5- VISITOR. NUMBER 8786. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY HO. 1899. 25 CENTS A MONT THE TIME GENERAL ASSEMBLY Bill to Reduce Defendant's Challenges Tabled RALEIGH STORAGE CO. ' Bill to 6ivt Each Member of First Nerth Carolina Regiment In Cnba a Medal-No Bible Kissing. The Senate met at 10 o'clock, and prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Carter. Petitions from the citizens of Fail- Bluff township to prevent the sale of ardent spirits in Tucker's township; and from the citizens of Columbus to Incorporate the township of Hallsboro, -were filed with the committee. The following bills were introduced: By Senator Stanbat'k, to amend chap iter 41, Laws of 1897, relating to spe cial tax in Montgomery county. By -Senator Mcintyre, to amend Senate bill 864, relating to fish in Albemarle sound; to incorporate the Carolina and Northern Railroad Company; for the relief of Mollle V. Britt; for the relief of Annette G. Hooper. By Senator .Whltaker, to prohibit hunting in Wake and Johnston counties without permis sion of the owners of the land. By Senator Ward, to repeal chapter 57, Laws of 1895, relating to the election of justices of the peace; to further white government in the counties of North Carolina by redacting chapter 17 of the Code, with reference to the election of commissioners and magis trates. By Senator Justice, to prohibit public drunkenness. By Senator Tra vis, to provide extra commissioners for iWarren county; to repeal chapter 324, Laws of 1897, relating to the work ing of the public roads in Halifax county. By Senator Travis (by re quest), to amend section 2162 of the Code; to repeal chapter 541. Laws 1891. and to amend section 447 of the Code; to inmrnnrAtp tht Ortnt Pallia Manu facturing and Improvement Company; to amend chapter J80, Laws of 1889, re lating to drainage. Senator Jones, from the Fourteenth district, was administered the official oath by Judge Clark, and President (pro tem.) Smith was also sworn in, as he explained that during the absence Of Lieutenant Governor Reynolds it was necessary that he should ratify some hills. The Calendar was taken up, and the following bills parsed final readings: To amend the charter of Gastonla; to amend and consolidate the charter of Greenville: to amend chapter 340, Laws of 1895, as to the charter of Jonesboro: to amend section 38 of the Code, in re gard to internal Improvements; to re peal chapter 150, Laws of 1897, as to the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail road Company; to amend chapter 122, Laws of 1897, relating to the same com pany; to re-enact chapter 73, Laws of 1889, authorizing the incorporfflion of the Bank of Madison; to alter the di viding line between Whlte'house and Britz townships, in Robeson county; to pay Mrs. R. B. Fue! $21.06; to allow the, city of Greensboro to issue bonds; to increase the number of commission ers in Northampton counly; to re enact, amend and extend the charter of the Atlantic and Yanceyville Rail way: to Incorporate Thompson Insti tute: to protect the Fries Electric and Powers Plant of Forsyth county; to amend chapter 250, Laws- of 1893, re lating to the North Carolina Savings Bank; to revise the Jury list of New Hanover county; to amend chapter 108, Laws of 1895, allowing the commis sioners of the town of Mooresville to elect officers in case of vacancy: to amend chapter 65, Laws of 1895. relat ing to the town of Greenville: to re peal chapter 491, Laws of 1893, in re gard to impounding stock in Edge combe county; to amend Senate Bill No. 23D, and to repeal chapter 51, Laws of 1895, In regard to fishing In Albe marle sound. A Joint resolution; providing for the election of the director of the State's prison on Friday, February 3, 1899, at 12 m., passed third reading. - By leave. Senator Black introduced a bill to adjust certain claims against the University by Senator Justice (by request), a bill waslntreduced regard ing the bonds of warehousemen. The -Senate adjourned at 18 m. HOUSE. k The House met at 10 o'cloc, and Rev. E. C, Glenn offered prayer. The following bill were Introduced: By Olles, to give each member of the First North Carolina Regiment who Is serving In Cuba, a medal. By Hoey, to Incorporate Lattlmore, Cleveland coun ty.' By Brown, to change .Stanly un r from the Eleventh to the Eighth Ju dicial district. By Leak, to incorporate the Pee Dee News Transit Company (a telephone company). By Davis, for rlif of sureties -ot J. H. Abell, ex i v . collector at Waynesvllle; also to .tent obstruction - of Jonathan's ek. By Wlllard, to add Gabriel olmes and Duncan .McEachorn ai SrruniMloners of New Hanover; also ko re-fund 1150.000 of , Wilmington's bonds due in 1912, $100,000 due in 1915 and $150,000 due in 1919, by the Issue of four-per-cent. bonds. By Patterson, to amend the charter of Maxton. By Boushall, to incorporate the Raleigh Storage Warehouse Company of Ra leigh, capital $10,000; Claude B. Barbee, John Gatling and W. W. Robards, stockholders. By Moore, to provide for road building in Jackson. By Harri son, to elect a cotton weigher for En field. By Moore, to allow Jackson county to settle with the sureties of J. E. McLain and R. F. Allison: also to Incorporate the Sylva Training School, and to incorporate the town of Pylor. By Petree, "to amend the law regarding hunting in Stokes. The Calendar was taken up. A Joint resolution was adopted to go Into elec tion of twelve directors of the peni tentiary next Friday. The following bills passed: To add P. P. Meroney and W. A. Houck as commissioners of Rowan county. To appoint a joint committee to investi gate the Agricultural and Mechanical College for negroes at Greensboro. To incorporate the town of Manteo. To1 re-establish Mt. Airy township. Surry county. To pay expenses of J. A. Franks, contestte for Senate seat from Thirty-fourth district. To amend the law regarding election of a cotton weigher for Salisbury, so that he will have no fee for cotton which is sold by farmers to the mills and which he does not weigh. There was some discussion of a bill to repeal the act of 1897, allowing coun ties to pay special veniremen. Several members, among them Nicholson of Beaufort, said they approved the meas ure. Nicholson moved to table, and this action was taken, despite a favor able committee report. Bills passed to allow McDowell coun ty to issue bonds to settle its outstand ing and bonded debt.-: to allow Dur ham county to issue bonds for public schools (the people to vote on the ques tion): to restore the old name of Ayden to the town of Harriston. Pitt county. A bill came up in regard to the num ber of challenges in capital cases. Ray of Macon said it was of great im portance, as it promised to change a law which stood for a century- Ray wanted the Judiciary Committee to re port on the bill one way or the other. Moore offered a substitute, and said it had been agreed that he should pre sent it. He urged that the matter be not again referred, but thut it be acted on. The bill amends sections 1199 and 1200 of the Code. The substitute re duces the number of defendant's chal lenges from twenty-three to twelve, and increases the number of the State's challenges from four to eight, and further provides that in all capi tal cases the prosecuting officers on behalf of the State shall not have the right to stand aside any per cent, of the Jury without first showing cause, as now provided by law. Julian urged that the bill be tabled. He said he cer tainly did not want Rowan county in cluded in the provisions of the bill. Hartsell moved to table the bill and the substitute too. and to the table they went. Bills passed final reading giving Jack son, Northampton county, a dispensa ry; to allow the various divisions of the Atlantic t'oasl Line in North Caro lina to change names to the "Atlantic Coast Line Railway of North Caroli na," and making them flomestlc corpo rations of North Carolina. (It so changes the name of the Wilmington and Weldon; then ratifies the consoli dation of the Rlo'hmond and Peters burg, and the Petersburg, and incor porates the Atlantic Coast Line Com pany .of Virginia). Mr. Oliver presented a petition from people of the northern part of Robe son, protesting against its being in the proposed county of Scotland. (A large delegation was in the capltol from Robescfn county, some favoring the placin.? of Robeson territory in the new county; others willing to have Scot land county created, but not to give it any Robeson territory.) By leave, Craige Introduced four fol lowing bills, all by request: To place the offence of cruelty to animals with in the Jurisdiction of magistrates; to allow clerks of court under certain cir cumstances to pay out money to mi nors who are wards of the law; to pre vent the necessity of kissing the Bible when taking the oath; to amend tne law in reference to service of sum mons by publication. Bills Dassed to allow tne town ot Lexington to issue bonds for a graded school and other purposes; Senate bill, to make cruelty In ofner state ana abandonment for one year another cause for divorce, the law to apply to cases which occurred prior to January 1. 1899, was referred, owing to an error in date. . . Rills Dassed to elect a cotton-weigner for Charlotte: to declare the South eastern Railway company duly Incor porated and to enlarge its cnarter tit l to be from Ashpole to Hub); to al low the commissioners of Craven coun ty, to fill vacancies not aue 10 aeam la' county offices. Justices of the peace in nil vacancies in the board of county commissioners (Gattis said It was one of the many bills designed to put Cra ven county In tne nanas or tne wore people); to extend the corporate limits r,c tha town of Hickory; to amend chapter 147, Public Laws 1897, regard ing powers or saie, mortgages mm deeds of trustdevolving duties upon executor and administrators of trus tees or mortgagees ana vanaaiing tneir acts; to change township lines of Toe river. Roaring creek ana unvme, in Mitchell county; to allow Nash county to levy special tax in stock-iaw terri tory. - ' WASHINGTON LETTER Many Anti-imperialistic Speeches This Week. THE HULL BILL Senator on the Election of Senators Popular Vote General Miles and Secre tary Alger. (From Oiur Regular Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-Anti-Im-perialistic sentiment will have full swing In the Senate this week, as nearly every Senator who opposes and who has not already spoken against Imperialism has given notice of in tention to speak. The treaty of peace will be voted upon February 6, and the chances favor its ratification, because nothing would be gained by rejecting it. A motion to reconsider would be made by one of its friends, and it would require a majority to table it. That majority its opponents have not. So, if it were rejected February 6. all Mr. McKlnley would have to do would be to call an extra session of the Sen ate, in March, when It would be promptly ratified. Within the last week Mr. McKinley has been personally harshly criticised in both House and Senate, and in each body one of his critics was a Republi can. In the House, Representatives Jerry Simpson and Johnson of Indiana jumped on him for bowing to public opinion, right or wrong; and In the Senate. Senators Gorman and Hoar gave him fits for declining to furnish the Senate with copies of the Instruc tions given to the Peace Commission ers. The attempt of the Republicans to get Democratic support for the Hull bill, which will be voted upon tomor row, by amending it so as to make any Increast of the regular army above 50,000 discretionary with the President, was not a success. It made no real change. The Democrats proved by their voles for the first war appropria tion that they were not afraid to trust the President, but that did no change the principle of the party against the concentration of authority in the hands of one man. Such concentration does no harm as long as the right man ex ercises the authority, but who can say when the wrong man will come along? The change was not made for effect in the House, where partisanship will put the bill through, but in the Senate, where its late will be very much in doubt, unless the support of Senators, who are now inclined to oppose it. can be secured. The subterruge was so palpable that Representative Loud of California, a Republican, made a hot speech against it, plainly telling his party associates that they could not hope to catch suckers with such a bare honk. General Miles is still piling up evi dence, official and unofficial, that the beef furnished our soldiers in Cuba and Porto Rico was unfit to eat. He has already about convinced everybody, ex cept the members of the administra tion, and of the War Investigating Commission, that his charge was true, but they seem dtermined to stick to it that the beef was good. Secretary Alger put another slight upon General Miles in connection with the finding of the Eagan court-martial. The army regulations provide that the finding of a court-martial shall be for warded to the Secretary of War through the commanding general of the army, but Alger instructed the Judge Advocate to ignore Miles and hand the finding to him directly, and it wa3 done. While nobody outside the court and officials can swear what the verdict was, everybody Is certain that it was "Guilty," and that the sentence was dismissal from the army. In han dling this verdict, Mr. McKinley would better be careful or Tie will sign his own political death warrant. The peo ple have decided that Eagan should be punished, and if Mr. McKinley exer cises his authority to shield him. he will find that lie may have the pun ishment to bear himself. Senator Butler, in presenting a reso lution of the North Carolina Legisla ture for the election of Senators, by vote of the people, called attention to this being the twenty-fourth Legisla ture to adopt such a resolution, and said that a constitutional amendment ought to be at once adopted, citing the several existing deadlocks and scandals In legislatures as an argu ment !n its favor. MARRIED. At th residence of the bride's father, on Sout'SjflfcDowel! street, Mis "Laura E. BrockWell and Mr. W, C reel were married Saturday evening1. The cere mony was solemnised by Rev. Dr. M. M. Marshall, of Christ Church. Mr. and Mrs. Creel have the best wishes of tkelr many friends. QUAY'S FIGHT. No Chunge Probable Until After His Trial, February 20th. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. WARRISBURG, Jan. 30. It is toe that there will be no change in the Senatorial vote until after Quay's trial, February 20th. The lines are so closely drawn that it is hopeless to expect a break under existing circumstances. Senator Quay and his lieutenants de clare, with every show of confidence, that he will be re-elected, but the facts seem antagonistic. A quorum today would be greatly to Quay's advantage, but the Democrats and anti-Quay Re publicans will not partieipat for fear Of some trick. No quorum was present today, and the vote stood: Quay, 35; Jenks. 4 TOOK HIS WIFE'S NAME. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. LONDON. Jan. 30. It is announced that the Queen has granted license, at the desire of Leander J. McCormick, of Chicago, to Frederick E. Goodhart, of Hallow Castle, Tonbridge, to assume the name McCormick. It is said to be the first occasion that a Britisher has added his wife's name to his own. SIMON BUILDING BURNED. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. PITTSBURG, Jan. 30. The Simon building, occupied by the New York Biscuit Company, was destroyed by fire this morning. Loss, $100,000. Cold hampered the firemen, disabling some apparatus. FIRE IN CHICAGO. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. CHICAGO, Jan. 30. The mahogany yards o Rayner. Morgan & Fulton, and Austin's box factory were burned this morning. Loss. $325,000. The Smith boarding house adjoining was destroyed and twenty-five lodgers in scant attire escaped to the streets, where the thermometer stands at zero. Ten firemen were compelled to jump to the street and one was severy hurt. METHOD FOR REVISION. Iiy Cable to the Times-Visitor. PARIS, Jan. 30. The Chamber of Deputies, by a vote of 346 to 189. adopt ed the government's proposal to sub mit to a special committee from the Chamber a bill providing cases of trial for revision shall be brought before the united sections of the court of cas sation. The report of Mazau Firs, president of the court of cassation, on Ueaurepaire charges, will be read be fore the committee. SENATE TODAY. Hy Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. The Uni ted States Senate has adopted a reso lution calling on the Secretary of War for information regarding the propor tion of sickness and deaths among the American troops in the Philippines. The Senate has taken up the Indian appropriation bill. E WART'S NOMINATION. Iiy Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. -The Sen ate Judiciary Committee has taken up for consideration the nomination of Hamilton Ewart as judge of the West ern district of North Carolina. MYRON REED DEAD. 'By Telepraph to The Times-Visitor. DENVER, Jan. 30. Rev. Myron W. Reed, one of the greatest preachers of the West, is dead. He was mentioned us a successor to Henry Ward Beecher and was president of the Debs Co-operative Commonwealth. EAGAN IN CIVILIAN DRESS. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The record of the court-martial of General Eagan was transmitted this morning to Judge Advocate General Lieber for review. After the Secretary read it he sent it- to Lieber, who announced this morn ing that he expected to take three days to examine it. Eagan came to the War Department today in civilian dress. "GUILT IS EVIDENT.' The Boston Herald Fined $500 for Using the Above eHad. By Telegraph to the Times-Visitor. BOSTON. Jan. 30. Judge Bond to day" fined The Boston Herald $500 In contempt proceedings. The Herald hav ing Thursday aaded a reort of the trial In the Mulvey and Scallans cases 'X3ullt is Evident.' As a consequence of this headline the case was taken from the Jury. JOURNALIST ARRESTED. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. DRESDEN, Jan. 30. A man named Reif, formerly a journalist, of New Tork.t whither he eloped nith a young woman, was arrested here on the charges of stealing diamonds, valued at $20,0W. OFFICE -CLOSED. W. A. Porterfield & Co. Ones Under Today. No market quotations were received here today. This -was due to the fact that W. A. Porterfield & Co., of Wash ington went under this morning and the office here was closed by an at tachment issued by Justice Mareom with Mr. E. H. Lee as plaintiff. Porterfield had a number of branch offices in this State. Among other places they had offices at Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Charlotte, Kin ston. Tarboro. Rocky Mount and other points. GOT IT IN THE NECK. Judge Roberts says he sot it in the neck one night last week. A young man came in his office and requested the Judge to be at a certain house the next night promptly at 7 o'clock to marry him. There was much style about the young man and the Judge scented a nice fee. The next evening Judge Roberts got shaved, put on his black Prince Albert, had his shoes shine.1 and went to the appointed place. After awaiting In a room for half or three-quarters of an hour a young man came in and told the Judge he could go into another room, which he did, and after waiting a quarter of an hour more the couple entered and the Judge married them, and after con gratulating the bride presented her a certificate of her marriage. After wait ing a few moments the Judge excused himself and found his way out of the house ai.d toted his book back to his office. When asked If he had realized that nice fee, his reply was: "Yes, I got it in the neck. Why, the fellow did not even thank me or show me out of the house. I am sorry for the girl I married him to." LEE THE HYPNOTIST. He Will Begin a Week's Engagement Tonight. Mr. Lee, the hypnotist, who. with his company, will begin an engagement for the entire week at fhe Academy of Music, will have a committee of news paper and business men drive from the theatre over a circuitous route to some spot agreed upon by the com mittee and hide a needle. After hiding the needle, they will drive back to the Academy of Music over a different route, where another committee has been guarding Mr. Lee and his assist ants. iMr. Lee will hypnotize one of his assistants, blindfold him, have him mount the carriage box and drive over the same route that the committee did, making the same turns, driving on the same streets, find the needle and drive back to the Academy of Music. Other features of tomorrow night's programme will be the "Typnotic Cake Walk," Country School Teacher," "Human Bridge" and Lee's beautiful "Cataleptic Statues." Ladies Free. Monday night every paid ticket reserved before 6 o'clock p. m.. at King's Drug Store, will ad mit one lady free. i CONGRESS. To Vote on the Hull Bill Tomorrow Afternoon. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. Before re suming debate on the army reorgani zation bill today the House agreed that if its consideration under the five-minutes tule was continued today the ses sion tcmorrow until five o'clock will be devoted to general debate, which will give each side an opportunity to close. and the bill was then taken up in commit tee of whole for amendment. Marsh of Illinois offered an amend ment fixing the minimum number of troop, company, battery, to make an aggregate of 50,000, giving the Presi dent power to increase to 100,000. 'Hay of Virginia offered an amend ment to provide only sixty men to a company, infantry or cavalry, giving the President power to Increase to 145 and 100 respectively in case of war. SAFE ROBBERY. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. FORT WORTH. Jan. 30 Three rob bers blew open the safe in the Keely Plough Company's store at Longvlew last night and a large sum of mlney was secured. Joe Carroll, of Joplln. Mo., one of the robbers was captured and another was seriously wounded. STILL IN HARBOR. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 30. The Philadel phia Is still at harbor and will not start for 8amoa before Tuesday. The engineers from the last have not yet arrived. WHOLE FAMIXiY PERISHED. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. TOLEDO, Jan. 30. The Robson fam ily, composed of father, mother daughter, son and hired man, lived on one o fthe islands or the Bass group. The boy died' and the whole family started to take his body to Canada in a boat. Since the body of the mother has been found on the Canadian shore. All the family ore believed to have perished. ...... LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Familiar Faces in Ihe Pass ing ThroDg SHORT STATEMENTS Movement of People You know Sirs tng In at i About the CIt - Snatch's of Today's Street Gossip.. Mr. W. J, Ellington returned last night from Troy, N. C. Mayor Powell fined Ransom Hicks $3.25 for being disorderly Saturday nig'ht. The Rescue Circle will meet at Mrs, James McKlmmon's tiniorrow after noon at 4 o'clock. Miss Jennie Joyner, of Franklinton, wliii has spent several days with Miss Mary Green, on Hillsboro street, re turned home today. Occoneechee Tribe. No. Id. J. O. A. R. M.. will meet at 7 o'clock sharp this evening. By order Sachem. George L. Tonnoffski, Chief of Records. Miss Minnie Barber, one of the pop ular salesladies at Lyon Racket Store, is very ill of pneumonia at her grand father's, 'Squire M. B. Barbtee. No. 424 S. Wilmington street. Three little negro boys. Will Dock, Tom Hawkins and IVmpsey Leach, were before Mayor Powell today, charged with the larceny of coal. They were put under $25 bond each. Prof. Gray R. King .of Rockingham, is in the city today to appear before the legislative committee this after noon in opposition to the proposed county of Scotland. Next Friday eveing in the First Bap tist church an organ recital will be given under the auspices of the Ohurcr Improvement Society. No ad mission fee will be charged, but a col lection will he taken. The Virginia Life Insurance Com pany has purchased the business of the Immediate Benefit Life Insurance Company of Baltimore for t'his district. The Virginia is collecting all the claims of the Immediate since January 20th. Mr. W. C. Brickman, w ho has been connected with the Immediate Benefit Life Insurance Company of Baltimore, has accepted a position as superinten dent of thrift department of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada. Rev. Daniel Earl, of Canada, preach ed borh morning and evening at the Edenton Street Methodist church yes terday. His subject in the morning was the "Kingdom of Heaven." He is an entertaining speaker and presents the truth clearly and simply. Mr. T. W. Branch, Deputy Supreme Regent of the Royal Arcanum, will de liver a lecture to the members and their friends at their hall Monday night. January 30. at 7::i o'clock p. in. A full attendance is desired. Cmie oui and hear him and be enlijrhtein-.l as to the benefits of this grand order. ANNIVERSARY OF CHARLES' EX ECUTION. By Cable to the Times-Visitor. LONDON. Jan. 30. The anniversary of the execution of King Charles 1. was observed today by the Legitimist and Jacobite Leagues in London and t'n Provinces. Wreathes and tlorai deco rations were deposited at the foot of the statue in White Hall. Prominent among the decorations was a shield surmounted hy "Immortelles," the gift of American Jacobites, attached to which was a white silk ribbon with in scribed thereon "America remembers her martyred King." NEW YORKERS RETURN. By Telegraph to The Times-Visitor. NEW YORK, Jan. 30. Great prepar ations are made to receive the 6'Jth New York Regiment returning ' from Alabama. Decorations along the route are profuse. Large crowds have wait ed since early this mornin. The regi ment was delayed and will not arrive till after three o'clock. ATTENTION, PYTHIANS! You are respectfully invited to visit Centre Lodge, No. 3. this evening. There will probably be work in the first degree. Brethren of sister lodges and visiting 'Knights are especially in vited. ' LADIES' HOSPITAL AID ASSOCIA TION. There will be a meeting of the asso ciation at Mrs. F. A. Olds'. 2?2 W. Har gett street, tomorrow (Tuesday) af ternoon at 4 o'clock. MRS. W. A. MONTGOMERY, .President. MRS. F. A. OLDS, Secretary.