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i '. 3 WILMINGTON N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1899. VOL. XII. NO. 41 PRIQE 5 CENTS. ' - x : Vf. . .... - ' ' f 1 i : 1 - 1 J IsM'KINIjHY The President's Speech on Results of the Spanish War at a Banquet in Boston. OUR ACTION IN THE PHILIPPINES ( W r:- J He '.Defends the Course of the Administration in Deciding to Take Possession of the Islands oh Humanitarian Grounds-He Criti cises Those Who Were Anxious to Begin the War Now ; Censure the Administration-Nothing Said as to Permanent Annexation of the Islands Re sults of War Greater Than Anticipated. .- Boston,- February 16. President Mc- i Kinley 'arrived in Boston today to be thefgu'esf of the Home Marktet Club at a banquet- in his honor a,t . Mechanics hall. Messrs. Long, Aiget, Bliss, Gage 'and Smith, of; his cabinet acompanied him, together with Congressman Groa ven'or, of phio. The arrival of the r train at the South Terminal, station, at 1 10 o'clock V as the 'occasion of a gen--- eral outburs't of. enthusiasm from the i '. thousands 'who lined the streets on the line of the procession from the station tor the hotel.. The remainder of the day : after the arrival at the hotel was spent in quietude by the president until 4:15 o'clock, wht-n he was escorted to Me-' i chanlcs hall, to participate in the recep - tion and banquet of the Home Market ' Club. .The president tomorrow will visit the Grand Army - of the Republic, en I can'ipment, dine at the Algonquin Club, T . hold .a, reception there, drive from the ' club i tl) , the 'South Union station and ' leave Boston -at 5:19 'clock, p. m. f The crow'riing event of the day and the principal feature of the -president's visit to .Boston was the banquet ten-. p' " dered to him by the Home Market Club kit Mechanics, hall .tonight. The. r,rociiipntifii nartv left the hotel Tou- raine under cavalry escort at 4:20 o clock and proceeded an immense' cheering crowd direct tp Mechanics hall, r At 6 o'clockthe bugle sounded, an nouncing that the banquet was ready to be served and the 'immense company marched into the hall, while the band played. The president's table was made conspicuous by ; immense bouquets of American beauty roses arid pinks. Over the stage were large portraits of Wash ington, Lincoln and McKinley and un derneath was the word "Liberator" in large letters. Upon ,tne Daicony as , picture of Admiral; Dewey with ;tne motto "To the; Captain of ;,a German Ship: 'Ywu must not sail by the United States flag without saluting,' " and his famous command at Manila:, 'i fire, Gridley, when ready. - There w'as great enthusiasm when Presid-entMcKinleyiwas introduced. He , spoke 'as follows: .' - . "Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen: The years -go quickly. It seems not so long ?"ut it is in fact six years" since it w'as'jny honor to be a-guest of the Mome Market Club; M,uch has hap pened in, the-' interveriing. 'time. Issues which ' were then engaging us have been settled or put aside for larger and more absorbing ones. Domestic' condi tions have improved and are generally satisfactory.- We, have made progress in industry and have reached the pros perity for which we have 'been striv ing We had four long years of .ad versity, which taught, us some lessons which ' will never be unlearned and which Jwill be valuable in guiding our . future ac tion.' i- - "We "have .riot only been successful in our : financial' and business affairs, but we have, been successful in a war with a foreign power which added -great glory to American arms and -a new chapter to American history. , - . 1 do not Know wny, jh me cm hjs ' republic . nas unexpecieuiy uau. .: placed before it mighty problems which it must face and meet. They, have f come and are nere anu uiey comu ni.; be kept away. Many who were impa tient for the-conflict a year ago, appa rently ' heedless of itsk larger results, were first to cry out against the far reaching consequences of their ow'n.act. Those of us who dreaded war most and whose every effort was directed to pre vent it had fears of new i and grave I)roblems which might follow its in auguration.. The evolution of events -which no man could control has brought these problems -upon us. Certain it is . that they have not come' through any '.fault on our own part, but as a high -obligation, and we meet them .with a clear conscience and unselfish purpose and with good heart to resolve, to- un dertake their solution. "War was declared in April 1S98, with practical unanimity by. the congress, and, once upon' us; Was sustained by like unanimity among the people'. There have been many who "tried to avert it, '.is, on the: other hand, there are those who would have precipitated it at an . 'tfrjy'date.: In its prosecution and con ,'lutioh the great majority of our' coun trymen of every section, believed they were; fighting - in a just cause, and' at home or on sea or in the field. they had part in its . glorious, triumphs. It. was the. war (jf an undivided' nation.; .- -Every1 great act in its progress from Manila to, Santiago, from Cuba to Pana, met univtij-sal and "hearty commenda tion. The protocol commanded the prac tically i unaniniiius ipfiroval of the ; Aineriqan people. It was welcbmeil by every lover of peace' beneath the flag. The Philippines, like Cuba and Porto Rtc.o, "were .entrusted to 'our hands by the war ai4to that great trust under I he providence of God and in the nanie of human progress and civilization we are committed. ' ' " ' t - "It is a trust we have not sought; it is a trust from which we .will n'irt flinch. The American people will -hold up the hands of their servants at honv to w.lfcim they commit its action, while Dewty and mis. and the brave rneji. " whom they command will have the sup-' port of the country in upholding onr Ihfg where it now floats, the symbol ' .and assurance of liberty and justice "What nation was ever able to write an accurate programme of ' the war. - iupoh which it was entering, much less . decree in advance the scope of its re sults? Congress can declare war.'but a higher, power, decides its: bounds and ' fixes its relations and responsibilities. The president can direct the move--. merits of soldiers on the field and fleets . upon the sea, but, he cannot foresee the' close Of fjtich movements and prescribe their, limits. .. -He ' cannot anticipate or - avoid the i consequences, but he must . irim-t them. No accurate map of na tions engaged . in war . cah be traced until the war Is over, nor can the meas , ur.Q of responsibility be fixed Until the" last gun is fired and the verdict em bodied "in theistipulations, of peace. we near no complaints ot tne reia- j them the fruition of liberty and-edu-tjons created by the war between" this ' cation and civilization. government and the - islands of Cpba j - J"I have ho light or knowledge not and Porto Rico. - There are some, ho w- f cVSmmnn tn m v cniintrvmpn. T fin not ever, who regard the Philippines in a different relation, but whatever varie jty.-of views there may be on this phase of the question, there, is universal agreement that the Philippines shall hot he turned back to Spain. No true ; American consents to that. Even if uni willing to accept them ourselves, it would have been a weak evasion , of fpain to transfer them to some other power or powers and thus shirk our own responsibility. Even if. we had had, as we did not have, the power to compel such a transfer,- it could not have been made without the most se rious international complications. "Such a course could not be thought . of. And yet, had we refused to' accept the cession of them we should have had' no power over them, even for their own good. We could not discharge the responsibilities upon us until these islands became ours either by conquest , or treaty. There was but one alterna TALKS live and that was either Spain or the United States in the Philippines. The other suggestion first that they should be tossed into the arena of contention for the strife of nations; or second, to be leftito the anarchy and chao3 of no protectorate at all wepe too shameful to be considered. The .treaty gave tnem to the United States. Could we have required less and done our duty? Could we, after freeing the Philippines from the domination of Spain have left them .without government and without pow er to protect life. and property or to perform the international obligations esseritial to an independent state? Could we have left them in a state of anarchy and justified ourselves in our own con science or before the tribunal of man kind? Could we have done that in the sight of God and. man? - .' "Our concern was not for territory or trade or empire, but for the people whose interests and destiny, without our willing it, ' ha"d been put in our hands. It was 'this feeling. From the first day to the last one not one word or line went from the executive in Washington to pur miliary and naval commanders at Manila or to our peace commissioners at Paris that did not put a tho snlA mirnose to be keDt in mind first, after the, success orour arms ana- r the maintenance of our own the1 welfare and happiness and the rights of the inhabitants of 'the Phil ippine islands. Did we need their con sent to perform a great act for humani ty? We had it in every aspiration of their minds, in every hope' of their hearts. Was it necessary to ask their consent to capture Manila, the capital of their islands? Did we ask their con sent to liberate them from Spanish sovereignty or to enter Manila bay and destraj? the Spanish sea power there? We did; not ask these;, we were obey -inir a higher moral oblieatio'n W'hich rested on us and which did not require anybody s- consent. We were aomg our duty by -them with the consent of our own conscience and with the approval n.f civilization. Everv nresent obliea- tion nas been met and fulfilled in the expuis0n . of the Spanish -sovereign ty f;rom their islands and . while the war that destroyed it was in progress we eouid-not ask their views. Nor can we ask their consent. . '"Indeed, can any one tell me in what form .it could be marshaled and ascer tained until peace and order, so necesr sary to' the reign of reason, shall be se cured and established? A reign of ter ror is not the kind of rule under which right action and deliberate judgment are possible. It is not a good time for the liberator to submit important ques tions concerning liberty and govern ment to those to be liberated while they, are engaged in shooting down their rescuers? "We have . now ended the war with Spain. The treaty has been ratified by more than two-thirds of the senate of the United States and in the judgment of njne-tenths of its people. No nation was sever more fortunate in war or more honorable in peace.. It remains to ask. what we shall do now. I do not intrude upon the duties of congress or seek to anticipate or forestall its ac tion. I only say that the treaty of -peace honoraoiy. secured, navang oeen i ra tified by us as -we confidently expect ; shortly to be ratified jn Spain.-cpngress j will have the power and I am sure tjie r miftinsp to do . what in eood morals is right and just and humane tor these pe0pie in distant seas. "The future of the Philippines is now in the hands of the American people, Until' the treaty was ratified or rejected the executive department of this gov ernment could only preserve the peace and protect life and property. That treaty now commits the free and en franchised Philippines to the guiding hand and the liberating influences, the generous sympathies, the uplifting edu-. cation, not of their American masters, but of-their American emancipators. No one' can tell today what is best .for them or for' us. I kriow no one at this hour who is Wise enough or sufficiently informed to determine what form of government will "best subserve their in terests and our interests, their and our well being. -If we knew. everything by intuition and I sometimes think there are those who believe that while we do not they do we should not need infor mation; but, unfortunately, most of us are not in that happy state. The whole subject is now with congress and con gress is the voice, the conscience and the judgment of the American people. Upon their judgment and conscience can we not rely?' I believe in them, I trust them. I know of no better or safer or more humane-tribunal than the people. Until congress shall direct otherwise it will be the duty of the ex ecutive to possess and hold the Philip- r pines, giving to the people thereof peace and order and beneficent government, affording them opportunity to prose-" cute their lawful pursuits, encouraging them in thrift and industry, making them feel and know that we are their friends, not their enemies; that their good is our aim, their welfare our weL-fai-e, but that neither their aspirations nor ours can be realized until our au thority is acknowledged and unques tioned. , !"That the inhabitants of the Philip pines will be benefitted "by this republic amd my unshaken belief that they will have a kindlier government under our gi4ance and that they will be aided in every possible way to be self-respecting and. self-governing people is as true as that the: American people love lib erty and have an abiding faith in their unii-guverninent anu in meir own in stitutions. - . ("No imperial ' designs lurk in the American mind. They are alien to American sentiment, thought and pur pose,. : Our priceless principles undergo ,no change under a tropical sun. They go with. the fiati' '-. "!'Why read ye1 not the changelss truth, "The free can conquer but to-save "If we-ean benefit these remote peo ples who will object? If in the years of the. future .they are established in a government under law and liberty, who will regret our perils and sacrifices? Who will not rejoice in our heroism and humanity? Always perils and always af4;er them - safety; always daxkness and clouds, but always shining through them the light and sunshine; always cost and sacrifice, but always after prophesy. The present is all-absorbing te me, but I cannot bound my vision by the bloodstained trenches around Mai nila, where every red drop, whether from the veins of an American soldier or a misguided Philippino is anguish to my heart;, but by the broad range of future years when that group of islands under the impulse of the year just past shall have become the gems and glo ries of those tropical seas, a land of plenty and of increasing possibilities, a people- redeemed from savage indolence and habits, devoted to the arts of peace,, in touch with the commerce and trade of all nations, enjoying the blessings of freedom, of civil and religious liber ty, of educating and of homes, and whose children and children's children shall for generations hence hless the American republic because it emanci pated and redeemed -their fatherland and set them in the pathway of the world's best civilization" . - - - n ! : r : r- """j . i - ' r - .-- PRESIDENT OF FKANCE DEAD He Died of Apoplexy at 10 O'clock Last Night After Three Hoars' Illness ,- Paris, February 16. M. Felix Faure, president ofj the republic of France, clock, after an illness of He died of apoplexy. It died at 10: v three hours. had been known, for some time that, his heart was iweak, but. the first intima- was sick was given at 6:30 o'clock thisi dfternloon, when a message was dispatched to the premier, M. Du- puy-, announcing that . the president was ill. M. ibupuy immediately repair ed to the Elyee, ; All medical efforts proved f utile! and the president died on the stroke of 10 o'clock. The flag over the Elyzee was immediately lowered to half mast, and the news was dis patched to' all officials and members of the cabinet. The report spread, rap idly through the city and large Crowds soon assembled in the vicinity of the palase. ji About 6 o'clock M. Faure, whowas then in' his study, went to the door-.. of the room I of M. Legall, his .private secretaryi which is contiguous to the study andlls!aid: "I do not feel well. .Come to me.!' Mr, Legall immediately went to the president's ; aid, led him to. a sofa and called General Balloud, general secre tary, of the jpresident's. household; M. Blondel, uridier private secretary, and Dr. Humburt, w;ho- happened to be at the Elyzee Attending a relative. The president's condition, did not ap pear dangerdus, but Dr. Humbert, off perceiving jthat he was rapidly" getting worse, phonejd for Dr. Longue and Dr. Cheurlet, who arrived with M. Dupuy and were joihed later. hy Dr. Bourguy. The doctors soon recognized that the case-was hopeless and at 8-o'clock" the members of the family were told of the state of affairs. They then came to the sof a " where the president lay. Soon after he began to Tosex consciousness and, despite all efforts, expired at 10 o'clock in (the presence of the family and M. Diiptiy. ; ; M. Dupuy communicated the sad intelligence- to M. Loubet, president of the senate; M. Paul Deschanel, presi dent -of the chamber of deputies; the r - functionaries, after which he addressed the following dispatch to ail prefects and sub-pref ects in France : "I have the sad task to announce to you the death of the president, which-occurred at 10 o'cloclj: this evening as the re-f suit of anj &ppoleptic stroke. Kindly take the necessary measures to inform the populat ion immediately of the mourning that has fallen upon the re public. The your active juncture.? ! ' It was ho news bega.h government, counts upon vigilance 'at this painful nil until H o clock tnat tne to become known' to the general public ; iri : Paris. From that time began public men. were- issued a : continuous- arrival of Strict orders, however, and only members of the admitted to the palace. cabinet were; Coughing injures and inflames sore luhgs. One: Minute Cough Cure loosens the cold, ! alliays coughing and heala quickly. ; The best cough cure for chii- dren, perfect 1 TY V " il ' ly harmless. R. R. - Bel- OUU TRADE WITH SPAIN Ueueivcd, Nt tvltbstaudiug Nou-Exis-teuce of a Comnierclal Treaty Oe naud for Aiucrleau Wheat . '- i I; I- I " Washington, February 16. The lack i K I ' - of a comrtieroial treaty with Spain, the former "treaty having been terminated by the war, is not altogether prevent ing the trace between the countries i capped by a'n additional 20 per cent. duty in Spanish - ports, owing , to the lack of a treaty. ; Still even under these conditions,' tfnitd States Consular' Agent Merteps at) -Valencia reports to the state1 -ciepartment that ' there is a great demand for American wheat. A cargo of 4,000 tons of red winter. wheat, which hadi-just arrived there, proved entirely satisfactory' and importers were willing ,16 receive more. - The consular agent says: "The price seems to compare favora bly with that; ofj. Russian wheat (the kind generally, imported here when there is a ;deimand for foreign wheat) although ( American w-heat pays 20 per cent, higher duties than grain from countries which have a commercial treaty with Spain This is the first di rect shipment from the United States .to trus'port since tne war.:" The consular agent above qucjtea re mained at his post throughout the en tire war and even! continued in the dis charge of his jofficial functions as far as possible without rpolestation. The smallest things may exert the fireatest influence. DeWitt's Little Ear ly Risers arej unequalled for overcom ing constipation and liver troubles. Small pill,;: bfest pill, safe pill. R. I. Bellamy. Brltlsh ritlmatum to Sultan of Oman Bombay,- February 16. The . Per sian Gulf mail steamer which has 'just arrived her.e lrings news that a British ultimatum w$s delivered to the sultan of Omanjoh Saturday, owing to his having leased to France a coaling sta tion on the' cjoast of Oman, which' is a semi-independent state in southeast Arabia. Oman is considered to be un der British protection as the sultan .has been receiving a subsidy from Great Britain, j j; . ; ' ;; ....:' Ixindon, F( bruary 16. In the house of commons today the Rt. Hon. Wil- liam St. Jbhn i Broderick, under secre tary of state for foreign affairs, said that so far as her majesty's govern ment knew, 4he sultan of Oman had not ceded hor was he about to cede to France a coaling station or harbor on the coast of Oman. Inquiry-jmajde in official circles here shows thai; ( the under secretary of state for foreign affairs appears to have been juggling with! words in the house of commons today when he answered. the question regarding -France and Oman. As a matter of fact, the sultan of Oman j allowed France .to establish a coaling sta ;ion on his cpast a month ago, althougl: , perhaps, there has been no 1 lease ajid no cession of territory. The officials here also say the word "ultimatum" in the dispatch from Bombay today referring to Oman is "too strong.' It is understood that "the" British note" informed the sultan that "if he favored other nations the British subsidy of 8,000 ($40,000) would be stopped." . Death of a Prominent St. LouifciaD St. ; Louis, I February Lucien M. Chipley, ageq 55 years, for yeafs'bne of the best known financiers of St Louis, ct ,1 tyi rnrram nf tha 1 t 'itrt Ilia son, Dean, I recently died of fever con- tracted while , in the army at; Chieka- mauga, and this sorrow so weighed on the father's inind as to rapidlyhasten his own death. Mr. Chipley was one of the most po tent factors ii the construction of the Illinois Central railroad and was an au thority on.; questions of importance. Lord Ilerschell Kalis on the Ice Washington, February 16. Lord Her schell, of the. joint American-Canadian-commission, sustained quite a painful injury to his left hip yesterday through a fall-on ; thef ice on K street. He was carried to his apartment at the Shore ham by a ;passing carriage and he has since been -confined to his bed. The at tending physician does not fear any se- I rious consequences of the fall. . 1 II Are Made in the House of Representatives. ANTr-ANNEXf.TI0N18T8 Strike From Sundry. Civil Appropria tion Bill Clause to Pay Spain for tne Philippines A Motion to Becom mlt the Bill With Instructions to the Committee to Attach the Mca raua Canal Bill Tills motion Now Pendins on Appeal on Point of Order '.. ; SENATE, Washington, February 16.-The army reorganization bill was reported to the senatetoday and Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, chairman j of the military affairs committee, gave notice that he would move to proceed ; to its considera tion at the earliest posSible-time.'' The naval personnel hill. w;as taken up and read but no effort iriade to proceed further with its consideration. , The military academy appropriation biflWas passed. , ; ! ' ' The postofflce appropriation, bill was under consideration during the greater part of the afternoon, but was not dis posed of finally. A spirited debate oc curred over, the amendment of the sen ate committee providing for an appro priation to secure fast 'mail service be tween New York and Washington and Atlanta and New" Orleans. The'amend ment was retained in the bill. . Senator Morgan, of Alabama, offered the Nicaraguan canal bill as an amend ment to the rivet and harbor bill today and had it referred to the committee on commerce, now considering that measure. The bill offered by Senator Morgan is substantially the; Hepburn bill offered in the; house with some modifications'." ' 'I i Senator Cockrell, Of MissouriK speak ing for the, other five members of th military-affairs committee, presented a written statement in the nature of a ,-minority report. V J Senator Hay gave notice at the first opportunity tomorrow he would call for consideration of the army reorganiza tion bill. I- The senate then at 5:20 o'clock went into- executive session and ten minutes later adjourned. j. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Two very sensational and unexpected things happened in the house today during the Consideration of the sundry civil bill. The paragraph carrying the appropriation of $20,000000 for payihent to; Spain under the terms of 1 the peace treaty, was' stricken out upon a point of order made by Mri Wheeler, dem ocrat, of Kentucky, who declared that he opposed the appropriation on prin ciple and would resort to 'any techni- I cality tp defeat it. The point of order' was debated for hours, its determina tion .hinging upon the question of whether the ratification of the treaty by the senate and its signing by the president vitalized it without the action L of the Spanish cortes. ; Warrant of law was necessary to make the appropria tion in order. Mr. Hopkins, republi can, of Illinois, 'who was in. the chair, sustained the pgint of order against it and upon an 'appeal his decision .was sustained 149 t5 56.- 3 Mr. Bartlett, .democrat, . of Georgia, speaking to a'pro challenged some I forma amendment, jstatements recently made by Secretary' of the ; Treasurer Gage to the effect that the fear of the administration of the Philippines cost ing enormous sums off. money was all "moonshine" and that the receipts would at all times exceed the expenses. Mr. Bartlett. declared that; the great est revenue Spain had ever been able to obtain from the Philippines under the system of taxation was $12,000,000. We now had 20,000 soldiers in those islands. Within a short time there would be 25,000. This army of. soldiers would cost at least. $25,000,000, so that if we were able to exacts as much tribute as Spain we would still be losers by the holding of the islands to the ex tent of $13,000,000 per annum. Mr. Cannon then attempted to have the' appropriation: inserted by unani mous consent, but Mr Wheeler again objected. - , . - , A strong intimation was "given out by Mr. Cannon that a ways would be found within the rules to ma.ke the appropri ation before the adjournment of con gress. He referred undoubtedly to the probability that the appropriation would be placed on the bill by the sen ate. ; ' . ''..- After the sundry civil bill 'had been completed and referred to the house, Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, the champioi of the Nicaraguan canal bill, moved td re commit it with instructions to report it back, with the canal bill incorporated in it. Thisf was an unexpected -move, as it was generally understood - that Mr. Hepburn bad abandoned all hope after his defeat yesterday, But he, believed that his action' would have additional strength in the house where members could be put upon record. The motion was promptly declared out of 'order by the speaker; whereupon Mr. Hepburn appealed and Mr. Payne, of New York, moved to lay the appeal on the table. Upon the latter motion, the j vote was Lttlvc" a"u lue.iesuii was,ai ayes :to t noes. As no quorum was develoDed on the vote, owing to the lateness of the nour they managed to" carry .an ad- juuiiuiicill until IUIIIU1TUW, X I11S glVeS them a breathing spell, in which to marshal their forces for the! final encounter,- and tomorrow as soon as the house meets, the vote will again be taken: , . . - ; At 6:10 o'clock the house adjourned. Mr. S. A. Fackler, Editor of the Mi- canopy (Fla.) Hustler, with his wife and children, suffered terribly from La Grippe. One Minute Cough Cure was tne only remedy that -helped them. Ii acted quickly. Thousands of others tisa this remedy' as a specific for La Grippe emu ua ciiiauo iiiig aiir enecis. XNever iaiis. K. R. Bellamy, i , A Wreck ou the Soutlkeru Lynchburg, ' Va., February 16. A freight train wreck occurred on -the Southern railway near Lawyers, twelve miles south of Lynchburg thisr after noon, with! the result of blocking the track for i some hours. An extra freight was left on the' main track ami its engine started) to this city for water, meeting and passing through freight No. 73, Later, the engine of No. 73 undertook to push the extra freight into the side track at Lawyers. While this was hpinc linnu 1vnl froio-lit Wn C " . , - u . . AW. CTTsouth bound, collided with the rear of No. 73. A .numberj of freight cars were wrecked and the engine of No. 61 ! a seriously damaged Nobody was I nun, Another Salt Against the American To bacco Company St Louis, February, 16. The mar- shal of the supreme court today served notice on the firms Jcomposing ; the American Tobacco Company, of the suit brought by Attorney General Grow : to declare the combine unconstitutional. Notices were served on. the Continental Tobacco Company, the 'James G. JJutler Tobacco Company: the Gatline Tobac co Company, the Drummond Tobacco Company, the rown Brothers Tobac co Company and-ttfe Wright Brothers Tobacco Company. mm Norwood rlmpeachment Again Postponed. PARTY" DISAGRE EM 1$) Over Election of directors of the mora ganton Deaf-mute Asylum -The Mat ter Postponed-Scotland County Bill Passes Second Heading In the Senate, more Dispensaries Authorized Suf frage Amendment ,Made Special Or. derforiodsji' ' ; '... ' i liV.- '.. ' " v (Special So' The Messenger.) . SENATE.- , ; ' . . - Raleigh, N. , C., February 16. Bills were introduced as follows: To appoint a, state educational and text book as sociation. To authorize constables to Appoint deputies. To prevent fraud oh the part of persons obtaining advances on agricultural hens. To estabAsh a dispensary at GreenvilieATo incorpgr ate the Tungo and Matamuskeet railr ipoad. ' "' .'li:;':'4 " '" '-.- pills passed as follows ; To- restore whitf government to the. counties -4of the state. To fallow the j Wilmington and Weldon railroad to consolidate with the "Atlantic Coast Line. To in corporate the Carolina ; and Northern Railroad Company. To j amend . the Charter of Nashville. To prohibit sale of liquor in Columbus county .and to establish a dispensary at jWhiteville. . Senator Osborne requested that the special order, 'kludge. Norwood's im peachment, be f postponed until tomor row. He said? 'Governor j Russell had the ' resignation of Norwood, as Nor wood had wired him .several days since it had been seatithe governor. : The special loader was J accordingly postponed. f -' ' J,: The bill to meerporatej. the Northern and Southern railroad passed, as did bills relative to robate of deeds and other instrument? and private, exami nation of married women; to allow a judgment of . as justice of the peace to merge in a judgment of the superior court when it s rendered in the same case. To incorporate tie Elizabeth City and Wesfern Railroad Companyj The special o-der-election of Officers of the deaf anil dumb asylum at Mor-ganton-wasi ta,ken up. Senator James nominated ;M. 11. Reed of Buncomb, W. H. Holt of Guilford, N. B. Brough ton, V. V. RiieKardson of Columbus. Tbese constitutef- f our of I the present board of six directors. A. J. Diila and S. H. Huffman, the other two directors, remain in office till 1901. si . " Senator Smith .-said h -thought .the caucus ought to make1 the rfomina tions and the senate should not pro ceed hastily-. He: intimated that there j had been a plan to keep from the board a man whom he ; considered eminently qualified as director Dr. j H. C, Her ring. ': j'. . Senator Brown' said the npmination of tr. Herring was a scheme to - re move V. V. Richardson, of Columbus, from the boarc. ;IIe had heard: it said here that Richardson was paralyzed and had not attended the board meet-1 ings, and he fehew a conspiracy had been formed to displace him. He sp)ke in high terms of the latter, and, char-, acterized, the reports circulated here with referencefto' his; as' false. Senator Osborne said he was .willing i to add Herring and Miller to the board and as for Richardson,' he was bne of the. best men inVthe statej "' Senator Mclntyre attacked Herring, who, he said, 'had been appointed by Russell two years ago. I Members of the senate and the spec4 tators were fat coming to' the Conclu sion that this matter should have been settled in caucus, and -welcomed Sena tor j'a.mes' motion that the special or der be postponed until next Wednes day. ' ;:;f0 '.; , h .. :- . The bill to create the new county of Scotland, cam up on its second read-' ing., ; . . A : ' ' -v Senator Mclntyre opposed the bill and said that the democratic; party would be.hurt iif a division was made. Senator Gdenn 'spoke in favor of the new county. He believed it would be sufficiently largJ to stand on its own strength. He did not think that aldivi- i sion woui(j hnt -4he-democratic nartv wouia nurt jtne democratic party hHe was loudly applauded by the "Scot land" contingent! which filled the lobby and the galleries? - ; j. Senator Hicks also made a speech for "Scotland,'' asJdid Senator Travis. The discussion wasJ protracted. Senator Cocke, rchairman of the com mittee on counties, 6ities -and towns, called .the previous question. i , .", . The vote on the bill was ayes, 38; noes, 4. ' ; , HOUSE OF" BEPRESEkTATIVES. Representatiye Overman, of RoWah, was In his tseat for the first time in a mOnth. - i . ' 1 Bills were introduced aa' follows: To establish a dispensary at iSeaboard. By Mr. Carraway, to change the line between Greener and Lenoir, i To incor porate fhe Pantego and Mattamuskeet railway. By Mr Willard, to simend the act of 1881, Incorporating the hospital at Wilmington. By Mrt- Rountree, to amend chapter 280, acts of 18&7, by ad ding New Hanover; -also! to amend chapter 450, "act of 1891, regarding stevedores; , also to amend the act in regard to taxing costs so New Hanover will not be - liable for over four wit nesses, save ifi capital felonies; . Bills passed as fhoWs; To amend the law relating o the government of cities and towps. To incorporate New Berni jTo prosvide commissioners for Greene: count. 1 f - ; ; Mr. Council Jntroduced a bill to irt- Makes the food more delicious and wholesome - HOVAt BKWO POWOH C6. t HEW VOfWU ' -- ' ' tuiyiiaie (siblixi: xuuusinai ana iNormai i school, of "Winston. ' j The insurance bill was made a spe cial order foe Saturday. I ! ' Mr "Winston, 'in behalf of the com mittee -on ionstitutiohal amendments, submitted a" substitute, - covering the amendment limiting suffrage. j , The, bouse took up as a special mat ter the election of directors of the deaf muter school at Morganton. Mr. Hart- 1 sell said-he thought the matter ought not to be acte'd on until the caucus passed upon it. ' ',Mr. Gilliam made a motion to post pone rthe kction until noon Monday adopted., : L -V( : ,' : j: '' j'.' 'The bill to provide for the state guard was made a special order for 1 o'clock Monday. s . ' Mr. Rountree made a motion that the i constitutional amendment as to suffrage be made , a special order for tomorrow at the expiration of the j morning hour and called on all demo- . crais io oe present ana ready to vote. f.Hjs motion prevailed , The bill passed to incorporate Buie's Creek -Academy and Commercial col lege in Harnett county.' . Mr. Allen, of Wayne, said some doubt had arisen r among senators as- . to .whethef- .there should be a joint ballot or a separate ballot for the board of internal improvements, and that the senatei had held a separate election. Jie.i therefore suggested that' the house take the "same course.- . The house went into election. Mr. Rountree submitted the , report st the special committee on constitu tional amendments and reported the bill to amend "section 2,.; article 9, of the constitution. I! Bills also passed as follows; To pro vide Jtor " the election of the state's proxy of. the North Carolina railway, and bf the s.ta.te" directors, of the "same by the board of internal improvements. To ' provide for offering' of city ordi nances in transfer of cases from may ors.' courts as prima facie evidence of the existence of such ordinance. Tp amend' chapter 65,, acts of 1895, so as to repeal it as to Bladen. To amend the charter of the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal. ' j AFTERNOON SESSION- ,. liUls were passed as follows: To in coiporate Sylva High School of Jack son. To provide for better protection of ltiechanics and laborers. To repeal chapte-r 180, laws of 1897. To pay cer tain, school vouchers out of the school tunds of Surry. To pay 'school claims of Mlytherford. To incorporate the At lantic and Yadkin railway. To' amend the charter of the Goldsboro Lumber Company. To repeal the act compell ing timber getters in Tyrrell to estab lish lines before cutting timber. Tq .atnend the charter of the Southernl Uuaranty and Investment Company, Toprohibit hunting in Surry except by permission .of the owner.i To unite the .liichniond, Petersburg and railway., TO repeal the acts Carolina whereby Shelby and Township -One and Three( Cleveland, were exempt from local op tion; jaws. To appoint David J. Ray, J. W: Johnson and D. B. Campbell jus tices of the peace of Cumberland.! To change the, township lines in Ala mance. To incorporate the Home Pro Section Insurance Company. To. incor porate the Pee Dee News Transit Com pany,, To- amend the charter of Jones bofo. ' : Oeath Sentence Commuted . v. (Special to The Messenger.) ltieigh, N. C, Feberuary 16. Gov ernor,1. RUssell today commuted to life imprisonment the sentence of Millard Fv Moore, convict who was tried at the last term of, court in this county for killing ' a penitentiary guard . named Shaw. ' and sentence! to be hanged March 30th., "Governor Russell- gives as the .Teasons TEor commuting the sen- fence?- That the killing was done with out malice; that mercy was asked by the judge who sentenced, the solicitor who prosecuted and the jury which: convicted.1 : , I Look Out for tbe Swtidler . "(Special to The Messenger.) Charlotte, N. C.,; February 16. Sec retary Miller, of the State Bankers' Association, warns all southern banks against William M. Dickson, who has been sequHng money on drafts on the Piedmont Wagon ; Company, of Hick ory;- N. C, endorsed by their southern customers. The fourth fraudulent draft f tir $ j 5 ' was discovered today. Dick son vis a former traveling j salesman of, the hompany, but was discharged in January, 1898. I ' . " ! : JOHN WILBUR JENKINS.' La Grippe is again epidemic. Every precaution should be taken to avoid it. Its specific :ure,is One Minute Cough Cure.- A. J. Sheperd, Publisher Agri cultural Journal and Advertfser. El- den, Mo.,, says: Nothing will be disap pointed in using One Minute - Ccmgh Cure for La Grippe." Pleasant to take,. quick to act. R. R. Bellamy. 5 1o ITIake Corbln a Major General ' Vas,hington, February 16. The mili tary affairs committee of the house to day, reported favorably the senate bill to; make Adjutant General H. C. Cor- binra'major general. The house bill for the Same purpose has been rerorted al ready and this -action today was taken to facilitate action upon it in the house. It is not the intention of Chairman Hull to. ask-unanimous consent for the 'con sideration of this bill, but to move its passafce -under suspension of the rules LiltT iClSL OlA VitXJ. 3 LiltT DCOaAVU. Violent Storm In Jamaica ''Kings ton, Ja., February 16. A ter rific! norther accompanied by an inces- saht rain storm has been causing num erous local flood. The storm swept the northern, coast of th& island from An- nto- bajf to Montego bay, from Mon day to wednesaay, doing widespread damage to shipping, wharves, the rail roads,: cattle and cultivation, etc. No fatalities have been reported. "Horrible agony is caused by Piles, Burns and Skin Diseases. These are immediately relieved and quickly cured by De Witt's Witch Hazel salve. .Be ware of worthless imitations. R. R. Bellamy. Firil Eirei!3Fire I : - . - - - .:: WE WILL KTOOK THE BOTTOM OUT OF PRICES! 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