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CI IZEN n VOLUME V. ASHEVILLE, N. C., SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1889. NUMBER 26. DF.I.lVKHl'.W AT HT. PAI'I.'N HIv fork thk phi:miui:.nt. A Timely and Htartllnir, Rebuke to Our Slodi'ni Plutocracy Wah melon's) Probable View of . the Bpolla Myatem. After the choir had sun); the hvmn "Kisc, Crowned With Light, ImeriulSa lem, Kise," Dibhop Potter ascended the pulpit mid dctiyercd nil address, in which he referred to the tender associations connected with the hour mid called uhii those who honored Washington to emu late him in his principles. His character ization of "Jeffersoniun simplicity" as "Jacksonian vulgarity" caused a slight ripple in the large audience. The address was as follows: , One hundred years ago' there knelt within these walls aman to whom, above all others 111 its history, this nation is in debted. An Englishman by race and lin rage, he incarnated in his own iersoiuinil character every best trait and uttriliiiU that have made the AnghnSaxon name a glory to its children and a terror to it? enemies throughout the world. Hut he was not so much nn Englishman that. when the time came lor him to In- so, la wns not even more an American; and in all that he was and did, n patriot so ex alted, mid a ka e sgrtat and wise tliat what men culled him when he came here to I inaugurated as the first President of the United Slates the civilized world has not since then censed to call him the Father of bis Country. We are here this morn, men and breth ren, to thank God for so great a gift to this eople, to commemorate the inci dents of which this Any is the one hun dredth anniversary, anil to recognize the rcsKinsibilities which a century so event ful has laid upon us. And we are here of all other places, first of nil, with pre-eminent appropriateness. I know not now it may be with those to whom all sacred things and places are matters of equal iiulillcrcnce, but surely to those of us to whom it is otherwise it cannot be without profound and pa thetic import that when the first Presi dent of the republic had taken tqion him, by virtue of Ins solemn oath, pronounced iii the 8ightofall the people, the heavy burden ol its Unci Magistracy, lie turned si -'i!trtit un v 4.1 4 lij wnlltt mill Lntflimi in yonder pew,.asked God for strength to keep his promise to the nation and his oath to Him. This holy house was no unwonted home to him, nor to u large proportion of those eminent men who', with him, were 'associated in framing the Constitu tion of these United States. Children ol the same spiritual Mother and nurtured in the same Scriptural faith and order, they were wont to carry witu mem into their public dclilierations something ot the same reverent and conservative spirit which thev had learned within these walls, and of which the youthful and ill regiilatcd fervors of the new-born Repub lic often betrayed its need. And he, their leader and chief, while singularly without cant, or formalism, or pretence in his re ligious habits, was penetrated as we know well, by a profound sense of the de pendence olthe Republic upon a Otiiduncc other than that ot man, and ofhis'owu need of a strength and courage and wis dom greater than he had in himself. TESTIMONY OR FISHER AMES. Ami with inrxiircsxihle tenderness and reverence, we find ourselves thinking ol him here, kneeling to ask for such gifts, and then rising' to go forth to his great tasks with mien so august and majestic that Fisher Ames, who sat lieside him in this chapel, wrote: "I was present in the pew with the President, niui must assure you that, after making ulj deductions for the delusions of our fancy in reglird to characters, 1 still think of him with more veneration than I feel for any other per son." So we think of him, 1 say ; and indeed it is impossible to think otherwise. The modern student of history has en deavored to tell us how it was that the service in this chapel which we are striv ing to reproduce this morning originally came about. The record is not without obscurity, but of one thing we may lie sure that, to him who. ol that goodly company whoa hundred yeans ago gath ered within these walls, was chief, it was no empty form, no decorous affectation. Events had been too momentous, the hand of a Heavenly Providence had lieeii too plain for him, and the men who were groiiicd uliout him then to misread the one or to mistake the other. The easy levity with which their children's chil dren'delmte the facts of God, and Duty, and Eternal destiny were as impossible to tlCin us Faith niid Reverence seem to (, or to lie in danger of In-coining, to sonic of us. Ami so we may lie verv sure IJvit.wheii they gathered here, the nil Twu flushed, and hearts as well as heads were licnt in honest supplication. Pgr, after all, their great cxicriincnt u.ni then in truth but iust In-ginning. The memorable davs and deeds which li.-wl iirocecdcd it the struggle for inde pendence, the delicate and, in ninny re. siieets, more difficult struggle lor Union, the harmouking of the various und oltcn inmnrentlv conflicting interests of rival und remote Slates and sections, the for mulating and adopting of the National Constitution nit those were niter nil but Itif mill IH' torv mid urenaratorv to the i-rent exncriinent itself. It has been sag iri-ut.-d that we mav wisely sec in the event which we celebrate to-day nn il lustration of those great principles upon which all governments rest, of th con tinuity of the Chief Magistracy, of the corporate life of the nation as embodied in its Executive, ol the transmission, by due succession, of authority, and the like; of all of which, doubtless In the history of the last 100 years we have nn inter- esting and on the whole inspiring exam- - pie,.'.-- NOT A MECHANISM, BUT A MAN, Rut it is a somewhat significant fact that it is not along lincssuchnsthesc that the enthusiasm which tins flamed out during these recent days and weeks, as this annivcrsury has .approached, has ' seemed to move. The one thing that has, Ijimngine, amazed a good many cyn- Meat ami pessimistic people union ho the way in which the ardor of a great people's love and homage and gratitude havckindlrd.notljcforcthcimnginutionot a mechanism, but of a man. It has liecn felt wilh nn unerring intuition which has once and again and again in .human his tory, Ixxti the attrihute of the ieopc as distinguished from the doctrinaires, the theorists, tlie system-makers, that that which makes it worth while to comment prate thf inauguration of George Wash ington is not merely that it is tlie consu mation of the nation's gtruuilc toward organic life, not merely that by initiation itf its chief executive i, set jn operation that constitution which Mr. Gladstone has declared "tlie most Ktkxt instru ment wlueh the wit of man has devised m tnat it celebrates the beginning of an administration which, by its lofty and stainless integrity, by its absolute supe- .....v, pki iiii or secondary motives by its rectitude, of daily conduct in the i.ice ot wliatsocvertlireatshlnmlisl.m. ,,1. i eoininnations, rather than bv the os tentatious pharisecism of its. professions has tuught this nation 11,1,1 til. U'r.-l,l forever what the Christian ruler of the Christian people ought to be. I yield to no man in inv vrnrnnim, t- the men who framed the compact under which these States are bound tnm-ili.-r nor for that great instrument itself. No one can easily exaggerate their- services or the value of that which they wrought out. Uut, niter all. we mav tint for,., -i to-day that the thing which they made was a dean and not a hviim rh mr It had nu'powcr to interpret itself to apply itself, to execute itself. Splendid as it was in its complex and forecasting me chanism instinct us itwas with sta t.-sm.-.,,. ship, a matchless adaptability to untried emergencies, it was, nevertheless, no dif- icreiit in another asvt fromoneol those splendid Sccitncns of naval architecture which throng our wharves yonder this morning,, mid which, with every best contrivance of human nrt and skill, with capacities ot progress which newly amaze us every day, "are but iintiotcnt. dead matter, save ns the brain and hand of man shall summon and command them. I he ship of state." we sav. Yes: but il is the cool and cuniietcnt mastery ut the helm of that, as of every other ship, which shall, under God. determine the lory or the ignominy of the voyage. MAINTAINED II V AN UNSELFISH I'lkPOSK. Never were there a truth which more surely needed to lie sHiken. A genern- wnicli vaunts itscit Irom the lounders ol he Republic seems largely to be in dan- jer of forgetting their pre-eminent djs- iiictioii. i acre were lew in munlx-rs, hey were poor in worldly iossc$sions he sum of the fortune of the richest one f them would afford n fine theme for the urn of the plutocrat of to-dav: but hey had nn invincible confidence in the ruth of those principles in which ft In undations ot the Republic had Ik-cu aid. ind they had nn unselfish purpose to naintain them. The conception of the national government ns a huge machine, istmg mainly tor the purpose ol re warding partisan service litis was a onccption so alien to the character anil (induct of Washington and his associ- ttes.that it seems grotesque even to peak of it. It would be interesting to maginc the first President of the United States confronted with some one who had ventured to approach him tiion the imsisiii niiui is now coiiiinoniv calico practical jMilities." Hut the conception is impossible. The loathing, the outraged majesty with men he would have bidden such n crca- ure to begone is foreshadowed bv the gentle dignity with which, just licforc his inauguration, replying to one who had the strongest claims upon his friend- mp, and who had applied to him during he progress of the "Presidential cam paign," as we should say for the promise a un appointment to ornce, he wrote: 'In touching upon the more delicate uarl of your letter, the communication of which fills nic with real concern, 1 will deal with vou with all that frankness which is due to friendship, and which, 1 trust, will lien characteristic feature ol my conduct through hie. .' . . Should it be my fate to administer the govern ment 1 will go to the chair under no pre- engagement of any kind or nature what ever. And when in it. 1 will to the liest of my judgment, discharge the duties of the office with that impartiality and zeal for the public good which ought never to sutler connections of blood or friendship to have the least sway on de cisions oi a puiuic nature. the Mini LEVEL WIIHKE WASHINGTON MOVKU. On this high level moved the first Pres ident of the Republic. To it must we who arc the heirs of her sacred interests lie not unwilling to ascend, if we nre to guard our glorious heritage. And this all the more because the perils which con- iront us to-day nre so mm-n graver and more portentous than those which then imiK-ndcd. There is (if we arc not afraid of tlie wholesome medicine that there is in consenting to sec it), there is antic mcnt of infinite sadness in the effort which we are making to-day. Ransack ing the annals of our fathers, as we have liecn doing lor the last tew months, n busy and well-meaning assiduity would fain reproduce the scene, the scenery, the situation ol a hundred years ago. Vain and impotent endeavor. It is as though out ol the lineaments ot living men we would fam reproduce an ther Washington. We may disinter the vanished drap lies, we may revive i he slatelv minuet, we may rehabilitate the old scenes, but the march of a cenfurv cannot lie halted or reversed, and the enormous change in the situation can neither lie disguised nor ignored. Then we were, . though not all ol us sprung from nationality, practically one (icoplc. Now, that steadily deteriorating process, against whose dangers a great thinker of our own century warned his country men just fifty years ago, goes on, on every hand, apace. "The constant im portation," wrote the author of "Tlie Weal of Nations," "jib now, in this coun try, of the lowest orders of people from abroad to dilute the quality of our nat ural manhood, is a sad and beggarly prostitul ion of the noblest gift ever con ferred on a people. Who shall respect a people who do not resiicct their own hli oodf Aim now snail national spirit ir any determination and proportionate haracter, arise out ol bo tnanv low-nrcii Associations and conrsc-grnined tcnqier- auicnts, imported from every clime? 11 was indeed, in keeping, that ran, -wiv was the son of everybody, was the ugli est ol the gods." A PIEFKKENCIi IN Kl'LlNO IDEAS, And nguin : Another enormous dill'cr- erence between this (lav .and that ol which itfis the anniversary, is to lie seen in the enormous difference in the nature mil influence of the forces that determine our national and political destiny. Then, ideas ruled the hour, lo-day, there are indeed ideas that rule our hour, but they must lie merchantable ideas. The growth of wealth, the prevalence of luxury, their verv existence are a standing menace to the freedom and integrity ol the individ ual, the infinite swagger ol our American speech and manners, . mistaking bigness for greatness and sadly confounding gain and godliness all this is a contrast to the austere simplicity, the unpurclmsablc integrity of the In si" days and the first men of our Republic, wliich makes it im possible to reproduce either the li-sqicr or on the conduct of our fathers. As we turn the pages backward, and come upon tlie story of that Doth of April in the yeur of our Lord 17H1I, there is a certain stntciicss ininenir, n itrmiu mtiuuiu uusness in the manners, which we have linnishctUong ago. ,,,,. , . Wr have exchallL't'd the Vwislllllgtotlinn dignity for the Jcfiersonian simplicity, which was, in truth, only another name lor the Jacksonian vulgarity. And w hat have we gotten in exchange for it? In the elder States and dvnaslies thev had tin- trappings of royally and thc"omp ami spieunorol the Mug's iersiii to till men's hearts with loyalty. Well, we have disjiensed with 'the old titular dignities. Let us take care that we do not part with that tremendous force for which thev stood! If there lie not titular royalty, all the more need is there fori personal royalty. If there lie no nobility of descent, all the more indispensable is it that there should Ik- nobility of ascent a character in them that bear rule, so tine and high and pure, that as men conic within the circle of its influence, they in voluntarily pay'homagc to that which is the one pre-eiiiiuciit distinction, the Kovalty ol Virtue! And it was that, men und brethren, which, us we turn to-day and took at him who us on this morning just an hun dred vears ago, became the servant of i ue Kcpuonc ill oecomiiig tne unci timer of its iieople, we must needs own, con ferred iiHin hint liis divine right to rule. All the more, tlierefore, because the cir cumstances of his ra were so little like our own, we need to recall his image and, if we may, not only to commemorate, but to reproduce his virtues. 'The traits which in him shone pre-eminent us our own Irving has descrilicd thenii "Firm ness, sagacitv, un immovable justice, a courage that never faltered, and most of all a truth that disdained all artihce, these are characteristics in lier leaders of w hich the Nation was never in more dire need than now, TUB I IK HO, THK Rl'I.KH, THE I'ATKIOT. And so we come and kneel ut this ancient and hallowed shrine where once lie knelt, and ask that God would gra ciously vouchsafe them. Here in this holy house we find the witness of that one invisible loree wmcn, necause H lone can rule the conscience, is destined one day to rule the world, tlut Irom airs dense and foul with the coarse passions and the coarser rivalries of self-seeking men, we turn usiile as irom the crowd and glare of some vulgar highway. swarming with pushing and ui-iirct! throngs, anil tawdry and clamorous wilh U-dizcucd booths mid noisy Siccch, into some cool and shaded wood, where, straight to heaven, some majestic oak lifts its tall form, its roots imlicddcd deep among the unchanging rocks, its upper branches sweeping the upier airs and holding high commune with tin stars; mid as we think of him for whom wc are licre to thank (tod, we say, Such an one, in native majesty he was a ruler, wise and strong and tearless in the sight of God and men, liccnusehy theciinobling grace of God he had learned first of nil to conquer every mean and selfish and self- .1.1 1..: i .. ... ...I.. I. HI" I.'.... ntVflll! U1III, Mill, BU iw I u IV luiiiniii; A wi What are nuinlier8 knit lly Ibivt- or l-iikIoiii ? Mall who would le Mum rule the empire ut hiiimelf in it Mint Ik- supreme, etdlllilittlimK his tiiroiu Ol vanquished will, iK-lliiiK the nnarihy, (If hopes ullii fears, tieiilK hinisi-lf ulone. Such was the hero, the leader, the ruler, the patriot, whom wc gratefully retneiulier on this happy day. Wc may not reproduce his age, his young en vironment, nor him. Hut none the less we may rejoice that once he lived and led this (leoplc, "led thctii and ruled them prudently" like him, that Kingly Ruler and Shepherd of whom the Psalmist sang, "with all his power." Gqd give us grace to prize his grand example, and, as we may in our more modest measure, to re produce his virtues. Alter the address Bishop Potter read from n praver-lxiok once used by Presi dent Washington the praver for rulers, and. then pronounced the benediction. The President and Vice-President were escorted bv the vestry of Trinity Church up the north aisle to the pulpit, down to the porch, where they were received by the Committee on Literary Exereisesand conducted to the carriages waiting to take them to the hub-1 reasury. The letter of Gen. Washington quoted by Hishop Potter was written to Henj. Harrison, of Virginia, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and great grand father of the present Chief Magis trate Ed. FORKIUN NOTKH. The rope Ill-More Hlrlkerw-Aiiicr. lea Hi the Kxponltloti, F.tc. St. Pkteksiu ko, May 11, M. Duri- navo, director of charities, will succeed the late Count Tolstoi at minister of tlic- Intcrior. Rome, May 11. TheiKiiieisindispoRed. His Holiness is suffering from the '-fleets of a sirocco which has liecn prevailing for some days. Paris, May 1 1. Ten thousand weav es employed in the cotton factories in Thizv, iH-partmeut of the Rhone, have gone on a strike. 1-ears are entertained that the strike will extend to Lyons. London, May 11. In an -interview to- lav Gen. Houlanirer said that if the French government intended to prolong the sitting of the Cliuiulicr of Deputies until next year its action would lieequiv nlent to a coup d'etat against universal suffrage, and it would be the duty ol every citizen to rise in opposition. He lcclnred that he would not Ik- the last man to rise in case such action should lie taken by the government. Pahis, Mav 11. A study of the univer sal exposition for the purisise of com- linriug products, into wmcn tne ncsign enters, discloses two truths concerning American growth, the classiticatiou in which these truths tire, apparent coin prises everything in the manufacture of widen ncailty is nienoeu won uNeiiimens The first truth is that the American con structive sense is superior- to the Euro. penn and second that the American dec- orativc sense is inferior to the Euroiienn The American has surpassed the l-.uro- iieiin in mechanism uut tne sense oi U-autv is dull in the national breast. , i . . i- Auiencan nrt is more intelligent in appli cation Ol llietinn V" Mm ""V";, of method and economy ol labor, but rs1 crude and almost illiterate in taste. Eliminate from the American exhibit machinery, gold and silver smithing and the nrt of the lapidary nnd glass maker and there is no American art remaining upon which one can linger with satisfaction. Even such countries as Italv anil Switzerland show that the craft of the wood carver is active, Hlouewall Jnuknon'M urandchlld The Charlotte Chronicle's account ol Memorial Day exercises in that town Ufll'll' the one incident of the dav worthy of mile, was the clieeringof Stonewall l.-u-k son's grandchild as the procession passed .... n t? u-.ui 1 1. ri'Siiienee in ti . i.. v in nutini m Trade street, the husband of Stonewall l.-u-kiuin'sonlv daughter. As the prow sion hied past tne nousc .wr. minium m-ld nn his child to witness the parade ; and the veterans catching sight of the great soldier's descendant made the wei kin ring with the genuine Rebel yell. WORK OF THE STORM, POHTIUNH OK PITTI1BI KO IN. UKK WATKH. A Mother' K.florta to Have Her Children Four Drowned and Ureut I. ohm ol' Property Over a wide Hectlou. PiTTsiirKr., Mav 11. Reports of dam ages by last night's terrible storm nre coming in to-day from all parts of the Alleghany country, in tact from nearly every place in eastern Ohio, here and western Pennsylvania. The loss how ever. cannot be approximated at this time. Farms were washed out', houses lences and trees along the banks ol streams are washed away midland slides accurrcd on nearly every road leading out of Pittsburg. So far but two dcuths from drowning have liecn reported. Two children of Conrad Schaefer, aged three arid seven years resieetively, of Spring Garden, north of Alleghany, were wept away by .the flood and Mr. and Mrs. Schaefer narrowly escaied from having the same fate. Their house is located near the bank ot Hutclier's run the scene of a frightful disaster of fifteen years ago when two hundred jiersons were swept to death by the angry wa ters. When the banks overflowed last night Schaeler's house was moved from its foundation and ns the family left the house tlie children, both girls, were caught by the current and carried away. Mrs. Schaeler became so Iran tie on seeing her children in the run that she got in the water too and was almost drowned. The bodies of the children were recovered. A physician was called to see M rs. Schae fer, but itjs not thought she will recover. Five other children in the family were saved. One a boy seventeen years of age, who had broken a leg was coniiclled to remain in the house. Another hoyesenp cd from the house and was saved by holding to a fence. This morning East street and Madison avenue, in the Hutclier's run district un complete wrecks, while numberless cross streets arc completely filled with debris. Lars arc lying on the tracks unable to lie moved and completely hemmed in bv planking and rubbish. The water in t lu run rose so fast that residents lea red n rcH-tilion of the disaster of 1S7 and as soon as the first shock passed uwnv und the terrified iiihabitaulseatighl their breath, they immediately made prepara tions to vacate premises, livery effort was made to save the furniture on the first floors, while the Water washed ami slashed hi the cellars below. Rivulets brown colored and dirty dashed into cellnr windows in miniature torrents. A large number of butchers were heavily damaged. Their slaughter houses were ruined while their stock of meals were destroved. 'Louis Zcnllar's case was but one of many. At an early hour this morning he secured all the hands he could get, floated his wagoi s before the door and sieeilily filled them up. Shoeless, hatlcss and their pants rolled a'Kive their knees, n-rspiring workmen plodded and wuded t lira ugh the slime and ooze almost knee deep and transferred porcine prom-rty. I he same talc ol terror and destruction comes from Sawmill run, Wood's run, Charlie's Valley, West End, South Side, Pleasant valley ami Laureiicevilc Dis trict. Lightning played loose all night long. A stable iK-louging to Fred. Hampton, on Mount Olivet was struck and consum ed. Fourteen horses and two cows were remated. The loss is$t(),0(MI. A south side street corner caught n bolt. The passengers were electrified but not seri ously hurt. Telegraph and telephone wires were deranged throughout a huge section ot me country, rostal wires were all down, east, and the Western Union was badlv crippled. This morn ing trains'were lute on nil roads, but nil wereoiien and running except the Wash ington, Pa. branch ol the Baltimore and Ohio. The rain fall was nearly three hours and the Ohio river rose three feet in as many hours. Ibxlics ol two men victims ol last night's Hood were found this morning, making four deaths so far reported. Re mains of lohn Daughterly were discover ed at the mouth of n culvert nt Wood's run, wedged in between some logs. Ill icit his home shortly after midnight to see how high the water was and hud got n short distance along the banks of the swollen stream when he was struck and carried away by the bridge which had been swept from its loundnlion. He was fifty-two years of age, und married. The second fatality occurred in the Itutcher s run district. John Lot-liner went down in the ccller of his house dur ing the storm und did. not. return. W lieu tin- waters subsided his body was found lying in u coal vault.. While no defenitc figures can be given on the loss at this time, it is safe to say that il will reach half a million dollars in this vicin ity. chkatinu thk uaxv. A Piece of Sharp Practice by the Pont Office Department. . Charlotte Clirunivle May 11. There is good reason to believe that Secretary Wanainakcr is party to the most flagrant political fraud K-rjietrated since the stealing .of the Presidency for Rutherford B. Hayes. The Postmaster of Charlotte received on Thursday morning, the Otn of May. notification that Harvey Withersiioon, a mail route agent on the C. C. & A. road from Charlotte to Augusta, had been removed. The (late of the communica tion is April 2iUh ,,,,,,,..,.,,,,,,,.,,,,... It Surely could not have taken nine days for a Idler from Washington to reach Charlotte. The inlercncclmnrs out the charge already made, that on April yillh, the dav liclbrc the civil service law went into effect in the mail route service, ,an enormous number of discharge or removal blanks, were dated and signed, with the place lor name lett blank, so ns to be filled up later, as removals should lie determined upon, " The Chronicle cares nothing for the ivil service law, but it docs hold it to la the duly of the administration toexeeute the law. The means taken in the post office department to evade it, is as loul n corrution in executive iiiliniiiistratioii ns was ever lieriH-tratcd. II President Har rison docs not at once rebuke this fla grant violation ol law. he cannot hoe to receive the countenance mm support of decent men. It will Ik- the duty of Congress iniinc- lintclv on assembling to call lor an in vestigalion of this very point in the ad ministering of the civil service law. Loir gressman Rowland will add to his own glorv and honor, ami no ms iiuiy to ms constituency and to the country ill large by preparing himsell immediately wilh facts to lie had, so as to offer a resolution immediately on the usscmbliug of t In House, for such un investigation asissug-gcsU-d here. a kai.i-:i;m sensation. A lrleNl ArreMled for un AnhuuII I'pou hit OmanlHt. Kai.Eiiui, N. C, May 11. Rev. Father J. J. Boyle, Catholic Priest of the Church of the Sacred Heart of this city, was ar rested here to-night for riqie on a young lady who is a member of his church, and also its organist. The affair has cre ated a tremendous sensation. A HOI.DIKKH' Htlni:. A Co-operative I'lan lerfvclcd to Kaltte Fund. Rai.eicii, May 10. The stale execu tive committee of the Confederate Veter ans' association held a Secinl meeting here to-day, Julian S. (.urr presiding, lor the purMiseof considering, matters rela tive to organization in the entire Slat.i, to secure mentis for the erection of n soldiers home. It was decided to issue n cull for meetings in each court house in the state tor the 4-th ot July, und to elieet at these a complete c unity organization, and have mils of soldiers sent here. Two ladies will lie chosen to represent each township in the work of securing liiuds for the soldiers home. There was much enthusiasm at the plans for tlie home. and the committee is now certain that it will lie established. Earnest and harmonious work will lie done by the committee, by the veterans and the gen eral public. ... OKATH OK IKOK. 11111. 1. Il!. TheK.iid Comes) In Columbia, H. C. -sketch of Hla I.lfe. SpeHul to New and Courier. Coi.ru mm, Mav 10. The Key. Charles Phillips, I). IL, LL. D.. died at the resi dence of his sou-iu-law, Comptroller "Gen eral Verner, nt 1 o'clock this morning after a brief illness. Dr. Phillips was on his way to Birmingham, Ala., to spend his remaining days wilh his two sons in that cilv, and stopped here to sec Ins daughter anil her family. While here hi was attacked by disease und never ral lied. He wins born in Ilark-m, N. Y., July lid, 1N22, and when a Ihv moved with his father, Dr. James Phillips, to Chapel Hill,' N. C, where hcsiieiit most ol his life. 1 he hither was prolcssor of mathematics in the University of North Carolina at ChiiK-l Hill for forty years and died in 1M()7. Dr. rhillips also was connected with the University for forty vears, re ceiving his education there and liecoiuing hrst an instructor, and then professor l mat hematics und chairman oft he faculty. His only absence was lor five and a half years, Is-ginniug in IStiil, when he was prolcssor ot mathematics in Davidson College, N C. In 1H"'J he abandoned ac tive work in the Cnivcrsity, but since that tune he has liecn emeritus professor, lie married Miss Laura Battle, a sister of Judge Buttle, of the North Carolina supreme court. 1 liousands ot Southern men have Ik-cii the pupils ol this worthy gentleman during his long service to edu cation, and the news of ins death will lie widely read with regret. The funeral services were held ut Comp troller General Venter's residence, nt H:'M this evening, and .were vonilucted by the Key. P. P. Winn, an old friend, who was here in uttendanee upon the session of the Theological Seminary board. The pallliearcrs were: Secretary of State Marshall, Dr. .' Mei'hectcrs ol the Seminary, Prof. Atkison of .the South Carolina University, Prof. Burnie of the University, (n former pupil, I Mr. W.J. Buffic, (n former pupil,) Collector Brad ley, SuiK-rinlenilenl Johnson of the city schools, and Col. F. W. McMaster. The remains wire taken to-night to Chaiicl Hill, N. C, where Ihey will lie interred to-morrow. The sons of Ihe deceased, Mr. W. 11. Phillips and the Rev. A. L. Phillips, of Birmingham, Ala. ar rived in Columbia this afternoon, and went on to Chaiel Hill to-uiglil. Weekly Hank Statement. New Yoiik, May 11. The weekly bank statement is as follows: Reserve, decrease $ liTli.OOO Loans.deerease ".MHI.fiOO Siecie, decrease... 'A,'22 l-,(i(lil lCgal lenders, increase U,(75,100 Deposits, increase oTi.NNO Circulation, decrease ):i,riHi Tlicbnnksnow hold ,$S,'J72,i72 in ex cess of the 25 ier cent. rule. Kuriliqiiakc at A una polls; - -Annapolis, Ink., May 11. A shock whose vibrations were from northeast to southwest, supposed toliean carthipiakc wur felt ut Annapolis this morning at :4-.V-The trembling was accompanied by a loud chip as though something heavy had fallen oil the floors of houses. The Toll llrldife Co.' The newly-elected officers of the West Ashevillc Toll Bridge Co., nre 11. G. Car licr, president; F. T. Meriwether, secra tary and treasurer, and A. J. Lyman M. J. Faggmtd T. B. Lym.-ui directors Ten thousand dollars have liecn sub scribed towards building the bridge, and the contract will lie let in about ninety days. The bridge is to lie entirely of iron, and wfll be two hundred and sixty feet long, over a solid rock bed. The dimensions nre us follow; Sixteen fool roadway, eight-foot railway slack nnd five-foot sidewalk, The structure" will composed ot two spans, and will In- ocatcd at the junction ol'lhcSwunnninui with the French Broad, Hickory lirlvlnu; Park. Everything is booming at Ihe Hickory fair grounds, gelling ready for the two day's 'races 011 May 15th and Kith There will Ik five races each afternoon, and the premiums aggregate $l,oH), Over one hundred trotters, pacers and runners will participate the largest field of horses ever seen ut one meeting in the State. Hale of Valuable Property To. morrow. Wc lenni that that desirable proiirrty iwncd by Mrs. T. D. Carter, comer of College and Spruce streets, will Ik' soh at auction by Natl Atkinson & Sons at noon to-morrow. This sale 'presents nil opjiorttiuily for investment not often af forded. Open Air Concert. Commencing with to-morrow open air concerts will lie given every olherevening at Strauss' restaurant on South Main street. These concerts will continue throughout the summer season, and will ndd much attractiveness to the already popular fide mentioned. NATIONAL NlvWS. The PreHldenl'n Trip-Richmond CielH a Wit Contract Wab liiltlon Notett. Washington, I). C, May 11. Tlie President left Washington this morning on the Pm ted States steamer Ik-spatch lor a cruise in the Ches.-iieake buy. I It was accompanied by Secretaries Windom and Rusk, Mrs. Harrison nnd grandson, Bcnj. II. McKce. The party will return to Washington Monday evening. Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, np pointcd n member of thec ivil service com mission, has written to tlie secretary ol" the commission slating that he will' ac cept the place on the commission. He says that he will lie in the city Monday next, to take the oath of office. Bund offerings to-dav aggregated $t0, 000, all four mid a hali's, at l .HK, and all accepted. The postoflice department has received information that thejMistoflieat Natchez, M iss., was entered by burglars last night and all the stamps and money taken. a Beginning Monday, May 13th, addi tional railway postoflice service-will be established on the fine of the ChcsaK-ake and Ohio and Virginia Midland railroads betwten Washington and Cincinnati via. Huntington, V. Va., forming a through line of railway postoflice service in com-' partmcnt cars U-twccn the cities named. The national railway Histollicc service will also Ik- placed on the line of the Chesa peake ami Ohio railroad lietween Rich mond and Clifton Forge, Va. - . -. Secretary-Tracy to-day awarded totlic Richmond Locomotive Works the con tract for supplying the boilers and ma chinery of the battleship Texas, now building at the Noriolk navy yard. The price fixed in the contract is $011 l,,r00. The Richmond bidders were in cnuiicti tion with some of the largest and oldest eiigiinring works in New York, Phila delphia and Baltimore, and the contract was awarded to Iheni after careful in quiry which satisfied the department of their ability to undertake a work of this magnitude. Secretary Tracy was pleased to lie able to award the contract tothem as it is in line with the department's IMilicy of enlarging the number of private establishments capable of building ves sels and machinery, as well nsof locating them in diderciit sections of the eountrv. Messrs. Mayo, collector at Norfolk; Sage, ol the New York naval olhcc, und Linglc and Ribiiitsky, of the treasury de partment have Ik-cii appointed a commit tee to investigate the question of draw back on cotton lugging, and to suggest a plan whereby the objection to the pres ent system may lie remedied. This afternoon secretary Tracy ordered a c nn t of impiiry to meet ut the New York navy yard Tuesday morning to in quire Into the. facts aiid circumstances eotiueeded with the case ol passed as sistant paymaster Smith, who recently absented himself from duty without leave. The court will consist of Capt. Henry Erln-iis, paymaster Edwin Ptituian, Lieu tcniil James II. Nichols and Capt. Geo. C. Rcid, marine corps as recorder. KAHTKST OK 111-R CI.A8H. The ChnrleHton DevelopeM Very Iteuiarkahle Hpeed. . Santa II.moiana, Cal., May 11 The United States cruiser Charleston put to sea during the-fiftcrnoou and attained an estimated Secd of 17 knots with her proiellcrs making 1 Hi revolutions to the minute. When the . announcement was made that the ship was moving nt the rate of 17 knots ier hour, itwas re garded as improbable, as it exceeded the highest hopes entertained for the cruiser, and, provided she would maintain the s;uik" comparative rate under forced draught, and her fully dcvcloK.-d horse Mwcr, it promised to place her among Ihe speediest ol her class. Any navy olti- lal test could lie made ot her Sliced, nnd twill not go on record, but was accepted is 1111 approximate lest of the Charleston with lotl revolutions of her engine and stimnled development ot 0,000 horse Kiwer. 1 luring tne highest development show n of the the cruiser's sieed, she cut her wuv through water 111 a thoroughly lean 'maimer, and gave evidence thai her lines are icrfccily adapted for the sieed which is now Icll certain she will attain During the trial both engines worked smoothly and gave assurance that under the high pressure to lie developed by forced draught they will lie in condition for the final test. The cruiser will leave Ins morning. . The builders still hold to the view that a second or third trial may lie nceessiiry as the firemen on board have not yet undergone trial of fecdingthc boil- r wilh iorccd ill aught, and that the ma- ehiucrvnav not vet lie entirely prepared lor tne miuauiis wmcn win ocuiuiicupon L as to the final outcome. They urennw free to declare their belief thai the ship will Ik-able, alter one or two trials, t meet the four re(uirements. Chief lingi n-cr R. L. Harris, serving as nieuilier ol the Naval Examining Board, has been in capacitated from serving on the board. through illness and was taken on shore to-dav lor treatment. I'nder order issued bv Commodore lteuham, Chief Engineer p. A. Wilson has been appointed to fill the vacancy, ' while Chief Engineer A. Kirbv has been appointed as uicinlicr of Ibc Board of Engineers to test the horse power developments ol lilt- engines. Movlnu; Out of Oklahoma. CiiAMiiKKi.AiN, Dak., May 11. A nuin- lierof pniiric schooners arrived in this r,iv "yesterday mini the Oklahoma eoun trv and arc camiied norm ot town on American creek, where they intend to re itui 111 until the Sioux reservation lbrown oH-n to settlement. Judging by the reports that nre being received from (iliingthclluethe.se arrivals are but the icgitiHing ol a considerable exodus Irom the Oklahoma country. Fatal Accident In a tttorm. KiciiMONh, Va., May 11. A tomadi swept over the lower portion of the city Ibis evening, and blew down n large wooden building belonging to the Rich tnond Chemical Works, Five boys had taken refuge in the house, one of whom I .'tines Umgly, was killed, and lusbrothe I-ruiiK, so liaillv injured that ins hie is despaired of. the remaining Isiys am two negro laborers were also injured, but less seriously. Large Fires In Atchison. Atchison, Kan., May 11. Cortiisl Curtis & Green's dairy manufacturing establishment, the north western maiiu fat-luring eonipanv's warehouse occupied I iv Zcugcncr & Hoffman, lumlicr dealers, ami the- adjoining coal sheds were burned this afternoon. Cornish, Curtis & Greens loss is Jly.VOOO with $10,000 insurance Zeiigi'iicr & Hoflinnns loss is $5000 with $;iOOo insurance. Weather Indications. Washington, I). C.i May 11. -I' North Carolina cooler; weather local thunder storms; variable winds, gener ally northerly. THE BERLIN LETTER. MAMOAN IOMKHKNCK WILL, PROBABLV BK PROTRACTED I-anie Proportions of the WesU phallan Ktrlke Kntperor and Public- 8ympalhle With the striken, lite Copyrighted 1HS9 by the New York Amo-ciuU-il I'rciw. Bkki.in, Mny 10. The Samoan confer ence held a plenary sitting to-day begin ning nt 2:'M) and concluding at 4.45 o'clock. In their reHirt the comtnitteeou the government of Samoa agreed upon a Constitutional council composed of na tive chiefs elected by natives; the council ' to be disninated by the ministry in which each treaty power shall have one repre sentative. A difference has arisen over Germany's proposal that the powers ap point a premier who shall lie vested with the office for several years. The proposal npiK-ared to imply that theGcrman nom inee should first hold office and be suc ceeded by an American and then by an English premier. The committee alsodis- , ngreed on the formation of a legislature. The discussion of tlie conlerenee had no definite result. Count Herbert Bismarck indicated that the premier project was of less iuiHirtancc than u proier constitu tional council. The delegates discussed harmoniously the details of the consular regulations und the question of improve ment of the harbor of' Apia. The com mittee was instructed to resume consid cration of the points in dispute. .Termi nation of the conference now seems re mote owing to a mass of details on wliich the committee is ordered to re port. The miners' strike is assuming great di mensions, there being fresh accessions of strikers every day. It is now estimated that there are 100,000 hands out of work throughout the Kcnish Westphalia districts. The Eniieror returned to this city hurriedly on Wednesday to consult wilh I'rincc Bisninrek who presided at the sieciul council. The Eniieror is deeply concerned over the strike movements now iervndiiig the country and docs not conceal his sympathy with tlie workmen although lie is determined to suppress disorder. ..... After Cabinet councils on Wednesday nnd Thursday the Emperor approved tlie rciort that the influence of the govern ment be directed to induce employes to come to terms with men. Tlie Cabinet's anxiety for a siieedy sentiment of the miners' strike is heightened by tlie grow ing dangers of industrial strikes in popu lous centers. Berlin masons and carpen ters ami several otner trades are out, claiming sixty -six pienntngs an nourwith working day of nine hours. At Hamburg, I'i'ttiikliirtli on the Maine, Crcfcld, Nurn-" berg nnd ltenac strikers hold out under nt h sullering. An 1111 mirtant distinction ict ween the agitation in mining and in I her industries is that the former is in the meantime not associated with so cialists while the latter arecloscly related tothem. Ihe dread in government eir- les is that the miners will be easily 1 rawn within the circle of Belgian Social- 1st miners societies. Anarchist agents from Charlerio and Mons miners promise the Boclium anil Essen men assistance. he .report of English unions offering suc- -or is untrue, but the men's committee tve signed a loint upiieal to miners of rent Britain which it is expected will icit ul least nn expression of moral sup ort. Tlie authorities freely permit meet ings of strikers at which the notable fut ure hitherto has liecn the denial ol all ilidity with Socialists. Small groups paraded in Bochuin with red flags, but were treated with indifference. The gen- ral attitude of tlie strikers apart from their claims evokes sympathy, t'ublic opinion concerning their claims also sides with the men. Since 1NS7 the coal trade has licen immensely prosierons. Produc tion and sides hu vc increased over seventy- ve iter cent. Values of mining shares have rapidly risen while the wages of the men remain nt an average of two 2s. (id., icr day. I heir request to obtain an advance ol J iience per day working eight hours finds unanimous pprovul except from the more abiect organs of employers. A number of mine wncrs express their willingness to grant the demands. Failing an early assent by Krupie and the large companies, the nnieror will receive a deputation of colliers, probably publicly, to express his sympathy. The man are aware of his sentiments. At tne termination ol their- iicctings they shout, "I loch Kaiser." It not unlikely that he will visit the strike district if the trouble continues to spread. 1 he reiclistag lias read tor a second imc the aged workmen insurance bill adopting the measure substantially in the form approved by the committee. 'he promptitude of its passage was due o the absence of many of the opiosiiig eputies. vv lien tne House rcassemliled n Tuesday it was difficult to obtain a luortim. While the debate was procecd- ng several lnemliers lett. Tlie president t mention was druwn to a claim that the house lacked the number to justify a vote und nn adjournment was taken. The government, incensed at this form of passive obstruction, caused the members to know that the session would lie pro longed until the hill was passed 111 its entirety. The nationals continued aloof in debate, and the conservatives ap peared in greater force and fought several clauses in u halfhearted style. The gov- rnmeiil s triumph is due to the reluctant sacrifice of principle by the national ilx-rids, whose failure to actively oppose the bill is mainly traceable to the influ encc of Von Bcuigscn, who in turn suc- cumlied to the seductions of I'rincc Bis marck. -Htal Railway Accident. Bikminc.ham, May 11. A switch en gine on the Alabama Great Southern road on the outskirts ol the city jumied the track to-day nnd fell down a fifteen foot embankment. John Gladden, the tore klkcii citKuinT,; ttns ninnimi ml badlv that he will rlir niwl Willifim liarr who was ruling on the car lost Imth legs. He will probably die. Ins. N. Cosgrove, coupler, was hurt. 1hc en gine was badly wrecked and the cars be ing switciicu to otner iracKs were over turned nnd mashed more or less. The World' Cotton Supply, Nhw Yokk, May 11. Tlie total visible supply of cotton for the world is 2,145, 017 hales, of which 1,503,017 are Amer ican, against 2,l"(i,e53 and l.CHS.GOS bales resieclively last yeur. Receipts at all" interior towns nre 8,550 bales; receipts nt plantations 9,638 bales; crop in sight 0,758,078 bales. Kir Oamp Kxploalon. I'ittsiu'RO, I'A.,May 11. An explosion . of fire damp occurred 111 Tom's Kun mines of the Charters Coal Company, this county, this morning, killing (bur Hungarians.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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