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PUBLISHED LVF.BY FBI DAY AT
EASTMAN, GEORGIA.
The"Argentine Republic’* immigra¬
tion for this year will reach 870,000.
This is too many to be properly assimi¬
lated and the southern republic is likely
to have a very grave question to settL
in a few years.
la Great Britain the quantity of coni
dust remaining unemployel annually )*
calculated at 28,000,ODD tons. Vari¬
ous methods have been attemp'e 1 to
convert it into cakes, but the operation
is not sufficiently remunerative.
An Eiffel tower i* to be erected in
London. It is to be 1250 feet high.
Two thousand five hundred dollar* is
offered as a prize for the best design
for the proposed tower, and half that
amount for the second be it design,
kjhe competition is open to the wor.d.
city of Cologne, iu G • many.
H[^kn<:xi. yr.-ir « ........... d U r
; , ( Oll-iisti'lg of all
to
an arinv. It is
promoters to make the show of
an international character as far as pos¬
sible.
Tito King of Portugal, who lately
died, wat something o: a scholar and a
literary man, having written poetry of
his own and translated several of
Bhakcspeare’s plays into Portuguese.
Whatever may have been lh nierit of
this work its royal author liai left be
hind him a reputation for simplicity
and rnodedy of life too rarely met with
in reigning families. II) was an
bio and a deservedly popular monarch.
At Berrian Spring!, Mich. Hi rice
Sebring, the hardened young criminal
who nearly succeeded in poisoning
the members of his family, not except
log hit father ami mother, in order to
secure a paltry estate and get married,
was sentenced to twenty-five yenrs in
the State prison. lie himself explained
to the jury how he put the deadly drug
■ into the teakettle and refuse 1 to call a
doctor to the aid of his tortured rela¬
tives, who were only saved by the time¬
ly appearance of neighboring tiiends.
It is seldom 1bat a woman has the
courage and pirtinacity to come half
around the globe to stcuve the punish¬
ment of a man who lias deceived her,
but this is what the Australian woman
has done who is responsible for the ar¬
rest of the ex-convict, Julius Madhouse,
at Chicago. The fellow left a wife in
tint lake city, went to Australia, married
th is woman and then dccatnpid with
#3,750 belonging to her f.ithe:. He re¬
turned to Chicago and was enjoying his
. t.Uh his that iv .fj when hi» fair
nemesis emiti down upon him. The
case is so clear that tho tievor swindler
cannot eseipo State prison, which he
richly deserves.
A railway mail clerk rather got the
best of tho Government recently. He
hail been lire I, along with a number of
others, but, instead of giving up his
mutual pass, which ho held as an
employe of the Government, he traveled
all over the country on it, and it was
two weeks before ho gave it up. B j
fore he turtle l up after Iris extended
jaunt, several Postofliee Inspector! were
put on his trail and the authorities
everywhere were notified to watch foi
him, but just at the Inspectors were
ready to nab him he timet up at the
General Superintendent's office, gave up
(lie pa«: and rendered his account so
that the Government could not molest
him.
Jt is estimated that at many as one
thousand families are destitute in North
VVnstprn Western Minnesota Minncot'i and and Writer,. Western D Dakota tkota
Oil account of failure of crop? through
drouth. An appeal has been made to the
Jg o„G, J U t .h,p«,„l, l U,™ S U.
the tuion f. r such aid m money or i>ro
out visions as will enable those sufferers
on the bleak frontier to go: through the
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M .... inter. . Lie settlers tlu.se ,, far e .
Western regions, observes the New \ orx
Daily 1 Vetcs, are more depeu lent upon
nature's bounty than the inh.bitaatt of
lhe . older ., communities, for th,y have to ,
live, for the most part, on th; fruits of
lhe earth that themselves j.rqluci out
of their labor and its fertility. When
the fail . , them . they . . havj ,
crops lew re
sources elsewhere, and it is foi tuc rc
lief of a population thus fa min • stricken
that . Uie of the.r . . . oll>\\-eoun ,,
a generosity
trymen invoke 1.
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M. K.ffel biu already opened coinrnu
nicatifcn with people in N j .v York citv
«»»..»..,0
proposed world s fair there, similar to
the one built by him at 1'uris. Tie
Baris tower . lie sa-* ' ' has L »iven him
new idets , on constructions of , this kind,
and he is confident that a tower can be
< .irrie.l up to a height of 1510, or even
2300 feet, without any architectural
difficulties. Judging by this expansion
of M. E.ffel's ideas there is no limit to
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Chicago Herald thinks if a tower 10 jC
feet high shows that it is an e.-ray mat
ter to build otm 2000 feet high, the Vat
ter wou.d , . seem necessarily , | to demon- ,
slrate the feasibility of running one up
to a height of 4000 feet, anl so on un
tii the m m in the moon mi rht b’ a
guest at h ff«.-tower lunch , , parties. Ap- .
parently, all that the French architect
requires to realiz’ th" dream of th<
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builders , of , the , towero. , „ Bibei . is enough ,
world's fail* to bring him out
The suit of Dr. Nathan R. Gorter
against Robert Garrett for 125.000 for
professional services, which has been
pending tled Thursday. in the Baltimore -court, offered was set¬
Dr. Gorter to
compromise for #18,000, and the prop¬
osition was accepted and the money paid.
DAVIS DEAD
the CONFEDERACfS GREAT
CHIEFTAIN IS NO MORE.
The Heart* of the People, Whose
C’an*e He Espoused, CttasUed by
the Had News—A lj>ng and
Eventful Life.
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JEFFERSON PAVIS.
At 12:45 o’clock Friday mornings
great heart ceased to beat—-a stainless
life was closed, and Jeff Davis, first and
l«t President of the Southern Confed
eracy, was dead. AVith him has passed
away the last of the great leaders
of the l08t Ji?! 1 * 0 ' tobb >
Stephens, , rr. Toombs, Hill and , „ Yancey.
Jefferson Davis will be mourned in mil
hons of hearts Government will not
render to him the pomp aud circumstance
of a great death, but his people will give
to him a tribute of love and tears sur
passing all that government could do,
and honoring his memory as earthly pa
rade could not do! From Maryland to
q exas, wherever iu other states or in
other lunds, his people may have wan
dered—wherever dauntless courage is or
stainless honor made friends—wherever
they who have suffered are loved an l
6uper h fortitude may touch the heart
or dim the eye—there Jefferson
Davis will be honored and mourned.
TOE DEATH SCENE.
Mr. Jefferson Davis died suddenly at
12:43 Friday morning. Ho had been
Steadily improving physicians for announced the past four day*
and his that they
were entirely satisfied with his condition,
His appetite had improved somewhat,
and he was free from fever and
those who had access to the sick
room rested rejoiced over the tavorable change.
He quietly throughout the day,and
in the afternoon the bulletin was to the
effect that his condition continued favor¬
able. Shortly before midnight he had a
coughing fit, which seemed to exhaust
his little remaining strength, and at 12:43
ho passed quietly away—so quietly,
in fact, that the watchers scarcely knew
wheu death came.
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Jefferson Davis . born Christian .
was in
county, Ky., on the 8d day of June, 1808.
Georgia Weil may claim a kinship with the
man as na a share of liis «/lorv
His ii 19 father lather, Damuei Samuel Lmvis, Davis nas tvas a a Gem-Ha Georgia
planter. In the revolutionary war he
was an officer iu a cavalry regimenf, and
served with distinction. Later he m^ved
to Kentucky, and some yeats afterward
irt o Mississippi. Ariaaiacl.tin 'I’bn Iho Georgia branch of
the Davises is now extinct, but it lives
in tradition as a high-spnited honorable
family. Fussing his boyhood on the
frontier, where the whites were fre
ouentlT encaeed in conflict with thotisirts sa vase
foes vounw Jefferson’s earliest
were centered upon guns, sabres, and
all the Danoulv had'made of war Bv the most™f time he
xvas shxtom he the hU
academic and university advan
tages and entered the mili
tary academy at West Point,
For fellow students, he had such com
rades as Robert E. Lee E. Johnson, Le
onidas Polk, John B. Magruder, and
others well known to fame. lathis cir
cte his lofty cnaracter, bright mind, and
thorough manliness commanded
liio-heNt fe reoard of all When he trradu
ated , l at t \V,-t Vtest toxnt, Doinr nnd ana nliliuriffl ptuagea into into
the thick of the Indian warfare on th«
northwestern frontier, the old army offi
cers instantly recognized him as a born cfll
.old:.- mlde wna su^ n.,.minted brilliant a staff
cer and a record
that iank in a short time ho was promoted to
the of firat regiment. lieutenant and adjutant
of a new cavalry
the Mexican war, at the head of the ation gal
lant M.ss.ssippi Rifles, the whole n
hai'ed him a* “the hero of Buena Vista. 11
A{ Monterejr Co i onel Davis and Ins men
fought with heroic valor. Braving a fu
rious storm of copper-grape, the Missis
e 7r~ llKcfiT"• tS'K™.
^ e(J aud t0Qk khe i ter j n a strong build¬
jug, from which they poured a heavy tiro
of musketry. This heavy fire from the
housetops ‘ was deadly and terrorizing,
Davis a d hU mcn penetrated street after
gtreet dislodging the foe from building
after building, until within a square of
the grand plaza. The capitulation of
Monterey J followed, and the entire
country with the praiscs of Colonel
Davis and his Mississippi Rifles,
The Buena Vista exploit classed the
aame of Davis among the most renowned
military men of modern times. Here
a g a j D st terrible odds he saved the army
and virtually won the battle. The Amer
leans were about to lose the day, when
General Taylor, with Colonel Davis and
others rode up. Several retreating regi
rneuts were rallied. Davis, with his own
regiment and a handfull of Indiana vol
uuteers, advanced at double quick,tiring
a11 the t,me ; The Mexicans were put to
sc*
0 n at a gallop with sounding bugles aDd
fluttering penons. Colonel Divis threw
hit man into the form of a \ both flank*
resting on ravines, the Mexicans adv&nc
ing on the intervening ridge, thus expo
sing the enemy to a cross-fire. When
within range the rifles blazed away. The
w hole head of the Mexican column feb.
Never was a more deadly fire witnessed
on any battle field. The Mexicans were
completely shattered. After this battle
the V movement was the talk of the day.
Jt is sal J that there is but one similar ex
ample in modern history. On this side of
the water Generals Taylor,Quitman, Lane,
a P d ot ^ er soldiers, weie enthusias
tic over Davis, and in the old of
j u)£e pvellitigton, the victor
Waterloo, expressed his admiration in
gmwing words. Indorsed by such vet
< J' ans as ,he " Iron Duke ." anJ °ld Zach
Taylor as a leader of briliiant military
gtnius.it goes without sayiDg that the
pei p'.e of this country, north and south,
* c< *P ted the v «rdict. If lhe career of
Dav;a had ended with the Mexican war,
jj e wou j d still have bad glory enough for
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EIS PUBLIC HFK before the war.
Before „ , the Mexican war Mr. Davis had
served part of a term in congress resign
mg to accept the command of the Mis
sitsippt h o.unteere. Upon h,s return
from the and of the Montezuma, he wa.
appointed to fill a vacancy in the l mted
States reqate. In the«nate Mr. Davt.
it once stepped into the front rank, fie
was a student as well a* a man of affair-*,
He was not only well versed in equipped political
science, but thoroughly v^eil
for debate. Contrary to the opinion en
tertained by many of the | resent genera.
t^-^r.Sfc'-SSSSS tion, the senator from Mississippi was nc
rSdSriSrfiSS. tolSSrli of
into the cabinet as secretary w ar.
The secretary give. much ot
his time to testm? new improvementJ had thi
in aims and equipments. He
territories explored. V. hen tie Crimeat
war came on be sent a number of officer
•to the scev.e of the trouble to %t^dy th»
discipline and methods of the European
armies. The federal government never
had a moicable or efficient war secretary.
Returned Jiuuiu^ bv his of^ state PreVident to the senate Hue^Lan’s with
the larninm be Dltfnied
exciUn" ratten d^bath^teSifiupto Mr Liav s mto
the Hie
H tremend* PiHSz: us campaigns of ISOo This
S2ZSC i £2A2Si ss i
lov\ liia doctrine of state sovereignty tc
us logical consequences. He insisted
upon the right of secession,but such he fought
wnh ail bis energy against a sute
of affairs as would tn ms judgment rea
der the exercise of the right necessary
When, however the crisis came. aftef
the election of Lincoln, Mississippi
had passed her ordinance of secession Mr.
Davis embraced the occasion of resigning
hi. seat in the federal sena e to explain
and justify the course of his peop.e.
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BEACTOin— eavis’s Mississippi hoiie.
From the Senate Mr. Davis went to Ins
plantation m Mi-iyippi. He hoped
that secession would be peacefully ac
complished, but he could not disguise
the fact tiiat the outlook was anything
but pacify. Following the bent of tastes
and inclinations, he looked forward in
the event of a conflict to an appointment he
in the army. In such an emergency
knew that the south would require the
services of veteran official?, and ho had
every reason to believe that ho would be
called up m to serve the new anticipation republic
with his sword. That this
was disappointed, we alt know. The
pr* sideney of the confederacy was thrust
upon him unsought. It was uuexpccted,
but iu this, as iu other things, Jefferson
Davis heeded the voice of his people anu
accepted the burdens and responsibilities
thrust upon his shoulders,
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his , home Mississippi, where . lie lived
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in obscurity and, it is greatly to be
fewed but in little poverty, his plantation Steps yield
mg income were once
taken to raise a fund for him but he
k indl y- blU aver!ed th * h :’ nds of
those t , engaged in ,t as soon a. he became
awate of wh it was being done. He
held th8t as long #s he w,.lows and
orp tans o f iL Conu-ir.it, 1 M ' " 1 re
a ^anf, be had neither the right nor
d p tkat 0U 0 S f h '! h » ‘ ld 1 0 *» , )e them ,' )Un ’
Air. Davis . preferred f to 1U reive
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nient - I» nothing that lie said or did,
did he lower in lh= slightest degree the
d i„ n ;tv of his liinli nositian uncomplaining Accentin''
^rtiuTdc the reverses of life with convictions
'ormuao he ne held nua Ids ms codviliioiis urn un
changed and unmodified. In defeat as
^ victory his great nature was equal
t0 a11 demands. Ia peace or in
" ar stood thi unchallenged
* nd c Bief among hi* people,
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MISS WINNIE DAVIS.
Mr. Gd vis's rimains are Ivin# in state
; j n t h e council chamber of the city hall,
New Orleans, surrounded by emblems of
pe ace , emblems of war, emblems of tho
Since early Saturday morning, a constant
throng had been moving through the
building, the day and it is estimated that during
at least thirty thousand-----
had passed i , ido to the casket, gazing
upon the facecf the dead ex-nresid -nt of
t h e confederacy. Negroes as well as the
whites, and grra i arntv m n, us well as
, confederate veterans, lingered over the
j I tfcop poJoAoaVi j[ isorui® s.
JO ;oo atqmos sjt pas Snot 'saotmosap dtnts ju«3
r.vcjjxo on sen u nou it
pAititn e ‘auo atuospnsq A atnaijx t ub si
jojjsbo oqx 'Snipitnq sqi otnt natitii 8BA\
Tpoqaqpsants nniojitijd Tmp o< tiraq SAtiq siotpjos
lno>J panel n nodn Sutjsii
‘jaqutBqa on, io aijnso ant ut ionsbd on r
-gtxipirtiq oqt tii enoiacds it;: jsotn oqj jo aim
Sf ,mqtrn?ip itonnoo putt ayp oqt ut
jss3j»i aqi jo otto s iatpjmq j v: j X,io
Yuap snd pwp aqt ptmom Ttnp no
as0 qj oa pojn, said onw sjoaptont finr
-qonoj jCutmt ‘ivp cqj flniiiqx madsoi
;o noinijsojttiirj ante,- onj njCw jossbc
blaek, heavy velvet, and has a fevvwtc
oratioris. Over the c -ket is throwh the
battle flag of the 14th Louisiana regiment,
a tattooed and torn. In the clmn
ber are small arms, firld artillery, United
States flags, 7 confederate flags, flowers,
evergreen ^ and feras . The citT a , weli
gg df taU is d d ia m:urning .
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Erery fl at New 0rSe a n s is at half-mast,
j-ubiic institutions are heavily
- rcsldei dis¬
d pisTtokens d _ Many pr; , ate cei
f of sorrow All of the dif
• well
n, afv crgan zrt ons. as as
a number oT t-TfTc TjJCItel, "have tuelr
headquarter* in mourning.
REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS.
Three week* ego,in the . midst ., of e aocole
mgs atorm the on year, one o Jeilerson ^ the^nariMt itavta was '
S^^«J5S£?.2S
from the Payne mansion to the city m l,
where he rematns w.ll he m state uott!
eane s aay
By the time the. hearse r^tiea r eached tae the ,
city hail the council chan her and fob- ,
bies ,J andThe 1 council '
chamber was q u-l-S ^' y v reared * and a
way opened f for ,u the admiss.0” admission
of the body. ~ 1 ‘ .
heavily draped in black, which was re
lieved with the red, white and b'uc of
the stars and stripes. There were also
rich floral decorations everywhere, military be
sides crossed swords and other
fssus wsrt&s s? h
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ficallv. Richmond »»» wants it, T Atlanta,
Ga has made its offer- Lexington, \ a.
^ request, because Lee and
has put in a
Jack8 on are there; Montgomery Ala will
fend a delegation to sue for the body.
Vicksbur g wants it, and so does Macon,
Gn . i n spe aking of the final resting place
?Irs D «vis has said to her friends: • Ml*
gigg; j claims the body, and that is bu
h ome. Georgia has asked for it, and
lhegreat love the Georgia People
h ave always si o vu him always had a
warm place in our hearts. Governor,
Lee is very urgent because Richmond
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Montgomery^^bases ra» ,2»“ WSf
its claim upon the fact
that that was the first capitoL” The
auction will not be settled until Miss
Winnie sVtnrdar Davis returns from Europe. On
when Mrs Davis received a
message from Miss AVinnie, saying that
s R i ie would start home, a cablegram was
l ack uraino-her not to come It is
- ® thought that Miss Davis will remain
p . health is better,
ali, through the south.
Meetings have been held in all soutl*
ern cities, and resolutions adopted cx
pressing sorrow at the death of Mr.
Davis, and the governors of the south
issued proclamations announcing the sad
intelligence, and recommending funeral. memo
rial services on the day of the
All the New York papers. gave great
epace, both editorially and in biograph
ical sketches of Mr. Davis. The tone of
the majority of the editorials, is conser
vutive, and generous acknowledgment of
his unswerving personal integrity and
conscientious devotion to the .principles
he conceived to be tiglit, is freely made.
The Southerners in New York are siu
cc re !y grieved at the death of the illus
tjious hero of the lost cause, and will do
all in their power to manifest their devo
tion to his memory and their reverence
for his heroic self-sacrifice to the utial
terable faith that was in him.
GEJSE1IAL NEWS.
CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS,
AND EXCITING EVENTS.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE—ACCIDENTS, STRIKE!,
FIRES, AND HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST.
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The influenza, which has been quite
general in in St. Petersburg has anpeared 1 '
London
. . J. . II. ,,,,,, Hathboue, founder , . of ,.
the order of Knights of Pythias, died
at Lima () Monday
I’resiaent Harrison witnessed the , ded
ication # of the auditorium in Chicago
[otulay night.
D 11 „ Car works, at ^, Pullman, n 11 __
u los ' 8 of $100,000 from fire
P night,
Dr Parke sends a .mtSrovemcS bulletin from Ba«t
moyo tiwt that there were is s s some improvement to m
the condition of Emm Pasha.
The total amount of insurance involved
in the Thanksgiving tire tn Boston offi
dally reported to date is #2,348,000.
The Turkish government has in
structed its delegates in the African
conference to oppose any intervention in
the inc irnue trade in in Circassian C ircassian Women Women.
The general f executive committee of
lhe wor d , s fair at New York, held a
meeting , Thursday , ,,f and ailopted ^ a bill
, v uch ^ t0 )e p seuted to
The Die benefit beneltt tendered tenaerea to to Mrs Mrs. Parnell 1 arntu
By (omedian W. .1. vcanlan, took place
New lhnrsday afternoon at the btar theatre,
York. Eight hundred and seventy
“von dollars was realized.
, I r be work of rehnmg
sugar was com
= ed Monday in Claus Speckle’s uew
sugar refinery in Philadelphia. The c i
fficity of the refinery is 2,000,000 pounds
of sugar every twenty-four hours.
Vienna Is snowed up. Provisions are
from fifteen to twenty-five per cent.
^rou C account of 8erv,c impeded ? M communi- done on
deighs. . . , Robbers ram ate active in the coun
try districts.
The general assignment of James W r .
Whitney, Joseph B. Whitney and James
A. Knapp, dry goods commission mer
chains nt 76 Worth street, New York,
to Liabilities David A. will Boody, aggregutae was filed bout $500,000 Monday!
assets expected to make a good showing
The Chicago lutics . that .... ,, Maggie
sajs _
Schreiner, who poured kerosene oil on
her husband oa June 25, 1888, and then
set fire to it, burning him fatally, is
suing the erder of Foresters for $2,000
v TT e -r a d ? #th be r m
of $1,000, which she C . aims as b-U
- (ficiary of the dead mail's estate.
THE RICHMOND TERMINAL,
According to the annual rep rt sub¬
mitted to the stockholders, fixe gross
earnings for the year of all roads con¬
trolled by the Terminal, have been over
$29,000,000, and the operating expenses
about $ is,000,000. The net tamings
over operating expenses and all fixed
charges of the various lines, and likewise
of the Terminal company itself, give a
net surplus to the Terminal of over
$000,000, which is (according to its
present market price) over four per cent,
on the common stock of the Terminal
company.
EMIN PASHA INJURED.
A dispatch from Zmzibar announces
that Emin Pusha has met probably a fa¬
tal accident Being nearsighted he
walked out of a window by mistake, fell
on his head, fracturing his scull. He
now lies at Bagamoro in a critical condi¬
tion. AT the doctors, except Stanley’s
physician, declare that Emin Pasha’s
injuries will prove fatal.
DISCONTENTED MINERS.
The movement of discontented work
ingmen is now exciting grave appre- and
henaions in Europe. In the Essen
Dortmund districts in Western Germany
90,0(iO miners a:e on a strike and 20,000
more in Al- .ce and Lorraine are Out.
Ri 0ls have been of daily occurrence in
Brussels for nearlv a week Austria is
described as “honey-combed with strik¬
ers, starvation and hate.”
A special from Florence, Ala., says:
Fire broke out Thursday morning in
Peyton's livery stable and burned the
bui.ding and twenty-one horses. Loss
Ifi.L'OO. No insurance. The fire com
municated to an adjoining store, burning
down the store building and stock
L:ss $!2,CCd.
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WASHINGTON, D. C.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT J
A2iD ms AD yiSEBS.
fifty first,congress.
g enator Spooner ou Thura day intro-’
daced a bill declaring as chief superri- circuit
« officers of the
f th<j UnUed Stateg , and charging
them with the enforcement of national
election and naturalization laws, bath ia
person and through their subordinates,
^Isormof election.
>T1 The flight , of f n Cashier %. r Silcott with with
f 75,000 of the salaries o the member, of
the house of representatives. has created
a lively sensation. When the house met
on Thursday, Speaker -iced laid the fo.
■snsffirJsiES have unable
coun ts* ’ and I been to asoer*
bi 9 whereabo uts, and there is a ded
ciencT in the cash of the office. In view
f ,' fi circumstances I respectfu ly
f an immtdlute investigation the of
J accoun t S , under such action as
c f representvtives may take iu the
£,. emUes ." During the afternoon, cm
the 8e rgeant-at-arm’s were busy
f ~ over Silcott’s books and accounts,
he X8Ct |(aUlD< . e missing, according to
^ book3 4 -jp gjij
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CAPITOL NOTES.
p“S"^SLd n. ,•» «*? rSyS. 5
recess of congress,
The death of Jefferseu Davis lias
aroused curiosity respecting relics asro
mated with his capture at the close of
the war and now deposited in the war
department. Many requests have been
made in the past few all days for permission have
to see them, but such requests
been denied,
KNIGHTS AND FARMERS.
AKTICI.EB OF AGREEMENT ADOPTED AT
THEIR CONVENTION.
The tw r o great orders, the Farmers
Alliance, or Farmers’ and Laborers
Union, and b- Knights of Labor, which
have just eh s; 1 their sessionat St. I.cu:s,
entered into an important agreement, li
is a formal alliance for joint politic;!
actiou along certain lines by the two or
! ganizations. Iu (he agreement, perhaps
the most i o e worthy feature is that
which provides for the jo'mt actiou ol
the legislative committees of the twe
organizations to act in concert before
congress for the purpose of securing thf
enactment of laws in harmony with tin
demands mutually agreed on. The avti
elcs are as follows:
TUE ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
j St. Lous, December G .—Agreement made this,
i day between the undersigned committee repre
j renting the National Farmers' Alliance and In
dust rial Union on the one part and the under
signed committee representing the Knights «*t
Labor on the other part, wituessetli
The undersigned committee representing the
Knights of Labor having reads the deinaiul% of
the Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
which are embodied in this agreement hereby
indorse the same on behalf of the Knights of
Labor, and for the purpose of giving practical
effect to the demands herein set forth the legis
lative committee of both organizations will act
in concert before congress lor the purpose of se
curing the enactment of laws in harmony with
the demands mutually agreed. Audit G tur
ther agreed, in order to carry out these objects
Hlat wo wii! Mipjmrt for office onh sm-h men as
can be depended upon to enact these principlea
into statute law uninfluenced by party caucus,
The demands hereinbefore referred to are as
folio
rhfl,we demJnu 'the aboiititm of national
banks and the substitution of legal tender treas
nry notes Jn , ieu ut natiuIlal bank notes; issued
ifi sufficient volume to do the business of the
country on a cash system; regulating the amount
nee,led ou a per basis as .h- bnGuew. In
Create of the c,,m.„ v .lemand^ ami that a ii
money issue.i by, he government shall i,e legal
tender In payment of all debts, both public ami
)> rivat e.
ti.
That wo demand that congress sfcaff pass such
lawn as shall effectually prevent tliv dealing in
futures of all agricultural and mechanical pro
dnetions, pursuing a stringent system of pro
eedure ill trials as shall secure the prompt con
victim, and unpu-ing such penalties as shall
secure the most perfect compliance with law.
ui.
That wo demand the free and naUuUted coin
age of silver.
IV.
ing T ^? the t ' alien v f. den,atl<1 ownership tho l-asaase of land, °f and laws that prahihit- c.u
grass take early actidn to devise some plan to
obtainby purchase all lamls now owned l>y
aliens and foreign syndicates, and that all lands
now held t» railroad and other corporation- in
excess of such as is actually hewi by them he
purchased by the government and held f.,r ac
<ua, seuters only,
Believing in the doctrine of equal rights to all
and special favors to none, we demand that tax¬
ation, national or state, n*hall not be used to build
up one interest or class at the expense of anotli
cr ' '' e '*fieN« ttot the nioni y m the emutry
enuea, national, state or county, shall be limited
to the necessary expenses of the government,
economically and honestly administered.
That congress issue a sufficient amount of
fractional paper currency to facilitate exchange
through the medium of the United States mail.
vn.
Tliat the means of communication and trans
portation shal! be controlled by ami operated in
the intcre6t °f people, through the United
States postal system.
For the better protection of the interests of
the two organizations it is hereby agreed that
such seals or emblems as the National Farmers’
Alliance ami Industrial Union may adopt will be
f* co f Di f d and protected in transit or otherwise
sr
ner be recognized by the Tanners’Alliance and
Industrial Union.
[Signed} B. Erwin. Chairman.
N. S. Hall, Secretary.
J. D. Hammond, F. M. Blunt,
B. H. Clover, M. Page,
J. R. Miles. W. H. Barton,
N. A. Dunning;, S. M. Adams,
J. D. Hatfield, J. B. Alexander,
I). K. Norris. Stuart Ashby*
K. F Feck, it- C. Belly,
W. S. Morgan, •U If. Turner,
A. S. Marn,
Committee on O.-matuls ..f the National farm
ers’ Alliance and Industrial Union.
L V. Powderly,
A W. Wright,
Kolph Beaumont.
Committee Representing the Knights of Labor
The following officers of tho Fanners and
Laborers’ union of America were elected
for the next year:
L. L. Polk, of North Carolina, vice-president! president.
B. H. Clover, of Kansas,
J. H. Turner, of Georgia, secretary.
H. W. Hickman, of Missouri, treasurer.
Ben Terrell, of Texas, lecturer.
This congress <*f lal>orers was one of the
most important public meetings that has
ever been held in the world, ft repre¬
sented more laboring men than the early
congress of this country represented peo¬
ple. It spoke with the full voice of 4.000,
000 laborers, and it will doubtless have a
tremendous effect in public affairs.
The farmers convention adjourned to
meet at Jacksonville, Fla., the seufnd Tues¬
day in December, lb'JO.
FINING HIMSELF,
An Extraoialinarj Scene in a t alifoP
nia Court.
A few days ago Judge Alexander Laidlaw,
ot Oakland. Cal. got drunk aud created a
geene in a saloon. He was not arrested, but
a report of his unseemly conduct was pub
fished in the japers. He wore an air of un
usual dignity when court opened the other
morning, and in presence of a large crowd
lectured himself for breaking a city ordt
nance, pledged himself to resign if it oc¬
curred again, imposed a fine of *50 and pail
it to the bailiff.
PROMINENT PEOPLE, t
F.x-Kixg Milan of Servia will make his
home in Paris.
Senator Pierce, of North Dakota, is the
author of several novels.
The London Tinu s suggests Stanley ior
Governor of East Africa.
Secretary Rusk is making a collection of
orchids and chrysanthemums.
General Boulanger is doing v*.\ry well.
He is supported by his admirers.
President Harrison is an expert walker,
and likes a tramp of several miles.
The letter carriers’ monument to S. S. Cox
will probably be erected in Washington.
The Lord Mayor of London was for some
part of his early career an operatic singer.
Even the Czar of Russia suffers with in¬
fluenza, which is epidemic in Sr. Petersburg.
Ex-President Cleveland says our ex
Presidents should earn their own living like
other people.
Sir Morell Mackenzie, the English doc¬
tor, is seriously considering the project of an
American torn-.
Ex-Pension Commissioner Tanner and
W. H. Dudley have formed a business part*
nership in Washington.
Lord Salisbury, the British Premier, has
the proud distinction among Englishmen of
wearing the biggest hat.
Castelae, the Spanish statesman, windup says the
that another half century will
monarohial business in Europe.
Historian Bancroft takes a with long walk vol¬
every pleasant afternoon, of ten a
ume of Shakespeare in his hand.
Mr. Campbell, Governor-elect of Ohio, is
a Kni ight Templar, a Knight of Pythias and
an Elk. He is also a Presbyterian.
The late Father Damien, who died in the
leper settlement at Molokai. Sandwich Isl¬
ands, has been succeeded by his brother.
Sir Julian Paunckfote, the British Min¬
ister at Washington, is devoting a good deal
of time to the study of American literature.
Henry C. Kelsey, the present Secretary
of State of New Jersey, was the editor of n
small country newspaper twenty years ago.
Jules Verne’s real family name is Olche
witz. The novelist is now sixty-eight years of
old, and engaged in the production of one
his greatest works.
The exceptional honor of the crown and
and brilliants pourie merits has been con¬
ferred upon Count von Moltke by the Em¬
peror of Germany.
Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist
reports himself in good health and spirits
and disposed to spend yet another winter
among the islands of the South Pacific.
Charles Colby, the new President of the
Canadian Privy Council, was born in the
United States. He is the first native of this
country who ever entered a Dominion Cab¬
inet.
Mu. Gladstone has been speaking in Eng¬
land for fifty years, and yet people arc so
anxious to hear hbu that they would at any
time fill a large hall if the seats cost ten
dollars.
Spurgeon, the great London preacher,
sav> that the “perfect' 1 members oi his flock
give him more trouble than his sinners. Ho
110V/ gives notice that his fold is for black
sheep only.
Mark Twain passes a great part of liis
time in his library, where he sits in a com¬
fortable armchair, his feet tilted up on the
window-sill and a thick halo of tobacco
smoke encircling bis forehead.
Physically, Speaker Reed is the largest
man in the House. He weighs as much as
Ex-President Cleveland and is taller. He is
an accomplished French scholar and reads
every new book published in Paris.
The oldest officer in the United States
Navy is Commodore Henry Bruce, now He on
the retired list and living in Boston. was
born on February 13, 1T89. and was appoint¬
ed a midshipman in the Navy from Massa¬
chusetts on November W, 1S13.
Citizen George Francis Train whan in
Boston recently was surrounded by a crowd
in a hotel corridor when bo offered to bet
that he was the biggest fool in America,
Nobody accepted the wager at first, but
finally a man came forward and said: ‘'I'll
take your bet, stranger, provided you are not.
George Francis Train.”
MUSICAL AND DEAMATIC,
The advance sale of seats for Madame
Patti s season in Chicago exceeded $100,000.
Marie Van Zandt, tlje Ajoaorican singes*,
will receive $ii00 for eaelj of twelve perforiut*
auc*es at Bai*celona and TJsbon.
Samuel Brai>j>,Hau\ one of the oldest
American actor a, died recently at St. John
land, 1j. I. Ho was ninety-six years old.
As many as 238 feiuale candidates applied
for adtiu .don to the piano classes of the Paris
Conservatoire at the recent examinations.
AV. G. Wills’ a version of “Clarissa Hat
mwe' will soon be prodded'at Covenfjry,
Lngland,with Isabel Bat"jinan as tho herotijr*.
Stories of Christina Kilsson’s hopeVesy ill
healtii have been current of late, but they
are Bjorksteu. vigorously denied by her nephew, Mi.
A- ^ f ^ PLLV publisher announces as one; of
the items in a forthcoming sale of autographs
the MS. of a piano piece by Wagner, entitled
Jrolonia.”
The new opera of Gilbert and r Jullivan has
bren withdrawn after four weak*’ rehearsal,
the authors themselves became convinced
that it wouldn't do.
Mme. Modjkska takes a cold bath in the
morning and a hot one before going to bed—
one to make her bright, the other to make
her sleep, and l>ohU for health.
Adelaide Dewohox, the young American
actres. 1 *, has hsen presented with a gold
medal, sot with diamonds by the faculty and
students of Glasgow University.
Mhm. J ames S. Nickerson, the wife of *n
ex-Assis^ant United States District Attor¬
fai* ney, stage of JPhiEidelphia, honors is the latest applicant
from the ranks of S4X*iety.
f he lvvival of “The Silver King 0 proved
popular at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New
York. A feature of tin's performance was
the really admirable acting of little Olive
Homans.
T he V ice-Presideut and Mrs. Morton, ac¬
occupied companied by Secretary and Mrs. Blaine,
a box at the opening of Richard!
Maiiffield’s season at the new Natiouaii
Theatre in Washington.
The copy of Beethoven’s cantata in eele
? n ation of the congress of Vienna, which he
presented to King Frederick William JIJ., of
Prussia, has just been placed iu the Beet¬
hoven Museum, at Bonn.
Miss Kate Chard is the heroine of tlu»
hour iu London. During a performance of
“The New Corsican Brothers/’ the flies
caught calmly fire and she prevented a panic by
going on with her song.
^-•Ty^tm^glia! rekT 1 thlateicaf'^“on^the^com^rt wal^rSfprt
part. There are not a few reminiscences of
V erdi, Boito and Wagner.
Augustus Harris, a weli-known London
manager, is said to be considering a proposi
tion to transfer the Christmas pantomime at
Her Majesty’s Theatre to this country bodily
—scenes, The totai principals, number chorus, supers an.* all
of persons employed in tha
representation is 400.
A very painful scene was witnessed Mt
other night the ,
at performance of a
called “The Hypochondriac” ,
Deutsches Volkstheater, at ti ,o
who played Vienna. The. vci or
the title part went ruad ia '
ftr>t act, and, after various futiki effoate.' h a ,i
be-n to conceal his true (raiuirtion Oif ui. the
audienoe, th- curtain was lowered. *«\the
play abruptly ended.
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