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- - - i J lexander jegins , under- showers of congratu loiia, both as to stock, which la a f rvel, for beaaty, and as to the rigid n system adopted. ash Durchases can b made 10 to 20 4 cent, cheaper than time purchases. no mortal opens an account with i row is (fathered at opening hour and lamations of delight went np all the house. rpjrt salesladies ready to show i V -v3ame attention as purchasers. ';-5u sized hemmed 11x4 quilts, $1.00. I 00 linen handkerchiefs, plain and em- ptaered, 17 cents. t LFFETA, DAMISE, DUTCHESS, OMBRA. INDIA, KAIKA, AND l'"rT. PERSIAN SILKS. Jlrenadine and other new weave dressJ tarn. jpttu UBonmem ox negui i-a.ii-rtbbona. ILK SKI3TS, $7 to $9.50 each. booming at 13 West Trade street. I wuick delivery to any part of city or 3pen house 7 a. m. Close 6:30 p. m. m W. TRADE ST. One Price Cash House. LEGAL NOTICE, those wlio now owe W. Kaufman Co.. will please call and settle at ice. The business must De wouna up ithout delay. You have had long in ialg ence and fair treatment- All who p not come in, need notwe surprised r ottenaea u suea. w e mean Dusiness. ill Judgments taken will be advertised ind sold at public auction. Office at tie old stand. W. KAUFMAN. SPECIAL NOTICES. rO. 600, corner Church and Ninth, modem 7 -room dwelling for rent, D. P. Hutchison. ETTER NOT WAIT until the rush conies, but have vour Bike put in tut clans rendition We have a larcre tt of sundries and bicycle parts, m enenced -workmen and moderate Irices. Large line of new wheels. Queen City Cycle Co., Charlotte, N. C. rnROM this day March 5, nothing 1 v .nrrr.A Everything will Will UT7AiUUCU. e sold for srictly cash. Our bakery ia out a nice line of goods, if you ,1 to catch our wagon call up 'phone 66L SKINNER & WILLIS. TjV)R RENT First floor No. 510 V North Tryon ; 6 -room cottage South try on near Morehead street; 2d and 3rd oora Fmitb building, East Trade, 27x 1 10 feet; fire rooms for manufacturing. I W. S3. ALEXANDER. CHOICE fresh sda crackers and wafers, oatmeal, oatflakes . and fancy head rice. Star Mills Grocery Phone 157m iXTEVER before in the history of the A. v wall paper business has there been Juch a variety of elegant papers, for fetalis and dining rooms, as now. You Bhould see our new designs nothing aoddv in the whole line. Wheeler Wall Paper Company. "CHATELAINE PINS i V for ladies watches are useful and ! jkonamantal. They are at J. C. Palamountain's. I "FT OUSEKEEPERS : Do you want to f-,1 1 shorten the. labor of yourself and that of yorar cook and always have the s Deei going . x nen use r asnacni s nome I made bread. THE Great Southern Detective Agency -do legitimate detective work at reasonable rates. Arson and divorces a specialty, DR. S. 0. BROOKES, DENTIST. Office corner Fourth and Tryon Streets. Jihone 115 E, Charlotte, N. U. D R E. P. KEERANS, DENTIST 7 West Trade Street Thone 158 I. r "'HE Model Steam Lanndrv is snmad -I. ing out. Its patronage has almost aouoiea under its new management A trial order will convince you of its merits. Jno. W. Todd, Prop. tiPRINQ 1897. Novelties for the sea- WJ son just received. Blarney and Mc Gregor Baitings and many other noted makes. You are invited to call and see them and make your selection in time. m. lighten stein, Artistic Merchant Tailor. "I IBSON'S new store, 13 North VJ Tryon. Yon know a good thing when you see it: and when you want something good to eat call on Gibson at his new store- Everything first class, and at the lowest possible price for cash. D R. C. L. ALEXANDER, DENTIST. No. 8 South Tryon Street Charlotte, N. C. -THE Central Hotel. AND NEW ANNEX. Parlor eommodloui ; centrally located elegantly furnished. -THE Traveling Man's Home. GOOD TREATMENT; POPULAR PRICES. OAJCPBBXX, MAKE YOUR OLD CLOTHES Good as new by cleansing them with 4 PERSOLINE, Takes oat all kinds of spots. r Prepared by . JORDAN & COi, ,- ; fPKB8CBIPTIOjn8T8. ' Thone'7, Spring's cor ; Starl oorse. Y. H. G. A. HALL. A LECTURE f - -by- - -r - ; GEO. KENNAN, SIBERIAN EXPLORER. - . . . Tuesday night, March 9. Admission 50c Tickets on Bale at Jordan, 8, Saturday, March 6. Furniture Buyers Have their eyes opened on entering our store and seeing the elegant line of bed room sets, rockers, etc, at such redicn lonsly low prices. We will treat yon right MAXWELL A MAXWBTLL NOTICE, TAX PAYERS. I am now "il""F up my delina oen t list, and unless prompt payment by the 1st of April, 1897, I will be by recent acts of the Legislature, compelled to make levies and advertise all lots and lands delinquent in taxes. The law re quires me to make settlement, and I must make the same request of those who still owe their taxes. This is no joke. Z. T. SMITH, Sheriff. NOTICE. Your Citv Taxes are past due, and the law requires me to ADVERTISE AND SELL APRIL 1st. Come and keep your property from being advertized and sold. W. B. T A x LUxt, C. T. J. The Best Stock of T B UN K S In North Carolina. Style No. 71, gents' size f 0 50 11 00 t :. 71. ladies This Trunk for durability has never been equalled at the price. Extra large deep tray and bottom tray. Hard wood box, fall steel bound, riveted solid. All Trunks lettered and delivered to any part of the city. Never buy a Trunk with out seeing our stock. 6ILREATH & CO. BUFORD HOTEL AND Belmont Hotel Annex. UNDER IEFUGEIIEIT.- House Completely Overhauled, Pa pered and Painted. New Dining Room on Parlor Floor Handsomest in the State. BelmontHotel Newly Frescoed and Decorated. Everything First Class. Popular Prices. Eccles & Bryan. -THE- Merchants & Farmers' National Bank. Interest paid on time Depolsts, AeeosBta both large and small solicited. Safe Deposit boxes for rent. J. H. McADEN, President J SO. M, MILLER, Jr., Cashier. 25th Mutual BqIdi and Loan ASSOCIATION. BOOKS NOW OPEN FOR THE NEW SERIES Call and take stock, and those want ing to borrow file applications for LOANS. We are in better position now to sup ply money to build or bay houses than we have been for months past. INTEREST 6 p. cr. EARNINGS 7 p. ct. P. M. Brows, President A. G. Bkkrizsr, Secretary. Portner's Hof brail.., . ....The Best Tonic. It puts new life into yon, brings back color, annerite. strensth and health. It.s marvelous for building one tip after sickness. It gives vim and bounce, we tell you. R. Portlier- Brewing Company. Charlotte, N. C, Branch. C. Valaer Agent. , ORS. M, A, & C, A, BUND 21 N. TRYON STREET. Dr. W. H. Wakefield WILL BE AT HIS OFFICE. 609 NORTH TRYON i STREET, EVERT WEEK DAT- IN MARCH, EXCEPT WEDNES DAYS. HIS PRACTICE IS LIMITED TO THE EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT. Frank P. Milburn, OOTJBT HOUSES, SCHOOLS, C'H U KCTUE CITY HALLS AND FIXE &ESIDEKC CHARLOTT ENC. DR. H. L. SMITH AND THE RAT. SUMtltiC UECTTJKJR XABT HIGHT. htsdlghtesjed U Plswiji WMe Is Istisi tlif Dr. Henry Louia Smith baa asaia demonstrated his ability to make an abstruse scientific subject even lasci natt ngr to a popular audience. , Waiving all technicalities, be ex plained to his hearers in simple convert sationat style, last nigiit, the- entire mystery hanging around the Roentgen rays. He said that in a lormer lecture bere, a few years ago, on the -jrourta State of Matter.": he had narrowly es caped being the Roentgen himself; Utat in an experiment with cathode rays on that occasion be was producing the fa mous 2C rays without knowing It ; sJQ that was aecessary to make the dis covery was a. pocket book with coins in it lying on a photographer's plate, f Since the Roentgen rays are only a higher development of wave motion the doctor began by explaining the wave theory. Not clearly and beauti fully did he show the analogy running through the sound, heat, light, electric and Roentgen rays. The range of hu man sound passes from the low baas notes of atmosphere vibrations to the high tenor of 16,000 vibrations. Beyond that, sound becomes like the squeaking of a mouse; at 32,000 very few people can distinguish any note at all; at 64, 000, it goes quite beyond the ken of hu man ears, and is perhaps distinguish able only to Insects. Heat and light waves travel through that most mys terious and all -pervading element, the ether. From millions of waves per second, representing the deep bass, heat passes through its different gra dations until it reaches the high tenor of two hundred trillions. The lights in the hail were put out, and then began the fun. The doctor placed his pocket-book between the bulb and the screen and the outlines of the coins could be distinctly seen; the rays penetrated the leather easily, the coins making an apaque shadow. Next the bones of the hand and arm were shown, and blocks of wood containing nails, glass and iron rods, a saw blade and other substances. It made no difference to the X ray what Intervened, It went for its object every time. Two negatives were also ex posed, one of the pocket-book, the other of Dr. Smith's hand; time of ex posure about four minutes. These pho tographs will be developed by Van Ness. After the lecture many remained to see their bones. Mr. Renwick Wilkes could see where his arm had been spliced, the bones lapping on each other. Mr. J. H. Ross could count several small shot in his arm, the result of an accident several years ago. Jim Pickard, a colored man, who was shot in the arm last November, and who is to be operated upon at the hos pital next Monday, was present with several physicians, and considerable in terest was manifested in looking for the bullet. It could be seen quite distinctly, lodged between the radius and ulva near the elbow. Space fails to tell of the many inter esting things said and done. Charlotte owes Dr. Smith thanks for a most en joyable and instructive evening. Chambers Succeeds Judge Ide. Washington, March 5. W. L. Cham bers, of Alabama, who was formerly United States land commissioner of Samoa, has been agreed upon by Great JSritam, CJermany and the United States as Chief Justice of Samoa to succeed Judge Ide, who Is also an American. The King of Samoa makes the appointment and will undoubtedly confirm the selection. IXXXAE. WEATH ER REPORT. S. L. DOSHER, OBSERVER. Charlotte, March 5, 1897; 8 p. m. Earom. 30.10 Temp. Weather 64 ! Cloudy Precip. .03 . Maximum ttrr perature, 16; minimum temperature, 43. SAME DATE LAST YEAR : Maximum temperature, 60; minimum temperature. 34. WEATHER FORECAST. For North Carolina: Local showers and partly cloudy weather; southerly PEOPLE'S COLUMN. 1 O Cente a 1.1 De, Six Words to the Une. M. L. THOMAS, from Tennessee, will have a car load of nice horses and mules in the first of the week. Wait and get bargains at Black's stables. M. L. Thomas. WANTED A live, enenfetic man to collect city retail accounts. A good Job for the right man. Address S., care Observer office. LOST Last night between McAden's drug store and the Y. M. C. A., pair of eye-glasses, silver rims, aluminum chain. Leave at this office. Suitable re ward. WANTED A cook. Apply to Mrs. F B. McDowell, Dil worth. A FEW good hustlers wanted, room 1, 229 West Trade street, Charlotte. REMEMBER, PEOPLE We are doing a strictly cash business. This Is a rule we expect to comply to from this on. The tiem - Bakery and Restaurant. WANTED Second-hand readers, arith metics and grammars, such as are used in The graded schools. These books are wanted to carry on the work of a night school, which is being con ducted for children, who are not able to buy books. Leave at Observer office. FOR SALE CHEAP A good second hand refrigerator, suitable for butch er's business. Geo. S. Hall. OK. KENT Six-room cottage, one block from Southern passenger depot. modern improvements. Apply J. A- Al llson, 800 West Trade street FOR SALE Fifty (50) shares of "Bank of Lancaster" stock. Apply to T. M. Fitspatrtck & Bro., Lancaster, C. DR. KING'S' EMULSION COD LIVER OIL IS FOR Consumption, Upig troubles, eneral weakness, Loss of flesh, Thin pebple. SBMSBSSSSSOBBS BCRWELL k DUNN COMPANY. CLUB RATES. H. . BBOWHK, DllUn Til VCD Box 5s. riAHU lUftUli CHARLOTTE, N. CL Write me forTOioes. No charge made for estimates. Alt work guaranteed, tax years steady toner for E. M. Andrews. DM ft GRML1 I OEce, 7 West Trade Street. Practice' limited to eye ear, X nose and throat. A HOUSE yPEOAB. COOK'S ARBITRARY RULING. IT DBXVKS TIDE BLKsUCKBS TO CTTBT. Ia Order to Prevea the tag the Semate 8esslSt to the Bill, Speaker Test, Ceek Peelares the Beuse Adjo teOr- der a IHvtolea Wheal Hsose Got Kioto u, i Started teSaeet Thereapon fro tested,' . A sal art A ay $ Saeh Carbuncle ea liberty At the 1 Atern eon Sesaloa thoHooaa Requests the gspreaae Co art to Ctlvs aa Opialoa of 9 ' the Sabstttste's Const! tatioaallty The Senate Refers the School Bill ta a Special Committee The Senate Passes the BUI to Appotat a Mecklenburg Road Com mission Also Glvlag the Governor Pow er to Appoint Directors for the Asylums To Amend SaUnbnry'. Charter Ne Prosecuting- Attorney If or tne Eastern Criminal Clrenit. f Reported for the Observer. SENATE. Raleigh, March 5. The Senate met at 10 o'clock, LieutenantvOovernor Rey nolds presiding. Prayer by Senator Atwater. The following bills were passed: To require firms to register the names of partners. T proviae for tne maintenance of the State penitentiary. To incorporate Blackwell's chapel and others in Brunswick county. To allow Iredell county to levy special tax. To allow Forsyth county; to levy special tax when the people file petition ask ing for same. To authorize the school committee of Raleigh to issue bonds. To regulate the liabilities of stock holders, etc, in banks chartered by the State. To allow Craven county to levy special tax. To establish a graded school in Hayesville, Clay county. To authorize the town of Forest City to issue bonds. To incorporate the High land Turnpike Company. To allow Currituck county to issue bonds. To establish an electric ; light plant in Fayetteville (second reading). To es tablish a board of control to manage the convicts and road system of Meck lenburg county The special order was taken up to encourage the local taxation for .public schools. This is the ; bill that passed second reading last night (Thursday) and provides that an? election shall be held in all the townships of the differ ent counties of the Btate to decide whether they shall vote for a tax, and for any amount up to 1250 the State shall give a like amount. This bill does not apply to cities and towns that have local systems of public scnoois. Mr. A bell offered the following amendment, to take;! the place of the present title of the mil: "A Dill to te entitled an act to rob' school children livinK in rural districts of their Just tart of an educational fund, which Justly belongs to them." The presiding officer ruled the amendment out of or der. p Mr. Justice favored the bill because it infuses life and manhood In the peo. pie and makes them; help themselves. Mr. Anderson 'opposea the bill. Mr. Atwater said he wanteo to be understood in this matter. He knew that there were counties that were able and willing to vote the tax. but he also knew there were others among them his own (Chatham) that were not able to tax itself. Therefore he opposed the bill. S Mr. Grant said he believed that local taxation was the entering wedge to- V wards increasing the public school fund and the usefulness of the systems, and he believed that before long, under local taxation, we could do away with State aid. Mr. Utley amended by substituting "districts" for "townships." Adopted. Mr. Ray offered an amendment to sub stitute 1100.000 for S50.9W in section i. Mr. Ray said his amendment was Just the thing wanted. Mr. Moye asKea mm if he did not know that the House had killed a bill similar to his (Ray's.) Mr. Ray answered that he did not care if it had. He did not want the House held up as a criterion for the Senate. If we were like the House we would be tumbling' over each other, getting out of the doora and Windows. Let this bill go back as amended and perhaps it will find the House clothed and in its right anind. Amendment adopted. Mr. Ashburn offered an amendment to strike out section 1, appropriating $100,000. The roll call was demanded Ayes 24, noes 23. The amendment was adODted. which virtually kills the bill Mr. McCaskey moved to table the bill. carried. McCaskeyS moved to lay on the table the vote? by which the bill was tabled. Lost. And the vote to re consider prevailed! and the bill was again before the Senate. Mr. Grant moved to refer the bill to a special committee. Adopted. The chair ap pointed Messrs. Grant, Justice, Utley and Atwater. I On the bill to create a board of com missioners to manage and control the convicts and road system In Mecklen burg county. Dr. lAlexander, Senator from Mecklenburg! said: "Mr. Presi dent, this has been a pet scheme of mine for twenty years or more. I have Spoken more and written more in advo. cacy of building macadamized roads than any other man in Mecklenburg county. I have hoped and labored to see several great trunk lines leading out from Charlotte to the county lim its. We have waited many years, but to-day only three sor four roads have gotten out of sight of the city hall. Our board of county commissioners, during all these many years, have been faith ful to construct the finest highways to their homes and farms, but have not heeded the voice of the; people who la bor outside the township. Mr. Presi dent, almost every man who lives five to twenty-five miles from the city is complaining In unmistakable terms that cannot be misunderstood. They are tired of paying taxes and nevesi seeing the fine roads, till they get in sight of the city spires. This bill is not to change our system of road building but to make It more efficient." Mr. Justice asked would it not be sat isfactory to enact a clause compelling the board of commissioners to con struct four trunk; lines to the county limits. Mr. Alexander said: "We have been waiting and urging the board, without effect, until we have grown gray in watching for what we ondly hoped to see realized. Now. Mr. Pres ident, of all the letters I have received and they are numerous, in opposition to this bill, all but three were from the city, and these three were solicited by a gentleman from the "city. Now, sir, this looks like every person : in - the county wants the benefits of this sys tem extended tosthe limits, and they want no more roads started from the city until at least four trunk lines are built to the county limits. The people of Charlotte who oppose this bill I know are my friends and I appreciate their friendship, .so I will not ask a single Senator on this floor to vote for the bill if he thinks it unfair, unjust or a hard, ship on any onei I ask them to look at the facts and vote as their Judgment dictates. Mr. President, there are now fourteen roads starting from the city, which look like- H spokes in the hub of a wheel, and w insist that this city play be stopped mtil the people on the outside circles of the county reap their proportional pari of - the benefits due them. This bill id oes not. increase the expense of the system- but reduces the east, l TJnder. the aruung of the present management, they employ a man at SM per month to buy w.aat Is wf eessary sor tne- convict force, - xbu xmce will be- dispensed with and S3M saved, w. propose no radical measure, but firmly believe that this commission, having no other; duties to serfonni wiir sarily be more efficient.'' f ,i . Other bills were dlsnomd nt mm Al lows: , v ,-4 ,-. To allow Person eounrv to lew iml clal tax. Passed second reading. To pay railroad debt of Poiibckaviiio i. Jones county. Passed. To aJlnw R&mn. Son. county towork convicts on the public roads. Passed. Tym lnor.t. the Chat ham. Moore and Harnett Bank. x-assea. 10 incorporate the Excelsior Artesian. Well and Sewerage Company. rMeu. rw nn reuer or una Vinson, of Sampson county, allowing her to marry.- Passed. ' To amend chapter 427, laws of 1895. by striklne' nnt ptnife county. Passed. To promote, the oyster inausxry sn tne mate. - Passed. For the relief of T. E. Vestal, ef Chatham county. Passed. To protect birds in Chatham county. Passed. To con struct a public road in Craven cotxnrv through State lands to Carteret eounty. fas sea. xo pronioit hunting in Rock ingham county. Passed. To amend chapter 341, laws of 1891. to remove ob structions from Catawba river. Passed. To extend time to organise the Bank of Lumberton. Passed. ' : To re-enact and amend! chapter 360. laws of 1891, and acts I amendatory thereof. Passed. To Incorporate the Hominy Valley Institute: of Haywood county. Passed. To sell ! school -property in district No. 10A. Buncombe county. Passed. To amend section 8747 of The Code, relating to tne pay of Ju rors. Passed. For the relief of the commissioners of Surry county. Passed. At 2 o'clock the Senate 'took a recess until 3:80 o'clock. SENATE AFTERNOON. At the afternoon session of the Sen ate bills passed: Not to allow clerks of the Superior Court to give legal ad- advtce, unless in the official duties of his office. To aid the North Carolina Rolling Exposition. The Joint- resolution asking Congress to rebuild the public arsenal at Fay etteville. The bill to allow clerks of the Criminal Courts to take probates of wills and conveyances was tabled. The resolution appointing a i committee to consider The Code commission was ta bled. The bill to place Cleveland and Gaston in the seventh congressianl dis trict and Yadkin and Davie in the eighth came up. Mr. Moye said that he was told that the reason they want ed to change the districts was because the Representative from? Hurry county wanted to go to Congress, and the only thing he had done during this Legis lature was to get this bill passed. He introduced the bill, and of course he wanted it to pass. The Question recur ring on the pasage of! the bill, Mr. Earnhardt demanded the roll call, which was ordered.- The bill failed to pass, ayes 22, noes 26. The bill to In clude all the names of pensioners in one bill passed. There are one hundred and thirty-four soldiers on the list, and sixteen widows. In the revenue act section 34 was amended by striking out 6 gallons and Inserting one gallon, and It passed third reading. NIGHT SESSION. The Senate re-assembled at 8 p. m. Bills passed to amend The Code, re lating to fertilizer analyses; to amend the act incorporating the Moore County & Western Railroad Company; to create a State board of equalisation, composed of the railroad commission. The special order was the bill to re vise and consolidate the charter of Wil son. It was tabled. HOUSE The House met at 9 o'clock, and !m- Mr. Cook asked leave to Introduce a resolution. There was objection, so it was ndt introduced, as Unanimous con sent w)ls necessary. .This was a resolu tion asking the Supreme Court to pass upon the lease bill. nnts pissed: To prohibit the sale of liquor in Hertford township, Perquim ans county; to put Gibson ville in a school district; to amend the charter, of Quanda; to amend the charter of Bur lington; to protect fishing machines In Roanoke river, Washington county; to protect fish in Watauga; to allow Pam lico to improve public roads; to protect fish In any mill pond; to amend the charter of the town of Matthews; to repeal the charter of Sunset Park, Buncombe county; to Incorporate the Iverson Lumber and Boom Company; to make wire fences four feet high lawful fences in Robeson; to prohib'.t the sale of liquor In Hyde; to fix fer riage charges in Gaston; to incorporate the order or unity; to prevent obstruc tlon of nubile highways in Guilford; to extend the charter of the Marten bad Railroad: to create a new township In Mitchell: for relief of the clerk of Northampton. The bill to make the appropriation for the Cullowhee Normal School, in Jackson county, $2,000 Instead of SI. 500 was supported by Mr. Enaiey. Mr. Rrvnti nf Chatham said this was an other scheme to rob the Treasury, and moved to table. This was lost. Mr. Cathey spoke In support of the bill, savin this was the only white nor mal school. Mr. Ferrell opposed the bill. Mr. Lusk spoke in warm support. He said if the taxes were not large enough to raise the needed money, by all means to increase them The bill after half an hour's debate passed its readines. Bills passed: To charter the Bladen & Columbus Railroad; to incorporate the Duplin & Wayne Railroad and Lumber Company; to: incorporate the Scotland Neck Training and Industrial School: to charter Gladstone Academy, Gaston county; for relief of Sheriff Ricks, of Nash. By leave Mr. Bryan of Chatham, withdrew his bill, which passed second reading last night, providing for the election of the clerk of the railroad commission by the Legislature. He said the matter had been amicably set tled. (The programme was that C. C. Fagan, Populist bolter, should be elect ed clerk. The compromise must mean that the commission will elect Fagan or that he is to be "given something equally as good." Mr. Bryan said , the commission wanted to elect its clerk.) Bills passed: To give the State Treas urer discretionary power as to paying out appropriations, so he can pay ihem quarterly, or semi-annually, instead of annually; to allow the people to vote on an extension of the limits of Lexing ton ; to allow Polk county to vote on lo cal option; to incorporate Swain coun ty High School; to allow Lenoir county to build stock law fence along Wayne county line. The bill to create the office of prose cuting attorney for the Eastern Cruni nal Circuit Court was discussed. Mr. Hancock, whose bill ft was, said it did not take away a single fee of a Su perior Court solicitor in the counties composing the district. Mr. Dixon of Cleveland said the bill interfered very seriously with the solicitors, as it took all criminal cases out of their hands; that Solicitors Daniels, SeawelL Ber nard and Richardson opposed It; that it was simply to create another office and make a place for somebody. Mr. Han cock said there was politics in the bilL He said Bernard was not. in the dis trict, now that Vance was. taken out: that all save New Hanover and Craven were under Democratic solicitors. He said as to Solicitor 'Daniels, that he was elected by fraud. Mr. Ha user said that the bill was clearly drawn to create a new office and -take away fees from the regular solicitors. Mr. Wai.l said a bill had been i passed giving the Eastern Criminal Circuit exclusive ju risdiction of all criminal business, and that now comes this bill, to which the other was but a step; that the last bill deprived officers already elected of their Just rights. Mr. Cunlngham ap pealed to the House 'not to pass so un just and unfair a bill, and strike at so licitors duly elected; ; that it was a ger rymander; that the solicitors -were elected to receive certain fees, which this biH proposed to take away; that the bill affects sol ici tors of all the par ties; that he could not see how honor able men could endorse or adopt such measures as this. Mr. Dockery offered an amendment, providing that the so licitors now elected shall have control of the criminal dockets in their coun ties whenever they 1 are present. Mr. Ward offered an amendment that this bill apply to no county tav-Cnnaixthrdls- -trict. . Mr. Dockery mmiA thafe sonoltoTS had been elected to do certain business, yet here was a bill to legislate their business from them; it was wrong; it would drive the solicitors out of their own lawful business, Mr. Hancock said Mr. Dockerv's amendment t virtually killed the bill.: He said the solicitors were not elected to practice in this Criminal Court. He hoped .that every amendment would be voted' Sown, and called : the previous - ouestloo. -Mr. Dockerv's amendment was ; voted en and adopted, Mr. Hancock alone voting no. Then he moved to table his own bill. This was done with a roar, and on Mr.- Ward's motion the "clincher" was put onv while Mr. Hancock: retired, en tirely "knocked out." At 3 minutes before noon Mr. Sutton of Cumberland, member of the com mittee to investigate the lease of the. North Carolina Railroad, to which the Senate substitute bill was- referred, rose, Mr. Cook, who. is chairman of that special committee, was in the chair. Mr. Lusk had presided during the earlier part of the session, and Speaker Hileman, who was i so hoarse that be spoke with difficulty, sat en the left of Mr. Cook. . Mr. Sutton :. asked consent to call up a resolution asking the Supreme Court to give to-morrow its opinion in, the matter of the Senate substitute for the lease bill. Mr. Sut ton's Durnose was to train time. Mr. Blackburn sprang to his feet, and as the hands pointed to noon, declared that the hour set for the special order, the Senate substitute tease bill, had ar rived and that it must be taken up. Both he and Mr. Sutton kept -on their feet. Demands were poured at the Speaker to recognize ' one or; the other. Conspicuous among those who cried out were Sutton of Cumberland, Hancock and Alexander. Mr. Sutton of Cum berland said be wanted the special or der held ud until the resolution was acted on. He wanted delays Then the storm burst. Mr. Blackburn said: "You know that under the resolution adopt ed by this House no resolution can be introduced save by unanimous con sent. You know he Journal shows that the resolution is not introduced, i move that the House concur in tne Senate substitute." - Then confusion broke loose. Twenty members were on their feet at once, all shouting, all protesting; some one way, some another. The two factions ar rayed themselves. For two or three minutes the' uproar continued. Then Mr. Person f Wayne moved that the House take a recess until 3 o'clock. Then there was a roar of protest, "Vote It down; vote It down!" and amid tne din the voices of Mr. Alexander, the two Buttons and Mr. Hancock could be heard seconding the motion. The aisles were filled. Mr. Cook put the motion. There was a burst of "aye," drowned by a sweeping rush of "no," which rat tled to the dome and descended in a torrent of sound. "Division," shouted Messrs. Blackburn. Murphy, and forty more. But Mr. Cook declared that the House had ; taken a recess until s o'clock. Mri Blackburn strode up tne aisle. "That is false," he cried, "l ap peal from the decision of the chair." The scene was at this moment indes cribable. Mr. Cook left the chair as the squall felu He stepped to the rear 100 by. The uproar raged. Pandemonium broke loose. Members rushed to the front. Some put on their hats and moved toward the door. Some of the more timorous hurried to ; the lobby. The atmosphere was filled with execra tions, mainly of Mr. Cook and his rul ing. "It is tyrannical." "It is unjust." "We will not submit to it." "He had a right to declare the House adjourned," shouted Mr. Cook's friends. The factions faced each other prepared for battle. One blow would have caused an instant riot. Some one shouted, "For God's sake, toT this. It is the most disgraceful scene the State ever witnessed. Never tik about i the Legislature of 1868 ocnln " - During the turmoil the Speaker (Hileman) sat serene in h chair on the Speaker's stand. Suddenly Mr. Murchy shouted: "The House is with out a. Snonkpr. I move we elect Mr. Fnwmu Sneaker pro tern." "I second the motion.l said Mr.Blackburn and a score of others. Mr. Murphy put the motion. There was a rattling volley of ayes, and taking Mr. Freeman by the arm, Mr. Murphy led him to the Speak er's desk. Mr. Freeman did not take the chair, but stood at the end of the desk. The assemblage was now a mob. The sralleries fairly bulged with wild- eyed, excited spectators. The uproar reached the Senate and the Senators poured into the hall of the House. Sud denly Mr. Lusk rushed to the front, and, leaning over the desk at which the war correspondents of the news naners were seated, raised his arms high above tola head, and in his loudeBt voice shouted, as he lookea at Mr. x ree man at the Speaker's desk: "I protest. In the name of North Carolina, I pro test. This is treason. This is rebellion. We ought to send for force to clear this hall and to Btop these riotous and revo lutionary proceedings. Be ashamed of yourselves, i Be men." All this was said with a rising note, to an accom paniment of yells and cries which stun ned the ear. Dr. Alexander, rushing up near the desk, shook his fists at Mr. Freeman. His eyes flashed with anger. "Come down from that pla " he cried, "you are a usurper. You are a traitor." The factions, all party lines broken, roared and; glared at each other. An rrv words paaaed and repassed. Sud denly H. Ai Gudger appeared while Mr Freeman was speaking, and stood be side him. Mr. Freeman was entreating the House to be aulet: to listen to him. "I am not going to hurt you," he cried. Gudger leaned over the desk and said: ''Now. boys, lets all leave. Mr. Freeman said: - - get excited. This is a i small matter. The Journal shows we have taken a recess until o'clock " ' Claud Dockery walked to the Speak ers desk and said: "Gentlemen, hear me. We will settle this matter at this session of the Legislature, and fairly. but I protest against this revolutionary business."' Mr. Freeman stepped down at 12:12. The whole affair had occupied but 9 minutes. But minutes seemed like hours. - There were cries, "Freeman ought to be impeached." There were others, "Cook must be impeached. He is not our SDeaker. He will not act fairly, There were loud curses of Mr. Cook. who had by this time left the haJl, for bis ignoring the demand ror a division on the vote to adjourn. Mr. Cook's par tisans declared that he had a perfect right to declare the House adjourned. Mr. Blackburn sprang on a desk and shouted. rGive us fair "play. We won't be nered." Then the anti-Cook men declared that he knew the substitute supporters were In the majority and bad won the fight. xSpeaker Hileman, as matters quieted, walked around to the reporters' desk and spoke of his hoarseness. He was very! calm. By 12:25 barely a dozen members: were in the hall. The lately gorged galleries were empty. The quiet after the tnunuer-stonn was aimost tartlinri Out from the. capitol the people poured. Groups of excited talk ers were seen everywnere. ine anti Cook men said: "His conduct has made ns ten votes." Governor Russell was Jin his office beneath i the hall. At the first -roar above his head he thought the building was falling. Then he ran out and up stairs, nor did be stop until he reached the bead of the stairway, on the sec ond floor. There he met the advance guard of the people rushing out out of the hall and found what the trouble really was. i IaFTRNOON SESSION. .Sharoiv at 3 Sneaker Hileman called 1 the House to order. The proceedings began tamely. The Speaker was so hoarse hie could scarcely be heard. Parker, of Perquimans, sent ia the report of the committee on penal Institutions. Blackburn moved that the special order be taken up as un finished business the substitute for the lease bQl. Mr. Alexander at once saia: "I move to adiourn tin o'clock." Mr. Murphy seconded Blackburn's motion. Mr. .Hancock said: The motion is made to take up the unfinished busi ness. Now I rise to question the mo tion of Blackburn, or to ; question the object-of -the motion. There was bo un finished business wheat, the House ad Jourped, The Speaker said it did not need a motion to take up the unfinished business. Mr. Brower said he tnougnt the Legislature was acting under par. liamentary rules; that j the Reed rules were the latest: that these provided that the unfinished business was Black. burn's motion to concur In the Senate substitute to the lease bill. He asked for a ruling. The Speaker said Black burn's motion! was before the House. Sutton, ef Cumberland, said tre substi tute was not before the Houf ; that it was not the original bill,:. bLt a new pUL : The Speaker said that while the substitute was made the special order the committee was not ordered to re port the bill, and no motion was made to instruct the committee to report it. Cook insisted that a grave constitu tional question was involved mt- that the constitutionality of the bill 'was -now under advisement. - Murphy said the bill was made the special order for to day. The order' was. mandatory to the committee, express and direct, to re-, port the bill to-day at noon. That the bill was before the House. - Mr. Lusk said the committee should not be asked to report until it has the. written ad vice of the Supreme Court; that to take another course would outrage the com. mittee and - make it violate its con science. The resolution requests the Supreme Court to give its opinion to morrow morning. Then the committee can be ordered to report the bill. He urged that the motion of Mr. Blackburn go- over and - that tne resolution oe adopted. Mr. Dockery. wanted to know what assurance there was that the Supreme Court would report within the next ten days or this week. Sutton, of Cumberland, said the Supreme Court had rendered opinions promptly. Mr. McCrary inquired whether the House was to be governed by a committee; that a committee had no right to bold a bill set as a special order. He ridi culed the deLty on this bill, which. hence, may not pass, and as a result the lease question will be dragged around the State and In the mire -Of politics. He said this question was now a political question; that this fact caused to-day's, disgraceful proceedings. He expressed a doubt that there would be a quorum next Monday. He wanted the lease question settled now and squarely. He declared that the commit-. tee had not done its duty in failing to report to-day. The Speaker said the question Derore the House was Mr. Blackburn's motion that the bill be taken from the commit tee. Mr. Blackburn said that Governor Russelli had charged that the lease to the Southern Railway had so acted as to cause him to charge fraud; that he had said this before he was elected. and said so when he was inaugurated. and on the heels of this a committee was appointed to investigate, and that committee said there was no fraud in the lease and that it was valid. Hartness said this fight was only preliminary to the question whether the Southern Railway should have the North Carolina Railroad at a less price than the people say should be paid. That it was said that the Supreme Court would file an opinion within 24 hours, yet it is tne gesire to raiiroaa this bill through the House. He said they knew that the wrath of the people would smite them if they did not get it out of politics (applause). "The substi tute says it will rob you not for sw years but only for 36." He said the people ought to destroy those who thus seek to work against their interests. There is the fatal admission that the matter is to be taken out of politics, not as t he people want ' it taken out, but as the Southern Railway wants to settle It. Dockery said the bill was certainly not on the calendar. He wanted to give the Supreme Court time to give an opinion, and desired that Black- bum's motion- be deferred until 11 O'clock to-morrow and that sharp at noon tho vpte" be taken. Cook said 11 would be too early. Dockery said that the Supreme Court's opinion would of course be Judicial but would largely Influence his vote. Dockery then proposed the following resolution which was read by him: Resolved, L That consideration of the substitute lease bill be made the special order for 1 o'clock to-morrow 2, That the special committee in charge of this substitute be requested, directed and required to report the substitute bill at this hour, whether or not the decision of the Supreme Court shall have been rendered affecting it; 3, That the vote be taken upon this substitute not later than 2 o'clock of the same day; 4, That the Supreme Court be re quested to consider the legal effect of accepting the substitute bill, and ren der a decision as soon as possible for the benefit of the House." It was 6 o clock when the vote was completed. The result was yeas 61, nays 55. There was some applause at the announcement. The resolution so often "referred to, offered by the committee was then tak en up and read, as follows:- "Resolved By the House of Representatives that the Chief Justice and associate jus tices of the Supreme Court be respect fully requested to examine the bill now pending before the House entitled 'An act to prescribe the terms upon which foreign railroad corporations may be come incorporated in this State, and for other purposes,' and to communi cate through the Speaker of the House the opinion of the court upon the ques tion whether, if the bill shall be passed by both houses and ratified it shall become operative before the ratification of it -by the stockholders of the North Carolina Railroad Company, and that the members of the court be further re spectfully requested to communicate their opinion to the session of the House of Representatives to be held on Saturday, the 6th instant, if they shall find it consistend with their duty to do so. . Resolved further that the Speaker of the House be requested to send a copy of the bill with these resolutions imme diately to the Chief Justice of the Su preme Court. The resolutions were adopted and the House took recess. NIGHT SESj The House met at- 7:ojTrjl3nl to amend the charter of Salisbury passed, 46 to 44, after Murphy had spoken vigorously against it.. The bill was Introduced by Senator Ramsey. A committee was appointed to confer with the Senate committee on the ed. ucational bill. The bill passed to place all fire insurance companies under the Jurisdiction of the Secretary of State and give him power to Inquire into rates and providing that rates on farm buildings shall not be higher than in Virginia, The bill to appropriate 35000 addi tional for the colored Agricultural and Mechanical College passed. This was a substitute for the bill to pay the col lege $16,000 as Its proportional share of the United States kind script fund. The omnibus liquor bill passed. The bill came up to take the asylums at Raleigh, Morgan ton and Goldsboro out of present hands and give them to the co-ope ratlonsts and allowing the Governor to appoint the directors. Per son, colored, offered an amendment to strike out "appoint" and insert the word "elected." This would take the asylums out of the Governor's hands. Person said that he now knew that the Republicans were going to break faith in what they had promised, and be was opposed to the bilL He had been told by prominent Republicans in Washing ton not to let the people bother the Raleigh asylum, and he had the man hood to stand here and oppose the pas sage of this bilL "I stand here to say' that he opposes my party when he ig nores four-fifths of the Republican par ty. The negroes have as much right to 'pie' as white Republicans, because the negroes put the latter where they are. The negroes are getting to be like white people and thinking like them." ; Mr. Whedbee, Republican, said he believed in all that was fair. It was not equitable to take the asylums from the control of the people and place theuvin the hands of the Governor. Power should not be delegated to any one man, The - voice of r the ' people should be heard In this matter. The Legislature should name the officers. It should be earefuL There has been too much, power already delegated to the Governor by this Legislature. He added: "Mark my words, We are go ing to be held responsible for what we ' have done and what we are about to do. I am opposed to this measure, and : I want to tell you there is a future, and -we . wilt bear from the' people about this matter. It la a high-handed meas- iii for a caucus that haa affiliated with - the Populist bolters, to come here and ask us to endorse Its actions." - - Mr. Atwater said this should not be : political matter. These asylums ; should be governed by competent and just officers, regardless of the politics.? He added; we are going xo ao aa the Radicals and Democratic party done what Is ithe use of having a Pop-' ulist "party? : 1 Why not go back to the Radical or Democratic party i am opposed to turning buttDemocrats or Republican If they are good officers.- - Mr. Move appealed to the ropuiista to stand together and go with Whed-. ' bee in this matter. He said the Repub licans and bolting Populists should have hunted somewhere else for "pie" -and let the poor Insane: r people alone. -We would never have had this Legisla--ture - to-day if the people had known ' such measures would be passed, and that It was such ; a "pie-hunting" crowd, and he. wanted to say that the co-operationists shall not blame- one straight Populist. If he could talk un til this Legislature adjourned he would do so, thereby killing the bill. He pre dicted that every- one wno votea tor these measures will be sorry for it. He , said: "X appeal to the Populists to stand together and! defeat this bill.""- :; f Person's amendment was- lost, ayes 24. noes 26. the bolting Populists voting Mr. Butler opposed tne oui, saying the only purpose of changing the asy- . lums was x iu w um mji"'-vuu- ents. It was a stamp or infamy ana shame to repeal the charter to get rid or tnese mem against wauci iruuKa .. Mn he made. Mr. Justice said the Democrats in vsn would not turn oat Republicans when they had a chance. , f . Mr. McCaskey cauea tne prevwua question. The roll call 'was demanded - and resulted ayes zd. noes io. . x m uiuur voted aye. and the bill, passed second reading. kb. our; LNsnrs . Arrange: ABSESOC KCTIAIirBD In the Arrangements at the Capitol tne Heads ef Departments Were Slighted In - the Matter ef Seats and This was Be- seated Mr. Olney Went to the Ball Pre pared to Esoort Mrs. MeKintey. Washington, March 64 The cause of Secretary Olneys conspicuous non-par ticipation in! any of the inaugural cpre-, monies is explained as follows: The members of j the cabinet, in discussing at the cabinet meeting last Tuesday, the parts assigned to them In the In--augural ceremonies, found no provision in the programme for their seats in the ; Senate chamber, or on the stand In frontrof the capitol. Secretary Thurber immediately communicated with Sen ator Sherman, chairman , of the ar rangements committee, who replied that the "heads of Departments" had been provided for on the stand, but not In the Senae. The programme . waa again consulted and this was found to be true; but they were in the rear of . the seats for the members of the House of Representatives, whereupon Secre taiy Olney declared he would not go to h cunitni at all. Ail the members of the cabinet agreed upon this action, but when Mr. McKinley came 4o the White House and started with Mr. Cleveland, he noticed that the cabinet officers were, not going to accompany the parade and on inquiry learned the reason Senator Sherman, who was present, im mediately offered to give front seats to the Secretaries on the floor of the Senate, and Mr. Cleveland's advisors consented ,to attend the ceremonies. None of them, however, went to the stand as "neaos 01 uepanmraie, w listen to the inaugural address, but hurried off to Secretary Lamont's house to bid Mrs. Cleveland good-bye. Secretary Olney did not get Mr. Mc Kinley's Verbal invitation to go to the capitol. because "he was not at the White House with his colleagues in the morning, being detained at the State Department all day by important mat ters. He went, however, to the ball in the evening, prepared to escort; Mrs. McKinley, according to the adopted programme, but this was ; discouraged at the last moment by Mrs. McKinleys weak condition, compelling her to have other assistance. i ' i A DEMAND FOB SATISFACTION. Evidence of the Keeling in Albania Tarn:-. Ish Soldiers Captured and IHwnard. Constantinople, March 6.--The Italian ambassador has made a formal demand upon the Porte for satisfaction for the firing of a shot across the bows of an Italian mail steamer, on Tuesda-" eve ning, while the vessel ' was passing through the Dardanelles, i Evidence was given to-day "- of the feeling that has been created In Alba nia by Greece's defiance of the powers. A strong force of Albanians, who were all prepared for active hositilities. surrounded at El Brassanj two battal- -ions of Turkish reserves who-, were marching to the Greek frontier. The reserves were disarmed by their cap tors, who appropriated to themselves , the .captured war material carried by. the reserves.' -. ' i "., Forty Thousand Greek Troops Called Oat, London, March 5. The Greek consul here has received a telegram from Ath ens stating that forty thousand Greek troops have been called out, and are to be dispatched to the Turkish frontier with the least possible delay. t A BIG RAID IN srarw TOBS. I;: A Danes Hense "railed" sad Five Ha died Prisoners Taken The Arrest Cre ated a Great Excitement. I- . New York, March At 12:30. this morning, the police of the Tenderloin district raided the Newmarket, former ly known as the Haymarket dance hall. The entire place and everybody In it was cleared out. Several; wagon loads of prisoners were taken. An enormous crowd collected and the wildest scenes of excitement were witnessed. Seventy five policemen formed 1 the raiding squad, and it is estimated that close to BOO prisoners were takenv The place has been open only about two weeks and its backers claimed that it was run within the law. Capt. Chapman has threatened to raid the place, at the first opportunity. The proprietor Is one of "Billy" McGlory's old bartenders named Coreys The Newmarket is situated at Sixth avenue and Thirtieth street. Aa Atlanta Insnmaee Company Broke. - " Atlanta, Ga., March 6. Charles B fa lock was to-day appointed temporary, receiver of the Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company, The managers say the company is solvent, but its money is tied up in the Union Savings Bank, which was placed In a receiver's hands last month, t ' . 1 TKlGKAFHIC BRIEFS. Buildings 229 and 332, Myrtle1 avenue Brooklyn, were burned yesterday. A number of houses at Huntington. W. Va., were unroofed yesterday by a cyclone. -vy. V t -yH'--;;:,j; " 1 v'-.f. A cyclone struck Nashville, Tenn., yesterday, injuring several buildings, including the McKendree Methodist church.: -. , j .j; . : The rain throughout Kentucky Thurs day night was the heaviest In years, causing numerous railroad washouts. The bridge on the Evansville & Rich mond: Railroad, i near . Bedford, v was washed away. .-I " . -ur : As a quietus upon the row raised be cause ex-Queen 1 Lit appeared . in the diplomatic gallery during the Inaugura tion, ex-Secretary Olney publishes a let ter showing that; John Sherman order- ed the ticket issued to her. . ' t .-.rK; ; Cap Boesslor DnnUKrj 'fi t, j '. Capt, J. BVoeealer died at 4 AO - o'clock this morning. Burial at ! 10 o'clock to morrow morning. -- !".'.'' X. f , 1. 1 ' -at - V-'; -
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