The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-05
COLONEL FAISON DEAD
Hli Death Occurred In Oklahoma Yesterday
After Short Illness From Eryslpelas.
WAS INDIAN AGENT AT OKLAHOMA.
His Wife and SON on their why to
See Iim-Dcctied Ia Fnvor of
Crawford. SpIit I'm the PopuIist
Camp Democrats Arc vcrS Hope
fui-Acccpts IL Cnli TO Chapel IailI.

Raleigh, n. c., March 4.-(Special0-
The Republican State Committee will
not meet March 18th or any day near
that date. Grant. the member who
tries to force meeting. retires from
the attempt. He says IL Is for the sake
Of party harmony, as he feared Il rup-
tue. There Is much feeling between the
supporters of Russell and Dockery, and
the friends of the latter have said they
did not propose to allow Chairman Hat
ton 10 be bulldoZed by Grant or any
one else.
The jury in the $4,000 damage suit
brought by Secretary Treasurer Barnes
of the State Farmers Alliance against
cXcongrcssmau w. II. Crawford. re-
turned Il verdict In the superior Court
here last night In favor OF Crawford. on
AL the four sections of the complaint
So BARNES loses the second suit. the
first one having been for SANDER. He
says he will appeal to the Supreme Court.
y telegram late last nigh, To Ed
Chambers Smith from Oklahoma. said
that Colonel Paul i. Falson, Indian
| Agent, was expected to live only a fey;
hours. This confirmed II telegram from
| Secretary IIolee Smith. received early
| in the afternoon. Mrs. FEilson. and one
of her sons are now on the way tn Okla
| homa Colonel Faison Is we'll known
| in the State, particularly In the Roam
| olc section lie was for many years
/ superintendent III Tue quiz
u later telegram from Shawnee. Okla
| homa, received here tonight, says Colo.
| mel Paul r. Faison died there last nigh;
| of erysipcias. Colonel F'ason was ma
| tive OF North Carolina. was at West Poin.
| when the civil war began, became colonel
| of tho Fifty-SiXth NCTn Carolina infan-
| try. ami was for years superintendent Of
| the State penitentlnry and three years
| ago was appointed indian agent IN Ok
| lahona His age WAS &c years.
| a telegram from Il distinguished Re
| publican in New York to one here sayE
| Hiram l.. Grant will not get the place
of Sergeant at Arms of the United States
| Senate, of which he has felt so sure
General W. l.. Roberts arrived here
| last evening from Victoria. British Co
| lumbia where he Is Consul Mrs. RIB
| erts came from there with him and is
| with rcla lives In Gates county. General
| Roberts will be here two or three days.
| The directors of the insane asylum here
met to-day. They are much sraiiticd III
the many improvements of the building
| and grounds. There are 1884 patients.
] The health of these are unusually good.
| The Caucasian, Senator l!utler's pa per
| says to-day that the North Carolina
Ropulists will never fuse with machine
| Democrats.
! The war spirit Is extremely strong
here Many harsh things are said about
the President because III is not though;
| 10 he sufficiently warlke.
| Rev. Henry. GRADY Ferguson. of
| wnyresville Va hnr,n,.s nas,or or ,hn
! Hlptis; Church n; Chapel Hill
There was n second telegram from
l.dcn,on Yesterday afternoon In tho mil.
itary authorities here saving that Tho
negro shot by a white man there Mon
day was dying, and that further trouble
| seemed. snro ,rbornfnrn ,ha naval va.
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