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million of ffcb'l'Vus
* ^liat scveuty-fivc vessels be added to his
'cf5ubtry"s armament, almost doubling its
strength.
Probably no town in the United States
? , , -?CTcr jumped into popularity so suddenly
as did the little railroad station of West*x>rt,
Decatur County, lod., which has
'been proven by the census to be the
cxaat cen'.er of populutiou of the Union.
Delaware is raid to have more llvTng
ex-Governors than tuiy other State in the
fUniou. Five of them?II. T. Biggs,
John P. Cochran, James Pouder, John
1'w ifci'l '>nd Charles F. Stokley?arc
MlV.l in active business. i
'mnjniw
'iOOJj 'k Hrrah? estimates that
XhWJJ*.! p?? f'1'8 ycar V'H he short ot
SMiloailSct hv about 27,000,000
!8100H?M^?"ruc?Tof; I'""'
XUJVM|J h,000 pounds shortage,
** iJSC to 11,1111 p the prict
1*1 foe on -uvinoih.
JIJU pojqnopnn
OOJJ lU.no 'h 'O
.. ?? ?.oa"aioa ^^uuicipal ?lcct.
#??!>r?iap *?i nince, last j&t+J
"nix VPJJ^upoH \ . . *? <1
.MtiiN i.npo n? j.mj? |[?Ai s receipts nv < '
J! It OK*n PUKAS. J 'A>oUiSn thp Uf .:,i.
-i>|iiUJU J/uiiuj ?.pp g
jiopu^.D poipoia jsoq o* an argument,
^1 | | ^pri'rf, in favor of
_ .v lighting.
^ ^ fr<>D1 tho
en -i?-og J >il ot Industry, King
infra oUt'Df teTll?riuiu, said that he had
forgets a name." ' his support to the
rarely combined In cf# suffrage, but not 1
the best examnles in"Ut Wv? ri??
. -- ???
probabilityjohn L. Hi-ide.
St. James Hotel, who . I
name or fnco of a giao^urcra Gcr- <
lapse of years, and v? a novcl ox- 1
the head of Pin)? procure cheap
Agency, who kuowsr e8? ^icy hava esof
every Mcrookv ?^ breeding places
America. Each w'll be sold to
memory intthc s ,vcs^ possible prices,
purposes J lookctl upon with favor
" Exnerim * i
United Stategins, of Delaware, says 1
"\V. IIotchkj>piug.post and tlie pillory
\ork detained in his State, owing to i
countrrnat the Slate lies in the neigh^=aBSW"<Ti^^^mlop^mS'^^^^w)ii'sCto,prote"ct
it* i
self from becoming tho asylum of crimi(
nals from theso great centres. He is him- |
self opposed to the preservation of theso
forms of punishment, states the New '
.York Tribune, although he concedes that ,
their preservation has a tendency to mako |
criminals give the State ft wide berth, i
The whipping of to-day, ndds the Trihunt,
is merely liominul and in no way
resembles the brutal punishment of the
past when the ent-o'-niuo-tails as a form
of punishment was first established.
Manistee, an obscure town in the interior
of Michigan, is the terminus of a
railroad that is operated in an uniquo
manner. The road is known as the
Manistee & Northeastern, and is fiftythree
miles in length. It doc3 a profitable
pusscngor business, and has neither
stocks, bonds nor mortgages. It pays
its bills in full 011 the 25tli of each
mouth. There is not one dollar of indebtedness
on it, ami never has been.
The road was originally built to carry
lumber out of the woods, but as it was
extended in mileage, passcugcr traffic
was established. It is owned by Edward
Buckley and William Douglass. Between
thorn all the offices except general passenger
and freight agent are divided.
Welshmen are looking forward with
peculiar iuterest, notos tho Now York
Observer, to the census of 1891, because,
for tho first time, a clause has been inserted
directing an enumeration of all
persons who speak Welsh and English
in Wales and Monmouthshire, and of all
Welsh-speaking persons in England as
well. It is generally maintained that
~there aro more Welsh-speaking people in
existence at the present moment than
thcro were ever beforo. That there
arc rnoro periodicals, newspapers,
pamphlets and books published in the
Welsh language, and, therefore, more
Welsh readers now than at any period
heretofore is very certain, and admitted
on all hands. The other assertion is
, .bio 00 it might ?M>?'
neither ooconoid"** nnm?t
f,t?t ot|jU ?>'t" * , i0 ,he ntinctpoi
luir joL WolsUmcn ^ ^ ft?
principality in Loudon alone, where there
uro twenty-eight Welsh chapels, and.
more than 1.10,000 in Liverpool (which,
has seventy-four Welsh chapels), Man-;
Chester (with twenty- nino Welsh chapels),
aud other largo centres of population,
besides tho great, numbers who have
crossed tho \tlr.utic and are thickly scattered
all over the mining districts, and j
forming a few agricultural settlements jr. )
the Now World.
'j
It Will B? the Greatest Day the State
Capital Hae Ever Seen.
Colcebia, 8. C., I8peci?l.]?Columbia's
centennial celebration in May next
is the principal topic of conversation
here, ana the proportions of the festival
are such that a very great degree of interests
is manifested in it throughout the
entire state. The celebration is inteuded
to commemorate the 100th anniversary
of Columbia's existence as the capitol of
the state, aud the preparations that me
being made for the event give promise
that it will be a festival worth coming
hundreds of miles to see. It is very
probable that the Columbia canal will Incompleted
in time for the centenuial aud
this will lend au additional interest t<> tinoccasion.
Among the features of the
centennial are an address by Wade
Hampton; a sham battle, the opposing
forces commanded bjr lfamptou and
Oordon, a grand parade and review, participated
in by all the state troops and
many frSm other states, civic societies,
Mexican and confederate associations,
fire companies, old inhabitants, commercial
travelers, students, etc., the whole
to be headed l?y Governor Tillman aud
stuff and visiting officials: a i/minl in
dustrial and allegorical procession on tire
u>~J^t of May 15th, iu which there will
y to two hundred magnificent floats,
^ ^?08tiug as much as f500 each; disijvo
of fire works by the great Paine;
^ . people'* ball and serenade concert to
tvhuh lo admission will be charged.
Besides these there will be racing,
championship ball playing by the best
amateurs in the South, amusements at
the theatre, and dozens of other forms of
amusement.
The form of decoration to be adopted
is the most unique and perfect ever tried
in this country. Each county of the
sfate will erect a handsome arch over
Main street. They will bo substantial
woodeu structures, handsomely painted
and artistically designed and festooned
with bunting, by committees sent here
from the counties for the purpose. At
llic centre of the street the "City of Colum
uir arcn win cross, and nt the entrance 1
to the capitol tho state officers will erect
in arch.
A TRUCE IS DECLARED.
Cho Alliance Makes a Contract fo:
A Supply of Jute Bagging-.
Atlanta, Ga., [Special.]?The Faun
rs1 Alliance and jute bagging trust linvt
nude peace. Tho proposition of the
"ordage Bagging company to supply
at Oi cents- per yard for 1J
tounds, ^of 7^ cents for pound has
>cen accepted.
These are maximum priced, and compel i- |
!o" "")Y m\m ttvr Tt <n i
it least half tho cotton crop.
Heretofore the fanners have obeyed tlit
vlliauce, although it caused tliem to buj
tagging at over $1 per bale extra cost.
Now that tho pnee of jute bagging is
educed, Alliancemcn will adopt it.
Tho Cordage company represents all
ut one of the jute bagging factories ii
tho trust two years ago. The factory
left out is said to be located in Charles
on.
' 'I., ./.linn n( 4l>n Allimis>n lnnvpa I In I
farmers free to buy cotton bagging i!
hey prefer, but as jute is choaper, feu
i.f them, it is believed, will buy cotton
i.agging.
Ring-Tailed Monkeys in the liver
glades.
Tampa, Fi.a., |Sp< ial. | Jack Robeson,
of Fort Meade, h as hei u down in
the Everglades since last D< tuber, surveying.
One day not long since, lie captured
a genuine South American ring tailed
monkey, in the top of n high trt-e down
there. The Indians have known these
monkeys to be there for the last tifty
years. It is supposed that a vessel from
South America was wrecked on the coast,
ami that some of the monkevs aboard escaped
to the Everglades, vhere they have
thrived for half a century.
Hugh O'Neill, of New York, offered
ltobeson $100 for the monkey to semi as
a present, but .lack refused toscll his pet.
However, he agreed to loan him for the
season, and R. T. Ration brought it up
with him, intending to leave it in the
gient oak tree that stands east of the
Tampa Ray hotel. Coming upon the
steamer the monkey hit a hoy who
teased it. and Mr. Ration took it to his
home in Sanford, where he will keep it
until it is perfectly tame; then he will
bring it down'to amuse the hotel guests.
Some of the hoys talk of organizing a
monkey hunt d ,wn in the Everglades.
CAUGHT ON A TRESTLE.
A Frightful Accident on a Trestl?
"Oai Xiyncliburg.
Lynchburg, Va., [Special.]?A horri
ido accident occurred on the N. & W.
lilroad, six miles below this city Fri
lay.
A force of hands were working on t
estle when a train came on them uncx
eetcdly. They tried to escape, and all
ureeeded by a close shave except three,
aines Dean was ran upog by the engine
aid torn to pieces. A man named Rur
on jumped t?0 feet to the water below,
ud while not. killed, was rendered mi
1 mscious by ^?by \hc loro,n?bca Vror.
* v \inn t^ficdHh^ftfifttist ehurcir'Thursdaj
' evening. It was attended by an immense
crowd. All the protestnnt ministers
of the city netful as honorary pall
hearers, and several ministers from a distance
were present. The various Masonic
organizations of the city attended in a
body.
Kev. Dr Garland read sketch of life
and work of the deceased which was fol owed
by a most eloquent and touching
liscourse by Bishop < hauberry. The ?enains
were taken to Richmond, where,
fter memorial services at Centenary
hureh the remains were interred in Hoi
wood. ,
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Southern Men And Measures
Paragraphed.
1
Nowsy Chit-Chat and Telegraphic
Dispatches From Many Points J
In Our Own and Adjoining
States.
I
VIRGINIA. 1
'I
The Finance Committee of Danville
has recommended high license aud waut ,
to tax each saloon $5,00. <
Siuion Seward delivered a war address >1
in Petersburg Thursday uight before the f<
A. P. 11 ill Camp of Confederate Vet- o
. c:aa?. t | ?
Robert Bland shot and"" Wiled lames
The Cnrnavnl do la lifer opened in
Richmond Tuesday to continue ten days, c
Sales of leaf tobacco at Danville for t"
"March, 45,000 lbs.; sales for the first six t<
months of the present tobacco year, 23,- H
000,000 pounds, an iucrease over- the si
corresponding of last year of about h
5,000,000 pouuds.
Nearly twelve hundred barrrels of
Spreckle's sugar were delivered in Alex
anuria Weituesdav. '"
?r(
The Old Dominion steamer Guyandottc
aiuled at Norfolk Thursday the captain. ?
two mates and four setuneu rescued from
the sinking burkcutiuc Addie P. Gould '
six miles from Winter Quarter.
At a meeting of the Alberinarle and ^
Atlantic railroad directors at Virginia j
Bench it was decided to change the track L
to standard guage at ouce and increase
he rolling stock.
Judge Brooke, of Norfolk, granted a
charter to the Lambert's Point Knitting
Mills Company. Tlio~COTrtpnTiy ft fn?ft **?
mitted to manufacture and sell woolen, n"
hemp, flax and silk fabrics. Tho max- Pa
bnuni capital stock is $t00,000. lion.
Barton Myers is president. t:?
T. B. Proctor, of tho Parlor Car Com- '''
pany, was run over and killed Tuesday '?
by a passenger train on the Hichmond, IM
Fredericksburg and Potomac Bailroad
within a few miles of Milford Station, as
He uttcmptcded to cross the track a short d:i
distance ahead of the moving train. He II
was 42 years old.
NORTH CAROLINA.
ha
A brick and tile manufacturing coinfiauy
lias been organized at Rocky Mount;
cnpacity 40,000 per day.
John Steele accidently shot himself in
the knee in Lincolnton, which has neccs- j,'
fcitnti'd si in lr ii I ii 1 inn
A. young man named Mooro was shot 1'"
aihI killed from ambush iu Pitt county
XmiilV* ,, ""
their labors April 1st. A suite of Guices
liave been fitted "up fOf. them in the iirst sei
floor of the agricultural building, at Raleigh.
* l,c
A postofiicc has been established at sei
Areauite, Randolph county.
The prayer hook of Lictenant Charles , in
T. Ilnigh, of Fayelteville. who was kill- j
ed May 12, 1801, has just been returned ! ,.0
io his relatives by 1). F. French, Quiney, |1(1
Mass. j.'l
The largest mortgage deed ever recorded
in Forsyth county was recorded sever- |i>
al days since. It was for a milliouand a T:
half dollars. The mortgage was given .si;
on the Wiuston-Wilkesboro railroad to
the Richmond and Danville railroad. j;1
The building for llingham's school in or
Asheville will cost $35,000. This pays tif
for eight ranges of barracks, a iness hall, n't
kitchen and gymnasium. The contract
calls for the completion of the buildings u,
for occupancy October 31st. This work ,|.
will require more brick than any contract ,n
Vanderbilt palace. | J
"Uncle'' Hilly Todd, of Charlotte, eel- vi
sbrated his ninety-third anniversary last
week. 1ft) was deputy shcritl when the p
old colonial court In liniP r>f leg.". ...id jj
I raised on posts, stood in Independence a
I Square. Mr. Todd is a robust old man, j,
| and has never worn glasses in his life. v
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The salaries of the Public School teachers
of Charleston have been reduced all s
around ten per rent. j,
The bank of Georgetown lias been incorporated,
capital f-ifl.OflO,
On Thursday night two colored men, I
i Henry Ncsinith and Fowler Presslcy, \
1 went tislimg with a net in Wilson's lake,
i Williamsburg county, and were drowned. '
The Clin! lesion, Sumpter and Northern
Hail road Iras been inspected and
opened for traflic as far as Lamar in Dar- c
lington Comity, and it will soon get r
through to Darlington, C. H. "On to '
Heir.ret tsvillc!" is now the watchword of '
the company.
A military company has been organiz
i ed at Williston with Sid flair as captain,
j sad are drilliug for the Columbia ceni
leouial.
A great religious revival is in progress
j at Jjccsville, J.oxngton couuty, conuuct
I cd by Evangelist Lci:ch.
The congregation of Grace Episcopal
| church, Aiulerson, which was injured by
j lire lately, will build a new church instead
of repairing the old one.
, 8upetiutendent of Education Mayfiold
( h is received a handsomely framed diplo(
uiairom the comiuilVc on premiums at
I j '.lie I Vis Exposition. The diploma
, | gives tho information that the cducation.
a1 exhibit of South Carolinain 1889 at the
j Exposition has been awarded this premir
?ud HCal ?t the committee.
8?tiir<iajr ia't?,nU'Ut'h was con~T
? in lm?" ' "foSr ?"T
6u,"h Carolin ? ,n<l>Mtiial / eve,,< much
niistak,000 (,,e war ?' /'
f "'iiiieiKe n n'f't shrill ' *\?* (
, ,OQ States. Ouse<i"coce to a/J "?! / C
. */'ot / Ci
. Th ENNE9SEE.
r>f|"huioorr,, ir . li:ir?'?.f/ / . ,
"-1" Meral,roSfeIr?';"? ,v,
' i'l'lS,
0 0*
<sta. This *oed, 50 miles loop, makes
connection with mry industrial catabishment
inth* city and its suburbs.
While s hrge class of young ladies of
ik Girls' High School, of Knoxville,
sere collecting botanical specimens. Miss
'.iary Plumiper went too near the edge of
> bluff and fed sixt,-feet. She was bad
y iujured.
Kcnresentative Boyle the credit of
(curing in the Legislature the restore
ion of the naue ,4City of Memphis."
le did it Mondty in the closing hour,
nd the Governor hassigaadths bill.
The orgamzaton of a cotton compress
mipauy with a tapital stock of $100,00
has been ejected at Chattanooga. All
lie stock has beef subscribed end s situ
ir t lie building sdsted. The promoters
f the enterprise b&eve that this is the
itliur Kail road has Men mr?wrt fmn.
ookviUe to Chattanooga. ind from the
ittcr point to Arthur, "where it will in
reect with the K., 0. Q. & L. end the
[arrowgate extension. This liue will
mrten the distance by rail between Nor
>lk and Memphis several hundred miles.
GEORGIA. *
The U. 8. recruiting station at Savun ik
has been closed and Lieut. Terrvt l
>nc back to Augusta with bin two st^
Mints.
A milinary company has tiecn organ ed
at Fort Valley.
<iuite a sensation has been created nt
illman by rumors of burfed "Spanish
i-asure. A Spanish priest has written a
Iter of inquiry.
The daughters or Rev. T. A. Harris,
Wiuterville, have bought all the outfit
r a hennery and rabbit farm.
The city is clean, the citizens havqon
olr iioliday suits, and eve-rytning gWr""
erry as a marriage bell, says an Albany
ipcr. .
Councilman Henry H. Hicks, of An
i>ta, convicted and sentenced to pay u
ie of $000 in tlic city court last week
r keeping a gambling house, has applied
for a new trial.
Charles Hondo, a German citizen, was
mulled by footpads, at Atlanta, Tuesy
evening, nnd was knocked down,
c died Wednesday.
t'ordelc added $50,000 to her banking
pital Thursday. Tho First National
nk was organized.
Floyd nnd Wilcox counties will both
ft new courthouses.
A more gonewlly observed funeral never
i-urred in Rone than that of Augustas
W ight. Tht stores closed, and hur.
i-ds tiirongcd tlic First Baptist church,
d there were mapy who stood on the
U!?hiniiii,'|>|<i>i11 /"
Florida's law-makers willXoon be as
nbled in Tallahassee. '
As farns beard from, nearlv tveri mem
rof tho legislature is going/o Tallahas
loaded with land assessment reforiu.
The Florida Indians will be given lands
severally.
Hon. Jefferson B. Brawn, of Monroe
iinty, will he among the most promint
candidates for the presidency of the
01 ida senate.
Aets were passed at the 51st Congress
r the erection of a public building at
an pa. Kla., and to establish a light
it ion at Oi near liiiisborougli Inlet.
A contract, was signed by Contractor
lines McCitlin, of Fernnndina, for
eeting wharves and buildings for the
ty-thousand-dollar phosphate plant
;ar the present fertilizer wharves there.
The Carnival began at Tampa April
ic 1*1 and continued 4 days. The first
ly there was a grand firemen's tournaent;
second day. ^ors'.^cinjA1 inicd
Sy7an mini regainrhnT*. ArjWwflay rftlfirth
ay, grand tournament for prize cup, and
ices.
A largo number of orange and vegetale
growers of Oranire Lake. Mr>Tnt?oi?,
loardman, Evinslou and Micauopy, met
nd named delegates to appear beforo tlio
IterSUIlC rUliroilU CUllliuinniyu 111 ^nciMiunille
to present their grievances.
OTHER STATES.
A Texas postmaster lias committed
uicidc bocnnse ho was indicted for stealng
40 ceuts.
Alabama has undertaken the work
f laying out a route for a railroad from
Florence to Mobile, and any company
vill be free toconsturuct the road. Nine
housand dollars we appropriated by the
cgislaturo for the survey.
Ex-President Cleveland has just given
lis check for a handsome amount in aid
>f the endowment of the Southern Fenalc
University at Florence, Ala. The
lev. Dr. Bass, preslflefStrofthe Univerlity,
says: "I was much surprised at
he courtesy extended mo by Mr. Clever.nd.
This coni.ibuticu is another evdcncc
of his interest in education."
A DEATH-BED CONFESSION,
*
Which May Result in a Doomed
Man's Reprieve.
CoLUMiiiA, 8. C., [Special.]?Th<
death of W. J. Miller, of Leaphart cn.s<
.illidavit fame, has, brought to light, ii
Colombia, a second death-bed confession
The confession was made to Miller's at
lorncy, John Hauskett, and if true wil
justify Governor Richardson's reprievi
of Willie JiOaphart. In the confeseioi
Miller says that l>cing employed as aman
uensis for Patrick Cannon, father of Ros
Cannon. Leanhart's alleged victim, h
heard of ami read her letters declarin,
ihf |>ov> innocence. lie acknowledge
Judg
-ii ' "o? acted, #?-Tto having afterwani
jrre;,(Itio"8j TL iincdRosa'8 letters a-i
/,nff them to S the Oovcrnor. Th;
Irclhn^r' if Wil1 Ci r J"<1*
nnm from fh<k"i2| * of forgery an
spjracy te 8ccifl 'heart's reprievi
Iobrntiug- th<*^Jf Anniversary
V,"'ttSTo'v? SK?*!?" [Special. 1?Tl
'illon of the t F Lenty-fifth annivcrs
.seoZThhlithm?cr''r 1 ?cth,Mli
"'church in mct tfouth Carolina ope
s 'IWetK i??la t thi8 CUyi 1>el
,(V ;'?L present we from ne!ir,y CV4
Slat,. S V<?- J-E W"?'
etl? aud addrw^'n f Wfre delivert'
?n^ \
... J\LA
II
COL SAUNDERS DEAD.
Worth Carolina'* Most Learned So
Passes Away.
Raleicii, N. C\, [Special.]?At 1 V
o'clock Thursday morning, Colonel NN il
iain Ij. Saunders, Secretary of State o
North ( 'arolina, who had Ih'cii at tin
|?oiut of death for several days, lireathei
liis lust.
He was iu the fifty-sixth year of hit
ige, umlMss been Secretary of State foi
twelve having been appointed bj
Governor^Arvis in J879 to till an tin
expired tAi
lie was Aiuiuated and elected to tin
Mime pla< j-^u lSbU, 1SS1 and 1 SSH.v tin
^Democratic convention breaking a long
established precedent against third terms
by giving him the nomination the third
time. . ,^mma
' non^Carolina, as he has long l>een regarded,
passes away.
He has been a prominent figure in the
State for thirty years. Ha was a graduate
of the University, and has for year*
: ii'*' u oue ol the Board of Trustees of thai
. institution, having been secretary ami
treasurer of the Board.
He practiced law in Salisbury in 1 S.%??
and soon after became editor of the St I
isbury Banner.
IDENTIFIED WITH JOITRNAMSM.
He was afterwards prominently idcnlied
with journalism, and wielded a powerful
and trenchant pen. He was an nrleut
secessionist, and when the war broke
out he voluutecred in the Rowan Rille
Guards, of Salisbury. Soon after he was
appointed Lieutenant in Rowan Artillery,
aud went directly to Virginia.
In 1802 he was appointed captain o''
ihe new company orgaui/.ed ut Salisbury,
and joined the Fourth North Carolina
"roups, which afterwards became a part
i.f Walker's Brigade, and later of Cooke's
Brigade, and participated in many of the
most important battles of the war.
Uy successive promotion bo became
major-licutenant-coloiicl and colonel, lie
was twice wounded at the battle of Fred
cricksburg and again at the battle of the
Wilderness, being shot through the
mouth and neck.
In 1HC>4 he was married to Mrs. Florid :
Cottou. After the war he was connected
with the Wilmington Journal, and latci
was associated with Major P. M. Ilalc as
one of the editors of the Raleigh (fbservcr,
continuing till ho was appointed Seere
tary of State.
His remains were convoyed to Tarhoro
Saturday where they were interred by the
side of his wife.
CAPERS OF A COUNTY CLERK.
David M. Morrison nf Rentt Po,-*- J
Auditor.
Bkistoi., TkNK.?David H. Morrison,
deputy clcvk of Scott County Court, Virginia,
it is alleged, has obtained by
various sharp transactions and npproprided
to his own use from $10,000 to"f00,o00
and left the state. Hjs mode of procedure,
wus this: lie would tnke un
called for claims in his ofliee, raise the
amounts l>v hundreds, forge orders from
otlieers for tin same and send them to
.lie auditor at Richmond and obtain the
money, lb* would also leave blank pages
in writing up the proceedings of the
Com I. till them in with tictitious cast .;,
make out bills of costs and draw the
money. Iii one such ease an alleged wit
iiess named Kinscr from Kansas was id
'owed flhi. It is stated that he went
over the books for several years back ami
increased the costs and obtained tin*
money. Morrison has been in ofliee
about a year. He married a lady living
.... II- wiul.imrt.Hi I) C ami it is Kill)
poged he hag beeu in that city newly a
-month; An orrter tor his arrest has been
issued.
GENERAL PIKE DEAD.
The Distinguished Confederate Sol
dior P.m? Away a*. Hi*
Home in Washington.
Washington, I). | Special. | (ten.
Albert Pike, prominent as a .Mason ami
poet, died at his home here, at N nVlni k
Thursday.
General I'ike was eighty one years old
Inst December, lie was a manof remarkable
vitality, and splendid |>li\si<|lle, being
six feet four inches in height, and
until last fall, when lie was prostrated,
wns never known to have been sick in
bed for even a day.
His works include 'Pro e Sketches
and Poetry." live volumes ofieportsol
rases in the Supreme Court of Arkansas.
"Nugte,' a collection of poems, inelud
Ing the "Ifymns to the Gotl-,"and twt
other similar collections, besides these
he has prepared for the order of Masonr
n number of ritualistic and other wot Us
in all about twentv-tive volumes.
Ecclesiastical Wheat Fields.
AmtllDKRN. S. I)., iSpecial. j -Soni
I tnontlis ago President F.idcr F. A. 1 itn
dick called n uncling in this < ity of a
llic Methodist pastors of the Abcrdcc
> district, and put before them the plan <
3 sowing wheat for the lipoidat ion ?
i church debts The pallors took to ti
idea, and after talk with their peop
found the fuuncis would furnish tl
| land and do the work, if the churi
e would furnish the seed. The general si
it cieties of the church, which line liehcadipiarters
in the Fast, then took hoi
n of the matter and shortly announced tIn
c the money for the seed should be fort
i? coming. ?'
d The Hev. Mr. Burrock said last eve
e :<>g: "We hppe to have at least for
;B h res of wheat on every ohargs in tl
d Aberdeen district, and on some as mat
8 : ? sixty. As a matter r?f fact, the ('hui
re at Batii lias already start d the ball ro
d ing with sixty acres. The income, (|j
this source will be applied altogether 1
word i he payment of church debts, a
^ I e uifidently expect to see several clear
away before another winter."
Oroom 80 and Bride 84.
st
Qukkn Ciry, Tkx..?Mr J. Nail a
Mrs. Hickman of this place were rnarri
|V a few days ago. Justice Powell oflir iatii
The groom is SO and the bride is
.j yeais old. Both are peart ami lively.
'
THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE
r- Its History, Its Present Status aud
Its Aims,
i
( Reviewed in April Cosmopolitan by
By W. A. Peffbr, United States
I Senator From Kansas.
' Senator Potior, from Kansn^ has con1
tributod a lengthy article upon the topic
of "The Faitien' Alliance" to the Cosmopolitan
Magazine of New York, and
which appear* in their April number.
Following are some oftho points covered:
"At the city of St. Louis, early in December,
1889, a meeting of the Fumrr'i
aud
dTffcrentlvodles of organized farmers iq
the country. Invitations *had boo* acut
out in advnnco to the officers of all these
! different bodies, and also to the officials
of the Knights of Labor, and they tvero
1 all represented at this meeting. Conference
committees were appointed, and
a union for political purposes effected.
ritPV Wllfil "I' in.ie.r.ol ??!.* *4"-' '"*4
I- J ?? % IV *avr? \l IIIIU I'll*", 1MII
virtually that was douo. Tin* object of
I thin consolidation was to influence legislation
in the interests of farmers ami la
borers generally. The new body was j
to he called the 'Farmer's Alliance and
Industrial Union.' That is the name by
which it is now known.
"The Alliance is not partisan, but it is
intensely political. Primarily it is social,
"out there is a political feature, and this,
ufter all, is its most powerful force, that
which moves in public allium. and t hough
there was no disposition to jro pito poli
tics independently, it was understood
upon all sides that every possible clToil
which could legitiiiiu'clv serve the inletvata
of agrioulluxo unvL 1?U?m U
put forth. Tho Bt. T,ouls convention
adopted a political platform which has
aitico been known as the St. lamis do
mauds. In time it became a very serious
question with members of the Alliance
whether they should operate through the
machinery of their old pin ties, or whether
tliey should join with other workers in a
new ami distinct, movement for a redress
of grievances w hich were universally con
ceded to exist."
"What, then, docs tlie Farmers' A bianco
demand as a matter of political Icgislat ion If
Let us first understandtho condition;out of
which this foimidahlu power of the
'armors has grown. Agriculture is depressed,
labor is profitless, discontent
broods like a cloud over the land. The.
homes of tjio people are encumbered by
an indebtedness which it is impossible to
pay under existing conditions; tlicv arc
.with fulling prices security wouiroas; nuu
while property values go lower nutl low
er, dollar valuta go lusher and higher,
and taxes, salaries and interest absorb all
the people's earnings, leaving nothing to
pay on the principal of del)tH. llrielly,
' nearly it not quite, one half of American
' homes are mortgaged; wealth is fast
I passing into the hands of a few pePsons;
money has hecotnc a power in polities as
! it Iris always been in social life, and the
j same intlueiiee which is draining away
! the siib>t)Hicc of the workers is under
mining the church, hook wliat way we
will, encroachments of the money power
are plainly visible. It pollutes our idee
i lionu it controls our leuislation, it do
hauelu-s our tratio, it owns our homes, il
rules 1 lie forum, the school ami the< linn It
It is kino.
"The great overshadowing problem oi
the time, tlien is money. Farmers are
not repmlintors. Tiiey want to pay every
dollar of debt they owe, and that according
to the letter and spirit oft lie '
contract; but they arc powerless to help
themselves. They have no money and
can get none nt rales wliieli will lelievr
thorn When Wall afreet needa won
money the President and Seeretary of the
Treasury supply it out of the public
treasury; hul the farmer's appeal is not
heaid. (Jive us money at rates of interest
we ean alTord to pay, take our laudt
as senility, and our debts will he paid infast
as the money can he counted. Ihit
lliis is denied us, and year by year, the
tyrant's grip is tightened. Farmer.*
.mist have money with which to pay their
debts or main of theui must lose tiieir
homes. And this applies to all win
of land, in town as will as in country,
for the influence v hieli has brought one1
half of us to tin-vi rge of mill w ill, if not
, clieeked. soou bring the other half there.'
I "The Farmers' Allianee, then, meant
to dethrone the money power and thus
eniaiieipale the people. This does not
, mean nnarehy, it does not mean repudiation,
it does not invnn wur; it mutum only
the rule of the people. The people will
take > hatge of their own uHairs; they
' will make and issue their own money,
anil eharoe borrowers only what tht
handling of,it costs, just astlicy now ?Ic
with jtost:i _*? .stamps, with court house<
c and highways. That is the first and great
work to ho done. \\ ith that will coir*
" many other reforms, for every device o<
" villainy which is supported hy the iiit
' proper use of money will fall when th?
f props are taken away."
>e "And there is a great social problev
'e which is left for the Alliance to solve. It
59 is known in polities as the "Souther?
question." It has I tee n made a foot-hail
by politicians for party purposes, a no
' that will settle nothing. It reipiirei
broad and brotherly treatment, and that
1,1 is a stranger in party polities. The farm
'* era will soon' obliterate sectional line?
and loeal prejudices will give way as fas
n" as the national sentiment grows au<
<y spreads. At the Supreme Council of tbi
'u' Alliance held in Oeala, Klotida, last l>c
'y cember, 35 slates were icpresentcd. mo
p! delegates from every body of organ!/."
farmers in the country were present t
((V participate or to confer. The nation
( . Alliance of colored farmers was held i
)i(j the same time and place and friend
greetings were exchunged. The tw
bodies lepreserited at least 2,500,0(
voters. Kvery state Alliance is authu
i/.cfl to admit colored farmers to mem be
nd ship. There is no distinction of < >!
icd among Kansas alliance people."
ig. * "Destroy the influence of money
Nf p 1 lii affairs, restore the houic-le.tij ai
ave it to the citizens, secure to labor i
%
xi \j 1U0AA io? iust
reward, crippiitk# arum of avarice, ^
1 give employment to the 'worker*, purify $*3*5
politics, enact just laws, lighten the
burdens of the poor, protect the wealc,
u olisli caste, establish justice, tuakc comincit
e free, put the government in char^
oi ever* public function, end the missiw
of th- Fanners' Alliance will hare bee-'
ti 'inplished." . -taj
GEORGIA'S NEGRO COLLEGE.
i
Lively Interest in its Location Bhowo
by Oolorod People. - *
Atlanta, GA.,?The refusal of flecre i
tuy Noble to pay Georgia's ?hsrs of the ' -4
Hatch fund until provision was made I ir J
he establishment of a negro oollege li ttin*
effect of
at once itvODted of negroMofl^^HR^m
cities offering gratuities for t^lHWRi'M
01 mo college in their localities. 4
The negroes of Savannah oflbro 3 91 """S
000; those of Americus, $18,000;* Milledgevill-,
$12,000; Columbus $10,000.
'i he college will go to oue of these plarea.
The most singular phase of the affair,
however, is an endorsement for a scholar
hip offered hy Elbert Head, now 72
ears old, aud formerly a slave. Ho
bought his fteedpni and has amassed a
.ortuuc o $.10,000. Ho writes:
"(hi condition that the branch college
for colored students is located at Amorii
ii> I agree to convey the following described
real estate, which I value at $o,000,
to tho trustees of tho University
reserving to myself a life estate in said
property, the deed to be so framed tlmt
income alone is to be used as a schnl
rsbiii fund to educate the most needy
ami deserving students who may apple
for admission to said college." ...
K HVJKWr OF"
How It Haa Mollowod Forty-two
Years Despite Fire aud Wator.
Atlanta. (1a . IHnneint 1 ?Tim
in;; of |ho MudiHoif Hotel recalls mi interesting
incident in IH4D, when it wan
building. Mr.-1,. Markliuin thru deposited
in one of (ho big front columns a
pi.-ut Imttic of apple brandy. He wrapped
the hoftlo in a newspaper, put it in n
small hox, attached a string to (he puck-'
"gc, and let it down in a column nhoiit.
six feel high. Tho package hore (ho
following inscription: "L. Mnrkhani.
Independent Order of Liberals,
IHt'J." The newspaper was copy of
the New York Express, and contained
Henry ('lay's compromise speech.
Tho package has remained undisturbed
for forty-two years. The pillars will lip
Fatal Explosion of the Boilor
Steamer Near Savannah.Savannah,
Ga., [Special.]?On Sat- ' f
i rday night, while near Dobov, tho hoil
er of" the stchmer Farmer, of the Savannah
and Florida Inland Route, exploded.
Jell Mills, William Anderaon, Stephen
'liu i is (all colored deck hands) and Jack
Will son (a colored fireman), wcro blown
M-i-tioard and drowned. Two oilier*
alio wcro also blown overboard, wins
is I'd. The men were eating their sup
< : mi tlie* lower (leek at tho time uf lie:
i iilent.
Charlotto's May Festival.
Tlie programme for the second annual jt
musical festivid of the North Carolina
'. hoial Association, to he held in CI nrlotie
May -lib and tlth, is as follows:
May r>111,concert?Itcdemption Hymi:;
cantata. Fair Ellen; cantata, The Holy
City; patriotic song. "Tho Old North
tAUte;" chorus, 800, with full orchestral
accompaniment.
May (1th, matinee ?Miscellaneous pio
gramme, orchestra and soloists: "On
hi ion; and fiea,' solo, chorus and orchis
tin.
Evening concert, May 0th?Haydn u
jratorio, Tho Creation; "Ilalehijab," cho
ms from tho "Messiah."
The Baltimore Symphony Oicliostrn
iias hecn engaged for the festival.
A Petition for the Pardon of Alabama's
Defaulting Treasurer.
hi i. m i no it a m, Ala., [Special. ] ?i'eti(io.vs
are being circulated in every connlv
in Alabama asking the Governor to pmdon
Vincent, the defaulting State Treasurer.
now serving a fifteen years' term i-:
the I'rait mines, near this city.
lie has served four years, and tho pet'
i ion nigra that longer confinement would
be equivalent to a death sentence. The
movement began in Chambers countv,
when? Vincent lived, and ncadv cvuv
man in the county has signed TMO pell
ion. S
Enlisting- Indian Soldiers.
; r. I.oiiih, Mo.,?Orders have been is- ^
1 from fie". Merritt's headquarters in
i.i. ?ity to begin enlisting Indians in the
i ul?ir army. In this department, Troop
the 1th cavalry; TroopL. ofthe7tli
' i. -ii\; Company 1, 7th infantry, ami
.puny I. 12th infantry are to ho com1
u wiiolly of Indians recruited from
:i.* ( !.' ) ' ones. Arapahoes and Kiowns,
1 i: <1 ill be assigned to duty at Fort Sill. * t
1 o.np.iny I. 12th infantry, filled from the
1 -iniriiies and the Comnnches, will be
' igin-d to Fort Supply, Indian Territory.
1 I I.i Indians are to be enlisted for five
' -.ciiis snd receive the same pay as whites
* and negroea now in service.
Jbo Election in "LiiUla Rhody."
I'hoviokncb, K. I., [Special.j?The.' .
imis 110 choice by the voters at Wcdut-s
lav's election for any candidate on tlic I
i* general ticket. The assembly will slaud;
Senate, republicans, 21; democrat*, 0
(1 ?vitli six members to Ire chosen; House
,m ( publicans, 24; democrats, 33, If to be
li hoseil The ?ntf for frn??rnnr Lj?
il . is, democrat, 22,240; Y^add, republican.
Iv .'1,895; Larry, prohibitionist, 1829; Bur
o mi. Nationalist. 884.
r- Doctors say that white, as a nursery
i- color, must go Dark colors and heavioc
^oods will keep away many of chihlj?
hood's sicknesses-^^^^
Danbury, Conn., produced 6,000,000
l> hats last year.
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