The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-11
Railroad Commission Going 50 Fast Il Is
Calling Ina IlekllshSposltlon.
s .!l:l1'l7' of rae 1.lll FOURTH REGIMENT
Hobio ae,ee.sa for s.,pssirscndent OF
s5 sho University Summer school
Jadgo Womnea sesnres n aooa To.
.ss5 si'ion m. county ami convicts Kept
cheap,y.

Raleigh, N. c., JAM ID. - speoiaD-
One OF the interesting questions which
arises regarding . the. anti-free pass
crusade which Governor Russell. Sena-
J. tor Butler and the new Railway Com
Enissioners are inaugurating, is wheth-
Z er3 the Commission has any authority
!, as concerns passes Issued on lines
& which run into other States A Fcde-
8 a,al judge says }that In such ca SEES there
is no jurisdiction, the Interstate com
merce law coming In.
The railway people think the Rail-
L way Commission; began ito see Saturday
4 afternoon that its position was tick
s aish The chairman says that In the
= test which Is in progress the power of
the commission act is being strained
to the utmost. Sssg :,
"a The Railway Commission office is yet
might by DR.. Motifs son James II wos
4 the Governor who ordered the Keeper
OF the Capitol to put on the guard.
The keeper frankly admits that he
cant see any reason for putting on n
guard, but that he simply obeyed
The State grants a charter to the
Red Springs Land and Improvement
X company, composed Of r. e. Liver
more and others; also one to the Fish
6late Clothing company; capital, S1O.-
ooo; period ten years, at Wilmington;
B corporators, Fannie L. Fishblate, S. I'll
Flshblate, William Fleet and Charles
The selection of NJ. c. 8. Noble as the
Suparlntendent of the summer school at
the State University gives general
pleasure This tschool is proving a
notable adjunct to university work.
The Mayor Of Wilmington. having
round the law ample to justify him in
arrestlng any OF the Lynchites or
"sanctified Band,' the question Is
asked here, IL 1T Is not also ample to
permit their being driven out of the
= State. n al
Col: q. A. Osborne. of Charlotte, the
Past eommandergo OF the Fourth Regl-
Il Inent. North Carolina State Troops
I has written to Adjutant-General Steph.
/. en- D. AyIing. of New Hampshire, for
the captured flag OF that regiment,
winch Mrs. Persis II. Chase has placed
4 IN General AylIng's hands Colonel
Osborne says he desires the flag as an
y interesting relic for; the pleasure and
s once splendid regiment. General Ayl-
. iEg says that Mrs. Chase has left the
matter of the return entirely in his
hands and that he will he happy to
return the flag upon an authorization
& Wy the Acknowledgement OF North
Carolina that Osborne may receive 1t.
ms authorization was given to-day.
The flag was captured at Chancellors-
vile and not at Sharpsburg.
Governor RussellSis invited to attend
the golden jubilee" January Gath at
San Francisco, in honor Of the semi
4 centennial anniversary Of the dlscov-
cry OF gold In California.
ES-Judge Thomas B. Womack, chief
clerk to Revenue Collector Simmons,
( IS appointed assistant general counsel
OF the American Tobacco company,
L with headquarters at New York. He
VIII assist General Counsel W. w
Fuller and his special duty will be to
30 to points where there are suits to
assist locai counsel. He Will assume
his new position as soon as Carl Dun
can takes charge as Revenue Collector.
Wake Superior Court to-day began
G, criminal term. with 102 ca ses on the
g docket. Two are fer murder. One
defendant, Groves gets a new trial.
The other, Chayis, alias Brookes, will
essuredly be hanged for the murder
OF q negro woman.
Rear Admiral kirkland, United
States Navy, of Hillsboro, N. c., the
ranking officer OF the navy. retires this
/: year.
It IS found that the cost of county
Il conpicts on the public roads here is
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