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Hi w . , . : , ..!.-. . . . - r . ' i - y .. --.! '.j .. . v . - . . , 1 - .:. :. - c-. - I I J I I X a I I - H 1 I' I . II t I: I ! I . I I II II II i I I III I I r VS. XV I VV XTk II r : I If I I I I I ! I I . 4 I,. I .1- 7.' VOL. XIV. No. 36. I THE Senate Passes Bill far Reapportion- ent of Legislature New Han over Loses One Member, Senator Morton Makes Stroatr Effort to ciii New Hanover's Former Rep resentation in the House, But th Votes are Aaralnst HIm-The House Passes and the Senate Discusses the Bill to Increase the Number of Judic ial Districts to Sixteen and Then liays it Oyer Until Monday-Bill Be- I strletlnc: Huntlnar in Pender County Passes Both Houses-Bills introduced and Adopted.- , seinaVe. :j - (Special io The 'Messenger.) llaleig-h, February 9. The senate met at 11 o'clock. f , (Bills were introduced as follows: By Senator Wafd, to permit teachers from the state normal school td teach in public schools -without standing; exami nation; by Senator Morrison, to estab aish schools and electric lights at Rock ingham; by Senator Smith, to appoint justices of the peace in Johnston coun ty; by Senator Broughton. to authorize the council of state to purchase a site and build a warehouse to store public documents; also to incorporate the Trust Company of North cjarolina. The house bill to prevent hunting on' lands of another without consent of- the owner in Pender passed its final read ing. ;,- . . t ' I The house bill to incorporate the Wrightsville and Onslow Navigation Company was taken ud. ' Senator Warren said the bill was in troduced by Mr. Thompson and was in hi? dJstr$ct and he would- like to have It deferred so he could examine the ef fect of the amendment .by committee, j Senator Morton said 'the amendment only gave the company exclusive rights after it had made a channel of four feet. The bill was re-referred. I ; The bill came up to apportion the members of the legislature.! . ''-. (Senator Morton sent up an amend ment to substitute New Hanover for Sampson. He thought this) was only fair and juert:. He knew the1 committee took the census returns, butj New Han over contained the largest city in the sttate and the best port on the south Atlantic coast and for fiftyj years has had two representatives. He did not claim that the census was wrong any - more Ithan in other counties, but a pe culiar situation confronted j this coun ty. Before the Boston teal party, the people of New Hanover had run out ' h'e "British, so when eastern Carolina A was under negro rule the good people came to the rescue of their jhomes and firesides and guarded their property with their rifles. "I only ask that New Hanover be given credit for 500 of these citizens who were temporarily absent in June last, and the county) will retain its two representatives. If you allow New Hanover her representatives you have two democrats 4Sampson, and you have two populists." j . JSenator Currie said the last census &aa well taken and had been shown to be accurate. He had no love for popu lists, but many of them were good men. He was in Wilmington the day of the riot and most of the negroes did leave, but they came, back in a few days. He wanted Sampson to have justice. : . j . :; Senator Arrington said the committee v appreciated the position of New Han over, but the census must he followed or there is no guarantee any of the counties are right. ' r f . (Senator Robeson, populist,! of Samp- son, hoped Senator Morton's amend.- Senator Foushee j offered an amend ment to strike out Sampson and insert (Durham. He said Sampson only had 134 more population than Durham last June and several large mills had been started since. Durham was growing. The population increased 40 per cent in ten years and was the third' county in wealth and always democratic! Senator Morton said all hejaskedwas that the citizens who. were temporarily' absent last June be counted. ? H vJSenator McNeill said this jdiscussion proved the wisdom of .the cotnmltteein following the census. The committee did not dare to deviate from the consti tution. He wished he could help New JJanoyer, hut saw no way t .do so. Senator Gudger said If a representa tive was taken from Buncombe he wanted it given to the great j county of TNew Hanover. He did not understand them bound absolutely by the census, He thought the senate should take ju dicial notice of the lamentable condi tion that injured Wilmington PoDU- I LEGKEiTDBE lists are only the tail of the republi cans. enaior woodward said the only safe course was to follow the census, which hod been done by. the commit tee. Thi3 is not the time or place for political speeches. juumsoa mougnt tnis a question that politics could not enter into. The sole question is: Has New Hanover now sufficient population to entitle it to two representatives. Senator McNeill said the committee went by the census. Senator Morrison claimed the census was the only guide and moved that the bill be re-referred. Senator Long said there was no guide except the census. Senator Morton in reply to a question wwU7 me city snowea a little gain. ocimiur ocott opposed re-reference, saying all these matters had been gone into. Senator Henderson thought the com mittee had done right and if the gov ernment census was not followed then the state would have to take a census .w.. iiC wuiiuerea it perieouy ciftar That f ti i v W1C oclM,lc uouia aeviaxe from the government census for one county it was necessary to make an enumeration of every county in North Carolina. Senitor Morrison said that upon as surance that all these things had been considered he withdrew his motion. v,c.cv mux tun amenament was last, as was'Senator Foushee's and the bill passed its second reading. The bill to allow railway and trans portation .companies in the state to consolidate with . companies -. in other states was taken up. This was simply a general bill. Senator Morton explained that it al lowed railroads to consolidate with other roads not competing lines Senator London said the committee uuwu lo sucn general law. - The bill was lost. Bills were introduced as follows; By Senator Vann, for police regulation at ags ieaa; oy Senator Woodward, to TvrrvtrJ - ffini.n 1 V. n j " . c auu gram mspec- !IUI Jn vvuson county; oy Senator Vann, to amend the act relating to the board of health. ' The house bill came u pto increase the number of judicial districts to six teen. Senator Morrison said the committee held several meetings and tried to as certain the needs of the counties. Senator Brown moved to strike out sixteen and insert fifteen. He thought this would be sufficient, as under maxi mum fifteen would give each judge thirty-seven and one-half weeks; six teen would give thirty-seven weeks. ocwtwr justice saia tne bill was passed on by a committee after care ful calculation and not on the maxi mum needs of the counties. Senator Brown wanted to know the necessity of pushing the bill. oenaxor justice said .because the state would have to be re-districted. oenaior urown wanted a provision. in the bill not allowing a judge to re ceive pay for holding a special term unless he had already had forty weeks. xie saia tnere had been a scandalous report that some judges hurried through , with one court term so as to go to some other place to hold a spe cial term to get pay for It. iSenator Justice said the proviso that the senator wanted should be in the bill j-e-districting the state. Senator Brown said he wanted court facilities, but if he was hurried to vote today then he would vote against i I but he did not want to be understood as opposing the bill. I Senator Morrison wanted action now. Senator Pinnix hoped the vote would not be forced today. He was as yet un- familiar with the bill. 1 Senator Ay cock said many were un- I prepared, not having examined it; that I a roll call today might defeat it I Senator Morrison said: "I don't I think it will be defeated, but for the I Senator from Wayne. "Not just for me." interrupted Sen ator Aycock. "You are the only one I know," said Senator Morrison. "I stand with Senator Aycock," ex claimed Senators Smith. Morton and others, springing from their seats. Senator Woodward, of the committee argued for the bill by explaining the necessity for judges and that there should be no delay. The bill went over until Monday. Senator Aycock moved that the rules be suspended and the house appor- (CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.) WTLMINGrTON, K. C, SUNDAY, EEBRUAKY I - : i ' : - ' MR. WILLARD'S ! INSURANCE BILL PUTS THE INSURANCE ON FOOTING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS Increases the Salary of the Insurance Commissioner and Regulates Forma tlon ot Mutual Fire Insurance Com panles Both th President and Presi dent Pro tern of the Senate Absent. Another Industrial Company (Special to The Messenger.) , . Raleigh, N. C, February 9. Lieuten ant Governor Turner went home today, to be absent a week. Senator London, who is president pro tern., is also ab sent and returns Wednesday. Until he arrives Senator Justice will preside. The state charters the People's Man- ufacturing Company, of Wilston, capi- I 5O'00. G- E. WeBb. of Winston; G. H. Bailey, of New York, and others stockholders. ' A bill was introduced in the legisla ture greatly extending the corporate limits of Durham.! The insurance bill introduced in the house by Mr. Willard today puts the insurance department upon the same, basis as other departments; makes the salary of the commissioner $1,500; pro vides that in the formation of mutual fire insurance companies to operate in more than two counties the require ments as to amount of insurance shall not be less than $25,000. owned by not less than twenty-five residents. The li cense fee for fraternal orders is fixed at $25 annilflllv anrl frr nmMtin mnmrta - i V VJHtV.iV- nies issuing only imutual policies $50. i . - ana wnere such company orerates in not over two counties $10 annually. The contingent expense of the insur- ance commissioner in seeking out, de tecting and punishing violations of law as regards incendiarism are fixed at not exceeding $500 annually. It is made unlawful for any company reinsuring risks on North Carolina property to so reinsure save in companies duly licens ed by the state to do such business. ATTEMPTED SAFE EOBBEK3P Pluck of Postmaster Prevents Rob bery AIL Captured Asheville, N. Cj February 9. Four masked men attempted to rob the post- office and store at th, fir t. tion out from AshWm tv. em railway, last night, with the result that two whitf dangerously shot and one white man and a neero eJuvLned tnnriiv I - i " About 10 o'clock j Samuel Alexander, assistant postmaster and clerk at Em ma, was aroused by a knock and a re quest to get some one's mail. On op ening the door Alexander was covered by a pistol and ordered to unlock the safe, which he did. One robber held the pistol on Alexander, while the other began to loot the safe. Alexander, at an opportune moment, grabbed the pis tol of the robber going through the safe, which he had laid down, and be gan firing. At the same time the other robber opened fire on him. Two of the robbers were badly wounded, one pos sibly fatally, and Alexander has ugly wounds in the side of abdomen and back. The police were notified and this morning all the robbers are safe in jail. Two of the robers were white and two negroes. The white men are Russ Gates and Dudley Johnson. The latter is supposed to be a man . wanted - in Florida for murder. The negroes are Ben Foster and Harry Miller, ex-con- ylcts and well-known to ; the local po lice, i GRANTED ATTORNEY'S LICENSE. Successful Applicants at Present Term i of Supreme Court. (Special to The Messenger.) , Raleigh, February 9.-f-The- following were today granted license as at tor- hy3 by the supreme court: George W. Garland, Davidson county; Charles E. Greene, Mitchell county; Albert E. Harold, Harnett county; Marion. F. Hatcher, Randolph county; Norman H. Johnson, Warren county; Ciaudius E. McCuUen. Sampson county; William M. Peterson, Washington ; county, Tenn.: Samuel D. Peterson. Mitchell county; Carney K. Rosser. Moore county; Rob- ert W. Boyd, Haywood county; Thorn- as J. Dunn, Mecklenburg county; Dun- can P. Shaw, Robeson county; Jackson Greer, Columbus county; Thomas C. Bowie. Ashe county; Burton Craige, Rowan county; Thomas J. Harking, Jr.. Buncombe county; Plummer Stewart, Union county; William B. Jones, Wake county; Frederick H. Brooks, Johnston county ; Robert L 'Humphreys, Rock ingham county; Wiley C. Rector, Hen- t derson county; Robert W. Davis, Brunswick county; William H. Harri son. Johnston county: Peter H. Bel!. Washington county John W. Hinsdale, Jr.., Wake county; Oscar C. Dancy, Wilkes county. There were thirty-eigth applicants, twenty-six passed, one colored. There were two colored applicants. ENGLAND'S LATEST TRIUMPH m LONGER AFRAID OF A CONTINENTAL COALITION AGAINST HER I Emperor William the Dominating Tlsrare in European Politics His Friendship for England Greatly In creased by His Recent Visit Austria and Italy Completely Under His In fluence. London, February 9. A comprehen sive view of the international situation .. . : i : i I i reveals only improved prospects ! for continued peace and harmony. From the British standpoint, Queen Victoria's death appears to have) strengthened rather than weakened Great Britain's position among the nations. A suffi cient time has elapsed; since Victoria ceased to reign for (the foreign office to feel tlje political pulse of the capitals of Europe, and the brief examination, commenced in no spirit of cock-sure-ness, resulted iri a feeling of satisfac tion and security at Downing street. The foremost factor in j this, natural ly, is Emperor William's attitude. Re sponsible officials here make no j at tempt to conceal their elation at the circumstances attendant on his majes ty's visit. They do not shut their eyes to the disastisf action the emperor has caused among sections of his subjects, but rely implicitly on : the imperious force of Germany's! ruler to successful ly overcome, the i internal opposition engendered. 'Closer relations undoubt edly now exist between Great Britain and Germany. ! ' ! ! Lord 'Salisbury and Lord Lansdowne are quite prepared: to hear Count) von Buelow (the imperial j chancellor) sa tirically belittle the effect of Emperor- William's visit, but in Downing- street this will be taken as meant purely for home consumption, and as a more posi- tive evidence of the skillful hand of the emperor. ! . ! ! The alliance between Great Britain and Portugal scarcely needed the visit of King Charles to render it stronger. Yet;he continued stay here of "that ruler is believed to, be likely to bring the people of Portugal land Great Brit ain in closer touch. th easier the work of their respective gov ernments. So far as the diplomatic phase goes, the Associated Press is officially informed that I nothing bew has resulted from the king of Portugal's stay in England. The mutual respon sibilities in connection1 with Delagoa Bay were too well understood previous ly to need further discussion. Thus. Portugal, Germany arid ! Great Britain are believed, to be more j closely united than ever in their history united by a compact, that. in the opinion of leading British statesmen, is. stronger even than the dreibund which is yearly becoming more of a tradition than a working agreement. i j : The only feature of the recent inter national happenings I regretted at Downing street is the ; emperor's j deco ration of Field Marshal j Lord Roberts with the Order of the Black Eagle. It is thought his majesty went almost too far, in view of the hostile comments, the German press is in the habit of showering on Great Birtain's south African campaign. "Still." say the officials, "Emperor William never does things by halves." Neither in China, nor in other parts of the world do Russia and France, in the foreign office's views, give any in dication of counter action aginst this activity of British diplomacy. I Lord Salisbury is said to rely on Emperor William to keep in touch and harmony with the czar. So long as this is! feas ible, France is not expected tor take any serious initiative. Moreover, i ac cording to dispatches in the British press, French Anglo-phobeism has abated since the queen's death. Aus- tria and Italy are put down as sure to do nothing contrary to Emperor Wil- liam's wish It is easily seen Emperor William is now the dominating figure in Euro pean affairs. To this Great Britain j has no objection. She has made It possible and trusts to benefit by it. Relationship . . L 7 I wlweea Lue signing lamnies oi, r,u- rope i noi neia 10 oe ox auy account ai in the chancelleries, but goes it is believed King so far as it Edward VH's personality will tend degree of potency. to improve its MRS. NATION IN IOWA Her Tour Through the State Crowds Everywhere Ovation In DesMoines Des Moines, la., February j. Mrs. Nation's tour through the western part i . i- f - - 1 ; i f ' of the state today took' on a hew feaj tupre and was in the sense a triumphal journey for the little Kansas saloon smasher. She made a dozen addresses 1 ! i from the platform of a Rock Island passenger train in the towns she passed I through to come to! Des Moines to de liver a lecture. j ; In the afternoon she visited four sa loons, doing no damage, but drawing such a big crowd on the street that the lO, 1901. i TlttWJARIIfi - -T - - , . . : : . V :-V.. t c TQ'-the;,Scnaton-;-Iliat. Justice For War Veteran. police were compelled to stop the cru sade. j in the evening she; addressed 2,000 people in the Young; Men's Christian Association auditorium. The journey from Council BluffLto At lantic was made quietly, the hour be ing too early for many people to see the crusader. At Atlantic the first visi tors swarmed on the train and as Mrs. xsaxion saw them coming down the aisle she cried out jubilantly: '"Hello, hoys; glad to see you, shake .hands, God bless the boys and the young men, I tell you I just love you all." It was this way all along the route. At Des Moines there were fully 5,000 people cheering and yelling at the de pot when the train pulled in. As Mrs, Nation walked out of the car and got a glimpse of the vast throng she broke loose in childish glee, saying: "3ust look at it, just look at the dears; may God bless every one." After a half hour's work on the part of the police a way was made through the crowds for Mrs. Nation to reach a carriage that had been provided. Once inside the carriage the clamor for a shake of her hand was too great and the saloon smasher stepped out of the carriage and swinging to the door with one hand frantically grasped the out stretched hands and arms with the other and wrung them sincerely, cry ing all the while: "God bless you: Here's a saloon smasher, God bless you." ! After the reception which lasted ful ly fifteen minutes, the crowd was forc ed back and the carriage moved up to the only prominent hotel in the city without a bar. Here Mrs. Nation re ceived many hundreds, shaking hands and giving all her blessing. By this time the enthusiasm had been work ed up to a high pitch and Mrs. Nation was urged to make a tour of the sa loons. This she agreed to do and at 3:30 o'clock accompanied by two city detectives, detailed by the chief of po lice, called upon four saloon-keepers in their places of business. She was followed by an enormous crowd. When the bar room at Wood hotel was reach ed, tjie chief of police held a hasty con sultation with his lieutenants and con cluded to stop the trip, which was ac complished without objection on the part of Mrs. Nation. HOMICIDE IN SELF-DEFENSE Fatal Result of an Attempt to Wreck a Barber Shop. Charlotte, N. C. February 9. Nelson Hamrick, son of the chief of police at ForesIt City, N. C, was hot and instant- ly killed in Dick Bailey's barber shop today. His. brother. Esell Hamrick, was laiauy snot. The Hamrick boys attempted to smash the shop, after tr style of Mrs. Nation, while Bailey was shaving a customer. Bailey laid down hls ra-201 and picking up his pistol used it with the result stated. The Hamricks come of good family. Bailey says he had to shoot them in self-defense, j ATTEMPTED ROBBERY The Money Recovered and the HI eh- wayman Captured. Philadelphia, 'February,. 9. Shortlv after leaving the Ninth national bank today Wlth a satche, ntalnls with which he Intended to pay his em- ployes their weeklv wae-Ao Ttr. wn senior member of Peter Woll & Sons, curled hair manufacturers, was attack- ea Dy a mgnwayman. The robber at first got way with the money, but was wuivcucu w arop n oy a Dy-stander. I TWr TXTi-vl 1 .tira m rod iwuuweu lrum ine DanK I by the man, who finally stonoed him at ' I the corner of Nom'c anfl tttt streets. The highwayman said: ter give me that money." 'No, I need It," replied Mr. "TOV-ill I who at first thought the man was jok- I in- ; I At that the highwayman sprang I upon won, wno is yo years old, knock- eu mra uown ana ran oir with the saicnei. I a oncKiayer at work nearby wit- nessed the assay It and captured the highwayman, who in the struggle drop- I peu, me money, wnicn was promptly J 11 , . . . . I iwuvweu uy Mr. won. tie tnen mode I hls escape, but .was pursued by a po- .uce11 auraotea xo iae scene oy .air. woll's calls for help. Af-I tpr ft ohA!A f il-L man caueht the footnarf. tTp Mwihis I nQmn act TAeanh tMnrns J .nM V. n I ' , - r; .-o.-.T-..c """"" .xo Buu "ci - u., , roooery to get sent to the house ; of I correction ror the wmtpr. Mr. won I was not seriously injured. . PRICE 5 CENTS -Hc:Hiist-j-KiTe His Mexican Ho Declares He Will Block all Private Pension Bills Unless the House Acts on a Certain Senate Bill for Pension ing a South Carolinian-Senator But ler Precipitates a Discussion on the Armor Plate Questlon-The Senate Adopts Resolution of Inquiry as to 'Minister Conger's Action-A Repub- llean Member Causes a Sensation in the House by Advocating Independ ence for the Filipinos. SENATE. Washington, February 9. During al most the entire session of today the senate had under consideration the na val appropriation bill. Practically the bill was completed when it was laid aside for the day, all of the committee amendments being adopted; but as the measure was about to be placed on its Passage Senator Butler, of North Car olina, precipitated a discussionof the armor plate question. In ordeto en able some others 'to speak upon the matter, the bill was laid aside until Monday. Eulogies upon the late ren- resentative Alfred C. Harmer. of Penn sylvania, concluded the session. The passage at the berinnin of the session of the mnn'M - . bill granting a pension of $50 a- month to Stacy H. Cogswell, comna- ny F., Thirteenth Indiana volunteer Infantry, induced Senator Tillman r South Carolina, to make tome forceful comments upon the house in not tak ing action upon a bill providing a pen sion for a Mexican war veteran whn had resided in South Carolina during me civil war and naturally had he in sympathy with the Confederacy. The bill had been passed by the senate, but the house invalid Dens Ion nnmrrt I a a w ia ,p was delaying final action upon it. Sen ator Tillman said there was such sec tional animosity in the house commit tee that the members refused tV tJer- mit action upon the bill for the benefit of this old Mexican veteran. Is the war over or is it noti" manded Senator Tillman, with vehe mence. "Let us find Out whether It is. or not. I swear by the Almighty God that I will not let another pension bill pass this senate until this old man e-Pt, justice!" The resolution offered yesterdav fiv Senator Berry calling upon the iJ dent for information as to whether tlte ' American minister to Chiria has joined with the representatives of other po-' ers m demanding the execution nf Prince Tuan and other Chinese officials was adopted without debate. While the naval bill was under con sideration Senator Butler,' called attem tion to the paragraph In the bill appro priating $4,000,000 to pay for arnmr plate already contracted for. If tfle bill had provided the entire sum nec essary to pay for armor contracted fpr it would carry for that purpose, fie said, $16,564,550. He declared the sen ate absolutely was precluded from con- sidering the matter now because con- I Sr8s had authorized the secretary of the navy to pay for .'armor whatever the anor trust could hold him up to. I? the course of his speech, in which Zr'L JTZ.rX present arrangement the government was making a r. A I000 to the armor trust. i A the conclusion of Senator Butler's speech the naval bill was laid aside, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES J-ne consideration Qf the diDlomatii lonI t L 1 . wusuiar appropriation bill in the house todav devMon ZL". mvua kUiliU Ul spnsntlnn t . T I . vv c JLflUVKXI. republican side of the chamber, made a SneArh atmnslv aj i r I nial policy and urging that congress should at once ?Iva a0nimnM . Filipinos that the purpose of th TTni ' eo states was to give them indPnAni ence. m3 announcement that it art- vocate a roaniiin - . . loudly applauded, particularly on fho democratic side, and at the close of the speech his republican . asso!., crowded about him and congratulated mm. KeDresentav ana, and Dinsmore, of Arkansas ai. Wi 4.uu on the Philippines. The consideration nf Ljrl1"0n f tne dlPiomatic v;uuuiax Diu went over at 2 o'clock i ana xne rest of the dav woo .wiuineaay was given tn " . & euiogies on the late ReDmPT.fan a ui ew Jersey, and - Wis nt Virginia. a k-ok j. m., as a rurther marK or respect, the house adjourned. ! . M r' S