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The News and Observer. VOL. XXXIX. NO. 1 0. TIE LIMES? OMUffli OF Ilf mm (OIMIfIU Hill THE OLD ROMAN DEAD EX-SEN VfOR THURMAN I*ASSK» PEACEFULLY AWAY YEBTERDAY. THE END CAME AT 1:15 O’CLOCK He Hhcl Been Unconscious tor Several Hoars and Died Without a Sign oi Physical Distress—He Was Lyine in His Library Among the Volumes He Prized >o Dearly—Tbc Whole Nation Mourns and Pays Tribute to Ills Spotless Character. COLUMBUS, 0., Dec. 12.—The long and useful career of Allen G. Thurman came to a close this afternoon at 1:13 o'clock at his residence, corner of Rich street and Washington avenue. The end was peaceful in the extreme and the soul of the great man left the earthly habitation without a sign of physical distress. At the instant of dissolution and for some hours before, Judge Thurman had been lying in an unconscious condition. He passed merely from sleep temporal to sleep eternal, and the change was hardly noticeable even to the loved ones who surrounded his bedside. In the midst of the volumes of knowl edge he prized so dearly, and amid the scenes w here he spent so many pleas ant hours of his happy old age, the vita* spark took wings from the image of clay. Judge Thurman died in lus beloved library, which looks toward the setting sun. Shortly after his fall several weeks ago Judge Thurman's bed was moved from the ad joining bed room to his library and he remained there. Judge Thurman has lived with his son, Alien W. Thurman, since the death of his wife, several years ago, and being unable to leave the house, he occupied apartments in the second *tory of the residence where he spent the last days of his life in a remarka bly pleasant and agreeable manner. HIS FATAL ILLNESS. Th< beginning of Judge 'linn mans fatal illness dates from Novemlier T last, when lie fell heavily while walk ing across the library door. A few days after the fall. Judge Thurmans life was despaired of, but he. rallied from the shock and at times apparent ly seemed to have regained his old vigor. Nqvember in. Judge Thurman was 82 years old, and on that date sev eral of his old friends called on him and had a pleasant chat. On that oc casion he smoked a cigar witli his friends and seemed unusually cheer ful and bright. Since the accident he had his good days and his bad ones, lie had been confined to his lied nearly all the time and his phvsician, Dr. W. H. Whita ker, called on him daily. That, he was steadily growing weaker was appar ent to all and it had been known for some time that his lease on life could not be protracted much longer. On account of his confinement to ln*d, Judge Thurman began to be afflicted with bed sores and in order to relieve this unpleasantness he at times sat up and stood up, but he bad not attempt ed to walk since his fall. Thursday when l)r. Whitaker called, he found his patient sitting up in a chair, smoking a cigar and appar ently enjoying it. He shook hands with the doctor and said: “My dear Doctor, sit down and talk to me." He seemed very bouyant and cracked a joke and, as was liis habit, talked to the Doctor in French. It should lw remarked that recently it seemed to lw one of Judge Thurman's delights to talk French, showing the remarkable vigor of his mental powers. Last Tuesday Dr. Whitaker noticed that he did not continue his French conversa tion as long as usual and soon tired of his cigar, and when he got back into bed his pulse was rather feeble. When Dr. Whitaker saw Judge Thurman Wednesday about I p. in., he seemed listless and rather heavy about his eyes and in his mental operations. However, he recognized the physician and members of the family. The change for the worst became quite marked shortly after mid-niglit this morning, anti at 2 a. m., the family becany* alarmed, and sent for Dr. Whitaker. At that time, Dr. Whitaker found his venerable patient almost un conscious. Mucus had filled the bron chial tubes, and his breathing was la bored. Dr. Whitaker aroused him suf ficiently to ask him if he was thirsty, and Judge Thurman nodded his head in assent. Dr. Whitaker gave him a little wtaer and whiskey which he swallowed with difficulty. He seemed, however, to be partially conscious of what he was doing. He then sank into a heavy stupor from which he was never aroused. It was known then that the beginning of the end had set in, and the family were so notified. At 10 o'clock this morning, l>r. Whitaker found the patient gradually sinking. He gave him a little water and whis key which he swallowed mechanically. Judge Thurman was perfectly uncon scious and remained so until he passed away at 1:15 p. m. At ihe final scene all of the immedi ate family were at his bedside. He seemed to be free from all distress and during the morning hours all that the sorrowing family could do was to moisten his parched lips at intervals. Those presnf at the death scene were Mr. ami Mrs. Allen W. Thurman and the following grandchildren: Lee. Miss Katherine, Allen G., Jr., Daniel C., and Starling Thurman, all children of Mr. Alien W. Thurman. SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. Allen Granbury Thurman, for years one of the most popular leaders of the Democratic party, was born in Lynch burg, Ya., November, 1813, and was the son of Rev. Pleasant Thurman, a min ister of the Methodist church. His parents removed to Chill icothe, Ohio, and he made that place his home until he settled in Columbus, in 1853, where he has since resided. His education was received at the academy at Chilli cothe and from his mother. He was private secretary of Governor Lucas, studied law with his uncle, William Alla, was admtted to the bar in 1835 and in the course of a few years he had a large practice. He was elected to Congress by the Democrats in 1844. but declined a re-nomination and con tinued in the practice of his profession. Jn 1851 he was elected to the Supreme benen of the Supreme court of the State serving as chief justice, and on the expiration of his term he refused a re-nomination. In 1867 he was the choice of his par ty for Governor of Ohio, but was de feated by Rutherford 11. Hayes. Mr. Thurman was elected to the United States Senate to succeed Mr. Wade and took his seat in 1869. From the first he was recognized as the leader of the Democratic minority, lie was a mem ber of the Judiciary committee and when his party came into power in the Forty- sixth Congress he was chosen chairman and was also made President pro tempore of the Senate. He was re-elected for a second term in 1874. closing his senatorial career of twelve years in 1881. In the Democratic National conven tion in 1876 Mr. Thurman received some votes as the Presidential candi date. In 1880 the first ballot gave him the etire vote of the Ohio delegation, with considerable support from other States. In I**4 he was a delegate-at large to the National Democratic con vention, was again put in nomination for the. Presidency and stood next to Cleveland and Bayard on the first bal lot. In the Democratic convention of lK>s he was nominated for the Vice- Presidency bv acclamation. He was the author of the Thurman act rela ting to the Pacific railroads and took an important part in national Icgi* !u --tion. lie commanded always the re spect of his political opponents, lo calise of his sterling integrity of char acter. WAS A GREAT LAWYER. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Many of the old Senators remembered Judge Thurman very well as he served with them but he belonged more particu larly to the era of Conkling, Edmunds, Logan and others who became famous at a period when many of the now older members of the Senate were just entering upon their careers. Those who served with Mr. Thurman ex pressed the highest regard for him, and declared that he was one of the great men of the country. He was re garded as one of the best lawyers that ever served in the Senate, and several Democratic Senators said of him That he more truly represented the ideas of sterling Democracy than any of the men of his time. Secretary Carlisle said: “My per sonal acquaintance with Judge Thur man began many years ago, and as long as he continued to take an active part iu public affairs, our relations were quite close and intimate. He was a lawyer ,a just judge, and one of the most able and patriotic legisla tors I have ever known in Congress. He was a party man and his fame al ready constituted a part of the tradi tions of the political party to w hich he belonged, but lie always enjoyed the respect and confidence of all classes of our people and his death will be la mented by all.” GARLAND’S HIGH TKIBU j E. Ex Attorney General Garland, of Ar kansas, who has practiced law here since he left President Cleveland's for mer cabinet, was a Senatorial colleague and one of the warmest friends of Judge Thurman. He said to-day he re garded Thurman almost as a near kins man and paid high tribute to his per sonal character and ability. He added: “Judge. Thurman had fewer enemies than any other man I have ever known in public life. His invariable courtesy to political opponents won him almost as many friends and admirers on the Reuhlican side of the Senate as on the j Democratic. Probably his greatest service rendered to the country was his constant and unremitting work of staying onslaughts on the rights of the Southern people. ONE OF THE PUREST AND ABLEST. Attorney General Harmon said: ! “Allan G. Thurman was one of the purest and ablest men that Ohio has ever produced. He clearly distin guished himself as one of the first judges of the Supreme Court under the new Constitution. He came within a few votes of being elected Governor over R. IJ. Hayes in 1867. His subse quent career is well known every where. No man in the State has ever more fully possessed the respect and confidence of the people, and, like a tine Democrat, he returned their con fidence and respect, ns his entire pub lic life shows. “The place in his party in Ohio which he left vacant when age compelled his retirement from active life some years ago has never been filled.” HE WAS THE PEER OF AN V. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 12. Ex j Senator Edmunds, one of the earliest ! political associates of Allen G. Thur ] man, expressed a most heartfelt sor j row at the death of his old friend. “I had hoped,” said he, “that he i would have recovered from his illness, i We were intimate friends for many j years, and 1 always entertained a most ; tender regard for him. He was a pure | and upright man, and left a good im pression everywhere. As to his ability, lie was confessedly the peer of any one on the Democratic side of the Senate.” GOV. MCKINLEY’S PROCLAMATION ; COLUMBUS, 0.. Dec. 12.—Gov. Mc- Kinley to-night issued the following: “Ohio has lost one of its noblest cit j izens. Allen G. Thurman died at 1 • o’clock to-day at his home in the city |of Columbus at the ripe age of 82. Tie (CONTINUED ON THIUIi I’AUE.j RALEIGH. N. C., FRIDAY, DEC. '3. '895. GROW TALKS TARIFF THE MESSAGE I>ISCU*BEI> IN THE HOUSE BY THE REPUBLICANS. NEW CUSTOMS LAW CRITICISED The Pennsylvania Representative Un dertakes to Discredit the New Tariff Law and Defend the McKlaiey Bill -•Currency Reform Recommenda tions Discussed--Mr. Grow lieclared Einpnatieady That the Greenbacks Would Not Be Retired. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12— In the House to-day after the transaction of some minor business, Mr. Dingley, (Rep., Maine) announced that Mr. Grow', (Rep., Pennsylvania) desired to address the House on a subject touch ed upon by the President and in order to give him an opportunty to do so he moved that the House go into commit tee of the whole on the state of the union for consideration of the Presi dent’s message. The motion was a greed to and Mr. Grow took the fioor. He sent to the clerk’s desk and had read that portion of the message relat ing to the results of the new tariff law now on the statute books. Mr. Grow called attention to the fact that Mr. Cleveland said nothnig about the effi ciency of the new customs law to pro duce the revenue necessary to carry on the government. The President, Mr. Grow pointed out, did not give the receipts or the expenditures for last year. Yet it was a fact, Mr. Grow said, that the deficiency for 1*94 was $09,000,000 and for the first five months of the present fiscal year, it was SIS,- 000,000. The total deficiency, since June 30. 1894, was $131,000,000? The bonded debt under that admin istration had increased $162,000,000. That had been the result of the new customs system which the President extolled. What of the customs law which preceded it and w hich Mr. Cleve land said in his message was "insuf ficient for the purposes of revenue,” and which he said “impeded our en trance into the markets of the world?” As to the charge that the McKinley law had not produced sufficient reve nue, Mr. Grow said that it, as well as e\ cry protection measure passed since 1860, had produced more than enough revenue to meet the normal expenses of the government. From 1863, when the Morrill bill was passed, to 1880, the protection cus toms system had prod need sufficient revenue to meet the regular expense of the government, save during the war. From 1880 to 1893 the revenues exceeded expenditures by $1,310,000,- 000. The last Democratic administra tion before the war liorrowed money to pay the current expenses. Except during the period of the war no bonds ha«l been sold for that purpose until the present, administration assumed the reins of power. “The present administration.*’ said Mr. Grow, “seems to have begun where Buchanan's administration left o?T. (Applause, and laughter on the Repub lican side.) As to the President’s charge that the McKinley customs law impeded our entrance to the markets of the world, Mr. Grow declared, amid Republican applause, that no market was better than the American market, “It consists,” said he, “of 70,000,000 people who consume more than any peope the sun shines on.” Mr. Grow said that for no similar period had tin- balance of trade been so much in our favor as during the three years the McKinley law was in operation. lie then drifted to a dis eussion of Mr. Cleveland’s currency re form recommendations. His emphatic statement that the greenbacks would not lx* retired was received with a de monstration of approval by the Re publicans. He dwelt on the President’s insist ence this year in recommending an ex tension of the national banking sys tem and utterly ignoring the rejuvena tion of the State bank which last year he had been so anxious about. The complaint that the greenbacks fur nished an endless chain by which the. gold reserve was depleted was not frank. The greenbacks would endan ger the n-serve as long as the revenues were not equal to the expenses and no longer. Paying the current debts of the gov ernment out of the reserve was the road to national bankruptcy. Mr. Grow referred to the elections last fall as a condemnation of the new tariff law and the policy of the administration and warned the President “when he had leisure to attend to public affairs” not to disregard the new command of the people. At the conclusion of Mr. Glow’s speech the committee rose and the House, at 1:35, adjourned until Mon day. THE I»\V IN THE SENATE The Prnref dings flovered the Entire Range ol Legislation. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12—The pro ceedings of the Senate to-day were more varied than interesting. They covered the entire range of legislation from the introduction of petitions, bills and resolutions to tlie passing of bills and included two formal ad dresses. Two bills, one concerning roads in the District of Columbia and the other extending the Chicago port of entry so as to cover the State of Illi nois, received the final endorsement of the Senate. Having already passed the House the Chicago bill will probably be the first bill of the Fifty-fourth Congress to become a law. Almost an hour of the session was devoted to listening to a speech bv Senator Pcffer in advocacy of his bill curtailing the exjienses incurred on Congressional funerals and providing that a sergeant-at-arms shall take the place of tcommittees now sent out by the two Houses as escorts to their homes of the remains of deceased i members. He denounced the expense ; incurred in such proceedings as un necessary and referred at some length to the criticism of unseemly conduct on the part of some Congressional es cort parties. Senator Call addressed himself to his resolution concerning Turkish a trocities in Armenia and made a plea for action on the part of this govern ment which would at least encourage the other civilized powers in their ef fort to put a stop to the cruelties prac ticed by the Turks in their war on civ ilization and the Christian religion. ANOTHER SWELL WEDDING. Mari Idee ol Miss Emma Rockefeller and Dr, McAlGiu. TARRYTOWN Y., Dee. 12.—Rock wood Hall, the elegant residence of Mr .and Mrs. William Rockefeller,near this village, was the scene at noon to day of the wedding of Miss Emma Rockefeller, their daughter, to Dr. D. Hunter McAlpin, Jr., of New York , City* The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Thomas Armitage, rector of St. Bariholinew’s church of New York, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Harris. The maid of honor was Miss Edith Rockefeller, sister of the bride. The best man was Mr. Charles McAlpin, brother of the groom and the ushers were Messrs. James G. Gardiner, Wil liam Sanderson Brown, Benjamin JL McAlpin, Dr. William Chittenden Lusk, Alfred L. Dennis, I*. Avery Rockefeller, O. G. Jennings and John D. Rockefel ler, Jr. There were no bride’s maids, but the little Adelia and Sarah Pyle, daughters of Mrs. J. Tolmon Pyle and nieces of the groom, acted in the ca pacity of flower girls. The bride’s dress was of white satin trimmed with Venetian lace and she wore a Vene tian lace veil caught up with a dia mond tiara. She carried a bouquet of white rose bulls. During the marriage ceremony, which was in the music* room, the bridal couple stood under a canopy of bride roses, lilies of the valley, aspara gus vines and ferns. The canopy was twelve feet high and then square, rest ing on a dins forming a pulpit in front of a magnificent onyx mantel. The background was filled in with palms and ferns. The canopy was of Gothic design and contained 1,000 roses and I.OOd sprays of lillies of the valley. On either side of the room hung portiers of roses, buds, ferns and other flowers, w ith asparagus vines for ropes. An elaborate musical programme was rendered by an orchestra and the choir of St. Bartholomew's church. 'I he guests arrived at Rockwood Hall from New York in two special trains. After an hour’s reception in the music room, the bridal couple and guests adjourned to the breakfast room, where a buffet breakfast was served. The room was decorated with lavender, orchids and palms. There were about 500 guests present at the wedding. THE METHODIx OMTKf-M E. Attendance Increasing and all Haring a Good lime. ELIZABETH (TTY. X. ( Dec. 12. (Special.) The North Carolina Con ferenee at Elizabeth City convened to day at 9:30 a. in., the opening worship being conducted by Rev. Dr. Betts. 'The classes of applieats received on 1 rial were: J. L. Cunninggim, R. L. f)n\is. I). B. Parker, G. E. Wright. H. A. Humble. The following were received into full connection: IV. C. Merritt and IV. *E. Flocutt. The class of applicants received on fourth years were passed, all having stood an approved examination. The regular routine business of the conference engaged the morning ses sion. The attendance is increasing daily and the people here and their guests are having a delightful time. An interesting Epworth League meeting was held to-night and Profes sor Merritt, of Trinity College, made the leading speech. It was a very fine talk. JUDGE FULLER RE-APPOINTED. WASHINGTON, Dee. 12—The Presi dent has re-appointed the members of the court of private land claims, as fol lows: Joseph R. Reed, of lowa, to be chief justice, and Henry C. Sluss, of Kansas; Wilbur F. Stone, of Colorado; William M. Murray, of Tennesseee, and Thomas C. Fuller, of North Carolina, to be associate justices. Their terms laid expired. PASSED THE DARDANELLES. ROME, Dec. 12. —A dispatch received here to-day from Constantinople says that the British gunboat Drvad and the Italian gunboat Archimede passed the straits of the Dardanelles to-day, owing to a braw at Stamboul. A panic is said to prevail at Galata and Pern. RAILROAD EMPLOYE HUB l’. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C., Dec. 12. (Special.)—Levi Lyon, colored, was badly crushed to-day while unloading railway iron from a work train in the Atlantic Coast Line yard, lie will !o<*e a leg and possibly his life. SPANISH CABINET TO RESIGN. MADRID, Dec. 12. —It is announced that the cabinet has decided to resign tomorrow owing to the recent popular demonstration against the ministers of finance, justice and public works, who supported the municipal authori ties. A CRY FROM ARMENIA IN THE NAME « F HUMANITY AND CHRISTIANITY SAVE US. OVER 100.000 PERSONS KILLED The Survivors Have Taken Refuge in the Mountains and Forests and are Living oh Boots and Herbs..tola sod Hunger are Making Great Rava ge* Among Them—Only SIT,'»?B Has Been Collected it Thi« Country to Believe I heir Sufferings. LONDON, Dec. 12. —A disputed ad dressed to the Associated Press and \ signed by a number of Armenians of - Constantinople lias been received here. It says: “Armenia is at her last gasp. The work of extermination continues. The number of |x*ople massacred reaches 100,000' and half a million of survivors have taken refuge in the for ests and where they are feeding on herbs and roots. Hunger and cold lias begun to make great rav ages among them, la the name of hu manity and Christianity save us.’’ A HUNDRED THOUSAND KILLED. BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 12. —The news that Armenia hail cabled an appeal for help to the Associated Press at London was taken in missionary circles here as , undeniable evidence of the desperate need of those who have suffered from Turkish depredations and have been deprived of everything they possessed by murderous Moslems. Rev. Judson Smith, I). IU. secretary of the Ameri can Board of Foreign Mission Commis sioners. said to a reporter for the \sso ekited Press: “The statements are entirely credi ble. Although information received by us show s the number killed to reach about 50,000, since our latest advices were sent there have been a number of additional massacres, which may bring the total up to 100,000, as stated in the appeal.” Dr. Smith then alluded to the relief work of the missionaries of the board and said they had been much ham pered through lack of funds. “We trust.’’ he continued, “that the- Asso ciated Press will send the appeal broadcast throughout the land, as the delay in receiving money is causing so much misery and destitution among the unfortunate sufferers. I will write Miss Clara Barton, of t he Red Cross or ganization again to-day on the neces sity that this body take up the distri bution of funds immediately. “Up to to-day $11,976 has been receiv ed by those having in charge the Ar menian relief fund. Money is being cabled to Uonstatinople as soon after its receipt as possible.” THE HORROR INCREASES LONDON, Dee. 12.—The Daily News will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Constantinople, which says: For days past Turks and Kurds have been pouring into the city from the devastated regions of Asia Minor. Their primary object is the disposal of the loot which they have obtained during the massacres. They are also hopeful of a richer harvest in the event of the Sultan's jrermitting a rising at Stam boul. Their stories, coupled with the display of plunder, have inflamed the lowest class of Moslems with an ach ing desire to attack the bazaars. They are ready to seize, upon the slightest provocation for an attack. It, is un wholesome] y significant of the con juncton of this state of affairs that the government is seizing and deporting daily numbers of Armenians of the poorest but most robust class. “The news from the interior in creases in horror with every mail. In places within a small distance of the massacre and pillage are of daily oc currence, and everywhere destitute Armenians are flocking into the large towns where there is no means of feed ing them. “No news has been received yet from Zeitoun and none is expected until all the Zeitounlis have been killed. The district swarms with Bashibazourks, and every road and bridle-path is guarded with troops. BICYCLES MADE toK COPS. New \ ork Now Has a Corps of Po licemen on Wheels. NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—'To-night the first squad of policemen mounted on bicycles in this city went on duty. Hereafter four mounted patrolmen will be constantly patroling Eighth avenue and the boulevard. The bicycle corps will do duty just the same as any other policemen ex cept that they will also regulate the traffic of vehicles and prevent fast or reckless driving. They will pay par ticular attention to “scorchers.” When an arrest is made by the bicy clist he will leave the wheel in eare of the store-keeper until he has disposed of his prisoner. The bicyclist will not be under the surveillance of any spe cial roundsman. The roundsmen of the various precincts in w hich they will he doing duty will have equal authori ty over them, and see to it that they do their duty.* When an arrest is made they are to take the prisoner to the nearest station house. (’Oil NUTTED A DOUBLE ( RIME. ROANOKE, Ya., Dec. 12.—News has reached this city of a recent outrage being perpetrated on a white girl in Franklin county, about twenty miles from here, by' a negro man, who, after committing the foul deed, wantonly murdered Ids victim. The girl lived long enough to describe her assailant. A Bedford county negro answers to the description, and a posse of citizens started out in search of him. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MORE NEW C’OTTON MILLS. A $50,000 Factory Entablishrit in The State This Week. BALTIMORE, Aid.. Deo. 12. A spe rial dispatch to the Manufacturers’ Record announces that a site has been selected at Rome, Ga., for a cotton mill of thirty thousand spindles and 1,000 looms, to cost about $600,000, to Vie built by a combination of Northern and Southern capitalists. There is al ready under construction in the same town a mill of about the same size which is l>eing erected by one of the oldest cotton mill corporations in New England. Among other enterprises reported for the wek, w ere the purchase of 19,- 000 acres of timber land in Florida and the purchase in the. same State by Minnesota capitalists of 440.000 acres of another Uirge body of timber land for $140,000 with the intention of erecting large lumber mills and tur pentine plants; a $30,000 lumber com pany and a hosiery mill in Georgia; the purchase in Kentucky of oil and ga.- lands by Pennsylvania people and ar rangements for opening up 10,000 acres of coal lands for active mining; a SIOO,OOO cooperage company in Louisi ana; extensive glass factory in Balti more anil two mining companies of $200,000 and $20,000 capital respective ly in the same city. „ North Carolina reports another elec- I trie light plant and $50,000 cotton mill; South Carolina, sash and blind fac tory. a knitting mill, a quarrying en terprise and a 45-ton ice plant; Ten nessee, him tier mills to be built by In diana people, a knitting mill, iron and wire works and the projection of a $23,000 eoo|K*rnge company; Texas, a $25,000 canning factory’ and an exten sive irregation system: Virginia, a corn mill, a cotton mill and nn iron mining enterprise. THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. Two Bills Introduced Providing a New Election Law- RICHMOND, Ya., Dec. 12.—The most interesting feature of the proceedings of the General Assembly to-day was the introduction of two bills having reference to the election law by* Sena tor Hay. The bills he offered are com panion measures. One to repeal sec tions 15 and 17 of what is known as the “Walton law.” That is, it abolishes the constable feature. The other provides a new system of voting by re-enacting and amending certain other sections. This latter measure provides that the name of the candidates of each party shall is* printed in parallel columns, there being one column for each party* ticket. Over each ticket is to be print ed an emblem, dsigii or device to be submitted by the chairman of each party. Delegate Powell, of Brunswick, in the House to-day offered a bill to pre vent lynching. It provides that any persons charged with the crime for which lynching is generally adminis tered shall be* promptly tried in the Circuit court in the city county or town where the crime is committed. No juror shall be permitted to serve on the jury unless he be a free holder and a man of education and intelligence. If any attorney, for the defense, dur ing the trial shall, by word or act, re flect ujK)ii the female, if she was of previous good character, he shall be fined not. less than SIOO, nor more than SSOO, and be debarred the privilege of practicing his profession in the courts .of Virginia. The act further provides that all persons charged with murder shall be tried in like manner. The House committee on bunks, cur rency and eorneree, reported favorably the bill making Saturday afternoon a legal holiday for banks. BAYARD MAY BE RECALLED. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—According to the opinion of two or three proba ble members of the House committee on foreign affairs there is a strong pos sibility that when the committee comes to consider the matter of Am bassador Bayard’s two speeches, it may recommend the actiou proposed by Mr. McCall’s resolution. That res olution proposes that the House call upon the President to inform it what, steps if any he has taken to recall Min ister Bayard. The question of im peachment is not before the House or the committee in any way. SURVEY OF THE CAPE FEAR. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12— Secretary Lamont to-day sent to the House a re port of Major Stanton corps of engi neers giving the result of a survey of Cape Fear river above Fayetteville, N. C., as prescribed by the last river and harbor bill. He reports that the esti mated cost of the proposed improve ments amount to $2,555,000. SALEM FEMALE ACADEMY. WINSTON, N. Dee. 12.—(Special) —-The Hesperian Society of Salem Fe male Academy gave a pleasing and highly* meritorious entertainment to night entitled, “Anita,the Gypsy.orom* School Girls in Camp.” The young la dies were greeted by n large and ap preciative audience. The entertain ment will l>e repeated to-morrow night. THE PRESIDENT'S LUCK. NORFOLK, \ a., Dec. 12.—The Presi dent ax.d party occupied their blinds in Albemarle Sound today and had very good luck. They are expected io return to Washington on Sunday. MONMOUTH, HI., Dec. 12.- The Weir plow shops were almost destroyed by fire to-night. Only the offices and foun dry*, which were brick structures, and the warehouse were saved. The loss is probably $50,000. Three hundred men were thrown out of work.
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