The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-08

LOT IL eAcept AiuerIndn AHuIcWS VIII,
gave in mo" as his vote. 1t developed
later that this was not caucus meas.
ure, as the caucus had declined to take
1t up.
The meeting adjourned just as some
member was trying to get In resolution
to do away with come back" balls His
motion got lost in the hurry of members
to get out into the streets and take IL
the Carnival fun.
THE CHANGES MADE.
The new Board made some sweeping
changes, and there will be talk over these
today. In fact there was talk about
them last night The friends of the sue
cessful men were happy, while those OF
the men retired or who failed to land
were Of another mood.
The changes made are these:
DR.. r. S. McGeachy succeeds DR.. J. w
MCGEE, Jr., as Superintendent Of Health
and City Physician.
Mr.. H. r. Smith, former City Clerk,
now with the Carolina Trust Company
succeeds Mr.. J. o. Litchford as Commits
sioner of the Sinking Fund.
Mr.. j. Sherwood Upchurch, member of
the last Board OF Aldermen, succeeds Mr.,
e. B. Crow as the Auditor.
Mr.. J. Cornell, member OF the former
Board of Aldermen, succeeds Mr.. James
+. Jordan as Assistant Sanitary lnspec-
tor.
Mr.. Walter Woollcott succeeds Mr.. L.
II. Lumsden as Chief of the Fire De-
partment.
Mr.. NJ. w. Croker, OF Hicks Drug
Store. succeeds Mr.. E. H. Baker as AS
sistant Chief of the Fire Department.
Mr.. c. NJ Walters, member OF the
force, succeeds Captain NJ. Thompson as
Captain of the force, and Mr.. Thompson
Is made a roundsman.
Mr. r. C. Bell, a roundsman. succeeds
Mr.. A. II. Haynes as turnkey, and Mr..
Haynes becomes a roundsman.
The policemen who are dropped are
Messrs w. A. Woodall. J. A. Gates. j.
L. Herndon and T. b. Anderson, while
the new men put on the force are Messrs.
w. G. Hunnicutt, brick mason; G. i.
Barrow. street car motorman; w. II.
Bones, clerk, and l.. NJ. Warren, clerk at
S. Berwangcr's.
Mr. Albert Upchurch succeeds Mr.. j. f.
Richardson as Sexton of the City Gene
terry.
Christian, colorcd. as Keeper of Mount
Hope Cemetery, colored.
HERE Is RUMOR.
The caucus met and did its work ard
after the meeting last night it was i'm
possible to find the members to see what
was what.
Rumor has it that the vote by which
many of the changes were made was by
nine to seven. and that this held well
wherever there was a contest.
The seven members of the new Board
who stood together on most questions
are reported as being Messrs. James l.
Johnson w II. Bland, N. NJ. Rand l.. +.
Rogers, r. C. BEDFORD, +. w Habel and
Lynn Wilder. The nine who outvoted
the seven are reported as being MessTs.
A. b. Andrews, William Boylan, Charles
A. Separk. John O. Smith. Henry T.
Hicks, H. H. Croker, p B. Griffis, James
G. Upchurch, VIM. NJ. NOVEL;
Rumor also has it that the first con-
test arose over the selection of Chief Of
Police For this Chief j. Fl. Mullins is
said to have received nine votes. Tai
MURRAY four votes, and James Nor
wood three votes. @3'.
The new Board of Aldermen were
sworn in yesterday at noon by Mayor
Powell and Justice of the Peace Helm
swore in Mayor Powell. A regular ses-
sion OF the Board was then held and
power was given the City Clerk to aF-
point a tax-lister for the City of Raleigh
to meet with the county tax-listers.