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!Fairand The' Morning pOST. Temperature for the past i hours; Mm, 20; Max30. Vol. XI RALEIGH. N. C SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1903. No. 08 Hotels of Wiltesboro and orals of Willies M County Kn Assistant of Attorney Genera! Knox Aears an Interest ns Discus-sion--Host Against Judge Boyd n thou . j. pen rx '-t.vtn. Feb. ZX Special. "The -t Wllfcesboro rr.ay not be I nith lavender hath facilities. :m?r.mg bird brains are not a i th r.gui.r menu, but the ic-vI-tlor arc sufficient to satisfy . -!-?- mortal." Such waa tne ir. of Representative T. F. the accommodations are sufficient to satisfy the average mortal, even though he be a United States Judge. He wanted to resent, .e said. Judge Boyd's Imputation en ie character of the p?epl of his district, and also the accusation that he had supported the dldate of George B. Hiss for the Char- Representative Jsmes M. Moody woula be held Saturday, February 2Sth. Among those who will speak are Sen ators Prltchard, Clark of Wyoming: and MtLaurln of South Carolina. This morning: V. R. SmltH. the can GALLED TO EXPLAIN ADMIRAL SCHLEY TURNED BOW bill rr.cT-lr es n bit of political by-play. R. H. McNeill. whf formerly lived in Wllkrrboro. spoke In behalf of the people of the town and territory. Sr.atnr-eet Lee S. Overman anlved In Washington today. He will remain until March 4th, when It Is most likely that he win take, thoath of office, ror the Indications row are that there win he an extra session of the Senats Sr the purpose of ratifying treaties. lotte- postmartershlp. had a bearing: before Senator Prltchard. Messrs: Hiss, Jordan and Wilson spoke In his behalf. There will be no decision until Monday, when J. T. Newell .will be given a hearing. Postmaster C. A. Reynolds of Win ston is here. Mr. Reynolds cam to confer with officials of the post office department for the purpose of secur ing an additional clerk for the office Though he was at the capitol several nd also with the hope of securing ad- fhours the rewly elected "senator from MM,v tn te orfice of Attorney ItTrX fet Knox tn reply to the stnt Z' Trheni h ftfT Vcd th? P..V,h tv, wo.I, ' nn,e Trft" ln executive session, snd i-v J ..-ix I n tnnt the hotel lavi. , . v . . . . ,,n., n-.rx..w .'bis Is bar to all who have not filled rAl!iin.: at v JixesDoro re .rrv . . . . ,,. ipvrrv rTJlrement of a full-fledged : ibcr.inab!-. and c. course unfit i c.trr r.A t-.i-,. or dltional quarters for the post office. J. I Casper of Winston. Is here also in behalf of the bill reducing the lax on whiskey. . . . - . The Fairbanks Bpom Gsts an PHJfnr Intn TriiMr Elizabeth City, N. C, Feb. 20. Spe- ,,r' ,iai,,M5 muuuo tion to Keep Him on Full Pay,Though Retired, Was Lost Washington, Feb. 20.-At a meeting pe clal. This afternoon Roscoe C. Mitch ell was seen at the Norfolk and South ern depot In company with I. M. Mee kins, the former owner of the Carro linans, of which Mitchell is editor. Mitchell adnuttedttua the two had 0f the House committee on naval af ,been called to Washington by a close fairs held this morning Representative friend of President Roosevelt. It is Mudd made a motion that the reso 'generally known that Meekins post lutlon providing that Rear Admiral mastership came through Mr. P.oose- Schley shall have the. pay and emolu velt and Mitchell's attack on the pros- ments of a Rear Admiral on the ac ident has brought him into considera- tive list, and which has been pending Lie prominence of late. Mitchell caught f0r some time before-the sub-.eommit-the train this morning while Meekins tee on organization rank and pay, be seemed greatly worried. Meekins, the recalled and ordered favorably report former owner of the paper, declares, it ed to the House?. is said, that he Is ln no .wise respon- Not a Republican member support able for the present editor's writings. ed Mr. Mudd ln this motion and two The criticism of the president for din- Democrats. Messrs. . W. W. Kitchin of ing with negroes and the Carolinian xorth Carolm.i nnfl Tnfo nf oPnrifi voted against the proposition. It is regarded that this action will end all efforts in Admiral Schley's be half at the present session. After tne.w a Lona Fight ans Mil wins Fassed Third Rsadins: in the House by 48 to 30 -All " AmendmentsVoted Down A Day of Filibuster ing Tactics Few Acts Passed ed It to him was the fact that the Re publicans were voting against it. an! he therefore voted for it. The foregoing nre two of the most comprehensive reasons ven by th members ln expl.i nation of their votes. The Watts bill has passed third read ing in the House after a long and stub- foatinjr Fairbanks-Pritchard colors is no daubt responsible for the call to the capital. frtalnment Th! Interesting CAilonny mrc-n. Mr. Overman from meeting - ... .....v ..'.- i..j mnnv r.emr nf tTi :.nit m r whoin had heard nnd read much about ) him. -flreat interest always attaches to I the prsopnllty of a newiv elected wn.' rfr.t of court at Wilkes- ntor. and the reception thnt he recelv-Jui-Iil r.cei:r. while ed on all s-ies was mo ffatteHnr. i in-. .1. ...-ci .-. nn.or iir,r,(r. wr9 witli his new r- r - .... .-- humor characterise! the o'.cngue a grvo,! pr.rt of the day. Inl-irOrtV reODle J Um D trOlTI Win- r Sirr.mor.s and Prltchard -ntatlvc Clackburn and --:or. -1 that the bill estatv- ire ie a Hotel. Devours" Ten: Lives CLAIMS' GRANT OF OUR LAND The most nrUv.. jan. tn the Hou? yesterday was A. D. Viatts the rep resentative from Irc.-ell, ,ho has la charge the Watts bill. The measure passed second radinj the night before and was up jester day with several amendment on third reading. Mr." Murnhv hud-crivn r. born fight, by a vote of 48 to CO. Many tlce that he would offer an amendment members were absent. - ! to exempt Rowan county from li e cp- The result was reached shortly be- eratlons of the bill and said ho wanted fore 12 o'clock last night, after about to be heard on it at the proper time, twenty-five amendments had been vot- ( ue wanted no gag rule attempted 'x ed dow n. ' I this matter. There were twenty or The following is the roll call vote more other amendments exemptlnsr by which the Watts bill passed its counties from the operations cf In third and final reading: r law. and several to amend in other re Those voting in the affirmative were ' spects. Messrs. Abeli. Alexander of Mecklen-! The amendment over which the hot- burg. Beasley, Blount, Cowan, Curtif test contest arose was one by Mr. Kina h n th coart w?s r.t in ses ; r Tlrs will go without rr : r pnt'hr.fnt. - irnne. on ef Attorney Oen- ;-v .? The rmtl'V. ht.h Major -i -k-vl Indicated that he Is op : tr bill and will recommen! t f ' vetoed. This Is the Impres-. " ci:rd. but of course It Is nothing - thin a surmise. Final decision . - r -rv1. " ::-"T Prltchard fired the first gun. F thr wa n sharp Interchange tiatlng him mto the mysteries of sena- rks nod all sides gave exrres- torlal life. During the afternoon Mr. r t: "Ir views wrth vigor and Overman wnt over to th House, occu- - Tchrl.a!ly speaking, the pylng a s-at between Representative .1 .lalin was In con- W. W. TCitrh'n nnd Pou. William Jennings Bryan put In the afternoon at the capitol. but his ap parance attracted no more attention thin the average politician. A little " : assistants, was detailed to over a year ago when Mr. Bryan came rh- c-i. and If he anticipated a to Washington members of the House v;-:.i.v and uninteresting session ran over each other In an endeavor -.ve sustnlr.M quite a shoes, to shake hi hand. Then the hall of J : '.z Royd and the members the House was almost deserted. To . .---rI-aI party ryoke with day there was no apparent change In - v.-.- thit bordere on the sn- its appearance. Several members of the North Carolina delegation spoke to Mr. Rryan while he was at the capitol this evening. ? Representative Tou had arranged with Superintendent Machen of the rural delivery service that an Inspec tor shall be sent to his district In April. It Is Mr. "Pou's desire to have - -vr ft-if th kill ten lu.-tinal tiCnti a..V''Ks1 A lwn , . .,.fr an economical m -a sure route Is one that connects with two .... .s. c-vemment's standpoint. The routes already established arid extends vrhn-.T.t of the peor'e of Wilkes th rural delivery service further away -! rA-ticuous ten-itory by Judge from rallway..faclllties and In the re- -1 i a!so dwelt upon. The sena- rnrttest psrts of the district. The post r "'.ire I that h had traversed office, department has generally op- vrv hrtff Tth ln the counties nnA IKIi nrt'ler hnt hna nz?rA to "-tl. ir.d the aspersion cast upoii make the esp-rlment in Mr. Pou's dls- r,Arl by Ju!?e Boyd In eaying trlct. Citizens in the district who can r r. cv:M not be f."mnd H that u?gest practical loop routes should - : 'n section who w- d fairly and rommunlcate with Mr. Pou and furnish -:i-:i-.::y try cases should not go un- him with the necessary Information. f :vL F-.ator Prltchard rata Mr. Tou rpeech on trusts created :fe f I!- people, than whom, ne a most favorable Impression and sev- !. r htter lived. The accommo- Cral members of Congress have re- r:r at Wi;kboro, he said, were quested rp!es to the number of sev- - 7 th b-rh- Senator Simmons Chandler of Mississippi paid Mr. Pou -V" r-yrh ln the same manner. He the compliment of embodying a good part of his dlscusrlon of trusts In a speech he delivered in Congress on the l?th. Senator Fritehard gave notice In the Senate today that memorial exercises ln honor of the memory of the late dows and Receive Inju ries While Others Perish in the Fiery Furnace Cedar Rapids. Iowa, Feb. 20. Ten persons are believed to have been burned to death and at leaat four times that number are known to be seriously injured as the result of a fire which destroyed the Clifton hotel early today. There were 100 guests In the hotel when the fire broke out end most of the dead are buried in the debris. The ruins are still burning. Owing to the -3J Earl of Eggleston Says Twen ty Thousand Acres of Mis sissippi Belongs to Him of Pitt. It was what is known an th anti-jug law. and was a verbatim copy of section 4 of the Ikmdon bill. Kut like the fate of th? London bill luelf it met defeat ln the Uoue. The amendment-wns as follows, be. the London Daniel of Vance, Davidson, Poughton, Pre wry, Foy, Freeman of Mecklenburg, Gluyas, Goode, Hall. Hamilton, Har- ! rington of Moore, Hooker, Tunter, Kins- lans, Kreeger, Leeper, Little, Love, Lu ther, Mason Moore, Morris of Polk, Tijr n t r - m n 1 - . . ... juatiin, .uf iwc, :imciu, l amer ui mg copiea exactly irem vVayne, Price of Stanly, Ray, Ricks, bill: Roberson, rTeott, Shipman, Simpson of ! "That the place where delivery oe Perquimans, Simpson of Union. Steven- any spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented, son, Thomas. Vann, Watts,. Whitaker ' or other intoxicating . Ho uors Is mad or Guilford, Whitaker of Wake, White ' In the State of North Carolina, shall of Halifox, Willis Ayes, 4S. be considered and held to be-the plac xnose voting in tne negative were . of the sale thereof, and nny station ace within said State to or moment's delay increased the panic that already prevailed. One after an other of those at the windows was seen ! to Jump and dash against the pave-' New Orleans, Feb. 20. The prosecu ment below. Those 'who Jumped from tion of the claim of Robert Montgom thlrd story windows had little "hope of ery. Earl of Eggleston, to a grant of surviving the frightful leap, but few land given one of his ancestors by his Messrs. Alexander of Tyrrell, Benbow, or other pi nesua.ea as me names came nearer late Aiajesiy, .. eorge xii, m nai l3 Bowman Bryan, Carson, Daughtridge, . ivhich any person, company, firm anu nearer. now me state ot Mississippi, nas at- t-wxo to tt. tr'tv,; iwwowu, ijuin-nu, ijiuinutit. t;uriuriii.ioii riiaii snip or convey any The victims were literally driven by tracted a great deal of attention In the Freeman of Henderson, Gay, Graham, spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented or the flames to Jump. Nearly every one southeastern counties of the state and Gnint, Hamlin, Harrington of Harnett, other Intoxicating liquors, for the pur of them lingered to the last moment. Mr. Smilie, the agent of the Scotch Earl jarrett, King, Michael, Morton, Nissen, pose of delivery or carrying the sal urged by people below to wait as long In perfecting is claim, has received a Prlce of Rockingham, Riddick. Smith. , to a purchaser, shall bo construed to as possible in the hope of assistance, number, dC letters from Mississippi cit- stubbs. Sugg, Thompson, Waddell, be the place of sale: Provided, this men a cry wouia xeii tnat tne lire naa " -' 13 Walters Noes, SO. section shall not be construed to Dra in explaining his vote against the 'vent the delivery of any spirituous, bill Judge Graham said he was sorry malt, vinous, fermented, or other in to differ from the gentlemen who fa- toxicating liquors, to druggists In suf vored the bill but could not consclen- ficient quantities fc" mdlc-' purpose! tiously support it. He had seen the only, or to legally organized dispenea, party lash used, but it could, not Wprles." . him into line for a measure he sincere- I ' Vot by TTbleh, Mm KUUd was killed, in view of the fact that it was the strongest temperance fea- reached some one or the smoke had also Montgomery and claim an interest .made It Impossible to breathe, and in the property. Th claim of the Earl one after another Jumped to the street, of Eggleston Is baed on the grant and the moreS fortunate to the rcrofs made to 20,000 acre or more by King of buildings adjoining, bruised and bat- George, which grant is alleged to be tered, with broken limbs and half safeguarded and preserved by the op crazed. All wc-r their night gar- eration of certain clauses In the treaty ments. Some whr. nimped owe their oetween tne two countries wnicn roi- IJves? to ac1,:vV(.-ii.eir t-!ls were lowed the end of the revolutionary iiu own nartv convention was the onlv ! destrucUon of the hotel register the j broken by telegraph wires 4vhich in- Avar. He 13 only ' seekmg to establish rwver that could instruct and infiuence -names of the missing have been .un- arrn,ea in fhir nu'n.vani mcht: the claim "and receive the rieht from i -i a t . . . ... uw.. .... . " - , ' - . 11 1 1 1 1 til- ouwi mallei o. aiivium . tttivn . . I . . obtainable. The state Toung Mens, A number of the guest8 who were the government to locate the orginal for opposing it was that it clearly 'ls-'. incoiporated In the Christian Association convention was .wu . tii arnn,-,nt nr ion o-i hi tnr in . . Watts bill: ' - . - - - - - - w " - - - - 5 - - .. t ---7 ... - . LI Ullllia aaaiiio a.ruu w v-if, 11 1. i i or tne peopie oi tn staie. i , I Mr. Hall of Robeson In voting for the ; bill said: The county of Robeson has i the rict that In the east the '-rrts wr arrnngod for the conve cf the r"ope and not ifor the r-""l r'-Ture and personal comfort rfo rriiin Judge. , Fr-"r:tntlv Blackburn sprung - Iy I s ltter. written when he -jtar.t attorney general, cp- the efrort to establish the court ". Ju ice Bords turn came he , "-z ro.r-?th:rg of a sensation by! -: c that the district attorney had I I h!m that a Juror fromWIlkes Those voting for the amendment were 'Messrs. Alexander of Tyrrell. Ander son. Benbow, Bowman, Rrlttaln, Pry- Chapel Hill, N. C. Feb. 20.-SpeciaI.- w county or Kooeson nas Carson, Daughtridge. Pellart. Eth- Walter H. Page, the distinguished about as much prohiwtion now a? sne eHdgp Freeman of Henderson, Gray, North Carolinian and editor of World's can stand, but he didn t think this bill Graham Grant nam!. Hooker. II unv Work, spoke tonight in Gerrard hall would give her much more and it h Jarrett. King. Kreeger. Little, on the new spirit of nationality, with wouldn't hurt. It was a mighty poor nf,r..,.ii stood for some time barefooted m the ecrpeciai reference to the contribution makeshift for a temperance measure Morr)s of polk Mrtpton Murphy. Mc Neill, MsRae, Nissen., ' Offman. Parker in progress in ueaar itapias, ana a iso i escape deciared that they stumbled the remainingt public domain tlon. Delegates to the conventions con stituted most of the injured and miss ing. JJvery room was crowded, and cots ln the hallways were occupied. "The fire originated In the basement, presumably from an electric wire. It was discovered by a bell boy, and. had already gained considerable headway. By the time Night Clerk Wilson, who happened to be on the third floor, had been notified and an alarm sounded, escape was cut off from the ground floor. Frightened guests rushed for the stairways only to find they -could not ; over prostrate bodies, as they rushed ; to; the windows. The -flames literally j were . chasing them, and the smoke j made It almost Impossible to breathe. I Those who were first to escape, where they were not too severely Injured, snow, chained to the spot and ren- Cf tne south, to national thought and and he had not confidence in it. The dered unconscious of the cold by the character, horror of the scene. Many of iem had mmmm to be led away. The hotel was a seething furnace, and It was Impossible to make a res- only thing ln the world that commend- cue by entering the building. Thoe in- . get down that way. A stampede for jurea d- jumping irom me inauSj windows followed. ' ... 'were conveyed to near by business; Guests smeared at every window. ! houses that had been converted into I clad only In their night clothes, wild :y : Impromptu hospitals, in an nour nr-, . v , . UrnV Hninbmr hin- eallln for help. The facilities of the teen had been sent to st. juices nos-. j w uuoi o uig -"r' fire department were meagre, and eachjpltal. Snow Storms Conges t and Complicate Trade Condition esperate Negro Held Up Half Hundred Police tly stated that the 'reason -if. -aH to do his duty In a cer- U0J8Ciea 10 Clgni HCglUCb tAr.ce at the hands of hi ' - . . - . . LI. A . - I ?- Boyd said also that there Is, "' i h IaIenc .3 and disorder In ar.1 th people would be In " ' I fo surh an extent that It would ... in uri an impar- i If a?o took occasion to . t fhrf were a greit many fs!r r p! thr. and then the Judge ' h: r.-,thT remarkable nrralm ' hs ron-:!:son9 In Wilkrs. The d-!-irM to M aomInsbe f.t r'-s for a Jud of the Bilng in "One Room in a Lodging Housa and Pull ed His Gun Firt De- parlmsnt Routed Him and He Was Killed New Orleans, Feb, tem to stop. if spressed '." tt rtte.l .cutes judges hold,nff half a hundred policemen ... rAt , jtxnv-:1 over the cmin- . . . j,.. v 9 . Feb. 2. After at w TiAtira -1 1 1 ri n tr which r'tty trill officers. His honor lvl eT,-r.ton to th fact that scores of shots were exchanged La- : rro-MM fr.r a Julr term of Fayette Flms. a desperate negro, was " H sitd h- did "not want killed by the nocc early this morn- vr thu count-v snd hoM Ing in a negro boarding house in South :-fn? thi hot morth. Jk Remnart street. Th? room ln which he hi-1 rndavore1 to e'e- was besieged had to be set on fire and 1 :;.-ty of hr court ftn4 be the fire department called out before 1 f bnve It kn--n. Bims could be driven from nis pori. : ir--c his Mter endorslnr the he attempted to escape, still carrying .il h htd stated that Wlikes- his gun. he wns rhot down. 4 r-l-irelv th" 'better f'ce Tu- body was taken to the morgue h f hA'd the court than Win- -w' ut nny demonstration from a mo: of .several thousand negroes who K- ?t r-pMM. speaking his rrlnd crowded the vicinity of the tragedy. " v.- rir.t-d out the absurdity The origin of the trouble was trivial. ' - '!-irc concerning the power Flma occupied a room in the boarding v i' lit whi.key Interests by the house, m "which' there were seven beds. ' vi-r thrt whil- a large qun- On retiring last night he . looked tne -f hivr mnde. prohlbi- door, and when the landlord, early this - r h nm of th counties morning, arked him to opon It so that v- ' ;r cAntroL Mr. Kluttr. th-n another lodger might he admitted. Sims w H metlr.c that he bad refusM.Then the landlord pent ror " i a!I A.w-r th mountain sec- the police, nfforts to persuade Sims to t.: . ATi4 i.-nrr the condl- open the door failed and a hoi was 1"r bote's at Wilkesboro my smashed in It. . v:ir.r..vi tth lavender bath Through the npcrtufe Sims began '' 'l humminc blnl brains are shooting. One bullet knocked a pistol s r-rt r.( tne r?Stii-ir menu, but from the fingers of Officer WIndsteui and a second shot shattered the lan tern which.' the officer carried. There upon addttnal police were sent for and the house was surrounded. When the reinforcements had arrived .the ne gro landlord and an officer again went to the room and pleaded with Sims to come out and surrender. "No, T wont," he answered, with an oath. "I'll shoot if you don't go away; GREENSE0R9 AROUSED They Clqim First Right to Nash and Davidson Monuments Greensboro, N. C, Feb. 20. Special. -Greensboro people are beginning to get mints and Drummsrs Send in More Orders -Speculating pull and Trad ing Below Average New York, Feb. 20. Dun's review of trade will tomorrow say: Just as the railway congestion be gan to give way before the vigorous very much warmed up over reports efforts of traffic managers, the situa that the monuments for which Con- tion became further complicated by gress has recently appropriated ten 1 the worst snow storm of the season, thousand dollars to be erected to the &nd thg movement of merchandise was memory of Generals Nash and David-,. - Tffltr,,rM nf . . a . - -i 1 III llll fl I li 1 11 rti. 1JQ LbJl. w I am not going to leave here. They'll son, will be placed elsewhere tnan on : - ... burn me In oil. They'll fry .me." . ! the Guilford Battle Ground. The de- J gross earnings show the usual gains, Sims had piled some of the .furniture cislon for the location rests with Gov-j February thus far surpassing by 17.6 In the room against the door and was ernor Aycock, and recent rumors thafi per cent ia,t year when unusual delay pr pared to fight for his life. As the ne wa9 not .inclined to favor the bat-' vas caused by severe storms and 1901 landlord nrd the off.eer retreated the tje &rrtund site, have greatly disturbed ; Dy 17.5 p9r cent, increased cost of desperado fired at them, without, doing thls entre section. operation, however, necessitated fur- any damnge. All efforts to induce the ; Jt 3g argeiy through the Instru-1 ther advances in rates. Trade was ln prlsoner to surrender having proved tauty Gf Congressman Kitchin of ; terrupted to a considerable extent by Ineffective. Supt. Journe decided that thJs dlstrlctt Eupported by efforts of j the inclement weather except in cer there was nothing to be done but to . , f . t, . r flBnnnhn- iins. notablv heavy .. ford Battle Ground Company, that the I wearing apparel. Wholesale houses appropriations were secured after a j dealing in staples , have received lib- Jong and hard fight, and they feel that ! eral orders, an'd much forwara ousi- jof Halifax. Pegram. I'hilllps. Price of j Rockingham. Price of Stanly, Quickel. Riddick, Roberson, Pucker, Simp'on, of Union, Smith, Thompson. Waddell. West. Whitaker of Guilford. Whitaker of Wake, White of Halifax, Williams, Willis. Woodard 51. Those voting ln the negative wer Messrs. Abell, Afkn, Alexander of Mecklenburg. Beasley, Blount. Brltton, there were gains of 7.3 and 23.4 per lBullard. Carlton, Cowan. Crocker. Cur- cent respectively. ' tis, Daniel of Vance. Daniel or War- Although many new blast furnaces ren, Davidson, Dobson. Dockery, are nearing completion and others will Doughton. Drewry. Duncan. Krwin, be finished within six months, the act-' Foy. Freeman of Mecklenburg. Fuller, ual output of pig Iron decreases be- Ciuyas, Goode, Guion. Hall, Hamilton cause fuel cannot be secured. Last ; Harrington of Harnett. Harrington oi week's moderate improvement in the j Moore, HInton, Hunter. Kinsland. Leep. situation has been succeeded by a de- er. Lucas,- Luther. Morphew. McCall. cided setback many more furnaces be-Newiand, Parker of Wayne. Ray. Ricks, Ing compelled to bank through lack of Scott, Self. Shipman. Slier, ,Slmp-on of fuel, I Perquimans, Stevenson. Stubbs. Thorn- Further small concessions have oc curred in quotations of grain, the ad vancing season and heavier movement to market having a natural influence. A temporary recovery of wheat pn re ports of injury was not held because it was found that the winter wheat had ample snow protection: Tljtere is j somewhere between twenty and thirty as, Vann, Walters, Warren, Watts, Woodley 56. FIMbnM-rlnr Tattle When the Watts bill came up on third reading at the expiration of tha morning hour the, clerk's desk was del uded with amendment. There werci smoke the negro out- An alarm wns turned In and a por tion of the fire department brought to the scene. A quantity of cotton oil and sulphur was sent for, the cotton miied into balls and saturated with oil. a. match applied and the biasing substance hurled into the room, every avenue of escape being guarded. The furniture In the room caught they should not now be deprived of the fruits of their labors. Banquet to "Jones Fuller ness has been . piacea. -joown uie quicker shipments on old orders, while travelers' send in many new contracts. Manufacturers of - paper, straw goods and elothiner report conditions fully as eausiacTcry as a year at quickly, filling the place with wn;banquet wa!, ffVen to Representative Durham. N. C Feb. 20. Special. A from some interruption by labor con and flame. Sims hung into nis mams place until he was nearly suffocated and then made a break to escape. As he appeared at the door Patrolman Fred Smith fired at him. The negro stagcered. mortaHy wounded. Instant ly other policemen fired at him and he fell Jones Fuller at Hotel Carrolina to- troversies. Conditions In the silk in- much difficulty in maintaining corn quotations owing to increased move ment although .the quality is :not all that could be -desired. Cotton reacted for a time but quickly resumed Its ad vance, reaching Its highest point of the season and exceeding the price a-year ago by 1U cents. Spinners are taking freely but there is evidence of specula tive manipulation that makes it dif ficult to determine the intrinsic value of the staple. Quieter conditions prevailed in the markets for dry goods. of them, and the Watts people real ized that a stubborn fl??lit was on. Gov. Doughton. having In charsre the revenue bill, agreed to its postpone ment for half an hour, to allow time to settle the whiskey question. The. half hour soon expired and Gov Doughton agreed to postpone the reve nue bill until the night session as the whiskey matter was waxing very warm. ' The first amendment voted on was one by Mr. Roberson of Guilford pro- although mills are busy and prices well I hIb,tIn& the manufacture of liquor in maintained. Numerous .lines of cotton j tovyiB ot , than coo population and flead. The firemen esttngrVshed j between seventy-five and one hundred activity to material supplies. Despite .u. (i.trnrirnrrv M1t guests. The fare was very eiaoorate. and taken through a lane- of excited lS given In the Carrolina's best r. to the oollee station. Ex- : style. A number of toasts were re- amlnatlon of the room following the rspemded to by those present. Several tmo-iv-v -hon-ed that Sims had eotten Invited guests came up from Raleigh, possession of Officer Wlndstein's r most of the visitors being members of volvcr after shooting It from his hads.-' the General Assembly. the approaching triple holiday, specu lation was dull and trading fell below the same week of the preceding years. This accounts for the ir.creas- cf rmly 2.7 per cent in bank exchanges at New York and the loss of 3.4 per cent com pared with 1901. At other leading cities have again advanced in response to the upward tendency of the raw material and the first result has been a dispo sition to delay purchases by !e dine buyers. Deliveries are far from satis factory on old contracts at the lower prices, causing complaint and postpon ing new orders. Domestic buying is fair, but export trade dulL Inquiries are less numerous for woolens and or ders from the road only moderate. Foreign commerce Is not losing as much as might reasonably be expect- dustry are shown by enormous Imports night. The banquet was given by theiof material, and one large manu buslness men of the city as a token ofjfacturer has recently received orders high esteem and appreciation for the sufficient to occupy his plant for two work he had done since going to the:Yf,flrs. Bids are invited for extensive Legislature. There were spreads tor i building operations giving strengtn ana j-orj m view or me magruiuu ui uvij.icb- tic business, on tne contrary omciai figures for January make almost' as good an exhibit as the phenomenal month preceding. Failures this week number 247 in the United States against 230 a year ago and 26 in Canada as compared with 31 last year- the 6ale of Hq-;or in towns of less than 200. Thl3 is n provision of the Lon don bill, but the House said it should have noplace In the Watts lull and voted it down. The next amendment wa to exerrpt Tadkln county, offered by Mr. Ben bow. and down It went by a vote of.J 49 to 59. On this amendment several gentlemen explained th?ir votes. Right here filibustering tactics b gan in earnest, led by Messrs. Morton of New Hanover and Murphy of Ro. an. It was apparent that they intend ed to have a roll call on every amend ment. Mr. Morton stated as much a little later on and said it was because the gentleman from Iredell had closed the mouths of those having amend ments to his bill, and gagging them (Continued on 2nd page.)
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 21, 1903, edition 1
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