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CAUCAS TT A T H X NO Vol. XIX. RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 21, 1901. So 14 A m i 1 I i ! 4 THE LAW MAKERS. j WON DENIED REPORT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE LEGISLATURE. MOST IMPORTANT BILLS INTRODUCED AND PASSED. Many Hill ana !tolotfooa Introduced - Some of the Important Msurm of I rwiMt IoUrat to Oar IUslrs. WEDMEriDAY AFTKKXOON. I fiEXATE Tho election law ishb- Jtd it second and third readings without uiftT'iittRion. f IIoue bill to restore the old boundary lint between Ashe and Wilkes count Ie iawd Its second I and third reading, f Senator Michael (Hep.) protected againnt the imnsHge of the bill. He aid that he had a ititiou, signed by every citizen of Anhe ''irty who wa-i placed in that cot y s. . a une cnangH iour years ago, a.ng I that tho present lines be retained. The bill was recommitted to the f committee (at the request of Senator Michael), but later in the day it was i retorted back and the bill passed, . all of the eleven Republicans and I Populists voting against It. I DIRKCTOIW STATE NORMAL COLLEGE '4 The nominations contained In the j following iws-Hge from the Gover- nor were confirmed by the Senate, t To the Senate: Ata meeting of the State Hoard of Education on March G the follow ing named gentlemen were noml- uated as directors of the North Caro lina State Normal and Industrial College, and In accordance with said nomination I communicate their names to your honorable body for your action, to-wit: A. J. Connor of Northampton county, for a term of six yearn, lie ginning March 1, 1902. B. F. Aycoek of Wayne county, for a term of Mix years, beginning March 1, 1902. It. T. Gray of Wake county, for a term Iteginning with his confirma tion and ending March 1, 1902. ('. II. Mebane of Catawba county, for a term of four years, beginning from the date or his confirmation. R. T. liray of Wake county, for a term of tlx years, beginning March I. 1902. Very resiectfully. Cir.nM'.H R. Aycock Governor. Ry the Governor: l. M. Peausall, Private Secretary. JULLS I'ASSKD FIXAL KKAHIX(i. The following bills were passed, some with House amendment only: House substitute for Senate bill regulating injunctions in cases to stop the cutting of timber on lands where titles are in dispute. Requiring State ' prison directors and directors of Central Hospital to construct sewerage system. To Incorporate the North Carolina Poultry Association. Supplemental to act incorporating Bank of Rockingham, Richmond county. To provide a more efficient sys tem of supervision of the public schools of the State. The Senate w ent into committee of the w hole on the revenue bill, Sena tor Glenn in the chair. Section 87 (purchase tax and liquor dealers) was the first one reached, and it pissed -without amendment. Section 88 (taxing emigration agents 52o) was amended so as to increase the tax to $50 aud to make this tax payable in each and every county in which they attempt to do business. Section 89 (itinerant opticians and oculists.) An amendment by Sena tor Morrison to strike out the word itinerant oculists," leaving the tax on opticians. Section 90 (trading stamps). Senator Henderson offered an amend, ment to grad the tax according to population 50 to cities of 15,000 and upw ards, $25 for towns of Jess size. A $50 tax indiscriminately, he said, would be prohibition, and no revenue would be collected. Mr London moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Henderson, mak ing the $50 tax apply to towns of 10,000 population or over (Instead of 15,000. Mr Webb: This section does not reach the local merchant, but the wnolesale merchants and manufac turers outside the State, as a rule. rrs . r i . . me xienuerson amendment was lost. Mr. London moved to strike out At 1 . .1 .11 . A me worus eii3 10 mercnants or manufacturers" and make the tax apply to all "who Issue, use or de liver any trading stamps" so as to catch the local merchants, who he said, generally secured a monopoly on certain lines by offering this re bate. This amendment was adopt ed. Mr. Webb then got the tax duced to $10 each. re Schedule C was then reached Section 91 (defining taxes under this schedule) and section 92 (privilege tax on railroads) were adopted with out opposition. section 93, denning the rate of the privilege tax on railroads, was also adopted, with only a few nega live votes. (This tax ranees from $2 per mile (when gross receipts per mile (when grom earnings per mile exceeu 96,vuu per mile). Section 94 (license tax, etc., on expm, telegraph and telephone companies) was adopted without amendment or opinion. Section 95 (tax on corporations organized in this State, franchise tax being graduated from $25 on ccm panlea of 125,000 or le capital to 1500 on companies with capital ex ceeding one million dollars i. This section not to exempt any company from tho license tax levied in sched ule!) of this act. Amendment by Senator Henderson to Include street railways also in this section, but, as they are not excepted, It wm held they were already included. An amendment was then adopted Including the words "or doing busi ness in this State," in line 2 of sec tion 95; and another stipulating that the tax shall be payable in the coun ty where the principal office Is lo cated in North Carolina. If they have no office they are not liable to the tax. Sections 96 to 103 were adopted without object! u (relating to mar riage licenses, $1 each by State and county; official seals, suit by State Treasurer for taxes, fines for benefit of school fund, misappropriation of taxes, subjects of taxation, etc.). Section 104 (rejection of returns by Auditor) amend d by striking out the clause imposing any costs or expense on the sheriffs, where con tention between them and Auditor arises, upon rejection of his tax re turns by the Auditor. Section 105 (duty of sheriffs on failure of payment of license tax) adopted after some argument. Sections 106, 107, 108 and 109 were adopted, and these completed the bill except the sections passed over near the beginning. Section 4, in relation to the taxa tion of shares of stocks in banks (State or National) to be piid by the cashiers of the banks directly to the State Treasurer, etc.. was the first passed-over section reached in is is a very comprehensive sec tion. Amended by inserting "Aud itor" Instead of "Treasurer" in lines 39, 58, 64, 66, 72, 93 and 101, re quiring the listing of these stocks with the State Auditor (instead of State Treasurer) and giving him authority to take legal steps when value given is not up to what is deemed right; the filing of the list of names of shareholders with Aud itor instead of Treasurer), etc. Among the amendments inserted was the following: Insert the words "and personal" (as well as real pro perty) in line 52, deducting it in arriving at the "actual value" of shares of stock, and adding the words "on which tax is payable" after the word "institution" in line 53. The Dill providing tor a new building for State arsenal and record and document storage rooms, etc., was killed. Empowering the Governor to fill vacancies occurring on the boards of charitable and penal institutions passed final reading. For the relief of Mrs. E. T. Briggs (payment for use of building for armory purposes), passed. BILLS PASSED THIRD READING. To authorize non-residents to qualify as executors or administra tors. To Incorporate 'the J. M. Ray Camp of Confederate Veterans. To pay the managers in the im peachment trial $4 per day (usual pay of legislators). Bill providing new law for hold ing municipal and county and town ship elections. (Foushee bill) passed after several counties were exempt ed, including Gaston, Vance, Robe son, wayne, Mitcneii ana uoiumuus. NIGHT SESSION. The following House bills passed final reading: In regard to commutation of sen tences of convicts on account of good behavior. To amend chapter 42, acts 1899, in reference to driving cattle along the public roads. (This bill had an unfavorable report, and was prompt ly tabled.) To regulate the insurance of the public buildings and other property owned by the State. To create school districts in Chat ham and Moore counties. To supplement act to promote the oyster industry of North Carolina. To protect owners of boilers and engines (prevents tampering with factory and other machinery by out siders, etc.). To encourage the paper mill in dustry of Haywood and Jackson counties. To pay former Secretary of State Thompson a balance due him for extra clerical assistance ($374.95) For the payment of the House managers of the impeachment trial (f 4 per day). To regulate the State printing. Authorizing Beaufort county .to fix and pay salary to chairman of board of county commissioners. Supplemental to act prohibiting sale of liquor in Cumberland coun ty. Supplemental to judicial districts bill (in reference to Swain county making July term of court a ci vi term exclusively). Empowering Governor to appoint directors .of asylum for D. and D and Blind. To change boundary lines of town of Mt. Airy. To prevent kidnapping of chil dren. . Authorizing sale of certain real estate owned by the State prison. Against sale of liquor In Mc Dowell county. f bers of the Cumberland oountv dis pensary board. Providing for an extra spring term of court for Greene county. Providing for redemption of pro perty sold for SUte taxes. HorsE The following bills ps-i ed third readlnir. To allow non-resident to qualify j as administrator and to remove funds in Bertie county. j To amend chapter 46 4, laws 1895, allowing the extension of the State's record from 1701 down to 1901. i To amend chapter 158, laws 1883,1 relating to the stock law of Per quimans county enlarging the terri tory. An act amending chapter 377 of the laws of 1899. concerning the North Carolina Department of Agri culture, in relation to placing a ton nage tax on cotton seed meal, came up for issage and was on motion laid upon the table. Amending the laws of 18G3 and 1889, relating to the public road law of Wake county. Places the election of the road supervisor in the hands of Vu$ board of county commission ers. Senate resolution relating to the stsslon of the Court of Impeachment, allowing the president of the Senate six dollars per diem. The House concurred in the Senate amendment. Authorizing the Governor to fill vacancks on the board of charitable and penal institutions when the Sen ate is not in session. To provide regulations for con victs confined in the penitentiary, relating to compensation fund. To incorporate the Edgecombe Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company. An act to regulate the State print ing, allowing the Governor and Commissioner of Labor io fix the time for delivery of work. To incorporate Rutherford Col lege in Burke county. Amending chapter 164, Laws 1899, establishing the North Caro lina Corporation Commission, en larging its powers so as to place street car lines under the control of the Corporation Commission. Establishing a stock law in cer tain sections of Wayne county. An act to punish disorderly con duct at places of public worship. An act to pay the House managers of the Impeachment trial four dol lars per day for the actual days dur ing the trial. To prevent the felling of timber in certain creeks in Gaston county. An act to incorporate the Farmers' Bank of Rockingham, Richmond county. THURSDAY. Senate The bill providing for the continued detention of the "criminal insane" in the penitenti ary passed its final reading. House bill to prevent the indebt edness of State institutions without authority, passed final reading. House bill appointing the county ;oards of education passed final read ing. House bill to revise and digest the public statute laws of the State was received from the House and put on its final passage. (Authorizes gov ernor to appoint three Code com missioners, etc). Senator London sent forward an amendment to the original bill re ducing the pay of the Code com missioners from $2,000 to ? 1,500 each (not per year, but for entire work). The amendment was adopt ed, after discussion. Vote, 27 to 19. The bill was then placed on its sec ond reading and was passed by the vote of 33 to 12. Mr. Woodard objected to placing the bill on its third reading. But the rules were suspended and the bill placed on final reading. The resolution to pay the pages their actual railroad fare home was adopted. House The following bills pass ed third reading': For the relief of G. H. Hanes, Clerk Superior Court, Surry county. An act to create a chief of fire de partment for the towns of the State; giving the board of aldermen in towns that have not the right, to elect same and prescribe piy and duties. Amending chapter 380, laws 1899, to provide assessment of low lands in -.Eastern Carolina. To prohibit the killing of birds in Beaufort township in Carteret coun - ty. To regulate the sale and manufac ture of spirituous liquors in the county of Richmond. To change in all the laws when the word "Johnson" occurs to that of "Johnston." - - To protect owners of boilers and engines. For protection of owners of tim ber trees. Unlawful for persons to remove timber from lands after owner has disposed of same. After much discussion the bill failed to pass. To correct eome mistakes In the public school law before ratification. To enlarge the corporate limits of Mt. Airy, In Surry county. The bill te provide for the mana gement and government of the State Hospital at Raleigh, in relation to the dangerous Insane, after -some little discussion, passed its several readings and was sent to the Senate. Section 1 provides that the direc tors of the State prison shall be ex officio to the board of directors of the hospital for the dangerous insane, and that said hospital shall be locat ed in the wards of the State prison. Said hospital is also created a corpo ration. , Section 2 repeals the old law. Section 3 requires that said board of directors shall, by" walls and par EN-PRESIDENT HARRISON PASSES AWAY AT HIS HOME IX IXDlANAPOLIS A VICTIM OF PNEU MONIA. LIVED A LONG AND HONORABLE CAREER He Hrrd UU Country Well la Wm- and la Psaos Born a Farmer Bojr lie Itoee to be President- Wh SUtr-Elbt Year of Ace. Ex-President Benjamin Harrison died at his home in Indianapolis, Ind., March 13th, surrounded by the Immediate members of the fam ily and his physicians. General Harrison's illness dated back only a week from his demise. A severe cold developed Into a virulent at tack of pneumonia, which caused his death. It is said that his last thoughts were of the Boer war, and it is evident that the struggle of the South African people for liberty had made a deep impression upon his mind and had awakened his sympathies. The ex-President was in his sixty-ninth year, and had lived a long and honorabe career. The Associated Press correspondent gives the following information concerning his life: "Benjamin Harrison's citizenship has always been identified with In diana, but he was born in North Wind, Ohio, on August 20, 1833, and spent the flret twenty years of his life in that State. His grandfa ther, the President, died a pjor man. His father was a farmer who passed as well-to-do. General Lew Wallace, in his biography of Benja min Harrison, says that the farm was a good one and properly kept up. John Scott Harrison was in dustrious and generous. He made his limited means suffice to furnish his children with no inconsiderable education. His wife was, General Wallace says, 'a most devout Chris tian women, of remarkable sweet ness of temper and spirit ervadad the house.' The excellent quality of Benjamin Harrison's home train ing may bo interred from that. What his early days were like in general has been told by the late ex Congressman Butterworth who wri ting to a friend on the subject said: "Young Harrison learned enough at the country school to enter Farm ers' College at College Hill near Cin cinnati going from there to Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, from which he was graduated when 18 years old. W. P. Fi-hback, law partner of Benjamin Harrison for seven years, is authority for the statement that young Harrison left Farmers' College because he had be come 'enamored of an interesting young lady whoee father, Dr. Scott, naa estaoiisnea a scnool tor young ladies at Oxford.' Miss Caroline W Scott became Mrs. Harrison less than three years later. "Young Harrison's school days ended with a brief law course in Cincinnati. He married Miss Scott and went to Indianapolis, where he put out his 'shingle' in 1854 and where his home was thereafter to be. Politics and the law went hand in hand for most young lawyers in the West in those days, and Harrison plunged into the thick of the fight which the new born Republican par ty was waging. His abilities as speaker caused a demand for his ser vices, and it was only a matter of time, party managers saw, when he would himself be a candidate for office. The opportunity came in 1869, the year of Lincoln's cam paign, when Harrison was nominated for Reporter of the Supreme VUUll. m i. Harrison was elected to the office of Reporter for four years, but two years afterward he lost the place by accepting a commission in the army. When he returned from the war, it was to take up the duties of Re porter of the Supreme Court. He declined a renomi nation in 1868, and devoted himself to the practice of. his profession for eight years, without politi al diversion. General Harri-on returned to pol itics in 1876, when he became the Republican candidates for Governor, but was defeated.' In the following J year President Hayes appointed him to the Mississippi River Commis sion, and the knowledge that he gained as a result of the appoint ment was helpful to him later in the Senate. General Harrison entered the Sen ate in 1881, and was a useful mem ber. During the 47th and 48th Congresses he entered into various discussions of civil service reform and made several speeches against the Blair Educational bill. He announced himself an advo cate of civil service reform. He said in a campaign speech while he was Senator that his experience at Wash ington had led him to wish that he "might forever be relieved of any connection with the distribution of public patronage.". General Harrison's election to the Presidency over Grover Cleveland in 1888, and the events of his sub sequent career are well known to the reading public. 'The Planters Warehouse, togeth er with 1,600 bales of cotton, at Bir mingham, Ala., burned Thursday. The loss is $100,000, nearly covered KUST CIT TCSSTCEL Tae ood FmapU Xorlk CtfWlM Mas CaKea the Mate from tas Caa- Hlckory Time-Mercury. The beat and most conservative people of the State, - Irrespective of party, are more than diguud at the rash acta, extravagance and greed for office displayed by the preeot legislature. The majority prty composing it has only deceived lu friends. It has murdered the con fidence reposed in it. Its friend, even, are seriously asking the ques tion, what will the end be? Men of every rank, more than ever realize that there U more at stake in the State than the mere success of any one party. They t lo gin to see and feel that the right of the people and the Interests of the State are in great danger when any one party gets absolute control and by prtUm laws, tries to perpetuate itself in power regardless ol the will of the people, as expressed by a tree ballot and a fair oUint at the polls. The only hope of the people and the State, is for the honest masses, the farmers, mechanics, busineat men, manufacturers and profession al men, those who work for a liv ing and do not expect office for a living, to rise above party lines, unite in one common compact and rescue the State from the results that will soon befall it, if the spirit of party narrowness and greed as now manifested at Raleigh are al lowed to continue unchecked. A State is in great danger when its republican form of government is a farce a mere bone of conten tion for the office seekers and politi cians to dog-fight over. Any party not subject to the popular will of the voters, as the Democrats in the leg islature have tried to place theit party, becomes offensive aud de manding and the ruler and not the servant of the people, as a republi can form of government implies. It is imperialism in its mot repulsive and despotic form. Liberty, life and property are at the mercy of tne ring so composed. Shall it be al lowed to continue? A CO-OPERATIVE RAILWAY LINE. Six Railroad Companies to Hare an Equal Interest In the Hoe from Richmond to Washington. The Philadelphia Press is author ity for the statement that an ar rangement has been entered into le- tween the Pennsylvania, the South ern itauroaa, tne unesapeaice & Ohio, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard Air Line and the Rich mond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railrdid Companies, for the joint ownership of the railroad from Washington to Richmond, Va. This road is now owned by the Pennsj 1- vania Company from Washington to Quantico, and by the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac from Quantico to Richmond. It is said that the Pennsylvania Company was agreed to sell Us line from Wa iug- ton to Quantico and all the co ..pau- ies are to have an equal share in the road from Washington to Ricnmond. A new company is to be formed and a value is to be placed upon both the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Richmond, Frcderickburg & Potom ac road. Each company is to have a sixth interest. Rsllroad Employes Forbidden to Drink Whiskey. Dubuque, la., Dispatch. The superintendent of the Du buque division of the Chicago divis ion of the Chicago Oreat Western Railroad, has issued a sweeping or der to its employes, which has caus ed a sensation. In effect it prohib its them from using intoxicating liquor in any form or at any time It applies to trainmen, station agents, foremen and others who hold responsible positions. It prohibits them from entering saloons or us- Incr linnnr nn nr nflT flntv. Thf e ' I 1. y .m, wlnlltUn -C Kla rule is immediate discharge of the offender. The order also commands all employes to pay their honest debts. Any failure to do so will cause their immediate discharge, un less a reasonable excuse can be given. Senator Teller on the Cuban Problem. Chicago, March 16. "I think the national administration should have kept faith with Cuba and granted the people of that island 4 heir inde pendence," said Senator Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, who passed through Chicago Thursday en route to Colorado. "As I said," contin ued the Senator, "the Cubans should have received Just what was prom ised, them t heir independence. then, after that had been done, this government could have taken up the concessions demanded of those people through diplomatic relations. As a member of the Cuban relations committee of the Senate I did not vote in favor of the demands on the mnvantlnnJ Cuban constitutional nor did I vote for them in the Sen- ate. The people of the island did not have an opportunity to demon strate what they can, or cannot da I do not look for any trouble down there, however, as they seem to be reconciled to their fate, for the time being at least." A special one week term of Rich mond County Criminal Court was ordered by Governor Aycoek to con vene April 1. Judge George H. Brown to preside. The New Bern . Journal reports shad in good supply, at 76 cents per BUBONIC PLAGUE MENACING BRITISH TttnoPS IN SOUTH AFItlCA. SEVERAL DEATHS AT CAPE TOW. K HlsJ seer's f'oUsi a uf Ilaldar Mla North TkrvMth Case Coloar. Cossets dsrtae; AU the Horses sad lK4clac British Colsssas. London, March 16. A Cape Town dispatch says that owing to the In creasing gravity of the outbreak ot bubonic plague In Cape Colony the authorities here purpose confining the soldiers to camps and barracks. The number of European casea b Increasing, four having been official ly reported Thursday. In addition to thee there were eight col red ca ses reporUd. Thus far th-m have been thlrty-aeven deaths. The plague has made its appearance at Malujes bury, Cape Coiony. Krittiuger's commando is work ing northward in Cape Colony, and nas eluded three British columus. It passed Adelaide on both sides of the town without attacking. A Boer patrol captured four na tive scouts aud shot three of them. Kritziuger's men nave carrlM off all the horses in the Albany district, for which, astbey were registered, i reat Britain will have to pay $50,000. Tne raiders were civil to the inhabitants of the district, though they commandered norses and iood. They did not indulge in wanton destruction of property, and, in many cases, offered cssn lor tne food they obtained. The Boer Invaders have cut the wires and there is no communication with the eastern districts of Cape Colony and Natal. DeWet U repor ted to have reached Senekal, north east of Bloemfouteln in Orange Riv er colony. T0WH FULL OF SMALLPOX. BtddleTiUe, X. C. Found to be Plsg-uc Htrlckea. Charlotte, March lb. leu cases of smallpox were discovered on Thursday one mile lroin town, at Biddleville, where Biddle Universi ty (colored) is located. Dr. Will iams, colored, reported this morning to the chief of police that an erup tive disease was prevalent among the colored people, of Biddleville, and two white physicians were im mediately summoneu to make a thorough investigation. Ten lully developed caes were found and sent to the pest house Others who had been exposed to the disease were arrested and placed in another part ot the pest noute to await developments. The authori ties have decided to place two shifts of guards, lour in each shift, in or der to effect a strict quarantine. The quarantine covers the students in Biddle University, but not ihe pro fessors. It is stated that the reason of the delay in discovering the disease was on account of the laise diagnosis of a colored physician, who pronounced the disease chickenpox. There is also one case among the whites, sev eral days old. Youthful Elopers Spanked. Pineville. Ky.. Special to Philadel phia Press. Thomas Turner, aged 12, and Ma ry Wilson, agea iu, cniiuren oi prominent farmers, attempted to get' married yesterday. They mount ed a horse and rode ten miles to the nome of Rev. Spjakle, and asked to be married. The preacher detained them until their fathers arrived. The children were taken to their homes and soundly spanked by their parents. Illiterates Disfranchised. Annapolis, March 16. By a vote of 14 Democrats, which is a majori ty in the Maryland State Senate, the bill to disfranchise illiterates was passed in that body. By this action of the Senate Senator Gorman has won a victory, as the House of Delegates has heretofore acted favor ably on the measure. An Awful Outrage in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn- March 16. Bai lie Crutchfield, a colored woman liv ing near Rome, Smith county, was killed during the night by a mob who took her from her cabin, car tied her to a bridge where she was bound, shot to death and thrown In to the creek. The woman was sus pected of having found and faded to return a lost purse containing $120. Since last Mav the tallest ekvscra- ner In New York has been in course of erection at Broad street and Ex- l change place. Ten thousand tons of I steel have gone Into the framework, which rests upon 100 lines of col umns, each based on a separate steel caisson sunk to bed-rock. Fire at Rockingham Wednesday night destroyed several buildings. Loss $10,000. W. w. White, a Statesviiie wer A - S X 9 mer man wno nas Kepi a recoruf finds that In 1900 there were 298 days on which no rain fell. " General DeWet says he will have orrccrr Tin cisTt3TtoiTnci.iTnini nr mt a Xalarl We Tlpm -4 Tfcat ere4 Kvery le Tmmm l.uuu r Hi mi I" !! Clovrrjsjrt. Ky March li. la lb biting air of yrtrtday the rill teas of this plai loukrO , altuust powrrk-ss to act, while flr deUruy- 1 1400,000 worth uf prote-rty and left 1,000 pTsutu, half the jpult- tloc, boUielt-fev. L very bulne hou was burix! and tne duinw of hurKirrtl of ucuru and rhlldrvn was relifv! iuly whro tnitt ld- ed With euppllr arrived frutu lxu- isvllle and lleudrrmio. lly the burst ing of a natural gas pip la tbe kitchen of a private bouse, shortly after midnight, the building was m4 on fire. A hlarti wind was blow ing aud the burning t-mts rs wrre carrhsJ to the ltuai ne tulsuvo warebou" ow ned by the Auwili-an Tobacco i AKUpauy. Tncse buildings were suou wnatned in fisiuw and efforts to save them were abaudotHsJ in order to fight the Are, which w as spreading in all direct I jo. The tobacco cominy's plant, cou- aiallug of two stout uier mm end I.OOO, 000 pounds of tobacco, every Ut-4 net house, together w ith alt provis ions and clothing, and over half the residences- were destroyed. THE PREACHER HORSE THIEF. stolsa Aalasals Recovered aad IdeatlSad by Their Osri Keyser, W. Va., March It; lH-- uty fcherlff J. A. Kimble, of Oraot county, w ho arrested the Rev." J. A. Urahauj, the self-eon fe--ed hoise thief, now in jail here and with whon the pretended preacher became very confidential, telling him of a num ber of stolen hoist ani Ulr where abouts, has just returned f om Brax ton and Lewis counties, where two of the horses were stolen about two years ago and brought to the logging woods in the vicinity of Davis. Mr. Kimble secured a description of the horses from Graham and went at once to Davis, where he succeed ed in locating them and had held while he went to Braxton and Ixw- is counties to find the owners. lie returned with them, and the horses were identified. The Braxton county parly from whom tbe horse was stolen told Kimble that (Jraham held a two weeks' protracted revival meeting in the church then, and made a great many converts, about the time the horses disappeared, but no one even susikjcuhI the devout 4rever- end" of being the thief. It Wax Ills ITnderalirrt. Kansas City Independent. A young lady attending church one Sunday evening not long ago sat directly behind a tall, handsome ly dressed stranger with a pi- of raveling hanging to his collar. Be ing one of those generous hearted. whole-souled girls who grow up to be motherly old ladies a friend to every body in town she thought how glad she would bo if some kind hearted girl would do so much for her father were he to go to church w ith a raveling hanging aown nn iack, so when the audience arose for pray er she concluded to pick it off. Carefully raising her hand she gave a little twitch, but there was more of it than she supposed and a foot or two more appeared. Setting her teeth she gave a pull and about a yard of that horrible thread hunx down his back. This was. getting embarrassing, but. determined, she gave it another yank, and discover ed that she was unraveling his un dershirt. Iter emrraHHment was so painful that chloroform could nut have alleviated her suffering, nor a pint of powder hidden her blu-hes when the gentleman turned with an inquiring look to see what was tick ling his neck. New Prophet Creates Hensatlon. London. March 16. Advices re ceived here from Mengo, Uganda, say there is considerate excitement in that part odng to the action of the Mohammed, or prophet, who has proclaimed himself there as tbe leader of a new dxrtrlne. The new prophet's name is Muludzl Ugnda. He is middle-aged, wears a long beard and Is of impressive presence. He was the principal Islam teacher of the former Uganda Mohammedian King, who was a well-known Islam ite. The new prophet recently spent 10 days In solitude in a forest and declares he was visited by an angel who charged him with a mission. The prophet's new doctrine Is main ly on Mohammedian lines, but bis fo' lowers are allowed three new vi ces In place of those previously per mitted. Claims to Be Christ. Durham Herald. A negro woman, who claims to be the second Christ and halls from no one knows where,' Is creating con I siderable excitement near Stagville . 1 1 A l A . t . one tun oeen in mat coiuiuuuiijr tor about two weeks and has gathered about her a large following or neg roes, who have quit their work and stand ready to obey her. bildlng at anv and all times. Tbe woman Is a stranger In that section and will not tell her name or where she came from. A. Beautiful Calendar. The Seaboard Air Line Railway has issued a superbly attractive Cal endar for 1901. The Calendar can be obtained by addressing, R. E. L. Bunch, General Passenger Agent, Seaboard Air Line Railway, Ports- i mm. ur THE JUDCES IMPEACUMKNT PDm'EKIH.VJ HKlHN O.N UST TiiriismY. jucci Aim MA3t Til 5 ft! CI. OPIIIIC tsatea- - . A. OethHe Altera f fee e lr ee rsrttoee Trtel far IVUUImI r mn The IfWe Me. The lrairbroat trial of Judss Douglas su 1 Kurrhcs tvn ua fhursday, the 14th lust. The pro- cweJlngs were limited fur tit day U the opening eisrrh by lUrCnuU- Ire Allen of Wayne fur the mana gers uu the lrt of the l!ue of lle- presenUtUe. Jultfv Alien dis- cl aimed the Idem, wblrh le platoly evident; that the priMrutluo is par tisan, and It purBs )aUtloal. Ills peech was very lengthy, filling nine ordinary newtpsprr columns. Friday tb trial again oprtusl. with 48 Senators answering tu ruil call. Senitor Arrlngton ofiVrM an amendment to the ltulex. No. 1 8, governing the trial, so as to penult adjournment at any time, without the formality of a n.ll-call. w hich was adopted. The President announce! that the court was ready to pro-el with the trial Mr. Guthrie: The first plei f evidence the prtswvutlon will offer is a certified copy of the official oath of Robert M. Douglas, as Associate Justice and aworn tob-fre the clerk of the court ofGuIlforJ county. In January, 1 8'J7. (The formal th as sigued by Justice Douglsa, and certificate of clerk w ere then read by Mr. Guthrie.) The next piece of evidence ws will offer Is a copy of the oath of David M. Fu rebus, as Asms: late Justice and sworn to before A. C. Avery, Asmsiate JuMl uf the Su preme Court, January 1, lHi (which was then read). The next piece of evidence we offer is the oath of David Moffltt Furchew as Chief Justice of the Su preme Court, and sworn to January 7, 1901, Itefore Associate Justice Montgomery of the Supreme Court. (I lead as others, with N-r-try of State's cortlrt-ate). The next piece of evidence we of fer is the certified tran-s-rlpt of re cord from tho Clerk of the Superior Court of Perquimans county In the case of White. Counsel for prosecution tlen of fered a oeitlfied crpy of the letter of attorney J. C. L. liarris making de mand upon Auditor Ayer for the warrant ujou the Stat Treasurer. Council for defene object! (through Mr. Osborne) and the doc ument was examined by them. Insisting upon this objection, tbe prosecution withdrew the certified copy ana tatu that tney wouia later offer the original demand, Mr. Guthrie htating that they proposed to show that the demand for the warrant was made on October 10, 1900, and that none had l-n pre viously made. The next pUce of evidence ws offer," continued Mr. Guthrie, "is a certified copy of the mandamus writ issued to Ayer, auditor, and dated October 17, 1900 (which was read). Next, the mandamus writ iwued to Worth, SUte treasurer, on the asms (Kcad.) The above documents were filed with the clerk of the court of im peachment, and it was announced by counsel for the prosecution that they would next introduce a wit ness, Mr. J. C. L. Harris. Mr. Harris was called, but not being in court it was oeveral min utes before he appeared. In the meantime. Senator Lon don suggested that tbe hours fixed for the court (10 to 1 and 3 to 6) be changed for this day and that court sit till 2 o'clock, and eent up an or der to that effect. Senator Foushee opposed this. We have fixed the hours for the sitting of th's court, and they hoc Id be rigidly adhered to without change, unless there Is eome very unusual and Important reason for IL His observation and experience had been that this course was always j cod ac tive of the best results. Senator London thereupon with diew his order, snd as it was nearly 1 o'clock the court adjourned to meet at the regular hour, S p. m. Mr. J. C. L. Harris, who was tbe attorney for Theophilos White in his case against Ihe Auditor and Treasurer was the first witness. He was examined by Hon. Cyrus B. Watson for the prosecution. Mr. Harris was on tbe stand for an hour and a half. Mr. Waton "Will you please Inform tbe court as to what counsel appeared in the case of White against the Auditor and Treasarer7" Mr. Harris "No one but my self." "Who appeared for the defen dants?" "Mr. F. H. Bosbee and Mr. C. As Cook." In what county was the suit in stituted?" . ' "In Perquimans county." ' "Where were .the facts agreed upon?" " "In this dty." mile are l,000 per mile) to $ 5 per ! mouth, Va. to appoint xwo aaamonaima m (Continued n "Second Page.) by Insurance. . , pair -bucks at 20 each. - , independence or die In the saddle. (Continued on Second Page.)
