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VOL. X-XIII.-'-NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JUNE 24, 1892. NUMBER 2C ^|i
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\ me rorr svortl* liizelte predicts that
Waaesding to tho census of 2000 Texas
srJU be entitled to a larger representation
In Congress than all the other btutes in
tbo Union combinod.
M. Zola, the Fronch novelist, speaks
(lightly of the Anarchist movement in his
country, and iutiinates that if the Anarchists
continue much longer the people
will resort to lynch law.
j Epidemics may sometimes dave compensating
advantages undreamt of by
sanitarians, moralizes the New York Sun.
Thus we read that in consequence of the
prevalence of small pox at Meltingen, in
Switzerland, the local authorities havo
V - suspended legal proceedings for debt and
> fraudulent bankruptcy.
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i The Government of the Swiss Tyrol has
passed a bill imposing heavy lines on persons
who may be caught while selling
samples of the beautiful and raro Alpine
flower called edelweiss, which has been
pulled up by the roots on the mountains
to such an extent that thoro is daugcr of
the plant becoming extinct. The peoplV
complain that tourists are rapidly killing
out that and other Atpino plants, and
persons bent on mouey-makiug havo
helped on the destruction by gathering
the plants for travelers.
I The odor of musk has been kftown to
cause people with sensitive olfactory
nerves to faint away, but it is most sur
prising to learn, observes Harper's
Weekly, that the perfume of flowers can
a?fcct a singer's voice. Madame Patti's
maid, however, makes the statement that
the perfume of violets causes a hoarseness
in the diva's throat such as might
he due a bad cold. Consequently no
plants of any kind, and especially no cut
flowers, are ever allowed to remain in
the prima donna's bedroom.
I n.
Every year a novel flower show is held
In Philadelphia under the patronage of
the Oermantown Horticultural Society.
The exhibits nre conflned to wild flowers
picked in tho suburbs of Philadelphia.
It is said that there are 700 species within
the county limits, and in order to encourage
the local study of botany, tho
specimens are common enough may be
judged from the fact that 100 have been
gathered by a party of amateur botunisti
in the course of a day.
' The Detroit Freo L'ress grows sarcastic
at the expense of Englanl. It says:
"Magnificent as have beeu the donations
of this country to the starving Russians
'Americans are not the ouly people whose
Vinarf a o-o K- ?
mvminv m?v vi/avuu>* uj a laiu ul >yuu.
There has been a terrible amount of suffering
in Newfoundland, owing to the
short catch of fish, which is the main
food reliance of the people. The British
Government has, however, come most
uoblyto the rescue of tho suffering ones
and shipped them sixty barrels of fiour.
If there are not too mauy of the suffer
ers this timely boon will relieve them for
twenty-four hours at least."
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The Canadian census takers had trouble
with their Indians. The Indians are
described as being, not uf'iaturally, very
curious to know what the ceasus was for.
tAt' ?ae place they would demand to be
pStd for giving their names, and at another
the enumerator had to bribe them
with tobacco before they would tell the
names of children and others who wero
out hunting or berrying in tho woods.
At a village of Ilowqual-gate Indians,
where a white man had seldom been
seen, the whole population surrounded
the party demanding explanations. The
Kg* ' obiaf said the priest hid told him that
9H the Lord had raised them out of the
Isg* clay and given them the land, and he
gra| supposed that the Government was now
trying to find out their numbers so as to
ffijpyl do away with them and get their land.
||W:> Only after an hour's hard talking through
Ij&P: the Indian interpreters the chief was per;?^^^^suaded
that nothing but good was intended.
*
A report issued by the London So|BjK
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children has caused a sensation by the
fef statements it contains relative to the
cruel and oft times inhuman punishments
indicted upon children. The society has
interfered with clergymen, officers, barristers
and other members of the gentry,
FK ,? tiul laarnad warn trmtinv their
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children inhumanly. Among the punishments
people of this olasss inflicted
;*x3j? upon the helpless children are mentioned
sticking pins in them, placing lighted
? hXr matches up their nostrils, burning
wounds upon them with matches, break|W
Ing the limbs of two-year-old babies in
ft three places, tying a rope around a sixf
. year-old boy *u<* dipping him into a
canal repeatedly until he was exhausted,
i keeping a child in a cellar until its flesh
turned green, tying cords around the
l{ E thumbs of a child and then tying it to a
| bedste-H and beating it with a thorn
AT HOME AND ABROAI
Telegrams and News of Important
From Everywhere.
Some Remarkable Events Happen
ing Within and Without
the State.
Father Mollinge.-, the faith cure priest
died at Pittsburg at 1:50 p. m. Weduei
uay.
A horse breeders' associntioo will 1
formed nt Raleigh, N. C., ou August II
William Walter Phelps is now tulke
of for Secretary of 8tate.
The Utah delegation to Chicago is coir
posed entirely of Gentiles
Congres^mau Stackhouse of South Co
oliua wus the eight Representative in tl
present (52d) Congress to die.
Eighieen persons were nrostrated t
heat iu New York city Monday, and foi
died.
The British House of Commons hi
added $50,000 to the fuud for Eogland
exhibit at the World's Fair, Chicago$300,000
altogether.
Ex Congressman Jesse J. Yeates, <
the lirst district of North Caro inn, i
very sick iu Washington of Bright's dii
eise and is not expected no live.
A very re i nrkuble marriage occurre
near Allendale, in Barnwell county, t
C., one day last week. A man 87 ycai
old ma;ried a little girl 14 years old
An anthracite coal miua which has bee
worked in Peak Creek mountains, net
Pulaski, Va., for several years, hnsrcccntl
rlorolnnml u trnin ??/.!??? f?<?*
V.VJ.W. IUIl.ll.
The House has passed a bill to dcclai
Indian children citizens when they rcucl
the age of tweuty-onc, provided the;
have had tvn years of iorlustrinl training
The Kansas People's party fttate con
veution met at Wichita, Thuisdav, an<
nominated L. D Welling for Governor
Mrs. Lease succeeded in getting
woman's suffrage plank in the platform
One hundred South Carolina teacher
will attend the annual meetings of th<
Southern and National Educational As
sedations which meet in Atlanta and
Suratoga Springs, respectively.
llackburn & Willett, of New Berne, N
C., have thus far shipped 10,QUO barrel
of cabbage this season aud have 0*001
barrels more to ship. Their gross sale o
cabbage alone from their farm will amoun
to #40,000.
The daily mortality from cholera a
Meshed, Persia, is now 400; The strict
-est sauitary regulations have been cstub
lished, and the Ameer threatens to be
head anyone who does not comply yiti
The Newberry Cotton Mills
berry, S. C ,earned last year #4 porspindte
the largest earnings with one exccptioi
among the mills of the State. A reservi
fund is being accumulated with a viewt
doubling the capacity of -he mill.
The Hussiau government has approvet
tlio proposal of Baron Ilirsch providing
for the immigration from Russia o
3,500.000 within the next tweuty-fivi
years. The exodus for 1892 has beci
limited to 25,000, but the number wil
be increused annually.
Elias Carr, candidate for Governor
R A llought cn, candidate for Lieutenau
Governor; ex-Cougressmau IV. R. Co:
and II. A. Gudger, of Asheville, will pai
ticipate in the St. John's Day exercise
at the Oxford, N. C .Orphau Asylum am
all of them excepting Mr, Carr williuak
speeches.
James II. Woodrow, son of Dr. Jame
Woodrow, a\id proprietor of the Presby
tcrian Publikhii g House in Columbia, S
C., died last Saturday of typhoid fever
He was thirty-two years of ago and leave
a widow and two children.
Senator Ransom had first one son an<
then another for private secretary i
Washington. The second one looks s
much like the first that most people fai
to discover the substitution. The Senn
tor's oldest son is uow practicing law i
Asheville, N. C.
The following are widows,living in th
South, of Revolutionary soldiers: MaiBrown,
Kuoxville, Tenn.; Nancy ( lout]
8t. Paul, Va.; Nancy Jones, Jonesbort
Tenn; Rebecca Mayo, 'Ncwbern, Va.
Nancy Rains, Carter Furnace, Tenn
Meridy Smith, Newman, Ga.; Mai
enead, Parkslcy, Va. They all dra'
pensions.
An offer to finish a room in the Vii
ginia State building has been receive
from the North Carolina Piue Luinbc
Co., of Norfolk. It is the desire of th
company to finish the room in nu ariisti
manner for the purpose of displaying th
beauty anil skiil with which North (.'art
lina piue can be used in various kinds c
trimmings.
John Smith, a prosperous farmer livin
eight miles east of Anniston, Ala., wn
stung to death by bees Monday. He wt
having a swarm of bees when the limb o
which they had swarmed broke, fallin
upon them In a moment be was c ve
ed with the bees and stung so badly tin
he died within a few hours, despite a
the efforts of two physicians who wei
called in to attend him.
New Enterprises in the South.
The summary of new enterprises o
ganized during the p*st week, as give
in the current issue of the Manufacturer
Record, of Baltimore, shows the follov
ing among the more important items:
A ^25,000 cotton compress company i
Birmingham, Ala ; a #5,000 tool con
pany at Ponsacola. Fla ; a #1,000,0(1
nUntrip anil railmati nnmivenw t
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Tampa, Fla ; b $50,000 electric ligl
company at Rome, G t.; a $50,000 sn
mill company at Louisville, Ky ; a $15
000 grain mill company at Richmoiu
Ky.. $500*000 lumber mill company i
New Orleans, La. ; a $40,000 nspha
works company at Washington, D. C.;
$60 ,000 brick and terra cotta company i
Columbia, S. C.; a $250,000 tnachii
manufacturing company at Harrimai
Tenn.; a $500,000 abottoir company i
Dallas, Texas; a $100,000 nursciy con
pany at Fort Worth, T?xi\a; a $50 0C
compreea company to build at Mineoli
Texas; a $10,000 daby company at Ale!
andria, Va. ; a $50,000 brake mnnufactu
ing company at Charlottcsvi le, Va., an
a $25,000 tannery company at k'api
T?W,
). THREW A BOTTLE IN THE YARD
!6 For that Reason Mr. Sullivan Killed
Mr. Oilreath.
Orkknvii.le, S. C.?J. M. Sullivan, a
native of this place ami a son-in-law of
the late John IV. Stokes, shot and killed
11c man G. Gilicatli, a in mher of the
City Council and a prominent citizen.
The killing occured oil the southwestern
corner of Main and Coffee streets, and
was witnesfed by many persons The
j- cause which led u,? to the murder were
of a trivial character.
)e Mr Gilreath was a member of the Bun^
combe Street Methodist Church. He was
J in the ga den of the pars mage with the
pastor, the Rev. J. Thomas Pate; Mr.
Gihvnth's coachman was doing some
ploughing for the minister.
Whili walkiug around on the freshly
r- ploughed ground Mr Gilreath kicked up
ic an old bottle and car? lessly tossed it iuto
the next jard, owned by Sullivau's
uiother-in law, and where Sullivan resides
ir with his wife aud three children
This act of Mr. Gilreath caused the
killing. The men met Mouday and Mr.
's Sullivan becimc ub r ive, and, it is said,
8 told Gilreath to "tlx hiius If," that "the
gage is down aud will stay down between
us."
They met again iu the morning, and
is Sullivan told Gilreath he was no gentleJ*
man. Gilreath rcpl cd with the same
expression. Sullivan told" him to go
1 away, aud the Alderman, being a peaceablc
mau, turne 1 to walk away. Sullivan
is followed him, and. as he was about to
step in his buggy, shot him in the back,
u and fired again before Gilrcntli fell to the
ground. 15o h balls took effect, the Inst
iv one in the head, and the first in the
* h dy.
O Irenth never spoke again. He was
r a half brother of Major W. W. Gilrcatb,
an I a first cousin o f th-5 Sheriff. Sulli'
van is well connected, but once got into
a difficulty with liis father and shot him.
lie is in jail, and will be closely guard '
cd. He is about-> years old. Gilreath
was 4<) yenis old and was well to do.
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H Railroad Earnings in South Carolina.
5 Yorkvillo (S. C.) Enquirer.]
Secretary Bnrtlett has prepared the
' March stalemcut of the railroad earnings
in lids state. The report is not at all encouraging,
as the past nine months show
s up a decrease of $400,912.14 ns compared
I v. ithtbo nine months of the previous
f year. As compared with the same month
t of last year, the earning for March, aa
applying to the roads of this sectisn, are
t as follows: Atlanta aud Charlotte Air
Line, $66,714.09,a decrease of $2,289 92;
j. Charleston,Cincinnati aud Chicago, $14,...
280.06, an increase of $922 02; Charlotte,
k Columbia and Augusta, $5^054.28, tfde^
" and Lenoir, $2,269.73, a decrease of $278.
? 87; Georgia, Carolina and Northern,
II f 1-1,551.01, an Increase of $8,528 27.
0 The total earnings of all the roads in
0 the State for the month was $731,074.70,
and the total decrease, as conu>ared with
1 the same month of last year, $73,415.9 h
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* Two 'Possums for the President.
u From the Wnshington Star.]
I Some time ago President Harrison expressed
a wish to Uncle Jerry Husk for
; two goad 'possums as soonasfrod set in,
t nnd this morning two fine young 'posc
sums were received at the Wh te House.
- These were delivered by Ailams Express
s Company, and were in a box marked:
1 "To the President Two citizens of
e Maryland?Mr. Protection nnd Mr. Recciprocity?with
the compliments of John
s It llowlctt, 1,411 N street, northwest."
Each of the animals had a red, white and
blue ribbon round ii s neck, one marked
"protection" and the other "reciprocity."
s ^
Voafpinfi I) O f Via Tupnanfina Aiifnut
fl Savannah, Ga.--The committee flora
n the sub-associations of the Uem ral Tur'?
pentinc Operators Association of Georil
gia, Florida and Alabama ne t the factors
in private sc.'si on here, ami decided that,
u in view of the present prices being so
low that operations were conducted at a
e loss, e.ich operutot should reduce the
y working of the yearlings and old boxes
|t at least 2 per cent. They believe that
this will soon have the desired effect on
the receipts and a beneficial result on
prices.
^ Shot Dead by a Preacher.
flTofiTON, Va.?W. R. Davidson was
r_ shot and killed Tucsd ?y neir herein
j Wise c unty, by the R v. John Panel, a
,r crinpled Baptist pre cher. Ill feeling
ie had existed for some time between them
jc growing out of a dispute between their
e families It had been arranged to s ttle
their differences in court, and tbc trial
was to have been begun Monday. On the
way to the (,'ourt House Davidson and
Panel got into an altercat on about the
" mer>ts of the case. Panel drew a pistol
IS and shot his opponent,
is ?
'? Crawford Re-nominated.
ft
( Abhkvii.lb, N. C. ?The Democratic
con cution of the ninth congressional
II district met at Waync9ville. J. D. Murc
|>hy, of Ashevillo, was chairman. All
the counties except Clay were represented.
W. T. Crawford was unanimously
re nominated for Congress and Locke
Craig, of Ashcville, was chosen for prcsdential
elector. The State platform was
' , adopted. The convention was very harf
monious.
Five Drowned.
it
New Orleans, La.?A forry boat
i() crossing Bayou La Fourche at Napoleon
villo Monday night overturned and pre
eipitated the twelve persons on board
w into the water. It was so dark that it
was impossible to give the men any as]
sistancc and five of tho twelve persons
were drowned. They were Edward
It Schneider, Jacob Nardilly, an unknown
H Italian, Robert Atkins and a negro ?
t name unknown.
ie Prof. Joynaa at Washington and Lea.
uj Lexington, Va.?The Washington and
Lee University commencement was held
IQ in the University chapel. Prof. Edward
u 8. Joynes, an old and eminent schol ?r of
t[ Nashville, Tenn., a former professor at
r. the University, and bow a professor in
1(j tho South Carolina College at Columbia,
0 delivered the annual address before the
' literary societies
TO RELIEVE DEPRESSION.
& Plan For Converting Land Into
Bankable Security.
Edward Atkinson, the Boston Political
Economist, Weuves a Now
Scheme For Getting Money.
The following interesting communication
from Edward Atkinson to the Manufacturers'
Record presents a novel plan
for increasing the value of real estate as j
security for loans:
Boston, Mass.
Editor Manufacturert' liecord:
I observe that an article which I lately
wrote in the Century magazine upon the
Torrens system of registering iand titles
has attracted the attention of General
Atexandcr and other of my Southern
friends. I may veuturo to call attention
to a matter whereby land may be converted
into a security on which mouey
can be borrowed from banks and bankers
without the necessity of making a
conveyance of the land as security for
each loau. It is a plan which has not
yet been adopted, and to which there
may be objections unkuowu to me, but
in all but o.ue respect the suggestious
that I make are a part of the common
practice in many places, especially in
Philadelphia and Baltimore. What I
suggest is this:
Tho conveyance of land by the ordi
nary method is by registry of deed, under
the guarantee of a title insurance
company and on condition of the payment
of a ground rent without any
t\rnmion fr? naw ? ??? ??*' '?
iv I'WJ <? |inui;i|)ai iinuji Slim "6curcd
in part by mortgage iu the usual
way. I do not promise perpetual ground
rents, but ground rents terminable at the
option of the buyer or lessee on given
notice, not terminable at the option of
the seller or lessor. It is the common
practice, notably in Philadelphia, to sell
and convey land subject to a terminable
rent under an insured title to capable
men, who, being in good health, also
get their lives insured for an amount
equal to the valuation of the land. The
lessees thcu join a building society, and
thus procure the means for building a
house on the leased lot, becomiug ultimately
their owu landlords by payiug up
their assessments in the building society
and by ultimately compounding the rent
by puymcut at a valuation in oue sum
ither in installments or in one payment
The plan which I suggest is to add
one single element to this method, namely,
that the obligation to pay- rent.upon
the land should he represented.,by What
may bo called tent orrm^^crtiflcates,
each or all of thes? rent ^jfertiflcates by
depositing at such cffleObf registry a
given sum of money for qa?h certificate.
Example: Let it be asauuttd that John
Brown buys or leases frofli James Brown
a lot of land of which Oie Valuation is
?1 ,000, upon which he Irailds a house
valued at $2,000. The ground rent is to
be $00 a year. This rent is represented
by ten registered certificates of rent, each
of $0 per nnuum, provision being made
that ut any period three months in advance
of any part of the rent becoming
due, John Smith may file a written notice
at the registry that, on the paymentof
$100, together with the rent then due,
be desires to become the owner by purchase
of rent certificate No. 1, and so on
through No?. 2, 8 up to 10. When he
has purchased all the lent certificates at
$ 100 each he will have heroine his own
landlord. These rent certificates constitute
a lien upon the land as good to him,
John Smith, as they are to Cue original
holder, and he need not cancel them.
Or let us suppose that John smith, being
the owner of laud free of euciimbrauce,
upon which his house stands and
which constitutes his farm, executes rent
certificates recorded noon that farm with
a trust company, title insured, and hiinhims
if becomes the possessor of such
certificates, would no' these become the
first lien upon the laud, not as a mortgage,
but as a lien, subject to foreclosure
if the rout is not paid. Would not these
transferable rent certificates then become
available to be deposited with banks,
bankers or trust companies as security for
temporary loans frou season to season?
I am not a lawyer and cannot tell what
techni al difliciilties there may be iu the
way, but this seems to me to be the easiest
way, under our present founof registry
of title bj deed, to put land into a
form in which it cm be assigned as security
for temporary loans without going
through an examination of title, and
without the execution of papers of conveyance
and msrtgage each time that a
loan is made.
In presenting this subject, permit mo to
call attention to the fact that the craze
for more depreciated money in the form
of depreciated silver coin or for government
paper or for government loans, has
about run its sh >rt and dangerous course
The South, of all sections of this country,
being dependent upon the sale of its ex
cess of product for foreign export, has a
greater interest in maintaining the present
standard of value on the unit of a gold
dollar than anv other tection of this
country. Its lack has not been want of
mOnev. but want of credit?want of banking
lustitut ons, nnu want ot facilities
for borrowing money oven on good security.
The South, of all sections of this
country, can least ufTord the discredit of
I debased snivel, and also possesses the
. surest control over the gold of the world,
if it chooses to maintain the standard of
( value. It, theiefore, scTtWTfifobablc that
the movement which is now bsin^ made
1 for taking the tax off the circulation of
Btatc banks, supplemented by methods
man r/imlou if aqoo ia hArrn m f run
vtuivu uin j ivimoi av uujj iwtt vi uv
money of the heat kind on the best kind
of security, will presently pi ice the Southern
States again on the roAd to progress
and to greater and i renter development.
In is with this end in view that I present
these somewhat < rude suggestions for
l readily converting land into a bankable
security on which loans msy be negotiated,
payable in s'nndard coin of the * est
> kind; that is to say, in coin which is
worth its much after it is pudtcd as it
purports to bo worth iu the coin itsel
That is the only kind of coined monc
that is good. Our present silver dollm
are bad money because they do not met
this condition. They are worth hi
seventy ceuts after they are utellcc
Yours truly,
Edwahd Atkinson.
NOW COMES THE JUNE RISE.
The Mississipi Levees Are Crumb
ling Away.
New Orleans, L\.?The river moi
day morning renclre.i the highest poie
known here for the past 45 years, and i
consequence New Orleans is to-day, lit
via nj opcaMU^, tlU I31UUU. VIUY11551'
above, crevasses below, the raging rive
in front and the rapidly rising Lak
Pontchartrain in the rear, have hem me
the city in and traffic on three roads ha
been suspended. At umlnigb
the gauge read 18 feet above high wate
mark. People who knew well what tlii
rise meant hoped that by morning ther
would be a decline, but when daybreal
came and the gauge was scanned old
timers were staggered when thev re;u
18 2 10.
At six o'clock the first break was rc
ported. It happened at Belmont place
cbout twenty miles above the city on th
\'i-dssipi Vallev road; 75 feet of th
v>. gave way at one clip and the wate
>ilin an hour's time had dug a channe
twelve feet deep. The Valley track
were quicklv under two feet of water am
all t ratio, stopped.
Following uJeciv >n the reports fron
Belmont omc the news of three break
eleven miles belo?V '.lie city, all withii
one mil of each oilier. The first breal
occured at Stonev's nenr where nerevassi
occurcd a month ago but uoV. closed. 1
started at a fifty foot race, but widened
rapidly that by noon it was onchumlrcc
feet wide and ten feet deep nud ?>;l
breaking The second break was at
Villcre's plantation, a half mile nwav
Fifty feet was its width. Two hours nf
tcrwood the levee gifrc way. The thin
break is at the Merrick place,a mile helot
Villere. It was twenty feet wide an.
hopes arc entertained of closing it Th
three crevasses have tied up the 8 out hers
Railroad, which runs from the city to tin
Gulf.
Hardly had the engineers recovcrc<
from this disastrous news when a t?dc
phono message was received from Waj
gainan, thirteen miles up on the oth<
side of the river, stating that the eut:i
levee at that point, several hundred yard
in length, baa toppled ioto theiushin
waters. The Texas and Pacific
juat behind the levee and the swiehaj
abut dcrwtt on tiamc
I road a*few mites below Belmont. It \
' twenty-five feet deep and five wide am
will assist in widening the Belmont b? v?.v
and also worry the Valley officials. 4'
of these crevasses following-so close# j
each othsr have occasioned consider..!)]
alarm throughout the city.
BLAINE AMD THE SENATE.
Talk in Maine of Electing Him to th<
S^at Occupied by Mr. Hale.
Augusta, Mk ?The question as t(
whether Mr. Blaiue'9 political career i
ended has begun to attract the serious at
tention of his most devoted friends ii
this State, and it lias been discussed b;
many of his townsmen who do not wan
I o see him retired from public life. Nex
winter the Maine Legislature will i lect
United States Senator in place of Eugen
Ilale, who will have held that office b>
twelve years. Mr. Blaine's name is be
ing mentioned for thu place, and it i
said that n movement will bo started i
his int rest. Mr. Hale is a candidate fo
re election, and his plans have long beei
laid to get it. In Maine they have a ens
torn of returning men to both branches o
the Legislature for a second term. Tw<
years ago Mr. Hale started his Senatoria
fight for securing the elect on of inei
committed to his re election. These tnci
will be returned this winter with others
who will be pledged to the Ellswortl
statesman's support. If Mr. Blainesliouh
consent to be a candidate, Mr. Halo w ouh
have an advantage over him at the out
set.
Mr. Blaine is ignorant or the talk 11
would undoubtedly have the intlucnc
and support of Tom Heed and Cnptni
Bordello. Dingley would naturally grai
itate to Blaine, but he would do notion
to imperil his chances for Fryc's place i
1895. A tight between Blaine an
Hale would shako up the Kcpublica
party in Maine. It is not unlikely tin
Got. Burleigh would jump into the arcn
as a candidate. Mr. Blaine's friends at
in earnest in this matter. At the coinin
Portland Convention, wheu the ltcpuhl
cans nominate their candidate for Gov
ernor, it is said that a resolution will I
? resented recommending Mr. Blaine f<
[r. Hale's place.
An Opera Houae Manager in Troubl
Asiikvii.i.r, N. C. ? A telegram wj
sent from here to Roauoke, Vn., to arrei
Edwin M. Spencer, of Ashcvillo, on fit
warrants, charging him with obtainin
money under false pretenses. Speuc
left here Suuday with the Halfe Ope
Company, of which he was manage
Saturday night before he had his person
checks cashed and gave checks to sever
hotels in payment of bills of the coni^an
When the checks were presented Moi
day it was found that Spencer h id i
money in the hank, ami his crcdito
decided ?n his am M. The total anion
is about $350. Spencer was tnnnagcV
Grand Opera House here and unti' Sui
day was proprietor of the Morning 0
zette.
Healing the Breach in Louisiana.
Baton Rouok, La.?Two tonfcren
committors of the divided Louisia
Democrats have reached a mutually >at
factory agreement providing foi
amalgamation of the two factions of t
party and the sending of n single Peni
cratic delegation, unmstructi d, to Chic
go The Foster faction has been ret <>
nized as the head of the party in t
State Uuinstructed deleg-.tcs at lar
Jo the Chicago convention were elect*
f. BLOODSHED IN EDGEFIELD. '
y
ra
t Result of tho Actions of a "White
Cap" Mob.
KdqkKIKI.D, fv C. ?About 12 "'clerk
Monday night several white men went to
a negro house in town where several
i.cgroeu were, ami knocked at the dom
tine of the white men, .lohn E. Paul,
pushed open the iloor, and :e> lie was en
I ring the room lie was shot and killed
by one of the inmates.
One of the ncgio s ha- In en nirested
and a posse are looking for the otheis.
i. This is the legitimate icsult of the
it actions of a mob calling themselves
n "White C'-tps."
LYNCIIINU TltKEATIiXED.
:S
ir Ciiaki.estok, S. C.?Ab >ut 10.AO
0 o'clock Tuesday night. Governor Tillman
d received the following telegram:
g Elmskkii.i.u, S. ('. ? Gov. II 11. Tilld
man: There ate threats of lynching
r Henry tlnllin, who killed John E. Paul.
s The fricuds of Paul live here, and it will
e rcipiirc a guard, possibly until court, to j
< prevent it It will be best to move him
to some other j til. W. S t)U7.iv,Sheriff.
] The Governor replied, instructing
Sin riff Out/.s to protect the prisoner at
all hazards
, Git ken vi LUC, S. C.?The coroner's
y jury, i ivestigating the killing of H. G.
c Gilreath by J. Mints Sullivan, this mornr
ing rendered a verdict of felonious aud
1 willful murder. Seme of the jurous dc- (
9 siied t > express the verdict in stronger
I works.
a LOOKS LIVEL" FOR OMAHA. I
S ,
1 %
i The Third Parly Convention Mnv hp
j More Thnn She Can Chamber.
, Omaha. Nkii. ? V. O. Strieklcr, alio
j lias been deputized for the present in the *
I place of 11. K. Tpube.utcker, pr? sident of
the national executive ? < ininitt e of tinPeople's
Party, is picpuring t<<r tin convention
to bo held here .Inly 21. lie '
j said: "The people of Omaha must do '
r some active hustling in the next three
^ weeks, or thcic is grief in s nr.- for us.
g We l ave secured act oinmodathms for a
j little over fi OHO people, ?.mt there will be 1
R 10,00t) here from this State alone .
"Every State will send big delegations,
j and Kansas and Iowa will pom immense
ctowds in upon us. Mr. Wilkins, chaivman
of the State committee, says that
*. they will have ninety two delegations,
and will bring au army of sightseers.
They want to arrange for a small hotel
N | for their exclusive use. .
zjf / "jncifgq^ is iu the same fix. AjZ?n- (.
f tlem.-in waSJJicn! last w eek front jjny k
' Irotft,tlukt congressional district silbne. I '
1 his pbiiYC?tion wjll bring from 30.000 I ,
p I. ? ]
vuust be prwioed torJ5 T,
\ THE ALLIANCE TICKET.
n
e Talk of Nominating- Senator Stewart
of Nevada for President.
Omaha, Neb. ?The news of the dea'h
of L L Polk, President of the Farmers'
Alliance, was received with many man ,
ifestations of regret among the party ! ml8
eis. It seemed assured th it I'olk would (
be either first or second at the Omaha i
, Convention. It was apparently generally j ,
s undeistood that the independent noin- j
inees should be selected w ith a view to | ?
, concentrate the West and South, a-< the j |
i- latter section should receive the second j ,
t, place.
I To day a new plan developed which 1(
jj seems to meet wi'h much favor among |
e the leaders of the new party in lids sec- j
, t'.oii It is proposcu lo uoiuinaic i mien
i. States S nator William AL Stewart <H
s Nevada for President and Thomas H.
u Watsim, Representative in Ooti?;i sslrom
r Georgti*. for Vi<>? Pwin-idnnt il u- now
,, said that (Jen. Weaver, who hasYapii"hoist-u"
prominently inentiotn d for the first place,
f is strongly inclined to favor this tiekct.
I BETT1E THOMAS-LEWIS CASE.
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An Iinpo tant Suit by Which a Mull
latatto Woman Receives a Fortune, j
^ A special from Wythexillc, Ya., says:
' The famous Ifettic Thonuis-Lcwis ease |
' was derided in the Court of Appeal4, j
Judge Leake's decision in favor of the i
e defendant being sustained. Judge Lacy j
e dissent d. The opinion was delivered
n by Judge Fauntleroy and was fully eon
' curred in by three of the other judges.
The i state is valued at JJa.OOt1, and
" it is said that Het'ie Lewis will receive
' about #90,000 as her share after the exn
penscs of the trial have t een paid. Kaeh
of the lawyers will receive #|o.0t)0 with
18 the exception of Air. Ed^nr Allan, whose
e p it ion, it is said, will Ire $A0,000.
rt dearly f tw.uuo goes 10 me neirs ai-iarv.
l" Lottie Lewis is a mulatto and is the illcgetimate
daughter of the late Ms \V. A.
,u Thomas, who was a well known resident
)r of Richmond. The ease has been in the
omts since the spring of 181)0 and has
attracted great interest throughout the
0. entire country.
18 A Recoiver for tho Railroad
st
jC A special from Atlanta, Ga.. says:
ijr "Upon the petition of \V. 1*. Clyde, T.
L.r C. Mail en and \V. A. Goadly, tiled in the
rR Circuit Court of the Unite I States for the
T eastern district of Virginia, Judge Bond
a| has appointed F. W lluidekoper and
ft| Ileuhen Fas'er, of Baltimore, receivers of
y, | the Hic'imond A Danville Railroad Comn.
I pany, and all its leased and operated lir.es
an I of rail and steamboats. Mr Huidekoner
us is now in Atlanta and has received posnt
session from Presid ent Oakinan. Orilcrs
of will be immediately issued appointing
ii. t lie same operating oflicers now in control.
,t This movement has been taken in an
ticipation of possible adverse action by
I Judge Speer, upon the Georgia Central
petition now before him, for the protection
of the property in the interest of all
ce s curity holders."
an Orders have been issued by the rceoiv
is. j era for the transfer of the offices of the
nn ; company from Atlanta, to Washington
he where the headquarters will be re-est ahio
lished.
a- The operation of the various lines of
g- this great system will continue, at least
he lor the present, without change and to
ge the general public the c mdition of red.
?civersbip will make no difference.
\ 9
COL. POLK'S FITNERAL? ^ ^ ^
Tlie Alliance Chieftain Laid Away
at Raleigh.
Impressive Ceremonies nt the Orave.
Senators Potter and Irby
Present.
livi.Kii.n. N. C.- The lament private
funeral evei he'd lu re was that el I. L.
I'olk The Fiist Baptist eliuich, in which
the services were held, could not contain
hall the people. Ami y? t i' was a city
funeral. Ihcue were vciv lew Alliauce*
men present The news did not reach
thein soou enough. Many of them
thought, ilie body, if brought here at all, i
would lie hroughl later.
It wits :| o'clock in the ntteriioon when
the special car from Washington iirrived.
In ill's was the hotly and the following
I ulies and gentlci en Sciui 01:; Better
uid Irby; Bep esentatives Iv. T Mack*
liouse, of South (.'arolitia: .1. ti. <?t s. of
Kansas, W. A. MoKeigh n, of Nebraska;
W A. Ihaud, and S. It Alexander, of
Ninth t'aioliiiit; O. M Ken. <W. Maunc,
B S Moses, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
linker, W. F. Wynne, .1. II Turner,
Hugh Smith. Dr. \V. Murphy, Mrs.
h rr? Simpson, Mis. lten Terrell, Mrs.
N. A. Dunning, Mr. and Mrs .1 A Al*
iuitton, Mrs. h . A. Dwvr and M s. .1 (5.
i ujy. There wore fully ."??>?> people at tho
I .it ion. A procession w as I lined. The
}.dl hcarcrr were of th Washington par1
v. The remains were ni erne taken to
e First Baptist church During the
[i tssago of the procession through the
ireels the bell of the city hull was toiled.
\tliecJiur. li 'he casket was opened and
\.is banked with flowers, many of \v)ii< h
aeio brought from Washington In the I
'.idieuce was Gov. llolt and the officers
i tlie Stale Alliance, (save President
Marion Hotter who could n<?t reach here
n time,) the mayor ??f Raleigh; Vice
President A. H. Andrews, of the Richr.oiul
& Danville Ha Iroad; Grand Sire
llnsbee, of tin- Odd Fellows, etc. Rev.
!)i. .1. \V. Carter, pastoi of the church,
icad a passage oi Scripture, Rev. Dr T.
II. Skinner prayed, a.wl R^v. l)r. .1 I.
Hall, pastor of tbc Captisi. Tabcruaol ,
lead another selcetion. A short sermon
was preached by Rev. Dr. Carter, from
the text: "Th or knowest not. whut a
day may bring forth," in the course of
which he alluded to Polk's earnest work
for the church in the State and country.
A quartette choir sang, "Abide with
me, " and l)r. Gai ter announced ^i hm
mid II. E King. These represent the
church, the Alliance and c.'tiz us. The
procession, which was u very Krge one,
then made its way to Ortkwood Cenetery.
In a carriage was Mrs. Polk and her three
daughters. The burial place was on the
slope of a hill and when the procession
arrived there more than a thousand people
were found on the spot. The t hreo preach
rrs took their positions at the head of the
grave. Rev. Dr Carter made some remarks,
Rev. Dr. Hill prayed and l.'ev.
Dr. Atkinson pronounced the benediction.
I'lie party which came from Washington
led at 0:15 on its return. Then1 was
much curiosity to see PdTci and Macinic,
particularly. There were no Al'ianco
ceremonies whatever, although the order
has an impressive burial service.
Already there are, of eouise, speculations
ns to who will take up the work
which Polk wasdoing lor the Titiiil party.
It is stud a Minnesota man is prominent.
Of course it is not yet known what will
bo done, with the Progressive Farmer,
lie left no fortune, 'linril' H mi n>Uc.
of no order save the Royal Arciiunm and
the A'l aucc
a. .. ..r ....i..... ,.r f.i i.
At H uat'vung ui ii ii HI ii ivimo m
the late t'ol Polk. held hero in the evening.
it whs determined t<> < nil a public
meeting here June 22nd I'm the purpose
of organizing the Po'k Memorial A* .m i ition
looking to the erection of a suitable
monunn nt to his nienmrv
Probable Cabinet Changes
B.M.TiMORf, Md.?One of the in i t
prominent Kepublicans in the city has
received a communication from President
Harrison which sneaks in glowing terms
of General Felix Agnus' services to the
administration during the past four
vents. The gentleman who received this
letter said: "The Presideut finds it necessary
to place a Southern man in his
cabinet. It is an expedient and wise
move, but there is no one close enough
to the President in the South to be created
Secretary of State. The final nrinngement
will he found to he that Secretary
Tncy will he given the portfolio of State;
Secretary Klkins will be put in charge oi
the Navy Depart meat, ami Gene nl Agnus
will be created Secretary of W ir."
Attempted Suicide.
Asiikvii.i.k, N .Mrs. iietsy Chain*
ben, living in Hay w ood conutry, attempted
suicide by cutting her tin oat with a
razor. Three ugly gashes were made in
her throat, exposing but not severing
the jugular v in IMiysici ins say she
will die from neivous prostratiou if the
wound does nat kmi ner. inc. icuauu
g veil is that she cotihln't sleep til nights
and didn't feel wcl'. The would be
suicide is 90 years old.
A Murder Followed by a Lynching.
Kkoho, Wash, ?A report of the brutal
murder of the foreman of the binith
Brothers cainp by four Italians, fo1 lowed
by the lynching of the mud-rer , was
brought here. John A Nelson was the
victim. The white men at the c imp,
numbering about tlO. became so enraged
that they seized the Italians aod lynched
them
Ohain-Oang for Charleston.
Chaiilrhi'OM, 8. C.?At a special meeting
of the city council the chain gang
j iiill whs rat tied and beeatne an ordinance.
The following compose the board of commissioneis
who will have the matt- r in
charge: Alderman J. I) Murnh^and A.
\ Kr eg and Messrs. Henj. Mclnnis, Jr.
Ijadsdcu Phillips and Hcurjf SahL