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CAMDEN, S. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1892. NO. -23. 1C1SC0 it sees street te first a nsws > agmina* cquitta], charged rbo pub STATES' BRIEFS. :c Dispatches From Many 'oints of Interest. of Virgina, North and Carolina Carefully Hean?d For News. VIRGINIA. Anderson, of Danville, w ho v lacerated by a circular ?aw, ?s. in s-pite of his injuries. said that 30,000 poodle visited ion Wednesday. Every steam could be brought into requisi on the line, and, ca ried their iplement. Theic were no ? op Alexandria. \ e Camper, of J?oar.oke. was in bu'ation Mogdgg. for< during a ae thief made off V; h the Bible he usually swears witnesses. Lancelot Partlow, of Spotsyl ceuntv. is ninety thr e years of is still in vigorous ieilth He me of the escorts o General ttte from the Wilderness Tavern to icksburg in 1*24. Isabella G. Lee died of heart and t oubles Monday at her liome in n. She was the widow of Rich enry Lee. who was a ccusin of Robert E Lee. Mr;. Lee was the ter oX-William Hunter Wilson. Old McLain House, at Appomat ie scene of Lee's sui render to has been purchased by Northern who propose to tear down the g and reconstruct and put it on it ion at Chicago. Lalla H.?rrison, cf Lecsburg, on county, has been selected as the beautiful woman in the Mate to tseot it as one of the original thir States at the Columbian Exposition. NORTH CAROLINA. e Oxford Orph'a Asylum has re ived application far the admittance oi infant git I eiirht months old. The licatiou hai to It rejected. rtoa's circus v.as lately at WfHtes \> and a certain Wilkes man was ced by the sha.pers who arc always ?ng. When the man's wife found it she gave him a genteel thrashing and le him promise not to go an y where y more without some one along to^ ke care of him. The Silver Valley mines, in navidson unfy, are being pashed to great suc ess. About -seventy five hands are now mploj?>> and th?v are mining from ten ;o sixteen tons of solid ore per day. Another new enterprise for Wilmiog :on is ?kc Standard Veneer Package ompanv, which has been put in opera ion within the p;ist two wteks. It is for the manufacture of grape baskets. | ?nd turns out 15.003 per day. It will ! also manufacture bands, berry crates aud all other goods made of veneer. Mrs. Catherine William', a widow Pladv living in r-^unty. committed suicide Monday.- She tied her ha ids together and I kid d:?wn in a caoal of ? ? ' wa er about six inches deep. She wat fouud in that position. It is supposed she was i' s>ne. Another suicide is Jim Meadows, a citizen oVWiliirington. Fie went home drunk, o&t his wife and then drank a large quantify of laudanum, which ended hi* life in a few hours ia spite of the efforts of physicians tc revive him. He was driver for the hook and ladder com pany and was a young man. A ''Virginia D:re Association" is being organized by the la lies of the State to aid representing North Carolina at the World's Fair. SOUTH CAROLINA. Darlington has open a market for the sale of leaf tobacco, and the to!>acco farmers are realizing good prices there a?*<? Florence. The royalties collected from pho-phate pf'tdac^s by the State of South Caroliua fjr.the month of August are as follows: F. W. Wagecer .& Co.. $198.48; Coosaw Mining Co., $->,916.85; Oak Point Min ing Co., $1,166.49; Beaufort Phosphate Co., $10,203.90; Farmers' Mining Co., $8,805.78; Carolina Mining Co , $6,752.59, and Sea Island Chemical Co., $6 ,899 00. As the royalty is one dollar p?r too, the tota^ output for August was 40,994 ions. The Charleston. Su liter and Northern Riilroad Company has completed its ex tension from Beouelisviile, b. ('., to Gib son, N. C . opening up quite an ex tensive 6el<i for business. As soon as the branch is inspected by the State railroad commission traffic will l>cgia. At Charleston the Southern Fibre Co. has organize i by tha election of C. F. Pankin. presidenr, and Themis J. Price, s cr?.tary and treasurer. The conce-n intends *o estnb ish a plank for preparing Southern mo s by a new decor, icition process. A compuiv his b en chartered at Dar lington for the nurp se.of building a $L00,000 tobacco factory. OTHER STATES. Government employ* > arc on a strike at New Orlc.'iU;. to cnforcc the new eight hoar law, which the officials. as usual, are trying to disregard. A shipment of two hundred bales of cotton was recently made Irnbi Snn An tonio, Texas, to Yokohama, Ja^an. A Fatal Accident in Wil&ea, \V iNston. N. (X? Particulars of a sad and fatal accident in Wilkes county reach ed here. In Union township, Reddies river, the seven-year-old son of John Milams shot and killed his little sister two j ears of age The children were alone at ihe time; hence it is not derin itelv known how the accident occurred. There was :i small shotgun lying on the bed. The father was away from home, while the mother and another child were out in the garden picking beans. The in th.-r hc*rd th: ivp^rl of the gua a d ran immediately into tlie h. -uso. The child was dead, the entire load having struck under the v*1* and ranged upwards. The mother is- almost frantic. Uew York Free of Cholera. New York, N. Y. ? Taere are no nw ca^es or suspected cases of cholera report ed. Dr. Wilson seems to be of the >pinion that the dreided disease has been uinped in the bud. Tlier^ are now only seven bouses directly tinder qua-antiue. but that, as Dr. WiUon s?ys, is merely as a precaution. Pledged to Cleveland. Cer.uMBiA. S. C. ? The State Demo c *tic convention met here with 316 de rates. 264 lejng Tillman's majority, >*r.?i^htonts numbering 264. Cleveland r sidential delegates were -busen, and bsraoay reigr ed. ' UNION VETERANS AT RICHMOND, j Til ey Ricuvi Hospitalities on All Sides aud L*e Camp Keeps Open Ilouse. " I Richmond. \*A.--Thc second day of | the Grand Army of the Rcpu >lic visit, here was spent very p! asantly. There arc mviy lilies with the soldiers and they are gaily bedecked with medals, : badges, etc. Every incoming train from the north j brings a delegvtiou of Grand Army of i tire Republic Yc'erans at.d 4,000 are now j in the city. The streets a e crowded with ex soldier# and upon every corner j can be seen h-ppy groups of men. some J of whom wore the blue and others who ; were clothe \ in gray Reminiscences of ( the times that tried m9n*3 souls and | wiung burning tears from the brave j worn n of the land are discussed in per i feet friendliness and the past strife is i fo'gotten in cordiil and friendly greet ing*. Phil Kearney Post's headquarters are ( optra for the reception of the visitors, j Ice water, lemonade and information arc i furnished frte. Lee Camp is keeping ; epen house and two largi lunch ?ables ; a:e s. read with good cheer and comfort ' for 5. 000 people. They are doing all in i thsii power t r the pleasure and cnter ? taicment of the men whom they so fiercely fought over a quarter of a cen j tury ago. The Grand Army Republic I people are greatly pleased with what Lee ; Camp is doing lor them, and siythey . will spread the Camp's praises through - | cut the land. Mauy of the visitors made excursions to the hatt e gaounds, despite [ the bad weather. Members of L'eCamp j and Phil Kcnrney Post arc piloting the i old veterans an! showing them every attention. Large numbers went down to Seven Pine*, many visited Petersburg, while others went over to B lie Isle and Ma ncheater. - * | Industrial Development in the South. " The new Southern industries mention ed in the Manufacturers' Record 'of Bal timore, in its issue of September 23, indi cate a marked increase in the establish ment of new enterprises in the South. Some of the more important items are summarized below: the Columbia Barb Wire and Nail Co , in which Indianapolis parties are chiefly int ersted, intends build ? ^l.ng a lar^e plant at Kanawha City, W. V&. The Towles Manufacturing Co. has been incorporated iu Baltimore with a capital of $15 000, for the purpose of manufacturing uuderwear. The Roan oke Mineral Wool Co. will double it? plant at R>anoke, Va Cobb& Erwin, of Athens Ga , intend to build a cotton mi 1, arfd have chirtered $35,000 com pany for the purpose. The Standard , Cotton Mills, of Rock Hill, S. C., hive decidcd :o increase their capital by $30, ? 0. John Cudahy, of Chicago, is the chief mover in a concern that wi 1 build a 1 500.000 abattoir and packing house at Nashville. Tenn.- The Galveston Fruit Co , has -been chartered and will manu facture candies, canncd goods, > etc., at Galveston, Tex. J. F. Baxtgr, of Nash ville, tsorganiz ng a compau; to crect a $15,0)0 cement plant at Chettanooga. A $10,0 0 company at Knoxville, T?nn., will manufacture a patent housc-door . letter box. Capitalists of Meridian,^ Mi s. , are to build a cotton comprcss in their city. The On aha & South Texas Land Co., arranges for the erection of a $350,000 car works plant at Houston Heights, Tex. A $25,000 stock com - \ pany incorporated at Pewce Valley, Ky., inteuds manufact *ri g wines and brand ies. The Wells Branch Coal Co , of West Virginia, Ins been chartered for mining purpose uith a capital stock of $100.?:00. A compa v has been foimed to build a $10.0 0 ro ler mill at Quitman, Ark. The Keystone Mills have been chartered At Evans. Ark., to operate a saw m il. ^xith a capital stock of $20,000. James McCoy, of Harriman, Tenn., has com me ? ced the erection of a muck bar mill. A $10,000 elcctric company has . been chartered at Darlington, S. C. F. I>. Farmer will invest $10,000 in'a saw and flouring mill at Kinggold, Va. The Dar lirgton (S. C ) Tobacco Co. has charter ed for manufacturing purpose, with a cipital stock of $10^,000.- Phi lad- 1 - phians have decided to crcct at Newport, Tenn, a tannery that will employ 200 men. The Sommerfield Brewery Co , \> ith a capital stock of $200,000 has ob t lined a charter at Baltimore, Md. j ~ I An Old Confederate Flag Eeturaed. Siikm>y. N. C. ? Amidst a twnult of applause from at least a thousand spec tators the silken banner belonging to the j Cleveland Guards was returned to its j original owners by a committee of five, j r? presentiiyj^he city of Boston, to whom it had been given i y the Ninth Massa chusetts Infantry, who captured it at H:?nover Courthouse, Va., May 29, 1862. The flag was presented to the Cleveland Guards, the first company that enlisted : from Cleveland county, by the ladies of j Shelby, and was carried by that organ ization about a year before it was cip turcd. After the war it wss given to the city of Boston by the company which ca tured it, and was kept untii recently, w h -n, by the resolution of the board of aldermen and common counoil, was ; ordered to be ^turned to its original i owners, and the mnyorwas authorized to | >.ppoir>t a delegatioji^to deliver the flag. | The delegating consisted of Alderman i John H. Sullivan" who represented the nwyof; ..Aider man Thomas Fr Xeenan, [| president of the common council ; David s F. Birry, Assistant Clerk John T. Priest and Mr. George H^McLeid. They were met, at Charlotte by the committee, and on their arrival here were escorted by a military company to the Shelby Hotel, | rrherc a banquet was served at night. The presentation exercises were held in the courthouse, which was beautifully decorated with bunting and Sowers. SLe Only Is Left. - Montgomery. Ala ?Since the death of Governor Watts, thcr^ is but one sur viving member of Mr. Davis' cabinet, Hon. Jchn H. F.eagan, of Texas, who W:V5 Postmaster General of the Confed er.ite States. lie 13 still hale and hearty. After serving in the United States House j of Representatives and the Senate, he is i now one of the railroad commissioners ! of T.xas. If the tima had allowed him ' to reach Montgomery, he would no j doubt bo here tj attend the funeral of ; his beloved friend and colleague. A Bcv Breaks the Bicycle Reeor d. Independence. Ia ?Accompanied by tworuoniug horses as pace makers, John Johns n, the boy bicyclist, broke the bicycle recoid for one mile this afttroooo, making the phenomenal time of 1.5# 3-5. He passed the firs: Quarter in 29?, the half mi e. in 58|, ana *be three quarter post ii*. 1.28$. . - ' f. ' ? -a" ; Jt. " - ALLIANCE COLUMN. I Mormation and Reading Gil' 0 and Gleaned. Til* Naws Pertaining to th. ~cs: Widespread Oidc in the Land. Join the Farmer'6 Alliance and Indus trial Union. It is the laborer's hope, the poor man's friend, the great educator, 'the foremost missionary for good. It will give you principles worth support ing, and teach you the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God. ? * * * ? * The Farmers Al iance are fighting three Congressional districts in western New York and pushing forward a rig orous Eastern camp aign in all the East ern States. Something is bound to drop soon in the very strongholds of pluto cracy. Wait and watch. * H * * 0 * MORTGAGE FIGrRES. Foreclosures since 1860 have bten rr. follows: 1360?115.000.000 1870 - $23,00 ) 000. 1880? $5 1,000, 0^0. 189')-- $63, 000, 00). If this is prosperity, make the most ofi t. ****** PRESIDENT LOUCKS IN GEORGIA. President H. L. Loucks, of the F.tnr er's Alliance and Indust-ial Uni >n. wh ? has been lor some weeks campaigning in Tennessee, writes the na ional organ: t:I have had good meetings here. Bro. McDowell is making a great campaign, and one th ?t will surprise the 'machine' on November 8. If all the Stale is eq-'n' in enthusiasm to the coun'ies wheje 1 have been, we will carry the Sfatc." He lectured in Georg'u as follows: HomerfriUei Clinch coun y, September -19; B&inI iridge, Decatur county, Sep tember 20; Albany. Dougherty co:i.ty. September 21; Americus, Sum tcv county, Sentember 22; Fort Valley, Houston county, September 23. * * * * * * Brunclidge Primirv Alliance: By res | olution the members of the Brundidge Primary Alliaace de'ermi : ed to hold , their cotton and keep it oft the marks ' until October 1, and longer if possib'e unless in the meantime the price should advance sufficiently to justify them in selling, and ask all planters "to co oper ate with them. Accordingly the secre tary was instructed to request all reform papers throughout the cotton States to publish same. ****** ?? Arkansas. ? State Alliance Convention ? Lis' of officers foi 1892-'93: President? D. E. Barker, Birkada, Drew county. ~ Vice President ? W. F Dowell, Fay elteville, Washington county. Secretary? L H. Moore, Alst n, Franklin county. Treasurer ?Dr. G. Kid .veil, Chism vilK-, Logan county. Lecturer? Homer Priace, Searcy, Wh;te county. i i i 1 ik ? The Virginia State Alliance, at Rich 'mond, passed resolutions of condolence upon the death of the late Col. L. L. Polk. Also the Floyd County Union. Georgia. Also the annual Alliance meeting of the Territorial Lo^ge, in council convened August 9, 1862, at Checotah, Indian Territory. They have been forwarded to the widow of deceased. BY L. K. TAYLOR, EDITOR "THE TOILER," STATE ORG AM F. A. AND t. U., TENN. From all over the country romcs the rinuing protest of free labor against the impositions of organized capita'. Each week we arc called upon to chronicle the facts concerning ;i clash lvtwccn organ ized capital on the one hand and organ ized 1 tbor on the ether. The relations batween these necessary fact rj in Ameri can development are being strained to the utmost. This is no go d omca to aggregated wealth. Down in Tennessee the past few weeks have witnessed a most serious conflict. The State has a system by which the convicts are leased to a private mining company. This company has practical control of the vast conl iields of cast Tennessee, a-.el with the convicts rs a "club over the head of free labor,'' it has intimidated the free miners unt 1 they were driven to the desperation of an ooen revolt against law and order. Governor Buchanan had but one duty to perform to quell the insurrection; this he did promptly, though it rost the lives of i many men. The feeling in Tennessee is running high. Because the People's party has assumed a bold stand for 'rcc labor the Democraev of Tennessee ha* Governor Buchana "sympathy for the miners." This pro test is not within the bounds of modifi cation. It is the most viudictive de nunciation of modern demagoguery; its result will be to widen the breach be tween labor and capital, and to hurry on the time when our country willst?nd ap palled at the irrepressible conflict wi hin her borders. It is not our purpose to encourage ttrife. God knows it is coming of its own accord too rapidly. It is still fur ther from cur purpose to uphold mon opolistic greed and avarice. pat riotof to day should labor to bring about a serious, sober though in the minds of American voters. Shall wc be content with present cocdi ions politically? Then wc may expect protests, outbreaks, riots, bloodshed and war. It is the pre sent conditions which fathered the stri/e "between labor and capt-'al, and under the present condition ft WflULgflOW moe bitter. Capital w 11 strong and labor more weak." ^^flHpPtOun^el serious thowght. The\ corowPK'tion of wealth is a standing menace to our tree institutions. Will the Americon voter logger trifle with his country's welfare? Will ignorance fo ever clf>se his eyes and prejudice seal his lips? Must we fa^e a terrible conflict or shall American sov erei.nssit in judgment on the ques tion? It is folly to hope that either old party will .^consider a change of affairs. To avert civil strife the People's jarty nuH be allowed to adjust the differences. A Politlca'. D eal in Wiieonaln. I " ' ' Douglas, Wis. ? Among the condition of the People's party fusion proposition adopted by their convection is this: The State Democratic nomine-s for presidential electors are to be withdrawn and Weaver electors elected by the Pop ohstSL Xu consideration of this conces sion the Populists endorse the Democratic St?te nominees for Governor, members of Congress and Supreme judge. . - LABOR'S PROTEST. rushed in a deal KNOCKED OUT BY A NEGRO. | Joe G-oddard, the Australian Pugilist ! ^ets It in the Neck." i I Putf adelphia, Pa.? Joe Goddard, j the Australian champion pugilist, met j his Waterloo at toe Ariel Athletic Club, j in tae presence of 2,000 pers >ns, &t the ; hands of Joa Butler, a Philadelph:a j colored fighter. The negro did not ' weigh 165 pounds, while* goddard was at least thirty pounds heavier. The bout began 10:45 o'clock, and Butler had things n s own way in the first two rounds, knocking Goddard down cleauly by right swings* on the jaw in each round. In the third, when Goddard was groggy, the mill was stopped, after havi g lasted but half a minute. No de cision was rendered. Goddird's right eve was blackened and he was cut in the face, while Butler was only slightly scratched in the face. Goddard made j no pretense wha'ever^f being able to avoid punishment, and made a sorry ex fa bition for a champ:on. He was very weak after the first knock down. The crowd went wild and lustily Gh?ered I But'er.' >' j From Indian Territory -in Wagons, j Newton, N. C. ?About 12 o'clock Monday two covered wagons caflie into Newtoa containing nineteen petsons. One could see at a glance that they were immigrants. They proved to be F. I. Stirewaldt and family and Peter FoX and Sylvanus Moore, his sons-in-law, and their families. They had come all the way from the Indian Territory in their wagsns, and were on their way just eight weeks. They It ft Alexander county last March to try to better their circumstances in the Southwest. They rented a large farm on the Arkansas j river and planted 125 acres in corn. The floods overflowed their crops; all of them took the drills and the outlook became so gloomy that they packed up what j effects they could haul and started on their long journey back to North Caro lina. At Judsonia, Arkansas, Mrs. Moore died of a congestive chill and was buried in the Baptist church yard at that ! place. All of them are very much en feebled by chills, which clung to them throughout their joueaey, and one of the children is now critically ill. AN INJURED HUSBAND'S WRATH _____ . He Publicly Denounces Hi* Enemy in a Circular as a Heartless Villain. Nashville, Tenn. ? Nashville is great ly eicrcised over a scandal newly develop ed. The principals are Joho P. Williams, Vice-President of the Fourth National j Bank, and Mrs. V. Booren, wife of a j prominent citizen. Mr. Booren has is sued a circular, iu wh:ch he says: But for 1 lie pleading of the invalid mother I | of John P. Williams I would have blown j I his brains out long ago. He h s been i very intimate with my wife for the Inst I six months, and as the papers will not | pub'ish the facts, this is the only way I i have of putting the case to the public. I Williams is & heartless villain and I aiiK uot afraid to s%y so." It is rumored that Williams and Bo >x- \ rii will fiojlit a duel Mrs. Booren, wiio j s i beautiful woman, came here recently j f om Dallas. She Shot Him. i Marion, S. C.? Woodruff, a; young j | man formerly of Rocky Mount. N. C , I j for two or three years a lesident of I ! Marion couuty, was shot in the head by ; Miss Ella Smith, a woman of ill repute, j here Wednesday night and died in the ! ! morning. Woodrutf, it seems, charged | Miss Smith with circulating some dam- ? flying re^oit about his wife, who was a . niece of her? and demanded a statement ; which Miss Smith refused to give, where upon they gi ppled and fell to the floor. ! Two persons present caught Woodruff, ! when' Miss Smith, being partially relcas- j cd, drew a pistol and shot Woodruff in j the back of the head as he was rising ' from the floor. He never moved or | .'poke after falling. Deceased leaves a wife and child. j I. 0. 0. F. Define ''Good Moral Char- I acter." Portland. Ore.? One of the most ! important things done by the Sovereign ! (irmd Lodge of Odd Follows was the ! adoption, by a vote of 120 to 25, of a resolution declaring it expedient to re j move the headquarters from Columbus to ; Raltimore Another matter entitled to | mention was the indefinite postponement j of consideration cf a resolution declaring ; it to be the sense of the lodge that a per- j son otherwise qualified who is engaged j in the sale of intoxicating liquors is not ! of such '-good moral character" as con- j teinplatcd by scction 2, article 18, of the i legislature, and th.refore not eligible to j ; membership of a subordinate lodge. ? j The Cotton Crop---A Lower Condition than i n Any Septcmbrr Since 1883. Washington, D. C.? The statistician's J report 9ubmi ted to the Department o* j Agricultute indicates a lower condition i of the co' ton crop than in any September j since 1883. The average is 76 8, against j 82.? last year and 85.5 in 1890. The j declinc since August 1 exceeds 5 points ; ! The State averages are: Virginia 75. j j North Carolina 76, South Carolina 77, ? j Georgia 79, Florida -66, Alabama Mississippi 82, Louisiana 76, Texas 81, Arkansas 76, Tenn^e,. 79. AMurdsrinCold Blood. Sumter, S. C? ? Heoby Smith, a pop u'ar young man, was killed here Thurs day night by a notorious colored criminal named Pi- rson . The negro met little Charlie Smith, brother of Henbv, nud after some words with the child slapped j him. LVer Henby met the negro and accused him of imposing on his little bro- j ther. when Pierson drew a revolver and shot Smith through the head and fled. Diligent search is being made for the niu derer. Hayes Calls on Harrison. Washington. D. C. - Gen. Ruther ford B. Hayes, ex-prcsident of the Unit ! ed States; wearing his Grand Army ut> i ; iform. called at the White House in the morning, and Pres:dcnt Harrison, who is : denying himself tc visitors during the ! illness of Mrs. Harrison, made an ex. ! j ception in favor of his predecessor, arri | received him . Gen. Hayes spent a thort ' time with the President Mitchell a Bluffer and Bully. New Vohk, X. Y. ? James Corbett, in speaking ?.?f C'h ?rley Mitchell, rharacter i.'s'd hiiu as a biuffvr and bully, aiiu cf- ? lered to post a forfeit ' Of $5,000 for a fight at the conc usion of hi9 engage- j meats, a period of a year. idfc,.: Iiiij POLITICAL WORLD. Candidates, Conventions, Nomina tions. Elections. . v \ ' ? ? All the News of Political Movements i of the Four Parties. . ? Hon. William Dickey was sent to tht Maine Legislature in 1842, and they are sending him there yet. He was re-elected at the recent election. He is eighty.- one years old. o | I I J. J. Mclntash, Democrat candidate for Congress in the Sixth Nebraska dis trict, has withdrawn, finding that he is not a citizen. . J Ex-Cougressman Crapo and Congress nan Henry Cabot Lodge are the an nounced Republican candidates for United States Senator from Massachu setts to succeed H. L. Dawes. Hon. W. M. Fishback, Governor- elec* of Arkansas, will make Domocratic speeches in New York and Ten&essee. Republican convention at Staunton, Va., has nominated W. C.; Fianklifl^ of Ap pomattox, for Congress/ "" It is reported that Mr. Blaine may de cide to enter the Senate instead of Mr. H;ile, whose successor is to be chosen by the Legislature elected in Maine this week. Hale is a cartdidate for re-elec tion.- ! ? There are but 190 colored voters in North Dakota. .There are 15,000 in the city of Baltimore. Baltimore has an are 4 of thirty-two square miles; North Dakota has an area of 70,000 square miles. The total vote for President in 1684 was 10,048,561. In 1888 it was 11,38$, 038. This year the ratio of increase will be greater on account of the addition of six new States, and the vote of thrse added tc the normal growth in popula tion in ten years will give a total of, probably, 14,000,000. When William Henry Harrison, the grandfather of Benjamin, ran for Presit <<ent in 1836, -he received 41,281 votes in Indiana. His grandson received in the same State in 1888, 263.361. When Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States, in 1860, lie received 1,865,913 votes in the thiijty two States which then constituted the Union. In the Preiidential election of 1888 the total vote of New York Slate was 1,320,109. New York's total jjki^ year will not be very far from the e^iro' vote cast for Mr. Lincoln in the whole United States thirty- two years ago. The Presidential election falls this year on November 8. The electors chosen in the several States are to meet on Mon day, January 9, to declare the resuU in each. It will be transmitted to Wash inglon by a special messenger in eiacH ca-e, and announced by Congress on the second Wednesday in February. !< lie House of Representatives canvasse3 the electoral vote for President and the United States Senate canvasses the elec " toral vote for Vice-President. The Federal census of 1890 returned the adult white male, population of the United States at 16,940,311. Deducting ?.the aliens, of whom theie are more thai: a million, and the electors resident ini tin Territories, the total number of qualified electois was 15,533,313. Fully 10 pe cent, of these, for a variety of causesi do uot vote. This would give as tho'prob able total of the vote cast for Presijieni 14,0)0,000, the same result as is derived by comparison with previous elections' The banner State for Cleveland in 1 SS was Texas, which save him 146.000 nn j'rity. llanison had., so to speak, two banner States? Kansas, which gave hir.i 80, 1-30. and Pennsylvania, which gaw him 79,458 majority. This yt ar there are four parties in Texas and three it? Kansas, and Weaver is likely to poll a good vote in each. Pennsylvania, in which the fight is a straight one between the two parties and. w ithout complica tions from the outside, is likely to ke p at the lie id of the column for the Repub licans, while Mississippi, under the term of the new Registry law, will pr.?baolv give the largest majority for the Demo cracy. The two States in winch, the colored voters absolutely predominate in number are South Carolina and Mississippi. In South Carolina there are 102,000 white voters and 132,000 colored voters. In Mississippi there arc 120,000 white voters and 150.000 colored voters? a colored majority of 30,000 in each State. Louh iana has more white than colored voters, but it has, on the other hand, more colored voters native born tlrn white voters native born. These are the figures: Colored voters. 119.000; white voters (native born), ? 106,000= foivign born white voters, 2-5,000. 'i ne latt r hold the balance of power, nutnericallv. and this is the only State in the Union where this condition of things prevails \ Peculiar Coast Formation. l'On the northern coast of California, about thirty miles below the mouth o! the Klamath River, is one of the mos intertsting natural formations to b< found in this country," said Calvin R Streator, of San Francisco, to the "writer ? 'It is known," he continued, "as th< Big Lagoon. Here the coast, -which runs north and south up to this point, takes a sharp turn inland, bordered bv very high hill?, running to a distance of ee miles, then turning. .ont _0 -Bakes ai sharp bayr~alaH>st V shaped, and for agesjpasfr VaadibarhM been washing itself up across tine bai until the bar has risen out of the water ten or twelve feet, having a width of about 100 feet and a length of four mile?, reaching across the entire bay. Thi'a b ;i is in the shape of a roof. When there is a storm, the breakers roll up the s:<h' of it, break over and roll down into the bfiy inside, and it is a novel sight to stand there and watch the waters moun tain high on one side and perfectly cvn> on the other. The line between the tv. o at intervals is hidden altogether. Thi* bar is a sort of short cut and can traversed on horseback. In the ?t.:rrn the horseman one mrnute wi'I be hi:: a a * dry on land, the next a large wave wii' roll up, find running under the horse s : feet to the depth of a foot or more, the j rider will be for an instant four miles at j ?ea on horseback." ? Chicago lnt?r- 1 Octac. Masoas of High Degree. Providence. R. I - At tb<; annual convention of the Supreme CauucU of Freemasons of the ThiityUhird Degree of the United Statte being iWld in tjhis city, the thirty-third degree was conferred oa eighteen candidates. ? j i f- i>i. .. .TiJ - Jk ,>.\f Jj f V i MINLEY WAGES j . < . BREAK DOWH. M - I history of the small list of bogus ! WAGE ADVANCES THAT NOW SUP PLIES TWO PARTIES WITH CAMPAIGN* MATERIAL ? BRIEF FACTS LN* RE GARD TO EACH CASE. Thte Hon. John DeWitt Warner, of the New "i ork Reform Club, has com pleted bis investigation of" the twenty eight cases where, according to the American Economist and other high tariff authorities, wages hare been ad vanced in protected indityries since October, 1890. Trustwortb^examineis were sent to each place to get the facts. Tbeir reports were of such a nature that the- Reform Club* has published them as a numbfr of Tariff Reform, and the New i ork Weekly World gave them a'full page. It will be remembered that' the Re^ form Club had prepared and publishe4 in the World and in Tariff Reform a list of nearly 500 wage reductions and-iec^ outs in protected industrW-iface the McKinley act took effect. The protec tionists who had promised higher wage* with the McKinley bill and had been shouting higher wages ever since, began so get uneasy because they could not' tell anxious inquirer^, exactly where wage advances had oflfcttrred. They be gan to search, feeling confident that wages must have advanced in many of the thousands of protected mills in this country. They sent out circulars to n anufacturers asking tbem to report the per cent, that wages had been advanced in their mills since October, 1890. In this way and in other ways they got ! together what purported to be a li& of wage advances. Apparently it did' not cccur to the American Economist editor j (or if it did he was so anxious to publish the list that be did not consider the i consequence of an exposure) that the man | ufacturers might misstate fac's, perhaps to get free advertising, or, it may be, to attract laborer* to their mills. The twenty- three cases of u*age advances" were pub'ished with a flourish in the American Ecojomht. Republican pipers were not slow'in copying the list. At last JicKinlev had been vindicated and the "free trade liars" silenced. 'But the one'grcat fault with the list was that it was short; indeed it wa? its brevity that ji betrayed it in more ways than one. it not only exposed the meager results p[ great promises, but it offered indued^ meut3 to investigation which a more ^ formidable li?t would na?e precluded. If the protectionists were attempting a game of blutf they should have made a list of several hundred advances ? so many thal-'ic would be a very big and very expensive piece of work to make inquiry in regard to all. ^ But twenty thicc cases were just enough to challenge investigation. If a few of them could i be shown to be incorrect, the already small list would be diminished so that even Republican editors would be ashamed to publish it. It was not ex pected by Mr. Warner, when he began the investigation, that the whole list was a fraud and that he would, in the ma jority of cases, get wage reductions for his already long list. The following are I the briefest possible summaries of the list, the quotations being from the American Economist's list of examples of wages advanced under the McKinley i tariff, showing increased per cent. : "1. Haskell Baker Car Company, Michigan City, lnd., 10 percent." Wa;es ^re reduced from 12} to 25 cents per day ia 1889, and restore ! I 12? cents in May, 1890. No change | since the McKinley act took eft.-ct. "2.* Wgoster <fe Stoddard, Walden, [ N. Y., 5 per cent." Strike in 1892, caused a read justment of wageVby which som2 got more and otheis less? total effect not certain. 4 '3. C.amden Woolen Company, Cam den, Me., 10 percent." Four looms got a raise because they changed to heavier work ; weavers earn ings were not increased. "4. Rider Engine Company, Waldon, N. Y. , 5 per cent." No advances in ten years, but icduc- j tions of 10 and 12^ per cent, since 1884. 4 -5. llawPhorne .Mills Company, G !enn ville, Conn., 15 per cent." One man advanced from 11.15 to ??1.25 in July, 1892, and nearly all o? j the 200 employes reduced from 10 to 2 J per cent, since 1890. "6. Aifred Dolge, Dolgeville, N. Y. | 20 per cent." Alfred Dolge has for years had a sys.' j tcm of encouraging employes to work ! for little and to expect more, byadvinc I ing the wages of twenty or twenty-five I cf his more industrious workmen a shil ling* at the end of the year. In Febru ary, 1891, forty or filty received this advance but in February, 1892, no ad vance whatever occurred and many em ployes were disappointed. Numerous reductions each year fully offset these bunched and widely hefftided advances. "7. Lake Super^^jKcber Company, Sault St. Marie, Mich., 15 per cent." 2io advance at all was made in this planing' mill; report was purely for political rtf&sons. "8. J. C. Bass, R"xboro, N. C\, 25 per cent." The two or three employes of this grist | end saw mill never ;:ol less wages than | ! now. The report furnished amusement! for neighbors. "9. Hj I*. Chapman, W,.l:n r?go: >. ' Mich., 1 5 j'T cent." One of the two employe ) j? r,M j apprentice ttnd^d his w rivaaced to 5'? cents per day from 25 cent?. "1". Baltimore aad Ohio Railroad Company, Grafton, W. Ya., 20 per cent." No advances here. ' but the few that have not been discharged by closing of foundries, etc.. have had their wa^cs re duced in the last year from ?2.25 to ^1.57. ??11. Wilkins & Close, May field, N. ' Y., 15 to 25 per cent." I Mr. Wilkins sayi tHe report is false, a; j only the usual advances to new hands have occurred. ^ u12. Close & Christie, MaySeld, N. "i., 15 to 25 per cent." * Same situation af^vo. 11. "13. Oantastota Knife Company, Can taitota, N. Y., 10 per cent.'.' In 1891, by thresUQtug tx> strike, the employes got back about 10 per cent, of ?'C * > r ,'k . 'lU-si -Tl the 20 per cent, reduction made lour or five years a:*o. *?14. New York Knife Company, Walden, N. Y?, 10 per cent." In April and in June, 1S92, about two-thirds of the workers by hafiog a union and by threatening to strike received advances of from 7 to 10 per cent. A general reduction of 10 per cent, oc? curred in 1885, whica the company promised to replace if Harrison was elected. ' "15. Tnor.aston Knife Company, s Thomastoa, Conn., 10 per cent." Same situation as at No. 13. i "16. W. 1\ Epperson, Ladoga, Ind., \ ;.j 10 per cent." vl. Mr. Eppernona reply to the Repuoli-1 ? can ietter sent him is being widely cir culated by Democrats. Instead of ad vancing wages he has had to shut down his heading lactory part ot the time. "17. Pittsburg Reduction Company, Pittsburg, Penn., 10 per ce^t." The proprietor knew of no advanOM and was surprised that such a report was made. "18. Sultan Buggy and Carriage Company, White Pigeon, Mich., 10 per cent." No <tdvance3, but more work for the J e* me pav. ; "19. B. Howitzer, Chaseburg, Wis., 10 per . cent." r ^ Chaseburg has fifty inhabitant*? No Howitzer thure. ? "20. Enterprise Manufacturing Com pany, Manheim, Penn., 30 pprcent." The girls "making socks atAi, ovaralU - at $2.50 to 03 a week became disaatis fied and were irregular at work. The firm advance piece prices from 35 to 45 cents, atid from 11 to 15 cents per dozen. ?' >-i "21. Shaw Stocking Company, Lowell, Mass., 10 per cent." The reduction by law of working honra from sixty to fifty-eight caused no duction of wages of day laborers, but . picce workers may earn less. if "22. Kirgs County Kniting Company, Brooklyn, N. Y., 5 per cent." The ten or fifteen employes know ot no advauce. ? ' : "23. "Western Knitting Mills, Roon- i ester, Mich., 15 per cent." Four apprentices were advanced; many j others of tt.e one hundred employes re ceived reductions from 15 to 12$ cents per dozen. . "24. Western Knitting Mills, Detroit, Mich., 15 per cent." . J Wages have not changed for e?got years. "25. Lucglev & Davis, Oriskany Fal.sV N. Y., 2*5 to 50 cents a day." Twfy foremen and one apprentice ad vanced slightly ; 6ix weayera and one 4jni3hcr reduced from 11 to 16 per cent ; wa^es of other five employes unchanged. "26. William Carter & Co., High landsville, Mass., 15 to 50 cents a day." Five of ninety employes were advanced to prevent them from returning to Eng land. A :fcw other changes in the mills were made because new machines were introduced. _ ,'1 * 4l27. McCorraick & Co., Harria burg, Penn., 15 to 50 cents a day. ^ Forty laborers whose wage3 were re duced from $1.20 to $1.10. last fall had the teu cents restored in June. Forty puddlers on February 15, 1892, were re duced from $4 to ?3.50 per ton. Eighty five were thrown out in March, 1892, by the closing oC one lurnace. "28. He (John De Witt Warner) should not forget; the 25,000 employes in the Fall River cotton mills, who had their \vage3 increased on July 11. The legai change of hour* .rora sixty to fifty-eight per week caused no reduo tion of wages, because the employes were contemplating a strike to ge: \j>aok a reduction of 10 per cent in 1834.^ I 'L I The Emperor or Chiua at ilonifc A little on the north, actually \raMn.j the "Prohibited City," are ninyhuge palaces, separated by courts, otfe suc ceeding the other, and each gs agacioui as that of the Louvre. Thie is mosl private portion of ttie palace, ihe IQtnei, ? or "great inclosure," which is grand and imposing, but at the same time simple, and with nothing theatrical about it, Here is lived out the mysterious exist ence, ths strange destiny, imposed bj tradition for some thirty centuries on sovereigns of Ohioa. As the Son of the Earth and of Heaveo, the Emperor owet his supremo authority to his divini origin. His titles, which remind us o$ those in use at the Byzuntioe oourt, art ' "The Infinite in Virtue and in Science/ the '-Eternal and Solitary One," th? "Unique," the "Sublime," and so on, None dare uttor or write his name dur ing his lifetime, and it is reserved t posterity to sing his praises. Ac tonied from babyhood to being ado aud to t'ae prostration of every dnq;? his presence, he is initiated at five old in the knowledge of the can books, the celebration of rites,, and the history of Oq the approach of his sere a bride is chosen for him the most noble aad beautiful young girli of Mautchu origin, &? well as two secondary princess wives. iDtermioabl* are the marriage ceremonies, in which take part six thousand persons of diftec* ent ranl^ and in which everything-? iq signia cn<}- costumes, gestures and atti tude?, speech and silence, processions and banquets, sac ri Sets and prayers, the most important and the mo3t trivial de tails ?Is regulated with hieratic pre cision. Au<i the roliole life of the man, wh > is absolute mister of -450,000,000 of people, is but one long ceremony, di? v;r!cd into some hundreds of different <tts, now religious now political, but always gnu 1 'in 1 solenn. Even death d >c; no: Iree hiin from his sacked po? sit ail in the majestic necropolis o! i'-in-houu Iiis soul is supposed. to be still i r'onning, amongst funereal *ite?, ths - ? t-ne superhuman duties as in his life 03 earth. ? Harpers Weekly. ! Cheruw & Salisbury Under Hammer. Coixmh; a. O. ? Some time :igo it was m !.U j;;ed tint the 0011 ; holders and ofii' -ia!> of the Cheraw r.nd rfalhUiry Rai!j"oa-.i had begun p'octtdingo in the State cou-t to Ijhvc t lie road s<jld at public auction. The case' has now been heard and under th ? f> ? closure proceed ings Jud'.'c- Withei-^ < hits i&iued a de cree that"th'j it il shall be ksold at pubiiic auction. . . 'I * * T; e 1 .rarest s im ever asYr?d or opened f * ? i s:a_'Ni d.amond was iiica the lJr,uce of Hyderabad, inls^ia, a re.'l to give the jeweler who t ntea _ owned the Imperial, which is considered the iiaest stone in the world. . i ? i