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VOL
COLUMBUS, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1902.
NO. 34
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financial; wort
Eslimales of Governraentll Expenses
For 1903. '
f
MANY 1ARGE ? APPROPRtATIONS,
A Recapitulation of "the Estimates
For the Various Departments oS
Government. ; "
Washington, Special. The , Secre-
tary of the Treasury transmitted to
Congress the estimates of i the appro-
- . x. - . , -- '
pnations require tor the government
service tor tne rascal year ending June
30. 1904, as furnished by the heads ol
the several Executive Departments.
The total appropriations asked for are
$5S9,1 89,112, which is $21,639,576 less
than the estimates for 1903, and $33,
050,014 less than the appropriations
for tnat year, following is a recapi
tulation of the estimates of depart
ments, cents omitted: Y
Legislative, $11,508,488; Executive,
$S19.500; State Department, $2,676,
,S2"); Treasury Department, ? $171,313,-
526; War Department, 1 $130,986,605;
...... ... .
Naw Department, $84,725:798: In
terior Department, -163,018,616; Post
office Department, $10;363,486; Depart
u a ca;
ment of AgricuUure,.; eoOj De-
partment or .apor, i4,zzu; uevaxi-
ment oi justice, iLyvu. Mjranu,
ritoi sssq 1RR 11Z' '
. - ' 1
Wvu. t j i
it n,!nlnai ttoiC
unaer tne several ueparwieuis w uiui .
show increases, or decreases; as com-
pared with the appropriations, for the:
ear iui: Legisiative: salaries auu'ti.vw uu.yuiu8 -v : r""
printing, etc. Increase,;? $713,000 ; ex;-
ecuJLive P, proper,- salaries.; .and ex-
tenses. increas $13.0001, salaries 'and I
expenses civil service commission, In-
kease; $75,000;-StatepVtment,
eign intercourse, increase, $iii,oou;
Treasury .DepartmentV BuOxflc- vnvorks,
increase, $7,000,000; miscellaneous,
j $3,000,000 ;
vw, r .Vw.-W,
, $700,000;. permanent annual
District
r -iw i.
'crease,-
annrnnriatinnfi. denrAaeV' so.bUvhWU.
iWar .'Departmehtr, .. military- .-estabhsli--
tfeot; ' ecrase,:OpuO r puDiic f
vorKs, decrease, -ajsytK ia.wy uc -
partment; nayal
,esabllshrafent,v m-
icreaso 6 flOO ftOf
Ttm.sfttnnrt.
$.-oLent, 'public orKs, ,l3ecr(eae, 4 $273t
a5J 1 L 2 ' Kirn r
000; ,jmlscellaheotns, increase,
" 000 J pinnanenr 'anniiaf t appropria-:-T
tions, fherease; ' $470,000 ; -. Postoflice,
, Department salaiies and;-expensesvin-i
ereased $115,000 ; Department -of Agri
culture, -expenses; increase $462,090 ;
! Debar'tmenr of 7 Jtistice.1 miscellaneous.
increase, $472,V00. ; .V v " ?
5trefar Men Strike,.
Houston, Sipecial. The street "car
conductors "and motermen. of Houston
walked out Monday morning and not
a car has moved all day. Efforts made
at a sattlenleiit luring the day .have
beeii without avail. The, question of
rules submitted : by the men Is; the I
keystone of : the trouble. The men
t claim that -they - have been wonting
12 and 13 , hours a day for , less than
$2, and they demand $2 ror-Ainenours
. .. i J i--kcn ' tl ATI 'I
worK; tney .aiso - ueuiaiiu wsmw
of the unionVand the adoption k)f cer
tain niies The company has offered
a
u shape
he will make an -effort to run -cars
within a few davs. whether he comes
to an agreement or, not, The, 135 mn
out are veijytordef and are being
carefully coached to fsW' off .the
Sr Field, of Boston,
'ontrca-the Houston' Company. ,
I4 vth :" . I' i
X 7 t?ie Blondht Trtal Tl ?.
1 Boston, Special J.TWilf red.' Blpn:
dih, Frehe-Iadian by ' birth and en4
sineer bv trade, faced the jury select
ed to hear the evidence and render a
verdict on ihe charge of nuira.fnoi ms
wife, Margaret; .In April, of last'yeat.
ine trial began -in tne ojacoimwu
beforp Jiidwa RrfllAT and Stevens atid
in the presence of a, ctaw4 PP1
whn fllio- Wa Yftnfr mnm to its Ut
most capacity and overflowed the cor
ridors. The- jury being empanelled; the
opening plea was made by Assistant
district Attorney John D. McLaughlin,
in which the " government's case , was.
outlinpd nni o mntion cxanted pro
viding for a. view of the severaf pfem-
,oc .n mis City and jneimsiuiu.
therein, it is contended, Mrs. Blondln
was murdered, her body mutilated and
Packed in a trunk andv where the
bdy was found urider a 4)rush h5?ap
JQa the head in a brook.,The jury win
taken sght-seeing tomorrow.
slight frebiltit Is
"of- atfnus -andT- not a ; straigntM Mr. Richardson, the minority: reader,
.Ma nae'pp Pavne announces ;tnat -lu o-pi vri nn nnon . the resoiuuuu,
MEETING OF CONGRESS
Regalar Meeting of Second Session
Fifty-Seventh Congress.
: ' HOUSE. V ' . .
,Firt Day. The second session of the
FUty - sevea th Congress . was convened
afnoon Mopday: Dong before the
gavels fell in the two . houses, large
crowds thronged the doors of the visit
or's galleries seeking admission. Earlyv
in the forenoon the corridors, gave evi
dence of an approaching session. Thero
were the usual scenes and incidents at
tending the opening . of Congress: A
fright jVsuhny day brought "out a crowd
tp greet the law-makers, the women
being conspicuous among the visitors.
the lobbies ot the Houses members
.vere exchanging greetings while on
the Senate side there were, similar ex-
changes. Large numbers of Represent
tatives also journeyed to the. Senate
L chamber to shake hands. To be seen
in the corridors and lobbies- on both-
sldes were many public officials who
'left . the Departments to' Witness the
openings Nttable among those who'
gathered - at the, capitol . this rAOrning
were some 01 me mem Der7-eiecx, . wno
win. take seat3 next December, or ear- l
n i ' i . x . t t 11 j
FormerSptaker Thomas B. Heed was
am.ong the visiters at che capitol. Prior
to the hour s for convening , vhe visited
among memoers or tne.tiouse wnere ne
once served so many years, then
among members of the Senate". Ho
was greeted on both sides by friends
and former associates.
The : opening of the Eifty-seventh
Cougres3in the House was as?usual a
Spectacular 'event. The galleries of
thefreshly decorated hall w.e.fe packed
to .tne aoos wun , peopie. prominent, m
A J 1 X- jy - lL w 1 .-mw
scciety ana ponucs . auu me v iiuwcr
- . j. i
pnow on tne noor, aunougn not as eia-
.H 1, nprfnt ' Pnri adrled crafce and
Waut -to-, the scene. . The members
uwete good naturea ana joviai ana men?,
&0 -asSumed the gavel, but; beyond
this thehe wqre no dembnstratiohs:;The
prdeeedingswere- purely ; perf unctory
A prayer, the calling of the! oll, f the
Hnn dnrlnE ifce reCess. 4;he adoption, of
the - customary resolutions to appoint
a committee .to wait upon the Presi-.
dent to inform tne senate inai iue
HouSe Was readv to transact business
? fUnr of the daily hour o.!
i jmmnrVa ;-Vaf was rlniYe.
KTaeribe, death of the3ate.Reprssenta-
tive ,Chaa Meii or, coTinwucut.
whicrv - occurrea m tfie. eaur m-wbo
hannomuced by his successor, Mr. Bran-
,i6oV ; T.pVMuloti cnfrecnret
. , i j tt... . Vi
was adopted ad the, House as arth-
er mark of respect adjourned until to-
iijorrow, ttjjcu me ucoiusiy." "1- -will
be read. The session lasted less
f hnvv on. nnair. rne- leaders ,-uu uum
eMno tpVp Riirrnnnded -and- greeted as
.but 'there' were.no aemonsuauuus. wi, u owuwu-
Cannon1,; of Illinois, whose- election as Were"( shown to be improperly conduc
Speaker of the next; House is . already , fc ted 'hen juage Audenreid today 'dis.
assured, was bed by his coUegAies fa Louis Zimmerman .and nine
with congratulations and could witn Vup , . . . , ,r-
:,.- ipsV
Mr. Payne, of New YorK tne iiwi
lea'nf fhft maioritv: Mr. Dalzell oA
.a a. 'a
Donticviviiifl Mr. Richordson. ' tnev
ennsyivajiia; ,mr. xvi.uvi
ilnorftvf leader, and ; othef-' promjnent
rfTfltrirt vice Peter J. uteyy uc
Immediately alter tne swearing ui.
v, , rn6mhM: Mr. Taylor oi umu,
created a flurry by, offering a reboiutiu
to investieate the election oi i
but. as Mr. Taylor 'did not ask action
upon ! it, but moved that iOe" referred
rvsmmittee on elections No.1, it-was
;j!o referred witneut cvi.i.7. , : -
.ijA-iiAn t. , .' V
The speaker apppintea mcaoxo.
ham, of Pennsylvania, and Richardson
of Tennessee, as the committee to wait
unon the 'President, and the-riouse au-
journed...; - r - " -
.ik N AT E.
-rFirst Day .The-Senate-was in. ses
sion 12 minatesithe first fday of; the
Idiournment until Tues-
day being taken out of respect to tne
rrs lmhrv ot the late Senator Barnes Mc-
Miilan vwho died during tne recess.
Rarely bas the historic chamber pre
T,tPri such an appearance as it did.
Flowers; were 'on the . desks of Sena-
fnrnn thW opening, day, pw: tn u-
' oV fldmittedly ; the most
nificcntoany. that; heretofore;
beenseen.r Many'of . the iSenators wre
earlv on the floor and were kept busy
yiaj "
excuai6"& o - , r ;
quaintances
cation and, hundreds stood,outside the
corridors anxious to gain: admission.
Among ! the interested, spectators were
several . members of ' the diplomatic
corps. Senor Quesada,.the ,Cuban' min
ister, occupied a conspicuous place and
jLiui-ceu -mucn v interests m, xne .pro
ceedings. TUe absqnee ' of Rev. DrMjJ
burn, : the. -blind chaplain, was '.par
.ticularly noticed. His place was taken
by ' Ret J. F. Prettyman; of Washing
ton. Nlc - business was transacted be
yond passing - the customary resolu
tipns that .the Senate -5yte ready to
proceed to business and fixing - the
hour, of ' convening the ? sessions at 12
o'clock. President Jpro : tern. Fry e 1 app
pointed- Mr. Piatt, t Connecticut and
Mr.: Jones, of Arkansas, ? as the com
mittee! to wait upon the President: and
the. Senate" adjourned. s
, That iVIormon Senator.i
1 SaltjLake City, Utah, Special.-In an
interview with the . correspondent of
-the Associated, Press, President, J osepli.
Smithl (Of the; Mormon Church, defined
thprjeseni'
respect to polygamy, also the, ecclesias
tical position - of Apostle Reed , Smoot,
whose ? candidacy for the .United States
tte,Un;tec
n'nJ v :
senate; nas resulted in an. active cam-
-4 ,f:V -
tagainst mm :oy tne Ministenu
Aluari6e.v -'The Church dces:hbt desir.v
to enter the controversy over t this
question," said President Smith, "but
ii is anxious tnat its own. people as
. . . . '. - - .
wen as ine peopie a Cue
country
should understand its"position
. - i -4.
Mr. Kyle's New Play.
vAtlanta, Special. Howard Kyle; re-.
. . . . ... ! " '
produced at the Grand Opera House, a
by Asa Steele, of Philadelphia. The
play added to Mr. Kyle's achievements
asradramatic. star. Itjis a companion
piece jto lNathan Haleiwhicb Mr.
Kyle has been heretofore very success-
ful. "Laughter and Lies?' is laid in the
.same t Revolutionary I period in . which
the famous Americaj5spy and martyr
figured - v ; . ' . "
Minor ilention.
A Brussels dispatch says, that -there
the Bel
gian steamer Leopold has foundered in
the North Sea and 23 persons ' have
I r - . j
Huhtsville, Ark., the county, seat of
I MnritsrlTi rmiTit? a tnwti nf fiflft inlrnhf-
Madison county, a town of 600 inhabi
tants, was almost totally destroyed by
-fire Surray ning. The court ; touse ,
j "' lr y.?- . : 7
l ournea. a total oi lour-ousmess nouses
wamthem -be ng (; the.
Madison County gan. : . : ?
r Philadelphia Raids Illegal, 4 T
-DKflaolrtVila ' RnPY.inl. -The raids of
- ,
wnman caDtured in ,tne wnoiesaie
swoop of, disorderly houses
The, dis-1
that the
charges were on the ground
n hart hppn illeeal
arrests hd, been illegal.
Counsel for-
tainihg none of the names of vthe pris-
"r-:. i '
.ouwb m.,u?wig.
- ghot Two
' j
Providence. R. I., Special. Henry
Crotchford, an itinerant n4ra banjo
player, whose home is believed to be
in Washington, shot " and
instantly
killed Elsie -Ijewis,, colored,)
probably
fatally wounded Mabel. Nixon, col-
, i -. j i :v
6 red, and then fire a shot into his. own
brain, dying instantly. Crotchf oraVwas
23 years old. Jealousy is said to have
been the motive for the tragedy, .
News Notes.
A Baltimore dispatch says: Wm.
Wllkens, . senior ' member : of the
Dfi8tie and hair factory of ! Wm. Wil-
kens & Sons) died Sunday .night at
4U;iiome In this city; aged 57 years,
Hfr Wllkonn hnd hflon.Jn fafllne hoalth
Aa II 11MVMM . MMV4 fc' WVil AM .MAAUl .MV
nearly a year. The1 firm has a branch
In New York and Chicago."! i
In New; England and among the na-
tive-born Inhabitants the percentge
is Still lower; lper cent in Massa-
chUsetts 1.5; In Connecticut, 2 percent
InNew Hampshire and 2.5 in Rhode Is-
ladd.; -:t; ; v ;
lr r- : ,
Thirteen Is never considered unlucky
If or the price of a dozen.
CASE THROWN OUT.
FifSt Trial ReSllltS Ifl VlCtOf V For the
New Virginia Constitution.
ANOTHER APPEAL IS TO BE TAKEN
The Issue of Colored Suffrage is to
Be Fought to a FinishThe Out-
"' . ..... i
come Will Be Interesting. '
Richmond, Special.The argument
in the suit of Mr. John S. Wise to in
validate the new Virginia constitution,
was' resumed in the United .States Cir
cuit Court, Saturday afternoon j before
Judge Waddill. Attorney General An-
derson spoke for- the Commonwealth,
addressing himself largely to the point
raised' by complainants that" the State
was barred from restricting the suff-
rage as it had done by the recdnstruc-' '
tion acts. He was followed ' by; James
Hayes, colored, of counsel, for the com
plainants, ; who made'astrdng plea for
the" rights of his race, v ; A. i
The court dismissed both isuits, on
the ground that it had no jurisdiction, '
the actions being against' the gtate: An
appeal . will be taken. All the ' Questions"
of the Chief Justice indicated that vif
tualy every contention raised by com
plainants had been passed upon ad
versely, by the Supreme Court, i
. The decree of the Circuit Court1 of
the" United States in the proceeding' to
test the Virginia constitution as. an
nounced, by Chief Justice Fuller, is as
follows: . .. - . . I r; j- : ,
States for the eastern district, of. Vir-,
ginia.
"William H. Jones et als. ! vs. No.
7159. In prohibition :'' - -
"Andrew J. Montague Governor of'
Yirginia, and others, constituting ihe
board of State canvassers. ' j . Vt -r
j "Application for prohibition," prohi-'
litingT deferidanfs trom canvassing re
turns of the election held November 4,
1902, for Representatives' ;ln. Congress
or. proceeding to act the same and for
preliminary order suspending proceed
ings on the part of the State 'board !
canvassers. The rule-heretofore' enter
ed herVn1 is discharged.: and prelmi-
-nary order denied. This,: fcir want of
jurisdiction. The writ is not sought
iilaid of jurisdiction already acquired;
nor does it appear that there is no oth
er, remedy. . '. ; :.
"The proceeding, in effect, ' against
the Commonwealth, which ? is not in
any .view an.-indispensable party, and
cannot be made sucir; - and the matter
bein political
in 3UCh a proceeding." 1
oi
Jndirp.' Waddill:- whn Rt. with the.
1 chief Justice, concurred? in ! the decree,
I hut rlpHvpreri an nnininn nf This nwn -an
fniionro. . .
States for the eastern 'district of Virginia..-
; r.;- : j f:
"Wm. H. Jones, et als. vs. No. 7159.
In prohibition: -1 v "
. "Andrew J. Montague, Governor of
Virginia, and others, constituting the
board of State canvassers, h '
"William S. Leiden, et als. .vs. No..
538.' In equity; i .
Andrew J: Montague, Governor ' of
courts or the. united states, Dy wnicn
this court is.-and. should be eoverned.
that neither of the actions! now before'
the court can be maintained, I, for that
reason, concur in the . result arrived at
by. the Chief Justice, dismissing the
same, and may,- Hereafter Ifile a brief'
memorandum in ; writing, embodying
my views. ; : . --.; ;
"Jt is frankness' due; however, . that
I should say, that .while I j believe that
this is the lawV as settled by decisions,
it does not, entirely . embody my per-.
sohal views, as to what that law ought
to be, I can . but - bey .eve? that as .to
rights arising under and guaranteed . f o
the, citizen by the c6nstitution and
law's of the .United States injuriously
affecting one hundred , people, whether
respecting their property ifl their per-
sonal or political rights, and particu -
larly the two latter classes, that they
ought to be given a ; day ; in . court, af-
rorded an opportunity ior a iuii ana
speedy fieartng;
technicalities; t
r; and to that end, that
o nor.mnt.fM
should In large measuTe j be- dispensed
1 With: TPPC1V lUStlCe anorded. and 1U
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rights of the respectiveparties litigant
ascertained.". . . ,f . r - - .
The State . board of canvassers met
immediately aiter the "adjournment of
the united States Court, this afternoon;
nd awarded certificates to 10, con-
gressmer recently elected, including.
Campbell Slemp, Republican, in the
nlntn district, whose v majority v was4
found on final canvass of the. vote tq
be 218. A certificate was also issued to
I 'peter N
SOUTHERNrlNDUSTIJlAL
An International Vareffouse.
; In an interview at New -Orleans Col.
.Jerome Hill of Memphis announced .
that a company capitalized' at -$3,000,
0 00 v is , to be organized to 3)uite and
operate, at New Orleans an interna
tional warehouse. .Colonel .Hill said
that it is proposed to make the com-,
pfany so strong that its warehouse re-
ceipts will be negotiable as collateral
inx the banks -of this country and
Europe. He said that the plan would
v permit cotton -to be stored at New
Orleans instead of sending it vto Liv
erpool or Mherpreigttiports Tor .dis
,triDutibnA to the .marts of . the yrorld
. He added : 'i " -y ; . ; V ; :
. "The progress of our country hae en
abled New York to become, one of -the
first moneyed centers of the world;
Chicago dictates 1 the prie of
grain
and provisions that feed man;Pitts-'
burg; dictates "the price of iron and
coal, that fiioye man, . and -this Jinov&
is to make New Orleans the greatest
cotton market and distributer o 'that
product that clothes.; .man. We - will
-then have -what goes to make .-all'tif.
commerce, to wit, what moves wnat
feeds and what clothes mankind. This.
is commerce,' the balance fisl but the
outside sfibw.' Manufacturer's. " Rec
ord. , J ,. . - ;'
Textile, Notes. - - '
, The Baldwin Manufacturing Co: .will
iTstablish a textile mill V at Baldwin ,
four miles from Elktoii, Md.,Hh4atter
being the postoffice! address.;. Site has
beeii purchased, and a stone" building
80x100 feet will be erected to 'accommof
date.the machinery. About iorty, peo
ple will be employed in the complete
plant. The character .of the product
has not been stated & yet, but presum-
ttMv it iirfll fhtx "n nrfnjr1r.tV mill a
the companyhas previously been 'en
gaged in weaving in CecU county.
Norfolk (Va.) Yarn Mills,-repprted"
incorporated several Jweeks ago, has ..
leased and will operatevthe, plant own
d by the:Larabert's , Point Knitting
Mills, heretofore operated by the Nor
Jolk Mannfactnring .& Spinning Co.,
will t manufacture wool-spun k potton
yarns. The company intends torad&
some machinery and is in the market
for Davis Furber cards and mules;
- second-hand 48-inch cards in good con- .
dition will-suit; :'';'- ;
The Blue Ridge - Hosiery 4 Mills of
Landrum, S. C., . held meeting of
stockholders during the week in order
to consider enlarging the plhi" ltfwas v
decided that capital stock be increased
from '$20,000 to $40,000 in- order to
double the capacity, iand immediate ar-1
rangements vwillrb made to. effect 4 the
betterments. . ' Plant at present x.. has
thirty vknitting maclflties : in npoiiffbn,
ana rnanufaotnrea cntmn Rpamlpsa
hosiery.-' '-j h?;..: r-X?.
Messrs. E.' F. Adams,- F. B. NorrisY'
C.J. Barnard, George" Dashner; if A,
Baker, G. B. NorrJs and H. E. Jones of
Celeste, Texas, have incorporated the
Perrin CJotton" Mills with capital stock
of $75,000. Their, purpose is sifted to
be the manufacture of cotton ' yarns
and cloth, etc. -;v No details asito plant
have been announced. ,
- - -i . -. .. - ... ' ; .
Hucomuga Cotton Mills of Greens
boro, N. C, have been gput in operation
with fifty loom's weaving. rhe fnli" 144
ilooins are expected to be. in operation
R. L. Christie of Colora, - Md... hope3 .
to organize his flber-worklng company,
mentionfd- last , week, by December- 1.
A plant for; manufacturing suit case,,
trunks, satchels and carrying cases
from vulcanized fiber Is proposed.
Messrs, J. P. Thurman, J. L. Ken
nedy, J. Fogg.U. F. Taylor and a;
O. ISummers ' have incorporate'd the-
Gem, Knitting Mills, with capital stock
of $30,000. They have secured the
- plant of the
HansoliiCrawley f .Com-
pany.
E. A.' Smyth o'f .Pelzerk C., states
that- there 5s nov foundation for the re
port, mentioned last wjfeek; that tiei aiad
R. A. Lewis of Belton, S. C., will build
a cotton mill at ;Stantonville, S. C. .
T. Gwyn of Elk. Creek, Va., con-
' templates establishing a knitting mill,
and is obtaining estimates on "cast of a
small-plaint i for producing 84-needle
nosiery. . M : . f : ,
yy XT ... ; - -m
Geo. Ii. -Neville; .602-Ccawf ord! street.
'rtt v ;'uu AV,W"
I w v-vwm-,-
. . Lurnber;Notes.
Messrs. Schumacher & Boyce of Cin-1
cnati; Ohio, will soon be in the mar
ket for several carloads of yellow-plne
-The Grar Lumber ; Co., which-, owns .
and operates two; large saw-mills at
Plnebloom, on the; Brunswick & West
ern Railroad, is. having constructed aj
third inill at that place; The nemmill
will be used exclusively to saw' boards
and will bave a large output. $
-