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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-16
TRIAL OF
Bank Examiner Campbell and L. ]. Hill
on the Stand

on the SCano.
ATLANTA, Ca, Jan. 10-An enormous
crowd, filling every inch of the court
room, listened to the second days pro
ceedings in Redwine's trial.
Bank Examiner Campbell took the
stand again this morning, and was
infinitely examined as to his method of
procedure in looking into the affairs Of
the wrecked bank. His testimony was
without special sensational features.
The defense, in the cross examination,
sought to prove by the witness that the
directors and officials of the bank were
all largely overdrawn, but the court
checked this line of inquiry. Mr..
Campbell swore that when he examined
the books of the bank a few days be-
fore the discovery of the ~defalcation,
he saw and counted some $78, 900 in
cash.
L. J. Hill, former President of the
Gate City Bank, was also re- called to
the stand, and swore that q check Of
81, O46 had been paid to w. 8. Patter-
son for stock held by Redwine in the
Suburban Land Company, which had
been entered on the books of the bank.
Patterson testified that the check had
been secured to him for stock. The
defense tried to show that the bank
now owned the stock, but the question
was not allowed.
LATER -Redwine has been sentenced
to six years in Albany P~enitentiary.
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years, and that the total Of his defaIca.
ton wa SAT, 600. His method of steal
ing was to alter and erase the amounts
In the individual ledger while the
book keeper was at dinner and then
abstract easn from the money he had
for the days business. Hehad always
been able to make his books balance
when the Bank Examiner made his
examinations.
Baker said that he had never gambled
or s~peculated, and the money he took
all went towards supporting his family.
His salary as paying teller was 81 800
a year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-16
FIVE HUNDRED WERE KILLED.
Heavy Losses in q Battle in Rio Grande
Do Sui, Which the Insurgents Won.

Heavy Losses in q Battle in Rio Grande
Do Sui, Which the insurgents Won.
LONDON, Jan. 9-The Lisbon CORE
spondent of the United Press forwards
the following mail advices brought
from Brazil by the steamship Clyde:
Rio JANEIRO, Dec. 26.-An important
battle has been fought in the State Of
Sac Paulo. in which the government
troops under General Argallo were de-
feated by the insurgents. There were
10, 900 troops engaged In the battle.
Five hundred of the government forces
were killed, and the rest were taken
prisoners. among the captured r
Generals Silva and Tellas.
An unsuccessful attack was made on
nha Grand on Dec. %. The only means
of communication with Rio Janeiro is
by a naval escort. Firing between the
government and the ~insurgent forces
is going on all the time. The govern.
ment intercepts all inland communica-
tions.
Santos has been blocked since the be-
ginning of December by the Republica
and other insurgent war ships. The
troops under the insurgent Genera
Saraiva are eight or ten days march
from Sac Paulo, making a movement
to the westward toward Italore TO fetch
horses and forage.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-16
RECOVERED HER SIGHT FOR A
DAY,

NEwBURG, N. Y, Jan. Am ap-
parently we'll authenticated and sur
prising story of the sudden recovery
of sight by an aged blind woman and
it's almost immediate loss again comes
from the little Dutchess county village
of Wappinger's Falls. The person
affected is Mrs. Hannah Lockwood, a
lifelong resident of that village, who
is eighty-four years old. Mrs. Lock
wood has been blind a quarter of a
century.
Fred" the three-year old son of Mr..
aud Mrs. Edward Long, of Wappinger's
Falls died On last Thursday night,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-16
WAS THERE POISON IN THE TEA
William Stuart Made Ill Shortly After
Enjoying a Neighbours HospitaIities.

Enjoying a Nei&nDorS doSp1CaIlCIeS.
DANvILLE, Va, Jan. 1O.-There is
somewhat of a sensation at Irisburg, in
Henry county. Several days ago Viii
liam Stuart took tea with his neighbor,
Edward Harrington. A short while
after tea Stuart was taken violently
i'll, and died the next day. Poisoning
was suspected, and Investigation in
creased the suspicion. It is believed
that poison was in a cake that was
served at tea, of which Stuart partook
freely.
There are a number of unconfrmed
rumors of a sensational character in
regard to the matter, and a legal in
vestigation is to be had.
Constable Barker, who some weeks
ago shot and badly wounded a negro
near Axton and then ran away, sur
rendered to the authorities yesterday,
and the investigating magistrate dis
missed him, the evidence showing that
the constable was justifiable in what
he did,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-16
THR LATEST NEWS.
Sparks from the Wires--Most Important
Events Throughout the World
for q Week.

Events Throughout the World
for \ Week.
w. F. Beck & Co., commission mer
CHANTS OF San Francisco, have failed
ARCADIA, Kansas, Jan. 10 -This
town was almost destroy ed by fire to
day. Loss $50, 900.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, Jan. 8-Four
cases OF small pox have been discovered
hight.
LONDON, Jan. Successive cold and
snow continue in Spain. Rail ways are
6locked and plantations seriously
damaged.
WALLsvILLE, N. Y, Jan. 10.-The
private bank of S. & w. Baldwin
closed its doors today. Many people
here are involved.
RICHMOND, Ind, Jan. 1O.-Fire this
this morning destroyed the Starr piano
piano works. The loss is $500, 600 and
the insurance $40, 600.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1O.-Secretary
Ores am announced to-day that all
the Hawiian correspondence and papers
will be transmitted to Congress as soon
as received.
SUFFOLK, Va, Jan. 1O-Fire de-
stroyed the saw mill of the Newsom
Lumber Company at Newsom's, Va i,
this morning The total loss was SIS, 600;
insurance, 81, 75O-in the Virginia State
Insurance Company.
Judgment has been passed on the
speed and motive power of the y. S..
cruiser Olympia, and calculation of
the trial In Santa Barbara channel has
eliminated In a verdict of 81, 68 knots
per hour, which will give a premium
OF $4O0, 0O0 to the builders.
ROME, Jan. "a despatch from
UrblnO says it is reported there that
three houses at Ponte d'Azzo, in the
Apennines, were crushed by an ava
lanche falling on them. Seven persons
we're buried in the ruins. Three of
them were taken out dead.
A. W. Bowen Moore, the most extern
| pension agent in western New
York, with his son AL and five clerks,
have been arrested on the charge of
defraudiDg the government and ex-
tortlng money from pensioners. The
whole amount involved is said to be
$3.50, 600.
John H. Montague, of the firm of
John Fl. Montague 6 Co., insurance
agents, of Richmond, Va, and Presi
dent of the Merchants and Planters
Savings Bank and the Virginia Paper
Company, made an assignment Mon
day. The liabilities are $50, 1876; assets
$37, 627
PARIS, Jan. 1O.-The trial of the an
archist, Valiant, who threw the bomb
into the Chamber of Deputies, has be.
gun here. 1t reported that a dynamite
bomb with a burning fuse has been
discovered outside the court, and the
whole place is strictly guarded. LATER,
Valiant has been found guilty and
sentenced to death.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 9.-Senator
Moss, of Anne Arundel county, intro
duced in the Senate to night a bill pro
viding that all condemned criminals
shall be killed by electricity, and that
an electric plant be established at the
Maryland penitentiary, in Baltimore
city, for that purpose, wherein all such
executions shall take place.
CALCUTTA, Jan. 9.-Advices from
Gowhatty, the chief town of the prov
ince of Assam, have been received there
showing that on January I'd the Abor
tribesmen attacked at Aamjur, on the
northeast frontier of Assam, a British
punitive expedition that had been sent
against them. Seven of the British
military police forming the expedition
were killed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-16
EXCITING FIRE.
Inmates Panic-S Stricken From the Smoke
and Flames.

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-There was an
exciting fire this morning in a tene-
ment house on Houston street. The
damage was slight but the tenants were
panic stricken. The house was filed
with smoke and two persons who we're
overcome we're rescued with difficulty.
One of the women jumped from a
fourth story window and was seriously
injured. The other inmates we're saved
by the use of ladders.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-16

L5ISn says there are
home eighteen in
enty- ~cOnvicts.
g Is little sickness,
alIment being the
lam Globe.
ng medicine is no
the Ills of life. A
near town gave her
qulnine on Sunday
esults. He is better,
Ciy Economist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-16

says the Winston Sentinel or the 9Th.
Wadesboro Messenger: Last Sunday
night while MI. Ed. Simons, of Lilies
vile, was attending preaching his store
was broken into and about 800 in
money stolen therefrOm. Suspicion
rested at once upon a young white
a J. e Gilmer by name, as the
perpetrator of the robbery, and when
it was discovered next day. Monday,
that he had left town efforts we're at
once made to capture him. He was
located at Darlington, 8. c., and upon
his agreeing to return to this State he
was brought back to Lilesville where
he had a preliminary hearing before
Esquire W. r. Cox yesterday.
Lincolnton Courier: A dog belong
ing to Henry Petite went mad and bit
a little boy, son of Sgd Hoffman on
Saturday morning. The dog was killed
by a son of Capt. D. M. Wyant. A
mad stone belonging to J. L. Cobb, OF
of this town. was applied to the wound
and on the first application it adhered
two hours and a half. Second
application, same wound. one hour
and forty-five minutes. First appli-
cation on the opposite side of the
arm, one hour and ten minutes. Second
application on the opposite side of the
arm. hour and ten minutes Second
apple alton, same wound, twenty fv
minutes. The stone was applied alter
nately afterwards and would not ad-
here. Messrs. J. A. johnson, P. 2.
Hoffman and M. M. Lutz witnessed the
above.
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in certain respects own a good deal
of enthusiasm for this later product of
Indiana soil. This delineator of lowly
humanity, who sings with so much FER
Yor pathOs, humor and grace, and who
has done things-is it not correct to say
which viii long be remembered-perhap
which Will outlast the more laborous
work of some Of the older and more
pretentious poets.
But 1t is only natural, I'm sure. you
will acknowledge" continued the Au-o-
crat, that | should feel 4 deeper interest
in, and regard for the older writers,
here in America, for instance OF my
own day, than for those Of the present
period. ] love to think of Hawthorne, the
intellectual romancer, who, though more
nevertheless. far from being estimated
at his real worth. | love TO think of
him. and of Lolgfeiow, the Incompatible,
sweet singer. and of Emerson the philOso-
pher and Whittier and Lowell, whose
clarion voices In song aWoke nation
to duty and self-honor The work these
men did can never be surpassed If in
many respects equalled, for they were
! giants in letters. / knew thom all well,
and cherished their friendship, God knows
| how deeply. They are all gone. and, X
| a personal reference be pardOnable l alone
| remain, only TO recall from hour to hour
! those words Of Tom Moore. I stand like
| one who walks alone, some banquet hall
| deserted
There was a moments silence during
which the aged Autocrat. with eyes gaz-
Ing into space, appeared 10 De Wrapt In
| deep thought. | had no wish to break
! the spell which held him. for he was
| musihg on a past which was very dear
! TO him. Presently. turning hts eyes to-
ward me, the AutOcrat continued. per
haps. of them all l thought most OF
Longfeliow. His was a lovely character;
the most SO, / think, of any one | ever
! knew, and when he died. II seemed to
me as if the day was suddenly changed
TO night"
Ventured to ask the Autocrat If he
were doing any literary work at present.
He replied. Very little My work IS
really done. and l am now resting and
! find rest very delightful after a long
life passed SO largely with the pen
you have done a great and valuable
service for literature. Doctor l said,
land the world is greatly your debtor
"Wen, | sincerely hope | have brought
profit and happiness to others; yet how
very little OF an that l have done VIII
be remembered after | am gone? Not
much, l imagine. and yet 10 have done
even "a little good I'm life is something
something for which 10 rejoice"
NEW ELL LONEJOY.
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DAY AT BEVERLY FARM.
Dn. HOLMES C8<T5 FAMILfARLf
OLD AGE AND LITKEhIURh.
Tho Autocrat 10 Enjoyinx Fairly Goo"
Health and Says He would prefer
Death To Imbscility.


II was Dr. Holmes who came to boweii
one night many years ago. 10 'eo'"''
An place OF Ruius Choate. VINO ior SoN'e
reasons, was not able to Keep MS en-
easement. Cnoate was very bug man.
ana the Doctor rather undersigned ne
hogan his remarks by saying that ne
corld hardly be expected TO III the place
OF .lr. Choate. hut that he "ouid uy
20 rattle around In It,
The aged Autocrat will shortly have
attained 10 his cighty-siNth year. but
am pleased TO say that he is pretty
nearly recovered from his Illness OF some
months ago. dnd would probably be able
10 make a rattling speech even now II
he had the audience and the Inspiration.
sin active in body and an intense OBJ
server OF all that Is taxing place IN me
world not merely in literature. nut III
everything which interests the thought
fiIi individual. He reads the newspapers
With. II anything. more aVldlty thaH
many Of the business men OF Inc u"9 /,
and upon the current topics OF the hour
Aanverses with quite as much acumen as
- individual who is practically occupied
with The mOmentous problems which con-
stantly appeal TO his wise judgment
Said the old gentleman 10 me no, i0a'6
since. as we sat together on the pIVa.
piazza at his beautiful country nome AT
beverly Farms. where he Is accushoihcu
to pass the summer months each year,
"a place redoient with pleasant memories
TO the Autocrat: Yes. / am lniereSlSS
I'm all that is taking place In me worm
nowadays. though no more so IMAM ever
before FOR as g more than octogenarlah; l
would not. Of course be expected 70 tane
a deeper intereSt-il as ueeP III ~. w
uorid's movements now as formerly
However. / am keen observer OF each
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days incidents and events. notwithstand-

days incidents and events. notwithstand-
sYou are enjoying good health. Doctor.
are you notT | inquired
'Yes: since my recent illness l nave
been as well. perhaps, as at any time
during the last ten and more years l
make Il a practice each day-When tne
weather is fair-to take. good walk
along the shore, yonder. If the weather is
stormy / 30 over the same ROAD IN
carriage / nave always made II rule
10 spend az much of my time as posi-
bic out of doors. In the open air. sum
lner and winter, and attribute my length
of years In a great measure 70 TINS prac-
tice, faithfully adhered TO.
You really bid fair, Doctor OBJ
served. "to be a Centcnarian.
Said the Au,ocrat with that humorous
twinkle OF his eye, 50 familiar TO ms
for long time. Perhaps | ought TO
congratulate myself over the fact that
| have lived so long, OUTLYING my friend
Whittier by several years, as also BIy-
ant. both Of whom were regarded as very
Old men when they died Gladstone anu
j were born in the same year, as also
Tennyson. Still. l don't know, after an.
as one is so much better on Tor living
so long. I'm inclined TO think that bry =
ant Whittier, Tennyson, and the rest
OF the octOgenarians are greatly the gain
efs In passing over when they did. l I'M
agine they escaped a good deal IN go
ing then. IL does very wei 10 nNe as
long as one can, provided he does not
wholly outliVe his usefulness. L nave
always felt a sincere pity for one VINO.
i'm old age. has become helpless both III
hody and mind. Such a person truly de-
serves the commiseration of his friends
and the world, and / should sorrow deep
" II thought L was coming TO that.
You Know what Is sometimes done with
an old. wornOut horsei-he is taken out
into a back lot and shot. ! should hard
IN desire such an end, 10 be sure. but If
/ had any idea ] was going to arrive at
complete imbccihty OF body and mind. |
should certainly pray most earnestly TO
die" ana the humorous twinkle Of the
Autccrats eye was. II anything, more
pronounced than before.
Our talk now leads to a discussion OF
certain prominent authors before the
public and | yentured to ask the Auto
crat Wat he thought OF Mr. Howell $
work. al rarely ever read anything OF
MIR EOWeifs unless it be an occasional
poem-for l enjoy his poetry very much.
However. certain OF his earlier stories |
lfked very well His Venetian Days
afforded me great pleasure. Socially, MIR.
Howell Is delightful. For years he was
2 near neighbor Of mile, and l saw "a
good deal OF nim. Then, too, when he
was editor Of the Atlantic Monthly, l
wss frequently brought into very pleas
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literary creators they never set OUT. 20
10 sneak. 10 bring into fashion any par
ticular school They wrote as thes
felt without regard "a method or syS,ei',
Andrew Lang-for whom ! confess Icai
lIkinQ bv the by--nOt long since. al
banquet of the Royal Academy. com
mented at some length on this supJec',
and among the good THINKS ne said w. y,
these viz: That William Shakespeare
didn't write about contemporary pro
blems; that so many OF our noVeils.S
nowadays are given to reminding w :"
our misfortunes, that novels are set'sms
10 be largely tracts on church ahtnS,,
free love and other sensational topltS'
that the thrifty plan OF giving us po,i,,
tics, sermons. fiction and the Hhe' -,
served up IN one stOdgy sand"lIn' mt
duccs no permanent hteiatute' o'ay ,d FOR
amount TO tracts for the times a ndn
the time bcing None OF inc a. he
sO-Called. so far as ] recall ~, "a 20
case OF Mr.. HOwells VINO mag no,,ion
has ever taken the pains 10 M :" t,,s,
world that he was such. ana II 10 M
possible." added the Autocrat, Win tiae
peculiar twinkle OF his eye mat "o
u' w., N Wv" enioy Miss Jewett and Miss
Wilkins Of course | sara ..,,.,,, In
"cb certainly. They are charming IN
everv way. Then there are others cludny
brlg6t. who show IN the qualty OF tneir
WORK great originaiity-eVen whdI may
a., tcrfneJ genius" continued me Huto-
crat. Il think the author, VINO s Wrlies
over the non de plume OF 'Craddqck,
IN unusually strong portrayer Of southern
lie and character. In thelr way her
stories are simply masterpieces ana 'hey
have Impressed me wonderfully. cary
came to be one Of the admirers OF TINS
Southern writer. and because her wofk
is 50 very striking. Then, TOO, mere -
cable a great writer | think. ana on
who has done things which are gong 10
live. HIS style is delightful. Then there
Is Harris down in Georgia. who has SHOWN
rs I'm his inimtable manner, the real
Negro character; there IS Grace klne
and Octave Thanet, as she is known 10
The reading public. and great NAM,
ofher writer's. south and west, worthy OF
equal mention. But do you kn9" ana
there was that significant twinkle OF inc
Nntocrats eye again have felt more
interest IN that Hoosier poet : "0i ,n:
Of late. than in almost anything else
which has appeaTea in R HiGr2riy y H T16
ing short of a born poet and Verltaple
genius he gets down int 9id the w ns1Ff to o.
/ think he is later hOsed
vigeIow. quite as original as
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duke John, adopted the TGme q Cap-
tain John Ortiz" when, aiteF optdilluS
his diploma as y skipper ne LOOK = 49,,
faring life and vanished from huIltn
ken while sailing his ship the M3rBaret'
from McnteVide) around tfpe Iutu ~
Valparaiso. The Empress OF t'It'
too, is never 50 happy as Wheh yach'llls,
and the Mlramar IS wen hh"Mn i h0t
I'm those Of the Bay Of Biscay and IN the
waters Of MADEIRA rs well. Russla mas
several sailor Princes the oh'y on 80.
Of his profession. however, being ulIl
Grand Duke Alexander Nlchoiaie
VINO was serving on board the hasSiHP
Of the NuscoVite squadron In American
waters last year, ana VINO rs apoul 10
marry the Cars eldest daughter. Aenia.
Grand Duke Alexis. although Grand Al
miral OF the fleet infinitely prefers the
boulevard restaurants and the petile
theatres of Paris TO life on the oceou'
while the Cars illegitimate brolnel'
Prince Juriewski entered the navy soi
~ against his will and solely because ne
was refused a commission in the army,
The other princes whose names !
have omitted and vet who have adopted
the sea as Il profession IN several caSc9
contrary 10 their mcinatOnS, are fIlIce
George, Of Greece Prince Naldemar ol
Denmark. the Italian Dukes OF Ge1oS'
al OF the Abbruzzi. the reisllhS rlnSe
OF Monaco. who served FOR tlne III thc
Spanish navy before he assembled MS
Vile; Orleans. mis- son, the fat ana suiy
Duke of Penthievres who received nls
naval education in this country AT An
napolis: Prince oscar Bernadotte. son
of the King OF Sweden. and Prince carr
Of Denmark. second son Of the crown
Prince, and who achieved an unenvlable
notoriety for himself while at the Naval
Academy IN connection with the hazing
scandal which resulted in the suicide OF
the victim. None Of those. fcwever o~n
yachts Of THEM own. having, apparently
quite ct Ough of the sea when serving
on board men of-war.
While II viii thus be seen that the
majority Of the royal and imperial per
sonages Of Europe are not on friendly
terms with the ocean wave yet they are
most OF them splendid swimmers and de-
voted 20 that branch Of sport. Archduke
Augustus Of Austria. having just broken
the record by the rapifity with which ne
swan across the swift-fiowing Danube
at one Of its broadest reaches in Hunga-
~. Queen Christina Of Spain. when at
san Sebastian during the summer swims
great distances out 10 sea, her achieve
mcnts in that respect being only compar-
able to the DOwager Queen PA OF Portu-
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NO CHARMS FOR ROYALTY.
.rtraKJyG NO LONGER an ATTRI-
BUIE or PRINCES.
Tim Queen of England Has classy Sea
to Order Before She Risks Her
Health on Board ship.

Manifold have been the reasons as
signed for the somewhat strange neg
Iect OF the Prince Of Wales TO put In an
appearance on board the Britannia during
any of the races against the Nigilant,
and IL has attracted much comment tnat
he should have been able to find time TO
spend several days at Newmarket FOR
the purpose Of seeing Lord Roseberry's
horse. Ladas, run, while he could not APP
parently spare a moment 10 witness or
take part in the victories OF his boat on
the Clyde and in Dublin Bay. The real
and only reason for his having preferred
to sail his yacht by deputy-which is not
altogether I'm accordance with the ortho-
dox notions Of the SPORTS that he IS
a martyr TO sea-sickness by which he
is almost entirely Frustrated every time
that he crosses between Dover and Cal
ais when there is the least bit Of ii heavy
sea- His susceptibility TO this very com
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ant relationship with him. MIR. Howells
has lad wonderful success as a writer.
ana las won a reputation such as any
aIthnr ought TO be very proud Of"
MI. Howeiis is a realist. YOU know
srhcol Of writers?"
On. ~ so called realism, | don't think
very much. The fact Is. an author who
i.n,lts nus efforts to any particular
sSnoo'' Is not likely In my Judgment to
- nus nus N.ey pest work. There have been
nent among whom. OF course. are T,1r-
.enem ana lola each Of whom has given
. .ne w9rid The rich fruits OF his genius
snre nay Ia, zone wonderful things 20 be
all: whether or not the work done would
not have been quite as we'll done IN
some other way; that is. by some other
nsah9o, THESE writer's are, perhaps, un-