Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15
WHAT WIsEAcREs NOW SAY.
$500, Carr sim IN tho Fisht-

r;.ner.l Carr stiIl In the Fight
stIl. 1ntrodnced in the Leei.1n-'
tur>-oreaniEatioa Of The Wster
work. Associntion.
RALEIGH, II. G.. January 14.-tspe-
cial.1-The senatorial matter stili remains
,,nsattIed. This afternoons caucus ao-
.ourned without accomplishing anything:
The general public has believed ina.
Orerman would win. 1t 10, 81 eo 1.4 %,
the field against OverInan. lais - $3.50
eay they are absolutely hopeful. Dsit SOM. '
outsiders think: his chances are NOT Hooc.
some Craig men are heard TO say tn ois
20 there is afbreak. they would go 70
watson. The baIlotng this afternoon
.pas absolutely resnlsless, there being
merely trdf1ing fluctuations:
STOPPED AT. FlFTY-THREE.
oyerman. stopped at fifty-thtee. his OLD
figure. and his forces forced aolouais-
men1 mntil tomorrow night Inc oa1lG ,c.
tne lasted exactly an hour. Inc cary
hour OF the caucus was nSeo ~ oio., ~
allow members to attend the SIaho
I.odpe OF Masons. which elected officers
tonight. ~.
senator London in the caucus said that
the r,1naors that Carr had Withdrawn OF
would withdraw, were false. and that
Carr was in the fight to the finish. he
preventative GuioE asked for ruling D.?
Chairman Morton as TO whether a ma
sority Of quorum present and Young
would amount 10 a nomlnatlon, GUY
Lsos being present Chairman Morton an
cts nominate.
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
In the House to-day, q bill was intro
duced providing that convicts on tns
roads for offences, other than felon1es
shall have distinctive clothing
~ bin was passed repeating the act
allowing $500 annually to the colored In
sanstrial School at Elizabeth City
Following are the bills introduced IN
the Senate: To provide a permanent
registration OF voters. Regulating the
duties and liabilities Of inn and boarding
mouse keepers. and requiring them to
provide proper food and lodging ana
making them liable for stolen property
Establishing q reforn1atory for criminals
under q, for felonIes. The bills passed
were: Allowing a Judge to continue 2
term Of court to complete a civil trial
the same as is now provided for criml-
hal trials Repeating the Union county
dispensary law
To-day. an organization was formed
here. to be known as the North Carolina
Water works Association. its objects
are to prevent pollution Of water sup.
plies and promote the publication OF the
latter. Among the important measures
adopted, was resolution memorializing
the LEGISLATURE TO urge Congress to es-
tablishEthe proposed Appalachian Park as
a protection to the sources Of the future
water supply of the Southern States.
A committee was appointed to draft a
bill to be presented TO the Legislature.
looking to the further protection Of pub
lie water supplies Of the State and the II, :
spection Of the same. Among those pres
ent were. ,v
DIR. Richard II. Lewis, secretary OF the
State Board ct Health: ]. L. Ludlow.
civil engineer and member Of the board !;
Doctors A. cheatham. OF Durham: Albert
Anderson, Wilson, and w. 7. Pate Glib.
son: g. c. White, civil engineer, Wins
ION: A E. Boardman, civil engineer.
lsrevard: julius Lewis. president Wake
Water Company. and the following sup
erintendeHts OF water works: G. II. Camp
bell Charlotte: j. G. Niche, Durham; :
Reidsville; H; A. Grantham, Wilson; j..
HHRridges. Henderson; Z. B. Balm.
Raleigh.
I.sC. Niche was made president and
e 3, Balm secretary The next meet
ing Of the association will. be held at
Durham some time next July
TIE PEN1TENTIARY BUILDING.
To-day, your CORRESPONDENT had an in
teresting Interview with Senator Graham
of Granville regarding his resolution loolS-
ing for Information as to the cost OF the
tSn,- Hr<>S,ys
year published the only history Of the
penitentiary, which has ever been writ
ten. This gives all the figures as to the
cost Of the prison from start to finish.
Senator Graham said that he wished to
have architects carefully examine the
building and see to what use 1t could be
put He has some ideas as TO such uses.
one being as, a part of the central hos
pital for the insane. another as-,lormito-
RES and as mechanical department for
the Agricultural and Mechanical College.
/ HeEsays the walls are Strong enough to
sustain the weight of any machinery
likely4sto be in use There are SO few
convtcts in the big prison that they are
almost lost therein. It seems to be quite
evident that indoor convict work will
hot cut any figure in this State-at least
for many years to come-and In fact
epery experiment along that line has
allied OF itself, except one which was
knocked out by the then powerful
knights of Labor. This was the making
81 horse collars. ),
The attendance at the communication
nf the Grand Lodge of Masons now in
orogrsss here is a record breaker ex-
feeding that at the centennial commune
eatton.s 1t is said that nearly half the
members OF the Legislature are NIasons.
Associate Justice Platte D. Walker
arrived from Charlotte to-day. He will
bring This family here In about fort
hight.
s.'KING'' KELLEY's PLANS.
''King' Kelley, the veteran baseball
player has left here for Fall River.
Mass-..having signed as a member of the
team there.
A number of towns and counties are
asking the Legislature to give them pro-
hibition laws. and some want the dispen-
sary LAW. lar s.
There has really been but little talk so
far OF dark horse In the senatorial
contest r. b Glenn. who is working
zealously for G. g.. Watson, is most
talked Of. but Frank ]. Osborne. OF Char.
lotte. and ex-senator Mats Ransome are
mentioned as possibilities. but not pro.
liabilities. s.-2,.s,,;. l =
The report On sales of Fertilizers tax
tags for 1902. show that the fertilizers
sales in the State aggreEated $sst,oo0 tons
or, 5000 tons less than III 1901