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Bills General, Local, But All of Some
Importance.
NO CIGARETTES TO MINORS.
1)111 to Incorporate Elizabeth College
Passed To Prevent Discrimination
in Jury Lists.
8ENATE. '
MooAr. "-Senate met at 4 o'clock p.
iu. Among the bill wwte:
Rollins To protect rootormen and
street r conductors.
Oustiee-To authorize Rutherford to
work convicts on public roads.
Newsom To increase revenue and to
regulate insurance!.
At the night session the bill appro
priating &:4,MH) for the relief of the
lteaf. Dumb and Blind Institute at
Raleigh, for a new building vm passed.
The bill to pay jtnlpes of elections $2
per day and 10 ctn. per mile for carry
ing returns was adopted. The follow
ing substitute to this bill was adopted:
"'lhat county commissioners of diftbr
ent counties be authorised and eni
Iowered to pay judges of election, reg
istrars and messengers so much per
diem and mileage as they may think
proper and just.'
Tuesday. Senate was called to order
at 11 o'clock. Among the petitions,
bill" and resolutions were:
Alexander A petition for the estab
lishment of a normal school at Char-
lotto for the colored race; a petition
that the appropriation to the firemen's
association of $2,500 bo continued.
Justice A petition from citizens of
Hendcrsonville in favor of prohibi
tion. Person A bill to incorporate the
auxiliary board of health; also to es
tablish a board of steam locomotive and
boiler inspection for each county of the
State.
Bills were disposed of as follows: To
incorporate the Pigford Sanitarium
for the treatment of consumptive ne
groes passed second and third reading.
The hill to establish a reform school
for the white and colored youthful
criminals of the State,-to be located in
the city that will make the bast offer
of money lands, eto., was mado a
special order for Wednesday.
At the night session there were sev
eral local bills lisjiosed of.
The Senate's secial order, the bill to
reduce passenger and freight rates,
failed to pasa by a vote of 24 to 23.
Wednesday Senate met at 1 1 o'clock:.
The bill to take the government of the
penitentiary out of the hands of tho
present director came over, from the
Honso and by a vote of 29 to 10 it was
referred to the eommittee on penal in
stitutions. Among the bills were:
Justice A bill to amend the charter
of the town of Forest City, in Ruther
ford county.
Person A bill to prevent cohabita
tion between the races.
Anderson To change the line be
tweea Buncombe and llendc.rsou coun
ties. Shore To incorporate Boonvillo
High School, Yadkin connty.
Alexander To incorporate Elizabeth
College; also to give the city of Char
lotte further jiower in the collection of
taxes, where a party is believed not to
have made an honest return.
Shaw A bill to abolish the circnit
criminal court of P,obeson county.
Tho bill favoring a reformatory for
youthful criminals passed a second
reading. The vote stood 41 to 8.
Several other bills passed of more or
los importance to tho general public.
At the night session among the bills
disposed of was a bill to provide for a
dispensary at Louisburg.
Thcbhdat. Senate met at 11 o'clock.
Among the many new measures in tio
duood, were:
A petition asking that provisions be
made for tho treatment of indigent ine
briates; also a petition from citizens of
Oreenbboro asking that railroads be re
quired to carry bicycles an baggage;
Pandolph For the relief of consump
tives at Southern Pines; Rollins To
provide for the representation of North
Carolina and the citizens thereof at the
V' . , . Ill m. ....
rvasiiviue .exposition, ihia Dill pro
vides for the apiiointment of a board of
manager! composed of nine members,
including the Governor and the Board
of Agriculture It also provides $10,
000; Justice To amend the charter of
the Commercial Bank of Rutherford
county; Oeddie To amend section 4,
chapter 15, laws of 1895, in, relation to
voting o'l stock law.
Bills disposed of: The law requir
ing certain notice before a prohibitory
liquor law can be passed was repealed;
to establish a reform for young crimi
nals in the State, vote, 86 to 10; to in
corporate the town of Louisburg; for
the establishment of graded schools in
High Point
Senators Grant, Whedbee, McCarthy.
McCasky, Butler, Alexander and A bell
were appointed a committee by the Sen
ate to investigate the memorial of the
president and directors of tbe North
Carolina railroad relative to the lease
of said railroad to the Sonthern Rail
way. Friday. Senate met at 10 o'clock.
Among the bills were: Grant bill to
amend the election law of North Caro
lina; to regulate the challenge of jurors;
ManlUby bill to revise chapter 81,
faction 131, private laws of 1891; also
to regulate the sale of liquors in Co
lumbus county; also 4a amend chapter
87, private laws of 1891; Parker, of
Alamance bill for tho protection of
newspapers for the publication of news
in good faith.
Bills passed:, To establiph a dispen
sary for the town of Goldsboro and
Wayne county; to incorporate the Peo
ple's Benevolent Association; to in
crease revenues and to regulate insur
ancethis is the bill which requires all
fire insurance companies to make con
tracts through their commissioned
agent in this Slate; to restore to the
control of the State the Atlantic
North Carolina Railroad. This bill
gives the Governor power to appoint
president and a majority of the directors;
to amend chapter 152, Iswa of 1893.
Ibis is to place all railroads on an
equal footing with those chartered prior
to 1888; to extend the time to commute,
compromise and settle the State debt!
Re-committed to the judiciary commit
tee; to extend the time for the organi
zation of the Bank of Maxton; to pro
vide for a school building for the deaf
and dumb.. This bill carries an annrb
priation of $20,000; to provide for and
promote the oyster industry ia lsT6rtu
vilua.
The till to prescribe tha term upon
which foreign railroad companies snail
be allowed to operate rail toads and
transact business in tbe Stiitd. was re-
faired H the special North Carolina
Railroad committee. This is tbe famous
"lease bill. rnday, lob. 2(ith, is tbe
day appointed for tbe special order.
The bill to add Nash and Wilson
counties to the Circuit Criminal Court
was passed.
At the night session following
were autoilg the bill that passed: To
hmehd the act of 1895, relating to the
time of holding courtB; coiumiss'or.flrs
ean call extra terms.
Saturday. Honate met at 10 o'clock.
Among the resolutions introduced were
one by Barker, a petition from prison
ers, asking that the laws concerning
pardons be changed. There were a
f ood many bills introduced, and syrtonif
hem a bill to Itmend section 43 of The
Code As follows: "In all cases in which
any bill, draft, note or bond shall fall
due, or the three days of grace expire
on any lesal holiday Br Sunday, tho
name shall be due, or' the three days of
trace expire on the day followiag such
Icgnl holiday or hunday. '
Bills iassd: In relation to IbO fctec
toral colleges; t'J amend section 1973, of
The C ode, in relation to Sunday trains;
to allow cxuress matter to be trans
ported on Sunday, rassed second and
third readittRsi to inrfrpornl. Eliza
beth College Compaily, for tbe cduca
tion of white females, to be situated in
Charlotte, passed second and third
readings; to prescribe the liabilities of
roads in certain cases, ihis is the lei
low-servant bill." Every Senator was
in favor of the bill and without any re
marks the bill unanimously passed its
Becond and third readings and now be
comes a law. Among the aliove bill
were a large batch to allow trouuties to
levy special tax, etc.
By leave bills were introduced as
below: Person, to prJvehl discrimina
tion in jury list. Butler, to improve
the public school system in North I ar
olina, and moved to print 300 Copies.
Adopted.
At tho afternoon session bills passed:
To authorize deputy clerks of court to
probate deeds. To repeal sections 1738
and 1739 of The Code by striking out
the words; "May at his discretion and
insert the word "'shall. " To better se
cure the enforcement of the criminal
law. This gives the board of county
commissioners power to employ local
counsel to assist the solicitor in capital
cases; to amend sections 1199 ane 1200
of The Codo after striking out section 2;
to estublish the North Carolina Veteri
nary Association and to renlate tlie
practice of veterinary medicine and
surgery. '
liODSE.
Monday. House met at 10 o'clock.
Amoug tho new bills aud resolutions
were :
Jones To make the fee for weighing
cattlo 15 cents.
White To amend the charter of Bur
lington so the constable and street com
missioners shall be elected by popular
vote.
Cnnie To give the State the Illinois
law for tho protection of inebriates.
Craven To make it a misdemeanor to
fail to rcmovo obstructions to the pas
sage of fish in streams within 30 days
notice from the State Board of Agricul
ture. Tarkcrof Wayne To protect sheep
by taxing male dogs 50 cents and fe
male dogs SI, no dogs allowed to live
unless licensed, making it a misde
meanor to fail to list faid dogs.
Lusk To amend the Code, sec. 1285,
by adding an additional cause for di
vorce. "If cither tho husband or wife
shall be indicted and convicted of a
felony and imprisoned therefor for life;
this act to apply to cases now pending
in tho courts of this State; to provide
that whenever any person is declared
to be insane or inebriate the husband
or wife of such shall be first entitled to
the guardianship of his or her, prop
erty." The Senate bill forbidding "gold
contracts" was called up aud after con
siderable debate was postponed until
Friday. Houser favored the bill and
Lusk opposed the consideration of it,
and Cunningham, of Person, took a
prominent part in the debate, making a
strong argument in favor of silver. The
following is a text of the bill:
"That any note. bill. bond, draft.
check, exchange, contract, mortgage,
public or private obligation, or pecun
iary -liability hereafter made or con
tracted, which may provide for its pay
ment in a specific kind or kinds of legal
tender monev of the United States, may
be paid or discharged in any kind of
legal tender money of the United States,
current at the time of its maturity or
collection at its face value, such stipu
lation or agreement to the contrary not
withstanding. "
The bills that passed were principally
local ones, allowing counties to levy
Bicial taxes, etc.
The Speaker announced the follow
ing as the committee (special) on the
re-districting of the State into con
gressional districts: Brower, Dockery,
Alexander, Whitener, McCrury, Abcr
nethy, Bryan, of Chatham.
At the night session Dockery 's bill tc
provide for the turning over of the pen
itentiary to the fusionists came up. II
provides for a board of nine directors,
the superintendent to be appointed by
tbe Governor, all to serve four years.
Tuesday. House met at 10 o'clock.4
Among the bills introduced were:
Roberts To prohibit the sale of
liquora within two miles of political
speakings; this not to apply to cities
and towns where there is a police force.
White To provide that if any person
shall perform the marriage service who
is not authorized he shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con
viction shall be fined or imprisoned.
Candler To allow preachers to vote
without 90 days' residence in county
and .SI days' residence in township.
Hauser To allow the people of La
Grange to vote on the liquor question.
Means To establish a 'dispensary in
Bladen conntv.
Bills passed third reading: To allow
Greene county tc levy a special tax; to
allow Jarkson county to levy a special
tax: to allow Nash county to levy a
special tax to pay debt; to allow Yancey
to levy a special tax; to allow Perqui
mans to levy a special tax: to allow
Transylvania to levy a special tax; to
allow Nash to levy a stock law tax; to
allow Caswell to levy a special tax; to
incorporate Saratoga, Wilson connty;
to allow Nash to levy a road tax; to pro
vide that in any county where there is
a law toworktbeconvict of tbecounty,
the convict who hs moved hi case
ft
shall be worked in the county from
At noon the special order, tbe bill to
ennui tbe leaso of tbe worth Carolina
Railroad came up, and by a vote of 00
to 84 tbe House stood in favor of tbe
annuUnieut. Many speeches, pro and
cob were made, and among those favor
ing tbe unnullment were SchuiKen,
Pearson, Hartuess, button; opposiug
Blackburn, Murphy, McCrary am
others.
At 7:30 the House met and at once
took np the calendar. Bills were passed
to incorporate the reopie s mutual tie
hBvolent Association: to amend the
charter fifths Atlantic . Nnrth Caro-'
liua RitilroHd, s8 thill th8 prfcse'dce
the State broxv 6ball be necessary
make a ouoruin: to revise and consul!
date the charter of Morven; lo regulate
the service of process in criminal ao
tions. The bill placing the penitentia
ry in the hands of the Republicans, and
the Agricultural aud Mechanical Col
lose in tbe bands of tbe Populist bolt'
era came up and was hissed.
WednbhdAy. House met at 10
o'clock. Among the new bills were
Ormsby T reMuirB sheriffs ill sales
of mortgaged land for taxes to give no
tice of such sale to mortgagee.
Dixon, of Green To incorporate the
Snow Hill Railroad company.
Parked, bf PSrtiuimoris-Tlj divorce
the Agriultural and Mechanical College
from the Agricultural Department and
put it under the care of fourteen director!
Craven To ratify the incorporation of
the Elizabeth College Company.
Aiken To allow the Agricultural De
partment to hold farmers' institutes at
an expense of not over 81,500.
Meeres To entitle the widows of all
Cdnfederale soldiers to fourtn-clttss
pensions.
Bryan, of Chatham To give the
Governor the apiointment of the clerk
of the railroad commission; to repeal
tha act ffivimr the 810.000 appropria
tion to tho geological survey; to repeal
the act of 1HH1 making an appropria
tion to ths Uhiversity; to protect coal
miners.
Graham To locate and settle the line'
between North Carolina and Tennessee
(between Graham and Cherokee and
Tennessee) and to pay therefor 300.
Bills passed: For encouragement of
the Woman's exposition of the Caro
lines at Charlotte; to allow the peni
tentiary directors to pass upon the1
value of stocks or bonds oliered by
counties as pay for convict labor.
The bill to reduce railroad fare and
telegraph and telephone rates and to
elect Railroad C6miuisBibn.ers by popu
lor Vote was tabled by a vote of 61 td 45.
A bill passed to subject to the Quali
fied voters of Chatham county the ques
tion of road tax.
At the night session bille passed re
quiring railroads to give free transpor
tation to railroad commissioners and
their clerks, fcriviner the Commission
jurisdiction of street railways, if the
latter haul freight; to require convicts
on the State Una in Anson to work
roads not less than two nor more than
six dava annually; to put stock law
elections under tha control of the
county commissioners (they are now
controlled by State election supervis
ors, to incorporate Morven.
Thcrbday. House met at 10 o'clock.'
There was an avalanche of new bills,
and among them were:
Brown To amend the act of 1891,
making a suit for violation of the fer
tilizer tax tag law void unless notice is
not within 80 days given the Arficnltu
nd department; Cunningham To
impose a $10 penalty for killing mock
ing birdsor robbing their nests; crary
(resolution) on behalf of Sylvester
Scovel. an American citizen under
arrest In Cuba; Ward To forbid ex
Confederate soldiers from receiving
pensions while immates of the Soldiers'
Home; to require tbe attendance ot all
children between tho aees of 8 and 14
at school; to require ra'lroadsto carry
bicycles as other 'baggago; Dockery
to designate holidays (legal) January 1,
January 19, February 22, May 10, May
20, Way o, July 4, 1st Monday in nep-
lemfcor, December ana aunniuraoys
from 13 noon until 12 midnight; Cur
rie To make misconduct at religious
worship a misdemeanor, punishable by
$50 fino or 80 days imprisonment;
to allow Lumberton to vote on sewer
bonds; Ilileman to require cotton
mills to pay their employes the second
Saturday night following their employ
ment, and making it unlawful to longor
withhold their waces. tbe offence to be
a misdemeanor, the penalty, fine or im
prisonment; tne Din to appropriate
$5,000 to the "Rolling Exposition,"
known as "North Carolina on Wheels,"
came up as a special order, but was ro
ref erred to committee.
The railroad commission bill waa
taken up and amended by striking out
the provision providing for their free
transportation by the, railroads and
passed.
The fireman's appropriation bill was
tabled by a vote of 00 to 31.
The senatorial investigation commit
tee is allowed to March 2nd to report.
The "clincher" was put on the bill
to give Fayetteville a "police board"
after it passed third reading.
Tbe bill requiring county commis
sioners of each county to meet on the
first- Monday in June and revise the
jury list passed.
At the night session the following
bills passed: To prescribe a short term
of an agricultural lien in this State; to
incorporate Pigford Sanitarium at
Southern Pines for consumptive ne
groes; to allow Rutherford ton to levy
a special tax ' this year of 15 cents on
the 8100 worth of property, for bridges
and repairs; to. amend tbe code so no
insurance - tax shall be levied on any
fraternal benevolent organization
which has insurance features, but not
for profit.
- - Friday. House met at 10 o'clock.
Among the committee reports was one,
unfavorable, on the bill to reduce sal
aries and fees. There were an avalanche
of new bills, mostly local ones, though.
Bills passed amending the charter of
Selma; to charter the Stone Mountain
Railroad (this bill passed both Senate
and House without a roll call, while a
roll call was necessary); to keep in re
pair stock law fences in Robeson; to
incorporate Redmond, Madison connty;
resolution in favor of Sylvester Scovel,
an American newspaper correspondent,
in prison in Cuba; for relief of sheriffs
and tax collectors, allowing them to
collect arrears of taxes since 1891
(amendments poured in excepting such
connties. - Alexander denounced all
such bills. He was told it was a custom
at each legislative session to pasa such
a bill.)
Tbe Senate bill to aiimulate local
taxation for schools by directing the
State Board of Education to use as
much as 20.000 iu rural districts
which fbr three successive years vote to
tax themselves, the Ri to be in the
sums of 850, $75 and $100 a yoal'. Vix
on. of Cumberland, saw this was au
excellent bill, aud it passed its read
ines.
Bills passed to lake Vance county
but of the EfisierH Criminal Circuit; to
give the local board of trustees of con
ored State normal scuooia enure cuargn
of suchechools, such boards to be ap
pointed bv the State Board of hduca
tion; to extend the corporate limits of
Maxton.
The bill (by Bryan of Chatham) to
tencal the appropriation to the State
t'divKrtif y im unfavorably reported.
The House refused, tibon a Vote, to take
lip on the third reading tne resolution
to attend the Newbcrn fair.
Bills passed: To make the law fish
ing with gill nets in Albemarle Sound
operativeMaich 81st next; toihe'orpor-
. . . . . i ii,i:f i :
810 KOanOKO HBpius, hwih couin.y,
appointing cotton weighers for Liles
ville, Morven and Wadesboro; making
appropriations for the State insane asy
lums.
Saturday House mot at 10 (j Clock
Cook, as choilman, made a report a
follows: "The special committee to
whom the memorial horewiul rftwrted
and Senate resolution No. C32, Housl
resolution No. 579, concerning the ap
pointment Pf a special committee ot in
quiry as to fraud poticCrPing. the lease
of the North Carolina Railroad were re
ferred! beer leave to rcwrt that after
having caiefiilly considered the Senate
resolution aud memorial, Ihfcy are of the
opinion that tho matters therein set
forth pronerlv belong to and are cog
nizableby tho judiciary department and
recommend that tho House do not con
Rills introduced: T'et-smi. of Wavne.
lo make it discretionary with the State
Treasurer whether he will pay any an
nual appropriations monthly, quarter
ly or annually. By Candler, to providd
a dispensary for Aslieville; (jurrie, to
prevent careless rafting of lumber in
Lumber river; Ilileman, to provide that
the State Treasurer shall, collect fron
all persons ot corporations doing a bank
ing business under State license A per
cent, of the capital stock which has ac
tually been paid in by the stockholders,
and that he shall use this fund to pay
guarantees against any loss to the State;
banks whioj refuse for ten days to pay
this 1 per cent, shall be elosed and a re
ceiver shall be appointed; "
Bills passed: lo allow persons own
ing $100 worth of property to receive
pensions; to prohibit the sale of cigar
ettes to minors, vote 00 to 28.
The text of the bill is as follows:
That after the millentloi ol this act it
shall bo unlawful for any one to give or sell
to any minor to use or smoke cigarettes, and
minor found so smoking cigarnttes shall be a
competent witness to prove from whom be
received ut!h cigarettes, and the evidence so
given shall not be used against said miner in
any prosecution against such minor for vio
lation of this act. That any ono who soils or
gives to auy minor any cigarettes or any
minor found stnoklnK cigarette shall be
guiity of a misdemeanor, and upon convio
II u shall be lined not more than tlO or im
prisoned not more than HO days.
By leave Johnson introduced a
bill to provide for the inspection of tho
manner of conducting certain business
es and occupations in this State, and to
ascertain and tabulate the nature and
value of the goods and manufactured
articles sold in North Carolina for oth
er States. It provides that all persons
doing in this State the business of sell
ing pianos, organs, etc., having or
claiming immunity from taxation by
reason of inter-State comraeroe, shall
make sworn statements as to their bus
iness, under peualty.
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
The Proceedings Briefly-Told From
Pay to Day.
SENATE.
Monday. In the Senate, the joint
resolution introduced last ' week by
Morgan to declare the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty abrogated passed, and the Senate
went into a secret legislative session,
which lasted until nearly 4 o'clock. Af
ter the secret session was over tbe Son
ate bankruptcy bill was taken up, but
no progress was made with it beyond
having the Senate substitute read in
full. Twenty-four private pension bills,
with a lot of other miscellaneous bills.
were passed. Anions the bills passed
was the Senate bill appropriating $10,
000 for the investigation of tbe obstruc
tion of the navigable waters of Florida,
Louisiana and the South Atlantio and
Gulf States by the aquatic plant known
as the water hyacinth.
Tuesday. Chandler. (Rep.) of Jew
Hampshire, spoke for three hours in
support of the resolution declaring it
the sense of the Senate that the United
States should not permanently acqui
esce in the single 'gold standard. He
attributed the fall of values to the pro
gressive steps in the demonetization of
silver, and quoted Sherman in 1870.
He also predicted the Republican over
throw unless the administration is con
ducted along the lines of bimetallism.
The bankruptcy bill was taken np, out
no action was taken upon it.
Wednesday The benate modified tho
immigration law, aud it now goes to
the President. It adds to the classes
of excluded aliens all persons over 16
years of age who cannot read the Eng
lish language or some other language,.
except that admissible immigrants may
bring with them or send for inadmissi
ble aliens in grandparents over GO years
of age, wives and minor children. It
also prohibits from employment on the
public works aliens who come regularly
or habitually into the United States for
the purpose of engaging in any mercan
tile trade or manual labor, aud who
havo not made a declaration of their in
tention to become American citizens.
Tbe Secretary of the Treasury, how
ever, may permit the entrance of aliens
for tbe purpose of teaching new arts or
industries. And the act is not to apply
to persons coming here from Cuba,
during tbe continuance of the present
disturbances there.
Thursday. The movement to post
pone further consideration of tbe arbi
tration treaty until after March 5, was
defeated iu the Senate. To the sur
prise of all Vest came out in a speech
strongly favoring the ratification of the
treaty as amended, bberman savs that
when the test comes, tbe necessary two-
thirds will be r.nnd voting for tataibca-
tion. He expects the treaty to be ciia
posed of Friday. -
Friday. The session of the Senate
only lasted for half an hour. PosBibly
the last of the "unreconstructed" reb
els was pardoned in the person of Col.
1). E. Simms, of Kentucky, the Senate
rasajus a bill Joicrnovehi; poHtical
aisffbintfes. Senato? Daniels (Ddin.l,
of Virsriniil. W ilasicnatfl ah tha
reader of Washington" farewell address
next Mond.., on observance intro
duced by Hoar some years ago. At
12:30 ft. m. the Senate proceeded ia
the consideration Of executive business
(tbe arbitration treaty) and adjourned
at 8 p. m. without taking action.
BAi onDAY I he Cretan nnrisintr
tlgainst Turkey was recognized and en
couraged by the Senate in the unani
mous udefption of a resolution offered by
Cameron, extending stmpathv to the
government of Greece in its interven
tion to free the people of Crete "from
the tyranny of foreign oppressors, and
to restore peace with the blessinff of
Christian civilization to the distressed
island. " The bill which passed the
Uonse at the last session to authorize
thfl appointment of a labor commission
was taken Up, but was soon sidetracked
by Allison, (Kep.) of Iowa, chairman of
the committee on appropriations, by a
motion to take up the Indian appropri
ation bill, which was agreed to, and
there was a long debate then on the
sectarian schools, which was laid aside
without any action. Durinsr the con
sideration of the above bill the income
tax case was brdught in question.
Allen said that Justice Shiras owes it to
the country to say why he so suddenly
Changed front on that subject. The
chanare was so radical and so extreme
that that man will go into history under
a cloud unless lie ex lains to the conn
try what motives influenced him to
change his position on the income tax
casos.
HOUSE.
juonday. ine House concurred in
the amendments of the Senate to the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
biil. Tho bill now goes to the Presi
dent. Tbe Sunday civil bill was taken
up and fiflssed. Pearson (Rep.), of
North Carolina, attacked the river and
harbor items in this bill, but when the
vote was declared it was shown that its
opponents were not numerous enough
to even secure a vote of yeal ud nays.
The Senate amendments to the agri
cultural appropriation bill were non-
concurred in and sent to conference.
Bills which passed under suspension of
thfl rules were: lo supply the National
Guards of the various States and Ter
ritories with Springfield rifles of 45
calibre; the Sonate resolution author
izing the Secretary of tbe .Navy to
furnish a naval or other ship to trans
port Ihdia certain supplies donated by
the Western States. The night (session
was devoted to the consideration of
private pension bills.
Ti'esday. tJolbn (iteD.), of Mary
land, moved to pass over the Presi
dent's veto the bill to pension at 830
a month the widow of Pete H. Alla
bach, A veteran of tha Mexican war.
The vote resulted: yeas. 115; nays. 79;
two-thirds not voting in the affirmativo,
the bill failed to pass over the veto. A
largo batch of pension bills was then
passed.
Wednesday. The Honse affirmed its
intention to abide by the policy of lim
iting pensions for widows of general. of
ficers to $50 a month, and grading from
that sum down for widows of officers of
lower rank. Conference report on the
executive, legislative and judicial ap
propriations bill was agreed to. Hop
kins. (Ren.) of Kentucky, failed to se
cure his seat which was contested on an
illegal and fraudulent ballot in Clark
county.
Thursday. i he nouse voteanown
the decision of the elections committee
in the case of Hopkins (Rep.) vs. Ken
dall (Dem. ) from the Tenth district of
Kentucky, thereby seating Hopkins.
The case was contested over the emblem
of the official ballot, which was the
eagle. A coon had been substituted
instead of the eaclo. the chosen emblem
of the Republican party in Kentucky.
It was admitted that this was transpar
ent fraud, and that it was done with in
tent to-deceive, so the vote of tbe coun
ty must be thrown out, and the House
sustained this view by a vote of 107 to
91. Tho general deficiency bill was re
dorted to the House from the committee
on appropriations with notice that it
would vo cauoa uprriaay. xne dim
carries an appropriation of $8,488,987.
Friday. Tho House made but little
progress, only one or two measures Do
ing brought up. One of the measures
was that of tbe appropriations to supply
deficiencies for the current year and
prior years. Richardson (Den.) of
Tennessee, made a long discussion over
au item to pay special attorneys for de
fending suits against the United States,
but the bill was not passed at 5 o'olock
when the House adjourned.
Saturday. The Blouse finished the
discussion in c ommittee of the whole
of the general deficiency bill, with the
exception of one paragraph. An inno
cent appearing paragraph appropriat
ing some $12,000 to refund amounte de
ducted from the salaries for absence,
brought about a family row, but after a
long discussion it was retained. Be
fore adjournment it was decided not to
observe Monday as Washington's birth
dry, owing to time being too precious
at this late perioil in the session.
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In a recent speech at Hampton
Booker T. Washington, tha noted Ala
bama negro, eald: "As a race, I be
lieve we are to work out our salvation,
work It out with pen and Ink, work It
out with square and compass, work It
out with saw and hammer, work It out
with spade and plow, work It Cut with
horse power and steam power, work It
out on the farm, la the shop, school
room, BewlEg-room, the office, and In all
of life's callings. An before the war
the negro was bound to tho white man
by slavery, so now be must be bound to
him by community of interest Here
at Hampton we have not alone tb alf n
of progress, but the reality. There la
no position, however high. In science or
letter or politic that I would with
hold from my race, but I won Id have
the foondatlon sure.''
Bank Cashier Gets Ten Years.
John H. Hoffor, former cashier of the
First National Bank of Lebanon, Pa,
who waa charged with embezzling
$100,000 of the bank's funds, was ar
raigned in the United States district
court last week before Judge Butler.
After a consultation with his attorneys
the accused pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to ten years imprisonment in
the eastern penitentiary and ordei'd to
pay a fine of $1,000.
Castoria Is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
. other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
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good fleet upon their children."
Da. O. C. Osoood,
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M Castoria is the bed remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not
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instead of the various quack nostrums which
arc destroying their loved ones, by forcing
opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other
hurtful agent down their throats, thereby
lending them to premature graves."
, Da. J. F. Kikchelos,
Conway, Ark.
" Castoria Is so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me."
H. A. Anemia, M. D.,
Ill 8a Oxford St., Brooklyn, K. 7,
"Our physician In the children' doparfc
ment have spoken highly of thair export,
ence In thetr outside practice wilh Castoria
and although we only have anions our
medical supplies what 1 known aa regular
product, yet we are free to confess that the
merit of Castoria ha woo us to look with
favor upon it."
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