Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE VEEKLTfdbimiei TIMES ' 1 Secretary Blaine hn concluded, loamy 11 the New York Advertiser, to send a moat interesting exhibit to the Columbian Exhibition. It will consist of the original Declaration of Independence, the (Constitution of the United States, the (Articles of Federation, the famous pro(test of the Philadelphia Carpenters' 'Company to King George IK., and other {documents whioh are the heirlooms of jthe country itself,of our National history. jThese will not bo shown by fac-simile, |but by the originals. They will bo ^hipped in steel caskets, and guarded Iby soldiers while en routo and at tho (Fair. ???? - > . Mr. RHs, author of "How the Other (Half Lives," in Scribner's Magazine as erts that the lack of small parks and playgrounds in the tenement-house dis^perpetual tussles between tho children, at harmless play in the street, and the police, are the chlof forces in the development of the "tough " The germ of the gangs, he says, that terrorize whole sections of the city at intervals, and feed ;our courts and jails, may, without much (difficulty, be discovered in these early and rather grotesque strugglos of the boys wun tne ponce. A man In Leeds, England, looked a gift horse in the mouth the other day; with profitable results. Tho keeper of a skating rink had advertised "a great fancy costume carnival," and by way of| stimulating the invention of his patrons,' he promised that the wearer of the most original costume should be rewarded with a watch of the value of $00. Tho man, L*. who w6n the watch took it to a jeweler, who said the time-peace was worth only! $20. The winner, therefore, applied to the courts for redress. The*skating-rink, proprietor defended himself with the' plea that the giving of the prize was a purely voluntary act, and the recipient should not take the giver's estimate too literally. The judge, however, took a different view, and gave judgment forthe plaintiff for $90. Oae of the curiosities of French legislation was brought to public notico by a muvwiI Innldnnfc In t.hn Rivinrn An P.hop. Hshmsn^ho rented a cottage there on other day to bring him a pailfull or two of sea water for his bath. The servant informed him that it was against the law, and if done without the special permission of the civil authorities would subject him to various pains and penalties. He investigated the rasttor, and found that the permission was not easy to obtain, and was only granted on his making affidavit that the water was to be used for no culinary purposes, and was not to be boiled down for the salt. Nobody can have salt in Franco, even from the sea, without paying tho Government for it. It is calculated that the number of immigrants who have come into the United States in the last 100years is, in round numbers, 16,000,000, or the equivalent to ^ono-fourth the present population of this country. Of this ?umh?r nearlv 6.000,000 were from Ger many, 3^500,000 from Ireland, 1,500,000 from England, nearly 1,000,000 from Sweden and Norway and nearly 500,000 from Italy. Of the 16,000,000 who have come, fully 14,000,000 wen from Europe, 300,000 from Asia, ovei 1,000,000 from British America am about 150,000 from other Americai countries. The Chinese iuimigratioi from 1855 to the time of its prohibition in 1883. amounted to about 275,000 Since the passage of the Chinese exclu slon aot In 1882 the nu<nber known t hare come in under the law Is but abou BOO, though It la asserted that larg numbers have come in by devious metb ' Wis In violation of the law. i A bicyclist who is attempting to ri across the continent has come to the co elusion that it is very hard work a does not pay. He made the distance 1 tween Los Angeles, Cal., and Albuqu< que, New Mexico, in twenty-four da "* ' ?fmm hunger. thi I sunenuH Kiv**v o and exposure, and met with adventu that were not always desirable. For tance, the Navajo Indians exhibits rude and annoying curiosity concern the reason for the existence of his i V chine and their ability to ride it th selves. Popping up out of the sand! they chased him for miles, and if t overtook hint Insisted on having a moi which under the circumstances it f hard to refuse. Sevcial nights he stranded in the dosert, and obliged to sleep on the sands, where teeth chatted with cold till daylit On one occasion he broke Ids cant and racked with thirst da rod to sto express train and ask for a drink, reports that the engineer showed a f . "ijp deal of indignation, but relieved his & feringa. When the bicyclist arrivt f - Albuquerque many of the spokes o I machine were brokeu and twisted, be himself presented a sorrv spectac THREE STATES' BRIEFS. A Condensation of the Principal Happening*. The Newe Gleaned From All Sources and Prepared For Our Busy People. VIRGINIA. The ' Drys" won the victory in North Danville. The Democrats won in the city election in Roanoke. Hon. Jno. A. Buchanan, Judge Mann and Ex-Congressman Tucker are being actively pushed by their respective friends to fill tho vacant Senatorship, caused by the death of Senator Barbour. The Richlands Coal Co. contemplates opening another coal mine and building about fifty coke ovens. The Virginia Hard Coat Co^juat organized at Radford, propjses to <fe**>lop coal mines in Montgomery county. The Pocahontas coal' business at Norfolk, gradually increases. The exports frnm Potnf ntnro ^iirinr* A >%* ! , . " ??*-? "r" amount to 122,000 tons employing 137 vessels. The World's Fair commissioners in dis tributing specifications for bids on the coats of the uniforms for the guards at. the exposition, icquire that the material used shall be either the Charlottesville (Va.) Woolen Mills sky blue doeskin No. 1,170 or of equal quality. NOBTH CAROLINA. A roller flouring mill is to be built at Elkin. Additional machinery is being put in the Wadcsboro Silk mill. A force of laborers is now at work cut tiug brownstone for the new Park Hotel Raleigh. The stone comes from the San ford quarries and is rich iu color. Aslierille's new public building was occupied for the first time Thursday. The sum of $30,000 has been subset ibed for the erection of a rotton mill at Nicholsonville. The followiug ordinance is now in force at Washington, N. C., "Any boy under 15 years of age found on the streets after ten o'clock at night, without consent of parent or guardian, shnll be subject to n line of two dollars." SOUTH CAROLINA. The Seaboard Air Line has secured th<i railway from Columbia to Cliuton, 8. C., auu will operate a iine from Columbia to Atlanta. Hampton is to have a cotton mill. The Newbrrrv cotton mills will double their capacity. xB?w,nw.u, wuu "P V*? l"c. siding over the colored Methodist Church for the South Carolina district^ has been succeeded in mis posiuuu uj mo m. Bishop Moses B. Baiter, D. D., who has just been elected. Bishop W. B. W. Howe, of the diocese of South Carolina, ha9 been stricken with paralysis and now lies in a critical condition at 8aluda, N. C. Bishop Howe left Charleston about a month ago to recuperate has health. The episcopal funcI tions are now being performed by the bishop of North Carolina. OTHER STATEH. A cocking main between fowls from Georgia, Tennessee, and Arkansas, whicn had been going on at West Memphis, Tenn., for three day3, was concluded Wednesday night. Georgia and Arkansas were tied, each having won eight battles and the last, resulting in a draw, failed to decide the contest. Five thou sand dollars was up on the contest. The citiaens of Memphis will send i steamboat load of supplies to the Arkan sas flood sufferers at the request of th Governor of Arkansas. The crops o 4,000 laborers arc destroyed in Arkansas and Arkansas City is completely unde water. n?nii(tiAn nf thn Three Cs. > The rcpoit of Receiver D. II. Chambe r lain of the operations of the ChaiicRtoi , Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad from Mart J 15, 1891 to March 81, 1893 has beeu flit i with the clerk q/ the United States Circu i Court at Charleston, S. C. Mr. Loi was appointed temporary receiver Decei * ber 10, 1890, at which time the road w ' in operation to Rutherfordton, N. C., b during his tenure it was extended to Mi 0 tap, N. C., 171 2-5 miles of main trac The permanent receiver was appoint * and took possession March 15, 1891. ai ;e since April 17, 1891, has operated the t tire mileage mentioned. The total earnings of the road for 181 '93 were $170,345.87, au increase of $3 nma n" fl>? nrpondino vear. The o| WO.W u<w* v..v |r.?? 0 # _ rating expenseafor 1891-'92 are$185,34 n-| 52 against $188,210 49 for 1890 '91. T ...l deficit for 1891-'92 is $15,090.65 agai $88,028.08 for 1890 '91. Mr. Ward, )B~ general manager, states that the r< ir-1 throughout its entire length (except ya t treaties and bridges) is now safe nncl 'i be operated with economy. The tres and midges, of which there are nearly res, miles, will require immediate attentl in. and an expenditure of from $25,000 j a $80,000 for labor and materials is deei necessary. The cost of this work, mfif receiver states, < annot be hoped to na-, met by the current earnings, am- ' jjH,, Thm Shot from Annvio mu hey Bristol, Tbnm.?Worl cornea I nut' Norton, Va, that Ira Mull Ins, adespc ' of the Talton Hall stripe, who lived w the boarder, was ahot fr >m ambusti wtw killed Raturaay, while crossing R was! Clap. Revenge is, the presumed mo . , aa his money was not taken. His 1 brother-in-law, the driver and two h fht. were also killed, eon, i P aD Score For Florida. Ho Jacksonville, Fla.?The orange <ood cr? of Florida will place two fast a suf.' era in service this coming season bei 1 t Jacksonville and Liverpool, the < being to carry about 800,000 bo*< '* .mo-tenth of their entire crop - to Si , and markets, where the the growers w >le> 30 to 50 per cent, better prices t] this country. A BARNWELL. SENSATION. A Prominent Physician Charged rj With Malpractice. Columbia, 8. C. ?News of a very sensational affair comes from Barnwell, involving a prominent physician. Last 3 Thursday the coroner was called upon to hold an inquest over the dead bodies of a young white woman who, it appears, had b:cn led astray by the overtures of a young railroad contractor from the West, and her infant. A jury was empanelled and several witnesses examined, including three 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.G. R. C.Todd." Dr. Todd was arrested upon a charge in accordance with the jury's finding and furnished bond in the sum of |1,500 for , his appearance at the Court of Gereral Sessions. < ~ "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 puu- g ished by imprisonment in the penitentiary , lor not less than nve or more than ten years. money for The farmers. Union Store Company Lends $30,000 on Which to Do a Credit Business. Columbia, S O.?Col. D. P. Duncan, the manager of the State Alliance Exchange, 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 Union Store Company, and that company mado the loan for the purpose of allowing its five stores in this State, which are being run under the management of the cxchauge, 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 riimmnv will renn the harvest not only from the interest, but also from the profits on its goods Col. Duncau says that it is the best that could be done for tno iarmers and is more than he expected to accomplish. SHE FED HIM,"THEN SHOT HIM. A Pronrhn.lo Tt. *. i_ . .... FATKTrKvif.LK, N. C.?Alex. Gilmore, a notorious desperado from 8outh Carolina, entered the house of the Rev. William Brunt, near White Oak, Sunday, and, finding 110 one there but the daughter, flourished a pistol and ordered her to prepare hiin dinner at once, which she did. After devouring tha victuals Gilmore 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 shotguu and, takuig deliberate aim, fired thirteen buckshot into Gilmore's back, from the effects of which he died in a short time. Since the shooting it ha? been learned that Gilmore was wanted in Houth Carolina for murder, and Miss Brunt is entit- I led to the $300 reward offered for him. The heroine is well known here, her father liaviug once been pastor of the Fayetteville Bap'ist church. SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS. e t * - * J t Separate and Indepenaent uoiorcu r Synod to be Organized. Hot Sprinob, Ark.?At the meeting of the Presbytcriau Assembly majority and minority reports were submitted bv r- the committee on bills and overtures on a, the subject of the scriptural element to Ik h used in the Lord's supper. The majoritj id advocated the use of fermented grape lit. juice and the minority favored the unfer rd mented. n- The report of the committee ou colore* as synod was submitted and adopted. I ut provides that the church approve the idc ?r- of organizing a separate and independeu k. colored synod ana appoint a couimittc ed to act in the premises. The committc nd was authorized to call a convention of a tn- Presbyterian colored minister*, to b nj-mincrham. Ala., at a time to t UCIU ov 9 r Ji- designated by the He*. A. L. Phillip! 0,- commissioner. |?o- " 2.- Cotton Planting Delayed. 'he U9t The May crop report of the statisticii the ^ie Department of Agriculture says: ia(l "The returns show delay in the wo jn? of cotton planting from low temperatui can brought in many districts, and in some ties e*ceM ?f rain. Germination is arrc9t Hjx and the plants start slowly. Some repla Ion necessary. It is estimated tl to ^ Per cent- ?f the crop is usually plan! ned kjr the first of May. This year the ef the mates make only 78 3 They arc as folic ^ for the several States: Virginia 84. No Carolina 70, South Carolina 83, Geoi 85. Florida 90, Alabama 83, Mississi . , 78, Louisiana 72, Texas 83, Arkansas lea* Tennessee 4.5?average 78.3. These from nrcs repiesent the proportion of the ] icad* POM>d area already planted, and show I near planting is materially later than usnal i and "Bome indicatio nis given of tho ound te"dod ?rea as compared with that of ,|{Te year. It is difficult to forecast a rci wife' WHS pt'fhdly in the future, and lorsea averages are only given to show v correspondents believed to be the intcn as to the reduction of area. The deci of area, as indicated, averages 18.( cent. The percentages are; Virginii arsis- North Carolina 70, Mouth Carolina Georgia 83, Florida 80 Alabama 85, ] tween '8*'PP' B8, Louisiana 82, Texas 82, tbject Kansas 80, Tennessee 74, Missouri 74 ja?er ?? narlfsh ill get Hradstreet'a now inclines to the op lino In hit the reduction in cotton acreage be nearer 10 per cent, than 20 per'oi EMPHATIC SlLfERTIES. Phey Score and Prod All the Party Leaders. lumping on Wall Street With Both Feet. ?No Faith in International Monetary Conference. Washington, D. C.?The silver conerence met in its second day's session, vith Chairman Warner presiding. B. K. Thomas, of Pennsylvania, a ai mer, made an interesting and original speech in which he said that rather than rote for Grover Clevoinnd (as it seemed hat he would be the logical candidate for the Democratic parly), with his Britsh free trade aud single gold standard deas, he would vote for Queen Victoria ">r srtVTio ntVi#?r olri InH v Hn naiH hia r?. meets to the Republican party by saying :hat rather than unite_Jfc* tk>XL$5pT that arealc kner<l, hypocrftlcatfMkrtyf&'would rote for Cleveland; but, tbanw Oed, he tdded, he was not compelled to vote for sither. Captain Nichols, of Boulder, Colorado, nado a vigorous speech in favor of the ree and unlimited coiuago of silver. He laid that 6ince the action of the bandits vho passed the act of 1873, he had voted (gainst every man, from the office of President of the United states down to he dog-pelter, who was iu favor of free coinage and would contiauc to do so a9 ong as he lived. Restricted coinage was he direct result of the enormous wealth hat is constantly being amassed by the 'ulers of Wall street at the expense of the rnrracr and working classes who are beaming poorer. F. D. Clark, of Ohio, assistant secreary of the convention, said that the uovemcnt on the part of an adminiatra:ion for an international monetary confer:nce was simply a subterfuge to deceive ind appease tbc silver people until ifter the election, when it would openly light the unlimited coinage of silver. The result of any conference in which Ifingland was a party could only be detrimental to the United States and silver, and favorable to John Sherman and John Knox and the other gold bugs. Chairman Warner introduced Morton Freweu, representative of the Bi-metallic League in England. Mr. Frewcn said that wc ncvci should have had a silver question iu this world but for the discovery of America, and but for the act of 1873 there would be no silver question to-dav. Oeo. Byrnes, of Denver, closed the speech making and nn adjournment was taken until evening. Judge Joseph Sheldon, of Connecticut, opened the evening session with an address on the effects of the demonetization Of ailver and fchr was only a mode ol helptng the gold men for four uiore years. B. Clark Williams, of Colorado, presented the following report from the committee on resolutions: WnEREAB, With the single gold standaid, relief from the evils of continued falling prices is impossible; and whereas the lestoration of thebi-mctallic standard wi h the coinage of both metals on equal terms, lies at the foundation of all economic reform; therefore "Resolved, That the free and unlim itcd coinage of silver on equal terms with that of gold, and on the ratio now established by law, is the paramount is sue before the American people to day and shall not b1 suppressed. "Resolved That wc, in answer to th< demand for houest money, declare tha' the debtor will have discharged his ful duty to his creditor by paying to hie such money as was a full large tender a time the debt was contweiew. ' Resolved, That we will not s-ippoi for a legislative or executive office an candidate who is not thoVou^hly coiumi ed by platform and declaration to the ft) restoration of the monetary system vi< lently disturbed by the legislation d< monetizing silver in 1878. "Resolved, That while we would ha with joy the co-operation of other natioi in the restoration of silver to its prop monetary position , yet we demand th , the Unitea States right the wrong it h perpetrated upon the producii t-riiiairinl ilasses without rega f nun iu\?u>7?i ... - . to the actiou of other nations." The report and resolutions were unai moualy adopted. \ W. H. Slater, of Colorado, present t the report of the committee on the a ganizntion of the Hbraetallic Lcag I The report recommends the formation e such a league, the object of which o says, shall be to unitedly resist II purpose to fasten forever on ,e country the siugle gold standard and Ie labor for the resohitioi>-t>t- free bi-me , lie coinage to the people of the Uni ' States. The repojt was adopted. AN OCEAN STEAMER IN CHICA in rk She Comes All the Way From h rc, way, and is Welcomed With Rn Great Joy. ed -a Chicago, Jli,. ? The Wergenlnud, first steamship to aiitke the trip Irom j ted w?y to Chicago, arrived in port at n |tj. Thousands were gathered along the d (WS to welcome the foreign craft, and t steamers loaded with enthusiastic in wegians met the Wergerlaod tv j miles out and accompanied her t< 04 city. The Weraerland left Bergen, Nor ,,ro- ^P ' Wl,h w cargo of fish and [hat an(l will ret ti n loaded provisions. Th trip is an oxperir "jn. and if it proves tinauciiillj successful last ** ^ h^finuing of direct traffic bet ault ^*rw*y an(l Chicago *"< the 1 1 ?" k'hat A Fair Showing. ease During th twelve months ending 1 per there were incorporated 176 nc ,70 tio a! banks with su aggregate t 80' stock of $17,1 ;?0,000. Iu the list Miss- at the head with twenty-om a ... hanks, with capital stock amsunti [ $1,810,000. In West Virginia An banks were organized, in Kentuckj North Caroliua four, Tennessee fou bam a two, Florida two, Maryland iniop Arkansas one, Georgia one and V one. Foriy-seven new Iranks in the In the year it not so had ? showin ? THE FLORIDA OUTLAWS. Two of the Train Robber^Murderers Killed by a Posse. Palatka, Fla.?Two of the gang, Jim Williams and Hnynes, who held up the train Saturday, and murdered San dcrs, the express messenger, 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 m-u who attempted to cross the bridge. On bciug halted they drew revolvers and tired at the watchmen. After an interchange of shots, they fled into the thick undergrowth close by. The posse was at once summoned from here, and weut out on a special ear. Crossing the bridge, they were tired on by the concealed outlaws, and a lively fustlade followed for ten or fifteen minutes. Williams nnd Hnynes were killed, and the other one fled into the swamp, pursued by bloodhounds and the posse. ^Hayneaiwassovcrch'wounded first, hiujL farewell to^us nuithoMn^^Ara^, Georgia, and then, putting his pistol into his mouth, fired, Haynes was the one who murdered Panders. The city is wild, and the corpses of the two outlaws at the depot arc being viewed by hundreds ?ANCHORS 0?"HEMP ROPES." Sam Jonea Advocates the Lynching of Rapists. Chattanooua, Tenn.?a special re ccivcd hero says Wcems, the rapist, wi h officers, bparded an East Tennessee train at Ooltewah, fourteen miles northeast of here, this morging, and Weems is now in jail at Knoxville. A crowd of Chattnn oogians will go over, and probably the lynching may occur there before sunset, as Rev. Sum Jones has been preachiug that 'rapists must be the anchors of hemp ropen." ReRsnmnr Oitv. N. O. This town was planned and laid out by thcBesscmer City Mining and Manufacturing Co. less than a year ago, with Col. .1. S.Carr, of Durham, president. Iron ore vcius were opened, and mining of the finest B ssemcr ore has steadily been pursued, until now several hundred tons arc shipped daily, Birmingham, Ala , mills at present taking most of the ore. An hour's ride south from Charlotte on the Richmond & Danville railroad briugs one to Bessemer City, which, in addition to its fine mineral piopeities, is calculated to become one of the finest health resorts North or South. An immense hotel, with nil the modern conveniences, is being erected on the summit of a beautiful mountain spur, from which, on a clear tanburg. King's Mountain is the ver> dent, silent sentinel that keeps watch close by, while rugged Crowder's Moun- I taiu frowns steadily, ofT to the northeast two miles. Already numerous cottages dot the slopes of the mountain where the hotel is building, and altogether Bcsscmet City promises to become one of the favorite resorts of Carolimv^_ Let's Have 'Em in the South. Washinoion, I). O.?The American 1 Minister to Persia has secured sixteen ' valuable sheep of the Astrakhan breed, and shipped them to the Agricultmal !)e partinent here. They will be bred until the flock is large enoug.r to divide, when ? *1 ,.r vovernl flocks will be sent " IUO uuvibuo v. to various paits of the country. The 1 Angora (h?.?t Breeders Association of Caln ifotnia has rumo out in an article in s * Washington paper, setting forth theii difficulties in procuring these goats froir tht Ottoman Empire, and asking Con J cress to enact legislation whereby tin Oo>ernmeut may import a few of them " start a flack, and then transplant it t< > California, e- " ' The People's Party Stirring. '*1 Rai.f.ioh, N. C.?The People's part; 1,9 has organized by electing W. R. Lind er say, of Rockingham county, Chairman o the State Committee, and has orderc a* meetings to be held in every county in tli State on June 11 to organize committee r(* to elect delegates to Omaha and to nom natc candidates for Congiess The Coi nl" gressional Conventions in each of the di tricts are ordered to lie held June b e*1 ?'ol. L. L. Polk, 8. Otho Wilson, liar or* Skinner, G. T. Long, and Jervis, of Ma ue- son county, have been appointed do ?' gntes at large to Omaha. They are I ? ^ I'olk for Presidential nominee. the ii the Improved Country Roads. to A movement which should meet w tal- the approval of the people of Augu ted county, Va., isentbodied in a plan adop by the supervisors of that county t recent meeting for macadamizing . , 1 Vltuiintrtn tri _ MkidlchrooK roan uum "V. county line, a distance of eighteen m at an estimated cost of about $15,( The carrying out of this plan, whicl for- greatly to be desired, would doubt result in a permanent system of iniprn roads for the country. the Gen. Dyrenforth Can Make Ra oon Wasiungton, D. C.?General H oeks Dyrenforth concluded his discourse hree 'ore House agricultural cominitte jyor his experience in rainmaking. lie reive never failed to came rain to fall j the 'r#m two to f?urtccn miles frorr Eoint where the test was made, the sing general. Gen. Dyrenforth tl fcOd $25,000 should be appropriate* the establishment of experimental nrnt in the arid country, to make ex peri u I w|j| and to keep records of the tests mad we?n In the Streets of a City. Jacksonvn.Lit, Pi,a.?A Gainc special says that two men "held * ' o5 t IT O f o ft' swttcn engineer hi mm. ... , April " fhe morning hikI robbed iiiin iv na- I'oint of a pistol. Thin was in the ?pital y*rd. They answered very close' Texas description of two of tho Monroe i new tion murderers, who are still at lar| no to B new To Oon. Marion's Memory f four, Wabhiwoton, D. C.? At tho i r, Ala- of Mr. Butler, Democrat, of Sontl I two, Una, the Senate bill appropriate irginia ftpo for an equestrian statue of ( Soqtb Francis M*rion, io Columbia, 8. ( g. passed. Tin" ' WILL LEAVE THE CHURCH Dr. Briggs Will Probably Join the 1 Church of England. The Presbyterian Assembly Votes 1 Unanimously Against Him. Portland, Ore.?The Presbyterian General Assembly votes unanimously to sustain the regularity of the proceedings ( of the Committee of Prosecution of l)r | Ihiggs in bringiug their appeal directly | to the General Assembly without delay- j ing to be first heard by the Synod 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 couusel of the committee, and for Dr. George W. F. Birch, it? chairman. All the noise that the defendant raised below this point . ptovoa to h??? Jxt-tt mrty 4**r bimoombc,? ns Dr. Briggs himself was present when ] the vote was taken, as well as all of his < sympathizers. i nemos will leave the presbyterian i church. J It is now stated in a select but usually t well informed circle that no matter what ij may be the outcome of the trial of Dr. i Itrig^s, he will within six months leaye J the Presbyterian Church and go into the ' Church of England. If this is so, it will i be because Dr. Briggs must have found j in his visit to Oxford, Eng., last year, a ; more congenial atmosphere than he ever i expects iu America for the exploitation ! o?" his theories of redemption after death j and that he himself may be called upon < in the spiritual world to preach the gns ] pel to the lost and be enabled to save t them if lie w 11 endure the torments of 1 Gehenna, as the condition neccessary to ] his being allowed to preach it there. -1 H flanging in Inspector Sclinack's room at the East Chicago Avenue police station is a small dressing mirror. Though badly shattered the Inspector would not part with it for a large sum of money, for it tells a story which, through true, is strnnger than fiction. The little mirror was once the property of George High, of Bellevuo place, and was the means of snving that gentleman a loss of about $25,000. About 7 o'clock on the evening of October 8, 1880, Mr. High, his family, and several guests were eatiug dinner. While they were thus engaged two burglars,who had evidently been "spotting" the house for some time placed n ladder against the rear of the house. By that mean# fin a nt ?V--? I bedroom. That evening Mrs. High and her guests were going to attend a reception, nod their diamonds ami jewelry were spread out on the dresser. As the thief entered the room his eyes caught the gems and he started to possess himself of them. The small mirror hung in the corner of the room opposite the mirror in the dresser. As he reached out his hand for the diamonds Ihc thief saw what he supposed was a hand stretehed out to grasp him. It was the reflection of his own hand 011 the large mirror re-reflected in the smaller one. Believing that ho was about to be captured the burglar whipped out his revolver,turned cpiiekly, and fired. He hit the man in the small mirror and forgot all about the diamonds. i Running to the window he jumped 1" upon the ladder and slid to the ground. Alarmed by the shot,the family rushed upstairs ami found the room full of s smoke and the smell of gunpowder. ? Looking out of the window, Mr. High * saw two men running down the alley towards Lake Michigan. In the corner of the mirror was a bullet hole, and broken glass was scattered over the floor. Y The case was rcportrd to Inspector ' !?.* tiro " na thflV flfrt f DtIiatIL(Vf l/Ub (Iiu r _ d called by the police, were ucvei captured. ,e r?Chicugo Inter-Ocean. ?s Tallapoosa's Crooked Bank. ls Tallapoosa, Ga.?The Merchant li, and Miners' Bank, of this place, is place iy hi the hauds of Bookkeeper Gilbert asn d- reiver. An inspection by the State ban lc inspector showed irregularities. Vici for President Spencer has been placed undi ancst, charged with being instrument in violations of the State banking lai which prohibits the loan of over 10 p ith cent, of 'he capital to any one firm. ista ted Royal Favors From the Uueen. ' B London, cablegram.?The usual confi 'J1? nicnts of honors on the occasion of t the Queen's birthday this year includes a pc< a tie for Prince George of Wales, with t - -- . U(.'- titles of Duke oi yoi k. am ui *u*v... J hikI Baron Killarncy. Sir Julian Pauir * fote. British Minister to Washing ,v receives the Grand Cross of the Order the Bath. Chief Justice Lacosti, of Q In ',r,c' '9 kn'"','c,' p A Disastrous Wreck. he- Sai.hibuhy, N. C?A serious wri eon >( currcd this afternoon on the Murj said hianch of W. N. C. Railroad, ab less forty miles west of Asbeville. The i the t:inc was overturned, caused by a bro1 rain rail. Engineer Atwood Hunt was links -tantly killed, sevtral others are ba il for injured and a nun ber of cars wrecke 'icnta Talmage's Sons have informs lw <>n which they base the opinion that i ice crop in the southern states this .v ill exceed that of any previous ycai svillc PRr cent- Rn<* hardly fall shoi up" a '* ' OP,000 bushels under average gro clock onditlons. This indicates a dispos at the ^,c PRrt ?* colton plante depot diversify. ly the .y Chicagoan proposes to erect June- |,,wers in that city, each 375 feet ?6, "for sight seeing and pleasure put entirely" during the Exposition. *" voncral idea of the rural vis tor to CI 'equcst is that the eight seeing l:vcl is i Caro- the surface of the earth. leneral ordnance surrey of England J was sixty-tivo years to make, and was ! pleted in lb56. i fttiifi r' i i * y-*2p IN ALLIANCE RANKS. > ' 'he Questions of Discussion Among; the Brethren. > Che Line of Action Being Furoued in Tennessoe.?"Cents VersuR * Sense," by Dr. Houghton \ Washington, TV C. ? It has been nsscrted that the binding twine tni-t pro poses to put up the price of that article rrom 9 cents per pound to 15 or 10, while in Canada it now brings 11 ccr'- If this rumor is substantiated by the in vest iga- g lions now going on, many Republican? I will vote for free binding twine. H cents versus sense. BY DR. K. S- HOt'OMTOS. Juf* Rfter the war In the rear Mil/ six. * A hen pur currency watt tn n herrlfde pur. f TWHI fnf* nlltoin w fit n?> m* m nr ' To tlx It* rrlntlmiH hv whnt It bail bought. Ind to (lav It seems proper * ? ?!? On- ptrten?e If those who say silver's worth -event To -how that a dollar's worth wli.it It ? III liny >Vhetlier popular oftlee or newspniier- ir 1ml the dollar that pays for the best In ttie land. That clretilale.- freely fo eonnier from hand. a the old silver dollar, eolonlul fame. Mr old standard dollar, a "daddy" hy tiamo. tne century old on the second was It." 'or early transactions It surely was ttl. Ind those who defame It will render to count ii |.vi>|.n. mi nm nun inr ? nr n?rs?'? tmniw [his dollar. hv Spnnlnrd* flr?t minted nii>l milled. [he wants of the Yankees for mnncv In* . tilled. 5ver since from nur shnrc? llrltlsli hanm r* we drove And the scepter nf freedom thrntivh ivninnv rluvn Twm Ihi' dollar thai Washington it... i loeinpoy, rhat .tefTcrson used In all trail*** from a liny. Dial Adams and Mndlson. .tacksnn an*l 'lay Hail only been happy to get In thplr ilav. k'rom them down to I.lncoln noothprwp tt-cd. And no thoughtful man tln-lr employment abused. In nil ?f that limp not one statesman of ? n-e Rvpr hlntpil thplr worth was Just srv, n'v rents. Hut to day the traditions or Ktnnd Hunker lllll. No longer thp spceeh?s of orator* till. And tho heroes of Concord ami lexlnaton. too. Arc lost to Ihc moijcrn niugwiintpkiii \ i?w. "hirvrry flrsl families never recall rhe Ith of .Inly or observe It at all. IV h lie the |Himt?on? four lot ml red a* exiles appea' At l/indon or cart. a part of rat'h vrar. No longer the doing or.TelTerson And rhe verv flrsl place In a Congressman' * mind. Hut the eiistoms to which they most often allude. Are the doings and sayings of some Kngllsti dttde. And thus It ha* happened In Congress this war rhat a doctrine, to A ankees decidedly ipieet Ha* fottnd an acceptance 'mid bankers I'm l >M. That th" only gno?1 monev Is .lohnnv Hull' uobl t.Vi n : I'vf no u?o for tho stntrsninn of sevt nl.v seinr* + * * * The Pittsburg Knnsan. IPittsburg, Pa.) Bays: The French government is to inaugurate a loan scheme that will afford a precedent for the People's party. M. Costnns, minister of tho inteii<>i. will bring forward a measure called "Credit Agricola." He proposes that the l?overnment shall loan to proprit tot s of farms money at au interest lest than 2 poi rent. Of course the measure has aiousetl the. opposition of the moiuy brokers of France, but the agriculturists of France arc making identically the same demand as the farmers of the Pnited States, and demand is so emphatic that M. Costana mako.m uaste to noen n ana brave inc nnQoei'imi nglt. |v?u?v. for only $5 or under. Make silver dol lars legal tender for all debt', public and private, and issue greenbacks to tliree times the amount of the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver. Th's will give us f50 per capita and will settle by practical test which kind of inouey the people prefer. The, People (New York) says: The junior of all the VanderbiHs is spending four million dollars on a fortress at Asheville, N. C., which he intends to make his home. The basement walls are from twelve to fifteen feet thick I and the architect of the structure is rpiotcd as saying that the young plutocrat, looks ahead to the time when an outbreak may test the strength of those cyclopean walls. The Uniouist,(Ky.) says: There are 12,600.000 homes iu the United States. Nine million of them are tinder mortgage. Only 3,600,000 homes in the laud of the free escape thcextn tax of mortgage interest. Why? There is not euough money. * * + THE ALLIANCE NOT-PARTISAN. The Nashville Toiler gives the follow ing definition of (he non-partisan course the Alliance is pursuing in Tennessee: "The members of the Older everywhere surely understand the non-partisan character of the Alliance. It is for the benefit of those on the outside of the 9 Order that we again present the duties d of Alliance lodges toward political parties. This is matte more neets-cny bo k cause of the position taken by 4I10 Toiler Q. B 011 independent action. "So lai not a single Alliance lodge v has endorsed the People's party, although |pj many People party clubs have been organized in the State. We sincerely hope this policy will he continued. The Alliance is aimed to he a school for the farmers, where they can discuss the science ?r" of government in a "strictly non-partisan way." The necessity of continuing the ^ organization 11011 partisan can be clearly ts"" seen when wc consider the question of L< its growth. If to join the Alliance meant ,Mj to join thn People's party, the Demo" cratic and Hcptthlican farmers who have 10 followed their parties through good or evil, and who have never been taught to doubt the wisdom of bossism, would re, main out of the Alliance, and for that reason the scales would never fall from y their eyes. "The education acquired in the A'li?n* ance lodges has di vcloprd into the most ,en wonderful concensus of opinion ever l?1* rerorded. The inve ligation developed y a wrong, furthei investigation developed two wrongs, and still further investigation <on developed three wrongs, which are the covered by the St. Louis platform, unycai der the heads. "Money, Land and Tranar by portation " It was hy agitation nnd t, ol education that wcconcluded that the remwing cdy lies only in the formation of a now ra'To I P?'ty. You know that you would never I have joined the Alliance hnd It meant a I slipping of the partv collar, because you 1 1 1 h ' ? -i-i Then thrcr onco lovetl tnm n??u um high, when you looked at it in that liirht it is poses best never inside of nn Alliance lodge, to The attempt an endorsement of the People's licago party. Have your clubs to meet the nearer same night after the adjournment of tbe lodge. Each lodge should stand firmly . . by the Ocala and St. I/oni* demands, ? but do not put the party bridle on insida C?m" the lodge. Let Democrats, Republican* *pd People's party men all feel free,"