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DR. J. W. PATTON,
PUBLISHERS.
J. 8. MEROSEY,
HURPIIY, - KORTH CAROLINA.'
Advertising rates made known upon
implication. . All advertisement pavabl
quarterly unless otherwise stipulates.
Fnrhlhk of ii,M exclaim the New York
3ThU and Exprett, "California prunes and
lire oil exported to Europe!"
The Chicago Zhwert Jrtrnal alleges
that capitalists, are prepared to buy "up
blocks of hotaea in the larger citie? as
soon as they depreciate to a cerlaia
point.
' The custom of "tipping" is declining,
according to the testimony of the Sec
retary of the Amalgamated Society of
RailwayServants before sT British Parli-
eunentary committee" investigating the
hours ot labor on railroads.; People
give' less than, they used to give, and
henc less is expected. ' ' v , ' .
The iumber .of cattle J in, Australia Is.
estioiated at 8,600,000, an, increase of
more than Jj500,000 in :the last 'fifteen
yer,i3. V Sheep, have alsVlncicased front
63,000,000 to 90,000,000. -The people
of England "View these figures with great
satisfaction, inasmuch as1 they indicate
t
an increased meat supply for the mother
country. -;
,
i Enterprising ? fishermen .out .on (he
Paclflc. coast are keeping) a watchful-eyo
on tie jxpiriwent of a Tessel owned there
which has gone to Clements Island to
fish in deep water by the" aid of incan
descent lights and nets. It is said "the
bright lights will attract the fish, and
those in charge are therefore counting
on making a big haul.
! v.The.Uhited. States Secret Service ofB
'cers, have notified all the jewelers of.
Chicago that hereafter they will be pros
ecuted, for counterfeiting in case they
are caught gold-plating silver or nickel
coins for use asbangles. This action ia
taken because it has been discovered
that some of 'these plated coins have
been passed for gold coins, which thay
resemble jot size.
- ,
That which " a woman willa sh will
accomplish, is eviderfced by the determi;
cation on the part of Mrs. Magnusson to
open a High. SchooV for girlsin Iceland.
TJon a Jot of., her own in Reykjavik she
has created a suitable building. Needing
abodt $50Q0 for. furnishing, for books
and for teachers' salaries, shels going to
sell her family jewels, some of which are.
over seven hundred years' old,- in order
to obtain this amount.
f The use of the word ''should" instead
xt 'may" gives a convicted murderer a
chance for freedom. Harry Trogdon
was found guilty at Terre Haute, IndM
of the killing of Hays Sanders and was
given a three years' sentence. In his in
struction to the jury the judge said :
'You should consider also the statements
he makes, whether they are reasonable
or unreasonable." The defense . held
that the Supreme Court had decided that
the word "may" should be used instead
ot the word ."should," and thae the in
struction was in error. The judge granted
a new trial on that ground.
' The New Bedford (Mass. r Journal, ia
convinced that "in these days the invent
or who doesn't keep on inventing is in
danger. The .suit now pending to de
cide jrho invented the carbon filament
for the incandescent 'light was thought,
to involve about $2,000,000; but a new
invention threatens, to make it involve
pretty nearly nothing. The new inven
tion is that of Nikola Te3la and it sub
stitutes a practically indestructible block
of carbon for the filament." It was pre
sented and favorably discussed the other
day at a meeting ot the American' Insti
tute of Electrical Engineers In Columbia
College.
j- Edward Atkinson, the "Boston 'statis
tician, has examined the records of hun
dreds of ready-caade clothing 'establish
ments to discover whether the white man
of the United States is deteriorating Jja;
six ad. wlftliVr-" AtnrgeaeraTresuit
H was found that the average height of
the New Englander ia five feeVeight and
one-half inches and of Southerners five
feet ten inches. The average weight of
K.e American of to-day is. between 155
and 160f pounds! . Mr. Alkinson dis
covered that ' the average height -and
weight of men in this country has per
ceptibly increased since the wr of 1861
65, and that we are slowly increasing
rather ' than decreasing in size- and
strength.
A novel plan for extinguishing a church
debt has been hit upon in Melbourne,
Australia. The church committee or
vestry, as the case may he- divide th
total debt among themselves and each
man insures his life for the amount that
falls to his share. The policies are transferred-
to the church, and the annual
payments on them are made out of the
collections- Then,! ol eoarse; asthe
members ot committee ."drop off," the
sums insured on their lives crop in,- and
Hter, when the , last .committeeman is 1
. - , i : - . w t t
dead, the last installment of 'the church
3 aiti c y i . li f ii -i
debt will be paid. The plan has the
merit if merit it be Kf throwing 'the
whole of tha responsibility for' the con
tinuance of the indebtedness upon Prov
dence. . -.- .
THE
ALLIANCE TALKS.
NEWS
OF THE ORDER FROM
ALL SECTIONS.
Items of Interest to Alliance
k men Everywbeift
... ferDs-TBAcxnra issues. . .
Under the above heading the Progrei
tive. Farmer comes boldly to the frept
and says :
"The partisan presi anoj the politicians
who are prosed to the Alliance are ex
tremely anxious to force the order into
false positions. They assert persistently
that the sub-treasury bill . is Che ultima
tum of the Allia&cjJv when they well
know that ih every instance where it has
been made the issue, it has been forced
on us. "And we may remark that in every
such case the sub-treasury has como out
victorious.- It is now being asserted that
President Polk makes the sub-treasury,
paramount to all oth:r questions. The
enemy puts down his position as follows I
That he regards as most important-
... "1st. The sub-treasury, bill.
"2d. Free and unlimited coinage of
silver.
8d.- Tha modification of the tariff.
President Polk bas always held that a
change in- the financial' system of the
government by and through which the
industrial many are being fobbed and
ruined by the moneyed few "is the great
overshadowing paramount issue before
the American people. He has always
held that free eoinage, tariff, sub-treasury .
and all other questions are subordinate
to this great iesite. " No free coipge act,
no modification of the tariff, no increase
d the currency none, nor all of these,'"
can never bring just and substantial re
lief to the people, so long as the present
unjust and outrageously wicked financial
system, prevails.. The national bank
ing system must go. The monev
of the . people must be . .is
sued to the people, independent
of - all expensive agencies and in
sufficient volume, to do the business of
country. This, and not the Sub-Treasury,
this, and. not the tariff, this, and not
free coinage, is -the mighty living issue
before , the people. . , r ; . .
The Alliance wants and demands a.
modification of the -tariff, and it intends
to hae it, , The Alliance wants and de-V
mands free and unlimited coinage of sil
ver, and it intends to have it; but it will
do longer be deluded and ensnared with
the fallacious) idea that these are para
mount to the money question. The poli
ticians of the country have been deceiv
ing and side-tracking the people on these
false ideas for a quarter cf a century, but
they can do it no longer.
" .-
EEGAKDINO THE WHEAT COMBINE. V, ,
n. W. Ayer, secretary to President
Polk, of the Farmer' Alliance, and man
ager of the Reform Press Dureiu, which
Is "also "k nown aS" the" Alliance Press'
Bureau in -Washington, is reported as
njing that tbe work of sending out cir
culars designed to show Jhe farmers of
the country that it was to their advant
ce to hold back the wheat cJt was-nc-
tively proceeding in Washington as well
s in St. Paul Minniy--whichVwa
chosen one of the seats of operation
because of its location in the great Vb eat
belt Mr. Ayer satd there have already
been 400.000 of these circulars sent out
from Washington-, and will continue to
be sent out until more than a million
circulars altogether "aro issued. The
circular, he said, will also be published
in about two thousand weekly papers.
with which the bureau is connected. He
remarked that he couldn't say, of course,
that, it was the circular which bad
brought about the result, but he had
noticed in a recent market . report,
In it as a matter, of fact the actual move
ment of wheat was 140 carloads less per
day than had been estimated. Mr. Ayre
also stated that the information that the
issue of such a circular by alliancemen
was in contemplation became public pre
maturely, when the circular in course of
preparation was publised in the newspa
pers. The final decision to issue the cir
cular had not at that time been reached,
and many leading alliancemen were una
ware of it, but it has since been finally
determined upon. He explained tjhat
the executive committee of the alliance
bad not acted on this matter, and that by
the ;circular iok order was given alliance
men to hold back their crop, this being
contrary to the methods of the alliance.
What is done by this circular is to give
the farmers information -as to the facts in
regard to the world's wheat crop, with
the suggestion that 'wheat soma weeks
later than the present tmte 'will biing a
higher price.c t h It it I
4 i .$ r : i f
The Western New York Farmer, (Ar
cade;) says is regard to the Wyominjj
county Alliance meeting: "The 2,000
members of the Order jn this county have
determired that the Alliance principles
of letting the office seek the man, shall
be a principle, observed, in the nomina
tion of all candidates; flhey' have no use
for self-seekers and look upon all who
ask for office with suspicion. Tbey want
a man to represent them in the Assembly,
the Senate, and in other places ot official
tiust, who will earn his sa'ary and be true
to those who employ and pay him as pub
lic servant, and they propose to have such
a one even if neither party see fit
to nominate! Mm. Their action
t"alTThe " convention conveys- no uncer
tain sound.' It ia brief, but it is awfully
explicit and fearfully in earnest. It ad
vises all members to: attend., their par y
primaries and work for pure and honest
men who are known to be in harmonv
' witn tne Alliance demand. -! The execu
tive authority is directed to submit these
Remands to every nominee and failing to
secure the pnblic pledges of their sup-.
port of tbese-demaiKisy- he-is instructed
to call, not a county Alliance, meeting.
for- the . Alliance ,is strictly secret and
non-partisan, but a political convention
of the Alliance membership to place in
nomination candidates who are in har
mony with the Alliance platforms. There
is nothing uncertain or, indefinite -about
Journal of the Knights of Labor (Phil
adelphia) says; "Tha enemies of the
Farmers', Alliance wheik they first enter
thai lists,- by what appears like a fatality,
direct their attack upon. the sub-treasury
plan. Evidently they think this tne
weak and easily pierced joint in the Alli
ance armor; but as one after another their
spears shiver to pieces while tbey fail to
pierce the joint, they realize that, if the
sub-treasury plan is not invulnerable, at
any rate the enemy has not yet forged the
weapon that can-pierce it. ; So far all the
m4"u" uVua, t'wVu". . ,,wu "tt
OBlrTTesultedi in t making con-
A- 1 4L. U A n1n V
verts to . the idea and in con-
s
irmhjj the faith of those who
already believe in it, Essentially it is
tha same system as was in-vogue in? the
old Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be
fore the Revolution,, of which Edmund
Burke said, on the floor 'of the British
nouie of Commons, that lindfir it ' tK
lommonw. alth had enjoyed a prosperity
grater than that enjoyad by any other
jpomalunity in iho world. It is no tSUfla
fcjr wonder that the til hey power arid a i
who do its bidding- denounce the siib
treasiiry ptah and 'rail against it. It
would pormaneiitly retire them from the
business of devouring industry snd com
pel them to live by their labor or
starve, . . '..-. I
PRESIDENTPOX.K TALKS. "
A Washington -dispffteh; sijfsi Presi
dent PoUi. of the Farmers' 'Alliance; lias
returned froni hij southern, todr,. and Id
a shirt interview said the alliance was not
"oSirig ground anywhere, but was pro
gressing beautifully. All. talk about a
split on account of the sub-treasury idea,
ho said, was absurd. What difference of
opinion there was. was as to the form of
tha measure and its details, v: There was
no difference of opinion as to principle
and every Farmers' Alliattcetnan had the
s:ime object in view, He stated that he,
had been quoted incorrectly aft say ibg that
the great issues were the tariff ahd free
coin igc and that with these issiies the
alliance would all rally around the slib
treasiiry bill . "The issue is not the tariff ,
the frco coinage of silver, nor the sub
treasutybill. The Issue Is therefoTm of'
our entire financial system, . Neither the
issuance of more money, nor the college
tion of less taxes, will alone do the peo
ple any good. The entire financial sys
tem of the government must be changed
before any thing -flse that maybe? done,
can correct the existing evils;''
. fetiB-TREASURT TEE ISSUE. ' ?
. The sub-treasury is the only real issue.
We don't want any half-handed espousal
of the Alliance cause.' When a man says:
"I am with you and think you Sre right, t
but I can't agree with you on the sub-
treasury," you may know he is a slave to
the national banks, or is not with us.
The Sub-treasury is more money, cheaper
money, and money for the people. No
other plan has ever been suggested' that
wouTa put the currency ' in the proper
channel. The people have no diamonds,
bullion or stock upon which to back
currency, but they have lands and crops. .
No other plan will ' meet the ends for;
which a people's money should be is
sued. The rich -need no money, they
have enough, the laboring class need the
money aud the only money that can
reach them is the sub-treasury money.
We need not expect money for the people
from banks or from money manipulators,
for it is contrary to their interest to have
a people's money. We, the agricultural,
laboring and industrial classes, backed
by the sensible and liberal element in the
trades and professions must carry on this
reform. Money for the people is the
watch word and sub-treasury money it
must be. Southern Alliance Farmer.
- V ,.
Virginia's state - meeting. -
A Richmond dispatch says: The Vir
ginia Alliance Mate convention will meet
at Richmond August 18th and not on the
14th, as has been stated so often in print.
The question of agreeing on a bill for the
creation of a railroad commission prom
ises to be one of the most interesting
topics to be discussed.. The fre9 co inage
of silver is, however, almost sure to1
occupy the most prominent place among
the subjects considered. It is believecL
that the planks Of the Ohio Democratic,
platform. On this subject may be urged
upon the convention tor adoption. . The
idea withsome is that having met with
the approval of the leaders in Ohio and
other states, it .can probably be pressed
with more certainty of - approval than a
brand-new one. Some' of the-, Alliance
leaders are outspoken : and fearless, ip
advocacy of the adoption " by the con
vention of strong free'.coinase resolu
tions, whether they be the Ohio idea or
some other equally as comprehensive in:
expressing their views. r . t
The Galveston (Tex.) Newt saya: "It
is refreshing to note from time to time in
the utterances of the labor organizations
or of their recognized representatives a
dawning sense thttt the true remedy for
the economic evils of which they com
plain is to be found in the widest econo
mic liberty equally for -them and for all .
other classes and conditions of society.
Light has long been shining in the midst
of a sort of systematic and incorporated
darkness impenetrable to its rays and
intolerant- of its intrusion. , At
last, however, it may be hoped that this
darkness will be dispersed or wi I cease
to be followed by millions at a mislead-,
ing pillar of. cloud floating over mirages
and morasses of essential' fallacy and
fatal impracticability. Let sincere, cap
able ana studious leaders of labor, orga
nized for political action, manfully
marshall their followers for final depar
ture from every rut and every trend of
protective and prohibitory paternalism
and strike out in a campaign for the ac
oomplishment of economic liberty."
The -Ifatumal Economist says:
1 "The order need have no concern
about the recent anti-sub-treasury meet
ing held in Fort Worth, Texis.: Th pa
pers that are trying to produce tiiscoTd
in the Alliance made a great fuss over it.
They' inaugurated it for that -'very
purpose, and l therefore . had - to
make ..a, fuss" over At, but
it was a great failure. It has, how
ever, demonstrated one 'thing that will
delight all true Aliiancement and that is
hat thej.might take Texas ' with ar fine
tooth comb and they could not find' fne
hundred Atliancemen ia' good- standing
who would be willinz to go back on iheir
v obligation and fight the Ocala demands.
: When such are found they are gepeially,
renegades, who, claiming membership,,
are using that claim to help the enemy
produce disoord in the order. '." Ori
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A Little Rock,; Ark., dispatch says;
The Washington.County Alliance in con
vent ion assembled has passed a resolution
declaring for the nomination of a com
plete Alliance ticket in th gnberdatorial
campaign one 'year hence. It is under
stood that delegates from other counties
to the State Alliance will also favor such
a step, and that the regular Democratic
ticket will be opposed by Alliance candi
dates for all the State offices. 1 he action
of the ' Alliance of the county - named,
which is one of the moat important in
the state, ha caused a ripple of - excite
ment in political circles., The State Alli
ance claims 75,000 votes, , four-fifths of '
.whom are Democrats. v
. v.
.The Kantat ' Farmer, organ tf -the
Farmers'. Alliance of that State, pub-,
lishes tables whose figures show that the
,Uc!!it'"s of tht -ftete.- exceed jits" to
ourcesf coaaidei ablj ,mor( 1 1 han't "to
OEurthe-yermee bein 126,t00,p00,and
tha latter only' 301,0M).OCiv.iAuong
the ral,iKtleij tv3 Ten cf capital
stock of," railroads 453,CC'P,CJ, hut
witho'jt tlfitern;' the resouic i tr!rely
exctfed tht TabiUtipTh4 -at it of
fafn mortgrtges isi p. eel at It- 500,
006; and -tbe 'assesf I al "3 I arms
$163,030,000.' vi
Objectors to the Alliance e
plan, are asking Cow ,-,M'Ui
.ary
flan
yocr
i , 1 , ;
help t enant farmer' wEd" must have
lf
to make hs crop! We reply
r rfrttman tH ',aVn hs CrOO
t)n
inti-O -dbmiadn of tie b?Urer ahd
pec. 1 Tiila will i aBle him id siive
20 per ceyt.. oil each croi, r aM ; iti fitg
ye-irs he 4 ill be able to pay a lie, goes:'
See the 4t? 8outher Mercury, (Dallas,
Txis..) V - - -
Faulkner County Wheel, (Conwsy, Ark.)
snys : 'Jirhat rights hve" the" farmers
and working men that railroads and other
corpofatiatis- respect! None. Yet when
the bftid-itlofneVs of the e COfOOfatlonS
come afTiind and tell thfc ' people lidw ttt
voie, some larmersf sre foo oughta
believe tfh.'v Never thinking that tbey
are falkbttr for the men and -eorporat ions
that "tyi5-ior their services," C
Thirtyu? county ; Alliances have
spoken oat in" their July meetings, "clear
ly, and unequivocally fdr. the Ocala de
mnnds ttrttl the sub-treasury. Not one
has beenWafd foffl that opposes. There
.beirer Wasmofe tloahit&ity on any ques
tion presetted to Alliancemen.
All trueAlliaticcthcn stick to the Al
liance as lg as it works to carry but the
as lg as
plr-asf th
ckX
pnnci
e order. All traitors fly
the try
a.-T'"-..- -.-vi-.-,-
C0M9ITI0N OF CROPS
As
Bulletined by Weather - Bu-
. reafi for Past ,Week. ,
The welther bureaus wet kly , crop
bulletin ayl&t The 'week was faf cooler
than usual in all .sections east ' of the
Rocky rnoiT i tains, although the depart
Eatture frdm normal temperature has
een lees !Jpiwas during the previous
week-genet "roughout the southern
f state?, wnt Jeflciencjr' in temperar
ture wasmrf kedv in the northwest
over the spf ..vheat region. Tho rain
fall during tha pat week has .been large-! 1
Jy in exeessfon the Atlantic , coast, the
heaviest rails occurring-ia South Caroli
na, and aldtng the Alleghany range in
Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and Sebtucftjrwhere the rainfall ranged
from two tol four inches. ' " ,
KERAt.' REMARKS.'
Arkans'xi
-Thei
rainfall was very badly
some portions of ', the
distributed
and
state are
drought.
nning . to . suffer from
ton and corn .how slight
detenoratioi
compared to last week.
Mississipi
Cotton small, but fruiting
t rains assure a good corn
well. Recel
crop in the Northern counties. Tho rain
fall of the pist week was uoequaliy ois
tributed, but enough fell in the past ten
days to makreonditiona favorable."
Virginia Hay harvesting and thresh
ing retarded by rain. - Wheat is yielding
less than exrlGfeled and corn and , tobacco
are impYoviinr except in the vicinity of
Lynchburg, V jere there was too mucb
rain. ' t :r .-. ..-
Alabama LVeather conditions , gener
ally ezcellentxor Cufon. out late .corn is 4
not doing sof ell and is suffering for.
rain; Iri-h potatoes unusually fine. .-. .
North Carolina Too . much rain for
cotton,- but a! crops continue to improve,
especially cbx; threshing and haying re
tarded, , Av very severe hailstorm,, in
Warren county on the 18th did great
damage.- ' ?
: South Carotfri a Well-distributed rains
were beneficial to crops; cotton shows a
marked improvement; corn is in condi
tion and rice is fair. , The outlook is
much more encouraging.
. Tenne8see-tFavorabLV' conditions have
prevailed" and the outlook is-tneouraging.
Wheat threshing .is -nearly,, completed,
and Ihe yieldja. good. V Early; cofn is
about madekbflrro is flourishing; cot-'
f n needs rani---A western diVisibn"
Texas CoftiS'' very promising. In
the southwest portion
there ia
some
occa-
shedding, due to rapid maturing,
Honed by dry, hot weither. -
Louisiana Good growing , weather,
beneficial to all crops; cotton Vry prom
ising, and corn is in good condition, and
is being rapidly laid by.- Rice is hold
ing finely; crops grassy in a few local-,
ties. i .
Al3
DEAD;
DYING.
Fifty People Killed on V Rail
. v. road Jn France. (
A ciblegram from Paris states that a
collision between express trains occurred
at St. Mande Saturday night in ;which
fifty persons were injured and ,three car;
liases wrecked-. Both' trains were "run:
ning from a musical festival ot Fontenoy
mi . ij A 1 J k. . L. n AAAI
me secoou ciaiacraBneu iuiu luc yivmx
ing one before the latter had left .St.
Mande' station. The guard's van and
three rear carriages Of the fast train were
wrecked, and. caught fire from gas, The
in jured occupants were shrieking in 'der
spair, and other passengers hurriedly left
.the train and assisted in extricating
the Victims. : It ,is now reported Ahat
fiftv nprsora were killed.
A biter dispatch from St . Mande8 says'
that sixty persons were injured ana tnai
tifteeu dead bodies have been recovered.
Most of the dead victims are legless, 'their
limbs havini? been crushed " off through'
the jamming together pf Jbai seats and
heart-rending scenes are witnessed as the
victims were extricated from the" wreck.
The driver- tfnd fireman -of! the ; second
;trun were burned alive. ";;y -- '
i. 1 '..ItATBR REPORTS. , t -x ...i'X
- -A cablegram v of Monday, from Paris,,
"states , that Sunday s collision . at St.
Maude Was More fearful than at first re
ported. ''Thengine of one of the excur-f
sion trains f felcscoped ; three! carriages
loaded withVuxcursionista, ' and , iat thi
same time a fcservoir ef gas on tha dam
aged train elpjoded; and f.et fire to? the
wreckage in a very short . time ,t he
flames spread to such an extent! that num--bers
of wouHded were slowly roasted to-dt-ath
before tbe eyes of, .those who were
doing their utmostto rescue them Many,
of the unfortunate1 people imprisoned be
neath tkei wreck wero-,jdrowned, while;
partly roasted,. D7 firemen who were sum-,
moned to the scene afti-r a delay of forty
minutes, by pouring in a torrent of water.
,A majority of .tbe Tictims were women
and children An orBciar statement makes
the-number.of dead forty-three, and Jhe
number of injured 104. The engineer of
the train which did the mischief asserts'
that the brakes' refused t(T"w0rk.". 'i- sh-
To Answer for PuBlishingr Elec
-? , t? trocntion Newsv? U
: ; la the court of general sessions at New
Lyfk.on Vafonday, before.. Recorder,
t$nyltt, unarlcs U'vonor tiennessy was
calwd to the'bar to ' plead to an indict
ment charging him with -misdemeanor.;
The alleged offense twas his publication
in the Evening Newi, of which ho' 5s4 city
editor,-of the details of the execulieo ot
Slocum and the other joaurderers recently,
put t death by electricity lat Bing Sing.
A' deraili er to the indictment was entered
itf which it ia claimed, that the statute nn
der which the indictment was found is
unconstitutional, inasmuch as it restrains
she liberty1 of the press - guaranteed to it
by the constitution.' '
THE WIDE WORLD:
AND
Of Brief Items of ifiterest From
Various i Sourea?: . :
!. "The cotton and .woolen mill .f Camp
hell &. Elliott at Philadel phia, 'wa burn
fed Friday nigfht;, Lo between $600,000
n n i m inii.i iiu .- . . - at ix.
"Si .
, Tile hl& fellrrfi' : na3 fflada their
appearance in the' peach 6rc1lar'di gf
Maryland and it is sa d the crop will be'
shortened 100.000 baskets, f j
A Philadelphia dispatch says : The
- ttrike among the plush weavers of J)ob-
son's mills, 'Falls,, of Schuylkill. which
has been in progress for the past ten
weeks, was declared off Monday. ? ,
A Cablegfaffl ffoiirtLtsbon, says : The
employes thrown tit of employment be
cause of the dtill times caused by the
MclOnlev law. set fire to the cork factor?
at Evova, Portugale, Sunday. Great
dtimago was done.
Over two thousand steel strikers at
HarrisbuTgl'Palftntned out Monday af
ternoon to parade and to listen to
speeches from leaders. ' They counseled
quietness and patience, and .prophesied
victory for the men. .-.;- ,
The big textile mill of Campbell &
Elliott, at Philadelphia, was totally de
Btfojred by fire Friday night: The total
insurance is placed $300,000. The. value
of the plant is placed at -a half million
dollars. The loss on the stock and raw
material is 'variously estimated at from
S150kOOO to $250,000.
it-
fles, ffwifff of
'-Mrs. -Mark Hpkins":Sear
Edward F, Searles, the New York arch!
Hopkins, of the Pacific coast, died at her
mansion in Methuen, , Mass., Saturday
morning, as the result of an attack of
the grip. Her first husband left an estate
valued at $00,000,000, and Mrs. Searles's
wealth is estimated at $4.0,000,000.
A dispatch from Dayton, O., says 5 A
Hamilton and Dayton excursion ' train at
Middletown was run into, by a freight
train. Saturday night, causing a fearful
wreek.- Three persons were killed' outs
right: Win: Matthew, aged "thirteen;
Miss Lydia Freyer, aged twenty -two,
and Frank Simoner,' aged seventeen.
Twenty ' excursionists were wounded,
lour of whom will die, ? . -
. , At Omaha, Neb . , Justice Brewer, of
the United States Supreme court, Mon
day morning, ann ounced his dec sion in
the famous Union Pacific-Rock t Island
bridge case. ; The decision is against the
Union Pacific, and holds that the con
tract entered into by the 'Union Pacific
with the Rock Island and Milwaukee
roads, permitting trains of ' the latter to
u?e the Omaha bridge, is valid.
Exports of specie from the port ot Hew
.York during the veek ended July 25th,
amounted to $3,209,590? of which $2,
8S2.229 Was in gold and $487,807 in sit
ver. ' Of total exports, $3,131,369 in
gold snd $483,807 in. silver went' to Eu
;rope and $680.800 . in gold and $5,054
in silver to the West Indies.' Imports ot
specie amounted to- $790,726. of which
$700,584 was in gold and $90,178 jn si!
On Monday fiTe hundred coal miners
at Diiqubin,; 1 11.; marched in a body to
fthe-Tingley House and served notice on
Robert Cummings, , an anti-Jabor. agi
tator, to leave town. Cummings is a coal
miner, - but is against the loeked-out
miners attitude there . in. not resuming
work. SheriJ Clark.is on" the scene to
prevent o pyTTonble. :-Cru rami ngs fays he
won't go.' ' The miners say be will,
A London cablegram says : ., The house
of commons, on Saturday., in committee
of supply, voted $200,000 aa salaries' and
expenses for the relief of the suffering-
noor of Ireland. The chief secretary for
Ireland. Balfour, made a detailed state
ment in regard to this relief, saying' that
it was tho- government's; intention ..that
the works should be a permanent means
of promoting the welfare of the inhabi
tants.J ' ';
t A Readingr.'Pa.. telejrram l states that
the West Hamberg rolling mills, operated
by the Pottsville Iron and ,oteel "Jom
inanv. which has been idle several weeks
because of a difference ; between .the, em
ployes and, lessees, who refused ; to sign
the amalcamatcd scale, n sumed opera
tf on 'Monday.' The-furnaces are in blasts
with non-union men. and strong efforts
will be made to increase the number.
A New York dispatch says: .Monday
mofnihff nil parties having lead "trust
certificates standing in their names re-
cfivid copies of k circular, igncd by the
president and secretary, announcing that
a special meeting of stockholders' would
be held on August 27th for the purpose
of actinc on the proposed plan of recr-
fratiizition. The plan provides for the
BCftlingbTown'' of the capital ' from' $87,
000,000 to $30,000,00fte t '. .
On, Fndav a : committee . on . civil anq
relisrious rishts of the Union of Ameri
can Hebrew Congregations through their
officers resident atv Washington sSimon
WolL chairman. and, Lewis ; Abraham
secretary have presented a "memorial to
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury " Net
tleton - in behalf of Russian ; refugees,
landing in, New York Resigned to. show
liot tVoir urn nnt nni'iiipra "niir 'ftssist'd"
immigrants.- The department, fit is nn
deratood, will take er inaction.,
.,4 .Washington dispatqh. v8ays : ,,Ship
ments of, currency to, the west to move
eroWonened no lively Saturday. $633.
000 in small notes ' being ; shipped r from
the treasury, to Cincinnati and Chicago in
exchange for deposits at New York. The
department has beeft prepariag-for this
transfer for some time witJn,the ygw, to
meeting 'the demand for small notes, for
Ihe purpose 'indicated." 1 "According ia
present indications thedemand will be
unusually large this year." one, official .es
timating it at .$15,UUCJ)UUU
GOT ITCHEAxV
l-.tti
The Largest -Reaper Works in
the Worjd Sold for a Song;. ,
One of the most important industrial
purchases of the year' was consummated
at JSpriogfieldV 03, . Saturday. The East
street reaper workivthe largest agricul-1
tural implement ."rorks in the world, cov-;
ering, forty six'sctres,!, and ranking next in
tie to the Krupp-gnnwdrks of Prussia,
was.-sold to w a. syndicate) of .capitalists
of r Cleveland Chicago , and . New
York, ' to i "be 'used' for 4 the ; 'manu
facture of railway cars and supplies-of
all kjnds. . The great works arp a monu
ment o ' the - ambition of William ' N.
Whitely. the famous Ohio "resper kirig," -who
; determined - toj build, , ijaraest
reaper works in the world. He put.il.-
500,000 into the buildings ' and machin- -
ery.'The whole plant "was iold.. by the!
receiver to a syndicate for two-thirds 4he I
Tom should ruhsociba-ior thai psper
and see what is going on in the worrd.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
At Reported by Dunn a Co.
for Past .Week. ..
Jk Cn' Irade review for
weJk ffnded Jly 28, taji Borne im
provement i Van business t itaation is
still noted. There M tfiofVactoal trade
in mjjet of the, leading wntee, ana
rore ceaeral confidence as to tne fCtore.
ui fr Monetary situation ' does not
tm Mmm f jtifd the deeline is strong.
notwithstanding the grm dullnees, and-
with enormous cr&pS coming, inrks the
feeling of Wall; street . that difflftiHks
Miff K nnt'4 qW atidQ fl - . :.? . -
Bebbftajof the condition, of traaeare
V r-j. - i -
M.H.itJ. t.l-1 A ml I
geaQraiij uiurf iiivravn unu a nm 0KV
as the western'.crop- prospect are stimu
lated everywhere, tit the strttth little
Change Is note!, and money i generally
tight and trade inactive. But crop pros
pect decidedly . taprove in Aiaoanw,
sugar is active and firm at " New Orleans '
and trade holds ats own at Bavannan,
The suspension of - a bank at -Palatka
causes some depression in trade there, but
heavy purchHSes of tabacco at Key West
show Unusual activity in cigar making'.
Business is Florida is mote promising
than last year. Cottofi hoe fallen three-
eights tQ.8i:epts for . spot, wun saies
608,000 ba'es, an enormous trade for thfl
sason.,-; The average- prices of all com
modities have lauen i rper cent aunng
the week. Great industries show an- ira
provemejt in wool "and leather manufact
ure, but no signs of recovery" in iron and
coal. ' , . "-- ' ',
' The depression in iron is serious thotjgh
prices ' are, on the whole, . 'but .little
changed. In the wool trade larger sales
at eastern cities and continued, large f re-
I -ceipts at the west reflect the - impro ve
yent which the better Oemand if or,.' dry
gooas naxurany cause. ,t iuwr
awakening and manufacturers are laying
in stocks. more liberally. The boot r and
shoe prospects at the south ana west are
excellent, and Boston ' shipments, again
excee I .last year's. Bui the money mar
ket at the west show an increasing de
mand, at sme points approaching strin-
ornnrv. and collections are. not. on ine
o 1 -
rrVinlrt tmnd rood for the season. ,
Business failures occurring throughout
the country during last week, as reported
to Jt. li.) Dunn & Co.'s mercantile agenr
cv' number, for the United States, 231;
Canada. 23 -.total 254. aeainst ' 274 last
week. ' '- - ' -''; ' .
THEIR VIEWS STATED.
TJie
Kansas Editors Issue Their
' Address
A Topeka,' Kansas, dispatch says that
about thirty-five members of the Demo
cratic PressAssociation, . of Kansas, as
sembled there in convention. The com
mittee appointed to prepare ari address
to tbe people of -the state have com
pleted their work,,The address expresses
sympathy with any. body of "i persons
seeking reform nd contending, against
the cxistioa evils in laws and the admin-
lstrat on of the ' government, . one of the
questions which is interesting farmers at
presen t. The add ress says : -
We believe in abolishing the iniquities
of class legislation ' in tariff legislation.
We believe in' the return to the financial
system of the country practiced from the
foundation, of the government to the
year 1873" We believe in the abolition
of the bankruptcy eystcm.Wev believe
in a vigorous and wholesome control of
the transportation system of tbe country.
To those who f avoir the governmental
loanin&r of money on- products of the
soiUiWC quote the rpaxim by one , of , the
founders 05. government ; ine govern
ment mast not become a- banker."- We
onnoso povernmental jpurchase of rail
roadsj but WO; believe in legtslatrreconw:
trol of the interests 01 ' the peo
ple whose chartered " servaBts. they are.
We emphatically oppose the .proposition
for the government to purchase the sur
plus products of the sod as being' a plain
violation of- the constitution. . The ad
ministration , of President Harrison, of
the senate in uphold ng Senator Quay,
and the McKinley tariff law were strongly
denounced; , . . . . . f ( t-, t
; In conclusion, the . address makes
strong appeal to the flemoctats' of the
state to perfect their, organizations and
stand fast to democratic doctrines. The
scheme of a fusion with the people's
party is not endotsed or a.dyised. . '
' . ' i : ;
-CLEVELAND DENIES y
' '.i ?4 . . ;. ;
The Report That He Will Make
4 Campaign Speeches. t
A Boston, Mass.', dispatch sayst Tq
representative of The Herald at Buzzards
bay, ex-President Cleveland said, Mon
day, in reply to inquiries concerning the
report that he was going on a speech-
making trip in Ohio: "1 have not been
requested by, the, Ohio democrats to make
speeches in their state during the pend-
ing canvass." T do ' notf' expect to take
part in the campaign there, nor in any
other siate, as It, have never given ,t he
slightest intimation of an intention to do
so. '1 ira ic6nvinced -that Governor
Campbell; and all .other , Jfair-miade4
political f riends will understand that if j
decline to go Opon tne stump, there are
perfectly good and : valid, reasons' for my
action, entirely cpn)s.tnt.jiwrth , a most
earnest. desire "for too success of "all the
democratic- candidates, fu Ohio and elsei
-where." J , ! ja-t-'---i--;.- . et-
- A TRUST COMPANY v "1
To Manipulate the Assets of the
Hoses' Bank.
A .Montgomery
dispatch .of v Tuesday
ees of Moses's 'bank,;
savs: ihe assignees of MoseS's banK.
which 'assigned-' Jury 6th, 'have'1 filed a
schedulp. of assets of the lateiprm. Toe
assignees make no estimate of value, but
the amount ' is placed nominally 'at $3,-'
000,000, which consists largely of stocks,
bonds, real estate and lands distributed
in various sections of Alabama, f "The liar
bilities are placed at; $1,100,000 A The
- Creditors now - propose to form a ; trust
-company, all to take shares to the amount
of their claims,' ' and the plan is thought
-to be a' feasible one - and likely to result
,tiu securing the holders : of claims against
loss. There has-been no other financial
trouble' ' on account of the failure- of
this bank - Other banks have not been
in the least affected, and. .business-is go
ing along as usual., , - - . ;
vi.todinrx outlook.--f
The Harvests in Russia, and fn-
The londonrim of Saturfiay, sum
marizes theharvest prospect of the world
as follows:1 Id IJnssiS there ia 'a" grave
deficit. The peasantry are starving, and
there is small hop? . etn ttlieC Xn India
there i$ serious'. anxiety i Famine .pre !
rails .over a considerable- portion: pi, the
country,
'Punlaub a
Madras, 'Raj,-- Puttasa, and
are the .worst atifferarfl Tha
harvest will bo 'late and' prices will he
high; t There Is, therefore, a good out
look for the. English farmer to break the
long series of disastrous years. -'
THROUGH .DIXIE: ,
. , . . -
fiws of tjie South briefly"
PARAtfBArHED .
- :' ?t-C : .- ' . -
FinnnvEpUomtfcftIally
Happenings Here andvUre.
The Berkety land syndicate of Dr
Cel., made an assignment Tuesday; V
bilities,- $0O,000; assets, $600, 00Q. f Y.
A Memphis, Tenh' dispatch- snjs:
Proceedings of the motion for a new
trial in the King murder case were, re-
h"'
zriai. in tne n
BUCIO.
aj? morning. n t,ne crHM.m.t,
court. ; , v --. i
A small boiliW used in the repair shops ,
of the H01 City oil4 mill,' at Vick-bnrgv
Mlse., exploded Tuesday, fataily injurt
ing Engineer Albert Spieif .aod Firemar
Albert Fisher. v-itit .
t:Zt. 4tn batfcla , between "ne-
CToesanditaUanorkmen oa the Norfolk: '
and WesWrd Vad, yn;;,Logan cpoyr .
West Vireinia. was lougnt, m w u.i
two Italians and one negro wero Kiuea
and several wounded.
Pour convicts in the mhHtsry prison , at
tnnneling undei; the prison, cuo
fourpw-aafBaseball .ither.L.iW .
made Ms third suCcessmr nue?
escape mce
his .: incarceration wum
months ago.
Acree
'the reuuest of the tfe.
foositors, who beld'two or. three meetipgsj
rcsa'tiy to devise some way ior
luMlDts due.them. ' :' i
Frida nieht i theT Citiiensf -Jjankoff
iTefierson,- Texas, made ,an assign menta
The bank closed business Saturday morn
tog, no baviug funds to meetbeirredi
tors. Liabilities $100,000; assets, $125,
000." It is beiieyed the depositor ad
creditors will receive the full amo.nnt of
deposits and the ..bank will be abio to
pay. all its jhdebtednesSV' l: ' .t-
A Raleigh dispatch', pays: D:: fienrjF
V: Wilson, director of tie United Sfatesr
fish commission, stationed at .Woddat,
Hall, Mass., was, on Monday, elected
professor of biology in tbe' University of
North Carolina. He-will be scientific ex
pert to the Uorth -Carolwa sheik fish ctmr
mision. His election makes aaluable
addition to the faculty of the Umversil
of North Carolina. . , . . t...:, -
A dispatch of Friday from Sacramento
Gal., says: State" Controller Colgan fhea
refused to-' draw his , warrant for the
amount due as office rent TrCalifornia'a .
world's fair commission. He doubts the
constitutionality ot'. the legislative .act,
appropriating $300,000 for the California
exhibit at the world's faurand,wlies ta
have the question decided by the supremo
juvm V Ubiutv J ml - ' r
' 'k nm tWatK.eur the People's Hof
Saving bank at Sarranciscp.pd-. ;
and several thousand s dollar was pai .
back to the depositors. U he ban tc com
mhiioners have begun, an investigation
of the bank?s -affairs, -j Accord ing to its
report July6lh: thtf TcopIetf bank has a
capital stock! of $1.000jOOO,e which
one-tbkd is pai'dup. There.Sdue de
posiio"ts; who bifmber aWut':ei'wlWl
and, the sum ofi $100000.i.v Thef;bank
officers state that the11 institution Apfi
fectly "solvent M,m :
TALKED WITH.
W A N A m A K K K.
A Mobile Delegation Visit J&f
FdlimeeS'lxSneVal'':-.
fiiWainndkp
delegation ofgenrleTfitfa freur M4Hfc-
Ala.,t who- desire that'JklbbilB shal be
steamers of. Central America and other
points, had a!conference with Post ma at et
General Wanam&karoA the-subject Tatea
dMyr 'Thfc Jelegafoninelud(ed, ammgr
others," Seniators Morgan . and Pugh ahd
Representative Clark, ' of AlabamaEp
A. S JPenn,-president of tha,Coner&ial
club oOlobile Cavrdrd JB -ark and
Rittenhouse Mootev 4fielat three repre
senting the,CnmercLd club of Mpbilgr
Mr. Waphmaker . reVeived: hem! very
courteousjahd exhibitAi much inferesfc
in what they had ,tp say. in behalf of Mb--bile,T
They, t-howed- yerV' ihtelliaeift .
knowledge of "theguirporfs aa. feEited to
South American commerce.' ' He request
ed that their application should bttnwle
In Writing; and promised to take the -"
ter up -and -do all that he could in j.UB,tioe
to proper - economy Jn ?aid of 3Iobile
wlshea and neejdsinthe "premises. As aTe
sult of the conference, thd delegationi
will submit to tbe department in wrifilrj,
a statement showing the service the peo
pie of the city win offer as a inducement
to the government to include witljinije'
present advertisement, issued by direc
tion "of fhe"provIstdn' '"of fhe r)sraV-m
bill, the proposal fora service f rom Mo
bile direct. It is said that the ' route
which' tne" legation aibred ("ovldes
that vessels stopmtTampieWy reyj
town and Colon. i-jw '.rtatt
HISDUPESI CASJ&b ,
And Samtiel-Sands .Passes over
. .. , A tern
tut; mvci. :
Ssmuet Sands died at 'Baltimorl.MeW,
-a; long1 trme-fce had probably been the .
oldest living, printef, . being -i aoiiit
rupted seryice as a jprinter. editor 01
publisher since niafrppieAUle8VplKP
nearly a century aao. , He was tbepab-
Jisher of Th? American Farmer, the first
agricultural "paper sUrted1hi.thls5ctaxfatfyl
For a nntnber of yejawjie piibliahed -The
Morning .iChronicle.Va daily islued
at: Bakim'swef, .before' 1 theV 'era v,of
L telegraphs -i and steam ; pfcsFes. ' f n
i3anhii?, Viavoeatin'g' tKe-eleetioaMf T3el
efral William Henry ilia t r (saa, jind abes
. ward other, polilkaland ; literary paiwri.
He was'a strenuous whifl 'and Tor many
years secretary;.! the whig tate eBtral
Winmitff , -but tiaihkUaaaJCac.fty
puhlft pffifc pnriDg tat5tffa I'twss an
uncoid,iio3bal unloo. mtnJf an'd his sincd
been a republicans Wh le fin upfcrentice
hoy-.he set in4ypeithmeniuacfiptAo the
t'Star 6papgled Banpe," t v iff.
v. 1
Devour
290,00b aW6rtrif
' Property m Dallas," TC-s1
: ;p-tlKif?:niidfil5rit &ajthrdaj.nfght
fi'robrokle outjn J. B. Cowah (fc'Co.'.s big
liquor houeeV on CommeVce street, Dallas
Tevss, and ; ppftdrflWlvTtbe Pen
e,;.
land-Waif a- .1icJ.,a-.ciiiii.-r ":i -live-
hundred, -, cia t e-
Flo'to re1 I. ,
Thews' . i'i - St
-$20),OOOC .L . ,f'
.whisky we'V.! " ' asM.d'a
wholesale liquor home, where the fire
.originated, and.thet,,arrp!' Tir)fe,i at
intervals, aakieg ;4ue tr" 1 :f-
ficult to handle, ahd cauj0-1. u k
ly spread to neighboring buildings , . '
r Judge Cissady, of the Anniston, Ata
citv-' couirl; Xrt Monday anointed; pap
A. P. Asree repeiver of thW, defunct An-
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