THE BECOED.
WARRENTON,
N. 0.
a m
'Warren county was formed In 1779 onto!
Old Bate county, which was what la now
known as Franklin and Warren counties and
ihat portion of Yance county cut off from
barren.
Its present area Is about 500 square miles.
'Population (1890;, 19,866.
Chief Produots. Tobacco, Cotton, Com,
Wheat, OatSjQrasses, Gold and Granite.
, Surfaoe.Hilly and rolling.
1 Boil. Loam and Clay. No waste land, all
Well watered by streams.
OFFICERS.
Judge of the Superior Court, Second Dis
trict j Hon. H. B. Bryant, New Berne, N. 0.
Judge of theCrimlnal Court, Eastern Dls
Wot: Hon. T.J. Sutton. Favetteville. N. O.
Solicitor of Courts: Hon. W. E Daniel
Weldon. N. O.
. TOon'grewmap of Second Districts Hon,
leo H, White, Tarboro, N. 0.
Tiuie of Court.
Superior Courts Third Mondays in March
nd September of each year.
Criminal Ootirti Third Monday In Jan
nary and second Monday in July of each
fear.
t COUNTY OFFICERS.
v Clerk of Court: W. A. "White, "Warrentoa
H. 0.
Sheriff: J. B. W. Jones, Shoooo, JT. 0.
Beglster of Deeds: M. F. Thornton, War
rqnton. N Q.
Treasurer: N. M. Palmer, Macon, N. C.
Surveyor: C. H. Scott, Warrenton, N. C.
County Commissioners: M. J. Hawkins..
Chairman; W. B. Fleming, P. H. Allen, W
8. Gardner and J. H. Wright. -
County Physician: Dr. P. J, Macon, War
renton, N .
Board "of Education: John Graham, W.
E. Davis and J. P. Williams.
County Supervisor: J. E. Itodwell. Pub
lic Examination day: 2nd Thursdays in July,
September, November and April. Fee on
these days 61 in advance, all other days
H.50.
Ilfifill
Situated on high rolling lands, three miles
tocz. the great S. A. L. system of E. R.'s and
connected with said system by the W.
E. B.
Communications with all the world by the
Postal telegraph and Western Union tele
graph companies, and telephone system.
Good warar and a health record second to
o other town in America. Population,
1.000.
. OFFICERS.
'Mayor: J. H, Kerr. Jr.
Treasurer: W. E. "Watson.
Chief of Poiicej J. W. Alien.
Commissioners: H.. J. "White, W. A. Bur
well, W. G. Roge?:-, Dr. C. A. Tnomas, J. W.
Harris, J. II. Bansom, J.. S. Plummer.
V r- CHURCHES.
isiT E. Church: Eev. J. O. Guthrie, pas-
tot. Services every second and fourth Sun
days at 11 o'clock a. m. and 8. ' p. m. Sun
day school at 9 o'clook a. m., E. A. Boyi,
superintendent.
Baptist: Eev. T. J. Taylor, pastor. Ser
vices evty first, third and fourth Sundays
at 11 o'olo'ek a. m. and 8, .,' p. m. Sunday
school at 9 o'clock a. m., J. B. Rodweif,
euperintandent.
Presbyterian: Eev. C. N. Wharton, pasj
torT Services" every first and third Sundays
at 11 o'clook a. m., and 8 p, m.
Oine, Greenback, Churchill, Odel!, Mt. View
Vfise, Ernbrd, Areola, Warren Plains, Fitts,
Merry Mt., Eidgeway, Popular Mt., New
ans, Inez. Creek, Marmaduke, Qroye HJ1L
Taughan. Afton, Brodie, Vicksboro, Axtell
and Crinkley.
Professional Cards.
ENRY A. BOYD. .
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW.
Warrenton, North Carolina.
Uusiass placed In my hands will receive im
mediate attention.
Monthly reports given on all claims sent
sue for collection, and all correspondents
will be promptly answered by return mail.
Loans negotiated cn reasonable terms.
Eeference Is made to the following busi
ness houses, with their express permission:
"Qardner dfe Jeffress. Warrenton, N C; Geo.
ii. Arps, Norfolk. Va.: Battio, Bucn & Co.,
Norfolk, Va.; Martin, Son & Co. Petersburg,
Va.; J. D. & E. S. Christian, Eichmond, Va.j
Armstrong, Cator & Co., Baltimore, Md.
iR. A. Z. TAYLOR.
Dental cSlce over
"Warrenton, N, 0.
Jackson Co. 'a store'
fxTYour patronage solicited.
QR. P. J. MACON.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
Warrenton, North Carolina,
Calls promptly attended to. Office oppo
site court he use.
c Ju coox.
8. Q. GBKEH.
QOOK & GREEN.
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW.
Warrenton, North Carolina,
Practice in the Superior Courts of War
ren and adjoining counties, Supreme Court
of North Carolina, U. S. District and Circuit
Courts and United States Circuit Court of
Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at Biohmond.
Virginia.
OR. H, N. WALTERS,
Uentist
OfS
e opposite Court House
in Fleming-
Harris Building,
WAEEENTON, - -
- N. O.
Phone 34.
tt Best Work Guaranteed,
DENTIST.
Dr. J. IS, DUGrGER,
Office in Turnbull's Hotel.
C3T all work done with neatness, fidelity
and dispatch.
a II. SCOTT,
Civil. Ekgineeb and Scrvbtob,
- Warrenton, iV. C.
Makes Land, Road, Kailroad and
Water Surveys, with maps, plans and
estimates. Terms reasonable. Apply
s above.
A HENRY MILAM,
Axtokney-at-Law,
Warrenton, JV. C.
Practice in Warren and adjoining
counties. Prompt and careful atten
tion given to all business placed in my
hands. Office in court house building.
riTTMAJST & KERR,
- Lawyers,
WARRENTON, - - - - N. 0.
txg- Will Attend to Buaincn: ,
mum
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Direcionr
8T111 WAITING 11811
Long Says the Report of the Board
Has Net Arrived.
A SPECIAL : MESSAGE LIKELY.
President In Consultation With His
Cabinet, But There Was No Inci
dents of Real Importance.
Last Saturday's news troth Washing
ton says President McKinley, members
of tlio Cabinet, Congreasmen, all offi
cial Washington and the public gen
erally are eagerly, anxiously awaiting
the report of the naval board of inquiry,
"which will sfet forth the cause of the
explosion that wrecked the "Maine,"
and perhaps fix the guilt or innocence
of the Spanish people.
Secretary Long declares that the
report has net as yet been received.
All that oan be learned ia that thead
ministration aspects to have it in the
course ef the next few days.
This may be true, but thSre is good
reason to believe that the President
will know what the verdict is sooner
than 'is. the course of a few days. "
The special message of the President
is not likely to go to Congress until
the last of the week. In th meantime
Congress is very restive. Reports that
the administration is in favor of further
trial of autonomy in Cuba excites in
dignation among the members of Con
gress, Adminigtration Will Stand Firm.
Assistant Secretary of. the Navy
Roosevelt says there Is ana will be no
recession frcm the stand taken by this
government towards Spain. The ad
ministration, he declares, has mapped
out its plans, and frill firmly carry
them out
Ordering the "Massachusetts" and
"Texas" to Hampton Roads, where
they are to be joined by the "Brook
lyn," "Columbia"' and "Minneapolis"
was for the purpose of better protecting
the Atlantic coast, ha says.
The intimation that Spain did not
like the set at Key West had nothing
jfco do with the ordering of the war yes
oels to the northern Atlantic
President Was Busy Sunday,
President Mckinley did not attend
church Sunday, as is his custom, but
instead spent two hours and more in
conference with several members of the
cabinet. Assistant Secretary D&y called
and remained an hour Secretary Long
and Secretary Biiss were the other
membsrs present. They remained less
than an hour.
Commander Clover, in company with
Mr. Flint, who has been acting for the
government in the negotiations for the
purchase of warships also called and
were shown to the President's private
ofiice. The members of the cabinet on
leaving the White House, said that
there was no special significance
in the meeting. The report, of
the Maine court of inquiry had not been
received, iior was it definitely known
when it would reach here. It was ex
pected, however, early in the present
week and as soon as received it would
be handed at once to the President,
and when it had been read and consid
ered by the President it would be made
public,
Secretary Long in speaking of the
report, said that while fully realizing
its importance, the country, In his opin
ion, would willingly accord to the Pres
ident a day or two if neeessstry for its
considerations. The indications seem to
be that the report will be made public
by the middle of the present week.
Aside from the meeting of several
members of the cabinet at the White
House there were no incidents of im
portance during the day. Judge Day,
Assistant Secretary and Chief Cl6rk
Michael and other officials were at the
State Department, but this has
been quite common during the recent
months. Also at the War and Navy
Departments a number of chiofs of
bureaus were at their desks for several
hours, mainly for tha purpose of dis
posing of the business which recently
has accumulated so rapidly.
The most interesting topic of the dav
was based on the dispatches from Ha
vana Indicating a prospective confer
ence between General Pando and Gen
erals Gslcia, Gomez and others of the
insurgent army, for the purpose of sub
mitting to the latter a formal offer fo
autonomy. The basis of autonomy as
outlined in the dispatches apparently
found no credence with the officials of
the Spanish legation. They stated
their disbelief that a conference on the
proposed lines was probable and added
that they had no information on the
subject. Minister Poloy Bernabe ex
pressed the opinion that the repovt
from Havana was unfounded, as he
said the basis upon which it was pro
posed to grant autonomy was absurd.
A Cuban Relief Train.
A relief fund of $9,033 in oaah and
twenty-one car-loads of provisions and
clothing collected in Missouri, Kansas
and Oklahoma, for the starving Cubans
of Matanzas, have been forwarded
south from Kansas City. These relief
measures are being carried out under
the management of the Kansas Citv
btar, and agents of the Star will aid in
the distribution at Matanzas, under
the direction of United States
ououi junce. .mis renei is
being carried free on a special train
over the iUemphis road to Memnhis.
thence over the Illinois Central to New
Orleans. The United States govern
ment has guaranteed the transportation
irom JNew Orleans to Matanzas. The
principal articles of food sent are wheat.
flour, corn meal, rice, potatoes, rolled
oats, condensed milk and soup extracts
o-ua luuu iuuuuuo vi cioining include a
great number of calico dresses for wo
men ana children, mostly of the
"Mother Hubbard" pattern, made by
vuriuuB cuuruu cewmg circles.
The New Military Department.
In order to correct a misunderstand
ing which exists, it is stated that the
new military department recently ore
atea, wnose neaaquarters are to be at
Atlanta, will be known as the Depart
ment of the Gulf, General Graham, at
present commanding the Department
of lexas. assuming: chars. Tha pur
pose was to include in the confines of
the new department that part of the
country which would be in in all likeli
hood nearest to the field of hostili
ties, in case it should come to
that. The department is to in
clude the States of South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississip
pi, Louisiana and Texas, all of which,
except the last are at present attached
to the Department of the East. Atlanta
was chosen as the headquarters of the
new department because of its fine
strategical situation, being the centre
of so many railroad connections. The
Department of the Missouri and Texas
are abolished, and the headquarters of
the latter, which have been at San An
tonio for
doned.
o many , years, are aban-
ftavy Wants More Men.
Th navy department is preparing to
send out several thousand notices to be
posted in the principal towns through
out the United States calling for en
listments for the navy. The advertise
ments call for men between eighteen
and thirty-five years of age, except or
dinary seamen who must be between
eighteen and thirty. The navy depart
ment is experiencing the most difficulty
ih securing seamen.
CABINET FIRM.
The Action on Cuba Is Certain by the
United States.
Washington, (Special). The Cabinet
meeting on the 22d lasted something
over an hour and was devoted exclus
ively to the Spanish situation in general,
and to the forthcoming report of the
Maine court of inquiry, in particular.
The tone of the discussion was very
firm and determined that there must
come an end to the present state of af
fairs in Cuba, Secretary Long author
ized the statement that the understand
ing before the Cabinet was that the re
tort would reach Washington Thurs
day ot Friday that it was voluminous
audthat its publication and transmis
sion to Congress would not occur until
next Monday or Tuesday, as the Presi
dent would require that much time to
give the document mature considera
tion its momentous character required.
All Against Arbitration.
There is a strong feeling in Congress
against international arbitration, which
it is now believed Spain wili request
upon receiving the report of the United
States court of inquiry.
Any proposition from Spain for the
appointment of a neutral court of naval
experts to review the findings of the
court will be considered an imputation
of unfair dealing on the part of the
American naval officers.
Holding Back Its Report.
The Spanish government has receiv
ed its report of the blowing up of the
VMaine," which it is witholding until
the report of the United States board
of inquiry is made public. The Span
ish report may be issued in an amend
ed form.
Inspecting the Forts.
General Graham, commander of the
Department of the Gulf, has left At
lanta on a tour of inspection. He was
accompanied by Lieutenant Barney and
Lieutenant Eaber. The officers go first
to Charleston and thfen to Savannah,
St. Augustine, Key West, Mobile,
Pensacola, New Orleans and Galveston,
in the order named. The party will go
down the east shore of Florida to Key
West and return up the west coast.
The military stations to be inspected
are: Sullivan'3 Island and Fort Sum
ter; Tybee Island; St. Francis Bar
racks, St. Augustine, Fla. : Key West,
Fla. ; Key West Barracks, Key West;
Fort Mangum, Mobile Ala. ; Forts
Barrancas and Pickens, Florida; Forts
St. Phillips and Jackson, Louisiana;
Fort Point, Galveston, Texas.
Fort Caswell Ready for Business,
Battery I, Second Artillery, which
reaohed Fort Caswell last Saturday, is
now fully prepared for serious work.
The position commands at short range
the water approaches to Wilmington,
and is one of the strongest on the coast.
Though already well fortified, two ad
ditional ten inch guns will soon be in
position .
The Maine's Dead Number 266.
Chabiain Chidwick has completed his
mortuary report, which shows that 357
men and 2 officers perished in the
catastrophe, 6 succumbed to their in
juries in the Sauambros Hospital in
Havana, one died on the Spanish trans
port Colon; 171 bodies have been re
covered from the wreck, of which 61
have been identified. 160 have been
buried in Colon cemetery and 11 at
Key West. This is the official report,
made public, after careful correction,
for the first time. It is probable that
many more identifications will be es
tablished when the enlistment records
are compared with the notes in Chap
lain Chidwick's possession of marks on
the corpses.
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Hanged on the Way to Jail.
In Dallas county, Alabama, Sam El
lis, a negro, confessed in a justice's
court of attempting to assassinate H. A
Hardy, who was shot while in his store
in October. The court ordered the ne
gro to jail, but a mob took the prisoner
to the woods and hanged him to a limb.
His body was found and cut down.
Probably Killed by Moonshiners.
W. O. Thompson, a white farmer,
was iouna murdered in the woods.
three miles from his home, near Syla-
cauga, Ala. lie had given testimony
against the illicit distillers of his section
and it is eensrally believed that thev
murdered him, as he had been sum
moned as a witness in other cases
against them.
Kill in- of Postmaster ilaker.
After five weeks of consideration the
coroner's jury at Lake Citv. S. C.
found that Postmaster Baker and child
came to their deaths by gunshot wounds
in the hands of persons unknown to the
jury. The reward of $1,500 for each
conviction, offered by the government,
is said to be the largest of the kind on
record, and as the State also offered
$500, it is probable that the detectives
are holding their evidence until the
coroner's jury had disposed of the case.
Big Swindle in Time Checks.
Information has reached tae govern
ment, through a number of banks at
St. Paul, Minn. , that during the past
year and more, these and other nearby
Danks have been made the victims of
colossal frauds through the suspected
collusion of government clerks connect
eu wim me commission navinsr in
charge the improvements on the upper
cj
Mississippi river. Full details of the
affair have not yet reached the govern
ment, but the statements submitted by
the ban&s indicate that the sum of
$dU0,UUy or more has been procured
from them throush fraudulent time
ohecks for services never performed.
Lyon.Will Be Appointed.
The President has announced to mem-
l. XT T - i .
uoio ui iiio xuiva congressional aeiefa-
1' .1 1 . - -a -
iion tnai ne naa decided to appoint
Judson Lyons,-the negro Republican
national committeeman from Georgia
to be Register of the Treasury, to suc
ceed the late u. Ji. .Bruce.
Spain and Cuba.
An extensive exploration of the
geological and topographical features
of Alaska will be made by the Geologi
cal Survey. ' ;
THE
FATEFUL
REPOR
How President McKinley Will Pro
ceed When He Receives its "
WiLL Bt SENT TO CONGRESS
And d Coiy Will Be Laid Before the
Spanish dovernmeht"Wr Prepa
rations Still Active.
The latest news from Washington
says the procedure in connection with
the submission of the report of. Maine
court of inquiry by the President to
Congress is now clearly outlined, and a
cabinet officer has explainsd tha
general line Gf actien at present in
tended to be pursued iipon teeeipt of
the report, which is expectad to reach
Washington on the 24th. A copy of it
will be laid before the Spanish govern
ment very early, and as soon as can be
consistently done, the report will be
sect to Congress and made public at
the same time. 'The report to Congress
will be accompanied by a message from
the President statihsc that after receiving
the report the conclusions were laid be
fore the Spanish government and ap
propriate action from that quarter ask
ed. It is stated positively that no
part of the report, and no intimation
of the findings, has reached the execu
tive authorities in Washington as yet.
At the same time it is a noticeable
fact that the current of official opinion
is beginning to follow that ef the un
official opinion, expressed so positively
and persistently at Havana and Key
West; that the cause of the ex plosion
as external. Officials high in the
administration state that while these
were wholly without exact information
as to the findings of the court of
inquiry, they found themselves shar
ing in the apparently intangible con
viction that the cause of the ex
plosion was not accidental; Opinion
expressed by the Maine survivors who
reached here on the 19th, doubtless has
contributed largely to this view in offi
cial circles. In this connection it is
understood that one of the officers who
arrived on that day stated, not as an
opinion, but as his personal observa
tion on the night of the disaster, that
there were two distinct explosions. The
tendency of this is to Support the the
ory of external cause, as this is based
on the idea that the first external ex
plosion was followed by a second inter
nal explosion.
Intense interest in the report was
manifested on the 21st at the White
House and at the War, State and Navy
Departments. The President received a
number of congressional leaders,
among them being Speaker Beed and
Chairmad Hitt, of the House committee
on foreign affairs. The visit of Mr.
Beed naturally attracted much atten
tion, as he seldom leaves the congres
sional sphere to make calls on the exec
utive branehi ana it Was naturally in
ferred that the purpose of hi3 visit was
to confer upon the Cuban situation and
its future before Congress, though
neither he nor Mr. Hitt was commu
nicative. becretary jiong also haa an
extended conference with the Presi
dent, but so far as could be learned it
developed nothing additional relating
to the Spanish question.
The army and navy preparations are
continuing without interruption al-
tnougn iney nave now become so reg
ular as to lapse into routine on a
gigantic scale. No further purchases
of warships ud to this data have been
Concluded dnd the negotiations are not
assuming a promising aspect, except in
showing that the United States can
command the market as against Spain.
EMERGENCY CONTRACTS.
The Navy Department Buys Supplies
of Pork, Beef, Flour, Etc.
It has been announced oa the pro
duce exchange at New York, that the
IaVy Department had entered into
emergency contracts for 1,000 half-
barrels of pork and 1,000 half-barrels of
sait oeer. xnese contracts were in
addition to the contracts for regular
supplies for the Department, and the
terms were that the pork and beef
should be delivered at once.
The chief supplies are salt pork,
bacon, lard, cod nsh, flour and beans
Wm. B. Craigin, of Armour & Co. ,
said that the latest contract he knew of
was one made last week to supply the
DpaniBn. witn i,oyu,uuu pounds o
bacon.
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The Naval Appropriation Bill.
The House committee on naval af
iairs nave completed the naval appro
priation bill, and it will be reported to
the House right away. While the foot
ings of tha various items were not com
pleted when the committee adjourned,
the bill is roughly, calculated as carry
ing between $36,000,000 and $37,000,000
of which $3,000,000 will be expended on
this year s work on the three new bat
tleships, six torpedo boats and six tor
pedo boat destroyers.
Time of Inaugural Changed.
The United States Senate committee
on privileges and elections have au
thorized a favorable report to an amend
ment to the constitution introduced by
Senator Hoar changing the time of year
for the expiration of the terms of the
President, Vice-President, Senators
and Representatives in Congress from
March 4th until the last Wednesday in
April, to take effect in 1901. The ob
ject is to avoid the harsh weather of
March for the ceremonies.
Unconstitutional.
The Missouri State Supreme Court
decided the inheritance tax law, enact
ed for the benefit of the State Universi
ty unconstitutional.
Mania for Murder.
In Appomattox county, Virginia,
Emmett Marshall, son of the late Doug
lass Marshall, shot and instantly killed
his brother's wife, Mrs. W. B. Mar
shall. He then fired at his brother,
Ttj-kTi crl anil tvn nniTir Vv - ,
o ' r j in the arm
and attempted to shoot his other
brother, the husband of the lady he had
shot. Emmett used a double-barrllpd
gun and is demented. He was taken to
jail at Appomattox and tried to commit
suicide by running his head against a
snarp euge in a sieei ceil.
Names of the New Ships.
r-, 1 T 1
secretary uong naa issued an order
that the Amazonas, the cruiser recently
purchased at JNew castle-On-Tyne,
from the .Brazilian government l,
r i i ii i ii - ' tr
ailer snau uear me name oi New Or
1 ' IV . J1
leans, in nonor oi ine principal city of
Louisiana. The cruiser Abronall has
L - . 1 a. 1 - AY T -
ueen renamed me Aioany, m honor rf
ine capital oi me .empire state.
Exports of Domestic Merchandise
The exports of domestio merchandise
in February amounted to $93,312 674 a
tjaiuuvet-cuiuurji, io, oiaDoutSlo
500,000. - '
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Proceedings of Both the Senate and
House Day By Bay.
. THE SENATE.
GSdDa Business in the legislative
Session of the Senate was confined td
the passSge' of a few bills" largely of a
local character. The natiea quarantine
bill was not considered. When the
Senate convened Davis; of Minnesota,
chairman of the Committee on foreign
relations, reported a resolution td prsr
yide for annexing the Hawaiian island
to the United States. The resolution
was read by tho titls only, and placed
on the calendar. - .
63r Day. In the Senate, Mallory, of
Florida, delivered an extended speech
in opposition to the national quaran
tine bill. He held strongly that the
national government ought not to
trench upon the limits of the constitu
tion by invading the rights of the
States to establish their own quaran
tine regulations. He advocated
strengthening - the national maritime
Quarantine. Bsccm; of Goria, maih
faihed that the matter of qiiararitifije'
was not a sectional question, all parts'
b.f the United States being liable to epi
demics. ' 'I favor, " said he, "all the aid
the government can give in the preven
tion of epidemics and the stamping out?
bf disease, but I do hot favor a regula
tion which will deny a State or com
munity the right to protect itself cj
quarantine regulations. Previous to
this, Mr. Butler, of North Carolina,
made a' few remarks in denunciation of
the Torrey bankruptcy measure. At
4:50, on motion of Frye, of Maine, the
Senate went into executive session,
and at 5 o'clock p. m, adjourned until
Mondav.
64th Day. No business of general
importance was transacted by the Sen
ate and quite unexpectedly an adjourn
ment was taken before 2 o'clock. A
batch of bills frdm the general calen
dar was passed, but aside from that only"
routine business was accomplished. Ba
con, of Georgia, introduced an amend
ment which he announced he would of
fer to the resolution providing for the
annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to
the United. States. .The amendment
provides that ,the resolution shdll hot be
effective until the question of annexa
tion shall have been submitted td the;
qualified electors of Hawaii, and passed
upon affirmatively by them. The
amendment is the same which Bacon
offered to the Hawaiian treaty and
which is still pending.
65th Dat. In the Senate Caffrev, of
Louisiana, in a speech in support of
the National quarantine bill, stated
that he wanted the whole power placed
in - the hands of the government
Foraker, of Ohio, presented the cre
dentials of his colleague, Eahna, foi
for the term as united States. Sssntor,
covering six years from March 4; 1899.
The credentials were read and ordered
filed.
THE HOUSE.
G8th Day. The rumor that thePresi
dent fixed a day for Congress to ad
journ hasn't any foundation, as he haa
not decided to hx a date for adjourn
ment by a certain day. The postoffice
appropriation bill,, which was techni
cally the stibject before the House,
was almost lost track of iii the debate
as on yesterday numerous topics were
discussed, but for the first time
the Cuban-Spanish question, which
had been kept in the back ground here-
toiore, forged to the front. The sub
jeet of Hawaiian annexation also came
m for much attention today.
69th Day. No political questions
were discussed in the House. The
whole session was devoted strictly to
the Dostoffice appropriation bill.' which
was taken up for amendment under the
five minute rule. The question which
consumed the major portion ef the time
related to the allowance of clerk hire at
postoffices and to rural free delivery.
The House increased the allowance for
rural free delivery from $150,000 to
$300,000 and defeated the proposition
for increased clerk hire. The amend
ment to increase the appropriation for
rural delivery was offered by Stokes,
Democrat.
70th Day; The House spent another
day cn the pbstoffice appropriation bill,
but only disposed of two pages of it.
Most of the day was devoted to a debate
on the merits of the pneumatic tube mail
service in New York, Boston and Phila
delphia, and the advisability of con
tinuing the existing contracts. An ef
fort to strike out the appropriation of
$225, 000 was defeated, but the opponents
of the apropriation succeeded in secur
ing an amendment providing that no
additional contracts should be made.
An amendment was adopted making it
a misdemeanor for any person to "pad"
the mail3 during the period when the.v
are being weighed to determine the
compensation to be paid to the railroads
for their transportation. The amend
ment was recommended by the Depart
ment. The conference report on the
agricultural appropriation bill was
agreed to.
71 st Day. The House passed the
postoffice appropriation bill, which has
been under discussion for three days.
The main points of attack were the ap
propriations of $30,000,000 for railroad
transportation of mails, and $171,000
for special facilities between New York
and New Orleans, and $25,WV lor spe
cial facilities from Kansas City to New
ton, Kansas. These items annually at
tract more or less of a contest. This
vear the opposition seemed to be less
intent. All efforts to reduce the ap
propriation for railroad transportaion
signally failed and the vote on the
Southern mail subsidy was 77 to 98
against striking out.
72srr Day. The House unanimously
passed a bill for the relief of the sur
vivors and victims of the Maine
disaster. The bill reimburses the
surviving officers and men for the
losses they sustained to an amount
not to exceed a year's sea pay, and
directs the payment of ''a sum equal to
a year's pay to the .'e.al heirs of those
who perished. There was quite a
spirited debate over an amendment
submitted by Mr. Cannon to give" the
survivors each a year's pay out of hand
instead of attempting to reimburse
them for actual losses. Cannon and
Boutelle having a particularly warm
passage at arms. Some old alleged
scandals in connection with the reim
bursement of the survivors. of the
Samoan disaster were raked in, but the
debate in the end was saved from a
rather sordid tone by a beautiful tribute
paid to the gallant dead by Cousins, of
lowa, in a snort out eloquent speech,
At 5 o'clock the House took a recess
until 8 o'clock, the evening session be
ing devoted to the consideration of pri
vate pension bills.
73d Day. The naval appropriation
bill was reported to the House, but as
it had not been printed, the contested
election case of Thorpe vs. Epes, from
the fourth Virginia district, was taken
up. The prevailing impression is that
Lpes, the sitting member, will be un
seated, as upon the decision in this case
will largely depend the decision in the
two other Virginia cases, , in which
practically the same questions are in
volved. Epes had 2,621 plurality on
the face of the returns. Extensive
frauds were charged, and the majority
of the committee found that Thorpe
should have received 307 plurality, and
upon tneir finding recommend that he
be seated. The naval appropriation
bill, as reported to the' House today,
carries a total of $35,683,058, an in-,
crease over last year of $3,764,432, and
over the current estimate of $2,514,824,
Evwybody interested in seeing the
latest developments in high-grade
wheels should fiend a postal to the John
P. Lovell Company, Boston, Mass.,-for
their new catalogue. It contain val
uSblS information.
JURISDICTION
Major Wilson Loses His Case Before
the U. S. Supreme Court.
CALDWELL'S CASE DISMISSED.
The Governor's Right to Remove
Members of the R. R. Commission
Sustained by the Decision.
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A special from Washington", of the
21st; to the Charlotte Observer says
that in the Unitsd States Supreme
Court today the case of J. W. Wilson,
vs. the State of North Carolina, in re
lation to L. O. CSldwell was dismissed
on the ground that the court rr as with
out jurisdiction. The case involves
the right ef the Governor of North
Carolina to remove" members of the
Railroad Commission from office un
der the State law of 1891, and this
right was sustained by today's decision.
Mr. AVilson was formerly chair
man ef the railroad commission
and was aummarily removed on
the , ground that he was a railroad
stockholder; contrary to law, and L.C.
Caldwell appointed iii his stsacl. Mr.
Wilson refused to vacate and Mr. Cald
well began a quo warranto proceeding
against him to test the title to the of
fice. The State courts decided against
Wilsoif 6 contention, and this view was
practically sustained by the decision
tendered today, holding the United
StatSs coutt to be without gurisdiction:
Justice Peckham, in deciding the case,
Baid that as the office was exclusively
a State office, the United States Court
had to deal only with the question
whether Mr. Wilson was deprived of
any right guaranteed by him by the
Federal constitution. He had not been
so deprived, and accordingly the court
was without jurisdiction." The case
also involved a proceeding on motion
of Mr. Wilson to punish Mr. Caldwell
for contempt in proceeding upon the
judgraeni of the State court, while the
case was pending in the United States
Court. This was also dismissed, be
cause it apr eared that Caldwell was ig
norant of the fact that the court had
taken cognizance of the contempt pro
ceeding. North Carolina's Woods.
The lumber resources of North Caro
lina are very great after two hundred
years of cutting and claying. There
is riot only a vast amount cf lumber
left, for the virgin forests are spread
all over the' State in hundreds of thou
sands of acres, but the value and va
riety of woods are remarkably good.
The other day we were looking at some
of the beautiful polished native woods
in the North Carolina Exposition Car,
when Mr. Moore, the polite manager,
told us that there were 108 of the speci
mens of the finer woods, some of which
are of unsurpassed fineness and ele
gance. We recall what our friend, the
late Professor W. C. Kerr. StalD geolo
gist, told us, that specimens of North
Carolina woods he took with him to
the Vienha exposition, attracted most
marked attention and elicited a great
many inquiries. This was, we think,
more than twenty years ago, but we
are not sure whether it was Vienna or
Berlin. Wilmington Messenger,
Eastern Carolina Industries.
At the University a few days ago
State Geologist Holmes gave the first
of four lectures on the resources of the
State. He spoke on the resources of
Eastern North Carolina. He Baid one
peculiar industry, the catch and culti
vation of terrapins and turtles for the
market amounts to $19,000 annually.
The clam catch to $32,000; oysters 16, -000;
while the fishing industry runs up
to $1,800,000, employing 12,000 persons
and 3, 800 boats. Trucking amounted to
from three to six millions annually and
the lumber industry to $5,000,000. The
value of all farm productions of the
State in '97 was fifty-one millions, while
half of this or $2o,000,000 was in East
ern North Carolina. The value of live
stock for Eastern North Carolina is $8,
000,000. Tar Drippings.
The Guilford Lumber Company will
move its plant from Asheboro to Troy.
Several cars of dynamite, gun cotton
and other war munitions have arrived
at Fort Caswell.
In New Hope township, Chatham
county, are two mules whose combined
aged 67 one being 34 and the other'33
y6ftrs old.
The Eastern Truckers Association re
ports on strawberries that' shipments
will begin April 10 ana that the crop
will be enormous. Berries are turning
red.
The Newborn Journal reports that
two negro women were drowned at Pol
locksville recently. This makes four
negro women drowned off the same foot
way in fifteen months.
Lumberton has sent $223.75 to the
Cuban sufferers.
Last week was the biggest week in
the history of the Winston tocacco
market. Over one million pounds of
leaf were sold for nearly one hundred
thousad dollars.
A white convict, aged 55 years, ar
rived at the penitent'arv a few days
since from Wilkes county. It turns out
that it is his second term and that he
was one of the first convicts who en
tered the penitentiary when it was open
ed in 1870.
Foreign Affairs.
The Czar has authorized an ad
ditional expenditure of 3,000,000
roubles annually for six years for th
Russian navy.
Chinese officials are said to be in a
conspiracy to overthrow the Manchu
dynasty and offset European control.
Americans have been invited to join
in an English millanial celebration
of King Alfred, the Great, who died
in 901.
It is believed in London that Lord
Salisbury will remain premier, but that
a reconstruction of the British cabinet
ia probable.
General "Pando, the Spanish com
mander in Eastern Cuba, is seeking a
conference with insurgent leaders to in
duce then to accept autonomy.
Young Edison says he has discovered
a "photograph of thought,
newspaper?
Is it a Ooa
An App-opriatoTo7o,OOOif &'
mended fets Esta5l,
A special tothe Charlotte (T
Observer from Wasuingtoa ,." !
Senate committee 0tT a
will recommend an ag;
$25,000 for a fish eulture 6l
eastern North Carolina, the start
be stocked with shad, black !ln5
v..
to eeertse this appropriaij001:
recommendation of the Seaat 4
mittee has the endorsement!'
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Senator Butler is endeaTorino 1
cxirS an appropriation of $5oqq
the enlargement and improvem'
the public bKilding at Green?
priations
pri&tion.
has approved f
A Bobbing Wind.
A efiriotts instance of the effect
he shape of the ground upon the
lowing over it was recently notfj
U. Bstut as he was experimenting , ,
kites in France. When a north v
Joated the kite the latter kept it5fi
afics easily, but when the wind (Sfv
Erom the south or southeast the
pitched and bobbed in a very irre:
Kanner. The explanation was fun f
ed by" th? character of the surface - 'r
which the wind had passed. Cot!
from the north it had a plain o
t9 blow over, but coming from &
south and southeast it pac-sc-i
n
broken hills, which set it into
lire
'ar puffs and undulations.
A Virginia states ican fj?a introdu-i'
a bill to prohibit flirting. best rl'
to accomplish this reform wou'lfl ip
repeal the laws of nature.
To AtHnta, Charlotte, Ausrusta. AthW
Wilmington. New Orleans, ChattanooH
Nashvillo and New York, Boston, Philad.,
phia, Washington, Norfolk and Richmond. 1
Schedule in effect January 25, 1893.
SOUTHBOUKD.
No. 403.
New YorkPcnn. Rvll 00am
Philadelphia " 1 12pm
Baltimore. " 3 15pm
Washington " 4 40pin
Richmond A. C. L. 8 56pm
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" Portsmouth " 8 45pm 9 20a
Lv. Weldon " 11 28pm U 55a;;
Ar. Henderson " 12 56am 1 S9F
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Lv. Durham " OOpm til 10a:
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Ar. Wilmington " 12 30pm
Lv Southern Pines " 12 Ham 9 20aa
"KaleMi " 2 16am llo5am
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Ar. Durham " t7 32am f 3 60pm
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Ar. Weldon. " 4 55am
Eichmond A. C.L. 8 20:im
" Wash'tonPenn.lly. 12 31pm
" Baltimore " 1 46pm
" Philadelphia " 3 50pm
Ar. New York " 6 23pm
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3 50am
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Portsmouth S- A. L. 7 30am
Norfolk " 7 50am
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