VOLUME V.
; ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY n, 1889.
NUMBER 77.
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THE NEW YORK FLOODS.
BRIDGES SWEPT A WAV AND
SIA.NY LIVES AUK LOST.
Hill and Tannerle Destoyed,
Ureal Damage Done to Build
Inns a Scene ol Denotation
Left In livery Direction.
New okk, July 10. A special from
Johnstownrfiew York snys : The water
which came ap over this village last
night ba subsided greatly this morning,
but has left a scene of desolation in every
direction. The water reached fifteen feet,
and overflowing everything. It bat now
fallen about eight feet below iti highest
point. Ten people are reported missing.
The bodies of four have been recovered.
These four ore all Johnstown people.
Those whose bodies are recovered are
Charles Frear and two men riamed
Soak ley and Yost, and a fourteen year
old boy named Steadwell. The drowned
and missing people were among a crowd
of thirty to fitly persons who stood on
the stone bridge crossing the river at
Ferry street watching the rising waters.
They seemed regardless of the danger until
the bridge gave way, and the were pre
cipitated into the floods The bridge was
about twenty feet high and fifteen feet
wide. It was a single arch and was
crossed by the street ' car track. The
atone bridge was swept away at seven
o'clock in the evening. Two iron bridges
of the Johnstown, Fonda and Gloucester
railway were wrecked and carried away.
Two tanneries owned by Simon Schriber
were swept uway and the Schriber and
Anderson dams were broken down. The
-water in the Coyndnta creek began to
rise at 4.30 o'clock and the stream was
soon converted into a raging torrent of
men, women and children who were
thrown into the water by breaking of a
stone bridge. A large number were
saved by means of ropes thrown to them
from the shore. This morning the fire
department, under the direction of chief
Thompson, is engaged in a search for
bodies. The final and fatal rise in the
Coyaduta were sudden and is attributed
to effects of a cloud burst. Besides the
weepiug awav of bridges and tanneries,
there is much damage to buildings which
are yet left standing. The electric light
plant was washed out and the town left
in darkness for the night. All commun
ication by wire is cut off, save through a
long distance telephone, over which this
message is sent,
Albany. N. Y., July 10. A special to
tlie American from Johnstown, New
York, says fifteen persons were carried
down the Coyaduta creek Inst night.
Four bodies were recovered this morning.
Heavy rains lust nightchoked the stream
and flooded the districts. Schreiber's
large mill in this place was carried away.
Twenty persons were on the Ferry street
bridge when the arch fell into the rushing
torrent which was filled with wreckage;
and human cries for help. The alarmed
residents, Chief McDonald with 1'residcnt
Norbreet, of the villiage police, justice
Anderson and others organized a search
ing expedition. Lanterns were -pro-cured,
and the party went along the
banks of the stream with ropes
to assist in the rescue. One person was
seen splashing and plunging in the water
near the Johnstown, Fonda mid Glovers
ville railroad bridge, one quarter of a
mile down the stream. As he floated
past those on shore he cried "For God's
sake help me!" He was swept by in the
currei t so close to the shore that a man
who was in a boat secured to a pile of
wreckuge got hold of him, but owing to
the swift current was unable to hold him
and be was swept under the floating
driftwood. Two other persons came
down a moment later clinging to drift
and shouting for help. They were swept
out of sight below the railroad bridge.
At 4 a. m. the body of Burt Speedwell,
fifWn vmiih of aire, was recovered from
the debris at this place. An hour later
Albert Soukley was pulled out from under
the driftwood that had lodged back of
Evans' mills, Soon after the body of a
man named Treadwe'U was found in the
same place. At 9 a, m. the body of Chas.
Frear, 55 years of age, was recovered
from under the wreck at Evuns' mill.
The bodies were badly bruised. Charles
. A bbott wus carried from the Ferry street
bridge to-day, which he went over, going
down a distance ot sixteen feet, but he
miraculously succeeded in swimming
ashore ana escajied without injury,
peter Ewin, a stone mason, snys lie went
down with fifteen others and was carried
under the Ferry street bridge, but suc
ceeded in getting out below. He was
bruised about the face. Purdy Case res
cued two men named Vellis und Vosburg
by means of ropes, ;
ritiwns are ene-aired this morning in
the wreckage of Schrieber's
mill near the depot, where they think
other bodies have been lodged, It is be
lieved that two men who went down on
n nlnnk lost their lives at the dam and
thnt their bodies were carried down the
stream and are now floating in the Mo
jiuwk river, '
No one knows how many people were
drowned or who are missing, The flood
ivn o irreat and the current so Swift
that no help could be rendered without
great danger. . The State street iron
bridge and railroad bridge were both
. swent awav. they were large siruci
nrm.
, Yesterday afternoon during the heav
iest P"'t tl,e Ptorm Main and Blcecker
streets in Gloversville were flooded with
water, The new pavement in Blcecker
tnvt wna torn uo for several blocks. A
number of residences in the upper part of
the town were entirely surrounded by
water. The foundation walls of a new
stone buildinir being constructed on
north Main street, Gloversville, were
nnrtlvpnrricd awav. Two iron bridges
on the Central and the Fonda, Johns-
town and Gloversville railroad atfonua
are inine. The loss will not be very great.
The railroad and street bridges in Johns
town were first-class structures, ferry
street bridire consisted of an arch span
ning the entire width of the stream. It
was upon one of the plank walks that the
people were standing when the arch was
carried uwbv. Schreiber's large mill is
entirely wrecked and willentuila loss of
about $10,000.
There are several small buildings in the
' vilWe which are uartlv ruined, their
foundations being undermined. Muny of
the bridges on country rouds along the
valley are gone and some news oi grain
Hrr nnrtlv i-nvered with water.
The loss to property at Gloversville
will probably be covered ny sj.wiiu
Amsterdam, N. Y., July 10. It is now
reported here with some evidence oi
truth that fifteen persons were drowned
at lohnstown. There is no tclegraplw
communication between this city and
Johnstown, and that place cannot be
reached except by driving.
The Weather.
Washington, D. C, July 10. Indica
tions for North Carolina Fair; station
ary temperature ; southerly winds.
HF.NDKRSONVILI.F..
-Ive Item of Interent Front a
Neighboring; Town.
HrndcreoiiTiUe Time, July 9. I
Mr. W. S. Yentes. of the Fnited States
National Museum, at Washington, is
here for. the purpose of securing 100
pounds of pure zircon crystals to lie
placed on exhibition in that institution. -j
Ex-Sheriff M. S. Justus, of Blue Ridge,
and Mr. Zeb. V. Arledge, of Hcnderson-
ille, have been appointed Deputy U. S.
Marshals in this county. Mr. W. D.
Brock, who resides near the Henderson
nd Folk county Hue. has also been ap
pointed, and, we are informed, will work
in Folk county.
Mai. W. II. Malone, of Asheville, anil
Mr. W. M. Davics, of this bar, have as
sociated themselves together for the
practice of law in Henderson county.
Major Malone is known to the profession
as one of the ablest lawyers in the State,
and the author of Criminal Briefs and
Real Property Trials.
On Thursday evening while some one
was drawing water from the well in Mr.
ohn A. Gnllamore s yard, bv some menns
the curbing tilted, and a little child of
Mr. Gnllamore fell into the wntcr fifteen
feet below the surface of the ground. The
water is four or five feet deep, but the
little fellow floated till Ren Mills, a
colored man present, went down and
rescued him. He came out uninjured,
but badly frightened. He wasonlv three
years old.
Tuesday evening a man named Arthut
McCulloch, from Saluda, Polk county.
was arrested in this place, charged with
breaking into a store at Saluda the night
previous. He informed his captors of the
whereubouts of the things stolen, con
sisting of a small amount of money, some
checks, and also the tools with which he
effected an entrance into the house, which
were ail recovered. He wns taken back
to Saluda yesterday momiug.
STATE NEWS.
Fifty-three incandescent lumps of 20-
candle power each illuminate the Rich
mond & Danville passenger depot yurd
at Charlotte.
Wm. Weddington, the negro murderer
f policeman Penree lit Monroe last au-
tum, will be hanged at Charlotte to-day.
The execution will lie private.
C. T. Grandy, late editor of the Kuleigli
News and Observer has resumed his former
position on the editorial staff of the
Washington Post.
The joint meeting of the directors ol
the State agricultural and Mechanical
Arts college will be held at Kaleigh to
day. Officers of the institution will be
elected.
A bloodv'fight occurred at Lexington
Tuesday afternoon between a colored
man named Thomas Hargrave and his
wile. They fought with knives und
gnshed each other badly, and were with
difficulty restrained from further acts of
violence. No arrests have been made.
Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, colonel
of the Eleventh infantry, United Stales
army, having been detuiled by the Adju
tant (eneral of the United States army
to attend and inspect the State Guard
encampment and to. make a full rexrt ol
the same, hns arrived at VYnghtsville.
Dr. A. VY. Miller, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Charlotte, left
Tuesday afternoon for' New York. He
will sail from thnt port Wednesday on
the City of Paris for an extended Euro-
peun tour. Mr. John M. Morchead, ol
Charlotte, will sail on the same steamer.
Writ of Habeas Corpus) Denied.
Chicago, July 10. Judge f uley, in the
Circuit court this morning declined to
issue a writ of habeas corpus in the case
f lohn F. Beggs, sr , guardian ot No. 20,
Clnn-na Gael, now in jail under indict
ment, charging him with conspiracy to
murder Dr. Cronin. The writ was asked
order that the prisoner might be
brought into court for a hearing on the
question of his admission of bail. The
State opposed it in order to avoid
disclosing the nature of the evidence
against the accused at the present time.
Floods In the Mohawk Valley.
Utica, N. Y., July 10,-The tracks of
the New York Central road are washed
awav at Fonda and Aiken. Great dam-
nee to property was done, not only at
lohnstown, but nil down the Mohawk
valley to Amsterdam. All tlie central
trains are now running over the West
Shore tracks, which were not damaged,
ilthottgh at a time last night they were
covered with water for a distance of fif
teen miles.
Sullivan at Hut Old Tricks.
New Orleans, July 10. Sullivan and
his party could not obtain enough ac
commodations on the steamship Hud
son, so they left this morning by the
Texas and St, Louis, tlie same route
taken bv Kilrain. Sullivan showed up
this morning considerably worse from
. . - . i . - .1.. r..L. 1 L-
Heavy arillKlllg since me ngm, anu ins
face still bears the murks of Kilrain's
blows.
A Ditched Train.
Brandon, Vt July 10. The north
bound train for Montreal On the Central
Vermont road was ditched in a washout
a mile north of here early this morning. A
dozen pussengers were injured, but none
seriously. The train hands all rscnjied.
The engine and five cars arc badly wreck
ed, and travel will be delayed twenty-four
hours.
Fire at WtlmliiRton.
Wilmington. N. C, July 10. The plan
ing mill and BHsh and blind factory of
Parsley & Wiggins were destroyed ny
fir. thin mnrninir fit 3 o'clock. Two SUW
mills were saved. Luss from $1)00() to
$15,000. partly covered by insurance,
The schooner Vrooman, lying at the
wharf loaded with lutnlicr was burned
loss about $30,000.
Hanging In Charlotte.
The Chronicle of the 10th says: Wed
dington, the 'negro who murdered officer
Penree in Monroe will lie hanged to
morrow at 10 o'clock in the jail in Char
lotte. Already a numlicr ot tickets have
been issued. Several people from Monroe
have secured tickets.
Woman Murderer Hanged.
Rochkbtrk, N. Y., July 10. John
Kelly, convicted of tlie murder of Eleanor
O'Shcn, near Geneva, on November 6.
1888, was hanged at Cnnnndaigun at
noon' to-day. - His throat was so badly
cut bv the rope that he was drenched
with blood.
Hot Virginia Weather.
Staunton, Vn., July 10. Tlie weather
has been excessively warm here for three
dnvs. Monday the mercury stood at
90 degrees, Tuesday at 92, and to-day
at 98 in tlie shade.
JUNE CROP RETURNS.
HEAVY INCKF.ASK IN THE
BIAIZK AREA REPORTED.
The Large! lucrrme WmI of the
MWalNMippI Condition of Win
ter Wheat Well SuHtalned
Spring; crop In Dakota.
Washington, July 10. The June crop
returns of the detriment of agriculture
make an increase in tlie area planted in
maize of about one and a third million
acres, and a total of over seventy-seven
millions. This is only a preliminary esti
mate, subject to revision after a more
thorough census by tests now in progress.
The largest increase is west of the Missis
sippi. There is a small enlargement ol
breadth in some ol tlie stouthern States,
but in tlie Eastern and Middle States
taken together, there is no increase. The
condition of the crop is onlv medium,
lower than usual at this ieriod of its de
velopment, hxcessive moisture bns de
layed planting, and low temperature and
suturattd soil hare retarded the growth
on the Atlantic coast, north of South
Carolina. In the cotton States May was
cold and at suoct points dry ; and in June
wet to excess. On the hrst ol J uly it was
in tlie same dnnger of injury from excess
of moisture, even in Texas, although the
early corn plant was in the roasting car
stage; and in some places harvested, and
ths second crop planted. In the Ohio
valley the condition is lower than else
where. The extremely cold weather of
the latter part of May and the first week
in June was very unfavorable to germi
nation, ami the frosts of thnt period in
jured or destroyed that which wus above
the ground. Replanting was slow and
plunts are therefore small. In Michigan
there has been some loss of area by plow
ing up and seeding to millet from failure
to obtain a stund. Cut worms have
been very destructive in the west. More
advanced fields in this region which
which should have been cultivated four
times at this date have only been plowed
twice. The crop is therefore late and dc
pendent upon July weather for improve
ment while it is exposed more than usual
to possible adverse conditions. Maize ol
the northern border fiom Wisconsin to
Dakota suffered from the abnormal cold
of May and the early part of June, but
looks quite as well now as in
the Ohio valley. West of the Mississipri
in the sub-humid lielt and the border of
the arid regiou the crop is generally in
fine conditon, though injured at points
by overflows and excess ot moisture. The
great American desert is green with tht
great American cereal in high develop
ment. 1 he general average ol condition
is about DO. and the averagesof the prin
cipal States are: New York 80, Pennsyl
vania HH. Virginia 90, Georgia 85, Tex4
98, Tennessee 92, Kentucky 00, Olno 81,
Michigan 70, Indianu 81, Illinois 82,
Wisconsin 83, Minnesota. 87, Iowa 05,
Missouri 92, Kansas 97, Nebraska 98.
Dakota 83.
The condition of winter wheat is well
sustained, notwithstanding injury by
storm and flood, the general condition
standing ut 92. Farmer complaints ol
threatened injury by drouth are displaced
by statements ot some actual damage
Irom abundant rums. Occasional reports
of injury from the Hessian flv, chinch
bug, midge and rust are received, but the
local estimate of condition does not indi
cate much damage. Probably the re
sulting damage may be more fully dis
charged by the books of the threshers.
In the heart of the Went, the harvest was
well advanced and is generally finished
by this date. It is entirely completed in
the South, und threshing is in progress.
The averages of condition Of the princi
pal States are as follows: New York 90,
Pennsylvania UO, Virginia 90, Georgia
94, Texas 80, Tennessee 95, Kentucky
88, Ohio 88, Michigan 89, Indiana 89,
Illinois 94, Missouri 94, Kansas 98, Cal
ifornia 97.
The straw is generally short, and is
usually 'veil headed and plump in grain,
though in some places it is somewhat
shriveled. Fears were entertained of in
jury in the shock after hnrvest, which
a change of weather may prevent. Re
turns concerning spring wheat in Dakota
are very unfavorable from results of long
continued drouth. Rains late in June hud
improved the situation, but the general
average as consolid sited is 02. Results
are extremely variable, from a good yield
down to a bushel per acre. In some sec
tions us reported grain is already head
ing out with straw six inches high. Av
erages of Wisconsin and Nebraska are
each 95, Iowa 97, Minnesota 87 and
the averages of Montana, Idaho mid
Washington are low. The general aver-
aire is about fc3, which js very low at
this stage of growth.
Rye maintains its conditions and
barley declines to about 92.
Davitt Before the ConimlMMloners,
London, July 10. Michael Davitt
appeared before the I'arnell Commission
again to-day. He complained that some-
notiy wno ncsireo 10 injure iiieiiisum
the eyes ot the British public Had placed
I wo bonus dynamite machines within
the precincts of the Court, and out of
this alleged' attempt at outrage, the
Evening Post of London had made a
sensational article which said that this
incident indicated the danger which
the court had incurred, and showed how
easily the desperate enemies of England
who had recently testified before the
commission could blow up the buildings.
Davitt, in an excited manner, asserted
his belief that the affair had been planned
by Le Caron and Houston. Presiding
justice Ilannen said he understood why
Davitt would have strong feeling in the
matter, but he must take the proper
course and make inquiries to prove his
allegations, The Justice said thut he
himself regarded the matter us a silly
hoax. - .-.
Alabama MherlfOt' Convention.
Montgomkxy, July 10. The sheriffs of
the State met here to-day, and organized
n State association. The objects and
purposes arc to mutually aid and assist
each other to enforce the laws; to arrest
and bring to trial criminals, and fugitives
from uistiee; to suppress luwlcssucssnnd
crime; using an inwiui ami reasonable
menns within their reach to accomplish
that end by prompt and energetic uc-
tion. and to allord miKiinl protection to
members of the association in the-dis
charge of their duty.
Another Railroad Wreck.
Cincinnati, luly 10. A siiecial des
patch from Oukdnle, Teun., savs, that
while a passenger train was standing
there 5.30 o'clock this morning, it wns
run into bv the southbound train on the
CiiH-innatf Southern, wrecking the engines
and I mst al car of the sotithliound train
No body wns hurt lieyond bruises. The
morning train wns five minutes ahead of
time and the benkes fniled to work.
The sale of the Black Mountain hotel
liroperty which wns to have taken place
yesterday, bus been postponed.
AURICILTVRAL REPORT.
Improved Outlook as Seen From
the Department.
Washington, lulv lo. The report of
the statistk-iuo of the department ot agri
culture shows improvement in tlie condi
tion during the past month, burly
planted areas are well advanced. That
winch was planted in .May, and wmcn
had not germinated In-fore the srnson of
drouth late and small. There was
frost nearly throughout the cotton lielt
on the last of Mu v and the first of June,
which prevented germination, already
long delayed, and arrested the growth ol
plants. There is n general complaint
of the effects of a dry and cool season,
continuing through May and into June
in delaying germination und growth, and
favoring the prevnleiieeoflice, west of the
Mississippi esicciauy) in lexns the sea
son is considered a wet one, and June
rains continuing till the day of the report
began at an earlier dnte than in the At
lantic States. The effect has been to im
prove the stand, which wns very defective
and to advance the growth of the plant.
The prevalence of rains kit the helds
somewhat grassy uti the first of July, a
condition which a few days of sunshine
since may have remedied, except on plan
tations having too large an area tor tne
nuraler of plows. The available crop
was generally kept clean during the pe
riod of drouth." Wide variation in date
of germination has had the effect to make
the crop later by a week or two tnan
that of 1888, and the stand is not good.
Some plants came np in April and some
late in June. The period of germination
has been longer tluin usual tnrougnoui
the cotton lielt. There are local differ
ences in the length of period. This refers
to the whole of the.cotton belt. Per
centages of condition by States are as
follows: Virginia 83, North Carolina 85,
South Carolina 84, (Jeorgia 80, Florida
90, Alabama 87, Mississippi 91, Louis
iana 92, Texas 90, Arkansas 83, leiiner-
see 82. General average 87.6.
The caterpillar and boll worm nave
npiiearcd in Texas and Louisiana and in
some parts of Mississippi. Setting of
lights und catching of tlie millers that
produces the cotton worm have been geu-
eral, promising a mitigation of full dep
redations.
H PORTING NEWS.
WHHliluictoti Park Races.
Chicago, July 10. First race mile
for three yeurs old: Ileath Itreach won,
Josic M second, Guy Gray, third. Time
1.42V4.
Se?ond race Handicap Sweepstakes,
mile and half: Elvton won, Stony Mont
gomery second, Montrose third. Time
;i4vi-
Tbird nice Selling two years olds, six
furUnign: Willie M. won, Grace Ely sec
ond, Pullman third. Time 1.17.
Fourth race six furlongs: Lady uny
won, Somerset second, Vermont third.
Time 1.15V.
Filth race six furlongs: Iistellc won,
Cousin Jeems second, Grccnshot third.
Time 1.15. .
Ilr!hloii Reach Racea.
Nkw YoRK.July 10. First race mile:
Hrynwood won; Young second; Broil
third, lime 1.44.
Second race mile and a quarter: Elgin
won; Kcd Leaf second; Vigilant third
Time 2.1 2.
Third race Brighton handicap, mile
and sixteenth : TVa Tray won; Panama
second; Ten Iloek third, lime 1.50.
Fourth race six furlongs: Scndrift
won; Miracle second; Dulesmun third
Time 1.15'A.
Fifth race six furlongs: Ovid won
Pericles second; Pelham third. Time
l.lti'j.
IlaMelmll VeMterday.
At. Washington Washington 0, Chi
cago 4.
At rinladelphia I'hiladelpliia 5, In
dianapolis 3.
At Cincinnati Cincinnati 4, Colum
bus 2.
At Boston Boston 5, Ck-vcland 8.
At New York New York 14,1'ittsburg
I.
At Louisville Louisville 0, Brooklyn
3.
At Kansas City Kansas City 2
Baltimore 3.
At St. Louis St. Louis 2, Athletic 4.
THE SHERIFF W AH I.ATK,
And John I.. Cave Him the Slip
Kilrain Huld to be Very Hick
Nkw Ohukans, July 10. The sheriff of
Marion county, Mississippi, came here
this morning for the purpose ot arresting
Sullivan and Kilrain. He has gone to
Baton Rouge to get a requisition from
Gov. Nicholls, and will return to New
Orleans this afternoon- Meantime the
pugilists are siecding away as fast as
steam can carry tnem.
Momi.R, Ala., luly 10. lohn L. Sulli-
van and party left New Orleans on
sK-cial train this afternoon, and ran
through Mississippi without a stop until
Grand bay, Mobile county, was reached
where a S)cc-ial car awaited the regular
tram Irom New Orleans and was coupled
on and came to this city, arriving ut
o'clock. After a wait of half an hour
the train pulled out for the North via
Montgomery.
Washington, July 10. A rumor be
came current this nlternoon here and in
Chicago that Kilrain had died on the
train coming north between Dallas and
Tcxarkaiia. A dispatch " from Little
Hock, however, snys that Kilrain passed
there at 2.30 p. m. to-day, and that he is
pretty sick.
The State Encampment.
Wilmington, N. C, July 10,-The
second annual Encampment of the North
Carolina State Guatd iqienedat Wrighls-
ville Sound to-day. About twelve htm
dred troops arc in camp. The Encnm-
merit will continue ten duys, and tne
soldiers will lie sulneclcil to strict mili
tary discipline. The Government has just
completed a sea const battery of tour
mortars und two ten lneli guns, and the
troops will be drilled in artillery tactics
every nay. 1 he houses here are beuuU
lullv decorated with nnirs and buntinii,
and many strangers are flocking into the
city.
liurninic of a Wilmington Hteainer,
Wilmington, N. C, July 10. The large
steamer Oticen ol St. Johns was burnc
to the watrr's edge at her wharf just
nbove thccily to-night. She wns owned
by J. C. Christopher, and was brought
here from St. Johns river last summer to
run ns an excursion steamer. She was an
immense boat with a capncity for 1,200
pai
km
iswngers. The origin ut the tire is un
nnwn. 1 he steamer had been tied up
since last season. She is said to have
Iwen partially insured,
Light breaks were again the order ol
the day at the warehouses yesterday
Prices were only average
A COLLECTOR -RESIGNS:
CO I- KMNONH CLARK RE
CEIVEs) AN APPOINTMENT.
Secretary Noble Has Nothing to
ttujr About the Tanner Affair
Vcaterdajr'a Appointment
by the Prettldent.
Washington, July 10. The Secretary
of the Treasury has received the resigna
tion of Frank llradley, collector of
revenue for the district oi'SouthCarolina.
Tlie President has made the following
appointments: hmmons Clark, of New
ork, consul at Havre; Archibald J.
Sampson, of Colorado, consul at Aca-
ulco: Koswell Ilorr, of Michigan, at
Valparaiso; James F. Hartixan, of the
District of Columbia for the Port of
Trieste and all otherportsin the Austrian
omimons; John J. cnew, ol the Dis
trict of Columbia to be Secretary ol
Legation at Vienna.
bond offerings to-day aggregated $370,-
300; accepted $335,300 at 106 for
four and hall's, and 129 for fours.
The croD report of the aimcultural de
partment for July shows a large falling
ft ot area in tobacco amounting to over
23 per cent, on both cigar and manufac
turing leaf, the latter sustaining most of
the loss. A preliminary estimate makes
reduction of 30 ner cent, in Tennessee.
34 in Kentucky, 44 in Indiana and 30 in
iiiois, with a smaller reduction m Ohio
and Missouri.
The President hns appointed Vm. P.
Hush to be postmaster at Lake. City,
Florin place of Fhzah Adams appointed
line 4th, lust, but not commissioned.
Secretary Noble was seen late this afler-
non and asked it there were any truth in
the reiterated reports that he desired to
have a new commissioner of pensions in
the place of corporal Tanner. He was
getting into the department carriage at
the time to be driven to his home, tie
suid that he had nothing to say about
the report. lie made no answer and im
mediately drove off, when asked if this
statement could lie interpreted as mean
ing that tlie publications hud some foun
dation. Death of Mr. Tyler.
Richmond, July 10. Mrs. John Tyler,
ife of cx-l'residcnt Tyler, died at the
Exchange hotel this evening from a con
gestive chill.
Mrs. 1 vler had only been at the hotel
since Sunday evening, huving come from
visit to her son, Lyon l. lyler, at Wil
liamsburg, and was to have k'ft here
Monday on a visit to another son on the
;imes nver, hut feeling unwell she kept
her room, luesdny at ll o clocK she
was taken with a chill. Dr. Ed ward Mc-
Guire was sent for, and he was soon
joined bv Dr. Hunter McGuire, but medi
cal skill proved of no avail, and she died
at 5.15 o clock this evening. Mrs. lyier
k-uves four children, Lyon G. Tyler, pres
ident of William and Mary College, Va.;
iardinerG. Tyler, who live in Charles
City county, Va.; Dr. Lacklan Tyler, of
Washington city, and Mrs. w m. ivius,
of Montgomery county. Her children
have been telegraphed for. but it isdoubt-
hil it nnv of them will be able to reach the
ity to-night.
Seven Centa Each.
DHAZtij,- lnd., July 10. At a regular
semi-weekly meeting yesterday of the
Miners Kelief Committee $5,754 depend
ents and $402 in relief fund were re
ported, which is just seven cents each
The relict fund decreased $100, while the
umlier of dependents increased 79 since
Friday. The trade has become so disor
ganized that it is doubtful if the opera
tors can allord to pay 7U cents as at nrst
ollcred.
Martin Hurke Delivered Vp.
Winnipeg. Man.. July 10. The argu
mcnt in the proceedings for the extradi
tion of Martin Burke, under indictment
in Chicago for the murder of Cronin, was
concluded here this afternoon, and Judge
llain gave an order tor nis exiraouion.
Negro Lynched. s
Atlanta, Ga., July 10. Near Tunnel
Hill this- morning Martin L,ove, colored
attempted a rape on Miss Addie Rogers
a white girl. He was caught late in the
dny and lynched by a masked mob.
RANDOM NOTES
Roped In by RambllnK Reporters
Roamtnu Around the City.
The hotels showed up large lsits of ar
rivals in the city yesterday.
No marriage license was issued by the
register of deeds yesterday.
Young Floyd Justice continues to im
prove, lie is still coiitincu in jun.
lohn Carroll says that CarmiclincTs
whipjied cream soda is a spunking good
drink. .
The condition of motor man Smith
who had his hand so terribly mangled
Tuesday morning, is reported to be much
better.
A drill meeting of Buncomlie Division
No. 1, Uniformed Rank, K. of P., will lie
held nt their Castle hall on Patton avenue
this evening.
The Rovnl Arch Masons will lie in ses
sion to-niirlit. as will niso tne Limea
Workmen, nt their lodge room on Col
lege street.
The new directory of the city ol Ashe
villc will sltow a population of between
twelve thousand and fifteen thousand
souls. Asheville is growing.
A countymnn with two young foxe
und a pair of hawks amused the garni
element of the city at the corner of south
Nfuin street and Pulton a venue yesterday
afternoon.
The Asheville Lig'il Infantry hnve ar
rived at Wrightsville right side up with
care.' We snail expect w near a goon re
port from the boys when the encampment
is over. '
Tub Citizhn job printing establish
ment is printing a handsome and unique
catalogue for Rev. S. N. Barker, president
of the Asheville Female College, setting
forth the unsurpassed advantages of that
most superior educational institution.
CREAT128 many a new business;
liNLAKtili!) muny an M Itusincss;
itliVIVliS many a dull business;
KICSCUES muny a lost business;
HA VliS mnnv a failing business;
I'RliSHK VLS many a turpi business;
SLCURliS Buccess in any business.
To advertise Judiciously, use the col
umns of "The Citizen." Everybotly rends
it; and in prnpoi tion to the returns it
yields ndvei titers, its rates art the cheap
est in the counti r.
The Encampment.
We have no special report from
Wrightsville, and must be content with
what information the Wilmington papers
give us.
The Star gives us some accounts which
we will utilize as we find , convenient.
The troops have now all reached Camp
Latimer, the name of the encampment.
the same as used last year, and the same
well shaded grounds are occupied, with
arrangement changed to conform more
closely to army regulations than was
possible last year. There are three hun
dred and seventy-nine tents in all. The
troops began to arrive on the grounds
about noon of Tuesday and were all
probably on the ground by the evening
of that day. The number present will be,
it is expected, between 1,200 and 1,400.
The Government has erected a battery,
under supervision of Major Arnold, U. S.
A., and it is mounted with heavy guns
and mortars, giving the troojw the ad-
antnge of fortification artillery practice, I
branch of service new to thisgeucration
of volunteer trotqis.
We take the lilwrty of quoting the fol
lowing extract from an editorial in the
Wilmington Messenger relative to the
State Guard :
The organization is in every way to be
commended. It is composed of the best
material. It is becoming more and more
efficient with discipline. It is a great
source of safety and contributes no little
to the welfare and order of the State.
Long mav it flourish! Ma v the people of
the State appreciate its imjiortunce and
foster it in every possible way! May
legislators kum more of its worth as a
conservator of the public peace and do
all that is needed in the way ol appro
priations to promote and guurantee its !
permanent ethcieucy!
Oar Waya and Doing.
The telegrams give as duily note of
what is being done to build up devas
tated Johnstown, an operation from all
accounts equivalent to rebuilding, not
only houses, but streets and thorough
fares. A stranger coming here just now
might conclude that all Asheville was
doing the same thing; and it is making sim
ultaneous overhauling of all its streets,
bridges, sidewalks, and everything to
promote future convenience by destroy
ing it altogether for the present. Such an
amount of digging up the ground for
sewer piiies, gas pipes, street railway
tracks, water mains, etc., has probably
never lieen seen in any one town at the
same time this side of the Mississippi
river. This, together with the darkness
that prevailed while the moon did not
shine, the dust tbut stifled as soon as it
censed' to ruin, the blocking up of side
walks by the work on new buildings, all
occurring at the same time at the period
when the great summer influx of visitors
has set in, is full of unpleasant impres-
w.n am it la full tf n-fll Itmnil vm.nie
We are philosophic enough to accept the
situation as unavoidable. Visitors cer-
tuinly will not be so patient, neither will
some citizens. We therefore urge upon
the authorities the speedy completion
and closing up of all work now going on,
even if the working force has to be dou -
bled.
Veteran Association.
We are pleased to see that the meetings
of the old soldiers were almost universal
throughout the State on the 4th of July,
They were so numerous that we find it in
vain to rexrt the results of all. In all,
the same end was reached the forma
tion of county associations, the aim of
which is to make provision lor the needy
soldier of the late war. We suppose as a
matter of course, as it will be a matter
of necessity, that some central executive
body will be formed to put in concen
trated shape the will of the many scat
tered county organizations, otherwise
very little practical good can lie effected,
It is suggested that the veterans go
into annual encampment, like the State
Guard. Except as a pleasant social re
union, we do not see any good to come
of this. Yet it would be churlish to an
tagonize it, if the - veterans so determine;
for their sinking strength and lessening
numbers should lie brightened with all the
cheer thut should lighten the durk mem
ories of wounds, hardships and past neg
lect.
A PleaHniit occaHlon.
The committee of the Sons of Temper
ance gave an elegant entertainment Tues
day night at their hall over Carmichnel's
store. The principal features were a poem
of welcome by fhc chaplain ; an excellent
recitation by Miss Edith Ward, and an
original sketch entitled, "What the Goose
Family did for Foxficld Farm." Refresh
ments, choice and abundant, were also
served.
Prof. K. H. ttraves.
We regret to learn from the News
Observer of yesterday, that the condition
of this gentleman, who was removed to
the insane asylum immediately ufter his
attempt ut suicide, is critical, and that
his death is an early probubihty.
suspenders.
The Raleigh Cull announces the forma
tion of a susiendcr company in Kuleigli
The Chicago pajicrs recently announced
the formution of one in thnt city with a
capital of $25,000. We wonder if the ob -
jeets of the two are similar?
V. M. A. Meeting.
There will be a regular meeting of the
Y. M. C. A. to-night at H.30 o'clock, in
the lecture room of the Presbyterian
church, All men invited to attend.
Royal Arch Maaona.
Asheville Chapter No. 25, will hold its
regular monthly convocation, thisThurs
dav evening, July 11th, at 8.30 sharp.
Installation of officer. Companions
please lie punctual in attending.
By order of the High Priest.
S. IIammknhiilao, Secretary,
OUR NEW NAVY.
THE BALTIMORE STARTS ON
HER FIRST TRIAL. TRIP.
The Preaent Teat Private One
Preliminary to the Official Teat
Soon to be Made Before
the Naval Board.
Philadelphia, July 10. The steel gov
ernment cruiser Baltimore, the third con
structed by the Messrs. Cramp, and the
most formidable of the new nary, started
down the river this morning for a three
days trial at sea for the purpose of mak
ing a thorough test ot improved machin
ery and sea going qualities of the vessel.
1 he present trial is a private one to de
tect delects, if any exist, in the machinery
so that they can be remedied in time for
the official test, which will take place m
a few weeks under the supervision of
naval officers appointed by the Secretary
of the Navy. Shortly after 11 o'clock
the bow of the Baltimore swung out into
the stream, the propeller was set in mo
tion, and the cruiser proceeded down the
river tn Ilflflurflrf. Rrnlrurntv th tnrn.
tion being to put to sea this evening.
J' was under command of Capt. Joseph
Steele; and among those on board were
Charles and William Cramp, rep
resenting the builders; Captain W. S. .
Schley, U. S. N., who is to command
the Baltimore after her accept
ance by the government; Lieutenant
Seaton Shroeder, commander of the
Vesuvius; Lieutenant A. F.Fullom, Chief
Engineer Abel, who is to have charge of
the Baltimore's engine, and her two as.
sistant engineers. Before departing the
Messrs. Cramp stated that it was their
intention to make the test as thorough
as possible. ,
FOLKS YOU KNOW.
Who They Are i Where They Are,
and What They Are Doing.
Julius ScbifT, Esq., of Charlotte, is at
Battery Park.
Mrs. Tbos. I). Carter is visiting friends
at Morganton.
Genial Sol. Fkischinan, of Richmond,
is at the Swannanoa.
Messrs. E. K. Cunningham and A, S.
Bry son, of Franklin, are here.
Miss Blanche Venablc returned from
Morchead yesterday afternoon.
J. A. Porter has gone to Danville,
Lynchburg and Greensboro on a business
trip.
John Vnulandingham, a prominent citi
zen and extensive cotton broker, of Char
lotte, is at the Grand Central.
Postal clerk Chas. L. Cliff, of the Ashe
ville and Columbia route, railway mail
service, was here yesterday.
Thomas L. Gash, Denver's; M. A.
Cooper, Brevard, and Geo. Duckcr, Sum
ter, S. C, are at the Grand Central.
Prof. John R. Monroe left yesterday
afternoon for a visit to Hot Springs and
other places on the E. T., V. & G.road.
Mr.J. C. Pritchard, deputy internal
revc"ue " e poison o.stnct,
jcMcruay.
Mr- b- J- Aton and Mrs. L. M. Pease
ltft yesterday for Franklin, Macon
county, where they will remain several
I day-
1 Messrs. R. M. Furman, Jas. H. Lough-
run and M. H. Kelly leave for Raleigh
on the noon train to-day. They go on
private business and will return to Ashe
ville Saturday.
Mr. W. S. Yeates, assistant director of
the National Museum of the Smithsonian
Institution at Washington, is at the Bat
tery Park. Mr, Yeates is a son of ex
Congressman Jesse J. Yeates, of the first
North Carolina district.
The Charlotte Chronicle of yesterday
says:
"Mr. and Mrs. John Vanlandingham
accompanied by Miss Laura Orr, left
yesterday afternoon for an extended trip
West and Worth. I hey went directly
from here to Statesville where they spend
a day as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jos,
Caldwell ; thence the party goes to Asks- -
ville for a day. After leaving there the
trip will be by daylight to Louisville,
Cincinnati, St. Louis, New York City,
Philadelphia and Washington, thence
home. The trip as planned runs nearly
three weeks."
Asheville on the Seaahorc
We clip the following from the News-
Observer. The mountaineers are ahead
ofthelowlunders in genuine fisherman's
luck. Attorney General Davidson had
good training on Hazel Creek and the
headwaters of Tuckaseegee, but he never
made as full a bag in those lively streams ,
ns he seems to have done in the old ocean:
MoRKiiRAn City, N. C, July 9. Attor
ney General Davidson and friends from
Asheville made the largest eaten ot fish
of the season yesterday, taking a hundred -
and seventy-live in a tew hours. Ihe
weather is delightful and the crowd is
rapidly increasing.
Arranging-a Calendar.
A meeting of the members of the Ashe
ville bar was held in the courthouse yes
terday afternoon for the purpose of ar
ranging a calendar of the causes to be
heard at the August term of the Superior
court for Buncombe. The slim attendance
I of the legal brethren was noticeable, but
the calendar was arranged "just the
same.
Meetings closed.
The scries of meetings which has been
in progress for several days at the Cen
tral Methodist church under the conduct
1 of Rev. John Boring, closed last night.
The meetings have been very interesting
and the congregation has been much ben
efited by them. .
Rather a Warm Day.
Yesterday the mercury stood at eighty-
six in the shade, tnakjng the day tlie hot
test, by four degrees, of any In this sum
mer so far. But while the inn was hot,
a pleasant breeze played, and the beat
wns not felt in the shade.
Three small cases before his Honor yes
terday netted the' city about $9 in the
way of tines.