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F VOL. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBE1 3..1891. NO. 48. V LUDDEN & BATES' N w, Goods, I J. S. Grant, Ph. G. ew rices! SOUTHERN II. ',' ; N P r. MUSIC HOUSE PIANOS (Of tne Philadelphia College of Pharmacy J J AND ORGANS Mi ca-y payments, without interest. i ' ' lipped direct from factory to purchas- . . - n A41In''n,lls PiJ. One price only ! , tli at the lowest known. Satisfaction Guaranteed or ik sale. 15 days trial in AH our friends are invited to come and see us now and find out hour low we are cellina-1 goods ; and we can always offer some special bargain such as the following now on sale: Tpa Sets, 56 Pieces, $3.85. Dinner Sets, 100 Pieces, $9.0 and $12.50. You can leave out any piece of a set you do not want and reduqe the price. BOWLS AND PITCHERS 75c, $1.00 & $1.25. FINE GOODS. ' j ; ..... . . We offer during the dull month of July the bigest bargain vet. Trinnle Dlate Silver Table Knivek nnlv fti.r.n' fnr sir n,1 p.ate Silver Table Knives only 95c. for six. Teaspoons, Tablespoons and Forks in every grade away under regular price. We are Ljur-M known qq hoa1niini.tai.0 f Qlnf,,. j tt r i . ' J or icuirgea an uMuvjuttiicio iui uiaoiswaic auu nuuse-iurnisniDg UOOuS. , . Apothecary, 24 South Main 8t. J. H. LAW on r For utilogues, prices, particulars, etc.; call on or iuldiess J. F. GARRATT, AGENT, 11 Pillion Ave., Asheville, N. C. "fTunos and Organs tuned and re- 9 OTDTT -MLAJIV STREET, - - SIIEJVIXXEJ, IVv O. A PLUNGE TO DEATH! RECK ON THE W. N. C. R. R. Frightful1 Loss of .Life. I On Thursday morning last, as the west bound train reached the Bostian viadijct two miles west of Statesville, on the Vy"estern N. C. Railroad! eroiner at a From the Charlotte News, whose edi- have rendered tie following somewhat Ota and Dinner & Tea Sets i Al I niisuaily Low Prices. Ml-'!.- .Your Wants SeMlbi I i 'I uie U b to 1 Sui ) from $7 land Upwards-. jmiit .l ' Terms reasonable. Work guar- speed of about 25 or 30 miles per hour, anU'-l., the train lef: the track and p'um-ed down; the gorge, a distance, of 60 feet, completely demolishing the entire train, and Resulting in a frightful loss of life. The little stream was swollen out of its banks;, and the passenger cars falling into the water added to the horrors of the Catastrophe. Twenty two were killedj out right, all the others wounded more ior less severely, and some fatally, who have since died. The following is a list of the dead and wounded: DEAD. I Engineer Wm. West, Salisbury. . Fireman Warren -Fry, Saiisbur'. Baggage Master Hugh K. Linster, Statesville. j ., W. M. Houston, merchant, Greens boro. ! Perry Barnett, Asheville. - Samuel Gorman, Asheville. Charles Barnett, Hendersonville. Jule Thefer, traveling salesman. W. J. Fisher, Campobello, S. C. i W. E. Window, High Point. Mr. Davis, Statesville, (one-legged man.) ' J. B. Austin, Hickory. . Lady, unknown, ticket in pocket read ing "Mrs. George McGormick and moth Tlit ln ;it advantage in' buying sets from us is tlml when you break a piece we will sell ynii another one to mutch it, thereby you will hUv;is kie a lull set. i Diaiv;are & Lamp Departmenl ft ci.iiii. c, with many new and cheap articles :. 1 1 Tinware, Woodenware, .House-:: Furnishings ! Vow may not think we keep them, but we .. in lai'e quantities. Give us a call when in ii'H oi anything in the house furnishing line. iHju't toiyct the place, i er," Elmwood to Alexander's. Unknown old lady. TTnlrnnnrn laftir ri n rr nn fimrPT fnaiflf i had: W . Thrash & Co., f wh3 engraved, ;t. n. w. to m. XV. IV. i l . -J 41 Pattern Ave. NATT ATKINSON & SON, Real Estate Agents, , ' Asheville, N. C, MY, KENT AND SELL. SEND.iPOR A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF Suburban and Country PROPERTY. M1XKRAL LAKDS, ETC. IMAXOS AND ORGANS "' tmtilic Hre lnvltel to call and examine r-1 1 iHtru menta before purchasing. Wecarry (!.., , H,u.), luakiH as FISCHER, ESTEY I A '"I ' t Iht qih kes. ESTKY and other popular ''J num. lowest prices possible, consistent tlnst vinsa K(km1s. Dont fail to give us a '''I 'Ik lure buying an instrument, at No. 37 1 ttloii HVI'IUIO. ( M. Williams & Co. If yoiV want the best paper for the bus. r man,. the farmer, the family, sub- :r'le at once for The Asheville Dem "HATf Only $1.50 per year. In advance Unknown colored man. Mrs. Pool, Williamslon, drowned. She is the widow of Mr. 'Theodore Pool, formerly State Senator arid well known throughout the State.! Her daughter appears to have been with her, and her name is among the wounded. T. Brodie, New York, traveling for a glove house. V j Rev. Jas'.'M. Sikes, Clarksville, Tenn. Dock Welles, colored porter. Chas. Webber, Pittsburg, Pa. ; Mrs. Prank White, Memphis, Tenn. Miss Orphelia Moore,!Helena, Ark. Henry Patterson, Colorado. Unknown man with ticket Reidsville to Cotinth, Miss. . Mrs. R. C. Moore, Helena, Ark. . Mr. A. L. Sink, High Point. . WOUNDED. George Browley, Atlanta. Conductor Spaugh; wjil recover. H. C. Clepper, conductor of the sleep ing car; will recover A. W. Samson, Louisville, Ky. Miss L. Poole, Williamston. Mrs. A. L. Sink;, badly hurt. B. M Estes, Jr., Memphis, Tenn. Flagman Shoaf, Lexington, N. C John Gaze, Asheville. Hon. George W. San itor. r ' P. E. Ransom. ; j R E. Johnson, newsboy. Otto Ramsay, Norfolk, Va. Col. B. Cameron,- of; the Governor's staff. Worth Elliott, Hickory. Col. O. W. Lawson, Louiiville, Ky. R E. Johnston, Nfewberne, N C. .Will Bradford and Marshal Nix, Abbe ville. ; j Benjamin Smith, Reidsville. Col. H. C. Denning, Harrisburg, Pa. C. A. Bailey, Danville, Va." Andrew Gwyn, colored. ' J. P. Holler. Crossing1. Catawba coun- Blank Streeter and Wl A. Elliott, N. C. tor visited Statesville and the scene of the wreck, we get the following: "The scene in the dead" house at the time the reporter arrived was sufficient to impress one with the immensity of the disaster. A long. line of coffins were ranged across the room, and a squad of people moved about with lamps, j They were arranging the corpses forshipnieut. The bodies had been previously brought in, wrapped in blankets and laid in an ante room. As soon as one body was brought out, drea&ed and placed in a cof fin, the workers would go to the aute room, bring out another, put it in a cof fin, and all night long this work went on. lhe bodies as they lay in the room, were just as they had been brought from the wreck. Nearly every one of the dead was crushed in the head. The re porter drew aside the blanket from one corpse, and started back at the sight. It was the body of Mr. Brodie, the Chicago drummer. Death had come to him quick ly, and his features retained an expres sion or norrineu ingnt. ins eyes were wide and staring and his mouth was open. Another corpse showed no out ward signs of, injury at all, while upon still another no marks could be seen, ex cept bad bruises on the eyes. Each corpse was dressed and placed in a neat casket. The casket was boxed, and as soon as instructions would be received for the shipment of the body, it woula be sent to the depot. There were still a dozen bodies in Statesville this morning It now appears pretty plain that this awful disaster was the work of tramps A rail had been loosened. After the ac cident, it was seen that the nuts had been unscrewed and placed on a rock near the bridge, and that the spikes had been drawn. A short while previous to the accident two tramps had been put off a train near the bridge. They were troublesome fellows, and the conductor had to use force to eject them. The be lief is that these tramps took up the rail in a spirit of revenge. They were going in the direction of Salisbury and the railroad authorities are making every effort to catch them. "As to the wreck itself, the reader can imagine what it looks like. The cars fell 90 feet. The second class car is out of sight under the debris and water and the other cars are jammed together in a confused heap. A force of convicts is at work to-day clearing up the wreckage, and it is expected that other bodies will be found when the second class car is reached. The broken cars obstructed the passage of Third Creek and the de bris is partly submerged. "All the baggage or the passengers was destroyed. ' DR. SA.NDERLIN'8 ACCOUNT. ambiguous verdict: "The jury finds from the evidence, and our own personal examination, that the above named (naming the killed) persons came to their death by the wrecking of tue train on the Western North Carolina railway bridge over Third Creek, iu Ire dell county, N. C, on Thursday morning. August 27th, the said wrecking of the train being caused by a loose rail, the bolts and spikes of the same having been taken out by some person or persons unknown to the jury, with tools or im plements belonging to the said railway company, which said tools or implements were by gross negligence on the part of said railway company left in an open shed, accessible to every passer by. We also li nd that several of the cross ties at and near the break in the railway track where the said loose rail was dis placed were unsound and should have been replaced, and that the superstructure on the bridge was in part defective and unsafe. Further, that the high rate of speed maintained in running trains over this bridge deserves and has tho censure and condemnation of this jnry. V. C. Carlton, foreman; Geo. F. Shepherd, J. Stcphany, J. U. Lambrecht, M. C. Williams, J. tJ. Ramsey, jurors; G. W. Clegg, coroner. Too much cannot be said of the people of Statesville. From the moment news reached them of the accident, every per son exertea him or heiself in efforts to rescue the dead and relieve the living. Business was entirely suspended, and all alert hands could do was done. PORT ROYAL S. O. Important to Western Carolina. IFroui the llalttmore Manufacturers' Itecord. "On June 27th the Manufacturers' Record referring to the future of Port If your jrecritutiM arm prepare mt QriirWs Pharmacy yo ca potvTiWy ds pend upon iKetefacU: trtlt iLit only tXi purut and tt drvgg and eAemicalt trill In tud; KCondt they riZ be compounded ear fully and accurately by an trperunetd Pr senptufnut, and third, you e& not U tzkorbiVmt priet. You uiS rt f Vi4 Ust goods at a try reaonhU prvJU. Don't forget the plw Granft Pharmacy. 34 South Main $trtt. Prescription fZUd at aS hours, night or clay, and delivered free of charge to any pawl of the city. The night bcU trill be anneertd Promptly. Grants Pharmacy, 24 &a Sfain strcH. At O rants Pharnuuy yrm can buy a) Patent Medicine at th lowest price fueUd by any other drug house in the city. We are determined to sell as lent as Ou toumt Royal, S. C, said: even if ve have to lse money by so doing. "Another deal has been made at Port We will sell aX Patent Medicines at fn: Royal, and some new inh rests in addi- . ... .. .. .. .tit i cost, and brtou) thatf "firyt to meet tla tion to those mentioned have been brought into the ownership of the Port of any competitor. Royal Co. that give ll the strongest We hate the largest assort en4 of Chawtou financial backing that could be asked. kin$ in AsheriSs. (her 200 skins, a . These new interests are new In Southern . , . T , , , . , , , sues, at lite lowest pruee. matters, but their influence is destined tobejvery strongly felt in Southern de- We are ogents for Humphrey's llm. vclopment. Port Royal is fortunate In pathetic Medicines. A full supply efkc naving won ineir auenuon. COodM alwt on hand. Use Buncombe Liver iSZs, the best in Ou those jwho had purchased the controlling uxrldfor tiwr comjlatnt, tndtgestton, etc. nterest in the Port Royal Co., but It is I A thoroughly reliable remedy for ei now permitted to say . that thev are Xtj.i .-. n. ,iu c 9 vww wis mm mm em MSusrrssu.ssB ijriiiTiinu erlin, State Aud "Dr. Geo. W. Sanderlin, the State Auditor, was conveyed to the home of Mr. McRorie. Mrs. Sanderlin reached there last night from Raleigh. The re porter this morning called at Mr. Mc Rories to sej Dr. Sanderlin, and found him eating breakfast, though in bed. Dr. Sandeilin is badly bruised; his left leg is severely sprained and one of his toes is broken. Dr. Sanderlin was in the sleep ing car. He was aroused by the jerking of the train as it left the rails and then felt himself going down. When the car struck the ground he was rendered un conscious. When he regained conscious ness, he found that his left leg was pinned down and that he was in water up to his chin. He heard some one call his name and he answered. In a mo ment Mr. Bennehan Cameron was at work removing the debris from around him, andeventually succeeded in pulling him out, of the wreck. Dr. Sanderlin says that the cries of the injured and the dying were heartrending. The death of Mrs. 1 ool was painetic Her daughter. Miss Lewelen Pool, her self badly hurt, held her mother's head above the water hoping to save her from drowning until rescue came. The men could see her as they were cutting their way to her side and they saw that her strength was failing. Before they could reach her. she had become utterly ex hausted and her mother, slipping from her arms was drowned before her eyes. The bodv of 3Irs. McCormick was found on the ground near the engine How it cot there from the first class coach, no one knows." The coroner's jury went promptly to work to ascertain the cause of the disas ter. Some claimed it was on account o rotten ties, others that the rails had been tampered with. Every effort was made to get at the bottom of facts, and they The Manufacturers' Record was not then at liberty to announce the names of asiievillk's calamity. Asheville came in for a full share of sorrow. A number of our hre depart ment attended the firemen's tournament at Durha n, and several of them were on the fated train returning home. Among thost, there were killer outright, Perry Barnett, Samuel Gorman, Charles Bar nett, and W. E. Winslow; and painfully tnougn not seriously wounded ,was Messrs. John Gaze, Marshall Nix and Will Bradford. The remains of Mr. Winslow were taken to his former home, High Point. Messrs. Barnett and Gor man were brought to Asheville, but subsequently senl, the first two to Hen dersonville, the last to Washington, D. C. Mr. Marshall Nix was one of the first to escape from the wreck, and though uurt, Hastened to btatcsvuie ana gave the alarm; thence prceeded to the room of Mr. John Goodlake, of Asheville, bu superintending the government building at Statesville. where he aroused Mr. G and Mr. Gus Guischard, a member of our! fire department who had fortunately stopped off at Statesville. , Mr. Goodlake sent a dispatch at once to Mayor Blanton informing him of the catastrope, and the three proceeded at once to the wreck and rendered every assistance to the dead and iving. The labors of these three can never be .forgotten. .Mayor uianton. Capt. Fagg, of the fire department, and a number of others proceeded at once to the scene of the disaster and worked faithfully. " The remains of Messrs. Barnett and Gorman were met at the depot here by Capt. Sawyer and the firemen, and ac corded every service and sympathy. The Asheville Street railway kindly tendered the use of their cars to the firemen in going to and from the depot. These young men were once not only good firemen, but excellent, hardworking citizens, and very popular with all who kne w them. Perry Barnett leaves a wife and two children. ' ChaTles Barnett waa unmarried. Mr. Gorman leaves a wife and tw children, who-were in Washing ton, D. C. We have never known our community more thoroughly shocked; and the sym pathies of the people were sincerely expressed. The accident cast a gloom over the entire State, for nearly every section was represented in the awful accident God grant that we may never have another such to chronicle.. Messrs. Alfred- Fryer, of England, and Samuel M. Jarvis and Roland R. Conk- lin, of Kansas City, ah officers of the Jarvis Conklin Mortgage and Trust Co., of London and Kansas City, and their English associates. These gentlemen are now associated with 31 r. rat Cal houn 'and his friends in the ownership of Port Royal, and with the almost unlim ited capital which they can command will turn their attention to the Immedi ate development of that port on a very J WILL large $cale. The! magnificent deep water harbor of Port Royal is at last to receive the atten tion which it demands. Nature decreed that a. great commercial city should be juilt at this point, but antagonistic rail road Influences have so far prevented the consummation of this. This will no longer be the case. The powerful finan cial forces that are now back of Port Royal i will be aided by the railroads as far as 'possible, and it is quite possible that one or two new railroads will soon Try a bttle and you cilUike no other. J. S. QRANT, Ph. tt. Pharmacist 24 8. Main St. At?cviUe, ff. U. Every Person HAVE THE WEST WHEN HE OR SHE CAN GET IT. HESTON'S IA TUB TLACKf 54 South' Main Street, ASHBVILL-JC, N. C He keeps the purest and fineit Confec tions made. Iluylcr'i famous Candies be heading towards that point. In our I also, Roysler's, Whitman's and other Middlesbo rough letter, published to-day, makes. 1 it is stated that the American Associa- Also sells children and boy's Exprrts lion, Limited, the founder of Middles- Wagons, Veloclpeden, Doll carriages, Ac. borough and the owner of nearly 100,000 Is agent for the cheapest and best Bjclcle acies of coal and iron lands, is preparing made the pendron. Can sell you a to develop a great coal-shipping business boy's wheel for $; fu.l sire, ). Have at Pott Royal, such as the Norfolk & sold a number this season and all give Western and the Chcsaoeake & Ohio satisfaction. roads (have built ur at Norfolk and at Newpdrt News. This must inevitably J JjQ XxJESTOjJm rrm no a nrtnl nnrt nn the Kuitli At. I 9 come, ns a coal port on the South At lantic jis a necessity of commerce, and the enormous coal fields of Kentucky must find a seaboard outlet for their product; and Port Royal has long been regarded as the place that was destined to become the port for handling this traffic.!' There is a line of railroad now pro- jected fto run from Port Royal via Ra bun Gap down the Tennessee river via Frankjln, to a connection at some point in Tennessee. It would make a short. direct line to the Cumberland mountain and Tennessee coal fields. We hope all these plrcumstances alluded to by the Record will terminate at an early date in the building of the road through our western counties. . . Wallace Hens'ey, son of J. B. llens1ey, of Marshall, met with a sad death from the accidental discharge of his gun on Monday laat. It seems that he was on 51 South Main Street, AFHEVILLE, NORTH COEOLINA. HELP WANTED I Better than a gol4 mloe! Ho capital De43 No rUk, but tlO to SIS a day profit! Teachers, student, mlnlater. blight mem aod ladle wanted Id ererj town and cxmntj. Ko oipe rience needed. Credit 'xlren If dealred. lie early this Una and secure first cholc of ex clusive territory oa this Brand New Book. Ikmt be an ostrich! Writ and get full In formation and solid facts about FOOT PRINTS OF THE WORLD S HISTORY BY Wm. S. Bryan and John 01 ark Eidpath, Tub Wkrld CrnxxaaiTSD Hutoxmbs. The Story of the nations as told In the bril liant deeds and rrand acbievemeDM of the world's heroee and heroine. A rk-b store boue .. t . i iia i . I or history, travel, ad rent ure, and the weird his way to work, and had occasion to pass and wonderful events of the -tnea that tried men souls." Tbriliinjf stories of the days of chivmlrr. aL&rtline herota - ifhirmiii ttt stood a car in which lloliert Davidson warrtora and Cnjaadei' Also a collection of . ' iir . a i .if t toe rarest gems of Knyltoh and American hla- lay wounded from a shot fired at him by torical literature. The most wonderful new Pace jon Saturday. Stopping to see J'i "Davidson, he leaned his gun on. the side historical illustrmtiona, half-tone steel engrar , ., . ... .ti i intra, and brilliant oil-colored platea. L Terr or the car while talking to him. Hysome Ujdr nods it a bonanza of auoeeaa. It aefl unknown means It was lfehrred and Tthout anklnir. No capital, no rUk. Straight unknown means was uiscnsrgeu ana uisinees and bir proflta. Splendid illustrated the whole load struck Hensley in the circulars and full particulars sent free. Ad- abdomjen. He lingered a few hours and dT0Rla . r prm idled, j j "au13-u . ' r . . t
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