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VOL. VI.
Graphic gleanings.
P Newi of tlie Worm Condensed Into
Pltlif and Pointed mm$&
erestlag and Instructive to All
J Classes of Readers.
.
ispatches of Tuesda8tate that Dera-
atic electors in Oregon bave with-
wn In favor of populist electors.
St. .Petersburg, Russia, cablegram
tea that seven . new cases of cholera
done death were registered Sunday,
renchmen interested in the Panama
pal have applied to the Columbian
vernment for an extension of one year
the time allowed for resuming woik.
Western Union directors, at a meeting
esday, decided to increase the capital
bckrtff the company from $86,200,000
,000,000.
hina Mail says Chi Tui has been
ed the next Chinese minister to,
3 ted States. He now holds the
chief of instruction.
ew York diapitch of Tuesday
It has been decided that Cleveland
make one more speech in New Jersey
probably one in Delaware before the
ion.
tailroad securities belonging to the
tte of the late Charles Stewart Parnell
19 sold in New York Tuesday, and
Ilzed ;i5i000. Part of the proceeds
Parnell's widow and cart to his
ther.
triking electric wircmen of New York
iv oaiuraay nignt ana organized a co
ieratf are fighting a combination of eih-
pn firms and expect to come off victo-
pus.
A meeting of the advisory board of the
orgia Southern and Florida railroad
ks held at Baltimore Fridav morning.
veral plans of benefit to the security
Iders of the railroad were discussed,
t no conclusion reached.
A. dispatch of Saturday from Suakim,
Vypt, says Osman Digna, has failed
induce the different tribes to jbin him,
his proposed revolt against the Eyp-
in cover n men t aud he has retire ! to
met where he is collecting his own
rces.
A disastrous wreck occurred on the
rt Wayne road, in Alleghany, Pa.,
ednesdav afternoon. A fast freight
as hit by a keystone express from Chi-
jzo.smashinir six cars and badlv wreck-
g the engine of the express. Engineer
arry Sauerbeck, of engine No. 1 ex-
ess and a fireman were badly crushed.
Fall River. Mass.. manufacturers at a
loetinff Thursday voted to increase the
wges of weavers to 21 cents ter cut.
Id all other departments in proportion,
his is practically an advance of about
percent and restores waeres to the stan-
ard of 1884. The vote was almost
hanimous and was voluntary on the part
: ine manuiacturers.
A democratic national headquarters'
rcularsays: "Michael F. Kwyer Tues
day afternoon made one of the larg
lt bets that is on record in this cam
paign. He wagered $20,000 against
13,000 that Cleveland wouldt carry the
ate of New York. The short end of
he bet was taken by a representative of a
indicate of Philadelphia republicans."
A dispatch of Tuesday from Rich
mond. Ind.. savs: Omar T. TTitt.l i
pissing and his absence Alarms his
fiends. A suit
pother is pending
for f 60, 000 by his
against him. For,
his mother's agent."
ear he has been
he demanded settlement which he did!
ot make and the suit was filed. When'
little left fro New York, he took bonds
nd securities aggregatinir 180.000 to
aye cashed.
A special from Indianapolis says: At
torney General Miller, in an interview
youia reure irom me caDinet ot rrcBi-
t 1 f ll , . .
ent Harrison next March,, whatever
hay be the result of the election. Gen
ial Miller stated that he had made up
is mind to this effect over a year ago.
Tie motive that prompts him is finan
ial conditions and his desire to resume
e practice of law at Indianapolis.
A New York dispatch says: "The
lectric wire men met hi Clarendon hall
P esday morning and decided upon a
leral strike. The walking delegates
ivere appeaiea io, ana a decision was
eached that all the affiiliated trades
hould be called out with the exception
!)f tin workers and bricklayers 'lh
delegates started out during the morning
o call the union men off their jobs. It
s thought the strike may affect 50,000
raen.
At 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon two
paen entered Ford County bank at Spear
Fllle, Kan s., and with drawn revolvers
obbed Cashier Baird of 81,700. As the
obbers ran' out of the bank and jumped
nto their saldles a party of hunters
tame along, ana learning oi me bold
robbery, opened flro on them. The rob
bers returned the fire, but no one was
hurt on either side. The robbers man
Xgea to escapea. . ii is noc Known
.whether any ox mem were wounaea or
ot. :
HURLED TO DEATH.
1 Trestle Breaks, Precipitating Ten
flars and Six Men Into a Ravine.
A trestle spanning a forty-yard ravine
Srecicitating to the bottom ten loaded
"ars and six men. At noun, ebcu were
Sn their way to dinner and while croas-
Srjff the trestle, ine umoer gave way,
Precipitating the train and men to the
' i. V.nrU tiff IT fAt hAlnW UUt
Surface could be distinguished a heap of
i til AM1 AiVa M4fl
ebriS, WHO legs, aruw u ; F
f - human victims protruding. Mtchael
Karkao was first uncovereu. .&very
. . r,Von md his face crushed be-
yond recognition. The . following were
1 taken out alive: Guiseppe Costellin,
'foreman, both legs broken and body badly
.Druiseu; oxuwis." . . , 7. ,
turcd skull, arm and body crushed, will
dip- Vaudanni Costabi, cut and bruised,
h torn mil : jubuaci -fs
injured internally; ' John .Kodah, arm
ii'i... -, v,ir iniured : John Baraska.
I . . i t .iks Krnlron TCI 1 1 Ills
che t crusnea, iuur -
f . .. f tha hnRnitai.
PO
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BUSINESS REVIEW
By B. (. Dunn and Co.'s Mercantile
Agency.
R. G. Dunn & Co.a' weekly review of
trade says: Even in the last week before
tbe presidential election business contin
ued very active; indeed, the volume is
far be end any report for a similar pe
riod, yet the coming election has plainly
diminished business in two ways. Mul
titudes have been diverted from trade to
political activity, and more bave chosen to
postpone transactions until the political
uncertainty has been removed. The fact
that even ucder these circumstances
trade has been enormous shows how pow
erful is this impetusjtoward activity and
expansion . The people are clearly buy
ing more goods than ever, and in some
instances the manufacturers are realiz
ing a slight advance in prices. Money
is closer at some western points, bat no
where is a stringency seen, and there is
no apprehension as to the immediate fut
ure. The sales of cotton have amounted to
more than 1,000,000 bales, and prices
having advanced an for southern ac
counts, appears to indicate a greater de
crease in the yield, and receipts are again
comparatively small. Speculation is not
very active, except in cotton.
At Philadelphia iron has an advancing
tendency. Trade is healthy and buoyant
at Baltimore, though open weather re
tards some branches and will lesson the
oyster packing now in full blast. Pitts
burg notes activity in iron, especially in
finished products, and fair trade in
glass." At St.-Louis, though the weather
checks trade in woolens and clothing,
groceries, and boots and shoes and 'dry
goods generally are strong and grain re
ceipts are heavy. At Louisville business
is a full average, and at Memphis is
slightly improved, though below the nor
mal volume. At New Orleans the labor
trouble retards trade, but cotton is
higher and active, and the receipts of su
gar are libeial, with good demand. I
The iron business improves everywhre
and unsold stocks, : are fast disappearing.
Pig is stronger, but bar is somewhat
weak. The demand for plates is only
moderate, but for structural iron is very
large, and sheets are active, with especial
pressure for the lighter qualities. West
ern competition depresses plates, but for
the industry as a whole the tone has dis
tinctly improved.
Wool sales for the week have been
7,100,000 pounds, against 4,800,000 the
same week last year, and since May 13
the increase has been 37 per cent. The
demand for woolen goods is active for
the season. Cottcn goods are firmer and
in seme lines higher in price. The Fall
River mills have voluntarily increased
wages 7 per cent.
The boot and shoe factories are sur
prisingly busy for the season, the ship
ments for this week exceeding last year's
9 per cent. The advance in paper has
been maintained, though there is some
feeling of uncei tainty. "
The Bank of England made no advance
in rates and money here has been steady
at 6 per cent. Circulation of all kinds in
creased $10,000,000 in October and is
now over $1,606,000,000. This week
the treasury has put out $600,000 mote
notes, while increasing its specie but
$100,080.
Merchandise exports are improving,
and the excess of exports over imports is
now large in general.
Nothing seems to foreshadow a mone
tary difficulty, and with colder weather
and the political uncertainty removed,
great business is anticpated.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the past week
number for the United States 207, against
233 for the corresponding week last year.
MUST RESPECT THE FLAG.
No Sham Attack on. Fort Sumter Will
be Tolerated.
A Washington dispatch says: The offi
cials of the navv derjartment are watch
ing with some apprehension the course of
events at Charleston, S. C, where "Gala
Week" is being celebrated in commemo
ration of the escape of the city from to
tal destruction by the earth Quake of
1886. .At the request of citizens the
United States steamships Dolphin and
Vesuvius were sent to the city to partici
pate in the celebration. The vessels ar
rived there Monday. The apprehension
of the naval officers is caused by the an
nouncement in the press that the naval
bombardment of Fort Sumter Is to
form a Dart of the Drocrramme.
If ; any such intention has taken
shape in the official programme the
navy department would have promptly
countermanded the orders of the naval
vessels, for Commodore Ramsey says that
he w,ould not for a moment tolerate the
idea that a vessel of the United States
navy should participate in the attack.
even though it were a aham attack on the
national nig. It has been decided to
Jeave the question as to the participation
oi me vessels in the celebration to the
discretion of Commander Brownson, of
the Dolphin.
CHARLESTON CELERRATES
Gala Week in Commcmorttion of Her
Great Eathquake.
Charleston's gala week opened Monday
with the ringing of the - "Star Spangled
Banner" by the bells of St Michael's
church. All shirmino in norfc waa hand
somely decorated and the stars and
tripes floated from the peak of every
mast. The principal business streets
were profusely decorated with bunting
and the flaga of all nations; but cOid
Glory" had the place of honor in every
display. The national flag floated over
the city hall, all public buildings, and on
many private residences. Not a single
confederate flag was in sight. The peo
ple feel that the war is over and this cel
ebration is designed to be an everlasting
memorial to the gratitude of the city
for the assistance of nations in the time
of distress.
In deference to the alleged disturbed
condition of political sentiment in cer
tain quarters it was proposed to change
the bombardment of Fort Sumter, pro
vided in the program, to Fort Sullivan
away back about the time of the Amer
ican revolution when Sir Peter Parker,
the bloated Britisher, put. to sea under
fire from the guns of Fort Sullivan.
SALISBURY. N. C, THURSDAY; NOVEMBER 10, 1892.
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH. (
Holes of Her Progress and Prosperity
Briefly Eiitoiizel
And Important Happenings from Day
to Day Tersely Told.
Miss Lilly Storer, the only surviving
granddaughter of Andrew Johnson died
at Knoxville, Tenn., Sunday.
Winter & Bobo, Sedalia, 3. C., burned
out Tuesday nigbt. Charley Betsui, a
clerk, narrowly escaped with his lue
and broke his leg in jumping from a win
dow. Loss total; insurance $3,000.
A special of Tuesday from Charles
town, Md., says: Eight colored priso
ners, convicted of the murder of James
H. Hill; near Wellington, Kent county,
last April, have been sentenced to be
hanged. The evidence may secure Pott's
conviction and cause the ninth execu
tion for the-murder.
A Columbia, S. C, special of Tuesday
says: Rumors are current that Governor
Tillman has received a very good offer
from capitalists, who propose to refund
the entire state debt. A short while ago
a Mr. Rion, of Augusta visited the gov
ernor, and it is thought that the offer is
the outcome of the .meeting.
Young's station, about thirty miles
north of Carrollton, Ga., on the Chatta
nooga, Rome and Columbus railroad, was
burnt up Thursday night. The depot,
fifteen baleB of cotton and a number of
loaded car3 were consumed. It is thought
a spark from a passing engine set fire to
some cotton on the depot platform.
A New Orleans dispatch of Wednes
day says : Thomas A. Gleason, a cotton
buyer, has been arrested for obtaining
$8,000 to $15,000 from the Whitney na
tional bank by forging cotton press re
ceipts and fraudulant insurance policies.
Gleason has been in the cotton business
here for fifteen years and is known
throughout the country. '
A Raleigh, N. C, telegram says : An
other famous case has been settled. In
1870 Josiah Turner, editor of The Ra
It igh Sentinel, was arrested by Governor
Holdin's militia and jailed. Some years
later he sued Hold in for $800 damages.
The case went on term after term. Later
it was brought against G. Rosenthal, re
ceiver of the Holdin estate at Hillsboro.
Saturday, Turner took a non suit.
A call was issued Friday for a meeting
oi the stockholders of the Savannah com
pany which owns the Middle Georgia and
Atlantic railroad in Sivannah at noon on
Saturday, November 12th, at the office
of the company. The circular letter an
nounces that the syndicate loan of $150,-
000, with which the road is to be built
from Macon to Covington, a distance of
twenty-four miles, is completed. But it
may be necessary to change the contract
in some particulars.
The preliminary investigation of the
men charged with throwing eggs at 8.
S. Booth, nominee for elector on the fu
sion ticket and Captain R. F. Kolb and
i iJi' a t
Dreasing up a political meeting wnicn
they were to address in Gordon, Ala.,
was concluded at Montgomery Tuesday.
Three of the defendants were discharged
and four were held to bail in the sum of
$1,000 to answer any indictment which
may be found by the" United States
grand jury. The defendants gave bail.
A Raleigh dispatch of Wednesday says :
The arrest of State Election Registrar
R. G. Rcid, by A. W. Shaffer, United
States chief supervisor of elections, has
proved one of the greatest sensations of
the campaign. Reid has brought suit
against Shaffer for $10,000. for false
arrest. Summons for Shaffer has been
issued. The suit is based upon the opin
ion of the state attorney general that nei
ther Shaffer nor his supervisors have any
power to, make arrests and that his action
was entirely illegal.
Facts concerning an immense real es
tate transaction became known in Bruns
wick, Ga., Saturday. R. R. Hopkins,
real estate agent and owner of the Hop
kics railroad in Camden county, sold his
entire interest, including track, cars, lo
comotives and timber interests to P. L.
Conquest & Co., of Virginia. This trans
action, added to Conquest & Co.'s large
holdings, makes them about the largest
cros3tie firm in the country. The sale
involved about $38,000. but the exact
figures could not be learned.
Judge Bruce, of the United States dis
trict court, in session at Montgomery,
Ala., sustained a motion to quash the
petition for writ and mandamus to com
pel the probate judgts, sheriff and cir
cuit clerks of Bullock and Mucon coun
ties to appoint third party representa
tives among the managers or inspectors
of the election. Judge Bruce granted
the motion to quash on the ground that
the court did not have authority to issue
an original writ of mandamus, and there
being no proceedings to give him juris
diction. Petitions were filed at the secretary of
state's office ia Montgomery. Ala., Wed
nesday, by W. C. Lanier, Phil Lanier,
R. Lanier, and Ras Freeman, of West
Point, E. P. Lanier, of Americua, H.
Lanier, of Atlanta, Ga.. and L. Lanier,
of Chambers county, Ala., asking to issue
commission for incorporating thi Chatta
hoochee Valley railroad company to be
established and built near West Point,
Ga., to Eufaula, "Ala., with a capital
stock of $200,000 in shares of one hun
dred dollars each which may be increased
not to exceed $1,000,000.
HARRISON GRATEFUL.
lie Thanks the People for Their Con
sideration and Sympathy.
A Washington dispatch says: The
president on Wednesday requested the
publication of the following card:
The expressions of sympathv with me and my
family in oar great sorrow from individiiate,
from societies, from churches, from conven
tions, from public meetings, from political
clubs and committees of all parties, and indeed
from ail our people, have been so tender and so
full of respect and love for Mrs. Hrriaon that
I raUietanUy abandoned the purpose of making
a personal acknowledgement of each, and we
are Brat4fnl,nrery grateful for this great cup of
good will and for toot prayerf al intercession.
May God give to each of yon in every trial that
grace and strength which yon have aeked for n&
(Signed) Bcu. XLlx&xsox.
STATE SUPREMACY DENIED.
1 Startling Decision by the C. S.
Attorney General.
. Washington dispatch says: Acting
Attorney General Aldrich, ou Thursday
made an important statement with ref
erence to the authority of United States
deputy marshals to supervise the elec
tions in which he announces that all per
sons whoever attempts to interfere with
tneae officers bring themselves within
tee scope of tthe criminal statutes"of the
United States, regardless of whether or
not they act under any state or munic
ipal statute. :
i F8 "5y! that in w f these statutes
it la not thought that any person or oom-
hintKnn ... .
" Ui persons win seek: in any way
to interfere with the marshals in the d is-
charge of their duties,: but that any such
rated rigorously prose-
xThe statement begins by saying that
the attention oi the department of justice
has been called to certain alleged instruc
tions to pobce and state officials in Ala
bama, Arkansas and New York, with refer
ence to their conduct towards the deputy
marshals at the polls.
It declares that the marshals are there
as peice officers and that their instruc
tions are not to allow discrimination for
or against any party, but. to secure an
w...ww iun a iu count.
It denies the doctrine of the suprem
acy ot states over the United States in
this matter of elections, and mt that
the impression that the federal govern
ment "is a foreign power" should be ob
literated, He says that the statement that section
2021 is the only section authorizing the
appointment of deputy marshals, and
therefore that such appointments can ' be
made only in cities of twenty thousand
inhabitants or upwaad is not the view
entertained by the attorney general or
himself, nor has such a view been held
by any preceding attorney general. ;
With reference to the question wheth
er deputy marshals" have the right to be
within the guard rail of polling places, it
j i i , . r nj
is saiu, nas Deen answeraa in the at tor
ney general's circular of OctoWr 31st
last and that the statutes are so clear an
explicit that no room is seen for 'disco.
sion. --v..'"'
The statement concludes: 'The ia7v
must be enforced. The marshals aire
warned under penalties of )aw " agairnst
interfering with the rights Of citizefp,
ana ai me same time they will guard dL
protect sucn rights at whatever cost.".
Instructions in accordance with tl;
views will be sent to United States
shals in all parts of the country.
A MAMMOTH WALK-OUTj
Fifty-Three Thousand Cotton Spi
iners
on a Strike.
A London cablegram of Monday
says:
xvo me lucrum in me cotton tra
e De-
gan at the usnal midday closin
r1 A 3 ll . .
hour
oaiuraay, ine exact number of operatives
aucviev i;tiu uuw umy oe know
'""j "i """n&amaiea JAssocia-
uon or operative uotton Spinntrrf? thinks
that 53,000 persons will be rendered idle
by the lockout or strike, the trofible par
taking of both features. His ltimate,
however, may be modified shIIld the
stampede among employers spread
The Federation of Master Cofton Spin
ners has never been verj successful in its
iocK-outs, ana tne present trouble prom
ises to be no exception to the lf ne
ule.
bmce the masters issued tb
eir notices
that the spinners would , hav
to submit
to five per cent, reducti i ia
hair vrorroa
there has been consider
in the cotton trade, . f
are loth to shut their
the profits in sight. 1
Should the man1.
American cotton c
ployes the old rate o
probable that about
would continue to rt
idle spinners and otl
ed to 30,000. At at
operatives is ipractic
e lthprovement
mufacturers
? and forego
i . .
'rs spinning
iir old em
fit is highly
,000 spindles
tthe number of
uld be reduc
2 victory for
rtainty. Only
one mill in Heywood
With so many milb rdL - ,'.,;
tion of the strikers M Ir out oper
atives is materially itre, tQened;- The
3,0Sr !? aU Proportion
JhM 7T t fr ikeP fund,
Sfw r?J Iaf e and this will
fimZ e 0peratlVeS t0 fy out for a long
. , . , , Jeionging to the
importers' federation T JC'!
heLu,r taC?-iP-mle he runs 'during
nrLln t Z ' - 18 Evident that on thf
lCBfcQl occasion manj of thp
the wages demanded1. u . pa
the .finf and still . , Vl PmneB and
iafoot. v, weir nuUS ai a
sat-
--.. jpiuui. -"-fcv,;. ur
ease mills would beli,;
not
the
3
TWENTY PE
PLE. KILLED.
xearxai Accident t
an English Express
T
aln.
A London cables
msays: An appalling
rauway acciaent
mom in s near Th
ccurred Wednesday
which twenty per
in Yorkshire, by
large number
ons
were killed and a
train, which leay
wed. The express
lug for London
speed as it r
Edinburgh every even-
was running at full
ahead of it appe
rosched Thirsk, when
red a heavilv ladened
gwua train,
gather, mak;
ae
two trains crashed to-
To add to the
a most terrible wreck.
fire and were d
orror the carriage! caught
lhe scene at
siroyeO.
oome of the K
as wreck -was pitiable,
iea taken out of the de
oru were b
A. .
10 numanitv
ed bevond m semblance
destroyed, and
worn wasmpl
Their clothmff had been
in some cases the jewelry
This will r.J!ed by the intense
ea by tht intense neat.
dead eitwm Jer the identification of the
impossible. Vl difficult,!! not altogether
Thf
A special Entire Crew Lost.
Ohb, aavi 4 of Thursday from CI
Ms-iton isihe life savin? crew at North
of tbe steaiand. Mich." confirm the loss
th3 T,TcckPier W. H. Gilcher. Pieces of
u- '; y the are said to have been picked
3 ler'nie savers, who nave oeen un-
' o irn anything that would indi
Oirvivorship of a single member
s-llcher's crew. The owners of
a have received no further news
d have given up all hope. They
tneed that the entire crew has
t.
FELL BAD ON THE STREET,
Stats Senator Renta Jones Dies M-
flenly in Atlanta.
He Represented lhe Jilnth District in
fho General Assembly.
The G
rgia state senate chamber is in
mournin
t hi est m
One of the oldest and wor-
embers, Senator Reuben Jones,
died su
lanta.
denly Monday morning in At-
8ena1
the sen
or Jones was not ttresent vrhpn
te convened, beinsr detained at
the
side of his aged mother who was
. A seat in the senate was drawn
very il
for
he ex
un and when ha arrived
ressed his thanks. r t
He
epresented the ninth district, com-
posec
of the following counties : Calhoun,
and Baker. His home was in New-
Earl
top,
Baker county. He waa a consistent
and "prominent member of the Methodist
churlch, and was actively engaged in Suh-
dvuuui wui ur iwemy-eignt years,
lerved in the state senate in the years
1-4. He was elected to serve aoain a
months ago. The late Primus Jones,
feorgia, was one of his brothers.
hysicians state that heart or brain dis-
ie was the probable cause of death.
COMER'S REPORT
n the Cond.tion of the Central Rail
road A Discouraging Tiew.
A Savannah special says: Receiver
Comer's Ions expected report on the
financial' condition and outlook of the
Central railroad was made public Friday,
together with an equally voluminous re
port by General Superintendent Wadley,
on the state of the system and its equip
ment. .It is hard to tell which report has bad
lhe most depressing effect on the public
mind From Mr. Comer's report people
havegenerally got the idea that the Cen
tral is insolvent, while from the report of
Mr.- Wadley they have been convinced
that the report that the roads comprising
the system had' been allowed to run
down terribly "was only too true.
Mr. Comer pointed out that for four or
five years the expenses and .fixed
charges of the company have been rapidly
increasing while the earnings have been
decreasing. Tbe expenses for the next
year, he estimates, at figures twice as
great as the expenses for 1887, with a
prospect of the earnings being consider
ably less than in that year.
On the part of Mr. Wadley, he comes
forward with the discouraging statement
that in order to place the system in a
condition where it can be economically
run there must be expended within the
next two or three years over $5,000,000.
He does not make any suggestions,
though, as to where this great sum is
to come from,' and Mr. Comer presents
the general superintendent's report with
out comment.
In fact, comment seem to be unneces
sary. The exhibit made is so paralyizing
that it will be difficult for the public to
grapple with and comprehend the facts
without studying suggestions. ,
On the main line, Mr. Wadley says,
that there' are ninety miles laid with fifty
six pound steel, which is for the greater
part in a bad plight. Spme of this rail
recently replaced, shows vertical bends
as great as six inches from a
straight line in the middle of a rail
thirty feet long. This is by no means
an exception, and is due to neg
lect in not keeping sound ties under it
and having inte'Hgcnt trackwork done.
A large amount of ditching is needed.
A large force is at work remedying this
and other defects. He gives an elaborate
review of the condition of all the branch
roads, terminal facilities, etc., which
will be interesting reading to those secu
ring copies of the report, ana wnicn i
not calculated to advance the value of
securities.
The equipment of the Central, be says.
is very limited, the company oniy
ing 1,336 fiat, 2,190 box, 7C8 coal and
48 stock cars. This . cives only about
and fnnrlftftn-ona hundredths DOX
cars rer mil and Rfiventv-one hundredths
flat cars per mile, a proportion far below
that of other roads.. During the, last
year 700 cars were condemned and no ad-
ditional cars have been douSu
1890. As reasons for increasing ine
: u . v,r.:a rhftt for car mile
CUUIUUICUl. UOOUV"
out nearly
&ie the company is paying
$150,000 per annum.
KOLB'S ADDRESS.
- - . At. -
Appealing to Toters to iceDUke uie
Organized Democracy.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch of Fri-
day says: Captain iu x. xxu.u po
lished a circular address to the public,
in which he appeals to voter to rebuke
the organized democracy. He closes
with the following heated exhortation
to his followers: "Under our form of
government liberty can only be preserved
bT the OaUO W - -rr .
tunlty in November will perhaps be the
last one at th ballot box, for if they are
allowed to carry the election by fraud,
they will enact such laws as will end the
r ,. Mre and colored combm-
a. to thom. Then let us make
th last effort at the ballotfoxes before
being forced to resort to arms, the reme
dy that has at last overthrown all despot
isms." ;
KILLED IN A WRECK.
A Disobedient Engineer Causes
Dcita of Tea People.
d fieieht train on
the
Philadelphia nd Beading railroad col
rnusuF Manayunk,
people were killed, ana r":;
srir-.i .v. .idont was caused by the
obeying crows. .
: . J tA ya pntrmeer was
. ji tmm KhamoKio.
. M a . id nassed. Disregara-
ai v :ou - r r , ;c,
this he moved nonnwaw, j---
north of the Manayunkv tunnel met tbe
express. - u -
scene, the wreck took fixe. .
DARING HIGHWAYMEN
Hold up and Rob an East Tennessee
Passenger Train.
Passenger train -No. 5, on the East
Tennessee road, was robbed Monday
night at Patonia," Alabama. The act
was committed by two masked men who
boarded the train when it stopped at that
station.. The robbers secured about
$2,000. ; : .: : , -
Train number 5 runs from Cleveland,
Tennessee, through Rome, Ga., to Selma,
Alabama, It Is a local passenger train,
and it stops at nearly every station on
the line of the Alabama Division of
East Tennessee. . Virginia and George
railroad ' Mond a v afternoon the
tram
left Cleveland at half oast four
o'cIock.
In the the express car there was
amount oi money going to ' ',i
In the maU car there were several valua
ble registered letters and money Ph
ages. When the train dsJ-?SS
more money was added to large
amount already in the express car and
another pile ofregistered etters was put
in the mail .car.8 P'tff.8?
where the robbery occurred, is forty
three mile. south otte
north of Jacksonville, Ala. The mail
clerk and the express messengers had
completed their work and were resting
when the train stopped at the little sta
tion There is a water, tank near
the station and the train stopped at
the tank. Just as the air-orakes
were applied and ' the train carae
to a stop, two masked - men
burst in the door of lhe express car and
covered the messenger with their pistols.
One of them then searched the car and
secured all the money and put it in a
sack. They then left the frightened
messenger and went into the mail car
and ransacked that. The mail clerk did
not resist aod the robbers secured all the
letters they cared to take. After that
they left the train with their booty. The
men in the express and mail car could
not tell whether the men were white or
biacK. as tney wore their masks over
their faces.
THE PRINTERS JOIN IN
And the Big Strike at Rew Orleans
Grows Apace.
The strike at New Orleans Monday
morning was more general than ever.
The decision of the typographical union
to join ihe striking phalanx has nerved
other bodies, which were neutral in the
matter, and all labor unions, which sign
ed the call for a general strike, are now
out, except the cotton laborers. It is
understood the men are ready to quit
work' when the committee gives the
word! Not a- street car is running, .no
work i being done and the only sign of
activity is in the wholesale grocery His
trict, against which the strike was prin
cipally directed. The strike of the
printers has the effect- of closing all
newspapers, except The Daily States,
which the printers have been fighting
for several years.
The proposition made, through the
governor, to arbitrate - the . question of
hours and wages, but leaves the question
of unionism entirely alone, has not yet
been responded to. The governor is
keeping his staff within call, and the
militia is ready to come, out on short no
tice. .
Little violence of any kind as yet, aud
nothing to warrant the sending of troops
to reinforce the police. There is a wide
spread feeling resulting from the state
ment of the gas people that unless the
utmost care was exercised dangerous ex
plosions might follow the cutting off of
the gas supply. The people are also get
ting worri' d at the prospect of cutting
off the water supply, which would place
the city at the mercy of the fire fiend.
Steamboats are tied up as a result of
tbe strikes of the mates and engineers,
and business is being seriously ham
pered. The merchants say they absolute
ly refuse to recede from the position not
to be restricted to union men in the em
ployment of labor. They are prepared
to close up if necessary.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Of Three Swimmers In a River of Burn
ing Oil.
A Philadelphia dispatch siys: The
Schuylkill river at Point Brefze, is al
ways covered with a tbm scum of oil
. . . .1
from adjacent ou woras, anu siuca vne
oil fire there Sunday, m re than the mual
quantity has been floating on the surface.
Tuesday evening three youns: men start
ed from the eastern thereat Point Breeze
in a fowboat to cross the river. When
about 150 feet trom the shore, one of the
men lighted his pipe and carelessly toss
ed the blazing stick into the water. As
the match fed into the water, a bursi
of flames shot up alongside the
skiff, and almost instantly the surface of
the river around tne ooai wa omzma
fiercely. The names of burning oil iscs
d the irunwales of the light crait, na
the men. realizing that it would be
quickly consumed, plunged into the
hutnin? fluid around them and started
to swim ashore. One of them succumb
ed to the names and sank. The other
two succeeded in reaching the shore,
thouch they were horribly burned and
mav aie.
The fire in tne meantime naa , spreaa
down the river and the wrecking steamer
Maryland, which was lying in the stream
working to raise tne Durnea Darn rem,
causrht fire, and be tore she could steam
out of the fire, she had been damaged to
the extent of $ 15,000. Streams of water
from several engines and tugs finally pot
the burning oil oat.
A Big Strike Ended. -
Cable dispatches from Carmanx,
Trance, states that Thursday was tbe
date fixed by tbe miners to bring to
end the long strike in the mines there.
Promptly at 5 o'clock In the morning the
strikers sssemDiea in a Doay ana inarca
ed past the gendarmes in Cannsgnou
Wet weather prevailed and most of the
miners carried umbrellas. -They march
ed to the mines and about one-third
ihem resumed work. All the men seem
ed satisfied with the settlement of the
trouble. This ends the strike that arose
out of the discharge by the mining com
pany of the miner who has been elected
mayor of Carmaux ' and " which, at one
time, threatened to have grave political
consequences. , .
NO. 6.
Thanksgiving day..
-n i?nt
James the 24th
ine i , Thanksgiving,
nwinsr is President Harrison I
nroclamstioo announcing Thanksgiv
uaJ' ;ff of God to Our nmit!t
A.lin the past year have been so abr-
dant nd specisl that a spirit of d
thsnksgiving awaits not the cs
oDly the appoiatm nt of a dayV
may have common expressioj
stayed pestilence at our do
given us more love for fret
tions in the creation of vif
directing providence, wasl
ous. He has awakened a
ence for the law.t He his
philanthropy by a ct:
distress - ia. other lod
blessed our schools andV
ward a patriotic and Goal
tion to execute his great i.
designs for our country.
us great increase in materKreai
a wide diffusion of conterj and morals w-
the homes of our people Jr He has glvttaV
his grace to the sorrowing; wherefore,
I, Benjamin Harmon, president of tW
United States, do call upon all our peo
ple to observe, as we have been wtmt.
Thursday, the 24th day of this moath,
November, as a day of thanksgiving t
God for his mercies and supplication far
his continued care and grace. In testi
mony whereof, I have hereunto set ny
hand and caused the Seal of the United
States to be affixed; -
Done at Washington, this the for4
day of November, one , thousand ei$
hundred and ninety two, and of the W
dependence of the United States the os
hundred and seventeenth. ,'
I Bekjamin IIarrisok. s:
By the president: ".
Jons W. Foster, Secretary of State. .
RAIN-MAKERS AT WORK; '
They Produce Much Noise but JJttie
Rain. -
After a dry spell of many weeks Wash
ington City caught a light rainfall Wed
nesday night as the alleged result oi the
series of explosions whicjh the experts of
the agricultural department have been
causing across the river. But the cost of
the experiments has been too great in the
sacrifice of neives and comfort to make
the plan entirely popular with Washing- .
ton people. They stood th' noise very
well as lonar as it was confined to d sl
ight hoursC but their patience was ex ')'
hsusted when shortly after midnight .
there was a fearful ror that shook every
house in tbe city and brought many peo-
nla t. rt Km A A .t. . .
ucu uuuer mo impression insv '
it was an earthquake. At intervals the
explosion was repeated with the results
that nobody slept and a slight ruin fell.
Thursday morning there was a General "
expression of indiguatlon at the disturb-, .
ance. The people at the oost of For '
Myer, who had broken trliss shakes
upon their heads were especially wrought
up, and yielding to the generally ex
pressed sentiment, the v mai r sreneral
commanding the army has promptly
ordered tho agricultural departmeat '
experts to vacate the Iort Myer reser
vation. 1
So there will be no further attemnts at .
rain-making on the millitary reserva
tions in and around Washington. One:
army officer who observed the experi
ments at night because he could not
sleep, asserts that the first two shocks
brought down smart showers, which set
tled into steady rain, but this was sud
denly stopped by the last two explosions. ',
do ne is puzzica to decide whether at
not the bombardment is a success.
BAGS FOR BARRELS.
The Sugar Trust Strikes a Blow at &a '
Cooper Industry.
A Philadelphia dispatch of Thursdsy
says: The sugtr trait has contracted for
5,000,000 bags to take tbe ptac of bar
rels for shipment of refined sugars. Tbe
bags will be delivered In Js'ew York,
New Orleans and Boston, as welt as ia
Philadelphia. This is by far the greatest
bag contract ever made in lhe unitea
States. The trusts reason for the change '
from barrel to bag is that bag co ts an
weighs considerably less than its old
time competitor. The barrel's successes
is a burlap bag with a light muslin bag
inside, and its weight is n;y a p uod
and a half, while that of the barrel m
twenty-three pounds. Thu the diff .r
ence in freight alone for carrying reSned
sugar to its destination would pay sev
eral times oyer for the bag. -
This is the worst blow that the local
cooper industry has ever experienced sad,
almost wipes out that business io Phila
delphia. Flour now goes to. Europe ia
bags end is retailed in the sime way.
Sugars brought here from the West; la
dies and Hamburg come xclusife;y m
bags which, after heing cleaned, are
used up for paper stock.- The Spreckles
were ine urti to lniroauce tne osg ous
ness in the east. The trut saw the ad
vantage at once and took immediate
steps to have its output- shipped ie a
cheaper way as soon as it gained control
of the refineries.
THE HOMESTEAD RIOTERS;
The First Case Will be Called Xore
ber ICtk.
A Pittburg. Pa., special of Friday
says: On November 1 6 :b, -Sylvester
Critchlow will be placed on trial'in 4m
criminal court. He was a striker and
engaged in the riot at Homestead on Xaly f
6th, and is charged by the Carnegie -Steel f
company with the murder of T. J. Co
nor, a Pinkerton detective, on . tbe -barges,
that day. The murder chsrne
will be tried first. The list will be fell-wed
until all the Homestead cases have
been disposed of.
Private IamVs Case,
' In the lams trial at Pittsburg, Pa,
Wednesday, Burgeon Nefl testified tlxt
he received orders to see that lams r
ceivedno permanent injury, . and t"
lams if he suffered he would be cut dc C.
Isms replied that if they expected
him
vo reiraci, iney wonia cut him
dead. Tir. TTll ntnjvMaf samm am
down
ment by saying that when Isms i ' iTZi
down he told lams to feign sirs .
that tbe regiment would hav- ,
pression that he had been v " 3 r8
ished. ,crcly pun-
i