The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, February 17, 1893, Image 1
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VOL. XXIV.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,189:!. NUMBER 7.
DIXIE NEWS.
^ The'
Beloved South Gleamed and
Epitomised.
AH Uu News and Occurence# Printed
Here in Condensed Form.
Chalmers Gibson, an 8 year old colored
boy was killed tat week at Chester, 8.
C., while attempting to climb on a freight
train.
Southport is to bare a $500,000 harbor
and coal company.
Aiken will bare a branch Keeley Institute,
established in elegant quarters,
in a few days.
The City Councils, of Norfolk, Va.,
otcd an appropriation of $4,500 for the
uaval rendezvous, tod $50) for tbo Vir
ginia Board of World'a Fair llaoagcn.
The leaf to'/acco sales for January iu
Athcville, N. C., amounted to 588,804
pounds and brought' 951,110.
Maryland's Governor, Brown, will not
Jardon State Treasurer Archer, who stole
133,000, until he gifes up available cash.
A Virginia ovs cr, police steamer recently
surprise i a lot of illegal dredge!
on tin wrong side of the line in the Po
comoko.
Active steps are being taken to make
the forthcoming Dnitvilc, Va., centennial
celebration a grand success.
Raleigh, N. C., had a disastrous firs
last wrok. A warehouse containing several
hundro 1 bales 'of cotton burntd
.down. Loss $1000; fully insured.
Rcg'ird'ng th-j recent purchase ol
5,000 acres of land in Dinwiddle county,
Va., for the sett'e-nent of a largo Bohemian
co'ony, there it already a large Bohetnian
settlement in Prince George
county, and th-> pcop'e are prosperous
and well satisfied.
It's. Vernon Bvltl?r, wife of a well
% - # WW a A . - w?
mrjwn larmer near hooq i*i, va , VII
without a moment's warning paralyzed
while at breakfast an I died instantly.
8ho was a nieco of ex-Btato Senator If.
' J. Smoot, of Luray.
An snicndment to the naval appronriat
on bi!l empowers fho Secretary of the
Navy to purchase for naval phrposes certain
plats of land adjacent to tho United
States naval station at Port Koyal, 8. C.
An appropriation of $10,000 is ptovided
for this purpose. ?
A report of tho Sojith Carolina railroad
commissioners, lately issued, covers the
month of November in 1891 and 1892.
Ttoo comparative carhiegs of thirty six
roads sre given for each year. The showing,
while bad enough, is still an imIirovoment
on the October statement,
if the thiity-six roads twenty-six evidence
a decrease in earingt of'$76,980.79,
and tea an increase of $40,956.68, making
the total net decrease 926,904 16.
There is considerable 'excitement in
Butler townshin. nefcr Greenville, ft. O..
over (he action of ttfrce negroes, in chasing
a white woman, Mrs. Flemmons,
from n branch where she had gone fot
water to her bouse, and afterward breaking
into a colored woman's cabin. The
negroes are known but have so far csc-tpcd.
A man was also intercepted by
a neighbor while trying to break into the
bouse of a Mr. Burns, where his five
daughters were alone at the time. A
warrant for his arrest has been issued.
The beet sugar factory at 8taunton,
Va., has now been is operation for nearly
two weeks, each day converting about
100 tons of beets into sugar. The machinery
has worked with remarkable
smoothno s, and every part of the plant
is io satisfactory condition. Jpuring next
fall they will probably require some 10,000
tone of sorghum-cane, in addition to
all of the beets which he and the farmers
can raise. This would be a profitable
business for other parts of the South.
Iter. Elward Mack has formally accepted
the call to the pastorate of the
First Presbjterian church of Charlotte,
N. C. The congregation tendered Mr.
Mack a aalary of $2,400, which he declined,
naming $1,800 as his salary. The
church w?s not willing for htm to accept
leas than $2,000, and urged upon him
the acceptance of that amount. "I will
accept U on one condition," said Jfr.
Muck, "that $200 of the amount shall be
mtm paid annually to the aupport of a pastoi
4% at the Victor chapel." The Vkter chapel
is a mission of tho First church.
fill U nnt mIi mil ifitttmltmhlm tlamfc Va?4V
Carolina will berepres ntod in Mr. Clareland's
Cabinet," remarked a promioenl
citizen of the Old Nor h t-'tate at the new
Hotel Aragon, at At'anta, a few dayi
ago "Tbe people of the State," he continned,sru
strongly urging Colonel JulUr
8. Carr, of Durham, Tor a portfoli > p>
a tion, and it ia a known fact that the
Free! lent c'cct ia conside ing tbo rantt-?
with no little degree of seriousness, anc
hould ho se?oct Colonel Carr, it will b<
only a juat recognition of his atorling
worth and raliant services to tin party,
and such action would cause rejoicing
among all Democrats from the mountain*
to the sea in the Tar Heel 8tate. Th?
thousands of frieuda of Colonel Can
throughout the 9outh would also be rejoiced
to eee hiua honored with e Cabinet
^ position, fie la one of the moat eater
P * prising and useful cltieas in the South
MU<fRKR PAID THE PENALTY
John B. BoyiUr Hanged far the Mar-,
dor of John P. Kppee.
Borrou, Va.?John D. Rontcr, th?
negro who murdered John P. Kppe* on
the night of July 39, 1891, expiated h a
crime on the g illows in the county Jail
yard Thursday.
Rojster wae visited in Jail by a large
number of people in the morning, including
the white and colored ministers of
the town, who read the Scriptures and
prayed with him until the hour of execuHewanUd
to tho scaffold at 19:10,
when Sheriff Baker read to him tha order
of couit for bis execution and gave
him an opportunity to say anything he
i anight desire, but the condemned men
was too frightened to m iko any connected
staiem uit Prayer was offered on the
scaffold for b in
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THE WONDERFUL COTTON SEED.
AnraptU from an 8,000,000 Bo'.a
Crop Amounts to $182,000,000.
The oil companies are now pnyius
from $83 to $81 per ton for cotton scctl
The prices of the product stand about ?
follows: Cotton seed hulls for catt'u
and sheep feed $8 50 to $5 per ton ir
different parts of the South; cotton s. e<t
oil, 00 cents per gallon; cotton seed men;
$23 per ton At present market prices
the 4,000,000 tons of seed that would
come from an 8,000,000 bale crop of cotton
would be worth to the South $100,
0 0,000.
Deducting $1,000,000 tins of seed fo
planting, ihcre wou'd be 3,000,000 ton.)
left, ab'jut 1 500,000 tons of which the
cxbisting mills work.
If the whole 3,000,000 tons could be
work d the following products would be
obtnincd:
t .000,000 barrel* of oil at S-To per bairel S^?."oo.<??v
:,ooo,ooo tonaof meal nt a.>3 ZV ,000,00
t.Vm.000 ton* of hull* at *1 t.Vxi.oo,
i>\aiu bale* lint at S.'o per bat* 2,V?,o?kTotal
S'K.ooo.oo.
mu?, nt present prices, tbc product
out of the cotton sccu of the South, over
lud above that necessary to re-plant,
would reach '.he enormous sum of $132,000,000.
As a matter of fact, abou*. lia'f
the spare seed are worked in the mills
and the South is getting the money fot
the products at the rate of about $<>0,
OOV'OO for the entire season's work.
This leaves out of consideration the
cattle feeding business tlnV. has been de
rclopcd at and near tbc mills by the us?
of hulls and meal as feed stuff.
PANAMA SENTENCES.
The I>e Leesepe Imprisoned for Five
Tears, Other Sentences.
PAais,(Cablegratn.)?1Tho Panama sen
fences havo been just delivered. M
Ferdinand De Lesscpa sentenced to im
prisonraent for flvo years and to pay a
fine of 5,000 francs. M. Charles De
Lcssepi is sentenced to imprisonment for
five y.-nrs and to pay a fino of 3,000
francs. M. Marius Fontaine and M.
Cottu each sentenced to imprisonment
for two years and to pay a fine of 3,000
fran- s each. M. Eiffel is sentenced to
imnriso'iment for two years and to pay
a fine of 30,000 francs. The sontcnc?s
have caused a profound sensation, especially
that of M. Ferdinand De Lcsscps.
Southern Governors' Convention.
Governor Fishback, of Arkansas, has
issued a circular letter to the governors
of Southern States proposing a convention
at Richmond, Va., about April 12.
The convention^ ?i Governor Fsshbaek
a.ys, should be' called "The Southern
Qoveri ors' Convention," to give it eclat,
but the Stite geologists, presidents of
Stntc fairs and horticu'turnl associations
shouM be invited as delegate*, and wh'ii
asacmbltd there should be adopted some
short, simple but emphatic method of
calling the attention of the world to the
m gnificent inducements of the South.
The idea is to present to the | coplc who
will attend the World's Fair the advantages
which the South offers, and to turn
in that direction the investors and immigrants
wh? will likely follow the cxposit
ion.
Texas Indignant at Paris Lynching
Laredo, Tux.?Qrent indignation ir
manifested throughout this Sta'o over
lie bnrbnrou ? torture which was iuflicted
t?y tho people of l'uris, T x , upon the
negro Smith for the brutal assault or.
little Myrtle Vance. Iudiguation meet
ings have been held in soveral towns it;
the southwestern pirtion of tho State,
;iud res dutions have been passed con
demn:ng the torture as n disgrace upon
humanity and tho Sta'o of Toxas. A
mass meeting was held in th?s city list
nigh*, at wlrcli speeches wore marie by
prominent members ot tho bar aud the
e!c gy, aud resolutions were passed con
'cmn-ng the outrage.
North Carolina Militia Boll.
Washington, D. C.?An abstract from
the latest report* transmitted by the Secretary
of War to-day to Congress shows
the North Carolina militia force to be as
lot'owa: One general; 20 members of
the general's staff; cavalry, 3 commissi
ue<l and 8 noncommissionc 1 office s,
7 musicians, 26 privates?aggregate cavnlry,
84; artillery, 4 regimental staff, 17
cunpany office:*, 82 non-commissioned
?-filcora, 1 musician, 206 privates--aorgre
gate 260; infantry, 58 rrgiinentnl, 100
c inpany officers, 824 non-commissioned
offi crs, 110 musicians, 1,131 privates?
1,710 aggregate. The aggregate forco of
tho ftate is 2,036.
To Open the World's Fair Without
Prayer.
Ciiicioo,Ii.l.--Two reasons were given
by the World's Fair directors for arranging
a programme for opening tho Exposition
without the prayer usual on such
occasions. The first was the difficulty
In se'ecting a minister who would be
agreeable to all Churches. Tho second
reaeon, as given by Director Lawrence,
was that "prayers aro not necessary on
such an occasion." Then Mr. Lawrence
added: "We will open tho Exposition
just as a store or bsnk is opened for
businose, and nobody ever hoard of a
store being opened by pray? r." It is
thought probable that the National Commission
will demand a place on the programme
for prayers.
tl.500.000 PROFIT.
A 7?w Bulla in the Chicago Lard Market
Make Big Winnings.
Chicago, Ii.i..?Mcie than $1,000,OOf
' a* been cleared this season by two firm*
<rhi h control the Urd market. The
price made a jump this forenoon from
f 11 824 to $12, and even a ahade higher,
ti required little effort to tend it soaring,
i he market Is cornered.
Thete are only about 7,000 tierces here,
nq<l thore are aborts to the extent of
i city times that quantity.
$9,000 Chicken" Fight.
Cn a n x.kston, 8. 0.?The big chicken
fight that has been in progress at Ten
Nile Hill during the past three days has
come to an end. The main was for $2,000,
between M. 8. Moore of Atlanta
and Katlen Bros, of Washington, D. O.
The Washington birds were wbinned.
UNDER A PROTECTORATE. |
U. S. Minister Stevens Takes Charge
of Hawaii.
Unci* Sara1* Murines Parade the
Streets ot Honolulu.
Sar Francisco, Cal.?The moat important
news brought by the steamship
Auat.alia, which arrived from Honolulu
Wednesday night, is that United States
Min ster Stcvcus hid established a protectorate
over the islands. It was aoknowlcdg
d at 0 o'clock on the morning
of the 1st instant, when Stars and Stripes
were raised over the Aliuolani Hall, and
Minister Stcvcus issued the following
proclamation:
(,To the Hawaiian People?At the request
of the proui ional government o(
the Hawaiian Islands, I hereby, in the
namo of the United 8lates of America,assume
pro'ectlon of tho Hawaiian Islands
fnr till iip.tfnof i/\? nf lif? - '1 ?
w> kuv |/iv%vvmvu ui sate rtiiu iFru|?onjr,
and the occupation of public buildings on
Hawaiian toil as far as may be neocssnry
for the purpose specified, but not interfering
with the administration of pubI
c affairs by tho provlsio al government.
This action is tnk* n, pending and subj Ct
to rrgotiation at Washington.
(Signed) JonN L. 8tkvrh\"
Envoy Extraordinary, Minister Plenipotentiary
of the United States.
United States Legation, Feb. 1. 1893 .
"A pproved and executed by C. C. Wiltse,
Uapt .in United States Navy, commanding
United St..tcs stc im hip lie ton."
The Adv rtiscr says rcg rding the
Stevens1 proclnmn'ioi that the action was
principally d c to incessant ngita ion on
tho part of ccrtniu whites, who have always
been a curse of the country,cou/lcd
with Eng ish nnd nativo newspapers
efforts to discredit nnd bl?ek the new
governor nt. Th sc ag nc:cs spread a
feeling of uncnsinesi and ilbtrus*. The
provisional government concluded somo
positive step was necessary, nnd .t wou'd
be wiso t to call ou the United States for
dirc-t a sis nncc.
The Advertis r continuing, says: "At
8:30 a. ni. on the 1st the Boston's bdtali
?n landed under Lieutenant Commander
Swinbuni aiid were up to the Government
1 ui di ig, whore deta'hincnts from
volunteer companies of tho provisional
gov. rnmcnt vera also drawn up. Lieut.
Ilush read Mi 'isler Stevens1 proclama
tion" nnd on the stroke of 9 tho Stai
Spangled Hnnner flut'ercd upon the staff
on the towi r. The flag was saluted by
troopi nnd mariners nnd henvirr guns ol
the 1$ -ston, nnd Hawaii was under Um le
Sam's wing for h time being at lea t.
Ilnwaii in fl <g still flics in the pslnce
court-yard. The palace, barracks, police
stati n, custom house, etc., rem-iin in
posusston of the provisional Gove n
incut, which will administer pubi c business
as usual The arms and ammunition
will be withdrawn from Aliuolanl
Hull, winch, until definite intelligence I
nrrives fr-m tho United Stats, will be'
( ? rded by a detachment from the Boston,
The event of Wcdncsdty is hailed
witli joy throughout the community. It
will bring about pen"* and prosperity,
and mill please nil escort those who do
not wnut Hawaii to cujoy there or any
otli r b'essings. It is not tho net of ng
gression, but cf friendliness, done nt the
in>tnuce of tha Hawaiian Qovernment.
May this friendliness re.ult in union
which shall endure forever.
President Sanford B. Dole on Janunry
20th issu.d a proclamation announcing
that all powers, duties, etc , required of
the sovereign of tin Hawaiian Kingdom
should bo hereafter vcs'ed in and performed
by the President of the provisional
government, and that the execute
c council would perform tho duti s of
the Cabinet. Another^proclamat'on announced
thnt if any person recruits soldiers
or sailors within the Hawaiian Is
lands to engage in armed hostility agninst
tho Government, or acts in any other
treasonable manner, he shall be punished
by flno and imprisonment, not less than
six months nor moro than six years.
The pro:laraation n'so demanded that all
persona in the employ of the Government
take the oath of allegiance within twenty
days.
At a meeting of the executive and advisory
councils on January 23d it wax
j i -i?i -??i - * -
uvviusu vu n nniioail guard Of
four companies. W. O. Ashley waa ap
pointod marshal and J. H. Soper com*
mnndcr of the force*, with the rank of
colon'. I. Martial law still continues at
Ilono'ulu, but tho hours hare been lessened.
lis proclamation resulted in the
maintonnucc of complete order, and infused
a feeling of security throughout the
community. The provisional govcrnmcne
volunteer army ia increasing visibly. Legislative
Hall and other rooms at the Government
building have been converted
into a barracks for the men. J. R. Caste
has been appointed cxocntive council by
the now regime.
The United States dag now floats ovet
the public buildings at Honolulu.
Senator Allen, Populist.
Lincoln, N*b ?Judge W. V. Allen
Populist, was elected United States
Senator, receiving seventy votes, four
more than were necessary to a choice.
Mr. Allen is tho present judge of the
ninth judical circuit. All the Democrats
vrtcd solidly for him, and each
man was cheered heartily as he cast his
vote.
When the result of the ballot bad been
declared, Senator Tafft, Republican
moved to adjourn. This was taken as
an insult to the Senator-elect and Tafft
was roundly hissed, (.hutch Howe, Ren..Mt...
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(ihviimu, i?|>ia?g w uia ice/ ina ranuo a
strong speech in favor of showing
courtesy to Senator elect Allen ^for the
honor of the State.
A cominittco was appointed to escort
Judge Allen to the hall. He came and
made a brief speech, in which he promised
conservative action. Further than
this he made no promises. All the D mocrats
were congratultted by the Independents,
as soon as the vote was an
nounccd.
Wife of Bx-Secretary Whitney Dead.
Niw Toax.?Mrs. Wi liam C. Whitney,
wife of the ex-Secretary of the Navy,
dh d at her home, No. 9 West Fifty-rcventh
street, at 8 o'clock in the morning
of ho rt disease. Onlv Mr. Whitney r.nd
the nurses who atlenaed her during her
illness were present at the death bed, the
end ooming unexpected^^^^^
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.!
The Effect More Money Wonld Prodace.
The Farmer Pictured as ft Kan of
Business.
The district Farmers' Alliance of the
Seventh Congressional di-trict of Texas
in 8cfusion at Waco adopted resolutions
opposing the State Bank bill now before
the Legislature and urging Senators and
Represents i ves to vote against its pot sago
ns a measure utterly inimical to the in
tcrcsts of the farm- rs.
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TUB EKFP.CT OF MORR MONET.
[Ripley Advocate.[
Iu the volume of currency was doubled,
it would b j equivalent to a reduction of
rai road rn'cs one-half.
It would bo rqusvnlcnt to a reduction
rif Qal.rii.fi nnrl fo??o nna.1t ?1f
It wo 'Id bo cquivn'cnt to a redaction
of tnxes one-half.
It wou'd c'oublo tho value of every
man's farm.
It would double the value of his live
stock.
It would doublo tho value of every
bu he! of corn.
It wtuld double the vuluo of every ton
of liny.
It would double the present rate of
wages.
It would light the firoi Juf eviry furnace
and give (inloy incut to millions of
idle mo'i.
It would build new railroads and dvvolop
new resources of wealth that have
hithoito 1 tin idle.
It would erect new factories that would
manufacture, out of the rnw mn'crinl
p'oduccd iu tho country, hutuheds of
tilings that we now buy in for? igli lands.
It would give employment at remunerative
wa0cs to millions of meu in the
factories, workshops nod mines, wb i in
turn will buy tho products of tho farm
at a lively price.
It would set every wheel in motion,
every forge to blazing and every farm
would be worked to its fullest capacity
to supply the demand for provision foi
the great army of workiren employed r
other occupations.
It would break the force of the monopower
and secure an equitable distribu
tion of the profits of industry to llios
who produce the wealth of the country
It would'ennble the farmer,'tthc mcch h
ic, the miner and every roan who cart
ed his brend "in the sweat of his faci
to cduc.dc his children and fit tbcm for
the sttoggle in I fo.
It would dimwr.rh crime, improve II'
moral condition of tho people, promote
kt mt\Arnnrn inrrnaon Ko lvonr*{nnco
-?i? ?, -"ri"""'0
the iadiiBtri&l masses and insure nnti mi'
prosperity.
It would work no injustice to any one,
and benefit ever) bo )y except the monc}lender,
ihc speculator and the idle par
asites who contrive to secure themselves
good positions with a large salary at
tcl-ea.
Let the voico of the people proclaim,
with one accord, throughout the laud
that we must and will have an increase
in the voluroo of our currency.
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tiik kahmeil as a business man.
There is a disposition in the coinmc-clal
world to "slur" the farmer. Tl.-?
derisive epithets "granger," "mossback,'
"hayseed," etc., are so frequently applied
and agricultural caricatures so often appear
iu the comic papers of th? day that
men who ought to know better have inconsid.
ratcly come to believe that the
farmer is "a back number, and that "nobody
with brains or nmb tion is any
longer a farmer." Farmers' boys and
girls have taken up the refrain, and a
largo proportion of them look with longing
eyes toward the city, with its rush of
excitement, nmu*cm?nls and financial and
social successes. Nut a few fnrme:s them.
selves have grown t'red of the ha d strug
gle aga nst heavy odds, as it often is and
to secure for themselves and their wives
a little more leisure in their declining
years, or to be nrait r their children who
have prccoled them to town have told
their fsrms and are now rcsi icnts of vil
Inge, town or city.
The above is a result of popular opinion?but
is popular oplni 11 co'rict? Is
iho overage fnru er behind the avcrjg*
townsman in brains, ambition or flnau
cial wor h? A very intimate associati n
with both city and country life for many
years justifies us in the ass rtion that in
n i business in life is th re a bet er
avenge of combined comfort and com, c
tence than o ? the American farm to day.
Certain it is that for the past few ye rs
the fanner lias been parsing through trying
times, bit we firmly believe th.t the
adherents of no othor busncss could I nv.stood
up so bravely and Lnvc conn ou
so clean.
What better test than this can you ask
to prove that the farm r is a success rs a
business man? Instead of "going to tlie
wall*' with an assignment ostensibly for
the benefit of his creditors lie has "trimmed"
and "reefed" so intelligently aid
so self-sacrificing!j as to outwen lm
the gale, saving Itimse'f and those who
trustc I him. If he c in do this in hard
times what can he do in vc.irs of prosperity?
Hold up your head, friend far nor.
You've as clean a title to the name ' it
successful business man" us the man who
trends the pavement ro g'ng rly. If y u
step is not eo quick, or your clothes so
natty, it is because you conform to tin
demands of your business. Drop the
habit of complaining or fnult-finding
a -l #
nucio UU9VIUIV. A CllivriUI fl IllCfV'.ol
under adverse circumstance* may rot I <
easy to maiotsiu hut it helps business:
sod where the profit is on your side yon
can smile in earnest, unless for pnulcu
tie! reasons it is best then to "Isug'u in
your sleeve "
A COMPANION PICTURR.
During the war, David Daws, o(
Brooklyn, N. Y., cleared f8,000,000 on
anny contracts, taking his pay in green
backs which he exchanged for govern J
oaont bonds at a largo discount. 1I<
then, with others of like interest, per
suaded our would bj statesmen that tbc
honor of the nation demands the nry
meet of their bonds in gold. Willi n
seal worthy of a better cause those an in
statesmen made haste to servo the inters!
of tbo gold bug and Mr. Daws' bopds .
appreciated to a gold Man lard. Daws
recently died le.ving to his family $20,000,0
"0. What statesmanship! What
fores ght to to manipulate legislation as
to produce such results! If this we c oil
we might admire the statesmanship t' at
produced it, but let us draw.nnothor picture,
the result of this snmo legislation.
Joseph Latta, of Iowa City, cleared $000
from four ycais' service in thcariny, took
his pay in greenbacks ntid exchanged them
in part payment, on eighty acres of land.
The greenbacks were thcu burn ?l, silver
demonetized and Latin's indebtedness
increased in the same ratio with the appreciation
of Daws' bonds. Ilud the effect
of the injustice to Latta stopped
here, the burden might bs endured without
repining, but the (nine legislation
that enhanced the value of Daws' bondi
increased the purclm ing power of ihe
gold that he receives ai interest thcrconf*
This with the diminished number of
greenbacks must measure tho value of
ioc products 01 ijiitta s mini, inns wlicn
he conns with the products of his 80
seres to exchange them for gold or greenbacks
with which to pay the balance ou
his lands hi finds that he is obliged to
Increase the quantity offered and take in
excha-gc a diminished number of d IInre,
thus lessening his ability to meet his
indebtedness. Latta, to-?, will die some
of these years and his wife nud family,
if they survive him, will be left to reflect
upon the injustice of legislation, pcrhnps
to sea their li tlehonn goto further
iwcll tho assets of tin bondholder.
Farmers and laborers, s'uly well this
eompnniou picture, drawn from actual
life. Its counter, nrt exists in countless
numbers all over our land to the infinite
and damnable disgrace of American
statesmanship. Our law makers allowed
a p-ck of tliicv s to deliberately plan and
maliciou-lv entrap them into the ennctmcnt
of laws that make possible tho results
depicted above. Unthcr than acknowledge
themselves in error they continue
to uphold and perpetuate the crime,
until the righteous indignation of a long
lufftring people drives them from power.
What then? We shall s<e.?Ex.
TOO MUOfl KlJSifto.
Ohio Hea'th Offiiora and Pastors Wil".
Oppose tho Custom.
Coi.umhus, (). ? A crusade against kiss
ing has been inaugurated by the Ohr
State Hoard of Health. It has sii cess
fully .appo.Vcd to the Pa tor.' Union tc
aid in stopping the custom of ndisciimi
lint*. Ir c.l I.nl.il
niu?ng lmlici ??f kissing ricnds on gr ct
ing lluin or Id 1?1 i n ^ then good I-ye, o<
kissing babies n ul ? h Idren mid urging
babies end chi dr. n to kiss each other.
Moses is ci'cd s a s nit.i inn on tlu
subj ct. The use of 111 c nununion CU]
is n!sj to ! e abolished, if possible.
FIFTY-SEOOND 00NGBE33.
In tho Senate.
89th Dat.?The Senate spent two liotir<
In the consideration of House bills ou the
calendar and passed eighteen of them
Mr. Morgan introduced'a resolution, which
was agreed to, requesting the President to
send to tho Senate tho draft of the annexation
treaty negotiated In 1854, but not
complete 1, between tho plenipotentiaries of
the Unite 1 States and the kingdom of Hawaii
The Senate than passed tlio House bill to
ratify and coultrm an agreement with the
Cherokee Nation of In linns of fie In iian
Territory anl Appropriating $8,595,71? to
carry it out Memorial proeeo lings in
memory of Mr. Gamble, o! Smith Dakota;
Mr. For I, of Michigan, an i Mr. Stackhouse,
of South Carolina Onto members of the
House of R.-preseiilativd ), were begun at 4
p. in., and a'ter eulo;ios on eaclt of the dead
Representative^, the customary resolutions
were agrei.l to, and the Senate adjourned.
40th Dat. ?By a vote of forty-two to
twenty three the Senate declined to take up
the hill f >r the repeal of the Sherman Silver
Purchase act. Mr. Hill made a speech
in mvor or iroa coinage Mr. Harris's
8>iarantino bill was substitute I for tko
ouse bill and passsl. It confer* National
quarantine powers 011 tha M irin > Hosoital.
41sr Day.?Tha Senate took up uuobjecte
1 to House bills an I passel u number
of them, inclu ling sixteen pension bills.
The bill for the reliof of the assignees of
John Riaeb, to pay tha bilanodue on the
despatch boat Dolphiu, was also
pastel The bill to require automatic
couplings and continuous brakes on freight
cars was discussed L'he Senate refuse 1 to
eonsiler the Now York and New Jersey
Bridge bill Hie Senate ratifl-d tha Russian
Extra lition Treaty with amendments.
41d Day.??lr. Morgan ha* introduced . ?
bill which will give the President power to
establish a temporary Government in Hawaii
pending the oitaiilish nant of a perman
cut one?The Car-Coupler bill wa* discussed.
4-Hd Day.?The whole of the day's session
after the morning hour was devoted to a
discussion of the Railroad Autematio Car
Couoler hill.
44th Day.?The Vice-President presented
the memorial of the Ch'cigi Chamber of
Commeroi favoring the annexation of the
Hawaiian Islands The couferanoi report
ou the bill to restore to i>'tu public domain
a portion of the White Mountain Apache
Indian reservation was agreed to? ?
The Railroad Car Coupler bill was further
discusird, but went over The Legislative,
Executive and Ju Uolal Appropriation
bill was referred.
In the House.
43d Day.?The opening feature of the ses-.
ion was the spontaneous expression of re 1
gret manifested by bis colleague at tht
v.limitary retirement of Mr. Blount o%
Oiorgia, f'-om the seat which he has Ailed for
twenty years. Never before iu the history ot
Congress has a member bean so honored
The House then, in Committee of tbt
Whole (Mr. Hatch in the ohair), proceede I
to the consideration of the Diplomatic an 1
Consular Appropriation bill. There wa.
no general debate, and the blU was read for
amendments. When the committee rose the
bill waajpassed The Military Academy
A|/pi u|n mvivn uiu wm VUtQ MklQU dp.
There wu no opposition made to the bill,
which waa passed without division
Public bnsines* was then suspended to enable
the Houae to pay tribute to the late J.
W. Kendall of Kentuoky. After remarks
by Messrs. McCreary, Paynter, Caruth,
Butin, O. W. 8tone, MoKinney, bmttb.
Wearer, Wilson anl Be!knan. the House out
of respect to the memory of the deoeased
adjourned.
43d Dat. ?The House filibustered all day
a^ainst the Anti-Option and Bankruptcy
44th Dat.?The LegislatlTe Appropriation
bill was discussed.
45th Dat*?The Rlectorai rotes were
oounted in Joint session in the Hoase, and
the result was declared The Legists tire
Appropriation bill was considered.
46th Dat.?The friends of silver sustained
, the demand for the previous question on-the
Silver Purchase bill?The LsglalatlTS bill
was passed The K<u>eai bill was passed
by a vote of 169 to 143.
47th Da v.?The Invalid Pension Appro
priation bill was considers ! In Committer
of the Whole. Without closing the gen
eral debute the committee arose, and tb.House
took a recess until 8 o'clock, the evta
ing session being devoted to the oonsidera,
tion of private pension bills, "M
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TWO NEW U.S. NAVAL TERRORS 8
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THE HAM KATAHDIN LAUNCHED. T
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And the Indiana Nearly Beady. Both
Formidable Battleships. Do- n
cription of the Vossols.
? 1
II
Trk Aumkk 11am, which was launched at 1
the Rath, Me.. Iron Works Saturday, is the ?
most novel addition thus far made to our 3
new navy. She is called the Katahdin, and '
in wartime she will be called upon tonttack j
big ships with her a^ong, sharp bow and t<
punch hold^n their hulls, thus sending v
them and all on l.oaVllldown to Davy Jones' j
locker. Whcn.in flghtin.t trim sho will be f
almost submerged, and will present a very a
THE BATTLES II
small aud armorical mark for tlio enemy's '
guns. ?
Congress, by act of March 2, 1889, author- n
iztd ihe construction of a twin-screw, ar- li
mor plated, harbor defense ram, upon tho j
design of Rear Admiral Amnion, lTnited (
IStstes navy, the design to bo based upon v
his experience with rams in the war of the J
rebellion.
The Rath iron works in January, 1801,
took the contract to build and equip the
vessel and machinery and place the armor, n
for *090,000. On March 27, 1891, the de- r
part nient approved the proposi tion of the
contractors to lengthen the vessel eight feet, 1
the corresponding increase in the f
d splaccment, 133 tons, being uti- a
lir.cd in increasing the coal supply ]
and providing a battery of four six-pounder I
rapid fire guns for defense ugainst torpedo <
boat attack. The original design had no i
battery whatever. s
i nc uiiuiMismms ui iiiu vusm-i arc iia iui- ?
Iowa: length over all, 251 feet; length on f
THE NEW RAW
ttic normal water line, 250 feet, 2 inches *
bread)h extreme, 43 feet,5 inches,and on the
wnter line, 41 leet 6 inches. The total
dep'h from the base to the crown of the deck
amidships is 22 feet 10 incites; the normal
draft of water is 15 feet, and the displace- '
ment i, 183 tons. The lower portion of the i
hull is dish shaped up to a sharp knuckle 1
w hi< h runs all around the vessel G inches j
below the normal water line.
Above this knuckle the shape of the hull I
is a circular arc, with a radius amidships of i
30 feet, rising from G inclu s below to G feet I
above the normal water line. This curved
deck will be armor plate throughout, the t
thickness of the armor tapering from 6 in- t
ches at the knuckle to 2 inches at the crown i
of deck. Above this deck when the ram is I
comi'leted will rise onlv a connonim; tower t
18 inches thick, a smokestack and ventila- i
tor. the lower portion of which will be nro- 1
tccted by 6 inches of armor, two light bar- I
bet es, within which the guns will be i
mniinte 1, and skid beams carrying four i
boats. I
Below the knuckle will extend an armor '
belt 5 feet deep, one half being (5 inches thick, t
and the remainder 8 inciteThe hull is i
framed hv continuous longitudinal girders
both bdow and about the knuckle, which
gathering together at the how and stern form
a very rigid structure. Transverse frames
are spaced 4 ami 8 feet apart in diHerein |>ortions
of the length. A continuous water i
tight inner bottom 2 feet front the outer i
skin is carried nearly the whole length of l
the v ssei and up to the armor shelf on each
side, 'litis bottom is divided into thrre 1
water tight portions on each side of the keel 1
longitudinally, and these are further cross i
TO BRING BOHEMIANS SOUTH.
Two Thousand of That Race to be
S.ttled in Dinwiddie County, Va.
A Baltimore ci p.teh says: An'hony
Korc* and Frank Layer, of Chi ago,
stopped in this <ity whi'e on their way
to Petersburg, Vn., to complete the purchase
of live thou and acres of laiul in
D'iqvi iddic com tv, whereon will locate
three hundred fuinilt n of Bohemians
(two thousand pco.dc all told,) who aro
at present farm! g ir far west States, hut
win icck a milder < lim it?.
For the R*itef i t the Clierokeoa.
Wasiiingtox, D. C.?Senator Vance
has intr dnced a bill for the relief of the
eastern band of Chcrokc s. It amends
the 1 th section of the net of July 15,
18i0,*o as to g vo the Cir uit Court judge
com|>! to jur sd clion in nil matt rs in
dispute betw en the entt rn and western
Che okccs. Also nil matters in dispute j
between the cast rn band and the State {
of North Carolina, growing out of the I
act of cssion of 178-1 i
Meda'a for Saving Negrote.
wamiinoton, i). C. - Secretary of tl.e
Treasury Foster his Awarded silver lifolaving
medals to Thomas If. ITcrndon
?nd Captain V. L. Hopsoi, of Binninglam,
Ala, for saving two col >rc 1 men
?rom drowning in a lagoon in Florida In
VIny, 1880.
Graaham for Secretary of State.
CmcAiio, III.?The Herald prints
New York dispatches stating that judge
Walter Q Oicshatn has been tendered
the Secretaryship of State by Cleveland
and h.?s accent d. The dispatch also
states that Clevoland will make the fact
| public io a day or two.
ivided by 13 water tight transveise frames.
ins dividing the bottom into 72 water tight
rmpartments. The inte-ior of the hull ia
irtner sub-divided by water tight billheads.
both longitudinally and transverse,
he propelling machinery will consist of
wo seta of horizontal triple expansion enInes,
the cylinders being respectively 25,
> and 50 inches in diameter, and the stroke
f pistons being 3d inches. The estimnted
taxhnum horsepower, with 150 revolutions
er minute, will lie 4.WW.
There wiil be two screw propellers, each
0 feet 0 inches in diameter and 12 feet 2
aches pitch. Ktcam will be furnished by
wo double ended and one single ended
ylindricnl Scotch boil rs, 13 feet Cinches
a diameter. The total grate surface will bo . ? "
51 feet nncl the heating surface 12.150 square
eet. The coal bunker surface will 237
ons, the normal supply being .>>5 tons,
'revision is niado for carrying about 20>J
ons of water ballad in the d ruble bottom,
rhich will sink the vessel it action so that
tie knuckle will lie about coo foot below
lie water line. The estiif ^ '"Id-jWith
ull power is 17 knots |>er At be \
IP INDIANA.
or the ton contract. The quarters for
Ulcere and crew are all within the armored
mil and there will he fitted complete
ystems of electric lighting, artificial ventiation
and drainage.
It docs not require any great stretch of the
magination to torm some idea of the desmotive
effect of an onslaught from this
'easel, whicli will dusli into her foe at fnll
peed, crushing in the lattcr's side with
Ormidable beak and sending her to the
ottorn of the sea in a very few minutes.
Tiif. Indiana, one of the greatest of tlio
iation'8 prospective battleships, is about
eady for the launching.
The Indiana, when she has her armor and
ler big 13-inch guns, will be one of the most
brmidable warships in the world. When
ihc was ordered constructed nearly three
pears ago, the United States was already
[airly well supplied with commerce destroyers
that could light vessels of their class and
run away from armored ships, and in purmance
of a plan to provide the navy with
battleships that would be the (.'orbetts and
sullivans of the seas the Indiana and two
[ KATAHDIN.
other similar ships, the Massachusetts and
Oregon, were ordered constructed, and ho
Indiana's keel was laid May 7, 1801. She is
built of steel and is 348 feet long, 601 lei t
broad und has a displacement of 10,288 tons.
She will carry 400 men, and her bntery of
four 14-inch and eight 6-inch guns, m-uiuted
as they are in pairs in six great nirklc steel
turrets 17 inches thick, which are in turn
protected by 17-inch redoubts, is one of t tie
most powerful batteries provided for a United
States shin.
In addition to the guns already described,
the Indiana has a large battery of 6-inch
ritles; 20 6-pounder and 4 1-pounder rnpid
lire guns, 1 gatling guns and 6 torpedo tunes.
The armor, which is the thickest ever placed
ti|>ou an American warship, is of nickel
steel and consists of the following thicknesses:
Hide belt, 18 inches; end diagonal
Delt, 14 inches; conning tower, 10 inches;
urrets and redoubts, 1/ inches; armor deck,
lbout 3 inches. The side armor belt is 74
Feet wido, 2 feet above the water and 41 feet
lielow, and extends along the sides of the
ship 10(1 feet. Above this belt of armor is a
casemate backed by 10 feet of coal, and on
lop of the three-inch protective deck, forward
and aft, is a belt seven feet high and
six feet wide and filled with water excluding
material similar to wo<>dite. All ttie armor
is backed by wood and thick plates,
which are turned back by heavy channel
bars.
There are six powerful search lights arranged
along the sides to locate the enemy
nt night and to guard against small boat attacks
under cover of darkness. The complement
of 12 boats and one balsa are stowed
well above the Hash of the guns and are
handled by means of powerful cranes. The
launching will tack place from the ('ramps'
diip yards.
WISE WORDS.
/-I - - 1 1. ..... I I
viuini puv'piu uutvi ivvu uuu uuui|;niijt
Tuo memory of a blowing is itself a
blessing.
The man with a proju'lico Is a man
with a chain.
The tjoust of the heart is always the
trust oL ^e. ^
Lifo has no joy that is not hasod on
some kind of a hope.
If there is any of the hog in a man the
bristles will soon begin to show when ho
travels.
Labor troubles are often caused by
men who are trying to mako a living
without work. (
Whenever the preacher takes a square
aim at sin every hypocrite in the church
begins to dodge.
Preaching experimental religion without
experience U as easy to do as climbing
pillars of smoke.
hog in a pen never tries to be anything
else, but the one in a street-oar *
tries to pass himself off for a man.
The man who doesn't love his brother
on the other side of the earth doesn't
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lUio uw uiuouvi UITWII utU'K UUV UI U10
atreot.?Pain's Horn. . '
Pittsburg now claim* the largest glass
flattening ovon In the world. This new j
oven will take a sheet seventy-five inches
by 111 inches, or in narrow glass onaaf thirty
inches by 131 inches* ,
An Italian Duchess has solo her jew.
els for $600,000, and is using the
money to build a children's hospital *i
Milan.
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