The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
A REPUBLICAN,
CONGRESSMAN
Spencer blackburn Defeats New
land by Two Hundred and
1sorty-fivc Majority.
HEAVY REPUBLICAN GAIN
HEAVY REPUBLICAN GAIN
Joint Committee Declares Tia,
tile State Must Prepare Tor
Five Hundred More Insane.
tspccial 10 Tho Timcs-Dispatch9


RALEIGH n. c. December s.--'rhe
& state Board Of Canvassers to-day found
adhai the official count gives Sdisncer
& Blackburn 2i5 majority over ". G. New
LAND for Congress in thu Eighth District,
4 the total vote for Blackburn being i5S56,
Newland, ls.32i. This is the only con-
gresslon;l district in which there has
y been any dispute over the result.
3 The canvass OF the general vote shows
that Parker, for President, ran 1900 be-
( hind Glenn. for Governor. while Koose-
( Welt led Harris. the Republican candidate
= for Governor. by 2,9tp.
The respective votes for President We're:
Parker. 24los; Roosevelt. S2,aI2. This
does not include Cherokee county votet
which is missing, but was Republican by
over CO. S. l.. Patterson. for commits
sioner of agriculture. led the Democratic
4 State ticket receiving 1900.
The tabuation Of the vote for
Governor, shows ae.soS votes cast
-1cs7se for Glenn (DemocraD, 1886 for
Harris (Rcpublican). 12S for Tcnlplcton
(Prohfbitionist), los for Pegram tSocialisb.
The Republican gain III the State Is IL
900. and Democratic loss 1000 This is
as compared with vote for Governor In
1900 THE canvass thus far shows that
State Treasurer B. r. Lacy has again
led his ticket, his vote being 129,o24.
The Raleigh Board OF Aldermen have
deferred action rs to granting a fran
chisc to the Ralcigh-Durham Passenger
and Power Company, until December 18TH.
The company proposes to operate line
between Raleigh and Durham and wants
franchise for any and all streets In
Raleigh for belt lines. Tho owners of
the present car system are fighting the
franchise, and will try to prevent the
aldermen from granting It, The new COM
pany has elected B. s. Jerman presl-
dent; w. ]. helms, Of Newport News,
@vice-president, and T. s. Fuller, Of
Raleigh, secretary-treasurer.
The official statement of the recent
joint committee from the State hospitals
for the insane at Raleigh and Morgan
ton, who recently met here. nave issued
their official statement Of the conditions
and needs ir caring for the insane. It
Is declared that the State must prepare
at once for the care of 500 additional in
sane. The committee declares that the
penitentiar building. which has been
mentioned as available with some altera-
ton, is not at all suitable. 1t is asked
that tho Legislature Of 1905 appoint a
commission to examine into the situa-
ton before any definite steps are taken
X IN ptoNiuu6 sti!c uuull'Cittli ~ oolit iieCcs-
sary for the care Of the States insane.
s Rev. j. {. A1assee, pastor of Taber-
Enacle Baptist Church, has returned from
Baltimore, where he conducted. a revival
service. there having been seventy pro-
LESSONS.
y Governor Aycock has accepted an in
vita ton from the young ladies of Peace
Institute to deliver an address at that in
.stitution next Monday night.
One of the principal cases to be tried
in the Federal Court here next week is
that against j. B. Powell. Of Norfolk.
for using the mails for fraudulent pur- |
poses. IN that he represented himself as
the firm OF Jones and Powell and order |
cd goods on the credit of that firm from
concerns in all parts of the country. He
is now out on $1,000 bail, having given
the bond after lying in jail for several
months A