The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-25
LARGE REVENUE
INN0RTHCAROLlNA
Nearly a Million Dollars More Than
Last Year.
AN ESCAPED CONVICT KILLED
Run Over by Train and so INITIATED
That IL Was DIflicult to Identity
Him-Grcat Improvement In
Charitable Institutions
AN ESCAPED CONVICT KILLED

RALEIGH. y. c.. July A-speciai.-
Tho war tax and the increase IN the
revenue tariff have made the receipts a'
the revenue office here nearly "a munro"
dollars more as compared win lhe re-
coipts FOR the year before Inc ieceip's
these other years have been about Si'-'''-
CO., The last year they have reacheo
nearly 100000.
on Saturday s,-S So were paid on the
pcnltonuary claims This was for eight
warrants
There was "a death ON the Seaboard Ait
Line track near the Johnson-Street Depot
on Saturday and 30 turned out TO he
fiyc-ycar-tcrm convict who had escaped
from tho guards ON Wednesday night.
The body was so mutlatcd that IL was
not Identified Tor some time.
a CITY BAND.
The attraction this week at the park Is
by the city Band. This is a new musi-
cal organization here and viii be a great
attraction az the park during the even
ings
The baseball grounds az the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College are being
beautifully fitted up as city athletic
park in conjunction with the college.
This has been long needed and now all
teams who desire 20 play here can easily
do So.
The report OF state Charities for the
past two years Is out. IL was prepared
by captain C. r. Dunson. secretary of
the state Board OF Charities. The fol-
lowing is taken from the report
Touching the care for the insane in THIS
state. DE says. Less than twenty years
ago the average number of the insane
provided FOR in North Carolina was about
two hundred and fifty crowded into one
building constructed for 2Zi patients. Now
the three admirable hospitals for the in
sane accommodate 1851 patients, and the
whole number nnder treatment me past
year exceeds this by several hundred. IL
may DE fairly estimated that nearly or
quite two thousand persons will receive
the benefit of the latest modern treatment
Of insanity I'm the coming year IN our
State This means that North Carolina
is treating eight times as many of the
insane for about three times the cost Of
the original number.
THE VETERANS.
During the year there We're % old vete-
rams on the rolls of the Soldiers Home,
with an average attendance of 20. More
than 80 were declined admission for want
OF room. From letters Of inquiry re-
ceived and Applications ON ME IL is es-
timated that fully $50 Confederate vete-
rams IN the State are deserving The pro-
lection Of The Tome. An appropriation
of 5000 has been given for new buildings
and for repairs.
Major t. NJ Hayes. the major Of the
Seventh Cavalry on duty i'm cuba has
been promoted 90 Lieutenant-Colonel OF
the Fourth Cavalry and has gone TO the
Ia ffr fh az
1utant-generaI office here for three
years a few years ago.
DEATH OF MRS. r. II. HAY.
Mrs r. T. Hay died al her home here
yesterday She was formerly Miss Belle
Gales. of this city This death has been
q sadness 90 an of Raleigh for she was a
general favorite. She leaves a devoted
husband two lovely daughters just
blooming into womanhood. a mother one
sister. and three brothers who have the
heartfelt sympathy Of the community