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VOLUME
FOR Al LIANCEMEN.
Holes end Current Comment Regarding
tbe Great Reform Movement.
A substitute for the sub-treasury
bill being fobmulated—free DE¬
LIVERY FOR RURAL DISTRICTS.
Those who arc now howling against
the “government ownership of the rail¬
roads’ mver sny a word against the
railroads.”—Ex. “ownership of the government by the
The Pennsylvania ***
Farmer (Meadcville,
r/mntrv- U fi S1 " S I'he farmers of this
t* v ' ttx cnsive, more com—
J!. n u ’ j ( ' rt> \ ‘ * nS G ,. Hnd ia ° ever mor .° before. ably
let then * ' ‘T * , ° W , °/k*u-° W as
on lit tl, fl far f [ n r \°J this country
can l, oi’t . lecogm ion icy deserve.
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To turn back, no, we would deserve the
contempt anil scorn of the i world* but if
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for r nr ri 1 I s W • ° r d Y 1 respect . us
f for it, .. and 9 plutocracy will tremble
at our
strength. Don’t give one inch of ground
I™*!' 1 y ° U d °, hC w lU demand
two wn Stand r firm, stand f united, . be a
11 eviiw.mg the victor}'is
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The * ik
Missouri World says: It is stated
that the people of this nation about
twenty-five years ago, 11 s a general rule,
owned their own homes. By the recent
thousand (It90) census we find that thirty-one
wealth of people own one-half of the
this country. Now, we would
ask how much of the wealth will bo
found in the hands of the masses of the
people twenty years hence, supposing the
existing systems are not changed ? Will
some export arithmetician tell us ?
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The Alliance Herald (Montgomery,
Ala.) says: This movement of the pro¬
ducers and laborers is for equal rights to
all and special favo.s to none. Every
man who toils for his daily bread,
whether in store, shop, office, furnace or
field, is equally interested. The success
of it means benefit for all. Its failure
means heavier burdeus, more toil and
less profits to all. Buckle on your armor
nnd tight for your rights nnd your liber¬
ty, the protection of home and the free¬
dom of your children.
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Marion following Butler, . official notice, signed by
president of the North
Carolina state alliance, was published in
the latest i sue of The Progressive
Farmer:
“I desire to have a conference with one
true representative allianceman or more
from each county in the state. At your
next county meeting elect one man to bo
in Rileigh May 17th to meet iu confer¬
ence with me. Elect your best anti-trust
member aud empower him to act upon
his best judgement for you in a repre¬
sentative capacity on any matter that
nmy come up for tho good of the organi¬
zation aud the cause of reform.”
The Missouri ***
World (Chillicothe, Mo.)
says: Free coinage would be to the peo¬
ple what an oasis is to the traveler iu the
desert—would temporarily quench the
famine and desolation around them. But
free coinage is not enough. If the powers
that ho find that the people are deter¬
mined to have enough money iu circula¬
tion to carry ou their business ou a cash
basis, they would doubtless agree to per¬
mit their tools in congress to allow such
a measure to pass, for, through the
agency of the national banks, it would be
easy to contract for currency sufficient to
offset the increase of circulation that free
coinage would cause. A new financial
system is tho remedy. A slight sprinkle
will not break a general drouth, neither
will free coinage permanently allay the
geueral money famine.
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(Paola, * *
Tho People Kan.) says;
Strange, isn’t it? When a receiver is
appointed to take charge of corporation
property, as a railroad, the receiver runs
the road until the debt is paid; then
turns the property back to tbe stockhold¬
ers. But when a receiver takes ebargo
of the property of an individual wealth
producer he holds it until the mortgage
is foreclosed and sold and the rents gob-
bleel up; then lie turns the property,
farm or fact »ry over to the corporation
bidding it in. Why is this? Is it done
by virtue of law, or is it a matter of fa¬
voritism in the interest of robbery?
Reader, you are interi sted to kuow. Why
should law-made individuals fare better
than God-made individuals? Why should
tho law he in favor of corporations that
are without flesh and blood and consci¬
ence. and against humanity, the think¬
ing, acting and sentient beings?
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FREE DELIVERY FOR FARMERS.
An organized effort is under way
among farmers to secure from Congress
free mail delivery in country towns. The
Farmers’ Alliance, Patrons of Husbandry,
and other orders are canvassing the mat¬
ter. Letters are being written to Con¬
gressmen in favor of the project and
petitions to circulated Congress for free delivery
are being in many parts of
the country. Farmers assert that a daily
mail delivery at their door will add per¬
ceptibly to the money value of their
farms, and will be worth still more be¬
cause it will keep them in touch with
markets and the outside world and rob
farm life of its isolation and monotony.
Postmaster General Wanamaker states
definitely for the first time that the ex¬
periments made by the postoffice depart¬
ment for free delivery in farming districts
shows that the increase of revenue more
than pays all the increased expense. He
heltcves that universal free delivery
would therefore be self-sustaining.—Ex.
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BE NOT DECEIVED.
“Let the people be not deceived.” says
the Progressive Farmer. “The free aiid
unlimited coinage cf silver is right. It
is one of the demands of the Alliance.
Silver was demonetized through stealthy
fraud. It wa9 a great and heinous wrong.
Bs it understood now and for all time
that the Reformers do not regard it as a
panaoea for all our financial ills. We
know that as a measure for increasing the
volume of currency* it is total lv
THE <3
AND PIEDMONT
inadequate. it According to Mr. Bland,
would increase it only about $22,000,-
or 30 cents per capita, it is not
- o!d i{ : P” wer to °pi? r ss We ™iue ft
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si stepping stone to higher things. We
want free coinage of silver, but we want
much more than that, we want a suffi¬
cient vo ume of full legal tender m nev
■ meet the requirements r.f t e legit imnte
b a-mess 01 tin- country, issue l oy the
government to the people at a low rate
of interest. We want this and this agi-
tation must never cease until we get it,
for that is the on;y remedy for exist-
ing evils. With all true reformers this
is the great and the greatest of all issues
b ^e the Americanpeople.
; The People’s Aid Alliance Review
(Cincinnati, Ohi *) says: Aliiancrmen
nn< 3 a p connected with the Alliance
should not in the least I av! any feeling
°f disheartement or think o ' taking their
hand from the plow and lo king °b ck.
Of course we will soiqetimes hear that
the “Alliance” is playing out here or
there, but do not believe such a thing!
_-i® It is agra a grand ?. an ® i iu-t J U t r c V use I” and those tno ®
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who are striving to . annihilate it, . root
nnd branches, are the jealous ones and
clingera to the parties whence thev ex-
p ec t “baodle ” Shame on such men to
make our laws! We’ve had enough of
,„ch. The progress made by the Farm-
era’Alliance thus far has been satisfac-
tory. The outlook is magnificent. What
is needed is a “long pull, a strong pull
and a pull altogether.” Let not one fall
out of the ranks, but see to it that others
are brought in. Remember the old ad-
=ge: “United we stand, divided we
fall!’’ Be firm; that will plant Alliance
principles firm'yin the minds of the peo¬
ple. A plant of slow growth is some¬
times the best, but thus far the Alliance
plant has grown exuberantly.
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A “SOMETHING BETTER.”
A Washington telegram says: The
Alliance democrats of the house are pre¬
paring a bill which they believe, when
perfected, can be adopted into a law,and
which will give the financial relief the
present condition of the country needs.
It is in the nature of a substitute for the
sub treasury bill. The measure will be
introduced within a few days. It will
provide for the government issuing mon¬
ey to tbe states at 1 per cent interest
upon collateral to the amount of three
times the amount furnished. The respect¬
ive states can then lend this money
to its cit'zens at interest and upon col¬
lateral decided upon by the states.
The full details of the plan have not been
decided upon, but the general plan for
issuing the currency to the states is on
the same principle as the national banlc-
i fami implements and machinery. Th«
fill calls for $10,000 appropriation.
The feature of the tariff debate Mon
day was the speech of General Wheeler,
of Alabama. He said it was the duty ot
congress to revise the tariff laws so as tc
add to the prosperity of all the people;
that to increase the price of labor,
whether of farm or factory, we must in¬
crease the demands for the products of
labor, and that can only be done by ex¬
tending ducts. the market for American pro¬
Dispatches of Sunday state that the
condition of Chairman Springer, of the
ways and means committee, continues to
improve, but he is still confined to his
bed. If the improvement, which is very
slow, continues as henceforth, he hopes
to be able to leave in a week or ten
days for Fortress Monroe for two weeks’
recuperation. The tariff discussion will
probably close about the latter part of
April, and Mr. Springer still expects to
make the closing speech.
Representative Johnstone, of South
Carolina, has introduced an important
bill, which has the double purpose of de¬
creasing taxation and increasing the cir¬
culating medium. It directs the secre¬
tary of the treasury to purchase the out¬
standing bonds due by the government,
and to replace the amount of this pur¬
chase by issuing treasury notes. It pro¬
vides that the gold aud silver bullion ol
the government shall be coined and held
for the redemption of these treasury
notes.
The committee on elections has voted
to unseat Mr. Rockwell, whose majority
'"as very small, and to seat the repubi ;
ing law. The general outlines of the plan
have been submitted to some of the best
posted and most successful financiers of
this country, as w T ell as to men of legal
ability, aud from all opinions to a large
extent favorable have been received. Ttie
general plan it is agreed is good, but
those who are most interested are having
some difficulty in arranging the details.
However, ability they are advising with men
whose as financiers cannot be
questioned, and a practical measure will
come out of it.
COTTON FIGURES FOR MARCH
As Issued by the Department of Agri¬
culture at Washington.
The March report of the statistician of
the department of agriculture was issued
Friday. It shows that the production of
cotton of the- world exceeded the con¬
sumption more than a million aud one-
half bdes in 1890 aud a further greatly
<nl rg'd <xcess io 1891, glutting the
ma V ets increasing visible stocks during
the past year more than one million one
huudivd thousand b les. and reducing
the Liverpool pri e of middling upland
from GIG pence in Januity, 1890, to
4 18 pence in January, 1892. It states
that in two years this country has pro¬
duced excess above the normal require¬
ments of more than two million bales,
and indiea’es a heavy reduction as the
only possible remedy, otherwise the se¬
riculture of the south will suffer worse
than the w stern agriculture ever ba«. It
declares th t the cotton states must be
agriculturally self-sustaini g, that new
crops must be introduced, as the agri¬
cultural population has outgrown the
capacity o. cotton to support it.
“Buckskin Jennie,’’ a conspicuous
character among the Indian tribes about Del
Norte. Cal., is dead. She was thought to
have committed a number of murders among
her own countrymen and the whites, but the
crimes could not be traced to her. Jennie
would shoulder a rifle aud go ou the warpath
with as much nerve as any of her brothers
and was as quick on the trigger as any of
them.
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1892.
THE LEASE BROKEN
And all the Central’s Officers Tender
Their Resignation.
THEY WERE ASKED TO DO SO BY THE TER¬
MINAL PEOPLE IN NEW YORK—SEN¬
SATIONAL TURN OF AFFAIRS.
Telegrams of Saturday from Savannah
state that the long expected next move
in the great railroad game has come at
last, and it is expected by the many who
have held all alon", that the Terminal
people were behind the Clarke suit, and
that they were the real parties who wanted
the Central broken. Saturday the Ter¬
minal people threw up the sponge and
surrendered the Central as far as thev
can, back into the hands of those who
controlled it prior to the making of the
lease. They will make no opposition to
Mrs. Clarke’s suit in the United States
court at Macon, on March 24th. So far
hands as they are concerned, they wash their
clear of the Central system, and
renounce their obligation as guarantors
of the dividend of 7 per cent.
The officials appointed bv Receiver
Alexander to run the Central railroad
have all resigned. Aud they do not
know why except :hat they were ordered
to do it. The order came from the head¬
quarters of the 'lerminal management in
New York and the resignations were
handed in instantly. General Manager
Green, Treasurer Hall, General Superin¬
tendent V. E. McBee, Traffic Manager
Sol Haas, all resigned as offic rs of Gen¬
eral E. P. Alexander, receiver of the
Central. The Terminal simply wants to
drop These the Central system—so it says.
resignations can be explained in
the light of the breaking of the lease.
Naturally the Terminal would not
want its officers running a road
which it wanted to get rid of.
When the news first got out Saturday
morning there was general indignation.
It was thought to be a step od the part
of the Terminal to embarrass the Central
and to throw it into confusion, Some
people were very angry and said harsh
things about the Terminal and the Dan¬
ville. On second thought, though, they
concluded that it would not make any
difference to the Central, and that it
could get along all right. General Man¬
ager Green stated that all he knew
about it was that “our people in New
York ordered us to resign.” He pre¬
sumed that they wished him to devote
himself to their properties exclusively,
and not be giving his time to the (Jen trail
Captain Green denied emphatically the
report that the Danville is running cars
off the Central system. “Our cars go
everywhere and we get cars from dozens
of other roads,” said he. “Everything
will be properly accounted for.” He de^
dared that it is absolutely false that Cen¬
tral cars are burned up to get the scrap
to sell. “The Terminal company would
not have an officer who would permit
that to be done.”
A large stockholder of the Central
stated that the new’ element in the Ter¬
minal, the Reading and Jersey Central
people, are anxious to have the Central
of Georgia cut loose for the present. It
seems that Fahnestock, Kennedy, Todd
and those capitalists have a large amount
of capita! tied up iu the Richmond and
Danville property. They will exert them¬
selves to brace up that company. If the
East Tennessee pioves too much of a load
they will drop that, too. “It behooves
Georgians now to give the Central their
sympathy and do all they can to build it
up There as an independent property.”
is no way to compel the Dan¬
ville to continue to run the Central if it
persists in refusing, but that one million-
dollar bond can, perhaps, be forfeited.
That bond was given to protect the Cen¬
tral against any loss or damage it might
sustain through the breaking of the con¬
tract by the Danville. If the Danville
chfims that the lease was illegal it might
escape making good the damages in the
event the courts decided that the lease
was unconstitutional. But if the Dan¬
ville simply assigns as the reason for
surrendering does the lease that the Central
not pay, the bond should hold.
An important question now is, Where
is the bond?
A minority stockholder savs that he
understands it is not in the Central rail¬
road bank in Savannah. General E. P.
Alexander was supposed to be its custo¬
dian. A railroad official, being asked if
he had ever heard where it is, answered
that he hfd understood that it is New
Y'ork somewhere, perhaps in the vaults
of the Central Trust Company. There
will be a great sensation if that bond
cannot be found, for it is going to figure
iu It the future reported proceedings.'
is that the Central's direc¬
tors will insist first upon having the eon-
trol of the road placed in their hands
instead of turning it over to a permanent
receiver. In the second place, it is
thought that they will try their hardest
to collect that $1,000,000, or so much of
it as will compensate the Cenvral for the
damage it suffers through the breaking
of the lease. The Danville would owe
the Central stockholders $262,500 in
June on the dividend account. It owes
now, say, $150,000.
JUDGE SPEER'S ADVICE.
The following telegrams between Re¬
ceiver Alexander and Judge Speer ex¬
plain themselves:
“Savannah, Ga., March 19, 1882,
12:08 p.m.—Hon.Emory Speer: The Dan¬
ville company has notified me that it
abandons the Central railroad to the
court. Its directors and stockholders
and all of its joint officers whom I ap-
uo’nted have tendered their resignations.
I am actively organizing my own staff
and accounting departments in order
that the operations of the road may be
uninterrupted. 1 anticipate no difficulty
in doing this. Fuller details by mail.
“E. P. Alexander,
“Temporary Receiver.”
Judge Speer sent the following tele¬
graphic answer to Receiver Alexander:
“Y T t ur telegram is received. The sud¬
denness of the action and the simultane¬
ous resignation of tbe officers of the les¬
sees should awaken the liveliest sense of
the urgent and vital responsibility de¬
pendent on yourself as the officer of tho
court. I have just been informed that a
!a r ge number of the engines and cars be¬
longing to your trust are being run out
of the state. Referring to ihe terms of
tne order of your appointment, you are
reminded of the vital importance of
gua such ding th° interests in your hands from
df predations as reported. If the re¬
port is true,* persons engaged in that work
might be liable to severe penalties for
contempt of the injunc ion. Immediate¬
ly investigate, and if necessary act with
utmost pre mptitude. I stand ready to
grant any proper order necessary for tbe
preservation of the property.
“Emory Speer, Judge.”
Dispatches of Sunday state that Gen¬
eral Alexander has not accepted the
resignations of the Richmond and Dan¬
ville and Central railroad joint officials.
Tiny were appointed by him as receiver
and cannot resign without permission of
the court. Superintendent McBee has
not resigned, and will continue for the
present in charge of the operation of the
road.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
A Splendid Record of Enterprise foi
One Week.
The Manufacturers’ Record of March
19th contains tho following: “Reports
from all sections of the south indicate a
steady inflow of capital for investment in
new enterprises. The establishment of
new industries as indicated by the incor¬
poration of companies shows that a large
amount of new money is being pkced
where it will be of immense benefit to
the south. The railroad situation i9 still
complicated by the uncertainties of the
Richmond Terminal reorganization, but
present indications point to a plan tha-
will place this system and allied interest
upon a sounder basis than hitherto, and
re ieve the properties of the great burden
of obligations it was proposed to impose
upon them.
“Tbe iron trade is strengthened by the
consolidation of the two great st pro¬
ducers, the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad Company and the DeBurdeleben
Coal and Iron Company, and there is still
a prospect of the inclusion of the Sloss
Steel and Iron Company in the deal.
“Our record of new enterprises for the
week shows the following as the more
important, items: A $125,000 electric
light plant at Richmond, Va.; a $G00,-
000 stockyards company at Louisville,
Ivy.; a $50,000 school desk manufactur -
ing company at Newport, Ky.; a $1,000,-
000 coal and coke company at Corinth,
W. Ya.; a $500,000 iron aud zinc com¬
pany at Roanoke, Ya.; a $25,000 fruit
prese rving company at Richmond, Va.;
a $100,000 water and power company at
Palestine, Texs; a $25,000 manufactur¬
ing company at Salem, Ya.; a $1,000,-
000 manufacturing company at Balti¬
more, Md.; a $20,000 woolen mill
company at Salem, W. Ya.; a
$350,000 phosphate company at Plant
City, Fla.; a $40,000 brick company at
Louisville, Ky.; a $500,000 loan aud trust
company at Charleston, S. C.; a $1,000,-
000 min< ral and mi ing company at Har-
riman, Tenn.; a $275,000 copper mining
company at Heuriet a, T« x.; an iron fur¬
nace at Queen City, Tex.; a $500,000
cotton factory company at Newport
News, Va., and a $200,000 coal and c<>ke
company in McDowell county, West Vir
ginia.”
THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH.
A Bill for the Establishment of the
Service Introduced in Congress.
Mr. Hopkins of I linois, at the request
of Postmaster-General Wanamaker, has
introduced in the house a bill to author¬
ize the establishment of a postal tele¬
graphic service and for other purposes.
The bill is a very brief one, consisting of
but five sections. It authorizes the post¬
master-general, upon the advice and ap¬
proval and of the secretary of the treasury
attorney-general, to contract with
any person, company or corporation
owning or operating lines of wires
used for telegraph or other pur¬
poses, for transmission of cor¬
respondence, press dispatches and postal
money orders over the same between any
points designated by him, at or in con-
notion with the postoffice under rules
and regulations prescribed by him, at
such rates per message as may be agreed
upon by said contracting parties; not,
however, to exceed the rates of similar
messages charged by such persons, com¬
pany the transmission or corporation. The charges for
and delivery of messages
is to be prepaid by stamp. The adver¬
tising and letting of the contracts pro¬
vided for is to be conducted in a manner
prescribed by the laws relating to cou-
tracts for inland mail transportation,
so far as the same may be appliable:
In conducting the business, provided
for by the bill, no new or additional of¬
fices are to be created, nor any additional
clerks employed by reason of the same in
the postoffice department or in postof¬
fices, nor is any expenditures of money
to be made or contracted for beyond the
sums received for the delivery charge of
the message.
Appropriations not exceeding said
sums are made to carry out the objects
of the act. The provisions and all stat¬
utes prescribing punishment for viola¬
tions of the laws relating to postal service
are extended and made appliable to the
service provided for. The bill also pro¬
vides that the postmaster-general by, and
with the advice and consent of tbe pres-
ident, may conclude treaties or conve.n-
tions with foreign countries for the ex¬
tension and connection of the postal tele¬
graph service, including interchange 0 !
postal telegraph money orders betwee
them aud the United States,
SALISBURY’S REPLY
Respecting a Renewal of the Modus
Vivendi for Protection of Seals.
A Washington telegram of Monday
says: Lord Salisbury has sent a commu¬
nication to this government in reply to
the note of Acting Secretary Wharton, of
the state department, requesting a re-
newal of the modus vivendi for the pro¬
tection of seal life in Behring sea during
the comiDg season. The communication
was received by Mr. Wharton through
Sir Julian Paucefote, P.ritish minister at
Washington. The acting secretary took
it over to the white house during the
afternoon and submitted it to the presl
dent. Mr. Wharton declined to indicate
the nature of Lord’s Salisbury’s reply.
Sixteen thousand more persons from
ihe famine stricken districts of Russia have
takes been quarantined refuge in St. various Petersburg householder*. and have
on
NEWS IX GENERAL.
Happenings of the Day Culled from Onr
Telegraphic and Cable Dispatches.
(VHAT IS TRANSPIRING THROUGHOUT OUR
OWN COUNTRY. AND NOTES OF INTER¬
EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Assistant Secretary of War Grant is
reported to be dangerously ill.
Diplomatic relations with Italy will
soon be re-established by the return of
Baron Fava to this country.
A heavy sleet and snow storm prevailed
at Rockford, Ill., Tuesday. Street rail¬
way traffic was at a standstill.
The Btifish government has been asked
tends to give an do early "the answer as to what it in¬
to in Behring sea matter.
The Wisconsin supreme court has de¬
clared the assembly senatorial and con¬
gressional appointment made by the last
legislature unconstitutional.
Canadian Dispatches of Tuesday state that the
Pacific railroad strike has now
-•xtendi d to the eastern division from Fort
Williams to Chalk river, 4,000 more miles
being locked up,
A Paris cablegram of Monday says:
It is reported that Mollien, Herrarn and
Guepran, Ohemina directors of the Banque des
de Feret Industrie which failed
Saturday, have fled to America.
The democratic state central commit¬
tee of Colorado has named Denver as the
place and May 25th the day for the meet¬
ing of the convention to select delegates
for the national convention at Chicago.
The New' A T ork senate has concurred
in the assembly amendments to the sen-
ate bill appropriating $300,000 for the
world’s fair, including an amendment
for the closing of the state exhibits on
Sundays.
A Cablegram from Paris says: At a
meeting of the cabinet held Tuesday M.
Ribot. the minister of foreign affairs,
and M. Ricard, the minister of justice,
submitted the text of the extradition
treaty with tne United States.
Disappointment is expressed in French
government quarters at the slow progress
of the American commercial treaty in the
chamber of deputies. The slowness is
owing to agricultural influences which are
opposed to granting minimum tariff to
American pork.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Standard Oil trust held at New York,
Monday, it was decided by a two-thirds
vote to terminate the trust, and that all
property held by the trust except the
stocks of the corporation be sold by the
trustees at private sale.
A London cablegram of Monday says:
The American Tin Plate works in Mon¬
mouth have been closed. At the Aber-
tiliery works the operatives have received
a month’s notice of the close of contracts.
Three thousand hands are thus thrown
out of employment.
Dispatches of Monday from Ottawa,
Ont., say: D. McCarthy, one of the lead¬
ing supporters of the government, gives
notice of a resolution in the house of
commons proposing that a Canadian rep¬
resentative be attached to the British
legation at Washington.
A Chicago dispatch says: Monday
afternoon the grand jury returned indict¬
ments against the following aldermen:
W. J. O’Brien, D. R O’Brien, Nicholas,
S. C. Cremcr, Patrick J. Dorman, Phil¬
lip Jackson, S. M. Gosseiin and J. F.
Dorman. The indictments are for fel¬
oniously conspiring to commit bribery.
A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch of Friday
says: The caucus of the Ohio house of
representatives Friday night agree 1 upon
a plan for congressional redistribution
and this practically determines the ques¬
tion which has been the cause of much
contention duriug the whole session.
Under the new arrangement the repub¬
licans will have sixteen congressmen and
the democrats five. The democrats at
present have fourteen.
A Philadelphia dispatch to the New
Y'orlc Herald says: Treasurer Searles, of
the American Refiners c mpany (the su¬
gar the trust), was iu that city Monday for
purpose of completing a deal by
which the Spreckies & Franklin refiner¬
ies were to be taken into the combina¬
tion. A formal transfer of properties is
expected to take place at once. The re¬
finery of F. C. Knight is already in the
deal, and is operated under the control
of the trust.
The Painesville Savings aud Loan As¬
sociation bank at Painesville, O., closed
its doors Monday morning. The deposi¬
tors crowding are generally w'orking people, who
are around the building and
threatening violence to the officials.
Colonel E. Iv. Paige, well known in rail¬
way circles, and one of the most promi¬
nent the capitalists in northern Ohio, is at
head of the concern. No figures are
obtainable at this time and the cause of
the failure cannot be learned . A notice
on the door of the bank conveys the in¬
formation that a settlement will be made
with the depositors as soon as possible.
An order issued by the treasury de¬
partment Saturday suspending the free
list in case of coffee, sugar, tea, molas¬
ses and hides produced in Venezuela,
Hayti and the Columbia, superseded issued and di¬
rescinded order previously
recting the custom officers to suspend
action in the c .se of such importations
until further orders. Under this ruling,
importations countries of articles question named be from admit¬ the
thne in will
ted to free entry, provided they were
shipped prior to the 15th instant, the
date of the president’s proclamation, but
importations shipped on and aftar imposed that
date win he subject to duties
by the McKinley law.
TOBACCO SMOKE.
A Big Factory iu St. Louis Completely
Destroyed by the Flames.
The extensive tobacco factory of Lig¬
gett & M_\ers, at St. Louis, Mo., took fire
in the sixth story, or “■ wearing depart¬
ment,” Friday morning, and in an »hnur
almost the entire up: er part of the build¬
ing was in flames. Several hundred peo¬
ple, men women and children, were em-
uioy< d in the factory, but all appear to
have es<ap-'d without injury.
CLEVELAND’S LETTER
Wherein He Gives His Views in Regard
to the Presidential Nomination.
A dispatch from Milwaukee, Wis.,
says: Gen. Edwards S. Bragg, author of
the famous phrase, “We love him for the
enemies he has made,” has been urging
Ex-Presideut Cleveland to make public
an avowal of his position in connection
with the approaching democratic presi¬
dential convention. He wrote a letter
to Mr. Cleveland from Fon Du Lac, con¬
taining the following paragraph:
“The danger to the public interests,
which a failure of the democratic party
would involve, seems to me now to re¬
quire an open avowal ®f your willing-
ness to submit to any service to which
your party may assign you. Many en¬
tertain fears that you may decline further
public duty, which none but you can
effectually be remove, and your voice will
ever heard with benefit and effect. I
believe your usefulness to the nation may
be greater now than ever in the past to car¬
ry to victory the cause of tariff reform and
res'ore the blessings of good government
to our people, and as your fellow-demo¬
crat and fellow-citizen, I ask you to say
to your party and people that your name
will be presented to the national demo-
ciatic convention as a candidate for its
nomination to the presidency, and that
you will accept the nomination if the
convention shall make it, and again un¬
dertake the duties of presideut, if our
party shall, as I believe it will, choose
you for the office.”
lows In reply the ex-president writes as fol¬
:
To lion. Edward S. Bragg:
Dear Sir —Your letter of the 5th in¬
stant is received. I have thought until
now that I might continue silent on the
subject, which, under the high sanction
of your position as my “fellow-Demo-
crat and fellow-citizen,” and in your
relation as a true and trusted friend, you
present to me. If in answering your
questions I might only consider my per¬
sonal desires and my individual ease and
comfort, my respouse would be promptly
made, and without the least reservation
or difficulty. But if you are right in
supposing that the object is related
to the duty I owe to the country
and to my party, a condition exists which
makes such private and personal consid¬
erations entirely irrelevant. I cannot,
however, refrain from declaring to you
that my experience in the great office of
president of the United States has so im¬
pressed me with the solemnity of the
trust aud its awful responsibilities that I
cannot dacy bring myself to regard the candi¬
for the place as something to be
w r on by personal strife aDd active self-as¬
sertion. I have also an idea that the
presidency is pre eminently the people’s
office, and I have been sincere in my
constant advocacy of an effective
participition in the political affairs
on the part of all our citizens. Con¬
sequently, I believe our people should be
heard in the choice of their party candi¬
dates, and that they themselves should
make tbe nominations as directly as is con¬
sistent with an open, fair and full party or¬
ganization and methods. I speak of these
things solely conception for the purpose of advising
that my of the nature of the
presidential office, and my conviction that
the voters of our party should be free in the
selection of their candidates, preclude the
possibility of my leading a pushing, and
self-seeking canvass for the presidential
nomination, even if I had a desire to be
again the candidate. Believing that the
complete supremacy of the democratic
principles means increased national pros¬
perity, and increased happiness of our
people, I am earnestly anxious for the
success of the party. I am confident that
success is still within our reach, but I
believe this is a time for democratic
thoughtfulness and deliberation, not
only as to candidates, but concerning the
party upon questions of immense interest
to the patriotic and intelligent voters of
the land, who watch for the assurance of
safety as the price of their confidence and
support. Yours very truly,
Grover Cleveland.
POSTMASTERS IN CONFERENCE.
Some Important Postal Legislation
Suggested by Them.
A Washington dispatch of Monday says:
Ihe conference of postmasters of the
country with the postmaster general
here during the last few days will result
iu much improvement to the postal ser¬
vice of the country. The conference ap¬
pointed a committee to draw up several
bills to be presented to the committees
of the two houses for action. ..mong
the new plans they have formulated and
presented to congress are tbe following:
To establish postal savings depositories,
providing that savings ma} be deposited
in all postoffices designated by the post¬
master general in sums of 5 cents or
more by the use of savings stamps, and
the subsequent conversion of s*id small
sums into certificates of deposit of from
$5 to $100. The bill will further provide
for the investment of such savings funds
in government, state, county, school
district and municipal bonds in the sec¬
tions where the money has been collect¬
ed. The depositors are to participate in
the earnings fiom the investments lor all
sums left on deposit for six months or
more.
Another very important bill drawn up
by this conference is to provide for the
issuance of postal notes at all postoffices
in the country for sums of less than one
dollar free of cost. The notes are to be
redeemable at any office within three
months from the date of issue. This
three months’ limitation is placed upon
them to prevent them becoming, a circu¬
lating medium.
Tbe conference also drew up a bill
providing for experimenting with the
postal telegraph. Als > for the They experi¬
mental use of the telephone. also
appointed a committee to examine into
the expense and advisability of using
pneumatic tubes in the larger cities.
Also a bid to prohibit purely advertising
sheets from transmission through the
mails as second-class matter. Also to
consolidate third and fourth-class mail
matter.
Another bill, and one of the most im¬
portant of all, is the one providing for
the free delivery of mails in all towns of
exceeding five thousand inhabitants, or
where the pcstal receipts exceed fi-re
housand dollars.
NUMBER 12.
APPEALING FOR RUSSIA.
The Committee of Americans in That
Country Asking More Aid.
A cablegiam of Thursday from St.
Petersburg c mtains the following appeal
from the committee of American citizens
sent to Rus-ia to aid in alleviating the
distress of the famine-striekeu pi ople of
that country:
“If the Ameiican people knew the ex¬
tent of the suffering in the famine dis¬
tricts of Russia they would everywhere
come to the rescue. Twenty millions
of people are effected and in dauger of
death from starvation. Typhus fever is
raging in many places. Horses and cat¬
tle are perishing ofhunger.
“Docs this not appeal to the hes-rts of
those able to help ? Russia is deeply
grateful to the American people for wliat
they have done. The distribution of
supplies is under the direction of the
American minister and an excellent com¬
mittee. Nothing will be wasted. Every
particle of food will be properly dis¬
tributed. Help us.
Rudoi.x’h Blankenburg,
A. J. Pkexel,
Committee of Am r cun Citizens Sent to
Russia.
STRANGE EFFECTS OF GRIP.
Two Cases of Sudden Blindness At¬
tributed to the Disease.
A Vicksburg, Miss., dispatch of Fri¬
day says: Two cases of sudden blindness
resulting the from grip have occurred here
recently, and sufferers being well-known
persons, one a lady has consulted the
most eminent occulists in New Orleans
who unite in declaring her case hopeless,
and admitted that they were ignorant of
the causes that occasioned loss of sight.
The other is that of a boy, who was at¬
tacked by the disease and lost his sight
in a few hours. An operation, promptly
performed, has partially relieved him,
through light as yet he can only distin^ui-h
from darkness. His physicians
have hopes of his recovery.
RICHMOND t DANVILLE R. R.
Atlanta anl Charlotte Air-Line Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains, in Effect Jan. 17th. 1802.
NORTHBOUND. No. 38. NO. 10. No. 12
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Cowpen3 Gaffney ...... at
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Gastonia....... si
Lowell........ at
Bellemont..... at
Ar. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm 73
SOUTHBOUND. No. 37. No. 11 No. 9.
Daily, , Daily.
Daily.
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Bellemont.....
Lowell.........
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Grover......... King’s Mount’n
Gaffney...... Blacksburg .... <4 ......
Clifton....... Cowpens .....
Spartanburg.. . 11 43 am
Wellford.......
Greers........
Greenville..... 12 36 pm
Easleys........
Central.......
Seneca,.......
Westminster...
Toccoa.......
Mt. Airy......
Cornelia......
Bellton.......
Lula.........
Gainesville.... 3 41 pm
Flowery Buford........ Branch a
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Suwanee....... a
Duluth........ a
Norcross...... a
Chamblee...... a
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.). a
Additional trains Nos. 17 an l 18—Lula ac¬
commodation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬
lanta 5 30 p m, arrives Lula 8 12 p m. Return¬
ing, leaves Lula 6 00 am, arrives Atlanta 8 50
a m.
Between Lula and Athens—No. 11 daily, ex¬
cept Sunday, and No. 9 daily, leave Lula 8 30 p
m, and 1140 a m, arrive Athens 10 15 p m and
12 20 p m. Returning leave Athens, No. 10
daily, except Sunday, and No. 12 daily, 6 20 p m
and 6 45 a m, arrive Lula 8 05 p m and 8 30
a m.
Between Toccoa and Elberton—No. 61 dai¬
ly; except Sundav, leave Returning, Toccoa 100 No. pm 60
arrive Elberton 4 40 p m.
daily, except Sunday, leaves Elberton 5 00 a m
and arrives Toccoa 8 30 am.
Nos. 9 and 10 carry Pullman Sleepers be¬
tween Atlanta and New York.
Nos. 37 and 38, Washington and Southwest¬
ern Vestibuled Limited, between Atlanta and
charged. Washington. On this Pullman train no Sleepers extra between fare is
Through
New York and New Orleans, al-o between
Washington and Memphis, via Atlanta and
Birmingham. For local and
detailed information as to
ing through time tables, rates and with Pullmau local agents, Sleep¬
car reservations, confer
JAS. or address, L. TAYLOR,
W. A. TURK,
Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Ass’t.Genl. Pass. Ag’t.
Atlanta, Ga. Charlotte N. C.
C. P. HAMMOND,
Superintendent. Atlanta, Ga.
W. H. GREEN, SOL. HASS,
Gen’l Manager. Traffic Manager,
Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga.
LEWIS DAVIS.
attorney at law,
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practioe in the oounties of Haber¬
sham and Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, Western and Frank] m and Banka of the
Circuit. Prompt attention will
be given to all business entrustecTto him.
The collection of debts will have speo-
ial attention.