The News and Observer.
VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 156.
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DRUNK THREE YEARS
AND IF THE DOCTOR EXAMINED
HIM IT WAS WHILE IIE
WAS DRUNK.
THE INSiI'SED SD3IITS FRAUD.
Old Man Siiep. Davis Was lusnred as
gW hite When lie Is ns Black as Err-
I»u?--IIis Age W as Given as 50 Whe*
He Is at Least Eighty Y ears Old and
His Hair Was White During the
War—Farther Proceedings in the
Trial Postponed Till Wednesday.
By telegraph from our Special Staff Cor
respondent.
Morehead City, N. 0., Aug. 2.
The trial of the alleged conspirators
was to night continued until Wednesday
morning by agreement of the counsel.
Yesterday proof of fraud was presented
in testimony of witnesses not direc'ly in
terested. To day some of the very par
ties whose lives were fraudulently insur
ed testified on the stand to the frauds
committed. Apparent forgeries were
shown in one case after another and sev
eral fraudulent applications were intro
duced.
T. M. Thomas testified that at the
time the medical examination was alleg
ed to Lave been made by Dr. Thomas the
latter was not in town.
V. C. Abrams testified that SiUs
Blount had forged Rosanna Washing
ton's ; ame to the application. On cross
examination he said he approached Tur
ner, who was a defendant in this case
and showed him the postal cards; had
not offered to compromise any of the
cases since October; did not a>k William
Turner last Friday what he would take
for his policy; he had cancelled all the
insurance of the Massachusetts Benefit
Life Insurance Company in Carteret
county, except ono policy which was
still in force. He went up to Mrs Ar
thur’s Monday, she told him her hus
band had the ’ dysentery for two years
before bis death, that Smith and others
had advanced money to pay the in
surance, and she would fight the claim.
Steve Turner told him he had insured his
daughter under a misapprehension when
he thought she would not live. He said
he saw Sam Williams and Abe Wigfall
together and the latter said to the
former. “I think we are going to get
into trouble in this insurance business.”
He said Serada Williams' signature
was forged by Samuel Williams and
Samuel Williams’s signature appended to
claimants oath was forged by Silas
Blount. (This last signature is certified
to by clerk of the court Garner )
Albert I. Lewis, underwriting and
press correspondent, testified that Bill
Fisher asked him what this trouble
about insurance was, and said “If they
pu?h me too hard I’ll squeal. I’ll swear
in court that Ab. Wigfall was examined
for insurance in place of Bill Wigfall.”
At the time a crowd was s anding on
Kit Jones’ corner: it was about dark. It
is the custom here for ignorant negroes
to get other people to do writing for
them.
E 8. Saunders testified that Berada
Williams was not sick until three months
before her death; she could not write.
The star witness of the day wa3 Wil
liam Rice, who runs a barber shop and
Photographer's studio in one room. He
said he had been the subject of various
forms of extreme dissipation and at the
time he was on the stand he was under
the influence of opium. He so intormed
one on the porch of the Atlantic Hotel.
His life was insured, he testified, without
his knowltdge and the signature ap
pended to the application was not
his. He lets his son use his signa
ture. He was asked why he did not
know whether he was examined for his
insurance. “If the people of our town
remember,” said he, “I was at this time
a taking of a general satisfactory spree.
Dr. Delamar might have examined me
then. I was under his treatment for
dyspepsia and other diseases. I had de
lirium tremens in one sense of the word
then. He might and he might not, and
I’d sooner leave it to Dr. Delamar’s de
cision. I hardly ever make any
signature. I had been intoxica
ted for about three years at
that time. I weighed 135,” (weight in
policy 156). Question 14 is, “ Has the
applicant consulted any physician in the
last five years?” Dr. Delamar answeis
“no.” lie said he stopped drinking
June 13, 1894. “I judge time by dead
reckoning. I recollect this because as I
was such a good customer they always
set the long glass before me and this time
they set the short glass. 1 left and went
to Dill’s and took a big driuk of good
liquor and then went home and had a
misery for three days. My son told me
when I sobered up that he had taken out
insurance od my lito. That’s all I know
about it.” I)r. Delamar, he said, had
never examined him for insurance and
had never asked him any questions, but
had treated him for jears.
Florence Chadwick testified that she
had never had her life insured, had
never signed any insurarce application,
and had never authorized any such sig
nature; Dr. Delamar never examined her
for any insurance (the applications were
dated March 15, introduced as
evidence). “The first time 1 knew I
was insured Bill Fishei’s wife sent for
me, aud Noe was there. Noe told me
that there was a policy on my life, and
that an agent was in town and told
me to tell the agent, if he called, that 1
took it out for my mother and she would
keep up policy. The only time l ever was
at. Dr. Delamar’s, was in 1893 when 1
had ulcerated sore throat. For a long
while I was quite sick with rheumatism
The first time I ever heard about the
second policy was when 1 was at my
grandfather’s, Shepard Davis and I met
Dr. Caldwell aud the other agent. In
March, 1894, ray health was very poor.”
Cross-examined : “I told William Fisher
and Noe that a they had taken ont the
policy they might k.eo it on. Abrams
came to my house in Match, 1894, about
ton days after the policy was issued.”
She knew then that she w g insured in a
company of which Noe w. u agent. She
was considerably confused on cross • x
amination, and mixed da es hopelessly.
H* ttie Ann Davis said 3he never ap
plied for iusurane ; never authorized
anybody else to do so; could not write
her name, aud was never examined by
any doctor at any tune for life insur
ance; that at the time the insurance was
taken out she was in bed suffering w* h
what she believed and still believes to be
consumption. She refused to sign a pa
per in defense of Dr. De’amar.
George Wheatly testified that Serada
Williams was in bad health; that two or
three weeks before she died Sam Will
iams told him his wife was worse because
she found her life had been insured by
him and Ab Wigfall, 'and said: “The
Lord knows I never took a policy on her
life.” Sam was a fisherman and made
only fifty cents a day.
Jennie Chadwick, mother of Florence
Chudwick, testified that she knew noth
ing of she three policies in her favor,
they were taken out by William Fisher.
Florence had been sick for nearly a year
before the policy was taken out.and she
thought she was going to die. Jennie
was too poor to keep up the policies. She
was willing for Fisher to do so. The
money was to be divided between F’s’ er
and herself.
Uncle Shep Davis an old with
white hair wrinkled face and bent form,
yet showing that he must have been a
man in his day, was put on the
stand. He said he was insured by Bill
Fisher for the benefit of his daughter,
(Fisher’s) wife. He said his hair was
white during the war and one witness
after another testifi d tua* he was eighty
years old. He is insured at frty six
years old a"<! a while man when he
is black as Erebus. There were four
policies amounting to siix thousand dol
lars on his life
J. B. Arendell testified that he visited
'the Atlantic Hotel with Insurance De
tective Beado and there saw Dr. Per
kius. Perkins said he bad never ex
amined Chas Arthur, but had exam
ined Perry Chadwick. Perki s raid
that a big strong negro came to him and
was examined. The negro gave bis
name as Perry Chadwick Declined to
sign an affidavit because he said he un
derstood there was to be music and he
wasn’t going to dance without an or
chestra. The signature to the applica
tion is not in Perkins’ hand writing.
Palmer Davis testified to Perry Chad
wick’s bad health and that he spit blood.
Lucy Richardson testified to Ella Roun
tree’s illness.
By agreement of counsel the court
then suspended the trial until Wednes
day morning. The State will close at
noon Wednesday. Defense announce
that they will consume but three hours in
testimony and argument.
John Wilber Jenkins.
COXEY TH E NOW IN EE.
Ohio Populists Protest Against Fusion
With any Other Party.
Colcmbds, Ohio, Aug, 2—The Popu
list State Convention to day nominated
Jacob 8. Coxey, of Stark, for Governor,
and a full ticket.
The platform re affirms the principles
of the OmaSa platform; Coxey\s non
interest bond and good road bill; issuing
enough legal tender paper money to put
the country on a cash basis; free and un
limited coinage of silver; nationalization
of public monopolies; denounces interest
bearing b <nds; denounces process in
Debs’ case as subversive of rights of
trial by jury; favors the law against pay
ment of any debt in gold; demands the
immediate abolishment of national
banks; favors a per diem service pension
bill.
As to State affairs, the platform de
mands the referendun plan; reduced
salaries; tax reform; regulation of coal
screens; eight hour day; opposes fusion
wi’h other parties; favors election of all
officers,State and national, by direct vote
of the peop'e; State control of liquor
traffic without profit; and endorses uuion
labor.
DISASTROUS FREIGHT” WRECK.
Three Men Killed and Five Wounded
in the Smash U p
Canton, Ohio, August 2. —Stark Sid
ing, two miles east of here on the Fort
Wayne, was the scene of a disastrous
freight wreck at 2:30 o'clock yesterday
morning, in which three men lost their
lives aud five more are lying in the hos
pital in this city, more or less injured.
The train, which was an extra going west,
broke in two at the summit and ran into
the front end, when they stopped
for water at the tank. Eight cars
were smashed into kindling wood, and
traffic was delayed about two hours.
The names of the dead are not known.
| The following were injured:
William McCoy, Pittsburg; Michael
Moran, Cleveland; Tom Collins, South
Bethlehem, Pa.; Richard Reed, Denver;
Adolph Soder, New York; John Luzen,
Chicago; Charles Eckert, Philadelphia;
S. Richardson, Mason City, Mo.; Louis
Simpson, Pittsburg.
These men were all tramps, riding in
an empty box car. The train men es
caped uninjured.
Mrs. Ta Image Seriously Hi.
Brooklyn, N. Y , Aug. 2 —Friends
| of Mrs. T. Dewitt Talmage, wife of Rev.
} Dr Ta’msge, h is received advices that
| she is seriously ill at Danville, N. Y.,
and may not recover.
RALEIGH. N. C.. SATURDAY. AUGUST 3. 1895.
WAS STEALING FRUIT
A LITTLE NEGRO HOY KILLED
RY A YOUNG LADY IN
WASHINGTON.
SHE SHOT HIM FROM a WINDOW.
The II >y Was a Son ot one o' Secretary
Carlisle’s Messenger Hoy*--Miss Flag
ler Surrendered Herself to the Police
Hut the Coroner’s Jury Exonerated
ller--She is a Daughter of Gen. Flag
ler, Chief ot Ordnance in the Army-
The Verdict ot the Coroner’s Jury.
Washington, I). C., Aug 2 -Mbs
Elizabeth Flager, daughter of Gen.
Flagler, chief of ordnance in the army,
and well known in social circles, shot
and killed a 14 year old negro boy named
Er :est Green to day, at her home in the
suburbs of the city. The Flagler’s and
other families in the vicinity have been
annoyed greatly of late by boys steal
ing their fruit aud damaging the
trees of their gardens. To day
Miss Flagler discovered young Green on
the fence stealing fruit and fired at him
from the sccoud story window. The bul
let entered his right breast, and passing
through bis body, Inflicted a wound that
caused death in a short time.
Miss Fiacler went to police headquar
ters and gave herself into custody. She
is 28 years oid and an attractive and ac
complished woman.
Ernest Green is a son of “Dick” Green,
well known to the public as one of Sec
retary Carlisle’s messengers.
The coroner’s jury exonerated Miss
Flagler, and she was released.
A coroner’s jury was empanelled this
afternoon and an inquest held. The
boys who were with Green at the time of
the shooting, a servai t in the house and
others,v ere called to testify. Miss Flag
ler was called and made a statement.
Her testimony was sabs aMi ally as fol
1 >ws:
She said she had been u-*.d more or
less to fire arms ad her Ire. She was
no* a good shot a- she was near sighted
The boys had beer} shaking the trees aud
stealing fruit from the yard, and one
day last week she fired into the road.
Some clothes drying on the line were re
eently stolen, and a ! there wi re so many
boys around, she pre uined that some of
them were thieves. She had communi
cated with the police authorities about
the boys’ doings and had tried to get a
?olieeman stationed in the vicinity.
his morning she was in her brother’s
room, which adjoins her’s, when ehe
heard the branches of the pear tree fust
ling. She ran to her room and got her
revolver from the bureau drawer. Then
continuing her statement Miss Flagler
said ;
“The window screen was down. I
raised it and fired in a hurry, aiming at
the road and must have hit the boy then.
I then went to the side window where I
could see them running up the road and
there I found both window and screen
down. I knew it would take too long to
raise it so I ran back to the other window
and fired into the air, Then Marie, ray
maid, said that I shot a boy. I went to
the coachman who was workiug in the
yard and told him to get the boy and
bring him into the house. I telephoned
for Dr. O’Reilly, the army surgeon, but
could not get him. Then I called for a
doctor from the army dispensary, but
failed to reach them.
“Then a neighbor came in and offered
assistance and she telephoned to Dr.
Clark, who was the first to arrive.
“The first day I shot at the boys, was
on Monday, and then I called after them
and told them the next time I would
shoot at them, moaning only to frighteu
them.”
After considering the testimony, the
jury came to the following verdict:
“We find that the said Ernest Green
came to his death by a bullet fired from
a pistol held in the hands of Elizabeth
M. Flagler but we do not think that she
did it with murderous intent. We be
lieve that the shots were fired carelessly
and indifferently but upon the evidence
we cannot hold her.”
Miss Flagler was thereupon released.
INDIAN TROUBLE OVER.
The IndiannSiy There Has Been No
Fighting and No Desire to Fight.
Washington, D. 0., Aug. 2.—The
latest news from Gen. Coppinger, re
eeived at the War Department via his
headquarters at Omaha, is reassuring.
A dispatch dated Omaha, yesterday, is
as follows :
“Report was received from Market
I>ake this morning which indicates that
the Indians were returning from Jack
son’s Hole by a straight line to the reser
vation. To tea) its correctness, the
Union Pacific railroad office was asked
to telegraph for information to stations
along the Oregon Short Lino from Soda
Springs westward The following reply
is from the Division Superintendent at
Pocatello;
“Stage driver just reached Sxla
Springs, says, jus left Carraso this
morning. He came through Pray’s Lake
and Blackfoot River country. Reports
two hundred Bannocks at Grave Lake
on the way from Jackson’s Hole to reser
vation. They said that there had been
no fighting and no desire to fight on their
part. The scare seems to be over and
settlers understand they are trying to
make their way back to the reservation
to avoid troops. Information thoroughly
reliable.”
President Samuel Spencer, of the
Southern Railway Clomp iny, denies the
report that his company ha* purchased
the Columbus Southern Railroad.
MORE IMPORTANT EVIDENCE.
Quinlan T< ll* New Stories Regarding
Holmes’ Swindling Schemes.
Chicago, 11!., Aug. 2.--The police con
tinued their work on the Holmes case
to day, but apparently with little hope
of immediate results.
Pat Quinlan was given his daily con
stitutional in the sweat box. Quinlan
cheerfully told several new stories re
garding Holmes’ swindling rchemes, but
was as b’ankly ignorant as ever of any
murderous doings at the Sixty-third
street castle.
“We have just discovered the most im
portant evidence yet found,” said Chief
Badenoeh, late this afternoon. “It is
most damaging to Holme.* aud Quinlan.
I am not at liberty to say what it is, but
I think that when it is made known, the
police will not be ridiculed as they have
been in the past.”
Mascot’s Story All a Fake.
Memphis, Tcnn., Aug. 2.— The Little
Rock end of the Holmes murder sensa
tion is about petered out. Iu the next
48 hours the police will, in all probability
have proven that convict. John Caldwell,
alias Hatch, alias Allen, atias Fogg, alias
Mascot, could have had no connection
with Holmes and his crimes, as he was
in the Tennessee Penitentiary at the time
he claims to have been operating in Fort
Worth, Texas, for Holmes
Caldwell was born in Tipton county,
Tenn., near Memphis, and was a farm
band up to the time he took to horse
stealing. He followed this occupation
for only a brief period, when he was ar
rested here and sentenced to 21 years in
the penitentiary. That was 7 years ago.
A few months ago he was pardoned but
went immediately to Arkansas and en
gaged in his former pursuits. There he
again came to grief and was sent to the
Arkansas State piisou where he now is.
The Memphis police are confident that
Caldweli’s story is only a to get out
of prison.
TIIE DURRANT MURDER TRIAL.
A Witness who May Break Down Dur
rani’s Defence.
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 2.— The
police have learned of a witness whose
story, if repeated in court, may prove
disastrous against the Theodoro Dur
rant’s defense against the murder charges
with which he is dealing. The new wit
ness is a woman and it is said, she de
clares that on the night of the murder of
Minnie Williams, Durrant arrived home
very late and burnod something—pro
bably clothing—-in a stove before he went
to his bed room.
The medical student claims that on
the#fight Minnie Williams mec her tragic
fate he escorted two young ladies home
from the reception at the Vogel residence
and then went to his own abode in Fair
Oaks street, where he remained until
about 5 o’clock the following morning.
The police have contended all along
that Durrant strangled Minnie Williams
before he went to Dr. Vogel’s aud after
the reception returned and hacked her
body with a knife. The story on which
they are now working follows up this
idea.
Mrs. Durrant, the mother of the ac
cused, has stated that her son arrived
home on that eventful night about the
same time as usual, and went directly to
bed. This story has bien directly con
tradicted by a woman who claimed she
stopped at the Durrant home that night.
VIGIL AN T WON THE GOELET CUP
Defender Forced to Withdraw on Ac
count of a Broken Gaff.
Newport, R. 1 , August 2.— The Vi
gilant won the Goelet cup for sloops to
day because the Defender was forced to
withdraw from the race within half a
dozen miles of the finish on account of a
broken gaff. But for this accident, the
Vigilant would probably have been nine
minutes or more behind the Defender
So far as practical the result of the
race only reiterated what everybody
knows, that the Defender is the fastest
light weather boat ever built in America.
She out pointed the Vigilant in the beat
to windward which was the first leg of
the course and gained much more on
her during the second leg, a run dead
before the wind, a course supposed to be
most favorable to i he centre board yacht.
But just as the new vessel undertook a
stretch for home with only 6 12 miles of
the entire 38 to cover, her hollow gaff
snapped in two and she was compelled
to give up.
At the turning rs the second mark the
Defender was seven minutes and thirty
five seconds ahead of the Vigilant on the
time consumed from the start and she
had the same opportunity to lengthen
the gap ibat. she had off Sandy Hook on
J uly 22, w hen a long stretch for home she
increased her lead. The last part of the
race was a closer stretch, but the high
pointing qualities of the Defender justify
the statement that she would have
gained on that leg. Although the Vigi-.
lant won the cup, it is a growing opinion
that the American Cup Committee are
satisfied that no formal trial races will
be necessary, because the sailing of the
Defender to-day was good enough to
evidence her continuous improvement,
aud that is all that is wante*.. in the way
of information.
However, a test of the boat is still es
sential.'for the Defender has not yet been
tried in that sort of weather, but it is
hop* d that this one undisplayed quality
of the yacht will be brought out before
this cruise of the New York Yacht Club
is ended.
The Jubilee and Volunteer, which also
started to day, were never in the hunt
with the Defender and Vigilant, although
Jubilee did make better time than Vigil
ant on the 18 miles run before the wiucl.
from Block Island to the West Island
Ligh’ship.
HUNTING FOR A RAPIST
V PITCHED BATTLE BETWEEN
A POSSE OF WHITE MEN
AND NEGROES.
A JUSTLY INDIGNANT PARTY.
A Negro Farsn-llaiut Attempted to As.
fault " Lady in a Most Brutal Man
ner-Shots Were Exchanged and the
Hoods Scoured But the Negroes Have
Evaded Their Pursuers—The Battle
Begun by the Negroes—Every one in
the Community is Now Armed.
Atlanta, Ga , Aug. 2 .—A pitched
battle between Marietta ’fluid Atlanta
took place about two miles east, in Cobb
county. Tho opposing forces were a
posse of white men on one side, search
ing for a negro rapist, and on the other
side five or six negroes. Friends and
relatives of the woman were on foot and
armed with Winchester riflis and shot
guns, while the negroes were in wagons
and on mule 3, fully armed.
Saturday night last, Jesse Hardoman,
a negro farm-hand, 25 years of age, at
tempted to assault,in a most brutal man
ner, the wife of J. R. Robinson, who
lives two miles from Marietta. The cry
of the woman brought her husband to
the house, but before she could acquaint
himrwith tbe negro’s purpose the fiend
had escaped.
A posse was immediately organized
and a search of the surrounding country
for Hardeman began. About twenty
men were out searching for him last
night when they met a party of negroes
on the road. Suddenly, one of the ne
groes arose in the wagon and levelling a
double-barrelled shotgun at the approach
ing party, fired both barrels. Charles
Doughty received ninety buckshot in his
lett arm. The white men returned the
fire until some hundred shots had
been exchanged. A mule on which one
of the negroes was mounted, fell, bat
the rider aud his companions fled. This
morning a hat worn by one of the
negroes was discovered bv the-roadside
saturated with blood. None of the ne
groes have yet been found, although
Sheriff Davenport, of Cobb county, has
organized a large posse and is scouring
the surrounding country for the negroes,
and a great uprising of the negroes
is imminent. Nearly every one, white
and colored, is armed.
Scott Smith in Trouble.
Fairmont, W. Va., Aug. • 2.—Scott
Smith, proprietor of the World’s Fair
Roadhouse here, was committed without
bail to-day on a charge of committing a
brutal assault upon Louise Conway, a ten
year-old girl. She is the granddaughter
of the noted pioneer, Isaac Wilson. The
excitement here is intense and trouble is
anticipated. The penalty for the crime
is death.
THIRTY BUILDINGS DESTROYED
The Flood Was From Ten to Fifteen
Feet Deep—No Trains Run.
Denver, Col., Aug. 2. A dispatch to
the Republican, from Santa Fe, states
that thirty houses were destroyed at
Socorro by the flood, most of the build
ings being adobes. The noavy down pour
continued for two or three hours, during
which time the water spread from several
arroyos, over nearly the entire town. At
one time the flood was three-quarters of
a mile wide, varying from ten to fifteeu
feet deep. Farms, orchards and vino
yurth f3l many miles along the river
were almost destroyed. Tho situation
was aggravated by*a 11 nod in the Rio
Grande, which is higher than in years.
It is out banks at La Joya and a
general flood is in the valley. The Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railro .d is in
undated for miles. No trains are run
ning south of Albuquerque. It is be
lieved that Elpaso is in great danger.
VICTIMS OF THE FLOOD.
Two Fearfully Mangled Bodies Found
Embedded in the Sand.
Denver, Col., Aug. 2.—A special
from Florence, Col., reports the finding
of the bodies of Mrs. Carr and Lee
Tracey, two victims of the tloxl at Ade
laide. The remains were fearfully man
gled and were embedded in the sand
twelve miles from the scene of the dis
aster. The body of Watson, the third
victim is still missing.
Reports from Cripple Creek say nine
miles of the Florence and Cripple Creek
railroad are gone aud it will be thirty
days before the road can be re-opened.
Over thirty bridges were destroyed.
Nineteen Bodies Recovered.
Denver, Col., Aug. 2.—A special to
the News from Albuquerque, says a dis
patch from Socorro states that nineteen
lodies of persons who were stricken
down by the rash of waters Tuesday,
have been recovered.
Desolatiou by The Flood.
Bcppalo, Wyo., Aug. 2.— The desola
tion caused by the flood Wednesday, is
something terrible. The cloud-burst was
at a point five miles southwest of the
city, near Stevenson’s ranch. A mighty
wall of water rushed down the mountain
side into Clear Creek, which overflowed
its banks, carrying everything before it.
The creek cut into the south bank carry
ing off an entire city lot, with a log
house owned and occupied by Mr. North
wood, with its entire contents. More
than two dozen large buildings were
wrecked aud carried down the creek.
Tbe three principal silver organiza
tions in Colorado have agreed upon con
solidation upon a non partisan basis.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BIG DAY IN CHATHAM.
C*l. Burgwyn and Henry A. London
Deliver Addresses.
Special to the News and Observer.
Siler City, N. C., Aug. 2.
Tho eighth annual re uuion of the
Leonidas J. Merritt Camp, No. 387, of
United Confederate Veterans of Chat
ham oounty, by special invitation, met
here to day. There were between 200
and 300ex-Confederates in line,headed by
the Siler City Cornet band. C. A. Ban
ner was Chief Marshal.
The orator of the day was Col. W U.
S. Burgwyn. It was peculiarly appro
priate that Col. Burgwyn should deliver
the address because he is the younger
brother of tho bravo Col. Harry Bur
gwyn, who was the Colonel of tho 26th
North Carolina Regiment, iu which were
two companies from this immediate
neighborhood. His speech was a very
line effort, full of interesting incident,
descriptive of their valor, aud it was
very gracefully delivered. He gave a
graphic description of the charge of the
20th at Gettysburg, where the soldiers
immortalized themselves.
Mr. H. A. London followed in a brief
and eloquent talk, giviug some statistics
of Chatham soldiers. JL very touching
scene was when he called to an old sol
dier, Mr. Geo. H. Fitts, to hand him the
testament he had carried through the
war. He came up with his testameut in
his hand. At the battle of Reams’ Sta
tion a bullet went through the Bib’e,
saving his life, and lodging in his pocket.
Mr. London held up the parol of
Mr. Fitts, and said it was a
badge more glorious than that of the
French Legion of Honor. He closed by
preaching the gospel of peace among
neighbors and comrades, even if politi
cal and religious differences did subsist
between them.
Short talks were made by Rev. Jees3
L. Smith aud Mr. W. W. Edwards.
The large crowd then were invited to
the elegant dinner which had been pre
pared by the ladies here. A better din
ner was never served in Chatham, and
it is certain that guests never enj ived
one better.
ASHEVILLE’S POPULATION.
Death ol a Prom incut Lady Who«e
First Husband Was Gov. Swaiu’s
Son.
£p*cl»l to the News and Observer.
Asheville, N. C., Aug. 2.
Mrs. Margaret L. Steele, wife of B.
P. Steele, died last night in her fifty
first year. She was a native of Tennes
see, and had been twice married, first
time to Dr. R. O. Swain, son of Gov.
David Swain, of North Carolina. Bhe
was related on her mother’s side to the
Houstons, Hokes and Phifers, of this
State, and on her father’s side to Dr.
Ephraim Brevard, of Mecklenburg Decla
ration fame.
Tho new city directory, soon to be
published, will give Asheville a popula
tion of 11,700—6,700 being white, and
and 5,000 black
Minister Ransom iu W ashington.
Special to the News and Observer.
Washington, D. 0., Aug. 2.
Minister Ransom arrived here last
night. He is in better health than he
has been fer some time. He will remain
here until Sunday, then will return to
his home iu North Carolina for a few
days before going to Mexico.
Arrivals.
A’ex. Q. Holladay, Raltigh.
Lee S. Overman, Salisbury.
Geo. S. Bradshaw, Asheboro.
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.
At New York: r. h. k.
New York, 1*22 0 10000—686
Brooklyn, 00501120 2—ll 14 2
Butteries: Itusie, Clark and Farrell; Stein
ami Daly.
At Washington: r. h. e.
Washington, 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 4—13 12 *3
Baltimore, 10000030—4 9 7
Batteries: James and Keefer; Weeks,
Thornton and Cote.
At Pittsburg: r, h. *.
Pittsburg, 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0— 5 9 6
Cleveland, 2 0060002 o—lo u l
Batteries: Foreman aud Merritt; Young
and Zimmer.
At Boston (first game): r. h. k.
Boston, 5 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 *—lo 12 3
Philadelphia, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8— 8 10 2
Butteries: Nichols and Gunnel; I.ampe,
Carsey and Clements.
(Second game): r. h. r.
Boston, 020200200 o—6 12 2
Pbiladel’a, 2 0 o o 0 2 11 0 I—7 13 4
Batteries: Sullivan, Stivetts and Tenney;
'Carsey and Clements.
At Louisville: r, h. k.
Louisville, 10000400 4—9 15 2
Cincinnati, 0030000 5 o—B II 2
Batteries: Cunningham and Warner; Par
rott, Dwyer, Murphy and Vaughn.
COAL MINES FLOODED.
It is Believed that Fourteen Miners
Have Perished.
Glasgow, Aug. 2.— The Auchen Har
vie Colliery at Salt Coats, a town on tho
Bay of Ayr, twenty-four miles south
west of here, has been flooded. Sixty
men have been rescued and fourteen
are entombed in the mine, aud it is
believed that they have perished. Search
ing parties have been formed but are un
able to penetrate to the point where the
unfortunate victims are.
There is a scene of intense excitement
at the pit’s mouth, where wives, mothers
and families of the entombed miners are
gathered wringing their hands in grief
and despair.
The Situation Growing Serious.
Blitekieliis, W. Va , Aug. 2.—Tho
non-union men are being forced to leave
the coal fields by the strikers who threa
ten personal violence to those who refuse
to quit work. Gov. MacCovklo has just
reached hero and his hasty return is at
tributed to the theats. Serious trouble
is expected within tho next day.