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VOLUME V.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1889.
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NUMBER 192.
A REMINISCENCE.
PAN-AMERICANS.
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A Resolution Weleomlwi the New
Kepnhllc wis Tntoled, tlie Im
pression Prevnilinir That Such
Action 'Would In rrMiiaure.
Washington. November lit. Secretary
Blaine c died the International American
Conference to order this afternoon but
immediately relinquished the elmir l
Dr. Guzman, delegate from Nicaragua.
While the minutes were being read
Senor Valente, Brazilian minister, ami
Senor Mendaneu, the second delegate
from Brazil, appeared in the Conference
and took seats near, ' tit not at, the
table.
The report of the committee on rules
was the unfinished business, and its con
sideration was immediately entered upon.
The first rule fixed the hours of meeting
of the Conference at between 2 and ii
o'clock Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri
days. Delegate Coolidgc ( l:nited States) pro-
!M seel an uinciuluiciit fixing tlie tlnys ol
meeting as Tuesdays. Wednesdays and
Thursdays.
Delegate (Juintana (Argentine) ob
jected, and favored the original rule, as
it would afford time lor the preparation
of the record of proceedings.
Delegate Silva (Columbia I though;
that as a matter of courtesy to tin
Tnited States delegates, their wishes
should lie respected in thimattcr.
At this point the siihjci t was laid asid'
temporarily ; and alter the appoint inert
of Henry Dauber, secretary to the ik le
gate from I'rugtriy, as interpreter, lb .
Valente, Brazilian minister, rose and
said that the Brazilian delegates hiiil
lieen prevented from occupying their
tseats at the preceding sessions tor reas
on which must have been apparent to
the other delegates. They were now
here, however, to lay before the presi
dent their credentials that they might be
Acted upon in due course. (Applause. I
Delegate Henderson I ( nited Mutes I of
fered the following resolution:
"Resolved, That this Congress wel
come! the t'niletl StiiLcsol Brazil into
the sisterhood of American republics."
Delegate Hnrtado, of Columbia, said
that this might be constructed as a rec
" (ignition of the new government, mid it
was not proper for the delegates to do
this in the ubsence of instructions from
their own governments, and especially,
jt.s there was no official notice of the
change. Therefore the moved that the
resolution be tabled.
Delegates Caslellanas I Salvador! ami
Nin i Uruguay) supported Senor Hu i la
thi's motion.
Delegates Komeo (Mexico) and Carne
gie (I'nited States) seconded the motion
to table, as it was apparent that the res
olution could not lie adopted unani
mously. Delegate Henderson said that he had
jflcreil the resolution without consulta
tion with his colleague, thinkutg that
the Brazilian representatives had author
ity to come to this Conference.
Senor Valente (Brazil) "And thev
have." (Applause.)
Delegate Henderson "Then that cotn
iiltv? the circle of the American repub
lics." Continuing, he said that he was sorry
to place any of the representatives of the
other governments in an awkward posi
tion, but, so far as he was concerned, he
.should hail with etpial pleasure the an
nouncement that Spain or lingland or
any other monarchy had adopted repub
lican institutions. Continuing, Mr. Hen
derson 6aid that to him all places were
jiriqier andalltiinescouveuienl forenunei
ation for his desire to see all countries
republics. He was sorry that any of his
friends felt that their position was such
that they could not give the resolution
unanimous approval. II he understood
file Brazilian people, they wished unani
mously for a republican form of govern
ment; and having created a republic, the
Conference should welcome them. He
cared not where the republican standaid
was raised. If 'his great change h id
been accomplished in Brazil witlumi
bloodshed, and her representatives were
here, why wait for the uuiioiimcincni
that the republic had been form.'iiiy rec
ognized by other governments ? The
delegates were lure, not as ministers to
the I'nited Stales; why sluuldlhcy dc
tav giving encouragement to this grc it
fe:'lution which ended forever ..li idea of
ynoiifii.;i.'al government on Aineiican
poil.
The Chilian delegate agreed with Mr.
Henderson's idea generally, but felt con
strained to postpone the mailer out
of regard for the official character of
some of the delegates.
At the suggestion of a delegate Mr.
Ji.omfO read the credentials of the llrn
iiljuiijs, showing their appoint nient by
Hmperor Doin j'edro, and also the cable
gram dated at Kio de Janeiro to-day and
addressed to Minister Valcnti.r.ndiugns
follows:
"The provisional government confirms
the powers riven to your excellency, and
Senors Lafayette and Mendonea.
"(Signed) Hocoyaya,
"Secretary of State,
"Provisional Government of Brazil."
Minister Vnlentj added that Secretary
Blaine had seen the cablegram.
The vote was then taken upon the
motion to table Mr, Henderson's resolu
tion, and it prevailed, only two nations.
Venezuela and Uruguay, voting in the
negative.
The credentials were then referred to
the proper committee, and consideration
)f' rules was resumed.
Delegate Coolidge withdrew his amend'
ment, leaving the first rule as originally
proposed.. T his, together, with sixother
rules following, w.ere agreed upon in a
preliminary way after a long djscussion
and critical examination, which revealed
some errors in translation, requiring cor
rection. The eighth rule prescribing methods of
fecopfjitions by the chair, gave rise to
jimre ubate than any other delegate,
Ester, .) seeking to have ordinary
legislative practice adopted, and Senor
JJuintiina (Argentine,) contending that
jl this were done, the I'nited States dele
gatesten in number might he unduly
favored, owing to the large represents
lion.
Finallv, the rule was sent back to the
committee on rules, and the conference
adjourned till Monduy.
iTt 9fen Convicted of Murder."
'' ,-; CHAKLmfos, S. C, November 21.
William Carpenter and Whitfield Mur
rell were convicted at Edgefield. S. C,
esterday of the murder of I'reston
V.mncein Tune Inst. The murder wns
most brutal and unprovoked. Tlie jury
dejjlxrated three hours, and returned a
efliut of guilty with a recommendation
comer?. A motion made in arrest ot
ndgmeut syas refused by the judge and
ae prisoners wtre sentenced to be hanged
,on the third of next January. Thev are
the first whit murderers convicted in
fxigencia county ir lurtjr jsrm.
IIKAKI) 1KI))I,
Tlie treat I.xplorer s anley
TuriiH up all (tight.
l.oMHi.N, November 21. Stanley has
been heard from. His despatch states
that he has made an important dis
covery; that there is. an extension of
Lake Nyssa. The British consul at
Zansibnr telegraphs to the foreign office
as follows :
"Stanley nnivid at M'pwapwa on (he
5-"ilh day after his depart arc from Yic
toria Nvanza.aud the lNNih dav after
leaving Albert Nvanza. In addition ti
names already tclcgrapned, Stanley has
with Hull llollman, hnnn stlaugnlcr. am!
lathers Gr.tult anil Schiuzc ol the Alge
rian Mission. Stanley lelt M pwapwa
on the lillth, traveling toward the coast
liv wav ol kemba and M wnm. Stanley
made an unexpected discovery of real
value in finding the extension of the V ict
ri.i Nyauza toward the southwest. The
uliniist southerlv reach of extension is
south latitude two degrees and forty
eight minutes. This brings the Victoria
.Nynuzu within 155 milcsof lake Taiigair
yikc. The area of extension is i'(i, !)))()
square miles.
According to farther advices received
by the loreign otfie-e, Stanley has with
litut 75(1 persons, of whom li!)0 arc
f'.iuiu s followers. 1 here arc also sixty
children in the party. Stanley lost eigh
teen men during the march from Victoria
N""nza. He was four days lighting near
rsukama. The expedition is expected to
airive at Bagamau in a fortnight.
Tlie Croiiln Trial.
Clilc'Ai'.o, November L'l .Patrick Di
nan the livery stable keeper, anil owner
ol'lhc f.iinous while horse, wa;- l:;e first
witness in the Cronin case to-day. He
lesti'icil that his horse was in a dime
museum in this city .and had been for
three weeks. This he said, was the same
horse that he had let Coughlin's friend
have on the evening of the murder.
bonis lUideubuner, of ilohokcn, N.J..
testified that on the evening of the mur
der he was in a cigar store opposite Dr.
Crouin's residence, lie saw Croain and
another man leave the h ust' in a buggy.
Tin horse in the buggy was a gray,
speckled gray, with dark legs. The
horse he saw at ihe dime museum was
while, and was not the horse that drove'
Cronin away, and did not resemble it.
Several iniscroseopicat experts testified
as to the impossibility of distinguishing
human hair from all other hair, or
de-uvmruing that two specimens of hair
have come from the same head
Iraziliaii A Hairs,
Lonihix, November 21 . Il is not cer
tain ttt which port the vessel conveying
Dom Tedro from Brazil will arrive, but
it is believed lobe improbable that she
will come to Lisbon. It is expected she
will call at St. Vincent and proceed
thence ,'ie'corfliug to ea'rcuinstnnccs.
Wvsiiinc ton, November 21. Dr. Val
enti. minister from Brazil, called at the
Slate department to-day and informed
the secrelary that his litest advices
from Brazil were to the effect that peace
and traniiiillity reigned, and that the
new government was receiving the sup
port of the people. Dr. Vnlcuti also re
ceived this morning authority from the
provisional government to instruct the
representatives ol Brazil to the Interna
tional American Congress to combine to
act for their country in the sessions of
congress. It is supposed that similar in
structions have been sent to the delegates
in the International Marine Conference.
Turner !. C Aliuauae lor iHo.
Turner's North Carolina almanac tor
18(10 is just issued. It is published In
clines II. Liinis, Raleigh. Is printed on
new type and is heller than ever. Trice
ten cents, sent posl paid. "Turner's X.
C. almanac" has been regularly issued lor
over fifty years and is recognized as the
standaid almanac of the State. There is
no other to compare w ith it in the accu
racy edits calculations or the valuable
Slate information which it contains.
Ii has much for houscke-eper, gardener,
farmer and general reader. Its State
record of the most stirring and impor
tant e vents of tile year DSN;) is especially
interesting and d.sirable for future rcicr-
euee.
Kasttru K?eld Trial,
limn I'oist, X. C, November 21.
Tin ie vas nin this morning, a. id mem
bers of the Kusn rii Field Club did not go
to the field It cleared for awhile and a
start was made, but it soon clouded
again, ami was r.-lher dark. The field
Was very heavy, and tlie dogs worked
we'l considering the weather.
la the continuance of the first series of
all ages, setter stake, ttud'Or lieat Rapid
Ann. Casains ran A-hye.
In t We second series Cassias heat Dick
Tale, Nora beat Nettie S.. Tolcda Blade
beat King, Mark Chance beat Nannie B.
Ciucinnatiis will run against dog tl'Or
ami complete the second series.
Tlie Klclimoiid Hallway.
Kicii-MoMi, Va., November 21. The
city ci mile il com mil lee' on streets litis de
termined that the horse cars shall give
ten minute service on certain streets, and
five minute serviceoueertainother streets
on or before jamiury 1, 1890, and that if
the electric power is not applied to the
Main street line on or belbrc May 1,
18(10, the poles and wire will be removed
and the charters of both companies will
be forfeited.
I'nknown steamer Hunk.
Norfolk, Va , Novemlier 21. Capt.
R. B. Boaz, of the (Mil Dominion steam
ship Wyandotte,, which arrived to-day
reports that nt 7 a. m. hepassednsunken
vessel supposed to lie a steamer. Her po
sition is about four miles east by north
from Kenwick island lightship. Her
mastheads are just under water, her toji
uiasts standing.
Commutation of Hentence.
Ai.hany, N. V., Novemlier 21. Gov.
Hill has commuted the sentence of Chits.
Gibhin to imprisonment for life on the
ground that too muchdoubtexistsabout
some features of the case to warrant the
infliction of the death ennltv.
The Weather To-Day,
Washinhton, November 21. Indica
tions for North Carolina Fair; preceded
by rain in the western portion, slightly j
cooler except stationary temperature!
near the coast, southwesterly winds. I
Two or a Kind, j
Wasiunc'. ion, November 21. Corporal i
Tanner and Col. W. W. Dudley, both ex
commissionei s of K-usions, have formed1
a copartnership here in the pension and :
claim business.
A remarkable "sink" exists in Bradford '
county. Pa. It is 200 vards across, pcr-
tectly round, with smooth sides, and the
water is 100 feet below the surface. No j
bottom has ever been found. The sink is
surrounded by beautiful shade tries. '
FAYETTEVII.I.E CKKTENMAI..
The Hecond nay a Creat one
20,000 People I'reHent.
Faybttkoim.k, N. C, November 21.
Fayetteville, the metropolis of the Cape
Fear section of North Carolina, was
flooded to its tit most capacity to-day.
This was the great day ol' the centen
nial of the ratification of thceonstitution
of the l:nited States by North Carolina.
It is estimated that 20,000 persons
were present.
Senator Ransom delivered nn address
on Noi 'li Carolina's position in ratifying
t he eonstition.
The town is alive with military and
visitors. The cade ts of the Davis school,
LaGranSc arrived here to-day ISO
strong, and other inilitnry'organizntimis
and bands are also present.
The display of fireworks took place to
night at the lair grounds.
A letter from Hon. Jefferson Davis, ex
pressing his inability to be present, and
commenting upon North Carolina's posi
tion in ratifying the constitution, was
read.
To-day Senator Vance arrived, and
will deliver an address to-morrow.
The I'nited States Marine Band gave a
concert this evening at the reviewing
stand, which was attended by a tremen
dous crowd.
Knlirhtsi of Labor Convention.
Atlanta, Ga., November 21. Mr.
l'owderly says of the case alleged to be
brought against him by Callahan, that
it grows out of a newspaper attack upon
him by Callahan, and is probably in
stigated by MeG.'iw, recently expelled
fro in the order. Tile Knights met at
Ilarrisburg in 1SS7 to look into Pennsyl
vania legislation, McGaw beiugsecretary
of the meeting. He was left to make the
report, which l'owderly says, he seems
to have delayed doing. Callahan was in
the legislature and asked for the report.
McGaw, so l'owderly says, blamed
l'owderly with the delay. Callahan at
tacked him in the newspapers, and
l'owderly replied by printing in the labor
organs, Callahan's newspaper attack
and his Ictteis to l'owderly. l'owderly
says he knows of no case against hint.
Mr. Powd rly and the members of the
executive board of the Knights of Labor,
were in session to-day, closing up the
work of the convention. Almost all the
delegates have left the city and others
will leave to-morrow.
That I iKorliniate Tower.
The electric light tower, which is being
rebuilt on the public sipiare, had almost
reached completion ; only one length of
pipe was to be attached ; the lamp holder
was elevated one hundred and twenty
five feet; the whole structure was sus
pended on the pulleys, by which it had
been hoisted ; Mr. Adams the superinten
dent was on one ol the cross braces six
teen feet from the ground, when some
thing broke, and tower, superintendent
and all came to term firnm.
Fortunately Mr. Adams was slightly
iniurucd; Dr. Burroughs was soon in
attendance and pronounced his wounds
not serious, and gave relief to his
bruises.
The tower fell perendiculnr!y sixteen
fret, burying the bottom in the brick
pavement, and so far slacking the guy
ropes as to cause the structure to as
sume an ugly cant towards the street.
This was soon remedied, and till things
made' snug and safe until this morning
when the erection will be completed.
Madison court.
We are informed that the court may
possibly adjourn on Saturday to-morrow
though it is more probable that it
will he extended into the first two days
of next week. The court is for the eou
sideiation of civil causes only.
Judge Whilaker entered upon the du
ties ol his tii st court with an ease and
fnniiliarty with the routine of business
that was gratifying, though not unex
pected. He is courteous, prompt and ac
curate in his rulings, anil gives brilliant
promise of the able, learned, and upright
judge.
Several members of the Asheville bar
have been in attendance on the court.
Among them were Messrs. Shuford,
McKlroy, Whitson, Sondley, Gudger and
Hardwicke. No cases of general interest
have yet been tried.
The l.elcewter Railroad.
Apropos of the meeting w hich will be
held nt Turkey creek on Saturday to dis
cuss the a dvisability of establishing a
lietter communication between that place
and Asheville, is the proposition of a
party, which has excited much comment.
He proposes to build a roof over the
streets, instead of having them macadam
ized. They say, that truth is often
stranger than fiction, but in this case,
fiction has the start in this idea.
In Bellamy's "Looking Backward," will
lie found the same idea in a different
form. There, it is stitttd, that among
the inventions of the year 2,000 will be a
covering which will be let down over the
sidewalks whenever it rains, so that,
instead of each man having an umbrella,
there will lie one huge, common umbrella.
Kleclrlc IJithtH.
We regret to learn that the armature,
which had been sent from Cleveland,
Ohio, to replace the damaged one, does
not fit the machine; consequently another
has I o be ordered, and the incandescent
lamps will not bum for a few nights
longer.
The company thank their patrons for
their past patience, and prays a con-1
tinnnnee, as this longer delay is caused I
through no fault of any one here, and is !
one ol those mishaps which could neither
be foreseen nor avoided.
Te Free Delivery.
Postmaster Cannon yesterday received
official notice and instructions relative
to the establishment of the free deliver
ing system, which is to go intoeflcct, nut
later than January 1, 18110. We are in
formed that the postmaster will require
the services ot five active men between
the ages of eighteen and forty years,
whose duties shall be all that are com
prehended in the delivery system, of
which Postmaster Cannon will give lull
information to applicants or employes.
FORE ON TRIAL.
THK HTATK WII.I. ONLY HAVK
UNK MO Mi: Wl'I'NKHS.
Or. JUHtleeAeHcrlbeH the WounilN
J. II. went filveH a Full DeHcrlp
tlon of the FlKht ConKlderaltle
IutereHt Manifested.
Once more the court room was tilled 011
yesterday, and the one hundred good and
true men who had been summoned as a
special venire were present, thcireouuten
ances showing the deep interest they felt
in their position and their di'tcnninutiou
to do their duty fairly and impartially,
in case it should fall to their lot to pass
judgment upon their fellow-man in a
matter of his life or death.
The solicitor again called over his wit
nesses and announced that theStaie was
ready. Mr. Gutlger, for the delence, said
that the witness Luther had not been
found ; and his Honor stated that it ap
peared that he was wilfully absenting
himself to avoid the process of thiseourt
and requested the solicitor to take such
steps as the case required, and on motion
of this officer, rule was issued upon said
Luther, to show cause why heshouldnot
be held in contempt.
The court then announced the decision
that the affidavit tendered by the de
fence was not sufficient ground for con
tinuance, and after the prisoner had been
placed upon his guard, the regular panel
was called over and from them four were
accepted.
The calling of the Sccial venire was
then begun and after fifty-seven hail been
drawn, the remaining eight were chosen.
The jury in this case is composed of the
billowing gentlemen : J. II. Foster, J. M.
Israel, T. R. James, W. 0. Wolle, j. B.
Ingle, G. II. Starncs, W. Ii. Pownders,
Thus. F. Wilson, M. (5. Coffee, K. L.
Shook, VV. M. Weaver, John Brown.
The jury box being tilled, the court dis
charged the regular panel until next Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock.
The prisoner was then required to stand
up, and the bill of indictment was read
to the jury, with the impressive words
that "The defendant has placed himself
upon God and his country, which coun
try ye are."
The witnesses for the State were then
sworn, and the court took a recess until
2 p. in.
It may be here remarked as evidence of
the good will prevailing in this county
that ont of sixty-eight men who wen-examined
as to qualifications to act as ju
rors, only two were exempted 011 account
of having a suit pending in court. This
is rather a bad outlook for the legal fra
ternity, but shows that these gentlemen
attend to I heir clients' interests rather
than their own.
The fiist witness introduced by the
State was Dr. J. C. B. Justice, who at
tended Amos Lunsford. He described the
various wounds, especially the fatal stab
in the abdomen; said he had not seen the
licensed until twenty minutes alter Un
wound had been received, and that he
then considered his patient to be past
human help and almost in a dying condi
tion. The Doctor had no doubt that this
wound was the cause of death; hcjudged
the knife blade to have lieen two and a
half or three inches long.
J. B. West was the next witness. Ik
was in attendance at camp meeting on
the fourth Sunday in August, l.s.N). Was
atlraeted by someone saying: "They will
fight yet." Witness then approached the
place w here a number of persons were
collected. Here he saw prisoner seatid
on a wagon, and saw deceased approach
and heard a quarrel ensue, when the pris
oner said, "I am not afraid to say again
that you area damned liar," whereupon
deceased struck the prisoner in the face
and pulled him down from the wagon.
Deceased drew his right hand from his
pants pocket, and witness saw that the
prisoner had in his hand an open knile; a
fight ensued, the deceased striking pris
oner on each side of the face, using both
hands, the prisoner striking back with
his knife, sometimes striking deceased in
front of body and sometimes around so
as apparently to hit in the back. Witness
produced the knife, a large pocket knife,
which he had taken from prisoner imme
diately alter the fight, and had preserved
since that time. The location of the con
tending parties changed to some fifteen
feet from the wagon, then back again,
and finally to the banks of a large spring,
tit which point deceased gave prisoner a
very severe kick, and both combatants
fell into the spring, a distance of some
four feet. At this point witness seized
prisoner's right hand, in which the knife
was with blade half closed, and witness
demanded the knife, which the prisoner
at once surrendered. Other parties took
hold at the deceased and helped him out
of the spring.
By direction of the court the witness
and the sheriff assumed the positions rel
atively of the deceased an J the prisoner,
and showed to the jury that the prisoner
was in front of deceased, and with his
back to the deceased, who was striking
him continuously when the tatal blow
was given by prisoner, striking back
wards. Thecounscl for defence objected to
this illustration, which was noted by his
honor. Witness arrested prisoner, who j
smelled of whiskey. J'nsoncr asked why
he was arrested. Witness said, "Because
you have probably killed Amos Luns
ford," Prisoner replied, "1 did not have
any knife."
The cross-examination showed that
prisoner hud his back to deceased most
ot tlie time of the fight, and consequently
wns moving from deceased, who was
following and striking prisoner severely ;
that prisoner wus on his knees when de
ceased kicked him very severely; that
prisoner did not seem trying to escnie
from deceased.
R. F. Lee was next called to the witness
stand. He, too, was at camp ground on
day in question, and gave an account
which corresponded quite closely with
that of the first witness, the chief points
of difference being that this witness saw
prisoner draw a knife from his pocket
before deceased struck him or pulled him
off the wagon, and that deceased gave
prisoner three kicKS, the last of which
knocked prisoner into the spring, deceased
falling in with him. Witness thought
that the fatal wound was given while
both were in the spring.
Thaddeus Sams was next called. Saw
the difficulty. Alter prisoner came oil
the wagon he followed deceased some live
feet before they bul h turned in direction
the spring; that deceased cither kicked
or pushed prisoner off a bank and pris
oner came back at deceased with knife
drawn ; then deceased struck him again
and at that time prisoner struck him
more than once in the abdomen; after
wards Lunsford pushed prisoner into the
spring. Witness also stated that during
the fight deceased had seized prisoner's
arm, which was wrenched from him and
repeated cuts made by prisoner.
This witness was subjected to a severe
cross-examination, which developed the
fact that witness lived on land of the de
ceased ; also that someone had said to
witness, "Don't interfere; Lunsford has
taken enough off of Fore already."
Morris Fowler had seen the quarrel at
an earlier stage than the other witnesses.
Prisoner had taken hold of a habcr bv
which a little boy was leading a horse,
and refused to give it up. The boy asked
him to give it up. Lunsford told prisoner
to let horse alone. Prisoner asked de
ceased what business it was of his, to
which Lunsford replied that he would
protect the boy. Several bitter curses
were applied by prisoner todeceased.anc!
witness saw deceased take a knife from
his pocket, oien the blade and return it
to his pocket. Witness then left the
ground in company with his wife and
children, remarking that there would be
a tight and someone might be killed,
J. Ii. Sunnier saw the trouble with boy
and horse, but did not see kuiie drawn.
Then after a lapse of live minutes saw
Lunsford return from direction of spring
and in direction of wagon, on which
prisoner had taken a seat by the side of
II. A. Luther. Witness heard prisoner
say to Luther that deceased was a
; thereupon Lunsford approached
and demanded its retraction, winch was
refused, and a blow was struck by de
ceased. Witness could not testify as to
the facts of the tight after this.
Burton Ford's evidence was not mate
terially different from that of the two
first witnesses and he was not cross,
examined.
Here the solicitor announced that with
one more witness the State would prob
ably rest its ease, and this would be done
this morning, and the jury were allowed
to retire.
John Berry, who is charged with the
murder of George Bell, was brought into
court, attended by his counsel. Maj. W.
II. Maloue and W. W. Jones.
The solicitor reported that the State
wtts ready. The delence submitted an
affidavit of the accused, stating that he
could not safely come to trial at this
time, owing to the absence of Charles
iiarkius, who had heard threats made
by Bell against the accused; that Har
kins was in the Slate of Washington,
but would be present at the next term ol
this court.
His honor declined to grant a continu
ance, holding that the affidavit was not
sufficient.
A venire of 125 men was drawn from
the box and ordered to hi in atiendanee
at 10 o'clock on Monday morning.
Wcallierwlsc and Otherwise.
The phrase 'dirt cheap' is now omitted
from our vocabulary. Vandcrbilt is said
to be responsible for this.
The pavements and streets of Asheville
are well located. You only have to dig
two or three feet to rench them.
The weather has been very pleasant
lately. Overcoats have been cast aside
and last summer's suits have been fished
out.
One enterprising dealer in real esta e
has invented a new wrinkle in that busi
ness, lie carries samples ol Ins property
with him.
A real estate man was seen chasing his
property down the street the other day.
When last seen it was on its way to the
French Broad.
It has been suggested that the "Land
of the Skv" is a misnomer on account of
the protracted drought. Our city has
been so well lighted lately that some
have pioposed changing it to the "Land
of the Sun."
The absence of mud in Asheville has
undoubtedly suggested the rc ival of the
expression "he is mean as dirt." When
any one says "your name is mud," you
may flatter yourself that you are n very
scare and much needed commodity in this
citv.
Asheville always seems to lead the
world. What other place has a gas com
pany which will furnish a non-odorless,
unobtrusive gas ? Yet. last evening the
gas was inadvertently, while in the deep
shade caused by a tallow candle, blow n
out by a citizen of this place. It was
half an hour before he detected the
slightest odor and was ciurqiellcd to
rectify his mistake.
Dalrynien'H Annociattoii.
A meeting of the dairymen and others
interested in the business is hereby
earnestly requested to meet ut the Ban
ner warehouse on Saturday morning nt
10 o'clock, to sign a constitution and
take other steps calculated to advance
the interests ot the organization.
liKPMKAIII.Iv CATASTROPHE,
A l-'atal Fire Near Itlaclt .Moun
tain station.
The Rev. Mr. G. A. Bartlett, ol Black
Mountain station, yesterday gave us the
particulars of a most distress1 ng incident,
rumors of which hud before reached us.
He says that on Monday night about
10 o'clock, a lire occurred in the house ol
Mr. Charles Henderson', who lived about
four miles front Black Mountain station.
The family had all retired, and wen
asleep with the exception of one child,
who, lying awake, saw lire in theceiling.
Rousing her mother Mrs. Henderson
opened the door opening from her bed
room into the dining room. This apart
ment was 111 full blaze, and through the
opening the lire rushed into the bed room
and almost instantly flooded it with
flames. The frantic mother rushed to a
bed where two of her children were still
lying sleeping soundly, one of them a
child of ten, the other ot seven years o:
age, and wrapping the bed clothing
around what in her wild haste she believed
to be the bodies of both, with tin
strength thai only the desperation of a
mother's love could give, bore the bin, die
out into the open air. To her unuttera
ble horror there was only one of the
children; the little seven year old oik
had been left behind, and to perish; fin
though Mrs. Henderson made repeated
effort to re-enter the house in which she
was badly burned, she was driven back
by the flames which had now uncon
trolled mastery, and she was compelled
to submit to the horrible knowledge that
her little one had perished.
The surviving family, escaping in their
night clothes, lost everything. They
saved absolutely nothing, made perfectly
desolate. Charity has made many ap
peals. It can make none more forcible
or just than this. We make the appeal
in behalf of these destitute and afflicted,
for contributions, in money or in kind
I'll ise who do kindly contribute will ad
dress to Kev.G. A, Bartlett, Black Moun
tain Station, Buncombe county, X. C.
t'ucle lit Town.
"Ah! there, I'ncle. How are yon?"
"I Hi ! Ize feelin' purty good, thank yo',
sail."
"Good weather for young ducks, isn't
it?"
"Diinno but it is, sail. If dey knows
how to swim in de mud. But 'sense me.
When it blows so hard as it did Satur
day night, 1 .out thai-, "faint so bad fo'
me as fo' dese poor white trash. When I
dim lust com hcah troo de swamps, eben
de birds on de trees dun take no notice
nohow of me, but dey all cry, tar-heel!
tar-heel! But Ize better dell dat low
down crowd down my way. Yo' see pap
Clayton (his name aint pap, but we's all
dun call him dat I scz when yo' make
t'ings yo' mns'n't waste de peeces. Stiah
null", he's dun gwine wasted de peeces,
an' he and his boys dun go barfooted
like a bird. When dey walks troo de
mud, it goes squash troo der toes and
falls 011 der back like mud tultles in a
swamp. Ho! Ilo! An' dat ere man was
gwine ter see sum fun t'other Sunday,
an', boss, he just toted himself up and
down on those 'ere 'lectric kyars dat
w hole blessed arternoon.Oh! I'll 'splode.
'Deed 1 will." And the old darkey dou
bled himself up in u heave which threat
cned to make Ins wile sew for a week.
liKM.KAI. CITV MICYVS.
Mt. Ilermiin Lodge, US A. F. and A.
M., will meet in the lodge room to-nighi
at 7 HO p. 111., to cotilcr the third degree.
Mr. C. R Is was to leave on thecal
last night. It was the electric one. The
trick I trie I succeeded. He was dec ted.
and the ear left him.
The weather yesterday was cloudy,
with light rain during the day, and from
the rain of the night before, the execrable
condition of the crossings, and also, ol"
some of the sidewalks, was made worse,
il that is possible.
In the city code it seems that the or
dinance, and the charter conflict in many
respects. By the ordinance, the power is
given to the Mayor to decide the nature
and reputation of a house, whereas bv
the charter, the board of alderman have
the power to decide anything a nuisance
and see that the nuisance is abated.
The Farmer's Alliance held a secret
session in Jacob's drugstore the other
night. The chief thing secreted was
soda water. They banked up lieliind the
counter in a line thirty-five men strong.
The most important question ln-fore the
meeting was who should treat. Some
one must have been nqied in tor one was
heard to say, "Here's to you, Jim. This
is better than corn liquor."
Bob Cole and 'Doe' Wilson had a little
fracas Wednesday night, which might
have proved very serious to one of the
participants. They had a quarrel over a
game of pool and Cole slapjn-d Wilson
in the face. The natter was amicably
arranged and they shook hands and
seemingly parted the In-st ot friends. But
an hour afterward, as Cole was stand
ing on a comer of the square, Wilson
brushed past him and stabbed him in
the back of the head with the small blade
of n pen knife. Luckily the blade lient
and broke off and only inflicted n flesh
wound. Wilson took to his heels and
escaiK-d, after the blow had ln-en given.
Cole seems none the wor.ie and pulled
out the point of the blade himself. His
hand is blistered from his attempts to
extract it. He went to thedwtor and had
his head bandaged yesterday morning,
but it was only from tear ol having a
cold settle in the wound.
Bond OfTerlnK.
Washington, Novemlier al . The Secre
tary of the treasury department- to-day
accepted $720,000 bonds.
IMIBKN T RELATING TO THK
"I'lOHTIM; ALSTONS."
One Deed of Hlood Leads to All
other, I mil the chapter Closes
-Willi the Memorable Tragedy in
Atlanta Home Years Aio.
A gentleman of this city has placed in
our hands the following communication.
It was written by him some years ago;
but, though somewhat ancient, is none
the less interesting as relating to a fam
ily distinguished largely for nobility of
character, unfortunately exaggerated
into the fantasies of chivalry:
Dr. D.tncy, of Jacksonville, Florida, a
young man of some twenty-five years of
age, with whom 1 came "from Hender
snuville on the stage hist night, called
upon me this morning. Hesays he is the
grandson of Gov. Reid, the first gover
nor of Florida, who killed two of the
lighting Alstons, and was himself killed
iiv a third. Gov. Reid had written a
political article reflecting upon a friend
of one of the four Alston brothers. Al
ston approached Reid upon the subject,
and the result of the interview was a
challenge Irom Alston to fight a duel.
This was accepted and Reid chose larjeje
bored rifles at tt distance of fifty paces.
It being a political difficulty, largecrowds
if both parties attended the duel
ists to the field. Alston was very bois
lerous and noisy, and made many boasts
of what he would do. When they turned
to fire Alston's gun went off a "moment
loo soon, the bull striking the earth di
rectly between the combatants. Before
the second could interfere, Reid fired and
Alston was instantly killed. Alston's
parly claimed that Reid's fire was not
lair, and Alston's sister was so exasper
ate that, with her own hands, she cut
the ball from her dead brother's body
and sent it to her two brothers, then
living in Texas. They came to Florida
for revenge. One day Reid had sat
down to dinner in the hotel, when the
name of Alston was heard, and looking
up he saw one of the Texas brothers ad
vancing with a drawn bowie-knife. Be
fore he could prepare himself, Alston
stabbed him twice, but he then fired a re
volver at his assailant, striking him in
the face and killing him instantly. An
attempt was then made to arrest the
other brother, who was in the neighbor
hood, and to bind him over to the peace.
Hut he eluded pursuit for some weeks,
until one morning at 10 o'clock Reid
was emerging from the capitol gate, and
is he turned to go down the street, he
received in his back a charge of buckq
shot from a double-barreled shotgun in
the hands of Alston, killing him in
stantly. Alston was thrown into jail,
and serious apprehensions were tell that
violence would be done him by a mob,
hut during the succeeding night a large
crowd of his friends stormed the jail and
released him. He fled to Texas, but was
only there a short time when an article
appeared in a Galveston p.-qier denounc
ing the killing of Reid as a cold blooded
and cowardly murder. The writer's
name was, Dr. Dancy thinks, Kingslcy.
They met on horseback in the street by
accident. Alston drew his pistol, and at
that instant Kingslcy dismounted. The
tire of Alston's pistol killed Kingsley's
horse. Both parties then exchanged
shots several times, Kingslcy lieiug badly
wounded and Alston fatally. They were
carried to prison, where Alston died in a
short time "in his boots."
The fourth brother lived in South Car
olina, and was killed, dying in his boots.
He was the father of the Alston who was
recently killed by Cox in Atlanta.
I'KRSONAL JIKNTION.
Mr. J. X. Sparks is now spending his
second season with us at the Grand Cen
tral. Mr. G. W. Jathro, of the well known
firm of Colgate soap fame, is now at the
Swanuanoa.
Mr. A. W. Marvin, a well known man
ufacturer of stoves in Baltimore, is at the
Battery Park.
Mr. 1). L. Lindsay, representing a prom
inent wood and willow ware firm ot Bal
timore, is stopping at the Grand Cen
tral. Mr. J. L.Fonda, of New York, is among
the guests of the Grand Central. He is
an agent of the Clarke Spool Cotton
Company.
Mrs. A. B. Stubbs, accompanied by her
trained nurse Miss. M. L. McLane. M.
I)., of Savannah, Ga., will sieud the win
ter at Battcrv Park.
M. T. J. Eaton, of Xew York, has reg
istered at the Swanuanoa and intends
to stay in Asheville for some time for the
Ix nefit of his health.
Mr. S. S. Brvan. ir.. hardware inrr.
chant and oil producer of Titusville,
I'cnn., is visiting his brother, Rev. V. S.
1'. Hrynn. and will remain several days.
Mr. John A. Williams, of the Tob.iceo
Journal left here Tuesday night to lie
present at the I-avettevi e Centennial.
Capt. B. A. New-land, also, left at the
same time, for tlie same place.
Mr. A. V. McGarland. of Delaware.
Ohio, is stopping at the Grand Central.
He was the man who had charge of the
draught horses which were disnl.nvprl nt
Chambers & Weaver's Wednesday night.
The Hon. Richard Crocker. Tammanv's
great leader, and E. S. Stokes, the pro
prietor 01 tlie Hotlmau house, together
with a party of friends, were exnected nt
the Battery Tark last night. They aie
lust tresh from exploits amone the ounil
at Hickory Inn. Look out for some tall
stories.
The Hon. H. G. Ewnrt paid us a pleas
ant visit yesterday afternoon. Heleaves
this morning for Chicago, which city re
will visit before going to Washington
City. In discussing the merits and pros
pects of the various candidates for the
speakership, Mr. Ewnrt shows a marked
preference tor Mr. McKinley, of Ohio.
Mr. Charles H. Fitton and Miss J. C.
Fitton, of Clinton, Mass., are stopping at
theSwannanoa. They wercrecommended
to Mr. Raw-Is' care by Dr. V. G. Wells.
of Newton. Mass., whose parishioners
tney were. Many may remember Dr.
Wells from his having preached in the
Episcopal church of this city several
time.