Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-11-18
DON BAIN'S DEATH.
NORTH cARoLlNps CAPITOL HeAv-
ILY DRApep IN MOURNING.
Resolutions Of sympathy Adopted by the
Council OF state-ClaudeF r. Wilson stin
Missing-other State Affairs.
rspec,,l ,olegrarn 70 the pIspatch.l

RALEIGH, N. C., November 17.-This morning
tho State buildings were closed. Tho rotunds
OF the Capitol was heavily draped In mourninE'
as was also the Treasury Department Al 3'3o
O'clock this afternoon the remains oil state
Treasurer Donald W. Balm were escorted by fne
various State officers from his late residence 10
the Capitol, and are now lying In state In the
Inter building, being In the centre OF the ro-
tunda.
This morning Grand Master OF Masons II. A.:
Gudgor, Of Asheville. arrived 70 take charge OF
the funeral arrangements. he 2ruers sp1e,sat go
communication OF the Grand Lodge a. l:fo
notable gathering OF Masons- The Odd-f fellows
will also parade, and the Methodist Episcopai
Church, South, will be ofilcially represented.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
This morning the Council Of State met, Gov.
ernor Holt presiding. lie spoke with feeling OF
the death OF MI. Balm. the second 20 occur s snls
week. Remarks were made by several members
Of the council, and the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolred, That in the death Of ID. w. Balm,
State Treasurer, the State has lost most talth-
ful and efficient ofncer, and one OF her most
valuable citizens, and that the sympathy OF the
Governor and his council be extended 10 tne
bereaved family.
council respectfully request that the remains OF
Mr. Balm be laid In state in the rotunda OF the
Capitol pending the anal arrangements Tor
burial.
THE FAMILY GRArIFIED
These resolutions we're sent II. NJ. Cowen. CHIEF
clerk OF the Treasury Department. who replied
as follows: "Your communication conveying 70
me the action OF the Council OF State In regard
TO the death OF Donald w. Balm, late state lrea-
surer, has been presented 10 his family, ana
they are gratified and touched by this manlfes-
tation of the great esteem Ia which ne was neld
by his associates In officc. Approaching IN" re-
spect desired 10 be shown his memory tney
yield 10 the wishes Of the council"
NOTHING HEARD OF HIN.
Editor Josephus Daniels, OF tho North Caro-
haidR, who is part owner OF the Wilson Ad-
rdnce, returned to-day from that town aud says
not one word has been heard OF tho missing
editor OF the Wilson AdrdRoe, Claude +. wilson.
Of his insanity there appears now 70 be no doupt:
News reached here to-day OF the suicide OF
Baxter c. Cheshire, a young white man, in
Rowan county. He shot himself through the
brain with a revolver buhet
The appointment OF q new State Treasurer
will probably be made Saturday. The appointee,
as well as the new Chief-.Justice and Associate
Justice. will hold Office until January, 1895, as
they Will be voted for at the election IN 1894.
VALUE OF vorBs.
The assertion is made, with proof, that In the
Eighth Congressional District, where the Repub-
licaDs had much money, as much as 81 vote
was paid by that party.
There was a fashiona bic marriage at Hillsboro'
last night, the contracting parties being william
L. Wall, Of Durham, and Miss Annie Cameron
Collins, OF BillsDoro'.