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ASHEVILLE, N..C, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1889.
NUMBER 289.
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NEWS AND COMMENT.
The Weather.
Indication for North Carolina Haiti ; at,
tionary temperature; northerly galea.
The new American Cabinet is spoken
of with unfeigned regret by all the Eng
lish Liberal papers. The Manchester
r' Guardian, which always is intelligently
friendly to the United States, says:
"There is nothing in its personnel, in its
proclaimed policy, or in the influences
behind it calculated to give comfort .o
the well-wishers of the Republic. For
tunately American history is full of warn
ings against despair, full of proofs that
neither the temporary triumph Of bad
theories or the passing ascendancy of
weak or nnworthy men is able seriously
to affect the permanency of free institu
tions or the substantial progress of a
people whose glory they are."
The United States pays $900,000 a
year for its weather service. Great Brit
ain $80,000, Germany $6,000, Russia
$65,000, Aus'riu $10,000, Switzerland
$6,000 and France $60,000. And.though'
no buropean nation attempts to do as
much as we do, or takes general obser
vations more than once a day, the per
centage of verification of predictions is
rising ther, which is hardly the case in
this country. Our weather service, with
. its great cost and thorough organiza
tion, ought to be the best in the world, -
It is once more reported from Washing
ton that the Hon. Whitclaw Reid, of the
New York Tribune, is" to be appointed
minister to England ; field marshal Mu
rat Halstcad, of the Cincinnati Commer
cial Gazette, to France, and Col. J no. C.
New, of the Indianapolis Journal, to Aus
tria. H all these great and shining lights
of Republicanism go abroad, who will
hold up the G. O.I ? f Pardon us, but we
had forgotten that W. W. "Blocks of
Five" Dudley was still among us.
The excitement on the Pacific coast
over the discovery of new gold fields is
simply intense. Old miners say that the
inejv mines equal in richness the discover
'Tts of 1849. One miner panned $2,000
in two days. A Mexican took $1,500 in
two days from a space eight feet square.
Rich quartz is daily being discovered and
expert miners expect to find very rich
leads when the snow'disappearsr
Two thousand more weavers were
added to the four thousand all ready on a
strike at Fall Riveryesterday . The State
Board, of Arbitration have t bus liir. iiWd
to conciliate with the strikers. Every
thing is peaceful, and indications favor
the strikers at present. Many of the
weaver are leaving for other mills at the
solicitation of their agents.
The Southern Atlantic Telegraph Com
pany, of Baltimore, has been incorpor
ated'by Jos, R. Foard, J. Glenn Pitts,
Edward C. Piatt and Hiram Smith, of
New York. The capital stock of the
company is $50,000, divided into 500
shares of $100 each, and the incorpor
ators are named us directors for the first
year.
Joe Howard has good horse sense. He
says : "Of all professions that of a writer
most compels men to rely uKin them
selves. No rich father can make a man a
successful writer. No cicle of influential
friends can impart to a man suggestive
brains, felicitous phrases or facile hands.
These things are born, not bought."
One hundred and thirty out of one
hundred and forty of Gen. Harrison's old
Indiana regiment have applied for offices.
What the other ten are doing is not
stated, but it is supposed that they either
hold office now, or are mad because the
" General did not give them a place in his
Cabinet.
Magruder Fletcher, a negro who as
saulted n Mrs, Macready at Tasley, Vir
ginia, was taken from the jail by a body
qf masked men numbering upwards of
seyenty.five and hanged to a tree, His
liodv was also pierced with bullets. The
public uphold the act. . T -
Mrs, Langtry is now Mrs. Frederick
K'hhard. At least that is the whisper
t.nnt got aoroaq in new turn uu
day, and it js also stated that the mar
page ceremony was performed in New
York city on Tuesday, March 5.
The supreme court of West Virginia
bos decided that Carr, the Senate presi
dent, has uojustclaim for the'governor
sbjp. Gov. Wilson will hold over until
;he courts decide the issue between Goff
and Fleming.
Jndjana boasts that it produces more
hogs than any other State. No one
would deny that statement after seeing
the number of Indiana politicans at
Washington. ,
Ex-President Cleveland, in company
with ex-secretaries Bayard . Dickinson
and Vilas and their wives, will soon start
an a short pleasure trip to Cuba.
The reduction in the wages of the em
ployes in the Schuylkill Valley roiling
mills still continues. Most of the men
have accepted the reduction.
j Queen Victoria has approved the ap
pointment of Sir Julian Pauncefote as
British Minister to the United States.
El-President Clevelnnd has been elected
a member of the New York Bar Associ
ation. The vote was unanimous. '
Vitciriackscm was hanged at tftlca, H.
Y.i yesterday morning for the murder of
Norton Meteolf Inst January,
The majority against the prohibition
amendment in New Hampshire will ex-
ceed 5,000..
BMecretary Endieott and wile will
'J.i ILL i.i-. U.it.
VUE VUU1II.II III UUI
LAID TO REST.
THE UV OAKS OK sT.
lAlRENCK CliMKTKKV.
The Very Heat cum Wept When
the Body of FruiiclM Warring,
ton Dawson Wa Conalgned
lo ItHljiNt Earthly Abode.
From the Charleston News and Courier
of yesterday we take the following ex
cerpts relating tt the lust act in a bitter
tragedy that has brought to South Car
olina the loss of its greatest and best
friend--Franeis W. .Dawson, soldier,
scholar and statesman:
The death of Caot F. W. Dawson
soldier, scholar and patriot, was one of
the event which rise eminently above
the common plane of the history of
Charleston and South Carolina, his be
loved citv. his beloved State. Born 'of a'
glorious nation, a self-made exile from
his native soil. he. through th;it indomi
table energy and spirit and evident affec
tion for the land-oi his new love, became
a son of its sons, a Carolinian, yielding
to none in reverence for the mother of his !
adoption und brooking no rivalry in the
intensity and beauty in which that love
was so oft expressed. i
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The casket was borne into the Cathe-I
dral by the pall-bearers and deposited
immediately in front of the chancel,, in
which were Bishop Northroo. who cun- i
ducted the services,, assisted by Mgre
Quigley, the Rev P. L. Duffy, the Kevj
hather Schachte, the Rev Father Kelly. I
the Rev Father Shadier, the Rev Father!
Wedcnfello, the Rev Futher Hooman. the
Catholic churches ol the city being fully I
represented at the services. Bishop John I
Moore.' of Honda was present in the
sanctuary. ji? i
The journey to the grave at St. Lau-i
rence cemetery was slow, and the Imdv
of the "illustrious man," as Capt Daw- !
son has been well termed, was eventually I
laid to rest id his family burying ground.
W tin the solemn thoughts produced by
the recent scenes at the Pro-Cathedral
and the ever present feelings of profound
sorrow as the procession passed under
the dripping trees, the beautiful idea
came almost unbidden that these grand
old trees "were dewy with nature s tear
drops."
The shades of the evening were fast
thickening as the attendants disposed
the lovely garlands and emblems upon
the grave of Capt Dawson. One tribute
alone wus taken awuy by Mrs Dawson
the crown of immortelles the gift of his
old army comrades who fought with him
and would have died for him.
And so tb earth has closed above one
who was laid upon his mother's bosom
in the fulness of the autumn of his lite,
beloved, admired, respected and idolized
at home and in his native State, and rich
: . u .,:,..,, ..f .. u:.i.i.. i
m Lire .ii iuco ,i u iiuiuc mikimv ut itevi aiiu
rrancis Warrington Dawson. N
Hold him tenderly in your heart, where
he has been laid, South Carolina that he
served so well, and loved so tri.ly ! It is
an honored charge that has been, com
mitted to your keeping. You owe him
much that can never be repaid: The
praises that are now everywhere linked
with his name reach not his ears to
quicken the pulses they would have
thrilled into glorious lite only a tew hours
ago. Remember mm always as you re
member him to-day. And let the legend
be inscribed where it will be read of all
men. for all time, that in the darkest
years of her history, in the most troubled
and dangerous period of the life of the
State, South Carolina had no son from
whom she demanded more or received
more without stint or thought of recom
pense, than from the brave, patient,
Christian soldier and citizen who sleeps
in St. Laurence Captain Francis War
rington Dawson.
THH MURDERER.
Dr. Thomas Ballard McDow was born
in Camden, Kershaw county, thirty-six,
years ago. He was primarily educated
in his native county, and at a matricu
lating age entered the Cumberland uni
versity, at Lebanon, Tennessee. I here
he pursued a course of medical study ,and
graduated with the first honor of his
class in 1874.
Subsequently he came to Charleston
and liccame a student ut the medical col
lege of the State of South Carolina, lo
cated here, mid graduated with consider
able merit, being the valedictorian ol his
class, composed of bright material, i His
standing in the college entitled him on
graduation to a position as one of the
pnysicians oi me cuv uospiiui, uuu ineic
he served until his term expired. After
wards he established himself in this city,
and has lieen practicing here ever since,
and was (jetting into professional biisi-
i new,-- gown yftF8irhriiiTfcdKie-
only daughter of Mr. (J, U. Anrens, the
well-to-do retired grocery merchant on
King street, One child is the result of
t he marriage.
He is about five feet seven inches in
height, and weighs, probably, 130
pounds. He is a brunette and has feat
ures somewhat strongly marked the
nose being slightly inclined to Roman.
He wears a deep brown moustache, cut
close to his lip. His manner is decided,
and not without the grates of good ori
gin and good culture.
He is a son of Dr. R. 8. McDow, who is
a practising physician of Lancaster, in
this State. His attire is in keeping with
taste and professional requirements.
THK EXAMINATION AND THE VKRD1CT.
Charleston, S. C, March It. The
inquest in Capt. Dawson's case began
and concluded this morning, solicitor
Jervey, of the judicial circnit, assisting
at the examination proceedings. Not
withstanding a drenching rain the exam
ination attracted a great crowd of spec--tators.
Four witnesses were examined.
Policeman Gordon, to whom Dr McDow,
the prisoner surrendered, testified to
that fact.and related a conversation with
the prisoner while en route to the station
house, The only material statement is
that the prisoner admitted the killing of
Dawson. G. W, Harper, a colored hack
man, testified that he was on the oppo
site tide of the street when Dawson en
tered McDow's office! that after the
shooting he heard the words, "You laid
you would take my life; now, I nave
taken yours." Harper testifies that n
colored woman, a vendcrof peanuts, was
peeping through the window and that
McDow's cook, Emma Drayton, came
to the irate and ordered her away.
! vf...... Tolm.iin Mil low's coachman.
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testified and denied an Know.ci.gc u, n,e
UlHrttf. 11 MfoitiariftltmtlttUdl-tto't
I 'fl - .
office and wus ordered by Dr. McDow's
i wile to investigate the cause, bat swore
lie did not go. Emma Drayton, thecook,
also denied any knowledge of the affair,
except as to hearing a pistol shot. She
denied a great deal of Moses Johnson's
testimony ; also the testimony of police
man Gordon and the hack driver Hur
ler. A woman named Jane Mitchell was
arrested on suspicion of bring the peanut
vender seen at McDow's office win
dow. She denied having been there.
She was not identified by Hurper.
The testimony developed nothing new.
Dr. McDow having declined to . make a
statement before the jury a verdict was
rendered as follows: -"That the deceased,
Capt. F. W. Duwsou, came to his death
from gun-shot wounds inflicted by a gun
in the hands of Dr. T. B. McDow. and
that Moses Johnson, colored, is an
accessory before the fact." "
Talien From Jail by ,a Masked
Mob and Hanged.
By Telegraph to the Cltlaen '
Taslk v, Va., March 1 4. The negi-o, Ma
gruder Fletcher, who criminally assaulted
Mrs. Obndiuh Macready several duy sago
was lynched about 3 o'clock to-day by a
party of aliout seventy-five men. (ailer
Samuel Metzon was aroused about 1
o'clock by a party of men who demanded
the keys of the juil. Metzon refused to
give them up. He wus told that if he
did not his house would lie burned, but
still he refused. Deputy "sheriff Benj. L.
Metzon, who had been awakened by the
commotion came to the scene and told '
the jailer that he had better hand over
the keys, which he did. The lynchers ,
went to the cell of Fletcher and told him
he was wanted. He was at once released
und was carried out. He made no demur
whatever. The doors of the jail were;
fastened by the lynchers and the keys
turned over to the jailer. The negro was
then hurried off and hung to the limb of
a pine tree on the 'edge of the road about
one and a half miles from here. He was
cut down about 9 o'clock by magistrate
Higgins and a coroner's inquest was
held. A verdict was rendered that
Fletcher caine to his death by being
sti angled and shot by persons unknown
tothejury. Fletcher hud four bullet holes
iu him, His neck was not broken. It is
supposed that this was done prior to the
hanging. Fletcher was a stout man of
about twenty-five years of ngc and very
black. The public approves of the lynch
ing. Mrs." Macready's husband caine
. , . , m ,
-p yary Imd
comTiiioiraiui txammsrtirazea;
It is reported here that great indigna
tion is lelt againstG. Jeff Aduir, who shot
P. B. Smith in Northampton county i and
lynching is feared. Adair refuses to talk.
It is thought that he will lie removed
from Enstvilleto AcommucCourt House,
and that he will lie tried in the Aconimac
county court.
The (strike ut Fall River (Spread
ing. Hv Tek'uraph to tht Citizen.
Fai.i. Kivkr, Mass., March 14. The
fourth day of the weavers' strike opens
without .any appreciable change in the
situation. The weavers still present an
unbroken front, and tlic number out to
day is larger thun.yesterday. The shut
down of King Philip and American
linen mills has added 2,000 to the num
ber of idle, operatives, and has brought
the strike home to a great body of ojiera
tives outside of the weavers. There was
a meeting iu the park this morning, at
tended by over 4,000 strikers, who mani
fested some enthusiasm. As at the be
ginning, the memliers oftheex-eoinmittee
urged the strikers not to go back until
all were ready to go. The visit of Mr.
Barry, of the State board of arbitration
yesterday, was referred to the members
of-the ex-committee. They reiterated
that it was not their fault that tbestrike
had not been settled by arbitration.
The apiienls of the' ppeakers 'to stick to
gether were answered by cheers. The
members expressed the opinion that the
board of trade would not accept ..the
proposition to Kppomt a committee on
conference to meet the weavers, Several
expressed the opinion that they might be
willing to meet the members of the State
Board of Arbitration, but anything like
'ecogiiition of the Weavers Union meets
with the firm opposition of a majority of
the manufacturers. They insist, how
ever, that there is nothing to arbitrate,
and before the conference can lie ar
ranged tht strikers must return to work.
Most of the mills will pay off to-morrow.
The strikers will hold a mass-meeting on
Saturday, A big struggle is expected to
come next week when there will be no
wages coming in. Agents of mills in
Rhode lsluud and other States are here
engaging some of the operatives,
Their Waited Reduced.
By TeleRraph-to tht Cltixrn.
Lebanon, Pa., March 14. Following
in the wake of the iron manufacturers in
the Schuylkill valley and points near
Philadelphia, the firms throughout the
Lebanon valley have reduced their pud
dlers 25 cents per ton and all other em
ployes in proportion, At the Lights
rolling mill, this city, the, puddiers have
.accepted' the reduction from $3.75 to
$3. HO per ton, and the employes at oth
er place arc holdiiig,the matter under ad
visement. . ;
Gov. wiihoii Hold Over.
By Telwaph to the Citltcn,
Charleston, W. Va March 14. The
supreme Court met this afternoon and
In the gubernatorial question between
Carr, president of the State Senate, and
Governor Wilson, decided that "Carr had
no grouninpon which ld-iake tlu ortiiie
of Uovcrnor. This gives Wilson the
.
u..
tied lt'
til the contest will have been set-
ltwvt-nlm"tml Fh-mhftf.
MOHi: FKF.NCH IH lilS,
1.1 1 -ly roceclliiM In the Cham
ber of Menatlea Yesterday.
II)- TclrKTHph to the Cltiirn.
Paris, March 14. In the Senate to-day
M. Na in net said that he would not de
fend hiniself from the charges' that had
l een brought against him in connection
with the Patriotic League. First, because
he knew that the Chamber had con
demned him beforehand, and second, be
cause the party to which he belonged
never appealed except to universal sul
froge. . He dilated upon his services in
the Republican cause and expressed con
fidence in the integrity of the judges who
are to try him. The Senate by a vote of
213 to 58 sanctioned the prosecution ol
Nauquet. . I
Iu tlie Chamber of Deputies. M. Arent
amid noisy interruptions from Wie Inem
bers of the Right, read the report of tlu
commission which was appointed to con
sider the churges against Lairuerre.
Loisons imd Turquet.'The report favored
the prosecution of the accused deputies,
Scvairstre declared that "the proposal
showed the imbecility of its authors. For
thisVemui k Sevairstre was severely cen
sured by the President of the Chumber.
Lngucrre then addressed the Chandler.
He a verred that his purty intended to
prosecute its campaign pacifically and
legally. He would not npienl to the
Chantlier, whose verdict was immate
rial, but to the country which supported
the Patriotic League. He denied
that the League was a secret society.
The real conspirators were those who
rebelled against universal suffrage,
This clique had seized the government
but universal suffrage would have the
last word. Persecution and violence
would only hasten the hour-when the
count-y disgusted and indignant would
expect redress from the Chamber. (Ap
plause fronrthe Right.) The report of
the committee maintained that the pa
triotic league was a secret society.. Re
ferring to the fact that Botjlanger, re
cently dined with the Duchess Duxes he
expressed surprise that men calling them
selves Republicans should form a part ol
the Pretorian guard of the Fuubourg St.
Germain. Boulanger rose and crossmg
his arms, defiantly regarded the majority.
An uproar ensued during which Thlesse
was censured for apostrophizing the
President. Paul DeCassagnac defied the
Chandler to prosecute Boulanger. The
debate was clotured 316 to 214. The
ChajnberJ
authorized the government to prosecute
the accused deputies. The sitting was
then adjourned. As a result of the heated
debate duels are imminent between
Arene and Provost Delaunny, Bordcau
and DeCassagnac, and Pichou and La-
guerre
NKW YORK STOCK MARKICT.
Hneculalion Yesterday Aniouitthe
llulla and Bears of Wall Street.
Bv Telegraph to thtCltiten.
New York, March 14. The stock
market to-day was weak. It turned en
tirely upon the course of St. Paul. The
unusual strength shown in that stock
rallied the list, when the bears seemed to
have ' everything in their liands. The
street knows now, if it did not before,
that there is a powerful pool behind St.
Paul, and a sensation was mmle by -'the
simultaneous use of St. Paul, which ran
up as high a'.- Vfc per cent, per day, with
i asked. The operation was extremely
cxasiieratiiig to the bears, and threats of
boycotting the stock were heard on nil
luuuU, which, however, may lie token for
what they arc worth. At the opening
this morning, the feeling - was very
liearish among traders, and some selling
by London encouraged further drives
against the list, with grangers and coal
stocks as special objective points. In
St. Paul and Reading the aggregate
transactions ran up to large figures, but
in neither, was the . impression made
equal to the efforts put forth, and
shortly .before noon n squeeze was liegun
which resulted in rallying the entire list.
Although covering was believed to be en
tirely from covering shorts, the pressure
however, was sufficient to advance St
Paul IVi, and others in proportion
When the bears thought they detected
inside selling, and when the pressure was
lifted somewhat, selling prices went back
Vnndcrbilt stocks were weak features in
the afternodw, and Lake Shore steadily
sagged off, and at the close was mate
rinlly lower than last evening. Louis
ville and Nashville on foreign selling was
Specially weak. , There was less move
mcnt among specialties than usual of
late, nut I'uiimnn and rcrry coal were
lower, and Denver, Texas and Ft, Worth
and Denver and Kio Grande were
higher. .The news of the day was en.
tirely ofa negative" "character, and had
little influence one way or the other.
Among tinnl changes Chattanooga rose,
but others are, with lew exceptions, frac
tionally lower, while-Lake Shore yielded
lH, and Louisville and Nashville
Sales aggregated 231,000 shares. ,
A VU tlm to HI Own Foil).
By TcUwraphVo the Cltlien.
Atlanta, March 14. A Macon siecial
to the Constitution say s : "Jno. L. Adams
the faster, died last night in his sleep. He
had been sleeping iieuccfiilly wlien the
watchers by his licdsidc noticed a ees
itttiou of breathing, and on exami
nation Adams was found to be dead
He had been conscious to-tlny, bat
spoke but little, and then in a whis
per so faint that it could scarcely be
heard. He had entered upon his t wenty-
seventh-day of (listing, and, but for the
great mental pressure upon hiin, ifeight
have lusted several days longer. . lie was
gtVutly emirt.-mtW4n
CLAKkSOX.COMTKMKI)
lOnii F.IRMT AMtilHTANT lfltHT.
MAHTIIH OFNF.KAI..
The HenateAdlwariiHTlll Monday
The Vorktowu Almost Ready
to l launched Nomina
tion ttent to the Henate.
Bv Telesraph to the Cltiinl,
Washington, March 14. Senate.
For some minutes after the reading of
yesterday's journal, the 'Senate sat with
out any business being brought liefore it.
flicn a motion was made by Mr. Ivd-
muuds and .agreed to, that when an ad
journment takes place to-day, it lie till
Monday. That arrangement having
been made, the Senate proceeded to the
onsideration of executive business. At
1 o'clock the Senate was still in execu-.
tivc session, and took a recess until 3
clock. In the interval the Republican
Senators were in caucus, it ti supimsed.
on the question of the consideration Of
legislation ut this session.
The Senate at 12.50 p. m took a re-.
cess till 3 p. m., and at 3.20 p. in., ad
journed till Monday; ,
clakkson nominated.
Among the nominations sent to the
Senate to-day, by the President, were the
following; J. S.' Clarkson, of Iowa, to lie
first assistant postmaster general, vice A.
. Stevenson, resigiieil;Jno. A. Kasson, of
Iowa, William Walter Phelps, of New
erscy, and Geo. H. Bates, of Delaware,
to be the commissioners to represent the
United States at a conference to be held
Berlin concerning affairs in the Sa-
moan Islands; Elbert W.Tweed, of Mon
tana, United States attorney for the Ter
ritory of Montana; Louis Wolt'rey, of
ucson, Arizona, to be governor of Ari
zona; Kathuone uardner, Rhode island,
United States attorney for the district of
Rhode Island; and Wm. Dimlap, of In-
iaiut, to lie I'nited States marshal for
the district of Indiana.
THE VOKKTOWH WU.l, SOON HK l-Al'NCHKP.
Rapid progress is tieing made in the
work upon the new gnnbont Yorktown
at Philadelphia. The weak bulkheads
have been stiffened and most of the work
required by the terms of the contract has
been completed, Some defects discovered
upon ihe, trial,, and for wliichUK con
tftictors ure not responsible, still remain
to lie corrected, but it is believed thatthe
department will lie asked to puss upon
the question of accepting the vessel next
nmJu IliK, rmilrartnrs. ,ti
bonus for the horse power developed in
excess of the contract requirement.
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
The Senate to-day confirmed the nomi
nation of Mr. Clarkson to be assistant
postmaster general. While the Senate was
sitting with closed doors, Mr. Gibson's
resolution was taken up for the appoint
ment of a select committee of seven Sen
ators on the relations of 'the United
States with Mexico and Central Ameri
ca. Mr. tiioson spoke in support ol it
The resolution was opposed by senators
Morrill, Piatt and Hoar, and favored by
senators Reagan and Call. The latter
also advocated indirectly his own reso
lution, proposing a like select committee
for Cuba and the West India Islands.
The question of annexation or acquisi
tiou of the Island of Cuba, was, he said
present to the minds of a large portion
of the people ol the United States. He
had recently had various letters on that
subject showing that public ntten
tion was being directed to it. tt it was
important to ascertain the commercial
relations present or prospective lielween
Canada or the United States, it certainly
was equally important to ascertain them
regard to Cuba and Mexico. Mr.
Hale objected to further consideration of
the subjec t, the Senate being in executive
session. -
llONI) OFFERINGS.
Bond offerings at the Treasury to-day
aggregated $479,000. Accepted. $09.!X0
four and a half per cents at 1.0H,
Ready for An -i;mer:eticy Ttiut
Nay AriHc.
By Telegraph to thcCitisen. -
ArcKi.AND, March 14. Advices just
received from Samoa show that there
was no basis for the sensational rumor
of thesinkingof the United States man-of-
warls'ipsic, by the German corvette Olga,
Far from this, the German officials in the
Island have entirely given up their ag
gressive policy, the proclamation of
martial la w has been niblicly withdrawn
and the Germans have abandoned all
claim to the right of searching incoming
vessels for contrubaud munitions of war.
Both of these steps have met with the
hearty approval of all foreign residents
at Apia, and have had a quieting effect;
and unusual tranquility prevails through
out the island. Mutoafa, however, lias a
force of - troops, , estimated- to- be six
thousand strong. Tatnasse's army con
sists of about seven hundred,!. Men-of-
war, both German and American, still
remain at Apia ready for any emergency
that may .arise.
raid the Penalty.
Bv Telegraph to the Cltiicu.
Unci, March 14. Virgil Jackson was
hanged at eighteen minutes past 9 o'clock
this morning for the" murder of Norton
Metcalf, in Augusta Centre, Sunday af
ternoon, January 27.-18SH. The murder
grew out,iof criminal, relations U'lweeu i
Jackson's wife and his victim; ' ' "
He Saw White Cap.
By Tclcirropb to the CiUien.
BALTtMOKB, March 14. Word has juRt
reachcrj,hc thatthe While Clips whip
jtedjames.Hattonapromiiienteolored po
litician at Pungaleoure, Aconimac coun-
ty,Vlrgiiiio,a fewtluysngo. Hatton was
lettuiiconscioiil bv his annuitants, and
I was very" huVlly utal up. '
AHin.vii.i.i: hkwkrm.
Nearly F.IKht Mile of Ihe Line
Completed-IR-lay In Receiv
ing lte, l'.lc.
A Citizen reporter saw contractor
Jncoby of the Ashcville sewerage system
last evening, and in reply to the query,
"How are you getting on with the
work?" that gentleman said;
"Fairly well, considering the numerous
delays we have met with regarding tht
Khipment of the smaller sites of pipe to bt
used in the line. These delays huvc
caused us no;little trouble, and we huvt
not been able to employ that number ol
bunds sufficient to push operations
ahead as fast as we hud desired to do.
"The pipe we are now using is that ol
the twenty inch measurement, and cat,
only be laid iu certain places; whereas, il
tlie other sizes were on bund ull the work
could begoing forward at the same
tinie. The South Main, Huywood and
Depot street lines ha ye been completed
with the exception of about half a day's
work on the latter street. This will lie
finished the moment the city authorities
-obtain the right of way through certain
premises which' they have heretofore
lieen unable to secure.
We are now at work on the North
Main street section, which was com
menced at the outflow, ueurly two miles
from the city. Pqie has been laid on thik
line to within a short distance of the city
limits, except' ut one place where the
rock deposit is very hard und in immenst
quantities. We would also have been
much farther advanced on this section
had the smaller pipe been on hand ready
to work in. If we even had this pipt
now we could get along much faster than
we ure doing.
At the branch twenty-inch vitrified
pipe to the amount of seven hundred
feet has been laid, and about one hun
dred feet 'of cast-iron pipe has been
placed where 'the vitrified article, if used,
would prove insufficient to the demands
made upon it Iron pipe has also been
laid in location naturally shallow and
where the other article would be of no
service.
"About eight miles of sewer pipe has
fieen laid up to the present time, and
every length of pqie, every elbow, every
"Y;11 antt'evcry Joint" lias been critically
examined and passed upon by inspectors
Murray and Troy. Thesegrntlemen have
pronounced the work to have been exe-
cuted m a thorough workmanlike and
have laid in Asheville will compare most
favorably with that of larger cities, and
1 am satisfied that no trouble will ever
be experienced ns to its thorough safety
and operation." .,., ,.,
The work is indeed excellent, and from
present prospects the system will becom
pleted about the tenth -of May. Mr.
Jncoby, the contractoris a gentleman of
long and varied experience in sewerage
work, having put down systems in some
of the largest cities of the North, each
one giving entire satisfaction in every
particular. He predicts that the Ashe
ville sewerage will be almost as perfect as
can be, when he completes the work, tyd
from what we see and hear, we behave
that it will be just as he says.
THK CHICAUU EXCHAN4JK.
Veaterday'H Movement In
reat Central Market.
the
Br Telea-raph to the Cltlien.
Chicago, March 14. There was less
doing in wheat to-day, and the market
ruled quiet during most of the session.
There were occasional spurts, but on the
whole, there was less disposition to trade.
The feeling developed was weaker most
of the session, but closed rather steadier.
May opened a trifle stronger, but Under
free offerings by large local traders de
clined with slight fluctuations IV4C. and
advanced subsequently 1,, and closed
Wc. lower than yesterday. July opened
steady, declined recovered some,
and closed about Vac. lower.
Coin exhibited moderate activity, and
though trading was mainly local, the
volume reached n fair aggregate. The
feeling was easier, und lower prices were
established. The market opened at
about closing prices of yesterday ; was
steady for a time, and 'sold off Viic. ;
reacted I-kC., declined slightly, and closed
!4U;,nC. lower than yesterday
Oats were active, but unsettled, and
prices were considerably lower.
l-.injl liter Held ReMpoiiHlhle
Uv TelcMrapH to the Cltlien. ! -
Hartford-, Conn., March 14. The
coroner's verdict has been rendered in the
recent Park hotel disaster, if holds
engineer Thuer and Kistley responsible.
The explosion was caused by over pres
sure on the boiler, the safety valve being
out'.of order and ull outlets to ths boiler
closed. Timer and Kistley have already
made $1,500 bail to answer,
Iron Workers tjull Work
Hy Telegraph to the Cltlien.
- ... . - .
Chattanoooa,1 March 1. lilty iron
workers employed by the Lookout Iron
Co., quit work to-duy under orders of the
Amalgamated Association of Steel and
Iron Workers, on account of A - proposed
reduction in wages. It is believed that
the trouble will soon be settted satisfac
torily,
A Hotel Burned. .
' Uy Telegraph to th ClUteo,
Savannah, Gn., March 14. The Gulf
IIunMr.e ThomitRvilie, was bunted last
night. All the guests escaped. The build
ing wus insured for $5,000, and the fur
niture for $3,000., This amount lacks
sevral thousand dollars of covering the
! lost. The hotel was also well kuown as
I "tMIM buntfe,
A Curlona Philosophical Fuxxle
We have seen what is to us, a very re
markable and puzzling arrangement,
which will interest any small boy or girl,
who will follow our directions.
Take a good sued cork, and stick into
its sides, opposite to each other, two
forks so that the handle of each will
hang down in the same direction. Then
insert a common pin into the end of the
cork, about half of the pin's length. Then
take an empty bottle, get another cork
to fit it, and pass a No. 5 needle through
it, so that the point and about half of
the length of the needle will protrude.
Put the last cork into the bottle, with
the needle point upward ; then see if you
can balance the pin, supporting the other
fork and the two forks, on top of tlie
needle's point. .
You will be surprised, at we were, to
see bow easily this can be done. The bot
tle can be carried from place to place
without disturbing the forks, which will
spin around on their fine pivot without
danger of falling.- , . .
If our description is not very lucid we
will show it to any of our young friends,
who will call on us. . ,
Wide Awake ,
Is the title of an excellent magazine -ssued
monthly for boys and girls. The
sample copy, which has been kindly fur-
lished us, ts full of good, beautiful read-'
Ing, just such as our little folks should be
encouraged to use. None of your sensa-
donal, trashy, blood and thunder dime
novel about it.
It is well named, too, if we may judge
from Mr. D. Lothrop, one of its publish-
rs. He is certainly not dozing by any
means. His house. D. Lothrop & Co.. of
Boston, we know to be prominent in the
business, but yet we were amazed at his
statement, that they issued ten thousand
volumes per day, or three million annu
ally. This seems incredible, but we will
accept Mr. Lothrop's invitation to visit
him, and on our return, tell you whether
or not he is humbugging us. In the
meantime, young friends, take Wide.
Awake. .
VUltora .In Asheville.
Never before in the history of the city,
at the same season of the year, has the
number of visitors been so large. They
are here from almost every State n the
Union while not a few are from Canada
and other lands foreign to our own.
Every hotel in the city is packed and
umieuVand ihe private boarding houaau.
rUUrally--SMtMaiatdr Th visitott
come singly and in families, old and
young, rich and poor; all eager to breath
that air which means, to them renewed ,
vigor, health and strength aye, life
itself. The gates of Asheville stand
wide ajar, and a welcome, warm and true,
awaits every pilgrim to the shrine of
health, fanned by gentle zephyrs from the
balsam-tipped peaks of a thousand
mountains, and bathed in the sunlight .
from the bluest skies above.
Attention, Young Men.
All young men interested in the pro
posed Young Men's Christian Associa
tion are earnestly requested to attend the
meeCUg to be held this evening at 8
o'clock in the French Broad Baptist
church, as delegates are to be chosen to
represent the proposed association , at
the State convention to be held at Wil
mington, N. C, March 21 to 24. A full
ttendance is desired.'
The Mew Paaaeniter Depot.
We understand that the authorities of
the Western North Carolina Railroad '
will open to the public their new passen
ger dqot this week. This is, indeed,
most gratifying intelligence, and will do
much to promote the comfort of travelers,
and give them a favorable, first impres
sion of Asheville, , ,, , , , . ,, ,.
The Dim Sociable.
Given by the Ladies' Aid Socity, of the
French Broad Baptist church, at the
esidenceofMrs. M.J. Fagg, this even-
ng, should be liberally patronized, as the .
objects for which it was gotten up are of
the worthiest character. Attend the .
sociable.
lOHtoftlce change.
By the resignation of Mr. B. M. Jones,
Mr. Frank Saunders takes charge of the
registered letter and money order depart
mcnt, and Mr. W. R. Patterson succeeds -
Mr. Saunders as general delivery xlerk.
Mr. Jones has accepted a position- with
the electric stat ruiJway company as;.- ,t
book-keeper. . ,
Hun'a Cotton Report.
Bv Teleiiraphto the Cltiiea.
New York, March 14. The Sun's eot-
ton article says ; "Futures opened -dull ,.
and soon declined slightly from, the .abr- ,
sence of demand, although Liverpool . . .
was reported dearer, but receipts sup port,
were pretty' full, discnuraririg''
speculation for a rise, After the second call,' :
however, when an advance in spot Cot- .
ton was quoted, the early decline waa re J
covered. Stocks in this market are much
depressed by free exports. Speculation ' "
was slow at' recovery, and there" were
hardly any dealings except in -June -aid'- '
August. The close was dulL; ; . .
Ten or T-welve Killed.
By Telegraph to tht CitlMO.
Pittsburg; Pa.,' March 14. An explo.
sion is reported" from'Mlre's foundry or
Twenty-thirdttreet,-thi wtyr T-Of -
twelve ptraong ate reported killed. . a
j'tiwf cwjfurnv?ihy
Yesterday waa the fourth day con sum ;
ed in tlie trial of the Henry case, And is
not probable that they will be disposed
of before to-morrow evening.' There are
one hundred and thirty cases on the
dockets, and criminal Petrous will not be :
taken up until Monday br Tuwdu.