Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-14
BREACH WIDENING.
a Address Charges Against the CON-
nistss- Railroad xotss-fhe 70.
baece Crop Drowned.

w.;sAn Of Labor have adjourned aiter
Z sSsuiou Of several days here. Their
procesdings we're kept very quiet, aud
sops have been divulged for pnblica.
ton. Up 10 this assemblags or con-
vspsjon there we're only local assem-
bliss, bat ct this meeting . State a..
ssmbIy vas formed and full set OF
ofVceys chosen. Representatives, TO
he General Assembly, which meets at
Richmond October 4th, we're also
chosen. John r. Ray, who has been
STATE organizer, and whose conduct has
caused much severe criticism, has iet
the State, and . new organizer has
beer chosen.
The Superior Court is in session at
Hillsboro'. Il was expected that TO-
day : noted trial would begin there--
that Of Ann Eliza Lawrence and John
Crawford, for the murder Of Mrs. Law
rsncs's husband by poisoning. The
case was to-day set for hearing ct the
November term Of the court, first week.
IADklNsN AL1Bf hVhD'
Considerable interest is felt in the
dsvsle pnents st the meeting Of stock.
holders of the Yadkin.V alley railroad
at Salisbury, September LIST. 1t is
claimed that English capitalists are DO.
hind the scheme, and that the road
taking Salisbury IS its centre will DO
extended into Virginia aud possibly
into South Carolina. Some time ago .
party of capitalists and officers OF the
Cane. Fear and Ysdkin-vall railroad
went to Wilmington and urged the Au-
thori.ies Of that city to subscribe for
1900, 900 In the bonds Of the road,
With the view to secure its speedy and
certain extension from fayetteville to
Wilmington. Since the matter was
thus brought forward, great interest
has been manifested in 1t. A meeting
of The aldermen Of Wilmington to
definitely determine tho matter was
held yesterday. A resolution was Of
fersd that . commission be appointed
with the full powers contemplated in
the act Of the General Assembly au-
thorizipg the city to subscribe to
bonds and purchase stock of the COM
psny. There was . long and lively
discussion pro and con. Finally the
vote was taken, resulting in 9 tie.
Mayor Hall cast the deciding vote IN
opposition to the resolution. He said,
in casting the vote, that he believed in
90 doing he Was subscribing the best in-
tsrssts Of the city by not increasing the
debt for railway subscriptions, and
thus ipjuriDg the city's credit ct .
critical time. That is the end Of the
scheme. The extension of the line to
Wilmington is not now at all probable.
DESPERATE FIGHT.
Near Concord yesterday there was
. desperate fight between Presley
Campbell and Charles Feltz, in which
the latter's skull was cleft open with
an axe and the brain exposed to view.
Campbell has fed, and Feltz is dying.
1t Was the old story Of whiskey and
qusrrel.
POLITICS.
To-day Hon. Thomas Settle wrote
to the managers of the Republican anti.
Mott faction that he favored the call
for . convention, and heartily endorsed
their action. 1t was discovered to-day
that j. w. Hardin, Of Graham, who is
. prominent Republican, had written a
letter urging that convention be
called to nominate State ticket and
elect new State Executive Committee.
This letter DR.. Mott, it is alleged, actu-
ally suppressed and declined to read
before the committee. b. F. Loftin, a
prominent Republican in Lenoir county,
wrote to-day that he endorsed
the call for . convention. Never
were the Republicans at such
dsggers' points. Mott is fairly
sxecrated. The call for convention
which is to-day being circulated ar
raigps the committee. 1t says: "lt
has always heretofore been the rule to
call convention to choose new com.
mittee, until it was wilfully, delibe-
fately, and premeditatively overridden,
trampled under foot, and ignored by the
State Committee. Why this betrayal
Of trust confded to the members Of the
State Committee? 1t will be observed
that only five members voted against
calling q convention. This is the mi
nority Of the committee. 70 permit
this decision Of the committee to stand
uuimpeached and unresisted would be
to assent to and approve Of the ostAo-
lishment Of minority rule in the gov
eminent of the Republican party OK"
actly IS is now the case in the admin
istrstion Of the county government un.
der the present Tory system IS erected
under the Constitution as amended
by the fraudulent Convention OF
1875" After these words the call
ends thus "For the purpose Of
preserving the organization Of the
party the undersigned request the
Republicans Of the several counties to
hold conventions strictly under the
plan Of organization, and elect dele
gates and slternates to Republican
State Convention to be held ct Raleigh
September 22d, to elect . new Stat
Committee to take into consideration
the nomination Of candidates for chic
iustice and associate justices Of tn
Supreme Court and for judges Of tn
Superior Court, and for the transaction
Of such other business IS the Convsn
ton may sdjudgs for the best interest
Of The party"
A NOTED CASE.
To-day at Hillsboro' the hearing Q
The Aabeas corpus case Of James II
Miller, the noted Raleigh gambler, 81
san before Judge Conner In chamber
fkomss O. Fuller and John Calling,
Raleigh, appeared for Miller, who ":
prsssnt 10 custody Of Dsputy-Sheri
Rogers. Deputy Clerk Upchurch,
vsii - the deputy sheriff were wi
nsssss. The Judge has not yet rel
dered his decision. No counsel .
pearsd for the State in the matter.
TOBACCO CROP.
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