Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-26
RALEIGH'S BUDGET.
HE HAS NOT BEEN PUSHING JUDGE
CLARKE.
Did Not Want Mexican Money Tor
His Cotton-Dig MiIis-Dcmocratic
state Committec-Person IN"
General Notes.
General Notes.

RALEIGH. February 25.-(special)-
Secretary Braner OF the Agriculture
Department. and Curator Brimley' Oh
the State Museum. LEAVE tomorrow Tor
the New Berne fair. and VIII enueaNo'
TO procure number of specimens OF nirds
and animals for the museum: aiso' any
other available specimens.
The rumor which was current here that
Ohio Wilson and j. c. l.. Harris "eI'
nushing Associate-Justice Walter Clark
for the gubernatorlal nomination Is ue-
MED by them both. Mr.. Wilson says DC
has NOT .'boomed" Judge Clark, nor mas
ne doomed anybody. He says AT the SAM
time that there Is no man he likes pet
ter than Judge Clark.
H. c. Cowles. OF the Republican Ma
tional Committee; John B. Evans, a. e.
HoIton, Archibald Brady, and Claudius
Dockery. all Republicans OF prominence
have Just had a conference. DockeFy ar
rived here to-day.
Some Of the Republicans are beginning
to say openly that they suspect senator
Butler. ...
w. A. Guthrie, who was at Washington,
at the silver conference last week. was
here to-day, and says he firmly oelleVes
all the free silver advocates in this STATE
will get together.
Among to-day's arrivals here are James
p Young. Henderson; Walker Taylor
wilmington; W. c. Monroe, Goldsboro.
THE DIFFERENCE.
A farmer in this county was speaking
to a dealer yesterday about the state
u gapfE nOun0
in Mexico. The dealer (Mr. Charles T..
Johnson said: How many bales nave
you?" Seventy" was the reply.
will give you 10. yes. Il cents pound
and pay you In Mexican money said MI.
Johnson. NO. indeed" said the farmer;
II want money with the United States
Government stamp on 1T
The students of the Centennial Puohc
School here yesterday presented 1t a
portrait Of Washington. Mr.. y. B.
Broughton made the speech
There are now $50 cadets at the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College here.
Lieutenant Barnes is Instructor in tao
ties.
The big cotton-mill OF the Hollis. at Fay
etteviHe is nearly completed. The same
architect is preparing the plan Tor the
Evaporatiye mill.
one Of the largest II not the largest
cotton-mil in this State has paid 60 per
cent. in the past two years. one OF its
directors makes the statement.
BRIEFS.
The Durham Recorder. which was re-
moved to Hillsboro, returns TO Dur
ham.
The State Convention Of the Junior
order Of United American Mechanics IS
in session at Charlotte, with thirty dele
gates in attendance.
The statement was recently made that
the Democratic State Committee Is
equally divided on the gold and silver
question. The State chairman. ]. II.
Pou. writes your correspondent that this
IS an error: that the committee was
divided as nearly as possible between
the administration" and "anti-adminis-
tration" Democrats, recognizing both
factions in the party. He says he does
not know how the committee stands on
the currency question. but II he were 10
guess, would say a majority was for
silver.
The Baptists are planning TO send a
man North TO solicit aid for the en-
dowment fund of their female university
here.
Mr. Ed. Chambers Smith says that the
names of no persons were mentioned for
offices at the meeting he and Captain
r. b. PEBBLES had at Washington with
Senator Butler and DR.. Mott.
In the Superior Court here to-day, Mrs.
Fannie Mitchell was granted an absO ute
divorce from Allen p. Mitchell. formerly
OF Henderson. now Of Richmond county.
Governor Carr left for Washington this
afternoon 10 attend the funeral OF Mrs,
Mary Van Riswick, mother of Mrs. VII
liam Kearney Carr. The Governor re-
turns here Thursday