The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-20
CYCLONE AT WALNUT cove.
ous Two Hundred Feet Long Passes Over
that Part Of North Carolina.
A PEOPLES PARTY MASS-MEbTING.
Resolutions Adopted Opposing Fusion with
Republicans - Gathering Addressed
by Democrat.

WINSTON, n. c., May ls.-Special.-A
cyclone, two hundred feet in width, pass
ed over Walnut Cove last evening, doing
considerable damage. A large tobacco
warehouse and other houses were blown
down.
The Episcopal Convention OF the Do
cese Of North Carolina concluded its an
nual session at $50 this afternoon. Hear
ing reports and passing resolutions was
the only important business transacted
to-day. Parochial reports given by the
Committee on the State of the Church
yield the following statistics: Number
OF families, 1926; number OF persons, S,ioo;
baptisms. infants, 42l; baptism, adults
ll6; total baptisns, $40; combinations,
500; communicates, 4.716: marriages, ll9;
burials, 200; teachers in Sunday schools,
500: scholars in Sunday schools, Al;
teachers in parish schools. 70; pupils.
432; church edifices. III; rectories, %; con-
trlbutions, $}5,s2476; value of church
property, $401 .376. The following statistics
are CLEANED from Bishop Cheshire's an
nual report to the convention: Visited
100 parishes, missions and other places;
ofiiciated l5S times In public services;
preached ii9 times and made IS addresses;
confirmed 1872 persons; baptized adults
and Q infants. married one couple and
offlciated at 3 funerals; consecrated ,
churches; ordained 3 deacons. and ad-
vanced one deason to the priesthood.
Peoples PARTY NETTING.
The Peoples party mass-meeting. an
nounced to be he'd here to-day for re-
organiza lion. was attended by about forty
Populists. Chairman J. J. Marshall called
the meeting 10 order. On motion. the
meeting for the reorganization was post
pone1 until June 9th. Junius Spease and
~ W. Bevil were the principal speakers.
Spease was in favor of inviting Tom
Watson Of Georgia, Marion Butler, Harry
Skinner or Buck Kitchen to attend the
next meeting and ventilate the questions
of greatest importance to the people.
The chairman was instructed TO invite
Thomas Watson for the next gathering.
During his remarks, Spease said that MIR.
Cleveland is the back bone Of The Demo
cratic party. and that II he and Senator
Ransom were dropped the party would be
no more. He said the Republicans were
responsible for the panic Of 1873 by de-
monetzng silver, and that the Democrats
were responsible for this panic by kill
ing free silver. He overlooked the fact
that the panic was on when the silver
bill passed He said that Zeb. Vance
and the Populsts fought for the uncondi-
tional repeal Of the purchasing clause of
the Sherman act like Washington did
for our Independence but that the late
Senator and the POpulists were too much
in the minority to accomplish anything.
NO FUsING WITH REPUBLICANS.
J. A. Transean made a talk about Pop
ulists fusing with the Republicans. He
said the Peoples party was in the middle
of the road. and proposed to stay there.
He introduced a resolution opposing flu
sion with the Republicans or any other
party. The resolution was unanimously
adopted. The resolution was death
knel to a number of Republican office
seekers who were present.
leading member OF the Third party
admitted to-day that the Republicans
were very "hur cry" and had been max
ing bids for fusion. After passing the
resolution an invitation was extended TO
Hon. c. 3. Watson. Democratic law
yer. to address the meeting. He accepted.
He said It was the first time he ever