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ANOTHER BIG STRIKE. AND HOMESTEAD. ' A OKAraio rioTDRM in tips. Car Bfnixg By Ik DoMTho Blaao f OU ood the Cllar f Klootrifl Unfct. r-Bhimm Pa agora, i ;j -V - Buffalo, N. Y., August 13 This morning an Erie train, consisting of, 43 car lying on the mala track, waa act on lira at midnight and In an hoar titer were 15 or 20 can burned. It ii estima ted that the lots will be $30,000. At 1 o'clock the Are had broken oat at the yard and indication) were that aerioo damage would be. done a the fire waa burning fiercely. " Nothing - could be done by the engine attached to the train, aa lue crew were driven rrom meir en ' gtnea and threat were made if the men attempted to more them. The fire do , partment waa unable to rlo anything on . aeooant of the hydrants in the neigh borhood. The Erie had two stock trains already to leave for the east at 0 O'clock but they were not moved, aa the strikers threatened to kill tho crew if they left the yard. . ; -' An official call was made upon the city ' and county by the Lehigh Valley for : : protection and the Erie followed suit. .. Buffalo, N. Y., August 16. At 8 o'clock this morning a train of coal cars on the Lehigh Valley caught fire at each end and burned fiercely. Here and there ' - at intervals of a few minutes fires broke out all along the line, and aa many as a dozen different blazes were seen at one time, and the sky was lurid with the re- flection of the flames. . At about this time all the switch lights on the Erie between Smith street and the Western New York and Pennsyl- . vania target were stolen, and the switches could not be seen in the dark ness. A wrecking train left the city at :. 3 o'clock to bring In the passengers from Erie train No. 1 on the other aide of the fire and Lehigh train No. 25 from Phila- . delphla. The trains were both late aa they approached the city, and were . thrown from the rails by the turning of switches. -At 8:43 o'clock -the' Erie passengers were brought into the city tired and die gutted. They were not molested by the strikers but the ladies and children were considerably frightened by the rioting and the bonfires of freight oar. " Lehigh Valley train No.25 arrived at the Eve station at 3 a. m. It haa been lying at William street since 10 o'clock last night. The strikers bad the impression that the extra train which waa filled with ac tors from the "Hands Across the tiea" Company was a car of non-union men to fill the place of the strikers.' The strik ers searched it but failing to find any non-union men tney witnurew wunout .- injuring anybody. Members of the the atrical company stated that theconfuslon and fire just beyond William street was -' appalling. Around the burning cars the , aimers ana tneir sympaimzcrs were en joying the result of their lawless work. rerciied high on box cars they mocked . and jeered at the railroad men working at the blazing wrecks. At 4:45 a. m. the situation had improved somewhat and tb prospects were favorable for a clear passage. . The flame were still raging furiously at places, but not likely to increase to any extent. The express train for New . York that was due to leave Buffalo at 10:30 last night, had arrived at the William Street Station, and as soon as the tracks were clear would nuke an effort to get through. The striking switchmen re newed their lawless work thi morning, and the burning of freight cars continues. In a short time there were fifty freight car ablaze between Lancaster and Cheektowaga, and nothing could be done to save them or atop the progress oi uio names in any way. I There are probably 1,600 cars between I , Buffalo and Lancaster, and unless some I thing is done to stay, the progress of the 1 flames they will be destroyed. The Le- I Tllnk A Vrlm mwJa V.l ltr.1 ...... seated a sorry looking scene this morn ing and showed the effect of the fires and rioting since Saturday. Upwards of 100 cars have already been burned. At every point where the trouble 1 likely to occur police are stationed. The reserves from all the precincts in the city are at East Buffalo ready for duty. , Every thing is at - a atanditlll in tho specii.ii &lTm&rrl"? 1 I Mil II I ' ft. "" v. " says he will not equip them with revolt vers or any n re-arms, as in his opinion u ' they cannot quell the riots with clubs it ; will be time lor the militia to take n ' hand. i. y ',: "I hope to quell all this to-night." said Mr.Beck. "If I cannot I think I ahall call . upon aregimeut of the State militia to- :; morrow." - r' :" 1 - Sheriff Beck called all the county dep uties together, twelve In number, and -will use them as commander for the recruited men. ' . : - Hazblton, Pa., - August -18. Thi ' morning about 000 miners struck. They threaten destruction to the company' Eropcrtyand serious trouble I appre ended. - - -. A detachment of specials were sta tioned at various points throughout the yards. The sheriff looks for serious 7 trouble to-night. " - o v ;- J"f-V: The police are also taking steps to - suppress lawlessness on the part of the strikers. About 70 officers are on duty in the railroad yards, and specials are 7 being sworn in at headquarter. Four , patrol wagon are In the vicinity ot the ' trouble. It i likely the switchmen ' on some of the other roads will be ordered out. When the Lehigh Valley freirht No. 88 attempted to get out ot the yards this morning it was held up .by the v strikers. ( ; yj;:-y A ; The train had moved slowly aa far as AtMMVJ avvuuw, HUBU .uuuvuij at iuuu VI strikers darted ont from among the car : on the side track and other place of con cealment and commanded the engineer' : and fireman to get down and give the . train Into their bands. . . .. JV They were compelled to do so. The . car were uncoupled and the train Stood . ' helpless. Not a police nor a deputy sber i iff was In sight. : Grand Master Sweeney was aeen this ; afternoon and asked what he proposed doing to put a stop to the lawlessness prevalent among the strikers. II re 7 plied that strong measure would be ta 7 ken at the meeting to-night to nut an 7 end to It. The situation he said, has ' spread to Waverly, and will probably go to Uarwellsville and Bradford, where the " switchmen are dissatisfied. It ha not " spread to any other town la Buffalo. W ' bay opine to an agreement with the Western, New York and Pennsylvania, 7 on a ten hour basis, and will have no trouble with that road. A conference ' with the general superintendent of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg ha been arranged for to-day. lie I coming here and I expect that a settlement on ' the ten hour basis will be msde. ; Mr. Sweeny further said that th Erie , & Lehigh switchmen here hid not been :, treated in such way as to keep thcra in good humor. Their advances bad been ; spurned by those in high authority. A telephone messsro was received here i from Sheriff Beck at Cheektowaga whore the freight cars are burning calling for , more, help. All dny the strikers have been pouring down beer and whiskey in the saloons around the Lehigh yards and ro : becoming more vioieut hourly. The &A7. iSSTJ? ThB3 watch every stranger with surly looks and nothing but profanity ana insult are Riven la reply to civil questions. Each passenger train that cornea to the city will be guarded ana every man wno haa the appearance of -a railroad laborer is obliged to eive an account or nimseir. The very appearance of the strikers is enough to terrify the passenger. ; Their faces are b'oated and suborned and their eves have a vicious rleamer. One of . them said thi afternoon; "There won't be any big trouble today. outlook out for tonight. If they set their Pennsylvania Dutchman to work we will kill every d d one of them just a sure as they come into tne yard. -The strikers talk of killing without anr reserve. Some of the railroad am nion say that the trouble has been made by a few ruffians who are not switchmen, but merely hanger on. JxnsBT CiTT.Aug. 15. The strike of railroad switchman la Buffalo is now be- einnine to be felt at this terminal, in Jersey City. Freight traffic over all the roads that come into Jersey City from the west " la partly suspended. Many trains are Mailed at ana near jsunaio. Those that reach the city are, in a major ity of esse. Mveral Hours late. Tne eneel oi tn striae is tne worst on vards of the railroad re situated In But- falo. In the case of freight, which require quick transportation, the delay in traflio is particularly harmful. Should the strike continue for any length of. time it would be almost impossible to forward trains from this end. - Buffalo. N. Y . An. 13. The strik er are applying the torch in all direc tions. Both the BUty-fifth and Seventy fourth regiments . national guards, have been ordered to go to the scene as soon as they can get ready. FOR4TTH HKQBOKa OBOANIZUiO. They Hay Have a Ticket mt Their Own Aa Alllano Uxlf DUbaadaA-A Wl- tom PrMefear BUkM a Flatter Crl In the Twin City. Special to the Observer. Winston, August 15. The political situation In Forsyth grows more per plexinx day after day. Colored citizen to-day issued a call for a county con vention in Winston next Saturday for the purpose of taking under condldera tion political matters and the general in tcrests of the race in connection with the propriety of nominating a fuUcoun ty ticket. The negroes have sixteen hundred vote In the county; hence the general opinion that with three white tickets in the field the negroes can elect this ticket with little difficulty. One of the leading Farmers' Alliance lodge of Stokes county haa disbanded. The county lecturer and other members found that efforts were being made to run the lodge Into the Third party and the Democratic members called a meet- in and moved to break up. This was endorsed by all but two member, Mosc Lawson, an old one-legged soldier, was the leading spirit In favor of disbanding. He told the members the Democratic party was good enough for him. Rev. L. 6. Broughton, pastor of Broad Street Baptist church, created quits a sensation here yesterday by preaching a vigorous sermon n Sabbath desecration He made an attack on the drug store and said that all but one sold everything from n toothpick up on Sunday. He pitched into the tobacco warehouses for keeping open on the Sabbath and called them "a new kind ot missionaries." He also struck the street cars and said they ought to be made to know that there was a Sabbath. Fred Sherrah, colored, was shot here last night and fatally wounded by a negro, Tho. Vinson. Saturday night a South Carolina negro, Thco. Oliver, who came here from Char lotte, made an attack on two policemen and n clerk, and snapped his pistol at each.:; Had it fired he would have killed thres-nten. Oliver was afterwards shot Tn the leg by an officer and jailed. I bum Car -AeqalUd luu Atrala. Special to the Observer.,. AsnnvtucN. C, August 15. Two year ago, In Madison county, Robert L. MbPeeters and Zeb W. Cady qoarelled andMcPeeter shot Cady, killing him Instantly. ' A court of Inquiry examined McPeeters with the result that he was sent to the asylum for th Insane at Mor- ganton. He remained there till Monday ot last week when be waa discharged aa cured and sent back to Marshall for trial for murder. The trial began at once and closed Saturday morning at 0 o'clock. McPeeters made two plea: self-defence and Insanity. The jury returned n ver dict ot "not guilty" and th man was re leased. Within two hoars, however, of the time the verdict was rendered, Mc Peeters became raving mad and had to be confined In jail, where he now await re-commitment to the asylum. ... . . -?. ".';. ''vm n . I. : (. .;; Gaitoa Republican OoTtl I !.- ' hlM for the L1ltr. - , Special to the Observe ;''-':Si.:t Gastoma, Aug. 15. At the Republi can countv convention held in Dallas Baiuraay. nr. u, i. Jenkins, the young est son of the late Bute Treasurer, D. A. Jenkins, was nominated for the Legiala- lure uy acclamation ana wiin great en thusiasm. . no other candidate were named. - A complete county ticket may oe nominaieu inter., me congressional delegate were seni nnmstructed. Har rison waa endorsed and a State ticket urged. It Is said to hare been the largest Republican county convention since the wi. a. nraay, rei unyne, sot V. Brown, Rev. B. F. Martin, colored, and L. L. Jenkins made speeches. - By sen- era! consent Martin bore off the garlands anacnapieis as a iiepuDiican speaker. The. force bill was pooh-poohed. Other' wise It was a pretty orthodox Republi can meeting. About three out of five I Wore negroes. , - ;vC-:.7 ;--.; '77-;;.C'i7 vrowa u riui. Nbw - York,. August 17. The Wo men's Republican Association, of the United Slates, of Which Mrs. J. Ellen Fouler is president, ha removed it headquarters from Washington to the Hotel Savoy, New York . City. Th National Republican League has re quested the association to hold a mans meeting and other meeting in connection with the leaFue convention at Buffalo, September 15 and 10. i,. ; ; r The officers ot th association have accepted the Invitation and have issued a call to Republican women throughout th enuntrv tn attnnrf tlila Awiwf Inn and to be present at a mass meeting oi the asnoi'.iiktion at 10 o'clock on Friday. Dt'pvrinuer . COL SUTTON ANSWERS. A KB PIS TO AS .AlXIAXC DEMAND. The Class Whtoht the AlUai pedal Aotloolav TW AUIaae lasoll to ifco JdWM tfco Mk-Tkt iMit' ,. tary i Kcbmd to the Ball T lb lost A-ilotro-oao Km TkruU Well ' Ulvoa. ' Wixstob, N. C, Ang. IS. To the Editor of th Obamc Please publish th enclosed letter in th Obsbbtkr and oblige. Yours truly, , Tnoa, Ii. Button, WmtTON. N. C Ausmst 13th. 1803. W. a Barnes, Esq., Sec'y State Alllianee, : Raleigh, N.C.; Sis: My attention has been called to the publication of my name Dy you i being one among others of the Legisla ture of 1891 who had refused to answer your "demand" whether or not I ased a railroad pass. : ; 1 did not answer either or your letter eoniaininr una "demand" Decause i could not bring myself to believe that you seriously intended to carry out your threats, which both letters contained, and for the further reason that I denied then, as I do now, your right, as sec re order ..demand.. WThlng ot me. A "demand, accompanied by a ! threat. Is not the best wav to have letters of enquiry answered, especially when the enquiry concerns one s private af fair. bolone to that class of people In North Carolina called lawyers against whom the organ of your order ana us omoers and politician seem to have especial antipathy. I do not yen lure anything when 1 assume lb at you are sumcienur acauamtea wiin the orin ciples and laws of the Alliance to know tnat lawyers are denied, because or their profession, Admission therein ; they are not aiiowea opportunity lor their at fen se. Nay more I it i a part of the an written law of the order or which you are State secretary, that lawyers are not to be tolerated or countenanced, either in conventions or at the ballot box. but generally they are, in every way, and in all ways, to be ignored and attacked, vil ified and abused; because, and only be cause, the alms and aspirations of some political mountebanks may be the better served thereby; thus tliey. "fire the nean, ieea the sensational and pander io preiuaict ; nut "lie" raised the "law yer howl" and the latter-day statesman gn mere ail me same, Barred or en trance into your order, and politically ostracised, aa me lawyer or north car olina are and have been for several years past, wuai richt have you. in your repre sentative capacity, to "demand" any thing of us 1 There are, indeed, a few lawyers in North Carolinaso few, how ever, that their number may be twice computed by the fingers of one band who with"their hands upon their mouths. ana meir mouths in the dust." are pros trate and suppliant at your feet, who may respond to your "every demand." anu to tuose i reier you. . r - - ii. however, you will take a lawyer's advice, tendered without fee or reward, I will suggest that you enquire of the bookkeeper or the House of Keoresenta tives of the General Assembly of 1891, nimseii a memoer or me Alliance, and high-toned, honorable gentleman withal, and he perhaps will tell you, what you do not wish w Know on this subject or rail road passes. Direct your enquiry as to now many memoers or the last L,cmsla- ture accepted and used railroad passes, and of that number search the member ship rolls of the county Alliances, and "see for yourself how many there were Who belonged then and now to your aucient aou.nonoraoie oraer. liut perhaps this advice, beins-unasked. becomes impertinent, aa the information might be distasteful, and it might turn out to be, as the lawyer say, "a search ing question." But I proffer the advice, assuring you that It will open up a wide and inviting field of Investigation, on this most important subject : The lawyer are not the worst men In North Carolina, "by a large majority." Their efforts for the preservation of civil liberty have gone into history, and will be banded down in "song and story" for generations yet to come. In every con test they have bared their breasts, and battled ror the cause of constitutional law, the preset vation of theeovernment. pure aud simple, with all its underlying vital and beneficial principles as deliv ered to us by our forefathers: in every fight they have been in the front ranks, contending with foes from without, and foe from within, and tbey are doing the same to-day, in behalf of A long suffer ing people, whose dearest liberties, are about to bo. and will be betrayed, if the machination of foe "within the camp" can be accomplished. in this, the crisis or onr State's peril. their voces are heard from the moun tain to the sea, from Cherokee to Cur rituck, warning the people of the dan ger that threatens them, and callins them to the shelter and protection that the Democratic party only afford. While there may be some lawyer in North Carolina who are not what they ought to be, yet these, if any, constitute the exception and not the rule: but it does not He In your power to make the or north Carolina believe that he vote of any one of them, as members of th Legislature, could be Influenced in the slightest degree by a railroad pass. It baa been Asserted as an Indisputable fact that if the lawyers should withdraw from the political contests, end take no part therein, North Carolina would long since hays passed under Itepulican rale, and so It would be In the present emer gency, but they are too patrioticfor such conduct, and to-day are In the "thickest of the fray" and when they shall have ouitthe straggle, It will be when the nght ha been made and won, and onr commonwealth carried for the natloniU and State Democratic tlckets.by an over whelming and unpecedented majority. . Few, very few, lawyers, have been found, who were willing to kiss the rod that now smites them, or to eat the dirt and declare that the same is good. - jjui tne worst xeature or your pudiica- tion to that some of onr judges, are among those who refused to answer your "demand" and for that reason are put in public print in the reform (t) press! ' ft 1st ItwlsWtt an mA man! anla lohiiii judges In North Carolina are held np to public gaze, witn the plain innuendo that by their refusal to anawer your "de mands" they have railroad passes, leav ing the Implication that thereby they could be Influenced In their judicial de crees. It Is a libel upon the purity, the honor, the dignity ot the bench, and each conduct toward them, on your part, de serves, a ii lareiy win receive, the well- merited condemnation, scorn and con tempt of an outraged and indignant peo ple. Whether or not them is any law to protect people from such outrajroous As saults ; whether under the Federal statutes, the sending such threatening letters in the United State mails Is in dictable or not i whether or not, there remains ' a remedy tor such flaeranl wrong, is a question to be determined by the courts, to which It will be referred for Investigation in due season one thing is certain, a free people will not tolerate longer such abuse of so called privi leges, such outrageous Interference with their private affair. . This shall not be taken as an "attack on the Alliance" which is the adopted refuge of certain latter-day statesmen, when any man dare, to stand' up and speak out in his own defence. The Democratic Alliance mea of North Carolina are a true aa "the needle to the pole" mea too, who like myself, ex pect to vote lha Democratic ticket iron tirover -Cleveland down' to township constable. Tber will turn from weaver ism and force bill, as they would from a pest-house, and In the November else tion, soon to come, they will be found true to themselves and loyal to the Pern' ocratio party, and rive to O rover Cleve land, the foremost living American, the entire and unbroken electoral vote of our beloved North Carolina. Tbla Is just what is going to happen and I beg my dear sir. that yon "never cease to re member it. The Third party may capture North Carolina, and thus do honor to Weaver, MU VHIVI UUIOUIVt SMI V WVUHKOfl TV 4 AA W so, a couple hundred year hence, but "taint gwine to happen mis year. Recurring: to the ''demand" contained in your two letter, which caused this reply, I bee to say that if I have not ful ly answered your anxious enquiry, if you will Inform me, I will try to do so later on. Yours respectfully, Tuomas IL Button THK GBKAT IfttUE OFTBB CAMPAIGN. A PipoaaI frm the DnU Cmm pJa Comiuttt. New York Bun. Washington, Aug. 6, 1803. Hon. Chahlbb A. Dana Dkau Sim It waa our purpose when in New -York on Thursday last to call and see. you. nut it was necessary to nurry hack to Washington and we could not nave that pleasure. ..We regret this, a we greatly desired to confer with you about this presidential election. Tho impression which your position and arguments .on the force bill has made on the public mind is too pronounced to admit of question. The line taken by you is uni versally approved by Democrats, for it is unassailable. The force bill is such a wrong that when the light ii turned on it. no party can live under it. You have seen this and made the country feel it. It is the earnest and deliberate wish or the national Democratic campaign com mittee that vou will prepare. In vour own way, an article on the force bill to form part or the Democratic Campaign Book, giving the origin, history and character of that awful measure.' Per haps it will be best to publish first in the Sun, and then embody in the Campaign' HOOK. Iu company with Governor Sheehan. of your State, we have been appointed to communicate this resolution and re quest of the committee. """ we trust that yon will add another to the many services you have done the public by undertaking this duty. With high regard, your friends, A. v UOIIMAN, M. W. Ransom. Mr. Ifttaa'a Iteplj. Nbw Yonx, Aug. 8, 1892. Gentlemen I have your favor of the 0th inst , and have read it with attention and pleasure. It is very gratifying and encouraging to me to find that you ap prove the grouud upon which I have endeavored to place the presidential can vass, aud that you also regard the force bill as tho one vital and all-important issue of the contest. In my opinion it is the only question wbich unites the Ucm ocracy and defeats the Republicans; and it the creat uouy or the uemocrats will adhere to it steadily, and leave every other point or controversy in the com parative unimportance where all such points now really belong, tho success of the party may be regarded aa well as sured. No labor could be more grateful or at tractive than the task that you request me to undertake; but unfortunately for me my professional engagements are just now or a character unusually imperative. and I could not attempt the dnty you assign without neglectlug other duties that are more obligatory. II yon win allow me to make a sugoes- tion. I would propose that the portion of the Democratic campaign which relates to the force bill should be intrusted to the pen of Senator Hill ot thi State. I know or no one who ran do it better justice than he; and certainly there is no one whose name and advice would be more influential than his in every house and in every community where .Demo cratic voters are to be found. I remain, sentlemen. with meat re spect, your faithful friend and servant, CHARIiES A. DANA. Hon. A. P. Gobman, Hon. M. W. Ran som. thk Virginia AixiANCB. The frldat's MnMg Eadancd and a iniru ny raper jaaopwo aa mt UIHotol Onu After, m rrolonircd DIs- .euuton. Richmond. Va.. Aairust 17. Tho State Alliance convention opened Its second day' session about S o'clock this morn ing. The committee appointed to re port on President Page message made its report; Col Randolph Harrison was chairman. The committee endorsed in Its entirety the message and compli mented it "conservative ton. The sec tion were, taken up separately and unanimously adopted. 't he committee appointed to report as to the expenses per diem of ths dele gates, recommended that the actual ex penses of the members be Allowed. The report wa adopted. Mr. S. S. Thomas, the member from Clarke county, who waa ejected from the meeting yesterday, was admitted ' this, morning, it was ascertained that the report from Clarke county had been overlooked, and when it was found, Mr. Thomas was promptly called in and an apology for the 'mis take was offered. He had hi creden tial and the pass word all right. - The committee on Btste organ sub mitted a report recommending that the Virginia Sun be adopted a the organ of th Alliance." There was objection to thi and the subject was debated at length. It is presumed that those who opposed the adoption of the Sun are Democrats. They argued, that th Sun, being the organ of the People's party, should not be made the oMual paper of the Alliance i that the organ of the Alli ance should not express sentiment for any political party. The- supporters of the Sun took the ground that no matter what paper is made the official organ the Alliance could not hope to control its political sentiment, for that would be muzzling the press. The morning ses sion adjourned at 1 p. m., and the body re-assembled at 2:80 p. m. ' At the after noon session the discussion on the adop tion of the Virginia Sun as the organ of th Alliance was continued and lasted . nearly all afternoon. ' Amendments were offered restricting the policy of the paper to the Alliance principles. These were voted down. v 7" ., '' . The Paper waa, finally adopted by a vote of about 00 to 80. Adjourned until to-morrow morning. The convention will probably adjourn sine die to-morrow. v i I ' . : " ; i ., ' ; Wllees for Ci(N-RniUleaa Mate Tlekot Wanted. Special to the Observer. ,7'T v:'V' :,,.'.-: Wilxbsboro, Aug. 17. The Republi can convention to-day nominated Dr. J. O. Wilcox, of Ashe, for Congress In the eighth district by acclamation, and S. M. Holton, of Surry, for elector. The con vention endorsed J.B. Fortune, of Cleve land, for Secretary of State, and declared unanimously for a full Republican State ticket. BUBKatll BArOBK Til BIB OAZK. HfcMkla ami ralafal & at tM Crei Ilaa of Cwreaa. New York Dispatch. ' A revolting and moat nnusaal accident occurred this afternoon during the cre mation or the body or Jrrcy Kockwell, a wealthy baker and confectioner ot this city, at Fresh Pond. It was something that those who saw it will never forget, and something they will never D able to recall without a shudder of horror. When th funeral party Including a tew relative and forty-five or fifty friends arrived at th crematory the amok issuing from the chimney told that the furnace were ready. The hearse was driven to a rear door, where the coffin was lifted oat and carried into the crematory. Along with it went a committee of the pall-bearer. In a rear room the body was lifted from the coffin, placed in n shallow iron cradle and wrapped In a shroud of alum-soaked white doth. Then the cradle containing the corpse was hoisted with block and tackle to us position on a men taoie. calculated to be just the height of the oven floor. The door ot the oven was thrown open and the cradle pushed In. There was a hitch. Oneofthenewmen.afrald.of the terrible heat, had hesitated. The Uble was sloughed sidewise and the body was not wholly inside the oven, th feet still resting on the table outside. The oven was glowing, like one huge, white hot amha I aum tltln hvtnitrw flimAA WoftFAn VlltMVA AWUBji UIH ssuugiy uwauvw vv w w playing vividly, moving line th red tongues of angry serpents hissing about their prey. For a second th alum-soaked cloth protected the body long enough for the door to have been closed upon the sight had there been no accident and then it Ignited. 1 here was a vision then of black burial garments a the shroud shriveled away, a tight of the white face and the hands folded over the breast, with the flame playing wildly about the lace and body. . women screamed and sobbed uncon trolably. and strong men Razed, awe struck and shuddering, with horror. It waa a spectacle hideous beyond descrlp tion. There was another lunge, then the flamlnff body passed into the oven. A dozen men were about to press forward, moved by what they had seen, but were kept back. They bad been bewildered at first, and then moved instinctively to ward the body. Any interference by them, the delay of so much as the tenth of a second, would have been calamitous. The inner door closed with an abrupt clash and the atony was over. Women were being led"out hysterical, and one man staggered out faintiug. Hi race was white as death. It was several minutes before the excitement subsided. The superintendent, in his desperate anx iety to irct the body Into the oven, had burned one band and blistered one side of his faco. A MILLION A I It t DKAU. J.A. Uottwlck Die or Heart Fallar Cant ed by Kloitoinont at rire-UU Mlablo and UortM Ilnroml. Mamoarorkck, New York, Aug. 17. A fire occurred on the sound shore at this place at an early hour this morning that resulted in the death of M illionaire Jabez A. Iloetwick and his coachman and foot mau. The fire broke out shortly after midnight in the stables of Mr. Uostwlck. Soon after the ore Drone out air. uost wick, who was in his room st his resi dence, hurried out on the piarA, laboring under great excitement, lie had been in ill health for sometime and seemed anx ious to take part in the work of extin guishing the flames, for be shouted a few orders, then suddenly clasped his bands to his heart and sank down unconscious, lie died in a few minutes. After hard word Vlie firemen got the fire under control. Then it was discov ered that Mr. Bostwick's coachman and footman were missing. Tbey were known to have been sleeping in their apartments on tho second -floor In the stable. An examination ot the ruins was made as soon as possible and their blackened and charred bodies were found among tho ruins. The dead coachman and footman went on a boating trip yesterday on the sound, and it is said that when they re turned to Mr. Bostwick's place last night they were both under the influence of liquor. It is supposed that the lire was started by one of tho two men care lessly smoking or handling matches in the stables. Eight valuable carriage horses, a number of carriages and carts, nr. dMtrnvBd with the stable. The stables were completely gutted and noth ing was saved. Loss estimated at $50,000. Whltolaw Raid Om West. New Yonit. Aue. 17.-IIon. Whitelaw Reid, the Republican candidate for Vice- President, left Jersey City this morning at 10:40 on the Chicago limited for Spring- A.M 1 ll.nl. a w yvi.l... hi. I Mrs. Reid. Conrreuman Bnrronirhs. ol I Michigan. James F. Burke, president of the College League of Republican clubs, and Private Secretaiy Tison. Mr. Reid aid his trip West was mainly for the purpose of visiting his mother at bis old home at Xenla, Ohio. Incidentally he had accepted an invitation to attend the Illinois State Republican League, which he would address to-morrow. While hurrying from hi summer resi dence at Ophlr Farm to catch the 7:45 train to New York this morning, Mr. Reid met with a slight mishap. Mr. Reid was in n hurry, accompanied by Mrs. Reid and Mr. D. 0. Mills, his father-in-law. As the carriage was speeding down the road to the railroad station, it came in collision with a heavy ice wagon. The occupant ot the carriage narrowly escaped being thrown out and received a lively shaking np. A Beautiful Girt Bullied Br Drink. Cincinnati Dispatch, 1Mb. Once a welcome guest In the homes of Senator Carlisle and Blackburn and other prominent Kentucky families, to day In the police court. That is a brief story of Settle Johnson's life. Years aro she was a netted daughter of a Drom- inent Kentucky family, but the custom of serving wine in the house bred In her s taste ror liquor, ana in time sue Became n drunkard, on naa received a mairnin- cent education and had unusual musical talent. As she became more confirmed in the drink habit shews cast off. And at last became the pianist in one of tha Over the Rhine beer hall, where she was arrested last night. Bhe la only 80, but all her girlish beauty Is gon and the is completely depraved. . , Hurt byi ralllaa; Cwrnlno, Nbw Yon.August 17.-At 10:45 this morning a terra cotta cornice on a Sixth avenue building being erected for Korter & Blala, crashed down upon a scaffold ing on which two bricklayers were work ing, earrylng the scaffold and men to the basement, Win. A. Kowe, one of the men, suffered concussion or the brain and a fractured leg, and Tbos. Conway received multiple injuries and a chock. A young girl. Mary Cowan, who was passing at tn time, was nit on tne shoulder by a falling brick. . Shot HI Wlfo, Thoa lllmwlf. Q 1 V . W a. . TV fl A H M Willi. 1) DAIAnJI( U, aHi I . If UKM1U ... Cole, formerly a Central Railroad engi neer, while under th Influence of liquor this morning, shot his wit and himself At their borne on Waldburg street, near Jefferson. Both may die. Financial trouble is the probable cause . - THE NORMAL AND FOR YOUNG WOMEN,; ; ASIIEVILLE N- C, "Will Opu Its First Session September ,15th, 1832. , The Institute is located In the most beautiful suburb of Asheville, N. C. 1 spacious building now nearly completed for It use, at a cost of 160,000, will I furnished with pure sprint water from springs on the premises: will be lighted I gas; heated by hot water, and provided with hot and cold batha. The health and hablU of the pupils will be carefully guarded. Beside tbeamph pace given for outdoor xercises, a well equipped gymnasium will be fitted up (or within doors. Mo expense haa been spared to make the seweran and sanitary ar rangement perfect. FOUR SEPARATE COURSES r5rr BttUAMX. 1. THE NORMAL COURSE For the thorough tralnlnt of teacher from the best Normal schools. 3. SEMINARY OR COLLEGIATE COURSE Including ancient and modern languageiL And science, music, drawing, &c. - ,. , . .. , . . ., 8. COMMERCIAL COURSE including BtenoeraphT. Typewriting Book keeping, AC. . r-V-:i 4. DEPARTMENT OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE (a). Scikktific Coonrao.-Tho study of the production and manufacture of foods, Ac. . - . (h), pkwino jsmDracing tne cutting and titling of garments, millinery, Ac. The Teachers at the headof this department are from the famous Pratt School. Brooklyn, N. Y., and the other from the best institution in the country, chosen with reference to Christian character, experience and ability as teachers. A THOROUGHLY ORGANIZED PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT ' Has been furnished for all such as are not prepared for th higher classes. The school year will be divided into two terms, cost to ouuil tSO ner term, or 100 per year, which barely covers the cally free, baring been provided for by a Day pupils, IIS 50 per term, or 125.00 For further particulars apply to 8-17,10, 81, wit The For Capita Clmlalloa. Gov. Northen. of Georgia, having writ ten to the Secretary of the Treasury to get official information concerning the amount of money per capita in ctrcuia tion for each year since 1809, received In reply the following tabulated statement Money in Per Date Circulation. Population. Capita. $ 714,703,005 84,748,000 'J0 57 1805 1800 167 1808 18l 1870 078,488,344 001,903,0011 !t?M 00,000 80,811,0(10 i fl,78,IWO 87 7.10.IHH) 3H.58M.87l 30.555,(100 4O,S!MI,00O 41,017,000 43,798,000 43,051,000 45,187,000 40,1153,000 47,698,000 48,808,000 60,155,783 51,816,000 53,495,000 53,003,000 54,911,000 50,148,000 67,401,000 58,680,000 59.974.000 0 ,289,000 02,022,200 08,975,000 18 00 18 28 K8O,HKi,04H 0U4 453,801 075,2 VHVH 715 880,005 ?&,U0l54tl 751,881,805 770,083,031 754,101,047 727,009,388 733,814,883 780,1 33,884 818,031,703 973,882,828 1,11438,119 1,174,300,419 1,230,305,620 1,243,935,909 1,298,508,015 1,852,700,625 1,317,539,143 1.378,170,870 l,:li,aiil,((l! 1,40,251,270 1.49i,440,107 18 30 17 0 17 60 1871 1873 1873 1874 1875 1877 1876 1878 18 10 18 19 18 04 18 13 17 16 16 13 15 58 15 88 1870 10 1880 1881 1883 188!1 1884 1885 1880 1887 1888 1880 19 41 21 71 83 87 23 01 83 65 85 OS 21 82 82 45 23 88 IS 52 23 82 18110 181)1 83 41 Tho AlllMf ld. Maxtun Oorrcapondenvo Lumlicrtun Ituln-so- niHii. '1 hi' mi-clliig of its rem tins at Greens boro last week dveloed, what to llu observing has been natcut for some lime that the Farmers' Alliance is no moie Behold when they woke up In the morn ing they were all dead corpses, known as "Third partyites." Most of the men who joined the Alliance bocau e they thought it offered an opportunity for benefit to the tolling masses, when they found whither it was tending, quietly withdrew, others are following, and in a few days nothing will be left of what might have been a great uplifting organi zation, but the Butlers, Wilsons, Shews. Alblns. McKinnons. McArthurs and others ot that ilk who go to make up the alott-Kussell aid society. CongroMmaa llloaat' aatoA. Boereosor Noa Macon, Ga., Aug. 17. Congressman James II. Blount, having declined re nomination the sixth district, the Demo cratic convention to-day nominated Thomas F. Cabiness as his successor. TO ADVERTISERS. If von have anv 11 '"VC inducements to offer nilDPUA CCDC - X.-I inOLlW It ' -it wlu pay - VUU to nut the matter before the 1 FIVE THOUSAND READERS Of THEWEEKLY OBSERVER Thevarethe BEST FARM ERS in Mecklenburg and ad joining counties. Kates are low. First come first served. WEEKLY OBSERVER, Charlotte, N. C. Statesville College. STATE8VILLE, N. C, Mas. FANNIES. WALTON, Pkik'pal. The nest term begins Wednsfday, Sep tember 7th, 1803. Thisjachool offer unrivalled advantages. Each member of the faculty Is a spec ialist of approved ability, training and experience. The Instruction Is thorough In every branch and according to the latest methods. The college eaulnment 1 first-class In every particular. The building is not surpassed by any In the State for school purpose. The tare is unexcelled. The climate is perfect and sickness among the boarders is almost unknown. For catalogue and other particular address the principal. . j i so a eoa wt . ni::iTY COLLEGE OlMUMM. rWMTH tMHUOHH. . .. Star bnlMlnn. All mtMmru lwrror.nim. Etortrfe IKhl.. Ltlmnlorfct. IMirmrteo. mio. Iloolikfiil .'ItMut. Lora ffnxiMto. fvrmiot fwnltr f rjwtalLu lo okIi oFrortnMt. .fro oFrliioia io ihawun. "P""" fr. .wiim. Ljw. trmw rolploowu oSSui Jolra Kl MiiWlm l n.w.11, l-rw' O-O-dife W -5,' ''., .';S"-V;' THK MOUTH CAKOUNA COU.KOB ' Olf AORICCLTVBI AMD MBCHAMIO Alt To Will boa-ln it fourth somkm dcotaatieri UM Uountr tturwrintomlMita of Kdiinotton will ei amino aipll oanta for ailmisalou. Total eoa uw per year. Aoumm: . - ALEXANDER U. HOLLADAT, Pro., I , , , Malelvh, M, a U COLLEGIATE IiiisiiiL , , STUDY WILL BE OFFERED TO THK expense of board, the school beine-practi few liberal friend of female education. per year. REV. THOS. LAWRENCE, : -Asheville, N. C. f he Great English Prescription. a otmaasrai MMHetM tana SO yean to Ihouaoml of t iManaa mdmmtoa, or avr-xartio, army I k paok in Qumrantrrd to Cur o ) otkm d. Aak your UnnM for l a nmi Aak your PruRfrM for l a Arao4Basii.t 1 1. Kt b malL Writ fur HamphM. Artrim Karolia Choaaiewl C, Hatrelt, MHUm. Bold by Southern Cheat Co., Ch arlotte, MO A Classical and Comcrclal &M ... Or MIOH ORAOK. Plesant Bondings and thoranth Iqnltnncnta. AJ Urn patronaco from all tho Southern iaatea. . BeauUful and hoalthftil ituaUon in view of the mountains. Over students lul year. AT-To raw lUaenuoLU. Stmnw SchosI (BailiioM College Cowm) onus fali Term begin August lo. ' Vor IllmotnSeA &tlo-M, Urw, J. A: AM. H.HOLT, Print,, OAK RIDOK. N. C BETTER THAN QUININE HUGHES' TONIC The Old reliable and Sure Cure tor Cmlls ana J'cvciV' TDV TnP Pon't take any suhstltal Ilk I 11. FrlueslO nc SI. Ruld by nl , iiminriKta. ROBINSON-PETTET CO. Louisville, Ky. ' , 8EKMONS and paper descriptive o Unitarian Christianity sent tree on ap- plication to Mm. A. 8. Folmm, bee., : Biltmore, N. C. June 18-lm- SALEM FEMALE ACADEMY,""" 8ALBM.N. C. TI1E OLDEST FEMALE COLLEGE IS TOE SOUTH. t . -The 91st Annual Session beirlns Seri tember 1st, 18U3. , Ilegister for last year 7. Special features: The Development ot Health, Character and Intellect.' Buildings, thoroughly remodelled. Fully equipped Preparatory, Collegiate and l'ost Graduate Departments, bealdea flrrt- class schools in Music, Art, Languages. Klocntlon, Commercial and Industrial Studies. JOHN H. CLKWELL. Pbikcipal. GRANVILLE INSTITUTE, oxrono, w. c . ; nOARDINO AND DAT SCHOOL KOB OIHL AMD TOUKO IADIKA Mis Marwarat Durgiim nilllard. Womin'i CoIIobt), Italtlmore, Mtas Katherlne Havorf Htltlard. A. a. Woman's Collove, IloJto. lottructlon in RiwIib Braocbea, Musto Vocal and Instrumental), Art, German, French and Latin. Term, vorv Vmaiu. Send for CstAloguo. - . NOTICE OF INCORPORATION. , NoAh Carolixa, Office of the Clerk. AiKcwjENBUKa uo., ) Huperior Court. Notifl hereby given of the incorpo ration of the "Atherton Mills;" that the names of the Incorporator are D. A. Tompkins, one hundred shares; It. M. Miller, Jr., one hundred shares; E. A. Smith fifty shares, and such others as they may associate with them; that the, principal place of business shall be in or near the city of Charlotte, N. C, and Its general purpose and business is the '" manufacture of cotton and wool into thread, cloth and other fabrics; that the duration of corporation shall be thirty (90) years,, and the capital stock oue hundred thousand dollars, witii c lege to Increase to twoiHindred thou aand dollars, divided into shares of the par value of one hundred dollar each. This 18th day of July, 1802. J. M. MORROW, , ,; Clerk Superior Court. 7 251m v-'-.vy .-.v.; Win btfla Its tlal HMioa Srvt. 1, W) Incon poratcd by the LrtrUUtarc of Viminio, Nonm per 19,18114. Uaatkolipot home npuution, ond its mdtiates oaaliy Sad pouUona, OrcuUn no miH Boaaialsfree. J. Q. Dunsmore, Pres. FOB OVER FIFTY YEARS .'f.:7 Mn. Wisdslow ,: BOOTHINO SYRUP baa been Bed tor children while teeth ing. It sooths the child, soften the gums, allays all pain, core wind colio, regulate the slumxjh and bow's and la the best remedy for diareah. Twenty five cent a bottle. Bold by all dn- - h throughout the world. , octii t! ly
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