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A VOLUME V. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY,-JULY 3, 1889. NUMBER 7c "' 1 j? iV "it; 4 ,171 1 t A FEARFUL WRECK ON Till'. NORFOLK ANIUVI ftl. I HN KAII.KOAU. A NuiutH'r of PuNMCiiKerH Killed aud nuny Seriously Injured Tlie Wreck Take Fire and BodieM are Uurned. J.tc. LvfjciUH KO, Ya., July 2. A sx-ciul from the Lilx?rty to the Advance says; A tearful wreck occurred ou the Norfolk and Western railroad at or near Mas- ton's, ulKJtit thirty miles above this city. It is reported that lorty persons were killed. Latkk. A special to the Advance gives the following particulars of the tearful catastrophe which occurred about a mile ... ..... ..'..I.,.,!, morning, on the Norfolk and Western Kailroad by which forty passengers were killed. The accident was caused-by a wiishout on a high tilling. My informant tells me that there were ouly about seven of the crew and passengers wived. All of lie cars were burned. Capt. Kowland iVhnstoii was in charge of the train, uud $ mortally wounded, uaggage master IWd :a said to be very budly hurt. Maior I. C. Casscll, sutxrinteiideiit of the Lynchburg division, was oil the tram uud was seriously injured. L. 11, Sum mers, of Abingdon, postal clerk, was bruised up considerably. Another postal clerk, J. IK, Rose, ot Abingdon, was killed. All ot the physicians ami many ol the citizens of Lilierty went to the wreck nssoim as information reached here, and lid all thev could tor the wounded. 1'ut Donovan, the engineer, was burned up, as was also a fireman named Bruce. A tram disatclicr was also uurtieii. Several of the wounded were brought here, uild taken to the sanitarium. W. C. lleudof, of Cleveland, Teiin., is among the dead. This all the particulars ob tainable as yet: ANOTULR ACCOUNT. A fearful accldctlt.by which many lives were lost and n large numlx-r oi jicopie iniuntl. occurred on the Norfolk and Wiwti-ra railroad at 2.30 o'clock this iiu.ruiiiir. one mile above Plaxton's nu.it.-h and thirty-one miles above Lynch- Ilmn'. Kam had been lulling almost -steady UllO at times vey twenty-four hours, swilling the moun tain streams greatly beyond their normal depth. Several trains nun pnsseii the niulil and it was thought ' that the line was sale for traffic, uot ..Mii.uirimliiur the rains and that no ilrmm-r llt-Cll be apprehended. . At the place of the accident, however, the water had undermined the road bed and caused a washout aboilt eight icct long and lifU .ieet wide. The water at ",Tmsp7un:"wns eight or ten lift deep. Into this water gulch the engine made a frightful leap while-running at the rateol thirty miles un hour.canytng with it the . ' .1.1 .. An il.ii mi.riiid tender and cigm. ems. imrk the bottom the boiler exploded. This fact greatly 'augmented, the catas trophe, and ttie ilcnris wus inrowii m every direction by the force ot thecxplo inn itiiiirimr some of those on the tram by Hying fragments and scattering lirc- hraiKls wmcn iguucu n. ti... nun-he. The flames spread and tier stroved a large amount of mail aud ex press mutter besides spreading a panic among tlie already terror-stricken pas singers. It is supposed that some ot the passengers were unable to extricate mem L,.i.. from the wreck and were con sumed in the Humes, but it is difficult to get accurate information as theemployes ol the Norfolk and WesWh roadrefuseto ftlvc any information to the public, fT' It is impossible to state the number ol Iw-sons killed, but the most reliable esli- ! Vale places it ut between twenty-tive V W ' W 1 ...: .. 'I'lu, mini wr III t IF WdUIIIkU I lllll tun ljr, . "v -,. , l je far in excess of the numlx-r killed. - . . f.i ,l...l !,.. Iun tukl'fl I lliirty oi i nc wuu.Kivu ii.v to Roanoke, thirteen to Bufordsvi!le,luid fifty to Lilierty. , , , An adopted daughter ot Mrs. Judge Thomiison, of Augusta county, was killed, and Mrs. Thompson, herself, is known to . lit very badly hurt,.. - Put Donovan, the engineer, with his fireman, a man named ISruce, was killed, being scalded to death. Train dispatcher IxMwey was also burned to death. Among the others who lost their lives were J. J. Rose, postal clerk, of Abingdon, Va. ; John Kirkpatrick, of Lynchburg; W. C. Stead, and the husband and two children of a lad V passenger on the train whose name cannot be learned. Stead was an Liiglishman and was the agent of an Idaho limiting and hshmg expedition, lie was on his way to England tor sup plies when he met his death Maj.J. C. Casscll, superintendent ot the Ly iii libiirgdivisioii ol the Norfolk and Western, was on. the train, and was seriously injured, lis were baggage master Ford and Captain Rowland Johnston, ,.,).,. wns in elinnre of the "train. It was thought that Capt. Johnston was fatally wounded, but later reports state that the condition of himself and baggnge master Ford is somewhat impioved. L. B. Summers, postal clerk, was badly bruised but escaped the fate of his run ning mate Ross. , ' , : There is no telegraphic communication nearer the wreck than Lilierty, and it is hard to get information from there, as the Norfolk and Western officials refused tu iicrmit reporters to go on the train winch went there. A relief train was made up at Lynchburg late in the after noon to the scene of the wreck, and a manlier of physicians went down on it to sec what they coiuu no w aio me wounded, Six dead bodies have lieeii The bodies of Donovan, the engineer, and postal clerk Rose were rec ognized. The other arc not known. Suiwrmtciident Casscll, although badly inirt, is on the grounds and doing every thing possible for the wounded. The raili-oud company has taken a large ,.r,1iviiinn8 to the scene ot the Vreck from Roanoke, Lilierty and other noTils, It is thought that a large iiuin iKToftfcijies were burned ill the confla gration. piiiKADIU.ItllA, June A. rresioiin J? I, Kimball; of the Norfolk anil Western railroad who has his licadipiarterH in this citv, when seen this aftenioou hi' re i ,ii,..i io llic acculcnt on his road this morning said, that while the ; wreck is n m-rious lOii anu liasresuiLeu m me iohs oi life, tilt feMirt telegraphed from Ly.nch 6nrK thnt forty persons were killed is ex aggerated. Mr. Kimball is in direct tcle Vraphic communication with the general tianagerof the road. The information -f irnished him up to I o'clock this alter min is that five persons were killed, early all of whom were train hands, ,d quite a numlicr of ersoiis injured, i. iriiin wrecked was known as No. 2, which lett Roanoke a lew minutes before midnight. A heavy rain storm had prc-..,.ii,-.i throuiilioiit Virginia for about fortv-eight hours, and the train was oving slowly ami licbind schedule time .hen it ran into a washout about 1.3 o'clock tin"' moraing near Fluxion'. tii..' l.u-.iiiiotivc mid several cars were Jirown into the ditch, but the slccr ninaimd on the track. The cars caught lux- alter falling in the ditch ami ipiiie n inimlur of passi ineis were severely burned, iu.addiiion to those injured hy the wreck. Telegrams were at once scut to Roanoke for assistance, and in a short time a special train arrived from thnt city lica ring a tire eoitijiaiiy and a uuiulur of physicians. THK IIOl HK F I'OHJIOfiS. TheTreatv With Japan IMtcuMned -Iroinlo for Albert Victor. , Lonimin, Julv2. In the House of Com mons this evening Sir James Ferguson, parliamentary secretary of the foreign office, in answer to an inquiry staled that the new treaty between Japan and Mex ico had not yet lieen ratified. The treaty I let ween the United Mates and Japan which was signed on February 20, would go into force on Fcbrury II, LS'.HI. The government, he said would shortly tiegiii negotiations with la pan with the oliicct of securing for ivugland equal privileges with nil other countries, in relation to the treaty agreed Miion bv the Sanioau confeiencc at Ilerlin, he said it would not lie projier to divulge any ot its provisions until it had lieen ratified bv the United States.'-' - The Senate statement, however, that Uiiglaiid had agreed to retire from her iHisiliim as oue of the protecting powere at Samoa, and act otilv as umpire Ijer tweeli the United States and Germany, was unfounded. The speaker read a mes sage on the extra provision of Prince Al bert Victor ol Wales anil I nner ss V ic toria of Prussia on the occasion of their marriage. Mr. Smith, the government leader, intimated that he would call up the messages fomiiisideratiou Thursday. Mr. LabouchereKaveuoticetluithe would oppose any votes of money for the Prince aud Princess il they were proposed Ix'tore the commission on royal grants was ap pointed. UK. HlcUOW'8 I I TI Ki;, lie M ill Kemalii In Cliui lehlon HiH UeHetliUK Sin. t Aiiuuiito Chroiiicle Churliston 8nelHl. Solicitor Jervev, tun.iiig to me, then said : "It is the first time on record that a white man has been tried by a jury on which there were colored men on any trial of note. It is the first excriciiee of the kind. The only reason that Pcan n prcheiid for it is this and it has lieen carefully worked up: Capt, Dawson wrote several editorials on the Pickens lynching. Cant. Dawson, in his edito- rtids, advocated clemency on the part of the Governor, and they were pardoned. In 'the course of his editorials lie did draw a contrast Ijetween the races unfavorable to the chastity of the colored race a very natural thing to do but he did not dwell on it. The remark was worked up to prejudice uniting the colored race, lie catisc of the supposed prejudice of Capt. Dawson. But- it is worthy of note that it is the first case of the kind -where a white man has lieen.' tried by negroes. Those editorials were worked up to show that he was fin enemy to the colored race." 1 called upon MclHiw this evening, a couple of hours afUT his acquittal, ami found him in a most pleasant mood, deessed as he was during the trial. While in the 'ollice a ntimlier ol Hiss pa tients and friends called. I sat a while and talked with the doctor. "Doctor, have von anything to sav about the ease? What did you thiujj the strong point in the pseculion?" "Mr. Cohen told ttie when the virdict ' was rendered to sav nothing about the matter, but keep silent on the Subject." "Do you intend to remain in (jJiailes- " Yes; oh, yes. I've the largest practice of any young physician in Charleston, with possibly one exception." til fact, a lucrative practice one that pays me a good conqicteiice and I know my pa tients will excuse my little indiscretion." During the conversation he admitted that women was his Ijescttiiuj sin. - Hheepithead nay Races, - - . Nkw Yohk, July 2. VV'eatlierrainy but racing good. First race mile: Kingston won, Re porter scrotal, Uvid third. Time 1.41. Second race six furlongs: Torso won, Livonia second, Anaconda third. Time 1.10 --5. "'.Third race mile and a quarter; Bac carat, won, My Own second, . First At tempt third, time 2.11. I'oitrui race realization stakes tor three year olds, mile and live furlongs: Salvator won, Tcnnov second, Long Dunce third. Time 2.51. Fifth raoc mile and a half: Tea Tray won, Barrister second ; only two start ers, ' Time 2.41 4.5. - Sixth race mile and three furlongs, on turn Cortese won, Bella B. second, hi gin third. 1 line 2.25 4-5. A I'rlnlillul Hpet'lncle. CliiCAi'.o, July 2. I'crsons passing along State street in. front of the Palmer House this altcvuooii, were horrified at seeing a man clad only in his shirt, climb out of the window and walk along the pro jectiiigcornii e. Suddenly, with a shriek lie tell to the projecting awning below. A ladder was secured and an attempt was niiulc to rescue him, when with a scream he threw himself to the basement lielow fracUnmgluXskiill and receiving other injuries wliiifl will probably cause his death, lie was evidently insao, and proved to lie George W. Ilowei a promt neat young civil .engineer of I,cndville. He was on his way home from Washing ton, where he had lx-en nf attendance as a delegate to the convention of the Patriotic Sons of America. Only the Needs' to be Supplied loilNSTOWH. I'll.. Ililv 2. Inline t'nitl .1 T i' J J ' .1 O miiigs, who has nail charge of the cash of the relief fund, arrived to-day, and will oiien an ottice to-morrow, lie savs all the sullcrcrs will not get a share of the money, only the needy ones receiving the hinds. It is probable that the tnoiiev will he given out on a jier cenUigc plan; hut the age ot the lxrson, iiow'iiianv. children he liiisdi'iK'iidciit upon him, aud the amount of pniarty he still possesses, will oil be taken into consideration, liach applicant for cash relief will have to make affidavit as to his loss, and will have to have witnesses to the same. It is thought that the militia will leave here Friday. The commissary depart ment was turned over to the eitiens flits morning. ' A Fine Political Worker Par- doned. CiiiOACti. fulv 2. A special dispatch to the Daily News from Springfield savs that Governor I tier has pardoned oe Mackiii, the Chicago p. dit kid line worker, now serving a term of imprisonment in the pcuilenliary lor crimes against pop ular sulfnige. The Governor accompa nied the pardon with a review of the pniK'l's in the case in which he stntcd that the application had stronger sup port than had ever U-en presented to a governor in a iikc ease octorc, DAY ITT ON THE STAND. PATRICK I OKI) UlAHACTi: IZi;i AS A CHRISTIAN, It- And the Outrsites In Ireland Per petrated by Men Hueaklnic lie liiud the Cover of l'urnell'n Name Denounced. Loximis, July 2. Michael Davitt was examined fxfore the Partiell commis sion to-day. Davitt declared tliere was no truth in the evidence given by lx Caron in the commission concerning the proposals of John llevoy licing submitted to Parnell. Mr. 1 'uracil had nothiifg to do with the witness" visit to America in 187S. Davitt stated that while in America he attended meetings of theClan-iia-Gnel,nt which he explained the objects of the Land League, and tried to win the Clan-na-Gael to its supiort. The Chin-nn-Gael, he said, included some of the licst Irishmen in America. It was no more a murder club than was the Carlton Club of Loudon, There was no alliance le tween it and the league in Ireland. The league movement m America won the siipMirt of all the Irish in America to Parnell. Davitt said he never met a liet ter man as a philanthropist and Chris tian than Patrick Ford,.. lie was very sorry that, for a few month after the the league was established, Ford (qienly advocated the use of dynamite. The wit ness wrote him expostulating against his endorsement of such a line of action, and ultimately Ford returned to the policv adopted by Panicll's followers, and now i honestly advocates constitutional agita tion. The witness said he himself was opposed to the use of dynamite liecause it was an immoral and unmanly style ol warfare. He was not. opposed to physi c.ll force if, in resorting thereto, there was reasonable chance of success. The league did not provide for the circulation of the Irish World in Ireland. F.ird sent copies over through the spread of the light fund, and the witness paid the postage. The league did not circulate the tetter of John Deyoy on the new depart ure, extracts, from which wcre quoted by Attorney General Webster, counsel for the Times. , Davitt said he had known Alexander Sullivan since 1NS7, and had the highest opinion of his ability as a lawyer, his character tut a citizen and his honor as a man. He did not believe him to lie capable of anv dishon orable act. Witness returned to Ireland from America in liecemlier 1SS0. He had them framed and issued a circular to the Irish people, and had delivered lliirty Seccli(s, denouncing outrages. He lie lie veil the outrages were due to agitation of local agrarian bodies composed chiefly of sons of small tenant tanners. When witness was released from prison on May 0, '82. Parnell and Dillon had in formed him that they were ho ieful of a change in the government' policy. The witness was glad that tliere was a pros iiect of the agitation ceasing. He dis liked agitation, and would willingly abandon it to-morrow if he some justice could lie done to Ireland, lie could not' abandon it otherwise. In reference to thc'I'liu-nix Park murders, Davitt said: "Parnell came to me on Sunday following the day of the murder utterly broken down at the news, f He said, 'Davitt, I shall send my resignation to Cork to- uight. 1 refuse to stay in the movement when irresponsible ... .men ot whom we know nothing can sneak behind our backs and perpetrate such deeds. ' It took all my influence, said wit ness, "to dissuade him from resigning we immediately had circulated through out Ireland a manifesto condemning the murderers, tliere was -.absolutely, no ground for the suggestion that 1 or any ot my colleagues were in any way privy to the crimes. Beyond stating publicly at New York, in uly 18S2, thai 1 had severed my con nection with the revolutionary party, 1 expressed no dissent of Fenians. I ..did not attend any meeting of the Clan-na Gael after 1KK0, I believe that murders were committed by memliers of the Clan-na Gael, but thev certainly did not have sanction of the governing body nor approval of the leaders. When 1 was or ganizing secretary 1 communicated with a member ot the supreme council Irom my district.' Attorney General Webster Who was he? Davitt "I cannot tell you it would lie a gross breach ol trust to divulge his name. II he is still in bnsi ness m Lugland, he might lie ruined, it the fact of his connection with the council was to Ix-comc known." Attorney General "I will not press the question now. Witness continuing, said : l Hat in a letter which he wrote, he had used the word 'Pen.' He .declined to say, to whom it was Addressed. Attorney General "Was it another Forester?" Davitt "I cannot sav, without pos sibly injuriiigaman whogreatly wronged inc." Presiding justice llanncn said: "The court respected the motive of the wit ness s reticence, hut could not recognize it as an excuse for not answering." Davitt thereupon explained, that the man to whom the letter was written had conceived a hatred of another mem ber of the League and wished to murder him. The witness wrote to him, ap iiearing to suction the act. Hetneditated, lint really to gain time, until he could write to two siqierior officers and ask them to dissuade the man from currying out his purpose, The expression used in the letter was: "Whoever is employed, do not let him use the en we ha ve fieen using." Witness wrote to two sux-rior officers about the matter, He could not tell their names, lie ltelieved that both were now in America. Davitt said: "Dear friend," to whom was addressed the letter in which the word "Pen" apieared, was now in Aiiiei icti, and he now publicly a.piicaied to him to allow him to divulge his name. Reported Railroad Accident. LITTLE KoCK, Ark., lulv .'. rassengers arriving here yesterday informed the Gazette" reporter of a railrotul accident winch occurred late Sunday evening near Terrell, Texas, to the express train in which, a man, name not learned, was killed nnd several were injured. The engine, baggage car and one coach were reported to have gone through n de fective bridge. The officials of the road wire in their private car in the rear of the train, but were not injured. All accounts of the accident are very meagre, IlaMebali VeHlerday. At Pittsburg, Pa Pittsburg tU.I'hil itdclphia 3. At Cleveland, O.-Clcvclnnd 5, Wash ington 4. Indianapolis, Intl. Indianapolis (!, New York H. At Chicago Chicago 5, Boston RANDOM NOU S Roed In by Kauiblinic Kf porters Koautiitic Around HieCllj. Asheville Good Templars were in ses sion last night. To-morrow is the "ga-lorious Fourth," nid the boys eyect to have lots of fun. A Cincinnati detective was here yester day after a party wanted by the author ities of that city. The officers of Swntiuanon lidge, No. 56,1 O. 0. F., were installed last night by Judge Iv. J. Aston. Work hax lieen commenced on the new store building adjoining Herring & Weaver's shoe store. A fancy skating carnival will take place at Ray Bros.' rink at Buncombe warehouse to-morrow evening. An excursion from Asheville toSkyland Springs is Ix-ing arranged by our young folks for the "Fourth." The rcgulai weekly shooting .tourna ment of the Asheville Gun Club takes place at the fair grounds this afternoon. In the police court yesterday morning a defendant charged 'with being drunk :ind disorderly was fined $5 by the Mayor. No marriage license was issued by the register of deeds yesterday, and lewer deeds ami mortgages came into Ids office for registration than has been known for several months. ' HTRAl'SS ANU III! VI.. An l-'.arl.v HIomliiK YlHilor UelN lliiiiMClC Into Trouble. Our friend Strauss, of the popular south Main street restaurant, now qon- tcmplates starting a menagerie in con junction with his cafe. About five o'clock yesterday morning, he discovered an unusually large "hoot" owl ierehed upon the leflge of one of the windows of his '.'bed-chamber. Unlike Pov's) raven, his owhdlip "spake not a word," but Strauss vigorously remarked, "Mine Gott in Iliinmel, vol ish dot upon mine vindow sill bcrched sdill '!" Being of an inquiring turn of mind, Strauss gathered up a sheet, and soon had the owl en veloped in its folds, and later on in the day transferred him to a cage, where he sat blinking and winking at the horde of visitors who viewed him and made re marks compliment ry and otherwise tipon his woe-lx'goncapiieurauee. Strauss savs that he will al otiee establish n menagerie in which will be contained everything but snakes, and they will have to lie seen elsewhere. I lie owl is a tough-looking specimen, and instead of appearing wise, wears a countenance that would put a lirst-class imbecile to the blush at a comparison. But good luck to Strauss he's owl-right. ' "Till? FOI'KTH. Ho Celebration lit thin City and at Nulpliur NprluitM. A prominent merchant yesterday re marked to a Citizkn reporter, that it was hi opinion that a majority of the bus iness houses of the city would lx; closed on Thursday, inasmuch ns such has been the custom of late years. No X'titioii has as yet been circulated among the merchants asking for such closing,, lmt its a "precaution, people would do well to purchase their -supplies for to-morrow during to-day. But little preparation has lx-en made for celebrating the "Fourth" in the city The court house will probably be decora ted with bunting, Hags and patriotic mottoes, while at night a pyrotechnic display, on a small scale, will take place. At SulphurSpring8llieday will lx-cele brated in great shape balloon amen sions, pigeon shooting, boat races, etc taking place during the day, and a great display of fireworks and a grand ball at night. A great many Ashcvillians will be present, so Thk Citi.kn learned yes terday. I tll.KS l td KNOW. Wbo Tbey Arei Wliere Tltey Are and Wliat Thev Are Doing. D. C. Lytic, a popular Baltimore drum nier, is at the Battery Parki- Hon. Cha. M. Ituslx-e, a distinguished lawyer of Haleigh, is in the city. Mrs. L. C. Miller aud daughter, of Ral eigh, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Williams, oil Chestnut street. P. M. Wcstleldt, Overton Price; and Mrs. Price, of "Kugby Grange,' were guests at the Swaniianoa yesterday William Pitzer, Bristol, . Tenn., and Miss Gunnison, Cleveland, Ohio, were late arrivals al the Swaniianoa last night. Aslicr D. Cohen, Ksq,, of Charleston, S C, and family are at the Battery Park. Mr. Cohen was jmiiorcounsel CorMcDow in the Charleston murder case. "All About a Ilauk" Is the title uf a valuable and elegantly printed little pamphlet, gotten up by Un enterprising I 'resilient of the First Na tional Batik of this city. The growth of the Firsl National, nuuilierof depositors, its advantages, etc,, are vigorously set forth, and withal "All About a Hank" affords much iiifoimatioii to the public. Central Cliurelt MeetlUK, The meeting conducted at the Central Methodist Church by kev. John Boring, is draw ing good congregations, and the outlook is line for a considerable revival Services at 11 u. m.,.itnd W..I0 p. ni., every day. . An Ohio Town Hu He-ret by l ire. Ciiicac.o, July 2. A Sx'cinl dispatch to the Daily Mews Irom llailcy, (., suvs "Four business blocks were burned here this morning. The loss is estimated at $3011,0(10. IN PULLMAN CARS. SI I.I.IVAN ANII KII.MAIN COM 1NU SOl 'I'llnAKll. Time of Departure of the Puul KillHtM Kept Secret iov. Heay, of Alabama, Immuci Ordertt lo the Mobile HheritT. Bm.ti.mokk, July 2. Kilrain and his trainers start South to-morrow orThurs day. They will go over the Baltimore and Ohio road. Kilrain ami his partv. consisting of Mitchell aud Mnrphy, and a tew friends will have a Pullman car to themselves, but there will be no training en route, ns lake is now in ix-rleet con dition for the tight, and the only thing requisite will lx- to keep him up to the present mark. To insure this. Mitchell will look carvtullv alter Ins iiw.d tin the cars, and after thev arrive in New Or- leansi, and a supply of water will lx taken along, so that risk of change iii this necessary article of diet will be avoided. The time of the departure of the pugilists will lie kept secret, as it is their desire to avoid publicity. Mohii.i;, Ala., ulv2. Nicntl lloloomlx" received the following this morning from the Governor of Alabama : "BiKMiNtiii am, Ala., Inly 2. To the sherirt' of Mobile coiintv ; 'Do not let the prize fight come off in Mobile county, It is lilony. Take such precautious as are necessary to prevent or punish. 1 will pay any extra exx'tise. (Signed) Taos. Ska v." Cincinnati, ulv 2.-rohn L. Sullivan aud party arrived by the Bee Line road this afternoon about 2 o'ehx-k, several hours earlier than the announced time. lth a view of avoiding the crowd. There was, however, a goodly assem blage of sightseers whom Sullivan, Mul- doon aud the others avoided as well as thev could while thev entered carriages and drove to the Burnett House, where they weiiHuto retirement, for a couple of hours. Later the party went quietly in a roundabout way to the irvnasium where Sullivan took some practice. uom; TO WOODSTOCK. The PreHideut OoeM lo Attend a fourth of July Celebration. Washington, B.C., lulv 2. Theboud offerings to-day aggregated $t);t("i,(M0; accepted, $it,rHH, lour and halts, ut The Attorney General to-dav appointed lames jacksou, assistant attorney for the northern and middle districts of Alabama. The President uud party left this after noon lor New York, ami Woodstock. At the latter place he is to attend a 4th of J uly celebration. Bids were opened at the Treasury De part incut lor the basement ami area walls of t he public bnildingat Savannah, Ga, the lowest bid being that of Lane & Malnate, of Washington at $11,(557. Virginia Military ItiHlllule, Luxinoton, Va., July 2. The bad weather is interfering with the order of the program for the annual commence ment exercises ol the Virginia Military institute, fhe laid sports took place this evening on the parade grounds in the presence' of a large audience," The medal for the liest, all around athlete was awarded to creclnud, and the medal for the second best to Kohni. The board oi visitors nave not acted on General Smith's resignation yet. They adpnirn ihursduy. l.ov. Iah; has ar rived, aud Gov. Btickncr, of Kentucky, irrives in the morning. A large number ot the alumni are driving. An Kx peeled Cabinet CHhIh. Paris, lulv 2. The belief existsin polit ical circles here that a cabinet crisis vill result Irom the charge made bv M. De Cnssaignac in the Chamber of Deputies last Saturday that Thevenot, minister of instice, was an accomplice of Meyer in the credit tiiobilier fVands, for eotineei.ii n with which Meyer has been sent to prison. It is rumored that both I hevenpt and Kouvier, minister of fimince, determined to resign. H in path Willi tlie Pope. Nhw Vokk, Inly 2. TlieCatholic News has received the following cablegram from its Woman correspondent: j KoMii, I uly 2. 1 he l'otxj has received almost sixty thousand telegrams express ing sympathy lor him in relation . to the Bruno iilfair. He has ordered Ins private secretary Mousignor Angcli to collect them in a volume and present a copy to all the 'bishops ol the Cntholie World as well as to all cabinets of liuroie. Women at the PoIIh. Ki'l'i.aki:, Wis., lulv 2. litu-lare held its first election for a. Board of liilucation yesterday. It brought nut a heavy wo man's vote, prominent society ladies spending the whole day with -'carriages taking women to the polls. 1 he anti Catholic question was made very prom inent in the several wards; but the can didates alleged to represent the Catholic side were elected. NORTH CAUOMNA NOTKM. The People of paveltcvillc have pre Rented editor ',. W. Whitehead of the Ob server, of that town, with a handsome gold headed cane. Kev. k. C. Kced, ol Franklin, Tiuu.,lias x'en elected lo the pastorate of the first Presbyterian church of Charlotte, lie succeeds Key. J. V. Pair. Smart W. Cramer lias taken tht oath of iissayer of the branch iiiiul at Char lotte, .and entered upon the discharge ot the duties ot thai ofhee. Vicar-General Mark S. Gross, of the Catholic Diocese ot North Carolina, cele brated the 21sl anniversary of his eleva tion to the priesthood, ut Charlotte Sun day. It is said that State Senator J. F Pavue of Kolwsoti county, will succeed Capt. S. B. Alexander, as president ofthc State Farmers' Alliance at the next meeting of that body. Judge David Scheuck, ol Greensboro has finished his history of North Caro lina from 17MH to ISSI. The book will be published by Hdwnrds & Ilroughtoii the kaleigh publishers, uud w ill contain live hundred pages. The case ol'J. W. Gof'orth vs the Com ttiissioncrs ot t icvciamt county, tore strain them from issuing $75,00(1 bonds ti the Three C's kailroad Compauv has lx-en compromised, and the bonds are now ffei fi'bm any "litigation. The question of issuing the $8,000 in bonds to build a school house for the Shelby Military Academy will Ik? carried to the courts, Mr. A, Blanlon having applied for an tiMiinetton, on the grotim that the net was unconstitutional, am further that the election wns not car'-' by a majority of the legal v MAHIII.i: AM) TAI.C. Some of the Mineral Productti ol I Wefcteru North Carolina. We had an ritercstmg conversation yesterday with Mr. Hcwett, siixrintend eut of the tale mills on the Nnntahala river in Swain county, in regard to lioth the marble and talc which so alxiund in that remarkable section. The existence of these valuable substances has been long known, but owing to their inaeees- sibility.theyreinaiucdun worked until the railroad reached them, which was within the last fouryears. The Nantahala river, an iuix'tuous and remarkably Ixactiful stream, cuts its path through the north ern end of the long, b$.l chain of moun tainsof the sainenaine.t hough perhaps on the north side of that stream, the moun tains may lx classed with the Cheoah s.i stem. The river bed runs through a true canyon, though with the execptiou of occasional outcrop of rock or a rare precipitous face, they recede back from the stream a few degrees from tfie jxTpen dieular, anil are clothed with trees and shrublx-ry, from base to summit. The height is from fifteen hundred to eighteen hundred feel. Between the mountains and the stream once ran a road, the thoroughfare from Swain iul,o Cherokee through Red Marble gap.- This road is now occupied and obliterated by the rail road. Along the road, on the north side long ago were observed theotiteroppiugs of the tale and the murbhr now brought into use. The talc is found in broad veins and ol unknown extent, easily gotten out, and of convenient delivery to the mill. The material is of very fine texture, pearly gray, color translucent when sawed into thin sheets, is tpiite hard, and per fectly. pure, and ranks in the highest scale of this mineral, ltistakcu from thequarry I which is adjacent to the mill, where by powerful machinery worked by the exhaustlcss and enormous water power of the river, the stone is reduced to impal pable oowtlcr.in which condition it is ship- in il for its special uses. We do not know the daily output, though il is very large. Near by the talc veins are .hose of the marble which exists on the north side ol the river in inexhaustible quantities. Lit tle or none that is available is found on the other side. The marble veins are from five hundred to six hundred feet in width and of unknown depth. They are wonderfully easily worked, lying, us does the talc, in close proximity to the rail- road. The marble is hard, homogeneous, of fine texture, a granular marble, in fact, I sn""l army officers, prisoners and wit ami as fine in quality as it is rare and I nesses, of 'which latter there were twenty-'- Ix-atiliful in color. The tints aredelicate, I yet firm and distinct, blue, green, flesh color, white and blaclt; in some instances the lighter colors are lxautifully blended, though pieces of uniform color are easily obtained. This marble all works well, and where used for ornamental or monu mental purposes has proved eminently satisfactory. As yet no systematic work has lx'cn undertaken in the marble quar ries, only enough having lx-en taken out to demonstrate the value of the property. We allude to only two of the mineral substances found in this wild, yet Ircau- tiful canyon of the Nantahala. There is along its sides much more of mineral I wealth. The development of what are j going to prove enormous values is at-1 tributalile altogether to the construe- j Hon of the railroad through a couutry I which the unprofessional eve would tin- hesitatingly pronounce impracticable. TOI1ACCO MA I. ICS, Nearly l-'our and a Hair Million pouiidH Hold lit AHlievllle. The tobacco sales on the Asheville mur- et for tlie season now fast drawing to a ose, are unusually gratifying to those live and energetic gentlemen who have ibored so -earnestly and faithfully to bring Asheville to the front among the ading tobacco markets of the South. Not ouly is the quality of the leaf offered for sale on the warehouse floors in this city of a superior grade, but prices ob- aincd for the same are equally as high, and in many instances higher, than the prices obtained for the sanieclassof offer ings in the larger and more favored ifiar- kets, with whieh, our home market is placed in lively comix'tition. From the sides book ol secretary E. I. Holmes, ofthc Tobacco Association, Tllli Citukn finds that from Octolx'r 1 tojuly lHSll, ttie total sales of leaf tobacco at ill warehouses in the city fout tip 4,0 13, 8 to pounds, which brought m cash the sum of $H0,50H.H;' while the total sales 'or the month ot June amounted to 305,- lo 1 pounds, which sold for $23,033.01 The increase is remarkable, when the fact is taken into consideration that the crop it 1888- 8'J was cut down nearly one- fourth by the frost which came upon it about tlie middle of September of last year A larger area is under cultivation this year than has ever lx-en known Ix-forc, and should no untoward event Ix-fall the growing crop, the sales in this citv next season may safely be estimated at Ix'tween seven ami ten minions oi pounds, asiic ville is destined to rank with Durham, Lvnehburg, Danville, Louisville and Cin cinnati al an early day, and' we doubt not that a few years hence will find our home market in the lead of till the tobacco marts now known to the trade. The Asheville Tobacco Association de serves all the credit for bringing uboiit tlus slate ol nllaus, nnd it alone depends upon the Association to place Asheville m the future where it should have been placed in the past in the lead. The Weather, Wasiiincton, D. C, Inly 2, Indica tions for North Carolina Pair, except r.,.i.i -i :.. , .i 1 cjiniigcs in tempera ' SIXTEEN PRISONERS ;athi,iii'.i in bv officiJ OP THK PINION AtiKNCY, Coder Deputy Sheriff II. C. YeMterday, and Urouirbt K City The InventlgaUo' V fore a MaulfttrateTo- .About five weeks ago 200,000 first - class lumlx-r belonging to Cushiiu & Chapman, of this city, was destroyer incendiary fire, on the waters of H'g Ivy creek, this county. Previous IC this affair, however, seven brand new logging wagons Ixdonging to the same firm had lx-en cut to pieces and destroyed in the same ncighlxirhootl, involving a loss to the wners of several hundrcc dollars, At the time no clue ns to the per petrator or perpetrators ol this wanton and malicious destruction of property I could' k obtained, and the services ofthel'iuion Detective Agency, of this ,. citv, were called into requisition by , Messrs. dishing & Chapman, which sm ceeded in establing a clue about ten days ago. Following thisclueclosely, warrants for sixteen persons were sworn out lx fore justice Summey in this city Saturday evening, fhese warrants charged the parties with malicious destruction of per sonal property, and were placed in the hands of a squad of the Pinion Agency's officers for immediate execution. The officers detailed for this work were Chas.J. llarkins, J. M. Rowan, J. . Lange, Marshall OrrandJ. S.Dougherty, accompanied by deputy . sheriffs II. C. Jones, L. H. Smith und Williams, of the sheriff's office. Deputy sheriff Jones assumed command of the posse, and the raid was to have been made Sunday. For good and sufficient reasons, however, tl e officers did not leave the city until 2.30 o'clock Monday afternoon. Deputy shci iff jones tixn arriving at Biglyy divided his squau into two detachments, ' began at once to make the arrests, which he did with great credit to his skill and shrewdness. Every man was under ar rest in less than twenty minutes after the arrival of the officers, so perfectly and systematically hud all the details been mapped out and executed by the men un der the command of the cautious and nervy deputy sheriff. After the warrant hud been served upon tl,e last defendant the party set out for this city, arriving here about six o'chxk 'at evening. Their entrance into the city resembled the advance guard of a fo"r- de of the witnesses said that- 1"! Ivy had been cleaned out from be- R"lllm8 to end, and really it seemed as 11 hc SV" the truth. Soon after their arrival here, the Bixtecn prisoners were admitted to bail in the sum of $1,700 until 11 o'clock this morn iug, when they will have a preliminary hearing before )usucc Summey at the court house. The bondsmen were Messrs. lob Barnett, J. H. Roberts, H. A. llensley and T. M, Dillingham. The names of the arrested parties are as follows: Thomas Dillingham, H. Clay Dillingham, Phares Dillingham, John Y, Dillingham, A. C. Dillingham. Clingman Dillingham, . Dallas Dillingham, Elbert Dillingham, John Duncan, Henry Wheeler, Emory Henslcy," Clingman Hensley, Bud H ""gins. Sherman West, Clingman Hen- and Jarratt Foster, colored. It is reported that considerable lawless- ness has prevailed in the Big Ivy section for some time, and the strong arm of the law has lieen compelled to intervene in putting a stop to the scenes enacted there for several weeks past. One of the officers who helped to arrest the parties above named, told Thk Citizkn last night that one of the men he arrested told him that all the shingles on kis house had been shot off by parties at tempting to assassinate him, and that he had not been out of his house in three days. It is a tough story they tell of doings m the Big Ivy neighborhood, aud the law should be vigorously applied to the offenders. The state of affairs reoorted from there are a disgrace to the county and Us XHiple. Arson, attempted assas sination, malicious destruction of prop erty, riotinsr and rowdyism are crimes that should be peremptorily and severely punished to the fullest extent of the luw, and if such sixties have transpired in Big Ivy township the principals in the out rageous deviltry should not expect the mercy of the law, so ruthlessly, recklessly and wantonly violated. . Will Clone Vp. Tiiii Crnzi-.N was informed lute butt. evening that a majority of the business men on south Main street had agreed to close their places of business to-morrow , ... . in order to observe the glorious fourth, and give their employes un opportunity to do likewise. This is right, and we hope that every store and shop in the city will lx? closed to-morrow.. Give the boys a chance, and take a "day off" y0"ur8clves, business men of Asheville. A Pleasant Mwn Parly. The little girls of Camp Patton pro- pose having u lawn party as soon as tlie weather is settled. There will be n sale of ice creamcake and fancy articles, the proceeds to be divided between the debt on Trinity church and the4 minister- mj children's league, winch is supixirt- j ing un orphan child. Further notice will 1 lx; given of the day and fiouf. , Marrlaiteit tor June. Twenty-one couples were granted li cense to wed by the register of drodn (,,r the month ins! "lm""1 " to uttend. r i (
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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July 3, 1889, edition 1
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