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THE THE DAILY CITIZEN Delivered to Vial torn in any part of the Cit j. BOARDING, WANTS, I'or Rent, and Lost Notices, thtee lines or lesa, 25 Cents for each Insertion. liAlJbl Ull One Month Two Week, or lenr,. VOLUME V. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1889. NUMBER 145. 61 W THE ROM) ROBBERY. ni'HKE GETTING RKAItV TO COME HOME. Ktot at preHent In a Condition to ttlve Full Information concern Iiik the State of Attain at New OrleanH In Feeble Health. London, September '11. A representa tive of the Associntcd Press called upon Maj. B. A. Hurl?;, of New Orleans, ex treasurer ol the Sl;ite of Louisiana, at his hotel this morning. Mn.i. Burke was very busily engaged in the dispatch of necessary business preparatory to bis departure for America on the F.truria to morrow. When asked if he desired to make any statement in regard to alleged irregularity in connection with the Slate bonds when he was treasurer of Louis iana, Burke expressed regret that be was not in a condition to give full infor mation. He had no knowledge of the charges that had been made, or of the present situation at New Orleans, except such us hud been conveyed to him in a tew brief cable dispatches. These were not adequate to enable him fully to un derstand what allegations have been i made, nor upon what ground. He had gathered from them, however, that the situation was of sufficient gravity to make it highly exjicdient for him to re turn to America at once. This would in volve the abandonment for the present of important business interests in Lon don, which wouid be likely to result in serious pecuniary loss. Hut he did not hesitate to make the sacrifice, lor he felt that be must hasten home in order to meet at once any iiicsiion that might arise touching Hie administration of the office ol the Slate treasurer during the nine years ol his incumbency. For two vears of the period thai he had the oflicc, bis lime and uttcntiou were almost wholly absorlicd in the work of the international exposition t l New Orleans. During all this time, the affairs of the State treasurer's office were left almost entirely in the hands of men in whom he had absolute confidence. Al the time when he surrendered the office, an exhaustive iii(iury into its adminis tration was made by a legislative com mittee, aided by experts from five banks, :and from the commercial agencies of K. G. Dun & Co.; and Bradstrecls report ot this committee, issued in July 1887. makes the position of coupons ierf'cctly clear, llurke emphasized the fact that it was ut his special request that a com mittee ol inquiry examined singly every coupon that had been paid. He denies that he ever paid any invalid coupons. A small uumlier of coupons, he declares, were put aside and were never paid. These are now in Ins possession, and will show lor themselves. He expressed the determination on his return to go fully into the whole mailer as be realizes the seriousness of the situation. Hut he thought it undesirable, if not impossi ble, to discuss such involved questions in telligently in Loudon. He preferred to wait till he reached home, and have the light of full information. In conclusion, burke said, with emphasis: "H it can be shown that 1 ain indebted to the State of Louisiana in any way I am ready to make the indebtedness good." Hurke's health is feeble. He has been undergoing severe surgical oieratioiis during the past four mouths. Mrs Hurke ulso, lias lieen prostrated with illness. Hurke said his intention had been not to sail for America until Octolier 5 ; but his dispatches show that the situation of ali'airs at New Orleans is so urgent that he had no alternative but to bring lo sudden termination the business which had brought him to London. IteniH ot Intercut. 'The Prince of Monaco says he will stop .-irubliiiL' in his nrincinality if the great nowern wilt L'rnnt him an annuity of 2,000.000 francs, and he will he virtuous. We know men who would be virtuous for tint half that amount. The fact that 450 brake-men are killed and 4,000 injured annually on the rail roads of this country, shows the need of some system for automatically coupling cars to prevent this great loss of lile and injury to men. A Chicago office boy on a salary ol three dollars a week retuseii an omr oi five dollars from a reputable firm liecausc lie was devoted to his employer. The hoy's conduct pleased his boss so much tl;at his wages were raised to five dollars nt the end of the year, and in the course of time the youngster was made partner in the house. Florida annually produces $;10,000 worth of honcv. $40,000 woii.h ol straw berries, $50,000 worth of hogs. $:i.0.00') worth of beef, $30,000 worth of sheep. $750,000 worth of sponges, $:i50,00n worth of fish and oysters, $3,500,001' worth of oranges, lemons, limes and pine apples, $05,0110 worth of sugar and mo lasses, $"J(I0,0II0 worth of rice. $5"0.00l ivorth of cedar. $20.000,ooo worth ol lumber, and $400,000 worth of cotton a total ol $30,000,000. The destruction of cuttle hv bears in the country bordering upon the great swamps in the eastern part of the Stale isgreatethis sunin.cr and autumn than .ever ticfore. It is a remarkable fact that the bears are the great obstacles to suc eessful cattle raising there. They kill and eat the largest cat tle, and find n quite sate refuge in the swamps. Large nuni liers of the bears have lieen killed, and there is talk of organized attacks upon them this winter. "The progress that electricity has made in tbi countrv is wonderful," says an ex liert electrician. "There are now in use Jn the United ritfltes more than 5,(550 vi-ntrnl electric stations for light and .ouwer. There are 2100,000 are lights and ,600,000 incandescent lamps. There '.were 50 electrical railways in operation up to Ju)y , and at present there are 86 .additional ronds in process of construc tion. The increase of capital in electrical investments during the venr 1NS8 was nearly $70,000,000." The fact has been overlooked that a tatue to Columbus, whose memory is flow undergoing rejuvenation, was greeted more than a century ago, and is still there, being said to be the oldest monument in existence in the 1'nited States, with the exception of the Pitt monument in Washington square, Charleston. It stands in the grounds of the Samuel Ready Asylum, upon property whilh has changed owners lour times since the statue was erected. It was dedicated October 12, 1784, by ihe French consul, Gen. de Amumor, who had remained in Baltimore, with perhaps a hundred French officers and soldiers, after the close of the Revolutions' y war. De Amumor was under Count de Grnsse, and witnessed the surrender at York town. Tbe monument has suffered somewhat from irreverent hands, but is .still intact. CHICAGO RKV1HW, BuHineHH in the (.rain Center Dur ing Yeiiterday'H HettHiou. Chicago, September 27. Speculative trade in wheat was again of large vol ume, but the market was very nnseitltd and irregular, prices tlii.'tnating fre quently and rapidlv. The opening was weak and 'lic'sc. off, the weakness start ing really on the curb yesterday. Light exports, clear and gave the market a de cidedly bear turn just at the finish. The final closing figures were 1 '-till'"'.-, lower for the day, September ami the more de ferred futures showing greater weakness comparatively than October and Decem ber. A fair speculative trade was witnessed ill the corn market and the feeling devel oped was a little firmer. Trading wasin the main local, the principal tea lure being the heavy selling ol October and buying of December by a firm of prominent local traders which narrowed tliediftcrcnccaud were selling al tunes al uearlv the same price. The market opened al yesterday's closing prices, was firm and gradually advanced 'ic ruled steady, and closed with near months at the same and oil mouths 'c. higher than yesterday. In oats the market was without new features. Trading was light and mainly lor May delivery. Very few outside orders were received to either buy or self and a quiet and steady feeling prevailed. Ill mess pork only a fair trade was re ported. Prices ruled Dial 2' -sc. higher early, but an unsettled leeling prevailed and prices receded 20ii25c. on mar deliv eries, while November advanced l."a2lc. and January ruled steady. In laid trading wiss comparatively light. Early leciing was stronger and prices wire advanced 2',2a5e. but the market weakened again and the advance was lost. In suoi t ribs lss activity was notice able. The leeling was easier anil prices oeclined on'ac. on near deliveries. AN AKRUNAI'T'S IIICATII. DeNcendinit in a Parachute. He In Drowned In Olncfco I.alte. At the annual fair ol Otsego county in Cooperslown.Xcw York, a tragic accident occurred. The principal feature of the day was a balloon ascension to be made by" lidward Walsworth of Ilion, an amateur balloonist. About 4 o'clock the balloon was leady, and he entered with out fear, lie had a parachute with him, and was to descend when up about a mile. Cooierstowu is on Otsego Lake, and as the wind was in the direction of the lake he was carried out some distance from the shore. When about a mile up he descended from the balloon with ids parachute. The wind carried him toward the middle of the lake, ami when he dropped be was a mile and a half from the shore, and was drowned. Many spectators went out ill boats, but they were too late. The ascension was the prettiest ever seen in Cooperstown. and the balloon went up like a charm. It is thought thnt Walsworth did not see his danger when he descended. His first ascension was in Herkimer a few weens ago. Hrooklyn Jockey Cluli RaeeH. Nkw York, September 27. First race, selling, all ages six furlongs: Mule won, Pericles second, King Cede third. Time 1.2U. Second race handicap, all ages mile and a furlong: Now or Never won, Huntress sicoud. J. A. H. third. Time 2.01. Third race selling, all ages mile and a sixteenth: Swift and ('.olden ran a dead heat. Only two starters. In the run off Swift won. Time 1.52. Fourth race sweepstakes for I hrecyenr olds and upwards mile: Bcllwood won, F.leve second, Ncwburg third. Time I.4.S. Filth race selling for two year olds six furlongs: Dilemma won. Judge Morrow second, Gunwod third. Time 1 .20' t. Sixth race sweepstakes for three year old noil winners: Hen Harrison won. Oregon second, The Forum third. KHcape of a Staife Kohbrr, Hksskmkh, Mich., Septemlier 2i Tin (iogeliic stage robber, Keiniuiid Ilolzhoy, otherwise known as "Black Bart," to gether with s.vcral other prisoners, made his escape from the county jail hure this a. in. lie was brought here from Repub lic, where he was arrested some daysago for holding up the Gogebic stugcandmiir dcring one of its occupants, Flcischbciu. of Illinois. The sheriff has called a posse eomitatus to pursue the fugitive and tele graphed to all neighhoring points to in tercept him. The ciivens arc much ex cited and are turning out in large mini 1 ,v is to join in the mini h::ut. It is also said that bloodhounds have been tcli- graphed for to take up the trail. ! Hun ColUm Review. Nkw York, September 20. The Sun's i cotton review says: "Futures were without decided change or feature of in terest except out ol September corner there was an early decline to 11.25. a fresh break to 11.30 on short notice, then a strong boom with some excite ment to 11.65, with which the market closed. Other months were a little de pressed until it was seen that the inte rior movement was small, when there was more strength, although there was quiet. Bulls are now promising a twist on account of shorts. Cotton on the spot was quiet. Hatienall Venterday. At Chicago Chicago (, New York IS. At Indianapolis IndiunpolisS, Boston 15. At Pittsburg Pittsburg 4, Philadel phia 3. At Kansas City Kansas City 8, Cin cinnati Hi. At Cleveland Cleveland 11, Washing ton 7. At Brooklvn Baltimore 0, Brooklyn 2 in 4th Quebec Attain Menaced. (JfKHHC, September 27. Another fis sure is visible in the overhanging rocks, and the cliff is somewhat bulged out. The kiosk at the end of Dufferin terrace is also inclining over gradually. It islhe j I i i . ...l. ..i" j general opinion that a couple dt ys, more o ram or n.gl.l s tros will malt in nnoinci unnismiv. .wiw uiini,iiiuinj, this, the city authorities are having a roadway btiilt over the fallen rocks, just as if there was not the least danger. The Hickory Fair, I Hickory Sentemlier 27. f Special.) I . . 1 l . . 1- ' ... I The lair closed lo-dav with exciting racing by horses from Durham. Charles - ton. Mt. Airy. Dallas and the county. The occasion was a success m everv re - i speet. W. F. T. The Weather To-Daw. Washington, Septemlier 27. Indicn - tions for North Carolina Fair; north- erly winds; stationary temperature; warmer; fair weather on Sunday. state m;, The Marion Free Lance claims that Cnpl. J. S. Brown, of McDowell county. N. C, is the champion wheat grower of that Statefc His crop this year yielded 1,(120 bushels. On ten acres lit raised 1-44 bushels, an average of 14 2-5 bushels per acre, which is a splendid record. Salisbury Watchman: ('mod roads! Uow arc we to get them ? The winter is coining and the rains and the frosts may lie expected lo produce their usual effects upon our ronds. Good roads leading to this town would benefit it more than tiny railroad now existing fir any that could 'ie built. Orange County Observer: Frost was reported here Friday, Saturday and Sun day mornings. Tobacco, in some sec tions, was slightly damaged by Sunday's frost. Mr. F.vans Turner, of Little River township, a well known farmer and brother of Hon. Josinh Turner, died last Tuesday night. He leaves a wife and one daughter. Pat Brewer, col ored, who killed student Frieze al Chapel Hill, made his escape from the peniten tiary farm near Raleigh last Tuesday morning. Charlotte Democrat : W. J. David died at Columbus. Ga., last Thursday, lie was an ardent Alliance man, and his heart was bent on defeating the jute Irust. He was agent ut the wnrrhouse, and since the cotton season opened jifte's jaunt appearance was much more fre quent than agent David's favorite cot ton. These facts with the onerous du ties of his office are believed to have has .ciicd his death. The last words he pro nounced on earth were "cotton hug ging." Charlotte Democrat : Mr. Pearson, the evangelist, has held three services each lay during lb week at the Y. M. C. A. building, which have been largely al ien. led. many not aide to obtain seats. Mr. Pearson's plain sermons, or more strictly speaking talks, are listened to wit b marked attention and are powerful in winning souls to Christ. The after noon services were Bible lessons for ladies only, conducted by Mrs. i'earson. Great Interest was manifested in these meet ings, and the spacious room was crowded. Mr. Pearson will close his labors in harlolte on Friday. He will preach at Rock Hill on Sunday next, a large tent Having been creeled lor the mectidg. I'.ivcttcvillc Observer: Mr. John Mc I lull'ic mentioning the fact that on the l'.)!h ami 20th insts. he had tor his guest Mr. John Campbell, of Ouwhiflle towi -shii gave us some interesting informa tion concerning this old gentleman, so remarkable for his longevity and physi cal activity. Mr. Campbell will be ninety-nine years ol age on the 2llth prox., and call still walk from ten to twelve miles a day. He has never married, never used tobacco, and has been throughout lite a remark ably temperate man in all respects. OuwhiHlc township has been long noted l'oithc good health and longevity ol its inhabitants; and Mr. Campbell says that Joe MeKcthan, colored, is 17 years oliler than he being fully 110 years o I age ami is even now the best basket maker in the county. The walk to town and back the same day, a distance of 20 miles, is only an ordinary act for Joe. Wreck of the Koyal tieorjee. All the Vi'nr Kuuml. Again, in 1711, the F.dgnr, scveuty fonr guns, just home from Canada, blew up in Portsmouth harbor with 800 men on board, nearly all of whom perished. Hut the loss of the Royal George came upon the people in an impressionable mood, and, finding a poet to record it, his homely lines were soon ill everybody's mouth, and children without end have learned them by heart. The Royal George was lying quietly at anchor oil Spithcad after a spell of' foreign service, there were fiddles going between decks, and Moll and Sue were there with bum-boat-women and all kinds of visitors from the shore. The Admiral was in the cabin writing, and the officers were calmly watching the operations of the workmen from the dock yard, who, to dean the ship's copper sheathing, "Had Hindi the vesst l luvl And laid ln-r nil lur side. nst then a puff of wind came from off sliote, the ports were open, the gnus not properly secured. "llinvil went tile Rn; Willi nil her crew c 111 r.ei inpli'. Not every soul perished, however. A captain and a lieutenant swam ashore, and a midshipman was also saved, with one or two seamen. The captain, seeing the ship going down with a swirl, seized young ! icrce, the middy, by the waist band and flung him into the sea free of the vortex of the sinking ship. The boy could not swim a stroke, but a sailor helped him to keep afloat, and then to the main shrouds, for when the ship set tled her topmasts wereslill above water. sheep too, swam ashore, with an in fant holding on to the fleece. But all the rest perished the eight hundred of crew and officers, and many who were not rated on the ship's book. The line-of-hattle ship Boyne took tire in 1T'.I5 at her moorings at Spithcad. Officers anil crew escaped by the boats sent to their assistance, but the ship, drifting away, made tor the harbor with the flood tide, and threatened destruction to all the shipping. Fortunately she took the ground near the Castle and her maga zines blew up with a tremendous report that shook the town to its foundations. The nuelllMtM and the Law. News iinri Courier. The recent duel between Williamson and Calhoun promisistobenvcrvserious matter niter all, us it should "lie. The principals and seconds and important witnesses have been surrendered to the Alabama authorities by the Governor of Georgia, and it is hoped that the trial of the case will lie pressed without tear, j It would have been favor or affection fii Itr better had the law lieen more prompt :o take cognizance of so scnndrflous a to take cognizance breach of the public pence, lint as it has moved with a leaden heel it should now strike with uit iron hand. The duelisls cannot plead ignorance of the law they went about the business of . , - . : ... I. a I I. ...i .. .1.. aLieinpeiiii; i-o I"' eacii oinci wiui u ne- I determination to defv the law. nm tc nw !i,mlil ,K. mUm -m (lr((T that other would lie duelists may he de terred from the exercise of like murderous intentions. There is nothing in this whole uffair that should appeal to the charity of the public, ond lieeause of the i bigh social position and distinguished '..I. ......- ..1 flu. ..nlictu tliu .U.....I... , character of the duelists the penalty : should le all Hie more severe. ; something of a Brier. . 1 wtlminRtil Review. we were siiown vesternav ov Air. lo- t geph W. Curr, ot Duplin Ronds, a brier 1 vine which sprouted from the ground in the early part of Mav and was taken , from its roots on Monday. It measured I Ibrty-one leet. TRADE REVIEW. IH M c CO.'H REPORT OF THE 1IHT10N OK HISIM:SS IHiHliieHH IndicationH (Generally KavnmWe-Trade More Active an Incrnse in ExportN Xoliced The Monetary Situation. NliW York, September 27. R. G. Dun N: Co's review of trade tor the week says : Business indications this week are gen erally favorable. Throughout the North west the colder weather has made trade more active, and at the Fast improving manufactures and the he.ivv export trade stimulate business of all kinds. Exports from New York for four weeks exceed last year's by 25 per cent., and a like gai l elsewhere would mean an excess of exports over imports for the month approaching $0,000,000. The increase in imports here has been IiutH1:' percent., but that excess would not meet the allowance for interest tiudei valuations and freight chaigts; so that foreign ex change has advanced during the week ' be. The Bank of Knglund lias raised its rate Irom 4 to 5 percent., and that hank lost $855,00(1 specie for the week, tin Hank ot Prance also losing ih2,275,000, and the Bank of Germanv $2,124,000. These evidences of foreign demand, with the low state of reserves at New York render monetary futures less loose, and t he rates for moncv have advanced du ring the week fullv I per cent, on ctill with increasing caution in commercial loans. The treasury lias helped during the week by disbursing $2.1 no. 1100 more than it has taken in, and reports from inlcrioi joints all indicate an ample supplv ol money for legitimate needs, and no sti in geney. I'util Thursday the stock market had been comparatively inactive, though not declining. But a sharp ndvnucchassincc appeared, putting tbe average of prices fully 50c. higher than a week ago. Re ports of foreign buying of securities tire ciiculntcd, but the market seems still mainly confined to professionals, though its advance should indicate a stronger confidence as to the monetary future and also as to the early settlement of rates. Manufactures tire clearly improving. At Boston the sales of wool have been $2,080,1100 less than for last week, with prices about steady, and the demand is more active. At Philadelphia manufact urers tire also buying, though with cau tion. No present change is noted in the goods market, which, indeed, has been less active since the storm ; hut there is a growing confidence that busiuessisgoing to ini nrove. The demand for iron and steel still meets the very large supply, and changes in prices are all upward. Pig iron can still be had at $10.75 for Southern and $17 for Northern No. 1, $10 for No. 2 and $15 for mill: but from $1 to $1.50 more is paid lor preferred brands. Blooms have advanced $1, bar. platcand structural nulls are busy, and while $20 is asked for rails at all the eastern mills, ami $30 quoted at Philadelphia, such prices tire not yet established by the con siderable sales. At Pittsburg $31 .50 is quoted, and al Chicago $33. The rise from the lowest point has been $3 at tiie F,.isi,5 at the West. The scarcity of manganese ore, which has risen $5 at Pittsburg, is an important clement. Coal is rather stronger, but the demand does not yet meet tbe supply. Copper has been a shade stronger abroad, but dull here at 1 Ie. for lake, and preparations to refine the large Anaconda output by clectio lytic process promises to greatly in crease the supply of better qualities. Wbe.it has risen 2:,c. during the wi'ik on sales of 24,0110,000 bushels, not be cause of larger foreign demand, but be cause supplies coming in do not gradc so well and are not so large as was ex pected. The price is low at best, but there is nothing as yet to inodily the be lief that the supply for the year will much exceed all demands. Corn has fallen over .and oats 1 ic. with moderate trading. The Liverpool corner in cotton is threatened by a general stoppage of mills and n rapid movement from Anferi- ean plantations. The port receipts thus tar arc exceeding last year s liy l.io.oiin bales, and exports by 54,000; and price iiarl declined three-sixteenths. Coffee is a quarter lower on sales of 312,000 hags, and oil a cent lower on small trading. Pork products arc rather stronger, and butter two cents higher. The gen eral tendency of prices is upward. though the advance for the week has been slight, but signs ol a greater activity in all di rections are encouraging, and the only unfavorable symptom is the uncertainly as to the monetary supplv. Business failures occurring throughout the country during last week number, tor the I'liUed'Statcs 105, Canada 27. total 102, against 108 last week. -OIliMl-ill? Klll'I'k. ! Liifisvit.i.i', Ky September 27. The full meeting of Hie Louisville Jockey club closed here lo-dny, The feature of the day was the detent of Long Dance by Out Bound in the stallion stakes in which only three horses started. Out Bound won in a common gallop. More short horses have won at this meeting than ever known in the fall of the year. First race three-fourths of a mile: Buckler, won Consigner second, Bonair third. Time 1.1 7' Second race handicap, one mile, Nevada won, Somerset second, tjuudnrro Belle, third. Time 1.43'. Third race five-eights of a mile: Gracie M. won, Lottie S. second. Pilgrim third, time 1 .03' t. F". iirth race great American stallion stake, one and three-fourths ot a mile, starters Long Dance, Out Bound, Metal: Out Bound won, Long Dance second. Metal third. Time 3.15. l'if'll, race one and one-eighth miles: i Si.ect!it..r won from Tenlike by a neck's W'"rv Antonio. S,ctntor fouled I lenlike almost un tier the wire and was lisouulilicd. lenlike won. Aiilomu sec ond, Plunder third. Time 1.50. Ronhery of Mail Bairt. Ai.i.iaxck, O., September 27. Several mail bags were stolen at Salem Depot early this morning us they were thrown off the Fort Wayne express. They con tained a number of registered letters. Tailed States insiectors are investigat ing. Hurke on II 1h Way Home. Nkw Orleans, Septemlier 27. The ! Times Democrat last night received a ,1. . (?.... T 1 1... cable from ex-State Treasurer Burke now in London saying : "1 have engaged passage and will sail from Liverpool on the steamship F.trurin for New York Sat urday. A Rewplte Uranted. j Richmond, Va., Septemlier 27. Gov. I Lee has respited for two weeks negro I Walker who was to have been executed I at Chesterfield court house to-day. TWELVE Ht'XDKEU FEET. iew York's Projected Tower Which Will HiirpasM F;inel'H. Detroit, Mich., September 25. Mr. ! We give insertion to the followingeriti Charles Kellogg, general superintendent 1 dem of an article in yesterdav's Citizen ot the Kellogg setindess lultc and inaiiu-i ., .... , , ., ,- . , ... n , . on (.ood Harbors on the (u , written laettirnig companv of I-indlniid, Ohio, at i present visiting in' this city, is authority j ''.v a gentleman, who himself lives on the lor the statement that New York islignr- Gulf. We freely admit all he says about ing on the erection of a tower which will ' UK. superceding of natural waterways in everv respect surpass the famous Kitlel , , ,- . , . . .. , , . lower of Paris. It is the design, Ml, '' t'hcial chanuels ol transportation. Kellogg savs, to oiler this tower as the j 1,1,1 "llr purpose was to call attention to crowning reason why the world s lair ; should be located in New Yord, thus j throwing Chicago, into conlussion at the' Inst moment. SiK'h capitalists as Jay Gould autl Russell Stige are backing t lie movement. Mr. Kellogg is at present i engaged in preparing the plans. I The tower will cost in the neighbor-! hood ol $2,000,000, and will lie fullv 1.200 leet high less than 1,01 ill. the Fill'cl tower being It will be about 350 feet in di.'inieicr aL the base ami about 100 leet til the suminil. 'flic details are somewhat crude and incomplete as yet. The frame work will be seamless steel pipe of sufficient magnitude to support the immense structure with absolute safety. "1 am at present figuring on triple glass," said Mr. Kellogg, "which, if practicable, will give the lower the gen eral appearance of a gigantic crystal nalncc. Four elevators will run Irom the ground to a certain elevation, then two will car ry passengers stili further toward tile sky, while the crowning lliylit will be -panned by n single cicvnlor. The sec ond lloor will probably he devoted to restaurant purposes, I ilea will come read ing and writing rooms, and other con veniences, and it is understood that the crowning story of I he gigantic structure will be taken by the government for ob servatory purposes. General Swuimnnd others in authority are of the opinion lIuiI half a million dollars annually can lie derived from the summit of the tower ill this manner. The plans will have to pass the customary array of mechanical experts, who will lest uudcommcnt upon them from every standpoint. Il is a great enterprise, and, it' success ful, will reflect much credit upon the pro jectors. Mr. Kellogg says thai litho graphs of the great tower will he ready lor inspection in about two mouths. COI.OKl.lt CI.ERtiVMEN In Henslon at ItrooMvn IHhcumh Important MeaKiiroH. New Yoke, September 211. At the Fpiscopnl Colored Clergymen's conven tion to-day ti motion to make theensuing conference triennial instead of annual was lost. A coiuniiuee consisting of Rev. W. S. Tuncll, ol Brooklyn, Geo. F. Braggert, of Norfolk. Paulas Moore, of Liberia, C. Bishop, of New York, and Thomas W. Cain, of Galveston, was ap pointed to present to the general confer ence of the 1'nited States that meets next week a memorial, which, after setting forth certain facts relative lo church doc trine, says: "In view of the foregoing facts we ask what is the position of colored men in the church? Is it in accord with the race doctrines taught by the church that when men have once been admitted into the sa cred ministry of communion of thechtirch, new restriction should be made ill spirit ual and religious rights ol the colored man which should not be made in those of the white man ? We ask the general conference to give us an emphatic, une quivocal uiisw-er to this our earnest and almost despairing inquiry." At the evening session an address wns delivered by Rev. Dr. McDutfy, ol Ral eigh, N.C.on the condition of the church in the South. DEATH'S HARVEST, llloody Heeds Enacted Near llir tiiiitirham Yesterday. BiKMiMtiiAM, Ala., September 27. Death has rcaticd a harvest in lelVerson countv to-dav This morning George I listers got caught ill the fly wheel of a rolling mill at Gate City autl wits beaten lo pieces. He leaves a family. j W. Benton, an employe of the Pullman ! Car Co., wiisto-diiy wnikingbnek behind j the car in the Georgia Pacific yard. The I car was disconnected and moving slowlv I and he was trying tostop it with a crow I oar. lie fell across the track and Ins body was cut in twain. Deputy sheriff' King Yiinn went out ihis morning to arrest a negro mimed John Sicele, at Walker's station a few miles from this city on the Knslu dummy line. In sight of a dum my loaded heavily with people, ohn defied arrest and killed Yuan with a double barrel shotgun. Ynnu leaves a ivili' atul totir lit tlf iliilrl-u 'I'll,, lie lied, htit n posse caught him a niileor 1 two away, making tor the Red mountain, j Park lloti-l. He lias recently hud a sc His dead body, riddled with bullets, is ; vm. il,Hss in Washington city, but is an investigation .it tile l, ,,ls ,a in,. . A telephone message lo the Age-! K"(l hihiicnccs ol this climate, and the Herald from Pratt Mines says: John I present brilliant weather. He exacts to Maxwell, already tinder a $10,000 liond imnin Krv two wclcs. for murder, litis just killed n woman, and , reporters have gone to the scene to in-1 Mr. S. II. Sellers and wife, cd Pensaeola, vestigiite. j Fin., have been hereabout a fortnight, WantM Tliein sent to Vermont, j guests '' Mr- McCnpe. Mrs. Sellers Raleh.m. September 27.-Governor ! cal,u" 1,lT'' '"" 'Ull"llic Cit-V' N' ' " Fowlc in reply to a letter of the Seen- helpless invalid. She has so substan tary of War suggesting the removal of j tially improved as to be able to walk the Indians al Mount Yeruon barracks v,..lv nil over iln- ,ii v to the mountain section of North Caro lina, expresses disapproval of the propo sition, as that region is in process of rapid settlement by the whiles, and sug gests thai the Indians be located on the abandoned lauds of Vermont. "I.A IIEI.I.E MARIE." A Very Fine I"re-eiitntlou to a Iarjte Audience. Perhaps no play of similar character could have drawn a larger audience in Asnevinc man i.a neue .uaric as pre - sented bv Miss llerndon and her com - panv at tin-opera hall last night. Nearlv j Gray's "North American Flora. The everv reserved real was taken and the j geographical area ot distribution extends . I Irom Labrador and Hudson bav to galleries were packed. The play itself , por;la anil Mexico, and from the At was all that had lieen claimed for it, and lantic to the Pacific, livery State has thestory of wrong and retribution was ; one or many species. well told in the lines, spoken with force So says an exchange. The golden rod is and verve by Miss llerndon ill the title now on its glory in all this section. No role. Her admirable French was simply doubt Professor Gray, who frequently ierfect, while her costumes were unusu-1 visited Western North Carolina, and pro ally handsome and attractive. Her sup- noniicc it the richest botanical treasure port was very fine, and thestagc sellings house on the North American continent, and effects lent much to the successful found new varieties here, to make up his rendition ot a good play. Altogether, nnmlier of seventy-six specimens. No "Ln Belle Marie" is well worth seeing, i where have we ever seen it as large and v i rTTIT rr:ir i- Nearly all ot the Ashevilhans attending . , ... , . . , the Hickorv Fair have returned to the City. Mr. W. W. Avery has gone to Raleigh. A7i EOITORIAI. REVIEWED, Natural j HitcliwayM and ArtifUl il Channel. natural conditiotisas they existed .and do exist, and the rights growingoutol them to carry out natural tendences by arti ficial aid and inducement, where it is necessary to provide them. Nature, by pouring its waters into the Gulf, pointed out that the harbors with which they emptied should lie the v Unix eutripots for the business of the peopleliving along or near their channels; and it is their righl to claim lor those harbors such aid from the general government its to put them, whether icuchcd by natural or artificial channels, on e quality with lliost Atlantic ports the government has un equally favored and fostered, and then avoid thiit unnatural diversion of trade by a course at right angles with the natural one. Hence, and also, with the object of national security and con venience, we urged attention to the harbors on our Gull coast : Hd. Citizen: In your editorial of yes terday you spoke otWater courses tribu ttiry to the Gull as affording the natural ami cheapest lilies of direcsion to such points ol shipment. As a questiouol fact, this docs not exist. Wherever the rich lands of the South offered business, or a prospect of it, railroads have been built. The Cumberland, Tennessee; Ohio, Mis sissippi, Red, Arkansas. White, and manv of the smaller streams have been paraled, sometimes on both sides, by railroads. There arc but live harbors on the Gull that sea going vessels frequent, in fact, there are but four with any foreign com merce, viz: Pensncola twenty-three feet, Mobile seventeen leet, NewOi leans thirty feet, Galveston about twelve or fifteen leet. Outside of New Orleans, Pensncola litis more vessels than the balance of the Gull ports. Last year 458 vessels went foreign, and 110 to domestic ports, all laden with pine timber or lumber. To-day til. re are either loading, or pre paring to do so, thirty-three square rigged vessels and two steamships. In 1S80 and in 1887 the government had a n.-ival drill, and the Trenton, Brooklyn and several others came over the bar, and steamed past the city to their rendez vous about seven miles up t he bay. where the crew went on shore and camped. And on this port, the government has not spent over $200,000 since the war, and this was done to save the inroads of the s.a on the reservations. There is not a dry dock or marine way ill or on the Gulf, on which can lie taken out the vessels the Failed Statesarecom pelled to keep in the Gulf, lixeept the dismantled nav yard at Pensncola, where no repairs can be made at present; there is not a navy yard south of Norfolk. It is it necessity for this government to have a navy, to command that resiect abroad our importance demands, ami to protect our coming Merchant Marine, for it is patent to the most careless ob server that our honieconsiimption is not at all equal to our production, and it is to those South American nations, south of us, that we must look for a market, and our productions should be carried in our own ships. The commission appointed to select a site for a Gulf navy yard have not yet reported, but it is likely that Pensaeola or New Orleans will be selected. S. IOI.KS VOlt KNOW, Who They Arei WhereThev Are, inf What They Are Iloinic We are very much pleased to learn that the venerable Judge Bryan, of SoitthCar oliua, lormerly 1'. S. District judge, who came here a cripple from injuries received bv a door in il workshop falling on him. and whose locomotion f months was only possible on an invalid's chair, is now so much improved its to be able to walk freely about the hotel. This im provement seems to be a just reward for the charming patience and undaunted spirits of the venerable jurist, now 80 years of age, whose vivacity throws a spell id' cheerfulness all around him. Senator Yoorhees is here, at Battery ' i now improving Mr. Frank Saunders litis gone to the I'niversily of Virginia where he will at tend law lectures during the present ses sion of that famous institution. Mrs. J. L. Morgan, of Winston, who i has lieen visiting friends in this cilv for some time past has returned home. Hugh Atkinson has gone to Kmory and Henry College, Ya., where he will at tend school this session. . Sevcntv-six siiecimcns of golden rod 1 i solidago ) are dcscrilied in Professor ' splendid s that we have gathered near Wnvnesvillc. There it is so tronreous as . , . , to give it full claim to competition as the I National flower, a flower that grows and is loved from the lakes to the shores 1 of the Gulf. TIIE NEW CRUISERS. ADVERTISEMENT! FOR PRO. I'OSAl.S FOR STEEI. IHHued hy the Navy Department YeHlerday The OHHipee will not Take MinlHter ItouiclaHH to Haytl The Hiehldent Returns. Washington, September 27. Adver tisements were issued to-day from the navy department for proposals for steel for use in the construction of the two new cruiscis of 3,000 tons each, known as Nos. 7 and 8, which the government will build at the New York aud Norfolk navy yards. The bids will lie opened September 31, the delivery of steel to commence within thirty days from the date of eon-tract, and to be completed in six months. The steel called for is all that will be ne cessary in the construction of the two hulls, and is divided into six classes on which the bidders may make separate proposals. The board of navy yard commandar. appointed to investigate the navy pit chasing system has adjourned after d ciding that the present system iseflicieni and only minor changes in the direction, of reducing the numljers of vouchers) cheeks, etc., can be made without detri- mini, m sci vui:. The secretary of the navy decided this af ternoon to revoke the orders command ing the Ossiiee to convey Minister Dou glass from Norfolk to Hayti, it having lieen represented that "the Ossipee's boilers are not in condition to make a sea trip, lie then ordered the command ant of the Kearsagc, now at New York, to prepare his ship to perform this ser vice. She is about ready, and will prob ably sail from New York, where Douglass will go by rail Monday. The President and purtv arrived in Washington Irom Deer Park" at 4.25 this afternoon. Bond offerings to-dtiy aggregated $750,500, all accepted at 128 for tour per cents and 105 for four and halfs. ELECTRIC MOTORS. They Work All Riicht Here and ;ive No Trouble. We learn with surprise, through the Charlotte Chronicle, that the directors of the Richmond electric railway con clude that the motive power was too expensive, had proved a failure, and that there must be u return to horse power unless more reliable motors can be sup plied. The Chronicle says : This is the first complaint of this char acter that the writer recalls. Wherever electric street cars have been used, except in Richmond, the rule has been that they cost less than any other motive power. What does the Citizen say about the use of electric motors in Ashevillc? In reply we state that the electric mo tor is the first and only power ever tried here. The directors had confidence in it from the first, and have neverlost it. So far from it, that with growing popular ity of the Asheville electric railroad, the directors might wish they had more of it. And they will have in a short while. Why Richmond should fail and Ashevillc succeed so brilliantly is past understand ing. Certainly here the grades arc steeper and longer and the lines more crooked than in Richmond. Our electric road has come to stay, the pride and comfort to its patrons and the source of profit to its owners. We may further say to the Chronicle, that a line of electric railway is to be laid between hereand the Sulphur Springs I Carrier's Hotel I a distance of four and and a half miles; and an effort which promises success, is being made to lay a like road to Weaverville, nine miles north of Asheville. Most surely our directors will never say die. LIST OF JI HOKH Drawn to Serve at the November Term of the Federal Court. W. H. Higdon, George Jacobs Macon county. Hiram Rogers, Jas. Parks, I. R. Abels, B. B. Jones Haywood county. W. P. Moore, W. F. Pairs Clay county. B. M. Smith, F. P. Allman Jackson county. Joseph L. Green. John Hamrick, J3seph Garland Mitchell county. G. P. Axlcy, J. B. Patton Cherokee county. Jonathan Morrison, D. C. Allen, M. M. Moore, W. P. Fletcher. J. M. Lyda Henderson county. A. B. Welch, G. W. Battle Swain county. J. M. Rice, J. A. Reeves, John Lawson, A. J. Roberts Madison county. B. C. I.nnkford, Ale. Gray Transyl vania county. J.J. Colvard, Daniel Johnson Graham county. C. R. Bird. R. K. Williams Yancey county. Thomas Rymcr, J. T. Sorrels, W. J. Worlcy, Geo. Raymon, Geo. Clemments, A. Lytic, A. H. Pinkerton, J. B. Cain, C. B. Jones, N. B. Westall, J. T. Justice, J. L. Cook, W. R. West, Sr., J. Noweil, James Nichols, Jesse W. Morgan, S. S. Norman, R. V. Blnckstock, Stanley For ney, Wuites Goodman, John Whitson, I). M. Connnlly, David Neal Buncomlie county. The City Council was in regular weekly session last night. Mr. J. M. Worley and Miss Nora Big ham were married at Webster Thursday, Rev. J. C. Orr officiating. Among the recent licentiates to practice law by the State supreme court, is Mr. C. B. Atkinson of this city. Died, Yesterduy morning at five minuttes past ten o'clock, in Santa Anna, Texas, Mrs. I'ndine V., wife of Mr. R. H. Hare, formerly of Asheville. Mrs. Hare was about twenty-nine years of age, and was u-u i... u- - -r-:--l ' iiciu uoc ui iiimijr in uucviiuuuic mucin- , . - ... . ... brnnce. bearing with her and retaining in her new distant homes the love of the friends of her younger days.