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VOL. .
ALLIANCE TALKS.
NEWS OF THE ORDER FROM
ALL SECTIONS.
Items of Interest to Alliance
men Everywhere.
OFFICIAL.
To tl e Brotherhood of' the National Farm
m Alliuuce and Industrial lni >n.
It is now apparent that the enemies of
reform ihroughout the country are mar
shaling tlie.r forces for a vigorous aid
determined effort to weaken and destroy
the Alliance. Its tuture progress will bo
stubbornly cont'sted and resisted, but
we will assuredly and gloriously triumph
if we be cautious, prudent, faithful and
firm. The outlook tor the success of the
great reforms w T e advocate, was never so
hopeful and encouraging ns now\ The
Order throughout the whole country is
daily adding to it3 numbers, aud it i in
finer spirit and is more thoroughly united
than ever before. But the peculiar con
ditions confronting us demand the
utmost caution, lest we com
mit errors, which might prove
la’al to our cause. The nciiiu of our
state alliances and of the supreme coun
cil, in their foithcoming annual meet
ings. wifi be universally regarded with
earnest lutert , ..nd the character of that
action dcpeudsrftirgely on the wisdom of
the subordinate bodies.
The sub-adiances are to select members
as delegates to the county alliances which
are to choose delegates to the state alli
ance, which, in turn, is to select dele
gates to the supreme council. In view
of the great and important work to be
done duiing the next alliance
year, and which must necessa
iily be largely diree'ed by the state
bodies and the supreme council, the
brotherhood is earnestly admonished to
exercise great care in telecting the men to
whom must be entrusted the lesponsibili
ly of guiding our course as au Order. Let
those who are to legislate for us, in the
State Alliances and in the Supreme Coun
cil, be not (nty our ablest and wisest
men, but let their loyalty to our cause be
without taint or tarnish. Put none but
true and faithful Alliancemen on guard
in this hour of our great need, and all
will be well. L. L. Polk,
President N. F. A. and I.
Washington, D. C., July 3, 1891.
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VERY IMPORTANT.
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh) says
editoiially: ‘‘The brotherhood cannot be
too careful in the important matter of
sclenting their vory boat meet foifb
ful members to represent them ill their
various state affiances, which are to meet
in the near future. None but earnest,
faithful allianeemen, who stand unfl nch
ingly by our principles, should be select
ed as representatives of the state in the
next supreme council. Matters of vital
importance are to be considered and act
ed upon by that body. It will be the
most impoitant meeting by far that
has ever been held by our or
d*r. It should, therefore, be com
posed of our very best men.
Th< se men are to be chosen by our State
Alliance, and as that body is composed
of men selected by the various county
alliances, we urge upon the county alli
ances to be can-ful and discreet in selec
ting them. During the next alliance
year we will need stern integrity ol prin
ciple, high moral coursgs and unwaver
jng loyalty in our leaders. Especially
are these qualities to be seriously sought
for in selecting the presidents of the
various s ates. They must be men of
“the courage of their convictions.”
They must be men of nerve. They
must be true to alliance principles.
They must be clear above the tempta
tions of bribery. They musi bo men whe
will, under all circumstances, prove iru6
and faithful to the great trusts commit
ted to their keeping. We think we can
clearly foresee a condition of things that
will require all these qualities in the men
who ate to bear our bauners. Unless we
greatly mistake the signs of the times,
the day is not distant when the manhood
and honesty and courage and loyalty of
all Allianeemen will be put to the sever
est test. The indications are that a
heavy assault is to be made on us and all
aloDg the lines. Let us h ivc our wised
and best men to lead and guide us.
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BANKS OF ISSUE.
A writer in the Atlanta Constitution
says: “The Farmers’Alliance agitation
has attracted the attention of the public
to one feature of their demands which i9
not necessarily associated w r ith the details
of their scheme. This feature is the de
claration that one of the chief needs ol
the country is an elastic currency. The
princ pie is not new. It was enunciated
by John C. Culliouu half a century ago,
when the financial system of the country
was indisorder and the minds of statesmen
weie directed to the currency and its con
nection with the banks. Some of the
xvsest and most conservative men of the
country, though not agreeing with the
farmers in the means they propose, are
cordially with them in their de
mand for an elastic currency. Such
men arc looking for the ‘something
better, which the farmets agree to adopt
Erovided it may be found. Perhaps the
est known and most influential econo
mist who takes this view is David M.
Stone, the editor of The New York Journal
of Commerce, a periodical which, proba
bly more than any other, enjoys the con
fidence of the best class of business men,
not only in New York, but in all parts of
the country. Mr. Stone published in the
July Forum a long article sugge ting
that ‘banking system which should per
mit issues of notes on credit would cxuct
lymeet the difficulty.’ This is the most
Valuable contribution made to the tub
jert through the magaztn s since the Farm
ers’ Alliance discussion began. The article
is important because it mggests a means
of accomplishing the objec* to which the
popular agitatiou of the last two years
has been principally directed, aDd the
suggestion is one likely to meet the ap
proval of both the farmers and business
men.”
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NORTH DAKOTA.
The following is the platform of de
mands passed by the North Dakota Al
liance at their recent state meeting:
1. That we are in hearty accord with
the platform and demands,adopted by the
National Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union, at the National Council at Ocala,
Fla.
2. That wc are in favor of the third po
litical party movement, and believe it
will be a great benefit to the rllianj
cause end the people.
8. That we are in favor of the prohibi
tory 1 quorlaw, and demand the enforce
ment ot the said law.
4. That we favor a free and uniform
system of text books for our public
schools.
5. That we urgently demand the pas
sage of a bill by congress pla< in g a heavy
revenue upon nil marginal sales and
purchases of farm produce.
6. We demand that women have equal
political rights with men.
7. We demand government ownership
and control of lines of transportation and
communication.
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OATICS’ DENIAL.
A Washington dispatch says: William
C. Oates, of Alabama, in au interview
denies the authenticity of the reported
interview with him some weeks ago in
which he was quoted as saying that the
democracy must beat the alliance out of
existence. As an agricultural organiza
tion he thinks the alliance a good thing.
He ft vo s all of the demand! of the
alliance except the sub-treasury and land
loan Dills and government ownership of
railroads; but comb mas the alliance
methods to control the democratic party
in the south and commit it to the support
of these three objectionable measures.
He says that the compla nts of farmers
are just, but some of ihe remedies pro
posed by the alliance are infinitely worse.
than the disease; that the democratic
party favors a reduction of taxes, more
extended markets for agricultural pro
ducts and a greater volume of sound
money. He adds that if the democrats
get control of the government the farm
ers will find in these measures the relief
they seek and are entitled to.
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BTATE MEETINGS,
State Alii tnee meetings will be held on
•he dates and at places named below:
jVI—W., 13 - 1 -n , a *->* 1 1
Arkansas, Little Rock, August 19.
California, Los Angeles, October 20.
Colorado, October 20.
Florida, Dade City. October 20.
Georgia, Atlanta, August 19.
Illiuois, Springfield, October 27.
Indiana, November 17.
lowa, October 13.
Kansas, Salina, October 21.
Kentucky, Elizabethtown, Nov. 10.
Louisana, LaFayette, August 4.
Maryland, Baltimore, August 11.
Michigan, Lausing, October 6.
Mississippi, Starkville, August 25.
Missouri, Pertylo Springs, August 25.
New York, November 4.
North Carolina, Morehead City, Au
gust 11.
Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Nov. 10.
South Carolina, Spartanburg, July 22.
South Dakota, Huron, date not fixed.
Tennessee, Nashville, August 11.
Texas, Dallas August 18.
Virginia, Richmond, August 18.
West Virginia, Grafton, August 12.
Indian Territory, Atoka, August 4.
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, August 18.
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Alliance Advocate, (Louisville, Tenn.)
says: “If every detail of the sub-treasury
bill was ch-.nged, there is one thing that
has been made certain to every thinking
mind by a discussion of this bid, and
that is that money loaned on farm pro
ducts, the staple crops, is the best and
safest banking system that can be de
vised by man. Why? Because notes
issued on corn, cotton and wheat, can
always be readily converted. There is
always a buyer. Now let us have the
l est scheme that can be devised for
banking on these crops. Those who are
dissatisfied with the details of the sub
treasury bill, let them accept this as a
fact, that the farmers of this country are
going to bank on the security which
they have to give, which is the best un
der the shining heavens. The farmers
will acccept with pleasure anything bet
ter than the sub-treasury bill aud stand
by the men who propose it.
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The Alliance of Oglethorpe county, Ga.,
at a recent meeting in Lexington,discussed
many and varied questions pertaining to
the order, among them the bagging ques
tion. The following resolutions were
passed:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
qounly alliance that it will be unwise for
nlliancetnen to plant themselves, or allow
their tenants to do so, xvhen they can
prevent, more than a half crop of cotton
or not more thvn ten acres to the horse or
mule for the year 1892.
Resolved, 2. That th s county alliance
will do all in its power to carry out the
foregoing resolution.
Resolved, 3. That we bind onrselvesin
writing to abide by the above resolutions
if the southern allianeemen will adopt the
spirit of them as the policy of the al
liance in the cotton-growing states.
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A recent dispatch from Topeka,
Kan., says: The Kansas State Alliance
has consummated a scheme whch will
save the farmers of the state thousands
of dollars. A committee of three lead
ing allianeemen was appointed to mke
a list of v'\ farm mortgages, aud then go
TRENTON, GA„ FRIDAY, JULY 17,’ 1891.
east and negotiate wi h capita ls* for pv.
ment and renewals of such is cannot be
met W’lien due. The object of this plan is to
forever put at rest the charge that the
farmers of Kansas are in favor of repudi
ation, and to also save them fully 3 per
cent, in interest and comnrssion paid to
middle men and agents, who have filched
from both the lender and borrower. The
Committee will deal with the capitalists
direct, and wilt go east at an early date
and endeavor to correct the false impres
sion concerning the intentions of the ai
liancemeu regarding their mortgage in
debtedness.
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Mr, I. S. Adams, head of the Farmers’
Alliance of Louisiana, as well as state
commissioner of agriculture, has been
unanimously nominated as a candidate
for governor by the alliance of his parish.
Mr. Adams will run on the democratic
ticket, being opposed to the third party
movement, and will put his,name before
the democratic convention, where he
promises to be a very strong candidate.
Several of the alliances, notably in C-t-v
houla, Franklin and Calca-ieu, have pro
nounced in favor of a third party, and
regular alliance nominations, independ
ent of the democracy, but it is believed
that the alliance will work inside the
democratic party, and try and secure the
gubernatorial nomination for an alliance
man.
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An Alliance independent conference
was held at Huron, South Dakota, a few
days ago, and the question of ine reor
ganization of the independent party of
the state to conform with the Cincinnati
platform wrs discussed and refeired to
the independent central committee for
settlement, which practically means that
the Cincinnati platform will be adopted
by the independents of the state. The
organization of citizens’ alliances to
work with the Knights of Labor- was
reci mmended, also patronizing newspa
pers that are friendly to the reform
movement, and the folding of county
harvest fest vals in every county iu the
state this fall.
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The Alliance Watchman (Marshall, Mo.)
says: “The great need of the reform
movement just at present is one or two
good daily papers to send out each day
uews of the good work aud meet the ly
ing charges of the subsidized dai y press
of the old parties. Our little band of
reform papers effectually squelches them
all, but a daily paper can make a charge
for six dayß out of the seven, on the
seventh the whole army of reform papers
prove the lie, a id o.i the eighth day the
subsidized dailies set afloat anew lie and
keep it stirred for six more days. We
need to meet them oo their own territory
grOU nef , li*' nrn 1 v .voir foot of
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Frank McGrath, president of the Far
mers’ Alliance, of Kanst s, in a recent in
terview stated that the people’s party
would carry six of the southern states in
1892.
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Hon. J rry Simpson and Mrs. Mary E.
Lease are each bonked for an Alliance
lecture at Piedmont Chautauqua, Lithia
Springs. Ga , during this mouth.
RICHMOND CHOSEN
For the Final Resting Place of
Ex-President Davis’ Remains.
The New York World of Sunday pub
lished a letter from Mrs. Jefferson Davis,
in which she selects Richmond, Va., as
the final resting place of the remains of
her husband’s body. Mrs. Davis’ letter
is as follows:
To the Veterans and People of the
Southern States: After much anxious
thought, I have finally decided to give to
Virginia the care of my husband’s mortal
body, and feel that my reasons thou.lc’ be
made public, as he was in many senses
the property of the whole country. Im
mediately after the death of ex-President
Jefferson Davis, Louisiana pressed her
desire to keep his hallowed remains for
all time, but she claimed only the right
to guard him until some permanent place
could be selected for his rest. Georgia
claimed him, and has constantly renewed
the request, because his father had long
been a citizen of the state. There theex
nresidenthad received the same royal wel
come which Alabama had extended, and
lastly she pleaded her great love for him
as a reason for grauting the icouest.
Kentucky expressed her pride in being
the place of his birth, and urged her
claims. Virginia asked for his honored
remains, because the most strenuous
efforts of his life had been made upon
her soil and in defense of Ricnmond as
the capital of the confederate states. At
short intervals during the past eighteen
months she has renewed her tender in
sistence that he should rest among the
j heroic dead of all the states who fell in
' defense of the confederacy. * * *
I All these claims have touched my heart,
, and contended together for the mastery.
| t has been bard to give up the hope of
I dwelling near my husbaud’s resting place
iu Mississippi, where my home and interest
are. ** * I submit to the personal sacri
fice with the hope that the states of the
' confederacy will also relinquish their
j cherished plans for the sake of gratify
' ing the majority of the veterans, who
have written countless letters to me from
I each of the before mentioned states, to
■ urge Richmond as the proper place for
the grave of him who loved them all. and
labored for their glory with all his might
; duiing the heat and burthen of the days
granted to him here. Your country wo
i man. Varina Jefferson Davis.
New York Hotel, July 11, 1891.
WONDERFUL TALENT.
“Is he a good singer?”
' “Is he? Why the other night He r-arg
two minutes without stopping to breathe.
I tell you, he’s great. He ought to be
in a museum.”
THE WIDE WORLD.
GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC AND
CABLE CULLING3
Of Brief Items of Interest From
Various Sources.
There is great destitution among the
poo’ - of Germany.
Ihe estate of the laic ex-Secretary
Wiadorn foots up $199,700.
Sunday dispatches from London say
that Spurgeon is slightly better.
Treasury silver offerings Monday,
1,C91,000 ouuces; purchase, 190,000, at
$1,075 to SI,OBO.
Fire broke out in the St. Louis hotel,
in Duluth, Minn., Monday, and caused a
loss of about one hundred thousand dol
lars.
An immense down pour of rain for
th: - ee hours Saturday flooded Sioux City,
la., causing an aggregate loss of SIOO,-
000.
Ihe first lot of four-and-a-half per cent
bonds to be continued at 2 per cent was
checked off at the United States treasury
department Monday.
Hie Piqua. 0., rolling mill signed the
scale of the Amalgamated Associations of
Iron and Steel Workers Saturdav, aud
the mill resumed operati~ns.
The strike of journeymen painters be
gan ten weeks ago in Pittsburg against
the new rules laid down by master paint
ers, was declared off on Saturday.
Physicians iu attendance on Rev.
Charles Spurgeou announce that he has
a chance of recovery from the severe
illness from which he has been suffering.
A cablegram of Suuday, from Madrid,
Spain, says: In opposition to the bank
act, notices have been posted in shop
windows announcing that bank notes
will not be accepted.
Oppenhiimer & Fisher, A. Wolf &
Cos., and several hundred smaller cigar
manufacturers of Chicago, have agreed
to pay the advance demanded by the
striking cigarmaker.
. .Grand Master Workman Powderly, of
the Knights of Labor, has forwarded to
Governor Pattison a declinat on of his
appointment as one of the world’s fair
commissioners from Pennsylvania.
The Bank of Spain has negotiated a
loan of $10,000,000 with the Banque de
Paris and the Rothschi ds. The Bank of
Spain gives treasury bonds as a guaran
tee for the repayment of the mouey bor
rowed.
The large gas of the Municipal
feet high and holding 30b,00if <.udk?Tl&E
of gas, exploded about midnight Tuesday
night, killing two men and causing
great havoc in the neighborhood.
A cablegram Calcutta states that
inquiry into the Manipur massacre has
discovered evidence which wiWprobably
decide the fate of Jubraj, consisting of
an order bearing his seal and signature
to kill all British subjects and Sepoys.
Monday afternoon at Lyons, la., dur
ing Forepaugh’s circus performance,
William Ilanlon, one of the famous Han
lon brothers, was, by the breaking of a
trapeze bar, thrown thirty feet to the
ground and instantly killed, his neck
being broken.
A Johnstown, Pa., dispatch of Satur
day states that the sale of all the build
ings, ground, stock and fixtures of the
Cambria Iron company has been practi
cally effected. A number of Philadel
phia capitalists figured in the transaction.
The property included in the sale is val
ued at 112,000,000.
A dispatch of Sunday from San Jose,
Costa Rica, says: Reciprocity with the
United States is considered necessary,
and all the concessions asked for will be
granted. Costa Rica will send a good
exhibit to the Chicago fair, as she ex
pects that the TJnited States will be the
consumer of all her products.
A threshing engine exploded Saturday
morning at Bruceville, Indiana. Johu
Fleck xvas instantly killed, having his
head blown off. Dick Price’s breast was
crushed in and William Coan, Herman
Mulbern, Newton Baker, Charles Gibson
and Gude Barr were horribly scalded.
The engine was blown to fragments.
A 'Washington dispatch of Saturday
says: The startling revelations made at
the Keystone bank invest gation in Phil
adelphia, Friday, regarding Postmaster
General Wanamaker’s complicity in the
wrecking of the bank have created a
profound sensation, and it is the prevail
ing impression that Wanaker’s days in
the cabinet are numbered.
A Washington dispatch of Saturday
says: It is said to be definitely settled
now that Minister Douglass will not re
turn to Hayti. Having brought back
with him the reciprocity treaty with
Hayti, he is said to be satisfied with his
mission and ready to resign. It will
probably be a long while after he retires
before another minister is appointed,
A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch of Sunday
says: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has just completed an ex
penditure of $10,000,000 on improve
ments on their through line to the west.
At Pittsburg a monster freight depot
has been erected, and a loop constructed
at Glenwood, which will save a great
deal of time in the passage of through
trains.
The following dispatch was received
by Mrs. Jefferson Davis, at New York,
from John 11. Inman, President Rich
mond and D.nvllle Railroad: “Have
just seen in press dispatches your letter
selec’ing Richmond as the final resting
place for the remains of your honored
husband. Permit me to tender to you
private cars aud transportation for the
remains and yourself and family.”
j News was received at Nanimo, B. C.,
j Sunday of a landslide on the b inks of
I the bkena river at the Noith Pacific cau
[ nery, lesultiug iu the death of one white
woman aud forty Indians. Early in the
morning, on July 7th, those residing
near the caunery were aroused by the
ava'anche on the mountain back of the
cannery. Nine houses with their occu
pants were swept away. Thirteen bodies
have been recovered.
A New York dispatch say: Walter
S. Beresford, the young Englishman who
is wanted in Georgia for swindling, will
have to go to that state and stand -tiial
< u numerous charges. After a week of
court proceedings, he finaUy appeared
Tuesday before Judge Cullen, in Kings
county court, and that magistrate decided
that he must return to the south. Beres
ford was placed in the-cu-:tocly of Deputy
Sheriff Dallas Turner, of Floyd county’
Georgia,
Considerable surprise was occasioned
Saturday in Syracuse, N. Y., by two un
exp cted failures. TTard Bros. & Cos,, of
Oneida, spring-bed manufactur. rs, closed
their business, owing Stark & Co.’s bank,
of the same place, $75,000. Monday
morning R M. Bingham & Cos., of R .mc,
N. Y., large manufacturers of carriages,
sleigh*, saddlery and trunks, closed then
place, they say for an inventory. They
owe the bank $71,500. During the day
the bank at Oiieida closed its doors.
BILINE >S REVIEW.
Dun & Co’s Report for the Past
Week.
I'u-ines failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days, as
r, -'j oiled to It. G. Dun & Co.’s mercantile
igency by telegraph, number for the
Uu t and States 222, aud for Canada 25,
mpured with a total of 237 last week.
For toe corresponding week of last year
■ho figures weie 197. Dun’s trade review
says: “1 he in u ual .const rvatism which
prevails in nearly nil sections and
bra- dies of : u : ness impresses many as
a most dislie. it ning symptom. But it
max’, \v. th at leait equal reason, be inter
im t( and as the very b st ground for confi
dence in healthy and solid improvement
W ; eu new and large crops come forward
more freely. The absence ol speeu'ative
ixcilement taid iudispo ition to buy in
i nstc, aie having a most wholesome in
fluence.
Crop reports have never been more full
•ban tiny are this year, and they grow
more charly satisfactory as to spring
wheat cveiy day, improving also as to
otlur gra n and cotton. Wheat has da
eliued 2 cents dur ng the past week, not
withstanding exports were fully as large
a3 a year ago, but immediate demand for
fi fft' ih’e' TjfffiGli A.gAe.pf 11 cents, and
moderate, and of cotton only 190,000
bales without ihe change in prices. 'I he
markit for sugar has been w aker, but
grows s eady, and refiuetl is in better de
mand. The Louisiana crop is expected
lo be the largest since 1800, hi untyappli
cations being for 450.000,000 pounds.
Hie general course of prices has changed
out little during the past week.
Reports fioin the* cities show general
duliueis in trade at the south. The mid
summer closing of iion work almost sus
pends trade, but while the best brands of
pig are well taken, others are hard to
sell and Alabama No. 1 has been offered
at $lO. No activity is noted in
rails, and not much in manufactured
iron, aid it is thought that the early re
sumption by the works will cause a de
cline in prices. At southern points the
money markets are close, as a rule,
though only firm and in fair supply at
New Orleans.
A SENSATION CREATED
By Disclosures Regarding the
Keytsone Bank Affairs.
A Philadelphia and spatch says: The
subcommittee of the financial commifce
of the city councils that is inquiring into
the failure of the Keystone National bank
and scandal connected with the affairs of
ex t ity Treasurer John Bardsley held a
protracted se sion Friday afternoon. The
main xvitnesses acre Robert M. McWade,
city editor, and xVilliam V. McKean, edi
tor in chief of the Public ledger, and Post
master General Wanamaker. The testi
mony of McWade and McKean had re
ference to two statements obtained by
the former from Bardsley on June 18th
and 19th, four days before the aocultd
city treasurer made his public statement
in court when brought up for sentence.
Mr. Wanamaker, after denying em
phatically the statement made by
Baidsley to McWade, which reflect
ed rather severely on his (Wanamaker’s)
ac ions in connection with the Key
stone bank’s troubles, explained fully
his connection w ith the 2,625 shares of
Keystone bank stock, which the stubs of
the certificate book shoxved had been
issued in Wanamaker’s name. After a
tilt iu the committee over the hearing in
public of the interviews which McWade
held xvith Bardsley, the opposition to
publicity holding that if their contents
were of such a scurrilous and unsup
ported character that the editors of the
Ledger would hot publish them, it was
voted to have the interviexvs read.
A BIG MOVE.
The Terminal Company Selects
Atlanta as Headquarters.
A rrangements have been made for the
removal of the offices of the West Point
Terminal system from Washington, D.
C., to Atlanta, Ga. General Manager
Green, Jam's L. TavUr, the general pas
senger agent; SoMlan?, the traffic man
ager, and J. W. Hall, tieasnrer, and all
the officers engaged at headquarters un
der these men in every department of the
Termiual system will be transferred to
Atlanta.
THROUGH DIXIE.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH BRIEFLY
PARAGRAPHED .
Forming- an Epitome of Daily
Happenings Here and There.
A disease among the cattle, supposed
to be Texas fever, has broken out at
Independence, Ky., and is creating
alarm.
A Minneapolis syndicate has purchased
the Pine Mountain Coal and Iron Compa
ny, at Pineville, Ky. The price paid
was $1,300,000.
A Raleigh dispatch of Saturday says:
Grand Sire Busbee, of the Odd Fellows,
is improving, and hopes of his recovery
are entertained.
The contract for the iron work on the
Charleston. 8. C.. public building has
been awarded to J. J. Harrington, of
Washington, D. C., at his bid of $50,490.
The twentieth annual meeting of the
South Carolina State Teachers’ Associa-
tion will be held at Anderson, S. C., the
22d, 23d and 24th instants. The railroads
have offered reduced rates.
Louis Booker, charged with the em
bezzlement of funds belonging to the
Hannewickel estate, in Richmond,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
three years in the penitentiary Monday.
General Thomas Harrison, of Waco,
Texas, died Tuesday. He took a promi
nent part in the politics of Texas up to
1872, since which time he has devoted
himself to his law practice. He was born
in Alabama in 1823.
A telegram of Friday, from Birming
ham, says: Bishop Jackson, the newly
elected assistant bishop of Alabama, has
at last decided to fix his Episcopal resi
dence in Montgomery. A lively contest
for the honor of Lis residence was waged
between Birmingham, Anniston and
Montgomery.
A telegram was received at Jackson>
Tenn., Tuesday, from Medina, twenty
miles north, saying that Marsh, the de
faulting president of the Philadelphia
Keystone bank, was hiding near there.
Three policemen, armed with Winchest
ers, left for the scene and have not as yet
returned.
A Louisville dispatch says: The peo
ple’s party is making great efforts to
secure a good showing at the August
election in Kentucky. An organization
was perfected at Newport, Tuesday, and
candidates nominated, and Senator
Peffer made his first speech in the state
at Shelbyville.
A San Diego, Cal., dispatch says:
appears that tne it
will remain under arrest much longer
than was expected. Judge Ross signi
fied a willingness to release the vessel on
bonds, but it is stated the bonds will be
so high that the vessel may not be able to
give them.
A syndicate of Boston capitalists has
bought MoutViile Springs, the noted re
sort in Blount county, Ky., including the
i ntire property of 5,000 acres. The price
is understood ta be $50,000. The syn
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UlCUt* Will UUll<4 l ltllllUlLU il dill HA.CVJUCC,
on the Knoxville Southern, to the
springs, in order to develop their ow r n
property, upon which, it is estimated by
the engineers, there are 10,000,000 tons
of red and brown ores.
A Jacksonville dispatch of Friday says:
The Lake City bank failure at Like City,
Fla., is more serious than was supposed,
and the general impression is that it is a
complete wreck, though the president
saya he will pay out. There are many
more depositors than was supposed. The
best business men are badly hit. The
county funds are said to be secured.
There is still no definite statement of lia
bilities. Individual and firm losses range
from five thousand to a few dollars.
ANOTHER BANK FAILS.
Falls City Bank, of Louisville,
Goes Under.
The Falls City bank, of Louisville,
Ky., established in 1865, went to the
wall Friday morning, making an assign
ment to the Mechanic Trust company
and closed its doors. Liabilities, $431,-
000, of which $223,900 is due the clear
ing bouse, and deposits are $191,700.
Assets (nominal), $1,223,000. From the
beginning of the financial panic last year
the bank has carried along by the clear
ing house, being on the ragged edge all
the time. It has been known for several
days that it was only a matter of time
before the bank would have to go. The
depositors will be paid in full, and the
stockholders will get possibly 35 cents
on the dollar. The capital stock is $300,-
000. The bankers regard the failure as
an excellent one, as the creditors were
netting readv to bring attachments.
SEVEN PASSENGERS DEAD.
A Frightful Accident—Scalded
by Escaping Steam.
A horrible railroad accident occurred
at Aspen Junction, eighteen miles west
of Aspen, Col., on the Midland road, at
11 o’clock Saturday night. A special
tram, a baggage car and one passenger
coach was returning to Aspen from
Glenwood Springs. The passenger
coach contained about thirty passengers,
mostly Aspen people. The train was
backing from the water tank to switch
to the Aspen track, when the road engine
was run out of the railroad round house,
and the rear end of the passenger train
hit the check x r alve on the side of the
boiler, which exhausted the hot steam
into the broken end of the passenger car,
scalding thirteen passengers—five men,
seven women and one child. Of this
number seven are dead.
NO. 12.