Thomas Hubon, Business Ma.vabk
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"FOlt GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH.
VOL- 1.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1889
NO. 24,
THE NEWS.
.1
L Orwln, major of the town of ttoraee,
Xa, was burned to death bv the caboose' la
which he was sleeping catching fire. A
orfc train near Laramie, Wy., collided iwlth
. me cars, and two men were kiltd. -lenfenant
Commander Shepard does not
believe that Brit eh Columbia were lying
in wait for him. Chusa Mo.-mon, minis
ter, wa burned to death, an 1 a number of
'others severely injured by au explosion at a
natural gas well In Kokomo, Ind. Tha re
formatory officers in Concord, Mass., who
ers charged with larceny,- were discharged
from custody, there being not sufflc ent evi
dence to con vict. J udjje Day, of Albany,
Y.; has decided the electric ex fcutlon con
stitutional, and remanded Kimmler to the
cttSiOdy of the warden of the prison. -The
magnificent residence oi Mr. Clem Stuie-
waiter in eoutn ttend, ind., was destroyed ty
fire! Itcobt t3J0,00J. Gen. L. B. Faulk-
Oner, the convicted Danville bank wrecker, .
has been i oleased on $20,010 bail. Cbarlts
Liundy, a Cincinnati attorney, was sentenced
to sixty days imprisonment for contempt of
court.- George Mahan, a conductor on tha
Shenanhouh Valley road, was killed on the
rail.; Brakeman Fialey was killed and
Brakeman Owen badly injured by a. collision
on the Richmond and Danville road. An
effort is being made to lorm a carpet manu
luctureiV trust The oflicial test of the
pneumatic guns of the cruiser Vesuvius took
place in Philadelphia.
A number of .vessels were wrecked In a '
fcerrifflc storm on Lake Huron Sunday and
several lives were lost. Several counter
feiters were arrested in Indianapolis, and in
(their manufactory $140 in spurious coin were
found. Miles of prairie, in Iowa were
burned over, and the village of Swan Lake
nearly destroyed. The General Protestant
Episcopal Convention decided to admit the
rnitsionary diocese of Oregon as a regular
diocese and make Missionary Bishop Morris
the regular diocesan. A steam threshing
machine exploded on the farm of Charles
McAndrew, near St. Thomas, One , I3d tw0
men were instantly killed and another seri
ously injured.- John Fitzpatrick, or "Ltv
. erpool Jack," was sentenced to nine years in
New Yprk state prison for abducting men
to work In Yucatan. -Thieves blew open a
safe in Sigler Bros.' jaweiry factory at Cleve
land, O., and stole $1,800 worth of jewelry.
The conductor and bra kemen of an ex
press train on the Louisville and Nashville
IRailroad had a desperate encounter Sunday
might with two masked train robbers,' in
jwhich the latter were routed and one of
Ithem wounded. A Eteam pipe ' in the
iGalaxy flour mill, at Minneapolis, Minn.,
jbarst and suffocated engineer Frank Banks
land Fireman Joseph Evans. One hundred
Icigarmakers, employed by Oblinger Bros. &
!Co. , Lancaster, Pa., went on strike against
raduction in wages,.-
John C. McClure, aged eighty-five years,
one of the jurors in the John Brown case,
died at his home at Summit Point, W. Vn.
-Captain Liswell and eleven of the crew
of the British ship Minnie Swift, from
, Greenock, September 7, for Miramichi, which
wnu rank in collision with tha Frnnh atssmor
'Geographfqua near St. Pierre, Miquelon,
arrived at Dalhouse, N. B. Four men, the
jjurfos and Miss Masters, a passenger on
the Minnie Swift, were drowned. James
Dean, a farmer of Wright county, Minn.,
shot and killed bis eight-year-old son in mis
take for a chicken thief. There was frost
In Mississippi, the earliest touch of winter
experienced in that section for many years.
Charles F. Orris, a quiet and industrious
young man, in an insane moment murdered
his mother and then committed BuiciJe at
their home in Buffalo, N. Y. The boiler
of Hoeschor Bros', steam thresher at St.
Cloud, Minn., exploded, injuring a number
of men.- Mrs. Nellie Montague, a notorious
thief,, who had eluded the police for a long
time, was captured in Chicago.- Mayor
Grant, of New York, has notified- the elec
tric light companies of that city that imme
diate steps will be taken to compel them to
put the wire undr ground, because of the
frequency of fatal accidents. A dozen
buildings were burned in the town of Rocky
Mount, Franklin county, Va. Loss, $50,000
- A. C. Johnson, and J. II. Boyd have
. been arrested in Denver, Col. , charged with
sending lottery circulars and tickets through
the mails, and conducting an alleged cor
poration called the Dihver State Lottery
Company-. J udge 'Bunco died at Port
' Huron, Micb., aged 102 years- Mrs. Hen--rietta
Snell, widow of the murdered Chicago
millionaire, has given that city 125,000 for
the erection of a memorial fountain.
LAKE HURON IN A FURY.
Many Vessels Wrecked and Loss of
Life A Terrible Storm.
Dispatches from several points report a
terrific storm on Like Huron. It is lea re J
that several vessels hav3 gone down, A hugb,
eea 6truck' the propeller Otego, smaake J in
the port rail an 1 instantly killed the mate.
The wheelman of the propeller Rosedale,
was killed during the storm. While the vet
set was in Saginaw Bay, laboring in a heavy
sea, the wheel got away from the mate and
the wheelman and tha latter was killed.' '
The schooner Magruder, laden with 1 am
ber, was driven ashore in the Sand Beach
harbor. -- " - -I
A dispatch from Detroit reports the steamer
Viking aground on St. Clair flats and tha
ute.m barge Glasgow-on Pelee Island. The
bar,ie Wend tbs Wave, one of tha Glasgow's
contorts, was run down and sunk by the
schooner J. D. Sawyer. Tha cook, a woman,
was drowned. "v" ' : " -
A dispatch from Fort Huron says many
ressels put in b.tdly damaged, and sever j
ore reported ashore at different points.
1'HB doctors are doing their best to
convince the public that ice-water Is
dangerous. Perhaps it is, but then so
are whixliv .ind tov pistols and matri
uiouv, fttivl lots cf things. fi'asAIng-
SIR KNIGHTS IN LINE.
Imposing Parade of the Tem
plars in Washington.
Fatly 15,000 Men Marched Past the
President and Member of the Re
viewing Party Gorgeous Uni
form, Magnificent Dinners.
. The twenty-fourth triennial conclave of
the Knights Templar of the United States,
opened at Washington with a grand parade.
The day was one of those beautiful October
days, with plenty of bright warm sunshine
and Just a tinge of cold in the crisp, clear air
bringing tbe rosy flow of Color to the cheeks
of women and making the morning cocktail
doubly to be appreciated by the men. Tbe
sun came out warm and strong enough to
make tbe day perfect in wormtb. The crowds
turned out early. By nine o'clock the streets
were filled with Templars and bands hurry
ing to their rendezvous , The sidewalks were
lined with people. Schools were closed and
the departments were deserted. Business on
all streets live the Avenue was suspended,
and in many cases the proprietors of the
stores wisely locked up, and Rave their em
ployes a chance to see the parade. Tbe city
was gorgeous la its Holiday attire, anu its
quirter of a million of people turned out to
give tbe guests a royal welcome. Old and
y june, male and tenia. e, rich and poor, black
and white, native and foreign the whole
population of Washington, it would seem,
was on tbe line of parade. Every bouse along
the broad Avenue was a mass of glowing
colored flags of many nations, wreathed in
ail manner of device, conjoined with the
peculiar insignia of tbeknignts. Every bal
cony was gay with sightseers. Every win
dow was radiant with the bright tints of
1 dies' dresses. Even tbe bouse tops wre
crowded with people. The various stands
erected at tbe augles of tbe Aveou and in
tersecting cross streets wero densely packed
with human beings, who, witnout regard to
rank or dress, were mixed up with a sense of
perfect equality, wniie the sidewalks were
dense witu tbe refluent tides of curious hu
manity. The crowd on the street, like every South
ern crowd, was in perfect humor, josting and
shoving, treading on each other'. heels and
skirts occasional ly, but always good-humored,
still. Great forces of policemen were
spread along the Avenue, but there was no
need of them.
The crowd seemed all to gravitate toward
tbe corner of Fifteenth street and the Ave
nue. Undoubtedly, if one must view the
parade from the lower basis of the curbstone,
there is no better place in the town.
It was shortly before noon when the parade
started. From that time for over three hours
the tine move by. It is roughly estimated
that there were about 2J.000 men in line. Tbe
effect was superb. There have been larger
parades tn point of numbers, there have been
showier parades in point of dazzling-hued
uniforms; but there has never been such a
parade ot uniformly fine-looking, thorough
bred men. It was tbe acme of pure taste in
dress and bearing. Tbe severe uniformity of
dress varied only so far that some comman
deries wore black plumes instead of white in
their chapeaux. Two commanderiesfrom
Virginia oarried lances; but, otherwise, there
was a chaste and unuorm simplicity that
could not be surpassed. Ai tbe masonic col
umns came up the Avenue the gentle, Octo
ber wind swayed tbe white plumes until, as
some one said, tbe Avenue looked like a
"moving meadow of lilies." Platoon after
platoon marched by, always wearing the
same uniform of black, but the sight never
nr.-w tiring. Tbe m sn were too manly, their
bearing too martial, tbe music too good for
the mind to tire. Add to it tbe strange, but
porpectly executed movement?, now forming
a gigantic latin cross, now a noiiow square,
again a Maltese cross, then a triangle, at ways
with matbeinaticil exactness.
The twelve divisions of tbe procession
formed in the streets adjacent to tbe capitol.
and debauching from tbese side streets at the
signal of command filed into line, and began
tbe long march up Pennsylvania avenue,
whose broad surface waspjrfctly smooth and
level, having been newly laid with asphalt a
short while ago. The parad moved over a
line of march three and a half miles long,
beginning at Fist and B streets, east of tbe
C tpitol, thence to F street, down P street to
Pennsylvania at tbe foot ot Capitol Hill, and
along Pennsylvania avenue, pst the Treas
ury Building and White Hou, to Washing
ton Circle, where tbe parade moved into K
street, and dowu that street to Mount Ver
non Square, where the commanderies were
d.smisMd. In front of tbe White House a
stand was erected on tbe same site from
which tbe President in March last reviewed
the long columns of soldiery and civio or
ganiz itions that formed tbe inaugural pro
cession. From this atand the President re
viewed the kuignts. Another stand was
erected on K street, near tbe end ot tba line
of march, lor tbe accommodation of the
most eminent grand master, General Charles
Roome, of .New York, and here be reviewed
tbe parade.
1 The Grand Encampment began its session
immediately upon arriving at Masonic Tem
ple, at tbe close of the parade. Mr. Myron
i M. Parker delivered an address of welcome
on tbe part of the local committee, and in
troduced Commissioner Douglass, who we!-eomtfd-tbe-fenighte
in behalf of the city. To
Iboth addresses the Grand Master responded,
'and this closed the public exercise. Tbe en
icanipment then bjjan its busiuess in secret
conclave.
NORTHWEST CANNIBALS;
An Indian Woman Who ate Seven
'" Children and a Man Four.
A gent eman just returned from an explor
ing expedition in the wilds of tbe North
western Outario said that be had discovered
during bis travels a tribe of Indians who
have practised cannibalism up to within a
few years ago, when the country was first
Visited by French missionaries.
In tbe vicinity of Abbittlbee Lake he was
shown an Indian child whose graudmother
bad killed and eaten saveuof her young chil
dren, the child' father being the only one to
escapv Ha made his rootner'ft terrible deed
known to tbe chief of thu fribe, who s-nt bis
men to arrest her. On entering the wigwam
they found the bead of tbe last child boiling
in a pot over the fire. She was ordere I to
be shot, lots having been drawn to se who
tbe executioner should be. Tha unlucky
straw tell to an old Indian, who successfully
removed the unnatural mother from doing
lurtberharm.
Oa the Quinzo Like several years ago be
found that a f utlulooded warrior had Killed
and eaten tour of bis sons, but was after
ward shot and killed by bis fifth son. .
i The population of the Australian capitals
has just bean estimated in th9 respective
colonies. Melbourne heads the list with 419,
420 inhabitant!!; Svdney has 357,690; Bris
bane, &5,X); Adelaide, ltl 830; Hobwt, W,
4JH Wellingtoa, 30.590, mmt . Pertii 9,300.-'ii-y
i tfctt tehior city and tlobart 60Tn?s
SOUTHERN ITEMS:
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILED
FROM MANY SOURCES.
Charles Adkins, a notorious Raleigh
county, W. Va., cattle thief, has been ar
rested and jailed.
An epidemic is reported among the horses
in Pasqnotank and other eastern counties in
South Carolina.
Samuel Thornton, aged 35, of White
Marsh, Gloucester county, Va., committed
suicide with a shotgun.
-The" Richmond and Alleghany telegraph
line has transferred all its commercial busi
ness to the Western Union.
-Tbe total appropriation madeby the gov-erwnwuf-
for improvements in tfie Little
Kanawha river reach $173,000.
The Wheeling, W. Va., business men
have sutscn bed l;J,C00 to make a thorough
test for natural gas in that vicinity. ,
J. D. St Clair, of Welisburg. W. Va.,
was fatally wouudei on Friday, by a fall
from a roof, on which he was at work.
Mrs. Thomas Deer, of Myersville, Fred
erick county, Md., bas in her possession a
curious devk. It bas four feet, two eyes
an i one bill.
Harry B. Syraour,of Wheeling, W.Va.,
who was indicted for stealing $27,500 from
the Bank o( Wheeling, has skipped his bail
bond of $4,000.
Cerebro-spinal meningitis, which pre
vailed to a great extent (.brought tbe upper
part of Cecil county, Md., a year ago, has
again made its appearance.
Wallace Elkins was shot and instantly
killed by Joseph Siiorts in a quarrel growing
out of a game of cards at tha mouth of Jar
vis Creek, Wayne county, W. Va.
William Young, of Putnam county, W.
Va., was at th j bottom of a fortv-toos well
cleaning it out. when a heavy oak box drop
pe 1 on bis bead. He will recover.
Land Linetx rger, aed 43. was acciden
tally shot and killed near L weii, N. C, 12
miles from Cnarlotte, by bii friend Frank
Simmons, while both were out bunting.
Claule, the three-yea -old daughter of
Mr. Schill, of Mirtinsburg, W. Va,. was
seriously injured by b.-ing run over by a
four-horse wagon. H r recovery is possible.
At Titus ville, Fia,, W. H. Adams, a pos
tal clerk,: died ironi the efftcts of a rattle
snake bite. He accidentally stepped on tbe
snake as he was walking ou the public high
way. Mr. Jo3bua Herbert, of Frederick, Md.,
exhibited a mammoth sunflower, wbich
measures three and a balf feet in circum
ference, and contained four quarts of seed.
In a single blast at the Sawyer mines in
Montgomery county, Md., five tons of rock
were thrown ont, wbich will average $3,000
per ton. Particles of stone wero held to
gether by threads of gold.
The wreck on the Richmond and Alle
ghany Railroad, near Buena Vista, Va., was
caused ty tbe spreading of tbe rails under a
freight train, demolishing several cars.
Mr. Roger T. Edmunds, of Sharpsburg,
Mi., has completed a monument, four feet
in height, composed entirely of relics of the
battleiielJ of Aniietam, such as bulletts,
grape th t, pieces of exploded shells, etc.
The De Frehn Chair Works of Williams
port, Md., wbich was destroyed by the recent
flood, will move to Mount Union, Hunting
ton county, Pa, on account of tempting
offers being made to the company to take
the step.
The Catocttn iron furnaces loci ted a
few miles from Mechanicstown, Md., are
now being made ready for active operations
and are expected to go into blast at an early
date. Tnse furnaces are the moss exten
sive of tbe kind in tbe country.
Mr. A. S. Miner, of L itersburg, Md.,
attempted to step on the friction block ot a
loaded wagon while in motion, but missed
bis footing and fell, the wagon passing over
his body. Three oi his ribs ware oroken and
one leg bruised, besides being hurt internally.
The saw mill industry along the line of
the Cape Fer and Yadkin Valley railroads
in North Carolina, is assuming vast propor
tions. Between Fayetteville and Maxton
there are about tbirty-nve mills in constant
operation.
Nine head of cattle were pastured in a
Sold on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Fred
erick, Md., and, escaping by some means,
calmly laid themselves down on the cross
ties of the railroad. Dr. Kline seeing their
danger, managed to signal an approuching
train in time to avert a probable accident.
- John Charshea, of Perryville, Md., em
pioyrd as a brakemm on tbe Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Biltiraorj Rulroad, wbile
coupling cars at North East, was run over
by part ot tbe tram, wnich injtirea nis leg
so badly that it will probably have to be
amputated.
-Large deposits of valuable iron ore have
just been disooverei on a number of farms
in the famous MIddletown Valley, Frederick
county, MJ. Tbe variety so far found is
known as specular iron. A large portion
of tbe landjhas already been leased to a Bal
timore syndicate, and ' the Cambria Iron
Company, of Pennsylvania, is also negotiat
ing. The capital stock of the Wetmore Shoe
& Laather company, of Raleigh, N. C, has
been increased i rom $25,000 to $43,000. Tbe
company is not only un what may be termed
a scund basis, but making fair returns to the
s tocx bottlers.
E, S. Stephenson, engineer on tbe C. &
O. Railroad, wai instantly killed at Charles
ton, W. Va. He stepped from his own engine
immediately in front of another, wbich pas
sed over his body, almost cutting it in two.
PhcebeNorris, of Ritchie, C. H.. W. Va.,
has entered suit against President Kimball,
of the Penusboro and Harrisvilie Railroad,
for tea thousand dollars as damages for in
juries received by Norris' child in an acci
dent on the narrow guage railroad during the
fair.
The horse of Dr. James Schwion became
frightened while riding down a steep, nar
row roidway in East Wheeling, W. Va,
turning i ha bugy over a steep bluff. Tbe
borse and ou;gy rolled over four times, but
did no damage to the doctor and a gentleman
friend wh was with him, beyond a t w
bruises. The escaps was miraculous.
- As Alfred Burkle, of Martin's Ferry, W.
Va., was about to put bis father's horsj in tbe
stable, an unseen gunner fired bis weapon
and tbe shot struck the animal in the should sr,
causing him to kick. Young Burkle was
standing behind the animal and was struck
by the animal's hoofs over the right eye,
causing a depressing , fracture of the skull.
Tbe injury is very dangerous, and may re
sult in death.
John. Peters, the enginesr in charge of
the repair work on the Wheeling, W. Va,
Custom-house, was painfully injured by a
piece o( broken stone that fell from tbe top
ot the building. The sharp edge of the stone '
truck Peters on the upper lip, cutting it en
tirely through to toe jaw and felling him to
the earth. ... -.. ' ?
-The stone 'work of the foundation and
tasemeat walls of tha Masonic Temple, at
Richmond, Va., bas been finished, an i the
I ricK work of tbe principal story completed.
The delay io getting scoae and toe bad weath
er ha delayed the lttliiin:j eonnidrbly, but
it win w rwly f " occtini
William Craig is one ot the most re
markable men in Puladci county, Va. 11b is
85 years old, the father of tweuty-one
children, the youngest being twenty-nine
years of age. His wife is eighty-four, and
his oldest son sixty-five. Ha works ou tbe
farm every day, and stys he feels asyouug
as be did forty years ago.
The Lynchburg and Durham Railroad
are experimenting with the Noonan inven
tion. This consists of the track and ties be
ing covered with dirt, only tbe top of tbe
rail being exposal. .The spikes are not driven
down tightly, but give tbe rail three-eighths
of an inch play. . Tbis allows the rail to
crawl somewbatln front of th- train, giving
a smooth riding road. Tbe experiment was
a suooess. ' '
. ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE,
Ex Queen Isabella recently won $3,000 on
a borse race.
Christie Murray, the novelist, is a very
clever artist.
lime. Patti's farewell concert tour Is once
more announced. :
William O'Brien, M. P., i engaged in writ
ing an Irish political novel.
The Empress of Austria occupies much of
her time now in painting china.
The new Duchess of Marlborough has gone
in extensively for dog raising.
George Bancroft, historian, spends all his
spare time in tending to his roses.
Dr. Nansen, the Norwegian explorer, is
about to set out for. the North Pole.
Count Taafe, the Austrian prime minister,
is tbe Baron of Ballymore, in Ireland.
Thirty yards of silk have been woven for
the Duchess of Fife at a coat of $600.
John f. Cnrrodus, the violin player, has
eight sons, seven of whom are musicians.
Mr. Spurgeon, tbe great London preacher,,
was never ordained, and says he never will
be.
The Emperor William has a liking for
sleeping in railway carriages, or to be out all
nigbt.
During his late visit to Paris, King George
of Greece bought $300,000 worth of furni
ture. The Queen of Spain is tbe first Queen of
that country to allow smoking; at a court
dinner.
President Harrison keeps a scrap-book in
whicb"be has a copy of all the spsecbes he has
evermide.
Governor Fitzhugh Lee is growing so stout
that be is barely able to mount a hors3 with
out assistance.
Menelik If., the new King of Abyssinia, ia
the son of a beggar woman who took bis fath
er's fancy.
Tbe Duchess of Marlborough is winning
prizes at English dog shows with a pet Blen
heim spaniel.
Maurice Sand left a remarkable and curious
assortment of buttons, stones, military cos
tumes and butterflies.
-Henry Villard is passionately fond of mu
sic of ail kinds, and is himself a good per
former on the violincelio.
Oscar S. Straus, ex-minister to Turkey,
makes a hobby o( collecting and studying
books on American history. .
The Prince oi Lich ten stein bas tbe dis
tinction of ruling over the smallest state in
tbe world; population, 9,121.
Henry George is going to California in
January He will afterward go to Australia
and New Zealand lecturing.
The Grand Duke of Darmstadt has issued
an order conferring on one of bis cooks the
title of "Court Sauer-Crout Cutter."
Th3 lats Colonel Tomline, a very rich Eng
lishman, would not permit a boo t written by
a clergyman or a woman to enter his library.
Chief Justice Peters, of Maine, is suffering
from cataract of both eyes, but hopes to be
able to serve out his term, which lasia a year
longer.
Mme. Lo Roy, who is starting an explora
tion to Persia, is accompanied by a single
man servant, but will oranizj armed bands
as sue proceeds.
Miss Cordelia Meyers, of Newville, Cum
berland county. Pa., is tbe proud possessor
of a piano once owned by th wife of Presi
dent Johu Quincy Adams.
Dwighl L. Moody, the evangelist, is back
in Cnicago. W ith the exception that he bas
grown a little grayer and a little stouter, he
looks much the same as he did 10 years ago.
While in Paris, Edison received an average
of 1,200 letters a day, many of them being
offers of marriage to his daughter, while
others contained snuff, fans, garters and like
items.
King Otto, of Bavaria seems to be in a verv
bad wuy. A telegram from Munich says that
His Majesty is alternately tbe victim of vio
lent excitement and tits of unconsciousness
lasting for hours, and that he sometimes re
fuses to take any food.
FLAMES LEAP A CREEK.
Destructive Prairie Fires In Iowa A
Woman Fatally Darned.
Serious prairie fires are raging in the
northern central low counties. In the
vicinity of Spirit Lake great damage has
been done to grain, bay and stock, wbile
villages have been seriously threatenel, and
only the strenuous efforts of fire fighters have
averted many costly conflagrations. Th
little town of Estherville had a very narrow
escapfrora total destruction. Tbe flames
leaped a creek twenty feet in width and rap
idly swept toward the U n; but tde heroic
efforts ot tbe citizens finally averted tbe dis
aster after a number of farmhouses had been
de-troyed.
O ae woman's hut caught Are and she was
burned so badly that she will die. Other
fire fighters were fearfully blistered.
Tbe loss in Emmet county foots up to over
twenty thousand tons ot bay and fltty thou
sand bushels of grain. The pecuniary loss
cannot be estimated at present, but will
closely approach, the seven ilgnra point.
WEST VIRGINIA FEUDS,
The Brum field and Hall Families En
gaged in War.
A bloody family feud is now raging in
Lincoln county, W, Va., between the Brum
fle'.d and Hall families. Floyd Dingess.a son
of a justice ot the p,aee an 1 a prominent
min, married one of tbe Hall girls. He
quarreled with his wife and the next day
Dingess and his wife'3 brother mst and Din
gess was shot dead.
Alfred Brumfleld had married Dingess'
sister. He swore to be avenged on Hall and
fatally wounded one of the Hall brothers,
Taidays ago Brnmtiel I and his wife were
waylaid and Mrs, Brumfield was shot through
the head and died. Brumfield was terribly
wounded. Two dya later 1'urvis lirum
iiel 1 was shot. Oil Saturday George Dinp"s,
:t brother c T ilrumhitlrt' wifp, was s:ioc i
A Better September Trade Than
last Year Reported.
Promise of Activity In October but
the Volume of Business Retarded
by the Condition of the Money
Market.
Special telegrams to Bradslreet'j Indicate
the wider prevalence of - cooler weather;
which ha) materially aided the diitributiou
of staple and other general pro ducts. The
movement from jobbers' hands is as yet r jI v
tively more active that from retailers. Mer
chants at Westsrn centres very uniformly
report a bettor September trade than in 18S3,
with bright pro spac's f or the coming month.
Alaska salmon are arriving freely at San
Francisco, the season's pack being estimited
at 400,000 oases the saraa as last year.
There has been an active demand for cot
ton at most markets, although prices have
declined sharply, as was expected after ths
settlement of the September squeeze In
rice there has been an active movement at
the South, based upon shorter crop estimates. .
Speculation In stocks has yielded to the in
fluence of financial disturbinces. The un
expected shipment of $1,5JJ,00) scold to
Europe in conuection with tbe Brazilian loin
creates some uneasiness, and keeps money on
a high level. Tbe severest falls in stock values
were in the Trust specialties and Atchison,
but the general list suffered alro. Bonds are
dull Money on call at New York tbis week
has ranged from 4 to 25 per cent.
There bas been moreactlvity In breads tuft J,
with declining prices. Dealings in wheat are
heavy, 46,000,000 bushels for tbe week, with
free movement and liberal offerings. Prices
reacted cents. Stocks in sight September
28, as reported to BradstreeVa, aggregated
86,734,0.0 bushels, lO.uiW.OOO lest than on Oc
tober i, 183, and 5,47:1,000 bushels more than
on September L, 1889. Exports of wheat
(and flour as wheat, both coasts, this week,
exclusively reported in tbis journal, equal
1,624,403 bushels, against 1,650,714, busiwl
last week and 1.757,610 bushels the first week
of October, 1884. Total shipments abroad
July I to October 4 equal 25,830,207, against
33,2Jl,0;.'4 bushels in a ike portion of 1888.
Indian corn is bearish and off il o.,with
heavy arrivals, and 8.255.0.JO out of the 17,
748,000 bushels in sight in transit towards tide
water. BradstreeVa Australian eabl reports
available wheat stocks there and in New Zea
land, October 1, amounted to 3,38,0JQ
bushels.
Arrivals of raw sugar, warehouse delive
ries and meltinzs have been light and re
duced stocks at th four ports are leatures,
with a cut of in price, without stim
ulating purchases. Demand for refined is
slightly better. . Crops advices from su;jar
producting countries are favorable.
Coffee auvanced fifteen points upaculative
lv on rather Unfavorable 'news alfto'lw 0-
tober flowering in Brazil and moderate trad
ing, but reached again twenty-flva poiut.
In private channels prices arestrongT. Pork
has held its own at New York as to prices,
notwithstanding tbe serious disturbance at
Chicago, with only moderate sale. Oiher
hog products have fluctuated considerably,
lard losing Live hogs at Omaha and
Kansas City uave declined' 10a20c on depres
sion in EaSlern market.
The business failures in the United States
for the quarter ending with September were
3276, showing a decrease of 85, or percent
from last year, but for nine months the num
ber bas been 73J9, showing an increase of 320,
or 4 per ceni The liabilities for the past
quarter have been swelled by a few large
failures to $39,227,045, or 40 per cent more
than for the same quarter last year, but for
the ciie raonthi the aggregate has been $ 105,
055.8HO. an increase of 16 per cent. The
failures in Canada shows a decrease of 5 per
cent in number ond 40 per cent in liabilities
for the past quarter. For the nine months
there have t een only three less than last year
in number, but 16 per cent less in liabilities.
For the mst wek tbe fail tires reported num
ber 172 for the United States an I thirtv-four
for Canada, against 102 lat week and 221 for
the corresponding week last year.
FATAL RAILROAD WRECKS.
A Mayor Burned to Death Threats
to Lynch Train Hands.
A freight train oi thd Missouri Pacific
rotd stopped near Astoria, Kan., to mak
repairs, and when the engine started off
again the train broke. The rear part ran
back down grade into a west bound passen
ger triiu. Ihi cs 0)88 and four treiglt
cars were piutueu up over the passen;er en
gine and caught fire. C P. Orwan, mayor
of tbe town of Horace, was asleep In the
caboose and was burned to death. The
people on the passenger train bad ail been
warned in time and left the train. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict that it was
an unavoidable accident.
Laramie, Wy. Monday night, on . the
Car bun cut-off road, a work train with fif
teen workmen collided with two cars stand
ing on the track. Two men were instantly
killed and another fatally injured. Tbe
workmen said tbe accideut was causod by
carelewness, and, procuring s rope, they
went after tbe train crew to lynch tnem, but
the latter escaped.
BIG BLAZE IN VIRGINIA.
Many Building in the Town of Kocky
Mount Desfroyed.
Tbe little town of tocky Mount, in Frank
lin county, Va., wasV.eariy entirely destroy
ed by fire. Tbe fire is believed to have been
tbe work of an incendiary. The total loss ia
about $50,0C0; total insurance $30,000. The
business places burned were: Montgomery's
hardware store, J. C. Morris' millinery, the
Mnlcare block. Hollo wells's jewelry store,
Hall & Binford. J. H. Austin, Gills & Jor
dan, dry goods; Dr. A. J. Carper's rirug
store, Horace P. Smith's drug store, Home
Brosl dry goods, Hale's It very and feed sta
ble, Dillard's law office and C L. Meenfer't
residence. ;
TO LYNCH A DYING MAN;
Another Illustration of the Bitterness
of i he llatfljld-MoCoy Fend. .
Samuel May bom, one of the Hatlleld-Mc-Coy
gang, under sentence of death, ia dying
with consumption." He cannot sit up and the
jailor has taken him to bis own borne that he
may die in comfort
A movement is afoot to lynch Mayhom,
and it is aid all the arrangements are com
plet ', his eheiniejs declaring he s!ii!l not di
a natural death. y
This week's issus of a local paper s ivagely
denounce! the proposition as a piecu of bar
barism, and exhorts all decent i.ieopte to s
that Mayhom, who cannot potM!:-!y nve until
thrtd vet tor his cx 'cutiou, ! ;D alouo.
CABLE SPARKS.
The United States steanwr Enterprise ar
rived at Holyhead.
A storm in the Province of Cagleart; Italy,
did great damage to property.
Fever is raging in Athens, and soveral court
officials are among the victims. -, '
Mr. Conybaare. M. P who was released
from the Londonderry jail, was received w i tl
great enthusiasm ou. his arrival in Londou.
It was remored on the Berlin Bourse thai;
tbe German government will ask a credit of
three hundred millions of marks for bronze
guus for tbe new smokeless powder. -
The subscriptions to tbe fund to meet the
expenses of Mr. Parnell in his defense before,
tile Parnell commission have closed. Tha
total amount subscribed is 11,000.
Ths laborers employed ia the wool ware-'
houses on the London docks have gooe out'
on strike, owing, us tbey claim, to tbe prefer-J
ence given to b:auklegs by the employers.
It is reported that Gen. Boulangers finan-:
cial backers are about cutting off his supply
of money, in consequence of wbich h will
take up his residence in tbe Isle of Jersey to
reduce expenses.
Ex-Queen Natalie paid a visit to her son,)
King Alexander. AU the foreign representa-j
tires, with tbe exception of the ambassadors
of Germany and Turkey, afterward! waited
upon tbe ex Queen. . ,
The Stat i Line st amer State of Georgia,' .
from Glasgow for New York, was in collision
with tbe coasting steamer Agate, bound from
Bowling, daring the prevalence of a he ivy -'
fog. Bo.h vessels were considerable damaged-
.. .--,'.''.'
Dr. Kane, grand muster of the Orangemen
of tbe distJict of Belfast, Ireland, in a pub
lished card warns the Right Hon. A. J, Bal
four, chief secretary for Ireland, that be will .
alieuute the Orangemen it he propose any :
further endowment of Catholic institutions m
Ireland. . ' iw- S--yiv "
Capt LawLr, who gained notoriety by bi
attempt to cross tbe Atlantic ocean in tb
little boit'Navorsink, is in prison in Ports-r
mouth, Eng., on a charge oC attempting to
murder a sailor who, with four others, had
been placed aboard tbe vetsei by tbe owners.
The Czar will start for Berlin nxt week,
sod iu tba. c.ty will give PrinceB snjarck au
interview. Au uneasy feeling prevails in ,
Austrian circles, it being feared that th
move by offering to assise in reitorios Rus
sian dominance in Bulgaria as an induce- ,
ment to draw the Czar irom a French alii- -Mice.
: ' r -. -, '
The farm laborers of county Clare, Ireland, .
are indignant at the farmers, who, they
3iaim, are using the National League tor their
Dwh profits, wude tbey oppose in every way
the iuterssu of the laborers. A meeting has
b-en held by the laborer', at whiob it was re
solved to form a laborers' league and to de
mand tbe power to olect representatives to
tne local boards. . . . '
Cannon Griffin, of county Cork,' Ireland, ,
has written a letter severely condemning th
statements made by Mr. Timothy Healy as a
rot meeting of the Dublin Branch of tba
National Leagua that the renunciation of Mr.
Balfour, of the Catholic University scheme,
was a uitter olow to those seeking to consoli
date the dow.t of England at tue Vatican
agamst tbe Irish nationalists.
SAVANNAH'S GREAT FIRE
Futly $400,OCO Worth of Cotton and
Cotton Presses Destroyed.
The lower hydraulic and the Tyler Cotton
Compressor, with five warehouses and 4 009
bales of cotton, were burned at Savannah,
Ga. The fire started in the bydraalic-prera
yard, and spread with such rapiditly that th)
firemen were unable to control it, and it
burned until the warehouses and presses were
destroyed and there was nothing more lor
the fUines to feed upon. " . - -
Three vessels the Napier, tbe Cypress and
the Carlton, all British steamships were
lying at the wharves in front of tbe burning
buildings. For a long time the Carlton was
in great danger.
One side of her was blistered, and the
wharves took fire. Of the 4.900 bales there
will be scarcely any saved. . Tbe loss is esti
mated at $400,000. Tbe insurance on build
ings, presses, &c, is $86,500, and $7,000 ao- -counted
for on the cotton. A great part of
the cotton was covered by fljadug policies.
The watchman in tbe warenoifse where it
started saw a blaze flash up from a pile ot
cotton bales, and before anything could ba
done the entire warehouse was in fliraee.
MARKETS.
Baxtimob Flour City Mills, extra, $4.57
$4.60, Wheat Southern Fultx, Wa8tt:.
Corn Southern White, 40a40?i cts, i ellow
41a42 cts. Gate Southern and Pennsylvania",
24a27 eta,: live Maryland & Pennsylvania
50a52cts. ; Hay- -Maryland and Pennsylvania
13 50a$14 00;Straw-VV heat,6.50a$7.50;iiutter,
Eastern Creamery, 19a25c, near-by receipts
lbal7cts; Cheese Eastern Fancy Cream. 10
alO.V eta., Western, Ua 10 cts; Eggs 21 :
a&2; icuaoco Leai interior, laf&uo, uooa '
Common, 3 00a 4 00, Ididdling,$5a7.0u Good '
to fine re.l,8atf ; Fancy, 10a$13. '
Nw York Flour Southern Common to
fair extra,$3.10a$3.15;Wheat-Nol White S6
W)4 Bye-State. 5la52,'; Corn-Southern
Yellow,4Ua4l. Oata Wbite, State25a28
cts.; Butter-State. Ua24 cts, : Cheese-lte, :
7K10 cts. ; Eggs 21a22 cts.
Philadelphia Flour Pennsylvania
fancy, 4.25a4.7o : Wheat Pennsylvania and
Southern Bed, 82Vab?i'; Rye-Pennsylvania
52a5Scts: Cora Southern Yellow, 40a4Kcts. '
Oat-27a27 cts. : Butter-State, lwa5 vts. ;
Cheese N. Y. Factory, 9a9 cts. Eggs ,
State. 20a22 eta.
" CATTLT5. ""
Baltimore Beef, 3 VUi 15; Sheep 53 00 .
a400. Hfgs $1254 40. 4
xnkw YoaE Beef $4 75a5 25;Sheep-$3 fiO
a5 50; Hogs $4.7035.20. k ;
East Libkrtt Beef $i' 40a 190; Sheep
$3 25a4 50; Hogs U 70a4 75
KILLED AT A GAS DISPLAY.
A Flaming Pips Hurled Into a Crowd
or Spectators.
The second accident in the history or thi
Kokemo Indians, gas belt occurred at Jerome
fifteen miles east of Kokomo, in which one
man was instantly killed, an! three others
probably fatally burned, A large crowd
bad gatherel at this well, whicli is the
strongest one In the state, to witness a s
display. Sixteen feat of the four inch pips
was laid from tha well, terminating in a
vertical elbow four feet in height, Tha
youug man who applied tbe torch rooh-'-'y
turned this elbow down to lie on the grounu,
and jmt as tti gas Iguitad the tremen ; it
force flung the sixty feet of p'pe ir.',u J.
striking and burning everything witlmi nt
reach. . A" larjTi'Hiynhor were injured m ! -dition
to tho niiove! One of those Km- i - i
j a predcber in t h j Frieudi Cl'iiri'ti, aiNiy i"
i years Old, an in o.d rel ) X fif ttn
j und loaves tt wile and five ir.-wn t.i.
was j.i," . I : Oie . m I