The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21
Discrepancy as to Them
in Revenue Act.
UNDER new INSURANCE LAW
One Hundred Companies Already Reg.
fstered-Four New Cases of Smallpox
in 2aIeigh-Savai Reserves. TO Crufse
on the Prairie and the Hornet-More.
head City's bid for the State Guard
EneamPmeDt-A North Caroiinian
Killed at Portsmouth.
Especial TO The Messenger.l

raleigh, ~ -, ApFll reinsurance
Commissioner Young states that 100 in
surance companies have re-registered
under the new law and fifty more will
soon register. The business of all the
companies operating in this state has.
he says, been found good. No opposi-
ton to the new insurance law has been
suggested by any company.
The directors OF the Henderson cot
ton mill decided today to increase its
size 100 feet. In January seventy-two
feet was added to the mill, which is
in very prosperous condition.
A contradiction in terms has been
found in the revenue act, which may
cause confusion as to the disposition
of the AK on dispensaries. In section
"a it is provided that each dispensary
shall pay to the state treasury a fran
chise tax Of $50 for a town of less than
1000 people, 5000 for townships, $500 for
a town of more than 1000 inhabitants
and not exceeding 5000 inhabitants,
$500 for a town of more than 5000 in
habitants and not exceeding 5000 in
1ldDlldlIlS, dllu SOJU 1OI d lONu Ol IIlOEG
thar 5000 inhabitants or for a county.
In the same section it is provided that
it shall be the duty of all managers
OF d~ispensaries to pay to the county
treasurer for the benefit of the school.
I'll Of the county in which the dis
pensaries are located all taxes impos-
ed IN such dispensaries.
The superintendent of health said to-
day there are four new cases of small
pox in Raleigh. One of these has es-
capped from the police and canno be
found. This is a menace to the city,
and the board of health will advise
compulsory vaccination tomorrow.
Physicians here believe the c%ontagion
M from Norfolk, and is spread by
negro railroad hands. The superin-
tendent of health says the negro wo-
man who died two days ago had a
virulent case of continent smallpox.
1t is stated at the ad%jutant generals
office that those of the naval militia
who do not go on a cruise in the Prai-
RE will go in July IN the Hornet after
liz otlCI - put Ill COlIlplcl6 T0pdlT
1t is also recommended that the boil
ers of the Hornet be repaired.
The tenth installment of claims
against the government in connection
with the mobilization of volunteers
was sent today. The total to late is
S26,O44. None of the expenses in IN
nection with the First regiment have
yet been filed.
A requisition for tents and Buzza-
colt ovens for the state guard was
made today.
Morehead City today submitted a
proposition for the holding of the state
guard encampment there, making it's
bid as against Wrightsville. It's prop
osition is to furnish water and all ar
rangements.
Robert j. Shaw, a clerk in the Sea-
board Air Line office at Portsmouth,
who was murdered there yesterday by
ex-Policeman Hutchings, was a son of
the owner of Shaw's springs and hotel
at Littleton, n. c.. He leaves a wife
and six children. He was at Littleton
yesterday anu returned TO portsmouth
in the afternoon and was walking on
a street on his way home when killed.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE
SHAW HOMICIDE.
Especial to The Baltimore Sum-
Norfolk, Va, April 16.-James Hutch
ms, a constable of Norfolk county, is a
prisoner in the county Jail at Ports
mouth upon the charge of murder.
Robert E. Shaw, a clerk in the Sea-
board Air Line railroad offices, is his
alleged victim. Particulars of the shoot
ing are meagre. 1t is understood that
Hutchins, returning home unexpected
ly this afternoon, found Shaw there
and shot him twice, one bullet enter
! ing the heart, while the other pene-
trated the brain. Immediately after the
shooting Hutchins surrendered to a
justice of the a and was locked
up in the county Jail. Shaw is a native
of Littleton, n. c., and leaves a wife
and several children. The shooting is
said to have been caused by Shaw's
visits to Mrs. Hutchins.