Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-24
.RALEIGn'S BUDGET.
RIG FALLING OFF IN THE DrsTILL-
ING BUSINESS.
Comparative Collection Figures
Killed at Negro Picnic--The Mill
tary Ordered Under Arms-PoIiti-
caI--Personal and General.

RALEIGH, N. c.. July 23.-(SpeciaL)-
trict over 900 registered dlstilleries OF
fruit brandy. This year there will hardly
be over 80. the revenue officers say. There
are 125 registered whiskey distllleries In
tho district. AS to Illicit dlstilling. 1t is
officially stated that there are not half
as many Illicit distilleries as there were
In 1895. The officers have been very ac-
tive In capturing stills and destroying
them. The force of deputies under
charge of the Greensboro agent in jan
uary, 1895, destroyed rs distilleries. That
broke the record for one month. The col
lections this year. as compared with last
year. are y4,O7o.s3s to sl.O547oS. OF this dis
titled spirits paid s20s0l7 and s156,1e5. re-
spectivey; tobacco. cigarettes. &c. s8e0i75
and ss9l. 2o3. The price Of illicitly-made
whiskey at government sales has fallen
from sl.25 per gallon to $1.l6
Governor Carr and family left for the
western part of the State to-day to re-
main some time.
Yesterday afternoon, at a negro picnic
ored) was killed by a blow on the head
with a stick, and James A. Moore, son
of ex-Sheriff James A. Moore, a noted
Republican politician of Franklin coun-
ty, was arrested and lodged In jail at
Franklinton, charged with the murder.
MILITARY ORDERED OUT.
IT seems that trouble followed and that
rioting was imminent, for this morning
the Adjutant- General received the follow
ing telegram from Captain w. l.. McGhee,
commanding the infantry company at
Franklinton: Pursuant to call OF Mayor,
my company has assembled at its .armory,
subject to orders" Adjutant-G General
Cameron teegraphed in reply: your ac-
ton in assembling your company at the
call of the Mayor is approved. Report
TO and consult with him in regard TO
further action, and keep this office i'm
formed by telegraph of your further move
ments."
Mrs. Walter Clark, who he's been very
sick is convalescIng.
Mrs. Ohio Wilson and son, who have
been sick with fever. are rapidly recover
ing, under the remarkably effective treat
ment at the Rex Hospital, here.
The secretary TO the Railway Commits
sion will next week send out the assess
ment Of railway property in the various
cities, towns, and counties.
| During this month only four convicts
have arrived at the penitentiary.
POLITICAL
James II. Young, member of the Repub-
! iican State Committee says there will be
no Mckinley electoral ticket in the field
| in North Carolina, but that there will be
two silver tickets. John Nichols says that
there will be a Mckinley electoral ticket,
and that he knows whereof he speaks
Ohio Wilson PopulisD says: at looks TO
be very sensible that there should be a
Populist Bryan ticket and Democratic
Bryan ticket. told you three weeks ago
| the Populist5 would cast the electoral
vote of North Carolina. Mckinley will
not get the vote of this State" Wilson
says the Silver party has only dele
gates and about 100 voters in North Caro-
lima. 1t exists only I'm Burke, Onslow,
| Greene. and New Hanover counties.
It is said that snow fell in Duplin coun-
| ~ last week.
Governor Carr is asked to make requisi-
ton for Joe Myers. of Charlotte the de-
| faulting collector for the Seaboard Air
Line at Charlotte, who was captured at
New York yesterday with Mrs. Bissonette.