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!HE DAILY CITIZEN BOARDING, WANTS, THE DAILY CITIZEN "TlA' For Rent, and Lost Notices, three lines or leas, 25 Cents for Delivered to Visitor In any art of the City. each insertion. One Month Two Week, or less ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1889. NUMBER 172. VOLUME V. THE CRONIN TRIAL. O'CONNER. THK KM'ORMMi KKCKIvTAKV, T EST I F I EM. He Ooes Not Seem Disposed to Tell What He Known About the Trial of Hie Triangle Andrew Foy AIho Not Disposed to Talk. Chicago, October 2D. John 0. O'Con nw, member of the Unions camp twenty of the Clan-na-GacI, of which Beggs, Burke, Cotiffliliu mill other deleiidants were members, wns next placed on the stand. O'Cunner was recording sccre tarv of the camp when Beggs was senior guardian. Alter numerous details as to the meetings and methods of transacting business, the witness testified that 1-Y-h-rnary 8, last, at a meeting of the camp, Ti.,oU p riiriu-r :isl;-il it we had ever heard the report of the committee that tried what is known as the Triangle. Beggs said he had not. O'Conner said it was strange that our camp had never got the report when lie heard it read in another camp in the city ; that he heard a man read it and would state the name of the camp and man who read it il we demanded it. Somebody usked who il was. "I did not bear who he said read it, but there was some member there who did hear and 1 asked him, What did you say,' and 1 understood lii in to snv Dr. Croniu." The Stale's attorney was evidently ol the opinion that the witness was an un willing one, and sought to have him de tail at a greater length the proceedings of the camp that time, but without suc cess. The witness said ho had no reeol u...: h.ii tl- 'iinii named Fov had made a speech in which he said the camp had iK-ltcr investigate me manioc-, in. cause he had heard a report charging its inemliers of wasting llie hums ol t hi I-- Aft.... . l..iiiru.i-iitiirU lu-tween tin lawyers the court admitted the record ol U ' ..r..eerliitr.: of ciimn twcutv. on I.vi.rnnri. iniide bv the witness at the .... ,,",t . t,i-,i-i-i-i!i.il to read it. sub ject to many interruptions in the way ol iuestions and (injections, nciicr.111; m referring to individual nienibers ol the .-amo. numbers instead of names wen unit in mil. case in which it was noted thateertainnicinbcrswereappoint ed a committee to investigate the quail ;..nt:. ...c i.i'.m -ituilii:int fur membership The State's attorney said he proposed to show that one ol them was a member I... wi. of thi- nrisoners at the liar Coming down to the matter of the camp filliMrMtiinis mrninst IICCII'II Wll s,lli.... I Dr. Cronin's connection with the trial 01 the Triangle in Bultalo, the witness retui as follows: mi ..i .! ,,t,1,-if lli.-il :m tmneru- lllliTI-U mm m-v-. i , tive demand be made upon the executive committee at once for immediate intor- m.-nioii of the trial committee. It was ...;i..a th.o ilip senior guardian notify the district members of the report that is .........wi ren-:rdim the rcnorl ol the jk;,iiii ........... . o - trial committee right in one ol the camps in this eitv. The motion was cm i icu. A motion was made and seconded that a select committee of three be appointed by tht senior guardian to investigate ..en nllont rei'ardiiiLT me inai oi ene i.. .a.. The motion carried CXCeilLlve iiuui- - ----- -n... u.Mir nrioirrliaii mentioned, the witness said, was lohn F. Beggs, one ol .i,-.,.., now on trial. All ellort was j . ... i...... l.v tin. u-iitit-sH that there iiiiiuc Bii .-v r ... , was a consultation between himself anil m:. i k,.K- A. I. horn, and I . n v;..t.. ..1.,.,., 111.. iirlviRnhililv ofdcStroV ,OI.UI II""". " ' , .1... l.,..,Le ..I I lie ennio. but the OC 1I1U die Uwwno ... i-i - tense objected, and the court sustained . t i.:. The cross-examination of the witnesses then l.Min The witness lurlhei testified that when Captain 0 Limner moved lor the appointment of a com ... ... : t tn. i-iMiiiri t lint the I1111U.-C IU uivvr.Hfti. --- report of the trial committee had been read in anoiuer i.iui), mni ...... . o o it,, it the caino had no oowcr to 'investigate another camp, and that 1 1,.. ,.....i..r thin-r to do was to refer the ........ l.o .lisl rii-l ottirer. IIHIVLCI H niv The witness had no knowledge as to whether or not the committee to mven tiirjite the other camp was ever ap ()uestion-"bid you hear Captain il'i'onnor in iiuv sLatenient lie made i -, mm '211 meetings, mention Lromn s IlillllC lll'll .11.1. Answer "1 did not hear nun pronounce it, but as I said ln-fore " , The witness was interrupted at tins imiiit by a till, between the counsel, at the conclusion of which, he auswerd that lie did not hear it. At the oiening of the altei noon session Andrew l-'ov, a inemberol Camp at), was put on the stand us a witness. Foy was a very non-committal witness and with the greatest pertinacity avoided giving a positive answer to the most innocent : I E.innnu- ftn." "1 L'UCSS SO. (IUC3LIOII. '-"-I-I"" . I can't sav." were the lavorile lorms ot reply with him. Finally he was brought to admit that ne maoe a iiiii meeting of Cmnp at) when the matter ot the report of the triangle came up. Alter making several attempts to explain the circumstances under which lie made the speech, and getting the narrative mixed up with statements as to hiinsell so that it was impossible to understand what it was all about, he said : "As far as I j-e-inember, Capt. O'Connor mudc a eertaiu . statement that this LeCaron, who was a witness, it'seemcd, before the I'arnel commission at the time, was the paid ... nf tin- pveeutive body ot an Irish organization in this country." "What also did he say about the fUAnswer-"He said, 1 think 1 remember very str.mg when I heard it, that there was $38,000. I am not positive whether there was $38,000 or $40,000. There was $28,000 of funds of this organiza tion gone to LcCaron for some object in England or Ireland. He did not specify where it was spent in England. Ouestion-"Did he speak then of haying heard the report of the trial committee read in another camp?" Answer "Yes." fu:. the witness said, caused much excitement in the camp, and was the cause of the speech which witness uin-le After it he weut down stairs and took a drink. What made witness angry ("hot" as he expressed it,) was the thought that LeCaron got any ol the clan's funds for any purpose whatever and it also made him "hot to learn that the report of the trial committee had been given out in other eamps sooner i T -....... -ii Hi- suunosed that lllltll IU .Mlup . . . others felt in the same way, lor they also i i i. got up ami i. .. The next witness was Michael J. Kelly, foreman of the metal department ot Adams & West Lock Munulacturing Company, and senoir guardian of Camp at) At the time of the meeting of ret ruarv last, he talked of the proceedings, though his memory was deficient as to details. He remembered that Foy had called for the report of the committee which tried the triangle, and that this demand grew out of the tatenwnt by Capt. (Connor to the effect that he (O'Connor) had heard the report of that committee read in the camp of which Cronin was a member, and that Cronin was the man who read it. Thislast state ment is in contradiction of the evidence in this subject heretofore given, and all published statements heretofore made. Thev agree in saving that Capt. O'Connor did not mention Cronin's name, but said that he would give the name of the mini and numlicr -I the .camp if senior guardian demanded them. The witness then weut on to say that it did not seem to him that any excite ment resulted from Capt.' O'Connor's speech, though he believed n couple ol men demanded the appointment ol a committee to investigate the matter ol the reading of the report in the other camp. The witness believed that Dan Coughlin, one of the defendants, was The cross examination of Kelly brought out the fact that, though he knew of the trial of the triangle, he did not know who constituted mat oouy. uuu ohm learned their names subsequently when published in newspapers. The next witness, nmnony j. rum, oast guardian of Camp at), testified that .it the mecli..g of i he camp on the 22nd if February, l'atnck Mei.arry and Kich- nl rowers mane speecnes iiciiouiiciuk the triangle, and that senior guardian lleggs replied, defending Alexander Sulli van, one ot the mcmncrs oi ine crningie. it a iit-.-Mv warm discussion, and Tt..r., i:iiil it would have to be peace or war. or words to that effect. The wit ness said that m the meeting ol me camp in March he (witness I had called the at tention of the camp to the statement that there was danger that members ol the opposition order, the united order ol leputies, inignt succeed in Keiiuin ini ill their number initiated in the Clan-na- ul caniDs.and pointed to llicdetciidaul O Sullivan as his authority for the state ment. This was after the talk with O'Sullivaii, who had been present when Dr. Lromn instituted the camp f the Clan-iia-Onel in Lake lew. Stephen Calleran, laborer, was the last witness. An attempt was made to get a detailed statement of the proi eedings I Lamp an. on tnemgni oi renruary oin from him, but with poor success. The ..-) i hni i lu re is ;i division ol interest ill l... (l.i. ,,... in the I'l-oiiiu ease, and that senior guardian Beggs, of Camp 20, is Having ins case luiiiiuvii-u nuiv j.v it... ... .j it t he ot icrs was s lown to-oav. u wli.-n witness O'Connor wa- called to testifv in regard to the proceed ings ill Camp ai), of the Clan-na-Oael, Forrest, on behalf of other defendants, had objected to the admission of O'Con ner s testimony. Then Foster, ot counsel lor neggs, laid: "On liebnlf of the delendant Beggs, wc want the record to show that no objection is made on his part to the introduction of this testi mony. Beggs does not wish to impair or infringe the rights of the other defend ants, but his position is that he invites the fullest and clearest investigation of Ins connection with llie cinu-nu-uaci, and lie does not object to the introduc- ..t'.K.i. i ,ei imoiiv. mnteri.'il ormima- lerial, that will forward such investiga tion, lie made tins assertion wneu uii harge was first made, ami he repeats it n.,u- Wliit does all t lis mean: lias ilcuirs souealed?" was asked of Mills. WASHINGTON LETTER. THK MARINE HAJHO WII.I. BE AT FAVETTEVI1.IJE. Senator RaiiHom Preparing HI Speech to lie nellverea on inai OceitHlon-Hehool lrln at tlie Capital That Letter iohI. Washington, October 27, 1889. I understand that Senator Kansom se cured the promise of the President thai the Marine Band should go to Fayette ville. The secretary of the navy was therefore, perhaps, as much surprised as anybody else, when he found out the band was to go. General Kansom is a host in himself when he determines to ac complish anything, and 1 will guarantee no other town the size of Fayetteville m this country ever secured this splendid band for niiv occasion of similar im nortanee. The Marine Land, led by Prof. Sousa, splendidly tinuorineo, us il is, will prove quite an attraction to our people. This is one more evidence of the superior tact and great influence of our distinguished senior Senator, whose silver-tongued oratory will charm even more on that notable occasion than the combined harmonies of the famous band whose services he has secured. He has li..en iirenaiiiiiT his speech several weeks, and he told me recently that there was much in the colonial history ol our ntnte ... l.n ...... .til enile.i i-nr tn memori.-ilie ontbat day. Wc spoke, in this connection, in high terms ol tuc recent worn oi eoi Wm. I.. Saunders in this direction, as of o' hers who had endeavored to save from oblivion the brave acts of our fore fathers. The speech will lie a masterpiece and neither the presence of Hon. Jeffer son Davis, nor blare of trunqiets, will lessen the delight his well rounded sentences, his words of wisdom and learning, his splendid presence, his rich, deep voice will give the audience who know and love him for all he has done for his and their native State. c.A..l.;...r Mr fl.'ivis 1 s:iv .1 verv fine portrait of him in the ante room oi Secretary Proctor last week. It was painted, I presume, while he was secre tary of war, and was one ol those of the maiiv distinguished men who have held ti.o',,.-H'.,1iii uiiu-e the foundation of the republic. Near Mr. Davis' portrait was one ot Mr. Stanton. a ......... .a' u..,m. lii.lies (mm the Salem n i.... ... ... n -- Ae.-ii eniv are coming norinwaro on a sight-seeing tour next week. They will arrive in this city .Monday evening, ami will visit the eapitol, the Smithsonian and National museum, the Art Gallery and Botanical gardens before leaving Washington. Rev. J. W. L'lcwell, the young president of the old academy, was "here recently. He is a man of progressive ideas and liilieves in new methods. He is pushing the school in everyway. Ik has the reputation of being a very accom plished gentleman. The secretary of war has lost the letter i-......, ,..,wi,. Pnuli- refevrinir to the quartering of Geronimo's band of Apaches in North Laroltna. llie oiuciais in me war department refuse to state what ac tion will be taken in the case. John Paul Jones, a nephew of Senator Vooihees, has returned with his wife from a visit to Ashevillc, and expresses il,.. .I,-.. neut nibiiiration of the Land of EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. . . !. . , M...I . 1... : . 1... CL... Lounse tor tne p.opic sunieo. iu im .-,,, , s.ion. Ames replied : "We will Mr. C. T. Graudy. a young North Lar wait and see whether the State brings :niv eharire of irravitv against him. we claim thev can. If they try it we will put Beggs on the stand. CHICAUO REVIIiW. oliniaii. on the stall' ol "the Post, is travel ing in Ins native State in the interest ot ,i,..i ...,.. r,,l William lohnston. ol Charlotte, .. .i .. reeeiii caller on the President, lie- ing introduced Dv tne tion. n. r. runups iliiHiucHH lu lheiralu Center ur. Inic Yesterday's Session. i (letobee 2'). The market oK'iicd duil and easy, held steady for awhile and later oeeame mine- ueme ..i... weak at declining figures, liarly trades were about VhC. under the closing figures of yesterday, held until nearly 11 o'clock within ',tc. "range, but alter that broke ir a ..- ,iV.e. with e. reaction later, and the elosinf liirurcs were -. lower for December and -"'kc. lower lor May than vesterdav. The receipts trorn the noi th- ,;..... I-. .'ii-.'-rcirniim' at nesi e.'it....." ....- --r..-- .-- " Minneapolis and Dnluth 885 cars with 2,000 reported on track at Minneapolis. A moderate speculative and fair ship ping business was trunsncico in coin Willi kc-lnig quite strong e.o i. in me ten sion, but as the day advanced on, easier tone was niauilcstcd. and early strength was not maintained. The speculative market opened firm at le.niac. above ..i....: ,rii,.G f e,-ii-riliiv. influenced eiiinnie; ....-... .- sonic by small receipts, was steady tor some time, nut taieroiiei ings wc-ie- mi due to weakness in wheat and the bright clearing weather, became quiet and closed a shade lowerthan yesterday. Oats were stronger and although the volume of transactions was light and lieloev the nvcrane. prices ranged higher. Not much tne was exiuiuieu m i.ie pork. Local manufacturers were inclined i., alitor Novemlier and lanuary de livery, and prices declined 20e.a2iic. on the former nun i vac. on me- i.me. . ..e... Iier was in some request from short in terest and prices ruled 15e.ii 25c. higher, i ..-a ...u firmer but tradiuif was within very moderate limits. Shorts were anxious to purchase n few lots for October delivery, and the ojiening sides were mude at 15c. advance, followed by further appreciations of 10c. Later re ......il anl nriepu reaelled 20c. HLkli'ii ueeui.. .. f Other deliveries were quiei mm inieeo ruled 2Vjc.u5c. higher. Short rins were ncgiccicu mm ummif was unusually light, prices exnuineu very little change. West Side park Races MICHAEL OAVITT TALKS. Nashville, October 29. Kail meeting at West Side Park began to-day. The ......... !..... ... ...no nv.er ' IKlli! trHckslll?ht- Heeeiiii.ii.ee ,....... , r. ly heavv and racing good. f irst race nve iuriuiij;. inn ton won, Deer Lorie second, Tom Hood third. Time 1.06 Va. o .i n.. iioiil.i fillica two vertr olds; four furlongs: Ophelia won, Jes Dark Secret third. Time .O.i '-2 ti,;j ra.v ie mile- Hirt k lav won. ville- tt second. Irish Dan third. Time ir!i.: 'iA r..iu. tw e-enr olds: five fur- I win e. me .. .. .. ,, . longs: Milton won, Bally Hon second. .u;j Ti,r... 1 nuii ATlllie-i eini ei. ....e - . Filth race six furlongs: blsie B. won. ltuekler Hreoiul. Dutclunun third. Time 1.21. He uefends the clan-na-Ciael and the Land Leattue. I.oMion. Octolier 29 Michael Davitt resumed his address before the Parnell commission to-day. He rclerred to tne action of the Chicago convention, as dis proving the assertion mat tne l lan-na ......1 ... , d ...... .fillv .nllieH evilh the leairue Tl... n..,lw...c ..fll'ie .'irtieles on "Parnell ism and Crime," which were printed in the London Times, he said, were wilfully : 1 .....1 .r.i,..lrl rnmtntions from lllCiieeu iiii.i ri". ...-. :...,n ii.itu'ra He fidnntted that the nine i ie '.(" - - - . expressions of some speakers at Chicago were hitter nginnsr I'.ngiauu, one mc c. in vention was held during a period when the league was under the ban of sup pression; when a number of prominent members of the Parncllile party were in prison, and when fiiree had crushed out eOllSlUUUOn.il move-mem. ..... ers were laboring under greatexeitcment. "Parnellism and crime," n liarscatechisni, distorted everything relating to the M.....u,oe ,,1'thp Irish in America. He instanced as baseless lies, the statement i hut he met the chiefs ot the American assassination party while in the Cnited States, and consented wiimneni iu mi in an Irish federation, and that Parnell as sisted in this scheme. He, I Davitt. I had often repudiated the policy of revenge, advocated bv the extremists ill America. Davitt also 'said, that many erroneous reports were current, respecting the Clan-na-t'i.'iel, which organization, he said, was not an assassination society, ...,r mm-e n secret society than was the order of Free Masons in Great Britain. , , A. I... ..: . ...ulr .if .,-e;,l tenirth noon the UU viee ,i v e i, . r,. r.--- siK-ial condition of Ireland, to show that the Agrarian outrages commuted irom 1K79 to 1NH2 were due to the social con ditions of the country, and to economic causes, and not to his teaching or to the i. ... iia ian leflfTiip. ne Kinetrei enue he organized the league with the object of abolishing landlordism, i ms, iic nem, ..Uri'....,lv letri.1 nud constitutional end to work for. The'means employed were constitutional. He denied tnattne Irish town meeting at which tne league . ,c ui-.rt.-rl was orLranized bv the Fenians with an ulteiior object. Many of those present at the meeting were Fenians, but they only acted as farmers and radical land reformers. Its work Adapting the church to the Needs ol tne Aice l'lrlmlc'lphia Record. While the general convention of the lipiscopal church at its recent session did not attempt much important legislation, still in what was done there is evidence that it recognizes the necessityj ol adapt ing itself to tne necus oi encm,e, ...... tlie way is being prepared for the advent of an important epoch in the history ol the church. The proposal for a new canon on mar riage and divorce was warmly discussed; but, unfortunately, the subject was post poned until the meeting ot the next con vention, not because of any hesitation which the church might have had on the question of making the marriage tie more binding-as its position on that question is unassailable but because the canon was encumbered with matter of a questionable character,' such us the degrees of "affinity." The ventilation ol the subject, however, wil' - ulunbtedly have aiiefT et in making clergymen more cautious in marrying people compara tively unknown tothem.and more anxious to use their influence in an effort to resist the tendency of the age to relax the obb .r..i;...,u ..I Ylie tnntriinollial tie. ' ti, ,,,i..uiion of ehanL'iiie.' the system ol reuresciitution in the convention was r . . .1.. :, I. ... ......Ilier sent liaeK to tne eounniLiee- m. report three years hence ; but the drilt ol the debate suggested that when action shall be taken the proposed end will be reached bv tne division oi ine- nmeeaes. iwinn-ie with Archbishonsat their head, and with less frequent meetings ot the general convention, i ins wuum en. .In. ...ilerimr ee-.-rli'e of the reconstruction of church polity; anil the readjustment 'i 1.1 1... t:i...l.-,. Iintur 'letermiucd upon wmim ue . ".... ,1 ,,v,.,Lii,,n into closer touch with the people by giving them more adequate representation ami recogiuenni. The changes adopted in the prayer book mav not at first sight be supposed to have an interest to the secular mind; yet they arc significant of the trend ot modern religious thought. While the .....:.. i..Ib in use in the Annlican Com munion before the Reformation, or those of Koine that have been compiled since ,i lme-e nil almost inexliauslibli variety, the American prayer book makes little provision for the demand of human r..r e-,iiiet v and chaiiL'e. When it f.,i in imlcd the mlcllectuai con i t ions of society were in uicir nii.uie i . i i, r.. no tiewsiiaucrs. and hut lew t,.u,ka This state ol atlatrs has been ail Imiiired. and only bv hlurgicalelaslicily and by giving greater opportunity lor the exercise ot pulpit vigor, can ii ue ex i.. I,,, Id the attention of restless nervous people, and make the church an -i,l ,,,! ol intel eeiuai oiouie-ss .inn t -u..;i;.i ;wlv:i1ii-enu-nt. After all. however, the most hopeful characteristic of the convention was its evident ea'crness to use every legitimate IlietllOd ttiai IIUKIH SUeilK.'"e ee.. . . .1.. . .i ..... ,.1 .-mil make the laws ot justice, of honesty and of lair dealing the laws ot every-day inc. i ne loice oi nu- dition and ot ecclesiastical precedent long kept the Anglican church troin identify ing itself with moral and social reforms. - l.,........er it fins ils lniilds. its .MIW, ll,.,eei, ....w n- . . Lr.,ti,erlinoils itRteir.ucancenud friendly societies, and its social aeiineuous, .m of these agencies aiming to elevate hu manity. So, also, the lipiscopal church is beginning to speak out boldly and Icarlesslv on questions wiueii rc-i.ii.c- m the politicul lile of the Commonwealth. .... 1 i. .,.-.,, .... ,,t" Itklum 1 ne uiuell-ci leiemev. oe. ....... -. p.. to.r , -.n t lie nee.'ision of the Centennial celebration in New York showed that the leaders ol the church had at lengui come LO reail.e time, vt.e.iwi.e r..... tare of the partisan, they could protest against vicious and corrupt conduct and low standards of political nn rainy. And so (lie bishops in their pastoral let ter were caretul to point out that official place in morals and in politics is not the prize won bv a vulgar selfishness, nor the refuge of patronized incompetence, nor .1... I.'irter O-'iee Ortimiscd .'lll'l liajll for political influence, but the place in which a righteous man may serve his fellow-men and advance the reputable in-i.-n-ei.nl bis country. When a church thus identifies itself with the nuns ol true citizenship, and pleads also lor the re eiienilion of the influence of kindness, justice and loving manliness, it is per- lonning functions which must ol necessity help to bring about the beneficent ideals ol hie and actum. A Veueralile Minister and a I'seful Citizen Oles Sutiueiuv, Alter Loiik Years of Service In Hie Cause of Man and the tiospel. We are indebted to Mr. C. K. Friek for the following sad and startling informa tion. Ri TUHKHOHDTox, N. C, October 29. Special. While trying two white men ;ind two colored men lor assault and nai lery, the Rev. Carter Burnett, mayor ot this place, fell to the floor unconscious with heart failure. Medical assistance was summoned and Mr. Burnett rallied for a short time, but died in two hours from the seizure, lie wasabout seventy five years old, anil in addition to mayor, had been a justice of the ieace, chair man ot the county board of education, sieee-iinl nml local nreacher in the Metho dist church for a number of years. He was a resident of the town tor forty-five years. He leaves a widow. CHAK;EI WITH JIl KllKK. A SUDDEN DEATH. I . Col. J. n. Hteele Convicted of A- M AVOR OF RVTHERFORB1 ON - BauM ald BaMerv. I- ATALLV BTRHKIVB. HEMBEKSONVILLK ITEMS, Parties Arrested for the l.yiicIiiiiK of Moliert Herrier. Cliarlotte' Clironie-le-. Li-xtxc.ToN. N. C, October 2K. Twenty-six parties have Ix'tn arrested for al iened participation in the lynching of Kobbcrt Herrier, and the preliminary ex amination began before Judge Phillips to-dav at 12 o'clock. SheriT Leonard, of Davidson COUlltV. received late Saturday night 32 bench warrants, issued by Judge Phillips, for the arrest of the supposed lynchers, lie immediately summoned a large party of the citizens of this place and Tliomasville to assist him ill making the arrests, and up to 7 o'clock Sunday evening there had been eighteen or twenty men arrested and brought to town charged with mur der. The prisoners first arrested were committed to jail; but on the arrival of Judge Phillips and Solicitor Long, the ludge ordered all ot tlicm iirougnt ociore him in the court House aiiout tnrec o'clock where he told them that he had been sent here to thoroughly investigate this lynching case, and to sec that Un laws of North Carolina were enforced and respected, and that the guilty be brought to punishment; and while he was determined that this should bedoue. vet he did not intend to he arbitrary or oppressive to the men arrested. They, he said, should have a speedy trial and a fair and patient hearing, t livery one should have time to gel his witnesses, consult counsel, etc. He then ordered that alljlhe prisoners here now, and those that may be brought in during the niirht be kent in the court house in stead of the jail, and he swore iu a guard to keep them safely until Monday morning- Up to ten o'clock tlusmorning.tivenly fivc had been arrested, and the sheriff in formed tne he thought he would finally arrest all the thirty-two, with the ex ception of two who, he thought had left the county. The following are the names of th isc :tr. ..ut..l - A. C. Wood, P.. C. Goblc, John Wood, Bentlv Hunt, McDufl Karalicl, Henry Fritz, lohn Wilson, C. A. Haneo, Ilcn- ,L,..,.ililwi-ir I. dm ("raver. IclT Craver. J. N. Craver J. X. Myers, Charles Swiel- good, William lavmgood, navm iuyers, Will Mvers, Hamilton Sink, David Wock, Julius Willong. Plunk 1-aviels, Joe. Sowers, All. Green, John farabec, Koyai Shoo. Promptly at twelve o'clock to-day Judge Phillips opened his court for the I....I ..I tlie ."ice The court house was densely packed with jK-ople, . . .1.-,. . .- i.. a.,.l Tl. Illll till UCSl Ol ortiei (lie- .oieei. . ue sheriff reported as executed twenty-six warrants on tne panics, kooouis aim Kaper and S. E. Williams apiiear for the prisoners, ooiicinn e.'mj; jiiiioeeiieni. The court t -ok a recess at nan past one o'clock to enable the Solicitor to get his witnesses together. The court met as r adjournment at two o'clock, and the examination ol witnesscss for the State commenced. I'p to seven o'clock p. in., some ten or twelve .,....!. ti.nl tieen ev.-illlilied. There is dauiaging evidence against several of the parlies. The investigation is still going on, mid as there are still many witnesses to ex amine, the result eaniiol be foreshad owed at this lime. COXCKVrRATlON OK WEALTH Much interest was manifested yester day in the trial of Col. Steele, charged with assault and battery committed on the ierson of Joseph Weaver. The circumstances developed were as follows: The owner of battery Park Hotel had adopted certain rules, which the city al derman had incorporated into their or dinances. One of these rules forbade cer tain men engaged in the livery business, from entering the building. Weaver had been notified of this rule, but persisted in going lo the hotel to solicit patronage. On one occasion Col. Steele finding Wea ver on the stoop ordered him away, and butting his hand on his arm, without much force pushed him down the steps. Xo injury was done, but Col. Steele was found guilty of assault and battery. The court charged that Weaver had a right to enter a hotel, even airamst the will ol the proprietor, for the purpose of trans acting his lawful business, ( iu this case he went to collect a bill from a guest I and to remain there so long as might be reasonably necessary, provided he com mitted no act of annoyance to any guests of the hotel, or of any other persons en titled to be there. Therefore unless the ury found that he remained an unreason able length of time, or committed some act of nuisance or annoyance, that Col' Steele had no right to order him off, nor to expel him. The jury had the case but a short time, when they gave a verdict as above. The next case of interest was that against Henry Hrvrin, charged with bribery and corruption in the municipal election of May last. After some time consumed in challenging, a jury was ob tained, when the counsel for the defense submitted three motions to quash the in dictment, pending the argument ol which the court adjourned until this morning, thejury meanwhile being in charge of officer Stepp, who has orders to provide them with comfortable quarters. HI N OVER BY THE TRAIN. YANKEE EDITOR Rl"N8 JOKE ON THE WORLD. II Is Hetter to be Horn Lucky Than Rich. IlKNUKKSONVILLIi, N. C, I October 29, 1SS9. I Editor Citizen: About three months ago Mr. M. Sherman, of Hickory. N C, came to our town and engaged in busi ness. Several days after his arrival, see ing a neighbor wno nceucii a snum amount of money, Mr. Sherman advanced him the amount needed, on u small tract of mountain land, which the owner had misiieeessfullv trvitur to sell for sev eral weeks, and in a week or two after wards boimht the land, paying tne price asked. This was before Mr. Sherman had seen the land. One day last week he drove out to sec what kind ot purennse he had made, and while investigating the soil, tiinlK-r, ctc.,hewnsfortunateeiiotigh to make a verv valuable find in the shape ot copper. 4 I., :il ... ........ .,i.il'0 fk Gl,r. vey of his purchase, and procure a good mineralogist, to make a thorough exnm- ... ,.ii., it the siieciinens lUUllOII. I" ...-.eei... found will justify further outlay towards the development of the mine. Mr. Davies, who has an interest in the property, has pronounced the specimen genuine copper, I .......... inleltiirent eltl- anuseveiai ,n inn ........ .- :.. ttiiu ..i.iniim. ze-us e-eine m in .... "i- . . i .. :.. l...,.l....r allnnt.v .ll. I. I .' . J" ", -IT- - i ...i... ,..:n u em,,l,,e-eil to investicnte ne-ic, wiiw in ...-.. - the title, and who has seen the Duck- . cm t-s t it-re IS HO OOI1UL oui luevn iiiiiii'.-o that the ore is as rich as that ol the ucmve u.i.i.e.i ......... . . e- i-...,,. r,il T. L. Climr- 1UUI nm ilium"" - ----c man will in all probability lie asked lo come over and give his opinion as to the value of this property, i i..,,i tiw ..i,.-ieii.-.- on vesterdav ot meeting Mr. Kolfe, lornierly of Tun Citi- Washlnitton Matters. '.0U.e-o..,ei iVtnlier 20. Attorney General Miller' to-dav appointed the fol lowing assistant i nuco oi.ucs uisime nttornevs: Kzra P. Axwell for the north ern district of Florida; Lionel W'. Day for the northern and middle districts oi Alabama. i meeting Mr. none, iormri ...r. Secretary Noble, under date of Octolier ZESt who came down in the interest ot . i i... in..r,il . . . . .....l ...I,., ee-ill write un our O, liaS WnelCIl U lOUg leeiei ... e.e. lnC l.e IIIOC I ill, uuu i. ' l ; Faii-child, chairman of the Cherokee ! town i R0fcitn style. His report will in orLieh virtlinllv MTVCS U..lV.re relei llie llf SavillC atlVtlling I euitlllliai1'". ..... -- e.ie. ei... v . - - - - ... ..1.. U,.. Im-igI-H ... 1 nOUCt T UJKHI luvuc men nuv i.u.v .e....w. Rapid nevelopinenl of Million aires in Our Country. Wilmington Star. There is no country in the world in which individual fortunes have reached the colossal proportions which they ha ve in this country within the past quarter of a century. Tw nty-hve years ago millionaires were as few and far between as civil service Republicans are now, and a man ot several millions would 1..,,... nrnvert II I'liriositV tll,'lt WOlllll liaVC made the fortune of a showman. Now thev are counted by the hundreds, tlteir fortunes raiiL'ing from .20(1,(11111,11110 down into the single million. A one- millionaire don't amount to much among the moncv-worshippcrs these days. A m.nn must be able to count bis several I millions to do that. The men who can 1 count their one million or more are nearly nil on the other side ot the line. 1 Here 1 are verv tew of them in the hi nun, ami u is something, erhaps, upon which the South is to be cougraiiu.ueo. Looking at these immense tortunes which have been accumulated within such a short period, the question natu rally occurs now couiu llicy II. lee- neeii accumulated? What combination ot circumstances could havemadethem pos sible? There are several ways to ac count for some of them, several answers to these questions, but the princinai rea- ... .- 1 :.. .1... n....11....u ClltlS Will be lOUlIU III me" in. 11 ,e......o growth and development of the country, with the proportionate enhancement in the values of real estate and other prop erties and the rapid extension of the railroad systems that span the country in all directions. Hack nouicherty, of Runcombe, Killed at Chatlauooica. Mack Domrhcrtv, a son of Silas Dougherty, who lives at Black Moun tain, iu this couutv, was run over by a train on the Cincinnati Southern railroad at Chattanooga, 011 Saturday night last, and died from the injuries received, on Sunday morning. At the time of the acci dent he was employed as a fireman on the Lookout Mountain railroad. We have seen no particulars of the accident except that Dougherty was lying on tht track of the Cincinnati Southern road, and the train passed over him. A tele gram was sent to his father at Black Mountain, notifying him of his death, and that his remains would lie shipped home, and they passed through the city vesterdav on the castbound train. He was a single man, and had not been long in the employ of the Lookout Mountain road. "A NilCllt Off," Has been looked forward to with much promise of pleasure, and to-night is the "Night On;" fortius is the night. Since we last called attention to the play, the company has performed at Wilmington, and there, as elsewhere, had full and de lighted houses. We take the following from the Buffalo Courier: A v;.,lit (ItV" w.-is ii-reatlv enioved at the Academv of Music last evening by a large audience. This delightful comedy. adapted from the German by Augustin li..l.. lo ...... nt' the liriirhtest mid most in genious pieces of its kind in the modern .1 .nli.. rei.ert.iire ("lever in lllot. simple in structiircexhilaratingin humor it is a tiling 01 ncaiuy .1110 joy nn ever." One can relish its diverting cpi- zcsi. The audience last night, time and time again, fairly exploded with laughter. allll tlie SalllC Slglll Will OOUHLie-ss nc evie uessed every evening during the week." KI.IZ11I lit THE THROAT. MOre TSieil Ol IOC BCm I nOUC-V Ujn.ll euee.v ...e.. ... r.. 1 l, 011 Th from the Indians lands within what is ri....A..t...-.o. .....:-ee...r. lh .-Cherokee outlet." that I'lidfiner iieorina liuik, iu mm ... ur:im;n.rr.in M r ivnorts lost ll t;in ii 11 in ii ,.' - 1 boat and split sails during the passage. . . . . 1 1 . . . 1- .. . 1 .. .U ........ tin llCtOOer 0111, emsse-ei a. i,w,ie. , - K. Rosaline from Savan-iah for Provi dence, watter logged and abandoned in latitude 34.38 longii ude 74 50. Fifty feet of her main mast and forty feet of mizien mast were standing. Capt. of Clark says he whould have bonrded the Rosa line and set her on fire, but be had no boat. I. 1 1 . ' 1 I" -- ...w . -. - . i,o,. miwt vnente these lands with their nriiiiertv on 01 before the 1st of June, r ! , . 1 :.. 1 next, tniS liaic oeing loee-ei m umei ...... they mav escape without injury or suf fering for their cattle. The cattle men referred to are organized into what is called the Cherokee live stock association. more at present. Relics of the samoan Hurricane. San Francisco, October 29,-The I'm ted States storeship Monongahela. which arrived yesterday from Samoa, brought the remains of Capt. C. M.Schoonmaker, of the Cnited States man of war Van dalia, who was drowned 111 the great storm of March 16. She also bi ought .1.. a ..... ol the men ot war , Llie e;um nei e .. i . . - .- Mr. P. J. Sinclair, of the Marion lmr.j Vandulia and Trenton which were was in the city yesterday. 1 wrecked at the same time. Fatal Railroad Collision. CiH NCiL Hu ffs. Iowa, October 2'.). The Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul east bound express collided with the west bound freight train near this city last night. The engines te.escoiK-d. and the express, baggage and smoker were burned. James mm, tne engineer on i. passenger, wns killed, and an Italian named Ansogolia was burned in the wreck. Four railroad employes were in jured, but not seriously. The engineer man on the passenger jumjied before the I trains came loe;e-iiiei, ,n.u es...t. ... few bruises. It is said the passenger train Hud orders to stoo at Greendale, but the order was disregarded and the collision The Hrutal Conduct of a Neitro in Martin couuiy. Ralukiii, N, C, October 2!). In Mar tin countv three small white children were playing in the road ill front of the residence' of Harry Brown, their grand father. A negro m.iu passed and with out provocation seized a three-year-old child bv the throat, severely choking it and struck it in the face with his fist. The aged grandfathcrrushed to the rescue when the negro released the latter and attacked him with a rail. The father of the children came upon the scene. The I negro st ruck him with the rail on the side l..r tin- fni. literally tenrinir awav the eheck and exnosing the jaw teeth. 1 lie ne.rro was arrested bv Sim Burnett, ......,n iciu-iii-r. wir 1 n oosse. iiucr a desneratc resistance and lodged in Wil- i:...., .... i.iil The neirro nt hrst seemed 11. mine. J.". .--r.- , 7 ' to be under tne uinuence 01 uquor, uiu npiK-ared jierfcctly sober at the time of 1.:.. ...nwi Tlimitrh there is such terrible 1113 111...... ... provocation 110 desperate action was . . 1 u.. .1 tl. I..... ...ill Le L.IKCII o ene: eiei.-en, ...i. ..i. ..... ..... resorted to to vindicate the outrage. A Mranxe Accident. Kalkh-.u, X. C, Octolier 29. A rc- ...b..l,lo neei.lent oeeiirred in Richmond county dav Ixfore yesterday, by which Latvia J. v line lose ins me. ne- wiia in the second story of a building feeding a .,.t.-.n ee-hieh w-ns run bv steam power, when the boiler exploded. The force of the explosion lifted the engine I l...ll..r ee..i.,liimv fi (100 OOllllds. Ulld UIHI ....i.e., - r situated sixty-five feet from the building, orove ein..... . a drove it beyond, landed it upon tne noor ......,l.tt,.li. na il it hurl lwn Hone bv it .iiiii)... ... -. " .. .- - hand, leaving the spot where it stood as clean as if swept with a broom. Mr. White wns stricken and almost instantly killed. His body was horribly mangled. He was fifty years of age, and leaves a widow and several children. Scientists Blade to Relieve That the Moon was Not Made of Green Cheese, Hut a Very Lively Planet, Filled With intelllicent IlelliS. Mr. M. Y. Beach, of the State of Xew York, is in the city, having brought his wife some weeks ago for treatment in the sanitarium of Dr. von Ruck. Mr. Beach is a journalist, and a very bright one. His name struck our ear with a familiar ring, and upon inquiry we found he was a grandson of Moses Y. Beach, an edi- itor of distinction in the city of New York away back in the thirties, publish ing a daily, the name of which escapes us. But the name recalled what made a deep impression upon our boyish credulity, when the elder Beach originated the fu mous Moon Hoax, the most perfect ore ever perpetrated in America. We cannot recall the exact year; but it was made famous to science by the com nletion. bv Sir lohn Herschell. of the largest and finest telescope that had ever been made up to that period. 1 he con structor had unbounded faith in its strength and believed through its great magnifying power he would mane sucn discoveries as would astound the world and solve many mysteries in the plane tary bodies. Scientists partook of his faith, and it was determined that he should be sent to the Cape of Good Hoie to make obscrvationsin the brilliant aim unclouded sky of the Southern hemis phere. And so he embarked with his tel escope and safely reached his desti nation. So far it was all veritable history. And the fact was known to all the civilized world that the famous astronomer had gone abroad with his giant telescoix.-, :ind marvellous things might be ex pected. In those days there were no steam shins, no submarine telegraph lines. The sailing ship was the universal vehicle on the sea. Xow.u vessel homeward bound from China or British India, and stop ping at the Cape on the way, as many of them did for supplies or repairs, wasquite as apt to make the run as quick from the Cape to New York, if so bound, as one from the Cape to London; and it might not be unreasonable that the latter might receive by way of the former its Asiatic and South African news sooner than by vessels sailing direct. This was the hint on which Mr. beach acted. He, as well as all intelligent Americans, knew of Hc-scheH's expedi tion and its objects, and he was on the qui vive for something marvellous. Sud denly it occurred to his lively imagina tion that he would forestall the official reports of the astronomer and appease the impatience of the cxiectant world. One morning, just after the arrival of a ship which possibly had touched at the Cape, his paper came out with flaming headings, announcing the reception of a reuort received from the Cape giving a fuK dccount'of the unexampled powers of the new telescope. Sir John Herschell had set it up where it commanded the whole heavens. I Ie had turned it upon the full moon, and what a revelation! That orb, shining by reflected light, adjudged by all previous observation to lie without at mosphere, without water, without vege tation, without animal life, was brought within forty miles, and what a change met the eye ! the dead planet had sprung into life, sens rolled their waves and beat against the shores of continents, those continents were refreshed und interlaced with numerous flowing rivers, the land was clothed in luxuriant forest, or else opened up to skillful cultivation, habita tions could be seen and their forms de fined, but the power of the instrument did not suffice to reveal the presence of ani mal file. But where there were houses there must be intelligent beings to have built and occupy t hem; where there were fields, there must lie lieasts to cultivate them. And so it was safe to announce that another world, filled with immortal creatures, was in a state of being not un like our own ; and il in the moon, then in other planets that roll their courses through the heavens. The details of the lunar discoveries were given without extravagance, in fact with a moderation that bespoke their authenticity. The vrnisemblatwe was complete. The common reader and the scientific man were alike deceived. Was it not what had been predicted of the Herschell telescope? England swallowed the hoax as greedily as did the United States; more so perhaps, because it wus an English discovery. Mr. Beach enioved his triumph for a much lomrer time than he could do now adays, where steamship and telegraph could trip him up in a few days or hours ; and when the truth at last came out, the world joined in a hearty laugh at the in genuity nnd success of the tnnrvelous joke. There was an unusually large crowd of people in the city yesterday, drawn thither bv the session of the criminal court and the large sales of tobacco at occurred about a mile beyond that place, the warehouses. Hou. Dan Vooihees has left for Wash ington City. He intended to have gone to Cresar's Head this week, but some ill advised weather prophet frightened hnn by predictions of bad weather, because it was somewhat cloudy and gloomy looking on Sunday, whereas the weather was never more beautiful at this season of the year than now. Marringe licenses were issued yester day as follows: V. B. Merritt, of Orange county, and Mary J. Brown, of Buncombe; R. A. Parker and Sue S. Bar rett, both of Buncombe. The Alliance warehouse told 7,000 pounds of tobacco at their last tale at an average of $16.66 per hundred.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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Oct. 30, 1889, edition 1
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