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ESSE2?' Jgp?'*' ^ l VOL XIVI. ' ~~ W (1,~WEDNESDAY,^DEC'EMBER 17, 1890. ~ ' ^ NO 18. . ? ? ? i ...! ?? ! ? ?ow?bbb?gaeac?ai ????p??'m?j* i ?? iaa bmimwwi?Mnataa?p? jn?ag?c??a?a?e? if. in. i'iiibi ?? THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE. ? the rapid growth of the order j ii all over the country. piwrtjai proceedliiff* of the body?ur. mcbennf in Hot "water?th? foic? hill cun3i??thbru:oi:ioa? ami i'ituns|bht scsmon. Fla., Pee. 2.?The National rTarmers' Alliance am! Industrial Union met in the Opern House at noon to-day. N early every delegate has arrived and the house is crowded with Alliance mm and women. Immediately after the house was calied to order President Polk delivered his annual address. The audress will be found in another column. Of course nothing of importance was done to-day except securing organization. In the way of explanation of the rapid growth of the Alliance, which the officials say is sun extending in an directions, an official organ of the M Order in high standing says : "We hare now three million members, and they are men who represent almost, erery variety of political opinion. It would k be rvorse than folly to try to enlist these I men in the support of ei'iier of the existW j ing parties or of a new party. Our methods [ */ of developing the Order so far have been < solely educational, and to be successful they"must continue so to be. Therein iies the" steiet of the growth and power of the Alliance. It has been distinctly a business organization so far. and it is in politics only in so far as the business interests of the members make it necessary. If the Alliance leaders shou'd be so fool ish as to attempt to create such a party they would fail Ignominiouslv and tlie-whole Order -would suffer disintegration as the penalty for the folly. Our whole experience thus far has proved the truth of what I say. In South Carolina and Kank sas, for "instance, the situation made a I third party necessary and it was spon-! taneousiy forthcoming. In Georgia, where j we are equally strong, a man who advo-1 . cated the formation of a third party would H be hooted out of the State. "We must stick B to this policy of education and political ? neutrality, or we shall lose all we have 9 gained." All the memmbers do not talk In like i rein. Some are in for vigorous and TYorcwtunf \vf>rfc. Th^V SHV that it is folly to say that they can accomplish the ends and purposes of. their Order unless they make a strong I tight for the law-making machinery of the country. This is the view taken j by Frt-sldent Polk, who, in a recent J ^ interview, said: j 5fIf the Democratic party is wise it may reap substantial benefits from this election"; j but if it remains content with present success, without applying it for the benefit of i tne people, the next election will doubtless reveal Estill greater surprise than the one just pass?d. Nor will it be safe to consider these cains as a triumph for the doctrine of free trade, or an attempt to involve the country- in another tariff war, as was done two years ago. xne people wn; noi submit to it, and will certainly emphasize their disapproval in a manner that will be both seen and felt. This election may be considered as a protest against ZS'ew England dictation; against the deception and trickery of the silver bill and the sectional | hatred"contained in the force bill, both of which can be clearly traced to New England domination." f I Nearly all the delegates are loud in fejpressing their opinion that the result I Of the recent djgpuerit oTtke Democratic platform, ( Kmt it was a triumph for the Alii- ( H can be attributed more to Repub- * ?|f arrogance and assumption, and . Hitter education of the people, lhan \ By other cause, and should be con- j Hfcti more in the light of a rebuke to i j IIparty thaa a victory lor Demo-}, jr. The defeat of the party in power! * crushing as it was unexptcteu by \ ], and should carry with it a lesson , | lo be remembered. It is a revolt j bor in production against prosent j itions, and a trumpet call lor a j ge in the economic policy of the j 1 " t e claim Is freely made here that i j Alliance i? solving the race prob- j and that, too, at a more rapid rate j any philanthropist or negro- . sts ever dreamed possible. They [ that the members of the Colored . mee, which has nearly a million ^ bers in the ^outh, and is in close >athy and co-operation with them, i almost unanimously for the Alii- [ candidates where there were such 5 le rtcent election. It is asserted | the secret of the small number of f Mot i,? nco-rops; in Smith Carolina ( Ii? recent election is that the Alii- ' gave possitive orders to its mem- ' to keep away from the polls, e National Alliance opened its 1 session to-night, and from now on psions will be secret, only mem- M bf the Order being allowed in the Report of the committee shows ! k-eight actual delegates present j. [the following States, each State j !]|: a full accredited delegation in t dance: ibama 5, Arkansas 5. Colorado 1. Florida 3, Georgia 7, illitois 2, Indiana S, Indian Territory 2. Kansas 8, Kentucky 5. Louisiana 4, Maryland 2. ' Michigan 13, .Mississippi *, .uissuuri u, North Carolina 5, South Dakota 2, Pennsylvania 2, South Carolina 4. North Dakota 2. Tennessee 4. Texas 4, Yirgik nia 4, "West Virginia 2. Other States aud 1|l Territories having organizations and R entitled to delegatrs are California, New Hft Mexico and Oklahoma, but as yet no delegates have arrived iiv-in those f In addition to the delegates there are B Un or twelve persons entitled to vote. B&Br which brings the actual numerical HK strength of the body up to one hun iSR- dred. Besides tU'r-se one minurtu me mS local committee on entertainments reSfi^ port one hundred and sixty-live visiting Alliance men from outside of the ?|| State, and all of these can attend the Bps! deliberations ot the council. Among \the delegates are five women. ^fcAt t^e conclusion of President I'oik's aefeiress the Alliance resolvtd itself mroShfiort of "love feast," during which C.A>)wer, an old Union soldier from Indiajpa, moved that all Ex-Union soldiers |in the hail who endorsed the sertimersts expressed in the speech, of President Polk, of South ])akota, with reference to the burial of sectionalism, pise up and be counted. The motion tprevailed. and between forty and fiftji stood up amid the wildest enthns|asm. Under the inspiration of k this feood feeling an Ex-Union soldier from/ Wisconsin stood up in his seat and 1 called upon all Union soldiers present to give three cheers for the obi ('nntarieratts in the Alliance. They ilaL were! given with a will. Then it wasj ||| the Con federates' turn, and they cheer- j gaBB ed the old soldiers of the I'nibn with a| H Tolume and heartiness that left no; ||5 doubt as to the genuineness of their' ^feeling. The cheers ended with a wild. Bold-fashioned "Kebel yell," and as its SSeehoes died avray or.e aged veter.m of ?he Confederacy shouted in a voice that out clearly through the hall: HHB'Th&t's the genuine article. I've heard ^^before." ^ The Alliance then adjourn | and threatens to bringcharges against j : them. Livingston talks freely and ac-; j cuses Polk and Macune of starting the : report that he was in the pay of Jay! Gould and wanted to betray the Alliance. The report was published sev- j eral days ago and it has been trax-;l. Col. Polk's office. Gnh.'i'olk refuses to talk. Thye AUiicince is with Polk, and Livingsta#!* is trying to run Clover, oi Kj?strsa^Taeainst Polk for president. TUiiFhjs efforts meet with but poor en| couragement. j A resolution was introduced to-day i ! denouncing the force bill, and it went through with a rush, the members from the Northwest giving it cordial sup- ! ! port. The members are enthusiastic ; I save a fen- old line Republicans. The j j anti-force bill resolutions were introj duced by Delerate W. S. McAli?*?tt. of ; j Mississippi, and are as follows: Iff Whereas, the President of the United j j States in bis annual message to Congress j ; recommends and urges the immediate pas j j sage of the measure known as the Lodge j election bill; and whereas, said bill in-1 j volves a radical revolution in the election j machinery of the Union, both State andna-1 I A? i j 41,? I j UOJUIJ, miu iis >>wi uc kuui n> hi v | autonomy of the States and the cherished liberties "of tlie citizen; and whereas, said bill is partisan in spirit and will be partij sail in its application, thus revitalizing the I gory ghost of sectional estrangement; and ! whereas, in the holy war which we have i declared against sectionalism the firesides I of the farmers of the Xortb, East, South and j West are the citadels around which the | heaviest battles are being fought, and to | the end that victory may crown our crusade Jet fraternity and unity reign: Therefore I be it. .Resolved, by the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union of America, in national council assembled, 'l'hac we do most solemnly protest against the passage of the said Lodge election bill, and we earnestly petition our Senators to employ all I fair and legal means to defeat this unpa| triotic measure, which can result in nothing but evil to our comiron and beloved coun! try. Resolved, further, That a copy of these preambles and resolutions be forwarded to each Senator in Congress. .Mr. McAllister took the lloor in support of the resolutions, and at the end of a strong speech moved their adoption. As iie sat down there was a stillr ness and hush in the Convention which foreboded a storm, and everybody expected it to burst from the Western or Xortfiwest delegations, but nostbrm came. After a few moments of suspense . Delegate Deruing, of Pennsylvania, aro3e and said that he regarded the in-. troduction of the resolutions as un timely;.that thers was largely prevalent at the North a feeling, that the Farmers'Alliance was a Southern organization, its members being saturated with Southern sentiments, and that the passage of these resolutions would strengthen this opinioD. and check the growth of the Alliance North and East. His language was very temperate and conciliatory, and a ripple of applause greeted the close of his speech. President McGrath, of the Kansas State Alliance and a delegate from Illinois expressed practically the sentiments as Mr. Deming. of Pennsylvania. The question then recurred on Mr. McAlister's motion to adopt the reso-1 lntionc orirl if- w^c.f?!>rripr! nnnnimmislv I amid the wildest enthusiasm. The sensation of the morning session -v-af} WttciTTTesidem, ilitingston, ontrtri r Georgia Alliance, arose to a question >f privilege, and said that in conse- ^ luence of certain rumors and reports c growing out of "'special letters publish- 0 :0 in certain newspapers" before the j isserublmg of this Convention, insin ua- w ;ions had been made that corrupt and -y mproper methods had been employed a n the recent Senatorial contest in Geor- ^ jia. These insinuations had been g. umed at Macune and himself, and 1'res- j dent Folk s name had been connected c .vith them also. lie made a speech an ^ iour Ions-, in which he denounced these \ umors and insinuation's as infamously a false, and he demanded the appointment of a fair and impartial com mit;ee to thoroughly investigate the mat- ^ :er. Assertions,"hesaid, had been made u ? these specials that the National ^ Economist and some other State Alii- a ince organs had been or are being con- c lucted by Wall street capital, which issertionsLivingston also denied most * imphatically. P President Polk then took the lloor j, xnd, addressing himself to the same (j subject, said that, as far as he was con- ^ ;erned-personally, he cared little for >landers of that kind, but there were a certain reasons why the National Alii- a mce should make thorough investiga- a ;ion of the subject, and he therefore ^ jrged the appointment of a committee j lUI lUi^ pui vuor. + He was followed by Dr. C. W. Ma nine, of the National Economist, who joined Livingstone and Polk in their F lemands tor sifting this slander to the v bottom in the interest of the future j; iiarmonv of the Alliance. He charac- /terized the rumors and insinuations as * false in every particular. A delegate, who was supposed to be , friendly to the three men connected * with the ckarges, then moved that a s committee of investigation, to con- r sist of seven members, be appointed, J but a loud murmur of dissatisfaction from the body of delegates showed plainly that this was disapproved as * being too small. It was finally decided 1 that a committee of investigation \ should be appointed, and that it should 1 consist of one member from each State in t.hp ('rrn v*nt,ion_ to he selected by the delegation itself. \ All the speakers demanded that theiv investigation should be thorough and t searching, and that it shall make no attempt to suppress facts or to present { a "whitewashed report.". . IJt-u-re the discussion had ended an , opportunity was had for presenting a * formal charge covering the insinua- , tions contained in the newspaper ar- ' tide referred to, but no delegate took 1 advantage of it. it is said, however, *1 ; . frw hw T ivirifr. 1 IJicil wild (ioavu ivji ktj t stone. Polk and Maeune will not pre-11 veut tht: lilir.g of charges against .Ma cuue. i This investigating committee will 1 consist of twenty-seven oz twenty- ; eight members, and as soon as the del-1' egiitions select their men it will hold a ;: meeting, probably within a very few i hours. An effort is beiug made to have the) investigation conducted In public ses-1 sious ol the committee. Delegate Ilmd, oi' Florida, offered a ; ; resolution denouncing the recent raise j jm Ireight rates on Florida oranges toj Kastern poinis, uom oy rauroaa una oy < steamship lines. The resolution ai- j lecri'S that this advance will take SI 50,-1 IA-0 from the pockets of Florida orange- i trroT.'ers, and that it is a fresh evidence j of the greed and sei'ishaess of capital-! i>ts and corporations. It closes with j an appeal for. the reiteration of the! National Alliance demand, "that j means of com muni ration and trans- j portation shall be otvned by, and oper- i ated in the interest 01 the people, as Is the I niteu Mates posiai system. j tiiikd i>ay\> proceedings. Oca la, Fia., Dec. 4.?The National j Alliance met at 10:30 this morning.. The early part of the session was de- j voted chiefly to discussion of inside; topics, and at 11:30 A. Gallagher, a 1'ra- j ternal delegate from the Workingmen's ! Reform League of Xew York City, and \V. A. A. Carsey of New York, from! the American Anti-ilonopoJy League, j t A i were invited to a'JUre^r'fhe convention. Each spoke fptfnalf an hour or more, their rem^^tfs being principally directed ic_/?tvor of a closer bond between aHI national organizations of the sarrne character, but against consolidaftions. lioth advised the Xatiunal Alliance to stand by its St. Louis platj form and to take the lead in' any j national political movement, wnicn ; might grow out of it, and said that j other organizations would follow. J. II. Kice and John Davis of Kansas, I in connection with one or two others , ;in.sympathy with recent political j movements in that State, among them delegate Vincent, are at work upon a 1 call for a national convention to form anew party, the date being lixed as. February 12, 1891, and the place Cin- j cinnati. The call will invite delegates from ; the National Farmers' Alliance and all' other national organizations in syin-1 pathv with It or which endorse the Sr. j Louis platform, as well as the editors I of the "reform press" throughout the country, to take part in theconventim. The new party lo be formed wonid doubtless work on the same lines as the People's Party in Kansas; that is. i renounce all aililiation with other > "- j liticai parties and place a nat ional [ ticket of its own in the field. This j call, when completed, will probablr br i presented to the National Alliance far j its endorsement, although some of th- j men ii the movement are not con- j vinced that this course will be wise or j politic. Jno. .1. Holland of Jacksonville. Fla.. j is here. When Powderly arrives tins j will make four members of the Na j tional Executive Board of the Supreme Council of the Knights oi' Labor present in the city, being ail of that com- j mittee exceptone (Devlin of Michigan,) and this fact is thought to be fraught i with a-deep significance, apropos of thr | third party movement. There is suit! to be strong feriir.g j among the National Alliance men here j in favor of a general consolidation uf ail similar national bodies. It is alleged that they have offered in event oi' such consolidation to move all national political nominations to organizations outside of their own. There is, however, a conservative element which may hold the more radical members in check. fourth day f> proceedings. Ocala, Fla., Dec. a.?Clover, one of the Kansas delegates, introduced and had passed at yesterday s National Alliance meeting a resolution reciting that the United States census returns with respect to farm mortgages was grossly incorrect and calling upon all the county and sub-alliances in all the States of the Union to take immediate steps toward securing accurate statistics from the County records and make prompt reports thereon. T. K. (JarKsaaeon or n est \ irginui i offered the follawing resolution: That we, the National Farmers' Alliance of America, believing that obedience to and veneration for the laws of God is a conserving and saving force of the human government, we do hereby respectfully request that the directors of the great national fair of 18(J2 do not desecrate the American ."Sabbath by keeping opan the gates of the same on the Lord's day. The resolution provoked no serious opposJJia^and^was pssca'' ?raoiihous- " National Secretary Turner submitted is annual report last night, but it is in- . omplete, owing to the constant payment ^ f enh-aliianon dues durinc this session. 1 Hiring the past year 1,060 new clwirtrrs IJ :ereissued to sub-alliances, as follows: Test Virginia 252, Colorado 152. Indi- c na 132, Michigan 10<>, Virginia (J5, llli- a oisST, South Carolina83, Ohio (jljl'enn- i ylvania 59, New Jersey 20. Minnesota 5, v owa 5, Oregon % Oklahoma 1. state o barters have been issued to the follow- j, lg States: Indiana, Illinois, Colorado. 0 Iichigan, West Virginia, Oklahoma , nd 2sorth Dokota. c The feeling over the passage of the L nti-election bill resolution of Wednesay was high and there is a strong presure being made for the introduction of * resolution to expunge it from the re- ? ords of the Alliance. ; At the afternoon session of the Xa- r ional Alliance Chairman McDowell 11 resented the report of the committee J ppointed to investigate the charges and r isinuations affecting the orHcial con net of .Messrs. l'olk^ Livingston and a Iacune. The committee finds: r 'Tirst. That we have been unablo to c scertain a single fact implicating in s ,ny shape or form the high character ? ,nd standiug and personal and ollicial j eputation of our worthy president. L. j. Polk, but we regret the writting of a he Norwood letter. ''Second. As to Brother Livingston, resident of the Georgia State Alliance, 1 re do not find anything derogatory of * tis personal or ollicial high standing, f ?ut your committee is not quite prepar- 1 d to endorse his course in the Georgia ( lenatorial contest. "Third. That in the case of I)r. C. W. * Jacune nothing has been found to les- * en our confidence in his personal intcg- * ity and loyalty to the Order: however } ve regret "his ollicial connection with j he Georcia Senatorial contest." The. report is signed by Chairman Mc- 1 >owell; Thomas Hind, of Florida, aud wentyrthree others. The report does c lot- give entire satisfaction,- although 1 idopted without-debate. J ' FIFTH-DAYS PROCEEDINGS. Tuesday morning next the Alliance j nsitors will start onn. tour of tho State, j mder the guidenceof lion. II. A. Mann , )f Florida. After a short time devoted to rou- i .inebusiness at the evening session vos- i .erday, President' McGrath, of the Ivis- : ;as Alliance, moved that the annual!" ilection of officers be proceeded wiib j( md placed the name of L. L. I'.-iL- :n ' lom'mation for president. The whole body of delegates seconded Jie nomination, and Polk was unanimously re-elected bv acclamation, ['resident Pase. of the Virginia Alii:?nre nominated li. F. Clover, of Kansas, for vice-president and his re-election was also unanimous. J. P. Oliver, of Alabama. nominated J. II. Turner, of Georgia, for Secretary, and his election wa.? unanimous. For national lecturer two nominations were made: .J. S. Wilier*, of Kansas, and IJcnjamin Terrell, of Texas. Willets was elcctcd bv a ... -j i i ^*rt?. vote vi -u' -i-t. iv-ii-.... ...v.; incumbcnt. Tillman was elected on the j committee on legislation lor a term of: three years, and Delegate Cole, of Mich- j igan. was elected a member of the judi- i clary committee. The Mew committee j on iraternal relations is composed of Talbert. of South Carolina. Loucksofj South Dakota. Livingston of Georgia. j Rogers of Florida and Terrell of Tax- j a#. Kn;jll??h Ciipital Coming South. Chattanooga. Dec. 0.?Louis II. j Kimball, formerly of Atlanta, but j engaged in developing East, Tennessee 1 interests, cabled that he has sold to En-! glish capitalists for ?1.000.000 nearly ; o.OuO.OOOacres, a three-fourths in*^~e-H. ' in me properiy ui uw iMuiuauuun v-v.upany located in the famous Sequatchie : Valley about^-5 miles 1'rom here. This : is perhaps ('eal ever negotiatB The property is rifl Hber.j j A DISASTROUS FIRE IN PI fTSBURG- j j Four l'fcj>on? Perish?A Husband's Devo- i tion to Ills Wife. I ; I Pittsburg. Pa., Dee. 4.?Between : 12:30 and 1 o'clock this morning a firo ; I bioke out from some unknown cause in j the lint owned by Dr. John Dickson on I | tlie corner of Ninth street and l'ennsyl | I vama avenue. It was nearly three j ! o'clock this morning belore the firemen i i succeeded in subduing the lire. It was i spwrn! hours more before they irave up I the search for bodies. It is pretty cer- j tain that Mr. anil Mrs. Irwin, the jaui-!_ tor and his wife, were the only victims. When the lire broke out there were forty sleeping in the tlat. but they were:; mostly men and all hare been accounted for. It was a horrible night for a (Ire.! When the tire-men arrived the smoke | was issuinc from all the windows, while j tongues ofllamesshot occasionally fr.?m ; ihecrcv.ces on the roof. Half dressed ' forms of men shouting lor iielp were ! seen at all the windows, but the sight!' that tilled the spectators with horror was I a woman and two babes at a third story j window. It was Mrs. Moore, the wife of the M steward ut the Hotel Auilerson. In-1 stantly laddcr> wore ruii up and she was 1 anionic the iirst rescued. The top floor I' was occupied by sixtern persous. Mr. j and Mrs. Irwin, and fourteen men em- | : plowed by the Hotel Anderson. At I lirst Imiii ran down through the halls I( to alarm the occupants of the rooms. ] lie went as far as the second lloor and j 1 then rushed back to assist his wife, j< When he returned to his room she was | ] not there. Filled with anxiety tor her ' welfare. he btL-nti n search oi'the building. lie dasiied to his room on the fourth floor, and 11 .t finding her started for the third. Il was there he died. Overcome by the smoke he sank exhausted near the rear vrall of the floor, and at the other end of the hall his wife, for j whom he died, had perished. She had started dmvn the stairs but was suffocated before reaching the third floor. Iler body was found on the third lauding dead. Iler body was covered with plaster and in the darkness had been trampled over by the firemen lorn: belore discorered. The building was a lour storr j bride. " | The lire is supposed to hav-c started i Hi IdU iJildClllt'UL iiuiu LUO uv/iiVsl* J There \ras no watchman and the flames j had spread to the fourth story before | they were discovered. The loss i? $40UOU. fully corercd by insurance*. There were no fire escapes on the building. The Alliance nixl Polities. Ocala, Fla. December 7.?The opinion is gaining ground here that the national leaders of t!7c Democratic party have mauj lobbyists here in their interest and that the policr of the Alliance in many respects will be intlucnced by them, notably in the case of the sub-treasury bill. That measure is now under consideration bv the National Alliance and has been for several days pa?t. It j is predicted that when it finally comcs iron) the committee it will have been r i-auiliUi'La.3i'LuU?.5c<i'iJn. many important t articuIarS vritti n view' to marking it acord with the Democratic do'ctrrabyM ? uch extent that it will be endorsed by ^ lie National Democratic Convention in m 8'J2. or perhaps be passed bj Congress rior to that event. With some slight changes and modiliations the Alliance Ocala platform, it m 5 predicted, could secure absolute adop- ^ ion br the National Democratic ConentSon, and this, with the endorsement f a modified sub-treasurr bill, would lace the Democratic party Kjuarelr upn the Farmers'Alliance platform. In m Ins way it would gain uie support 01 me w ntirc Alliauec and democratic votes j# liroughoui the country. m The third party movement, it is whis- tr, icred in some quarters, is a slow trick ;jt if the National Democracy to destroy (jr lie Republican vote in the West and sorthwest and also the Republican vote tj( a the South, thus enabling the National cC Jemocratic ticket to secure succcss in m leaiiy all the doubtful States in 1802. ]c A strong eflbrl will be made to allow m ,11 representatives of the piess io be ot iresent during the debates to-morrow ?ii the report of the committee ou the tt> ub-treasury bill, as it? result will be by ft, ;ir the most important fiction of tho Al- CIJ iap.ee on any public measure which ha< (j. iiiy bearing ou national politics. Farmer* Huvinxu fIh11 >lm?. ti (Jrkknvii.lk, S. C.. Dec. 5.?With tho w actories out of the cotton market and ni he banks no longer making advances ^ m cotton, tho farmers are indeed hav- aI ng a hard time. All the banks in this t:ity, four in number, have decided to liako no more advances on cotton until he money market is relieved of its 01 itringeDcy. This will be severe on many J"1 'armors, as a large number of them have >een depositing their cotton in ware- tl louses and receiving advances from the w janks. intending to hold until the cot- vt ,011 market becomes better. n A News reporter yesterday inquired )f one of the bank presidents why the janks had shut down 011 advances. He said the action was caused by the scar- J lity of money. The banks were forced w ;o hold their" cash to pay off checks and k ;o meet other demands. The deposits (_ 11 the banks, lie said, are smaller than 0 isual because there is less cash trading u with the merchants, and the business 8 awn are not making their accustomed deposits. The farmers have been holding their cotton and this has caused a 0 it-crease in tlie amount of money in 1 circulation. The Pelzer manufacturing company has gone out of the market e until the bill pending in the Legislature ^ is acted upon. * t Charleston l>ud*s In Troabla. Chaklestox. 8. (J.. Dec. 3.? 1 There's a row in police circles caused v by an incident behind the scenes at the 3 opera last niijht. It seems that two of 2 the Jcuness I)orc of t he cit\\ the upper ^ crust of the upper swelldom, managed 7 to get behind the sceues while the ' chorus girls were on. The stage capen- ^ tor. Wm. Xester. ordered them out and upon there refusing to zo knocked one , of i hem down when the other came to the 1 rer-cue and a light ensued. The police ' enmc up and although Xester explaiued i * that lie was obe\ ing orders in ejecting ! j the men from the house, they arrested j ^ him and allowed the golden youths to go j ( frcr. When the case came for a hcaf- L ' ' ' ? - e . ,?.l ! iag toaay me ciuei oi pouco rcijuusiuu [ lhat Xestcr be discharged, which was j. done. The policemen who made the ar-1 rest will be hauled over the coals, and ! it \i not improbable that the golden j: youths will be hauled up before a ma?- j istraie. until which time their names j wiil be suppressed. It is said that the same two yolden ; youths wtre !ired out ofa hotel recently i while the spider aud the Fly were play- ! In^ here. '1' - - - - ^ morit i I 111- U1 lUilv <IIIU i>UO IClii uiiwui'tiii j Company has just closed a 81,000,000 | deal/ by which it purchases 720 acres of j land near Norfolk with a mile of water ; front 011 the bay, on which they will j erect a cotton mill with 20,000 spindles, r i to cost 8250,000. and other industries, j WHAT ! HEY WANT. THE FINANCIAL POLICY OF THE ORDER DISCUSSED AND ADOPTED. Abolition of Xatlonnl Banhs?Sub-Tr???mrles In the Svreral State*--A gainst in.... T.>n.l Ownora?Kk peal of tlie Tariff. Ocoi.a. Flam Dec. S.?Early iu the forenoon session ot the Alliancc the tinaucial policy of the order came up for discussion under the report of the committee on legislation. This report as to the financial policy contained the following amended demands: First. We demand the abolition of national banks. We demand the government shall -^tablish sub-treasuries or riri/io in (hr. Sstat.PS wilirh ? '.a'M luoaey diiec^ to the-people at av'mw r^j?bf interest. ' bofc to exceed 2j rpr'ccnt. per annum, "on non-perishable ! tVr^. produc^gncTalso upon real estate, i vj<Tn^Tf5pefTlmiUiLious upon the quanti- | ty of land and the amount of money.! YV*e demand that the amount of the cir-1 L-.ulating medium he speedily iucreased ] to not les&than $50 per capita. Second. We demaud that Congress shall pass such law as shalf effectually nri'VPnl itanliW in futures Oil fill :i"n cultural and mechanical products, and j preserving a stringent system of proced-1 Lire m tria's such as shall secure prompt ;onviction and the imposition yl sue!) penalties as shall secure the most perfect compliance, with the law. Third. Wc condemn the silver bill recently passed by Congress, and demand n lieu thereof the free and unlimited win aire of silver. Fourth. \Vc demand the passage of airs prohibiting alien ownership of land, and that Congress take prompt, ao,ion to devise some plan to obtain all lands umr owned by aliens and foreign lyn'dicales. and that al! lands now held ;>y railroads and other corporations in excess of such as is actually used and 1 * ' * * ? #w -t i <1 - aeecieu i?y mem ?e recuiKneu ov me ;overnment and held lor actual settlers >"\T Fifth. iJelieviii'; in the doctrine of ;qual rights to nil, special privileges ,o none, vre demand that our national egislation shall be so framed in tiie fuure as not to bulid up one industry at ,he expense of another. We further lemand the removal of the existing leavey tariff tax Irom the necessaries of ife that the poor of our land must have. iVe further demand a just and equitable ijstem of graduated tax on incomes. A'e believe that the money of the conn ,ry should be kept as much as possible p. the hands of the people and hence we leraaod that all national and State revalues shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the government, cconimi:aliy and honestly administered. Sixth. We demand the most risful, idlest and just State and national govirumental control and supervision of neans of public communication and ransporrttion, and II this control an'1-"; iuperrisiou does not remov--.-V- erases S >^vr existinir. vre the govern- v eut ownership of such means of com- t unication and transportation. s A spirited debate followed the intro- J* iction of this report, at the beginning ' which President Polk reminded the Jembers of tlic restriction of five miti- !? es placed upon all speechmaking by a solution previously adopted. I, A Remarkable c:t*o. Lexington, Kv., Dec. 0.?This P - ' o ornin* a few minutes boforc noon, f hiH sitting in her room talking. Mrs. j Ilarry Brent of Paris, Ivy., felt the v u?clesofher right le^ suddenly conact with such force as to break th? r 11b just below the hip joint. The chil- < en were badly frightened by cue noise v. e bone made m breaking, and ran for a >ctor, who quickly arrived. Before he ?uld do anything for the suffering wo- * an, however, the muscles of her left ^ g contracted severely, and in a few ^ inutes it had broken exactly like the j her. j Iler sufierings are intense, and it U ared that she will die. Mrs. Brent is t jout 40 years old. and ha* been in ex- r :llent health until within the past few 1 iy?. wheu she has complained of a ight stillness in her joints like rheuma- r %m. She is the wife of Judge Brent, * ho was a promiuent candidate last sum- 1 ier for Jud^e of the Superior Court of * vi< si'm belongs to a wealthy 1 id aristocratic family, and is one of ,'entuckj's most popular society ladies. ' Leading physicians here say this is lift' of the most remarkable cases oil ( :cord; that while limbs have been 1 roken before by muscular rheumatism, t iere has never becu a case recorded in i hich a person comparatively well, as ( as Mrs. Brent, was a victim of this lisfurtune. 5 H?l? and Spry at 108. ; Waskixgtox. December. 7.?Uncle 1 akc Deshart, now 108 years old. a s ell-known veteran Democrat, was ta- 1 en to Evansville a lew davs ago to the 1 Jatholic Institution of the Little bisters, i f the Poor, but not being accorded his j, sual freedom he escaped from the intitution and walked back home, sixty.venules. lie is hale and hearty, and ccasionally takes a glass of whiskey, le was born in Virginia in 1782, and in lis young days was a member ol several xploring expeditions to the Xorthwest territory, now comprising the States in he upper Mississippi Valley, and his iame is found recorded in several his- j orical works. He remembers distinctly t'heo George Washington was inaugur ted President the second term, and tens 1 .raphically of the sccncs when Georire I Vashin*,'ton died, lie stili works some I ind walks two miles daily to and from j lis labor. lie bills fair to live many ears jet, Bill Arp'* I'hllosoplij. 1 reckon,we will all stand aside and j ct the farmers have thfir own way. | Fighting them don't seem to do any j ?ood. It is li!;e Colonel Patterson, of S'orih Alabama, who, at hi? lirst bat- i :1ft with tin: Yankees was ordered to | :;.'ke his regiment and charge a battery 1 Lhat was away over on a hill and was j throwing an occasional shell down in the valley. "JJoys," said hr. "you must | 'hoot a chargln,' and we'll <;rt em."! And they did, but when they got with- j in about a quarter of ;(mile the battery suddenly turned loose a terrific volley of grape shot and canister upon them which demoralized the colonel and he 1 wavd his sword nr.d shouted: "Boys j quit shootin. at 'em?quit shootin Ij say. for it just nmKes en: manner. Love Laughs :it Age. PAUKKRSBCRtr. W. Ya.. Dec. C.?A wedding t?ok place at Pennsboro, Ritchie county, recently, in which the groom ras 90 years old, and the bride. Mrs. Willam Dixon, a widow, SI years. The bride and groom are both hale, hearty and. to all appearance*. good for a quarter of a contuay. j BAP f 1ST STATE CONVENTION. ' 1 Most Kncouraslnc Record of the Labors of the Year. i The Baptist Convention met last j Thursday at Union, s>. C., under the ' most pleasant auspices. Precisely at ]U o'clock Col. James A. f * ?- i. a * il. r* ~ iioyi, president oi uie tuuvtuuuu, I called it to order and the hymn, "My ! faith looks up to Thee," was sun?. Then Col. Hoyt read the 111th Psalm, and the Itev. 15. F. Corley led the Convention in prayer. The secretary, the Rev. A. J. S. Thomas, read the list of delegates from the various associations throughout the 8tate. Oidy on& association was unrepresented, the Old Dorchester Association. Col. Hoyt was re-elected President, lie thanked the Convention for again conferring the honor on him. and begged that the same co-operation that has heretofore been given him be again bestowed upon his work. The R C. T.amnlpv t.hpn intro -duced Col. I. G. McKissick, : livered an address of welconj^^to the Convention. Col. McKisstfck did notfail to make every one-feel at home and enjoy a hearty, laugh. The Rev. C. C. Brown.jDf Sumter, who is considered tlift-wlttiest man in the 13aptist donomfination in this State, at the request of j the president, replied to the speech of welcome. lie made an eloquent and witty speech, and lie. with Col. McKissick, will be counted the wits of the Convention. The associations of Aiken. Florence and Waccamaw. all of wliich have been recently reorganized, were duly received into the Convention .in the regular way. A resolution was offered by the Rev. C. C. Brown that a committee be appointed to devise some scheme to raise j fnnrl Pnr nornr! niinic+jorc I'Vio recnln. tiori was adopted and the following committee was appointed: C. C. Brown, J. A. White, J. A. Mayes. It. X. Howie and Fred Jones. The executive board of the Convention through its secretary, the Itev. T. M. Bailey, matte its animal report, which showed a very large increase in pastors, and that a great work has been done this year. The report is too voluminous and replete with statistics to be given in full at this time. Mr. Bailey also read his report as treasurer of the executive board. Both reports were, on motion, received as information and will be printed in the minutes. The report of the board of ministerial education through its secretary, the itev. I). \V. Key. made its annual report. This report, which is also rather long, will be given at length hereafter. It is enough to say that there are now iiftyone ministerial students matriculating m Furman University. The death of A. Sloan Duncan, who was treasurer of this death, mm AM made the fuljH dents, K. ('JmS&^^^Bmm W. Sands^?^^^**' ensec^^mMBI B s -j^uifsr of Orangeburg; assistant p ecretary, A. 13. Woodruff, of Woodruff, t . C.; treasurer, C. IT. Judson, of Green- li ille. It may be remarked here that t hese are the" same otiieers who have e erved the Convention six consecutive I ears with signal ability. C. C. Brown introduced a resolution J [lilt liie luuveiuiuu fippiupnaic n?c i undred dollars out of the State mission J und to the education of negro preachrs at the Benedict Institute at Co- s imbia. I President Iloyt announced the aplointment of the following committee r n the time, the place and the preacher r or the next session: G. U. Tolsen, J. v ). Pitts, John A. Fant, J. Ilartwell Ed- \ rards and \Y. T. Tate. r On the nomination of the board of ainisterlal education?J. C. Browne, r. L. Knight, J. W. Blanton, E. H. a Mttino and T. P. Lide. i On nomination of delegates to the 2 American Baptist Education Society? a ..ucius Cuthbert, F. C. Ilickson, S." B. c lawyer, U. W. Gordon. K. T. 2Jockler. r .On nomination of the executive r >oard?J. E. Covington, B. Parrott, r. E. Pettinger, J. C. McCubbins, J. II. c ioldridge. ()n nomination of the board of tras- t ees of Furman University?E. J. For- c ester. F. 0. R. Curtis, J. D. Mahon, J. i A'. Mosely, J. "W. Fouche. c The Convention adjourned until to- t light, when it reassembled to hear the Convention sermon by the llev. A. C. A'ilkins, of Beaufort." It was an ex- i ;ellent sermon and produced a pro- ' 'ound impression. At the conclusion i )f the sermon the Convention trans- 1 icted various routine work and ad- 1 ourned unti^ Friday morning. ] Friuay morning tne aevononai exer- . :ises were led by President Iloyt# J. L. ! ^ass reported from the committee on istablishing an orphanage, acknowledg- ' ng the receipt of several voluntary < joutributions. < The committee reeommends Lime- i stone Springs, near GalTney City, as the i site, a lot of land containing twenty-six ; icres. ?200, and eight scholarships in i :he Cooper Limestone Institute if this ( site is occupied. The committee further recommend that the ()rphanage be put under the control of a board of thirteen. At 11:30 the special order, foreign missions, was callcd up, and the He v.' \V. C. Lindsay read the report of the committee, wmcn was m suosuuice us follows: 'Our missionaries are at work in the following fields: China, Africa. Italy, Brazil, Mexico and Japan. In Southern China there are ten missionaries and twenty-one assistants, in Central China there are fourteen missionaries and one assistant, in Northern China there are twelve missionaries, in Africa we have twelve missionaries and eight assistants, in Italy three missionaries and twelve assistants, in Brazil seven missionaries and eight assistants, in tu-pntv-one missionaries arid seven assistants, in Japan five missionaries. In all of these lields the work is full of hope. The Baptists of the South are expending $150,Out) on the foreign Held. "" - I)o^f.'off I lie eigiuy inuuatiuu j><jywoco vjl t-umu I ('arolina contribute SIO/JOO a year. An earnest appeal is made for more liberal support. I 'resident Hoy t introduced the Rev.! T. 1'. Hell, assistant corresponding! secretary of the foreign mission board, I who made an excellent address on the [ subject of foreign missions. Mr. Bell; is a native of South Carolina, but for j the past six years he has b<-en engaged in his present work with headquarters ! in Richmond. Virginia. A letter from Thomas ). L-egare, one of the missionaries at Whang Ilein, China, was read by Dr. Manly. 'J'iie report was adopted and ordered i printed in the minutes. j Dr. E. C. Dargan offered a resolution ! congratulating Dr. James C. Furman 1 on his S2d birthday. ! Upon motion of Col. I. G. McKissick j the resolution was adopted by a rising ; vote, every member standing. ! The speci.il order for 12:35 was to hear from the Kev. K. li. Itoberts. colored, preachers ol' this State. The Rev. 11. Carroll, the Sunday-school missionary of the Publication Society, addressed the Convention. The report of the committee on the | aged ministers' relief fund was read. It : is a wise and worthy one. saitli the com| mittee. The basis of organization will j be that membership in the relief associ- j | ation is open to an ministers itiiu layI men; that twenty dollars shall entitle j one to life membership: that all fees rei ceived for life membership shall be safej ly invested: that i'or the present no o;ne | shall receive oyer one hundred dollars of this fund yearly. The report was adopti of) anH thp f'rmvAnfirvn nflinnrnprl until half past 7 o'clock. At the Friday night session liev. John! Stout read the report of the board of trysf tees of Furman University. Thg^vest wing of the Female College byiWung has been completed at a cojtfrtjf^'voO. The new building is^a^Itrge as tlie main building ?uijiH!s now occupied. Some two hujrared students have matriculatyear and sixty-live are boarding jm the College. In Furman University there.are now one hundred and sixty-seven students on the register: seventv-four are alto getlier and thirty-seven chietly ,in the collegiate course, while lifty-one are ministerial students. The amount of endowment reported in November. 1890.. was 805,525,90; and this amount will be increased by cash in hand and in transit to over 672,000 within a month. So that' ! within the time of our service $40,000 has been added to our endowment. 'j$ie $5,000 due the professors for past services has been paid and the University : is now free of debt. The movement begun in July, 1889, to raise $20,000 for the enflnwrncint nnrler flip nrnnncitirm made by the American Baptist Education Society to add ST,500 to.this amount, I; has been completely successful. The j total receipts for this fund have been j 1 S23,543,77. The expenses of our finan-1 < cial agency during this have been 82,- 1 G08,25, leaving the amount for invesment 1 820,935,42. The resignation of the iinan- 1 cial agent, Dr. li. II. Griflit-h, has been accepted. Dr. John A. Broaddus. the distinguished president of the Southern Theological Seminary at Louisville. Ky., then addressed the Convention and "made a profound impression. * Dr. li. II. Grillith made an appeal for j the endowment of Furman University. : ti iicii uau imioiivu. <i >> r.o taken up anil the sum of 83,785 was subscribed. ] During the Saturday morning session j the following delegates to the American \ Baptist Education Society were appoint- t ed: Col. J. A. Iloyt, Rev. Charles Manly, \ Rev. W. C. Lindsay, Kev. E. C. Dargah, Rev. R. II. Griffith, Rev. E. J. Forrester I Rev. G. B. Moore, Rev. John Stout ana J Rev. 1). W. Key. ' ; It was determined that the next Con- ' ference should meet at Spartanburg on 1 ^j?B^^efo^the lirst Sunday in Dec- r ^M^uxyention sermon m - .7 \V !V-r o deceide, in connection with them, the ,. Dcation and policy of management of f he institution. The committee appoint- 0 d is as follows: A. C. "Wilkins, A. L. t0 ivans, E. L. "Wilkins, J. E. Brurison, D. m V. Alderman, W. II. Lyles, W. F. Cox, se ohn W. "Wilkes, J. 1). Pitts. II. F. Scaii'e, hi V. T. Hundley, G. II Carter, W. I). Pace, M Q. Adams, G. 13. Moore. oi The subject of home missions was pre- al enteain an excellent report oy me itev. te , W. AVingo . of The Rev. John Stout from the comnittee on the report of the board of tc ainisterial education made his report. t, vhich recommended that the board" em- . >loy a clerk at a salery of 8100: and the eport was adopted. Dr. Manly called on Dr. Rroaddus to 131 tell us something about the Theologic- w il Seminary." and he complied with the b( equest in an eloquent address. Dr. ai vlanly made a few short and appropri- ci Lte remarks upon the report, and in regard to ihe ministerial students at Fur- a nan L Diversity, i ne report 01 iue cum- ai nittee was adopted. aj The Rev. E. J. Forrestor then intro- ^ iuced the following: fcResolved, That the churches represen- ' ed in this Csnvention be requested to . >bserve the first Sunday in January next 11 is a day of concert of prayer to the Lord ll! )f the harvest to send more laborers in- si ;o Ilis harvest. al The resolution was adopted. h The Rev. R. G. Patrick, from the com- d< nittee 011 obituaries, made his. report, tl rhere have been only live ordained min- s] sters and two laymen connected with 0 ;tie Lonvenuoii wnu tui>u uicu uiumy ;he past year. These have been the i, Rev. J. AY. Ilutcliins. the Rev. AY. J3. Elkin, the Rev. 13. G. Price, the Rev. J. !r L. Xorman, the Rev. 1'. J. Pyers, Col. J3. f VV. Edwards and Mr. A Sloan Duncan. t( louchins remarks were made by the 11 committee on the life, character" and ^ ieath of each of these gentlemen. Con- t< tinuing, the report says: "The follow- si tng bretliern, prominent in work and of d a good report among the churches, have [luring the year been called to their eternal reward: AY. II. Duncan and AY. R. Boynton, of Barnwell; II. A. Green, of ? Fairlield, and L. E. Meador, of Union." t; At the conclusion of the report Mr. 0 G. G. Wells called upon Dr James C. e Furman to speak sometliing^n the way P of a tribute to Col 13. AY. Edwards, who 1 ^ ?i .i- :,i?ii was ior a numuer 01 years piesiucut ui the Convention. Dr" Furman respon- ? tied in a touching and feeling manner. J lie was followed by the Iiev J. A. W. t Thomas, the Iiev John Stout and Col ? .T. A. lloyt. all of whom spoke freeing- [ ly of Col Edwards. The report was * then adopted. j1 Indians on the War C Chicago. Dec. 0.?A special from the t Pine Ridge Agency says: .v "The situation is not materially cliang- r ed. The hostile Rosebud Indians sleep r upon their arms, prepared constantly t for attack. They have three lines of < signals between "their agency and the camp, and any movement of troops will be known in a few moments. They have taken all they wish of the < lovernment beef herd, and have burned the 1 buildings and corrals. They are living < high and are happy. They have moved 1 to the edge of iiad Lands. .Military I j preporations proceed rapidly. Unless j < the Indians come in within li very few 1 days the troops will be equipped and in J1 position, when an advance may oe or-; tiered." : TTree Men Crushed to Death. j Philadelphia, Dec. 4.?Shortly beI fore noon to-day, a gang of men employ- J ed by the Heading Railroad Company j ! at their Port Richmond coal wharves. i went to the otlice at pier No. 7 for the j ' purpose of being paid off. The office is j ! close to the tracks, and, as the men j : stood at the window of the paymaster's ! 1 office, they were within a few inches of j j the car tracks. A crowd of men were : i standing in line, waiting their turn to j ; reach the window, when there suddenly : shot around the corner a train of coal *ars, which were being backed toward | the wharf. The three men nearest the : pay window were crushed between the ; cars and building and killed. The others j escaped. WILL RESIST IT. | THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS IN CAUCUS ARE DETERMINED. The 24epublicans Will be Checkmated at Every Tarn -The Political Cyolone Has Somewhat Toned Down Bos* Heed?The Indian Question. Washington, Dec. 8.?The Demo cratic senators held a caucus late in the ofternoon to discuss the order of business. The chances of the passage of the election bill, if it should reach a final vote, were canvassed, and individual senators expressed divers opinions as to _ ^ The" ^aGITitv-^f the Eepublicanj^x^ leaders to keep their forcebTTriSigr^he conclusion reached was to maintain an unalterable opposition to the passage of the bill. . .^v The minority will seize every opportunity to discuss the bill exhaustively and fairly, and strive to amend every objectionable feature as reached in the detailed consideration of the -measure, as was the case with the tariff bill.' The opinion was expressed that as the majority had not yet signified any intention to unduly restrict reasonable debate. it would be premature for the caucus to undertake the arrangement of a programme to meet the presentation of a closure resolution. To secure harmonv Of action, the Ttemnrtratirt members of the committee on privileges and elections (which reported the bill) will take charge of the debate and arrange the order of speaking. As to the further order of business, it was decided that as the Republican senators had not yet completed the order, the caucus would not now undertake to formulate ; a programme. \ The filibustering tendencies in the liouse are strong on both sides~"when?ver a bill comes up that a considerable [lumber of members do not like. About two hours has already been wasted :>ver some trivial measures. Boss Reed sticks to his devilish rules ivith t&nacitv. but he is not half as fern jious as he was before the recent great Democratic cyclone. Besides, there is lot a Republican quorum on hand, the ^ A party discipline has suffered, and many )f the defeated Republicans look upun Reed as the one man responsible more :han any other, except McKinley, for ;he party's defeat. Senator Gil Pierce, of Xorth Dakota, ,vas badly used up in an argument by Senator Voorhees. The Indian ques:ion was before the senate, ana Mr. fierce was endeavoring to tell why the Indians were ready to go to war. Mr. roorhees read from statements in the 10 ishOw tlikt the Indians were estless because they were starving, and >ecause Senator Pierce's white constiuents in Dakota were hoping that here would be war so that the Sioux eservations could a miu|J j^nuid ^ red jWBI^flPI^Kvel on the !)anks the Illinois ana Michigan canal, in the wnship of Cicero. Thev lived in a ost miserable manner, denying themlves everything except what wasabsotely necessary to keep them alive, any stories were told by the neighbors ' their reputed wealth, and one night jo'ut four years aso four men enred the hovel and demanded the "pot gold" the couple were believed to :ep therein. Mueller and his wife prosted that they had no money. Then ie robbers, by the most horrible torires. sought- to draw from them the sect of the hiding place of the treasure, it in vain. The next day the Muellers ere found almost dead by the nei^h>rs. Their feet were terribly burnd id their bodies covered with braises and its inflicted bv the miscreants. Mueller/or several years past has made practice of begging on the streets and )out a year ago was locked up on? ight. Next morning the justice, moved y compassion by the old man's pitiftil Je, discharged him from ;custodj. "hen Muel'er returned to his miserable Dme lie found the dead body of his wife _> angiug to a rafter. Is was supposed ic had worried so over her husband's bsence?the first during their married fe?that in a moment of great desponsncy she had taken har own life. Since len Mueller lias lived all alone in the lanty, making no changes in lus mode t living. * Sunday he made such a nuisance of imself. begging in front of St. Francis 'hurch, that an officer arrestted him, 'csterday in the justice court be refused > answer questions or to pay the fine lposed and was sent to the Bridewell. iucller owns 520 acrcs of land in sec)ns 31 and 3G, and is possessed of tocks and bonds worth several hunred thousands of dollars. Election Returns Stolen. Concord, X. II.. Dec. 10.?'The exitement over the question of the conrol of the next Legislature has broken ut again by the unmistakable discovry that the Republicans, made deserate by their recent failure to force he Legislature to take Illegal meas^.__ res in reference to the enrolling of the .ew members, are now fixing the re* Jg urns to suit themselves. These re- J| urns are m the oilice or tne. secretary f State, in the absolute possession of fl hat official. Yesterday it was learned hat the papers in some twenty-five ioubtful or close districts were in the lands of the Republican leaders outside >f the State House, and tad been out of he hands of the Secretary for over two veeks. A committee of Democratic egislators yesterday persisted in a denand to see the papers, and were iglominously turned out of the Secreary's office. They will apply to the :ourts for a mandamus. Tlse Nation's W.irds Starving. Sissetox Agexcy, S. D., Dec. 5.? i'iie 1.200 Indians on the Sisseton and IVabpeton reservations are on the verge >f starvation, at the opening of winter, jecause of the government's failure to furnish'them subsistence Tlift interior iepartment has authorized twexpendi:ure of 82.000 for their relief ^ nT>on Lhis small amount over 1,200 njgBfcomen and children must month's of rigorous winter. ThH than 1 cent a day for each persj The Sissetons are friendly .h large number of whom actedjffl in the last war against the Did Not Kestore Hirtffl Mays Landing, X. The body of George W. nent druggist of this plae^H Wednesday. Fay died 8^9 but his three sisters, wh<^ffl lists, would noteonseu^fl licving that he woul^fl the corpse still reta? pearance, the chee^fi es. The sistersjJ| the lifeless fojfl have not spirits iH