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the New York Advertiser, to seed e
most interesting exhibit to the Columbian ,
Exhibition. It will consist of the original
Declaration of Iodependence, the I
Constitution of the United liietes, the | ^
(Articles of Federation, the famous pro(test
of the Philadelphia Carpenter#'
Company to King Qeorgo IK., and other
'documents which aro the heirlooms of
(the country itself,of our National history.
jThese will not be shown by fac -simile, j
!but by tho originals. They will bo
shipped in steel caskets, and guarded ii
!by soldiers while en routo and at tho
'Fair. ai
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Mr. Rils, author of 4iHow the Other tt
a u -
> wail ljlves," in Scribner's Magazine asaorta
that the lack of small parks and ?1
playgrounds in tenement-house dis- H
perpetual tussles between the children, co
at harmless play in the street, and the
police, are the chief forces In the devel- fo
opment of the "tough." The germ ol
the gangs, ho says, that terrorize whole vc
sections of the city at interval , and feed
our courts and jails, may, without much tri
difficulty, bo discovered in these early
and rather grotesque struggles of the boys us
with the police. (V
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A man In Leeds, England, looked a
gift horse in the mouth the other day; j
with profitable results. The keeper of a Ell
skating rink had advertised "a great 1
fancy costume carnival," and by way of| 4'1C
stimulating the invention of his patrons,
he promised that the wearer of the most Ral
original costume should be rewarded with f?r'
- *#. %-uv viuuu <u TJtu. i no man *
who w6n the watch took it to a jeweler, cu'
who said the time-peace was worth only ^
$20. The winner, therefore, applied to olst
the courts for redress. The*skating-rink, 1
proprietor defended himself with the' ?t >
plea that the giving of the prize was a J5 3
ten
purely voluntary act, and the recipient j,ar<
should not take the giver's estimate too tine
literally. The judge, however, took a
different view, and gas^^udgment foo
the plaintiff for $00. .f
rail'
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. One of the curiosities of French legis- Atli
lation was brought to public notico by a H
recent incident in the Riviera. An Eag- T
hshman, who rented a cottage thero on tbci
other day to briug him a pailfull or two sidii
of sea water for his bath. The servant for t
informed him that it was agaiust the law, JJ^c
and if done without the special perrais- just
aion of the civil authorities would sub- B
ject him to various pains and penalties, of S
He investigated the matter, and found
that the permission was not easy to ofc- , ?t
tain nnd was onlv rrranted on liis makincr Sj?
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affidavit that the water was to be used ti<5.^
for no culinary purposes, and was not to ^isl
be boiled down for the salt. Nobody
can have salt in Franco, even from the A
sea, without paying the Government for
whi
lfc* phi
ed
It is calculated that the number of
immigrants who have come into the bat1
United States in the last 100 3ears is, in
round numbers, 16,000,000, or the
equivalent to ^ one-fourth the present 8tet
population of this country. Of this sas
number nearly 5,000,000 were from Ger- Go'
many, 3j500,000 from Ireland, 1,500,- JjJJj
000 from Eugland, nearly 1,000,000 wa
from Sweelea and Norway and noarly
500,000 from Italy. Of the 16,000,000
who have come, fully 14,000,000 were 1
from Europe, 300,000 from Asia, over
1,000,000 from British America and j"
about 150,000 from other American wil
countries. mo unuiuic immigration
from 1855 to the timoof its prohibition,
in 1882, amounted to about 275,000. in
Bince the passage of the Chinese oxolu- du
slon act in 1882 the number known to
have come in under the law is but about aU(
500, though it is gsscrtcd th&t lui^o | oiU
numbers have come in by devious metli- *,r,
ads in violation of the law. .gj
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A bicyclist who is attempting to ride ra|
across the continent has come to the con- 52
elusion that it is very hard work and
does not pay. He made the distance bot.veen
Los Angeles, Cal., and Alhuqiier-- th
que, New Mexico, in twenty-four days, *r<
suffering a great deal from hunger, thirst fln
and exposure, and met with adventures m
that were not always desirable. For in- an
stance, the Navajo Indians exhibited a
rude and annoying curiosity concerning re
the reason for the existence of his ma- in
cbiuc and their ability to ride it themselves.
Popping up out of the sandhills i *
they chased him for miles, and if they
overlook liiiu insisted on having a mount, ^
which under the circumstances it was "j
hard to refuse. Scvcial nights lie was ^
stranded in the desert. and was G
obliged to sleep on the sands, where his ^
teeth chatted with cold till daylight. v
On one occasion lie broke his canteen,
and racked with thirst dared to atop an
express train and ask for a drink. Ho
reports that the engineer showed a good ,
deal of indignati >n, but relieved his suf
ferings. When the bicyclist arrived at j'
Albuquerque many of the spokes of his ,
machine were broken and tainted, and ?
he him?e'f presented a sorrv spectacle.
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THREE STATES' BRIEFS
1 Condensation of the Principal
Happening*
rhe New* Oletsad From All Sources
and Prepared For Our
Busy People.
VIRGINIA.
The <-Drys" won the victory in North
Oanvillc.
The Democrats won in the city election
a Roanoke.
Hon. Juo. A. Buchanan, Judge Mann
nd Ex-Congressman Tucker are being
:tively pushed by their respective friend r
> til I the vacant Senatorship, caused by
le death of Senator Barbour.
The Rirhlands Coal Co. contemplates
jening another coal mine and building
>out fifty coke ovens
The Virginia -Hard Coat Co^iuaU?~
inized at Radford, propiaes to develop
al mines in Montgomery county.
The Pocahontas coal business at Nor- I
Ik, gradually increases. The exports
rm Larabeit's Point piers during April
lount to 122,000 tons employing 137
ssels.
The World's Fnircommissioners in dis
ibuting specifications forbids on the
ats of the uniforms for the guards at.
e exposition, icquire that the material
ed shall be either the Charlottesville
a.) Woolen Mills sky blue doeskin No.
179 or of equal quality.
NORTH CAROLINA.
\ roller flouring mill is to be built a^j
(in. W
Vdditioual machinery is being put in
: Wadesboro Silk mill. #
V force of laborers mwww at work cut
g brownstone for the new Park Hotel
leigh. The stoue comes froin the San
d quarries and is rich iu color.
Lslieville's new public building was octied
for the first time Thursday.
"*ho sum of $30,000 has been subsciib
ior uie erection of a cotton mill at Nichmville.
'he followiug ordinance is now in force
Vashington, N. C., "Any boy under
oars of ago found on the streets after
o'clock at night, without consent of
?ut or guardian, shall he subject to n
of two dollars "
SOUTH CAROLINA.
he Seaboard Air Line has secured th<i
way from Columbia to Clinton, 8. C .
will operate a line from Columbia to
inta.
ampton is to have a cotton mill.
he Newberry cotton mills will double
r capacity.
^ Hd jItiuui,TV!>i>iu. wuu rras oecu pnrng
over the colored Methodist Church
;he South Carolina district, has been 1
eeded in this position by theRt. Rev.
lop Moses B. Salter, D. D., who has
been elected.
ishop W. B. W. Howe, of the diocese
outh Carolina, has been stricken with
ilysis and now lies in a critical conon
at Saluda, N. C. Bishop Howe
Charleston about a month ago to reeratc
has health. The episcopal funcs
are now being performed by the
icp of North Caro^ua.
OTHER STATEB.
. cocking main betwecu fowls from
ngia, Tennessee, and Arkansas,
ich had been going on at West Mems,
Tenn., for three d*y3, wasconcludVVednesday
night. (Georgia and Arsaa
were tied, each having won eight
tics and the lost, resulting in a draw,
ed to decide the coutest. Five thoud
dollars was up on the contest,
^he citiaeus of Memphis will send a
unboatload of supplies to the Arkanflood
sufferers at the request of the
rem or of Arkansas. The crops of
00 laborers arc destroyed in Arkansas,
1 Arkansas City is completely under
ter.
Condition of tho Three Cs.
riie repot t of Receiver D. II Chamber
a of the operations of the Charleston,
icinnati & Chicago Railroad front March
1891 to March 81, 1892 has been filed
Lh the clerk o/ the United States Circuit
urt at Charleston, S. C. Mr. Lord
s appointed temporary receiver Decernr
10, 1890, at which time the toad was
operation to Rutherfordton, N. but
ring his tenuro it wasexteuded to Mari,
N. C., 171 2-5 miles of main track.
ie permanent receiver was appointed
d took possesion March IS, 1891, and
icc April 17, iS9i, 1ms u|i?iaied the ene
mileage mentioned.
The total earnings of the road for 1891!
were $170,245.87. an increase of $20,8.06
over the preceding year. The opcting
expenses for 1891-'92 are ?!8^^;$42.againnt
$186,216 49 for 1890 '91. Tha
licit for 1891-'92 is $15,096.65 against
8,028.68 for 1890-'01. Mr. Ward, the
neral manager, states that the road
roughout its entire length (excepting
;stles and bridges) is now safe ami can
i operated with economy. The trestles
id m idges, of which there are neat ly six
iles, will require immediate attention,
id an expenditure of from $25,000 to
10,000 for labor and materials i? deemed
cessary. The cost of this >\ork, the
ceivcr states, ?nnnot lie hoped to be
et by the current earnings.
hroo Shot front Ambush and Killed*
HiuflTOL, I knn. *> or i comes irom
ortou, Va, thnt Ira Mulllns, a desperado
f the Talton Hall stripe, who lived near
>e hoarder, was shot fr>ui ambush and
illed Saturday, while crossing Round
ap. Revenue is the prusumsn mMiw.
? his money was not taken. His wife,
rother-in-law, the driver and two horses
tere also killed.
Score For Florida.
f acksonvillb, Fi,a. - The orange raisis
of Florida will place two fast steamis
in service this coming season between
a? ksonville and Liverpool, tbc object
icing to carry about 800,000 boxes?or
iiie-tcnth of their entire crop - to English
iimkets, where the the growers will gel
it) to 50 per cent, better prices than in
his countrv.
A BARNWELL- SENSATION.
' A Prominent Physician Charged
With Malpractice.
Columbia, 8. C.?News of a very
i sensational affair comes from Barnwell,
involving a prominent physician. Last
Thursday the coroner was called upon to
hold an inquest over the dead bodies of
a young white woman who, it appears,
had b:en Jed astray by the overtures of a
young railroad contractor from the West,
and her infant. A jury was empanelled
and several witnesses examined. Including
r 9
liner highly intelligent and respectable
physicians and the following verdict was
rendered:
"That the deceased came to her death
from child-bed fever, caused by an ab
ortion committed by Dr.O. R. C.Todd."
Dr. Todd wa9 arrested upon a charge
in accordance with the jury's finding and
furnished bond in the sum of $1,500 for
bit appearance at the Court of Gcreral
r' Public opinion is about evenly divided
in the matter.
Dr. Todd is the brother-in-law of Abraham
Lincoln and a surgeon of no mean
repute. It is said that he amputated no
less than 700 limbs during the late war.
He was in the Confederate service. If
convicted of the charge he could be puuished
by imprisonment in the penitentiary
for not less than five or more than ten
years.
MONEY FOR THE FARMER8.
Union Store Company Lends $30,OOC
on Which to Do a Credit Buainesa.
^^'olumbia, S C.?Col. D. P. Duncan,
Prno mauncrer of tlm v
r ^ - ? w^wvv illunuco ?i.\*
( h inge, who recently went to New York
on important business, returned to the
city yesterday, and he brings good cheer
o many of the farmers of the State, in
the shape of $30,000 borrowed New York
money, to be used for the purpose of running
them through the summer and till
October and November, on a credit
basis.
The money was borrowed from the 1
Union Store Company, and that company
made the loan for the purpose of allowing
its five 6tores in this State, which are
beiug run under the management of the
cxclmuge, to do a credit nusiness with
the farmers Each farmer will be given
a check book and will pay hjs bills with
these checks. He will be charged at the '
end of the season 7 per cent, interest. '
The company will reap the harvest not '
only from the interest, but also from the
profits on its goods Col. Duncau says 1
that it is the best that could be done for
tho farmers and is more than he expected J
to accomplish. '
SHE FED HIM."THEN SHOT HIM. <
r
A Praan)>a>l. ? ? ? ? ^
Fatkti'RVHjIiE, N. C.?Alex. Gilmore, ^
a notorious desperad > from South Caro- ^
lina, entered the house of the Rev. >\ illiam
Brunt, near White Oak. Sunday,
and, finding no one there but the daugh- ^
tcr, flourished a pistol and ordered het to ^
prepare him dinner at once, which she ^
did. . x
After devouting the victuals Gilmote t
gathered up all the cooked meats and '
started for the woods near by.
As soon as his feet cleared the doorsill
Miss Brunt got a double-barrelled 1
s'<otguu and, tak'iig deliberate aiuc, tired
thirteen buckshot into Oilmore's back. '
from the effects of which he died in n f
short time.
Since the shooting it has been learned
that Gilinorc was wanted in South Carolina
for murder, and Miss Brunt is entitled
to the #300 reward offered for him.
t he heroine is well known here, her
father having ouce been pastor of the
Fayetteville Bapist ehurch.
SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS.
A Separate and Independent nnlnred
Synod to be Organized.
Hot Springs, Ark. ? At the meeting
of the Presbyterian Assembly majority
and minority reports were submitted by
the commi'tee on hills and overtures on
the subject of the scriptural element to be
used in the Lord's ruppcr. The majority
advocated the use of fermented grape
juice and the minoiity favoied the unfermented.
The report of the committee ou coloied
synod was submitted and adopted. It
provides that the church approve the idea
of organizing a separate and independent
colored synod and appoint a committee
to act in fhe premises. The committee
was authorized to call a convention of all
Fiesbyierian colored ministers, to be
held at Birmingham, Ala., at a time to be
designated by the Hev. A. L. Phillips,
commissioner.
Cotton Planting Delayed.
The May crop report of the statistician
?f the Department of Agriculture says:
"The returns show delay in the work
of ootton planting from low temperature,
drought in many districts, and in some an
excess of rain. Germination is arrested
and the plants start slowly. Home replanting
will be necessary. It is estimated that
SB per cent, of the crop is usually planted
by the first of May. This year the estimates
make only 78 3 They are as follows
for the several States: Virginia 84. North
Carolina 70. South Carolina Hit, Georgia
85, Florida 00, Alabama 85, Mississippi
78, Louisiana 72, Texas 85, Arkansas 04,
Tennessee 45?average 78 5. These tigures
represent the proportion of the proposed
area already planted, and show that
planting is matr-iially later than usual.
"Home indicatio nis given of the intended
area as compared with that of last
year. It is difficult to forecast a result
that was partially in the future, and the
aveiages are only given to show what
eoi respondents believed to be the intention
as to the reduction of area. The decrease
of area, as indicated, averages 18,rt per
cent. The percentages are: Virginia 72,
North Carolina 70, South Carolina 80,
Georgia 85. FlotidaHO Alabama 85, Miss
issjppi H5. Louisiana 82, Texas 82, Arkansas
M0, Tennessee 74, Missouri 74.
i
. I'.i mi street s now inclines tottic opinion
i !iit the reduction in cotton acreage will
!.v nearer IS per cent, than 20 per cent.
EMPHATIC SlLffeRTIES.
They 8coif aid Prod 41 the Party
Leaden.
Jumping on Wall Stmt Willi Both
Feet.?No Faith in International
Monetary Conference.
. Washington, D. C.?The direr conference
met in its second day's session,
with Chairman Warner presiding.
B. K. Thomas, of Pennsylvania, a
fanner, made an interesting and original
speech in which he a?jd that rather than
vote for Grover Cleveland (aa it teemed
that he would be the logical candidate
for the Democratic parly), with hit Brit'
ish free trade and single gold standard j
ideas, be would vote for Queen Victoria '
or ?tnii> ?I<1 **? ?1J '
-- i ??>i wuvi vim iouj. UU pviU DW TV" '
recta to the Republitav party by tyipg 1
added, he fu not comp<ra>dR>^Sefcw 1
either. '
Captain Nichols, of Boulder, Colorado, '
made a vigorous speech in favor of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver. He 1
said that since the action of the bandits '
who passed the act of 1873, he had voted
against every inan, from the office of
President of the United states down to
the dog-peltcr, who was in favor of free f
coinage and would continue to do so as
long as he lived. Restricted coinage was
the direct result of the enormous wealth
that is constantly being amassed by the c
rulers of Wall street at the expense of the 0
farmer and working classes who are be- *
coming poorer. h
F. D. Clark, of Ohio, assistant secre- j'
fury of the couvcntion, said that the ?
movement on the part of an administration
for an iutcrnatioual monetary confer- ^
cncc was simply a subterfuge to deceive H
and appease the silver people until
after the election, when it would openly
fight the unlimited coinage of silver^ The
rwoUvfsny wwercnce in which England
was a party could only be detrimcn- (j
fol ?J -!1? ?J
4 ** w vuinu uioica nuu Oliver, snu 1(
favorable to John Sherman and John j
Knox and the other gold bugs.
^ Chairman Warner introduced Morton jr
Frewcn, representative of the Bi-metallic |?
l eague in England. Mr. Frewcn said f(
that we ncrei should have bad a silver /\
question in this world but for the dis- 0,
:ovcry of America, and but for the act of
1873 there would be no silver question t)
? d*y. , 01
Ceo. Byrnes, of Denver, closed the t<
speech making and an adjournment was r)
aken until evening. B(
Judge Joseph Sheldon, of Connecticut, t<
>pened the evening session with an ad- |)(
Iress on the effects of the deinonetiza- f(
\ as o'niy a mode"ot helping tfie golJmen t?
or four more years. B. Clark Williams, di
if Colorado, presented the following re cl
?ort from the committee on resolutions: to
Whereas, With the single gold stand- ti
i;d, relief from the evils of continued tl
ailing prices is impossible; and whereas u
he restoration of the bi metallic standard C
vi h the coinage of both metals on equal it
erms, lies at the foundation of all econ>mic
reform; therefore
"Uesolved, That the free and unlitn
ted coinage of silver on equal terms ^
with thai of gold, and on i'ne ratio now v,
established by law, is the paramount is ai
sue before the American people to day. p
md shall not b> suppressed. tl
"Resolved That we, iu answer to the t]
demand for honest money, declare that t,
(he debtor will have discharged his full &
duty to his creditor by paying to him j|
such money as was a full large tender at \
time the debt was contracted d
' Resolved, That we will not support t!
for a legislative or executive office any g
candidate who is not thoroughly commit- (
ed by platform and declaration to the full g
restoration of the monetary syttem vio- (_
lently disturbed by the legislation demonetizing
silver in 1(573.
"Resolved, That while we would hail
with joy the co-operation of other nations |,
in the re-toration of silver to its proper s
monetary position . yet we demand that t
the United States right the wrong it has ,
perpetrated upon the producing w
and industrial classes without regard f
to the actioii of other nations." ,
The report and resolutions were unani- ,
mously adopted. (
W. II. Slater, of Colorado, presented <
the report of the committee oil the or- j
ganization of the HL-metallic League. {
The report lecoinmends the formation of
such a leagu , the object of which, it
says, shall be to unitedly resist the
purpose to fasten forever on the
country the siugle gold staudard and to
labor for the resolutmiv-of- free hi-metal- '
lie coinage to the people of the United 1
States. The report was adopted.
AN OCEAN STEAMER IN CHICAGO.
She Comes All the Way From Norway,
and is Welcomed With
Great Joy.
Chicago, Ili ?The Wergenlnud, the
first steamship to make the trip from Norway
to Chicago, arrived in port at noon.
Thousauds weie gathered along the do< ks
to welcome the foreign craft, and three
- ?*?* - ii xr?_
sieauiwrs ioaneci wimi iwrnisiuMn; iiurwegians
met th s Wergerland twelve
miles out and accompanied her to the
city.
The Wergtilaml left Beigcn, Norway,
April 18, with a cargo of fish and cfld
liver oil, and will refu n loaded with
provisions. Th trip is an experiment,
and if it proves financially successful will
bo the beginning of direct traffic botwccQ
Norway and Chicago
A Fair Showing.
During th twelvemouthsendiug April
80 there were incorporated 170 new natio
a! bank- with an aggregate capital
stock ??1 $11,1 SO.000. In the list Texas
stands at tin- head with twenty-one new
banks with capital stock amounting to
$1 ,810.000. In West Virginia five new |
banks were organized, in Kentucky four,
North Carolina four, Tennessee four, Alabama
two Florida two Maryland
Arkansas one, Georgia one uiid Virginia
one. For!y seven near banks in the Mouth
in the year is not so bat) a showing.
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THE FLORIDA OUTLAWS.
Two of the Train Robber-Murderars
Killed by a Pom*.
Palatka, Fla.?Two of the gang,
Jim Williams and Hayneo, who hold up
the train Saturday, and murdered San
dcrs, the express mesrenger, were killed
at Buffalo Bluff bridge, four miles south
of here, by a posse from this
place. At noon two watchmen stopped
a party of three men who attempted
to cross tho bridge. On being halted
thav drew revolvers and tired at the watchmen.
After au interchange of shots, they
fled into the thick undergrowth close by.
The posse wrs at once summoned from
here, snd weut out on a special car. Cros
sing the bridge, they were tired on by the
concealed outlaws, and a lively fusilado
followed for teu or fifteen minutes >ViI liamsand
Havnes were killed, aud tkeothsr
one fled into tho swamp, pursued by
bloodhounds and the posse.
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Swll to Ma mother iriArirhi, o"rgi.
ind theu, putting his pistol into his mouth.
Ired. llaynes was the one who murdered
Zanders.
The city is wild, auti the corpses of the
wo outlaws at the depot are being viewed
>y hundreds
"ANCHORS 0~EMP ROPES."
lam Jonaa Advocate* the Lynching
of Rapiat*.
Chattanoooa, Tenn.? A special ic
eived hero says Wcems, the rapist, wih
mcers, bpardod an Kast Tennessee train
t Ooltewah, fourteen miles northeast of
ere, this morjping, and Weenis is now in
lil at Knoxville. A crowd of (iiattun
ogians will go ever, and pr?bah!v the
rncbiug may occur thore before sunset,
} Ruv. Sam Jones has been preaching
ist "rapists must be the nnchors of hemii
>pen." 1
Bessemer City, N. O.
This town was planned and lauT~out by"
leBcsscmcr City Mining and Manufacturlg
Co. less than a year ago, with Col.
. S.Carr, of Durham, piesident.
Iron ore veius were opened, and minig
of the finest II ssciner ore has steadily
een pursued, until now several hundred
>ns are. shipped daily, Birmingham,
la , mills at present taking most of the
re.
An hour's ride south from Charlotte on
te Richmond ?fe Danville railroad brings
ne to Bessemer City, which, in addition
) its tine mineral properties, is calculat1
to become one of the finest health rents
North or South. An immense ho I,
with all the modern conveniences, is
ring erected on the summit ofa bcautiil
mountain spur,from which, on a clear
[olaiirg. Klhgrs^3rbunt.rlh is the verent,
silent sentinel that keeps w.?tcb
oso by, while rugged Crowder's Mounliu
frowns steadily, off to the northeast
vo miles. Already numerous cottages dot
ic slopes of the mountain where the ho 1
is building, and altogether Hesscinett
ity promises to become one of the fnvore
resorts of Carolina.
L?t'* Have 'Em in tho South.
Washinoton, D. C.?The American
[inister to Persia has secured sixteen
aluable sheep of tin? Astrakhan breed,
ad shipped them to the Agricultural Detriment
here. They will be bred until
ae flock is large enougn to divide, when
tie nucleus of several flocks will he sent
a various parts of the country. The
ingora Coat Breeders Association of Cal
[Ofnm Iih < < iimu out in nil Hiiuie in n
Vashitigbni paper, setting forth their
llfficulties in procuring these goats frouo
he Ottoman Empire, and asking Con
yew to enact legislation whereby the
loVernment. may import a few of them,
tart a flack, and then transplant it to
/ilifornia^ __ ^
'I'll? faopie'a Farty Stirring.
Hai.rkih, N. C.?The People's party
ins organized by electing W. R. Linday,
of Rockingham county, Chairman of
he State Committee, and has ordered
Meetings to be held in every county in the
?tatc on .June 11 to organize committees
o elect delegates to Omaha and to noinilatc
candidates for Congiess The Concessional
Conventions in each of the disIricts
are ordered to l.c held June Hi.
ol. L. L. Polk, S. Otho Wilson, Hurry
Skinner, O. T. Long, and Jervis, of Mailson
county, have been appointed dele
gates at large to Omaha. They are for
folk for Presidential nominee.
Improved Country Roads.
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A movement wiuuh biiuuiu mn> ......
the approval of the people of Augusta
county, Va., is embodied in a plan adopted
by the supervisors of that county ? t a
recent meeting for macadamizing the
Middlebrook road from Staunton to the
county line, a distance of eighteen miles
at an estimated cost of about $15,000.
The carrying out of this plan, which is
greatly to be desired, would doubtless
result in a permanent system of improved
roads for tnc country.
Gen. Dyrenforth Can Make Rain.
Washington, D. C. ? General It. F.
Dyrenforth concluded bis discourse before
the House agricultural committee on
his experience in rainmaking. He said
he never failed to came rain to fall less
than from two to fourteen miles from the
Eoint where the test was made, the rain
eing general. Gen. Dyrenforth thinks
that $25,000 should be appropriated for
the establishment of experimental posts
in the arid country, to make experiments
and to keep records of the tests made.
In the Streets of a City.
jackbonvii.i.b, Ki.a. ? A Gaincavilh
qircial says that two men ''held tip" i
switch engineer in that city at 2 o'clocl
in the morning and robbed liiin at th<
roint of a pistol. This was in the depo
vard. They answered very closely til
description of two of the Monroe June
tion murderers, who are still at large.
To Gen. Marion's Memory.
Wabhinoton, D. O.---At the requca
of Mr. Butler, Democrat, of South Care
Una, the Senate bill appropriating $50,
Ot'O for an equestrian statue of Genera
Francis Marion, in Columbia, 8. C . wq
I passed
WILL LEAVE THE CHURCH
Dr. Briggs Will Probably Join the
Church of England.
Ths Prssbyterian Au?mbly Vote#
Unanimously Against Him.
Portland, Ore.?The Presbyterian
General Assembly votes unsnimou-.lv to
sustain the regularity of the proceedings
of the Committee of Prosecution of Dr.
briggs in bringiug their appeal directly i
to the General Assembly without delay- j
ing to be first heard by the Sjnoc* of the i
State of New York as the intermediate i
Court of Appeal. *
This is a great triumph for Col. John
J. McCook, the astute counsel of the
committee, and for Dr. Gesrge W. F.
Birch, ibi chairman. All the noiao that
t dsfoudaut ralMfl below this point /
JjplOVes to Jaaw* been only for bwao?abey ~j
at Df. Brigga himself was present when "J
the vote was taken, as well as all of his o
sympathizers. v
a
unions will leave the presbyterian t
church.
It is now stated in a select but usually a
well informed circle that no matter what
?... *t.? ? ... ?
....j .it mn uuuunio oi inc trial ol Dr. T
Krig^s, he will within six months lcay*' a
the Presbyterian Church ami go into the 'i
Church of England. If this is so, it will t
be because Pr. Hriggs must have found J?
in his visit to Oxford, Eng., last year, a a
more eongeuial atmosphere thau he ever r!
expects in America for the exploitation $
ol his theories of redemption after death ai
and that he himself may be called upon o!
in the spiritual world to preach the gos
pel to the lost and be enabled to save ai
them if he w II endure the torments ol xh
Cehenna, as the condition neecessary to Jj!
his being allowed to preach it there. Ar
ha
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Hanging in Inspector Hchanck's room
t the East Chicago Avenue polico station
is a small dressing mirror. Though
hadly shattered the Inspector would not
part with it for a large "urn of money, ?
for if tells a story which, through t run I
is stranger than fiction. ? ' J,,
The little mirror wws once tho projierty Ai
of George High, of Ilellcvuo place, and er
iras the meniiR of Faring thnt gentleman in
a loss of about *25,000. About 7 o'clock Ol
on the evening of October 8, 1886, Mr. or
High, his family, and several guests were Ft
eating dinner. While they were thus ar
engaged two burglars,who had evidently ttS
been "spotting" the house for some time
placed a ladder against the rear of the mf
house. Hj that JllCAna "no ?' ?n? tui
bedroom. That evening Mrs. High and foi
hrr guests were going to attend a re- 'ar
ception, and their diamonds and jewelry I"
were spread out on the dresser. As tho I1"
thief entered the room his eyes caught ) *;
the gems and he started to possess hiraself
of them. *'1(
The small mirror hung in the corner
of the room opposito tho mirror in the
dresser. As he reached out his hand
for the diamonds the thief saw what lie
supposed was a band stretrhed out to *j'
grasp hint. It was the reflection of his ^
own hand on the large mirror re-reflected wj
in tho smaller one. Believing thnt lie K|1
was Hnoiit to uo captured the burglar j
whipped out his revolver,turned quickly, jn
and fired. He hit the man in the amall m
mirror ami forgot all about the diamonds. w
Running to the window he jumped
upon the ladder and slid to the ground.
Alarmed by the shot,the family rushed ft<
upstairs ar.d found the room full of N
smoke and the smell of gunpowder. O
Looking out of the window, Mr. High fr
saw two men running down ttie alley te
townrda Lake Michigan. In the corner ra
of the mirror was a bullet hole, and
broken glass was scattered over the floor.
The case was reported to Inspector
Schaack, hut the "climbers," as they uro jc
called by the police, were never captured. tl
?? Chicugo Inter-Ocean.
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Tallapoosa's Crooked Bank.
Tallapoosa, Oa.?The Merchants (j
and Miners' Bank, of this place, is placed ()
in the haud.s of Bookkeeper Gilbert as re ti
reiver. An inspection by the State bank c
inspector showed irregularities. VicePresident
Spencer has been placed under
arrest, charged with being instrumental .
in violations of the State banking law.
which prohibits the 'os.p of over 10 pei .
cent, of 'he capital to any one firm.
Royal Favors From the Queen. H
London, cablegram.?The usual confer- c
nu nts of honors on the occasion of the ^
Queen's birthday this year includes a peer c
age for Prince George of Wales, with the
titles of Luke of York, Earl of Inverness fi
and Baron Killavncy. Hii Julian Paunco j
fotc. British Minister to Washington. t
receives the Grand Cross of the Ord<r of ^
the Bath. Chief Justice Lacosti, of Que t
lire, is knighted. ,
A Disastrous Wreck. <
. i
BaLINBURY, W. U.?A serious wrccn .
? currcd this afternoon on the Murphy ,
t'ianch of W. N. C. Railroad, about
l??rty miles west of Asbeville. The en::iiic
was overturned, caused by a broken
i til. Engineer Atwood Iiunt was ini
-lantly killed , sev>ral others are badly
injured and a nun ber of cars wrecked.
| Dan Talmage's Sons have information
on which they base the opinion that the
i ire crop in the southern states this yeni
.vill exceed that of any previous year by
, ?<) per cent, ami wiii nardiy iaii short oi
[ V 00,000 bushels under average growing
c mditions. This indicates a disposition
?, >1 the part of the cotton planters to
t livcrsifs.
c A Chiragoan proposes to erect ?hrer
lowers in that city, each 075 feet high,
for sight seeing and pleasure purposes
ntircly" during the Exposition. The
vn? rai idea of the rural visitor to Chicago
t is that the sight seeing l;vel is nearci
>- the surface of the cArth.
I Tlie ordne.nce survey of England took
il | sixty-tivo years to make, and was <>oi?!
pleted iu lH5t>.
The Questions of Discussion Among
the Brethren.
I
Th? Lin* of Aotion Being Pursued in
Tsnnsssss.---"Osnts Versus
Ssnse," by Dr. Houghton.
Washington, D. C. ?It has been asserted
that tho binding twine trust pro
poses to put up tho prion of that snide
from 0 cents per pound to 1ft or l?, while
in Canada it now brings 14 cents. If thin
rumor is substantiated by tho investigations
now going on, many Republicans
will vote for free binding twine.
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CKNTH VKRSl'S 8KM8K.
at e*. a. ?. mmmw.
nd to day it ?rem? propar to meet th?- mctente
t Ihoar who nay tllrrr i worlli *rvcnty cent*
0 show that a dollar'* worth what It will liny
Whether popular office or newspaper* II.-.
nil the dollar that pay* for the bwt In tlie land,
bat clrvulata. freefy to rounu-i (mui hand,
1 Uii- old allver dollar, colonial rami-,
tirold atandard dollar, a "daddy" l?y nam*,
n* century old on tho urcnnil wa? It,
nr wirlj tranaactton* It ?urrly km at.
nd ihnw who ilrltm* II will render account
i?hen Ihe people a wake and the war hot*.-* mount
hi* dollar, ny Spaniard* flr?t minted and milled,
he want* of the Yankee* for money ha* ailed,
ver?loce from our *hore* llrltuli banner* we drov#
ud the aeepter of freedom through i.vninnv elovn
*waa ih?- ?* -
MIHI <TIUIIII1UI<M< um?i ln<<m|> <>y,
hnt JrtTrnwin nirit In nil trmlo* from n l?<v,
h*l Adam* nnrt M*dl*on. .Iitckmni nirl I'lny
nd only hrrn happy logrt In lhi>lr ilny.
mm them down to IJncoln no other wr n?ed.
nd no thoughtful man thrlr employment nlnmrit,
? all of that llmr no! nn<< Ntatcamnn of wtw
vrr hinted thrlr worth wa* Jitct knmtj cent*.
ill today the tradition* of grand llunkcr Mill,
o longer the *pcceh?? of orator* till.
nd thr hcroc* of t'onronl niul l.cxlmiton. too,
rr lonttotho modern noign innplioi now.
ir M<ry flmt fauilllr* never recall
in Ith of Inly or olwrrvc It nl nil;
Idle the pompon* four hundred a* exile* appeal
I/onion or Part* n part of mob roar.
' longer th<> doing of JrlTcrnnn find
n< vary flr*( place In a Congoumnn'/ mind,
it thr cn*t?m* l<? which they inoMt often alludr,
r thr doing* and raying* of ionic Knglluh dnda.
id thn* It ha* happened In t'ongrr** thl* yrar
int a dootrtnr, to vr.nkre* decidedly oncer,
i* found an acceptance 'mid Ininkei* I'm told,
ml th" only good inonry I* Johnny Hull'* gold.
J
o no iim* for thr MAtenman ofihu'nl.v m?hhc.
+ + *. + + +
The Pittsburg Kansan, (Pittsburg, Pa.)
ys; The French governinetil in to
auguratc r loan scheme that will nlfnrd
precedent for the People's parly. M.
jstans, minister of tno inteiior, will
iug forward a measure called "Credit
giic.ola." He proposcH that lite (Joviiment
shall loan to proprietors of faints
oney at au interest lest than 2 per rent,
f course the measure has atoused the
iposition of the ntnnr v brokers of
ance, hut the agriculturists of Franco
c making identically the same demand
the farmers of the (Tnated States, ami
mand is so emphatic tlafc fcW_( ostium
ikes haste to hoed it fcnd broth* the
only $5 or under. Make silver do\.
? legal tender for nil debt1, public and
ivatc, and issue greenbacks to three
nes the amount of the tree and unlimd
coinage of both gol?P silver,
rs will give us f.r?0 per capita and will
tie by practical test which kind of
nicy the people prefer.
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Thn People (New York) says:
10 junior of all the Vandcrbilts is
ending four million dollars on a fortis
at Ashevillc, N. C., which ho innds
to make his home. The basement
ills are from twelve to fifteen feet thick
ia! the architect of the structure is cjuotI
as saying that the young plutocrat
oks ahead to the time when au outbreak
ay test the strength of those cyclopeao
alls.
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The l!niouist,(Ky.) says: There arc 12,
>0,000 homes in the United 8t?tw.
ine million of them are under mortgage.
n!y 3,600,000 homes in the land of the
ce escape thcextn tax of mortgage invest.
Why? There is not enough
ionov:
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THE ALLIANCE NOT I'AKTIKAN.
The Nashvillo Toiler gives the followig
definition of the non-partisan course
ic Alliance is pursuing in Tennessee:
"The members of the Order e.veryhere
surely understand the non-partisan
liaracter of the Alliance. It is for the
enetit of those on the outside of the
>rder that we again present the duties
f Alliance lodges toward political paries.
This is made more necessary beause
of the position taken by ^he Toiler
n independent action.
"80 far not a single Alliance lodge
1 as endorsed the People's party, although
nany People party clubs have been organBed
in the State. YVc sincerely hope
his policy will be continued. The Alliince
is aimed to be a school for the farm r?,
where they can discuss the science
d government in a "strictly non-partisan
vay." The necessity of continuing the
uganizntiou non partisan can lie clearly
ecn when we consider the question of
ts growth. If to join the Alliance meant
o join thn People's party, the Demo;ratic
and Itcpnhlican tanners who have
followed their parties through good or
;vH, and who have never been taught to
ioubt the wisdom of bossism, would remain
out of the Alliance, nnd for that
reason the scales would never fall from
their eyes.
"The education acquired in the Alliance
lodges has developed into the most
wonderful concensus of opinion ever
recorded. The inve-tigation developed
a wrong, further investigation developed
two wrongs, nnd still further investigation
developed three wrongs, which are
covered by the St. Louis platform, under
the heads. "Money, Land nnd Transportation."
It was by agitatiou and
education iiiat wc concluded that the remedy
lies only in the formation of a now
party. You know that you would never
have joined the Alliance had It meant A
slipping of the party collar, because you
once loved thnt d?ar old halter. Then
when you looked at it in that light it is
beat never inside of an Alliance lodge, to
attempt an endorsement of the People's
party. Have your clubs to meet the
aame night after the adjournment of the
lodge. Each lodge should stand firmly
by tun Gcaia and St. Louis demands,
but do not put the party bridle on inside
the lodge. Let Democrats, Republican*
and People's party men all feel free,"
" V ipf