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ESTABLISHED 1867. WILMINGTON, N. C. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1897. PRIC !- TELEGRAPHIC SUMJTABY. THE . STA1JI. 1 The flag: on the federal court house at Raleigh Is half-masted on. account of the death of Judge Seymour W. I. Brooks, of Winston, Is assistant in spector general The special commit- tee-of the senate Till take up on Mon dya the protest of the president and directors of the North Carolina rail road; President Hoffman, Vice Presi dent Andrews and the North Carolina railroad president and directors are notified to be present; the committee will at the sarrie time take up-the bill to annul the lease of the North Caroli na road.; Governor' Russell, when notified that Y. R, Henry had' been chosen as judge' of the Eastern criminal court circuit, did not say that -he wom-i or that he would not appoint him; this angers the bolting populists The leg islative committees which visited -the university and normal school' recom mend additional appropriation of .$5,000 to hhe former and $12,500 to the latter . ' DOMESTIC. The navy department makes the first payment to the Cramps on the battle ship Alabama, building at their yards The Norfolk and Western railroad makes a 30 per cent, cut in rates to asshville and Memphis -The presi- . dent-elect tenders to James A. Gary, of Maryland, a cabinet office; it is sup posed he. will be postmaster general In Michigan mines a 10 per cent, reduction JnUvages Is made; this effects 1.000 men r The Carnegie Company receivprt or ders from English railways for 100,000 tons of steet rails and from Japan for II, 000 tons- Dun & Co., say the Im provements in the different branches of trade the past week show a mor hope ful outlook than at any time since'Nov ember; our exports still continue large ly in excess of imports -The free sil verites of New Tork - will begin the campaign for 1900 by a speech on "Money" , Friday next- The Joint Traffic Association appoint a commit tee to meet the Norfolk-and Western , -people; to try to settle the rate war At New Castle, Del., Thomas Willis is hanged for the murder last May of his 18-months-old daughter, because, as he feaid, he could not support her The senate spent several hours yester day afternoon arguing" the arbitration treaty; the opponents would agree to no posititve action either way;a motion to postpone until after March 5th was voted down,, still no time for taking a vote could be fixed; the opposition re- sorted to filibustering; Senator Daniel made a powerful speech in opposition to 'ratification of the treaty-. WILL HE BREAK THE SLATE? Hoes Not Promise to Appoint wi Monday Additional Approprl- aVdons iur j - (Special to The .Messenger.) Ralleigh, N. C, February 19.-The ' flag was , -half-masted on the govern ment building today as a mark of re spect to the memory of Judge Sey mour. W. I. Brooks, of. Winston, is appoint ed assistant- inspector general of the ttasruard. j ThTspecial senate, committee to con-side- the memorial of the president and" directors of the North Carolina .railwavjnet this afternoon and decid ed to Ifive a hearing next Monday af- terrioon and tiotified President Hoff I man -' of the. Seabord Air Line, ex-Gov-lrnor Carr, Vice President Andrews of j ,h Southern, President Alexander of fthe North Carolina railway and .also he latter' s directors, to appear here liat. that time The committee will at l-the same time also take up the bill to j! annul the leaser so, the meeting will be j -rv imr.nrtn.nt and interesting, as hese matters are to be considered to gether: t Thex house jndiciary committee will rVport unfavorably the bill to compel railwr.ys to pay the cost value of any frtight undelivered in six weeks after sljpint- I) will also report unfavora '"hiv' thp."nnpTH-Oilding that the gov- " -rnor shall appoint me rni!sion's clerk. fHiW?5r1'"i5fcl The' committee w 11 report without prejudice the bill introduced by Mr. Lusk, to repeal the section of The Code' imnosinff Jl fine on any prtrson work ing on Sunday. There was, an interesting lispussion this afternoon' on the I ill to ii ville under 'the tender mei poliee board composed of a lit Green flies ' of a begro and two white, men. Ex-GiWern ir jarvis appeared and argued kgain! it it, but the committee decided re jrt it fa- vorably. ... An adjourned term of th Vnited States circuit court begins herexnext Tuesday. Judge Simonwn' presiVlng Thf. civil and libel calendars wh be taken up. It is said tonigrhf that , this after Senator McCaskey went to notify 1 ernor Russell ot the election of Walti Henry as judge; that the governor d not say whether he would or woul not appoint him and that the populisi bolters are-angry at this. This news .comes from a republican. E. S. Watson says: "I withdraw from the race for railway commission er. I get something better." . The senate and house sub- commit tees which visited the university and normal and industrial school this- af ternoon recommended an additional appropriation of $5,000 to the universi ty ind 112.000 to the Normal and In dustrial school. '-'For La Grippe at thei start, -take your bed for a day on a Pine Fibre ZVIattress." Hanged for Mnrder of His Child. Wilmington; Del., February 19. . Thomas Willis was banged in the jail yard at New Castle at noon today. The drop fell at 12:35 o'clock and Willis '"was pronounced dead ten minutes later. Willis murdered his 18-months-old daughter, near Newark,, on May 4th last.' He placed the little one in a hag and held it under water in a. creek until life was extinct. He then buried ,-ltin a near-by woods. The-, body -was dug up a week later by the dogs of imnters. It was taken ti Newark where Willis identified the clothing as that -of his daughter, and he was ar rested &n suspicion by the state j de tectives. He made a full confession, saving he could not support the child, -which he afterward denied . on the witness stand. - J fWducMoti of Miners' Wages. Iron Jtfotmtain. Mich., February 19. A 10 per cent., reduction in the wages of the miners Muj.loyed in the Chapin and Sunny Lake mine has been put in force. A similar reduction will proba bly take place at the Pewabtk and Pennsylvania Iron Company mines,' in which nearjy 1.000 men, in all t?Hl J? ef r fected. ' . 1 THE LEGISLATURE. THE RAILROAD LEASE BILL BE FORE THE SENATE. Motion for Immediate Passage Defeated. The Bill Iteferred-rA Bill to Regulate Actions for Libel The Goldsboro Bio pensarr Lav A Bill as to Sale of Rail roads Under Mortgage Fatlle Efforts to Cut r Down Appropriations to Insane Asylums. . (Special to The Messenger.) SENATE. .. Raleigh, N. C, February 19. Bills, and resolutions were Introduced as fol lows: ' By Senator Grant, to amend state election law; also to prescribe time and manner ofv choosing certain of ficers' of municipal corporations. By Senator Maultsby, to regulate the sale of liquor in Columbus county. "Byi Senator Clark, to regulate chal lenges of jurors. . By Senator Parker, of Alamance, foij protection of newspapers for publica tion of news in gxxxjT'ait'h. Its .text Is as follows: j Section 1. Whenever a publisher of a newspaper In- the conduct of "busi ness as publisher of news, eh all In such newspaper make a false publication, injurious to the reputation of any per son, which, if true, would be of such public interest as would justify its publication in such newspaper as pub lic news, it shall be the duty of- the person thereby injured, by such public cation, by himself or agent, to nifj said publisher or his agent that , said publication is untrue and demand pub lication of a correction, and if said publisher shall upon such demand in good faith publish, without delay, suit-, able and ample correction, calculated and intended to repair the wrong, and shall oh demand state the name of his informant 0r the source of his infor mation, the same being a credible person or a credible source; then arid in that case no action shall be maintained' against the publisher of said newspaper for damages because of said injurious publication; provid ed that nothing in this act stoall apT ply to statements published in any newspaper over signature of any per son as a card or an advertisement. ; The bill to establish a dispensary for Goldsboro and Wayne county, was tak en up. ' Senator Grant ably championed the bill, saying that with a dispensary a Chinese wall would be built around the youths in that town and county; that they could not procure liquor. Druggists cannot buy save for use in compounding prescriptions; but can not sell it as a beverage. This Is no po litical measure; that he was a repubj-' lican, but in favor ofali measures for the good of the people of North Caro lina; that the democrats, as well as nearly every one else, demand the pas sage of the act; that the advantages to be derived -from the. revenue re- ceived from the sale of liquor by the dispensary -will le great' and it will be for the benefit of school children, all fines for violation of the act going to the school fund, liquor to be sold only in one-thalf pints and quart bottles and not to be drank on the' premises.. -Other bills were disposed of as fol lows: To incorporate the People's; Benevo lent Association. : . To increase revenues ari5"regulate insurances. This requires all, fire in surance, companies to make contracts through their commissioned and li censed agents in this state. , To legalize bonds issued by Eliza beth City and to levy a special tax. To restore to the state control of the Atlantic arid North Carolina railroad, giving the governor power to appoint the president and majority of the di rectors. - . To place all railroads on an equal footing with those chartered prior Id 1869. To extend the time" for organization of tne Bank of Maxton. ; - i' ' . . . " deaf and dumb. This carries an appro priation of $20,OOQ. i . To provide for and promote -the oys ter industry in North Carolina. In a message from the house came the bill to prescribe terms upon which foreign railroad corporations shall .be allowed to operate railroads and trans act business in this state. This .bill is the famous North Carolina railroad amendment bill. Senator McCaskey moved to place it upon its immediate passage. Senator Anderson opposed this, aa also did Senators Person, Whedbee, Ashburn, McCarthy, "McNeill, Grant and Scales who desired the bill re ferred to the special committee on the memorial of the president of the North Carolina railroad. , Senators McCaskey, Moye, Butler and Atwater favored immediate con sideration. Senator Person moved ta refer dt to e special committee and aemanded previous question, which was or- ded : . ,4WM ator McCaskey demanded the roll ca. The bill was referred ayes, 26; no&!4. . sl or McCaskey moved that the com! ee be instructed to report the bill tVthe 22pd and make it special order ' A that day. '' Sena'.y Whedbee offered an amend ment tlHhe committee be given until March lsto report. Senator VMcCaskey demanded th roll call Vnd Senator Whedbee's amendmentiwas lost ayes, 24; noes, 24. Senator McTaskey's motion was then lost ayes, .25 noes, 25, a tie vote, but President Re..olds voted "No." Senator SaA moved that the comi mittee be inst .ted to report so that bill be made tfjkecial order for Feb ruary 26th, ans motion prevailed. By Jeave avlvas introduced by Senator Ashburn. .m promote the oys ter, industry in 3 iLHanover. " The-bill to addAash and "Wilson counties to the easteR circuit criminal court passed. -iGHT SEMJON, tne senate reaseraly at o'clock and the following bills U. re passed: - To amend the act of Vs relating to the time of holding couwL so commis sioners can call extra te?Ls.- To authorize the appolijvient of tax collectors for Northampto Theo ill to fix the mile diem of clerks of the gene; and per assembly caused discussion. It provi pay of fH per ,day and 3 cents per ile, also includes doorkeepers. (Not to apply this term). j Senator Ray moved to table and on this Senator McCaskey demanded the roll call. ... ' Senator Ray, offered an amendment to apply it to this legislature, saying he was opposed to the bill, but Senator McCaskey wanted little cheap notorie ty, so he Introduced such a. bill. Now If he is honest and sincere in wanting to reduce the pay of clerks let him vote for the amendment and not tryj to make law for clerks of the next gener al assembly. Senator Sharpe moved to table Sena tor Ray's amendment, and offered an amendment to strike out 3 cents ! per mttle and insert 10 cents per mile adopted. The vote on Senator Ray's amend ment was ayes, 20; noes 23, and the bill passed its second reading.--ayes, 30;, noes 13. ' '. The bill passed to extend the time for commencing work on the Cape Fear and Northern railroad. The bill to refund the bonded debt of Cumberland, passed its second read ing. ' . -V. ; - By leave McCaskey introduced a bill to raise revenue. HOUSE OF. REPRESENT ATI VEfK"" Among the committee reports was one unfavorable on the bill to reduce salaries and fees. Bills were introduced as follows: By Mr. Person,, of Wilson, to revise and consolidate the charter of Wilson. . By Mr." Parker, of Wayne, to extend the corporate limits of Mount Olive. : By Howe, to incorporate, the Royal Sons of America at Wilmington. By Mr. Fagan, to amend the charter of the Consohs-Martin Company. By Mr. Dockery, to amend The Code so that in case a mother be' dead in heritance shall rest In her issue and representatives of such as be dead. ; Also to amend The code by adding that in case of death of such child without issue his personal estate shall be distributed among the issue of such mother or representatives of such! is sue as may be dead, this act to apply to existing unsettled estates. . By Mr. Gallop, to allow the free pas sage of fish in Currituck sound. - By Mr. Chapman, to prohibit the sale of liquor, beer or wine outside the limits of incorporated townsi or cities. By Mr. Hauser, to prohibit the set ting &t nets and . fish traps in Con tentuea creek. ' By Mr. Duffy, to allow the adminis trator of Sheriff Morrill, ; of Onslow county, to collect arrears of taxes.! By Mr. Sutton, of New Hanover to incorporate New Hanover Society for Prevention of Crime, giving it power to establish a children's home to which all colored children under 14 years of age, without parents or homes, shall be eligible to admission, ? , I i By Mr. Sutton, of . Cumberland to amend The Code so that in the event of the sale of a railway under fore closure of mortgage or deed of trust, whether under decree of court or other wise the corporation created ' by br in consequence of such sale shall suc ceed to all the franchises, rights and privileges . of - said original - corporation only when such saieis of all the rail road owned' by the' company and de scribed in the mortgage or deed j of trust and when said railway is sold as. an entirety, and jsaid new corpora-' tion shall have the right from time to time to issue ": bonds! secured by mort gage on its property . and franchises to aggregate . amount " equal to. those which could have been isued by the original company, maturing at such date as shall be specified in said mort gage bonds, and bearing interest not exceeding 6 per cent, per annum, and said successor corporation shall have the right t issue - part of its capital stock as preferred stock, the samei to bear interest not exceeding 6 per cent. By Mr. Hancock, to increase the ap propriation to the state guard from $6,000 to $16,000 annually and the ; an nual allowance to each company fijom $100 to $200. ; To keep in repair stock law fences in Robeson county. ' For the .relief of sheriffs and :ax collectors,, allowing them to collect ar rears, ot taxes since 1891. - The senate bill pwas taken up, to stimulate local taxation for schools, by allowing the. state board of education to use as much as $20,000 to rural dis tricts whicii for three successive years vote to tax themselves, gifts to in sums of $50, $75, and $100 a year. - j Mr. Dixon, of Cleveland, said this was an excellent bill, and it passed! its several readings. ' L ; The bilf by Mr. Bryan, of Chatham, to repeal the appropriation . .. to 'the state university was unfavorably re ported. ' ; ' : '-1 The house refused to take up pn the third reading" the resolution to attend the Newbern fair. . ' 1 Bills passed as follows: To take Vance county out- of the eastern criminal circuit. To give local boards of trustees; of colored state normal - school-entire charge of such schools, such boards to be appointed by the state boardsof education. . ' To extend the corporate limits of Maxton. The attorneys who drew this bill intended to say "parallel with the Carolina Central railway," but kad in stead, "perpendicular to the Carolina Central railroad." , - . . : ., To reduce the rates of pilotage for Cape Fear river and bar 25 per cent on vessels under coastwise license. - . - . '. To amend . charter of Springhope, Nash county. j . To make the law against fishing with gill nets in Albemarle sound operative March 31st next. . ' ! . ; The" bill making appropriations for the maintenance of the three insane asylums was taken up. It gives $100, 000 to the Western hospital at Mor gan ton $63,000," to the asylum at Ral eigh and $43,000 to the Eastern j hospi tal at Goldsboro. Robeson and Dur ham counties are transferred to the asylum at Raleigh. For the purchase of an electric plant at the Eastern hos pital $2,500 Is allowed.T ' " . Mr. Hauser offered an-amendment to make the appropriation to the Morgan ton hospital $90,000 , . : ' ' Mr. Abernethey offered an amend ment to make it $80,000. Mr. Wi"e pf Randolph, populist, of fered an amendment making the ap proprlation to the Raleigh asylum $55, 000 and to the Goldsboro $40,T)00. The,v debate : was long and warm , be tween the republicans and populists. Mr. Sutton, of Cumberland, who was in charge of the bill, demanded the previous question. The amendments were all overwhelmingly voted down and the bill passed. NIGHT SESSION. The house met at 7:30 o'clock. The revenue act was introduced by Chair man Johnson and 250 copies ordered printed. ! '-; - The conference report on" the bill to pay special venires was adopted. The bill to appropriate $5,000 annual ly to the college for ths training of col ored teachers was cxlained by Toung, who said it was drawn on the lines suggested by Dr. Cuny and had the unanimous approval of the committee on education. It passed. Bills passed as follows: To work the public roads in North ampton by taxation. : To establish a dispensary in Bladen county . Mr. Hancock made a motion to put on its final reading the resolution to attend the Newbern fair and the yeas and nays were demanded. A negro member said he wanted to( stay here until every democrat was cleared from cellar to garret, and so opposed losing one day. The resolution iailed to, pass ayes, 37; nays, .53. ; - The -senate bill ' appointing, cotton weighers at Liiesville, Wades boro and Morven passed, over the protest of Mr. Leak, who asked for its reference to committee.,. He said it had never been before any committee. It was Sen ator Odoms bill. As soon as the vote was taken on the" second reading a mo toin was made to suspend the rules and put it on its third reading. " Mr. McKenie made the point that sixty-one votes Were necessary to sus pend the rules. " The speaker ruled that this could on ly be done when, there was a roll call; that nobody could know how many voted unless there was a roll call. A division was called and the vote was 46 to 32, but it was not announced . The speaker declared the rules sus pended and the bill passed its final reading. THE SITUATION IN CRETE. Greek Populace Aroused by Attitude of Allied Powers Kerolution In Macedonia, Massacre of Moslems Greek Vessels ' Stopped by tbe Allied Navy. Athens, February 19. The proposals of some of the European powers to take coercive measures against Greece to enforce the prohibition of Greek ac tion in Crete have aroused fierce pubt lie resentment throughout the king dom, and popular demands that the government resist ' the action of the powers at any cost are being made in all' quarters.. The government, backed by the unanimous, sentiment of the people, still insists that the .Greek flo tilla in Cretan waters shall be allowed to act in accordance with the purposes for which the vessels were sent. If the European squadrons should prevent Greece from acting against the Turks by sea, a revolution in Macedonia and Epiriia. is certain to follow. The atti tude assumed by the liberals In the British parliament in regard to Crete is hailed with great enthusiasm here. Greece has relied and still relies upon an upheaval of the free peoples every where in her behalf, and this feeling of confidence in the sympathy of Eu rope; generally goes far towards exJ plaining the defiant course she Jbas taken.' The Greek cruiser Spezia, with . full steam up is lying in the Piraeus await ing orders to proceed to Cretan waters and advices from Macedonia say that all of the principal . bridges and roads in that territory are mined in readi ness to destroy them in order to pre vent the advance of the Turks. Canea, February 19. The Australia vice-consul at Heraklion confirms the. report of the massacre of 2,000 Mos lems by the Cretan Christians at Sitia, on- the eastern extremity of the island. Colonel Vassos, commanding the Greek forces in Crete, has given orders to his troops to refrain from molesting or giving offense to civilians and un armed Moslems, and has promised that the men under his command will show equal respect and observe equal treat ment to all peaceably disposed per sons. , s . . " . The Greek consulate here is now be ing guarded by Russian marines who will be successively relieved by ma rines from the other foreign warships. The Greek consul withdrew the Greek guard, from the consulate in obedience to orders from the admirals of the for eign squadron. The consul, in comply ing with the order, protested that the admirals were exceeding their func tions in taking such action against; him. ' Colonel Vassos, commander of the Greek troops in Crete, has mounted guns on the heights of Akrotiri and is making preparations to capture the Turkish fort at Voukolies. Frcm pres ent indications fighting is likely to take place very soon and the British and Russian consuls' have gone to Se lino to endeavor to put a stop to hosi tilities. , Rome, February 19. The Massagero asserts that .the Turkish commander Photiades Pasha, recently addressed -n letter to Colonel Vassos, commanding j the Greek troops in Crete, threatening toi imprison mm ana arierwaras snoot him, and that Vassos contemptuously tore up the letter. Paris, February 19, A dispatch front Canea says that1 the British warshipn in Crefan waters have prevented the landing of a' force of Greek troops XWhich arrivedtion board the Greek war dship Alphios. , The Matfri, in an article on the Cretan situation; says that Rus sia and Germany alone favor the- pro posal to blockade Piraeus. Athens, February 19. The Greek steamer Pan Hellenic, conveying munitions- of war to the insurgents in Crete, has been stopped and turned back by a British cruiser. The action of the British vessel has created the fiercest indignation here. ,. Athens, February 19. In the course of a debate in the chamber of deputies last evening Premier Delyaoinis seated that the government was seeking to discover the reason for the action of the powers in opposing the operations of Greece in Crete. As a result of their investigation, lie said, the cabinet had arriyed at certain conclusions which, however, he was not yet able to com municate to the chamber further than to declare that Greece would persist in her policy and oourse of aetKm in Crete. Payments on New Warship, Washington, February 19. The 'navy department today made the first of thirty payments on account of the con struction of the battleship Alabama at Cramp's ship yard, amounting to $88, 333; also the twenty-sixth payment, of $90,300 for the Iowa at the same yard, making next to the last payment on that vessel before she is delivered to the government. Highest q all in Leavening Strength. Latest V, & Gov't Report,. ; ' Kf EXECUTIVE SESSION, j : The Senate Refuses to Take Any Positive AeUon Either Way on the Arbitration Treaty Resort to Fllibostering; "and Breaking Qnornm Senator Daniel's Powerful Argument Against tbe Treaty. Washington,: February 19. When the senate adjourned at 8 o'ciocki to night, after a secret session of seven and a half hours, it was apparent to the most sanguine friends of the gen eral -treaty ;or aroitration with Great Britain no yote oould be sec this session of the senate.: The that a motion to postpone until M 5th had been' defeated by a vot 30 to 20, afforded no satisfaction, the contrary, ft emphasized the that those fighting! the treaty intend ed there should be affirmation action of no kind. v i The. debate proceeded in regular bor der until 6 o'clock when senators, tired of the discussion and weary in body, left the chamber and proceeded j to thelrnomes,1 For two hours longer there was a 'dreary succession of jyea and nay calls and calls of the senate for the purpose of securing a quortim, which; was no sooner found to be pres ent than it would disappear. f Filibusterhtsr 'was lnduiewi in iu-h 'the .old-tlnVf iVigor.f and when, after j two bours -tcr this sort of thing, j-the call of the. senate failed to establish ' the presence of a quorum; a motioa to -" adjourn prevailed, and the treaty vas . left hanging in the air. j . At the close .of yesterday's sesaBonj I Senator Sherman gave notice thatii ha should today" ask the senate to sit it out. The contest began as soon nsUhe doors v were, closed, with considerable energy on the part of the friends of theft treaty, but they soon wsariej in thelfv struggle with the inevitable. S en atorsjLodge and Frye spoke briefly, but with a great deal of spirit, urging that -the vote be taken this afternoon. Senator Ledge said there could! be no doubt buU that every senator had: made up his mind how he should tote and any further delay would b a waste of time and an exhibition ' ff a desire. ;o prevent -act! jm cf any .-Sort. Th? speech of Senator Loise wasj an effort to "shell the bushes," and it ivag successful in driving - intd the open the enemies of the treaty. He wa4 at once confronted with a retort from Senator Teller and Senator Stewart to the effect that no vote could be hap. Senator Teller then took the ttoor and spoke for an j hour against a the treaty and against present action! In the course of his argument, he said that he was not prepared to say (hat j he should not Vote for the arbitration ! treaty. He favored the principleaj of arbitration, but the treaty had been bungled and badly drawn and he I be--lieved there should be ample time? for j its consideration. The more the treaty i was discussed the more prominent!; be i came the objection that had been made i to .-it. . ; l - 1 Senator Daniel, of Virginia, made J one of those speeches, finished in ; jura tory and rhetoric for which he is iiot ed. He addressed the senate "for lup . wards of two hours and made a pow j erful impression. He was against S the j treaty 1 and advanced some of the ! strongest arguments that have I! yet been heard. War was not a bad thing he said, when the nation that went war naa tne rigm on itsr siae ana w, upholding the honor and integrity o: its people. The United States was the onty country that Great Britain far ed, and if , she could put us under bands to keep the peace Great Britain would go ahead with her policy of aggres sion, and aggrandization and laugh at any protest that we might maka or ! defy any position we might assume i against her oppression of the: peoples j of the Western hemisphere. The Amer ! icah people were a people of peace; - the policy of the country for 120 yars i had been one of peace. It had arbitrat ed its differences time and again (ana was pledged to that principle; but when it went into a solemn compact for that purpose With Great Britain there should be an equality of teems. The United States had everything to lose by the treaty and Great Britain everything to gain. The congress ofjthe United States had never declared jwar unless war was justifiable; the United States had never acquired any tertito . ry by war unless as the result of a var that was of defense or necessity lor i the perpetuation of the republic, !j i "I love the blood of the revolution," ' said Senator Daniel in one of his im passioned utterances. "It is full oflj all that is great and noble in the history of this country." I ' Senator Daniel then proceeded tq show that the lesson of the Revolution ought not to be forgotten and thatjthe people of the United sstates snouiq do wary of any overtures made to tlem by her traditional enemy, Great Bri tain, speaking, though they do, th same tongue. Of all the powers, Eng land was the one the United States should refuse to blindly follow.! It would be a sorry day for this nation when its hands were tied by an agree ment that gave Great Britain all ishe asked and compelled us to keep quiet in the face of the-policy that that aia tion will continue to follow regardless . of any solemn pledge she may give. I The third and last set speech of fthe day was made by Senator Lindsays of Kentucky, who urged the ratification of the convention and action today.! He spoke for almost one hour, devoting the most of his time to a refutation of the legal arguments advanced by . Sen ator Daniel, and others who have dur ing this debate, taken the ground tha the senate was asked to yield up its prerogative as a part of the treaty making power. .1: .1 At the conclusion of Mr. Lindsay's remarks the effort was again mada to secure a vote, but this effort was iet by motions to adjourn which were in variably voted down or developed the absence of a quorum. Senator Sherman ; pleaded in vain fori an agreement jf or a day and hour upon which tne vote might be 'taken. Every suggestion) of his was objected to, and one roll, (all continued to succeed . another unt, finallyr;it was impossible -to secure a quorum. A motion was then made an carried, instructing 1 the sergeant- at arms to arrest absent senator i- bring them before the "bar of n ate. ; i j. While the sergeaht-at-arms was pre paring his warrant the friends of jthe treaty held a consultation which Ire-, suited In the motion to adjourn j by Senator Gallinger, This prevailed, and, without any otice on the part of Sen ator Sherman that he would again al up the treaty, the senate at 8 oNilocl? adjourned. It is not improbable, however,-that Mr. Sherman" may make one more effort to secure a vote. 1 rarelg-n Orders for Steel Kails ! Pittsburg, Pa., February 19. Millard Hunsicker, representative of the Car negie Company, London, has forwarded to his company in Eittsburg during the past week orders for steel rails for ex port to England -amounting to 100,000 tons. One of the orders is for 25,000 tons for the London and Northwestern road and a similar order is booked for the London and Southwestern railroad. The other orders are smaller and ar for different roads. I It is understood that some of them are merely- first or-, ders and largely of the trial class. In addition to the above, it is also report ed that the company has just secured an order, for about 11,000 tons of steel rails from the government of - apa mm THE REVENUE ACT. CHIEF PROVISIONS OP THE BILL AS DRAFTED. W. H. Henry Chosen as Judge Meares' Successor James K. Boyd for the CabU net Another Phase of tbe Russell Hone Affair Candidates for Railway Commit sloner The Anti-Ballway-Lease Still Likely to Pass the Senate One Butlerlte Gets a Pleee of Pie. Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel. Raleigh, N. C.. February 19. The revenue bill was prepared today, and sent in to the finance committee. It is very long and important. It levies $1.2S poll tax; 22 1-3 cents state tax for general purposes, 3 1-3 cents for pen sions, 20 cents for public schools; total 46 cents on each $100 valuation of real and personal property. 'Taxes on bank stock are to be paid by the cashier, and on building and loan associations by the treasurer, direct. Taxes on gross profits and incomes derived from un taxed property are 5 per sent; on gross income from salaries and fees, public or private, of'.per cent, on the ex cess over $1,000; pn gross Incomes de rived from other' sources, except such as are derived solely, from property taxed, of 1 per cent, on the excess from $1,000 to-$5,000. Whenever in any laW or act of incorporation granted be fore or since July 4, 1868 there is any limitation or exemption from taxation; it is repealed; no property held for in vestment, speculation or rent shall be exempt.' The tax on persons who of fer purchasers any prize is $20; on mer chants' purchases 1-10 of 1 per cent; '(except purchases of farm products from the producers); liquor tax 2 per cent, besides ad valorem tax; druggists who sell liiur upon prcv..i;ti n $j0 ; For license to each fire or accident in surance company $250 annually, and for life companies $200; all companies to pay 2 per cent, on gross receipts, but if at least one-quarter of assets are in North Carolina state, city or county ' bonds the tax to be one per cent, on gross receipts. All clubs, etc., which handle liquors for the use of members or guests are to pay $50 each six months, and must take out license, and this applies to all persons selling liquors. Counties may levy no more tax than the state under the provi sions of this section. Lawyers, den tists and doctors are to pay $10 annual license-fee, and any person who writes legal instruments is deemed as practic ing law and is subject to . this tax. All private business corporations, .save ... railways, banks and insurance compa nies, are to pay a franchise tax on the capital. The violation of any of these j provisions is made a misdemeanor,- the i penalty being $50 or 30 days imprison j ment. Railways pay 1 per cent, en gross receipts. Express companies pay $3,000 annually. Telegraph and telephone companies 2 per cent, on gross receipts. i Tax on marriage licenses $1. The tax I on drummers is $50 annually. Just as was predicted two weeks ago, the populist bolters select Walter R. Henry as judge of the eastern criminal circuit. They got that place for him ' n their deal with the republicans, and of course the latter to a man support him. The eode commission is to be com posed of George H. Smathers, republi can, John W. Hinsdale, democrat, and James B. Schulken, straight populist. Hinsdale will be chairman. - The. selec tion of. Schulken is something of a sur prise, as the republicans and populist bolters are extremely inimical to him. Representative Sutton, of Cumberland, the author of the bill creating the com mission, told me. the day it was intro duced that Colonel Hinsdale, who is one of the ablest lawyers in the state.would be on it. So far Schulken is the only majority populist mentioned In connec tion with an office. Of course this place as code commissioner is non-political. The .' republicans expect James E. Boyd, of Greensboro, to eret some very important national position they hope attorney general. The trouble between Governor Rus- ! sell and Representative Howe, of New Hanover, comes up in new shapes dai ly. Yesterday Governor Russell said he had not invited Howe to his office. - Howe said today that Representative j Sutton, of New Hanover, came to him in the house and said, in the presence of Representative Pinnlx, "Governor Russell wants to see you." Howe . further says that Sutton knew he fav I ored the lease of the North Carolina railway and, hence, wanted to get him and the governor together. Howe says he now. knows the governor did not send for him, but that Sutton's words led him, and all who heard them to be lieve so. The twenty-first annual state con : vention of the Young. Mens Christian Association met at Winston this after noon. President George B. Hanna, pre siding. An address was made. There was a reception by the ladies auxiliary and Rev. William Black spoke. Quite a number of Raleigh people are in at tendance. . . James B. Mason, of Chapel Hill, is now very prominent in the race for railway commissioner. There have been as many as a dozen candidates. The odds are immensely in favor of the passage of the bill In the senate to Annul the lease of the North Carolina railway. So ardent an advocate of the lease as James M. Moody admits this fact. The bill may not come up In the sen ate until Tuesday. Monday the spe cial committee appointed yesterday by the senate will give President Alex ander and the directors of the North Carolina railway a hearing regarding the facts as to the lease. This hearing was arranged for today between the di rectors and the" committee. The direct ors will effectually dispel the charge af The chairman -of th house tee on education tel pie "the - Jiniit prbpriate ' $1QQ,000 q' "t- to aP schools froin X he gen- ,-e common Unfavorably reno- -Jial 'und w111 be pration stnu&" vedv that the appro the e0Hd cannot be made; that . . ...ion of thfe trvn aur-v Arma nnt I want it. , ' There are no less than 100 entries for the races at the fair at Newbern next week. This breaks the record In this state. Among today's arrivals here are C. B Aycock, of Goldsboro, and Hon. Q. M. Rose, of Fayettevllle. .TO CUKE A COLD IN ONE DAT Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab-2tl8- AH druggists refund the money t it fails o cure. grc, The Railway Rate War. Baltimore,. February 19. The rate war instituted last Monday by the Norfolk and Western Railroad Com pany over the Cumberland Gap dis patch fast freight line against roads in the Joint Traffic Association seems destined to spread. The Southern Rail way Company promptly met the re duction. Yesterday the Norfolk and Western company announced a cut of about 30 per cent. n tho. riimKarini k.Jap D-spatca, Virginia, Tenne3see arid -air ii ne irom Baltimore to Nashville and Memphis. This is mere v an extension of the territory to Vblch the original reduction applies. Mr. Kennewi Jones, 'agent for the com pay states that the reduction will go into effect next Monday. It will be for the purpose, he says, of making uni form rates to the south and weji There seems to be little doubt but hT the Southern Railway Company vjuj also meet this last cu, Keprpfcenta tlves of the lines the Jo"nt Traffia Association sa. the association will not be Ukety to take any part lr the c. exoept toucher recommend a. re! turn to former rates or else keep si lent and let the war- wage merrily on between tke Narlhtk a.,, . j the Southern, Railway Company, VFor La Gripp t tfc start, take THE ARBITRATION TREATY till Tnaetad Upon by the steTbe ; Afternoon Devoted to Its VI seusion-T he test "Dnreeoostrueted Rebel" House Discusses Deficiency Appropriation Bill. - - SENATE. ' ' ' h Washington, j February X9.4-The open session of the! senate today lasted' for only half an hour. Two conferences re ports on pension bills were agreed to--one giving $50 a month to General Jul lius H. Stahl. -"j' ; jj Senator Daniel was designated as the reader of Yashington's farewell ad dress next Monday an observance in troduced by Senator Hoar some years ago when Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, was presiding J officer pro tem., and when he was, las such, designated as the reader. His splendid eloqution has never been equalled on a like occasion since. ' .i . . . , T Possibly the! last, of the "unrecon structed rebels" was pardoned today In the person of Colonel D. E. Simms, of Kentucky, the senate passing a bill to remove his political disabilities. ' At 12:30 o'clock p. m., the senate pro ceeded to the consideration of execu tive business (the arbitration treaty), and at 8 o'clock p. m. adjourned with out taking action on the treaty. -,- .., HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Another appropriation bill was taken up in the., house today, but little pro gress was" made.- The - measure - was that carrying appropriations to supply deficiencies fori the current fiscal' year and prior years. It encountered its first snag when Mr. Grow, republican, of Pennsylvania, insisted that he had a right to speak as long as he wanted to on it. This proposition was discuss ed, for some time and resulted in a victory for the venerable Pennsyl vania member,! who devoted some ex tended remarks,' not to the appropria tion, bill, but to the Oklahoma free homestead measure. . Then a long ! discussion was started by Mr. Richardson, democrat, of Ten nessee, over an item to pay special attorneys for defending suits against the United States. - He wanted to know the use iof paying attorneys to defend such cases when the judgements given against the United States, par ticularly in claims under ;the Bowman, act, .were never paid. - - . ; . Many members spoke with regard to the propriety of paying the Bowman claims, but when the afternoon was nearly over t,he discussion was dropp ed. ! The bill was not finished .at 5 o'clock when the house took a recess for three hours., i - - ; Mr,.Sayers gave notice that-he-would offer- amendments to the deficiency -appropriation billl in behalf of the South ern Pacific railroad company.,,.. . .! "For La Gripp at the start,- take! your bed for-rc day on" a Pine Fibre Mattress." War Preparations in Europe London, Febraury 19. A dispatch from Vienna to a news - agency says that the government of Servia )ias de cided to mobiJ4za-he Servian J ; troops, and that Prince Nicholas of Montene gro has recalled a officers of the Mon tegran army. which are now. absent on leave, '. .. i .v-' . ' i " Brest. February 19. All of the officers and men of the French navy who are absent on leave from this station have been ordered to re-join their vessels .without delay. 1 A detachment of men will leave, the naval station at Toulon tomorrow' to reinforce the crews of the ships form ing Mediterranean fleet. 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The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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