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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-03-09

many of the preachers OF this
progressive age are seeming
ly making merchandise OF the
Gospel. That is, they set a
price and say to this or that
church if ) on will pay me so
much | will preach SO long
for you. Some may kick at
this, and if go, be carefullest
you kick againt the pricks,
for such is too common to be
denied 1t does seem like if
one feels inspired to preach
the Gospel, he should trust
the Lord to prepare a willing
people, for, IL will make my
people a willing people in the
days of my power" sayeth
the Lord. The Book says
"The Lord loves a cheerful
giver." N w, if we he His de
ciples indeed, we willcheerful-
ly and willingly support our
preacherina comfortable and
respectable manner.
The progressive man of this
age may say. behold our la
bor-saving machinery, while
the women OF yore carded,
spun, wove and sewed by
hand all the wearing, appar-
ell. 1t is now done by ma.
chinery, and while the farm
er of nl len times moved
his meadow with his Dutch
scythe and threshed his grain
with a hickory fail, we now
NOV the meadows with horse
power and the threshing ma
chine rolls out the golden
grain. Yes, see ourlabor sa-
wing machinery, such as cook
stoves, knitting, churning,
wasiingand sewing machines
reapers, threshers, mowers,
horse-rakes, etc. Yes, very
true, we now have all kinds
of labor-savjng machinery,
and truly this is Il progress
sive and fast age, 40 much 40
that it produces both good
and evil, and seemingly the
evil predominates. By steam
we plow ard sail the mighty
deep, stem the flowing river,
and bring as it we're the Pa
cific and Atlantic Oceans as
near neighbors. All these To-
comOtives subserve trade and
commerce. and by steam and
machinery ahn ost everything
is now made that we wear,
and nearly all kinds Of farm
ing utensils, which is all good
anl welcome enough, and in
many respects are great and
wonderful blessings to our
race in this fast and progress
sive age.
It is said that every sweet
has it's bitter. In like man.
ner, may we not say that all
good has its train ofevils? II
this progressive and invent
live age has produced much
good, it has also produced
mnch evil. The progressive
man may say show us the
great evils. Well, if you are
mot blind you can see many,
very many, yes, most of the
young men of to-day either
]too proud or too lazy to
work. Who're will you find a
|young man now who has
split and laid up a thousand
rails or cleared ts.n acres al
Hand? Can't flnd him. But,
Instead, We see them aspire
Ito some Office or profession.
They say, I must be either a
doctor, lawyer, preacher, a.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-03-09
J +. MORPnEW
ATTORNEY Al LAW,
MARION, .-.------..---N. N.
-(o)-.-

-(O)--
Will practice in the courts O.
Watanga. Ashe, Mitchell, Mellow.
III and all other counties in the
western district ~ Special att-n
ton given to the collection OF
claims. u
The sun., 1893-08-10
FOREIGN.

The revolution in Argentine is spread
ing.
Lieut.. Puysegur and seven soldiers
of the French force were drowned in
the river near Khong island.
People of two Mexican towns killed
one another in fight over boundary
lines.
Cholera has appeared at Smyrna.
A revolution has broken out in Al
gentina.
The French government has been ad-
viSed that Capt. ThOreux has left Sal
gon with body of troops for the upper
Mekong.
A dispatch to the London Times from
Shanghai says that the Italian Catholic
mission at Mien Yang, ninety miles from
Hankaw, has been destroyed by native
rioters.
The Simla correspondent of the Lon
don Daily News says that the Indian
government has refused to modify the
terms granted the exchange banks, who
have appealed to England against its
decision. ...E ...
A dispatch from Rome states that
the pOpe'S encyclical. on the labor queS-
ton has not yet been officially issued.
The pope, the dispatch adds, continues
to retouch and improve the language
of the encyclical.
Peace will be restored in Nicaragua.
A treaty of peace has been signed by
representative of the Granada govern
ment and the Leon revolutionists. This
was in accordance with the proposals
made by Provisional President Zavala.
The sentences of ten of the Armenian
prisoners recently condemned to death
at Angora, Turkey, for taking part in
the seditious uprising at Marsoven
and Cesarara have been cOmmuted by
the sultan to penal servitude for eight
years.
A Buenos Ayres special says: The
Radicals who are at the head of the
revolutionary movement now in prog
ress in this and other provinces, now
declare that their object is to effect as
complete a revolution as that which oc-
Cured in 1890 and to destroy the sur
viving elements of the regime of ex-
| President Celman in the local admin
istratiOn here and in Santa Fe.
The sun., 1893-08-10
FIRED INTO A CROWD

Corydon, Ind, Aug. Z. - Last night
Boone township; this county, was made
the scene of the most terrible shooting
affair that ever occurred in this part of
the state. A large crowd of men went
to the house of William and Ed Conrad
for the purpose of lynching the two boys,
who were suspected, of killing their father
last winter. The young Conrads had
received notice some time ago that if
they did not leave the neighborhood they
would be lynched. Upon this notice the
boys armed themselves with shotguns and
revolvers and awaited their coming. The
boys secreted themselves outside their
house when the crowd approached and
fired into them, killing John Timberlake
and William Wiseman, after which the
crowd dispersed, and before they could
command themselves they were again
fired into and Edward Houston and
Isaac Howe were instantly killed and
William May was fatally shot The
mob comprised about 100 men, and those
killed and wounded are the best in the
township. The two Conrads escaped.
Intense excitement prevails throughout
the southern part of the county. The
Conrad boys have always been regarded
as vicious and worthless.
The sun., 1893-08-10
CONGRESS CONVENES
THE EXTRAORDINARY SESSION Is
NOW UNDER WAY.
The silver Question and the Tariff
Furnishes Material EnOuGh to Oc-
cupy the Attention of Congress for
Many Months to Come.

Washington, Aug. For the twelfth
time in the history of the United States
congress was at noon to-day convened
in extraordinary" session. The history
which the session will make for itself
win probably justify that title III more
ways than one Convened for a single
specific object-the repeal or modincatlon
OF what is popularity known as the Sher'
man act-it will not be restricted to that
bare programme, but will have, In con-
nection, to legislate upon the whole sub
ject of finance, including probably
thorough revision of the tariff. Those
two subjects, distinct and yet connected,
Will supply material enough to occupy
the attention of congress for many
months to come. While the senate Will
have the great advantage of being guided
and controlled by experienced leaders ana
debaters on both sides of the chamber, lt
also contains many members entirely new
to it's proceedings Its presiding ohcer,
Vice President Stevenson, when he took
the gayel on the 4th of March last from
the hand of the retiring vice president,
Mr.. Morton, had had no familiarity with
the rules of legislative body except that
uGIlNSu lIOll al tAS AONSS ~
representatives during two congresses,
and the six weeks of the extra session,
but in case of necessity Mr.. Stevenson
will have a reliable substitute to call to
the chair in the person of the president
of the senate pro tem., Mr.. Harris OF
Tennessee.
The first business in order after the
Serate was called to order was to ad-
minister the oath of Office to the sen
ators and the new secretary of the SEN
ate. The senator's who took the oath
were Perkins, who succeeds Senator
Star ford; Mr.. Pasco Of Florida, who has
been reelected after serving ad interim
under gubernatorial appointment, and
Mr.. Quay of Pennsylvania, who was
not present during the last extra session
and so has not yet qualified. AS soon as
notice was received from the house that
it had organized the proper committees
were appointed to wait upon the presi-
dent and notify him that congress is
ready to receive any communication he
may care to make This calls for the
message explaining the presidents rea-
sons for cOnvening congress i'll special
session.
1he mouse was called 10 order Dy CLERK
Kerr, who has been selected by a eau
Gus of his party for reelection, but who
would nevertheless have performed that
duty, under the law, as the holding-over
clerk of the last house, even if he had
not been chosen for reelection. There
will probably be little done in the house
the first week owing to the nOn-existence
of committees.
The sun., 1893-08-10
CASUALTY.

The indurated rubber plant, Lock
port, N. Y, burned. Loss, $1SO,OOO.
The steamer John X. Fowler burned
at Louisville, Ky. Loss, $4,000.
While bathing in Rock river near
Rock Island, Ill, G. III. Buford and Miss
Fannie Sudlow were drowned.
A block of wooden buildings burned
at Yonkers, n. Y, causing Il loss OF
100000.
John Jordan was instantly killed at
Allendale, ILL.,, by being struck by
lathe thrown from a saw.
Willie Schultz, aged II, and Charles
Bauer, aged fourteen, were drowned
near Burlington, Iowa.
The United States warship Alert was
damaged in c0llision near Shanghai,
China.
Several buildings were struck by
lightning at Brazil, Ind, during thun-
derStOrm.
While repairing an elevator at Den
yer NJ. l.. Rogers was killed by
tackle block falling ON his head.
Katie Eckert, nine years old, was ac-
cfdentalIy shot and killed at Heth
township, Ind, by Carrie Perkiser,
eighteen years old.
Fire at San Francisco destroyed the
fancy goods store of Buyer & Rich and
the boot and shoe store of Buckingham
& Hecht Loss, $25O,OO0.
By the derailing of Mobile & Ohio
freight train near Belleville, ILL.,, Braks-
man Ebert Murray was killed, Frank
Sanders seriously injured and James
Carson had his leg broken.
Wenzel Reiter was burned to death
and forty others had q narrow escape
from fire that broke out in a seven
story factory building at New York.
-Four manufacturing firms occupy the
building and employ altogether about
fifty men. The damage to the stock
| of various firms and to the building
will aggregate $4,000.
Michael and Thomas Carahan, broth
ers, residing in South Pittsburg, to-
gether with a man whose name is not
yet known, were struck by an express
train while walking on the tracks of
the Pennsylvania railroad near Brinton
station. Both Of the Carahans were
killed instantly, while the unknown
man received injuries from which he
cannot recover.
The sun., 1893-08-10
CAPTURED BY TRAMPs.

Lima, Ohio, Aug. S.--A gang of half
hundred men took possession of east
bound passenger train No. 3, due here
at 10 o'clock yesterday ON the Pennsyl-
vania road when the train stopped at
Delphos, small station west of this city,
and would not allow the train employees
to molest them or put them off. They
filed the coaches and deied every one.
AT the first station, out a telegram was
sent here to the police to meet the train,
which was done, but only two of the
fellows were taken, the others breaking
through the ranks and escaping with cut
and bruised heads. The men We're work
men who were thrown out of employment
by the recent financial troubles in the
West, and are on their way East i'm
search of work. They are without money
and are a desperate lot of dangerous fell
lows
The sun., 1893-08-10
READY ron THE WORK.

Washington, Aug, 8.-The house was
called TO order at boon, the presidents
proclamation was read, and the call of
the names of the members was then pro-
ceeded with. Three hundred and forty
three members responded to their names,
when the house aproceeded to vote for
speaker, the candidates being Crisp, Reed
'eEd simpson. Crisp was elected speak
,er, receiving 214 votes against 122 votes
for Rted and z votes for Simpson. James
Kerr OF Pennsylvania was chosen clerk,
Herman Snow of Illinois scrgeant-at-
arms, A. B. Hunt of Tennessee door
keeper, Lycurgus Dalton of Illinois post
master 8. w. Haddsway of Maryland
chaplain. After the appointment of COM
mitteeS to notify the president that the
house was ready to receive messages the
house adjourned.
The secretary-elect of the senate, Mr..
Cox of North Carolina, had the oath ad-
ministered to him and took possession of
the Office. The usual resolutions to noti-
fy the house and president We're adopted,
and at 1870 the death of the late Sen-
ator Stanford of California was an
nouneed by Mr.. White of that state, and
as mark of respect, the senate ad-
journsd until to-day. This prevented the
reception of the presidents message on
the opening day. Statements as to its
length and contents are necessarily more
or less conjectural. From sources be-
lieved to b. well Informed it is learned
that the message will be not more than
two columns in length, aud that it rec
Ommends the unconditional repeal of the
Sherman act. Pro-silver Democrats cx-
press themse Ives ais agreeably surprised
at what they understand to be the moder-
alton of the presidents recommendations.
They are Informed that he recommends
the unconditional repeal of the Sherman
act. He, however, recognizes that silver
Is one of the money metals of this coun-
try which must be maintained, but points
that with the present attitude of Euro
pean countries, the proper ratio between
gold and silver cannot be maintained by
this country alone. Therefore, he does
not favor the coinage of silver under
present conditions except for subsidiary
purposes. He thinks the European ma
tons who are now depressing the price
of silver can by the suspension of it's
Coinage in this country except for sub
sidiary purposes be forced into an inter
national agreement more favorable than
we have heretofore had. He is in favor
of silver on u parity with gold, and
stands by the platform of 1892, but says
that that platform cannot be carried out
for the reason that "a fixed parity cam
not be maintained
The sun., 1893-08-10
PERSONAL.

Senator Turpie is very ill at Indian
ApoliS.
John Stephenson, the noted car build
er, died at New Rochelle, n. Y. lie
was 81 years old.
E. l.. G. Steele of Oakland, Cal, has
received word that Ellsworth Wester-
velt, n New York merchant, who dis
appeared mysteriously few days ago,
has been found in Santa Fe, n. Mex.
Anthony Drexel Biddle, grandson Of
the late A. J. Drexel, who is heir to
S1.OO0OOO by terms of the lead bankers
will, is reporter on the local staff OF
the Philadelphia Ledger
Prince Bismarck told a party of stud
ents who called upon him recently that
they should cultivate their musical tai
onts. He regretted that. he, had neg
lected the study of music, ''for, he said,
music is a faithful companion in life.
| have missed it on many an occasion.
The sun., 1893-08-10
CRIMINAL,

James. and Bud Roach were slain by
unknown assassins at Groveton, Tex.
J. A. Ashley confessed at, Cadillac,
Mich, that he killed his child, H..
Rustlers stole sixty cattle near Capt.
tai, Mont. A posse is pursuing the
thieves. 49,
A Pacific express wagon was held up
on the streets of Wichita, Kan, by
three negroes and robbed of $500.
J. A. Howell, sentenced to hang in
Missouri Aug. for killing five persons,
was refused executive clemency. g.
At Seven Rivers, N. Mex, James
Barrett shot dead James Barnes. and
Jack Helohan ''just to be tough
i. In quarrel in the WIN county, III,
Jail, James Trainor was killed by Sloan
Wright by blow on the head,
=" Emma Hahn and Tillie Dufffe agreed
to commit suicide together. Emma
drank hersshare Of the poison, but Til
lie weakened. Emma will die.
Luther Girton shot Frank Baker near
Elkhart, Ind, because Baker would
Baker may die. ~z'S ~" }.sszssa
Fourteen persons have been arrested
charged with the murder of s. p. Brad
shaw at Kingston, Ill. It was white
cap outrage.
A masked man stopped n hand car
on the Vandalia road, near Hillsboro,
ILL.,, and compelled five section hands to
hand over their recently secured wages
Prisoners We're discovered saving
their way out of the Jail at Peru, Ind,
in time to prevent a wholesale deliv-
cry.
Arthur Johnson, ten years old, of Ar
lington, Neb., shot and killed his eight
year-old sister. The killing was inten-
tional
William Elder of Portland, Ind, was
assaulted by William Johnson and John
Ferris, who beat him over the head
with beer bottle. Elder is dying.
Col. William Fpishmuth, aged sey-
cnty years q well known inventor and
an active organizer of regiments dur.
ing the civil war, committed suicide
at Philadelphia by shooting.
Jim Richards, q negro, fired two shots
at Springfield, ILL.,, at his brother
George in a quarrel over the payment
of 10 cents to their mother, with proba-
bly, fatal results.
Porter Lanniep convict in the Ohio
penitentiaPy, beat John Louders, citi-
zen shop foreman, into insensibilitv
with pair of tongs, inficting danger
Gus wounds.
Opium valued at $1,000 has been
seized In Chinatown, San Francisco,
The drug Has been shipped from Port.
The sun., 1893-08-10
A MURDERER LYNCHED.

Memphis, Tenn, Aug. 7.-Sheriff Pat
terson, in company with citizen, start
ed for the depot at McCreery, Ark, with
a negro to take him to Jail at Augusta.
When within fifty rods of the Jail the
negro knocked Patterson down with his
fist. He then drew a revolver which he
had concealed about his person and shot
the other man through the heart, killing
him instantly. Patterson jumped to his
feet and received a bullet in the shoul-
DER The negro then ran for his life, fol-
lowed by number of citizens. He was
captured and taken to Augusta, where
it is reported that he has been lynched.
The sun., 1893-08-10
RIDDEN ON A RAIL
TIRE TREATMENT RECEIVED BY
NEWLY-MARRIED COUPLE.
A White Man Marries a Negro WO-
man at GIendive, MOnt.-1hey Are
Ridden ON Rail Together and
Told 90 Leave Town.

Glendive, Mont, Aug. S.-John Orr,
white, and Emma Wall, colored, were
married by Justice Ray yesterday after
noon. Last evening a mob of over 200
men gathered and took the newly married
couple from their house and the groom
was given a coat of tar, while the dusky
bride was given a white coat of ala
bastine, ridden on a rail together and
given twenty-four hours to leave town,
as We're the other inmates of the house.
The mob then went to the adjoining
house, run by white woman, and or
dered them to vacate the front street
and seek quarters in the rear. A hunt
for several men who live off the fallen
women was made, but they did. not fancy
the treatment of the mob, and made for
a railroad track. The men composing the
mob were the main citizens of the town,
and those who did not take part sanction
the work done, as sGlendiye is town
noted for its morality.
The sun., 1893-08-10
PARDONS ARE REFUSED,

NJ adison, Wis. sprtal-tio!. Peck has
refused to pardon John III. Tarbcll and
James NJ. Allen from states prison. Al
len, it viii be remembered, was school
teacher in Vernon county, and one day
while disciplining Henry Caucautt he
fractured the lattcr's skull with nn iron
stove poker. Young Caucautt died from
the effects of the blows aud Allen was
convicted of manslaughter In the first
degree and sent TO the ponitentiary for
five years. John II. TarbHll lived in
Walworth county, and In 1887 while In.
boring under Fl. of jealousy, he shot
his wife in the head. 1'arbell was sent
up for twelve years.
The sun., 1893-08-10
EJECTROCTTEn

Chicago, Aug. S-Samuel Mathews, en-
ployed as fireman for the Chicago II
Eliminating company, was electrocuted last
night. Mathews went into the engine
room to shut off valve. The valve was
near the dynamo, and while he was turn
Ing the valve with one hand he laid the
other carelessly on the dynamo brush
At that moment A 800 volts of the cleo
tric fluid passed through his body. Math-
ews shrieked, but before the engineer
could reach his side he fell to the floor
unconscious. A physician was Immediate
ly summoned, but Mathews was beyond
medical aid. He died within few min
ptes with regaining consciousness.
The sun., 1893-08-10
HELD FOR MURDER.

Quincy, ILL.,, Aug. S.-The habeas corpus
cases in behalf of the fourteen Kingston
White Caps held for the murder of Solo
mon 2. Bradshaw came to an end to-
day when Judge Bonney decided that the
evidence that. had been introduced indi-
Gated that the men We're guilty of muir
der with malice implied, and should all
be held in Jail without bail Subsequent
ly the states attorney consented to allow
Luther, Moore, Sims and William Belts
to be released on $1,000 bail each, they
having confessed to details that would
otherwise not have been unearthed.
The sun., 1893-08-10
SHOT HRRSEI.E

Chicago, Aug. S-Miss Mary T. Derby
shot herself through the heart last even
ing in her apartments at the home of
w. A. Shaw, where she was visiting in
company with her brother-in-law, Capt.
Black, of the United States army. Miss
Derby was resident of Washington,
d. c., whence she had come to visit the
worlds fair. Since coming to Chicago
she has been suffering from insomnia,
and it is thought she lost her mind by
the loss of sleep.
The sun., 1893-08-10
THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
All Important Occurrences of the
Past Week, boiled Down and ARR
anEed for Rapid Reading, From
Home and Abroad.
WASHINGTON.

For the first time in nearly four
months the gold reserve in the United
States treasury is intact.
Secretary Carlisle declines to order
the withholding of the demand for tax
on whisky in bond, in accordance with
the petition of many distillers.
+. NJ. Barber, who is now in COM
mand of the Monocacy on the CHINA
station, has been granted a years leave
with permission to 90 abroad after MS
return to the United States.
Secretary Carlisle has written to Col
lector Hendricks at New York refusing
to further permit the practice of au-
thenticating the certificates CT the Chi
nese consul by the collectors signature.
He calls attention to the many frauds
that have been committed under TINS
system as reason for his decision.
The sun., 1893-08-10
ALMOST A WAR

London, Aug. S.-Just before leaving
town for holiday on Friday Lord Rose
berry said to a political friend 1--WE
were nearer war with France week
ago to-day than at any time since Water
loo" Now that the crisis has passed
the facts about the momentous two days
of the 28th and 29th of July are gradual
ly coming out Englishmen are learning
with genuine alarm how slender is the
thread by which the sword is suspended
over Enrnna -
The sun., 1893-08-10
pEEMILLEIrs DEPUTIES.

Yankton, $. d., special-Hon. Otto
Peemiller United States marshal for
South Dakota, has appointed the follow
ing deputies: John B. Carter, Huron;
Ben G. Ash, Pierre; Frank l.. Wade,
Sioux Falls; G. Hameister, Yankton; u,
g. Robinson, Rapid City; l.. w. Lewis,
Chamberlain; M, Il. Cogley. Flandrean;
Andrew Bray, Lead; Jacob Tschetter,
Bridgewateri Henry Schntz, Jr., Scot
land; p. G. Statter, Waubay; III. b.
Young, Highmore. It. G. Fry, Sioux
Falls, chief clerk under the last marshal,
ia retained in the position for six months,
The sun., 1893-08-10
land by Dunbar & Blum, already under
Indictment for smuggling.

N&AANAANSAAANAAN ava oAAuSsaAAeSs
Detective James Hardy was shot
dead at Syracuse, N. Y, by man he
was attempting to arrest. The muir
derer was captured and gives his name
as George A. Barnes.
In fight between deputy marshals
and band of outlaws near Vinita, /.
IT,, one of the outlaws named Ralph
HollOck of Udall, Kan, was killed, and
another named Sam Rogers of SLOAN
Springs, Ark, was fatally wounded.
An attachment has been. obtained
for George w. Vanderbilt against O.
b. Wheeler, Jr., who has charge OF
Mr.. ~Vanderbilt's tile factory ut Bilt-
more, N. G. The attachment is for
$4,000 which, it is alleged, Wheeler
has embezzled.
The man who fired the bullet that
killed Solomon =. Bradshaw in Mrs.
Breckenridge's house at Quincy, ILL.,.
on the night of July 10, was George
KiStner, one of the fourteen men now
in jail all held there by the coroner's
jury for the murder.