Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-24
a JOINT CANVASS.
FcwIe and Doekery Make Their Fine
Arrangemepts-FOu Dead in
n ROaf. &c.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l


RALEIGH. n. C.. July 23.-Judge Fowle
and o. II. Dockery met here to-day and had
consultation concerning Joint canvass
OF the State. IL was agreed That the Joint
discussion should not be regularly com
menced until after August oath. that the ap-
pointmenis made for Judge FOwle up TO
that time by the State Executive Committee
should stand, and thct each should have the
privilege OF meeting the other at any place
at which one might be speaking and divide
the time under equal conditions. After
August oath a regular JOINT canvass will be
commenced by agreement, the places aud
dates to be arranged by two special referees,
r. II. Battle, Esq, representing judge
Fowle, and Thomas Purnell representing
Colonel Dockery. Special referee business
was agreed 10 tina. Dockery might have no
possible excuse for backing out, be having
once said that he would not agree to the
technical" manGuNrings OF the Executive
Committee.
The sentence OF death OF four negroes
who were to be hanged IN Durham on AL.
oust I'd was commu,ed by the Governor TO
Ten Years Imprisonment. They were Dave
Simmons, York Gibson, Henry Battle, and
John Justice. The CRIME was an attempt to
commit an assault. They would have hung
had the character OF the prosecutriX stood
examination.
Cross and White have been in Jail since
Saturday. They are making efforts to give
| a bond Of $4,000 each for appearance at the
| next term Of court. IL ia said that Cross
is about ready. In the appeal taken to the
Supreme Court SPECIAL argument Will be
again made as to whether the State courts
have jurisdiction in the case. Statements
written by Cross and by White and read in
the courtroom on Saturday are commented
on with interest. The statement OF Cross
has been published. Whites is expected To
appear this week In the Raleigh signal
in full. 1t contains ugly nsnus-
tions concerning parties who have from
time to time been connected with the bank
for twenty years past.
Members of the legal profession think II
Whites statements are true IL will be the
duty Of the United states District Attorney
10 bring charges of violation OF the national
banking laws against the parties concerned
| and have strict hearing. Ii is thought that
before the trial Developments OF more
startling character than any heretofore made
will occur.
Mrs. Jerome Cook. Of CASTOR county,
| while laboring under spell OF insanity on
| Saturday, shot her son, killing him instantly.
| She was sent TO the insane asylum next day,
! OF which place she was formerly an inmate.
Yesterday III Henderson county couple
| IN haste 10 get married sent across the South
| Carolina line for a notary 10 perform the
ceremony quickly. The notary came and
tied the knot. After he left the basty couple
fouad that their proceeding was not legal
and that the marriage was void. The groom
wanted to send for q minister TO tie the
| knot next time, but the prospective bride
| looked on the first failure as bad omen and
nAtly refused TO duplicate the ceremony.
| She returned to her home. The would-be
groom has confined himself to bis room, re-
| fusing TO eat or see any one.
j. Brinkley, Waterman at Walkers lum-
ber-yard aud log-pend, in Washington
county, was found dead in a little boat which
was drifting landward with the tide day or
two since. 1t is not known whether he was
killed or whether he died from natural
| causes.
Asheville will hold grand Democratic
ratification meeting on Wednesday. She
proposes 10 entertain 10000 people.
A special detail OF two hundred mounted
and uniformed members OF Swannanoa
Democratic Club VIII escort the candidates
and speakers in the line OF march.
| Tomorrow Is grand-reyiew day at
Wrightsyille epcampment. Governor Scales
went down to-day TO review the troops In
grand march.