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The amount of advertising pat ronage we command Shows th popularity of tU papr a an adrertL-sIng a ' km ESTABLISHED 1868. VOLUME 24. HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1893 NUMBER 25- Ms WASHINGTON XEWS. Washington, June 19, 1803. The PivMI-nt has been suffering from an tt tack of rheumatism for several days, vJiieh taken in connection with the knowledge that he has been dieting himself for nome time to reduce his Ic.-li, which notwithstanding the enormous quantity of the hardest sort work he constantly does, has been increasing, was made the foundation for numerous sensational rumors con cerning his general health. Your cor respondent is assured by. those who know that Mr. Cleveland's general health, barring the rheumatism, is ex cellent, lie expects, in eoinpany with Mrs. Clevrland and BabTKuth, to leave Washington tomorro w or next day for his Buzzard Baf cottage, where Mrs." Cleveland and Ruth will spend -the summer. Mr. -Cleveland" will .return to -Washington within a week or ten days: possibly sooner, and will remain, making occasional visits to Buzzard's Bay until the last of July when he expects to go for at least a months stay. The fact that he expects to spend the moiith of August away from Washington, effectually disposed of the rumored earlier calling of the ex tra session of Congress, a rumor that probably had its. only origin in the wishes of those -who have been here clamoring for an immediate extra ses sion. The coroner's jury has nearly com pleted its task of investigating the Ford's Theatre castrophe, and its ver dict is looked -forward to with the greatest interest. It is well nigh cer tain that it will blame Col. Ainsworth' for contributory negligence, if for nothing worse. In that case the grand jury will probably indict Ainsworth for manslaughter, and its finding will also necessarily carry some weight with the Army Court of Inquiry which will look into the matter this week. Col. Ainsworth is still at the head of the Records and Pensions Office of the War Department, and, owing to the peculiar conditions surronding the position, would still be .the legal head of the office and continue to draw his salary, even if he were suspended by the President, as he may be before the end of this week. Ainsworth isa Colo nel in the Army, but he has neither regiment nor command; he is not in the line of promotion and cannot be transferred to other duties by the President, and he is the only man in t he army who cannot be. Col. Ain sworth can only be removed from the army by Court Martial, and so long as he remains in the armv it is doubtful whether the President has authority to appoint any other man elu'cf of the Record's and' Pension Office, although he can. designate an other army officer to perform the du ties temporarily. A little political tinge has been given the matter by the appearance of Senator Proctor as the special champion of Ainsworth. Although Sec. Gresham will neither affirm nor deny the "statement, that Minister Blount has resigned those who know the intentions of Mr. Blount say it is true, and the presence of Ilon Proctor Knott, of Kentucky, in Wash ington, has caused the belief that he will be his successor. -.Twenty army officers have, been de tailed, under the act of July li?2, to act as Indian agents. There was con siderable difficulty in finding officers willing to serve and the President did not care to detail men for the duty against their wishes. When next pension day comes around there will be some" disagreeably "sur prised men. among those who will np a It for their checks at several of the Pension agencies tnroughout the coun try. The failure to receive the custo mary check will be the first notice these men will have that they have been dropped from the pension roll as a result of the examination now being conducted by a select committee of ex aminers, of all the' pensions granted under Ra urn's construction of the act of ism). Although this work has just commenced many names have al read v -.-been dropped and many more will fol low. The men who an leingdropied by this committee are not strictly speaking" fraudulent jxnsioners, al t hough they have.drawn public mon ey to which they were not entitle!. The wrong was committed by Raum in 50 construing the law as to make them eligible for pensions, and for that reason it is not probable that any at temptwill be made to recover the mon ey already jaid to those who have been or will be dropped, , as will be done in eases where the pensioner got on the roll by fraudulent acts of his own. Congressman Tucker, of Virginia, says "If Mr. Carlisle keeps on the way he has begun he will be the ideal of de mocracy and their candidate for the Presidency in 1890. He lias done two things sliat commend him might ly to the popular favor the replacing of re publican officials with democrats and his refusing to be bullied into issuing londs. GENERAL NEWS. The World's Fair grounds are to be kpt open every night after this until 11 o'clock. Mrs. Cleveland left Washington yes terday morning for Gray Gables. She was not accompanied by the Presi dent. He will probably join her later. Ex-Governor J. Proctor Knott, of Kentucky, has been offered the Ha waiian mission by President Cleveland and Secretary Gresham, but he de clined. The World's Fair will be opened ev ery Sundav, hereafter during its con tinuance. The matter was settled by theU. S. Court of Appeals, Chief Jus tice Fuller presiding. The President, last Monday, ap pointed Hon. R, B. Glenn U. S. Dis trict Attorney for this district, and Mr. Kope Elias U. S. Internal Reve nue Collector for this district. i Great forest fires "in Minnesota and Wisconsin, on the 18th and 19th, de stroyed a vast amount of property, and caused the death of some people. Many people were impoverished on ac count of the fires. Train loads of peo ple, half clad and without food, were carried to Duluth. Serious Cutting Afiray in Catawba. The Landmark learns of a serious cutting affray which took place near Sherrill's Ford, in Mountain Creek township, Catawba county, Sundav night. The parties involved were Newt. Robinson and his son Melvin, a young man about 21 years of age. They were both drinking and no one knows exactly how the difficulty orig inated, but they engaged in a fight and when they were separated it was found that Melvin had cut his father in about ten or a dozen places. There was a wound four or five inches long and of considerable'depth on the old man's left breast, a stab under his left arm, a gash about three inches long just under his right jaw and an artery in his left wrist was cut ! in two. In addition there was a gash, or twro in his temple, one on the back of head and others too numerous to mention. Dr. J. Turner, who dressed the wounds, says Robinson was the worst carved up man he ever saw. The wound under hi jaw and the severing of the artery in his wrist were the most severe. He came near bleeding to death from the latter. Indeed, but for the fact that theold man is very fleshy and the knife had to go pretty deep to get to vital part, it is believed his son would have made an end of him. Young Robinson was arrested Sun day night or Monday morning and taken before Esq. Monroe Gabriel, who placed him under a bond of $1, 000 for his appearance at the next term of Catawba Superior Court. He was unable to give bond and was taken to jail at Newton. Dr. Turner thinks old man Robinson will get well unless blood poisoning sets in. It seems this is not the first time he and his son have had trouble. Last July the young man beat his father with brass knucks and in May previous he had tried to kill him with a rock. Three Tragic Occurrences. Marion, June 14th. Last Monday was our county-prohibition election dav. The result was, the countv went wet. A crowd of wet voters met at Broad River precinct, about 18 miles J from here, and as there, were none in favor of the dry ticket, they held no election. Before leaving the voting ground, they were visit ed by a most disastrous thunder storm, in w hich the lightning did some terrible work. Sev eral had taken shelter under trees in which a stroke of lightning struck, killing William Garrison instantly and badly stunned four others, one of whose chances for recovery are doubt ful. The same holt of lightning killed a mule which was hitched near by. The unfortunate man being killed re lieves the McDowell county court docket of several eases against him. At the election at Nebo Monday a negro named Rutherford used some insulting words to a Mr. Simmons and Simmons struck him on the head with his gun, fracturing his skull. At Old Fort election day, Capt. Sal isbury voted the wet tiaket and short ly afterwards was driving his turkeys to shelter and fell dead. Charlotte Observer. BANK OF SEW HAXOTER ASSIGNS. The Assignment Caused a Ran en the Wil mington Sarings and Trust Company. WilmingTon, N. C, June 19 The Bank of New Hanover was not opened this morning and the following notice was posted on the door; "Owing to the withdrawal of more than $320,000 of deposits and notice of over $150,000 in tended withdrawals maturing in a few days and also to its inability to realize quickly upon its assets on account of the stringency of the times, the Bank of New Hanover has been forced to make an assignment to Junius Davis in the interest of all concerned. De positors will recieve dollar for dollar and the business be wound up as rap idly as possible. W. L. Smith, (Signed.) Cashier." The general belief her2 is that ilic above statement is entirely fair and honest. The assets are estimated at $1,250,000 and the liabilities at $800,000. All unpaid collections of the Bank of New Hanover have been turned over to the Wilmington Savings and Trust Company for remittance. The closing of the bank of New Han over was followed by a run on the Wil mington Savings and Trust Coniany, and the bank was crowded with depos itors. The bank is paying the full amount on all deposits of ninety dol lars or under, and ninety dollars on all larger deposits. No depositor under this rule can draw over ninety dollars without thirtv davs notice. There seems to be no doubt of the entire sol vency of this bank, and that it can meet every obligation. Wilmington, N. C, June 19. The run on the Wilmington Savings and Trust Company continues, but confi dence is being restored by the ap pearance of a newspaper extra on the streets containiug officials assurance of J. W. Atkison, President, and H. Walters, Vice Preident, that every dollar of deposits will be paid out con tinuously in the regular course of bus iness, and that the doors of the bank will not be closed. Concerning the bank of New Hano ver it may be said with cetainty that the depositors will not lose a dollar. The run on the Wilmington Savings and Trust Company has almost entire ly ceased, and huge piles of greenbacks are still standing on the cashier's desk. Opinion is now somewhat divided as to the outcome of the failure of thet Bank of New Hanover. The stock- holders will undoubtedly suffer, and some persons fear the depositors will not be paid in full. However, this does not seem likely from the present outlook. ' A FEARFUL. CRIME. A Mother Murders Four of Her Children and Then Kills Herself. Parkersburg, W. Va., June 14. Mrs. Phillips Kerch, wife of a well to do farmer near Pleasant Hill, this county, murdered four of her children yesterday and then committed suicide. Mr. and Mrs. Kerch had eight chil dren, the oldest of whom, Mollie, was seventeen years old. For sometime Mrs. Kerch had been melancholy and frequently said she was afraid she would die and leave her children. She seemed to be in good health, however, except that she sometimes complained of a trouble in her side. After dinner, Mrs. Kerch quietly said to Mollie, as she was at work in the laundry: "I have given Johnnie and Freddie poison and we will all jump into the well." Mollie .remem bered that a bottle of strychnine was, in the house and ran to the place where it had been kept. It was gone and when she returned to where her moth er was she- saw her throw her J10-month-old baby into the well. Before she could be prevented the crazed mother threw the 3-year-old cliild after the infant, and was in the act of seiz ing a boy eight or nine years old, but Mollie rescued the child. A desperate struggle then legan between mother and daughter, but the woman broke loose and jumped into the well, which had eight feet of water in it. Freddie, who liad been given poison, was found lying dead on the floor of the house and Johnnie died a few min utes later. Mr Kerch was absent from home at the time of the t raged v. As old man Cato said: "There is a Dbinity that stirs within us and points out a hereafter" THE WORLD'S FAIR. A REPRESENTATIVE OE THE TRESS AND CAROLINIAN WAS THERE. It Is a World's Fair and Not a Utile Expo sition The Biggest and Grandest Thing Ever in the World. The World's Fair! That is what it is. There never was any thing like it and never will be again. It transcends the imagination of man to properly conceive it, and is the scheme of the broad imagination of a large number of men of genius, backed by others of equal mental calibre, and all with un limited capital wherewith to put their genius into practical execution. The Fair cannot be "written up." It cannot be described; it must be seen. A representative of the Press and Carolinian left Hickory on the 2nd of June, via Paint Rock, Knoxville, Harriman, Cincinnati, and over the Monon Route via Indianapolis to Chi- ; sago, and returned last Saturday, the 17th! This is the quickest route. Get j off the cars in Chicago at Englewood Station on 61st street, take the electric street cars and goHlown to the Fair Grounds. Board can be had anywhere down there at the innumerable hotels and boarding houses and private resi dences. We liad a good 'place at Gil G Madison Ave., between 61st and 62nd streets, at $2 per day. It is within a square of an entrance on Midway Plaisance, and two squares from the main entrances on 00th, G2nd and 64th streets. There are numerous other private houses, boarding houses and hotels and cafes in and near these en trances. This is nine miles from "up town." There is an electric street car, an elevated railway, and the Illinois Central railroad that runs trains every few minutes to town. It is '"town," however, the whole distance, and ac commodation for boarders are almost as numerous as the houses; that is, nearly every house is a hotel or cafe, or receives boarders. There are also new hotels up town. The fare on the electric and elevated cars is five cents; on the Illinois Cen tral it is ten cents, and on the boats and whale-back steamer it is ten, twen ty and twenty-five cents. The Illinois Central runs through trains; the elec tric cars stop at any crossing street, and the elevated has a station every four blocks. So one can go up town or down to the Fair Grounds at any time. We ' went out near the Fair Grounds for the reason that we would avoid crowded cars, and could get into the Fair Grounds earlier in the mor ning. We went in about 8 or 9 o'clock and took lunch, or got lunch at a cafe inside, and remained all day, coming out in time for dinner at 7 o'clock. When we desired we took a day off from the Fair and went up town. It is worth fifteen j ears to any per son's life to go to Cliicago and see the Fair every day for two weeks. As much information of all the world can not be obtained in five years travel over the world at an expense of $5,000 per year. It is human nature that the cheaper you get anything the cheaper you want it. But just see this foramin ute and think how near within the reach of every person is the opportu nity to learn the lesson of a lifetime. The fare for the round trip from Hick ory over the route herein indicated, is only $32.35. You thus have your re turn trip fare assured. Then for less than $42.05 you can remain two weeks and see the Fair every day. Board can be had from a dollar a day to $6 and $8 per day. You can get Joard in the Hotel Mecca, at 35th and State streets, or the Hotel Ingram, at the 60th street main entrance, for $2.50 or $3 per day and. upward. Admission to the Fair is fifty cents. There are numerous special side-show exhibi tions, of various kinds, in the Midway Plaisance, which is about a mile in length, which charge from 10 to 25 cents each for admission. You can go into all these or stay out, just as you please. So, for $100 a person can see the Fair, for which they would not le grudge $1,000. Things can be seen there that cannot be seen by a trip around the world; they would not be open for inflection. The things on exhibition would not be displayed or explained as they are at the Fair. The latest inventions in everything and ev ery line of human industry is there displayed. To describe them, even by discriminating, is impossible in a brief article. It is worth while stating the fact, however, that the newspapers of the East and South have not done jus tice to the Fair. Whether this is be cause it is held in Chicago, or whether they are indifferent to Fairs, is the question. Even Europeans and ex perts; those who have attended every National Fair sines 1852, admit that this is the grandest, most magnificent, most gigantic Fair, and comes nearer to being-a World's Fair, than any tiling of the kind in all the history of the world. They also declare that there can never be another such. There is not another Nation that can or will sret it un. and there is not another" Chicago in which to hold it. The Fair has cost thirty-three million dollars, and of this Chicago alone has fur nished over twenty million dollars. There is now an attendance of over 150,000 people each day and the num ber increasing daily. It is not yet two months old. There is every indication that the grand rush will commence in September; hence, the sooner one goes the better. The difference between this Fair and the Centennial may be estimated by comparing the Centennial to a State Fair at Raleigh and then add a hun dred per cent, to that. In other words, it is as much bigger than the Centen nial as the Centennial was over the State Fair and then 100 per cent! bet ter than that. Bv close annlieation a rural tnrltl- "man can, in six weeks at the World's Fair, become a Cosmopolite. M. E. T. Anti-Trust Laws. "The perfection of the Missouri ant i- trust law and that of Illinois to a point of efficiency where they may be expect ed to accoinplishjtheir intended purpose indicates the prevailing feeing in nearly all the States. There isa Federal anti trust law, which has been in the stat utes for several years, but little or nothing has been done under it; It is realized tliat if any effective opposition to great trade combination is to be had, it must come out of the States acting separately, or on lines of practical agreement. All of these combines are organized under State laws, and many of them under the laws of several, different States. Uniformity in State laws calculated to reach them is at present the best open course. The Missouri and Illinois laws are not wide ly apart anywhere, and practically to gether on all important points. .They are the best of tneir kind, and if they stand the test of adjudication should serve as models for the other States, St. Louis Republic. A Barn Struck by Lightning. The barn of Mr. A. T. Hamill, fore man at the Southern Newspaper Un ion, who lives near Mr. McD. Wat kins' place, was struck by lightning June 14th at 4 o'clock, and was burned to the ground. With the building a valuable horse, harness and other con tents were consumed. Mr. HainhTs cow, wagoa and buggy were saved. The loss will amount to about $300. He had from day to day put off insur ing the building, .and the consequence is that it is a total loss. Hamill has been foreman at the Southern News paper Union for five years, and lias been a resident of Cliarlotte for about seven years. The loss falls heavily uimju him and our people sympathize with him. Charlotte Observer. Blowing Rock is in a peck of trouble. She is better off than most towns in this respect liaving Two Mayors and two sets of commissioners. It seems that there was failure on the part of the old commissioners to advertise for an election to be held on the first Mon day in May, and the Sheriff held an election for town officers week before last, which resulted in the election of J. B. Clarke for Mayor, and I. N. Cor I?ning, T. H.Coffey and W. M. Yoonce for commissioners. Mr.FUmore Coffey was the old Mayor, but moved away from town before his term was out. W. H. Weeden claims that Mr. Coffey aproiiited liim to fill his unexpired term, and he claims that the Sbeiff had no right to hold the election and that he U the mayor. Weeden and his crowd want to do away with the cor poration, and let hogs take possession of the place, wliile the newly elected officers are in favor of corporation and want to have good laws. It is not often that such a condition of things hap pens, and all about hogs or no hogs, corporation or no corporation. Le noir Topic
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