out their own salvation in their own way. The solution of the negro problem is to let the negro alone, a conclu sion that the Northern people, who have wearied of this incessant agita tion, seem to be coming to. TOBACCO A8 A CROP. There is no crop produced in the United States which was once con fined to such a comparatively small area, the cultivation of which has expanded as has that of tobacco, which is now grown to a greater or less extezt in nearly oyery State in the Union, being a very important crop in some States where it was not grown at all a few years ago. As a producer, Kentucky holds the first place, North Carolina com ing second, though less than thirty years ago the cultivation was prac tically limited to a narrow belt on the Virginia border. Now there is twice as much grown outside of that belt as there ia in it. According to the estimates of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture for 1902 Ken tucky produced on 323,194 acres 257,755,200 pounds, valued at $25, 775,520, or $80 an acre. North Carolina on 219,623 acres produced 142,520,950 pounds valued at $15, 677,304, a little over $71 an acre. These figures show that this is an important crop,, and compares favor ably in the returns with other "money crops," being ahead of most of them, but the tendency is to over do this crop and produce a surplus that will cut down prices and profits. With the expanding area and pros pective increase in production, this is the danger that confronts the tobacco-grower, especially the grow ers of particular kinds of leaf for which the demand is not so great as other kinds. This is something that the North Carolina tobacco planter should keep in view, and if he culti vate largely, not base his calculations too largely on that crop. Gen. Basil Duke, Democrat, of Louisville, gave President Roosevelt a friendly boost in a lecture before the students of the Virginia Univer sity, saying thi there was no hope of electing a Democratio President, and he would rather see Roosevelt elected than any other Republican. Mr. Roosevelt promptly reciprocated by inviting him to call at the White House and tendering him the Judge ship in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, which the General declined. He has a better job as attorney for a big railroad. The Norfolk; Landmark says: "That venerable theory about the groundhog does not contain even a shadow of truth." That settles it. It does not leave the hog even a dust of ground to stand on. iP-f: WHERE THE HARM IS DOVE. Nowbite person North or South takes seriously the bill introduced "by request" in the first session of this Congress by Representative Blackburn, of this State,, and lately by Senator Hannain the Senate. The inspiration of these bills as far as the statesmen who present them are concerned is generally under stood to be political, to cater to the negro vote, and . thus hold it solid for the Bchemers who have been manipulating and managing the negro ever since his enfranchise ment. Possibly they do not know or think of the harm they do with fakes of this kind. The negroes, have been duped in many ways by these polit ical schemers. They were once promised "forty acres and a mule," they were promised political, civil and social equality; they were de luded with the hope of holding high office and deluded in other ways, but schemes like these while intended to dupe them for the bene fit of aspirants to office, make them the dupes and victims of sharpers of their own race, who play this game on them and fleece them out of their money under pretence of helping the pension scheme along and assuring them that it is Bure to be realized if the necessary funds to push it be forthcoming. It ia estimated that such sharpers have already fleeced confiding ne groes out of between $250,000 and $300,000, and perhaps more. Since the introduction of that bill by Sena tor Hanna they have begun opera tions again, and we read of their performances in several localities in the South, in Alabama and Geor gia, and they are doubtless at work elsewhere. The class of people they pick out as victims is, of course, the most ignorant and credulous, many of whom cannot read, and are inno cent enough to believe any story told them by a glib-tonged negro. The result is that they are buncoed out of the little cash they may have and see that negro sharper no more. It is a shame that white men who ought to understand these things .would from selfish motives become instrumental in proposing schemes to make the innocent negro the prey of the negro villain. Commenting npon the spreading of appendicitis a Washington doctor says a good deal of it is imaginary. People read about it, persuade them selves that they have the genuine article and are never satisfied until a knife is run into them. Imagina tion is the moat powerful thing with some people. The Niagara Falls Power Com pany will nse the California red wood in place of steel in its tunnels. It is said if water pours continuously over this wood a soapy, pasty sur face is formed which makes the wood practically indestructible from corosion and hence preferable to steel. A, Kansas Senator has introduced a bill in the Legislature prohibiting people from eating snakes in that State. He thinks the snakes can be put to better use. As they have got into the snake business the next thing in order may be a bill to pro hibit people from "seeing snakes." A fellow in Illinois who was in a hurry to get out of that State, suc ceeded with ten pounds of dyna mite, which scattered him all around, shook the country for miles around and kept the coroner busy for two or three hours in finding pieces enough to hold an inquest over. The fact that Mrs. C. Varfder- bilt held up a train in Florida for an hour is considered of sufficient importance to make a subject oi a tn-esa disnatch. while there are x thousands of women in this country who are experts' at holding up trains. A Massachusetts paper is authority for the statement that during the coal famine "women of respecta bility were seen dragging away two or three 100-pound bags of coal at a time," Another proof of the vigor ous properties of beans as a diet. One of the causes of the impend- ng racket in China is the efforts at reform. People who have become accuatomed to doing things their our way for several thousand years don't generally like to be reformed too suddenly. When the coal famine was on a New York man solved the how-to keep warm problem by giving the few tons of coal he had in his bin to poor zoik8 ana scooting to x ionaa, n t a. Tl ?a- where one can' keep warm for noth ing. In reply to Secretary Roofs in quiry "what shall we do with the nearro?". the Washington Post a , very pertinently and pointedly an swers "let him alone." z WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, SEABOARD WRECK. Collision Friday Night Near Pern - broke, N.C., Under Peculiar Circumstances. A FIREMAN BADLY HURT. Efltiae, after Accomplishing Mack Harm, Broke Loose and Sped Up the Track. Story as Told by si Psiseoier. The Wreck Cleared Up. Passenger train No. 39 on the Sea board Air Line, which left Wilming ton Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock for Hamlet, in charge of Capt W. L Beef of this city, was In collision with a freight train about one mile beyond Pembroke the same night about 10 o'clock. The fireman on the freight train was badly injured by beiug pinioned under the demolished tender. None of the crew or passen gers on the Wilmington train was In jured more than being badly shaken up. Traffic was blocked for several hours and the mixed train due here at B:20 A- M. and the passenger train due at about noon did not arrive until the afternoon. Mr A F. Pound, of Atlanta, who arrived in Fayetteville yesterday morning, gave the Observer the fol lowing account of the wreck, which is very interesting: "I was on the passenger train which was nroceeaine? to uamiet siowjy on account of a disabled engine, when one mile from Pembroke our train was struck by an engine which was running at full speed. This engine naa orcers to meet as at the station which it had just passed ana relieve our aisatueu engine, but for some reason ran past that station, and came on us at a ter rific speed, demolishing our engine, the baggage and express ears. The engine was running backwards; it was its tender that struck our engine. The loose engine, which had evidently been reversed before the collision, then broke away from its-demolished tender and ran back towards Maxton, and went dead on a trestle about eight miles from where the wreck occurred. Neither the engineer, fireman or any of the passengers of our train were se riously hurt. The fireman of the loose engine was found pinioned under the tender and was extracted, in a dying condition. The engineer mysteriously disappeared and at 9:30 o'clock this morning bad not been iouna. it is not known whether he was killed or took to the woods in fright. "The conductor of the passenger, who was standing up, was thrown the entire length of the car, landing on his back. He was badly bruised but not seriously hurt. A- rescue train reached the spot at 8:30 o'clock this morning and all the passengers were safely conveyed to Hamlet, a wreck ing crew being left to clear the track.'! Mr. Pound says he is not personally acquainted with the conductor, but says he deserves great praise for his coolness and the kindness he display ed to those in bis care. He says any railroad might be proud to have such a man In its employ, in transferring the passengers the conductor lay down on the ground and made of himself a atep by which Mr. Sage, who is a crip ple on crutches and was naaiy snaxen up, might descend from the car. STEPHEN KEYES, ESQ., DEAD. Well Known aid A ted Citizen of New Hanover Passed A way Thursday. 8tephen Keyes, Eiq., an aged citizen of the county, died Thursday evening at his borne in Federal Point town ship, where he had resided since be fore the war. Mr. Keyes was 83 years of age and had been in failing health for several years. Two or three months ago he had a fall and suffered a fracture of one of his limbs which contributed with the infirmities of his aze to his death. The funeral was conducted Friday afternoon from the late residence and the interment was on Myrtle Grove Sound. Mr. Keyes was a native of Massa chusetts and taught shool for a num ber of years after coming South. Just after the war he was a prominent Re publican politician of the county and served at different times in the seven ties as chairman and a member of the Board of County Commissioners. In late years, however, he led a quiet life on his farm in the country, en joying a competency gained In his earlier days. Mr. Keyes is survived by six children Misses Mary, Lizzie and Ida Keyes and Messrs. William, Thomas and John Keyes, all of Myrtle Grove Sound. ALLEGED CRUELTY TO CONVICTS. Investigating Committee Held Short ses sion at Raleigh Yesterday. Special Star Telegram. ' Raueiqh. N. C. Feb. 13. The special committee to investigate the charges of cruelty to convicts in mov ing a squad of 180 from Spruce Pine to Marion, thence to uaieign, neia a ses sion at the prison this afternoon and examined witnesses, mostly guarus and other prison employes, who parti cipated in moving the prisoners. The trend or the evidence was a nut contra diction of the evidence taken Tuesday at Marion, all testifying that there was no cruelty; that the condition oi tne roads was not savere and that the men stood the march well. Dr. Rogers, physician to the penitentiary, testified that he examined the convicts on,their arrival here and found them in good condition, excent for a reasonable de gree of fatigue alter tne maren ana railroad trip. There hadbeen no sick ness, he said, from that cause. Miss Norma Bonltz Married. At Goldsboro. N. O. Friday night at 9 o'clock Miss Norma A. Bonus, daughter of the late Julius A. Bonltz, of this city, was married to Mr. Daniel Moses, a prominent business man oi Lynchburg, Va. The ceremony was performed by Rabbi E. N. Calisch, of I Richmond. Miss Bonitz waa a visiting In Goldsboro from Lynchburg and it was decided to have the wedding there. IS BE A LUNATIC? Primitive Methods of a Negro Found Yesterday in Federal - ; Point Township. CAMPS ; IN THE WOODS. Sleeps ea the Qroaad aad Says He Sab-- slsts ea Raw Cora The Authorities . . After Him to Delermlae His ' - Saslty Tens His Story. The county authorities are very much, puzzled over the actions of a strange colored man, who gives his name as Jim Williams, and who was found one night last week by Mr. Ed. Branch, hunter, in a solitary camp in the woods near the 'Masonboro roaJT- four and a half miles from Wil mington. Mr. Branch reported his find on Friday to the authorities, and Justice G. W. Bornemann and Con stable W. B. Savage went out to in vestigate at the earliest practicable moment. They found the camp described by Mr. Branch, and asleep on the hard ground was the solitary occupant, a middle aged man, with whom they talked as to his primitive methods of living. He said that he slept on the ground because he thought it was right to do so. Two large dry goods boxes , turned on their sides, were lying near the camp and in them, the man said he .slept when it was raining but upon other occasions he slept on the ground. For food he said he ate raw corn. There was also at the solitary spot, which is a short distance from the road in the wilderness, a bundle of old clothes and a few other appurtenances. From a view of the desolate place and a talk with its occupant the officers at once made up their minds that the man was a lunatic and so reported to the Clerk of the Superior Court upon their return to the city. The necessary papers were issued to bring the man into safe keeping and last night Con stable Savage, Deputy Sheriff W. H. Cox and Mr. W. G. Brinkley went out to execute them. After a hazardous trip over the scrubby oaks and through various marshes, they were able to discover the place by night. but the man had gone. Where, the officers are puzzled to know. They found the boxes, the clothes and other things seen at the camp the day be fore, and also a sack of dry corn, cor roborating what the man said he used for food, but no clue to the evidently crazy negro could they secure and were forced to return to the city with out accomplishing anything. Another search for.Williams will be made to-dav and in the meantime the authorities? will continue to speculate as to a correct explanation of the ne gro's strange conduct. DEATH OP MR. W. T. HARKER. Well Kiowa eitlzen of WUmlaitoa Passed Awiy Yesterday Funeral Today. Mr. W. T. Harker, a well known citizen of Wilmington and an ex Confederate soldier, died yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at his home, No. SIS Castle street, aged 63 years, six months and 25 days. He had been in poor health for some time and his death was not entirely unexpected. He was held in high esteem by all who knew him and during the war his fellow soldiers highly commended him for acts of daring and courage. He leaves to mourn their loss two sons, Messrs. W. T. Harker, Jr., and R. L. Harker, and one daughter, Mrs. D. A. Rowan. HOMICIDE IN NORFOLK. Benj. Adams Died from Pistol Shot Wound Inflicted by His Brother. by Teiegrao& to the Horning star. Norfolk, Va., Feb.. 14. Benjamin Adams, who was shot by his brother Percy in front of their West Norfolk home Thursday night, died at St. Vin cent's hospital to-night from the wound. The circumstances of the shooting were very pathetic. The dead man bad been drinking heavily and en tered a grocery store, where he se cured a cleaver. After driving every one out of the place he started for home with the avowed inten tion of killing the family. In front of the house he met his brother Percy. The latter warned him to keep away, but Ben ran towards him with the cleaver uplifted. Percy drew a pistol and fired twice in the air. In stead of checking the frenzied man it only Increased his fury and he contin ued towards the man with the gun who finally fired a bullet into the approach ing brother. The ball lodged in the back after piercing the stomach and no hope was ever entertained. He exonerated his brother before dying. INTERSTATE COMMERCE. Decision Involving Rates on Transports tloa of Orala from St. Loulf, Mo. By Telesrapli to the Morning Star. Washington, Feb. 14. The Inter state Commerce Commission to-day decided the case involving the rates and practices of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, tn the transporta tion of grain toVicssourg. auss., snip ped Irom or tnrougnok ijouis, mo., and East St. Louis, Illinois. It is held that a published tariff regulation, per mitting grain to be ahipped through from nnint of origin to final destina tion with a stop-over privilege tn East St. Louis for cleaning, sacking, or other legitimate purpose, the ship ment covering a proportional or bal ance of a through rate from East SL Louis, is not shown to be ob jectionable In this case. The shipment, hrjwfiTer. of nain to East St. Louis on a local rate and forwarding from there as a new shipment cm a twelve cent proportional rate to Vicksburg and common points Is objected to by tha mmmlisinn. aa it disregards the higher thirteen cent local rate from East St. Louis to those destinations. 1903. MADE GHASTLY FIND. Captain of Brunswick Sharpie Found Badly Decomposed Body in the River. WAS IDENTIFIED SATURDAY. Proved to be That of Isaac Kelland, Drowsed Nearly Two Months Af o Up Cape Pear River Coroner Viewed the Remains. . A ghastly find was made in the river by Capt. J. S. Brown, who was coming up the river In his sharpie Friday afternoon about 2 o'clock from Shallotte, Brunswick county. Float ing In the water just below the "Dram Tree," two miles below Wilmington, was the badly decomposed and swol len body of a colored man, yellow in complexion and weighing about 180 pounds. Capt. Brown threw- a line around the body , and tied It to the wreck of the schooner just below the narrows and upon reaching the city, reported the occurrence to Dr. C. D. Bell, the coroner. Dr. Bell went down the river and viewed the remains, but as the hour was late and no one could be secured to identify them, he returned to the city and completed the Investigation Saturday. The body proved to be that of Isaac Kelland, a negro who either jumped or fell overboard from the steamer Highlander, about 40 miles up the Cape Fear river, Monday before last Christmas. On the negro's body were found bills for goods pur chased in Wilmington from Mr. J. J. Kelly, furniture dealer, Messrs. Groom & Hunt, grocers, and a pint bottle of whiskey, pretty well emptied. By the papers the negro was Identified, and his father and mother, Sam and Mary Kelland, who live in Chad bourn's alley, this city, were notified. His body was in such a badly de composed state as to prevent its re moval to Cronly, near where he re sided, and the burial took place on "Sunset Hill," overlooking the river near the spot where be was found. The negro was not given to drink and the finding of the flask of liquor upon his person was unexpected. He has a wife and four children living near Cronly. He came to Wilmington Monday before 2mas to make some purchases and returning on the boat that night he was seen to fall or jump deliberately from the deck of the steamer into the water. Accounts of the drowning published at the time stated that mysterious circumstances surrounded the affair and these will perhaps now never be cleared up. The Greensbooo Teleqram, one of the Stab's most valued afternoon exchanges, has passed under the sole proprietorship and editorial control of Mr. R. W. Haywood, who has pur chased all the interest of his partner, Mr. Perkins, in the paper. Mr. Hay wood was formerly of this city and has many friends who will note with pleasure this evidence of his success in the newspaper field. SPIRITS TURPENTINE; Smithfield Herald: Mr. J. M. Langdon, of Pleasnt Grove township, was in town Wednesday. He reports that tobacco acreage in his section will be slightly increased this year despite the present low prices. Last year Mr. Langdon sold the tobacco off of two and one-half acres of land for $625.80. Danbury Reporter: Travel over the Danbury-W alnut Cove road has almost ceased for the present. The road is in such a dreadful condition that it is almost Impossible to go over it. We learn that the two depots at Walnut Gove are (Completely full of goods, merchants being unable to get them away on account of the bad roads. Lumberton Roiesonian: In the case of the State against Henry Mar lowe, charged with the murder of Jno. Cribb, the defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree after a trial which lasted about five days. So far as we have been able to learn, the verdict was a righteous one, and Is as fully concurred in by public opinion as it was by his Honor, who stated to the jury that he agreed with them in the verdict rendered. Monroe Enquirer: Mr. H. D. Browning showed us a ripe strawberry taken from his garden last Tuesday, the 10th inst. The supposed safe crackers who were arrested near here last week and are now in jail have been seen by a number of officers from other places where safas have been cracked and valuables taken. Mr. H. T. Gregory, postofftce inspector, spent last Thursday and Friday here and swore out warrants for them for break ing Into the postoffice at Grier's, S. C, some time ago. Raleigh News and Oiserver: Mr. O. C. Days, of Oenterville, was found dead lying near the Southern Railroad track Tuesday morning, two and a half miles below Winston. He was not positively identified until Fri day night, when the coroner and his jury went after the body and made an investigation. Mr. Days was about fifty-eight years old and leaves a wife and several children. From the evi dence obtained it appears that Mr. Days was intoxicated, and while walk ing along the railroad track was struck by the train. Both legs were broken, besides other bruises were found on the body and head. Saxdord. Express: There is talk of a 1150.000 chemical plant locating here. A. gentleman was here in tne interest of the proposed enterprise this week. A thief broke into the store of the Sanford Cotton Mill Com pany, Wednesday night, and carried off about $40 worth of goods. He en tered the store by breaking out a glass in one of the front windows with an The railroad people say never seen more guano axe. . thev have moved at this season of the year than is now being handled by the railroads. The shipments are Immense and long freight trains are moving the stuff daily. The farmers will soon begin moving it from the depots preparatory to planting the cotton crop. NO. 17 PENSION EX-SLAVES. Those Who Did Service in the Confederate Army to Draw Money for Assistance. LEGISLATURE PROCEEDINGS. Revenue Bill Introdaced as Prepsred by Joint Finance Committee Repnb- - llcan to Point of Personal Prlv liege Child Libor Bill. Raleigh, N. 0., Feb. 12. The Senate to day passed the Durham de pot bill, empowering the Corporation Commission to compel the erection of union depots in towns where two or more roads enter. The most impor tant amendment was by Mann, of Chowan, that union depots cannot be ordered where present separate depots are adequate. The bill was ordered sent to the House for concurrence in amendments before ratification. -Argument on this bill consumed over two hours. Brown, of Columbus, introduced a bill to revise the navigation and pilot age lawa at the port of Wilmington and on the Cape Fear river. He ask ed its reference to the Committee on Propositions and Grievances. Bella my, of Brunswick, insisted that it go to the Judiciary committee, saying that both he and Morton, representing people interested, were opposed to the bill. The Judiciary Committee refer ence was ordered. This is the begin ning of a big fight that comes invaria bly at each session of the Legislature. This time, though, there seems to be a determination to fight to the finish. Another notable bill introduced was by London, to appropriate $30,000 for a State exhibit at the Bt. LiOuis expo sition. Notable bills introduced in the House to-day were: Graham, joint resolution to obtain estimates as to the cost of enlarging the capitol. Joint resolution on the election of Senators by the people. Newland to amend the charter of Carolina and Northern Railroad. Phillips, to change time for holding Brunswick courts. Graham's resolution in the House to enlarge the State capitol provides for an investigation as to the cost of ad ditions contemplated In the orleinal plans being north and south wings as in the national capitol. It sets forth that the judiciary, State librarian, At torney General and Superintendent of Public Instruction have been crowded out of the building and the libraries are in great danger of destruction by fire. Graham's resolution in regard to the election of United States Senators by the people appeals to Congress to call forthwith a constitutional convention for the amendment of the federal con stitution for the election of Senators by the direct vote of people. Both resolutions are now in the hands of committees. Raluqh, N. C, Feb. 13. In the House to-day Hinton, of Pasquotank, made the first speech on the Watts Whiskey bill. He spoke with vigor in favor of the bill. In answer to question by Morton, Hinton admitted he signed a paper in his county before the election to leave the whiskey ques tion to a vote of the people. Benbow, of Yadkin,spoke against the bill and favored the amendment offered by Morton to leave the ques tion to a vote of the people. The Smith bill was offered as a sub stitute by its author for the original bill and all amendments. Smith spoke at length in support of the measure. This provides for a vote on all ques tion relating to the whiskey traffic. Newland, of Caldwell, eloquently advocated the Watts bill. Murphy, of Rowan, offered his bill. Introduced several days ago, as a sub stitute, and made a ringing speech in its support. The Watts bill goes over as unfin ished business for to-morrow. The only notable bills introduced In the House to day were: Robeson, for the reliei and sup port of the State University, appro priating $35,000. Harrington, of Harnett, to regulate hunting in Llllington township. During the night session, from 8 to 10:30 o'clock, fifteen bills were passed. Notable ones being to amend the char ter of Bayboro;to protect claims in Pen der county ; to provide for the establish ment and enlargement of the libraries of public schools of the State, and to change the time of holding courts in Brunswick county. The Senate bill to establish a North Carolina Prison Parole Commission was taken up, having been re-called from the House. Pharr argued against the bill. It was referred to the Judi ciary Committee. Among the bills passed third read Inv waa the House bill to incorporate the North Carolina Farmers' Protec tive Association; the Senate bill to shorten the time for notice by publica tion, making it four weeks instead of six weeks; Senate bill to amend sec tion 367 of the Code, and the bill to allow State libraries to exchange with other States. Senator Brown,' for the Committee on Propositions and Grievances, sent up the London bill with a regret that It be allowed to pass. Senator War ren sent up a minority report against the bill and in favor of the Warren substitute. Both were ordered printed and were made the special order for next Thursday. Senator Bellamy introduced a bill to correct certain probates and regis trations in Brunswick. The Senate adjourned in honor of the late Dr. J. L. M. Curry. The Joint Committee on Finance which has under consideration the Revenue Bill and MachineyAet, has concluded to put a new privilege tax on each dispensary of 2 per cent, of gross receipts. On distilleries a grad uated licensed tax is imposed of $25 to $300. On retail liquor dealers $150 for each six months; wholesale dealers $200 for each six months: dealers In malt liquors exclusively, $50 every six months. But this section shall not prevent any one from selling wine of his own manufacture at the place of manufacture in a nan titles of leas than one gallon or brandy sold in original I packages of not less than five gallons. I One-half of the above tax la to go to the estate Treasurer, ana tne mow usui o the school fund. Moreover, each county is required to levy a light tax for county pur poses. The tax on druggists selling liquor is reduced from $50 to $25. A license tax of $5 is put upon dNh tographers, in place of the grademted tan. The Joint Finance Committee has not quite completed a revision of the act, so that it cannot be reported to the Legislature before Monday or Tues day, it had been expected that it would be Introduced to morrow. . Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 14. Repre sentative MaoRae, of Anson, to-day by request introduced in the. House a bill to pension ex-slaves and free negroes, who did faithful service In the Con federate army, empowering the coun ty pension boards to put their names on under the same rules that apply to white veterans. Doughton, of Alleghany, late.ln to day's session introduced In the House the revenue bill prepared by the Joint Finance Committee. It was made the special order for Wednesday noon and 500 oopies were ordered printed. Other notable bills introduced were: Davidson, a resolution in memory, of the late J. M. L. Curry. Willis, a resolution concerning the . improvement of the Cape Fear river. Willis, to provide special tax in Bladen. Wood ley, to regulate compensation for sales under deeds of trust. Dockery, to authorize Hamlet to issue bonds for schools. Freeman (Republican) rose to a question of personal privilege and read an extract from a newspaper, charg ing that the Republican caucus had agreed to oppose all temperancejegis latioo, declaring the statement un qualifiedly false. He said he had good reason to believe an employe of the House inspired the article. In the Senate the bill to abolish the Board of Examiners for Slate institu tions passed Its second reading, and went over until Monday on objection for the third. Senator Glenn, who in- ' troduced the bill, said he didn't know -there was such a board until they is sued their abominable report on the colored A.& M. College at Greensboro, doing that Institution a very great In justice. The child labor bill, as reported by the Committee on Manufacturing, was made a special order for next Wednes day. Among the bills introduced were: Webb, relating to special proceed ings. Godwin, to raise revenue for Clin ton. Godwin, for the relief of widows of Confederate soldiers. The resolution in memory of Dr. Curry was adopted bv a rising vote. Further argument of the Watts Whiskey Bill and other proposed tem perance legislation was postponed un til next Tuesday on account of the ab sence of a large number of members. Bill passed providing for the better working of public roads in Columbus county A resolution by Willis of Bladen, Introduced In the House to-day, urges upon Congress the Importance of pro viding for improving the Cape Fear river from Wilmington to Fayette ville In accordance with plans prepared and recommended by Major E. W. VanCourt Lucas. Col. J. 8. Cunningham, as presi dent of the North Carolina Farmers Protective Association, issued to-day a call for meetings at thirty points in eastern, central and western counties of the tobacco belt to organize branch associations. The dates are Feb. 19th; to March 81st and include Rocky Mount, Feb. 20th ; Klnston, March 2th ; Wilson, March 3rd; Clinton, March 11th ; Newborn, March 12th.. MURDER TRIAL IN KANSAS. Mrs. Cnmmins a Witness Afslost Her Husband, Charted With Killing Aim Disnmsn, a Servant Girl. bv TeiesraDb to the Horning star. Wellington, Kas., Feb. 14. In the trial of John Cummins, charged with the murder of Anna' Dishman, a 13-year old servant gir), the defence sprang a surprise by stating that it would be proven that the murder was committed by the defendant's wife. It would be shown, the counsel for the defence asserted in his statement to the jury that Mrs. Cummins held an Irre sistible influence over her husband and that ahe had forced him to make a written confession of the crime to save her. Cummins, in his confession, said that he struck the girl on the head and then locked her in an outhouse, where she was left without attention until she died. Mrs. Cummins was placed on the witness stand and created a sensation. Cummins in his confession, had said that he first buried the girl's body on his farm and later exhuming it had placed it on a hay stack and set the pile on fire. Mrs. Cummins was asked why she told the offioers about the murder, and she replied that before the body was burned, Cummins often oeggea ner not to tell, but after the burning he became Independent and she was afraid he would try to fasten the crime upon her. "Then you want him punished!" asked the attorney. "He ought to be hung," she shouted. "You were anxious to protect him then, were you not?" Mrs. Cummins shot a quick glance at her husband and almost screamed In answer, "I did not hate him then, but I do now." WRECK ON THE SOUTHERN. Train Rsn Into aa Open Switch Enilneer . and Fireman Killed. By TelegTapn to the Horning Star. Washington, Feb. 15. Train No. 33, the New York and Florida ex press, of the Southern Railway, ran into an open switch at Ravenswortb, to-night Fireman Walter Wlggln ton, colored, was killed and Engineer Thomas Purvis is missing. So far as known none of the passengers was seriously Injured. The body of the fireman was recovered. It is thought the switch was tamper ed with for the purpose of wrecking the train. The switch light was miss ing and the lock gone. A man who ran into the station at Burke's, two miles south of Ravensworth and told of the wreck, was detained as a sus pect His actions were those of a de mented man. His name Is unknown. The train consisted of three sleepers, a mall car and a baggage car. Only the engine and mall car left the track. A wrecking train with physicians was sent from Alexandria, Va., to Ravens worth, which is eighteen miles south of Washington, xne wrecxea train left here at 9:55 P. M. Miss Marlon Oockrell, daughter of Senator Oockrell, of Missouri, was married in Washington, D. G., yester day to Edson Fessenden Gallaudet, son of the president of the Columbia Tnitni fa ttiM TWf and Dumb. Rev. Dr. T. Bhamlin, of the Church of tl, m rVinniiiL officiated, rreuaeni I Roosevelt and a notable party of other I eaests were present The bridal couple will reside at isaytout vau The Senate has agreed to .the House amendments to the ElJdnn anti-rebate bill. The bill now goes to the President. T . . . . ll- vl) ) . v. .-.-v. i