The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-27
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
DEEP REGRLT OYER
TREISURER IATE'S DEATH.
Senators Butler snd Pritchard Have not
Made up-Ths Railroad Commission
at Work-Personal Notes.

RALEIGH. ". c., June 26.-Speciai-
The death of eX-State Treasurer Sdmuei
Mcdowell Tate of Morganton, causes
deem regret all over the State. particular
Il, among the ex-Confederatcs. lie was
a very gallant soldier. At Gettysburg
AS colonel OF the Sixth Nortn Iafohha
Regiment, he passed through u gap III
the famous stone wall ana WIN hIS Z
voiver killed six men. lie told me this
himself. His statement was cohnfmeu'
He had nanked a line Of men lying down
and amrtied every chamber Of his revolt
yer as quickly as the weapon couia 10
fred.
Managing Editor II. G.. Rivers, or SEN
ator Rutler's paper, the Caucasian Gays
| the reports hat IL was 10 dlNlue WIN
! Rarnes as TO the public printing. are IN
| accurate. but that they came from 'he
fact that Barnes Brothers, needing d
press and gas engine has taken those vi
the Caucasion and hat the TWO oinceS
will be operated together ne ues'"'
that this is all the Caucasion has IN "
,hst 4, means a SAVING OF rent, and some
returns on proncrty: as the plant VIII an
be taken 10 Barnes office. Rivers says
he wishes the Caucasion did have nan
the public printing.
Next week the penitontiary supeilh,ehu-
cnt will go TO the line Of the prop"Ss" -.
tension OF the Carthage railway 10 sec
what tho amount OF work VIII ne i"o
president of the road. w. 9. Potty wants
only nfty convicts. but superintendent
Smith says he wants TO put on one nun
dred and finish the eleven miles during
August when there Is no crop WIN ."
the conyicts.
BITTEN BY A DOG.
Last nicht a. shepherd dog here severely
bit the little son Of oN-Socfetary Brewer
Of The Agricultural Department. The DOS
had been trained by its young owners III
the u~eighborhood 10 chase children anu
this time il became angry and OIL the
lttlc boy. 49,
A denial is made OF the rumors 'hal
Senators Butler and lritchaId hAu nl'ue
I'M all their d%uarrels and differences ara
were consulting together as 10 the o-
vision OF North Carolina patronage
Every bit of his news was brought mere
direct from Washington by Republicans
of the straitest sort. They gave IL Out
ana in no other way was il Circulated
Tbe Railway Commission Will devote
several DAYS next week 20 the annual as
sessment of the property OF the seventy
two railways and branch lines, tNehty-
two steamer lines, twenty-five telegraph
twenty telephones, ana h'e s"e0' N"'
lines.
The general opinion Of all who attended
the session Of the Teachers Assembly,
which ended yesterday. is that II was me
most satisfactory, practical ana Valuaoie
ever held. .o
Under the provisions OF an act OF 1897.
tho STATE Treasurer is sending TO banh-
ers or officers and directors OF pahAs'
railways and other corporations incorpo-
rated and doing business in this state A
blank form Of oath. which Is that they
IN -t-...~ .F, constitution and laws OF
tho state and truly discharge according
TO law all the duties which may deVolVe
unon them in the execution OF the trust
imposed upon them. and that they VIII
not knowingly violate or permit 10 De
violated any OF the provisions OF the
statutes of The State under which the
association has been incorporated ana
that they are the owners In good faith
and in their own right Of the number OF
shares Of the stock of the association fe-
qulred by the said statutes.
DOWN WITH YELLOW FEVER.
David Castillo Loughlin, n circus per-
former. whose home il Henderson. Is
ono of the men sick with yellow fever
at Swinburne Island. New York.
An investigation is being made by law
yers as to the status or the defunct
Egypt Coal Company. II IS found, strange
to say. that there were two companies
OF the same name.
The Secretary Of state has had the
Supreme Court reports stored in a leas-
ed building and did not know until yes
terday how many there are OF them.
They are now IN bookstore. and there
are found TO be 1851, which Is nearly
twice as many as he thought there were.
The ceords Of charter granted by the
Secretary Of State. only extend back four
years. There are about 800 of such char
rcrs in that period.
Mention was made Of the fact that
there came from Washington rumors that
changes were impending In the United
States marshars office here ana that w.
II. Odem and Settle Dockery were spoken
Of as 10 De the chief deputy and clerk.
Mr.. Dockery writes that this part or
the statement IS certainly inaccurate. that
Odom does not live in the district and
that as for himself he win in a few DAVIS
90 to the University law school and viii
after me- obtains his license devo-e himself
10 that profession.