The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-24
TROUBLE WITH THEPEN
Republican Managers Unable to Maintain
II on a Self Supporting Basis.
RUSSELL BoUACES THE WILSON'S OUT
yellow Fever Refugees VIII Not 10
Invited 10 the Mountnins-Studcn
Attendance at tho University
HrcakS tho KccOrd-Tributo 10 tho
Memory OF lieutenant Griffin.

Raleigh, n. c., September e3.-tSpc
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Smith, of the pen
itentiary, says in his statement of ac-
count that he has borrowed $1,000 from
the State to meet expenses The last
Legislature made no apprup: iatio con-
tlnScnt. or otherwise, for the pcniteu-
taiy. Now the question Is how to gct
the money. The State Treasurer say:, II
was advanced to him on his crops. The
Treasurer added that the act allows
advances to be made to the amount OF
$4,000. and that the superintendent got
nrst $4,000, and later, $4,000 more. At
the Auditors Office ii was said no war
rant had been issued SUPERINTENDENT
Smith, and that If any money had been
uTawh IL was by Treasurer Worth under
the act OF 1881. But there is no act OF
1877 making any appropriation.
Governor Russell has made an order
su5pending James w. Wilson and S.
ONO Wilson, railway commissioners,
and appointing l.. c. Caldwell, who is
q Butler Populist, and John H. Pearson.
Democrat, to succeed them. Both Gp-
pointee5 Will take oaths tomorrow and
Immediately make demand for office.
Inc present incumbents will refuse to
surrender, and then the case will go to
wake Superior Court October "a
'Mr. PEARSON gays the place came to
MIN Entirely unsolicited. He added: Il
mink the interests Of the State can be
served without expressing railway COR
porations In the least" Ex-Judge JameS
c. McRae Is Pcarson's counsel.
j. y. l.. Harris is counsel for Ohio
!WlisonThe latter says that the courts
must pass upon this matter, as it is =,
constitutional question and there Is q
risht or appeal to the United States su-
preme Court.
Mr. Tyson. OF Knoxville, ig here to set
tie some important question:. as to The
boundary between this State and Ten
nessee, which involves 100000 acres of
land owned by the Belongs, OF Cincin-
natl.
DR.. r. II. Lewis. secretary OF the state
board or Health, writes Governor Rus
sell that In his opinion 1t would be cx-
tremely unwiSc to throw open the noun
tain plateau OF Western North Ca:olira
to yellow fever refugees; the trouble be-
ang that 1t would be practically impoa-
sible to detain refugees there long
enough to prove they were not Infected
and hence be n distinct risk OF going 10
certain localities susceptible 10 the dis
ease. notably Wilmington. 1t ID safe to
say the mountains will not be thrown
open, as DR.. John Hay Williams, of
Asheville suggested.
w. N. Hall, Il clerk In the Bureau Of
Labor Statistics, says he will sue DR.
John r. McBrayer. n leading Republican
OF Shelby, for $4,000 for libel, this grow.
ing out of the great quarrel about the
Shelby postofllce.
Renewed efforts are now being made
to get an army post located here. ON
Gems say that with proper effort one
would already be here.
Suits are to be brought against the
Greensboro water company for the loss
OF buildings owing to the alleged de-
diciency of water supply.
The boiler of Hollands cotton gin
near here, exploded yesterday and blew
him forty feet. He was unconscious
twenty minutes, but was unhurt.
Mrs. Pattie ID. b. Arlington Is here ia
get warrant for j. B. Roddc. cx-post-
master OF Nashville, against whom she
charges embezHlcment
Two convicts from Henderson arrived
at the penitentiary to-day
Labor is reported to be quite scarce
in parts of the State. even in this county
Yet $50 negroes were taken from the
State yesterday to work for contractors
In Baltimore.
The organ of the Methodist Episcopal
Church hits the divine healer" who Is
now with Evangelist Bill Fife, quite a
rap.
Rain. 50 long wished for. fell here
last night and to-day, and the six weeks
drought 10 broken.
John II. Pearson, q prominent Demo
crat of Morganton, Is here. He had a
talk with Governor Russell, which It Is
presumed was regarding the railway
commission.
1t was Il Pritchard Republican who
gave out the news here that Charles
a. Cook was sure to get the United
States District AttOrncyship.
The majority OF the Board of Trustees
OF the Agricultural ana Mechanical Col
lege here calls Professor Charles w.
Scribner TO the chair of mechanical en-
cheering. He Is a graduate of Ichigh
and has been az the University of Penn
sylvania.
The colored Baptist State Sunday
School Association at Lou!sburg is very
largely attended
ST. Mays School here opened to-day.
under the auspices of three Episcopal
dioceses.
The number of students actually pres
ent at the University Is now $50. This
breaks even the antc-bcllum record.
The Republicans find they can not
manage the penftentary, and so they