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VOLUME 24.
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 11,1893
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CAKLYLE W. HAIIKIS DKAIJ.
Tie Was I.lt-etrocuted At 12;40 I, m. Last
Monday.
Carlyle W. Harris of New York city,
was electrocuted i. e. put to death by
the application of electricity, at Sing
Sing t 12:40 just after noon. His was
a mo-t extaordinary case. He was ac
cused'., and convicted of poisoning his
wife. The case has been the sensation
in New York city and throughout the
country for over a year. He stoutly
asserted his innocence to the very last
words He was convicted on circum
stantial evidenc. When he heaVd that
he was suspected he surrendered.
When he had a chance to escape from
prison after being condemned he re
fused to go free. Strange case.
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Another. Fast Southern Mail.
The Richmond and Danville railroad
has -put on .an additional fast , mail
train leaving Washington at 11:10
o'clock a. m, and ariivingat Atlanta
at 0 :."). a. 111. on tho following'day, mak
ing close connection for Columbus, Ga.,
Montgomery, Ala., and all other prin
cipal points South'and Southwest. The
arrangement delivers the Eastern mail
and papers in thue for the early morn
ing distribution in Atlanta and covers
the South with the quickest mail deliv
ery ever made by the United States
Government.
Now then.' It.j our turn next. The
"Western North Carolina Railroad
needs another mail train. If we cannot
get it fast -we will take it slow. As be
fore stated by its; It is now no use "to
send a letter on this road with a Quick
J)elivery stamp. It will get there just
as I). Q. without it.
List of l'atents.
G ranted the Southern inventors this
week. Reportedly C. A. Snow & Co.,
Solicitor of American and Foreign
Patents, Opp. U. S. Patent .office,
Washington, 1). C.
S. B. Allison, New Orleans, La.,
Dust and cinder guards for railway-car
windows: B. 1). Harrow, Danville,
V;u, Pneumatic safety-lock for breech
loading guns; J. E. Brenncisen, Union
vilie, Md., Butler-mold; G. W. Craw
ford, Oklahoma Ter., Combined crate
and fruit-drier; P. O. Huffmann, Balti
more, Md.', Treating phosphates; W.
A. Mayball, Gloster, Miss., Tract-carrier;
J. L. MeFarlin, Quiney, Fla.,
Plant-transplanter;.!. 13. Ominn, New
Orleans, La., Dredging apparatus; T.
J. W. Rawler, Elon, Ark., Plow; J.
W. Snapp, Jasper, Tenn., Bush or
weed puller; if. 15. Southernlaud, Lin
den, Tenn., Vehicle-hub: J. T. Titman,
Lowell, N. C. Railway-switch: J. J.
Wright, Richmond, Va., Horse-collar.
A terrible and destructive cyclone
passed through Asheville, N, C. last
week.
Fifteen buikiings were wrecked. One
negro man was killed, four men badly
hur and one negro fatally injured.
The track of the. storm was only 100
janls. wide and passed through the
western part of town, where there
were several large wooden .tobacco
prize houses, which were wrecked, a
were also the tobacco factory, tobacco
warehouse and some dwellings.
The approximate loss is as follows.
R. A. Gregory, $0,000; W. J. Boy kin."
.$5,000; T. N. Burwell, $4,000; J. F.
White, 5,000; Hicks tolacco factory,
$0.oo0; Mener's tobacco warehouse,
$:'J.ooo; Mrs. L. G. Smith 3,000; S. W.
Parker, 5,000; W.' R. Taylor. $5,000;
Lyon & Day, 0,000. Small damages
are too numerous to. -mention. R. O.
Gregory and W.. J.- Boykih held tor
nado policies and are fully insured.
The storm passed to the northeast and
within a mile of Henderson and did
considerable damage to country resi
dences, wrecking those of George
Ward. C. 15.- Church and Mrs. Mary
Chureh. Church's store was blown'
down, as well s 'his largo gin lunue.
.Many tobacco barns- and packing
houses were swept aw ay. The cyclone
struck Greyst one. hear Henderson,
and -wrecked several homes. It there
badly injured three persons.
Sam Loyd, the noted chess player
who invented all .the JopuJar puzzles
and games from "Pareheesi" to '"Pigs
in Clover," is driving the country
crazy once more with a little Mys
tery," which at advertised elsewhere is
being sold for the benefit of the New
York Press Club Building and Charitv
Fund. . ' . :"
"This world is all a fleeting show."
GENERAL NEWS.
Among the queer names that ap
pear on the pension list are said to be
Lone Liar, Adam Skunk, and Ripus
Fptheback. Ripus uptheback figures
pretty extensively in that thing.
Some Georgia convicts in the coal
mines made some guns from old gas
pipes and came near annihilating the
special constabulary doing duty as
guards. So much for working convicts
in coal mines.
Genl. Wm. S. Rosecrans lias resigned
rs Register of the U. S. Treasury. He
is at his home in California and is top
infirm to come to. Washington. He
was appointed by President Cleveland
during his former administration.
Governor Roswell P. Flower, of New
York, has chippediii two hundred
thousand dollars as a silent partner iii
a -Banking & Brokerage firm. Comes
easy when you got it. Governor Flow
er, did not have it when he was a young
man.
Tne revolution in Cuba seems to
have been quelled for the present, by
the surrender of the two brothvrs who
were the leaders. It is stated however
that a revolt is planned to take place
the lirst week in J une. which will be
general.
A crisis has taken-place in Germany.'
The army Bill was defeated in the
Reichstag and General Von Capri vi re
signed as Chancellor, and Emperor
William dissolved the Reichstag.
A new election of members must
take place inside of the next ninety
da vs.
Governor Tillman of South Carolina,
has said nothing out of the way, as yet
to our Governor, but he has designated
the solicitor of one judicial district to
act in another, where the noted Den
mark lynching took place. And this
because the said solicitor expressed the
opinion publicly that Governor Till
man ought to be indicted as an accessory
before the fact in the lynching. This
will give the solicitor a chance to put
his opinion into practical operation.
The Governor oUJh-egon doesn't seem
to have a ;reat regard for any kind of
a. President. When Mr. Harrison pas
sed through Oregon, on his return
from his southern junket, it was sug
gested to Governor Pennoyer that it
would be the correct thing to call and
pay his respects to the President. The
reply was characteristic. "He knows
where to lind me," said the Governor.
"If he wants to see me let hui call on
me."
This shows that the Governor of Or
egon is inclined to magii'fv his office.
Down Go tlve Millionaires.
D. T. Hedges. President of the Stock
Yards Co., in Sioux City, Io., assigned
April 24th, with assets of two millions;
the Hedge Trust Co. assigned with as
sets of half a million, and the Union
Loan and Trust Co. assigned, with as
sets of a million and a half. The en
tire liabilities of the three amount' to
about two -.millions. Directly after
wards the Sioux City Stone Co. failed
for about. '0.000. and closed up, leav
ing one hundred men unemployed. D.
A. Williams, of Hotel Garret son, went
under for over a hundred thousand.
The Dressed Beef and Canning Cos.
president, and the Union Loan and
Trust Co's. secretary and vice presi
dent all made heavy assignments or
mortgages, and the wholo- list was
closed by the smash of the City Ter
minal Railway Co. for three quarters
of a million. . -
These people have developed Sioux
City. and its great enterprises, but at
their own risk, and' now theeloemon
ey market has pulled them down.
A Svrcet Little Jfnt'T C'Jrl Kick Hh,
At an impromptu" gathering of half
a dozen pretty school girN. after sch-.v.I
hours the other 'day, at Ocean City,
one of the maidens, apropos of the re
cent society and vaudeville "fod."
kicked to a mark on the wall six feet
and seven inches from thelloor. Noth
ing would have come of it if the other
girls had not told, but then the local
papers got hold of it. the jarson
preached about it, and so the whole
town is by the ears on the subject.
The notion in Jersey seems to 1k kick
as high as you please bnt don't tell.
Blount has been made ministhr to
Hawaii.
A Fine Howdy Dn.
Messrs. Grady and Rose called today
on Postmaster General Bissell and left
him without having accomplished any
thing toward the removal of the negro
postmaster at Fayetteville. Mr. Bissell
decided that Henderson liad been ap
pointed for four years, and not simply
to till out Wemges term. He said if
there was no objection to the ineumb
bent, except his color, he could not
be removed. At this Representative
Grady's temper arose and the Post
master General also got excited. Mr.
Grady was stoutly reinforced by ex
Speaker Rose, and the whole question
of the social status as connected with
the propriety of negroes holding office
in white communities ras discussed
with warmth. The North Carolinians
informed the Postmaster General of
the distastef ulness of negvo pcitmu.it crs
to the Southern people and the politi
cal necessity for a change. It .was
pointed out that this was the only im
portant federal office in all the Upper
Cape Fear region; that it was filled by
a negro appointed by , Republican ad
ministration; that this negro had
gathered around him other negroes as
clerks, and that the community desired
his removal. " "
"Do not you employ negro servants
for vour children's nurses?'' asked the
Postmaster General. ,
"Yes, but that is a menial contract,'
replied Mr. Rose.
"We are all menials in a sense," re
torted Mr. Bisseli.
"No, indeed" rejoined Mr. Rose;
"some of us think we are Sover
eigns." But Mr. Bissell was obdurate. If
anything is done it will have to be by
specific charges affecting the negro's
competency, unless the President
chooses to reverse the Postmaster Gen
eral. Henderson is a Howard Univer
sity boy and was appointed while a
student here. Washington Special
Wilmington Messenger.
On Wednesday evening, after the
heavy rains that made a freshet in all
the creeks, Bertha Harxer, 12 year old
daughter of Randall Harper, colored,
was drowned in Sump ter Creek, a
small tributary of Abington Creek,
while attempting to cross it on a foot
log just below the Houck-Miller grist
mill. She and her little brother had
crossed the log ta go over to Mr. Eli
sha Bradshaw's, on the west bank,
after milk. When they returned the
creek had risen till the water was up
to the log and was running over it in
places. The girl took a stick and
started across, telling her brother to
wait till she got across and could throw
the stick over to him. When she got
about half way across a Jog floated
against the log and shook her off. The
water was over her head and the cur
rent irresistible. She went down and
when she came up she shouted to her
brother to hand her a pole. He could
find none. She went down again and
came up and then went down again
and was not seen any more by her
brother. Her body was sought for
ddigently until midnight but was not
found. The search was renewed
Thursday and at about 10 o'clock her
body was found, about 000 yards be
low the fool-log, covered in the bed of
the creek. Lenoir Topic.
Jlurglars Sent to Jail.
Last week we reported the case of
Carter (a negro) being tried before
'Squire Killian and Mayor Elliott, and
being bound over on the charge of
burglarizing the dwel'ing house of Lee
iia.it her, on Sunday night before. The
warrant also charged one Will. M.
Murphy (a negro) as leing associate.
Murphy evaded arrest. The deputy
she: -X has been watching for him. He
relirri!t-d to Hickory secretly ami was
anncd and laid in wait for Ross, a col-'
o red I who was the main witness,
he hav;:jr sei-n tho b'urglars in Gaith-
r s house. Yesterday (Wednesday)
Miryhy was caught in Lineolnton and
! .r in 7 1 ; ck o ry -a hi boose. He was
:ri l i'i the nfrernooii before 'Squn
.x-hin:! and biniudover. When caught
s; id he o'lLrhf To have killed thai
'i.ircr" m.-a:diig the witness. Moss.
I : -' a pisloi." forty rounds of
an ! ; tges ami a set of burglar's keys
k :i hi;. i when arrested. Frank Little,
a negro, was r.i fvsted with him, and lie
: now in Newton jail for havirg a pis
tolon his plantar the time. - They
.tve the ;rVi; much trouble in mak
ing i he arrest.
i'dli-y VV Thornton pro-soeuted in
both eases,- lw lng employed by Lee
Gait her. '
The branch of the Chicago Chemical
National Bank at the Fair has been
closed by the Government,and foreign
depositors are in trouble.
STATE NEWS.
Washington, May 0. The Wash
ington correspondent of the Winston
Sentinel insists that Glenn's name is
on file for the collectorship.
A thing that is daily becoming more
and more of an imperative necessity is
the: construction at Hickory of a trans
fer arrangement by which broad-gauge
cars can be put upon narrow gauge
trucks for shipment to Lenoir. The
importance of Lenoir to the railroad
demands this. Lenoir Topic.
The work 'of getting the -proposed
stage line from Rutherfordton to Ashe
ville in shape, is in progress. The
News gave the details of the enterprise
a few days ago. The idea strikes tour
ists as a fine one,-and the hue will be
well patronized. Col. Frank Coxe,
whoiias no equal as a tallyho driver,
will hold the reins on the trip of the
first stage through Chimney Rock.
Charlotte News.
A Gigantic Humbu;.
"If there ever was an arrant fraud it
is Civil Service. We doubt if a man
who is soundly Democratic should
support a man for olliee who favors
the application of this principle at a
time when there are more than 100.000
Republicans still in office in this coun
try. For more than thirty-two years
they have been sucking the greasy and,
swollen teats of the United States
Government. Now when a change is
ordered by the people, and the cry is
"turn the rascals out'' come the fetich
worshippers and howl that all appli
cants for the little petty offices shall be
examined and then Civil Service rules
shall apply. What does this mean?
It means that there are 40,000 offi
cials all Republicans who can not be
touched under this British life-tenure
law an abomination and an offence in
a Republic, where the people rule ami
changes in officials have been found
beneficial and wise.
The big officials who are untrained,
and some incapable if trained ever so
much, go in under changes made at
the polls, while the enormous number
of minor officials must work under a
bad law or not work at all. To keep
Republicans in office after the prodi
gious efforts to displace them is a farcen
It practically declares that there is, no
difference as" to who holds the offices,
and that Republicans are just as good
and trustworthy under a Democratic
Administration as Democrats would
be. We believe it to be false. If this
be true, why not apply it to all offices?
And then why all this quadrennial
racket over an election and the beating
of drums and all that if there is no real
'difference as to who is in and who is
out? All this makes politics a stupen
dous, farce and fraud.
We believe in fundamental principles
of government. The principles of real
Democrats and real Republicans who
are not in office are as far apart as the
polls as heaven and earth. They
antagonize at almost ever point. How
absurd then it is to take the enemies
of Democracy to carry out efficiently,
honestly, wisely, satisfactorily the
principles and measures of the Demo
cracy. It is to be hoped that the Democrats
in the Fifty-third Congress can get to
gether upon either a very substantial
reduction of the Civil Service humbug
or its entire obliteration which would
please us better." Wilmington Mes
senger. Amen, brother Ben. Sound to the
core and hits the nail on the head.
We shall liave something to say on
this question very soon. However, it
appears that President Cleveland be
lieves in the maxim of rigidly enforc
ing a bad law to gjt't it repealed the
sooner.
A Good one ou Ingall.
Atciiisox, Kan., May 4. Ex-Senator
Ingalls went Tuesday, attired in
his farming costume, into the country
south of town to look after some
prorerty. Being in need of some in
formation he drop pad into a school
house to question the teacher.
A rejort had 1 een Jn circulation that
there was a crazy man wandering alxmt
the vicinity, and Miss St. Clair, the
teacher, taking the odd-looking visitor
for the insane ierson, became frighten
ed and ran from the building, followed
by the whole school.
Diseovering.her r::stike the teacher
returned to the schoolhouse. but the
distinguished visitor had disapiar-
"We were greatly surprised during
our absence to see chronicled in our
last issue the marriage of our friend
Dr. R. J j. Allen. We congratulate the
Doctor on this forward step and think
his patients should greatly increase at
once. He was quietly married at the
Reeves Home Wednesday evening
April 20th, to Miss Marion A. Wilton,
a charming young lady of Washing
ton, D. Cr WaynesviUe Courier.
Great scott, brothers! Thoughtyou
said your town was healthy But then;
which patients? Go slow.
II e VTU I Not Go lUck to the Moxretary
t'onferance.
Washington, May C The an
nounced postponement of the Mone
tary Conference until November next
is looked uion as affording another in
dication of the President's purpose to
call Congress in extra session" in the
early fall. It has been" insisted npon
by some of the -European delegates to
the conference that a definite' proposi
tion on the silver question should
originate with the United States. The
assembling of Congress in extra session
in September will afford time fox the
intentions of that body in regard t
the Sherman law and the silver ques
tion generally to be clearly known be
fore the meeting of the conference. St
is thought quite possible that upon:
the action of conditions may depends
the question whether the conference
will reconvene.
It is now said that ex-Gov. Mc
Creary, of Kentucky, will be unable;
to continue to serve upon the Com
mission. He has been led to this
conclusion in great pa.rt by the fact
that Mrs. McCreary's health will not
permit her to accompany him abroad.
The Iletltel Class!.
ue eiassis oi me iveiormeu vnureit
convened with the Bethel Congrega
tion of Catawba county on the 3rd:
iust. Great interest was manifested,
in the meeting by both clergymen and.
laity and much general business was.
transacted. The centennial services,,
held on Saturday, were exceedingly
interesting and called forth addresses-
from sever: 1 1 verv listiniiislifl rfntle
j r- r- - - ,
men. Rev. Dr. Clapp spoke on
Reformed Church of North Caro
lina, imbodying copious historical facts
connected with German settlements-.
Rev. Mr.Barringer took for his theme
the missionary work of the Reformed
church, and greatly edified and
strengthened the faith of his brethren.
Dr. P. M. Trexler spoke on the dis
tinctive doctrinal feat tires of the church
demonstrating a thorough compre
hension of this most important brands
of the minister's work.
Dr Foil read an able paper onythe
Heidelberg catechism, which concluded
the labors -of the convention; but
manv of the ministers remained over
Sunday, holding two services in the
morning and afternoon of that day,
preaching to vast congregations as
sembled from this and adjoining conn
ties. After the morning sermons the
communion services were celebrate by
appropriate ami imposing 'ceremonies.
Rev. Mr. Murphy was appointed a
delegate the General Synod wluclt
convenes. May, 24, at Reading,. Pa.
This appointment was only a just
recognition of the past meritorious;
services of an .able and consecrated
minister. Mr. Murphy is, compara
tively, a young man; but as a preacher,
an educator and profound thinker,' hi;
has very few superiors.
Lenoir College Com me no meat.
The Second Annual Commencement
exercises of Lenoir College will be from
the 10th to lbth May. Primary and
Academic exercises May 10, at 8 p. in.,
in the College Auditorium.
May 17th, 10 a. m., Rev. W. S. Bow-
man win deliver tne isaceaiaureaie
Sermon; 2 p. in. the Junior exercises,
will be held, and at 8 p. urr theoratorV
contest takes place.
Thursday, May 18th, 10. a. m. Litr
a ry A ddre:s, by Hon. (J. : M, Efi rd.
Graduating addresses will be delivered
by 'John J- George, G. Kdwaxl-JLovy,
Thomas M. Mills and Jacob C. We-sengt-r.
After .these addresses will
follow, the conferring or degrees and.
awarding of medal. .
JJterarj Note.
That excel lent series of liandy and'
attractive volumes known as4 'Harper s,
Black and White Series" will soon lr
enriched by the addition of two note
worthy publications, viz., William
! Dean Howells's new-farce.' The Unex
pected, Guest?, ami a cliaracteristie
story entitled The Rivals, by tliat
prince of story-tellers, Francob Cop
jkh Both books will be illustrated.
Kirk Mu n roe's new story for boys,
entitled Raft mates .A Story of the
Great River, will be published in a
few days hv Harper & Brothers. It m
the narrative of an adventurous voy
age down the Mississippi, from Min
nesota to Louisiana, and the volume
will be handsomely illustrated by W.
A. Rogers., .