The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 05, 1897, Image 6
I ISLAND OF WE.
Its Si?e, Papulation and Struggles
for Freedom.
LARGE NUMBER OF CHRISTIANS.
The < retail* Have l>oelar?;d Their
In^pprnilcnrc an?l Appealed to
Owrc Tor Aid.
The island of Crci.e i? situated in Uw_. j
Mediterranean sen. to the South of j
Greece, hnd" is'the rh'dst" Aoiithorlypot'-' i
tioD of Ktiropc- It'-re ahont' 150-mile? *'
in length, while its hreadth does not *
anywhere exceed ;lft miles, and in some T
ptaooK is only 10 or 1J miles. The t
nfirt ..f fKu icton.l ir n<viiniftd I
by mountains, some of which reach to ^
a considerable height. The intervals (
between the mountain gronps are filled <
iu,i for tlie most port by Indnlating *
'A-U'^ts. consisting of hills *of compara
tive Ion- elevation. There are no rivers *
of any importance. That pa^t of the *
island which is not mountainens is of c
groat fertility, (granges and lemons
and other tropical fruits abound. The *
island also produces cotton, tobacco, I
olivp oil, wine and silk. Under abet- '
tor form of government the island would, r
no doubt, bo most prosperous. f
The population of the island has been J
very much diminished. At one time il
numbered l,UtK?,(?K?. In 1SS.*?, the last 1
census reported that it has dwindled f
doun to 80.000 and about "io.oOO are Mo- .
'"hmnmedans, nearly all the others being ,
(Christians belonging to the Greek
c.hiiTCb, which ha* eight bishops in the
island The language spoken by both
( hristinns and Mohammedans is Greek. f
'ts chief city is C'andia, which was J
formerly the capital. The present cap- f
itnl is ( anea, which is the seat of a J
Greek bishop, and the official residence
of dip Kiirmicnn consuls. In 14liK the '
island was besieged And conquered by
tiie Turks, and it continued subject
"the Ottoman rule until the j
on tl croak of the Orcek revolution in j
IK8I. At that tifne the natives made
themselves masters of the country, ^
and drove the Turks or Mohametou
imputation. to take refuge in fortifica- j
tions. This contest was prolonged ^
without any decisive result until in ISM '
the allied powers of I'nrope transferred c
the island to the government of Mo- .
hemet Ali, viceroy of iOgypt. It thus f
remained until IS40, when it was taken
from Mehemit Ali and replaced tinder ^
*J>e dominion of the Turks.
t Vaiil visited the island of Crete
nic< -'hinted a church there. Hence, a (
iar-_. uuniher of Christians on the ,
isij ,,i to this day. [n the Christians
revolted against the Turks an<l demanded
annexation to the kingdom of y
Greece The war excited much sym- v.
pi\fhv among Christians, but the Cre- j,
tiftis were subdued in ISftJt.
The ( retails have declared their indepnndenee.
and appealed to Greece for r
aid. 1 he Christians have long desired j
a nni. n with Greece, for they ore of ^
Greek blood. not Turkish. ^
KIKST XKtilfO COTTON MILL. f
An l'.xperinient Tliat Will he Watch- 1
eil With Interest bj IJotli Wnri-i.
The Charlotte livening News of Feb. n
.."d i-iivs: I >i\ riiiix F Vcunrv* 1
preside: r of Shaw University, Raleigh, 11
ejwnt last night in Charlotte. Y esterl?v
h? was at Concord taking part in c
Wie or.ii/ation of the cotton mill to f
U owned and operated by negroes f
The officers und directora were elected i
yesterday und arrangements made to t
U-utn work on the mill as soon as prae- I
ti cable 1 it/.gotuld, of I>nrham, waa r
elected president; Coleman, of Con- ?
e.ord. secretary and treasurer. !)r. >
\1e>erve is one of the directors. t
"This is a move on the part of thi
negroes to take some part in the cotton f
uiili industry ut the South. Tlii? labor i
is now exclusively white, no negroes i
being employed in any mills in this !
vmntrv. Thi- experiment of a cotton
ndllowm 1 by negroes and run 1>> ne- ?
gro !al>or ui.i 1 >c watched with interest I
ail iivev the s'?nth Whether it will he !
Niieeessfui remains to b?. seen." '
W KI'irtKMU'OK ItKSKiNATIONS. 1
' i
Ofbee Holders \\ ho Ooelirsc to Serve I
^ l.oiiger 1 11 1II March -llli.
Washington. ~peciai The in coin 1
H ing mails for t:;e past few days receiv- '
\ ed at the State I'epurtmeiit have been ,
burdened with resignations of diplomatic
and high officials abroad. It is
the c: ' : i. which ha developed the
force f < . . j,.ji 1 . v for n"! di[ (
mato'V . .!.. til. . icsigna io'- ! ,
,i ' ....! . . . ..... . ..., .. v. ...... !
< f : < i* a i::ii!ii-. :\Uoii, v. |
' -ii . . ii" in till- r?> ? , ' ,
'.P'.<;;vr ? . i ! ira! perm
Mr ':i\:i"i' vr i ' >>-r* vi nr an>
to i. i ami. i: i. nndoratoiul,
vn?. i' i\ ?i Mum torn* sj.mt. wit*uh-n
Mr ! n -Hi n> ant'one-m lor to
f'ranre. and Mr l'V'~ a- nmbi^pndor
. to < lennany. The consul ''enernl'p at
K .London, I'uris and Liverpool hein,~ re
jrnrded :n po-itionxmore i/ii| ortar.t than
. many of tin* minor diplomatic | n-b,
'wve ?|ii> intimated that thev awn it the
nomination an 1 qualification of their
SUllTSM'l(
hilitron <>(' the ItrvAlnlien.
A I'omjress of tin* Society of the
Children of tip* llcvolution was held in
Wa??l liny ton from t!ie 2".'d to the 27th.
A orr-ai ; n:.\ ' hillren u ore in attend
anre, : v < ic > ,*tif- or: tin dif
i>* ' '. 'I i. ??*t i I
, y . ... . j
j \ . t 1 iuib ?>2
f tllO ,'t l! tl 'Ml
North < a roll ii ii \c?>.
Mrs. ). I.. Patterson, of Winston,
has been appointed one oftlie lady comIiiiissiiriiTs
for this State to "et up an
i exhibit for the Tennessee Imposition
i It is said that another nuj^et of irold
wei^hin^ t pounds v as found at the In
jjruui-Crawford mine, near Allietnarle
Winston will not j< in the proposed
* Virginia tiasehiiil league.
The State Y. M. A. eonvention,
which has been in session at Winston.
?-.rosed Monday. Karli service was impressive
ami touehiiiir. i
FIFTY-FOI*ItTH (ONdltFXS.
i'hc l'rorcodliiR.s Itriofly Told From
Day to Day.' *
' SENATE. Saturday
The Cretan uprising
lu'aiust Turkov was roooj^Mized ami eu'ourajjed
by tho donate in tlio uuaniiuhis
adoption of a resolution o floret I by
'unieron, extending sympathy to tho
'overument of Hreeco in its intervention
to free the people of t'reto "from
tho tyranny of foreign oppressors, and
to restore peace with the blessing of
Christian civilization to tho distressed
island.'' Tho bilf which passed tho
House at tho last session to authorize
the apjMiintmenbof -a labor commission
was taken tip, hut tvus soon sidetracked
by "Allison,' (tflpp )*of Iowa, ohairtnan of
tlio n-iuiri inrijitioiiM Iiv a
motion io take up tlio Indian appropnition
bill, which wuk agreed to, and
:here was a long debate then on the
sectarian schools, which was laid aside
without any action. During the cou- j
dderatiou of the above bill tue income i
ax case was brought in question.
\llen said that Justice Shiras owes it to (
ihe country to say why he so suddonlj* i
dinnpcd front on that subject. The \
change was so radical and so extreme
;hat that man will go into history under ]
i clond unless he exi lains to the cotin- |
:rv what motives influenced him to
h'ango his position on the income tax j
ases. t
Monday.?In the Senate Washing- t
on's farewell address was read in the r
>resence of a lnrge audience by Daniel, ^
Dein ) of Virginia. The principal part c
)f the dav was occupied in the conaid- *]
ration of the Indian appropriation bill. <
the Loud bill, to amend the postal n
aws, was reported back from the i>ost- t
)flice committee with amendments, in- j
hiding one for one-cent letter postage j
L'he bill and report were antagonized
jy two Populist Senators?Butler, of
Sorth Carolina, and .-tewart, of Nevudn.
Tphspay. the entire day of the^enite
was practically consumed 111 a discussion
of an amendment in the 1 ndiun ?
ippropriatiou bill for the opening to
settlers of the Dncoinpaglire Indian
eservntion m I tan, containing over
wo million acres. After considerable
liscussion the amendment was modi- 11
ied, agreed to and passed 'i lie r
\laskan lamudury treatv which was
igned hv Secretary ulney and Sir
Iniian I'auucefote fnn. doth last, was
aid before the Senate in executive
ession. Without being read it was reerred
to the committee on foreign re- 1
ntions. the Vice-President laid be- 11
or the Senate a report from the Seere- "
nry of State as to the persons claim- c
ng to bo American citizens, who were 1
aptured on board the Competitor,
iefcrred to the committee on foreign '
elation*. 1
Wkdskspay The Senate discussed 1
,'ubu awhile. Allen (Pop ) wuut?<t to ^
icnd battleships without delay in a res- I
dntion which was objected to and laid '
>ver until i hursday. Hill and Mor an
offered another resolution on the '
aui" subject It is as follows in part: 1
1 hat the Secretary of >tato be and is '
lereby requested to transmit to the '
euate either in open or secret session, *
is lie may prefer, all the correspon- 1
lenee nu i roportsof the Consul lietiei al '
it Havana " Morgan proposed the
dense of Julio Sanguilly. an American
mprisoned in Cuba m a strong resoitiion.
The Indian appropriation bill
vas taken up and debated without any I
urther action. <
I'lirnsoAV. There was a heated do- '
>ate in the. Senate on. Snnguit'ly, the !
tirierican citizen who is imprisoned ia
i Cuban fortress. I aniel took the lead J
md referred to Spain's insult to Consul i
.ee and to the I nited States Hale 1
md Hour took sH<3?> in this particular
as? with Spum, tlalc saying the Sen- 1
tors who are so ardent in Sanguilly's
a use really want war. It is also claim- *
>d that his naturalization papers were <
raudnlently obtained, and that lie is ?
lot American citizen. It is now thought,
hat the Cuban crisis is near at baud
IU.I.ill 1 il... .. . ...
Lin- iiwur-r i'iii i?/ iiiiicuu in*; m i u"* iu
eceivers of national bunks was passed,
mil the Senate adjourned until I riday
villi the understanding that the Cuban
solution will be u_rum railed up.
The President sent to the Senate the
'nllowinir nomination: \V. \Y. ( lark,
)f North Carolina, to in- I'nited States
list! iot judice for the eastern district of
North C arolina
Piiiow. I he Senate ha I the Iiidi.iu
ippropriarion bill before it. but that
fart did not prevent Cuba ami the
" an^uilly ease from beimr f amiit over
even in a more uiiyrv ulll| excited manner
than 1 hursdat Ihe Snnifiully I
resolution having neen sent to the
;*aleiidar two oth?*r resolutions as t>< I
fhe victims of Spanish cruelty were of- ?
fered and considerable comment pro ?
ui'l ('on was indulged in, some }^cftin.r S
nad and others ;;cttin;r witty, i inally
he Cuban ii'lestion was pclilittel to
uibsiile and the actual cor si leration of
he apj roprialion lull \vas resitnieil.
il'USi:. a
Sati upa . ! lie Hon e finished the j.
!i?-ciis <?iii in . nmrnittei- of the whole
if tl:r ;ri;ca: deliiMeiiex bi.l. v.ilhlne i
:< ;>tu<n of ( ;: pa aurraph An lnno- it
( it app pa ?^c lop lai n
t i t o' 11 ( e ., m! j t i i; i n 1 s d i
dn led !rm:i the sn \
brouirlit about a fa.oilv row, but a;in >
loir,'discus'ion it was retained ' (
fin e ail|Ou, n:nent it was decided not to
observe Monday as Washin^ton s birth- <
dry, o\* inir to t ime bcino too precious 1
at this late period mi the session f
Mo\r?AV. - hi the Mouse the deficiency
bill was passed. Hontelle, chairman r
of the naval committee, succeeded m
trot11!itr up the naval appropriation lull,
and the other matters wit*' not of much i
interest t<i the ifeneral pnldic t
'IVf.siuv 1'lie chief occupation of
the house was to denouncethecivil ?er
vice law It came about bv the consideration
of the bill to amend the revised
statutes so aatojjive the governors of
territories tlie power to remove, as well
us appoint, certain territorial offices,
li >i:r paiiicioated in bv a ih>;:e:i mem
be!'-. i:? ::i \ al' of wh'U.i condemned
a lid c. P ci . ! i It i, 11 i r\ iiv law | he
bill that started the debate was passed
'1 he rcii.aiudc: of tin- <laj. s -ion was
spent in the consideration ot the naval
appropriation lull, which was passed
just as received from the committee oil
naval atlairs.
\\ i:nsi: ,n\v. \ message was re
reined from the I'resident 11 ausmittiii^
the rej ort of the joint commission up
pointed under the agreement of the
I'nite 1 States and < ?reat Britain in
lss.'. ('li the fisheries of the waters eon
tin^uoiis to the t inted States and 1 an
lela \ re oiulion recoiuin?-ndeit b\ the
committee on accounts, nntlioi izinn; the
preparation of a digest ot election eases
decided in the l'llti'-third and 1 "ift> -
fourth congresses to cost ?2,6lH) loI>e prepared
by the clerks of the committee on
elections, was \jiwusswl ami referral
to the committee on printing, 'the upfu'iiiaiK-ouf
Win. J. Bryan.-upon tlio
tlooi of the House was the most uotioubl*>
event of the Way's session.
Tih'Kspay. By a vote of 144 "to ii>.
Hie Uouse passed tlie bill of Johnson
(Hep '), of Indiana, authorizing national
batiks to Jake out circulation to the
}H*r valtuvof tin* bonds dc|>o.sib?d-to secure
it, an increase of 10 per cent, over
the limit now allowed. (.ouferp.uee-reports
upon the agricultural appropriation
I ill and upon the bill for the relief
of settlers upon the Sioux reservation
in South JJukota, wpje .presented.. and
agreeu to. speaker Feed ordered the
relerence to .vlr Bryan's visit, at^d the
I)eiuoeratie cheering to be eliminated
from the Heeord. The resolution by
the committee en , foreign uilaire, call*
ing 011 the I resident for the correct pondeneo
relating ' to the arrest" and
punishment of American citizens by
Spanish authorities in Cuba was pre4
. . L\. I ( I % \
rcuiru uiiw lif. nuut'i \i'OUi
of New York, offered a resolution declaring
war between Spain and the United
States. I he measure was referred
to the committee on foreign affairs.
Fiui>ay.?The interpretation to be
placed upon the declaration of the platForm
of the Republican national contention
regarding the securing of an
international bimetallic agreement was
he subject of an animated, and at times
jxciting, debate in the House The
esult was that only three Republicans
vere of the opinion that their party is
committed to the single gold standard.
L'he bill passed by a yea and nay vote
>f xJTSl to :i. Hills passed providing for
irbitration of labor troubles between
he management of inter-state cotunerco
carriers and their employers;
roliibiting the importation of impure
ind unwholesome tea.
FINANCIAL STATK.MKST.
thowlng an Alleged Deficiency In
the Treasury.
Thursday the Senate received tho folowing
statement from the State Trensirer
and I'omptrollor General, and was
ead before that body:
Vu the, Honorable, the President and
other Members of the. Senate of
South Carolina
Wc have the honor to submit tho suboined
report in accordance with a rcsilution
of the Senate requesting the
tato Treasurer and t oiuptrollor Genial
to furnish a statement of the treasiry,
in what fund it exists and why:
\\ bile there is at this date a iarge
nlnnco unapproprirted aud therefore
id actual deficiency really exists at
resent, additional funds must he pro;ided
to meet the appropriations of the
resent session, ami balances of former
ipl ropriations remaining unpaid.
'ibis dilFerence between the ainouut
f funds in the treasury and the appro riutions
already made, and to be made
it this session, may be properly regardMi
as a prosiHjotive deticiency, the
unount of which we have no means of
iscertaining with absolute accuracy,
imt which may be estimated as follows:
ESTIMATE.
Assuming the approprations by act
March, is.iti, as a basis for an estimate
w e find the aggregate appropriated for
the fourteen months ending 31st I >e etnber,
ls'Jii, (not including interest
or the legislative expenses) to be
?070,00.). 23.
Deducting the following extrtraordilary
appropriations made by act refere*l
to, viz:
vVintlirop Normal and fnd'strial
College, back indebtedness. .8 23,202
Registration 4,000
\tluutu Exposition 0,0.K)
om-liutional convention 23,000
Vluuagers elections, ditto 7,-700
supervisors registration 27,000
8 00,702
8.788,307
Uso deducting 1-7 for two
months in excess over ono
.year 84,036
8-704,341
ind adding what will bo required
for interest on lirown
and blue 4 1-2 per cents, and
other State bonds and stocks
payable Only, 18)7, and 1st
January, IS M ?384,UUU
?1 s .> legislative expenses present
session, say (50,000
nteiest past ilue on Brown ami
Clue I 1-3 per cents .1,000
>livct tax claims. < >et. JsS4 51,700
vev. counties expenses .1,000
iuj t-rviM is of registration, miv. 151,.*>00
nn.ii v balances unpaid appropriations
.1,000
!>iki:>ir an estimated total rei|Uired
for tl?rt year IS '7 .SMMI,.1:;7
Against these assumed appropriations
.ml uit| uid hula i<"os there is now in the
ene.al fund of t ie trcus.iry, ?4;?H,><t7.I;
taxes istii iiuj aid, pro! ably uvaila>le
t<> this amount, utter deducting
men!refn id. ?Vc , i; bal
n < < .ie i r -.i.sury ?*eueral fund by dis,0.',
amount expected to
i .it r-ved from him;-mice, license fees,
.mi fees i.fiiee a.?.Tetar\ of .State oli,
r to".ai, & ist*.
whowian a probable or prospective
leficioncy for H 7, on the assumed
>nsi* as above, to bo provided for,
tte have not included in the foregoing
dntemcnt the a mount of interest which
vonld be due from July 1st, to
lulv 1st, is.>7. on the -It j->or cent
I frown bonds, liable to be issned for
lie valid part of the fundable bonds and
docks now outstanding, which, if called
for, would amount to about $4),>">,
only a small iimoniit of this aroint,
however, has of late years lx>en
ailed for.
Nor have we included the interest
hie to July 1st, 1 which, under
he law, is fun bible with the prin
M a!.
> Ins .^ jsi,(i:iu p:ospcctive deticioncy
loes include l3,i)0ti interest, due .Inn*
mrv I . s l?..j viie st il I a urosiici-t i. e
stiuia'nl deficiency of 3142,?5'.K) for tis
nl year
\V. II. Timmkhman,
State Treasurer.
.1 oil's n'ohton,
< 'omptmller < lettera!.
February th, 1 s.?7.
To ii.ii.i So.iimm-s.
Arrnuueinciits lor the trainin;; of
I'.rit.slj infantry next winter are to lie
on a ttiore elaborate scale than usual,
ami iv pecial |irotnineiiee is to he given
to loin,'-il:stnnee marching.
TfS STAVED OFF NflW. U
? h \ I
House Will Not Pass Murray's d
Resolution This Session, hi
THE OUTLOOK IS SQUALLY, 'f.
* n;
-I'lic- InillrntloiiN Are Tliat the Next l?i
Congress Will tJlve South < urollna "
V!
an Kixllrss Ainonnt of Trouble. |t
' VI
WASiftNOTON, (Special.)?The i lives- vj
tipution of the South Carolina electoral 't
system under tho new constitution, 'll
which Representative Murray, of Sotith ^
Carolina, has been en'deavorihg to havo ||
the House take up, will not be attempt- I
ed by this Confess. The committee
on election of President, Vice Presi- |t
dent and Representatives in Congress, fr
which has been listening to statements
from the bcntli Carolina politicians, de- "J
cidtd 'Friday "to leave" the question to ,
the Pifty-tirth Congress, which will "
have to psss upon several election con- 1
tests made by bouth (. arolina Hepubli- "
cans, if the temper of the committee I'
of the next congress be like that of the
present committee, an investigation ^
will be made Several Republican
members of the committee declared e<
themselves in favor of an investigation, I*
hut were deterred by the lack of time 11
before this session closes. Consequently
a sub-committee, consisting of tliree J1
Republicans?Atwood of Massac liu- ,l
setts, C orliss of Michigan, uml a1 1
(trich of Alabama, and two Memo w
crats?tucker, of Virginia, and btal A
lings, of .\Iubnmawas instructed to >
rei>ort to the i louse the memorials and 1
the statement made to the couiuiittea
with the recommendation that the next
1 ougiess consider that an investigation ''
is advisable. Air. ntvvood is writing !l
tne report, which will nrraigu the
recent i mistitutionul Convention of 1
boutli Carolina and the Constitution !'
which it framed. It vviil be asserted
that the convention was illegality called,
that it was not a component body for
the work it did, because its members s
took uo oath, and that the Constitution
was not submitted to a vote of the
people. 'J he workings of the electoru
system will be criticised on the grouuu
tout the registration boards are Com {
ixised wholly of liemocrats appointed
by the t lovernor, that the tests are so ..
manipulated by the registration ollicers
that illiterate whites arc qualiiied and c<
illiterate blacks disquulitied. <
A minority re)>ort may lie made l>y y
the Deiuoci atic members of the subcommittee,
reveial tvoutli < arolina
politicians up).cared V>efoi e the commit- tl
tec today, among tbcui i?r. ."atupsou
j o|?e, recently the indej?endent caiulidate
for l >ovei nor, and iiobert Emails, .j
the colored ex-mciuher of t digress
there was a rather warm passage tie- f
tvveen Dr. t ope uud bepresentutive J
'1 albert when A.r. '1 albert suid that Dr j
1 o) e bail begun to run lor tloveruor
ou the i emocratic ticket and hud run s
on every )>ossible ticket since Mr j
i albert asserts that no white man has signed
the memorials presented by ?ur (
.Y. urray.
Dr. l'oi>e characterized ns a great j
fraud the Constitutional < onventioii
and reviewed tliecircuinstauoesattend- ,
tug it. Uneasy for fear that the i ouRervutive
element of the 5? tate would
join the Kepublimns and form a just
t onstitution, the Democratic leaders,
Senator i illinun, the (lovernor, and |
others, entered, he declared, into a
most damnable agreement. I he scheme 1
to which fhey bound themselves uud
their followers provided, among other
things, tout no white man should be
disfranchised except for crime, that ttie .
whites should be insured supremacy
and the Constitution, when adopted, ?
should not be aguin submitted to I
the people. The result was that thous- 1
amis were debarred from suffrage
Mr. Huialls stated that the Democrat- o
ic IState Kxecutive Committee un<l not s
the Legislature had provided that the v
Constitution should not be submitted to 1
a vote of the ]>eop!e.
Mr. Wilson held that the old law did
dot declare that a new Constitution,
but only amendments to the old Con- n
stitutioii must be submitted to the peo- (
pie. _ v
Dr. Pope secured from Mr. Wilson, ,,
in the course of the hearing, an aduiis- "
1... I 1 '....ul 1...V .. Il.rl.t f,. ,.,,11.
test the eleetioii and then declared that ,
lie bad been unable to prevail upon any |
members of the Legislature to present \
his eoutest i?u?l when the Sj>eaker had \
been induced t*> submit it the Assembly
had voted itdown.
then Mr. Smalls eouiplained tlmt the
['epu'ilicMUS were not allowed representation
011 the election beards, 1
whereupon Mr. Stokes, of South a
Carolina, contended that this was in- i
correct ami Mr. Smalls argued that i
they were not represented on the reg
istiation bourds, at any rate. Mr.
St 1 i's said be \v as not informed 011 that I
pii.nt. t
\\ r. Wilson argueed ut length 011 the I
right of Comrress to undertake the in- t
vestigation pro|H?sed. 'J his ?ns mere- t
ly an attempt by Mr. Mnriay to have i
Cnngrosa collect evidence for election
contests for the Sonth Cnro
lina Ropublieans, he said Congress
had no right on the showing made 7
to invade the State and investigate itlaws.
"
Tint in Rtock. J
The Stmnrl Magazine mnyn rhai an ?
Ilngllsh pitman was asked by a friend i.
who was very bow-legged, to-buy when 'r
next In the town, a pair of stockings ifor
hlrn.
On the following pay-day the pitman
-I |U? el>Atx y.# n no.ll I- 1
rmririi i nr ?m it ivrii-niniu 11 IIUNIfT
t(? ninkp thr purchase. Thp shopman \
was most obliging. but bavin? shown i
thr intending purchaser noarly every ?
pair in stork bo at last thought it tiino li
to ask for a more riilnuto description of
what was required.
"I've shown you noarly nil wo havr."
salrl ho, "and I'm suro our stock is see- {
ond to noiio. As we've hitherto given ^
satisfaction to all classes, it is strange
that wo can't suit you."
"Well." said the pitman, "what I '
want is n j lir o' bowlegged ones." x
t
Kerfs Wagon. i
In tlormany the star group which we >
call the "big <1.. nor" Is known as ,
"Karl's wagon." 1 i
Til K WOK ST OV Kit.
lie Flood on ihc Oliio is Now Sub*
siding.
Cincinnati, (Special.)- The sky .is
loudy ami the mercury is rising. At
II river points from Pittsburg to
layesvilie the river is falling very rap
lly. Everywhere above here nuvigaon
is resuming: Suffering at l'ortslOnth
is diminishing.' Tho same inny
0 said of Huntington, Catlottebufg,
angiug ltock, Aberdeen and Mayes*
ille, where the inundation drove out
uudreds of families. Charity at home
1 all of these places is prompt to pro
ide for the unfortunates. From Mayosdie
down to Cincinnati the Hood is at
s Worst. Below Cincinnati the tribniries
are all falling ra'pidlv. No serriis
losses of property or lite have been
?l?orted from up river iwints within
le lust thirty hours. Itiglit. here in
ineinuati and vicinity the situation is
t its worst. Upi>er Cincinnati, at I'enleton,
is pretty badly Hooded. At
'ast a hundred families are driven
om dwellings. Tbev are amply proided
for by organized charity, asisted
by large dot Ails of jKilice. Up
ill Cr/?ek, a few families have been
riven from home. Down the river at
elhi, Riverside, Coal City and Addytoue,
some fainilies liavo been comelled
to abandon their homes. Newort,
on the Kentucky side of the river,
iifl'eiw most proportionately. Over
iree hundred families have been driva
to higher ground. "Large details of
idice are employed day and night givig
relief. Covington is almost un athed.
Many families in Ludlow
ve over deluged eollurs, and some
ave been driven from their homes,
he village of Bromley, below Ludlow,
ith almost TOO inhabitants, is almost
holly Hooded. Those who liavo twotory
houses have taken refuge up-stairs
ud receive food supplies from boats,
ho dam of the Great Lake at the Lud>w
1 agoon is in great dauger. It is
robably within the facts to say tliat
long the Cincinnati river front, on
nth shies of the river, six hundred
unilies have lieen driven from their
oines ami as many more compelled to
ve over Hooded cellars.
VIIY (LAItK \VAS NOMINATKI).
emitnr Puliner's Argument With tlie
President Induced lltm to Change
Ills Mind About Confirmation
A Washington special says: Senator
till, who is a member of the judiciary
IHUIilllllt., Nl) > IMt' UUU1IUIIIIUI1 U1 .ill.
lark will not be reiHirted from the
ommittee. The Delaware appointment
ill share the same fate. The New
ork Senator savs the Republicans <lo
ot intend to permit the confirmation
f any of the life-term appointments
ow pending before the Senate.
Senator Palmer, of Illinois, was one
f the earnest supporters of the nomiun
i>n of Judge Clark, and his iiuul up*
eal to the President probably induced
lie latter to send the nomination to the
enute During the conversation heween
the President and Senator Paluir,
in behalf of Mr. Clark, the President
aid: "< lencral, 1 do not see what is
o be gained by nominating Mr. Clark
u the face of certain rejection. It
rotild he but an empty honor."
" flint is all very well," replied Senuor
Palmer, "but Mr. Clark is a devotd
friend of mine and I might have reused
the presidential nomination on
lie sound money t icket because it was
,u empty honor."
The President appreciated the statenent
of the venerable Senatoi irom
llinois and the same afternoon Mr.
lark's Humiliation was sent to the
ienate
lla/.cd Into Insanity.
Clarence A. Austin, of Marion, N.
'., was made n raving maniac as a ren11
of the hazing he received at the
uinds of the sophomore cluss of the
Tiiversit.v of Rochester, at Roclu'ster,
s V. Austin is u freshman, Hi years
dd. Several soplioinoics gave him.a
evere puiiiiiieliug lie went into the
rildest state of delirium as the result of
us treatment
Mrs. Stevenson Again Chosen.
The Daughters of the American Revilutioii,
in session at Washington, D. j
re elected Mis Vice President Steenstoii
for the third time as president
:cneral, .Mrs. Rrackett, of Washington,
,s vice president geiieial and one vice
re? ident from each of the Stales rep...
i * .ii ii .. i- .it. ..
IM.IIUM1. iimmiv; 11it'lli in r in- hmhm> tig:
Mrs Thatcher, l,ouis iann, Mrs
V P. Ihxey. ! J????rtri:*.. .Mis .?<> -pli
A'aslii tigtoil, Tennessee.
Negro Tenehers Confer.
At TiisU 'gee. Al:i n ronfei rnee ol
Mutators a:i.I tnissioiinr>
anting till' eoL.reil peopio of 1'ue Houtli
art About "'111 teachers wele 111 l!:.
neeting. \early every prominent
otithei n JrliiMil was repreviMiIni \n
Irews of laliirlega, iinurt...! ol \*
until, Cravatiiof !iv|.. l.ri/r! .if !!ar i,?
on aii'l Ilaii! ar !. the fnimth < !' Mr
iiirrv Mclnvl < oilcge. ha'.r liven in
iie w in l< fm years i lie most ?>|
he teachers were front tJ'eoiiutiy
listrirts.
Oefielmey in Mississippi
At a conference liehl at .larK'on,
ifiss . between (lover,.or Met.run in
md the various State officials, it was
lecided to mil a special session of the
.e^islature to meet on .March V? 'd 01
Kith, the exact date not yet lining fixed,
o consider plans for building a newdate
eapitol mid to provide for an estianted
deficiency of SlS-l,s:}? in the
>tate revenue.
A Southern Train Kills Nine.
l-'ntir miles from Chattanooga 'J'enn.,
>Yodiiesdav, the Southern liuilwuv'H
neoniinir passenirrr train struck a eovued
wayon containing ten persona,
;ibui^ all except one
The Threatened Kate War.
The railroads appear to lie on thowm
o an agreement which will stop t!io
hreateiied rate war. "Tin; executive
illieers of the Norfolk and Western,
lie Southern ill way and the Louisille.
and Nashville will ?jet together
u New Wl. and stop the rate war
nude iintn11m-itt hy the Noifolk and
iVi stern's cut of 1"> cents lirstclnss oi
astern business to St Lotus atp
M cinphis.
NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED.
Southern Pencil Pointers. 1
Dr. T. F. \Leftwich, a. prominent I
Presbyterian minister in Atlanta, I
CI a. He was buried in liedfoid City, J
Va.
Theaiiti-trust law of Texas has been
declared unconstitutional.
At Huntington, W. Va., 8.VHW
acres of land was sold for tuxes. Tin*
taxes had not been paid since 1879.
which had caused an accumulation of
taxes to the enormous ucount of ^?4,UUO.
'1 he tract of land was owned br
Knstern syndicates uud stood on the
records in the name of the Trans-Monn
tuin Land Company.
At Murray, Ky ., ? premature explosion
of dyiuimitvut the gravel pit killed
live negro laborers and wounded us
inanv more. Two of the injured will
die. .
The Southern lee Fxrhnujre met at
Charleston, S. C., in their seventh
annual convention. They were gi*e?
an excursion around the harbor.
J. Ij. Casper, merchant and tobacco
manufacturer, at Winston, N. C., a#
signed, naming J. Jacobs and W. E.
Franklin trustees. Assets are placed
at jj.Vi.tMiU ami liabilities at ?10,tJO?
His preferences aggregate SJ'J.OOU.
A Lyucc.burg, Va , special says.Fudge
Stafford <i Whittle, of this judicial
circuit will be elected professor of con
stitutioual law at Washington and (<?<
University to succeed the late Joha
Unudolph Tucker.
'I he Alabama Legislature has authorized
lie Coventor to fund the bonded
debt of the State with an issue of fifty
year bonds
Corporal Tanner, former Pension
Commissioner, is interested in a colon
izatiuii schemeof Northern settlers, and
a site of ll.nuo acres has been secured
near ( untoii, < iu
The I ouisville, Kvnnsville ?V St.
TiOiiis shops, at Princeton, I ml., has
been bin lieu Loss .j-'IOo.otMl
Judge P. I Merrick, ex-Chief .Ills
ticeof the Iii'iiisiitimSupremet ourtand
one of the best known luwyers in the
South. is dead
All About the North.
. 'sound money" league has wees
crgunized in New Vork Its object is
to form "sound im.ney" clubs ail OTer
the country, ami continue the agitation
ill favor of the gold .standard
At Philadelphia, Pa , John I>. Hart
has been found guilty of aiding a
Cuban filibustering expedition 011 the
steamer Laniadn He will be released
on a :$;,"<>< bail, ami bis attorneys will
make application for a new trial
At San Francisco. Cul , W. K. Pecker
defeated Horace Slater in n match raca
and established a new world a record
for five in ilea, making the distance i?
U:f?4
lolui Mellet lias entered suit at Chi
en^o, for .^'lo.uiKi damages from Dr.
Heluuiilt for injuri s sustained in ap
plying the Itoeul^eu X ruya to locute a
bullet.
William .f. Itrvan, altei addressing
the Kansas Legislature, spoke at amass
meeting 111 Topekn on |>oliLicnl topics.
At last a $10,00(1 monument is to l>?
placed over the fjrave of Francis Scott
Key at Frederick, Md
Only six members of the Arkansas
Senate voted 111 favor of a 'J rents |->?i
mile passenger railroad fare lull
At New York William I* St. Jnlia
died at his home Saturday ni^ht of a
complexion of kidney and stomach
troubles. He won ^rreat notoriety in
the recent Presidential campaign as the
friend of Mr. I'.ryun and the ebanipioa
of free silver, lie was one of the pi in
Cipul promoters of the "Silver party,"
and later treasurer of the Democratic
National Committee.
At (irand liapids, Mich., John I nne.
in oonxidcution of Sj.'i, under a writtea
agreement, sold and released his wifo (
las. II. Hurst All concerned ccleibra
ted the event.
At Lancaster, Peiin., Abe Ifensoa,
one of the ineinhers of the ?hii? of
thieves and outlaws who reside on the
\\ elsli Mountains was shot and
killed by his stepbrother, .lorry
(ireen, who is also it noted ei iniinal
and member of the Mime i;:in?i
?? 4 ?
31 iscelliineons.
The Society of Daughters of the
American Devolution in session at
Washington, has gained (1,000 me.niter*
dnriiiK the past year, II* new chapters
having been uddod to tlie roil.
Mrs. Ilenrv W ard ISeeelier's cotnli
lion ia uradually {{rowing worse, and
her C.eutii is only a mallei of u tow
dn\ s
.An onu'tn' caoloirrain from Madrid,
Spain, mivs l!i;il t!> <'ip i i, recent ha*
uyued a i aril.>n <>!' .!i> e l-hinynill v
it ik ially .-tile i Unit ' 1 In<?
flay is In In Ministei to ! 11 - Ui >< - S !
succeed i'nvnr.l
Murk A. Iliinna Inis tu-cu npjo: oted
United IStatrs Fenalor to : tm-<-<-< ?I ,-?Jier
tnun.
'J ho issue of standard silver dollar*
from the mints and Treasury olliee for
tliO week ended Kelt. L'Uth was $.;.{!.Irfft.
One hundred find fifty-six cows nf
dieted with tuhereulosis were killed at.
Wilkeshare, Pa., and taken to thefer
tclizin^ works.
lUondin, the famous oymnnst and
roj e-.alker, is dead, "lilotidin" was
an assumed name, dean Francis (ira
vele is what he was christened, and lis
was the first gymnast to cross Niagara
Falls on a rope.
( holera has broken out among the
people employed on the relief work of
the native State of llewaii, in India
In two days (OH deaths huiehucn recorded.
The train conveying President-elect
1 Mckinley to Washington from < nnton
will lie known as the "PennsyIvnnia
, Pail road Venetian lied."
Corporal Tanner in a eard denies that,
lie is in any way interested in an old
i soldiers eolotii/.iit ion scheme at Cantor.,,
(!a lie states Unit advances lutvc he*?n
made to him in this connect ion, Imk
that lie knows nothing in detail o? Jhw
plan and refused to have his name
associated therewith. lie wants his
soldier friends to iim-stigute t'aemutleC