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TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
tTilliana O'Brien and Dillon left Boulogne
for England yesterday. It i3 expected they
will Le arrested as soon as they arrive in Eng
land. The FreBident ani Postmaster Gene-
rd n'Uma9 a tur of the South soon after
CocKresa adjourns. Upon their arrival at
Folkestone Dillon and O'Brien surrendered
themselves to the police. The Commissioner
of Iuternal Revenue confirms the report of a
whiskey conspiracy being discovered at Chica
go. The Sioux Indians were given a recep
tion by the President yesterday.! iThe Prehi-,h-ui.aud
party will make a viait o the Pacific
lope in April taking in the South during the
jouruey. - Jay Gould was taken suddenly ill
yesterday and started for New York city on a
special. The President refuses to pardon K;
T. K. Bain of the Exchange bank of Norfolk.
A. man recovers 2,500 from .a hotel proprie
tor in Tennessee for injuries reseived by fall
ing in the hallway of his hetel. The Ten-
ceiHt-e river has passed the danger mark at
Xarihville and ia still on the rise The Presi
dent Las sivthiued Col. Forsythe in his conduct
at the Wounded Knee battle. Samuel
Morly, o f "Morly Chinese letter" fame in the
Trcuideatial campaign of 3.S83, is dead. The
Connecticut election matter is still as far from
a Htttlement as ever. -It has been decided by
the tbree parties in Illinois Legislature that the
StRstorial contest shall be ' decided in some
mariner to-day Sydney Lewis, of Pineville,
Kv., Wednesday night shot and killed his
jn'ber, Judge Wiluon Lewie, shooting five balls
in;., his body. Cashier Spaulding's thortage
will amount to -$25,010 at' least. Many per-
X.
mii were killed by the explosion of a boiler in
worMtM works in Quebec yesterday. Charles
J. Gibdun in iits tliat he is innocent of the
whiekey plot with which he is charged.
The Southern Carriage Builders' Association is
in sebsipn in x Atlanta. The Republican
Home caucus called to discuas the silver ques
tion last uightxwas postponed until to night;
A tub committee of the House Judiciary
committee finds, on investigation, that Judge
li-joiraan of the WesterncliBtricfc of Louisiana
used the money paid into theregistry of his
cotlrt, Henry Watteraon announces the
genuineness of the letter published yesterday
from him to Governor II ill. '
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PISTOL-GRAPHS..
The English Archbishop) of York,
Dr. Magee, will soon receive the 33rd
and last degree in Masonry.1
He was so very ugly, this
Extraordinary ajan, - I .
That when in battle he faced death
Death turned away and ran.
N. Y. Herald.
I
Patti, the sintrer, was arrested in
Berlin for breach of contract. She
will prosecute t er -persecuior."-" "-'"
It is thought to be somewhat doubt
ful as to Democratic success in Mary-
landTheAlliance is said to; be in the
way. N 1 ' ,
l The New York Jlcrcdd recently' re
fused $3,000 forXa half -column adver
tisement with a good.sized cut. ' It will
not take them.
The newspapers ought to ' let Miss
Winnie Davis alonei They have just
eh paged her to rich Mr. Richardson,
the Louisiana -p'.anter. But MrjXR.
says it is a lie. . ' . K-
Mrs. Laura B. Whitney, widow of
Col. Samuel B.xWhitney, Seventh Illi
nois Volunteers, gets $9,323.40 in 'one
pile in pensions. And that i9 the way
the people's money flies. " 1
For the present Mr. Kingsbury will
have charge of the editorial columns,
lie has done all the writing for the
Messenger (not locals) since 24th May,
181), with perhaps the exception of
eight or ten columns. '
Charles Jones, brother of the famous
evangelist, has been acquitted of mur.
derat Cartersviile, Ga. A dispatch
?ajs that the jury was out a short time.
U was proved that the negro wasi ad-
vanciog on Jones with a knife in his
hand. . -
Hockcfeller has given $1,600,000 to
the new Baptist University in Chicago
He pays $100,000 every month. Who
ul give the University of North Car
olina $100,000, and pay it in instalments
of S-5,000 a mouth. Do not all speak at
Ex-'G or. "Bullock, of Georgia, of fra-
frant iisociations in the past, favors
UutKerford Hayes for the Repuolican
nomination in 1S92, for the Presidency.
Excellent. Trot him out. The Nor
folk Landmark says make it Hayes and
lock. . ' ' J. .
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Maud S., Bonner's celebrated trot
ter, will not again be tested as to speed,
Sunol, his other fast mare, will be put
o ker metal in the spring. Senator
Stanford says she can trot a quarter in
twenty-nine seconds, and Marvin, her
dver, is confident she can go a mile
in 2:40. , 1
Tfie article copied in yesterday's
Messenger in the column of tributes
to Mr. Bonitz beginning "His great
Access' and following therief para
iaph from the Lumberton Bobesonian,
Jnould have been credited to the Tar
toro Southerner. It was written by our
friend Mr. Dossey Battle. The credit
Wa in copy but accidentally omitted.
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THOS. J. JARVIS
GENERALLY SPOKEN OF AS DR. KEMP
P. BATTLE'S SUCCESSOR
The Kail road Commleeion Bill Pased In
IloatP, Will o to the Senate on Amend-
. inents The Agricultural College Appro
priationThe University Executive Com
mittee The Public Printing Bill.
Messenger Bureau, I
Raleigh. N. C, Fet, 12. i
The House was in session last nitrht
until after midoight.lt was a special ses
sion, ordered for" consideration o! the
Railway Commission bill. At 11:30
o'clock the bill passed its second read
ing, and at 12:30 its third reading, the
latter by a vote of aves. 85: noes. 17.
There were: only lour; amendments
added to a the bill as it 'came from the
Senate The Senate will concur in
these amendments, without any trou
ble, it is saie, and the bill will in a few
days be law.
The Legislative committees on Agri
culture have unauimoufclv agreed' to
report favorably a bill giving the State
Agricultural and Mechanical college
for whites $15,000 annuallv. This is fr.-
"buildings, equipment and maintenance.
Lhere will be a great increased the
number of students next autumn and
more space is required. A dormitory
building will probably be built.
Most of the members of the. Legisla
ture will attendthe rish, oyster and
game fair at New Bern, i which begins
on the -23rd. More than half haye
signed an agreement to go. Governor
Fowle and several other; State officers
will attend, and the Governor's Guard
will also be present.
The regular night sessioc s of the Leg
islature begin on the 17tb. The House
is considerably behind with its calen
dar. The number of bills introduced
in the House up to to-day is 770 and in
the Senate 440. '
There is much talk regardiner ex-
Governor Thomas J. Jarvisasthe presi
dent of the State University, to succeed
JJr. iiatue, wnose resignation was ac
cepted yesterday. The trustees of the
University have chosen to compose the
new executive committee: Messrs. R.
H. Battle, Julian S. Carr,
Kenan, Wr'L Saundersl
Thomas S.
A. B. An
W. Graham
drews, S. M. Finger, John
and Jixtl. Cordon, D, D.
The great majority of
the members
Cleveland as
of the Legislature favor
the Presidential candidate in 1892
Hill
is the next choice.
Grand Master of Masons H.' A. Gud
ger left here for Oxford this morning,
having called a meeting there of the
executive committee, to make the
plans for carrying on the institution
this year. Tnere are now
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Some weeks sgo the phosphate works
at Castle Hayne, Pender county, were
burned. Your correspondent today
interviewed Mr. Colin M. Hawkins,
the owner off the mills. The latter
have been thus quickly rebuilt, best of
all, their capacity has been doubled.
New driers have been ordered and the
work will go on day and night. The
dried phosphate is sent to Raleigh and
to Baltimore. The mills here are
steadily at work preparing the crude
phosphate for market,
j The people here enjoy greatly the
spectacle of actual work in progress on
the new depotj by Mr. P. Linehan's
force of excavators and graders. The
site of the depot is an admirable one.
The Senate bili to establish the Con
federate Soldiers' Home was the special
order in the House to-day and attracted
a great many ladies, among whom
were most of the members of the
Ladies o Memorial Association, who
have always shown the deepest interest
in the Home. .
This evening the members ot the
Legislature attended a concert, etc.,
given in their honor by the people of
the white institution for the deaf and
dumb and the blind.
Many iails in the State are to be re
built or improved in the next two
years. This is evident fromv the fact
that so many counties are applying for
permission to levy special taxes for
suchx purposes,
The Legislature is considerably ex
tending the bounderies under the op
eration of what is known as the "no
fence" districts, which now include
about one half the State. ! A number of
counties will also receive the benefits
of the atternatiye road law. Both these
things are signs of progress.
A bill was introduced in the . House
to-day to reduce the price of the public
printing 15 per cent. - V
A bill has been introduced in the
House providing for the acquirement by
the Government of the Postal Tele
graph lines, so that messages may be
sent anywhere by telephone and tele
graph, at 10 cents a message.
Still Uniettled.
Hartford, Conn., Feb. 12. The
House committee this morning report
ed their inability to agree with . the
Senate Democrats, saying that their
various propositions for submitting the
questions in dispute had been rejected
by the Democrats, who, they sy, in
sist on seating their officers first. The
committee's report was accepted and
the House then passed a resolution de
clared Staub, Democrat, elected Comp
troller. They also invited! the Senate
to come into a joint convention and in
augurate Staub. The Senate, how
ever, had adjourned to next Tuesday
when the resolution reached that body
Jj Gould 111.
w Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 12. A
special from St. Augustine to the
Times-Union says: Jay Gould was taken
suddenly ill this morning; and, by the
advioe of his physician, started for
New York In his private car. He is
acQompanied by Dr. Munn, Miss Helen
Gould and Miss McCall. The nature
and extent of his illness is not known,
as the party left St. Augustine on a
special train at ten minutes notice.
N EARING THE END
Gen, W. T. Sherman at the Point of Death
Hit Life Slowly Ebbing Away The
End Expected at Any Moment, j 1
New York, Feb. 12. The lights
and flitting shadows in the death cham
ber of! Gen. Sherman, who is ; slowly
passing away, were carefully watched
during the entire night by a score of
newspaper men and every bulletin ,
issued by Doctors Alexander and Jane
way were quickly wired all over the
continent. During the night Rev.
Father Taylor, of the church of the
Blessed Sacrament was called j to the
bedside of the dying general
and he remained there until
3 o'clock. About 1:30 o'clock a
messenger rushed out of the house to.
the telegraph office with a message to
Senator Sherman, calling him instant-:
ly to the bedside of his. 'brother. He
arrived in a carriage at 2:30 and con
siderable movement was then noticed
in the General's bed room. After a
short while, however, the light was
turned down and the announcement
made that, though no change had
taken place in the General's condition,
he was, however, sinking rapidly.
y Two policemen were on duty outside
and everything was kept as quiet as
possible in the neighborhood. Tne elec
tric bell was removed from the door so
that its jingling would not disturb the
rest of the sick man, and instructions
were given not to admit any one, ex
cept relations and personal friends.
The next bulletin was out at 4:45 a.
m. It said that death was only a ques
tion of a few hours, and was signed by
Dr. Alexander.
10:15 A. m. Gen. Sherman is much
worse and the family have been sum
moned to his bedside.
10:45 A. m. It is announced that
Gen. Sherman is dying. This was told
him by his private secretary. A sec
ond announcement is that he will not
live over an hour. i
11:15 a. m. Extreme unction has
been administered to General I Sher
man. He will die in a fe w minutes.
11:50 A. M. The General's condition
is little be.ter. The familyjth ought he
was dying at 11 o'clock, but he has ral
lied slightly, but is still unconscious.
He is suffering from mucus of the lungs
and is probably being smothered. His
breathing is very labored. He may
live through the day.
There was a favorable turn in the
condition of the General at 1 o'clock
and the symptoms are of such as to give
a faint hope of recovery.
Reports from the sick room; have
several times this afternoon, been of an
encouraging nature, but at 8:30 p. m. a
bulletin was issued by the physicians
stating that Gen, Sherman was grow
ing weaker and that his condition was
, A Fearful Explosion.
Quebec, Feb. 12. This morning the
Quebec Worsted company's factory at
Hare Point exploded, completely de
molishing the engine house and about
haf the factory. A large number of
hands were buried in the ruins.' The
works had been closed down' for two
weeks while the boilers and machinery
were being overhauled. Operations
were to haye been resumed this morn
ing and 300 of the operatives were on
hand. Owing to some cause the ma
chinery was not started and they ; were
dismissed, many of them, however, re
mained about the building, a number
keeping in the (vicinity of I the
engine room for ,Mhe sake of
the warmth. About 9:25 o'clock
there was a sudden explosion, which
completely wreckedthe engine house
and damaged a large part of the main
building. - The cause of the accident
is not at present known, but , it is
thought some of the pipes may have
been frozen while the fires were out
and so caused a stoppage when steam
was got up. The body of Engineer
G rancour was found crushed out of all
shape. About twenty of the dead have
been taken out of the ruins so far, but
owing to the confusion, the total num
ber cf casualties are not yet ascer
tained. ! - i
Tennessee Itlver on a Boom.
Nashville, Tenn., 12. A Chattan
ooga, Tenn., special save: the Tennes
see river at this point has passed the
danger line, thirty-three feet, and is
stilK rising steadily and will, in all
probability, pass the forty foot mark,
although no serious consequences will
follow. Thousands of logs have drifted
past all day from the wreck of a boom
at London, entailing a loss of more
than $40,000. The stream is almost out
of its banks and the. people in the low
lying places on the north side are tak
ing shelter elsewhere. Only one of
the regular fleet of steamboats is mak
ing regular trips. . The others are giv?
ing assistance, especially at the islands.
A Dig rise is coming down from the
headwaters of the Tennessee.
The Whiskey Plot.
Chicago, Feb J2. Charles J. Gib
son, secretary of the whhkey trust,
who was arrested here yesterday, left
for Cleveland last night. In an inter
view before leaving he said regarding
the charges against him: "This is a
damnable plot to ruin me, but it will
fail. I have been instructed by my at
torneys tor say nothing; but I will say
this: I am innocent of any crime.'
"But about the solution in the boU
ties; what is that?"
. "That is only a medical wash. When
it is tested the secret service officers
will find how ridiculous they have
made themselves."
The Forced Balance System,
Ayer, Mass, Feb. 12. President
Hartwell, of the North Middle, Essex
Savings band said this morning that
the deficit occasioned by Cashier
Spaulding's transactions will reach at
least $25,000. Examination shows that
Spaulding has been for some time prac
ticing1 the forged balance system in the
accounts of both the First National
bank and the Savings institution.
' CONGRESS- ;
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MR. CLEVELAND'S LETTER MADE A
PART OF THE RECORDS-
Severe Criticisms Upon the Xetter The
: Mary Ann Dougherty Pension Bill Again
Before the Senate One More Appropri
atlon Bill Adopted The Pension Office
V Turned Into a Huckster Stall. V
Washington, Feb. 12. Senate.
The Senate resumed consideration of
the Copyright bill, the pending ques
tion being the amenment offered by
Senator Sherman to strike out the
word "prohibited'Jaud incert the words
"subject to duties provided by law," so
that foreign copies of books patented
in the United States shall not be pro
hibited, but shall? be subject to tariff
duties.
Discussion had proceeded but a few
minutes when the bill was laid aside
temporialy because" of the absence of
Senator Sherman,. v
A few bills of miDor consequence
were taken from the calendar: and
passed, and then the Senate took up
the District of Columbia Appropria
tion bill. Its consideration ran smooth
ly; there being no controversy over any
of the numerous committee amend
ments to the bill. The" bill passed
without any further new amendments.
The business on the calendar was
then resumed and the following bills,
among others, passed: Senate bill ap
propriating $100,000 for a public build
ing at Fernandina, Fla.; Senate bill to
authorize the Norfolk and Western
Railroad company and the Washing
ton and Cumberland Railroad company
to extend their respective lines into
and within the District of Columbia,
also a large number of pension bills, in
cluding the House bill granting a pen
sion of $1,200 yearly to Gen. N. P.
Banks. ,
The bill granting a pension to Mary
Ann Dougherty having been reached.
Senator Cockrell objected to it and
Senator Blair mov'ed that it be consid
ered notwithstanding the objection.
There upon Senator Cockrell declar
ed that the bill could not be passed, as
there never was such an infamous
fraud, adding that the woman was a
drunken debauchee. Mr. Cleveland
vetoed a bill for her benefit and her
case was almost made a political issue.
Senator Blair contented himself with
scowling- at the Missouri Sentor and
withdrawing his motion. , '
After a short executive session, the
Senate at 6 p. m. adjourned, ;
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The House went into committee of
the Whole on the L Legislative Appro
nriation bill. f .
l$r speaking to a 'verbal "amendment
Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, sent to the
clerk's desk, with his hearty endorse
ment, an account oi the meeting at
Cooper Union last night and the letter
addressed by Cirover Cleveland, to JE
Eliery Anderson. The letter having
been read, Mr. Grosvenor said he had
thus placed this important and states
manlike document in the permanent
records of the country to the end that
in the coming campaign it should be
available under frank of members of
the next Congress, to be used in dis
seminating information throughout
the country. (Republican laughter.)
Mr. Kerr also commented upon the
Cleveland letter.
Mr. Bland I thought the gentleman
was In favor of free coinage.
Mr. Kerr I am.
Mr. Bland Then you ought to be
called Young-Man- Airaid-oi - Free
Coinage" for you never vote that way.
Mr. Kerr I never had a chance,
though I was a member last Congress,
when you were chairman of the com
mittee on Coinage,
Mr. Bland You had the chance the
other day but you did not vote with us.
Now that Mr. Cleveland has been con
firmed in his views by such a great
statesman as the gentleman from Iowa,
I don't see how he can even change
his views and he converted.
In speaking to the Pension office
paragraph, Mr. Cooper, of Indiana,
made an attack upon the Superinten
dent of the pension building, asserting
that he had stored several hundred
bushels of potatoes in the Pension
office and sold them to employees, thus
turning a Government . Department
into a huckstering establishment.
The reading of the bill having been
concluded, the committee recurred to
the consideration of the clause making
an appropriation for the Civil Service
Commission and Mr. Grosvenor, raised
a point of order against it, except so
far as it refers to the three commis
sioners, chief examiner and secretary,
on the ground that it violated the ex
isting law.
The point of order was sustained as
to the secretary, because' his salary
was raised $400 and as to all the clerks
and employes, except one messenger
and one laborer.
Mr. Butterworth . inquired whether
the Chair held that it was net compe
tent to increase the clerical force in
the Civil Service Commission.
The Chair The : Chair is of that
opinion. ' ' " ; I . '
Mr. cComas appealed f rom the de
cision. v j .
After a long debate, the question was
put on sustaining the Chair and the
Chair was sustained.
In speaking to a verbal amendment,
Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi, refered to
the printing of Mr. 1 Cleveland's letter
in the Record and said that, for one and
speaking only for himself, he was not
disposed to permit that letter to .be
come part of the Cengressional Becord
of the country without saying some
thing in regard: to it. He had
very great deference for the views of
this distinguished statesman. He had
very great deference for the distin
guished men who, in the other branch
of the Legislature, had declared that
the judgement oi the American people,
as expressed on . many occasions and
fCcatiatsd ca foxrth ps?e.
from Washington ciTT. j
A Proposed Presidential Tour Through I
; the South and West 2fo Pardon For !
Cashier Bain. .
, Washington, Feb. 12. Commission
er of Internal Revenue Mason is evi
dently much worried over the alleged
Chicago whiskey conspiracy and denied
himself to callers to-day on the plea
that he was not feeling well. He left
instructions with his private secretary,
however, to tell all newspaper men,
who might call, that he had nothing to
say about the alleged conspiracy except
tnat the Associated Press dispatch
from Chicago in the morning pipers
was substantially true, according1 to the
information received bv him. The
private secretary added that the case
had been managed entirely bythe com
missioner and that Solicitor Hart had
gone to Chicago as his legal represen
tative. The Indian chiefs now in the city
called at the White House ia'a body at
1 o'clock to day and paid their respects
to the President. They were accom
panied by the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs and several interpreters. The
reception took place in the East Room
at the c ose of the; regular weekly re
ception to the public. - They ranged
themselves in a circle and listened at
tentively to a short , address bythe
President, in the course of which he
pointed out the folly of their going to
war with the whites and made it very
plain that if they made any more trou
ble they would be nunished. The In
dians were then individually presented
to the President by Rev. Mr; Cook, a
half breed Episcopal minister. Each
shook hands with the President and
bowed when presented, but made no at
tempt at conversation.
Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. McKee, Mrs.
Russell Harrison, Mrs. Dimmick, Mrs.
Parke, and Mrs. Perrin were inter
ested spectators of the scene.
The President and most of his Cabi
net will visit the , Pacific coast soon
after the adjournment of Congress and
have arranged the; trip so as to include
a tour oi the Southern States. ISo de
tails have yet been arranged, but it is
probable that the party will start from
Washington in the early part of April.
Washington, Feb.. 12. The Presi
dent has refused a pardon to Robert I.
K. Bain, convicted! of . mis-application
of funds of the Exchange National
bank of Norfolk, Va., and sentenced to
hve years Imprisonment.
Washington, Feb. 12. The Presi
aent ana secretary frocter nave sus
tained Col. Forsythe's management at
the Wounded Kneel engagement, con
trary to the advice of Gen. Miles.
The Illinois Content Drawing to a C1oe.
Springfield, 111., Feb. 12. The F
M. B. A members of the Legislature
this morning agreed with the Republi
cans to take two or three ballots to-day
and then adjourned until to-morrow in
order to give the Steering committee
time to get recalcitrant Republicans in
line for Moore, the F, M. B. A. man, if
that is possible. Later in the forenoon
this decision was communicated to the
Democratic Steering committee and an
argreement was reached, all around,
that an early adjournment should be
taken to-day, but that the Senatorial
contest shall be Settled to morvow.
. It is now a matter of public knowl
edge that unless Republicans decide
to accept one of F. M. B. A. candidates
by to-morrow, Moore and Cockerel!
will withdraw from the joint assembly
and leave the old parties to settle the
contest for themselves. In case the
Republicans, after the departure of
the F. M. B. A, men should resort to
breaking the quorum in order to pre
vent an election of Senator, Moore and
Cockrell will then return to the ' joint
assembly and, announcing that they
feel it incumbent upon themselves to
spare the State the expense of a more
prolonged contest, will vote for Palmer
iur UEiueu o iaie3 ocuaiur.
The joint assembly met at noon and
cast five ballots, making a total of
eighty-four,
each resulting Palmer,
101; LindleyJ 100; Steele, 3.
O'Brie and Dillon Arrested.
Boulogne sur-Mer, Feb. 12. Wil
liam O'Brien and Mrs. O'Brien, ac
companied by John Dillon and Thos.
P. Gill left this port to-day for Folke
stone, England. It is expected that
Dillon and O'Brien will be arrested the
moment they set foot on British soil In
order that tbey may be compelled to
serve the terms of imprisonment, im
posed upon them some months ago by
the Tipperary court, for conspiring to
incite tenants on the Smith-Barry
estate not to pay rent.
Folkestone, Feb. 12. Dillon and
O'Brien, upon their arrival at this
place from Boulogne-sur-Mer volun
tarily surrendered themselves to the
police authorities here.
Of Interest to Hotel Proprietors.
Nashville, Feb. 12. A Montgom
ery, Ala.,speeial says: A case of inter
est to the natei men everywnerc, in
volving, as it does, the extent of their
liability for damage in cases of accident
to guests, has been aeciaea mere, xu
Jafy, 1889, W. A. Thomas, a guest of
foinAenr hnteL of which Cant. D.
R. West is proprietor, fell in the hall
way, alleged to oe poony uituvcu.. ouiu
am0 hmken. The Dlaintiff sued
Capt. West for $10,000. The iury yes
terday, alter Demg out ionv-eigak
hours returned a verdict awarding the
plaintiff $2,500.
Assassinated by Ills Son.
Cincinnati, Feb. 12. A Times-Star
dispatch says that Judge Wilson Lewis,
of Pineville, Er-, who has been active
in the prosecution of, the desperadoes
who have been carrying on, bloody
feuds in that region, was 'shot and
killed last night by bis own son Sydney
Lewis. The Judge had put his son
nnder bond as one of the unlawful crang.
The son visited his father last night; a
quarrell resulted and Sydney nrea nve
balls into ms iatner s ooay.
T1IE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
HE SOLDIERS HOME BILL BECOMES
A LAW.
The House Adopts it By a RUlns Vote
Speeches in Payor or the Bill By an Ex
Federal Soldier and By a Negro Both
Houses Transacting Business Very 11 p
idly Many Special Tax Bills Adopted.
SENATE.
Raleigh, Feb. 12. fSPECiAL 1 The
following bills were introduced:
To Incorporate the Baltimore Gold
and Silver Smelting companv; Rela
tive to gambling; To provide for a
public printer; To enable the Wil
mington Light Infantry to Issue bonds -
to build an armory; To reouire rail
roads to redeem unused tickets; To
establish a new county to be called
'Bill Saunders ?'
senator liuuer was added to the
committee on Education.
Senator Ardrey made a report from
the Conference committee on the bill
to estab ish a Normal school for white
girls,-and asked that the report bo ac
cepted, i "
The bill to allow leave of absence to
the Clerk of the Superior court of Hay
wood for a few days was taken up. A
wide discussion ensued, and several -
Senators moved to add their counties.
The bill passed its third reading, all
the amendments being withdrawn.
The bill to amend the charter of Sal
isbury, passed third reading.
A bill was introduced by consent to
protect persons having property in
sured, from insolvent insurance com
panies. x
The bill to incorporate the North
Carolina and "Virginia Railroad compa
ny, from Madison county to some point
in Virginia, passed its second read
ing. ' j
The bill to incorporate the Asheville
and Thermal Belt Railroad company,
passed its third reading. .
The bill to amend the charter of Ala
mance county, passed it third reading.
The bill for relief of sheriffs and tax
collectors (the former to collect arrears
since 1886,) passed its third reading.
! The bill to regulate fishing in Pamli
co river, passed lis second reading.
The bill to authorize the commis
sioners of Harnett county to issue bonds
for certain debts, passed its, second
reading. 1,
The bill to amend the charter of
Raleigh, passed its third reading.
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVE. .
Rev. Dr. J, W. Carter offered prayer.
The House was very light after lat
night's late session.
Bills were introduced as follows: Mr.
N.sh, of Stanley, To prohibit the'salo
of liquor in two miles of Moore's school
house; Mr. Coffield, To amend the Code
in relation to salaries of treasurers and
cLerks; Mr. Phillips, of . Watauga, (by
request of citizens of Wautauga) To
regulate the prices of the public print
ing; Mr. Newsom, To empower R. I.
Dal ton, late sheriff of Stokes county, to
collect arrears of taxes; Mr. Greer, To
provide for the expenses of judges in
the discharge of their duties; Mr.
Wiley, (for the committee) To provide
for the institution for the deaf and
dumb and the blind, appropriating .
$40,000 per year, the same as at pres
ent; Mr. Watsoni of Robeson, To char
ter the town of Lumber Bridge, Robe
son county. ','
Mr,' Sutton introduced a resolution
in regard to the Postal telegraph.
The calendar was taken up and the
following bills passed third reading:
To change the time of holding the
courts in the Ninth district; To change
the same in the Tenth district (this
was to cure a mistake made in the
case of the Ninth district by a bill has
tily passed early in the session); To
prescribe the fees of sheriffs and con
stables in cases of claim and dell ery;
To simplify actions. under the statute
of limitations: To incorporate the town
of Llnville; To authorize a special tax
levy in' SwaiA county; For the con
struction of an iron bridge over Tuska
segee river; To amend the Code so that
the President's and Secretary's signa
tures to deeds are sufficient; To Incor
porate the Clinton Loan Association;
To incorporate the Leaks viile Alum-
nlum compaDv: To incorporate the
Commercial and Farmers bank ef
Raleigh: To amend the charter of New
Bern; To incorporate the town of Hub, j
Columbus county; To allow &i cents as
the fees o! sheriffs and constables in
the service of road orders; To amend
chapter 216 private laws 1889; To con
strue tne law as to oower as applying
to marriasres since 1868.
The bill te amend the charter o: tho
Durham Water company, was tabled.
The Soldiers Home bill was taken up
as a special order at noon.
Mr. Mcuiii made a graceful speech
in support of the bill, paying a high
tribute to tne valor and devotion oi tne
North Carolina troops in the armies of .
the Confederacy, who had so promptly
responded to the call of their State.
He felt sure that the feature of the bill 1
which provided for a board of lady
managers made sure the success of the
Home, and he paid the earnest and
loving work of the ladies the warmest
praise. The purpose of the bill is to-
give State recognition to tne r nome.
He alluded to his birth ! in Scotland,
his service in the army during the war
and his desire to do all he could to
honor the State and to make the vet
erans comfortable in their declining
years. The bill by a unanimous vote
passed its second reading.
Mr. Alston alladed in forceful words
to the bill as modest, just and humane
and called on the House to follow the
example of the Senate and vote unani
mously for the bill.
Mr. Bryan, of Wilkes, said the bill
was a good one. The House might feel
surprised to see him,an ex-Federal offi
cer, favoring this MIL He endorsed
the bill and favored its passage earnest
ly. He was a wounded soldier, and
knew there were many wounded sol-
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