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CAUCASIAN: VOL. XVIII. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1900. XO. II f "It a 1 I i .1! .r V it 4 ft t Vk, fi R.1I.I 4 h 1' XA hi II i I I I IU V I If I 41 III IrV ! I in MANHOOD SUFFRAGE Mr. Butler's Speech In tlie Senate on the Suffrage Amendment. THE LEGISLATURE CAN NOT IN STRUCT THE COURTS. The Legal Question at Issue The 11 literacy of North Carolina Mxty Thousand M hlte Voters In Danger of 11 ;lng Disfranchised DecUlons of the Supreme Court Quoted. The Amendment Puts the 8outh In a False and IJiien vluble Position. I Washington Times 1 Mr. Butler, cf North Carolina ad-tlm.-jfil the Senate to-day at the clcf at t.ie routine morning business, en the E'abjeix of the resolution Introduce'") by Senator Pr'tOiiur J. reliilng to ant ing in Nriih Cu.raiCna. Mr. Butler f jkp, In put, as follows: "Mr. President: I have listened a: ffr.Uvcly t thfv thro specrhea whih have been iMi vered la the Senate In t-pnras'iti'on to thi.? resolution. I have been siirpris.'l tint these Senators Hiivo devotr-d tin nujor part of their rpefclira not to the legal and eonsti tntl.x;rl quest I urn at issue, bat, in stel, o a discussion of si quec-'iion thai la nut 'at issue and about which 1here is n contention that is. wheth er or nut the negro U as Intelligent and n.a capable of self-government as the white man. THE QUESTIONS INVOLVED. "If the proposition before the Senate wa a resolution for the repeal of the Fifteenth amendment, then their sipeeches would have been more to the point. Cut 'that is not the question rahved by the resolution, nor la it the que.-'lton tirat confronts Mio people of my State to be voted on at the August election of this year. "The only question at issue before !'iie Sena;e and 'before the voters of Nvh Carolina are the legal ones which would be considered by the Su- j pre me Court if. the po-opced suffrago amendment should come Itefore it to be te.sted. Wh:at are Uhese legal ques tions? "First. la section 5 of the propc-sd amendment TinronsUtiution'a.l in con flict with the fifteenth amendment? "Second. If the Supreme Count sihoul 1 Jt hc!J that section 5 As iwrvrnK-MHiMrmat "would it also hold th:it the balance -ot tde amendment (which makes a complete ami constitutional scheme cf lirmf ting suffrage) should stand, a rirt of the organic law of the State? J'Tlhes'e are the questions I propose to dltecus. If the law and the !? ctei'cns cf our Supreme Court thow h t the answers to both of these ques l tionj must be In the affirmative, I take Ut that then there would not be a man f in t'hils body nor a voter 1n North Caro lina who would dare support the p;c jpcitp l amendiment. "Now, the question is, la the section ? (known ft tlhe grandfather clause') con .4 1 tutlona 1 ? It provides that a c i tl- zen who could vote on or before Jan uary 1, 1SU7. or wlhose father or grand fathers were then allowed to vote, shall be exempt from the provisions of section 4 and permitted to vote, even thougli unable to read ami write, and therefore not possessing the qualifica tions required of other voters. Now does tlhila provision operate equally 5 impartially, and uniformly upon both races and upon those fcrmeTly free or formerly ibond?If it does not, tihen clearly it ia uniconiEtltutional and must fall." li IJ3GAL DEOISro.VS OTTnTP.n ") Mr. Duitler at t!hi3 point auioted fimm a nuimber of le'cJ&Ionai of the UnltenJ Supreme Court, amid specihca of noted legal aafhorl'tiea, 9 proof of the un- IJ constitutionality of the "grandfather "ShiouM the court hold," conitinoied Mr. ButlCT, "tihat this Elation is uncon s'tOtutlonul, and that the remialnder of '1 tional, and which, la a logical, complete, a.ntd conisirtuitiional E'Chenxa for limiting Miffraige shall stand, what will 'be the result? What wtomli 'be the effect of the operation of tlhe pircipoeed Ntorth Carolina amendment with eection 5 C" V 'eliintoated? No one faimiliax with the . wi nuu win luaivo iue xrouiOia to examiine the censiua repoTta will deny that the result wEl "be to dilsfranchise ! flfl or sixty thousand white voters K indeeid, a many whOte voters as .colored ;rsv regret to f lay it, and would mot ad- i th fact if the threatened dan- of disfranchisement of this liarge iumtber of the sturdy yeomanry of the did not demand it, . that North 3ar"cQinia hias a lairger percentage of dlit- rate wMtca than any ether State in he Union. Therefore, the adoption of jteuicfh a dlsifranchlEing eclheme wouli re- huit in diffnaracfblaing more good sub- tanltlal memi In my State than In any i.lher State In the Union. These illit- Mte men sire not like the -class i jFXTJ. 'f Uilte Illiterates who make u.p tlhe elams 1 th great clUles, but they are, aa a ile, tfturdy a.nd as wortfay .citizens as iNoTth Carolina ihaii wiithin her borders. 'They are the defoeraJaiatai of the Rerolatliomairy pattriots who f ought at Klntga Moumta.'o, Moore'a Creek, Guil- yr& Court House, and on every field In he Revoltutlon.. M'any of them are old md former Oocifederate -eoMiers. -ho are now tea eld to start to Bdhobl ad get aa ed'ucati'Qn even if they had 'ie Um and money to do so. Many ot : clu voiuotr4 ani tatertd. tbt I it l tonn Uaited S-tates Army in tlhe late wai with SpaHn. A DANGER POINTED OUT. "These men who compose &xae of the very best aal meet turcstantLal citizen cf my .ate wcuCd be .s'nn thised while the town-negro dirdo would vote and be eligible to hold office aeooidIng to the provisiCE'j cf the amendment. Th!s danger, in addition to the 'belief tbat the amerodment !s urjoniUtu tional, will oaurse a large nurroer of the voters of NorOh Cairo Una to reject ttols amendment at the polls. "The supporters of this amendment ha ve recently realized that this is true. In fact, they have just admitted tliat Xiey cannot tnistiin this mtiasure dn arguing before the people. I hold In my hand the proof of that confession. On last Thursday Judge Brown, one of trae Sfcxte Circuit Court Judges of North Carolina, while Ihoding court at Wil mington, gave to the pre'ss an inter view in which he mot only expressed an cpinlca about the oons-tututlonality of the proposed amendment, but h6 went further and advised his- political f:Cend3 tio amend it in order to avert defeat at tlhe poll3. "But, Mr. President, this soetion at temprjing to Instruct the court how to contru-e the amendment will not fool the voters of the State into supporting such a dangerous scheme. They have had intelligence enough to see 'tlhe dam ger in sec tion 5. The same intelligence will guard them against this new de vice. The voters of North Carolina are intelligent enough to know that there Is not only grave, fi not certain, danger to 60,000 white voters in this amendment, but they also know that if this amendment were adopted and tac tion 5 eliminated, no power undsr heaven could restore to those voters their ballot except by again amending the constitution. "These 60.000 illiterate White voters, are intelligent enough to know that when once disfranchised they wood rhave no vote to help change the amend ment and help wipe cut ths wrong. They know that the average politician only fears the people so lout? 'as they have a vote. "Mr. President, this whole scheme is net only fiauight.with danger, but it i unnecessary. It puts the South in a false and unenviable position to at tempt to deal with suffrage in this mi carJJid nvanner." LONDON'S WOMAN BARBER. She Is Z.earned In the Mysteries of Hypnotic Influence. The Lady Barbers' association the original one, mark you has existed eleven years, says the Pall Mall Ga zette. Its present address is 655 Chan cery lane, and Its latest proprietor Mme. St. Quentin, who has been In possession since June last. She is a charming and accomplished lady learned In the mysteries of hypnotic influence.and has even views on Budd ha. In response to the invitation con tained in the announcement that ma dame was at home, coupled with the parenthetical promise of tea.the writer descended to the pleasant basement roor with the electric lamps diffus ing brightly warm color through the crimson shades, and beheld the priest esses of the razor performing the cus tomary rites upon various stubbly and upturned masculine chins. It seemed so entirely pleasant a process that the writer remembered with a secret joy that he had not shaved that morning. Presently it was his turn, and, plac ing his head upon the pad, he suffered himself to be lathered and prepared for sacrifice. To be shaved by a deft handed woman Is almost a magical process. There is none of the "slish Blashing" of the gentleman whom a bountiful nature Intended to be a hedge carpenter. No, no. There is Bomething smooth and gliding over one's cheek, with here and there the light pressure of delicate fingers, and, presto! one emerges with a chin that is equal without a shadow of depreca tion to every domestic and ante-marital demand upon it. Mr. Gladstone as a Book Expert The late Mr. Quaritch had a higb opinion of Mr. Gladstone's knowledge of antique books, and when the Grand Old Man visited, as he often did, the shop in Piccadilly he was Invariably shown by the proprietor any curiosity that chanced to be in his possession. One day Mr. Quaritch handed Mr. Gladstone Sir Thomas Elyot's black letter, "Castell of Ilelth," printed in 1534, and said, "Do you' see anything wrong with it?" The old statesman fixed bin pince-nez and scanned the title-page. Something excited his sus picion, so he picked up a magnifying glass, and had a good look at the print ing. "Fac-slmiled, and not a type im pression. I fancy, Mr. Quaritch," whs Mr. Gladstone's comment. lie was right; the title page was missing, but It had been restored so ingeniously as to deceive anybody but an expert. Mr. Quaritch was wont to say, "In most points about a book Gladstone's just about as 'cute as I am myself !" Lon don Mail. An approved sea maxim teaches that the landsman who is to become a neat two-handed sailor must be caught early and be given suck special train ing as will fit him for the duties and inure him to the hardships of an ar duous trade. Realizing the import knee of this discipline, the Navy De partment has asked Congress to au thorize the construction of two ad ditional auxiliary steamers, and to emphasize Its belief in the system has detailed two vessels the Hartford and the Dixie for the specific train ing of landsmen. The appropriation has the approval of onr best officers, and, as it makes for efficiency, should be authorized with encouraging dili gence, " There are fifty girls In one mission school In China who had been thrown away by their pamta to die i yhtlr 6ULLER RETIRES. The British Suffer Another Repulse From the Boers. London, By Cable. London accepts as true the Boer statement that Gen eral Buller has failed again. These statements were passed by the British censor at Aden and are read in the light of Mr. Balfour's announcement in the Commons that General Buller is not pressing his advance. Mr. Win ston Churchill wires that Vaal Kranta was impracticable for the guna which were needed to support a further ad vance. Ilia cablegram leaves General Duller on Tuesday night sending a fresh, brigade to relieve the tired hol ders of Vaal Krantz. The descriptive writers with General Buller were al lowed a rather free hand, again ex plaining the ugly position which the British, held and the natural obstacles wihich had to be overcome. So it Is easy to Infer that with Boer riflemen and artillery 'defending them, thest bills, ravines- and jungles have not been overcome, and thus the public prepared in advance for bad mews. IJaliograms from Ladysmitlh, dated Monday, describe the effect Getaeral Buller's cannonade 'had on the worn garrison. Hope ran high that the long, pemidd of inactivity and tediun wa-s drawing 'to a close. The crash of the gims was almost continuous for 10 hours, and iait times it seemed ia3 !if as mtainy as 20 slhiells burst in a minute. The Boers, preparing always for tlhe possibility of defeat, were driving sherds and senidiin long wagon tsuins toward the Drakensberg passes. In tense darkness and silence followed, broken only by frogs croaking and the occasional blaze of star shells, sur roundling the town with a circle ol light to prevent the unobstructed ap proach of the enemy. A series of Brl tlish mines, laid for the Boers, explod ed accidentally shaking and alarmiing the dity and camp. General iMacDomald's retirement pua zlea tlhe military commentors. The theory that finds acceptance da that it was cirdctreid by Lord Roberts and that both General Buller's and General MacDonald's operations ewere by the direction of the ecwnmander-in-ohlief, in order to occupy the Boers at widely sieiparated poimts, so they would be un able to transfer any portion of their forces to oppose the projected central advance. The Visibly Supply. New Orleans, Special. Secretary Hester's statement or the world's Vis ible supply of cotton shows an in crease, f or the week just closied of 3,547 bales, against an increase of 29, 182 Taist year. The total visible 4s 4, 143,589, against 4,140,152 last week, aind 5,574,808 Last year. Of this tJhe total of American cotton is 3,302,589, against 3,261,152 last week and 4,649, 808 Past year; of all oilher kindis, in cluding Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 781. ,000 against 779000 last week, and 925, 000 Las.it year. Of the world's visible supply there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and continental Eur ope 1,919,000 bales, against 3,444,000 lost year; in Egypt 200,000 against 271,000 last year, and in the United Stlates 1,676 against 1,503,000 last year. Burial of Gen. Law ton. Washington, D. C, Special Major General H. W. Lawton was burled Friday in the National cemetery at Arlington. It wa3 a nation's tribute to a national hero, and the sorrow of a whole people was expressed when America added the chaplet of cypress on the brow that had worn the laurel The buitial service beneath the leaf less trees at Arlington was preceded by services in the Church of the Cov enant, on Connecticut avenue, at which every department of the govern ment was represented, including the President, Congress, the Supreme Court, and all the ranking officers of the army and navy within reach of Washington. Democrats to be Arrested. London, Ky., Special. The following messages from Governor Taylor was received Friday by a member of the legislature: Have warrants issued for members of the House and put in the hands of sergeant-at-arms to serve." The warrants were made out late in In the day, and given to Sergeant-at-Arms Cecil, of the House. New Tobacco Stemmer. Fayetiteville, N. C, Special. J. B. Underwood, of this cfity, who stands high fim the world of progress and in dustry ais an inventor, .has at last per fect'ed and patented his tobacco stem ming machine, to whic'h he (has devoted much, thioughit during th past few years, and the Underwood Stemming Machine Co. has been organized, with William. Gray, of Itadhmiond, Va., as president, and its h'eadquairters at 11 Francis street, New York city. The capital of the corporation is fixed at $1,000,000. Report of the Plague. San Francisco, Special. The steam er Alameda arrived here Friday from Australian ports, via Samoa and Hon olulu. The Alameda was ordered to Quarantine, but Dr. Kinyoun, State quarantine officer, reports that up to February 2d there had been no new cases of the plague at Honolulu since January 25. There are 7,400 Japanese and Chinese in quarantine at Honolulu and three detention camps have been established. Drunk Jur or Jailed. Manion, N. C, Special. Quite a sen Ca'Sion wtas created here late Fridaj aaternioon when J. G. Grant amd. J. W. Hemphill were arrested: for contempt of count. The -facta are Uhat Grant became Intoxicated while serving as a juror In the Case of Godfrey vs. the Marion Furniture Factory. Hemphfill was tlhe officer in charge of tlhe jury arJd allowed Grant to drank the w'hfis ky. Judige Shaw eenceiieed both met. to Jaiil for ten days. Grant and Hemp hill are memfbers of two of the. best tmiWm m oouaty," As To Constitutionality of The Proposed Suf frage Amendment. The Remainder of The Amendment Would Stand. -The Courts Look Not at Legislative Declara tions But at Substance of The Act. January 23rd, 1900. Hon. Marion Butler, UrJited States Senate. Dear Senator: You ask me if I have exarnioed the constitutional amend ment proposed to be adopted "by the State of North Carolina, add my opin ion in regard to the constitutionality of section 5, and whether or not the whole amendment would fall if that section lis declared unconstitutional. I have examined tlhe amendment, and find that its general purpose seems to be to prohibit ignorant and unedu cated people from exercising the right of suffrage in that State. If section 5 of the amendment were stricken out undoubtedly the act would be sustain ed by the courts. It Is alwiays the purpose cf the courts to hold only suoh portions Ol an act or amendment unconstitutional as clearly oann'ct be sustained, and sus tain tlhe rest of tlhe act if it can be done and yet leave a clear, distinct and unmistakable provision carrying out the main purpose of the legisla ture. The act certainly would not come under the provision of the rules laid down by Chief Justice Shaw in War ren vs. Chairlectown, 2 Grey 84, be cause the diifferent parts are not so in Tea-DrinkrhR In Russia. The Russians drink enormous quan tities of tea, sufficient to frighten any Englishman or American. The poor people and the Russian people are the poorest in existence use the so called "brick" tea. This is the cheap est sort, being mixed with stems, and compressed by some adhesive gum into dry cakes of various sizes, resembling in its appearance "plug" tobacco. This tea, which would probably prove pois onous to any one else, is consumed by the Russian workingman at the aver age rate of about twenty stakans (or tumblers) a day, the Russian stakan being quite .equal to five of the little thimbles of cups used in America at afternoon teas. Taking into considcra tien that black, sour or bitter brick like bread, raw onions, garlic, dried leather-fish and strongly salted herr ings are usually the chief articles of food of the people at large, one must not wonder at the enormous quantity of hot tea needed to quench a Rus sian's thirst and help on his digestion. Getting Out of Russia. An English woman who had been traveling in Russia seems to have found it easier to get in than to get out of the czar's country. She sent her passport to the authorities before starting in order to have it vised, and then blithely made for the frontier. Arriving there, she was immediately detained and taken before the powers that not only be, but also do, at the Russian frontier. Here she was in formed that her passport did not per mit her to leave the country, ami that She would be obliged to make herself comfortable, while the police found all she had done while in the country. At first she was rather pleased of how she would tell her friends about it when she got home. But when she found that she bad to pay hot only for her room, her meals, service and all that sort of thing, but also for the telegrams, which the aurhorities were exchanging in regard to her case, the pleasure dwindled as rapidly as her funds did. She finally got off, how ever, but witbont receiving any apol ogy or any reimbursement. New York Sun. The fir statistics of the Journal of Commerce for 1899 make a atartling showing both of the extent of fire de struction and of its alarming growth. In the United States and Canada last year fire destroyed property to the extent of $136,773,200, an increase of more than $17j000,C00 over the losses of 1898 and more than $26,000,003 over those of 1897. Why this enorm ous loss ? Especially why this phen omenal increase of loss from year to year ? In the cities, where nearly all the fires occur, we are supposed to be building more and more in fire proofVays, and at the same time im proving onr means of preventing and extinguishing fires by tne lavish ex pejVliture of money, public and pri vate, says the New York World. , Is it all to no purpose ? Why is it that, instead of decreasing, our" fire losses increase so enormously every year ? Are the insurance companies in any 'Jay responsible ? In their mad com petition for "business" have they un wittingly or recklessly put premium npon incendiarism '? Observant Little Willie. . Willie I guess papadias said some thing that's made mamma awfully angry. When those callers go; he'll get It! Clara now do -you know? Wlllle-Sbe' begun tq call uim "darl-tns,"-Harlem Ufa. ' . ' '. .' Ml Oil us timately connected with and depen dent upon each other as to warrant the belief that th'e legislature intended tham as a whole. In arriving at the in tent of the legislature the court looks at the suitetarice of the act and not at any declarations made by the legislature. Xfuther would the court be warranted in declaring the whole act unconstitu tional, as it affects the entire popula tion of the Commonwealth, simply be cause by hcil'diing section 5 unconstitu tional certain people embraced in that exception would thus be deprived of the .ballot It cannot be presumed that the legis lature in imposing an educational qualification would have refused to do so if, by so doing, a certain group of uneducated people attempted to be classified and exempted in section 5, w ould thus 'be deprived of the right o! suffrage. I know of no decision of the Supreme Court 'that does not carry out and maintain this rule; and therefore I am of the opinion that if the con stitutional amendment were adopted, the Supreme Court will hold that t'lon 5 is unconstituti onal and that the remainder of the provisions are con stitutional and will stand. Yours truly, R. F. PETTIGREW. Old Roman Gold The excavation of the site of the an cient Forum at Rome still continues to be successfully prosecuted. Last week for instance, two of the workmen en gaged in the scearch for autiquitios laid open a sewer dating from the time of Nero, and suddenly became aware of the presence of a glittering substance. They proceeded to the discovery of a auantitr of gold coins embeded in the sediment of the sewer. They filled a hat with these coins, which wIipu washed, enumerated and classified proved to be gold pieces of the fourth and fifth centuries that bad evidently been thrown where they were foiiid for concealment at the time of an in cursion of the barbarians, their owners having had u opportunity of recover ing them. They are all beautifully preserved, and many of them were evidently fresh from the mint. They are 379 in number and belong to seven different reigns. Loudon Daily News. What the Traosraal Will Have to pay. In spite of reverses the English papers are beginning to figure- on the amount of indemnity the South Af. lcan republic will be forced to pay when the Boerc are finally conquered. In this connection it is pointed out that the financial condition of the republic is excellent. For the year 1897 the total revenue of the Transvaal amount ed to $22,400,000, while the total ex penditures were $21,900,000. From an English standpoint there will be room in the future for large reductions in expenditures, so that a big balance will be left which may be applied to the payment of interest on & loan sufficient to pay the indemnity which the British are to demand. At present the total state debt of the South African republic is less than $14,000,- oco ; The mind is bewildered by the con templation of its marvelous achieve ments in the nineteenth century. If time and space signified now what they did in 18C0, the United States could not exist under one governr-jent. It would not be possible to maintain nnity of purpose or identity of inter est between communities separated by such inseparable barriers as Oregon and Florida. But time and distance are arbitrary terms, one depending on the 'transmission of thought, the other on the transit of ourselves and onr commodities, our manufactures and our harvest. The continent has shrunk to a span. The oceans are obliterated. London and Paris and Pekin and New York are next-door neighbors. These vast accomplish ments of our race have rendered -democracy possible. Steam, electricity and machinery have emancipated millions and left them free to pursue higher ranged of effoTt. Labor ha9 become more remunerative. The flood of wealth has raised myriads to comfort and manv to affluence. She Knew Jumcers, "I understand yon are an athlete," remarked the landlady to the new boarder. "Yes, ma'am," proudly answered the n. b.; "I am the champion high-jumper from Jumpersville." "That being the case," said the land lady, "I will have to ask you to pay your board in advance. I've had all the experience with the jumpers I cape for." The laws of Mexico provide that a Mormon who wishes to take a second wife must present a certificate signed by his first helpmeet to the effect that she is willing; and be must a'so bav the express consent of the seo;u-l wife aad her pareata. ' NORTH STATE lllll. The executive board of the peniten tiary have decided to establish au elec tric light plant at that Institution to supply their own lights. Heretofore they have keen patronizing the llcht companies in the city, though the ad visability of 4uhe penitentiary having Its own plant ha often been discussed by the board. Now it has twen d.t'. nitely decided tba-t it would be econo my for the institution to furnish iw own lights. To this end the executive board has employed Mr. John P. Clllej. an electrician, to determine exactl what is needed and to ask bids for the necessary machinery. D. F. Mclver, for two yars chief of police of Mt. Airy and at present the tax collector, of the town disappeared on the night of the fifth instant about 8 o'clock under circumstances that are considered Its suspicious. Absolutely nothing has been heard of aIm k1iu- he disappeared and town officials think that he is short in his accounts with the town to the amount of $1,500. At tempts are being made to ascertain his whereabouts. TUe North Carolina Experiment Sta tion has discovered a new Mly which it ha3 named "Lilium Massej" in honor of Prof. W. F.ilassey. the horti culturist of the station. It is found In the high mountain meadows of this State in July and August. Cholera has made its aonearanoe among hogs at Aurora. It is thought that it was Introduced by imported stock. Mrs. Vickers, ot Wilkesboro, dis covered an egg about the size of a quail's egg, with a hard shell, insid of a large hen egg. D. M. Rlgier of Charlotte jumped from the window of the fifth story of a building in New York. He had gono there for surgical treatment and be came mentally unbalanced. News comes from Gastonia that a big cotton mill, which will have a mil lion and a quarter back cf it. Is to be erected there. The ground is now be ing broken. Mrs. Jay Gould is a large stockholder in the concern. A letter from High Point states that at least 300 persons have left that city during the past week In order to es cape compulsory vaccination. ,Wm. Truesdale, colored, was hanged in the jail yard in Charlotte Thursday for the murder of his sweetheart a year ago. He had to be taken to the scaffold, being overcome with fright Ho protested his innocence to the last. The Salisbury correspondent of th Charlotte Observer says that "the city has decided to help the county bear the expense incurred during the small pox epidemic. The cost of the epi demic in this county will reach $3,000. Salisbury will likely pay $1,000 of this amount." Julian S. Carr, Geo. W. Watts and Ij. A. Oarr, all of Durham, applied to the Secretary of State to be Incorpor ated under the style and title cf the Durham Telephone Manufacturing Company. The business to be carried on is the manufacture and sale of tele phones, switch-boards, electrical and mechanical appliances, and "all klnd3 of electrical supplies generally." The company also has the power to buy, sell, lease and convey lands, to hold and use patents and patent rights and to enter into contracts with inventors or owners for the purchase of such rights. The principal officers will be located at Durham. The capital stock is $12,000 and a charter of 50 years is asked for. The "Independent Steam Boat Line" files articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State and asks that a charter be granted it with permission to construct steamboats and navigate the waters of Neuse and Trent rivers and the waters of Eastern North Caro lina, o carry passengers and freight for hire, at a scale of tariffs to be fixed .by the officers of the company. The principal officers will be at Newbern, N. C, and the charter will run 50 years. The incorporators are Jesse J. Iassi ter, Ellen Lassiter, Nicholas W. Jones, and Emma Jones, all of Newbern. The capital stock Is $3,000 with privilege of increase to $25,000. The bonded debt of North Carolina Is $6,570,000, and the valuation of property is $269,807,000. H. D. Oowles, clerk of the United States Dii ict Court's, (has been at WaslhJingiton trying to block legislation to give Charlotte a separate clerk foi the United States Court, located there. Oon'grcssimian Bellamy expects, despite Mr. Cowles' efforts, to get the same es ta'blLsih'ed in a very short time. He says it is an outrage that a city of the. size of Charlotte is without a resV .not clerk. A new vegetable canning factory Is contracted to be built at Winston. Congressman Small has Untroduced e. bill to increase the appropriation for the public building at Elizabeth City from $50,000 to $80,000. Through the efforts of Congressman Klurttz the postmaster at Salisburg will be allowed an extra clerk With a salary of $300, fhe department granting the request yesterday. The State tftairters ithe Harriet Cot ton Mills at Henderson, capital $150, 000. D. Y. Cooper, George Badger Har ris and others stockholders. The mill Will both spin-and weave. The report of miscellaneous ft stories in th&s State, which, the labor commis sion will make, wull show a great in crease in ell save tobacco factories. There are now 203 students at the Baptist University in Raleigh. It U a pronounced success. The Secretary of State says that re cently very few corporations have do mesticated themselves. The l2ct to do so are some fraternal organizations of manor importance. A franchise "baa been granted to build an electric car line in Fayette ville. Congressman Bellamy's bill for a bridge across tAs Lumber river was yeotea'Oay pasoed in both houses. All the companies of the First Regi rrxrat are row armed save those at Shelby and Stitesville. Thtse will be supplied by next Monday. Tha penitentiary cotton will bring in $75,000 this year, thacks to the big advance i-a price. There are 1,200 bales cn 'blind acd !h03 will be hold tze a yet further rise. Cotton sold here yester day far 8 1-2 ccxiis. The Cismxnd. for id is very sharp. Far-mars tave very ICttle, mercbiarits being the largest hot- dens. Eve-ry advance in pctce tow icakes more certain the lncrtse In acreage t&ia yw. congressional. ! cr. SENATE. Fortieth Day A joint resolution, ao- j thorlilng the president to appoint ooe J woman commlfsloner to represent the j United States and tb National Society i of the Daughters of the Americas Revolution at the unvellinu of the statute of Irayettet the exposition, at Paris, was passed. A bill was passed to erect a yubllc building at SHaia. Ala., at a rot of $10,000. Mr. Caffery. of LouUlana. then re sumed his speech on the Philippine question, at the close of which the Sen ate adjourned. Forty-first Day. Mr. Vest, of Mis souri, proposed in the Senate an amend ment to the pending financial bill, pro viding that the secretary of the treas ury shall have prepared $200,000,000 f trV)Oiirv nntM" TV. rfc.1t lis full to. gal tender for all debts and shall be loaned by the secretary of the treas ury to anybody who may deposit Uni ted States bonds for them, the note to bear the same Interest as the bond de posited. A joint resolution Increasing the limit of co-t of the new gcvern ment printing office by $l29.Ot0. on account of the increased price of build ing materials, was passed. Mr. Till man, of South Carolina, offered and had passed a resolution calling for In formation from the secretary of th treasury as to the status of the claims of South Carolina for moneys paid out by the State in the Florida war. Forty-econd Day. Almost Imme diately after the Senate convened dis cusslon of the Financial 'nasui was resume 1. Mr. Allen (N'eb. cir.cl.tdel his speeih charging the Republican party w ith breaking faith wita th peo ple on bi-metallbrm. Mr. Co.',cll (Mo.) analyzed the Financial Mil. A house bill was passed granting tut New Orleans Levee Board authority t- move the existing lines in front of the United States Marine Hospital in New Orleans. Forty-third Day. As no Senator was prepared to proceed wiuh a dis cussion of the financial bill the Senate transacted only routine business and adjourned early to enable members to attend the obsequies of General Lawton. Mr. AULson presented the credentials of his colleague, John II. Gear, re-elected Senator from Iowa. for a term of six years from March 4, 1901. The credentials were filed. Senator Jones, of Arkansas. Intro duced a free silver coinage substitute for the pending currency bill The substitute provides that '"from an-I after the passage of t'ais act. the mints of the United States shall be open to the coinage of silver, and there shall be coined dollars of the weight of 412-1-2 grains troy, of standard silver 9-10 fine, as provided by the act of January 18, 1837, and upon the same terms Forty-fourth Day. A resolution ex pressing sympathy fo rtSie Bw in ; mation of the decision wna given to their struggle against Great Britain , a w b T , and urging mediation on the part of i .... , ,. . J.. the United States between the bellig- j Hmself. He came rapidly thtough the crenits, was adopted by the Senate in a j doors unattended and looking ncrvou fit of temporary aberration of alten- and haggard. lie walked Labtily to tion. The resolution was offered by war(i eapitol -talray. repeating .ur. Alien. n .r4,Ka, tarougn wvinoux aaxmcung ine sugni ei?.t comment from bet one cf the doz en or mare Senators present. A min- ! "I don't tlgn." "I don't slzn." From ute la-ter, however, at the request of the eapitol he pai"eI to the executive the chair (Mr. Frye), Mr. Alien con- i building, where he at once made up f111 ,? Knzi4exixi of fee vol? , and eJ d he followInj5 proclamation, by which the resolution was pacd .... and tSM Inrident closed, amid much i reconvening the Legi,k,ture at Frank iiit"Mr The fin anoint !lt vaa ' fort : continued by Mr. Chandler, who up posed the gold standard and strongly urged the double standard. Mr. Money, of Mississippi, also spoke. HOUSE. Fortieth Day The Philippine ques tion again occupied the attention of the house, Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, presented an argument against the annexation of the Philippines, which attracted much attention. It was de voted almost entirely to the commer cial aspects of the acquisition, holding that the absorption of the islands would be ultimately ruinous to the American producers of cotton, rice, to- h-arv-n hemn and fttiear. Aftcr some remarks by Mr. Smith of Michigan, supporting the Boer side of the South African contention. the house at 5 p. m. adjourned. Forty-flrst Day. The Hou.e finish ed the diplomatic and consular appro priation bill, passing It substantially zn it came from the committee. There was some desultory discussion of the Philippines question and the war In South Africa, the principle feature be ing the speech of Mr. Shafroth. In fa vor if the mediation In the British Boer war under the provisions of the Hague treaty. The diplomatic bill as passed carries $1.743.&OS. The House passed the Senate bill authorizing the Southeastern railway to soastruct a bridge across the LumDer river in Koo eson county, N. C. Forty-second Day. The house vat in session only an hour and a half and only minor business was triiuaced. only minor business was trnacfed. The Ways and Means Committee bill ftstahllshlnsr tariff rate, noon .mod. from Porto Rico into the United SUt andsrice versa, was reported and Chairman Pavne eave notice that th2 bill would be called np next Thursday. The debate upon It will run for a week. Mr. Richardson (Tenn.) presented the views of the minority and Mr. McCall (Miss.) presented a separate diaf-entiiig opinion. j torney, and John Warn pier Is named as Forty-third Day. The House was la J tbe maa tb tl shot. The session scarcely an hour, adjourning j "hocting was occasioned by a dispute early to permit members to attend the I OTer piece of land which Fan Wax Lawton obsequies. When Mr. Payne, j 1 Wampler sold John Due. Wax. of New York, moved a recesi nntil Mld- oucded and Bate Is night Mr. Stm. of Tennessee objected. ! Implicated, on the ground that it was unfair to i -cut out the consideration of private ; Tobacco Hands Fight, claims, the regular order, and then j Norfolk. Va.. Special. At Martina devote the evening to- private pension i . . . . . legislation. After a motion by Mr. j"' tkw aa la- Loud, of California, to adjourn. In- i dplent riot. Tbe tobacco rollers tt ttead of taking recess, had been debat- j Spencer's Tobacco Factory are-on a ea ana voiea uown, ue nouac oy vote of 107 to 13, recessed until even- ing. dred negroes gathered around tbe fac Wby tbe CoekQive NstU. tory to give Flaney a beating, and be I see you printed rometbiug Ibt Pened fire on tbe erc-wd with a pisti'.. other day about tbe disadvantages of ! NIntea of the rioters were arrested, myopia near-dgbteduen. you iuow." ! said tbe man with glanw-s. "Now, I'm BrlUh Again Driven Back, artlicted that way uiymlf. A few i Hcidquartirs Camp. SprtngfcelJ nights h?o when I weut'bonie It ra j Bridge. Hy Cable. The position takea raining hard. My umbrella man wet conn of the Tugeia river proved a dif and I carried it Immedlauly to tbe ficult.one to maintain. Tie regiments kitchen to drnlu Citing about for gnt gcrc.8 Dat WMlt something to stand It In uiy eye caught j . . - . . f . - , some sort of receptacle ou tue floor near the stove, which 1 took t. be tbe coalhod. so 1 stood tbe umbrella in It and went to bed. The neat mondag rimt cave iiutiit.' Site lisd futin.l my uuiureua ?ian::r.; in u'T siivcv' 8yracU3tf rosj-Stanaar.!, m w - a MR. TAYLOR TALKS. j Positively tefescs to Sic a Losisiilte 1 AfTccc:nt. C01RTS MIST NOW IECIDE IT. Tolor IMabaods the T roofs .and Calt the IffglsJature to ke-Conee at TranLfort. FranVfort. Ky.. SprUl - hat only thi to aav: Af.er cutur de liberation and conftrrnce with my friends frcro cvtty rrctioa vf th State. I bate omr!uJM to allow tM controversy to take lt due court. ! vlrouly tontuvt very larh vf i trround and upholding the right of ts j people t3 the uttTtnwt. If tbue ; right be destroyed the t-;)ll!hty for that drstru-ti.r nmi ret tta thoM alio iiit In j'jdKtaent. It Is due to mj- that the eminent reutlemea. my friend, mho se-unrd tLe jrpJt Ion result. nn from t!e IxniUtille -tif-r-ence. acted lu rooI faith, from tb h'-gheft motle, cf pafriotiitia and did the very bet they coil.!." The above wan ficned .r Governor ; Taylcr and l.-su-.d an a itm Itmation. i i The decision net to idn the 1hi;yI!! agreement was r tied by Goteraor .Taylor Saturday afternoon. K.r over two hours be bad In-en in c .n f T-n "e with fully 1 imra'u-;it It. iuIiIUjius from all part of the Ftite. 'I he mee t ing as nerrtt In the extreme, all (bote who came from the hull lfore Gov ernor Tavlor hinuielf. rrfusinjc to anything alMiut :he irnre of the de liberations. The tiieml'Ti of the con , fen-nee, with the eic .ti4i of Guv-trtKM- Taj lor. leathered in the Kgltda ( tive hall usually ocnip'cd by tlw , Houte of Repriveutathe. Governor i Taylor tiited to the confercTn- that S there were two course to v pursued. Firt, to slfcti the IjouImviIIa agree ment; second, to qubtly withdraw the troop, allow the legislature to recon vene In the eapitol In KranVfort. 19 ! rl' ff the ne-sion now tw ins Iiebl in j Ixndon and 4o Ignore the lniUvllIe agreement entirely. Several Ket hf were made, and it . was eoon apparent thut the eentiment ot the gathering was very strongly lu ; favor of the fecund courM". and thH ! was adopted. This action decided upon at 1 o'clock, and the first Infor- iiEfVfrl times to t newspaper me who Ftood in the hall. "I d"n'l sign," ; "Frankfort. Ky.. Feb. 10. "The excitement rc-cntly trevalling In thin city having to uine extent rub ! sided and there appearing now to le no necessity for the General As.--mbly to 1 remain In w-.in In Ixndon, I do here by, by this proclamation, iw-nvene the frame in Frankfort. Ky.. m Keb , ruary 12. 1900, at 12 o'clock n-oon. (Signed! "W. S. TAYIM. ' -Governor." Orders were at once Issued to Gen- eral Collier to prepare for the depar- ; lure of the troop, and In a Tery fcbort i time a large cumber of them t i rtJ Six companUa left j Saturday nljrhtt. ocly a email dHu li , meet will remain. Tace w ill be re- talncd only as a pe.-.ec guard and will in no way be obtruded upon the pres ence of the Legifclature. j lias no Clew. j LondoD, By Cable. The War Office j still maintains alienee regarding the j situation at the of war. announc jing at 1130 Saturday that no farther j news had berm rt rlve1 axd none bas come from ether koujcc wLkh would give a f lue to tieral Buller's move i roenta since he nrrowM-d the Tr.gela. r j to the present position cf the force. Telegraphic Briefs. Richard Croker writes from Scotland that i,rr,Vt. . . i?Ii?hk'" 'tii! ih!7 b'" line: and be crutches by "T.k ,c . Atha Iblngsworth Sirel o:k. et -rnon, N. J., were burned Satur day night. Information reached Norfolk Satur day of a fatal shooting affray, which J orcored at Norfolk. Va. Tte victim ''2 Wm. J. Jenkins, a well known at- sti'ke. and cne of them ltrM i-u,. !, riey, broke his pledg? and agreed t j re- ; turn to work cn the eld terms. A hun j 1 Iek t: t!l reat th Boer a b- Brakfcttein n.IIs. to ; w cur ! Ipw?fM ti adv to the left, it anre'wlth- i cu- ' raiig EB?rtrtJary las. TL. iccr ccutinucd rhelliag the British poJUca. Tielr supericrity cf ie'4 Art rtatrta Ut timet icpatiibi ii