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PENSION BOARDS REPORT.
1t Was Approved by the County Commissioners
Without Change

The board Of county commissioners de-
voted most of yesterday to signing the
pension applications that had been ap-
proved by the county pension board on
Monday. They did not investigate any of
the applications themselves but very prop
erly accepted the work of the pension
board, which is composed of old soldiers.
Such other applications as may be made
by those entitled to pensions will be
passed on by the commissioners at their
meeting next Monday.
Most of the pensioners are put In the
fourth class this year. The number in
the other classes, altogether, will hardly
aggregate a dozen. Confederate pension
ers are divided into four classes. The
first, or totally disabled, class receives
$72 year; the second, of persons who
have lost an arm above the elbow or a
leg above the knee receive $50; the third
class, of persons who have lost an arm
below the elbow or leg below the knee
receive $4S and the fourth class, which
includes all widows Of Confederate SOL
diers and persons who have been par
TALLY disabled. receive $50 annually.
ADD PENSIONS Jas 4 itndwr .re'il.
A number Of old soldiers and widows in
this county who are clearly entitled to
pensions and have been heretofore receiv
ing them are in danger of losing them.
Under the new law all applicants for
pensions-whether they have ever before
been on the list or nOt-are required to
appear either before the pension board in
person or send In their application show
ing that they are unable by reason of
physical disability TO be present
1t seems that many Of those already on
the pension list were not cognizant Of this
fact. as IS (23 widows and % soldiers),
neither came before the pension board
last Monday nor sent In an application. In
order that they may not lose their PEN
sion. however, the board of county COM
missioners will be In session next Mon
day and application may be made to
them at that time. II this is not done
no pension will be granted to the follow
ing persons this year, though they were
all on the pension roll last year
Soldiers l.. @. Bryan. Hilliard d. Olive.
ID. A. Smith. Foster Stevens, d. Watkins.
Wiley Carroll. Andrew j. Floyd, A. Holt,
j. d. Mangum. w. j, Wood. w. Il. Cooper,
James e. White. Il. NJ. Estis, A. C.
Croker, T. A. Seagrave, w. l.. Person.
John Pollard, L. w. Huneycutt. Rufus
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TAX VALUES TO Be
FIXED THIS WEEK
The Corporation Commission
Takes Them up Today.
THE WORK OF A WEEK
New Duties Imposed on Commission
by Last Legislature.
GROWTH OF MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
List Of Towns and Cities in the State Owning
Their Light Plants or Water Works or
Both. No important Cases on
Commissions Docket.

The Corporation Commission will
meet today and enter upon a work that
will take them probably week to
complete-the annual assessment Of
railroad and other property for taxa
ton.
The properties required by law to be
assessed by the commissioners are:
Railroads, telegraph and telephone
lines, street railways, bridge and Terry
companies, gas and electric llgnt com
panies, steamboats,, canals, water
works express companies and sleeping
and refrigerator car companies.
The last Legislature added the water
works, gas and electric light plants,
ferries and street railways. The other
properties were last year assessed by
the Commission.
Under the terms of the railroad
tax-suit compromise the value of the
road-bed of railways will remain at
it's present valuation until 1903, SO this
year the Commission is called on to
value only the rolling stock, depot and
other properties of the railroads. only
the capital stock of the water works,
electric nSntl companies, eac., are " NC
taxed.
There are in the State ten street rail-
ways, 16 water companies, % electric
light and gas companies, 145 telephone
companies, Including private lines)
and II telegraph companies.
The following towns and cities own
their water or light companies or both:
Charlotte water-Works.
Asheboro, water works.
Gastonia, light and water.
High Point, light plant.
kinstOn, light plant.
Monroe, light and water.
MorgantOn light plant.
Newbern, Water-wOrkS.
Reidsville, light and water.
TarbOrO, water, light and gas.
Winston, waterwOrks.
Waynesville, light plant.
After the Commission completes the
tax matter, the regular docket of cases
will be taken up and disposed of
Though there are some 80 or 40 cases
on it, none Of them are of any special
importance or general interest.
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my Head! Ny Head"
Sudden Blindness ana Dizzi-
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he enquiries at once as to the condition
of the womanly health. He knows that
the general health is intimately related
to the local womanly health and from the
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THE NEWS AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. g. 1901

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HOTTEST DAY BY A HALF A DEGREE.
A Thunderstorm Last Night Brought Relief to
Sweltering Humanity.

All day long yesterday the people of
Raleigh sweltered and could find no re-
lief till the evening when thunderstorm
came with a cooling shower, which, while
bringing relief to suffering people in the
city brought despair to the discouraged
farmer in the country. For him there has
already been far too much rain and too
little hot weather.
Yesterday was by just onehalf a de-
gree the hottest day Raleigh has known
this summer, The maximum registered
by the thermometer at the Weather Blu
veau was 95.5 at / o'clock. On two other
days this year it has reached So; these
were June "a and July 1st.
The day began hot and close and the
mercury in the tube rose steadily until
1 o'clock. despite breeze that came near
midday. The readings of the Their
UOmeter were as follows:
q a. M, rs degrees.
a. M, II degrees.
s a m, "a degrees.
a. m, 81 degrees.
10 a. m, SO degrees.
IL a. m. 80 degrees.
AZ M 50 degrees.
1 p. m, 95.5 degrees.
2 p. M, SO degrees.
3 D. m. "a degrees.
p. m, "a degrees.
1t is hot over all the country east of
the Rocky Mountains and Forecaster Won
Hermann says he sees no prospect of
cooler weather in the near future. On
the Pacific slope the weather is more
pleasant. Monday at San Francisco the
thermometer reached only Sc degrees and
at Los Angeles, in Southern California, it
was only 76.
Monday was characterized by intense
heat, especially in the Ohio valley and on
the north Atlantic coast. The highest
temperatures We're 102 degrees at Wash
' ington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, and
200 degrees at st. Louis and Kansas City
The most remarkable feature was the ex-
traordinary high s a. m. temperature at
Baltimore and Philadelphia yesterday, 50
degrees. The temperature in the South
is generally much lower. Local thunder
storms have occurred over Florida on the
south coast. in the Ohio. valley and Lake
region. and extreme northwest. The lar
gest rains were 156 inches at Chicago
and 1.26 at Jacksonville.
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Judge Winston Takes the Oath.

Yesterday morning Judge Frances
d, Winston took the oath of office as q
Judge before Governor Aycock. His
first coourt will be held at Winton. on
August 18th. Governor Aycock Issued
new commissions to all the judges yes
terday as the first of July was the date
set by the Legislature for the going in
to effect of the act passed by the Leg
islature dividing the State into sixteen
judicial districts,
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Strickland, Leroy Markham, Thos. Beas-
ley Wesly Hamilton.
Widows: Jane Chappell, Burline Cliff
ton, M. Dunn, Sarah links, Amy Thomp-
son, Mary d. Afford, Mary Davis,
Emetine Gunter, Mary Ivey, Perina Jones.
Rebecca Lawrence, Mary Munds, Mary
Rambeant Ann G. Rose e. G.. WEIGH, e.
A. Holt, M. c. Booker, Flora A. Thomas,
Mary f. Rogers, Ann Eliza Rhodes, Sarah
A. Ray, Edna l.. Reavis, w. r. Maynard.
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To San Francisco.

Rev. r. N. Ivey left yesterday for San
Francisco, where he goes to attend the
great Epworth League meeting. He
leaves in aIvance of others as he will
stop at points on the way. Among the
other ministers who will go are, Revs. J.
n. Cole. of Wilmington: r. c. Beamon.
Of Elizabeth Getty; T. j. Daily, of FIRE.
mont; c. +. Sherrell. of Newton; A. w.
Plyler, of Asheboro; w. M. Curtis, OF
Hendersonville, and S. B. Turrentine, of
Greensboro. There will be a number OF
Jay delegates in the party. The conven-
tion meets on the 18th and Mr.. Ivey
breaches in San Francisco on the 1st.
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SELECT STOCK DRUGS AND FIXTURES
for sale. Invoice thirty three hundred
dollars. Monthly sales average six
hundred and fifty dollars. Fine stand.
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WOOD AND COAL-THE BLIND IN
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for seasoned wood; hard and sOlft coal
for ten days. Address w. II. Rand,
Steward 6-22-1Ot.
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New-York tribune., 1901-06-21
STREETCAR RIGHTS AND WRONGS

We sorry though not much surprised, TO
hear Mr.. Guggenheimer say that he hardly ex-
poets the Municipal Assembly TO pass his ordi-
nance fOrbddng passengers TO stand between
the seats of open streetcars. Nor is there any
consolation in his announcement that In
that proposal fails he shall try to make the
companies provide straps to which standing
passengers may cling. 1t is doubtful If straps
in open cars would be generally used or increase
the comfort of persons occupying seats. while
their compulsory introduction would tend to in
trench an abuse which ought TO be constantly
fought and got rid of as soon as possible.
Every and then there appears in print
statement of the conditions making II difficult
to prevent the overcrowding of streetcars which
seems 10 be based on the assumption that all
who can contrive TO get aboard have right TO
ride. and consequently that if the companies
now run as many cars as possible during the
rush hours it is of no use to talk about exclud-
ing those for whom seats are left We seri-
ously question the validity of that assumption.
If there is such an inaienable right to transpor-
tation, whence is it derived: The obvious fact
that a line must be drawn somewhere would
seem TO dispose of that argument. If passen-
gers standing in open cars were to sit down in
the laps of the persons behind them ii would be
physically possible for others to crowd In be-
tween their knees and the backs of the seats.
OF course that would he intolerable affront
and offence. amounting in law rs well as in fact.
we suppose to assault. But IL is fair and
pertinent TO put such hypothetical case by way
of making clear the point at issue. for we con-
tend that 1t is an offence and an invasion of
private rights for n person TO stand in fl fIt
Il person who is seated in such close prOXi -
and actual contact as an open car makes inevi-
table. Certainly it is far less gross offence
than the have suggested would he. OIt
what of that? Assaults of which the law IA IS
cognizance are of various grades, but they are
all punishable.
The public has right 10 demand that as
many cars shall he run may be required for
its comfortable accommodation. with reason
ablc regard TO safety and rapidity. The man
ayers say they do that now during the rush
hours We believe that if Mr.. Guggenheimer's
ordinance should he passed and enforced they
would quickly change their opinion but, how
ever that may be- their general position would
he morally much stronger if the wretched con-
ditiOns which exist during the rush hours We're
not deliberately created by them at other hours
through the selfish withdrawal OF the largest
uossbIe number II cars
New-York tribune., 1901-06-21
PERSONAL.

The degree Of n. n. has been conferred upon the
Rev John Bancroft Devins OF the editorial stan Of
The New-York Observer. by Centre College. at
Danvile. Ky.
The friends and comrades Of General Daniel f.
sckles have presented a portrait OF him to the
Union League. of Philadelphia.
Bethel College. In Russellvile Ky. has conferred
the degree Of n. d upon the Rev. 9. E. Nash, the
pastor OF the North Baptist Church. of this city.
a newspaper of jefferson City. Mo- says: "Sena-
tor Vest and his wife passed through here Sstur-
day en- to their home I'm Sweet Springs. after
extended visit at Hot Springs, Ark. The Little
Giant is not a semhlance of his former self He Is
thin enaciated and very weak. He said he was
Of politics for good. and had no idea who his
successor would be His strong and robust consti-
tuition has made gallant fight against Father
Time. but IL Is gradually being Vanqushed
J. V Thompson OF Uniontown. Penn. has given
slOOOOO for the endowment OF the presidents chair
of Washington and Jefferson College. a memo
rial 10 his father and mother
Justice Jacob W. WIlkin. the head OF the IL
Unois Supreme Court. is native of Ohio. but
studied Lax in Illinois under John Schofeld and
admitted 10 the bar in 1855.
Professor Thomas c. Esty. of Amherst. who has
versity Of Rochester. graduated from Amherst
I'm 1891 In 1899 he went 10 Germany to study mathe-
matics under Professors Klein and Hilbert of G0t-
tingen. ON his return he taught mathematics In
the Case School OF Applied Science, In Cleveland.
going thence to Amherst to assist his father Pro
fessor William c. Esty, who is the head of the
department of mathematics. Otis Amsdeu Gage
VINO has been appointed assistant professor OF
grsdnated from that institution in 1899 Since then
he has been teacher of sciences in the High School
of Geneva, y. Y.
Vice-President Roosevelt has accepted the invita-
ton to he present the celebration of Colorado
twenty-hfth anniversary as State which will be
held at Colorado Springs on August :.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-21
NO PROVOCATION TO RUSSIA.

There has been much nonsense. some of il
mischievous. uttered about the tariff dispute be-
tween the United States and Russia, but incom-
narably the worst of il all is the nSinuation
put forward in this cOuntry-though no one
ventures 10 assume responsibility for ft-that
the United States is deliberately seeking TO
provoke n tariff war. II is not for moment TO
be supposed that the Russian Ambassador. or
any responsible Russian statesman, conceived
such an idea. or for moment countenances it,
Ii is more likely 10 have been furtivey Matched
by some srlperserviceabe Russophile in this
country. who thinks he is doing Russia good
turn by maligning his own land or by some ire
sponsible enemy of the administration. who aims
merely at discredting the administration With
out thinking of the mischief such malicious sug-
gestions might do to the whole country
The utter falsity of such an insinuation Is
obvious 10 every one who has intelligent regard
for either particular or general facts. We nave
already shown that in the matter OF the sugar
and petroleum duties the United States was
guilty of not the slightest offence TO Russia. In
the sugar ease this country simply equaliZed
duties making Russian sugar pay the same rate
that German or otler sugar pays. and in the
petroleum case il merely followed Russia's own
example bv putting upon Russian oil the same
for the general principles involved. it is mat
ter of historic record that the United States has
never provoked tariff war. but that. on the
contrary. il has even refrained from retaliation
under circumstances of great provocation. IT is
no vaingloriOus bQaStng, but n statement or
plain fact TO say that the United States has con-
sistently practised. under protection. the prin-
ciple of commercial peace and goodwill which
Cobden strove exclusively to arrogate 10 Free
Trade.
There IS no provocation TO Russia in the tariff
policy of the United States. We may conf
IDENTIFY assume there will be none. But neither
will there be any supineness. The United States
tariff laws will continue To he made interpreted
and executed at Washington. and not At st
Petersburg The United States will continue TO
give 10 Russia the most favored nation" treat
ment. expecting. of course. the same in return
More than that IL cannot give. in justice TO it
self and to others. and more than that Russia
surely will not ask.