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Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-02-15
AFFAIRS OF CONSEQUENCE.

HOME.
A Joint resolution was introduced in
the Virginia senate drawing the color line
in the apportionment of the school fund.
The friends of the free coinage of sill
yer claim that poll of the house dis
closes an overwhelming majority in favor
of that measure.
Postmaster General Wanamak.r says
there is no reason to fear the postal ser
vice would be less efficient without the
special facility compensation, but Others
take different view and regard it as a
damaging backward step.
FOREIGN.
The government Of Ceylon has voted
$4,000 for an exhibit of that islands
products at the Chicago Columbian ex-
position.
Owing to the strike of coal porters in
London, a coal famine is threatened in
that city. The retail dealers have ad-
vanced prices and dealers are compelled
to drive their own wagons.
Ex-Gov. John Mansfield, of California,
suggests Governor Mckinley as the re-
publican candidate for the presidency,
and it is said Governor Mckinley has
leaped into favor on the Pacific coast
since the withdrawal OfSecretary Blaine.
Advices to the London Times from Rio
anero, the capital of Brazil, state that
another revolution is imminent there,
Three members of the cabinet have re.
signed, which action is accepted as an
indication that the government is break
ing up.
The religious marriage of Miss Matte
Michel, daughter of senator Michel, ot
Oregon, and the Duke de La Rochefou
cauld, who were married by the civil au
thorities in Paris Wednesday, was cele
brated in that city at the fashionable
church of St. Clothilde.
Mr.. Balfour, government leader in tn,
house of commons, gave notice in thai
body to Mr.. Edward de Cobain, mem
Der of parliament for East Belfast, Ire
land, who is fugitive from fustice il
consequence of the issuing of warran
for his arrest on a grossly immora
charge, to attend the session ofthe hous
on Tuesday. the 23d inst. 1t 10 believe
Mr.. de Cobain will not return to Eng
land.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-02-15
THE AURORA ROREALIs.
Gorgeous Display Witnessed In
Ashe ville. Saturday Evening.

On Saturday evening southern eyes
were dazzled with the unexpected and
rarely presented spectacle of the aurora
borealis, that splendid compensation for
the gloom of the long polar nights, and
that gorgeous mystery Of the heavens
almost exclusively opened up to the
secluded skies of the far frozen north.
Rarelyiis such sight vouchsafed to south
ern eyes; and though no longer beheld as
a portent, it is so rare in it's visitations,
and so gorgeous and 80 wonderful in its
rapidly changing forms and the brillancy
and rapid variation Of it's coloring as be
viewed with certain kind of awe as
well as wondering delight.
The phenomenon of Saturday night
was new to this generation. Few among
those who sawit had ever before seen the
like. Its existence hung over tradition,
and as the peculiar glory of other and
far distant skies. Perhaps to watchful
observers faint white streamers OF the
Northern Light may have shot their
beams upwards toward the zenith and
played with subdued radiance fantastic
capers in the azure vault OF heaven. Such
had been noted by few, and when seen
had made but teeting impression.
When, therefore on Saturday evening,
about o'clock a deep rosy glow sud
denly lit up the northern sky here, as
elsewhere, the impulse was to ascribe it
to great but distant conhagration.
A moments observation revealed it as
the Aurora-the spectacle Of lifetime.
A heavy bank of clouds lay along
the northern horizon above them
famed upwards the deep, rich, rosy
light of apparently an illumina-
ted body of vapor, floating laziy in
the heavens, and without coruscating
movement. Blu. through this rosy
vapor shot bright streams Of white
light, extending about twenty-five de-
grees above the horizon, lacing the
sky in parallel perpendicular bands,
changing position with inconceiv-
able swlttness, disappearing here, re-
appearing there, with a velocity that
could not be measured. The movement
OF the auroral mass at first inclined to-
wards the east; then it swayed back to-
wards the west. The duration of the
phenomenon was little mere than an
hour. At 8 O'Clock the body OF clouds
had so risen as to hide the northern
heavens, and also about that time the
full moon rose in its glory; and the cur
tain dropped on the Aurora.
The thermometer was observed during
the continuance of the display. A fall OF
the mercury is usually regarded as nec-
essary accompaniment. At 7 p. m. the
mercury marked 43 above zero; at it
marked 42-an insignificant change.
The phenomenon is purely electrical,
and supposed to be closely connected
with the movements of the sun spots.
On the 10th an enormous spot, 100000
miles in length, and 10000 in breadth
was announced. That was regarded as
the precursor Of an electrical storm. On
that day Professor Wendell said of this
spot:
ut occupies one seventh the diameter
of the sun, and it is the most magnifi
cent display seen i'll twenty years. Il
will be immediately folio wed by mag
netic disturbance on the earth, and W
may expect violent storms somewher,
ON our surface before long.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-02-15
WILL NOT RECEDE.
The Convention Will Meet Feb
ruary Twenty-SecODd.


ruary Twentv-SecODd.
NEW YORK, Feb. Ex-senator Hill had
an important conference in this city Sat
urday night. Among those present
were Richard Croker, W. Bourke Cock
ran, District Attorney J.W. Ridgeway
and Senator John Mccarthy, of Brook
lyn; Commissioner Thomas F. Gilroy,
Congressman Amos ]. Cummings, Police
Commissioner James ]. Martin, Clinton
Beckwith, of Herkimer; Nicholas Null
Ter, jr., OF Staten Island; Register Frank
T. Fitzgerald, Emigration Commissioner
E. l.. Ridgeway, Police Justice Thomas
F. Grady and Daniel g. Hickey, of Vest
chester. 1t is said that Edward Murphy,
jr., was also present.
1t will be observed that most Of them
are members of the democratic state
committee in this part of the state
One of the things definitely settled at the
Saturday night and Sunday morning
conference was that no attention should
be paid to the protest of the democrats
who assembled at Cooper union on
Thursday evening, and demanded post
ponement Of the democratic state con-
yentiOn,
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-02-15
MILLIONS OF MONEY.
New York Bank statement For
Last Week.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-The following is
the weekly bank statement; Resesve
increase, $212, 400; loans, increase, S..
627, 700; specie, increase, $943, 800; legal
tenders, increase, $S17, 800; deposits, in
crease, $S,195.200. Circulation, in
crease, $4,000, The banks now hold
$33. 1926 in excess of the require
ments of the rs per cent. rule.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-02-15
AMERICAS CHARITY.
A Train Load 0fFlOur for starv.
Ing Russia.

lhk AAuooh0s
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, February 10
Mayor Stuart, of Philadelphia, chair
man of the Russian famine relief associ-
alton, has placed an order with Wash
burn, Crosby & Co., of this city for
so 900 barrels of -four and train of
thirty cars required to carry it left here
via the Northwestern road. The com
pany turned out the -four in six hours.
The train was handsomely decorated
and placarded and marked rush" 1t
will go from Chicago on fast time via
the Pennsylvania road, arriving in
Philadelphia February II, where it will
be loaded on the American line steamer,
Indiana, which sails February 20. The
vessel will 90 direct to Russia and will
sail under the American flag.
The New York Russian famine fund
has reached $25,S92.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-02-15
A PRISONER RELEASED.
After Eight Years His Liberty ia
Restored.

LONDON, Feb. 15.-Among the prison.
ers convicted eight years ago at Cork
assizes for completely in the Cross Malina
County Mayo murder conspiracy, wa
a promised member of the land league
named Macauly. He was sentenced to
a term of Imprisonment that would
have expired in 1894, but today by order
of the government was released. At the
time Macauly was tried FIVE others, in
cluding Thos. DAILY, were convicted Of
the same offence, and each received a
similar sentence. The only one now in
prison now is DAILY.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-02-15
n ne L.esseps Better.

PARIS, Feb. 15.-The condition Of M.
De Lesseps, whose critical illness was
announced yesterday. hasimproved. His
friends, however, are still anxious con-
cerning him.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-02-15
STILL IN THE RING,
R. B. holland 8 SON,
GROCE.RS,
No. n N. Main Street,

Wish to announce the fact that they are
sole agents for the Spartanburg steam baked
bread, the only first class bread to be found
In the city. and no table 10 complete without
1t. We get 1t fresh by express every day.
Don't forget that we are wholesale and re-
tail dealers In potatoes. apples, onions, and
all kinds of country produce. Everything
kept that Is usually found in a first class
grocery store.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-02-15
REAL ESTATE MEN.

A Meeting Of the Congress In
Nashville, Tennessee.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, Feb, 15.-The van
guard of the national real estate con-
gress which meets in this city Wednes-
day is beginning to arrive. Indications
are that it will be the largest convention
of exclusively business men ever held III
the south. Over 800 delegates expected
Several cities will send delegations ir
chartered Pullmans. Every section o.
the country will be represented.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-02-15
GROVER CLEVELAND.
We Will Hunt Deer i'm North Car
OIina this week.

WILMINGTON. Feb. 15.-D. M. Flagler's
yatcht Oheita has arrived here, and Mr..
Flagler will arrive this week. Ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland will join him. and both
will be the guests of Pembroke Jones, one
of the most prominent men Of Whining
ton. In company with a large party
they will spend several days hunting
deer in Brunswick county, where game
ia remarkably plentiful.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-02-15
ADVERTISE.

But words are things, end a small
drop of ink, falling like dew upon
a thought, produces that which
makes thousands. perhaps mil
lions, think.-Byron.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-06
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FIFTy.secoNo CONGRESS.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2T.-A resolution
was adopted in the senate asking
the president for information rclat-
ing to the non-acceptance of Henry
W. Blair as United States minister to
China The Mexican award bill was
discussed. In the house bill was in
troduced providing that all oleomar-
garine transported into any state or
territory shall be subject to the laws
thereof. Mr.. Watson (Ga- laid down
the principles of the Farmers Alliance
party. Debate on the new rules closed
the session.
THURSDAY, Jan 2S.-In the senate
message was received from the
president transmitting the additional
CORRESPONDENCE in the Chilian matter.
Mr. Hale spoke at length upon the
benefits of reciprocity, after which an
adjournment was taken to February 1.
In the house bill was passed to pun
ish Matchmaking by fine of $1,000 or
Imprisonment for one year. The pro-
posed new rules were discussed at
length.
FRIDAY, Jan. 20 The senate WAS
not in session. In the house the time
was occupied in discussing the pro-
posed new rules, but no action was
taken.
SATURDAY. Jan. 3O.-Thcrc was no
session of the senat'. In the house
the time was occupied in discussing
the prop, sd new rules. but no
action was taken Eulogies upon the
life of the late Congressman liouk. of
Tennessee, were delivered. \ bill was
introduced to authorize the govern
mcut to erect post office buildings in
places of more than 5000 inhabitants
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-06

An earthquake shock throughout
Tasmania. Victoria and TIE south coast
of New South Wales damaged many
houses
THE death of Baron Louis Won Har-
her, the founder of many banks and
one OF the best known financiers in
Austria, occurred in Vienna, aged IS.
Is the department of Voronzeh. Rus
sia, peasants. eNasperated by their suf-
ferings from hunger and sickness, have
turned their resentment against the
doctors for their failure TO effect cures
and the physicians were fleeing in ter
rOr.
NATIVES murdered five American
missionaries at Bona. in the Congo Free
State. Seven native converts met a
like fate. and the mission buildings
were burned
Is London, Succi, the faster,
abandoned his attempt to 20 without
food for fifty-two days. He had tasted
forty-fnur days
TIE distinguished BAPTIST minister,
Rev. Charles Eladdon Spurgeon, died at
Mentone on the 3lst ult. He was uncon-
scious when he passed away and death
was painless. Mr.. Spurgeon was born
at KcIvedorc Eng. June 10, 1884. and
preached his first sermon as pastor at
Waterbeach when only IL years of age.
CARA, it was reported, had begged
for pardon from President DlaZ, of
Mexico. offering to betray his follow
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-06

A MOB took Lee Gibson tcoioredl
from Jail at Owenton, Ky, and hanged
him for the murder of Frank Lrggerns.
In North Dakota the wheat crop for
1891 is estimated at CT. 1I3.32S bushels.
or - 5S bushels to the acre.
THE Farmers National Alliance in
session in Chicago reelected D. F.
Ravens, of Washington, president for
the ensuing year.
AT Charlestown, Md Thomas ThoInp-
son (colorcdl was hanged for the muir
der on August -. 1891, of William
Adams, also colored.
TANpY TouSs and his two children,
aged and years, were burned to
death by the burning of n house at
Greenville. Ga Mrs Young escaped.
GEORGE CRAMER's home near Brain
erd, Mimi, was burned during his
absence, and Mrs. Cramer and three
children perished in the flames.
AT Thompsons, Tex, four men cap
turcd and hung Joe Shields to tree.
No cause was known.
LEE DAVIS and Bob Jones, members
of the Parton faction, were waylaid
and killed by Perry Turner and his
men near Pinerille, Ky.
IS Oklahoma a man named Burdette
and his wife and two children froze to
death.
THE business portion of Milan. Mo-,
was swept away by flames
The OHIO republican association in
Washington gave Il receipt on to Sem
ator John sherman in honor of his
sixth election to the United States
senate.
AT Terre Ilaute. Ind, i. X. Mus
grave, who attempted to swindle in
surance companies by burning log
cabin containing Il skeleton, was con-
victed and sentenced to pay tine OF
$500 and to be confined in the peniten-
tiary ten years.
IL sumner county, Kan, John w.
Wise, grandson of John Wise, de-
ceased, Will, digging for :he founda-
ton of a new structure on the farm on
which the old man died, found S;'5, 900
which had been secreted dozen years.
THr house and barns on mt the !:f7F farm p,S, SS
rsp~o m l9s:uiHes and pretty baa,
thirteen hOrihc grand march 4 tiiinc
farm implci Miss MnllIc S.huch.r,
cealed in a bb ,f.La1.;
were also hIi 7'i'
Ar,yp of heroine in her role. The
thieves nearprn y IL" ycang lsslics
Dt RING rijrU; ,ia,Civ Gr>i0nnI era
dali, coal laden, went ashore near the
entrance to Grav's liarbor, Ore and
twenty of the crew, including the Off
GERS. were drowned. only three per-
sons .'cachiug shore alive.
The family of Il. Y. Burnett were
taken with the grip while enroute from
/ Missouri to the Pottawatamie reserva-
ton in Oklahoma territory, and Mr..
Burnett. his wife and two children died
from the effects of the disease.
A GANG of expert cOunterfeiters were
flooding Ohio with spurious silver coin
dated 1871.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-06
FROM WASHINGTON.

Chill in her reply to the ultimatum
of the I Inited States government com
pletely and unequivocally disavows
the Malta circular, and expresses re-
gret for the sentiments therein con-
tained: apologies for the Baltimore
outrage and leaves the terms of settle
ment with the supreme court of the
[ nited States: declares a deep respect
for our flag and our uniform. sincere
feeling of friendship for the United
States. and the reflections on Minister
Egan contained in the request for his
recall are withdrawn.
The commissioner of pensions ap-
peared before a subcommittee of the
house appropriations committee and
asked for an appropriation for pen
sions for the next fiscal year of Sl44,-
956. 900.
PRESIDENT HARRISON in a special
message sent to congress on the 9Sth
declared that the administration was
satisfied with the answer made by
Chill to the ultimatum of the | nited
States of January II, and with the mes
sage transmitted the answer aforesaid
and the correspondence growing out
of it
PRESIDENT HAREIsoN's cabinet at a
meeting decided that when Chilli
salutes the flag the Baltimore incident
will he closed There would be no re-
sort to the supreme court of the United
States nor to tribunal of arbitration.
as the administration accepts the apol-
ogy of the Chilian government in its
broadest sense.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 2?th aggregated
81. POS. 5I9.sI7 against 81, 29), 1863, SD, the
previous week The increase as COM
pared with the corresponding week of
1901 was l0l.
The business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 10Th numbered 291, against SIS the
preceding week and 22O for the corre-
spending week last year.
THE Chilian government has been
notified by Secretary Blaine that her
apology has been accepted. and that it
restores the correspondence between
the two republics to basis of cordial
ity and makes, as he believes, full
and honorable adjustment of all un-
settled matters easily attainable-
Is Washington Howard Schneider.
aged -. fatally shot his wife and killed
her brother. Frank IIamlink. The
wife had refused to live with her nus
hand
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-06
LATER,

IL the senate, on the lst, after morn
ing business had been disposed of the
Paddock pure food bill was taken up
and made the special order for the Sd.
The La Abra and We'll bills, referring
the claims to the court of claims with
right of appeal to the supreme court.
We're passed. Both bills provide that
in case the courts decide the claims
fraudulent the uneXpended balance OF
the awards shall he returned to Mexico.
.In the house, under the call OF
states, n large number of bills were
introduced. The report of the com
mittce on rules was then taken up, the
various amendments proposed giving
rise to some spicy discussion; 1ut little
progress with the bill was made.
On the Ist the United States supreme
court upheld the constitutionality of
the lottery act of the last congress, af-
firming the decision in the case of
Deyne and Rapier, the publishers OF
the New Orleans States and Mobile
Register, who were indicted on charges
of sending through the mails newspa-
pcrs containing lottery advertise
ments. BY common consent the cases
were made test suits as to the constitu-
tionality of the law.
THE steamship Elder, of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Co, Capt
Henecke, which left New York for Bre-
men on January 23, went ashore, during
the night of the 3lst, on the Atherfield
rocks, nine miles west of Ventnor, Isle
of Wight. The life-saving corps and
coast guardsmen did noble work in res
cuing and caring for passengers and
crew.
THE United States supreme court has
reversed the Judgment of the supreme
court of Nebraska, and ordered it to
take further proceedings in conformity
with the decision that Gov.-elect Boyd
is n citizen of the United States.
"RIyDERPEsT," hog disease, is
spreading in the district of Altoona,
Prussia. Sanitary measures against in
fection are strictly enforced. and the
markets are closed in consequence.
ALICE MITCHELL and Lille johnson
were Jointly arraigned in the criminal
court at Memphis, Tenn, on the 1st.
charged with the murder of Freda
Ward. They pleaded not guilty.
The secretary of the Kansas state
board of agriculture announces that
wheat has suffered no damage SO far.
but that conditions must be extremely
favorable to insure good crop.
THE peace of Europe is said to be
menaced by the strained relations ex-
isting between France and SPAN, and
the gravity of the situation can hardly
be exaggerated
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-06

HELENA. Mont, Feb. 1.-For some
time past gang of desperadoes have
been conducting lively business in
horse stealing in that part of Montana
living south of the Yellowstone and in
Fremont county. Well-knOwn stock
growers of Yellowstone county have
lost about 400 horses. Other stock
growers have contributed several hun
dred more. and it is believed that the
outlaws have about 600 head in their
possession.
The situation has become so serious
that band OF thirty resolute citizens
was organized and set out to attempt
the recovery of the stock and to thin
out the thieves In an encounter few
days ago. four of the latter were
killed The gang of desperadoes, how
ever. numbered about fifty. and the
citizens require reinforcements before
attempting to complete the work they
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-06
THE BEHRING SEA DISPUTE.
The Negotiations Proceeding at the Ma
tional Capital.

WASHINGTON, Feb. The British
commissioners, Sir George Baden
Powell and DIR. Dawson, in charge OF
the British side of the Beering sea
negotiations, had an audience with
Secretary Blaine at the state depart
ment yesterday afternoon. The COM
missioners on the the part of the United
States are Professors T. c. Menden-
hall. and E. L. Merriam. The joint
commission will hold daily secret ses-
sions at the state department.
Sir George Baden-Powell, the British
commissioner, said to United Press
representative yesterday morning that
he and his colleague, DIR. Dawson. had
come here prepared to settle all ques-
tions of difference between England
and the United States, pertaining to
the BehriDg sea dispute. The matter,
he said, was one of great Importance to
the two countries and the differences
should not be allowed to remain unset
tied He brought with him all the data
bearing on the subject, and expected to
get to work at once. He understood
that the United States was equally
anxious for settlement, and he be-
lieved a conclusion would be reached
honorable and satisfactorily alike to
the United States and Great Britain.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-06
WEST AND SOUTH.

ROBBERS made raid on the Union
oank of Wilton, la. and secured 81, 4,0OO
INDIANA democrats have changed the
date of their state convention from
April IA to April 81.
In Oklahoma territory large numbers
of the Pawnee. Otoe and Missouri In
dams were dying daily of la grippe.
WILLIAM MYERS and his uncle, John
Owen, were burned to death at Ken
dallville. Ind.
An Indian named William Tyndall,
living near Bancroft. Neb., will file an
application for a pension. He served
in the civil war.
THE tenth attempt within the past
year was made to set fire to Buriing-
ton, Ia