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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-01-31

dust in the streams OF the county. that
great many people visited the county
as a summer resort and IL the fish
were all killed by saw-dust the sum
mer resort industry would also be
killed The bill was re-ro,erred 10 the
committee.
Other bills passed as follows:
To authorize the construction OF
roads in YanCey county.
To amend chapter loo OF the laws
OF 1885, relating TO stock law in Edge
conbe county.
To authorize commissioners OF Jack
son county . levy special tax.
To authorize comm .ss.oners cf
Brunswick county TO levy special tax.
To incorporate New River Develop
meEt Company.
To authorize the commissioners OF
Stokes county to levy a SPECIAL tax.
To empower commissioners Of Swain
county 10 levy special tax 10 build iron
bridge q: Whittier
To amend chapter 205 Of laws OF 1899
To amend chapter 205 laws of 1899 re-
latirg to hunting in Davidson county.
To keep in repair fences in Macon
county.
To amend stock law election law in
Randolph and Johnston counties.
To pay J. y. Holding $3.50 attorneys
fees for Printing committee Of 1899.
To incorporate the town Of r $50 Hi
Bills were introduced as follows.
BY Stubs. to prohibit the sale O. Ii
QuOr within one mile q certain church,
es in Pitt and Martin counties Clear
Grass, ConnohO, Great Swamp and
Briery Swamp churchesD
BY Marlboro. to allow FRANKLIN COM
ty to issue bonds for bridge acres Tar
river.
BY SpainhOur, 10 appoint COMMITTEES
to visit public institutions.
BY Winston. to restore 10 n State
board Of education its former powers
to regulate the use CT text BOOKS in the
public schools.
BY Willard TO secure a proper as
sessment of property for taxation.
This bill makes the board o: CovDor-
alton commissioners also a board OF
State tax commissioners to haze a'd
exercise general supervision over mo
tax listers and assessing officers uf the
State, to the end that all property may
be assessed as its actual value. 1t re-
quires one member of the board to Wis
it each county at least once year to
investigate the tax lists)
The House adjourned at $3.50
O'Clock
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-01-31
Naval Lieutenant Taylor Drowned.

Pensacola, Fla, Special.-Lieutenant
Taylor, CT the revenue launch Penrose,
was drowned Wednesday afternoon,
and the body has not been recovered
The launch had been 70 White Point
with Captain Singer, placing beacons.
Lieutenant Taylor was aboard when
they started back but when they reach
ed here he was missing. The launch
put back over the route but could find
no trace Of the body. When he fell
overheard he probably sank as he
wore a belt of loaded cartridges, and
heavy boots.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-01-31
One Killed aud Several Wounded

Dade City, Fla, Special.-A riot
broke out at a negro dance at the Rice
Phelps turpentine camp, near here,
at | o'clock Sunday morning, and Dan
Childers, a white man. was killed, and
another white man named Mcneil. ia
tally wounded. Three negroes, two wo-
men and one man, were also shot and
seriously wounded. The white men, it
is stated, were only looking on AMI did
no shooting. Mcneil is yet alive but
cannot recover. The two negroes, W1l
Roberts and Will Wright, who it is al
legged, did most of the shooting, have
eSoaDed
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-01-31
High Officials MOTTO be Beheaded.

Pekin, By Cable.-A meeting Of the
foreign ENJOYS was held Monday morn
ing, attended by only those whose fell
low cOuntrymen have been killed in the
internal provinces, the object being TO
decide what punishment should be in
f1icted upon mionr officials. A report
will be made to general meeting Of
the ministers to be held probably after
the funeral of Queen Victoria. The
ministers refuse to state the decisions
arrived at, but it is believed that few
will be beheaded, and certainly not tho
highest officials
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-01-31
General rlanager Spencer.

Washington, D. c., Special-H Is
announced officially that H. B. Spen-
Ger, now assistant general manager Of
the st. Louis-L Louisville lines OF the
Southern railway, will be appointed TO
the position OF general manager Of
those lines, effective February /, to
succeed Geo. C. Smith, who has re-
signed to accept an important position
with the Westinghouse interests.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-01-31

Corpses Of paupers are being used as
targets in testing rifee and field guns
by German army experts.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-01-31

The Code.
By Foushee, to incorporate the
Piedmont and Allegheny Railroad
Company.
By Arlington, to apportion mem
bers Of the House of Representatives.
Senate bill, to revise and consolidate
the charter Of Elkin, passed third
reading.
Senate bill, TO amend the charter Of
ROXbOrO, passed third reading
House bill, authorizing Franklin.
Macon county, to issue bonds, passed
its final reading.
House bill, to incorporate Biscoe
Montgomery county, passed final read
ing.
Senate bill, to authorize Durham to
issue market house bonds, passed
third reading.
House bill, to authorize Goldsboro
school trustees to issue bonds, passed
final reading
Senate bill, to increase the license
tax on liquor uealeTs in Greensboro
($1,COO being minimum and $500 the
maximum. passed third reading.
Senate bill, to establish graded
school at Rocky Mount. came back
with an amendment by the House. The
Senate cCnCurred.
House bill, TO prevent fishing ana
shooting from bridges over the rivers
CT Neuse and Trent in Craven county,
passed final reading.
GeHaoe bill, authorizing Snow Hill
to subscribe to stock OF Great Eastern
Railroad, passed second reading.
Buchanan introduced a bill to ad-
vance ]. G. Howell, Of Mitchell coun-
ty, to the second class o. the pension
list.
The Senate then adjourned until II
O'Clock Tuesday, the calendar being
exhausted.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04
Heard in Hotel IObbieS.

Two more stories will be added to
the Sheldon hotel. Henry X. Sheldon
Jr., who is here representing the Shell
don family, owners of the house. is the
authority for this statement The
work of construction may not COM
mence Immediately but there is no
doubt that ii will be done. When seen
at the hotel last night. Mr. Sheldon.
who is most affable and courteous. said
| in reply to the questions of The Her.
| aid reporter:
AS | stated to The Herald upon my
| arrival the other day, my trip is one
of pleasure and business combined. l
wanted to renew my acquaintance with
| FL PaSo. and also to look into the con-
dition of things as they affect the ho-
tel. l am delighted over the prosper
Gus condition of Ell Paso and the
bright future ii has. In regard TO the
hotel | have found everything emil
nently satisfactory. The business has
increased remarkably under Mr. Fish
erS Management. He has been more
than equal to the needs and exigencies
as they have arisen and the result is
most gratifying"
In answer to the question as to
whether the owners intended improv-
ing the property Mr.. Sheldon said:
Il believe | can confidently say the
of the roof and the construction of two
more stories. 1t is true that | have
not been here long hut il is potent to
me that the business will fully support
the additional accommodations. Per-
sonally | am decidedly in favor of this
addition and that will be my report
when | return home. Whether the
work will be done this summer or next
| cannot say now, but | am confident it
will be done. Mr.. Fisher IS progress
sive man and has good ideas for the
Improvement of the property, and l am
sure that where it is possible the own
erS Will cooperate with him in carrying
them our.
Il am particularly impressed with
the growth of Ell PaSo since my visit
here two years ago" continued Mr..
Sheldon. The changes along the line
of improvement are most marked and
are of the most substantial character.
People who come to Ell Paso from the
east are most agreeably surprised The
truth is that most unfortunately the
ideas of those who have not travelled
in Texas are very crude and erroneous
about the conditions of this state. This
is due to several causes but principally
TO the impression that Texas is a kind
of populist state and that capitalists
are Disseminated against because they
are capitalists. This anti-corporation
legislation of Texas has. in my opinion.
done the state great deal of injury.
ment are loath to put it into field
While they may be entirely willing to
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04
WILL PUBLISH INFORMATION.
ARIZONA.
COUNTERFEITERs CAPTURED.

Sheriff Parks. of Graham county,
and two deputies made an important
capture one day last week and landed
in Jail six members of band of coun-
terfeiters which had been operating
for three months along the line of the
railroad between Lordsburg and Cliff
ton The capture was made near Cliff
ton. One of the party is white man
and all the rest are Mexicans. The
American kept a saloon and most of
the money was passed by him in ex-
change for the time checks of the men
working on the railroad. The money
passed is silver and good imitation.
Two members of the gang escaped
with all the tools and large amount
of counterfeit money. The six cap
tives are in Jail at Solomonville.
A STREET MIRAGE.
The water mirage which is always
observable from II o'clock until 2
from the eastern entrance of the cap
itol grounds is unusually plain just
now. Washington street seems to be
submerged as far west as the Neahr
plaza. The reflection in the water of
street cars, wagons and persons cross
ing the street as far east as Center is
quite distinct. The mirage may be
seen at its best about noon.-PhoeniX
Republican.
NEW CORPORATIONS
Articles of incorporation of the Green
Valley Oil company have been filed
in the Office of the county recorder at
Phoenix. The incorporators are John
n. Hammersmith, l.. +. Weaver, A. l..
Hart. Jr.. Robert II. Turner and Alfred
l.. Atwood. The capital stock is $780,.
O00 Articles were also filed of the
Downing Consolidated Gold Mining
company. with a capital stock of $780,
600. The incorporators are j. w. Down
ing. Frank w. Page. G. w. Baker. John
w. Clute and II. l.. Baker.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04

National bank of Hutchinson Kan
saS, and a director in the Bank of
North America of New York. spent
Saturday in Ell Paso During the day
he was the guest of c. c. Cox who
drove him out to the smelter and to the
various points of interest around the
town. To reporter for The Herald
Mr.. Meyer said:
No, my visit here has no particular
significance at this time. I am. how
ever, much impressed with what have
seen of FL Paso and it seems to me that
it cannot help but grow and develop
into very important commercial CEN
ter. One of the most important fac
tors in that connection is the building
Of the Rock Island railroad into Ell
Paso. That will mean much more to
this community than is generally rea-
liked. Oklahoma before it was opened
up by the railroads was a wilderness;
today it is f1OuriShing like a garden
and has population of 300 900 people.
FL PaSo has an immense area of vacant
lands all around here. With the con-
struction of the Rock Island all that
territory between Ell Paso and Liberal,
Kansas, will be occupied in time by
settlers and Ell PaSo will get the benefit
of it.
Il have been greatly aStoniShed at
the substantial character of the build
prise everywhere manifest and the
manner in which the banking is car
ried on here. Ell Paso ought to be proud
of its banks. 1t is banking of the high
est class and there are few cities in the
country that show such resources.
Il expect to return to Ell Paso within
a short time and will probably stay
longer"
c.. NJ. Santer and A. Trimble regis
tered at the Zeiger last night from
Moctezuna. The former is connected
with the contractors for the Mexican
Central, and the latter is an old min
ing prOSpector. They are here on some
mining proposition which they declined
TO reveal but exhibited to Herald re-
porter some fine specimens of ore con-
tanning considerable native copper.
Asked as to the mining possibilities of
that section of Mexico and around
Moctezuma. Mr.. Trimble said:
1T is one of the best mining coun-
tries 1 was ever in. 1t is the country
for the poor man in my judgment; for
man with moderate means and a
practical knowledge of mining can
make Stake-or at least he has bet
ter chance to do so than in Colorado,
Arizona, or any of the northern states.
Mining in Mexico is much easier and
the laws are better to work under.
The only drawback is the lack of
water. but that can be obtained in most
places by sinking for it. l have been
prospecting through that country for
some time and l have got all l want to
take care of. The specimens of copper
ore | found two feet from the grass
roots and it is pure fiSSure vein. Yes
sir. Mexico is the country for the min
ing man
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04
TEXAS.
UNDERLAID WITH OIL.

The oil excitement in Texas is wide
spread. Many people in the state are
now quietly probing for it and it will
not be surprising if many find their
efforts crowned with success. Geolo-
gists, practical oil men. spectators and
oil-boring people believe that the fluid
underIies the whole of the state and
that by the proper efforts nearly every
farmer in the state can have his own
oil well and just as well have it as to
wait for the spectators to come along
and carry away the gains.
KILLED BY EXCITEMENT.
J. w. Braid, a prominent citizen OF
Reel River county, fell dead two miles
west of Bagwell while trying to stop
runaway team of horses. The team
was standing near Mr.. Baird when it
became frightened and started to run
away. He attempted to catch them
but just before reaching them he fell
and when help reached him life was
extinct Mr.. Baird was the populist
nominee for the legislature from his
district last fall
TEXAS RATCHET FIENDS.
The sound of Mrs. Nations Ratchet
in Kansas has had an echo from Grice
in Upsur county Twelve women with
hatchets. axes and rocks went to the
postoffice store in Grice and taking all
of the bottles of bitters, which the pro-
prietor had for sale. outside proceeded
to destroy them. The loss to the pro-
prietor amounted to about 500. The
work was done in daylight, by women
of the town who wore no masks.
Grice is local option town.
CALLED OUT AND KILLED
Ben Druen. a negro, was called out
of the house of a neighbor whom he
was visiting by three or four men who
said they wanted to be shown the way
to some place on the road. Druen
climbed over the fence to direct them
and just as he was getting down a vol
ley of shots was fired by the men and
Druen dropped dead. The murderers
then rode rapidly away. There is no
clue to who they are.
PROFITS OF BURGLARY.
The last ten days of last month in
Waco were marked by succession of
daring and successful burglaries. Spc-
cial officers with orders to look exclus-
lively for burglars have been appointed
Four suspects, two of which are boys.
have been arrested. The total value
of goods stolen in Waco and vicinity
within the last ten days is $4,000. Part
of the stolen goods has been recovered.
MAN AND BOY SHOT.
News reached Abilene the latter part
of last week of the shooting of a man
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04

avail themselves of the opportunities
that offer in legitimate enterprises in
the state they are frightened and sus-
plclouS of how they will be affected by
inimical egislation. The state of Kan
sas did all it could to repel capital and
they are barely recovering from the
consequences of it. You cannot find
men in the east today who will invest
dollar in Kansas.
Il sincerely hope that Texas will not
be injured in the same way The re-
sources OF this state are enormous and
only need development by capital to
make it one of the richest and most
prosperous in the country Capital if
allowed to come in under normal and
healthy conditions as exist in other
states will undoubtedly find its way
here in large volume. All that is nee
essary is the assurance of security and
encoIra cement
y. p. Massey is the travelling pas
Senger agent of the Boston and Maine
railroad with headquarters at BOSTON
He was a guest last night at the Shell
don hotel and is on his way home afte
three months steady travelling over TIL q.
country in the interests of his CON-
pany.
My business is very much like
Dickens's Poor 10 who had to keep
moving on" said Mr. Massey to a Her.
aid reporter. You see we have a
great many tourist resorts scattered
over our system in New Hampshire
Vermont. and Massachusetts. We han
died last year thirty-three millions of
people over the road and the passenger
earnings for August and September
last aggregated 81 600 900 each month
We have $500 miles of track and 61O
trains come in and out of the depot
every day. 1t is my business to visit
every resort and important railroad
point in the country and meet the rail
road agents. | find out what are their
needs and supply any information or
literature they may want This is my
first visit to Ell PaSo but | don't think
it will he my last. | am greatly sur
priseG at the size and evidences of its
commercial enterprise. and it strikes
me as one of the coming places of the
country. | have been all down the Pa
cifc coast from Seattle and now I am
going up the gulf and Atlantic coasts
future growth and prosperity Ell Paso
any other point. Then this glorious
climate is something the people of this
town ought to be tina lkful for We
of the country who leave every year to
escape the hard winters of the New
England states. and l should certainly
recommend FL PaSo to them as win
ter climate"
E. l.. Meyer, president of the First
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04
NEW MEXICO.
DOESN'T BELIEVE 1T.

DOESN'T BELIEVE 1T.
The editor of the Pecos Valley Stock
man. in speaking of the reported oil
strike in the Pecos Valley says: I'VE
regard this oil find as a false alarm.
and believe that oil in paying quanti-
ties will not be found this far from
the coal fields, the base of supply
The Stockman editor says that the in
dications of oil are common in the val
ley but do not signify anything. He
says that last summer there was a
smell of oil in his artesian well and if
bucket full of water from it was left
to set over night pronounced skim
OF oil was noticeable upon it the next
morning and the oil smell and taste
was SO strong that for some time the
water was discarded for drinking pur-
poses. but that he doesn't believe it
means that oil can be found in the
valley.
SUED A CAPITALIST.
Mrs. Katherine Walverton. a young
grass widow who used to live in Albu-
querque. has been heard from in Cleve-
land. Ohio. at which place she has
sued Dudley Baldwin. a Cleveland mil
lionaire for $4,000 damages to her
heart. She charges that within thirty
days after she had secured a divorce
from her husband. Baldwin proposed
to her and she consented to marry him.
That was in 1896 and the courtship
continued until last October without
a day set for the wedding. Then she
asked him to set the day and he said
he did not intend to marry her. Hence
the suit. Baldwin is a capitalist. a So
ciety bachelor. aged So years. and a
leading citizen of Cleveland.
The ladies of Tularosa are progress
sive. A few nights ago they held a
meeting to consider ways and means
for improving the old plaza of that
town which has for years been barren
and an eyesore to the town. They de-
cided to improve it and the next day
started out to raise the means. In
little while they had raised $50 and at
once put men to work leveling it and
preparing the ground for seeding. They
propose to raise more means and make
an attractive park out of the old plaza.
BUCKS A HUSTLER.
Edward n. Buck. formerly of this
He proposes to enlarge the paper in a
city. who has recently purchased the
Alamogordo News. has already made
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04

a great Improvement in the paper. The
last issue contained sixteen columns
of solid reading matter. all interesting.
few weeks and expects TO make it the
le~ding weekly OF New Mexico. Buck
is known in FL Paso as a hustler and
a man who accomplishes what he at
tempts.
WILL PUBLISH INFORMATION.
Owing to the many inquiries being
received from all over the country by
the railroad and improvement compan-
les and the newspapers regarding the
country of Alamogordo, Editor Buck of
the Alamogordo News announces that
he is securing data for a series of ar
ticles on the climate. soil. irrigation.
etc, of the country which he will first
publish in the paper and then in book
form so that the information so widely
sought for may be as widely distribut-
ed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04
NeighbOrhO0d Notes.

by the name of Norton and a little boy
in Mulberry Canon. Tuesday of last
week. Norton's wound is slight, but
the boy is reported to be seriously hurt.
The shooter was arrested. but the re-
port did not give his name.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04

The Bolivian tin mines are located
at an altitude of 1900 feet above the
sea level. in the departments of Oruro.
Potosi La PaZ and Cochabama.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-04

A naturalist of eminence says that
land birds make their journeys in the
daytime and water birds at night.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-04
- -~s------
EXPERTS AT HUGGING.

An editor in Iowa was fined $500 for
huSging a girl in church.
Cheap enough: We hugged : IN
church. some ten years ago, and il rs
cost US s., 600 a year ever since--Young
America.
That's nothingi We Rugged girl IN
church some twenty-five years ago and
have had to support her and her family
ever. since.-Tioga Democrat.
Come to Salem. Ore. boys come to
Salem, We Rugged dozen and Il
hasn't cost a Cent.-DemOcrat Review
We commenced to hug twenty years
ago and now hate 10 throw q stone in
a school yard for fear Of hitting some
NJ our family.-Atchison Times.
We hug and like TO mug. and darn
the expense: fellers, if you enjoy lux
uries YOU must pay for them.-Day
Book.
VIC have been in the business for
about fourteen years and have tackled
subjects from the little tOotsy- wooSsy
On our knees to one SO large that we
had to hug with "A piece of chalk in
both hands TO mark where we began
and left of then repea-.-Fruth