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Hanged and Shot to Death.

AUGUSTA, Ca, April 26.-John Pat
terson, a negro, was lynched at
Denmark, s. O., tonight by mob.
He was convicted of rape on young
white girl by avigilance committee
organized for the purpose He was
hanged on pine tree near the scene
of the outrage and shot to death.
Five hundred citizens participated in
the lynching.
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MINERS TO ATTACK.
A Thousand of Them Reported Coming
From Coal Greek Valley.

TRACY Cry April 25.-Owing to an
unexpected turn of affairs in the min
ing trouble herelthe troops have not
yet been removed.
About eight o'clock tonight rumors
came that 1000 miners from Coal
Creek valley were on their way to
Tracy City. and that an attack would
be made on the prison tonight.
Governor Turney has Just telegraph.
ed Gen. Fite to remain and take care
of the situation. Ali is quiet at this
hour. II 80 p. m.
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THE TROOPS WITHDRAWN v N.
Gen. Flies Views as TO Affairs at Tracy
City.
II the Tennessee Company Refuses to
Employ Any Man Who Took Part
in Last Summers Release,
There VIII be no Trouble.

NASHVILLE, April 25-Adjt.-Gen.
Fite early this morning received in
formation leading him to believe that
the rumors OF a probable attack on the
stockade were unfounded. He then
ordered the withdrawal OF the troops.
They all left this morning. The au-
thorities have increased the guard
force, but anticipate no further trou-
BILE.
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THE ATTACK ANTICIPATED.
Further Trouble Certain, as the Ten
nessee Company is Determined.

NASHVILLE, April 26.-Rumors OF a
startling nature are aAoat at Tracy
City. At midnight the troops were
ordered to remain indefinitely. THE
shows a sudden change, as the soldiers
had packed up during the day, and
had even boarded train for home at
four o'clock. They had barely left the
mines when they were tagged down
and ordered back. Gov. Turney wired
that they could leave when extra
guards arrived, but late tonight the
news comes ordering them into camp
again for an indefinite period
The report is that information was
received from Bon Air that Coal Creek
miners we're on the way to make an at
tack.
The outlook is for futher trouble, as
the lessees will attempt 10 weed out
the turbulent element among the free
labor, and will tomorrow ship fifty con
vlcts from here to Tracy City, to take
the place Of the men to beFdisoharged
The miners ara idle at present, and
only those deserving Of work will be
employed. -
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WASHINGTON COLLEGE.
Commencement at the Historic Old
InstitutiOn--The Weeks Pre-.
,grame..C Glass Day Exercises. etc.

We are in receipt of the following
programme, together with an invita-
tion to be in attendance Of the 9Sth
annual commencement of Washing
ton College, the exercises beginning
April 80, and continuing to May 4.
THE PROGRAMME.
Sunday, IL a. M, Baccalaureate
Sermon Sunday, 6 80 p. M, address
before the Y. NJ, and Y. W. G. AS;
Monday and Tuesday, public exami-
nations Tuesday, 6;90 p. M, Joint
entertainment, Literary Societies /;
Wednesday, 8 80 a. M, Rhetorical ex.
ercises Wednesday, l 80 p. M, Mus
ical entertainment; Wednesday, 6 80
p. M, annual meeting of the alumni /;
Thursday, May 4, 10 a. M, 4
CLASS DAY.
Oration-"Westward Hol" by Miss
Louise Truan Oration-"Courage to
do Right" by Miss Addie Mitchell /;
Oration-"The marshalling of educa-
tional forces in a new line," by Miss
Anna Browning; Oration-"Thalatta
Thalatta" by A. j. Berry; Thursday,
2p. M, Annual address by Col. W.
A. Henderson, of Knoxville.
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Frult and YegetnhIss namaged.

RICHMOND, Va, April 26.-Special
kilograms to the Dispatch, from vari
oas sections in this state and North
Carolina, show that frost last night
played considerable havoc with fruit
and vegetables.
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sTAyE FACTORY.

The stave factory mentioned in The
CoMET q few days ago will soon be b
fixture IN Johnson City It will be
located near the round house on the
Narrow Gauge. Work viii probably
begin this week.
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SOCIETY NOTES.
From Sundays edition

The society of Social Cleaners gave
an ice cream supper in the Y. M. @. A.
hall Friday evening Of this week. In
spite Of the inclemency OF the weather
(excuse the expression) the supper was
we'll attended. The young ladies look
ed beautiful. Beautiful is the only
word that would cypress it.
The Dancing Club gave an i'm.
promptu evening last week in honor
of Miss Hsllam, of Hartman, guest of
Miss Wilson, Three Oaks. The floor
was perfect and the music good. There
were eight couples invited. Dancing
unit leleven. This club promises
to give several OF these delightful
evenings in the near future.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Christian church gave supper and
social at the Carlisle hotel last week.
The affsir was success socially aud
financially. They made over twenty
dollars for the church and some bus
mess for the local doctors. 4
0nr suburban residences are begin.
ming to look beautiful If you find
yonr Office work tiresome and can
spare the time, put on pair Of high
topped boots and your old clothes and
take walk, You will find much of
beauty to admire in the town you live
in that you never dreamed existed.
"The green is getting back in the
trees"
A number of parties of young people
have recently climbed Buffalo Noun,
tain to the White Rock. -
The Monday Afternoon Club is a
very interesting club, and is composed
entirely Of ladies. 1t is a literary
club. They are talking Of a picnic
soon. =
To be strictly member in standing
in Johnson City society one must be
young married folks. The Fortnightly
Club, composed Of yonng married
people, has been quite recently or
ganized. The last meeting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Cox was 9
very interesting one. Part OF the
varied literary program was debate
The question, Resolved, That Amer
lea is rightly named," was discussed
by Mr.. Paul Wofford for the negative
and Mr.. Jackson for the affirmative
The next meeting will be held at thu
residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson
The club is composed of ten couples
all married. Now, I. E. Hurst, ]. W
Crumley, Frank Love and others, yol
had better be taking new move il
life.
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Oryille Haws, young lightning
singer Of Midway, stopped in the city
q few hours yesterday
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ELIzABETHroN RECEPTION.

Thursday evening of last week,
"Sunset House," the elegant summer
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. P. Porter
at Elizabethton was one blaze of spark
ling brilliancy. The occasion. was an
elegant reception given by the host
and hostess to their many warm
friends and admirers in East Tennes-
see and in honor Of the distinguish
ed Eastern guests attending the Sec
ond annual meeting Of the Co.opera-
tive Town Company. Within the
decorations we're magnificent. Beau
tiful cut flowers and tropical ferns and
branches of green made the south
room where Mr.. and Mrs. Porter re-
ceived their guests almost bit of
faryland. AT 8 the guests began to
arrive and soon the spacious parlors
were throngcd with lovely faces and
ringing with merry laughter. Dane
ing began 8 $50 in the eas. wing. The
floor was superb and the music furn.
ished by ten pieces from Knoxville
At II 80 supper was announced
Here the caterer had literally ex-
haustcd his art. Mrs. Porter was as
sisted in receiving by Mrs. Spurgeon
a sister of Mr.. Porter, end by Mis-
Lille Ide. The hostess wore a superb
gown of Nile green silk plush tina
made her the central star in a galaxy
Of handsomely gowned women tha
surrounded her.
The evenings pleasures lasted unit
the smaller figures on the dial pro
cldimed the hour had come to pas
and as each guest said good night h
left beautiful dream that will dwel
on his memory for years to come.
A number Of ofdistinguished Eastern
ers were present, as wei as fair rep
resentation from surrounding town
but owing to loss Of notes it is in
possible to give the names Of all th
guests.
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BUSINESS BLOCK.

Judge H. G, Hart has now the plan
and specifications and is ready to rec
ceive bid for erection OF ofhandsome bus
mess block on the corner OF Market
Street and Public Square. The build
ing viii be about sixty feet on each
street, three stories high and one Of
the most convenient and handsome in
East Tennessee. There will be plate
glass with show windows on Public
Square 5 feet and 6 by 5 feet, larger
than anything OF the kind in Knox
vile, the first floor will be occupied by
store rooms and the second and third
by officies, spacious and we'll arranged
If the Judge will only follow the speci
fication, and he says he will, he will
have one Of the best buildings in John
son City.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-04-20

mEO OTHER sarsaparilla has et-
~ fected such remarkable cures az
HOODS Sarsaparilla, of Scrohla,
Salt Rheum, and other blood diseases.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-04-20

A party OF six young people fnop
Elk Park N. O., was registered at no
tel Greenwood yesterday. -
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THE TANNERY.

LIE lANNEhls
In addition to the Mammoth Tan
merry OF Horton & Gilderseeve, there
is soon to be erected in the Carnegie
Addition another of almost equal
proportion and capa lily The founda-
tion in part was done some time ago
and for some unknown cause work
was discontinued but a private letter
from Mr.. INNS, the principal project
or, state that he will be here in a few
days to resume work and push it TO
an early completion. He means to
bring his family and make bis home
III our midst. Work on this concern
was discontinued probably because of
corporation taxes and now that the
location has been thrown outside the
corporation there is but little doubt of
the early establishing this enterprise.
Nv. Crumley is erecting splendid
residence on Watauga Ave. 1t is
closed ID and rapidly nearing compile
tion.s
@, N. Brown has just completed a
nice home for his son Charlie on Wa
tauga Ave. near Elm street.
VIM. Fraker is adding an az to his
house on Watauga Ave. and Elm
street.
Cooper T. Shafer have a nice resi-
dence well under construction on Wa
tauga Ave. and Oak street.
The handsome two story brick resi-
dence of ]. F. Crumley in Cal negie is
being finished up inside. t
John e, Harr has commenced work
on his new house on corner OF Wa
tauga and Roam street. 0
- G. @. Harris has juat completed {
nice house near Cars Factory.
&. J. Williams is erecting new
house on Maupin street.
Tom Hoes is building two stor,
house on Pine and Spring street.
]. H. Bright has good two story
house completed on Maple street,
James Sirey is building-a residenc'
on Maple near Buffalo.
The magnificent residence OF w
w. Kirkpatrick on Watauga Ave. j
completed.
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WATAUGA BANK

DIREcToRs--Judge John r
Smith, Geo d Taylor, A +
Hos, j O Hardin, @ N
Brown, Jas A Martin, r i
Boyd, w I Range, @ X Lidc,
Will J Barton, G & Taylor,
q NJ Taylor.
We have the largest paid up
capital OF any bank in the
city. Our stockholders are
among the best men inWash
ington and Carter counties.
We do a ac0naervat,ve bank
ing business In all its
branches, and all business
entrusted to us will be faith
fully and promptly trans
acted.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
WATERS VERNACULAR.
The Expressive Vocabulary of the ChioaE
Artist

after we had been nearly every
where to-day" said q Chicago man,
from the bottom Of the Washington
street tunnel to the top of the Audi
torium tower, we found ourselves a bout
noon far down on the south side, and
stepped into the first restaurant we
came to to get something TO eat Any
surprise my friends may have felt at
the general appearance OF the interior
of the place was nothing 20 what they
must have felt later when ! gave my
order for one bowl Of soup, one
pain steak, Frankfort sausage, mashed
potatoes. scram bled eggs and cup OF
coffee, and our waiter transferred the
order 10 the man who was dishing ont
the several things in the following
astounding language.
lone swim. one boot leg, one ride
on the cable, mashed Hurphies, a ship
wreck and one muddy My farmer
friends had heard and seen many novel
things while IN Chicago. but this caused
them as well az myself % hold our
breaths ] pretended that il was very
common thing IN really swell first
class Worlds fair restaurant and quiet
" asked the owners of-the Illinois cir
Gus lots what they would have One
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
Ho,,. He..ed BY suu.his..

Prot Morse, OF Salem Mass, has
solved the problem Of hoHse heating IN
a curious fashion he has built house
with al rs rooms fronting southwark.
and only passage on the north ~
most the whole southern front 81 TIE
house i made Of glass, and By means q
reFectors Prot Morse Ia enabled on
sunny Gavs N heat lis whole hczse
with sunshine alone A. night and On
el0udy days be has hearth E-es going
BE believes that b TINS co1t-ivS1oe lie
has the most wholesome heat tSa. -
at-ziaable-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
TIE RAID ON READING.

NEW YORK, Feb. lS-In two hours Of to-
GAYS session IF the stock exchange esq, 600
shares of stock changed hands, and OF this
amount over 5l4. 900 shares were Reading.
Th- street" is inclined 70 take a more
hopeful view of the situation and believes
that the declines are about over. The
iiuuiia iou ia Reading was resumed with
full force this morning, the volume OF the
trading during the first hour being en-
tirelv Unprecedented, while a drop from
Is T. 365S was accomplished in about Ten
miuu'e- r aiding fluctuated around 3e54
Hud 36Sz. finally closing Win a loss OF I !
for the as,. New England opened Al 49,.
G-npp-d O. ~ and closed with a loss OF
49, The rem Under OF the lit was IL
ell IA IL advance.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb ls-A prominent
e. ucirr Who conferred with President
Mcleod today said: The Reading Is
pr rctly sound. The present run on
Bedding is like that on a bank. The
K tdins's stability j. undergoing cruel
ir.t. But il viii come out all right"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
1HE GERMAN ARMY BILL.

BERLIS, Feb 1s.-Chancellor Won Capri
vi declares that the army bill committee
In rejecting the two years service clause
Of the bill will not prejudice the decision
Of tile reichstag. Active negotiations are
going on between the chancellor and the
leaders Of the Centrist party. 1t is report
ed that the government Offers TO readmit
the JeSuits TO Germany and to promote
Prussian school law making the religious
instruction Of children compulsory. The
Ia ter project is similar 10 that which last
year caused Count Won Zedlitz 10 resign
The Office of minister of public instruction.
The Centrist leader, Count Won Ballestrom
bias started for Rome TO ask the assistance
of the pope in healing the division IN the
Center party on the army bill. In the mean
time the popular agitation IN favor OF the
bill is becoming sccute throughout the en-
plre-
Recent conversations with prominent
tt4ches of the German foreign office elicit
ad remarks showing that the appointment
of Juoge Gresham as secretary OF stale Is
viewed with pleasure
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
Cinnamon a Mlcrobe kHle,.

mo living germ Of disease can resist
the antiseptic power Of essence OF Gin
namon for more than q few hours is
the conclusion announced By n Cham
berland as the result Of prolonged re-
search and experiment in NJ Pssteur's
laboratory. II is said 10 destroy mi
crobes as effectively, Il not as rapidly,
as corrosive sublImate- Even the scent
Of il Is fatal 70 microbes, and n Cham
beriane says q decoction OF cinnamon
should be taken freely by persons hv-
ing in places affected by typhoid or
cholera
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
There Are No sFi1ed" Stars.

The term fixed" as applied to the
stars, is now known TO be misnomer,
for II has been proven that there is not
a stationary or fixed" star IN the
whole heavens, and no such thing as
absolute rest in any Of Gods mons
trous machinery. 1t is hardly necessary
to say that all the stars are constantly
IN motion, some of them whizZing
through space at the rate of $50, 200
miles an hour, more than thrice the
velocity of our earth on its orbftal
track This constant motion brings
about some startling changes In our
stellar relations in the course of scores
of centuries However, the visual
effect on generation or half a doEan
generations presents the planets IN
seeming unchanged aspect
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19

ing charitable or religious associations
supporting kindergartens In 1Ss7-SS,
forty-six lesser places were named as
having "one or more k1ndergartens,
mostly experimental" connected with
pu bic schools. The entire work OF
providIng special education for chill
dreu from three 10 SIX years OF age
Il still IN this stage IN this coun-
try. Contrast this with France, where
the ec7i<s n7Gtezs<5Ies. begun by oberlin
IN 1771. and given new life in 1S23 By
Mime. Millet, have substantially adopt
ed the Frobelian principle and practice,
and had in lSs7-ss an attendance of 49,
"a between the ages Of three and SIX
in population only tuo-thTds that Of
the United States. and having a far
smaller proportion Of young children
Compared. however. with Ike move
ments % secure the education Of class.
or the adoption OF a new system OF
teaching. the kindergarten movement
may fairly be considered unrivaIed II
the history Of national edocation The
good Lord could no: be everywhere,
therefore he made mothers" said the
Jewish rabbi. familiar with the type OF
Jewish motherhood which n us sd
prene manifestation ct Nazareth has
TRANSPORTED the Office, estimate and IL
Hrence Of wonxnhood throughout the
civilized world The cause Of these
schools, rounding out The work and
experimenting the responsibility OF
mothers Flch Or poor. has appealed ~
the maternal instinct OF women wher-
ever II has been presented The move
uent has been essentially theirs They
hare led Il. supported rs Schools. OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
Some Wonderful arLni.tures.

A prominent hungarian viii send for
exhibition a collection Of exceedingly
novel paintings which will doubtless,
attract much attention There are
twenty-five Of the pictures, and all are
miniatures almost to the microscopic
degree. One of them, representing the
landing Of Columbus, with seventeen
human figures in it is about the size OF
the nail of the little finger Another is
a portrait OF Emperor Francis Joseph
and is the size of the head of 8 match
The work Of these pictures is said to be
nvnr1iSi+a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
Chilly OF rON-EMpT-

Ell RENO. O. l., Fec ls-lS rcisL j
Judge Burtori Of TIE Uui ea Safes ais
trict court today refuse ; " Sawyer a
change Of venue In he ca Il r.e ,erri
tory OF Ok .Hhon. s-aiu>, :. " Sawyer.
In he ease 4 JG.-e MoAJ.e e.. Cal.w d.
kansas against IA- Oh sn.us Home
stead 40 Towa npan,. ia - b rlu-d
b Ii tea Ge.-G Lsls al L.N4eute, X II
secretary of that comp nv, Wa Ia con
tempt OF c8urf T facts -r- tina; /. is j.
now in The c. Y. tur WAS afraid u appear
before fn- jude. The opinion = Ia.
Judge Bart,7d will app lat a receiver al.
compel = -xsmInatIoa as The company.
books Ex Governor CTf fr1doa o. "
souri, l. ;tt> dent ana tx G 7veraor g -
Click OF k.us-,S i vic PRESIDENT Of toe
company This COMPANY, IN is mAuipu-
lstions Z bus!u.ss IN tuJs territory, h.
G-fied ali law, and i he prime Cause OF
Il Reuo's little trouble. Tue citizens ar
very much pleased with Judge Barford's
action II the matter
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
of them looked a, hi, friend and then

Of them looked at his friend and then
at me, and as nv outward appearance
evidently satisfied him that had
thorough knowledge OF my position In
a very uncertain tone Of voice asked for
a cup of tea, cabbage without the
corned beef, = couple OF turned eggs,
and some wheat cakes Those farmers'
faces turned ashen white, and thought
their hearts stopped beating when our
waiter yelled:
" One light Chinaman, old Ireland
without q shamrock. white wings
slapped on the back and = stack OF
whites
"'What'u you have?' said the waiter
20 nv second friend. as the color com
menced TO return 20 his face.
&" Lord, said the delegate from south
ern Illinois. give me the same with the
exception % the wings'-And we al
bin ked and tried % look wise Chi
c4go Post
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
YELLOWSTONE EARTHQUAKES.

BozEMAE, Mont, Feb. 1S-Dr. Charles
Plummer, who has just returned from a
visit TO the Yellowstone National park. re-
ports a series of earthquakes which were
felt in the park during the last few weeks.
Que Of which was the most terrific erup-
ton since the discovery of the park The
main road caved in for long distance and
for an unknown depth In one place there
is huge gap in the earth about seventy
five feet wide and probably several hun
dred feet long. The parts of the park
further away have not been heard from
on account Of the heavy SHOWS, A MANI
mo g-yser which has not been spouting
for years has started again.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
How venornous serpents XIII.

How Tenomous Serpents XIII.
Some persons speak Of snake bites
and poisonous snakes" II poison rs
swallowed il finds its way into the sys-
TEN through the stomach, with un-
pleasant and sometimes fatal results
The dangerous fluid in the serpent's
head Is venom, and must be injected
into the blood in order to be effective
The New Orleans Times Democrat ex-
plains that snakes do not bite. Prob
ABLY il says no creature in the
world provided with teeth and jaws
has 50 little power of biting. The jaws
are not hinged. but are attached one TO
the other by cartilage. Thus snake
can have no leverage in opposing one
Jaw to the other. and could not in this
manner pierce the skin The fanes are
driven into the flesh by a stroke, not by
a bite. i snake is harmless unless in
coil. From its coil il throws its head
and body forward. and strikes or hooks
its fangs into the object aimed St The
entire work is done with the upper jaw,
the lower jaw having nothing at al to
do with il
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cered It's associations and urged its agi-
tation- The same work remains 70 be
done throughout the land There is
not city. q village or a hamlet which
VIII not be the better for kindergarten
association. Experience has amply
proved that these schools viii never be
OF established save By self
sacrificing pressure. Difficulties have
vanished. Teachers have multiplied.
have been reduced There is
needed only the personal effort indis-
penssbLe for general success and uni
yersal adoption
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-19
SENATORIAL

CHEYENNE, Wy, Feb. 1s.-The legisla-
ture adjourned sine die without electing
United States senator. The position will
te filled by the governor, who probably
sill appoint A. L New.
Representative Harper today sent a
challenge to fight duel to Representative
Baker. with whom lie had trouble a few
nIghts O. Baker. in reply, ssid that be
would settle the difficulty the first time
be met y rper OIL the street. Both men
are armed aud a shooting affray Is expect
ID.
BISMARCK, y. D, Feb. ls.-After ballot
ing for United States senator without re-
suit today the joint session was dissolved.
It now looks as il no senator would he
elected from the state. The question
whether the governor can appoint Mr..
Casey's successor is being discussed.
OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb. ls.-Tbe seventy
FIR irrnf ballot for United States senator
VS. tess.
hELENA, Mont, Feb. 1s.-Today's vote
for senator: Mantle, %; Clarke, Is; Dixon,
u; Couch, /; Hunt, L