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a lAlh, ii iLlLiii J) rVjj Ji 0 VOLUME -V. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1889. NUMBER 45. HORROR GROWS. A SICKEXIKS SCENE OF DEATH AND DECAY. LOSS IS FROM RIGHT TO TWIXVK THOl'SAND.- Hungarian Fiends Caught Mutilating and Robbing the Corpses. AUONIZING SPECTACLES AN THE M)ST ARE ni'O FROM THE WRECK. Dead Hod leu Are Found In Pock eta Like Ore How the Day Wai Spent Relief Being Heat in Front Every Quarter How the Dawn Broke. ' Johnstown, Pa.,June3. This morning oiiens up dark and dreary t Great drops Ol ruiU lull occusioiumy nuu utiuiiici storm seems imminent. Every oue feels thankful, though that the weather still remains cool and that the gradual ptrtri faction of hundreds of bodies that still line the streams and lie hidden under miles of driftwood and debris, is not un duly hastened. This morning a peculiar stench of decayed human flesh is plainly perceptible to the senses as one ascends the bank of stony creek, for half a mile along which are the smouldering ruins of the wreck. The most skeptical now conceive the worst and realize that hun dreds, aye, perhaps thousands of bodies lie charred and blackened beneath this great funeral pyre. Searchers wander wearily over this smoking mass, and oc casionally a sudden snout comes over the waters' and patient watchers on the hill realize that another ghastly discovery has been added to that long list of reve lations that chills every heart and draws tears to the eves of pessimists. From the banks many charred remains of vic tims of the flames and flood are plainly visible to the naked eyes, as the receding waters reluctantly give up their dead Beneath almost every log or blackened beam a glistening skull or the blaneked skfemains ol ribs or limbs mar an mat re trains oflife's hopes and dreams. Since lOo'clock last night the fire engines have been busy. Water,, has been constantly " "playing on burning" ruins.- At times - the hre seems almost extinguished but fitful flames suddenly break out afresh in some new quarter and again water and flames wage fierce combat. The chief sensation of the morning has been the united re monstrance of phvsicians against the .extinguishment of the burning wreck. Tbey maintain with philosophy what to anxious searches seems . heartless, that hundreds, if not thousands of lifeless and decaying bodies lie beneath this mass of burning ruins. "It would lie better" they say, "to per- ttilt natures greatest scavenger the flames to pursue his work unmolested than to expose to further decay the horde ot putrifying bodies that lie beneath this debris. There can tie but one result Davs will elapse belore the rubbish can be sufficiently removed to permit the re v coverv of these bo lies, and long ere that every corpse will be a putrid mass, yield ing lortn ttiose mgnuui etnenations 01 s irirr nrinr human flesh that in a crowded W"" mmnmnitv like this can give bu wo Hungarians attempting to rob eral Itodie and at once gave chase. He found the two taking to the wood and pulled out a pistol and shot twice, wounding both men badly. From the latest report the men are still living but are in a critical condition. The sherifi has taken charge of Johnstown and armed men are this morning patroling he city. People who have been properly n the limits are permitted to enter the dtyiLthey are knawn, but-utiierwit it is impossible to get into the town This regulation seems harsh, but it is ueces-sary. Committees from Ohio arc pitching heir canvas tents 011 the hillside. They have 900 of these tents and they are being agerly utilized as last as erected. For the first time since the flood men have been pirt-to work on the debris at the brids; and are hunting for bodies that have been burned beyond recogni tion. 1 lus morning a man, woman and laid were taken from the rnins. The -hild was clasped in the arms of the wo nan and the trio wereevuu-ntfv husband, wife and child. It is the most distressing ight to see relatives of people who are supposed to be tost standing around arising from the bodies is sickening. A number of bodies have been found with bullet holes in them, showing conclusively that in their maddening fright suicide was resorted to by many. "how the d.v was spent. community like this can give but one re ult, dreadful typhus, fivery battlefield has demonstrated the necessity of hasty interment of decaying bodies and the ... stench that arises is a forerunner of im Heading danger. Burn the wreckf Burn the wreck!" A loud crv of indignation arose from the lips of a vast multitude and the warnings of scientists were lost in eager demands of those that sought the re- remains of near and dear. The hose was again turned upon the hissing mass and rapidly the flames yielded to the su premacy of the water. It is almost impossible to conceive the extent of these smoking ruins. An' urea of eight or ten acres about the dam is heaped to a depth of fortyfeet withshat ! tered houses borne from the resident centre of Johnstown. In each of these houses it is estimated there were from one to twenty five people. This is accepted as data upon which to estimate the numlier that perished on this spot, and if data be cor rect, the bodies that lie beneath these ruins must run well up into hundreds, if not thousands. As yet, there is no telling how many lives have beenlost. Adjutant General Hastings, wtio nns cnarge 01 everything slated this morning that he supposed there was at least two thous and people under the burning debris, but the only way to find out how many lives were lost was to take a. census of the : ,eople now living, and subtract that . from the census before the flood. He said: In my opinion there arc anywhere from four to five thousand souls lost." , I'n to this morning people living here who lost their whole family and paits of families hardly seemed to realize what a dreadful calamity . had befallen them. However, this morning people are get ting to understand the situation and agony is stamped on the face of every one and it is truly a city in mourning. Ten bodies were taken from thedehrisat 0.20 this morning. There was nothing to identify them, ns they were burned al most to a crisp, It is thought, however, that several of them belong to one family as they were all found under the roof of a house partly burned, . - TUB DAM AT SOOTH FORK." The finrt from the dam at South Fork has just arrived. The dam burst ocii in the centre ol a bad break. RELIEF FROM MARYLAND, - A t-www-rrf ftve-er tame Ik -whs-Co m4 bcrland, Md., this morning loaded with tirovisions and thirty men to help clean up the debris. The general undertaking rooms are at work and nliout sixty cof fins containing bodies of unknown jieople are piled up on the station and platform. Otiite a pathetic sight was seen this morning on the bridge. . -.I'n till to-dav General Hastings had his hcailuuarters on the eist side of the river but this morning he came over to the burning debris, followed by about 125 men currying coffins. He I tailed to work immediately and has ordered men from Philadelphia, Hurrisburg mid all eastern towns to do tailoring work, fillot'Lt AT WORK, ' The stealing by Hungarians nt Cam brin Citv and wants on the railroad hai almost reused. Tlie report of several lynching and the drowning of two Itirl inns while being pursued by citizens yes terday put a damper on the soulless pu- watching every liody as it is pulled out ind Rcting more like maniacs than sane people. OPERATIONS IN A MOKGl'E. The condition of affairs here is illustra ted by the circumstances; under which hese dispatches are being sent. It has )een necessary to establish the Head quarters of tlie Associated Press in a ouilding which is being used as oneot the morgues and its telegraph operators arc sending distressing news, to the -world while surrounded by the bodies ol the lead, fhe Western Union lelegrapn Company are furnishing every possible icilny tor the transmission ot news. ' """ KKLIEF COMING U. A relief train from Pittsburg over Bal timore and Ohio road reached here at 2 I'clock this morning after nn exciting ride up the mountain. All along the road it each town contributions were made to the already well filled cars of provis ions. McKeesport added two to tne three laden from Pittsburg. Two, more were added at Braddock'a, three at West Mewton and so on all the way to Johns town until when the latter was reached he train had ten loaded cars. APPEARANCE OF THE TOWN. When lohnstown was reached every one was anxious to get to work to assist in the rescue. A party was made up and itarted for the lower part of thetowpath vhich was covered with trees, rocks, fences, parts of houses and every miagin tuie tiling, nureaus, oeos, sioeuoarus and furniture of all kinds were strewn from hill to" fiill. The ""whole" valley of Stony creek for miles up from Johns town is filled with debris ot all kinds The line of the Baltimore and Ohio rail oad has been cleared of debris and it is piled up on the lock side as high as the oo of the cars. W hen tne lower part oi the town was reached the scene presented was beyond description. The half has not been told, nor never will be, as to the tenth part of the wreck.' From the Penn sylvania road to Main street there is not a thing standing but one church and a large settuoliiouse. l ue Mansion (louse is gone and over 100 people were lost there. From the Baltimore and Ohio depot you can see for blocks in every di rection and between the depot and that point there is standing only a part of the Morrill block and two small brick offices that were protected by the Morrill build ing. ; The town was at rest early in the morning, livery one was thoroughly exhausted with the terrible strain and work of the past two days and nights. The town is under martial lawand every one who goes about the ....place is chal lenged and requested to give an account of himself; The-wate hnstibsided to-ft great extent and the streets in the main part of the town are free from water. The falling water has laid bare the terri ble work of the flood and the full extent of the disaster is only being ascertained now. - - ' .. The streets are one, sickening, foul smelling mass of wreck and debris, and the work of searching tor the bodies tias nly fairly begun. THE loss 10,000 to 12,000. Estimates put the loss of life at from 10,000 to 12,000. It isimpossible to get any account ot the numlier ot the lost everybody is sotnorougmy urea ouiann overcome by weight of the disaster as to be utterly unable to give any account, ictail or figures. The work ot identification ol tne dead noes on very slowly, and comparatively , - i. -i L'.r... f a- . lew so lar nave ueen lucimucu. aiming those identified to-day were Messrs. Wolf and wife, Mr. Gold bee, merchant on Main street, whose body was sent to Balti more, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs, Kntcrskew ann son, wno were visiting Mr. Bo, en, father ot Mrs. Katerstcin, They were standing in Mr. Bohen's store on Main street, which was washed away in front of his eyes. The Hotel Holbert has been entirely washed away and sev enty-two persons perished, ifchind the Morrell property lies a locomotive wnicn was carried over the bridge and swept up by the flood. DKOWNKD AND BURNKU. Frank McDonald, conductor on the Somersctt branch of the Balturfore Ohio, waS at the Pennsylvania railroad depot when the flood came. He said when lie hrst saw tne tiooo it was tnirty feet high and gradually rose to at least forty feet. There is no doubt that the south fork dam broke, said Mr. McDonald, rif- teen minutes belore tile flood came Mr, Decker, the Pennsylvania railroud agent, readme a telegram he had just received saying the south fork bad broken. . As soon as ihey hcurd this the people in the station, numlicriiig six hundred, made a rush tor the hill. 1 certainly think 1 saw one thousand bodies go over the bridge. The first honse that came down struck the bridge and at once took,6reauu-s- ftMrtBS-thcTltffcfS came down they were consumed. 1 believe I am safe in saying 1 saw a thonsund bodies - jurned. It re minded me of a lot of flies on fly pnper, struggling to get away with no hope and nochniiceto save themselves, mave no idea thnt had the bridge been blown up the loss of life would have Iteen nny less. They would have floated a little further to the same certain death. Then again it was impossible for nny one to have reached tlie bridge ill order to blow it up, for the waters came so fast that no one could have done it. 1 suw 15 to 18 bodies go over the bridge al the nunc time. 1 tillered a man $20 to row me across the river, but 1 could get no one to go, and finally hud to build a boat 1 . . !.- " linn gel ntroBB iiiin nuj, BVICIliB RKSORTHD TO, From under the large brick school house 12 bodies were taken last night and to-day, mid in every cornerond place bodies nre liemg found and buried lis Inst Finding: nodlen In Pocket Like Ore. Johnstown, Fa June 3, 12 nu Kescur mg parties who are at work on the mass ofunbunied wreckage above the stone bridge are finding bodies and fragments of bodies nt the rate of from ten to fifteen an hour. In other parts of the submerged districts many bodit are lieing taken out. A careful estimate at this time ol the bodies recovered everywhere puts it at from 700 to 800. The total loss of life must certainly tL from 6,000 to 8. 000. Bodies are being picked upin pock ets like ore in all sorts of unexpected places. 1.10 p. m. A small rngid com wave las struck the town and people are liadly in need of clothing. " NewSjni)er men are among the sufferers. It isalmost in impossibility to get anything to eat. There is nothing to smoke, and only water to drink. The citiien's committee are making desperate efforts to preserve i i.i-.ir : nc peace unuuicrniiiguruuiaui.vniuuiia City are being kept in houses by men with clubs who will not permit Hunga rians to go outside of their houses. There seems considerable race prejudice at Cambria City and trouble may lollow as both .Eiikdish and Hungarians are getting worked up to a considerable ex tent. . A HUNGARIAN LYNCHED. Quite an exciting scene took place in the borough of Johnstown last night. A Hungarian was discovered by two men in the act of blowing no a safe in the First National bank fmilding with dyna mite. A cry was made and in tew min utes a crowd had collected and the cry of lynch him was raised and in less time than it takes to tell it the man was strung up to a tree in what was once the central portion of Johnstown. Not con tent with this the vigilance committee riddled the man's body with bullets. It remained hanging to the tree for several hours when some jierson cut him down and buried him with other dead. At the present time the lake looks like a cross between the crater of a volcano and a huge mud puddle with stumps o! trees and rocks scattered over It. 1 here is a small stream of muddy water run ning through the center of the lake. The break in the dam is about -'OO leet wide and there is but a small portion of the embankment on the other side. "No damage was done to any of the buildings belonging to the fishing club. There are but one o- two -small streams showing here and there in the lake. Relief From Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pa., June 3. In Over a Thousand at One Place. Johnstown, Pa., June 3. Over one thousand bodies have been taken from the debris of the overflow near Kcruer ville to-day. This is official. Late Summary. Johnstown, Pa., June3. Night report. Developments of every hour make it more and more apparent that the exact num bert)f lives lost in the Johnstown horror will never be known. All estimates which have,, been made up to this time are conservative and when all is known will doubtless be found to have been too small. Over 1000 bodies have lieen found since sunrise to-day and the most scep tical concede that the remains of thou sands more rest beneth the debris above the Johnstown bridge. The population of Johnstown surrounding the town, and part oithe vuliey anected by the Hood is or was, from 50,000 to 55,000. The Associ ated Press representative toflay in ter- viewea .numerous leading citizens oi ohnstown who survived the flood and he consensus of opinion was thnt fully HO oer cent of the residents of lohnstown and Cambria City had been victims of tlie continued disasters ot lire and water. If this be true the total loss oflifeinthe entire valley cannot be less than 7000 or ;s000 and possibly much greater. Otthous- inbs who were devoured by the flames and whose ashes rest; beneath the smok ing debris above the Johnstown bridge no definite information can be obtained As little will be learned of hun drcds that were borne swiftly down the Cancmaugh only to be deposited hun dreds ot miles below on the banks and in the driftwood of the raging Ohio. Prob ably one third of the dead will never be recovered, and it will take a list of the missing weeks hence to enable even a close estimate to be made of the number of bodies that were seen floating in the river in a brief hour. That this estimate can never beaccurate is understood when it is rememliered that in many instances whole families and all their relatives were swept away and found a common grave beneath the wild waste ol water. The destruction of the city leaves no data to even demonstrate that the names of these unfortunates ever found a place on the pages ot eternity s history. All indications point to the tact that the death list will reach 5000 names and in my opinion the missing will reach 8,000 in numbers, declared ben. Has tings to-night. At present, there are 2,200 recovered bodies. Thcgreatest difficulty experienced in getting a correct list is in the great number or morgues,. There is no control bureau of information, and to communi cate with-the different dead houses is the work of hours, A journey from the Penn sylvania railway morgue tot one in the lotirth ward school house m Johnstown occupies at least one hour. This renders it impossible to reach all of them in one day, particularly, as some of the morgues are situated at points innccessuhle from Johnstown, . ' At 6 0-cIock in the evening, 6.13 bodies had been recovered at the Cambria de pository for corpses. pur suance of a call issued by the citixen's oernmneiit relief association, a largely Uiltended meeting of citizens was held at mayor s office to-day tor considering Johnstown sufferers. Generous contrib utiuns" were ann"unced. A committee was appointed to select sub commettees from various trades to solicit subscrip tions. A committee was appointed ti visit Johnstown and report and other measures were adopted looking to tht furtherance of the object in view, Drexe', & Co.-.werc chosen as treasurer of th funds. . The firm of Drexel & Co. started the fund with a contribution of $10,000. Severn! subscriptions of $1,000 each were announced and late this afternoon t he funds had reached a total of $45,000. Many subscriptions were also sent direct io Drexel & Co's. banking house, includ ing $10,000 from the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co., $5,000 from Phil adelphia Beer Brewing Company, $5,00(i from theDnldwiti Locomotive works and other large individual contributions. V to this evening the direct subscriptiom to Drexel & Co. amounted to $103,705. making a total of the two funds of ovei $148,000. This is exclusive of the Penn sylvania Railroad Company's suliscrip tion of $25,000 and that of the Cambria Iron Co. of $20,000 which amount wili le disjiensed nt Johnstown and vicinity by tho officials of those corporations. The Maritime, Grocers and Commercial Exchanges have also appointed commit tees to solicit and take charge of sub scriptions for sufferers. Large quantitiee of provisions, clothing etc. have been contributated and will be forwarded to Johnstown as quickly as possible. Sanitary Relief. Pittsiu'ro, Pa., June 3. The Masonic tratermtv met tins morning and received eports from thecomnnttccseiitto Johns town. 1 he chief point was the ternblt sanitary condition. A committee was unpointed to ask the United States gov ernment to take action at once. This committee teiegraphed President Harri son asking him to send out a sanitary commission immediately warning him that unless prompt action was taken to remove dead bodies and animals from any stream in which " thc Cairncmnugh empties the water would lie polluted and carry plague germs to people. This would atlect the country trom Pittsburg to New Orleans. Like messages were sent to Pennsylvania senators. RALEIGH NEWS. THE CAPITAL CITV DEVELOPS ANOTHER hKNSATlON. CRIMINAL. COVRT OFFICERS f. ri.n. I,,r u timr U-imtv ahrrill Kiwrins nossilile. I he iteirssilv lor siieciiv was imlroliih! the river hunk and lotind 1 biiimlisbecomuig iiiiimlcstauiHliestein.h How the Flood Occurred, Johnstown, Pa., June 3. Several Pitts burgers, rejatives of the South Fork Fish ing Club, which owned therescrvoirthnt caused the disaster, made their way with extreme difficulty to the reservoir and havejust returned here. One of these, Harry singer, tells the lonowing story : The lake is dried out, The nam broke in the center at 3 o'clock Friday after noon and at o clock ft was dry, 1 hat great body of water passed out in an hour. Messrs. Park and Van Buren who were building a ncwjJraiwHig lys-lsm.at.lJieJike,-it'd'"t!d'avert the disas ter by digging a sluiceway on one side to ease the pressure on the dam. Thev had about forty men at work and did all they could but without avail. The water passed over the dam about a foot above Its lop ucKiiinin r ui nuuui .ou, mull- ever happened in the wav of a cloudburst look place timing 1 hursday night. I here lino been out nine rain up to uarx. When the workmen woke Friday morn ing the lake was very full and rising at the rate of a foot nn hour. It kept on rising until i o clock when it first liegan breaking aver the dam mid undermining it. Men were sent three or four tunes during the (lay to warn the people below of their danger, "When the final break came there was a sound like tremendous and continued ileitis of thunder. Trees, rocks and earth were shot up into midair in great col limns and then started down the ravine, A fanner who escaped said the water did nut come down like a wave but jumped on his house and lient it to fragments in an ins' ant. lie was s.-ur on a hilloiilc but his wile mid two children were killed CHarleaton'a Appreciation. Charleston, S. C, June 3. At meeting ot tne tnarleston cotton ex change to-dav $500 were subscrilicd tor the relief of the flood sufferers of Pennsyl vania. A dispatch was sent to the Mayor of lohnstown requesting him to dra w for the amount. A special meeting of the city council will be held tomorrow to extend help to the sufferers, A general subscription will be started for the same purpose, the News and Courier to-day savs: "We have learned to know what time ly help means in a season of disaster and distress and we at least should give.with out wailing to be usked," R. & D. Trains Runwitijr. Richmond, Va., June 3. No mails have been received here from north of Washington since Friday. Richmond & Danville railroad south is all right again. Trains running on schedule time. 1 here is a big break at five mile locks. Another at Dover mills and another al Galla water, above Lynchburg. The Richmond Fredricksburg and Potomac railroad is badly damaged. . Storm Motes. The. Potomac waters overflowed the government fish pond at Washington and the carp so carefully nurtured therein were scattered. A boy caught one in the Indies waiting room ol thcHaltimoreand Potomac depot. At Tohnstown on Sunday two Hunga rian laborers cuught robbing the bodies of the dead were ly nched. In the pockets of the miscreants overtaken in this work was found the tiny finger of nn mtunt encircled by a ring. The wretch had cut it from the child's hand. This incident incited the cry of "lynch them," which threat was executed without delay. Nearly all the crowd of 15,000 people in lohnstown on Sunday were strangers. There vere so tew natives that identifi cation of the dead was possible only in a few instances, llus indicates that by far the larger proportion of the town's population and that ot the entire valley are lost. t A row of brick tenement houses at Woodville, one of the valley towns, one hundred and twenty feet long and three stones high was swept nwav with many who had taken refuge there in the confi dent but vain hope of safety. At Richmond the water of the James rose a little over twenty-six feet at Rockett's wharves, two and a half feet higher than the unprecedented flood ol 1887. " A MarrU'd Mail Elopes With a Sixteen Year Old tilrl-Moon, shiners Captured The Vui vurslty Centennial. - Rai Khiii, N.C.r June -3. ixxuil. Before daylight this morning special offi- .ers Kirkpntriek and Means (of the reve nue service with a strong posse made a lively raid in Johnston county south of ix-re after moonshiners. This ufternoon tbey brought in five moonshiner, Bennet King, CurtisStephenson, Dcvereux Steph enson, Willie Stephenson and William Holland. All were held in heavy bonds. Some of these are implicated in the recent -mooting of officer Bouldwin. President Polk to-day issued a call for .he annual meeting of the Inter-State Farmers' Association nt Montgomery Ala., Aug 20. A hite man named M. Mutt, n butcher in business here, eloped last evening with a sixteen year old daughter of'L. B. Holt, trchitect and builder. Mott is forty-five years old and has a wife here from whom ic has vainly tried to get a divorce.- He md his stolen bride have gone to Indi ana, it is believed. The centennial commencement of the University opened yesterday. A large audience heard the sermon to the gradu ating; class by Bishop Duncan of the M. B, Church, South. At night Bishop Duu .ar. preached Uif first sermon in the new Methodist church, just finished, at a cost of seven thousand dollars. After the sermon eight hundred dollar of the debt A-ns subscribed, and the church was dedicated, - The commencement promises to be the best attended and most inter esting one held. Railway Connections Resumed. Washington, June 3, After reaching the hiirhest mark on record yesterday af ternoon, the Potomac began to fall rap idly, and this morning the streets in South Washington were free from water, and along the river front it gradually re ceded throughout the day. bringing the wharves once more to view. Ruilroud connections are resumed north and south. Several spans of the Lon Bridge are gone, but translers by boat are made. It had been feared that all the Long Bridge -would b swept away( but- i4e mained intact though badly strained until about' 2 o'clock thi afternoon when one of the spans next the draw hroke loose. One other span will have to lie cut away. The bridge is badly wrecked and will cause considerable loss. Reports are beginning to come in from the surrounding country and show great damage to have lieen done to roads and crops.' .'.,...... . The railroad situation has brightened up considerably, lne Pennsylvania railroad again made connection with New York and places west as far as Har- risburg for the first time since Saturday. Travel over the Baltimbre & Ohio to New York has not been interrupted at all .1 he nedmont Air Line resumed service to all points South and West to-day The Post has started a subscription for relief of Johnstown, sufferers. It amounts at present to $S10. A dispatch received at the Pennsylvania railroad iffice from Chamlwrsburg this afternoon states that Shcnnandoah Valley railroad will lie owned through to Konnoke to night. South of Roanoke, there., js.u) trouble. Elected br the Board of Mairla- tratea Yesterday. The annual meeting of tlie magistrates of Buncombe county was held on yester day. Mr. C. B. Way was chosen as hnirmati, and the roll being called by clerk J. J. Mackey, fifty-five justice re sponded. ---Th-eha if -decided that - a quorum was present, and announced that tlie meeting was ready for business. On motion of justice Blackstock it was resolved to enter upon the election of officers of the criminal court, and Black stock nominated for Judge, Hon. C. A. Moore, who was seconded by justice nland. No other nomination being made Mr. Moore's election was unani mous, and made by acclamation. Justice Sams, of Flat Creek, nominated as candidate for Solicitor, Mr. E, D.' Carter. Gen. Johnstone Jones, as repre senting one of the magistrates, nomina ted for the same position Mr. Tho. A. ones. Justice H. A, Lutlier seconded Mr. Jones' nomination, and Justice Pen- land that of Mr. Curler. Justices Black slock and Penland were appointed tellers, and they reported that the whole number of ballot cast was 63, of which Mr. Carter received 38, and Mr. Jones 22 ; whereupon Mr. Carter was declared to have been duly elected. The (.-lection of Clerk being next in order, justice Blackstock nominated J. Patterson, . who vat seconded by justice Penland. Mr. S. B. Hrwin ten dered himself as u candidate, and pro posed that if elected, he would divide the lees with Mr. M. Patton, who was the clerk of the Inferior court, and in his present feeble health was unable to per forin the duties of the office, and there fore could not be a candidate himself. This proposition of Mr. brwin was strongly supported by Mr. Jas. M. Gudgerin a speech, in which he spoke of Mr. Patton in terms, which, all pres ent endorsed heartily a to it truth, and no doubt every heart was touched by Mr, Gudger's puthetic appeal in Mr. Patton' behalf Mr. J. N. Morgan responded in a strong plea in favor of Mr. Patterson, The same tellers collected the ballots, and reported the following result: . Votes eastrfiat Patterson -received 63 i Erwin t. Mr. J. R. Patterson was thereupon declared elected, for which he returned thanks in a few suitable words. The magistrates' meeting adjourned. mall Service Resumed. Washington, June 3, J. Lowrie Bell superintendent of the railway mail service, states that the transportation of the mails is in a contused state owing to railroud intermptions throughout the country. The New Vork Central is clear and last night a sjiecial twin containing accomodation ol tne mail tor West wa lispatched- The mail from the West was coming cast on the same line, Through train and mail service to all points south and west from Washington has lieen resumed this date via Piedmont Air Line from Alexandria by boats of the Seventh Street ferry to that point. Through passengers are transferred bv omnibus from the Baltimore and Poto mac railroad station to boats. RANDOM NOTES ANNUAL JOINT SESSION OF MAGISTRATES AND COUN TY COMMISSIONERS TOTAL. 2S,S43.TS 36.TttO.40 22,376.06 33,6SS.S SS,4fia.4T 8O.0OT.T9 88,946.00 86,213.8T 89,728.86 ' 82,204.89 88.014.18 44.S23.60 l ows of Lift; In Maryland. Baltimohk, June 3. Loss of life by the recent floods so far as reported in Mary land was as folows: Joseph Creager, of Leitersburg, drowned in Antetam creek; (ieo. Derrick, of Trevanian Mills, drowned in Pipe creek ; Mr. Chas. McFaddcn, of Taneytown, drowned in a creek near that place ; a colored man, uume not given, drowned in Wicoimicco county; Jas. T. Lawson, of Monenvia, Frederick county, drowned in Monocacy, Theo. Wolfe, of Willittinsport, drowned in the Potomae; a colored man, nnmeunkitown, of Cumlierlnnd, drowned in the Potomac. The C. tk O. Canal (ioiif I'p. Annapolis, Md., June 3. Report of president Onmbritlof the Chesnpeakeand Ohio Canal submitted to the directors hereto-day snysthat it has.i.kon-rrf!fn $500,000 to .$1,000:000 to repair the ennni fihil it is virtually a gone water way, i he books could not lie gotten here and liguresol receipts and expenses were estimated and represent tor hve months of this year $44,200 of receipts, which is a decrease over last year ota thousand dollars. General impression is the end ol the canal has come. 1 lie meet ing adjourned to Thursday, 13th inst. Storms In Iviigluiicl. LonihiN, Tune 3. Heavy storms of rain und lightning have occurred on the nuillunds of Lugland. 1 he lower part ol Liverpool is under water. The bank building at Preston has lieen struck by lightning. Numerous accidents are re ported from oilier places. . The Samoan Conference. Berlin, Juue 3. It is cxccted the pro- 1......I .... I... .1... C iV... M'CIH MI.IWII UJ 1J L III tlililHltlll ,l'll- ference will lie signed on the Nth inst. The American commissioners arc making preparations to leave lor home. Tlie Carolina House sold yesterday wns purchased by Mr. W. W. Barnard. I 't ier paid, $tl,tmJ. Lynchburg Cut Oir. Lvncmiu'RO, Va., June 3. The city is almost isolated from the outer world. We have had no Northern mails since Friday. The damage at this point by the flood is verv light. It will probably not reach $10,000 in the aggregate. No reports can lie read trom the upper river on account ot washouts on the Pennsyl vania & Allegheny railroad and all tele graph line are down. The river rose to the. height ol twcmyjjyjitmd"rCT- incuts, tne ,it;rt since 1011. me flood hAs'now subsided.. Roped In by Rambling; Reporters Roaming- Around the Citv. The street railway bridge near the old depot has beeu repaired and cars will be gin running over it to-day. " Tobacco sales at the warehouse yes terday were lively, and all classes of offerings brought good prices. An important meeting of the Asheville Hose Co., No. 1, will be held at their headquarter at 8 o'clock this evening, David Bell, the rapist sentenced to be hanged at Marshall on Friday, ha been rcsiiited sixty ay by vl'e. Q.oyernor, ,;,. There will be a "Strawberry Shortcake Entertainment" in the Johnston Hall to night, for the benefit of the "Y", No admission fee. . ' No northern mail has reached the city since Thursday evening, owing to the destruction of bridges by the floods in Pennsylvania. The rcligiouB reading by Prof. Peabody, of Princeton College, at the Central Methodist church Sunday evening, was listened to by a large audience. Three offenders against the city laws were sent to jail for thirty days each, and three others fined $5 each, by the Mayor yesterday morning. Everybody should hear Prof. Tripp' great lecture "The Ill-Starred Mexican Exindition," with life and career of Maximilian, at the court house this evening. Marriage license were yesterday issued to Chus. M..Bishop and Phoebe E. Jones, and H. P. Corn and Nancy Hall. The parties applying for the latter license were aged respectively 76 and 46 year. An order ha lieen issued by superinten dent McBee forbuling street car con ductors, hotel porters and all persons not passengers, from assembling nearer the railroad track than the rear of the depot building upon the arrival of trains. Prof. Tripp was greeted by a select and highly intelligent audience at the court hotistflnst night, which listened with de light to the able led urer' magnificent tk scrip tionofthe . RewrWftW,lin3 skctchfof ..the birth, rise and fall of Napoleon III. Held la This City Yesterday -Mr. Rankin's Annual Tax Report Justice Blackstock Motion The Road Committee. .The magistrates and commissioners a- sembled in joint meeting at 2 o'clock yes terday afternoon. Mr. C. B. Way was called to the chair. The first business being the election of educational committee, the same mem bers as last year were elected by acclama tion. Their name are A. T. Summer. B. . Gndger, J. H. Sam. Mr. J. E. Rankin as chairman of county commissioner made aa interesting tabu lated statement of taxes, collected for several years past as follow: nuuL SCHOOL. 18T6 822.60T 9t S3.9S4.84 18TT 22,798.18 8.99T.23 I8T8 18.124.83 4.251.33 18T9 19.272.84 4,383.11 1880..... 30.794.82) 4,657.68 1881..... 33,193.88 6,810.31 1882...,, 2,641 70 7,404.36 1883... 37,669.39 8,244.18 1884...,. 80.860.34 8,868.63 1888 31,962.05 10,243.84 1886,.... 27,944.83 10,009.65 1887..... 28,424.3? 16.098.42 Thi statement i of uch importance that The Citizen publishes it in fall, and advises alt magistrate and commission ers to preserve it for future reference. . It present many point worthy of serious reflection. The school ta has gradually increased from $3,934 in 1876 to $16, 098 in 1887. The general tax has not increased in proportion to the legitimate addition to the expense of this large and flourishing county. There has in fact been a serious deficiency in the fund ince 1884, which ha produced the necessity of an increased tax levy thi year. The State having al ready increased it levy five cents, and county having to do the same, will make the total levy for the year eighty cent on the $100 of value, compared with seventy cent of last year an increase of ten cents. . ; , The township of Asheville pay about , five-seventh of the taxes of the county, and the city of Asheville over one-half of the whole county tax; so the city con tributed to county education last year over $8,000, of which amount $2,200 wa applied to the city graded school, . which in addition to this um, received $12,000 from the city tax, so that Ashe ville city contributes $14,200 to its own graded schools, and more than $5,800 to the education of children outside of the city. The tax levy for current year was final ly fixed as follows: State levy . . . .VI ....... 2 5 School levy,... , , ,.1214 County levy, , , 42V4 Ylrglntu crops uamaaed. Hakkisoniii ko, Va., lune 3. Damage in this county by Hoods in land, rumeti bridges and fences washed away, crops destroyed will exceed $00,000. , '' Want It In Spartauburir. Messrs. C. B. Lnndshaw and A. II. Leftwich, of Spartanburg, S. C are here investigating the working of the electric street railway with a view to adopting the same system in their town. They were shown over the line and had the modus operandi of electrical street rail way ojieration explained to them by su perintendent Barnard yesterday. They expressed themselves as being highly pleased with the Sprngtic system, and areportcr learned that t lie ieople of Spar tanburg will build a ten mitt line of elec tric railway in that town. .'The Spnigw system will no doubt lie adopted upon tlie report to be made to the Spartans bv Messrs. Lnndshaw mid Mlwich. KcmcmlRT the Icstival at Johnston Hall this evening, Bishop-Jones. Married at the residence of the bride' parent on Haywood street, yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. Chas. M, Bishop to Miss Phoelie E. Jones, Rev. Dr G. C. Rankin officiating. The bnde is the daughter of Mr. Geo. T, Jones, the well known "Racket Store" proprietor of this city, and is one of tlie most popu lar young ladies of Asheville. Mr. Bishop is pastor of Riverside Methodist church, and is highly esteemed by all who know him. The marriage was a private affair, only memlicr of the family and a few in vited friends lieing present. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop left oil the 4.30 afternoon train for the groom' home in West Virginia, where thev will spend some time In-fore returning to Asheville. Another South Carolina Tragedy. Charleston, 8. C, June 3. Dr. 0. S. Owen, of Anderson, wa killed yesterday bv his step son. Owen was beating his wile. Total, ...go Poll tax $2.00. On motion of 'Squire Blackstock it wa Resolved, That the county commis missioner be authorized to borrow, should they deem it advisable, a sum not -exceeding $5,000 for county purposes. 'Squire Blackstock moved that an ad journed meeting be held on the first Mon-, day of next rnont! for farther considera- tion of the proposed law. Pending the consideration of thi motion, Cftpt M. E. Carter wa called upon to explain the new road law, which he did in a manner not calculated to commend this law to the meeting. We gathered from Capt. Carter's speech that he did not apjprove this law. He mentioned the heavj$ax to which Asheville is subjected, and nrged due care in levying any increased tax, but at the same time urged the necessity of having better road, but seemed to be of opinion that the present laws were snffi cient for these purpose. The motion of 'Squire Blackstock to refer the matter to an adjourned meeting to be held on the first Monday in July, prevailed. , - Dr. J. S. T. Baird drew attention to the fact that he bad introduced a bill which passed the Legislature which especially applied to Buncombe county which he did not wish ignored, but asked that it lie considered also at the proposed adjourned meeting, which was agreed to. Squire Blackstock moved that the chairman appoint a committeee of one magistrate from each township, whose duty it shall be to consider the whole sub ject of country road, and report to the adjourned meeting in July what measures they recommend, which was adopted, and the following gentlemen appointed on the committee: J.-M. Ledford, J. Will lone, J. H. Woodward. R. VwBlocVtockJ...Caney . Ak... nsonTjTsTBartlett, D. H. Reagan, W. F. Johnston, W. T. Spnngs, J. P. Gaston, M. 1). Shook, R. C. Well, R. L. Luther, J. A. Gwaltney. ' ' . -"' : ' The commissioners were authorized to levy a tax on those part of Swannanoa and Fnirvtew townships which have re cently been taken into the stock law ter ritory. Considerable difference of opinion was manifested a to the necessity of a bridge across the Long Shoal, 'Squire Rengan . taking strong ground against it and sug gesting that Mr. Vanderbilt might build a bridge for himself, and Mr. John ston urging it as a public necessity. -These divergent views seemed calculated to excite some feeling, which was happily averted by 'Squire Blackstock in one of hi characteristic and good natureil talks, which quickly restored good hu mor, and the consideration of the bridge matter wa potKined till the July meet ing, to which time thi meeting did then adjourn. The road committee agreed to meet at the court house on Monday, June 17, at 10 o'clock. ' 1 s .
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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June 4, 1889, edition 1
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