The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-12
A ROW IN THE REPUBLICAN CAMP
Fist Fight Between Duncan and settle
A Day of Meetings at state Capital.
Delay I'm Opening the Seaboard's New
Route = severe Criticism or the SUI
preme Court.
Messenger Bureau.


Raleigh. N. G., December b.
This was n day of meetings here.
The directors OF the insane asylum.
the corporation commission, h board
of agriculture and the tobaeco-grow-
ers of the state were in session. The
limited States district court and the
supreme court contributed their quota
TO the number OF visitors. The federal
building is so full OF moonshiners that
Ia seems a moonshiners' convention IN
in progress.
IL has been stated hat by the LIST
of January next all the new parts
OF the Seaboard Air a system which
will give IL a complete line to Tampa
will be finished and ready for the fast
trains. D.. despite the rapidity and
zeal with which the building has been
pressed on the various links II IA now
reasonably sure all will not be ready
before March. This seems to apply
to the Richmond and Ridgeway short
cut. A director says March is the
time n a railway official admits hat
the system in its entirety will not re
ready before hat date.
The secretary OF state has found tie
long missing journal OF the low er
house OF the legislature for May, IL.
The late Colonel William l.. Saund
who prepared the Records. never foL ll
ii, n refers to its absence. II Was
not found with the other Journals, bAt
was with other papers OF a totally d.
ferent character. Judge Walter Clask.
who is now editing the Records, VIII
publish IL in fun, for the first time,
The commissioner OF agriculture has
a letter from the United States secrc-
tary Of agriculture saying hat the lat
ter's department will cooperate
most heartily with the North Carolina
authorities in keeping out cattle from
other states which are infested with
ticks and which cause the dreaded and
Ideally splenic fever among western
North Carolina cattle. II is goo0 news
for the western people. The lltter's
nief market is Virginia. They ave
been greatly harassed by the block
aiding" OF cattle across the line from
South Carolina and Georgia.
IL is learned that at Charleston
Monday Judge Simonton said. In re-
ferring to the recent decision OF the
North Carolina supreme court in the
Abbott Beddingfield case, that IL was
bad law but he supposed he must be
governed by il. This Ia n sharp hit
n the doctrine Of the court In the not
ed case of Hoke vs.. Henderson. that
loAhA@N 10 BAVlNA - e1fN'h ''eah
has recently pulled this decision out
until il is as thin as gold wire.
Yesterday DR.. Richard II. Lewis n
Colonel A. w. Shaffer. OF the state
board OF health. made an examination
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
college here and found the sanitation
excellent. They were greatly pleased
at the cleanliness OF the buildings and
grounds.
About midnight last night. In "A no
tel here, there was a fight between
collector Carl Duncan and eN-Con-
gresham Thomas Settle. They were
in the hotel office. Duncan In "A chair
and Settle seated on a table. sudden
lly Duncan sprang up and struck at
Settle, but did not hit him. Settle
was very cool and pulled of his coat.
ready for a fight. but this was pre-
vented by Clerk of the Court Grant
. and others. There are two stories as
to the origin OF the trouble-one that
ii was personal, the other hat IL was
lon account of the franchise amend
ment TO the constitution, OF which Set
lie is an earnest champion. while Dun
can is ~antagoniZing it. The combat
ants did not make W after their quar-
rel.
Arrivals: w. +. Beasley, Plymouth,
John S. Cunningham, Person count
w. X. Capehart, Avora; j. X. Williams
~ ~ N'AAs va - N9AAN AAeNAA' "
fordton; +. S. Brown. Wilmingto
General 7. f. Toon, Lumbertoon; Y.
=. Jeffreys. Rocky Mount, j. Il. Phil.
ips, Battleboro.
John II. Williamson, Of Louisburg
a well known negro politician, ex-mem.
Der of the legislature, has written q
book, the title OF which In ''Th,
EX-Slave." in which he argues against
the unwisdom OF giving the slaves tn,
franchise. He was himself "A slave
The book is said to be well written.
Two convicts from Green county ar,
rived at the penitentiary today.
The supreme court decides that casei
lie against railways for the 81 900 pen
lalty for giving free passes.
The corporation commission heard
lonly minor cases today.
The state superintendent Of publ,
instruction asks for lists OF all tn.
lprivate schools in the state, with tn.
postoffcc address and also the at
Tendance of pupils.