Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-25
ACROSS THE BORDER.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED IN NORTH
CAROLINA's CAPITAL.
The Railway Commission MuddIe-
Parties Tangled Up-A Lively Cam
pnfEn Predicted-PersonaI Notes.
Interesting Letters.

| RALEIGH. N. c.. November A.-(Spe-
cial)-In the Supreme Court to-day, A.
c. Avery. OF counsel for L. C. Caldwell,
VINO is Governor RusselPs appointee as
chairman OF the Railway Commission.
made motion to advance the case on
| the docket. Caldwell won the case in
| the court below, yet took the remark
| able step of himself docketing 1t in the
| Supreme Court. Robert o. Burton. of
| counsel for James w. Wilson, whom
Caldwell seeks to GUST as chairman,
| said this morning that the question was
raised whether Caldwell the winner of
the suit, had a right to bring an appeal
at this term, when the defendant, Will
son, has right to bring 1t to the next
| term, II 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 says
ne finds all three Of the parties badly
tangled. He declined to say whether
he thought the Populists would again
fuse with the Republicans, and declared
they were waiting to see whether the
Democratic State Committee was going
to do the fool thing" When asked what
ne meant by this, he said, "allow them
serves 10 be dominated by the gold
bugs" He made the boast of his belief
that the "Populists can whip the Demo-
Gratis, but declined to say whether he
thought the former have gained or lost
strength since the last campaign. He
knows very well that the losses have
been very great, and that only a small
force is now left.
The loading of the rolling exposition"
car Is In progress here, under the SUI
pervision Of r. X. Bruner. The horti-
cultural 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 says-in fact.
only duplicates or triplicates.
A LIVELY CAMPAIGN.
Robert NJ. Furman. editor OF the new
morning paper here, arrived to-day from
Asheville. He thinks the next campaign |
VIII be very lively one, and so it GER
tainly seems. There are people who say |
the campaign has virtually already be- |
gun.
Raleigh will. no doubt be the next |
place in the State to have a paid fire /
department. For years it's volunteer de- |
partment has had a deservedly high |
reputation, yet there are many reasons |
for having a paid department, although
1t will be more costly.
The murder case of John Groves here
promises to become a notable one. He
killed a man near Wake Forest. The
point Is whether after conviction of
the crime Of murder in the first degree
he can again be tried for that crime
Rev. DR.. RUMBLE of Salisbury, con-
Quoted the services at the funeral of
Rev. DR.. Smith. of Greensboro, yester-
day.
There are TO be no further indictments
of delinquent taxpayers in the State
until the test case made up by consent
n Johnston county is settled by the
Supreme Court.
RAILWAYS.
OF the seventy-one railways and
branches in this State. fifteen are in the
southern system, fourteen in the Allan
ic-Coast Line, twelve in the Seaboard |
Air-Line, and thirty are miscellaneous |
The road with least mileage in the State
s the Danville and Western, which has |
My three-quarters of a mile; the long
st. the Cape Fear and Yadkn Valley,
Win 81 miles; the next longest, the | ,
carolina Central, with 264 miles.
Great fires are raging in the mountains Z
n Mcdowell. Mitchell, and Yancey coun-
les. where no rain has fallen in month,
nd the vast slopes Of Black mountain.
he loftiest peak east Of the Rockies, are
terally swept by fire.
In the arrangement Of documents now
n progress in the office of the State Au- ,
itor, all the letters are grouped accord i
1g to years. Those from men prominent {
4 the War of the Revolution have been
pecially arranged in group. There are |
letters from George Washing
IN, Thomas Jefferson. Brevard, Abner J
lash. Harrington, Jethro Sumner, Gates, q
o. Martin, Blount Camille, Hewes, {
.owan, and many others There is a let Il
n from Cosmo di Medici, who was in =
lie State military service. The North
arolinans in the war returns made MS !,
anne Cosimo de Medeachey, and so IT e
ppears in the printed lists.
The report of the Labor Commissioner
i'll show that there are twenty-five -
ectric-light companies in the State,
ght telephone companies, thirteen tele- A
lone exchanges, and seven electric street a
always. Z,
Governor Russell has respited John >,
vans, of Rockingham, until January the in
tn. Iii