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The News and OBserver. „ VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 39. BtEUTT GDDF MN Kj GBAMOGM OMOOPo UNDER THE DOME. Mr. Duffy, of Onslow, is sick. Senator Wnite, of Alexander, received a telegram yesterday announcing the se rious il!ne-s of his wife. Senator Sigmon, of Catawba, saved the bill last night to appropriate SI,OOO to furnish the Governor’s Home His speech was loudly applauded. Kitcbin, of Halifax, or Reinhardt, of Catawba ? One of these is slated for superintendent of the penitentiary. Which one. There are conflicting re ports. The reporter of the News and Ob server asked Mr. Brvan concerning the bill strangely introduced by him last night to reduce the University appropri tion sls 000 and which White said was “sneaked in.” did he mean to leave the University with $5,000. “No.” said he. “1 had an amendment on my desk which made if $lO 000 instead of $15,000 as at present in the law of 1885.” Hassell and Guthrie are not in a very good humor over the proposed re duction of salary for the Code Commis sioners Guthrie is reported as saying that, since the salary was cut, he cares nothing for the position. Russell's sharp tongue is responsible for this allusion to Blackburn, who is to be the third mem ber: “We must be very careful in the selectioa of a clerk. We have elected a clerk as commissioner. and now must elect a lawyer as clerk." A gentleman who heard the debate in the House on the Confederate Monument Bill said that Mr. Smith of Stanly made one of the most appropriate and effective speeches that was made on that interest ing occasion. He spoke directly to the matter at issue; and proved with great force of reason and eloquence, that the monument commemorating the virtues of our d*--ad heroes, will contribute more to the education of the youth of coming ages in virtue and patriotism than any thing else we can hand down to them. It is in the interest of the children of the brave Confederate soldiers, that the monument should be raised. Mr. Smith is to be congratulated upon his happy effort in the interest of a noble cause. The vote on the third reading of the bill establishing a new criminal circuit was as follows: Ayes—Aiken. Bagwell, Bateman, Beau, Brown, Bryan, Buchanan, Burn ham, Campbell, Cheek. Chilcutt, Cox, Croom. Crumel, Darden, Davis, Dixon. Drew, Duncan, Elledge, Ellis. Ewart, Fleming, French, Gentry, Hileaaan, Huffman, Hunter, Leary, Linney, Lusk, Mayes, McClammy, McLean, McLeod, Michael, Mitchell, Morrow, Norman, Norment, Peace, Phillips ot Raudoiph, Pool, Reynolds, Self. Smith of Caswell, Smith of Cleveland, Squires, Sutton, Taylor, Turner of Mitchell, Turner of Polk, Vickers, Whitener, Williams, Wooten, Yates, Young—sß. Noes—Alexander of Mecklenburg, Ba ker, Crawford, Crumpler, Edwards, Flack. Gallop, Grizzard, Harrelson, Har rington, Harris, of Gaston, Henderson, Higgins of Alleghany, Higgins of Yan cey, Hooker, Hopkins, House, Johnson, Julian, Kell, King, Lawrence, Lee, Lein bacb, Mc !, al), McCauley, McKenzie, Me Kinney, Monroe, Nelson, Peebles, Pe tree, Rascoe, Ray, Reinhardt, Robinson, Saunders. Smith of Gates, Smith of Stanly, Speas, Strickland, Thomas, Tom linson. W inborne, Woodard—44. POPULIST CAUCUS LAST NIGHT. Tbe State Proxy ot the A. <V N. C. R. R.—The P< uilentiarv Directors. The Populist caucus met last night in the Senate wiig ot the capitol. First thing were a lew remarks by Skinner, suggesting the lines on which directors of the penitentiary should be selected. Skinner is a Kitchen man. Nine electors were chosen on the basis of Kitchin’s candidacy, two of them being McKasky and Hoover. The politics of the Directors are as fol lows: First and Second districts, Popu lists; Third district, Republican; Fourth district. Populist; then to alternate be tween Republicans and Populists. The matter of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad came up. The State prcx>. which had the power of naming the Directors, has been conceded to the | Populists, and the question arose as to j who should be that proxy. As the eau cus was not well attended, it was agreed | not to come to a linal decision upon the i matter until to night. It was, however; generally understood j that the friend of Mewborne and j Wooten, namely, li. B. Kinsey, of La Grange, should have the position of St ite proxy. The j suggestions of Mewborne and Wooten and tto-e made by the late Senator Franck before his death will be carried out to elect Kiusey. Williams, of Cra ven i.- afraid* the have this power entrusted to the Populists and be may demand that the directors be elected by the Legislature instead of appointed by this proxy. However, the bill will b passed giving the proxy the power, and the proxy will be a Populist. The murder trial of Tom Covington, which was held at Newton, fills 12 col umns in the Newton Enterprise. It is the work of Master Robert li. Williams, a youth not yet twelve years old It is entirely in bis owm language just as he took it down from the lips of the wit nesses Editor Williams ought to be proud of his boy.—Charlotte Democrat. THE RAILROAD WAR. | The Southern Railway has not yet cut its Passenger Rates. Washington, March 8. The Southern Railway has made no j cut yet to meet the cut made by the I Seaboard Air Line cut of yesterday. The j four big men of the Southern, Messrs, j Turk, Haas. Culp and Baldwin, were out i of town yesterday. Mr. Turk is quoted as saying that they would make no cut. Other Southern ! officials say the Seaboard cut has not • caused their receipts to drop a cent and ! that they will not cut. Seaboard people say they are highly pleased with the receipts and that they will keep these rates. “The war has ; heguD,” said a Southern official to-day, | “and it will be fought to the bitter end.” Representative McCreary, who was { one of the American delegates to the ! Brussels monetary conference, says that he is very hopeful of the ultimate restor j ation of the free coinage of silver by in ! fernational agreement. The fact that the silver men themselves have joined in the present movement in that direction— that Senator Wolcott offered the amend ment providing for delegates—is very e* eouraging to those who do not believe that silver can be restored except by in ternational agreement. McCreary says that he does not be lieve that there will be any further ser ious drain upon the gold of this country. There are two reasons for this, he says. “Oue is that foreign countries have be come satisfied that gold payments will be maintained here, and that our credit is perfectly good, and the other is that the adjournment of Congress wiil end the agitation of the financial question, giv ing assurance that no free silver bill can be passed. He does not think that the organizati n of a free silver party by the Bimet illiej League is a matter of any con sequence. or will disturb the confidence iu our securities abroad ” Francis N. Cooke, of Louisburg passed the physical examination successfully and is appointed to West Point. He was sick last week and there was some fear that he would not be able to pass the physical examination. HOSTILE LABOR LEGISLATION. Reason for the Removal of New Eup land’s Manulactuiiug Enterpises. Boston, Mass., March B.—The Legisla tive Committe on mercantile affairs con tinued its investigation at the State House to-day as to causes of removal to other States of textile corporations It was the manufacturer* inning to day and Wm. C. Levering, President of the Arkwright Club, appeared before the committee and conducted the case for them. He said in part: “This hearing might very prop r'v have taken a wider scope, and have in cluded other than textile industries. f<>r it is a grave fact that not aloDe the e t ton textiles are seeking other fields, but many industries have either deserted the State cr are prospecting in other sections of our country.” fs“One by one our industries have gone from us. What has become of our heavy iron works? All gone to the mouths of the mines and tbe regions of coal. “We once had large furniture factories in our State. Now we bring our furni ture from Michigan. The shoe business one of our largest industries, isabout tak ing to itself wings. In is said that a dozen years or less is likely to see it almost entirely alienated from the State. “True it is, that natural causes have in most instances worked this change. All of those industries have, in obedience to a natural law, sought theba*e of sup plies. “To-day the cotton textile manufac turers occupy a prominent place in our commonweal* h. They have, perhaps, more than any other industry, taken the place of those that have gone out. “There is a feeling that businass has been more injured than helped by legis lation No sooner d'»e3 the legislature assemble than a tremor runs through the business community, a fear lest seme act shall be done that will threaten theexis tence of our industries or further impair the extremely small margin upon which they are cariied on. if legislation were reduced T 5 per c ot it is safe to say that not a single interest or an individual in our commonwealth would suffer from it.” Hon. T. Jefferson Conlidge, of Boston, followed. He devoted some time* to a comparison of our existing conditions iu the North and the South for ttic foster ing of manufacturers He said that for many years tbe South had put up small mills in various parts of the country. The price of coal, for instance, in the South, is from 80 ceuts to $1.50; in Lowell it is from f 3 50 to $4.50. On the item of coal alone, he said, the mill which he i epresented would save SOO,OOO j a year with coal at Southern prices. Our taxet are enormous, iu fact this country is the most heavily taxed of any in the world For example, a mill which is in Massachusetts would be taxed $90,- 000 would be taxed but $30,000 in England. Then, again, tbe cost of living was 30 per cent lower in the South than here. “The legislature has fostered the growth of textile industries in the South.” be said, “and has exempted them from the great burden of taxation. This Legislature can do us a great deal of good by taxing us as little as possi ble.” A long statement was read by J A. Baker, of Fall River, to show that Fall River feels keenly the effect of the fifty eight hour law and other labor legisla tion which puts it at a disadvantage. It was signed by the cotton manufacturers’ association. RALEIGH, N. C.. SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1895. EIGHT LIVES ARE LOST THE RACKET LONGFELLOW GOES TO TIIE BOTTOM OF THE OHIO RIVER. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ON BOARD. The 111-Fated Vessel Struck the Pier of a Railroad Bridge and Went Down in 30 Foot Water in Three Minutes After the Accident--A Dense Fog the ( ause of the Disaster—Freighted With Reaping and Mowing Vi aclinic:- --Four Other Persons Injured. Cincinnati, Ohio, March 8. —The hand some Cincinnati and New Orleans packet Longfellow went to the bottom of the Ohio river at 7 o’clock this morning Eight or more persons went down with her. She sank in thirty feet of water opposite the Marmet coal landing at the foot of Smith street. She struck the l cnannel span of the Chesajteake and I Ohio railroad bridge and sank within three minutes. According to the best information i eight persons were lost, but there were | over one hundred people on board the boat when she struck. The pilot in charge of the boat, says the fog was so dense when she struck that he was unable to discern the pier iu J the mist, and was not aware of its i proximity. The steamer literally c-rum j bled to pieces immediately following the | collision and the bow of the boat sunk : while the cabin and stern floated away. The real cause of the accident, it was ' said, wns that the boat, like the ill fa’ed State of Mississippi, was so unwiedly that she became unmanagable and the pilots were powerless to control her. Tne boat was to have left here for New Orleans last night but was prevented from doing so on account of the dense j fog. Riverman say the fog was even greater this morning and the boat should never have left. It was decided, however, by the owner of the White Collar Line, which owns it, to send the boat out. and the tow boat Hercules Carrell was sent out to aid her in passing below the bridges. Tbe Car rell was secured to the stern of the Long fellow and both boats passed down the river to a point about 50 yards above the C. AC. bridge, where the Longfellow became entirely unmanageable The fog was so dense that they could see nothing and few of the passengers were aware of the danger The officers were cool and collected and retained their presence of mind for the most part: even in the face of imminent danger. The crew wore summoned in front of the boiler deck and preparations were rapidly made for removiug the passen ger*; many of whom were ladies. to the Carrell, which was still moored along side. Ail this occupied but a fraction of the time between the moment when it was first seen that the boat would -trike and the actu; ! crash. The sound when the boat struck could be heard for several squares along the liver front, and sounded a* if the walls of a great .budding had fallen. A mo ment later tbe river was black with boat ing wricking and freight. The passeu gers had escaped to the Carrell, and when the collision occurred the hawsers broke, while the Carrell drifted to the Kentucky side of the pier. The wreck sank quickly and three minutes later scarcely a vestige re mained. Following is the list of casualties so far as known: Dead—James Miller, por ter, New Orleans. Missing—Captain John L. Carter, Newport, Ky ; David Aldridge, Borne, N. Y ; Gus Schevan, New Orleans; unknown deck hand, Reardon, deck hand, Cincinnati; un known woman, invalid. New York: her female physician, Dr. Anderson, New York, Injured—Wm Colbert, foot mashed; WiDon D. Hart, foot mashed; Captain Keherer, hand cut: Mate Burney King, of the Carrell, legs cut. The steamer Longfellow was one of the largest, best known arid handsomest packets on the Ohio river. She was a stern wheeler, aid up to about two years ago was known as the U. P. SehencK At that lime she was purchas ed by her present owners, the White Collar Line Company, and the name was changed to Longfellow. Bhe was freighted almost entirely | with reaping and mowing machines for j the Southern markets. The consign ment consisted cf more than 300 mrt chines ard was billed to Vicksburg, Yazoo City and New Orleans. It is doubtless the largest shipment of har vesting machinery ever made at one j time out of Cincinnati, and shows that i tbe South is preparing for a period of prosperity. An interesting fact connected with the j shipment is that the goods were actually sold and were not being shipped down ! them on exhibition. The Walter A. Mowing and reaping machine company, j which made the shipment, invited the local stock exchange and the chamber of commerce members to visit the boat and 1 inspect the immense cargo of machinery before the start. - Keep This in Type. Dover, Del., March B.— To day's meet- j ing of the joint session of the legislature to ballot for a Senator was better attend ed than usual, as there was a rumor that a third mau might be decided upon. Once more the crowd was disappointed for the ballot stood: Higgins (Rep.), 8; Addicks (Rep.), 6; Massey (Bep.), 4; W T olcott (Dern.), (!; Tunnell (Dem.), 4. Absent 2. THE ENGINEER’S STORY. He Tells About the Wreck in Mexieo in Which 101 Lives Were Lost. St Louis, Mo., March B.—A special from Laredo, Texas, says that Engineer John Nuffer, the American who is held responsible by many in Mexieo for the wreck on the Inter Oceanic B til way, February 28th, last, arrived in Laredo yesterday. He gives the following as the correct story of the accident: He was pulling the first section of an | excursion traiu, which was returning to j the City of Mexieo. There was fourteen ! coaches in his section. The accident cc enrred at 12:00 o’clock, twenty minutes after he had left Tenango, iu which time the train run only seven kilometres. This if true, proves that the train was ! not running at a high rate of speed, as has been charged. At the point of a curve the fourth | coach left the track, having broken an axle. This set the automatic brakes, | and the engine and first three coaches I did not go forward more than twenty feet. The colored coach behind the one which left the track was what is known as an English ironclad, the frame work being of steel and the sides of ir >n This coach {flowed through the two j coaches in front of it, and caused the j havoc which cost many passengers their lives. The passengers iu this coach all escaped. “As soon as the accident occurred,” says Nuffer, “1 went to the rescue of the sufferers, and while engaged in doing all I could to 'relieve their sufferings, was warned that I had better get away from the scene as some of the young men j threatened to kill me because they bad lost their relatives in the wreck. I was . fired upon and slightly wounded in the ! hip. “I immediately left the scene and es caped to Mexico City, from whence I | came to the United States. Had I not ■ been a Mason 1 never could have gotten out of the country. Mr. Sullivan, Sup- I erintendent of the lin***, was with me when the accident occurred. To my knowledge there are no charges pending against me in. Mexieo. ” S M ALL-POX EPIDEMIC. State Authorities Taking Heroic .Meas ures in Dealing With the Disease. St. Louis, Mo.. March 8 —The'epidem ic ot small-pox has spread to such an extent that the city and State authorities have decided to take heroic measures in dealing with the disease. A corps of physicians visited the workhouse this morning and after examining the four hundred inmates and found twelve pris oners, who are believed to be suffering from small pox. They were quarantined and the remainder vaccinated. This afternoon a thorough inspection of public schools will be commenced and if any pupil afflicted with small pox symp toms is found the schools will be closed. The house cf refuge will also lie visited for small pox victims. The State Board of Health met with Governor Stone to-day at Jefferson City and issued a proclamation prohibiting sheriffs of all the counties in Missiouri from bringing prisoners to the State pen itentiary while the small pox exists in so many towns of the State The procla mation is taken as a precautionary meas ure There are 122 small pox patients at quarentine in St. Louis and four new cases were discovered to-day. TO HE HERE SUNDAY Committee of Twelve From the Ma*»*a- Jehusetts Legislature to Yi«lt the State. Raleigh will be visited Sunday by a committee from the Massachusetts legis lature. This visit may mean much for the future of the city and the State. The Massachusetts cotton manufac turers have petitioned the legislature of that Sbnte to enact legislation to encour age the industry, aud say if some en couragement is not given this branch of manufactures the mills must move to the South, which offers many advantages over the North. The legislature has sent this committee of twelve into the South to look over the section, and report to that body whether the South possesses advantages in manufacturing over the North, and what those ad van tages are. They left Boston last night and will arrive here on the “Atlanta Special” Sunday morning, stopping over Monday. The party will then proceed i through the State and on to Atlanta, Birmingham. Chattanooga and other Southern cities, returning North over the Piedmont Air Line. Mr. John T. Patrick received a tele j gram yesterday afternoon giving the i itinerary. Mr. W. E. Ashley, president of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, | will meet the party in Washington to day and come with them here. Shot and Dangerously W ounded. Special to the Newrs aud Observer. Franklinton, N. C.. March 8. Burke and James Harris, aged respec tively tw r enty and twenty-two years, shot and dangerously wounded P. J. j O’Bryant near here to day. The young i men are sons of ex-Representative Jas. j T. Harris and grandson of James Harris, of Raleigh. James Harris is now under j arrest here. Burke Harris is still at large. To Oppose Gov. .41 iln s. KalamazO’, Mich., March 8 —The third District Democratic Congressional Convent ion was held here this afternoon. Judge J. B. Shipman, of Cold Water, P. H. Gilkey, of Richlands, aud A. M. Todd, of Kalamazoo, were the nomina tions made. Gilkey was nominated on the second ballot by the following vote: Gilkey 44; Shipman 11; Todd 14. NEGRO MAGISTRATES rwo rEsi*ecr viilewm re men TURNED DOWN FOR A PI \lt OF DUSKY NEGROES. THE HARRY ROBERTS CASE. Col. A. W . Shutler Attacks Roberts Severely, and so Does Hr. Stewart-- Mr. Heine Doesn’t Care who is Select ed Since His Party Has Turned His Picture Toward the Wall—The Shrieker From Edgecombe Gets in His Fine Work. The liveliest spot in town yesterday i afternoon was the State Library, where j the committee on election of Justices of the Peace was in session. There were four distinct explosions in the proceedings and enough charge and counter-charge to satisfy the most ardent ! sensationalist. The colored representative from Cas j well objected to the list of magistrates from his county which had been agreed upon by himself and Dr. Stevens and handed in on Thursday. Ha asked that ! the name of A. I). Willis, a white Re : publican, be stricken out and a negro, W. j P. Webster, substituted; this was for Mil ton township. Then he wanted the name of T. L. Manly, of Yanceyviile township, taken off and W. N. Corbett (col.) put in its place. Senator Stevens said he was not willing to put negroes on the list when he knew his people I would object; he declared that no better or more competent men could be found in the county than Manly and Willis. Ttje negro members from Caswelj and Vance supported the colored representative from Caswell in ■ urging that the negroes be appointed. I The committee struck out the names of the white men aud put the negroes in their places. Halifax list was objected to A j Littleton negro, Scotland Harris, said I the names of J. J. Robinson, of Enfield, and J. A. Penny, of Scotland Neck, bad been recommended by Capt. “Buck” Kitchin, but they were bitter partisans and false to the co-operation movement; he didn't want them appointed. But the committee didn't strike out the names just then. They left the matter open so that Capt. “Buck” may have his say. The Degro and the Captain will « probably have it out this evening. When Beriie county was reached Rep resentative Rascoe objected to the name ot W. H. Leath, (colored) of Windsor township, on the ground that he was a i murderer, a fugitive from justice, and a : man of general bad character. As the committee had decided to appoint a negro Republican he offered the name ; of a more decent specimen of the spe ! cies, Emanuel Taylor Taylor's name was substituted. When Edgecombe was called, Person, the negro who was defeated for the House, stepped forward. He was ner vous and excited, and raised his ex j tensive voice to the ceiling, as he de manded that the entire list he discarded, aud a list he himself had made up be put in its place. “I have been defrauded of my seat,” he shrieked, “and I am the proper mau to recommend the rnagis trates.” Captain James B. Lloyd, the chairman of the County Populist Exe cutive Committee and assistant clerk of the Senate, and J. J. Martin, a promi nent Republican, made up the list before the committee. “These two men have sold out to the Democrats,” said Person, “and I don’t want their list appointed. Out of the eighty-six magistrates not ten are Republicans, and I will take an oath to what I say. Bring out your books and swear me. ' These people have been robbing us negroes, and you com mittees haven't got sense enough to know r it.” Chairman Ewart called down the | shrieker. “This committee conducts its business in a respectable ordeily manner and we expect those who came before it to act accordingly,” said Mr. Ewart; “if you have any charges to make agaiust individual ou the list, they will be* entertained, but the committee will not throw out the entire list on such general wholesale charges.” “It that be your tactics,” came back the Shrieker, “I withdraw my list and you can do tis you please with the whale business.” Representative Howard, tlie Demo cratie member from Edgi comb' 1 , said oue colored man was on tne list from each township, though Person himself, vbo longs to be a justice of the peace, and some of his heelers who have not yet tasted the promised spoils, were left in the cold. This was the “iu lk iu the co coanut.” And the committee laid the Edgecombe list aside for a few periods. Then the Raleigh muddle came into play again. On ihe day before Ben Robertson and Rev. Leak, both colored, had preferred charges against Justice 1 Harry Roberts, and Mr. Thomas P. Dev ereaux had supported the charges in a j pronounced speech. In spite of the j charge agaiust him, Mr. Roberts’ name' was left on the list, aud tbe string of j justices was approved. Some thirty Baleigh people were there yesterday, all directly interested in the tight. Rev. Leak opened the ball, and asked the committee to take the Wake county list up again. He said Mr. Thomas Jenkins wished to address the committee. Mr. Ew r art said the list had b. en dis- j posed of, but without objection the com- : mittee would hear Mr. Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins first referred to the mass- ! meeting of the Republicans in the court ! PRICE FIVE CENTS. • house at which the list of magistrates i was made out. Chairman Ewart said specific charges I must be made against some particular i name on the list, as the committee could i not entertain a general charge. “Then 1 have nothing more to say,” said Mr. Jenkins, and took his seat. T. M. Stewart, a fourth ward Republi i can. said he had something to say. anti he didn't cart* who heard it. “I object,” said he, “to the name of Harry Roberts; jhe is not fit to be a magistrate. You ; can't find a dozen men in the county who w T ant him. If you can find that i number I'll withdraw my objection and i let him be appointed.” Mr. Roberts had been recommended | by the representatives from Wake and I by at least a dozen lawyers. Mr. Ewart ; quietly remarked. Col. Shaffer, Raleigh's ex-postmaster, I jumped excitedly to his feet. “1 don’t | care who recommended him.’’ he ex j claimed, “the people don’t want him. He jis not fit to boa magistrate or anything ! else. Everybody knows him to be a fu gitive from justice, a forger and a thief. He robbed and defrauded his benefac , tor; he foiged the name of the Btate Auditor, put the money in his pocket and tied to the West. We can stand a | Democrat for a magistrate, but we will not have a criminal. The Democrats used him as long as he served their pur j pose. They cannot do so any more; he |is too well known. We cannot use him. I I asked Senator Norris to-day why Rob erts was appointed. He said*he (Norris) had traded us off to Jim Young. Do you know Norris? He claims to be a preacher, yet he acknowledges a bargain and trade with Jim Young. I got up out of a sick lied and came here \ against the command of ray physician I to demand that this man be not ap pointed. You dare not appoint him to ride the poor people of Raleigh to death. | In order to get justice in his court you have to purchase all three—the lawyer, the constable and the magistrate.” “Why then have the lawyers recom mended him,” asked Mr. Ewarts. “Recommend him?” replied Colonel Shaffer; “why to do their dirty work; they know their man.” Mr. Ewart: “But your representatives | recommend him, and the committee must listen to them.” Col. Shaffer: “Representatives !we have no representatives. Norris has sold us out to Jim Young, and Jim Young s 11s us to Harris. I hope this com mittee has no idea of listening to Logo j Harris.” Thomas P. Devereaux, Esq , said that Luke Davis, the Republican Representa tive, to’d him there was a irade which gave Jim Youqgthe Raleigh magistrates, | while the other three members took the county outside of the capital. “1 can i stand a good Democrat, but for God's sake don’t give us a j ail bird.” Just then Jim Young came in the door. ; He had a petition in his hand, signpd by a number of Raleigh business men, ask j ing that Roberts be appointed, jHe handed the petition to Chair ! man Ewart. Pointing to the men j who had so bitterly attacked Roberts, he said: “This is the same gang that, was here yesterday. They have scoured tbe | town to get people to come here and op pose Roberts. He is a good man, and l want him appointed.” Chairman Ewart suggested that the matter be postponed until today, and then if Senator Norris still refused to at ■ tend, a subp<ena would be issued for him. Just as the members of the committee were pulling on their coats and putting on their hats to leave. C. H. Beine made a few pertinent remarks: “I am a Na tional Republican. I have been for fourteen years a magistrate, and have worked for my party all that time, and now they have turned me out, I don't care who you ap point. I had as soon have Harry Roberts as any of them.” The members laughed. Mr. Beine left the room suddenly, and the committee went home. They meet today at 8:80 o'clock when the fun begins again. IIAS HE RESIGNED ? A llumor That Muster Mechanic Ha glenn,of theS. A. L , Has Resigned. It has been rumored for several days that Capt. James Maglenn, master me chanic of the Seaboard Air-Line, who has charge of the big shops here, has re signed. Railroad men set med to know r nothing of the matter, and several of them said they heard it yesterday for the first time. Report says that he will be succeeded by a Mr. Beid, who is now’ on one of the big Western roads that run out of Chi cago. It is also said that the new man, if there be a new man, was well known to Vice President 8L John when he was on the Bock Island lines. A reporter cal ltd to see Capt. Maglenn yesterday, but he was not in his office. His secretary said he was not prepared ' to speak of the matter, to confirm or deny the report. Nf I\\ LOOMS AT C \lt V LEIGH. The Mill I* tn lU* Filled " it Ii Machin ery and Kuu to its Full Capacity. The Caraleigh mills, one of Raleigh’s largest industries, is to increase its capacity at once. The cotton mill has never been fully equipped with machin ery, but now the necessary looms and spindles have been ordered and will be put in place as soon as possible. The work will probably be completed within two mouths One hundred new T looms and three thousand additional spindles will be added to the already tine equip ment of the mills. Caraleigh’s fine cotton goods are gain ing quite a reputation abroad, as well as at home, and this bis* enterprise seems to be prospering.
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