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VOL. XXIII
CHARLOTTE,
SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1903,
NO. 5491
NEWS.
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: :
TO DECIDE MUTTER
OF
Board of Aldermen Called in
Special Session For This
Evening to Dispose of
Important Business
WATER COMMISSION
NEEDS NOW $200,000
Relinquishing of Present Wa
ter Shed To The Highland
Park Co. Makes a Move
Neccessary
A called meeting of the board of
aldermen will be held in the council
room at the city hall tonight at 8
o'clock.
The jieeffng is for the purpose of
considering a bill that will be present
ed to the board which has for its
object the issuance of $200,000 in
bonds. As News readers will recall, the
water commission, at a recent meeting,
decided to get eff the present water
shed in order that the Highland Park
Manufacturing Company might locate
their $450,000 plant.
The act that will be ratified tonight
and will be sent to our representatives
at Raleigh to be passed by the legis
lature is as follows:
Text of the Bill.
An Act to amend Chapter 271 of the
Private Laws of 1899 entitled "An
Act to Amend An Act Entitled 'An
Act to Amend the Charter of the
City of Charlotte,' ratified March 1st,
1SS1, being Chapter forty of the Pri
vate Laws of 1881," authorizing the
Board of Water Commissioners of
the City of Charlotte to issue bonds.
The General Assembly of North Caro
lina do enact:
Section 1. That Chapter 271 of the
Private Laws of 1899,- be, and the same
is hereby amended as follows:
First: By striking out Section C of
ssid at, and substituting and enacting
in lieu thereof the following:
"Section 6. That a majority of said
Board shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business, and the
contracts and engagements, acts and
doings of said Board, within the scope
of its duty or authority, shall be obli
gatory upon, and be in law considered
as if done by the Board of Aldermen
of the City of Charlotte; and said
Board of Water Commissioners shall,
for the the City of Charlotte, take and
hold the land, real estate, rights, fran
chises and property of every kind now
owned by said City of Charlotte, or
that may hereafter be purchased, for
the purpose of operating and maintain
ing a system of water works for said
City; and said Board shall have power
to acquire such additional property,
and make such additional improve
ments thereto, as may be necessary to
at all times furnish the City of Char
lotte with a sufficient supply of good
and wholesome water: and, in order
to procure the necessary funds for that
purpose, said Board shall have full
power and authority to issue its bonds,
not to exceed in amount the sum of
Two Hundred Thousand ($200,000) Dol
lars, in such form, of such denomina
tions and payable at such time or
times and places, and to bear such rate
IT
OR 1 ACCIDENT?
Alfred Thorn, a Prominent
Young Man of Forest City,S
Found Dead Today With
a Gun at His Side
Rutherfordton, N. C;, Feb. 7. Alfred
Thorn, twenty-two years old, a son of
Rev. J. B. Thorn, was found dead in
George McDaniels grocery store at
Forest City, six miles from here, at
eleven-thirty this morning.
Mr. McDanie! had left his store for
a few minutes and left them in
charge. When he returned Thomas
was dead and a double barrel shotgun
was by his side.
There is much excitement over the
affair at Forest City. No one knows
whether it was a suicide or an acci
dent. Thorne Committed Suicide.
Rutherfordton, Feb. 7. A 'phone
message from Forest City at 2 o'clock
states that young Thorne committed
suicide. A letter was found addressed
to his parents giving the cause, which
is refused to the press.
ISSUING
BONDS
: ; U I ! : I D t
of interest, payable semi-annually, as
said Board shall determine. Said bonds
shall be signed by the Mayor or said
city as ex-officio chairman of said
Board, sealed with the corporate seal
of said city, attested by the ex-officio
Clerk and said Board; and the coupon
on said bonds shall bear the engraved
or lithographed signature of said
Clerk..
"All bonds so issued shall be equally
and ratably secured by first mortgage
or deed of trust upon all the real estate,
rights, franchises and other property
of every description owned and held
by said Board .and which was purchas
ed by the city of Charlotte from the
Charlotte City Water Works Company,
as well as all other property, rights
and franchises, which may hereafter
be purchased or acquired by said Board
for the purpose of extending, main
taining and operating said system of
water works for said City. Said mort
gage or deed of trust shall be in such
form and contain such covenants,
conditions and stipulations as said
Board may deem necessary and proper
to conform to and secure the payment
of said bonds, and shall be signed in
the name of 'The Board of Water Com
missioners of the City of Charlotte', by
the Mayor or ex-officio chairman of
said Board, and sealed with the cor
porate seal of said City, duly attested
by the ex-officio clerk of said Board.
"In case said Board shall make de
fault in the payment of any install
ment of interest due on said bonds, or
of the principal thereof. at maturity,
by reason of which said mortgage or
deed of trust shall be foreclosed, the
purchaser of the property, rights and
franchises so sold shall thereby acquire
the exclusive rights or franchise to
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
UTLEY TELLS THE
STOOP ESCAPE
Relieves Jail Officials of The
Blame, though All the Facts
Are Not Yet Made En
tirely Clear
The story of the voluntary surrender
at Fayetteville yesterday of E. L. Ut
ley, slayer of Theodore Hollingsworth,
caused, if possible, more of a sensation
than did his remarkable escape. When
the News bulletined the account of Ut
ley's surrender yesterday at 3:30, a
crowd quickly gathered and the later
bulletins of the same- affair were de
voured with avidity.
The Fayetteville Observer prints the
only interview that has been given yet
and it is of unusual interest. Says
the Observer:
"The prisoner was seen in his cell
this afternoon by an Observer reporter,
ind talked freely of his escape, with
the stamp of truthfulness on every
word he always had a reputation for
strict veracity. He said, in substance:
'Worried over the trial, impatient with
the restraint of jail life, I felt like I
had to get out. This intention once
formed, I at once put into execution.
At twelve o'clock Friday night I open
ed my cell door and walked out. I did
not use a saw, file or keys on the locks.
I will not say how I got the padlocks
off, but I got them off myself. I then
went and pulled the boards off from
under th steps, returned with them
to my cell and wrapped them up in a
blanket to resemble a human form. I
waited about half an hour and then
crawled through the hole under the
steps and lowered myself to the floor
beneath with a blanket Then, as-
S tending the steps, I went cut of the
descended to the ground by the out
side steps. I went out of the small
wicket gate in the fence.
" 'When outside the prison bounds, I
was dazed by the electric lights and
addled by the novelty of the situation.
For sometime I wandered. about with
out getting my bearings. In fact, I was
lost for awhile. When I finally located
the surroundings, the one o'clock train,
which I intended to board, but without
any definite purpose in view except to
go, had gone by. I then took a main
road leading in a southerly direction
from town and walked till daylight,
when I sat down on a log in a swamp
about six miles from Fayetteville. It
was raining and I got wet and cold. I
spent the day in this swamp, and at
night started off again. My movements
from Tuesday night, I would rather not
tell about.
" 'Thursday morning, about noon, I
came upon Mr. McGirt's house, and
went up and approached Mr. McGIrt
with an offer to buy a horse. After
some negotiations, I bought one with
a saddle and bridle for $150. Leaving
the horse and telling Mr. McGirt I
would be back in the evening for it,
I went into the woods, built a fi're and
went to sleep.
" 'When I woke up I got to thinking
of the awkward position I had prob
ably put Sheriff Marsh and the other
officials in, and of the uncomfortable
position of being a fugitive, and I de
cided to give myself up. So I went
back to Mr. McGirt's about 7 o'clock,
and, telling him who I was, I gave
him a pistol I had and a considerable
sum of money (enough he said to take
him all over the world) and told him
I surrendered. I took supper with
him and went to bed. He treated me
most kindly.
" 'Neither Mr. Pate nor any of the
! officials had any knowledge of my es-
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VENEZUELAN ROW
PUZZLES
Question of Transferring Ar
bitration to The Hague
RaisejSome Knotty
Questions
BOWEN HAS ENTANGLED
THEALLIED AMBASSADORS
If Matter is Transferred To
The Hague, Preferential
Claims, it is Said, Will
Not Be Allowed
London, Feb. 7. The question of
transferring the Venezuelan dispute
from Washington to The Hague gives
rise1 to many interesting discussions in
legal circles here. If the allies appeal to
The Hague regarding preferential
treatment of their claims many law
yers here believe that they will meet
an adverse decision. It is pointed out
that should preferential treatment be
granted, it would establish a new prin
cipal of international law in discrimi
nating between creditors' in a bank
rupt state.
Should the preferential claim be up
held the lawyers want to know the re
sult if two powers not in the agree
ment should start forcibly to collect a
foreign debt about the same time.
Would the power of those warships
began to bombard have uninterrupted
management of the customs or the
debtor country for an indefinite period
or would this be reward for priority in
the issuance of a ultimatum.
The legal fraternity generally be
lieve that Bowen has succeeded skill
fully in tying, the allied ambassadors
into a hard knot which they will find
it difficult to disentagle.
Negotiations Near An End.
Washington, Feb. 7. The first pro
tocols to be signed by Minister Bowen
on behalf of Venezuela and the repre
sentatives of England, Germany and
Italy will provide for the payment of
$25,000 in cash to each of these coun
tries and. the Reference of the ques
tion of preferential treatment"to " Tfre
Hague court of arbitration.
These protocols will be, in form, a
separate agreement with each of the
three powers and not a joint conven
tion. Arrangements for the adjustment
of various claims by special commis
sion will be provided for in later pro
tocols. Up to noon today the drafts of
the first protocol had not reached Min
ister Bowen and he did not consider it
likely that the signatures would be af
fixed today.
INTIMACY BREEDS TROUBLE.
i When American And British Jackies
Drink Strange Liquors.
Washington, Feb. 7. St. Thomas,
D. W. I., has been dropped from the
itinerary of the North Atlantic Squad
ron because it is probable that several
British warships will anchor in that
harbor about the time Admiral Francis
J. Higginson's whitesided battleships
are due.
There is always much talk about
the traditional friauLshrj between tie
bluejackets who sail under the Stars
and Stripes and those who serve King
Edward. But officers of the navy re
alize that the perpetuation of this
friendship is furthered by lessening
the number of meetings ashore when
the men-of-war are riding in the same
harbor. These meetings between lib
erty parties frequently result in ex
hibitions of international fistic pro
wess. This is not because of any
natural enmity, but because indul
gence in native drinks is likely to pro
voke belligerency of talk followed by
belligerency of actions.
When the blockade was established
in Venezuelan waters no ships of Ad
miral Dewey's fleet were sent to
Venezuelan ports. This was contrary
to the usual custom of having a
representative of the navy present at
points of South American distur
bances. IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
F. Bernard Nicolls, tho Englishman
who taught King Edward to play golf,
is in this country.
Mahmud Pasha, leador of the Turk
ish reform party and brother of the
sultan, died an exile in Brussells re
cently. August Emmett MaxweJ, who, with
Senator Vest, is the only surviving
member of the Confederate cabinet,
is living at Pensacola, Fla, aged :-3.
The six-oared shell in which Presi
dent Eliot, Alexander Agassiz. and
the Crowninshields rowel for Har
vard, has been presented to the uni
versity. Lord Rosebery has invented a new
phrase. Now that hit. so-i, Lord Del
many, has reacted his majority, the
former premier refers to himself as a
"dowager peer."
Prof. Frederick DeUtseh, of the Uni
versity of Berlin, whose recent lec
tures on the Babylonian origin of the
bible created a sensation, will visir. the
United States in March.
LAWYERS
THE RECORDER'S COURT.
Cases Heard Before Him This Morn
ing Police News, i
In the Recorder's court this morn
ing John Morris, colored, was sent to
the chain gang for ten days for being
drunk. Later, the Recorder commuted
the sentence and allowed Morris to go
hy paying the costs in the case.
George McAfee and Will Moseley,
two colored carriage drivers, weie ar-
restedjast night, by Officer Weddmgton
charged with-stopping their carriages
within the limits. Each was made to
pay the costs.
Alfred Watson, colored, forfeited a
$5 bond for hvdng drunk and disor
derly. Tode Torrence and Josephine Wor
then each forfeited a $." bond for an
affray.
There was a negro jailed last night
who is thought to be an escaped ron
vict. In 1S93 Jim Dye escaped from
the Mecklenburg chain gang "and has
since been m hiding. Several days
ago the officers learned that Dye had
returned to Charlotte and was at a
certain house ia this city. On going
there Dye was captured. He now de
nies his identity and says most posi
tively that he is not wanted in Char
lotte, nor has he ever been on th-3
Mecklenburg gang. He is held waiting
further developments.
The Ministry Is Cruel.
Dresden, Feb. 7. Saxony ministry
has rejected unanimously the request
of the Crown Princess Louise that she
be permitted to return to Dresden to
see the sick son. The ministry will
not permit the visit even for' a few
hours. The decision was telegraphed
the Princess.
Jury Says Not Guilty. '
Reading, Feb. 7. After a trial of
nsarly two weeks William H. Piatt, of
Chester county, charged with the mur
der of his wife July 26, 1901, was ac
quitted this morning. The jury was out
from five-thirty yesterday evening
until 9:30 this morning and returned
a verdict of not guilty.
Mrs. Richardson Is Free.
Boston, Feb. 7. The grand jury to
day reported "No bill" against Miss
Catherine V. Richardson, who has
been held by Judge Bosscn on the
chargre of attempting to poison her
mother, Mrs. Harley Richardson.
Corbett To Meet Yanger.
C- icago, Feb. 7. Young Corbett
and Benny Yanger held a conference
last night at the Great Northern Hotel.
The featherweight champion promised
the local lad to meet his as soon as
he returned from California, providing
a club can be found to offer a suit
able purse.
Elopad To Washington.
, NortnlkVa., :Feb. 7. M . Harry L.
Odendhalv sbn ofa prominent busi
ness man of Norfolk, and Miss Emily
Jves, daughter of Mrs. W. P. Ives, one
of the city's well-known citizens, to
day eloped to Washington, D. C wh.-re
they were married.
HOUSE DEBATES M
LITTLERELD BILL
Vote Will Be Taken This Af
ternoonDisagreement On
the Military Appropria
tion Measure
Washington, Feb. 7. When the
House met at noon today, the Senate
amendments to the military appropria
tion bill were disagreed and the bill
was sent to conference. Messrs Hull,
chairman of the Committee on Mili
tary Affairs, Capron of Rhode Island
and Hay, of Virginia, were appointed
conferees o nthe part of the House.
Then in committee of the whole con
sideration of the Littlefield anti-trust
bill was resumed under the five minute
rule, the dsbate to continue three
hours. This will bring a vote between
three and four o'clock.
COURT LIBERATES A NUN.
Sister Regina Estavan Had Been Held
Prisoner As Insane.
New Orleans, Feb. 7. Sitter Regina
Estavan, who for three months has
been in the Louisiana Retreat, as in
sane, and who for twenty years has
been one of the nuns in the Sacret
Heart Convent, today gained her
liberty on a writ of habeas corpus ob
tained by her sister, Mrs. Antonio
Trepagnier.
Sister Estavan testified in a clear,
coherent manner that she was not in
sane and that before being put into
the Retreat she had announced her in
tention cf obtaining a release from
her vows and of leaving the order. At
the conclusion of her testimony Judge
St. Paul said: "Let her go with her
sister, Mrs. Trepagnier."
The Mother ouperior, who was
present in court, put in no defense to
the action.
THE WEATHER.
Forecasts for tonight and Sunday.
For Charlotte and vicinity: Rain to
night and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gresham will
continue to make Charlotte their
home. They only expect to remain a
fews days in Knoxville.
LATEST FOREIGN
IEWSUD VIEWS
Abdul Hamid Proposes to Nip
the Incipent Uprising In
Macedonia Right in
The Bud
THE POPE HAS A
FAINTING FIT TODAY
Mother Love Conquers in the
Saxony ScandalOther
Foreign Items of Pass
ing Interest
Vienna, Feb. 7. A report published
in Paris this morning stating that it
has been ordered that 240,000 troops
be mobilized in Macedonia because
f the warlike conditions there, is con
sidered accurate. It is thought like
ly such stringent measures by Abdul
Hamid will kill the outbreak in its
birth there.
Storm Hampers Etruria.
Queenstown, Feb. 7. The Cunardsr
f Etruria, with Marconi aboard, was un
j able to land mails or passengers here
! on account or a severe storm.
! liner proceeded to Liverpool.
The
Pope Has Fainting Spell.
Rome, Feb. 7. A great ceremony
was held in the sistine chapel this
morning, the occasion being the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the death of
Pope Pius ninth. Considerable anxiety
was felt regarding the Pope, as while
dressing for the ceremony this morn
ing he was taken with a slight faint
ing spell. His entouage wished to
postpone the function, or if the Pope
opposed this for him to absent him
self and insisted on going, and when
he appeared in the chapel looked pale
and feeble.
Notwithstanding the fears of his en
tourage the Pope stood the strain of
the long ceremony well. He showed
considerable fatigue however on re
entering his apartment.
Mother Love Conquers.
Geneva, Feb. 7. Mother love has
conquered in the affair of the Crown
Princess Louise of saxony and she is
now doing her utmost to obtain per
mission to visit Dresden and see her
sick son. The Princess' lawyer has
telegraphed the lawyer of the Crown
Prince to obtain, if possible, permis
sion for his client to go to the bed
side of the young Prince.
TAFT MAY COME HOME SOON.
Concern Is Felt In Washington As
To His Health.
Washington, Feb. 7. Advices re
ceived from Manila stating that Gov.
William H. Taf t is in poor health were
the cause of much ccacern at the War
Department. Secretary of War Root
has cabled Governor Taft asking how
serious is his sickness.
There is still much talk in official
circles that Governor Taft wiil .suc
ceed Secretary Root as Secretary nf
War some time in the spm;. There is
said to be no doubt tnat k u the in
tention of Mr. Root to leave the Cabi
net within a few months. It is pos
sible that Governor Taft wili soon be
requested to relinquish his duties in
the Philippines and come to Washing
ton preparatory r.o becoming Secre
tary of War.
ALASKAN TREATY HOLD-UP.
Senate Leaders Despair Of Any Action
Before Adjournment.
Washington, Feb. 7. The President
was told today by Republican leaders
in the Senate that they cannot secure
action on the Alaskan boundry treaty
before adjournment. They reported an
unalterable opposition to the treaty
among Northwestern Senators, an op
position that is spreading to the Mid
dle West.
The antagonism is based on the
declaration that the boundary line be
tween Canada and Alaska already has
been determined and that there is
nothing to arbitrate. If the treaty fails
of ratification the modus Vivendi al
ready in force will be continued until
such time as a permanent arrange
ment can be perfected.
A Police Commission.
At the meeting of the board cf alder
men tonight it is probable that the cre
ation of a police pmmission will be
advocated. Several of Lie board de
sire the police department to be en
tirely out of politico anil the appoint
ment of a commission, it is said, will
result in this.
Miles Sails For Home.
London, Feb. 7. Gen. Miles sailed
from New York aboard the Cunarder
Lucania today.
Senor Marchan, the first Cuban
minister to Spain, savs that Cuba is
very anxious for a treaty of commerce
with Spain on the basis of reciprocity.
The chief difficulty will be the Spanish
sugar trust and the high duties on
colonial products from which Spain
derives important revenues.
A BONUS FOR EMPLOYES.
Howe Pin Company Will Give Many
Persons From $40 To $50.
Derby, Conn., Feb. 7. The Howe
Pin Company today announced that
hereafter it will give all its em
ployes a yearly bonus of a certain per
cent, interest on tehir earnings.
The percentage will be governed by
the rate of interest paid on deposits
in the Derbv Savings Bank. This year
the rate is 4 per cent. Most, of the em
ploy es earn good wages, and to inanv
of them the departure will moan a
Christmas preseat of Lorn $10 to ?50.
The company has always made its em
ployes cash Christmas gifts. The con
cern was fouadej by thu lat; Dr. John
I. Howe, the inventor of the pin ma
chine, who made a fortune out of
pins.
Asks Divorce From Crank.
Chicago, Feb. 7. Peter Clark built
two stalls in his bed and refused to
provide his wife, as she says, with
sufficient money to properly manage
the household. Mrs. Rosa Clark yes
terday asked for a divorce. Peter ad
mitted he had placed a plank on edge
down the center of the bed but said
it was done at the request of his wife.
This she denied. The judge continued
the hearing.
No Coons Present Today.
Washington, Feb. 7. M. Jules
Jean Jusserand, the new French am
bassador, successor to M. Cambon,
was formally introduced to the Presi
dent this morning in the blue room of
the White House. Secretary Hay pre
sented the ambassador and his suite.
Jusserand expressed a warm regard
of France for the United States and
the President cordially reciprocated.
FORMAL OPENING
OF DUKE
Judge Burwell to Make Pre
sentation Speech Trinity
Arranges a Schedule of
Baseball Games
Trinity College, N. C, Feb. 7. The
formal opening of the Trinity College
Library, the gift of Mr. J. B. Duke,
of New York city, will take place Mon
day, February 23rd. The occasion
promises to be a very notable one and
a large number of visitors are ex
pected. The programme follows:
, Address of Presentation Judge
Armistead Burwell, Charlotte, N. C
Address of Acceptance President
John C. Kilgo.
Dedicatory Address Mr. Walter H.
Page, New York city.
The exercises will take place in
Craven Memorial Hall, beginning at S
o'clock in the evening. After the exer
cises there will be a reception in the
library building.
The college community has been
fortunate in having on the park for
several days, Mr. William Garrett
Brown, the distinguished Southern
historian and essayist. He delivered
two remarkably interesting lectures
wrhile here.
There lias just been issued from the
press of the MacMillan Conipan .
New York, a book which ha received
much favorable comment. The author
is Dr. Geo. L. Hamilton, prcfesor u
Romance Languages au Trinity Co!
lege. The book is entitled "The In
debtedness of Chaucer's Troilus to
Guido delle Colonne's Historia Tro
jana." This volume forms one of the
series of Columbia University studies
in Romance Literature and Philology.
The baseball team has begun prac
tice. Almost all of last year's team
are back and there are several new
men who give promise of being good
players.. Mr. Otis Stocksdale, the
coach last year, has been engaged
for the season and he will be here in
a few days to take charge of the
team. The manger is P. E. King, and
Captain A. B. Bradsher..The following
schedule of games has been ar
ranged: March 23, Horner, at Durham.
March 25, Lafayette, at Durham.
April 2, Gettysburg, at Durham.
April 6, A. and M., at Raleigh.
April 10, Cornell, at Durham.
April 11, Oak Ridge, at Durham.
April 13, Wake Forest, at Durham.
April 1G, Guilford, at Durham.
April 18, Wake Forest, at Raleigh.
April 20, A. and M., at Durham.
April 21, Guilford, at Greensboro.
April 28, University of Virginia, at
Durham.
May 1, Fredericksburg, at Durham.
May 4, Guilford, at Guilford.
May 5, Mercer, at Macon.
May 6, Wofford, at Spartanburg, S.
C.
May 7, South Carolina College, at
Columbia, S. C.
Rev, Mr. Jenkins Here.
Rev. Jno. T. Jenkins who has been
urged to accept the call recently ex
tended him by the Olivet Baptist
church in this city, is here and will
preach at that church tomorrow
morning and night.
It is earnesty hoped that Mr. Jen
kins will hold protracted services at
this church, for several days next
week, but it is not known yet that he
will.
The weather man hit the "bull's
eye" today. It has been a "dirty" day.
LIBRARY
OF
HOUSE AND SENATE
Senate Passes Bill Authoriz
ing Mecklenburg toChange
The Site of The Coun
ty Home
PINEVILLE ASXS LEAVE
TO AMEND ITS CHARTER
Thirty Vacancies on Univer
sity Board of Trustees to be
Filled Proceedings of
Yesterday's Session
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 7. The follow
ing bills introduced by Pharr. to
amend the charter of Pineville, au-
inonzmg Mecklenburg to change the
cite of county home, a reference to
minors holding stock in corporation;.
Glenn, to abolish board of examiners
of state institutions; King requiring;'
registration of all books sold in state;
King, for printing daily House Jour
nal; Drewry, amending insurance
laws; Freeman, appointing magis
trates in Mecklenburg.
The Senate passed bills to search
for Liberty Point, declaration of inde
pendence, to allow Mecklenburg to
change county home sUe. The Gov
ernor reported thirty vacancies on the
trustees of the state university to be
filled by legislature. Among the retir
ing trustees is S. Otho Wilson.
THE SENATE, FEB. C.
The Senate convened at 11 o'clock
with Senator Brown in the chair. Rev.
J. T. Goode offered prayer.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Marshall: Resolution that when the
Seuata adjourned today it be in honor
of the late J. M. Moody, once Senator.
Placed on the calendar. Pollock: To
prevent dogs from running at large and
to tax dogs in Lenoir. Pritchard: To
amend chapter 19 laws of 1899 regard
ing pensions to Confederat3 soldiers
and their widows. Pollock: To em
power Lenoir county to levy a special
tax. Webb: To amend chapter 507 laws
of 1901 relative to the shipment of
liquors into Buncombe and Madison.
Spence: To amend chapter 750 laws
of 1901 legarding town eiections.Rein
hardt: For the better drainage of Tflnd
in Lincoln. Henderson, by request: For
temperance legislation for Rowan.
Reinhardt: To amend chapter 645 laws
of 1901 in regard to fowls. Wellborn:
To abolish one of the terms of the Su
perior court in Ashe. Justice: To
change the corporate limits of Marion.
Aaron: To establish graded schools at
Fieemont. McBryde: To establish a
branch court at Red Springs, in Rob
eson. Bellamy: To increase pensions
for Confederate soldiers and their
widows and reclassify the pensioners.
Walker: To amend section 197 chapter
733 laws of 1899.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The Justice bill to protect life by re
quiring railroads to give warning of
the approach of trains by ringing the
bell or blowing the whistl3 under cer
tain circumstances. The committee
offered a substitute bill which was very
nearly like the original and required
the railroads to give warning when
ever a person was seen on tho track.
It was referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee. The Senate adopted a substitute for
the Senate bill to extend the limits of
Asheville and passed it.
PASSED THIRD READING.
H. B. To oncorporate Saluda in Polk
county. H. B. To authorize Waynesville
to issue bonds. H. B. To authorize Hay
wood county to levy special tax. S. B.
To incorporate Fountain in Pitt. H. B.
To amend charter of Jackson in Ons
low. H. B. To incorporate Abbottsburg
in Bladen. H. B. For Haywood to levy
tax to build bridges. S. B. To authorize
Elizabeth City to contract for lights,
sewerage and wat&r and submit same
to a vote of the people. H. B. To in
corporate Blandenburg in Bladen
county. S. B. To allow Polk to levy a
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SUICIDE PSCT
NG CI
Police of Loujsville Are in
Possession of Information
Which Leads to Some
Gruesome Deductions
Louisville, Feb. 7. The police say
they are in possession of information
which leads them to believe that there
is a suicide club, whose members are
young boys and girls in the ast end
of the city.
Two girls who have died within the
lat year, Agnes Moeller and Tracy
Doerner, are alleged to have been mem
bers of the club; according to the in
formation the police have received.
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ILK