The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-02
WILL NOT INVESTIGATE.
RESOLUTION TO INQUIRE INTO Az
LEGGED ELECTION FRA UDS TABLED.
Tho Assembly AdJourns on the Announce
insnt OF the Dssth of Representau'e
williams Of Warren County.

RALEIGH. ". G., Feb. i.-SpeciaL-Ine
| Senate to-day tab cd the resoiuton pro-
,iding Tor a subcommittee to 80 to Else'
combe and BERTHE counties to Investigate
alleged election frauds
The new bills in the Legislature TO-
day were: To regulate the purchase and
sale Of poisonous drugs; to better protect
railway employees; TO make loan Tor the
balance Of the direct tax fund; TO COM
plete the Confederate monument.
The death of DR. s. A. w Hams, mem
! Der OF the House from Warren county
| which occurred here this m rning, was
! announced. and both houses SdJointd uh-
| I'll Tomorrow as a mark Of resp CT.
senators Cook and Mercer and Repre-
sentatives Smith, Yates, Wiihams anu
| Mclean left at noon as an escort OF tne
| remains. which was taken TO warren
county for burial. Or. VILLAINS was sew,
enty-one years old, and pneumonia causeu
! his death
The PUBLIC PRINTING BILL.
| Wyatt II. Perry. the convicted muir
| derer, was yesterday carried TO the pan
itentiary TO serve his fifteen years SEN
tence. His lawyers have waived the ap-
peal.
The seizure Of 16j-galon Illicit dis
tilery is reported from Cooper. y. {.
Death again yesterday afternoon claim
ed another of Raleigh's prominent ladies'
Mrs. S. ID. Wait. She was "A Nlrginian b.
birth, Miss Sue Folk, OF Smii hhsld, Isle
of Wight county. She pas. ed quietly and
peacefully away.
Both temperance and anti-tem )orance
advocates are work ng hard n the Legisla-
ture, and both feel assured of victory.
The public print ng bill has been causing
the Legislature some worry. The fu-
sionists got in hole, for they got the
matter just where the Democ ats hal
sut ii in 1893. The Comm ttee on Public
Printing was instructed b. DO h houses
to let the public printing TO the lowest
responsible bidder, after ten days al
vertising I'm the principal papers.
Messrs. Hall q Ling. grocers at Sails
bury. yesterday made an assignm n
The legislative committee who sited
the Morgantown Asylum seemed well sat
isfied. They declined 10 act upon eS Tarte
statements. and found the hosp au
thoritles more anxious for thorough In
vostigaion.
TAX COLLECTOR MISSING.
The tax collector of Concord, Mr. San
ford has left Concord under a cloud.
He went to New York on plea of bust
ness over a week ago. Wednesday his
wife received a letter from him, saying
he would not return. This years tax
books cannot be found so there IS no
telling what the shortage is. IT Is thought
probable that II will not exceed San
fords bond OF $1,000. The trouble arose
from speculatons In stocks.
a Mr. Rosemann, of LincolntOn, In
digging for a well found a rich vein Of
sulphur. There is an idea of establish
ing the shops Of the Chester and Lenoir
narrow-guage railroad at Lincolnton
Major CUSTOM says the critical point
has now been reached and 81 the Re
publicans and Populists could settle the
county government bill and the election
law that il would suit the genuineness
| Of the cooperation. He said the Popu-
| lists would not yield an inch, and that
| the only way to harmony was for the
Republicans to come out into the middle
| of the road with the P'opulists.