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VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 32.
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SUNDRY Cl.,u dill
AFTER CONSIDERING IT FOR
POI K ims THK SEWTK
FINALLY PASSES IT.
ALL THE AMENDMENTS ADOPTED.
Not Even the Five ami a Quarter Mil
lion Dollar Amendment lor Payment
of the sugar Bounty was Granted the
Distinction of a Separate Vote--The
Bill Now Goes to a Conference--Leg
islative, Executive and Judicial Ap
propriation Bills Taken Up.
Washington, D. 0., Feb. 28. —The
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was
passed by the Senate to day, its consid
eration having occupied the larger share
of four legislative days. All of the
amend merits that were adopted in com
mittee of the whole were concurred in
after the bill was reported back to the
Senate -almost all of them in bulk.
There was au effort made by Mr. Ves-t
to have the amendment for the purchase
of the Blaine property, on Lafayette
Place, Washington, modified so as to re
quire “A fee simple title” to pass, in
stead of Mrs. B1 doe's “Right, title and
interest” to the property; but that mo
tion was dt seated - yeas 26; nays 37, aud
the original amendment was agreed to.
The five aud a quarter million dollar
amendment for the payment of sugar
bounty did not even have the distinc
tion of a separate vote, but was covered
up in the general vote for all the amend
ments. So too with the amendment
providing a retiring Ist for oflicers of
the revenue cutter service.
An etfort was made by Mr. Stewart to
have Mr. Wolcott’s amendment for the
appoiutmeut of delegates to an interna
tional monetary conference mollified so
as to prohibit the delegates from agree
ing to any higher ratio between gold and
silver than 16 to 1; but he was not able
to muster more than 11 votes ou his
side; and a motion to reconsider the
vote agreeing to the Wolcott amendment
was also defeated--yeas 9, nays 52.
So the provision tor the appointment
of nine delegates remains in the bill.
The hill now goes to a conference,
where it will probably be subjected to
considerable pruning. The conferees
on the part of the Senate are Senators
Cockrell (Dem.,) of Missouri, Gorman.
(Dem ,) of Maryland and Allison, (Rep..)
of lowa,
The amendment offend hist evening
by Mr. Bate appropriating #125,0i0 to
aid the exposition at Nashville, Tenn.,
in commemoration of the hundredth year
of Tennessee’s statehood was taken up.
Mr. Bate advocated it and gave as pre
cedents for it the appropriations in aid
of the Chicago and Atlauta Expositions.
It remains in the bill.
An amendment instructing the Com
missioner of Fisheries to make special in
vestigation as to the extermination of
migratory fishes in Indian river, Flor
ida, was offered by Mr. Quay (Rep ), of
Benusylvania. and agreed to; the Naval
Appropriation bill and General Defi
ciency bill were reported from the ap
propriatious, both with amendments,and
placed on the calendar.
Mr. Gallinger presented the memorial
of the Daughters of the Revolution to
have posted in a conspicuous place in
every postoffiee in the United States a
copy of the Declaration of Independence
as an educational means. Ue gave the
proposition his unqualified approval and
had it referred to the Postoffiee Com
mittee.
A resolution was offered by Mr. Haw
ley (Rep )of Connecticut, and agreed to,
requesting the President to eall the at
tention of the government of Nicaragua
to the proper adjustment and settlement
of claims of private citizens of the United
States against that Republic.
The legislative. Executive aud Judi
i lal Appropriation hill was taken up,
and by 5:40 p. m., when there was a
short executive session, followed by a
recess till 8 p. m., ninety-two pages of
the hill—over two thirds of the whole
had been completed, with no more delay
than was required for the two reading
clerks to race through it, omitting most
of the reading matter between the open
ing and closing of each paragraph.
N ight Session.
When the night session open id there
were not uiau> Senators present, but the
galleries were crowded with spectators.
The reading of the legislative, Execu
live aud Judicial Appropriation bill was
continued ami in forty five minutes the
bill was completed, so far as committee
amendments were concerned.
At 0:30 p. m , Mr. Candler, interrupt
ed the consideration of the Legislative
bill and called up the resolution hereto
fore offered by him declaring that there
was no lawful election of the legislature
of Kansas of a United States Senator
when Senator Martin was declared to be
elect ed.
When Mr. Chandler took his seat, Mr.
Hill rose and said, in serious tones: “1
will now speak on the appropriation bill
(laughter) aud he proceeded to make a
scorching attack upon Mr. Chandlei
whom he accused of having taken ad
vantage of the courteous privilege afford
ed to him to assail some of his brother
Senators.
Mr. Martin, Democrat of Kansas, rose
to reply to Mr. Chandler, hut was ad
vised by Mr. Cockrell to pay no atten
tion to Mr. Chandler’s "paper pellets.”
He declined, however, to accept that ad
vice and proceeded to speak m the bit
terest tones and harshest words of Mr
Chandler.
It was nearly mid night when the con
troversy came to au end aud the pend
ing bill whs open to amendments.
Most of the amendments that were
offered were objectionable to Mr. Cock
r* 11 in charge of the bill; but for the
stoe of getting on with the business, be
allowed them to be adopted with the
intention of having them all defeated in
conference.
Finally the bill was passed and tin
Senate at half au hour after midnight
adjourned till Friday at 11 a. m.
THE BAY IV THE HOUSE.
District Affairs and Several Other
MatUrs Before That Body.
Washington, 1). C. Feb 28. —Al-
though this day had been set apart, by
unanimous consent of the House, for the
consideration and disposition of meas
ures relating to)the affa rsof the District
of Columbia, it was a quarter after four
o’clock before Mr. Hesid, Chairman of
the Committee, succeeded iu getting the
first bill before the House.
Before that hour there had been sev
eral matters under consideration which
required toll calls for their disposition,
thus occupying much time.
The first of these was the report of the
conferees ou the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill, that they were still
unable to agree upon the item inserted
by the Senate, authorizing the construc
tion of a cable to Hawaii and appropria
ting #500.000 to begin the work.
By a vote of 150 to 115, the House
voted to still insist upon its disagree
ment to that amendment and the same
conferees were appointed for a further
conference.
The Republicans and Populists voted
to concur, the Democrats generally
against it. Fourteen Democrats how
ever, united with the advocates of the
cable.
The message of the vetoing the bill to
repeal a special pension act in favor of
Hiram It. Rhea, aud authorizing the
Secretary of the Interior to place him on
the roll under the provisions of the gen
eral law requiring a >ea and nay vote to
dispose of i r , Mr. Martin, (Dem.) of In
diana, moved to pa>s the hill, the objec
tions of the President to the contrary not
withstanding, but the House refused.
Yeas, 97; nays, 154.
Still another roll cali was had on the
question of disposing of the contested
election case of Williams vs. Settle from
the Fifth district of Noith Carolina. Mr.
Brown (Dem.), of Indiana, chairman of
the election committee, asked the House
to determine whether or not it would
consider the matter aud the House de
termined—veas 103, nays 145—that it
would not consider the election case.
Mr. Lawson (Dem ), of Georgia, pre
sented the report of the committee on
elections in the contest of Goode vs.
Eppes from the Fourth district of Vir
ginia, in favor of Eppes, the sitting mem
ber. Leave was given the minority to
file their views.
Senate joint resolution was passed au
thorizing second Lieutenant F. B. Rock
ingbougu of the 10th cavalry to accept
the position of Commandant of cadets at
the Virginia Military Institute, Lex
ington.
Mr. Hepburn (Rep.) of lowa, said the
measure proposed an entire new depart
ure in the policy of detailing military
officers to act as instructors in educa
tional institutions, aud would result in
the United States supplying a President
of the institution without expense to the
State of Virginia.
Senate amendments to the bill making
it unlawful for any unauthorized person
to wear the insignia of the red cross,
were agreed to, and it now goes to the
President for his approval.
The bill to protect forest reservations,
which the Senate amended by the sub
stitution of an entire new proposition,
was referred to the Committee on Pub
lic Lands, which is equivalent to a de
feat.
Senate hills were passed regulating
the ascertainment of the net tonnage of
vessels, so as to include the deductions
made in British vessels, and put Ameri
can vessels on the same basis as they
are.
At 5:45 p. in., after passing one Dis
trict of Columbia bill the House ad
journed until to-morrow at noon.
THE STRIKE BEGINS TO-DAY.
More Than 10,000 Builders Stop Work
iu New York This Morning.
New York, Feb. B.—At a meeting of
walking delegates this afternoon it was
decided that the master builders had uo
intention whatever of compromising, or
of meeting the strikers half way. This
being the case, the delegates finally de
cided to make no more offers of any
sort to them.
A resolution was adopted calling out
to-morrow every mau who is connected
with the building trades association,
l ius M to go mto effect to-morrow morn- |
ing at 8 o’clock, and it is the strongest
card the strikers have played.
It means that at the hour mentioned
more than 10,000 men will stop work.
It will result in stopping all work ou the
American Surety Company building, the
Tract Society building and many others.
The strikers express confidence that
this move ou their part will bring the
contractors to terms. The meeting this
morning, at which this step was taken,
was not a public one. The result was
given out at its conclusion by one of the
delegates.
five Deaths From Small Fox.
Sr. Lons, Mo., Feb. 28. —Five deaths
from small pox were reported from
quarantine yesterday. Three new eases
developed yesterday and were moved to
the pest house. The health authorities
claim the disease is beiug rapidly
stamped out Over 35,000 people were
vaccinated in the past two weeks.
RALEIGH. N. C., FRIDAY. MARCH 1. 1895.
MORGAN IS GUILTY
SO SA\ THE JURY, AND GIVE
HIM EIGHT YEvRS IN THE
PENITENTIARY.
AN APPEAL WILL BE TAKEN.
The Train Robber Declares that he
uhs not Ready tor Trial and that the
Sentence Ought not to be Pro
nomicrd—There are Four Other In
dictments Vgain't him—-Searcey 's
Trial l’o-iponed—Gox 7 ernorO’Ferrall
Telegraph* t ongratillations.
Stafford C< >urt House, Va., Feb. 28.
It was four o'clock when the prosecuting
attorney closed his two hours’ argument
iu winding up the Acquia Creek train
robbery case, and three minutes later the
jury returned with the verdict.
JjJJJ“Gentlemen o* the jury look iq>on the
prisoner,” said Clerk Bryan. "Have
you agreed upou your verdict?”
“We have,” replied Foreman Jones in
a firm voice. "Is he guilty or not
guilty ?”
“Guilty,” said the foreman, and the
verdict was,handl'd up. It is as follows:
“We the jury find the prisoner, Charles
Morgan alias Charles Augustus M >rgan
field, guilty as charged in the indict
raent and fix his term of confinement in
the penitenriary at eighteen years.”
The Judge then asked Morgan if he
had anything to say why sentence should
not be pronounced. Half raising him
self Morgau said: “I was not ready for
trial and had no idea I would be tried at
this term of court. I was not physically
or mentally in condition to be tried and
did no: want to be tried in this condi
tion.”
The court secs no reason for not pass
ing sentence, said Judge Ashton. “You
have had a fair trial. The jury is one
of the best. You have had able counsel.
In view of the very strong evidence in
the case you are very fortunate in not
suffering t he extreme penalty of the law.
The judgment of the Court is that you be
taken to the penitentiary of this State,
aud there confined for a period of eigh
teen years, but the execution of the sen
tence will be suspended until the fifth
day in April next, to enable your coun
sel to apply for ail appeal.”
The prisoner’s counsel at once moved
for anew trial on the ground that the
verdict was contrary to the law aud the
evidence and that the jury did not uu
derstand the evidence. This motion was
overruled and counsel excepted. A mo
tion in arrest of judgment was then
made and it was also overruled aud ex
cepted to.
The prosecution then moved for a con
tinuance of the other four cases against
Morgan. This motion was opposed by
Morgan’s counsel, who insisted that he
was ready tor trial. The court, how
ever, continued the case.
The commonwealth then announced
that it was r**adv to try Charles J. Sear
eey, Morgan's accomplice in the robbery.
Searcey was brought into court and
through his counsel asked for a continu
ance. No objection beiog raised it was
so ordered. There are four other indict
ments pending against Morgan. The
verdict meets with general approval.
Upon being advised of the verdict,
Governor O’Ferrall telegraphed his con
gratulations to prosecuting Attorney
White. The Governor telegraphed:
“Train robbers will seek some other
State for their nefarious work. Vir
ginia juries will uphold the law.”
TIIZY W ANT fIO,OOO DAMAGES.
Suit lor Libel and Slander Against a
Business Mail iu Asheville.
Special to the News and Observer.
Asheville, N. C., Feb. 28.
Everett Shelton, who was shot by Jim
Stanton at Shelton Laurel, Madison
county, Sunday night, has died. At last
accounts Jim Stanton and Baxter Shel
ton, who killed a man apiece, had not
been caught.
E. Strauss aud wife, who conduct the
Cosmopolitan Hotel here, have in
stituted suit iu the Superior Court
against Thad W. Thrash, a prominent
young business man. The complaint
charges slauder and libel and ten thous
and dollars damages are asked on each
count. It is alleged that Theash sent
Mrs. Strauss a note in which he said she
had: “by some mistake or otherwise
carried away a few pieces of goods with
out paying for them,” aud added that if
the goods were not returned an officer
would l)e sent for them and with a war
rant for her arrest.
Col. Alex. K. McClure, editor of the
Philadelphia Times, is expected here to
morrow 7 with several friends to spend
some time.
CRAZED WITH LIQUOR.
A Shot-maker Kills his Wife and
Daughter and theu Commits Suicide.
Holzington, Kan., Feb. 28.—Crazed
with liquor John M. Herres, a shoe
maker, last evening fatally stabbed his
wife, killing his four year old daughter
Fannie, and then committed suicide. A
shoe knife was used to commit the crime.
Herres had a bad temper, but yester
day he was more than ordinarily vicious
and shortly before 5 o’clock started au
unprovoked attack on his wife. With a
small knife used in his shop, he slashed j
an ugly gash iu her throat and stabbed
her repeatedly iu the breast.
Believing her dead, he next attacked
Fannie, almost severing her head from
her body and then, with the same in
strument, slashed his own throat from
ear to ear, dying almost instantly.
The girl is dead and her mother dyiug.
The other children were absent.
THERE IS AO HOPE NOW.
A I iuul but IneitectiiHl Effort to Brins
op WilliHins-Setile Case
Washington, D. C., Feb. 28.
Mr. Brown called up the Williams-
Settle contest to-day and Mr. Heard put
the question of consideration, which was
defeated by a rote of 145 to 103 This
ends all hope of the case ever coming up
for decision.
♦ * *
It is rumored that there is to be quite
a racket made about the Greenville post
master before this session is over. It is
expected that Mr. Branch will have t new
; postmaster for the town before many
sans have set.
* * *
Mr. Strowa says he would be glad if a
j corner in the House should be set aside
for the Populist members. Mr. Shu
ford says he will sit on the “Populist”
side.
Few there will be on his side, if only
Populists occupy it. These two mem
bers can hardly know that there will bo
| less than ten Populist members in the
next House and these out of 356 would
cut a small figure and would occupy a
lonesome corner if one were set aside.
It perhaps would gain the name of
North Carolina corner as three North
; Carolinians, Skinner, Shuford and
| Stroud would be put iu this class.
* * *
Miss Ada Pleasants, of Asneville, who
has been in New England since Thanks
giving is here. She will return to Ashe
ville next week.
* * *
Senator Mills is wise iu endeavoring to
secure an amendment to the sundry civil
bill prohibiting further bond issues
“I cannot tell,” said he, “what action
will be taken, but it is manifestly the
right thing to do, and I hope to see a
majority of the Senate in. favor of my
amendment. I do not care what the
President thinks about it. That is for
him to determine. The possibility of a
veto from him ought not to deter Con
gress from doing anything which it be
lieves in.”
* Y *
J. R Robertson, postmaster at Char
lotte, is hero to see his daughter, who is
here at school.
Mr. Bunn has returned home.
Po*t Office Notes.
The official announcement of the es
tablishment of a post office at Gethse
mane, Edgecombe * our t . s r*. uc, also
that a spec'al route from V. uitakoi's, lobe
known a& No. lotriJ wul be ♦•siabii.toed.
Tlu 4 , i - fii e at Turnout, Bruns.vick
county. .; 1 the :peei: m• tl s. r i c pud
route toMahno have Vo. n disc .mi .u • i.
Star Sci vl. e v. i:l her. at'Urbe “u irish* d
the people i.t T b\laU t and Ogdu-i. Th y
will bo furnished three times a v.et'-.
The people of Loretta and Maideu will
also be given star-service five miles
twice a week, and this must be delivered
from one tow 7 n to jjie other in one hour’s
time.
Tne new 7 office established at Gethsem
ane will have Arthur Anaerson as Post
master.
The postoffice at Mountulla has been
discontinued as a money order office.
R. P. O. SERVICE CHANGES
Greensboro ami Wilkesboro , N. C. —
R. P. clerks curtail ruu so as to end at
North Wilksboro, N. C. Decrease iu
distance 1.13 ms., making whole dis
tanoe 103.47 ms. To take effect March
10, 1895. The line to be known as the
Greensboro & North Wilkesbore Railroad
Postoffiee.
Arrivals.
A. B. Hawkins, Raleigh.
J T. J. Battle and wife, Wades boro.
Charles M. Cook, Louisburg.
TWENTY-FIVE MINERS BE AD.
The Explosion Was Caused by the
Carelessness of Two Men.
Albo Querque, N. M., Feb. 28. —Ad-
vices up to noon of the mine explosion
at Cerillos place the number of dead
positively at twenty five. One mau is
still missing. All the rest of the miners
are accounted for this morning. Tom
Leaden, the one rescued, is a member of
the New Mexico Legislature. He is
making an effort to have the bill passed
to day for the relief of the widows and
orphans of the men killed.
The superintendent of the mine says
this morning the explosion was caused
by the carelessness of two miners who
passed the dauger hue with unprotected
lamps agaiust orders.
A coroner's jury was empannelled to
day and will begin takiug evidence to
morrow. The damage to the mine is
very small.
A New President of the Senate.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 28.—There
has been some informal talk during the
past few days as to advisability of elect- ;
ing a new President pro tempore of the
Senate, the talk arising from :
the supposed necessity for such
action owing to the fact that the present
term or Mr. Harris expires with the
fourth of March. There has been no
conference of Republicans on the sub- j
ject, aud a prominent leader of
that party said to-night that he
did not believe there would be any. The
consensus of opiniou is that there is no
necessity for such election, now that the I
chance of succession to the Presidency
has been removed by the statute provi
ding for such succession.
NewbcruN Public Building.
Washington, D. C m Feb. 28.—The |
contract for the erection of the public ;
building at Newborn, N. C., was to-day j
awarded to Grace and Hyde, of Chicago, I
Ills., at *27,726. i
FROM A CIGARETTE
CARELESSLY DROPPED IN A ST A
BLE IT SETS TH E TOW N OF
KINSTON ON FIRE.
TWO WHOLE BLOCKS WIPED OUT.
The Fire Began at Bryan Fields’ Liv
ery Stables and Spread Rapidly
Among the Wooden Buildings to the
Business Portion ot the Town—Ttie
Newbern People Help to Subdue the
Plantes— Loss $225,000 W ith Little
lusoranee.
Special to the News and Observer.
Kinston, N. Ftb 28
About 4 o’clock this afternoon fire
broke out in Bryan Fields’ stables, and
rapidly spread to the wooden buildings
in rear of (Kttinger Bros’, store, and
the two main building blocks of the
town are in ashes or smouldering ruins,
including the stores of Einsteiu Bros.,
A. H. Loftin, Hettinger Bros., Pridgen
& Cox, Canady’s hardware store, C. W.
Crabtree, Abbott A Sumrell, Dawson
Bros., J. W. Collins, Lofiin's hank, the
bar rooms of H. C. Harrison and L. J.
Whaley A Wagoner's beer bottling estab
lishments, Hotel Tull, the Free Press of
fice, Dr. Tull's residence and office, resi
deuces of S Einstein, L. 11. Wilson,
Sheriff Sutton, Dr. VV. A. J. Pollock, A.
J. lxjftiu, S. M. Harrell, and W. 11.
Brock's residence aud stables.
The Hying sparks burned two or three
houses occupied by colored people in
another part of the town.
It is by far the severest lire ever in
Kinston. The loss is fully *225,000, and
the insurance in the aggregate is small.
The fire was under control by 6:30
o’clock.
The Newlioru fire engine arrived here
at 7:20, and is now 7 throwing water on
the smouldering ruins. The origin of
the tire is reported to have been a cigar
rette stump carelessly thrown by a boy in
Bryan Fields’ stables.
THE BOLDEST ON RFC >RI).
Pi I tec i) Thoroughly Aimed Men Take
Charge ol an Express Train.
Dallas, Texas, Feb 28. The boldest
train robbery ever committed in Texas,
took place ou toe edge of this city at
seven o’clock last evening. Fifteen
th iron gal \r aim d beV. up the Aus
t.„ :.;.ui TvX. s beulr.J ex; re ss at the
Missour , K-riis.is &?•.» »<• v«. t’•ofcsing.
The engineer and fir. man .• ore made
to leave the engine, then to r. bbcrs cut
1 ese the express and t age, ago cars,
p’aced men on the at fine, pulled the
throttle wide e; < e ai 1 rein northward,
leaving tie » s’, oi tne train on the
track.
Just, before darting away with the ex
press car, the robbers compelled Engineer
Tom Averitt to get into the cab. He was
then made to runout to a point near
White Rook Creek bottom, about five
miles north of the Dallas Union depot.
They stopped and compelled the ex
press messenger to open the express ear
and admit them. The messenger, con
fronted with six shooters, opened the
safe and the robbers plundered it. They
tore up a large number of packages.
After they had finished with the ex
press car they shot out the headlight
and other illuminations, leaving the en
gine aud express car in total darkness,
except the light furnished from the fire
box. They told the engineer to back to
his train as soon as he pleased. The rob
bers then scattered to the timbers of
White Rock Creek, where it is presumed
they had comrades aud horses in wait
ing'
Railroad and express officials and em
ployes declare that the robbers found uo
money, but the belief is general that a
large sum was secured. In running
back to the balance of his train, engin
eer Averitt had no signals to guide him
aud he crashed into the cars on reach
ing them, smashing several sets of
bumpers.
The passengers had hidden their ef
fects under and about the seats. The
shock to the car sent watches, money
aud miscellaneous valuables jingling and
clattering around the tloor. Facts of the
robbery were telephoned into headquar
ters by the fireman, who had to walk
some distance to reach a telephone. De
teetive Arnold aud Sheriff Cabell with
ten mouuted officers armed with Win
chesters, started iu pursuit from police
headquarters.
Ttie robbers had nearly two hours
start of the pursuing party before the
latter reached the scene of the hold up
aud plundering.
Police late last night arrested Joe Mills
at a variety theatre as one of the sus
pected robbers. He had requested a
saloon keeper to change a S2O gold piece
before entering the theatre, saying he did
notcaretodriuk. When searched #219 in j
gold was found on his person. He gave j
his address as Tennessee. Detectives are
looking for tw 7 o men who were with him
before he entered the theatre.
TO BE POSTMASTER GENERAL.
Hun. William L. Wilson, of West Vir
ginia, Nominated by the|P<evident.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 28.—The
President this afternoon sent to the
Senate the nomination of Wm. L. Wil j
son, of West Virginia, to be Postmaster
General.
There are more than a hundred nomi- j
nations pending in the Senate and the
hour of dissolution is fast approaching,
it was agreed to day that the Senate
should go into executive sessiou to-mor
row about noon, when there would be a
quorum present and clean up the calen
dar as much as possible. This pro
gramme will probably be carried out. j
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THE XNTI-t ATHOLIU LECTURER
Though a Large Crowd Gathered there
was no Disturbance last Night.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 28 A guard of
fifty police surrounded the Old Fellows'
Hail during ex-priest Slattery’s lecture
to-night Several hundred people gath
i ored m the streets drawn by curiosity.
There was no disturbance however. The
police kept the crowd moving and when
ever a knot of people stopped within a
block of the hall, it was ordered to
“Move on ”
Seven hundred jieople w ere iu the hall
| and listened to the lecture, which was a
discussion of the theology of the Roman
Catholic Church and an alleged expose
of the secrets of the Confessional. The
lecturer dealt largely in ridicule and
satire. The crowd in the ball was quiet
j and orderly and seemingly in sympathy
with the lecturer
At the close of the lecture, Mr. Slat
| tery announced that A P. A. organizers
would be in Savannah within twenty
four hours. He said that he was a mem
ber of the A. P. A., hut denied that he
was a representative of the organization.
The crowds on the outside of the hall
waited for Mr. Slattery's appearance
and there were fears that au attempt
might Ik' made to attack him. A detail
of police was drawn up in front of the
hall entrance and escorted the ex priest
to his hotel a half dozen blocks away.
The crowd followed but there was no
trouble. A hundred or more were at the
hotel when he arrived. The street was
cleared and Mr. Slattery, who was ae
eompanied by his wife, entered the eor
ridor.
There was but one arrest, that of a
: non-sympathizer who shouted an offen
sive epithet at the ex-priest as he passed
I and who was arrested for disorderly con
duct.
Ten arrests have been made so far for
p articipating in Monday night’s disturb
anee. Three were given ten day’s sent
; ence in jail and one was fined ten dol
| lars. Six are yet to be given a hearing.
Late to-night, the eleventh arrest was
made Slattery announced to night that
he would go from here to Atlanta.
His wife lectured this afternoon to
several hundred ladies on the sister
hoods of the church and the confessional.
NO MORE JOINT CAUC USES.
Butler’s Speech Last Night—Full Pro
ceedings ol the Caucus.
If the Republicans of the tribe of Rus
, sell and his ilk do uot believe that noth
Senator Butler and the Populists are in
I earnest about that prouunciamento
which went out from ihe Populist caucus
i of Wednesday night, fit them read this
Them: will be no moke joint cac-
I coses between the Populists and Re
publicans.
Why?
Because it was so decided in the
caucus of Wednesday night and was re
iterated iu the speech of Marion Butler
last night and ratified by the caucus.
The Douglassites are beginning to
stink, even in the nostrils of respectable
Populists.
The lino has been drawn, the guantlet
has been thrown down by the Republi
j cans aud Butler has picked it up.
He spoke earnestly last night; his was
i the only speech. Other members rose
to interrupt and suggest, hut that was
all it was a general love-feast and a
simple continuation of Wednesday
night’s vote of defiance.
Butler’* Speech.
The Senator spoke with emphasis, spy
ing that ho did uot favor the creation ol
offices for men (referring tothe fluke that
had been made in roosting Ewart so high),
that there must he at once the passage
of the Code Commission Bill (and gon
j oral opinion put down as two, Spier
Whitaker and Guthrie); that the Popu
lists must l>e protected against the negro
; danger iu the re-chartering of Eastern
cities; that the geological survey must
j stand as it is, (Butler said this before,
j last week in a caucus speech); that the
election law must undergo radical
changes before becoming a law; that the
distinctive policies of the Populists must
be maintained, aud that they mußt re
: main Populists.
, It was not ooueealod that Butler has
I felt much humiliated over the failure of
his cumulation to cumulate, but he took
; the compromise of the two extra com
missioners to be appointed as by the
i amended bill of yesterday, as the nearest
way out of tho muddle. But thus far
and no farther is the slogan now.
Russell yesterday morning sent for a
News and Observer between 4
aud 5 o’clock, which he knew
would contain (as it did) full particulars
of Wednesday night’s caucus, and read
it with anger. He waltzed around yes
terday in a kind of vicious ghost-dance
shouting all kinds of Indian terms to
help the conspiracy against Judge
Meares and his criminal circuit, finish
ing off the afternoon in a vain three hqars
closet bout with Butler, trying in desp* ra
tion tochauge the course of things. But
he retired baffled. This is settled beyond
all doubt now. Last night it was tacitly
agreed amoDg the members of the caucus
that the Railroad Commissioner shall
be a Populist, and the reader is referred
in this connection tootho Wilson’s letter
in another column.
As to the resolution against further
caucuses, it was said that Ewart never
would have gotten in but for joint cau
cus, that he has uo use for the Populists
nor the Populists for him. Several leading
Populists told me that they thought the
majority of the Populists would go back
to the Democratic party, “but,” said
one, “this does not include Hoover,
Mew borne or Dalby.” Can it be that
the speaker thought them already Re
publicans ?”
The day of reckoning has come