Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-30
ACROSS THE BORDER.
LABOR COMMISSIONERS REPORT
on THE COTTON-MILLs.
The Design for the Henry u. wynn"
Nonument-TaIko of New De""-
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RALEIGH. n. c., June 2.-tSpeciaL)-
state-Labor- Reconnaissance Hamrick says
ne has visited one third OF the cotton
mills IN the State, and finds these nave
over 10000 spindles. lie says he Is sure
there are over 100000 spindies III the
state. He is now making up list OF
the furniture factories; has reports from
seventy-fve, and is confident there are
twenty-five more.
The design Of the new monument OF
rather the addition to the monument 10
Henry l.. Wyatt, OF Richmond, was SHOWN
to-day by Robert II. Bradley. III IS III
the shape Of a fat marble slab, which
Il fastened TO low cylinder. on the
ton Of the sab are the words, Henry
l.. Wyatt, Bethel, June 10, 1851 On the
edges are the words. Company a. First
North Carolina Regiment. The frst Con-
federate killed in battle" Mr.. Bradley
saws II is not claimed that Wyatt was the
first Confederate killed during the war;
that Captain Mari. at Fairfax In cav
airy dash at night. was the first, but thd'
I II. Fortune. Clerk of the United
states District Court. gave his bond To-
dav. Like the bonds Of many OF the
new officials. it is in a Baltimore Suatdh-
tee company.
There is talk of n new Democratic
daily here. No details could be secured
further than this mere statement.
The Farmers Alliance is at low epp'
II has less than $4,000 in its business
agency fund, while last August there was
$4,000. The most earnest efforts are Ne
ing made 10 revive interest in the alliance
and increase its membership.
THE PENITENTIARY.
The nenitentiary. under its new manage
ment. is in financial straits. Its ohlciais
saw that on the 1st day of June there was
not n cent of money on hand; that IL theh
owed over SIS, O00 and was going INTO deDt
at the rate Of $1,000 per month.
The lawyers who appear for the stare
Treasurer in the suits against the PUBIC
printer says they cannot touch the puDilc
nrinters criminally but that they want 10
straighten the matter up. The system OF
having the public printers Is said by MT
Rivers. one of the expert examiners 10
he very slack; in fact. he says there Is
no system at all The public printers
take the charges against them very coolly.
IT is significant that Republicans ana
Populists are foremost in making these
charges.
Governor and Mrs Russell returned to-
day from Wrightsville.
CHARTER GRANTED.
A charter was granted by the Secretary
If state to-day TO the Charles Dorsey
Drug Company, OF Henderson
AT the request of the Secretary or state
the registers of deeds have returned to him
about 400 copies Of the acts of the last
legislature. He now has enough To
supply the demand, and has put few
copies on sale.
This morning a negro man was put OF
q. train at Selma very sick. ana was
brought here. On arrival ii was touhd
he was dying. He was placed on truck
at the station.
In number of counties efforts are
being made to induce the commissioners
10 decline to grant liquor licenses.
The State Experiment Farms at South,
ern Pines will be continued The Boaro
of Agriculture so decides.
The directors of the Blind Institution
have elected Mrs. Nina c. Parker matron
l.. O. Spears carpenter.