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Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-12-19
Holiday Gifts

In an endless assortment at
the Crystal Palace. Delegates
and the people generally are
requested to call and exam
inc our large stock Xmas
Presents. in fine Stand, Bou-
quet and Piano Lamps. fine
China Tea, Dinner, Solid,
Pudding, Ice Cream and Ber-
ry Sets, big line after dinner
Coffees, Custard Cups, Table
Mirrors. fine Cups and Sau-
GERS in Limoges and Belleek.
Vienna, Carlsbad, Pointon's
and Royal Worcester in odd
pieces, Bisque Figures, etc.
In conclusion, our stock ex-
cells any in the state. Visitu us
whether you wish to buy or
enjoy looking at the display.
More goods to arrive this
week-lo0k out for them.
Goods for shipment packed
with great care.
Az mail orders promptly executed write
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-12-19

Fy0u want handsome pair of cut
glass Bottles TOR a Christmas present call
at GRANTS PHARMACY. Bottlcsrang.
ing in price from One TO Fifteen dollars
per pair.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-12-19

Prescriptions filled at all hours Goods
delivered free of charge to any part of
the city. GIANTS PHARMACY.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-12-19

The finest and most complete stock of
Coiognes, Toilet Waters, Extracts, Face
Powders and high grade Soaps at
GRANTS PHARMACY.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-12-19

II you want n hrst-ciasS Hair Brush for
a small amount Of money, GRANTS
PHARMACY is the place to go to get it.
An kinds OF Tooth Bi ushes, Bath Brushes,
Bath Gloves, Sponges. etc.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-12-19

When your Prescriptions arc com.
pounded at GRANTS PHARMACY you
can positively depend upon it that only
the purest and best Drugs and Chcmi.
cois have been used-that they were
compounded by Thoroughly experienced
Pharmacists-and that the price paid
was NOT unreasonable.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-12-19
We WANT

Everybody to stp our stock
of Holiday Goods.-The like
has never before been on ex-
hibition in AshevilIe.-Quali-
ty par excellence the best.
large and va
ried.-T. E. SMITH 4 CO.,
Druggists, Public Square,
opposite Court House.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-12-19
Grants Pharmacy,

a South Main 81.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-12-19
THE BEST EVIDENCE

~ the value Of newspaper as an advsr.
tising medium il its ability to secure and
-I.awrcnceburg tIndD Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
EIGHT BODIES BURNED.

A Mother and Seven children Perish in
the Fiamcs--The Husband and Father
Attempts Their Rescue, and Is Scri-
onsly Burned.
MONTREAL, Que, March 10.-A hor-
rible holocaust occurred early yesterday
morning at the little village of st.
Michael, by which woman and seven
children were burned to death and the
husband and father received fatal in
iuries in n heroic effort to effect u rescue.
The village of st. Michael Is situated
some twenty-five miles from this city,
and the most prominent man in the
little town was Francois Colbrette,
who owned an extensive farm on the
outskirts of the village, and the manor
house on the farm was the scene of
the awful tragedy. Mr.. Colbrette, with
his hired man, after lighting a fire in
the kitchen stove, started for the barn,
500 yards from tho dwelling, to tend to
the cattle. A short time afterward the
hired man shouted so his master that
the house was on fire, and Colbrette
rushing to the door, was Mortified to see
the entire lower part of the house in
flames. He at once fastened to
the scene, the shrieks of his unfor-
tunate family even at that distance
being plainly heard. On arriving
he at once saw that it was impos-
sible to enter the lower part of tho
house, so he secured ladder and tried
to effect an entrance by q second-story
window. No sooner had he burst in tho
sash than he was enveloped in great
sheet of flames and his clothes on fire in
several places. With his hair singed
from his head and face, and his hands a
mass of burns, he fell from the ladder.
No bones we're broken by the fall, and
the shrieks of his loved ones, which he
could still hear, made him forget his
own shocking injuries, and, picking
himself up, with his clothes still blaz-
ing, he rushed to alarm the neighbors.
When those arrived the fire was past ex-
tinguishing, and the large manor house
was simply a mass of smoulderng
ruins. Mrs. Colbrette and her seven
children had fallen victims to the fire
demon. Later on in the day the remains
of the unfortunate mother, with the
youngest child clasped in her arms, were
found. The other six had been burned to
ashes and no trace of their bodies could
be found. The eldest child, Miss Marie
Colbrette, aged sixteen, had a fortunate
escape from similar fate, as only on
Saturday she had been sent to the Con-
vent of the Sacred Heart at Sault au
RecolIet. Colbrette himself was so Sc
riously burned in his brave efforts to
save his family that no hope is enter
tanned of his recovery.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
A BRAVE GIRL.
She Hears a Burglars Coming, and Pro.
pnres for HIm-He VIII Burgle No More.

She Hears a Burglars Coming, and Pre-
pares for Him-He VIII Burgle No More.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., March 6.-Monday
morning, about 3 o'clock, Miss Alice
Kinney, nineteen years of age, who,
with her mother, lives alone on a farm
in Sampson County, was aroused by the
noise of some ono in an adjoining room.
She at once realized that burglar was
in the house. She took revolver from
under her pillow,'a and holding it in her
hand, concealed it under the quilt. Then
she lay as if asleep, and when the bur.
glar entered the room he walked
up to the bed, and con-
cluding that the young woman was
sleeping soundly, began looking about
the room. AS he turned away from her
she heard him whisper to himself: "She
is purity, and guess I'll hab to see her
later" When he turned his face, Miss
Kinney raised herself in bed, took aim
at the mans head and fired. Instantly
the burglar whirled around, and as he
did SO she again fired, and he then fell
to the floor with a groan. He died in
abort five minutes The alarm was
then given, and a crowd gathered at
the house. The burglar proved to be
Sam Kerns, a negro who has given much
trouble.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
SAWDUST EXPLODES.
Furniture Factory Wrecked by the
Fierce Shock.
Threc Boys Caught in the Debris and
Slowly Konstcd-A Fourth Victim
Probably Fatally Wounded.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, March s.-Yoster-
day afternoon residents of the lower
portion of the city were thrown into
state of excitement by terrific explo-
sion, which shook the houses in that To-
cality. A few minutes later an alarm
of fire was turned in, which proved to
have been caused at the Armstrong
Furniture Company's factory, result
ing from an explosion in the dust or
shaving room. The room had heen
closed for an hour, and it is sup
posed that the air became dense, and
gas was generated by The fumes of q
lantern left there by boys who are en-
ployed in carrying shavings into the
furnace room. The employees had con-
cluded their dinners, after which three
of the boys, Mike Weber and Will
Sachs (white), and Will Cheatham
(colored), went into the shaving room,
and while there the explosion occurred.
Immediately after the disaster the
flames shot up from the shaw
ing room. The alarm was at
once turned in and Chas.
Shelby, colored fireman, rushed to the
portion of the building in which the
fire broke out. just as he reached the
doorway the wall fell, peeling the skin
from the crown of his head to the neck
entirely off, breaking both legs and in.
fiicting internal injuries. At first it was
thought that Shelby was the only one
injured as no one knew of the boys being
in the building at the time of the ac-
cident. AS soon as the flames were got
under control, however, Cheatham and
Sachs were found to be missing, and a
careful search by the firemen discovered
the bodies of the three boys. The build
ing, which was small brick structure
adjoining the factory, was total wreck.
The walls and roof were one mass OF
debris. The damage to the building is
estimated at $1,000, which was fully in
sured.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15

A WOMAN who claims to have served
during the war as man. under the
name of Sumner, has applied for her dis
charge papers.
THE Senate has confirmed the nomina.
tion of Ex-Governor Warmoth to be Col
lector of the Port at New Orleans.
A BILL was introduced in the House
on the 3rd, to prevent reorganization OF
Congressional Districts except once in
every ten years.
WIN. GILLETT, head brakeman on a
Santa Fe freight train, was instantly
killed on the 4th at Chillicothe,
Peoria County, ILL.,, by the breaking in
two of his train.
The Neagle case, growing out of the
shooting of David Terry in Lathrop,
CAL, last summer, when he was in the
act of assaulting Justice Field, was ar
gued before the U. S. Supreme Court on
the 4th.
A soHooL-TEAcHER in Canada killed
himself rather than stand trial on the
charge of outraging pupils.
WHITE &c ALLEN, importers, White
street, New York, owe $780, 900 and have
suspended.
GEORGE A. PRINCE, the once we'll
known manufacturer of organs, died at
Buffalo on the 4th, aged 72 years.
CONGRESS will be asked to liquidate
the judgment on John III. Piatt's estate
for Sl81,50s.
COLONEL PERRY s. HEATH has been
offered ''royal pass to inspect the
Siberian mines.
New YORK will wait to see If the Sem
ate agrees with the House that Chicago
is the place for the Worlds Fair.
CHARLEY LEooNEY was acquitted, at
Camden, N. j., of numbering his niece.
THE Philadelphia Women's Branch OF
the Society for the Prevention of CRU
city to Animals have entered proceed
ings against the demonstrator of anat-
omy at the Medical College for cruelty
to animals in the process of vivisection.
After experiments on animals similar
operation was performed upon man,
saving his life.
CAPITALISTS are ready to carry out
Wanamaker's plan for postal tele-
graph.
LAKE marine Insurance agents held
on the 4th In Chicago, the OBJ
ject being to arrange aschedule OF rates,
but the members deny rnmors OF pool.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
BIG BRIDGE.
Proposed Structure to Go meet
New York and Jersey City.
II is to Have a Span of Three Thousand
Feet--Ten Tracks-To Cost S16,0OO,-
900 Exclusive of S2o,O0O,OOO
for Approaches.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-The House
Committee on Commerce has received
communication from General Casey,
Chief of Engineers, concerning the pro-
posed bridge across the North river be-
tween New York and Jersey City, The
communication is in answer to n letter
from the Commerce Committee asking
for suggestions concerning the plans for
the bridge. In it General Casey tells that
the height of the bridge in the center
should be 1856 feet instead of 145 feet as
contemplated, and that the plans should
be submitted in one year and the work
commenced the next year. Gustav Lin
denthal, the well-known bridge engin-
eer, yesterday appeared before the SUBJ
committee OF the Committee on Com
merce in charge of the bill, and argued
against the adoption Of the suggestions
from the War Department. Mr.. Lin
denthal said that to raise the central
height of the bridge to 155 feet would
be impracticable because the grade would
be too great The height of the Brook
lyn bridge, he said, was 1876 feet. Con-
cerning the time suggested by the War
Department for submitting plans and
beginning work, Mr.. Lindenthal said
that this also was an impracticable sug-
gestion. The company would have to
obtain property valued at $4,000, 900.
This would probably cause long fight
in the courts, and would delay the COM
mencement of work. 1t would also
take a long time to get up the castings,
and Mr.. Lindenthal said that the
company wanted three years to
commence work, with an extension of
two years more if necessary. The plans
for the bridge contemplate structure
with span of 5000 feet. 1t will have
ten tracks. The cost for the bridge
proper, exclusive of the approaches and
the $50 100000 for the property that
would have to be purchased, will be S16,-
100000. The cables to support the
bridge are to be four feet in diameter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
TEN KILLED.


A Passenger Train Breaks In Two-T
Rear Section Runs Into Tho First, Caus-
ing n Disaster.
BUFFALO, n. Y, March TRAIN No.
0 on the Lake Shore railroad, from the
West, and running very fast to make up
lost time, broke in two, near Hamburg,
last evening. The front part of the
train, consisting of engine, tender,
smoker and two day coaches, was quick
ly brought to a standstill. The rear
half, composed Of five heavy Pullmans,
came down the grade and crushed into
the second day coach. The Pullman
being the heavier, lifted the day coach
into the aiv, and they now lie one
on top of the other, and both
having telessoped the first day coach.
Both the day coaches and the Pullman
were full of passengers and the loss of
life and limb is probably very high. AS
near as can be ascertained, ten were
killed and twenty-five injured. A
wreclting train with relief party
of surgeons soon left for the scene
Of the accident. The railroad authors
ties and employees refused any informa-
tion whatever to the press. The Associat-
ed Press reporter went on the train as
surgeons assistant, as no reporters were
allowed to go If known to be such. In
formation from the train dispatcher's
Office is that the south track was clear
at 1910 so that trains could pass. Four
persons are reported killed and ten in
iured, one fatally. The wrecking train
sent word to the Fitch Hospital at 1890
to be prepared for ten patients, and that
they were then ready to start back.
The wreck is one mile west of Ham.
hiarrr
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
AN APPEAL
For the Destitute of the New States OF
North and South Dakota.

For the Destitute of the New States OF
North and South Dakota.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-Miss Clara
Barton, president of the American Ma
tional Association of the Red Cross, has
been investigating the statements con-
cerning the suffering and destitution
existing among the pioneer settlers Of
North and South Dakota with view OF
aiding those in need of help. She has
ascertained that there is urgent neces-
sity for immediate action, and now ap-
peals to the public for cash subscriptions
large enough to meet every emergency.
She has information that there are at
least 5, 900 people dependent, and many
more who, though they have provisions
for themselves, need feed for their
stock. II. Il. Helgesen, State Commits
sioner of Agriculture, Grand Fork, N.
Oak, will distribute all funds sent to
his address.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
LAKE SHORE WRECK.
The Dead Number Six and the Wounded
Eightcep-Pathetic Incidents.

Eighteep-Pathetic Incidents.
BUFFALO, N. Y, March s.-The NUM-.
ber of the dead by the disaster near
Hamburg, on the Lake Shore railroad,
is reduced to six, the wounded number.
ing eighteen, possibly more. The con-
ductor made a mistake in stopping the
first section of the train, thus allowing
the second section to crash into the first
section. There were about ninety peo.
pie on the train, and among them was
young couple just started out in married
life-married just week in fact. They
were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph d. Baucus,
of Saratoga Springs, N. Y, and they
were returning homo from their honey
moon trip. The couple occupied a seat
in the coach, and the bride was pinned
down when the crash came. She was
frightfully injured, being bruised il
many places, while her skull was ter
ribly crushed. The husband was also
injured about the body and legs, but his
physical suffering was nothing to the
mental agony he was suffering. The
bride was rolled in blankets, and lay
stretched across two seats, while DR..
hOLb pooht Vi ahBolu, uiu "hSs
was possible to save her.
Other physicians were also there
and looked after the young couple, but
Mrs. Baucus was doomed from the first.
Her husband acted in heart-broken,
distracted manner, calling upon the
doctors to save her, and kissing her
poor blanched and bleeding lips in
way that would bring tears from stone.
1t was without avail, however, and the
bride of week gave up her life in a
short time. Mr.. and Mrs. j. F.
Stewart, of Rochester, who occu.
pied seat in the coach, were killed to-
gether. They had with them their littlo
eighteen-months-old girl. who was thus
orphaned at single blow. The little
thing escaped without single hair of
her head being injured, and was found
clasped in the arms of her mother, who,
with her father, was lying upon the
floor of the car crushed almost beyond
recognition. AS the little one was lift
ed by eager hands from its perilous po-
sition it prattled, "Mamma, mamma"
in a way that made strong men shed
tears. 1t was scene pathetic beyond
description.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
DIED ON A WAGER.
st. Louis Man Drinks Beer Glass of Gin
md Seven Glasses of Whisky.


ST. LOUIS, March 7.-Henry Kepp
died at his home last Tuesday night and
an inquest Wednesday resulted in ver-
dict of death from heart disease. Yester-
day it developed that on the evening OF
his death Kepp was in saloon and made
a wager that he could drink beer glass
full of gin and seven ordinary glasses
of whisky. The wager was for half a
dollar, and Kepp drank the gin and inn
mediately began on the whisky. At tho
fifth glass he turned sick and had to
stop for few minutes but after ten
minutes he called for the other two
glasses of whisky and gulped them
down. He staggered home, block dis
tant, and was put to bed drunk, nothing
being told his family concerning his
wager. In half an hour he died.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
A Private Funeral.

LONDON, March THE body of young
Abraham Lincoln will be temporarily
placed in Kensal Green cemetery with
appropriate private ceremonies this af-
ternoon, but will ultimately be taken
to the United States. President Harri-
son has sent message of coincidence to
Minister Lincoln. It's all right" the
dying boy is said to have told his nurse
as she paled when she saw the death
shadow on his face.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
naad or Alive Which2

FOUNTAIN, Mimi, March 6.-Mrs. M.
Manager, residing two miles east Of
Preston, to all appearances died Sunday.
The funeral was to be held yesterday,
but the priest refused to perform the
ceremony on the ground that the woman
was not dead. The supposed corpse is
now lying in the church. Physicians
can not determine whether the woman
is dead or not She once before 10y in :
trance a number of days.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
The Jury Thought Him Sane.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 7.-The
Supreme Court affirmed the death sem
tence of John Greene and fixed May 8 as
the day of execution. Greene shot and
killed Ova Davis, in Putnam County, in
June, 1887, because she refused to mar
ry him. The plea of insanity was relied
on. After shooting Miss Davis Greene
shot himself three times in the head,
since which he has refused to talk and
when sentenced yesterday morning he
sat upon the floor tailor-fashion and APP
peared unconscious to his surroundings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
clayton,s Assassination to be Investigated.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-The sub-com-
mittee of the House Committee on Elec-
tons has decided to recommend that the
full committee report to the House a
resolution providing for searching in
quiry by the subcommittee of the COM
mittee into the events attending the as
sassination of Clayton, who was contest
ant for the seat in the House now occu-
pied by Representative Breckenridge, of
Arkansas 1t will be necessary for the
subcommittee to go to Arkansas, but it
is Lot likely that they will do so before
April
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
Legislation Against tho colored People.

RICHMOND, Va, March 10.-In pursu-
ance of law recently passed by the
Legislature the directors of the Colored
Normal Institute at Petersburg are now
all white men. Heretofore they were
equally divided as to race. The colored
people do not think the present law
does them justice. An unsuccessful at
tempt was made by the last Assembly to
break up this institute, and change it
into lunatic asylum.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
FEMALE WARRIORS.

Several OF Them Killed. In an Engagoment
Between French Forces and Troops Of
the King of Dahomey.
PARIS, March THE Soleil has re-
ceived information that another battle
has been fought between force Of
French troops and force of the troops
of the King Of Dahomey. Eight of the
combatants were killed and many Of
them were wounded. A number of French
men and other Europeans were capt
ured by the Dahomians. Other advices
received here state that after the above
mentioned fight the Dahomians made a
second attack upon Kotonon. They
were finally repulsed, leaving 400 Of
their number dead on the field. Among
the dead were found several of the fe-
male warriors of the King of Dahomey.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
OBJECTIONS WITHDRAWN.
Bishop Fink willing That Catholics Should
Join the armers' Alliance.

LEAvEYwoRTH, Kan, March TO-
Bishop Fink has consented to have his
recent letter prohibiting Cat tholics from
joining the Farmers Alliance modified.
Representatives of the State and
County Alliances were given an audi
ence by the Bishop, and assured
him that there was no desire to con-
fiict with the views of the Church, and
that all religious parts of the constitu-
tion would be eliminated. In view of
these assurances Bishop Fink has ad-
dressed letter to Mr.. A. M. Thistle
waiter, Leavenworth, Kan, member
of the Alliance, stating that his objec-
tions to Catholics joining the Alliance
are withdrawn
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
Counterfeiter Arrested.

KEoKUK, Ia, March 1O.-A man
named Shepherd was arrested Saturday,
charged with making counterfeit money.
He confessed his guilt, and told pitt
full story about his family starving and
not being able to get work. A full set
of dies, molds and tools were found in
his possession. His children had been
passing counterfeit coin at various
stores for some time past Commissioner
Leach held him to the Federal Jury in
the sum of s. .00O
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
wond erful stenography.

LONDON, March THE shorthand
writer's tournament has resulted in
victory for Bernard de Bear who sue
cessfully accomplished the task of writ
ing Pitman's system) from dictation
1000 words of ordinary newspaper mat
ter in ten minutes, or at the rate of 200
words per minute, and afterward correct
ly transcribing his notes at the rate of
1000 words in forty minutes longhand
without single mistake.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
A Prolicide Gibbeted,

CHARLESTON, w. Va, March s.-Felix
Kampf was hanged at eleven o'clock
yesterday morning. The crime for
which Kamf suffered death was the mur-
der of his daughter Mary, aged twenty,
and his son William. Their mother
had been dead several years.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
Ex-congressmau raulbee WORSE.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-Mr. Taul-
bees condition was much worse last
night, and more serious than it has been
at anv time since he was shot At mid
night he was 80 low that fears were en-
tertained he might not live throughout
the night. There is hardly any hope Of
his recovery.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-03-15
Run Down by a Train.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 1O.-While
walking on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
rord track, near Demmler, Pa, Michael
Golden and Thomas Jones, painters,
were struck by a freight train. Golden
was cut to pieces, and Jones so badly
injured that he will die. Both men were
married.