VOL, III.
SALISBURY. K. p. "iPHURSDAY, MARCH 13 1890.
.NO. 23.
AT THECAPITAL.
HAT THE FIFTY-FIRST CON
GRESS IS DOING
pOENTMEKTS BY PBKSIDKST HABRWOK-
-MKAbGHES OF NATIONAL- IMPORTANCE
AD ITEMS OF GEXERAL INTEREST. ,
The third democrat was unseated 6b
LHinaay to make room for a remibli.
rhis Ume Mr. Catc. of Ark-unco.
s the unfortunate one. Fcatherston'
contestant, was at once stforn in
my republicans admitted Lis election
fere were, indeed, va half dozen who
eiuca tncmselvcs to prevent beine
vvvl against incir moral convic
ns. CoMequentlv the reoublienn
rity was very sinalL, although only one
-uuuean, mnz, ot Illinois, a new man
ted with tlio democrats. 'On the first
to, calling the previous qucstiefa.
voio siooa v 144 ; to 141
three republican' mutant v.'
here were ton democrats absent withoui
pusc or pairs, Six are from New York
j uumoouin Carolina, one from Ten
Issee and one from Ohio. The demo-
vts claim that had these men leen in
k'ir seats Catc would not have be.-r
rned out. The vote dcclari rif f'llfn mil
cted was yeus, 147; nays, 148; and
atherstone was sealed by a vote ol
is 145, nays 135, and the oath of ofhYf
is administered to him by the speaker.
enexe ease to be taken un lstfhr
iddCompton contest from Maryland.
i lie house committee on agriculture set
rt its scHsion tm Wednesday to heai
inhere of congress who de.sired.to sneak
on the bills pending before the com
ttee to regulate the manufacture and
l of eompound lard. Representative
wai t, of -Georgia, read a letter from W.
Pfck, president of the Farmers1 Alii
e of Georgia, in whichhe says: "Mr.
toh has no authority to say that the
iaucc in Georgia wants such a bill as
i speak of. Of .course it would ruin
; oil null .lnduhftrv in the South, and
mage ais about $2.M,000,000 annually.
would reduce the price of lard so us to
bik great, hardships to poor people. You
l rest assured that Georgia wants no
:h measure .passed."" Representative
rgan, -of Mississippi, a member of the
ummee, uu nc -was a member of the
oners' Alliance, and knew that the or-
piation in ithe southern States does not
fsire the legislation jxroposed in theCou
r'aud Jhitterworth bills. Thev are in
or of a general pure food bill. The
'sage of the .Conger bill would take
had and meat out of the mouths of the
pie.
rhe senate on AVedwsday took up the
lir educational bill Mr. Barbour
dressed -the senate in alvoeaey of the bill.
p spoke of the great int-ere.-t which the
Jupleaook in that measure., and said that
had been favored an the plat-
in ot Doth political parties in
at state. It was of the deepest interest
the people of N irguna, who had
ne as much for the sake of education
the people of any other State. They
d expended about 19,000,000 for that
rpose, and had given. fo, 000, 000 to ed-
ate the colored children, -which the
neral government had put upon, not
3- as citizens, but as sovereigns. y JIc
s surprised at the lack, of interest on
p subject shown by the senate, and was
onished at the Southern Senators1 oppo-
pon.
Hie senate consumed all day Thursday
a "dark lantern" session, discussing
Vat was lest to do with newspaper cor-
pondents who persisted m jjrmting
ir, secret session news. I lie idea of
ling the correspondents unless they
tl tell 'the source of their ftiforma-
u, has practically . been abandoned.
zees of other suggestions were, made,
I nearly every, senator present had a
Ird to sajv but all propositions were
red down, and adjournment was again
I .without a decision upon any. plan.,
matters now stanch many senators are
y much annoyed. " Indeed, they are
gry, but there seems only one solution;
abolishment ot "dark lantern scs-
ns. .-
n the house,- on Friday morning. Mr.
usje.n, of the committee on elections,
orted a resolution in the Alabama eon
ted" election ease of Threet vs. Clark.
e resolution, which Mas unanimously
orted, declared Clark entitled to retain
seat. It was adopted. I he house
n went into eommitte of the whole on
private calendar. The house, in its
ning session passed tiftv private pen-
n bills and adjourned.
Vfter the usual morning business on
day in the way of the presentation of
itions and of tlie introduction and re-
tiug of trills, the senate proceeded to
consideration of bills on the calendar.
blic buildings on the calendar having
n reached," the following were ; passed :
t- Sterling Ills., $50, 000 ; Oakland, Cat..
)0,000;Chyenne, AVyo.,f l..0,uou; Uhes-
Fa., f 100,000; Helena, .nr., 4uw,wo.
senator from New Hampshire Mr.
i i r . i.
Vir ajjain aiiacKeu ine ut-ss u mt-
nitrv. He went on to speak of the
Jnton Herald, Boston Gfohe, and Xcw
rk Trilntne as being against Jus educa-
kial bill, and said that every democratic
cr in New York advocated it, mean-
t in that connection, the Herald, Times.
rid and Erening rod. After a f-hort
eutive session, the senate adjourned
Monday.
En the heuse on Saturday Mr. 31c-
eary. of Kentucky, from the commit
on foreign affairs, report eu a, resoiu
n .requesting from the president any
rres pontic nee wnn ine .uHiniugm-
iment in regard 4o the employment id
regular army of the United States of
lian scouts for the purpose of pur
na hostile Indians in their raids into
ritones of the United States; and any
respendeee in regard to the proposed,
nsfer of the Apache and
iricahua . Indians from Mount
a non oarraeks Aiaoama, . . io
it Hill, Indian Territory. Adopted. . . .
e morning hour was consumed in the
cussion of the bill providing for the
Jupulsory attendance of witnesses be-
e registers ana receivers of land omces,
ich was passed. The house then, in
bimittee of the whole, resumed consid-
tion of public bmlding measures. A
at number of bills for public
hding were called up and discussed.
kj committee then arose and reported
bills to the house, which immediately
nd itself in a small deadlock.- There
N no quorum to pass the bills. Pend-
15 further discussion the house ad-
It
:ed. '
.-.-mwittee on privileges and
along session on Satur
lectmns, ' theh (.mte6ic(1 3Iontina
S thVscnate that Power nd
SXJSTtho publican senator,,
be
H-tcd.
.NOTES.
V i';M va sported- from the commit
.wculturCon Thursday to transfer:
ee
he
wither l-u-au-to the agricultural depart-
twnt.
The enmptrolior of currency has -att-thorized
thp Anniston Rational bank of
Anniston. Ala. l.gm business with a
capital of $10,000.
Hie a: ricultural committee" on Fndav
po8tponea the vote on the compound lard
till or a "week. thern men feel
more hopeful m are working like beavers
to defeat it. .
I'ostm'i-tW -fleiwral "Wanamaker apd
wife,' aenJnpanied by Mh narrison,
Mrs. Rvs-llllarrin and Mrs. McKee,
vill Ieuv.- ;Vhingtn for a trip to Flori
da vhere ib- v vill spent about two weeks..
Attornrv V;.-!iera! Miller has received
inforn Htion from the United States mar
shal of Ultima, of kpredations on gqv-
rrmerit lands & timber, apo
also of hi- Charge of several saw
mills. )
It has hfu charged i-K the New Yrk
Thnes that 'the ,.rnidiEg prosecution
iguinst tin' civil MTviec commission ii &
2onspirav. ir,t; .which the president
md pn):iiii'':i!t repwUliean " officials' have
nterwl fiii th nut iv.se uf wrecking the
reform sv-rmh. ainl -n) tituting the old
-poils system.
Sneaker UVt'd called all his chairmen
ol
committees together, Thursday morning,
and gave them" stric t instructions to hold
down the" nppropriatio'is. He said he
was determined that the Democratic pre
dictions that tin's would lie the most ejx
travagaiit aJmiuistiaticn in the liistory
af this country should not prove correct.
Congre-man Raker, of New York. gave
notice WcdiK-diiy th:it in a few days ic
would call up the hills for the admission
of Wyoming mid Idaho. The democrat"
want to bring in New Mexico and Arizo
na, where they believe they have a light
ing chance simultaneously Avith the two
northern territories The Wyoming bjll
contains a female si iff uyge clause, and
recognizes 1 he right of women to hold
office.
The suh ( :nimittee on the world's fair
made cnco.ui'iiging progress towards the
completion of their bill at Saturdayfs
meeting. The Chicago visiting delega
tion were present and the sub-committee
turned -the hill over to them with instruc
tions to g?over it very carefully, linti fry
line, and biggest such changes as in their
opinion were necessary to make the mea
sure meet the needs of Chicago. j
IiejJreseiif alive Taylor, of Illinois, on
Thursday, introduced in the house a bjll
to provide for the establishment of a sys
tem of government telegraphs. for the use
of the government and the people, and io
be operated as a part of the jiostal system.
It provide that a hoard, eonsisting of tike
Secretary of State. Secretary of War add
Postmaster General shall cause' to be built
or shall buy lines.' of telegraph, wherein it .
is the opinion such are needful to the pur
poses of the go venmieut.' j
The direct tax hill was, on Friday, -reported
back to the house froms the judi
ciary committee, accompanied .by major
ity and minority reports. The majority
report says that the views on the bill last
year meet the approal of . the majority,
and are adopted hy them in reporting
the bill h,((;k thi- ye;r. The minority
report say mat the v eto message of e.v
President
'levclaim
i.Io ment.
is so accurate and
so cogent in reason-'
lucid in
Uio; atld l"U!eui
,i
in
deduction, that the
;.s expressing theii
minority :i loot
v'mrc i"l ) l.i!
it
ii,..'-,' III.
niere is a great' scramble being made
by various companies till ever the country
to secure tin control of the seal fur fishe
ries in the r.chring-sea. .The' government
has opened the l.jds for the control of
these fisheries for the next twentv vearsj.
I allows M.Kn seals to be killed anmi
ally. The Al-ka Seal Fur company mis
controlled .it for twenty years past. Thev
are among the score of 'hidders this time..
Their profits for twenty rears have been
909 per cent annually, consequently the
great scramble and iar-e number tit
bidders. ."" j
Senator Aiis..n. tli great -republican
tariff leader, created. a sesation in politj
ieal circles. ,n Friday.- bv coniiug out in
an interview m whi h lie plainly and dis
tinctly goes l,;lf.k- 0!1 tiC. ie.ujng ft.ature
of the republican platform outlined in
the Chicago oavciition. Hc says. i.yoti
may say that I am in Iav(.r of a deep cult
on sugar. I -w ill not say that 1. favor the
abolition ot the duty and the payment of
a bounty. to tobacco, vou may sav
that I will vote to abolish 'the tax on it
very reluctantly. We will have a hard
time explaining the duty on a great manV
necessities if we abolish" the duty oil
this great -luxury." j
The Pau-Auiericau " conference h
finally -adopted the report of the com
mittee on international law. - Majority
and minority reports were- made by the
committee on customs union. The ma
jority say that the establishment of -a
customs union, as, generally understood1
would reo.uire not only a partial sacrifice
of national sovereignty "of the American
nations, but ymro radical changes in their
respective eonstmuions than thev art
willing "to accept. The majority, "therd"
fore, deem the adoption of a"customl
union as nnpra tK.ablo Thy Q
recommend. -hoveve o. uch of
governments a. 1!l)lv tU.sire partial recip'
rocity, to nwjt , .mmercial treaties witb
one or more of the American countries
under such tn,, . m bo acc t d
eacu i-. unnoritv report recom-
aiendsihcrt
-'jon of the whole subject!
A GHASTLY pARCEL.
TBEHEAD OF A WOMAN SKXT TO A KUS-
A horrible tragedy has come to light ii
3IOSCOW,-Kus,la. Gn Friday a - ,
was icft at the restdenee of Prince DoU
geronkolt, v luh upon examination wa
found to contain the head of a woman.
With the parcel Was hfx a notice bearing
n08igature, saying; .-This ig Cur firs!
a-rnlrtit. "C Will ennn U. t
ii,. T?mter. it ..m ki; j ,t
t.tfiZA for i";: me womar
was.ftjfis Hs-fin2 i&e nihilhsta.
SOUTH 1ULN iNOTES.
rS TERES TING NEWS FROM ALL
POINTS IX THE SOUTH.
?K?? ERAL rKOORESS ANT) OCCtTRRKNCEB
WHICH ARE HAPPENING BET.OVT MA
SOXS'AXI DIXOX'9 LINK.
The Pecos Kiver Hailroad company at
Austin, Texas, was chartered Friday with
i capital of $400,000.
A dispatch of Saturday, from Birming
iHtn, Ata., says : 41ejuty Sheriff Jackson,
f Lamar county, bus been killed by Rub
Burrow, the notecl(tiain robber and out
law. A fire at Andorsou, S. C , on Thursday
burned the large livery stables "of R. J.
Southerlaud. Ten horses were burned tc
ieath. The loss is over $6, 000. There
Was only $."500 insurance on the stables.
The city authorities and board of trad
uf Columbus, Ga., have united iu tender
ng a memorial to the Pan-American con
gress, setting forth' the city's advant:iges
md inviting the. delegates to pay a visit.
A special fioin .lacJson, Miss., says:
The supreme court, I on Wednesday,
affirmed the sentence of j the lower court
ia the case of Jake Kilrain, which is twe
months' imprisonment in the county jail
at Purvis and $200 fine. u
The contract for the building of a com
plete .set of water works at Henderson, X
C, ha been awarded to Mr. J. L. Lud
low, of ''AViuston. There are to be sixty-
eight hydrants, for which the town is tc
pay an annual rental of i,T00.
The ninth annual Florida Sunday
schoobe-on vent ion met at Lake City, Fla..
on Wednesday. All the officials were
present, and a large .number of delegates
from Various parts of the State, with sev
eral prominent workers from other states.
At an enthusiastic meeting of citizenj
at Somerset, Miss. , t.n Saturday, a com
mittee was appointed to solicit subscrip
tions for a stock company to build a cot
ton factory. The legislature enipowerec
the citv to subscribe $20.000.. Capita!
stock $2r0,JQ0. 1
A number of prominent colored men ol
Louisiana met at New Orleans on Thurs
day and organized a central assoedatioc
for the State under the constitution ol
the '-('iti.ens? liqual ltights Association.''
The meeting was calleel by Pinchback,
who will call a similar convent ion in each
of the Southern States.
There is great excitement in the vicin
ity of Sorentain Head, Sumner county,
Term., over the appearance of spotted
fever, or malignant meningetis. There
have been seven eleaths, and there are
sereral new' cases. Those who take it
live only a short time.
twenty-four hours.
some dying ir
Majority and minority reports were
made by the legislative committee ap
pointed to examine the office of the Stats
Treasurer of Mississippi. The reports dc
not differ materially. They express the
opinion that where Treasurer Hemingway
is credited with $105,530 paid out by him
for coupons in 1876, and for which nc
credit can be found on his general books.
It will be found that the State owes him
more than $2,000, '
A Ilnntsville, Ala., dispatch says:
The meeting of the minority stockholel
crs of the Memphis and Charleston rail
road company was not held there Thurs
day as advertised, Circuit Judge Henry
C. Speake, of that district, having pre
viously granted a writ of injunction re
straining said stocklmlders from holding
the meeting. The injunction was granted
the East Tenuescce, Virginia and Geor
gia railroad.
A dispatch from Dalhi?, Texas, Friday,
siys: Superintendent Fuller, of the Pa
cific Express company, and the father oi
Walton, the absconding agent, are there
and have secured, from a house of ill'
fame a package containing $ 16, 9-10,
Walton - left this package in a woman's
charge when he ran away. This, with
$8,000 given up by the absconder in 2vew
Brunsw ick, makes $24,940 of the original
$:io,000 stolen. ' . .
The Atlanta Con'stitation : reports that an
attempt is being made to palm off on the
public a spurious volume of the Life and
Writ ngs of Henry Grady, and says: "W
beg our exchanges, throughout the. coun
try, in justice to the memory of 3Ir. Gra
dy, and in justice to his wife, his mother
anei his children.
to announce to theii.
readers that the
only authorized volume
containing
his life, his writings and his
speeches, is published by Cassell & Co,,
of ISTew York, and cdheel by Joel Chand
ler Harris."
CONDITION OF TRADE.
UEV1EW OK BUSINESS FOR TflE PAST WEEK
riL.UR'ES. ETC.
' ft.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review ol
trade says: The state of the trade has not
materially- altered during the past week,
though the change of weather has pro
dueeel much tempca-ary improvement in
some lines, and in the others trade is less
satisfactory than a week ago. The vol
ume of domestic trade appears well sus
tained. In the iron trade also the siua
tiou has not materially improved, and at
Pittsburg prices are again lower. The de
mand for sheet irou is unusually good,
and for nails a trifle better. The window
glass trade is active, and a fourth advance
in prices within three months has been
ordered, but Hint glass works at Pitts
burg are curtailing production.
THE STOCK MARKET
has not changed any during the past weet
in any material respect, the average of
prices being substantially the same.
The removal of fears concerning possible
exorts of gold, the rapid rise of foreign
exchange, vindications that purchases on
foreign account now exceed the sale of
securities, all tend to make absorption oi
money by the treasury less observed. ,It
may be added that the decrease in the ac
tivity of trade throughout the country
tends to release larger amounts of money
than have been expected to return to this
center at present. But with bank re
serves, remarkably narrow for the season,
speculation for an advance :n stocks is
checked by fear of artificial string
ency in money, as it is naturally also by
the approach of the season of open navi
gation without satisfactory settlements
among the transporting lines. Business
failures occurring throughout the coun
try during the last week number foi
the United States 228. Canada 37.
A GREAT SCHEMf
FOK THE HEUEF op THE Vabxvx SIS
?, "TO VASCE'S BttXL.
Senator Zeb VTf !Torth Carolina,.
Has introduced into the t upper house ol
congress a novel bill intended as a relid
measure for the farmers. Briefly outlined
the bill appropriates $50,000,000 for th
erection of agricultural depositories pi
warehouses in each count in the United
States where the sheriff awl clerk of such
county may certify that the average gross
amount per annum of fcotton, wheat
corn oats and tobacco produced and sold
m the county for last preced-
1D,g 1 ?ears exceeds the sum
of o00,-000 at current prices,
lhe scheme is to allow owners of cotton,
corn etc., to deposit thp same in th
warehouse nearest the point or produc
tion, and receive therefor! treasury notes
equal at the date of deposit to eighty per
centum of the net value of such products,
based on prices current b the leading
cotton, tobacco and grain markets of the
Cmtcd States. The bill authorizes the
secretary of the treasury tp ' prepare treas
ury notes in such amounts as may be re
quired to do business, bt no notes so
prepared are to be of le denomination
than one dollar or greater than $10.00.
These notes are made receivable for cus
toms, and are to be legalf tender for all
debts. both private and public.
The main object of the bi I is to have the
government lend money to the farmers at
the low interest, of one percentum per
annum. It will allow a fanner to hold
his goods, if he cares to, for a better
market without paving the enormous
rates charged by banks and unlicensed
money lenders. " It headist. off all trusts
and combinations, and if lit could become
a law the supposition is that peace and
plenty, if not luxury, would once more
obtain throughout the land.
THE FARMER'S! TALK .
THE FARMER'S ALI.IA.XCE OF MIXNPSOTA
MEET IX CON-YENtriON.
The annual session of i
Farmer's Alliance met
Tuesday, and nearly 400
present. Deputy State
he Minnesota
at St.. 1'aul
Si elevates were
Lecturer Fish
painted a dark picture' of how farmer
are being robbed by the lioard of trade
of Minneapolis and C'nicago, which
raised or lowered the priice of wheat as
they pleased anel held the starving farmers
at their mercy. It was time, he declared,
that the big gambling hell in Chicago
was wiped out of existence, and if the
farmers rose in their might this" might
be accomplished. Wj S. Grove,
county lecturer, followed in
a - similar strain during the day.
It developed that there were three fac
tions in the convention, ope. favoring aE
endorsement of Albert jSheffer, tin? re
publican cantlidate for governor, the sec
ond wanted Merriam, thet present gov
ernor, endorsed, and thethirel wanted the
Alliance to break away fr6m all parties.
They wanted to place Ignatius Donnelly
in the field on a Farmer's!. Alliance tariff
reform platform. The 8Wffer people are
in power, and will likely remain so
There are now nearly 7710 Alliances in
the state, with a total membershiji of oyer
80QJ00O. .
A CURIOSITY.
llT THE CAS
SCrESTIFIC MEN BAFFLED
SK OF
X PARALTTIC
An Augusta, Ga. , dispatch says : The
scientific men in this section are uov
1
deep in inquiry over the wonder of the
mental world of the fl9th century.
Maior Perrv. a mulatto, h;is been
discovered a few miles jfrom Augusta
He is very illiterate, and has been para:
lyzed for a number of yeais, yet, while in
a trance or profound slumlber, engages in
ministerial services, reciting hymns of his
own composition, and singing them. He
repeats the text verbatim, las given in the
scriptures, giving the book and verse and
preaching an edifying serinon therefrom.
When the trance passes out he is entirely
nneonscions of what he has said or done
durinir his sleep. This is baffling the sj--?i?.
of scientists. f.
A BANK ASSIGNS.
rmc county officials
TjQE PRINCIPM.
LOSEKS GKEAT
EXCITEMENT.
The banking firm of Cj L. Lewis &
Co., doing business in Winchester, Ind.,
a town of $3,000 inhabitants, closed its
doors Tuesday morning and made an as-
a i'll thp counts nfflcialo
Bignmeui. a" v c
maae ueposns tviiu. -- fVnv
quently are heavy losers. The treasurer
will lose $3,500, the auditor $2,500 and
nuite a number of other persons will lose
smaller amounts, ranging fom 100 to
$1,000. The firm has beei doing busi
ness for a number of years,) and was re
garded as one of the mpst substantial
banking houses in the stat. Great ex
citement prevails over the assignment.
THE (UEEnTlflOE
BROUGHT TO BEaTlN TH CASE OF MRS..
MAYBRICK.
A dispatch from Loncon, England,
says Report is curren here that the
queen has about decided t grant pardon
to Mrs Maybrick, the American woman
now semfSalifetirnc sentence for the
XSoSoningofher hasband. Al
the general petitions m favor of
Se fortunate woman we;re oppressed
oy tSe home secretary, with-wtomit is en
tirely ODtional whether or not it shall reach
he Leen it is knoYn that over a month
rmemonal, mflnent fe
Sdons point tothe prol)aole issuance
of a free pardon-
THE CZARN pANQER.
HE 18 THREATENED "HAJASSINATI0--A
WAIININGLETTEB.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg, Rus.
sia S The Czar hp received a
sia, says. iu woman who
saf that unless he g J
btersattheKime tune. V ,P .
extra wrtchW '"'Z
active search for tne tendiiic-of th.
of being implicated in tie Uk
xeiier.
ALLIAN0EW0TES.
- V
- i
WHAT THE ORDER AND ITS
MEMBERS ARE DOING.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE FARMER,
GATHERED FROM VAEIOT78 SECTION
OF THE CO ENTRY.
The Mississippi Farmers' Alii
$8,562:60 in bank at Winona.
iance has
C. S. Meadows, of Wrishtsville, Ga.,
killed an Alliance hog that weighed 572
poundg, and sold for $43.36.
The Polk County (Ga.) Alliance have
completed a substantial stone building at
Rockmart for their Alliance store.
An Alliance bank is being established
at Americus, Ga., exclusively of members
of the order for Alliance purposes. V
The Farmers' and Laborers' Union oi
France do not meddle in politics. They
devote their work to co-operative and
technical matters.
A member of a sub-Alliance in Cobb
county, Ga., has been expelled for using
lute, and having his cotton ginned where
the gmner used jute
The offensive and defensive alliance
of the Farmers' State grange and Knights
of Labor, in Kansas' masses the influence
of 125,000 members.
The Farmers' Alliance, ;of Edgefield
county, S. C, has determined to establish
a Farmers- Alliance Bank, to :be located
at some railroad point dn the" -County.
The shares are jrixed at $25. each, to be
paid in five annual installments. ,
A few men join the Alliance through
peculative motives, and because they
can't feel themselves financially benefitted
all at once, they' kick out. Such men
ought trjjStay out among, the speculators,
for thev are not fit for Allianccmen.
The Plain Seafcr. of Orancrebure-. s.
C, reports that- State Superintendent T.
E. Pratt, of the Colorado National Alii
ance, is delivering addresses full of good
advice to the sub-Alliances in various
parts of the State, and the negro farmers
appear to be benefitted by his advice.
A business man in Greenville, S. C,
who dealt largely last year with members
of the Alliance through arrangements
made with the County Business Agent, re
marked a few days ago that of more than
18,000 worth of goods sold on time to
Alliancemen, there was less than $100
past due and uupaid, and he considered
every dollar of that amount perfectly
good.
It would be a shame upon the part of
those who have gone into the Alliance to
fail to carry out their obligations. Let
each member ask himself this question :
' 'If every member of the Alliance should
act as I do, would it be a success If
you are one of those weak-kneed sort you
will have to give it up as a failure. Then
why will you just merely pretend to be a
thing ? If you are going to be a thing,
be it, and if not, then make no preten
tions. Bucltanan Messenger.
The attempt being made by lard pro
ducers to put a tax upon the compound,
or cotton oil lard, is an unjust measure
and should be defeated. The alleged sup-"
port of Southern Alliancemen to this
measure is false.' They are perfectly wil
ling that manufacturers of compounel lard
should be made to put an unmistakable
brand upon it, so that the people may
know what they are using, and may be
able to see the superiority of compound
or cotton oil lard over the so-called pure
lard ; but thev will never favor this pro
duct bearing a special tax ami being
driven out of the market.
lie
The following preamble and resolu
tions were adopted by the DeKalb, coun-
ty, Ga., Alliance:
Whereas, The alliance movement is not
designed, to advance the interest of one
man, or of a fewvmen, but of doing the.
greatest good to the greatest number ; and
Whereas It is not a political organi
zation, after the "loaves and fishes of
office'.' and the "spoils," but- giander,
nobler and higher in its aims and pur
poses, with the motto flying at its mast
head ''principles not men," but men with
principles in unison with ours.
Resolved, That while there is no in
hibition on the members of the Alliance
from running for or accepting any office
within the gift of their fellow-citizens,
we unhesitatingly condemn the idea that
any office of the alliance can use that of
fice to the advancing of his private po
litical ends and his candidacy for any of
fice from bailiff to governor ; that we draw
the line between a man bearing aloft the
alliance banneras its chosen champion foi
the advancement of its principles, and
one simply using the alliance as a step
ping stone to place and power.
Resolved, That we condemn any such
practice and deprecate any such action
tending to corrupt and degrade oui
movement. .
THE CASHIER SKIPPED
WITH $30,000 OF . THE BANK'S MONEY 17'
HIS POSSESSION.
A dispatch Tuesday from Louisville
Ky., says: William II. Pope, teller of th.
Loui3ville City National bank, abscondec
on last Saturday evening with $00,000 oi
the bank's cash in his possession. Noth
ing has since been heard of him. It ii
supposed he is now in Canada. The bank
will not be inconvenienced by the loss,
which will amount to not more than
$40,000, as Pope furnished a gilt-edged
bond of $20,000.
BOLD BURGLARS
MAKE WAT WITH $4,000 WOETH OF JEW
ELRY AND DIAMONDS.
Burglars entered the jewelry store of
Bob. J. Dunning in Kansas City, - Kan.-,
Thursday morning, and broke a safe open
"with a ten pound sledge hammer andsec-Ta-ed
$4,000 worth of diamonds, rjQgv
watches and chain. The jewelry in easel
waa not disturbed.
A BAND OF INCENDIARIES.
A. MOONSHINE ORGANIZATION DISCOVERED
IN PICKENS COUNTY, GA.
A moonshine organization, has been un
earthed in Pickens county, Georgia,
whose members are bound together by
olemn oath for the protection of its in
members, and the punishment of inform
ers. "The honeskjman's friend and pro
tector," is the tittle lf the organization, and
on its roll are tweny-seren sworn mem-
oers. it has Decnm existence aoout a
year and already a,- number of crimes are
charged to its account, the latest the burn
ing of three houses within the past two
months. The burning of a government
distillery is also charged to this band.
The prime object of the organization ii
the driving out of the county all who are
upposed to have been guilty of the of
fense of giving information to the rcYcnut
officers and also for the purpose of in
timidating witnesses. For some months
past the revenue officers have suspected,
the existence of the clan, or a moonshine
brotherhood of some sort: - Active meas
ures, however, were directed to the fcr
retim? out of the members and theii
strength until last uecemDer, wnen ine
revenue officers and county officers com
bined to bring the offenders to justice and
effectually break up their organization.
The ring-leader and eleven of his asso
ciates are now in jail charged with arson
anel conspiracy, and the names of all
other suspected members are in the pos
session of the officers. Two of the.mem-
bersof the clan have turned states evi
dence, appearing before the United States
district court at Atlanta, Ga., on
Wednesday, when the whole history .and
workings of the organization were con
fessed. ncetpi m.Tive r mrc - "
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Ell? Ml Mill A if, DETROIT AM) JONESVII.LE.
THE 8UKEEKERS
A special from Birmingham says: The
most disastrous fire that ever occurred in
that city, broke out '.in a brick block on
1 9th street, at 2 :30 Sunday morning.
The losses and insurance are : E. E. Sew
oll. undertaker, -on stock $15,000, build
ing $25,000, insurance $5,000; Misfit
Clothing company, loss $3,000, fully in
sured; McGuire & Wood, saloon, lost
$3,000, insurance $1,000; Joe Frank,
wholesale liquor dealer, stock dam
aged by water, fully insured....
At Detroit, ilich., Fire was discovered
Sunday morning in the rear of Gray i &
Baffy's six-story brick furniture factory,,
which was totally destroyed. The Car
roll & Hunter Chair company establish
ment, the Ostler Printing company and
Carroll Cigar manufactory, caught next
and were burncel to the ground. This is
the largest fire. Detroit hns experienced
since D. AL ""'Ferry's seed store fire, in
January, 1886, when the loss ran into
the millions. The total loss is estimated
at? $230,000, partly insured '. .. .Fire
broke. out at Jonesville. S. C.Sunday night
at 12 o'clock. The following stores were
burned: J. L. McWhirter & Co., dry
goods; J. L. Swink, Jr., groceries; j. N.
Lemaster & Co., drugs. The loss is esti
mated at 510l000, with' some insurance.
A COMPLICATED CASE.
A QUESTION OF TITL10 TO A YOUNG LADTS
HAND IN MARRIAGE.
The register of deeels for Guilford
county, X. C, is confronted with a prob-;
lem which only the courts can solve. A
young lady of that county, who is Very
charming, has two lovers, and it appears
was engaged to both. On Friday one ot
the young men w cut to the register, oi
deeds to -procure a mariiage license foi
himself and the voung ladv referred to.
He was disappointed beyond expression
when he was informed that his rival j
whose engagement was previous, had
filled a caveat emptor to" prevent the issue
of the license. The register declined to
issue the license uutil the courts had de
tided the question of title.
NASHVILLE GROWING-
ITS POPULATION DOUBLED WITHIN TEM
YEARS.
The new city directory of Nashville.
Tenu., issued on Friday, shows that the
increase of population in the last ten yean
has been unprecedented, being over 10G
per cent. The number of names in the
directory for 1880 was 13,593. The num
ber of names in , the directory for 1890 ii
28,512, an increase of 14,815 in ten year?.
The population of Nashville in 1880 was
48,350, or about 3 1-G for each name in
the directory. The same ratio applied to
the present volume would give 90,288 aa
tht present population. When to this is
added the 30,000 taken in by annexation
bills before the present legislature, the to
tal will be about 120,000. . ,
THE RICE CROP.
REPORTS SHOWING THE 6UPPBT NOW OJ
HAND.
Messrs. Dan TalmageV Son's" of New
York, state that the count of rice in mills
anel Avarehouses first instant, together with
" estimated receipts of rough, reduced to
cleaned, show lorward supply : Carolina,
70,000 barrels; last year, 00,000 barrels:
Louisiana, 110,000 barrels; last year, 145,
000 barrels. The residue of the crop is
mainly fair to good grades, and in fine
condition, thus guaranteeing safe carriage
during summer months. Home 200,000
bags of foreign were required last year in
addition to the amount above set forth,
and with equal demand imports will hare
to be made aerain thi . w
DRY GOODS ABLAZE.
A LARGE FIRE IN NEW TORK
of $300,000.
-A LOSS
The dry goods district of New Tork
was visited by a fierce fire Tuesday even
ing, which destroyed the five-story iron
front building, N. 392 Broadway, and
burned up everything within ita walls,
involving a total loss of $300,000. The
principal losers are M. & C. Mayer, Im
porters of hosiery and gloves, and Beacon
& Eaton, manufacturers of fine umbrelhu
and parasols. Ten firemen were slightly
injured. Damages are estimated as fol
lows: Ifayer, $125,000; Beacon & Eaton,
$100,000; Brown Comb company, ; $25,
000 ; Harvey & Co., $25,000. Damar
U the buijdjnjE. $25.00. . -
CURRENT NEWS.. '
CONDENSED FROM THE TML&
GRAPH AND CABLE.
THINGS THAT BATTEN FHOM DAT TO
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, CUL1J3
FROM VARIOUS SOUBCE8.
Wire mills throughout the country
have closed for two weeks in order to re
duce the supply of wire in the market. --
The Illinois democratic central com
niittee has decided to call a state con
vention, io meet at Springfield on June
4th. , '. . -' ; ... . ' ;
The weather is bitterly cold throughout
Auslra-Hungary, the thermometer rang
ing between twelve and fifteen degrees m
centigrade below zero.
Several snow stonn9 and frosts arc1 -reported
in England and in various . parts
of Europe. Among the regions visited
are Rome andTrurere.
Affairs in 1 lay ti are reported , as in ,n
very unsettled state, and the- general imr
pression is that the Hippolyte government
will be of short duration.
The German.' government will forn
fif ty more batteries of artillery, in order
to complete the two new army corps, the
formation of which was sanctioned by
the last reichstag. - - -
The Brazilian government has resolved :
to Troniulfrate
a.
constitution without-
waiting for the constituent assembly to-
- .
meet. The constitution will be submitted
to the people for approval or disapprovals
There was a long meeting of tho sugar
trust in New York on Thursday, and be
fore it ended interested parties every
where liad information that a cash divli
dend of two and a half per cent had beer,
declared for the present quarter.
A dispatch from London, England)
says : Young Abe Lincoln, son of United
States Minister to England Lincoln, and
grandson of the late President Lincoln,
of the United States, who has. been sick
so long, died there on Wednesday morn
in"
At Jetierson City, Mo., it is now con
sidered pretty well settled that State
Treasurer Noland is short in his account ,
by over $30,000. Even Governor Fran ci s
is in doubt as to the exact amount, owin.
to what he terms irregularities in thf
books.
The formal order of Justice O'Brien, of.
New York, in the sugar trust injunction
suit was filed Friday. The order . con
firms the decision handed down on Feb
ruary 11, no changes whatever being
made in the provisions which Justice
O'Brien their set forth.
While trying to cross the river a
Johnson's island, sixteen miles abov
Kuoxville, Tenu., two sons of Williarrj
Maples and a son of William Baker, were
disowned on Friday. They were in i? a
frail boat which capsized, and the Iaeis
perished before aid could be rendered.
R. R. Donnelly & Sons, printers of th
Chicago city directory, one of the oldest
printing and publishing houses in tbir
west, failed on Thursday, with liabilities
aggregating $100,000 and assets which,
if disposed of at forced sale, will proba
bly not realize more than fifty per cent of
the liabilities.
A Jefferson City Mo., dispatch says v.
The committee appointed to investigat
the affairs of the State Treasury finished- ,
counting the cash on Saturday and have
found it $10,000 short. They expree -the
opinion that an examination of the "
books and papers will increase this some-'
thing over $30,000.
A dispatch from Zancsville, Ohio, says:
J. C -'McGregor, reading clerk of tint
house of representatives, died Friday
morning of dipththeria. Mrs. McGregor
died one week ago after the death of four
children. Three children are remaining,
and Mr. McGregor's father may die, :'
which will make ten deaths in one family
from diphtheria. '
A remarkably bold and successful rob
bery took place at the courthouse at Wa- j
bash, lud., .on Thursday. While the-'.
corridors of the building were deserted- i
during recessj the county treasurer's office
was entered from the main hall, ) and thir
money drawer under the pay count'ei
forced with a pair of shears. Several
hundred dollars in checks, currency anil
jilver'was taken. The thief then locked-7
the door and departed. '
Exports of specie from the port of
New York, for week ending March 8,.
amounted to $100,129, of which $211j
1)30 was in gold and $040,199 silver. . Ot '
the total exports $4,065 in. gold and
$G4 1,900 in silver went to Europe anel .
$214,106 in gold and $4,290 in silvet
went to South America. Imports of'
specie for the week amounted to $4?3-
426. of which $415,302 was gold and
$58,064 silver.
A BRAVE GIRL.
HE FIRES UPON A BURGLAR WITH FA
TAL RESULTS.
Monday morning about 3 o'clock lise
Alice Kinney, 19 years of age, who, withr
her mother, lives alone on a 'farm irj
Sampson county, N. C, was aroused by f
the noise of some one in an adjoining
room. She at once realized that a bur
glar was in the house. She took a revolv
er from under her pillow, and holding ji
in her hands, concealed it under the vuiM jji
Then she lay as if asleep, and when ihv
burglar entered the room he walked up to
the bed, and concluding that she wair
sleeping soundly, began looking about
the room. When he turned his face Misa
Kinney raised herself in bed, took aio at
the man's head and fired. InstantI tn
burglar whirled around, and as he did so
she again fired, and he then fell to the .
fioor with a groan. He died in zlout fire
minutes. The burglar proved to he Sam - ,
Kerns, a .-: negro who had given much
trouble.
A HEAVY SENTENCE"
AN EMBEZZLER GETS " EIGHTEEN EAJ.
A-SD IS FTSED $120,422.
At Lebanon, Ohio, Saturday- A1- Gr
ham, former auditor of Warren, county
was sentenced on his plea of ffl t?,aD
indictment charging him with embezzling
the funds of the county to amojam
of t63.21 1. Thp Wm, ontenced him &
I be imprisoned in the penitentiary
eighteen years, and to pay ne 0 f V
422.
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