Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-11
ACROSS THE BORDER.
.w.nps or EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE or n. G. UNIVERSITY.
THE CONTRACTS FOR BUILDINGS.
,r,. characterization of Insurance
communicative Richmond, PETERS
, mud Carolina Railway--Des-
pcrntc Fight with 81 Mad-DOg.

| RALEIGH. n. G., June l0.-(Special)-
The Executive Committee Of the trustees
OF the state University, awards to
Zachary & Zachary of Raleigh, the CON
/ tract for erecting the Julian ;. Carr
| building. Work begins next week. 1t Is
| decided that the contract to complete
the alumni building shall be awarded
| June 18th. The foundation alone IS COM
pleted The plans have been accepted.
| The contract for the water-works VIII
be divided between two firms and the
work will be under way by the end of
this month. The committee gave Pro-
fessor j. W. Canada a twenty-five years
lease on an acre of the university land
at Chapel Hill, for school site.
The Secretary Of State and the Insu-
rance Commission have made up the list
Of companies domesticated to this date.
There were licensed under the insurance
law l26, and Of these, 1913 are domestl-
Gated.
OF life insurance companies, "a are
licensed and u dOmcsticated; Of the
latter now desire to withdraw, say they
will not domesticate, and 3 are consider
ing the matter.
OF fire companies 70 are licensed and
Y have domestcated, one OF which de-
sires to withdraw, ; say they Will not
enter, and are considering the question.
or accident and surety companies -
are licensed and : have domesticated.
Nothing has been heard as to the other g..
The Bankers Association is invited to
meet next year at Wilmington, Asheyille,
New Berne, and Winston.
There is great activity at Ridgeway in
connection with the work Vn the new
"short cut" of the Seaboard AIRLINE
that is. the Richmond. Petersburg and
Carolina railway. There are 800 mules at
work along the line; forty cars Of rail
arrived yesterday. and the Junction OF the
two roads is completed.
Persons who come here from Vance
county to-day brought news of an ex-
citing occurrence there yesterday. mad
dog ran on the premises of Frank
Fuller, bit his horse. COW. and hogs, and
then attacked his wife and Children. He
ran to the rescue Of his family, armed
with a Ratchet. His wife and three lit
tie children got on bed while he fought
a desperate battle with the brute. He
was covered with blood before a lucky
blow split the dogs skull. The wife and
children were unhurt, though their cloth
ing was torn.
a letter from brownsville to-day says
that yesterday morning hail-storm
swept through a belt of Davidson coun-
ty, three miles in width, and played
havoc with all growing crops, literally
destroying wheat, etc. In the town
great numbers Of windows were broken
some small buildings were unroofed. and
two or three were upset.
The Knights Templar and Masons Life
Indemnity Company has d0mesticated
itself
There Is no doubt that at the election
next Monday the vote an favor of the
issue Of street Improvement bonds autho-
rized by the Legislature will be 10 to l.
\ negro plasterer here late yester-
day afternoon fell thirty-fve feet. strik-
ing on his head on wooden floor. Not
bone was broken. There IS a small
bruise.