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CAUCASIAN.
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VOL. XVII.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCn 9. 1899.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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.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-
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