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JBTVE CENTS NO. 240 wiiiimGTOiir, it. c, Tuesday November 5, 1907. H w Ij i . . t If 1! 'II 4) s'i i 1; I! ii ' 1l 1; HI if 4 1 X 'A 1 1 i A Ji. . r: ii. If Jr u . il Jr. ft " h is i il ii - 'V ; 'it. . 'II ' Al ; if- If I a '1 i t il i it 11 a- 'J ...... V L ' t L"JILL BHIHS GOLD 3.6D3.CD0 Gsshels of Grain Ready for Export CAUSE FOB ALARM OVER LLtCTIillS EXCITE KITEOtST; Hay Fore east Result of General ' . Conflict of . 1908 ' ; - . : ".. . i r-, . r -i - . . . .. - " " - "" "' . ' Struggle Between Tammany and Fusion Ticket in New York Regarded as of Great importance. Keen Interest-' Also Felt in Local Contest in Other Cities: : t . ' -Everything Tends, to Restoration 'of Public Confidence v.- National - 'Situation Throughout the - Country is SoundBankers, Agree to . Aid Threatened Trust . Compa niesGold Engagements Amounts to $32,750,000 Rise- in Price of Foreign - Exchange V no Obstacle to' New -York Bankers. New York, November 4. The buoy lanes, of the stock market today re flected the ultimate decision, of large bankers to support the two institu tions the Trust Company of America and the " Lincoln Trust Company . which "have tbeen subjected to -'most' severertuas during the last two weeks. XIIKS Kitty VVV9 U11C -.J uuuui niiu v."" . flicting: rumors and; the. fact that it passed without adverse developments is an evidence 'that the .worse of the situation is probably over.- :At a late hour this morning 'an agreement was reached, ; largely through the influ ence of Mr. Morgan, by Which the ' trust companies, will co-operate in fu ! ture -for their mutual protection and the directors will lend the assistance of their personal " fortunes " : to mfeet immediate necessities. The assets of . the two threatened companies, -were carefully gone over by:' experts, on Saturday and Sunday and Tboth of - them were found to be" solvent with, a considerable": surplus after - paying all claims and providing for the cap- ital stock. Under these circumstances it was thought advisable by the big men to support them' cordially if they would adhere to thoroughly cpnserva . tive methods in the future. The achievements of these results, .with the steady upwards rise of tlie stock market till the close is believed to; mark the turn of the crisis. The ' loss of T ' 530,000,000 5 4r;, , cash, . . by the .clear ingV house; banks, aceoruaig to their Saturday statement,, in spite 'of $30,000,000 which had been pour ed -into' their tills' during the; week from the; treasury department, was expected to have a disturbing effect: It was a worse showing than will be possible again in the face of the heavy arrivals "; of gold. ' Gold ensagements since the beginning, of the P3 movement now amount to $32,7o0,000 - which would more than bridge the loss in the surplus resee last week. The disturbances which are sweep-over-the' exchange market and irouni? concern in foreign markets wre hfdicated today by the riseof ?oreLn exchange in. New York con loreign rjoint at which siderably abS P . lmportedf gold could pf ofitax. ing thid The fact that; it ta &im Zs wav4ndlcate3 the : determiriaUon New ' York bankers to strengtnen their position even 1 at a loss. The Jiigh' rate for- bills was caused by the " .demand for exchange to cover th? ar- -rivals of gold ' " , The cotton bills fife not yet fully .available because shipments are.srow and, the bills themselveaf ia'r'e subjected -to considerable scrutiny before they -are taken., The- fact thai the New - York market bid . sufficient premium -for gold to absorb! 400,) 00 fVom the open market and to withdraw an -additional amount; of ,483,000from the Bank of CEngland indicated that -the increase. inthe discount rate of -the Bank of England made at a spe cial meeting today before .the open ing of - the New , York market, from -5 to 6 per cent., was : not sufficient - to check the go W movement Hence ' arose " muchtalk: in - London that the rate would he advanced to 7 per cent, -at the regular meeting of the board of gevvemors i- on Thursday. This will be, the highest rate attained for manv yars,- but ' with $32,750,000 In gold already on -the way to ew York or engaged for .shipments even at a-higher rate at the Bank of Eng - lands would! probably not injure , ma- terially ; American credit.. , It Js still i believed - thaL the Bank of France would aid e Bank of England by loans in Sterling bills- at Paris if the situaton required i W - Rendrts from Washington, indicate that the naiio&al situation throughout the countrf is ound and that the ef forts of tie .'comptroller of the cur rency ?to?Vet notes into VirculaUon' is meeting ith great success. It-w-atated" today;that the eleva tors, "boits and warehouses at Buffalo have - $600,000 - bushels of, .grain and 500 cr ioaas of merchandise and, many5panuf actured goods very large ly far export 'against which drafts, for 'Old could be drawn the moment it is -foidid on vessels that are waiting at . vttlintic ports tor cargoes. The mag-' nitude of this accumulation of Ameri-R-nAAns i indicated bv-the fact IJ . w fc.. . v tlat. the . railways nna memscives u- nble to move it to seaboarov notwim standing the enormous developments of traffic facilities within the, last few , years. The Newj York,; Central lines have increased.,, ,the " .qumberf . of their locomotives SI 'par cent., within- ' the last few ; years - and "the - freight equiptrieht has been Increased 67 per cent at an expenditure f , over $1 40.- ; 000,000. : . Other; lines Jiave made large V increases, but their combined facil ities are subjected to . severe strain in ' catting the accumulated products from the central -west to the sca- iTboard.- - -, -' , - Washington, - - November 4 The elections which, take place in thirteenj states tomorrow may-develop some indication of possible tendencies in:the A TQABIO AFFA1B 1(1 IIOBFOLK Young Han Shoots Girl and At tempts Suicide Both in Hospital, in Bying Condition. , Jealousy thb -Cause Called Girl to Ioor,"and Shot, Her and Then "'.Turned ristol Upon ' Ooaleif . v - ' Nprfolk, Va., November 4.-Crazed with jealousy because "another man walked home with his girl, Joe Deans, 20 years old, called Miss Lula Johnson to the door of her home tonight about 7 o'clock, upbraided her and then yOliilfi M ET TRAGIC DEATH Top of Head torn off Between Elevator and Floor THE GOUNDf GOMiSSIDFILfiS Deatii Was Instant Sad Accident at the Store of I. M. Bear & Bro. on -North Front Street.1 Bead Youth Was Young Louis Oterson. national campaign jX. next year Tixc.p . out a pistol shott her hrougb lact tnat contests ariecing ine nauonui j tke -a-bdomeil and turning the weapon onsres3 are nrohiised in but -a fev.T - ... . . t,.- oin v?ntvi instances .. has a ; somewhat : 'deterriii;. influence, , but the more astute' of tho political forecasters expect to find some signs" which wlil. be. significant .if not ' detefminative;There are ten general state: elections. ;'The keenest interest is felt in the local combats in New York city, Cleveland, : San -Francisco and Salt . r Lake City. In New York the struggle between Tammany and the fusion ticket is regarded as of vast significance, and most of the wagers, few and small ' at. best, turn upon" the outcome in that contest. . Next to the New York battle in popular interest comes the municipal contest 4n Cleveland., ; Both Mr. Bur ton and Mr f Johnson are personally known here, the former being a member and the latter a former member of the house of representa?( tives" arid its . interest is personal as wejlt as political. - Salt Lake receives attention" because of the prominence 6f hNe Mormon question and San Fran cisco o n ft Recount of recent occur rences irPconnectfon ptOx the admin istration of the affairs ox mat ciur- , v In Massachusetts, Maryland, jmis 'slsippt,?Rhode IsMifrt S3etucky and NfiW jersey, governors w . and " in all ot .them except New Jer sey, full state tickets. Itt -Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania and Nebras ka, the elections - will be for inferior state officers or. for members of the legislature or county offices. In all cases tin results will be carefuHy scanned here for -signs . of changes which! r may v possibly bear upon the more imi'oriant-generai con-, flict of 1908. v - ' . STATE COMMISSION ACTS Prevents a 100 Per Cent Increase in Terminal Charges at Savannah. Atlanta, Ga., November 4 Antici pating a 100 per cent, increase m the terminal charges at Savannah for handling shipside delivery eotton, the state railroad commission today issued an order which .-.will; no.t only prevent this increase, but which also by its general terms prohibits any change in the charges by ny wharf or terminal company in the state without the con sent, of the commissions The present shipside delivery rate at Savannah is 1 1-2 cents a hundred pounds. This rate, it is reported, was tobe increased to 3 cents. Today's order Js practically the first one by the state commission regulating wharfage charges. -' ;;A. distressing and terrible accident occured yesterday afternoon shortly before 4 o'clock when young Louis Oterson, while ascending from the first to the fifth floor on the freight elevator in the store building of I. M. Bear & Bros.1 on Front and !: Grace streets, had his head caught between a portion of the elevator and the ceil ingr between the fourth and fifth floors and the entire top part of his head ws crushed' lnto a pulp and torn away from; the lower part. With scarcely timejor gasp the young fellow tum bled'Viead to the floor. Added to the natural nortor "of the accident was the fact that Mr. JWili Oterson, a brother of the dead boy, was on the elevator" with him when the tragedy' occurred. Young Oterson had been employed with I. M. Bear & Co., only three or kour days, he being stock boy in their new building, recently moved into on Front and Gnace streets. He started from the lower to the top floor of the building to attend to his duties and from the manner of the accident and the position of the body when picked up, It is believed hat he was looking up the elevator shaft as he ascended and in doing so leaned his head over the edge, having it struck by the ceil ing as, noted. On the two sides and hrick' of the elevator, which is used ffr freight, only, is - low wooden frame work about four feet fa height arid young Oterson had his head caught between the top of the back ' Hon. Lee S. Ore&tes work vand; the .floor, resulting; in J.- J i ,r In.V lfrhf W ICIUU1C tttWUCUl.aUU WCUJ. senator, an iv eu iii.tuo it m&ui ,1 o,,,-.,,. hw.i JThe remains irom-ms uuiue in oaH&uuij,-w oucu the meeting this morning for the pur pose of organizing a state branch of the "National Rivers and Harbors Con gress. -Senator Overman.vwniieiin the; city, is , the '-guest of ijlf;- Jdrtiu S. Willard, at his home on Orange, street and last night Mr Willard Entertain ed informally quite, a number of the' business men of Wilmington, . who were glad of the opportunity to meet the distinguished visitor. Senator Overman has a strong hold' in this city, where he is regarded as a strong and forceful man, who uses his energies wisely and. well in behalf, of his native state. He never plays to the galleries and is conscientious and able in the performance of duty, this explaining in a large measure his pop ularity with the conservative If orces in' North Carolina.! to his head blew but his brains. Both are at the hospital in a dying condi tion. Dean is . ticket agent for the Norfolk and Southern Electric railway division. He has been enamored of Miss Johnson, who came here from Woodsfleld, Ohio, several months ago as cashier , at the Law Building Phar macy. Three days ago they quarreled Since that time Dean has. not visited Miss' Johnson.- ; - Early tonight a friend: walked home with Miss Johnson. Dean watched them go down the street together. He followed at W distance. When the young man had left" the v girl at the" door, Dean later called and when' his sweetheart Invited him in refused U After a 'short conversation the shoot ing occurred. .There are no eye wit iietses; . ' . ' ' ' -- ' Miss Jolinscn. andMr. Dean, prin cipals in tonight's tragedy,- died .wrui" In thifty. minutes of each other shortly, after midnight 4 SENATOR OVERMAN HERE OFF FOB PRESEO Arrived 'Last Nhighf 4and:ithfj3fAest ;- ', : .; ..fv 3fJv;-M.: S.- WmartE;1 '"-; were , taken to the funeral parlors of 'Mr.- J. F. Wool vin cn tPrincess street and later were sent to "the home of his parents, No. IU North Third street . "Opting'' Oterson was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.-A.' Oterson and he w-as. about 16 r. ears of age. He is survived by his parents "and several brothers and sisters, all of whom have th sincere sympathy of the communi ty ih the terrible" tragedy that hag iefajlen their home. ' cmeral .services over the remains w'if W-eonducted this afternoon f roin; ihe residence at 4 o'clock,' following which "interment will be : nade in Oakdale. '"''; - s' a -: TWO FINE SERMONS WAS INSTANTLY KILLED Tree Fell op Mr. Cliarles Ly tie and Caused Instant Deatii. - A3IOUNT INVOLVED WAS ?1;75, Case Went Through State Into V, S. Supreme1 Court- . ; . Washlngtoii.i November a magistrates 4. Origi court in (Mr. Charles Lytle, who ; was quite well known here, met a fearful death on Saturday afternoon at a small lumber camp i just across the- South Carolina line.; . ,The only particulars obtai nable show , that - Mr, Ly tie was working near; a , tree .which . other "t""5xr;r,ntyt . - South Carolina. working nea tnd titmvih! aiiDVeP a clalni V 0 Were cutting; down- and when it fl l struck mm. on tne top of $1.75: (fee Caseof . the Seaboard , Air Line railway vs. - eeegers - 3roiners, found,its way'hrough the state cir cuit and supreme .courts into ,the . suf preme court of the United States arid was there' decided today, in an opirt ion by Justice Brewer iit favor of the Seegers. The money w53 demanded by Seegers on account of damages done a bunch of bananas shipped from Columbia. S. C, to the town of McBee- that state in, 1903 in accor dance with a state law providing for damages in such cases. The company; refused payment and suit thereupon was instituted. STOP W 7T&C AT BANKING Senattir TUIman's Remedy for Finan cial Troubles. Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 4. in an interview here tonight United State3; Senator Benjamin RTklman, of South Carolina? said. . - . : ,v . , . -; "The effort to call an extraor dinary session of ;congress forrreli cyreform is being made. wto give the country ' a currency reform " such as the banking Interests wish. What we need- is not-' currency i refer as c banks want it, but the enf ox cement of the laws we now nave against wild Sat banking and punishment of those who have broken them." r CASHIER COMMITS SUICIDE Fears of Run of Bank v., -.The Cause. Said to be Huntville, Ala., Nov 4. Janes R. Boyd cashier of the Huntsville Bank and Trust Company suicided "today- Boyd killed himself - in "tfte dinnlg room lline; 1 firing-ta' bullet thiough'nii'ain. He was dead when his wife reached him. - o-M-y "I Frienasof the dead mail "say that he had worried greaUy fearing a tu would be , made on the baoflk andTc that there wod,iiot; be' enough money to raeet.demand". '-- " . Yi-iVS v books wtre found to be lr right, B070: W23: president of the HantsTilla citr council. :-K ; f -v - i'&r:s: of his head- cauSJnstant death. .The body of the de5fed' accom panied by his brother, Mr. J Lytie, was brought to the city on the ey Sunday morning train from the south arid then taken on the Seaboard to Clarkton, from . whence the body was later carried to Ellzabethtown, former home of the deceased, where the in terment occurred yesterday. " ' ; "the deceased is survived by his inother, Mrs. M.-P. Lytle of Elizabeth town, and one brother. Mr. J. B. Lytle. V TAP IS OVER SCHOOL AGE Delivered by Re hr. Kilgo at Grace . t. Church on Sunday. - Tv6 very , large congregation s at tended the morning and night services at Grace M, E. church on Sunday to hear the sermons delivered by. Rev. Dr. J. C. Kilgo, president of Trinity college, Durham; N. C. The sermons were eloquent and forceful discourses and they made a deep and lasting im pression on all those who were Jn at- rtnd'ance. :? " The protracted 'meetings 'which ha.ve hfen in progresi for several days past at Grace . church, will be Continued through the present week,' the services to be cdhductsd. by Rev; N. 'M. . at son, the pastor of the cfaurch. Will be Dismissefl From " School ,at - Savannah. - ; . .-. V l v Savannah, Ga., November, 4 :4.--Ehe; board of education, it is stated, has decided to dismiss George Yugama. . a Japanese boy. who was admitted to the night school' two weeks ago. - Yugama was .' adlmitted during the absence from the city of Superinten dent Ashmore. When the latter re turned and learned of it he pointed oat that it was a breaking of the racial line which could not be done In the south. . , ',-.'.- ; r Yugama will be dismissed on the ground that he is over the school age which will prevent the matter becom ing an international one. - " U. JUpGJIKNT FOR $29,000. Delegate Appointed " to Atlantic Deep Waterways Conference. ' : " Raleigh, N, C4 November 4. Judge PurnelU -J ln the Pclnsxitt'eovrti signed a judgment tor $29,600 against Murfreesboro, In f avor r of.' Jacob Lowe,, of Maryland, this being, on rail waybonds issued hy lhe oihmis sloners of that township' which It -was thought to repudiate.' ; v. Insurance Commissioner Young, licenses the Spring Garden Fire insur ance Company, f Philadelphia, to do business in North Carolina. " Governor Glenn appoints Collier Cobb, of Chapel Hill, a delcats. to the Atlantic Deep Waterways . Con ference ct Fiiniaott.. . - : MR. JESSB H. HAWKINS DELD End Came Yeerday Morning at'Kls Home at Harrison Creek. Mr. Jesse H. iHaw;kins. a well known citizen of Harrison' Creek, ; Pender county, who has many friends in this city, passed away ryesti rday morning at his home after a shoh." illness. The deceased was an the 85thYear of his age. . He was married twicv6 and Qe leaves by his first wife tw sons, Meessrs- J. E. and B. F. HawLiflS of this city, and.; by .his second urnion two daughters, Mrs. Carrie - E. Bro.wn and Mrs.. Hepsie Qlills of Harrlso-1! Creek. ; : - ;- v -" ' - .The funeral -services over the re mains ot the deceased will be held at Union church, Harrison Creek, this mornfng at-ir o'clock, and the inter ment will be made in the graveyard at that pace. ; r DIED AFTER SHORT ILLNESS 3Irs. .Ellzabetli Spencer Passed Away at Her Home in Tills City Sunday 'V Night t After an illness of only two days, Mrs lElizabeth Spencer of this city; passed away Sunday night at her late residence, No; 304 Bladen street, in the 79th, year of her age.' Mrs. Spencer's death was of an extremely sudden na- -ture, and the news of o her emso brought -great griex to, many irienaSfm; this City, m - "'-rf-r-rr' Funeral services over the; remains" of the deceased ;wefie conducted yes terday ; mjornlrig at I1" o'clock belng conducted by "Rev; C. F;ZWWUocky attervwhlcli .tie J body was taken to Cbuthporti Xpr .interment. The pail- bearers wefe"'a3' foUows:'e EL Cox, W.H . Buke,: Henry Harfiss; Y7. Ii ETirrs, 0. H Cziith and W IL :c!ti.; '- -- . - Met in Regular Monthly Session Yesterday Afternoon; Not Much Business Transacted and - Session WaA a Short- One--May Purchase Machinery Irom Mr. " Dock for the New County Rock Quarry. The regular monthly meeting of the board of county commissioners , was held yesterday afternoon. There was little business of public interest be fore the board and the meeting wa3 soiie i of the shortest held in many months. ' . "' ' ' ,'".' V ;"' " - TI;e board v.-as called to order at 3:10 o'clock with Chairman McEach ern and Messrs H. L. Vollers, M. W, Divine and W. F. Robertsan in at tendance. The minutes of the last meet ing were read and approved... r v ' E. B. Mizell, two .years a resident of the city and county who Is an in validrwas exempt froi polV Jax, OA account of physical disability. Frank Weston, colored, relieved fronl poll ' tax on . accoimt of physical dis ability. The superintendent of . health' re ported: four cases of typhoid fever, one small pox and three of diptheria in the county during the month. One lease- of pleuris and five or -, six chills and fevers at the camp cpmpribe acute sickness in the several Institutions. Sixty-four patients treated in nis of fice . and nine visited at their home One case of dumb rabies fn a dog oc curred. " '.;.;.' ' Chairman McEachfn reported that he had approved application of Cape Fear Distilling CO. i TV A Croom, man ager, No. 128 . Market street, for "li cense to retail liquor the board of al dermen having granted the applica tion' :v.. r.--. - , . :' . ' , Superintendent J. R. Hardee of the county home reports 12 1 patients,7 one white and eleven colored ; sixteen coh vices, one - white and 15 colored. ,The register . of deeds reported 39 marriage 'licenses issued and $37.05 Iturned;. oyer to the county treasurer. The .clerk, of the superior -court re ported $25 fines and jury tax collected arid paid over to . the . county treas urer. ' -'. --. Application of R. L. Godwin, at torney for the. Dunn road district,; to hire convicts from; NewJ Hanovfer'xWas received arid: the clef k instructed ..to notify Mr. Godwin that (the county had , no convicts to hire, but was using all ! on hand. . . . ' . ' ' j The unsatisfactory heat at uie , county home was reported on th$i CH'ty home committee was instructed to investigate and act, on the matter of putting in new plant in the insane department -.' Mr. Wm. Goodman asked relief from double taxes paid on property sold in 1900 by him to a colored man and he asked reimbursement for several years taxes, which were paid by both per sons. The request was ' referred to committee for investigation and power to act. The property is located, on the northeast corner of lith and Cas tle streets. Commissioners Vollers, Robertson and JMcEachern were ap pointed on the committee." . '."''y";; Mr. ; Bear . asked for reductiorivih as sessmeht al property Oyned by him in Harnett township on Smith's creek, consisting of 2800 acres, - assessed at $5,800. ; Mr. Bear said that he had offered to sell the land at $1.00 . per acre, ; but the offer .: was refused. me request was referred to the assessors to find" out, if there was ahy-error in the assessment : - 1 Mr William Calder asked" for relief of tax assessed against him Individ ually for 20 shares of - stock in the Fourth National Bank, Fayettevilk held by the Diocese of East -Carolina in trust for St. Joseph's church, Fay etteville and the tax: on motion of Commissioner Robertson waa abated..-:.; '';';-- ;:;:"':,'; "'"" " ; Mr. C. S. Biggs asked for reduction ji assessment of property owned by IjIji in east Wilmington, consisting of 19 acres valued at $570. The .matter was re"erred to the assessors in Har riett towVsmp to see if a mistake -was made.. ':'; V1: rX :'vv-;.i '",' :, Mr. -H. E. Bonitz appeared before v a v. I "gard to a double tax which stands agah?st Beach Water works Company, it. having ceen as sessed at $1,000; but o.ot UsteovHe was allowed to, pay; single t. hfYS to bored under a misapprelu11011 as J the property being listed.. - V c ; A proposition was received 1 ronv Mr id Hi Dock: to furnish certain machh ery and : other utenslla: for use at the county rock; quarry - for, . $1500rTh1e plant is now ln good orderand will be put up a. the quarry! :Thejmatter was referred .tp,the road vmmittite mlfo power to-sucL- --- ' 4 ; c The Jury , for av one week term; of court J was: - then drawn,, after whica thK board ladionrnedJ ;':..;-y-, Break fn the-Vaten7orfcs - HegotidtioDs ACTION OF THF ALGERMEH Committee Named'to Investigate Company's Earnings WUl -jflien Report, With Recommen 7 datlons to tlie Board Important Special Meeting ' of , ' tlie Aldermen " Held Yesterday Morning -Action in . Agreeing to Purchase the Claren don Company's Plant Rescinded. Communication From Clarendon . Company Received by the Alder- . men . Last Night Further , Develop ments Awaited With Great interest. CCA Loner LEMO f tzre . easily detected .when compared jvrlth. the true' pure refrcsiics '"eictrsqt" At a special meeting of the board of aldermen) held yesterday morning shortly after 10 o'clock in the mayor's office at the city hall, the" board agreed , by unanimous vote to break off all negotiations with the. Clarendon Waterworks Company for the pur- chase of their plant, until an Investi gation Is made as to the net earnings of the "property, under present con- ditions. 7 " . . The board's actiorf was in the form of the following resolution, off ered by. Alderman French and unanimously adopted: : : '' . . '..,-.- - "Resolved, By the- board of alder men, that . the resolution passed by this board on ' the' 25th of October; . agreeing to the purchase of the plant of the Clarendon Waterworks Com pany, at a price therein statedwhich resolution was concurred in by the board of audit and finance at their meeting held October 28th, with a modification afterwards passed by the board- of -aldermen, to ,,wit at .their meeting of said date, be and ia. here rescinded and made void." - Following the adoption of -the above resolution r a further resolution, pro viding; for.' the In vestigatiori into the earnings of ' the plant, wa3 Introduced and unanimously adopted this being -as follows: ... 1 . "Resolved That a special committee of citizens, composed of Col. Walker . .Taylor "afid (Messrs.- Q, W, oTth ahd ; AL W. JacobI; be requested to investi gate the; present earning capacity ot the Clarendon Waterworks .Company, and report back to this board the result of their findings, with recom mendations as to what action iBhall be taken, and that the city clerk and treasurer r De instructed . to , send the Clarendon Waterworks Company V a" copy of . this resolution with the re quest that they allow these gentlemen to make this investigation, and that the committee be authorized if neces- saryt id empipy an accpuntant at the expense of the city, and that' these be reimbursed for' any expense made by them; incident to the . said investiga- -' tion." ' -A-: -V,;. f'-' i The above resolutions were adopted after considerable discussion, much time having been consumed In the consideration of the, proper phraseol ogy of the first resolution, which when" first passed by the board provided only for a suspension of the offer made by : the city. Later this was reconsidered and on advice of the city attorney the resolution as printed above was adopted. y': This action of , the board of alder- men-means a break between the cityj ; and the. Clarendon Waterworks CQ3i panyat least for the present, although it is , hoped that the committee - ap- pointe(f to further investigate the matter will make 1 some recommenda- . tion that can be followed to the mn tual satisfaction and advantage of both parties concerned. Preceding the meeting of the alder men there was heated discussion be tween Hon. John D. Bellamy, counsel for the Clarendon Company and Sup erintendent W. . F, Robertson ;f that company with several of the City offi cials and they resented in stress lan guageany intimation ' that deceptfdii had' been used by the company in the negotiations carried, oh with the city. The- city; representatives freely ad- - netted that they did not blleve that theyx nad be6nf wilfully misinformed as to fKCtsbut they argued that their agreemerit with the company, had beeii based on a' misapprehension of the. facts and: this being sd they would insist that tiie Qffr, made to the com pany; ; be rescinded arid thatc Xuturc negotiations, be based' ..on ?p ns: stat-3 rt afTairs. ) - "' ' ' . At tia meeting yesterday ricnilz y rrlzh. wzz called to -crdz? hftlzjZz
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