El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-23
The NeckIenburg Independence.

| Preparations are making at Char
lotte. N. c., to celebrate on the 10Th of
next May the one hundred and twenty
| third anniversary of the adoption of
what is cal led the Meckienburg declara-
ton of indepence. They will doubt
less find it much cas- err, says the New
| York Times, to bold the celebration
| than they would to prove. that any such
declaration of independence was ever
! adopted, but that is point which the
people of North Carolina have agreed
LamOng themselves to take Tor granted,
and it is probable that they Will listen
| with scornful cOmpoSure to the discus
sion which their plan is sure to revive.
The question as to whether certain
| series of resolutions, first published in
| 1919. was really adOoted by the re-
sidents of Mecklenburg county in 1775
was settled years and years ago to the
satisfaction of everybody and there is
small chance that at this late day those
who believe that the legend is history
will be moved by those who are not
less firmly convinced that the history
is legend, and rather obviously imag1n-
alive at that. The controversy, how
ever, is one that will have the charm of
novelty for many of this generation,
and perhaps some of its DELIGHTFULLY."- in
consequential bitterness can be re-
newed if the old ground is traversed
gong ahead as if the matter were be-
yond the reach of question. AT re-
cent meeting of their monumental as
sociation ways and means were
thoroughly discussed, and it was de-
cided that on the anniversary day
there shall be unveiled at some spot
in the city of Charlotte "a monument
worthy to commemorate the deeds of
valor and acts of heroism of those who
ho unl{a
British tyranny and oppression" A
committee was appointed with execu-
tive powers to solicit designs to'be es-
timated on q basis of $4,000 of eX-
penditure.
Yaquis Badly Frightened.
A dispatch from Nogales says: ''For
miles around this section Of the cOun-
try is in wild state of excitement, ana
the Yaquis and MeXicans on the Sonora
side of the line are terror stricken, ,
thinking the day of judgment is at
hand.
Shortly after six o'clock this even
ing. there was a rushing, Kissing J
noise through the atmosphere and on !
looking upward an immense ball of fire |
with millions of sparks in it's wake was |
seen speeding toward the earth. A |
few seconds later the earth trembled +
violently, houses were shaken to their ,
inously. The appearance OF the fiery |
monster in the heavens convinced those |
who saw it that the temblor was due |
to it's contact with the earth aud not |
from any internal disturbance. The |
Indians and MeXicans |
were so afrighted that they fed in all |
directions. Couriers commenced ar |
irving here shortly after the meteor |
struck the earth and reported that it |
fell at a point twelve miles south of
here. They said it could be seen for |
miles, and the intense heat of the visi- |
tor from above set fire to all the trees |
and shrubbery for a radius of several |
hundred yards. In close proximity to |
where it fell stood several shacks oc-
cupied by Yaquis and it is feared that |
the inmates succumbed to the intense !
heat, or were killed by the shock caus- |
ed by the contact of the meteor with !
the earth. A few shacks four miles |
away were leveled to the ground. A |
party viii leave here shortly for the |
scene"