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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

There was u mcouug of representative
bankprs ~ the state Of Louisiana al
New Orleans November -, at which
steps were taken to organise che Louis.
ana Bankers association Charles L.
@. Dupuy. cashier of the State National
bank Of New Orleans, was chairman Of
the meeting lt wis decided 10 call
meeting Of the hnnkcrH Of tho state on
the second Thursday Of january, 1891,
the convention 40 take place az New OR
lcana Ihnmus r. Roach, tho wellknown
banker WIS elected chairman VI tho com
mittec Of arrangements Me, Roach also
acted "a SECRETARY Of tho preliminary
meeting and was iuslructcd 10 send cir
culars respecting the proposed association
g. all banks IN The state, The names Of
the ron'lemen who were present nre Ns
Henry Gnrlos, president VI tho Amcrl-
can National bank; g. A. l.uria. vice
president Louisiana National hank; Wan.
J. Wall cashier Of tho New Orcan, Co
operative Ranking association: ia Toby.
cashier New Orleans Canal aud Bonkine
company, Henry Maspcm, president
T,ndera' banki j. w Castles president
cashier Peoples hank; 4 n. Roach. ~
Che Mninal National hank, Canaan 4
~ O. pnpy, caslicr OF tho Stale Ma.
finunl hank all of New Orlrns: Il. II
Mashbnrn, cashier Bank Of uoumn. A
X Foaior, cashier hnnk NJ Icanncrctte,
Alnhonsn Levy. president First National
hank of upolousas, H. n. Rnby. cashisr
hauk OF Margop City; II ], CLAY, cashier
Bank ~ nnnAldsnnVine: w Il Knry
nresideni Bank " Baton Ronre, &. u
shaver, clsldor Bank 0f TibodauN, n
nj. Raymond, e;pghier Flr,i Nnflnn,i
banl; Of liahm ll0urc; Andrew 1ackson
president Pcpnle's Savings hank. Raio1
houge; u; ); Palfrey, Cashier First Nn.
tional bank Franklin.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03
rALo prRo CANYON

ssem Notes on tho Geology Of North.
The first minute description of pnlo
Duro canyon was published Ina tho repor,
Of Captain II d. Marcy, Of The cxplcra.
tiou Of the Rcd river in 1859, Cantam
Marcy reached the fork Of the Rea river
from. tho north It wAsthan called ~
the Indians neutrality-suspicious.. or Phi
re Dog Tuwn river Hlo reached h a
few milcs above the mouth Of MexieoN
creek, hat tho exact place a NOT known
~ pelng Impossible TO travel up tho can
yon WITH his wagons, az he saw and thera
pelug no way 10 ascend The stten escarp-
ment OF the staked plains on either siae
ne iets the wagons, and with a SQUAD
q men, undertook TO reach the head al
the river lie Travelled IN The oanvnn
soulgunes un the bed % tho strpan fos
oiriance Of about sixty miles AMI
teAsneQ what he supposed 10 10 the
neal, AMI big maps wera drawn arc0r,.
.ngy eud subsequent maps were rade
70 conform With them.
IN later years Il has he.on,e eviia,t
mat CAPTAIN Marrv usver res.,, n N, i.
nsaj Of Palo nufo eanyon. me- bc nv.
tase len u and tnfued iai, ono ~ fi.
flie canyons and went 10 its head Tie
gave sneh a minute d0soriptiau ~ ~
head OF Tie canyon which he visttnl
fhat il can Dc seca alta rlanes v.l,.., -
tbe head ~ palo Dpro cnnvan M y
Was not tho Place described Bnt ~
question was "a ia where ne dil ro
AND q was not nniil ! had Travelled up
the caqyoE 10 person and Ind ,,nsnitsi
NTH Mr.. T. II. rnfks 81 flareah, w
SURVEYOR who has done a GREAT dsai AZ
wnrt In that country. ti.st / w. eo~i, "
"a @,ArA AZ en~fhrs- Ma a.-a-t.- Is ..
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03
FINANCIAL MATTERS.
THE GOLD RESERVE


bhe Financial Index.
A plan has just been perfected whereby
thc gold reserve Of fhc treasury may be
Increased to is legal limit Of slOo,OoO'-
BOO. This Is TO be accomplished by
means Of an understanding with the
hank. Of New YORK, whereby they arc 70
increase fbe proportion Of gold in their
deposits with the New York sub-treasury
to cover the certified checks that are pre-
scented by importers N payment Of Gus
toms duties II Is tho system now In
vogue for the banks 20 keep special do
posits at the sub-treasnry for tiis use,
and heretofore The gold has not averaged
more than 1 per cent Tho bulks OF
payments are made In treasury notes.
40 the deficit IN the gold reserve Is now
only Si5,UQO0O0, aud the associated
banks Of New York have on hand fully
S9OO0O,0OO. It Is thought that this
scheme, which IL n result Of the recent
visit Of tie secretary 10 New York, VIII
be carried through.
None Of the officials Of tie treasury
department are willing to discuss the ro-
ports that the gold pseryc Is TO be
strengthened by the asSiatauce OF the
New York banks, which II is said viii
release their gold 10 make payments for
customs dues. The reticence 10 talking
applied also 10 Secretary Carlisle who,
when shown the published statements on
the subject. said be- Rad nothing 10 make
public, but minated that II the Now
York bankers saw fit to discu4s the
matter Il was their privilege 10 dn 10.
Such an arrangement as that cOntein-
plated, the officials say, could be entered
into by hr. Jordan, the assistant tre1s-
mr. ~ New York, who would not neoes-
sariy fool it obligatory upon himself 10
communicate the fact 10 the treasury
department, There are reasons for be-.
hevinf That il " very probable that Mr..
Jordan has entered Into some such arr
rangemcnt a. that mentioned. by which
the gold reserve is 10 be- increased and
kept II possible. MP 10 a higher figure
tliuu That 90 which Il Inns stood for some
umo past, There WIS decrease IN The
reserve today ~ over 81 100000. as
compared with Saturday The currency
balance however, il almost 81 100000
higher. consequently tno net available
balance Is rre0trr than ID WIS Saturday,
and Inns again ovcr-stepped The Sl0O00p,-
900 mark Tie movement Of standard
silver dollars Tor the week ended Simr-
day was SG9l.3lj. and for thc CORE
hponding period Of luA year SiGB.3s0.
The shipment, Of fractional silver coin
from November | 10 November II was
H35l,IO3.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-03

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
We have In Cincinnati hut one savings
bank, and thar "a as good ~ gold. It
10 not largo one, and therefore, not
open to attacks from unreasonable dc.
npsiiors The Cincinnati banka never In.
Niied The patronage OF small lrpositora
herein Hes thslr great strength The
building associations were organized for
the purposu OF inviting the deposits Of
peQp.e who had small earnings In this
the enterprises WE'RE success. aud II "a
iruo that tho deposits in tho building
associations OF Cincinnati are today MS
largo " not larger, In The aggregate
than the deposits il all he national aud
private banks NJ this city. or course,
The deposits in the building associations
are kent n the current Of trade Init
the drpoNiors do not rush for their
money uulcr ihe Impulse Of scare;
thc sheen. IN other WORDS nrp restrained.
The building associations have rules TO-
govern them! the money deposited in
them Il Invested in tirst-clnsg real estate
securities, and every one OF the deposit
ors foe. safe but they crnnut. under
Tho influence Of q scare, Withdraw their
money without n0tipr, hence Il H. that
The building association dop0sitors do not
snner themselves to be worked Into n
stnte Of panic
Therefore we say that the building
associations constitute the great hulwark
Of our Cincinnati banks, by dimipishinp
the number Of sheep, aud Increasing rel
atively Tho number Of thinking people
u y true there arc sheen among The
bank dcpositorH hut these arc small In
number compared with what they would
pc n building associations did not OK
tat
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-19

Mr.. Tredway: Did you consider YOU
self bound or pledged by the :cceipt OF
his money 70 vote for any particular
-~andidatef
Mr.. Thompson: No. sir. I remarked 10
a man in our county. In discussing the
question ~ 10 whom ! should vote
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-06
CHECKER CLUB.
Formal Opening Saturday Even
Ing, Over Io North Main.

Formal Opening Saturday Even
Ing, Over I9 North Main.
The Buncombe Checker club held its
formal opening in the handsomely fur
nished rooms over I 9North Main street.
Donald Call has been elected president;
A. Davidson, secretary, and A. jackson
treasurer. Forty members Joined the
club. The club decided to subscribe for
three daily papers and keep them on file
In the rooms tor the members. The papers
chosen were the New York Herald, Gin
cinnati Enquirer and THE CITIZEN. One
of the younger members moved to add
the Police Gazette, but the motion was
defeated.
Nine-tenths of the members of the club
are stone cutters, and there are some
expert players in the number. 1t was
expected that match game would be
played at the opening between Ashevills
and Biltmore. but the game was post
poned to Tuesday evening at 8 O'Clock.
Mr.. McRac proposed the name "Cale
donian." but was outvoted by the cham
pions of "Buncombe," and the latter
was. therefore, chosen.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-06
NORTH CAROLINA FOLKS.

China Grove correspondence Concord
Times: Miss Margaret Shipping died on
January 80, aged sc years and three
months. She had been confined to her
room for 60 years. She and her sister,
Miss Susan Shipping, who died October
last, and who was bed-ridden for 40
years. stayed in the same room. Among
the effects OF the deceased there were
found $500 in gold and silver. This
money had been hidden for more than
40 wears.
Three or four years ago John Burgess
of Rutherford county was pronounced
non compos mentis and ]. M. Green was
appointed his guardian. Since then
Burgess has reSained his reason, and
recently brought action to have his
property restored to his possession. The
case was removed to Shelby where Bur
CESS was declared sare. 1t was ordered
that his property be restored to him.
Governor Carr has appointed Johr
E. Brown solicitor of Mecklenburg crimi
nal court and w. w. Phifer its clerk
The first was a reappointment.
"A. NJ. Powell is a new candidate fo
Appointment as postmaster of Raleigh
! being the fourth in the field.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-06
SHERMAN'S SILVER BILL
DEFEAT Oh" ATTEMPT TO RE
PEAL THE ACT.
EHin Made a speech in Favor OF
Considering the Repeal BILL
FElibuster1nx In the House TO
Defeat the AntiOptiOm Bill.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-In the House
filibustering against the anti-option bill
began before the reading of the journal,
Kilgore raising the point that there was
no quorum present. After swift glance
around the chamber the Speaker rccog-
nized the correctness of the point, and
directed the clerk to call the role. But it
being understood that this important
measure might be called up today, mcnl-
bers began to arrive, and at the conclu-
sion of the roll call, 219 members had
responded to the quorum.
Before the clerk could begin the reading
of the journal Ki]gore was on his feet
| with motion that when the House
adjourns today it be to Wednesday next,
| which motion he desired to supplement
with motion for a recess until S
O'Clock. The first motion was recognized
hut before considering the second. the
Speaker recognized McMillen to move
to suspend the rules and approve the
journal.
Kilgore's flibustering against ap-
proval of the journal came to naught,
except inItbat it consumed: time. He was
unable to break the quorum and in his
efforts to do so received nothing bat
very small passive support. He is now
(2p: M. engaged in killing time by re-
quiring the reading of the journal i'll full.
2:O7 p. m. 6libustering continues.
In the Senate the judiciary committee
| took up the nomination of Judge Jack
son, but it's consideration was post
poned until next Monday on account OF
objections made by Democratic men,
bers 1t is understood that at the next
- l., af1. .~.-k.
be made to cause the nomination to be
favorably reported to the Senate. After
the assembling OF The Senate Associate
Justice Brown of the Supreme court ap.
peared on the floor and held g. brief con-
ference with Mr.. Hoar. chairman of the
Judiciary COMMITTEE.
4 Before the routite moving business
was concluded Mr.. Hill presented peti
tion Ell the business men of Rochester, N
4 Y, irrCSpcC i've of party i'll favor of the
repeal OF the Sherman silver act and
SAID that III cunntc ctl III with the preSei
tati,n of lie petition he desired to sub
nit 10 the considera uion of the Senate
20 ne remarks on what was known as
the silver question. The vice president
asked =. le' her tn re was auv Objection
Sherman: suggest to the senator
from New York to allow the ordinary
. formal business to be concluded first
That would probably be better and
would be more il. accordance with the
usage ot the Senate"
Hill. (resuming his seat): There is nc
objection To. that"
Routine business was resumed anC
concluded, and without making any
motion to take up the bill Mr.. Hill begar
. bis speech.
After the speech and good deal o
parliamentary wrangling the Senate wa'
finally brought to a direct vote upon thu
notion of Hill to take up the bill fol
repeal of the Sherman act. The motor
was rejected-yeas %; nays AZ.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-06

LLOYD w. SMITHS DEATH.
PISTOL. SHOT FIRED BY HIS
OWN HAND
The Tragedy Occurred at the Bat-
terry Park Saturday Might, and is
Relieved to Have Been Purely
n ArCNnarpanl

Relieved to Have Been Purely
Accidental.
A little before IL O'Clock Saturday
night pistol in the hand of Lloyd w.
Smith, night clerk of the Battery Park
hotel, was discharged, killing him in
stantly.
Mr.. Smith had been suffering intensely
for day or two with boils on the back
of his neck. About 10 O'Clock he called
and at his request the physician lanced
one of the boils. The operation gave
him great pain for a while. and he ex-
claimed, Doctor, you don't know
how that hurt"
Mr.. Smith wel.t about his work, ap-
parently in good humor, whistling and
singing "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay." Pres
entity he went to the Office desk and took
thcrefrom pistol and put it to his tenn
pie.
Don't shoot" cried Sam Thompson
a colored porter, who was the only otlles
| occupant of the Office at the time.
AS the porter uttered the cry the pist o
was discharged and the ball., 80, en-
tered Smiths head, above the right ear
| floor and died almost Instantly.
Thompson called DR.. Battle anc
Manager E. p. McKissick, of the Bat
| terry Park, who examined the body.
Coroner L. B. McBrayer was notified
and summoning jury composed of c
| F. Ray. ]. L. Owens. E. P. Gilkey and F
| A. Sumner, went to the hotel about mid
night and held an inquest. DIR. Battle
Mr.. McKissick and Thompson were ex
amined, and the facts as recited were
| brought out. The jury rendered a YER
dict that deceased came to his deatf
from pistol shot wound at his owr
hand"
The remains were prepared for burial
| and were taken yesterday morning t
Charlotte, accompanied bv Frank Smith h
a cousin. The body was inferred in tn
| cemetery there. whs re the dead youth
| mother is buried.
Lloyd w. Smith was a son of s. q
Smith, formerly of Charlotte, but now q
Rutherfurdton. He was about 10 year
| old. He came here in October, 1892
| and took n position in The drug store q
7. c. Smith & Co. He held this pos,tio
until the end of the year, when he -,
cepted the night clerkship of the Batter
Park. His hours OF work were tom
p. m. to n. m.
| Young Smith was 81 brigh youth. q.
sunny disposition. and had many friend
| HSTS. 1 HS theory oi S'nSlue Has pSC
adopted by some, but there is little q
nothing to support it. He was not de:
pondent, seemed to have had no troubl
| at all on his mind, and a search of hi
effects disclosed no note or intimatio
whatever of taking such a step.
The pistol " which figured in he TRACED
was a Smith & Wesson, and had bee
left in the Office by guest.
Young Smith was a nephew of DR.. 7
c. Smith, and second cousin of Whit
Q. Smith, of Raysor & Smith.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-06
TO THE SCHOOL. LAW.
Amendment Adopted by the Bun
connie Teachers' Association.

connie Teachers' Association.
The following is the amendment to the
North Carolina school law, adopted by
the Buncombe county Teachers associa-
tion at it's meeting in this city on Satur-
day last:
"In any school district the school COM
mittee thereof may apply, by petition in
writing, to the Board of County Com
missioners of the county in which said
district is situated, asking that an
annual tax be levied in said district for
the purpose of increasing the public
school fund of said district. Whereupon.
on the next regular meeting of said
Board of County Commissioners, but
not oftener than once in any one year.
they shall order that the question
whether such tax shall be levied be sub
mitted to a vote of the qualified voters OF
such school district, at such time and
place in said district as may designated
| in such order, and in the manner pre-
scribed in the election laws of North Car
olina.
"Ifa majority of qualified votes at
such election shall be cast in favor Of
such tax, the same shall be levied and
collected in such district in the same
| manner as the school taxes are levied
| and collected, and placed in the hands o.
the treasurer of the county, to the credit
of the district in which it was collected
and shall be used by the school commit
tee thereof for school purposes, as othel
school funds of the district are used
Provided, that the taxes so levied ant
collected shall in no case exceed one
| fourth of one per ccntum on the value o
the taxable property in the district, 81
cents on each poll, and one dollar OF
each dog. Provided, further. that til
amount of tax proposed to be leviet
shall be specified in the order for election
made by the Board Of County Commis
sioners."
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-06
lust IN NORTH CAROLINA.

One of the most mysterious murders
committed in North Carolina last year
was that of venerable Adam Siler and
Rebecca, his wife, near Ciler City, Chat
ham county, December 23d. Friday
Jury returned verdict that negro
calling himself Phillips Alias Williams,
was the murderer. Governor Carr
offers 5000 reward for the murderer,
who is dark mulatto, % years old, 5
feet inches high, weighs about 13O; has
a scar near the left ear.
Winston Sentinel: The Leaksvile
cotton and wooden mills, heretofore con-
Quoted by ]. T. Morehead & Co., have
been sold, it is said, to the Cone Ex-
porting and Commission company,
known as the Plaid Trust. 1t is under.
stood that the Gone combine will pro-
ceed at once to enlarge the works, and
will utilize all of the splendid Smith
river water power at Leaksville.
Newton Enterprise: There are good
prospects that Newton will haye two
new cotton factories.-O. L. Lowe has
five year old boy who cannot be pre-
Ndlltu Ou " WCdI SuOCo. All LuIOuRu
the late cold spell he could be seen on the
streets bare footed. But he enjoyed it
the most Of any of the boys and
does not know what it is to have cold
Parties from near the Roanoke river
report big ice-gorge at the falls below
Hasken's ferry. The ice is piled to the
height of thirty feet and presents a most
novel and picturesque sight for that lati
| tude.
-Messrs. Powell & Wharton, dry
goods merchants of Greensboro, mad,
an assignment with Professor o. w
Carr assignee. Liabilities estimated a
Sic, 900; assets unknown.
Allegheny Star: Is there town il
North Carolina that can show up a
well. as to politics, as Sparta? Not
single white Republican lives in on
town.
Shelby Review: c. H. Shull bought
still from CASTOR county man the othe
day that was manufactured in Bristo
England. in 179E99 years ago.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-06
BENT on \ LYNCHING
NEGROES TRY TO HANG AN
INNOCENT MAN.
They Also Try TO Burn a Depot,
But are Prevented bv the Timely
Arrival of a Sherif's POsse-It
ALI Grew Out of an Insult.

STAFFoRDs POINT, Tex, Feb. 6.-Ycs-
terday halfgrown negro offered gross
insult to Mrs. DIR. Cochran. She reported
the matter to her husband and the Doc
tor chastised the boy.
Last night while at the railroad sta
ton, Clinton Edwards, the boys father,
met DIR. Cochran, who is one-armed
man. and after wordy quarrel, the ne
gro picked up a stone with which he
felled the doctor to the ground. AS he
fell the doctor put three bullets into Ed
wards, killing him instantly.
William Watts, station agent OF the
Sou shern Pacific, disarmed Cochran, and
then number of negroes assaulted Watts
They accused him of having assaulted
Edwards and demanded his life. Dr.
Cochran told the excited crowd that he
was the guilty one, but the mob was
bent on lynching Watts. He managed
however, to reach the inside OF the de.
pot, which he barred, and with the arms
he had and the assistance of the telegraph
operator managed to hold the crowd at
bav.
In the meantime the operator tele
graphed to Richmond. Houston, Wilker
and other sister towns for assistance.
While this was going on the negroes Sc
cured reinforcement and their fiery leaders
proposed the burning of the depot and
the town. Just as they were about to
put their designs into effect. an engin,
pulled into town with sheriff and posse
Of armed men.
With difficulty the sheriff got the crowt
quoted. DR. Cochran surrended, but tn,
mob clamored for Watts. The Sheriff, tt
appeasc them, arrested Watts ant
quickly getting him on the train th'
posse pulled out for Richmond. where HI
will be held until an examination is had
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-06

The END Came Unexpectedly y
Sunday Morning.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Mrs. William c..
Whitney, wife of the ex-Secretary of the
Navy, died at her home, No. 2 West
Fifty Seventh street, at 3 O'Clock yester-
day morning, of heart disease.
The night before The attack that was
the beginning of her last illness, Mrs.
Whit ney gave one of the dinner dances
that are a fashionable fad of the present
season. She was in n weak condition at
the time, and the excitement and strain
consequent to the entertainment of her
large party is supposed to have superin-
duced the attack.
The funeral will take place at 10 o'clock
Tuesday, forenoon
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-06
PanliCO Ray Oysters

THE CITIZEN was invited to Barker's
today to dine to give an opinion on the
Pamlico Bay Oysters. The decision was
that there are none better. Lovers ol
oysters on the half shell should give
them trial. These oysters are State
product. The farm from which they
come is under the personal care Of Lieut..
Winslow and is largely owned by DR.. S.
w. Battle of this city.
Barker proposes to sell these at a
reasonable rate to encourage the de-
mand,
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-06
COUNTY cOMMIssIoNERs.
stock Law Election In Bla ck
Mountain Township.

The County Commissioners began their
regular monthly session this morning, all
Of the members being present.
]. w. Hunter, ,constable-electfo for French
Broad township, rendered his bond in
the sum of 81 900, which was accepted,
and he was sworn in.
An election on the stock law question
was ordered for portion OF Black
Mountain township. on Monday, April
"a. The judges appointed are: Vim.
Stepp, Geo. Morgan, G. W. Morgan, 6.
w. Clement and S. F. Dougherty.
A number of claims haye been ordered
paid.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-06
a sick POpultss.

LINCOLN, Neb. Feb. 6.-Wiiam II.
Deck, late Populist candidate for Con
gress in the Fourth district took an
overdose of morphine Friday night.
Some say it was taken with suicidal
intentions, though his friends deny this
The doctors think he will yet recovet.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-06
IsadOr Straus.

NEW YORK, Feb. GA special from
Lakewo ood. N. J., to the Sun says:
From man very close to Mr.. Cleveland
comes the news that Isador Straus has
been slated for the Postmaster general
ship.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-02-06
Al, the way From New zealand.

LONDON. Feb. 5.-The Pail Mall Ga
zette states that the Governor Of New
Zealand has telegraphed the Marquis of
Ripon, Secretary of State for the colon
les, strongly worded protest against
the annexation of Hawaii by the United
States No definite answer has vet been
returned by the imperial government to
| the New Zealand communica ton.