North Carolina Newspapers

7 1 Times. : . mm G. K. GRANTHAM, Editor Render Unto Caesar the Things that are Caesar's, Unto God, God's. $1.00 Per Annum, in Advance T VOL. II. ALLIANCE COLUMN. Eulogy In Verse of President L. L. Polk. Some Staggering Figures For Farm ers and Laborers to Head. Think of the government donating to the railroads territory equal to nine States the ?ize of Ohio, and yet the people don't own a crosstie. We pay for the roads every six years and we never own Ihem. They continue to rob us to pa.- interest and dividends ou watered stork, says the Southern Allimce Farmer. PRESIDENT L. L. POLTC. Zvurn for the foremost bra. Polk, of Immortal name. Worthiest to lead us on. Welldtng troth's sword of flam' Honored by honest men, Hope of the hnmhlest men. Millions commanding when God called him hom. Tyrants rejoice o'er thee. ' fctruck In thy manly prime WorkJni? men weep for thee, L?adT of love sublime. Fighting to disenthrall. Brother endeared to all Earth fHt a giant fall When the Mow ran.e. Philip of Matedon, Hero of phalanx faim. And his set greater son. Joining the spears became Captains Invincible Oratr hy work we tell. Fell In "the gates of hell." King to cast down. Phalanxes leader of Millions with ballots blest. Wise as the Greeks, shall more, Spirit of thine Impressed. Joined against tyranny. Fighting til! all are free 1 Thou, from thy heights shall see Justice enthroned Gforfi Howard Gibson. Lincoln, Nb.. June 14th. SOME HEADACHE FIGURES. Mr. Vanderbilt owns over two million acres oi land. JThe Standard Oil Compauy holds the title clear to a round million ucis of land. Mr. Disston, of Pennsylvania, is the possessor of broad acres number of about four millions. The California rmillionaire. Murphy, owns four million acres of laud, wine i is equal in area to the State of Slssp.athu setts The Scheuley estate owns two tiiousa rd acres within the limits of Pittsburg and Alleghany cities, fromwhich the heirs draw $1,000,000 annually. There are 21,000,000 acres of United States land owned by foreign noblemen, who are not citizens of the United States, owe no allegiance to the ovnnment,and spend their intney elsewhere. More laud is owned by nrhoad com panies (211,000,000 acres) than would make six Sta es as largo as Iowa. Since 1861 no less thiu 181,100,000 acres of land have been given to rai road com panies of which tie Illinois Cent al got a subsidy of 2,."i00,00() acres. "Lord" Scully, of Ireland, owns (ac cording to our laws) 90,0 )0 acres of farm lands in Illionis. Thse lauds he parcels out to small tenants, who turn over the bulk of their earnings to their foreign landlord, his income from that source being f 200,000 per annum. LETTER FROM fcECHETARY OF NORTH CARO LINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE. Raleigh, N. C, June HI, 1802. Editor National Economist: At your request of the 10th I write you. The next annual session of the North Carolina Farmers State Alliance will be held in Greensboro. N. C . on the second Tues day in August, which is the 9th day of the month. It is to be one of the most important sosion that this body has ever held on account of the political situa tion of the country. No ttu.r. better lAIliance men live in the United States "pthan the members of the North Carolina Farmers Alliance. Hut thousands of our people Rie so poor they air not able to pay their dues, hnve not a dollar of money to pay for anything, but are under the "mill rocks" of oppression, caused by our present financial policy. t a confeieuce of delegates from each county Alliance on May 1? in this city, ninety one coun ties indorsed the St. Louis confeieuce platform, four indorsed the Ocala de mands, and one not represented in this confeieuce. An ofiicial report is being made now by the ub Alliances upon the platform. North Carolina stands sol tlly at the front on these demands. It i one time in the history of this country that the political boss rauuot control the voter?. Every Alliauce man is an independent thinker, and not only a thinker but a talker and a worker; and the rural popu lation, whether members of the Order or not, are being educated on those same lines, and are generally standing shoul dei to shoulder with the bnthieu. The office seeker cannot straddle the fence in this campaign. Never have 1 set n so much gloom over the land as has been caused by the death of Presideut Polk. Never hive so many tears been shed over the death of any man in ciui borders. Can we ever get anothei is tiue, as pute? No one I fcai Can fill nis place. Youis Iratetnallv. W. S. liAK.NfcS. Sec'.-.-Treas N. C. F. S. A. A GreatfCotton Fire at Providence. Providence. It. I B. B & R Knight's mammoth storage warehouse at Uiver Point, together with 6. TOO bales of cotton and 1,C00 pieces of cloii, was burned in the night. The loss is esti mated at f350,Oi)6. The Knights are the largest cotton manufacture s in the country, and opera e half a dozen mills in the valley. A great deal of th ir raw material and product were stored in the destroyed building. Daring Moonshiners. Raleigh N. C. A distill ry was seized in Chatham counJy and was put in the depot there for the night by a dep uty collector . It belonged, to Jap John son and the latter and his friends, found their way into the warehouse and took wsj&SJiill. GENERAL WEAVER IT IS. Nominated By the People's Party on First Ballot. The Fourth Presidential Ticket Placed In the Field. Scenes at the Convention in Omaha. OmaiiNeb. The first People's Party Conv ntion opened with prayer by Rev. "Win. McCreedy, of South Dakota. From th committee on credentials came the report thit there were no contests and 1, 400 elelegates had filed their credei.tials. Judge Robertson, of Texas, presented the report of the committee on perma nent organization, namiDg H. L. Loucks, of South Dakota, as permanent chairman, and John W. Hayes, of New Jersey, see retarv-treasurer of the Knights of Labor, as thief secretarv The elections were and Chairman Loucks ratified with a yell on being presented received an enthu- eisstic welcome. He is a one-legs ea vetemn and supported himself on his crutches. Loucks announced, amid ap plause, that he would dispense with a speech 8nd would content himself with expressing the opinion that was the greatest and grandest convention 'ever held, not only in this country but in the civilized world He was not one of those who believed that the republic was in danger, so long as the people existed. He congratulated them on the harmony that pn railed. There were no slates fixed un for the convention; the nominee would be the choice of the people and not the choice ef the machine element. There wars a long debate over a propo sition to" admit scldiers who wore the blue and the gtay to the two thousand or more of vacant seats, but it was de feated on the ground that it wool 1 be a violation of the contract with the citizeus of Omaha, who had retained the vacant seat9. The committee on resolutions re ported a resolution authoiizing the chair to appoint a committee of three to seek redress from the managers of th'ise "West ern roads that had failed to give special rates to the delegates from the fnr west, but this was antagonized by delegates from California a d Montana. The for mer said that the roads had been asked for special n.tes. the same as given to Republican and Democratic conventions : that they had be n refused; that they had paid their way and sked no favors, and that the timy was not far distant when the people would own the Union aud Southern Pacific roads. The latter declaration v ; ; a signal for as eat demonstration, the e tire audience rising and cheering heartily. After more debate the resolution was so amended as t instruct the chair to appoint a com mittee of three to prosecute the offending roa-is before the Inter-State Commerce Commission, aud in this form it was passed by a large majority. At 12 o'clock it was reported that the platform would not be ready for several hours and a recess watt taken until 2 p. m. The roll of States was fust called for members of the new national committee with the following results for the South ern States: Alabama J. B. Ware, J. C. Manning. ! George F. Gaither. Floiida-S. S. Harvey, P. I. Jenkins, F. II. Lytte. Georgia George H. Turner, C. H. Ellington, J. F. Brown. North Carolina W. R Lindsay, Thomas B. Long, S. Otho WiUon South Carolina Tennessee W. H. Gynue, I. K. Tay lor, W. E. Wilkes. Yirg nia J. H. Hobson, Maun Page, 8. I. Newberry. At the afternoon sessioD, while wait ing for a committee to respond, a Kansas quartette brought down the house with a campaign soDg, with the refrain, "Gocd bye, old parties, good bye."' As the committee on platform was not ready, accordingly W. R. Lamb, of Texas, moved that the convention re adopt the St. Louis platform and pro ceed to nominations. This was seconded iu a vigorous speech by Brown, of Massachusetts, General Weaver's recognized ppokesrran. Or Mr . Lamb's demand the secretary began to read tbe St. Louis platform. It was read, plank by plank, bvt Manning, of Alabama, interrupted. Fcrther de bate was stopped at this juncture, just as the convention was getting uproarious, by the appearance of the committee on platform with its report, the body hav ing derided, iu view of the temper of the convention, to throw overooarci a score of resolutions that had been submitted to it for consideration. The convention settled down into a dead calm, when Ca tor, of California, was preseuted and commenced to read the preamble. The enthusiasm increased tenfold when the speaker read a declaration to the effect that the time had come when the rail roads would run the people, or the peo ple the railroads, and it was a couple of minutes before order could be sufficient ly restored for tbe speaker to proceed. Branch, of Georgia, moved the adop tion of the preamble, and it was adopted by a rising vote with' more cheeiing. Cat or nowgave way to Branch, who pro ceeded to read the platform proper. Cries of "amen" and cheers greeted the plank in favor of government control of all telegraph and telephone systems, and were repeated when the resolution was finished. The entire preamble and plat form were put to another vote and adopt ed by acclamation, amid another scene of boisterous enthusiasm. Gen. James G. Field, of Virginia, was nominated for Vice President on the first ballot the vote standing Field 733,Terrell 5M. THE THIHD FABTT STANDARD-BEARER. Jamas B. Weaver was born in Dayton, Ohio, June 12. 1833. and is a lawyer by profession. He enlisted in the Federal army as a private, and at the close of the civil war was mustered out as a brevet brigadier general. He served in Con gress from 1879 to 1881. was nominated for the Presidency on the Greenback-Labor ticket in 18S0, and was returned K Congress in 18S5. Branch, of Geojgia, chairman of the committee, was lifted upon the shouldiis of a stalwart Texan and carried around the hall, while men, women and children shouted themselves hoarse and -wared DUNN, HARNETT GO., N. C, THURSDAY, everything within reach. The banners designating the locations of the various delegations were lifted high in the air, a portrait of George Washington being at tached to the one of Virginia, and several of the banners were carried ' to the plat form and uplifted over the chairman's head. Meanwhile every one of the 10, D00 souls in the great coliseum shouted and roared and cheered, and hundreds ofo ther wise cool-headed delegates, seized with a frenzy, stripped themselves J! coats, and in some cases their vests, so that their limbs would be more free. As if by magic hundreds of stars and stripes made their appearance all over the hall, while one of immense size wa3 borne up to the plat form and waved in triumph above all. A towering Georgian actually climbed on top of the table. The band struck up the "Star Spangled Banner" but the din was 6 over powering that even the big bass drum would not penetrate it. When the demonstration had been go ing on for fifteen minutes the chairmen of the various State delegations took pos session of the State banners and headed by a fife and drum band proceeded to march around the hall, making the com plete circuit a half dozen times over. On the second round an American flag was attached to every banner, and the howls and cheers took a fresh start, the women this time bearing their share. Numerous mottoes were resurrected from the ante room and sandwiched in between the banners. One read,," What is home with out a mortgage?" Another "The people will be damned no longer." White haired, feeble men tottered around with a flagon each shoulder; fathers lifted their little ones, pickapack, and put a flag in their hands. A mother wrapped her babe of four months in a silk flag, and followed in line. Somebody found a tin pail and it was hoisted upon the Texas banner, a reminder of the Gresham tinpail cam paign in Chicago in 1888. One of the Mississippi delegates hoisted a brawny darkey ou his shoulders, and carried him up to the speaker's stand, while the col ored man and brother waved the stars and stripes in one hand and a picture of Gresh am in the other. The band,marshalling its forces in front of the platform, started the familiar strain of "Yankee Doodle," alternating to "Dixie," and the throng giving its throat vent kept time with its thousands of hands and feet. It was a demonstration that entirely eclipsed the memorable Blaine furor at Minneapolis in point of enthusi asm, noise and striking situations as well a3 in point of the number of those partici pating. The convention then adjourned to 8 o'clock p. m. At the evening convention, on the first ballot, Weaver was nominated for Presi dent. DAVE SHAW'S STORY. A "Murdered" Man Tells How It Cam a About. Gkeenviixe, S. C The fate of Dave Shaw is no longer a mystery. Shaw slip ped quietly into the city, with two friends, to seek the advice of C. T. Dill, his attor ney, and not a half doz:n persons.includ ing those who accompanied him, knew of his presence. Shaw told the story of the eventful night of Mav 27th. He was seized by a mob of fifty men, many of them of prom iuence and influence, and was taken into the woods and a rope put around his neck to frighten him into a confession. He was drawn up to a limb a number of times, and lost consciousness. When he regained consciousness he was pulled up a number of times by the thumbs, a id later was tied to a tree and unmercifully beaten with a leather trace. Still he made no confession, and the mob started to a lake on Reedy river, telling him they would drown him. They lit a lan tern and gave it to him to carry with him through the woods. The mob bad dwindled considerably, and when a deep gully was reached Shaw threw the lantern into it and ran. He was familiar with the surroundings, and escaped, uot one of a shower of bullets hitting him. He stayed in a swamp two days, and then went to Belton and to Toccoa, Ga., where he remained until last week, when he returned. He his since been staying with a relative, tweuty-four miles below here, in this county. He does uot waut even to go to Laurens jail, as he fears he will be killed. It is not known what his friends will advise him to do. The Tiger Growled. From the Courier-Journal. in counecuon wiin me vnicngo con vention a good story is told on Mr. Charles P. Weaver, Pieeident of the liaudanna fMnh Tt truth is not onlv vouchei for by several veracious Louisville gentle men, but i also admitted by the vie-J tim himself. ; Placed upon the counter of the Audi-; torium Ho el bar was a savage-looking( tiger which the Tammany contingent had; borrowed from a well-known Louisville) liquor dealer who was in Chicago at the1 time. Into this seductive reireat strolled j Mr. Weaver with a fair following. The sio-nt of that titrpr acted unon him as the; f- - - o i . i nauniing oi a reu ung oeiuic a in uv-r bull Taking off his Cleveland badge,! Mr. Weaver baldly and audaciously shook it undep the nose of the brute, saying: "Oh ves- von old snort: vou old rascal. this is the thing with which we will pull some of tho e fine teeth in November." J Juat at this critical moment the larten der reached behind him. ostensibly fora glass, and in so doing pulltd a ttring con nected with the Tammany em lera. Realistic as life the jaws of the beast opened wide and the eyes seemed to glare more fiend shly. "Wouf! W-o-u f !! r-r; r-uh!!!" were the sounds emanated in that sepulchral, awe-inspiring rough characteristic of the "maneater.' Mr. Weaver leaped high and far enough to make the building quake when he came down with all his ponderous weikht. The fran-ic yells greeting the performance seemed to him.in his dazed condition, to be the warning cry of a rescuing pary. It cot him 7. an to "take the first Tani tnny degiee. ' When at dinner come hours later he wa asVed if he h id been leally frightened, and he -udid!v lepiied: "I pledge vou m woid, 1 was ne-rly scared to death. It a so threatening and unexpected that it i oi aninitant tools: my wit away." STEVENSON'S NAMESAKE. Another Ar'.lai. Great in Botany, Min eralogy and Archaeology. From the Washington Post. One of M- Stevenson's nncrstora wa a signer of 'he Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. He has a number ef kinspeople residing in Wilmington, Char lotte, Statesville, and elsewhere in North Carolina, and th?y bear a remarkable resemblance- to him. Especially is this true of Mr. J. C. Stevenson, a prominent citizen and leading merchant of the city first mentioned, as well as of the Hon. F. B. McDowell, late Mayor of Charlotte. Were the latter centlemen to walk into the-Tcst Office Department this morning, the clerks would rush around him to offer their congratulations, so striking is his resemblance to the ex-Assistant Post master General. Another interesting fact is that living in Statesville, N. C, is a kinsman of the same name, and this Adlai Stevenson has a reputation ever more extended than that of the Vice Presidential candidate. While noknown to popular fame, he is known to botanists, mineralogists, and archaeologists the world over as one of the most accurate authorities on those sub jects. He possesses one of the finest priv ate collections of Indian relics in this eountry. For years he has been in corre spondence wth the foremost scientific men in these departments, both in this country and in Europe, and classical col lections have been made by him for tem porary loan to European universities. The distinguished and scientific kins man of the possible future Vice-President is described as a gentleman of sing ularly modest bearing, with long silver hair falling to his shoulders, 'and a face of sweet gentleness and dignity. A cor respondent writes that "he looks as if he had come out of an Old World picture." It may be added further that Mr. Stev- .enson was the discoverer of the North Carolina gem known as Hiddenite. frHE DEMOCRATS OF KANSAS. (Endorse the Electoral Ticket of the People's Party of That State. . Topeka, Kan. The question of par amount importance to the Democrats of lansas and which confronts the Demo :ratic State convention which met here ;o-day, was "Shall we fuse with the Peo ple's party?" A resolution was unani nousfy adopted denouncing the employ ment of Piokerton detectives0 by cap talists as a heinous crime for the pur pose of destroying organized lobor, and ?xpre'ssiDg sympathy" with the widows imd orphans oi moss wno ieu ai Homestead, in defense of what they be lieved to be the rights of American labor ers. The platform endorses the work of he Chico convention; declares prohi bition to be a fraud and failure, and deals with many issues. The fusion question pamrt up on a motion to endorse the elec toral ticket nominated by the People's )artj The motion was debated at great en c'tfy, and was finally adopted. Another nofioi to indorse the State ticket produc ed another long debate. Come Southward, Ho. A poor man can make his little money go further in the South than in any other section of this country. A roan of moderate means can find better opportunities in the South for en gaging in business than in any other part of the country. A manufacturer with liivited capital can find better sites, can buy his raw ma terials cheaper and can make larger prof its from his business in the South than elsewhere in the United States. A man who can command large amounts of capital can find in the South opportunities for investment that will pay him larger returns, than any other OTmnrtunitipt; tVo wrrl3 ar nffcr A Mayor Arrested for Fast Driving. Asheville, N. C. A warrant was sworn out Friday for the arrest of Mayor C D. Blanton, for violating the ordi nance against fast driving. The mayor has a fine horse, and wishing to try his speed, it is said, ordered the policemen to clear South Main street. This was done and the mayor then put his driver in the buggy and "had him drive through the street. The gait at which the horse was driven was so plainly in violation of the law that Thos. A. Jones, lawyer, swore out a warrant for Mayor Blanton's arrest. The effair has caused a sensation, as such a thing has probably rever before been known here. Abducted a Young Oirl. Charleston, S C C. I. Willes, a young white man from Florence, was ar ranged before Trial Justice Britton charged with abducting a young girl from Charleston and inducing her to lead an improper life He was surrendered by Justice Britton to an order from United Stains District Attorney Lathrop, who de sires his ttstimony in an important case in the Federal Court. He will be kept under strict surveillance until such time as it will be expenient to examine him. The case elicits great excitement and in dignation wherever it is known. A New Bole for Girls. Raleigh, N. C. The State Chroniclo of this city makes a new departure. Its city delivery of papers are now made by girl3, the cewsboy being succeeded by the newsgirl. Forty girls applied for the positions, in response to an advertise ment. It is allejfd that the girls are more prompt and careful. Score one for the girls. Xiie Religion of the Four. In the peuding campaign all four oi the political candidates are Presbyterians. Mr. Harrison and Gen. Steveuson are ac tive membtrs of the Presbyterian church, while Mr. Cleveland aud 3Ir. Whitelaw Reid are regular atte idonts upon Pres byterian mini-.titi "'s, Hrflld. On Guilford Battle Ground. Greensboro, N. C From eight to ten thousand people attended t.e cele bration of the batth? of Guilford C H. Judge Walter Claik was the crator of he day Oth r speaker wer Judge McCorkle. Gen. Rufu Barriner, Judge Dick and Major Guthrie. JULY 14, 1892. LABORERS ARE VICTORS. They Now Hold Possession of tho. Carnegie Iron Works. Homestead, Pa. Everything is now quiet at Homestead, after the serious fighting Wednesday between the locked out men and Pinkerton detectives em ployed by the Carnegie Steel Company, m which five workmen and six detectives were killed, and numbers wounded. The workmen guard the works closely and allow no ingress or egrtess therefrom. Hugh O'Donnell and other conserva tive leaders denounce the action of the mob after the surrender of the deputies as having been brutal and cowardly. To the credit of the gueat majority of the men who are locked out, it can be said that they had no hand in the assault upon the defenseless men. They did all in their powerto protect the men who had thrown themselves upon their mercy. But they were powerless to control the angry mob of foreigners, especially the female portion of it. Had it not been for the wild demonstrations indulged in by the women, who " called upon their husbands and sorts to avenge the killing of the workmen who were shot by the Pinkertons, it is probable the latter would not have been so roughly handled. Burgess McGluckie addressed the crowd at the rink, and said: "Fellow citizens, I call upon you and each of you to act in an orderly manner. We will not permit any 'further unlawful demon strations. All the men will be locked up and not one of them will be allowed to escape. Each one of these 'bums' and beats' who came here to shoot down honest working men will be charged with murder. We will see if the poor people have not equal rights with mo nopolists who.employ and send to their place a gang of murderers and cut throats." This address was greeted with cheers. It iad the desired effect, and the mob became more orderly. WHIPPED BY MASKED MAN. A White Man and HislWife Near Smithfield Severely Flogged. Wilmington Messenger. About six miles from Smithfield, John ston county, on last Saturday night, a party of men in disguiso went to the home of Steve Thompson, a white man, and give him and his wife a terrible thrashing. ' Thompson claims that the men were white and that they disguised themselves by blacking their faces. He states that there were about a dozen in the party, Huu Uc JJlCieuua lUiib lie iciwg'iiicu oomu 'of them as his neighbors. He made com plaint of these facts before Justice F. C. jHyman, at Smithfield aud svo;e out war rants against one of the wealthiest men in the country and three of his sons. It is said -that the motive for the whip p ng of Thompson and his wife involves several things affecting their character. It is charged that they are virulent and aangerous people, and that they are tire brands in the community. They are also accused of being of depraved and immoral character and several robberies have been laid to their door. The old " woman is siid to be a perfect virago and is the mother of three negro children. I All these things the community could not endure and the neighbors whipped the old man and his wife with the idea bf driving them out of the neighborhood . The Messenger's Informant says Thomp son received a terrible floggiog. The stripes laid across 1m back made a mass pi sores that cause him to cry out when he makes an effort to walk. Across his shoulders the flesh is terribly lacerated, and U is said his wife's punishment was little leva severe. SENATORS HANGED IN EFFIGY. Utah People Angry Because Carey and Warren Voted Against tho Silver Bill. Ogden, Utah. United States Sena tors Carey and Warren of Wyoming were hanged in effigy in front of the City Hall here by a throng of citizens indignant because the Senators had voted agaiust the Silver bill. The effigies were hanged to an electric railway wire. In the pock et of the Warren effigy was a paper which said : WAHI5OT0!, D. C. Dear Governor, ChVQine. Wyo-: Th paaMe of the Silver bill wn disappoint mont tn m. Am afraid It will discourage our clan tf It pasea the House and the President should sign It. fa that event the 10,000 acres that we are after will cost oi double what we axe now expecting to -et It at. But be hopeful; we may ye.t beat it- One more year of tingle gold standard, and we will own the oest nan or Wyoming- loarsiiiuT, " A paper in the pocket of the Carey effigy said: Be !t enacted by the Senate and House of Kepre sentatlves of the United States in Congress: Whsrraji The honest settlers of the State of Wy oming are In open rebellion aealnst the cattle barons of that State, who hae a Just right feed their herds upon the crops or the settlers; t nererore, rtMoh-nii. That we recocnlze the rleht of tbe Pres Irion t of the TJnited States to order troops Into the State of Wyoming to compel submission of the peo ple to the wishes of the catt-e barons; Ranlunt. Further, that the honnt settlers of tbe West have no right which monopoly should respect; Damn the people : On ordering the bodies cut down Act ioe Chief of Police Smith said: "With no hostility to the Silver bill, with every friendly feeling for free coin age, aud only for the purpose of prevent ing an obstruction to the street, I order me uuuics tut mTu. In Jail With His Brothers. Asheville. N. C Sam NVLitson. white, of Mitchell county, was arreted here by Sheriff Reynolds, charged with attempting to bribe" the jailer. Whitson came here and going to the jail offered the keeper one hundrel dollars to release his brothers, Will and Tom, now in jail nnder sentence of death foi a j murder committed in Mitchell county, ten years ago. When arrested Wbitson's satchel was searched agd found to contain a pair of revolvers and a large quantity of cait ridges. The would-be briber now occu pies a cell adjoioing bis brothers. Made Quito a Haul, and Skipped. Kashville, Tzss. Lester n. Gate, teller, and W. E. Turner, bookkeeper of the Ciy Saving Bnk, fled from here last Saturday night with all the t ash on hand, amounting to 11,009. They were not misted until Monday. It is fupposd the men have gone to Mrxico. Both were members of the Y. H. 0. 1 DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Declaration of Principles Adopted by the National Convention . The platform as adopted by the Demo cratic National Convection at Chicago is as follows: Section 1. The representatives of the Democratic party of the United States, in National Convention assembled, do re affirm their allegiance to the principals of the party as formulated by Jefferson nnl exemplified by the long and illustrious lino of his successors in Democratic leadership from Madison to Cleveland. We be lieve the public welfare demands thit these principals be applied in the conduct of the Federal Government through the accession to power of the party that advocates them, and we solemnly de clare that the need of return to these fun damental principles of a free popular gov ernment, based on home rule aud in iividual liberty, was never more urgent than now, when the tendency to centralism all power at the Federal capital has become a menace to the reserved rights of the State?, that strikes at the very roots of our Government under the Constitution as framed by the fathers of the Republic Section 2. W e warn the people of our common country, jealous for the preserva tion of their free institutions, that the policy of Federal control of election?, to which the Republican party has committed itself, is fraught with the gravest dangers, scarcely less momentous than would resu't from a revolution practically estab lishing monarchy on the ruins of the Republic. It strikes at the North as well as the South, and injures the colored citizen even more than the white; it means a horde of deputy marshals at every polling place, armed with Federal power; returning boards appointed and controlled by Federal authority; the outrage of the electoral rights of the people in the several States; the subjugation of the colored people to the control of the party in power and the reviving of race antagonisms now happily abated, of the utmost peril to the safety and happiness of all; a measure deliberately and iustly described by a lead ing Republican Senator as "the most in famous bill that ever crossed the threshold of the Senate." ' Such a policy, if sanctioned by law, would mean the dominance of a self-perpetuating oligarchy of office holders, and the party first intrusted with its machinerv could be dislodged from power only by an appeal to tbe reserved right of the people to resist op pression which is inherent in all self-governing communities. Two ;years ago this revolutionary policy was emphatically con demned by the people at the polls; but in contempt of the verdict the Republican party has defiantly declared in its latest authoritative utterance that its success in the coming elections will mean the enact ment of the Force bill and the usurpation of despotic control over elections in all the States. Believing that the preservation of Republican government in the United States is dependent upon the defeat of this policy of legalized force and fraud, we invite tbe support or all eitiz?ns who desire to see the Constitution maintained in its integrity, with the laws ! pursuant thereto, which have given our country a hundred years of unexampled prosperity, and we pledge the Democratic party, if it be intrusted with power, not only to the defeat of the Force bill, but also to relentless opposition to the Republican policy of profligate expenditure which in the short space of two years has squandered an t-normous surplus and emptied an over flowing treasury after piling new burdens of taxation upon the already overtaxed labor of the country. Section 3. We denounce the Republican policy of protection as a fraud on the labor of the great majority of the American peo ple for the benefit or the few. We declare it to be a fundamental principle of the Dem cratic party that the Federal Government has no constitutional power to impose and collect tariff duties except for tho purposes of revenue onty, and we demand that the collection of such taxes shall be limited to the necessities of the Government when hon estly and economically administered. Section 4. Trade interchange on the basis of reciprocal advantages to the coun tries participating is a time-honored doc trine of the Democratic faitb, but we de nounce the sham reciprocity which juggles with the people's desire for enlarged foreign markets and freer exchanges by pre tending to establish closer trade relations for a country whoso articles of export are almost ex clusively agricultural products with other countries that are also agricultural, while erecting a Custom House barrier of prohib itive tariff taxes against the rich countries of the world that stand ready to take our entire surplus of products and to exchange therefor commodities which are necessaries and comforts of life among our own people. Section 5. We recognizj in tho trusts and combinations, which are designed to en able capital to secure more than its just share of the joint products of capital and labor, a natural consequence of the prohib itive taxes which prevent the free compe tition which is the life of honest trade, but we believe their worse evils can be abated by law, and we demand the rigid enforce ment of the laws made to prevent and con trol them, together with such further legis lation in restraint of their abuses as ex perience may show to bo necessary. Section 6. The Republican party, while professing a policy of reserving the public land for small holdings by actual settlers has given away the people's heritage till now a few railroad and non-resident aliens, in dividual and corporate, possess a larger area than that of our farms between the two seas. The last Democratic a.iui.ui3..i'uun re versed the improvident and nn wise policy ol the Republican party toucain? tha publis domain, and reclaimed from corporations and syndicate?, alien and domestic, and re stored to the people nearly one hundrel million acres of valuable land to be sacredly held as bomesteais for our citizdns, and wa pledge ourselves to continue this policy un til every acre of land so unlawfully hel 1 shall bo reclaimed anl restore 1 to the people. 3 Section 7. We denounce the Republican legislation known a th Sherman act of 18 JO as a cowardly makeshift fraught witi possibilities of danger in the future which should make all of its supporter s as well as its author, anxious for its speedy repeal. We boll to the us of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country, and to the coinage of of both gold and silver without discriminat ing against either metal or charge for mint age, but the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be of equal intrinsic and ex changeable value, or be adjmted throuzh in ternational agreament or by such safe guards of legislation as shall injure tbe maintainance of the parity of the two metals, and the equal power of every dollar at all tines in the markets anl in the payment of debts, and we demand that all paper currency shall be kept at par with and redeemable in such. coin. We insist upon this policy at ep3c;-ally necessary for the potection of tbe farmers anl laboring classes, the first and most defenceless victims of unstable money ani a fluctuating currency. Section 8. We recommend that Un pro hibitory ten per cent, tax on State bank is sues be repealed. Secon S. Public office is a public trust. We reaffirai th declaration of the Demo cratic National Convention of 1S73 for the reform of the civil service and we call for th horM aforcemut of all lawj regula ting the same. The nomination of a President, as in the recent Rrmblica.n convention. bv dele gation comnosed largely of Lis appoiutees, holllng office at bis pleasure, i nA ion &a tire unon free Doonlar in stitutions and a startling illustration of th-s methods by wntc-J a rresneni may gratiy hisanbitson. daoio:8 a policy nudr hk-h Federal cfflie-hot lers usurp co.itrj! of pirty conventions in t i Status, anl wj pielge the Demoeratfo party to the reform of these anl all other abuses which threafea NCM2I individual liberty and local self-jovemm;n- Section 10. Th Democratic party is ths only party that his evar givja the country a foreign policy consistent aul vigorous, compelling respect abroad an 1 inspiring con fidence at home. Whil avoiding en tangling alliances it has aimed to cultivate lriendly relations with other Nations and especially with our neighbors on the American continent whose destiny is closely linked with our . own, anl we view with alarm the tendency to a policy of ir rati on and bluster, which it liable at any time to confront us with ths alternative of humiliation or war. -We favor the maintenance of a navy strong enough for all purposes of National defence and to prop erly maintain the honor and dignity oi the country abroad. Section 11. ThU country has always been tho refuge of. the oppressed from every land exiles for conscience sake and in the spirit of the founders of our Government we condemn the oppression practice I by the Russian Government upon its Lutheran and Jewish subjects, and we call npon our National Government, in the interest of justice and humanity, by all just aud- proper means, to use its prompt and best efforts to bring about a cessation of these cruel persecutions in the dominions of the Czar and to secure to the oppressed equal rights. We tender our profound and earnest sympathy to thus lovers of freeiom who are struggling for Home Rule and the great caute of local self-government in Ireland. Section I?. We heartily approve all le gitimate efforts to prevent the Uuited States Irom being used as the dumping ground for the known criminals anl professional pau-1 pers of Europe, and we demand the rigid enforcement of the laws against Chines immigration or the importation of foreign workmen uuler outnet to degralo Ameri can labor and lessen its wajes, but wa con demn and denounce any and all attempts to restrict the immigration of the industrious and worthy of foreign lands. Section 13. This convention hereby re news the expression of appreciation of the patriotism of the soldiers and sailors of the Union in the war for its preservation, and we favor just and liberal pensions for all disabled Union soldiers, their widows and dependents, ' but we de mand that tho work of the Pension Offlca shall be done Industriously, im partially and honestly. We denounce th present administration of that office as in competent, corrupt, digraoeful and die . honest. Section 14. Th Federal Government should care for and improve the Mississippi River and other great waterways or the Re public so as to secure for ths intrior States easy and cheap transportation to the tidewater. When the waterway of th Rspublie is of Hurncient importance to de mand the aid of tho Government that rach aid should be exiendei on a definite pla.i of continuous work until permaut-ut improve ment is secured . Section 15.-rFor purpose of National defence and the promotion o" co nmero be tween th9 States we recogn'ze the early con struction of thi ixicaragua Canal aud its firotection against foreign cmtrol as of great mportancj t" the Unite! State". .. -i a r : : . i ir 1' Columbian Exposition as a National under taking of vast imDortance. in whteh th can- eral Government has invited the co-operation of all the Powers of the worM, and appre. dating the acceptanca by many of xuch rowers of the invitation for extended an I the broadest liberal efforts bsing made by them to contribute to the " gran leur of ths undertaking, we are of the opinion that Congress should make such necsjsary finan cial provision as shall be requisite to the maintenance of the National honor and pub lic faith. Section 17. Popular educiHon being th ouly safe lasis of popular suffrage, wa rec ommend to the several States most liberal appropriations for the public ss)'0U. Free common schools arj the nursery of good government and they" hav always received the fostering car, of the Democratic party, which favors every means of increasing intelligence. Freeiom of education being an essential of civil and religious liberty as well as a necessity for the development of intelligence, roust uot be interfered with under any pretext whatever. We are opposed to State interference with parental rights an 1 rights of conscience in the education of children as an infringement of the funda mental Democratic doctrine that the largest individual liberty consistent with the rights of others insures the highest type of Ameri can citizenship and the best government. Section 1H. We approve tho action of the present House of Representatives in Eassing bills for tho almission into ths Tniou as States of the Territories of New Mexico an 1 Arizona, an 1 we favor the early admission of all the 'Pritorles having nacesry population and resource to admit them to Statehood, ant w'nile they remain Territories we hoi I that -the officials appointed to administer the gov ernment of anv Territory, together with tae Districts Of Columbia and Alaska, should be bana fide resiient of tie Territory or Dis trict in which their du'.ies are to be per formed. The De nocratic pir'y believnin home rule and the control of their own affairs by the people of the vicinage. Section 19. we favor legislation by Con- f;ress and Stats Lagisla'Uivs to protect the ives and limbs of railway employe and thosa of other hazardous transportation companies and denounce the inactivity of the Republi can party and particularly tbe Republican Senate for cau-ing tbe defeat of measures beneficial and protective to this class of wageworkers. Section 20. We are in favor of the en actment by the States of Jaws for abolishing the notorious sweating system, for abolish ing contract-convict labor and for prolr bit ing the employment in factories of chillren under fifteen year of a?e. Section 21. We are opposed to all sump tuary laws as an interference with th In dividual rights of tbe citizen. Section 22. Upon this statement of prin ciples and lollclea the Democratic- party asks the. intelligent ju Jgment of . the Ameri can people. It asks a change of administra tion and a change of party in order that there may be a change of syste n and change of methods, thus assuring in main tenance, unimpaired, of institutions under which th Republic ha grown great and powerful. Says the Ww York Sun. J The Southern States should encourage white immigration. They can get it In big volume right straight along. Millions of white people can be draw to tbe Sou-hern States. The Southern fie'ds and plantation? need them ; the Southern cities and towi-s need them. The South would be emkhed by immigation, and imml giant ran find opportunities of eniich ineit in the South. Th natural i sources pf the oii'Vrr 8Utc r- of surj'fsiinw pUnituiit. , ihe labor and caritl r ceded (or the development of those resources can be ebtaiued in abundance. The white population of the South' i&ught to be doubled within a generation, and tbe doubling of it would quadruple br decuple tbe wealth of the South with in that generation I Four Lives to Be Charged to the Ker osene Lamp. New Yobk, N. Y. Mrs. Annie Bro- iertck and her three children were suf focated in a tire th s morning at their iurae. The fire, which was caused bv tho explosion of a kerosene lamp, had fcain- i ( uch headway before the fireman could vdch the housj "that it was impossible to tfcscuethj urates. - .