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M lf t For the benefit of the pub bc school? in the State; provides that .voter? .shall fsh'O'iv their tax receipts I ,i-:fore tlie: eaii vote, and by this" means Ti.'C-i ca r-" the. c.iiooi i mid;. . ) Pohildting Hhe sale or iifirilinon ( -in facta r.e of liquor and sale of eigar- in thf- State: , ; !';,-'j1,irtisf'ii To regulate the hours of Jiffxii ill fvlories. " ' . ; .. . . . "ItfiTlins-. -T' regulate, the sale, of eon-r-a!cd weapons. . bfnKey Tx amend feetfoh -2156 of-fod-e, relating to 'probating wills; to uicnd Tlif Code in relation to ten nls IpJamend The Code; in rela iiojf to I'eijsbns.bringing suits who are jvt rJle to i giye bond. ' S'b e- 'To define public schools and increase their terinsV i . ' y.-Vard tM'h ''Tb ' arry .into effect the et u eat i ?n ab:prbvision s of the constitu f ion; provides-that the commissioners ( i each fointy shall levy a 'sufficient tax' :ih tle '.j.ropcrty and polls of the eounty t-i n,r'iiitain a iiublu; Fchool i in seach c'hocil Utrict four months. t: Dill to extend the time for the. collec-' lion of taxes iin Asheyille passed; also iiiil to amWnd tho charter of the Caio liijtf Mutual, Fire- Insuranc'e Company. -.; 'Diiji e was diseuKsion of a bill to reg: nlfite tl;c robfitc of fees on crop Jiens. P.'i oriu'iiial bill applies to. Cleveland, but iiriH-ii'liiifiit's were offered including ("tj ?ti. FraakHn, Chatham and Meck h'iibu.rg These were adopted and. the bill .I'jWed. If allows the clerk of the ( ni t or probate, judge 1.0' cents and the .tfiihter ( deeds 20 cents for probating, aiul registering crop liens. . . 1 Trf.snAY.r4 Senate. wacalled to order bV ; I.ieutenant-Goveriior Ivcynolds." Aiirorig thepils and resolutions intro . flm-iyl were: . - ) !y -uhanimous consent '..reeotution o - oto v.-'as placed on the calendar, 'fhis resolution; is to elicit information Am-: the itett'er information of railroad t tM f in the State; "giyes the Gov i '- -n 'l t he 'right to call oh ail railroad express, Steamboat and telegraph com- -vatiies sorns; to appertain all those ofll- 'ver.s who receive over 2,500 per annum 'as salary r ' ; ' . . Move -Jiiil to amend section 223 of I 'het.'ode Tn relation to the pay of clerks ; n ud eiri i 1 nryees of the ii eneral A esembly; bi '.'vides that the auditor may require a rV.vtii'icatc from the proper oflicers that the worls his 1eeii faithfully performed bytsaid employes. x " . IJanlisoii V,jU to prohibit the sale, of mniioral and oliht-ene literature in t he State. . ..',:. ; ' Ifsrifison. Bill to protect the people of the State from fever.s, etc in second-hand cltihing; rJ&o to prohibit the f-a ! e o t Yh or .ii n 1 e s s und er po 1 ice su per- Vlf-ion. : ; . ; - : ' ' tlark -Bill to authorize mayors of ; t.jv;is:and cities to solemnize the mar- l&gC cerciiir.ny. ; ' : - . .v I rr-on li1l to increase the public .M-v fuiiiV. from fees in ' ;eretry of -''ta' ti's otHce. v If ardison Bill to increase' the public H'hnr.l fund in the Stated .. . . TIic -morning hour having expired, ihe."f!pf-eial ortler pet- for today was 1"k'e"u..irp,' tlie bill to repeal chapter. 303, J'-bnvs of locating the lines between ..iLafliKe and "(Tjatham counties. The ,V4!l.tricniiles the running of new lines 1 giiining .at (he . Nattie Xewlin place, i liuniiifT west to Eandolph county and east to. Haw river, which would give back -to ( 'h.-itlmm' lniiil tnkpn f roro her and gi en to Alaiiiauce in 180."). Af ter considerable discuseion for and aaiust the btll a substitute' was. offered apd passed second reading. - VVtoNEDAV. '--- Senate met at 10 o i-lorki, J ieufenant-Governor Reynolds lresi.iig: The following petition.' was presented: ' . " - 4i:., ' iVr!" (by request ) a 'petition h mil the emoloves of the Victor Cotton - Mills, of Chat lot fe, for regulating thV hnuis of labor; .This provides It hours n? a day's work. , - - ' : Among the bills introduced wero: " .uexumuu- Hy reqitt st) Bill to pro -vut;. iorjiie erection ot a building tor ih doaf and ditnib at Morganton. . Mr. Maul tsby Bill for the relief of I'avia V. Towell, treasurer of.Qolwm . bus county, and his sureties. ' -t : Mr.', i'erson Bill to prevent discrimi'( Efttton in passenger accommodations. .idaxwell Jiill-to provide for divorces m certain, cases of 'females .under 18 years of age; also to amend chapter 45, private laws of 1804. , , The bill o repeal chapter 303, laws of 18! (the Alamance and Chatham boun-' "ary h.ne) passed to a third reading. : - To fix the" time frtr. thamrnlitif'nHrm of justices :f the peace;: pn the term of office shall begin roYides that they qualify. 4 Passed-' second iind third 'in ns snnn ns readings: . J '' - '-: ' ... . ;,.To authorize the commissioners of l.ebespii county to lew a. special tax to j ay the' present floating debt of the founty. .passed second and third read pigs, . ; - . to pay registers of. deed of the sev eral counties 30 cents for each copy sheet f '100 words for recording, elec tiori returns. , Passed "second and third ifiirlinos. - " ; - .: '. to elicit information for the better Jfgulatiou of railroad charges. This resolution requests the Governor to call ton all railroad, steamboat, express and telegraph companies and ascertain alb the-: officers that are paid; more than? $?, 500 per annum. The object is tore duce passenger 'and freiget rates. This bill was re-referred. - . To provide that any note, . bond, bill, mortgage, or any private obligation may be paid and discharged in any kind of money at its face ' value at the time of maturity ; reported adversely by com mittee. Several Senators too"k grounds 111 favor of the bill and several Against it, but it was finally passed. rHt nsDAY. Senate was called to or- der at 11 o'clock, Tieutcnant-Governor Beynolds pre'siding. ' Among the new measures were: 'cales-ToAstablij5h and incorporate the oi th Carolina Veterinarv Associa tion and to regulate the practice of medicine; also to regulate the sale of fertilizers in the State. V Whidbec To amend see. 12S of The Code, relating to divorces. Thin bill provides' that the party who derires ft divorce. must be a resident of the State for jseveri; years-."-. before applying for eamei ; V , 1 ;- - : Shftw-4rp extend the , time for or ganizing banks in Maxton. v ' Alexander (by request) Bill in re gard to bicyelos and baggage, on rail roads.' f . . - ,.. ,.:,'.' Follbwiiig bills passed third reading: To allow.the commissioners of Kobeson to levj' special tax; to extend the stock law in V ay ne county. 4 . . Bills on reco'nd reading: To exempt undertakers who are funeral directors from jury duty; passed second and third readings. To protect iron bridges in '-Macon ; county; passed second and third readings. To pav special venires in capital cases $1 per day and no mile age. By amendment the following counties were-' exempted from the bill: Bockingham, Du;r Irani, Franklin, Cleve land; Ahe,1 Alleghany, Watauga, Dup lin, Clay, Cherokee, Graham and Piich mon.d. To amerid chapter 2C3, private Jaws of 1891, relating to the students at Trinity Callegeil Heretofore this act gavf tho studenis some-power in. the the government pf the institution; the amendment strikesmt this part of the act. : i 2&te Tl4e Calendar: Bilrrelating to' corpor To amend sectiohs 1109 atf ons ; tabled. and. 1200 of The Code, relating to chal lenging of juror??:! tabled. To enforce ordinances in tojvhs and cities; tabled. To establish a scale of fees for, registers of deeds in North Carolina; tabletl. Bill in relation to, . sale of farm products ta bled. ; To provide" for the 'probate of willsin certain' jcases. This bill pro vides a statute !of limitation, Mr. Just-ice offered the following amendment: ''Provided that this act shall, not oper ate to prevent persons under disabilities trom applying. to prove a will in com-. mon i live -years after disability is ro T6 rjro'ide f or the tro- moved;" tabled. bate of will's. This bill allows a'person to make a will befdre death and have it probated; tabled. To prevent discrim-;' ination against i different kinds of-mon-' ey ? tabled. To authorize county com missioners to appoint time and place for sale of property; under process of law; tabled. To pension all ex slaves who did service m the Confederacy. This biH appropriates $5 per month. Mir. McCarthy moved to table. Mr. Person demanded a roll call, which -was bus- Kained. Bill tabled ayes .84. noes ll. To ropeal section 3433 of the code and .all amendments.! This bill prevents the directors or manager of the peniten tiary from hiring out convicts in com petition with free labor. On motion to' table Mr. Person' demanded the roll call. Sustained! tfyes 3G, noes 10. . To amend section 503 of the code, relating- IU UViUCOlt UV.IO j LttUiUL. J.U HlttAO Will" ness tickets negotiable; tabled. To de fine the public school law -and extend the time of teaching; tabled. To in crease the public school funds; tabled. At the night isession the following w;as accomplished: To -incorporate Hamlet; to authorize McDowell county to levy a special tax to pay for jail. Passed "second ajid third reading: . To facilitate the trial of civil actions. This bill makes return' term trial term also; also provides that when served complaint is also summons' is delivered to party.. .. ' ' !;-.-' . FruDAf? Senate met at 11 o'chock. Among the petitions offered were: . Clark --From the citizens of Littleton agamst'a dispensary Jaw. ' 4 Scales From i citizens fof G-uilford county against the l0Vhour law; Alexander To. work convicts on the public roads. : 1 . - Barker From ritiens of Alexander county, aiiking the General Assembly not-to ma.ivtt any more appioiriations to State institutions, and to make-no? ap propriations fof a reformatory unless" vote"b" for by the people of the State. ,: Among the. bills anil resolutions in troduced were: t , ; . 44 Ilenderson A bill to amend section 17o4 of the Code", relating to the enant. act. . ' .-!"' 4 ' ' ' 4. -if ' .Xewsom A bill to amend the insur ance laws of the State. 4 : . Justice A bill relating to tho.clerk of the Superior Coui.t of llutherford county. . ,; 4 '4 l tley--Bill for the protection of edu cational and other interests' in :Xorth Carolina. ' 4'v:. Abell Bill regulating the duties of clerks, of courts in regard to books fur- nished by the State. 4 . ; , Clark r A bill prohibiting certain games of chance. 4.- Justice Bill authorizing the commis sioners of , Rutherford county t.o levy special tax. . 1 i . Among the bills. on the third reading were: . .'.' . ;i';- , -:' : To allow Caldwell countj' to levy special tax and to bnild-a "jail;-; to incor porate Hamlet; - Richmond, county. Passed.- . -" To?allow the commissioners of Rich mond county to levy a special tax. Pifssed. 4 ' -4 . Tb allow . thei 'eommissioners of c Dbw,ell county to levy a special ttfx. Pasred. '....-. ' 4 ' , '- ' . To allow the commissioners of Mont- gomery county' fto lew a special tax Passed. . ! 4 ; et To. allow the fauga 'county Passed." eommissionefs of Wa to", levy a special tax. ; Bills pn second reading: .': -. to restore fhb office of treasurer bf McDowell and. to authorize the Gov ernor to appoint a treasurer until the election. Passed; second - and third, reading. To iextend the time of hold ing) the February term of Guilford court. , . :. ' ;- A message 4 was received from the Governor relating to the offer of the Seaboard Air Line to lease' the. North Carolina railroad, and at 1:11) the Sen ate went . into .executive session i and Governor Russell addrfessed thoLegis- the North 'Carolina Railroad. - lie cnargea tne president ana airectors 01. that company with freezing, but' the Seaboard-Air Line by refusingio con sider the bffeA made, for the) road . by President Hoffman, The message was the feature of the day's proceedings. Saturday. Senate met at 11 o'clock." Lieut. -Governor Reynolds-presiding. . A petition was presentel ty, the N o rnen's Christian Temperance Union for the establishment of a' reformat ory.' The petition was signed by about 1,000 prominent woment in all sections of the State.- , . .. 4 . f Among the many new billintroduc- exl was one by hardison to protect. and encourage sheep-raking in the State. The Edgecombe county road law was taken up and discussed. - This bill pro vides that no person living in to'wna shall pay a road tax, but to be taxed for tlie improvement of streets in the cor porate limits of a town. Person sfoke to his billjMoj-e opposed the bill as did also Alexa.nder, saying that his county Mecklenburg had the best roads of any'county in the State, and they were improved by taxation; that he would vote against any measure opposing good roads. Finally it wasseenthat the op position was so - great the bill failed to pass by the ' following . vote : Ayes 1, noes 32. The calendar was then taken up and the following passed second and third readings: , To incorporate the People's Beneyo lent and Relief Association of North Carolina. .;" . . For the relief- of the sheriffs and tax- collectors in the State. This bill gives the sheriffs and tax-collectors of each county in the State the power to collect back taxes from. 1889 up to.,and includ ing 1890, excepting a few counties which were exempted. To amend section 2.02 of the code. This bill prohibits ajiy person, persons or iorioration being npn-residents of the! State, from catching fish - by nets or otherwise, in any -waters of the State, without first obtaining a license from the Treasurer of the State, said license to be $2, 500 per annum. vThe violation of this act is a- misdemeanor and pun ishable by a fine of $100 or six months imprisonment, or both, . in the discre tion of the court, the fines and license fees to go to the pxiblie school iund. Resolution for the appointnient of a special committee to prepare a bilLjfix ing salaries and fees: ' i . HOUSE. Monday. -House met at 3:30. Among the bills introduced were the following: Cox' To allow defendants in actions to plea'd the statute of limitation; to make it the duty of Superior Court clerks upon petition of 200 fre6-holders that county "commissioners are improp erly managing affairs, to appoint two others. . '. EnslejT To pTbmote marriage in the State. Declaring ,all unmarried men aged 24 bachelorsj who shall be taxed .?lf for the first pear of bacnelornood and the tax to bCdoubled each succeed ing year of bachelorhood, tho tax to go to tho school fun3 Cox To give.fhe Oovernor and not the Legislature the appointment of State Librarian. 4- Cox To fine defeate.dcandidatesfor office:who fail to file statement of elec tion expenses $00.-' - -Cox To fine cotton Alighers $5 who mak-e errors in weighingcotton; ) Crews (Rep.) --Instructing. Senators find Representatives in Congress to se cure the repeal of theeivil service law. declaring the latter unnecessary and contrary to tho; spirit of our institu tions. ' Abevnethy To appropriate $100,000 annually from, the public fund for the common schools, to be divided pro rata among the counties so as to equal ize as far as possible the j school term3 of the respective counties. - Lusk To give all notaries public, "justices of the peace, clerks of Superior and Inferior Courts power to take ac knowledgments and take the privy ex amination of married women Alexander To make it a misdemean or by intoxicated persons and others to interrupt school entertainments or po litical meetings. " Alexander To repeal section 5 of the county government law and construe the law to mean that a majority of any of the present boards of county commis-'; sioners shall have full power to act on all matters coming before these boards ;without the concurrence of the one member who has been appointed by the resident or presiding judge. r ' " Tuesday House met at 12 o'clock. Among the bills introduced were: ; Sutton To provide that the existence of alife estate in any land shall riot be a' bar to a salo for partition of such land. '- Dockerv To allow Richmond coun- tyTo issue bonds to pay the floating debt. 4: 4 ;Dockery To amend the charter of Laurinburg so the commissioners and officers shall be elected by the people the fiest Monday in May. Bill to -allow- Marion county to levy a special tax for: the improvement of its .public roads. passed; also one to .'allow Montgomery county to levy a special tax, and one to allow:.Cherokee to levy a special tax. '"' , . ' Bill passed amending the act creating the colored normal school at Fayette ville and frjaming new trustees and managers. - Bill to amend the law as.to registra tion of pharmacists was . taken up. II. provides thatjhe word-' "registered" be stricken out and the word "licensed" take its place. But, after considerable discussion-,' the House refused to com- f mil tho bill to the committee on health'i and it passed second and third read ings. -' Bill to amend The charter of Eden ton was taken rip and after dis cussion passed second and third read- ' ih-gs. . ' -.- :Hauser apked leave tp have the Sen ate's free silver instruction resolutions placed oii the calendar. There was in- j slant prof est. He made a motion to sus peiid' the rules. The- Democrats voted aye and the Republicans no. The mo tion to .suspend was lost. McCrai-y's assignment act bill was Tabled. . , :i Bill passed to change the corporate "limits of Thomasville. ' . 4l McCrary lodged a motion toreconsid er the vote by;which the assignment bill was tabled. '' At the night" session the following bills w;ere passed: - To incorporate Wingate High School, in Union County; to allow Swain coun ty to levy a special tax; to incorporate Whittier, Swain county; to change the date of the apportionment of school funds in. Stokes to October 1; topiit 'M. L. Tuttle, of Stokes,. on the pen sion roll; to amend the charter of Mocksville. ! 1 1 Wednesday. The House met at 10 o'clock. Bills were introduced as fol lows f 4 Price To amend the law as to elec tion of county superintendents of edix cation, so as'. to restore the same. price To allow Monroe's commis - sipners to ele.ct a tax collector; to estab lish graded scjbools at Monroe. Hare To Prevent the deslructioh of live trees by lumbermen. : . 4! Renh To protect wild animals in Chatham. Arledge--To incorporate Central In at Columbus, Polk county.. s Dixon, of Cleveland To repeal the -810 special tax on physicians. .. ' ( The assignment bill was taken up and re-committed and the judiciary com mittee will consider the bill and if it 13 not in accord with the Supreime Qourt's decision to make it so. ; A few bills passed second readings to allow different counties to build bridges, levy special tax, issue bonds, etc. ' . - . 1 - t Sutton's bill to prevent lynching by empowering the Governor to convene special courts instanter in extraordinary cases was taken up and explained, but the hour of special order having ar rived the debate ceased, fr 1 The .bill 'to- allow female notaries public was voted against by'the House.' At the night session a resolution was adopted urging Senators and Represen tatives in Congess ; to repeal the civil .service laws V ' ' ' BilKs passedjto allow Baud6Ipi coun ty to sell the county home, in order to buy another site nearer Asheboro; to make the fee for impounding stock in the stock law .districts -10 cenls instead of 50 cents in Buncombe, Hajwood, Surry, Davie, Wilkes and Madison. ; By avote of 40 to 44 t-lie House re: fused to reduce the salary I of the State librarian.; ; . TiiuksoaV. Ilouse met at 10 o'clock. Majority' and minori ty reports of the committee pn privile; izes and elections were submitted on the Mecklenburg election contest favoring Clanton case,- the majority aiid Williamson, the contestants, and the minorit-v favoring Xeid and Ranson, the sitting members. Bills and resolutions introduced: . - Sutton A resolution providing that the Speaker shall appoint a special com mittee bf three, to ; which, all bills rela tive to a code commis-sion shall be re ferred; also a bill creating ,a code com mission.. (The resolution was, uiuler a tuspehsfon of the rules, adopted. Smith To protect the. lives 01 per sons traveling on railroads; also for the protection of wives. 1 "' Blackburn To forbid minors from entering or loafing' in bar-rooms. Lavvhon To assist tax-collectors to', collect poll tax. -: ; Hancock To provide for and pro mote the oyster industry of North Car olina. (Ordered printed.) At the ;night session bills passed mak ing it a misdemeanor for any person, intoxicated 01 otherwise, to interrupt or disturb any school entertainment, picnic, political meeting or any lawful assembly; to change the name of Grif fmville, in Union county, to Marshville and make it a. dry town.' . Mr. Lusk said that the business of the Session was aout half done, and in or der to expedite matters he made a mo tion' that all engrossed Senate .bills which" come - over be placed on the' cal endar without reference to committee. The motion prevailed. . By leave, Mr. Cox introduced a bill to prevent the spread of disease among live stock. .' ' . Fkiday House met ,at 10 o"clock -Among tBe 'bills and Resolutions intro duced were the following: McBride To include?' Robeson in sec tion 2, chapter 202, Acts of 1881. White, of Randolph; To allow the commissioners of Randolph to select any certain clay in December and June to hold their meetings, instead of the first Monday. . Cunningham To,, allow certain be: nevolent orijers exemption frpm insur ance tax and Btiper vision. Peeters To protect deer in Mitchell and Yancey counties by making it un lawful to chase them with dogs or to hunt them between December 15 and wctooer 10.. - Dockery To change the time of holding courts in- the seventh district. Dockery Resolution that it is expe dient that some method' be 'devised for the protection of the youth of the State against the blighting .influence .of the deadlv cigarette and its trust. , : "Dockery That the ; judiciary com mittee be instructed to prepare; -and pre sent to tho Hous6 for its consideration a bill to establish a general dispensary system for the State, sbme-fcha't similar to the Waj-nesville v dispensary act, though more intelligently constructed, regarding cigarette .traffic ,and con sumption. ' f The calendar was taken up' and the following'bil Is passed: ?To establish a uniform standard of time for the State; resolution raising a committee to consider the reduction df salaries to conform with the price o farm products; to remove obstructions in Big Dutch Buffalo Creek,. Cabarrus county; to provide for the registration of land igrants in territory .which has been changed from one" county to an other. Bill to amend The 'road law so as to change the dates of meeting-of supervisors to April and - October, was tabled. ' " The Broughton-Young contest,, from Wake, was taken up fully discussed, and finally decided in favor of Young, colored. . - 1 At this juncture a special message was received from Governor Russell on the lease of the North Carolina Bail- ordered printed. Bill tb make ten hours a dav s labor in all factories employing over 5 perr sons, came iip with an unfavorable re port. Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the committee w hich heard argument on it, moved to table it. On thisiMr4pixon,cfj Green, demanded the yea's and nays. The call was not sustained. The bill went to the table- by a very large ma jority, lind the ' ' 'clincher" was ' - put upon it. ' : 4 ' ' Saturday. House niet at 10 o'clock. Bills introduced: Sutton, of Cumberland To amend the charter of Fayetteville bycreatinga police board. - . r' Ormsby To give county commission ers more time for meetings. '' - Murphy To make bastardy a misde meanor. J ' Bills passed as -follows: To leave to the people the question of the liae be tween Alamance and Chatham; to es tablish a hew township in S&rry.; ,1 . A bill to extend the stock law in. Wayne county passed second reading; The bill to pay special venireman in capital cases came over from the Scpiate, the latter body having added several counties which were objectionable to the House, McKenzie made arnotion that theTfouse refuse to concur in the amendments, and 'that a 'conference committee of three be appointed. The Speaker named MeKenzie . and Cook and Parker, of Perquimans, as the com mittee of conference. Bijls were introduced by Johnson, by request, to require all bankers'; or ,offi cets or dh ectors of - railroads aiid State banks or other corporations created or (fusfrial Institue Chartered by the Legislature to take an official oath, the State Treasurer to pre scribe the form ; of oath and send the blank forms to each officer on or before January 1st of each year to regulate the liability: of etockholders in banks chartered by the State; to make chapter 494, acts of 18U3, discretionary with tho State Treasurer instead of mandatory. The bill to establish a dispensary at Waxhaw passed after considerable ar gument. : By leave Hancock introduced a bill to aid "North Carolina's Rolling Expo sition"! by appropriating to it $2,500, the bill being accompanied by a peti tion... I : - 4. -. 4' 1 -. THE US I'll UK A :5outh Carolinian Says It Don't i Look Much Like War IN HAVANA AND VICINITY. The SolJiei?s Lioungc Arouul Hotels, a Kat Oranges and Smoke CIg'ars--No Harm to .Americans. "B. S. M." writing. from Greenville, S. (p. , under date of Jan; 29th to the Charleston News aud Courier, in an interview with Mr. Sam D. Stradley, who has recently returned from a trip to Cuba, says: 'Sam D. Stradley returned to the city yesterday afternoon, and, being approached by a reporter in regard to his trip to Cuba. 'said- that he was in Havana from Monday until Saturday. That it did not look much like war in the city, the only evidence being that a great many soldiers were lounging around and officers sitting in front of the best hotels, smoking-cigars and chatting. He said he went out about ten miles from the city in' the direction of Pinor Del Rio and saw nothing of the insurgents, although had been told that six miles from Havana he would find one of the headquarters of the xebels. But the only . thing he saw was people working in the fields Two gentlemen. who went on the trip with im took the train and went sixty miles in the cbuntrv. then rot a : convevance and rode -up the trocha for about fifteen miles,' seeing nothing but the workmen who are building this part of the trocha, which is a bank of earth and stones about five feet high and:;-wide, with a ditch on each side. Some distance from this bank are stretched barbed wire fepees. This is to keep the Cubans from running over, the country with their horses;. , 4 'Tn. regard to the death of Maceo, it is stated m Cuba by both theSpaniards and Cubans that it was not an ambush at all ; fthat he left his main force to cross the island and take charge of a new regiment. He had with him about 500 men, and met the Spaniards, 1,000 strong. Both sides were surprised, but got to work at once, and Maceo was killed at the first fire. . "Mr. Stradley says that the majority of the newspaper re'ports from Cuba are fakes. " . ' . 4 , "He also saya that he does not'be lieve that any harm will come to any citizen of the -United States or any other country who wishea'to visit Cuba; that he went all over Havana and out in the surrounding 'Country by himself, and that nobody-interfered with him or asked him any questions as to why he was there or what he was doin g. G en. . Wevler had four prisoners shot one day Hvhile he was there! "All the people in I -. 1 i , ' . ' . i .1 tne city wnere ne was are euner airaiu to say a w ord or have nothing to tell, as he could gret very little out of them as to the status of affairs, the Spaniards make all kinds of ""excuses n3 to why they. do not subdue tho rebellion, but thoy are rather lame, to say the least." New Mills in the South. . The' Textile World' publishes the fol lowing record of new textilo mills built in Hh United States last year in corn par istm with that of the three proceed ing vpars: ' - '.' 1800.M80.. 1894. 1893. Cotton....:.. (J0. .VJ; 23 52 Woolen ......... , ,31 33 17 33 Knitting HV 80 40 r3 Silk. :t7 10 11 15 Miscellaneous. . ; . . 8 -1 1 23 . 19 23 114 '207 1 198 172 Wny of the Spendthrift.' Tle comparative ' statement of the re ceipts and expenditures of the.United "States for the manth of January shows that the expenditures exceeded the re ceipts bv 85. 052, 895. The receipts were S24,310,994, and the expenditures $30,209,389. Large interest payments, amounting to 6, 764,051, swelled the deficiencjicey for the month. The ex cels of expenditures over receipts since Jul v 1st, 1 80'?, the beginning of the fiscal 4ear,4S43.8o4, 792. In January, 189!) the expenditures exceneded the re-, ceipls by $3,291, 010 , 4 Nc.irly a CVntury Old. At Washington Thesday the Anglo. Venezuelan arbitration treaty was sign ed by Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassador and Senor Jose Andrade, the Venezuelan minister, in the office of the Secretary of State, at 4:30 o'clock, iinalizing the amicable termination of a controversy that has lasted nearly. a century, as well as the resumption of diplomatic negotiations between the two countries, which had beersuspend- d for ten years. ; ll ' Indians Will Parade. 1 Agent Woodson of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian has received a letter from General Porter asking for a num ber of Chevenne and Arapahoe Indians to inarch In tbe inaugural puade at AV&shington on March 4th. A band of r reds wili be sent th the Capitol as requested. ' . .! ' " i r. - Capitol Building n.urned. The State House at Harrisburg, .Pa., was totally destroyed by fire Tuesday. Many valuable records were burfied. The Legislature was in session at tho time the fire broke out. The loss is $1, 0O;0CK and the insurance-only $200- N0R1H Wili K Paragraphs On Various Subjects Boiled Down for the Fireside. . A MUCH DESPISED MAN. Daughter of the Fire Compioy-It Was Only CliiekMi-ros--l 10 YCar .Old. .. I . MisBj Lillian Browo has been officially adopted by the State Firemen's Aspo ciation as daughter oi tho fire, com pany. She was born in Fav-'ie Id, Nr C. Her ifirst apiearance in Greens boro wasabout three and oho half years; ago, w hen she entered the FemaltrCcu-1 lege there. It! o happened that the w as assigned to play the leading role in the drama," ' 'The Freman's Heart," at the college students' annual ierform ance:' . Ai Hyacinth Bradley, the pet and "mascot" of the firemen, Brown captur ed eveiy heart , in the au dience, and ecpecially those of the lire boys. . Sbon after this, at the regular monthly meeting of the Eagle Hoso Company, Miss, Brown- was formally adopted as the firemen's daughter,- and her iame placed upon tho honorary roll of the company's membership. Already the "daughter of the com pany" boasts two medals for bravery displayed at nres, and several resolu tions have been passed and; sent to her by different bodies of citizens who owe to her plucky work many thousands of dollars. ; ' ' The Charlotte Observer's Washing ton correspondent f urnishes a very in teresting interview -with Marion Butler on the recent Senatorial fight iii; this State. Tn th'ecourseof his remarks he says distinctly that the bolters were bought and tnat Skinner is . the most despised man J in the State and has a contemptible character. L'o also say 9 that Watson's championship of Pritch ard was no surprise because he had proved that ho had preferred the eleo tion of McKinley to Bryan by voting for him. He concluded by saying that tho'Middle-cf-the-road Populists" sup ported Pritchard, and the fight , has left the Populist party in a better shape than it has ever been siiicc it was organized, especially eo in this State. The appointment of the' Very Rev. I Felix Hinlemeyer, a Benedictine monk, !.i D.i a i 1 nr 1 iijm '.. vi Deimoni, to Do .jJisnop 01 Tiini;ing t'on, Del., will bo a surprise to Catho lics, as ho was not one of tho three men whose names were sent .to Romo. He has been prior ' of the Abbey of . HK M.ry-Help at Belmont for tho past eight years, and in addition has been professor 01 theology and philosophy there, pastor bf the abbey church, , sec retary and chancellor of the vicariate apo6tollic, and one of tho Bishop's con suitors. I . ' . - The small-pox scare atrGreenfboro has not yet subsided, though it' 'is claimed that Mr. Tucket only has a well-defined and virulent case of chicks en-pox. The iBenbow House is still closed and probably will. "be for some time. It is said that the proprietor will take advantage of. thesrantino to thoroughly- renovate and improve his iiotel. No new. caseshavo been devel oped, but parties from Greensboro eay that there is quwo. a janicky feeling still prevailing among tho residents of the cityi. :- A charte-r having been granted by tho General Assemb! v of ?"orth Curul.Hia, it is announced that the capital slock has been subscribed and tfiat a company wili -be organized to 'build twenty "mUes of railroad fr.om Roar ing river, on the Wilkesboro road, to Stone mountain. . The road is to be completed this year Mr. G. Vr. Hin- &haw, of Winston, is ono of the leading spirits nehnui the enterprise, About ten days ago the Pbyear-old son of Mr. J. L. Blanton, of Ruther-' fordtou, got a- cockle lmrr lodged iu his throat, which rendered him speechless. Acting on theadvice of his phj-sician, he consulted Dr. Wakeiield, of Charlotte, and returned home with the burr in his pocket in stead of in his throat. It had lodged between the vocal chords: The proprietors of the Lutheran Col lego will hold a meeting on February 11th in Charlotte foi organization and the giving out of contracts for construc tion of buildings,- etc. The amount needed for the enterprise is '70,00,0 of 7hich Charlotte has conditionally sub scribed 313,000.. ' . , : The Charlotte National Bank opens its doorsr on Mondaj', February lft, with $125,000 caiital, and a good line of deiositors to commence with, as it really succeeds the old'house of Heath Brothers, bankers. Mr. W, H. Twitty is the cashier. ..v There is an old colored woman liv ing in Edwards township, Wilkes county, who has attained the remark'-, able age of 110'ydars. She is now busily engagel in cutting her second set. of teeth. Her name is Judith Mar tin. ,.. - The positive assertion is now male that MarEfa'a1!! Mott and 'not Chairman Holton wins the prize of United States attorneyship .of the western district, thoughTIolton's friends cay it was ios itively and absolutely promised him. ' : ' . Licenses have been -issued to twenty nine firms in Wake county to tell liquor. There are as yet only eighteen of these who have paid the county tax. .. ,, - . Fortj'three applicantafo practice law were examined by the Supreme Court at Raleigh Monday. Among the num ber were three colored. Of these forty passed,? two being colored. . . --- " . ' The Charlotte Observer's Raleigh correspondent says that Jude Nor wood is sblier and" in .that city'and will ask for another chance to redeem him self from the whiskey devil. r - t There are sixty-one ,'fire insurance companies doing bntinera in North Carolina, seven of them being IocaL .4 COMMERCIAL OVTLOOIfJ Number of Factories Starling Up Et t - - ' . ceedii TliortC Stopping. Messrs. R. G. Dun & Co., say: N important change iu business appears, . but.the number of manufacturing es tablishments starting rnuqli cxcis'ds tho number of those stopping during tho week, and so much that tlie curtail ment of working time in many cotton mills probably does not lessen ho ag gregate productive force, or amount k1 wages paid. There is a distinct in crease in orders for woolen goods, somo gain in the silk manufacture; a waiting condition, with gain in ,ono branch of boots and shoes, and indications of bet ter things coming in the iron and steel manufacture. Cotton fell - to -7 cents after the agreennnt to closo tho Fall River and other print cloth works became known, bo t 'recov ered the ouotatioii of a week ajjo, 7.31 eents. without fur?ku:r news. Spinning takings have been po small thisyeai'. those of Northern nulls about 4U0.0OU bales less than in 189 !-';).i, that th ad mitted narrowness of demand for good has at present consitlerable weight. It appears that foreign trr.de is nlo some what restricted bv rmirowncss I tic maud. Sales of wool have been euiuuor thau in other receut weeks, und yet aro far in excess of tho consumption 01 all mills for a """ek,' if all were fully-em - ploved. At the three c hief markets tuo aggregate for the week ' ha lcen 13, : SOtf, 700 pounds. There has been on ly a slight stiffening in prices, lmtmor foreign wool will bo taken and torod, it is, believed,. if Western holders con tinuo to demand higher prices. "In the money market there ap pears, no embarrassment, and the hugt sale of Northern Pacific ami Ore gou Navigation seeuritien to Kuroenn cajn talists, has giveil additional assjiran that balances due to this .country will not be cancelled for some mouths to come, so that the ixnnt of possibh gobl exports is removed still lurtlier. ran tires lor .tne weeK iiavo oeen .in in the United States, asrainst 311 Inst year, And G3 in Canada against '0 laxt year." "; . ." "?S6KliI C-AItOlblXA MICA. rrof. Holmes Secures Ono of tho Largest Blocks F.ver Discovered." A correspondent "of tho Charlotte (X, C. ) Observer, saye: , ".Stiito Geologist Holmes came dowu from tho mountains a few days ago. where ho dial been investigating tho mica industry, aul reports -having se- , ' curod for the Stato mu.eum oiib of tho largest blocks'of mica' ever djucovciO'l in that region. -The block weigh over . lRj pounds, is about S4x?("x1M inches jit size." Usually the ink a is gotten oilt in blocks from 4 to 0 and 10 inches in nizo. -One of the curious things ubout this block of mica i that it is large an the win in which it was found; where as, frequerrtly, tho vein i 10; 15 or 2( times as yido as tho blocks of niU'a foiiiid iu it - 4 . ' -r . . "The mica industry is one of tho mot , important in wc?terri North ("arolinn, , . but it has been seriously interfered with during tho last few year's -through tho importation into the United States in ' v large quantities of the. Fast India mica, w hich, is mined by the cheap East India , labor, brought to this country as bal lRst tfud sold as North Carolina mien.. North' Carolina has long produced ; much the larger part ol m mica minea 1 i:i tho United. States. ( For tho fivo years from 181 to V; inclusive, tho aggregate value of this mica was lJl V ouo, or an average of .32(i3,000 per year. : '' During this time the total value oi the mica imiK-jitcd into the -United Statca was $7H,OT0, an erago ,of $15,000 per -yehv. J'or the livT) years frfm 1$;,1 t ' IK'!"-, inclusie, tlie totnl amount ff mica produced-in the United States (Jurgcly in North- Caroliua) was only S'.Ooo, or .'!, 000 per year, while du-, rhig this timeAlio value of the mic im pbi ted was nearly -S00, 000. ictru Appi oprhites $2,000,' A resolution was pasRed at tho fca? eion of the Georgia Legislature authorr ' izing the expenditure of 2,000 from moneys ar propriated lo the Agricul tural Department for an exhibit h iket Tc'nnesfeo Exposition. One fourth of this sum is for a women.' s exhibit. Tho largest steamship afloat wn recently-launched In Belfast. It is tl't twin-screw teamer Penns Ivanl.i. built for the Ilambunr-Amerlean tenni Packet Company, It deck measure . ment U 585 feet-, , 01! feet l)eam, nnd depth from keel to a wiilu-deck, 42 feet,' with a displacement, of 3'.0o0 toiv. Hhe will trade between Hamburg mi l New'York, nrtd will neoommodatc 'Jfrt firet-dass, 150 sccond-chi5s, awl l.Vl.,' Bteerage pawngcrs. 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