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I C 0 _ ____________ _ EKISREL _ VOL. XXI PICKENS, ~. C., TILUJRSDXY, APRIL 14, 1892. YO 30. THE 11D PA1TY. CONGRES'AN MOSES ON THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION. It Iguorts (t, ra;:1V atii v'')rco iillI, but Gon If t-oal: I.I. a Plvai!On Grab-A l-alor it-ol Eve . uthIr'a \v l' Io - imisn 81h0ntd R-fad. WVASIFI NC TDON, I . ('., .Il ir hI.t , ! h92. Ed Iito 0) korl a IIh(IP,.l !!: oF<I rmIerd : I A great i-11ty c:llmi itn Geor gin have re-jVtUd M0* , i -. e o! the delegates, to im-ke .t r rt oV wh-it wi done at the I. Eo Co!' - c'ce. The other two membri Ci 1it deh:ation, Messrs. Wil.oi ai t,i i as.kt d me to make a 1a.0met. Plen allow ie to comply 0111 the( . eque:", through liht. <Oh im' '> ib'h- ,.Ili.-ia organ. As a fa tiui rkii senive, it i; my duty to miakei, au te t. (A tI fiacts, afid there in) rtl'nsib ; , an)d that of' th1e [eol 0 e1iA . No one, 1 trust, %i ll (!v vim it iiyV dtity in this couo!ctl n to nIice the(; brutal attacks that hve b heen mado upon InC, maliciously or thrccgh linora . I was clcted a dulegate to St. Louis without my kno, edd. Belore agree ing to accept the clmfl1iiCion, I was aRs sured by the ('fniem!s of the State A.h ance that the cowtretnce would have no authority to formu3te a plattorm or to tnl-e any politie-I action that would be binding upon the Allince. The origmnal guarlitec made to every mem br juinting the oH was that the Alli ance Was 1ot 1 polit.iCal party, and would not uidCuil--.ke to cont.-ol any ic miber's politic i ort reliwious opinions. When the efori 1ress" began to as sert that the orgai za1 ton wouhl be coim mitt(d to a poilival party at the con fereice, tile peients df ihe heveral 4 State Allianec s i.t ait an advily com mittee mn Washimtou Ind devnie-d 'the authority oft tC. co e to take ucIl action. When N :riV In St. Loiws we learned thrt the rvprcinttatives of the People's Party hawd bjecn on the --rotund two days v.,orkin! tnd Ilotting to cap , lu e the coaf'erenc. Po-it, ;rai't-h and Elliugton vere ther representing (Gcor gia. It was apparent to opo circhatt m amuong tie dceegates a, the hotels that the 't) ird Punyites had but little oppositiog ?xcep. from the Southern AllianceF 'a1nd the Sou.hern delegates (id finally torce then to adjourn the conference withrmiu directl> vindorsing the Peopl's Par-LI . I listened to the discussieni -ion- the delegates at the various ia);Cls. 'Ile thought, upper most in thMe imnd-, of tliee "nu-partt sans'' seemed to b- how to destroy the Diemocratic parly, :a ii(how to build up the so-called Po.ille's Party. To do this, it wa concedt l that tile 5ol.d South must be bt aen. Georgia was regarded as the stxategic point. (0ne enth-.:3iast it delegate expresscd it in ths Way: "We have mn entering wedge in (eor gin, we will b)rea( tile back of tie damn Democrai il thiA St! te, and other States will low.' We shall see how this plot to stifle the vui of Georgia was carrif l out. The conivfeietce mit at Ohe appointed hour. It was composeid of about six hundred mniu aud womtniki; it. had been irlanted by tie " onlei ' that the first Mhin- ,n .iilw iTro.am v, -)1d be Third Pai-ty icc ) PU l'olk, Pow derly atil )nullTese speechls were deliveled amtd wildlya add A term.poi air, clwi nuit wwi tlec ted and a Commiltt: Onl Crt den'tialb appointedl. This committee contet'~d of thre'e frm echcl organuizationi. Conferience adjourn ('d to0 give comit)i.t& e Imien to report. bro'ughtt inI te folIlownt)t re'port, placing the replresentationi ats ICoUows': N. F. A. anid 1. U.. 2-16; F. M. Il. A., 58; Knights of L4abCer. 12; National iFarmers Alliiance', -19; Nai Lonial Citi zens'8 Al.liiante, :25; Cloed JArmiers' A lliance, 97; Nat ionall Citizens'' Ini(tus triai Alilianice, 25; PaItronls ifI ndushitryV, 975; Putrons of' Iliusbadry, 25; fletornu Press, 25; Michigan UionCl Conii'erenve, 25; Order CII Anti-Monopolists, 05; As sociationi oh' Maichinist,, 25; 1te.rnation al WVireworkers, 25; Mine \Vorkers of' Olio, 25; v'arious minor ognztos 33; total number v 'Les, 8010. Thue COmimittee 010 reoted that theCre. Wals a cotehst, over the dehi gation from Georgia, upon~ vdAhI they wold report. later. After C" niderable delay we were allow ed to : befor'e this commilit tee. Ellingto1n, of' I + Cizeld Alliance, e " N[ 1 . To Cur* su1rprise, WeOWerIoT\mnen it tJ,ireJ was noI contest over Our s'"md 'b otice, howe"ver, that we had not b)een'il lowed to panIicipateC in the elect ion if eflicers bec'a use of a contest. Messrs. P'ost aind Kemp, claimig to reopresbent Congresion)lal di trcs aIskedi to be allo wed tC, fill the tee ?0 tils arr'angemel(nt, with the undelr standing that11 they shIouldC be bound by the instructions g.iven to thie abscrit, members, to vote "aIs a uit.'' TIheoy were seat,ed without sucht instruictions. As. finally determuined, the repireseni tation of' Georgia wa as folJows.* Colored Faurmer's' A\l ilice, repre-t sented by J. L. tilhuore, It voues ('it toin, B3ran~Ch and1( l Auker, 3 vote.'; (iwon cia FarmeCrs ' Allimee, reOpr'esentedC by WVilson, Palmeri, Moss,Pot (n' Kemp, 5 vot(s; S ate-t-ltar Ce, P''r.i dent Liviniga one(, 1 v'ote. This delega!ttiont mlet antid C eted C. C. Post at miemrber ofI the luait form~ coml mIittee for Georgi.' We enlitered our protest on the glIidC thatt the represen tation was unfair, and served nlotice on the majority of the telegaltion!. that while we wCguld make n~o furlther light im theo convention, we would not, holdh ouir kelves ias bounid by any action taken. While dihe conv'ention wat' w:iting for the r"Tor, o)f the~ cmmIittee Oil piattorm, at moftiod 1was m ade and1( cari'et'diaL the roill be called. it wats alSerted by the secreItry that 150j dleglates had bcen seatedl by the commIiu!ee onl crcedentials who repr eentetd nothinug. I called at tention to) the fact'that onej man on the floor claimcdi to [have 11 votes as repre Sornimgth ore d Aa n o eo' gia, and that the president of that Alli- way auce was there protesting against his land authority to do so. Powdeily said that tors the roll ought to be called and illegal coilc repiesentations thrown out. At this ty. juncture the committee on platform "th came in and the cal of the roll was wea p)oslponed. As a matter of fact, the and roll was never called, and there is no sun otlicial record of the membership. cent Now as to the report of Committee ever on Platform. I was sitting on the sec- mus ond tier of scais in front, near the desk. ever Perfect silence reigned in the hall, aud mail I heard distinctly every word that was eat r spuken. The fi st part, consisting of the the premuible, or address, was read by Spar Donnelly, and was received with the We wildest entliusiastm. Ile then an- torie noune(d thatL Chairin Cavanaugh at c( would read the platform. The Presi- com dent, re,mosted that there be no ap- "Loi plausn, before the entire platform was deSt read, which rt-quest was complied with. may Ciuirnal Cavanaugh then read the ing platl'orin, as follows: assu In order to restrain the extortions of at S aggregatted capital to drive money "gle chlanlger:i out, of the temple; "to form a N more perfect Union, establish justice in- wha sure domestic tranquility, provide for was the common defence, promote the geu- copi cral welfare and secare the blessings of Jour liberty for ourselves and vosterity," we aftei do ordain and establish the following Knij platform, or principles: the 1. We declare the union of the labor near forces of the United States this day ac- cou complished, permanent and perpetual. writ May its spirit enter Into all hearts for of l the salvation of the Republic and the Uni uplifting (-1 mandkind. s r 2. Wealth belongs to him who creates tShe it. Every dollar taken from industry mitt without an equivalent is robbery. "If the any will not work neither shall he eat." com The interests of rural an] urban labor part are the same; their enemies are identic- said al. a pa 3. We demand a national currency, been safe, sound and flexible, issued by the the general government only, a full legal Eco tender for all debts, publIc and private, mits and that without the use of banking cor- forn porations a jusl,, equitable and eflicient sine means of distribution direct to the peo- tion ple shall be established, at a tax not to tion exceed two per cent., as set forth in the lina sub treasury plan of the Farmers' Alli- te theI ance, or some better system. Also by the payments in discharge of its obligations tu, lor poublic improvements. ,4. We deman(I free and unlimited and coinage of' silver. says 5. We demand that the amonut of to ( circulating medium be speedily increased g ree to not less than $50 per capita. eigh 0. We demand a graduated income twe tax. that 7. We believe that the money of the TI country should be kept as much as possi- six ble in tle hands of the people, and sto! hence we demand that all national and S.at state revenues shall be limited to ne- f ex cessary expenses of the government. Te economically and honestly administered. 'n 8. We demand that postal saving they banks be established by the government Hur for the safe deposit of the earnings of no a the people and to facilitata exchAnge. by g 9. The land, including all the natural on h sources of wealth, is the heritage of all crea the people and should not be monopo- of t lized for speculative purposes, and alien doll ownership of land should 14e prohibited. I ha All lands n->w held by railroads and colO other corporations In excess of their in w actual needs and.all lands now owne.,by ern aliens, should be reclaimed by the gov- field ernment and held for actual settlers plac only. In 1 10. Transvortation being a means of iich exchan-e and a public necessity, the gia 4 governmen t should own and operate the wou railroads ini [lie interest of the people. beea 11. The telegaaph and telephone, like Parn the postollice system, being a necessity initi for transmission of news, should be mor ownedl and operated by the government hiim in the interest of' the pleople. is a 12. We (demand that t,he government tore issue l egal tender notes and pay the Thie Umion soldiers the difference between gi. the p)rice of the depreciated money in oyve.r which they were paid and gold, of t As soon as [lie platiosm wa~s read there som, w ere numnerous motions that it be adopt- eleci ed as a whole. 1 got up and retired shot from the hall to the loboy in the rear. ga The rep)resentative of' The New York able lHerald followed me3 ont and asked me if Nati I hiad bolted the conference. 1 told him aid. hiad, and asked him to bear wItness to thesh the fact, as some liar miaiht say I was thed there antd was bound by thie action.* Ian stated to him the tollowir.g as my rca- c sons for leaving: lian4 First--They soughlt in the preamble vote to commit the Alliance to a p)articular stat< poilitlcal party in dleilance of its organic ane law. as n Second--That no Southern man liani could stand on the platform reported Yo4 because- It Thu South is already taixed to death toe" pay Federal pensions, anid now they homn propose to break tihe camel's back by deen piling up untok(jiimillions of back pen- Rict sions. Lou Again, we could not swallow the low socialist land plank which said that land Non should not be held by any one for spec- to b ulativo- pur poses. to bt Again, at, the biddin g of the Imspubli- ha can contingent they had( thrown out the then tarill' question, rand had1( cut out, the Patr Ocala plank that ''one industry should they riot be taixedl to build up another," and ferer demnand(ing a reduction in the *. ariff'. In llun the north they will swear the tarifl' Is sevei not a tax, and~ that the government is 1 1 not now receIving any more revenue of fa than is accessary to meet its expenses.ar This was the, tIne hand of the Knights aS of Labor. A Tihey refuse to condenmn tihe McKinley n law and thre "force bill." This iR sup- var posed to be due to the influence of Tan- erd beneck, tire chairman of their national eilen executive committee, who is now call- evera mg'. upon our people to rally to ll lis f standard. TIaub,eneck is [lie "decoy repu duck" of the Illinois Legislature, who silen Wep)t b'ecause he failed to elect "Force- by ni Bill" S-treetor to the United Slates Sen- tore ate over Senator Palmer. hole If tIhe government must own the rail- TIhe3 roads, telegraph and telephones because been the are a "public necessity,"~ then we ai must also 'own all the shipplDg, all the cad public hacks and drays and street car i lines; if die postoffice Is the pattern, we statA must put, government carriages and sayi freight wagons n ath p.ulic hi ..- I s and post routes throughout the nc We must have government doc- th lawyers, preachers, churches and th ges, For they are a "puiolic necessi- ell When we have taken charsze of ll !and, and all the natural sources of W th [h, us the heritage of all the people, made them as free as the air andl the hi hine, then. as there will be no in- li ive to individual exertion, andt as to ybody who eats must work," Re n L have government oversoe,rs in la y shop bailiwick to see that every s works, then for fear sonic manu will to nore than he sweats, we must set il ublic table as they did in anient in ha, and give every one his rations. to inust have government mills. lac. . a, stores, that goods tmay be "issued fr ist'' to the people. Thou Utopia has ta .! Then Bellamy is no longer il aking Backwards!" BuL you have th :oyed the American citizen. I y appear to the honest and u1nsuspect- cc Farmers that I am jesting, but I rc re them that the socialist element. li ,. Louis sees all this and more i the Ii: riou-i declaration."Il ,w as to the different reports as to di t the platform is. The platlorm- ge read and adopted as given above. I a d it from the Knights of Labor ti ,nal, of March 3, published ten days hi the meeting. The secretary of the Ohis of Labor was the secretary of tt convention. It was so publis lied in W ly all the Alliance papers in the ktry. I have a letter before me s1 ten by Miss Willard, the president G ie Women's Christian Temperance sl )n, whose reputation for truthfulness ti ,cognized throughout Christendom. le was a member of the platform com- o ce. In this letter she states that 01 pensiOn plank was adopted in the G mittee qnd in the conference as a I of the platform. Jerry Simpson has repeatedly here, that, not only Is it w rt of the platform, but that it has 01 i n every greenback platform since er war. The editor of The National nomist, in the issue of March 12, ad- at i that "the division (of the plat- be I) into three plans has been done D a the adjournment of the conven- th ," and that he did it at the sugges- lic of Marion Butler, of .North Caro- pr The truth of the matter is, when a saw the South would not accept it, 11 bosses htre in Washington patchedl hF and issued a special edition for lit hern consumption. They don't al T the pension plank in the North gc West. Mr. Turner, the secretary, th he favors it. Why do they want th leny it? The Third Party Con- st sman favor it. Just the other day te t of them voted to add about G: lye million more to a pension bill d( was already too large. Le Alliance of Georgia was given pl votes, counting President Living- d. . On this basis, the ten Southern i es had sixty votes in a convention at >ver 800 votes. Iumphrey:, of w as, eaimd to represent a rillion ,oes, and the committee gave him ty-seven votes to be placed where would do the most good. Who is aphreys? A political preacher of J. tanding in Texas. I have been told tc ,ood men, he would not be believed is oath by his neavuibr:. i1t; is (0 11 ture who tried to get the negroes ly he South to strike last fall for a % tr a hundred for picking cotton. h, ve seen a letter written by him to a "' red man in Georgia on that subject, hich lie said, "Thank God, South- hi white men can no longer take shot a and drive colore:1 people into their ti th s to work for half wages." le Pd eleven of his votes in Georgia. wl vhose hand did he place t hem ?f iardson, the president of the Geor Jolored Alliance, was there; but he Id not let Richardson have them use he would not declare for Third cO y. According to Richardson, he to ated a white man by nanme of Gil- ca i, contrary to the law, and gave re the votes. Gilmore, I understandli iother political preacher, whlo is a a gner of no lixed abode, andl who ('i been turned out of his church. to man controlled the voice of Geor- li By his help Post was "elected" it, Vice President Wilson a member ti( ho platform committee. When W one moved that a colored man be. ed as assistant clerk, Gilmore is ted "that suits us fellows in Geor- n For fear Gilmnore might not be ti to control things in Georgia, the onal Citizens' Alliance caime to his of They were allowed 25 votes. Of d 3, three were placed in Georgia in C andsof Ellingt.on, Branch, Parker one ot them put on the credentiaf inl [nittee to see that Post and Kemnp seated, .is there any Citizens'Al- si ~e in Georgia? Why should three f a be given Georgia when other w~ a had none'? Thme Citizens' AlIi. ge of Georgia (whatever that be) had a" any delegates as the Farmers' Al-n eo. The "backbone of Georgia," fo see,bhad to be broken.n is but fair to the president of the red Alliance of Georgia to say, that ipudiated these schemes, and went s to tell his people that lie wasM ied unworthy to represent them. ardson says they tol him at St. hu .a that ho and his people must fol L'ost, because Post was from thea Ii, and was their best friend. ave the list of organizations saidM represented. Powderly said some f ir em existed only on paper. Others authorized no one to represent i. For instance, the Secretary of ph ens of Ilusbandry, or Grange, says de had sent no dielegates to the coin- an ce; andi everybody knew that th mphroys had no right to nilnety- (d votes, of ave no0w given a true statement av eta. I have tried to do so in a non-1 dei san mainner. Tihuis is the first Lime deo' re asked the use of your columns, an ong as the quarrels among Geor- frti Swere quarrels over individuals, Mt I nothing to say; but when ouar Liii existence as a people is endang- toi no patriot has a right to keep mi 6. As Cicero saidi, "in such Limes, wvi one should have it written upon g re-head, what, he thinks of tile sh( alic." I had no right to remain neo b, and let the people be deceived hom isrepresentatlor.s. The conspuira' ma may howl, "the lilt dog always Mt rs," but I shall not notice them. Nh may denounce me as has already bet done, as "clothed in tIle infamy of arrY hery." If my character at home. Mt my record, do not falsify these ir ges, there is nothing for me to say. ave now, Mr. Editor, finished my meat. I have nothing more to bo n a representative capacity, no (ore closIng, hnuevem, I wish to ie:m to a few impressions I received of () convention. Never before was ere a convention of more discordant nuents-and yet there was apparent ,rmony. Four-fifths of tie init inted women suffrage; but to secure e South they waived its present c(oi leration. Side by side sat, the pro. bitionist and the salooiist. The r - ions fanatic, with his divine mi.i n reform the world, held friendly ck.1.1 - union with the main who di i ,! tv, both human and diin. in onk At sat tho m1odest Southwrni 1, mntr, r timid to Uaise his Voico in th t tiltuous assembly, while on the ehme front of him stood a w h-11, the chairman for recogitir,n. 11 ight be seen the h--ight.aritf ad;oe )1I Peinns3 lvai"a tellmg :1 lnt riners they ought to quit talkh riff; that what they nw-IAd I. mm oney. Itu well k1111s at. n t. e tariff law,it, will pais. thrrti Il ickets into his. Ji anotlher pia, Yen uld see the kid-glov"d "pr'1 :4io former' indoctrinating t "hory inded son of toil" in his glori' eories. Oin the st age there is a dra ati scene. Th ex-Federal Have ig up ouce more that old ensaguined Lrment, w hich has already ben iiid thousand times, and are*cadli1ni_ upon to Confederate veterans to join in onte ore funeral. The Yankee, however, is shrewdly stipulated that .1ohrinv eb is to pay for the tears, and heir Le f uneral expenses. lie gets "I urkey" hile Johnny as usual, gets "buzzard." But the convention is gone. What all the haryest be? As I said before, Lorgia has been doomed by these con 4rators. They rely for succeis upon e "desperation of debt" and the hope 3sness of despair that exists among ir people. But, even in the madness Impatience, can we not remembe 3orgia? Can we not remember that Jnited we stand, divided we fall?" tall we who have withstood the ejudices and power of the combined Drld, shall n%u now turn and destroy te another to the delectation of our emies? Let us remember the story of Troy .d the "Trojan horse." That city wa:i sieged by the allied armiers of Greece. !spairing after ten years of capturing e city the Greeks builta h uge wooden rse, tilled it with armed men, and etended to retire from the city. Sinon, Greek, appeared within the walls. B told the Trojans that although he .d been a Greek, he had come to cast s fortunes in Troy. IHe told then io that the horse was the gift of the ds, and persuaded them to pull down e walls and bring it into the heart of e city. That night Troy was de coyed. The proud old city that for a years had withstood the pewer of .eece with her thousand ships, was stroyed by the lieig lips of Sinon. I warn the people against this 'eo t's Party. It is pregnant with uniseen mngers. Beware of ex-lIepublicns id missionaries from our enemies who e persuading us to pull dowin the alls of Democracy. CILAS. 1. MosiES. Run Dowi by Over-Work. BATIMO iloi, April 5 - -The R ev. )r. J. G. Webst er, whose recent mari iage Miss Birdie Skinner created a mild :. urch circles, n ystcriois disappeared last night, while iis wife As waiting for him at her mother's use. It is thought that Mr. Webster mnt off while laboring under a return the nervous trouble which prostnrit ed mi just previous to his marriage a i W !eks ago. At that time it. was thoiught e determination ofl his ihie .o I)-ak t engageient, in dheIre ic to the shts of her own alld )r. Webst'-'s nilies, had a great, dtni t a do wit , 3 sickness. Before thi., inarrige Dr. ebster was a widower, liIly yis (l, tile his bride is hut t wFnt y, r. The 1u1)1 retuirned fromnIii thir We(dd1ing in a fewv days ago, an.d lost night I hey lied on Mrs. Skinnwr. is. Web.ter nainedl with her moter, whih- hrr aband leit b r WVaverly M. E. chuir-h, he said1, to hold a1 ciluartiy confecr ce, the first one since his elev-ationi the presiding t'ldershiip. lie (did niot Id the conference, and w as la.t seen the Baltimore aind Ohio depJot . Th[le ket agent says lie sold a ticket f or ashington to a man answering IDr, ebstor's descriptioni. The young wile disconsolate, and is using every sans tom find himi. It is believed I he Ctor wvas run dlown by over-work. s is one of the most prominent divines the city. 'HARLLESTiON, W. Va., A pril 6.-Tlhe ad body of Rev. J. .J. GA. Webster of ltimore was found early t his mon i lying on the sidewalk in front of' hotel, Ills head was hiorribly Lashed, showIng that lie had fallen mm the window of his room, which is located on the third story. Tlhe ntleman arrived here last evening d wrote on the hotel re'gister "W orth gton, Wasnington." A note was uind on the table ini hi.s room. Thme te containe-i the wordis: "Rtein, (dis iy, dIespair," It was later diP'overed mo the deceasedl was and a telegram is quickly sent to his family in Bal nore. iIe was a ruling elde r of the ethodist Episcopal Church o,f East citimore, and was very pmopular. lie d been in poor health for sou.ie time dI recently lie imaririe'd a secot.d time. I disappeared from his home last >nday and1 thme news of to-dIay is the it sInce that date. A Dosperaudo. iiUnPHYr, N. C., A pril (;.---lbil Miir y, a Tellico Mountain desperado, has ylared his Intention to kill ten men, I he has already made a good start in it dlirectioni. Recently his brother orgo married a.daughter of an enemy the famIly, and during a q uarrel ?r the matter Bill shot hits brother id. Frank Medhn, brother of the id man's wife, gave the body burial, I on Wednesday lie was shot (lead m am bush . A moment later I ill irphy spraiig out Into the roadii and ealtenedl death to any one that should lic the body. It was about to be tilated by hogs aind a Mr. Morse and ~e approached to guardl it, when rphhy fired, hitting Mrs. Morse, and is supposed to be (lying. On Wed - day night Murphy went to the iso of a man iinm: Bailey andi( de ndedI lodging. BaIley hesitated, and rp)hy shot himii In the right shoulder. rphy heard that Ben Martin had n criticising his~ conduct, and to-day, ried with hi is Winchmester-, lie found rttn at wr-k i-n his field :und r.hot i deadl. rHE DE:viL iPu:Ts fresh resin on his y and the liepublican part.y pats a y' and livelier jig e'very time thcy tr the Thirdl nnrty mr.ntiane(h. WILD WORK OF WIND. A TIRRIBLE HURRICANE IN KANSAS AND OTHER 'TA%TES. Tow-oam C:c Geals 1 llma%,tj all<t 'K cl ' ' T. , k l r , . .ast n1iit' 4,4 rwd '''':~ d i iy dt at To:u a, a U':ast.L ku im-tt wI iy U0eople,"4 Jwrclie . t , ''I tt~ ki ih M . Ad . rioi sly in Ta.- t n I an o11r. to gr:at o!ang oft' lanen .'uas iny hdns' t1oult t ob throu ICra 1eit .r t c n 1111!t pros in. cv at], of Nir.rs. A terible willd a. ls 1 itr ; -ay V(li al.hout li - l-hru)h -td - relaitdr Nubras;;.e 'I 'A*(,', (Al,' I rIC t IVU; t : becin ) t, v n r.I t.h,. w rt he la t, rl ,its _: i odli I e ge e' inneu wep aes.,thecowitry fromn lidi:mt Teri il of_\ I h" i W s g of irler County ilns-tag th li.tle town ot Ki mwa iwn is pith. It a northeasterly dir,ectien in psasSed thbrough Prazier Coumily and throughi the enotrtofStuner County. Bend tog as a bow it passed almost directly north through the remainder of 8uminer Couinty and alonig the western part of liutler Couity. \'illages and farmi houss were i.rried away it swept ajonig. The tirnado cant nled in K nsas and in the northwestern part of tMissouri to-da,y, but was less di,structive. At Wellington the house of a man named Little was demolished and four little children killed. Another houso, with fifteen inmiates, . was picked uip and dropped and wverybody inl it more or less hurt. The house of a man namned Butterworthi was carried bodily through the air three hundred yards. S-ome of the fanily were fatally hurt. Later reports say that not a house or ,bt "Iing was left standing in Towanda. 'Phe town was asleep when the storin .swept down, ruined eyerything in its path and left dead bodies lying in its wake. Four dead bodied have been re covered from t Ie ruins already searched. Twenty persons are fatally hurt and forty more seriously injured, besides a large number more or less inallivt. At Aigusta three were killed out right. Ilarmon loskins, James Bar ies, and an infant child of Will Rhodes, who was blown out of her mother's arms and dashed against a brick wall. lihodes hiimself is fatally injured, as Is also the wife of Harmon lloskins. Fif teen others were hurt more or less seriously, according to present reports, but all wires are down and it is impossi ble to get at any detailed account from either place. At Lawrence the wiid reaIc(d a Ve locity of eighty-rour miles. In Kansas City it. reached sixty-four miles, and a great deal of (at1.ge was done to signs, gas, ii-s-cire buihldngs, electric wires, 4el (.. AddIt iois are ci instant I y being mincade II I. torii casiilt:. . In Kansas 'it-y, Kausas, two r No wcre tatally injured. A iiong t1h# twnwis !u flering are s:iihal, WCarr bur, hilicothe and N 8h. moph, I.iouri.-mia, Olathe :d11 htwa, Kas. EighIl!y f"alnilies i d at (I :ATowamLi, Kms:as, and not, One of k-;m * lped01 in!jmr. orlosi of life to A TICIIs40N, Kia: ; rii 1. A tormnilo U1l1 tho iy 4 i I 1d uroorf hl(std 4) 14tmh in1 sig-; awnings :nal dut h'e4f ''t1i - s in ee are io Te '.1 11 1t .i' lwa. I hl' ! was. hunroofedf l'"' 1!1 oil dhel inli.!sh ei'id. Tei wA hsie lo tsh 'i brl Me ('sompan w'acii de rlstn-yei mla lht (ir cery war(~ house ofI H. Teayl s111 aie rin T hei i roofyi tof f"l i e. ie g rrit d l andr aot (inll~ hrtii atheais landousanids .11 ars ae bwn ito b the r oots.Iun av All a grea., daprl If damageedone. ihes havi thnie in tharecontyisto Iirdint trs. ilhSse rotiis ew soft haued byt. r1ecant rins,i.' cynd .thens of trn hav beeon r tr tha ity has rootl. o wie hs beenratporte injured.an wires al1ove the eftte are porostrated,. A specIal to the I ee fron N orfolk, In the northern part, of the Miate, saiys thme cyclone struck t hie town about I I o'clock last niighit and dlid conis tierable damaurge. If' this shold prove to be the same111 cy clone whlich dlevastatedl Nelsoni the de( struction niu(st hiave becen great. 'The storlin traversedi one hiiundred and fifty nu les over the rIchest f'arming section of the Stte, (Jotted with small cities and villages. Th'le wind is blowving a gale here and( wvires are dowvn on all sides. 11 undreds of telephone wires are still dlownl as the resuilt of last Sat uardaty's storm. WVAsiJt'NoN, April 1. --l)e:i Moines, lowva, reports damage exceedfing . J(0,.. 000, but no loss of life. Every section of Jowva that can be heard from has~ a sirnilar story to tell. At St. Joseph, Mlissouri, the storm began at ruiidnighit TJhuorsday night, and14 continuedt with unabatfltedl fuiry lat, Ii o'clock to-night. TJhe city was strewni with wvreckage, scarcely a house In it havinag e'scaiped uninjulredI. Several peolplo had been1 hur it by lli fng debris. Thiree steaninboats oin thme AlIssoturi Iii ver wvere sw%ampledl near St. Jo0seplh. The're Is no indicat ion of e'xaggeration iln any of tihe stories. On the contrary Ltere is a plrobability that the worst re mainsll to be told. (H'A',oo, April 1.--Ahout 6:30 this velning theo sky, which had been threat milng alil the afl ternoon ,became as black is night1, and4( in anot,be'r mi nute, a ter ribile cloud(bulrst occulrred. 'The wind ulow a h urricanle andif "rove the rain in sheets along the streetsi, s weep)ing every novab.le object before it. T1he wvinrd was of cyclonic force, and11 at the eornuer If lilst ead and P ear(", streets tore lownia house4115 ar1id killed three people. wiousli dollnge is reported in various parts of tile city, butt it is not known It' other casluaIlities have occutrred. 'ihe hOut wh ~iich awel blownr down was a seven-11St.ory brick at the corner r> I lialst cad and1( Pearce streets, it wasi surrounded('( by otte or two-story- frame :lwelihngs occupied by poor familics. 'eve(ral' ofthtese wore crushed andthree children were instantly killed. Three people are missing, supposed to be un der the ruins probably dead. Twelve others were Injured, of whom two or three are likely to die. LATEST PROM THE STORM. KANSAS CITY, April 2.-With the go. ing dowa of the wind, the telegraph is a1gaim brought into service, and the storm-str icken (.istrict of Kansas is heard from. The wiro service is still very bal, but there is enough news coming i to show that 'he terrible work was far roaching and very destructive. A care ill esiamte regarding the number of kil led md wounelod throughout the State, the result, of the wind's havoc, makes it iarly 10 killed and burween 200 andl( 3W iijui-cd. The reports in are: South lla %en. 8 dead aiii 32 wounded; Wollin ton, .1 dead aud 23 injuredI; on farms be twCeen these two towns, 5 dead and 9 in jured; Towawde, 17 dead and 15 wound. el Augusta, 7 dead and 19 iniured; lleme.,itead, 5 dad and 7 injured; Strong City, 2 dead, 8 wounded; Salina, 15 in injured, 3 fatally. These towns are the onl ones fion which anything like a definate report has been ol)tained, and the possibilities are that when the west er. towus and villages are heard trom, the death list, will be swelled to nearly 100. Amoni the s.rauge stories told of the queer actions of the wind is that of' Miss Ella Thornton, ofrTowanda, who was blown away by the storm and carried a distance of hall'a mile, carrying a pil low. She was blown through the side of a wrecked barn and deposited on the back of a horse unhurt. P1reached H is Funeral Sermon. ATHENS, Ga., April 1.-An old man around whose life clusters many an in teresting incident and of whom much has been written, died yesterday at IlIgh Shoals. 11, was the Rev. N. V. Pridgeon, a Campbellit preacher. Mr. Pridgeon was 88 years old and his death was due to old age. In March 1888, it was given out that on the 9th day of April the lRev. N. V. 'rldgeon would preach his own funeral sermon at a grove near his homo on the road to lHigh Shoals, about ten miles from the city. This was an occurrence never wit nessed before by the people around here, and on the day set for the sermon over live thousand people from all over this section of country were present. About II o'clock on that day, which was his 84th birthday, Mr. Pridgeon began preaching his own funeral sermon. A plain pine coflin made by his own hands was before him and across it was laid an open Bible. From the holy book Mr. ['ridgeon read many passages to prove that men should preach their own funeral sermons, and then proceed ed to deliver a long funeral discourse. At times the vast congregation would sing the hymns read out by the vener able preacher, and the strictest atten tion was paid him during his remarks. Many believed that at the conclusion of his sermon he would die, but the old gentleman lived four years after that sermon. Is father also preached his own funeral sermon. The venerable preacher was buried to-day in Oconee County." Boyd. the rrain Vreeker. UxoN, S. C., April (;.--John Boyd, who it vas said wrecked the trali at Statesville, N. C., in which twenty-two people were killed, and who escaped ro cently from jail at Charlotte, come to Union, his old nome, and was arrested hast mght on the plantation of Mr. J. 1Ftirrar anmd brought here and lodged in jmil. lHoyd camne over from York yester day iin a buggy, he says, to h'incknecy Ferry, reaching the're about hi o'clock. lIe immedate:y went t.o the house of some of his relatives and( friends. Thle negroes had been told by Mr. Farrar that there was a reward for the arrest of J1ohun Ioyd, andi that they had better keep) on the look-out. As lhe was raised in that portion of the count y, they soon spiottedI him when he reached the home of his Uncle. Mr. S. S. Farrar was ap p)rise'd of the fact and had a warrant issued for lis arrest, and with Knight and .Shelt Smith, two colored men who had been playing the friend to lloyd, arrestedl1 r him t the house of Obe Smith, a colored man. Whien arrested by Mr. Farrar, lBoyd said: "Well you have got mae. You will get your money, andC then you will lbe satisfied." lloyd is a very good-look ing negro, about twenty-one years of age. lie says he got out of the Char lotte jail about 8 o'clock F"riday morn ing, mn broad daylight, and that the hole was so small he went through he had to pull off most all his clothes. Hie denies wrecking the train, but helped haul away the dead bodies from the wreck the next morning. fBoyd will be taken back to Charlotte today by Mr. S. S. Farrar. lloyd says he has footed it sill the way fromi (Charlotte. lie has been In York and Rlock IHill, andi was not at all suirried when he was arrested, as lie knew they would catch him. A detective named Will Haney, it is said, was only a few hours behind him, and he was the man be expected_to arrest him.-State, Hlonoring Confederate Dead. NEW ORLEANs, April 6.~~Yeterans f the Army of Northern Virginia, Alrmy of the Tiennressee, Confederate Javalry, Washington Artilery, Conti mentaf Guards, Henry St. P'aul BJatta ion amid visiting ex-soldiers, together wvith friendly and sympathizing dlele fati ons from the Louisiana State Mili .ia, are this afternoon assembled in the )Ietuiresque Meteri Cemetery doing omage to the memory of their com 'aides who fought so bravely on the side >f' the "Lost Cause." Floral offerings n profusion adorn the grounds and the mtabulatures of the monumental ombs of each veteran association. An address by Comrade T. J. Dimitry and Jenediction by Rev. A. Gordon Blak Nell were among the notable features >f the programme of ceremonies. stopped tihe Weddina. TaoY, N. Y., April 5.-Mrs. Tessie lFarnsworth, a supposed widow, who is employed at th~e United Shirt and Col Lar Company's works, was t.o have been married Sunday evening in Lansing lurg to W. WV. Spaulding, a druggist. A. black-whiskered man appeared on the scene as she w as about to -take a cBarriage for the house of a minister, and she sent word to her fiancee that she had concluded not to marry him. FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS. THE CITY VISITED BY A DOUBLE CON FLAGRAT ION. Sly 111ochm it lZosidletK,ox mcntroyed, leans va1s vii"tkd to.ty b,y t'.o of the wiorst fires in the eit bor :. . E!ve blocks Of bilinl.- ;1" -tr l'U;olvinl the reu of care:es. e , andwould have been trivi:d but ke the ext:aime dryness, whleh wa a he ut a hol drought, a iigh n a 1%N ut iit:.l. u.tI y of the lire (e"patLlinent . i., !atte was reorganized in .1an: 1 , ti ti volhli teer to the paid depar ll .ystem, andl the number of the it erneun wa reduce I about nine-letths. The i. firi, sItrlo ioomt [0 oeloc k in t pile 01 cotton int irout lf the Fire prool compress at tI : um iitir rofT i and Front Areet,. -)!ie - ie .,rW a lighted cigarette i:i Liw pile. whii in a ew miomlents was burnin, lix.rcoly. The flames qu:ckly ate their vay into thu compresb building, wher 12,500 !.Oe of cotton were stored. The air wt i soon lilled with ma1sses of burning cot. ton, which communicated the llamei to the adjacent struetures. The Shipper's cotton press, where 30,000 bales of cotton werc stored, was the next to go, and the Oeleans com press, with 25,000 bales, son followed. While the firemen were combatting Ilames in the Orleaus compress, the walls suddenly gave way, and Capt. )tuPree, Licut. Shaw and Pipemau Bordeaux were buried in the ruins. All were seriously and possibly fItally in jured. The Independence cotton yards hIad been engilled and the fire covered an area of ive squares. The Baldwin agricultural works and the:ILousiana rice mills, four squares dis tant. were ignited by the masses of burning cotton which illed the air, butL after a hard fight both bulldin,s were saved without serious loss. A panic prevailed in the vicinity of the fire, which .vas close to the residence districts, and people living many blooks distant began fleeing Fhr their lives, carrying what few belongings they could gather up itn their haste. There were also destroye,l itn the cot ton district iseveral ilior buhin,ldiu-s. The New Orleans vi-ei,ar faetory Vas ComIpletely destroyed], involvng a loss on the stock of A10,000. A. frame bar rootn, No. 32? Front street, was de stroyed. At No. 321 Sutith Front a two-story brick residence was damaged considerably, as WaI 3.3,5-337 Froat street, buihdings of th(- saime charac%er. A three-story brick barro.mi, N. 2 Thalia titrect, wAs damal ider abiy. The cotton los,, i.i tsitimtli at about, 65,000 bales. This would imean a loss of about $2,225,o' in cotton alone. It Is claim1ed by 8om1C tat. the fire was die work oI haboiers. who wished to avenge the purcihaviing .I' the presses by the LIL... 'ThI i i-r pres i 0wned by the tru-it Il a11m1 oh eni rori(s Bro.,. i t':r. T Urk.ans is allso 'm the 0tru- t!i [h 'L aI'Adlat lorich, maurft':_. - ilTS3 is ownl by whoi',to not in) thc trw:n. W hirle the li' i ed I al' in a hio lessi4 btru ht \ I. tton I ire, ano1ther: bhaizu bhi 'J'nt it the c)rnern of Laurel Xahti hTud ) lots, a mie away. c.al (Il. An 2 :\ m ii f.;.. I)',ed, am;u the hIotlse was . 'Slet & ! i ai;e . t \.i' rep.orted l a :( t.a i 'l 'lmt, twoV c!ihreai werte killed by therex l:ous but :11v. 4. tigatio)n hIilt I oIl nit thes MI:uei. F"or 11a11 tn ho ur the hi e w.r a sma:ul ali fair, but no0 en1'I11 u I ariiz 1. It Lfanliy spreadiI to 11he 'urronthnig biuidtha, which were all woodn cottag1.es, anid in two hioure the lities lauid .m ept bare4 ani area six blocks inl exten t, reacining fromi Mangazinie street to Cons.tnce Crossing, Iin all I185 hioutissti4 wer dIr ayed. *JjfThe loss will app)lroximatet *i500U,0 00. A Volcto froma (Georgia. stto nan etditorialt-dyas that "Whten WVal street Demnrocrats in the House defeated the free coinage bill they undertook a 1more1 serious en terprise than they had anty Idea of'. i'hey gave a new putrpose and a keener adge to the clamor of the people. They have made necessary for the paurt.y ini aonventlon assembled to mnake a clear bold anld vigorous utterance on the siliver (fuestion. Their farilure to do this will naturally be regarded by Dhemi acrats who are in favor of free coinago is something more tihan an initimnationi that the party cannot afford to antage nize WVall street and the money power. I'huis necessity will grow more and4. inore pressing as the (lay for the coil. venti on dIraws near. T1he W~all street contingent will find that they hlave not 'ucceeded In suppressing tile issue, bit iave mnade it more Important than it las ever been." T1he editorial cun aludes: "If able leadfe"s In Congress, who have permiltted fifty-one D)emo erats to (1ictate suppressiont of thei free Boinage bill to the largest 'na.iority the party ever haid, will visit tle(rga. and ather Southern States, anid go out In the country plaices, we think they will dliscover that tine situation is not by any means what it ought to bo in surreh dlerlig to Wall str.e,t, and in trying~ to bend the party to the tiniantcial viows ot' the East. 'They will find on investilga tiotn that they have stirred tip a storm which they will Iind sotme trouble in controlling. 'f'here is yet time for Crisp and the D)emocrats of the IIouse to meet the views of fthe. people ini this matter. T1hey should htenSfI to do so. They have u~nu grievous bltnnder; they can correct it by retracing their steps, by taking up1 thne tree comnage bill and( passing it." F'onT MADmSON, tat., April 6.-Seven peop)le lost their liv's in a fire which broke out in the store of Mclntosh & l'ease at 12:30 this tmrninig. T1hne build lng was consumned amnd thle family of S. V. Kltchlen, livIng up1 stairs, seven In all, burned to death. An explosion of gunpowvder prevented their escape. The" dlght after the catastrophe was a ifor rl)l nm