I IS "BBS
iai S tn-e way ouiiuui duok
Bill Went Through
:
D.&B. INSTITUTION
Say They Received
nato
Mr?
Letters' unargmg txtrava-
nNtlTlltl AH
ranee ai umiu iiiduiuuuii
nvestigation Probable ;
.! book commission bill went
innate "slick as grease''
.rl-t
it 'hud lieen greased for the octa
'L'n joint committee on education
; h! ir, to the satisfaction of
kuy every member of the Senate,
1:0 v,v:;u'i- u went tnrougu witu-
ui-s.-ininjj voice," under such cir-
iir. r Ayeock, the proud father of
, i ii i oi' the Senate, was naturally
-! ::t its hearty reception by ms
and ho hopes and expects the
s; : t.iko kindly to it and put the
e:-.r:v .;aic
:c r. little breeze over proposed ' in
a:i:: .if ..syi-im for the u..nd, wheti
1 i'tis introduced yestealay came
;!nr r-n-uivhton of Wake, Gudge-r
:m and A oodard of Wilson,
i iisin.- d to resent the idea of
a ill. a,', but subsequent develop-
'- rulution than they had ,
vaat-'ir umtsay or KOCKingnam. ian-
t n t' tin. . .-.il it - k n 11 I Ti vr- a -
t ,-,! .nil 1 , 1..1 l f At 11 t . " "."1 " T" i noil
sting aneaquiry into the mau-
u.nt of this institution; that charges
cxti'.ivarance aad been made, and
t. if tb y were not, true they should
dlTro v..-d. ' "
euat'H" 'Marshall declared that one of
.. ;!: had said to him that an in-
Wi'j r r :t : r i.r ltcuir vrae f.nrnn- i Ti m.
tho n tiou. Further particulars
the ikt incil iii-oceedinss below.
Tl, - . 1 . I' 11 f 1 j '
1 1:'" rt'-' ! - ii m wiw t i n .1 . 1 rti prnti tii .
fir.niittoi on Institutions for the j
; " "
r..i Hiirn!) and thy i.lind for'in-f
, w it-pwti. i kux.
Tlif' T!.il"i"h Ji.iinl icanoliitl (i nf-lin-iT'- I . .
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...i ttu. w.i Ljit- suujet-i 11. uiuqvu
ill:'
r ! ot AUiermenl, pssed tue
T!,.
ct..i ;:i.v l.i'iv Avas not 'placed in i
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t'lTK 1 I O'.iVH.-.'iAn n i - r tt I yl.A'.f
n nor iso i: ;:s a pleasure craft .any
' i'. I'Vcrnor Ayeock is noTV cus-
nz i. t or lulls were passed, and
fill iIk' calendar was cleared be-
S,-i:m .
' III'. . L
t 11 o'clock Monday
PilOCEERING'S I?f DETAIL
.n:..u iy uruer at iuu vy
'"U'lijiin-'iovernor lurner, and prayer
S'.'!i:u.,i- r.ionghtou.
T -. --i-1- - - - -lr
i-l ..." 1..:: i- c . . At
''s;'-.' "f the Governor in regard to
s;-.; lenient of the twentv-two hswrs-
'''f tixition cases, and it was read,
fK iiiinr.-.l in the journal and re
I'l'0'1 t- Fiujince Committee.
Ules ' -lit forward- anil hilla nl.irotl
a .i...i. .. , -. .
ior .Monday. Among the
U il i 1 1: 1 1 ii-.. .ill i .a -- a. .
w vi, is innr rvom thf I ommittep
" ii: ,.. rccominenuinsr favorably
f f
s"n:it ,r Warren was. added to the
nut a ,
'".lil.l. .. ,, S ,p
il - "wuvu were graiiceu iu
1 ... .
f-t!ti.;iis v.-ore presented as .follows:
l' -dr. l'ivmiv. i,- ,
" l.l'AS. ,
Li'-nt - n iiujre: h rom citizens of
'"""T 011 m ,.? ,
New Bills
L...i ' "'"ig new bins were Intro-
Mr- M.--liitvro-
fur.
S. B. 44 In re-
'' !'f:i tan s- hool in Robeson coun-
v
appropriation for same,
I!r "U,F4'"!,;'i;tins Committee.
At-,
tilwui , 1 i.vre: ct. li. i xo
itv t , -iyv, in rerer-
' I M I ... Oil - j 1 ni-vrt
PrA,. " M -P1" i town of Lumberton.
:-ami Grievances Commit-
V - -."ll ()T "nrL-tnii UArnunn
p"';, ' "H ontions Committee.1
Mv- London, s. i? 4vTa tp-
ICllrl
la. 1 ' 'ii.es or citizens, of ilhat-
'oMiitv. .Tud.tciary. ' - " .
' .Ml- . .
4 it... T --.ii.lv. t?. 1. 111
Sam . ' 11 -us of the Co p. in re-
Cfli... 111 " lobate of wills. .Tudicinrv
"i id , . . ...-7- -.
...UilUl . '
i-oushee: S. B. 479-To amend
section 7U8 of the Code, in reference to
county treasurers. , Judiciary Commit
tee. ; " ' ' ' . - - . '. t '
4S7nMr'i'Tra"vis 0y: request): S.- B.
4U lo amend section 17, chapter 233,
Acts 1899, relating to probate of deeds.
Judiciary-Committee. -
By Mr. Travis: 8. B. 481 To incor
porate town of Chockayotte. Couuths,
Cities and Towns Committee.
2 i MJ' Iiller of Pamlico by request):
fc. Ji. 4S2 To prevent non-residents from
fishing and dredging for oysters without
utilise, xvjsu and Fisheries Committees.
By Mr. Buchanan : .S. B. 483 To pro
tect telephone lines. Corporations Com
mittee.. By Mr." Glenn: S. B. 484 For the
relief of J. H. Gilmer, late sheriff of
Guilford county. Propositions and
Grievances Commiitee. .
By-Mr.-Lindsay: S. B. 4S5 To author
ize' Rockingham county to pay a certain
school claim. Education Committee.
By Mr. Smith: S. B. 486 To estab
lish graded schools in Semin,, Johnston
county. . Education Committee.
By Mr. Leak: S. B. 487 To incor
p6rate Yadkin Falls Electric Company.
Corporations Committee.
Surrr. Treasnrersli'p flatter Postponed
S, B. 30i, to re-establish the office of
cottnty treasurer of Surry county, was
the first bill reached on the calendar, on
final reading, as amended Friday by Mr.
Webb.
On motion of Mr. Webb the bill went
over till Monday.
'.,Thc tellers mi election of State Libra
rian made their report announcing tiie
election-of M. ' O. , Sherriil.-
Bills Passed Third Jloadlng
The calendar was then resumed and
the following bills passed final reading:
Resolution No. 442, creating a com
mittee to inquire into the number of
employes of the Senate, etc. .
The president appointed on this com
mittee Messrs. Alexander, Brown and
Glenn. '
S. B. ISO To incorporate the town of
Jonesville, Yadkin county.
S. B. 2S. IT. B. 204 To amend chap
ter 40, Acts 1S91, amending charter of
town of .Saiom.
S. B. 271. II. B. 148 To change nam?
of Union City to Ash pole.
! S. E. 427, II. B. 504 To authorize
Icily of Charlotte to fund part of its
j floating debt. -etc. - '
I S- B. 281. II. B. 21 Authorizing conn-
iutIebtcdneys..
S. B. 281). H. B. 213 To authorize
commissioners of Mucon county to estab
lish "county home. .
B. SOS To -alloy.'-'Harnett county
to levy n special tax.
S. B. 299, II. B. 187 To incorporate
v interrille Hieh School.
,S. B. 331 .IT-B, -147 TdmstaTSisK
flrratknl schools at Enfield.
S, B. 241, H. B. 288 To. authorize
Johnston (ountv to levy special tax.
S. B. 359, II . B. 317 To authorize
town of High Point to. issue bonds.
S. B. 3G0. II. B. 3:30 To charter town
of Cherryville.
S. B. 3.51. II. B. 334 To incornorate
town 01 vingaie, union county.
it" . . -r
I S. F. 3H3. IT Ti. 348 To authorize
StnkAa nMU'tv tn lew a sneeial tax.
s 11 ::. h. l-s. .1.1M 10 autnorize
Swain erfunty to bvy special tax.
.. . --,'..' ii i a. i. 1
uue ux ureas, nasit-iu ii.iiiiumi iu nair j
scribe to stock of road
fS. B. 390 To establish graded schools
f ot irt'onvillf.
6 t, on- nn ti,,.;, ,.;
leich to issue bonds.
S. B. 421, IT. B. 297 To incorporate
town of I'ose Hill.
S. B. 425, II. B. 130-rTo incorporate
town of Mapleton, - Hertford county.
S. B. 425, II. B. 374 Authorizing
town of Waynesville to issue bonds.
S. K 42S, II. B. i,-To authorize
Franklin county to issue bonds.
S. B. 429. H. B. 400 To authorize
town of Graham, Alamance county, to
issue -bonds for water-works system.
S. B. 430, H. B. 450 To authorize
town of Marion to issue bonds for water
works and sewerage system.
S. B. 375, II. B. SI To incorporate
town of East Spencer, Rowan county.
All the foregoing bills passed final
reading, and were ordered to be enr
rolled, except those which had not been
to the House, the latter being sent to
that body for concurrence.
' Ayeock School Book BUI Passed
-Bills on their second reading were then
taken from the calendar. "
Oi. nioi;"'! ot Senator Aycoe, his bill
(S. B. 118) was taken up first, this be
ing the State school text-book commis
sion bill, reported farorably Dy the joint
Committee on Education, as r amended
by that committee.' This bill as it now
appears was printed in full in The Tost
of last Thursday. .
The amendment Of the committee was
dopted and the bill passed second read
ing without a dissenting voice.
The bill was then placed on its third
rending, and, after n motion by Senator
Marshall to postpone till. Monday was
voted down, the bill passed final reading
"with a whoop." Sent to House for
concurrence. ' ' . .
Additional Bills Tawed
The following bills then passed b6th
second and. final readings:
S. B. 355, H. B. 273 In. regard to
stock-law district of Macon county..
S. B. 152 Incorporating Southern Mu
tual Insurance Company. -
S. B. 87 In reference to settlement of
partnerships by surviving partners.
S. B.1)Sr-Amendatory . of charter of
Lumberton and Lumber River Railroad
Company. f - V " 4
S. -B. 8$. H. B 151 To incorporate
Robeson Loan and 'Trust Company of
Lumberton. .
S. B. 327, H. B. 353 To amend chap
ter 300, Acts 1$99, in regard to hunting
in Wilkes county, by Senator ;Dula (by
request), offered and adopted. Bill then
passed. - ' -..'-.' - ' - ' " '
S. B. 274 To amend section 1S1 of
th Code, in regard to laborers' liens.
S. B. 278 To . amend-section 258 of
(Continued on Seventh Page J
LA
ST
HONORS
Victoria Borne to thelTomb Amid Dem-
onstrations of National Grief
London, Feb. 2. Forty yiars ago the
woman at whose bier the world today
... . , ..
paid honage wrote down her wishes,
saying with what manner of form and
ceremony she should be carried to her
last resting' place. Death had just robbed
her of what she held most dear, and
from that hour the queen gave more
thought than is the wont of humanity
to the journey which only now has b:en
accomplished. Her instructions, then
indicated and more than once revised,
have been faithfully obeyed. SimTiIIcTcy
nn'tl dignity have marked her funeral
rites as they marked the life and char
acter of Victoria. Pomp would have
been a mockery and there was none. A
vast pageantry would belittle her in at
tempting to symbolize her power; her
body was draggtd through the streets of
her capital upon a common gun carriage.
Never did a funeral procession of a
great sovereign have so few in nunfbers
represent so much; never did so small
a cavalcade contain so many piincts
and potentates. -
I remember writing in the course of a
description of the funera'r of Presid.nc
Carriot or of President ZtlacMahon, tint
France understood better thau any eth
er nation how to make imposing tho oh-,
scquies of great men. Tlu'se and other
state funerals both of republics and of
monarchies w which I have witnessed
were filled with grim splendor of sight
and sound that impressed the senso and
appealed to the imagination. The tran
sit "of Victoria's, ashes from deavh-bod
to tomb, through the streets of Lojuou
today, y. as a thing apart, a spectacle that
e:tfenvyef"'seeiiis- not quite ot" earth. It
is easier to believe it a wonderful dr?am
la.nd aliegory which typified the majes'y
of death and the submission of emperors
and kings to the last great leveller.
Yesterday it was a tribute of Nep
tune; today it was a tribute of Mars.
Both could be commanded b ythe mere
sovereignty of clay on which the crown
and sceptre of an empire rested ia to
days' procession. But no government or
other human authority could have com-
manded the supreme tribute which i rli.-1
on and alien alike, the he-art of mankind
itself, paid to Victoria's memary.
There is an al tempt in the dispatches
tc inake some record of this memorab'.e
day but the greatest thing of all cannot
lo described. it was London's serled
millions in black, standing silent and
motionless for hours in the wintry streets
and the measureless grief, love and sym
pathy which they expressed .by simply
uncovering their heads wluu the body
of their dead queen passed slowly by. It
bad been impressed upon me, in the
presence of vast multitudes in times past
that nothing is so terribly eloquent, so
ominous of power, as the voice of the
great masses. There is an eloquence
deeper than that, an awe more pr-fovinu
than any which human agency can pro
duce. It is the silent of reverent mil
lions. Grert was Victoria, for naught
but true greatness wins such mute mvo--
untary acknowledgement as that paia
by the British populace.
It is not surprisin amid the raonopoliz
tn emotion of tGe day that there were
only three fiures in the funeral proces
sion that attracted the slihtest notice
of the onlooking masses. They were
the king, who was oblivions of the pres
ence or" his myriad subjects as if he
were riding in a trance; the Gfrman
Emperor, whose face was the color of
the white horse which he rode, a'ud Earl
Roberts, the stern," imrnovf.Tble vettrin
of. many campaigns. To them also tS3
people, as by common instinct, lifted
their hats. They paid the same tribute
to the carriage of Queen Alexandra,
but the closed windows prevented more
than .a glimpse of her pale face. .
The (scene at Windsor was scarcely
less impressive. . Hero weie Victoria's
neighbors, and their grief perhaps was
more personal than that of the London
ers. Here too. were the troops attached
to her immediate service, and there was
something intensely pothetic in their
obedience to orders. . When, the short
cortege approached they stood at reverse
arm's, and when the "orc-er was' soft giv
en every head dropped upon a breast,
and thus they remained like stfltnes,
saTe that statues do not shed tears and ' with the' ceremonial officers of - Eng
there was scarcely a man among them j land. " " - -
but wept as the coffin drw past. Here i ; The coffin, which the sailors were
also at Windsor occurred the only de- drawing to its journey's end, " was cov
parture from the fixed prcgrrmme, rn-i crcd wih the same brilliant, jr'et solemn
it added the mbst solemn feature to tae ."embroidery and insignia of; yestei-day.
day's spectacle. The horses assigned f o j The king and kaiser, with a large hum
draw the gun carriage bearing the b--! ! ber of princes, walked, silently behind,
became restive from long waiting m t.:e "'looking' as though the end of their, sor-
frosty air, and because of the-presence
of the crowds it became necessary, inst
before the train from Londou arrived.'
to remove them. A roDe was attsichrd
to the gun carriage and a ' hundred blue 'mingled with Turkish, -"''Japanese, and
jackets dragged the coffin of th?ir qiiee-S South Amerca-Ambassador Choate, in
through the streets of the roynMoroAicIt 1 .'plain black mourning, walked in the cen
to the doors of St. George's chapel. 'The . tre of the front irow of specisl envoys,
royal mourners followed on foot -and the Ir-The coffin was born past the .entire
condensed cortege became, a more dr.- leingth of the castle into the western en
matie and more impressive spectacle trence of the dimly , lit St. Gcorres
than even Avas the transit 'through Lon-'rhapel. When (he. rowa of pews rising
don. j q neither side of the nave, .nearly to the
Simplicity and dignity characterized roffC , were filled, vith anlarididl atu'r.-.a:
PAID
TO TH
E LATE
also the last rite of all Jin St. George's
. dwpel.- The scene cndjth very .atos-
phere became strongly flfencdieval . whn
,0iat mustrions'.conreKoii -imd.asm-1
. The knights of tip ancient ."'Order ;i
of the Garter, sitting&acji i under his
own banner, and with Ls-arms in r. v
stall, and the blazt of gold and :'iuZ"
and purple of the prejkte's robes ah"
tlifc uniforms made a sctne or tue oar-
baric splendor of the, njiddli. ages more
than that of prosaic ; modern times.
The ceremony was., brief and simple,
ant! when the prayers wjpre said and tils
king proclaimed . according to the oldm
custom, the dead was leift by-the assem
bled representatives of the larger f tim'ly
of man to the last niinjtrationsof hr
own sons and caughteSTs and of her
children's chiidret!. r
And so the world too leave of Brit
ain's queen. Again, I ay, great was
Victoria; great also are her people.
THE LAST BITES
Remains of tUc Queen Laid Away from
mortal SIslit
Windsor, Feb. 2. In' St. Gearge's
Chapel,' Windsor, this afternoon, the last
rites over Queen Victoria were held.
The solemn ceremonies were perform
ed after one of. the most Remarkable and
touching exhibitions of national grief
in the world's annals, ilieqving Ports
mouth this morning after removal from
the royal yacht Albert at-the remains, of
her majesty, Victoria 'queen of Great
Britain, and empress: Of India, -.were
transferred to Windsor, ria London, for
their sepnlcher at -Frogmofe. J '
The scenes attendant upon ; this final
office of. royalty and her beioved people
v.ere remarkable and while they ; were
replete with pomp, there was " deep
p;Uho that ran as a :eroh undercur
hent in a great fuwral pageont.
No sovereign in Jthe hour of interment
ever received Tsuch a tribute to cherished
worth and merit as has oeen bestowed
upon Victoria. by; mourning thousands of
her late subjects today.
The funeral train arrived here at 24.
At 2:20 a ghn shot signalled the arrival,
and thereafter minute guns fired.
The cortege entered the gates of Wind
sor Park and reached St. George's
Chanel at 2:50. The program ...here Vv'as
slightly upset, owing to the' restireness
of the horses attached to the gun car
riage. The long wait in the cold caused
them to turn restive and they became
almost unmanageable in the station
yard. There was only a brief delay,
however. They were unharnessed and
the blue jackets forming the guard of
honor took their places and hauled the
coffin the rest of the way to the castle.
Under grey, lowering skies, thef cas
ket of the queen was drawn by the
hundreds of blue jackets through High
street to the gate of Windsor Park.
The spectacle recalled something of
yesterday's brief pageant from Osborne,
but without the compassionate presence
of the queen and the royal princesses,
who, overwrought by the protracted
solemnities entered, carnages and were
Iriven direct from Windsor station to the
castle without traversing
the funeral
route.
As the minute guns boomed from the
castle walk, a troop of mounted Life
Guards in scarlet cloaks and white
plumes moved like a glow of warmth
through the bare street between the
black, cold, benubed crowd. Following
them came three pursuivants-at-arms,
with their long satin cloaks, emblazoned
with the design of the royal standard.
The sight of gentlemen attired in sym
bols of heradry and medievalism re
curred constantly in the slow moving
train. -
The foreign envoys wore resplendant
uniforms. Major General Pole-Carew, in
his general's uniform and marching
afoot, led "his "staff in front of a depu
tation of officers of the German cavalry
regiment, of which the queen was hon
oary colonel.
Following them aftef a space came
Lord Roberts, walking alone and hold
ing a fiold marshal's baton, and greeted
as he passed with a hum of admiring at
tention Earl Roberts walked' with a
fixed and sorrowful gaze. He was en
tirely irresponsive to the scalutations "of
the "onlookers. Following him came the
band of the Life Guards, playing Beth-
oven s march ana preceamg me utiKe
of Norfolk as Earl Marshal of Englano,
rowf nl duty would be a Belief
.The officers and their staffs following
gave a resplendantj . kaleodescopic color
to the scene. Svery uniform in Europe,
QUEEN
royal personages, special envoys, and
their molitary aud naval suites, it made
a picture of supreme grandeur. -
Thei i-dshop.-.of vWUiCliester- conductetl
the service as prelate-of the Order, of
the Garter, the knights , of ' which ' order
occupied their pwn stalls, their banneis
hanging . overhead. The stalls of. fCe
late queen and prince "consort were va-
cant
The foreign representativps, 'including
Ambassador Ghoatsi' and Secretary Wuite
had lunch with the king at Windsor af-
ter the ceremony. ,; - " - f
After the services, ftt- St. George s the
coffin was removed to the Algert Memo-
cial Chapel ' v
The scenes i at Windsor, preceding the j
arrival of the queen's cortege were va-1
Fried arid impressive. Bq 11 o'clock the
streets had become impassable. A dense - Admiral White of the State-Navy was
crowd of upper, class people who hoped yesterday given indefinite leave of ab
to avoid the crush in London by coming gnce ashOTe He. was deprived .of the
here, filled all the available space in u p g g, - j - manf'.war
the thoroughfares. For hours before the , T" ; ' . J.. '
auecn's body arrived the press was ter-1 and the Governor of. the State now has
rb'e. v ;.: - . r, the custody of that vessel. , .
'1 ne hospitals were, kept busy taking The bill appropriating $5,000. to the
care of the injured during the crush. Cullowee High School passed its second
Thirty persons were treated at the post-j reading and was feferred to the Finance
office. .Some of - these .-cases.-are dan- Committee. The measure received strong
gerous and one woman expired and her j
body was removed to the morgue. ;
From an early hour the open windows
along the narrow, stone-paved winding
streets stronged. J'urple and black dra-
peries hung in profusion from all of thes
windows and the' funeral decoration in
Windsor vwere universal
Photographers pointed their cameras
up the graveled route' from every pro
jecting corner. . "
- PASSISG THROUGH ENGLAND
Bask a Fnneral .
Procr. sloa :aa II
' ' World lias Uarel j seen
London. Feb. 2. The funeral train of.
Queen Victoriav was sMghtly delayed lin
breaching Victoria station,, but this did not
hinder the punctual execution of the
London program. It arrived at Victo-
ria station at 11:10. The train guards .
reported that it seemed as though' the
train rah through an endless line of
black-clad, bareheaded ' people for the
whole tighty miles of its journey.
The train drew ; up at the Victoria
platform opposite a large purple pavil-
ion, in which were waiting the Kings of
Greece, Portugal and Belgium and rep-
resentatives "of other foreign sovereigns,
King Edward, was the' first to alight
and stepped f orward immediately xo greet
his royal guests. . ; He was clad in the
uniform of a field marshal, oyer which
w.is thrown-a black cloak. His majesty
'looked estremely jvorn and weary, and
evident that the great strain of
the past fortnight had taxed his powers
most severely.
Rmnwnr William. who nuieklv Doined
the 'King, was similarly uniformed. His
military figure and almost pallid race
gave him "perhaps- a more impressive
bearing than that of the sovereign. The
two monarchs remained for a few niq-
ments within the pavilion, forming, with -Oration
their guests, perhaps the most remark-: "tiawou. . '; , , , : " .
able Iroup of crowned heads ever as-! The amendments reported I by the com
sembled in one spot. ,n ! mittee On Privilege and, Elections en-
The other members tf the royal party countered more. serious opposition than
left the train in the meantime, and 'the the original bill itself. The amendment
huinble vehicle which was 'to carry .'which provided that: the bodies of exe
Victoria's ashes through the capital drew ; cuted criminals be turned over to State
up beside" the Queen's -saloon carriage,.'. medicai institutions in case -they were
where the bier was still under the guard-. -i -:. w relitives was onnosed
ianshiip of four of her soldiers. A. de-1 ot claimed by relatives, Was opposed
tail consisting of an offleer and .twelve ; by Mr. Winston of Bertie, who contend
men of ths- Guards -and the Household :ed that this very question had met with
Cavalry presently performed their last the opposition of the public jn a recent
duty to her by lifting the coffin from the , campaigif. : ' "
car, and placing it gently upon the gun- jIr Baldwin of. Forsyth:" 'l am very
carriage, the - royal party and guests I much opoosed .to this bill. Condemned
standing silent and uncovered during ats ; criminals- are rem0ved from their fa mi-
'withinten minutes' after entering the ' lfs and :f rom their counsel, with whom
station all was ready and at 11:20 o'clock they desire to confer. vThere is one good
the signal was given for the last march provision in this billN. That is the one
to begin. Meantime the black masses which requires bodies to be sent home,
of London's populace had grown greater ; But we ought to think of their bodies
at every point atopg, tne route. inou:;
.samts upon inousaims o "VUT
t ?nt to stand mute m places where, by
no poS,cmld they get a view
of any part of the parade. They stood
for hours thus. without struggling to
gain vantage ground,seemingly satis-
tied, to; bear "testimony- simply by their
presence of 5 tleir love ; and loyalty to
their yueen. . , , , 'with the amendments. I am oppose, to
Just as the line started on its W,.tor wj execntions. There is nothing more
Paddinsrton there was a ntiul gleam or ,
t- "., ,,.,4 fA, w 'degrading or humiliating than to see a
moments ou the crown, sceptre and other
insignia lying, upon the; simple funeral
chariot; then it disappeared and Vic-
toria crossed her. capital for the last
time under cold, grey sfies. ., ; -
of her mourning .subjects as the pageant
moved slowly along i to x aauiugiuu.
Three volunteer regiments headed" the
line, the Second - Middlesex - Rifles, the
First Middlesex - Engineers and the
Tynemouth Artillery. They were fol-
l?J S,
Colonial Corps. In turn then came the
home battalions 'of the Gordon High-
lmders Welsh Fusiliers, the Royal Irish
By theQueen om win tne unnuar. assured that this will not happen in the
strains of the Dead March in Saul were . h t eXoenfe to be
not played, but the sweeter strains of - tJrJcl lEVliZ
Regiment -anrt the orioia neguueui, u- main at nome wita nis people, matters
tachmeuts of the Honorable Artillery , not what crime a man has committd.
Company, the army veterans; the armyr that boy has a mother and that mother
payfC-orps, tte ordnance RtaW by him whether on the
Iain's department and tne meaicai ana t . :
mmv service corps. These were fol- gallows i or uoi. . ; '
lowS b?"epreStative; of the Indian : Mr Spainhour of Burke: "I anvop
army and by such corps of the regular posed to this bill for two reasons, These
army as are fighting in South Africa, executions ought to be had in th coun
Altogetheri it was a most representative ties. I. am in favor of private' execu-
r : . (tions: and then I anr opposed to turning
Willi
Knock-out for Prison Hang
ing Bill
WHITE LOSES THE LILLY
Bill Passed Giving Governor
State's Steamer-$5,000
Appropriation for Cullowee
, High Sehool '
The House of Representatives has
profited by the experience of one early
Monday morning session, and yesterday
adjournment was .taken until noon.Mon-
fay. .
The Willard. bill, requiring the exetur
or all COBdemned crimiDal3 in the
. . v1." lQVa WnTO
State prison, received a solar-plexus blow
yesterday.- The sentiment ot the House
was against the measure, which was soon
laid on the table. ' ; v;
support from leading members of the
House. , . , , , . .' , ' '
Representative Simms of Wake intro-
'duced the following bill, which is of
special interest to the people of .Wake:
The General Assembly of No;
Assembly of North Carolina
do enact: - - - - " -, . ' :
' Section !. That whenever the owners
or managers of any" enterprise or indus
try representing an inves'tment.' of $100,
000 or more and employing not less than
seventy-live hands, now established or
hereafir to be established . within - a
distance of five miles from a -station on
-iy raiwoau-;u -iue .wuuur or vv-aa.
.. M J ' J.1 i.L.J... IT.!
snail aesire a gyou anu suirsxauiiai roau
to the nearest or most Convenienx sta
tiou, on such, railroad,, and ' shall first,..
secure, without cost to ..-the -county,, the:-
right-of-way and survey for such, road,
then, on the written application of such
owners or managers' to . the Board of
Commissioners of Wake county, setting
forth the above facts, it shall be the
duty of said board to furnish sufficient
convict labor to build what is in the
opinion of the t said board a suitable
macadam or gravel road between the said
points ' within twelve months from the
date of uch notice: Provided.: that the
said owners or managers shall . furnish
to such convict labor board and lodging
free of cost-to the county during the
prosecution or saia worn.
BILL LAID ON TIIE TABLE
'-.-"- -
measure Requiring; Convicts to Be
Hanged lu State Prison .
The bill introduced by Mr. Willard of
New Hanover, requiring the executions
of criminals -condemned to De nangeu in
the central prison, met its death in the
House . yesterday. The bill was tabled
h n TVmoemtiee vote after brief con-
whUe iiving. jt ia true: that -.there? are
many good preachers in Raleigh,- but a
-v j , , , .
man wants ;2ust before death his own
: mmster who is dear to him.' y
Mr. McCulloch of. Bladen: VI dislike
rto be placed in the position of opposing
j a bill favorably reported. I am opposed
' t0 tje aS originally introduced or
, crowd gathering to witness the hurling
or a. numan creature into eternity, ia?
people of the . State were shpeked with
' the bungling Sampson hanging. This
idoes- not happen s of ten. We are not
to the bill. It-would require a . posse to
ueaver uie 'ii iBuiici; lu tue K-bMic iuiu'
ing that this would be the -last oppor
tunity for life friends of criminals would
attempt to rescue them before they are
j d d . the peiitebtiary-Matters ndt
how degraded a man may be, he is still
a human being and is entitled to all the
kindness and good treatment that can be
shown him. . It is best for him to ' r-
in tlllfHl Xll'e Cars 'V;ui l t;ci m iiuutaci jiuuiiu vi viivfon.wxi
in ii
-4
tions. When they are dead 'we ought
to leave them alone." " ,
Mr. Dean of MaconV"I moxe to day
the amendment on the table,"-and th
motion prevailed.;, v.' 5
WHITE LOSES TUB LILLY
Admiral of tbe Stat Navy Is Glret
Shore Leaye ? ; , ' -: :'
The ill to place the' steamer Lilly
under control of the governor passed its
final reading. The Republicans voted
unanimously against, the measure, wlj.ich.
takes away, from Admiral. ; White , hla
prized man-of-war. 'f'
Mr. Mann, of Hyde, the author of the
bill,-said: "This bill was introduce-for
two purposes. To start with, it is a maN
ter of economy to the State. - The report
of the treasurer shows that it cost nearly
$G,000 to maintain the .Lilly last year.
The expense account of the Lilly has in
creased from year to year. The first year
before Theophilus White had long been
Li control, the cost was $48. Next year
it was $1,200, the following year $2,000
and the next year nearly $3,300. Last
year the- cost was over . $5,800. If Mr.
White by use of this great fund had ac
complished any good; f or the State -of
North Carolina I would not ask to tako
the boat from him. It is a. fact, noto
riously - true, that he has ; not enforced
the oyster laws of the State, nd he is
hot attempting to enforce them. ; More
than 100 gentlemen' can be brought hero
who will say that he has "broken them.
This office of late years lias given the
people of Eastern Caronna an3- opportu
nity to break the oyster laws. He open
ly says that the oyster" law is no good.
This man, who is in charge ot this prop
erty, has another' month to remain in
office. According - to last year's account
he will use over $400 during his remain
ing thirty days of office without any
good purpose. .- c -
Mr. Blythe of Henderson, "Republican;
said the Legislature had a right to make
Shellfish Commissioner White come he
fore it andrender an . itemized statement
of his expenditures. He , did not think;
it right to impeach him on hearsay testis
mony. ; He did not think it right" to take
the property away from a man without
giving him an opporunity of being heard.
Mr. Thompson , of . Onslow, said: "It
is not a question ' of whether White will
be heard. It is a question of stopping
extravagance. The boat originally cost -$9,000
and the cost of $6,000 to main
tain it during one year, is outrageous.
We discussed before the committee tho
advisability of giving Mr. White a hear
ing., We thought he ought to be impeach
ed, but decided that such a man wes hot
worth the time We had ample evidence
of his unfitness. .White .is: using the .boat
as. a pleasure yacht. . This- is the. testl
mony I. hear from people- of the 'eastr.
We have given him a boat to enforce
the . ornter laws;' and yet . he tatf-liing
Taw is worthless and encour-'
' - , '
neonle to break tbem. . -
y v"" -;J
. Republicans voting No.
95,000 APPROPRIATION v
The Bill to Aid tba Cnllowee Seboo
. . ' , Strongly Favored
' The. bill appropriating ' ?5,000 to tb
Cullowee 'normal school of Jackson
county met with favorable consideration
in the House yesterday. It passed its
second reading -and was then referred
tt the Finance Committee, the action of
the House in favor of the measure be
ing indirectly of a favorable report."
. Mr. Jenkins of Granville made an el
oquent plea in behalf of the bill. ' Ho
said he hoped not a single vote would baj
recorded, against this bill. Before a.
dollar was appropriated the property
was to be made over to the State. It
is very appropriate that the first appro
priation made for school buildings will
be to educate teachers in the mountains,
for it was the people of that section who
rallied to the help of the east so nobly
in passing the constitutional amendment
The speaker plead for the passage of tho
bill on this ground., - ; : "
Speaker Moore, who Is very much in
terested in this bill made his first speech
during the present session in ' behalf of
the measure. Mr, Gattis of Orange was
called to the chair while the Speaker,
was on the floor, of the House. ' Mr,
Moore stated that this school had dona
and was doing a great work for the State
educationally. Mr. Moore said the State
had been doing ; something .to' help i he
school in meeting . its expenses. beske
buildings were now. entirely too small
and the citizens" were not able to erect
new ones. He said that the appropria
tion should be devoted to a new bailing
and' the whole property would be turned
over to the State. ' : ' " ., . ' -
,- Mr. Zachary of Transylvania indulged
in some pleasantry at: the expense of
Speaker Moore, who is named as.a trus
tee of the fund.- Mr. Zachary said if
the House could vouch for Mr. Moor e he
could ' vouch for the two other trustees.
Mr. Zachary spoke highly of Mr. Moore
and strongly urged the passage of the
bill. - ;- V ' , ; ' :. ' ' "
Mr. Whitaker of Forsyth: "I don't
want to onpose this bill. Our environ
ment at this time is peculiar. - We have
great questions to meet that will re
quire large appropriations and we don't
know whether we will be able to meet
them. - I think we should send -this ljilT
to the proper committee, expressing cur
approval of the , measure. I think ac
tion on this bill would set a dangerous'
precedent, opening the flood gates for;
many measures,, requiring appropria
tions." i - - :
Judge Connor stated that this was the
usual course. He said after the bilt
passed its readings it would , go to the
proper committee before transmitting it
to the Senate. lie said the bill - was not
passed until ratified; that this was the
rule governing bills in the House. ..,'.
-' Mr. 'Whitaker said -it would require
the members to be always on the alert
to watch bills that takes such a corse.
He thought the best way to refer the
bill to the finance committee before pass
ing it. Mr. Whitaker said he did not op
pose the bill and he; only wished that
the State was able to give the school
iuu
k4. m iUjM