Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-28
RALEIGHs BUDGET.
Crop Report-Ffghts Before the
Railway Com m ission--PersOnal.

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RALEIGH, N. c., July T.-(Speciai)-
The State crop report for July was is
sued by the Agricultural Department TO-
day. 1t gives the following percentages
OF condition OF crops: Cotton. Sc 1-3; to-
bacco, 81 corn, 943-4 peanuts. 81 1-2
rice. 50; Irish potatoes, 50 1-2; sweet po-
tatoes, 80 Ia; peaches. "A; apples, 76
| grapes. 81 Ia; gardens, SO "a.
Senator Butler arrived here yesterday
| afternoon for the purpose OF having a
conference with Cyrus Thompson. Popu-
list State chairman.
| The Populst State Committee and the
Republican State Committee are given
| full authority TO arrange all the details
| of fusion. the preliminaries having al
ready been arranged.
| At the meeting of the Railway Com
mission day after tomorrow, the mat
ter OF reducing the passenger rate on the
Raleigh and CASTOR railway comes up for
settlement. John w. Heirsdale, who rep
resents the Governor In this matter, will
attack the statement made by Vice-Presi-
dent st. John, OF the Seaboard Airline,
that the $,2000O0 from the sale of the
first bonds of the Raleigh and CASTOR
road was used entirely for equipping the
Raleigh and Castor. Heirsdale. will con-
tend that not a dollar was so used, but
that it was put into the Raleigh and
Augusta and the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern railways. and 100000 used in
buying bonds OF the Seaboard and Roa-
noke railway.
The Pullman Car Company will con-
tend the Railway Commission has no
legal authority to assess its property for
taxation; but that only the State Audi
tor has that power. The company, there
fore, resists the assessment recently
made by the commission, on the ground
of lack of Jurisdiction.
The commission, on July 18th, ordered
the Western Union Telegraph Company
to reduce its rate on messages to "a cents
for ten words from point to point in
this State. The company did not obey
the order. but secured restraining or
der last week from Judge Purnell, set
ting forth that it was a case Of emer-
gency.
This year. OF the $4,000 allowed this
State for agricultural and mechanical
colleges by the United States, under the
Hatch bill DIT being $1,000 more than in
1890. the Agricultural and Mechanical
College here, for whites, is allowed sl5,-
$3.50, and that at Greensboro. for ne
groes, $S,41440.
There is no doubt that Judge Adams
will accept the Republican nomination
for Congress in the Fifth District. He
admitted as much to your correspondent
to-day.
Thomas d. Turner. q widely known
and popular travelling-mar, died in the |
Rex Hospital here. this morning, Of ma
contracted in Louisiana. He |
had been sick three weeks at Hillsboro'. |
his home and was brought here last |
Sunday. He was AZ years old, and was |
a son Of Hon. Josiah Turner, Of Hills
boro'
A son of Sheriff NJ. w. Page, Of this
was this morning, at Morrisvile,
badly gored by a bull He had narrow
escape from death. The bull was brought
mere to-day and killed.
IL is now asserted to be certain that |
he First Regiment, North Carolina Vol
Inteers, will be sent to Porto Rico, and
llso that the six companies of the Second
Regiment remaining here will quickly
70 10 Chickamauga or else to several
,osts.
The odds are that w. F. Stroud will
lever be renominated for Congress in
his district. This county is for Hal. w.
AVER as the Populist nominee.
Work on the Cape Fear and Northern
ailway began at Holly Springs this
ounty to-day. 1t is asserted that this
Dad will extend from Raleigh to Fayette-
lille.