The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-02
VETERANS WILL |
MEET ROOSEVELT
sixty-one@ Survivors Of the Mexi-
can War in Nortl,
Carolina.
GLENN ENCOURAGES FARMERS
8 (Spccial to Tho Tlmes-Dispatch)

Special to Tho Times Dlspatch.)
& RALEIGH, N. c., September 1.-rhere
are sixty-one veterans of the Mexican
War In this State, and these are to he
especially invited to Raleigh on the oc-
caslon Of the visit OF the President here
! October 10Th, during the State Fair. The
president Of the North Carolina section
says that a dozen Of the veterans will
be able TO be in theiparade, The Oldest
one OF the eterans IL; in his ninety-ninth
year. 1tsis expected that a large num-
Der OF the National Guard of the State
will be present and be in the great pa
rade which will escort tie President to.
the fair grounds from the State Capitol,
Governor Glenn. In his address bespre
the State Farmers Convention here, said
the government ought to be made, first
OF all, to take its heavy hand from the
farmers, and that 1t should help by SUBJ
sides no interest, more than It helps the
farmers; that the railways must be
forced 10 give cquable freight rates and
supply farn,ers with sufficient transpos-
tation facilities as 1T does others, and
further. that the farmers should bind
themselves together, foot to foot and
shoulder to shoulder, With bands of steel
and permit no deserters from their ranks;
that such an association would he for
protection, and By its means profitable
prices for products could be demanded
and obtaIned; that If any were too veal.
and poor to hold their cdops. the rich
farmers should extend aid to permit such
holding; that if tobacco and cotton are
hold by the farmers, stored In warehouses
and not sold until reasonable prices arc
secured the farmers Will not so often
be in the clutches of their oppressors.
Mrs. Alfred Leonard, young wife,
poured oil upon a fra In the kitchen
stove, the result being an explosion Of
the can, the burning to death OF the
woman and the destruction of the house
ana Its contents. Neighbors saved the
six children.
=, The death Of Thomas II. Nall, who is
claimed to have been a violent maniac
at the State Hospital for the in nne
here, Is proving a sensation Nof n markell
character, and an investigation Is be ne
held by the coroner OF the charges that
three attendants procured the death of
tho man: that there was a terrible strug-
gle, and the man was badly bruised ana
beaten Nall was thirty years old and u
man of powerful physiqyo. He ran away
one afternoon from tho grounds while
being exercised and was pursued. Ho died
soon after capture. The undertaken who
embnlmed him says there were no bruises
on tho body, and that there was Il cut
on the side OF the mead about an inch
long and of no great depth: also that
there was a knot above one ego but
that this was not OF recent origin but
was there when Nall entered the hospital
several years ago.
Coroner Jordan empanced q Jury and
devoted two hours to investigation, exam
lining Witnesses, some OF whom swore
violence was shown towards Nall after
his capture by three hospital attendants;
that when they brought him back, he
appeared to be Supplied. j. p. Massey
was the principal witness, he having
been nearest the scene of tho capture.
He said one attendant declared he had
great mind to shoot Nall. Superin-
tendent Mckee, Of the hospital said Nall
was In good physical health, The pur-
suit lasted an hour. That on Nails return
10 the hospital lie examined him, found
him blue, blood not circulating, eyes
dilated, head tossing, scalp wound on
side of head, but not seeming sufficient
to cause death, That Nall died half an
hour after reaching The hospital, the
death certificate giving heart fet.;sa as
the cause, due to@undue muscular eXer-
ton and possibly tho bursting OLA blood
vessel.
The coroner will continue the investgn-
ton ia morrow There will be an
autopsy. unless che has been hold at the
bona IF Nail tt. 1I.8t. .le-.i ~.