Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-26
ACROSS THE BORDER.
DELEGATES TO THE DEMOCRATIC
STATE CONVENTION ARRIVING.
The Question of Fusion-The Opin>
ion of Ex-Governor Jarvis--Nus>
tering in-New Volunteer Com.
panies Offering Every Day.

RALEIGH, N. c., May 25.-fSpeciai.)--
Delegates to the Democratic State Cons
vention arrived in numbers to-day. tits
clear that il will be large and repre-
sentative assemblage. All leading Demo-
Gratis ought to be here.
Ex-Governor Jarvis. who Is delegate
said to me this morning: you ask me
the sentiment Of the people in my Sec
ton, and whether 1t is not against fusion
with the Populists. ! answer by saying
we are neither pro nor anti; we are
for the old Democracy The 'oid-time
religion is what we want. We will have
nothing to do with fusion" s,..ee-..
Delegates Harry Stubs says the First
District is against fusion. 1t Is said pos
itively the Sixth District is against ic
solidly. NJ. II. Justice. OF Rutherford,
says the Fusionists do not stand a ghost
Of chance. .fo.f.r-tg
Your correspondent cannot discover that
any other counties than Northampton,
Jones. BERTHE. Wake. Rockingham. Dur
ham. and Cumberland have declared for
fusion. In fact. it appears that not even
Cumberland is solid for It, 1t Is said some
Cumberland delegates will vote against Ii.
Private Calclough, OF the Durham CONF
pany of the First Regiment. who was so
desperately injured In the collision mt
Savannah. may recover. He has consider.
able fever.
The arrangements were made to-day for
the mastering I'm of the last three com
panes of the Second Regiment ut Camp
Russell. Captain Carper's company. from
Murphy. was the first one of these 10 be
mustered in. The next was Captain
Smiths. from Greenville. The latter had
furnished men to complete three other
companies of the regiment. having given
fourteen to Captain Cobb's company. from
Lumber Bridge. The Fayetteville COM
pany which completed the regiment. ar
rived this afternoon. with cighty-hve men
already inspected. so that no inspection
at camp was necessary. The detailed SUR
geon at Fayetteville rejected fifteen men.
The officers of the Fayetteville company
are: Captain. Benjamin II. Huske; Lieu
tenants. G.. g. Hollingsworth and j, II.
Tillinghast. Major A. A. McKettam.
Major j. c. Vann. and Captain Joseph c.
Huske. all ex-offcers. who have served
with the company for over twenty wears.
accompanied il here, and paid their re-
spects to Acknowledgement Cowles and
Colonel w. II. S. Burgwyn.
During the second week that the troops
were in camp here. a man, who claimed
he had lived i'm South America several
years. and that ne was a mulatto. WAS
arrested on suspicion that he was trying
to poison water. He was released and
told TO leave. Now he has turned up at
the camp OF the First Regiment at jack
sonvlle, Fin, and * again under arrest.
1t is a mysterious case.
The sailor Richard Valz. OF Csrteret
county. n. c.. who was fatally wounded
on the Nashville. off Cienfuegos, was cap
tain of n gun and was q capital shot
and excellent sailor.
At Star. Montgomery county, tonight,
Lodge No 1876, !. O.. o. F.. was instituted.
odd Fellows from aberdeen Installing
its officers.
Volunteer companies are Offering their
services TO the Adjutant-Generai daily.
Two from Wilkes county. and one each
at Waynesville, Bryson City. Salisbury.
and Charlotte are the latest tenders. None
are from the eastern part OF the state.
Mastering Officer Gresham says tho
material In the Second Regiment is very
good.
w. J. Bryan writes Solomon GaIlert.
of the Democratic State Committee. as
TO his (Bryan's) published viewE on co.
operation with Popuists, mo one IL
bound 10 consider my opinion, save as
that Of private citizen"
The fusion Democrats desire that their
State Convention tomorrow leave tho
question OF fusion to the State Commit
tee. The anti-Fuslonists want 10 force
the fight.
DR.. w. II. Brooks. of Greensboro sur
geon OF the Second Regiment, arrived to-
day.