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r U. r 2 VOL. ILL SALISBURY, N. C. THURSDAY; AUGUST 28, 1890 NO. 47. r""lj """"""" THE NATIONAL CAPITAL, WORK OF THE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE nOUSE AND SENATE BRIEFED DELIBERATIONS OVER MAT TERS OF MOMENTOUS INTEREST TO OUR COMMON COUKTRT. NOTES. The house, on Tuesday, tabled the mo tion to reconsider the McKay bill, bo ii js finally passed. The consideration of the bill to amend the alien land law was then begun, and occupied the morning hour and was .not concluded when the hour expired, 1 he house then proceeded to the consideration of the senate .agri cultural college bill. The time allotted for debate was utilized by over a cVzen members, most of whom, in fhort speeches, favored the bill. When the discussion closed, the bill, "as amended, passed without division. It appro priates out of money arising from the sale of the public lands to each state and territory for a more complete endowment of colleges for Ibe benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts, the sum of $15,000 for the year ending June 30, 1890, and an annual increase of eueh appropriation for two years thereafter, by an additional sum over the preoeeding jenr, and the Annual sum to be paid thereafter shalfc be 25000. The house tbcq adjourned. When Mr. Quay "order of business resolution" was laid before the senate Tuesday morning, Mr. Hoar said that hi 'desired to add rets the senate on the sub ject, but would prefer to do so Wednes- . day. and understood that that was agree able to the senator from Pennsylvania, Mr. Quay said he' had no objection. The resolution accordingly went over, tariff bill was then taken up, pending que tion being on' Plumb's amendment reducing dutv on tin plate fro.n 2 2-10 . The the Mr. the cents to 1 cent a pound, and allowing a bounty ( ccn t a pound on American tin plate. No actior r(&t Mr. McPhcrson, roilgli vauceanu W "I - ,1 thn -i: done vrn I 1 m reached, Mr. Cutlom took the floor 'U made a lengthy speech on the genera 1 subject of tariff. Discussion on the cut Jery paragraph wr.s carnel on at mnch length by other senators. The amend in.cn.t- and -bib went over. Mr. Hoar . gave notice of two amendments which he would offer Wednesday to the Quay resoiunon. me senate tlien adjourn id After an hour spent in waiting for a quorum, the liouse, on "Wednesday, re sumed consideration of the bill to exempt mining- aanas rrom operations of the alien land law. The house'then took up, under. " 1 . m - . h A ' a special order, the Dill defining lard (the Con&t compound lard bill) and before the reading of the journal, Holmau raised the point of no quorum. It wa after wjjcq a quorum appeared, and then Svsth'T jroceedings having been dis pensed with, the journal was read. The bill to repeal the alien land law was.ta- Ken xsp in the morning hoviT,tyut -was laid over.! The bill providing for the adjust- I luwd ui uccunuts ui iituurvjrs, woiKiuea and mechanics, arising under the' eight hour law, was taken up, but went over. The houso then proceeded, under a spe cial order, to the -i con-idera'ion of the senate bill providing for the inspection of meats for export. The bill was passed. The house then adjourned. Mr. Quay's "order of business"' resolu tion' was again taken up in the senate on Wednesday. Mr. Hoar offered a substi tute, making it in order to c'ose debate after any matter has been under consider ation lor a "reasonaoie nine, aim uisyj an amendment to add the election bill tcff s taken on it September 4th. .Va-fear . said his motion seemed to rn V-r pact statement of the purr. "Pifnanism and necegsity of an clcct,VlCuDu. There had never been a measu' much mis represented or so. rneh misunderstood. rrGaiflclJlnd Edmunds made extended speeci) n Ione of the Demo cratie senators made any comment. Mr Spooner moved to refer the Quay resolu tion to the committee on rult s. Mr. Ali 1 drich .declined to lay aside the tariff bill temporarily, so the senate proceeded with consideration of the tariff The house amendments tq the agricul tural college bin and the meat inspection , bill vre laid before the senate and were concurred in. These bills now go to the president for his signature. The senate bill authorizing the construction of a bridge over Tennessee river at or near Knoxville, and the house bill for the re- . ; li?f of settlers on the" Northern Pacific -railroad indemnify lands, were taken from the calendar and passed tie latter . with a substitute. Seven senators and . Speaker Reed were in the chamber when these bills were passed. The senate ad journed at G:19 o'clock. After the usual delay in getting a quo- . rum, the house, on Thursday, passed sev- ' cral minor bridge bills, and then, in the morning hour, resumed consideration of the bill for the .adjustment of necouuts.of laborers arising under the eight-hour law. Pending discussion, the morning hour expired, and the house proceeded under a special order to the consideration of the bill defining "lard," Mr. Mc Clammy, of North Carolina, apposed the measure in a humorous speech, - in which he quietly ridiculed some of the arguments of Mr. Brossius, of Pennsylvania, who had re ported the bill. Messrs. Allen, of Mich igan; Henderson, of Iowa, and Forman, of lljinois, spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. StewartjOf Texas, attacked the billon constitutional grounds. Mr. Oates, of Alabama, proceeded to-make a constitu tional argument against the bill. Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, appealed to the members on the democratic side to stand by their constitutional principles. Pend ing further depate, the house, fit 5 o'clock, tooK a recess until 8 6'clocK, the evening session to be fdr debate on the lard bill. The speakers at the evening session were Messrs. Swcney of Iowa, Dunnell of Minnesota, Hill of Illinois, Catchings of Mississippi, Bliss of Michi gan, Lacy of Iowa, Neidringhaus of Mis souri, Stockdalo of Mississppi and Turner of New York. - The house adjourned .at 10 o'clock. : p I On Thursdav Mr. Blair introduced in the senate, at th?" request of the Farmers'- Alliance, a bill to provide for banks of deposit. Consideration of the tariff bill . was then begun, Mr. Quay's "order of business" resolution, contrary to expepta- tion, not being Drought forward. Mr. t oke, of Teras, made a long speech against the bill as a whole. Mr. Faulk ner followed Mr. Coke in a set speech against the tariff bill . Mr, Evarts said he had just received from the "Grant Mon ument Ass Delation a communication, in the way of a memorial, which had been considered of so pressing a character "(in respect of time), that it had been sent to him by telegraph. He asked that it be read. Tlie telegram recites that the members of the Grant Montknent Assod ation deplore the recent atfo$' of the senate as to the removal of ibe femainl of General Grant from the pot approved by him, dedicated by the ity of Kew York, and accepted by his family, as ti!s final resting place, and it protests solemnly against th it proposed action. The tariff bill was resumed, and, without action, the senate, at 0 o'clock, proceeded to execu tive business, and soon afterwards adjourned. NOTES. The amount of silver bullion purchased by the treasury department Wednesday was 4G6. 000 ounces. 1 he president has signed the bill for the establishment of a"military park at the battlefield of Chfcknniausa. The treasury department, on Tuesday, afternoon issued a circular providing for the immediate redemption of 15,000, 000 of 4$ per cent bonds at 194i. The special committee appointed to in vestigate the charges brought by Repre sentative Cooper against Commissioner of Pensions Green 13. Raum, met Wednes day, and began its work. The commit tee consists of Messrs. Morrill, Sjiwyer, Sinyser, Goodnight and Lewis. A paper was in circulation on the floor of the house Tuesday, addressed by re publican members to the committee on rules, reciting the necessity for final ac tion by congress upon the national elec tion bill, and expressing the willingness of the signers to continue the present session until such action is had. The Chickamauga park bill was signed by the president Tuesday. It appropri ates $125,000 for the purpose of making Ihe necessary surveys in northwest Geor gia for the p.trk and to begin work on it. jTo.n equal sum will be appropriated next ceaBck. and moie the following vear, if until the pirk is thoroughly necessaryXi TE DISASTER. CTCLONE SWOOPS DOWN ON WILKE3- BARRE, PA. APPA: X1NO RESULTS. The following are ex acts from an ac- count of a cvclone at ilkesbarre, Pa., Tuesdav evening: Thes eets are all cov- ercd with fallen debris om demolished of forty or fifty bouses, and the bodi horses are tying on town is in almost c he streets. The Implete darkness. Gang's are working on the larsrest ruins ana. expect to exhume everal people, who re reported as missin . 1 ne hospital is people, and drug establishments are crowaea with ini,.i Stores and 'Undertnfeeri Uin2 brtrasht into reA isition to accommo date the Injured. Atou cloud about twenty fedi in diameter was quarter after fi-re seen approaching lro'4 h the west. This struck th.3 outlying districts and sped through the town wUth. a mighty roar. The houses and trWla in its tn were so thick for a time A Hh dust brick timbers and roof tiles thint . 'impo6siL ble t0vCt- VlfJyS in the streets were dashed to ,Jfif avemfeent or whirlcd against builqj'ipr, . three bloS0 a F?i aAr 4lstf cc. f m t r ii- oa Sauth Main street al- 53yvery house sustained some damage, faibers were leveled completely, and others badly wrecked. The cyclone spent its force on a settlement : known as "Jbive Points m the eastern part of the city, where the greatest" loss of life is re ported. Large districts in several portions are in absolute ruin. In answer to the proclamation made by the mayor the Ninth regiment is" on duty assisting the police in maintaining order. The number of killed or fatally injured will go over twenty. At least thirty people were more or less severely injured. A careful estimate places the number of buildings demolished and partially de stroyed at nearly four hundred. The loss will reach nearly, if not quite, $1,000,000, although in the present chaos no pos sible means of making a close estimate exists, 8EVEN KILLED. FEARFUL WRECK ON A ROAD. COLORADA RAIL- Telegrcmg from Barela, Colorado, twelve miles south of Trinadad say that t wreck has occurred and asking for sur geons. The wrecked train lett Trinadad enrly Monday morning to repair a bridge that had washed out just below Barela, on the Union Pacific. It is not known just how the accident occurred, but it is supposed that the engineer failed to stop the train in time and all were ditched. Seven persons were killed and fourteen wounded. WILL CEASE TO EXIST. tiis KNIGUT3 OF GOIXG LABOR IN TO PIECES. ALABAMA Past Master Woikman N. B. Stack, cf the Knights of Labor ia Alabami, sajs the order is rapidly goia to pieces in that stite. lie thinks it wiil be only a short time until the Knights ' Labor, once so powerful iu the industrial regions of that state, will cease to exist as an or ganization. He gives as reasons for the break-up internal dissension in the order, bad management, unwise strikes and the impos: of laborers into one organization. BLOODY BATTLE BETWEEN A POSSE AND MEXICAN BANDITS ' FIVE MEN KILLED. A bloody battle with Mexican outlaws was fought near Beaver L ke, Texas, Monday morning, during which five men were killed. The bandits were sur rounded by officers and a posse of citi zens and an attempt made to arrest them. The outlaws fought like demons. One of the posse, was killed at the first fire. Four of the desperadoes were slainr the fifth making his escape. THE ALLIANCE CONVENTION HAS 'MET, DELIBERATED AUD ADJOURNED. 'MPOKTANT GATHERING OF REPRESENTA TIVE ALLIAXCEMEN AND WHAT TEET DID. The third annual convention of the State Alliance of Georgia was called to crder Tuesday morning in the hall of representatives of the new capitol bj President L. F. Livingston. Not less than 175 delegates were present, repre senting nearly eveiy county in the state. Every county is entitled to one delegate, and even- bounty having more than 1,00C alliancemen is entitled to two delegates. On call of the rojl nearly all the delegates responded. By motion, the reading of the minutes was, dispensed with. The executive or auditing committee had finished examining the accounts of all the Alliance officers and had found them in good fix. Th.3 committee on creden tials then made their report. Next came the annual address of President Living ston, which was the special feature of the morning session, lie gave an able and rapid revi-w of the Alliance organ ization since its inception, and showed that every member otJght to be; proud of the order, lie was followed by Pres ident Polk in an able and pointed address. He spoke for about two hours, dwelling upon . the growth and condition pf the 'national order. He spoke eloquently oi the outlook, outlining the purposes ol "the Alliance. He called for continued harmcny and a sacrifice of all personal ambitions to the advancement of the or der. 1 The business of the night session was the election of officers for the ensuing year. It was held with the following resu't: L. F. Livingston, president ; II. W. Everett, vice president; R.L. Burks, secretary; W. A. Broughton, treasurer: Pcv. Mr. Davie, chaplain; J. W. Beck, stato lecturer; y. ' S.- Copeland, scr-geant-at-arms; D.; W. Bainey, doorkeep er; F. M. Waddell, assistant doorkeeper. It is noticeable that the two highest efficess of the Alliance are men that have been nominate! for congnss. It is worthy of note that in every instance the old officers were re-elected a wholesaU and emphatic endorsement of the ad ministration cf .the past year. It will be noticed, again, that no two officers come from the same county. President Liv ingston hails from Newton, Vice-President Everett from Polk, Secretary Burks from Fulton, 1 reasurer Brofifghton from Morgan, State Lecturer Beck;from Butts, Executive Committeeman Stephens from Heard, Sergeaut-at-Arms Copeland from Coweta, Doorkeeper Raiticy from Schley, Assistant Doorkeeper Waddell from Mer iwether! 1 he first business taken up "Wednesday morning was the election ofthe judiciary committee. Hod. Martin V. Calvin, cliairman, and the old committer men. A. QlSfcuody and George TMufe e jfee re-electfd. .Two new merx;.' vre added Arnaking it a eommSttecg"- in s'eadxof three, as heretofore. The ttew members are: Dr. McDonald, of Henrjl Hon. W". R. Gorman, of Talbot. . -" - " - e 1' were passed : To appoint a .committee to represent the Georgia Alliance in the Grand Na tional Alliance convention, which meets in Ocala, Florida next December. Rcpledging the Alliance to the resolu tion adopted at the last annual conven tion relative to cotton bagging; To hold their cotton this fall until a satisfactory price is paid for it ; To empower the directors of the Ex change to erect factories to make cotton bagging for the text crop and every crop thereafter. At the afternoon session the following committee was appointed by the State Alliance of Georgia as delegates to the Grand Supreme Council of the National Alliance, which meets in Florida next December: L. F. Livingston.Newton ; W. L.Peek, Rockdale ; J.M.Rushin, Thomas ; W.S. Copeland, Coweta; W.A.Eroughton, Morgan ; R. F. Wright, Elbert ; A . Q. Moody, Thomas; Paul Trammel!, Whitfield. President! Livingston and Col. Peek arc the two delegates appointed from the state at large. An equal number of alter nates were chosen; Hon. Felix Cbrput and Hon. M. V. Calvin being the alter nates from the state at large. Another committee, consisting of L. F. Livingston, J. M. Rushin, Harry Bpown, was appointed to bear greetings to th Kansas State Alliance which meets soon. THE DIRECT TRADE KATTER. , One of the most important matters that came before the convention was th.e direct trade resolution, contemplating a convention of the governersof all the cot ton states, to be held at an early day. The original resolution was passed some time ago by the East Point, Ga., sub alliance and is as follows: Resolved, That we respectfully request his excellency, the governor of Georgia, to call a convention of governors of the cotton states, to meet in Atlanta on the 10th day of "September, proximo, to formulate a plan by which we can effect direct trade with Liverpool. Resolved, That each governor is re spectfully requested to appoint six 'dele gates from his state to "accompany him and take part, in said convention. Resolved, That tho State Alliance which is to meet iu Atlanta on the lSth instant, is hejtby respectfully asked to giva this matter its careful consideration, and to appoint ten delegates, one from each congressional district, to said con vention." And be it further Resolved, That each and every, sub-alliance in Georgia is requested to endorse this resolution. Wednesday .morning, shortly after the alliance convention was called to order, lion. Felix Corput, of Floyd, gained the attention of the chair, and made a state ment about the charges that were being made against him in his home county, re flecting on his career as cn alliancernan, and as president of the Alliance exchange. Ue denied that he was guilty of anything wrong, and stated that if the convention had any doubts as to these reports, he wanted it to catisfy itself before adjourn ment. r Just at this point, and before Mr. Ccr put had finished speaking, one of the dele gates from Cobb county arose, and taking from his pocket a paper, proceeded to read an affidavit from J. H. Pedigo, of Pedigo & Lyons, of Augusta. The affidavit set forth that Pedigo & Lyons had rpade a proposition to Mr. Corput, as president af the exchange, to sell horses and mules to Alliancemen at a profit of 7 per cent um, and allow him (Corput) a brokerage ( 1 per centum. Mr. Corput declined, md offered to enter into an agreement with Pedigo fc Lyons to sell stock to Al li:ineemen,and pay the exhnnjie a rnk-r-ge of 5 per centum. This Pedigo & Lyons refused to da The natural inference from the fore goi eg affidavit -was that the brokerage went to Corput personally instead of tht htftte exchange; whereas the brokeragt wejt to the farmers and cut down ij just that the' ccst of their stock. , Mr. Corput, as soon as the reading of tht affidavit was finished, vigorously denied th-it there w.-s anything in it reflecting on him or oa hk management of the; ex change. " t After some discussion, the matter' wa; leferred to the committee on the good of the order, of which State Lecturer Beck is chairman, and on which are Hon. R. W. Everett, of Polk, and Hon. T. J. Barrett, of Pike. The- committee at once proceeded to the matter under investigation. f A committee wrsippointed to investi gate the advisability of establishing with in the Alliance an insurance department for life and property. In their report, the committee recommended that the convention elect a board of directors, con sisting of five members, to forrculatc and put into execution a plan of insurance for the Alliance of the state of Georgia. When the met ting adjourned "Wednes day aftern on, though there still re mained a great dal of business to le at tended to, it ad journed to 8 o'clock Thurs day mcmirg. It. was announced then that Governor Gordon would address the nlliancemen -and others in an open meet ing at 8 o'clock in the evening ia the ha'l of representatives. At 8 o'slock the hall of representatives was filled and the galleries were alir.ost fU. There vs a full attendance of the Alllfeicemen. The governor's speech was a brilliant one and commanded ;the closest attention cf his vast audience. Among other things, he said : "As for myself, I am cot sure that I shall be permitted to fight under the flag Of financial reform, although ffcr ever sixteen years I have been carrying its banners and defending every principle which you now advocate. If my devotion to these principles for sixteen years or more do not entitle me to your confidence, then nothing wiiL While I am in the fullest sympathy with the great object in view, I wish to say in ali candor that I can uot endorse the spe cific sub-treasury bi Vgpse I do not believe even if it couETpassed that it would brini? the reiietySTf seek. The en dorsement of specifiefbills is not what you need. You need first to w in the victoryjor reform Vy general agitation oi all lines, and thenheiithe general bat tle is won let ali the ibined wisdom ol aH the friends of thiswise be called into requisition for perfect If e the bestmeas urea tor tlie purpose. - . . - . The one topc of dfceussien among'.the Alliance, delegates s)cut the hotels was th peeih of -:Gaon. Particularly that sentence - of -xt pennis lMI.,y position on the sub-treasury plan. ' Tho last Lsv; nf he convf-ntion w.is ' roductive of two intrcsting sensations, -una an uay Jong 'f-'se iwo were Topics for talk among th Alliancemen. The first of these was thevunanimous endorse ment by the convention of the St- Louis platform, carrying wrtft' it, of course, the unanimous endorsement of the sub-treasury plan of the Alliance. . . The second was the report of the committee having under consideration the -investigation of ex-President of the Exchange Corput. The committee having in hand the inves tigation of the actions of Mr. Felix Cor put made a leport, vindicating Mr. Corput fo far as the Pedigo tflidavit was concerned. The . committee reported that the percentage demanded by Mrl Corput wss for the benefit of the ex change and not for Mr. Corput personally. Mr. Corput was congratulattd by his friends at this result, but the report created a reat deal of talk. Another matter in which considerable interest was felt by the convention was an attack,! through Hon. Felix Corput, on Hon. Martin V. Calvin, of Richmond. The attack came from Mr. James Barrett, cf Richmond. Mr. Barrett's charge was that Mr. Calvin, though a prominent member of the order, was not eligible to membership in the alliance. The matter was refen ed to the judiciary committee. COTTON BAGGING' AO AIN, A resolution was offered, and adopted with enthusiasm, in which cotton bagging was adopted as the alliance covering. The enthusiasm and unanimity were nota ble, showing that the alliance is as deter mined as ever in this fight, r An invitation was extended the alliance, through Vice-President Smith, from the directors of the exposition, to attend the exposition this fall. President Xiving ston made a' short speech, urging the ac ceptance of the invitation. It was ac cepted. - j 5 Resolutions were passed, a copv of them to be presented to the Kansas Alli ance by the Georgia delegation appointed ' to bear fraternal greeting. - OTHER MATTERS. The eligibility clause was made identi cal with that of the National Alliance, pro viding no one shall be admitted to mem bership to the order unless he be a farmer, farm laborer, mechanic, country school teacher, country preachsr, country physi cian, country editor ojr the editor of a strictly agricultural journal; ' A board of grievances was established, to consist of five members, to be ap pointed by the president. They are: W E.n.Searcv, chairman; E.P. Willis, 31. L. Everett. "W. H. Warner and C. F. Barry. Their duty i ? to adjudge minor matters, thereby relieving the judiciary committee of many of its labors. Their decisions are submitted to the convention.' LAYING IN SUPPLIES IN ANTICIPATION OF A STRIKE BY THEIR ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois and Ohio and Indiana Coal railroads are lay ing in full supplies and making other ar--sngements. for a strike of their engineers, firemen and trainmen, which is likely to occur in a few days. The men want higher wages and more extra time. NEWS OF THE SOUTH. BRIEF NOTES OF AN INTER ESTING NATURE. PITHY ITEMS FROM AIX POESTS IN TIIK eoUTUEHX STATES THAT WILL EXTEH TAI2T THE HEADER ACCIDENTS, FITiES, FLOODS, ETC. The democratic convention in the fourth congressional district of Louisiana renominated N. C. Blanchard. The population Of the third supervi sor's district of North Carolina was given out Thursday by the census office as 253, -377. This is an increase during the last census period of 33,607, or 15.35 per cent. A Richmond dispatch says : Judge Joseph Christian, ex-president of the supreme court of appeals, was married Wednesday, in Centre county, Pennsylva nia, to Mrs. Anna Reynolds. The Judge is nearing three score and ten. Dr. William Garrison, a prominenl physician and citizen of Victoria, Term . , jumped from a m6ying train, a few days ago, while suffering from a temporary aberration of mind. He received in juries from which he died Tuesday. Reports from the northwest counties of Kentucky, say the - mountain regions ' along the Big Sandy river are being-' Bwej-t by flux and kindred diseases, and the people are dying by the score, and drought, low water pregnated with alkali and excessive heat, arc supposed to be .the causes. Judge Max Stein, of Hildago county, a wealthy and leading merchant of Edin burgh, Texas, was shot and killed Tues day morning ia Reynosa, Mexico, by Mrs. Dela McCabc, of Cams county, Texas. The murderess is the wife of ex county Judge McCabe. The affair grew out an election trouble, A dispatch of Wednesday from Adairs ville, Ga., savs: Down Oothcalooga val ley the grasshoppers are playing havoc wltli fodder, clover and other green crops. In some places the shuck has beea eaten from the ears of coqi. It is fortunate that they are not extended over a very large territory, for the damage , they are doing is great. A San Autonio, Texas, dispatch cf Thursday says: There is much excite ment at Lockhart, a town fifty miles northeast of here, over an outbreak of smaltoox there. There are four cases al ready reported, and fears are entertained tnat tne disease will spread, aitnougn ev ery effort is being made to keep it under control. , A San Antonio dispatch, of Thursday, says : The prospect of securing a deep water harbor at. Aransas pass at an early date has caused some heavy investments to be made there. Among the wealthy syndicates organized to operatejthere is the Aransas llarbor, City an i mprove ment Company, with a capital stock of $5,000,000. Adispatch of Thursday, from Raleigh, N. 1C., says: The iron mines at Chapel Hill are to be reopened and .operated oa an extensive scale by a syndicate, the mafiibers of which aiawcujcnowui rau- iv men. Nine veafts ago . these mines' ere opened, but for some cause work was" soon suspended, though the ore is of great purity and quite accessible. The heaviest failure that has occurred in Nashville in recent years is that of Bolivar H. Cooke & Co., which become public' Thursday. Mr. Cooke, the head of the firm, has been in business i there for twenty-three years and condueteel one. of the largest wholesale clothing houses in the south. The liabilities of the firm are $300,950.00. $278,477.75. The as&ets amount- to A memorial association has been organ ized at Lawrenceburg, Tenn., for the pur pose of erecting a monument to the mem ory of Davy, Crockett, the Tennessee backwoodsman who afterwards became the hero of the Alamo. It is fitting that this memorial should be placed in Law renceburg, since he assisted in laying off the town and there began his .political career. While a switch engine Wa? moving some cars in the Louisville and Nashville railroad yards at Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday, one of the cars jumped the track. Four switchman were standing on top of the car at the time, and all of them were thrown ; with great force gainst some cars standing on another tfack. Switchman Will Beavers was in stantly killed, and the other three badly injured. The Grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Georgia convened iu Savannah Wednes day morning. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: James Anderson, of Atlanta, Grand Master; Robert Daniels, of Griffin, Deputy Grand Master; James Vanberschatt, of Savan nah, Grand Warden ; John G. Deitz, ' of Macon, Grand Secretary ; James Tyson, of Savannah, Grand Treasurer. Tho grand lodge will meet next year in (loliimbiiB ftp " ASIATIC CHOLERA MAKES ITS APPEARANCE IN LONDON AND 'CREATES A SENSATION. A sensation has been caused in London by the announcement of a case of Asiatic cholera in her midst. Robert Leigh, a coal trimmer, aged 36 years, landed on Sunday from the steamer Duke of Argyll, from Calcutta, which had just arrived at that port, and went to a coffee housa, where he secured lodging. Tuesday he was carried on a stretcher from the'cefiee house to Poplar hospital, where the doc tors pronounced his case one of severe Asiatic cholera. ! TROUBLOUS TIMES IN GUATEMALA -THE WHOLE MALE POPU LACE DRAFTED FOR MILITARY DUTY. A recent Central American mail brought letters from Guatemala, saying that a proclamation had been issued that all who Wese not ready . for military duty would be shot. Every servant, even those on coffee plantations, has been drafted in the war, and there are not enough left to supply food. Provisions bring enormous prices. Business is at a standstill, and the city is under martial law. Cattle are being killed in a peculiar way around La Harp a, I1L Many hare baea stung in the eye by some inseci. This can3e3 blindness and in som? cases death. FARMERS' ALLIANCE NOTES. NEWS OF THE ORDER ITS MEMBERS. AND WHAT IS BEING DOXE IS THE VAKIOTJS SECTIONS FOH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GREAT ORGANIZATION. LEGISLA TION, NOTES, ETC. - The Farmers' Alliance will nominate a' candidate for congress in the Kansas City, Mo., district. The Farmers and Laboers, Union and the Alliance of Arkansas have consoli dated the two organizations. South Carolina has 1,052 sub-Alliance's and a membership 040,000. An in crease of 800 sub-Alliances and 17,500 members since last report. Kansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia and Nnrth Carolina lead, all other states in Alfiandc membership. , Missouri is in the lead with "Z; 300 unions. A good thing for Allia'Dcemen to learn is to keep their own counsel, hear all that passes, learn all they can, and-dp but little talking. The one who absorbs all be can and gives out as little as possi ble, is the one who increases. Those who do most ta'king generally have very little in reserve. The Alliance is getting there lively this year. From all parts of the country comes the good news that prominent members of the organizations arc being nominated for Congress. That is amove in the right direction. Fdl all legisla tive halls ' with Alliancemen. Arkansas Tocsin. The chairman of the democratic execu tive committee of South Carolina says, the outlook is all right . The Farmers' Alli ance, about which there is so much talk, is all in the democratic party, and it will organize the counties as they were never before organized. . The alliance, of course, controls the conventions of all the counties. ; ' - - Co-operate mills, factories; stores, in fact all kins of such enterprises, must have at the head men of clear judgment, sound - sense and methodical business habits. The marked successes have been won by just such men, and the mass of failures were due to the lack of sound judgment and clear-headed business views. Alliances will do well to note this fact clearly. Jl . The State Alliance has again met and the delegates have returned to their homes. The meeting at Asheville was by far the largest meeting yet held in the State, Harmony prevailed throughout. We have many good men in our order, but it ,would be hard to get a better rset of-sofneers than we now have in the State Alliance. Some of them have filled the place ever since , the - first State , ana ibeir private ana omciai has been such as to win not only confidence of our members, but Three: cheers for the! North Carolina Al- lisnce!- (Raleigh N. C.) Progressive Farmer. - . - - - It is a pi asure to every Alliancernan to know that the order in Georgia is stand ing squarely to the democratic party, and those men who have had so much to say about the division in the party, will cer tainly now take a back scat. Wc fail to see where there has ever been reason foi the fears so often expressed of designing men using the Alliance for their own pur poses ; the only men who have endeavored to use the Alliance for any purpose out side of its legitimate intentions and aims, was a few politicians outside of the ordei who have endeavored to use it through certain agenciesinside our ranks. Souih trn Alliance Farmer. . The Colered Farmers' State Alliance met in Macon, Ga., Tuesday, and trans acted considerable business. Over fiftj counties were represented, and all the delegates were enthusiastic over the pro ceedings o.f the special meeting. The object of the meeting was to decide where the State exchange will be established. G. neral R. M. Hum phrey, of Austin, Texas, general superintendent of the Colored Farmers' Alliance of America, made quite an in t cresting address to the convention. He is one among the white men of the sou h who are working for the - upbuilding of the colored race. , His advice to the body was good. The best colored men of Georgia are with him. State Superin tendent Edward Richardson, of the Georgia Alliance, made a telling gpeecb to the convention. Richardson is a young colored man that has a following cf over sixty-five thousand colored men in Georgia. He appealed to the men to buy homes, educate their children and. get property and work for peace and prosperity. " v THE STABLES DEMOLISHED. FOUR PERSONS AND TWENTY OR MORE HORSES KILLED OUTRIGHT. A Philadelphia dispatch says: During a heavy storm which, prevailed in this vicinity, about 7 o'clock Thursday morn ing, the southern wall of the stable and carsheds, occupying a square, bounded by Twelfth and Thirteenth streets and Susquehana avenue and Dauphin street, was blown down. Four persons Were killed outright ; three are so badly injured that they are not expected to recover; three others were less seriously injured and one is missing and is probably dead. Twenty or more horses were killed. All the killed and injured were drivers, con ductors or stablemen in the employ of the street railwavs. - SMAUFCX EPIDEMIC. HUNDREDS OF JSATHS MEXICO TILI DISEASE, 4J3LEABIXG. Smallpox 13 repmted as appallin; prevalent at Guerrero, .Mexico. The ease is of the most malignant nature and there have been hundreds of deaths. The epidemic is spreading rapidly, and fears are entertained that Texas towns along the border will soon be suffering frmf the ravages of the disease. Np aciioi whatever has yetjjeen taken towards es tablishing a Qjjarantine, . . ' same meeufe-g bearing thefl TELEGRAPH AND GABLE. 1- WHAT ISi GOING ON IN THE BUSY WORLD. A SUMMARY OF OUTSIDE AFFAIRS CON DENSED FROM NEWSY DISPATCHES "FROM UNCLE 8Am'8 DOMAIN AND WHAT THE CABLE BRINGS. ! A very light snow, the first season, fell at Denver, Col., of the? on Mon- day night. ! .The republican convention of consln, on Wednesday, rominated Wis-Gov- ernor Hoard. It is reported that 150 lives were lost in a cyclone in the canton of Varld, Swit zerland, Thursday. Intense heat is reported throughout -Austria. There have been many fatal", cases of sunstroke. One thousand men are out of employ ment, owing to the morocco finishers strike in Lynn, Mass. The work of the census enumerators shows the population of Maine to bo 059,454, an increase of 9,500 since 1880- Mount Athos monastery, at Belgrader has been partially burned. Several build ings yvere gutted and twelve monks lost their lives. The Pall Mall Gazette savs theilish- ship owners-, represectinff a' capital o 80.000,000, have decided to unite in a. fight against labor unions. The French -aeronaut Bresanon, and Astronomer Ilermito propose to make a. balloon expedition to thq north poler starting from qpitzbcrgcn. i On Tuesday Don Galindo, Salvadorian agent at Guatemala City, telegraphed to President Ezeta that peace, honorable t balvador. had been arranged. A dispatch of Wednesday, says: A virulent diphtheria is prevailing inltown on the French 6hore of Newfoundland. It is terribly fatal in its results. Advices from Mons, Belgium, state that 8,000 miners in thd Borinage district have struck. Socialist leaders are fer menting discontent among the men, and it is expected that the movement will spread. The Maine hospital bureau in Wash ington is informed that there is a caso of yelloHr fever on board the ' Spanish bark Castillo, from Cieufuegos via Pascagoula, tow detained at Chandeleu, quarantine station, Mississippi. A dispatch from Dublin, Ireland, of Tuesday, says: The potato disease is spreading with alarming rapidity in the southern portion of County Down. In all parts of Armagh blight has assumed serious proportions. - On Thursday, Charles Seidell, of Cin cinnati, employed at the Dupont powder w ur ad. incu iu upeu a viivv- Seidell wns TkillprL dark bluafliCU werftfc-wuite dot. : $ d , V av shattered nerves, finds easl 1 r v. IsJ'VvaUj YY LAU Wi, fa a house-maid, and in weei ft fill tgging in wr mfran hat has appeared above the JA-MS& Tf- ia an. open steel T5sdav savs : O w i n tlri .Tasmanian Shipping company has lata -up its boats, and many isteamers have stopped running. Ship owners are vainly making offers of prolonged engagement at high, wages. The census count of the United States up to this time shows an aggregato of 62,095,955, and when the entire count is finished the population of the countrv, according to Mr. Porter's estimate, will be about 64,000,000, an increase of about 80 per cent dnring the decade. The Guatemalan legation, at Paris, ha received a cable dispatch announcing that Guatemala has signed a peace with Salvador. The dispatch further fays tliat Vice-President Ayala hasssumcd power and is arranging for an election for presi dent. - The American Forestry association, the objects of which are the preservation and judicious management of the American forests, has accepted the invitation of tho government of the province of Quebec, and will hold its autumn meeting in tha parliament buildings at Quebec from the 24 to the 5th day of September. A freight train ran into the rear of a passenger train oa the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad at Paola, Kansas, Thursday night, killing Pullman, Con ductor Camp instantly. The engineer an i fireman of the freight jumped from the cab. Engineer Woodward was seri Ouslyinjured by his fall. . A.brakeman, whose name is unknown,, is probably fatally injured. No passengers were hurt. A Chicago dispatch says: There is a movement on foot . fcr joining together the Woman's Christian Temperance Un ion nn Salvation Army. At least that is whafMiss Francis Willard, the veteran, president of the Woman's Christian Tern--perance Union, said . in , a speech at a meeting of the Salvation soldiers Wednes day night. Miss Willard did not go into particulars; she merely gave an outline of what she hoped to see before another year rolled by.- The thirteenth annual meeting -of the American Bar Association opened at Sar atoga, N. Y., on Wednesday. The com mission to promote uniformity of legisla tion presented a set of resolutions. Among the new members elected were Messrs. Perkins, Carson, Muhlenberg, and lleiser, of Pennsylvania; Wales, of Delaware, and Albert, of Maryland, making a total membership of over one hundred thous and. A general council was elected, from each state. ' - - .-. one FEARFUL WRECK IN WHICH EIGHT PASSENGERS ARE KILLED : and twentt injured. A dispatch from Boston," JIass., says; a serious accident happened to the Cape Cod and Woodshall train on the Old . Colony road at Quincy at 1 o'clock Tuesday v afternoon. The train jumped the track fifteen feet from President's bridge. Tho - ' first passenger coach fell :on the engine the latter having toppled over. . The en- V gineset fire to the traha.". Tlie ' fireman was instantly killed and - the engineer fatally Injured.' As far as can be learned,- there were eight passengers killed an4 y r -