The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-04
THE OFFICERS CHOSEN
nv GRAND COUNCIL OF Hof~I
<KCANUx Ar EALEi'H'
.xcon,ributes So for the vance MOI
un.n,-ssrious Rear End COLLISION"
North State News.

RALEIGH, n. C., May S'-Spe'"'
Grand Council Of the Royal Arcanum' no"
IN session here, met this morning anu
elected the following officers
T. ]. GIL, of Louisburg. grand regent
II. c. Dockery, grand vice-reseh'' H. ~
Gilman grand orator; w. b. Boyd OF
New Berne, grand secretary; A. ~ Fo"e'i'
OF Raleigh. grand treasurer; W. r r''u".
tree grand chaplain; Ed. Zoeller, grand
guide: Charles Dewey, grand warden d.
T.. Lamprecht. grand sentry. o. J. H. tii'''
Thomas w. Branch and p. c. Carlton are
amounted trustees; ]. Howell Way repre-
sentative. and II. h. Adams alternate
After the officers were installed supreme
Regent Miller, OF Chicago. delivered an
address. Reports Of the officers showed
the increase I'm membership during the
year TO be 40. During the year there
have been twelve deaths, 30 that thirty
six thousand dollars have been paid out
three thousand in each case. The amount
collected for widows and Orphants bene-
fit fund was thirty-fve thousand, while
the balance in the hands of the treasurer
II soSi. Greensboro was chosen as the
next place Of meeting, and the time. May
s. 1895. There was a banquet at the
Marlboro tonight
REAR END COLLISION.
About o'clock this morning six cars
OF inc, ming freight from Hamlet were
derailed, and three of them completely
destroyed by a rear end collision Of
several cars which had broken loose on
a heavy grade about a mile from the city
The cars were loaded with cotton and
paving stones, and had gained a fearful
impetus. but no one was hurt. The wreck
was not completely cleared away until
about noon.
The first contribution to the Vance
Memorial Association outside of the city
was a hve-dollar check, sent to Governor
Carr. its president. to-day. by a colored
man Jason II. Smith. OF New Berne. He
also writes a letter in which he speaks
In the highest terms Of Senator Vance.
Henry Fletcher. a bar-keeper at New
Berne. committed suicide yesterday morn
ing by taking morphine.
1t Is now almost certain that a number
OF workmen I'm the SeabOard Air Line
shops here will this week be dropped
from the rolls Some Of the officers OF
the road have already resigned, and 1t
is likely that the offices will remain
vacant.
TEr sAI~ VIII Not STAND.
It IS not expected that the sale OF the
Raleigh street-railway yesterday will be
confirmed, as several parties have al
ready expressed their determination or
raising the bid. The price at which 1t
was sold was ridiculousy low.
The number of petty offenders bound
over TO the Federal Court i'm the Western
district has become 50 large the United
States Attorney-General. Glenn. has adj
dressed a letter 10 the commissioners,
urging that they be more careful. lie
says that I'm their anxiety for fees, and
sometimes through personal spite, they
are sending up for trial frivolous cases
that should never find a place on the
docket.
The United States Government is now
carrying on a series Of experiments at
New Berne. under an expert, to dis
cover whether Texas fever in cattle can
be prevented by vaccination. The test IS
a severe one. and IL It proves successful
will pretty thoroughly establish the fact
that a way has been found by which
northern cattle can be brought South with
impunlty.
To HEMoYE TIP r. AND n. SIC g.
II is now stated on good authority that
the Richmond and Danville railroad shops
now located at Manchester. Va, will be
removed 10 Charlotte before the close or
the present summer. The reason for the
change is that Charlotte IS a more CEN
tral point II is the present intention or
the company 10 begin the work OF re-
moval about August LIST. and within
few months have the gigantic plant COM
plete.
There Is talk Of erecting a spoke. han
die and shuttle factory at Wilkesboro.
Judge Schenck. president Of the Gull
ford Battle Ground Association, is pre-
pairing a series Of biographical sketches
OF number Of North Carolnans VINO
were prominent in the revolution. These
sketches are being compiled from ofticial
records at Washington, and will be given
TO the press as soon as completed.
Representative Bower has appointed
Henry W. Butner. Of Surry county, mill
tary cadet to West Point from the Eighth
district.