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Asbfeville Daily Citi zeti VOLUME X-NO. 292. ASHEVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1895 riUCE 5 CENTS P Reduction in Prices of HUCKIN'S SOUPS now ottering Quarts at 30c. and Pints at 15c. We hac Tomato, Mock Turtle i Beef, Ox Tail, Okra or Gumbo, full ienne, Mullgatawny, Consomme, Green Turtle, Terrapin. POWELL I SNIDER, "The White Corner." 'Play Ball!" But Don't Ka.ll To Oet Your - Base Ball Supplies " itH r s, a he has the largest line. BLOMBERG'J) 7 Patton Ave. "Wo Htivitlg H!ata.pll3tiea An Ice Depot lnlhr ba-cm-nt room of Mr. G. A. Greer's Morr. N, .t, N,)rth Courl 0 ne so de- can ,.utvh.,e ice at retail, wbea the de ""("'oHaitMprwiit, and M r. Greer 'cttMl the same U promptly delivered ylirtf iutlie city, our ticket good and I" ! taken up for us by Mr. Greer, and orders hi" tPl-l'hone -will receive proa pt atten- lion. Swanuanoa lea Co., Hll.TMOHl, n. c. Easter Shoes ! uo' Easter shoes as we!' , as bonnets ui Ji my women think t hev can bet- l" ifKlect any part of their attire than to have ;h'y or til fitting shoe. We r Ave them from to ,...,. The latest styles s.nd all widths. Kor "'iable hoc or Oxfords, try- . . Spangenfoerjr, " A New Broom SWEEPS CLEAN ! Lay pside the old one And buy a new one. No- 1 15c " " 2..:..... 20c " " 5 25c " " 6 3oc " " 7 35c Take your choice, you will get your money's worth in any of them. A. D. Cooper, NO. 2 COURT SQUARE. BON MAR CHE An extra nice stock of Dry Goods at extra low prices are arriving daily. Two big drives for Friday, April (12tli, From 10 a. m. To 6 p. m. Double Width Irish Lawn, 7c a Yard. Toweling or Crash, 3c a Yard. Watch this column daily for new bargains. BON MARCHE 37 South Main Street. Tellicu Flour, Flectric Light Flour, Buckwheat Flour, per lb. Maple Syrup, per gal. Meat, per bushel, Corn, per buahel. Hay. lat quality, timothy, per bale. Salt, perasck, 80 da Crackers, Ovater Crackers, 200 ISO 2Hc 1 oo 63c 70c 85c 63c 6c 8c Gincer Snaps, Cream Cheese, 8c liVi and 15c Soc Macaroni. 10c or S for Sugar corn, 10c or 3 for Jelly, 8c or So lb bucket Mince Meat, Sweet Mixed Pickles, per quart. Pulver xcd and Cut Loaf Sugar, per lb' Prune. Dates. White Label t caf Lard, II Iba for Cottolcnc. II Iba for Granulated Sugar. 21 Iba for Yellow Sugar. 23 lbs for Rice. IT Iba for 23c 76c 8c 2o 7 1 00 I . 10O 1 OO 1 OO 1 OO I5c 10c G rita. BO Iba for Oat Flakes. !3 pounds lor Pratt's Astral OH, ISo" White Oil. Oae large Oil Heater, with cooking top. 10.OO CHEDESTER. s fattom avb. tu'waeM so TOM. RENT ! story rooms, $5. to f $.eo or tor $& Easter Presents AT , THE CRYSTAL PALACE. f Rabbits, Chicks, Eggs, Novelties, Flower Bas kets for the children, and many other pretty and appropriate things. SPRING IS HERE! AVE ARE READY FOR TT W1TTI A Large stock ol Cream Freezers, Gasoline and Oil Stoves, Ice Chests, Coolers. Bon't buy till you see our low prices. . THAD. W. THRASH & BRO. ARTHUR M. FIELD leadivo JEWELER. STYLISH, WELLMADH CLOTHING for men, bovs, and children a su perb line showing large reductions from former years. I ATS AND CAPS OF ALL KINDS, including a very handsome lot of Straw Goods. UNDERWEAR, MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, PARASOLS, HOSIERY, AND GLOVES, CORSETS, ETC. Almost everything that is desirable. DRKSS GOODS, SJLKS, VELVETS. WHITE GOODS, COLORED PER CALES, DUCKS, GINGHAMS, LAWNS, ETC. A grand assortment, from low grades up to very fine. BUTTERICK'S PATTERNS. i. Recfwooef fr Co. Heinitsh. & Reaean, 31 ALT EXTRACTS. HolTs' Malt With Iron. Hoffs' Malt Plain. Tarrent's Malt And Pabst's "Best Tonic." AGENTS FOR. sir 0 HIS BROTHER A3D WIFE ON THE STAND. Application Before Judge Jones On a "Writ of Habeas. Corpus The Relative Positions of House, Stables, Fences And Scene of the Tragedy. The petition by writ of habeas corpus in the case of Jesse Sumner, who was committed to jail on Monday last charged by the verdict of the coroner's jury with having caused the death of Ernest Sumner and Charles West near Loos Shoals in Limestone township on the night of April 5. was heard b fore Judge Thos. A. Jones this morning. Alter arguments of counsel on the question of upon which side rested the burden of proof. Judge Jones held that Sumner had been properly committed and that the petitioner must introduce evidence. Petitioner's counsel offered the ste nographic notes taken at the inquest held by the coroner in the court boose, and the notes were read by W. W. ones. J. B. Sumner. John B. Sumner testified : Am a brother to Jesse Sumner. On the night of the rrurder about dark I started, with three others, to fire a sedgefield. Burnt off the field, and I said I was feeling badly and would go the hou-se. Went to the house and to bed, and soon heard hollering. Wife went to window and we beard cries of somebody in distress. I .Ir.ssed and went into my vinevard. Heard crying and taking on and . wer.t toward Sm Sumner's. Called Mebaf fev, and tola bim to tun up quick to Sams' and to come back and tell me what bad happened- MthaffVy returned and said Sams told him Ernest was killed. West wounded and that sse Sumner had d ue it. I said I'd go up. Then I went outside and went with Mehaff-y to Jesse's bouse. Went in and asked Jesse what the trouble was. (esse said be oidn't kno; that he had heard a gun fired, and had gone out to hit sta ble. I told bim be was accused, Jesse said be bad done it. Told esse he would likely be arrested, and if be was I won d come up. I went home and to bed, and after awhile Mehaffv came and then Jes sie came with the officer. I told them to come in, up stairs. I got up and we talked awhiie and i dressed again and we went up to Jesse's together. I was ft-eble, not well, and told the officer I bad been up there occe, bat went. My brother gave the coroner his gun. The othrer asked me to go where the boys were I ting, and we went wh.re Ernest was lying dead We talked around tii daylight, and 1 then hitc -eil up and we cime t' town Live 1600 feet from L rg Shoals bridge. It is about ha'f a mile to Jesse's Irotn mv house. Sam Sumner lives next to me, toward Jesse'. It is five or six steps from Jesse's porch to the highwav There is no fence betwe-eu his bouse and the road. His garden is across the road. His stable is about 80 vast's towards the river from Lis bonse. It is 30 var-'s irotn the gate of the stable lot to the stable. The stable is a long doubb lou one, parallel with the road. Ths fence is a tall plank fence. There is a shed behind the stable, on the south side. Canno' see under the shed from the public road From the far end of the lot if one looks back he can see a small part of the shed. A pine bush obstructs the view of the sbtd from the highway. The moon was low ia the eftst th;it night. Could not have seen by moonlight that right at the angle. The shed at th.t point would have been in shadow. The Jeuces are very high, both the rail and the plank ferce. D m't think a person could have been distingu shed under the shed that night. It is b iut 77 yards in a direct line from JefSe's house to where the body of the bov was lying. From the turu in the road to Jesse's porch 30 yards, or 60 some odd yards. There is a row of large oaks in between the house and the road, looking from the torks of the road. Don't think you could distinguish a person on Jesse's porch, because of the trees. There is a V shaped piece of land at the forks of the Arden and Long Shoals roads. It i 700 yards from where the shooting took place to where Earwood and Mrs. New mau say they heard the shooting. The road corves and there is a solid piece ol wood between where tbev were and where the shooting took place. Where the shooting occurred there is a fork ol the roads. A clear field is in front of the shooting spot, and a fair view to Riley Powers' house. On the right hand side of the road, looking between where the boys were lying, there is a freshly sown field of turnips, then a cjjver piece and an orchard. The turnip patch and orchard were plowed a few days before the difficulty. Brother.and I were in the apple orchard that day trimming trees. Also in the sedge field I went home. Jesse has five sods. These boys work all over the farm. The sedge field is his pasture. ' ' ' . r As I went back that evening from Buck Shoals, it was about sundown, Jesse was leaning on the palings talking with John Taylor. Jesse's bouse has a hallway through it. The partition between the rooms is a thin plank one. They say the bovs sleep upstairs. Have often seen Jesse's guns, a Winchester and a single-barreled breech-loading shot gun. His least boy claims it as his. I know where the spot is some parties say the shooting occurred. The shoot -iog was toward the northeast. The road is washed. 4 feet below the bank. A level on the fence to the road where the men were on horseback would be about five feet. Oo a level from the top of the fence a man would be shot about at his elbow. Have often seen the sorrel mule with white face; it is a small one, and smaller than the one on which Taylor sat when the level was made yesterday. It is not possible to shoot over the top of the fence and bit 'the male or the saddle. Examined the fence yesterday in company with others, and there are no marks of shot in it. Ernest Sumner weighed abopt 140 pounds. vross ciaminauon. Cross examined : It a man stood behind the pine pointed out to me and fired at the bovs tbey could not have bit them as described. If the man had laid on his belly and poked a gun through the fence he might have hit them. When I went to Jesse's he told me be was at the sta ble when be heard a gun fire. The stable stands east and west. The west end of the shed is open. A person can begin to see into the end of the abed when within five steps ot the far corner of the lot. The sbd is as long as the stable. A man t a the road can't see into the end of the 'shed at 10 feet past the stable. The stable and road are parallel The south ern side of the stable is open. It depended how far. a man stood within the end of the shed whether or not he could be seen in the moonlight. The road is 20 step from the stable. Mv horses were poisoned. Put up a notice of reward. Jesse thought his horses poisoned. On Redirect. Redirect: Before the shooting I had been notified that Ernest Sumcer and Charlie West were going to inform on the parties who did the poisoning The evening before my brother told me that Ernest Sumner and . Charlie West were going to inform on theL-ince b.ys. Tht v were going to turn S'H'e's evidence. v We went to see parties ab ut it. The four boys were together: I told Jesse the evening of the shooting that we were gotng te iet the poisonersand I weat on home. Soon alter The shooting occurred. Both Ernest Sumner and Frank Sumner threa'eoed to kill each other. Thev had trouble last fall. He-Cross-Examinat Ion . Re-cross-examindiioii : Don't know that Jesse accused Ernest Sumner cf poisoning the horres. I thought Ernest bad done it, but never expressed it. I believed it was Ernest, and lesse thought it was a one by others. F. M. Jones. F. M. Jones testified shown shoes by W. W. Jones: Think Mrs. Sumner showed me these shoes, all were in a pile. These are pretty much the sime make. This shoe taking one from the pile hav ing a heel run down I think is the mate of the one I brought in the other day. The three shoes were fed together. Cross-Examined. I think these two are the ores I set aside that morning. I don' think a sen sible man would have picked out this clean shoe with the dirty one. The shoe with the de pression on the heel I did not bring to town, but I thought the uue l picked out had a depression on it. John Sumner the next morning said that the shoes Dr. McBrayer got were not the shoesjand that J could get what I wanted. I lielieve this pair indicating the pair mated today are toe ones 1 picked cut this morning I. didn't bring all the shoes because I supposed I bad the right ones. By Julge Jones: I got the sh ies on Monday morning I discovered when I took the sho s on mv saddle that they were not the tines I had picked cut. R cess till 2:30.' when F. M. lones was recall d. He was followed bv Mrs. Eliza beth Sumner, wifeu f Jt-sse Sumner. PRE-IIISTORIC POTTERY. An Intel est iut; Relic In Ilenrv B. Stev ens Possession. Henry B. Stevens, esq., bas i;i his pos session a piece of pre-historic pottery to which much interest attaches. It is a Iare stone j ir. aa' na sent to him by Capt. B. B Lake, secretary of the Brt- son City Mani.fa.-t! r ng company. Capt. Last savs n a letter to Mr stovers' "The histftfv of t his snmpl' was given rr e bv the late N tnrod J Smith, formerly chief of the E-istern band of Chfrokees, u follows: Shor-ly after the Rvo!u tieiuarv war, his paternal graneJIater, accompanied bv thegrandfatherol S late 0 a 1, wli le hunting- in the Snr ky moun tains found shelter for a niuht ' under s me overhanging cliffs and on tbtf'f. 1- lowing morning found the pottere behind some fallen rock. From that t m--until it came into mv possession it has remai ed in the familv of Owls The Chief stated that bis people, the Chero kees, cculd not make pottery like the sample. '"I:s genuineness is prove-i bevond a shadeiw of doubt bv its bring exactly line iragments of pottery found in the mounds scattered over the c mntry. have at my old home in Ohio f agtnents ot pottery like thi taken from a mouni in Mohican, Ashland county, ()., Tampf, Fla , and Irotn one in the swamps of the Aich-a-ta-la-ya, Louisiana." Mr. Stevens will plaee.thc ancient relic on exhibition somewhere in Asheville soon. WILL APPEAL TO JOHN BULL. But John lias No Power Iu the Premises. Sing Sing, N. Y.. April 11. Dr. Rob.-rt Buchanan, the wif - m rdcr. r. ser,tei c.dto be executed April 22, has engaged a lawyer to take bis case to the United States Supreme court. Buchanan's lawyer will ask the Su preme court to grant a writ of error on the ground that Buchanan was not tried by a competent jury. It he fails in this Buchanan's lawyer will seek the inter vention of the British minister. He will lay ot-fore him proof going to show that Buchanan is a British subject, and will also show him affidavits setting forth newly discovered evidence to show that Buchanan was not guilty f the murder ot his wife. Buchanan's lawyer expects that the Britb-h government will take up the case and ask the Supreme c turt for a review cf the proceedings. SENATOR PROCTOR HERE. Csme In This Afternoon From Knox vllle and Is at Battery Park. Hon. Redfield Proctor, Uniied States Senator frcm Vermont, aod S;cretarv of War in President Harrisin's cabinet, arrived in Asheville this afrernoon, ac companied bv his fam ily. Tbet have been at Knoxville, where the Sena or has been looking after bis val uable marble inter ests. Wh.le there he fL PROCTOR had a slight attack of pneumoni t. Senator Proctor and party will h; guests of the Battery Park hotel during their stay in Ashev lie. Plead Not Guilty. New York. April 11. In the court of I Oyer and Terminer today ex-Park Com missioners Strauss, lappenand Hansen plead-not guilty to the charge of mide meanor. Ei-Snpeiinterd-nt of BuilJ- ings Thomas . Brady, also pleaded not guilty and Edward J. Milev and John H. Thral asked until tomorrow to plead, j and Judge Barrett g-anicd the request. . ; He Is Not a Candidate. Thos 01 sby. hose name was pre tented to the meeting of colored men in the court hous Tn s lay evening, as a candidate for Alderman, asks The Citi zen to say that be is not a candidate. f ML ABOUT e. s. commissiosersIho SENATOR PRITCHARl) SAID TO CRITICISE JUDGE DICK. The Judge Refused to Listen to Appli cations Made on Political Grounds Ewart and Other Republicans as Hot as Prltehard. There seems to be a stir among the ncyu (means mac cas grown out of a motion made by District Attorney Glenn at the laot term of the United States Circuit court here, to ask for the resig nations of U. S. commissioners through out the distri.-t. The idea was to have this uore and reappointments made so that the appt rt'onment would be only one commissioner for each county, under thebrlief that the Arrangement wocld work a saving of public money and stop page of ninny tiiveilous prosecutions. Deputy U S Court CI rk Moore savs a tew cf the commissioners d d resign In the Fed-rul Reaorter ot Feb'uarv i6 T n: -, . Jud.e Dick's opinion on the motion is printed, occupying several p-ges. In closing judge Dick says: "The pending motion is oisanoweo, put this action of the court i by ho meat s intended to prevent or discourage the District Attor ney from making application for the removal ol any one ormoeof the com missioners for corruption, incompetency, inefficiency, bad moral character, want of publx respect or any other sufficient cause 01 removal. Judge Simonton concurs in this and says: ' Indeed, as the learned Judge woo presioes over tbisdistnct m his wcl considered and instructive opinion bas fcwen toe views ot the court on this question, every commissioner in the WeS'ern ydistrict bas a right to expect support if he conduct himself faith ully and full notice of any charge to the con trary." It appears from this that there would be no resignations and re-appointments But there is evidently a new turn in the matter, According to the Greensboro Record, from which the following is taken; . ' The at raospbere in the Benbw House office is blue. Senator Priichard is here to look 'after the appointment ot U S c -urn cnmmi-siontrs. 1c seems that udge Dxk has called for the tesienatii 11 of all tbe commissioners in the district. One of the best lawyers at the bar savs this course of Judge Dick is illegal; that a commissioner cannot be removed ex cept for cause. 'Senator Pritehard doe not hesitate to severe ly critici.-e Judge Dick for w hat he regards as p trtis.iu conduct al out tbe commissioners. Tbe Senator asked Judge Dxk to appoi t some men baus they were in every av q lalihtd and good Republicans. Ju.lj.eDtk said be would neit listen to anv application made on poliiic il grruuds This rather diseased Patchard, aud he is reported to have s-id. 'What do von think Gen. Grant would have said if he had been asked to aopoint you bec.iuse eou were a g'-od Democrat with a Republican ki?K?' Pr.U-hard sa v s he is tired of tli-s ion partisan Repuhl ctn p sili mi ol Judge Dick which means playing into the- hard of the Democrats. "Ex-Co'gr.ssmau Ewart is iust as hot as Pritchird. and Jim Ch -ek and many lt-s-er lights are here deiiog just as much "cussna" as Pci chard. Judge Dick is certainly getting it from his Republican irienos; "A prominent Republican here s.ivs there is a great fight be-fi. re ludtre D rk about the cotr.mii-sioners, that District- Attorney Glenn really does the appoint ing for the Judge and that when there are two Democrats after the olact- the fuht is fierce; but where there is a Demo crat and a Republican, that it is easr, ine uemocrat is appointed on non-partisan greiunds." KILL THE CUR DOGS ! The Damatto One Kabtd Animal Can Do In a Community. Mars Hill, N. C. Apnl9. Abcuttwo weeks ago a rabid dog passed, through this section of tbe county, and bit many dogs and other domesticanimals. Within tbe last few days these have developed into many fatal cases, terminating in death to animals. Sallie Honeyc tt, Merritt Me-Hone and another person, whose name 1 hive been unable to learn, each lost a cow by hydrophobia. Mr. Lee B Ramsay lost three sheep, and many o her cases are reported. One is that of a young cow near this place, be longing to Mr. Horace J. Carter. The rabid dog that caused all this loss of property belonging to Mr.Z c Bryan, and was killed as soon as possible, but not until much harm was done. Jo con sequence of the excitement many dogs, said to be valuable, have been slain heieabouts, A genuine case of hydrophobia in a community is much more efficient in aiding sheep bus andry than ail the dog laws enacted by the fusion legislature. No person has been bitten yet. though many dogs are jet at 1-rge that were bitten by the same dog that caused tbe nrst outbreak. HIGH WATER. Residents of Easton, Pa.,' Compelled, to Take to Boats. Easton Pa., April 12. Not since De cember 11th, 1878, has the Delaware river been as high as now. It is 27 feet above and still rising. Tbe old Delaware bridge, built in 1805. is in danger. The Edison electric light plant which furnishes power for tbe transit company is oartlv suLmeiged. Front street. between Spring, Garden and Church streets, was flooded, the residents moving out in boats. All the industries alon? the Del. aware and Lehigh were compelled to shut down. COSDEXSED TELEGRAMS. Mrs. Jeff-rsnn D vis and Miss Winnie arrived in Richmond Wed near! a far rh purpose of ty-ing present at the reinter ment in the Davis section in Hollywood ffirifterf nf the rnnnini ,if vnnn., T-fV.- son Davis, who died in Memphis tome years ago ot yen w lever. A. L.oke !mitb. jr., tbe 16 years o ild son of Rev. Dr. A.Coke Smith of Nor folk, Va , Pccidentally killed himself tbil morning while on a gunning expedition Meat is dearer today in New York than it has been for 23 years. Porter house steaks are 30 to 35 cents a pound. Wm. A. Shaffer of Franklin, La., bas been appointed cadet to West ' military academy. Point ! For Easter Make the Children Happy 100 eggs-can be dyed six beautiful colors with a 5c. package of : : : : : GERMAN EASTER EGG DYES, ALSO PAAS' CAWCO PAPER DIES, 12 Cokfrs 5 Cents. PAAS' TABLET DYES Solid Colors: 6 Colors 5 Cents. HICKERMAN'S DYE CHIPS, .6 Colors 5 Cent?. Call early il you would be sure to get an assortment. See the laying hen in our show window. RAYSOR & SMITH, Preaorlption Druggists, Smoke Saborosos ! WEISBERGER'S Clothing And Gent's Furnishing Store, Will Be Open Saturday, April 13th 17 S. Main St. Latest Styles At the Lowest Prices. Every Gentleman Can' t Afford a Hew Salt for Easter ! Bat All Can Hare a r'ew Xle The -'Imperial" la the very newest shape for Spring; and Summer. The ,'Dejoinville, isreryawelL worn by the best dressers. The Fomvin-Hand and Club Hou.e are always popular. The Teck Bow is trie most convenient tie worn. vvvvwvvvvvw The Tery Latest E fleet and Largest Variety . . Be Men's Outfitter HOTEL BERKELEY. i h At b limner's ! Easter Hats At Sumner's ! Easter Hats At Sumner's! Easter Bonnets At Sumner's ! -Easter Bonnets At Sumner's! Easter Bonnets At Sumner's ! MILLINERY Of All New And Stylish Designs At SUMNER'S Sumner's is crowded, moving out their bi? line of Spring Dress Good?. Just in this week an other big line French Satines, French Satin Checks and Silk Ginghams. Another big line of Lace Cur tains received, will go on sale Monday, April 15th. 100 pairs, 9 feet by 4 feet wide, worth $2.00, at 97c. 100 pairs, 9 feet by 4 feet wide, worth $2.00, at 87c. These beat all competition and aie new and clean. Big line new Satines and Silks for the next week. Sumner's 1 &teg& fmm 4 N. Court Squares
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