The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c.. November "a.

Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c., November "A.
In the supreme court today A. c.
Avery, of counsel for L. c. Caldwell,
who is Governor Russelrs appointee as
| chairman Of the railway commission.
made a motion to advance the case on
the court below, yet took the remarka-
bic step OF himself docketing it in the
supreme court. Robert 0. Burton, OF
counsel for James w. Wilson, whom
| Caldwell seeks to oust as chairman,
said this morning that the question was
raised whether Caldwell, the winner Of
the suit, had a right to bring al appeal
at this term, when the defendant Will
son has a right to bring it to the next
term, IL he thinks proper.
Speaker Hileman. who wants to be
congressman from the Seventh district,
went home yesterday, after surveying
the political field three days. He avs
he finds all three of the parties badly
tangled. He declined to say whethe
he thought the populists would again
fuse with the republicans and declar-
ed they are waiting to see whether the
democratic state committee was going
to do the foo thing" When asked
what he meant by this he said "allow
themselves to be dominated by the gold
bugs" He made the boast Of his be-
lief that the "populistS can whip the
democrats" but declined to say wheth-
| or ha fh0r1Oht the former had gained
or lost strength since the last cam
paign. He knows very we'll that the
losses lave been very great n that
only a small force is now left.
The loading of the rolling EXPOSE
ton car is in progress here under the
supervision of T. K. Brunei The hor-
ticultural exhibit, specially prepared
by Herbert Brimley, is superb, and
the agricultural exhibit is the pick of
all the fairs held this year in the state.
Not many articles will be taken from
the state museum, Mr.. Bruner
in fact, only duplicates or duplicates.
Robert w. Furman, editor Of the new
morning paper here, arrived today from
Asheville. He thinks the next cam
paign will be d very lively one, and so
it certainly seems. There are people
who say the campaign has virtually
already begun.
Raleigh will, no doubt, be the mex
place in he state to have a paid fire
department. FNr years its volunteer
department has had a deservedly high
reputation, yet there are many reasons
for having a paid department, although
it will be more costly.
Rev. DR.. Rumple, of Salisbury, con-
Quoted the services at the funeral of
Rev. DR.. Smith at Greensboro yester-
day.
There are to be no further indict-
ments of delinquent taxpayers in the
state until the test case made up by
consent in JOhstOn county is settled
by the supreme court.
Evangelist Bill Fife tells the people
of Lexington that it has been revealed
to him that unless the people of that
place get on their knees in sackcloth
and ashes, a plague will visit them
within ninety days. A we'll known cit
izen says he ought to have waited until
spring before making such a prophecy,
so as to give the unfortunate people
the benefit of warm weather.
OF the seventy-one railways and
branches in this state, fifteen are in
the Southern system, fourteen in the
Atlantic Coast Line, twelve in the Sea-
board Air Line and thirty are miscel-
laneous. The road with least mileage
III NAAS q ~ IAN WIN
ern, which has only three-quarters of
a mile; the longest the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley, with 331 miles; the next
longest the Carolina Central, with 264
miles.
Great fires are raging in the moun-
tains in Mcdowell, Mitchell and Yam
cey counties, where no rain has fallen
in a month, and the vast slopes OF
Black mountain, the Hottest peak east
- {ho Dooly;no o~o &orol1x ~x,o~ ~
fire.
Maxy l.. John, one of the counsel fol-
John Evans, Of Rockingham, lays be-
fore the governor a number of affida-
Wits and petitions for respite. Some
other petitions also were filed yester-
day and today.
In the arrangement of documents
now in progress in the office of the
state auditor all the letters are grouped
according to years. Those from men
prominent in the war Of the Revolution
have been specially arranged in a
group. There are autograph letters
Jefferson, Brevard, Abner Nash, Har-
rington, Jethro Sumner, Gates, 10
Martin, Blount, Caswell, Hewes, Rowan
and many others. There is a letter
from Cosmo di Medici, who was in the
state military service. The North Car
Olinians, in the war returns, made his
name Cosimo de Medeachy, and so ii
appears in the printed lists.
The report of the labor commissions
will show that there are twenty-five
electric light companies in the state
eight telephone companies, thirteer
telephone exchanges, seven electric
street railways.
Neutrality-suspicious. who suffer from
coughs and colds should heed the
warnings Of danger and save them.
selves suffering and fatal results BY