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lit Multan Club Gives (Maud a Reception. GREETED WITH cheers Condert’s Introduction: "No Man De serves the Suffrages of the People More Than Cleveland.” Eatabll*lif*4 HHfl. ThP T«lcg**X’ f, r °- T SHORT SPEECH BY GROVER. s Chief Ambition Is to Give the Peo ple an Honest Government, Free From the Corrupting Spoils System. -'i A' < *N, t > A.. Ait »\i)A V, 1« )\ !'■ Miii-iU 2\ IMVJ. SECRETARY RUSK’S REPOn y iw fork Nor. 20.—The Manhattan L t R,. foremost Democratic social or- ■niinliea in (he enuntlT,' (rare a brill- Jl rwplion In President-oledt Clevc- ml at in splendid club bouse at Fifth L oe : ,„,i Tlilrtyfourth street last •ht. The affair waa planued a* a rc- pdou to both Cleveland and Stcren- o. hut the vice priiident 'vas detained Dlinnis by business that demanded i attention. The club house never had pvot a throat of Democrat! within wa lls. The occasion brought almost rry invited guest aud every dub m«u- r to the house early. The club had ide extraordinary efforts to eclipse its St record in the line of brilliant hos tilities. It succeeded sell. Outside building was a rorgeous display of trie lights, Inside,there was a general lituliou. The billiard hall, which. 1 turned into a banquet hall for tho .ption, was beautifully tleoornted. the west wall was a table at which reload and many other guests sat. tty other tables filled the rest of the it. The display upon tho banquet all was magnificent Cleveland oil d at 11:30 escorted by Robert MoLay Charles B. 1’edt Frederick It. deft, president of the dub, welcomed Enthusiastic cheers greeted the ideat and Itthis waa kevt up until alert recoiled him through the ap- crowd and to a flag-covered tiidow in the itmin reception room, ; C.evciaad took up his petition ic re the congratulation! of tho M.lli- iti Club and their guests, slerick R. Ooudert, president of the ib, Wioduced Mr. Cleveland “Who It recentiy achieved a triumph such is nun bat achieved educe the time of (stbiaftuii. No man," ho continued, done as rnudi to deeorvo the suf- i and affecUoas of a free people tirovcrlcIvreUud. No utau has hocu aohiy rewarded th< I oar triumph has been io great (It tail hanlly realin it. 1 l.duu Democrats present greeted ud with an outburst of applause be ariMf to respond, lie la id In after thanking the dub: rltllUM’l Space It. ince I wu entertained here tea i ago os governor clout of New York. «u Meats havo greatly changed. American people have become mere wtl, more thoughtful and more watch man they wero ten years ago. They coaaidcnog now vastly greater ques- '.“an they wore then. They are giv- ttaiertance to party policy rather party spoil*. The situation must be net. by those in charge of party organization. No party can ■npport of the Dues of voters by A J r T ,>nt ^ .•*«** Cn » na « 1 ro- i or other nttnbutea of tho spoils fa/Ihe whoU people wU to Stol whh nothing less than a rodmptiop I Iges made to them col B3 tof*-. # S wiM pSSrSS honest government." ViLi. T '.??*• Oievdaud dwheretely, 1 would ncr. ..... J *• 1 w.ldng that the Demo- BMiar to succeed >*e situation fairly sml bo ?“* *b*olutely and ssJKx-'Ssaa’fiSJs iSS-SVMK 1 ut « 55*5.*<■"«!• Clave- were hJH' to 0 *? 1 *?- Al "• ■* iHtoJxiSro A™**, Henry V.b I PheWi.2' milL * , * r bo England, jM? & ‘W SsKgWiVWES * rractruL congress. Mto at Her- '""■'■"•idr. JCtei baa^twE? 10 "jf* 1 democrat- A"Y; ~^fc3‘S5 3wAK6t*3 ““S S JS£S''.» cSsT themselves Mjaomeut •J lr P ri «- Up to i»r«d to < US* 1 » in tho fib *e CnmZ f on J llat between ‘•ideal “•IVoil- ,<|»ly Bavarian loew that Mhm 2* 11 *fter •Br >‘I> trvwi* |*U. Iier Wtumlng to their cou- - ’ 1^^"' Au * ,, *‘ It-l.no... August VibL.'Vl 00 ^ fcwHh sine l t*‘”7 31 *“• it«v- ■?*u a *Zlt “ e b ' r '> °f l. '-ke 1 art «°n»«matlonalist, ihuiiS ‘ b“- mtiMcS: »orld Of fishSn k ' lwt 11 lilt U,t Annual iteport Katabllih Importance of lilt Dsparlmcn M nshington, Nov. 20.—Secretary Busk has sought to mako his feurth and last annual report as head of tho department of agriculture a valuable document, and has grouped together many Interesting facts to show what a great agricultural people we are. and 'J r,rop<,r B was to mako tho prime commissioner of agriculture a cabinet officer. He said that he sent abroad Last year $200,000,000 1,, pro ducts more than we had to import from foreign nations, and &0C per rent, or these products were agricultural, lie claims some credit for that, be- «»u*0 he shows on increase of 40,000- 000 pounds weight of pork sent to countries which formerly excluded American pork, and $40,000,000 value • I'iA'.'.f ln our exports of live cattle. All this comse from the Increased prt- cautions to secure healthfulness of the American food products. The regu- mUons enforced for tho prevention or iexas fever nlone have saved cattle crower, more than throe times the coat of running tho whole department. And as to the suppression of pleuro pneumonia. the secretary grows em phatic und again declares plcuro-pneu- monla does not exist In the United States. He points out that the toal loss to cattle growers of Great Brl'- Mn by this dlscaso In death* u |„ne has amounted to not less than *1500,000, and that this Is tho only country In the world where, ltaving gained n cated. ' * lla been entirely eradi- Begnriling wheat ho said: “Taking the world throughout, the lato crops moro than equalled the lean crops of loOl, so there was actually more wheat grown .llils year than in 1801. and the conditions which have at last over whelmed the cotton growers now con front tho wheat growers. While in sisting that Southern cotton growers most continue to reduce the acreage of cotton planted, he has some encour agement to offer them in tho shape of new varieties of cotton seed. He lias undertaken experiments with imported seed to procure the production of home grown cotton, which will meet all the requirements for which Egyptian nnd other cottons arc now Imported. Ho also wants tho United Stnt03 to raise Its own raw silk. Instead of sending $25,000,000 n y.\r abroad for raw ma terial, and thinks we might save $07,- 000,000 11 year on imported fibres. Coni exports for 1800, tho only year In which they-have equalled those of the present year, brought the price dmm tn a fraction under 12 iv-uts a bushel at tlio * port of shipment, against a fraction over 55 cents per bushel this year, the difference aggro gating on exports the pas: fiscal year of not less than $10,000,000. The report Is the first from the cabi net to rind Its way to the president’s desk. Secretary Itusk throws cold wa ter on the raju-makers. Experiments are being loynlly made, as congr-s ,li- reeted, but >h.- facts r his pos*.*<!„ do not Justify tho anticipations formed by the believers In this method of nr- Uflclnl rain making. As Ids last words the secremry expresses his profound appnrlntlon of tho cordial sympathy and broad Intelligence with which the president has uniformly, throughout ills administration, heoded tho needs of agriculture. UNCLE SAM TO THE POPE 6 S Columlina Tie *•? • Hie Wo 14*< Rome, Nor. 20.—Mr. Curtis, in the name of the United States, has j>r._ sonted a letter to Cardinal Ramp '!l i asking that the people send to tho Chi cago exposition all the documents and archives iu the Vatican library relating to the United States. Cardinal Ram- pol.a received Cnrtis with the greatest courtesy. He bad promised to send copies of some of the documents nnd photographs of others, but It will be impossible to send the original, on ac- cou ntof the susceptibilities of Italian government, which considers the Vati can and its contents as national prop erty. An American gentleman Is to take charge of the documents. The holy father bss written a charm ing letter of felicitation and encourage ment to Mrs. A. S. Starr, president of the Queen Isabella Association, at Chi cago, concerning the work of the World's rnir. The Vatican journals reflect the lively pleasure of Cardinals Rampollu and Ledochowski concerning the Chi eago fetes. They notice with enthusi asm the sympathetic welcome with which Manager satolli has been honored. These fetes, they say. have piit a definitive W on the re.ationa of Democracy with religious sentiment. The phenomenon was unique in the history of the world and, say these representatives of papal opinion, the United States have set an exampl of high religious and social harmony. They have given to Europe a lesson of wisdom and supreme skill in crowning the work of the nation with tha glory of light from on high. These same organs, on commenting on the vAitness of the Worm s Fair, praise Americans as great in action, yet men who hare preserved withal a freshness, generosity and breadth of sentiment, who may not have the refined culture and softened style of the old civiliza tion, but who have that vigorous health and that admirable good sense which Rossult call* the “sorerign merits of. the human race.” They conclude in saving* that “from this fruitful alliance of Democracy with Christianity will arise the future type of all civiliza tion. % IS KILLED HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW. A German** Allrmpl la Harder Fninllr. Oricaso, Nov. 20-Uorman Sio R ler, a German, early this moraine began making preparations for a hunting trip. Nothing unusual was notloed about his actions until about 8 o'clock, when, with gun in hand, he entered the parlor where his wife and three children were. One of the little one* began to scream. Mrs. Sdes, the mother-in-law, hurried into the room, and an ,be entered Siegler attempted to elevate the gun as though he intended to shoot her. She rushed up to him and threw her arms around his neck and tried to take the gun from h ‘ m - Keep away. God Is with me,” shouted Stegkr. as be pn.hed the aged ’.T~~5 xlaltetaY. Tarn be raised the shotgnu. and, pointing the barrel almost dtrectiy against her left breast, bred. She sank to the floor dead. Mr .Siegler. in the meantime, had earri. the children to the house of a nelghb. and on rctnrning encountered her hn- band, who fired at her. several of Ihe «hot taking effe-t in her neck nnd two; The* anno aroused Mr. Siles and he - ended into (he hallway. As be si pci from the lower step Siegler fi’ Business Men Are Awaiting Tariff Legislation. IT MUST COME DOWN. And Sales of Stocks and All Commodi ties Mill Be Based Gn Changed Relations. TRUNK LINES POOL THIER EARNINGS The Purpose of This Combination 1$ to Forestall Any Competition During The Columbian Exposition At Chicago. complicated and by no means transparent oao; pad we therefore recommend to our fncuds buying on concessions only for brief turns, until the protqtect becomtst more distinctly assuring. HBXKY CLEWS. New York, N or . 20.-<Spoe!a].)-Dur- ng the past week the course of affairs In \\ all street has been somewhat che quered. The comparative Indifference to the result of the election which was 8rP S t '*,£ ww * 1 ‘ a * " ln “ materially mollified. He men of finance are now disposed a* take a more , er |ous view of *“ bo » h > 0 »* that must attend the interval preceding the enact- uemt of the new tariff, if not also for sometimes afterwards; and, this week. ,,!* ““ consequently been considerable Sft-f 7 <ra *r n,rt on'f of the IndnMna! clasa but also of the railroads, with consequent declines in prices. This tendency would probably hare run to greater length* had it not been that the owners of “industrials" havo rallied to hi. r f Uppodt of thrtr propertie*, while " ‘ H° n<,on * apparently favorably affected by the result of the eiocUoo, baa been a comparatively liberal buyer of those of our stocks fa which that market is es- peamlly interested. On Thmsday an Important new factor unexpectedly came to light in the form of an agreemeat bdtweon tho Eastern trunk lins* to once moro try the policy of pooling their earnings. The compact appears to be almost identical with that abandoned a few years ago; and, in view of the unanimity and even enthusiasm with which it aroma to have been agreed .} ’*“®*brd that the managers re- premi-mg I, r.-r:,■ ■ Iy f,, r •(„. iting nnd the very low rates harmony of purpose f tho HARRISON'S LAST MOVE. Two Iowa Mem Given timer to Check' mat* Dot.c, Den Moines, la.. Nor. 20.—Two eon- structlons are placed upon the appoint ment:* by President Harrison of ex- Governor and Oungreasman-Elect Gear to be nsantant secretary of the treas ury, and of William 3L Stone to be com missioner of the general land office. In Republican circle* it is construed to mean* that Harrison has quickly mani fested hla appreciation of tho majortiy Iowa gave hint In tho recent election by lippointing to Important offices two popular dtlxens of Iuwa. The Register, wol -h Is owned and ed Ited by 11. P. Clarkson, brother of J. S. Clarkaon, will »ay. editorially: President Harrison love* Iowa, and well may he love the date which, amid tha endrcllng gloom of wrecked ma- jorities, stood firm by the faith of Ib- pnbllcanlsm. As n token of his reganl for this state two Iowa men bare re- t Tt appointments. Oongrcftsman-Elpot J. II. Gear as assistant airrotary of tlio treasury, to succeed GoveroofElpet Crounze of Nebraska* nnd William M. Stone, commissioner of the general land office, to aucceed Thomas H Carter, re signed. Both Gear and Stone are ex- governor* of Iowa and worthy of the honors conferred upon them.” In Democratic quarters a different view is taken. Governor Bole* is a pro nounced candidate for the United States senate, ami while his friends de ny the desire on his part to promote his candidacy for temporary recognition by becoming a member of Mr. Cleveland's cabinet, there are others who assert openly that he wishes ouch appoint- meut in person or by proxy. In order to g.vo him power to aid nL* senatorial am bition. T> anticipate, this, today's ap- mlntmonts were made. Mr. Gear has «vn mentioned iui a prominent Repub lican candidate! for the senate and so lias Jsmca S. Qarksou and Congness- man-Kloct William P. Hepburn. Either of the two laat named will be nomi nated, and If Clarkson hail anything to do with today's appointment it it n certainty that he will return later and enter earnestly into the fight. of hi: eck fight check being torn away. By this time quite a crowd had gath- Officer Simmons appeared in the ered. came up Siegler ... ,„ luo doorway. The officer drew bis revolver and ordered Siegler to surrender. The latter s reply waa a shot from his gun, bl ,B Jjf ,1 >°I «x> high. Simmons return- ed the fire and Siegler staggered back with a bullet in his side. He succeeded In firing another shot, which slightly wounded the officer before he was overe powered. As Siegler was being taken to the patrol wagon threats of violence were heard on eret7 hand. Repeatedly Sieg.er was struck by men whose in- terferenco could not he prevented by the police. At the station he made a statement. Jt was short, incoherent and indicative of Insanity. Ho was afterwards taken to the hoapltal. The extent of bit wounds is not known. A COLLISION Of TBAIHi. Throo Lives Lost anil Several person. Dadly Injured. Chicago. Nov. 20.—Through a blnnder of some one a terrible collision of two heavily laden freight trains on the Holt Lino railway occurred near Archer sve- nno crossing this rooming. Three lives were lost and two men were seriously injured. The killed are John Bean- champ, conductor; Richard A. Otto, brakeman; Louis Ohit*. fireman. In- n7 d *.,?M ( ^ f 5 *,'? t0d V CT g‘ n "'f. bruised and scalded badly: John Best, brake- man. badly scolded. ( ort>e J of the collision was ter- rale an<l a dozen car* were KMcbed to kindling wood. The belie* „f Xjcnu- champ and Otto were taken from the debris, terribly mangled, and Obits'* ,7■“£”» fo'jn-1 entshesl belwe," the boiler head and tender of bis engine. Immediately after the disaster the wreckage caught fire, and it was only by great exertion on the part of the rail road men that the flumes were prevent- rc,chln f forty ears of oil which com Dozed one of tho train*. “Tho Dllntl Khali Se®. sion of Berlin is greatly agitatetl bv the prom'llce of Golam Rader, mi Indian oculist, who ays be can nukd the blind M*T 'Kader n be^ e^abBshwl himself In a room in Fri,sVTichHtrus<,-.and there he displays himself amid Oriental splendor *l’P* re l an| l furniture to great crowds of persons who bring blind friends The Kom Le« Hurned. Slomphis, Nor. 29.—The steamer Ro-a Lee, from Ashport, burned at the wharf early this morning. An officer nwakened the passengers tnd all shove deck and thirty below got out safely. It is thought four laborers who were in a state of intoxication were burned to death. The boat was consumed, all bat the hull, ln thirty minutes. It is thought the tire waa caused by one of the laborers from Ashport dropping a match among the ootton. The Rosa Lee was of the Lee line, owned by ''apt. James Leo and son. ,Slu> cost ' ,000 and was In the cotton trade, a: loss Is complete. Insurance $27,- O. Her manifest consisted of KU7 bales of cotton and 2,000 sacks of cotton seed. lariootCteHofHtan Pallor*. i, sums, N»v '-it. ( Sp .. ..! i trht Ji>hti Savage, the ooionsl barber, 1 Turn Htiiue, a worthle-, U. . r r., here, ■imaged la a row. George Bird, the uurht. watchman, attempted to arrest wlto r.-sisusi and l>r"ke loose. Mr. nl stmek Stouo on the head, b<lt (he Latter ,swap.-d by .imruntii,'i: the w.ivh Early siv- HKiraing stoos was otul ileatl in Mr. D. S. ilum-.u's rd. A coroner's inq.i. st « is h. l.l :i . ( pusttn-.n.-tn x:n: ti.t r i-r-i.r.-1 ladj t ho canto to Lis diath from rt diseasa.** for Yr.sV”„, WDO Tw'’ r, . n F bliD ' 1 ^"'1* for treatment, rhyslciant of the el tv the police arrsrt Ktnler as an impostor. In the meantime he has mWvod fees a* fast as ho can tuke them In. The Tin Plate suit Hurned. Anderson, Ind., Nov. 20.—The tin plate mill was Imrn.il to the gr tirtil last night. This Is the factory that be came so prominent ns a political Issue during the late campaign. The fin' was of Incendiary origin, the entire factory having been saturated with oil. It was being operated by Clark & AUcnton. The Ion Is estimated at $22,000; partially Insured. A Panama ( anal lehemer 1 Paris, Nor. 20 —Baron Jn ue* de Reinacb, a financier of considet lie note Is dead. The esose of death t_* been carefully ltjrpt a secret. He was mpli- eateil in the formation Of the Pi wnta canal aoheme and tc a uTritn extent was a consplcnoui stoekholdir. It is rumored he committisl snieide fo' fear of an Investigation of the eajtal compa- “V» bnsfaoas hy the goreraroent. Bsolptwtl y With Venean.la, NtoP Totfc. Nov., 20.—The cabinet of te Venezuelan repub'.c bta Ju»t mail® public its notion as to the rscip-v.ty treaty with t ih:s country. Cri -p.t ano he coum-;! are !n sympathy w.th the North Am r.iaa palley of rec procity and when wt, VTWMSM Blttamonte, the saw min* later to this eountry, arrives neat month, he wiU briug a copy of tie treaty. S preserved. To all Mmt Ik» l r '- thttra U m drawback ..... .... a*..*,,,, cuunim mmimioo ha* entpiutt.-ally lieilarotl against the I't-.ditj ..f the pooling principle. The °° ur '' i aware of this, • .»i. ik* Tiit• tun“ti thrv bare r>*n^- ^1*. ..f UVhTU, f'.r !i !>f * bc , lI< s-lared pnrposo of a law of oongrest. kVhat those reas- k T Tn themselves. h * T0 oa,1 * e to Lope If ™°r* would not aup- d”!* 0 " "I the interstate cont- aI?mTIi«mJu ,bat "UPPOW tho new admlaistmtlon may nrovo le*. vigilant enforcing &ler.l t?S»"IIo no ? wi, h *tate corporations; or that. ont of cooaidsratlpn for the demor- „ < TI dlt te ?f railroad competition, 7“” unchecked bv some sort of regnla- ITi^-he-Ooromlsafoners may be trusted to abstain from enforcing the law: or Sjwl* that they have reason to'hope 1* Induced to modify Um laact.in their favor, which hope i* encouraged by the fact that the fnter- state commission are now considering whether they shall recommend congre: to nutboriie pooling. e n u l 'l!lI , n1iitf. ow,,Ter ' •*!• “*« probable ,1 ?i^. ta, 7i. re ‘ ,on '• ,hat the road* dratre "> urefit competition during the •hl*°fli ,°L2* WorW S F* lr - *”d deem this ttt beat nn-min af doinjr *o, leavinc tho auhHvnitettt fate of the “pool” to In* determined according to clreumstatieni. bven should the federal oommiviouers LmtHilfiv h b *? l, *7 P r “hlhitioa might be ^Jfd off by legal tactics until after the close of the fair, and In that way the -‘““^^oohlcc* might be aeenred. Pro- ^“T'Jhorefore. the now compact means P™™7 proenremaat of this tran sient tilvaota-e | an d something more Ufi™??* 0 * Ji** r H B should prove at tainable. That this la the Immediate more Probablo from It. n'J.iifi 'h« srroagement was made J* •,„^SfiF*S®* d oonsider measures for insuring harmony imuding the har- r "i 'ho rivxt fair traffic and to pre vent the outbreak at “cutting" whkh ,U oBetnpu at regu- If* •fv^2EIror ,<an *° ■“ Inglorioui end. H are prowided they can h. aTe no force, f nr being illegal vfof ra"? 0 !. h” onforeeil at law. It can “o'hing.more than “an agreement be- rt22.^fVkt n *° ! ' 1” d ••'hough the gen tlemen In thU cose have had experiences Slf Ikfhl have d.-eply iin,-i»Sl them y^'h the Importance of maintaining good faith, yet the idea of “honor" that pre- rails among this particular order of gen- tlenx'n is not worth murh ns a gnaran- teo of compacts. There is. however, one good retton for hoping that these en gagements may be kept fur the transient I^Liel kero supposed; for st sU the ros.U will have their full raparity taxed to the utmost to provide for the million* going i? a, *2£i.? a i. for *ho increase in high class freight, there ran be no rational motive for cutting rates. It is certain that, if the agreement stands any chance of proving permanent. It will be of im mense value to the trunk roads, for their rrwrnt wm are now out down to ex travagantly low figures, goods coming under th« $0 wits rate being extensive ly earned at 40 to 50 cents. .ThU news, though incomplete in it* detail*, had the immediate effect of strengthen!ay railroad stocks and stayed the feisinr movement which had arizen from the foreshadowing of the new tariff policy U remains to hp teen what ef fect this action of the Eaatem road* may have upon the Western. The latter have been desirous of rmoning to « pooling ammgi‘meat» but hare not bad the cour age to do la opposition to the adverse dectaon of the federal commission. Per haps the precedent of the Eastern mmm- gers may «djflEeii their uerre. Iu nay etetut, the Morlds I'air will be a great bum t*> the railroads: and that contfder- ation can hardly fall to ait m an im portant offset to the tiufaroroble Influ- ences which are expected to prevail du ring the period of transition to the new tariff policy, a nat Wall street tvnstrues the Utter fnctor as unfavorable to the value of rauroetd eecnrities rhere can be no doubt, hi view of the selling move ment of the last few days, which can be attributed to no other rouse. That influ ence may not rouse any immediate Im portant decline In abxk*, for there are ononteractmg fzetom in operation; but it may be expected to at least check ad vancing teodfodea arising from other oanae*. The .-ituation, taken tut a whole, win bear careful wntchhig, for it is a A SHORT COTTON CROP. Report* Indicate it Falling Off of About 3,000,000 nnle*. Charleston, S. C.. Nov. 20.—The latest New* an<* Courier’s special cotton crop reports were received last night. They confirm what has been previously said In regard to the shortness uf the crop, r.suiuiito of & t»,(NNl,(NNi bale crop soeuw fully warranted by figurt»s given from oflicial sourcesj The Vickiiburg Herald responds to inquiries of the News and Courier and says: “The picking is well advanced and nearly completed in up land*. and the fields are unu-mally bare iu lowlands. Cotton is coming forward very freely. There is not an average crop anvwhere.” The Vickubnrg Commercial says: ‘^Opinions hero lean wholly to the bc- iioi ihmt the t»u... vi the crap ha* been f athered,. the hill crop almost entirely, 'aanters are not withholding shipments, •ales being iu no condition tq do so, and that a larg«? per cent, of the crop has come into night. The yj.qd * imiscrMl- iy short in thi« state. Reports from parishes from north Louisiana if any thing are more encouraging. It may be said incidentally me crop in Missis sippi is variously estimated at from one to two-thirds of Che average crop, or from 600,000 to 700,000 bales. All facts tend to support- this con elusion.“ H. It. Lane, comtuiwioner of agricul ture of Alalmma, says: “The Alabama crop Is 68 per cent, of an average yield. Corn crop 90 per The cotton gathered and sold amounts to 03 per cent. The Alabama estimate is 000,000 bales.” John K. MbMiugwortb, commissioner of agriculture of Texas, says: “The acreage of the cotton crop of Texas has been decreased 15 per cent, and is estimated at 1,750,000. Three fourths of the crop has been marketed. Tbla is a eoaaervaUve estimate.” C. F. Poole of New Orleans says: “Reports received from the most intel ligent planters are that the outlook for the canton crop of Louisiana is growing worse dsiily. Although a v*ry considera ble proportion of the crop has been mar keted it U impo««ible to wiy just what percentage remains in the h.mds of the planters, for no «tatisties of that nature are kept here. The beat Informed deal ers estimate that the yield this year compared with that of last season will show a decrease of 45 per cent. Last year the crop of Louisiana was 740.UU0 bales, and outside figures for this year are 400,0U0 bales." McCUNE’S WAIL OF WOE. CAUSE OF DEFEAT. White!** RelfT* -Mind Must be Off It* Hinge*. New York. Nor. 20.-The Tribune will ss** tomorrow: “The politician who attempts to ex plain the defeat Is crying over spilt milk. The newspaper which tells how it was done is “whining." To writ*' a politi cal obituary wa-» hardly nn enviable ta*»k. T!i" il* party is mii>ik.v i1 to h«■ *■ • ■ i*’ witli pldloHophi* ;il rfsikM.i: •• the rcj.M-tion ot' its p-t policies ami wiih caunncsH of the fntalist tdl himself thit is, was *to have been.’ The reasons u for Ux* itikidt tho diflV «■ in th** mind* of tb To him who 1<H>kiK-nAtidi th«' eurface Ihero is ample evidence that the defeat of the Republican party is not mainly due to the lore which tho people are said to bear for Grover Cleveland, not to the McKinley bill, not to any desire on the part of the people for free trade; not because free silver la or Is noi wanted, not through 'superb general ship’ of tbo Democratic national com mittee was a victory gained, nor was the battle lost through the imlamentable in- competency of the Republican leaders. The chief cause of Republican defeat and Democratic victory la the modern tendency towards socialism. This state ment by no means implies uiat the so cialistic propaganda nos taken a firm hold upon the citizens of the United States or that its tenet* have been sown In American soil to bear abundant bar- vest.” Defeated l»y Loucks lit* Piny* For a Sympathetic Following. Memphis, Nor. 20.—The address ofO. W. McCune, leader of the withdrawing faction of the Farmers’ Alliance con vention, Is ns follows: “The reason I withdraw* from the Al liance dates back to tho Indianapolis meeting a year ago. When Mr. Tnube- noek and other menfliers of the executive committee of the People’s party estab lished a lobby tlifre for the purpose of dominating ami controlling the Farmers* Alliance 1 plainly raw tho effw-ts of theit work io the lobby, but thwarted nnd de feated nearly every plank they had made. Next they turned up with the full executive committee of the People’* party nt the St. Louis omiferenoe of the indiudrial organization. Two days afteo the adjournment of that meeting a St. Louis paper published nn interview pur porting to have come from Taubeneclc n, nd Wnshburne, in which they bragged or baring run a successful lobby nt In dianapolis and controlled th*» national Alliance meeting in the interest of the Peoples party. They further stated that they had come to 8t. Louis several days abend and organized a clique, laid their plans and successfully dominated that nm-tlng. This Intorriow was nswl as a iiKxx-ssful Democratic stocumcnt in Jit® Sotttlt against the Alliance, anil I havo never seen any ilntial of tho facto |itiri>ortnl to he set forth in tho inter view. Washtmrne tlonleil tile langutlgn anil <»rris'tinose of the interview, but has never denied that it stated facts, so far ns I know. When I enmo to tills mooting 1 found it currently reported that the executive eommitteo of the l‘eo- E le's party was established »t the Gnyoso nt el as tin notlvc lobby. They bad a suite of room* on the side uf the ball lending front the parlor to the dining room. They hail their tools nnd minions who. by means of usauberskip in the order, were capable of securing access to secret meetings. Titey confiiwvl their o;>er.uJohs in the hotel lobby for the first day or two to buttonholing delegates. A lew knurs before the electron they enme out boldly on the floors uf tile bull and gave nn exhibition of the most disgrace ful wire-pulling nnd log-rolling. “One responsible delegate stated after- wardi> to me that tjicy told him be should forever be politically ostracised it he dared to vote for ute. It was stated publicly by J. 11. McDowell, ou authority, that ho offered to divulge if any one dared to ask that this 1’eople's party committee hail held a caucus and selected a slate. This committee con sisted of (National Secretory Willets, Taubenetk, Washburne, J. H. Turner, Dr. .McLnillii aud Rnuktn. They wero reported to hart; met in a room anil made up rite following slate for the of ficers of the National Alliance: U. 8. Loucks, president: Marina Butler, vice- prejdent; J. H. Turner, secretary; War ner Page, chairman of Hie executive committee. These were ail the names that were made public. The thilit of these reports soon became evident by. the work that was done. Their lino of attack was vilification and slander, and every influence they could p"-sibiv bring to Iiear, either by promt* -s or tbn-ats, was u-cd to comps is my de feat. “I ha,.- front the very beginning openly antagonised them and. all others Alliance a political m a li.it4 tight tn i'tcr riM-urting tln*yii that :liis iinl.T^ r.-if.-r; t i',11 lit: ited Thi HOMESTEAD STRIKERS YIELD Homestead. Fa., Nor. 20.—The great Homestead strike or lockout was brought to an cod this morning at a meeting held in the rink, which was pro dded over by Richard Hotchkiss, tbo new chairman of the strikers' advisory board. Secretary IClllgallon. Vice Presi dent Carney and Treasurer Madden, notional officers 'of rbo Amalgamated Association, were presnt.e The lockout had reached its 144th day. Iu history is koown the .world over. Tho vote that the opening of the Homestead steel works to Amalgamated men stood. 101 ayes to 01 nous. The meeting was a red- hot one all the way through, awl at mto time it looked ns if Burges* Hul ling., head would. have to assert his offi cial authority to prevent a serious con flict. Charges and counter charge* were the order of the day. Newspaper re porters were excluded, but the informa- don la reliable that those wishing to declare Ute mill opt-n barely succeeded ln carrying their point. No wthat the agony is over, the men are not back ward ln expressing tbrir opinions of ths men who hare posed as leaders, con fidently promising victory, when they knew for a certainty that the battle was hopelessly lost. When Vice President Carney an nounced the result the men sat aud atarod at each other for a few minutes, then arose awl left the hall. With win ter upon them. they see nothing in. store now but a struggle for existence, which may assume the proportions of a famine. EDUCATION BELOW PAR. Mutt** to Close South a College. Columbia, Nov., 20.—Tho “South Caro lina college must go,” la the burden of a portion of Superintendent of Education SlayfitOr* report Jo be submitted to the legislature this week. Thi» comes in the nature of a sensation, one that w.ll wake a Urge part of tbe people .. the slate, in whose affections this historical iiumulioii U JvrpJy cuibedded, aud the prospect is that it will prorcke a great fight. Super.atendeut Mayfield today gave to tbe press bis report. In which he shows the adriMbilitjr of clos ing the college and converting it into 3 normal ami Industrial college for ma!t*s and female after the manner of the Peabody Normal College at Nashville. ILs conclusion is reached by reason «f the fact that tbe inatitntiun has at tracted only seventy stud. :. - during th last session, while a very large strong faculty la being maktUin. l $35,000 » appropriated by the sta:,-. For the last live years the college has been a favor in pol.tic* anil two years ago the administration curtailed it of iu higher branches and removed tho ncri. .1- w.i* T>"!'-pnrt ■ and it showed plainly why they allowed it to pass. They Intended, if pomibtr, to make It * hollow mockery* and turn rite order into s mere an nex of the People’spnrtjr . Thi, I con sidered fatal, and I lielieved I would bo a traitor to ilteconfi dene* and trust impo-i d In me by the thousanils of good, true nnd honest farmers of the Smith and West if I did not giro them battlu to the last exlremity. “I do not mind lieing sacrificed in tho fights ' li. oause tho ftutmen, will rally u> nto in the determination that no jwllt- ieal party shall ever dominafS Ota Farm er.,' Alliance, and In that war shorn Ihtunsvln* from tbe* political dema gogues. who have sought to make their political organisation political capital for their own use. Believing this I decided, when X measured swords and found tbns they had two votes majority, to with draw from that Iffidy anil appeal to the people. Delegates from tlx states went out with me nnd fonr other* were ready and willing tn come, but I gave them all notice that night that they should nnt desert or ««rci|p. I requested thvm to co back into the deliberationa of tho body and remain to its dose. I havo sacrificed myself, but iu so doing I havo freed myself from nil official obligation, nnd shall notify the people fully and In d**taii of the conspiracy, leaving them to d<fide what thi'y will do In tha prem ises. I believe that tbe people of the South, and, perhaps, some of tho Mest- *rn states, will declare that they will hare no political connection with any tarty; that they will not submit to dotn- nation or dictation in any form what ever fn»m any poll deal party and tha I delegates from the different states will come to the next meeting with instruc tions to withdraw if there is nuy renewal ?f these outrageously corrupt political practices. “I think the People’s party has got tho black eye in their athmipt to dominate the lan meeting. President Loucks and Secretary Turner were their two pets. TTiey especially desired to elect them. They suco. eded In electing Loucks by a bare majority of tbe votes cast, wbeti fully one-third of the members of the body were not voting. Turner, who has been secretary of the national executive committee of the People's party, a can didate for »*ongreaa on the People's party ticket an! business manager of the Na tional .Watchman, on a salary of $2,- 200. paid hy tho Alliance, baa been a tvilling and most effective tool for them. They especially desire his re-election because, ho prostituted bit office entirely to their plans and scheme*. Rut he was :«>atcn. It waa a sad blow, to them. P. C. McCune." THE CHOLERA SCARE. ay Ho Washington, Nor. 20.—Tho treasury department has been advised by tbo surgeon general of tbe marine hospital service that cholera infection is liable to he communicated by personal and household effects which do not arrive with the owners, but are > consigned to thorn from, abroad. Acting Secretary .Spaulding not, therefore, instructed customs officers that tuch effects ar riving at any port .in fbe United States from a country in which cholera has existed at any time during tbep resent calendar year, ►hall not he permitted to pass the customs officers until it ban I. oa thoroughly disinfected by one of I th pro'V>< -* prescribed by the marine l “#»rvic»\ The didnl-cin.ii m m n. > to at the expense of Che owner • consign.*.* of the effects. t Q rai ami industral feature* t • CL*:n college, an institution recently « snb- llflhed for the fanners. Previous to this tbe college attendance was about 230 students annually A bill ewlwdying the ftmtrintendent'j suggestions will be iutrotluccd In thu legislature this week. tal ;. Nov., 20. < tomorrow open ■ ..f th.* S.ilra M II.:: a* Army T: H 1 ti 1 I* ir.i I" X\ \vil! ti- :h ■ N.v •• '• iu this 1 ;•> - * : h i:1: ' ho m k x diu*,ons. it\! . Mr*. Booth Hill each nuke a abort add re.-?. _ ^ y