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Weather To-Day: FAIR; COOLER. VOL. XLV. NO. 112. MORE ROTTER in SUPPOSED Experts Find Penitentiary Deficit SIOO,OOO, AND IT MAY BE MORE THE COMMITTEE’S REPORTS ARE NOT ALE IN. DEFICIT WILL PROBABLY REACH SIIO,OOO A Big Difference in the Values of the Com miitee of Experts and Those of the Former Superintendent. Mr. Arendell's Statement. The affairs of the penitentiary ar more rotten than was at first supposed. The committee appointed by the present superintendent finds that there is a deficit of about SIOO,OOO and that there . was a general looseness about the busi ness of the institution. Just how r much more this deficit will reach cannot be told until all of the re ports are in, but enough lias been learn ed to believe that it will reach SIIO,OOO. The following is the report of the ex perts to Superintendent Day: Raleigh, N. C.. Jan. 14, 1890. Capt. W. H. Day—Dear Sir: “Dear sir: At your request, we, the undersigned, have made the most, er.tieai examination possible of the books and accounts kept in the Central prison of the North Carolina State peni tentiary; and we beg leave to hand you herewith the most accurate report that it was possible to formulate, as to the liabilities and assets shown by the books and accounts of this institution: “We find that the method of book keeping and record-making in vogue now, and heretofore, in so crude and incom plete that a perfectly accurate balance shi-et is an impossibility, until such time as the creditors of the institution, one and all. have filed duly approved accounts. “There seems to have bern no such thing as individual ledger balances kept in the office, between the institution and its creditors. The only method adopted being a system of monthly calculations, and the issuance of vouchers for such accounts as may have been rendered and approved. “We have,, in this examination, taken cognizance only of these duly approved debts, for which vouchers have been issued, and either turned over to the creditors, or filed in the office of the in stitution. “Os course, it is impossible to ascer tain. or even estimate, the amount of debts that may be due by the 'institu tion, in the shape of open accounts; the only evidence of such indebtedness be ing in the shape of bills ren dered. and not approved. arid these are not so preserved or classified as to enable us to form any such estimate. “The assets noted and amounting in all to $13,824.35 are in the shape of open accounts due the institution by sundry persons; except the cash item of $35.00. and the amount due from the United States Government for the maintenance of Federal prisoners, amounting to $3.- <138.00; and also the bank item of sl,- 107.19, which belongs to the Commuta tion account; explanation of which will be found in our report. “We find an account on the Ledger known as a “suspense account,” carried heretofore, it seems, as an asset. The apparent balance due is $107,934.25, which is valueless, represents nothing, and, in our opinion, should have been charged to the account of profit and loss years ago.” Statement of Liabilities and Assets of the North Carolina State Penitentiary to December 31, 1898, ns taken from Their Books, at Central Prison, at Raleigh, N. C. LIABILITIES. Vouchers turned over to owners (creditors ...$29557.52 Vouchees unpaid in drawer. ... 30,208.00 Vouchers paid by Treasurer... 18.947.02 Commutation vouchers unpaid, 530.00 Credit Trews. (See Ledger). . .$88,303.14 Commutation vouchers, Decem ber account 89.00 Other vouchers for December account 9,515.21 Personal account, taken from Ledger * 2,604.29 Rents due for 1898 — T. X. Hill, Attorney..s2so.oo Mrs. Betty Badger ... 180.00 M. A. Hamilton 77.20 M. IV. Ransom 400.00 C. W. Grandy A Sons, 800.00 Mrs. E. W. Daniel, et al 625.00 J. R. Pope 999.06 •1. A. Fut Toll 679.06 It. M. Johnson, Trus tee 320.00 J. P. Futrell 99.06 B. A. Pope 999.06 11. U. Butters 850.00 'Hie Navassa Guano Company 300.00 Ilanover Land Co 350.00 R. T. Bennett 946.00 John Bogan 639.2,7 W. H. Huntley 24.75 X. P. Liles 50.00 Mrs. Aim Wyatt 425.70 IV. M. Hammond.... 130.40 \V. J. McLendon.... 350.00 J. R. Tomlinson 21.50 The News and Observer. — * ~ mm Hi nortm mmm wins i ms km circulation. Mrs. Shipp 253.75 $9,769.91 Total liabilities .... $110,181.55 ASSETS Personal accounts. (See List $9,014.04 Cash 35.0*5 Due from U. S. Government for maintenance of 11. S. v rfsonors. 3,<538.00 C. a* .F. Bank.. 1,167.19 13,854.29 Excess of Lia bilities j $96,429.2*5 The item C. and F. Bank, $1.1*57.19, was originally charged to the National Bank of Raleigh, and afterwards trans ferred to the C. and F. Bank and should always remain the same amount as an assett. for the reason that whatever checks are issued against it, are subse quently to be replaced by vouchers therefor. We find in the bank, to the credit of this fund, $177.89, and in ad dition, commutation vouchers to the amount of $619.00, as above, which, when placed in bank to the credit of this account, will increase the same to $772.82. There appears to be cheeks given for January discharges for $209.00, When the vouchers for this amount are returned and placed in bank, the total amount to the credit of this fund will be 981.89. a difference of $1*51.30, which we are unable to discover. GEO. W. THOMPSON, C. B. BARBEE, G. ROSENTHAL, MR. ARENDELL INTERVIEWED. Tn an interview with Mr. F. B. Arendell, who is in charge of the Central Prison here, with reference to this re port. he says: “Os the $9,000 of individual accounts included in the assets, hardly more than 25 or 30 per cent can be collected. I estimate the total indebtedness at sllO,- 000 or $113,000, over and above the as sets included in the committee’s report. “The committees appointed to take in ventories on the State farms and th Central Prison have about completed their work, and the reports are being ta bulated and will be ready for publica tion in a few days. These committees appointed by Capt. Day are made up of competent men, who are carefully recording and valuing every single item belonging to the State connected with the penitentiary from a tin cup to a bale of cotton. When these reports arc completed the people of the State will know just what they have so far as the belongings of the peni tent‘.ary arc concerned. “The reports of the farms have al ready gone far enough to show that there is a large discrepancy between t,.e valua tion of the committees appointed by Capt. Day and the estimates placed upon them by the former superintendents. The differ ence in the valuation of stock—horses, mules, cows, etc., will fall under the former valuation more than SIO,OOO. ‘These inventories are being taken by Capt. J. 11. Mclver, Capt. J. It. T llerv. Capt. Bradshaw. Mr. W. V. Clifton, Mr. William Ledbetter. Mr. IV. 11. Shearin and others.” VALUE OF CROP PRODUCTS. Capt. Day and Mr. Arendell estimate the marketable assets from crop pro ducts, cotton, peanuts, rice and cotton seed, and of corn and forage over and above what will be required on the farms during the present year, at about $40.- 000. These are advance figures taken from partial reports of inventory com mittee. I* EX ITE NTIAR Y FA RMING. If All the Farms Were Bunched Into One it Would Save $15,000. Talking about the penitentiary affairs, Capt. Day is quoted as saying: “The chief trouble is that the peniten tiary has a great quantity of land fur which it has no use. It has rented 8,000 acres at Caledonia; 3,000 in Northamp ton. 1,000 in Halifax; 2,000 in Anson; 2,000 near Wilmington, making 1*5,000 acres. It has to work this vast area only (500 convicts. These 000 hands can operate 275 plows, each plow tilling 25 acres. Al the most they can’t till over 9,000 acres, and thus you see the State is paying rent on 7,090 acres of land it can’t use. In addition to this trouble there is another. There are sev en farms, with seven supervisors, in stead of one farm. The expense of these disjointed farms and of the transporta tion of provisions to them is enormous. The cost of the increased number of guards is 50 per cent. You know that practically the same number of guards can as easily look after 500 prisoners as after 199. I assume that if these 7 farms were ‘bunched,’ that is consolida ted into one, it would save $15,000 a year. Os course people will say my object is to get all the convicts on the Roanoke. This is absurd. I know that no farming is profitable with this class of labor save on bottom lands. It is absurd to think of the penitentiary ever becoming a paying institution under the present system. The yearly rents aggre gate SII,OOO Os this at least $5,000 is for laud which, as I have shown you, can’t possibly be cultivated, for lack of hands to do the work.” NO ROOM FOR CELESTIALS. Honolulu, Jan. 14.—(Via Steamer Nip pon Maru to San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 14.—A decision filed by tin* Supreme court yesterday in the last batch of Chinese hoabeas corpus eases disagrees from the former opinions of Chief Jus tice Judd and reverses the situation com pletely. •' In other words, the Chinese petition ers, who claimed right to land in Hawaii by virtue of certain permits issued to them prior to annexation, are remanded back to the custody of the collector to be reported and disposed of as Agent Brown may elect. Mrs. Strahon Moore’s mother has gone from Atlanta to New York to get bail for her daughter. RAIiBIGH, IST. C., SUNDAY JANUARY 15, 1899. FREEDOM FOR PHILIPPINES The Kesolution Introduced by Mr. Hoar. THE ALLEN RESOLUTION INQUIRY INTO WAR BY A SEN ATE COMMITTEE. * SENATOR ALLEN GIVES HIS REASONS looks for No Results from the Work of the “Alger Relief Commission,” and Be* lieves a Mere Searching Inves tigation Necessary. Washington, Jan. 14.—A resolution of more than ordinary significance and im portance was introduced in the Senate to-day by Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts. It is as follows: “Resolved, that the people of the Phil ippine Islands of right ought to be free and independeM; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the Spanish crown, and that all political connection between them and Spain is and ought to be to tally dissolved, and that they have, therefore, lull power to do all acts and things which independent States may have a right to do; that ft is their right to institute a new Government for them selves, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happi ness; and that with these rights the people of the United States do not pro pose to interfere.” “I should like to have it adopted im mediately,” said Mr. Iloar. “I objet,” saiil Mr. Davis (Minn.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Com mittee, and the resolution went over. The resolution of Mr. Allen for the appointment of a committee of five Sen ators to investigate the conduct of the late war was laid before the Senate and Mr. Allen took the floor in advocacy of it. Mr. Allen said he had no desire to em barrass the President, but so many complaints had been made by the press and individuals of the conduct of the war that he thought it time for a rigid and impartial investigation of the war to he made. lie had. he said, no confidence in the “Alger relief commission,” which was now conducting an investigation of the war. lie was satisfied that no truth ful or practical results would accrue from that investigation. He criticised the sending of troops to Chickamaugn where they were faced by sickness and death. He intimated that the troops of the West were sent to Chickiunauga for the benefit of transportation com panies. He declared that there had been gross irregularities in the handling of the commissary and other supplies. He said it had been charged that the supplies were in many cases unfit for use. He was satisfied the charges were all true. If the troops had been furnished “embalmed beef” the people of the Uni ted States and the world had a right to know it. 11c repeated that he had no confidence in the report that the inves tigation commission would make. Interrupting Mr. Allen, Mr. Spooner (Wis.), criticised him for Ills anticipation of an unfair and partial report from the commission and suggested that he might better wait until the report was made before he attacked it. At this point a message was received from the House announcing the adoption of reso lutions of respect to the memory of Mr. Dingley were adopted and then Mr. Hale (Me.), delivered a brief eulogy of the distinguished statesman, moving that the Senate adjourn. Prior to the putting of the motion to the Senate, Mr. Gallinger, in the chair, announced the committee of Senators who are to join a like committee of the House to accompany the remain of the distinguished statesman to Maine. The committee is composed of the following Senators: Messrs. Frye, Maine; Al drich, Rhode Island; Burrows, Michigan; Fairbanks, Indiana; Pritchard, North Carolina; Berry. Arkansas; Faulkner. West Virginia; Rawlings, Utah, and Me- Laurin, South Carolina. The Senate then at 12:43 p. m. ad journed. PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE. Washington. Jan. 14.—The House of Representatives assembled today under '’iroumstniices of deep and universal sor row, in the death of Representative Nel son Dingley. of Maine. As Speaker Reed entered the chamber a hush fell upon the members, as they rose and with bowed heads listened to the elo quent tribute from the Chaplain, Rev. D-. Condon. Mr. Boutelle, the senior member of the Maine delegation, was then recognized for a brief and feeling announcement of the demise of his colleague. Mr. Boutelle then offered a resolution providing that the funeral services be held in the hall of the House of Repre sentatives at noon Monday and that a committee of nine members of the House be appointed to attend the funeral at Lewiston, Maine. The Speaker announced the following committee under the resolutions: Messrs. Boutelle, Parne, Dolliver, Taw- ney, Evans, llilborn, Clark (X. II.), Bailey, Dockery, Bell and McClellan. A 12:29 p. m. as a further mark of respect the House adjourned till Mon day, when the funeral services will oc cur. BILL FOR FREE DELIVERY. Washington, Jan. 14. —Representa- tive Stokes, of South Carolina, has in troduced a hill extending free delivery to Star routes. FOR THE CONFEDERATE DEAD. Pritchard Preparing an Amendment to Carry Out McKinley's Ideas. Washington. D. (’.. Jan. 14.—(Special.) —Senator Pritchard has in preparation an amendment to be put upon the Army Appropriation Bid for the preservation and care of the Confederate graves. The amendment will embody the ideas of the President as expressed in bis Atlanta speech and the Senator believes that his amendment will be adopted promptly by the committee and by the Senate. "It is my idea.” said he, “to provide the necessary sum of money so that the graves of former Confederates can be given just the same care that is given to the graves of the Union soldiers. 1 believe there is now appropriated some thing like $800,909 for the necessary ex penses in earing for the national ceme teries. It is difficult to say how much it will take for this neAV service. There will necessarily be considerable outlay right at the outset for putting the Con federate cemeteries in proper shape. Then as a necessary incidental there must in some cases be the construction of proper roadways leading to the cem eteries. It is my idea that all this work should he done through the War De partment just as it i« being done today. My purpose is to put in practical shape this movement, which I am sure meets the approval of not only the President, but all Northern soldiers.” UNCLE SAM WON’T PAY. But Governor Ellerbe May Get His Money by Special Legislation. Washington. Jan. 14.—Senators Till man and MeLaurin. of South Carolina, called on the President today relative to the recent decision of the Comptroller of the Treasury that the States which expended money in raising volunteer regiments for service in the late war could not be remunerated by tiie Fcd rul Government. In the ease of thV Southern States the money so expended is to be applied on the debt owing from the States to fie ? »dfTol Government. In the case of Smith Carolina, however, this money was advanced by Governor Ellerbe out of his pocket in order to facilitate matters. The same thing was true of the Governor of Missouri; Presi dent McKinley suggested that the only remedy lay in special legislation by Con gress. He indicated that he would ap prove a special bill if it were passed. Senator MeLaurin will introduce a spe cial bill. ABOLISH CRIMINAL COURTS. Resolutions Passed by Members of the Asheville Bar. Asheville, X. C., Jan. 14.—(Special.)— A large meeting of the members of the Asheville bar was held in the court house this afternoon and strong resolu tions demanding the abolition of the criminal court were unanimously passed and the Legislature was requested to give Buncombe additional facilities by increasing the number of Superior Court districts. The people of Buncombe are sick and tired of criminal courts. A resolution disclaiming any intention to reflect upon Judge Stevens was passed. NAVAL GOVERNOR OF GUAM. Captain Leary, of the San Francisco, Ordered to That Island. Washington. Jan. 14. —Secretary Long today ordered Captain Leary at present commanding the San Fr uieiseo, to pro ceed to the Island of Guam and assume the duties of naval governo** of the new acquisition. He will carry with him i nroclamation to the natives informing them of the designs of the United States Government toward them in preosdv the terms employed in the case of the acqui sition of Porto Rico. ASHEVILLE PUBLIC BUILDING. Bill for its Enlargement Favorably Re ported. Washington, Jan. 14. —The Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds today authorized favorable re ports on the following hills: For the erection of a building for the Department of Justice; for the enlarge ment of the public building at Ashe ville, N. C. THE SITUATION IMPROVING. Manila. Jan. 14.—The situation here is improving. A native engineer at the water works, six miles outside the lines, was murder ed on Friday evening by an organized gang of thieves armed with various wea pons. His wife barely escaped 'he same fate. The place was ransacked. The native authorities are investigating trie affair, but the Filipinos disclaim any knowledge of the outrage. WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT. New York. Jan. 14.—The weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Surplus reserve increased $4,732,700; ■ loans increased $3,042,200; specie in-! creased $4,742,500; legal tender increased $2,221,200; deposits increased $8 924,- 000; circulation decreased $250,100. The banks now hold $28,263,075 in excess of the requirements of the 25 per cent rule. Every game of chance is a sure thing, but a man usually bets the wrong way. fat* f' V LAUNCHING OF CRUISER ALBANY She Glides Down the Ways at Newcastle. [sister TO NEW ORLEANS LAUNCHING OF THE KING OF | THE OCEAN. THE OCEANIC, LARGEST SHiP EVER BUILT Her Coal Capacity is So Large that Travelling a*, the Rate cf Twelve Knots an Hour. She Can Circumnavigate the Globa Without Recoaling. Newcastle, Eng., Jan. 14.—The United States cruiser Albany was successfully launched this afternoon in the presence of United States Naval Attache Lieuten ant Colwell, and many other Americans. The Albany was christened by Mrs. Colwell. Afterward Sir Andrew Noble, Vice Chairman, of Sir W. G. Armstrong and Company, Limited, proposed success to the vessel and in doing so regretted the absence of the United State Charge d’Af fairs. Henry White, who, however, tele graphed wishing the Albany a successful career as sister ship of the New Orleans, which, Mr. White added, has given great s*' 'action to her officers and crew. Andrew Noble added that it would lie ,i pleasure for the whole country to know that the vessel was built here for the United States, “because everything tending to elosen the ties between Great Britain and the United States, must be a source of pleasure to every glish inan.” Continuing, the Vice Chairman re marked: “The Americans must be proud of the qualities exhibited by their navy during the war recently closed. These same qualities of pluck and dash the British navy has invariably displayed. The Americans conducted tlie war without theatrical display, waiting patiently until their plans had properly matured.” Lieutenant. Colwell, in responding, said the guns on the New Orleans were ad mittedly better than any of the American guns, and that the Americans were to build their guns on the same model. Chairman Taylor, of the American Sor oiety, toasted the Elswiek builders. He sa id: “Americans need not blush to be of Anglo-Saxon blood. When the American and British nations are joined back to back they can defy the world and march ing shoulder to shoulder, a great bless ing to civilization will be assured.” The healths of Messrs. Norton and v . ..more, the inspector** of th? vessel while she is building, were also drunk. The Mayor of Newcastle was among those present at the ceremony. LAUNCHING OF THE OCEANIC. Belfast, Jan. 14.—The White Star Lint' steamer Oceanic, the largest ship ever built, was successfully launched at liar land and Woolf’s yard to-day in the pres ence of an enormous crowd. A grand stand was especially erected to accommodate five thousand. There were present the members of the firm of Bruce and Company, owners of the White Star Line; the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn; Lord and Lady Dufferin; the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonberry; the Earl of Shrewsber ry; the Earl of Ava; the Earl of Shaftes bury; Sir Michael Hieks-Beach, Chancel lor of the Exchequer; the Lord Mayor and Corporation of Belfast, and a number of other titled and distinguished men. The Oceanic is 794 feet long and regis ters 17,(KM) tons. The Oceanic, like the Great Eastern, which was launched broadside, was launched stern foremost, though longer and weighing half as much again as the Great Eastern. The Oceanic has a coal capacity suf ficient to enable her to circumnavigate the globe at a speed of 12 knots an hour without reeoaling. ESTERHAZY SENDS A SYNOPSIS. An Epitome of the Evidence he Would Have Given at the Dreyfus Revision. Paris, Jan. 14.—Major Count Esterhazy lias sent to M. Mazeuu, president of the Court of Cassation, a synopsis of the evidence which he says he would have given at the Dreyfus inquiry if a safe conduct had been granted him. He admits his relations during 1894-’95, at the request of Colonel Sandherr, chief of the Information Bureau, with a foreign agent, by which the Count claims he supplied the Colonel with im portant information, “enabling him to combat the intrigues of an individual well known, but 1 whose position made it unsafe to act openly against him.” Esterhazy adds that he was warned a month ahead of Matthew Dreyfus’ in tention and denounced it at: the instiga tion of Colonel Picquart. Subsequent to this lie had the closest relations with his superiors and acted throughout on their 'instructions until January 7th. 1898. when, he claims, the War Ministry suddenly assumed a hostile attitude toward him. Fresh proceedings, the Count asserts, were instituted at the instigation of his cousin, with the view of getting him out of the way. and preventing him from tes tying before the Court of Cassation. Legal technicality is no excuse for dishonesty in dealing with legitimate creditors. EAGAN WILL NOT SPEAK. It is Believed, However, That he M ill Modify His Statement. Washington, Jan. 14. —The key to the solution of the difficulty between Gen eral Eagan and General Miles was to day in the hands of the former. The next affirmative action must come from him if there is to be action. The war commission having called upon him to modify his statement nothing can be done until he either has revised his first declaration or has notified the commis sioners of his refusal to do so. It is confidently expected by the best in formed officials that the Commissary General will modify his statement to meet the criticisms of the commission, lie himself will make no statement touching his purpose. Opinions still vary as to whether the withdrawal of the offensive statements withdrawal of the offensive state ments will end this, incident The weight of opinion seems to be that the President himself and Secretary Alger, in whose hands the Cabinet rested the whole matter after its consideration yesterday, have not yet made up their minds as to what course they shall pursue. Probably much de pends upon the expression of public opinion. NINETEEN MEN DROWNED. British Ship Andeliua Capsizes at Ta coma. Tacoma. Wash., Jan. 14l—The British ship Andelina which arrived last night in ballast, eaptized and sank in twenty two fathoms of water early this morn ing. Captain G. W. Slating and a crew of eighteen men are lost. Eleven sailors were discharged yester day and came ashore. The Andelina was a 2.400 tons, four-masted lmrk from Annapolis, Nova Scotia, and came from Shanghai for wheat. The captain leaves a wife and three children in Nova Sco tia. The vessel capsized in a terrible squall. She had a boom log on each side and one got adrift, causing the other to upset the vessel. The ballast had been discharged. The vessel capsized last night, but tb ' accident was not discover ed until today. THEY COME FROM AGUINALDO. Filipinos on a Secret Missions to Wash ington. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 14. —Among the passengers who arrived here to-day on the steamer Nippon Maru from Hong iong and Yokohama via Honolulu, are three emissaries of Aguinaldo. They are Senor Morlo, Senor Lowde and Senor Luid, three members of Aguinaldo’s Cabinet. They are enroute to Washing ton on a secret mission, the purpose of which they refuse to divulge. The Filipinos are intelligent and speak Eng lish fluently. They will probably stay in this city for a day or two and then will go on to Washington direct. MOORE’S LAST HOPE GONE. New York, Jan. 14.—Justice Nash, in the Supreme Court to-day denied the application for a certificate of reasonable doubt, pending an appeal to the Appel late Court, in the case of Win. A. B. Moore, who was convicted of robbery, extortion and assault on Marion Mahon. Justice Nash finds that no error was committed in allowing’certain evidence to go to the jury. A SUMMONS FROM THE KAISER. Paris, Jan. 14. —The oir announces that Count Von Munster, the German Ambassador to France, has started for Berlin in response to a sudden sum mons from Emperor William. UNKNOWN MAN KILLED. Middleown, X. Y.. Jan. 14.—An un known man bearing a ticket from Lynch burg, Va., to Ellenville, X. Y., jumped fron an Ontario and Western train near Peekskill to-day and was instantly killed. TELEGRAPHIC FLASHES. Captain Frank Blair, formerly At torney General of Virginia, is dead. The Fourth army corps and the First cavalry brigade at Huntsville are dis solved. Sentence upon Mrs. Botkin, convicted of murder, has been deferred to Jan uary 23d. A terrific wind storm in Pennsylvania has done much damage at Pittsburg and other places. Some less of life is re ported. Lacoste, the newly appointed Mayor of Havana, has taken the oath of al legiance to Uncle Sam. His salary is $6,000. The America n Ambassador .at Berlin declares there is no truth in the reports of Gorman ill-feeling toward the Unite*! States. The Cologne Gazette adds that it is not to Germany’s interest to quar rel with Americans in the East. The funeral of the late Mr. Dingley will he held in the ball of the House of Representatives, at noon. Monday. 17 ". ill be in the nature of a state funeral. President McKinley has written a letter of condolence to Mrs. Dingley. An application has been made by lead ing negroes of Chattanooga for a char ter for the National American Coloniza tion Association. The association is formed with the view to colonizing ne groes in the West under government of their own. General Julio Sanguily, of Cuba, is on his way to Washington to protest against the treatment he has received from General Ludlow. A letter has been sent to General Lee by Mayor Harrison pro testing against the arrest of soldiers with out passes by the Havana patrol, who put them in prison and keep them therel over night without food. j THIRD EDITION) JE FIVE CENTS. EACH DIGGED S Pit use BOTH FELL IN ( One Was Political and the Other Parliamentary. LOWRY LOST HIS SALARY AND THE HOUSE HAD TROUBLE GIVING IT BACK. A TOWN WITHOUT AN INHABITANT It Consis's of a Foot Log; and a Bar-Room** A Hot Debate Over the Hertford County Bill Averted by a Timely Adjournmert. Though it was only a hand full of days ago that the General Assembly met, it haw done much, and the members yester day were a wilted lot, who welcomed today’s rest with gladness. When the House adjourned at 2 o’clock it had worked itself to a standstill. Yes terday’s session opened dull and dead, and the members were hardly able to throw off the ennui. During the whole four hours of the session there was— with one or two exceptions—no liveli ness, no spirit, no ardor of a high hope. The real exception was the discus-, sion over the proposition to make a “horizontal” reduction of 29 per cent in the pay of employes. When the resolution was read, Mr. Williams, of Iredell, explained that he was a member of a sub-committee ap pointed by the Democratic caucus to car ry out tin* agreement to reduce fees, and that it was in obedience to these instructions that he had introduced the measure. Mr. Patterson, of Caldwell, thought there wan some inequality in the oper ations cf such a resolution, in that it did not apply to employes who received $2 and under. This, he argued, brought the $2.50 man down to $2, and the $2 man still received $2. It was just at this point that Lowry (Rep.) of Forsyth, got gay and sent up ail amendment, providing that the act “apply to members of the General As sembly.” For this smartness the member from Steptoo Holton’s county was soon to repent in sackcloth and ashes. Mr. Moore, of Jackson, made the point that the amendment was out of order, the pay of members being fixed by the Constitution. The Speaker declared that the amend ment was in order and the Republicans chuckled in glee at the hole they had digged for the Democrats to tumble into. But the Democrat is not that sort, of bird. Mr. Justice, of McDowell, amend ed Mr. Lowry’s amendment to make it “apply only to Forsyth county,” where upon Lowry slid down into his sent and curled up like a baffled porcupine, and the Democrats, with laughter and ap plause, passed Mr. Justice’s amendment. Mr. Petrie (Rep.), of Stokes, seeing the awful predicament of his colleague, tried to help him out by moving to table the* resolution. He had evidently mis taken the humor of the House, for it most emphatically refused to table. Then Lowry offered up a plea in his own behalf. He said he didn’t “think it wouhlw be very generous of this great body of men to draw big salaries them selves amt cut his down along with the laborers.” Mr. Julian, of Rowan, amended “that the resolution do not apply to laborers who are getting $2.50 a day.” The $2.50 .men, he said, were the danlest worked men in the General Assembly. Mr. Overman, of Rowan, wanted to know whether or not the pay of clerics had been reduced. Mr. Williams, of Iredell, said such a resolution had lieen passed and the clerks that had been getting $3 are now get ting $4. The laborers, he claimed, were not worked hard—not a one of them working more than from two to four hours a day. Mr. Julian: “Since hearing the state ment of the gentleman from Edgecombe (Mr. Gilliam) I desire to withdraw my amendment and all objection to the pas sage of the bill. I’m not here to fight tin* action of a Democratic caucus.” Mr. Curtis, of Buncombe: “It has been suggested here that if the pay of laborers is reduced it will not pay those from a distance to come here, and only laborers from Wilke county can be ap pointed. I want to say in answer to this, that 1 can furnish the Legislature with all the laborers it wants from Bun combe and they’ll l»e glad to get the places, even at the reduced (compensa tion.” Mr. James, of Pender, thought the matter had better be left as it now stands. Mr. Robinson, of Cumberland, explain ed in detail the caucus action and the appointment of the sub-committee to draft the bill and secure its passage. Mr. Ray still objected, contending that the $2.50 man might not to be reduced to $2 and the $2 man not reduced at all. “If this is fair, then the $2.50 man lias all along been getting just 50 cents a day that he was not entitled to.” Mr. Carroll, of Alamance: “This matter has been discussed and decided in cauois, and I take it that every man (Continued on Second Page.)
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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