Asheville Daily Citizen,
State Library 1 I i
VOLUME X.-NO. Gl.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY M, 1894.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
CALL UP NO. 110
And Older one of cur extra shore, No. I mack-
crel II you want (he finest fish thai ever came
to thin market
Wm. Kroger.
To Visitors
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L. BLOMBEUG'S
Cigar ud Sporting Goods House,
17 I'ATTUN AVBNl'U.
cpRTLigraMOSy
RBAL BSTATB BBOKBR8.
1NVB8TMBNT AOBNTB.
NOTARY PUBLIC '
Loan. Manly placed st 8 per cat.
oacca Mtil P.ttoa An,, ap stairs
IN order to Klv. iy customers the tiene
fit of cash rate", t have derided that after
Saturday, July 14, 1 will only aell for cash. Not
a cent or credit will he given to any one alter
that dale. O. A. CKBKK.
Always
the
Cheapest.
that's AiiorT
THH SlH 01' IT !
We don't worry much
about "hard times," lie
cause we adopt our trade
to conditions as they ex
ist, Always
the
Cheapest
Menus that you jjet the
very most Tor your dollar,
not that the "groceries"
are cheap, the vulue is in
the 'iiinlity i.u.1 in prlc;
at one and the same time.
That rule is the stnndard
by which we govern our
business. Lowest in price
aud best in quality.
A. D. Cooper,
GROCERIES.
IF IN NEED Or
33 A.SKETS
H ANY HKSCRH'TION
it
ESTABROOK'S
Is The Place to Get Them
ASSORTMENT COMPLETE
CANDY,
IjUNOH,
WORK,
FANCY WASTE,
LETl'TICR,,
INDIAN,
FLOWBR,
WILLOW WASTE
DON'T FORGET THE PLACE.
H. T. ESTABROOK
BOOKS. STATIONERY
AND FANCY GOODS.
11 SOUTH MAIN STREKT.
Men's Patent
Leather Shoes.
Wv have just received u new lot, the latest style.
We ulsu curry a nice line of men's patent
leather pumps. Our ladlea' patent leather and
dongolu Oxford lies are the best. We handle
Williams, lioyt & Co.'a children shoes, they are
the best 011 the market.
J. D. Blanton & Co.,
39 Patton Avenue.
Experienced Buyers
Come here when in search of a pipe we
sell fern wholesale or retail anything
from the ic. clay to the gold mounted
' French briar or meerschaum is cts gets
a first class briar pipe, latest hull dog
shape, amherine mouthpiece. 90c. Finest
meerschaum, amber mouthpiece, in hand
some case, f j, worth fc.jo.
The Best
Are Cheapest
Applies to playing cauls it mys to get
flood ones we sell all the good makes
argealock of celebrated Bicvcle cards
single pack or by the dosen regular price
jc., ariiiug mem ai iyc. lorone wees ouiy
Steamboats y:. Aladdins loc.
RAY'G
On
The Square.
Keidsvillc, N. C. to
San Antonio, Tex.
Hold that ticket day or two ago-saved t
aenger io sr-aaved another today lio.go
on round trip to New York you can't ex
peel that much always-) to U la what I
usually save on railroad ikketa-lan't that
worth saving 1
O. F. HAY,
Tin Ticket Broker. I M. Court Square.
Howls Your Home?
IS IT COMl'LKTE WITH CHINA,
GLASS, LAMPS, ETC. Wl! HAVE
NOW TUB LARGEST AND MOST VA
KIBD STOCK SINCE WB HAVE IIKk'N
IN IIISINBSS. l'KICKS WAV DOWN
ALL THROUGH TUB IIOI'SE HAVE
YOU USED Ol'R NKV 160' OIL? IT
MAKES A PURE, BRKillT LIGHT
liyl'AL TO DAYLIGHT.
Thrash's Crystal Palace
WHAT IS ALL THIS ABOUT
Towle
Twister
AT OCR STORK ?
It is simply that a very celebrated gold wire
jeweler is with us for a short time making an
exhibition ol his art. These delicate and fash-
ionable ornaments are now all the rage In
NEW YORK AND PARIS
And enormous sales are reported at the recent
exposition at Amsterdam. We invite you to
call and
Walch his swiftlv living fingers
Transforming Golden Wire
Into charming little bracelets
That the ladies so admire.
It is entertaining and interesliiiB. and with
every dollar purchase of groceries Mr. Towle
will make to your order n sparkling memento
of his beautiful work without charge.
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DRUGGISTS,
Church St. and Patton Ave.
We have just received a large lot of
AW VASELINE UOODS.
Teu cent bottle, ot Vaseline we now sell for
Ave cents. Ail other Vaseline good, at
REDUCED PRICES.
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
WHAT THE HEW REOROANI
2CITION MEAN.
Interview Willi Samuel spencer,
the New President-wtaal we
Hay Expect Some Inleresllug-
Hprculatlone.
Some readers of The Citi.i:n have
doubtless kept informed of the events
that have been transpiring in the South
ern railroad world lor the last few
weeks. The Richmond and Danville was
sold on the 15th of June and reorgan
ized as the Southern Railway com
pany, which company bought the E. T
V. & Ga. system at the foreclosure sale
at Knoxville on the 7th inst., and Tues
day last the Charlotte, Columbia &
Augusta, and Columbia & Greenville
went under the hammer and were
knocked down to the same bidder. II:'
fore the first of September the same cut
and-dried program will have been car
ricd out as to the several other pro
perties formerly comprised iu the two
systems, all will have been brought tin
derthc same dp me, the same general
management, and that other necessary
adjunct of every first class railroad, the
same blanket mortgage.
"Wbas do all these changes signify ?"
is the question thoughtful men in every
locality reached by these roads are askinir,
Generally speaking, the (fleet on the
whole South, it is believed, must be
highly beneficial. Whether this new
company is controlled by the Vander
bilts or not land it is a widely accepted
belief that it is), 09 reorganized it iscnor
mously strong, financially, and is bound
to become, under the progressive man
agement of Samuel Spencer, one of the
raosi potent mciors in me inuustnul
development of the South. In au inter
view that The Cituen hud vestcrdav
with this gentleman, he said, in answer
to the question, "Wbnt effect will the
reorganization have upon the South ?"
that he hoped it would be most benefi
cial and saw no reason why it should
not be.
The question here however is, "What
is to be the effect on Asheville?' audit
was to this point that 1 he Citizen's in-
3uiries of Mr. Silencer were particularly
irected. The prospect of the early
erection of a fine new depot nt Biltmore
under the auspices of the Southern Rail
way Companv with the co-operation
of Mr. Vandcrbilt lends color to the be
lief that the Vanderhilts nre I irgely in
terested in the new deal.
But taking no account of suppositions
of Vandcrbilt control and Varderbilt
favor for Asheville, which may or may
not be fanciful, the logic of the situation
teems to assure Asl.eville marked ad
vantages under the new denl. The uni
fication of the two systems lilts the em
bargo which has been laid upon our
commerce at Paint Kock. The outrage
ous pro rale on thut 44-mile haul will
be impossible under the new rrginie.
Under the new tvstem the rate has
already been reduced, We will have the
same shipping facilities over the old li.
V., V, iv U. lines as Newport or Morns-
town. Henceforth western freights to
and from Asheville can take their natural
channel, instead of being fore d "around
the world to get mat the buck door."
The chief advantage to accrue to us.
however, is by making the Western
North Carolina railroad a trunk line for
both freight and passenger trailic. A
glance at the map will show this road
to be the key to this consolidation
oroblem the natural and indispensable
link between the K. & 1). and U. T., V.
Ov: U. properties, without which thev
could never be really one. As one. the
enormous through traffic of the K. T.,
v. oc u., wmcn nas hitherto been ham led
by the Norlolk and Western will come
this way. This atsertioa is bused on a
srnigbter tip than any utterance of a
diplomatic railroad president or man
ager, figure for voursclf and you will
find that on north and east bound busi
ness fr m Knoxville, Chattanooga and
Memphis routed via the Norlolk and
Western, as formerly, the Southern Kml
wny would get an average haul ol ,'ION
miles; via Asheville it would net an
average haul of 778 miles, or the whole
distance to the Potomac river. To
state the case is to prove it. When men
learn to DC unsclhsh. and water acciuircs
the habit of running up-hill, then, and
not earlier, will a railroad allow 470
miles of its own track to rust from dis
use in order to throw the long haul to
a competing line. The control ol this
470-mile haul on the whole volume of
through business of thc.Ii. T., V. & G.
lines was no doubt the weightiest con
sideration that moved the ruling pow
ers to weld these two systems into one.
lliis consolidation, then, transforms
the W. N. C. railroad from a branch to
a trunk line, a main artery of trade be
tween New York and Chattanooga,
1, -.1 11.. l .,1 t
iuciupuis nuu IUC OUlllllWCBl.
Haw the "stone rejected nf the liuiM.
er" is become "the head of the corner!"
A few years ago this nronertv wns so
little thought of that the Legislature of
Nortn Carolina wns convened in extra
session to give it away, almost.
The transformation can but work
great good to Asheville. The one-train-a-day
period of her history is drawing to
a close, and double duilv through trains
to the great centers of population and
industry, and all other trunk-line facil
ities are believed to be in sight.
It is not merely one through line Ashe
ville is to have under the new order.
The completion of the Florida Central
& Peninsular, which has been in opera
tion only a few months, taken in con
nection with the consolidation of the K.
& D. and U. T., V, & G., makes this the
ideal route between Cincinnati and Flor
ida and the const cities of South Caro
lina and Georgia, and n through vesti-
Duied train service uy this route niav be
confidently expected within a 'few
months, ho, looking bull-a-venr ahead,
Asheville may be said to stand nt the
meetuu of the ways and two of the
most important ways in all the South.
Add to these the almost certain con
trol ol the Marietta & North Georgia by
the Southern, and you will have the
Murphy branch, the despised "goose
neck," a through line to Atlanta
traversing 249 miles ol the most pic
turesque country in the world.
Survcvinc the whole field, it is hard
not to see an all-round improved status
that ought to be worth thousands of
people and some moncv to Asheville in
the next few years. In the language of
me street, aiiicviiic seems most em
phatically "in it" on the deal.
In regard to the W.N, C. railroad
being the connecting link of the K. & I)
and the E. T Va. & Ga. Mr. Spencer
saiu : 11 uuaouutcaiT tne connecting
link ol the two systems, and these sys
tems are under identically the same con
trol." "May wc not expect, then, an im
proved train service over the W. N. C.
R. R. ?" he was asM.
"It looks as if there would be," he re
plied; "and we hope we will be able to
make the line of more importance."
"Is it natural to suppose, Mr. Spencer,
that the B. T.. V. & Ga. system, now
under the same control, as you say,
with the old K. & D will send its pas
sengers, etc., over the Norfolk and West
ern on a long haul, as hertofore?"
"Well," said Mr. Spencer, "business is
a selfish thing, and it is certainly natu
ral to suppose that a system will en
deavor to do all of its own hauling."
"Then what will be the effect on this
section ?"
"It ought to strengthen this section,
This is a country susceptible of great
development. It is to our interest to
build up this country. It is much better
to build up tt country where there is no
competition than to do so where there
is, because in the former case the results
to us would tint lu Hiviib'H "
"The recent reduction in Ireight rates
ucrc nit. icq Asneviue merchants to hope
that the management of the Southern
Railway Company will accrue vtrv
materially to their advantage. Whether
justly or unjustly you arc probably
aware of the fact that merchants here
have considered the rates that have pre
vailed as very high," said The Citizhn,
tentatively.
"Well." rcnlied Me. sivn,'r "...l,;i ...
shall manage our affairs by 'sticking to
uui "mu uusiucss, wc recognize mat it is
to our interest to help build up any terri
torv throuirh which we ruiu lint ....
cannot do it nil."
"Will Asheville be on the division line
of the Eastern and Western divisions?"
"I cannot answer that question. Wc
must finish our rnnsnlirlotinn lu.iVi.-n
consider matters of that nature. Suits
and litigations nre now going on, ami
these must all be settled.
'i here is noticed a temporary cxtcn
tension of jui is diction of superintendents
at Greenalmm nnrl Atbintt, ,1...
Western North Carolina and the Ashe
ville Si Spartanburg railroads. May wc
not r.xucct the local inn .( .- Hii Uir,,,
superintendent at Asheville?"
"That has not yet becu considered,"
said Mr. Soencer.
The president of the new company is a
man ol slight stature, straightforward
ana inorougniy to tnc point in every
thing he says. He wastes no words and
no time'
REV. MR. BRUNSON RESIGNS
FINDS Hi; let MOT A TRli:
BAPTIST
BttlUvm That He Should Keep
The Prt-aent Saturday Holy
Rather Than Hundav-Other
Doctrinal PolulHOI Difference.
Rev. J. A. flrunson his voluntarily
tendered his rcisgnalion as pastor of
the French Broad Baptist church, the
icsignntion to take effect tomorrow.
arious rumors having been started
concerning this action, which was a mat
ter of great surprise to the deacons of
that church, 1 iik CiTiziiK endeavors to
give the first authentic information on
this subject In an interview with The
Citizen today Mr. Brunson said that he
differed from the Baptist belief in three
essential points.
first, he sail). "I keen M.irr,li, in.
stead of Sunday. I believe there is no
scripture tor tne change Irom S it 11 relay
to Sunday. The change was made by
the Catholic church.
"Second. 1 believe in ciiiulii i,mnl Im
mortality, or eternal life thmiirrh Irsns
Christ onlv.
'Third. 1 do not belie ve in ilirnrl tr-.
tneilt or the nernetnit v of evil I hnli.,,.
in eternal punishment, but not in eternal
torment. These nre the three mnifl
points."
Mr, Brunson has been here about
six months, lie is from Darlington, S.
C. Will) n miKtiinnncv nf 1 lin lUi.lUt
church for three years in Ittpan, and has
ueen prcacning in tins country about a
year and n half.
When asked how lone lu li ml Lniwti
of these differences of belief, Mr. Brunson
replied that he had been investigating
the matter fur nhntit tu-n rrnm h,,t-
had only come to definite conclusions in
111c uiuiicr iieeiuiy.
"Then, is n reiinrt f It'll vm, tm
over to the Advmtists. Is this true?"
was asked.
"I have not joined them," he replied.
I do not know wlmt mv nhnia an,
There is no authority whatever for the
report.
COSiTKMPT OF COURT.
One Strike Leader Urlititn I'p in
Jail.
Cincinnati, July ll.-Judge . R.
Talt, of the United Statcscourt delivered
his decision today in the case of F. W.
1'helan, charged with contempt of court
in imicding and obstructing the receiver
ol the Cincinnati .Southern rond. ap
pointed bv the court, in the mnnnuement
and operation ol his rond. The sentence
was cjnfincmcnt for six months in the
Wnrrcn county tail nt Lebanon. Ohio.
and the marshal w.is directed to imme
diately execute the order of the court.
A Faat Cruiser.
Roi'KI'okt, Mass,, July 14. The Min
neapolis started on her official trial trip
this morning. She passed the second
stake boat, the cruiser New York, nt
8:.ri0, having covered tnc intermediate
distance 2 3-4 miles at the rate of L'a.Ol!
knots per hour.
Sim, Vance al Uombroon.
Black Mointain, N. C, July 12.
Mrs. 7. B. Vance, with her sister and
children, arrived here to-day, and were
taken out to uombroon, the mountain
home ol the late Senator Vance.
Bin Contract For Atlanta
Wahiiincton, July 14. The contract
lor the construction of the Jacksonville,
Fla., public building has been awarded
to J. T. Schneider & C0..0I Atlanta. On..
at j'j,oo,,
Hanged in Prlvatt-.
RAl.nif.n,N.C.,July 14 -Two broth
era. Tom and Calvin Colev. white' mrerl
27 and 12, were banged yesterday at
L,ouisourg, tne execution being private,
Horned, But Innared,
Hamilton, 0July 14 The Cincinnati
Brewery, owned bv Peter Schwab and
Company, was damaged bv fire this
morning $100,000 worth; fully insured.
DEDS STILL HANGS OUT
REUSES TO UECL4RK THE
STRIKE OFF.
MeverllielesH, It la very Much
Off Vwltcbmen Going Back To
Work Civil Proceeding Agaluitt
Debs No Bs nipatbv.
Chicago, July 14. The building trades
council organization, representing 23,-
000 Chicago workingmcn, met last
night. There were 1G0 delegates at the
meeting and for nearly five hours thev
discussed the strike. Then a vote was
taken, and the order issued by the orjan
ization, calling its members out last
Tuesday, was almost unanimously
rescinded. The strike, so far as the build
ing trades council is concerned, was
thereby declared off. No resolutions of
sympathy were adopted, nor wns any
sympathy expressed for the American
Railway union. This action takes awav
the support of the Chicago workingraen
from Debs.
Chicago is very rapidly resuming its
normal condition. The action ot the
conference of the Federation of Labor
yesterday afternoon supplemented by
me meeting oi tne uunoine una 1 rades
assembly is accepted universally as the
deathblow of the Pullman boycott. Of
course Uebs and sovereign uic saying
that it is not over and that they are
going to fight to the bitter end. Debs
goes so far as to say that he will tic ud
every railroad in the United States, but
lie also says or did say in a speech last
night to 500 strikers "The only thing
that now remains for us to accomplish
is to get you boys back to your work."
lolin N. lvngau, chairman of the Gen
eral Managers' Association announced
at noon today thut the action was
final which was taken last night in re
turning to Mavor Hopkins a nroitosition
tor return of strikers to work as sub
nutted bv Prestdent Debs, of the Ameri
can Railway 1'nion. Debs therefore re
fuses to officially call the strike off.
Many of the striking employes at the
stock yards reported for work today.
lhiny-seven switchmen, thirteen engi
neers and more unskilled laborers were
given work. Five engines were put into
service and handled all the cars received
from outside roads. The packing houses
received 0,000 cattle, 20,000 hogs and
l.'i.OOO sheep. Armour, Swift and Mor
ris killed stock during the day and meat
trains were sent out.
The most authoritative body in the
switchmen's organization has officially
discountenanced the strike, and the
switchmen, having been the backbone of
the strikers' force, the outlook for the
Debs and Sovereign plan lor continuing
the strike is diseotirnfiing.
District Attorney Milchiist is prepar
ing to begin civil proceedings against
1'ebs aud other strike leaders; that is to
cite theiii into court to answer contempt
in violating iuiunction. This will in
clude Debs, Howard, Rogers, Keliher
and other officers and directors of the
union who have not been indicted.
Home Small Troubles,
Washington, 1). C, luly 14. General
Scholficld received the following tele
gram late last night from General Mc
Cook nt Denver: "The situation nt Wil
liams, Winslow aud Peach Springs, on
the Atlantic and Pacific is so critical
that we have ordered three comoanies
of inlantry from the barracks to the sta
Hon at these points and to move from
point to point on the railroad as deemed
necessary.
This is considered to be the
spreading of troubles that existed at
Trinidad and other points near the
Sante Fe on the road which connects
with Southern Pacific near Los Angeles.
These sporadic strikes distant Irom
main centres of disturbances nre not
expected to amount to much. General
Scboolfield anticipates a number of such
small troubles and is fully prepared to
meet wherever thev occur.
That Arbitration Committee.
Washington, Julv 14. The President
has been somewhat annoyed by the per
sistcnt attempts in some quarters to
make it appear that he had npiiointcd
an arbitration boardatlhe riciicstof the
strike leaders. Nothing is further from
the truth, the commission which he lias
agreed to appoint eventually under the
law, having no power beyond that
of making a general investigation
of the strike on the railroads
which led to his proclamation. The in
vestigating commission when organized
cannot enter nt all into the differences
between the Pullman couionnv and its
employes. It will confine its work ex
clusively to the American Railway I'nion
and the said Railway General Malingers'
Association.
Abont att It Watt.
San Francisco. lulv 14,-Strikc silu-
untion in Northern Calilornin is nracti-
cully unchanged.
Strikers Put to Flight.
Conneai'T, O., July 14. The militia
under command of Captain VVoodworth
marched to the docks this morning and
the strikers who have gathered there
tied alter about twenty shots bad been
exchanged. The officers succeeded in ar
resting thirty of the leaders of yester
day's demonstration. The rest of the
strikers have gone back to Ashtabula,
uic situation still looks threatening,
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
Philander C. Ilnnford. (Atii, iiri, n,n.
ncer of the StntlrlArrt Oil pnmnn. nnrt
second vice-president of the Linseed
on t rust .Kiueu nimscll because ol heavy
financial losses through speculation.
The sale of the K. T V n,,H : ...;i
road will be confirmed today by the
inucii oiates court, litis establishes
the jurisdiction of the Southern wnn.,...
company over that system.
There were three earthiniiilt l,n.l.
iu Constantinople on Tuesday, which
caused a considerable loss of life, as well
as extensive damage to property.
The cruiser Chicago was run into while
nt anchor nenr Antwprn hv th i n .. i.
steamer AzofT. The.damuge is estimated
at $12,000.
Gen. G. S. W. Ferguson, treasurer of
tnc L-cvec Hoard ol the Mississippi, has
disappeared. Hii cash is Bhort over
'o,uuu.
lupnu has chartered sixteen steamers
to laua iu.uuu troops in Lorea, and will
accept no terms but those dictated by
ncrBcu,
The Italian Chamber has passed
measure to suppress anarchy.
Gen. James B. Fry died at Newport
bi wi mi num. oi inrcc aay s.
Whether Asheville beats
Greenville or not in the great
game of baseball to be played
this afternoon, you should
take time to have your pre
scriptions renewed, and an
ticipate your Sunday wants
generally. Our store will be
closed all day tomorrow.
Yours Respectfully,
RAYB0R & SMITH,
31 Patton Ave.
Of en eveniDgs till 11 o'clock
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WITHoi'T IT. . . .
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ji N. Main St., Uiuccls
Where you can find a fresh supply oi this
celelnateil
Steam Baked Bread.
Tea For Suiiinier Use.
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ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL TEA
YV. A. Latimer,
No. 10 North Court Square.
Bolt Agent In Aihevllli for 0. and O, Tm,