Weather To-Dayi FAIR; COLDER. VfH.. XLiV NO. 149. ■t- To Re-organize the Army BILL PASSES THE SENATE BY A VOTE OF 55 TO 13. The House Passes the Army and Fortifica tions Bills —Vigorous Discussion of the Philippine Poicy, Washington, Fob. 27.—Aft 11 o'clock j to-day the Senate began the last week of i the short session of the Fifty-Fifth | Congress. An unusually large number of Senators was present, owing, prob- i ably, to the great amount of important j unfinished business before the Senate. J i Mr. Culloan (Ills.). presented the confer- i ] enco report on tlie Agricultural Appro- j | priation Bill and if was agreed to. * j i Mr. Allison (Iowa), presented the eufi- , ference report on the Indian Appropria- , tiou Rill. After so mo explanation of the retwit it was agreed to by the Senate. Mr. Chandler tX. II.), offered an am ml meat to the Naval Appropriation ; Bill authorizing the President to appoint two Vice Admirals of the Navy who shall not lie placed on the retired list > until eight years after the passage of the bill, except upon the application of the holder of the offices, the offices to cease to exist when vacated”by death or otherwise. This bill is intended to advance Adnti- . rals Sampson and Sdhley. At tlie <■one!usinn of morning busi ness consideration was resumed of the Army Reorganization Bill. Mr. Bate j (Tcnn.), a member of the Military Com mitte addressed the Senate on the gen- | eral features of the bill. lie regarded the Measure as probably the most important of the present ses sion. It was, he thought, one of the eon sequences of the action of Congress in taking in Hawaii, an action unednsti . tutional as lie regarded it. He did not approve of such an .nerease of the army as was proposed in the bill. It was such ’ an enormity in that respect that it has j shocked the public. He thought in this time of “semi-peace,” at least, we ought to be able to reduce instead of enlarge , the army. He objected to the bill be cause it provided twice as many men as tie- exigencies of tin* situation required; because it made invidious distinctions between regulars and volunteers against i tlie latter; and because it was an enter ing wedge which makes us depend upon the* regular army instead of upon the consent of the people themselves. He declared that the honor of the country did not depend upon our conquest of Iho Filipinos, lie held thal the United States ought not to pay the .$20,000,000 for the Philippines until Spain was able to deliver the goods in warranty. If ■we were compelled to tight for control in tin* Philippines we ought to charge the cost against the $20,000,000 said to be due Spain. Further he maintained that Congress ' ought to be cautious about) granting a great standing army, because the Presi dent had not declared has policy as to the Philippines and had not asked Con gress for any additional troops. Until the President indicated to Congress liis policy and purposes no additional troops should be granted him. Mr. Bate said he did not th*nk the situation in the Philippines was partic ularly serious according to the repo, is from General Otis. lie felt that no ought to do no more in those islands than to hold what we now have. We ought to wait until the Denby conn mission arri ved at Manila and bad had opportunity to confer with the Filipinos. “I.et us send the Bible and the Cross ahead of ilu* army and show a Christian spirit,” said he, “by which we can bring about corn-illation and save the honor of the country.” Mr. Vest antagonized the bill, although he said he did so with hesitation, be cause of its strong advocacy by his col league. Mr. Cockrell. He declared Ids belief that the war in the Philippines was not being conducted with the idea of giving the Filipinos self-government. , “I believe,” he said, “that this Gov ernment is to take the Philippines as an indemnity for the war with Spain. It has been so stated in the imperialistic press. But I ask now whether it is true that the President telegraphed to our commissioners to take nothing less than the island of Luzon, as Porto Rico was 4 worth only $40,000,000 and would not - the a proper indemnity for the war. 1 now whether such a dispatch was sent.” t Mr. Frye, one of the peace commis sioners: "There was not.” Mr. Yost: "Is the statement true or false?" Mr. Frye: “It is not true.” Mr. Yost: “Was there not a dispatch sent that nothing less than the Island of Luzon would be accepted?" Mr. Frye: “The instructions of the President when we started out, were to take Luzon.” Mr. Vest: “Was no mention made of Porto Rico not being sufficient indemnity for the war?" Mr. Frye: “Not at all. The Senator has heard read in executive session every telegram, cable and letter of in struction that passed between- tin* Presi dent ami the peace commissioners.” Mr. Yest: “The statement I have made was published in the imperialistic press of the country, and it has never been contradicted until the Senator iFrye) contradicted it now.” The News and Observer. LEADS ALT NORTH 'CAROUNA DAILIES II IEIS MO CIRGDLATION. Mr. White (Cali.), followed Mr. Yest in a speech against the bill. On behalf of the Military Committee, Mr. Cockrell suggested several amend ments to the bill, among them being one striking out the language fixing the minimum in companies of tin* various branches of the service. As reported front the Committee the bill provided that the minimum of privates in troops of the cavalry service should be 43; that the minimum in each battery of artillery should be 51; and. in each company of infantry 48. The effect of Mr. Cock rell's amendment, is to fix these numlK*rs as the maximum instead of the minimum alloted t«» each company. The amendments were accepted. Mr. Caffery made an argument again.-: an increase in the standing army, lie de clared it was an extolling of the mili tary calling, of militarism which was the forbidden fruit which lmd led to the destruction of republics in the past. 1 he American pt*ople, he declared, wanted no great standing army. I-lie.v w.uilid nothing but a nucleus around whim <>rr citizen soldiery could rally. Mr. Caffery discussed, also the policy of expansion. 11-. declared that tins was a war of paradoxes. We had started out to release the Cuban reein eeutradoes and had now come to in* point of shooting down Filipinos with Catling guns, Maxim guns, and every sort of instrument of scientific murder. He maintained -that the fatal mistake which had been made was that the T’ni red States had not applied to the Phil ippines the same resolutions that h.nl been applied to the Cubans. Mr. Gorman offered th following amendment as a provision of section lo: “That each and every provision of this act shall continue in force until July Ist. 1001; and on and after that date all the general staff and line officers [.pointed to the army under this act shall Ic discharg d and the members re [ stored in each grade to those existing at the passage of this act, and sh * en listed force of the line of the army shall be reduced to the -number as provided for by law prior to April Ist, 18‘.)S, tx clusive of such additions as have been or may In*, made under this-act to the artillery and except tin* cadets provided for by this act, who may be nppmued prior 16 July Ist, 1901; and provid 'd, further.’ that no offict r who has been, or may be, promoted under existing law or under the rules of seniority, shall lie disturbed in his rank.” i The amendment was adopted. (!8 to 0. Mr. Bacon (Ga.), said the adoption of the Gorman amendment simplified the matter materially. This bill would place an annual expenditure of $85.- 000,000 upon the country, but notwith standing the fact the war in the Prilip pines was ail unholy war he feit it Ins duty 'to support the bill and would do SO. Mr. Ilansbrough offered amend ment 'providing that no enlisted man should Im* employed to sell liquor m any canteen or amity post. It. was agreed to. An amendment offered by Mr. Carter provided that three of tin* provisional regiments at the discretion of the Presi dent, should be cavalry, whose members should be particularly proficient, in horsemanship and. markosmanship, the regiments to serve mounted or dis mounted. It was agreed to. The debate was continued until 7 o’clock when the bill was passed 55 to 13ythe vote in detail being as follows: l eas—Allen, Allison. Bacon, Burrows, C.Vter, Chandler, Clark, Cockrell. Cul lom. Deboe, Elkins. Fairbanks, Faulk ner, Foraker, Frye. Gallinger, Gear, Gorman, Hanna, Ilansbrough, Harris, Hawley, Heiffield, Jones (Nev.). Limi say, I/odge, McjEiiery, Mallory, Mantle, Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Murphy, Nel son. Pasco, Perkins, Pettits, Platt (Conn.), Platt (X. Y.). Pritchard, l’roc-’ ior, Rawlins, Roach, Ross, Sewell, Shoup, Simon, Smith, Spooner, Stewart, Teller. Warren, Wellington—ss. Nays—Bate. Berry, Butler, Caffery, ( hilton, Clay, Daniel, lloar, Martin, Pettigrew, Turley, Vest, White —13. Consideration of the Sundry Civil Ap propriation Bill was begun at 7:15 p. in. Tin* Committee on Appropriations of fered the following additional amend ment to the bill which was agreed to: "And the owners or holders of all outstanding military land warrants or ‘ parts of such warrants, allowed, issued bv ilie Stale of Yirginia for military services performed by the officers and soldiers, seamen, or marines of the Yir gin-ia State ami Continental Line's in the army or navy of the* Revolution are hereby notified and required to present and surrenderthem to the* Secretary !of the Interior within Twelve months from the* passage of this act for his action under the provisions of the* act entitled "An Act Making Provisions for the* Satisfaction of Yirginia La,nd Warrants approved August 31st, 1852. Ariel all ; sue-.h warrants or parts of warrants not Si» presented and surrendered to the* Sec re* t ary of the Interior sir all be forever barred and invalid.” At the conclusion of the reading of RALBI«H, N. C M TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1*99. [tin* hill at 11:30 p. ni. nearly all the com mittee amendments having been agreed to the bill was laid aside, j It was decided that flu* Senate should convene at 11 o’clock to-morrow norm j The Senate then at 0:35 ndjotinmd. PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE. Washington, Feb. 27.—The* House* was in session seven hours today and sent to the* Senate two more* appropriation bills, i In* Army, which has be*en under consideration lor several days.' and the Fortifications. Tile* feirmer carries about 879.000,000 and tin* latter approximately $4,700,000. The final conference* report upon tin* Indian Appropriation Bill was also adopted. The* only amendment oi importance* attached to the* Army I>iil today was one giving two months’ ex tra pay to enlisted men in the regular army wlho served be*yond the* limits ol the* United States during the war with Spain, and one month’s extra pay to those* who servesl in the* Fnited States. Tim discussion of the Administration's policy relative to the I‘hilippines, which lias been ooupying the attention of the members to the i*xelusio» of almost e»v eryttbiug else* during the consideration of appropriation bills for the* last two weeks, continued today, several spee*e-hes being made oil the* subject. When tin* consideration of the* Army Appropriation Bill was resumed, Mr. Cox (Demi.. Tcnn.) made* a short, sharp, general saying: I “1 will never vote a cent to put a bulled in a gun to shoot down those pe o ple* e»ve*r there*, (the Filipinosi who are* trying to establish their home govern ment.” He* could not understand, he said, why we* ltael starteel out to free the* Cubans and should end by shooting the* Filipinos. What a remarkable notification, he de j clared. was that of General Otis that - we had killeel ami wounded 4,000 of those people, part, of them naked, some* armed with beiws and arrows. As an American, he askeel, whe*rt* was the* glory of this achievement ? Who had declared war on these people, who had done us no harm? After the passage of rile Army Ap propriation Bill Mr. Henderson” (Rep.. . la.) presented a special order agreed upon by the Committee upon Rules set ting aside tomorrow until six o’clock for the consideration of the Cublic Building Bills, tlhose acted on by the Committee of the whole to be first acted upon, after which such as might be designated by the Committee upon Public Buildings and Grounds. Mr. Dockery opposed tlie rule on the | ground that neither the condition of the i appropriation bills, nor tin* Treasury j would warrant the use of tomorrow for this purpose and the appropriation of money which would result. He figured out total appropriations for tlie session of s(!7B,ooo,♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ i. I THE PEOPLE SAY; DON’T, j I , . I | There has never bem a time when the J people r;f North Carolina were so united ♦ S upon a propost tion as to-day* There are not t I 500 Democrats in the State who would I ! not feel outraged if the Legislature should ! t reinstate S. Otho Wilson. £ t The evidence is plain and convincing. | | To-day determines whether the Democratic | ♦ legislators will mar their excellent record* % ♦ The people thunder, Dor/t. ♦4 ♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦»♦ ♦♦ POUND A MURDERED.BABY LYING IN THE COLLEGE BRANCH WITH ITS THROVT CUT. No Clue as Yet to the Doers of the Died. An Attempt to Break out of the Jail. Greensboro, X. C.. Fib. 27. —(Special.) —A horrible murder has just been brought to light' in Greensboro. Satur day evening a negro man found a sttsjri eiotis looking bundle in the college bra neb and on unwrapping it found it contained the dead body of a white female infant. Tk child’s throat was cut from ear to ear. An examination was made by a physician, who declared that the child was alive when lorn a.el when found had keen dead about thirty six hours. No i ltte has ben. discovered as to the perpetrators. An attempt was made last night by tht* inmates of the county jail to es cape. 'lilt* bars of the window in one cell were found to be sawed in two, and but for a note from one of the prisoners, to a guard tlie attempt would have been successful. A negro named Louis Albright shot John Hawhy. another negro, Sunday mifruing through the hack, intFeiing an ugly though not 'necessarily dangerous wound. Albright claims that the shot was accidental. GASOLINE IGNITED. Lady Narrowly Escaped Burning to I>eath —Sudden Death. Smithficld, X. Feb. 27.—(Special.) —Mr. Isaac Grice, proprietor of the Grice House, died suddenly at his home in Smithficld. of neuralgia of the heart. His death was unexpected, and came as a shock to the town. The• wife of Mr. G. H. Watson, a prominent nu(reliant of our town, nar rowly escaped bring burned to death. A bottle of gasoline was ignited in her hand,and, in an instant, slit* was painfully, though not seriously burned. The sin all-pox scare, which caused some excitement here, lias about died out. The only results wore that several of our people were vaccinated. fO WHITEWASH OB SOTTOWrtITEWASH Wilson Matter to be Heard at 4 P. SVI. 10-Day. VINDICATION IMPROBABLE NUMEROUS NOMINATIONS TO BE MADE TONIGHT. OFFICE OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONER To be Created. Railroad, Labor and Insurance Commissioners and Keeper of Pubi c Buildings to be Decided on To Night. The Democratic caucus decided last night: To take up the Wilson matter in joint session at 4 o’clock this afternoon. To establish the office of Insurance Commissioner. 1 To nominate three Railroad Commis sioners, an insurance cotqmmsioner, a labor commissioner and a keeper of the public buildings and grounds. To leave the public printing to ho set tled by committee. To whitewash or not to whitewash— whether this Legislature shall apply a good thick coating to the erstwhile chief of the tribe of Gideon—will Ik* thi* s|k*- cial order in joint session for 4 o'clock ' this afternoon. The case of Major Wil son will Ik* considered at the sums* time, i The matter will come up on the report of tin* investigating committee appoint ed to hear the ease. It is understood that a separate vote will Ik* taken, firs*t on tht* case of Major Wilson and then on tin* ease of S. Otho Wilson, and each man will stand or fall by himself. This action means that the resignation of S. Otho Wilson, handed in at the first of the session, will not be accepted. If tin? report of the committee is adopted it will reinstate S. Otho Wilson as Railroad Commissioner and enable him to draw back salary, lit* would have two years yet to serve, if the courts should hold against: the bill re organizing the commission. As to Major Wilson, his time lias expired, but lie would be able to draw back salary. Over I the adoption of the report a warm fight is sure to occur. It is stated that aide men will press tin* adoption. That this Legislature will rehabilitate S. Otho Wilson, of all the..garbage cast on tin* fusion ash •heap in tin* State’s back yard well up among the most malo dorous, is a proposition that makes the stoutest Democratic stomach retch: that it will take this step without a fierce resistance is among the remote probabili ties to those who know its timber and its temper. To thrust Otho Wilson, however disinfected, in the faces of the decent people of North Carolina would be much stub a proposition its to throw it dead eat at it printfl donna. Therefore, 1 am persuaded, that before this legislature, which after all was really not elected to do Otho in ala baster. does this filing it will hesitate— and decide not to. Besides setting the Wilson hearing for this afternoon the caucus decided in re gard to the Railroad Commission not to give it jurisdiction of insurance, but to create the office of Insurance Com missioner. The decision "was reached because of the amount of work that would be thrown upon the commissioners and the im[H»rtaiye and wide variance of it. To so constitute the commission that it could handle properly the rail road, banking, building and loan and in surance matters would be difficult, and it was deemed best to have one more who could devote till bis time to the insur ance business of tin* State. Such were the reasons which influenced the caucus. No change will be made in the bill re organizing the commission, except as to insurance. In addition to the powers heretofore •conferred on the Railroad Commission the new commission will havm,jurisdiction of banking and build ing /ml loan. This will give little handle to the courts to hold it the mere aboli-l tion it ml reenactment of (he same office. The three new railroad or corporation commissioners to be eh*et(*d will be nominated in caucus to-night. The can didates for the placets are numerous and members are reticent as to probabilities; indeed they seem to be quite at sea ns to who the favorites for tin* places are. Then* are expressions in a general way that one commissioner should be a lawyer and that the others should represent different interests, but nothing more definite. The Commissioner of Insurance is ex pected to be nominated to-night if the other/ nominations are diajiosed of in time. For this also there are numerous candidates and few warm tips. The Commissioner of Lalsn* and Print ing and his assistant —the successor of J. Yahoo Hamrick and Warren Vines Hall—are to be nominated to-night as is tin* keeper of the public buildings and grounds. The members are anxious to get these matters off their hands am! have done with them. The public printing question was con sidered also, but the caucus decided to leave the matter to Ik* settled by the Commit ft*c on Printing tinder the statute requiring it to lie given to the lowest re sponsible bidjler. Representative Ileriot Clarkson, of Mecklenburg, introduced the following resolution in caucus, but ivo action was taken on it: Resolved, That this caucus of the Senate and House recommend to the Democratic Executive Committee, that a primary plan for tin* white voters of North Carolina be established under the auspices of the Democratic party. That it bill Ik* passed by this Legislature pro viding safe guards for a fair nomination in the primaries for those counties that ' now have a primary plan, and providing I safe guards for a fair nomination in any j primary plan that may hereafter be es tablished under the auspices of tin* Democratic party; that a committee of three be appointed to carry this resolu tion into effect. Don't white-wash to-day. This is not 11 good day for white-washing. Don’t. QUAY CASK AGAIN PUT OFF. Political Circles Greatly Exerted Over the Matter. Philadelphia, Pa.. Feb. 27.—Political circles were shaken to the centre by the unexpected postponement of the Quay j trial to-day, and there is speculation in every quarter its to the causes which brought it about. All me parties were on hand and everything was apparently in readiness when District Attorney Rothermel rose and asked Judge Beitler t i postpone the trial “because the com i monwealth vans not ready." As soon as i this sensation caused by this annotmee | meat had subsided, Messrs. Shields and | Shapley, counsel for Senator Quay and ' his son, put in a vigorous protest against I further delay, but the court grant rd the request and fixed April 10th for the I trial. When questioned afterward the Dis trict Attorney declined to give any rea i son for the postponement but added that : h ■ submitted the entire subject to Judge j Beitler before making the application I and the Judge had approved the reas signs. He added, significantly, that the postponement was it duty to the* com monwealth. Senator Quay's counsel had this to say: "The fact of the* matter is that there is nothing whatever in the case. Oar experts have examined the books and documents. They were mutilated, false and a fraud upon their face. We ary prepared to prove conclusively that the entries implicating Senator Qtia.\ and his son, were made six months after the : alleged con piracy had been consiimma- I ted. and the fruits, if* any, had been | reaped.” | Senator Quay declined to say anything ' about the ease except to express his dis ap] want men t at tin* delay, but Senator ; I‘eurose made a statement' to-night hi which he says, among other things: “I I mu not surprised at (tie outcome of : Senator Quay's ease. Everyone who has | known the facts of this controversy has j realized that the prosecution lias been i the outcome of one of the must villa nous political conspiracies ever uttered : into to destroy a public man." j Rumors were afloat all day: out* that ; tht* trial had been postponed because of | 'the death of former State Treasurer Haywood had miuimizid the chances of Senator Quay's conviction: and another, j which gained tin* greater credence, that i a member of the jury had id formed tin* District Attorney of an attempt at im personation. Don't white-wash to-day. This is not a good day for white-washing. Don’t. A GEORGIA I‘RIMA DONNA. ! Atlanta. Ga.. Feb. 27.—Madame Mary Dttff, a singer who has appeared : in several European capitals, made her American debut here to-night before- an j audience which completely tilled tin* i Grand Opera House. Madame Duff sang ' (lie Faro” from Glucks Orfeo and tJ u . "Al Dcsio Di T'Adora" of Mozarts Figaro. These selections, one of which is written for a contralto and the other for a soprano, required a rang** of three octaves. Madame Duff's success was instan taneous. Site was assisted by Mrs. Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler. of Chicago, the pianist and Signor Tagliapietra. the baritone. The American debut was made in Atlanta for purely sentimental rea sons, Madame Duff being a native of (I corgi a. SPANISH INQUIRY INTO WAR. Madrid, Feb. 27.—The Senate to-day by a vote of 130 to 7 approved of the motion of (Marshal Martinez de JAtmpos, signed by all the Spanish Generals !n the Senate, demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the conduct of the recent war. The Government supported iheYno | lion. THIRD EDITIONS PRICE FIVE CENTS DOWN WITH IKE , COLONIAL PO 1 /^ Y Action of the House Demo cratic Caucus. ACCORD OF SENTIMENT RESOLUTIONS AGAINST PHILIP PINE. SOYEREIGNTY. LOYALTY AND VALOR OF OUR SOLDIERS They Are Cun mended by the Caucus, Which Pledges Inm Hearty Support and Sym pathy. Whteier Asks that Presi dent's Hands be Upheld. Washington, Feb. 27.- At a caucus of the Democratic members of the House of Representatives, held in the Hall of the House to-night, the following declaration of polity and resolutions as to the Philippines were adopted: “We hold that the Constitution of the United States was ordained and estab lished for tin intelligent, liberty loving and self-governing people and cannot be successfully applied to a people of different virtues and conditions. We therefore hold that a colonial policy is contrary to tin* thisfry of our Govern ment and subversive to those great prin ciples of civil liberty which we have been thought to cherish. We believe with the Declaration of Independence that all Governments* derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and we are unalterably opposed to the estab lishment of any Government by tht* United States without the consent of the people to be governed, and in conformity with these principles wo instruct the lginority members of the Foreign Affairs Committee to introduce and urge the following resolution: “Resolved, That tin* United States hereby disclaim any disposition or in tention to exercise permanent sovereign ty. jurisdiction or control over the Philip pine Islands, and assert their determina tion when tin independent Government shall have been erected therein to trans fer to said Government upon terms which shall be reasonable and just, all rights secured under the cession by Spain, and thereupon to leave the Gov ernment and control of the islands to their people.” Another resolution, by Mr. Griggs (Ga.), was* adopted as follows: “We, the Democratic members of the House of Representatives in caucus as sembled, command the signal loyalty and valor of our soldiers and sailors in the performance* of every military duty to which they have been assigned by projier authority, however much we may deplore the policy of tin* Administration now directing their movements; and we pledge to them our hearty support and sympathy under all * ii'cums'tanees wher ever engaged." The following resolution by Mr. Liv ingston (Ga.). was lost: “Resolved, That the Fnited States Congress as soon as the treaty of peace between this Government and Spain is ratified, give notice to tin* inhabitants of the Philippines that it is not our desire or purpose to hold them under per manent militate control or as a colonial subject, and its soon as practicable to aid them to establish a republican form of Government mid to be independent and self sustaining with such commercial and military privileges from the United States as may he agreed it; >n l«*tw«*en us. In the meantime wo shall protect both persons and property with the largest liberty to citizens possible under the circumstances.” •« The caucus began at s; o'clock p. ‘yi. and lasted until nearly midnight. Vnhv attendance was large, and little division of sentiment was manifested on tin* general features of the resolutions. The fil*st resolution was offered by Mr. Clark iMissourii froivt tin* Democratic members of the Foreign Affairs Committee ami was the text of most of the s|HHM'hes. Among those who spoke were: Rep resentatives Bailey. Texas; Allen. Mis sissippi; Gaines, Tennessee; Wheeler. Alabama; Lentz, Ohio, and Cowherd, Missouri. The speech of General Wheel er was notable in differing with tin* pre vailing view. He urged that nothing should be done which could lit* construed as a lack of stmport to *>ttr soldiers, the hands of the President should be upheld, he sitid, when fighting . was going on. As a matter of expediency also, he urged that the party should no) oppose the war. Wars were popular, he declared, and at the present time the spirit of the iH'oplt* was shown by the fact that every boy had his drmn®iind sword, while the mothers were proud of this patriotic spirit. The votes were practically unanimous upon tin* two resolutions adopted, atm the Livingston resolution was defend'd by a large majority. KILLED ALMOST INSTANTLY. Sanford, X. (’.. Feb. 20*1899.—A ne gro tramp calling himself Charlie Jones and hailing from Norfolk, was shot and killed almost instantly at 12 o'clock Saturday night by Gus Cotton, a negro employed at a livery stable here. '1 ho shooting was the result of a quarrel over a negro woman. Jones has been work ing as a laborer for a few days in San ford.