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VOL. XXIII. SOUTHERN BLIZZARD The Land of Dixie Fast in the Grasp of the Ice King fVt.v GULF COAST FROZEN BARD Icre or Less Complete T'-Up Are reported from Louisville to New Or leans as a Result of the Three Days torm of Snow and Sleet. I.'ii; -v illf, Ky., Special. Telephone; I'i 'mph F.orvic-e over a wide -..a ( the iZouth w4 almost com ; . lv 'rippb-rt Ly Uthvy sleet Sunday. ;: t'.-rvl'jfi ako suffered, and In towns tb-. lfgbting and street . ilities Tvere suspended. The ttc v;i " is !'; most complete In many a-.,i although telegraph com r .iii'l railroads have largo force: ' '' a a,, work It may be two cr three ( i 1.. ;',i-(? normal conditions prevail. i ;vi.rm which covered Kentucky. ' i sof, Arkansas, Indian Terrl Mississippi, Alabama, Ixraisana, ! Coorgia. had prevailed intermit t .!. lot three days, and the wires : r, ' under the accumulated ice. The lull 'f y.nov; and ?leet. varying from i.tj. to three inches, extended as far i:; rih as lmisville. . r several hours Atlanta" and New i wiu.; wore cut off from the rest of enuntry. All wires were down i: j:i Mruiphis to Natchez and New Or-1- 1--.S, T.Uil the telegraph companies ni.'.-s.ip's for these points lo New Viuk and down the coast, but eveo. Ms :civi(c was interrupts I for . :t:;. Two hundred poles went down Um- .Mississippi. In Chattanooga -tn.rs were filled with brcken v. ami a Hncmau, .was killed by to Aire. Tho lifting and street car r. .is were tu:Hd off to avoid fur i ti:ii;cr to pedestrains. and line- 1 1 ! : I!!t Norfolk a City 0f Ice. Nm: elk. Va SpeiaL Norfolk Is a nty f ice. tv cold thftl has con tii.u.d for ev.ral days has frozen ev- ry -ucf p c? water In this, section, ex- ' main harbor, and thousands 'i rnle tavc enjoyed good skating '' for the first time in years. A. j-viA:n,; rnin froze as it fell and hun-.:r-i-.i ot people are skating in the west nil of streets. Hospitals and police report a great nuikher of injuries, due to f;i" Tht, sleet storm is general throughout this section and probably will ruin the growing crops on the big truc k farms. The U.ree-riasicd schooner D. M. Anthony, ashore near False Cape,, is in !ar.!-er of g-jin; to pieces. She floated sit high tide "Saturday night, but when l ack on ihe shoals before a tug could reach her, and now it seems she will he a f.tal loss. Philadelphia Port Frozen. T'hiJadelphia. Special. An almose complete suspension ot the coastwise nude out of this pert has followed the .general freeze up of the harbors. There are a number of vessels, but none will charter until there is some probability of th?ir being able to get out of the jV la ware river, which is impossible at Oms city. Very little coal is being re- eived at this port in consequence o "(lie extreme cold in the mining Te ciens. and great delay is being experi enced by steamships under charter for the Ve:t Indies in getting their car goes. .More than fifty vessels were he:s fast in the ice on the lower bay and a "number of ocean steamships which attempted to force their way through the obstruction at the Deleware capes were CGrupelled to return to sea and anchcr for the night. Worse in Atlanta's History. Atlanta. Ga., Special. Never before in the history of Atlanta has the ice king held such a grip on the city as he .lid Sunday. Traffic is completely at a standstill, the street car service dosing down at night fall. The entire electric light service except that in the immediate center of the city is dead. It has been either sleeting or rain ing since Friday afternoon, a heavy Tain falling and freezing as it fell Sun- cay afternoon. Sunday night three inches of solid ice covers the streets The telephone and telegraph service is badly crippled. Every wire between here and New Orleans is down. Scuth Carolina's Worst In Years. Columbia. S. C. Special. Reports from various sections of South Caro lina show that the entire State Is ex periencing the most severe sleet and snow storm for years. The, ground is covered with half an inch of ice, and sleet is still falling. Pedestrainism is perilous and scarcely possible. The thermometer registers about 20 de grees above zero. Men Draw Hearse at Funeral. Columbia, S. C, Special. The un usr.al spectacle f men drawing a hearse containing a corpse was wit nessed here Sunday afternoon. This was made necessary by a sleet storm which has prevailed for 24 hours mak ing it almost 'impossible for horses to keep their footing. After several futile attempts to darw the hearse with Verses, sixteen negroes, members of fraternal orders to which George Mc ee. the corpse, belonged, procured rcpes which they fastened to the tongue of the hearse, thus carying the body to the cemetery, a distance of ever two miles. Miiitia Commander Dead. Fairmont, W. Ya., Special Briga dier General Clarence I Smith, com mander of the West Virginia National Guard, died of a nervous disorder. The general recovered from a disease he contracted in the Spanish-American v sr. in which he was in command of the First West Virginia Regulars. He J 9 53 years of age and prominent po- "ticallv in Marion rounty as a Demo crat. The funeral will be held Wednes- day. THE LEGISLATURE Work That it Delng Don By h North Carolina Lawmakers, The Salary Bill. The House committer oh salaries and fe, by a vote- of 8 to 7,-reported favorably Ihe Senate bill lncreasinj? Caiariea of the judges of Supreme and Superior Courts to 3,500. Among those malting speeches advocating the WU were C. M. Rusbee, Jawn H. pou, George Strong, thoa. tt. Womack, and R. H. Hftyr-s. These appeared in re sponse to an invitation by the chair man. Judges Graham and Winhrnc. of the committee opposed Ihe increase, as did Felmster, another lawyer mem ber. Rringhau. McNlnch, IughSng Iiouso tah4 others of the committer ttoke in favor of the bill as adopted by the Senate and this prevail d. Th committee, by a vote of 9 to 7, decided to report favorably a bill to put sol icitor oh a salary, but delayed nam irg the amount of such salary until a tub-committee, by inquliing into pres ent incomes of the sixteen solictors of the State under the present fee iej stem, can approximate and Mgree ou a fair salary. Wednesday's Work. In Senate no bills of general impor tance were Introduced except one re tiucing fares on railroad nrtd Che to tetter regulating fire insurance and ether companies. Hills passed to bet ter protect clams and other shell fish in several counties. The principal il:scussion was ort ih- Ward bill, wl-.'ch amends the Watts liquor regula tion. It pfovides that no town of less than 1,500 people could grant license foi the manufacture or sale, of liquor. An amendment was accepted by Ward to niodir.y this by making population 1.000-. A further amendment was of fcltd providing that every town au thorizing the sale or manufacture, shall keep a .salaried polic? office, who shall make daily inspections and monthly reports, and tho possession of United Stales license to sell where sale or manufacture is prohibited shall be puma facie evidence of violation of the Stato law. Mr, Ward said these additions did not change his bill in eny rtfpecL X motion to rostponrj consideration was made. Mr. Stubbs said the bill would probably be the only liquor legislation to come before this session and it involved pnnciples of th? utmost importance, i Mr. Burton said that from a political standpoint, the bill should be consid ered. Tne motion to postpone until Thurs day was adopted almost unanimously. Cilia passed fir.al reading to enable married men whose wives are insane, or lunatics, to convert their land free of dower upon ceriificate of superin tendent of hocpital for the insane; to cure defective orders in the registra tion of deeds. In the House a bill was introduced to regulate the sale of pat ent medicines containing alcohol or dangerous drugs; to amer.d the fire in surance act of 1S99, to provide for in terchangeable mileage books on rail ways. Bills passed regulating the rale of cotton seed and fixing a stand ard; changing the name of the Enter prise Saving and Loau Company to tie Waxhaw Banking and Loan Cora rony; to provide for the election of county commissioners by the people, in LTnion; to authorize Mecklenburg's board of education to borrow money; to provide for primary elections in Craven; to include Stanly, Ashe and Montgomery counties in the act pun ishing the killing of fish with dyna mite. The following bills passed the third reading: To amend the law of descent which allows all children of a mother to in herit from their mother, whether legi timate or illegitimate; (this law pro vides simply that illegitimate children may inherit from their common mother provided they get nothing that is left by the father) ; to prevent the killing " squirrels in the county of Jones and Franklin;-, to provide for the holding of primary elections in Buncombe county; to protect fish within twelve miles of the summit of Grandfather's Mountain, in Mitchell county; resolu tion of the Senate to pay Governor's expenses of his inauguration, (the res olution authorizes the Auditor to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for the amounts set forward in the resolution; the entire amount does not exceed $500;) to fix the time for selling real estate for taxes in Jack son county; to relieve the board of ag riculture from contributing to the cur rent expenses of the Agricultural & Mechanical College at Raleigh. Scales s"ald he did not oppose the bill but it should go before the committee on appropriation, as although it relieved toe board of agriculture from contri buting to the college, it provided for an appropriation. Mr. McLean, chair man of the agricultural committee which reported the bill favorobly, ask ed the bill be not referred. Jle asked that his original bill which was set for a special order bo withdrawn and a bill which carried unanimously In the House containing the same re ports, be substituted. Mr. McLean said the beard of agriculture should not appropriate their funds to the Agri cultural & Mechanical College; that these amounts should not come from the pockets of the farmers alone. He hoped Scales motion would be voted down. Scales said the bill "Carried with it an appropriation of $10,000 and it should go before the proper commit tee. He said investigation never hurts a good bill and if it was a proper one it would net be hurt and a few days delay would work no injury. He. ask ed what was the use of such a commit teeif it vrere not referred to the prop er "committee, -t McLean asked if the substitute from the House would not he considered by the appropriation committee if it were re-referred. Scales replied that this would be done. Mc Lean withdrew his original bill and by his consent the substitute from the House was .referred to the committee on appropriations. The Lacy Resolution. The House resolution on the Lacy bill, the special order for yesterday wa taken up. Mr. Foushee said he earnestly hoped the resolution would nass. He was absent when the bill was originally voted, upon and had 'he been here he would have raised hi? RALEIGH, NOPTIl CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY St. I'JOo. vole against it. It was a most dan i .rerous act. Worth lt $tfi.0 by th am man Mrtin. !n old ige, had bn Tns'urt-r for two twins, and Ending he had lost $1.CKk) by another's dl honesty he had to ko into bankruptcy The bill do not give, Worth one cent but Lacy $304, who is in the feaae con d'.tioh, no better than Worth. We should not give Mr. Lacy $3(0. "I have spoken to one of the most prominent Democrats In the State and with but one exception they have all said th action of the Senate and House was a most dangerous one." lddie moved to tabl the bill- Ayes and noes were called for, 19 Senators voted to tabk the bill and 17 voted in the negative and 'the bill was tabled. On motion of Senator Zoilicoffer, the Senate wa3 ad journed until 12 e'Hock tomrrow. ANti-JUG LAW. The McNlnch bill enacting a law the place of delivery of liquors the place of sale in prohibition territory. He state I he Voted for the repeal of the sneak law of two years ago, and he callei up on those. of the. House who acted in good faith to allow this bill to pass its second reacting. He was willing for those living In counties bordering on the Virginia line who desired to do so to have their counties exempted ba fore the bill came up on its third read ing. In reply to a question Mr. Mc Nlnch said that the anti-jug law wa3 yet in force, the Senate not having repealed it. He said he had copied the exact language of the present law. He declared that there was a possibil ity that the Senate would so delay the repeal of the anti-jug law as to make the enactment of the present bill im possible. On the other hand if the bill vas allowed to pass the House with those counties deserving exemption placed there, no harm would be done them, while the prohibition counties would obtain relief. Murphy opposed immediate action, saying it was ridicu lous to vote on this bill before the Sen ate had acted on the other. Should the Senate fail to repeal the present law it would remain in force as now. He moved to postpone further considera tion until the Senate had acted on the repeal bill. If the present law was re pealed he would vote for the McNinch hill after his county and such other counties as desired it had been exempt ed. McNfnch and Turlington spoke against postponement, while Woodward of Wilson, Warren, Mitcjell. Murphy of Buncombe, Wood and Winborne favor ed it. McNinch before the motion for postponement reached the vote agreed that the bill should be made a special order for Thursday. It was ordered printed. The Vagrancy Law The House took tip the bill defining vagrancy and fixing the punishment therefor. It was oxi lined that it was the Georgia law, but tAat an amend ment submitted by Alexander, of Meck lenburg, and endorsed by the commit tee, including able-bodied men who were idle and lived on the wages of wife or minor children. Biggs en dorsed the principle involved, which he said, makes it a crime for a man to live on the labor of his children, and said he desired to enter his protest against any such legislation. Redwine declared that an able-bodied man. whe would work his wife and little children simply t support him in idleness, was a criminal, and should be so treated. Biggs said he did not subscribe to Lie present iuea that men could be made moral by an act of the legislature. The bill was very -strongly supported by Cive, Powers, Davis, of Haywood, anc Alexander, the latter describing very strikingly the conduct of many trifling white me.n who, as he said, 'iying around cotton mills, will not work, be cause the wages of their wives and little children support them." Biggs offered an amendment, so as to say "minors, not ever 18 years." Alexan der accepted the amendment, and JJ bill then passed its reading. A bill passed authrrizing registers oi deeds to administer oaths in proving accounts to be presented to the county commissioners. The bil. to prevent misrepreenta tions of merchants in the sale of goods and in advertisements came up, and was explained by its author, Stronacb of Wake, who said it was designed tc protect honest merchants; that the Bi ble said all liars would be burned, and he desired to keep as many merchant liars out of the eternal fire as possi ble. The law proposed had been in use in New Ycrk and worked well Upon objection of further cousidera tion of the bilf, It was made a special order for next Friday. The bill introduced by Butler, pro viding for the election of .county boards of education by the people came up with an unfavorable report from the committee on education. But ler presented a minority report., and explained and advocated his bill, say is g the law would not go into opera tien in. 1906, so that te terms of the present boards of education would nbi bo interfered with. The three men se Iected as the board of education ol each county were now holding the most important offices of the county and they should be elected by "the peo pie. Graham of Lincoln, said that un der the present system education hac" advanced more than ever before ir North Carolina's history, and that the people had made no demand for this change in the mode of selecting theii school boards. He moved that the bil: go to the table, and his motion pre vailed by an almost unanimous vote. Pass Final Reading. The following bills passed final read ing: To establish graded schools in Freemont; to pay chairman of the beard of commissioners of Northamp ton county $100 per annum, and mem bers of board $4 a day and mileage; to pay witness half fee in not true bill cases in Caswell county; to in crease the pay of jurors in Greene and Rutherford counties; to amend the charter of the Yonahlossee Rail way Company; to fix the time of hold ing courts in Warren j to protect heg owners in Tyre!! ; to regulate the speed and management of vehicles in Meck lenburg county, "Sie Senate amendment being concurred in; to provide foi election of commissioners and magis trates by tho people in Perquimaus; to amend act 1903 relative to water supplies; to amend tho cojopulsory school act of 1903 for. Macon . c?.".ntjr, by extending age at which children must attend school from 8 to 10 years, with other amendments; to prevent trapping fish in Swan and Kazel creeks. Swain county; to amend, act im. roari:n mecnarslca. by ttrlktnt ? cut Wak rcnty; to protrt f!b with j :n twelve miles cf tu mr4rul ol j Gfrandfatber Mountain ; to amend act 1501. relating to hunting and fiscinf :n Craven and Jones eountk-j; for rv lief pf John W. Rlljr; trt amend act 1903. rvgarciag htmtiag in Rolw-soc county; for relief of Clrk W. M. Wat Hon, of Cravea. allowing absence frorr office; to better regulate fishing In Currituck Sound; to amend grad school law at Rocky Mount; Uj Inoor I-orate Haywood Ictitut; to rerulatt fishing in the Cherokee; to protect and promote the growing of ginseng. Tito bill amending act-of 1901, re garding depredations of domestic fowl In Morganton and Rutherford county, came up. Powers explained it by say ing it includes chicken add tufkcy3 preventing thcra from scratching ur gardens, while the original bill named gocte only. Stronacb. of Wako. de sired to insert an amendment eo as to include an old white rooster, which he said flew over his fence every morning, but this amendment was oh iettod to, and ihe bill pasnsd, as did cno to prevent bunting rnd fishing in Gooseneck township, Martin county, without written consent of the owner of the premises. The bill passed providing for th allotment of homesteads in lands held in common; MORE STRIKES IN POLAND Street Parades and Forcible Inter ruption of Railway Traffic Take Place at a Center of the Iron and Cotton Industries. There is no improvement discern able, in the labor situation in Poland. At Sosnovice, a center of the iron and cotton industries, 40,000 men are on strike with the accompaniment of street parades and intimidation of those workmen who have not struck. A disturbance at Lodz, where a volley from the soldiers killed two and wounded two has not been renewed. A railway station near Sosnovice was destroyed and traSic interrupted by strikes. In Waisaw tho workmen in 42 sugar manufaeturor'es have struck. .Maxim Gorky will be put on trial on political charges, but whether before a civii cr a military court, has not been determined. The assembly i the nobiiity cf the province of Mos cow has vcted to memcralize the throne for an elective legislative body. Jovcrnor General Trepoff regards the Kuation in St. Petersburg as very sat sfactory. health i? assigned as the eason cf the retirement cf Lieutenant Gneral GripenLczg from the command of the Second army of Manuchuria; his successor is Lieutenant General Myloff, a veteran of tne Turkish cam paign. A Respite Granted. Windsor, Vt., Speciah A few hours after receiving the last rites of the Catholic Church and hearing her falth er confessor read the prayers for the dying, Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers, who was sentenced to die upon the gallows Friday for the murder of her husband, listened with amazement to the an nouncement of High Sheriff Henry H. Peck, that Governor Bell had granted her a reprieve of four months. . Preparations for the execution had been perfected. The gallows had been erected in the west wing of the prison, a heavy black curtain hanging from the guard room windows shutting the gruesome machinery of death from public view. Sheriff Peck carried the news of the reprieve to the prisoner. Mrs. Rogers was seated at a table writing a letter to her mother. Ap parently supposing that the sheriff had come to read the death warrant, she arose and moved toward the door. Sheriff Peck had never seen Mrs. Rogers before that moment. Walking up to the door, he said: "Mrs. Rogers, I am the sheriff. I have brought you good news." "I am glad to meet you, Mr. Sheriff " said Mrs. Rogers as she extended her hand through the grating. "What is the good news?" "Governor Bell has granted you a re prieve until June 2," replied the sheriff. Mrs. Rogers remained like a statue, as though unable to comprehend the meaning or tne words. Without a sign of emotion, she gazed at the sher iff a moment, and then said: "I had given up all hope, but I am glad that the Governor has granted me more time. He Is a good man." Mrs Rnppra thpn thnntrprt tiA sher iff and his companions for the infor mation they brought her. She seemed unaffected by the tidings, and as the party moved away from the door of the death ceil, she retired to the table and resumed writing. The Governor said he granted the re prieve in order that opportunity might be given for a new trial, and only on the ground that Mrs. Rogers claims through her attorney that she has not had a fair trial and that the evidence presented against her was false. Five hundred dollars was offered to Harold Harpin, a guaini in the State prison, if he would carry a package of poison to Mrs. Rogers. The offer was made in an anonymous letter from Bos ton containing $250 in bills, which Har pin received recently. The writer offer ed to send the other $230 'as soon as the poison was delivered to Mrs. Rogers. The guard tenred the letter over to Supt. Oakes, who showed it to Governor Bell: Postal authorities nve been aske4 to investigate the Utter. No Verdict Yet. Roanoke, Va... Special The argu ment in the trial of Charles Fishburn, chaiged with the.murdcr of Dr. Fred Lefew, was concluded Friday evening and the case was given to the jury at 8 o'clock. Two hours later, the foreman informed Judge Aiken that a verdict could not t e rendered Friday, night, and the jadga ordered the Jury losked up until mornins.' NORTH STATE NEWS I Occurrence f Interest In Vartcwe Part f the Statt. Ceneal Cotton Market. Middling. Galveston, firm 7 5-16 New Orleans, firm 7 i-U Mobil", arm 7.00 Savannah, quiet 7.00 Charleston, steady ..... 700 Vlimlngti)n, steady .... Norfolk, steady .... .... 7 Baltimore, nominal 74 New York, quiet 7.45 Bcton, qukt 7.4S Phi Iad?lphia, steady 7.70 Houston, steady 7 3-1S Augusta, steady ..7 S-18 Memphis, firm 7H St. Louis, firm H Louisville, firm A New Liquor Bill. A new liquor bill, applying to the State in general, and amending the Watt's act was introduced in the Senate by Mr. Hemming, of Pitt Co., It is a substitute to the Ward bill which also I3 a substitute to the lng of Ire dell, and former Ward bills. There's one strong point of difference between the pending Ward bill and the substi tute proposed by Mr. Hemming, and that i3 that the latter absolutely omit the provision that distilleries shall not be licensed i any town having less than 1,500 l-'-.ulitants. An amendment was offered to the Ward till changing the words 1.50o in habitants to 1,00 inhabitants, limiting the number of people in towns already under the act to manufacture whiskey. The amendment was accepted by Mr. Ward. The Fleaming substitute pro vides that in every t vvn where the manufacture or sab. l liquor is per mitted a town or city government must be maintained as provided in its char ter. At least one policeman must be employe! regularly at a salary of not less than $2.". per month. lie must be a man of good moral character, who ig not employed by any manufacturer or Keller of liquor, ncr m :jiy way in- of the bill, and accepted as assurance forested In the manufacture cr rale of that the amendment was meritorious, liquor, nor related by blood or marriage but as usual the majority was sunder to any such manufacturer or seller. It cd on the subje t. The opposition shall be the duty of this policeman, or the chief of police.in the event there is more than one policeman in the town, to. visit the place where liquor is manufactured or sold at least every day and make a careful and thorough inspection and examination with aview to observing whether tho laws are be- ing observed and obeyed and whether the business is conducted in an order- ly manner and make a written month- ly report, under oath, to the mayor who shall lay these reports or repo:t before the solicitor at the next ensuing term of court. If any town fails to car ry out these requirements then the County Commissioners may revoke the license. The substitute also follows the Ward bill in that it provides that the possession of a United States li cense to manufacture or sell shall be prima facia evidence in any dry county, city or town of the violation of this Stat law. The act is to become effective July first, 1905. Walked Into River to Death. - Washington, N.- C.Special The Old Dominion Steamship Company's ware house was the scene of a tragedy about ten o'clock Thursday night. A darkey named Louis McCullough who came up on the schooner Venus from Hyde county went aboard the steam er Myers, mistaking her for his own boat. He was directed otherwise and the assumption is that he walked over board as he was intoxicated at the time. His body was discovered later by the deck hand on the Myers, and with the assistance of the watchman he succeeded in fastening the body to the dock till it could be drawn ouL North State Charles Caldwell, News. colored. who for a number cf years has been a ser vant about the home of Mr. H. A. Barnhardt, cf Salisbury, on Thursday stole cash estimated to the amount of $500 from a safe in the dwelling. The money belonged to Mr. W. W. Reed, an elderly member of the household. thoughtlessly left his safe door open only to be robbed during daylight hours by the trusted servant. The negro made his escape anJ all efforts to lo cate him have thus far been unavail ing. The following certificate cf incorpo- rauon has been Issued: The Mt. Gil ead Store Company, of Mt Gilead,Mont gomery county. The object of the cor poration to conduct a wholesale and retail mercantile business. - The au thorized capital stock is $50,000 Will commence business on $10,000. The Incorporators and shareholders are: M. L. Harris, 22 shares, R. B. Scarbo- ro 22 shares, F. V. Baldwin 22 shares, R. W. Stelle.15 shares, L. P. Byrd, 5 shares, B. F. Loudermllk IS shares. The first work done by Governor Glenn Friday morning was to prepare two messages to the Legislature. In one he called attention to the urgent needs of the State, so far as immigration is concerned, and of the importance of having at once an immigration agent and bureau. The other message was about t.he necessity for the Immediate enactment of the law authorizing the term of Superior Court to be held at Fayetteville this month to be both for criminal and civil cases, in order that it may try Walter Partridge, the ne gro who assaulted Mrs. Hales. The ne- term is now only for civil cases. The Governor finds that it is impossible ta have a special term, and -tat thLi is the only course to be pursued-. Live Items of News. Governor Montague writes to Nor folk parties that he sees no reason to interfere to save J. Samuel McCue from hanging, s - Tbe prosecution in the case of Chas. R. f lshburne, of Roanoke, asks a ver dict cf murder la the first degree for the killinj of Dr. Lafew. The Chesapeake and Ohio la to erect a new $1,000,000 locomoUve-buildlnr plant. ' Oil SATIOSAL LAWflAlklur- 7 nat and teed. Th $nat g jwnt m9fh f U 4ay ta 1 luus!ef th poUry of dttrutics rxl!nary farm t&4 carina a4 hf th grirottaral ttrimit. Tfe lro trtj art ta cooskkUoo lin lb r- ddr ration i h acfirtiHoral bill aod Tom e attack or th mi, tocir4 d that th a4 Drat out lb xitnmoa varieties to b buuebt of 4L r M-ybm, mni urtrd t&4 unty ar YSritUf tbouM b upfn4 fr o the pop! of th rtmatrjr. T&lr op- xmccta ftatodd that much a 4 aa u core pit hl by th work of ib D- artmenu Mr. IVttu. I fa rarM lab.ma Senator, stood with the latter Us, and he appealed to hi fellow youthful Senators not to forgH the a) hu they eajjr4 Us tiobrts :hat grw ia th Comer box on th ront perch. Tb iwnatora partici pating in the dfbat were Msr. Proctor, Lodj:. Pltt. cf Ctmneticat; IKn-r, Haniibrough. MrCam!r. Tl er. Patterson. Ilaiify. vtm. Berry, ' I . . ..1 - r kit . . . mj ana iarimvT. iBf uiti out urn pitted. Messrs Lfxlge and lrH-!or both S dared the ed provision a humbug." Mr. 1j timer defended the distribution is cf prent value. Mr. IlaUy ndr4 Mr. lAnlgy view. Mr. Clay aJTtd hat the term of th provision uppro- 'riatinc s1.5w.ouo m tne collection anl ! I Rumination of information concern- ng live stock permits th iWr-tr o carry tn an export business, and ex pressed the opinion that ther la dan ger of abuse under an unwl admin- ; st rat ion. H dwlared that if so lo . lined the secretary could buy snJ iispcMse of meats. Fast Mail Appropriation. The House voted to leave In th gn ral post office appropriation bill th Southern mail appropriation of $167.- KK a bone over which mmtir have been contending since the Hfty-fifth Ccjngress. No question of public pol icy has this eessioa developd half the intensity of feeling 01 produced surh 1 display of verbal pyrotcnlcn as did the parliamentary struggle over hln comparatively 6mall item. Generally sneaking, the Republicans followed Chairman Overstreet. who had charge came largely from the Texas. Arkansas and North Carolina delegations, but the majority against them, with Re publican vote, was overwhelming much more decisive, in fart, than vote nf previous sessions. Of the North Carolina members, Messrs. Iag. Pou. Webb and Patterson voted with the opposition, whil Messrs. Kluttz and Godeer vote! for the appropriation. Three North Carolina members, th Messrs. Kltchin and Mr. Small, are out of the city, while Mr. Thomas was paired against the appropriation. The vote to strike out the provision was defeated, 77 to 115. Debate on Rate Bill. The long drawn out general debate on the bin creating two states out of the territories of Oklahoma and In dian Territory and New Mexico and Arizona, was concluded with a speech by Mr. Beverldge. which consumed the greater part of the day's session. He reviewed the principal arguments In opposition to the bill, giving especial attention to the proposition to unite Arizona and New Mexico. He spoke for almost three hours, and closed amid a cordial burst of applause from the galleries. Previous to Mr. Beverldge's speech, Mr. Foraker spoke in support of his amendment to eliminate Arizona and New Mexico from the proposition. The only other important business of th day was the receipt through the House managers of ihe House's replication to Judge Swayne's answer in the im peachment trial. This ceremony last ed ten minutes and at its conclusion the court adjourned until Friday. When the legislative session was re sumed, Mr. BeveridRe advocated the passage" of the bill as reported by the committee on territories, which pro vides for the creation of two states out of the four remaining territories. Mr. Beveridge baaed his advocacy of the bill upon the theory that Congress has absolute control of the creation of new states, and in elaborating that Idea he said the interests of the na tion as a whole were paramount to the general left the front because he ex wishes to the people of the territories. ceeded General Kuropatkin's orders In He declared that the constitution gare Congress power to Impose any condl tion in such legislation. End of Statehood Debate. The fairness of the House rule to all members was declared by Mr. Dalzell to be apparent, since It afforded full op portunity to vote on both bills offered by the two parties. The rule also was demanded by Mr. Grosvenor. of Ohio. Mr. Grosvenor in answer to 5Ir. Coch ran, of Missouri, was rehearsing the original Inter-State commerce legisla tion when Mr. Gaines, of Tennesee, cried out: "Oh. pshaw. When the laughter which followed had subsided, Mr. Grosvenor Indignantly retortea: "That Is in keeping with the character of the position he (Gilnes) occupies. Mr. Gaines sought to explain that he did not intend to be offensive, but Mr. Grosvenor would not be Interrupte3. Mr. Townsend of Michigan, one of the authors of the bl under considera tion, and Mr. Richardson, of Alabama, occupied the remainder of the day dis cussing it. both sounding a note of warning to the railroads that nnleaa they joined hands with Congress la the matter the people would demand more drastic legislation. "Let th railroad comply with this law .' aiii Mr. Townsend. "and volca- tartly correct any eriia noi i . . . . . . . J v tnu out, ana it wm dc wki iuj wtu. Let them oppose Its just provisions and they will but accumulate troubles against the day of Judgment." Before taking bis seat Mr. Townsend, in reply to Mr. Richardson, of Ala baxa. was positive la tie assertion that tfce bill. In connection with tae so-called Elkins act, would reach the private Carolines. Mr. Richardson, of Alabama, said the demand for legislation to regulate freight rates had come In -such an earnest way that Congress could not for a moment disregard It, bat he coun selled against engaging In hasty or hostile legislation. He was particularly antagonistic to the feature of the bill under consideration, providing for a special court to pass upon rates, main taining that it was a departure from the judicial system of the goreromeut. NO. . ArwmiAL .SLAIN Ittiha Officer Fafii Vktia U ktpj Pi ps be IE WAS A FINMS1 PIOCCIATOI mnt Party rsli Bfr tK Bwiiet of a Ca3r at M! fc HtUinfor-Ca aVn SHt Dn Aatattin. WKo Nw Ue Guarded In HoapitsL UeUtBgfor- Py CatW. Sointnrn. Iructira?r -ts-ral 4 Ha land. ho Wfaff h at r-nnw'-U-l. w. known by tbe Barn i-f J'-fcnwm. a aainjtt-i Mcola by a jung nan. who l-icntitjr up to th rccnl iibso 1 on was auo wounacj m nuin of th crimp apparttiUr a rmrrty political, th frUtTi orntUI tcsa piorainrnt tartntrr of th? c jtrrnxarat jrty. The murderer apprar-d at th l n curator's itline at 11 'c! ck M.n- day and M-nt tn a 'rd Maftfc th ntmi of Alfiandrr Jat', ho l lit the Russian tu-rW-. The young tuan. who was msnly dr-el in an of3cn uniform, was prourptlr admitted to t ofSctar rivat st Jty. an-t on r.l trancr fired four ht u frota a rlr. an of toe hot pU-rr-Kig tho trast i t the Procurator, who -r.trrt almost is tnediately. Hi win. hearing th hot. rushed in from an adjoining roru and nrd thiev or four hot at hi father' issailanf. wbi right t jc m broken Iow the km-' by a t u.b t. He vii ahs hllghtly wouiid'tl In the hou!drr. Tit a f5iiKr of his b-ft banl rtruck. The aaftn nrd ih on bullet remaining In bl n'tdr at roiniiin'a son. woundtn; him slightly in the calf of tho right le?. H thti endeavored to -iraie. but fell unrn. c!ou to th floor In th ant-romi. There h wan elx-t. Ir. Wanatjrrna w?s called lnirnnllstely. but lound th I'mrurator beyoti 1 need of hi rvlri. The aHKin was removed to the sur gical hospital, whir be li guarded oy police, anKWfrinx no qoeMlona. and evidently unconnt lou. Ills r- overy. however, I thought to Ik certain. Up to the preHcnt, tin? authorlti bav Uin unable to Identify hlw. II is of dark complexion, and apparently between 25 and 30 -rs old. Cannot Wait. St. Petersburg. My Cable. Th d'Sc yard authorities at Croatia 11 are com pleting tho prnaration for active service of the bstllhlp Alexander IU the cruiser Parnyat Azov a atd Admir al Kornlloff and th gunboat Gros jastchy. which, with th new battle ship Slava, will form the second di vision cf the third KumSan aquadmn. The- re enforceme nt a are expected ta sail at the end of next May. The Admiralty confirms the utato ment that the first division of this squadron will Icav Ilbau in th mid dle of February, but it Is pointed out that Admiral Ftojettreniky will bi unable to await its arrival. bcau bn will have to cross the Indian Ocau before the monsoon ucason, which 1 gins in March, and renders navigation Impossible for torpedo boats, ! mai! cruisers and coast defense vessels. Admiral Rojeatvcnuky will proceed to the far Eaat at th nd of February, after the arrival of Rear Admiral Uo trovsky's division. Kuropatkln Has Not Resigned. St. Petersburg. By Cab!. Th an nouncement is authorize 1 that not the slightest information baa been re ceived at the War OSlc regarding thn alleged Illness or resignation of Gen eral Kuropatkln. On the contrary, the War Office's Information Indicates no cbanje whatever in the badquartera staff in Manchuria and that the de parture of General Gripenberg for SL Petersburg Is da to Illness. The version of the departure of Gen eral Gripcnberg now given In the best Informed official circle Is that the pasninf oeyona sanaepas. ana nw lesslr sacrificing thousands of men. This led Kuropatkln to demand Grip enbergs recall. Gets Federal Office. Washington. Special. President Roosevelt Intends to give General Thomas L. Roster, cf Virginia, a Fed eral appointment, probably the post mastership at Charlottesville or tho Internal revenue collectorchlp at Richmond. Rosser was the youngfst brigadier general ia the scrrlc of the Confederacy and served also as a vol- unteer officer la the Spaclsa-Ancricaa war. Chinese Planing Revolt. Pekin, By Cable. Ad vices received here from several of the provinces ara to th effect that the Chinese reform association is rapidly completing plans for a revolution against the present em press cf China during the celebration cf the Ch?ne new year which occurs this mcntb. As an Insult to the enj pres the members have been ordered to cut off their ques. The plan Is to place Use young emperor, little Juocg Scey, co the throne. In the mean time, precautionary measure are be ing: takes by the government, although it la denied that there is any knoa l- gy cf a contemplated uprising. Live Item of News. Prince Sviatopolk ' Jilrsky, Russian Minister cf tie Interior, retired. Count von Buelow submitted the new German commercial treaties to the Reichstag. Stefan Tisza resigned as Premier of Hungary and Count Julius Andrassy is likely to be his successor. Richard Croker arrived In New York to attend the funeral of his son, Frank Croker.
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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