Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-21
TRINITY COLLEGE.
VISITING SITES FOR 1.-THE EXPOSE
TfON-COvERNOR'S MANSION.
Baptist state Conventional Dastardiy
Murder-Lynchers Denouneed-Four
Hundred Conversions-robacco
Pack-House Burned.
Especial telegram to tho Dispstch.l

RALRrGH, N. c.. September 20.--Trinity
| College Location Committee was here yes
| terday, and during the morning drove out
to all the proposed sites for the institution.
/ In the afternoon they met and took the
removal Of the college matters connected
| Herewith under consideration. They did
/ not make q choice OF site: preterring TO
/ defer this matter sill later on. A sub-com-
mittee was appointed % confer with tho
architects TO ascertain if such buildings
as the college needed could be built for
the amount of money given by the city of
! Raleigh (S20.5O0 and a site). This commit
tee will make its report at q meeting. OF the
| ioint committee OF the college and city,
! which will be held on call by Chairman
Crowell president of the college.
rHE EXPOSITION BUILDING.
Mr.. ]. s. Carr, Of Durham, offers TO pay
for the covering Of the roof of one wing of
the large exposition building If the citizens
OF Raleigh will raise money TO cover the
other two. The whole building will be
needed for the fair.
It has been determined by the Council Of
| the State TO have the work az once re:
sumed on the Governors mansion, and
push the building as near 10 completion aa
/ available funds will admit of.
Governor Fowle has requested Colonel
! W. J. Hicks, architect of the State peni-
tentiary, to get ready TO proceed with the
work as soon as possible.
| IT is hoped that the mansion may be
ready for occupancy by the ist of January
or sooner.
Major X. S. Tucker left this morning for
California to look after some investments
he recently made out there.
Il is expected that the Oxford Orphan
Asylum will occupy space IN the building
I NJ a. foir for "a industrial lfgnlnV.
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION.
The BAPTIST State Convention will meet in
Henderson November 18th. The body IS one
/ of the oldest and most influential Chris
| tiau organizations in the State. The ter
ritory extends over the whole of that por-
tion of the State living east Of the noun
tains. Five hundred members are eX-
pected, besides the representatives of the
! denominational bodies and distinguished
visitors from other States.
Experts who were in Moore county last
week looking after brownstone Quarres
! there pronounce the stone on the place as
superior TO any they have seen IN any por-
| ton of the United States for building pur-
poses. They say this stone will sell for as
much as marble, and ID more fashionable
and therefore in greater demand.
FOUL MURDER.
4 foul murder which occurred in Moore
county a few days ago ~ just reported.
| Mrs. Stone. who is about eighty years old,
and a colored woman We're the only occu-
pants of the house. About 10 o'clock Mrs.
/ Stone saws a man came 20 the house and
demanded admittance. The negro woman
| threatened to shoot him If ne didn't leave.
! He pushed the door open and shot her
/ down. He then went into the adjoining
room where Mrs. Stone was and demanded
money and threatened to kill her II she
/ didn't give it to him. She told him there
was no money there. He then jumped on
| her and choked her and beat her IN tho
/ face and then left. She says he struck a
match while IN the roomand there was "a ht-
/ tie blaze in the fireplace, but she couldn,t
/ tell whether he WAS white or colored
/ Bette Johnson. the murdered woman, was
/ shot in the mouth and abdomen.
! About 500 OF the citizens OF Union
/ county assembled in mass-meeting IN Mon.
/ roe one day this week and IN unmeasured
/ terms denounced the recent lynchng. Of
| Frank Stack in MOrganton, and called
upon the Governor of the State 70 take
action 10 bring the lvnchefs TO justice.
The Young Mems Christian Association
| building of Charlotte Will be dedicated by
| the evangelist Mr.. Pearson next Sunday
afternoon. The exercises begin at 4:lt
| o'clock.
THE DRUMMER EVANGELIST.
! W.P. Fife, the drummer evangelist, ha'
! closed the meeting at Rockingham Will
nearly 400 conversions.
Steve Jacobs, an escaped felon of Rich
! mOnd county for whose Apprehension q
| considerable reward had been offered, was
/ captured few days since and carried 20
| LOuisburg thence be was conveyed to
/ Rockingham for trial.
! Mr. James Satterwhito, of Henderson,
/ had pack-houso containing thirteen barns
of tobacco burned last night. Much 0t hi-
| best tobacco was stored away IN lt, all oi
which is a total loss had 40 insurance.
| The origin of the fire is unknown. The
| theory IL that there must have boon some
Goals Of fire in a blanket that had been
used about the curing barns and winch
was folded up and thrown into the pack
/ house.
There was tragedy in Davie county
Monday morning. For some time there
has been feud between Daniel Call and
| j.. o. COrnafzer, of that county. Monday
morning Call in passing COrnafzer'a house
cursed and abused him. whereup0n Corn
afzer went IN and got his gun, and return
inc shot Call, who died shortly thereafter.
COrnafzer then fed and at last accounts
had not been apprehended. The iacts rs
TO the circumstances leading up u the
homicide are Calls dying declaration.
A special from Salisbury last night says
w. 5. Cole, president of the First National
Bank Of Salisbury, died there at o'clock;
He was about scventy-seyon years old, and
was in feeble health at the time Of his
death. He was stricken with paralysis
some months ago, from which he only par
tally recovered.
There are now four persons confined in
the Asheyille jail VINO are TO be tired az the
next term Of the Criminal Court, which
conyenes October 18th. for murder Ballew
and wife for child-murder; Foro. for the
murder Of Lunsford at the Turkey-Cree K
camp-meeting, and Berry fort the murder OF
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