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Miss Trac> liurned to Deatli and
Mrs. Tracy Snfl'ocaled.
Washing i on. Feb. 3.—Mrs. Tracy,
wife of Secretary Tracy, Miss Tracv,
nis youngest daughter, >. nd Jose
phme. u French riiKttl, a> ;i result of
a fii'' in Secretary Tracy s house ti.'.s
morning, now lifl dead. I
Stcretary Tracy, wh«n K-scued,
was in a stupor, sull'-ring from suf
focation. Mi-i \ViliT*rding, the |
01-i. ♦ daughter of S»'cr>t ay Iracy,
wis in a s»-iiii-eonscious eo» d'tion
IT WAS AUOTT 7 O ( l.Of'K
thi tnoi ning, w- n 'im - wcr ,••») ,
js-.1 ilfi .m the wiiido vs and roof
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)a .■)*• ;el u; . 1 ! ac\ S I (le!H . 1 :.()
neighborhood jad not vet awakened
ai)d a t around v» still. Within
the residence not a sound was heard,
except the cracking ot the» ll lines as
with great tongues of tiie they came
Out ot the windows oil (lie top lloor. j
Soon the front door of the mausion '
wn- opened, and two male servants .
l e •
were -ecu to emerge aim run for
their lives. Figures robed in white j
then appeared at the windows.
The tire gained headway rapidly, j
and although the tire department
responded promptly, ihe residence 1
was enveloped in tlames when the}
a i rived.
mrs. tracy's heroism.
Secretary and Mrs. Tracy occu
pied the back room in the second ,
story. Mis. Tracy, it is thought, j
was first awukend by the sultocatiug j
smoke. Secretary Tracy was at the
tune unconscious, and Mrs. Tracy :
v. ith heroic devotion attempted to •
drag the inanimate body of the Sec
retary to the window. In this, she i
paitia y succeed* d. Half dazed
and blinded ly the smoke, she
I'pened tiie window and just as the ;
liieincn were putting up a ladder to ;
rescue lier, she leaped to thegrorn 1.
Iter body was picked up with severe
internal injuries, and a broken leg—
she was taken to a neighboring
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liuii.M, and, without recovering con
sciousnes*, died w>thiu an hour.
Till". SECRETARY RESCUED. '
Ihe ladder which would have
saved Mrs. Tracy's life had she wait- '
ed but a brief moment before leap- 1
ing to the ground, was soon placed
under the window and strong hands
lilted the body of Secretary Tracy
through it. and carried him to the
sidewalk. The Secretary was at
tirst thought to be dead, but it was
diJ-covertd th*t a small spark of life
yet nmaiiud. 11 was removed to
the resideiu-e ( ! Mr. Bancroft Davis
near by, an 1 at elev* n o'clock wa>
reported as improving though at
that time he lad not gained con
sciousness and was ot course una
ware ot Hit death ot his wife and
daughti r.
MISS TRA» TII.UIKI/E s.\l> M \ TH.
Miss'l racy the Secretary's un
married daughter occupied the third
s11-i\ front km m and met a fat that
was tei rible to behold. The voun ,r
dy could be s» t n at the window in
tne .ight that flickered in between
tut* blinding smoke and tlames, clad
in a white robe, her hands in the at
titude of prayer, and her face up
lifted to heaven. The tlames grad
ua ly hemmed her in. and she finally
sai k tc> the tloor only to be recoir
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nizt d again by her charred remains-
A Fieneh maid, Josephine, met a
similar fate in on adjoining room,
w h re her charred and blackened re
mains were found.
Pr. McCoy was found dead in his
bed in Marion on the 29th ult.
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Press m\b Carolinian.
New Orleans' Sunday Fijcht.
New Orleans, La., Feb 2 —About
fifteen hundred people paid from
to each to see Jake Kilrain tie
feat Felix Vanquelin, the New Or
leans car di iver, this afternoon. It
was lather a tame affair and alto
gether one-sided. Vanquelin dis
played neither the l>eart, the endur
ance, nor the skiii that hi • friends
had claimed for him, and threw up
the sponge after iue third round,
without i' ivng received serious pun
l.-hmetit ( r suilered a knock
down. Kilrain was not punished
even appreciably.
The conditions of ihe fight were
that \ anqueiin should stand before
i\ li.an for six rounds, the light to
be with live ounce gloves and for a
pu *s'-? of -"r-, 4 l«>, the wmnei to take
♦ hree-fourths and :he defeated one
fourth of the amount. The West ,
Ijtid I'heat re was seiectetl for the
battle. The ring was pitched on a
raised in the centre of the
amphitheatre and rows of benches
weie erected all around it. The
! crowd began to gather in tue builtl
iug b(:I«» i»■ three o'clock, but it was (
. after four before either of tiie pugii
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tsts appeared.
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Work SI ill l*r«}f rcKHitiK.
A gentleman of this citv. who is I
assisting in the building of trestles, |
i etc., on the line of tiie \\ ilkesboro I
railroad, in forms a Daily reporter .
! that 10 miles moi e of the road will '
, . . .
be turned over to the company in a
1 few days. Trains will then run to j
the station above Rural Hall. He
; a!so informed us that crossties have
1 been laid beyond the Little Yadkin
I ri\er.—[ i'win City Daily.
Cot. I,lick.
w a shim; ton, D C., Feb. 3.—The j
Supreme Court to day, through Jus- |
tice Biatcaford, rendered a decision
allowing Coi. John S. Mosby, the |
well known Confederate cavalry
| leader, £11,783, in his suit to recover
fr cm the Treasury Department fees
as Consul at Ilong Kong, which lie
had turned in, but which he subse
quentiy learned were due him.
Socialism In C»crniiiii>.
Vii nna, J-an. 27.--The socialists'
| newspaper organs throughout
Hun'aiy and Austria are coming to
t ? j
the aid of German socialists, and
are prii ting vigorous aj [ eals to the
sociali.-ts of the empire for funds to
: support the election campaign in
Germany.
Jackson I nseatccl.
Washington, Feb. 3. The House
to day unseated Jackson, of the 4th
A est Virginia district, b> a vote of
| l'ifi yeas; nays. 0. Smith, the cou
te-stai.t. then appear* d at the bar of
the heust aLii te»e k the oalh ol of
tice.
Two f>nclis.ls Arrested.
Chari eston, S. C., Fnb. I.—A
t i uit lo the News and C\)uriei says
that J. Norris and Benj. Gardner
were to have-* met on the field e>t
honor to day, 1 ut were arrested and
placed under peace boneis just as
tlty were } rej aring for a meeting.
Mr. F dison told Mr. LathroptLat
"many extremtly useful improve
ments on the telephone are in the
possession of the se controling the
inventiems, and are shfeiy locked up
from the world because of the great
extra ex} ei.se which would attend
their application to existing instru
, ments."
It is astonishing to know the
number and importance of his own
inventions.— Wilmington Messen
• ger.
tbicftorv, IHortb Carolina, Cbursba?, fcbruar? C\ IS9O.
C. E. SILCOTT HAS BEEN FGUND
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MOeH M I'AHI XTS IN
CANADA.
Interviewed Ij> a N. V. Herald
Itt porier.
New Jan. 31. \ special to
the Herald from Tetre Bonne, Que
bec, says: C. E. Sile*ott, the cashier
of the sergeant at-arms' office, who
absconderl from Wasliington on No
vember 30th with about 59(i,000.
has Ix'Pn found He is stopping at
the house of Mr. Thiebauit, the fa
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ther of the wo'u.in w wbom Sil
eott tied from ir.gton. The
woman is aso domiciled here. Miss
| Thiebault's parents seem to be still
unaware of tln-ir daughter's fall, and
• apparently believe tl>at she is the
j wile of the man whom she is said to
( have lured to his ruin.
i A Rich North Carolinian.
I '
Hon. James Grant, a native of
! Halifax county, and now a member
' of the Supreme Court of lowa, is
here visiting his o'd friends. He is
the guest of Judge Spier Whitaker.
I Judge Grant was many years ago,
a teacher in the famous Love joy
grove of this city. He h]is been
eminently successful in all phases of
life in his adopted State, having
won the highest political and judic
ial honors and having amassed a
' fortune estimated at ten millions of
dollars.—[ News-C . yjer.
The Road Question.
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The magistrates and county
commissioners met in joint session
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on Monday to discuss the new road
law and the propriety of adopting it
in Catawba. No action was taken,
' but there was an evident elesire for
some more efficient system ol keep
ing up our public roads. The mat
ter is before the public and it is ex
! pected its discussion from now
uutii June will prepare the Justices
for some definite discussion at that
time.
Tlie I-'orsvtli I'lectlon ease.
Winston, Jan. 2i.—The 13oyer-
Teague contested election case for
; the sheriffalty of Forsyth county,
which has been on trial since the
Oth in>t., came to an end to day, the
jury rendering a verdict in favor ol
Boyer. the plaintiff. league, Re
i üblican. who has held the otlh-»
>mce the first of December, 188S.
ciaimeel to have been elected by on
ly 24 majority.
The N >rth Carolina Census Super
visors are as follows :
First District—G. W. Cobb;
Second —M. M. Hawkins;
Third —C. I*. hockey;
Fourth —V* • C Webb;
Fifth —H. Hatdwieke.
Onlv two of the appointees ar»
well known. C. P Locky is the
man who ran again-t Col. Tiowland
for Congress last year and got de
feated so bad v. Henry Hardwicke
i- a bright young lawyer of Asheville
whom Congressman Fwart thinks
mav help him in his campaign this
year.
"Tiie Hickor> I*re?»«, and Caroli
nian is duin h a k ood work lor ilia!
noble and en ter prising little
• city."—.Dallas Ka^le.
Commissioners' MeetlfHf, Feb. 3.
Full board present.
Lewis Yount was drc>pped from •
the pauper list.
Lovic Whitener and Charles Cline :
were declared paupers and allowed
•"51.50 per month eae'h for their sup
port.
Ann Connor was declared a pau
per and allowed £l 50 per month
for her support.
Jesse iiawu was relieved of couu- .
ty tax »)ii S4)() overcharged to him,
1 ne jury ordered to lay out a pub
lic road from the Connelly Springs
road at the Burke couu-ty line
through lands of M. F. Hull and
others to 1 he; Hickory road, submit- ,
; t it t heir report, wuicu adopteo.
' and A. Hudson and N. F. Hicks an
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s pointed overseers to ope n the road.
! with command of ail hands within
■ three nines ot the road.
Jhe jury ordered at la-t meeting ,
to lay out a public road from John I
Keener s to the 3(>-miie post on the ,
Cansler load ti.ed their rwport which
was approved, and Alfred Withers '
and W 111. Taylor appointed 02'« j iNeers
to open the road, with command of !
all hands within two and a half miles !
! of the road.
j The petition tiled at last meeting
by J. \\. Clampitt and others, ask
, ing that the Shelby road on lands of
Captain Beck be re opened and re- ,
established, was heard and a jury e»r
dered to lay out same and assess
, damages.
On application of the Catawba
Agricultural Industrial Associa
tion for recognition as the organiza
! tion entitled to the State appropria- 1
tion of sr>o. it was ordered that it be
so recognized.
W. C. Kenyan complained to the 1
board that he had been charged and i
had paid Sl4 in excess e>f his taxes I
for the previous year and asked that !
,it be refunded. It was so ordered. '
The report of the overseers who '
were ordered to open the road from '
' Mt Olive to Abel Sietz's gate was ac
! cepted.
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The Progressive Farmer doesn't
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approve ol the the News and Ob |
1 seiver's being "ioxal to the party. 1
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The News and Observer saw with
regret some months age> that the
i Progressive Farmer was drifting
r o
away and we made allusion te>
' it.
Scir.'i of the- bre*hr n evidently
; tl.cu O Lt we lid wrong, but we think
that what* ver conc« rus the public
t i 1
can be spoken of in public. We
have noticed that whenever a Dein
ocrat is getting ready to quit the
Democratic party, he begins to
abuse the News ard Observer. The
. Mgn is a pretty sure one. We have
been twitted by all sorts of people
with being "the oif.au, although
ihe News and Observer Comp any.
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since it was formed some six years
ag-j. has never rec* iveel anv special
favor at the Lands of the Democrat
ic \ arty; and if this paper has been
so devoted to the party weai as to
justify its being called "the organ,
tiie fact is a great compliment to its
management. Now tiie Progres
sive Farmer is twitting 11- with "our
loya.ty to the party."' Yes. we are
loyal to the Democratic party, a
the saying is, although we do ne»t
u>e that word ourseives. We are
tiue and faithful. And we are quite
content for ail the people of the
, State to know it— News-Observer.
We are very much pleased
i to know that Col. A. M. Y> addeli s
P Listcric work ccncerning certain
men and events in North Carolina is
s in the Lands of the printer and will
be.proLably out within tour or .live
! weeks. It will no doubt be a very
t interesting contribution to our
e ! State's literature.—[Wilmington
1 Messenger.
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NEWS NOTES.
GLEANED HERE AND THERE ■
Tlie Sainoan treat\ lit.- trati
fied.
Secretary Tracy continues to im
prove slowly.
The colored mans conv« ntion is
in session at \\ asLington.
Ihe authoiities now propo e t >
expend $349..>15.00(1 on our nuv\.
A rich vein of gold Las been dis
covered near Kooky Aiouut, N. C.
rae f »tn >»is Smi s xii: ling in !> »s
--ton has been butnd. I, 5200,-
000. •
Mrs ('o| pinger. •! -»t 1 i it' r
of Secretary B.aim, dud in \\ tsh
• ington Cry'last Sunday.
| Neilhan C. liarn«it. Seeietar\ ol
State of Georgia, tiled Monda} in
the 90th year ot Ins age.
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At the Centennial of the Federal
' J unary, Ex President Cleveland
' made an eloquent oration
(ieroniiuo, the Apache Chief, novv
1 teaches a Sunday school Does ho
want a Cabinet position ? Woild.
Mr. I'arneil s libel suit against tho
1 lines has boeu set tied, the 1 uues
agreeing to pay him S~>.0()0 daiu*-
j g eH -
By a vote of yeas to 40 nays
•the West \irginia legislature voted
to Beat Fleming, Democrat, as Gov.
I of that State.
Lijah Moore, the murderer, who
! escaped from jail last Friday, has
| been captured, ami is again in
; Greensboro jail.
Governor Fowie has commuted
the death sentence of Robert W illis
' and Samuel Hacford, two young
I men of Rutheiford couuty, eonvicted
i o f burglar v .
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Jne lowa deadlock nis boon br »
ken. The Democrats get the speak
er, tiie Republicans, tue clerk, and
i the other offices are divided equally
. between the two parties.
Kx-Speaker Carlisle and Speaker
Reed have issued addresses defend
lng tbe positions taken by their
respective parties with regard to
wnat constitutes a quorum.
i he Uniteti States Government has
at last recognized the Republic of
Brazil. The Brazilian minister,
Volente, was received with effusive
cordiality by Secretary Blaine.
i The bil.l appropriating £10,000.-
000 to hoi 1 the World's fair in New
Yolk has passed the New York Leg
islature. New Yorkers think that
this will insure their getting it. if it
r> r>
is held.
Mr. Henry Gladstone, son of the
Right Hon. Vv. rl. (Nad-tone, wt
mairicd lhursday to tne daughter
of Mr. Stuart Rendel. Home Rule
member of the House of Commons
for Montgomeryshire.
The Suj reme Court of Montana
has rendered a d-cis'on that tbe
State Auditor n.u-t pay the mileage
and salary of l'hcmj - i.. oi.e of the
Silver Bow delegation elected by
the throwing out of the returns of
one precinct. Thi- decision
the Republican House of Represen
tatives a lt-gai body.
John Greenleaf Whittier recently
sent a short poem, entitled the
"CV»ta>Ti s ill. to Robert Bonner s
Sons, saying that it was lus la-t lit
erarv effort. A few days ago the
venerable j»oet received a check for
SI,OOO from the same tirui. Mr.
Whittier said that he was agreeably
, surprised, and that it would enable
' him to make some charitable contri
butions he was desirous of making.
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