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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-02-16
< Spotting Mr.. Lamont.
New York Herald.

New York Herald.
An interesting anecdote i,
related Of "Dan" Lamont in
connection with his visit tC
Lakewood. Comment has al.
ready been made upon the
abstraction which chara cter.
lied the probable future Sec.
retaIy's mannersiter his par.
ting from Mr.. Cleveland at
the ste ton.
1t now appears that Mr.,
Isd'f.uit was a great deal
more ''rattled" over the sum
mons toappearat Lakewood
than was thought to be pos
sible for so cool and expert.
enced a head.
He was d little late for the
train that left New York and
didn't have time to purchase.
a ticket for Lakewood ON ths
New York side of the river.
When he got to New Jer-
sey be rushed to the ticket
office, and throwing down a
ten dollar bill, asked Agent
Bird for a Lakewood excur-
sion ticket.
He snatched up the ticket
and darted off without wait
Ing for his change.
So absorbed WAS helm Cab.
met dreams that he did not
hear Agent Birds voice shou
ting alter him that he had
left seven dollars on the couvl
ter.
Calling an assistant to
nii,l'l tile widow, Bird pur-
sued the Colonel and roughly
accosted him.
Here; you!" said he. "You
lett your change on the win
dow. Now. that's a smart
trick, but you can't play it
on me. Don't go To the Of
flee of the company and say
! didn't give you YOU r
change"
MI. Lamont thanked him
absently and walked toward
the parlor car, but the ag't.
followed him and called the
parlor ear conductors atten-
ton to the future statesman.
Keep your eye ON that
n,an" he said to the conduc-
tor. II think he's a crook.
Spot him and zee where he
goss when he gets to Lake
wood and report back to me-
The conductor proceeded to
spot his man at once. and
kept it up religiously during
the trip, eyeing Mr.. Lamont
SO persistently that the lat
ter ftdt une;;sy under t h z
stare.
When the train drew in at
Lakewood theconductor WAS
about to rush forth to tell
the station agent to shadow
the supposed maleiactor, but
almost the first person who
advanced to greet Colonel
Lamont was Mr.. Cleveland
himself.
He stretchsd forth his hand
and shook that OF his former
private secretary withferver,
calling him by his christian!
name. The conductor near
u fell under the train with
astonishment,
Bishop Lyman To be Mar led.
3
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-02-16
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Sale.

On account of falling health
Of myself and wife, / otter for sale
my hotel property in the town Of
Boone, North Carolina, and will
veil low for cash and make terms
osuit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex-
change. Apply soon.
w. L. BRYAN.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-02-16
who Should Have the Ofllcss.

Lunberton Robesonian.
Among the thousands who
will ask office Under Cleveland
there will be a great many
who never did An hours
work for the Democratic par
ty, or who, irdeed, know any
thing of it's principles or poll
cies and care less. All they
care for is the Offices. Many
Of these will s,,rce,i,i in ob.
tanning their wauts and una
ny worthy and hard working
Democrats be pushed aside
to make room forthem. This
ia not IA it should be by any
means, bnt in the great mum
her of offices; and the terrific
struggle and scramble to get
in it cannot behelbed in some
instances. Sometimes il re-
cruit from the Republican
party will be rewarded for
his services and a. good solid
Democrat set aside. Again
a sulker in his tent and a
silent locker on, waiting to
see which way the cat is go
ing to jump, will step into a
fat place, while his neighbor,
a time worn and battle-scar.
red veteran IF Democracy,
will be pushed out OF the way.
These fellows who scramble
into Office over the shoulders
of more worthy and more
capable men are without SEN
timents Of modesty, honor
or fair play, and are on hand
at every prize distribution.
begging and fighting for
crumbs.
From our papers NE see a
good deal Of this cropping
out in all parts Of the coun-.
try. There is, We are glad to
s 9 g, o rising sentiment a.
gainst givjhk the spoils OF
the victory to luke-warm,
time-serving Democrats in
preference to the simon pure,
hardworking, unswerving
OF the party. The
victory in November was dis
tinctively q Democratic vic
tory, and none but unadul-
terated Democrats should
share the emoluments and
rewards.
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WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Correspondent.

S6 h"A SVAAOoPVhAOnSs
This is going to be silver
week in Congress, and con-
servative democrats will be
very much disappointed ifthe
result is not a compromise
measure that will become q
law, and settle, at least for a
time, the very troublesome
and very important question.
1t has been known ever since
Congress came together that
President elect Cleveland was
veryanxious for this Congress
to put q stop to the purchase
of silver, which he believes to
menace the prosperity of the
country. 1t WAS through the
effortsofhis simmediate friends
in the House that Thursday
and Friday of this week have
been designated for the con-
sideration OF the Andrews
bill for the repeal OF the sill.
yer law. II is believed that
a sufficient number of demo-
Gratis in the House have
changed their views on this
question to make the passage
of this bill probable by the
House, but it is not thought
that it can get through the
Senate; hence the movement
to effect a compromise that
will he satisfactory to the all
yer men and at the same time
will suspend the purchase of
silver. Senator Hill. who vo
ted for the present silver law,
now holds the same opinion
about the purchase Of silver
that Mr.. Cleveland does and
is working to bring abont its
suspension. This week will
determine whether a compro-
mise IL possible, and il it is
not accomplished an extra
session early in the spring is
believed by Mr.. t,ieveIand's
closest friends to be inevita-
ble.
1t is probable that there
will be some tariff legislation
at this session after all, The
House Ways and Means com
mittec favors, and there is
very little opposition any.
where, the repeal of that
clause of the Mckinley law
which raises tie tariff on lin.
en- goods fifty-per-cent on
and after January /. 1894. |
1t is admitted by the republi
rams that this clause has fail
ed to accomplish what it wos
intended to do develop the
linsn industry in the United
States. !
Representative Blount, oil
deOrRla, chairman ut the
House committee on Foreign |
Affairs, who voluntarily res
tires from Congress on the 4
Of March, after havingseryed
continuously thereinfor twen
~ years, was the recipient
On Saturday of an unusual
and unexpected compliment
rom his colleagues on the
doof' Of the House. It was
while the diplomatic and con
'ular appropriation bill was
under considera ton that Mr..
Rlount was honored BY such
praise as few men have REL
;eived, from political associ-
stes as well AZ opponents.
Among those " h d made
speeches in honor Of the re- /
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Truth Is Stronger Than Fiction.

~ LCuiOtN VI JDc nd IIlc COuu-
ty. Austin was brought to
Asheville and confined in Jail
here nearly a year before his
trial occurred, resultingin his
conviction and sentence to
the penitentiary for m a n :
slaughter. He left a wife and
seven children who had NOV
ed here during his confine-
ment.
After serving some time in
the "pen" Austin attempted
to escape and was shot twice
IN the head and once in the
back, from the effects of
which wounds, he came near
dying. News reached his wife
here of the shooting and that
her husband had been killed.
Time passed and as no news
came from Austin his wife, or
widow, as she supposed, hon
ored the suit OF Z. W. Nor
gan, and on Oct. 4th, 1891,
they were married in Ashe-
Vile.
The couple lived happily
until some time last year,
when Mrs. Morgan received a
letter from her husband No.
1. She left No. 2 Immediate
ly AMI has notlived with him
since.
Austin has just arrived here
having been pardoned from
the penitsntiary by the Gov
ernor on account of Ill health
resulting from his wounds.
One bullet remains in Aus
tins head and causes faint
ing fits. Austin has seen two
of his children but doesn't
seem to care to zee his wife,
who fears he will harm her..
or the other man in the case.
The Matter u Oath Tsking.
Winston Sentinel.
The theme of Rev. L. e..
Broughton's discourse Sun
day night was "The vain
use of God" the second of a
series on the Ten Command
ments. His text was the sec-
ond Commandment.
In the course OF his sermon
he made an attack upon the
courts of Justice because of
their practice Of using the
Holy Scriptures upon which
to administer oaths to wit
nesses, charging t h a t this
custom was in direct viola
tion OF the teacIling of the
text.
The great masses Cf hui
manity, he said, have NO re.
gard Tor the oath, and the
legal professions he believed
was trickery and chicanery
i'll swerving the Witness from
the testimony given under
this oath.
DR.. Broughton said when
a man registered he was
sworn to support the consti-
tuition and obey the laws OF
his country. The constitution
afhrms that every native
horn and natufaliscd citizen
not otherwise disabled shall
be allowed the exercise Of his
franchise, yet some under|
this oath consider it the
act Of citizenship to|
cheat his fellowman out OIL
his vote. He said that while
the Democratic party was
defrauding the negro out Of
his vote in the South, the|
Republican party was up]
North grinding down wage
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] +. MORPHEW,
ATTORNEY Al LAW,
MARION, 80 NJ
-(o)-

Will practice in the courts O.
Watauga, Ashe, Mitchell, Mellow
III and all other counties III the
western district ~ Special atten
tion given to the collection .ol
claims. "a y
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-19
Plenty OF Cars Before Long.

The Lumterman says: The prevailing
scarcity of cars In Washington will not
last long. The Northern Pacific, ALWAYS
liberal to the lumber and shingie men. is
securing the country for cars and will
have a good supply on hand when the
spring demand sets in. The Great North.
ern Is not in shape yet to carry much
freight. but within the next sixty days
will be In position to take care of all ship
ments. Vice President T. p. Shelby as
sures the Lanlbermaa that he does mot
anticipate any further trouble in being
able to supply all the cars necessary for
lumber and shlngIe shipments. The
shippers can avoid to great extent these
car famines by loading promptly and re-
questing Eastern buyers to unload like
wise. Prompt loading and unloading will
bring many additional cars to Puget
sound during the summer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-19
PETTY OFFENDERS PUNISHED.
Bartender Pays for Knocking Down
window Smasher's Wf,h Ful6lIsa

Bartender Pays for Knocking Down.
window smasher's Wfsh Fulfilled.
George Pedigo, accused of assault and
battery on w. c. Tompkins on FRIDAY.
was fined 81 and costs by Justice Humph.
rey yesterday morning, the whole amount
ing to SOLO
Philip Lagerstadt. bartender in the
Mechanics saloon, was fined by Justice
Humphrey yesterday 81 and costs, a total
OF $i9.9o, for an assault on Thomas ]. Nc
Cool. The testimony showed that McCool
had heard that Lagerstadt was knocking
down" and repeated the statement. This
coming to Lagerstadt's ears the latter
knocked him down.
William Maoney got thirty days in Jail
from Judge Glasgow in the municipal
court yesterday. which was lust what he
wanted. He WAS on South Third street
between Main and Washington on Mon.
day evening, and picked up stone and
smashed the window of Consolidated
electric car which was passing. taking
good care that Officer s. ). Crawford
should see him do SO. He claimed of be-
Ing sick and Is supposed TO have committed
the act In order TO he maintained for
time free of cost and effort TO himself
I. W. Sandberg and J. A. Johnson were
before Justice Humphrey Yesterday
charged by Richard r. Bennewitz with
robolng his house on Commercial street. a
short distance below the Puget Sound
steam laundry. They will have hearing
tomorrow At ? p. m.
Larry oIooie, a Northern Pacific
brakeman, was before Justice Caldwell
yesterday on the complaint of z. Is. Fem
Ton, ne@sboy on the Cnehalis train.
charging the defendant with having
thrashed him on Monday. o'Toole put
up So cash bail and Will have q hearin ,
tomorrow at ii A. NJ
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UNION SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY.

Final Arrangements for . Grand Gath.
ering-The Programme.
At joint meeting of all the committees
engaged in arranging for the great union
Sunday school rally of all the Sunday
schools in the city to be held In the Ar
mory on Sunday afternoon next at 3:15
o'clock arrangements were made for dec
Grating the hall, and the music committee
made other final arrangements for the
grand chorus and orchestra that are ex-
pected to participate. The committee on
programme, tickets and envelopes has
endeavored to distribute to all the schools
of the city. and if any have been omitted
through oversight or inability Of the COM
mittee to reach them Secretary Meyers.
who is at Lowman & Hanford's, will pro-
vide them, if the superintendent or some
one authorized by him will call on him.
It is hoped that q ticket and envelope will
be in the hands of every Sunday school
scholar in the city. All members of the
decoration committee are reques ted to
meet in the parlors of the First Presby-
terrain church on Thursday afternoon at 5
O'Clock to make final arrangements. The
music committee announces rehearsal
of the orchestra and chorus at Plymouth
church Sunday school room on Saturday
evening promptly at O'Clock. All who
are willing to take part in the orchestra
and chorus are requested to be present.
Hymn-"Onward. Christian Soldiers. .....:
Scripture reading. ............... Rev. Mr.. Wolfe
Hymn-"sing Them over to Ne Again: -.
Aidress-"The sunday School as a Path.
inder".. Rev. Brevard D. Sinclair
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JAIL BREAK FOILED.
A Search of the Cells Reveals
COntraband Tools.
NoRDsTRoM's WICKED KNIFE.


Sheriff Woolery, assisted by Jailer Munro
and ten deputies, surprised the inmates OF
the county Jail yesterday morning by rout-
ing them all out of the sonth wing and
locking them up in the boys Jail while
they made systematic search of the cells
and every nook and Granny where any con
traband articles might be concealed.
When they had completed the search of
the south wing they turned their atten-
ton to the north wing where the more
dangerous criminals are confined. After
the men had been taken to the boys Jail
they were stripped and carefully searched
from head to foot.
This search was due to information con-
veyed to Sheriff Woolery that plan was
arranged among the prisoners tor gen.
erai attempt to break Jail. Extra precau-
tons were taken, but nothing was done
until yesterday. when search was made
In the hope that saws and other imp.e-
ments would be discovered and the ring
leaders detected. Sheriff Woolery found
two excellent saws and two pocket knives
in the possession of the prisoners
which had been smuggled in by visitors,
but they had succeeded in disposing of the
bottle Of acid that he was informed was in
their possession, and without which all at
tempts to cut through the bars Of the steel
cage or the bars Of the outer window VS.
would have been futile. 1t Is almost GER
tain that they had acid, but succeeded in
throwing it down the sink at the first init
nation of danger.
One of the knives was discovered on
Charles w. Nordstrom and was heavy
pocketknife with blade nearly four
inches in length, which had been sharp
ened to wicked-looking point. In the
hands OF such a man it would have been .
terrible weapon. whether turned against q
fellow prisoner in fight or the guards In
an attempt to escape. NordsIrom is q
quiet looking fellow, but very determined,
and q man who would resent to the utter
most any attempt to impose on him. He
is at present under sentence of death for
the murder of William Mason at Cedar
mountain in November, 1891
The sheriff is disappointed that the re-
suit of the search was not more satisfac-
tory, but he secured enough corroborative
testimony to lead him to believe that the
information was correct. and that q con-
certed effort would soon have been made
by the prisoners to regain their freedom.
Forewarned is forearmed, however, and
any further attempts in that direction will
be unlikely to meet with success.
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Tho Monterey \ Nest an gulf Road.
PERsNNHl-

William McGiiiis, OF Housfton. 10 q guest of
the Diller.
Mrs. W. f. Newell. OF clya sssia. 10 . guest OF
the Rainer.
J. c. Phelps. of Anscertet 10 q guest Of n.
Occidental.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. March s1s tourists stonns,,
at the Rainier.
Nathan Buckiin. Of Pert 1lakelsy. v.s In IN.
city yesterday.
James Domingues. OF sst3a, 10 registered At
the Occidental. z
Hon. J. VI. Keliie. a. Kokenay, D. G. "a
guest of the Grand.
Mr.. and Mira George GschsA Of Ia Conner ara
stopping az the Grand
\. II. Holerook. of fs'rh'ken, registered yes
ssrday az the Occidental
MI and Mrs ". l. chufehl o. pangeness. reg.
istesed yesterday st the GrsES
D. {. Johnson and II szylt, o. Everett re,;.-
tered yesterday st the Noslhsf II.
Mr.. snd Mrs. NJ. II. o.tcr an. Of Noos..cs
City. are guests Of the Ar "a
Albert savage and W. VI Barker. n. Ns-
York, are Alaska mining msl1 stopping a, N.
Rainier.
George Merrill snt Aiirst sfniiev cam. so
from Arlington Yesterday az are stopp,uv =,
TIE DiI.eF.
Ia ) hi.inoaSs ana Gsors- 4. Edmunds. OF
the 81 Pau Dtsga;cA are m IL civ ,tonninc =.
the Arlington.
Capt Thomas a. Rrssievfr $780,.
panied by his v.ie snd scr 4 ws.htnrto, n
&, ware at the Arlington = ~ hour. vnsfa,s.,
and went 10 Victoria
JOAN NJ Tanner. 81 Ken1. ~ .eve,as nj. .o.,
rectiog with the Bedsl C4-et COMPANY 90 ,a.,
place and inteais to return slon 10 Sebrn,S.
whisAs! sis wife snd family lsent a few g.
aga
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HAS TO PAY THE INSURANCE.
Commissioners Van BrOcklin Sued for
Debt on . Recent Purchase.

: Debt on . Recent Purchase.
The property on Washington street adj
joining the Graham block, which Ronald
d. Piles received partly as their fee for de-
tending James Murphy on the charge of
numbering Philip Dave, the saloonkeeper,
was subject of hard fought civil suit
which was tried before Justice Caldwell
last evening The suit was brought by
ID. A. Spencer, on behalf of the Home
Fire Insurance Company, to recover Sol %
insurance premiums from J. w. Van
Brocklin, chairman of the board of public
works. Mr.. Van Brocklin bought the
property from Ronald & Piles on October
8, 1892. subject to mortgage given to the
German Savings Loan Society, of San
Francisco, to secure a loan of $1,000.
The allegations of the Home company
are that on October 7, 1892, 1t insured the
property for $1,000, tor $500 in the Oak
land Home Fire Insurance Company and
$500 in the Alliance Insurance Company.
On March Is, 1898, the plaintiff alleges,
the policies were cancelled at the defend
ants request, leaving premiums due
amounting to $6l.2O. Hughes, Hastings
and Stedman appeared for the plaintiff
and John b. Hart and c. G. Heifner for
the defense.
Mr.. Van Brocklin denied having effected
any insurance with the plaintiff company:
said he was never in it's office until about
a month after the insurance was alleged to
have been written. He says that about
December 6. 1892, he went to the office of
l. W. Entz to pay the interest on the mort
cages and heard Of these policies for
the first time. They had been assigned TO
the German Savings Loan Society, of San
Francisco. as security for the mortgage.
Mr.. Van Brocklin says he then got the
policies from Mr.. Entz and took them to
Mr.. Spencer's office. where he was told
that the substitution Of his name for that
of Mrs. Murphy would cost nothing. He
denies having authorized the writing or
the cancellation OF any insurance on the
property.
After being out about ten minutes. the
jury brought In verdict for the plaintiff
for the full amount claimed.
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QUICK ALASKA NAIL.
A Arrangements Made to End
Vacations Delays.
EFFECT or NEW FREIGHT RATES
The Orsas Nesthsrn Railroad WIN Be
Opsaed Absss Nay 1S-Mers Ne
pot Greund Bought.

The annoyance and inconveniencs
caused by tie poor arrangements for de-
livery Of the Alaska mali in this city,
have been under confederation for some
time by r. w. Vale. superintendent Of
railway mail service in this division, and
new arrangement was completed yester-
day by which Il il hoped delays can b
avoided hereafter. The trouble has been
several times explained in detail In the
Posr-IxT8LLIexxcxR and arose from the
fact that the Alaska steamer was obliged
20 leave Ill mail at Port Townsend and
frequently arrived In Seattle from six to
twenty hours in advance Of that mail. As
the steamer lay here bat one day it did
not give merchants time enough to fill
orders and send the goods by the return
boat, thereby causing their customers in
Alaska to wait two weeks for their pur-
chases.
Goodail, Perkins 4 Co., general agents Of
the Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
have agreed to bring mail from Port
Townsend to Seattle free Of charge. a. it is
not on the mail route. Mr.. Vale has ar
ranged matters % that hereafter the
Alaska mail viii be sent from Port Town.
send to Seattle by the boat which will get
II here in the shortest time. If the Alaska
boat arrives at Port Townsend At such
hours that her mail would reach Seattle
quicker by the regular route, It will be
sent that way; but if the arrival be at an
hour that will not allow this, then the
mail will be sent forward by the Alaska
steamer instead of lying at Port Town.
send, a. heretofore.
]. II. johnson, Puget sound superin-
fendent Of the steamship company, speak
Ing of this subject yesterday, said:
This arrangement can only apply to the nom
registered mail. a. the steamer il not authorized
TO carry the registered mall from Port Townsend
TO Seattle. We sre rs anxious - anybody to
have the proposed change made, for being In
the business OF carrying freight TO Alaska, We
naturally want to please our customers and
d0n't like to have the freight lie over until the
next boat any more than they do In order to
Rave the new arrangement become . success the
people OF Alaska will be instructed not to send
their orders enclosed in . registered package.
but to make their remittances in registered pack.
ages and send their orders BY non-registered
mail. This will enable the merchants here to
get their orders ~ soon a. the steamer arrives.
They are not 10 much In q hurry for their remit
tances a. tor the orders for goods.