The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-15
'TAx ON NnERITANCE
State Treasurer Worth Rules That Il
Z Not Retroactive.
SCHOOL. ELECTION COMPLICATIONS
sx0uncIl Of stnto Decides Not to Ask
for nm Optnion-SoutslcrnR Railway
&:SsS Preparing for n Coal Fnmimc-
s3% mary OF tho Governors Guard
isss% III Mourning for Private Banks.

Raleigh N. c., July 14.-(Special)--
\ e. estmoreland ex-State Senator
Il from Davidson county, and janitor of
the Supreme Court, is stricken with pa
& Eaiysis. He returned from home Sun
1 Gay and felt badly. He thought he had
g bilious attack. The paralysis is Of
\ the left leg.
sss IT. a.. Foushee, OF Durham, wrote the
State Treasurer asking whether section
Al OF the new revenue act applies to
estates of persons who died before the
passage OF the act. but witch were not
3 then settled, or only to estates which
6 nave descended since it's passage. He
also desired to know the construction Of
/ the word "inheritance." The whole In
Y Qulry concerns the tax on inherhtanccs
/ The ITeasurcr, after referring the mat
{ Ter NO MacRae & Day, his attorneys
replies that it IS held that such a tax is
not Retrospective In chara ooer and that
I ,the word inheritance" applies to real
estate, means anything Of that charac-
ter which descends from ancestor to
heir
VS. The county commissioners of Halifax
i also decline to order the public school
special tax election In August Govern
OF Russell arrived here this morning
and called the Council of State to meet
to act on the request of the State Su-
4 the Supreme Court had once been asked
to decide whether or not the act order
dng the election passed the legislature
properly, and is constitutional.
Ihe council Of State took no action on
the matter, as 1t decided 1t had no au-
ohority to do SO. Governor Russell SAYS:
There Is nothing can do in the mat
Ter. It is a matter for the county au-
shoritles as they may be advised" The
secretary Of State says: The I.egisla-
fure has ordered the. election and 1t is the
4 dEuty OF those required to hold 1t to do
30. The State Superintendent of Pub
, lie Instruction declares all counties will
! be forced to order and hold the election
IN all the townships.
line nearing of THE case Of Marcus NI
smith, book dealer, to restrain the Sec
Rotary Of State from making the book
house OF Alfred Williams a. co. the de-
posHory for the sale Of Supreme Court
4 reports. Is being held here before Judge
\ ..'sinson at Chambers. Williams & Co.
have almost all the books.
:5sssyy The Western Union Telegraph corn-
paalny gives s4,133 as its net profits last
year in North Carolina.
Twelve OF the criminal insane from
The Western Hospital at NIorganon
y were brought to the penitentiary to
might, and there are now in the la,trer
\ twenty four of this class Of prisoners.
1t IS said the Southern railway is Law
& lng IN a great supply Of coal, so as to
be prepared for a famine
M The name Of the .'sheriffs' conyontionr
at Morehead City Is changed to Tho
county officers convention" and il Is
s 10 be a much larger affair than was q t
first supposed.
s5a In a few days work will begin here on
me 10000 club house OF the CAPITOL
club. The site is now occupied by n
building containing lawyers Offices.
and another building is being prepared
fer: these.
& There are calls for a large attendance
S AZ y Tn, the stare Confederate Veterans re-
.ltniCn at Wrightsville in August.
f 5|I'he armory of the Governors Guard
was draped in mourning to, day on ac
count of the death Of Private Jack
Banks, who was killed last night M
Julien Park while the company was
engaged In a Sham battle. CAPTAIN
Crawford says every cartridge was in
3spected by him, q lieutenant and the
first sergeant. The bullet, which did
not make its exit from the rear OF the
skull, is hattened. Tt has the appearance
OF "a pistol bullet. Captain Crawford
says that at q sham ba,ttlc a montI,
ago some citizens fired q pistol: that \
bullet passed near him and struck {,
chimney OF a dwelling near by. 1t is
also stated that the bullet was from one
of the gallery target practice car
tridges used by the army and the mill
tia: s5
u Tt IS now settled THAT the bullet which
Killed Banks was of the Kind lIsaJt in
arnlory target pra ctice, a spherical! bull
let of 140 grains.