The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-24
UNIVERSITY or NORTH CAROLTy1.
Handsome Donations Made TO the In. THU
tiOn-Opon TO BoIh sexes

RALEIGH. n. c., Feb. Especial
The trustees OF the University Of North
Carolina held meeting here to-day in
the Governors Office and transacted much
business of importance. The report Of
Treasurer Battle was read. and the fnan-
cal condition OF the institution was shown
TO be better than for many years The
presidents report. which was read and
ordered to be published. showed a gain
of lS7 students during the present admin
istration. OF the 3S5 students 3j2 are
from this State. The law school was
made regular department Of the uni
Versity and placed on the same footing
as other departments. ine establishment
OF summer normal school with univer-
sity course Of instruction was authorized,
and an appropriation made for the same.
This school is 10 begin July %. and
continue four weeks and is open TO both
sexes. The board accepted a proposition
Of the literary societies donating to the
university library their joint Libraries Of
twenty thousand volumes. The plan was
also adopted for raising a permanent il
brary endowment fund \ donation Of
Mrs. Willie L. Mangum, Of Washington, j..
G., Of valuable Chinese and japanese
ware and bronzes was accepted. \ coli
lection was made by Mr.. and Mrs. Man
gum, especially for the university. during
twenty years residence in those countries,
and presented by Mrs. Mangum IS
memorial TO her husband.
Ru :. for TO t-Bali Games.
The following resolutions in regard to
football were passed:
Resolved. That II is the sense Of the
board of trustees that the inter-college
games Of football on the part Of the
university be discouraged until massed
plays are forbidden, or the rules Of The
game so modified as to make it less
dangerous.
Resolved. That that total number Of
school days allowed for these sports shall
not seriously interfere with college duties.
Resolved. That attendance upOn games
at the other points by students not be
longing TO the team. or substitutes. be
forbidden. except upon written request
Of the father or guardian.
Two M.u Xii ed By an Explosion.
Two men were killed and another Sc
riously wounded by the explosion OF "A
boiler at j. +. Jordan's saw mill at CUR
Chatham county, yesterday. All the men
were colored. and one Of them was 'hr
engineer The accident occurred about il
O'Clock. Houses were shaken mile away
and fragments of the engine ana hlil
thrown distance Of five hundred yaIns.
Judge Winston sustains the injunction
restraining the officers Of the ROANOKE
and Southern railroad from the collectloh
of the bonds issued by the tow. Of stone
Vile, H. Rockingham county seNeru
years aeo. as part Of the capltal
stock of said road. The amount OF me
bonds was 5000. The case gees to the
Supreme Court.
Mr.. l. II. Foust. who mas Detn on iIlai
This week at Salisbury for embezzling
the funds Of the Vance cotton mills has
hecn found guilty. but sentence has not
VET been passed. An appeal will be taken
TO the Supreme Court The case against
rpust for elahezzling funds OF the First
National Bank while its cashier, Will not
como up this term
The Confederate Veterans Association.
Of Mecklenburg county az its meeting
yesterday, decided that they would take
an excursion this summer 10 the battle
fields around Richmond. \ committee was
appointed 20 arrange for rates OF trans
portation.
Two OF the Waldensians, who recently
came to this country and settled in Burke
county, were this week naturaliZed. They
are all Democrats.
Probably one of the largest orders ever
received by a North Carolina lumber
firm is now being filled by a lumber COM
pany of Aberdeen. Ii has closed con-
tract 10 furnish firm i'm Pittsburg. Pa,
with four million feet Of lumber In the
next four months. Aberdeen does the
largest lumber business I'm the state. II
is said that no less than 34c0 solid cars
OF freight were shipped from that point
last week.