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Post 1 HI 11 1J Vol. VII. RALEIGH, -N, C, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1901 Ho. 89 - I lion. llio farmers income comes only j ' ' once a year, while a professional man's; income comes daily. Of course I have : HniICA PaccPC PlimhorlanH notIlinS against professional J. men. for HUUOU J aooca buillUCIiailU WP can no more ret along without them, . t jthan we can without farmers." j flniintv Rill- 'Action 49, relating to dealers "in thea- vvuiny um iti-e jtkkots. Avas read and adopted. i Section ", relating to merchandise j brokers, was considered and Adopted. ! Section 1. relating to shin brokers. DDI Oft M 'Dill D A00CC a'so scrti"n relating to b'ud'ing money I IllijUlf OIL L I AtJULaJ on Phonal property, were read and. ' - UJtU I nwUtUi without any discussion. j Section .", relating to livery and sale i stables, and station 54". i-oneerning. the Revenue Act Considered and.1 . , the Inheritance Tax Causes n , r i r t it 3 breat Ueal OT lalk A Cmoii ni, DUSy Uay The House yesterday passed the bill ' " 1 providmg for the government of th" pen- itvntiary. The niensuie was amended so as mpt to, be effective until March loth.' and so that its provisious shall not he appHea hlc to existing .uits. The hilt has alreadv 1'fisscd the Sonnte. hut mils! o sent hack s-o that the House amendment e-.in oc concurred in. J lie bill Jilaeeia the penitentiary under , lh- control of. the Governor, who has! the appointment of a board of directors j i' tivc and who-mav- he removed for ca use tjuite an e.foit the measure. Mr was made to amend j Daugbt ridge of Kdse- oinbe. wanted to provide for one dircc-' :or from each "omrressionnl flistrict. .! . 1. I. 11 . - .1 t uree oi wnoui snouiii re praeiicai rami- rs. Tliis amendment was defeated byin. h vote of 7 to ;:. Mr. Simms motion that the act should not apply to existing suits was adopt d. . motion of Mr. -MaHtin providing that tnoof the.hoard shoubl be of a dilferl nt Mtieal j'arty from that of the bvernor lost, as was a motion by Mr. Ebbs ; tlPit the l.overnor sn.-uid not appoint :i member of the Legislature on the board. !? I he anti-trust i'T was made the spe - - rial order for Thursds y at 1J o'clock. Kfvcnue Bill At 12 o'clock the House resolved itself into the committee of the whole for the riirther consideration of the act to raise y venue. Sections . to : it inclusive, relating ! to inheritance tax, which was un:ler consideration when the committee ml ;ourned was taken uji. Mr. AY right's motion to strike out all these sections was iirst considered. The - roll call showed Mi AY right's amendment de feated by a vote of .",0 against, and 11 On motion sections 1. to IV) were j -'dr.. pamuour toy- requcxu i en- a-lonled wiihont further del ate. jtions against the bill authorizing Lenoir ... I.. , , . , i to issue bonds. .-,-1 ,ou I was rtcal.ed fr the pur- , Tfaf, foIIowilltf now biUs wcro iatro. j.-.-o of correcting some typographical ;tU(.(tj. error. By Mr. Nicholson To incorporate the Sections 31 and 32 relating to income ' town of Edward in Beaufort county, tux was next - cou-sirtered. -Some .aiseus-"i By Mr. Carraway To place Kigdon sion arose as to what was income, audi11- Harrison and (Jejrge A. Jacksou -on Sr,,v in. w.ich h ht- t,ivnl'.,ii. (Wickr. ! d-Ie .debate followed the reading of this CtlOU. Mr. Rountree objected to its passage, He said the ur---at objection was liie j persons who lvallv have an income don't l j ay anything for it. I am willing t l . onunencc at a point of decent and com-. i' itahle living and tax ail over this, but I vi our State we have little or' no iinomes that this section would reach. The constitution regulates taxes. Preach ers, doctors and lawyers are about the itly persons who ever pay this tax. The ' oiistitution is in the way here, and it M-eins to me that wo are alsout to tax property that is already taxed. There ; rc-some people who have an income that ought to pay on them, but they don't d.t it. I don't think there is a( dozen oes outside of those mentioned where anybody pays income tax in bonds or anything else. This section is not broad rough to reach them. lr, AA'jllard admitted that the section jYn not reach far enough, it-should go tether and place a tax on business in- t omes There were -too many exemp-1 Mr. McLean hoped the House would' vote for the bill as the committees had I reported it and vote down all amend-4 nients. Mr. Smith said if the gentleman from Scotland (Mr. AIcLean) has no higher conception of his duty to s-it here and accept the reports of committees, he failed to perforin his dutks- th'it the inmittees were always glad when the II011-.C found that needed amendments v.ere necessary. L . Mr. Rountree said there were 3S conn- ties in the State that did not pay any' i.K-ome tax at all .md tht th amount paid into the treasury of the Slate did not amount to 4,300.- more than Mr. Gattis said the constitution says we may levy taxes, the - noopie of North 1 'aroliua are going to levy these taxes -nd put the matter iu the hands of the list takers and not leave it to the par ties who never report anything. An amendment being made that mem of the, House had to attend a meet ing of tho managers of the impeachment trial, this section was passed over. Section 33 being also a part of the law J'latmg to income tax, was read. -Hr. lieddmsriield said he did nnt w&y a man who gets S2.000 should m SjCC . - - , t- mi, -i .. . . Mr. tJlnloclv said this income tax was i '1IV .in hl m,,m ..i. r-.V. i " . - - ' w si VJ:r rf"l Railway uompany. sage a ....... . "3 !'" 11 u.,wvr ii i n mcornorite tne. i-ianiax ana jsortn- a -....- ' beW S?"rMiiDP? 1iade' Ught to aPt011 Development Company. - ) oelow 1,000 not above it ' . . nL n. .,..,;0etAnavu . t . latter to tas Ua,ts '1: Iu Iredell county countv to eondemit land.' reconside :D're '-n. ne.T.'.M' bcf?n o"1 cent of income iv Incoi-norate the tircenville & A'aneo, passed a an eye-sore and had been t the people for years, and there was no reason why ; we should not put it in our laws. "Tire nun on the farm is .taxed and there is no dodsring it. He pays -on all and is only allowed exemption, ilere you come and want to give a man $2,00tl exemp-' nutnutacture and-selling ot sewing ma- Dog School-book Bill A. tvatm - s. was read and amended so as to m"ke .tl,,! .x $1,!,instr:d of r. j Section .(, peddlers tax: section ., ' mercantile agencies, and section ."8. gyp- iU1'1 fortune-tellers, w read and j adopted without change. I Section ."!). relating to lightning-rod 'dealers; section . (M, hotels: section 01. cotton compresses: section !-. billiard and jbool tables, were all adopted wfthout de- jbate or any change. ! s-tiM B, taxing gift enterprises, up n-ad and considered, and. after some dis- oussion. Mas passed over for further ; consideration by the committee. , ' ! ' Sections t54-,T!id 0" were adopted. j Section "tft'i. relating to stock brokers, was amended, on motion of Mr. Duls. reducing the tax from JS100 to 75. JjSretion 07. State and private hanks. was adopted Spttb us. awnts of Ww mm -ji.'amemlod so as not to apply to whole-' lie or commission merchants. Section o"!). breweries or agents of I breweries, was amended bv plaeintr $200 ,,n hrewerios and M' on brewers agents. Section (. relating to avatar in tnvw uai pruciamauou. . iTitivs. was adopted. Mr. Conn ir asked the committee if ' ) tanks had been taxed. i Mr. (Jattis replied by saying that tlws was one jnmg lerr. out. i The committee inserted tire following new sect ion: 'Section tJDt,.,. -")ti each and every oil lank Aept for the distribution , or sale :of oil tanks evc-eding 7(U gallons, $20." ! Adorned. I -r, coninuttee of the whole at 2:00 m. rose and resolved itself into resru- ;lr sessirui and reported progress. School Patsei i ' . I ,. ' . onnor. the hour : t,!'' fr vmg rnved. public-schorl law was taken up on its fv si -llld rullslll 1 1 : l i l lilt ti,'jnj " reading. Mr. MeCulleeh off-.-red an amendment section Id, relating to county superin- ! lemients. as roiimvs: l roviueo mat ;"'" 0Iie who h,:is t!J offi,'e ot" (ouu' : ty superintendent for four p'ars may (be eligible to tJie oftice in Bladen, if his lJ0 hy th Sta,e lk'ard i The imendinent was adopted, jr .Blylbe (Kep.) was asked to be focused 'from-voting. By consent of the ixiouse lie was excused On a roll-call the bill passed its final reading b.v a vote Of 77 for and against. - Pttitions and Bills Ititrodnced. Peritions were introduced as follows: By Mr. Thompson From citizens of Onslw county asking that the sab- of i spirituous liquors 1m? prohibited. 111 pcuJoii i . i Bv Air. Britiain An new township in Randolph county. By Mr. Thompson To amend section ' 3304 of the Code. tA local measure.! j By Mr. Haye Amending chapter 411, ! - aws J-nw. correcuug a ciencai error.; iAmemling chapter 123. Laws l.o. con- , Ar WoL- county". j By Mr. Gattis To provide for the ; sale of property for taes. ! By :Mr. McCulloueh To enlarge the,and their attorneys (who occasionally ox- the f-rd rmne,f 011 cT'lz vreet manufacture and sale of liquor in rn-:but b-v lhe gators and (he densely der county. . I packed lobbies and balconies, the latter By Air. Allen of Columbus To prohib-! being filled exclusively with ladies, it the sale of liquor within two miles of j Judges Furehes and Douglas sat un a Presbyterian church in Columbus Tnoved. with firmly set countenances. county. Bv Mr. Seawell For the relief of C. F. Siler of Chatham county By Air. Daniels of Yance To prevent 0 thy "5VOro compelled to do from the trespassing upon certain lands in A'ance position of the seats) and uttering not a county. ;word to each other or to counsel. By Mr. Daughtridgc To provide pro- j AYhen the reading was completed, Sen tection to traders. j ator London moved that a copy of the m- Ml', oinn.s iu uuieuM yuayifi xv, t h- Mr " ,-Tn incorporate the Marion & Bakersville Truupike Com-; iim I$y Mr. EhbfrTo amend chapter 90, - tws J855, relating to the public roads of -idison county. ' r.y .tr. tonnor-.iu act . i i tion at lnrauis ami mam nmxru. Passed Third Heading S. B. 970. H. B. 183."V-To amend the charter of the town of AVilson. ; H- l- 20.10 To allow the commission- ors of Jack:4;n -MJnty t0 levy a spemlj tax " i-ro t .' iu.ni iT .,.! laws of Anson couutv. S. B. 1001. II. B. 15.MM5 To incorporate the Atlantic fc Xorthwestcru - Railway aim ompan.x AFTERNOON SESSION Bills Passed Third Reading Vnr hetler drainage of Thunder swnnvn To extend the time of construction the Atlantic fc Western Railway Com pany. To change the name of Chatham, Moore and "Harnett Bank. To provide fr the Soldiers Home, Provides $13,00U per annum for sup To .incorporate Macclesfield in Edge- succeeded iu doing considerable . busl combe county. - ; ne? s. ; ; k'-v v,.t,. vr-n il lilt, II '.I IUv V -iu I iv. v. 1 L. 1 Ik VillU" tTjoratc . boro Railroad Company, ooro nanroau numpinii,., (Continued' ou Fifth Page.) Facing Their Accusers They File It in Court WORK OF THE SENATE & M. College Some Warm and "Feeling" Remarks, Details The Senate chamber was yesterday again the scene of a brief session of the High Court of Impeachment. For the first tinie since the organiza tion of the court the accused justices appeared, in propria persona, and were aeeoirjpnn jed by their counsel. it was cxacilr the hour of noon wlienj , . . , ' tho sergonnt-at-arms announced the ai- j rival of the managers on the part of the ti ,.., ...i ,i k.. v... 1 The luanaeers Messrs. Al on. Craig. , ,., , Kountree, draham, Nicholson and SpruilH were accompanied by their conn sel. who. as Mr. Allen annouueed, will assist them in the prosecution of this case, viz.: I . B. Watson. James II. Pou, W. A. (Juthrie, Theo. F. Davidson, Charles M. liusbee. AVhen these were seated Senator Lon- : ,,on moved that the acused be notified, layd at onrv Chief .lustice Furehes with j ex-Uovernor .larvis (leading counsel) by j . , jus,ice Douuis and the , . " fhp , fpnse - - ... - - - - - entered, including Hon. Charles M Cooke. Hon. Fabius II. Busbee. Hon. F. I fl.mo TTnn It V.'In W.V P. Hvnum and Lindsay Patterson Senators Leak. AYebb and Speight (who were absent from their seats vhen the court, was organized) were sworn.. in by President Turner. This session of the court being set for the one purpose of receiving and hear ing the answer of the respondents to the charges of impeachment liled against Uu'n, governor Jams aros e and an- J.nouuced: I "Mr. President: The respondents, David M. Furehes and Robert M. Doug las, and their attorneys are here pres- ont with their answer to the .charges t0( Ji;rainst them, and stand ready to i" ;t u the i.lciisnro of this court." Senator Arrineton: Mr. President. I move that the Answer ie now receivcu. The President: The answer will be re ceived. The clerk will read the Answer. Reading Clerk Walter Cohoon began the reading of the lengthy document at 12:10 o'clock. It was not completed until 1 :4." o'clock, and during the one hour and ..... . , . . . ,1 ict to create aUhirty-tive minutes consumed in its read- jing Messrs. Cahoon. A . . ilson (reading clerk of the House) and Waiter Murphy (former reading clerk of the .ljar0 all took turns at it and each tli answer being distinctly and clearly uttered. During the reading the closest atten- tion was paid to the language of the paper, not oulv bv the House managers facing their accusers, literally gazing into the faces of the House managers Answer be furn shed the House. and that -00 Wmted for the use of Senators. Carried.. - Senator Henderson: Air. President, I move you, sir, that this court do now take a recess till Friday next at 12 o clock, noon, at which time the reph- cation of the prosecutors be received Air. Rountree: That will be satisfacto- ! ry to the House managers. The President: It is so ordered. The Sergeant - at - arms will adjourn the court with the usual proclamation; Tlie Answer of the respondents will ; DC louna pnurea in inn in tins issue OI 1 lie 1 osl itnougu its text con Although its text sumos some fifteen -'l"mns of space, it is a paper for which the whole State'is waiting this morning, and the. space can he aevotea to no more interesting sub ject with our readers! IN THE SENATE PROPER oi-Riiempcc Trancartor? hi tnA V w w l UIIWUUIUU Kf J , II I V "Upper House" Yesterday Although the Senate was deprived of nearly two hours of its usual session yes- ! A f(a ti-i-po (f tlin eaccLnn tcaa fli nil fl- t anus between Senators GI0B aeu.me i0" k for opposing the recall a.od when the former took, the ration of a bill of his Gudger'sP few days ago, and which it hatp I been discovered imposed unusual. and nn- j just pdins and penalties on the railroad 1 land express companies making the rail i road companies liable in heavy tines if they haul a package of, liquor shipped to any person in Buncombe , and other counties except a ''licensed dealer," etc.. as though the railroad authorities should know every such' person, and if any per son to whom such shipment is billed is not a "licensed dealer;'' moreover, ii the express companies accepted such pack ages the railroads (and not the express companies) '-are' L to be fined for hauling them thereby apparently demanding that the railroad men shall overhaul all the express matter " shipped of their roads into those counties..;.: It was shown by Senators Henderson. Woodard, AYebb and others that Air; fiudger's bill would-not and could not ou account of the-interstate commerce law) prevent the shipment of liquor from Tennessee, Kentucky or any State except North Carolina, and would there fore serve only -to operate against the North Carolina manufacturers and trans portation companies. But the main ob jection was to the manifestly unjust strictures upon common carriers. Air. Gudger had attacked, by name, a reputable and well known gentleman of this city for alleged "lobbying" to secure the recall of the bill, and said he was ; doing it in the interests of the railroads .(alluding to Mr. Henry AY. Miller.) Air. Glenn declared that the gentle man at issue was not. sailing under any false colors; that hetras a railrdad man (and known to every member of the Legislature as such)-and a competent and honorable one; that he merely ap peared before committees and cxplnihe .1 bills that oore uujiistljr on his or other railroad companies, and that the un prejudiced and " fair-minded members of t ho General Assembly.. were glad to have hint do so, because they are not fa miliar with suck matters themselves and did not desire to be unjust to corpora lion any more thanlhey would be unjust to individuals, in enacting laws. If Mr. Gudger ws an fair about ail matters as this railroad representative is candid concerning the subjects he handles, then b (Gudger) would not now be opposed to rectifying a great wrong that had been done these corporations through a bill of bis, declared Senator Glenn. Mr. Gudger wanted to know if the isenator from Guilford intended to reflect on his honor, and. both gent lemen were beginning to exhibit too much feeling for the timo and' occasion, whereupon tne President remarked: "Senators will ' be courteous in their remarks 'to each! other.' The Senate (after Senators Woodard. Henderson and AYebb had denounced the unfair and unjust, provisions of the bill and Senators Ward ami. Stringfielu had expressekl tufctrfselves to the contrary) finally: ordered the bill recalled from the enrolling clerics office, slid it will come up today for amendment. .The vote was 21 to 10. Mvrs. ' Btonghton; Guelder, StriugfieM, , Ward.X'risp, Candler bring among thoe voting in the negative. . . .' The chances are good for a lively de bate today over 'Senator Ay-cock's bill to place the Agricultural and Mechani cal College undtr the; p'at ron age of the Agricultural lp partmcnt in order that the college may : receive .some of the -many bone fits ''which eonld accrue to it under such arrangement. The -Agricultural Department don't want the bill passed, it is said, and Sen ator Alexander made an effort to get it referred to the Committee on Agricul ture whereupon - Senator London inter posed a motion to adjourn. This action ultimately served to ave the bill, pro bably; for, later, the motiou to adjourn was withdrawn and Senator Morrisou moved to refer the bill to the Committee on Education, and asfeed Mr. Alexander to accept that. But Mr. Alexander wouldn't consent. So his motion to 'refer to the Committee on Agriculture was voted down and that of Mr. Morrison adopted. "The bill will be reported back today, probably, and as probably passed, it is stated. Senator Aycock made some very vig orous remarks about ihe Agricultural Department, and said certain officers of it '-(calling them by name) were appar ently bent on "running that" department as they preferred in defiance of any and everybody else." ' "Unless this bill is passed the college will be simply a mechanical institution soon, with a mere figure-head and Yio agriculture about it." he declared, Among the bills introduced yesterday was one by Senator Burroughs "to gov ern the organization and conduct of life insurance companies and protect policy holders." This bill will be of interest to-life "insurance people, and it may be reported back to the Senate today. Another new bill provides for the pay ment ot . witnesses attending the Court of .Impeachment, and still further pro vides for the printing of the. official pro ceedings of the court a sort of "Con gressional Record" publication. A most interesting new bill is JLliat in troduced yesterday by Senator Aycock. j who attempts to provide poor school : children, who cannot purchase school . books themselves, with books bought with money raised by -the -taxation of, ,70gs.ftt the rate of cents eac h. Here is the bill and it ought to pass; but it , won't, '"or the average legislator is so afraid of a dog tax that the very mention : of the subject starts a chill running up ami dovvn his weak spinal column. . A. Dog Tax-Scbool Book Oill j -A' bill by Senator Aycock is to pro-! vide a fund to purchase books for the use" of certain public-school pupils. ; Section 1 levies a tax of 25 cents on spyery male dog and $2 on every female dog, to be collected annually. I Seetion 2 provides that all 'dog owners shall list their dogs at the time and in the same manner as other; property is 1itd. ' '- - t Section . - . . 1 c requires xne oeeretary ot State to nrovide a separate column for ! this dog tax in the preparation of forms ;', 1 ta Th tnxe shall v. jjt tne "townships where collected for the nuTDOS.e 0f htwing books for pnblic-school ... t . '- ; : , (Continued, on Fifth Page.) r 1 Morgan Puts One Lion's Tail in the ON THE TREATY AGAIN The Alabama Senator Has No Fears of the Consequences of the Abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Washington, March 6. Again today when the Senate convened the galleries Aere packed with people, a majority of wnom, as on recent days, being compos - cd of visitors to the city. The execu- ! tive gallery was ablaze with blue, gold cord and epaulettes, the visitors being mmnborrof the stall or Uvornor lfltos, . ..... .Lt i T i of Illinois Promptly .it noon .Vice President Roosevelt entered the chamber. As he stepped forward to uis desk to call the Senate io order a -burst of spontaneous applause rang through the galleries. With evident manifestations of his'dis- approval the vice president seized his gavel and rapped- sharply twice for or der. Glancing sternly around the gal leries he said sharply: "If there is any applause or disorder the sergeant-at-arms will clear the gal - lories." The chaplain in his invocation referred with deep pathos to the sorrow which lias, fallen upon the junior senator from Alabama (Mr. Pettus) and his wite in the death ot their only son. Mr.- Piatt of Connecticut then called up the amendment to the rules of which he gave notice yesterday, relating to the limitation of debate. After the amendment was read Mr. Teller.imiuired of Mr. Piatt Whether he exnected to obtain action upon the amendment during the present extraor dinary session. " " -Mr: Piatt reolied that he did not de- sire to dis'fiigis the proposed amendment. at the present time.- lle wished to have the amendment referred to the Commit tee oil Pules, but he doubted very much whether the committee could consider it so fully as to enable the Senate to take action upon it at' this session. He had felt, he .said, ; thathe Senate ought to chiiuge its rules, and he had thought the proper time to introduce his proposi tion was at the beginning of 'a new ses sion of Congress. lie added! that he would- be glau to have action upon the amendment at this session, but he did not suppose it could be had. He desired that, the amendment be referred to the Committee on Itules in order that the committee might have opportunity to consider it during the recess. "I" hope."' said he. io conclusion, V'tnat some fair amendment to the ruU may be devised by winch there cau be a .reasonable (not an unreasonable) limit placed on debate." Mr. Teller said he had no desire to en ter objection to the refei-ence of the ameudment to the Committee on Rules. That was the proper place for it. He fn- ipiired. however, whether there was any j expectation on the part of the majority i to do anything more during the present session than executive-business. Pending an answer to that question. Vice President -ttoosevelt announced iu low. but distinct tones, that the proposed amendmetit would be referred, in the ab sence ofj -Objections, to -the Committee on liules. Responding J.o the incpiiry of Mr. Tell er. Mr,' Hale, disclaiming any attempt to sneak for anybody but himself, said the extraordinary session had been call ed for the transaction of purely execu tive business. IJe did not suppose the Senate would be kept in se-ion many days or be called upon to eonsidijr any other subjects than purely executive bus iness. ... -v -. v 3Ir. Teller submitted some brief com ments upon the transaction of business at extraordinary sessions of the Senate, holding tbat the body had a perfect right, inaccoi'dance ,with precedent, to do any thing it copld in regular session. Mr. Piatt., speaking, he sa,d. for him self only, expressed the opinion that it would ' not be wise to enter upon the transaction of general business at this extraordinary session. It would not be the part of wisdom to do much more than executive business. Mr. Morgan urged 'that the rules be observed, and that the regular order of business of'the Senate as laid down "'in the rules ha observed. He had submitted j a resolution yesterday upon which he de- ! sired action and an ' opportunity to sub- ! mTt' some remarks. The resolution to which he referred was one declaring the Clayton-Bulwer treat- abrogated. After the routine of morning business had been transacted, Mr. Morgan ad dressed the Senate ' upon his resolution. He said he -would exclude from his ar- gument any consideration of. the Pana - ma Canal Commission. The only- pros pect of Ahc construction of the Nicara guain Canal by the United States rested upon the protocols which had been en tered into between this country and the governments of Nicaragua and Costa Rico. - ,-'-- ' - '.- He challenged any Senator to point to a single Proposition which Great Britain had .made for snch a modifica tion cf the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as would admit of the construction of the Nicaraguan canal. No such action, he said ever had been taken iy Great Bri tain. During all the time wnen Ameri cans were "hugging to their bosoms" the delusion that Great Britain eventually would enter upon a friendly agreement for the construction of the canal, Great Britain nad preserved "a profound and golden silence." Jle called her silence "golden"' because, he asserted, Great Britain, through Liverpool, which was the commercial center of the world, was being enriched and the United States, because of the lack of the Nicaragua canal,, was contributing to the enrich ing of Great Britain. There cannot be anything more pre cious today to Great Britain, said Mr. Morgan, "than to prevent the construc tion of the Nicaragua canal. If Great Britain by her 'golden silence,' can pre vent that her profits will continue, and the longer she can d that the greater will "be her profits n the Suea canal. She has remained as silent as the sphinx, which looks out upon the Nile and upon the desert and she seems to be looking out upon a desert of wasted American opportunities and, sad to say,: American honor. Great Britain is. still silent.". With some feeling, in referring to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, the Alabama Senator said: We- will make no compromise with j Gfoat Britain upon that subject We !rfl5n . ,.rift tA tha, trott. Wt,nf - j shall do with it (and some of our people! are opposed even to that) is that we shall P1"5 "l " "ey..Ju me nasemenn declare it abrogated. If the vote on my!oE the Kdwards House, corner Soutl resolution eonld be taMen today it wovild ! Main and Hamilton streets. Tho board inform the President of the " United ; intr .house was owned bv Mr. Bmii-.ii ) . . - .. , iht I has no'twd-thl major- ' i.v iii tne senate to adopt any compro mise he may make with Great Britain. If it is the purpose of Great " Britaiu j still to look for delay she will not get it. If it be her determination to pick a quar rel with us about it she will find the United States can muster at least half the number of meju-who voted for presi dent in the last election- fiehtinir men. . And she will lind, when that war ter minates, that the steel band which binds the throne in Iondon with Australia and India and passes through -Canada, will ! have been rent in twain?. "and with its stiVerance down will go the empire, , "She" w'illfi'nd that her possessions in j the Carribean sea have lansed. She will j linrl thrtt s,e has over-taxed our patince. has started with a new king and Upon a new career that will break up the empire and reduce the king to the sovereignty of his own island. T Does Great Britain suppose she can escape from the 'terrors 'of the existing situation and the prospective situation everywhere and that she can find a favorable oppor j tunity to display her military power against the United States?" ilr. Morgan saio ne did not boast of the power of the United States in money, men or valor, but he was thoroughly con scious of them and glorified' in '.that con- Lscioasness because ho knew;when the su- preme moment Khbtihl Come.-, and, l an,y power in the world ; should undertake to bridle the United States by placing guch restraints upon " their sovereignty i-as were contained in the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, the American people would" re sist to the bitter end. "And that' resist ance," he exclaimed vehemently, "will i"ean the wipiug out of any power on earth that undertakes the job.- Ile regarded the Claytoh-Uulwer trea ty in the nature of an alliance "a i shameful alliance" with Great Britain, and denounced any suggestion of the ina bility of the United States to sever such an alliance without incurring the penal ties of a war. He maintained that in spite of the silence of Great-Britain the United States could abrogate the treaty .i at any time?, and until it 'was .abrogated ,it would act as a clog upon the exten sion of the commerce of this, country. Without concluding his speech, Mr. Morgan yielded the floor and at "2:45 on motion of Mr. Warren the Senate went into executive session. ' , At 3 o'clock the Senate adjourned. STILL ON THE SHOALS The Camperdown May Yet Prove a Total Loss Beaufort, X. C, M.arch O.-ripecial. Merritt & Chapman's wrecking tug Wm. Coley, arrived at Cape " Lookout this morning. The tug and the life saving crew tried to-board and render assist ance to the large . British' steamship Camperdown which stranded on Look out Shoals, eight miles from the beach," Monday morning; but OTing to continu ed high winds and sea h. "been upable to do so. The captain of the Cflmper down reports the steamer not leaking, but strained, and with favorable weath er wreckers think they ''can float her. There are two more tugs and a barge en route and expected momentarily; 4 but should the weaihw change for the -worse she will be a 'total loss, as her position is very muclf exposed and critical. Thrown Out of Employment Wilmington, N. C, March 0. Special As a result.of the failure of the River and Harbor bill to pass between seventy- Ilve an ,,UUU1 u "iru ton, New Bern and other places along the North Carolina coast will be thrown jout of employment, .j onner appropria- tions have been so nearly exhausted that what is left will be reserved purely for emerrfncv purposes. Only a few men for service as caretakers will be retained. All government boats in North Carolina ' (wa ters, with one or two exceptions, will le tied up and concentrated-either at , Wilmington or New Bern. Marconi Coming L Liverpool, March 6. The White Star Line steamer Majestic, which sailed from this port tod,ay for New Tork, has among her passengers Signor Marconi. It Ts reported that he is to undertake ini - nortant electrical experinfents ' In the United States. IB High Point Has a Very Dis astrous Fire MANY STORES SO UP Individual Losses .Were Most ly Small, but the Aggre gate Was Large Insur ance Light High Point, X. C, March Special-.-. The biggest fire in the history of thi town began here this afternoon at. 2:1. V from a gas' tank '"on-a peanut roaster in I ' , Dar and was leased hv Mvl IIUA Being- builtf "wood, . and old. it buriw rapidly. A barber shop, grocery ttortt and" shoe shop were 'also under' thit house. The fire then spread out down Main ' street,' among a lot of wooden buildings, carrying before it John Suits' building, the barber shop of Jesse Edmondson, the restaurant of Thomas Best, the store building of J. Elwood Cox occupied by B. T. Chappell, Grocer J. C. Welch's large livery nd fsales stables, 'ancludin .! buggy- houses and sheds; Mrs. P. K. Jarrell's three store buildings occupied by Younts & ('ampbell, a barber shop and Kennedy Bros.' grocery establish ment. Here the fire reached tho brick block of Ragan & Millis, which, by hard work, was saved, with some damagiv' In the rear of the block were the ware- houses of W. T. Kirkman Co., mer- ' chants, and the High Point- ITardwnro Company which were destroyed. -The lire made a clean sweep from the rail road to the above-ham ed block, a dis lance of about one-tenth of a mile. Tha following is a list of losers and insur ance carried, as far as can be aseer- ; tained tonight: Dougau Davis (Edwards House), in surance $1,500; John Suits' store-house, , insurance $300; Mrs. Edwards, insurauco , 250r Steed '& York. roer,-$ii00: Thos. ' Best, restaurant, no insurance; Alf Era ley, fruit . stand, partly insured; Albert-: son, shoe shop; Morri & Co., fruit store, no insurance; Jesse Edmondson, barber shop, $200; R. T. Chappell, groceries, $300; J. Elwood Cox. storehouse, $400; " -J. C. Welch's livery and sale stables, no insunanee: Campbell Younts, $'25; Barber No. .2, no insurance: Kennedy Bros., grocers, $400; W. T. Jvirkman As Co., furniture department,- loss about $500; J. W. Harris &. Co., grocers, in surance $2,000; High Point Hardware. Company, "insurance. $5,000; W. H. Pa gan, office furniture: Mrs. Frazier, no insurance; Mamrner's grocery store, goods damaged in being moved: .tomluison & Co., goods damaged in removal; Davis As Burns, goods damaged iu removal: W. G. Bradshaw, furniture in residence dam aged by rnmvalr Bert Fiel , reiJ ce badly damaged. His wifo had pneumonia and had to be carrit3d ont, The fire seemed uncontrollable, and many residences and stores ha 1 the ef fects removed. South Main street is"' lit-. erally packed with gocxU o" every de scription for a quarter of a mile. A favorable draft kept the. flames from the Jan-ell Hotel. This a very large struc ture, built before the "war, ami had if. caught the results would have been se rious. - During. the fire several residences some distance away caught from pparkf, but were extinguished. The wind, wns strong and blowing towards the factory district, and caused considerable anxiety i in thatr part of town. The , leiildiags. Ilieing all wooden, burned ripUily, and ' 1 - -r.l- .l I t t " .4. .,.(: uy .. o ciock u- iirtr iinu r-iii. ji.-vj when it came in contact with brick wall . The nr-t loss cannot be correctly esri matel at present, but a..ro.igh estiinat places it at $510,000 probab'y more. Th ) insurance carried is comparatively, small. The burnt block will no doubt be replaced with brick early. ' . . ' 3 . SENATORIAL DISTRICTS Two Changes Made at a Meet ing of the Committee The bill .apportioning the Senatorial districts was ' considered for a securl time yesterday by the joint csmruiitt'"J on" Senatorial Districts. The 23d and 24th districts wero changed. The 2od district as changed now consists of Montgomery and Ran dolph counties and are entitled to on Senator The 24th district in composed of : Anson. Daviusou, Stanly and Uiii!i counties with two senators. Under the original bill Anson an! Union comprised one district with tho other counties joined together in on district. An effort was made to place Cohan bus and Robeson In one district n"" without avail. Robeson remains .i n tnct by itself and oiumnus -mb ji i- den comprises another. - Welcome.to His Grace Liverpool, March 0 The Duke ol Manchester and his bride, formerly Mis "Zimmerman or Cincinnati, arn, at-u j from New York today. ; The duke was welcomed on his arrivn; .'with a writ iu a breach of promise. .n:c .brought by Miss Portia Knigat, ot . i-;: ' borough Mansions, Westminster. t. . it V - V A - i - I
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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