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IKTEEEST OF THE FAEMEBS
OF ROWAN COUNTY,
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SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1897.
Price, $1 Per Year.
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EDITORIAL SQUIBS.
-A! South' Carolina fa&i'
.. . . , i, , ....... wheat. Last year they took 31,-
acconinhshed the feat of produc- . . .
mg four bales of cotton from one, ..- "
acre' He did it by intensive fur hi -I In view of the New York
intr .. . .World's frantic efforts to pull
; ,r , .- ' David B. Hill down from'-his
The naval board estimates the . ... . ,v . :
st of an armor plant at Ihree arid
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three quarter .million dollars.' N(
recommendation is matte as to
location. '
Air. Luetgert, Mr. Thorn' and
Air. Marion lhiller are running a
close race for the position .of. thy
most distinguished Americans.
Durham Sun. l
The annual report if the Slate
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will he, for the lirt time,: Ulu-I
stratcd, and will, conta.n 45 views
of nulls ami six of proiment mill :
IJCU.
' United States Senator Geo.
L. Wellington, of '-Maryland, ' ba
instituted suit for $100,000 dam
ages for libel against Gen. Felix
" Agntis, publisher and editor of the
Baltimore American.
Congressman Dingley ex
presses the opinion that the Presi-
- dential battle of 1000 will be
fought on the issues of 1$06.; It
doesn't require a very astute states
man to arrive at that conclusion.
Dr. Congosto, the Spanish
consul at Philadelphia, who is now
in Cuba on a mission for his Gov
ernment, says the terms in which
homeVule is eonceded hav pro
duced an effect which cannot be
improved upon.
jsrr.IlQ.rse flesh seems tojbe pretty
cheap outHVest, not only for jIugs,
hut for hordes of high degree. The
. Louisville Cjurier'-Journal notes
the fact that 'v,at a sale at Ijexing
ton recently, "iboroughbreds sold
for 5, 4l0, 2l?antl SjSSO, and Same
of them with aristocratic pedigrees,
tOO. . . i'j
-Some Western capitalists pro
. pose to have on eKhibition at the
PariSjExposition A, gold statue of
President MeKiriieyi value of
the imllion in whic'y' will be'. $1,
050,0oQ. ' As a c'miuion piece
they might to send aloV -a statue
of Alark Ifanha in bwss. Wil
mington Star.
Government ownership of
railroads has been a failure in
; .Brazil,' andj the Govei'nment has
ottered to lease its entire system of
11,000 miles of track to any re
sponsihK; company that will pay
a l)onus of $70,000,00 as a rental
of the tiycks, rolling stock and
other property for a-term. of 'fifty
ytjars, and guarantee tot restore
them in good order at the end of
that period.i f
, The return of a band of twen-
tv-five miners from tho Klnndit-A
regio-oringing with thenv the
snug sum of '1,200,000, would-1
8en be an' emphatic' confirm'
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hen of the origimu reports con -
cerning the richness ot the neiv
-Northwestern gold fields. There
Will probably be a renewed rush
i x x u .
of adventurers to that now frozen
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land as soon as the rigor of winter
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shall have ended. '
-Therejultof the trial of Mar-
tin Thorn for the murder of Gul-
densuppe was only what was to
naveoeen expecieu in view oi uie
evidence in the 3 case. It was clear
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' that, both I horn and. Mrs. IVick
were ffnilty of deliberate and pre-
---------------
meditated murder, and the efforts
of each to throw .the burden of
guilt on the other only served .to
demonstrate; that;, they were equal'
partners.in the crime. 'Whether
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Thorn actually murdered the man
whileMrs. Nack k.pt guard, or
whether she actually assisted in V
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muruer anu iue uosequeni
disposition of the body, there can
be no doubt, from their confes-
s,o.sm.u iion. iue lesumony oj and al)0ut one-twenty-fifth of
other fitnesses, that they eonspir- the popuiatumthe earth. The
ed to kill Gnldensuppe a.d were p on of Cbina is really un.
iointiy associated in the commis- i ,, .. . ,
. J. . . known, some authorities placing it
Sion of the crime, ror this rea-- i AAA AAA r,,.
as low as 22o,000,000. Ihe popu
son many will be inclined to ones--1 , .,7 . ,
.. , 1. . , . 1 lation of the earth as a whole is
tion the -justice .Oi allowino- Mrs. -i k 4 . t. . - -
... . . " tliought to show a net increase ot
Nack to esi'aiK?, as it is intimated ...j 'm-
, . ' . , ,. ,. some ten or fifteen millions a year,
she may, the punishment which . o.T- t 4i " t
. i ' 1 , t oevcu of the great powers i.ust
I horn is to suffer. Of tho two enumerate(1 &r(S European in
she was probity the worse. "r-; origin. aml--christian in religion,
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Hy, sugcu.g u.muw, ... an whi,e j. js asslmilatin!? Ero.
likelihoixl, and tempting the weak pean culture china aU(l' Tlirkey
and vicious Thorn to, embark .with , are 8Uppotse1 to be ,osin? I)0)ia.
her in the bloody enterprise. The 1 tJon and 1ccomin? ,-elatively if not
case of Mrs. Nobles, ' in Georgia, .ll)Soutely veftker, while the rest
is an illustration of the strength of g,.owing stronger.
sentiment against the hanging of a " ?
woman, but the law txk a straight Roasted wheat, browned like
conrKu with her, and it 14 the (iov-, coffee, is said to be just as' good a
ernor wlu,, will say whether fetsj substitute for coffee as any of lire
entent e sbaij be executed or not. Imuch advertised substitutes.
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J The Japanese are catching
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ally asks, whom thunder is Da v d
B. Hill, anyhow (
i The Emperor of China is
quoted as declaring that he will
forfeit his crown rather than agreo
to the conditions demanded by
Germany as redress for the mur
der of two German missionaries.
The President appointed
Blanche K. Bruce, of Mississippi,
the lest known ncirro Renubliean
ui;try, as renter rf -the
treasury terd He heW the
mm . ra nrn
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Dr. Parkhust- is Very spd,
"inspeakably sad" because Tam
many is hack in the saddie. As
he can't help it he. might console
himself by devoting less atten
tion to politics and more to re
ligion. .
Ban n von B;ibv, German
minister for foreign . affairs, has
assured AmbaoS-ud'qr White that
out of respect id American susceptibility-
Gci.uy has reduced
her claim against Hay ti to $20,000.
-It is openly asserted hat at
the Halifax State farm convicts
aretallowec) to go 'possum and coon
hunting contrary to all precedent
and to the rules and regulations of
the jenitentia-ry..
If you have any doubt
about the industry of the hen
family; we refer you to the state
ment of a German eggologist who
has beenr. figuring on it and esti
mates that'the, world annually con
sumes ,Q00, 000,000,000 . eggs, and
every one of thf-m furnished by
the hen.
, The Supreme Court of Indiana
has d eeided that a wife may at
any time sue for and recover money
lost by her husband gambling.
This is in line with common sense
and. decency, and.. if it isn't a good
'Jaw everywhere it ought to be.
A little New York girl made
a capita! catch a few n'nrhts aco.
She heard t-ome one frying to get l victory. This same condi
in at a window and readied it iu jtion will apply to the two factions
time to pull the sash down on a in the Democratic part'. We de
burglar's head and trap him. She 1 sjre harmony in the ranks of the
yelled and held on" till the police ; ty We say to tie niinoritv of
arrived and took him in. , - "
. j the party the gold standard peo-
The Savannah News notes the ! , i ... ..
pie make concession, join us and
glut of money in banks and wants i , . . , ,.
, .. ', , . . , , . ; help sweep the ICepuhiican partv
to see it employe I in industries, i 1 1 1 1 -
A glut of money is not
sio-n of
prosperity, thu. Augusta Chronicle
says, out partial stagnation.
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Money will be invcstetLon a rising then) away. They must be invited
market and not on a falling one.!, ... ... i i. '
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1 1' ree coinage wouiu prouuee a rise.
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Ar t T .l,a"ia" m,,u'u the interest of the country lies in
a T' their doing so. We must not be.
take if he allows those Western
mincrs to make od statue too stiff-necked in our views, but
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" bim aud exhdnt Inm as a gold allow others rights to theirs. We
1lu.Ty u' The Jouinil1 "itfer enough to drift apart.
thinks the silver men would utilize w niint.t ; Tlii- jc nnr n
.. . ... , e must unite. ini-is our mi-
that incident as a club to knock , ., , ,.
. , , .. , preme duty if we are to accomplish
the stulhng out of the gold party, i1 J? . '
-t . " 1 J j success.
I The population of the earth in '
I8;)3 is estimated to have heca' r t.nt,uZ;
M85?TG3)oo. In 1897, according ANUUfc,.
(( tI.e Statesman's Year Book, ' The first regular Congress un-
1,0:3,284,463, or four-fifths of the
.n, -Tllt: n4- thu otlK MM
ut"w" v. iuv
j. .1 ; n '
zn uQ
unaer xnesway oi me lonowmg
i?..1:. V,u- AL U
0f)f) nr:t:u einn;rp qsq abb Af.o.
-. ; pmT)irp " ion kk ooo-
France I0467,775; United States,
o ooo . o,.o, arnr; a- !
b2,yz!ot; Oerman empire, bJ,-,
g79 9Q1 Austria-Hungarv, - 41,- !
358 886 Japan, 41,813,215; Netl '
, ' d 38 859 451- Ottoman1
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empire 39 219 000 Amonc these
nowftrs th lTnUftd s,atjftR holds the
fifth place as respects population,
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NOT THE BIGHT KIND OF!
M'jiur.
The Concord Standard, under
the head of "Old Buck Demo
crat," says: . :-
"Capt. Buck Kitchen' is back
fiat-footed in the. Democratic party
ho, he has. not change! at all,
no, no ! the Democratic party has
come back to him (?). Its all
right for him to vote with the
party that will undq as far as' pos
sible his late political meanness,
hut it's to be hoped he will not go
about -making speeches for the
part 3' that he so lately abused with
all his might.
We'd like to keep our sight and
never see him and our hearing ami
never hear him again unless he
has made more change in princi
ple than he claims to have made
in politici." .
Brother, of the Standard that
is not the kind of spirit to mani
fest, according to our opinion.
Capt. Kitchen was for many years
a staunch and strong advocate of
the Democratic party and the
principles it enunciated. His cla
rion voice, in defense of the parly,
was heard throughout the length
and breadth of the State.- He was
honored, listened to and cheered
to the echo. " He erred in diverg
ing from the party there are
others like him. Now, if he sees
his mistake and would come back
to his first love, don't drive him
away by such over-enthusiastic
language. Let him, if it pleases
him, believe that the Demo
cratic party has come to him; it
is no matter. We need him and
others who left the party mis
guided as they were if we would
redeem the State.
There is no sacrificing of prin
ciple by receiving these men back
,into the fold. As stated above, it
makes no difference if they do be
lieve, the Democratic party has
jcome to them, so they are present
to support the main lines and bat
teries of the party in the great
j battle of votes in '98, and thus aid
TIO,n llie neiu in inglorious ueicai.
V e cannot expect them to come
: bv anwuaoc ca en ard to drive
10 come un us, ami snow u, 11 a
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. be possible, that their interest and
der Mr: McKinley convened
m - 'wi.'a : ...:n
JIUlHltiy. 1 l UCIUC1 ui not It Will
do anvthinff.for the relief of the
i country reir.ams.-to be seen.
The
' extra-ordinary session which was
called to revise the tariff, after
about four months, finally pro -
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mulgated and enacted . into law, a
new tariff This JarilE has so far
1 f
a I,rM,UCM at,e"
. . a it...
' revenue to mwi uiu ca-
penses of the government. A
1 part of the salaries of the govern-
inent officers are now being paid
out cf the mrtnay secured by the
much abused Cleveland bond issue.
Thus is proven the failure of the
new tariff. It has, in fact, hardly j
met the expectation of its most ar-1
dent friends. . ' '.
The things, that will probably
demand the attention of Congress
will be the annexation of Hawaii,
the adjustment of theCuban affairs
and a reform of the currency.
These are all likely to end in talk.
The people, however, Will have
something to converse about while
Congress is in session. "
Lovers are not necessarily alike
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uecauhe uiej- corresponu. yy-
NEWS OF THE WEEK
FRIDAY
Albanians are in.
full revolt
against Turkey.
Snow fell yesterday at Buffalo,
Cleveland and Marquette.
The First National Bank of
Oklahoma City went out of " busi
ness yesterday.
The German government has
abandoned its intention of sending
a war ship to Hayti.
There will be a flag-raising over
Washington's tomb, at Mount
Vernon, Va., Saturday.
NPresbyterians are holding aeon
fereuee in, Birmingham to form an
independent negro church.
Seven men are ' dead and 17
more not expected to' live from
the results of drinking wood alco
hoi at Maplc&tille, La. ' .
Senator Hanna is still suffering
with the grip, and will not be in
Washington at the opening of
Congress next monday.
' Fire at Escanaba, Mich., de
stroyed an ore dock ynd a steamer.
Two lics were lost. Total prop
erty loss about 200,000.
Owing to the friendly relations
between the United States and
Spain, American warships will
winter in the West Indies.
Emperor William opened the
Reichstag in jerson. In his speech
from the throne he advocated an
increase in the German navy.
A committee of the Georgia
Legislature was held up and rob
bed yesterday, while traveling by
rail through the Okefinokee swamp.
A tire-damp explosion occurred
yesterday in the-FrankerhoI. Coal
Mine, near Hamburg, Bavaria.
Thirty meu were killed and forty
injured. .
Bismarck and Huron report
minimum temperatures of 14 to
16 degrees below zero respectively.
The zero line extends as far south
as Omaha.
A desperate fight occurred es
twtluy .hetwean illicit distillers
and revenue officers near Green
ville, S. C. Two officers w ere se
verely wounded. '
Members of Congress are unu
sually slow in putting in an ap
pearance at Washington for lhe
regular session- which will fiegin
next Monday. -
Near Evergreen, Ala., William
Ellis, a while farmcr,'kil!cd Cook
King;, colored, -by slowly shooting
him to death as punishment for
improper
conduct with Ellis'
daughter.
George'Shulczcwski fell into tho
cellar of his new home, in Balti
more yesterday and "was killed.
11.-. ic.i iuitni!i'ntv 4?ii -fill
HO .AO 111 . M.I l UJ - HIV." HI -M ' . ll'l . f VT . . j I . a
his wife and children, who hulL,Mrt NU' the accompluje of
just arrived from Germany. Ihom m the murder of Gulden-
suppe, will be arranged next week.
Eugene. Moore, ex-Au titor ot
the State of "Nebraska, was sen-
ton'fvl liv-.Tndo-H (rnish vesi cr-
day to eight years in the peniten
tiary, for the embezzlement oi in
surance fees amounting to o,ouo.
During the. riot's at Prague Mon
day, when the disorders were so!
furious that the rioters were charg
ed by the millitary and dispersed
at "the point of the' bayonet, a
hundred' persons were wounded
and fifty arrested.
The Norwegian bark Adele and
Sabine, from Brunswick, Ga., for
1 Rotterdam, went ashore .at tocq'
tSur-Mer. It is reported that the
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vesse is breaking up, that her car-
ffo is washing out and that the
I bodies of -four of the crew have
! i . i i i l r i
. ieeu piciteu ut. i;uuuuibi;iuy
are thought to have reached shore
in safety.
Philip Hodge, who, while a fug
itive from justice in Oklahoma,
saved many lives in the flood there,
jis now on trial at Yaldosta., (fa:,-
on lire ciiarju ui muruerm". nis
uncle, Samuel Hodge.
Mrs. Nancy Allison McKinley,
mother of President NcKiuley,
was stricken with paralysis yester
day and .it is feared her death is
only a question of a short time.
Mrs. MeKiuley1 is 89 years of age.
Mr. Frederick llord, a well
known resident of Richmonc, Va.,
made a desperate effort at suicide
yesterday. He cut his jfiroat
j through to the larynx and almost
.1
Uevered
his tongue Financial
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worry is said to have caused the
1
aesperaxe deed. Me may recover
-SATURDAY-
Cotton sold yesterday in St.
Louis at 5 cents.
Between six and eight inches of
snow fell yesterday in Nebraska.
Fierce storms are again raging
over England, causing much damage-Active
fighting is reported be
tween the Spanish forces and in
surgents in Cuba. y-
A company to manufacture su
gar from Imets has, been .chartered
in Richmond, 'a.
The exports from Newxrt
News for November, aggregete in
value Jit least $2,5001000.
Fire at St. Louis, Mo., caused
an estimated loss of 200,000.
A bill to abolish football was in
troduced in the Virginia Legisla
ture yesterday.
The United States has renewed
its demand on Turkey for the pil
lage of American missions in Ar
menia. 'Mrs. Francis Hoover, of Shen
andoah county, Va., committed
suicide yesterday by . cutting her
throat.
Tennessee's new State peniten
tiary has just been "completed at a
cost, of 400,000 and is ready for
occupancy.
The Kentucky Distillers' Asso
ciation decided to restrict the pro
duction of liquor in that State for
three years.
Plans have been approved for
the erection of a public library
building in New York, to cost
2,5000,000.
Baron Pasetti, of Vienna, shot
himself outside the residence of an
American widow to whom he had
been making love, f
Insurgents attacked the town of
Guisa, in the province of Santiago
and killed andr wouuded fifty of
the Spanish garrison.
Justice Field's retirement from
the United Slates Supreme Court
took effect yesterday. Justice
Harlan becomes the senior asso
ciate. Win. II. Scott, of Baltimore,
was yesterday sued' for 75,000
damages for the death" of Mrs.
Maxon, who lost her life in there
cent lii'e at Scott's store.
The sum of 30,000 was collect
ed at the Salvation Army Con
gress in New'Yoik yesterday, to
aid in establishing a colony of
poor families in the southwest.
A volunteer lifeboat belonging
at Margate, England was capsized
yesterday morning off . Nayland
Rock. Ten of the crew were
drowned, aud four were rescued,
! " isexpceicu sue wni eiuer a piea
j of manslaughter in the first de-
i gl'Ce.
I
The Carroll County (Md.) Mil- j
ling Company, of Westminster, is
preparing 500 barrels of flour for
the ..orthodox Hebrews of Balti
more, to be made into 'Passover
bread
In Norfolk Va., Mrs Lillian Bain
(.nncn has entered suit for di-
vofce from her husband. Joseph
Cannon, recently convicted of con-
spiring With two other men against
her chastity.
Germany has sent two additional
cruisers to China, bringing the
force up to ten ships, with 4,000
men and 110 guns. Russia is in -
clined with France "to oppose the!
German action.
Johns Hopkins University has
an enrollment oftf570 studentsT be
ing 56 more than last year.
A special from Canton, O.,
says Mrs. McKinley is still living,
but growing steadily weaker.
Three men, all connected "with
insurance companies, committed
suicide in New York yjsterdaj'.
Troops are being drafted into
Prague from Vienna, and today
there will le at least 12,000 in tin
city.
President MeKinley's message
to Congress will be devoted mail,
ly to currency reform and foreig::
relations.
Frank Genin, who had lost a
fortune of $100,000 by bad invest
ments, committed suicide in New
Yorlcyesterday.
., Aj ,leter mined effort will. bc:
'Bade in the" Virginia Irffrislfltur !
o cutwWe expenses of tie
ixaie government.
Miss Virginia MacTav" h, of
. w
Margherita, of Itily, copies b
intdin.-iWiihlwinc? mn-v -
...,... . iiio Muce. ine nigut uerore
Rev. James Battle Avirett has about 10:30 a burglar entered the na,has the true ring of Democracy.
raised all the money needed for residence of Mr. John M. Iliggins, , The length of the resolu
he shaft to "the memoVy of the at -tJ Grveruor street, and at-( tions precludes us from copy
North Carolina Confederate dead tempted to cremate his daughter, ino- them. but suffice it to
t W mchesier, Va. j
Bishop Capers.-of South Cam-!
lina, has tixcl December liHh MaT. fr Tdrs a 15,en!,CI- 'f the
lay upon which the Protestant
episcopal clergy of that State are j
to preach -against
iiiUi'dcr.
the crime of
The boiler in the engine room
it the (iien wood coal mine, Des
Moines, Iowa, exploded yesterday.
Twenty men were in the room and
not one escaped injury. Two men
were killed and eleven others were
severely, burned and scalded. The
building was wrecked and the end
of the boiler was blown 100 yards.
A terrific explosion occurred in
a candy manufactory in New York
yesterday. Twenty-four. men were
scalded and otherwise injured.
Six candy makers were blinded by
boiling syrup, and five of them
will never see aain. One hun
dred men engaged in making
Christmas candy had narrow es
capes. Martin Thorn was before. Jus
tice Maddox, at Long Island City
yesterday, and without a tremor
of a muscle, he listened to his sen
tence to die the week beginning
January the 10th.' It was one of
the most remarkable exhibitions
of nerve ever exhibited by a con
demned murderer.
In a street duel at Horatio, Ark.,
one man was killed outright and
another fatally wounded. The
dead man is Dr. Smith, a promi
nent physician of that place, and
the man fatally wounded is J. J.
Smith, n brother .f the dead doc
tor. The kil.ing vvas d no by W.
W". Mi! wee one-of the wealthiest
men in the U -wn.
STATE NfiYS."
Gov. Hu ;sell has apjn.inted Mr.
J." P. Sossoman to represent the
farmers of MecUenbur'T county at
the Cotton Grower's Association
width meets iu conference in At
lanta this month.
Thou. as Crawford, who 'went
from Davie county to Texas 22
years ago, has just returned. . He
tells the Times that 'he was 1)0
days on the. way back, traveling
in a one-horse wagon, and. that he
repaired stoves en route.
Ex-Senator J. J. Goodwyn ap
pears to have solved the problem
of having watermelons all the
year round. He continues to
bring them to market and some
O
yery fine ones. He informs
us that he expects to have them
until Christmas. He is the only
faruier in the county who has the
seed that will produce melons .as
late as this. Wei don News.
Mr. Summit, of King's Moun
tain, who was born in 1800, was
in Charlotte yesterday, going
about making purchases. He was
accompanied by a neighbor aged
76 years, and they were as lively
as boys. Mr. Summit does not
look anvthino- iik Q7.vArM
man. One Would judge him to be
about 60, and he says he feels
about that age. Charlotte Ob-
server. " :
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I ear lraphill, a few days ago,
, Monroe Waddell was standing
, w"u hisgun resting on the ground,
, "is loot resting on the hammer,
and very foolishly blew into the
muzzle. It was his last blow,
however, as the gun went off and
came very near taking Waddell's
head off, too. He received the
full load in his mouth and never
lived to tell how to blow into a
loaded gun with his foot on the
hammer.
Two sons of Henry Bias, who
live on Swannanoa, yesterday
morning" treed three black bears
near Gudger's bridge, seven miles
east of the city. As they' were
lighting the cubs Use ol 1 bear ap
peared on tho scene and was killed.
while in the defence of her young.
Her body was brought to the city
iml is on exhibition at the store of
Johnston & McDowell, on. South
vlaia street. The two cubs made
heir escap.;. Asheville Gazette.
A desirtMo mind one's own bus
ness is a lasti. that is o.ten hard
to acquire. v j.
KE2SAEKABLE CASE.
A EAUpts To Cremate a
.t&61iia, A uumwu.
R.ohmoSd. Va' IW 2 A
very reuiarRauie case was yes-
irv remarkable c
terdav called to the attention of
Li. .... . . . . , ,
Miss Marie 11 iggins. 1 he father
1S a lm,ljinet business man here
cuy council, a short time he-
?"re !!S yer' rkable attack
Mr. Iligjrins antl all of the mem
bers of his family, except the
young lady referred to and a
grown lifother," were away from
home. At 10:30 they returned
honie anil after spending a short
time in the sitting room retired.
The young lady and her brother
went to the dining room for a
lunch. When they reached , that
room Miss Higgins found that she
had left the keys to the pantry on
the table in the front parlor, and
went back alone to get them.
J ust as she reached the table she
was seized from behind, a hand
was pressed over her mouth and a
piece of cloth tied around her
eyes. Her unknown assailant
dragged her toward the rear win
dows of the room. Here is'te
singular part of the case. After
getting her in the back part of
the room the burglar is said to
have snatched off her bracelets
and tied around her wrists a cloth
saturated with turpentine, which
he set fire to, still holding his hand
over her mouth to keep her from
alarming the bouse and also keep
ing her arms secured. At this
juncture the young lady broke
awry -front the dexterous burglar
and ran screaming down the hall.
The family, alarmed, rushed to
her side, and her brother tore
from her wrists the burning ban
dfgesand she w as carried upstairs
in a fainting condition. The case
was reported to the police yester
day ahdtwo.negro rnenjiave been
arrested. There Js; however, no
evidence against them. This is
the fourth attempt made to bur
glarize the Higgins house.
Acquitted of Stealiag Kisses.
Cambridge, Md., Dec. 2. J.
R. Quade,.the traveling soap ven
der, who was arrested on four
writs for hugging and kissing East
Cambridge youngadies last week,
was today acquitted by Justice
Barrett. Three of the cases were
abandoned by the State's attorney
and an alibi was proved in the
fourth. Qfmde is indignant over
his arrest and has made applica
tion for the arrest of the young
ladies. Justice Barrett is holding
the matter under consideration.
Miser's Pot of Gold.
Winston Journal.
A fewdays since Peter Price, of
Greensboro,, and Joe Vaughn bar
tered on a piece of land at Madi
son, which they owned in co-partnership.
Mr. Price proposed to
Mr. Vaughn to buy or sell at Mr.
Vaughn's figures. Mr. Vaughn
set the price at 2,500 and Mr.
Price made the purchase. A day
' or Iater whiIe having an old
cabin removed a rich find was
u,aue' AU wu ."aii-gaiion. ioi
was found containing five thousand called ''missing letter" and "miss
dollars in gold. The gold is sup- :ng word" contests which are being
posed to have been stored there 'conducted by a number of pub-
by an old man the name of Black,
! wno na(j je(j & nriy or reclusive
life."
Poisoned 250 Patients.
Gallipolis, O., Dec. 1. Two;
hundred and fifty patients at the
eoileotic hosnital were ooisoued
today.
Di. Rutter and
his corps of
pnysicians succeeuea oniy aner a
i 1 1 t. Ci
desperate fight in checking the ti.i,, Germany consumes 5,000,000,
outbreak without a fatality. As 0u0;-. Great Britain and Ireland,
it is, some ofthe patients are still 4m,Ki,00(n the United Slates
in a critical condition. The pre 3,2ijO,Oo,OooJ" Austria llungary
sumption among the hospital phy- i,;0",00t),OJ0; lielgium, 'l,05o
sicians is that the infection came OQQ: France, 840,000,000 amt
irom some arucic oi kku eaieu .y
tne patients and tne oacienoigicai
department is making a rigid
analysis of the food cK)ked tlur:
ing the past few days. Some think
aue.eienousurug wus v.umr .u
some of the vituals and, that, with
meuisrupuoii e.xmi., ai . uun.
liou ovei iue wnmuDuiu iiistsmi jje i
of employes, has put the "institu
tion in the throes of great excitement.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The resolutions passed by the
jatie Executive Com-
mittee at their meeting in Ral
eigh Tuesday f night, November
30th. ftn1 Avn out as an' address
to the Democrats of JNoria Aaron-
say. that the committee bad the
right conception as to the duty of
the Democratic party, and if the?
white people of the State will bej
guided"by the ideas promieiteo
victory will perch upon theT&ni-
ocratic banner next year.; .
As noted Wednesday the com
mittee said in the resolutions:-v '
"We realiirm our belief in the
principles of the Chicago , and
State platforms ot the" Democratic
party, as adopted in 189(5, in their
entirety; and we-will still support
those principles until they are
written in our laws." '
The depressed condition of trade -
and the low price of all products '
raised by pur jeople was viewed
with alarm, and atteutiou wascall-
ed to those who heard Republican
orators in 1806 predict dire disas
ter if the Democrats were elected,
to the fact that McKinley is Pres
ident of these United States and
that both branches of Congress
are Republican.- The resolutions
point out that ignorant and im
pure men are now in charge of th
government.
Further, that, the restoration of .
the Democratic party guarantees
every; man his rights and will de
mand Ithat virtue and intelligence
shall rule. the State. The resolu
tion's close with an appeal, to every
patriotic citizen to rally to the
white man's party.
STRONG ENOUGH.
The Raleigh correspondent of
the Charlotte , Observer saj-s in
this morning's paper:
"It ijj the talk among some" of "
the Republicans that theywiU-
put up next year Congressional -
candidates in every district; that ;
they are strong enough to walk"
alone, without leaning oh the Pop
ulists. Some of them distrust the
Populists greatly. The party
leaders ;showed that, however, last
winter when they took :away the
authority of the the State sujier
visors of election. "
That is the way to talk, but
when itc'mes o the test, Miey will
fuse witlAhe Populists and vole
for thejn," too. The Republicans
are a kind of people that believe
that "half a loaf is better than
none," even if it is seasoned with
bad "risin."
Let them walk alone. They
I ought to do it; why don't they.
They claim to have a majority of
the voters in the State. If they
are honest in thejr opinion in mak
ing that statement they will put
out a straight ticket next year.
Advertising Scheme Killed.
Washington, D. C, JJec. 2.
; The Postofficc Departinent is tak-
.ug u, u . uu t
' Ushers to increase the subscrip-
' tions to their papers. All news-
papers and periodicals containing
advertisement of this" character are
forbidden transmission in the mails
under the anti-lottery regulations. ' ""
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'; From an official Uocument reA
i : .i ii: u -
cciiiiv issueu i ii Dei uu u au icuib
that there is; an annual eonsumpV
tion of 17,700,000,000 quarts of
, throu ghout the world. Of
Kiy 4(X),(X0,KH).
' Maggie Faber, a .Chicago girl,
stood on a hot stove while jwl-
Ubi the stove " piiie with tur-
.. miiQ. -She dropiei! the tottle
; f 'tlln)oTltine on tha stova M:
- , wij not sUive pipe8 any
more.
- A man would rather win $1 on a
wager than earn aathouest Jabo'r.
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