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I HR Of COLMEOS. AN EPOCH IN THE WORLD'S CiViLIZVnON. ??s m M?? Mimw of America's BiscoTtry. A Great Day at Chicago - Celebrations At Other Places. In the presence of 100,000 people and ?id the * chocs of the largest choros as amblea io the history of modern times, 'ic World's Co?u?bUWd ex ; ositi?? was formally $et?cate I at Chicago Fridty, by dignit ? es of the nation. The event was one well designed to ia-pire the loyalty of the American heart, marking, as it dots, thefii^t international exposi tioa to be participi ed in by every civil iz d nation of the globe. The occasion was equahy sign ficant in being devoid of that pomp and pageantry which have characteriz d the world's fairs of n>on an-hical Europe. The inaugural cere i<?nies were a triumph to republican in titulions?a triar.iph greater than all the lor.es of war. To the republ? of the restera hemisphere had been reserved the uistitction of winning the goodwill and admiration of all the world tint kin; a, emperors, cz rs, sultan-, mikados, khans arto i-hahs have extended the hand of internati'>aa 1 fellowship to the Ameri fern people and crooned, with their bene dic:it?n and approval, the exposition to be held under th - auspicies of t e repub lic. Asuhe -discovery of Columbus m irks an epoch in the world's knowledge, the occa-if .n of Friday marks an epoch in the world's civiliza ion. It means that the petty jealousies of t ?e past have been put ^f: ."away by enlightened nations of the earth aiid. relegated to age8 that have g?n?*; and that upon neu-ral ground nations, ?. Bke men, can assemble in internal greet ing and recogn. * that bond of common humanity t? ai mkes brothers of us all. The scene pr?s nted by the vast gath -iwing in the dedication of the building liras one nev* r to be forgotten. In many respects it was tv iih ut precedent. Ev erything was on the '<rder of superlative. The dedication hall, Manufacturers' and Liberal Arts building, i- the largest struca:re ever erected an .j i s- ? h gath ered the largest crowd ever ?n?ie i beneath a S'ngle roof. In :he audi nee were probably more distinguished Amer icans than have ever been seen u gether oB,aoy commemorative occasion in th* history of the republic?these g ^oered to do honor to the great silent student of 4C0 years a o who, in his way, was the pioneer cf them a 1; who led the van of human thought and manly daring and gavr to the world a new continent and to prosperity imperishable reverence for Christopher Columbus. This was the -name thai was on every lip, in every odt and s<y.-g that crowned every- peroration that found utterance in the opening pray* r and so fitly breathed in. the filos ing benediction. AH did him honor, and time, that ripens and mellows the itude of nations, after 4?0 years, Ives homage to his memory and name. l;33?e addresses of Mr. Cinuncey M. De p**w, ohNew York, a:.d Colonel Henry Wat terso?, of Keaucky, were well re ceived and acc p:ed as highly appropri ate to the occasion. The rec? ption ac corded the great Kentucky editor amount ed alm.ot to an ova*ion. THE EARLY RISERS. At 4 o'clock Friday morning a gun out in darkness on iake front park was fired. hat was the way notables in hotels were awakened to the fact that the o ay of ded ication had been born and was moving on toward day light and doings that should make it h* avy in history. As the dawn bnpke the ikies were clear. At an e??r hour people began to move the ?White City" of lumbi#n exposition, or began ynass-*l?ng the s-reets through which reat p-pple should pass. Soon after "o'clock there w:s a clatter of hoofs, the c?i'k of sde arms along Michiga-? avei.ue sou'h ward, as the troops of thr United States cavalry from the military camp at J tok-on park were on the way to the Auditorium to escort the notable guests to the dedicatory ceremonies at Jacks park. Behind the troopers cr.m .-ever -1 batteries of TJnited S*at?-s artiKery, takiDg position near the Audi torium. e Auditorium had been fixed as the idezyous at which musi o* the digni ties <-h??ld take carriages and from ihich they should s art "for the fair unds. At 8 o'clock the guests and th*or local civic ?sert entered their car nai-es and a start was male, cava'ry, ar tillery ? a'd mounted escorts taking up th- march of attendance southward on Michigan avenue. Oa the way Vice President Morton's T'y and the joint committee on c?r?monie- joined the pre cession. Behind the Yice-pres'dent's jwy in the pr<-cession rod<* members of President Harrtsoi's cabinet, wi h As sistant S-cretarie^ Soley and Dawsonand Lieutenant Depray. After these fifteen caiT?Hgc-s cont'?i{:ing diplomatic repre sentativo of Italy, Russia, Turkey, Au tria, Hungary, Switzerland. Belgium, Nicaraugua. Mexico, Great Britain. Co rea, Chini, Hawaii, Portugal, Denmark, Japan, Braz 1, S ?in, Peru, Franc**, the Argentine R put>iic and Chile. To peo ple the route the diplomatic corps, all aglitter with brilliant uniforms and insignia of office, became the center of m?erest. Members of the supreme court of the United States rode Dcxt, but despite their high position they were scarcely known to the crowds, who were most alive to uniforms aDQ trappings of military and high diplomats. Mayor Washburne, with ex-Preside tHiyesand Lyman J. Gage, were recognized and fnqu? ntly ap plauded. After these came fifty-two carriagis. contain ng members of the United S;ates senate and house of rep resentatives. The federal army ard na? vy wa- repress ted by General Scbofield, General J^***n R. Br oks. General Frank Whe-i on, United Statte army; Captain A. G. C. Quay ?n 1 Li tenant Com mander Gr. T. Ifutchins, United States navy. Next was a line of earriages, bright with gold tr*ppings. They were cctupicd by ti e governors and their staffs, of the states and territories of the United States, in the order of the state's entrance into the union. The ex< entires of Ohio, M;isa< husette and New T'?rk, a ?so o? Iowa, were most cheered as they passed along, eacn bowing bis ?cknowl ed^ment of greeting. After ?hese rode ine orators ?td chap ains as follows: #ishop Chartes hi. Fowler, of Califor nia; Hon. Henry Watterson, of Ken tucky; Hon. Chiuncey M. Depew, of New York; Cardinal Gibbons, of Bal timore; hev. H. M. C. Cooks, of Phila delphia, and Mrs. Sarah 0. Lemoyne of JFi rue:, carriages containing tue com mi sioners of for i go governments at the World's Columbian expo?tt?on came next, followed clos-ly by five erria^es with conduis from foreign powers. Thirty car riagie were r< quii ed to carry the Colum bian commissioners at large and tho-e of the staes. Tne board oi ladv manager*, Palmer rmd Mr?. I rau man, of New jk.0 the he;id, followed on, being re cognized by th .' raising of thousands of hats along the line. Efforts had b? en m -deste) have present 8 woman repr?sen tative fr m each of the original thirteen states of the federal union. E?ev? st.<it-s re>pended and their representatives were next in the pression. Then followed carriages containing boards of directors, chiefs of departments of the exposition, etc. The line of carriages and mounted escort left Michigan avenue at Thirty fifth street, driving through to the grand boulevard and thence to Washington park. The show of state and regular troops wa- imposing. From the entrance of-the park to the mi?-wav plais mee and thence to the great fair grounds the w?y was banked with the blue and br .ss of the military, he pride of many states. The troops were formed on the east front of the park, facing west in three lines. The troops tssed in review and num bered 15,000 men. As the troops and carriages swung into line they proceeded through the midway plaisance to Jack son park and the world's fair grounds. On reaching the grounds the distinguish ed guests h ere regaled with a hasty lunch near by and then escorted to the stage of the dedication building. on the platform. At 1:45 o'clock a great cheer went up from the multitude as the vanguard of distinguished officials and guests of the occasion appeared on the platform. At this instant a signal from the leader of the chorus 5,000 handkerchiefs were urn furled to che breezes. Instantly the vast audience took up the cheering und 100.000 hands were extended to the skies ar.d 100,000 handkerchiefs welcom ed the digniiaries of the occasion. The scene was an impossng one. First came the diplomatic corps, followed in order by members of the cabinet, members of the supreme cou-1 of the United States, representatives of the church of Rome, military commanders, federal and state. Upon the stajie of this vast bui'd ng were now represented a larger nun be?" of gen erals and ofS cers of the United States army than have ever assembled since the great review at Washington. The congress of the United States as represented by sen ators and members of the house of rep resenatives followed next. A minute la ter governors of state appeared. The center of the ftage wj s natural y occu pied by those who were to participate of ficially in the et remontes of the day. the exercises begin. When all was io ready a signal from the leader ushered in the first exercise on the programme?"The Co'umbian Match," composed in honor of the day and event. A chorus of 5,500 voices joined in the rendition of the s ong. Bishop Fowler commanded silence and pronounced an invocation. At the con clusion of the prayer, Director General Davis advanced to the front and after the applause had subsided spoke briefly of the purpose of the exposition. As the director general cncluded his address he ' introduced Mayor Washburn, of Chicago, who extended th<? freedom of the city to the guests of the day. Following the address of the mayor, President Palmer, of the national commission introduced Mrs. Sarah C. Lemoyne, of New York, who read selections from the beautiful dedicatory ode, written by Miss Harriett Monroe, of Chicago. As Mrs. Lemoyne concluded the reading and was about to resume her seat. President Palmer ad vanced and extended a wreath presented by the ladies of Chicago, delivered it to Mrs. Lemoyne in a graceful speech. Director General D-tvis announced that theie would now be a presentation by the directors of the works, of the mester artists of the exposition of the World's Columbian exposition and awards to them of special commemora tive medals. "lhe Work of the Board of Lady Managers" was the subject of an address by Mr-. Potter Palmer, which was liber* ally applauded. m President Higginbotham, of the World's Columbian exposition, now for mally tendered the exposition building to President Palmer, of the World's Co lumbian commission, to which he fitting ly responded. As the president of the commission turned to Vice President Morton at the close and asked the rep- * representative of the nation to dedicate the building and grounds to humanity, the sentiment of the occasion reached its clim?x and cheers from a hundred thou sand throats welcomed the venerable viee pr?s dent of the United States. By com mon impulse every man and woman in the monster assemblage on the floor and stage a lose to their feet in a spontane ous tribute to the highest dignitary -of the occasion. At the c ose of the ova tion, Vice President Morton delivered his dedicatory address, which was well received. At the conclusion and as the Vice Pr?sident pronunced the dedicatory words, membera of the foreign diplo ma ic corps arose simultaneously to their feet in graceful approval of the senti ment and the example 'so delicately set by the representatives of f -reign nations was instantly followed by all the thous ands assembled beneath the vast roof. * 'Hallelujah," the chorus that followed added to the solemnity of the scene and the true gravity of the moment was inef ?aceabie impressed on every mind, and when, *t its conclusion, Henry Watter son advanced to deliver the formal dedi catory oration, the great editor received an oration worthy to a crown?a life time of glory. Dead silence reigned over acres of humanity as the orator of the day delivered bis grand speech. The heart of every hearer was thrilled by the eloquent sentences of the magnetic ora tor's address and at every peint of his masterly effort the great American was interrupted by a tribute of cheering thousands. Scarcely was the ovation over when Chtuncey M. Depew, of New York, ad vanced to deliver the Columbian oration. It was nearly a minute before the applause subsided and the great orator proceeded with his speech. The first to greet the distinguished New Yorker as he conclud ed his oration was Henry Watterson, who clasped bis hand and c??neratulated him warmly on his eloquent words. The twi light of approaching dusk was stealing through the building as Mr. Depew con cluded his oration and the mellowing scene was favorable to the fervent words of Cardinal Gibbons as he utterred an invocation. the benediction. "In praise of God," a selection of Bee thoven, tras next rendered by a chorus and was a seh ction favorable to the clos ing exercises of the ceremonies. Bene diction was then pronounced and the multitude slowly dispersed, but it was nearly half an hour bef?te the last of the thousands assembled filed from the build i ?r and bade farewell to the seen* of the dedication ceremonies of the world's Co lumbian exposition. sight at the auditorium. The brightest point, perhaps, in the galaxy of the world's fair celebration was Frid>.y night at the Auditorium, when the Colurn ian congresses were inaugu rated by Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul, The dedicatory exercises closed with th* most gorgeous display of fireworks ever given in the world. To avoid the con centration of the mass of people, thi* displa: was divided into three parts, and giv. a in as many parts of the city. The programmes were ideutical. The dis play wee given in Washington park on the south side, Gar fie Id park on the west side and Lincoln p*rk on the north. The largest crowd congregated at Wash ington park, which was the most access ible from the heart of the city, but it is estimated that no less than 200, OhO peo ple saw each of these displays. at other places. The celebration of Columbus day in Colombia, S. C, was eleborate. The banks, state departments and most of the stores were closed and there was a gener al rb?er**nco of the day by the populace. In the morning the'e were fitting exer cises in the public school*. After this came the march to the s^ate hou>e where the Columbus day programme w*s car ried out. The procession was composed of the military, bandi, police, Confederate Survivor's Association, city council, pu? pils of the city schools and young ladies of the various colleges. The ni#ht exer cises consisted of a concert and tableaux at the opera house. The Columbus day celebration in Chat tanooga by the school children was a mcst notable event. A monster proces sion paraded the principal streets, in which white and colored children were escorted by Grand Army and Confeder ate Veterans and civil and military bodiis. Five thousand children were in line. The exercises of the day were con ducted in the park of the courthouse, where 8,000 people listen? d to appropri ate orations, poems and music. The day was celebrated at Atlanta, Ga., on a grand icale. Monster proces sions paraded the streets, one of which was composed of six thousand school children each bearing an American flag in band. The air was resonant with music from many bands. The pro ! gramme of the day consisted mainly in reviewing of troops and the singing of patriotic songs I y the school children. Altogether Atlanta added fresh luster to the halo of glory which invests the memory of Christopher Columbus. The celebration ot the Columbian an niversary at Norfolk, Va., was the most imposing display ever known in the his tory of the city. The procession was c mposed of a regiment of regular troops from Fort Monroe, marines and soldiers from the navy yard, Virginia volunteers, civic orders. Indian school children and l atholic societies of the city. There were over one thousand school children in line. The ceremonies ended at night by a br?i iant display of fireworks. Columbus Day passed away in Wash ington, D. G, more quietly than an or dinary holiday. The city was almost as quiet as on Sunday. The anniversary of America's discovery was celebrated in the churches and schools, but there was no elaborate observance of the day. All government buildings were closed, as were also banks, private offices and stores. Columbus Day wa3 celebrated at Greenville, S. C, by the children of the white graded schools, who paraded the principle streets ten thousand strong, carrying numerous flags and making a pretty display. All the schools and col legi s of the town observed the day and suspended exercises. The normal college and city schools of ^Florence, Ala., celebrated Columbus Day with joint programmes. The exer cises were highly entertaining and the celebration was attended by a large number of citizens. Over five hundred school children were in line and took part. Columbus Day was celebrated at Ox ford, Ala,, by the churches and schools. At the former sp< ciai services were held and the latter paid respects to the mem ory of the great discoverer by appropri ate exercises, followed by a holliday. Columbus day was a general holiday in Augusta, Ga. The banks, postoffice and exchange were all closed. The only celebrati'ns were in the public schools, where special exercises were held. TMOUGMT THE SOUTE fioles o? Her Progress ai Prospent? Briefly Epitomized And important Happenings from Day to Day Tersely Told, A. J. Siegler, a prominent merchant oi New Orleans, has filed an application fox respite. The schedule shows assets o! $300,000 and liabilities of $119,000. Confederate veterans of the trans-Mis sissippi department, in session at Dallas, Texas, sent a resolution of sympathy to President Harrison L? his sad bereave ment. The disease of the six men sent to the hospital at Norfolk, Va,, from the bark H. B. Cann, ha- been pr mouoced to be beri-beri The disease is not contagious ? r infectious. The word means short winded, and results from exposure in ma larial eli mates. A Tuskegee, Ala, dispatch says: Probate Judge Hurt, W.- H. Ron?-y, clerk, and W. W. Thompson, sheriff, were arrested Tuesday and carried be fore Commissioner Booth iti Montgomery to show why they d d not appoint fusion managers for the next election. The Georgia, Carolina and Northern railway shops will be located in Abbe ville, the thriving and growing town of the Palmetto state. The town has do nated the land asked for and $15,000 in money, and that has secured the locating of the shops and all Abbeville is pleased with the result. A Denver, Col., dispatch says: At the meeting of the democratic state central committee, Wednesday night, it was de cided to withdraw the Clevela-id electors and substitute therefor the Weaver men. There was some objection to this move ment, but the orders of the national dem ocratic committee were finally submitted to. A Nashville telegram states that James Epps was arrested by Deputy Marshall Quinn, near Fayetteville, Tenn., on the charge of complicity in the killing of Di-pury Collectors Mather and Caldwell and the wounding of Deputy Collector Spurrier in Lincoln county three weeks ago. Epps was jailed at Nashville. Dep uty Spurrier is still alive, but is in a very critical condition. General W. G. Veai, of Ft. Worth, Texas, was shot end killed in the Con federate Veterans' hall at Dallas, Tues day by Dr. R H. Jones, of Dallas. Both persons ate ex-conf? derate veterans. Veal bad come over from Ft. Worth to attend the reunion of the confederates, and while writing at a desk in the hall, Jones shot him through the head with out warning. Jones theu surrendered to the sheriff, stating that Veal had insult ed his wife twet.ty-three years ago and this was the first opportunity for revenge. A Raleigh special of Wednesday says: The prohibition party has nominated can didates for congress in four of the nine districtP. These are: F-rst district, R. B. Bonner; third, J. H. McNeill ; seventh, M. H. Moffirt; eighth, M. M. White; ninth, J. G. Lindsay. Chairman James H. Sv uthgate, of the state committee claims that the party will pull this year at least 10,000 votes, and will prcbablj nominate congressional candidates in alt districts where there are now vacancies save the fourth. A general strike of warehousemen, packers and drivers was inaugurated at New Orleans Mcnday and all the whole sale houses are affected. The strike is due to a refusal of the merchante to sign : the tariff presented by the unions acting ut'der tue auspices of the American Fed eration of Labor. The chief difference is the contention on the p*rt of the union that only Union members eball be em ployed. The merchante hold that they bave the right to employ whomeoever they please and want competent and re liable men irrespective of their member ship in the union. CORRECT. Leader of Vigilantes?Come, now, over to this tree and put your head into this noose. Horse-Thief (defiantly)?I'll be hanged if I do.?[Brooklyn Life. ?WAKETOTflE GREAT IM Democrats ?aders?an me Menace Ei todiefl in the Force Bill The warning cry of "No Force bill, no egro domination" is not an idle one. It is an indication of the most fearful dan ger that ever menaced the republic. ?Scranton. {Perni.) Timen. No Force bill, no negro dominations, s the .-hort and terse platform on which The Sun is conducting ihe campaign. It is doing good a?d efficient work.? Wilkesharre Daily Newsdealer. The great Democratic v'ctories in Ar? kansas, Florida, and Georgia are evi dences of the sagacity of The Sun in forcing the F- ree bill issue to the front. ?Twin City (N. ?. Daily Sentinel. There is no doubt about the Republi can party's determination to pass the force bill if that party should win next November. And the evil effects which would result from that bold and infa mous bill, should it become a law, are not exaggerated.?Richmond State. Republicanism would rather have ne gro domination than the present condi tion. ? If it would conquer the South with a Force bill, it would conquer every Democratic State with its supervisors and marshals wherever it could. If it would prefer negro domination, it would prefer any sort of Republican domina tion to present conditions where con ditions are Democratic. The Force bill is alive.?Kansas City Times. In an account of the Democr. tic Club meeting in Cynthiana, Ky., Maj>rMorey, who voted for Harrison in 18?8, i> thus reported: ''M?j-* A. J. Morey. who was called upon to speak, took the .-ta- d and made a good speech, advocating States' rights and denounced the Force bill in very forcible language. The Ma jor was cheered often, and he handled the would-be supervisors under the Force bill without gloves. He is for tariff for revenue only. ?Kentuckian- Citizen. The question whether the Government shall be revolutionized and made an armed conspiracy for the retention of plutocratic power is of far deeper signifi cance than any question, however im portant, of tariff !>che'lu;es. The crying wrong* of the work'ngraan and farmer could never be remedied, once let the Force bill go into ?ffect. And that is the reason why many good citizens, who do not wholly agree with the Chicago platform on the tariff question, will vote tor G rover Cleveland.?Lockport ( . T.) Dally Sun. The act of 1871 is to the force bill as a baby to a giant. Yer, even under this act, thousands of voters have been dis frace hised and many others treated with the m. st wanton disrespect and insolence by men who were in no wise responsible to the people whom they oppressed and insulted. The people of the country should learn from this experience the need of ke< ping the control of elections in the hands of their own officers, re sponsible for them, instead of turning it over to the agents of the central Govern ment, appointed by men holding office for life.?Courier Journal. Such a law would be no sectional law, to be applied only to the south, while the north would be free from its baneful effects. The ? bject might be to control the south, subordinate southern whites to negro and bayonet rule, and destroy southern progress and civilization; but it would, as surely as the day follows the night, prove a veritable political Sam son, which would eventually pull down the pillars of the temple of our free gov ernment, causing it to fall with a crash upon all classes and all the people, and spreading death, destruction and ruin throughout every nook and corner o? the laud.?Richmond Times. The party that defends Davenport is no better than Davenport, and its methods are no better than his methods. TL~ Force bill is the liveliest is>-ue the Re publicans have, but it is temporarily put under cover by the cowardly Republican press for fear its uopopularity will los votes for Harrison in November. All patriots who have faith in the blessings of peace and believe in the sovereignty of the people and the free dom of our institutions should keep the issue prominently in sight and kill the Force bill and forever destroy sectional ism by voting against Benjamin Harri son.?Toledo Bee. It was made an issue by the Republi cans themselves, not by the Democrats, who w*re content to let it deep in death. S on, however, the Republican leaders began to hear from the country in ad vance of the November returns, and to their dismay they found that they had blundered. It was too late then to get rid of the Force bill altogether, but they ? uld do the next best thing, ano1 laugh it down as a bugaboo which no sensible man believed ever would be enacted into a law, even should the Republicans have the power to do so. This is all very trice and fine, but it is hardly probable 'hat any oue will be deceived by it. There is too much involved in the present cam paign for any lover of good government to take chances. It will not do to trust the Republican party. The Force bill may be a dead iauie in Southern States, but it isn't in Nebraska, and this is on the authority of no less a personage than the Hon. John ML Thura ton. In addressing a mass meeting of colored men in Omaha last week Mr. Thurston told tbm ?hat the Force bill was the liveliest kind of an issue, and that the R-publican party stood pledged to i?s passage. Said he: "I would rather see the last whirring v,heel in our factories stopped, the list fire in the last furnace quelched, the last gr? at workshop ctumbleaway and its dis mantled chimney stand a monument to a greatness that has decajed, than that a single colored man should be denied the meanest of the priuilegrs accorded him by law, much less be deprived cf his right to vote." Of course Mr. Thureton doesn't mean this, bnt it was right in line with a letter written to the meeting by Judge Crou se. and it only emphasized the oft-repeated sratemente of party le-ders on the topic It may be noted in passing that a negro wes never elected to any sort of office in N? braska, and it is not a rash asserti to >-ay that one never will be.? Chicago Times. The broad meaning of the Force bill should be clearly understood. It is in tended to build up fictitious Republi can majority in the South to stand for the n< gro vote which fails to materializo' on election day. To this end the ma chinery to be employed is both cosily and elaborate, riot, one o? the several thousand officials to be intrusted with the delicate and important partisan work of executing the law would be elected by the people. From the Federal Judge, wb' se duty it would be to appoint the che if supervisors down to the deputy marshal every official, would be appoint ed by the party in power. Each would be selected by officials not responsible 10 the people. The control oi the elections would be"taken entirely out of the hands of the people of the several States. This is the reason why Gen. Stevenson de clares on the Rtump that the Force bill breathes destruction to the ta?ople. It would be impossible to dish-dge the Republican party from power should it ever have the opportunity of reaping the advantages which this infamous measure would give it. T? ere is no limit to the number of deputy maishals that m?y be app< inted. They might be able to over awe the voters, and ea< h one would be a Republican partisan anxious to do the dirty work necessary to secure his wases. Behind these men would be the Federal bayonets, and Congressional elections, wherever this infamous law was put in operation, would merely be a solemn farce enacted for the purpose of keeping up appearances.?Atlanta Constitution. Should Harrison be elected there is little doubt but that a Republican House would also t e secured ; and a House in politesi baimony with the Senate and the President would meaa a new Force bill passed by Congress and signed by the President would mean a R?publcan majority in the future Houses of Rep resen ti ves, no matter whom the people might choose at the ballot-box. In this "infamou? measure," as Senator Teller of Colorado described it, is contained the machinery to perpetuate a partisan ma jority in Congress in the interest of the men controlling the machine. This would be its effect, and *ihis is the design of its authors. he Force bill is nothing less than an attempt to defeat the free expression of the popular will; to gsg the voice of the people tor years to come. It is a link in the chain for binding the nation hand and toot in order to confirm and maintain j the will of the monopolistic hands who, | through a system of tariff robbery and i fraud, are sucking the lifeblood of the . people. Never have the lust for power and spoils, the spirit of violence and the reckless hos ility of a party towards pop ular institutions betrayed themselves more thoroughly than in this measure. If the people should give to the Republican party the power to pass this measure, then complaints would come too late when they should find the freedom of elections ruthlessly destroyed. Forewarned is forearmed. When a lead ing Republican journal confesses that the only batrier against the Force bill is in the failure to elect a Republican President and Republican H< use of Representa tives the most unwary voter should recog nize the extent of the danger that men aces free elections.? Philadelphia Record. The Third Party a Force Bill Party. In Georgia and Florida the line was sharply drawn between Southern citizens who are willing to live under a Force law, and those who will resist to the last extremity ile enactment of such a meas ure. As far as the Force bill issue is concerned there is no third party. The People's party, so called, and the Repub licans voted on one side of the question. 1 he Democrats stood solid on the other side; and an overwhelming and splen did victory they wonl There is no longer any pretext upon which a Southerner opposed to the Force bill and to Negro Domination, but in clined to side with the Alliancemen or Populists or minor issues, can evade this final test of loyalty to his State and sec tion. The identification of the political interests of the third party leaders with those of the Force biil Republicans is complete, and in some quarters it is openly avowed. If any evidence were needed beyond the actual tusion in Geor gia, it is afforded by this recent decla ration of Gen. Field, the third party's candidate for Vice-President: "I am decidedly in favor of the appointment o? Federal superviso is at each polling place, and the placing there, if necessary, or>marshals. We are in this fight to get a full and fair count, and it is evidently not the intention to give us & fair showing. For this reason we have decid ed to appeal to the National Government to protect our rights as voters through the medium of Federal supervisors, We invoke the*^ower or the Federal Government. Our boasted lib erties will soon be valueless unless we can guar antee prob ction to the humblest vorer in the fact that his vote will be properly received and properly counted." T* -. pretense with which the scheming leac ..- of the Alliance movement in poli tics started out in this cam Dai go. namely, that their party was not a whit behind the Democracy in its dread and abhor rence of of Force legislation and Negro Domination, is thus deliberately cast aside. No white Southerner can vote the third party ticket in November without voting for a Force biil, for Federal inter ference in the elections of his Stat?, for bayonets at the polls. If he has made up his mind to betray to that extent the welfare of hi own people, he might as well deposite in the ballot box a vote for Harrisoon and Reid?New York Sun. RED-HOT RESOLUTIONS In Regard to Temperance by the Ten nessee Meth disi Conference* A Nas?ville dispatch says : The Ten nessee conference of the Methodist Epis copal Chu? eh, South, before its adjourn ment Wednesday, adopted the most sweeping declaration on the subject of temperance that has passed any church body. After reciting the evils of the liquor traffic io strong language, the declaration says : ''The children of our state should be taught the evils of intemperance; that every possible effort should be made to remove from our church the disgr-tce of dram drink as practiced by some of our people, even official members of the chutch; that no intoxicating wines or liquors should be used by our people for any purpose whatever except in cases of necessity. ''We do not undervalue the gospel of the Son of God, nor moral suasion in any form, but in our opinion moral suasion alone can never free us from an evil cre ated at the ballot box and perpetu ited by the same instrumentality ; therefore, "Resolved, That we are unchangeably opposed to the renting of property or or lending of mnney for the purpi.se of the traffic, or adding or abetting it in any way, assisting directly or indirectly person, persons or corporation e engaged in the manufacture, sale, importation, exportation or transportion of any intox icating beverages whatever. "Resolved that we respectfully request our preachers to appoint to places of promioence in their charges no laymen who ure habituel dram drinkers, nor to chII on any such to take prominent part in public religious services." Other resolutions declared that they will work in every l?gitimit? way against the legalized liquor triffic; ask the legis lature to provide for the s udy of sc en title temperance in the public schools; recommends unferraented wine f?>r sacri ficial purposes, and endorses the Woman's Christian Temperance union in all its work. Ther- are 528 preacher* in this confer ence, 539 churches with 61,000 members, owning ciiurcnes and parsonages valued at $1,054,000. SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED By the Premature Explosion of a Load* ed Gas Pipe. A frightful explosion attended the Co lumbus celebration at Lo-? Angeles, Cal., Friday night. A large number of peo ple, including many children, had crowded around the spot where the pre parations were miking to explode a piece of six-inch gas pipe loaded with powder. The contrivance exploded premnturelv and caused dreadful havoc. Seven per sons were killed outright or re ceived injuries from wuich they died soon afterwards. A number of others were seriously injured. Theodore Rapp was near by holding his two little daugh ters by the hand. Both girls were in stantly killed. The dead " are Frank F rd, aired fourteen, Agrita Cohen, aged eight; Louis O ien, aged thirteen; An tonia Saghetto, Victor Casino, two daughters of Theodore Rapp, Herman Cammet, at,d . . Bunker received in juries that will probably prove fatal. TELEGRAPHIC GLEANIM Tie News of Hie World Con?ense? Mo Pitby ani Pointed mmm Interesting and Instructive to Classes of Readers. In a fire Wednesday, in a two-8tory building at Cleveland, O., James Shan non, his wife and two children, aged six and four years, were burned to de ?th. Harry Vane Millbanke, the duelint who gained considerable notoriety through his connection with the Coleman-Bor rowe scandal, died Monday at Daves Platz, in Switzerland. The steamer Orange Nasson arrived at her dock in New York C.t<-, Thursday morning from the est Indian ports, and brings a confirmation of the threat j ened revolution in Hay ti. A special from Pottsville Pa., says: i Work was stopped at all the Philadel phia and Reading Coal and Iron compa I nies* collieries Wednesday, owing to the scarcity of water and the freight block ade on the Reading sys-em. According to a Washington special of Wednesday, the manufacturing indus tries for the city of Richmond, Va., for the census year of 1891, show that the average wages per h>tnd has incr ased from $2.14 in 1880 to $3.80 in 1890, or 77.67 per cent. A New York dispatch of Tuesdav says : Rev. Dr. John Hall, and Rev. Dr. Robert Russell have resigned from the board of I directors of tbr Union Theological Semi ! nary as a result of the complication fol I lowing the seminary's dispute with the j Presbyterian church. It is said that the I directors will withdraw. A Madison, Wis., dispatch says: The appointment bill as ad< pted by the dem ocratic caucus, with a single exception, passed both houses Wednesday evening, all tne dedocrats voting f<r it except ! Senator Krueger and Assemblyman Neal Br??wn. The law gives the democrats a mejority of 12 or 14 on joint ballot. The supreme court of Indiana, on Wednesday, rendered a decision declar ing unconstitutional the registration law. The registration features of the law were made to apply chiefly to the commercial travelers and the residents of the state absent in the employ of the government. The grounds on which the law is held to be in violation of the constitution is that it is class legislation. Stockholders of the Western Union Telegraph Compauy,at a meeting in New York Tuesday, unanim< u-ly voted to in crease the capital stock $13,800,000 to $100.000,000. At a subsequent meeting I the directors will take action as to the disposition of the new stock. It is un I derstood, however, that $8,650,000 of the i extra stock will be given as script divi dend and the remaining $5,150,000 will be held in the treasury. I A locomotive boiler exploded Wednes day morning at Palas, a small station on j the Kansas City, Memphis and Birming ham railroad, west of Birmingham, A.U. A local freight stopped there as usual and the engioe was being used to switch some cars, when the boiler exploded. Harry Monroe, the engineer, an J Wil liam Church, fireman, were blown to pieces. Conductor Frank Block was wounded, but not fatally. The New York Herald of Wednesday has the fol lowing : The Richmond T< rm ioal investigating committee, it is said, has made some interesting discoveries about certain transfers of property that may lead to criminal proceedings against well known men hitherto iden i fied with the management. A directors' meeting was called to hear the report, but nothing was given out. It was said that the report will be deferred for the present Bondholders of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad met Wednesday in Baltimore under call by the trustees of i the Mortgage, the Mercantile Trust and Deposit company. Of $3.420,000 bonds there were represented $2,922,000 by holders in Baltimore, Ne* Y-Tk, Rich mond and Savannah. The affairs of the road were fully discussed, and it was de cided by resolution to endorse the fore closure action of the trustees. Interest was defaulted last July upon the first mortgage six per cents which ran until 1907. The bonded debt is $12,000 per mile._ FEDERAL SUPERVISORS Wanted by Populists and Republicans of Richmond and Wilkinson Counties. Petitions from republicans and third party men in Wilkinson and Richmond counties (Ga.,) have been furnished to Judge Pat dee, of the United States court, asking for the appointment of federal inspectors to "guard and scrutinize the congressional election" next month. That petition bears the signature of well-known republicans and third par tyites, and was forwarded to Judge Par dee by District Attorney Marion Erwin, who vouches for the genuineness of the papers, as is his duty. Judge Pardee has acted promptly upon this petition and has called on Chief Su pervisor B-ckett, in Savannah, to hold himself in readiness. He has also order ed Judge Emory Speer, of the Augusta district, to open court in the southern district of Georgia to appoint federal in spectors. The judge's order is as fol lows : United States Circuit Cotjht, Fifth Judi cial Dis;ric% New Orleans, October the 24?? H. H. King, Clerk of United State* circuit Court, Savannah, Ga.--.Vly Dear Sir: Enclosed petitions from Wilkinson and Richmond counties in the southern district of Georgia for the appointment of supervisions of election and deputy United States marshals Waich please hie in your office at proper place and no tify chief e'iperviiror of southern district of Georgia thereof. Also notity him and perhaps yon can convey the eame infor mation to the ?ewxpapers that I have designated Judge Speer to open conrt in ihe southern district of Georgia tor election purposes in order to ap point supet vis?te of e;< ?tions as contemplated bv the statutes of the Uni;ed Stat. s. Very truly yours. Dox A Pardee. TROOPS ANNIHILATED And a Whole Mexican Town and its In habitants Destroyed. News reached El Paso, Texas, Thurs day of the total destruction of a whole town and its people in - western Chihuahua, Mexico, and of the killing of about three hundred federal troops. Dis patches have told the story of redaiou fanaticism which prevailed in the town of Tomoeine, situati-d In the mountains about three hundred miles west of the city of Chihuahua. Federal troops hav been sent out there twice to compel sub mission to the authorities, but each time the troops have been worsted. A third time a full regiment was sent out under a competent officer, ac companied by two Gatling guns. The suit was a battle was fought last Sat urday. It was a total annihilation, the rebels killing more than three hundred federal soldiers sent to uphold the au thorities. Such is the report that comes here, but experience proves that much news from the interior of the republic is greatly exaggerated. Eight Murderers Convicted. Joshua BraioHrd, Louis Benson, Henrj Burtt, Moses Brown, Fris -y Comeygs, Charles Brooks, Fletcher Williams and Charlea Emory, all colored, w. re f. un i guilty of murder in the first degree at Chestertown, Md., Thursday. They were charged with th?> murder of Dr. J H. Hill on the road from Miliington t< Mastey's on the night of Saturday, A ri! 28rd. B??INr^S OUTLOOK. Trade is in Good Condition. Though Prices are Low. R. G. Duu <fcCo.\s weekly review of trade say-: "There is still no cloud in the busine-s sky, unless the state of foreign trade be one. All home trade is of enormous volume, marins? an aggre gate of oank exchanges outside of New York thus far in October never equalled in the same month of auy previous year, the excess over iast year being about 14 ! ?er cent, and over 1890, when I October transactions were the largest j on record, the exc?.ss this year thus f??r is about 9 per cent. Prices are low but merchants are pressing tor more business at the same rates. All domestic industries are crowded with orders and works, as a rule, are fully employed, many being pushed to overtime by the urgent deman i requiting from an un precedent* d distribution of goods. Merrim-icks are fairly supplied and there is reason o hope that some re turn of cold from Europe is not far dis tint. Exports in September were but $02,949,526 in value, against $82,045, o85 last year, a great decline, due main ly to the fact tint la*t year's movement was far beyond all precedent. The cot ton exports were 21,000,000 pounds less, And the average price 7.23 cents against 9.37 last year. The money markets are nowhere strin gent, notwithstanding the unusual delay returns ?rom the west or from Europe. In this market money has risen from 5 1-2 to 6 per cent on call and there is a more active and firmer market at Chicago, but nothing like monetary pressure is reported from any quarter. The treasury has taken in $400,000 more .cold than it has pa?d out during the veek, and has out $100,000 more silver out has added to the circu ation $2,300, ?00 in notes. Reports from Chicago erve this week to indicate the tone of business at the west. Merehandi-e sabs in leading lines are larger than last year, and a great number of buyers in town. Bu iuess in dry goods and clothing is expected to be brisk early next week. Collections are good, real estate dealings heavier, amounting to over $3.000,000, and bank clearings 60 per cent larger than last year. Receipts of all kinds produce an increase enor mously over last year except in live stock, which shows a slight decrease; At other western poitrs transactions are enormous and stveral report the railroads blockaded oy the amount of freight offered. At the east business has b en more ac ive since the great celebration, and in volume never equaled. Textile manu facturers continue the extraordinary ac tivity fully described in recent reports. In printing cloths there is something ?ke a corner, and three and five yard 'sheeting, the chief production, is sold into January, and silk goods are dearer. Claims agai st woolen looms never were so large and orders seem to increase about in proportion to the enorm >us distribu tion. In boots and shoes the season is the oretically cl- sine, yet the business is large and the wo>ks all busy, and some cannot meet their orders in six weeks. Many or iers come daily by mail with ur gent demious for immediate use, so that stocks are well el sed out and many hands have been working overtime for months. The iron industry fee^ the impulse of increasing the demand, espec;ally for platel a d structural forms, such works being all crowded and a greater demand from shipyards is expected, while the market for bar is moderately good. Notwithstanding the larger production of pig, the market is stronger and some grades have slightly advanced. Specu lation has not been very active except in cotton, of which 92,800 bales have been sold and the price advanced an eighth. THE I?MS CASE. Officers of the Pennsylvania National Guard Being Prosecuted. The cause of the commonwealth against Col. Alex. L. Hawkins, Lieuten ant Col. J. R B. Streator and Surgeon W. 8. Guin, of the Tenth Regiment of the National Guard o* Pennsylvania, was cailed in the criminst court at Pittsburg, Pa., Thursday. Judge Porter presided and Judges McClungand E*ingsaton the bench with him. This is the fa mous lams case. On the day Frick was shot, Private lams, of the Tenth Regi ment, came cut of his tent and gave three cheers "for the man who shot Frick." His remark was overheard by Li'-utenant Colonel Streator and for the offense lams was first tied up by the thumbs and then his head was shaved and he was drummed out of camp. He then preferred charges against the offi cers of the regiment for assault and bat tery and aggravated assault. When the case was called the courtroom was crowded with military officers. Young lams was present and show, d no ili ef ? fects of his treatmeut, his hair having grown long again. Judge Porter decid ed to hear the testimony and reserve his decision on the question of quashing the indictments. WORLD'S FAIR RULES Which Will Govern in Conducting the Great Exposition. A Chicago special of Wednesday says: The general rules governing the conduct of the Columbian exposition have been issued. The gates will be opened to em ployes at 6 o'clock a. m..to the public at 8 o'clock a. in. They will be closed at 7 o'clock p. m., unless in case of some spe cial exhibition or event, when they close not later than 11 o'clock p. m. Admis sion will t>e in all cases 50 cents per head, except in that of children under six years accompanied by parent or guar dian. These will be admi-ted free. A limited amount of power will be fur nished gratuitously to exhibitors, but where a large amount of power Is required a charge will be made. The expo-ition will exert reasonable care for the protec tion of exhibits, but will not stand re sponsible f >r any loss or damage. No patent medicines or nostrums whose in sediente are cancelled will be accepted for exhibition. Catalogues will be print t? d in English, French and Spanish, and wdl be published by the exposition ex clusively._ SAUNDERS' MURDERERS. Break Jail at Orlan da, Fla., and Make Good their Escape. The train robbers, Futch and Floyd, the two who confessed being implicated in the scheme by which Exprees Mes senger Saunters lost his life last June, e-caped from the Orlando, Fla., jail Friday night. There are two cages in tbr jail, the upper one having been oc cupi? d by the men who escaped; the lower one by other men accused of train robbery and by about a dozen negroes. Some time in the night the two pris oners succeeded in opening the door of their cage, made a hole in the brick wall at a point where the water pipe passed through oelow the window. The door of the cage was opened by keys made from melted shot. Stafford, another prisoner, who is accused of being impli cated iu the robbery refused to go with them though they offered to liberate him. Deputy Sheriff Puckett once gave Floyd some shot to use for medicine, and they could not be fouad in his cell. THE TALE OF TAO. A woman not a thousand miles from Richmond was, without doubt, the most flurried female (last Sunday) in seven counties when she discovered on coming out of church, that her brand new hat was adorned with a tag, whereupon was inscribed the legend, "Reduced to $2.75."--{Bichmond Review. My Saint. My saint is a saint that few may know ? la all that she does for us sinners below. She is fair as faithful and faithful aa fair, With a balo encircling ner beautiful hair. She is full of wiles and moods as an ei? And yet is the spirit of truth itself, And well for him who bis burden can bear In the light of the halo about her hair. Her face is a mirror where men may read The truth that inspires her, thought and deed. Her life is a life of devotion and care. And she has a halo about her hair. Her care is for others and not for herself. And naught she recks of protit or pelf, Enough fof her that her coal is won, And she knows not her haio is bright as a sun. All things she does from the splendid love That comes to her here from a power above! And I who adore her can hardly dare To look at the halo about her hair. ?[W. H. Proctor, in Longman. HUMOROUS. The man who knows it all lias lota to leant. A fat butcher should bean anomaly, for he is perpetually taking ofi flesh. It isn't the man who blows most who fiuds it easiest to raise the wind. ??A word for a blow," remarked the blacksmith, who had just ordered his boy to start the bellows. "It appears in railroad accidents the fitst and last cars are always the ones injured." ''"Why not leave them off the train?" It is hard to please everybody. Some men complain because they are bald, aud others because they haveu't the price of a hair-cut. There was a fisherman polite Whose manners were so fine, Where'er he went to catch a fish, ! He'd drop nim first a line. A quarter of an inch difference in the width of one's shoes may turn an open-hearted philanthropist into a cranky aud self-centred pessimist Jeannette?Does Miss iSoardman get her lovely complexion from her father or her mother? Gladys (sweetly)? From her fa h av He's in the drug business. Mr. Nagley?I sappose yon think you never made a mistake since yon was born. Mrs. Nagley?I can't say that, but I haven't made many since I was married. "In heaven there is neither marry ing nor giving in marriage," quoted Miss Wallflower. "How hearenlyl* ; exclaimed Mr. Larimer, who is * confirmed old bachelor. Baron?Then the obstreperous beg gar whom you tnrned out of doors was coarse and abusive? Valet? Abusive, my lord? He might hare been your lordship himself. She may have a little of this world's pelf, But life still pleasure brings, And that3 s when she has a day to herself To go out pricing things. "Mabel, this question of marriage is a serious one that I hope yon have considered well." Mabel?Ob, dear, jes, auntie, I have worried myself sick already about my trousseau. Yonng Wife?What do yon think of my pie-crust, Jack? Jack (who doesn't wish to be as severe as the case warrants)?Very nice, my dar ling ; but didn't you get the shortening in lengthwise. Mother?Mary, go np in the attic and get that photograph of Mrs. Grim eon and put it in tha* new frame on the piauo. Mary?Why, mother, what do you want to pat that homely old thing there for? Mother?She is com ing to visit us tomorrow. At a email town in Kent a gentle man employed a carpenter to put up a partition, and had it filled with saw* dust to deaden the sound. When it was completed the gentleman called from one side to the carpenter on the other. "Smith, can you hear me?" Smith immediately answered: "No, sir." Wealthy Amateur?Since yon spoke to Jones and me about' this picture, Cadmium, wc have arranged that one of us will have it Cadmium? (brightening)?I am glad of that,very glad; glad on your account, too. Which of you has it? W. Amateur? Well, we are going to pitch up for it, and the one that loses takes the pic ture. Spider Thread for Telescopes. The ingenious astronomer capture* a common garden spider and placet him ou the end o? a twig. Then Im etanles the spider, who immediately drops toward the ground, throwing ont a web as he goes. The astrono mer, when the spider has got a little way down, produces a double wire, on which he begins to twist the thread. The spider continues spinning, and the astronomer goes on twisting the thread, and, when lie requires it, unwinds it from the wire as he would cotton twist. British astronomers, it may be added, envy their confreres in Australia, for there is a spidet which spins a thread of three cords; the British spider's thread contain! five cords and is appreciably thicker. A Fight Between a Crab and a Rat? Workmen at Baltimore and Ohk elevator "C" saw a fight between a crab and a rat the other day. The rat went down a stringer to get a drink when a crab caught him by the head. A fierce tug followed, the rat appar. ently having the better of it for a while as he could steady himself by his foothold. The crab used hie method of propulsion with energy, and churned the water about him. The rat's power of endurance finally gave way, and he fell overboard, bat he still did his best to release himself. He struggled hard, bnt the crab held on until the rat was drowned, but was so exhausted by the fight that when the rat floated to the surface the crab swam awav.?fBaltimore San