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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-11
NORTH CAROLINA.
DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATlON
m GREENSBORO

I Carload of Unlicensed Guano Seized ai
RaIcigh-Grip ia Nearly Every County
Orange Cour:-Gsthercd in Many Part :
of the state.
RALEIGH. n. G., March TO- Special. -
Commissioner Robinson. Of Department OF
Agriculture, had a car load Of guano seized
to-day. belonged to company which had
not taken ont license 20 sell in this state.
The goods We're seized at Dunn, in Ilarnett
county, and belonging 10 American Feriili-
zer Company. Of Norfolk.
The Commissioner OF immigration viii
son has been spending several days at Wins
ton. for the purpose oforganzing there large
fertilizer plants. lie effected an organiza-
tion ola large fertilizer establishment there
which will be set on foot at once.
I'm a bulletin issued by the Board Of
Health for the month of February. Ia grippe
is reported from nearly every county i'm
North Carolina with this exception there
has been no extra amount of sickness.
Orange county Superior Court met to-day.
at lliilsboro. with Judge Il. +. Armheld
presiding. The case Of the State against
kirkpatrick. Patterson, Gates. Dodson and
Dixon. revenue officers. charged with shoot
ing cOlOrod man, will be- called Tomorrow.
The revenue officers will be- defended by
United states District Attorney Charles
Price. james l.. Boyd and Messrs. Bynum
and BAN. The state will be- represented by
Colonel r.. h. ~trayhOdon. solicitor Of that
district. and assisted by Me-srs. >trudwick
and Parrish and Mr.. A. W. Graham. OF OK
ford. The case will Dee heard 40 Chambers,
as "a habeas corpus case and promises 90 De
very interesting.
Ex-Governor Holden Is very i'm at his
home, i'm this city.
The Alumni Association of the University
has set apart Wednesday afternoon. after
tha annual address before two societies. tor
the reunion of the alumni. 10 is cOntem-
plated to have a banquet, with after-dinncr
speeches.
A sensation was created here today by
the appearance here of an oil negro who
was no one time the family servant 90 the
father Charles +. Cross. .eX-prcsident Ofthe
state National Bank. lie came here stating
that be wanted 90 serve ont the term Oi
seven years in the work-house instead of his
young master, aud porsi ,tently insisted
upon taking his place. There ia mo- law in
this State, however, which will allow him
% do So.
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MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
Nr. ;. I. Wootton, a Farmer Of Farm.
vile. IeaNes Homo.


FARMVILLE, Va. Mar. TO- Special. -
This community was greatly stirred up this
morning when news reached the town at am
early hour that Mr. $. Il. Wootton, we'll
known farmer. whose farm is about four
miles distant i'm southeast direction. was
missing from his home. and excitement ran
high when 10 was added that mule Dc rode
into town last evening TO church was found
tied near a stream Of water between this
place and his home. and that his hat, one
glove and portions were also found in
the road near by. Mr.. WOettOn was n
town on saturday last and made several
purchases. borrowed hundred dollars from
vices of the Baptist Church, of which De has
been member f0r many years.
He left the livery stable for lone,
nt $3.50 O'Clock. and has not since
been seen. Mr.. NO0ti0n for long time
was one Of our most successful farmers, Dut
few years since yontured i'm Futures
and has lost heavily. His farm. "a good
one, with irst-class dwelling and all
necessary Oufhouses. has been put under
mortgage, and be has been struggling with
debts. Being AN expert i'm the cultivation
Of tobacco. it was believed that be would
soon retrieve his lost fortunes. His family.
consisting OF wife and three children. is
am interesting one. his eldest daughter,
about fourteen, being wonderfully bright
and attractive. lie was unusually cheer
lul with them yesterday. and the shock +.
very great 10 them. An army Of friends
and noighb0rs have been diligently
searching the country for him to-day, but
as vet there is no solution % the mystery.
The air is fun of rumors. Mr.. Wooton's
family has played am important part in the
history Of Prince Edward, and his father
was a man Of distinguished appearance and
eniOyed the respect and confidence of all
who knew him, and once represented this
county in the Legislature.
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KING AND QUEEN ITEMS.
Court Proceedings-Oyste supper-Mar-
riage--PersOnai.

CUMNOR, Va, Mar. TO- Special. The
March term Of the County Court adjourned
Friday, after a two days session. The case
which attracted most attention was that of
Tuppence, charged with striking Demo
cratic negro with "a rock and seriously in-
turing him. In the absence OF Witnesses,
the case was postponed. very large
crowd and Messrs. Pollard. Aylett. W. W.
Woodward, Diggs, Wright and other law
yors were IN attendance.
Mrs. Robert :. Num-, lately deceased. was
one of the Oldest residents OF our county,
being upwards Of eighty-h,e years old. She
was woman Of fine character and was
much beloved by a large circle OF friends.
Elder Robert \ . Henley. "a noted minister
of the Disciples Church, who married a
daughter of the celebrated Alexander amp
bell. died at West Point, and was brought
20 his home near Bruingt0n for inieimenl.
Mr.. Heuly was not only much beloved, Dui
highly respected by all who knew him.
Miss Josie Pollard left for Richmond yes
terday.
An oyster supper for the benefit Of Proyl-
denco Church was given ON euhesd"!
night. and was a success.
On Thursday Junius +. Gresham, Lsq'
was married 10 Miss Mary {. Carlton, he''
A. Bagby officiating.
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rom The country attend ever day, ana in

4 from the country attend ever day, and in
tcrcst increases.
DR.. Johnston, Of the aboye-named place
with few friends. captured typical small
boy n few DAYS ago. aud, after getting him
iniO the back Office of his drugstore. made a
diagnosis OF hi~ pocket and found the follow
ing collection: one plug az tobacco. hfe
top cords two pieces Of drcd beef rock
from gold mine, one top, one corn cob, three
screws. one slate pencil. one dozen dried
blackborrics, two nails. one piece tobacco.
one cracker. one smooth stone, one piece
pewter. three niCkols and a money bag.
Mocksyille. Dayie county, is to build "a
spoke and handle factory.
Three women and two men We're whipped
by white caps, near Rockingham. Richmond
county. last week. They We're an negroes.
Five lumber dry kilns, belonging t0 l.. NJ
Short. near Washington. We're burned las
week. The loss Is put at $4,000, with an
insurance of $1,000.
I'm samson county. TWO weeks ago. Miss
James Henry was mafr,ru 80 %. Hpntr
James. Matrimonial records DO not proba-
bly furnish a parallel.
Mr. George +. Bailey. of Granville county.
has a horse that is thrty-three years old
and still i'm active service.
The contract 90 grade the Bergan and
Onslow Railroad has been lct 90 lennes-
see construction company, and The work
Will begin next week.
The details Of a mammoth undertaking
I'm lighthouse building have been published.
The structure is 90 De ON Diamond shoals
Cape ilattcras. 10 is 90 Doe In twenty-fOur
feet OF water. one hundred and hity feet
above lOw-water mark. and 10 cost 100000.
A new steamer is tO De built t0 run from
stella via ,wanshor0, Morohead, Beaufort
and Newbcme.
The condition Of Revenue Officer Kirk
patrick is reported TODAY as more hopeful
10 is now thought by his physician that be-
may vet recover lhe sight of the eve which
was at first thought 10 be- hopele>sly gone.
As The Inflammation subsidies little light
j. perceptible hy the wOrst-iniurcd organ.
The other one will Dee an right. Only the
size of the shot rendered possible his escape
from death.
The project of connecting this place lbs
an almost direct or airline railroad route
with Norfolk. continues % grow with stead.
ily increasing interest. II Is a recent con-
cept0n, bat iis promoters are sanguine. \
straight shoot from Greensboro tO Blue
ng-Clarksylle. Na-.-will tap the Al
lantic and Danyillo no that place. The
part Of the route to Doe thus built wollld
traverse parts of Alamance. Orange and
Granville counties. north of the North
Carolina Railroad. and thus give shipping
facilities t0 the finest golden tobacco belt in
the state. 10 say nothing Of the splendid
fruit growing section that is now practi-
cally shut IN. Grcen.b0rOs airline would
thus put her within 2jO miles from Norfolk.
the port OF hOundless possibilities.
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PATRICK COUNTY PARAGRAPHS.
The Inducements Onered 20 settiers-ke-
sources of the County.

STUART. Va, Mar. TO-. special. Avery
light snow fell last night and the weather
now is cold enough 10 warrant the hope lh'i
we may, after all, succeed in filling our zee
houses; and the weather sages predict iouS"
weather for the next six weeks.
The mineral and timber interests IN thls
county are still attracting the alieh'ioh on
foreign capitalists, as nearly every tt"ln
brings in parties. and one can hear Oh theni
In every section Of the county. some uehs
ago small party Of men irom DanNii,' ~
passed through Stuart, en route Tor tnS "a
nous Pinnacles Of Dan, on Dan river, nav
ing with them two small boats, WIN inc ~
tenti0n Of starting from some point ON .Do
Dan river, near the Pinnaclcs, ana hoaiihS
down the river 10 DanNille, for the puIlOso
of examining the valuable timber aDd " az az
certain the practicabiliiy Of getting inis ms
timber into market by floating II down Tue
Dan river 10 Danyille. ,.,... 80,
The supply OF hickory, red Nhiie an"
chestnut oak in this county - Neil i"ltS'
and She chestnut oak is nov velpg inn''l
used f1r making handsome furniture, anu,
underslanG, that In future ll will % kIens .'..
deal used. Il Is new thing. itmahes u fe'f
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ORANGE cOuNTYs ORACLE.
The Farmers Cry Against Taxation and
Trusts.

Thc Farmers Cry Against iaAatioh an"
Trusts.
ORANGE 4. H., Mar. TO- special. Or
ange is rot now the county she once was.
She suffers in common With agricultural
America. The farmers labor is unrewarded;
unjust taxation and trusts discriminate
against him. We are hoping for brighter
dawn. because We believe The masses Of the
people are becoming better acquainted with
the causes that lead tO these terrible ELECTS,
and we bid THE TIMES God-speed IN the
noble and true Democratic dissemination OF
the doctrines of peace and prosperity which
10 prOclaims fo the world.
The Farmers Alliance has made rapid
sirides in this county in the last few weeks,
and is now in fall fellowship with the state
organization. Believing in the motto: "ln
union there Is siren-ih.-' we sincerely hope
there is wisdom enough among these sol
diers Of the soil t0 maintain the organiza-
ton and uerpetuaie the purposes when
gave IL birth.
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LEXINGTON. VA. March TO- special. f.
The argument In the James Miller murder
case j. now being heard in the circuit
Court. and will close about Wednesday md
day. Williams, the brilliant criminal Jurist
O.. the defense, will make big night Tor ms
client. and his speech will attract hundreds.
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ST. LOUIS. MO.. Mar. lO-Reports from
the lower Mississippi. state that the Hood in
that stream has become alarmingly high all
along the coast: that the leyces are breaking
in various places. and that there is great
apprehension that a large section Of the
country on both sides 0f the river, will be
inundated.
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A DEFECTIVE DETECTED.
His Dead Body. Eiddled with Bullets
Found In the Woods.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Mar. l0.-A detec-
tive named jackson went u Lamar county
several weeks ago, disguised rs foot ped
dler. for the purpose of locating Rube Bur
rows. the famous outlaw. lie started aione
shortly after 20 the bills where burrows was
supposed 10 be hiding. Nothing more was
sean of him until last Saturday. when his
dead body was found In the woods, riddled
with bullets. lie had evidently been dead
i've or six days. II is supposed that Jack
SON Was murdered by Burrows or his gang.
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LONDON. Mar. l0.-ln The trial to-day at
Bristol Of the case against Canon Bay res,
charged with having stolen trunk from the.
platform Of the railway station, the defend
ant admitted bis guilt. but said that he was
mentally weak. ihe Court sentenced him
to four months Imprisonment at hard labor.
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CHICAGO. Mar. l0.-'lhs swiichmen en-
ployed in the Northwestern Railroad yards
here went on a strike this morning, and the
road officials are doing their own switch
inc. The trouble arose from the refusal OF
the company 90 discharge an obnoxious
foreman In tine f0rtieth-street yards.
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LoNrON, Mar. l0. Arthur Orton, nomi-
mated O contest the seat Tor -toke-t tpton-
Trent. under She uame 0f Sir Roger Doughty,
baronet. has failed % depo.it q sum 10 meet
his share o. the expenses Cf me canvas,
and his nomination has therefore been
cancelled.
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LONDON, Mar. l0.-An explosion oc-
currpd today In the Moorsa colliery, at
Glamorgan. Wales. one hundred miners
are entombcd. Communication with the
unfortunate miners. is impossible, and IL Is
feared that they have all perished.
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JACKSON, Miss, Mar. 10. The supreme
Court to-day did not render decision IN
the ease Of John l.. sullivan for prize light
ing IN Mississippi, as was expected. de-
cisIOn will De gIyen next week. Monday.
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p A'iiNotON. D. g., Mar lO.-The 5u.
.' court Of the United States to-day
.N'' ihe decision Of the lower court IN
.i Jfilries against the East Omaha
company. The court holds thai
"a 'Aicr line is, the boundary Of a
.H' iimli oi ,le lot 10 bounded by the
'' Nne and shifts with the waters.
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CONTESTED cAsE..

II is practically settled that lhe majority
report OF the House Election Committee oh
tha contest case from the Nincih Virginia
District viii bc in favor 0f Buchanan. \,
IlE IlMEs has announced, the Republican
bosses exhausted every influence 10 q Iepnit
la favor OF Bowen. but some Of The iiepbu!s-
can aciabcrs held out. cOatendIn4 thai The
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-11

\ committee lf0m tHo Hr0OklIn ialih
cnrist- called on the coroner to-day aud
stated tO him. "la,t night our regular
sunday meeting, wc decided 90 ask The
Governor what wo should do. We prayed
long and hard. AT last We saw a liaht. and
now wc are come iO say that YOU are right,
and we are wrong. Hereafter when We
are sick with diseases we VIII have q
doctor, as YOU and the law direct This
speech was made slowly and with great
effort. and the coroner VAS surprised. lie
told them be- hoped il.y would Keep their
promises. Meanwhile the men who let
children die are in jail.
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'..e.I banned Jackson went disguised
I.I.ir io hunt Rube Burrows in
".Nu'.0s0l Alabama. a few DAYS ago
'.' $3.50. found in the woods rid
-Nfchmen employed on
'.. N.r"H.i.u naloli, at Chicago, are
.aa asrae
0...i. George could. j. W. Eddy, S. II.
f. ni sefel minor railroad officials
Ior Worth. Texas. sunday.
'.. cat. N.le 10 Colonel DeD. Clay. col
Hi custom, no Newloii News, died sun
NN 'f.HUe. Hef remains viii be taken 70
II|f..H county
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At dawn this morning police nan saw
woman clad only In her nighi-r0be, bat and
shoes, and with fiding-WDip in her hand,
standing no the ladies' entrance oi the
fifih-aNenue Hotel. She was asleep, and
nearly tainted when she was awakened.
She was taken. lenumbed with cold, % the
statiOn-house, and warmly clad. She said
that she was May Case, an opera singer,
and remembered nothing since she had gone
10 bed Ia her room. at n Great Jones street,
last night. She was taken home by po-
liceman. The woman had walked in her
sleep full mile up Broadway without ap-
p4rently meeting "A policeman or any one
else tO awaken her.
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AFRArDrLEyr BALLor BOX From ARKANSAS

Washington, March Up in The room Of The Hoasc
Committee on Elections today stood ballotboX that
will figure in the debates on the FcailcrstDr Cat"
election case next week. The box Is plainly ana
simply made OF tin, and looks like an ordinary cheap
ballot-box. But there is popularity about II that
appcars only upon closer inspection. The ori'c
in which the ballots placed /, double =" that
a ballot, If placed on one side Slips into the box bni
il placed on the other side, slides unpcrccved down
into a waste basket or upon the floor. The con
testn FeathcrstOn asserts that twenty one OF IN sc
boxes were used In county at the last election IN
Arkansas, and that, the Republican ballots were
marked In blue to distinguish them, 1t wa an ca
matter for the Democratic election managcis 10 sc
that those ballots did not into the ballot bpAe> ana
,et counted. The double tip around The orihcc can
he readily be taken off, leaving the box absolutely
honest In appearance
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THE WINTER Al ATLANTIC CITY.
WARM WEATHER 49, THE BOARD
wALK-nr,rcNL ENTERTAINMENTS.

Atlantic civ y H. March l~pcciaN-Tle local
guide book, her, .ay that the Gulf stream runs "itHlh
thirty miles ~ the coast and it, proximity gives
Nlaffic CITY IT, even temperature IN winter II
tai, j.. true the Guf stream must have taken spur'
out Of n, cour,e on "wednesday last and touched the
coast line a, the Thermometer at one Of the hotels
Acrc registered no lc,, than %. 1t seemed odd to
watch people sitting IN lounFins chairs without
1e or blanket o any kind and not caring 10 move SO
great VA. the heat. 1t did not last. however, and
IN Imr.dav the Gulf stream had evidently tired OF
H. land trip aud returned to 1t, usual position A. Inc
sla-s showed a fail Of Il degrees.
The hoteI-owncrs are satisfied with the winter
and when hotel proprietor says he is satisfied the
winter must have been fairly good one. 1t has
lc.u a good season because the winter has been So
warm In New jersey and New FORK that people nave
not cared To 90 south
There has been difference Of opinion as to the
famous board walk here, which the courts VIII nav"
to settle The sea having broken up the ola walk
the city authorities petoned the Legislature to pass
AN art allowing them to appropriate sixty feet Of
bcacn for A new walk and 10 prevent any obstacle
being built on the sea side of the waih ms wa
done and the greater part Of the walk has been com
plctcd several land propiletor> object ana inc Gil!
ha- placed the matter IN the conrta Inc walk "heh
completed. viii be over wv" mics !" lc"e'" anu -
twenty -ivc feet wide.
several musical entertainments have been given
in the p,r!ors Of the several hotels, those at the
rraymorc seaside and the Windsor being pa1tcu
.arll pleasant.
Paint i, being used In great profuslon all over the
city lust now every Dods settling bnSiy to WORK on
summer preparations. The hotcl- cAv Il crowd
.f ,,u..t. fnr 10 morrow A. the demand for rooms
nAs been lively and people are uoopns III l. day
At the brighton are Colonel ana Mrs psecn, Mss
churchill Charlr, Pelham Clinton, Mrs. Pelham
clinton Mr. and Mr.. Henry Randall and Judge MI
son At the Iraymorc are Mr. ana Mrs. Henry
Nc, ,owan N the Hotel Dennis are the Rev. VI. ID.
Lilly, the Rev. A. Y. Higgins. OF New, ORR Mrs.
Kitten ~ Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Scar
borough Mis- Wood. daughter OF the president OF tho
West Jersey Railroad ". Pearson and Miss Pearson.
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similar topics should have made similar omission.
The poets and philosophers of Cambridge and Concord
passed them by and they do not app TO have been
mentioned in print until F. II. Underwood drew at
tention TO them in All article in Harper's Magazine
in 1881. in 1854 the Waverly oaks were visited By
committee of the Massachusetts horticultural Society,
and au,on Is made to this visit in the society s re
port for that year. The OF these great trees Is
unknown. II has been claimed by some that they are
at least 900 years old but of this OF course there Is
doubt. The largest tree in the group has a grth OF
II feet inches at point IL feet from the ground
Naturaists feel no doubt that they are several hundred
wears old and that the youngest Of the group was
much more than sapling when Mary Chiffon sprans
from the Mayh0wer's boat upon Plymouth R0ck me
establishment Of a public park upon the grounds
occupied by these trees would be pubcspited move,
and would their preservation Tor the anniatlon
Of future generations.
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WILLIAM Dudley PICKMAN

Boston. March l Special.-Wam Dudley Pickman
died here suddenly yesterday afternoon age seventy
He calling on Edward NJ Otiey, in Com
monwealth ave- and without warning passed away in
stanty Of heart failure He at his place Of bust
during the day, and though he had been i'll of late
there indications that he not in the enjoy
ment of his usual health never very robust. lie
of the old India firm of silsbee. Picman Allen.
chants Of salem and Boston. He born in salem
January 6. 1919. and was the son Of Dudley l.. Pick
man. ds tnguished merchant of that city. the founder
Of the honorable house to which stone silshee Pick
man succeeded lie was educated in the salem schools,
entered upon active mercantile early In
fe sailing voyage sipcrcarso to calcutta and
then entering his fathers counting In $50 Ben
jamn stone, Of Salem the MessrS silsbee and William
Dudley Plckman came together and formed the firm
of stone, sllsbee Pickman. From that time 10 the
present full half century the firm has been cOnin
uously engaged in mercantile trade with Calcutta and
other ports Of India. They have owned long line
Of famous ships, the Aurora, Europa, Malay. ocean
Rover sumatra, Formosa sooloo, Pansi and Mindor
At one time the firm had feet Of nine stanch lndi amen
plying back and forth The house has always retained
counting room I'm salem, even when lie business was
transferred TO Boston, and it, ships have AWAY nailed
from the old home port. Mr. stone retired from the
firm years and of late years Mr. Hickman
has associated with John il. and George sisbce
Dudley /. Picklngn, his son, and u. H. Allen.
His career had brought him both honor and wealth
and his high integrity him position OF great IN
huencc in this city lie possessed great mea a+nvy
cute promptly. He was president OF the NEWMARKET
Manufacturing Company. in which he took deep in
terest He lived In salem until 800 when he removed
10 Boston. lie resided at No II Commonwealth ave
in winter and al his house In Beverly in summer. lie
married on June L.. lS49, Iatirlnc Slsbee ana she
ant Secretary of State at Washington married dauel
ter Of MIR. Pckman.