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Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04
DEAD ANb DYING.
Fifty People Killed on q Rail-
road in France.

A cablegram from Paris states that a
collision between express trains occurred
at st. Maude Saturday night in which
fifty persons were injured and three car:
riages wrecked. Both trains were rum
ming from musical festival at Fontenoy.
The second tain crashed into the proceed
ing one before the latter had left st.
Mande station The guards van and
three rear carriages of the fast train were
wrecked. and caught fire from gas. The
injured occupants were shrieking In de-
spair, and other passengers hurriediy left
the train and assisted in extricating
the victims. 1t is now reported that
fifty persons we're killed.
A later dispatch from ST. Mandes says
that sixty persons were injured aud that
fifteen dead bodies have been recovered.
Most of the dead victims are legless. their
limbs having been crushed off through
the amming together of the seats, and
heart-rending scenes are witnessed as the
victims were extricated from the wreck.
The driver and fireman of the second
train were burned alive. i
LATER REPORTS.
A cablegram of Monday, from Paris,
states that Sundays collision dt st.
Maude was ufore fearful than at first re-
ported. Tht engine of one of the exeur-
sion trains elescoped three carriages
loaded with xcursionists, and at the.
same time tesefvoir Of gas on the dam
aged train exploded and set fire to the
swreckage. In a very short time the
flames spread to such an extent that num-
bers of wounded were slowly roasted TO
death before the eyes of those who were
doing their utmost. to rescue them. Many
of the unfortunate people imprisoned be-
meath the wreck were drowned, while
partly roasted, by fremen who were sum
moned to the scene after delay of forty
minutes, by pouring in a torrent OF water.
A majority of the victims were women
and children. An official statement makes
the number of dead forty-three, and the
number of injured 104. The engineer of
the train which did the mischief asserts
that the brakes refused torwork. asaw
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04

Edward Atkinson, the Boston stats
tician, has examined the records of hun
dfeds of ready-made clothing establish
ments to discover whether the white man
of the United States is deteriorating ia
size ands~signt. As the general result
It was found that the average height of
the New Highlander is Eve feekeight and
one-half inches and of Southerners five
feet ten inches. The average weight OF
the American of to-day is between 155
and 1900 poupdst Mr.. Atkinson. dis
covered that, the average height and
weight of men in this country has per-
ceptibly increased since the war OF 1861
IS, and that we are slowly increasing
rather than decreasing in size and
strength.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04
coNpITIoN OF CROPS
As BUILD ined by Weather Bu-
reak for Past Week.

The we&her bureaus weekly crop
bulletin SAW: The week was far cooler
than usuailin all sections east of the
Rocky mountains, although the depar-
parture frdm normal temperature has
been lees Z it was during the previous
week gener roughout the southern
states, viii ef1ciency in tempera-
ture was M Eked in the northwest
over the'sR Fheat region. The rain
fall during the past week has been large
~ in exeesskon the Atlantic coast, the
heaviest rains occurring in South CARROLL
ma, and aiding the Allegheny range in
Virginia, pennsylvania, West Virginia
and KentHc where the rainfall ranged
from two tdfour inches.
dENERAL REMARKS.
Arkansas -The rainfall was very badly
distributed land some portions of the
state are Keginning to suffer from
drought. eaton and corn show slight
deterioration compared to last week.
MississipH-Cot small, but fruiting
well. Receft rains assure good corn
crop in the northern counties. The rain
fall of the plst week was unequally dis
tributed, bui enough fell in the past ten
days to make Conditions favorable.
Virginia-Hay harvesting and thresh-
ing retarded by rain. Wheat is yielding
less than expected and corn and tobacco
are improving, except in the vicinity of
Lynchburg, bere there was too much
rain.
Alabama Weather conditions gener-
ally excellent for cotton. but late corn is
not doing soAEell and is suffering for
rain; Irish potatoes unusually fine.
North Carolina Too much rain for
cotton, but all crops continue to improve,
especially corr; threshing and haying re-
tarded. A. very severe hailstorm in
Warren county on the 18th did great
damage. @s.. -
South observation-disclosures rains
were beneficial to crops; cotton shows
mark ed improvement; corn is In condi-
ton and rice is fair. The outlook is
much more encouraging.
Tennessee Favorable conditions have
prevailed andithe outlook isencouraging
Wheat threshhg is nearly completed,
snd the yields, good. Early corn is
about made u)phscco is Furnishing; cot
Con needs ran. western division.
Texas-Cohs E'1s very promising. In
the southwest portion there is some
shedding, due to rapid maturing, occa-
stoned BY dry, hot welther.
LOnisiana-Good growing weather,
beHeficial 10 all crops; cotton very prom,
Using, and corn is in good condition, and
is being rapidly laid by. Rice is head
ing finely; crops grassy in a few loca !
fiAS
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
Al Reported by Dunn 3 Co.
. for Past Week.


Il, q. Dunn Il Co.'s trade review for
4F6ek ended July %, says: Some i'm
provemetft ID the business situation ls
still noted. There N more actual trade
in m6st of the leading bfanehess and
more general confidence as 10 the fnsure.
But tks monetary situation does not
grow clearer. a1td the decline is strong,
Notwithstanding the crest dullness, and
with enormous crops coming, maTks the
feeling Of Wall street that dlihSuitaes
may be not far ahead.
Reports of the condition of trade are
EeiIefalI5 more favorable than week ago,
6 the western. Etob prospects are stimu-
lated everywhere. Ii the s6tth little
change is noted, and money is generally
tight and trade inactive. But tfop pros
poets decidedly improve in AlaoAflai4
sugar is active and firm at New Orleans
and trade holds its own at Savannah.
The suspension Of q bank at Palatka
causes some depression in trade there, but
heavy purchases of tabacco at Key West
show unus1al activity in cigar making.
Business is Florida is more promising
than last year. Cotton haC fall three
Fights to 8 cents for spot, with sales OF
VOOSVVV va Oh Viva AAO S'"SNS so ~-O
season. Is The average. prices of all COM
m0dities have fallen II per cent during
the week. Great industries show an i'm
provemept in wool and leather manufact-
ure, but no signs of recovery In Iron and
coal.
The depression in iron is serious though
prices are, on the whole, but little
changed. In the wool trade larger sales
at eastern cities and continued large re-
ceipts at the west reflect the improve
ihent which the better demand for dry
goods naturally causel. Leather i
awakening and manufacturers are laying
in stocks more literally. The boot and
shoe prospects at the south and west are
excellent, and Boston shipments again
exces last years. But the money mar
ket at the west show an increasing de
mand, at some points approaching strin'
gency, and collections are not, on the
whole good good for the season.
Business failures occurring throughout
the country during last week. as reported
to r. Il. Dunn & Co.'s mercantile agen
CT, number, for the United States, 231
Canada, % !, total 254, against 274 las
week
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04
A TRUST COMPANY
To Manipulate the Assets Of the,
Moses Bank.

A Montgomery dispatch of, Tuesday,,
says: The assignees of Moses's bank,
which assigned July 9Th, have fled a
schedule of assets of the late firm. The
assignees make no estimate of value, but
the amount is placed nominally at $3, :
600; 200, which consists largely of stocks,
bonds, real estate and lands distributed
in various sections of Alabama. The LA
bilities are placed at 81, 100, O00.s The
creditors now propose to form a trust
company, all to take shares to the amount
of their claims, and the plan Is thought
to be a feasible one and likely TO result
in securing the holders of claims against
loss. There has been no other financial
trouble on account of the failure of
this bank. Other banks have not been
in the least affected, and business is go-
ing along as usual.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04
The New Bedford lMass:( Journal

The New Bedford lAEass:l Journal is
convinced that Gin these days the invent
or who doesn't keep on inventing is in
danger. The suit now pending to de-
eide who invented the carbon filament
for the incandescent light was thought
to involve about $1,000, 900. but new
invention threatens to make it involve
pretty nearly nothing. The new inven-
ton is that of Nikola Tesla and it sub
stitutes practically indestructibles block
of carbon for the flament. It was pre-
sented and favorably discussed the other
day at meeting of the Americas Instf-
tute of Electrical Engineers in Columbia
College.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04
GOT IT CHEAP.
The Largest Reaper Works in
the World Sold for a Song.

= = 20 Z > -
One of the most important industrial
purchases of the year was consummated
at Springfield, o., Saturday. The East
street reaper works, the largest agricul-
tural implement works in the world, COW
ering forty six acres. and ranking next in
size to the Krupp Gunworks of Prussia,
was sold to "a syndicate of capitalists
of Cleveland, Chicago and New
York, to be used for The manu-
facture Of railway cars and supplies Of
all kinds. The great works are monu-
ment to the ambition of William N.
Whitley. the famous Ohio ''reapera king"
who determined to- build. e largest
reaper works in the world. He put. 81,
500, 600 into the buildings and J1achin-
cry. The whole plant was sold by the
receiver to Syndicate for two-thirds dhe
appraised price, or $500, 900.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04


Anovel plan for extinguishing church
debt has been hit upon in Melbourne,
Australia. 4, The church committee-or
vestry, as the case may be--divide the
total debt among themselves, and each
man insures his life for the amount that
falls to his share, The policies are trans
ferred to the church, and the annual
payments on them are made out of the
collections Then, Of course, As the
members of committee stdrop off," the
sums insured on their lives drop in, and
.ater, when the last Committeeman is
dead, the last instalIment of the church
debt will be paid. The plan has the
merritt merit it be-of throwing the
whole of the responsibility for the con-
tinuance of the indebtedness upon Provi.
dence.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04

Enterprising fishermen out ON the
Pacific coast are keeping o watchful eye
on the experimentof vessel owned there
which has gone to Clemente Island to
fish in deep water by the aid of incan-
descent lights and nets. It's said the
bright lights will attract the fish, and
those in charge are therefore counting
on making big haul.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04

! Ths.United States Secret Service off,
GERS have notified all the jewellers OF
Chicago that hereafter they will bepros-
ecuted. for counterfeiting in case they
are caught gold-plating silver or nickel
coins for use as.bangles. This action is
taken because it has been discovered
that some of these plated coins have
been passed for gold coins, which they
resemble in size.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04

That which woman wills she will
accomplish, is evidenced BY the determi.
nation on the part of Mrs. Magnusson to
open q High School for girlsin Iceland.
Upon lot Of her own in Reykjavik she
has created suitable building. Needing
about $1,000 for furnishing, for books.
and for teachers salaries, shesis going to
sell her family jewels, some of which are
over seven hundred years old, in order
to obtain this amount.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04
THE EDITOR IN. COURT
To Answer for Publishing Elec-
r. trOoution News. i
"a the court Of general sessions Al

In the court of general sessions at New
Yak, on Monday. before Recorder
s4Ryth, Charles O'Conor Hennessy was
,eaked to the bar to plead to an indict-
ment charging him with misdemeauo-.
The alleged offense was his publication
in the EUenins Neaos, of which he is city
editor, Of the details of the execution of
Slocum and the;other mprderers recently
put to death by electricity .at Sing Sing.
a demurrer to the Indictment was entered
in which it 10 claimed that the statute mn
der which the indictment was found is
unconstitutionaI, tnasmuch as it restraints
the liberty of the press guaranteed to it
by she constitution.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04

The custom Of shipping" is declining,
according to the testimony of the Sec-
rotary of the Amalgamated Society of
Railway Servants before a British Parli..
Smentary COMMITTEES Investigating the
hours of labor on railroads. 8 People
give less than. they used to give, and
hencs less is expected.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04

The number of cattle in Australia is
estinated at $500, 900, an Increase of
NOR than ., 500, 900 In the last fifteen
yerds Sheep. have also Increased from
6s, oOe, 900 to- 90, GOO, 600. The people
of England view these figures with great
satisfaction, inasmuch as. they indicate
an incr>ased meatsupp]y for the mother
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04
help ga FenaDt farmer VINO must have

help tha tenant farmer who must have
10 make hiscropf We reply
o. Re ufopose to take his crop
Dat n dbniin on OF the tisurgr aud
sped III Tnis VII kaBlH him to save
90 pei cell oil each CROP, aha i'd Ave
years he lin be able to pay as he goes:
See the SouthelA Mercury, dallas,
T'z's,j
Faultnbr County Wheel, Conway, Ark.
snys.: Ehat rights have the farmers
and working men that railroads and other
corporations fespecti None. Yet when
the paid-attofneSs of these corporations
come around and tell the pebble how 10
vote, some farmers are fnols enough to
believe flisin.s Never thinking that they
are talking for the men and corporations
that pay em FOR their services"
~
ThirtysfOur county Alliances have
spoken ont in their July meetings, clear
", and uheauivocally for the Ocala de-
minds and the sub-treasury. Not one
has been beard from that OPPOSES. There
never was more tinahimity on any ques-
ton presetted 10 Alliancemen.
~
All true4 Alliahcernen stick to the Al
lance as lag as it works to carry ont the
principles f the order. All traitors fly
q the Track
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04

The Chicago Drvcers' JeSfnat alleges
that capitalists are prepared to buy up
blocks of borses in the larger cities as
soon as they depreciate to certaip
Tooint
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04
HIS s'DUPES'' DASHED
And SamAaeiSand Ss Passes Over
the River.

Samuel Sands died at Baltimore, Ma,
Tuesday, nhis ninetyEseconds year. For
along time be had probably been the
oldest living printer, being in sgaibter-
rupted service as a printer. editor OF
publisher since his appfeht iceship began,
nearly century ago. He was thepub-
Usher of The American Farmer, the first
agricultural paper started NTH se1nntty.
For number Of years.hs published The
Morning Chronicle, a daily issued
at Baltimore before the era of
stelegraphs 3 and steam pressed In
1885 lie published The FTeemaflaa
Banner, advocating the eleetionaofs Sea
seEal W illiam Henry Harrison, and after
ward other political and literary papers.
He was a strenuous whfo, ana Tor many
years secretarvsof the wbig state .ceHsE6I
cowmittpe, but never heldsaE.raa foEaAy
pubic effiees During the war besYss an
uucondhiona union man and hos since
been republican. While an apprentice
boyshe setsin aypesth nannseEip pit of the
'tStar Snangled Banne, T"
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04

You should Subsesibefor this paper
and zee what il going on in The world.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04

+ "Think of it," exclalm the New York
naR and Rzpress, "California pEunes and
oliFe oil exported to Europe!"
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04


Commonw, alth had enjoyed a prosperity
grtter than that enjoyed by any other
COMMUNITY in The world. It is no cause
fer wonder that the m neS poweF and a
who do its bidding denoNnce tbs siib-,
treasury plan aid tail against IL. It
would permanently retire them from the
business of devouring industry and com
pei them to live by their labor or
starve,
~.
PREsIDENT@POLK TALKS.
A Washington dispatch SAYS. Pfesi-
dent PolSs of the Farmets' Alliance; has
returned from his soutRefn, toar; and Id
short Interview said the alliance was not
.osing ground anywhere, but was pro-
crossing beautifully. All talk about
split on account of the sub treasury idea,
no said, was absurd. What difference of
opinion there was. was as to the form OF
the measure and its details. There was
no difference of opinion as to principle
and every Farmers Allianceflaati had Che
same object in view He stated that he
had been quoted Incorrectly as sayihet that
the great issties were the tariff and free
coin Ige, and that with these issiies the
alliance would all rally around the stib-
treasury bill. 1.-THE issue is not the tariff,
the free coinage of silver, nor the sub
treasury bill The issue is the reform of
our entire financial system. Neither the
issuance of more money, nor the collec-
ton of less taxes, will alone do the peo-
pie any good. The entire financial sys-
tenn of She government must be changed
before anything else that may be done
can correct the existing evils"
~
Observation-Disclosures ISSUE.
The sub-treasury is the only real issue.
We don't want any half-hAnded espousal
of the Alliance cause. When a man says:
II am with you and think you are right,
but can't agree with you on the sub
treasury, you may know he is slave to
the national banks, or is not with us.
The sub treasury is more money, cheaper
money, and money for the people. No
other plan has ever been suggested that
would put the currency In the proper
channel. The people have no diamonds,
bullion or stock upon which to back
currency, but they have lands and crops.
No other plan win meet the ends for
which peoples money should be is
sued. The rich need no money, they
have enough, the laboring class need the
money aud the only money that can
reach them is the sub-treasury money.
We need not expect money for the people
from banks or from money manipulators,
for it is contrary to their interest to have
peoples money. We, the agricultural,
laboring and industrial classes, backed
by the sensible and liberal element in the
trades and professions must carry on this
reform. Money for the people is the
watch word and sub-treasury money it
must be.-Southean Alliance Farmer.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1891-08-04

Journal of the Knights of Labor phil
sadelphia) says: The enemies of the
Farmers Alliance when. they first enter
the lists, by what appears like fatality,
direct their attack upon the sub-treasury
plan. Evidently they think this the
weak and easily pierced joint in the Ali
ance armor; but as one after another their
spears shiver to pieces while they fail to
pierce the joint, they realize that, if the
ssubstfeasury plan is not invulnerable, at
any rate the enemy has not yet forged the
weapon that can pierce it. So far all the
attacks upon the .sub-treasury plan have
only resulted in Z making con-
verts to the idea and in con-
rirminR the faith of those who
already believe in it, Essentially it is
the same system as was in vogue in the
old Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be-
fore the Revolution. of which Edmund
Burke said, on the floor of the British
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-08

EAsroN. Pa, Jan. 7,-Gilbert NJ. Bis
sell ono Of the most widely-known men
In this section, died Of heart disease
last night about II o'clock, while the
ball of the Monbar Social Club was in
full blast at hall of which Mr.. Blssell
was the lesse. He had shortly before
participated in q square dance and
then complained of feeling exhausted.
He went into an adjoining room and
In few minutes was corpse.
The announcement of his death to
the guests, who haR just seen him in
the height OF society, produced terri
BILE shock. Women cried, the cheeks
of the men grew white, and all hurried
from the scene as quickly as possible.
Mr.. Bissell was barber and an
instructor in dancing. OF late he has
been the proprietor Of Pomfret Hall,
the most popular dance hall In the city.
He was well known as musician and
composer, and during the war served
in the Forty.serenth Regiment Band.
He was 10 years OF age.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-08

New street or as it is generally
known, White Chapel, on Eighth street
above Orange, Is one Of the greatest
nulsances that this city has over had
to benr Respectable people living in
tho vicinity complain that they are un-
able to sleep at nights, and from what
"A reporter OF the ltEPUDIIcAs saw yes
terday he Is prepared to believe all
they say. As he was passing he saw
two colored men, who had been play
ing game called crap quarrclling,
From what he could learn the smaller
man, who had an axe in his hand, had
won the other mans money, and con-
sequently he was indignant. When
ever he approached the other man he
would draw back the axe and threaten
him what he would do.
While the quarrel was going on q
nice looking cOlored woman came out
of ono of the houses, and after So
curing half brick, declared that she
would lit tho man who had the axe IL
he attempted TO strike the other. She
held the brick behind her, but did not
have my occasion to uso 1t, as heI
friend made his retreat through Il gate,
presumably to hl5 residence. The
affair caused considerable excitement
during the time 1t lasted, but Is said
by those who know that such things
are common occurrence. This Is
one OF the places in this city that de-
mands tho attention OF the police,
especially as gambling Is carried Oh
Sundays the same as any other day.