THEVltM(7nsSSJSNGER, TUESDAY, JAHUAKY 31, IDOo 3 i ( i i LEGISLATURE Proceedings of State Senate and House Yesterday ANTI-JUG LAW Wa Repealed by tbe House by a Vote of SO to 21 There Was Lond Argument I5ef ore a Vote was Taken Representative 3IcXLnch Intro duced a New Anti-Jug Law at Once Applying to the Whole State Measure for Increased Salaries for Judges Was Favorably Acted on in tlic Senate Other Irooeelings of the General Assembly. (Special to The Messenger.) Italeigh. N. C-, Jan. 26. The Senate met at 11 o'clock with lieutenant Gov ernor Winston in the eaair and prayer was offered by Rev. C. I.. Reed of 11. E. church. PETITIONS. Petitions for the repeal of the Mer chants purchase Tax were presented by Senators Toms and Pearson. By Senator Wright, o. Rowan, from citizens of Gold Hill, that selling of liquor be prohibited within five miles of that place. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. The following bills were Introduced By senator Pearson, by request; to enforce the use of flat wire on roads. Dy Senator Wright: To prohibit sales of liquor with five miles of Gold Hill. 5By senator Webb: To amend the di vorce law. By Senator Thorne: To protect Hali fax and Warren county game. tfiy Senator Zollicoffer: To allow the Mercantile Thanking Company time to organize. iBy Senator Ellington: To settle debt due by the state to R. S. Tucker. A message came over from the House with the bill repealing the act passed yesterday refunding State Treasurer Lacy $374 which had been stolen from him. Webb asked that the bill go to the calendar, Gilliam objected and the bill was referred to the committee on claims. Scales then said thi3 was done under a misapprehension, and he moved to recall the bill and place it on the cal endar. His motion prevailed. (PASSAGE OF BILLS. To amend the acts of 1887 regarding Reidsville graded school. To amend act of 1899 regarding Wood township. Warren county. The bill to fix the weight and regulate the trade in corn meal came up. Scales said he objected yesterday to the bill because it would be dangerous to the mills of this state. lie moVed a refer ence to the judiciary committee. Gil liam said the bill not only provided for standard weight of meal, but makes other provisions that meal shall not be) offered for sale except in certain quan- titles. His opinion that this was no proper subject for legislature, but in volved an important departure. He -wanted the bill referred to the judiciary committee and this was done. The bill passed amending the act of 1890, abolishing the three days of grace and making negotiable paper laws uni form. Another bill passed relieves county commissioners in regard to verification of claims, and making certain of their acts misdemeanors. 'FISHING IN CERTAIN SOUNDS. The bill to regulate fishing in Albe marle and Pamlico sounds and their tributaries came up. in the shape of a sustitute reported favorably by the committee. Stubbs submitted a minor ity report for the committee recom mending another bill, and said he filed this report at the request of citizens of Dare county. The majority report was adopted by only a small majority of the large joint committee. The question is an important one and the senate could not vote upon it without first hearing the just claims of opponents. The bill was made special order for Tuesday. INCREASED SALARIES FOR THE JUDGES. The Senate took up the bill regulating judiciary salaries, increasing them to $3,500, and repealing the act allowing Superior court judges $250 for expenses. 'Williams asked what had become of the bill allowing a. thousand dollars to the governor for expenses, and declared that if this allowance were not 'made he would oppose the bid. Scales ex plained that the bill before the Senate was a unanimous compromise. Mc Culloch said he had hoped consideration of this bill would be delayed until other needs vastly more pressing had been looked after, and as to its being unduly pressed he would be compelled to op pose it. "He said there was a large class of unfortunates in the state, and pursuing the sole object of Increasing the salaries ,of judges, regardless of the necessities: cf the needy, the insane, afflicted and amlnals, was not consistant and was Aot the duty of the senate. The Con federate veterans and institutions of the state must be provided for, and, more money must 'be appropriated forj them and they should be cared for first i but where is the money to come from. He said that the argument that the . ' .--' i present pay of Judges could: not Induce the best legal talent to accept positions on the bench could not obtain, for none would dispute thai tbe Supreme and Superior court benches of North Caro lina were as capable and efficient as those of any state In the union. He urged that, aside from other considera tions, thi3 was the time of depression, and that it would be a strain upon the people. McLean said he would op pose this bill, not because of ill feeling to the lawyers of the state. If this bill were adopted It would put the hands of the judges into the treasury to th amount of $15,750, and this was no time to Increase salaries. If the salaries of judges are increased the other state officers would ask for an increase and this would be letting 'lown the bars for a literal stampede. Officers of the state had said to them that if the salaries of judges were to be raised so should their own, Jones said he concured with the remarks of those who opposed the bill. That the appropriations to schools would soon come before the Senate and the pension bill would be considered and that these were much more worthy of further financial consideration than this bill. Turner offered an amendment making the salaries $3,000 Instead of f3,50. Scales said he felt it incumbent upon him to answer some of the arguments offered against the bill. He yielded to none in the matter of care for the in-: sane, and would go as far as any man in the Senate in taking care of these, and he knew this legislature would take the proper step in providing for those who cannot now be admitted into the hospital for the insane on account of lack of room. He v. ould yield to no one in regard to the old soldiers. The state had kept them on beggardly pensions and ought to be ashamed for so neglecting them. He realized the im portance of education and that every human being in these states should be educated. Discussing the bill he said was simply a matter of business. Every man on the Supreme and Superior court benches was there at a personal finan cial sacrifice, and 'f he were worthy of his position he was worthy of his? hire. This was not an increase of salaries, except nominally. A few years ago they allowed passes on the railways but" this had been taken away from them and meant a loss of about 4fl0 or f00 annually. It is required of them to h'jld special terms of court without compensation. That before t'ds was done they eked out about $500 annually from the special terms. It was not right to look upon the $3,500 as the 3-ilary. The gross receipts of a merchant do not represent his actual income. He must deduct his expenses. The net results to a Superior court judge must te con sidered. Hotel bills, railway fares and minor expenses cost not less than $1,000 every year, leaving the net salary $1,750. With this he must maintain his home, keep up insurance, educate his children. There is not a harder worked class of people In North Carolina than the judges, and the hardest work a judge has to do is when he is nominally on vacation, going over old records, etc. The average judge in this state does not have a two week's vacation in the year. The bill is for the good of the peopic in the state, as the law now makes it impossible for a poor man to be a judge. He says that in this discussion the name of Governor Glenn had bfcen drag ged in and that he desired to correct the statement as those who had spoken of it had done the Governor a great in justice. The bill regarding Governor Glenn's salary was introduced by the Governor's closest friend, and his name could not be used in opposition to the bill increasing the judges' salaries, nor to do the bill injury. He had introduced the bill and the papers of the state had lauded the governor for his great hon esty and magnanimous character in telegraphing that the bill introducing his salary be withdrawn. He was wil ling to withdraw the bill and stand the odium, but now it was being aired again. It was doing both the governor and himself a great injustice. The Governor withdrew the bill because he saw there would be opposition to it. McLean explained that in referring to the incident of the bill increasing the governor's salary he -was not aware of the particulars. Scales said he knew McLean did not know what he was speaking about and that therefore knowing- the .whole state also wras la boring under a misapprehension, he desired to explain it. He hoped th amendment would be voted down as he would prefer that if the salaries weu-e not fixed at at least $3,500 the oill should be lost. Alexander offered an amendment fixing the salaries ftr judges at $2,500, with $750 for expenses. Coxe sent forward a substitute for tne bill amending the act of 1903 by strik ing out the .word $250, and inserting $750 for traveling expenses. Gilliam iaid he was mortified by the treni of arguments against the bill. His con stituents heartily favored an increase in these salaries, and the amendment could not find lodgment in the judg ment of the Senate. This action was essential to the keeping up of the dig nity of the bench what was actually necessary for its maintenance. Flem ing said he had proposed before the committee that the salary be made $3, 00 a year. Mason, of Gaston, sak1. the state was able to pay better sala ries. Coxe withdrew his substitute. Williams said he had a letter from ex Attorney General Walser asking him to support the bill, removing it from politics, and that he wished he coull do so conscienciously, but he could no:. It was a foregone conclusion that the senate had passed the bill, and he knew he spoke in vain, but the state was not in a position to make the increase, it was impossible to make it without increasing the taxes, unless the state should have a deficit. He knew he was not casting bread upon the waters, and that he would undoubt edly get it in the neck from them, but he would take his medicine like a man. Scales asked if Williams did not think this last remark unworthy. Williams replied that he did not and that Scaes had been most unworthy in speaking of the governor and the "bill to increase -his salary. Scales asked wherein he had been unworthy, but the chair rul ed that arguments must be devoted entirely to the bill. Williams continued his argument. Wright said every mem ber should vote for the bill. That it would! not cause a levy of taxes, and that the state would not pay a cent for the South Dakota bonds until the hi ghest cou rt com pelled such action, which would never be taken.. Stubbs on posed amendments. Ward said the friends cf the measure to increase the judges salaries should not ask for an increase in taxes, but if the Senators believed the bill allowed mere money to the judges than their services mer ited the- ought not to pass it. The debate lasted until -three o'clock when the bill passed Its final reading by a vote of 24 to 23. Upon passage of the bill on Its second reading, and before the final vote, Scale z rising to personal privilege, called W-. hams attention to the lattcr's remark. ; as unworthy because the. not only re flected upon judges and cnaiors. but upon himself, and Williams had replied by accusing him of being unworthy m his recital cf the history of Governor Glenn's connection with the Governor's increase salary bill. He said that he had dozens of newspaper Clippings com mending Glenn for asking that the bill be withdrawn and it was but fair that It be known that he Introduced the Governors salary bill at the earnest re quest of close personal friends of the Governor and when it was seen that the bill could not be passed before the 'nauguratlon and Glenn could et no benefit from it, a conference of his i friends was held, the situation canvass- ed and it was seen tha: the House 5 would refuse to pass it. It was after being Informed of this that Glenn, la order to relieve h's friends from em- ; barrassment, sent his celebrated tele- f gram asking that io bid Le passed in- ; creasing his salary. Scales said if to make this explanation in justice to Glenn and those who nad championed the Governors increase sasary b:il was unworthy, then was he unworthy, and if treason, then was he a traitor. Replying, Williams said that what he had said was intended m a spirit or pleasantry, and he had i-.ot meant t reflect on Scales, Judges or Senators. He could only say that Scales had given away secrets and this was imprudent; but he hoped no offense would be taken. COMMITTEE WORK. . The House committee on health re ported favorably on Wright's Senate bill prohibiting the sale of cocaine, moi -phine and such drugs without prescrip tion of a physician, also' on the bi 1 to revise and consolidate the pharmacy board of the state, and requiring a' towns of over five, hundred inhabitants to have prescriptions compounded by licensed pharmacists. The bill requit ing ali dealers in patent medicine, containing alcohol, opium, cocaine and such to take out special license, paying heavy tax therefor, was reported ai versely. The House judiciary committee acted favorably on Graham's bill limiting the peremptory challenges of defendant in capital cases to ten, none to be stood at the foot of panel, and allowing the state four challengers and on Win borne's bill providing for a new trial is criminal cases for newly discovered evidence, pending an appeal to the su preme court. The Senate judiciary ommittee re ported adversely on the bill which passed the House making the. title of an act a part thereof. Before the committee on health, there was argument on the biil to exempt 'Hendersonville from the law requiring an examination of the drinking water supply. Secretary Richard H. Lewis, of the State Board of Health spoke in opposition. Senator Toms spoke in favor.' Repre sentative Laughinghouse opposing the bill said if any place were thus exempt ed, and he was seeking for his family a place to visit, he certain;y would not go to any town which had such a liber ty as this. The committee decided to report the bill unfavorable. THE HOUSE. Speaker Guion called the House to order and Rev. McNely DuBose, rea tor of St. Mary's School offered prayer. Petitions were introduced as follows: McQueen: From merchants of Car thage asking law against obtaining goods under false pretenses, petitions of the same kind being- introduced by Per ry and Patterson. Kirk, from 2,320 members of Stanley (Baptist Association and 500 voters of Stanley county, praying that the Watt.s law remain as at present, if it be changed it be made more stringent. INTRODUUCTION OF BILLS. Bills were introduced as follows: Warren To amend the law paying half fees to witnesses to Jones county. Sledge To amerid the law relating to paying half fees in Caswell. Jones To protect fish in Swain. Murphy To allow Spencer to issue bonds for schools, electric lights and other purposes. Allen To incorporate Sylva, Murphy To establish a graded school at Spencer and other places. Simpson To amend the game law of 1901. Humphreys To create a buliding and repair fund for schoolhouses in Rock ingham county, and to amend the law relating to deeds of trust. Rives To amend the law re'ating to public drunkenness in Chatham. Roberts To amend the act of 1893 in corporating: Mars Hill. Madison countv. McGill To amend the pension act of 1903 as to (pensions for soldiers, sailors and widows. Patterson To abolish the pretended election for graded school at Whit-tier, Swain county. Buchanan For relief of E. Aubrey. Wade To prohibit throwing sawdust in streams in Montgomery county. Gaie Providing certa'n funds to be paid to the trus ees of the Scotland Neck Groded school. A 1 lev To incorporate the Tuckasee gee Railway. Alley To amend the code relative to certain grants under the Cherokee land law. Win borne To -change the name of the Hertford county Telephone com pany to the North State Te'ephnne corripany, and to so amend the law that the executor of an executor shall not be executor of the first testator. Biggs To allow Durham county com missioners to spend $4,000 In opening the streets and improving the court house property in conjunction with the aldormen of Durham. A bill passed final reading- to revise consolidate and amend the charter of Spencer, ... - THE ANTT-JUG LAW. The House then took up the special order, this being the bill to repeal tbe anti-jug law of 1903, except as to Cleveland, 'Cabarrus, Mitchell and Gas ton counties. 'McNinch offered an amendment incorporating an anti-jug-law for the state into section 2 of the Watts law, saying lie had no desire and the friends of tempera-nee had none, to take an advantage of an accidental law, but that by passing the bill of hJU amendment this accidental law would in effect be repealed and at the same time a state anti-jug ' would be enacted. Davis, of Haywood, chairman of the committee on liquor traffic ald that as the amendment injected entire ly new matter which was not consider ed 'by the committee when It made its original report he moved that the bill be re-referred. Murjhy of Rowan ob jected to this re-committment, saying he thought members ought to meet the issue squarely and be willing to say whether they desfted to take advamao of an accidental law or cot- Win borne said he introduced a bill for re peal, except as to the counties above referred to which are named in the acts of 1903, and that the bill was so worded that any county desiring- it could be placed within the anti-jug a erritory. He added that ft was a well known fact that the anti-jug law, bill, applying to a whole state was defeated in 1S03, and hence that it was nothing: but proper to repeal any law which had been enacted by mistake. Graham of Granville favored re-commitment cf the bill, as did Stewart of Harnett ar.4 Alexander of Mecklenburg. Koonce, t Onslow opposed postponement, saying it was generally understood during the campaign, and he had so stated to hie constituents, that the law would be re pealed because it was 'tainted with er ror. If not with fraud. He had the au thority of the d stingulshed chairman of the Democratic committee for the assurance that e& a matter of course the law would be repealed. Warren of Jons Fa d the law was not mode an is sue in the-campaign in his section, be cause it was universally considered that as a matter of course it would b repealed. This is the only manly course to pursue.and then.if it is desired an other bill piviqg an anti-jug law to the entire state could be Introduced and stand on its merits. Men high In au thority In North Carolina had led the people to believe this law would be promptly repealed so far as it had te lated to territory not including the Mil. He opposed any postponement. Murphy of Rowan said he had no objections to an anti-jug law of those counties whose members desired it, but was not in fa vor of postponing action in repealing the law covering the whole state. The people expected to see the law repealed promptly, and yet here it was, 20th day of the session, and the bill to repeal had been held back and now it was proposed :to still further postpone it. Mitchell, of Bertie, fa vored the repeal without any further postponement, saying it was well known how he stood on the temper ance question and how the liquor in fluences tried to defeat him in the last campaign, but he could not rest con tented a moment without voting the repeal of the present law, passed inad vertently. He believed an anti-jug law cou'd be passed by this legislature to cover this whole State, but whether that was so or not, it would be un pardonable and unmanly to allow the law as at present construed by the supreme court to remain on the statutes. Robeson said he would vote for an anti-jug law for the whole State, but was unalterably opposed to delay another moment in voting to "repeal present law. He felt that the construction placed by the supremo court, making the law universal, was good law, yet at the same time it amounted to an admission of want of care on the part of the legislature, and as a former member he could not make amends any too soon. Biggs followed in the same strain. Riburn said he was glad to know all members acquitted the author of the local ant' jug law of any intention to include the State under .the pretense of a local measure. He said he was the partner of Mr. Hoey, the introducer of the bill two years ago, and knew that Hoey never dreamed of the act having a general application. He strongly favored repealing the pres ent law, excepting for the counties it was drawn to cover. McNinch with drew his amendment saying he hopd his purpose would not be miscon strued. He gave notice that he would introduce a bill to enact an anti-jug law for the State. Davi3 withdrew his motion to re-commit and the bill passed, on roll call 86 to 21, the fol lowing voted no: ?anady, Feimster, Gower, Graham, of Lincoln, Jones. McGill. McQueen, Olive, Redding, Stronach, Taylor, of Vance, Thagard, Wade, West, of Bladen, West of Chero kee, Williams, Wood, Powers, of Rutherford and Young. In explaining why he voted no, Powers said he believed a bird In the hand was worth two in the bush. On the third reading of the bill thf following counties asked to be ex empted from the operations of the re pealing bill- Caldwell, Watauga, Burke, Rutherford, and Randolph. McNinch begged members to with draw these amendments to have their counties exempted at this stage of th proceedings, saying it would be rob bing the temperance forces of their victory and endangering the passage of an anti-jug law later on. Th" amendment was then withdrawn an.l the bill was sent to the Senate. FINAL READING. Bills passed final reading to vali date judgments under which sales of contingent remainders have been made, and to permit trustees of de ceased mortgagees to renounce the right to foreclose. By consent McNinch introduced a bill to define the place of sale of liquor in North Carolina, and it was referred to the committee on liquor traffic. It is n anti-jug law for the entire State. The House committee on railroads took up the growers bill prohibiting the running of freight tram.3 carrying per ishable products on Sundays. James H. Pou, in behalf of h-? railroad made argument showing how the law would discriminate against the North Carolina trucking interests, with the train car rying truck from South Carolina and other southern states going through under the interstate commerce law. Further consideration of the bill' wai postponed until Wednesday February 1st," when a further hearing will be given. The committee on . railways agreed to favorably report a bill imposing $50 penalty upon railways when they fail to pram ptly "pay for iost freight, also to report favorably a bllj forbidding them from moving freighters on Sun day, other than those Va frying- perish able property, thus amending the law enacted four years ag-. Mrs. Lantry has reappeared In "Mrs. Deering's Divorce It would have been more like her to have reappeared in a divorce of her own. Atlanta Journal. POOL COTTON Resolution to Retire 2, 000.000 Bales of the Present Crop 10 FORM A PLAN IVnuaiteiit Organization of tlte South cm Inter-State CVtton Convention flfiTectesl With tlic Illectkm of Har vie Jordan as lresltlent Commit ter Named to Confer With lrcsi liit II(H-evcIt Ucirunlins the ln largcinetit of American Trade -A Ueport In the Interest or l ho Klimi naticn of Speculation in Cotton Little Criticism of the liovernutear Kepoi-ts on Cotton Statistics. New Orleans. La., January 26. Witn the unanimous adoption of the plan le porteJ by its committee for a perma nent organization headed by Harvle Jordan, of Georgia as president, and E. S. IVters, of Texas, aa vice presi dent, the Southern Interstate Cotton convention finally closed its successful three days session. Throughout the morning? there had bean a hard strug gle in committee for ascendancy be tween the friends of Jordan and thoee of Peters in the permanent association, but all differences were finally recon ciled and a unanimous report was pre sented to the convention. The feature of the forenoon session was the de feat of the modified Waco warehouse plan, which had been treported by a majority of the committee. A commit tee of three was named to confer with the president in the matter of enlarge ment of the American cotton trade. At the afternoon session the commit tee on closer relations between manu facturers and producers made a reoort In the interest of the elimination cf the speculation in cotton. 1 he commit tee said that the wide fluctuations are di&istrous alike to the manufacturer to promuifrate prices for cotton prod ucts based on a uniform cost of the law staple, and for either the farmer or the manufacturer to maintain his j price. It was recommended, therefore, i that a committee consisting of one cot j ten producer from each state be ap j pointed Uo confer with mill men asking ihat they join hands with the produ cers in effecting a plan whereby the producer can sell his cotton direct to the manufacturer and thereby elimi iate the epecuita.or from the market. The report was adopted. The report of the committee on per manent organization followed. It pro- iats for the creation of the Southern Cotton Association, embracing all the catton producing states and territories to veprulate cot Ion production, cotton supply and financing and especially cotton marketing, using every effort to tecure broader markets and to limit th-i production to 'the demand at remuner ative prices, and to reduce to a mini mum all expense of handling cotton ! and its products from the time it leaves , , the field until it reaches the consumer. i TIt r.f opo (a hrt sfn'TA -inrl territorial, i i county an,t parish, and sub-divisionxl a. 3.xuat:o t, all related to the parent I slvm. Clucerv? are to be elected onca ; I a. war. The executive committee of i the main association is to consist of 27 members, apportioned as follows: Ala bama 3; Arkansas 2; Florida 1; Geor gia 3; Louisiana 2; Mississippi 3; North Carolina 2; South Carolina 2; Tennes see 1; Texas 5; Oklahoma 1; Missouri 1; Indian Territory 1. Each state and territorial association is to be compos- ; ed of one member from each cotton growing county.and is to elect delegates to the main body. Each voting pre cinct is to have two cotton producers in the county organization. Tho president and vice president of the Southern Cotton Association are made ex-oflicio members of its executive committee. The committee recommended Harvi Jordan for president and II. S. Peters for vice president and provided a pro visional executive committee. The fjnds for the organization and its op--a- Ton are to be derived from initial confrerees and dues and cahrge on each tale of cotton produced by its membership. The report was unanimously adopted and Mr. Jordan expressed his thanks for the confidence in him. The following resolution was offered by the resolution committee throurn ex-Senator McLaurin and adop.ed: "That a special committee be appoint ed by this convention to confer with the President of the United States, the secretary of agriculture and the manu facturers of cotton goods to obf.in such concerted action as will enlarge our trade in cotton products In for eign eOuntrires." J. A. Brown, of North Carolina, of fered this resolution, which , was adopted: "That the officers of this convention will be required and Instructed to im mediately formulate a plan to poo! 2.C00.O0O bales of the present crop and retire the same until after October 1, 1905," . : i A resolution by E. C. Smith, of South .'Carolina, was passed providing for the appointment of an inspector by each county In the interest of the ef fective carrying out of the pledge to reduce acreage. There had been very little In tha way of criticism of the government report durin gthe convention and a resolution offered by J. A- Brown of North Car olina was unanimously adopted thank ing Hon. S. N. D. North for the infor mation and courtesy he had extended to the conventional furnishing the g:jv r.ers report requested and expressing it as the, desire, of the convention that the government reports on cotton sta t'rti'f? should b continued. A resolution by John Bostwlck' tf Gec-rgia was passed asking land owricra who have their land rented to agree to accept as part payment for rent, corn, wheat, cats or any other staple prod- nets at market prices provided th taa ant will reduce his cotton acreage. After listening to an address oa ;be importance of the convention by Gov ernor Vardaman the convention ad journed until ton Int. Commissioner of Apiculture R. U. Poole, of Alabama, presented the repott of the committee a statistics- approv ing the methods of the national sla ners association am the quickest anl most feas.i2e way of getting out re ports. Former Senator McLaurin. of SoutA Carolina prK?nted the report of the commission cn the resolutions, heartllT approving the reduction of acreage au fertiiixcrsanl urging all owners of cotton to hold It until the icovernmene report on acreage shows to the world that the Southern cotton farmers atind solidly together, that they have com piled with their agreement and demaaijfc. value of their product. I P. HHljvr. or Macon, Ga. spok cn "Southern Banker Flaancin? Southern Cotton Crop." Hon. &. TX Smith, of MairnoUa, SL C, president f the South Carolina Cotton Grower As sociation, touched on the cotton grow er's relation to the business world, ana T. B. Parker, secretary oc tbe North Cjtrolina Farmers Alliance addree4 the coa vent. on on the cotton Ituailo In tbe south. STORM BEGINS TO IUtKAK. New York Ilecotcrinj; From tlx Kt ftHis of tlic Terrible storm OnM Weatlter A Ions the m; lic?lnuur to Iive Way. New York. January 26. New York tonight H recovering from the cffct of yesterday's Urm which po effectu ally put a stop to traffic and tied t some lines of business. Although tbe day was bitter cold, 15,000 men we?e sent out to remove the show from the leading thoroughfares and aided by the men of the surface car rendu, many avenues of travel ore now open. Cars nre tunning on many of t bo principal lines, the railroads are send ing out trains and a few boats arn running on schedule, and milk, coal and food supplies have begun to reach the city over 2 5 ft traveller wtn treated at hospitals below Fourteenth street for frost bites and scores of oth ers were attended at uptown institu tions and by physicians. Owing to th difficulty in reaching down town of fices, but Uttle business was trans acted during the day, and places of amusement were scantily attended to nisM. suburban railroad traffic grad ually resumed normal commons late in the day, but through trains on iroxt of the roads were hours late. Over r.00 men and women upent Lim night in the passenger station at bnff Island City and 135 persons sl pt In the station nt Jamaica, L. 1. M;my others were compelled to tvinufn al night in trains and trolleys' stalled In deep drifts on roads around Nevr York. The embargo on jhlppinr was lifted with the advent of clear weather and the large fleet of delayed linen1 reached port ice covered. A'l report tempestuous voyages and much suf fering among their crews. The steam lighter Clearance, which left Bayonnw. N. J., for Brooklyn, yesterday will seven men aboard has not been heard from. A vessel Is reported Runk oK Robins Reef and it Is feared It may r)b the Clearance. The firemen of New York sufferewl severely from the effects of the storm. They responded to 29 alarms amr-by the orders of the commissioner were denied their usual time off duty. The cold weather which has been general .along the Atlantic coast, appears to law giving way. At 10 o'clock tonight the mercury in New York registered T9 above .ero. In Washington, Balti more and Philadelphia, it was 17. New Haven 'j, Boston 13. Atlanta 2C. Jack sonville 34. Asheville. N. C, 14. Renorts from New York HtAv I points show that the cold !s Ktlll ne- vore, Reports from Pennsylvania Indicate some Improvement In conditions, al though traffic and business In the Wyoming VrUey are tied up by cold and snow. In other sections Indica tions roint to a raising of the block ade. The storm has passed to the north eastward off the Canadian morltlny provinces. r.ci:i frahfl'Ij bfatii. Accident n n Sound Steamer lltat Placed lasMigcr In Jeopirdy of Their Lives for .Many Hours. Norfolk, Va., January 2. For seven hours today the lives of a score of pas sengers were in jeopardy, on board the steamer Bigamount, of the Norfolk and Southern Railroad, which piles in tlx Albemarle and Pamlico sounds between tbe towns of Kdenton and Coluirbli, N. C- While en route to'tho latter place this morning, the cylinder on board the steamer exploded, causing. It Is claimed, a portion of the machinery to foe driven through the starboard bow of the vessel below the water line. Through this opening water began pouring Into the lower decks and for a time it looked as If she would go to the bottom with, all on board. The wind was blowing about 7imik an hour and snow was falling. Cap tain Holmes ordered all the passengers to go to the saloon above and detailed three members of the crew to furnish each with a life preserver, and to aoe that they were strapped to the person of each passenger. There were some women aboard who became hysterical. Some of these had to be forced to don life preservers. The steamer tossed about In tfcj sound for hours in a helpless condi tion, all the while blowing distress sig nals. In the meantime members of th crew were working at the hole In th vessel.endeaVoring to stop the flow of water that was constantly filling thm lower decks. These men.it ia sald.work ed in water up to their knees, -with the weather hovering around zero. In tho engine room mea were engaged In an. attempt to repair the, broken cylinder. After temporary repairs the Bigamount was able to proceed under, her owu eteam at the rate of two miles an hour and arrived at Eilenton safety tonight. When the boat was made fat to the' wharf some of .the passengers fcostener) to their homes without eren watt in, to discard 4 be life preservers. .

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