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k L V 1 3- DEMOCRACY AND THE LOVE OF LIBERTY UAHiouT uiu. NUMBER 23 BREVARD. TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 3QV189G VOL. V. - ' ' ' ' , - : :. - f i ..... " i " ' " J Brevard Business Directory ATT0RSEY8. V. B. DUCKWORTH, Office ove ,Ashwoiths store. Practices in Tran IniaanJ adjoining count ie. W. A. GASH, Office in tin- Cort House. Prom pt attenti legal business. w. A, -MlTU. v. rt-F.ss. SMITH A: I'LKSS.'- V ; O'.ViCs o Co;.f Houe. Mttfto E is. liusi:u-s Office hours All day Ion W. U. FAULKNER. Allv nt-Law & i?rnl HREVAXP. Estate Anl- t1T.ncc itb W. A. (. ; h in court houe MISCKIA,A SEO US. J. I. Hi:!.!.. - ' HI-VTIIK. BEL! ifc RLYTI1K." D a'cis f. Drui:. Medicines. ' '! I'.llLtS. Oil- Perfumery, etc. ni....u.;.nt IN.isrni. Pons Acciir ately Coniiniiln leL yOpwiH- t'f Coiul l!ou-e T. I). ENGLAND. Pca'rr i- Staple and F;.ncv Groceries ami Thk ii est CorlKF. ilANO, AlAVAYS ON jgr.t door below Central hotel. MEREDITH COX. Dealer in avt Fancy GltoCKMKS CqNKECTIONEK, iKS iS:c COTTON BATTTG & MATTRESSES lct CUcr consUntly on hand. OLD BAR ROOM IUILIJINO. . The Whit Man's Barber shop. WII1TMIRE. T. W. WIIITMIRK w, WIIITMIUK HRO'S. Dealer;' in Staplf. :ind Fancy Ghockriks. xf.i Price Paid for Farm lliglt alx " Product. Opposite McMinn House. W. S. ASHWORTH, Dry Good. Groceries. Hoots and Shoes, and 1 Reapv-Made Clothing. Ag't for the Syracuse Hillside Flow lr of Shoe. oroKcn siuck, , Ti . 100 cost and less.uutil sold. W. L. HUME, Civil Enginker &Lani Surveyor, Keal Estate ana General Insurance Aoent. Justice of ire Peace. Office with the Sheriff TliOM AS L. WALTERS, Proprietor of th- t i in Rrevanl For hire at reasonable prices, Ktviuii Single .anil Double Tu rn outs, and Saddle Horses. , Monthly 'ContracU if preferred. DR. J. B. GREENWOOD, DENTAL Office over the SURGEON, Dri'if? Store. Bre- vard. N. C - Offer his professional services to the pco- pie oi lircvaru ana vicinu . ot the Baltimore Dental College. An ivrnre of tveentv voars azures en tire satisfaction. Xp Charges Moderate. P. S. KING, WOOL CARDING. Carding Machine jut outside city limits X ruuik aumnwn ..v... , Customary prices. i our patronage sonaiea. MISS JUNIATA GASH, MILLINERY, Concrete Store of P. S. King, - ' fi"5iS?: - uti wiv i'vimib'i.iin. AMERICAN If ITTEI) Julio Sanquilly Not Guilty of : Kidnapping: as Charged. EESULT OF THE TKIAL AT HAVANA. t)e CMlro, Who Wae the leader of sne Prosecution of Sangailly, Had Three K tstr Iturued on the Katne I7 That the American. Wa IUcharced-DUx to At-' tend the Chattanooga Convention. New York, 'April 25. A special to The Herald from Havana says the trial of Julio Sanfruilly. the nerican who was charged with kidnapping 1 eruan- dez de Castro, has resulted, in ins ac quittal Do Castro, who to6k the lead in the .prosecution of SaiiRUilly, lost three county estates by fire on the same day that Sanguilly was acquitted. lleeelved With Scorn by Cubans. Tampa, Fla., April 24. The dis patches contained in different papers announcing that Cnba will got home rule are received with scorn by the Cu ban colony here. Colonel Fernando FJgueredo, Cuban delegate of Florida. "Should Spain ever proffer us home rule it will bo spurned. So long as Cu bans, live thev will fight for liberty. i i iiintwinianA ic vclmt wo want. iiivitjviiiv" . I i : 1 . rinmnnanrnniKoil Tiiinninfl I rule in 1876; but it was never granted. We are not to be bluued again, vvuai, they now offer is the law proposed by Alburzuza. the minister of colonies, in March, ISOo. and accepted by the cortes, but never put into effect. This measure was suggested by the startling capture of the Lagonda, Amadis and Baracoa, at Fernandina, loaded with munitions of war for Cuba. , Spain has th to concede that much to us, but now thinks it is the only redeeming measure. It tliey nave our iorcc Cuba so badly scattered, bewildered and surrounded why are they so eager to grant any concessions?" Agitation In Madrid. New York. April 25. A special to The World from Madrid says a deter- iTiinfvl ar-itation has been started in Madrid and the provinces with a view to making capital out of any concession nnopn mimnt and her ministers my mako to America on the Cuban question. - m The violent tone of the most at tne Madrid nevrspapera eeemH tf r ve -lflado a deep impression in )inciai cira. The public prosecutor has instituted proceedings against The fais, a itepuo lican paper, for its article attacking the queen regent ana tne govern men i alleged surrenaer oi ia ri and honor of Spain, and suggesting that placards bo hoisted on all tne ironnurs of Spain announcing: j . "This nation to let at economical rates. For reference apply to ueveiauu. The jauitress has the keys." Horrible Crimes UelnC rrPeiru-u. - . a a Tampa. Fla.. April 25. Keiiawe m- . .... formation has been received by a prom- The uew bundinprS of the week in inont citizen hero, by private letter, clude a bank buUding at Scranton, that tlia most horrible crimes are oemg perpetrated against political prisoners t a . x-r- 7 vr-..i parentis who are suspected of sympathizing with the insurgents, or lending them aid. are i. itrt tni nrisou. and are never heard of again. The metnoa oi uijua- - ., . j: ing of these prisoners by shooting has been dispensed with, because of the ex citement created by firing gnns in the castle. A more quiet solution of the problem has been louna in uf""'" them, a piece oi lruu, v . heavy substance is tied about their necks, and in the dark hours of night the poor wretches find a watery grave, vmexu their bodies are devoured by sharks. Dla to Speak at Chattanooga. - CnATTAXOOQA, April 25. Rev. Al- berto Diaz, tne rapusv Havana, Cuba, ill attend the bomnern Baptist convention .y cSSttanooga on Mar 8. He inBdcr seTcral lectures wnno ' dUten ot affurs in Oota. JS that 5.000 delegates wiu " -y"- vention. and Dr. Diaz Willi be the lion of the day. ; No Negotiations In Projrress. MAimiD, April 25,-It is I again posi- lively denied tnat bpsui Drocress between Washingtpn and Mad JS on the subject of granting home rule to Cuba. riu " cAWn-kv r?-itinrn tO r - " frr, hi i lift uremic, wuv .. . mL? "hat the fo pt5 ilmeSS, Saj S J - 1 r,an nir. "nnhTwill be applied only when cir- cumstances v . . m -1,1. tn enr-h n. are iatuiuu v . movement. - Tho rhylIn Wound Orer. r.rt iTT-iNOOG a, AprU 24. Drs. R. J. TrippQ and W. H. Wilson, two of the lPaUlOK t , ... , Ure-gard.edas one of the most ; slful hRlrtans. tne nrst naau-u w 8argeens in ine ..VnVV , KUhZrA irh the death of a Mrs. Baker . - , , . Cnnxcv . i o by negligence ana ma weeks ago these gentle malpractice. Some men .were called in to remove a fungus growth from the mm.oi airs, w"-, v x . form the operation the patient was put under the influence of chloroform and before it was completed she died. The evidence showed these facts and the magistrate bound the doctors over to JSrcuit court in $1.000 bond each- Sixty Thousand Dollar Fir OskaIjOOSA, la., April 22. Green and hrflale druir store, the Dam: S. 20.000. -mzk. nuvivwi BUSINESS CONDITIONS. Sellable Reports Received From All PaaU of the South. Chattanooga, April 21. The Trades man reports of industrial, mechanical and business affairs in all thV southern states for the week ending April 21 are I a -from more than 2.500 cqrresponaems aad are authentic and reliable. The lumber market has been active and unsettled during the week and prices are lower for all grades of pine. The association has changed its list to meet the new conditions. . A good deal of lumber is changing hands and tiro mill operators are increasing their out- Iron and coal are steady, at unchanged prices. t The advance made m kotow. iron , has brought in many orders and the favorable reports as to maintenance of prices, good understandings among abilities of - the building of r,i'iia Voon th market firm. larn-o moaucers - ami 1""". steel The iron inftu are very confident oi a prus- 1 1 am 1' - perous summer, ine coiu iumCi radncing outputs somewhat to meet tne changing season. Supplies of coal are i v. Trinrkfit is rather Weak. Cotton prospects indicate, that tne T ii Y n. lare-e one. The area nf nUnfW has been considerably in creased over that of last year and more care has been given to supply fertilizers. Cotton manufacturers report that stocJcs ftwhat under a ae- Horotifi Prices are low ana uriil crriTi shut down unless ciraacu v iu." . . BUU1C muio .... 4. ffUtt " 1 .,nnnnAnf in cmn nnnarent. xno BOuthern cotton mills have had a. very . i a rn r" I siderable ana imporiiviii. rtVAvv - been made to their numDer. Southern new industries are manj and some are of considerable import ance, among them being : xne uu berland Coal and Steel company of Nor folk, Va,, capital $2,500,000 ; the Cun irWTi Sne-ar Refining and Paper Manufacturing company of Sugarland, Tex ith $500,000 capital, and the Jei- f erson Coal and rxauway Birmingham, Ala., capital $00,00U. The Texa8 city Mill and Elevator com- ofi siiMi iHMi. nas Deeu uuoi- i 1 f rcolu-Aetrm. rex.: LIIO xow J' r , . " i Orleans Furniture Manufacturing com pany, wth $50,(XK) -capital at J. ew Orleans, La.; the Upsher Seal.and Lock company, at Richmond, Va,, and the W K Kindly Cotton Mill company, at Pleasants, N. C, each with $30 ;.000 cap ital. A $30,000 cotton oil mill is to be buiit at Granbury, Tex. ' , The Blount & Edwards Foundry and has been i chartered 'at Milledgeville. Ga.; the7 Independent. Peanut company at Smithviiie, va., and Collins & Co., limited,. saddlery -manufacturers at JNew urieaus, u., each with $25,000 capital. There are also reported brick and tile works at Knoxville, Tenn., and Blacks-, burg, Va, ; a cotton compress r.t Coi-dele, Ga.: proposed cotton mills at Leaksville and Troy, N. C, and flouring mills at Gadsden, Ala,; Eureka "Springs, Ark., and Hartsville, Tenn. A manganese mining company is being organized at a ft.no ' On a tannerv is to be DUilt ALUCUC ef at Waynesville, N. C; tobacco works at Rirminirham. Ala,: a furniture factory I s- i titi I ii ir ii;i i i i . J-kia. b aa sr , ' rr mill nr I or M OM'IIIP IX. U.. UUU t rTw v ' r;s . business nouses otiawm, "V and a $20,000 church at Norfolk, U & ko f rct. 000 is reported at shepherdsville. Ky., and one .to cost goO at Winston, Ky ; a WjO0p hotel nt Weston. W. Va., and a $14,000 ware- i " . in r: il0tlSe at ureenvme, jixiss. CRUSHED TO DEATH. t-i vi.mn Lose Their Ures at a Blase M. Ua W JS m-m- - la Philadelphia. PmTDKLPHiA. April 20. Three, fire- Khpd to death and several . inArir.aA aa tho rpsnlt of others seriously injured as the result or ! V.?Vi Aoctrmrni the Old aePOt OI the Pennsylvania Railroad company, at Thirty-second and Market streets, en- 1 rvca nf about f200.000. The depot had a frontage on Market street of about 150 feet, and extended Vl1r t n 1 TJ A 1 11 Or the carshed. to Arch street, a distance of 400 feet. The shed t,c tn store cars. At the time the fi ,mi-a nnt there were 20 Pullman cars in the shed, eight of them being ated about the centre f thA stmr.tiire and had gained consid- i uirBv before the firemen CX UtV a f oltfvl the bmldine. Tho Hnot nmner was used as the main telegraph offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, and trams on the n,iHmnm and Washineton branch of v.of linn -were conseauently delayed. lfo, rhl ftUUK . - . iU. mi a vniTiahie recoros oi tuc romny Vere also in the building d I ZAt-rmraA ' ) The loss on the Pullman coaches is if i'n (ctft and on the depot and iiLTWUfc -i.--t j. shed about $100,000. RaueU'f Boom Launched. Bostox, April 21. With enthusiasm ni mini o o convention of the Republi Almost suroassmg that notea as me re- of Massachusetts when Thomas B. I . . i 1.1 .1 Reed was lndorsea as a presiaenua- ,ii,itA the Democrats of the state set their approval upon Grover Cleveland c nresident and named ex-Governor William E. Russell as their choice for (ha nomination to be iTesiaent uieve- kUV land's successor. : Secret Boaeo-Chlneso Treaty. COLOQXE, Germany, April 21. A dis patch to the Yolks Zeitung; dated from Shanghai, -declares that it is true, as has been before reported, that Id Hung Chang, wno is now on ma vj Chinese treaty. MISSION AT WORK - . . Regular Weekly Meeting Held at Washington. VENEZUELA'S CLAIMS PBESENTEB Her Case Supplemented by a Number oi Important Document The Commission Decides to Send Representatives to The Hague to Examine Original Dutch Man uscripts In the Royal Archives. Washington, April 25. At the regu lar weekly meeting of the Venezuelan terundary commiasionaruumberot docu ments "were presented, in behalf of -Vene zuela to supplement her case. Amonff them was a pamphlet on the "Limits of Oninea." comDrisiniz a number of special comprising a numDer oi sphinx articles from the pen oi lJr. Siejas, ine Venezuelan expert and statesman, which have been published from time to time and are now gathered together and reprinted. Mr. Scrtiggs, the consul for . Venezu ela, submitted a long brief analyzing in a critical uiui t-ouuuciBM British blue book. There was also placed In evidence a mass of translations of documents coming from Caracas. The commission finally decided to send one or more representatives to The Hague to examine the original Dutch manu scripts in the royal archives bearing upon the Venezuelan boundary ques tion, but the persons- nave not yet been designated. . . , ; Similar action . was not taken in tne case of Spanish archives for the reason that the Venezuelan government .has supplied a number of certified copies of the Spanish records and until these have been exammea Dy rue .cuuwixsbiuu. sannot be known just what additional copies from Madrid are required. State! Department Officials Hopeful. State department officials do not share the views of G. W. Smalley, the corre spondent of the London Time's regard ing the status of the Venezuelan ques tion. They say that nothing has oc curred to change the belief that an ami cable and perfectly satisfactory agree ment will be reached in drie course of 11 Negotiations are progressing between a Clreafc Britain and it liixa vuuum; uuuiiw j - - - i . i.i 4.v.n- n fnonn v arrauKCuicuv wJll beeached before long. In Febru- arylast Secretary Oluey suggesiea w tJLa a.Knnr the idea of appointing a joint commission to ,consicer wi WMinHarv matter, xnis was rented by Great Britain, and Lorl. Salisbury sent arcounterpropositlon sug gesting the adoption of a general arbi tration treaty between England and the United States. ... As the Venezuelan matter wouldm ail likelihood be excluded from the opera- tion of this treaty, oecreiai wiuoj has sent a dispatch, which is now on its way to London, intimating the willing ness of the United States to become a party to such a treaty, but calling at- tentlon to tne iaci h. to tha Venezuelan question and sug gesting another plan by wnicn jmmi and the United States could reach an . . omnnt on this matter. xne uciuua i . . i of this plan are not yet Known Informal Propositions Submitted. Sir Julian Pauncefdte and Mr. Olney have had frequent conierences on wu question since the base of negotiations was transierrea irom iauwuu w ington. Both sides have submitted in formal propositions. . . The negotiations between the British embassy and the state department indi- cate that Lora sausDuxy uuu uuv . de parted from his original offer to submit to . . .. . t -.11 4.1. m lanio that arbitration tne hub j tu o.jo are not iii actual dispute, ana nis repre- sentative n this city has been presenting this absurd proposition in various forms. President Cleveland is convinced that Vw Irvntr tVl TtTlbllC Sentiment Or oeiore long me pumio o... - nd orce Saltetay -to 1 i" ii. fLSa rtrt a r.n a nislTltereSteU tri submit this case to bunaL . . - It was only a short time ago inat jut. Rmallev announced "the exclusive in formation" that the Venezuelan contro versy had been settled upon a pasia which he haa nimseu suggeswu. Secretary Olney's attention was called to that publication he smiled and said: t tuirforaiood thai Mr. Smaller was carrying on some negotiations with him- self for the settlement oi me v ewu lan controversy; but he has not taken the state department into ms cou- Venezuela Wants Jinmisrranis. Washington, April 25. United States Consul Plumacher, at AiaracaiDo, uaa furnished! the state department witi a . A i. ..Inlail VkW f Vl A copy oi a coniracfc coiuuc ZMTJ , a. til. TV fla. Venezuelan government wuu j-x. lavis for the introduction of 60,000 im-. migrants from America, ueraany. Switzerland, Spain, Ireland.? Italy and Holland. Special inducements are offered by the Venezuelan government to secure such immigration. The con ni cnv that -if this effort proves suc cessful it will be followed by a vigorous . t t(mm!rfinn policy oi 'encourageuici w so much needed for the development of the vast resources of the country. i Prominent Younr Han Drowned. Baltmobe, April 2L Henry Parke Curtis Wilson, Jr., one of the most imminent young society men of this citv and a son of Dr. Henry O. Wilson, was drownea m x. ""j- HTI fishing shore of Alexander 3rown, the well known banker, while bathing. A prominent Physician Killed. . Washington. April 23. Dr. S. P. Moffatt was killed by a Columbia line cable car at a late hour at night. Ac cording to the gripman, he was lying across the track when struck. Hewai 42 years old and was well known. DEMOCRATS IN A FIGHT. ConrroMmen Hall and Money Come to Blows The letter Badly Wounded. ' Washinoton, April 24. Mr. Money, (Dem.; Miss.) senator-elect from that state, and Congressman , Hall, (Dem. , fn hnA n Tvrcnnal PTiftOnnter in the committee on naval-affairs. The details of the cause of the fight were hard to obtain. Mr. Hall, when fW ftftr the "fleht. said he did not desire to make V statement ItwaaTa personal matter," said he. "and I do not desire to say anything. I do not suppose Mr. Money either will dare to make a statement Mr. Wilson, - momimr nf tho Kubcommittee, was Uiviuw v aaCArti ' ' v - r- , ... ' ?Mr. Money was taken to the room or trUVJ VUUUM r . , . xTiii wflra, dressed br a physician I uonn to be in the building "rT"-. inst back of AUUV VT w v w w - m - Utk o'j-r nrtnrit' an inch long, ana ia ntum farrViAr down the neck."" Mr. Moneyriike his adversary, said he lid rf tocira n make a statement A close Aawv vawww . friend of Mr. Money, however, who was an eyewitness of the occurrence, gave the following version of. the difficulty: "Mr! Moneywks injthe room,"laid this gentleman, ?iooking over his mad when Mr. Hall, entered and began dis Mi ski nor a bill before the committee re lating to the rank of naval surgeons. t Afnft-c took nartin the discussion on1 f Vi rrt rrVi Viia vniCfi Was Ditched as it nenoiiv is in nnntrovftrsv. he was in no teH Mr. Monev made a state- mnt fhafc tho surffoons were after both No!' he added. 'I take that back, not command, butrank. ' 'Anv man who 'says that, 'said Mr. TTail norri1v 'Ravs what is not true. ' 'Ynn are a d n liar, retorted Mr. Tartlv risinff from his chair. ff Mrmpv rose to his feet and Mr. Hail irrabbed an inkwell and hurled it at. Mm The blow behind the ear stag- Mr i,im Mr. Hall did not hit him with hia fiat Mr. Monev. though stag- frTd. also clutched and inkwell and let ft Vovt. Mr Hall's head. But the Missourian dodged and the missile flew VidrmiASKlir hv and struck the wall op- raitA Had it struck Mr. Hall, I be- lioxro it. wnnld have brained him. The two men then made for each tVio. Tth man made motions as if KJVUlj9 . -' " ' . . - t draw their weaDons. Mr. Wilson oi New York, a member of the naval com r - , t. ,tu fv,0 mM. ttihtph. wiiu was uicocuv " genger and clerk, .theft between the men anaprevemeuiunnur wvuu( 1 : J FRENCH UAbliNt. I Rtoivaio n.- r.n Wm the Xtfnsal of President Faare to tJounterslirn a Certain Mlllr " Pabis, April 23. The Bourgeois cabi net has resigned. f The resignation was announced by the premier immediately upon the reconvening of the chamber of deputies and" at the conclusion of the announcement M. j Bourgeois and his colleagues withdrew According to the newspapers here. President Faurehad declined to counter sign the bill providing for the revision of the constitution which the premier, M Ftonrcreois. wished to submit to. the chamber of deputieg when that body rev assembled as a re suit oi mo summons following the action of the con ate in nostponinc the vote on the Madagascar credits. A Need of the Gulf Coast. Washington, April 21. The bill ap propriating $75,000 fbr the coustrtiction of a lighthouse tender sor the gulf coast of Florida, which passed the senate on March 2, has been favorably reported in the house from the committee on inter- RtatA ana ioreiirn cuixixuexuo. x - j Vi11 will rtaaa thin RP.S- g and the lighthouse board has laid gfcresa upon the needs of the gulf YlOTid& in this respect, the . . . . L.nn mnm -nf ill Present tender being so worn oui as to geaworthy, unfit for any of. the I .. . . -1. . it. I iuu1 an4 a annnA i -Hoc for which it is used and a source of constant danger to those compelled to go to sea in it. Preparing For tho Encampment. St. Augustine, Fla., April 24. Mem bers of the Florida state troops are hard at work making arrangements for their annual encampment to be -held the lat ter part of next month. The companies of the several battalions are devoting two. and in many cases three evenings In each week to drill, while company officers are at their armories nearly every evening to instruck recruits. In every town that boasts a tympany a military ?eenng prevails. i General Teffries Dead. Washington, April 22. General N. L. Jeffries, a veteran of the late war and well known to public men as coun sel for the Alaska Fur Seal company, which long controlled the Behripg sea seal business, died sudaeniy here, argued a case in court this week armarp.ntrr was in good health. He and He leaves quite a fortune. . I 1 A Tonne; X4u37 Bnrned to Death. DeFunias: Springs, Fla., April 24. News has reached hereof a young lady's horrible death, eight miles north of here, who accidentally caught nreand am hnrned to Oeath. xxbt nanw is juiss Moore. ' Her father purnea nu imger QLs ofin his attempts to save her. Silent on tho Teneraelaa Qnestioa. London, April. 23. The under sec retary of state J" for foreign f affairs, George N. Chxrzon, answering a ques tion ia the bouse of commons, said that the negotiations with the United States regarding , V enezueia were proceerung, and it was not advisable to make a statement on the subject until they were concluded. THE N EWS OF TDEW EEK Happenlngrs feathered From All Parts of North Carolina. SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS NOTED An Afed Lady, Who llad'lleen MUI From Her florae ElKht Pajs, Toond Wandering In the Woods Tract of Land Given to the llaptUt Eorelffa Mlssle" Board Drouth Broken. ' Raleigh. April 25. Miss Lila Har- rington, aged GO, who had beeu missing eight days from her home in Pitt couuty. " has been found in the woods, umoi . dead. During all tliat period she had neither food nor drink; Details received of the find of gold ,in fiAlri ftar Hale, on the Ducktown branch of the Western fcorth Carolina railway, say but litUe of it h fn coiu. but nearly all in oars, ino iuuuvw has lost his suit to mako the fiuder di-. vide, and now he seeks an amicauv divisiou. ' . . .. -' . . - , An extremely severe electric storm,,. with heavy hail, prevailed here- 'or, rents of rain fell. The drouth inlortn Carolina is broken, j- A Fayetteviye ,lady has given tno Baptist foreign mission board a tract of land near there to be sold, so xne pro-. . ceeds could bo used in securing tne i re lease of Df. Diaz from prison at Ha vana. . , ....I'L. Some months ago unitea oinwnw missioner Harry Barrett was ambushed and assassinated in Polk county. Gov ernor Carr offered a reward - for tho as sassins. News comes or tne arrest oi John Simmons and James Green, who are charged with the crime. LOST HER CASE. Engineer Gibson Watson's Widow OeU No Dgmirei Other News. 4 Raleigh, Aprils 25. The widow of Engineer Gibson Watson, who" sued the Seaboard Air Line for $25,000 for the killing of her husband in a collision near Rockihgham, lost her case in the supe rior court here. ! News reaches here that near Waynes ville a man plowed up over a . bushel of gold coin'buried in a field, all . the coins bearing old dates. Fifteen thousand acres of land in Cumberland aid Harnett couuties have been purchased, on which an ft?neiro settlement oi Norwegians ni is to be. made. They will be brought on steamers to Wilmington. Work oh the Phoenix cotton mills, at Yayetteville. has begun An important sun was Kum v.u the supreme court involving $13o,ow. It tests the right of Asheville to-make property owners pay their share or the cost of street paving. . . James Reed and other officials of the Seaboard Air Line are here making a survey of the shops which were burned Wednesday preparatory to rebuilding. Mr. Reed says it isnot yet settletf what will be done; The prevalent opinion is that the plant will be enlarged. The walls of the building are found to be un injured. Mr. Reod says the loss on ma chinery, though total, is not quite $,- A ! contract has been, made for build ing a $50,000 hotel at Salisburyrwhich is now growing as rapidly as any town in North Qarolina. . ' Mrs. Kimmons has sued the town or c.ii.Knw for tin 000 because her hus- band was burned to aeain tionhouse. . ' ' in its sta- Alabama Doctor Adjonrn. MONTGOitERY, Alx, April 25. The Al abama Medical association, which has been in session since Thursday, has ad journed. The following new officers were elected: Dr. B. W. Poole of Tal ladega, president; Drs. J." C. Legrand of Anniston and J. A. Wilkerson -ol Flomaton, vice presidents; Dr. R. 8. 'Hill of Montgomerr, orator, and Dr. G. O. Chapman of Montgomery, alter nate. Dr. J. R. Jordan of Montgom ery was re-elected secretary. t Seaboard Air Lino Property Horned. Raleigh, April 23. The machine de partment, blacksmith and boiler shops and engine room or the seaboard Air line railway's main shops here were entirely destroyed by fire. There was some delay in senaing in. tne ararm. The fire originated in the wooden roof near the chimney stacx an in a iew minutes the entire building was on fire-. Fonnd Dead on the Tracks. Fatetteviixk, N. C, April 21. J. D. Bryant of Luberton, N. C, was found dead near Hope Mills, H. C; on the tracks of the Atlantic uoasi Aine rail way. He was horribly mangled and was unrecognizable except by papers on he body. It is supposea ma no w killed by the Jjlonda vestiDuie train. Bryant was a white man 35 lyears old. The Mecklenbarg- Camp to A ttend.' 'ChaRItte, N. C, April 24.-The Mecklenburg camp of confederate vet erans met here and decided to attend the laying of the cornerstone of the Jefferson Davis monument at Rich mond, leaving on the night of June 29. The Mecklenburg camp will be accom panied by the camps from Monroe and Llncolhton. Tobacco. Faetory ISa mod. Wixstox; N. a, April 24. News has been received hereof tho destruction by fire of J. W, Dodd Co. tobacco fac tory a King, Stokes couhty, including 40$X pounds of leaf and a large amount of plug tobacco, fixtures, eto. . . ! r 4 k.
French Broad Hustler (Hendersonville, N.C.)
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