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HON. ML J. NORTH EN.
Hon. W J. Northtn, the nc* governor of Georgia. ia about fifty years old. He li a
■nccessful farmer and president of the State Agricultural Society. He U a native Geor
gian. His father, Colonel Peter Northen, was a soldier both in the war of 1812, and ia
the late war. Hia grandfather, William Northen, was a soldier in the Revolutionary
war, and fought throughout that struggle. Colonel Northen'. family consists of his
wile, and his son, Mr. Thomas H. Northen, and his daughter, Miss Anabel.
THE CONVENTION’S WOfiK.
THE MEN WHO WILL STEER
THE SHIP OF STATE.
iiarmony and go and rF.Ei.iNG prevailed
—TRUK AND TRIED DEMOCRATS, WHO
DESERVE TIIE RESPECT AND IIEARTY
SUPPORT OF TIIE PEOPLE.
Georgia’s democracy has acted, and has
acted well.
The ticket put in nomination by Thurs
day’s convention in Atlanta, is from top
to bottom one of cxcclfency. The men
selected to bear the standard of their par
ty to victory aud to .serve the state in po
sitions of grave jespo sihility, are worthy
the great honor bestowed upon them.
At exactly 12 o’clock Chairman Horner,
of the state democratic committee, called
the convention to order. Nearly every
seat on liio floor of the inII I'iih.d,
and the gallery was erqwdcd, u great
many ladies being present.
Hon. W. F. Kidtloo, of Randolph,
was elected temporary chairman by ac
climation, to which he responded in u
ringing speech Messrs. Mark A. Hard
man, H. H. Cabaniss and Eugene Bpeer,
were made permanent secretaries. On
motion of Mr Bmlth, the elections were
takeu up in the following*order: 1. For
Governor. 2. For Secretary of Stale.
8. For Treasurer. 4. For Comptroller-
General. 5. For Attorney-General. 0.
For Commissioner of Agriculture. 7.
For Executive Committee. Ou motion
of Hon. W. A. Harris, tho convention
took up the election of a permanent
chairman.
NOMINATING THE CHAIRMAN.
Mr. J. I). Donaldson, of Decatur, made
a short speech, nominating Hon. W. Y
Atkinson, of Coweta. Col. W. L. Peek,
of Rockdale, put before the eonventioi
the name of Col. Emmet Womack, of
Newton. Both nominations were elo
quently seconded. The vote resulted in
Atkinson’s election. His speech of ac
ceptance was replete with sound demo
cratic principles. The following com
mittee on resolutions was appointed:
Fifth district, Uoko Smith, chairman;
llist district, A. I. Brauham; second dis
trict, T. A. Mclntyre; third district, >l.
L. Everett; fourth district, B. 11. Wil
liams; sixth district, It. V. Hardeman;
seventh district, T. W. Akin; eighth
district. J. 8. DeJarnette; ninth district,
Carter Tate; tenth district, 11. Clay Fos
ter; state at large, Washington Dessau
and W. C. Glenn. Several motions were
then made to adjourn, but were over
ruled.
NOMINATTNG COLONEL NORTnEN.
Col. John Tenur e Graves, in a brilliant
speech, presented the name of the next
•'overnor of Georgia, Hon W. J. Northen.
Jiis brave words, as he presented Colonel
name, called forth cheer after
cheer.
Colonel James M. Smith, of Oglethorpe,
seconded the nomination of Mr. Northen
|d a fitting speech. Mr. Guerry, ns a
Relegate from Bibb county, made a ring
ing speech that won golden opinions
from everybody at the convention,
/.mong other things Col. Guerry said:
“I have come to represent in part the
county of Bibb. A couuty that has been
misconstrued to some extent, but a
county, thank God, that is fair, progres
sive, and above all, democratic. tAp
plause. ] She had Ik r first choice for
governor of Georgia iu lion. r I liomas
Hardeman, but like herself she was too
unselfish to insi-t against the democratic
choice of so many other counties which
are in common with herself democratic
through and through. [Applause.] She
comes to-day to offer her hand to the
democracy of Georgia, without malice to
any, and with good will to all.’’
Mr. It. Bateman made a brief speech
as u delegate from Ilousion county, eu
logixiug Mr. Northtn. Judge Ftank E.
Little, of Hancock, spoke as a delegate
from Mr. Northen’s home county, sec
onding the nomination of Mr. Northen.
In concluding Judge Little said:
“Mr. Prisident, in seconding as I do,
the nomination, I move a suspension of
the lule whicii requires a ballot, and that
the nomination of Hon. William J.
Northen, for the office of Governor of
Georgia, be made by acclamation. ’’
The motion was put and carried unan
imously amid loud shouts aud cheers on
all sides.
NOMINATING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The chairman then announced that
nominations for attorney general were in
order.
Hon. A. S. Clay,'of Cobb in a grand
speech, nominated Hon. Geo, N. Lester.
Mr. Henry Richardson of Bibb put in
Domination Clifford Anderson, who now
holds and has held the office of attorney
genetsl for ten years. Mr. Richardson's
speech was well received and brought
forth much applause, Mr. Priee Gilbert
of Muscogee, seconded the nomination of
liou. Clifford Audeison, aud Col. John
P. Shannon, of Elbert, seconded that of
Mr. George M. Lester.
Alter an exciting ballot by counties,
the vote stood : Lester, 190, Anderson,
140.
FOR COMMISSIONER.
Mr. E Christian, of Douglnsville, nnm
mated Colonel R. T. for commis
sioner of agriculture. Several voices sec
onded the nomination. Mr. Turner, of
Coweta, nominated Mr. James 11. Hun
nicut for the place. Mr. M. I. Branch,
of Columbia, nominated Colonel James
T. Henderson. Then came the
tug of war. Nobody knew
what the result would he.
After long and tedious Laiiuung ll.t
vote stood Nesbitt, 204; Henderson 100:
llunnieutt, 22. Nesbitt was declared the
nominee for commissioner of agriculture.
NOMINATING OTHER OFFICERS.
Hon. W. A. Little, in a brief speech,
nominated General Philip Cook for secre
tary of state. Mr. Washington Dessau
seconded the nomination, and movtd that
he he nominated by acclamation. The
vote was unanimous, and General Cook
was declared nominated.
Mr. W. A. Harris, of Worth, nomina
ted Hon. Robert U. Hardeman for treas
urer, and .Mr. Iteville, of Merithcr, secon
ded the nomination, saying there was not
a bet er man for the place than “big
headed and big-hearted Bob Hasdeman ”
The vote was put and carried unani
mously.
Mr. W. A. Harris, of Worth county,
nominated Hon. W. A. Wright for the
office of comptroller-general, and the
nomination was quickly seconded aud
carried unanimously.
Colonel Northen then to k the stapd
anti, amid great applause, delivered the
grandest speech of his life.
THE COMMITTEE'S PLATFORM.
The chairman of the committee on re
solutions made the following report as
the platform for the state dcim entry:
Ti e democratic party of Goorgit, in
convention, assembled, hereby renews its
pledges to the politic-1 piinciples set
forth ia ti c national democratic platform
of 1883.
We favor (orrecling all the abuses of
government 1 y a strict reliance upon the
inte.ri y and ability of the democratic
parte.
W point with pride to the fidelity and
capacity with which the affairs of th)
state have been managed by out dlstin
gu shed yovi rnor, John'll. Gotdon, .-.•■l
the join r state In use ollieeis. We will
heartily .-up] or* the nominees of th e con
vention, ami wc call upon all demoera's
to support party nominat.ons in tho va
rious districts and counties of this state.
DOCTORS MEET.
OPENING OF TnE TENTH INTERNATIONAL
MEDICAL CONGRESS AT BERLIN.
The tenth international medical con
gress opened iu Berlin, Oermnuy, on
Monday. Two thousand live hundred
German and 2 500 foreign doctors, in
cluding 500 physicians from America,
were present. Dr. Hamilton, surgeon
general of the United States marine hos
pital service, who was secretary of the
congress held last year at Washington,
and other?, made speeches in response to
the addresses of welcome.
DAVIS’ OLD SLAVE
A DELEOATE TO MISSISSIPPI'S CONSTITU
TIONAL CONVENTION.
Georce P. Melcyoir and Isah T. Mont
gomery, republicans, have been elected
in Bolivar county, Mississippi, as dele
gates to the constitutional convention.
Montgomery will be the only colored
mart in the convention. He was a slave
of .Jefferson Davis, and is a man of groat
intelligence. It was his paper that was
read before the house committca on riv
ers and harbors, representing the colored
citizens of the delta.
The sales of leaf tobacco in the Dan
ville, Va., market for July were 1,472,-
7 0 pounds, only about half the amount
sold iu July of last year. The sales for
the first ten months of the fiscal year
were 22,800,000 pounds, nearly 2,000,000
less than during the same period last
year. " Stock is very scarce. It is be
lieved that the sales for this tobacco year
will not exceed 25,000,000 pounds.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
WORK OF THE FIFTY-FIRST
CONGRESB.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE
BRIEFED —DELIBERATIONS - OVER MAT
TERS OF MOMENTOUS INTEREST TO OUR
COMMON COUNTRY. —NOTES.
In the house, on Wednesday, the regu
lar order having been demanded by Mr.
Enloe, of Tennessee, Mr. Grosvenor, of
Ohio, rose to a question of order. He
ios sted that it was the duty of the
speaker at that time to lay before the
house bills and other matters of public
interest that had accumulated on the
speaker’s table. He himself had had on
tnc tab e for twenty-one days a bill which
could be passed in a moment. (He re
ferred to the bill to establish a national
park on the battle field of
Chickamsuga). The speaker stated
that the gentleman from lowa
(Mr. Reed) presented a conference re
port which, ol course, had the preference.
Mr. Reed then presented the conference
report on the “original package” bill.
The report leaves the bill exactly as it
Cashed the senate, and is dissented from
y Mr. Oates, of Alabama, odc of the
conferees. After some discussion the
conference report was adopted. Yeas,
120; nays 93. The house then went into
committee of the whole on the general
deficiency bill, which elicited a general
discussion. Without disposition of the
bill, the committee rose and the house
adjourned.
On Wednesday, the senate bill grant
ing leave of absence to clerks and em
ployes in the first and second-class post
offices, was reported and placed on the
calendar. The .senate then proceeded to
the consideration of the tariff bill, the
pending question being on Mr. Morgan’s
amendment to paragraph 127, page 24, in
regard to iron ore. Mr. Gorman resumed
h;s argument. Mr. Gorman concluded at
2.45 o’clock, having occupied the floor
(but with frequent and long interrup
tions) for four hours and a half. Mr.
Morgan withdrew his amendment in or
der to allow Mr. Gorman to offer one; and
Mr. Gorman thereupon moved to amend
by reducing the duty on iron ore from 75
to 50 cents per ton. Mr. Plumb moved
to amend the amendment by making the
rate 60 cents per ton. Rejected. The
rest of paragraph 127 was agreed to as
reported by the finance committee. Mr.
Vance moved to redude the duty on pig
iron (paragraph 128) from three-tenths of
a cent per pound to $5 per ton, and
argued in support of the amendment.
"Without disposing of the amendment the
bill went over and the senate adjourned.
In the house, on Thursday, on motion
hi Mi. Bingham, of Pcr.r.sylvnrtt*. a reso
lution was adopted calling on the post
master general for copies of the agree
ments for the transportation of mails be
tween the United States and foreign
countries, the conditions upon which the
awards are made and rates of payment
for service. The home then went into
committee of the whole, Mr.Payson in the
chair, on the general deficiency bill. Mr.
Clunie, of California, offered an amend
ment granting an extra month’s pay to
employies of the senate ana house. The
amendment was adopted—7l to 48. The
Dili having been disposed of, the com
mittee rose, all amendments were agreed
to, save that granting an extra month’s
salary to the senute and house employes,
and then the bill went over until Friday.
On motion of Mr. Murrell, of Minnesota,
tho bill was passed applying the interstate
commerce law to unincorporated express
companies. The house then adjourned.
The senate met at 10 o’clock a. m.,
Thursday. After some preliminary
morning business, the tariff bill was
taken up, the pending question being on
Mr. Vance’s amendment, to reduce the
duty on pig iron (paragraph 128, page
25) from thrce-tenths.of a cent per pound
to $5 per ton. Rejected, Amendments
to paragraphs 129 to 131 were like wise re
jected. ' Paragraph 134, applies to hoop
or band, or scroll, or other iron or steel,
taxing it according to sizes; with a pro
vision that cotton tics shall pay two
tenths of a cent per pound. Mr. Coke
moved to make the duty on cotton
ties 35 per cent ad valorem, the present
rate, and addressed the senate in support
of that amendment. Discussion was con
tinued by Messrs. Berry, Reagan and
Jones, of Arkansas. The latter yielded
to Mr. ATlisou, who presented the con
ference report on the sundry civil appro
priation bill, and naked that the senate
should act upon it. A long discussion
ensued between Messrs. Dawes, Ed
munds, Dolph and Plumb, and the con
ference report went over without action.
After a brief executive session, the sen
ate, at 6 o’clock p. m., adjourned.
In the house, on Friday, Mr. Mutchler,
of Pennsylvania, was excused, at his own
request, from further services on the
committee on coinage, weights and mea
sures, and Mr. Vaux, of Pennsylvania,
appointed to fill the vacancy. The house
then resumed consideration of the gen
eral deficiency, bill.
In the sena’tc, on Friday, Mr. Call of
fered a resolution, which was agreed to,
instructing the committee on foreign re
la ions to inquire and report such meas
ure as may be necessary for the protection
of citizens of the United States who wore
formerly residents of Cuba and subjects
of Spain, agaiust prosecution by the
Spanish government for offenses alleged
to have been committed by them. The
concurrent resolulion, heretofore of
fered by Mr. Plumb, expressing
the desire of Congress for the removal
of the remains of the “illustrious sol
dier and statesman, Ulysses S. Grant” to.
and their interment in, Arlington Na
tional cemetery, and requesting the pres
ident to convey to the widow of that emi
nent man such desire, tendering to her,on
bebatf of the nation, all necessary facili
ties for such removal and interment, was
takeu up and agreed to. The conference
report on the fortification bill was taken
up for consideration. After some discus
sion the conference report was agreed to.
The tariff bill was then taken up, the
pending paragraph being No. 134, page
27, as to hoop, band, scrc.ll or other iron
or steel. After a lengthy discussion
the bill went over without action. A
message from the president, in ref
erence to destitution nmoog settlers
iu Oklahoma, was read ana referred
to the committee on appropriations.
Mr. Hoar, from the library committee,
reported the rebate joint resolulion to
accept rrom the nafionifl ' encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republfc a statue
and pedestal of the late General Ulysses
S Grant, to be erected in the capitol,
provided that the design of the statue
and pedestal shall receive the approval of
the joint committee on the library, and it
was passed. The senate then adjourned.
The senate met at 10 a. m., Satorday.
The rollcall show el that there in the
c’i -HiKur twelve se"!ifnrs less than a Quo
rum. The sergeant-atarms was directed to
requeet the attendance of absentees,and by
10t30 o’clock the presence of a quorum
waa secured arid business proceeded with.
Mr. Hoar offered the following resolu
tion. which was referred to the commit
tee on rifles:' ‘'Resolved, That the ruler,
of the senate be amended by adding the
following; When any bill or resolution
shall have been under consideration for a
reasonable time, it shall be in order for
any senator to demand that debate there
on be closed. If such a demand be sec
onded by majority of the senators pre
sent, the question shall forthwith be
taken thereon without debate, and the
pending measure shall take precedence of
all other business-whatever. If the sen
ate shall decide to close the debate the
question shall be put upon the pen
ding amendments upon which notice
shall then be given and upon the
measure Ttt its successive stages accord
ing to the rules of the senate, but with
out further debate, except that every
senator who may desire shall be per
mitted to speak upon the measure uot
more than once and not exceeding thirty
minutes. After such a demand shall
have been made by any senator, no other
motion shall be in order until the same
shall have been voted upon by the senate,
unless same shall fail to be seconded.
After the senate shall have decided to
close the debate, no motion shall be in
order but a motion to adjourn, or to take
a recess, when such motions shall be sec
onded by a majority of the senate. When
cither of such motions have been lost,
or shall have failed of a second, it shall
not be in order to renew the same until
one senator shall have spoken upon
the pending measure, or one vote
upon he same shall have intervened.”
The tariff hill was taken up. Mr. Vance
made au amusing speech in ridicule of
the claim that the farmer derive! any
benefit of the tariff. The vote was st last
taken on Mr. Butler’s cotton tie amend
ment nnd it was rejected by a strictly
party vote. Yens, 10; nays, 27. No
quorum being present, Mr. Aldrich moved
an adjournment, and the senate, at 3
o’clock, p m., adjourned till Monday at
10 o’clock, a. m.
In the house, on Saturday, on moti n
of Mr. McKinley, by unanimous consent,
the senate joint resolution was passtd,
accepting from the Grand Army Repub
lic a statue of Genera! U, 8. Grant. The
speaker then stated that the vote was
upon the resolution ol the committee ou
rules, providing that nfter two hours de
bate it shall be iu order to move non-con
currence in the senate amendments to the
Indian appropriation bill. The resolu
tion was adopted. On motion of Mr.
Whittliorne the resolution was referred
to the judicinry committee. The house
then proceeded,’ under special order, to
the consideration of the senate amend
ments to the Indian appropriation bill.
When the debate terminated a vote was
taken on Mr. Perkins’s motion to noncon
cur in the senate amendments. This was
agreed to. Yeas, 159; nays, 2. Tha
house then adjourned.
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NOTES.
The president, on Friday, nominated
Alexander Clark, of lowa, to be minister
and consul general of the United States'"
to Liberia.
Secretary Noble has approved the rec
ommendation of Superintendent Porter,
submitted Friday, that the original order
directing a recount of the population of
the entire city of St. Paul, be put into
execution. Superintendent Porter, in his
letter of recommendation, gives a detailed*
account of his recent investigation which
shows that while, perhaps, a large share
of the irregularities were found in nine
specified enumeration districts, yet gross
errors in 35 districts render, in his opin
ion, a recount of the whole city neces
sary. An examination of the schedule
disclose', among other irregularities, the
fact tliat at least 4,000 duplications of
names were made.
THE WEEK’S BUSINESS.
REVIEW OF TITE CONDITIO* OF TRADE FOR
THE FAST WEEK BY DUN & CO.
Dun & Co.’s weekly trade review says:
The present state of trade throughout the
country appears satisfactory for the sea
son, and reports are almost uniformly
confident in tone. Wool is more freely
bought, sales reaching 3,411,000 pounds,
and a further decline is not expected, as
quite liberal orders are coming for light
weight goods. Cotton goods move
fairly and the suspension in
print cloth works is having the
desired effect. The market for hides,
loath* r and boots nnd shoes is buoyant.
The crop outlook is on the whole, less
promising. Chicago reports that the
heat and dry weather is cutting down the
yield. In the other reports there is evi
deuee of an irrgularity of condition*. In
the south valley states too much rain
threatens cotton. The fall of 20 per cent
in wool abroad threatens a great supply
of cheaper goods if the proposed change
of duties fail, so producers hesitate.
The outlook depends largely upon the ex
tent of injury to crops, the action of con
gress regarding duties and foreign com
plications, which affoct the demand for
gold. The formation of anew Argentine
government may atop new demands for
gold from that quarter, and the banks of
Eugland and France both gained the
gold last week, but domestic exports of
products continue small and imports
large.
Business failures of the week number for
the United (states, 179; and Canada, 29.
Total, 208.
AN AMBITION.
“I wish I was a cat,” said Willie.
“Why!”
“I’d sit on the fence all day and watch
the ball game. [Harper's Young Peo-
I*
English capitalists hava just purchased
a large area of chalk rock land near
Yankton, South Dakota, and propose to
invest fa,000,000 capital.
FARMERS’ ALLIANCE NOTES.
NEWS OF THE ORDER AND
ITS MEMBERB.
WITAT 18 BEING DONE IN THE VARIOUS
SECTIONS TOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
THE GREAT ORGANIZATION.—LEGISLA
TION, NOTES, BTC.
The Louisiana State Alliance met in
convention in Baton, Rouge, La., on
W cducSuaj.
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Let no man let up on his Alliance work
or enthusiasm on account of the warfare
between the greet Alliance and the poli
tician. It had to come, and it has come.
But brave men will not flinch.— The
Great Wett.
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The annual meeting of the Georgia
State Alliance will convene in Atlanta on
the 19th day of August. The session
will be held in the hall of representatives
in the new State capitol. The meeting
will be an important one.
* *
Goulby Alliance, Calhoun county, Mis
sissippi, indorses by resolution the pre
sentment by President Polk and Messrs.
Macune, Wardell, Livingston, and Hum
phrey, before the committed of Congress,
of the sub-treasury bill.
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The Alliance of Alabama is increasing
as rapidly in the number of lodges and
membership as at any time in itahistory.
The old lodges are also in good working
trim, and the membership generally zeal
pus and enthusiastic.— Alliance Herald,
Montgomery (Ala.)
The Union (Brookfield, Mo.) says:
“The matter of success or failure in the
great industrial movement now going on,
rests wholly in the hands of the oommon
people. Have they the firmness to stand,
in opposition to the alternate threatening
and cajoling of their old political bosses”
and make an uncompromising fight for
their natural rights and their rights as
American citizens?”
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At a regular meeting of the Home Alli
ance, No. 785, at Bonham, Tex., the fol
lowing resolution was unanimously
adopted: “That we heartily indore tho
manly course adopted by our legislative
committee at Washington in the presen
tation of the sub-treasury plan before the
Ways and Means committee; and that we
still intend to keep up the fight until we
get it or something better.”
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The Bloomfield (Mo.) Vindicator puts
it thus: “Tho farmers want to know
why they have been discriminated
•gainst, and while they ereate seven
eighths of the wealth and pay directly
and indirectly seven-eighth? of the taxes,
that they can’t borrow $1 from the gov
ernment, while the national bankers can
borrow $850,000,000 to loan to the peo
ple at 8 to 20 per cent.”
The Patrick Henry (South Haven Kas.)
says: The industrial question is an all
absorbing one. It covers a broad scope,
it is world-wide. It is testing our civili
zation, our intelligence and our adminis
trative capabilities, as never a nation was
tested before. It has a bearing upon our
future, broader and more forcible, than
any question which has agitated any peo
ple in the p 'St. Have we national intel
ligence, wisdom and integrity enough to
stand the test?
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Mr. Hayseed may be a little thick
' headed, but afer patiently thinking it
over, he can’t quite see the justice of leg
islation which permits the government to
-lend money to the national banks almost
free of interest, and in addition to this
permits these same banks, along with its
miJhufaeturers and other capitalists, tc
fleece him of the fruits of his toil, and
then to add insult to his injury, he is
admonished to be more economical, If he
would prosper. —National Alliance (Hous
ton, Tex).
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JRural and Workman (Little Rock, Ark.)
says: The anti-trust bill has passed both
houses of congress and will receive the
signature of the president. The next
thing will be to get it executed. It is a
hard thing to jail a million of dollars,
and most members of trusts are million
dollar men. Rich railroad corporations
have made the interstate commerce law
practically no good so far as the people
are concerned. It will take wise and
fearless courts, beyond the reach of cor
ruption to make the trust bill of any
great good to the people.
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A perfect tidal wave is sweeping ovet
the South and West, and on its crest
floats the banner of the Farmers’ Alli
ance. Everywhere the grangers are com
ing to.the front, snd it looks as if by
preconcertion they chose this year to ex
ert themselves and show their power. In
South Carolina the Alliance man is in a
fair way to overthrow the old gov
ernment ; in Georgia and Tennessee
they will get the governorship and
came near doing so in Alabama, and in
Mississippi it is understood they will
control .the Constitutional Convention.
In Texas, also, the Alliance and railroad
commission man is in the lead, while
they are making a desperate fight in the
great agricultural states in the northwest.
"Where it will all end there is no telliug,
but all good citizens will hope that the
farmer will be benefitted in the long-run,
for he feeds us all. —Memphit Scimitar.
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The Southern Alliance Farmer (Atlanta,
Ga.) has the following: Alliancemen
who desire cotton bagging can buy it
through our Ststc Exchange, and it has
also been decided that those merchants
who are in sympathy with us in our fight
against the jute trust, and want to sup
ply their customers with cotton bagging,
can buy all they WSnt from the Alliance
Exchange. The brethren who desire to
have their home merchants supply
them with cotton bagging, will
please inform them of this fact. The
Exchange has contracted for about
one million yards more than they have
orders for, and are anxious to have the
orders supplied, Orders are coming in
daily and the amount of cotton bagging
ordered by the fanners up to date will
surprise the most sanguine supporter of
this movement. Let the Alliances attend
to this at once and have their trade
agents or their merchants to send in or
ders for cotton bagging.
Ab Imporißßt Resolution.
The following resolution was unani
mously adopted by the delegates of the
Fulton county, Ga., sub-Alliances at t
meeting in Atlanta Thursday morning.
Governor John B. Gordon endorses it by
attaching his signs' ure. The resolution
is:
“Whereas, It is important that the
cotton of the farmers of Georgia and ol
the South should be sold in the best mar
ket with the least possible cost before it
reaches such market; and
“Whereas, A large portion of. the
Southern cotton goes to Europe; there
fore be it
“Resolved, That the trustees of the
Alliance exchange who are to meet in
Atlanta on the 18th of this month be, and
ihey are hereby requested, to make ar
rangements by which that portion of
Southern cotton which goes to Europe
•hall be shipped from Southern ports di
rectly to the consumers in Europe.”
NEWS OF THE SOUTH.
BRIEF NOTES OF AN INTER
ESTING NATURE.
FITHT ITEMS FROM ALL POINTS IN THE
SOUTHERN STATES THAT WILL ENTER
TAIN THE READER —ACCIDENTS, FIRES,
FLOODS, ETC.
The first bale of new cotton for Louisi
ana was received in New Orleans Friday.
The first bale of the new crop of Bouth
Carolina cotton was received in Charles
ton Thursday, from Barnwell county.
The Anti-Lottery league met at Baton
Rouge. La., Thursday. There were be
tween 400 and 500 delegates present.
The Texas cotton bale was sold at auc
tion in Baltimore Wednesday, and re
alized $220, for the benefit of the Texas
Orphan asylum at Houston.
The Colored Farmers’ Alliance of
Burke, Columbia and Richmond counties,
with a capital stock of $i 0,000, all paid
in, will open an Alliance store in Au
gusta, Ga., in September.
A battle with knives was fought Sat
urday at Tuscanola, La., between fam
ilies named Fairchild and Gaudy, if
which two of the Gaudy boys and one of
the Fairchilds received fatal wounds.
The Anti-Lottery League convention of
Louisiana has issued an address to the
people of the United States, and asks
their aid in bringing about such a na
tional legislation as will break down the
power of the lottery.
The citizens of Alexandria, Va., have
filed an influential petition in the senate,
asking to be taken back into the’District
of Columbia, because of the onerous
taxes imposed upon them hv Virginia.
The senate has taken no action on the
petition.
In the State Farmers’ Alliance, held at
Montgomery, on Wednesday, Col. L. L.
Polk, president of the National Fanners'
Alliance, made an address, in which he
said the democratic and republican par
ties were both side issues when compared
to the Alliance.
Engineer William Davidson and fire
man Mill Black were blown a fearful
distance, and terribly and it is believed
fatally bruised and scalded, by the burst
ing of the boiler of a switch engine in
the Georgia Pacific yards at Birmingham,
Ala., Thursday morniDg.
The new Rome, Ga., Land Company,
with a number of leading citizens, have
raised the required amount for holding
the North Georgia and Alabama exposi
tion. This will bring large exhibits of
stock from Kentucky. It promises to be
the best exposition ever held in Rome.
A syndicate of English capitalists,
have purchased the Cumberland Iron
Works, which comprise 34,000 acres of
land in Stewnrt county, Tennessee, 27.-
000 of which are rich agricultural lands
and the remainder mineral lands. The
company has a capital stock of $250,000.
A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C.,says:
Rutherford college, one of the largest
non-denominational colleges in the s'ate,
situated in Burke county, was totally de
stroyed by fire Saturday. The loss was
complete—about SIO,OOO. Ihe college
will not suspend, but continue right
nhcad.
S. S. Jerome, general southern agent
of the Armour Packing Company, says
that he is authorized to expend $200,000
to build a hundred-ton ice factory at
Atlanta, Ga., to supply the storage houses
of the company at Atlanta, Chattanooga,
Knoxville, Augusta, Charleston, Savan
nah, Wilmington and Charlotte.
A dispatch, of Thursday, from Char
lotte, N. C., says: The warfare of the
Farmers’ Alliance and the Richmond &
Danville railroad against Senator Vance
grows apace, and it is excitiug much in
terest. It appears that the farmers de
terminedly oppose Mr. Vance because of
his stand on the sub-treasury bill.
A Lexington, Ky., dispatch,of Friday,
says: The recent heavy rains have great
ly improved the corn crop, which will
average fairly with last year’s. Hemp,
which is an important production of this
section, is doing well, and the crop will
be good. Tobacco will scarcely be one
lialf the usual average.
The Richmond county, Ga., delclega
lioa to the gubernatorial convention was
instructed Wednesday to vote as a, unit
against auy proposition to indorse*the
sub-treasury scheme if submitted in the
convention; also to protest against the
incorporation of such a plank in the plat
form of the Democratic party.
A FLOATING MESSAGE
WHICH TELLS A PITTIFCL STORY OF THIR
TEEN DRIFTING ENGLISHMEN.
A Portland, Oregon, dispatch says:
Sunday a boy rowing in the harbor Sun
day morning picked up a carefully scaled
bottle, which, upon being opened, was
found to contain the following letter,
written on cartridge paper in a distinct
English hand :
“English Bark Snip Edmont, June
23, 1890.—We are sinking very fast.
Our latitude and longitude unknown.
No compass, no rudder, no hope. If this
reaches a human hand please notify Bailey
<fe Cos., Hull, England, that we are thir
teen men aboard and all in a starving
condition. My mother, oh, my mother!
She lives on Hedgcson street, Levitt
Terrace, Hull, England. Good-bve if we
are not rescued, John Puplow.”
TELEGRAPH AMD CABLE.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
BUSY WORLD.
A BUMMART OF OUTSIDE AFFAIRS CON
DENSED FROM NEWST DIBPATCHFS
FROM UNCLE SAM’S DOMAIN AND WHAT
THE CABLE BRINGS.
The bakers of Lisbon have gone out on
strike.
Cholera has broken out in Madrid,
Spain.
The exodus of Jews from Russia has
commenced,
London Irishmen gave a banquet Wed
nesday night to Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien.
One hundred and thirty-five deaths
from cholera occurred in Mecca on Thurs
day.
St. Louis county, Missouri, is suffering
from a protracted drought, the worst ex
perienced since 1853.
Dense crowds of grasshoppers were
seen flying over Halleck, Minn., Tuesday.
They came from the north.
A dispatch of Thursday, from Cairo,
Egypt, says: The deaths from cholera at
Jedaah average one hundred daily.
The city of Berlin gave a fete at the
town hall Tuesday night in honor of the
medical congress. There were 4,000
guests.
Celman, president of the Argentine
Republic, has been compelled to resign,
ana Pellegrini has assumed ,the presi
dency.
Tho governor of Illinois has signed the
world’s fair bill. The bill having an
emergency clause attached will go into
effect at once.
Original package houses in Kansas and
lowa closed their doors Saturday in con
sequence of the passage of the original
package bill.
Under a law of 1794, Magistrate Mulli
grn, of Philadelphia, on Thursday, fined
three barbers for keeping their shops
open on Sunday.
The ameer of Afghanistan has sent an
ambassador to Russia for the purpose of
concluding a commercial treaty between
the two countries.
An official rough count by the census
bureau shows the population of Philadel
phia to be 1,044,894—an increase during
the last ten years of 197,724.
The old factory of the Lac’ede Fire
Brick Manufacturing Company, in Chel
tenham, suburb of St. Louis, burned Fri
day. Loss, $100,000; insurance, $40,000.
The farmers of South Dakota say they
will not have over five bushels of w heat
to the acre; the oat crop will be no bet
ter; whi e corn, with favorable weather,
still has a chance.
The switchmen of the Mackey yards,
at Evansville, Ind., Thursday, made a
demand for an increase of wages, and
upon l.eiDg refused, they proceeded to
block the main track.
A dispatch, of Wednesday, from Pres
ton, lowa, says: Fifteen deaths have
occurred here within the last week and
seventy persons are now affected with
an epidemic, which is of the nature of
cholera.
Harrison Werner, the 99-year-old
Ohioan, who undertook to roll a wheel
barrow fromConnellsviHc, Ohio, to Wash
ington City, is now very near his destina
tion, having been about four months on
the trip.
A dispatch from Evansville, Ind., says:
The strike of the switchmen in the Ev
ansville & Terre Haute freight yards here
came to an end at noon Friday by tho
company conceding all the demands of
the employes.
Nine of the thirteen companies consti
tuting the Trenton, N. J., fire depart
ment, udopted resolutions to disb nd Sat
urday. 'i his step is the outgrowth of a
broil between the department and the
city fire commissioners.
There appears to be little doubt that a
Woman's Department will be founded in
the World’s Fair at Chicago. A plan for
I section to be governed by the Woman’s
League will be immediately formulated
•nd presented to the commissioners.
A dispatch from Guthrie says: Thurs
day the first election in Oklahoma teiri
tory was held for members of the legisla
ture. The indications are thnt the Alli
ance will carry seven counties, but that
the contest will be close in the towns.
A rough count announced by the cen
sus bureau shows the population of Chi
cago to be 1,098,676. This shows that
Chicago has a ponnhition 53,682 in ex
cess of Philadelphia, and therefore, is
the second city in population in tho Uni
ted States.
Commenting on the execution ofKemm-
Icr at Auburn, Thursday, the New York
Sun says, editorially: “The first duty
of the next legislature will be to repeal
(he electrical execution law, and restore
the old method of administering * the
death sentence by hanging.”
The centennial of the discovcy of coal
in Pennsylvania will be celebrated io
September next ye ir. It was a hunter
named Philip Gintcr who made the dis
covery on Mauch Creek mountain, in
Carbon eounty, and therefore the pro
posed monument will be dedicated to hiS
memory.
Exports of specie from the port of
New York for week ended August 9th,
amounted to $2,774,430, of which $1,771.
336 was gold and $3,100 was silver. Ail
the silver and $1.76 5.168 in gold went to'
Europe and $6,168 in gold went to South
Amirica. Imports of specie during the
week amounted to $158,901, of which
$56,620 was gold and $102,281 was sil
ver.
The magnificent chapel of Chapultepee,
in Mexico, which, according to the re
ports received from the city of Mexico,
is being sought after by Jay Gould, is
held in great reverence by the Mexican
people, and since the fact has been made
public that negotiations are pending
to its sale, an intense feeling has been
aroused among the lower classes, who
object to the grand structure going out
of government hands.
Mild-mannered Chiuamen who run
laundries in New York are found to be
the most successful opium smugglers.
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