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VOL. XXII. WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1891. NO. U2. CORMAN'S BOOM. BOTH HILL AND CLEVELAND LIKELY TO KAVOIl HIM, IK KITH Kit KINDS HIMSELF I'NAIILF. TO TAKE THE 1'RKSIDKNTI AL l'LIM. The talk of Gorman ai u candidate for president seems to be spreading. The work that is being done iu the interest of the Marylandcr is very subtile, and his friends arc keeping very quiet. They are trying to disguise nny effort on their part to help along the boom, but at the Fame time a considerable iiiiiounl uf wurk Is buy ing done in a quiet way, and its strength lies largely in the secrecy maintained as to the most important movements. It is a growing impression with many that there is little chance of Hill's gettiog the nomination, and they believe Hill will be able to prevent its going to Cleveland. This turns attention to the possible candidates outside of the state of New York, and Gorman is most prominently spoken of. Most of the anti-Cleveland folks are willing to turn to this shrewd politician, and be is said to be far less ob jectionable to the Cleveland supporters than others who are mentioned. Some two years ago it was generally understood that Cleveland and Gorman were at outs, but all differences appear now to be made up. It is said that j Cleveland will be a candidate until it ap i pears beyond doubt that there is no chance W his getting the nomination, and that j Gorman and the Maryland delegation will support him. But if he fails if Hill can control the New York delegation against him the Cleveland forces, so far as he can control them, will be thrown over to Gorman. The Marylandcr's chances seem to depend upon the failure of Cleveland to get control of the New York delegation, yet Gorman is credited by Cleveland people with working for their cause. The one thing that they are all anxious for is the nomination of an eastern man, and Cleveland folks believo that if the ex-presideut is not nominated the nomi nation will not go to New York. There are several other eastern candidates who might then be considered as available Pattison, Russell, Abbett or Mcl'hcrson but un important consideration will be to get aD eastern man who will not be objectionable to the south and west. All these men might appear to the people of those sections as gold bugs and servants of Wallstri't, but Gorman has endeared himself to th.i south by his light on the- force bill and his last rote on the silver question was fur a free coinage bill, which will go pretty well with the west, while the eastern democrats believe that this wis a strategic vote cast in the interest of anothi r cause. Since the Gorman boom is not apt to amount to anything in the end unless Cleveland fails to secure the New York delegation, his supporters have reason to watch affairs in New York with consider able interest, and there they discover great evidences of strength on the part of Cleveland's friends, and they are doing somo very netive and some very clever work. Even sinee they got Hill into the senatorship trap the friends of Mr, Cleveland, it is claimed, have had the governor at adiHdvnnt, ITa still has control of a machine in the state, which gives him power to do harm, but which, his opponeuls believe, he cannot operate so as to give him the delegation. Mr. Hill mado some activo enemies when he first tried to control, and then himself accepted, the election to the senate, and ha has added to the number of these enemies with relation to the nomination ' for governor. Washington Evening Star, You Take No Risk In buying Hood's Sarsaparilla, for it everywhere recognized as the standard building up medicine and bloou purmer It has wou lUt way to the lrout by its own iutiinsic merit, and has the largest sale of any preparation of its kind. Any hnriARt druireist will coufirm this state ment. If von decide to lako Hood Sart'Bpariilw, do i ot bo induced to buy Moything else instead, Be sure to get Hood's. VANCE WILL GET EVEN, NINETEEN YEA II OLD BEAUTY CHARGED TO IMS ACCOUNT AS A WAR WIDOW. "At the last session of Congress I it very low down on my friend, Senator Vance, of North Carolina." said T. F. Kennedy, Canadian Pacific ticket agent, to a reporter for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. l,A rather pretty girl, with whom 1 had a slight acquaintance, asked me for a letter to the Agricultural Department people recommending her for a place in the seed-distribution rooms. I wetit to Yauce and he growled 'No, sir, I'll recommend no woman for a place.' argued and pleaded with him, finally saying : 'isut Senator, uus is a very .eserving woman. She is old and un fitted for the struggle for existence. Her lusbaud served iu my command through the war, and ho was a splendid soldier. lie died on the lield and left his wife penniless. Do a good deed; help this poor old widow.' Vance's heart was melted, and he exclaimed : '15y George, Kennedy, I'll do it if that's the kind of woman she is.' The letter was written and the girl got the job. Some months titer this I was sitting with Vance on a steamboat, when up walked this bloom damsel she was about VJ with a how are vou. caiitaiu?' to me. She recognized Vance and addressed him. ying she had long desired to thank him or his great kindlier?, telling him her name and how his letter had secured her . Vance looked at me as much as to say. 'vou uistwait, ami accepted the youug person's thanks and languishiu glances very quietly. When she had goue Vance turned to me and remarked mournfully : 'Kennedy, you are the biggest liar and most stupendous i'raud on earth. I'll pay you for this if I wait forty years.'" HER CARTER. A FRANK CONVERSATION THAT WAS STARTED BY AN ORDINARY MISIlAl'. "Excuse ma a moment, said a very bright and pretty young woman the otlur afternoon, during n stroll along State street with a reporter, and sho vauished forthwith into the door of ladies hair dressing establishment. She was out again in a moment however, and natural curiosity prompted the inquiry "What did vou rush in there s sud denly for?" "Well, if you must ask, I went in to pull up my stocking. It came uufastcn- ed." "Usual occurrence?" "Not very frequent, but it will happen sometimes, and it is a most embarrassing not to say uncomfortable plight for a girl to be in when sho is on the street There are so few places, you see, where she can go and be secure from the prying eyes of men. It's a wonder my accident happened right whero it did, for should have been miserable company for you till I could have repaired the dam age, and should have hated you and every man iu sight most acutely all tho time. Chicago Times. Ulccli-ic Hitters. This remedy is becoming w well known and so popular as to need no special men tion. All who have used Electric Rittors sing tho same song of praise. A pure medicine does not exist and it is gnaran teed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of tho Liver and Kidneys, Boils, Salt llhcum and olh er affections caused by impuro blood Will drive Malaria from the system and in i: vent as well as cure all Malarial fevers For cure of Headache, Constipation and Tudisnstion try Electrie Bitters. Entire Satisfaction guaranteed, or money refund ed. Trice 50c. and 81 00 per bottle W! M. Cohen's drugstore. - at 'Henry." she whispered, "let us take for our motto, "Work and pray." "All right, my dear." ho answered "I can pray pretty well." . -i... Or yon art! all worn nut, ranll; rimM ir noth ing, ii is ciierHineuiMiv. j ry nmtUK'H fti'DV HITTRHM. It will cure you. cVanne your liver, and jiTt STILLING THE WAVES. THE I.NGENIOCS INVENTION OF A BAL- TIMORE .MAN. Among the instruments invented for the preservation of life at sea that will ie experimented wilh before the board of supervising inspectors ot steatii vessels in Wilmington September 28th will be an oil projectile and distributor. It is an apparatus for spreading oil ou stormy waters, and is the invention of Mr. Everett D. Moore, of Baltimore, and has been patented by the American Oil Projectile Company, of which ex-Gov- eruor Grooine is president and Colonel Washington Bowie secretary and treasu rer. From private experiments made the prejectile seems destined to be the pparatus that has long been wanted for discharging oil on the sea from the decks of storm-ridden ships, and from the beach to stranded vessels. The projectile is a simple contrivance, and is operated by being fired from a cannon. An oper ating rope is attached to a rod at the side of the projectile, and by this means when it strikes the water it is handled from the point where it was fired from by being hauled through the water back to the ship or beach. As the projectile travels back the water goes in one end and forces the oil out of the distributor through valves from the opposite end. The oil thus spreads over the surface and makes a smooth road through 'he agita ted waters. At Bay Ridge recently the projectile and distributer were tested with good results. From a small cannon the instrument was fired about 500 vaids off hole. The water was in a stale of mod- eiato violence, tho waves being white- capped, rrom tho point where the pro jectile dropped back to the beach a smooth road was left over the route the oil was discharged on, and the white caps disappeared entirely. With but three quarts of oil iu tho distributer, a smooth surface was made wide enough for two steamers to pass abreast. If the projectile stands the official tests it Till be au invaluable aid iu the preservation of the lives of those who go down to the sea in ships. Baltimore Sun. A GlCHAT MAX. The ltev. Dr. Broadus related the following incident during a Sabbath school talk at Detroit: An old mau used to sweep the street crossings for gratuitous pennies, near the Houses of Parliament, for many years. One day he was absent. One day he was found by a missionary ill, in a little attic chamber, barely furnished with a cot and stool. "You are lonely here," the missionary said. "Has anyone called upon you?" ''Oh! yes," ho replied; "several persons have called Mr. Gladstone for ouo. II called and read to me." "Mr. Gladstone called? And what did he read?" "He sat on that stool and read the Bi ble to me." What a beautiful position! The great est statesman in the world, sitting on i stool in an attic, reading the Word of God to a street-sweeper! Great men lose nono of their greatness by kiudness to God's poor. A Wonder Worker. Mr. Frank Huffman, a young man of Burlington, Ohio, states that he had been under the care ot two prominent phvsi ciaus. and used their treatment until ho was not able to get around. They pro n mi need his case to be Consumption and incurable. He was persuaded to try Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds and at that time was not ublo to walk across the street without resting. Ho found before he had used half a dollar bottle, that he was much better; he continued to use it and is to day enjoying good health. If you have any Throat, Lung or Chest Trouble try it. We guarantee satisfaction. lru bottle free at W. M. Cohen's drugstore. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Cures Dyspepsia, In i digestion & Debility. RAIN-MAKERS. THEY ISHINO DOWN SHOWERS OK AT WILL. RAIN A special from Midland, Tex., to the Atlanta Constitution says that the govern ment rain making experiments there have resulted successfully, and wonderfully so. It is a great triumph of science over tho laws of nature. They began operations a little over a week ago. We quote: Some of their most powerful appara tuses have not been used. They have, however, exploded largo (iUUUtities of giant power, hydrogen gas, iackarock mixture and dynamite in balloons aud in kites. The reports of the weather bureau at Washington clearly show that the ex periments here have had a great effect upon the meteorological conditions. The series of explosions, which lasted all last wees produced light broken clouds on Monday night. The artificial clouds floated about overhead, hiding the moon from view. A largequantity of raekarock mixture was then exploded and in less than a minute a drenching rain was fall ing. The experiment was watched by three score or more people, who pronounced it a success. The experiment was successfully re peated four times during the evening Whenever a cloud floated oveihead i quantity of raekarock would be exploded by Colouel Dryeuforth, and in less than a minute a heavy rain would be falling. Tuesday the explosions were continued all day, and about night the rain began falling in torrents, dienchiug the earth A much more powerful and effective apparatus will be used soon by the rain makers, aud wonderful results are expect d. The thirsty prairies will be watered and parched vegetation will take a new lease on life. WHAT A WISh: WOMAN SAYS. That the useful girl never gets married because she can't be spared. That orris rjot has a sweeter and more permanent fragrance than any other per time powder. 1 lint the woman ot to day worries more over the shape of the seams in her bodice than over the soul's salvation That your diamonds should be washed in boiling hot suds, rinsjd in cold water cloudi'd with ammonia, and dried in jew eler's sawdust. That your dress waists hold their shapes better if folded away in a drawer, and are delicious to wear if they arc wrapped in perfumed covers. That the woman who never complains gets ten times as much sympathy in her tiials as the woman who frets about every ing, from the shoes that don't fit her feet to the husband that dies and leaves her penniless. That tiothing is so beneficial to the couip'exiou as a bath in cream every night while you stay in tho country leaving it to dry on the face, and for nightcap a big glass of rich country milk taken just before you go to sleep. FINGER NAILS. Broad nails indicate a gentle, timid and bashful nature. Pale or red-colored nails indicate aneholy people. me People with uarrow nulls are ambitious and quarrelsome. Small nails indicate littlenncss of mind obstinacy and conceit. Lovers of knowledge aud liberal senti ment have round nails. Choleric, martial men, delighting war, havered and spotted nails. Nails growing into the flesh at, the poiuts and sides indicate luxurious tastes Whfn Baby wu tick, we gave her Castorla. When elie was Child, tlie cried for Castoria. When i ic became Miaa, alio clung to Castoria. When ahe had Children, abe gare them Castoria. A RAILROAD HORROR. PASSENGER TRAIN I'LUNOES THROUGH A ItRIDGE INTO A CREEK. Statesville, N. C, August 27. The most horrible disaster in the history of railroading in North Carolina occurred at 2 o'clock this morning at Bostian's, bridge, over Third creek, two miles west of Statesville. At that hour the west bound passenger train No. !), which had passed Statesville ou time at 1:52 A. M. was hurled from the top of the bridge, a distance of sixty to seventy five feet, the engine, tender, baggage j and roeond clace car, the first class coach, the Pullman sleeping car "Saluda," and the private car of Superintendent 11. II. Bridgers all go ing overboard. The bridge was swept clear of iron from end to end. NEWS OK THE ACCIDENT. George Bowley, travelling for the At lanta Rubber Company, and one or two other passengers who made their way from the car alive, came on foot to States ville aud gave the news of the accident. In a little while the town was aroused. Citizens in vehicles began' hastening to the scene and the work of rescue began. Some of the passengers had crawled from the cars and were perched, dazed, on their tops. DRAGGED FROM THE CARS. Axes were put to work and the cars cut open and so many of the passengers as could be found were dragged out- some dead, some alive. By dawn great crowds of the people were on the ground and nothing was left undone. The dead and wounded were brought to States ville. The wounded were disposed of at the hotels and private houses. The dead lay side by side on the floors of the Farmers' Tobacco Warehouse and the lies were tagged. A final and accu rate statement as to tho dead and wound ed in the disaster U as follows: THE DEAD. Dock Wells,colored porter of Salisbury Rev. J. M. Sykes, Clarksville, Tenn ; J B. Austin, Hickory; A. Davis. States ville; William Houston, Greensboro; W, 11. Winslow, Perry Barnett, Charles Barnett, Sam Gorman, Asheville, N. C. W. J. Fisher, Campobello, S. C; Charles Webber, Pittsburg, Pa.; J. C. Brodie, Chicago; Warren Fry, William West Salisbury; and Hugh Leinster, States ville; Mrs. George McCormiek, Rowan Co ; Mrs. Page, and her daughter, Rowau county; Mrs. Sue Pool, Williamston; Mrs, Frank White, Memphis, Tenn; Miss Ophelia Moore, Helena, Ark.; Henry Patterson (colored); unknown white man named ; A. N. Testament; and L Bingham. THE WOI NDED. Will Bradford, John Gaze, Marshal Nix, Asheville; Ben Smith, Reidsvill cut in the lace; 11. V. i'eniing, Harris burg, Pa.; C. A. Bailey, Danville, Va Andrew Gwinn, (colored); Jim Dobbins (colored); George Bowley, Atlanta; J. 1' Spaugh, conductor, Salisbury; H. Clepper, sleeping car conductor; 0. W Lawson, Louisville, Ky., J. M. Brown Salisbury; l harks Mioat, Lewington The above are all slightly injured. OTHER CASES. George W. Sauderlin, Raleigh, painful bruises tho whole length of his right side; I'uiiLk lUuiuni, head cut in three places, finger cut, eye contused Streetcr. Person county, slightlv Sam Carter, Asheville, slightly; Mi Luellen Pool, Williamston, painfully cut but not dangerous; Mrs. R. C. Moore Helena, Ark., badly, but will recover; A. L. Sink, Lexington, thigh crushed Mrs. A. L. Sink, badly cut ou head and face, aud ugly gash in back; R. M. Fstc Jr., Memphis, rather seriously, passed bad night, but may recove.; 11. E. John son, news boy, badly cut, and condition graqe but not alarming; J. F. 1 1 oil Crossin, badly hurt, recovery expected Colonel Uenchan Cameron, iulcigh, not seriously; W. A. Elliott, Hickory, slight ly. The issue of life and death v doubtful in the cases nf Mis. R, C. .Moore J. F. Hoi. er, R. Ii Johnson, newsboy, but slight hope iu ea:h case. POSITION OF THE WRECKED TRAIN. The wrecked train is lying stretched across tne creek, with the engine lying upon the batik upon the further side of the gorge. The whole train sccnis as if it had fallen when right upon the bridge. The car are not telescoped or piled upon each other, but are lying strung out in the positions they occupied before they left the track. The engine is oa the other side of the creek. The tender ie behind it almost buried in the mud; the baggage car, in which is also the smoker, is next, the first-class car next, then the sleeper, and guperindent Bridges' ear is lying partly on the bank on this side. The two first cars are smashed into a mass of kindling wood. Judging from the position of the engine and cars it evidently ran all the way across to the other side of the bridge before it left the track. If it had jumped on this side of the bridge it ould have gone down and carried all the cars with it piling on the top of the other. WAS THE TRACK TAMPERED VITH? But the trouble with the track, what ever it was, was at this end of the bridge. This has given rise to the theory, and it seems to be a correct one, that the en gine and the entire train had crossed the impaired place in safety till the rear car struck it and it was derailed; dragging along attached to it the other cars, it quickly wrenched them from the track also, and the whole train, toppled and fell to the bottom of the chasm. A MYSTERY. Engineer West was found pinioned under his cab. Within an arm's reach of him were the bodies of two of the unknown female passengers. How their bodies got from the first-el ass coach to the engine will forever be a mystery. Miss Luellen Pool held the head of her mother out of tho water until her strength was exhausted, when the head dropped and her mother drowned. Parts of the sleeper and first class coach are iu" the water. Superintendent Brid gers was uot aboard in bis car, which was being hauled empty to Asheville. A car load of convicts arrived from Newton early in the morning and the wreck is being cleaned up. It is thought thot all the bodies have not beeu taken out of the debris, which is piled up so high that it is impossible to make a thorough examination. Crowds have flocked to the scene all day, and the accident has cast a gloom over the entiie community. A biSMAL NIGHT. The night was dismal, and to add to the horror of the situation the water in the creek was up. It was only through the most heroic efforts of those who had hurried to the seene of the wreck thai the injured were not drowned. The ac cident was caused by the spreading of the rails. The bridge was not injured and trains are running on schedule time. Twenty two dead bodies are now lying in a warehouse at States ville. The injured are haviug the best of care at private residences and hotels. CAltSE OK THE DISASTER. The cause of the disaster is said to be owing to the fact that the pins which held the two rails together at the east end of the bridge were unbent, lying in the middle of the track, and tho threads of the nuts were unscratched. The theory advanced by some is that these pins bud beeu drawn with the iuUnticu of wrecking tho train. Such a suspicion is too horrible to be entertained in the absence of posiiiv proof on the subject. W. A. hliason, an expert civil ... ...i r. ' i .r neer, and former employe of says: "It is impossible . without bending them. ' case with three fVvn, The cros ties - v safe." The .tf ' had done r" some time or no! the Tyi tion . com p. It is i ference bt ditch and ti. It is the supc Mipmiiia that , prs eminence
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