The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 07, 1892, Image 1
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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
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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.
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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$.
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ALLIANCE COLUMN.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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
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. 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.
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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 $5,000 for a
fight at the conc usion of hi9 engage- j
meats, a period of a year.
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POLITICAL WORLD.
Candidates, Conventions, Nomina
tions. Elections.
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All the News of Political Movements
i of the Four Parties.
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Hon. William Dickey was sent to tht
Maine Legislature in 1842, and they are
sending him there yet. He was re-elected
at the recent election. He is eighty.- one
years old.
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J. J. Mclntash, Democrat candidate
for Congress in the Sixth Nebraska dis
trict, has withdrawn, finding that he is
not a citizen. . J
Ex-Cougressman Crapo and Congress
nan Henry Cabot Lodge are the an
nounced Republican candidates for
United States Senator from Massachu
setts to succeed H. L. Dawes.
Hon. W. M. Fishback, Governor- elec*
of Arkansas, will make Domocratic
speeches in New York and Ten&essee.
Republican convention at Staunton, Va.,
has nominated W. C.; Fianklifl^ of Ap
pomattox, for Congress/ ""
It is reported that Mr. Blaine may de
cide to enter the Senate instead of Mr.
H;ile, whose successor is to be chosen by
the Legislature elected in Maine this
week. Hale is a cartdidate for re-elec
tion.- ! ?
There are but 190 colored voters in
North Dakota. .There are 15,000 in the
city of Baltimore. Baltimore has an
are 4 of thirty-two square miles; North
Dakota has an area of 70,000 square
miles.
The total vote for President in 1684
was 10,048,561. In 1888 it was 11,38$,
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.
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MINLEY WAGES j
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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."
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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 .
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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 $4 to ?3.50 per ton. Eighty
five were thrown out in March, 1892, by
the closing oC one lurnace.
"28. He (John De Witt Warner) should
not forget; the 25,000 employes in the
Fall River cotton mills, who had their
\vage3 increased on July 11.
The legai change of hour* .rora sixty
to fifty-eight per week caused no reduo
tion of wages, because the employes
were contemplating a strike to ge: \j>aok
a reduction of 10 per cent in 1834.^
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The Emperor or Chiua at ilonifc
A little on the north, actually \raMn.j
the "Prohibited City," are ninyhuge
palaces, separated by courts, otfe suc
ceeding the other, and each gs agacioui
as that of the Louvre. Thie is mosl
private portion of ttie palace, ihe IQtnei, ?
or "great inclosure," which is grand and
imposing, but at the same time simple,
and with nothing theatrical about it,
Here is lived out the mysterious exist
ence, ths strange destiny, imposed bj
tradition for some thirty centuries on
sovereigns of Ohioa. As the Son of the
Earth and of Heaveo, the Emperor owet
his supremo authority to his divini
origin. His titles, which remind us o$
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
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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.
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