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:;;- iHE TIMES-VIS ' ' - " - 5 h - 0R ll I NtJMBKtCUlT 4 .-.li-UM RESOLUTION INTRODUCED CtlAflGING ROBL JONES " 1 WITH HOUSE POSTPONED Sewerage for A. & M. College Vance Statue a Certainty Conferees Appointed on Taxing Gross Earn ings of Railroads The House met at 9:30 o'clock. A bill was introduced by Hart, by request, to protect witnesses from abuse by, .law yers, making the offense n misdemeanor, piirirfhable by ?200 fine. A resolution was introduced by Bern hardt to reduce all appropriations 10 per cent. It was defeated. getting only 4 or 5 votes. Bills passed to incorporate State Coun cil of Junior Order of United American Mechanics. To make it a misdemeanor to kill a fox in Alleghany comity for two years. To protect nieridiiiu monu ments at the various county seats and regulate their use. An amendment to the school law was agreed on by a conference committee, by which in case a holder of a teachers' certificate for the normal schools, Pea body school, etc., fails to teach schools for three consective years it shall In void. Holinun introduced u bill to allow t'hc Railroad Commission or the Corpora tion Commission to assess property which has escaped taxation. A bill passed yesterday which gave the Uail road Commission this power, but which did not give it to the Corporation Com mission. Bill to give Wilkes county a tax com mission was tabled, on motion of Davis, of Haywood. Holland, of Wake, introduced resolu tion No. 2,013, that Robert H. Jones, of Raleigh, be Bununoned before tiu- bar of the House and show cause why he is not guilty of contempt in assaulting Rep resentative Gaston I'owell. McLean, of Harnett, "said that such an offence to be contempt had to be eonunitteed in the presence of the House. Bousnall said that the member was attacked iu the I entrance of the House. He said that it was an abuse of the privilege of a mem-, lier and of his privilege of voting. Clark son said be agreed with Mclean. He moved to indefinitely postpone.. Over man said there was not time to lake up the matter; that at all events it ought not to be taken up in the shupe of spe cific charges, and that Jones was entitled to counsel. He cited tie McAdeu and Pearson case a few years ago. Powell said he declared himself iuunoceut of any attempt to do wrong; that he had done as-much as he could; that he had never had a tight before; that he left the matter in the hands of the House. Over man said that he deeply sympathised with Powell, but thought the courts should attend to the matter. The Speak er asked Overman if a member passing from one hall to another was not within the verge of the House; that this was bis view. Overman said that this view was correct. McLean said he wanted the House to show Its opinion that Powell was gntiiy of no offence but that he had most properly defined himself and suc ftfessfltlly. '! Allen, 6f Wayne, said that It 'laps be , understood that the privi leges of members should not be infringed upon, and that they must be fully pro tected for any vote they might take. Clarkson's motion to indefinitely post pone was then adopted. Foushee's bill appropriating $50,000 for this yea atx) a like suiu next year for " the "maintenance of the penitentiury came up. Foushee said the executive committee 'laid this 'was tie sum which I he executive committee of the 'hoard said it most have; that it was the leust Amount on' which it could get along. Fotiahee agreed that the bill could go overhand he would get the figures. Rir)n iuumI: To nrnvide for marking the braves' r Confederate soldiers. To ' 7. -4 .. ... . proviae or a a investigation or me peni tentiary and Agricultural Department. N Resolution to, pay the principal clerk, Hading- clerk 'and journal clerk -of the ioufte C7S extra for services, wag intro duced by Julian; antagonized by Wil- hams, of Iredell, and was finally with On BoushaH'a motion leave of absence l was granted Powell and Holland to at- Resolution to pay W. W. Davis J50 Tor services s "volunteer clerk" in the CONSIDERATION engrossing clerk's office failed to pass. Resolution to appropriate $5,000 to wards a statue of Zeb. B. Vance in the cil by the President of the Senate and Cupitol Square, the eoiitract to be awurd the Speaker of the House, was taken up. Hay said he had introduced tlie resolu tion two years ago to purchase the Vance portrait in the House, and that despite statements to the contrary that portrait was paid for and nothing was due ou it. He said he revered the memory of Vance but thought the next generation should erect the statue. Winston, paying a tri bute to Vance, said he knew of no more propitious hour than, this to erect a monument to the man who had made North Carolina honored throughout the I' nil in. Craig said there ought also to lie monuments iu the Cupilol Square of .Mauguiu and Badger anil other great men. Council said im man in North Carolina would criticise a vote for this resolution. McLean expressed liis grati fication at being able to vote for this monument to the memory of North Cam Mini's greatest citizen. Ray, of Mncon, sent up an amendment to appropriate $5,000 fo$r a monument to Thomas L. Clingman, whom he termed the greatest man Vorth Carolina had ever produced. Not a vote was cast .for this and only three against it. The bill to appropriate money at the rate of $200 a year for pupils iu excess of 200 at the blind and deaf-mute insti tutions here, came up as amended by the Senate, with the appropriation of $16,500 for improvements, boilers and repairs reduced to $15,000. He said that in forty years only $5,000 had been ap propriated for repairs, save that of two years ago, and that only $52,500 was al lowed by the Senate for maintenance, the Senate having reduced the amount ; that it to $40,000 for 200 students and $1,250 for any who may lie in excess of 200. Holuian moved to concur in the Senate amendments, ltny opposed. Mi Lean said that a number of children would have to be sent home. After de bate Holman's motion that the House concur iu the Senate amendments ($52.- 500 for maintenance and $15,000 for im provements for the two years, 8110 1000), was adopted. The House concurred iu the Senate amendments to the bills making appro priations to the school for deaf mutes at Morga titon ($40,000 for maintenance and $7,500 for an addition to the buildings.) The b4ll making appropriations to the three hospitals for the insane was tnken p. It appropriates $90,000 for mainten ance and $20,000 for new buildings for female patients; $40,000 for mainten ance and $40,000 for two buildings for male and female patients at the Eastern Hospital at Goldsboro; $55,000 for main tenance, $12,049 for debts and if 5. 5(H) for repairs and additions to buildings. The bill passed without debate. Bill passed allowing the State Treas urer to lend the Agricultural and Me chanical College at Raleigh $2,500 for a sewerage system. Moore said he rose to perform a very pleasant duty, delegated to him by the House in the presentation of a cane td Reading Clerk Wilson for his prompt ness and courtesy and ability. Wilson made a speech in reply and was (heartily applauded. Council presented gold sleeve links to Journal Clerk Cowan. Bill to establish dispensary at Battle boro was tabled. Bills passed: Amending act fixing terms of court in the Second IMstrict. To give Halifax additional justices of the peace. The Revenue Act came over from the Senate,' with many amendments, the principal one being that to strike out the lax on gross earnings of railways, Hol man moved non-concurrence. A confer ence committee was appointed. SBNATH PROCEEDINGS. ' ( The Senate met at 10 o'clock, and prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Levi. The bill to appropriate $07,500 for the next two yean to the school for the deaf, dumb .and blind came up, - This bill provides that the further ; sum of . $200 per capita for each and every pupil KA LEIGH, N. ('., TUESDAY in excess of 200 in actual atteudati. upon the institution. A letter from Superintendent John ti Kay to each Senator stated, among otfc er tilings, that unless the uppropriatlt 3 for the institution is increased it wduv '. be necessary to send home 50 or Qt pupils already in the institution. Tbi was objected to by Senator Brown, who looked upon the clause as a threat; and Senutor Glenn said that the information should have come from the conunitti-o. After some discussion a substitute was adopted for the bin, which provides that $12,500 be added to the standing appro priation of $70,000 and that $15,000 be appropriated for improvements. The bill to make appropriations for the State Hospitals came up. The bill, which had passed the House, was amended so as to give the State Hospital at Raleigh $55,000 instead of $59,500; to give the State Hospital at Morganton $00,000 instead of $100,000. Section 6, which provides that the sum of $20,000 for the year and $20,000 for the year 1900 for the erection and furnishing of two buildings, for the State Hospital at (ioldsboro, be stricken out. The other sections of the bill, which remain un changed, appropriate $10,000 annually for a building for female patients at the Morganton Hospital and for a building to colonize male patients. For the sup port of the State Hospital at Goldsboro $45,000 is appropriated annually. The conference committee on the school luw reported that they had come to a conclusion as to section 30 of the law. This section provides that no per son shall be allowed to teach in public schools without a certificate from the county examiners. But it was found that there were acts allowing graduates from the Normal and Industrial College at Greensboro and from the Asheville Female College to teach without this cer tificate, and the committee compromised the matter by offering the amendment that graduates from these two institu tions shell continue to have license to leach by virtue of their diplomas, hut should lose it iu case they failed to teach for any three consecutive years. The amendment was adopted. The Revenue Act came up as u special order. That part of section 20, which provides that all persons or firms wlho buy and sell horses or mules as a busi ness shall pay an annual tax of $25,000 to the State and no tax to the county was stricken out. An amendment to section 2.", offered by Senator Butler, was adopted, which provides that indi viduals, firms, or associations conducting the business' of buying or selling mer chandise or produce, or manufactures of any kind, shall not be required to pay tax as commission merchants or brokers. An amendment to section 36 was also adopted. It provides that when tly capital stock of any land company or corporation shall not amount in actual value to more than $70,000, the tax im posed by this section shall be $25.00 and no more. Provided, that only capital stock subscribed for shall be taxed here Tlie Revenue Act, as amended, then passed final reading. The Machinery Act was taken up and passed second reading. Senator Glenn stated that he wanted all business to give way to the Stevens anti-trust bill. Without any further al teration being made, it was nt once put upon its passage, nnd passed bv a vote of 35 to 2. Senators Osborne, Jerome and Fields were appointed members of a conference committee to consider, with the members of the House, the amendments to the Revenue Act adopted by the Senate. Bills passed to allow Mitchell county to levy a special tax; to incorporate the town of Waco, Cleveland county; to sup plement the act incorporating the Ex- ' tension Railway Company; to supple- j ment the act changing the terms of ! court in Bertie and Craven counties. The bill to authorize the corporation commissioners to assess railroad, rele craph, canal, steamboat, express, sleep ing enr, car lines or any other transpor tation company that have escaped taxa tion, passed final reading. GREAT YICTORY By Cable to The Times-Visitor. Manila, March 7 The Seventh in surgent forces at San Juan Delmote, numbering several thousand, were to-day driven from their position with great loss. Sales' brigade, which held the wa ter works against the repeated attacks of the rebels, advanced on San Juan Delmonte nt 0:30 this morning. The at tack was decided upon at a conference of regimental brigade commanders at daybreak in order that the entire rebel force might be encompassed and driven to retreat in a body. Hales' lines swept forward in form V, open ends toward Pasig river. As soon ns the lines were formed, the Wyoming regiment closed in .firing rapidly and effectively. Sud denly Company B sprang from line with a cheer, with an officer at the head, nnd dashed toward the insurgent trench es. This action electrified the American lines. The entire line swept down upon the Filipinos. After a short fire the Fili pinos leaped from their earthworks and fled, closely pressed toward the river, the only direction not ct off. The loss of the insurgents was very heavy. The accur ate firing from the gunboat created a panic. Private Speach, of the Nebraska regiment, wos the only one wounded. THE MXCOLX CHAIR BRIXGS $270 A chair which Un-coln used in his home and which has been a drawing card during the Whitney-Tieman auc tion sale nt 8 West Twenty-Eighth street, was disposed of yesterday for $270. A man who refused to give his name, but who is believed to have bought it for Ihe Lincoln Club, of Chi cago, was the highest bidder. He paid cash for it. The chair is said to be one of the two presented by the Illinois Cen tral Railroad to. Mr. Lincoln- nnd to Governor Went worth Xew York Times, March 5th. , A disastrous tornado passed through the Rhamkatte section Friday night and played havoc with barns, houses and fences. Watt's Chapel was, wrecked and Otho Wilson's house was damaged great ly. Mr. Jeff Upchnrch lost bisr barn, v ! ' t ,V . -."ii l -ii v., -a-. fiVKNINu, MSfi(UI 7 BLOOD WILL TELL . Anther of the Store b rs ,t Thief 4VTrars Ago. mtk t-' nl v i : I tell. Fort) yi-ir f.'e vbeli f. ' w I'll tlif't ;';nw Mr s ' -w. art ex-. e a nd non I.. Mnrikg was i-Kn'ui v;is troubled b thi -e ii-el i rap 1 catch tic n u-u-- ii- tiu-;vT.---'iiI, bill he -in!i I and escapee'. i' -,-iickeo liwo l-y the biuo-' - ..-.i.t i ail ihe ii.'ef proved j Me r 6 ii Win v 'Viiliams ll : father of the men who are now in jail for robbing Mr. Lumsden's store and Denton and Dixon's bar-room. Tbe old man himself is also in jail for being im plicated in the same crime. HEARING POSTPONED M-. Kobt. J ones Was Afra (1 to ( nine ()u: Today in t lie VVinil. Representative Gaston Powell and Mr. Robert II. Jones were to have len ar raigned before Mayor Powell at 11 o'clock this morning, charged with af fray. The difficulty occurred in the rotunda of the Capitol lute yesterday afternoon. The case was reported to the Mayor by Mr. Jones and n warrant was then issued for both of them. I ne hour of 11 instead of 10 was set for the trial nt Mr. Jones' request. Mr. Powell arrived promptly, but Mr. Jones did not put in an appearance. The crowd waited impatiently. When 11:15 arrived still no Mr. Jones. Telephone messages were sent and Chief Norwood finally sent an officer omMo tindhiin. At 11:12 the officer returned and stated that Mr. Jones said he was afraid to come ontin the wind, that he might get erysipelis in his fuce. Mayor Powell then postponed the case until 11 o'clock to-morrow. Messrs. J. B. Smith, Melvin Andrews. W. H. Holland, George Kennedy, J. A. Lowry, Thomas E. Ijindis, J. Douglas Shaw nnd J. S. Mangum were the wit nesses summoned in the ease Tl'.e difficulty is said to have originated from the fact thai Mr. Powell did not favor Mr. Jones for n pliicv on the Board of Agriculture, to which in was elected. GEX. CLAY'S REASON SHAKEN. Poor Old Man Sends a Wild Message To Senator Lindsay. Lexington, Ky. March 6. Many strnnge things have happened at Whitehall during the past week, and the friems of General Cassius Marcel Ins Clay fear the o Id man lost his rea son grieving over his misfortunes. To day General Clay sent a messenger to Valley View, the former home of his late wife, Dora Richardson, from where he wired Senator Lindsay at Washing ton the following message: "I and my former wife, Dora Brock, have been prisoners for about five years, deprived of life, liberty, property, and pursuit of happiness by lawless persons called the 'vendetta,' violating nil our State and national laws nnd riglits, committed against us all the crimes possible, closing the United States mails and telegraph offices out side nnd inside the . About the time of the granting J. M. Palmer a (tension the 'vendetta' in the town of Richmond. Ky., where I put a petition of mine in the Federal postoffice and took receipt for same, criminully de stroyed it, and they violated my con stitution! right of petintion nd protest and the penal lnw of the United States. "Finally Dora's mind rfnd reason be came shaken, and my eyes have been put out, so I can't see only as in a thick fog and can never read print any more. I pray Congress to send a com mittee here and save my life, and me from dying blind and alone in my own castle with starvation, without crime, or reward for a lifetime service in cause of justice and humanity, in which' I received seventeen scars, more than all the Major Generals from Washington to the present time. "CASSIUS MARCELLUS CLAY. "Whitehall, Ky.,' March 4. 1800. "William Lindsay will immediately give a copy of this to the President, tin- Speaker of the Senate, and the House of Representatives, TJ. S. A." The actions of General Clay have been so at variance with what they were prior to his marriage with his child-tfife, Dora Richardson, five years ago,, that bis neighbors have been afraid to call on him for some time past, and the old man has been living almost in seclusion In his mansion. The city paid for- lights during the month of February $199.72, and deduct ed $242.55 for lights failing to burn. WILL OTHO HOLD ON ? rtis Attorney Claims that He is Still Railroad Coir.missjoner Chairman J. W. nizes Commiss oner - o 's and Does NOc Seliev e OO WiT Contest forthe Place -Mr, Pogers Sworn in Mr. J. O. L. Harris caused a genuine sensation to-day when he appeared be fore the Railroad Commission as attor ney lor S. Otho Wilson, who is out of town, and stated that Otho Wilson did not waive his riglits as Railroad Com missioner. However, Mr. Harris said that he noted without Otlio's knowledge. When the news reached the Capitol it caused a general stir among the mem bers, since some construed this to menu that there would be a contest, for the place to which Mr. S. L. Rogers has been chosen and has duly qualified. The Railroad Commission met this morning, Chairman J. W. Wilson pre siding. Dr. Abbott and Mr. ft. Ij. Rogers, who hud previuosly taken the oath before Justice Douglas, being pres ent. The following was entered upon the record : "Mr. S. Otho Wilson through counsel, J. C. L. Harris, protests agaiusl the as sumption of duties of Railroad Commis sioners by Sir. S. L. Rogers as successor iu said office of said S. Otho Wilson on the ground that said Wilson is, accord ing to the law of the land. Railroad Commissioner under and by virtue of act, chapter 320, Laws of 1801, and the fact that the said S. Otho Wilson, be ing not present in person to make this protest and the time of assumption of these duties by Mr. Rogers is not to be tnken as an abandonment by suid Wil son to the title of office, and he does not abandon the same but claims he is si ill Railroad Commissioner by provision of said act. "The above statement was made by .1. C. 1.. Harris, attorney for said S. Otlio Wilson, said Wilson not being present, ami the statement is made l- Harris without I he knowledge ftf-paid H-'vm iim stated liy his attorney. "The chairman of the GuiUejisxiiiii ATTENTION VJS1EKANS. The regular monthly meeting of L. O'B. Branch Camp, 51C U. V. C, will be held this evening at 8 o'clock iu the Mayor's office. It is expected that the committee on transportation of Camp at the Annual Reunion at Charleston. S. C, will make their report ou the rates, etc. Every member requested to be present. Visiting veterans iu the city are invited to attend. A. B. STRONACII, Commander. .1. C. BIUDSONG, Adjutant. FAIR AND COLDER. For Raleigh and vicinty: Fair, colder to-night: fair Wednesday, rising tempera ture. The slight depressitin yesterday cen tral over eastern Tennessee develoin-d into a severe storm, now off the North Atlantic. Very dangerous gales prevail along the coast from Norfolk with a velocity of 48 miles to Boston with oil miles. The cold wave has developed excep tional severity in the central valley. The barometer has risen to 30.00 at Memphis and St. Louis with unusually low lem pernture for March. Atlanta reported 10 degrees at 8 o'clock, St. Ixiuis 4 de gress, Cincinnati ti degrees, and Mem phis 14 degrees. Fine, cleur weather prevails throughout the We-st. Snow is falling over the entire Lake region and New England. DEATH OF MRS. CLARK. The Remains Will Be Carried lo Halifax. Mrs. Anna M. Clark died this tin. in ing nt her residence ou Polk street. She has been in declining health some years, and her condition bus been critical for several days. Yesterday, however, she was considered better, but grew worse during the night. Mrs. Clark before marriage was Miss Anna M. Thome, of Halifax. She was iu her (Oth year. She wus a uobh Christian woman, a devout member of the Methodist church, and beloved bv all. .Mr. Clark leaves nine children: Jus tice Walter Clark, Mr. E. T. Clark. Mi Henry Clark, Mrs. -Arnold, Mrs. Patter son, Mrs. Ballard, Mrs. Nicholson Misses Lucy and Sallie Clark. The-remains will be taken to Halifax tor interment to-morrow at 11:15. CENTS A MONTH. n Recog states that he was repeatedly told by S. Otho Wilson that his resignation as written was done in good faith and he believes the same now, and as chairman lie will recognize Mr. Rogers as the duly elected and qualified Commissioner." It. 11. Rattle, Esq., who was one of the counsel before the Legislature for S. tllho Wilhou, snid thai he wus assur ed repeatedly by said Wilson that his resignation was iu good faith and with out any reservation whatever, and Mr. Battle does not believe that the tact is otherwise, lie is surprised to learn of the notice and he is informed by Mr. Harris that the protest was made in view of the possible decision by the court that the acl of the Legislature changing the Commission is invalid, and that the (iovi-ruor may have the appointment, of his successor and it is with a view to ii-cvcul such apjHiint ment iu the possible coiiliugciicc of the law being declared invalid, that he (Mr. Harris) made the I'l-niesl in Wilson's name and wit li :o view to contesting' the rii;ht. o' a sue-i-essiir elected by Ihe Legislature. Mr. Untile added that he would have ile-lined lo appear for Mr. Wilson iiuil lie not believed lliat the resignation to ihe Legislature was in good faith. Mr. Battle made the above statement lo a Times-V isitor reporter and Mr. Harris said thai he was correctly repre sented in the same. The Commission passed the following resolution: "Resolved that circular 7- !.e nin- d ed to read car load 1" t mil ,,,,,, instead of 15 tons uimu!hii!!i. Exception, if any ,aj;v.,l.,, hl ,t made April lith. Coliiui ;J-f-s''ini Carolina i .--.inai and Baleigh .-,,1 AuiMisia a ,,, i ,.. ,..P11 ilucod su. n, make ; hem correspond "''li! Mother part.-, of the Seaboard Air i.ine system. Cape Fear and Yadkin alley Kulioail and other larger sys tems. BRIEFS. Mr Thomas I 'art in lias returned from trip North. Mr. Sherwood Iliggs is North mi a business trip. Judge Purncll is now holding court in Asheville, and the famous hank' eases ivill be heard there. The next attraction at of Music will lie Lieut, and his British linnnls 17th. the Acuilemy Han dodfroy Baud. March Mr. Ceorge Moseley. of ; reenville. who has spent several days with bis brother. Mr. T. B. Moseley, returned home. We are sorry In learn that W. II. Lancaster was taken quite sick last uighr and is confined to his bed, ami is not much better to-day. The Isaac Pitman Shurlhainl Club will meet this (Tuesday) evening in Ihe oll'ice of Misses Ellington and Robinson at 7:4." o'clock. A full attendance of the members is requested ns business of importance will be Irausaeleil. Bessie and Mary Crowder, negro girls, were arraigned before Mayor Powell at noon lo-day on the charge of lareeny of some clothing from the residence of Mr. John Whitelum, corner of Mat-tin nnd Dawson streets. The articles were found in the house of the girl's mother. ST. LOUIS' SUNDAY CLOSIXt; LAW. St. Louis. March 5. -The order of the Board of Police Commissioners that all saloons be closed at midnight Saturday nighl ami remain so inn i I midnight, to ni-ht. under the provisions ni tin- l.-iw. was carried out to the letter. Only n lew liaiiishiip-ki-epeis ninilo any effort to keep their places open, aud arrests were made in every instance as soon as ibe violators were discovered. Saloons in East St. Louis and the suburbs did a rushing business all day. SOLICITOR APPOINTED. Judge Stevens Selected Charles A. Webb. Judge Henry B. Stevens (has appointed Mr. Charles A. Webb, of Buncombe, as Solicitor of the Western Criminal Court, and Governor Russell to-day issued the commission to Mr. Webb. . r
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