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It v VOL.-VIII. LEXINGTON AND THOMASf ILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1897. NO. r. 1 1 ill Bf HE OVER HI Jury c Luetgert Case1 Fail to: and Are Discharged. kERE-OUT SIXTY-EIGHT HOURS V i c I 'or JJreakin tlic Sausage- While Three Slain- M;tlii rV Svvli, ,,,,. 1 liat Ho Was Innocent. ,1 Chi'"' Hi.', i j..r TLey h; out t '".; .It ii tt'lil Vl; V wi. i.'i'li.- 'j ' - .!.. li.' j;ry. ; l'u: (Juilv .: i !..:.' tkat 1 ii " i ;.' B.otu''Ui ; for oi ; i i Sket- (Special). The Luetgert t agree. They stood nine :.u ital three for acquittal. Ik on discharged after being j, Lt hours. When it became V the jury was corning in, .t the court ho ;e became Tuthill wan in Lis seat t ir entrance. Luetgert was lioni his cell, and walked (IuzchI 'condition, aDd fell :,, a chair beside his coun-,-o was a bluish white, his Miu ken and his lips were r, ks walked in single file, and l h: result could be gathered : faces. Luetgert faced the !, Tuthill said "juror ii the defendant ; defendant ii !i.f jurors, have you agreed?" ; ,n i hoMuer replied, "we cari--. " Luetgert swayed and sud- 1 :i k into his seat, vu ii) mnuistakeablo evidences i iu'mI present did not .like the ( on fusion reigned for a few a:;l then the bailiff rapped MERCHANT THIEVES. i i n ; Ijik'I The t i i !e 1 to ti.-' k-r of v. i of V. i f-U l;f (k Crime for Which ;( i t lias IjCCU oq Trial. u.f! charged against Adolph was lull of mystery, and this . uiiiiuouiug of a large nuni-u- sscs in the case, as a re- l.ho trial has lasted eight .On tin.' nu'Lt of May 1, 1837, .Mrs. l.'i.t-.Tt 'iii-appeareU.'- Her relatives luaiu'- ; t'U-.oiis, and it was alleged lions of the missing woman s cuii tinned these fcuspicions. n began to investigate the 1 Jiii ffctor Shaak, who took n, soon evolved a startling Some Sent to the Penitentiary, Otliers ! Fined and Sentenced to the Chain- Gang, j j liie most remarkable car robbery ?ase on record in the South came to an end last week at Dalton Ga. , in the Superior Court, Judge Aloazo Fite presiding During - the ) past three weeks eighteen robberp, charged with systematically looting cars on the Southern Railway, extending over a period of five 3-enr3,, have been tried and found guilty, Tho ring leader, Waiter Bohannon, was convicted in live cases, and was sen tenced by the court to ten years in the penitentiary. His gang, Tom Kinne man, Beh Bcarco, Sam Painter, Lute White, Bill Long and Ed Morris, the latter colored, received sentences from three years to one 3-ear. Jim Harris, tho member of the gaughvho turned away, was net sentenced, and it is probable that under the recommenda tion of the fcuperintendentjof the rail road, he will be released, or his sen tence will bo very light. I The merchants convicted of receiving stolen goods from the robbers are as follows, all prominent in business and social circles in Dalton and north Georgia: G. 2d. Cannon T. P. J. PeepleH, J. H. Lender, Anderson G id dens, Glee Combee, G. Wi Horan, W. B. McCarsou, J. Kirkefarrer, . Ed. Roberts and Je3se Langfetou. The court senteaced all; these mer chants to pay fines ranging according ing to their ability to pay, from 81,000 down to 25, and one yearonthe chain sranr. the latter sentenced to be sus pended 011 payment of the fines and costs. On account of the robberies, of which thef e tuits wero the result, the Southern Rnilwu3- seems to have paid damages to consignors amounting to $o0,UU0 during tho live years tho gang were making their depredations. I d OL. BOOK QUEST ON Virginia Confederate Veterans Re commend Certain Histories. BITTER IN DENUNCIA ION. Koara of Education Will Make Con Iracts for the Histories to be Used in Public Schools. TJIE DAVIS 310NU3IENT. that U;c u UUhbau-1 Tbe 1 ci; IftM', ui. 1 barue oi beuiy. Lis tlicoiy was that LuetgeTt had m.tmleie.1 Ins wife and destro3'ed her kdy l.y li so! ving it in caustic potash iu one 4''t lie vats at his sausage factory. A piuki-b uhstaiices was found in the ut aihl was' saub to be the residue from tbeUt'iy. 1 ho , police also said they fuimJ tu o rings and some bits of bone ia the vat. lho rings, according to wi'.n.:.: cs foi the prosecution, were MiH. Luvt-t i t's and the bones, it was ttstilie l I'V cx!erts, wero those of a woiiiu i. thej other hand, witnesses fur the )li tease said ; the rings were not Mrs. Lut'icrtV, and some of the ex rerts t,ta!ei that the bones were not m6 vl a hiiiiiau being. In a pile 01 refuse in the factory yard were found I'thcr 1 it -: s of bone which w3re said to' have I ecu. part of a woman's body. ''Ike case niado out by the pros tration at the trial os wholly cnvuhistautial.'" Witnesses wero call eJ to i rovc tho following allegations: In i lli.it Luetgert and his wif livnl unhui t'i! v, ami that on several oo ciMitis hf had threatened to kill her. Stcoiul v 'j 'imt she was seen to ente liis -f.uisa -;c factoW about, 10 o'clock on the : ni-la of her disappearance. liiii'l - I hat Luetgert had gotten up tUuu in --ifii of the vats and had sent tlalm toiy watchman. Erank Bialk, on ffv.rul ciiimds to a drug store so as to r'ourtji Thut Luetgert remained in ftti fiictoi y with the steam turned on all j'Ut, which- w as not necessitated by liit.'iVi'aury .wofck at that time. lho (kieuso undertook to prove the lolUiwing points: ' hrst-'ijatLuetgert had treated his i :ekiutlly and had not threatened her. Wu.l That the was not at the fac tory on the night of thealleged murder. lnird 'I l.ut- Luetgert's presence in ho faciei y that night was for the pur K'tM,f Linking p.oap to give the place eDeral cleaning in order to prepare Kjcr atifxpocted purchaser. J iurtU hat Mrs. Luetgert wa3 not J'ti on the night of May 1, but was ta bvu liiunber of persons several 'Jays later :it Kencsha, Wis. nf ilw prima o a nil ncrckil l l'USt't'! t ion iraq T.iotariarf' a 1a- Ut ur r v bis rr p 1 1 v Rr van t. firl . j o j " tuat Luetgert had ever made love Ucrtert was once the leading sau- teiiui;. at',u turer of Chicago. Ho made 'leu ..f moiipv liv jn! ho jas rich. Then, his a-i ?aV tUn' nSlisumau, who was a iil 41 ,i0 1 :'' L'.r t'ame along and offer- iactory. lie contrived to i'.'iU ) out of Luetirert bv ; I ;it tt uses and finall3T disappear- ill"- r ... A- -. 1 1 " 1 1 v . uo xraco uenma. 'irrom ;;llue, l-uelert's star , seemed to a :ow weeks before his wife ti! re;ilei he failed in business. e-aai. uu name of the missing wo f'vJr "'f? Licknese. She was a fsr v !u u ( liicago family when Luet- -lllUl R V, U i-( 1 Ml 1 1 1 1 fci.. T 1C Jlulse win ue asKea 10 1-uetgert has made a 'tut iu which he sa3's in ho Public The result of is a victory for me the disagreement of the -u very much disappointed surprised that the jury in a verdict of not guilty, my wife and do not know ut I am sure that it is ju of time until she cornea THE IJCSIXE-SS WOIILI. Bradstreet Says Eastern CUies Re port a- Falling oft' in Collections. Bradstrect's Aveekly commercial re port for the past week, says in part: "While the general trade movement is somewhat irregular aud j there are further evidences of falling off in de mand, the volume of business con tinues of large proportions. Specula tion in wool has ceased, aud demand for the staple is les than j for weeks past. Cotton goods are dull on the weakness of raw cotton, and jobbers report dry goods lower than a week ago. Interior mercLauts in the central West have not distributed fall stocks as prompt' as expected and many jobbers at Western centers find thai they over-estimated gthe consump tive demand when securing fall goods. Unseasonably warm weather has inter fered with the movement of heavy goods at tho West, but rains in Kansas, Okla homa and Nebraska have improved the agricultural outlook. Belatirely a great activity in the trade is reported by Kan sas City aud Omaha merchants. While quarantine regulations have been raised in Texas aud modified in Louisiana, business throughout most of the Gulf States is practically at a standstill. "Almost all the larger Eastern cities report a decreased movement of mer chandise, and a tendency of collections tofallawav, notablv ..Baltimore, owing to its Southern connections. 1 he in dustrial situation continues to furnish employment to as maDy persons as at any preceding pel iod this year aud at higher wages. I 'There are 205 business failures report ed throughout the United States this week,ttgainst 190 last week. There are 27 business failures reported from the Dominion of Canada this week, a total considerably smaller than tiat of last week." j : THE YELLOW FEVKK SITUATION I ho Grand Camt) of Virginia Con federate Veterans met in Richmond, Va. The history committee mot just before the Veterans, and after a long discussion of the question of school histories, the following was adopted:! Resolved, That only euch histories as fairly present the principles and facts upon which ; 13 grounded out American republic be used. I n this spirit we would recommend as Vir ginia histories, those by Mrs Mary Tucker McGill and General P. if. Maury; and as histories of the United States, those of Mrs. Susan Pendleton Lee, Rev. J. William Jones, Shinn, Hansel series and Holmes, Further, we would suggest for its moral and pa triotic influence as auxiliary reading, the admirable life of Gen. Robert L Lee, by Mrs. Mary Williamson. In our opinion, it might be adopted such is its clearness and verbal simplicitj' as ft current reader. We desire, also to express our admiration of the recent ut terance of the grand commander of the Confederate Veterans of Virginia,' CoL John Cnssons, in his arraignment ol the South in his "Glance at Current History." J : ( j A mass meeting of citizens and educa tors was held in Lee Camp Hall to exr change views on the school history mat ter. Next March, the board of educa tion will make contracts for the histories to bo used in the public schools of the State for the next four years. Dr. Hun ter McGuire presided and addresses were made by him, Col. John Cussons, Rev. J. Wm. Jones. CaDtain Gordon McCabe, John P. McGuire and others. All the speakers were bitter in their de nunciation of some of the histories now in use in our public schools, and reso lutions were passed protesting against their being continued on the list. Virginia Veterans Urge 3Ieasurcs to liaise Funds for the Completion. The Grand Camp Confederate Veter ans of Virginia met in Richmond, Vo. Addresses of welcome were made by Mayor Taylor and Governor O'Ferrall. Maj. N. V. Randolph introduced the sponsors and maids of honor, after which an address was made by General Fitzhugh Lee. The report of Grand Commander John CusBons was then fcubaiitted. Among other .things tho report says: "I wish to call the attention of this grand, camp to the importance of inaugurating ac tive measures to raise funds to complete the monument to that true patriot and revered President of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis. A consider able amount of money is now in hand, but not enough to complete tho grand work. I would threfore recommend hat some action be taken in the mat ter." lhe report of Quartermaster General Taylor was a'so read. It shows that the receipts for the year were $804.13; and tbe disbursements $313. lc; balance on hand $4D0.95. A SHOUT POTATO CROP. THE 31AICKETS. xfw ronn rorros FtrrCTVES. Kew York, Oct. 20. Cotton closed Jail; Middling upland, C3-16;Middling Giif. 1--1G. Futures closed steady. iron urvui ifMcn lift IULU LIAL . Soutiorn Kai'wqy S x-rvERrooii cottos mabket. Liverpool, October 20. Middling 3 11-10. Futures closed wek. October.. 8 32s October and November 3 25 s No vember and December 3 32 J December and January. 3 22 s January and February 3 22 s 1 cbruary and March. 3 22 S Mircu and April.. 3 23 a Attril and May. 3 24 a May aud Juno. 3 25 8 Juhe" aud July 3 252fl Jnfy and August 3 26$ s August andiepteinber 28 People Lost in a Wreck on the New York Central. BANKS OF. THE RIVER CAVED. Engineer and Firemen Will Never Tell the Story of the Terrible Mo-mentr-GO Live Were Saved. FIKST AND SECOND DIVlsIOSS.- In effect Ma; 8. 1S97. ThU Coadeovl 8cb4ol l publUoed at tafortnalioa Ouly and U aabjeci to bac &KHUOSD TO CHAKLOTnJ Ka. IT Hoi I Ho. II Ht D'j. D'y.8 ad7 D1. JlM. JTo. aAl f.vL p.m. LtaiotBoad. IS 00 1 00 00 " Amelia t. li. 1 la 1 - DurkvUe..No.7 1 ftl t KyiTlile....Dli7 S 80 rt t 9 tA " 8oulh UotOQ 8 40 AM.... qniet; firm; MISS OWENS TO GET $30,000. She Saved a Wealthy Lady From Being Hun Over by a Car. A special to the Charlotte (N. C.) Observer, from Salisbury, says Miss Mamie Owens, 'of this city, has' re ceived a letter from a Mrs. Strover. ol California, in which the latter lady, who i3 quite rich, says that ; she has made her will and in it bequeaths 30,000 to Miss Owens. During a visit to Washington, last year,! Misa Owens had the good fortune to save Airs. Strover from being run over by a cable car. The legacy attests Mrs. Strover's appreciation of the act which probably saved her life. Fulling Off of 30 Per Cent. From Last Year, and the Causes. Not since 1802 has the potato crop of the United States proved so nearly a failure, Fa3's the American Agricul turist, in its final report of the yield of 1897. Compared with the liberal crop of last year, there is an apparent falling off of nearly . 30' per cent, in tonnage, and the quality of the whole crop. The average rate of yield per acre is placed at 04 bushels, taking the country at large, against 80 in 1BU0, and 8J in 'UH. , ' . Tho resons for tho disaster to the potato crop of 1897 are about as varied as a rnulli'plicity of causes could mate them. Standing out with more promi nence than any other two factors, are blight aud rot, as a result of extremes of weather conditions. Excessive rain fall here and there; a failure of germin ation ; later serious drought, rust, scabs. insects, etc., have all been prominently in evidence. While the yield in bushel is small, the quality is almost deficient. This is true of most, but not all States. The crop is best in the .Northwest. Such portions of Canada as make a specialty of potatoes, notably Ontario and maritime provinces, show a general, but not serious, shortage. TICKET SCALPING. i Mae uro to : Jiarv v., his own exer- ard lost it. iBorn in io came to this ccnntr3 pen--iiou mounted the ladder of CAK MAGNATE DEAD. a i'it it lr:: ?7 :cr. iieation for bail has been tr s-tato! 1 .' 1 o ia:. e vi nit 1 .,,'. Sot !..,., , JCV, ii,l 1 'I'-lOHi j Pain's Turn Now. -0n.l.-... .. ce i;v Cable). The Madrid W?!1'1 of ho Daily Mail says U v i ' ::ie- Spanish minister fotfyV 0n' has been instructed to --tfurfi 'I l, l'ian government that iill 'u f-iibusterineo eTneditions oi,ai hit!' aw. a3 breaches of inter- an.r , arly Devastated. Ui ye' PQft of tbe Thilippine Islands, cJeWeea,.:tlliiost devastated bv a by People Leaving Alabama by the Train Load for Other Points. Up to the 23d at New Orleans there wero foTty-nine new cases and seven deaths; total cases to date 1,123; total deaths 124; recovered 505; under treat ment 434. At Montgomer3 Ala , four teen cases and three deaths. JOnly one cave at Memphis, Teun. Six new cases at Mobile,' Ala., Dr. Gurteras has found seven cases of fever in Selma, Ala. The disease, it is believed, has been here for a month. There is a general stampede from the town and special trains will leave for Rome and Atlanta, j Surgeon General Wyman's repor ts from 3-ellow fever districts show 20 new cases and 1 death at Edwards, Miss. ;5 new cases at a convict farm near Rav mond, Miss. ; 0 new cases at Nitta Yuma, Miss. ; 1 case at Cavtlacra. Miss. : 2 at Clinton, Miss. ; 7 at Bay St. Louis. Miss. ; 5 at McIIenry, Miss. ; 13 at Scranton, Miss. ;1 at Pas cagoula. I i Adopts the Differential Kates: : Tho Baltimore Steam Packet Coin pany on October 25th, adopted the dif f erential rates, which have j been an nounced by the Seaboard Air jLine be tween Northern and Sotither n pbir. ts. Its rates are consiaeraDiy io ur iuau those maintained at present, and nc cordin" to the statement of an official of the Old'Bay Line, are for the purpose of equalizing to a certain extent the disadvantages' undes which the Sea board Air Line is compelled at present to operate its express trains. Vine ac tion taken bv the Seaboard and the Old Bay Line is similar to that of trunk lines between New York and the AVest, which is recognized as proper by the Trunk Line Association. By the dif ferential rate the fare from Baltimore to Atlanta, by way of the Seaboard - and Old Bay Line, is reduced to S.-'O; to Charlotte, N. C, LW;?to i Raleigh, kt n o 70 and Southern Pines, 3 15." ' This will give au idea of tl importance of the reduction. ' Typhoid Fever KasesV Tyrhoid fever' is still ragihg to an tfiiit at the Eastern Ken- niaiuitMQ t t . tucky Lunatic Asylum. Dr. Mansfield, third assistant physician, has been sent to his home in Powell county, suffering from the disease., and some three or four patients have died during the past month. The sewerage at the Jinstitu Hnn is bad. and the existence of lhe disease is accredited to this. George M. Pullman Dies Suddenly ol Heart Disease. George M. Pullman, the famous car magnate, died at his home in Chicago, from heart disease. I Mr. Tullman was in apparently good health and had not complained 01 any ailments! Nobody was present when the end' came. Ho was at his home corner of Eighteenth street and Prairie avenue. 1 Mrs. Pullman was in New York at the time of his death. Mr. Pullman was fifty times a millionaire, was the founder of the town of Pullmau, and rerolutionizer of railroad traveling. Passenger Agents Ask for State and National Legislation, At St. Louis the American Associa tion of General Passenger Agents met with delegates present representing the principal railroad system of tho United States. - Canada and Mexico - ! and adopted resolutions calling at ten tion to the necessity for State and National legislation against the ticket scalping business. State Legislatures that have not i already done so are unred to adopt laws confining the sale of tickets to the properly author ized agents of the trausporta tion companies, and at the same time that they will require, under suit able penalties, the redemption of every ticket or rart 01 ticket that may bo not used. Congress is also requested to nassthe so-called "anti-scalping bill now before thatbod.y. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: W. A. Turk, of the Southern Railway, president; Chas. S. Fee. of the Northern Pacific Railroad, vice-nresident. and Mr. Smith Reed secretary. Detroit wa3 chosen as the place lor holding the next imeetirig. GREAT DK1TAIN A SEA OF FLAMES. Russian Petroleum Springs Catch Fire Enormous Loss. 1 A dispatch from Baku, on the penin sula of Apsheron on the west coast ol the Caspian Sea, a centre of the great oil producing regions in European Rus sia, says that a petroleum spring at Ro many, a suburb of Baku, caught fire and spread quickly to other springs in the vicinity until the whole valley was a sea of flames. The fires are still burning. The losses are enormous. Southern Directors Elected. Thfl annual meeting of the stock holders of the Southern Railway Com- held in Richmond, a. All the stock was represented. I The follow ing directors were elected for the ensu ing year: Alexander B. Andrews, Ral eigh, N. C. ; Jos. Bryan, Richmond, Va.; Chas. H. Coster, Samuel Spencer, TTarris C Fahnstock. Robert M. lalla- wav. New York; Wm. M. Fiulay, Washington. D. C. : Samnel M. Inman, tlanta; Skipwith Wilmer, Baltimore, OTIIEn COTTOX MABKETS. Charleston. Oct. 20. Cotton middling 5 9-16. Wilmiugton, Oct 20. Cotton middling 5f. Savannah, Oct. 20. Cotton steady; middling 0 9-10. Norfolk, Oct 20. Cotton steady; middlings 15-16. Memphis, Oct. 20. Uotton easy; middling 5f. Augusta, Oct. 20. Cotton steady; mid dling o 13-10 Baltimore, Oct 20. Cotton nominal ; middling Ci. Now Orleans, Oct. 20. Cotton steady; middling . Columbia, Oct 20. Good middling tn-10; strict middling 513-10; mid dling 5 11-10: strict low middling 5 9-16; low middling 5 7-16. Charlotte, Oct. 20. Strict good mid :ng, 5 90; good middling, 5; mid dling 5$; tinges, 55; stains, 5. Market Aveak. I I CALiTIMOUE ritODrCE MA.BKET. Baltimore, Oct. 20. Flour Dull. Family 4 00 to 4 85; winter wheat pat ents 5 00 to 5 25; spring wheat patents 5 00 to 5 25; spring wheat straighU 4 80 to 5 05. Wheat Weak. Spot October and Novomber 9. to 95A ; December 95 J to to 95; steamer No. 2 red 89 J to 00; Southern wheat by samplo 90 to 90$; do on grade 90V to 96. Corn. Dull and easy. Mixed spot. October and November 30 J to 30i; November or December, new or old 3JitooO; January 314 to 31; steamer mixed 282 to 28 I; Southern white corn 31 to 33; do yellow 31 J to 32. Oats Firm. JSo. 2 white and JNo. 2 Wostern 2:y, No. 2 mixed 23 bid. Charleston, Oct. 20. The rico mar ket was firm, with sales of 1,240 barrels. The quotations are: Prime 5i5j Good 4?5 Fair 41! By the caving in of an embankment on the Hudson river about bix miles from Peekskill at 7:40 on tho morning of Oct 24th, a New York Central train was thrown into the river and twenty eight persons killed. "The New York Central train left Buffalo on the night of the 23d and had progressed for nearly nine-tenths of this distance to wards its detination. The cnsineot - and his fireman had just noted the gray dawn breaking in the east and th J light streak betokening tue ma a ap pearance, when tlio Rrrat cugjue servant ou tho ruils, a devil off plunged into the depths of the river. Neither engineer nor fireman will evei tell the story of that terrible moment, for with his hand upon the throttle, the engineer plunged with his engine to the river bottom, and the fireman, too, was at his iost. Behind then came the express car, the combinatior. car and tho sleepers, and theso piled or top of the engine, DanTUl.... (M UtflvlaTU:, " Urwetisuoro. 1 OS lliKhPwtnl Salisbury. . 8 17 " Concord.... fSt3 tr.Cbiirlot?... 9 3J BprtauDurg 11 87 "OrreuTtU.. 12 "Atlanta IU Central lima. r.M. 4 A3 6 40 e 45 7 II 0 15 9 02 D452U 13 S 13 4 20 9V) 6 03 ..... 6 60 ..... 7 111.... sw 9 37 ..... 10 SO 1T3 'itf t M IU 10 00 list ISO 10 P.M P.M. P.X A.1L CUAKLOTTB Na.t3 NxN V'r. D'y. A. it. ? M. Eaatera Tlma.1 i Lv. Atlanta. 1 60 11 30 1 Central Time. ..QreenvlUei.. 3 SI 43 "apartauburg 8 47 6 17 Lv.cbriou TO RlCiniONIX H.SS Vo.lt D'y. 3 M'n. 13 00 - 80 6 IS I NAVATj stores. Charleston, Oct. 20. Turpentine quitt, at 29. Rosin firm; A, B and C, I. 10; D and E, 1.15; F, 1.20; G, 1.25; II, 1.35; I, 1.40; K, 1.50; M, 1.00; N, 2.00; window glass", 2.25; water white, 2.00. Savannah, Oct - 20. Turrentme, steady at 30. Rosin firm. A, B, C and D, L25; E and F, 1.80; G, 1.33; H, 1.40; I, 1.55; K, 1.C0; M, 1.80; N, 2.20; window glass, 2.45; water while, 2.80. Wilmington, Oct 20. Turpentine no t change and nothing doing. Rosin firm at 1.151.20. Crude turpen tine firm at 1.502.00. .Tar firm at 1.50. Ualiy. Dally. Lr.VrafiblDpton. 10 43p " Alexandria 11 Oop " Cbarlott 1 6a- Lyncbourg 8 40 a iMuvlile. 8 03a 6L0i ir.Oreeukboro. 1 82 7 i5a j COTTOX SEED OIL. New York, Oct 20. Cotton seed oil moderately active and' a shade steadier on the improvement in lard products; primo crude, 2020i; butter oil 27 1-2 v2S; pritno summer white 20 l-227; prime winter 3-ellow 3132. American Federation of Labor. President Samuel Gompcrs, by Frank Morrison, secretary, has issued a call to all affiliated unions for the seven teenth annual convention of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, to be held at Nashville, Tenn,, in the House of Representatives, on Monday mornmfr, TAmber'l3th next The session is to continue until all business. been completed. shall havo I Contest for $400,000. Charles E. Sanford, of New York, and other relatives of the latej Josephine W. Sandford, of San Francisco, have be'un a contest for her estate of nearly 400.000. which she willed to persons not relatives. A Life of Tillman Mr. A. W Moore, of Columbia, S. C. , announces his intention of writing a lifo of Senator B. R, Tillman, of South Carolina. .A true life of Tillman would be read by all with interest for he is certainly one of the most unique the political stage at this time. 1 New Comet Discovered. A new comet has been discovered by the Lick observatory. - Cannot Accede to the Proposition of the American Commission. London (By Cable) Lord Salisbury has sent to Ambassador Hay the reply of the British go-verument to the pro posals of the American bi-metallic com mission, headed (by Senator Wolcott. It is a diplomatically worded note. His Lordship says that the government of Great Britain is not able to re-open the India mints at present. He re grets the inability to accede to the proposals of the American commission ers, Great Britain having as great an in terest as the United States and Franco in securing a stable par exchange for gold and silver, and an enlarged use of silver. "Jn these circumstances," continued Lord Salisbury, ('the British govern ment does net seejthe desirability of an international monetary conference, but will be pleased to consider any other practical suggestions from the United States." Special Low Kates. On Monday, October 25th, the Southern will put on 6ale special low rate excursion tickets to Nashville, Tenn., account of Tennessee Centen nial and International Exposition. These tickets are good returning five davs after date of sale and can be routed via Atlanta or Asheville. To those who have never teen through the 'Land of the Sky" this will aflord an excellent opportunity to see the moun tain scenerv of Western North Caro lina and East Tennessee, the trip being made in daylighti Following is the rnnndtrin rate from points named to Nashvillo and return on this date: Raleigh, $9.95; Durham, SS.80; Bur lington, $7.10; Wilkesboro, $7.10; Concord, $5.55; Charlotte, $5.35; Gas tonia, $5.15; Greensboro, $6.05; High Point, S5.90; Salisbury, 5.55; Besse mer, $5.10; Davidson, $5.35. Rates from points not named can be secured from any agent Southern Railway or bv writing to R. L. Vernon, T. P. A., Charlotte, N. C. Deserted by the Governor. On account of the prevalance of yel low fever in Montgomery, Ala., and the fact that all of the towns and cities of the State have quarantined against that place, the State government has tem porarily been removed to Birmingham. The governor and all the State officers have located there, and are transacting business from this point The attitude of Birmingham is such that yellow fever cannot live there, and was selected by I the governor as the temporary covermncnt becansa of this act i COFFES. New York, . Oct. 2). Opt'ons opened steaity with prices unchanged to 5 points decline; showed generally weak under tone following disappointing European cables, continued heavy movement at Rio and Santos, apathy with spot buy ers and indillerence -with outside spec ulators; closed dull and unchanged to 5 points decline; sales 8,000 bags, in cluding December 0.25G. 30; January 0.30; March 0.00; July 0.70; spot coffee Rio dull; Cordova 10'vj$15. Concord.... Salisbury.... M HiKb Polut.. Grrenaboro. 44 lt-idvtll.. 44 Uauvhl.... 44 80. llotoa.. 4 Ki-yTtlla....' 44 Uurkeville. . 41 li. tr i. . . .. . .. ,. I Auimwuu. 11 is snown tnat it was a trine ioggj A.r.lhonmoiid and the track was not visible, but 11 there was any break in the lines ol steel it must have been of very recent happening, for only an ' hour before there had passed over it a heavy passen ger train, laden with human freight Neither is there au explanation ready. All in conjecture. The section of road was supposed to be tbe very best on tnt ' entire division. There was a heavy re taining wall all along the bank, aud While tho tide was high it was hot unprecedented. What eeeuis tc have happened was that uuder ueath the tracks and ties . the heavy wall had eiven way and when the great weight of the engine struck the unsupported tracks it went crash ing through the rest of the wall and toppled over into the rivor. Then there happened, what on the railroad at any other time would have caused disaster, but now proved a very blessing. At the train plunged over the embaukmenl the coupling that held the last three sleepers parted and they miraculouslj remained on the broken track. In that way some 6ixt' lives were saved. The latest from the wreck from Gar rison, N. Y. , says: The complete list of the killed in the New- York Central and Hudson River Railroad wreck, a list which the railroad 'officials believe includes all of those whocould possibly , have been lost, is as follows: Engineer John C. Foyle, of. East Albany, bodj still in the river; Fireman John Q. ) Tompkins, of East Albany, .body . still iu the river; Samuel Wil-1 Hams, of 781 Best street. Buffalo:, Thnmfts liilov. of St. Louis': W. H. G. I Central lima nf Tri.mn.it V Y A. O. Me-1 r ew Orleans Kay of Harlem, body still in the river; E. A. Green, of Chicago; William Schenckenbecker, of HJ South Thir teenth street, Newark, N. J., otherwise known as Wm. S. Becker; Guisseppi Taguana, of 38 Park street, New York city; Mrs. Robert L. Lindsman, oJ Utica, N. Y. ; unknown woman, not yet identified, Chin Lee Song, of San Francisco, Cm Fong Hop, brother ol Chin Lee Song, Hoo Wuh, of New York; LeeTong Sing, of 17 Mott street. New York; unknown Chinaman, with letter to Hop Sing, of Newark, N. J. : Wong Gim, retddenco unknown; un known Chinaman; unknown Chiuaman. The number is nineteen a sent oul by the Associated Press, and there i i little doubt that this is tbe total litt ol j the killed. The bodies of the engineer. fireman and Mr. Van Etteus' secretary are yej in the river w ith small hope ol their immediate recovery. All the wrecked cars have been burned by the railroad men.. The Chinamen were quickly identified. . 4k fc JW W 7 22 10 07 IV 02 8 13 10 47 9 3S f 20 111 40 9 62 12 lit No. IS 10 44 10 82 112 60 Ex. 12 80 IWbVr. 13 00 . 1 43 SU6 8 63 460 6 00 A.1L 6 00 83 "I 1 6 23 8 40 P.M. A. XL 600 AIL 6 41 6 IT r it 6 20 860 980 1 43 3 43 li! 6 07 6 33 HIGH POINT AND AbUXEOIlO. 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New York, Oct. 2J. Raw, nominal; fair refining,3 15-10; centrifugal, 90 test, 3 13-10; refined, quiet MONEY 3IABKKT. New York, Oct 20. Money on call is steady at 22y percent Last loaned at 2i and closing offerenl at22J percent Prime mercantile paper 4J(&4 percent. Sterling exchange is easier with actual business in bankers' bills at 4.84j to 4.84 for demand and at 4.81 1 to 4.83 for 00 davs. Posted rates 4. 82j4. 83 j and 4.85." Commercial bills 4.81. Silver certificates 57457. Bar silver 58. Mex ican dollars 44J. 'Railroad bonds firm. Government bonds firmer. State bond dull. i. i Powder 31111.-. lllown Up. At Acton, Mass , two mills, oompris a part of the plant of the American Powder Co., has been blown up by an explosion of gunpowder. .Nobody wa hurt : The causo is unknown. : llryan to loliow llanna. A special from Columbus, O., says: The Democratic State Committee will bring W. J. Bryan into Ohio for the last four davs of the last few week of the campaign. lie lollows ocnator llanna for three speeches a day. i In Beltalf of Redwlne. Senator A. O. Bacon, of Georgia, is in Washington on a mission of mercy. He is to present before President Mc Kinley a petition largely 'signed by manv of the best known people of his State, praying for the pardon of Louis Red wine, the cx-cashierof ithe defunet Gate City Bank, of Atlanta. ; Trades' Council Called. call has been issued from St Louis, Mo., by H. W. Steinbis, sec retary of the Building Trades Couccil, for a general convention of councils to be held in that city on Dec. 20th. It promises to be a gTeat labor meeting. A New York contemporary remarks w ftf.n t.vicn in at a prize fight fn;.lo -of an hour doesn't Indicate hard i bein No; it indicates a uaru iou. tomrany. STORM ON 'I'll 1' COAST. Great Damage to Sh!pping-Tvo Peo ple Killed by Electric Wires. A special from Cape May, N J., ol the 25th, says: 44One of thefiercesl northeastern gales that has swept'he lower Jersey coast and nppecDelaware Bay, has been raging for the past 21 hours. Many vessels have been strand ed and there is an uocom firmed report that a ship went down off shore this morning.. Much . damage to flipping and summer resorts has been wrought. Tho water flooded meadows and stopped trains, aud a mile of the Read ing Railroad track i gone, near Egg Harbor City. it. Lewes, Del., ship ping suffered great loss, and many ani mals have been drowned. At Norfolk, Va , the high tide inter ferred with street car travel and in jured goods still on low wharves. Two Ieorle were killed by electric wires. At Ocean Springs, Md., great dam- was done, to uoara wa as ami No 12 Noa 88 No 88 No 10 Dally. Aitt Daily. Daily. luly. Lt New Orleans .... 7 6 j T 60p ...... I Central Time. ,v ilemphiij 6 25a 9 Wp ...... I Central Time.) .vDirmui(tb&ta .... 4 0p 6 65a ...... Central Time. Lt Atlanta 7 60a 11 Wp 12 00a Central Time. Lv Tampa .... 7 COa 780p ..... " bUAuKU2tin .... 6 25p 7 Oua ..... 44 JuckJHjnvUla .... 7 bOp 8 15a ..... 44 Bavannah. . .... 11 Hop 12 00 a 44 Augusta 9 80p 2 lOp 44 Aiken f2 20p ..... 44 Columbia... 77T. 6 8ia 620p (B.undlng bt bta. Lv Cbarlotte... t 40p 9 80a 8 80p 6 40a ICentral Time. at f'lOa sh pond wat carricl damage will reach Lt NabTliie...ll 30p 12 25p 21 Wp 44 Chattanooga 4 15a 6 fcop 4 15a 44 KnoxTiile...1 25a 9 55p fc 25a 44 liotUi rlngs.il 4Ca 12 "Miu 11 40a Ar A-bevill) ... 1 I5p 1 3M 1 16p Lt Apbeviile .. 1 25p 144 1 25p baitobury... 8 15p 10 47a 86p CA-nuai lime. Lt lUlcLcn .... 8 40 p 8 63a 8 40p ..... 44 Wlnaton B'm 6 itOp 10 80a f VOp ' 44 Qreenaboro. 9 62p 12 lOp 10 44p 6 80a ArDanTiii 11 25p lUp 12 10a Lt Lyncbburff 8 40p 1 58a ..... 4a Cbari'tueT'ie .... 6 85p 8 8ia 44 Alt-xaodrlx. 9 0p 6 17a Ar Vaalan-Un .... 9 25p 6 43a ..... Ileal ataUoo. porches, and a n out to sea. Tbe thousands. A special from Washington D. C. , says the surf washed away come of the houses of the life-saving .station, si Cobb's Island. The storm was very-severe at Cape Hatteras, on tho coaet of North Caro' lina. To Work in n 3IIM. A man moved to Monroe. N. C. re cently with twelve children to get their in the cotton factory. The oldest i sixteen. The First Colony. A Washington dispatch ssys Col. Richard J. Hilton, chairman of the colonization commission of Engene V. Debs' scheme of Social Demrscy, ha affixed his signature to ajer whict will transfer to the commission r.iO.OOC acres of land in Cuinberlaad aid Fen trass counies, Tenn,, a; a cost of $1, 750, 000. The money for the iircuase ii supplied by the LcntucC 1 rust BLxrnxo CAk skb aca. Ka. B7 and a. Titblnr a ) Boafk LUnlUKl. luilj Vnt'.tui4 InlD Ulaixa Tort ftBl A t l&ala. Coiorml of fuuu. In la a.ua 4o-i.lu4 cr duliiiiouin fuituiKU rat (tXj ton U far, r Uml c mm VaMlbui-! bT icb brtwt Wat.lnu mmi Atlantav Ibrou.h mvim4 car ptiwr. a York muA w Urlf-.a. Vrw 1 ork aa4 i.uipbU. Nw York, AabaUla. U Kptlan. iaai Lle. lhat aol hmamw.ti aJMl N 1 urM aa4 Jautv feuuitwra Railway Ululaf Cat ktwc brcbaO(ru and M'ur .ojrj. froa. m aal aA. lmtl c.u- Ful Mafl. TnllmB Klc-vlaa Car tttmmrm Nrw lurk, Wat.lajrlo. A LuitA. aoouc'turr7 ! hmw tttit un, Nw or maA lacamjevlilv. mmX Chr aa-1 Aujrosta. Cnat.i tioa al aaUOuf ltb lorfoA aayl CUtUauoo LloltU f tb Laal vt Um E j. C tiMaoria. KaabTil)- aayl ifTanatmi ccoUSD'aJ Kipaatooav T"--iUt bimeiAnt Car aLlarvx . avaa tiiroo,' 'a kw or raoa aa4 boviArra l-x-trva Kallwaf. vltbuiil ekaut ce wtrk. l- 1 feaviardara. unirtf mmm 'm&cn 1 baravlara. (A u aii ia. aonK m Miiavxii. i Ertwwt jrfui aa4 c aattai . tar.a aaiia. 1 hnwa tMrkrta oo tl at prtu1(x! atatlriaia alt "tnta. Fur raM loXumaU blAj aaf rm tf Cuanpaar, W. U, uuta. Oeoarml SvperlBiradet. . w.a.1i;(.(ku .llMwunlrnK J. jr. Cn T, 1rJ& kLaaar. ta Ia, aW- seat of I times.T 7 I rAlLEO TO WOHK. Dingas Shadbolt, di.l yoi ever look closely at a silver dollar aaJ notice how many faces you cau mak out on the obverse side ? "There's the profile of George III. th-head and inane cf the British lion, the profile of Disraeli, and Khadbolt Yes. And you'd like U run yonr face on a silver dollar if 1 had one to spare, wouldn't you ? II . . C . V : lrr Tltniftl. Tl ! won't work. I LaTen't a silver dollai about me. mm t The rumor that Ensland Is to back Spain In be Cuban war would be in teresting, perhaps, were it not for th fact that Ensbrnd never pulls ebest- rt rr-t rf fl ri for aDTO-C tlSK. I ' - ,
Davidson County News (Lexington, N.C.)
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Oct. 28, 1897, edition 1
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