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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-25
Plant Steamship Line.

TRI-WEEkLYs
Tampa, Key West and Havana,
SOUTH-BOUND.
Lv Port Tampa Mum, Thur. and Sat. 10 p. NJ.
Ar Key West Tues, Fri. and Sun. at P. NJ,
Ar Havana Wed, Sat. and Mon, 6 A. NJ.
NORTH-BOUED.
Lv Havana Mon, Wed. and Sat at 1890 p. NJ.
Lv Key West Mon, Wed. and Sat. at p. NJ.
Ar Port Tampa Tues, Thurs. and Sun, s P. NJ.
Punta Rassa. st. James City
and Fort Myers.
WEEKLY,
Leave Port Tampa Saturday afternoon: re-
turning, leave Punta Rassa Sunday evening;
arriving at Port Tampa Monday morDing.
Connecting at Port Tampa with West Indian
Fast Mail train TO and from Northern aud East
ern cities. For stateroom accommodations ap-
ply to T. R. ARMSTRONG, Ticket Agent. Port
WILBUR Mccoy, G. F. and T. A.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-25
THRILLING WITH HEALTH.

Most people consider ailments like Hoarss.
ness, Cough, Sore Throat, etc. not worth their
while 70 look after. This neglect is very often
the cause Of severe and protracted sickness,
Use Sod-n Pastilles in time. Dr. Moreau b.
Brown writes: II have used the Soden Pastilles
and find the results very satisfactory for dis
eases OF the Throat, Chest AMI Lungs" Each
box must have the testimonial of Sir Morrell
hackenzle with each box. Price 30 cents
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-25
Merchants SGd Miners Transportation Com J

THE STEAMSHIPS Of this company are ap-
l. pointed TO sail from Savannah for Bald
more as follows-standard time.
WV. CRANE, Capt. ENos FOSTER, SATURDAY,
April %, 500 p NJ.
D. H. MILLER, Capt G. W. BILLUPs, wEDNES-
DAY, April 20, $3.50 A. NJ.
BERKSHIRE, Capt. H D. FOSTER. SATURDAY
May 2, Jpn.
WIN. CRANE, Capt. ENos FOSTER, wEDNES-
DAY, May 6. 400 P. NJ.
D. II. MILLER, Uapt g. W. BnLups, sATUR-
DAY, May Q, 6 p.
And from Baltimore every Tuesday and
Friday at 3 p. n.
Through bills of lading given 20 all points
West, all the manufacturing towns in New
England, and to ports Of tho United Kingdom
and the Continent
W. E .GUERARD, Agent,
90 Bay street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-25
aeorsia's Supreme Court.

ATLANTA, GA, April 24-The following
supreme court decisions were handed down
to-day:
Ozborn VS.. the state; from Fulton.
Affirmed.
Atlanta and Florida Railroad vs.. Kim.
berly: from Clayton. Reversed.
Smelling VS.. the state; from Randolph.
Affirmed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-25

Will buy you an Atwood light-colored pair
of pants. worth IS easy, at the Great Clos
ing Out Clothing Sale, 163 Congress street.
-Ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-25
Tnis

Season goods all fresh and new in same
proportion Of everything else, at the Great
Closing Out Clothing Sale, 163 Congress
street. Come and convince yourself. I'D.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-25
Pierco Couuty's Treasurer.

BLACKsHEAR, GA, April 24.-The con-
sohdatei returns from Wednesdays election
for county treasurer gives Brantley seventy
one majority over Rodgers.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-27
SKIPPED WITH THE BONDS
SINGULAR END TO A CURIOUS
CASE.
The ESTATE of a Rich Man who
Payed mo- Taxes and whose
Heirs Were Dete. mined Not to
DO no, Levied Ola.

DELPHI, IND, March 27.-Abner H.
Bowen died here about a year ago leav-
ing $4,000, 600, though he never paid
taxes on more than a few thousands,
the assessor being afraid to book him.
On his death the estate was lcyied on for
back taxes. The heirs failed to agree
on an administrator, and the court
appointed the county treasurer,
whom the heirs fought until
last Wednesday, when the county moved
that Bowen's estate be taxed for $2,-
100000 personal property.
The heirs Immediately began to pack
up their possessions. Trunks, valiscs,
satchels and boxes were brought into
requisition and stored with notes, mort.
cages, bonds and stocks. With these in
their possession, the heirs departed on
the midnight train. The widow is now
in Urbana, ILL.,, Edward Bowen in Chi.
cago, and A. T. and Eta Bowen on their
way to Philadelphia. All have given ur
their residence in Indiana, except Ma.
thaniel Bowen, who retains his real
estate.
When the announcement of the retreat
of the heirs was made yesterday no ont
appeared more surprised than their at
torneys, who declared that they had not
received a hint of the intended flight
Their clients bank, owned by the family
is in the hands of an assistant cashier
and the depositors have commenced /;
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-27
WHITES AND NEGROES.
RELATIVE NUMBERS nv THE
CENSUS OF 1890.

The COlOred Man is Not Going
North Hut SOuth-.A Notable
Movement Away From the B0r-
der States.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-Superintend-
ent Porter of the census bureau, has in
preparation an important bulletin giving
tn: population of the South Atlantic and
south Central states, Missouri and Kan.
sas, by races. The total population en-
braced in this count is given as 23,S75,-
$50, of which 16,S6S,205 are white,
6,996. 166 colored, 10, 1888 Chinese, Japa-
nese and Indians. In the states included
were found in 1890 ffteen-sixteenths OF
the entire colored population of the Uni
ted States, so that for the purpose of i'm.
mediately ascertaining the percentage ii
increase of colored population the returls
of these states are adequate, and not
likely to be materially affected by III,
returns of the other states and terri
tories where the colored population is
small. The abnormal increase of the COL
ored population in what is sknown as the
black belt during the decade ending in
1880 led to the popular belief that the
negroes were increasing at much lnrger
rate than the white population. Tliser.
ror was natural one, and arose from
the difficulty of ascertaining how much
of the increase shown by the tenth cnsus
was real, and how much was due 10 the
omissions of the census of 1870. The
facts as ascertained sustain the theory
that the high rate of increase in the
growth of the colored population as
shown in 1880 was apparent. not real
and that It was due to the imperfect emu
meration in the Southern states in 1870.
The following table gives the number of
colorcd to every one hundred thousand
whites in the United States for the sew
eral decades since 1890, with the per
cent OF increase OF each:
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-27

During the past decade the colorcd race
has not held it's own against the whites
in region where the climate and condi-
tions are, of all those which the country
affords, the best suited to it's develop
ment. 1t is seen that in but three de-
cades, that is, from 1900 to 1880, dur
ing part of which time the
slave trade was in progress, has
the colored race increased more
rapidly than the white. Since 1880 the
whites have steadily increased at more
rapid rate than the colorcd people. This
increase has not been effected by the aid
of immigration, for, with the exception
of Kansas and Missouri these states
have received comparatively few eini-
grants, either from foreign countries or
from the northern states. Similarly the
proportion of the colored inhabitants to
the white increased somewhat between
1900 and 1890. but since that time il
has steadily diminished In 1890, when
this proportion was at its maximum,
there were nearly six colored inhabitants
to ten white, but this proportion has
been reduced to trit1e more than four at
the present date, or by nearly one third
of its amount. The deficiencies of the
ninth census, says Mr.. Porter, are so ap-
parent in this table that any extended
reference to them is wholly unnecessary
The following table gives the present
white and colorcd population of the sew
eral states under consideration:
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-27
Buyers Of Drugs

Tell us they have lost
money by monkeying with
Knoxville and Richmond-a
trpacherous memory and the
importantly of drummers
sometimes leads them astray,
but they invariably find it
pays them to draw their sup
plies of II. G. Smith & Co., in
Asheville, the largest Drug
Store in Western North Car
olina-a saving of Freight
Charges, and quick time in
getting goods, are important
items, and count up in a
years dealings - making
large purchases in the pri-
mary markets, enable this
House to place Druggists
articles into the hands of
consumers and dealers, at
prices never before enjoyed
west of the Blue Ridge, GUS
toners are served by pro-
fessional experts of large eX-
perience, trustworthy and
competent-the stock carried
by this firm covers two floors
of two hundred and forty
feet in total length, and fifty
two feet of total width-this
is the only Drug Store To-
Gated on the Public Square
in AsheviIle-no trouble to
find the place-orders by
mail receive prompt and
careful attention-refer, if de-
sired, to the Battery Park
Bank.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-27
A LEGACY TO DEMOCRATS,
EMBARRAsSED BY REPUBI.I-
CAN ExTRAvAGANCE.
IL Will Almost Impossible For
the Next Congress to Not Create
a deficiency in the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
Francis M. Cockrell, of Missouri, said to
correspondent Of the New York Herald:
"Ofcourse there will be opportunities for
retrcnchm.nt in the next congress. am
very much afraid, however, that the ag-
gregate of the retrenchment will not he
as much as the people will exp-ct If
there is disappointment in this regard
it will be due to the extravagant legisla-
tion OF the last songress.
"The effects Of that extravaganza will
be felt by the democrats ofthe next house.
They will be compelled to make appro-
priations to carry out the laws of last
session. They will have two alternatives,
to repeal the laws or refuse to execute
them. They will find it difficult to
repeal them in the face of the opposition
of republican senate and re-
publican president. If they refuse to
make appropriations to execute the laws
the republican senate will refuse to pass
any appropriation bills. Thus the only
feasible course is to continue the appro-
priations made by the last house. That,
Of course, will swell the appropriation
budget.
1T will require something betwee $5,-
600, 900 and and 500, 600, 900 to pay he
Indian depreciation claims, settlement of
which was authorized at the last session.
II the President appoints the court and
it gets to work in time to hand in batch
of judgments the sum will be large.
What will the democrats do then? Will
they refuse to appropriate for the iudg-
ments! They can not. The appropria-
tions, as a matter of dccency, would be
made. They are not responsible for the
law, but whatever sum they appropriate
will be charged to them.
Then there is the postal subsidy law.
No man knows what amount of money
that will call for. Whatever it is the
democratic house will becharged with it.
"There will be beexpensivc public buildings
in course of erection authorized by the
republican congress. Can the democrats
abandon them' Their construction must
be continued-we have no alternative
and the democrats will be charged with
the appropriations.
"The deficiency in the pension appro.
priation may amount to $4,000, 900
The pension bureau can be so manipu
lated as to throw an expenditure Of
SITS, 100000 or 5000, 900, 900 upon the
next congress. The democrats arc not
responsible for the dependent pension
law. which will require the largest ap
preparation. but they will have to pay
the bill.
Again, the next congress will bt
obliged to continue the work on forti6ca
tions and coast deiences. The new navy
will require vast sum. Can our party
afford to ignore the navy? Will the peo
pie indorcc the action? think not. Yo,
see our dilemma"
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-27
STATE NEWS.

Northern capitalists have decided to
build 500. 900 hotel on the site of the
old Fountain hotel in Winston.
There is a great deal of maple sugar
made in the counties of Yancey, Mitchell,
Watauga, and Ashe, and while the bounty
of 2 cents the pound is going, the mount
ain men should get the benefit of it.
The managers of the Southern Inter
state Exposition have decided that there
should be special exhibit by the negroes
to illustrate their progress in the South
during the past decade. The exhibit will
be in separate building.
1t is rumored that there is to be
large hotel built in Murphy this season
by wealthy party who owns magnif-
cent property for that purpose, which he
purchased last year. We have reason to
believe the report,-Murphy Bulletin.
Senator Ransom, Gen. w. P. Roberts,
and other incorporators of the Soldiers
Home Association, met at Raleigh recent
ly, and made arrangements whereby new
buildings are to be erected and the eigh-
teen applications Tor admittance salts
fed.
Hear this giddy thing; Listen to the
songs your mothers sang when they were
laughing girls, with clustering curls, and
strings of pearls, and tripping feet, and
figures neat, and glances sweet, and eyes
as bright, as the twinkling light, of the
stars by night. Raleigh Observer,
The state Sunday school convention
met at Fayetteville in the Presbyterian
church After devotional exercises, con.
! Quoted by Rev. Robert p Pcll, of Wilson
Reys. w, II. Moore and r, p. Barclay
made addresses of welcome, to which
there were responses by Hon. Robert 7
Dick, OF Greensboro, and N. b. Brought0n
Of Raleigh. William Reynolds, inferno
tiunal organization superintendent. muis
al abs address
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-27
AFFAIRS OF CONSEQUENCE.
EIGN.

FOREIGN.
Queen Victoria has arrived at Grasse,
France.
Land values in Berlin have increased
60 per cent. in the last ten years.
In Germany more than 100000 mar
ried women work in shops and factories.
The Cleveland, o., health officer esti-
mates the number of cases of gripin that
city at over two thousand.
A number of Parnellites who we're on
their way to attend a meeting of Mr..
Parnell's supporters at Dunamore, Ire
land, were mobbed by crowd of the
opposing faction of the Irisn national
party.
Captain McKeague, commander of the
Anchor line steamship Utopia, which was
lost in Gibraltar bay, March 16,
with over 500 passengers, has been dis
charged from custody, the charges pre-
ferred against him not having been sus-
tained before the coroncr's july and the
marine court.
The ballot reform amendments to the
New York election bill will probably be
enacted into law.
The Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby's physi,
clan gives an encouraging report OF the
clergyman's illness.
Latest census bulletins show that the
whites are increasing faster than the
blacks in the Southern states.
1t has been ascertained that there are
about 1893 900 acres of land in Allegauy
and Garrett counties, Md, owned chiefly
by non.residents, on Whichno taxes have
been paid for century.
The Chinese residents of New York, in
conjunction with their Consul there, are
getting up mammoth petition to be
sent to the Chinese minister at Washing
ton protesting against Senator Blair, as
minister to China.
The Vienna correspondent of the Lon-
don Chronicle says that the governments
of the United States and Switzerland
have concluded convention by which
/ the two countries agree to submit 10 ar
bitration any disputes which may arise
between them
The Interstate civil and political rights
association oi the Uuitcd States, an or
ganizatiob ofcolored men, has issued an
address to the celored voters Of the
Northern states, urging them to vote
only for candidates known 10 be firm
| friends OF the negro.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-27
HIS MONEYS GONE,
A Youth From Spring Creek L. .Oses
Four Dollars.

- ~s.s.A = SAAA OhA hhk ~hSCA hsOSt0
Four Dollars.
The United States postal lottery law
does not stop all kinds of gambling and
swindling.
A youth apparently Is years of age
came to town Yesterday, saying he hailed
from Spring Creek, Madison County.
He had evidently not been much educated
in the ways Of metropolitan life, not
withstanding Van Browns statement
that Asheviles electric lights can be seen
and cast shadows in the neighborhood
of Spring Creek. The young man was
pretty green anyway, and when he
reached Asheyile he had four bright,
round silver dollars, earned by real hard
work.
Last night he reported to Officer Hamp
ton, neglecting to give his name, that he
was out just exactly S.. His story was
that he had met negro boy who dis.
covered that he was the possessor of this
silver.
The negro at once had scheme to get
hold oft. He told the Madison County
youth that he had a watch which h,
wanted to rattle and offered to sell him &
a chance for dollar. The youth was
glad of this prospect OF getting watcl
cheap and showed dollar at the negro
The latter was not content with this
however, and taking the other So iron
the unsuspecting youth, said:
Don't say anything about this, bu
meet me at - - tonight an,
well see about the matter"
The victim assented, but finally go
uneasy and went to the police. He di
not know his friends" name, and TIL
thief has not been caught.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-27
SIX SAVED.
A Report from the Wreck of the
Steamer Straithairly.

ELzABETH, N. c., March 27.-Lieu-
tenant Failing, of the life saving service,
who is at the wreck of the Brit
ish steamer Straithairly, reports the fol.
lowing saved:
X. Turner, second officer; George Simp-
son, boatswain; Albert Smith, seaman;
John Whalen, ordinary seaman; William
Macarthur, fireman; John Campbell fire
man.
The reason assigned by the survivors
for the wreck was the thick weather and
inability to take observations.
The vessel struck at $40 Thursday
morning and before daylight had gone
to pieces. The captain and navigator
had been on the bridge for three days
and nights and, being unable to get an
observation, recorded himself at Bodies
Island. The life saving crew succeeded in
getting line to the vessel, but the men
on board were so benumbed by exposur,
that they were unable to haul it in
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-27

Several tables are given which show
movements OF the colored element of the
population during the last half century.
An inspection of the tables makes it evi
dent, says the bulletin, that there has
been no extended movement of this ele-
ment since the time OF the civil war. In.
deed, with the exception of the District
of Columbia, the border states appear to
have lost rather than gained, and during
the last decade there becomes percepti-
BILE southwark movement Of the col
orcd element from the border states into
those bordering the Gulf, particularly
into Mississippi and Arkansas, where
they have increased proportionately to
the whites. Let the states under con-
sidcration be divided into tive groups.
The first comprising Delaware. Mary
land, District of Columbia, Vir.
ginia, West Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and
Kansas, and the second South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. Now
the increase of the whites in the first ol
these groups from 1880 to 1890 was at
the rate rate OF 20 per cent, while that
of the colored element was but 5.5 pei
cent. In the second Of these groups tn,
rate ofincrease of the whites was ais
per cent, while that of the colored wa.
but 1911 per cent. In the first group thu
number Of colored to 100000 white.
diminished between 1880 and 1890 from
26. .701 to 23.O88, or 3.5 percent, Will,
in the second group 1t diminished from
81 .456 to 1851, or only 9.6 per cent
There 10 therefore perceptible tendenc,
southwark of the colored people, which
while by no means powerful, has resulte,
: in drawing notable proportion Of tina
element from the border states and Ii
producing in two of the far Soutbcrt
states a more rapid increase Of the col
ored element than Of the white.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-27
NOT A SENATOR
David Bennett Hill Not Drawing
a SALARY from washington.

WASHINGTON, March 27.-There arc
three senator's elect, one alleged senator
elect, and two yet to be elected senators
who will not draw any money from the
senate cash box until next December
One of the first mentioned class Is David
B. Hill, senator elect from New York,
who has not had his creden-
tials presented to the senate. and his
name is not, therefore, on the secretary's s
list. Senator Palmer must go without
his salary for eight months also, because
he was not elected until after the senate
adjourned. This is the case also with
MrSFelton, of California. Mr.. Claggett,
of Idaho. who claims to be senator.
elect, is not on the roll, because his ere,
dentials, not having been signed by the
proper state officials, who had previously
signed those of Mr.. Dubois, were re-
garded as irregular.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-27
THE CONFERENCE MEETS.
THE ". NJ. c. A. DELEGATES IN
THE CITY.
First Meeting Last Night, and am
Adjournment Taken-I.ectures
Delivered This Morninx-Llst of
Delexates.


Delivered This MOrning-L.ist OF
Delegates.
The Students conference of Southern
colleges met in the Y. M. c. A. hall in
this city last night. Owing to the fact
that some of the delegates had been de-
layed in reaching Asheville, nothing was
done at this first meeting and it was ad-
Journed until this morning.
The morning the conference met at
$50. ]. X. Mott, the senior Interna-
tional Secretary of the college Y. M. c.
A. work opened the conference with a
number of preliminary suggestions to
the delegates as to how they could
obtain the best results from the meet
ings. He followed this by deliver
ing the first lecture of the conference.
His subject was: "The Intercollegiate
Young Mems Christian Association
movement, and he delivered very com.
prehensive talk. He was followed by /.
[. White, his fellow secretary, who spoke
on The officers of the college Y. M. c.
A y Mr. Mott then discussed "Thc or.
ganzation ofindividual college associa.
tlons,' and after he had concluded Mr..
White closed the morning session with n
talk on "the committee system" Mr..
Whites talks were well received.
Three sessions OF the conference will be
held daily. from $50 a. IN. to 1890 y. III.
from to $50 p. m, and from to $50
p. nj. The work to be done is very SINH
lar to the plan followed at last years
conference i'll Asheville.
MIR. Mott is much pleased with the
young men who compose the convention
and says they are of the brightest young
men IN the South.
THOSE WHO ARE HERE.
The names of the delegates who have
arrived with their stopping places iu Il his
city are given below:
E. +. Gillespie, Guiford College, N c.,
and W. L. Lingle, Davidson College, N.
C., at T. d. Johnston's.
is Taylor, University of Virginia, at
J. l.. Dickerson's.
j.. L. Cunninggim, University of NORTH
Carolina and J. X. Moore. Trinity Col
lege, n. c.. at Mrs. 7. L. Reynolds.
+. Casper, University of Tennessee and
q. K. Rowan, U. S. Grant University
Athens, Tenn, at c. w. Byrd's.
J. K. Woods, Roanoke College, Va, al
Fitch Taylor's.
l.. L. Rice, Cumberland University
Tenn, at H. T. Collins.
W. F. Jorkins, Austin college, Sherman
Texas, at A. T. Summey's.
J. +. Turner, Center college, Danville
KY, at J. p. Sawyer's.
w. Nj. Forrest, Kentucky university
Lexington, at DR.. Puretoy's.
u. l.. johnson, Furman university
Greenville, at J. M. Campbell's.
ii. .. Williams, state secretary of th
Y: M. {. A. OF Virginia, is expected thi
hfternoon.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-27
RRUTALLY MURDERED.
A settler, Accused of Stealing
Grain, Shot Down.

TOPEKA, Kas., March 27.--Gov. Hum
phrey has offered reward of 5000 for
the arrest and conviction of the murderer
of Thomas Duncan, settler living in a
CheveVe county dugout. This is a
White cap case from one OF the sparsely
settled districts. Duncan was accused of
pilfering smallquantities of grain from his
neighborsto use in spring planting. One
said he saw Duncan stealing his grain
and notified others.
Twenty masked men rode up to Dun
cans at night and were met by his wife
They started to raze Duncan's sod house
when he announced from his hiding place
that he would come out. As he did so
the party riddlcd him with bullets.