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ITOR -:.- LL JO VOL. XXXYL NO. 99. . BALEIGH, N. O, TUESDAY. EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1897. $4.00 PER YEAR. r1 VIS BILL PASSES . : Vote- 60 to 1 54 'Aerainst the . ' Lease; CRIEfr HOWE DOWN r - IVhra H Attempted to Relate his Con- ' vareatloa wun Ciov. Kuaaaii tbc '. - - Mlnorltv Report Failed of - Adoption - The house het at 10 o'clock and tier vr W G JNorman offered prayer- tr AmongPthe bills introduced" was ' Mbit the sale of liquor within two ' miles of political speakings; this not toapplytocitiesaodtownswbere t - there is a police force; by Hancock, vo amena ine cnarier 01 wewoern, , giving it 6 wards, with a oouncll- " '. " man to be elected every 4 years from t v each, the first election taking place , tfay next; 5 oouncilmen to be ap , pointed by the governor within 6 days after the election of the 6; the ' ll oounoilmen to elect a mayor to serve 4 years, also a chief of police; ; also 2 sargents of police who in the ' mayor's absence from the city shall V have power to take bond or col lateral ; for appearnoe before the mayor; by " ' White, to provide that if any person - shall perform the marriage service who is not authorized he shall be domed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined or Imprisoned; by Price, to allow any justice of the peace to provide him self with a seal and to attest the same his offloial signature; and mak ing any -official act so attested by teal valid in any county, and to be received and acted on without fur therattestationofitsgenuineness;the fee for said seal to be 10 cents for each attestation, in addition to the fees now allowed; by Cardler, to allow preachers to vote without 90 - days residence in county and 30 - days in township; by Mears, to establish a dispensary in Bladen county. . , The billto provide for the govern mentof the penitentiary came up as , unfinished business but at the re quest of Dockery, its introducer, was Informally passed over. . The House took up a bill to amend the code regarding costs in Justice Peace Courts so that no county shall be liable for any costs in atrial ex- Justice of the Peace. Alexander ! . . vtaI 4 A toKIa on) ihta mnHnn ' 4 prevailed. - " , At boon the special order, the bill " to amend the lease of the N. C. R. R. . ' vbuio up. luore wra majurajr re port favoring the bill signed by 6 of the 7 members of the special com mittee, and amlnority report signed t by E, R Aiken (republican) of the oommlttee. The committee present ed a Substitute for the original bill asitsreport Both reports were read, - "- and the proceedings were witnessed by a large and deeply interest- - " ed number of people in the lobby , and galleries. The majority report was first read; then the minorty re- porfc?The latter declares the bill to be the deadliest blow ever struck vt - - mi f at the interests of Western N. C. Cook said the discussion ought to be arralnged before it began; that there was to be three hours discus ' sion, and at the expiration of that - time he would hear the previous question, xnis was an aeciaea " upon -1 1 - - ing, A vote was taken on the min- ority report It was lost, ayes 63; - - noes 63. . .. , - la explaining his vote Howe, col- " ored, of New ' Hanover, caused a A greatieDsation. He said that "this very day Gov, Russell, the promotor '; . of this bill, sent for me to come to "hls office,' and there in . his dictar torial and tyrannical, manner for I , . presume he is perhapsin the employ of the Seaboard Alr-iane." ' At thta Instant Hancock raised a grea( shout of "order," and others ' joi ned in It Lowe moved that Howe - be allowed to speak , longer. Others " said hiatlm'e was out But be said ' , no more as there were cries of "ob ject l'M'objectt'V, -The rut on the 3rd reading was ayes 60, noes 64. Hancock moved to - put the "jelincber on it This, waa ; done. '. - ' ' SENATg. - ,, ., Senate was called to order at 11 ' o'clock by : Lieut-' Gov. Reynolds. Prayer by Rev. J. L. Foster of this city. . -, - By , Alexander f A petition that the appropriation j tbe nremen 'association of $2,600 be continued; byMoCaskey: A petition -from Hamilton .township, of Martin, to place T. S. Cherry on pension -roll; also to' establish a board of steam locomotlye and boiler inspection for each county of the State, by Ramsey, a billto amend 1276 See of code re lating to foreclosure of trust TOMORROW NIGHT. Mr. Hat. C. Goodwlm Will ba Sean at tha Aeadaaiy of Muato. Nat C. Goodwin's new play, which he will present tomorrow night at the Academy of Music, was pro duced by the comedian for the first time on any stage at Sydney, N. S. W. The Australians pronounced it the most successful of all Mr. Good win's efforts during his tour of Au stralia. The first presentation of the play in this country was in San Francis co, where it made an immediate and unqualified success. In Chicago, where it was lately produced, it made the the greatest hit of the sea son. It was written for the come dian by Madeline Lucette Ryley. Mr. Goodwin, in the part of the young American lawyer, Beresford Cruger, of the firm of Barbury. Brown and Cruder, has a role In hich all his best comedy and dra matic abilities are shown. The 'first act in New York and the others at Nice where during one of the acts, is introduced a scene in- tirely new to the stage. It is that of a reproduction of the annual Con fetti and floral festival. The leading female role, which will be played by the talented Maxioe Elliott, is that of Beatrice Carew, a young English girl, disinherited by her father, an Englishman with strong ideas towards Americans in general, for accepting the attentionsof an Ameri can suitor, who happens to be the absconding Brown of the law firm. There are some side plots, and the characters Introduced are all well dran by. the author. Mr. Good win's engagement will undoubtedly be the dramatic event of the season. Red Cross Ready to Go to Cuba. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Washington, Feb. 16. Knowing from authentic sources of the desti tution existing in Cuba, the Ameri can National Red Cross offered its service as an organization. Some international law presented itself, and Miss Barton immediately offer ed herself and her officers for indi vidual service in Cuba, provided Spain acceded and the American people desired to place their contri butions of .money or materials in the hands of Miss Barton and her offi cers. Miss Barton ana ner omours now announoe that they are ready to go to Cuba, provided the people desire to place in MUs Barton's hands a sum sufficient to relieve the necessities of the people of that Island. . GreeaeboroaU Right on tha Lease. No troble was experienced in get ting the pulse of Greensboro on the matter of the 1ase. The Industrial Association took favorable action the other day, but in order to afford every one an op portunity to come up a petition waa circulated and a Very long list of names was so soon obtained and for warded to our representatives at Raleigh. . - " Only a few men declined to sign it and of these only one or two were opposed out and out to the lease, the others being men who seldom sign petitions of any kind. Greensboro Record. : " " v: . -. v Keataoky KUUsg. ' By Telegraph to the Press Visitor. Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 16. Bill Alford shot and instantly killed Dave Meredith at the former's home ten miles south of here in the Rich' ardsville neighborhood this after noon. - Alford will surrender to the authorities and claim self-defense. More trouble Is expected. : r MAT. 0. GOODWIN. Employment of Incompetent Men Costs the State More. UNION vs SCABLABOR The Lowest Bidder Contract a Faiee Cheapness in this Instance proves Costli ness The Legislature Should Consider Its Meahanios In Letting thtPrintlng. The State printing is one of the in teresting questions which will very soon come before the legislature. The Raleigh Typographical Union has memorialized the legislature In favor of the employment of organized labor for this work, and in this con nection we take pleasure in publish ing the following communication on the subject from Mr. R. C. Rivers, President of Raleigh Typographical Unioo, which we believe will com mecd itself to our intelligent law makers and which we heartily en dorse: Editor Press-Vistor. I see there is an advertisement in the Raleigh papers for bids for the state printing for the next two years. Is the farce of lettirg the public printing to the lowest bidder to continue? For the past two vears the work has been done undjr contract given to the lowest bidder. The auditor's report shows that for the twenty months it has cost the state $3,718 more than for the twenty months preceeding, besides over $3,000 ad ditional for paper. Stewart Bros., the contractors, claim that they have done more work. They have also issued a statement to the legislature that they have lost several thousands of dollars because some work has been withheld from them that they should have gotten . The question arises whence this increase cf printing and is it legitimate? While there has been more work done than in previous years, yet the Increase, so far as the writer can ascertain, has not, by a great deal, been sufficient to cover the ad ditional cost of printing done. But a question of much import ance in the matter of letting out this work to the "lowest bidder" is the blow at skilled and organized labor. Stewart Brothers' price is 27 cents per 1,000 ems, while the scale of prices for skilled labor is 33 J cents. Union labor means good Work, and when the legislature lets out its public printing at a lower figure than the scale of prices ask ed by competent labor it forces the contractor to employ cheaper labor and this results in inferior work. The writer does not believe that the representatives that the people elect should legislate to Impoverish its me chanics, but on the contrary, en courage and bring the conditions of fTfs artizans to a higher plane. The A. & M. college and theGreens- boro Normal and Industrial school are maintained at a great expense to the state for the higher and better education in the respective choosing of its students, thereby uplifting them and upbuilding the state. Yet the legislature will have its pub lio work dope at a lower price than skilled labor and graduates of these schoolsVcan compete with. Is this not a farce ? All private firms in Raleigh employ skilled labor and pay fair wages in return for good work. Should the State seek to degrade and lower the standard r ine btate should not squeeze Its mechanics down to star vation prices; . but it is right and proper to limit the cost of publio printing consistent with good work and ihrrr profit to the contractor. It has come to my knowledge that the present contractors entirely ignored union labor and forced its employees to accept such wages as they may have seen fit to pay. In addition to mat maoy oitne men wno have .been employed on the State printing were men who were tramp ing from place to place, not residents of the State, thereby robbing North Carolina's mechanics of support and what justly belonged to them. We pay taxes, we vote, we endea vor to be good citizens of our errand commonwealth and justice demands that our legislatures give due con sideration to its mechanics. Some of the work has also been sent out of the State., Why should this be when here in .RsleSff a and perhapsin other places la the State the work could have been performed.-- v ' . Let the Legislature think over these facts and carefully weigh them when making its arrangements for its prin ti ng for - the coming two Tears.. Remember its mechanics and that the utwxsf bid is rot al wats tex best and cbxapk8ttos thj State. - . - . 5 , R.O.RTYSM. WOMEN SOLD AT AUCTION Spanish Soldiers Bujr BeautUnl Girls at Poblle Sales in Artemlsa. By Telegraph to the Press-Tie itor. Ket West, Flo, Feb.t J 6. Ac cording to La Luc ha, a copy jot which was received here by-tho last Faya na steamer, young Cubangirls are taken prisoners by the Spaniards and auctioned off in various towns throughout the island. On February 8 Spaniards com manded by Col. to Artmisa after EstruchVreturned raiding $ Cuban settlement near Cayajobosi The set tlement was destroyed aneighteen men and five women killed. Eight women and sixteen children were captured and were takes by the troops to Artemisa. -1 f. Ten of the children eregjrjs ranging in age froinTOTfo 14 years, and well developed, as Cuban girls usually are at that age. When the troops reached Arte misa it was announced that the girls would be sold at auction on the next day. The sole took place as adver tised in the main plaza of Artemisa, and a great crowd was present. One of Col. Estruch's officers acted as auctioneer, and he described the good points of the girls as glibly as any crier in theslave marketof Con stantinople could have don?. The trading was of the liveliest char acter, the women of ill repute and notorious debauchees contesting for possession of the girls. Nine of the girls were sold to these characters at prices ranging from $18 to $00, and then the tenth prisoner, who was about 14 years old, and very beautiful, was put on the block and her physical points na rated in the mostshameful language by the auc tioneer. The bidding for the girl was most spirited, but soon narrowed down to a contest between one Uolonel ts- truch's sergeants and the queen of the halt world of Artemisa, notori ous throughout Cuba as a dealer in young girls. The price advanced rapidly and soon the sergeant offer ed $100 for the tiv. The woman raised the sergeant $10 and the lat ter offered $120. This was too much for the dealer and the girl was sold to the sergeant. As it wts known the latter had no money, inquiry was made as to whom he represented, and it was learned that he bid iu the girl for Col. Estruch, who had taken a fancy to her. When the story appesrd in La Lucha it aroused great indignation among the Catholic clergy of Havana and the bishop ordered an investiga tion. On learning this the bishop went to the palace and protested so strongly that he secured an order for the mayor of Artemisa to recover the girls and deliver tbem to the Catholic authorities. The bishop also demanded that Colonel Estruch be removed from command, but this was refused. WASH ATWATER. Caught by a Posse,' Tried Saturday and Jailed. Wash Atwater, who. it will be re membered, was reported dead last summer, but afterwards was seen by some parties, was arrested Saturday morning not very far from Chapel Hill by a posse composed of special Deputy Sheriff O'Kelly, Sid Long, Will Snipes and Frank Cannady. Cannady is the father of the girl that Atwater is charged with attempting to rape. The offense is said to have been committed on the 4th of August, last, about two miles west of Chapel Hill. It is charged that he attempted rape upon Ola Cannady. The darkey was brought to Chapel Hill by the posse and his trial oc curred Saturday before Squire Al gernon Barbee The justioe of the peace bound him over to court This is the third time that Atwater has been charged with rape, so it is said, two of the three times being upon the same girt Atwater was carried to Hillsboro and placed in jail to await his trial In the Superior court of Orange county. He is reported to be a bad charac ter and a nuisance to any community and it is hoped that he will be placed where he cannot bother people. Such characters as he should be dealt with severely. Not the. Lease tkla Time. A special meeting of the members of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry-has been called by Mr. Allen, secretary, to consider a mat ter of importance to the city. The meeting will be held this Tuesday eveningat 8 o'clock in the mayor's office.-'.. ' 1 Ordered Representative II owe Oat of His Office. SAID HE SOLD OUT Homc Says North Carolina Will Have Another Governor, If Russell Repeats tne Conversation on the Streets. Governor Russell let his temper get the bestof him in the executive office this morning and flew into a fit of rage. He cussed and denounced the colored representative from his own county, J T Howe of New Han over and finally ordered himtoleave his office in a very dictatorial man ner. Governor Russell has always shown great friendship for Howe, as the latter fought for him in hisfihts in New Hanover before ho was elected. It was therefore a matter of surprise to those who knew the governor and the representative when it was learned what a stormy scene had ensued between the two. Representative Howe was seen this evening and made a statement as to Governor Kussell s action, which his friends says was outrage ous and entirely uncalled for : "Governor Russell sent Mr D. B. Sutton to tell me that he desired to interview me iu his office. The Gov ernor was talking to Ex-Judge Con nor and several other gentlemen when I entered the door, but he left those gentlemen as soon as he saw me and came over and shook hands with me. He said he was glad to see me and was as cordial as usual in his greeting. Judge Connor and his friends went out. Mr. Dave Sutton opened the conversation by saying that I was a little mixed u the lease question, but he believed that I would get right- " "'lam favorable to the lease,' I replied, 'but I desire to hear the the governor before casting my vote.'" "Without any provocation the gov ernor blurted out 'No, I've gotnoth ing to say to that scoun drel. He's sold out. All the damned negroes have gone back on me. Get out of my office. Leave hero at once.'" ' I said to the governor: You did not buy me when I worked for you and sided with you. With that I walked out." "But I want to say one thing," said Representative Howe, "If Gov ernor Russell says to mo on the streets what he said to me in his office, there will beanotherGovernor of North Carolina." After the stormy interview Rep resentative Howe went to the House and notified his friends of what oc cured. He expressed his intention of making astatementof the affair on the floor of the House . The Govern or's friends urged him not to do so. BKIEFS. Birds are becoming scarce. Tho law expires at an early date. Every Odd Fellow is expected to be at Manteo Lodge tonight. Do not fail to hear Dr. Talmage at Metropolitan Opera House tonight. Dr. Shinn will preach at Metro politan hall Sunday afternoon and night Those who hear him will be interested. All the members cf the Willing Hand Society are requestod to be present at their meeting Friday evening at 4 o'clock at Miss Mabel Woodards. Rev. R H. W. Leak, of this city, has been invited to accompany Mc Einley's inaugural party from Can ton, Ohio, to Washington, D. C.,and has accepted and will leave this city on the 25 inst. A regular monthly meeting of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew will be postponed until further notice. Al' members will please take no'.ice and govern themselves accordingly. Note the new announcement of the progressive firm of Wynne and Birdsong and call at the North Side Drug Store when needing anyihing in their line. Their stock of garden seed for the spring season is full and complete. A delegation of influential and prominent citizens are here from Halifax and Warren to oppose avery objectionable stock law bill In the legislature. In the delegation are Mayor Harrison of Littleton, Messrs. J P Leach, Wood and Dr Pi cot FAIK TOMOHROW 'Will be Warmer Tomorrow Afternoon Local Kainfall. It looked like a bad spell of weuth er had set in this morning, but the clouds scattered by noon and the sun came out beautifully, it will be clearing tonightand cooler tomorrow morning. It wili be much warmer in the afternoon on account of south erly winds. Wednesday will be fair. The rainfall up S o'clock was .03. The slight barometric depression central Monday over the Ohio valley has moved to the north Atlantic coast and has caused rains from Jacksonville to Boston. Auolher considerable storm has developed in the extreme northwest, with a pres sure as low as 29 'M at Bismarck. In consequence the entire country from the Mississippi river westward to the Rocy Mountain slope is experi eucing warm southerly winds. The cold weather iu the northwest has disappeared; a rise of 34 degrees oc curred since Monday morning at Bismarck. The high barometer is central over Texas and clear wt-ather prevails in the central and southern Mississippi valley. TODAY'S MARKETS. New York, Feb. 16. Market quotations furnished by E. B. Cuthbert & Co., 30 Broad street, New York, and IlOj Wilmington street, Raleigh, N C., over their special wire: The following are the opening, highest, lowest and closing quota tions of the New York cotton market today : open-!hiuh- !lov incj. est. est. CLOS 1NU fanuary, February, March, April, May, li 71) li M (i H'.l (i H4 li ill 7 00 S3 HO 71 (i 7U U M (i 01 U 01) t hi; ti 74 ti (i'i H 00 t) 71 2,0U0 June, 01 OH 07 73 8U July, August, Sepl'uib'r, October, 0 ii7 ti fi7 0 72 I (i (i 1 Novemb r, December, Closed firm; sale s 22: bal Tho following were the closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange today: New York Stock Market. Sugar 1U1 American Tobacco Gi Burlington and QuitK-y "I Chicago GaB 7lii American Spirits I'M General Electric 3JJ Louisville and Nashville 49j Manhattan 871 Rock Island 66! Southern Preferred 28J St. Paul 754 Tennessee Coal sad I rot. "Hi Western Union .... 'Xi Chicago Grain and Prutislun Market. The following were the closingquo tations on the ChicagoO rui n and Pro vision market todav: Wheat May, 74; July 701. Corn May, 2.11: July, 24S. Oats May li'i. July 171; Pork May, 7,87; July 9.02. Lard May, .1.92; July 4.00 Clear Uib Sides May 4.02; iu!y 4.10. The following were Die closing quo tations of the Liverpool cotton market today: February-March March-April X50 April-May May-June ... 3.04 Juno-Tuly 3.54 1) July-August 3. .03 1) August-September 3.53 b September-October .3.48 v Closed firm; sales 8,000 bales TALMAGE TONIGHT. Tho Well Known Lecturer end Divine is in the City. Of Dr. Talmage, who comes to Metropolitan Opera House tonight, the Chicago Tribune has the follow ing to say : 'When the Uev. T. DeWitt Tal mage comes to Chicago the Ameri can public in this city proclaims its belief in him by buying every chair in the Audiloriam; and in default of chairs, sitting on the stair carpets. Tho audience last night was vast and unanimous in its opinion. There were seats on the stage where tho 'and others' usually sit. There were rows and rows of standees iu the topmost tiers and the applause last ed long and came often. " Here fol lowed an extended account of the lecture. Manteo Lodge, I. O- O. F. Manteo Lodge, No. 8, I. O. O. F., meets tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Every member is earnestly requested to be on hand. BIDS TO LIGHT THE CITY Raleigh Electric Company Will Get the Contract FOR 70 ARC LIGHTS. Has Company to 1 urnlsh IOO Ll(bta-Ob-j.clion to a lea Vears Contract will Cost the City $7,500 Annually. itaieigb w ti S be one of the most beautiful and brilliantly lighted cites in the state, when the contract which the special lighting committee recommeuded to the board of alder men last night, goes into effect. The committee, consisting of AI dcrmcn Boushall, Drewry, Mills, Liaker and Hoover, appointed to con filler bids for a renewal of the city 's contract with the Raleigh Light Company for illuminating the streets of the city, met last night a', he mayor 's office. There were only two competitors for the light con tract and their bids were very nea the same. The Raleigh Lightcompany, which has the contract for lighting tne city until the first of March, was repre sented by Capt D. P. Williamson, and Mr. Chas E. Johnson appeared for the Raleigh Electric company. The Light comDany offered to furnish the city with 70 electric are lights for $75 per light for the year. The Ui'leigh Electric company's bid was $71 7,) a light per year. There was only one bid for the contract for g is illumination and that was by the R.ileigh (ias company. The company offered to furnish 100 gas lights at $1.50 per month each. The committee decided by an in formal vote to recommend to tho Hoard of Aldermen that the bids of the Raleigh Electric Company for 70 arc lights and the Raleigh Gas Com pany for 100 gas lights be accepted. The contracts which the commit tee recommends will cost the city $7,500 annually for lighting the streets. The present contract costs $5,000 perannum. The city is at present paying $80 each lor fifteen arc lights which are supposed to be of 1200 candle pow er. Two hundred gas lights are employed by the city at an average cost of $2.00 per light. They are only lighted fifteen days in the month and are put out every night at twelve o'clock by a man employed by the city for that purpose. The new contract is cheaper to the city and in addition requires that tho lights be burned every night in the year and the company is also required to light the lamps and put. them out. Mr. John C Drewry said today that the contract would be a most rigid one and that the contractors would be required to live up to the terms of the agreement entered into with the city. Arc lights of 12(K)candle power will be required ot the electric company and the con tract will be so constructed that the company will be made to live up to the agreement. The bids were made on the basis of a ten year contract. Objection is made to this by some persons who believe that the time is too long. The matter will be discussed at the next meeting of the board of alder men, when the recommendation of the committee for a renewal of the lighting contract will be acted upon. The efforts of the special street committee to give Raleigh decently lighted streets is praiseworthy. Tho contracts should by all means be carefully drawn. The committee has decided to place the 70 arc electric lights on every street corner in the centre of the city and to place the gas lights on the corners further out from the ceutre. Thecommittee has arranged the lights well and when the city is illuminated for the first time under the new contract, the heart of every citizen will swell with joy. American Chemical Society. The North Carolina section of the American Chemical Society will meet in tho rooms of the state ex periment station on February 22, 1897. at 4 o'clock p. m. This society is composed of the members of the American Chemical society resident in North Carolina. The section was organized in 1896 with Dr. F. P, Venable, ot the University, presi dent; Prof. C E Brewer, of Wake Forest, vice president nd Prof W A Withers, of the A and M college, as Secretary.
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