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A.lmiral Torter died in Washington City yes-
ttf(jAyt Gen. Sherman's condition was
ninth lmprovt d yesterday. Warder, ! the
luurderer of his son-in-lair, Bimpson Fogett, 1
toaid to be insane. O'Brien and Dillon
were taken to Ireland yesterday to be put in
prison. Cashier Spaulding writes to Presi
dent Ilartasell that he had ben taking the
tank' funda for four years and lost it all in
peculation, Men at : work on the World's
Fair buildings have etruck for higher wages
nl bave driven the Italian workmen from
jncfcijon Park. The Republicans of tbe Illi
nois legislature eeemed to le quite at Sea yes-
tcrtlay. Hon. Alexander II. n. Stuart died at
Staunton, Va., yesterday. Pieagus, in Chili
been bombarded by the Insurgents. The
blockade of Valparaiso has been raised.-
five boteli and six other houses were burned
ja Wichita, Tex., Thursday. Investigation
.bows tliat the State Comptroller of Texas has
ni;jaj,pli(d State funds.- Qen. Sherman's
condition was so much better yesterday after
noon that bid friends had hopes of his recov-
(rv p, T. Sherman, a eon of ihe Genera,
denies that the Sacrament has been adminis
istered to-him by a Catholic prieat. He says
hU father is not a Roman Catholic. Dan &
Co weekly report says: easiness has im
proved in the East but at most Southern and
Western points it shows no increase; the mar
ket for dress goods is active; that traded in
cotton goods is fair; that the boot and shoe
tia-ld .fchows improvement; that the grocery
triiUL ia fairly active; that the moneyj markets
areeajyand undisturbed. Another woman
has been murdered in tbe Whitechapel district
c f London, supposed to be another victim of
-Jack the Kipper." Her head was nearly
M vered from her body. She had just expired
when found, still no one was seen in; the
neighborhood by the police. There is no clue
to the murderer.- The Alabama Congression
al districts are so arranged; under the newjbill
a to injure a solid Democratic delegation.
Tbe nin'ety-fifth billot for Senator in the Illi
Inois Legislature was taken yesterday withou
result. Gib3on, tae whiskey , conspiratoi'
had a bottle of liquid phosphorus when cap
tured. Two negroes were hung at Dover,
Del., yesterday for murder. The Republican
House caucus was again postponed. Ballot-
.in
for Senator is still going on
in
South Da-
kota
PISTOL-GRAPHS.
In galls is in demand. He has had
three dinners given him. j
Donn Pjatt will again became the
editor of BdfonVs Magazine. jHe
lifted writer.
is a
The reciprocity business enlarges.
Thus far it is Brazil a,nd Venezuela
Free trade
tlonUts.
groweth among the protec-
The squaw hunter Miles refers
Mm. Davis as ''this woman." He
to
is
evidently in the right place fighting
barbariaus. !
i
The Ne York World thinks Ingalls
id soured. It says that as "Uncle Re
m.us sars. he is 'bawlln' down dar like
a steer calf lef out in de rain.' "
Dr. Magee, the new Archbishop of
York (Established Church of England
J
is an Irishman the first of his coun
trymen to hold an English primacy.
The N. Y. Sun, Rep. Protection, has
dropped Gv. Hill and now double
leads Senator Gorman for Democratic
nomination in 1S92 for the Presidency.
' Rev. Sam Jones is now conducting
a meeting at Jacksonville. Fla. He is
preaching to large audiences.
Timcs-'Union says he is "sharp
..witty, full of humor and sense,"
The
and
A discovery has been made in
Chi-
cago of a conspiracy tolapply'dynamite
to all distilleries not included in the
"combine." Chicago seems to be
equal to any kind of unmitigated
d-eviltry. :
"There was a time when I aloae
Was by my wife adored; j
I pat on the domestic throne, :
Thfl ro! and florerelara lord. 1
My crown is gone. Without a thank,,
lie takes my very name!
- I're net a Tettige of my rank
Before the Hahy came "
UThe Century.
At Wheeling, VaM a man petitioned
the court to hang'.him. A wag of a
lawyer drew it when asked to write a
petition to have him discharged as
road surveyor. Some 150 signed.; This
shows how people will sign anything
presented to them.
Kipling, tlie story writer, was some
tiaae in this country. He has been
writing about the North ranch to the
disgust of some editors. The Indiana
polis Journal, for instance, says of him:
"Mr. Rudyard Kipling's letters of
American travel are rare compounds of
personal egotism and English snob'
niehness, and are withal very redolent
f red liquor."
It is amusing very to see the Monop
oly papers singing Blaine's praises be
cause of the reciprocity Bcheme with
UraziL The Chicago Journal closes a
Pu as follows: j
His foresight meTerdia?, j
And, at his very whim,
r Old diplomats must bend the a apple limb.
WhaVs what he knows,
A daisy he t-Nu, ke's a full blows rose !
Him. I
TLEGRAFHIO SUMMARY.
i OmrJlm!"
CONGRESS.
1
THE COPYRIGHT BILL VIGOROUSLY
ATTACKED IN THE SENATE.
Senator Vance Thinks he Recognizes In It
an Old Acquaintance The Shertnan
Amendment Adopted The Legislative
Appropriation Bill Adopted by the House
Kulogles on Admiral Porter.
Washington. Feb. 13. Senate.!
The Senate resumed the consideration
of Copyright bill the pendiog question
being s on benator Sherman's amend
ment to strike out the word "prohibit
ed" and to insert the words , subiect
o duties provided by law." "
Senator Morrill expressed the opin
ion that the adoption of Senator Sher
man's amendment would trabsfer the
business of book printing entirely to
Germany where printers were not paid
hall a3 much as they wererpaid in the
United States.
Senator Reagan spoke on the subject
of an amendment of which he had given
notice yesterday and said that while he
favored international copyright, the
pending bill was a mere supplement to
procective tariff. The effect of its pas
sage would be to increase the cost of
books and put restrictions on publica
tions and tax on knowledge.
Senator Daniel criticized the bill at
moch length,particularly that provision
which requires foreign authors having
copyright in the United States to pub
lish their works simultaneously in for
eign country and in this country and
which subjects American authors to
the reciprocal arrangement. i '
Senator Vance did not know that he
would have had the temerity to oppose
ihe pending bill if it had not been that
in the course of debate and of the votes
he had thought that he discovered an
old acquaintance. He thought that he
felt the hair of his friend. Protection
ist E3sau, although the voice was that
of Freetrade J acob. He would rather
be the means of placing a cheap book
(a book printed and published and sold
cheap) in the hands of one poor ambi
tious boy that would stimulate him to
greater exertions than of placing:
$1,000,000 in the pockets of Harpers
by the passage of the Copyright bill.
The scheme to make a man pay $1 for
a book which he could now get for 50
cents was ; quite as dishonest as the
scheme to appropriate the work. of an
other man's brain. Going on to speak
against the bill he declared that when
it was simmered down it would be found
to be simply in the interest of Ameri
can publishers. That was the sum and
substance of it. He was opposed to it
in principle out and out.
Senator Carlisle made an argument
in support of
Senator Sherman's
amendment. He also favored the
amendment of which Senator Reagan
bad given notice, to strike out the en
tire paragraph which Senator Sher
man proposed to amend, relating to the
printing of books in the United States.
Finally a vote was reached on Sena
tor Sherman's amendment and it was
agreed to and the bill was then laid
aside Vithout further action.
The President's message announcing
the death of Admiral Porter was laid
before the Senate and the remainder
of the afternoon was devoted to eulo
gistic speeches upon his life. The
speakers were Senators Chandler, Mc
pherson and Hale.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House went into committee of
the Whole on the Legislative Appro
priation bill. The Civil Service Com
mission paragraph was under consid
eration and debate was limited to three
hours. i
Mr. Cannon moved , an amendment
providing for a secretary and steno
grapher at $1,600 each. This, he said,
would comolv with! the terms of the
organic law. M
Then followed a lively debate, in
which Messrs Cannon and Grosvenor
led the attack urxm the Civil Service
Commission and Messrs. Butterworth
and Lodge were its principal cham
pions.
Mr. Dingley moved to amend Mr.
Cannon's amendment by inserting a
a provision appropriating $35,400 to en
able the Commission to execute the
provisions of the Civil Service act.
The amendment was agreed to, and
Mr. Cannon's amendment, as amended,
was adopted.
The committee then rose and report
ed the bill to the House. The first
question was on the amendment pro
viding for clerks to members not chair
men of the committees. The amend
ment was defeated. The bill was then
passed.
The President's message announcing
the death of Admiral Porter was read
and referred to the committee on Naval
Affairs and then the House adjourned.
j Telegraphic Sparks.
The amount of siver offered for sale to
the Treasury Department yesterday
was 955,500 ounces; the amount pur
chased was 670,500 ounces, at prices
from 1.001 to 1.009.
The populatiom of Arkansas by races
is announced by the Census Bureau as
follow: White, 816,517; colored, 311,
227; Indians, 804; Chinese, 131; total,
1 128 179
'The committee of the Texas Legisla
ture which investigated the charges
against State Comptroller McCall, that
he had misapplied State funds appro
priated for a specific purpose, hare re
ported that the charges are sustained
hv thA nvfdence.
Hon, Alexanaer a. n. omar uiw at
Staunton, Va., at 1:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
The Alabama Legislature has passed
theibill redisricting the State into
nine Congressional districts. The
black counties are divided up among
the white ones In sueh a way as to in
sure a solid Democratic delegation.
Governor Hill still maintains that
the Watterson letter was a very often
sire one and still says that he did not
receive it.
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I JACK THE KIPPER AT WORK.
1 a w : - . J - ,.
A Woman Found in Whitechanel with
Her Throat Cut The Woman Scarcely
Dead When Found.
London, Feb. 13.Further particu
lars in regard to ;the woman who was
found dead in the Whitechanel dis
trict this morning, and who is sup
posed to have been murdered by the
fiend knOwn as "Jack the Ripper" have
shown that she is about 25 years of age
and quite good looking for a woman of
her class. She was found lying on her
back with her head nearly served from
her body.u There ,wa3 also a severe
wound on the back of her head, caused,
it is thought, by the severe fall she ex
perienced when her assailant knocked
her down. The scene of this, (possibly
the latest of a series of "Jack the Rip
per's" crimes, is a dark narrow arch
way known as "3wallov.'b Gardens"and
leading from Little Mint street to
Chambers street. The archway ( re
ferred to is, during busy hours, a well
frequented throughfare, especially
ued by railway employes and stable
men in passing to and from their resi
dences in and about that packed neigh
borhood to work on the numerous lines
of railroads or in many stables scattered
about that section of the city. At all
times of the night there are people
awake in the houses and pedestrians
are passing about and through "Swal
low's Gardens," but nobody seems to
have beard any cries of an alarming
nature during the early hours this
morning when the crime was I commit
ted. ; The murdered woman,! judging
from her appearance, belonged to an
abandoned class of females and was
fairly well dressed. Though her hair
was untidy, her clothing had not been
disarranged.
The police theory is that the womaa wr s
murdered while in a standing posit ion;
that the crime was probably the work
of "Jack the Ripper," and I that the
murderer was frightened away by the
approach of some person before he
had time to mutilate the body in the
manner already described in previous
crimes attributed to him. On the other
hand it is known that the residents of
Whitechapel in particular and of Lon
don in general are prone to give credit
to "Jack the Ripper" for any murder
or attempt at murder in Whitechapel
where a woman is concerned. I
The blood was still warm when the
body was found. When the .blood
stains had been cleared away the po
lice carved a rough cross in the wood
work over the spot in "Swallow's Gar
dens" where the woman was found in
order to mark the spot where the crime
was perpetrated.
Ttiere seems to be, as in so many
other and similar cases, no definite clue
to the murderer. No arrests haye been
made.
A jrailroad employe, it is true, says
he saw the murdered woman talking to
a man, apparently a foreign seaman.
just previous to the time the murder is
supposed to have been committed and
police are now engaged in searching
all vessels lying in the Thames or in the
many docks and about the port of Lon
don.
The police who found the woman
reached the spot while the
murderer
was only a few yards away.
The vie-
tim's lips were still twiching nervously
and her eyes still rolling when the om
cer bent over her and a moment later
sounded his whistle in call for assist
ance, which must have placed any po
liceman in the neighborhood oa the
alert. . j
London, lTeb. 13. O'Brien and
Dillon quietly left the; Eastern
railway station under police escort
at 7 o'clock thi3 morning look
ing fresh and well after their night
spent in Scotland yard. The prisoners
enjojed every liberty possible. There
was nothing to 6how that they were
not ordinary passsengers, , and they
.evidently regarded their approaching
imprisonment with a calm indiffer
ence.
Work on the Fair Buildings Suspended.
, Chicago, Feb. 13. The work of
grading in Jackson Park in prepara
tion for the World's fair is at a stand
still. Late yesterday afternoon a lot of
idle workmen, finding that they were
unable to induce the Italians, who were
at , work, to" strike for an advance in
wages, attacked them and drove them
out of the park with kicks and cuffs.
This morning a crowd of idlers gather
ed in the park to the number of 700 or
more and maintained such threatening
attitude toward the Italians that the
contractors thought it best not to at
union carpenters, engaged in.building
offices and stables, were not molested.
The contractors say they will .wait till
they secure telephone connections with
the police department when tbey will
resume work, and, if interfered with,
will demand protection.
A committee has been appointed by
a joint commission, representing all of
the organizations of union labor in
Chicago to confer with the manage
ment of the World's fair with a view to
securing recognition of union labor in
the work to be done on the lair build
ings. If their claims are not recognized
they threaten to turn the antagonism
of the solid labor element against the
enterprise.
An Insane Murderer.
Nashville, Tenn.t Feb. 13. A
Chattanooga, Tenn., special sa8: The
doctors declare that City Attorney
Warder, in jail for murder, is undoubt
edly insane. His health is ruined and
he may die from the strain upon his
nerves. Warder is confined for killing
his son-in-law, S. Fugett, a prominent
young banker, and his trial has been
postponed on account of his physical
condition, as lie is suffering from two
pistol wounds.
The Chilian Insurrection.
New York, Feb. 13. Flint & Co.
to-day received the following cable
cram from Chili: "Pisague is being
bombarded and is burning: the block
ade has ceased at Talparaieo.
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
. ..
R. G. DUN & CO'S REVIEW AND SUM
MARY OF TRADE.
Business Improved at the East hot in the
South and West Rather Hesltatins Not
Much Increase in Business of January
Oyer Last Year Grocery Trade Fairly
Active Money Markets Easy.
New York, Feb. 13, R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly, review of trade says:
There is somei improvement in business
at the East and a more confident feel
ing, and at Chicago the tone is , very
hopeful, but at most Western and near
ly all Southern points business shows
no increase in volume and is rather
hesitating. Payments through all
clearing houses for January show
scarcely any increase over last year,
although the yearly and quarterly dis
bursements on account of previous bus
iness were very much larger than a
year ago, and returns for Febfuary,
thus far, exhibit substantially the same
situation.
The industrial outlook is modified by
the great strike of the Connellsville
coke workers, which must cut off
large supplies ef iron if it lasts, and by
the great decrease in the iron output.
The demands for wool continues
strong and worsted grades rising.
Sales at Boston in January were 17,040,
400 pounds against 11,539,900 last year,
an increase of about 50 per cent, ana
the market for dress goods is particu-
larly active, agents looking forward to
- A
a xime 01 extraordinary prosperity.
But orders for heavy goods are scanty.
and clothiers, remembering the heavy,
i j. -i 5 .1
losses 01 past winters, are Duying witn
great caution.
Trade in cotton goods is fair in vol-
ume ana print ciotns are a snade
stronger in, price. r
The boot and shoe trades show some
improvements as to value, though the
prices obtained are not highly satis
factory.
Sugar refiners are busy with ample
orders for future delivery, though the
present trade is naturally light.
The grocery trade is fairly active
and indicates no decrease in demand
for consumption. !
Provisions have been a shade weaker
with a fall of ill cents in corn, and
wheat and oats have declined each a
fraction on small sales, but coffee and
oil are stronger and cotton unchanged.
The lotr prices of cotton tends to make
trade dull at the South, farmers hold
ing back for higher prices.
At Jew Orleans general trade, im
proves materially; at Nashville it opens
very -well, though buyers, are cautious,
and at other points reportihg it is only
fair or dull. St. Louis reports a fair
volume but no improvement, while
Kansas City finds a better wholesale
and quiet retail trade
The dry goods, clothing and shoe
trades considerably exceed last year's
at Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston.
Throughout the country the money
markets are comparatively easy and
undisturbed, though the demand is
good and the supply hardly adequate.
Business failures throughout the
country during, the last seven days
number, for the United States, 2t2;
Canada, 3o; for the
corresponding
week last year the figures were 240 in
the United States and 62 in Canada.
Gen. Sherman's Condition Improved.
New YORK. Feb. 13. There is no
doubt that Gen. Sherman's condition is
greatly improved this morning. He
passed a quiet night and there was no
repetition of those sinking spells which
haye so often drawn the members of
the family about his bedside and made
them fear the end was near. The last
oaa ume ne had was at an eariy nour
in the evening. At 8 o'clock no official
bulletin had been prepared, but from
his private secretary, Mr. Barrett, was
learned that the General had had a
night of rest. Secretary Barrett, in
speaking of the improvement in the
General's condition, said that it had
been noticeable since 12 o'clock last
night. He had regularly taken his
nourishment, which consisted of milk
and whiskey, and the watchers found
no difficulty in rousing blm at times.
Where his chances were one in one
thousand yesterday, said the secre
tary, they are now one in ten and we
have reason now to entertain some
hope.
Dr. Alexander issued the following
bulletin at 9 ''clock: After- consulta
tion this morning, the physicians find
that the General has lost nothing dur-
ft.PnV
At 10:30 o'clock P. T. Sherman, the
General's son, when spoken to with re
gard to the published statements to the
effect that Gen. Sherman had received
extreme unction, emphatically denied
that such was the case. The General,
he said, was not a Catholic and never
had been one. The visit of Rey.
Father Taylor was for the purpose of
giving consolation to the members of
the General's family and not to admin
ister the Sacrament. It was just as un
true that the clergyman entered or left
the house in a secret manner. He
went there and left in same the man
ner as any one else.
The family this forenoon were quite
cheerful, as they now entertain hopes
for the General's recovery. Some
trouble is expected in keeping him in
his bed. He is determined at times to
leave it and is weaker after being al
lowed to arise.
Tde last bulletin front Gen. Sher
man at 9:45 p. m., was as follows: After
consultation the doctors say there is
no change for the better in the Gen
eral's condition.
Flye Betels II
ed.
Nett Orleans, Feb.
13. A
Pica
yunes Micnita, Texas, special oaj.
The Windsor, Commercial, City,
Wichita and Depot hotels, five wooden
Rtructures. the Windsor Ire stories,
the others two and three stories, burn
ed here yesterday: together with six
other bouses. The total loss is $50,000;
iaeirasca I10,C?9.
THE CLEVELAND LETTER. j j
It Effect In RaIaIvTi Raiin.j p.i;... I
iw x.aect in Kaleleh Railroad RH4
Destroyed by Floods In the Mountains
A Portaltof the Late Chief Jnmtlc Sm ith
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 13.f
The fact that Cleveland had declared
against the free coinage of silver Was
not known here until yesterday after
noon, and to be sure created a stir.
Cleveland was very popular in the
State. A poll of the " Legislature was
taken yesterday and sixty-nine mem
bers declared he was their choice while
eleven favored Hill. There is now a
growing desire for a Western man as
the democratic candidate for the
Presidency. Among the; prominent
men interviewed in regard to what ef
fect Cleveland's announcement would
have upon his chances for the renpmi
tion was Editor taylus Cade of j the
Progressive Farmer, who did not waste
any words but said: "I think this (set
tles Cleveland. I am not sorrv." I
The Western North Carolina Rail
way suffers quite a severe loss by the
wreck of the three bridges between
Dillsbro and the mouth of the Tucka
segee river, which were swept away
yesterday by the breaking of a boom
which held logs at a saw mill. It is
said the sight was a grand one as the
logs were swept down the stream, which
was at nooa. The triages were des
troyed in a twinkling, j
To-morrow the sale of the furniture
once owned by C D. Upchurch, the de
f clerk of Wake Superior court,
will be sold under orders from Col. A.
W. Shaffer, the bondsman, who has
had to put up the money to cover the
shortage. It is said Upchurch Is in
Washington City. !
.he tobacco warehouse men are
greatly pleased at the defeat of the bill
to reduce charges on leaf tobacco.
They have been greatly stirred up by
the proposition, which was to reduce
the charges about one-half. "
A portrait In oil of the late Chief Jus
tice W. N. HI Smith has just been fin
ished by Kandall the artist, and will be
in a few days presented to the Su
preme court, Geo. H. Snow, Esq., mak
ing the speech of presentation In be
half of Ed. Chambers Smith, Esq., son
of the distinguished Chief Justice.
Despite the very unfavorable weather
a number of Kaleigh people went to
Wake Forest college to day to attend
the aniversary exercises of the Euzelian
and Philomathesian literary societies.
The Senate and House committees
on Education are at Chapel Hill to-day,
making the biennial examination of
the State University. There is very
great need of many improvements of
the buildings there. Only two are at
all modern in their arrangements.r It
will require a good deal of money to
make the buildings what they should
be. I
The State Board of Pharmacy meets
here on the 17th instant.
The weather has almost completely
stopped the local .cotton trade, which
Is mainly by wagons. The farmers are
kept closely at home by bad roads and
almost constant rain. All the streams
in this section are very full,
A Possible Chance for Palmer.
fS """
111., Feb. 13. The
f?""1: rc"' VSiT'
joint assembly to-day. The F. M. B.
A men took occasion to administer a
rebuke to the Republican Steering
committee. This rebuke to the -party
leaders was all the more severe be
cause it was totally unexpected. The
Republican Steering committee, when
the roll call was ordered for the first bal
lot, attempted to spring a little sur
prise. Instead of cotinuing for Lindley,
the mandate was silently given that the
president of the F. M. B. A. party
should be dropped and the name of
Richard J. Oglesby, the regular party
nominee, submitted. Many Republi
cans, who had not been consulted in
the proposed change of programme,
repudiated the mandate of tbe Seering
committee and voted their individual
preferences. The ballot resulted as
follows: Palmer, 101; Oglesby, 81;
Lindlev, 16; Stelle, 2: L. C. Hibbard, 1;
C. B. Farwell. 1; M. W. Matthews, 1;
P. H. Connelly, 1.
On the eighty-sixth ballot the Re-
fmblicans all came into line for Lind
ey and the ! vote was as ; follows :
Palmer, 101; Lindley, 100; Stelee, 2;
Hubbard, 1. The subsequent ballots up
to the ninety-third were without ma
terial change. After the ninet jfifth
ballot an adjournment was taken until
to-morrow.
Admiral Porter Died Suddenly.
Washington. Feb. 13. Admira1
Porter died suddenly at 8:15 o'clock
this morning at his residence, No. 714
H 6treet. His death resulted irom
fatty degeneration of the heart, which
relentless disease asserted Its fatal
clutch upon him at Newport, R. I., last
summer whenJ contrary to persistent
advice of his physician, he overtaxed
his strength by taking vioieni exercise
aid was stricken down wun a compli
cation of diseases, lncludiag degenera
tion of the lungs and dropsy. As soon
as he could be moved with safety he was
brought to his home in Washington
and all the means known to science and
medicine were resorted to lor nis Dene
fit. Despite them, however, there was
a slight but unmistakable symptom of
approaching dissolution. Mental dis
turbances were added to his other
troubles and the patient failed to real
ise the seriousness of his condition.
CenricUd ef Manslaughter.
New York, Feb. 13. wm,
A.
Straud, of Norfolk, Va., was convicted
! the court of Oyer and 'Terminer of
manslaughter in the second de
gree to-night. Straud. while drunk,
stabbed and killed Mitchell Jordan, a
nejrro porter, of the Palace hotel on
August 4th, 1890, after he had been
knocked down and kicked by Aim re-
neatedlv. The iurr recommended
Straud to the mercy of the court asd
he was re mas Qed.
xiIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
' - '
BONDS FOR A NEW COURT HOUSE
FOR NEW HANOVER COUNTY.
This Bill Passes Second Read lrc In the
House-A Bill to Elect Solicitor by the
State at Larjce The Plutol Tax Uill Ta
bledThe Bill to Increase the School
Tax Bill Tabled. j
senate.
Raleigh Feb., 13. -Special The
following bills were introduced: To
premote the raising of fruits and vege
tables in North Carolina; To make the
Cape Fear river a lawful fence; lo in
corporate the yarious churches in the
State hot heretofore incorporated: To
repeal the law relative to detective
agents carrying arms; A resolution
proposing to raise a joint committee
for the purpose of recommending nine
directors for the Normal and Indus
trial school for white girls, (one from
each Congressional district), three .
from the Senate and five from the
Pouse. ' A bill to incorporate the Pro
tective order of Elks in Goldsboro; To
incorporate Rocky Roint Improvement
company in Pender. i
The resolution to appoint a commit
tee to nominate directors for the Nor
mal and Industrial school, passed and
the President of the Senate appointed -Senators
Ardrey, Payne and McLean
as the Senate branch.
The following bills passed third
reading: To regulate fishing in Pam-
lico river; To incorporate the Carolina
and Virginia) Railway company; To
authorize the commissioners of Harnett -county
to issue bonds to fund the debt"
of said county; To authorize the com
missioners of Warren to levy a special
tax; To amend the charter of the Roa
noke and Southern Railroad company.
On the bill to exempt ordained min
isters of the Gospel from work on the
public roads. A wide discussion arose,
Senaior Lucas making a humorous
speech against it. He said it would ex
empt about forty in his neighborhood.
The bill was laid on the table.
,The bill to amend the charter of the
town of Weldon passed its second read
ing. '
The bill to Incorporate the bank of
arion, passed its third reading.
The bill to create a new township in
Richmond county, passed its third
reading.
The bill to prevent obstructions to
the passage of- fish in Little riyer passed
its third reading.
The bill to prevent the sale of liquors
at Apex was rtcommitted.
The bill to prevent the sale of deadly
weapons was laid over on account of
the thin attendance in the Senate.
The bill requiring the trustees
of the University and of the
Agricultural and Mechanical college
to report the conduct of professors at
stated times, and that such trustees
have power to remove such professors
for cause, was taken up. There was a
wide discussion, participated in by
Senators Ardrey, Aycock, Lucas and
King and the bill was tabled.
The bill to change the time of hold
ing, courts in the Niath Judicial dis
trict, pass third reading.
The bill to change the time of hold
ing courts in the Tenth Judicial dis
trict passed its third reading.
The bill to promote the growth and
marketing of fruits, vegetables, etc.,
(incorporates a company for such pur
pose in Guilford county) passed its
third reading.
The House amendments to the Rail
road Commission bilh were made the
special order for next Wednesday at 12
o'clock. . , 1
The Interest bill was made the po
cial. order for Wednesday at 7 o'clock.
house of representatives.
A favorable report was made by the
Judiciary committee on a bill to allow
judges of Superior courts $400 per an
num for traveling expenses.
Bills were introduced as follows: Mr.
Coffield, To prohibit the sale of liquor
in two miles of Martin's chapel: Mr.
Earnhardt, To amend the charter of
Salisbury so as to allow tbe issue of
bonds for a sewerage system; Mr. Al
ston, To allow Franklin county commis
sioners to convey lands to Trinity
church; Mr. Watkins, for relief of M.
B. Lasslter, sheriff of Montgomery; To
authorize that county to issue bonds;
Mr. Williams. To prohibit the sale of
liquor in two miles of Davidson school
house, Iredell county; Mr. Lowry, io
incorporate French Broad Lumber
company; To amend the charter of
Asheville; Mr. Long, of Warren, To
amend section 79 of the Code; To legal
ize land sales In Warren; To regulate
the sales of leaf tobacco in the various
warehouses in the State; Mr. Yancey,
To allow Person county to if sue bonds;
Mr. Bond, To amend the charter of
Edeoton; Mr. Banner, To amend the
charter of Bakersville; Mr. Dixon, Tol
incorporate the King's Mountain Pub
lishing company and the King's Moun
tain Hotel company; Mr. Scott, To
prevent house thieving; Mr. Bryan, of
Wilkes, To incorporate the American
Home Mineral and Land company;
Mr. Newsom, To declare the State line
between Stokes county, N. C, and
Patrick county, Va., a lawful fence;
Mr. Prince. To make four and a half
feet a lawful fence in Harnett county;
Mr. Foust, To incorporate the Deep
River and McLendon Railroad com
pany, x
The following bills passed third
reading: To authorize Swain county
to build an iron bridge oyer Tuckase
gee river, levying a special tax there
for; To incorporate the town of Lin
viile; To incorporate the town of Hub,
in Columbus county; To amend the.
code relating to dower, so that the
heirs may make demand for it (amend
ing Section 211, by fixing three months
as the time in which the widow shall
apply;) To incorporate the Asheville
Hendersoa Thermal Belt railway; To
prevent the spread of cattle distemper;
To protect buyers of seeds by requiring
iCsttats t Clta ?ag.