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"THE HESSENGEfT r fubUshea In Three E&tlons : TniiT'cnTiccnc. A Th DAILY KrSSENG 5 i .? j y WEEKLY UK2ENCE.V I he TR AKSCatpf- K LSSD.'G ER : tColdstcro,M.C -; AH Three are Attractive i Eight Iae Inpers. ", . IU llUlbllllULllkli ,:1 ? m mm TI ' e M ESS 1X2 E3 ass a Urner ' v. '; ; ADVKRTIEINCJ MEDIUM - ? In th South. . T ' -- 1 ESTABLISHED 1867 WILMINGTON', C.. T HUBS DAfV FEBRUARY 12. 1891; PRICE FIVE CENTS. 'IV V I - ' I i. ; w . II 4 I .1 ; J i-j Vj "j r: . 1 T j- V . W V 5 -5 I I 4 - f I 1 i -f I ii -ii ii ii ii.ii a TELEOKAPHIO 8USIMAKT. f ; j jLe F. M. B. A. membertof the Illinois Leg :t nre are becoming more independent than is fvtr. -Gen. W. T. Sherman is dying. Qitrtj-Tior Hill pronounce the alleged letter fnlro Henry Watterson a forgery. He eayg he l ai neTer received snch a letter aa waa yeeter- (aj- published in the papers as received by him rom Wattersoa. McCarthy haa been noti" jea that Tarneli haa abandoned all hope of (foiuiDg to an understanding with him. -iVo baDk- at Ayer, Maf., clone their doors. ' i , . . 11 . 1 I 3! le ciemer ui iue iwu uu uiuappearea. he Trf aenry. Department yesterday purchased 1 1, 0O" onucesof Bilver.' The lliohmond and n'uTillo syiitem is reported to have purchased Loniville, Nevr Albany and Chicago rail- i TV, a ariitem is 1 rw-t-irtcr fn a a r ai r.n Juliet, which will probably be Norfolk and will t n te with the Gould and the Unioi? Pacific fl,vcra8 in forming a transcontinental system. .J-Tbe committees appointed by the two rf the Connecticut Legislature have Lcn ncable o agree upon the terms of a com- jmiHCi jpo. J. Gibson, secretary of the fhit-kt-y'trnrtt, has been arrested on he charge (tf attempting to bribe a revenue offiter and teld in W),0i0 bonds. It is said he had also i plot to blow up a distillery that was not m t lPj nhitiy trust. The snow blockade in the j ortbwfHt i bout over. The cruiser Balti more tails for Chili to-day. -The California lton rotes t30,000 to the Chicago fair.- At Gibson's Btation last night the livery stablta ijf E. 8. Gibson were burned, together with in! horses and mules, buggies, carriages, a lot t ), coiton,etc loss5 000. The Idaho eislatore met in jint session yesterday and (blared ClaggeU elected Senater inv place of llulktse. Tte Bepubiisana of the Lteaae are to caucus to-night on the silver question.- yesterday was the time fr opening bids for the ttnsirnction of a terpede boat, bm no bids were pat in. The newspaper publisher! of the! United States are helding thair,anmual mt etiug in K-jw York city. Tfcsre haa yet tfon no elettien ot Seiator in South Dakota. Tbere is lome talk abeut a eembiaation be- ween the Democrats a d Independents. Ground was broke for the World's Fair build- Iixks veeterday. -Ex-PreBideat Cleveland has wrrtten a letter in which he opposes tke Silver bill now e a ding in Congress. PISTOL-Git A PUS. Senator Vcorhees is reported ill. i ill cost $10,000 to kill an Indian in the late war. There are said to be 20,000 Prott- i tknts iu Mexico. Churches generally are not 6fficient- ly and properly ventilated. Hil will not be on the .Preaidential track in 1892. That la the latest. the Boston Globe favors Gorernor UuseeU.for the Presidency in 1892. Some few are trying now to "boom" Senator Gorman tfor the Presidency. i : ,Ipall3 has donea pood deal of .mpiinaess considering: he is but 57 Jfiars old. .. S ; the Australian ballot i9 steadily raikinjr headway and gainirj friends. It i?: the thin? needed. lienor says that Harrison will not apixjint a successor to Secretary. Win doiiiuntil after the 4th March next. qurgee is reported as suffering from b'ue. The failure of the Force bill and an evil conscience are! doing the work. Tjhp Nebraska Legialature isconsid ei"isj a $lo0,C00 proposition to pay for eMaska's exhibit at Chicago. Min neetta has a 30O,000 bill under consid tration for the same end. la ralls is reported as in much de Cand. He has received many offers out of them j can make ' $100,000 a year.! That is better in some respec's l-eing a Senator. The following is the epigram Earl of tejln got off upon Greyille's 'Mc- 'for fiJ'tv UaineA At tba door. p. v J J . i bcara Jtimo snrpts ana lBTenieu uiuto. rj George William Curtis is to pro toace a eulogy upon Charles Sumner , e the 22nd of February in Brooklyn, V. He is one of the most successful a'llrs of orations in this country. J . - :e following explains the nature of vGould's visit to the-South. Tho P'ton Pof save thut .lav firmld 6ci in coming South is no longer a "roery "he is simply looking up sie novelties lirepring railroads." i iTerv heart-fp.lt affair i nAndinP. ?iburg, Pa;, Rose Ann Hender cCt:ded afTprHnna Yiv nlnir Alarnndr piston for $10,000,for breach of prom- Tithful Alexander is but 70. 1 yea the swaylag chanfleUers, i te caught my roving ere. wbigperea, v ere the tmriS lew f pe glass combine would die." T noor of marble eke explained, sweetly, m was her won n f taxed to aid a mia wko ewe Jerry in Vermont. kavlDg.pomethinf nUete lupedea my descent: Td eighty live peroral. . . MUUt in liettm Trttnrijtt. : v CONGRESS. f x . '- AN APPROPRIATION FOR A STATUE OF GENERAL MARRIQN. ; - ; ' ' A Thorongh Rxamlnatlon Into the Silver Pool Sendal The Peusacola Navy Yard The Naval Appropriation Bill Passed The Legislative Appropriation Bill Gives .Rise to a. General Debate in the House. Washington, Feb. 11. Senate 1 Senator Teller offered a .resolution, which was agreed to, calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a list of all persons, firms or associations by whom silver bullion had been offered, under the act of July 14th, 1S90, the amounts and prices, a list of those from whom silver bullion had been purchas ed, the amounts and prices, the basis on which an estimate is made of the market price of silver, and the amounts and prices of silver bullion purchased outside of the United States. Consideration of the Naval Appro priation bill was resumed, the pending question being on the amendment in reference to the aite of a dry dock on the Pacific coast. i 'The amendment recommended by the committee on Appropriations leaving it to the Secretary of the Navy to de cide upon a site for the dry dock was advocated by Senators Dolph and Mitchell, while Senator Allen argued in support of his amendment fixing on Puget Sound as the site. The discus sion lasted so long that Senator Hale (in charge of th bill) threatened that he would move to lay the committee amendment on the table, thus putting an end to, the whole thing. Finally after nearly three hours talk a vote was taken on Senator Allen's amendment and it was agreed ' to. Senator Call presented some views in fayor of the re-establishment and proper equipment of a navflyard at Penriacola and of establishing a pre per plant in the region of Alabama where iron and steel . are ' produced for the construction and repair of vessels at Pensacola. The bill was then passed. The District of Columbia Appropria tion bill was reported and pVaced on the calendar and Senator Plumb gave notice that h would ask for its. consid eration to-morrow. The Copyright bill was then, at 4:45 o. m , taken up, but Senator Piatt consented that the bill should be laid aside informally and that the bills on the callendar should be take up. Quite a number were passed, among them the Senate bill appropriation $50,000 for at equestrian statue of Gen. Francis Marrion in Co lumbia, S, C. : - ! The Senate at 5:50 p. m. adjourned till to morrow at 11 a. m. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House went into committee of the whole on the Legislative Appro priation bill.i ' S In the general debate which followed, Mr. Stockdale, of Mississippi, devoted himself to the Civil Service and the Barruodla affair; Mr. McAdoo, of New Jersey, declared his opposition to the shipping1 bounty bill. . It was his good or bad. fortune he said, not to be a member of the next Souse, but he wanted to say j to the Eastern men (and he said it in no spirit of dogmatism) that they cannot in this Congress vote a direct subsidy j to one interest in their section and stand in the Fifty-second Congress and oppose to subsidize the farmer by voting against tho sub Treasury scheme.. The progress of subsidy could not be stop ped when that system was once entered upon. He trusted that a halt would be called now. jit was the duty ( of the Democrats in the next Congress not to enter upon experimental laws, but to repeal, repeal, repeaKand take tho load off the American people. McAdoo was frequently interrupted with applause, and as he concluded was warmly congratulated by his col leagues, j . v " i t Mr. Fitch 'gave notice that if the shipping bill passed a committee would be appointed in the- next Con gress to inquire into the manner in which its passage has been secured. The kind of influence and methods which had been used in the advocacy' of this bill would neyer succeed in get ting many of the members . to vote for it. i Farquhar, of New York Why deal in inuendoes. Talk out like a man. Mr. Bland and one or two others shouted out denunciations of the sub sidy lobbyists, and there was a hot but unintelligible' interchange of investive between Messrs Bland and o Farquhar, the latter denouncing the silver lob byists, N v - I- ' The general debate having closed, the reading of the bill was, continued. The paragraphs relative to the Civil Service commission were passed over for the present without prejudice. Without disposing of the bill the committee rose and, after some unim portant routine business, the House ad journed, j A Whiskey P lot Unearthed. Chicago, Feb. 11, Geo. J. Gibson, secretary of the whiskey trust, was ar rested this morning. He is charged with an attempt to bribe an official of the Government. It is asserted that when the facts in the caset are , devel oped they will be of the most sensa tional character. When arrested, Gib; son had in his possession a gripsack which, it is said, was found to contain all the evidences of the plot The name of the reyenuo officer.: to whom the bribe was offered ia D re war. ; It is rumored that Gibson has made a con fession. Gibson was taken before United States Commissioner Hoyne and, waiving! examination, held, in $20,000 bonds.1 . i - Among other rumors in connection with the arrest of Gibson, it is stated that a plot to blow up Shufeldt's dis distillery, which is not In the whiskey trust and has been fighting the: trust, has been earth. -j THE WEST POINT TERMINAL, Reaching; Oat in Every Direction A Trans Continental System Absorbing Other Systems An Outlet at Norfolk Desired. ' New York, Feb. 11. President John H. Inman, of the ! Richmond and V est Point Terminal, returned to New York this morning. He was of the party which went with Gould. He says the trip , was thoroughly business all the way as far" as Savannah. From this point the party wished to take a jaunt into Florida for pleasure and Mr. In man returned directly j to New York with the view of doing some, prelimi nary work .before the arrival of the others next week. Mr. Gould was very favorably impressed, not only by the physical conditions of the properties, out also by the growth of the country through which me terminal lines run. Among other things the- terminal company will probably arrange for closer and more direct connection in New York city. President Inman de clines to state whether this new ar rangement will be made witfh the Penn sylvania or the Baltimore and Ohio. A number of dispatches were printed in this morning's papers stating that a movement is now on foot looking to the purchase of the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago railroad. There was a difference of opinion as to wheth er the Lake Erie and Western or the Richmond Terminal company was the buyer. Chicago dispatch quoted Cal vin S. Brice as denying that the former intended to .buy. Brice is, however, director in both the Lake Erie and Western and the Terminal. . ; Concerning the reported sale Inman said: 'I do not wish to say much about the terminal deal with the Louisville, New Albany and Chieago in the pres ent state of affairs, but can say that I do not believe that he will make the purchase. Probably a close traEc al liance will be formed. Brice is now in the West and the matter is wholly in his hands, It will probably be settled in a day or two. He was asked: What was the gen eral idea of your trip with Gould? The estaolishment of a Southern transcontinental line. You see our terminal system reaches to the Missis sippi and taps Gould's Southwestern system in several plaeesJ His system of roads would take us to the Union Pacific and we had Dillon along as representing the latter lines." What will be the probable eastern terminus of the- Richmond Terminal system?" j "Well, T can't say very well which! city it will be. Norfolk, in many ways, could suit us better than any other place and if we could get in there cheaply we probably would go there. Perhaps the Danville and Atlantic may pass into our hands thus giving us a good entry into Norfolk with its fine terminal facilities. - '-4 - . The Xlllnloa Senaterahip. Springfibld, ill., Feb. 11. The Republican Steering committee pre sented a long list oi names to the F. M. B. A. from which to select one for the joint support for the United States Sen- atorship. Among others, Cicero J. Lindley. President of the Illinois F. M. B, A. and a number of prominent ag ricultural editors and men known- to be in sympathy with the farmer and labor movement. But the F. M. B. A. were not to be enticed from their determination to name the senatorial candidate of their choice, without assistance from either of the older parties. Representative Twbeneck, as spokesman of the F. M. B. A. members said: We have decided, gentlemen, that we cannot accept any Republican whom you present. It is useless to negotiate further. The Republicans then decided to go into joint assembly and after two or three ballots' change off to Lindley and later, to other candidates on the list presented to the F, M. B. A. When the joint assembly met the first three -ballots were cast without change, but on the seventyseyenth ballot 100 Republican votes were cast fcr Cicero J. Lindley, president of the F. M. B. A. Amid great excitement the farmers cast their three votes for Steele and the Democrats their 101 for Palmer. The Democrats were greatly elated at the result and the Republi cans correspondingly depressed. A motion for a recess until 3 p. m., was then carried by the combined vote of the Democrats and the F. M. " B. A. men. ; . ' . f - Several conferences were then held between the Democrats and the - far mers but with no definite result. The farmers say they have not decided not to vote for Lindley at any time, but that the action of the Republicans took them by surprise and they were not prepared to change so suddenly.- "The Wattexaon letter a Forgery. Albany, N.Y., Feb. 11. Governor Hill this afternoon was shown a letter purporting to he from Henry Watter son, published in the Baltimore tfun this morning. ! He said: -1 never re ceived any such letter. It is the first I have heard of any snch thing. It must be a forgery. Watterson Is a good Democrat and gentleman and I believe - him incapable of addressing any such insulting and impertinent communication to me. The resort to such silly and impudent forgery was probably . intended to .place , me la a false position by reason of a recent event in that State, hut it will ' surely injure the cause it was designed -to aid and react upon its authors. ' - t . ' Oaggets Declared S enter-Elect. ' . Boise Ott, Id., Feb. Il.-r-The Leg islature met in joint session lor the purpose of balloting for United States Senator to succeed Senator McConnelL' The ballot resulted W.. H. Claggett,' 2S; liayhew, 2; French, 1; Barton,'!; Eighteen members declined to rote and four .were absent. Claggett was declared electee. He will' contest the teat of Seaator-elect DaBoise: ? DR. KEMP P. BATTLE RESIGNS HIS POSITION AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY i The Railroad Commission Men Jubilant Io More Cigarettes to Minors Bishop Vrinjtfield, of California, In lUleigh In creased Attendance at the Agricultural College Colored Agricultural College. I" Messenger Bureau, I ? Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 11. s The t Railway Commission, bill's friends appear to be very proud of the success of all their plans.- They have done a great deal of planning. - It was quite unexpected to many persons that toe bill was not presented earlier in the season, but its promoters sav the de lay was necessary. It is said there are now commissions in thirty States. North. Carolina is the thirty-first State to prohibit the sale of cigarettes to minors, Missouri having been the thirtieth. No public expression as to the matter has as yet been heard from the ble manufacturers of cigarettes. Biahop Wingfield of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Northern Califor nia; is there and preached at Christ Church to-day. He is a brother-in-law ,jf Rev Dr. Marshall, rector of Christ f J Raleigh has under consideration the purchase of the water works. The plant is now owned by private parties, the city paying a rental of some $5,000 annually. , I It is now stated that by the end of the present month the electric cars will be running. The extensions of, the line will not be made until the part now completed is in operation. - Though the bill to form the Stat Volunteer Firemen's Association has passed, the one to form a firemen's fund; out of a part of the license tax on insurance companies has not yet been beforV either branch of the Legisla ture, hut remains in the hands of the committee on Insurance. There is a steady increase in the number of pupils in the Agricultural and Mechan ical college: The Legis lature has thus far taken no action re garding the much needed enlargement of the dormitories there. j .vi Farmers from the middle and west ern counties give the most favorable accounts of the condition of the crops of small grain and look for success this year as to both wheat and' oats. The .Agricultural Department will next month' begin the publication of its monthly crop reports. The four fertilizer Inspectors have as yet been unable to begin their work, owing to the delay in receiving the tags, oi wnicn nail a million are or dered."1 The printers are working hard to supply these and probably all will be in by the end of the present work. The efforts to secure the location of the colored Agricultural and Mechani- caljpoege continues This afternoon the commute on Agriculture had an other meeting to consider the claim of the various points which are making offers. -. r , The bill covering desirad amend ments to the charter of Raleigh is be fore the Legislature. The only hitch appears to be in regard to the change in the number of aldermen in three of the wards. The trustees of the State University met here to-day. Governor Fowle pre sidiag. Dr. Kemp P. Battle tendered his resignation as president of the Uni versity, a position he has ably filled since the reorganization of the institu tion in 1875. The resignation was ac cepted, after remarks upon his valua ble services had been made by several trustees, and' a committeewas directed to prepare suitable resolutions regard ing his retirement from control of the University. He was elected Professor of History to fill the chair recently created. The trustees decided to elect a president of the University next June at commencement, at which, time the resignation of Dr. Battle takes effect. Washington City Telegrams. Washington, D. C, Feb. 11. There will be a caucus of the Republi can members of the House to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. The caucus call was circulated by Mr. Cheadle, of In diana, and was signed by a number of moderate silver Republicans and some others. Silver will bo the chief, if not the only subject of consideration; and an effort will be made to unite the party on this matter. Bids, were to have been opened at the Navy department to-day for the construction of a "torpedo cruiser of about 800 ton3 displacement and to cost no more than 1350,000, but none was re ceived. , The craft was designed to be of a class of torpedo boat of the Cush ingtype and was to be guaranted to make a speed of not less than twenty three knots with . about 6,000 horse power; '; , ., . ' , ; '. 'Jf- : Washington, Feb. lLrThe amount of silver offered for sale to the Treasury to-day was 825,000 ounces, and the amount purchased was 414,000 ounces at prices ranging from 1.016 to 1.01. . . . : - m " i ; They Cannot Agree. Hartford, Conn., Feb. lLVThe House met at 11 o'clock this morning. Chairman Green of the -conference committee said it was not possible, as yet, to report and recess was. taken to 1 o dock. The Senate met at, 12 o'clock. The Conference , committee reported ina bility to agree with the House commit tee. They said the House proposition conflicted with the position already taken by the Senate and that the House members refused the proposition of the Senate committee, which was to seat all Democrats and then let the Repub licans contest their seats. The Senate accepted the report, took a recesr to I'jsO and then adjourned . until tensor row goon.. . , v 1 Tfca Disciples are. preparing a 1W acasrehaVWashisgtea., : MR- CLEVELAND'S LETTER. He Write a Letter to the New York ft. . form Club In Which lie Vigorously Op poses the Silver Bill. NEW YORK, Feb.1 11. Between 600 and TOO people attended a mass meet ing at Cooper Union to-night to oppose the i ilver bill in response to a call of the Reform club. Charles S. Fairchild, ex-Secf etary of the Treasury nomina ted E. E. Ellery Anderson president of the Reform club, for chairman of the meeting and he was elected by ac clamation. I i I Mention of Grover Cleveland's name was the signal for a prolonged burst of applause, and when i the secretary had finished reading his letter the applause wasanaiening. . i The ex-President wrote as follows: 816 Madison AVE.. Feb. 10. '91. EUery Anderson: I MY Dear Sir: I have this after noon received your note inviting me to attend to morrow evening a meetict? called for the purpose of voicing: the opposition of the business men of our city to the free coinage of silver in the United States. I shall not be able to attend and address the meeting as you request, but I am glad that the business interests of New York are at last to be heard on the subject. It surely cannot be necessary for me to make a formal expression of my agreement with those who believe that the greatest perils would be invited ! by the adoption of the scheme embraced in the measure now pending in Congress for an unlim ited coinage of silver at our mints. If we have developed -an unexpected capacity for assimilation of the largely increased volume of currency, and even if we have demonstrated the usefulness of such an increase, these conditions fall far short of insuring us against disaster, if. in the present situation, we enter upon the dangerous and reckless experiment of free, ualimiteu and in dependent silver coinage. You re .very truly, Groter Cleveland. Two Banks Close. Ayer, Mass., Feb. 11. The First National and North Middlesex Savings banks closed their doors to-day and ug ly rumors are afloat concerning them. H. C. Spaudling, cashier of both insti tutions, has been missing from town since Monday evening. Where he has gone no one here knows, he leaving lo word as to Ms intentions. The exact financial condition of the banks is not known. A director's meeting will be held this afternoon to arrange . for an investigation. -The officers and direc tors ar.e very reticent and nothing defi nite can be obtained other than that they consider mat the Danks are per fectly solvent, and that not a dollar on hand or deposit has been disturbed. The books will be examined at once. Cashier Spalding learned on Monday that the books of the Worth Middle e?sex bank were to be examined Tues day.' He disappeared that high trTff vestigation tends to show that both the First National and the North Middle essex savings banks are solvent, latter. especially, as none of its funds have been tampered with. If there is any loss it fall on the National bank. Cash ier Spaulding has, doubtle39, been dabbling in stocks.. This fact is gathered, from i a letter sent by a New York brokage firm, received here yesterday, demanding a remit tance of 3150, which was opened by the bank authorities. The theory is that he has been dealing on margins and taking small sums from the bank.which he is now unable to repay. The sums cannot be large, since the bank was ex amined only a month a0 and was then allright. - j j Gen. Sherman Dying. . New York, Feb. 11. Gen. Sherman is believed to be dying. The history of his ailment is this: Wednesday night last he went to the Casino in company with many army and nayal officers and caught a bad cold. Sunday was his. birthday and during the day erysipelas developed, attended by high fever. The disease "spread rapidly, and yester day his face, was badly swollen and painful. He lies in a state of coma and for three days has taken no nourish ment except whiskey and milk. At 3 o'clock this afternoon it was stated that there was no change in the Gen eral's condition, which is extremely critical. He is evidently slowly dying and only arouses when spoken to. - This afternoon there were some signs of improyement in the General's con dition and the doctors are encouraged to hope for his recovery, although his condition is still precarious. He has rallied sufficiently to recognize old friends and hesaid to his son: "This is only temporary. I will be all right." ; ' '. S S i ' "I y ! s Irrevocably Separated. Dublin, Feb. 11. The FrttmarC$ Journal in its issue of the date says that as John E. Redmond, M. P., was start ing for this city yesterday evening . he stopping at E us ton Square railway sta tion and from there he., adjourned; to one of the private parlors of theEuston Square hotel in company with a prom inent Pamellite and Thomas P. GUI, M. P. The gentleman referred to, adds the Journal, were in conference for sev eral hours with the result that a note was drawn up and was afterward hand ed to Justin McCarthy, M. P., in the House of . Commons. - -This note, ac cording to the same authority, notified McCarthy that Parnell and his sup porters abandoned any present hope of coming to a satisfactory and honorable understanding with McCarthy. Contin uing the Journal says that Gill has started from Boulogne with a message from Parnell to William O'Brien and John Dillon. ' ; The California House has passed a bOl appropriating 1300,000 for Califor nia's exhibit at the World's Fair by a vote of 43 to 22. The work of grading ' Jackson Park, Chicago, in preparation for the World's Fair, was begnn yesterday Boraisg. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THE RAILROAD COMMISSION, BILL STILL BEFORE THE HOUSE. . Mr. Sutton Offers the Bill of 18S9 as a Sub stltate. Which Is Promptly Voted Dowd Many Other Amendments Offered are Lost-Unclaimed Bodies of Convicts to bet Given to Medical Schools. SENATE. - Raleigh Feb., 11. Special The Senate met at 10 - o'clock. Lieutenant Governor Holt presidium prayer bv Rev. Mr. Bull, ot the Sonate. The following bills were introduced: To make more effective tho Depart ment of immigration by settinc apart $3,000 annually: To amend the charter of Greensboro; To authorize the com. mlssioners of Franklin countv to lew a special tax: To incorporate Sparta; To incorporate the North Carolina Live Stock company; Relating to the run ning of trains on Sunday. The bill to amend the charter of Southern Pines, passed its third read ing. " -. j1-. ; . The bill to authorize the city of Goldsbortf to issue bonds passed its second reading. The biu to incorporate the Mount Olive .Railroad company .passed its third reading. . r The bill to provide for the payment of the debt ot Beaufort county passed lis inira reading. The hill authorizing the commission ers of Perquimans to levy a special tax passed its third reading. - ., The bill to incorporate Pikeville in Wayne county passed its third reading. The bill to incorporate the Harper Fabric company was re-comm itted. The bill to incorporate the Commer cial Security company of Greensboro passed its second reading. The bill in reference to claims against county finance committees passed its third reading. The bill to incorporate the North Carolina Slate company passed its third reading. The act to amend the charter of the city of Raleigh passed its second read ing. . ' ' . . The bill to abolish the March term of Columbus superior court passed its third reading. The bill to give unclaimed bodies of convicts to medical schools in ths State passed its third reading after much De bate. HOUSE or representatives. Rev. Mr. Perry, member from Chat ham, offered prayer. A favorable report was made 'on Mr. Alexander's bill to increase the public school tax from 121 to 16 2 3 cents on the $100 valuation. Mr. Bryan, of Wayne, introduced a resolution providing for night sessions beginning on the 13th. This, amended by making the date the 14th was adopted. i ' r-. " Bills wer introduced as follows? By Mr. Brldgers, in relation to the public school 8 of the first distiict in Edge combe county; Mr. Johnslon,To change the voting place in Giady township, Pender county; Mr.. Pickett, To pro vide compensation for Robert Lewis, a disabled soldier; Mr. Hickman, To reg ulate the fence and stock law In Pender county; Mr. Standi, To incorporate the Burgwyn Bro?. company; Mr. Sut ton, To amend the laws relative to Fay etteville; Mr. Morton, To incorporate the New York and Wilmington Land, Improvement and Banking company; Mr. Hood, To regulate the employment of women, and minor children under 16 in factories; To regulate elections by providing for a secret ballot; Mr. Brln son. To amend Sec. 46 of the Code; Mr. Prltchard, To furnish convicts to com plete the Madison turnpike; Mr. Lowry, To validate acknowledgments of deeds in Btncombe; To authorize the estab lishment of homes for Indigent chil dren and regulate the management of the same. r The bill to create a Railway Commis sion was taken up as the unfinished business. ' Mr. Sutton offered as a substitute the bill which in 18S9 passed the House. Mr. Ray offered an amendment to the substitute, making the salary 12, 000 instead of $2,500, and also amending section 17. Mr. Ray said the. farmers demanded a Railway Commission bill but not such a bill asj&the ' one which was taken up yesterday. He de clared that the bill was an outrage. For one provision in the bill he would never vote, and that was the provision that rates should be made and the cost of construction need not be taken into account. He said there was an evi dent determination to pass this bill, and asserted that it would stop railway building in the west. He attacked Mr. Skinners position that no amendments should be made to the bill. He earn estly favored the substitute. ' ; Mr. Morton referred to the impor tance of the bill now about to be passed. He declared his preference for the sub stitute. . He said he attended no cau cuses on the bill because he saw that a Radical bill was being prepared and ho did not wish to be thus committed. New Hanover county had for years ex pressed a desire for a commission. He ' also favored a commission, but not one with Iroa-clad powers. He said that about ninety members were pledged to vote for the commission bill; that is he had seen it so stated. Mr. Perry said he thought this a re- j flection on the House. . Mr. Morton said he meant no reflec tion. He had merely saw the state ment. Some members were certainly pledged to so vote. Tee sort of bill -needed is not one which will cripple industries. - - Mr. Long said unless the "amend ments were voted down the bilL could not pass. He declared plainly against' the amendments and substitutes. Mr. Jones called the previous ques tiou on the substitute and It was or- rCentlnscS cm foirih perj. Is. . . '
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