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THE BLACKSHEAR TIMES.
VOL. VI.
THE ALLIANCE.
A BRIEF SKETCH OF THIS WON
DERFUL ORGANIZA TION
STARTING TEN YEARS AGO WITH A HAND
FUL OF MEMBERS ITS RANKS NOW NUM
BER TWO MILLION MEN.
The origin and cause of the Farmers’
Alliance and of all kindred orders, may
be written down in one word, monofoi.y.
The only good that monopoly ever does
is that, when it may no longer be borne,
it arouses the people and forces them te
assert their rights and teaches them by
sore experience to cherish and hold fast
to their privileges. Even in 1801 Abra
ham Lincoln recognized the impending
peril to the laboring classes. In “I his bid mes- the
sage to congress he said:
laboring people beware of surrendering
a power which they already possess, and
which, when surrendered, will surely be
used to close t hr door of advancement to
•such as thev, and fix new disabilities
and burdens upon them, until all of lib
erty shall be lost.” This peril increased
with the growing power of capital until a
moneyed tyranny ruled the country :bonds
and bullion in Wall street, a tariff con
ceived in iniquity for protecting the rich
by defrauding the poor, and and organized
capitalists bines in trusts, products pools agricul- com
controlling all regulating prices
tural and natural, and
to suit their thirst for dividends. It was
such a condition of affairs that led to the
fomatiou of Farmers’ Alliance.
ORIGIN of THE ALLIANCE.
The Alliance was first known by this
uame in Lampassos county, Texas, where
it originated in 1875. But this organiza
tion fell into the bauds of designing poli
ticians, and perished in a single year. old
But W. T. Baggett, a member of the
Alliance from Coryell county, moved to
Parker county, Texas, and there, in the
town of PoolvilLe, on July 29, 1879, re
founded the Alliance. Say the historians
of the Alliance, Messrs. Garvin and Daws:
“Among the. early members of this first
Alliance w'ere J. N. Montgomery, John
\Y. Sullivan, I. T. Reeves, Jeff.
Womack, George W. McKibbins and
little did they dream of the valuable
service they were about to render their
country, aud of the many households
that have been made to rejoice, who,
perhaps, prior to this time, could not
derive any pleasure from their hard
labor.”
LOFTY OBJECT OF THE ORDER.
In the eariy organization at Poolville, de
the object of the order was
clared to be “the general good dec- of
the producing masses.” The
laration of principles the was second the and same
as it is to-day, except sev
enth declarations, which were added af
terwards.
The following is the world famous
“DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.”
1. To labor for tlie education of the
^-Agricultural classes, in the science of eco
nomical government, in a strickly non
partisan «jf»irit. endorse the motto, “In things
2. To
essential,unity;and in ail things,charity.” mentally,
3. To develop a better state,
morally, socially and financially. understanding for
4. To create a better
sustaining civil officers in maintaining law
and order.
5. To constantly strive to secure entire
harmony and good will among all man
kind and brotherly love among ourselves.
t>. To suppress personal, local, sectional
and national prejudices; all unhealthful
rivalry and all selfish ambition.
T. - The brightest jewels which it garners
■arc the tears of widows and orphans, aud
its imperative commands are to visit the
homes where lacerated hearts are bleed
ing, to assuage rile sufferings of a brother
or a sister; bury the dead; care for the
widows and educate the or
phans ; to exercise chanty towards
offenders; to construe words
and deeds in their most favorable light,
granting honesty of purpose and good in
tentions to others; and to protect the
principle of the Alliance unto death. Its
taws are reason and equity, its cardinal
doctrines inspire purity of thought and
life, and its intentions are “pence on earth
and good will towards men.”
ITS WONDERFUL GROWTH.
The Alliance has had a wonderful
growth. From the little struggling in or
I' wim inn in Texas, it has become, ten
years, the greatest order the world has
vet see*, Never in history lias there
been such s. fraternizing among men. Its
object has been partially accomplished. order
It is the perennial purpose of the
•fLfir it gives renewed life, and as lone- a*
oppression exists, the principles cherished
by the Alliance will live to aid men m
guarding their rights and enjoying the
fruits of their labor.
union with rnr, wheel.
x.- Meridian. Mass., on May 5th, 1888.
the Agricultural Wheel, and the National
Alliaaee held a convention with a view
to a consolidation of the orders. A con
solidation was agreed upon and sub
mitted to the order for ratification.
When three-fourths of the state orders
had ratified the constitution, it was de
clared by President Mat une of the Aa
tional Alliance, and President Isaac Mc
sOacken, of the Wheel, adopted: and the
two orders became one, under the name
-of -The National Farmer.-' Alliance and
industrial Union,” with Evans Jones as
president. This consolidation took place
in the fall of 1889.
the wheel.
The Agricultural W heel was organized The
February' 15, order 1882, iu Arkansas, of akin
obiect of this was, course,
•to that of the Farmers'* Alliance, and
its growth was also marvelous. On Feb
ruary 15th. 1882. it had ‘even members.
On February 15. 1887. five years later, it
had a membership of 500,000. The con
solidation of these two great orders
BLACKSHEAR, GA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1890.
swells the number into two millions of
men, all working toward one end, with
one goal and one object in view, ‘'the
g "lend <rood.”
FARMERS NOTIFIED
TO SEND IN TllEIR ORDERS FOR COTTON
BAGGING For t ill; season OF 1890.
The follow ing request to the farmers of
Georgia has been sent out by Hon. \V. ,1.
Northern chairman of the committee on
on cotton bagging: "At the session of
the Georgia Slate Alliance, held at Macon
last August, the committee on cotton
bagging was continued, with instructions
to provide a sufficient supply of cotton
bagging for the crop of the coming sea
son. As soon thereafter, as an expres
sion could be received from the different
Alliances throughout the the state, called endorsing
this action, committee was to
gether for the purpose of making suitable
arrangements for the manufacture of
standard cotton bugging, since that
time, the national convention at St.
Louis adopted cotton bagging and urged as the cov
ering for the next crop its gen
eral use by lb- members of tlie National
Alliance. I am now prepared to who report
that manufacturers in this state, un
dertook tin’ supply of cotton bagging the
past season will supply farmers with
standard cotton bagging to be 44 inches
wide and to weigh no less than 12 ounces.
The manufac ture will not be commenced
until the mills have received sufficient
orders to justify Orders-will the necessary changes of
machinery. not be accepted
unless accomplished by a sufficient
and satisfactory guarantee for pay
ment, cither in cash or negotiable paper,
Orders may be addressed to West Point
Mills at West Point, On.. Crown Mills at
Dalton, Ga., or Sibley Mills at Augusta,
Ga. The Sibley Mills will supply the
necessary amount of bagging for long
staple cotton, I am advised that the Co
operative Manufacturing eoiiipam , ot !)<•
Kalb county, Ga.. John 1,. Magune, gen
eral manager, will fill orders for cotton
bagging made at the nulls of the com
puny on 4ellow river. Prices will be
named ns orders are received. I he ofli
errs of each county Alliance are requested
to make these l'aeti known at once to tl.r
members of their organizations and urge
prompt and proper action. Delay on tin
part of farmers gave much trouble ami
made much confusion during the las. sea
son. All this can be avoided bv ‘ im.m di
ate action as herein advised.”
HAWES CONFESSES
THAT JOHN WYLY KIl.I.KI) MRS. II AWES AND
THE CHILDREN.
Dispatches from Birmingham, Ala., says
Dick Iiawes has made a confession—a
full, free and frank, clean breast ol the
horrible triple murder for which he is to
hang on the 28th. Hawes says that John
Wiley, of Atlanta, Ga., killedMrs. Hawes,
May and Irene. The confession was made
Friday night between -fix and seven
o'clock to Mr. James Hawes and
Sheriff Smith, and the the story related
to them was a thrilling and .exciting one.
THE CONFESSION.
The following is the substauec of
Hawes' confession: ‘•Well, I had been
engaged to that lady in Columbus, and
there never was sweeter woman. Em
nia this wife; hi lromised me to go to
her people in ( c ado, end I had given
her the money, 1 was to put the two
girls in the convent at .Mobile. Well,
Thursday before I was married, Emma
was to give me tlie children and go. On
that day 1 went to the house, aud she not
only refused to go, but refused to give me
the children. I was to be married to a
woman 1 loved the next Tuesday, and
there was my wife. What was J to do?
I was desperate. That day 1 met John
Wyly, and, knowing Him well, told him
mv trouble. I was in deep trouble, and
he said he could get them all out of the way.
Then I agreed to give him two hundred
dollars to do it, and we parted. On Sat
urday night I went to the house again
and tried to beg Fnima to go away, but
she refused to go. She and May and
Irene were all in bed undressed, and I
went away. On Monday I met John Wy
lie near they’ll the clothing store, and he again.’ said:
‘Dick, never bother you
He started to tell me all about it, and I
told him not to do it. That night J went
around by the home and it was all dark.
Then I went to Fanny Bryant's home, and
that was dark, too. Then I got on the
train and went to Columbus and got
married, ami that's all know.
Immediately upon Haw es’ confession, tel -
egrams were sent to Atlanta, asking
Wyly's arrest. He was found and taken
into custody. Upon being questioned
he said that he knew nothing of the mat
ter. and could prove that he had no con
nection with it whatever. He was car
ried to Birmingham Saturday.
A DENIAL.
When the train bearing AV yh reached
Birmingham, there was a *
the depot. He was hurriea imm enaieiv
to the tail When asked if he wanted to
see Havre* he said: Yes I do, and I
want to see him quick.” When the two
men were brought face to face, and to
Wvlv's onestion demanding to know
what Hawes meanl bv saving that he
SmtSdl?deniS vu vk- , committed the crime Hawes em
that he ever .said it.
Then the two men Wgan quarreling, tlie sher- and
th, ouarrel waaended ooiv when
tT leil Wvlv impr.Won awav and locked him up.
rue general is that Hawes ha
m the storv simple to prolong his life,
A TREMENDOUS DEAL.
ENGLISH CAPITAL GOBBLES A GAS PLANT
IS PHILADELPHIA.
It is raid that a syndicate of Engli-1,
capitalists has offered to pay $30,000,000
for the plant of the United Gas Improve
ment Company of Philadelphia. The
company control ga* trusts in fifty cities,
CURRENT NEWS.
CONDENSED FROM THE TELE
GRAPH AND CARLE.
THIX'GS that happen from day to day
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, CULLED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
Ten thousand colored people in Canada
Slave sent to the governor a loyal address.
Another ballot for speaker was taken in
the Iowa legislature Monday without re
sult.
A dinner was given Thursday night Ameri- at
London to officers attached to the
can squadron of evolution.
The Paris Homier announces that the
total government revenue for 1889 was
|(ill,200.000. and total expenditures.
$021,400,000.
The American Ax and Edged Tool
company was organized in Philadelphia
Wednesday with a capital stock ol
$4,700,000. and will employ 1,000 men.
The Fort Scott and Wichita railroad
has beeu sold to the Ciiion Trust com
pany of New York for $0,400,742. B.
II. Waggoner, representing the Missouri
Pacific and Jav Gould, bid up to $5,000,
000.
The supreme court of Pennsylvania
has decided that the laws of the state
prohibit hucksters and venders of every
kind in the city of Philadelphia, and that
the licenses granted by the local courts
must lie revoked.
Cashier W. E. Crawley, of the Farmers'
bank at Sullivan, Inch, on Wednesday set
fire to his barn and then cut his throat.
Boys found the body after the barn was
consumed. His accounts are relations reported
to be all right and bis family
pleasant.
a dispatch from Nassau, N. JL, says:
p] ie strike tit the Nassau Manufacturing serious
company's works has assumed pro
portions. j The weavers and spinners both
K , 1(1 meetings and decided not to return
to work A , Sully, 1.400 workers are
; ( p ( .. The indications are that the strike
wi]1 boccme general,
A , * .... tlo involving , . cla , •
", a I t ™ “ case a m
, for $700 W0 l is being tried before ex
V^Aept Cleveland « referee in New
V- k cty. 1 he case is hat ot tin- Lung
the city, claiming damages
r “ ot the erection of a wharf ...
front of thcif residence, and it has been
pending thirteen years.
The water has receded far enough to
permit a the rough estimate flood of the damage City,
done by recent at Oregon
Ore. While much of the machinery in
the mills is covered by sediment carried in
by the current, it is impossible to ob
tain a correct estimate of the damage, it
ig thought $150,000 will cover the loss,
Senator Schmidt, of Davenport, lias
introduced a bill in the Iowa state senate
to render privileged confidential com
munications to editors, publishers and this re
porters of newspapers. The effect of
bill will be to place editors and reporters,
when acting in a professional capacity, on
the same footing as lawyers and clergy
men.
Students in Oporto, Portugal, on Fri
day, made a demonstration in favor of
the poet, Anthero (juental, president of
the Northern Patriotic league. They be
came riotous, and smashed the windows
of the leading social club, because it had
not expelled Englishmen belonging to it
and had republican admitted others. Progressive
and papers in Portugal con
tinue to violently attack England.
Exports of specie from the port of New
York last week amounted to $851,040, of
which $8,080 was in gold and $848,910
in silver: $1,800 in gold and $345,800 in
silver went to Europe, and $1,730 in
gold and $3,010 in silver went to South
America. Imports of amounted specie at port of
New York last week to $98,
927, of which $70,918 was gold and
$28,000 was silver.
John Fitzgerald, of National Lincoln, Neb.,
president of the Irish league,
bus issued an address to that organization
appealing for increased contributions for
use in wliat he believes to be the closing
iglit in Great Britain—the impending
general parliamentary election. He an
nounces tlie postponement of the national
convention at Mr. Parnell’s suggestion,
and calls a meeting of the national exec
utive committee at St. Louis Wednesday,
April 10th.
Washington hall, a three-story build
ing at Patterson, N. J., used as the arm
ory of the First battalion National Guard
of New Jersey, was destroyed by (ire Sat
urday night. The loss will probably
reach $300,000. The flames spread to a
large three-story building adjoining,
which footing was entirely $20,000 destroyed, entailing
losses up to on a number
of families living therein. The hall build
ing and the board of trade rooms, with
their valuable library, were completely
destroyed. In the armory were 800 rifle-
and accoutrements, all belonging to tie
rt ate, and these, together with a Gatling
s’"h were " er destroyed '
-
AN EXPRESS ROBBERY.
—
the MONET clerk of the company skip*
w m, $35,000.
-
A dispatch from St. Louis, Mo., says
The Pacific Express company lias been
robbed by its money clerk at Dallas. Tex..
of a package of bill* containing $35,000.
The money was part of a remittance of
$50,000 from the City National (Bank of
Dallas to the Commercial bank of Ft.
Louis. Fifteen thousand dollars was
gold coin and was in a sack, was receipted
for separately mention‘was and made was delivered all Walton right.
No by Clerk
on his waybills of the $35,000 package
0 f bills. This transaction was made last
Saturday. Walton disappeared Sunday.
A FEARFUL PLUNGE.
A BRIDGE GIVES WAT, 1*U EC I PIT ATT XU A
TRAIN INTO THE RIVER.
A dispatch from Peoria, 111., says:
Tuesday night, ns a freight train started
over the bridge spanning the river at
Bridge .function, the first span of iron
bridge sank, precipitating the engine,
tender and three cars into the river.
Three men were in the cab. O'Brien Engineer
William Neville, Fireman and
Head Brakeman B. M. Lewis, of the Ur
bane. The fireman and brakeman were
buried under the engine in eight feet of
water, and the engineer was pinned in
the cab with his head just above t lie wa
ter. He was but standing fastened on the such dead body
of a fireman, in a way
that before he could be extricated, died
of exposure. The engine was one of
the heaviest made, weighing one hundred
tons.
ANOTHER ONE.
Owing to heavy rains and washouts in
west of Dallas, Oregon, and also the
Willinmette valley, there has been no tel
egraphio communication with Portland,
Ore., or with other points on Puget sound
since Monday morning. * construction A telegram train from
Dallas states that a
went through a bridge sixty eight feet
high on Sunday. The engine passed
over safely, but the tender fell on the
caboose, and killed ten men and injured
sixteen. A train with three doctors left
for the scene of the accident, which oc
curred about a mile and a half west of
Cascade locks. The bridge was rendered
unsafe by the heavy rains of late.
RAILROAD WRECKS.
CARS DEMOLISHED AN1) A NUMBER OF PEO
PLE KILLED OR INJURED.
A special from Coniicllsville, Pa., says:
A through mail train from Baltimore, on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, ran into
a mountain of snow three miles east of
Ohio Pyle, Saturday evening. The en
gine and combination postal and baggage
ear went over the bank into the river, the
sm ok ing far followed half way. The en
gineer, fireman and baggage master were
seriously but not fatally burl. Several pas
sengers were more or less injured, one will
die... .Another accident railroad is reported Big on
the Chesapeake and Ohio at
Pen Tunnel, between Hinton and Lowell,
W. Vu. A freight train, which was ap
preaching a signal station, ran into n
■.witch which had been left open, Before
the engineer could reverse his engine, it
had crashed into the signal and pushed
the station into New river, snd then
plunged in after it. The tender followed
the engine. In the station was a tele
graph operator. He, the the engineer river and and
firemen, were carried into
drowned. The freight ears were piled up
all over the track . A dispatch Saturday from
Little Hock, Ark., says: Early
morning, at Dennott, an engine attached
to a train of freight ears, ran into a ear
loaded with rails, causing a most frightful
wreck. Tlire:* men employed in building
the road were instant lx killed and others
seriously injured. .1. .1 Castner, conduc
tor, was arrested, charged with criminal
carelessness.
A MINE HORROR.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MINERS KILLED
IN A COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
News comes from London that an ex
plosion occurred Thursday in a colliery
at Abersheun, Monmouthshire, ten miles
northwest of Newport. Three hundred
miners were imprisoned, and for several
hours no communication could be
had with them. and An of opening them was had finally
effected, 200 been
rescued. A number of those taken out
are severely injured. The cause of the
explosion was the flooding of pits adja
cent to that in which the explosion oc
curred. By the Hooding of those pilx
gas was dislodged and forced into the pit
where work was in progress, and there it
was ignited and exploded. There must
have been a great quantity of gas, as the
explosion heard had distance tremendous mile. force All and was
at a of a gear
ing in the shaft was thrown into the air,
as if from the mouth of a volcano,
and simultaneously a vast bright volume
of fiatue shot upward, followed by a dense,
heavy column i<fsmoke. Upon tin- first
appearance of diminution in the volume
of smoke, rescuers went down the main
shaft and reached the scene of the catas
trophe. They rescued a large number of
miners yet alive, but all very badly
burned, and they brought out sixty dead
bodies, nearly all so mutilated that recog
nition of their identity is impossible. The
latest estimate of dead is 150.
LAID TO RE8T.
TBS REMAINS OF MRS. AND MISS TRACY
CONSIGNED TO THE TOMB.
The pr ,, tt llifjU , ri ,. east room of the
executive „ mansion : ,i... tn scene ox so many rn , nv
varied spectacles of brilliant ceremony or
was on V ednesday devoted
to the gadly contrasted and solemnly im
pressive purpose of the funenu. The
services over the remains of the wife and
daughter of the secretary of the navy
were appointed the for 11 o’clock, but long
before iour the cast room was crowded
with peop.e iron- of paying the last
tribute to their departed friends. It was
distinguished gathering, and in
eluded nearly everybody of prominence
in W aahmgton. Aft r the services, which
were very impressive, the bodies v.<-rc r -
moved to the hearse, and the funeral pro
cession wax formed, the cortege moving
slowly to Bock Creek cemetery, where the
bodies were placed in the receiving vault
to await Secretary Tracy* determination
regard to their nennauent resting place,
Secretary Tracy did not go to tie eeme
<*rr, as it was hi* feared the task might prove
too much for strength.
801111 KILN NOTES.
INTEREST]Mi XHWS FROM ALL
POINTS JN THE SOUTH.
GENERAL PROGRESS AND OCCURRENCES
WHICH ARE HAPPENING BELOW MA
SON'S and dixon's line.
Sam Dill, colt red, w as hanged at Jack
sonville. JjAln., Friday for the inurdct
of Joe Sinilh. colored, last August.
The Alliance of Morgan county, Ala
llama, desires that a good lanyard be c*
tahlislied in that county, aud promises its
support.
A bill passed the Virginia legislature fresh
which provides for the inspection of
meats slaughtered over one hundred miles
from w here it is offered for sale.
There is war between oystermon on
Ocrueokc island, North Cnroliuu, aud t.h<
sheriff of Hyde, county has written Gov
ernor Fowlc in regard to the trouble.
Cotton in Augusta, Ga., on Friday
reached the highest price of the season
10 9-10c for middling. The mills, ex
hand. pecting lower prices, have small stocks on
There will be two bangings at Bir
mingham, Ala., this month. The first is
that of Gilbert Lowe, colored, on the 21st
inst., aud the second tliatof Dick Hawes,
on tlie 28th.
Much interest has been excited in Hop
kinsville, Ky., concerning a colored child
only three monts old, who can talk dis
tinctly, and could pronounce many words
w hen only three weeks old.
An appeal has been received in Rich
inond, Va., signed by 350 citizens of
Granville county, which says the farmers
are suffering for the necessaries of life,
owing to a failure of crops.
A lire at Pensacola, Flu., on Wednes
day, nearly destroyed the Gontineutal lio
tel. The amount of Insurance on the
building is $35,000. The insurance upon
the furniture, is $15,000.
The melon growers of west Florida
have perfected an organization known as
the Melon Growers’ Association of West
Florida. Mr. I). O. (truss, of luwood,
was elected permanent secretary.
Five hundred miners are out on astrike
at John A Adger's slopes of the Blue
creek, Ala,, mines, twenty-four miles from
ties Biriuinglmiii. and The miners w ant, the props, and
rails taken to the rooms
headings.
An attempt was made Saturday by the
Southern Express company’s detectives
to arrest the noted outlaw. Rube Burrows,
whom they had located near Milton, Fla. and
Burrows learned of their presence
made good his escape.
The Dallas, Texas, courthouse, with
nearly all its contents, was burned Hatur
day. District and county clerks’ records
and contents of the county treasurer's of
flee were saved in fire proof vaults, Tlie
loss is estimated at $00,000; insurance
$40,000.
William Thornton Blucticld, of Hick
man county, Tenn., claims to be 127
years old, aud In- has records and linen
ments w hich go far to sustain his claim.
James Guxton, of Baton Rouge, let., a
grandson of Mr. Biuetleld, died last year
it the age of seventy-six.
Tin- supreme court of Alabama lias ren
ilorcd a decision in the case against Yel
lowstone Kit, charged with running a
lottery. The decision is very lengthy and
reverses tin* judgement of the court and
discharges Yellowstone Kit from further
prosecution under the present indictment.
lion. Primus W. Jones, of Baker
county, Ga., the extensive cotton planter
and "first bale" man, died at Atlanta,
(la., on Saturday. Mr, Jones served two
terms in the. Georgia legislature, and had
the reputation of being one of the most
advanced fanners in the state.
A meeting of the manufacturers of yel
low'pine lumber of Georgia was held at
the chamber of commerce at Atlanta, on
Saturday. Nearly all of the larger mills
whose product is -hipped by all rail to
northern and western points were repn -
sented. The purpose for which the meet
ing was called was primarily to regulate
inspection, to agree upon sales on a mill
basis, and to secure for the railroads sueh
changes in the present method of ship
incuts as would corrtit existing annoy
auees and delays in transportation.
Now that the Supreme Court of Ala
biiina has refused the application of Dick
Hawes’ counsel for a rehearing, both the
have noted prisoner all and hopes. his counsel As matter seem |o of
given up a a
form his counsel will make application his to
the governor for a commutation of
sentence to life imprisonment, but with
little hope of success. Hawes himself
lias abandoned all hope, and ha-, for th
first time since his long imprisonment,
shown evidence of repentance. Hawes
lias given it out that lie want- to lie
buried in Atlanta, Ga., whither his laid)
will doubtless be sent.
ALL DROWNED.
AN ENTIRE FAMILY OF SIX PERSONS find
A W ATEKY GRAVE.
The four children of Jacob R. Slate!
were s katiug on the lake at Benm-w ter,
about six miles from Kingston, N. Y.,
Sundav afternoon, when the ice, which
was but a few inches thick, gave, way,
aud tlie little ones were precipitated heard into by
the water. Their shouts were
the members of the family, who lived
near by, and the father and
mother rushed to the rescue. By the time
the parmts readied tlie lake, the children
had disappeared beneath the ice. The
mother, frantic with the thought ol
the children’s peril, rushed upon the
ice, which gave way beneath her weight,
and she sank below the surface. Mr.
Slater then attempted to reach bis wife,
and he, too, was drowned. The entirt,
family i* wiped out of existence.
NO 19
AMATEUR THIEVES.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, II A* AN ORGANIZED
BAND OF JUVENILE ROBBERS.
Quire a sensation was created in Bruns
wick. Ga., Saturday by the discovery that
a number of boys, members organized of good fam
iliis, were members of an gang
of thieves, banded together for tie pur
pose of robbing and committing other
crimes of like character. The boys were
organized thoroughly, with a president, directors.
secretary, treasurer and 1 ><ifil'd of
Their by-laws compels each member to
turn over their profits from such raids to
the secretary, who would see that they
were profitably disposed of. Several rob
beries have been traced to the gang.
AT THE CAPITAL.
WIIAT THE FIFTY FIRST CON
GRESS IS DOING.
APPOINTMENTS BY PRESIDENT HARRISON—
MEASURES OF N ATIONAL IMPORTANCE
AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
There being a tacit understanding be
tween the republicans aud democrats that
no effort would 1 x* made for the trausactien
of business on Wednesday fa majority of
the members being absent in attendance
al tin funeral of Mrs. aud Miss Tracv)
the clerk was permitted to read the jour
nal in its abridged form. On approval
of the journal the house adjourned.
A republican house caucus was called
together Wednesday afternoon to con
sider the new code of rules which was
completed by the commiltee on rules dur
ing the morning. The caucus was called
together immediately after adjournment
by Mr. Henderson, of Illinois, chairman.
The reason for the call was stated, and
each member present was furnished, in
confidence, w ith a copy of the new code.
The session was a long one, and the most
inviolable secrecy in regard to the pro
ceedings was preserved, an I every effort the
was made to prevent tlie action of
caucus becoming public.
There was scarcely lime for the.
ployes to throw open the door and secure,
a change of air in the hall ot the house,
Wednesday night, after the republican
cnuciiH ad journed before the democratic their
members began to tile in to attend
fiiucns. The only subject discussed was
the new code of rules. The democrats
were at a disadvantage, in that the mem
bers were not supplied with copies as tint
republicans were, so Mr Carlisle was
ibliged to read and explain from his pri
vate copy, Naturally this was slow
work, and most of tlie session of the
caucus was consumed in this way. There
was little discussion. Now and then
-Him member would be loud with indig
nation and e •xpress himself forcibly us l
some particular obnoxious rule was rein
and its effects pointed Thurrday out. the house
In the senate on
bill granting the use of certain lands to
tin' *itv of SI. Augustine, Fla., for a pub
lic park was taken up and passed. r The _
bill to provide a of temporary Oklahoma government taken
for the territory was
The bill was discussed until 2
o < lock, when it went over. The Blair
education bill came up, and Mr. Blair re
sumed Ilis speech, After speaking for
two hours, Mr. Bluir yielded the floor
and will probably conclude his speech
early next week.
Though not formally presented in tin
house, the majority and minority reports
upon the new code of rule proposed and have
been tiled with the journal clerk or
dered printed The majority report, in
great detail, explains the difference be
tween the proposed code and that pre
viously ju force, but in most instances the
explanation is unaccompanied by any ar
gument .
NOTES.
A bill was reported to the house on
Thursday appropriating $100,000 for a
public biiildingjit Columbus, Ga. *
The confirmation of the Samoan treuty
by the I’nited States senate affords gen
eral satisfaction in Berlin.
The senate on Thursday confirmed tlie
nomination of Blanche K. Bruce to lie re
corder of deeds for the District of Co
lumbia.
The house committee on tin- world's fair
met Wednesday morning and adopted the
sub-committee's bill, with but one im
[(ortant amendment the provision for all
appropriation of $15,000,000 for the
erection of buildings for government ex
hilnts.
Beeretary of the Navy Tracy continues
to people improve called at slowly. the house Many during prominent Tues
day morning aud were informed that the
secretary was getting along nicely. The
president sent over early in the morning
to inquire after the secretary, and Private
Secretary Halford called in person to
consult with regard to the secretary’s re
moval to the White House.
The secretary of the treasury, on
Wednesday, issued a second call on the
national hauk depoeitcriea for a reduction
of public balances held by them, to lie
paid on or before March 1, 1890. The
call is lor atxjut the same amount As the
first call, except that banks having but
small amounts to transfer have l»een asked
for the full amount in order to close out
the transaction
TERRIBLE CLOUD-BURST
by which one hundred chinamen WEBB
DROWNED
The Shanghai Mercury , of January 7tb,
received by the steamer Rio Janeiro,
Wednesday, gives an account of a great
cloud-burst, near Nankin, China. Itsayl river,
that the burst occurred in Yantgze
near Nanking, at 10 a. m., and during
the disturbance many boats were de
stroyed and over a hundred people were
drowned.