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o til II i m in in in in I "1 III f5 : 1 VOL. VII. ii-iite fli mini Bills Genera); Local, But Ail of Some . Importance. AHB1TRATI0N TREATY INDORSED North Carolina Railroad Directors Protest and Demand an InvestlH tion Swinson Gristed. SENATE. t MojfDAT. Benalo .luong the bills and duced were: met at 4 p. m. resolutions intro- . McCasky To repeal . all laws allow ing jrraee on notes and drafts. Clark To regulate the transporta tion of bicycles. Grant A resolution in favor the ar bitration treaty now .rending, in the United States Senate. Under suspen sion of the rules it was taken up and adopted. Butler (by request) A memorial from tho Preaidelit of the North Caro lina Railroad and the directors, em phatically denying the truth of the statement of Mr. Hoffman in his letter to Governor Russell in regafd to the lease of the North Carolina Eailroad, it requested that a joint Committee be appointed with power to summon wit nesses to investigate the whole matter. A joint resolution to appoint such com mittee was adopted. . ' -ft 1 Jb- to require seats to be provided for tfetnale clerks was tabled. Bill passed for the better protection of the traveling . public from baggage timashers and other employees; to pre vent public drunkenness; '(this applies only to .Buncombe, Transylvania and Henderson counties.) At tho night session the bill providing that the fare on railroads be, firpt class, 2 cents per mile; second class, cents, and a corresponding low rate on freight Cfiine up. A substitute was offered making the rate 2 remits and 2 cents. jOu motion of Mr. Smathers,' tho whole r;matter was referred to the committee on corporations. Bills passed: To amend the Code re lating to chattel mortgages by provid ing for sale after 10 days' no ace. (This only applies to perishable goods and live stock.); to allow an agent to make i tale of land under mortgage but not, to make a deed; to allow" disabled Coji-i federates on the pension list to own land or anything in value of $500; to prohibit timber nd other obstructions in Yadkin river; to incorporate the Levy Bank of Rutherford ton. The bill to prohibit the sale of spir ituouSHuorsjvithin 200 feet of any church iuthe State wa tabled. TVesd ay. Senate met at 12 o'clock. Arnon the new bills were: Walker To improve the public schools of North Carolina. Person To prevent the hiring of con victs in competition with free labor; also to pension all ex-slaves who' did service in the Confederacy. - Earnhardt To regulate the - fees of students and registers of deeds in this State; also to regulate the practice of medicine in North Carolina. H Scales To incorporate the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of the do--' main bf North Carolina, Patterson To appoint a cotton w eigher for the town of Laurinburg. Clark arose to a question of personal privilege that of the statement made by Swinson, enrolling clerk, t to the news paper correspondents and he moved that a committee of three be appointed' by -the President to investigate the charges made by Swinson. Adopted, and Clark, McCarthy, and Parker, of Alamance, were appointed as the com mittee, the said charges being that 1,500 had been paid out during the first 30 days of the Legislature, when So would have been sufficient to pay for the work done, the cause of the eicn iditure of so much money being that lie had had forced on him more clerks than he needed, and if the work had been done outside, as heretofore, $1,434 would have been saved. Not content with this, the officers and the General Assembly were trying to force upon him two additional ' (negro) clerks, l ast night (Monday) the House passed a bill to abolish the office of enrolling clerk. This was done to oust Swinsou because he would not appoint two ne gro clerks at an additional expense to the State. Resolution asking the treasurer to furnish information as to whether the penitentiary is self supporting; adopted. A bill was introduced to give certain1 dead bodies" to medical colleges, biit after ferae deb ate it went over to "Wed nesda3. - - .- "Wednesday. Senate met at 12 o'clock. Parker, of Randolph, pre sented a petition from citizens of High .Point asking that the present lease of the North C arolina Eailroad be not in terfered with; Clark, from citizens of 'Littleton, against a dispensary. Chirk, for the committee appointed to investigate the1 statements made by A. L. Swinson, enrolling clerk, sent forward his report. After the report . was read Parker, of Alamance, on mo l tion, .referred the matter to the same committee with instructions to employ, a competent stenographer, and that al t he evidence be taken and reported to the Senate Thursday. Ampng the bills and resolutions in troduced were: Butler Bill to revise and improve the public school 6ystem of North Car olina, and on motion of Butler 500 copies were ordered printed. Ashburn Bill to regulate the sale of fertilizers. . i Ray Bill to protect creditors and innocent persons ' where property mortgaged inotber States. , . " rs Clark Resolution that the special committee (bwinson committee) vested with power to summons be wit- nesses and employ such assistance as is necessary. Adopted Clark A bill for a dispensary for the town ol Jiittleton. Ilardison Bill, to provide for; treatment and cure of inebriates. the Bill for tho procuring and distribution of dead bodies, for the advancement of medical science was re-committed to the committee to draft a new bill on ac count of so many amendments being offered. A petition was read from the North Caroltna Teachers' Association asking for a reformatory for 'youthful crimi nals. r Thursday Senate met at 11 o'clock. There were several bills and resolutions introduced, bnt were hiostiy bf a local Katutia. Among the third reading bills were: To i-revent the fishing with nets in Albemarle sound and Streams emptying thereta; to amend chapter l-5(5, l w; of 1835, so as to add the coun ty of Cumberland to the Eastern crimi nal circuit. I This bill creates a new office-'of judge, and the bill gives the Governor the power to appoint until the next election, when a judge for the said court -shall be elected. Resolution to advance the cause of good roads--that a committee be ap jointed to visit Charlotte and examine the roads around said city and the coun ty of ; Mecklenburg. Adopted. The committee will leave Raleigh Friday night and examinine the roads the next day (Saturday). At the night session the bill to pro hibit the use of free passes of State offi cers passed second readings. The bill to oust Swinson as enrolling clerk passed ' Becond! and third read ing. . t Frid ay. Senate met at 11 o'clock. Alexander introduced a resolution, en dorsing I the Woman's Exposition at Charlotte. Among the bills on third reading were: To authorize Richmond county to issue bonds to pay outstand ing debts; to incorporate the Winston Salem Southbound Eailroad; to levy special tax for working public roads in Guilford county; bill to cha'nge the Department of Agriculture and the A. and M. College. , v - The free pass and fare bills were made facial orders. , ; 1 Butler '8 bill to amend chapter 820, Acts of 1881,' to provide for the general supervision of railroad, steamboat, ex press, telegraph and telephone compa nies doing business in the State, was made a special order for the ICth. The bill to license foreign corpora tions, companies or associations was passed over.l r i . The Senate met in night session at 8 o'clock.i .The calendar was taken up. Bill passed to facilitate the trial of civil actions, providing that no persons shall play or engage in any inter-collegiate or other football game in which such violence is used or , required from the nature of the game as to endanger life, limb or health, was tabled. Bills passed requiring the registration of the names of partners, providing that firms hav ing silent partners shall let their names be known; giving Yadkin two weeks sprins term of court instead of one week; resolutions for the encourage ment of fairs. Hyman introduced a bill to provide for woman suffrage in North Carolina.' Saturday.- Senate met at 11 o'clock. Among the bills were: Ray Bill relating to Eocky Mount Agriculture and Mechanical Associa tion. I Hyat A bill to provide an addi- tional term of court for county. ! ' ' Shaw A bill to establish McDowell a normal school in Eobeson county. : . Person To protect the lives of pris oners or accused persons. The following bills passed second and third readings: To amond chapter P3 Frivate La4 s of 1893, relating to con victs; to amend chapter 127, Laws 189.", concerning the payment of scri, checks, etc. ; Bills that passed their third reading: To incorporate Roanoke Rapids Com pany, Halifax county; to stimulte taxes in the rural districts; to authorize Richmond county to issue bonds to pay indebedtness; to amend the charter, of the Asheboro and Montgomery Rail road Company. HOUSE. . Monday. House met at 10 o'clock. Among the bills introduced were : " Cox To require owners of personal property to list at its full value. Eawls To amend the landlord and tenant act, chap. 40, the Code, by strik ing oit in line 2 of sec. 1754 the words "or oral." I Sutton of Cumberland To declare bicycles to be baggage (accompanied by a petition signed by hundreds of bicyc lists), j ; Purgason to make it a misdemeanor to give or sell intoxicating liquors to an habitual drunkard. Several bills passed to allow severalj counties of the State to extend the time' of holding court, to levy special tax, to amend the stock law, etc. Cox, by leave, introdiiced a resolu tion that all private pension bills be re tained and acted on so as to be incor porated in j an omnibus bill. It was adopted. ! i Sutton '-s bill empowering the Gover nor in extraordinary cases to convene special courts for the trial of capital cases and to also convene the Supreme Court to hear cases, was taken up. It was so amended as to provide that the courts shall be convened only at the re quest of the sheriff and the chairman of the county commissioners of the county in which such court is to be convened. The bill then passed a3 amended.1 Bill passed incorporating the Bank of Brevard (on motion of fcSchulken an amendment was adopted . making the charter 30 j-ears.V Bill to amend The Code regarding pauper suits was tabled. The bill regarding the giving of guar dians' and administrators' bonds in se curity companies, allowing them to in clude in their charges against estates expenses amounting, to not over one half of 1 pel: cent, for the giving of such bonds passed. , s By leave,1 Grubb3 introduced a bill to enlarge! the jurisdiction of magis trates, .j At the night session- a resolution, introduced by Hancock to abolish the office of enrolling clerk ad oust Swin son, came up and caused a hot debate between Populists and Republicans, the Democrats stood hands off. The resolution ;was adopted and Swinson was ousted. ; Besolnt on requesting the North Carolina Senators to secure a, ratifica tion 'of the treaty of arbitration was adopted, i f By leave, Parker, introduced a?bill to prevent minors from entering bar rooms and billiard rooms. : - Tuesday. House me)t at 10 o'clock. Among the bills introduced were: White To repeal the act of 1885 to es tablish a true meridian in the various counties of the State for the correct re tracing of surveys. - ) Eddms To require deeds in trust and mortgages to be 'cancelled of record within ten j days' after they have been paid. Currie To extend the corporate lim its of Maxton. Leak To revise the charter of Mor ven. - Dockery To amend the law regard ing of analyses of fertilizers. The bill to' make it indictable to in LEXINGTON AND TIIOMASVILLE, Nl C.,, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY terrupt a public speaker came up and caused lively debate, an,d after several amendments was offered the bill passed to a third reading. j ' , The calendar was then taken up and among the bills passed were: Altering times of -holding Superior Courts in Mecklenburg, Gaston and Stanly counties, making those in Meck lenburg sejo :d Monday after first Mon day in Marcn, fourth Monday after first Monday in September (each two weeks) ; 6ixth Monday before first Monday in March and thirteenth Monday after "first Monday incMarch (each one week. ) - The resolution placing in the hands of the Governor 31,000 to be applied to the erection of a 6tatue of Geo. Peabody in Statuary Hall at Washiton was in definitely postponed; f I Wkdsksday. House met at 10 o'clock. Among the new bills were: Hartness To provide, that in case of suit for damages brought against a person resident of another State, who has property inthis State, it can be at tached where there is unliquidated damages, j McCrary To create a short form of agricultural liens in North Carolina, al lowing the creditor! to sell enough of the property at public auction, after 20 days notice, to recover the debt and in terest, i v r - Lusk To amend the; act of ISO's es tablishing a criminal circuit to be com-, posed of the counties of Buncombe. Madison, Haywood and Henderson, by striking out the word ''criminal;" that the judge in addition to his) present jurisdiction,- shall have also as to all civil actions and special j pleadings and all civil business originating or pending in any of these counties concurrent equal' jurisdiction, power and I authority with the Superior Court 'judges; that there shall be two extra terms of Buncombe court, of two weeks each,' beginning on the third Monday in June and the first Monday in October, theseto be civil terms and to be presided over by the circuit judge as provided in this" bill; that in compliance with request 6f com missioners of any of these counties to hold a special term, the judge to re-' ceive $500 more annual'. Lusk To restore the rules of evi-v dence in the making of tales of real es tate for taxes as they were prior to 1883. Cook made a report for the special committee on the i bill regarding the lease of the North I Carolina Eailroad, offering a substitute for the original bill, askinc that it be adopted for the bill; asking that it be printed, and that it be made the special order for next jfriday. Blackburn protested that this was too short a time, j It was stated that the House would be light Friday, owing to the absence of committees. Cook then moved that the bill be made the special order for ,noon next Tues day: It was so ordered, The bill of Hancock to place tho At lantic and North Carolina Eailroad in the hands of the Governor psssed the House after considerable debate pro and con. ! ' - j ? . Grumpier introduced a bill to revise the public school system. Several other bills were introduced by leave, as follows: " . McCrayy lo create a Ecnool district on trie fine between Davidson and Randolph. Lyle To provide for working public roads by taxation. s Thursday. -House met at 10 o'clock. Among the bills j introduced were: Currie To extend" the time for the organization of the Lumber River Rail road Company; to extend the time for the organization of the Bank of Lum berton; Allen To incorporate Worth- ville, Randolph county. The "fellow-servants',' bill introduced by Hartness passed second and third readings. It gives any ; employe of a railroad the' right to sue for damages and prevents any waiver of such right to damages. I Bill passed prohibiting bird hunting in Mecklenburg, Carteret, Beaufort, Eockingham, Union i and Haywood with owners consent, the penalty be ing $5; to allow ex-Sheriff Grant, of Davidson, to collect arrears of taxes. Senate bill to allow pensions to per sons' who hold over $500 in property was referred to the pension committee. Bills passed to incorporate the Levy Bank, of jRutherfordton; to permit fish to be caught in anv manner in Colum bus county, Lake Waccamaw excepted. The bill, appropriating $5,000 to "North Carolina I on Wheels" was ordered printed. It was fcrmallly re ported. '.!''!"! At the night session the Senate reso lution to investigate charges of fraud in the matter of the last lease of the North Carolina Eailroad came up. Blackburn moved to table and attacked the resolu tion, but withdrew his motion and the resolution was referred to the special committee on the lease of the road. The resolution requesting the com mittee appointed tto investigate the charges of bribery in the senatorial contest to report by February 13, came up, but it was shown that the report could not be made on that date, to the resolution then passed and the date was fixed as the 16th for the reiort. r Friday House met at 10 o'clock. Among the bills and resolutions M ere: Pearson Creating a epinmission com posed of 'Governor Rnssell Julian S. Carr anil W. A. Hoke to procure a suit able design, with all necessary Pacifi cations, for a monument in Raleigh, upon a site chosen,' in memory of Z. B. Vance; that the commission may co operate with the Vance Memorial Asso ciation; that a report be made to the next legislature; that $1,CH0 be appro priated for necessary exienses. Eddins To extent the time for the organization of the North Carolina Slate Company, in Stanly county. Aiken To reduce the tonnage tax on fertilizers to 20 cents per ton. Ward To reduce the salaries and fees of all public officers, save those fixed by law, 25 per cent. Harris of Hyde To provide for the taking, of depositions, etc, in the con tests for seats in" the I legislature, and that no member shall vote until the matter as to title to seat is decided. McBryde To provide that in all cases of the mariage of women under 21 the marriage shall .have the same force and effect in law as if. the woman so marrying were 21 years of age. Crewe,: contested, from Granville, re tains his seat in the House. Bill passed to protect fish in Xeuse river, and the House took up the reiwt of the committee on insane asylums, made by Sutton, of Cumberland, - the report being attached to a bill to pro vide for the maintenance of the three asylums.! The report says that at Mor ganton cottages are needed, but they are not recommenped just now; that there are 26 criminal inEane; a depart ment for the criminal fucane is reeom mended at the penitentiary; it is rec ommended that Duxbom and Eobeson be transferred to the Raleigh asylum for the Morganton- sytum 100,000 is recommended; for the Raleigh asylum $C3,40, and $40,000 for the purchase of 100 acres of land; that $43,000 be al lowed the Goldsboro atylum and 81,250 for purchase of $100 acres of land and $2, r,00 for electric light plant; that at each asylum a person be given police power to arrest tramps or persons who violate the rules. The bill covers these recommendations. At the night session the bill to re quire the vaccination of all .children over two years old was tabled; the bill to put the election of county physician in the hands of the commissioners passed; the anti-foo all bill was ta bled; a bill passed looking it unlawful to remove any minerals from the lands of another without the permission of the owner; resolution .instructing the Senators and Representatives in Con gress to endeavor to secure the repeal of the civil service law; a bill to incor porate the Coleman Mfg. Company at Concord and to employ colored labor passed. ' N j. Saturday. House met at 10 o'clock. Among the bills introduced were:?- Morton To tax cigarettes 15 cents a package. James To protect deer and turkeja iu Pender. Ward To , declare ordained minis ters and justices of the peace public officers. ' I '- McBridc To amend tho charter of Lumberton. . , : The bill to i provide for and promote the oyster industry cf the State passed second and third readings. Jones, Miller, Maxwell, Byrd, Leh man, Wimbish, -Spruill and j Carroll were appointed and confirmed as assist ant enrolling clerks. 1 i Bills passed: To repeal chapter-297, acts 1895, so far as Pender is concerned; Ihis being the act allowing a county to vote a tax of 20 cents on the' $100 for public schools; providing that in all ac tions brought by heirs-at-law or minor children defendants in action to plead my defence which might have been pleaded by an executor, or in other words, to plead the ; statute of limita tion in case an executor coadministra tor failed to make that plea for them; to allow Sunday trains to carry express matter of all kinds; to allow all justices of the peace, notaries, clerks of Supe rior and Inferior Courts power to take and certify acknowledgement of tall grantors and the private examination of married women (Onslow and Iredell ex cepted) ; creating a new township in Mc Dowell; to give the judge of the West ern Criminal gCircuit Court the same power as a civil judge and striking; out the word "criminal" in the designation of said court and allowing the judge to hold special terms, at S100 each. By leave, Sutton Bill to protect pub lic water supplies by requiring all com panies selling water to take precautions to protect the supply from contamina tion and that in cases where the supply comes from small lakes or streams not over fifteen miles long, a sanitary in spection shall be made weekly or of tener if the board of healthad vises, failures to do this being punishable by S25 fine. LIST OF NEAV "LAWS Made by the Jjaw-Makers at Raleigh, - lp to February 10th. Up to February 10th the following bills were enrolled and ratified, and are now laws: To allow Edgecombe to levy a special tax: to amend the charter of the Wadesboro Cotton Mill; to in corporate Eobbinsville, Graham county; to incorporate Hamlet, Eichmond county; to allow Cherokee to issue bonds; to allow McDowell to levy a special tax; to allow Eichmond county to levy a special tax; to allow Mont gomery to levy a special, tax; to allow Wautauga to levy a special t3x; to re peal act of 1895 establishing dividing line between Alamance and Chatham and let the people vote on that question ; to extend time of hold ing February term of Guilford court -t! to protect iron bridges in Macon county; to make land grants valid even when not registered in newly formed counties; resolution to raise a commit tee to look into reduction of salaries; to remove obstructions in Big Dutch creek, Cabarrus county; to establish a new township in Surry; to give Mc Dowell a county treasurer; to amend the charter of the Southern Stock Mu tual Insurance Company; to require persons fishing with nets and seines to pay $2,500 for licenses; resolution to raise a joint committee to investigate charges of bribery in the Senatorial contest; to repeal act of 1895 relating to assignments; resolution i to adjourn in memory of 11. E. Lee; to allow the Cashie and Chowan Lumber and Eail' road Company to hoMjOO.OOO acres of land; to allow ex-Sheriff- Teagae, . of Swain to collect arrears of taxes; for the relief of Clerk ; Watson, of Craven Superior Court; to relieve ex-Tax Collector I Elmore, of Bryson City; resolutiun look ing to reduction of salaries; to repeal act regarding ranging of stock in Gra ham county; to abolish extra term of Washington Superior Court; to incor porate town of Milbanks, Wilson coun ty; for the relief of ex-Sheriff Woods, of Yancey; to extend the time for 'col lecting taxes in Asheville; to extend the time for organization of the Drummers Deposit Bank and to change the name; to incorporate the Stone Mountain Bailr6ad Company; to fix the pay of registers of deeds for recording'elec tion returns; to amend The Code as to probate of deeds; to amend the charter of the Roanoke Navigation and Water Power Company; to make guardians, administrators and executors who mis appropriate their funds liable to in dictment for embezzlement; to allow Eobeson to levy a special tax; to re lieve Treasurer D. W. ! Powell, of Columbus county and - his sureties; to amen I the Bank of Gran ville; to amend the charter of the Caro lina Mutual Fire Insurance Company. In a case In court a New York wom an alleged as one of her complaints against her husband that he could not be kept from washing the dishes and doing the other work about the house contrary to her wishes. Uer protects angered him to such an extent that he assaulted her, and he was put under bonds to keep the peace. From this It would appear that the New Y'ork man would make an ideal helpmeet for a woman who devotes her time to poli tics and the uplifting of the masses. M'KiNLEY HOBflRT ELECTED The Electoral Vote as Counted in Joint Session By Congress. LARGE CROWD OF SPECTATORS. South Carolina's Vote Was Duly Counted for Bryan Vice-President Stevenson Presided. . Washington (Special) The House joined Wednesday with the Senate in witnessing the count of the electoi J rote for President and Vice-President of the United States, for ihe term be- ginning March 4, 1897. The votes of the several States were read in turn by tho tellers, Senators Lodge, Republi can, Massachusetts, and Blackburn, Democrat, of Kentucky, and Eepresen- tatives Grosvenor, Republican, of Ohio, and Richardson, Democrat, of Ten nessee, and the result 6tated by Vice President Stevenson, who presided over the joint convention. It was thai Mr. McKinleyhad received 271 votes for President and Mr. Bryan 176; .that Mr. Hobart had received 271 votes for Vice-President, Mr. Sewall 149, and Sir. Watson 27. It was stated that this WK. M KISLKT. OABBET A. HOBABT. jras a sufficient declaration in law of the election of Messrs. McKinley and Hobart for the term stated, asPrssideut ind Vice-President respectively. The proceedings were witnessed by an im mense crowd of spectators that filled all the galleries, but without the . crush in the galleries that has marked previous similar occasions. i The spectators of the count were largely members of Congressmen's families and their intimate friends, tho galleries being reserved for. their use. One section of about 200 seats was thrown open to the public. The aban donment by Ecpresentative Murray, of SouVh Carolina, of his previously an nounced intention to object to the counting of the vote of that State had the effect of decreasing general interest in tho proceedings. Jt fell to Mr. Grosvenor's lot to announce the nine votes of South Carolina for Bryan and Sewall. As he did' so an expectant si lence fell on the assembly. But not a whisper of protest was heard. Mr. Grosvenor declared that the certificate apieared to be in proper form, and it was accepted. At one minute before 1 o'clock Vice President Stevenson ; called tho joint convention to order, Speaker Eeed sit ting at his left, and Senators Lodge and Blackburn and ' Eepresentatives Grosvenor and Bichardson, the tellers of their respective houses, in front at the clerk's desk. Mr. Stevenson said: "The Senate and House of Eepresenta tives of the United States have met in joint session in pursuance of the con stitution on the day appointed for the opening of the certificates and counting of the votes for electors for President and Vice Presideut of the United States. The certificate of the State of Alabama will be read by the tellers." Senator Blackburn thereupon read the certificata of the vote of the Ala bama electors in full and the result an -j nounced by him, 11 votes for Williani Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, for Pres dent, and 11 votes for Arthur Sewall, of Maine, for Vice-President.. Senator Sherman: "I move, Mr. President, that the reading of the for mal certificate be omitted in the case of the remaining States. " The Vice-President: "Unless objec tion is made, the certificates of the re maining States will not be read, but the result will be announced by the tel lers after they have satisfied themselves cf the correctness of the returns." The tellers then, in rotation, an nounced the votes of the several States as follows: Alabama, Brj-an 11, Sewall 11; Ar kansas, Brvan 8, Sewall 5, Watson 3; California, McKinley 8, Bryan 1, Ho bart 8, Sewall 1; Colorado, Bryan 4, Sewall 4; Connecticut, McKinley, Ho bart 6; Delaware, McKinley 3, Hobart i;Florida, Bryan 4, Sewall 4; Georgia, Bryan 13, Sewall 13; Illinois, McKin ley 24, Hobart f24; Indiana, McKinley. 15; Hobart 15. Iowa, McKinley 13, Hobart 13; Idaho, Brvan 3; Sewall 5; Kansas, Bryan 10, Sewall 10; Kentucky, McKiuley 12, Bryan 1, Hobart " 12, Sewall 1; Lonisiana, Brvan 8, Sewall 4, Watson 4; Maine, McKinley 0, Hobart G; Maryland, Mc Kinley Hobart 8; Massachusetts, McKinley 1 Hobart 15; Michigan, McKinley 14, Hobart 14; Minnesota, McKinley i, Hobart 9; Mississippi, Bryan 9, "Sewall 9; Missouri, Bryan 17, seawell 13, Watson 4; Montana. Bryan i. Sewall 1, Watson 2; Nebraska, Bry an 8Sewall 4, Watson 4; Nevada, Brj--an 3, Sewall 3; New Hampshire, Mc Kinley 4, Hobart 4; New Jerse3 Mc Kinley 10, Hobart 10; New York, McKinley 3, Hobart 5; North Carolina, Brvan 11, Sewall C; Watson 5; North Dakota, McKinlev 3, Hobart 3; Ohio, McKinley 23. Hobart 23; Oregon, McKinley 4, Hobart 4;: Pennnylvania, McKinley 32, Hobart 32; Rhode Island, McKirley 4, Hobart 4; South Carolina, Bryan 9, Sewall 9; 3outh. Dakota, Bryan 4, Sewall 3, Watson 2; Tennessee, Bry an 12, Sewall 12; Texas, Bryan 15, Sewall 15; Utah, Bryan 3, Sewall 2, Watson I; Vermont, McKinley 4, Ho bart 4; Virginia, Bryan 12, Sewall 12; Washington. Bryan 4. Sewall 2, Wat son 2; West Virginia, McKinley 0, Ho bart 6; Wisconsin, McKinley 12, Ho bart 12: Wyoming. Bryan 3, aewau z. Watson 1 totals, McKinley 271; Bryan 17C; Hobart 271; Sewall 149; Watson2.. w York Appropriates $ 12,000. Covernor Black has signed Senator Mullins' bill appropriating $12,000 for the representation of the State of New lorkat the Tennessee Centennial In ternational Exposition at Nashville. 18; 1897. 1 FIFTY-KOrRXII COXGKESS. The Proceedings Ilriefly Told From f Day to Days SENATE. -. Monday. The session cf the Senate was practically held behind closed doors, the question under consideration beine the Anclo-American arbitration treaty. The bill creating a new judicial uievrici iu imu was taten up iuu cou sidered, but the matter went over for further consideration. In accordance with his notice, Sherman moved an ex ecutive session a few minutes after 1 o'clock, at the conclusion of the morn ing business and the doors were closed for the consideration of the arbitration treaty with Great Britan. At this junc tion there was an endless debate on the line of holding closed or opened doors on the matter of publio debate which finally resulted in an overwhelming vote to not hold open session for debate on the subject, and theconsideiation of the treaty was then begun and lasted until 5 :23 p. m. Tuesdax. Senate spent most of the day wrestling with the arbitration treaty behind closed doors. There was , considerable discussion about the Eublicity of the work of tho session eing reported in the newspapers when everj-thing was done behind closed doors. It was hoped that the talkative Senators would ceaso giving away the executive secrets. The timber culture law was called up and. passed. A joint resolution was offered and re ferred looking to the payment of some 817,000 to employes of the government, printing office for the leave of absence which they have pot had since 18-87. Wednesday. Before the Senate lett its chamber to participate with the House in the election of President and Vice-President, Tillman's bill "ampli fying and classifying" the existing law as to right of the authorities to seize intoxicating liquors brought into the State. Tillman explained his bill, Imt there was great opposition to it from. all sides. After the Senate returned to its chamber the Nicaraguan canal bill came up as the unfinished business and Morgan (Pern.), oi Alabama, witndrew it, giving notice, however, that he would introduce it at tho extra session, and would pass it to a vote. The bank ruptcy bill camo up, but went over until Thursday. The agricultural ap propriation bill was taken up and pass ed after a lively discussion, in which Vest (Dem. ). of Missouri, held up to ridicule the Secretary of Agriculture. XHtRsnAY I he henate passed the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, carryingan aggregate of $l,fi95,30N, after some caustic remarks by Movjran on an item of ;?t0,00 for a minister plenopotentiary to the Mates of Nica ragua, Costa Rica and Salvador. An agreement was reached to havo the vote on the conference reiort on the immi gration bill taken Wednesday. At 1 o'clock the Senate went into executive session on the arbitration treaty and continued to sit with closed doors until 4:45 p. m. . Friday. The open session of the Senate only lasted an hour, and in that time a joint resolution to have the West Point cadets in the inaugurtd parade was provided for by the passage of the joint resolution appropriating S3, 000 for that purpose. The Nicarauguan canal project wfcs brought up again tjy a ioint resolution, Morgan, (Deni.) of Ten nessee, announcing his purpose ef ad dressing the Senate upon it. ' Hill offered a resolntion in behalf of Sylves ter Scovel, the American newspaper correspondent recently arrested in Cuba. After the open session the doors were closed and the consideration of the arbitration treaty was resumed in exec utive session. ' Saturday. The Senate without question or a moments consideration passed a joint reFolutiOu to have a naval vessel placed at the disposal of the ian Francisco chamber of commerce to transportlwheat and corn contributed by California, Oregon and other States for the relief of the panic-stricken ioor of India. Instead of a naval vessel, the Secretary of the Navy may charter a suitable American steamship. The necessary appropriation is provided. Morgan endeavored to address the Senate for the abrogation of the Clay-ton-Bulwer treaty, but the chairman of the committee' on foreign relations, Sherman, however, insisted on a mo tion to proceed to executive business, and a majority of the Senate sided with him. And so, at 12.20, tfre Senate re sumed business behind closed doorc in the consideration of the arbitration treaty. HOUSE. Monday. The copy of the returns of the votes of the several States for Pres idential electors, which the law direct shall be sent to the Speaker, were laid before the House and will remain on the table until the official canvass of the vote is made on Wednesday.' Talbert, Democrat, of South Carolina, endeavored to get 1efore the House a concurrent resolution of the LegislaT ture of his State favoring Cuban recog nition, -but objection was made to it reading and. printing it in the Becord. Mr. Talbert was compiled to content himtelf with a reference of .the resolu tion to the committee tm foreign aflairs. Tuesday. The house passed two pension bills over the" Presidents veto. They were for the Wnefit of widows of soldiers w ho had re-married and lost their second husbands After a brief debate the conferencereprt on tho im migration bill was agreed to by a vote of 217 to 37. This makes the third distinct proposition on that subject that the House has passed. Under the call of committees the bill imposing a pen alty for the unauthorized or misleading use of the word "copyright'' was pau sed. Wednesday. The House joined wito the Senate in witnessing the count of the electoral vote for President and Vice-President of the United States, for the term beginning March .4, 17. thereby declaring McKinley and Ho bart elected. Prior to the assembling of the joint convention the fortification and postoffle appropriation bills were reported and placed on the calendar. There is an increase in the allowance for free delivery service and aleo for letter carriers in new free ! delivery offices Thursday. The Hon.e had a three hours' sjat over a bill allowing Arizona to sell some gold bonds. The placing of a semi-colon in the place of acoiuica was the cause; but finally the semi colon was stricken out and a comma put in, and the "bill iased." Bartlett (Dem. ), of Georgia, presented . the unanimous report of elections commit tee No I, upon the" contest of Thus. E. WaUon vs. J. C. Black, from the Tenth NO. 20. district of Georgia, in favor of Black and stated that he would call it up at the first opportnnit3 1 ho bill making appropriations (a total of $3,2-;?,y25 for fortifications for the year ending June 80, 18D, wa considered and passed. The io8toffice appropriations bill was taken up ia committee of the whole, and discussed for an hour without ac tion. . . . Friday. The House passed the post office appropriation bill, with all the amendments save one. . Bromwell. (Rep.), of Ohio, made an unsuccessful attempt to cut off the item of SW.OCKl for special mail facilities betweeu Do ton and New Orleans the Southern last mail. Talbert, (Dem.), of South Carolina, offered an amendment increas ing from 950,000 to f 100.000 the item for experimental and free delivery, but it was defeated by a vote of 29 to 102. Sattjbdat. The sundry civil appro priation bill waa before the House for general debate. It was usod as a basis for an attack, by the Democrats on tha vast appropriations made by this Con gress, which Sayers and Dockery esti mated would aggregate S 1 , 045, 000, 000. The latter paid a high tribute to Speak er Eeed and acquitted him o all respon sibility for the large Appropriations. The relative merits of the McKinley and Wilson bills as revenue producer were attacked and defended, the income tax decision and Justice Shiras' change of iosition came in for a tdmre of atten tion and Dcarmond, of Missouri, con--cluded the day with a brilliant plea for struggling Cuba. RIDES A WHEEL. 1 'l,mtest Accomplishment of a Glrll Deaf,' Dnnib and Blind. Helen Keller rides n wheel! This ! tbe latest accomplishment to l ac quired by the marvelous ycung fitrl who has so Interested Wleutllic lucn and soi amazed the unscientific world.; Mi Keller, when a mere Infant. bVcntue through an attack of a violent diseased blind, deaf and dumb. Recently ho entered Radcllffe College, CanibYtdffeJ jMass., and Is now one of Its brightest rpuplls. The sjory of her development I well-night. Incredible. Blind and dcf having never heard human nngu.tjjyi she baa learned to speak German nudf French so well that a native to theso jtOTiguee cannot tell she Is a foreigner jHer English, too. Is perfection. Sh reads all the great authors, cm rfolto jShakspenre and Goythe and Hugo. Iwrites good poetry herself nnd Is quite :idept In dead language?. T.j accom plish this marvelous result years of In jflnlte toil and patience were spent by, HELETV KKI.1.EI1. her, and her Interpreter and fricnI. Mis Sulllvajj. who. before taking r the Instruction of Helen, was a teacher In a deaf-mute Institution.. The teacher bgan with ettablifddriga port of tele graph code between herself a r.d her pupil In the form of finger laps on th palm of the Utile girl. Helen learned to give utterance to language by plac ing her fingers tm MIhh Sulllrairn lip, act and throat and then Imitating h motions made by her teacher with tlnj fame muscles. Hhe sings delight fully, but has never heard her own vole-. She knows what light Is. without lut ing seen, recltea difficult lcssonx to let ter advantage than many of her fellow pupil, and has now taken to rjelinsr, from which she derives as much Joy a any of her companions whosre Iu full possession of their faculties." Mla Keller ride tandeei, f-srleMly. n,d If he keeps on progressing she may l e .able to completely demonstrate the theory that all the Bens ar really one at root touch. Mis Willard pouches for McKinley's temperaoce principles and tbe determi nation of himself nd Mr. McKinley to banish wine from tbe White Hou9 tables. " . Smiilinrn Hnilnnu WW w- Piedmont Air Line. FIRST AKD BECONM DTVI3I0N NORTH CAROLINA. This condensed schedule is publishe J as information only and U subject to change without notfeetto the pub'ic, OBESMBoao, wr3TO!ni.rii ad wilks - , aoi o . No 5. No 7. So 57 Dally. llUod- Mll 8o El. Si 8 ; ' ' aot. Ban. Hy not am p m pm .pn Lr Greensboro..... 8 M 13 20 7M ... vrinstoo-fialem.10 00 . 1 30 8 60 1 0. noralHall 10 II 3S; Elkla ..125 J5 Ar. WUkeaboro 115...-. 1 w p m - . KoT7 will WhvrtonTSalc-ai Mon'Uy. Wednesdays and Fridays No. 6 U mixed train tetwwn WInton alem and Wllkesboro. No. 8 No. 10 No. M i No. 6 Mld lallyMIxHl ' ' Dmllj Ex 8i Hn . (Sua Not Nt A. M. A. V. T. jr. a. r. Lt. Wltkesboro . 2-15 M Elklni...... 3.05 10.00 Ttnrali Hall 4-52 2.S5 S " Winston-Saltm T.00 10.KO 5.30 3L5 Ar. Qrenboro... 8J0O li.45 8 90 I T. W. W HA will luilll WllKO bOrO lH0r. - 1 Thursdays and Saturdays. ' j0. io Is mixed train bween WUkesUoro and WinstoD-Salnn. . ( (Davidson Co Sewj :' I,
Davidson County News (Lexington, N.C.)
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