? ft Trt v I&5. TftB legislature must rush its work day and night if all its busi ness ia transacted within the sixty days for. which th.e;;merabers ;,can be paifk I VfS" bills of any general importance have been passed as yet. The great bulk of the work is yet to he done during the few remaining days of the session. For instance, the reyenue bill lias not yet been considered in i. 1 1 ' 1 .- i il.. I A. eitner orancn oi iue ueunai ao- nembly, and not much time can now be given for its consideration As only a few changes in the old revenue law are suggested there need not be much discussion on tlio now net. . t -' '. '. has I'wt'-mad.evahyi- feportj and When it does report very careful Attention should be given each and every appropriation that is TA aiot be delayed, until. the last week f the, session, as is too often done. ,ri While every body-' would Jike to see all the State's institu tions receive'eyery dollar that ; is iieeded, yet the "garment must.be ut according to the cloth'': that is, the appropriations must not exceed the funds that will be in the treasury. Much time and careful consid- eratinu have been given by the -committee,! to the report of the .1Codt,,c'immissioners, and yet no report on it has yet been made. This is a . most important matter unci p.n imnf htf' il Is noser! of hustilv. for it is a compilation of-all our statute laws. The House has passed a bill to -liexinly twelve peremptory cbah- $eng'es ih "selecting jury,, jpsiead Wf - twenty-four as heretofore allowed-. - -. A bill, has ; been favorably re ported to reduce railroad passen ger ratei '.from, three and a quarter cents a. mile . to three ..cents for rt-class tickets, and from two -ji.l.-ihrpfwina4'tirs:tri frn and a half censior s"econd-eTass. Some f -the railrbads are not making any monejr at the - present passen ger ates and some paisenger trains are run at an actual loss. - Too many bills have been intro duced to place, persons on the pension' list, and none of them ought to bet passed. If a man cannot pass' his .county board : of pensions, another pensioners do, thtoj he oiigbt not to be pensioned by special act pf the Legislature, This Svas the policy pursued by the.last tw-oJLegkdatures and it is iajr and just , that all should be treated alike. ' ' Two bills have been introduced to divide the State into two judic ial circuits,: therst to be compos ed of the first eight judicial dis tricts and the second to be com posed of the last" eight. This would save-the Judges some trav elling expenses as they would not Slave to go so far from home. .We would not object to this if we cbuld sw.ap off two or three of our eastefrn Judges. The bill to tar dogs has been defeated," as is always the fate of uch- bills." y-the-way we have tluceU into every Legislature, to pro t ect 'dia m on d-baek ter r api n s," Teesident Roosevelt seems de iroul!iklie noxl will of "andiji T Cs6)deU iate thehj,f .!ln an juteryie w" las tweek. with VCpn gres3mah1Stnall,.!;of iHteS'he is. repjttl, ex'pre most 14lyto" t te; South;' Iir his receb f speecli aV 'New' ,Yprk ! ; on Lincoln's ! .birthday "he spoke in very com-ijlimetary' terms of the Confederate; soldiers.! He said that ouf .couhtry Vlhas the proud Jight tovcfaim as its own the glory won alike by. those who ;Wpre the blue anby tlic;seVh the ray, by&ose wIk?! followed Grant viction, each striving for the light as it was given him to see the 'light." Y-.-V": ':' Such language and such senti ments artt highly., appreciated . by the people n.fv tli. Soiith:an'd; we are pleased, to npte. that the scales have fallen i from the eyes of Presi dent oo'sfevelt,' and1 that he nb longer compares Confederate solr diera to anarchists! But while we . appreciate his " - Rsp" le-.Pijaepoutir-'-.j vidWtt$'&Mi& aao15'Slsev--1 and '- by je.hp .folio wed Lee: for both fyf lijjeqal bray erj and witheqagiBcerityr:p Plpsfut- kindly ami conciliatory ouxp canuot tmu wm ios iui-g-io IJWanfca nr FX - -ss? : i SmlglanguageaioTaminir W Jff' "OT lueu r "? 5. ,jp- g?tJiemocmts,Vhe, rt 4portant jrrCSiaemiavia.?- A Checkered Career.' Wastjlogton Special to Erening Post. A yivid instance of. the belated of-the amendmeut lies in the fact gratitude of republics almost es-; tiat it was an assertion by the aaped notice in the crush of pnv- sPUate of its constitutional 'right ate pension bills that passed the to pass upoD all asrreements enter House yesterday afternoon. When et into by the United-States with the reading clerk droned thevuarae foreign nation. The President of Edmund G. Ross, and the pro-fttl Secretary of State have posed bill to increase tis iension, taken the ground that the Senate from $12 to $30 per mouth, not could approve a general arbitra ge man in the House recognized tiou treaty conferring power on the name, or. the human interest ti,e Executive to conclude special story that lay behind the modest ftrreements or treaties, defining request. Yet Mr. Ross was at, tiie terms on which the arbitration one time a striking figure in one 0f a 8pecific case could be con of the great: 'political: dramas of ducted. The Senate holds, on the this country.' Asi Senator frcm contrary, that the constitution es Kahsas he was one of the nineteen plicitly provides that all treaties men who voted against the im-. for agreements)-with a foreign peachmeiit of Andrew Johnson.' pwer shall be made "with the ad He is now living in poverty at vice and consent of the Senate" Albuquerque, New Mexico, with anfi tb.it ijt is now within the pow his son, Pitt, but the latter is very er of the. upper, house to , delegate poor, and barelycan support his to. the Executive powerk not 'con own large family. ferred bv the constitution. This Ex-Senator Ross, is now . 78 js tiie principle which was enunci years of age, having been born in ated by a vote of 50 to 9 when the Ashland, Ohio, in 1826. He re- Senate amended the treaties now ceived 'a limited education, and resting in the State Department, when merely., a boy became a rphe president,possessed though printer. Later he moved to Kan--j jjA is nf many admirable qualities, sas, became editor of The Kansas ' is lnci;ne(j to be precipitate and Tnbuue, and was a member of the somewhat headstrona and is little1 constitutional convention m 1859. incilned to brook interference with He was appointed a United Statis j,is pjans or opiniolls by the Sen Senator from Kansas to succeed ,lte or by anyoue else. The result J. H. Lane, deceased, and served ;s jiat hft u.Ai. dpr,nnnwl the Seo- irom JubvlSb'G, to. March 1871. ! He took a prominent part m the ators lintij) UD(jer otber cin-um-Johuson impeachment trial, ' and stances, there would have been a was one of the President's strong rWirUi hrlr Tlf. i not supporters in opposition to those who wished to remove him from the executive, ofii cis. For several vears after his ser- vice in the United States enateapproaciied the proverbial three he supported himself by editorial ; score-and-ten. Mr. Roosevelt is work. About fifteen years ngo he only forty.seVen and to many of was made Governor of !New Mexi- Uh hiA vatar,n tha co, and after he left that office do rnon j i vo 1 1 imnn rtr onirrirmi j j tuau a ooy. ne nas just won a work and at the printers case j remarkable victory for the Repub lic old trade. In recent years he j Hcan pArtVt he is fearlessly aud has become very much enfeebled, ; miiitantlv honest and he obvious and is unable to work at his trade, ; ly intends to perform his duty to or anything else He. has abso-. the Jetter Tjnder these circum lutely no meais of support Rave his j 8taQCC8 ffraybaired Senators look pension of $12 a month. Thonsrh he served as c iptain of Company E, and as major of the Eleventh Kansas Cavalry from 18G2 to 1865, he never applied for a pension un der the general law, but has been, since 1897, a pensioner under the act of June, 1890, for total dis ability, the result of senile debili ty. B. S. Rodey, Delegate " from New Mexico, interested himself in the old man's case and secured the increase. South Dakota Bonds. Washington, Feb. 18. Members of the North Carolina' delegation in Congress today conferred with a number of members of South Dakota as to a controversy be tween the States regarding the recovery on North Carolina bonds. Senators Simmons and Overman were informed by Senators Gam ble and Yittredge that South Da kota has no intention of purchas ing any additional North Carolina bonds, as Governor Glenn of that State seemed to apprehend in a letter to members of the delega tion. In explanation of the attitude of South Dakota toward a sister State in becoming a creditor through the purchase of North Carolina's repudiated bonds, it was said today that the action in buying the bonds was taken by the South . Dakota .Legislature several years ago. The South Dakota Senators declared .that their State would not use the pro ceeds of the sale of the bonds they now hold in order to purchase ad ditional bonds. This assurance has been telegraphed by Senator Simscons to Governor Glenn. Russian Duke( Assassinated. Mosco w, Feb. 17. W hil e G rand Duke Sergius was driving today irom the -Nicholas Palace through the '-'Senate .quartervhis .'carriage y as followed, by two cabs. At the lay! 'courts' jileigh, in which Were two men; one i'ot 'whom was dress ed 'a a-workman,' . went juickly ahead of the Grand Duke's car ri age. the sleigh then s6 wed u p to allow the carriage to .pass, and at that moment a bomb was thrown beneath the carriage. .The force of the explosion broke all the windows 5 of the law courts, and the report was heard outside" tiie cityV The carriage was blown to pieces; nothing but the four wheels remaining. .The horses.. . were not hurt, and bolted. The Grand Duke was instantly killed. ! His head was blown off, actually being sep arated frOm his bodyrwhich was frightfully mangled. ; The coach man was also killed He was so frightfully burned by the explos ive" with which the bomb was charged that, he died while being taken to a hospital. On the ar rest of the murderers, neither of whom was known" to the police, one of them coolly saidi- 'I don't care. I have done my job." ' The Teachers' Assembly will hold its annual meeting at Greens-1 boro on the 18th of next June, ! that city haviug oiffored.l,000 to .ay the expenses, WashlnftPfl'-ketter. ar.Trl-i-'T-'fJiiir-.n- . F Vriim iinr W ashiugtoai, )bl6m05. le most iraporttfeentf t Tin iraporttfewntf the : r to reseat session OMUtntterefis -in H,a;rl - ivf in ffis nrtspntHm - tration, was the amendment by the Senate of the seven arbitra tion treaties which were ratified i Isisfc SutiirrlAv The- sicrnificMuce ftte HU(j lectured individual. Seu- :one now 8 due to the attitude of fho Ma9fa loro fAiani i1,. dore Roosevelt. Most of the lfH.flrs. Art mAii rlin Iihva hlnsplv upper house seems little more t . wise and saj "Theodore is a little headstrouir, but he is n square man, a well meaning-boy, and it would be foolish for us to cherish any reseutment against him." That is the situation just now and if the President does not lecture the Senate too severely the pres eut friction will pans away. If he is injudicious it may assume pro portions which wilLnoar his entire second administration. - . Leading Democrats regard the checking of the President's in clination to. condiic-t foreign af fairs with a high hand as u most salutary occurrence. They declare that had there not come just such a check in the leginning of his administration he would in all probability have V)e so far eventually as to involve himself in some serious trouble which might even have occasioned talk of impeachment. It is sinjjularlv unfortunate for Mr. Roosevelt that he has lost Attorney Genei al Knox and Secretary Lioot from his Cabi net. Both were strong mu of calm judgment and fearless de meanor. Both were respected by the President and both exerted .a powerful influence over him. Close observers of public events in Washington can clearly distin guish the instances where their restraining influence and wise counsel would haye saved the President from mistakes of one character and another. ; The San Domiupan incident af fords an example of the danger in which the President is, when he acts on the advice of incompetents. Secretary Hay was illat the time the San Domingan protocol was concluded and Secretary Loomis was "acting Secretary of State." Mr. Loomis asserted that there was no intention of submitting the prqtocol'to theSenate for ratifica tion and that the United States would take possession of all San Domingan ports without consult ing Congress'. The President did not confirm or deny this statement for the reason perhaps, that he did not discuss the subject at all, and as soon as Secretary Hay had recovered sufficiently to resume his duties he announced that it had always been the intention of the administration to negotiate a treaty and submit it to the Senate. Numerous changes were cabled to San Domingan which were incor porated in a treaty which has now reached Washington and been submitted to the Senate. It is too early to make oredictions regard ing; the Senate's action on this treaty," as it has not been read to that body, having been referred immediately to the committee. on Foreign Relations! In a general way, however, it may be said that Republicans seem to approve the principle, they understand to be involved in the treaty, and that Democrats are inclined to regard it as of doubtful propriety. . Lewiston, Bertie county, a town of 175 people, with ten or twelve i . ' .. : 'I. ' Lit..-" J.l 3 I,.. f.cor was loni uesrcr"" n "ay, w" iobboi o? r ur- anu otuy.- ?. Ul "ss" standin mi and the world--. is gaamg n t42i.4s -2'AT VIV Jj e vzar, ana, iuo lieved to he responsible for the recent bloody, scenes in St: Peters burg and other Russian cities. He was regarded as the most . power ful of the influences behind the throne and the peoples looked up on him as their enemy. He was marked -for slaughter by the plot ters who are continually endeavor ing to overthrow the present gov ernment, and their. plans, so far as the death of Sergius is concerned, worked to perfection, the official being' killed instantly. It is hard to predict vhat effect this crime will haveupon h.e political sitna tion iu Russia. It, seems likely, however, that it may hasten stens! to bring about peace 'with Japan, A conference' was held between the Cfcar and the Ministers Thurs day, at which the matter of bring ing about aa.end. to the hostilities! is. said to have,'; been considered. In.connectioa ith. this , meeting it is stated in. a dispatch frora St. Petersburg that the sng&estion is given Out 'that 'an intimation of the term's upon which Japan would end the war Iikve reached the Rus sian authori tie's. A dispatch from Aokio emphatically denies that: Japan has' indicated anything of the kind. The dispatches from St. Petersburg since the assassi- no f irn rf Yi rirt . t ' rm 1- n MA a, K belief that the Russian autocracy has at last realized the futility of continuing the war, in view of the serious situation at home The world at large seems to regard Ja- pan as already the victor, despite the fact that Russia has an army of something like four hundred thousand men in Mauchuria, and the claim is put forth that this number is some . fifty thousand greater tliaiT the force of Field Marshal Oyama. There has been no important fiqrhtitr in Manchuria during the past week, although the reports indicate that KuroDatkin contin ues his artillery attack upon Oyama's centrp. It seems, how ever, to hnve little effect. Anoth er squadron of Warships leftLibau last week, ostensibly for the Far East, but their movements are doubtless not takeu seriously by anybody.' According to a dispatch from Tokio, the sailing of Admiral Toro from Kare with a KPcret destination trahsfern the interest in the eampaVri, at least tempor arily, from thoriciuity )f Mukden to the Indian Oceau, - where it is expected thaf'Tofro .v i 1 1 mpt the 11 pet under AduYiral Kojpstvpiisky. lhere are e a 'number of foreign collieries mMnVriiMtiiMW tT.w Once moire the scene, has s causMbehogiithe isassitiatisaa oil land to remove any doubt abontlto ,PrtVe the-v rptusef,. j their fate the Japanese have oivPniickfird attempted to put them it out that no matter what- flri no ' matter what" liar p fly iu' they will bp To-o'slshins .retSvith - tlipv rnav b sunk when in raure. AM nou-eombatauts have been ordered by the Kussian authorities to leave Vladi vostock, tliis indicating that a Japaesp atiack on, that port is expected SOon. rliei'A is lltflA slrtnlif. H.mI lhere is little doubt tiie ice is the only thing that de - lays the beginning of the sie.-e of the remaining liussiau port in the Far East. Midsbipmaa Arrowood Arrested. Wr.,l,;..f r,K to m.-i .i.:. , w'Milton Wl Arrowood, of Bur- man iiugion, i. u., now a pruouer on board the receiving ship Hancock at the navy yard, New York, will be sent to the naval station at Guantanamo, Cuba, on the first naval vessel bound to and turned over to the act for "such action a proper." This is the where a midshipman calledto face trial on has been the charge of desertion. It is said theyoung officer bast s his desire to leave the service on the alleged ground that he could not' ba. Christian gen tleman and Officer of the navy at the same time. ? He will be tried on the general charge of desertion and on the eoecial charge of con j duct to'tlie prejudice of good , or, der( and .military , dicipline auo reflecting. u pop j-tbet moral - charat- J. i J! 1 i il . 1 ier oi nis associate in xne sei vice. . . . . : T jk W l l FC Used by over 75,000 Planters Each Year in See that the F. 0rer 100 Miners Enfombed. rrmfnglr.-AlaTrFebV'SO: By an explosion ia-JhekgiGia mines -ILSrflhoiit 18 milesouthweofcToi Bir ; flvrmnjahanat, Vfc mmasuanafac-3, ciockj vi tei- VoWn pO and-i86 tjion f.Tnaines are enipmoea ana nainiSfs are entombed and: it ibe- ilived that the e'ntire numberuf V' a , t , vigorous rescuers are at work digging into the, mines to' relieve their friends and comrades 6nthe inside. , The explosion is believed; to have been caused by an accumula tion of dust although the minehas heretofore, been noted for being entirely free from such.- " It is also believed that as the entire quota has probably been killed the de tails of the cause of the disaster will never be known. ; ... . ! The news spread like wild fire throughout the whole district. The camp is almost isolated from the rest of the world, as there is no -fjepnone station at Virginia ana tl)e only wire running to the place is a dispatchers wire of the Bir mingham Mineral Railroad, on which "Virginia is located. De tails of the disaster were slow to cc,n?e iD but each man who arnv ed in the city from the scene told a more gruesome ..story of the horror. . i j - The class of miners employed was'; tie best in the district, and all belonged to the United Mine Workers of America. Since the strike has been on in the Birming ham district many of the most in dustrious and thrifty miners of Pratt City and other important minipg points have removed to : the Virginia mines, so that the - mlnes wer.e beln- wolked to their jfu11 capacity by tue most skilled i mlnt?rs of the community. Relief i tralDS wlth surgeons and workmen j were dispatched from Birmingham !ftUfl Bessemer as soon ae the news I of the duster was learned. They i besrfln the work ot succor m earn est before six o'clock and at mid night had not gotten half way through the mass of debris. It is tbonfrht that it. will be ten o'clock tomorrow morniur before the in terior of the slope is reached. The tlopes are well arranged and there has never been the least trouble in the mines before. They are owned by the Alabama Steel fe Wire Company, bu; are leased and operated by Keid & Company. Murder at Wilson. Special Cor to the E.veolcf TIidm. Wilson, N. C, Feb. 18. Our whole community is in bitterest sorrow over the atrocious murder of Mr. K. O. Pickard, one of tiie . cleVerest aud most excellent pn - tlemen tliat ever uvea in t nson. hile drunk yesterday afternoon Wiley House and Chas. ortoii went to tue cotton mill, of which j Mr. nckara . is general super; Mr. Pickard. is general siuietiu- teudent. aud being ordered by h ! out r"r- A wuffle ensued, n which House drew his pistol aur 's,,)t Mr. - 1-Vkard through th one uy inrce. a scarae him eu, iu nrl e heart. Mr. Bissett, an employe, ran up and caught House just as he was making an effort to shoot asrain, and did shoot just as Mr. Bissett causrht his baud and threw uu the pistol. Mr. Pickard at- j tempted to po to 111s office, but !fel1 iXuA tlie 1pfore reaching it. iionse attemnteu to escape nut was soon capturrnl ami lodgel in jail; Norton was also arrested and lodged in jail. Our whole com munity 9 thoroughly indisrnaut: and outraged at this terrible deed, .11 i . j 1 i j. 11.. 1 ! ana lonci ana omer are tue luifais j that have bee maile' $138,250,180 For Pensions. Washington, February 18.- ! House today passed the pensions that port, j appropriation bill carrying $138,-command-; 250,100. The minority, led by Mr. he deems Underwood, made au ineffectual first case effort to reduce the aggregate of the appropriation so as to exclude pensions allowed under "Order No. 78, which, it was stated, would involve about $4,500,000. It was contended that the order was without authority of law. cative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Sivii MSIion koxes sol4 In st 12 : ONE S3 The Greatest Cotton Fertilizer Made. -The Standard in North Carolina for over Twenty Years. TRADE Trade Mark is on REGISTERED S. ROYS NORFOLK, VA., For sale by toe-jtwazer lYiercam Fired Four Shots. Durham, ja,et early iown f Be quarrel oerng ovT an account of ten cents'. ' William Dickerson .and another negro known only as "Kid" got into a dispute over ten cents. They had been to a dance in the country and the trouble started while, at the dance. When the matter came to a show down the strange negro known as "Kid" backed off a few feet and after saying. "watch out" fifed four shots. ' One of these shots tookeffect in the shoulder 6f Dickerson and wa located about four inches from the place where it .entered. The one using the gun has made his escape. Jt is not thought that the wound will be of a serious nature. A Guaranteed Cure For Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Pro truding Piles. Druggists refund money if Pazo Ointment fails to cure any case, no matter of how long standing, in 6 to 14 days. First application give3 ease and rest. 50c. If your druggist hasn't it send 50c. in stamps and it will be forwarded post-paid by Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo. Advice to the Aged. Age brings infirmities, such as slug gish bowels, weak kidneys and blad der and TORPID UVER. have a specific effect on these organs, stimulating the bowel3, causing them to perform their natural functions as in youth and BMPARTING VIGOR. to the kidneys, bladder and LIVEfe, Tnej are adapted to old and yonng. SPECIAL RATES TO WASHINGTON, D C. VIA $. A. L- RAILWAY, Account of the President's Inaug- j 11 ration, March 4tru the Seaboard! announces a rate of one fare plus 25 cents from all points on its line to Washington and return. Tickets will be sold March 2nd and 3rd, final limit March 8th, with the priv ilege of extension to March 18th upon payment of fee if one dollar. - for Miiitary companies and Brass Blllds Qn ccnt per miJe per capita : for 2$ OT mor on one ticket, I We have double daily service from - in i l in North Carolina! :fh,lf -u-,n- frt WQhinfrton I 111 l..inc rtMCICHll IV ft XT dVT 1 hi 1 1 ATI lllU coaches, dining and sleeping cars. For farther ii formation as to rates, schedules and time-tables ap ply to " " CHAS. H. GATTIS, Traveling: Pas. enger Agent. Kaleigh, N. C. FITTING GLASEfS. , if you are unable to visit our Optical office and consult our. spe cialist, we will sei.d you free a sim pie method of treating your eyes at home on receipt ot a postal card. he Happort Optical C., Durham, N C Send model, sketch or photo cl int er' -r- v.. 1 frPArenortoa witentftbility. Frrfiio ; 1 pS$At an rsteraay ftporning therecamyerjl near beg tthom icidS tS ijrtbe-ri'artl the lift s PilsimSi m TO To Cure a Cold in One Day months. in Signoiure, BARn Every Bag. : TARBORO, N. C. A A AAsAA-JLX. todi ms Celebration at tfe above points, March 2nd-7th by S. A. L; Railway; The Seaboard announces a rate of ' one fare olus 25 cents from all point! on its line to New Orleans La Pensacola, Fla., and Mobile, ' Ala' and return account of the Mardi' Gras Celebration at these points March 2nd to 7th. Tickets will be sold March 1st to 6th, inclusive, with final limit to leave all three points not later than March 11th, except on payment of fee of 5o cents and an extension of hmit.can be obtained until March 25th. " Seaboard offers double daily ser. vice with only one change of cars which is made in Atlanta, trains consisting of vestibuled day coaches Pullman Sleeping Cars and Cafe Dining Cars. For further information in regard to rates, schediites'and .routes, apply to your nearest agent or address CHAS. H. GATTIS, Traveling Passenger Agent, Raleigh, N. C. Every Citizen T t OF ought to JRead THE CHATHAM RECORD which for has been doing its utmost to build up our grand old county. THE KECOKI) is the " OLD RELIABLE," that can be depended on not only foT the Latest News but for its advocacy of all measures that will best promote the prosper ity of all the people. SUBSCRIBE HOW. Only 3 cents a week Oru Cr fa Tv Days. OA every box. 25c. the States of None Genuine Wifbocit it. - .