Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-17
NORTH CAROLINA.
A BIG CELEBRATION ON ROANOKE
ISLAND.
Remarkable Strike Of convicts; Trying
to starve Them 0ut-Death
in q Well.
,sp,c,,, ,.,esr.m 10 the p,spe,cn.I

Davidson College the annual address De-
fore the graduating class was delivered bY
Hon. William NJ. Robbins, OF statesfiIie.
This afternoon the Alumni Association met
and there was considerable specch'maelng'
IL was stated that the Affairs OF the college
are IN more prosperous CONDITION thah
since 1861. and the prospects are very en-.
couraging. Al one time II was feared that
the college would have 10 suspend its ~ors'
That fear Is now happily removed. All we
North Carolina colleges now begin 10 en-
10y prosperity unknown Tor years.
Governor Seahs lett for Davidson Coiiege
to. DAY. He will arrive tomorrow MORNING.
and will present the medals
ON .IuIy 5tb there will be a celebration on
Roanoke island 81 the landing Of the Anglo,
Saxons on the island. The Declaration OF
American independence will be read, ana
there u IN also be III historical address IN
honor OF Sir Waiter Raleigh and ms Two
captains. -, ,l,o
,ocaLoptIon election in Cuihtuck county.
Prohibition was defeated by vote OF 4ov
aasins, 3sg. Two ownsbips-Fiuitytlie
"a ponniar Branch--yoted for prOhibl.
lion. and three against II. The Prohib'.
t,cnists. while defeated. are not discouraged
by the result. H., $3.50,
The Associated-Press dispatch gives you
news Of curious strike OF the cOnvlcts on
the Pitshoro' railroad. To-day all save
seventeen declined 10 work or 10 come OUT
OF their stockadc. The Others got no iood,
IN accordance with the pan OF actloh
agreed on. The instructions are that IL tne
conyicts make any demonstrations 10 sDoo'
them dead. The convicts sara tley "eiS
senienced 10 work la the penitcntiary, ana
Il. rUtNlYf
wcro willing 10 work in the penltentlary.
iatcr they said they had found Cincinnati
paner which contained statement thAt
nntv murdereTs could be made To work.
Tbis shows. and they confess. thai the hr't
statements we're lies. IL l. expected tnat
by Tomorrow the spirit Of convictS viii he
broken. They are. as they acknowledge,
wc,l fed. clothed. and treated. The warden
~ the nenltcntiary. who il yet present, ha'
tho conyicis under control In all other re-
sn.ci.. These convicls, like all Others in
The state. are worked directly under the
supcryision Of the penitentiary authorities.
There nav be trouble at the annual meet
ing OF The stockholders Of The Atlantic ana
North Carolina railroad. some persons are
making earnest attempts to overtime" me
present management. Lenoir county, the
holder II large number OF shares oil inc
STOCK IN the TOau, oHtiN tuth i'i H"''
IL is barely possible, after oil, that an
encampmcnt u State troops will be held
tins summer. The Acknowledgement eN-
Drcsscs She belief that the railway c0mpa-
mics nav grant nominal rates for trans
portatOn. The state will not have over
$1,000 available.
Rev. Dr. Talmagc. OF Brooklyn. writes
thai he will arrive at Ashcyille, July 10Th.
A.. 1t. ltp i'll address
college near there.
Last autumn there was a boom in mica
IN Mitchell county. 1t has exploded, and
that business i now fdttcr than in long
time past. Great quantities Of inca are
now stored at New York.
TODAY the Board Of Directors OF the
state penitenliary met all nine members
beinp present. Reports showed the actual
number Of conVicts 10 be one thousand
three hundred aud siXty-seNen. TINS !.
the greatest number on record here. Not
oui,e three hundred are white. Only cisht
are ~ bite females. Application was mlde
for conyicts to grade the railroad from some
point on the Raleigh and Augusta railtoid,
sIther WindCr or .J0ncSboro'. 10 Carthage.
This will be granted. The health Of con-
yicts in general was reported as excellent.
Tie Board endorsed the means taken To
subdue the rebelliOus cOnyicts on the fItiS-
boro' railroad.
Secretary-oi-State Saunders went o More
head to-day. His health is poor, and he
hopes for benefit from the sea air. Large
numbers OF members Of the state Press AS
soclatlon passed here to-day en- route 10
Norebead. The Convention assemblies al
10 O'Clock tomorrow. y. y. Robinson, oil
Charlotte, is president, and }. II. Lindsay,
n al gfstTX
EXPECT "a leave Sunday for Washington
II. &.
This morning there was ire at Manly.
which destroyed the residence OF Post
master Buchan.
The prohibition discussion Is revived
hear. Dealers in vinous and malt liquors
claim that they are not forbidden by the
Iocal.option law 10 sell either, but that the
law applies only TO spirituOuS liquors.
They are in doubt how To bring the
matter TO test. rs they fear the
county Will issue 10 licenses whatever.
Every possible means will be taken to throw
the case INTO the Supreme Court. Most oil
the lawyers here say that the law applies
only TO spirituous liquors. That class OF
dealers are rapidly selling out their stocks
which had been light in expectation OF
prohibition victory. There are thirty-seven
bar.rooms. Some will close in aiew days.
Some owners are going TO Norfolk, Lynch
burg, and Durham, and Others are gong
entirely out OF the business.
Every cXertion il being made to secure
communication Of the sentence OF Go0ch anu
Smith, the two white men who murdered
John A. Chatham. Printed blanks ioi
signatures are being circulated all over Inc
city and In the country, and signatures are
rapidly obtained. Counsel for prisoners
say there will be 5000 signatures. Inc!
hope ~ get the sentence commuted iron
death to ten years in the penitenuary.
At RidgeVille, Durham county, WINE
Mathew Evans (culored) was a, the ootton
oiawell it caved in and he was crushed Y
death. II was six hours before bis Dod!
could be taken out.
The grand jury at Asheville TueSda.
found true hill against Cammell Black
charged with the murder OF CALVIN presley
The defendant, who is only eleven years
age. was arraigned for uial to-day.
The great iron bridge over Cape Fea
river al Fayetteville will be completed 10