Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-27
ACROSS THE BORDER.
THE NEWS IN THE CAPITAL OF
THE NORTH STATE.
The case Of Pearson Against Will
son-A Preachers saIary-reni'en-
.,,rx whi.key-The Rnins-A Par
don-Confession-P notes

RALEIGH. N. c.. october zo'-'Spe-
c,aI,-It was expected that there wouid
be long argument to-day In the oupe-
rior Court here in the case OF 'ohi -
Pearson against Ohio wilson, ih'oN"e
title to the office of Railway |oni'iii'
s,oner hut none OF the counsel spoke
save 7. C. l.. Harris for Wilson. Theh
Judge Robinson decided the case IN rear
sons favor Wilson promptly appealed 10
the Supreme Court. There Is much TAX
about the Judges refusal to permit
iurv in This case. To his ruling In this
matter exception was taken, and IL VIII
be a strong argument in the hearing De-
fore the higher courts. IL the case goes
against Wilson in the Supreme Court ne
will take II to the United States courts.
Four convicts from Hartford county ar
rived at the penitcntary to-day.
Much has been said in the papers ourihs
the past ten months about Rev. T. W.
Babb. He was given place at the penn
Tertiary farms This was strenuousiy oe-
MED by the fusion administration, put "
day the exposure came. IL was In the
shape of the following voucher: state OIL
North Carolina, DIR. to Rev. L. w. bapp'
for services as minister at the haillaA
farm and the Northampton farm, for IL
months. 10 weeks. at 50 per week, sVo'
With this was filed the following iettei'
signed by Frank b. Wimbish, clerk 10
the penitentiary, addressed to Bapp: we
enclose you pay for services up 10 ''iis
time October 23d). BY the request OF
hold I'D preaching for the present. Times
are hard and the penitentiary owes a big
lot of money. Superintendent Smith re-
quests me to say to you that he would
be glad to see you before very long.
PENITENTIARY WHISKEY.
There is an interesting fact In regard 10
this voucher for Babbs pay. whlch iiea-
surer Worth says he must honor, TINS
being that the voucher next preceding
was for 1882 for a barrel of Kentucky
whiskey. One of the men at the depot
who was unloading penitentiary whisKey
recently raised a great laugh by saying
ne thought North Carolina whiskey good
enough for the penitentiary people Peo-
pie in a position to know assure me that
revelations about the penitentiary are
only just now beginning.
The wind and the rain continues, driving
from the north or northeast, as they nave
steadily done for five or six days.
Firemen say the water pressure mere
from the water tower has been insuih-
Gent at the two last fires. Direct pres
sure had to be used both times.
Colonel Julian S. Carr won no fewer
than seventy-seven premiums at the state
Fair on his "Acconeechee" farm exhiplls'
He has one of the finest farms III INC
South-truly a model in all respects.
Governor Russell pardons sam. haueh'
a convict from Rowan county.
To-day the tall walls of the big prick
wagon-repair shops, burned here last
week. were torn down. They were uah-
gerous. Yesterday part fell and crusheu
a large section of a warehouse In WHICH
700 bales of cotton are stored.
MADE A CONFESSION.
Sam. Wright, the negro who so brutaily
murdered Lon. Carr. a Wayne-couhty
merchant, in his store, makes luli con-
fession. He is Virginian by Dir'h.
Rev. DR.. w. S. Bowman, a wei-known
preacher, is paralyzed at his nome, at
CHARLOTTE. The paralysis Is OF the rleht
side.
DR.. Guiteras, the yellow-fever expert
nassed through the State yesterday. lie
savs cold weather is the only thing that
| can stop the fever. The greatest mis-
| take made was in not promptly diagnosing
| the first case. He says the worst feature
| Is the refugeeing. which is the real cause
| NJ the spread of the disease. Some OF
| the neople who fee have the disease In
| its first stages.