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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
TAXES MUST Be LISTED.
An Amendment to Revenue Bill
Adopted Making it
MISDEMEANOR NOT TODO so.
New Election Law Bill Passed. Which is
Similar to the Election Law Previous to
iS95-Insurance Connlis sion Created.


FORTY EIGHTH DAY. In tho Senate
the session was occupied almost entire
ly with local bills.
Forty SIsErH DAY. In the Senate
the Jim Crow car law passed its final
reading. The Senate seems opposed
to the bill reducing the salaries Of
State officers and the matter was refer
red to the Judiciary Committee.
FIFTIErH DARN the Senate, tho
new election law was passed. The
reading The bill was amended SO as
from o trust and sell them as belonging
bill to provide for improvements at the
State Normal and Industrial college
and to build q library and gymnasium.
Speight introduced bill appropriatlng
S6, 900 for the dangerous insane. to be
State penitentIary.
FIFTY FIRST DAY.-In the Senate tho
bills have passed aboishlng county
boards of education aud the railroad
commission. The colored normal
school bill was discussed. The bill to
perpetuate the name of Zebulon B.
Vance by an appropriation of 50. 900 to
be added to SO, zoo now iu the hands OF
James G. Brown, and to erect a
bronze statue of Vance in Capital
Square, was introduced by Senator
Speight. Senators Franks, Whitaker,
Cooke, Williams, Glenn, Hicks. Smith,
Fuller and Bryan spoke in eulogy OF
Vance. Bryan offered an amendmen,
that the State give S5, 600. making the
total $1,000. The amendment was
adopted by rising vote.
FIFTY-sECoND DAY.-In the Senate
the University bill to appropriate ten
thousand dollors for sewerage at the
University was defeated. The bill tc
provide $l10, 900 bond issue to pay the
penitentiary debt passed third readiLg, !,
The no nina of railroad commits
sioners was gone into. Justice nomi
mated Frank. McNeill, Of Whining ton
and s. L. Rogers, of Macon county
who were elected as missioners by
the Senate. The omnibus pension bill
was PASSED. The bill to provide S., ,O0'
for q library and gymnasium at th,
Normal and Industrial College q
| Greensboro came up as special order
The bill passed by q large majority
$. l.. Patterson was elected Commis
| sioner of Agriculture, and G. @. Cherr,
keeper of the capitol. Senator Franks
Republican, was elected member o
tho State board of elections instead O
A. 3. Bryan, Republican. The othe
members of the board are w. U. John
ston, of Sampson; W. G. Lamb, @
Martin; r. ID. Gilmer, of Haywood
! j. A. McNeill, of Cumberland; Wal
ter H. Neal, of Scotland Neck; w. B
Pollard of Forsyth. The bill to allo,
the board of internal improvements {
eject directors and proxy of the Mort
Carolina Railroad was tabled. Th
road law bill drawn by State Geolo
Gist Hoimes) passed. It had passe
tho House.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
A Worlds Record,

America holds the worlds record on
long-distance signalling by heliograph.
This was won by Captain w. A.
Glassford on Mount Ellen, Utah, and
Sergeant James r. Steele on Mount
Uncompahgre, Colorado, January II.
1894. The distance the messages were
sent and received was 1873 miles. Up
10 that time the championship in this
line rested with the French army,
having been obtained by an exchange
Of messages between the islands OF
Mauritius and Reunion. The distance
covered by this feat was lib miles, OF
sixty.five miles less than that ira
versed by the flashes from the hello
graphs in the hands OF Captain Glass
ford and Sergeant Steele and their as
Soci.tes. The work cf the latter was
lone with mirrors h-viDg Il rejecting
surface of only sixty-four square inch
es, while the Frerch record was
achieved with mirror Of 1.c00 square
inches. Messages may be transmitted
with considerable dispatch by expert
enced heliograph operators.-Nev
York Tribune.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
The new Spanish Cabinet.

A special from Madrid says: The
new cabinet took the oath OF office So.
urday. The ministry il composed -
follows: Senor Silvela, premier aud
minister of foreign sffAirs; Senor Dato.
minister of the interior; Marquis Vl-
laverde, minister of finance; Senor Du-
ran, minister of justice; Cen. Polavis-
is, minister Of war; Marquis Pidal,
minister OF public affairs and OF the
colonies; Admiral Csmara, minister
of marine 1t is expected that Gen.
Martinez de Campos will become presi-
dent Of the senate. The brother oi
Marquis PidaI, it is thought, will be
chosen president of the chamber oi
depnties. Those who are in the i'm
mediate surrounding of Senior Silvels
say his sole idea is to regenerate the
country. He holds that the Queer
Regent can ratify the treaty Of peace
with the United States without . vot<
of the chamber, aud that, therefore,
their dissolution need not defer th'
ratification.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
Great Business in February.

r. G. Dunn & Co. 8 Weekly Review
of Trade says: The business for the
past month was far the greatest ever
known in February. Clearing house
exchanges were $1,000. 0O0, 900. against
$, 567. 533, ,S44 last year and "a. 2 larger
than in 1892. In all the years OF week
ly commercial reporting there has been
no other week in which the reports
from all parts Of the country have been
on the whole SO good a. they are this
week. Moreover. during the past
week, there has been . general ad-
vance in wsges. immediate or prospec-
tive. At laos! points the advance Of
10 per cent. or more was entirely vol
untary. 1t has averaged from S to 10
per cent. in tin plate works and about 10
per cent in other cases. and as it affects
much over 100, 600 hands, it will add
greatly to the purchasing power Of the
wage-earners.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
Brief Mention.

The War Department has received .
cable message from Gen. Otis ct
Manila saying six companies of 70.
endorsements had arrived there.
President Mckinley will include the
Grand Army of the Republic colony.
the city of Fitzgerald, in Irwin county,
Ga, lin tn Q itinerary OF his visit ia
Senator Hanna's home, at Townsville.
Very impressive funeral services over
the remains of the late Lord FarreI
Herchell were held in Johns Episcopal
church in Washington Saturday after
noon.
The steamer 81. Buttorf 10 reported
to have struck the Louisville and Nash.
Vile bridge at Clarksvills, Tenn, be-
ing badly injured and in > sinking
condition.
The schooner Charmer, Captain o.
sen, Philadelphia to Savannah, with
coal, stranded on Ocracoke beach, II
! miles south of Hateras, in q heavy fog.
| The crew of eight were all saved. The
! vessel and cargo will probably be I
total loss.
A special from Washington say,
| Judge Ewart is to be reappointed, de
| spite the fact that the Senate failed II
. confirm his nom mination. Senator
Pritchard will thus finally secure vic
/ tory over Senator Butler, who % vigor
| ously opposed the elevation of Ewart 1.
tho bench OF the western district o
| North Caroline.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
The Rixef and Hafhn1 Rill

The conferees on the river aud harbor
bill Friday agreed and signed report.
They made the following statement -
to the result of the conferences: I'm
the matter OF the Nicaragua Canal, the
conferees provided q substitute for the
Senate amendment, giving full author
ity to the President to investigate all
Lithuanian canal routes. especially the
Nicaragua and Panama routes. He is
to have all the engineers and other en-
ployes he may need for this purpose.
and is allowed to appoint the engineers
either from tho army or civil life. He
is then to report his conclusions to the
next Congress. For this purpose We
appropriate 81, 600, 900.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
Brief Mention.

President Mckinley has signed the
bill creating the rank Of admiral in the
! navy.
+! Emperor Villa Ii, OF Germany, has
!: prom oted his brother, Prince Henry.
! of Prussia, to command the cruiser
/ squadron.
|. Capt II. s. Chadwick, . prominent
4 citizen of Charlotte, \. c.. committed
, suicide in Boston, Mass, by shooting
himself through the temple.
John W. Crawford, Of the fourth con.
gressional district Of Texas, died in
Washington, at the Providence Hospi.
tai, of heart disease and other compli-
cations.
General MaXimo Gomez asks Cover
cor General Brooke to reduce the
American army Of occupation to 10. 900
men, retaining 10000 Cuban soldiers
in the service Of the military govern.
ment.
Representatives OF the Cherokee In
dians, from Indian Territory, have pur.
chased so, 900 acres OF land near Her.
monsillo, Mexico, and will locate large
colony Of members Of their tribute
there.
Texas is passing through IN epidemic
Of meningitis and the situation il
alarming. The death record in Fort
Worth is 30 for the past week. Reports
from the country towns give . similar
situation. Many schools have been
closed on account Of the ravages Of this
disease.
A special from Berlin says BY . rs-
cent ruling oil the American 20 called
1 Southern fruits. like or YauRss. lannon's
and rsisins, are not subject TO the pro-
visions Of tho decree OF February 2,
1893, providing for the exsminstion ol
fruit in order 70 determine whether
they are infected with the San Jose
scale.
In 90 interview ct Alexandra, Egypt,
Cecil Rhodes predicted thst within &
century the United States would have
advanced the work begun in the scqui
sition OF Cuba until it controlled eli o
the American hemisphere except Can
ada He expressed admiration ct thu
work already done.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
THE HOUSE,

FORTY EIGHTH DAY-The House
passed the revenue anu machinery act,
after adopting amendments making
parties not listing taxes guilty of mis-
demeanor. The House also passed the
bill creating the Insurance Commits
sion and reorgauizing the Agricultural
department and electing five Democrat.
ic com mmissioners The new election
law was passed, all amendments offer
cd by the Fusionists being voted down.
This bill Is the old election law in use
previous to 1895 with but immaterial
changes.
FoRTY-NINTH DAY.-1n the House the
bill passed to appoint five comm ission-
ers for Forsyth county. The bill to
provide for the election of four addi-
tional trustees of the State school for
the Blind and Deaf was passed. The
bill to provide for the better working
of the roads in the State also passed, as
did the military bill; the latter carries
q $16. 900 sppropr iation. which was the
annual appropria ton up to 1898
Overman's bill passed providing an
election law for counties and towns
which allows a voting place in each
ward. The bill was amended 80 as to
apply to Charlotte The bill passed tc
issue $11O. 900 in 4 per cent. bonds t.
pay the penitentiary debt. The bill
to abolish the old railroad commission
and substitute for il the North Caro-
lima Corporations Committee passed.
t'IFT1ETH DAY-The House passed ,
bill providing for bond issue for th'
pen item tiary. The new school bill
was nasaad. The bill to prov'd~ an
other State muse UNI building, the bill t.
establish dispens sary in Nash county
| the Senate bill for special committee
| to investigate the agricultural depart
| ment were tabled.
FIFTY-F1Rsr DAY.-The House ha
| passed bill establishing the Eastern
Criminal court, comprising Mccklsn
burg, Warren, Nash, New Hanover
Edgecombe, Robeson, Wilson, Hall
fax and Cumberland. Henry B. Ste
vens was elected Judge of the Wester,
Criminal court and C. G. Cherry keep
or of the capital. johnson, of Samp
son, introduced resolution thanking
Speaker Connor for his courtesy ant
fairness and it was passed unanimous
Iv. Clarkson made a speech present
ing Clerk Brevard Nixon with q sca1
pin. The bill was passed specifying
! June for the Jim Grow car act to tax
effect.
FIFTY SECOND DAY. - The Hous
passed the bill allowing tho judges t.
appoint court stenographers. The bill
to codify and make uniform the law
regarding negotiable instruments va
passed. Clarkson's bill making fiv
thousand additional appropriation t
soldie IS home was passed. Bills n
pealins the railroad commission an
establishing the corporation commis
sion came over from the Senate. wit
amendments, making the railroad CON
mission expire April 4th and the CO.
poration commission take Office Q
April 5th. These amendments We,
concurred in.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
Failed of Confirmation.

A special from Washington says:
Among the most important nomina-
tions that failed of con fl m alton are the
following: Senators Morgan, Cullom,
Representative Hit, Sanford B. Dole
and Waiter +. Fear to be Hawaiian
commissioners; all the naval advance
ment for conspicuous conduct in battle
sent in with the Schley and Sampson
nominations; H. g. Ewart, of North
Carolina, to be United States district
Judge for the western district of North
Carolina; Frank Simmons, to be mar
shall for the southern district of Ala
bama; Indian Agent G. D. Keyes, of
Wichita Falls, Texas, for the Apache
agency of Arizona; Samuel J. Barrows,
of Massachusetts to be Librarian of Con-
szrARa
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
CHASTITY FIND BY NEGRO.
The Body OF A lnfan, Fsssd ins
6ranch.
THROAT CUT FROM EAR TO EAR.
The Nssssssi assAs % Ns~fs Csr.A.s 40
,sssstssf ops~ss-pesSs Greg puir.,ss
-othss iisss ss isfereu

Oss 81 the nes, herribis n-rasrs
ever 20 Go On rscofd sa Gfssssbors 10
. case of iniaa;iciis .Airh vss de
covered vhsa Morris Mefr0-. Q esl0rsi
man. foGnd IN . brsaeh slisA esss.ss
West Msfkes street ssss The A Al.
rsilresd the body q fssasis vhns -
fart The threat ~ss cut from esr 10
ear snd cotton bsiiinE piscsl ever The
sound 10 prsvsst the shev ~ tisca.
The body vss WARPED IN . - o2sa's
night gosn. thea IN . cook arroa. sn1
then dsoppei latS . heavy codss sscs.
Morrou reported the matter a. ocAesr
feafoe. Who. With torcaer IurDer.
vent 10 the scene and hEousht The
body 10 the mayors oftes. where sa
inquest vas held Dr. Tarser took oai
tho lungs To ascertaip whether Or pot
the infant lived after birth The lasgs
footed, which fs Q certain isdication
that u vss bora alive The police have
been working snerseiloslly sincs the
crime vas discovered. bot % vet have
no Gina
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
confere ce Report on the Sundry Civil Bill.

cCnfere ce Report on the Sundry Civil Bill.
The conference report on the sundry
civil bill, reporting partial agreement.
shows that of the 1872 Senate amend
ments adding SO, 500, 233 to the bill. the
Senate receded from 81, ,049, 05O. aud the
House agreed to So, 3,O64, 243. No agree
ment has been reached upon amend
ments aggregating 81, $50, $40. The
House agreed to the amendments for
public buildings at Macon, Ga, S5s,
600; Columbus, Ga. $50, 600; depot AT
Mobile, Ala. $4,000 Some small
items under the Fish Commission, the
Geological Survey and other miscel.
laIeous items were also agreed to by
the House; also 81, ,010. 600 for the Paris
Exposition: $50. 600 for souvenir dollars
for erecting o statue to Lafayette .;
Paris, also appropriatiug for new gov.
ernment printing office $3.50, 900; limi,
of cost, 81, 600, 600.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
The DreyfuS Revision.

A special from Paris says: The GRIM
inal section of the Court of Cessation,
rendering Judgment. finds that Colonel
Picquart and NJ. Lsblois, . lawyer,
should be tried by . civil court for the
alleged forgery with which they are
charged, and for using the forgery and
divulging matter contained in secret
documents in tho Dreyfus case. The
united sections of tho Court of Cassa-
ton has begun the hearing in the Drey.
fus case in conformity with the new
trial revision. As result of the judg-
ment, the military authorities will
transfer Cololonsl Picquart to the civil
authorities. The charge Of forgery b.
ing punishable with seversr penalties
than the other offences imputed, will
furnish the first subject of invsstiga-
ton.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
Tar heel <oseA

The Secretary Of State hss granted
. charter 10 the Warssv Tobacco Sars-
house.
Ashsvills 10 passing tksoush IN egg
famine. the prices ranging from . 10
IS cents per dozen.
The Board Of Trade Of Ashsviils has
appointed . com mittes TO formulate
plan. for improving the roads coming
into that town.
Mr.. Il. c. Reeder. Who farms on Mr.
W. X. Marsh's place south Of Monroe.
made last year a.6&l pounds OF lint cot
ton on nineteen acres Of land
Several mad dogs have been killed
in Henderson. The city council has
passed an ordinance imposing . dee Of
$40 to allow dogs TO run at large
Tho Governor com utes the sentence
Of Jasper Hinson. OF Mscklenbure
who killed Crawford last year. TO i'm
prisonmen. for life. Mr.. Craig secured
this comm utation.
Rufus Pool. Q deaf mute white man.
WAS killed by . Seaboard Air Line
train near Ridgeway. On his persos
was found si0o His home VAS 10
Wake county.
Phona Rhyme. the murderer OF Mr..
T. q. FAllr. in CASTOR county. has
been convicted Of murder IN the frs,
degree aud sentenced 10 be hanged on
the Goth OF April next.
A deplorAble accident occurred ia
Salisbury IN the perhaps fatal shooting 6
OF =. +. Heduck hy A ID. Shipping.
There seems to be some mystery con
| nectsd with the affair.
The Concord Telephone Company
will within . few days have control o.
the present telephone line betwssr
| Concord and Alhemarle by way Of Mt
| Pleasant. This line has heretofore bees
connected with the other telephone
| line.
The new election law provides, .,
| was the case up to 1898, for challeng gins
| at the polls. The opponents of thil
plan, who Of course. are Republicans
| claim that it will bs used TO block vot
ing.
| Tho State geolog ical survey has nov
| completed aud has in course Of publ
cation . bulletin on the water power o
North Carolina, which will doub Ties,
be OF very great value to investors VII,
| are seeking Tor cheAp ana desirabl
localities for the development Of vs'e
power.
Dispositions in the case OF Oliver III
Dockery against John ID. Bellamy, Il
which Mr.. Dockery il coutssting th
seat of Mr.. Bellamy. who wns slects
in November last year, to rep: essnt th
sixth congressional district in the Fifty
sixth Congress. were tsken in Wsdsi
boro last week.
| 1t will be gratifying to many OF th
4 people Of Mitchell county TO know tbs
work has been resumed on the Crar
berf, and Pineo!a railroad. Now tbs
oil htigaiions have been settled, an
the company being no longer embal
rassed by law suits, the work will b
rapidly pushed forward until the ros
10 completed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
Wreck Of a Troop Train.

The Mobile l. Ohio train bearing
homeward the Second Battalion of the
Second Missouri Volunteers, from
Albany, Ga, where they we're mustered
out of service, was wrecked two miles
south Of Tupelo, Miss. Four cars, in
which the soldiers were seated, jumped
the track and were hurled down q
20foot embankment The third car
from the engine was . total wreck and
from its appearance the escapes were
miraculous. Sixteen Soldiers were in
jured,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
HAVE NOT ENOUGH SAILORS
Navigation Bureau Seriously Grip
pied by Congress.
5000 SAILORS TO BE DROPPED.
1h: Moaitor Puritaa Put out Of commis.
sio A Large Part Of the North Atlas
tIe Squsdroa Must Also Go.

WAsH1SoroS. D. c. Especially. The
Navy Department has put the big
double -turreted monitor Puritan out Of
commission at the Norfolk navy yard,
and it il said st the Navigation Bureau
that this ship must he followed BY
others speedily to tho great dstriment I
Of tho plans Of the Department The
estimate submitted to Congress, based
on the minimum requirements OF the
navy, provided for 90. 600 sailors. Con.
gress cut this down to Is, 900. There
are now 1S, 600 men in the service, SO
that 8, 600 Of these must be dropped i'm
mediately. That means, according to
the navigation officers, that large part
Of the North Atlantic squadron must 20
out Of commission.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
Rand IeleqfanhY.

rho praoticability of sending eight
messages. four each way, on one wire
at the same time, with an alternating
current, was demonstrated beyond any
doubt in Philadelphia before = number
of Philadelphia ard Baltimore scisn-
entists and capitalists, who gathered
in the office of the chief of telegraph of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, at the
Broad Street station, to witness an ex-
perimental trial of the Rowland multi
plex printing telegraph. The test was
made between Philadelphia and Jersey
City, over wire furnished by the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and . number
of New York men who are interested
in the progress of telegrsphy partici.
pated in the experiment from the head
telegrapher's room in the Jersey City
Terminal.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
The Wilson's INDICATED.

The joint session of the North Caro-
lima Legislature has adopted its special
committees report in favor Of the Will
sons, who were removed by Governor
Russell from the railroad commission
of the State. The report completely
exonerates them. The vote as to
whether the report would be sustained
as to J. W. Wilson stood s3 for and
Sc against. The vote as to Ohio Will
son stood 78 for and 81 against aud his
resignation was immediately accepted.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
100000 CONFEDERATION.

At Charlotte. North Carolina, tho
Southern railway compress, o large
portion of the platform surround
ing the compress. the old freight
depot and, in round numbers, four
thousand bales of cotton were destroyed
by fire Thursday morning. The total
loss is estimated at about $500, 900.
The origin of this, Charlotte's largest
and most destructive conflagration, is
matter OF doubt. There is some evi.
dence of iucendiarism.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
Sssp<A ~ 0 4 ssHsllee.

Train Ne. II. frez ssissbary 30 AsAs-
VILE. vss straek BY Q isaaslids ssas
Mod Cui aboat ave nilss vssi 81
Eeand kpeb. The nass - DIRT asa
rocks struck the saSiss os TIE eide 81
the froat ani CON pls,sly dsrsiied a.
The ssg,ssss ssd 6rsnsa vsss s0ss-
VIA, hnrt by the jar and bnnpass u
the eagins as % IA, the tea The coz
!snsly and vas bruised somewhat The
nevs Acsns vAs hat by fsiliss uask
aud sl.Shtly bruised
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09

she LED bi GuN-b0A1.
0oe Americas Killed and Two Nessdeo-
The Enemy's Loss Eeavy.

A Manila special says: Early Satur-
day Gen. Whes.on's ou,posts discover
Cd . large body Of rebsis attempting 70
cross the river for the purpose OF re-
enforcing the enemy at Gsudaloupe.
and q gun. boat advanced under heavy
Gre and roured shot into the jungle on
both sides OF the river, shellinR the en-
emy's position ct Gaudsloupe. and o.
isctually. bat temporarily, scattering
the rebels. The snsmy's loss wa
heavy. Private John I. Oiz, OF Bat
tery g, Third Artillery, Was killed.
On bocrd tho gun boat Privates Wm.
Wheeler, OF Company L. and Louis
Barrin. Of Company q. California Reg
iment, were wounded.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
Smelters and Reflners Combine.

One of the most gigantic combina.
tions yet attempted by commercial or
ganizations in the United States was
completed Thursday over the wires be.
tween New York and Pittsburg. It
is consolidation of all tho smeIters
and rsfiners of precious metals in the
United States. The capital of the new
combine is Sc, 600. 900. Officers will be
elected on April l.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-09
House Shields Wheeler.

An attempt was made Thursday in
tho House of Represe ntxtives to con-
slider the resolutions reported by the
Judiciary committee, declaring that
General Wheeler and tho three other
members WHO accepted commissions in
the army had thereby vacated their
seats, but the House, by an over
whelming vote, refused to consider
them. The political division upon this
vote was significant The vote stood
n ayes, cast by 81 Republicans, 43
Democrats and 13 Populists; and JAG
nays. cast by 10l Republicans, Al Dem
ocrats and Populist.