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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-16
AUGUSTUS POUNDS IN JAIL.
He Tells About his Accidentally Shoot
ing James Marshburn.


ing James Marshburn.
Augustus Pounds, who accidentally
shot and killed young James ID. Marsh
burn at his home in Marks Creek town
ship Friday evening, is now in jail here.
He was brought here yesterday by Depu-
ty Sheriff Faison. He was committed on
a charge of assault with deadly weapon.
He is not in jail for murder, as it was
clearly an accident, but he is charged
with pointing his gun at the man he kill
ed. ana in default Of $500 bond ne was
sent to prison to await trial at the next
term Of court. He said yesterday he
would: be able to give the bond as soon
as he could see his friends.
Pounds is white man of q years
OF age, and has wife and one child. He
does not look like n criminal and regrets
exceedingly the terrible accident. This.
he says, Is the first trouble he was ever
in and that he is as innocent OF the charge
OF pointing the gun at young Marshburn
as ne lis Of Intentionally killing him. He
gives the following account of the acci-
dent:
Il 1--we near Mr.. Marshburn's, about
three-auarters of mile away. We are
all good friends, and had been hunting
Friday. In the crowd were James
Marshburn and his brother George Hon
eycutt, Walter Bunch and myself.
I'VE came back to Mr.. Marshburn's
and after supper we were playing and
tusslesng, James and i. l then picked
up my gun and started home. As did
James playfully threw a stick at me
had my gun under my arm, the muzzle
pointing toward the ground. The stick
came near striking me in the face as
looked back and / threw myself back to
avoid it. As ] did so the muzzle of the
gun, Of course, was brought up from
toward the ground and the gun was dis
charged how, do not to this day know
j never cooked it, nor did j pull the trig
ger.
s'The load entered Marshburn's fore
head, and he died within the next two
hours. The accident occurred about 5
o'clock and he died at Z.
II remained at the Marshburn home
as long as thought could do any good
probably midnight. Then ] went home
and a short while afterwards Constable
Faison camG1Fnd arrested me. The trial
was held at Gfotwen this morning before
Mr.. Tom Mial, and he sent me ON the
court. On the trial Mr.. Marshburn's
friends told about the same story of the
affair as that l have just given.
ssOf course / regret exceedingly the ae-
cident-more than / can tell you. / am
innocent either of any intention of harm
ing Mr.. Marshburn or OF purposely point
ing the gun at him. After the accident
| did all in my power to aid his family
I went off and secured horse from my
cousin fer Mr.. Chas. carp to come to Rail
eigh to tell the news to Mr.. Dallas Marsh
burn, James brother, who was here at
tending the Grand Lodge. After Mr..
Marshbusn got home / went after some
medicine for him."
Young Marshburn will be buried to-
day. He was a promising young man
and highly esteemed in the community.
The terrible accident is universally re-
rrettpd
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-16
MIR. RYAN BRINGS SUIT.

Baltimore, Md, Jan. 15.-A repleyin
suit was to-day instituted III the United
States Circuit Court against Louis Me
Lane, chairman of the Seaboard and
Roanoke Pooling committee, to recover
stock pooled by Thomas T. Ryan, of New
York. Mr.. Ryan, who bought the stock,
the release of which is desired, brings
the suit. 1t is stated that Mr.. Ryan has
secured assurances from stockholders
who arc in the pooling agreemnt that they
would sell their stock to him if the court
orders the committee to release it. These
assurances win, it is said, give him 1000
shares, which with his present holdings,
will amount to a control. On the result
of the suit depends the future Of the
Seaboard Airline. Ii Mr.. Ryan wins,
it seems reasonably certain that his syn
dictate will at last get control of the prop
erty A bitter legal contest is in pros
pect
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-16
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Charlotte NJ. c.,
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General
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-16
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CONTEST.
The Taking OF Dispositions by Young Be
gun Last Night.

gun Last Night.
The House Committee ON Privileges
and Elections held its first meeting yes
terday afternoon and decided TO take
up the Broughton- Young contest next
Thursday On account of taking deposit
lions by Young, and the great amount of
work already before the committee,
it will be impossible TO consider ii before
that time.
The taking of dispositions by Young be-
gan-last night before A. G. Lehman, Com
missioner, in the grand jury room at the
court house. Young was represented by
J. g. Il. Harris, and w. N. Jones and
w. J. Peele appeared for Broughton A
bout half a dozen witnesses were exam
med. the principal testimony brought ont
being that two persons in Raleigh who
voted for Mr.. Broughton were not of
sound mind and that the boxes OF the
Fourth ward, first division, Were In good
conlition--aocked and sealed--when deliV-
cred to Clerk Young.
1t will be remembered that when the
ballots were recounted these boxes were
found unlocked and the seals broken.
The first witness examined last night
was M. l.. Haynes. He testified that
John Green and Philo Mitchiner We're re-
garded as lunatics and voted for N. -
Rroughton at the last election. lie SAID
they had for many years been voting and
that though they were both challenged
at the last election they were allowed 20
vote
Rev. Caesar Johnson, colored, said tnat
Green and Mitchiner were allowed to
vote after being challenged. He said also
that there was a sticker over the name
Of n. Il. Broughton with Young's name
on it in the Second ward, second division.
This sticker, lie said, came off the ballot
and was also torn. The judges of cleo
ton refused to count the sticker for
Young, but counted the ballot for Brough-
ton.
J. F. ii. Adams testified that Thomas
Brown is ALLEGED TO be resident OF
Cary township; that he worked regular
ly in Richmond county, part OF his fam
lily living there and part in Cary. This
Thomas Brown, the witness said, voted
for Young.
Howell Dunn corroborated Caesar
johnson in regard to Green and Mitchin-
erxbeing not of sound mind,
Frank BlacknaH said he was present
at the first division Of the Fourth ward
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-16
POWELL. THE GREAT MAGICIAN

POWELL, TIE GREAT MAGICIAN
The Best Attraction of the Kind That
Ever Came Here.
Truly Powell. the magician, is great.
He did not last night belle the advertise
ments that heralded his coming II there
was ever a human wizard he is one. No
hollow sham or cheap trickery that is so
often palmed off nowadays, bnt a pro-
gramme OF startling magic and mysteri-
GUS illusions, is what he gave at Metro
politan Opera House last night. No
dark scenes were used, but everything
was done on brilliantly lighted stage,
and no man could solve the mysteries. the
wonderful transformations that took
place before his eyes. Cards acted like
human beings, coins came from mysteri-
Gus places or seemed to be minted in the
air, all kinds of articles assumed form
shape ard color before the eye or van
ished into thin air and nobody could tell
whence they came or WHITTIER they went
But the best feature on the programme
was the Hindu mystery. In this n man
was tied securely in a canvas bag and
the knot on The bag sealed. Then the
man and bag were put into a strong
heavy, empty trunk This trunk, locked
was put into another trunk, just like the
first but larger and stronger. This, too,
was locked and ropes securely tied around
it. Then pretty woman appeared on
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-16

the stage and stood beside the trunk.
screen was placed over both the trunk
and girl. Within five seconds il was
removed. The man who was tied in the
bag and locked in the trunks stood where
the girl was when the curtain was
drawn and on opening the trunks the
girl was found in the bag and the seal
on it still unbroken.
Altogether it was the best attraction
OF the kind that has ever visited Raleigh.
Great is Powell, the magician.
Lima, Peru, Jan. 15.-(Yia Galvcstonl
General Medarto Alfaro has been elect
ed Constitutional President of the rcput,-
lie OF Ecudor by 80 votes.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-16
BITTEN
BY a SPIDER

Last December awoke one night ind .
ing a very sore place on my hand +
soon became very sick, EHs taken with
hard chill and was very sick at my
stomach. For seVeIa! day got worse .
and was confined ia ny tad for f,ilr
weeks. knew IL Was r. ~ thp bite o {
spldef or some r, tstiBs us insect
Whieh was lhP doc 81 5 uptilDu also. \
lFiend mtHe begptd l,.v Py Mrs
Joe Persons X meGy di - al
three bDtties 'f '',. a. si> ara c,..
Nasn package u4Ht.e sc ci ,ssie Ny
mana J. len " 10 -" 6"Erf. a wn, buE
Is perfectly we'll. il,3',.,.. .s. I lti,d irttd
il At first, | wou'd ,, g,.a ti,.,l III
that suffering tu.g.
! b., q Tor N"arS i''.4'H ssti .s so t.,t-
t1AitSm even WsNit", lsC .t,,v l. htttr
Toe re eilN tor ttaI h.ft,. u4te uut
been iltn,b}rd - tI vi Do "a. iitri is3nt..
~ "a q Wash iSa lbs, lt y teuGt,.. at.3
10 be, %R'. T. ~ BOU SrON.
l3sioA MeCG .eibUi- a., Sc lex. 2 81
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In this communication there was u
full apology for any action that even had
the appearance Of unfairness, and an I'M
reserved declaration that the majority
would strive to see that no course should
be pursued at which the minority could
Justly complain. The majority had every
just cause to suppose that it had made
full amends for anything that could have
given offense to the members of the mi
nority and quite reasonably expected that
the minority would return and that har-
mony would be restored.
Still greater pain and surprise, were
in store for the caucus, and both were
experienced when, on Monday evening,
the following communication was receiv-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-04
A Strange Coincidenee.

A certain peasant and his wife, in
Germany, were married on the same
day as the emperor and empress, the
peasants Christian name being Will
liam. Their first child, boy, was born
Oh the same day as the crown prince,
after which they had five other sons,
each of whom was born at the Same
time as the five younger boys of the en-
peror, The royal couple were Informed
of this and were exceedingly interested
in the very strange coincidence, but this
interest was intensified when, on the
last occasion of royal birth-viz, the
little daughter of the kaiser-it was
learned that the PEASANTS wife in ques-
ton had also given birth to daughter
on the same day. So astonished were
the emperor and empress that they stood
as godfather and godmother to this lit
tie girl and have well provided for her
future. -Philadelphia Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-04
An Enterprisipg Thief.

"The most enterprising thief / ever
heard of was one whom was appointed
by the court to Defend" said Henry w.
Joy, a prominent st. Louis lawyer. "a
wealthy man died, and as fine a coffin
was obtained as money could buy. There
was some very heavy solid silver plate
on it. AS the hearse moved off well
dressed, businesslike looking man was
seen to enter it, carrying little sack as
if of tools Every one who noticed him
at all supposed he was an assistant OF
the undertaken. just before the process
sion reached the cemetery the man
emerged from the hearse and went
ahead, disappearing at the gate. When
the coffin was removed. all Of the trap
pings were gone, and the young man
was not to be found. He melted the sill
yer and sold it, and had it not been for
q pal betraying him he would never
have been caught. Washington Star.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-04
FLOTATlON OF SPIDERS.
An English Writer Discusses the Subject
and Cites Some Instances.


and Cites Some Instances.
In an interesting communication TO
knowledge ON "Spiders," the Rev.
Samuel Barber discusses at some length
the phenomenon Of the fiotation line.
and its method Of attachment which Is
the foundation of the spiders web. Is
it not evident, asks the reverend gentle
man, that air-and probably at high
temperature-must be inclosed within
the meshes Of the substance forming the
line when it passes from the spinnerets
into the atmosphere? The creature with
this substance lifts it into the air. 1t
has been usual to explain the ascent by
the kite principle-namely, the me-
chanical force Of the contiguous atmos-
phere-but air movements, especially on
small scale, are so capricious and I'M
comfortable that without directive
force the phenomena seem quito mex
plicable.
In support of this theory Of direct
propelling force Mr.. Barber gives some
of his own observations. Writing one
day with two sheets Of quarto before
him, he saw a small spider on the pa
per, and in order TO test its power Of
passing through the air he held one of
the sheets Of paper about foot from
that on which the creature was run
ming. 1t assembled to the edge and van
ished, but in momont it landed upon
the other sheet through midair in a hor-
| iZOntal direction, and picked up the
| thread as it advanced. In this case there
| was no air movement TO facilitate, nor
| any time to throw line upward, which
| indeed would not have solved the diff
Guilty. On another occasion, at dinner
| party in Kent, four candles were lighted
on the table, when a thread was seen to
be strung from the tip of one OF the
| lighted candles and attached to another
about yard off, and all the four lights
were connected in this way, and that
by web drawn quite tight.
The only explanation which Mr. Bar
Der can suggest for this remarkable oc
currence is that the spinner was sus'
pended at first by vertical line from
above and thus swayed itself to and fro
from tip TO tip OF the candles. 1t was
certain the spider could not have as
cended from the table, and it was equal
" certain that aerial hotation OF th'
line from fixed point was impossible
as it involved floating in four opposite
directions. The rapidity with which th'
initial movements in forming web arr
made cannot be reconciled with an!
theory Of simple atmospheric convec
ton, and propulsion appears the onl,
| exclamation.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-04
a Modern Jonah.

The London Culver appears to take
the position shat There is no argument
valid upon premise of inherent impos-
sibility." In driving argument along
that line The Culver man deduces facts
and figures from the different authori-
ties to prove that it is altogether prob
able that the story Of Jonah and the
whale is not myth, as is now popu-
larry supposed. That such piscine feat
as that attributed to Jonah whale is at
least possible is proved by an incident
which occurred in the Mediterranean a
few years ago. A British war vessel
was sailing quietly along one day, when
a sudden lurch threw a seaman over
board. A huge shark instantly arose,
and those on board were Mortified to see
their companion disappear down its
throat. In a moment, before the fero-
cious water tiger" could right itself
and dive, the captain seized a gun and
fired. The shot struck the creature
square in the back and was such shock
or surprise that the shark cast the man
ont, and he was rescued alive by his
comrades.
Arguing from the above incident,
The Culver thinks it highly probable
that the Jonah story is true in every
particular
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-04
A Test of Courtesy.

1t happened not long ago that had
occasion to request friend to deliver
an urgent letter for me. The letter con-
tanned business Of Importance which
was private in its nature, as it concern
ed q debt To hand my friend sealed
letter was to presuppose that he would
read it if open. To give it to him I'M
sealed was to risk the possibility of
third party reading it, for the exigen-
cies of life are many, and letters are
known to have been dropped.
l pondered, perplexed, but decided
that courtesy was one of the first laws
of society and left the letter open.
With an easy bow my friend received
the note; then, seeing the open flap OF
the envelope, instantly gummed it
down.
That, I said inwardly, is true cour'
tesy.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-04
Keepinr Her watch In Order.

They were slipping chocolate at a cafe
and talking of watches.
Il have carried my watch for ten
years" said the senior member OF the
marty, "and it has never cost me pen
ny for repairs.
"Mercyr' exclaimed another one. !"
How did you manager"
81 took care of it. You know men are
always making disagreeable remarks
about women's watches, and when my
husband gave me mine he said it would
probably be out of order most OF the
time. And / just made up my mind to
show him that there was one woman In
the world who knew how to take care
Of a watch.
but have you never lost it or had it
stolen?"
"Never. I dropped it several times
at first, but it didn't show any marks. "
"But do the works never get out OF
orderi"
1.-THE what?"
"The works inside. Have you never
broken the mainspriug?"
81 never look inside. F"
"But how do You wind it""
81 don't wind it. That's how ! take
care of it and keep it nice"
They all stared moment. Then they
said. ooh, you clever thing! and ad.
iourned sine die.-Detroit Free Press
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-04
Justice In the aough.

"We used to call him the cactus odI-
who had lived in Texas long enough TO
make fortune, "and the blind eyed
goddess never had more peculiar lep-
resentative. The law never bothered
him bit, but he reverenced equity.
He had dignity all his own, but never
allowed it to interfere with his love OF
a joke.
How old are your asked one OF the
lawyers of a venerable spinster on the
stand.
"I was born in '45, she snapped.
"'B. @. or A. DIP quickly asked the
Judge. And the mature maiden disowned
her brother because he would not chal-
lenge the court.
"'Is this your first offense?' he asked
Of convicted horse thief.
"On being assured that it was, the
Judge said, Then will only give you
90 years instead of 100, as would have
done had you been an old offender.
"a miller had bought ten barrels of
apples from farmer and brought &C.
tion TO recover on "a claim that the bar
rels were understood, causing him a loss
Of three bushels on the deal.
elbow did you get the barrels?' asked
the court of the farmer.
"Bought them full of -four from the
miller.
"Whereupon the court gave the farmer
verdict and taxed the costs against the
miller. detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-04
APPEARANCES.

As the twilight was creeping across the sky
From the east to the west, whore the crimson
dye
or gorgeous sunset was growing wan
In the shadows that rise when the sun Is gone
In sumptuous languor Of dreamy ease
And wrapper respondent with spots Of
grease,
On the little back porch OF an upper FIAT
The imperial Ethel McFadden sat.
In her beautiful eyes were look demure
And the hint Of n soul that was sweotly pure
As the morning dew in the pouting buds
Or cake Of soap in tub OF suds,
And the beautiful face of this West Side queen
Was suffused with a sanity, angelic mien.
Show long, how long" she soliloquized
In "A voice "a chorus girl would have priced,
'ro be able 10 do. TO achieve some deed
For the suffering victims of sordid greedi"
"Are you going to wash up the dishes, my
dear?'
Came voice from the kitchen, invitingly
clear.
But lofty fire in her soul was LIT.
And her rod lips unclaspod in clear cut
"Nit!"
w. &. Jackson in Chicago NOws.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-04
A Trusting Prince.

A curious story is going the rounds
of the European press concerning Prince
Nicholas of Montenegro. A few years
ago the prince, who is far from being
wealthy, found it necessary to borrow
30, 900 forms from the Lloyd bank, IN
Cattaro. A few days before the debt be-
came due the prince saw peasant,
driving a pig, pass by his palace. lie
rushed out and asked the countryman
where he was going. ''To Cattaro,
prince" replied the Montenegro. All
right" said the prince, "you can do
me great service il you will leave tins
at the Lloyd Office" And he gave him a
package of bank notes, which the peas.
ant carried faithfully to the cashier OF
the bank.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-04
Power of Modern Guns.

A calculation of the power of mod
ern gun brings out the singular fact
that the active life Of 100 ton gun is
Just one secord. An Italian cannon OF
this caliber, with charge of $50 pounds
of powder and shot weighing about
2, 900 pounds, will give an initial veloc-
ity of 523 meters per second. The length
Of the time during which the powder
acts is less than one hundredth of Sec
ond, and after 100 shots the cannon Is
put out Of service.
1t is estimated that during the active
period of the work of the powder in the
gun the mean power is greater than
1000. 900 foot pound per hundredth
of second-say S,700, 100000 foot
pounds per second. This represents a
power of $4,000, 600 kilowatts, or H.,
600, 900 horsepower. Detroit News.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-04
Spiders' Eyesight.

How far away can spider see q ny !
After several years of ingenious expert
menting Mr.. and Mrs. Peckham, the
naturalists, have concluded that the
greatest average distance at which spi'
ders are able to see objects distinctly Is
about one foot. Beyond that distance,
then, we may assume that fly caught
in a SPIDERS web would be safe from
detection by its enemy if its move
ments and struggles to get away did not
betray it. The same observers think
that spiders have the senses OF color and
of smell, but feebly developed. Youth S
Companion.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-04
The Whole GIobo a Graveyard.

The Partisan doctors and speculative
philosophers are great fellows for max
ing odd calculations on all subjects.
One of the very latest is one concerning
the human family since the beginning
of time. 1t is long magazine article
and gives much that is interesting in
the way of human family statistics, but
the most striking portions are those
which give figures ON the number of
human beings that have inhabited the
earth and have died and been buried in
it since the first man was created. Ac-
cording to these curious figures, the
earth has been peopled by no less than
GO, 627, S42, 383 O75, 2GG human inhabit-
ants since the beginning Of time. To
bury this vast number the whole landed
surface would have to be dug over 120
times. Had you ever thought that you
were living in the midst of such "A 81
gantic cemetery?-St. Louis Republic
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-04
After "A Record.

"Strange," said the man with the
strong cigar absentmindedly.
whats stranger" asked the man
with the meerschaum.
81 was thinking Of friend OF mine
who claims to have found an absolutely
perfect fountain pen.
always writes, never drips ink and
never gets out Of order?"
"That's what he says"
The man with the meerschaum pipe
shook his head.
"What do you think of it?'' he asked.
81 hardly know what to think OF 1t.
He's Joined no liars club that l know
of, and yet everything indicates that he
is working for a record. - Chicago
Post