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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-03-18
Dead As a Door Nail.

blessings flow,''
All things, bad as well as
good, must end sometime.
The Legislature has adjour-
ned at last.
1t is dead. Deader than the
Ndeadest of door nails. Why
door nails are deader than
any other kind of nails, and
why nails should be picked
out of all created things to
express annihilation lis more
than / can comprehend. But
! do know why the legislat-
ure Of 1897 should s m e i I
|londer in the nostrils of a civ
ilized people and be buried
deeper by n proud, liberty
loving State than any of it's
predecessors.
A funeral is no time for mer
Fy-making, but am happy
tonight. / can C lap my
hands with joy. In common
with a million true-hearted
Tar Heels | am assisting at
a blessed wake, my sole re-
greet being that it did not oc-
eur earlier in the season. be-
fore life became a burden to
those who had to watch over
the fostering corpse.
isut at last the end h a )
come; the country brea thes
freely again; the air around
the capital city is becoming
pure once mOre-as pure as
the poisoned cerenlents left
behind by the deadbody and
the microbes that willrernain
with us for the next { O II T.
years will admit of.
And for this we are CRATE
fnl. and should grid up our
loins and prepare to turn the
baHinto better. Things might
have been worse t h on x b it
is hard TO believe it.
Instead OF grippe we-nlaht
have had the cholera; instead
OF rioting and dlsgraceful
scenes of disorder we might
have had blows and blood
shed; instead Of an ardent
gold-bug for Senator We
might have had a little
railroad attorney instead Of
a high priced one- -in the up
per branch Of Congress; in
stead Of leaving the lease
question for the people to set
tie We might have had the Sc
cret sales Of the States prop
erty for o song confirmed,
and instead OF adjournIng
yesterday the legislature
might have remained ir. ses-
sion until today or tomor-
row.
This is the bright side Of
the picture and should be EN-
tered up to the credit of the
deceased.
Though ii is in bad taste to
speak i'll of the deadit would,
perhaps, not be improper,
just here to point out u few
of the minor faults and short
comings Of the late legi sIa-
|ture.
1t squaHdered the public
money ia unnecessary appros
|priatlons, and increased the
taxes. 1t created scores of
new Offices and filled t n 9 m
with incOmpetent men tim
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-03-18
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Correspondent.

Mr.McKinley ia likely to be
much more Interested in the
Senate than in the soft spec
ches the army of Office seek
ers are now pouring iuto his
ears, if certain plansnow be-
ing urged are carried out.
The majority OF the Sena te il
composed OF silver men, but
they represent three different
parties, democrats popuIists
and silver rep ublicans. The
Greediness Of The republicans
in claiming the rig h t to
change the financial complex
!. ion OF the Committee on f.
nance by filing both vacan-
cies with gold republicans,
has aroused the silver men,
and the proposition has been
ma,ie that they shall com
bine and reorganize the Sen
ate by deposing the republic
cans from the Chairlnanships
Of all important committeas
and by giving the silver Sen
ators control OF all commit.
tees. In other words, to put
the legislative machinery Of
the Senate into the hands OF
the silver men. This propo-
sition will not be easy to car
ry into effect because of t h e
difficulty OF combining IN e n
who agree on nothing but sill
yer, bit it has frightened the
republicans badly.
Senator Teller was speak.
ing from personalexperience,
having himself been Secreta-
nv OF the Interior from April
IL. 1882, to March 4, 1885,
when he told the Senate that
Mr.. Mckinley had made a Sc
llous mistake when he nomi-
nnted Cornelius N. Bliss, to
be Secretary OF the interior.
He said that Mr.. Bliss was a
banker and merchant, with
an experience which 8, ig h t
.haye fitted him for the head
of some Of the departments,
but that. in his opinion, the
head Of the Interior Depart
inent ought to be a lawyer.
Mr.. Teller did not speak in a
spirit Of antagonisln to MIR.
! Rliss, nor Gid evoteagainst
hie confirmation; he merely
called attention to what he
believed To be a mistake.
As might be imagined those
Senators and Representatives
who are oppnsed to Reeds
idea of coniining the leg,sla-
tion Of the extra session Of
Congress-, which meets next
Monday, to the tariff bill by
mot appointing the commit
tees Of the House W hich
you'd have to act upon 9TH
I ser bills. ere not grieving OYER
the failure Of four of the regu
lnr appropriation bills t Il E
6uniry Civil, Agricultural. In
dian and Deficiency. Gear
Reed already has another
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-03-18

I GENTS WANTED -Fdr WARM
n Cubaby Y Senior Quesatla, Cuban
Representatives. Washington. Ell
dorsed by Cuban patriots. In tire
mendous demand. A bonanza for
agents, Only $1.5 80. Big book,
big commissione. Every body
wants the only endorsed, reliable
book. Outfit ls'ee. Credit given.
Freight paid Drop alltrash and
me- ke 1900 q month With w ar Ii
C0bo Adl|relts today the NAT
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-25
WIS THE KfLLING ,JUSTIFI 2
Coroner's jury TO Pass Upon Sheriff Mar
tins Action at Lottiner

Hazleton, Sept. 24-The coroner 4
jury investigating the death of the Lat
timer victims met again to-day and
heard additional testimony. Charles
Gascott, the school teacher; John Welsh
and several other miners testified, but
nothing new was adduced with the ex-
ception of the statement by Ferry that
after the first volley was fired Deputy
Wrought shot at man on the railroad
stocks. After half dozen witnesses
had been examined. Coroner Mckee
closed the inquest and the iurymen re-
tired. They will meet tomorrow to de-
liberate and decide upon a verdict
The Lehigh Valley Coal company's
men at Jeanesville held meeting to-
Gay and unanimously agreed to return
to work next Tuesday. The company
has made no concessions and the re-
sumption at Jeanesville now puts an end
to the strike.
1t was the intention of General Goblin
to-day to order the withdrawal of part
of the militia, but the rain fnterfered
Battery c of the artillery broke camp
to-day and returned to Phoenixvjlle and
tomorrow. weather permitting. the
Twelfth and Thirteenth regiments will
leave
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-25
POLO LEAGUE RG4NfZED.
Representatives from Several Souther,
New England Cities let Yesterday.

Representatives from several Southern
New England Cities Net Yesterday.
The Southern New England Polo
league was organized yesterday in Wa
terbury. The organizers were william
Harris of Bridgeport, C. H. Hilton of
this city, T. e. Burns of Springfield.
Mass, and C. w. Messer of Water
bury.
The officers elected were: w. NJ. Har-
ris, president; c. HI. Hilton, secretary
and treasurer.
Franchises were granted to w. NJ
Harris for Bridgeport, C. H. Hilton for,
this city, T. E. Burns for Springfield
and one to the Waterbury Polo club
Meriden will also join the league soon
and probably Derby.
A rink will soon be built in Snring-
field, the land having been purchased
already. In Bridgeport a new place
will be secured. as there is no floor in
the old one. The Quinnlpiac rink in
this city is being remodeled for the To-
cal polo team.
The season is to open about the mid
die OF November
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B0ST0NS LEAD In THE RACE
DEFEAT B4LTIMORE IN A GREAT
STRUGGLE By SCORE OF 6 TO 4.

$4,000 Spectators Witnessed the Game
The Hub Players Won by Superior Work
Nichols Was in the Box for the Visitors
and Corbett for the Home Team-Game
To-day May Decide the Championship.
Baltimore, Sept. 24.-Nearly thirteen
thousand enthusiastic people saw Bos-
tons ball players beat the cham
pionship. One hundred and thirty-five
of these people were Bostonians, who
came over to root" for their fellow cit
izens. Bedecked with red badges and
armed with tin horns, they made noise
enough for ten times their number to-
night. They are in an exceedingly
cheerful frame of mind. Not so with
the rest of the crowd, for they have no
excuse to make for the champions.
The game was won by superior play
ing, timelier batting, better base run
ming and sharper, cleaner fielding, in
which Herman Long and Tenney play
ed probably the most conspicuous parts,
two of Longs and one Of Tenney' S
catches being of the most sensational
order.
At first it looked like an easy victory
for the champions, when the visitors
Went ont in one. two, three order in
successive innings, and the Orioles had
two tallies tucked away, but there was
a change in the fourth, when Doyle,
usually faultless in his fielding, fell over
an easy bounder right into his hands
gave Stahla life and let Tenny in with a
run. This piece of bad playing was fol-
lowed by bit of hard luck when Stem
eel hit three-bagger, but was instant
ly caught tying to come home on
Doyle's easy one to Collins.
A period Of Generalization. which
does not show in the score, overlook the
Baltimores at this juncture and two
runs put the visitors in the lead. This
lead would have been overcome, as the
sequel shows, but Brother Joe clinch-
ed it for the visitors by presenting them
with two runs in the seventh, by a
throw over Doyles head and another
| fall down on a simple little grounde1
| by Doyle, netting three runs after gilt
edged chances to retire the side had
| been offered and lost.
| 1t seemed quite hopeful for the cham
| pions again in the ninth when Doyle
Reitz and Robinson singled one after
the other sending Doyle in with a rur
and ReitZ followed with another on Nc
Graw's single, Quinn going out in the
meantime on a long fly to Hamilton
| With four runs in, two men on bases
and only one out it looked good fol-
Baltimore, but Long jumped way ur
| into the air and pulled Kelly's red hot
/ liner down, threw it to Lowe at Sec
4 ond and doubled Robinson, who lit out
for third base when Kelly hit the ball
This ended the game and the score tells
the result. Attendance 12,904. Score
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other improvements and said Mr. Mead:
We nave got an Appropriation now and
Just for the fun of the thing let's have
the street hardened"
Alderman Felix Chillingworth and
James T. Brennan We're the only ones
who appeared to speak in favor of
EdgeWood avenue hardening. Mr.. Chill
llngworth said that this was probably
the last appropriation about which the
common council would have full say;
that the board of finance would have the
say about such things hereafter. He
said that the board of finance now
cast longing eyes on the $26,692 appro"
priated for street hardening and want
to use 1t in their own way. He then eX-
planned the resolution which orders
street hardening.
He suggested the committee to amend
! the resolution so as to provide that the
contracts for street hardening shall be
| let on or before November 1, 1897, and
| that the work shall be completed before
May l, 1898. The resolution as present
! ed in the common council required that
| the contracts should be let on or before
| October 1 next
| For Dixwell avenue, Alderman Unger
Peter Dorman, William Caldwell and
John Whitney appeared.
Alderman Chillingworth asked Mr.
James r. Brennan, who is a paving con-
| tractor, to give his opinion in regard tc
the depths of hardening mentioned in
| the resolution. Mr.. Brennan said thai
ne thought that considering the subsoi
OF the various streets the depths men,
TONED were about right. He spoke ol
plock on Day street which some time
| ago received a two-inch hardening anG
SAID that this portion of Day street now
mad as good paving as any street ir
| the city He thought that the old fash.
| ioned thick hardening was a waste OF
| money.
| Ihe committee then went into eXecu-
| tive session and decided to recommend
| the passage of the order for hardenine
all the streets mentioned in the resolu.
ton, with the amendment suggested by
Alderman Chillingworth
| The committee also decided to recon-.
| mend that a sidewalk be built on the
| south side of Goffe street, between Or
chard and County streets, before No.
| vember 1; that the name of Laure
street, between Wallace street and Mil
| River be changed to Humphrey street
and on suggestion of Alderman Chill
| lingworth that the department of pub
| lie works include in the estimates fol-
next year the cost of wire fence to be
built along outer West Chapel street
between the roadway and the high banl
on each side. The committee also de
cided to recommend that the action OF
the director of public works in widenins
West Chapel street be confirmed
After the meeting had adjourned the
members of the committee walked dowr
| to the corner of Church and Cour
| streets, where they looked over the pro
| posed location of a barber pole b1
George White, proprietor of the Ton
tine hotel. AS the committee stood or
| the sidewalk the vote was put and car
ried to recommend that permission tt
| erect the pole be given
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-25
PANIC ~ 4 TN EATER,
Fire in an Adjoining Building Caused It
Boy Run Over and Killed.

Toronto, Ont, Sept. 24.-~Fire origi-
mating in a wood shed in the rear of
the Musee theater, this evening. COM
municated to the large warehouse ad-
joining and to the theater. AT the
time the fire broke OUT the people in
the theater were performing, and there
was a Wild scramble to get out of the
building. The theater is badly damas-
ed by fire and smoke.
A fire engine which was stationed at
the corner of Adelaide and Victoria
streets was left with the horses hitch
cd to it. \ jet of steam shot out of
the safety valve of the engine with a
loud explosion. This frightened the
horses and they ran away. The heavy
engine ran over BERTHE Escot, eleven
wears old. killing him instantly. Seven
firemen were so badly crushed by fall
ing timber that they had to be removed
in ambulances TO the hospitals.
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TERRIBLE MINE EXPLOSION.
Fifteen Miners Terribly Wounded-A
Least Two Fatalities.

st. Louis, Sept. PA special to the
Post-Dispatch from Marion, I'LL, says:
An explosion terrible in it's effects oc-
Cured in the Williamson County Coal
company'S mines, four miles north of
here, to-day. Fifteen wounded miners,
two of whom have since died, have
been rescued from the smoke and
flames, and one was found dead when
the rescuing party went down the
shaft. There are said to be five of the
six men still imprisoned in the burning
mine. but they cannot be reached on
account of the smoke and fire. These
men no doubt are dead before this time.
Most of the men killed are Russians
and Italians, and it is impossible to
get their names at this hour. The
force of the explosion was tremendous,
as it blew one Of the mine mules over
120 yards.
The cages are being run up and down
the shaft as fast as the engines can
force them for the purpose of confinfng
the flames in the entries and prevent
ing them from coming up the shaft and
setting fire to timbers and buildings at
the mouth of the pit. The explosion
was caused by natural gas.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-25
FOxH4LL KEENE WON THE cur
Defeats r. p. Huntington for the Tuxedo
Golf Trophy,

Golf Trophy,
New York, Sept. 24.-The Tuxedo golf
cup was won at Tuxedo park this af-
ternoon by Foxhall Keene, who defeat
ed r. P. Huntington in the final round
Of the open golf tournament by score
of seven up and five to play. Keene
was in excellent form. He covered the
first nine holes OF the morning in 81,
which equals the amateur record Of the
links, and his work throughout was
clean and accurate.
The contest was for thirty-six holes,
eighteen being played in the forenoon
and the others in the afternoon. At
the completion of the morning round
Keene was three up, having done the
course in S3, which, though not equal to
the best record. stands for exceedingly
consistent golf.
The afternoon play was practically a
series OF victories for Keene, for though
many of the holes were halved, they
served to maintain his lead, and the
final score gave him the cup by n hand
some margin.
The second-cup contest was won by
DR. Eolbrook Curtis of the Shinnecock
Hills Golf club. Or. Curtis defeated F.
c. Smith Of Newport by seven up and
six to play.
The consolidation cup went to r. w.
Goelet Of Tuxedo. who won from Gren-
willie Kane of the same club b. score
of six up and five TO play
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-25
IUETG ERY,S DEFENSE.
Yesterday Mainly Spent in Examining
Witnesses.


Chicago, Sept. 24-The testimony for
the defence in the Luetgert trial to-day
was for the most part that of witnesses
who said they had seen Mrs. Luetgert
in the vicinity of Kenosha Wis, within
few days after the date on which it
has been claimed by the state that she
was murdered. The fact that Juror
William Harley was indicted in 1887 for
conspiracy and bribery in connection
with the Cook county commissioners
scandal was dragged to the front to-
day. There are now no cases pending
against Juror Harley and he was never
put on trial on the indictments against
him.
State Attorney Deneen was apparent
ly not disturbed by the evidence of the
witnesses from Kenosha who identified
the picture of Mrs. Luetgert as that Of
strange woman they saw in the Wis
consin town on May 3, and s. Wait
until We put in our rebuttal evidence, ;"
said he. 2
I'VE will show up this defence in a
way that will be surprising"
Tomorrow witnesses will be called to
show Luetgert's treatment of his wife,
1t will be sought to be shown that he
was a model husband and that his home
life was pleasant.
Next week the testimony of the ex-
perts in regard to the bones found in the
factory will be heard.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-25
TILE-H Il RT.f HD GAME.
Manager Twichell in Cambridge Arrans.
ing Details,

Cambridge, Mass, Sept. 24.-The prac-
tice of the candidates for the Harvard
football team on Soldiers Field this af-
ternoon was marked by lining up of the
first and second elevens against each
other for the first time. The work was
light but decidedly brisk. The first
eleven showed remarkable snap in the
formations and gives promise of being
well up in the team work in time for
the first game.
Manager Twichell of the Yale football
team was in town to-day with a view to
learning what accommoda tions will be
made for the New Haven eleven at the
time of the Harvard game. No deci-
sion was reached, but it is possible that
the Yale men will be quartered in
Auburndale.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-25
AN ALARMING DEATH RATE
NEW ORLEANS MORTALITY RECORD
QUITE EQUALS THATOF 1873.

Deaths in the City During the Present
Epidemic-Mob Burns a School House
to Prevent Its Use as a Hospital Cen
eral Situation is Not Changed.
New Orleans, Sept. 24.-Thus far
there have been a few less than one
hundred cases and fifteen deaths from
yellow fever. The death rate is in the
neighborhood of fifteen per cent. 1t
was in 1878 sixteen per cent. so that up
to the present time the disease is about
as virulent as it was in the last great
epidemic New orleans has had.
One of the sensations of the day
was the announcement that the board
of health had decided to prosecute DIR.
Monluzin for having failed to report a
case of serious fever. This morning DR..
Monluzin reported to the board of
health the case of Miss Marie Dreifous,
who, he said, was suffering from yellow
fever. It was not long before the re-
port was received of the death of Miss
Dreifous. An investigation proved that
she had taken sick about six days ago
and that DR.. Monluzin had failed to re-
port the case. This was the record to-
day:
Deaths: Salvador Casinir, Frederick
| Gund Miss Dreifous.
New cases-Child in the Wood family,
Miss Mccall, Miss Mamie McNelly, Ger
trude Kerr John Apefel, Kate Murray,
colored, Roaslia Balding, colored, Jo-
seph Reuther.
OF the new cases that in the Wood
family was developed where two cases
already existed.
The case of Miss Mccall is on one Of
the most prominent avenues of the city.
No previous case has appeared on the
street.
Mayor Flower to-day ordered a force
school, which a mob made an attempt
to burn last night. Only a portion of
the building was burned.
1t was shortly after midnight that
| the mob applied the torch to the school
and thereby carried into execution a
threat that had been repeatedly made
| last night. When the firemen arrived
on the scene their hose was cut but
with the assistance of a squad of police
| they ultimately succeeded in eXtin-
| gushing the flames. The burning of the
school created great excitement here
and the outrage was bitterly denounced
A committee during the day called on
Mayor Flower to protest against the
| use Of the building as hospital The
question had arisen whether it should
| be law and good order here or anarchy
| So far as he was concerned, he pro-
posed to exhaust every power at his
command to establish peace, and he
said that if it required all of the forces
of the city and state he was deter
mined that the Beauregard school
building should be used as g temporary
hospital. Fe said no expense would be
spared in bringing to justice the men
who had fired the building last night.
The mayor has the support in his
course of we'll nigh the entire commu-
| nifty.
The situation is generally unchanged,
Freight is moving slowly and there is
practically no passenger traffic. The
theaters are still open.
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EIGHTEEN REPORTED KILLED.
in the Chilkoot Pass Buries a
Number of Packers on the Dyea Trail.


Landslide in the Chilkoot Pass Buries a
Number of Packers on the Dyea Trail.
Port Towsend Wash, Sept. 24.-The
tug Pioneer which left Puget Sound on
September ~, with the bark Shirley in
tow from Skaguay, returned at l o'clock
this morning, having made the run
down in ninety-six hours. The Pioneer
brings report Of a landslide near Sheep
camp on the Chilkoot Pass last Sunday
morning inwhich eighteen men are said
to have lost their lives. Only one body
is said to have been recovered, that of
man named Choynski, a cousin Of
Joe Choynski, the prize fighter. The
men supposed to have been lost were
packers on the Dyea trail.
The officers Of the Pioneer say that
the story was brought to Skaguay on
Sunday evening by three men who told
it in such way as to leave no doubt
as to its truthfulness. They described
the avalanche as consisting of rocks,
ice and dirt which had been loosened by
the unprecedented hard rain which has
been falling continuously for the past
month. All the bridges on the Skaguay
river have been washed out and the
river is raging torrent.
w. w. Sprague of Tacoma, who start
ed eight weeks ago with three years
outfit returned from Skaguay on a
schooner. The steamer Alki, week
overdue from Alaska arrived this morn
ing at o'clock. She carries a large
list of men returning from Skaguay
who had been unable to cross the pass.
| The snow is six inches deep at Lake
Bennett and three inches fell on the
summit of the Chilkoot Pass last Sat
lrdaX
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-25

Wtlliamstown, Mass, Sept. 24.-The
revised schedule of the Williams college
football club is as follows:
September %. Laureates of Troy at
Williamstown; October .. Harvard at
Cambridge; October Q, Yale. at New
Haven; October l6, Lehigh. at Albany:
October 20. princeton. at Princeton:
October y. Wesleyan, at Williamstown:
October 30, Colgate, at Williamstown:
November s. Amherst. at Amherst: No
vember 13, Cornell, at Buffalo: Novem-
Der 20, Dartmouth, at Williamstown.