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F L... THE CITIZEN DAILY BOARDING, WARTS, Por Rent,) and Loat Notion, tart lines or less, 28 Cent for Q each loaertloa, THE DAILY CITIZEN Delivered to Visitors In any part .of the City. . One Month OOc. Two Weeks, or iee ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1890. NUMBER 232. VOLUME V. 1 SCHOOLS. (CROCKERY . ANU- GLASSWARE CUTLERY, SILVER -PUTED WARE HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. j.H. LAW, 37 59 Malu St. 'Wholesale and Retail Supplying; Hotel a Specialty. IMPORTING AND BUY1NO DIRECT KKI1M MAKRRS. I CAN DVPUCATB PRICB8 OP ANV WHOLBSALB HOl'BK. HPEU1A1. DKIWItTMKNT KOR JRWEMtY, ART l'OTTERY , AMI SILK (iOOI)S. ALL. ARE ASKED TO- -CALL AT IAW'8. r.;; FOR A FEW WEEKS ONLY I SPECIAL BARGAINS . IN CITY LOTS. Sr order of the ownrr I put on aaleon three years' time, only a .mall amount of caeh wanted, 60 Lota on Catholic Hill, Hplendid mountain view, only 0 minutca from the court houae, at from 75 to io Each, Acrordlng to else andliratlnn. Worth double and three tlmea the money. Llheial advance, made to Improve the lota. POM HA I.B 2. S and room hnuaea, well built, with (Ire placea. on eame hill. Property at nirurea and trrma to auit the purchaecr. Splendid opiiortunlty for people of moderate enraaa to aecure or to build a comfortable feouee. PO A LB OR TO RBNT 3 lare tene ment boueea, 12 and 8 momareaprctlvely.on Bugle atrret. Well adapted for cheap howl or boarding houaea. Moat liberal tcrma granted Plana and lull particular, with J. M. t tMr-ntiui. JanO d3m Real tUtat Dealer. Street Car Schedule. Vglaolag at 33 a. m. Boding 1 0.nn p. m. Car Wave. Square for Depot every hour and half hoar. Car leavea Square for Melke's, lioubleday and Camp Pattoa T mlnutra after each hour and half noar. Pattoa 7 minute, before each hour and half hour. Schedule ear connect at Riiuare. Train car me t. every train. One rallae al lowed each paaaenger. . THB A8HBVTI.LB BTRRRt RV. CO. JfOI R BALB ttNIt Ht'NfHRl AND PIPTV TIIOCnANII OOOH BRICK, a a whole, or la qu.ntltio to anit. jand2t W. T. WBAVBR. OKTLANU BROS.. Real Estate Brokers, And t Investment i Agent. OHceat 34 2d Pattoa At. Second floor. srhMlv J?OR RBNT. Htore room, No. .11) Krnith Main atrret. and two nine rooma. pcwaeaalon Klvca at onrr. Aupiv tt Jan I dtf PRANK I.IIIUSIIKAN. AshevilleWood Yard lluy your Wood by the Cord, sawed and pill, ready for nar. Stove Wood. Fireplace Wood, Cord Wood Un hand and for .ale at yard at Depot, near Pnrnlture Factory, or leave nrdera ut odlre, South Court House Hquarc, neit door to Wnl Building, and hiirr It delivered. jan.1dlw C. K. MOOllY J. W.SCHARTLE, MERCHANT TAILOR 4 N. Main St. fcbvodlT Waltss B. OWVM, W. W. WT. GVYN & WEST, (ucceMora to Walter B.Owyo) ESTABLISHED x88i REFER TO BANK OF ASHEVILLE. REAL EST ATE. Loan Securely Placed at 8 Per Cent. Notary Public. Comanteeloaera nf llcetla. FIRE INSURANCE OPFICR-Ooatbcaat Court Square, Swannanoa Hotel. t'aeioelled raMnt, Popular with tourl.U.rmllleandhu.lnea nea. Bkctrlc car. uaaa the dour. RAWI.M IIROI., febldty Pror's. ANTHII, t-J 4 .nlla. wn,MM M. frnm lilt to M yeara of age to work for ua evening.. An nptHirtunltv to make money will lie ipm to the right men. Apply at our office between in a. nt. and. p.-. , IftNKl Heal Relate and Inaurance Broken, ,.... u a. Ill M.lb. HlfM'k. MISCELLANEOUS. KNTAHLIHHF.D 1874. V. C. CARMICHAEL, a arMWasawec" A wr Aa u a natvnn m , 20 SOUTH MAIN STREET, ASHEVILLE, N. C. We do not hklij Cheap Diuuh, but will hell yov Drums chkai', and if you don't believe what we Hay give uh a trial and be con vinced. Our prescription de partment is excelled oy none. It in equipped with the bent goods that money can buy from EMerck, E. R. Squibb, Parke, Davis & vo., J no. Wveth & Hro.. and from other leading manufaeturingohem iHts in this country and Eu rope, whose iroods for purity cannot be questioned. Pre scriptions tilled at all Hours, day or night, and delivered free of charge to any part of the city. Our stock ot IJrugH, I'atent Medicines and Drug gists Sundries is complete, and at prices tha t dety com petition. Don't forget the place, Xo. 20 S. Main street, where you will at all times be served by competent pre scriptionists. 1870. 1HH0. S. R. KEPLER, DUAL.BK in FINE GROCERIES. Purveyor to intelligent Hiid appreciative Asheville and American families. Palates and tastes of people who be- ievp in good living cannot oe humbugged by "Cheap John goods. Cheap goods and first quality are not synony mous. 1 have in stock and to arrive, all seasonable spe cialties, comprising in part Fruits. Oranges, Lemons, Cranberries, Raisins, Figs, Xuts, etc. Miscellaneous Uioicc O. K. New Orleans Molasses, for ta ble use, Prime New Orleans Molasses, for cooking. Ex tra fine Assortment of Crack ers, r me l eas anil i onees a secinlry. Mince Mcnta Riinlnn & llilworth's, and other hrnnda. I'luni I'ltdiliiiK. Cult ' Font Jelly, etc. I'remieil and Crystnliied Cinder. Shiitl Kie iu fcitn. KtMcilerrinK anil all other K1""' ' tletnitnd for the Holiday. s. K. M-.ri-i.K. a 3 SL 5' T' 5 5S n' 8 1 I 3 3 x - 3 z n i J. M a-aal o 5. c T 5s: c 3 ' ! a 14 S 2 s V! ?! s i P ! f & r I K 0 .; 3 C ' a 1 n e o Z -I m ' 3 - a js a. 7' a- s V. B . 2 I I ' c 5- 3. o o Q K HORSES TO HIRE. Three or four tlood Raddle lluraca to hire by day, week or month. FOR SALE. Three good Two-Hone Wagon, and team. for .ale on ! month.' time. Apply to rkynolds a SPEARS Jan? dot JUNK STORE. Old Clothra, Rag., Iron, Shoe., Rubber., furniture anything accond hand. IliKheat price, paid In cnnh. Addrca. by mall II. ZAtltUR, lanTdaw 78 N. Mnln .trect B OAR II Can lie had In nrlvatc family at Ant htillM north of Oakland Institute lor one or two gentlemen In one room. J.nHdJt MIHR Kl.l.A MOODY, J?OR RBNT. A ten-room brick dwelling at No 1U naywoou atrccl. Apply to w. I . w KAVKK. JanS dat Bol 1, A.hevlll. 17ARM TO RBNT. A fully equlptied farm. Apply to jaunt! lit nil I A I ainnun at nuiii A ST. LOVIS FIRK. The Telegraph Office Building; Entirely Cou.umed, St. Louis. Innunrv 8. Shortly before 7 o'clock this morning a lire started in the basement of the Western Telegraph building, corner of Olive and Third streets. The fire soon ascended through the nir shaft Irom the first to the top floor and is now burning fiercely. The wires are a total wreck. The firemen are greatly hindered by the mass of sleet laden wires. It is thought the fire, the origin of which is ut present unknown, ... . f .L. i...:u! will oe connnea to inc uuuuiiig. All the operators escaped from the building uninjured. The fire broke out in the engine room. The building is com pletely gutted. The building was an old one, situated on the corner of Third and Olive streets, and in addition to the Western I'nion, was occupied bv the offices of the Associ ated I'icss, Daily Printing Company, Al len & (iiuter Cigarette Company, the Hruulev rnnttnc nntl Mcroii t-ompnny, and one or two other offices. At MO the fire was brought under complete control, but the buildiiiK i ted. All the Western I'nion wires gut- were burned out, but active efforts are bring made to i est. ire communication. Thev are receiving messages at East St. Louis. The hre started in the uasement, anci spreading upward so quickly that all the inmates ol the operating room naa to fly for their lives and many of them had narrow escapes. A network of wires led into the build ing by way of the roof. The storm of yesterday loaded down the telegraph and telephone wires as well, with a henvv cnalinir of ice. Iliirinc vesterdav and last night several breaks occurred and the service was badly interrupted. At six o'clock this morning a wire lead ing to the basement of the building came in contuct with a broken electric light wire, mid at once the building wits on tire. The basement has but lew people in it, and the trouble being anticipated from the wires on the roof, if any ut all, little attention was given to the base ment, and the fire had gotten beyond control when discovered. The fire department made a hard fight. but the mass of wires which almost shut the light out of the street prevented suc cessful work, and the firemen would not risk their lives in cutting them until the electric light wire currents were turned off. The Associated Press office on the second floor was totally destroyed. But few persons were in the building when the fire started; and although several had narrow escapes, all reached the ground in safety, Several firms occupied the ottlces and stores in tne ounaing, ami their loss will be total The loss is esti mated at $100,000, of which $50,000 fulls on the Western I'nion company. The adjoining buildings were badly dam aged bv smoke and water. Tobacco Trade Mark Association Washington. Innunrv 8. S me weeks ago representatives of many of the lead-ins- cut tobacco manufacturers of the country announced a meeting to be held here. The meeting convenea to-uay ana formed a trade mnrk association having for its object the protection of its mem bers in the use ol legitimate iraae margs. Cteorgc W. (tail, of Gail & Ax, Baltimore, was elected president; f. Loniiara, jr., of I'; Lorillard & Company, New Voik. treasurer, and Thomas B. Allen, of New York, secretary. An executive commit tee was elected as folio wi : Geo. W.Gail, Baltimore; P. Lorillard, Jr., New York; F. P. Adams of Adams Tobacco Compa ny. Milwaukee; Mr. Hopkins of J. J. Itayley & Co., of Detroit, and Daniel Cat lin nf Catlin Tobacco Company, of St. Louis. A series of by-laws were adopted, after which an adjournment was taken subject to the call of the president. Montana Ieg;lalatlv Snarl. Minneapolis. Minn.. January 8. The Journal's Helena, Mont., special says: When the senate met this morning, none of the democratic senators were present. A call of the house was ordered, and tne sergrant-nt-arms set out in search of the nbsriit members. Mr. I'arhernr was found, but be refused to come, stating that there was no authority for taking him. Secretary of State Kotwitt will not sign the certificates of the democratic senators-elect nt anv hazard. Lieutenant Governor Kichnrds has ordered the ser-geunt-ut-arms to bring the absentees be fore the bar of the sennte even if he has to invoke aid from the civil authorities. The latter is out trying to enforce the order. Governor Toole has recognized the organiiation of the senate by sending in his message. Th Ddualn Announced. Berlin. Tanuarv 8. At the opening of the Reichstag this morning tne president lormnlly announced tne aeatn oi inc Downuer Emoress Augusta, and paid high tribute to her memory. The house ndoutcd a resolution requesting the pres ident to convey its sympathy to the Urn peror William, and then atljourtied as a mark of respect. The Emeror has or dered thnt the court eo into mourn ing for three months, and bits hxed the pcrtoci lor general mourning at six wcc-k. Me bus also ordered that the theatres and other places of amnsement be closed lor a week, i lie ooay oi tne nmurcna will be taken to the Schloss at midnight to-morrow. It will be placed on a bier in the chapel. The funeral will probnbly take place on Saturday. The Rev. Mr. Joynerln Cleveland. Siiklbv, N. C, January B. Special. The Kcv. Mr. Joyner, who recently ap pealed to the British minister at Wash mirton. claimine to have been outrageous ly treated, lived in the western part of this county from 1879 till uecemner, 1884. While here he preached to the ne groes, urging social equality, and his wife taught a free negro school. During their residence In the county they fre quently came to Shelby, and were never known to stop with white people, always stopping with negroes. They haveadopt- cu ana arc raising; tuiurcu vuuuiu. Ureal Petroleum Fire. London, January 8. A ship loaded with petroleum caught fire at Sunderland this morning. The burning oil escuped from the ship, and floating on the tide way set fire to three other vessels. Great damage was done by the fire. A fireman (ell overboard and was drowned, atrlkera Rlote Feared. IIkkne, January 8. The authorities are fearful that the striking compositors here will endeavor to incite a riot. Two companies of military are parading the streets (or t lie purpose of suppressing any disorderly demonstration that the strikers may make. Bond Offering;), Washington, Jnnuarv 8. Bond offer ing to-day aggregated ii,otio; accept ed. SH3.500 Ht 137 for four per cents. and 103ft (t for four and a hnlfs. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. BLOCKS OK FIVK I NDKR DIH- Cl'BMION. ttenatora Voorheeaand Kdmunda Vive the senate Their Vlcwi ol the Celebrated Dudley Circular In Indiana. Washington, January 8. SEN ATE. After some routine morning business. Mr. Voorbees called up his resolution of fered yesterday in relation to the charge) that Mr. Chambers, the United State district attorney at Indianapolis, had in terfered in bis official capucity to prevent the arrest of W. W. Dudley on a chargi of feloniously violating the election lawf of Indiana nt the last presidential elec tion, and directing the attorney general to report what instructions the depart ment of justice had issued to Mr, Cham bers on the subject, and to furnish cop ies of the correspondence, and proceeded to address the senate. He spoke of thi crime at Having instated an mdclliuk stain oa that marasvaJft .lection, ana impeached the integrity of the political result that followed. The fnct of thi crime was universally known, and prac tically confessed uy us perctrator anti his coudjutators; and yet by constant vigilance in obstructing the law and it denying and preventing justice, thecrimt had thus far gone unpunished. The bene ficiary of the polluted ballot box, now in high place, had felt compelled to shield the corrupt instrument of that succesi from the penulties due to such notorious guil.. It was high time, he said, thai that most disgracctul mid mostularminu episode in the presidential election should lie fully understood ny tne whole people, and that the prowr degree of responsi bility should lie assigned to the instru ment by whom it was erietrated, and to those who tried to hide the offence. Me should nothing extenuate nor aught set dow in malice; but forbearance on the subject had long censed to lie a vir tue. In the estimation of all honest peo ple in Indiana and for those .alone, bt spoke. Mr. voornees sent to tne ciern s desk and had rend the notorious "Blocks ol Five" letter and went on to say that tin .Ini-H mid wti-ka which imuu-diatclv fol lowed the publication of that polluted and nolliiting campaign document would always be remeinliercd for the rapidity. audacitv and fecundity with which tht most seif evident falsehoods were con ceived nnd put forth by the republican press in order to avert odium and to es cape the legal ienalties of an orgnnizen attempt ut wholesale iinnery. I lus doc ument, emanating officially from the na tional republican coniinillec, and nevei disavowed, had pointed out, be said, that an ample corruption fund wnt ready in hand, and gave explicit dircc tions for its use by agents selected foi their skill in such rascality. He spoke oi Dudley as the immediate personal repre sentative, in the national repuhlieaii committee, of Benjamin Harrison, then candidate for the presidency, and now president ol the united Malts, itc nnd been put upon that committee at tin earnest request ot Harrison, and between them there were the most confidential and intimate personal relations. They had been politicul Siamese twins. When, therefore, the scheme ol briliery and cor ruption was exposed on the 31st of Oc tober us far and as fast ns the lightning carried the shameful story, was it to bt supposed that Dudley was left without advice, instruction and assistance ? Sen ator Quay, chairman of the national re publican committee, nnd senator from the State of I'ennsvlvania, arrived at In dianapolis and held repeated and pro tracted conferences with those who held the fate of Dudley and the interests of the republican party in the hollow of their hands. It was not for him (Voorhecs) to presume to determine the precise char acter of the men or subject. Mr. Ijuny I state to the senntor from Indiana that it is not true that in Indiitn apolis I conferred with those who held the republican party iu the hollow ol their hand or conferred with any one in regard to the case of Dudley. Mr. Voorhecs The hniuls of those with whom the senntor consulted were rather small, it is true, but to the extent of their palms they did hold the interest of the republican pnrty in their hands. Does tl e a nntor deny thut he culled on 1'residint elect Harrison in ltitlianni- olis? Mr. Ctut.- I called on I'residcdt elect Harris n. Mr. oo -hces Certainly yon did. The senator will not blame me if I draw a big inference mat he wanted the prosecution of Dudley stopped, and that he went to Indianapolis to sec him, unci thut he did say certain things in quarters where it would do the most good, and with an emphasis which was not forgotten. Mr. Voorbees went onto speak of Dud lev's threats to use dynamite which he had in his pocket in case an attempt was tnaue to uinici punishment upon mm, and also to criticise verv severely the part which Judge Woods was repre sented as taking in preventing the tind inu of a bill of indictment against Dudley. lie spoke ol judge wooms course as wr ing conspicuously shnmclul. In view ol the Indignity, injustice and open out rage inflicted on the people of Indiana, in the nume and by the authority of the republican national committee, aided and abetted by the action ol the federal court, it would not seem strange that as a representative of that insultetl people he should like to know by whose instruc tions and by what authority of law a responsible law officer of the government in Indianapolis, selected and appointed by the administration, icit inmscii war ranted a few weeks ago in ordering the Cnited States commissioner not to issue a wnrrnut for Dudley's arrest when he ventured to return to Indianapolis for the first time in more than a ycur, char acterizing at the same time Dudley s let' tcr as an nonornoic ami patriotic puuuc document. Ill bchu I of the people ol in dionn. he desired the nttorney-gencrnl of the I'n ted States to mlorin tne senate whether the action of bis official subor dinate in interfering with the United States commissioner was inspired by his instructions, or met now with his ap- nrnvalP He asserted that the district attorney of the United States had no more legal right over the uction of the United States commissioner in issuance of, or refusal to issue a warrant thnn he had over the appointment ot a minister to HiiL'luud. The action of Mr. Cham' bera culled for bis summary dismissal. No better opportunity could present it self to the President than was now pre sented to c e hue ns connection with Dun lev and with Dudley's crime. Bcnjnmin Harrison was president of the United States, and as such, was called upon to sourn the disurncclnl examine, in con ..I. 11- V....l,. .Iwlunul Hint bribe givers, bribe takers and all endors ers of bribery should be regarded as pi rates and enemies of the human race. Mr. Edmunds offered an amendment for the preamble and resolution to as to strike out the preamble and make it read ; "That the attorney-general be, and he is hereby instructed to inform the senute what instructions, if any, the depart ment of justice has given to S. N. Cham bers, district attorney for the district of Indiana, on the subject of the arrest of W. W. Dudley, or his exemption from ar rest, and by what authority of law any instructions have been given nnd that copies of all such correspondence be trans mitted to the senate." He expressed (sarcastically) his admi ration of, and concurrence in, the beau tiful tribute of the senator from Indiana to the value nf political morality. He also gave his adhes'un to Mr. Voorhecs' denunciation of political immorality. If Mr. Dudley bad done the thing imputed to him, he hud certainly committed (if not a crime against the United States) crime against that class of public moral ity which the senator had so benutifiilly described, and which, as he said, was so essential to the sutcty and perietuity of republican institutions. Still it wus possible thnt the so-called Dudley letter had been forged or so altered as to make an innocent ( morally innocent) political letter apiiear to be a morally guilty one. There were instances of such political forgeries about the time ol presidential elections such ns the Morcy letter. But he was glad the leaders of the democratic party had apparently reformed, (laugh ter in the galleries I nnd thut now ut least, nn anniversary of the buttle ol Sew Orleans, there was some evidence of allegiance to principles of the only real democrat he had ever heard ol Gcnerul Jackson. (Laughter.) Mr. Voorbees "If the Dudley letter is a forgery, why is it that he has not brought his libel suits against the New York papers to trial; and why is it that he has skulked and cowed mid hid him self in exile for the last twelve mouths or more?" Mr. Edmunds I do not know that Dudley is skulking or biding anywhere, and I do not believe it, I do not know that he has any libel suits pending in New York. If "he has. I suppose he knows how to take care of them. Mr. Voorbees I say here, in the henr ing of the New York press and its agent, that every possible effort has been made to get Dudley, in his own person in the State, of New Y'ork, to prosecute his own libel suits; that all such efforts have (ailed, and that Judge Lawrence the other day denied the motion ol Dudley's lawyers because Dudley (he said I kept himself out of the limits of the State. Mr. Edmunds Judge Lawrence may lie right or may be wrong, 1 do nut know; but if Dudley lias any libel suits ind docs not prosecute them the dclcnd ants are entitled to have them dismissed. Mr. Edmunds argued thut this Dudley letter, if it were genuine, constituted un offense against the laws of Indiana, anil asked where were till the democratic dis trict attorneys of that State nnd why all this delay on their part to institute pro ceedings. He intimated that United States District Attorney Sellers, who preceded the present incumlient, had re signed to escaie the necessity of taking some action on the Dudley letter. He in tiinnted that Dudley's letter might have lieen suggested by, or imitated Irom, one which had been sent out by a Mr. Whit aker, of Martinsville, Indiana, chairman of the Democratic county committee on the 7th of September, 1K88, and which was recently published in an editorial of the Tcrrc Haute Express, n pnwr ( he believed) published in the town of the Senutor's residence. Mr. Dudley's letter seemed to be a child or a twin sister of this Whituker letter, which he sent to the clerk's desk and had read. The letter uses precisely similar expressions as are used in the Dudley letter, as to sup plying list of doubtful voters, descrilies them as "floaters" and directs that they shall be closely looked after and that none of them be allowed to escape. The reading of the letter was received with loud lauehtcr in the naileries. Mr. Edmunds continued, "Now this Whitakcr letter may be a forgery, I do not vouch for it. It is possible that the edi tor of the Terrc Haute Express invented it; but its likeness to the so called Dud lev letter is so perfect and particulnrthat 1 should lie bound to sny if I were jtirorl that the man who wrote it on the 7th ol Sentemlier wrote the Dudley letter and palmed it off as u letter from the Nation al reuublican committee." Mr. lidmtindsthen touched upon recent political scandals in Indiana, mid closed by hoping that the sennte would uot stop until corruption and dishonesty at elections should have been utterly cast nwnv. Mr. Voorbees replied thnt he had never before heard of the Whitaker letter and did not believe it had ever existed. At the close of the discussion, Mr. Ed munds' amendment wus agreed to by n partv vote, 31 to 2. and the resolution - , . -j . ..i i- thus nmenciea was noupicii, .ir. r hecs remarking thut he would find sonic way to ascertain the judgment of the law department on the action of its suli- ordinate. After the disjinsal nt some routine matters, the senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business; and at 3:10 adjourned. HOUSE. The house went into com mittee of the whole. Mr. Burrows, ol MichiL'nn. in the chair, for the Itirtficr consideration of the District of Columbia anoronnation lull. Two administrative clauses of the bill were stricken out on I mints of order. Consideration of the ill was comulctcd. The committee rose and the bill was passed. The house theaaUioutned tut i-runty. Shooting; In Cleveland County. SiiELnv.N.C. January 8. SiK-cial.l-B.U. Jenkins, whoruns a government (lis lillerv near Earl's station, was shot anil dangerously wounded at the warehouse by J. II. McNcily, storekceiier and ganger. McNeily, who lioardcd with Jenkins, lell in love with a seventeen year old daugh ter of the latter, who did not favor bis suit. Yesterday, while drunk, Jenkins approached McNcily in a threatening manner with a drawn knife. McNcily ordered him to desist, and Jenkins refus ing to do so, drew a pistol and fired two shots, the first missing, and the second hitting Jenkins in the left arm, brcnkinir the bone, and lodging iu the body. After the shooting, McNcily came to Shelby, drew a money order, lured a horse nnd buggv nnd returned to the warehouse, where he was arrested, tried to-day before a magistrate, and acquit ted on the ground of self defense. Mc Ncily is from Burke county, and has not ucen in tint county long. Robbers' Rapid Work. Boston. Innunrv H. Five burglars fastened the door of Charles A, Kcene's iewclrv store. In Washington street, with a bar of wood last night, smashed in the show window. gnthcred upnuout $1,000 worth of watches, jewelry, etc., and suc ceeded in escnninir before the people in the store could get outside. There is no clue. CAPITAL PVNMHMENT, la North Carolina a Bloodtlilraly Stater Editor Citizen : "On yesterday," say our dispatches, "Gov. rowle appointed the 7th of February as the day of execu tion ' ol lour citizens ot .Noun mrolina. Two of them for the crime of Burglary! Oh! sad day for our kind hearted Gov ernor; who can tell the anguish of his soul ns he fulfills the requirements of the law? Two men to be hanged for burglary!! Think of it, friends! I know not the cir cumstances of this case, but at the last execution for this offense they were as follows: Two men broke into a store and com mitted a robbery, while in a distant part of the building a clerk was sleeping. The theory of the law was that the culprit were prepared and willing to commit murder, it the clerk had waked up, there fore thev were hanged; This has ouly been a lew years ago; has it prevented burglary ? No, two more men are to be hanged for the same intention, or will ingness to commit murder, on the 7th ol Februnry. Not much prevention there! I know of a case in which "A" deliber ately leveled his pistol at "B." saying, "1 intend to kill vou." but mercifully tht cartridge did not explode. Was "A" hang cd because of his intention to commit murder? Everv onein Buncombe and Yancey and adjoining counties has known full well that Wilson would lie handed at Hums ville within a very short tune; and yet two cases of bad homicide have occurred in Mitchell and McDowell counties dur ing Inst month, within a short distnno nf the place of execution. Hat Wilson' imieniling fate prevented homicides? I have neither time nor ability to argut with theologians. I sec many things ii. the Bililc and in lite that puzzli me. I hear Moses held up ns authority lor the doctrine, "Whoso sheddetb man' blood, bv man shall his blood be shed.'' Moses attributed these words to God. yet Moses tells us liiiiiscll in his history 1 Hat he. .Moses, looked tins way anu that way and when he saw there was no man he slew the Egyptian and hid him in tbe sund." and, afterwards, fcarinv discovery, he fled to Midinn. Let nit ask it .Moses had lived in North Carolina would not he have been con victcd of murder on his own statement : Yet we know that by man his blood wa not shed, in spite of the Divine law. All of this is a mystery to me. I be lieve the time will come when 1 will un- Icrstnnd it. but only when I am able to un derstand thclovcol God which also passe mans understanding. All taut lam a UK now to understand is that Christ said. Ye have heard it said, a tooth for u tooth, an eye for an eye, but I say," &c. 1 have reason now to noie that tnt time is near at hand when my bcloveo State will put off her character for blood thirstiness. I have proposed the estab lishment of a League to find out, if pos sible, how many men in North Carolina arc in favor of substituting Life Impris onment for Capital Punishment. Tht conditions of membership may be seen in its advertisement in another column. 1 thank God that in this effort, which would otherwise be weak, I have tht hcln of such good friends as those whose names 1 have been authorized to use, as may be seen in the advertisement. And most grateful will I be, if in any measure I may be instrumental in removing what I conceive to be a disgrace from tbe stat utes ol mv State. T. W. PATTON. A FKW NEWS ITEMS. Butler Keniier Harding, a very prom ising young lawyer of Philadelphia, died on the om oi tne prevailing innucinii The memoirs of the late Jefferson Davis are in the hands ot persons competent to prepare them. Mrs. Davis will assist in the work. Prince Alliert Victor, eldest ton of the the Prince of tt ales, is to be fori.ially be trolhed to Princess Mary of Tcck dur ing the Easter holidays. Enuland is getting ready to force Port ugal to terms in the matter of African encroachment. An extensive nnviil dem onstration is to be made. It is expected thnt the census to bv taken this year will show the popula tion of North Carolina to be t, 813,024, an increase over 1MM0 of -113,274. Judge Kelly, M. C. from Pennsylvania, sick in Washington, passed a bad day Tuesday, being delirious nt timet, and there is little hope that he will ever Ik better. 0. A. I.ing worthy, manager of an Alabama Telephone Exchange, has gone to Canada, leaving a small shortage in his accounts. He did not steal enough to make him independent. Cniitam Wissman, the tierman ex- nlorer. is still fighting Ihe "insurgent' native African triUs. In the last fight fifteen Germans were wounded unci many Africans killed. At Greenville, N. C, Sidney Owens wns shot ns he was leaving the hotel by tome one concealed behind a tree. He will probably die. A young man, John Hat ton, bus' been arrested un suspicion. All the rogues nnd embezzlers are not Americans. In Havana the chief agent for the payment ol the old debts ol the government proves to lie n defaulter to the amount of $400,00(1, nnd has fled IH'rhaps to Canada. Gen. J. C.Jordan, a prominent Confed erate iilhcer, died recently in a store house in his ranch in Clay county, Texas, of heart disease, lie lived alone. Alter the war he wns attorney general of Ar kansas for several terms. The son of Charles Lever, the cele brated author of Charles U'Malleyund other once famous Irish novels, was found dead in his tied the other day, in Dublin. The deceased wns a scientific elect rician of prominence. While some rrnnirs were bring nindc in the floor nt St. 1'ctcrs at Koine, tne work men cainj across a ticrlcct and most beautiful mosaic pavement mnnv feet lie low the floor. It is claimed to lie a rem. mint ol a very ancient temple ut Jupiter. At Bessemer, Ala., on the 6th Wm, Knplee, a hotel kecjicr, wns badly shot uy ins wue, He returned home intoii eated. and treated hit wife very roughly She lost her teinier. seized a pistol and shot twice. The wounds are dangerous. On Sunday night, in Philadelphia, Mr Wnlmslcy, a merchant, being tick with influenza, had a preparation by him ol whiskey, quinine nnd lemon. Getting up in the dark to take it, by mistake be took hold of a bottle containing turpen tine and varnish, and took a large dose of the mixture, which proved latal. "All quiet on the Potomac I" The Pres ident hut returned irom uuca uunting, MISCELLANEOUS. J. S. GRANT. Ph. G., Of Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Apothecary, 4 South Halm St. The Old Year hat drawn to a cose, and with the beginning of tht New Year we wish to thank the public for their patronage and recognition of our effort to do our full duty. We are fully con sciout that It is to them that we owe the unexpected success of tbe past year, in which our business has been more than doubled, and we can only regard it at a new evidence that our business maxims ate such as to cause our customer to have conSdcnce in us and attract those who are cautious in dealing with any Pharmacist until tbry hart become fully assured of the nature and extent of bis business principles. In out dealing with the public we realize that the most scru pulous care and honesty are paramount in importance. If these are rirtuea in all ordinary business transactions, they become sacred duties in Pharmacy, and without them no one can be a true Phar macist. The health, maybe the lUe, ot those dealing with tbe Apothecary de pends upon them. We consider it our most sacred duty to shun adulteration and spoiled as well as inferior drugs, fhey constitute an evil from which Phar- nacy suffers no less than the public. Tbe :vil is not a new one, inaugurated in late years; it has existed as long a there were men whose cupidity was stronger than their tense of justice, and it will loubtless continue at long at there may 'k men with conception! of business to vague that they expect to purchase gold tor the money value of dross. There are no other moral principles required for transacting a Pharmaceutical business than are necessary for any other business. Unwavering integrity that remains unin- luenved by the visions of gold along tbe road of questionable or deceitful prac tices is the only foundation for success that is worthy the name; it it so in :very pursuit, and more particularly in Pharmacy, where at a matter of seers. n'tv it must be combined with constant vigilance in all directions, to at to secure all possible safeguard. These are the principles which we have mleavored to live up to, and to which we trust our increasing success is due. We hope our former patton will show the tame kindness towaid ut in the fu ture that they bare in the patt, knowing that no action ol our will ever make them regret a continuance of their fa vor. Yourt truly, J. S. GRANT, Ph. C, Pharmacist, S S. Main St., Asheville, N. C. WHITLOCK'S Special Announcement for the Year and Season of 1890. Grand opening of the New Clothing Store, No. 48 South Main street, adjoining and connecting with the Dry Goodrt store, corner Eagle block. We have more store room, ample light, and are bettor prepared to serve our patrons with choice goods at proper prices than ever. We thank the public for liberal patronage in the past year. Our aim will be directed to deserve an increasing busi ness this year. We shall con tinue to deal in the best classes of Dry Goods and Clothing, and will remain the selling agents for the best Clothiers, Merchant Tailors, Hatters and (Hovers. We intend to make our establish ment the place to find just what you are looking for in the way of seasonable, styl ish and useful Dry Goods. We cut prices during this week on all heavy goods in both departments. Our stock is too largo for the season and must be sold. The public is invited to visit our stores, which contain the best and largest stock of La dies and Gents' Furnishings, Fancy Goods, etc. We sell Dunlap Hata, E.&W. Collars and Cuffs, Manhattan Shirts, Foster and Centenevi Gloves, "Mother's Friend" Skirt Waists, Ladies Riding Caps and Driving Gloves. Special orders solicited for any goods in our line not in stock, with out risk to purchaser. WHITLOCK'S, 46 48 8. Main St., Corner Basic Block. laua dtf SNI'atton A vcuue.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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Jan. 9, 1890, edition 1
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