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fiMFnir, GEOEfl lA, U S. A.
Griffin i* the beet and most promising little
it/bathe fch. lie record for the past
halt decade, ita many new enterprises in oper¬
ation, building am* contemplated, prove this
o be a business statement and not a hyper-
olical description.
During that time it has built and pat into
most successful operation a *100,000 cotton
aetory and with this year started the wheels
of a second of more than twice that capital.
It ha* put up a large iron and brass foundry,
a fertiliser factory, an immense ice and bot-
tKhg w< orks, a sash and blind factory a
broom! factory; # opened up the finest granite
quarry in the United States, and now has
our large oil mills in mare or less advanced
stagesof construction, With an aggregate au¬
thorised capital of over half amilliondollars.
It is putting up the finest system of electric
ghting that can be procured, and has ap¬
plied tor tao arters for street railways. It
has secured another railroad ninety miles long,
and while located on the greatest system in
the South, the Central, has secured connec¬
tion with its important, rival, the East Ten¬
nessee, Virginia fad Georgia. It has obtain-
•I iirvit iujapas l<at earn iction with Chat
tanooga and the West, d will break groun
n a few days for a jfoujrth road, connecting
with a fourth independentsvstem.
With its five white and four colored church
es, it hap recently completed a #10,000 new
I’resbyteriaaehuteh. Ithas .increased Itapop-
ulatioa by nearly one fifth. It has attracted
around its borders fruit growers from nearly
every State in the Onion, until it i* now sur¬
rounded on nearly every side by orchards
and vineyards. It has pnt up the largest
ru it evaporators in the State. It is the home
of thegrape andite win* making capacity has
doubled every year. It has successfuliy in
sugurated a system of public schools, with a
tevi 1 years curriculum, second to none.
This is part ol the record of a half decade
s of an already
»natural advantages
of having the finest climate, summer'and
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U rt#fi is the county seat of Spalding
ty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a
healthy, fertile and roUing country, 1150 feet
7,000 people, and they are all of the right
sorv-wide-iwoke, np to the times, ready to
welcome strangers and anxions to secure de¬
sirable settlers, who will not be any less wel
come if they bring money to help build up the
wn. There is abonfi only one thing we
eei billy juitnow, and that is a big hotel
We have several small ones, but their aecom
msdatfeas are entirely too limited for our
urine % pleasure and health seekig nguests
If you see anybody that wants a good loca
tion tor a hotel in the South, just mention
Griffin.
Griffin is the place where the Giuffin News
s pu bltehed— daily and weekJy-the bestneivs-
papsr in the Empire State of Georgia. Please
nd ose stamps in sending for sample copies,
mad descriptive pamphlet of Griffin.
This brief sketch is written April 13th, 1H89,
and Will have tp be changed in a lew months
o embrace new enterprise* commenced and
omjdsted.
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Un Ulul fflullii Hsrir
rising high,
w tome it to buy,
s they go.
newgood* arrive,—
rilfeve,
- - "shades they weave,
to please the right.
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and Planters
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Capital, f : : : : *100,000
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THE SPEAKERSHIP.
Estimates of the Strength o
the Various Candidates.
THE SITUATION VEBY DOUBTFUL.
McKinley l’rcasing Hard Upon the Heels
of the Man from Maine—The Result
Hinges Upon the Action of the Dele¬
gations from I’eiiii-j v.iiilii and Ken
York—Wool Slen f.r McKinley.
Washington. Nov. 26. — The first
week of the speakership contest closes
with the result in even more doubt than
it was seven days ago at that time. Mr.
Reed’s partisans were claiming a "walk
over” for the. man from Maine, while
the more B conservative of the number
were confident their candidate would
win in tire second ballot after the com¬
plimentary votes had been cost and the
caucus had settled down to its work.
At the same time Maj McKinley’s
friends were not claiming an excess of
forty the first votes ballot. for The that fluctuations gentleman on
of the
past these seven calculations.' days have materially changed
A Conservative Estimate.
A conservative estimate of the situa¬
tion now gives the Mr. first Reed ballot, not to exceed
00 votes on with Maj.
McKinley Cannon 91 close and up the with others 53 votes, with little, Mr.
strength The beyond estimates their state Maj. delegations. McKinley
same show
to be the second choice of seventy nine
gentlemen, who at the start will sup¬
port other candidates. According to
these computers Mr. Reed is not bo pop¬
ular ing a second choice, have their above figures thirty show¬
him not to from
this source.
The strength of Messrs. Cannon, Bur¬
rows and Henderson is variously esti¬
mated at from a score for Cannon to a
dozen for the last named candidate,
The numbers Republican membership and it will of the
house 168 require
85 yotes to nominate if all are present.
Waiting for New York and Pennsylvania
do. Should they Pennsylvania their will
unite forty votes
in favor of any candidate his success
would be .practically assured from the
start. There is. liowe .er, but little
jority of the members of the delegations
reach Washington this answered, question but can this be
more will satisfactorily all probability before
not in occur
the middle of the week. Meanwhile
the gossip is that McKinley has made
rong inroads in this quarter and that
i will divide or nearly dividi vide the mid¬
dle state vote.
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WOOL AND T HE S PEAKERSHIP.
New England’* Cry for Free Wool Oper¬
ating Against Hr. need.
Philadelphia, Nov. 36.—Edward A.
Greene, of the firm of Edward A.
Greene & Co., wool commission mer¬
chants, of Philadelphia and Boston, is
sending the following appeal to wool
m.en all over the country:
An organized effort will bo made by New
England for free wool, and it is very import¬
ant teat the speaker of the house of represen¬
tatives shall be from the west. I suggest that
you write a letter to your member (obtaining
as many signatures as possible to It) request¬
ing him to vote for whoever is the mo3t cer¬
tain to defeat the New England candidate.
When asked his reasons for sending
this circular Mr. Greene said:
Mr. “We Reed, have who no has personal declared objections himself in to
favor of the tariff on wool, but are con¬
fident that he cannot be elected,- and
fear that a dark horse from Massachu¬
setts, Rhode Island or Connecticut
might be settled on as a compromise,
and free these states In fact, are strongly should Mr. in Reed favor of
wool. be
elected, we are not sure his constituents
would not persuade him to forward
their views. From the answers I have
received so far Mr. it appears that the wool
satisfied men prefer with My. McKinley, but would other be
Cannon or any
western man for speaker.”
Found Floating In the Delaware.
Shaffer, BRI6TpL,Pa. 1 Nov.26.—The body of John
the farmer of Bristol |a|te‘ township
who mysteriously found disappeared | floating about in the a
month ago; was Burlington
fxtsite the
the Jersey shore,
been missing by the relatives,
Shaffer had since the
night There of
were
foully dealt wii
had considerable money with w him when
he left home on that day. Shaffer was
of intemperate habits and was last seen
lata that night somewhat intoxicated,
and it is now believed while iii that con¬
dition lie wandered to the town wharf
and fell overboard.
Hr. Cron ill’s Friends.
Chicago, Nov. 26.—Five thousand
Irish-Ameri© ®n men and women,
y ol the -Manchester martyrs
Allen, Larkin and O’Brien and vindicat¬
ing the memory of the murdered Irish
patriot Dr. Cronin. The addresses of the
evening Condon, were made Father by Ed Meagher
Polo, III., the and Rev. John Devojr. Toomey, of
Football Saturday. <
At Springfield, Mass.—Yale, 6; Har¬
vard, 0. Philadelphia —Pennsylvania, 14;
At
^At^New Y-irk—Cornell, f 20; Colum¬
bia, 0. Chester, Pa.—Pennsylvania Mili¬
fit Johns Hopkins, 0.
tary academy, Springfield, 6: Mass.—Dartmouth, 20;
At 5.
Williams, .#
Dr. Bullock Win loan Tannaut.
Freehold, N. J., Nov. 26.—Rev. Dr,
Robert C. HaUoek, who has been toe
•ome years the pastor pastel of the old revolu-
ternary freehold, Presbyterian ’ resigned, church atTenneat, and will
near his _
e the pastoi mthampto of of the the First Firs Presby-
chur ch at S n,
THE CONDITION OF BRAZIL.
Official Assurance-) or the rracperlty ami
Perpetulatlau of the Republic.
Washington, Nov. 26.—Dr. Valente,
the Brazilian minister, received the
following cablegram from Ruy Bar-
barbra, the minister of finance of the
provisional government at Rio:
“All the provinces have signified their
adherence to the republic and the pro¬
visional government without any re¬
sistance or protest. The government in
each A decree state is of being the provisional rapidly organized.
extended of suffrage govern¬
ment has the right
to all citizens except only those unable
head to read or write. church, The archbishop, conferred the his
of the has
solemn be. ediotion upon the new gov¬
ernment and the republic."
Dr. Valente places no credence
whatever in the published reports com¬
ing from Europe, hinting at the in¬
stability of the new government and
probable breaking up of Brazil into
republic three separate fixed. states. He regards the
as
Hla Room Burned by White Caps.
Marlboro, Md., Nov. 26.—The dwell¬
ing: Hall's house station, of John the Pope’s Vermillion, Greek near line
on
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, was
forcibly who tied entered Vermillion by unknown removed parties,
to a tree,
the furniture from the house and then
fired the building. No definite cause
can be assigned for the outrage. Ver¬
million has figured in the courts fre-
quently for abusing his parents. ‘ After Af
the house was burned to the grou mud
leave they released the vicinity the immediately. man, warning him m to
A Museum of Vestments for Rutgers.
New Brunswick, Nov. 36.— A mu¬
seum of Christian history is will to be added
to Rutgers pulpits, college ana and include other
vestments, altars
churchly tries. The paraphernalia faculty and students of other coun¬
are co¬
operating with outside aid to secure the
best specimens extant of the styles in
vogue in churches since the beginning
of the Christian era. President Gates,
in an interview, denies that Mr. Garrett
$10,009 Winant, of Bayonne, has contributed
additional for the completion of
the Winant dormitory,
Monmouth's Cattle Scourge.
Red Bank, N. J., Nov. 26.—State
F King
has been
cattle disease.
The cows of John West, of Middletown,
are now afflicted and those of W. Con¬
over, Jr., have had a relapse. Hereto¬
fore the disease has been known as the
Texas or buffalo fever. Surgeon King
says he is now satisfied it is typhoid,
and as the disease is liable to develop
into pleuro-piieunjonia in every in¬
stance, the united States government
should lend assistance.
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Firebug Raymond Convicted.
New B runswick, N. J„ Nov. 26.—
John C. Raymond, of New York, who
quarter sessions for
i»g of Adrian institute at Iselin, N, J.,
to defraud insurance companies, was
found guilty. A new trial will most
likely be moved. On hearing the ver¬
dict Raymond broke down and cried.
Mrs. Anna Bouton, who was indicted
for the same offense, is in jail awaiting
trial.
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Inducements to Sullivan and J ackeon.
San Francisco, Nov. 26. --The Santa
Cruz Athletic club has decided to offer
a purse of $20,0J0 for a finish fight be¬
tween Sullivan and Jackson, to take
place on the beach at Surfside, Santa
Cruz, Cal. Instructions to make ar¬
rangements been telegraphed with ttie and principles mailed have
to to a
well known New York ex-pugilist It
is believed that the size of tile purse will
certainly induce the big fighters to ac¬
cept the offer.
lla-ged by n Mob.
Hopkinsville, Ky., Nov. 26.—Infor¬
mation of a reliable nature has been re¬
ceived in this city the to the effect that Jo¬
seph A. Smith, man who killed W.
G. Williams, town marshal of Trenton,
two Elkton, weeks since, was of taken Todd from jail by at
county hanged seat in county, the
a mob and to a tree court
house yard. He shot Williams, who
was unarmed, while writing a warrant
for his arrest.
Cosirnri Abpul HI* Crime.
Pine City, Minn., Nov. 28.—William
Brooker committed a double murder
here yesterday afternoon, shooting
down in cold blood William P. Coombs
and wife. After committing the atroci¬
ous deed, he visited a neighbors house
and sat with his rifle across his knee,
conversing about the heartless deed.
Coombs leaves two small children.
Brooker is at large.
Roth Lag* Cut OK
Evansville, Ind., Nov. 28.— A wo¬
man, killed apparently about train 60 years bn the old, Union was
track, by tiic a passenger of Seventh and Penn¬
at corner
sylvania completely streets, severed this city. Both body, legs
were from the
The the woman victim dying has in been a few identified moments.
since as
Mrs. Ueiss. of this city.
Coaytotpd of Murder,
Asheville, N. C., Nov 26.—William
Fore was convicted of the murder of
Amos Lunsford on Aug. 24 at a camp
meeting near here. The two men got
into an altercation, in which Fore was
struck in the face bv Lunsford with his
fist, when the former drew a knife and
stabbed his antagonist.
l’.usebntl la California.
San Francisco, Nov. 26.— The season
the California Baseball league closed
San yesterday, Franciscoea the Oaklands in the final defeating in this the
by of 5 4 and game winning
a score to
the nessed pennant. the Fully San 15,000 Francisco people takes wit¬
plac game.
e,
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They Want the Offices.
Washington, Nov. 26.—President
Harrison has told the Illinois senators
congressmen that Its will have more
weighty matters on hand for some time
Whereat the Senators filling Farwell of Illinois and Cullom offices.
reported as being highly disgusted.
tie Brotherhood.
, 28.—It is announced
|M1 brotherhood a contract
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OlUFFIN GEORGIA WE .SDKS DAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 27 ■a*.
TO BMCEUP BRAZIL
Badfcals in Europe Will En¬
deavor to Assist and
EN00UMGE THE HEW REPUBLIC.
An Effort to fixture France to Recognize
the I’rovtuloual Governinent— Pear* of
a Reaction to Mousrehv— The Pope Sai l
to Favor the Empire— Bourbon Hope*
Const red on Dent Fsdro’s Grandson.
London, Nov. 28.—Deputy Hubbard,
of the French chamber of deputies, has
announced his intention of questioning
the government whether tint French re¬
public proposes to recognize the repub¬
lic of Brazil.
The general impression is that the
reply-will be to the effect that precedent
forbids recognition of the provisional
government, but that «a soon as the
constitutional assembly which is to* be
called by the provisional government
has announced a definite form of gov¬
ernment on the authority of the people
of the country France will hasten to
recognize the sister republic. * #
Encouragement to the Republic.
It is likely that this attitude will fail
to satisfy the more radical members of
the chain >er, and that they will insist
upon some immediate action being
taken to shew that France prefers the
republican to any other form of of govern gov
ment in Brazil.
There is a general feeling manifested
among throughout Republicans Europa and danger Radicals
that exists
of a reaction towares monarchism ia
Brazil, and that such governments of
Europe as are of the popular far type
should give cwntenamfe so .as pos¬
sible to the revolutionists at Rio. This
alto as a legiti-
but neverthe-
the monarch¬
ists throughout Europe to create senti¬
ment and if possible effect tangible aid
for their representative, who has been
dismissed from service in- South
America.
Hope* at the Bourbon*.
It is openly asserted in Paris that the
pope is also intriguing in favor of this
of movement the Bourbon to bring dynasty about in the Brazil. restoration It
is
not considered possible or advisable to
aid the replacement of Dom Pedro
himself, but it is hoped that circum¬
stances will arise which will make it
possible to secure the throne for his
grandson, ities and who would has probably some popular receive qual¬ the
warm who would allegiance of many empire Brazilians
public, provided prefer the the former to admin¬ a re¬
were
istered in a little more progressive
fashion than was possible in the latter
years of Dom Pedro’s reign, hampered
as it was by the bigotiyana ultra-con¬
servatism of the Princess Isabelle and
her adherents.
Switzvt land’s Example.
The French and Spanish Republicans
are anxious to prevent any step being
taken to further this scheme, and they
sire their endeavoring to similar Secure action taken by.
by the governments little Swiss to that which
has confederation,
not hesitated to instruct its repre¬
sentative in Brazil to acknowledge the
provisional mate government of the empire^ as the legiti¬
successor
Quiet In Ireland.
London, Nov. 26.—Reports from the
districts in Ireland where it was feafed
that disturbances might occur show
that everything was peaceful, The
police force and troops were the visible in such
as to overawe people, assum¬
ing turbance that any had intention existed. to commit a dis¬
The Etruria'* Firemen Strike.
London, Nov. 28. —Tha steamer Etru¬
ria, which was to have sailed from Liv¬
erpool for New York, was delayed by a
dispute refusing among the sail firemen, with non-union. the union
men to
For Maltreating Christiana
of Constantinople, Mourea Bey, Nov. 26.—The trial
the Kurish chief ac¬
cused of maltreating the Christian popu¬
lation of Armenia, began. Contrary to
general nublio. expectation The specific the charges proceedings against are
Moussa are murder, arson and pillage.
Anglo-American Cable Communication.
London, Nov. 28.— It is stated that
the Anglo-American Cable company is
seeking to establish direct connection
with New York, and that officials of the
company are now in that city making
the necessary arrangements.
A Warehouse Collapses.
London, Nov. 26.—A large grain re¬
terday pository and at Southampton collapsed qf of grain yes¬
many tons was
submerged and ruined.
life
Burned by Natal ^ov.
Medical Springs, Mo , 28.-
have i bored near tiie spring for the
purpose of reaching a better supply of
water there constant supply of
this and The proprietor for the purpose* has piped
gas uses it of
the making spring. a display From to attract the pipes attention to
a flame
burns to the height of about ten feet.
When a large crowd was -'as preseht preselll a party
of the raughs got into a -fight -fight and and during
m elee the stand pipe tees thrown
down, bringing the crash. perpendicular The por¬
tion down with a gas flame
was thrown directly upon a party of
them women in and terrible children, burning sev< ven of
a manner
Two Girls Horribly MangL.I. f
Cincinnati, Nov. 2b.— Annie McDon¬
ald and Mary Mullarky. two young girls
about 18 years of age, were knocked
train down backfogqver and horribly the mangled Park by a freight
ver the street street cross- cross-
Cincinnati Southern ___________
ing on the «.< v .—utbern named Daniel Ryan, road. road.
A young man who
accompnied the girls, was thrown to
one side of the track and seriously in¬
jured. Miss McDonald tea I instantl>
killed, while Miss Mullarky hospital. died -soon
after being taken to the •
F.lnt Glam Work* Hr ,
sefT. C. Wheat,m & S’ Co.,
1 yesterday. About *W men are
i out of work. The W- is heavy,
e exact amount cannot St yet be
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ELEVEN MEN LOST.
> |1», MMhnttan,
New York, N<*>. 26.—Eleven men
missing and one m-m drowned In sight
of his shipmates is the record of the col¬
lision off Fenwick Island lightship last
W edneaday morning between the
schooner Agnes Manning and the
steamer Manhattan. Seven of the miss¬
ing’ men belonged to the Manhattan and
one was a sailor from the coal laden
schooner, who jumped on the sinking
steamer during the excitement of, the
collision. He was area on the Manhat¬
tan jnst before she sank.
The full list of the lost furnished by
the Old Dominion people is as follows:
William Walker, Vaughn, of West Point,
passenger; Wiliam of West
Point, passenger: James C. Tobin, of
West Paterson, Point, passenger; chief engineer: C. G. Hayden, Frank
of •
Lindrose, seaman; Frank McKenna,
fireman; Richard Bingham, fireman;
coal Toby Peterson, James fireman; Rider Henry (colored), Rowan,
waiter; passer; Joseph Davis (colored), second
cook. ,
ing to an overturned
chances against milk
are
it.- All the survivors praised his cool¬
ness everything and courage skilful and said captain he had could done to
a
save every person on board,
THE CAL LAGH AN CASE.
Ho Say* Thera Are Nn Unpublished Let¬
ters from Him to Powderly Extant.
Scottdale, Pa., Nov, 26.—The Calla¬
ghan conspiracy case is the jfrineipal
topic of discussion here. Mr. Callaghan
was seen and when asked in regard to
the unpublished letters from him to Mr.
Powderly, he stated that if there were
any such letters in existence they were
evidently forgeries.
“It cannot be otherwise,” said he, “as
no communication from me to Powderly
would have any bearing on the present
case. I wrote to Powderly in regard to
he ignore
story is all ly. bo3h. The There Reading word of
is not a
truth in the statement. I returned the
pass sent by the Reading company when
I was a member of the legislature and
have had no dealings with the company
since.
The statement that I am unknown is
ridiculous. I am well known to the
life and do not feel Like being
dozed by a lot of scoundrels.”
Peter Wise was arrested by Constable
Gay the hearing. and gave bail t for his appearance at
A Cl,lid’s Terrible Death.
Baltimore, Nov. 26.—A distressing
accident occurred on North Gay street,
near Preston, before a number of terri¬
fied spectators. A bright faced child
sat on the lofty seat of a heavy beer
wagon beside a man, A sudden lurch
of the vehicle dashed the boy to the
street. The wheel of the wagon passed
• in the skull and
Governor Swann'* Cottage Sold.
Newport, K. L, Nov. 26.— The cot¬
tage on the cliffs where the late Gov¬
ernor Swann, of Maryland, spent his
honeymoon wife, the beautiful after marrying his second of
Mrs. Thompson,
New Jersey, and from whom he sep¬
arated to Mr. shortly William afterward, M. Franklin, has been New sold
of
York, by the heirs of Governor Swann.
Four Thieves Whipped.
Wilmington, and Del., Nov. 26.—One
white man three colored men were
publicly the whipped of 150 at people. Newcastle All jail in
presence are in¬
carcerated for larceny. Two received
five lashes each and the other two ten
lashes each.
Lynched for Auault.
Petersburg, Va., Nov. 20.—Robert
Bland, criminally who on Thursday last attempted
to assault Miss Annie Gee,
aged 15, was taken from the mil by a
mob of foriy masked men and lynched.
The Weather
Light rain; followed, no decided change in tem¬
perature, by colder; winds be¬
coming northwesterly.
NUGGETS OF NEWS.
The president appointed William H.
Sheimire to l» pension agent at Phila¬
delphia.
Cincinnati has passed pn ordinance
adopting her clocks standard will,be turned railroad back time, and
two minutes. twenty-
The defense has not closed in the Cro¬
nin trial. There is said to have been
much perjury. Beggs objects to testi¬
fying, and a juryman is suspected.
, river Wreckage Dobb's found along the Hudson
the canal near boat Alice Ferry Carley indicated that
bad been
sunk. People on shore heard distress
whistles early in the morning, and it is
supposed family there the Carley was a collision drowned. and the
on was
parachute In descending Honolulu, from his Professor balloon with a
at Van
Tassell probably dropped devoured into the sea. His body
was by sharks.
The Baltimore Baseball club has with¬
drawn from the American association
and joined the Atlantic.
Political circles in England are agi-
tated by the reports of the progress of
speech republican sentiment Erasing in Canada. Wiman In de¬ a
at i oronto
clared in favor favor of of an an independent re-
public annexation to tire United
States.
Two British war ships have been
ordered to Rio Janeiro. •
The Nagy-Boeskerek which has been going (Hungarian) in¬
quiry, last with the object on for of dis¬ the
seven years,
covering the causes of a large number
of sudden deaths that have occurred
there, has resulted in proving that
thirty-eight poisoned. Most of the victim* were
of them were married.
Female fortune tellers supplied the
wives of the victims with poison.
Fifty-seven arrests have been made.
f The Republican and Democratic mem-
-x&kS&SF Vhe Republicans having thirty
Democrats twenty-eight '
Si chiding I Dow the contesting ,*■“
vef county.
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WBYAREW AMPS
The Question Dii i 'in All
Its Bearings In ).
A GREAT OONVEHTTOH OF TBAMP8
Amembletl X.-ar Nantleehe, 1'S. — The
Resolution. Arraign the Gr»*pltij Mow.
ope!!*!*, toqt the Minority Attribute
the Traiup’* Condition to SlothruIneM
and Strang Drink.
Wilkksbaurk, Pa., Nov. 38.—A con¬
vention of tramps was held In the okl
Dundee breaker, near Nanttooke. on
Thursday. The breaker
means of self preservation the tramps It
concluded about a month ago to Alot put
in good repair for the winter. of
timber was carried to the placa and two
knights by trade, of the nailed road, who all were the carpen¬ cracks,
ter up
so that when the convention met the
place was nice and warm. ! Frank
McCarthy, the postmaster at the Rhone,
kindly donated an old stove for use
of the tramps. .
The Invitation.
len.ahattei
cinnoti, but who baa been issued on _ Invita¬
for tion eight which years read past, follows: an
as
Hkaooakvkhs or Knights ov ths Road,
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.
Moaed It will he to your interest to head for
Dundee at once; as will questions vital to your
own future welfare be diseuseed.
[Signed) John M, AlokN, Tramp Hatter.
There invitations were written on
new white card board, and Allen gave
one or more to each tramp he came
across. all surrounding He also made towifo it a and point look to for go
to
tramps. On Nov. 10, according to Al¬
ton's memorandum book, he bad issued
over 640 invitations. The largest num¬ Al¬
ber he distributed in the vicinity of
lentown, seventy miles distent, where
tramps congregate in large numbers ..
The Dtstiugulsiied Delegate*.
The delegates kept dropping in every
day for a week in advance, a motely five, col¬
lection in detachments of three, travel
seven and eleven, dirty and
stained, bht rarek footsore. -Valley, They Dela-
came over the Lehigh
.ware, Lackawana and 'Western,
Jersey Central railroads. A few had
money, which, was contributed to the
common fund, and the lea* fortunate
delegates were sent foraging for food,
with the result that on the of morning road of
the convention the knights the
sat down to a substantial repast com¬
posed of chickens, turkeys and $7 Roder, worth
of meat purchased from Butcher
of Nanticoke.
After breakfast each delegate was re¬
quested to report his name, his last
place of residence and occupation. The
following registered:
St. Louis, rope Inakor; George Will: V*
Albany, iron worker; wuaver; Sylvester Lydc
earpent Toledo, ifortc, printer; fthoe-
Edward
tner; J. C. Donnelly,
iner: Ernest Plyster.
John Drunkeller, Alle!
“Why Are We Tramp*?”
This ceremony over Mr. Alton mounted
a rostrum improvised out of a chicken
coop and called the convention to order
in “Gentlemen: the following I address: bid hearty wel¬
paradise, you a of
come to the tramp’s or most
you choose to call it such. I believe
this is the first convention of tramps
representative gathering. We have as¬
sembled here today to discuss the Amer¬
ican tramp, his relations to society at
large and his future. Now I will ask,
‘Why are we tramps?’ Let me hear
some expression on this point, and then
I will have something to say later on,”
Dennis Scully—I am a tramp work, because
I love to rove. I can get but it
don’t agree with me. I have air asthma, bet¬
and I found that a change of is
ter Mr. for me Higgins—I than work. tet (Laughter.) three fingers
“braking” and I will be d—d if I brake
any more. I won’t work as a laborer
for $1 a day and either. long I I enjoy enjoy tramping it I
around, as as am
going to stick to It.
blame William Hutchinson—My being wife Finding is to
for my a tramp.
life unbearable I struck her. I will
agree drink with caused one of the the trouble first speakers in
that my
home.
Charles Louis—I eau make $4 per day
stone weeks. cutting, but I can’t Hold a job two
Mr. Schedel—I am a tramp because,
like Mr. Louis, I can’t hold a job.
A Summary of Conclusions.
The discussion lasted four hours. It
was brought out that only 5 of the 88
were married, t> could read and write, 7
could speak Americans, more than Irish, one language, 3 English, 16 3
were 8
Scotch, I Spaniard, I colored, 1 Welsh,
1 Swede and four Germans.
Mr. Hoover said: "To make a frank
confession, I think it must be acknowl¬
edged that the American tramp slothful- is the
outcome of strong drink and
ucss.”
This remark raised a storm of hisses
and the speaker had to take his seat.
which Mr.'Sctitly adopted then offered by the of following, 26 12:
was a vote to
KefiO.vetl, That the American tramp millionaires istb#
fruit of the policy formed by our
and qraspinx monopolist*, who, w itii the aid
of Imploved machinery, are driving rniil* honest
work raon from the factories and of the
CJ
Resoh-ed, That we tramps stand together
for Resolved, our own ’. protection. hat of the lings of
a copy leading procee
the convention !«• sent to the papers
of the country. ,i ; . - of placing ^ ' i T
The minority ware ------------ in ® favor
the blai tramp s misery upon
the Iran *i : r , r rif *"
he i
site by i*
than
become poss
Grasping his __
ss-Witti
left armpit,
inflicting a
joint. L
and turned«
of a perfect
the interior i
Bonnem. who
suddenness a
gered away I
in the toft sh
another in t
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return
sf cornu.
the state i
conclusion
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an
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in a bank
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residents at the
many This 1ms parents, !«
Slater,
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Lancaster, Pa., Nov. S
in here the a case verdict of Lewis of not R« ffigH
with arson. The <
in 1881, and
dead or in ]
robbery from justice, in J
of the town of **
Davis and his < '
Union arm-
father and i
srarar-,
battle. -
Lancaster, PA, «*
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