The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-19
INTEREST BILL PASSED.
TIE HOUSE OBEfS THE MANDATE
or THE CAUCUS.
Ano.ber Bill TO Prohibit Oficiais From
Using Railway Pssses-oiher Bills
Presentsd.


In the Senate to-day bills were intro
duced 10 provide for digesting and re-
visine the laws to prohibit any officials
from taking railway passes
bill was passed to incorporate the
Carolina Mutual Fire Insurance Compa-
nv. of Charlotte. A bill to create another
cause Of divorce was tabled.
Bills were introduced in the House TO
compel tax-payers to list solvent credits;
TO provide for public school taxes in
school districts; TO repeal the bastardy
law; to regulate hours Of labor In fac
tories.
The six per cent. interest bill, which
had nassed the Senate, came up. Twenty
amendments were offered, but all were
voted down and the bill passed by vote
of rs TO Is. This was in accordance with
the orders of the Fusion caucus.
HEAVY FAILURE.
Late Saturday afternoon the airy goods
firm of Rose * Leak, III rdyeIleNllle'
made an assignment 70 Mr.. T.. j. Lilly
The liabilities are from $4,000 TO S15,co0
No assets are given. The firm was the
next TO the largest in Fayetteville, and
their failure was a surprise, as well as
a regret, to the people
A white tramp was arrested in VIII
mington Saturday for insulting lady.
The Mayor ordered him on the streets TO
work for thirty days, when the man de-
cared he would rot before he would WORK
a lick. He was given his cholce Oh
close cell, bread and water, or 10 Work
the thirty days. He chose the FORMER
but will probably be glad 10 make the
change in a few days.
The employees of the Southern railway
here are now considering Mr.. Baldwin s
proposals, or rather decisions. III they
cannot see the matter in the light of Mr..
Baldwin, a strike may result, 1t Is feared.
II is thought that the next ten days VIII
tell the tale"
Rowan county is now boarding the
prisoners from Stanley. They were car
red there after the burning OF the jail In
Albemarle, Stanley county, about ten
days ago.
THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
The Legislature deferred the bill until
the 3D. asking for a $4,000 loan TO COM
plete the Confederate monument, and,
from the present outlook, the Monumental
Association Will not get the money. The
handsome bronze statuary that has al
ready arrived here, Will probably have TO
u,
the money to pay for II. Colonel Muldoon,
the contractor. can use it in other con-
tracts. so il will not be any loss TO him;
but Oh. what a disappointment to those
ladies, who have labored so hard and so
earnestly for the monument. or course
this terrible weather has put stop to all
work on the monument, but as soon as
the weather Will permit work will be
rapidly pushed.
The school-book war is still unsettled
Captain Kendrick has been sick, and
unable to appear before the committee
The Democrats generally are indignant
at the way in which the Republicans and
Populists withdrew the per cent. in
terest bill from the judiciary committee
and gave ii to the finance committee.
1t is said that so much caucusng has
never been known before this Legisa-
ture. Every little thing requires caucus
call.
The Democrats will have capital enough
after the work OF this Legislature to put
them on their feet again, provided they
gather themselves together and stand
with a firm, united front.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT BILL.
The feature of cumulative voting
which is causing so much talk in its APP
plication 10 the county government bill,
was devised by Spier Whitaker, the attor-
ney OF the steering" committee. II gives
To each voter five votes for county COM
missiOners, and it Is entirely optional
with the voter, whether he will cast all
these votes for one commissioner or dis
pose OF them in any other way he may
choose; thus in any county the Demo
Gratis. though much in the minority, will
be able under this system, to elect one
Of their party a commissioner. IT gives
the minority representative Butler
warmly favors this plan. and insists upon
il as the great feature Of the bill.
These five visiting statesmen" are
known here as the third house. They
have planned for and dictated to the Leg
islature 50 thoroughly that they are well
named.
1t seems now TO be the pleasure, or at
any rate the will, Of Boss Butler TO give
S. Ohio Wilson the place of Commissioner
10 Agriculture, and Buck" Kitchin the
Railroad Commssionship, but he may
change his mind even at the last mo-
ment.
a postal clerk between Tarboro and
Washington, n. c., was arrested few
days ago for robbing registered letter.
Tryon-Street Methodist church at Char
lotte, has ordered two sets of communion
cups.
News from Marion says that Mr.. L. l..
Mckay has received Sl0l,266 damages from
the Government, for the LOSE OF ship,
which while in the Government service,
was DESTROYED. His claim has been in
cluded in the deficiency bill, recently pass
ed by Congress. The money will be paid
in March.
JAMES RIVER CONVOCATI0S.