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ALLIANCE TALKS.
NEWS OF THE ORDER FROM
ALL SECTIONS.
Items of Interest to Alliance
men Everywhere.
The representatives of the various
farmers' alliances in the county held a
meeting at Opelika, Ala, nod closid a
tiade for the purchase of u<e Renfro
warehouse in that cky. Tho considera¬
tion pu'd was $3,500, The alliances have
been leasing their warehouse for sever,4
years, aird it him paid a handsome divi¬
dend.
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1 he re] ort of Secretary Stromberg ot
the Minnesota Farmers’ Alliance, shows
that the organization is making the same
phenomental grow th as last year. More
than 11,000 members have been enrolled
since the election in November, and
Stromberg says six or seven sub-alliances
are being organized weekly. The with pres
-ent number of lodges is 1,315, a
total membership of 52,600.
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THE ALLIANCE IN NEW YORK.
President Polk, of the National Farrn
•ers’ stating Alliance, has issued a proclamation will be of¬
that New York State
ficially organized April 22 d. point The in cere¬ the
mony will take place at some
central part of the State, and it is said
that one hundred or more local Alliances
will be represented. The Alliance officers
affirm that New York farmers have been
joining the order by thousands within
the past few months. The Farmers’
League, having its outnumbered headquarters Al¬ at
■Springfield, liance Mass., membership the
in New York State
until lately, but most ef the members of
the League have now joined the Alliance
as well. The Citizens’ Alliance, the new
political organization through which the
Alliance acts in politics, is also to be in¬
troduced in both cities and rural districts
in the State. Branches will be organized
in New York city within a few weeks.
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THE ALLIANCE IN NEW ENGLAND.
The Boston Advertiser has heretofore
ridiculed the farmers’ movement and re¬
fused to recognize its strength and im¬
portance. It has made light of the Alli¬
ance in the south and west, and predicted in
that the order would not result good
to the country. But now that it has en¬
tered the gates of New England, it seems
a formidable affair, which will not down
at the bidding of a newspaper, but
threatens to become epidemic on the quaran¬
tined ground. It has gained in recog¬ The
nition it deserves, and here it is
Advertiser's own words: “No one will
deny that the gentlemen who have seen
fit to inaugurate the Farmers’ Alliance
movement in New England are men of
considerable mental power and men who
are thoroughly in earnest. They are at
least entitled to a respectful hearing, and
can speak for themselves. They
represent an important factor in Ameri¬
can politics of to-day, and their influence
in the next congress will be evident in
the legislation which that congress en
acts. Their visit to New England,
elierefore, is certainly an event worthy
of notice, whatever may be its results.
However much the east may condemn the
objectionable propaganda of the Farm
ers’ Alliance, it will not do to depend doc
upon ignoring or ridiculing those
trines. They must be met fairly as liv
ing issues, and must be defeated by ar
gument and common effort.
It is indisputable that the coming con
gress is much more friendly towards the
Alliance programme than was its prede
cessor, and it is still an open question
whether the fifty-third congress will not
adopt that programme. It is very evi
dent, therefore, that the gentlemen who
spoke yesterday at Concord, N. II., as
representatives of the Farmers’ Alliance
movement represent no contemptible
nor insignificant party. They arc neither
fools nor madmen, but are shrewd, capa¬
ble and prominent in their party.”
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W1IAT INGALLS THINKS.
Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls, of Kansas,
who was defeated for the senatorship by
an Allianceman, in an interview, has the
following to say regarding the Alliance
movement:
“This movement is building greater
than the majority of oeople in the eastern
•slope are willing to admit. It presents
one of the most interesting political prob¬
lems of the age. Here, in the cast, where
industries and employments are diversi¬
fied, its progress is not appreciated, and
the strength it is gaining is not under¬
stood . In the west, a purely agricultural
section, it has taken a deep hold on the
public mind, and the evolution of the
movement is closely v/atched by economists. our deep¬
est thinkers and political concluded that there
. These farmers have
are wrongs existing that need adjustment.
The growth of the organization is not
ethereal or -spontaneous, but has como
with a strong undercurrent of reason that
will ultimately land it on a
solid foundation which will
defy all the efforts of political
agitators to shake. Of course, the blant
ant demagogue, whose claims are urn
reasonable and untenable, will not be tho
ones to carry this movement to the suc¬
cess I look for it to reach. You will find,
however, that, with the force behind it,
and with even partial success, these agi¬
tators will be forced to give way to the
more conservative element, and the lead¬
ership will be assumed by patriotic men impelled
alone by philanthropic or feel¬
ings, and whose counsel can safely be
followed, with the assurance that it will
lead to tangible results. The adjust-
mcnt of the tariff, the expansion of the
circulating tnoaium, and other measures, farmers
the absence <>f which thinking
believe underlie the stagnation that now
afflicts them, will be advocated by the
best of minds in the movement in such a
way as to carry with them a strong pop¬
ular feeling.
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THE I.ECTURB SYSTEM.
A plan for the organization of a lecture
system has been formulated by Presi¬
dent Polk and sent out, in the form of a
circular letter, to the Alliances for their
consideration. The letter is as follows :
7 o the Membership of the National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union.
In compliance with instiuctions from
tho National legislative Council of the
National Farmers’Alliance and Industrial
Union, I present herewith a plan for the
organization of a lecture system through¬
out our ehtire order, which was adopted
by the council at its meeting in the city
of Washington, Feb. 4th, 1891.
I was further instructed to designate of
the date on which the first meetings
the County and District Legislative Coun¬
cils should be held. All lecturers of the
subordinate bodies of our order, together
with the county lecturers of their respec¬
tive counties, will meet at the same time
ancl place at which their county meeting
is held in the month of Wednesday, April. All
county lecturers will meet on
the Gth of May next, at such place within
their respective congressional districts as
may be designated by the State president, for
for the purpose of electing a lecturer
their respective congressional districts,
and for the transaction of such other
business as may come before them.
The presidents of the States will at
once designate to the county legislative district
councils the place at which the
legislative councils, respectively, will
meet on the Gth of May next, and will
also indicate to the district councils at
their meeting, the place and date at which
the State legislative council will meet.
Believing that the plan adopted will
prove an efficient and powerful auxiliary,
in our work, as a great and active educa¬
tional agency, the national legislative
council cordially and earnestly recom¬
mend it to the entire brotherhood
throughout the United States for imme¬
diate adoption. It is commended as a
means for securing that unity of action
and uniform co-operation which is abso¬
lutely essential to the success of our
cause.
Let us all resolve that the year 1891
shall be distinguished above all the
ye’ars'of okr history Tor vigorous, active,
successful work. Let our great order be
thoroughly assigned on the principles victory
we have enumerated, and assured
will be ours. Select the members best
qualified in subordinate county and dis¬
trict bodies for this important and re¬
sponsible work. discussed in
Have this plan read and
every organization belonging to our order,
Let the watchword be: “Forward,”
pass along the lines. L. L. Folk, and I. U’.
President N. F. A.
COVERED WITH SNOW.
Severe Storms in Kansas—Rail¬
roads Blockaded.
• Dispatches of Wednesday from KaflsaS
state that the worst snowstorm of the
season is raging in that state. The crews
0 f a q trains that have been able to reach
Kansas City have woeful tales to tell.
The country from eastern Kansas to Den
V er has disappeared under an immense
f a p of snow. At Junction City the snow
j s five inches deep; at Hayes City, twelve
inches. A biting windstorm is whirling
-he snow into great drifts and the railroad
tracks everywhere have disappeared from
sight,
A dispatch from Atchinson says that
the Central branch division of the Mis
souri Pacific is not moving a wheel on
account of the snow blockade. Several
trains have been caught between stations,
A. snowplow was started out, but as fast
as it cleared a pathway tbe snow drifted
t n behind it and tho attempt was aban
doned, leaving, the plow engine to die in
the drift,
ALLIANCE MANAGERS
Meet in Birmingham—Import¬
ant Resolutions Adopted.
The business managers of the alliance
exchange of fourteen Southern States
met in session at Birmingham, Ala., Tues¬
day, and considered matters of interest
to the alliance. Resolutions were adopted
that it costs 8 cents a pound to raise cot¬
ton, and urging Southern farmers'to re¬
duce their acreage this year by at least
one-tliird. They also urge that no women
be allowed to work in the field, but that
they be kept at home, raising chickens
and other articles that will do for food.
A resolution was also adopted tie favoring factory
the establishment of a cotton
in Birmingham, the products of which
will be used by the alliance, and a com¬
mittee was appointed on that subject,
with Manager Gaither, of Birmingham,
as chairman.
CARNOT HONORED.
The Czar Decorates Him With
the Order of St. Andrew.
A cablegram announces that Baron De
Mohewiheim, the Russian minister at
Paris, on Thursday, formally grand presented cordon
President Carnot with the
of the order of St. Andrew, the Russian
decoration which the czar by a recently
signed decree conferred upon the presi¬
dent of the French republic. This cere¬
mony, according to an impression prevail¬ epoch
ing in Berlin, masks au important history
in the history of France and the
of Russia, and is supposed to between point to
action of a formal treaty alliance
France and Russia.
NEWS AND NOTES
CONDENSED FROM TELEGRAPH
AND CABLE.
Epitome of Incidents that Hap¬
pen from Day to Day.
Nelson P. Reed, editor of The Pittsburg
Commercial Gazette, is dead.
The sash, door ami blind manufacturers
of Chicugo have formed a general organi¬
zation.
Prince Napoleon’s will has been opened.
He left everything he possessed to his sou
Louis.
Eighteen Lynn, Mass., druggists were
arrested Friday, thirgeu with violating
their liquor license.
Arbuckle, the millionaire coffee mer¬
chant, died Friday- His remains will be
cremated in Pittsburg.
There are over 1,000 ca e< of grip in
Dubuque, la. Almost every houstho.d
has one or more victims.
The cattle market in Kansas City
reached its highest point Saturday since
the winter of 1882 and 1883.
The Nebraska Democratic State Press
Association has requested the governor tc
sign the maximum freight bill.
Three men were killed in a wreck on the
Philadelphia miles Ashland, and Rcidiug railroad, two
from Friday night.
The steamer Anglia sail from Gibral¬
tar Thursday for New York with the sur¬
vivors of the wrecked steamer Utopia.
The Littlefield Stove company’s foun¬
dry, at Albany, N. Y., burned Thurs¬
day. Loss, $75,000; insurance, $48,000.
Some of the most imposing buildings
on Main, the principal business street ot
Little Rock, Ark., were destroyed by fire
Saturday. Loss $100,000.
Corradini & Co., bankers and merchants
of Leghorn, failed Thursday. Liabilities
20,000,000 franes. Other firm's are im¬
plicated in the failure.
A break occurred Thursday in the
Connellsville coke strike by several large
mines resuming work. The resumption
is at a ten per cent reduction in wages.
The Reading Iron Company on Friday
notified its 2,000 employes that, owing
to the continued depression iu the iron
trade, a slight reduction in wages will be
made on April 1st.
.It is probable that one large building
for the accommodation of special state
exhibits at the world’s fair, instead of
two score of similar exhibits iu separate
buildings will be set apart.
About one-half of the force of non
union compositors on the Philadelphia
Press walked out of the office Friday
night after their demand that the fore¬
man, be discharged had been refused.
Steam pumpshave been put aboard the
United State steamship Galena, at Gay
head, Mass., and an effort will be made
to pump her out to enable the wreckers
to save material from the lower hold.
It is learned at the department of state?
that there’have been no negotiations, as
reported, with Switzerland for several
years 'directly upon the subject of an ar¬
bitration treaty between that country and
the United States.
Dr. William D. Gentry, of Chicago,
claims to be possessed of a microbe of
la grippe, the first ever captured or
h'eard of. , The little wriggler is impris¬
oned on-the glass of Dr. Gentry’s micro¬
scope, and has been carefully* inspected
by many.*
Orders were issued Thursday from
General Merritt’s headquarters, in St.
Louis, - to begin enlisting Indians in the
regular army. Thq Indians are to be en¬
listed for five years and are to receive the
same pay as whites and negroes now in
the service.
The ship-building firm of William
Cramp & Sons ended negotiations Friday
for the purchase of the gieat Port Rich¬
_
mond iron works of Morris & Co. By
this purchase the Cramps secure the
largest iron works in the country, and
adjacent to their own shipyard.
.Friday ' A Birmingham, R. L. Ala., Robin=on, dispatch of
says : upon ap¬
plication of the stockholders, was ap¬
pointed receiver The of the St. Clair Coal of
Company. fields property consists
valuable coal and the Ragland fur¬
nace 000 properties. • He gave bond for
$ 10 , .
The secretary of the treasury,on Thurs¬
day, received a report from Immigrant
Inspector Layton in regard to the ease, of
the Hungarians employed in the con¬
struction of a railroad at Pocahontas, Va.
He says he found nothing that could be
construed as a violation of the alien con¬
tract labor law. “
A special from Gallup, N. M., says:
Three men were killed Saturday morn¬
ing in the Caledonia coal mine. They
were fixing a track in one of the main
entries, when a huge rock fell upon them,
crushing out their lives. It is the worst
accident that has ever happened at GaL
lup.
A local passenger train on the Chesa¬
peake and'Ohio railway ran into the rear
of a freight train in a tunnel seventy-five
miles east of Charleston, W. Va., Friday,
and both trains were wrecked. Fire
broke out and the entire passenger train
was consumed. Several persons were
slightly injured,
The secretary of,the treasury has stop¬
ped the-payment of the draft for $7G9,144
drawn in favor of the governor of In¬
diana in settlement of the claim of that
state under the direct,tax act. This ac¬
tion is due to the discovery that there is
an unsettled liability on tbe part of In¬
diana amounting to $47,000.
The proprietors of job printing notified offices
in Washington have been bv the
typographical union paid that n higher rate of
wages must be for a less number of
hours’ work. 1 hey demand an advance
from 40 cents to 42i cents per 1,000 flllS
and that hours of labor be nine instead of
ten hours. A strike is probable.
Zoe (layton, the actress, who started
from Sau Francisco several months ago
to walk to New York on a wager, ar¬
rived in that city Friday night, seventy
three days ahead of time. She is said to
have walked the distance of 8,395 miles
in six months and twenty days, for which
she will receive about $1,800.
Uncle Sam's signal office bulletin shows
that during the past week the weather
was colder than u-uil east of the ltoeky
Mountains, the departure from normal
average daily temperature in tho gulf
states and upper Mississippi valley being
about six degrees. West of tho Rockies
the weather was warmer than o rdinary,
A Washington dispatch of Fr'davsays:
Tho 44 per cent loan, of which little or
more than $50,000,000 is now outstand
mg, Treasury will mature September 1st, next- j
officials say there will bo no
trouble whatever in meeting it, and that
it was regarded as a matter of so little
concern that it was not thought necessary
to bring it to the attention of congress.
A final settlement of long dispute be¬
tween boss carpenters and journeymen of j
Chicago was reached Friday evening, !
when the associations met and ratified the j
joint agreement signed Saturday last by United the
conference committee. The
Carpenters’ council met last night, and
the agreement was gone over clause by
clause, each receiving careful considera¬
tion.
The postoffice department has made an
important decision with reference to the
bond to be accepted from letter carriers
throughout the country. Hitherto it has
been the rule to'accept only-bonds from
priva-e individuals for the faithful per
formance of carrier’s duties, but hereafter
and reputable trust company, in good
financial standing, will be accepted on a
surety bond.
A combination of all the larger brew¬
ing establishments of Philadelphia into
one concern is now contemplated, The
working capital of the combination is to
be $15 000,000, and the, plan bonds' of opera¬ di
tion will include the issue of
vided into preferred and common stock. •
Five million .dollars of this is to be
placed on the market, but the remainder
will be held by the combine.
The treasury circular department a*, Washing
ton issued a* Friday announcing
that it is prepared to settle claims uudci
the Bowman act for stores and supplies
taken and used by the United States
army, upon the certificate by the aftor
ney general, "that, after examining the
evidence taken by the court of claims, he
claims, he finds no ground to move a
new trial’ or that such a motion has been
made and denied.
MARY WASHINGTON’S TOMB
Was Offered for,Sale, but the
Scheme was Frustrated.
.A Fredericksburg, Va., di-patch of
Saturday says: George' W.'Sheppard,
who-owns the ground on which the tomb
qf Mary Washington, mother, of George
Washington, is situated, gave to Colbert
& Keitlev, real estate brokers, an- option
on the property. The brokers at once
advertised the tomb for sale, at public
auction iu Washington. ' This aroused
indignation, and Sheppard notified the
brokers, that he could not give a clean
title to the ground. Thereupon they
withdrew their advertisement and insti¬
tuted suit for $20,000 damages. A deci¬
sion was rendered in favor of
A STEAMER FOUNDERS,
And . . Find <
Nineteen of Her? Crew
a Watery Grave.
from The British steamer Straitpairly,hound with
iroa'or'e, Santiago de Cuba to Baltimore, Chica
went ashore a, mile below
micomico life-saving station, on the
North Carolina coast, Tuesday morning,
Out of a crew of 26, 19 were lost, iu
eluding all the officers except tlie second
mate. The steamer will be a total loss.
Communication between Norfolk and the
scene of the- wreck is interrupted by'a
break in tbe government telegraph cable.
across Oregon inlet, and further details
ate unobtainable.
“TUe Bible on Wall CoatiuffN.’*
“And behold if the plague be in the walls
of the house with hollow streaks, greenish
caswsaisscta? zrnttX
the house seven days. * * * And he shall
cause the house to be scraped within round
clean place.”
This matter of looking to the sanitary na
' ture of wail coatings seems to be considered
iZSXXX&SSSrZ
demns wall paper and kalsomine for walls,
and recommends Alabastine as being sani
' tary, permanent, economical
pure, porous,
and beautiful.
To each of the first five persons in every
city and town, who write the Alabastine
Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan, giv¬
ing the chapter containing the above pass¬
age of scripture, will be sent an order on the
Alabastine dealer in the town for a package
of Alabastine, enough to cover fifty square
, yards of wall two coats, tinted or white.
To test a wall coating, take a small quan¬
tity of it, mix in equal quantity of boiling'
water, and if it does not set, when left iu
the dish over night, and finally form a stone
like cement, without shrinking, it is a kalso¬
mine, and dependent upon glue to hold it to
the wall, the feature so strongly objected to
by sanitarians.
, Continuing this sanitary wall-coating re¬
form the Tribune offices bare been nicely
decorated with Alabastine. The affect is
pleasing, and the rooms are very sweet and
clean .—Detroi t Tri bune.
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THE MAN OF OUR TOWN,
There was a man in our town
Who would not advertise, ,
And so, with me, you’ll all agre®
He was not extra wise.
But whon he found his cash decrease
With all his might and mala
He set to work to figure up.
And make an increaso plain.
Says he, “My cash must not decreas®
It paiueth me full sore;
For lo, instead of getting less,
It should be getting more.
Experience has taught life this:
The man who would bo wise
Should advertise by night and day, *
And I will advertise.”
And soon this man of our town
Began to advertise;
Aaifto. with me, you’ll all agree 1
That he was very wise;
And lo! the gold poured swiftly in.
It overflowed the till;
Since that time he has advertised-*
Is advertising still
—Montreal lUitness.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Hard to beat—Your way.
Manual labor—Compiling a textbook.
Ringing words—“Will you marl]
me?”
Lithographer—“What color will you
have your bill heads?” Merchant—*
“Dun color.”— Buffalo Express.
“That man has a wonderful memory.*
“How does he show it?” “He nevei
loaves his rubbers in a restaurant.” >
“It’s all very well to talk of writing
f 0 r posterity,” sighed the poet; “bul
posterity isn’t editing any magazines.”
The Boston maid refused his hand
Because he knocked, and she
.Inquired, “Who is knocking?” and
He answered, “It is mo.”
—Judge.
Belle—“Now, isn’t that too bad! I de¬
clare, it’s enough to provoke a saint l”
. Nell (maliciously)—“How do yott
know?”— Somerville Journal.
“Did the grocers make anything said on
sugar?” asked Lainkin. “Yes,”
Broker Margin, “those who had any,
sau ff did.”—deafen Commercial Bvlletin.
“To gevftj?” ' what do you attribute your!
[ 0 D asked the investigator of a
cen tenarian. “To the fact that I never
died,” was-the conclusive reply.— Bazar!
•
(during . lv ,,, You T , ham ~
Husband , a spat) ■
better shut your mouth; the fool-ki tier
is around. ” Wife—“I don’t care; you V®
$ot your life insured. "--Men's (OutfitterJ
I rather like to break bill— j
a
I’m generous, you see.
But oh! 1 take it very ill
When’er.a bill breaks me. ^ :
.
—Chicago News.
There is an antidote to every poison,
excepting the poison of malicious gos«
sip. The only remedy against that Jmtii is
io poikou the gossiper.— SomePnV.t
nal. i
. Miss A.-*-“Who is that dignified gen*
tleman wc just passed?” Mr. B.—“One made
of the profs.” Miss A.—“What
you cut him?” Mr. B.—“Force ol
habit. Yale Record.
Garrulous Stranger on a Train—“My;
wife’s name was Wood. What was
yours?” Crusty Old Bachelor—“I dida’l guess]
mine’s name was ‘wouldn’t.’ I
get her.”— Washington Star. |
Bridget—“Is it the feller she’s trying tho
to-make think she’s rich that’s in
parlor?” Thomas—“Naw, it’s the feu
ler she’s tryin’ to make think she’d
young.”— Munsey's Weekly.
“We live m penitential zeal
Our whole lives through,” exclaimed th®
“For in our covering of hair *
A sort of sacque-cloth do we wear.” v ,
—Washington Post.
Peddler—“JDo buy these eyeglasses,'
sir! They’re aS strong as iron and you
can’t break them. Why, I’ve been
thrown to-day out of three houses, ancl
not a single glass was smashed .”—4
Fliegende Blaetter 4
4 vegetarian chased by a buH
Escaped; then thus enraged , to him did
“Is this say:
From your gratitude, I’ll you great big fool?« aJ
this on eat beef three times
day!” ;
— Judge.
Aunt Rachel—“Yes, I like him well
tr* happen to Jerush marry * 1 “ a man how a m head yo shorter " —s
than you are?” Niece—“I had to
*** with big «“ salary b > and big • imi6 with
a a. man a
little salary.”— Chicago Tribune.
The rose and lily, side by side, 1
But you cannot borrow aught from me, J
For I haven’t got a scent.”
Pick Me Up. 4
The following is an excellent lesson in
physiology, in which some of your read
ers and the Jackson Township scholars
might be interested. The question whati
asked by the teacher was: “In
part of the body is the liver?” and she
was a good deal surprised when the tall
boy replied: “South of the lungs.”—*
Myerstown {Penn.) Enterprise. ' 1
Proprietor of Livery Stable—“ Eleven
carnages at six o’clock in the morning!
What in the world do you want of so
many?” Mr. Billus (in a tremendous Mraj
rage)—“Just got a telegram from
Billus. She’s on her way homo from 3
trip east. She says, ‘Meet me at depot!
at six o’clock in the morning.’ Thera 1
are eleven depots here. Mrs. Billua
shall be met with a carriage at six
o’clock to-morrow morning, by jocks,
it costs a house and i lot!”— Chicago 2ri*
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