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J- ' ,4 CAUCASIAN. i 4 VOL. XVII. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCn 9. 1899. NO. U. a 0XGRES8 mm lilUI ame to a Close After a Chaotic A!l Night Session. MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THE," ai Sung in the Ihuse Complimentary Resolutions to Speaker Reed Passed Hawaii Cable Amendment Lost. Wamhkoto, D. C. (Special). The "ifty-tiiftb Congress rims to an end t tiooii Saturday after a chaotic all- i'iit Mansion. U'Lija d.iy broke bag rl fuce-t were Keen in both bouse-, i few nieinheis bad taken ten minute' leep. The President went to ho capital aod Raw the Isst hours of ) legislative sosion. The present loaf passed i lulls and resolutions. aiuat 1,20') by the Fifty-fourth Con- rtjxs, It ,1 by the iifty-third and 802 .y the i ' iny-ecoud. 1 he Kiver and (arbor bill wan seut to tho l'resident. llin Senate confirmed the naval nom ination. ILm puts Rear Admiral jSclilwy two number ahead of Iteur Ad miral barn pson. I ho conferees of the tw houses reached an agreement on the roiuaming appropriation bills. In tho naval bill the price of armor date in fixed at thieo hundred dollar tier ton. Senator 'lillman'a amendment providing for an armor plato factory wan knocked out. 'II.. II. 1 " .. 1 .1 . r i i.o nuino B'lj jiirneu ut M.At o'clock, The members joined in sing inL', "My Country 'Tis of Thee." lie f oi e it ndjournpd coiii(ilitneutary reso 1 it T ions to Speaker l'.Ht-d wore passed, l'a ley, of Texas, rpoke in their favor. 'I'he Senate adjourned at 12:08 o'clock. The Hawaii cable amend merit was lost. The navy a pi opriation bill in now a law aid cm no i in it the ori'iniil Hotiso provisions for throe battleships, three armored cruisers a ml six protected ciupers instead oi aix in all, as panned by. the Senate. KF.NATB. Fifty-ninth Day. When the Senate convened Frye, chairman of the com mittee on commerce, reported the ship ping subsidy bill with "a pood many lestrictivo amendments. " At his re quest it took the pluce on the calendar of the bill of the same title previously retorted. Morgan secured tho adop tion of a resolution continuing the se lect committee on the iXcaragua canal, and authorizing it to hold sessions du ring the recess of Congress. Allison, of Iowa, presented a partial conference report on the postoflice appropriation bill, and it was agreed to. The following bills were passed: Es tablishing a branch home of Nationa. Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Castle Pickney, in Charleston har bor, S. C.for the uro of disabled offi cer and enlisted men of the volunteer army and navy of the United States; for the erection of a public building at Tampa, Flo., to cost not exceeding jf.JOO.ooo; for the relief oi the interna tional Cotton Press Company, of New Orleans. Daniel, of Virginia, in the name of Mr. Henry S. Welcome, of Loudon, formerly of Indiana, tendered to the Senate an oil naiutiug of the Indian 1'rinccsa Pocahuutas. When consideration of the sundry civil lull was resumed a number of Amend ments were agreed to and the bill was then temporarily laid aside. Tho bill. as passed by the House with amend ments for a public budding at Beau mont, Tex., wan passed. The following House bills providing for public build iugs were then passed: Brunswick, (la., $50,000; Elizabeth City, IS. U, $."0,000. At tho night session tho fol lowing puuiic building bills were passed: New Iberia, La., 830,000; Ma con, un,,to enlarge puuiio uuudings anu ann to arte atj-,wu; uoiumnus, (la. ,to purchase additional ground, &0, 000; liristol, Tenn., $50,000; Anniston, Ala., $.-)0,000; Durham, N. C. '5,000, The Senate then resumed consideration of the sundry civil bill and Allison of fered an amendment appropriating the money necessary for work on the vari ous public buddings authorized for the next year, giving generally from ono- fiurtb to one-half of the total amount provided as the full limit of cost. The ameudment was agreed to without di vision. '1 he bill, after various other amendments of a minor character had been agreed to, was pushed. Sixtieth Day. The Senate passed the naval appropriation bill. It was amended so ai to fix the price to be paid by the government for armor plates ut $300 a ton. Other amend ments were agreed to a follows: Au thorizing the Secretary of the Navy to ' contract for two submarine boats of the Holland type, at a cost not to exceed $:5,000 each; appropriating $20,000 for the purchase of additional land for the Port Royal naval station. Tillman secured the adoption oi a resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to loan to theexecutivecommitteo of the United Confederate Veterans for their reunion to be held in Charleston, S. C, on May 10, 1800, 10,000 cots, 10,000 mat tresses and 2.000 tents. Sixty-first Day. In the Senate tho conference report on tho bill an taerisiasr Oeveraere of States te be reimbursed for expenses Incurred in raising and equipping the volunteer army was agreed to. The conference report on the naval personnel bill was agreed to. Faulkner, of West Vir ginia, presented the protest of 49 ont of 07 of the W. Vs. legislators against the seating of N. B. cott, elected Sen ator for a term of six years, beginning March 4. 1800. The protest was filled. A House bill authorizing theerection of a public building at Winston, N. C, to cost not mora than 350,000, was passed. Mr. Carter, of Montana, secured con sideration of the bill providing for a code of criminal laws for Alaska. Tho Senate committee amendments wert adoDted and the bill was passed. Ua der special order tho Senate then do voted 43 minutes to tho passage of pri vate pension bills and bills to correct military records. Carter presented tho conference reoort on tho census bill and it was agreed to. , Sixty-skooxd Day. Exciteinaat, confusion, heavy strain and hard work ebarcterized the last legislative day of the Fifty-fifth Congress in tho 'eoate. The following bills were pass ed: To incorporate the National White Cross of America and fo- other pur roses ; authorizing the ooastruction of a bridge over the Tennessee river at Sheffield, Ala. ; a bill providing a site for the Washington Public Library bniiding. A bill providing for a pr ominent rchibit and to encourage tha Oh o Centennial and tha Northwest Territory Exposition, to bo held at To ledo, O-, Aad appropriating $500,000, was passed. Consideration of tha army appropriation bill waa begun. Mr. Foraker offered an amendment de claring against the granting of fran chises in Cuba, omitting the portion relating to the withdrawal of the United States troops in the island. The amendment was adopted 47 to 11. Till man offered an amendment whiob waa agreed to, providing that the act ef 'annarv 12th. 18S1. ha an amended M Leiraer representatives of the officers or mta who have died or may hereafter die in the aeryice, the extra pay due to them under tho law. J he bill at amended u than passed without division. Tho confer- An ence report on tho Tampa, Fla., public measure was agreed to. Tho bill M greed upon carries an appropriation of $250,000. nocsE. Sixty-first "Day. Tho military re organization bill, which came over from tho Senate was referred to tho committee on military affairs. The special order, the consideration of public buildings came op. Sixty-two bills bad been acted upon. Tho thirty-nine of the classification given preference provided for build ings in cities having first-class 1ostofHces, Federal Courts or custom louses, and carried $7,290,000. Tho other 23 bills carried $1,322,000. The bill providing for a public building at Elizabeth City, N. C., was passed, tho appropriation being $.10,000. -A number of other bills were then passed, the demand for ayes and noes being defeated. Among them was Bruns wick, Ga., for $50, 000. Mercer called up the bill for a public building at Beaumont, Texas, and the work of passing the bills proceeded as follows: Beaumont. Tex. $7 5, 000; Tampa, Fla., $100,000; Macon, Ga., $58,000; Colum bus, Ga., $50,000. Loud, Republi can, of California, interposed a partial conference report of tho post office ap propriation bill. It left unset tled the question of the fast mail service added by the Senate, the couferees reporting that they could not agree on that item. A motion was made to concur in the Senate amend ment which was agreed to, 110 to 34. The amendments added by the Senate and concurred in, provide "for neces sary and special facilities on the trunk lines from New York and Wash ington to Atlanta and New Orleans, $171,238," at the discretion of the Post master General ; for similar facilities from Kansas City, Mo., to Newton, Kansas, $25,000. The House then returned to tho public building busi ness. Tho following additional b..ls were passed : New Iberia, La., $50,000: Bristol, Tenn., JM,000: Anniston, Ala,, $50,000: Winston, N. C, $50,000. the only bill defeated was that providing a building as jsiueneius, v. va. Sixty-becond Day. Tho House passed the Senate army reorganization bill by a vote of 203 to 82. Tho defi ciency appropriation bill, carrying $21,080,000, was passed under suspen sion of the rules. The Senate amend ments to the river and harbor bill were non-concurred in and it was eont to conference. The oonferenco reports on the omnibus claims bill, tho naval personnel and many less important measures were agreed to. Tho Senate bill making Dewey a full admiral was passed. Sixxy-thibd Day. In the ilouso a half million dollars each was appropri ated under suspension of the rules for the Pan-American Exposition at Buf falo, and the Ohio Centonnial at To ledo. The Senate bill carrying $1,000,000 for a new building for the Department of Justice, was passed. number of conference reports of mi nor bills were adopted. Sixty-fourth Day. At times tho House was like bedlam. Pound as the Speaker would with his gavel, it was almost impossible to preserve order and to the casual visitor iu the galle ries the proceeings on the floor must have been about as intelligible as an exoiting day in the wheat pit would be to a parish priest. The desk of tho late Representative Cranford, of Texas, who died at midnight Thursday night, was shrouded in black and oovered with flowers. Bills were paused allow ing certain officers to accept decora tions from foreign governments, and some confereuce reports on bills of minor importance wore agreed to. The Senate bill for a light and fog sig nal at Sabine Pass, Texas, was passed. The House passed the army appropria tion bill with all Senate amendments and the bill now goes to the President. Brief M ention. Senor Cuestas has been elected Pi ev ident of Uruguay. The French Senate has adopted the trial revisiou bill by a vote of 158 to 131. Hon. P. W. Mckinney, ex-Governor of Virginia, died at his home in Farm- ville, va., Wednesday night Charles M, Figgatt, who wrecked the bank of Lexington, Va., four years ngo, having made way with $145,000, died in Colorado receutly. United States Ambassador Joseph II. Cboate and party have arrived at London. There was no formality in the welcome extended to Mr. Choate at the station. Representative Cranford, of Texas, who has been sick for about two weeks at Providence Hospital, iu Washing ton, is again worse, and his condition is very precarious. A paper bag combine, with a capital of $27,000,000, has been incorporated at Trenton, N. J. It is said to include all the leading manufacturers of the country. Roland B. Molinenx has been indict ed by the grand jury, in New York City, for murder in the first degree, in causing tuecieain 01 Airs, xvainerine i. Adams. Tho "Soldiers of Fortune" from Kan sas City, have reached New Orleans, 112 ftrong, and are now quartered there pending further developements in the way of transportation to Nicara gua and Bluefields. The Hamburg-American Company gave $10,000 to charity at Hambnag, a a token of thanksgiving for the Bul garia's safe arrival at the Azores, and a holiday and 6 shillings each were given he dock laborers. A World's Record. America holds the world's record on long-distance signalling by heliograph. This was won by Captain W. A. Glassford on Mount Ellen, Utah, and Sergeant James R. Steele on Mount Uncompahgre, Colorado, January 17, 1894. The distance the messages were Bent and received was 183 miles. Up to that time the championship in this line rested with the French army, having been obtained by an exchange of messages between the islands of Mauritius and Reunion. The distance covered by this feat was 118 miles, or Blxty-five miles less than that tra versed by the flashes from the helio graphs In the hands or Captain Glass ford and Sergeant Steele and their as sociates. The work cf the latter wa ilone with mirrors having a reflecting surface of only sixty-four square inch es, while the Frepch record waa achieved with a minor of 1,200 square Inches. Message may be transmitted with considerable dispatch by experi enced heliograph operators. v York Tribune. cia ifWJV Ii:imburtr. !-ronnT, h.i jdded to Ua popumtiou twice as manj oeraona aa Boston. 1 m i Ote Amendment to Revenue Adopted Making it a Bill MISDEMEANOR NOT TO DO SO. New Election Law Bill Passed. Which Similar to the tlection Law Previous 1895 Insurance Commission Created. is to FoiiTT-EiGHTn Day. In the Senate the session was occupied almost entire ly with local bills. Forty-xiNETH Day. In the Senate the Jim Crow ear law passed its final reading. The Senate seems opposed to the bill reducibg the salaries of State officers and tho matter was refer red to the Judiciary Committee. Fiftieth Day. in tho Senate, the new election law was passed. The Steven j anti-trust bill passed its second reading. The bill was amended so as not to apply to agents who buy goods from a trust and sell them as belonging to themeelves. Wilson introduced a bill to provide for improvements at the State Normal and Industrial college and to build a library and gymnasium. Si eight introduced a bill appropriating f,000 for the dangerous insane, to be used in putting up cells for them iu the State peuitentiary. Fifty-first Day. In the Seuate tho bills have passed abolishing county boards of education and the railroad commission. The colored normal school bill was discussed. The bill to perpetuate the name of Zebulon B. Vance by an appropriation of $3,000 to be added to 2,100 now in the hands of James G. Brown, and to erect a bronze statue of Vance in Capital Square, was introduced by Senator Speight. Senators Franks, Whitaker, Cocke, Williams, Glenn, Hicks, Smith, Fuller and Bryau spoke in eulogy of Vance. Bryan offered an amendment that the State give $5,000, making tho total $1,000. lbe amendment was adopted by a rising vote. Fifty -second Day. In the Senate the University bill to appropriate ten thousand dollors for tewerage at the University was defeatod. The bill to provide $110,000 bond issue to pay the penitentiary debt passed third reading. The nomination of railroad commis sioners was gone into. Justice nomi nated Frank, McNeill, of Wilmington, and S. L. Rogers, of Maoon county, who were elected as commissioners by the Sennto. The omnibus pension bill was passed. The bill to provide $5,000 for a library and gymnasium at the Normal and Industrial College at Greeusboro came up as a special order. The bill passed by a large majority. S. L. Patterson was elected Commis sioner of Agriculture, andC. C. Cherry keeper of the capitol. Senator Franks, Republican, was elected a member of tho State board of elections instead of A. B. Bryau, Republican. The other members of the board are W. U. John ston, of Sampson; W. G. Lamb, of Martin; R. D. Gilmer, of Ha v wood; J. A. McNeill, of Cumberland; Wal ter H. Neal, of Scotland Necfc; W. B. Pollard of Forsyth. The bill to allow the board of internal improvements to elect directors and proxy of the North Carolina Railroad was tabled. The road law bill (drawn by State Geolo gist Holmes) passed. It had passed tho House. THE HOUSE. Forty-eighth' Day The House passed the revenue ana machinery act, after adopting amendments making parties not listing taxes guilty of mis demeanor. The House also passed the bill creating the Insurance Commis sion and reorganizing the Agricultural department and electing five Democrat ic commissioners. The new election law was passed, all amendments offer ed by the Fusionista being voted down. This bill is the old election law in use previous to 1895 with but immaterial changes. Forty-ninth Day. In the House the bill passed to appoint five commission ers for Forsyth county. Tho bill to provide for the election of four addi tional trnsteea of the State school for the Blind and Deaf was passed. The bill to provide for the better working of the roads in the State also passed, as did the military bill; the latter carries a $16,000 appropriation, which was the annual appropriation up to 1893. Overman's bill passed providing an election law for counties and towns which allows a voting place in each ward. The bill was amended so as to apply to Charlotte. The bill passed to issue $110,000 in 4 per cent, bonds to pay the penitentiary debt. The bill to abolish the old railroad commission and substitute for ifc the North Caro lina Corporations Committee passed. Fiftieth Day. Tho House passed a bill providing for a bond issue for the penitentiary. The new school bill mraa nasand. ' u bill to provwl. an other State museum building, the bill to establish a dispensary in Nash county. the Senate bill for a special committee to investigate the agricultural depart ment were tabled. Fifty-first Day. The House has passed a bill establishing the Eastern Criminal court, comprising Mecklen burg, Warren, Nash, New Hanover, Edgecombe, Robeson, Wilson, Hali fax and Cumberland. Henry B. Ste vens was elected judge of tho Western Criminal court and C. C. Cherry keep er of the capital. Johnson, of Samp son, introduced a resolution thanking Speaker Connor for his courtesy and fairness and it was passed unanimous ly. Clarkson made a speech present ing C'erk Brevard Nixon with a scarf pin. The bill was passed specifying June for the Jim Crow car act to take effect. Fifty- second Day. The House passed the bill allowing the Judges to appoint court stenographers. The bill to codify and make uniform the laws regarding negotiable instruments was passed. Clarkson's bill making five thousand additional appropriation to soldier' home waa passed. Bills re pealing the railroad commission and establishing the corporation com mis sion came over from the Senate, with amendments, making the railroad com mission expire April 4tn ana tne cor poration commission take office on April Sth. These amendments were concurred in. Sunday School Association. The sixteenth annnal convention of the North Carolina Sunday School As sociation is oalled to meet in Salisbury on Tuesday evening, Maroh 14th, at 8 o'clock in the Presbyterian church, to continue through the 15th and 16th. A full delegation from ali parts of the State ia earnestly requested. A very pleasing and instructive program haa been arranged, and we trust much good to the Sunday school cause will result from this gathering. Rev.H.M. Hamill, international field worker, of Jackson ville, I1L, will be present and partici pate, Beading a person like people means skipping a boetr. to most the aurface. SHE. LID BY CIS-BOAT. Anericaa idled aad Two Weaade The lacaiy's Less Keavy. A Manila special says: Early Satur day Gen. Wbeaton'a outposts discover ed a large body of robots attempting to croas the rrverfor tho purposo of re enforcing the enemy at Gandalonpo, and a gun-boat advanced under a heavy fire and poured shot into the jungle on both sides of the river, shelling theea emv's tosition at Gaudaloapo. aad ef fectually, but temporarily, scattering tho rebels. The enemy's loss was heavy. Private John T. Oil, of Bat tery G, Third Artillery, was killed. On bord the pun-boat Privates Wa. Wheeler, of Company L. and Louis Barrin, of Com pan G, California Bog iment, were wounded. The Mew Spanish Cabinet. A special from Madrid says: Tho new cabinet took the oath of office Sat nrday. The ministry is composed as follows: Senor Silvela, premier and minister of foreign affairs; Honor Data, minister of the interior; Marquis Vd laverde. minister of finance; Senor Dn- ran, minister oi justice; v. en. i oian? ja, minister of war; Marquis Pidal, minuter of public affairs and of tho colonies; Admiral Camara, minister of marine. It is expected that Gen. Martinez de Cam pot will become presi dent of the senate. The brother of Marquis Pidal, it is thought, will bo chosen president of the chamber of deDuties. Those who are in tho im mediate surrounding of Senor Silvela say his uolo idea is to regenerate the country. He holds that the Queen Regent can ratify the treaty of peace with the United States without a vote of the chamber, and that, therefore, their dissolution need not defer the ratification. Failed of Confirmation. A special from Washington says: Among the most important nomina tions that failed of confirmation are tho following: Senators Morgan, Cullom, Representative Hitt, Sanford B. Dole and Walter F. Fear to be Hawaiian commissioners; all the naval advance ment for conspicuous conduct in battle sent iu with the Schley and Sampson nominations; H. G. Ewart, of North Carolina, to be United States district judge for the western district of North Carolina; Frank Simmons, to be mar shal for the southern district of Ala bama: Indian Agent C. D. Keves, of Wichita Falls, Texas, for the Apache agency of Arizona; Samuel J. Barrows, of Massachusetts to be librarian of Con gress. Safe Robberies in Jacksonville. Cracksmen blew open two safes in the bank of the Industrial Insnranca and Banking Company at Jacksonville, Fla., and stole $2,000. Dynamite was used. Two days before, in broad day light, during" the absence of the cashier, the safe of. the Jacksonville Street Railway Company waa entered and $400 was stolen. In this instance the combination was used. No arrests have been made. Richmond yuamnnnes. The Richmond, Va., board of health has directed a conditional quarantine against Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampiou and Suffolk. An ox der was issued forbidding railroad and steamboat companies to bring to that city from the points named persons who cannot show that they have been vaccinated and are unwilling to undergo this operation. Veteran Preference Bill Failed. The veteran preference in employ ment measure, Senate bill No. 1,256, failed to pass the House. Tis bill had the approval of the National En campment, Grand Army of the Re public. It sought 33 yettra after the civil war to do justice by honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who served out their terms of enlistment. Admiral Dewey Raises his Flag. A special from Manila says Admiral George Dewey raised his flag as an admiral on board the Olympia Saturday morning, and was saluted by the guns of the forts, of the foreign warships, the British cruiser Haroissus and the German cruiser Kaiserin Augusta, and by the American ships in port Dewey Cables His Thanks. Admiral Dewey Saturday cabled Sec retary Long as follows: "Please ac cept for yourself, the President and Congress and my countrymen my heartfelt thanks for the great honor which haa been conferred upon me. "Dbwby." Secretary of the B. and 0. Michael D. Wild has been made sec retary of the Baltimore & Ohio South western Railway, succeeding Edward Bruce, and assistant secretary of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, with head quarters at No. 2 Wall Street New York. For several vearsMr. Wild has helad very responsible position with the . . . . . . . . - . 1 - .Baltimore Ohio liaiiroaa in .Balti more, and the change is a promotion and recognition of his valuable services. Severe Wind Storm. A Chattanooga, Tenn. , special aaya the most emtio ram and wind aterm ever known in. this section prevailed here Saturday night at half past o'clock. The velocity of the wind for a time was 67 miles an hour and for some time thereafter was 50 miles an hour. Telegraph and telephone wires were seriously disturbed and electric light wires circuits were blown down, Several small houses in the outskirts of the city were unroofed. Signs on the main streets and window glasses were smashed. Brief Mention. The War Department haa received a cable message from Gen. Otia at Manila saying six companies of re enforcements had arrived there. President McKinley will include the Grand Army of the "Republic colony, the city of Fitzgerald, in Irwin county, Ga., in th e itinerary of his visit to Senator Hanna'a home, atThomasville. Very im preesive funeral servioes over the remains of the late Lord Farrer Herchell were held in John's Episcopal church in Washington Saturday after noon. The steamer H. Buttorf ia reported to have struck the Louisville and Nash ville bridge at Clarksville, Tenn., be ing badly injured and-in sinking condition. The schooner Charmer,- Captain 01 sen, Philadelphia to Savannah, with coal, stranded on Ocraooke beach, 16 miles south of Hateras, in a heavy fog. The crew of eight were all saved. The vessel and ca-go win . prooaDiy do a total loss. A special from Washington aaya Judge Lwart is to be reappointed, de suite the fact that the Senate failed to confirm bis nomination. Senator Pritohard will thus finally secure a vic tory over Senator Uutler, wno so vigor ously opposed the elevation of Ewart to ihe bench of the western diatriet ef North Carolina. - Leaven haa 13S xnJlse of. Pari UL HI II Ell Mm II Navigation Bureau Seriously Crip pled by Congress. 3,000 SAILORS TO BE DROPPED. Ths Moiiter Par it as Pot oat ef Coaais slo ALarje Part of the North Atlan tic Sqaadroa Msst Also Co. Washtsotok. D. C. (Special! The Navy Department has t-ut the bir donblo-turrotod monitor Puritan ont of commission at tho Norfolk navv varL and it is said at tho Navigation Bureau that this ahip must bo followed by others speedily to tho great detriment of the plana of the Department Tho estimate snbmitted to Congress, based on the minimum requirements of tho navy, provided for 20.000 tailors. Con gress cot this down to 15,000. There are now 18,000 men in tho service, so that 3,000 of these must bo dropped im mediately. That moans, according to the navigation officers, that a large part of the North Atlantic squadron must go out oi commission. House Shields Wheeler. An attempt was made Thursday in ine uouse oi xtepreBeatatives to con- aider the resolutions reported by the judiciary committee, declaring that General Wheeler and the three other members who accepted commissions in the army had thereby vacated their seats, but the House, by an over whelming vote, refused to consider them. The political division upon this vote was significant. The vote stood 77 ayes, east by 21 Republicans, 43 Democrats and 13 Populists; and 146 nays, cast by 101 Republicans, 44 Dem ocrats and 1 Populist. Wreck of a Troop Train. The Mobile & Ohio frain bearing homeward the Second Battalion of the Second Missouri Volunteers, from Albany, Ga., where they were mustered out of service, was wrecked two miles south of Tupelo. Miss. Four cars, in which the soldiers were seated, jumped tne tract and were hurled down zu-ioot emDanament The third car from the engine was a total wreck and from its appearance the escapes were miraculous. Sixteen Soldiers were in jured. The Wilsons Vindicated. The joint session of the North Caro lina Legislature has adoptedJts special vuuiuuiiicD a iquii m ibtvi vi iuo it ii- sons, who were removed by Governor rtusseii from the railroad commission of the State. Tho report completely exonerates them. The vote as to whether the report would be sustained as to J. W. Wilson stood 83 for and 56 against The vote as to Otho Wil son stood 78 for and 54 against and his resignation waa immediately accepted. $000,000 Conflagration. At Charlotte, North Carolina, the Southern railway compress, a large portion of the platform surround ing the compress, the old freight depot and, in ronnd numbers, four thousand bales of cotton were destroyed byiire Thursday morning. The total loss is estimated at about $300,000. The origin of this, Charlotte's largest ana most destructive conflagration, is a matter of doubt There is some evi dence of incendiarism. General Toral Arrested and Imprisoned. Gen. Toral, who commanded the Spanish troops at Santiago e Cuba, has been arrested in Mtdrid and im prisoned, previous to being tried by court martial, on the charge of capitu lating to General Shatter, at that place. onJJuly 14, last Reina Mercedes Raised. After - considerable delay the former Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes, which was sunk in the channel of Santiago harbor during the bombardment by Admiral Sampson's fleet of June 6th, has been raised and pumped out, the government tugs assisting the wreck ing company. Hobsoa Promoted. The President has nominated aa naval constructor Richmond P. Hobson to be advanced ten numbers, from No. 1 of the list of assistant naval constructors, to be No. 8 on the list of naval con structors for extraordinary heroism. Smelters and Refiners Combine. One of the moat gigantio combina tions yet attempted by commeroial or ganizations in the United States was completed Thursday over the wires be tween New York 'and Pittsburg. It is a consolidation of all the smelters and refiners of precious metals in the United States. The capital of the new combine ia $6,000,000. Officers will be elected on April 1. A Mother and Four Children Murdered. A murder haa been discovered in Athlestone township.near Clav Centre. Kan. A neighbor going to the home of John Gilberts found Mrs. Gilberts and her four children murdered. The boy was nine years old and three girls 3, 6 and 7 years, respectively. The fam ily had not been seen for several days. The door waa found looked and the husband miasing. Re-Enforcements for Otis. The Secretary of War haa ordered the re-enforcement of General Otis by aix regiments. These the Sixth Artil lery, the Sixth infantry, Ninth infantry. Thirteenth infantry, Twenty-first in fantry and tne sixteenth infantry. These regiments nave been ordered to make ready to prooeed to San Franoisoo and sail for Manila. Tacoma and Morgan City Arrived. The Wr Department haa received the following dispatch from General Otia at Manilr: "The Morgan City ar rived Thuraday morning. The paasen- fers in gooa neaitn. no aeatns. xno ocoma arrived Wednesday; animala in exoellent condition. Senator Hanna haa invited Preeident MoKinley to go with him to hie place at Thomasvill, ma., for a rest and the President has promised to do ao if the public business ia anch as to permit his absence. Will Cot '.Down the Army aad Sell Cruiser. The Chilian War Office and the mili tary authorities have definitely decided to reduce the army by 5,000 men. The government it ia rumored, con templates a sale of several cruisers to the United States and Eonador. Telegraphic Briefs. A special from Upper Sandusky, O., aaya that a gigantic casket trust is now forming. A dealer in Savannah, Ga., has just shipped 1,000 doeen earge to Ha vans, for which he will receive $1.60 par doaen, S Mill DtVfEY 111 The Hero of Manila Rewarded for His Services. GEN. OTIS ALSO PROMOTED To a Maltr-Geeeralihif) The frcsidrat Secretary Lost aad Secretary Alcr Ca. bled Cesfratslatioas. Washisotos. D. C. (Special X Tho President Friday seat to the Senate the nominations of Rear Admiral George Dewey to L admiral of the navy under the act approved March S, lSltt, and Brigadier General Llwell S. Otis, Lotted states army, to bo major geaeral by brevet, to rank from robro- ary 4, fcr military skill and moat distinguished service in the Philippine Islands. Soon after tho nominations reached the Senate an executive session 01 that body was held and they were confirmed. Secretary Long cabled Ad miral 1'ewey as follows: ileartiett congratulations upon your deserved promotion as admiral. Later in tho day, upon being inform ed of Dewey's confirmation, the Secre tary sent the following: "The president adds bis congratu.a- tions on your confirmation." secretary Alger sent the following congratulatory message to Major Gen eral Otis, at Manila: lou have been nominated and con firmed major general by brevet in the regular army. The President wishes this message of congratulations sent you, in which 1 cordially join." Great Business ia Febrsary. R. G. Dunn iOo.'s Weekly Revie of Trade eays: The business for the past month was far the greatest ever known in February. Clearing house exchanges were 37,030,000,000, against $5,507,533,844 last yeai and 54.2 larger than in 18ii2. Iu all the years of week ly commercial reporting there has been no other week in which the reports from all parts of the country have been on the whole so good an they are this week. Moreover,, daring the past week, there has been a general ad vance in wsges, immediate or prospec tive. At most points the advance of 10 per cent or more was entirely vol untary. It has averaged from 5 to 10 per cent, in tin plate works and about 10 per cent in other cases, and as it aflects much over 100,000 hands, it will add greatly to the purchasing power of the wage-earners. Ccnfere ce Report on the Sundry Civil Bill. The conference report on the sundry civil bill, reporting a partial agreement. shows that of the 192 Senate amend ments adding $8,503,233 to the bill, the Senate receded from 81,04'J. 000. aud the House agreed to $3,004,243. No agree ment has been reached upon amend ments aggregating $4,389,910. The House agreed to the amendments for pnblio buildings at Macon, Ga., $58, 000; Columbus. Ga.. $50,000; depot at Mobile, Ala.. $12,000. Some small items under the Fish Commission, the Geological Survey and other miscel laneous items were also agreed to by the House; also $1,010. OO for the Paris Exposition: $50, 000 for souvenir dollars for erecting a statne to Lafayette at Paris, also appropriating for anew gov ernment printing cilice 350,000; limit of cost, $2,000,000. Rapid Telegraphy. . The practicability of sending eight messages, four each way. on one wire at the same time, with an alternating !j current, was aemonstratea Deyona any donbt in Philadelphia before a number 1 of Philadelphia ard Baltimore scien- entists and capitalists, who gathered in the office of the chief of telegraph of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at the Broad Street station, to witneta an ex perimental trial of the Rowland multi plex printing telegraph. The test was made between Philadelphia and Jersey City, over a wire furnished by the Pennsylvania BailroaJ, and a number of New York men who are interested in the progress of telegraphy partici pated in the experiment from the head telegrapher's room in the Jersey City Terminal. The River and Harbor Bill. The conferees on the river and harbor bill Friday agreed and signed a report They made the following statement aa to the result of the conference: "In the matter of the Nicaragua Canal, the conferees provided a substitute for the Senate amendment, giving full author ity to the President to investigate all Isthmanian canal routes, especially the Nicaragua aud Panama routes, lie is to have all the engineers and other em ployes he may need for this purpose, and is allowed to appoint the engineers either from the army or civil life. He is then to report his conclusions to the next Congress. Jror this purpose we appropriate $1,000,000. The Dreyfus Rcvhvon. A special from Paria says: The crim inal section of the Conrt of Cassation. rendering judgment, finds that Colonel Picquart and M. Leblois, a lawyer. should be tried by a civil court for the alleged forgery with which they are charged, and for using the forgery and divulging matter contained in secret documents in the Dreyfus case. The united sections of the Court of Cassa tion haa begun the hearing in the Drey fus case in conformity with tne new trial revision. Aa a result of the judg ment the military authorities will transfer Cololonel Picquart to the civil authorities. The charge of forgery be ing punishable with aeverer penalties than the other offencee imputed, will furnish the first subject of inveetiga The Concord Burns a Supply Boat The United States gun boat Concord haa arrived at Manila after a week's cruise along the west coast of the is land of Luzon. The only incident of her trip was the burning of a schooner loaded with supplies for the rebele at Paqnpin. Judreskip for Gray. It is announced by friende of Senator Gray that he baa been aelected by the President as United States judge, for the third circuit, which inelndea the State of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Zionist'tc MoTcaeat The tirade of the Saltan of Turkey prohibiting the Jews from immigrating to Palestine with tne purpose of set tling there has by no means dimiaisbed tne ardor of devoted Zionists in the propagation of their eanae. The leadera of this movement are leaving no meana untried to hasten the consummation of repeopling the land of their fathera with the persecuted and downtrodden of their race- The United States armored cruiser Brooklyn Lea teceived orders' to tail immediately for Hampton Roads to take Bear Admiral Schley to Europe Strata fry a Train Ne. 11. frete Sal tabs ry to Aske- viue, waa atraek by a laadl4e Mad CaL aboat tve cade weal el tLoaad Kaeb. Tee aaae 4 lat aal rocks Uck the eaciaa tte S4e at the froat aaa foaWtttir 4ersi'.4 it The earteeer aad cres&aa ware aoeae- 'hat hart by the 14 aai basaie 4 the eartae as it lui thetio. 1 mi- d actor was ttrowa ajaiaat a seat leatly aad was txaiaed somewhat like aews eeat was hit by a falltag Ueaa aad elic-htly braued. Tar Heel Us. The Secretary of State haa created a chart to the Warsaw Tvbtco ware house. Aabevule ia passing tbroaga aa egg famine, the rrteee raactax from T3 to 23 coats per dcea. The Hoard of Trade of Aahevtile haa appointed a comositUe to formalaU plac for improving the toads comiag into that town. Mr. It C Reader, who farms en Mr. W. It Marsh's place sooth of Moaro. made laat year V.641 poaads of liatret ton on nineteen acres of lead. Several mad dors have boea killed in Henderson. The city council has pased aa ordinance linpoeiBC a nae of $10 to allow dogs to ran at larce. The Governor comma Us the sen tea re of Jasper llinaoa, of Meckleabarr, who killed ( ran ford last year, to ia i risonment for life. Mr. Craig secured this cominatatioa. Rnfns Pool, a deaf mute white tnaa. was ailiea dv a neauoara Air i.iae a a r train near Ridgeway. On hie peraot was found $400. ilia home was ia Wake county. Phons Rhyne. the murderer of Mr. T. G. I all, in Gaston county, has been convicted of murder ia the first degree aud sentenced to be hanged on the 20th of April next. A deplorable aoci.ient occurred ia Salisbury in the perhape fatal hooting of P. F. Ileduck ly A. 1. Miopia?. There seems to bo some mystery con nected with the affair. The Concord Telephone Company will within a few days have control of the present telephone line between Concord and Albemarle by way of Mt l'leisant This line has heretofore bee connected with the other telephone line. The new election law provides. was the case up to 1803, for challenging of votes on the day of election, that is at the polls. The opponents of this plan, who of course, are Republicans, claim that it will be used to block vot ing. The State geological survey has now completed and has in course of publi cation a bulletin on tho water power of North Carolina, which will donbilexs be of very great value to investors who are eeeking for cheap and desirable localitiea for the development of wa'er Kwer. Depositions in the cae of Oliver IL Dockerv against John D. Bellamy, in which Mr. Dockery is contesting th seat of Mr. Bellamy, who wes elected in November last year, to represent the sixth congressional district in the Fifty sixth Congress, were taken in Wades- boro last week. It will be gratifying to many of the people of Mitchell county to know that work has been resumed on the Cran berry and Pineola railroad. Now that all litigations have been settled, and the company being no longer embar rassed by law suits, the work will be rapidly pushed forward until the road is completed. Brief .Mention. j President McKinley has signed the bill creating the rank of admiral in the navy. Emperor William, of Germany, haa. promoted bia brother. Prince Henry. of Prussia, to command the cruiser squadron. Capt IL S. Cnadwick, a prominent citizen of Charlotte, N. C, committed suicide in Boston, Mass., by shooting himself through the temple. .fobn W. Cranford, cf the fourth con gressional diatriet of Texas, died in Washington, at the Providence Hospi tal, of heart disease and other compli cations. General Maximo Gomez aaka Gover- tor General Brooke to reduce the American army of occupation to 10. 000 men, retaining 10,000 Cuban soldiers in the service of the military govern ment Representatives of the Cherokee In dians, from Indian Territory, have pur chased 50.000 acres of lead near Her- monsillo, Mexico.and will locate a large colony of members of their tribute there. Texas is passing through an epidemic of meningitis and tha. situation is alarming. The death record ia Fort Worth is 30 for the past week. Reports from the ountry towns give a similar sitnation. Many schools have been closed on account of the ravagee of this d.seate. A special from Berlin aaya by a re cent ruling all the American ro-called Southern fruits, like oranges, lemons and raisins, are not subject to the pro visions of the decree of February 2. 1898, providing for the examiaatioa of fruit in order to determine whether they are infected with the San Jose scale. In aa interview at Alexandria. Egypt. Cecil Rhodes predicted that within a ceatury the United Slatos would have advanced the work begun ia the acqui sition of Cnba until it controlled all of the American hemisphere except Can ada. He expressed admiration at the work already done. Admiral Moatejs Cast late Prisoa. A special from Madrid aays: Admiral Montejo, who waa in command of th Spanish squadron destroyed by Ad miral Dewey ia the battle of Manila Bay, and the commander of the Ca vite arsenal, have been incarcerated ia the military prison, pending trial, for their conduct at Manila. Three Qaay Men Bett The long predicted break from Sena tor Quay came on Friday's joint ballot Three members. Messrs. Harsh. Maekev and Yates. Repablieaaa, de serted hie raaks aad voted for other Republican candidate. Reports from Madrid say that a mta iaterial crisis ia imiaet Thomae Pinckney. Jr.. tbe promi nent vounf lawyer, of Charieetoa. K. n . Who waa ahot by aa uakaewa per em. died ai the Rivereide imflraaaty. to o Beeefclieeo XtB Sunday. School Teacher "Children, there Is a Being above ua who haa charge over ua. He superintends and aaaJats In all our battles for the right. Wicked people sometimes profane His name, but He la our friend and gives tos all His protection. How we should wnnhlB Him! ChUdren. who la Bo- csaas Is choTua- HeSlnley.- Kew TMTrwiU. GHASTLY fllifl BY OS. The Bod cf An Ir.fant Fc-ad ia t Braich. THROAT CUT FROM EAR TO EAR. The lUtfesaat Imas ef Wla Co laaortaai OfssMa Pcath Crf tottr? ta heat ef letrrctt Oae cf the asoet haeriTUo seeraere ever te go ea record ta Gresbot is svaaof iafeaUctda whirk was de over ad whea Morris Morrow, a eo!rel maa. foaad ia a breach which wmns West Market street a ear the A. A Y. radreod the body ef a focal whitota laat Tb tbrcat a ral fri niU ear aad cottoa batttag iecJ tie wooed to rveat tho hew cf Uocd. The body waa wrarpd iiiait'i nifht gewB. thea la a cook ai-eoa. aa J taea dropped tat a heavy coS -a. Morrow roporlod tb (natter l OSce roajco, who. with Core-aer Taraer. weat to th ca aa 1 tvaBt th body to th suarvr'a office. Leraa leanest was held. Dr. Taraer lo. k oil th Inaga to aecertaia wbetoer or et th iafaat lived aftr birth. Ihelaags floated, which isacerU'B tsJirUa that it waa bora all v. 1 be police 1st bea working arttf4!r since tb erim waa discover J. but as yet have no clo. Deeded agatt Day. Judge Brown gives tb following opinion la 11. Pays case: "la court baviag givea tb matter as cat. Inl coaeidaratioa as under IL crcata etance waa poaaibl. flade the Jailow. ing cobcIbmuos of law: TLat th of fire of saioriatendeat f tL iaita tiary. created lv th act of 17. Laa boea abolished y tb act ef Jauaary V.tVi IM-M . l..t at.t I.. abtanlialty r tabliabed ib aaotber form, nor havoiu emolnmeats, wra aad dotis been conferred oa otters for th purose of casting DofeaJant Day. It is therefor ordered and adiada-ed that th plaintiffs ar btit!rd to th possession and custody and octroi of th State's prison, th convict tLria and all rroirty and acceaaorie be longing thereto. Let th cost L tated against Defendant Day. Thadefend ant apioala to the Sorme t'oait . No tice avowed. Tbe National Basks ef Ken a Carries. The abtract of the conJdioa cf the r ational banks of North Carolina at the close of business February 4th. as t- ported to tb Comptroller cf the Car- rncy shows tb avrar reset to bav been 21. 27 ri cent, against 27.14 Pr cent on December lit; loaesaad discounts increase fioo J,C)l.JJf to $7.tU2.0V2; stocks aad aturitte from fzl4.3 to $2.4i7; gold com from $326,21 to $aw.24?; total specie from $.53,lHito $17.:v; lawfal moacy re serve from $"23, to 71l.'7; individ ual deposits from $6,241.12? to $7,111, 007. Aa lapertaal Opt oa. Tbe Attorney General give the Mat Treasurer tbe following opinion: "Aa to the right of a sheriff to levy upon personal property on which tbt ia a mortgage, the case of Wood vs. Jose. 113th N. C. Report, ha been ia effect overruled by the reveaoe act of A mortgage lin ia subject to tb lien for taxes and he mast par them if the mortgagor does not. and be i bar red by the eale of land fur tales with out notic from tit sheriff. Yon caa advise the sheriff that b is author ized to Uvy oa all personal oprty uadr mortgage for tat aad that purchaser get a good title. Peach Crop Destroyed. Mr. J. Van Lindley, of tb Poaoaa noranry. near Greensboro, aays it is Lie opinion that w will Bvt bav a ach ia this country this year, lbe rold anap killed them ia th bud II aaya be thiaks this is the caa all over the country oast of the Rocky suoBataioa, for he haa heard from maay places aad it ia the same cry. Jedge Shepherd Ikctr. The Ubiversity trusUss at Raleigh, have elected ex-Chief Justice James L. Shpbrd profor of law to succeed the late Dr. John Manning. J. Crawford Biggs is retained as aaaitaat profaeeor. Aa Aaie tetelatieaary Pear Tree Ab18eagl. ef Liaoola eooaty baa a pear tree steading ia his yard that was pleated fifteea vaare before the Lettl waa fought at Ramaaar'a Mill oa the morning of the zVth of Jus. 170. aod near tb ground it will measure aboat nine ft ia diameter. This oar tree was atrnck by lightning aboat fifty three years ago. J t bad some pear oa it laat eaamer. xnia tree was pleated U170& Maalgoaery Miae Being Worked. About six beads have already com- msaced to work egain at be Montgom ery mine above towa. The woraisg is under tbe direction of cot tttitb, who baa been here for eume week. It tbe intention to work the mine st.ll more extensively if it is fonad that tbe yield is jBsiifi bl. Concord Maadard. Charters Greeted. The State has gr sated charters to the Kapp-Millr flouring mill eomty cf Forsyth county, capital f2 ..va. aad tbe Laioa Furniture eiap?y, of Durham, with f?o '0 rar ita. The development cf tbe faraita e tuaafac- turing intei ostein this btate during the past two or three yeare is very remark able. For Bead Perpescs. Mr. C H. Armfield.enaty attorney. at tbe instance ef Cenaty Coamieeioa re David ao a aad Steele, La drawn a bill anthoritiag the county af Iredell to iseoe tlOO.000 ia bends for real par poeee. Tbe bill ha beea eat to Raleigh. If it paasee the LetislaAsxr tbe commissioners will have tbe power lo submit tbe qooetioa to aa election. If a majority votes for bonds. $100,000 worth of 5 r cent bends, (.ayable ia i j yeate. wl ! isud. tie fweceede I ued ia macadam izibg the roade. J i ri'.ird ikatthabUl caa b tithed iituU lbe Legislature. Messfrtrs ef f be Beard ef Agricstiarr, Tbe following meabers ef the new board of Agricultnr have bees eelecte4 by the varioaa district: First dastriet, J. B. Orier; eeeond. H. L. Craig; Jhird. W. D. Smith; f earth. Robert H. Joees; fifth. Jha S. Caaaierhaaa: sixth. H. C Wall; acveath. W. A. Graham; ghth. Gaither HaJl;aiatk, W. A. Pills. Tha foUowiag are eeieat ed from tha State at larger 8. B. Tay lor, of Oaelow; J. W. Stove, of Wayne; J. OL Bunch, af Ofulford. C McCorter. af Harnett is roooam ended for dirosaor of the AgTieaJ tarsi aad Mo- -- t . ! Z tyx
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