A NOTED BAPTIST DIVINE DEAD. A REV. THOMAS H PRITCKARD, PASSES AWAY. " D. D., the're will be sorrowf in. everv hearfc Dr. Pritchard was not only a Trustee of Wake Forest ' for nearly thirty CaP years; but was a Trustee also "of the Univeisity from which he received FOUND BEAD. Highest of all in Leavening Power- Latest U. S. Gov't Report The Most Noted Baptist Divine of the State of North Carolina Passed Away in New York Yesterday. New York, May 23 Key. Thomas H. Pritchard, JD. D., the noted North Carolina Baptist divine . minister, died here this morning at 8:30; o'clock. He came here a few days ago for treatment for b right's dibease. -The remains were carried to-day to Char lotte, N. Cr where the funeral will take place to-morrovafteriioon., Dr." Pritchard leaves a wife . and live children: Dr. V. B. Pritchard and Mrs. Aaron Jenkins, who lives in New York; Miss Fannie Pritchard, wno is a, siuueiit at converse college, mington and and Messrs Thomas and Louie mnt frnii-fni Pritchard, who live in "Wilmington. He was "a true great man; great in intellect, in courage, affection and integrity; one of our most lovable and precious men. Great, not as a hewn obelisk; but as an Alpine, mountain so simple, honest, spontaneous, not setting up to be great at all; there for quite another purpose than being great! Ah, yes. unsubduable granite, piercing far 4 and wide into the Leavens, yet in the clefts of it foun tains green, beautiful valleys with flowers" Thus wrote Carlyle of Martin Luther, and there was much in Dr. Pritchard's life that recalled Carlyle's words when the news came that this venerable man of God was dead. , Rev. Thomas H. Pritchard, D. D. was born in-Charlotte February, 8th, 1832. His father was Joseph Price Pritchard, and his mother Eliza Hunter Henderson, of the family of the degree of D. DM wrhenhe was thirty six years of age. He was a strong advocate of education of all kinds. , y -v : ' ' , In 1882, Dr.: Pritchard accepted the pastorate of the; leading Baptist church m Louisyilie, Ky., the seat of R. LD. henry Found Dead on His Farm near Durham,, Monday-Evening. ; Durham, N, O., May 26.In; the chapter, of- accidents and o sudden deathPr wliich an untoward :nhd re lentless fate has seen fit with which to afflict Durham, no one incident, in all of , Durham's histoiy, has .occa sioned more genuine sorrow than the announcement, received : here last 1 ( ' : 4 MS rr V' the General Theological hem inary of rnight, first at 7:20 o'clock; that Capt. his church, of which he was a Trus-Bob Henry, one of the last of those tee for twenty years. The climate ante-war gentlemen , whose 'princely proved too severe for his family and hospitality, and. high -sense i of honor .General Johnson 16 go to Cuba; , B ALtimore , Mp., May 25. General 5raaiey x. jonnson wui snortiy go to Cuba as a war correspondent for a he soon returned to North Carolina and right, made himo popular with syndicate of papers. to becomtv pastor of the Frst Baptist church Wilmington, and later ac cepted a call to Charlotte, which pastorate he held at the time of his .death. He jewiniisef'ulness'CasHe grow old, and his preaching in' Wil- Charlotte have been He was "abundant in labors," not only filling his own pul pit but carrying on meetings in the suburbs in tents, building chapels, niorning to spend the day. and doinir more work than anv man dinner With Fage iorp, 1 - , - of his church in the State. " J Dr. Pritchard was easily the first man in the Baptist church in North Carolina; the most many sided, the broadest, the widest known; and his the old time set vwhieh he adorned but' never lowered had been found , ' Sustains Sugar Act. dead on his farm , by a tenant, some Washington, D..C, May-25. The fourilessoathwestof-Durhain-''. Supreme Court'has rendered a deci-. . . Tho most reliable arid authentic sion sustaining, the constitutionality news : obtainable i last ; night 'about of the. sugar "bounty: act.- The treas Capt. Hehry'ri: sad death is given ury, must now pay: out five millions below. -;"v - i" : .,'-.,,' , . to the domestic sugar producers , in company witii nis son, Kobert, decision: is - bnei ana says it us: an. he went " out to the farm yesterday equitable consideration for which He .took I Qongress had authority to provide; m I m 1 .... . it J 1 - one oi nis I x nis reverses tne runngsoi tne comp- K Strait Fusl-jn" Paper. " Yadksboro, May 22. It r is quite -probable that a ..straightout - fusion PopulistNState p?per will b started at Raleigh,-or some other pointin the ' State, at an "early fhite.. Plans, are already on foot, so, I .learn, from' a leading fusion Populist of this place. 1 The matter.irtbeing-agitated ' by ;G'. Ed.'.Kestler, of Concord and is almost a certainty. " The paper will advocate fusion with the Republicans in this . State and will fight ,.the Laucasian, -Ppgressivear Will Ohio Be For Silver. tenants, about 12:30 o'clock and ate troller of the treasury -vlt requires as vhealthy as 1- usual and . about 1 oclock he startedto look over the for by the last Congress.' farm, Telling his wagoner to meet him at a certain tobacco barn. He did cWt.li will WdAnlopfid hv th whftiP 1 aot arrive at the barn and afterwait; Columbus, Ohio, May; 24. In the State. He was a Datriotand his ing two xr three hours the matter was county conventionB tp, choose -dele voice was alwayn on the side of good reported to his son Robert, and a gates, many of. which: have now been government. He was a friend to be " wa..""vutu xyr,-uiiut, wuiu -f"14 "liilijian.and Thv Bee. Columbia, S. - May ,21 Irby; the paymentof the bounty provided de.nies f hat h gave the lie to Tillman,- esteemed; true in his friendship and warm in his affections. -He was a christian; true to the tenents of his denomination, and broad enough in his affections to embrace all who believed in Christ and to go out' in love toward all mankinds-Special to the News and Observer. , ' (Wortonosen't Want the V. P. : , resulted in finding his body in a piece generally held their awn; and - as - the of woods, "cold in death, about 6 o'clock. His body was foui.d by a colored man, who was in advance of Mr. Henry. He was cold when found and the' fatal moment must havevoe 'Curred shortly after he left the house. A messenger was sent to the city to result, it is almost a foregone coucIut sion that the Democrats of Ohio will in their State convention declare for free silver. ,It is reported, that. Senator Brice, who some time i" ago , ahnbnnced his intention bf coming into the State to Albany, May 25. It", is, etnphatr .which, Jujdge Iiebnaro Hendern;was caHytstated at thExeoutive Chain-' oer iui.. morning tnat utovernor Morton will not accept second place on the ticket. notify his family and relatives and to make a fight against'thefree coinage summons Acting Coroner N, M. Jphn- ot silver, now sees . the futility v of it, ; and will makeno opposition- to it and- viewed the most distinsruished member. He was prepared for college im Mocks ville, Davie couiity, by Rev! Baxter Clegg, and grat uated at Wake Forest. During his college course he was baptized by Dr. W. T. Brooks, and gave up his ambition to become a lawyer, and consecrated his talents to the gospel ministry. Among his classmates at Wake Forest were Chief Justice F&ireloth and Mr. J. H. Mills. His first pastorate was at Hertford, Perquimans county. In 1858 he studied theology with Dr. John A. Broadus at Charlottesville, Va., and pursued other studies in the University of Virginia. In 1859 he supplied the pulpit of the church at Fredericksburg, Va., for Dr. Broadus, and in 1860 become pastor at Balti more, Md., where he remained until July, 1863, when, in an attempt to come South, he was captured on the Potomac and imprisoned in Balti more for five weeks, when he was sent through the lines with, his wife and children. During the last two years of the war he was one of the most Is Settle to Bolt? Washington, May 21. There is some suspicion here that Settle is in the State organizing a bolt from Rus sell. One of his- friends says that Settle is well known as a consistent Republican and discredits the. Ttport. .. ' . ' Australians For Guilford. Grebnsboro, May 21. Mr. fj. F Jordan, of this city, has just succeed ed in making a sale of 450 acres of land north of Greensboro, about four miles, to a colony of Australians. The first payment was made yester day. It is stated that the colonists are experts in farming. son. v-i';l' Drv Johhsnii-wciit out the remains and stated that his death waVsudden-eaiised by heart disease. He had vomited considerably around wherehe was found dead. .;The remains were brought to the c.ty abouMl o1clock and -carried to his. home on12ast Pettigrew, street. I Capt. Henry was 72 years of i age and leaves a wife, three sons Robert, W. P. and GCE. Henry two datigh ters,: Mrs. Baker, a widow lady, and Miss Henry; an unmarried daughter, and hosts of friends, throughout this section of the State. " V , Howard's Impeachment Biil. ,. Washington, May23.r,The follow ing is the bill of,impeai-hment of President Cleveland proposed in the House to-day by Representative Howard, Populist, of Alabama, which the House almost unanimously ; re; fused to consider; though they were both bitter in'their attacks. ;. Tillman ,; said r of -'"Irby'k taunt -that . he desired vthe presi-. ; dency:,-.. ' . - n ' ; 7 - J ' -' " Whatever else maybe said of ine, -no one has ever accused me of tieing : v a fool; therefore when? theyaccuse me of having a presidential bee in mv - bonnet they simply magnify the pur- puaes auu nopes oi:my neart. I bave """c "Ajr paiv iu Bievaie anu u Derate y: the people of South Carolina and niys ; ambition is to do in the national , field . in those other " down-trodden States, ' y-umu Mac uub Xitjrtf. XI ' X SllOUia receive tne presidential nomination, x bjuuuiu receive n witu tne same mis- 4 givings wujcu many oi.vou nearrt ma expxesa.wij.en nominated Here in 1890,' beausev I would realize' thev greatness ; of' the task I would have before me'' Big Fire at Danviile. DanyiLleVa., May 25, The grea't 1 Main-street store of J. ' GoldsmitlL & " Co;, was totally destroyed by )'fire on -y esterday.; Valuable property on I do "impeach 'Grover Clevelarid, each side of the burned, buildings was And No Senator Yet. President of the United - States, ' of high crimes and misdemeanors on the following grourids: - . 1. That he. has sold or directed the sale of bonds, without authority of law.' ' , '-. 2. That he sold,3 or aided in the sale Baton Rouge. La.; Mav 26. The of bonds, at less than their market : . ' . - . . . . I . - , vote for United States Senator f to-1 value. University of Virginia. Charlottesville, Va., May 25 The contract for the erection of five new buildirigs at the University of Virginia to take place of the ones eloquent of the divines who conduct- destroyed by the recent fire, was let day:1: v Blanchard, 45; 1 Denegre, 60; Price, 13; Blackman, 3; McEnery, 9; Pharr, 3. Necessary to a choice, 67. - Olney Only Made Enquirer. Madrid, May 24. Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo has announced that the United States government has' not formally protested against the decree of General Weyles, fofbid- 3: That: he directed , the misappro priation of the proceeds of said ? bond sales. only saved through the almost super- n uman efforts of ( the Fire Depart " ment. ' The building occupied by 3 '- Goldsmith & Co.; and owned K by the ; Langfield estate, is damaged probably to the extent of $10,000rpsurahce in v Danville, $17,0p0.. The loss of Gold-: smith & Co.: on stock is iii'the neigh- borhood of $30,000; -their insurance, in agencies in. the city, is $16,500. ! , .' The Merchants Bank was damaged to the extent of $1,000,' which is amply ; 4. That he directed the! Secretary covered by insurance.: of the Treasury to disregard the law Which make United States notes and treasury notes redeemable in coin. 5. That he was ignored and refused to enforce the "anti-trust" law.- 6. That he has sent United States ing the export of tobacco from Cuba, troops into the state of Illinois .with- Eustler Bros . . photoerrabhers. snf . A T ' 'I 1 fered to the extent of $1,200 by water; insurance, $1,500. .S ; -: Blair & BbatwrightV stationersi were injured bv 'smoke and watftr: . They place their damage at $400, with abundant insurance. The building ed the great revival' in the army of to Chas. H. Langley & Co., of Rich- but has enquired as to Spam's inten- out authority of law and in violation occupied by this firm and owned., by. ? . g - m,nA uc,nviA :an i;4-iA . ioo UfnUo raovriincy ovi cf in onnt.rflfttB .1 st ivn riroi ft-ifirin" " . " ' ' 1 '.. ' I fi. R. Waddill was considerablv dam-' : Northern Virginia. He was sub-pas tor in Raleigh until June, 1865 when he became pastor at Petersburg, Va., remaining there two years and a half when he was called to the pastorate of trie First Baptist church in Raleigh where he remained until September, 1879, a period of thirteen years. Un der his ministry the membership in creased from 240 to 515. 'h yl After resieniner his , pastorate : at mond. whose bid is a little less than three hundred 'thousand 1 dollars; Work will begin at once. A Drunken Man" Killed by an Engine. Durham, May 23. Wright Medlin, a white man, while under influence of whiskey, was struck by an extra eiifirine on the J)urham & : Northern Railroad in East Durham . about 11 o'clock to-night, and. was horribly t ions 4 regarding existing contracts. These contracts, the , prime minister adds, will be respected. 1 The Danger Line at St. Louis. .. St. .Louis, Mo.,' May 22. The Mississippi rivter is now within three feet of the danger line in front of this City. nis morning'xne gauge - regies tered 27 feeta rise , of nearly " two fp.et, during the past 24 hours. It is considerably dam- Raleigh, Dr. Pritchard became Presi- mangled. His head and chest dent of Wake Forest -College, and breathed into it a breath of new lifei He took the field, going into ' every section making popular and enthusi astic speeches that Quickened, the educational zeal of the people of the whole State, awakening the dormant and putting an educational zeal into his denomination that increased the students of Wake Forest from 117 to 181, and laying the foundations fori the growth and enlargement ; or that i institution. Its pr6merity was ai ways dear to his heart, and he never were fnnnd 100 vards from where he was struck. No one but himself was to blame. : H - , v Base Ball. - The following is ihe correct stand ing of the clubs of J?the; national league up to this morning: s " . ; x7. That he has corrupted politics aged by the flames. at 'the rear end through the interference . of Federal and by Water in the interior. . It was nfflppbnlders. 1 v " fully insured. : 8. That, he has used the appointing The building occupied by the B. L. ; power to influence legislation detrim Belt Furniture. Company was ; dam- thA' nponlfl: aged, though not seriouslv. The loss T therefore, be it, - - romeueii furniture uompany can Resolved, by the House of , Reprc ot be. correctly estimated, owing ,to. They carried insurance for. $9,500. , . Mrs 8 P, Giles, ; dressmaker, who v RPntfltives that the, committee on judiciary be appointed to acertaih expected that the danger line will be whether these charges are vtrue and reached by tomorrow night , and n BOr to report, to "the House such lived over J. Goldsmrtn & U.7s store, .:!...TC'j'mna will --.otilf fn, rirTia-r I -u-, t.n1v.Vnani- i rvf Viowioo llnst. ftvervthinb. and p.arriid nrt inanr-' vaavia ii Ajwix I ' oy ' " v " serious damage will result to property along the levee, v Already property owners and store keepers are moving their goods to upper floors. Won. . : 20 ..17. .18 16" ; 17 failed to be present with his cheering Philadelphia.; word and helnf nl smile on commence- w asuiugiyu ment occasions. When the -Trustees and friends of the college ; meet .this week: his chair will be vacant and Clubs. v ; Cincinnati . Cleveland . . Boston. . -v. . Pittsburg , Baltimore'i Cbieago... ...... 17 10 14 Brooklyn.. New .York. 't St. "Louis. Louisville i .1 12 -...11 .. 11 Lost.. K ii , io , 12 ' . 11". 13 14- 14" 15 . 17 :i9 19 ,23' P. C. : .645 .630 -600 .593 .567 548 j .533 . -.483 .414 .367 . .367 .233 53,000 Gift to the University. Chanel Hill; N:- C.,-May .26.-Mrs. Frederick Baker, of .New York , has given the University three thousand dollars to equip Commons Hall at the action by impeachment or : as shall be proper in : the premises. And said committee shall , have authority to send forepersons -v and papers. - i - ' ; . . . nowaru iia-u axdcju ance, Dr. R. j W. ; Robinson, , in .the same Dunaing carried, fuu insurance, which will not cover his loss on books and office furniture- Mr " Richard to address the Abuse as the- clerk; finished; reading building on the npperstory, 1 lost; all the document, but Dingley, of JVlaine hia furniture, clotbing, etc., and a leader of the majority took., him; off fine watch. He carried $300 insurance, : tbe floor by raising the question of which he estimates is $400 less than University and provideboard at cost consideration. The Speaker prompt- the value of the property destroyed. for students- The all will be opened My put tne question anu uiiiy .y ..iaiuckuciv., B.nthPr with n'Mnmmlatioiu three scattering. "ayes" were, heard, had; stage property, and, costumes Howard apparently . not vuiixig- xur bwiwiu iuo iaciuuauiD , jluu uuuu his own proposition, i The result . did ing, suffered to the' amount of $75 J" rot seem ; - to surprise Howard who Mr. Julian Meade's law library, in the took his seat . with a; smile on his face.- ..V"--.' ' . '- " for 200; and the charge will be per month, which is hoped to be reduced to S6 after a while. There will bej .20 student waiters, who will get board for their service. V" . " " bank, building, was damaged ;to the extent of about $100. "."T V Y , i i r J'