CAUCASIAN.
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VOL. XXIII.
THE RACE PROBLEM
5peech By President Roosevelt At
lincoln inner
IS CONSERVATIVE IN EXPRESSION
The Chief Executive Appeal to the
North For Added Friendliness to the
South Eecause of Conditions For
Which the South i8 Not Alona Re
sponsible and Makes Acknowledge
ments to Crusaders Against Lynch
ing Backward Race Must be Train
ed Without Impeding Forward Race
Must Maintain Race Purity.
N"v York, Special. As the guest
f honor at the Lincoln dinner of tho
K I'liblican Club in tbia city Monday
:ij'ht. president Roosevelt made a
i-'ii ( h on tho raco problem. He ap-
a: ! to (he North to make its friend
f r the South all the ereater be
rft''s' of the "embarrassment of condi
j;!is for -which she is not alone re
: -:o:isible," declared that the heartiest
.-. knov.lcdgernents are due to the min
i ! rs, law officers, grand Jurivi, pub
lic ram and "great daily newspapers
in !!: South who have recently done
. k ii effective work in leading the crib
sa.Ie against lynching," and Raid that
tho iiroblem was to "to adjust the re
i i;ns between two races of different
ethnic typo, that the backward raco
i- trained so that it may enter into
il : possession of true, freedom. While
tho forward race is enabled to pie
s' rvo unharmed tho high civilization
wrought out by Its forefathers."
Among other things the President
said;
The President's Address.
In his second inaugural, in a speech
"which will hn read as long as the men
"ry of. this nation endures, Abraham
Lincoln closed by saying:
"With malice toward ttohe; with
charity for all; with firmness in the
riKht. as God gives to see the. right,
let us strive on to finish the work
we are in; to do all which may
achieve P.'ud cherish a just and lasting
I n-cc among ourselves, and with all
i-ati-ons."
"immediately aftor his re-election he
Iiad already spoken thus:
"Tho strife of the election is but
bunion nature practically applied to
'ii' facts of the case. What has oc
curred in this case must ever recur in
similar cases. Human nature will net
har.ge. In any future great national
trial, compared with the men of this,
v.e shall have as weak and as strong,
i's silly and as wise, as bad and as
"ooi. Let us, therefore, study the in-
:;'er.ts of this as philosophy to learn
v,i'orn from, and none of them as
wrongs to be revenged. May
rot all having a common interest re
unite in a common efTort to (serve)
cur common country? For my own
J art I have striven and shall 3trive to
iivoM placing any obstacle in the
iay. So long as I have been here I
l ave not willingly planted a thorn in
sny man's bosom. While I am deeply
sensible to the high compliment of
a reelection, and duly grateful, as I
'itist. to Almighty God for having di
rected my countrymen to a right con-
lusicn, as I think, for their own good.
' adds nothing io my satisfaction that
'ny other man may be disappointed
r pained by the result.
"May I ask those who have not dif
fered with me to join me in this same
I-irit toward those who have?"
VICE NEGRO'S ARCH ENEMY.
Laziness and shiftlessness, these, and
above all. vice and criminality of
every kind, are evils more potent for
harm to the black race than all acts
of oppression cf white men put to
gether. The colored man who fails to
condemn crime in another colored man,
who fails to cooperate in all lawful
ways to bringing colored criminals to
justice, is the worst enemy of his own
j eoplo, as well as an enemy to all the
people. Law-abiding men should, for
the sake of their race, be foremost in
relentless and unceasing warfare
against law-breaking black men. If
the standards of private morality and
industrial efficiency can be raised high
e nough among the black race, then its
future on this continent is secure. The
stability and p'miy cf the home is
vital to the welfare of the black race,
as it is to the welfare of every race.
NEIGHBORS CAN HELP MOST.
In the next place, the white man,
who, if only he is willing, can help the
colored man more than all other white
men put together, is the white man
who is his neighbor. North or South.
Each of us must do his whole duty
without flinching, and if that duty is
national it must be done in accord
ance with the principles above laid
down. But in endeavoring each to be
his brother's keeper it is wise to re
member that each can normally do
niost for the brother who is his im
mediate neighbor. If we are sincere
friends of the negro let each in his
own locality show it by his action
therein, and let us each show it also
by upholding the hands of the white
pJan. ia whatever locality who is striv
ing to do justice to the poor and the
helpless, to be a shield to those whose
need for such a shield is great.
CRUSADE AGAINST LYNCHING.
5 The heartiest acknowledgements are
f-e to the ministers, the judges and
law- officers, the grand jurors, the pub--ic
men and the great elaily news
tapers in the South, who have recent
ly done such effective work in leading'
the crusade against lynching in the
outh; and I am glad to say that dur
,TJg the last three months the returns
?-s far as they can be gathered, show
a smaller number of lynchings than for
Qy other two months during the last
twenty years. Let us uphold in every
ay the hands of the men who have
'1 in this work, who are striving to do
tbeir work in this spirit I am
v'.U to quote (row the address, cf tfie
u,Dl reverend Robert Strange b'sh
P coadjutor of North Carolina, a,
Plven In the Southern Churchman of
October t&ni.
. 1904
i!T,tilAINTAIN nACfc rniTt
Tn bishop first enters an nrnati5
bift against any social iniefniiiigiinjc
of the rare?; ft bastion which must of
couree. be Mt to the people of each
community to settle for thcm!rf: k
1:1 such a matter m ntn community
and ind'-vl nil one individual-can di--JfiK
16 any other; always provided that
In eich locality men keep In mind f
fact that there must b n r.,?fi3jn-,
cf civil privil -Slh EOOjal iatf,r1
courye. Civl; ','dw mn.n not regulate so
?S brattices Society, as s-jrh. 13 a law
Unto itself, and will always regular
its own practices and habit- Full
recognition of th Mr3imcntal fact
that all men Khbala stand on an equal
HZ regards civil privileges, in
n way interferes with rewgnition of
'he farther fact that all reflecting
men of both races are united in feHn
that race purity must be maintained.
NATIONAL bESfiNY SAFE.
Iot u bn etl-adfact for the right: but
let err on the sirle of generosity
rather than on the side of vindictive
ness toward those who diffff froai us
as to the method rJ attaining the right,
let u nfirtt fdrget our duty to help in
"plating the lowly, to shield fro:n
wrong the humble; and let ua likewise
act in a spirit of the broadest ahd
frankest generosity toward mir broth
ers, all our fellow-countryman; in a
Bpirit proceeding hbl. fibm weakness
but. froirt Kir;ngih, a Fpirit which takes
no tnOre account of locality than it
does of class or of creed; a spirit wh-h
4s resolutely bent on irg that the
Union which Washington founded and
which Lincoln saved from destruction
shall grow nobler and greater through
Out the ages.
I believe in this country with all mv
heart and eoul. I believe that our peo
ple will in the end risb hVel to every
need, will in Ihfc end triumph ever
t-vTjr difficulty that rises before them.
I could not have such confident faith in
the destiny of this mighty peoplo if I
had it merely as rojards one portion of
that prop. Throughout our land
things Oh the whole have grown better
and not worse, and this is as true of
one part of the country as it is of
another. I believe in the Southerner as
I believe in the Northerner. I claim the
right to feel pride in his great qualities
and in his great deeds exactly as I feel
pride in the great qualities and deeds of
every Other American. For weal or for
woe we are knit together, and we shall
go up or go down together; and I be
lieve that we shall go Up and not down,
that we shall go forward insted of halt
ing and falling back, because I have
an abiding faith in the generosity, the
courage, the resolution, and the com
mon sense of all my countrymen.
PROBLEMS AVILL VANISH.
The Southern States face difficult
problems; and so do the Northern
States. Some of the problems are the
same for the entire country. Others
exist in greater intensity in one sec
tion, and yet ethers exist in greater
intensity in another section.ut in the
end they will all be solved; for funda
mantally our people are the same
throughout this land; the same in
qualities of heart and brain and hand
which have made this republic what it
is in the great today: which will make
it what it is to be in the infinitely
greater tomorrow. I admire and re
spect and believe in and have faith in
the men and women of the South as
I admire and respect and believe in
and have faith in the men and women
of the North. All of us alike, North
erners and Southerners, Easterners and
Westerners, can best prove our fealty
to the nation's past by the w;.y in
which we de the nation s work in the
present; for only thus can we be sure
that our children's children shall in
herit Abraham Lincoln's single-hearted
devotion to the great uncharging
creed that "righteousness eaIleth a
nation."
LA II on WORLD.
The 100." convention of ihe Black
smiths' Union will be held in St. Paul,
Minn.
Detroit (Mich., mates think of form
ing a union of their own, and definite
plans are being discussed.
The Chicago Federated Trades estab
lished the precedent of admitting cler
gymen as fraternal delegates.
A graduated scale of wages will
shortly be adopted by the street rail
way company at the City of Mexico.
Tart of the striking lumber wagon
drivers at Chicago. 111., have returned
to work, having won the union wage
scale.
In Wisconsin the eight-hour day is
prescribed in manufacturing and me
chanical establishments unless other
wise agreed upon.
I Tube workers throughout South Staf
fordshire. England, have been served
with notices of a reduction in wages
equal to three and a baif per cent.
The request of the Western Mary
laud trainmen for shorter hours, an in
crease in pay and payment for over
time, lias been refused by the company.
The minimum wage for union book
and job compositors in Boston was in
creased from 17 to ?1S per week in ac
cordance with an agreement made a
year ago.
The agreement between the Iron
Moiders' Union of North America and
the National Founders' Association lias
been terminated by the Employers' Or
ganization. The Church Association for tb.2 Ad
vancement of the Interests of Labor is
constantly controverting the statement
that Tjrganized labor is unfriendly to
the church.
' American Federation of Labor organ
izers in the Pittsburg (Pa.) district are
busy in an effort to get all local unions
to affiliate with the Iron Ctty Central
Trades ConuciL
Village Taken.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. The Em
peror has received the following dis
patch from General Kurcpatkin: "The
Japanese during the night of January
31 attacked Djantcnciipnan, on Jthe
left bank of the Hun river, opposite
Changtaa. They captured the village,
but sul cequently were driven out, with
great loss.. The Russian casualties
were 100. The Jar&nere, after a se
vero cannonade, re-attacked our forces
at Djantanchenan at noon February 1.
Tho Russians first retired, but ulti
mately reoccupied the village, though
outlying posts arc la ti? band? of Itc
en5v."
RALEIGH, NOI?TII
M'CUE GOES
Confesses Murder of
Just
Was steady cpiavE to tije end
Charlottesville Wife-Murderer hfeets
Death Without a Tremor, Walking
Unassisted to the Place No State
ment Forthcoming When Afckei at
the Lat MameM if He Hid Any
thing to Say, But a Written Con
fession Was Given Out After the
Execution by Hi3 Spiritual AHri5er3.
Charlottesville Va., Spheral. With
out a tremor, j: Samuel McCue met
death on the scaffold at 7.5 o'clock
Friday inorr.ins fcr wlf-mui-.Ier.
Hardly had hi stnia!e t-f-nsod 'Tlin
his cMrssibn waf. given out bv hi.s
three spiritual advisors, Revs. G. L.
I'etrle, H. 1$. Leo, and John B. Thomp
son. McCue listened calmly to tb
reading of the death warrant, and
when Sergeant Rogers asked, "Do you
think that if I gave you my arm you
would be able to walk to the scaffold?"
Ho replied calmly, "I can walk with
out your aid." On the way he stum
bled onco cr twice and the offiecrB rf
ffcrud asslst.nnce-. It was not needed,
however. ThPro wag no weakness.
McCue had merely slipped on the fro
zen snow.
No Statement to Make.
Before he placed the rope about Mc
Cue' nck. Sergeant Rogers put his
arm over the condemned man's shoul-
J. SAMUEL
ders and whispered something to him.
When everything was ready Mr. Rog
ers again spoke to McCue, asking him
if he had anything to say. "None at
all," was his answer. The trap was
sprung, and ninteen minutes afterward
McCue was pronounced dead of strang
ulation. His neck was not broken.
The body will be taken to Brookville
for burial.
Confession as Given Out.
"J. Samuel McCue stated this morn
ing in our presence and requested us
f.o make public that he did not wish to
Broke Into Jewelry Store.
Suffolk, Special. The jewlry store
of R. L. Brewer & Son, owned by R.
L." Brewer, Jr.. former mayor, was en
tered and robbed. The burglars got in
by prying up with a crowbar a sill un
der a read window. The practical loss
was the theft of articles left for re
pair. A $300 cash register was destroy
ed, but only $4 in cash was taken. Mr.
Brewer cannot ascertain his exact loss,
but it is estimated at between $500 and
5700.
May Punish Atchison Road.
Washington Special Attorney Gen
eral Moody has appointed Judson Har
mon, of Cincinnati, who was attorney
general during the second administra
tion of President Cleveland, and Fred
erick N. Judson, a prominent lawyer
of St. Louis, to investigate the al
leged action cf the Atchison. Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad in granting re
bates to the Colorado Fuel & Iron Com
pany. This employment is with the
view of taking legal proceedings
against the company, if, after an inves
tigation, such proceedings seem justi
fied. Both lawyers have accepted the
appointment.
Live Items of News.
The Hungarian colony in New Ycrk.
is making great preperations for the
banquet to President Roosevelt on Feb
ruary 14. .
Gen. Nelson A. Miles.'in a statement
in Eoston, says he has no apology to
offer for his treatment of Jefferson
Davis in Fortress Monroe.
Manv vessels are still held in the ice
kj.m j. )ia Mol a t-o Ti rr nrifl hpi w
rain and sleet storms were, reported in
the South and goutawest.
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CAROLINA, THURSDAY FKIJRL'AKV IG4 1905
TO SCAFFOLD
His Wife and Pays Law's
Penally
Ifave this world with suspicion resting
en any human being other than Lin:
iVsf; that be alone v. as responsible
for th deed. Impelled to it Lv an evil
power beyond bis control, and that he
recognized his sentence as just."
J. Samuel McCue waj 46 years old
:nd twire had la mayor of the citv
cf Ciariotte3vjlie. th tragedy for
tVhieti he paid thO penalty created
more interest than an? ether crime
that has occurred in the State
in tho past quarter f a century.
Story ef th Cfimt
On Sunday night, September 4, Mc
Cue accompanied h'.s wife to church
nd they returned home about 9.15
o'clock. Within 15 minutes after they
had i t paircvl to their roam to retire
fr the night the fciiy wa3 aroused by
rA'szzz-'3 announcing the murder of
Mrs. McCtrc, and friends, physicians,
and officers hurried to the McCue
homo. Mrs. McCue wa found dead
in the bath room, arid McCtifc was ly
ing on tho floor witfi an abrasian on
hi: .check and feigting unconscious
ness. He later asserted that the at
tack had beea made by an unknown
white man who had climbed through a
window. Mrs. McCue had been dealt
a blow that broke her nosfe and her
left ear had aimost been severed by
a second blow. Death was caused by
a gunshot wound just abovo the heart.
McCue never was able to explain the
presence in the bath rooiri of a small
piece ot cotton undershirt which" fitted
exactly a torn place ia the shirt which
he had on when the officers arrived.
The women figured ia the reports cir-
McCUE,
culated as to the cause of the murder,
and a letter filled with endearing lan
guage sent him by one of his women
clients was produced at the trial. Mc
Cue had quarrelled with his wife a
number of times. She was 40 years
old and the mother of four children.
The coroner's jury held McCue for the
murder three days after it occurred,
and he had since been confined in the
jail, vehemently protesting his inno
cence. His trial was conculicd Nov
ember T imd ha woe rnm-iotoil tha
j jury being out only 26 minutes.
Judge Campbell to be a Candidate.
Richmond Special It is reported
that former Judge Clarence J. Camp
bell will be a candidate for the legis
lature from Amherst county thi3 year.
Judge Campbell was removed from the
Amherst county bench by the legisla
ture for cowhiding Rev. Mr. Crawford,
of the Anti-Salocn League. He had
acquitted Mr. Crawford of the charge
cf contempt of his court.
Fire in Jacksonville Jail.
Jacksonville. Fla. Special What
the officers believe to have been an ef
fort on the part of a negro prisoner
to escape by setting the jail on fire
resulted in one negro being killed by
Education and 15 escaping. The cries
of fire in the Raspberry Park city jail,
shortly after 4 o'clock, awoke Jailer
Bryan, who rushed from his room to
the corridor to ascertain the trouble.
As he opened the door leading into
the iail proper a dense smoke came
rushing toward him. He immediately
went to each cell and released the
prisoners, and then sent in the alarm.
Fresh From the Wires.
The peace movement in Russia Is
growing fast.
Survivors of the wrecked Furnes
liner Damara reached Pleasant Point,
N. C, after a terrible experience. .
Germany's success in capturing the
contract for rearming the Turkish ar
tillery continues to cause resentment
in Paris. ' -
King Oscar o Sweden, who is ill,
turned over the Government tempor
arily to Cro?.'n Prince Gustaf,
mU CAROLINA LEGISLATURE
rtetk That is Dla Con By th
Nrth Carotin Lawmaker.
Owing to the data of a member of
.he House, bat little mm done in either
irajseh.of, th lesKlaiore Thursday.
Tii fuiiuSkini b!!!s d&w! thetr Ca
ll readings: Ffar the prevention. of
'randulent trading. The bill pro v lies
ipalnst the e of a name, not that
5f lh proprietor. au4 aalnst a mar-"k-d
won; an conducting the store trf
tier husband without her own cam.
It prevents fraudulent trading by men
n the names of their wives, and If a
oman does business in her ovn name,
.he act makes her a freetrader.
A message was revived from the
Hctis in a resolution cirl thf death of
Representative Pblpps. and asking
that a romgmtttee of four from
the House and two from the Sen
ate to be appointed to accompany
the body horre. - Thfl mm6rial wm
adopted and Senators Taylor and Ing.
of Iredell. w-re appointed the Senate
rommittee. Taylor moved that the
Senate adjourn Tm account of the death
of Phlppt?. This action was taken.
A brief tession wau held in the Hous"
Thursday, nfter which adjournment
was takn cut of respect of the mem
ory of Representative Phlpps, who died
Wednesday afternoon.
The Divorce Bill.
In the House Friday the only mat
ter of importance was the divorce
juesticw
Ward Bill Passes.
In the Senate Friday there was much
liscusiorl on the Ward liquor bill, it be
ing a special order for iioori. At the
close of the discussion. Ward called
or previous questions. Vann's amend
ment na tn thc rife nf towns was lost.
but that providing that thfl law shall
become effective January 1 next was
adopted. AH other amendments were
voted down, and the bill passed its
second reading 25 to 10. Gilliam ob
jected to the third reading, and Scales'
motion tn susnond thp rule and nut
it on a thrid reading failed to get the
necessary two-thirds vote. The ben-
ate then adjourned.
In the Senate Saturday there were
a number of petitions and bills pre-
sen ted.
TIip act t-nown as the Ward bill
came up for thrid reading.
Ward Bill Passes.
To amend the nublic laws of 1!
regulating the manufacture and sale
of liquor in North Caronna. Stubbs
offered an amendment providing that
the act should not apply to incorpor
ated towns-where Jiquo is now being
manufactured under the provisions of
the Watts act. Stubbs said the amend
ment was but fair. Zollicoffer sent
forward an amendment provided that
--h.rto- in tiin bul should bo con
strued to arctT br uiut-uu iuc-'"""
law of 1903. Stubbs' amendment was
put and lost by a vote of 18 to 9.
Ward accepted the amendment of Zol
licoffer. Williams said he wanted to
serve notice on the Senate that for
years the west had stood by the Dem
ocratic party at a sacrifice to aid the
men of tho east. I am not in ravor
of making the matter one of politics,
but it has boon made a matter of poli
tics and it has come to this, that the
west must lose in politics, and it will
nrolaim in the west that we will not
support any officer who has favored
this bill, and I serve notice on me
gentleman from the. east that if thl3
bill is passed the west will not vote
to return him to the United States Sen
ate. Alexander said he did not be
lieve the bill would affect the Demo
cratic party in his section. Even many
Republicans were for the passage of
the bill. He denied that the rights of
any people were being encroached up
on and that thoso affected were the
men manipulating the various busi
nesses, who vero encroaching upon
the rights of the State. McLean said
the west was far in advance of the
east in temperance, and that Williams
was mistaken. Thome replied to Wil
liams and said that the east appreci
ated what the west had done for it,
now the east wanted to help the west
by driving from it whiskey manufac
turing. Eller offered an amendment
making the time when the act should
go into effect, July 1st. 190C. Ward
said, feeling sure the bill was going
into effect, he did not desire to injure
any man's business, and personally
would not oppose it. Webb suggested
an addition to Filer's amendment, that
such towns as were now manufactur
ing whiskey would not be affected until
January 1st, 190C, to which EUer
agreed, but theso amendments were
lost and the bill passed third reading,
with only two votes in opposition.
The message from the Governor re
garding the bends held by Schafer
Bros., of New York, was read, also
the correspondence it transmitted. Zol
licoffer offered a resolution relative
to the South Dakota judgment, ap
pointing the Governor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor. Speaker of the House and At
torney General a special committee tc
investigate the South Dakota bond is
cue and ascertain what amount is due
the bondholders and to issue a warrant
upon the State Auditor to pay this
sum.
The bill to protect water supplies, by
providing that the act shall apply tc
water companies now organized and
hereafter organized was taken up. the
House having added an amendment to
the bill, providing that it shall not ap
ply to artesian wells. Boddie moved
that the Senate refuse to concur in the
amendment. The motion was adopted
and the Senators from Buncombe and
Yancey were appointed as a confer
ence committee.
The House spent the day In a quiet
manner. The following bills were rati
fied: To amend the charter of Hender
scnville, relating to collection of taxes;
to elect commissioners and justices of
the peace ia Washington county by
the people; to amend the law relative
to bunting cn lands of another in Robe
son county; to allow the commission
ers of Wake county to make an appro
priation to the Wake county women r
Association for the betterment of pub
lic schools; to protect owners cf
swine in Tyrrell county; for relief o!
Piedmont Land and Improvement Com
pany; to regulate time of holding
courts In Jackson cotmty; lo incorpo
rate the Rouse Banking Company; tc
amend charter cf American Warehouse
Company; to incorporate Haywood In
Etitute; to prevent killing of "squirrels
in-wake. Dare aai Tyrrell courses;
to anse&4 charter ct gratters 0fctr'
ratorjr of Mut: Id frrrit fenl!4
00 lacdt Ct natter vtttovt MM
connect la Minus fv"M; to allow It
Kar4 of rduc!ka of Vr ei
to pay N. W. HcMtm i0 oat Uf tfe
general srhou) fuad; !a allow
well ewrntjr to istiwit qetks tf I
suing bod fcr Inepiorl&g j,ttb!le rua4
to a rote of tht ?5; u pmf espca
es of vUHIeg commuters lo r1xc
tiorjtt i8!l!tiM!en ; lo fj njt$
ct the InsoguraUng of lb got enter,
to pay ef eon cf the rcmmlttrri lo
Tenigating the penitentiary frn or
Hoanoke rltr; reolotton rr?ju-ilf!t
Senators and HepreM-ela! ue a Ccr.
gra from Ncttb Cari na to cc lfct
influence lo secure pr&pt appropria
tion for the Improvement of Cap Fear
rHer.
In the Senate Monday tber waa lUOa
done.
The following bills parsed their third
readings:
To incorporate the Ttkaaeg Hall
way: to incorporate tht Aaheville Jt
Northern Railway; to amend the char
ter of Rocky Mount In regard to th
improvement tax; to anund public Jaws
of 1903 relative to graded schools In Al
amance; lo amend public laws lm rel
ative to public roads In Alleghany; rel
ative 10 the killing of bar In Cedar
Creek, and Heater Dam townships, la
Cumberland county; for th better pro
tection of travel in Tyrrell county; to
amend public laws of ISM relative to"
the use of tlrei cn wagons iu ceitaio
counties; to allow jubilee of 1 he peac
half fees In certain cases. A resolution
to pay the stenographers In the en
grossing clerk's ofilce $4 per day; lo
pay the expenses of the committee vis
iting the insane aylum of Morganton
and Goldsboro.
At 11:20 oMovk the Senate ad
journed. In the House the following bills pass
ed final reading; To provide for work
ing public roads in Macon; to amend
the charter of Mount Airy; to authorize
a special tax for building a bridge
across the French Broad river in Jack
son county; to amend the charter of the
Durham & Southern Railway; to allow
Waynesvillc to make a contract for an
eleetricvlij?ht plant; to allow Durham
to issue school bonis; to make terri
tory within the corporate limits of Lin
coln ton a graded school district; to al
low Goldsboro to iss.'e bonds; to
amend the Buncombe stock law; to in
corporate Walnut, in Madison county;
to allow Camden county to levy a spe
cial tax; to provide sewerage for Mon
roe.
Election Liquor Bill.
The House took up the bill making
it a misdemeanor to sell or give away
liquor within five miles of a voting
place on c-lecllon day, with an amend
ment Incorporated by the committee
a drink, provided that he did not do so
with intent to influence the election,
following the election law of The Code.
Messrs. McNInch and Alexander, of
Mecklenburg; Davis, and Murphy, of
Buncombe, spoke against the amend
ment, saying it would be well enough
to suspend the dispensing of liquid hos
pitalities even in private houses one
day In two years, and claimed it would
be far better to do this than by adopt
ing the amendment to practically li
cense the giving away of liquor on elec
tion day. It would be Impossible to cop
vlct anybody under the language of Uie
amendment. Mr. Winborne said it was
an outrage to brand every man a crim
inal who. in the privacy of bis home,
should extend a common courtesy to a
friend, simply because It happened to
be on election day. Under the proposed
law a man would be a criminal who
gave his wife or cook a small dram to
case the toothache or such like afflic
tion. Mr. Murphy, of Buncombe, again
spoke, saying he had seen young men
who were temperate dead drunk on free
Republican election liqtior In Buncombe
county on election day. To require the
State to prove the intent would be to
nullify the law. The county of Bun
combe, regardless of politics, desired to
break up this disgrace of using whiskey
to Influence elections. Mr. Powers of
fered an amendment striking out the
words "with the Intent to Influence the
election." This was adopted by a large
majority. Mr. Winborne offered an
amendment making it a crime to give
away cigars and tobacco on election
day, but this was defeated. Mr. Mur
phy, of Buncombe, contended that
whiskey would take an elector's think
ing faculties away, while tobacco would
not. Mr. McNInch nodded approval at
this argument ,and asked Mr. Win
borne if he honestly desired the amend
ment to pass.
A $3300 Verdict.
Nashville, Special In the circlut court
the jury in the case of the Southern
Railway company vs. the United States
Marble company reported a verdict for
the defendant of some $3,500 damages,
$1,200 being land and the remainder for
damages sustained to other property
and non-user of the property. The Jury,
of view is said to have allowed $200
more than the verdict calls for. and
this has been the rule that the original
jury of view was more liberal than the
verdict of juries which sat on the case
after appealed to court. This is one of
the many condemnation proceedings.
t Oil Men Support Kansas.
Toledo, O.. Special. At a meeting
Sunday of the Oil Men's Association,
composed of crude oil producers in
the Trenton rock-oil fields of Ohio and
Indiana, the situation -in Kansas was
discussed by the 30 cr 40 members
present, and resolutions were unani
mouly adopted that the State of Kan
sas 13 entitled to the sympathy and
moral support of the oil trade every
where in lt3 contest with tie Standard
OH Company. .
Favor Private Car Lines.
Washington. Special. A delegation
of Georgia and Wst Virginia peach
growers, headed by J. H. Hare, ot
Georgia, appeared before the sub
committee of the House committee on
; vestigating private car lines, in pro
test against any legislation mai migni
tave the effect of vUmisatin M?? ?M
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NO. 7.
OVER
Erajflisf Was skt tiHgtSttii
Ii St, Pclcubsff
WAS M IIOIINC 1.1 AM QUAiitl
Demr!lrales Were Net Alltf led
d the Only Difrs'dtr Wat In T
atr at Night Whtn Abv af
Csar Waa KeUd fey th A ud .
Et. rtfsUirg. fly Ct4- Tfew a
ticJpate-d mtewal ct irtxtbW laukl
workmen to-lay was vi rcnte4.
Neither strikers nor Magenta made &
sUgttest at tern? I to dcatun. aad
throughout th day the city preeat4
bortnal eppearaacr, Tfc Kwperof'a
creation cf a Jo! at rctumU!'a ot maa
trs and workmen. cbos3 by itseta
elves, to inetigate iko cam of 41
coalnt antong ih laborer baa Rt4
aa exceedingly god tajprr!t. t
lag considered definite rtid-ar. f th
govern meat's purpo lo coraprl oa
of the rapacious taatrr bo bat
paid fctartalloa ars to do jaatiee to
their employe.
Tho lmH'rUl decree ordering the
formation of the ccrumltloo repo
the presidency cf the bo.! la tfeaaior
Chldlovskl. a menbtr cf tAt council
of the emp're, an-4 latrucls the rca
mitton to ascertain Immediately lb
causes of discontent cf S'. relet tburg
workmen and devUe measure lo pre
vent such dlaeontent In It futurw.
Tho committer conrlvts cf representa
tives of government department, the
various Industries, and tho workmen.
The President In authorised tc report
In Ecrocm to the Emperor and deter
mine the nr.3l,er and mole of selec
tion o! the rommlttee. At Ihe Mall
Theatre a sre'je was created by cries
of "Down with tho autocracy" and
personal abue of the KmjM-ror. Tho
demonstrators were ejected from tht
theatre.
The police continue to make arrests
The Czar's Announcement.
SI "etersburg. By Cable Tbg newi
thai Emperor Nicholas has endorsed
th scheme fwr the revival of the Zcm-
tfcnt?3ft& the SfifteBJiJWA inVoHfc
In times of stress, bra spread through
the city and created intense satisfac
tion among liberal clase. The news
papers this morning were filled with
articles descriptive of this ancient Rus
sian Instittulon, indicating that word
had gone forth that tho government
had decided to IMen to tho valre of
representatives of the peoile. Natur
ally, there Is some skepticism as to
whether the government Intends frank
ly to take the steps, but the general
verdict is that if the Emperor has suc
ceeded in shaking off reactionary In
fluences and now proceeds In good
faith to summon the Zemsky Sea bo r,
they will rally to his support the mod
erate Liberals, and perhaps arouse a
wave of genuine entkusiam In the
country- Liberals aro convinced that
the meeting of such a representative
body must be followed by important
and widespread reforms.
West Blizzard Swept.
Kansas City, Mo., Special. Report
Sunday night from Missouri, Minneso
ta, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, the Da
kotas, northern Texas, Indian Terri
tory, Arkansas and Oklahoma say
that unusually cold weather prevails.
In Omaha the thermometer registered
16 degrees below aero at 9 o'c lock
High winds prevail in many localities,
drifting the snow badly, and delaying
railroad traffic in all directions. Re
ports from Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory aay the thermometer was 5 be
low zero in several places, and ranged
at zero all day. From all parts of the
two Territories come accounts of suf
fering and death as the result of the
sudden norther.
Atlanta's Troubles Ending.
Atlanta, Ga.. Special. With large
forces of men, who have been repair
ing: since the havoc of the recent sleet
storm, continued their work all day
(bunday), Loth the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph Companies and
the telephone companies are getting
their wires in better condition, and
Atlanta is in closer touch with the oat
side world thaii she has been for a
week.
The recent storm was the most de
structive in the history of the city.
The amount spent by the telegraph
and telephone companies to restore
normal conditions will reach an enor
mous sum.
Visiting New York.
Washington, Special. President
Roosevelt left Washington Monday
morning for a two-day visit in New
York, during which be will make a
speech at the Lincoln birthday cele
bration at the Waldorf-Astoria, spend
a short Ume at the Press Club ban
quet at the New Astor House, lurnh
at the University Club, dine la "Little
Hungary.' and visit friend.
Four Injured by Explosion.
Erie, Pa-. Special. An explosion cf
natural gas at the home of the care
taker of the city water works reser-
voir seriously injured four persons this
evening. Two of the injured were so
badly shocked and burned that they
may die.. All were blown through a
second-stcry window and down an em
bankment 20 feet high. The Injured
are: Louis seiter. aged 40 years and
his wife; Harry Seiter. aged 14 years,
fid gamae! VtLteT, afed 65 $araf
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