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f THE DAILY CITIZEN THE DAILY CITIZEN BOARDING, WANTS, For Rent, and Lost Notices, thiee linei or less, 25 Cents for each insertion. Pelivcred to Visitors in any part of the City. One Month 3c. Two Weeks, or less VOLUME V. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1889. NUMBER 160. EPISCOPAL CONVENTION'. FROM WASHINGTON, DOWN AN INCLINE. ROBERT BKKKIER Ll'NCHED, A BLOODY RIOT, A LETTER FROM MRS. HERON THE A., A. & B. RAILROAD. 't'.l he SI i 3 TWKLFTH DAV'K PROCEED INGS OF IHi; BODY, The Establishment of a Board 01 Retcents on Christian Education Recommended - The Hook o; Prayer win be Revised. Nkw Viihk. October 15. In the Epis copal convention this morning tilt; com mittee on canons presented its report, and asked to lie discharged. They rec ommend the estalilisluuent of a board of regents 011 Christian education tj con sist of three members from the house o: bishops, three from the houscof delegates and one from the joint committee, the latter to also act as an advocate coiu mitltce, to report hi the next conven tion. The resolution was passed. The Rev. Mr. Clark, of Michigan, then read the report of the committee on memo rials of dicensid man 1 ici s. Eulogies were read on all nuinliers who have diet, since the assembling of the last conven vcation. The report of the commit lee on amendments to the constitution then was. at the request of Benedict, of south ern Ohio, placed 011 the calendar and the cominittcciliscli.il ged. A resolution was passed requesting Congress to pass stringent and uniform divorce law fur the ilist iet of Columbia and terri tories: and attention was called to tile report of the late coinmissionir ot labor, Carr .ll ll. Wribt on the subject of di vorce. I'lu committee on the prayer book otieicd a resolution that the morn ing 1.1. d rvi.iini; . r ivcissli-udd beprin'.ei! in tlie same i,.v as the rest of the sei vicc. At I 'lie in use proceeded to 1 he coi. Mini ion of the older of tiie uii. Dr. Huntington then ascended the plat form to speak on the suiijcet of the re port on liturgical revision. lie ai uounccd that he divided his remarks un der three heads. First, rhetorical; sec ond, erroneous, and third, imaginative, lie then proceeded to criticise the report severely. Kev. tlco. McCliristian. ol New Vork, one ol the members who prepared the minority report, then arose, ih spoke warmiy against any lurlher revis ion of the prnvcr book, lie was followed by Kev. Joseph N. Blnuchartl, ol Michi gan, who opposed further revision. At the close of liis remarks ainotio.i-lo ad journ for lunch was carried. When the afternoon session of the con vention assembled kev. Dr. Cornelius E. Swope, of New York, opened the debate on the proposed revision of the prayer book. He deplored the modern tendency to revise the prayer book, and appealed to the meeting to stop it as sacrilegious. Kev. Dr. Sissuius, of Louisiana, favored the revision and the minority report, lie said there' was more harmony in the church since the work of revision was begun. Kev. Noel l-ogan advocated the udoplioii of the minority report, and Kev. Goodwin, of Pennsylvania, criti cised the statement made by lr. Sissums. The question of revis ion is more active now than it was six years ago," he said, "and it will only die when it is put to death. The present convention cannot find the convention of 1802 in the least. We can set it a good example." Kev. Dr. A. Holland, of Missouri, tolr the convention that no church could tel. him what prayer tooflcriii the privacy o1 his family, and lie protested against making a crazy quilt out of the prayer book. "I ion low church," he cried, "and I appeal to every low churchman to vote against this proposed revision.' Hill Hurgin, ol Pittsburg, thought the majority report was at least worthy m consideration, and then llr. Phillips ltrooks argued strongly in favor of re vision. If an attempt to get nearer the truth could destroy u man's faith he thought such faith had better be des 1 roved. He sanctioned such as would keep the prayer book in living sympathy with the spirit ol the age. A resolution proposing to give each side ten minutes in which to close the debute was accepted. At 4.50 o'clock the chairman ordered it vote, which was taken amid much ex citement. It was a vote bv the diocese and the secretary announced the result as follows: Ayes 311, noes 40, divided 12. The minority report was therefore lost, and the report oi the majority will come up for consideration to-morrow. The c invention then ndjourned for the day. CHICAGO KKVIKW. HuHliieM In the Grain Center Dur Inir Yesterday' Hesslou. Chic ago, October 15. There was good trading in wheat to-day, dining the early part of to-dav's session, within narrow ranges, prices varying" scarcely any. The opening was rather e-asici. with prices about ic :)wer than yestt -r-ilav's closing, but local feeling was rather bullish, und the market rallied slightly. Later prices di opped off "sc.. i ...c, recovered again, but closed easier, i-.a'Vc. lower than yesterday. Corn ruled easier the greater part ol the session, fluctuation limited to tsc.ii t.c. Oats were a trifle declined, there was more pressure to sell and prices declined Ue.aUc, the market closing easy at about the inside figures. The mess pork market was unusually quiet, and trading limited. The prices fovored se lers, without material change. Very little business was reported in lard, prices rather in favor of buyers. Little interest was manifested in short ribs, and the leeling was easier. Hun cotton Review. Nkw York, October 14. The Sun's cotton review says: Futures opened depressed by wcait foreign advices nnn ... ;,l.nfions that the corner on October contracts had collapsed. Then came the daily report from the signal service bureau predicting frost m 1 n..;;an attii tlii- hears fairlv tumbled over each other on their demand to cover contracts, carrying January op tions from 10.01 to 10.10. The scare subsided, and under sales to realize a part of the advance, was lust. Cotton on spot was one-sixteenth Jo'ver and dull. A speciul to the St. Louis Republic from Sun Antonio, Texus, tells of the progress that has bee l made toward establishing a negro colony in Mexico. Klils and Ferguson, the two negroes who arc at the head of the movement, report that their scheme is working finely and that they have received substuiitialeiieotiruge meut from the Mexican Government. Thev have received a concession of $2. OOOlOOO in money und 450,000 acres of land in the very tertile State of Vera Cruz, ihe concession will hnve to be coufirmed by the Mexican congress, and that is ull that is lacking in the comple tion of the arrugement. It now remains to be seen how President Diaz and the Mexican congress will view this move ment. It is a voluntary one on the part of the negroes and engineered by men of their own race. The River and Harbor Rt-cotn- tuendations lor iHoo. Washington, October 15. The secre tary of the interior has debanc I J. M. Ii. Miller, of luka, Miss., from practicing as an attorney lieforeany bureau of the in terior department. Hond offerings to-day aggregated $252,000; all accepted at 127 'or four per cents, anil 105:;i for four ami half per cents Gen. Casey,-chief of engineers, in his annual estimates sul'inittcd to tin- secre tary of war. makes the following recom mendations lor appropriations for con tiuiiing work on the principal inipr vc ments under his charge during the year ending June M0. 1801: Potomac river hits $1. 000,0111) ; James river, be low Richmond, $400,000; Great Kan awha rier, $500,000; Cape Fear river, X. C, $310,000; Coosa, Georgia and Alabama, $225,000; St. nmcs. below Jacksonville, $300,000: Black Warrior, Alabama, $300,000; Cuinberlaiiii, above and below Nashville, $500,000; Tennes see, nbnve and I elow Chattanooga, $1, 030.000; Mississippi, from Minneap olis to Des Moines Kapids, $1,1)00.000; Mississippi, from Des Moines to Illinois river $300,000; Mississippi, from the Illinois to the Ohio rivcr.$(o:),il00; Noi lolk harbor and approach, $100,000; Charleston, S. C, harbor. $75,000 ; Win- yaw bay. South Carolina, $300,000; Cumberland sound. Georgia anil Florida, $500,000; Savannah Inn bor. 3500,1100; entrance to kmluck), West Harbor, $500,000. The total .O'loiim recom mended by lien. Casey ior river rv.id h.r oor improvements is .S30.1 st',:;oi;. The total amount .'ipproin ialcd ) the rive: and harbor bill lor i he ve, n tinling m.t 30. 1800. was S22,307"til 7. I'hc'.Uissis sipli river commission reeouinunos ap propriations for the fiscal year 1800 as follows: Continuing surveys, SI 50,000. From the Mouth to the Ohio river, $4, 000,000; improvements at Hickman. Ky., Greenville, Yicksburg and Natchez. Miss., and New Orleans, $1.07(5,250: n etification of Red and Atehalolva rivers. $350,000. Total. $5,580,250. The Mis souri river committee asks the following ippropnntions: Salaries, survevs, etc.. $150,000; general improvement, $1, 000,000; special work at Sioux City. Omaha plaits. Mouth, Nebraska City. Kule, St. Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth. Kansas Citv. Miami and Arrow Rock, $1,375,000: river above and below Sioux citv, $(50,000. Total, $2.7(50,000. Secretary Tracy has nolilicd Cramp, the contractor for building the Holt i moie, that the vi -sel may have another trial. The conditions have not been made public, but it is said thev do mil wholly agree with those proposed by William Crump in his conlereucc with the Secretary. An order has been sent to San fraii cisco Ironi the navy department recon vening the board which SMiierintended the recent official trial of the "Charles ton," built bv the Union Iron Works company of that city. In the report upon the trial, tlie board, alter elating that the vessel had been constructed in accordance with tne contract, said that certaiuchaiiges and improvements ought to be made. This ambiguity, Secretary Tracy wants t lie board to explain, and tins asked Commodore Kcnhnin tocall the hoard together for that purpose. The ortler reconvening, the board does not contemplate another trial of the Char leston. Jockey Club Races. Xi:w Yohk, October 15. The autumn meeting of the American jockey club at Joeum l ark closed tu-day. The weather was pleasant, but attendance was the lightest seen during the meeting. The track was heavy and muddy, and con sequently scratches were heavy in all events. Not a single favorite wtin. First race for three year old mile and sixteenth: Duplicity won, live second, Vardie third. Time 1.57. Second race three year olds six fur longs: Geroning won, Klvina second. Bertha third. Time 1.19:'.i. Third race handicap, all ages, mile and quarter: Bon Flag won, Charlie Deean second, Man ic third. Time 2.1 7. Fourth race handicap for two year old fourteen hundred yards: Successor won, Marv Berkley, colt, second, Clv clave. colt.'third. Time 1.24'-4. Fifth race handicap for three year olds upwards, mile: Volunteer won, l-'itz James second, i'mpire third. Time 1.47. Sixth race selling, all ages, mile ami sixteenth: Raymond won, Prodigal second, Big Brown Jugthird. Time 1. 50. l.atonla Races. Cincinnati, October 15. The racing at l.alouia to-day was good throughout.! ml tne mvorites received good support. flic track was in fair condition and the -.veat her cool. j First race Selling, 7 .furlongs: Daisy i Woodrulf v. on. Amos A. second, Lizzie L. third. Time 1.31. Second race Selling 7 furlongs: Litroll won, Clamore second. Renounce third. Time 1.31. Third race Five furlongs: Dolly won, Lizzie C. second, Nora third. Time 1.04. Fourth race Mile and a quarter: Ne vada won. Leiderkranz second, Corns third. Time 2.11. Filth race Lntotiiu prize handicap, for three year olds, 1 mile: Retrieve won, Bramiolctte second, Knte Malone third. Time 1.43' 3. Sixth race For two year old colts and geldings, three-fourtlismile: Prince Fouso won, W. (i. Morris second, Mt. Lebanon third. Time 1.17. MorrlM Park Races, Nkw Yokk, October 15. The meet ings ended to-day; weatlicrrinebut track heavy. First race Mile and a furlong: Bridget won, Dan Bayne second, Sar rento third. Time 2.02:,i. Second race Five furlongs: Express won, Issaguenn fillv second. Majority third. TimeUKlV Third race Mile and a sixteenth: Re porter won, Hudget second, David third. Time 1 .5l5tj. Fourth race Mile: Ouessal won, Holiday second, Coots third. Time 1.61J. Fifth race Seven furlongs: Glemlalc won, Young Duke second, Freedom third. Time 1.32'4. Muttials paid $1)2. Sixth race Selling, six tin longs: Civil Service won, Punster second, Insight third. Time 1.151 3. King of Portugal In lixtrciiils. Lisuon, October 15. It is officially an nounced that the condition of the King is critical. His whole body is paralyzed. The last sucraineut has lieen adminis tered. Death of an Kx-liovernor. Jacksonvillb, October 15. Edward A. Perry, ex-Governor of Florida, died at Kervillc, Texas, to-day from paralysis after an Illness of about a week. .4 HOHKIRI.E ACCIDKNT IN CINCINNATI. Five PerHonH Crnnlied to Heath and Four Others Wounded The Kniclne Could Not he Mopped and the Cable Ilroke. Cincinnati, Ohio, October 15. A frightlul catastrophe occurred between twelve and one o'clock to-day, on one of the Mt. Auburn inclined planes, which lies at the head of Main street and reaches to the height of between 250 and 300 feet ill a space of perhaps 2000 feet or Itss. Two cars are employed on each track. They arc drawn by two steel wire cables that are wound upon a drum at the top of the hill bv an engine located there. Nine passengers bad entered the car at the foot of the plane and a number were on the other carat the top. The passage of the ascending car was ull right until it hail reached the top, when the machinery refused to work, null the engineer could not stop it. The car was drawn ugaiust the bumper, the cables snapped in two, and the car ran backwards down the in cline at lightning speed. The crash at the foot of the plane was fearful. A cloud of dust arose that hid the wreck from view for a nionieni . But when it was dispelled, the scene was horrible. The iron gate that formed the lower end ol t he truck on which the car rested, was thrown sixty feet down the street, and tne l'p of the car was lying almost as far in tile gir.ter. The truck, floor, and se.its of the car formed a slnqieless wreck, mingled with bleeding and mangled bod ies, i'wo were taken out dead. One middle aged lady with gray hair, recog nized as Mrs. Ives; another young lady ol twenty. Miss. Lillian Oseouip, daugh ter of Henry Oseouip; another Mr. N. Kueiss, a teacher living at 14 Euclid avenue, died soon nnerwaids. Five others wereinjured perhaps fatally, and one man escaped miraculously with but slight injuries. This inclined plane is the oldest in the city. It was built 21 years ago, and this is the first accident attended with loss of life at any of the four inclined planes that are in almost constant use. It is too early for an examination into the trouble with the engine, bul there have been only two similar cases in the history of inclined planes here. In both of the others the engine was got under control before the cables were bro ken. Perhaps the most horrible condition of any, except the nine of the descending car, was that of tiie passengers on the other car at the foot of the plane. Thev were locked ill as is always the case, and were compelled to await the coming ol the other ear and its inevitable crash be side them at the foot of the track. The list of dead now stands: Judge VV. M. Dickson, Mrs. Caleb Ives. Miss Lillian Oseouip, Michael Knciss, Joseph Hoch stellcr. The wounded are: Chas. McFadden, both legs broken ; Joseph McFadden, cut tin the side and various portions of the body and internal injuries; Miss Hoch stetler, cuts and injuries; Mrs. Joseph McFadden. The wounded were taken to the Cincinnati hospital. Chas. Go:bel, who was the man at the lever who had the unspeakable horror to find himself unable to stop the engine, says that he complained tiint the cut-off was not working properly. "I told the engineer about it this morning," he said, "and the enginrer told niche hail reported it. but it was evidently still out of order and this must have been the cause of the accident." The engineer, Howard Worden, could not be found, though this is not consid ered as evidence that he is hiding. The confusion about the place was very great for a considerable time. Thecoroner will make a thorough investigation of the cause of the accident. JOHN 91. I.ANtiMTON Gives Geueral Mntione a Hliol as He Leaves for Ohio. Washington, October 15. John M. Langslon is in Washington en route for Ohio. The Star this evening publishes a column interview with him. in which he says some pretty harsh tilings about Mahonc, mid gives a history of what has hapiiened since the publication of his letter, in w hich he promised to support the Republican ticket. He accuses the white managers ot the Republican can vass in Virginia of having held aloof from him on account of his color, and the curl in his hair, and says lie has been unable to make any arrangement with the S'.ate committee for canvassing Virginia. He goes now to Ohio to help Foraker. This paragraph occurs in the Star's publication: "Mr. Mahone's policy," he said, "seems to be, if I may make a word for the occasion, trying to Democratize the Republican parly in Virginia. He wants to drive the ncg-o into obscurity, giving mm no count, voice or recognition, that he may gather around him the white Democrats who aic willing to get what they can out of the Republican party if the negro is put down. He is tiyiiig to drive out and put down the negro for being a negro." An Aired Mule. Cnmesvttte lGa.1 Triliune. Mr. W. J. A. Goolsby, of this county, claims to be the owner of the oldest mule in the State. It was born in the spring of 1852, in Virginia, and was then the property of a Mr. Shaffter. When the war commenced Mr. Shaffter entered the arm v with his mule, and rode him three years, when Mr. S. and the mule were both captured by the Yankees. The mule then served one year in tne l limn ranks, when he was abandoned to live or die, but fortunately for bim, Mr. Goolsby ran . i.! i i i. i.:... . across mm Hnu uruugui mm iu wituikiu, where he has been in active service ever since. Mr. G. was offered $250 for the mule at one time, but refused to sell him, as it seemed like parting with one of the family to sell Nebuchadnezzar. He is still able to do as much work as any mule, and could kick the roof off of the stable, but he has quit such tricks and settled down to quiet life. nistlllery HeiattU. Cincinnati, Octolier 15. United States government officers have seized the dis tillery of Frieburg & Warkum, of Lynch burg, Ohio, upon a charge ol dclrauding the United States by equalizing shortages from spirits in packages before the ganger measured its contents. This, it I is claimed, saved to them the payment of I much government tax, and being a vio I latioii of the revenue law, subjects the I entire property to seizure. The whiskey seized u.nounts to more than a million i gallons. A cotton Mill Resumes. London, October 15. Fishs' cotton mill at Blackburn resumed operation today. The Murderer of His Mother-In-Law Hanged by a Mob. i. harlotte Chronicle. Lkxini.ton, N. C, October 14. Robert licrricr the slayer of Mrs. Herbert Wal ser, was taken out of jail to-night at seven thirty o'clock by a crowd of while men, numbering one hundred or more, and hanged to a tree on the outskirts of the town. The lynching was done in a quiet and orderly manner. The sheriff and ollicials of the law did their duty as tar as I know, but the crowd was so great that they could not protect the prisoner's lite. TMK ruKI.IMINAKV HKAKINI1. Robert Berrier who killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. H. Walser, was brought back from Greensboro on the noon train to-day, and was arraigned before Estpiire Mover. His counsel, M. H. Piunix and W. B. Glenn, waivedanexamiuatioii.nud the prisoner ftoliert Bcrrie was commit ted to thecounty jail to await ihe action of the grand jury. The excitement is still great, aid! the town is full of country people, and threats of lynching are heard on every side. Ifto-night passes without his being lynched, I think his life will be spared and the law allowed to take its course. Herrier was arrested near here Sunday and brought into town in the afternoon. A great crowd of jieople from thecountry swarmed into town and ii looked as ii Berrier would lie lynched then. Berrier was promptly carried before Esquire Mover and committed to jail foi a hearing at two o'clock to-day. The crowd became so threatening that it was deemed best to get Berrier away; and he was taken to Greensboro on the 7:45 train last night, with the under standing that he should be brought here to-day on the 11 o'clock train (or a hearing. Public opinion was divided as to lynching Berrier, and I thought the solier, second thought would prevail, and that the law would be allowed to take its course. The Mrtple in town as a unit, opposed his being lynched, and 1 thought, "if is done at all, It will be done by the jieople ill the neighborhood where the cowardly crime was committed." The lour mouths old child that he carried away, when he committed the terrible murder has been recovered. It was found in a hollow tree, all sound and well, and has been restored to its mother. The crime for which Berrier was hanged was given in The Chronicle at the time of the deed. Berrier married a grand-daughter of Henry Walser. He aiid his wife lived unhappily and finally separated, their only child, a young baby, being taken by its mother to her mother's home. One day last week, while Bcrrier's father-in-law was at Morganton, where he had left his daughter in the asylum, Berrier went to his mothtr-in-law's house near Lexing ton to secure the child. He filially snatched tiie child away from the old lady, und as she followed' him and tried to recover the child, Berrier pulled out a pistol and shot her dead. Herrier then lied with the child. Philadelphia Record: Ex-Postmaster General James contributes an article to The Forum on needed postal reforms, the most important of which he consid ers to lie the consolidation of small rural offices, cheaper ocean postage, a com plete elimination of partisan considera tions as all'ecting appointments and re movals in the railway mail service, and no limit as to the amount for which a domestic money order may be issued. He insists, however that nogreat or last ing reform is to be expected until the pos tal service shall have been absolutely di vorced from politics, and the work of the office be run on business principles. He draws a picture of the highest post office officials in the United States, spend ing the greater part of their working days in passing upon the petitions of Congressmen, local "statesmen" and po litical "heelers," and contrasts this ex perience with the freedom which mana gers of private corporations enjoy from any such ordeal. But the officials in question seem to like it; and the public well, their interests must give way to the inclinations and resentments' of cliques and factions. A cigar store at Chicago has heroine ihe possessor of quite a curiosity in the way of a cigar-lighter. It isacoiitrivance invented by an old German prolcssor named Docbcrein, atjena, a small t lernian town, in 1S10. It is hardly possible the professor intended his invention for a cigar-lighter, but it seems to be better adapted for that purpose than for any thing else. In appearance this machine is a twn-qunrt glass jar having a top cap of brass, in the centre of w hich is a valve opened by pressing down on a lever, and opposite and about an inch from the opening is a small tube con taining a platinum plate about the size of a nickel. In the jar is a mixture of vitriol and water, and pendant Irom the lop by a brass wire is u small piece of zinc. I nis zinc is so- acted on by the vitriol that it extracts the hydrogen from the water and forms a eas. " Pressing the lever jiermits this gas to escnie, and its lorce carries it to tlie platinum plate, ex citing it ut once to intense heat, and the heat thus generated ignites the gas, and thus a flame, a veritable gas jet, is created. Nashville American: It is not often that Senator Wade Hampton ventures to discuss questions of political economy, but when he does he goes right to the marrow. In a recent interview he said: "The South is destined to become great as a manufacturing section, but it does not need protection for its 'infant indus tries. In coarse latincs Miuln Carolinn is already underselling the cotton mills of Lo'vcll. 1 he reason why the South must become the great manufacturing section of the United States is quite evident. Its climate enables us to work twelve months in the year. Labor is cheaper and the cotton is grown right on the ground. These inducements are bound I to bring capital to us. 1 hen, in regard to i iron; it we can produce that at $11 per : ton, as is done, we have no need for pro- : tection. The South has siqierior natural ' advantages, and whatever protection the government levies simply helps to keep up the conqietition ol the iSorth The death of Mr. Lyman Klapp. of Providence, R. I., recalls a valuulue ser vice rendered bv him to mankind. Thirtv years ago he contrived a machine for separating the hull from the kernel of the cotton seed. As a result of his invention a waste substance bus been converted into a source of profitable use known all over the world, and millions of dollars are annually added to the value of the cotton cron in the United States. Mr. Klapp has a monument erected to his memory wherever a cotton seed mill has lieeu built in the South. ALABAMA TOWN IN THI HANDS OF A MOB. Two Meu Killed and Several Oth ers Wounded Alliance Men and the Town Authorities Disagree as to License Tax. Roston, October 15. A special from Atlanta to-dav, savs: The Alliance men have taken possession of the town ol Dotllen, Alabama, to resist the license tax. A riot, in which two leading men have been killed, is in progress. Two town officers were mortallv wounded anil a dozen seriouslv hurt. Last night the Constitution started out a special engine from Bam badge in charge of Col. B. F. Russell to investigate tin rumored riot at Do then, Ala. The en gine reached that place at 1 o'clock this morning. The facts were found to be as follows: The Farmers' Alliance of Hcnrv countv had established a warehouse ut Dotlicn. The town authorities sought to collect a license from drays, which they employed as from dravs employed by other business houses. Geo. H. Strin ger, manager of the Farmers' warehouse, undertook to drive one of the dravs him self, when he was arrested and Ins trial set for vesterdav. The Alliance men at tended the trial in force, and H. Strin ger, n relative of George, the man to lie tried, flourished a knife anil made for the marshal. This started the trouble, when fusilade ot shots took place. Geo. .itrmgcr and Jell Walker ol the Alliance lorce tell dead, mid Peter Tew, Green Stringer and Ii. Stringer weie seriously wounded. Marshal . S. Donuogos and leputy marshal Polk Powell and towns man . ii. Irnddock weie mortallv wounded. The terror which reigned the rest ol the day was indescribable. Un people were in fear all night of an at tack. The farmers claim that the town iieople treated them wrongfullv. and claim that the riot was inevitable under provocation given. Montoomkkv, Ala., Octolier 15. A special to the Advertiser says: In a iimcultv at Dot hen vesterdav seven men were shot ; two are dead, and another is lying. The trouble arose between the oan council and a drayman of the Farm ers warehouse, the latter refusing to pay a license required by the town au thorities. They were several times arres ted for violating the ordinance anil filled. ind this caused trouble between the armers and the town. Both marshals were shot and one will die. The two draymen defying the law were killed. 1 rouble was expected last night and the town was well guarded. Many enraged farmers are in town to-day, liut all is quiet, Emerson Grave Desecrated. CoNComi, Mass., October 14. Yester day afternoon while attending a burial it Sleepy Hollow cemetery, two gentle men of Concord discovered that the grave of Ralph Waldo Emerson had been disturbed. The authorities were notified and found that the grave had been opened during Saturday night exposing the casket. Whether the remains have been taken or not is not known at present, as the authorities are waiting the return of Dr. Edward Emerson, the philosopher's son, who has been tele graphed for. A watch was at once placed at the grave, but the general opinion here is that the miscreants accomplished their object and secured at least the skull, which was probablv what thev were after. There is great in dignation here. Willard Farrar, an undertaker here, is authority for the statement that. illhoiigh the Emerson casket was un covered, it was not opened by the van- lals, who were apparently frightened away belore they could accomplish their purposes. Cotton Buck Flour Barrels. A wonderful revolution in flour barrel making is proniis' d bv a patent which has been granted for the making of bar- els out ot cotton duck instead ot wood. The new material is inqiervious to water mil resists lire lor a long tune. It weighs to the barrel about 16 pounds less than the wood, and can be manufactured ten percent, cheaper. The cotton duck bar- els can be rolled up into small space and returned to the mills for frequent use. 1 he barrels can thus be returned as solid goods and thus save space. The Hour merchants ot Atlanta nave given it i Inir trial, and pronounce it a success. Jefferson Davis as a Lumberman. effcrson Davis," said L. M. Weston, of Michigan, to a New York World re porter, "was the pioneer luinlierman ot the northwest. That part ot his career is not very well known. Alter his mar riage to the daughter ot Cachariah Tay lor, Davis, who was a lieutenant in the nrmv, went to Fort Chippewa, in Wis consin, lie mint a saw mill mere ami ran it for more than a year Tins was about ten years before the Mexican war. Davis' mill was the first one to he erected in the west, it is sun sianiiing, i ne licve. Had he stuck to lumbering he would have made a great fortune. Danville Votes ijo,ooo, Danvii.lk, Va., Octolier 15. Danville to-day voted $150,000 towards the ex tension of the Atlantic and Danville rail road from Danville to the coal fields ot southwest Virginia. The citv liasalrcadv voted a like amount to the eastern end of the line from Danville to Norfolk, and that end of the road, 200 miles long, will soon be opened for business. The work on the western extension will liegin as soon as practicable, and the line pushed to completion. Bristol, Tenn., the prob able western terminus of the line, tele graphed greetings to-day and assured Danville that Bristol wouiti aiso sun scribe $150,000 to the road. Springfield Republican: "Where are your soldiers?" asked a South American delegate of Mr. Curtis at Holyoke yester day, while the party was waiting for the procession to start. "On all our New England tour, I have not seen a soldier in one of the city streets." Mr. Curtis assured him that we did not need many soldiers in time of peace, and our small army was on the frontier watching the Indians. "But who preserves orders?" the delegates persisted. "Well there is a policeman keeping back the crowd," said Mr. Curtis, pointing to u blue coat who was motioning with his club. "lint he isn't armed," continued the inquirer. "In our country about one-tenth of the able-bodied men arc soldiers, and in a large place like this a mini stands with this government by the people is wonderful ! min on every Btirct voi mi. mi A Wilmington tneamer Ashore. Norfolk, October 15. The CIvde steamer Pioneer from New York to Wil mington, N. C, with un nssoited cargo, is reported ashore at Ocracoke inlet, about twenty miles south of Hatteras. Missionary Reported Have Been Murdered. to Boston, Octolier 11. The Traveller prints, under date of Zoul, Korea, Sep tember 3d, a letter from Mrs. Haltie G. Heron, wife of Dr. Heron, of Tennessee, who was reported to have been sentenced to death by the King of Korea for teach ing Christianity. Mrs. Heron says she has just passed through a long and dangerous illness, which has left her a mere ghost of her former self. Slit asserts that the King of Korea would not do what has been charged against him, and adds: "He is a man of great strength of character, kindness of heart, and noble ambition. Moreover, this King ami the (Jueen have been most cordial and generous in their personal treatment of Dr. Heron and myself. They will do all in their power to protect us. Our only danger is from the ignor ant and superstitious lower class, who il aroused, might kill us before the King could rescue us from them, but as Dr. Heron has, with his own hands, treated about 30,000 sick Koreans, who art vety grateful to him, it is not likely that they will rise up against him or his family, whatever they may do to others," Mrs. Heron states several incidents to show their friendly relations with the royal family, and concludes her interest ing letter as follows: "Let me say posi tively that Dr. Heron and I arc not preaching or teaching Christianity ex cept by an example which we earnestly pray may be worthy of the name ol Christians. The laws of the land forbid it, and through the United States Minis ter about a year ago American mission aries were absolutely forbidden to teach their religion, but we long for the time when our treaty shall be revised and the freedom of religion allowed. Until that lime we are doing all in our power to gain the confidence and respect of the people, with what success you mav judge from my letter." NORTH CAROLINA NOTES. MorgantonStar: Judge Bynum, last week, appointed Mr. H. W. Connelly clerk of Burke superior court, to succeed Mr. S. T. Pearson, who resigned to take the posi tion of cashier of the Piedmont Bank at this place. Wilmington Star: Receipts of cotton at this port from September 1 to Octo ber 11, 29,543 bales; to same .date last year, 2(5,740 bales. Exports since Sep tember 1, 1(5,1 20 bales, against 14,638 last year. North State: Ex-Sheriff Gilmer has developed the canning industry in such a way as to attract general attention. This year he has put up three times as many cans as last year. The product ol this factory this year is 15,000 cans tomatoes, peaches, apples, corn and snap beans. His orders are coming in from all quarters. Winston Republican : At his home in Stokes county, one day the past week, Mr. Gid Samuels died very suddenly. He was asleep and snoring loudly. Suddenly he became quiet and his wife went to as certain the cause, and found him dead. Dr. J. P. Bynum, of Germnnton, was summoned, but the deceased was beyond aid. Mr. Samuels was a kind husband, a good neighbor and a highly respected citizen. Raleigh correspondence Richmond Dis patch: News has been received of an other homicide in Moore county. John Jones and M. F. Jones, while intoxicated, went to the houscof their brother-in-law, William Mclnniss. John teased Mclnniss' children and was ordered away. Upon leaving he cursed Mclnniss, and then with M. F. Jones, followed Mclnniss into the smoke-house, wliere a free fight followed. Mclnnis' wife, who was in the fight, called upon John Hor ner, who was present, to separate the men. John Jones was an instant later stabbed to the heart with a meat knite. It appears all were drunk and dis claim any knowledge of who stabbed Jones. The coroner hapjieiied to em panel a jury of Mclnnis's friends, who agreed that Jones came to his death by a knife in the hands of some unknown party. Hence a homicide, under most suspicious circumstances, has been com mitted, and no one has been arrested. BROWN ACOTITTEB Ol the Murder of Col. Paite bv a Jury of bis Peers. Marion, N. C, Octolier 15, 18SU. Etlitor Citizen: The jury in the Brown case rendered a verdict of "not guilty" this morning. A large crowd was pres ent when the verdict was rendered. The verdict was received with some show ol applause, but Judge Phillips very prompt ly nut a quiet us on it, and the court pro ceeded with its business. The case has been ably managed by the counsel for the defendant. B. The RalelKh Mtate Fair. Kai.hoii. N. C, Octolier 15. The larg est crowd ever seen at a lair in this State attended the State fair to-day. The chief attraction to-day was the marriage of W.M. Batemnnto MissJosephineNowles, of Washington county. The ceremony took took place at the grand stand at the fair ground, at noon. The bride and groom were both attired in costumes of Southern cotton bagging, and were at tended by four couples, all costumed in the same. The matrimonial ceremony was )ierformed by Chaplain I. J. Scott. Numerous presents were presented to the newly married couple by the merchants of the city. Baseball Yesterday. At Philadelphia Baltimore 2, Athletic 10. At Cincinnati Cincinnati 8, St. Louis 3- At Cincinnati Second game Cincin nati 1 , St. Louis 2. Mam Jones' Humor. Send a nickle to TheGlobe, Durham, X. C, and get a copy of the handsome eight- nace Weekly containing full report of Sam Jomes' meetings, with many of his original and witty sayings. Alabama's Good Credit. Montgomery, Ala., October 15. Gov ernor Senv has sold to parties in New York $054,000 worth of Alabama bonds bearing four per cent, interest, to replace the same amount of six per cent, bonds, which are due Januarv 1,1800. The price i paid for the four per cent, bonds was 1001-10. The Weather To-Dav, Washington, Octolier 15. Indications for North Carolina. Fair till Thursday night, preceded by light rain on the North Carolina coast; slightly warmer, northerly winds. The THE CONTRACT SIGNED, AND THE Hl'RVF.V TO BEGIN. The Opportunity for Transylva nla, Henderson, Buncombe, Madison and Yancey Countlca One Not to be Neiclecled. This great enterprise no longer appears as a visionary scheme. It seems to have taken shae and life and motion. The initial steps are such as to have lifted it out of the range of possibilities, to have invested it with the dignity of probabili ties; farther than that, to rank it with the importance of certainties. Gigantic works are not approached with the tim idity of former days; bold enterprise has been so often rewarded with successful accomplishment that projectors do not now hesitate as once they did atcostand distance and engineering difficulties. Only point out to them whut is expected to lie attained, and capital and engineer ing skill are at once forthcoming, and the work is undertaken with confident alac rity. Such is the case with the road whose title heads this article. We use informa tion following largely in the words of the gentleman who kindly furnished it. The company was chartered and the act ratified February 12,1887. Thechar ter members are: J. L. Hill, of Atlanta, S. T. Kelsey, Thos. L. Gash, Wm. Norton, A. Cannon, J. E. Rankin, Richmond Pear son, Natt Atkinson, J. C. Pritchard, (5. D. Ray, Isaac Bailey, E. L. Vaughn, L.C. Gentry, S. F. Lovell, R. R. Asbury, of Georgia. The following is the organization in May, 1889: Officers Natt Atkinson, president; G. I). Kay, vice-president; J. E. Rankin, sec retary and treasurer. Directors Natt Atkinson, J. E. Rankin, J. D. Ray, S. T. Kelsey, Jas. P. Sawyer, VV. T. Peuniman, W. II. Inloes. Stockholders Hon. T. D. Johnston, S. T. Kelsey, J. P. Sawyer, J. E. Rankin, J. D. Kay, H. A. Gudger, Natt Atkinson, W. H. Inloes, I). S. Watson, T. W. Penni man, VV. W. Rollins. The contract to build the road has Iwen made with the New England Rail road Supply and Development Company, of Boston, Mass., of which Herbert L. Peck is president, and ChesterM.Sprague is secretary and treasurer. The contract requires that the survey shall commence within ten days after the signing of the contract. This was done on Saturday last. While the survey is going on, the right of way is to be taken up, and the question of county subscription to be submitted to the people. The counties are to take no stock in the company until the road is completed entirely through the county and the cars, both passenger and freight are running on regular schedule entirely through the county making the subscrip tion, but the election to be held author izes the commissioners to make the sub scription when this is done. Buncombe will be expected tosubscrilic $200,000 when the cars arerunningfrom the Madison county line to the Hender son county line. The road is to lie a first-class road in every particular, and must lie received and accepted as such by the railroad au thorities before anything whatever is given, either in the shape of railroad bonds, railroad stock or county bonds. The contract for the company was pre pared by J. S. Adams and M. E. Carter, of this city, and is so binding in its pro visions that there is not the slightest doubt or danger to our people in accept ing and acting under it. This is the opportunity for Ashcville, Buncombe and all the counties along the line. RANDOM NOTES Roped In by Rambling Reporters RoamiiiK Round the citv. Only two drunks occupied the Mayor's court yesterday. Property transfers yesterday were : G. W. Purcfoy to H. B. Carter, $1,500; H. A. Goffto J. A. Craig, $200. Register Mackey yesterday authorized the rites of matrimony to be celebrated lietween M. R. Treadaway and Annie Bradman. Rescue Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 had an oyster supper last evening at their headquarters in City Hall. There was a full turnout, we are informed. The commodious brick leaf tobacco warehouse being built by Hon. J. L. M. Curry, on North Water street, is being rapidly pushed to completion. It will, we are informed, lie occupied by some Virginia gentlemen, FOLKS YOl' KNOW. Who Thu Ar Where Tbey Are, and What They Are Doing. C. W. Miller, of Waynesville, was in the city last night. Mr. George Vanderbilt, of New York, is expected to reach the city on Friday next. W. F. Tomlinson, editorof theCountry Homes, left yesterday to attend the State Fair at Kalcigh. President King, of the New Vork, Lake Erie and Western Railway Company, passed through this city yesterday in bis private car en route to Hot Springs, where he w'll sojourn several weeks. The; J4th Annual Me salon Of the East Tennessee Conference, A. M. E. church, will convene to-day at 9 o'clock, a. m., at the A. M.E.Zion church, Rev. T. H. Lomax, D. D., of Charlotte, presiding. A large numlier of delegates are in the city. ,yi' ill, J-C l.'f 1. 'I s B