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Instructions Sent to Conger
and Chaffee
TRY MORAL SUASION
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They Are to Use Their In
fluence with Waldersee and
the Ministers 'to Head Off
the Military Expedition
fSainjrton,, Fob. li. Instructions
were sent to Minister Conger and Major
General Chaffee today to use their inilu
ence against the proposed military expe
dition of the allied forces in Chiua de
signed to capture the emperor and em
press dowager and the court at Sinsan
I'u and drive the imperial troops out of
the province of Shansi, These Instruc
tions were the outcome of a Ion? discus
sion at the cabinet meeting which began
ax 11 o'clock and lasted more than two
hours. The dispatch to. Mr. Conger,
Bent in the name of the President, di
rected him to represent to the foreign
ministers at Pel; in that this government
was opposed to the expedition; and while
he is not to protest, the communication
which-he is to deliver amounts to a re
monstrance. The attitude to which thi
government has consistently adhered
was' defined and reiterated in the' mes
sage. It was at first deemed better to appeal
directly to the power to prevent Coant
iVon. "Waldersee carrying out his hos
tile intentions toward the Chinese court
and soldiery, but the I 'resident and cabi
net came to. the conclusion that the pre
sentation of the remonstrance of tae I ni-t-3
States to the foreign ministers at Ie
kin would be tantamount to notice to tho
foreign offices in the several JUiuop.au
capitals and Tokio. The position as
sumed by the United States is, in sub
fetanee, that the powers are not at war
tvith China!, that the expedition would
cause a renewal of hostilities against a
people with whom peace negotiations
arf being conducted, and that such a
course would be a breach of faith with
the Chinese after they had expressed a
willingness I to accede to the demands of
the powers.
The instructions to Genet al Chaffee
were practically similar to those sent
to Mr. Conger, except that he was di
rected to use his influence with Count
Von Waldersee and the military com
manders of the allies to dissuade them
twm proceeding: against the Chinese
court and tr ops.
The government Is also making inqui
ries at the capitals of the powers as to
the view taken by each nation in re
gard t the proposed expedition. Some
disappointment was expressed by offi
cials today over the information con
tained in The Pekin dispatches that tho
Itritish and Japanese representatives ' at
lVkin were supporting Count Von Wal
dersee'a plan and would send troops to
co-operate with the Germans. It was
hoped here that the United States could
dejKud on Great Britain and Japan to
pjKae the idea of the expedition.
A dispatch received from Minister Con
ger today and read at the cabinet meet
ing by Secretary Hay, who left a sick
room to participate in the conference,
Indicates that the minister may have
ditllcnlty in securing a hearing by his
diplomatic colleagues. The dispatch
hows that when Mr. Conger learned of
the proposition to send ft hostile expedi
tion to Singan Fu he nrgod the minis
ters to prevent it from going forward,
making the same argument as that con
tained in the instructions telegraphed
to him today.
- The- diplomatic body, however, virtual
ly threw Mr. Conger out of court by
holding that the matter was not one
of ' diplomacy, but of war, and that the
ministers had no control over the military
who were acting under instructions di
rect from their capitals. Should the
ministers adhere to this attitude it will
probably be necessary for the United
States to appeal direct to the powers.
i- BOTTLING WORKS
Very, Large Establishments
BeOperated in Wilmington
Wilmington, Nr. C. Fob. 19. Special.
idu M. Uobbstadt of Milwaukee, general
traveling agent for the Joseph SchliU
Brewing: Company, gave newspaper men
Jrere today an a trthori tative statement
that his company would erect in Wil
mington the largest bottling works In
the. South. Beer will be bottled not only
tor sale in territory tributarj to ' Wil
mington, but will be exported from here
to foreign countries. - In fact, Wilming
ton: will be made the principal potint of
export for Sell litz's beer. A site for
works convenient-to river and railroad
fcajs been acquired and plans for build
ing, are being considered.
Col. Walker Taylor today wrote Gov
ernor Aycock accepting tne position of
paymaster general in the State Guard,
tendered to him in a letterreceived yes
terday. KIDNAPPER CAUGHT
James CuNahan Positively
Identified by Eddie Cudahy
Omaha, Neb.. Feb. 19. James Calla
han, n ex-convict, and ;i personal friend
of Pat Crowe, is now in the custody of
the police in this city and has been posi
tively identified by several parties as one
f the men who kidnapped Eduie Cud
ahy., Callahan has Lmi slaying for a
pionth past with his sister, Mrs. Kelly,
at Fifty-third street and Toppleton ave
pue. , The identification is positive on the
nnrt of vouue Cudahy who says that the
j prisoner is tlir man who' first accosted,
him in the street on. the night of the kid'
napping and told him he was tne fner.n
of Sarpy coudty, pretending to arrest
jhim for a crpue committed in that coun
ty, lie is also the man wno Kept guara
over the' boy in the cottage where he was
held prisoner by the kidnappers. The
man is further identified by rive different
people as No. 3 iti the'famoua plot to
kidnap the Cudahy boy.
Callahan was arrested late Saturday
afternoon in a. down-town? saloon. Tne
arrest was made by Detectives Dwyer
and Dueberry. They took their prisoner
direct to the office of the. chief wliere a
private inquiry was conducted. Calla
han was then taken to the city jail,
where he has since been held pending
further investigation.; Apprehensive that
an injustice might be done' to an inno
cent man, Chief Donahue kept the ar
rest secret. J. X. Patrick, who lives in
Happy Hollow, west of the city, says
that Callahan is one -of the men who
. came to his home late last summer to
rent a little house that stood in a corn
field on the Pariek premises at a consid
erable distance from "the road.
This house, it will be remembered,
was the one fitted up by the bandits as
the prison house, but was abandoned af
ter having been visited by the police.
Eddie Cudahy's identification of the
suspect was most positive.
SAFE CRACKERS
ABROAD IN THE LAND
They Break Into an Antiquat
ed Affair at Littleton
Littleton, N. C. Feb. 10. Special--Last
night about 12 o'clock burglars en
tered the store of Mr. S. i'talihtsrs
and blew open his safe wirh n!trf-glycerine.
There is no clue as t tvho the
robbers are. There were two young men
sleeping in the second story of the
building. They say they heard tii" front
door open, but thought it was another
young man who had' a key .o r.'jtor-;
and some times shared their apartments
with them. They pretty soon discovered
their mistake, but were too nearly f tight
ened to death to offer an?" resistance.
The safe was rather an orlf:nrj affair
and "easy fruit," so to speak. They used
three iron wedges i,i praying .'pen the
door so as to insert the explosive. From
appearances they clinke-1 the bottom of
tne &ate with laundry soan aid in the
center of this they made i little cup of
the soap so the nitro-slyeerine would
run through the safe and Sown :ito tills
ciip. Then it is supposed ih.?j"' Attached a
fuse and were heard to run to tae i rent
doir before the explosion.
It is evident that they were ei.tire
strangers or they would haw known that
Mr. -Stalliugs was too sma.-t a .man to
keep any quantity of money in those old
boxes, as however is douo by some of
his neighbors. . The doss in money only
amounted to S2.Vor 30.
The robbers pan! no attention to the
bank which is only 150. feet away.
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NO THANKS FOR SAMPSON
He Will Receive No Higher
Distinction Than Schley
Washington. Feb. 10. The Senate
Committee on Naval Affairs held a long
nveeting this morning for the purpose of
acting upon the list of nominations sent
m by the President several days ago.
It was decided to report ail of the nomi
nations favorably with the exception of
the. names of Hear Admirals Schley and
Sampson. The committee unanimously
agreed to take no action on these in the
interest of - harmony and in order that
the old officers might receive their re
ward. This, plan was agreed upon at a
conference lasrt week, as heretofore
stated. No objection was offered, and,
in the opinion of the members of the
committee, this was the only way out
of the dilemma.
The two resolutions offered by Mr.
Ilale ou-e creating the. grade of vice
admiral, and the other tendering the
thanks of Congress to Rear Admiral
Sampson were taken up. The bill cre
ating the new grade was unanimousiv
adopted. It is as fa-Hows:
'"lifr it enacted by the f?fnate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assem
bled, That the grade of vice-admiral iu
the navy of the United States, and the
President is hereby authorized, by and
with the advice and consent of the Sen
ate, to appoint from the active list of
rear admirals of the navy two rice-ad-tnirais."'
The resolution tendering the thanks
of Congress fo Kea&- Admiral Sampson
was rt-joetod, both Democrats a ud Re
publicans Voting against it. It is as fol
lows: ( .
"Resolved by the Senate and Ilcuse
of Representatives of the United States
of American ju Congress assembled. That
in accordance with the provisions of
section loOS of the Revised Statutes,
the thanks of Congress and of the Ameri
can people fire hereby 'tendered, to Rear
Ad mural William T. Sampson. United
States Navy, Commander-in-Chief of
the United States naval forces on the
North Aalantic Station during the late
war with Spain, and to the officers and
men under his command, for hichlr dis
tinguished .conduct in conflict with the
enemy, and in carrying on the blockade
and naval campaign on the Cuban coast,
resulting in the destruction of the Span
teh fleet 'at " Santiago de Cuba, July 3,
"That the President of the United
States be 'requested to cause this reso
lution to be , promulgated and to coni
hinnicate the same to Rtar Admiral
Sampson and to the officers and men
of his late command."
A Break to Addicks
Dover, Del., Feb. 10. There was a
break in the, ranks of the Republicans
today when the ballot for United St te
Senator was taken. Four regulars w
have steadfastly opposed tin- "rlect:o:i i
J. Edward Addicks to .the United Stut- s
Senate Senators' Groves and MacFn -,lan
and Representatives Baynafd a 'it
pRyett-vtcd for him today for the
Ishort term. TJiis is probablyythe foi-e-ruuner
of what the Addicks follow s
have been claiming for,several days pa t,
nnmrlv. that there would be a H-nms
trenk iii the ranks of the regular. Repub
"uis and that their candidate wo.dd'nl
timately be elected to the Semite
RYAN GOMES TO TERMS
Sells, His Stock to Wiliiams
Middendorf Syndicate
Baltimore, Feb. 19 The Willlams
Middendorf syndicate, which controls the
Seaboard Air Line JIailway Company,
has acquired Thomas F. KyanV holdings
in the Seaboard & Iloanoke and Raleigh
& Gaston railroads.
A settlement was made in New York,
where John Skelton Williams, president
of the Seaboard Air Line Company, paid
to Mr. liyau the amount fixed by Daniel
S. Lamont, former Secretary of War,
wholwas selected to arbitrate the differ
ences between Mr. Ilyan and the Sea
board syndicate, .
Mr. Uyan then delivered to Mr. Wil
liams his holdings in the Seaboard &
Roanoke, amounting to ' about 2,700
shares, and hi the Raleigh & Gaston,
amounting to about 100 shares.
There will be a special meeting of
the lkoard of directors of the Seaboard
Air line at the company'? New Yek
office, 32 Liberty street, tomorrow, at
which the details of the settlement, with
Mr. Ryan will be submitted. At this
.meeting arrangements probably will le
completed for turning over to the man
aging committee of the Greater Seaboard
Air Line the stocks that have been ac
quired from Mr. Ryan and issuing in
exchange for them stocks and bonds of
the Seaboard Air Line Railway Com
pany. Salts to B Withdrawn
New York. Feb." 19. In connection with
the disposition of Mr. Ryan's stock in
the Seaboard Air Line it was announced
here today that Mr. Ryan has at the
same time agreed 'to withdraw his sev-
eral suits wnicn have been pending for
some years ' iu various courts, and to
abandon all opposition to Mr. Williams'
plans of consolidation and management
of the properties involved. -
It is reported in Wall street thet a
syndicate, suppsfd to represent tho Sa
hoard Air Line,- has pnr-hd-et control
rf the Chattanooga, Ilonie & Southern
Railway.
THE RACES AT
NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans, Feb. 10. Results at
New Orleans track:
First race, selling 1 1-1G mile Bcl.e
Simpson 4 to o; Svordsman 8 to 5: Ma
rajah 12 to 1. Time 1:31.
Second race, selling I mile Gen. Ma
grndcr 7 to 5; J. II. Sloan to 1; Uterp
U to 1. Time l .LIH.
Third race, selling 1 mile Greyforge
4 to .": Jockey .lone 4 to 1; ftanquo l!d
:) to 1. Time 2:12.
I Fourth nice, handicap -J mile Ger
Elliott 8 to 1: Triditza'4 to 5; Andes 8
to 1. Time 1:15.
Fifth rnce, selling H mile Dagmar
Ct to 1; Egyptian Prince 3 to 1; Itl.the
inl to 1. Time 1:."1.
I Sixth race, selling J mile Corialis 3
to 1; Purlingtou1 Route 13 to 1; Reitha
Nd! 3 to 1. Time 1:13.
Entries for Tcday
First race, celling. i mile- Sig. Lovy
03; R. of Elgin W; Piratis Quern OU;
P.ionze Demon 0(5; Mifs Golightly t-0;
(ollopin 00; L. lhirhess 2nd. Iu2; Plead
102; Aaron. 104:' Lcie Fonsa 100; Innu
endo 10S; Harry Duke 113.
Second race, selling 1 1-JOG miU La
dy Mother 03: At Caskey 07; El Moran
08; Bert Davis 100; Meggs 100; King
Elk wood 1K: Defender 2nd. 100; Eu
genia S. 105: Left Bower 100.
ThhV race, handicap' frteepkehas
short course Lizzy Kelly 130; Terry
Jtanger 131: Cypress 133; Tom ny
Obrien 13; Divertisemeut 13S; Doa
Clarencio 138; Miss Ranson 143.
Fourth race, handicap 1 mile Synco
pated Sandy 02; Jack Addb 133; Lady
Callahan 04; Skihnan 08; Thinks OS;
Hood's Brigade 100; Chorus Boy 102;
Sir Gatian 108.
Fifth race, selling 1 mile Maggie
Young 100; Fannie Maud 10 J; No.elry
100; Juneatta ICO: Zolo 111; II-ry I res
ton, L. W., Ijeon Ferguson 112: Swords
man 114; Island Prince 114.
Sixth race, selling 1 1-10 mile Littli
Boy Blue 102: Star Cotton 102; 1 ohnl
101; Brows Vail 103; Fair Deceiv r
103: Little Blossom 103; Bequeath 107,
Bena 100; Chorus Boy 113.
PRESIDENTS BIG JOB
He Is Hard at Work on His
Inaugural Address
Washington. Feb. 19. The President
is hard at work on his Inaugural address,
and expects to have it completed within
a few days. He did not begin its prepa
ration until his recovery from his recent
illness, and since that time ithe pressure
of oitScial business, particularly affairs
relating to the army, has been strong
and he has been compelled to devote
to his inaugural address time which
inisht otherwise be spent In leisure.
The President proceeding with great
care in writing the address, - with ihv
determination that it shall be one of the
strongest of his State papers. It will
cover all of the subjects apropos to
present conditions, and in a measure out
line the policy to be pursued. The
President will soon have the document
in such shape that-he -can.-read it to
the members of the cabinet and receive
suggestions upon it.
EXTRA SESSION
IS IMPROBABLE
Washington. Feb. 'lO. General Gros
venor, sometimes called the spokesman
of the administration, had a conference
with the Pre&idept at ihe White Hoo
t2iU morning, and. r.pou leaving, em
phatically t'spi-esMM j ho oi-inioTi that
the -Fifty-seven h Co'ngrcFa-: would not
be called -togethei in- extra sps'iion. Gen-'
erril rosreuii'.poko' in .a,.coiiii.ieiit man
net, bnt fiualifie,! his-xtatemeat 'by say
ff that of conre,'iJif tb' President 'saw
that an extra session was necessary he
would call o7ie. and that the friend's of
the administration - would readHy yield
to his judgment. : -
"I have all along opposed an extra
session." said ;GewraI Urosvenor, "and
declaTicd.lt as my;bei5ef that-one would
not be -called.' I now w.r- no reason
to change that ..opiai-Jlv As far as tin
'"Caiban constitution I is concerned;-1 , do
tWpmW and w max. not eet.it even
then. That is one of th principal rea
sons why I believe that Congress will
not assemble before the regular date.
.. . r-$r. "
SPEECH IN IRISH
Thomas O'Donnel Violates an
Old Tradition S 1
London, Feb. If). Mr. Thomas O'Don-
rell, nationalist, member for the West
division of Kerry," today addressed the:0f Democrats, among them Congressmen
House of Commons in the , Irish bin-! DeArmond of Missouri Jones of Vir
guage. The speaker called his attest on ' ginia, Small of North Carolina, McDow-
to the fact that he was using a language
with which he (the speaker) .was not ac
quainted, and asked hTm to speak in
English as he doubtless could do, as elo
quently as in Irish. The speaker added
that for six hundred years no member j
had not addressed the House otherwisa
than in English:
Several members shouted "Welsh."
Mr. John Redmond, member for Wa
terford city and leader of the. Irish i:a
tionalists, advised Mr. O'Donnell to fol
low the ruling of the chair.
Mr. John Murphy,- nationalist, member
i X i T 'V u t
that the Irish language was the b f
T7 j : r C Y." ...... .1 . . .-.1 .1
means the Irish mem tiers had for max
ing known their wants to the English
irnvernment. Mr. Murphy, who was
dressed in Drononnced tweeds, said he
wore it not to annoy the members, but
mprPlv to shnw them that he was one
o. the humble folK, and a true repren -
tative of the people
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DISPENSARY VOTE
CUMBERLAND
Fayctteville. N. C. Feb. 19. Special.
The dispensary primary was very xiuiet.
At some precincts' in the county not a
vote was cast for the dispensary. Fay
etteville cast 273 votes all against the
dispensary but eleven. At ten precincts,
so far heard from, 333 votes were cast
acainst the dispensary and 20 for it.
Much of the county is to hear from,
but enough is known 1o justify the cal
culation that the vote will be under
1,000. largely against the dispensary,
as friends of the measure abstained from
taking part in the primary.
Anotbrr Report
Fayetteville, N. C, Feb. 19. Special.
The dispensary primary vote -Today was
overwhelmingly against the dispensary,
although dodgers were sent out at the
last moment declaring that 4he primary
lhad been postponed. The vote aaint
ithe dispensary iu thft'tlty is considerably
more than A majority of the; combined
Simmons and Carr "vote. The county
districts go far heard from show even
heavier majorities. -
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And Still Another
Fayetteville, N. C. Feb. 19. Special.
Out of a total whitfr' vote of 3,200 in
Cumberland county. : -present return in
dicate that only about 801) voted against
the dispensary. The dispensary advo
cates did not participate on the ground
that the primary was not properly or
dered or the issue ; fairly, presented.
Friends of the dispensary are happy over
the result, as at shows that a large ma
jority of white ... ; people want the dis
pensary retained. The vote in Fayette
ville was only 202 against the dispen
sary out of a total whit? vote of 750.
SIGHT RESTORED IN .
ANSWER TO PRAYER
Goshen. N. , Feb. 10. By the effi
cacy of Prayer Mrs. (i. Henry Barnnart,
ot 21 East Avenue. Middletown, claims
to have had her sight which was totally
gone, restored absolutely. On' December
22d she was taken ill' with grip and one
week later was stricken blind. A New
York specialist pronounced her case
hopeless, but Mrs. Bernhardt prayed
fervently ami her friends also prayed
that her affliction might leave her.' Last
Wednesday u mysterious voice whisper-e-
in her earj saying "Take no mOm
medicine and your sight will return,"
Mrs. Uarnhart told her. . uncle Wilharu
Barnhart who lived with her and 'the"
prayed together. That night er sight
returned and she saw a kitten playing
at her feet. Daily since -en her vision,
has been getting clearer and is now al
most, as good as ever.
Deperate Assault Expected
Oarxaca. Mex., Feb. 19. General
Bravo is rapidly concentrating an of the
government forces in the immediate
vicinity of Chan Santa Cruz, the Ktroug
hold of the Maya Indians, and a desper
ate assault is to lie made on the de
fenses of the place within tiie. next few
djys. The Indians realize the import
ance of thei movement made against
them and the advances of the federal
troops are strongly oppos?d from every
quarter. Engagements between tha gov
ernment forces and the Indians occur
almost daily, anu the casultks on the
side of the rebels ara very heavy.
Rumor Starts a Run on a Bank
Pittsburg. Pa.. Feb. 10.-Somebody
started a wild rumor today that the Ger
man National Bank of Allegheny-was in
financial difficulties and a - run wisj
started. Depositors Crowded the s'd i
walks and the policemen wer? sent to
keep order. All Depositors who wanted
their money got it. A continuation . of
the. run is expected tomorrow." The of
ficers of the bank say they have enough
money to pay out the 'deposits " four
times over. " t:
:. $ :
Deaths from Freezing
; Paris.'. Feb." 101 Intense cold, wcaiisr
tonlinncs to prevail here. Tb.ere were
ten deaths from -freezing reported yes
terday. - -
Dyer Retired as Rear Admiral
Washington.' Feb. 10. Canta'in NVbe-
niiah Mayo Dyer, vtho commamled the.
iaunnore in the battle of Alafdla Bay,
was placed on the retired list of -; the
uary today as a rear admiral.
! I i a jiT
ll iiuw
OF DEMOCRATS
Senator Simmons Will Find
Himself in Good Company ,
Wash ington, Feb. 19. Special. Senator-elect
Simmons has engaged apart
ments at the Varnum, in New Jersey ave
nue, near the eapitol, and will arrive here
Fridav. March 1. lie will do. in: a nest
ell of Ohio, McLain of Mississippi, Me
Culloch of Arkansas, Ryan of Pennsyl
vania, Sims of Tennessee and zeigier ol
Pennsylvania.
Collector Duncan, is here, and was
at the eapitol this morning. So soon as
he arrived Senator Pntchard sent over
to the House for Mr. Pearson, and the
three, retiring to the President s room,
adjoining the Senate, remained m con
ference for some time.
W. G. Linn, letter-earner In the
Greensboro post office, as been pro
moted from $600 to 5?S50.
John Q. Messick of Jonesvllle has
been granted a pension of $17.
W. W. Curtis has been appointee: post-
'master at -Finlev, Caldwell county, vice
p! Cnrtis, resigned; J. F. P. Ilarlon
at Olne, v arren eounty, vice a. vs.
Hayes, remold.
Mr. Butler has been pernaps tne mosi
active member of the Senate in opposi
I ti-on ti the hip-subsMy 1)111. He s
always on hand when re Senate meets.
' Jk A .1 .nMAtia v-infril '14- o A iMif n a q nrl i
- - trt " mnreh hrfn
btolen ou the opponents of the bill
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HEARD AT
I HE CAPITOL
Representative Locke Craig of Bun
combe, the author of the resolution for
the impeachment of the Supreme Court
judges,' declared last nignt tuat taere
was po possibility of the Legislature
meeting in extra session. 'Tho trial of
the judg?s before the Senate," Mr.
Craig declared, "will hardly consume
more than a week. That much time can
be very well, spared." ' .
The managers on the part of the
House who are to prepare and present
the articles of impeachment are author
ized to employ counsel. Among the law
yers who are being urged to prosecute
are James II. Pou, Cyrus B. W atson,
Charles M. Bnsbee, James H. Merrimon,
W. B. Guthrie. T. F. Davidson.
"
The constitutional amendment which
provides that the races sall enjoy the
benefit of the taxes as paid by each race
will be reported to the House witho at
prejudice. This is the decision of the
House Committee on Constitutional
Amendments. Mr. Stubbs of Martin, is
the author of the measure. The bill was
amended so as to strike out the feature
allowing the races to levy a tax on prop
erty. -. , . ;- -
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The permanent registration roll.. "bill,
which was referred to the committee on
Constitutional amendments, will be re
ported to the House Thursday.1.
The committee on Railroads from the
House yesterday considered. Mr. Brad
shaw's bill, which provides for a uniform
rate otj railroads of three cents per mile.
The bill hsd advocates and opponents in
the committee and it was finally referred
to a sub committee, consisting of Messrs.
Page and MaeKethan.
Mr. Hood's bill relative to Jim Crow
cars, was unfavorably reported, having
been covered by the bill introduced by
Mr. Blount.
The Finance Committee, which is con
sidering the Itevenue Act, has referred
the feature, levying a tax on raihoad
trackage according to tlr? amount of
gross earnings to a sub committee.
-The
bill to prohibit the sale and manu
facture of liquor in Duplin county, was
reported favorably last night by the joint
committee on Propositions and Griev
ances. The measure-was discussed for two
honrs. The' representative from -the
county, Mr. Carlton, declined to take
sides and left final action to the com
mittee. A number of petitions on both
sides were read. Dr. Faison from the
district in which Duplin is located frst
opposed the Tjill, while Mr. Foy, the oth
er Senator, favored.
In 'a speech declaring that he would
not take sides, Mr. Carlton said: "If we
are to have a prohibition bill I will say
that we don't want any eider, wiae or
blackberry juice."
Mr. Carlton agreed to accept an
amendment' by Judge Grahim allowig
persons to make win-e or cider from the
products of their own lands.
ACADEMY OF MEDICINE
Asks Compulsory Vaccination
Precautionary Measure
There was a called meeting of the
board of-aldermen .yesterday aftomojii
to consider a recommendation bv the
Raleigh Academy of Medicine that ,-'ii
ordinance for compulnory vaccination !-
passed." lr. Knox, Dr. Lewis and Dr.
Mc-Geti Vver. pregent nml statci tiiat t
a meeting of the Academy of Medicine
held yesterday they had been appoinr?d
to brin? the matter "to the attentio-.i of
the board of aldermen. They stated that
the action was asked purely -as a pre
cautionary measure: that there are now
only twp cases in the city and these rre.
carefully isolated and doing well. Vac
cination at this time, they argued, fhow
tver, ; would prevent the introduction
of the disease at some subsequent time
ns well as make an otitbreak from this
infection j impossible. The- ft item ut
was made that about 10 per cent Of the
people have not leen vaccinated nt nil
nnd many olhers have not been vaccina
ted within the past two years. The or
dinance they ask for would provide tor
compulsory vaccination for those w to
have never been vaecinated and these
wno hare t ot been vaccinated dunn;
th-? past, two years.
The alderineiir referred the matter to
th- hem d of '. litalth, with instructions
to iuveftigate the situation and report t
a nieettLg of the board to be-held Taars-d-iy
afi"i,iro i at -4 o'clock, when th;
Lonrd will decide whether th?re ?:haIT .r
shall, not be tToropulsory, Taccinatip:i.
' i ' '. . . . ;
CRAZY MAN
WITH A? GUN
A Detective Has a Bad Scare
and Narrow Escape
New York, Feb. 10. Dr. P. H.
Sturges of 1 15, Seventh avenue Brook
lyn, was hastily summoned about G
o'clock this evening to the fashionable
boarding house of Mrs. St. John. widw,
at l&l gt. .John's Place. Mrs. St. Jolin
explained that fhe had called him as
she become greatly alarmed over th?
condition of her son Abert St. John, 111
years pldVwho lived with her. S .e
said the young man liad . be; n actng
queerly, for some time ,tliat sae ftared
his mind was affected, and that as Le
had a loaded revolver ma his possession,
he might do himself or some other per
son injury. .Dr. 'Sturges talked to tha
young man and attempted to induce hi.n
! to surrender the revolver, but he re
fused to do so and becoming ug y Dr.
Sturges celled in Detective Sergeant
Belger aid Policeman Fei-ney. BIger,
atter an unsuccessful parley w:ita the
crazed man who threatened to use the
weapon, stepped forward with tha in
tention of forcibly disarming him. Just
as they ; came together St. John drew
the weapon and in a flash had placed it
against ; l elger's. left breast and nrei.
Belger staggered backarrt against a t;
ble. Mrs. St. John ran screaming from
the room and Policeman Feeney 'rushsd
iu and irrabbed St. John. Feeney threw
him but the young man got his r.'gat
arm free. He still had the revolvtr,
but Feeney bent his arm until the muz
zle was directed toward St. John tixsilf.
In the midst of the struggle there. 'v-ai
another explosion and this time the bul
let . entered St. John's - abdomen. St.
John dropped the weapon and. rushed
from- the house' hatless, -never stopput?
until he had reached the "hpfe of H
brother, Paul St. John, at 301 Fc'i.ta
street, about twelve blocks distant. From
there he was removed to the hospital,
where it was said h would die.
The singular feature in the cae is
that neither Belger nor Feeney ha 5 r
ceived any injury whatver. ' Belger hal
a marvellous escape. The bullet find
struck directly over tV.e her.it, gone
through the coat, waistcoat and a rod oi
bills in a pocket book in the pockt o"
the waistcoat, shattered a lead pencil
and, after cutting the outer sh:'rt, bad
its course diverted to the right and lodg
ed finally in an outside wcis.lcoskt pockttr
Four Firemen Killed
New Haven, Conn., Feb: 10 The
search for bodies in tje ruins Of the oil
Judson pac'ng house in Can ?. street,
which was burned shortly after - in d
night, v:m continued for hours after th
flames were extinguished, resulting in
the definite knowledge that the four fire
men whose mangled bodies Avere pulLd
from under tho debris -of the fallen wall
while the fire was in progress were
the only victims. ; .
Joint Keeper's" Wife Shot
Leavenworth, Kas., Feb. 10. Mi's.
Rose IluJson, wife of -John "Hudson, a
"joint" koeper at Milwood, fourteen
miles north of this city, ".was shot and
instantly killed last night during a rail
upon her husband'a saloon. One of the
raiders was slightly wounded.
Beautiful
"' The Silver Leaf Maple, the most rapid-growing maple-ami tha most t
fac'.ory general-purpose hade tree. IVp have an immense rlok of this vai'iPt.
of ell-developed peeirriens young, and thrifty, smooth 'and straight, an"
.beantifnl branched head-three sies. viz.: S to HI feet. M to VI feet. 1- ,3,i1
feet high. Also other Hhsid? ' trees; sucli as Norway Maple. th'S'1' ,, M,ai!ii.'
Weir's Cut-Leaf Maple (very ornamental). Carolina Poyhus. etc. ell Uoi
oped Evergreen .specimens, large assortment price on application.
If interested in fruit-growing, writ for our free -sixty-page r
catalogno nnd fortv-page nnmnhler -How to Plant and Cultivate an Orcuaru.
Van Lindley Nursery Co.,
Pomona, N. C,
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Agents .
Wanted
In
Every
Town. .
mm
Pit. March 16 and Nov. o,
- - Tax. la Gmada'NoV. , i397 :
TO SELL THE
' And otner Plant -eating Pests. Sure deat a.
Salsg-iast year 20,000 lbs.
STATE AGENTS.
GENERAL TOON
CONSTRUES SCHOOL LAW
!
Advises County Superintend
. ents of New Hanover
Gen. T. F. Toon, ' Superiutendpin
ant. points of school law yestertldv v
ant potnts of school low vesterchV
oomplfa-nce with, requests from edniM,
in diffei-ent parts of the St;;tt dll,r
The first was regarding section'"
chapter 2, Laws of 180S, regarding ih
county license tax on bar-roo-ns t
request cams from Prof. Washing'
Catlett, "Superintendent of 1'nhlic I
struction for New Hanover coun'v ,;i
Hanover Board of Education ItVem
that it has not been the practice of o,
county commissioners to juiv inu( , H
school fund the procfHsls from the licpn"!'
tax and the school board at their ni."
ing m January made a demand for th
moraey, which was refused on the groird
that the law was contradictuiy ilnj
operative as tr the requireniii't tint u,
net-iiRU laics i-".: jur me -irenent of th
1 TJ.-.r...,. , ul"
cf'linrkls Profcasoi" f'-itlrwi- .1.. "...
"iu, minever
wrtrLv? . ilia L UB i-uujim.;(iivpr-j vn ii.
VIlUlLjlUaL VUUlli.-.-.JMirt i f II.1U in
j - H IU It
pusii iuhi unit, wl iue income from thi
tax over to the school bonnl. but thv
(the scho-iil board) want it all. Iu n,r,jv
to Professor Catlett's query tJenera'l
Toon says:
"The" law -expressly directs the ronrse
of the three tax levies in the first part
of section 34. chapter 2. najro 4ij. l;1'w,
of 1808. Its failure to direct the results
of permisriou given on page 47, I think
is fatal to th? claim that it must go t
tire school fund. I hope, however," vr.i,
may make another compromise with' ' un
generous board of county conrjaissioueiN
for the lenetit of the schools."
The other query answered by General
Toon was from County .Superinteudon
Brewer of Samp'oji county. He wrote
to ask the. -Superintendent of Public In
struction whether he would be justiiiitl
in itlgning a voucher for a teacher's v
at a salary greater than that tixed i,V
tlfejdistrict committee. He said that tliV
township trustees in Westbrook t.nvnshin
gradetl the schools and nut School 0 l
at .$25 salary for the teacher, and the
district committee employed a good
teacher for $27.50 and wanted him to
approve the vouchers for that anvninr
instead of $25, the salary prescribtd
by the township trustees. In reply to
this query General Toon wrote that the
'law would not justify a superintendent
in hignung teachers' vouchers for men
than the maximum fixed by the town
ship school trustees.
. ' - ;-$."
fashions, but follows religiously th"
new Thoreau.
SZil 0 BKAl'l VJsAJol iu.ii.Vlir
OUT. FE'IX GOURACD' OR'K TA
CKKM, uR AlAOlO UKALTIIlkl
Pnrife
as wds.as
Bf antifJes
the Skin-:
'- Nootbr cosT-etic tfrill do it Removes Ta", Ptn
p1e; fe're1t. Mot Patches. Rash, and Skin .
Diseases, and evervtileaii-h on bea'i y and defif
detection It lias stood thetestof 52 years and is
so harmless we ta'ti it to be sure it is prcpfriy
male Accept no counte feit of simliar
n ime Dr t, A Say r said to a ldv of the hit
. , . . . . . . . V .."ll . V. . f
i"ti a paiieni j as vera tauics win ul- iuc-,
rerominend'!onr Hi'i rn'as the Ira
harmful of all the Skin preparations. For !?
hva I Dm -ins an 1 F ncy Gols Deale.s is
the V S, Canada and Europe
FIIK1 T-tKlNS rop'r,
37 Ureal Jones StNT
RJIHC HareeTi uei for over nit jear
IViilU. nilUns of mothers for the;r children
fWM'Q while terthlnjf with pRifert
VllliU'fl O "-:es. ItothethechiId
PftnTUIilf nwften the Bum. nlly !
OUU I tllilU pain; cure wind rolir.andtr
C VOlll) the he.t remedy for llrrhoM. S":
olnU by DruReists 'in every part of th?
world. Be sure and a k for -Mrs. -W msiow
soothinjr Syrup." and take no ether kma.
Twenty-five "cents a bottle.
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