The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 05, 1892, Image 3
MCKINLEY WAGES ]
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history of the small list of bogus
wage advances that now sup
plies two parties with campaign
material ? brief facts in re
gard to each case.
The Hon. John DeWitt Warner, oJ
the New York Reform Club, has com
pleted his investigation of the twenty
eight cases wifcsre,. according to the
American Economist and other high
tariff authorities, wages bave been ad
vanced in protected industries since
October, 1S90. Trustworthy examiners
were sent to each place to get the facts.
Their reports were of such a nature that
the Reform Club has published them as
a number of Tariff Reform, and the New
York Weekly World gave them a'fuli page.
It will be remembered that the Re
form Club hid prepared and published
in the World and in Tariff Reform a list
of nearly 500 wage reductions and lock
outs in protected industries since 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
sc' get uneasy because they could not
tell anxious inquirers exactly where
wage advauces had occurred. They be
gan to search, feeling confident that
wages must have advanced in many of
the thousands of protected mills in this
country. They sect out circulars to
manufacturers asking them to report the
per cent, that wages had been advanced
in their mills since October, 1S90. In
this way and in other ways they got
together what purported to be a list of
wage advances. Apparently it did not
occur to the American Economist editor
- (or if it did he was so anxious to publish
the list that he did not consider the
consequence of an exposure) that the man
ufacturers might misstate facts, perhaps
to get free advertising, or, it may be, to
attract laborers to their mills. The
twenty-three cases of "wage advauces"
. were published with a flourish in the
American Economist. Republican papers
were not slow in copying the list. At
last McKinley had been vindicated and
the "free trade liars" silenced. But' tne
one great fault with the list was that iz
was short; indeed it was its brevity that
betrayed it in more ways than ore. it
not only exposed the meager results of
great promises, but it offered induce
ments to investigation which a more
formidable list would have precluded.
If the protectionists were attempting a
game of bluff they should have made a
list of several hundred advances?so
many that it would be a very big and
very expensive piece of work to make
inquiry in regard to all. Bat twenty
three cases were just enough to challenge
investigation. If a few of them could
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
the briefest possible summaries of the
list, the quotations being from the
American Economist's list of examples
of wages advanced under the McKinley
tariff, showing increased per cent. :
"1. fiaskell & Baker Car Company,
Michigan City, Ind., 10 percent."
Wages were reduced from' 12? to
25 cents per day in 18S9, and restored
12$ cents in May, 1890. No change
since the McKinley act took effect.
"2. Woofer & Stoddard, Waiden,
N. Y., 5 per cent."
Strike in May, 1892, caused a read
justment of wages by which some got
more and otheis less?total effect not
certain.
,43. Camden Woolen Company, Cam
den, Me., 10 per cent."
Four looms got a raise bee iuse they
changed to heavier work; weavers earn
ings were not increased.
"4. Rider Engine Company, Waiden,
N. Y., 5 per cent."
No advances in ten years, but leduc
tions of 10 and 12? per cent, since 1884.
"5. Hawthorne Mills Company,Glenn
villc, Conn., 15 per cent."
One man advanced from $1.15 to
$1.25 in July, 1892, and nearly ail oi
the 200 employes reduced from 10 to 20
per cent, since 1S90.
"6. Alfred Dolge, Dolgeville, N. Y., j
20 per cent."
Alfred Dolge has for years had a sys
tem of encouraging employes to work |
for little and to expect more, by advanc- j
ing the wages of twenty or tweaty-Sve
cf his more industrious workmen a shil
ling at the end of the year. In Febru
ary, 1891, forty or fifty received this
advance but in February, 1S92, no ad
vance whatever occurred and many em
ployes were disappointed. Numerous
reductions each year fully offset these
bunched and widely heralded advances.
k'-7. Lake Superior Lumber Company,
Sault St. Mane, Mich., 15 per cent."
No advance at all was made in this
planing mill; report was purely for
political reasons.
"S. J. C. Bass, Roxboro, N. C, 2j
; per cent."
j? The two or three employes of this grist
and saw mill never got less wages than i
ji now. The report furnished amusemeut
for neighbors,
jfc" k*S. il. L. Chapman, White Pigeon,
Mir:-*;., 15 ror cent.'"
Ose of tue two employes here is r?.n
apprentice and had h?s wa^es advanced
to 50 cents per day from 25 cents.
'-10. Baltimore and oi;;o Railroad i
Company, Grafton, W. Va.,20 per cent." i
No advances here, but tne few that I
have not been discaarged by closing of
foundries, etc., have had their wagesre
duced i: the last vear from 62.25 to
?1.57.
"11. Wiikins & Close, Mayfield, N.
Y., 15 to 25 per cent."
Mr. Wiikins says the report is false, as
only the usual advances to new hands
have occurred.
"12. Close & Chr?stie, Mayfield, N.
Y.. 15 to 25 per cent."
Same situation a? No. 11.
"13. Cantastota Knife Company, Can
tastota, N. Y., 10 per cent."
In 1831, by threatening to strike, the :
employes got back about 10 per coot, of \
the 20 per cent, reduction maie four or
five years ago.
' ?4. New York Knife Company,
Waiden, N. Y?, 10 per cent."
In April and in Jane, 1892, about
two-thirds of the workers by ba7iaga
uuion and bjt'nrearening to strike received i
advances of fron 7 to 10 per cent. A
general red::r;:ioa of 10 per cent, oc- i
currsd in 1SS5, which the company j
promised to replace if Harrison was ;
elect? i.
"i5, Tho v.astoa Knife Co npaay,
Thomaston, Conn., 10 per cent."
Same situation as at No. 13.
"16. W. F. Epperson, Ladoga, Tnd.,
10 per cent."
Mr. Epperson's reply to t'ao Repubii? \
can letter sent him i* bein^ widely cir
culated by Democrats. Instead of ai
vancing waires he haa had to shut down I
his heading factory part or the time.
"17. Pittsburg Reduction Company,
Pittsburg, Penn.? 10 per cent." J_
ine proprietor knew of no advances
aud was surprised that such a report
was made.
"IS. Sultan Buggy and Carriage
Company, White Pigeon, Mich., 10 per
cent."
ISo advances, but more work for the
s? me pay.
'19. B. Howitzer, Chasehurg, Wis.,
10 per cent.*'
Chaseburg has fifty inhabitants-^-Xo
Howitzer there.
4'20. Enterprise Manufacturing Com
pany, Manheim, Penn., 30 per cent."
The girls making socks aud overalls
at $2.50 to ?3 a week became dissatis
fied and were irregular at work. The
firm advanced piece prices from 35 to
45 centSj and from 11 to 15 coats per
dozeu.
4'21. Shaw Stocking Company,Lowell,
Mass., 10 per cent."
The reduction by law of working hours
from sixty to fifty-eight caused no re
duction of wages of day laborers, but
piece workers may earn less.
"22. Kings County Kuiting Company,
Brooklyn, Y., 5 per cent."
The "ten or fifteen employes know of
no advance.
4'23. Western Knitting Mills, Roch?
ester, Mich., 15 per cent.'*
Four apprentices were advanced; many
others of the one hundred employes re
ceived reduction} from 15 to 12J- cents
per dozea.
4'24. Western Knitting Mills, Detroit,
Mich., 15 per cent."
Wages have not changed for eight
years.
4'25. Lacgley & Davis, Oriskaay
Faits, N. Y., 25 to 50 csnts a day."
Two foremen and one apprentice ad
vanced slightly; sis weavers and one
finisher reduced from 11 to 16 per cent ;
wages 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 few other chauge? in the mills
were made because new machines were
introduced.
"27. McCormick & Co., Harris
burg, Pcnm, 15 to 50 cents a day."
Forty laborers whose wages were re
duced from $1.20 to $1.10 last fall had
the ten cents restored in June. Forty
puddlers on February 15,1S92, were re
duced from $4 to $3.50 per ton. Eighty
five were thrown out in March, 1892, by
the closing of one furnace.
4 '23. He (Joan De Witt Warner) should
not forget the 25,000 employes in tne
Fall River cotton mills, who had their
wages increased on July 11."
The legal change of hours from sixty
to fifty-eight per week caused no reduc
tion of wage3, because the employes
were contemplating a strike to get back
a reduction of 10 per cent in 1334.
The Tariff a Tax.
Senator James K. Jones asked the
Hon. C. R. P. Breckinridge, of the
House Ways and Means Committee, to
prepare for the Hon. W. L. Terry, of
Little Rock, a statement of the amount
of tariff duties on a bill of goods bought
by a representative farmer. In reply
Mr. Breckinridge furnished an exhibit
based on actual transactions between Mr.
R. M, Kuox, merchant of Pine Bluff,
Ark., and Mr. D. W. Branch, a farmer,
who bought the goods. Mr. Breckin
ridge explains that this is calculated
upon the basis of copy from the books
of Mr. Knox and upon the rate of taxes
actually paid upon competing articles at
the ports as provided by law. The bill,
as it appears in Mr. Knox's books, is
subjoined :
1SS7. Article. Cost. Tariff.
Jan. 26 To cassimere suit
clothes.S 11 00 S 4 00
2 pair brogans, $1.65. 3 00 75
Feb. 5 1 bell collar. 1 50 75
2pair plow lines.... 70 16
1 pair boy's brogans. 1 25 29
17 1 box axle grease.... 10 2
21 1 Avery plow. 3 50 1 09
2 buck boards, 50c.; 9
pounds nails. 6c... 1 05 29
1 bushel salt, 75c.; 1
pair misses' shoes,
Sl.25. 2 00 63
March 8 1 pair shoes, SI .75; 1
pair hinges, 25c.... 2 00 50
1 vard waterproof.. 75 30
26 1 pair brogans. 1 60 37
2 yards calico, at 10c. 20 9
1 water bucket, 25c. ;
1 spool thread, 5c.. 30 9
April 9 11 pounds nails, 62.. 6 ) 14
22 2 bats, 65c.; 1 yard
lawn, 50c........... 1 SO 51
20 yards stripe, 12><e 2 5'J 1 06
14 yards calico. 10c.. 1 40 60
3 yards jeans 50c.... 1 50 70
y. dozen thread. 40 13
12 yards ticking, 25c. 3 00 1 25
1 set cuos and saucers 75 29
May 8 1 kni-.e.. . 75 25
June S 2 pair men's shoes... 4 00 47
1 pair suspenders.... 75 20
24 10 yards bleached do
mestics, 12KC. 1 25 54
July 25 2 suitsc.'thes, 57.50, $9 16 50 5 T9
2 yards oil cloth, 40c. 80 12
10 yards gingham 10;. 1 00 35
1 curry comb and
brush. ic 5
Aug. 19 35 yards baz^m?. 9c. 8 15 1 05
1 bundle ties, $1.50; 12
lbs. nails, 5c. GO IS
Sept s 14 lbs. nails, 5c. 7j 21
1 box axle grease, 10
lbs. soda, 10c. 20 6
16 35 yar.ls bagging, %
lb. 8c. 2 50 95
1 bundle ties. 1 5'j 39
10 yards osnaburgs,
He. 1 10 34
Oct. 24 1 suit jean^; clothss_ 7 50 2 07
2 wool hats, $L and
$1.-0. 2.-0 1 02
1 boy's wool hat. 75 33
10 yards worsted. 2 Je.. 2 00 37
1*3 yards wor.st-^d, L7c. 2 -JO <j.;
1 set plaies. 05 :_'4
1 ;-et goblets. K3 :_>4
1 set kniv- s an 1 Jorks. 2 75 M
2 dish??, 40c an I 60c.. 1 00 36
35 yards bagging, ^c.. 2 80 1>9
1 bundle ties. :j 13 <r,
$101 50 SO
Projection a::d Wa-es.
4,Xo intelligent advocate of a protective
tariif claims that it i3 able of itself, to
maintain a uniform rate of wages?with
out regard to fluctuations i:i the supply
of and demand for the products of
lab >r. But ic is confidently claimed
that protective duties strongly tend to
hold up wa^es and are the only barrier
ag*;ost a reduction to a European
scale/'?President Harrison's Letter.
WAGES PER WEEK IV EUROPE.
Free-trade lYotectfl
J-"n_-'.-i:ii. Germany.
Blacksmiths.>'.?.^> $4.0)
Carpenters. '.'.75 4.11
Machinist:.. 9.<i0 4.60
Painters. 8.92 4.82
Mason?.h.UO 4.';7
Shoemakers. 6.00 2.95
Laborers. 5.29 8.11
CARNEGIE MEN ARRESTED.
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The Charges Against Them Are Asrgra- 1
rated Riot and Conspiracy.
A Pittsburg dispatch says: Burge-s j
McLuckie, of Homestead, went be:ore ;
Alderman King, of th: s >u:h si le. Th?r j
d?y afternoon, and made information !
.'.gainst Chairman II. (*. Frick, V.ce i
Chairman Leischraan, Sec*etarv L j >v,
Superintendent Potter and Messrs. ( urrv
and Childs, all of \h>: Carnegie Stefl j
company, limited, charging th m with !
aggravated riot and conspiracy. It is !
presumed the charge of riot is base 1 on i
the attempt to land the Pinkertons oc I
July Gth, the day of the riot. & cr< tary i
L'.vej >y was arrested later in the d y,
and warru.ts were issu d tor the othi r-. ;
Informations on the same charge were :
also made against lawrcace Phipps, W. 1
H. Correy. J F. Dover, Nevia itfcCon- !
uel'. Fred Prim r nu-i George Lauder, a i
employ s f-f the Carnegie company, and
Wiliian-? Pink-, rton, Robert Pinker ton, li.
B. Mellon, John Cooper, C. W. Beddle,
W. II. Burt.
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH.
Notes of Her Progress 2nd Prosperity
Briefly Epitomizea
And Important Happenings from Day
to Day Tersely Told.
A news special fr. m Austin, Texas,
says: Governor Hogg issued a proc
lamition. last Wednesday, quarantining
again-t New York Mid other places
where cholera now prevails or may here
af er appear.
A news special from Winchester. Va.,
says: Harry Smootz, **ho was s?ntenc d
to be hanged Octob r 7th, for the mur
der < f Miss Susie Farrall, of Sheppsrds
town, in January, committed suicide at
Charlestown Wednesday morning from a
a do?e of morphine. It is not known how
he obtained the poison.
A Nashvil'e dispatch of Wednesday
says: John B. Gunter, recently nomina
ted for congress by the republicans of
Hie fifth congressional district, lias de
clined the honor on the ground that
"There is no use running a republican for
congress in this Gibraltar district of
Tennessee democracy."
A Richmond, Va., dispatch of Thurs
day says: Lee Camp (,'otifedera'c Vet
erans is keeping open house for Grand
Army men who ere visiting the city. Ta
bles with lunch are daily spread for thou
sand--, while punch is being dispensed
from a punch bowl out of which ever?
president of the United States from Jeff
eison is said to have draik.
A Columbia, S. C. dispntch says: The
state board of health on Tuesday estab
lished a quarantine agninst railway lines
entering the state. Unless the cboleri
scare becomes m >re pronouncci the regu
lations will re quire only a rigid inspec
tion of all passengers and baggage enter
in* the ftate, particularly from New
York, and will interfere but slightly with
trav.-l and traffic.
The trustee3 of the North Carolina
State Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege at Rdeigh elected the following
r.ew professors: B. Irby, of Georgia,
profesor of agriculture, vice Chamber
lain, resigned; Wallace Riddick, of
Wake county, N. C , professor of m >tb
coiatics ani practical mechflnisr, vice
Kenealy, resigned; R. E N>bl*, (if Ala
bama experiment station, was elected an
assistant chemist at the fetation at Ral
eigh.
A meeting of the first mortgage bond
holders of the Orange Belt Railway Com
pany, of Florida, was held in New York
City, Thursday, to consult upon the
question of foreclosure of the mortgage
on the property. It was decided to in
struct the c mimittee to spare neither
pains nor expense in cal'ing to account
those responsible for the mismanage
ment of the railroad. The committee
was instructed to interven' and prevent
the for* c'osure of the mortgage pending
in the United States couitof Florida.
A Jacksonville, F'a., dispatch says:
Dr. Joseph Y. Porter, state health officer
of Florida, was shown a report s nt cot
from Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, an
nouncing a death r.t Ne v Smyrna, Fla ,
*rom yellow fever, and siid: "I have no
information of yellow fever at New
Smyrna or a: ywhere else in Florida. If
th? r .* was acre there or anywhere else
in the stare I shou'd know it as - soon as
discovered. The law in Florida is very
stringent about reporting such cases.
There is no truth in tiie dispatch from
Wilmington
A Savannah, Gi., dispatch says: H.
M. Comer, president of the South Bound
railroad, resigned Tuesday, and B A.
Denmark was elected to succeed him.
Mr. Comer's resignation is on account of
duties as receiver of the Centra] railroad,
which require his entire attention. The
Florida Central and Peninsular stock
holders have confirmed the lease of the
South Bound and the work of building
the South Bound to Florida will be^in at
once. President Duval is now in Europe
negotiating for money.
Bondholders of Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad met in the office of th :
Mercnnt?e Trust and deposit Company
at Baltimore Thursday. Three hundred
and forty-nine bonds held in Baltimore
were represented and 170 New York
bonds. The meting was held to pro
test against the issuing of receiver's cer
tificates to build a branch Hue to Thom
asville, Ga., f.nd for other purposes. A
resolution was adopted instructing the
Mercantile Trust and Dcp sit Company,
tiu tees of the bonds, to resist the issu
ing of receiver's certifica'es and in case
the defaulted July interest be not paid to
foreclose the mo tgaze.
A News special of Wednesday says:
Citizens residing on the government res
ervation at Fortress Monroe, Va., have
been thrown into a state of great axcite
meut owing to a receipt of a general or
der signed by the secretary of war pre
r?'-rnp'oriIy < rdering that every hou*e in
cluding Hygliaand Chamberlains new
hotel to be vacated within fifteen days
of the issuing e>f the order, which is dat
ed September 14, 1*92, and further or
dering the removal and tearing down
of ail buildings at the owners' expense.
An act of congress, dated March 18GS,
gives the secretary lull power in this
rnr-tter.
Nashville, Tenu., has a real live king
who has just been called to his home to
mount the thro ie and restore order from
the chaos now prevailing iu his kinydom.
'! he. king's name is Momolii Massaquoi,
and his country is Vey, which adjoins
Siberia in West Africa. Momolu has
been in Nashville for two years past at
tending the Central Tennessee- collet
and f.-ccuring a Christian education. He
is twenty years o?J. He has just received
letters stating that his father, King Be
lah, has been kiiled in battie, and that
1rs mother had died of starvation. His
people r.re in a desperate situation and he
is urged to come at once and bri::g uil th<
relief possible*.
BURNED THE PEST HOUSES
Because (hey Feared the Introduction
of Cholera.
A Nashville dispatch says: The conn- |
tv board of health gave instructions ?hat j
the pesthou^e four miles below Nashville,
on th rive r bank, 1?: cleaned up in orde r j
that they would be prepared t<> care j
f>>r choleri cases shou'd the plague 1
retch Nashville; The pestho ;so was loc i
ted near the thriving suburb of West i
Nashvilie.and the people there were great
ly alarm:- 1, as overfif y families live close
:>y. Friday night they hei I >::? indien i
tion meeting and appointed committees
to try and secure promises tha? the pest
house would ?"'?? be utilized. About th-:
time the meeting adj turned some one set
fire te> the pest house and all three build !
ings, each of which was 150 feet long, j
w re destroyed. It would cost $4 000 10
replace them. j
THE IAMS CASE.
True Dills Found Against Three of His
Persecutors.
At Pittsburg, Thursday, true bills wen;
found by the grand jury against Colonel
II twkins, Lieutenant Colonel Str< at01 and
Surgeon Ginn, of the Tenth reg m.?nt, N.
G. P., for assault and battery u Private
Iinrs case. Two indictments were re
turned against each of the defendants.
Iaai9, it will bu rera< mbered, w s hung
up by the thumbs and afterwards drummed
out of camp at Homestead for cheeri g
when the news was received that Anarch
arch ist Bergmau had shot II. C. Frick.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEAN?.
file News of tte Wurli CeMonsei Into
Ply and Pointed Paragraphs.
Interesting and Instructive to AH
Classes of Readers.
i no presbytery of Cincinnati in session
Thursday, decided, by a large majority,
to put on trial for heretical teaching, one
of its members, Prof. Henry P. Smith,
of Lane Theologietl Seminary. The
trial will begin October 5th.
A New York d spitch of Tuesday says:
The board of health's 4 o'c'ock bulletin
says: "No case of cholera in this city
since the last bulletin. There is a sus
pected case of a Chinaman, of Ko. 14
Mott street, who died to-day, and his
body has been remov. d to the foot of
East Sixteenth street for examination.
A special from Cedar Rapids, la., says :
Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock circulars
were sent rut by order of the railroad
telegraphers, ordering the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids and Northern men to go
out at noon. Men were sent on every
train on branches to notify day agents
and all night men were notified by wire.
A cablegram of Wednesday from Ber
lin states that the bourse is much de
pressed owing to Professor Koch's pessi
mistic cholera views. Professor Koch
believes that there will be a repetition of
the epidemic in the spring and that the
disease will linger for vears unless Ii'nm
burg secures a copious supply of clear
water.
There was commenced at Toronto,
Canada, Wednesday a ten day's session
of the Pan Presbyterian A liance, or, to
give it its full title, "The Fifth Genera!
Council of the Alliance' of Reform
Churches Holding the Presbyterian Sys
tem." The 313 delegates to the Alliance
represent a grand total of 3,003,209 com
municants,78 branches of the church ami
about thirty jationalities.
A news spejial from Portland, Ore.,
says: Ihe principal busiuess transacted
at the session of the sovereign grand
lodge of Odd Fellows Tuesday was the
election of officers for the ensuing year,
as follows: Grand sire, G. F. Campbell,
London. Ontario; deputy orand sire, J.
W. Stebbins, Rochester, N. Y. ; grand
secretary, Theodore A. Ross Columbus.
O. ; grand treasurer, Isaac A. Shepard,
Philadelphia.
The largest conflagration that has ever
occured on Long Island coast destroyed
over one hundred frara? buildings at
Rockaway Beach Tuesday, and left about
one hundred and sixty acres a mass of
ruins. The loss will range between $600,
000 and $1,000,000. The burned district
includes both sides of Seaside avenue
from L'mg Island railroad track and
about half a mile north from Seaside
avenue. ,m f
A Saratoga, N. Y., c is patch says : The
general term of the third department of
the supreme court Thursday morning
handed down a decision in th legislative
apportionment eise of the people ex rel
George C. Carter, of Utica, against Frank
Rice. Secretary of State. The motion
and app'icauon for mandamus and in
junctions were denied and apportionment
by ihc extra se?s on was declared cousti
?utional. The opposition by Mayhnm, P.
J., and justice Ilcrrick. Justice Putnam
expresses no opiuion, not having had
time to examine into the case.
A Washington dispitch siys: At a
quarter of 9 o'clock Wedne-day morning
the special train on the Pensylvania rail
road, bearing the president with his
afflicted wife, his son, daughter, grand
children and other relatives and friends
who have been at Loon Lake with Mrs.
Harrison during her illness, drew into
the station, and the long and sad journ
ey, which had been undertaken with
some degree of trepidation was ended. It
had been completed, however, without
any suffering or other ill-effect to the
distinguished patient. Thirty minutes
later she was resting easdy in her bed at
the - bite house, her mind much relieved
by reaching "home," for which she has
been longing throughout the past several
weeks
THE CENTRAL'S AFFAIRS
Will in all Probability be Straightened
Out Satisfactorily.
A special disp itch from New York says:
Important steps were takeu Thursday in
the direction ot securing the discharge of
the Georgia Central receivers and taking
up the fl >ating debt now held by Speyer
& Co. It is also iike'y that the manage
ment of the road will change hands, Pres
ident Comer stepping out and being suc
ceeded by C. H. Phin'zy, of Augusta, Ga.
Formal -ict:on in the matter was taken at
a full board meeting of the Georgia Cen
tral directors held at the Fifth Aveuue
hotel, whore a committee was appointed
with full power to readjust the floating
debt and. secure the discharge of the re
ceivers. A full membership of the com
mittee could not be found, but among
those on it are: E. Rollins Morse, of E.
Rollins M >rse & Bros , Boston: E. JDen
nison, of E. W. Clark k Co., Philadel
phia; F. M. Colson, of Wilson, Colsou
& Co., B ilt! mo re; C. II. Phinizy, of
Auau^ta. Ga. ; E. T. Woodward, presi
dent of the Hanover bank of New York,
and E manuel Lehman and II. B. Hollius,
also of New York.
It was gencally understood that be
fore the committee was formally appoint
ed that they had fully discussed the
matter and all arrangements made to pay
oil the floating debt and cuang.* the man
agement of the company.
AMPLE ASSET.-?.
The New York Tribune, in i's isme of
Friday, says :
Tir- Georgia Centra.! management has
been r.-v da ioniz 1 in the. las: year, in Xo
veniber. 1891, when th Calhouu l>r th- r.s were
still in the board <>: directors, th pressing
needs of the company \v,re provided forby a
loan m j de by a banking syndicate including
Spevcr & Co.". Kub . J.-> h &C,o.. L. Von Hoff
man & ('".. Hallgart* n .V Co, and others; a d
one other wasm::d?: j?y tlu Mutual Lite Insur
ant Company. In ! .1 uiuary ih Richmond
Terminal influence iefi tho Calhouu brothers
off the board of directors of ilie Georgia Cen
tral i he s nug" to rc--organizo the Riehmond
Terminal svpto n followe 1, b M i > March the
Georgia Central was" pl-tce l hi 'l"1 hands of a
receiver, and since thai tim-j the comp * ny has
b-"ii manage?! by interests i> >-tl!?- i" the Rich
mond T' rminal.
Liti?ati 111 over tho lease <*f the Georgia Cen
tral to the Georgia Pacil?; followed and a mass
of 1-gal oompdea'ion arose which isstib un
it > \t- \. I r is>\atd l>\ th=? friends of the Geor
gia < . tr i tin' ; would not reOj'i'ro moro
thin .*">," -o,0i n o 0.000 ; provide for the
S;> vi r a i ! '-int loans and interosts on bond
a i jr. |.?b:o in -s n >'a i i d fault. The assc s -if
the c >:ir.'j. i\ are alleged to *> ample for the
f : i -.n.; ! his rn ney.
DEMOCRATS AND POPULISTS
Of Wisconsin Vole in Favor of Fusion
Between the Two Parties.
A special dispatch from Douglas, Wis.,
says: At the evening session of tin- pe >
pie's party convention, Wednesday
night, up to 1' :3U o'clock the time was
oecupie ; by de!egat< s in making speech* s
foi ;t'iil against fusion with the demo
erats At that hour a vote was reached,
resulting in 27 to li) in favor of fu im.
Great excitement en-ucd, and many dele
gates left the hall, the bal m ce still bei ni?
engaged in attempting to proceed with
the business of tho convention. Under
the rules of the fusion the proposition
adopted i>v the convention is tin's: State
democratic nominees for presidential
e?ectoiS arc to be withdrawn aud We ivcr
electors elected by populists. In consid
eration of this conccs-ion the populists
endorse the democra ic sttte nominees
for governor, members of congres and
WRECKED BY ROBBERS.
There Were a Million Dollars on the
Train but the Robbers Did not Get it.
Passenger train No. 8 on the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Ft: road was wrecked
by robbers three miles west of Osagc
City, Kan., at 3 o'clock Wednesday
morning. 1 he train consisting of bag
gage, express and mail car?, two day
coaches,two chair cars ami three sleepers,
w.-.s thrown over an embankment three
feet high and tho first six Cars telescoped.
Four persons were killed outright and
twenty five seriously injured. Those
killed ar>-: Frank Baxter, express mes
senger, Kansas City ; J. Blumen thai, ex
press guardsman, Mexico, Mo. ; James
Chaddicks, fireman, Topeka; Ed Mayer
engineer, Topeka.
The wreck occurred at a small bridge
which cro-ses a ravine. Th* re is a he-.vy
down ?rdde and the train was running
fully forty miles an boor. It was impos
sible for the engineer to see the mipslaced
rails in timr: to check the speed of the
train and the coaches piled one over the
other until the baggage and express cars
were complete y hidden from view. Three
Pullman sleepers remained on the track,
but the other cars were completely de
molished. The fish plates had been care
fully removed and the bolts taken out and
the spikes drawn from ten ties and the
rail bent to the indde. Robbery was
ucqestionably the object of the outrage.
The tiain carried $1,000,000 in currency
enroute from the Mexican Central rail
way to its headquarters in Boston. The
scoundrels d d not get the money.
A section house at Barclay was broken
into Tuesday night and a crowbar, wrench
and sledge hummer were stolen. All of
these t ;ols, j xcept the crowbars, were
found, and the fish plates and bolts
which had been removed were also dis
covert d. The passengers were sent to
Topeka. Some of the wounded, who
could not be removed, were left at Osage
City. Several of the passengers will
probably die, but the attending physi
cians will make no statement until the
extent of their injuries can be examined
into.
SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS
Meet in State Convention at Colambit
Tlllman Nominated.
The South Carolina state democriti'
convention met at Columbia at noon
Wednesday; full delegations pesi t
I he primary e'< ?tions already h?-i-l hav
ing settled the question of nominations
for state officers except as to attorney
general, in which there is only loc^l in
terest, the greatest interess in the con
venti >n hing- d on whether the state de
mocracy wouhl align itself with the na
tional democracy. The morning session
was occupied m effecting p rmauent or
ganization and rou ine work. Rjcess
*as taken till 6 p. m.
Upon reassembling the committee on
plutform and resolutions reported the
following:
THE PLATFO?t-M ADOPTED.
We, representatives of the democratic
party of South Carolina, in convention
assembled. d> reaffirm our alleg?nce to
die principles of the party as formulited
!>y Jefferson, exempli fi*d and illustrated
by his successors in the leadership, and
endorsed by our people in t - .eccnt pri
mary election, and we pl-u "l our loyal
cupp rt to the nominees of t .e national
democracy, Cleveland an I Stevens >n.
We denounce as unpatriotic and infa
m -us the attempts which have been m tde
to injure the credit and honor of the
state, both at home and abroad.
The people of South Carolina, con
scious of their ability and integrity, are
determined that every just obligation of
the state shall be honorabiy and prompt
ly discharged, and we boldly proclaim
that upon this one subject there is no
difference or dividon of sentiment among
some of the states. The bonded debt of
the state is small. Her resource-* are large
and ample. In her phosphate deposits
alone the state is rich, and since the liti
g dion in regard thereto has been adjust
ed, the monthly receipts from the phos
phate royalty for the past two months were
nearly sufficient to meet the interest on
the debt itself. We earnestly recommend
to the legislature to set apart by law any
excess of the phosphate royalty after
paying the annual interest on the state
debt as a siok'ng fu-.d to b:; placed at
interest and sacre ily kept and used for
the purpose of pay ng the principal of
the state debt.
TILLMAX TICKET NOMINATED.
Governor, Benjamin Tillman; lieuten
ant governor. Eugene B. Cary ; secretary
of stite, J. E. Tindall ; comptroller gen
eral, W. If. Ellerbe; treasurer, W. T. C.
Bates; attorney-general, D. A. Towns
nd; superintendent of education, W. D.
Mayfie d ; adjutant and inspector general
H. L. Farley, were nominated as the
state ticket by the Farmers' Alliance
demociats, the regular democracy of the
state.
The result was received with tumultu
ous cheering. The candidates who re
ceived the nominations were then intro
duced to the convention and made short
speeches of acceptance. The election
of president^! electors will result in the
selection of the Tillmva ticket, the mem
bers of which are pledged to support
Cleveland and S*ephenson. Thccouven
tioby a vive voce vote passed the fol
lowing resolution :
"We, the democratic party of South
Carolina in convention assembled, desire
to express our appreciation of the'patri
otic services id the Columbia Register,
its able editor, Mr. T. L. t-?autr, in behalf
of the cause of true democracy und the
righ's of the people. "
After the transaction of some further
routine business, the convention ttd?
journed sine die.
NEW TERMINAL DIRECTORS.
A Committee Will Investigate the Pur
chase of the Georgia Central.
A New York special <>f Wedtvsday
savs: The new directors of th" R eh
mond Terminal have re-elected John A.
Rutherford second vice president, A. J.
Hohr, treasurer and assistant secretary.
II. C. Crawford was elected general
counsel, and the following new execu
tive committee was anoointcd : W. S.
Clyde, chairman; W. E. Strong, J. C.
Maben, George F. Stone, T. V. R\an.
Joseph Bryan and Edwin Packard.
President Oakman has been instructed
to appoint a committee of directors to in
vestigate the past transactioi s of the:
company, and the company's officiais
have been n titled loco?operate with the
receiver in suits brought to recover mon
ey spent in buying Georgia Central. It
was announced that the n ones of several
new directors had been used without, au
thority on the Calhoun-Whitney opposi
tion ticket.
THE DALTON'S NOT CAPTURED.
The Report Denied by the Governor of
New 3Iexico.
A dispatch of Friday from Eipaso
Texas, says : There ported capture of the
Dalton brothers is probably without foun
dation. Ex-Governor Ross, of New
Mexico, telegraphs from Doming that
nothing has been developed to justify
tbe report, and as far as he Las been able
to learn, the Dalton brothers and their
gang of train robbers have not been seen
in the territory. Simi'ar telegrams have
been received from various points in New
NEW TICKET IN ALABAMA,
Toe TUM Party m Ms Followers
Nats Tasir Men
An Electoral and a Full Congressional
Ticket Nominated.
The state convention of the third
rartyites and Kolb supporters in Ala
bama was held in Birmingham Friday.
It made nominations for congress in every
district. The nominees are of men on
the third party platform in opposition to
the regular democratic nomiuces.
The first work of the convention was
the adoption of a resolution sending
greetings to Tom Watson in h s fight
against the organized democracy of Wall
street and promising to meet him with
nine congres-mien on the floor of the next
congress who will stand on the Omaha
platform.
NOMINATED FOH COKGBESS.
Nine candidates for congress were
nominated as follows :
First district?Dr. W. J. Mason, ot
Monroe.
Second district?Frank Baltzeli, ot
Monter rnery.
Third district?J. F. T?te, of Russell.
Fourth district?A. P. Longshore, of
.-he: by.
Fifth district?W. M. Whatley, of
Clay.
Six'h district?John M. Davis, cf
Fayette.
Seventh district?William Wood, of
Cul?m-m.
Eighth district?Rev. R. T. Black well,
of Madison.
Ninth district?Joseph H. Parsons, of
Birmingham.
The electoral ticket next chosvn by the
unanimon3 voice of the convention is as
follows:
State at Large?H. D. Simmons, of
Macon, farmer and Kolb democrat, and
J. M. Whitehead, of Butler, Kolb dem
ocrat and editor of an alliance organ.
First District?Dr. E. Harris, of Choc
taw, farmer and Kolb democrat.
Second District?E. J. Carlisle, of
Pike, alliance democrat and alliance
lecturer.
Third District?S. S. Booth, of Hesry,
Unit- d States revenue officer end inde
pendent republicin.
Fourth District?Philander Morgan,
of Talladega, brother to Senator Morgan,
farmer and Kolb democrat.
Fifth District?John H. Porter, of
Coosa, farmer and Kolb democrat.
Sixth District?John B. Harris, of
Green, farmer and Kolb democrat.
Seventh District?George Gaither, of
L ~'wah, former candidate for congress
as a greenbacker. and who has never
been a regular democrat: now chairman
of the people's partv of the state.
Eighth District?Thomas F. George,
of Limes one, farmer and Kolb democrat.
Ninth District?N. B. Stack, of Bibb,
a miner and independent democra\
The platform adopted reads:
Recognizing the sovereign power of the peo
ple or' th<; Unit d States and of each state and
?.f each indiv Una: as a s-'-para e and compo
nent part of ihe sovereign power, the JefiVr
sonian and people's party of Alabama demand:
1. A free ball t and a*fair count.
2. That the rights < f the cit;zeus shall be en
titled to more consideration and be as fully
pr- tec"tdas the rights of capital.
3. That tree and unlimited coinage of silver
shall b- anthoriz d by law and enforced at the
earliest date possible.
4. That ihe amount of circulation shall be
increase i to n >t less ihan 8?O per capita, each
dollar to bo made the equal in value of every
other dollar.
5. That a graduated inoome be authorized
by ;aw and enforced at the earliest date possi
ble.
6. That the facilities for transportation and
comnmnica:ion o: the country shall be con
trolled in t :e infe est of the people with justice
and equity 'O their owners.
7. That Anieric:n> should own the lands of
the country and alien ownership should be grad
ually eirirnated so that every ci izen should
have a chance to own a horn tree from extor
tion and unjust exactions uf alien or homo mo
nopolists.
b- That the tariff should be reduced to the
lowvst possible amount consistent with an eco
nomical administration of the government with
such incidental protection as c m be accorded to
oujindustries by a wise levy of the same.
9. That charters of n.tioaal banks shall be
repealed and a means p ovided, by wbif?h money
shall Le is-ued direct ro the people with the
safety in the security and lull indemnity to the
government
VERY GOOD TRADE
Notwithstanding the Cholera Scare
Throughout the Country.
R. G. Dun & Cs. report for the p*8t
week says: Chob-ra has landed aad the
business or New York goes on exactly as
if it had not. The cars are crowded with
passengers and the streets are badly
blocked with cartloads of merchandise,
as they were this week one year ago,
which moms that the heaviest trade ever
known at this season is now in progress.
The same is true of other cities, almost
without exception, and the outlook for
the fall trade is at all points regarded as
exceedingly goo I. But many people are
afraid that all other people will be afraid,
and consequently the speculative markets
decline.
There has been much talk about the
pesii'c ce as an excuse for low prices in
breadstuff* and cotton. But the fact i9
that the mormon* stock brought over
from last year afforded sufficient reason
f t exceedingly low prices.
In c -tton rhere has been heavy selling,
and September options are below 7 cents,
though prices for spot cotton are un
changed. Trade at Louisville is improv
ing; at Nashville. ?a'r, andat Little Rock
satisfactory. \vh le at Montgomery caution
prevails, aud at Galveston the late cotton
1 cr-.p cans s-low collections, though trade
I otherwise improves-'.
At New Orleans, business is only fair,
and m n< y is in strong demand, but cot
ton is Jo wer while sugar and rice are
active and strong. Lou is more steady,
the eutpu' September 1st being only
151,0*1$ to: s, against l??,136 tons on
August 1st, and unsold stocks have been
reduce i about 03,000 tons.
I -, dry goo Is there has beeu a notable j
increase in th number of buyers, and the !
market is more nearly bare of woolen j
goods than it Ins boen for years, the me
dium worsted and serge trades having
the prefc ence. There is a heavy demand
lor cottons, a ;d medium bleached goods
are higher, with browns tirm. Carpets
are strong r, and many mills demand an
ad vain of 2j cents
I l?espcc'ing cholera it is well to remem- j
j ber that sanit try precautions are more
I thorough lu i ever b-fore and at most !
[ foreign ci i s have sufficed to prevent the
spread : the diso isc.
Business failures throughout the coun- j
try in the ! i-t <-v n days, as reported to
K. <?. Dun vV Co., number, for the
Unite i St :tes 15-i, against 210 last year.
WILD CHOLERA RUMORS
Affecting Chattanooga and Selina Vig
orously Denied.
Fri'dav, teli g: .ins i on Chattanooga,
rei n., ant] Se'tui, Ala., which stated
that cholera cases were developed in
i a< h of th< s<- cities, were given publicity
through the press Th" following tele
grams. ;" .;. dal wer?; j?r niptly sent out:
Gitattaxoooa. levin.-. Sept. 10." 1892.?Re
port ab cri. c'nattanooga was never more fiee
from in! . '; u- ;, > . and never before so
v. .1 ri i to resi ; its introduction from
tOK'ign pO tltS. "VilLTOS 1*. Ochs.*
S:.i.h\. A a., s p:. 16, 1S92.?There is not a
word uf ir::lh in the. report. Hon. H.H.
Stew.rt. niavoi ci Seliua ail: "i ilou't know
of a case ot - : sickness in Sol ma. The
sani'at'y condition us good, the people healthy, j
h re is n?) h m and n */ concern, i xcept sym- I
pathyi'orth infect I cties and of the general I
tiauneial distnrbaneo the ureadf al disease may
croate in the TJnite i Statu-. I have never
known, in a residence of twen?y-?x years io I
Sel m a, the health to bo better. 'X here "is abac- j
lutelv no grounds for suoh a report.*
''TMEfl-MAIUt !
CRASHED INTO EACH OTHER.
Fosrleen People Lose their Lires in a
Railroad Collision
The Wreck takes Fire and Many of the
Unfortunate Victims are Roasted.
Special dispatches from Cleveland, 0.,
state that what will undoubtedly prove
to be the most disastrous accident that
ever occurred in the history of the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railway,
took place Wednesday morning at three
o'clock in what is known as Brown's cut,
* mile and a half from the village of
Shreve, Wayne county, Ohio.
Train No. 8, a fa?t east-bound passen
ger and express train, collided at that
point with the first section cf freight No.
75, west-bound. The passenger train
was about one hour late and was running
at the rate of sixty miles an hour. It is
stated that the engineer and fireman of
the freight, while standing ou a side
track at Shreve, fell asleep and were
awakened by hearing a train rushing by.
Thinking that it was No. 8, the engineer
pulled out on the main track, and had
just got under way when the trains met.
The collision occurred on a sharp curve
and in a cut where neither crew was able i
to see the other train approaching.
The engines came together with *uch j
awful force that the mail car and smok
ing car of the express were thrown on I
top of the passenger engine and a freight j
car filled with printing presses was >
thrown over the freight engine. The
passengers and trainmen, who escaped,
say the accident had hardly taken place !
before flames burst forth and they be
lieve that but two or three persons were
killed outright, the others h iving been
pinned down in the cars and slowly
roasted to death. Thirteen burned and i
blackened trunks have been taken from i
the wreck.
!
A Later Account.
A news special of Thursday from Pitts- I
burg says: I;is now definitely known
that there were but two women and one !
child burned in the Fort Wayne rai'road
?reck at Shreve, instead of three women
as first reported. This reduces the num- \
ber of dead to eleven. The charre i re- j
mains of the women have beeu identified
a* Mrs. F. Schalley, and her sister, Miss
Campbell. Mrs. Schalley was the moth- j
er of the child killed in the wreck. The
Wieck was caused by a blunder, but who
was responsible for it has not yet been
developed. Superintendent Starr said
there was no confusion of orders as there
were no orders. The fire completely
wiped out all trace of baggage ar-d ex
press matter. Financial loss by week
cannot he estimated. It is reported thit
in the mail burned there was about ?S0,
000 in bills. This is only what was in !
registered packages. Express matter ;
was all burned except thirty-six silver j
bricks, worth at least $75,000. ' These;
were recovered. There were possibly fit- j
ty or sixty pieces of baggage destroyed, j
but what their value was the company as
yet do not know.
LABOR COMMISSIONER PECK j
-
Charged With Misdomeanor in Burning j
Public Records. j
A dispatch from Albany, N. Y., says: j
The committee tent by the national dem- j
ocratic committee, comprising Hon. j
Nelson Smith, J. Schoeohol?, ?. Ellety
Anderson and Edward McSweeny, called j
on Commissioner Peek, of the st ite bu
reau of labor statistic*, Friday afternoon j
and labored with him for over an hour to i
secure the names of manufacturers re- j
porting to him the effect of the tariff on
their respective industries. They also
asked to see the individual returns, but
Peck held to his original statement that
I he would show nothing but what was
contained in his full annual report. The
upshot of the matter w.-^s that the com
; mittee left for New York without finding
j out anything at all.
; Police Justice Guttman late Friday af
ternoon issued warrants for the arrest of
Commissioner Peck and his steno- j
j grapher, A. Rodders, charging him with j
I misdemeanor in burning public records, \
consisting of circulars collected by him j
from which he prepared his report on j
the effect of the tariff on wages and pro
duction. The warrants were issued un- j
der the state code after the proceedings
before Judge Guttman behind closed j
doors.
William Dennison, janitor of the pri- j
vate house where Peck and Rodgcrs hive I
rooms; a sei vaut girl and Miss Schaffer, |
Clerk in the bureau of labor statistics, I
gave testimony. Dennison testified to
the arrival there two weeks ago of twen- !
ty-five large packages. He testified that j
on Sunday last R?dgens told witness he j
wanted to have the contents of the pack- |
ages burned in the house furnace that j
night. Dennison said that that was his |
I night off. when Rodgcrs gave him $2 to j
I do the work. He consented and shortly !
after 6 o'clock that night Dennison car- \
ried the packages down to the cellar
from Peck's bathroom, and starting a j
fire in the furnace kept feeding it steadi- j
iy until twenty minues to 3 o'clock Mon
day morning. They were of the same i
color and size as the manufacturers' re- 1
turns._
GOVERNOR FLOWER'S PERIL. |
-
Some Miscreant Sends Him an Infernal |
Machine.
The life of Governor Roswell P. Flower ;
was threatened by an infernal machine |
sent to him at the Windsor hotel in New ;
York city a couple of days ago. Fortun- 1
ately the governor suspicion* d the mys
terious package and did not open it. The ;
machine is now in the possession of In- j
spector Sieers, at police hea ! quarters, to- j
gether with its mechanical arrangements, j
A large number of d :tectives have been !
put on the case.
The inspector said if the box had been j
opened, as was intended, an explosion j
would certainly have followed. In speak- i
ing of the matter, Governor Flower said: j
"This is the first time anything of the <
tort has happened to me. I am not at all
upset, however. I suppose I have made !
?orne enemies by calling out the militia, i
but I must do my duty, and peace must
be kept. All the infernal machines in !
the world would not make the slightest
difference to me."
A FERRY BOAT SINKS.
Harrow Escape of Her Eight Hundred
Passengers.
A New York dispatch says: Passen-j
gen on the South Brooklyn ferry boat,
"South Brooklyn," had a narrow escape
Friday. Eight hundred people were
aboard on the way to toe city to w rk.
The captain after leaving i he Brooklyn;
side pushed the boat's nose up Butter-.
milk channel, hugging Governors island
bore because of the dredging in the
channeL "While the boat was at high j
peed she struck an obstruction and tore ;
A hole in her side. Steam was crowded |
on and the vessel rapidly run into the j
slip, where by a hurried disembarkation, j
passenger* landed before the boat sank.
THE DAVIS MONUMENT,
The Work of Its Construction to be
Pushed Forward.
Th". work on the monument to ex- i
president Jeffers >n Da vis, :o be erected
in or near Richmond, Va., is to be push- |
ed forward with vigor. This is the de
termination reached at a c nfVience held
in that city Saturday afternoon between
the committee app anted by General
Gordon, of the United Confederate veter
ans, and the officers of the Davis Monu
ment association, of Richmond. i
THE CLOVER.
Some sing of the daisy and lily and rose,
And the panses and pinks that the sommer
time throws
In the jrreen, grassy lap of the medder that
lavs
Bh'nkin' up at the skies through tiiesmishiay.
days;
But what is the lily and all of the rest '
Of the flow? *s to a man with a heart in his
breast , .
That has dipped brimmuf full of the honey
and dew f
Of the sweet clover blossoms his boyhood
knew? _ ;
I never set hevey on a clover field now, "H
Or fool round a stable, or climb in th9 mow.
But my childhood comes back just as clear
and as plain j
As the smell of the clover I'm suiS?tf again; \
And I wandered away in a barefooted*
dream,
Where I tangled my toes in the blossoms
that gleam
With the dew of the dawn of the morning
of love
Ere it wept o'er the graves that I am weep- *
ing above.
And so I love clover-?it seems like a part ;
Of t~e saeredest sorrows and joys of my
heart.
And wherever it blossoms, 0! there let me
bow
And thank the good Lord as I'm taankitf
Kim now;
And pray to Him still for the strength when
I die
To go out in the clover and tell it goo iby, .
And lovingly nestle my faca in its bloom f
While my soul slips away on a breath of
perfume.
?James Whitcomb Riley?
PITH ?NDPOINT.
The hammock girl is in full swing._
Philadelphia Record.
Boycotting the baby?Putting him to
bed at night.?New York News.
Sparing the rod spoils the child be
cause the rod makes the child smart.??
Boston Transcrint.
The desirability of bonds depends on
whether you hold them or they hold
you.?Indianapolis News.
Father?"What are you practising
with my daughter now?" Music Master
?-"Patience."?Boston Globe.
The lover that Anna kissed the other j
night is afraid he will be arrested, be- ?
cause he is a feilow-Annakist.?^few
York News.
"No, Beatrice, you are wrong; the
'trough of the sea1 is not put there for
the purpose of watering the 'ocean grey
hounds.' "?Statesman.
"Ma, can I pLy on the piano?" "No,.
dear; you might hurt it. Go next door
and play on Mrs. Jones's. She rents
her's."?Washington Star.
The poor youth's brain be jan to whirl
As he stooJ 'neatn the su iTs fierea glare,
But ?e wiaked at a pretty Boston girl
And she rroz3 him wit a a stare.
?New York Press.
"Father," said a six-year old, 4'where
is Atoms?" "Atoms, my boy? What
do you mean?" "Why, the place
where everything gets biowD to."?Bos
ton Bulletin.
Dinglebury loves his donkey, but when,
that quadrupedal songster awakens his
master at peep of day, Dingleburyj
wishes, in his wrath, that Jack might'
have a visitation of softening of the
brayin'.?Boston Transcript.
"3Iercy !" exclaimed Mrs. Homespun
when she read in the paper that Jay
Gould made ten cents every time the
clock ticked; "I should think he'd be
worried to death for fear the clock would
run down."?Boston Transcript.
Mm. Cashus declares that her husband
did not marry her, but her moneys As
the money is all gone, Cashus argues;
that he must be a widower, and there
fore Mrs. C. has no claim upon him
whatsoever_Boston Transcript,.
Bombay's Monster Dam?
The most gigantic piece of solid, ma
sonry that has been erected in modern
time was finished in*the Bombay Presi
dency last summer. The city of Bom
bay, which is listed among the largest
on the globe, having a population ol
nearly a million, was in danger of being
forced to undergo a wa'.er famine. The
wise men called a meeting an** decided
to build a monster dam, one that would
inclose the entire watershed of the val
ley, which drains .nto tha sea south of
the city. The plans and specification*
selected called for a dam of solid mason
ry, pyramidal in general outlines, two
miles long, US feet high, 103 feet ia:
thickness at the base and thirty-one feet'
at the top. In its finished condition it:.
is reckoned as the acme of engineering
skill. The top is provided with a beau
tiful driveway twenty-five feet wide, pro
tected on each side with concrete guards,
each three feet in thickness and five feet
high. It encloses a lake of vatcr eight
?guare miies in area.?St. Louis Repub
lic.
Another Eiffel Tower.
The projectors of the London Eiffel
tower have made very little noise that
has reached this side of the water, but
the enterprise :s going steadily forward
for all that. The four enormous blocks
of concrete that are to serve as founda
tions are already in place. The tower
will stand in the middie of a plot of 280
acres, in the neighborhood of Harrow
on-the-Hill, one of the most delightful
of London suburbs, where ornamental
grounds will be laid out and fine coun
try villas erected. Special features will
be a gigantic restaurant, a theater, Turk
ish baths on a gigantic scale, fine shops
and winter gardens. There will be a
miniature river, a large lake for boating
purposes, and an abundance of lawn and
woodland. The whole will be put in
close and speedy communication with
the metropolis by means of new lines of
railroad. " The tower itself wiil bo 250
feet higher than its Parisian prototype.
His Invention Secured His Pardon.
A Germau artillery officer named
Thomas, who in 1SS4 was condemned to
eleven years" imprisonment for treason,
has been pardoned by the Emperor in
consideration of a valuable invention that
he has made. He has devoted his leisure
time in prison to the study of improve
ments in artiliery, and invented a
process for constructing cannon which is
s;iid to be a wonderful advance upon the
methods now in use. lie informed the
prison authorities of his invention, and
they in turn notified the Government. \
Officers belonging to the artillery branch
of the service were dispatched to the
prison, and to them Thomas revealed the
details of the invention. They at once
saw that the prisoner had made a most
valuable discovery ?nd communicated^-^
thc knowledge to the War Department.
So highly pleased were the officials of
this department that they recommended
the release of Thomas.
_
In Maine a physician made gestures
when giving a nurse directions for a
patient, and hie horse, noticing them
from the street, made straight for the J|
window, thinking him?elf called to share
in the consultation. He broke several
panes ol'glass belore he ould. be eon- |gj
troiied.