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THE BLACKSHEAR ' TIMES.
VOL. VI.
AT THE CAPITAL.
WHAT THE FIFTY-FIRST CON
GRESS IS DOING.
APPOINTMENTS BY PRESIDENT HARRISON—
MEASURES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
In the senate, on Tuesday, and imme
diately after morning business, consider
ation of the urgent deficiency bill was re
sume.]. The remainder of the amend
ments placed committee upon the biil by the
appropriations added were agreed to,
and several others appropriating
small sums. The bill was thou passed.
The Blair educational bill was then taken
up at 2 o’clock, as “unfinished business,”
and Mr. Hawley addressed the senate in
opposition to it. Mr. Hawley summed
up the situation by saying that twenty
two northern states did not want the bill.
Seven southern states had two senators
each opposed to the bill distinctly, and
expected to vote against it. That made
twenty-nine states that did not need the
bill, and it left twelve or thirteen more
to be accounted for....A number of
senate bills, making the aggregate ap
propriation of $1,285,000 for public
buildings in New England and the north
west the Denison were passed. Wachita House biil granting
and Valley Railway
company* the right-of way through In
dian territory, and several bills of local
interest, were passed, and the senate,
a’ter 6 o’clock, adjourned.
In the house, on Tuesday, Mr. Rogers,
of Arkansas, the presented a telegraphic Colored pro
test from president of the In
dustrial Fair association of Arkansas
against oil. Referred.... the proposition At to the tax expiration cotton-seed of
the morning hour, the house went into a
committee of the whole on the pension
appropriation charge bill. of Mr. the bill Morrow, (which of Cal
ifornia, in ap
propriates visions detail, $08,427,401) explains its pro
in in reference to the gen
eral subject of pensions, said that it
might safely be assumed that the number
of pensioners would reach its maximum
about July 1st, 1804, when the expendi
ture would be $112,000,000 on that date.
Under the existing law the number of
pensioners on the rolls would be 750,000.
At the close of Mr. Perkin’s speech, the
committee rose and the house adjourned.
In the house, ou Wednesday, Mr.
O’Neill, of Pennsylvania, the business presented the of
remonstrance of men
Philadelphia against an increase of duty
on oranges and lemons. Referred. Mr.
Cooper, of Ohio, a member of the com
mittee on elections, called up the Mary
land contested case of Mudd against
Compton, it being agreed that debate
should be limited to six hours, at the end of
which time the previous question should be
considered as ordered. After considera
ble argument, and pending a vote, the
house adjourned.
Vice-President Morton having returned
to Washington,after atwo weeks’ absence,
occupied the chair at the opening of
Wednesday’s session number of the petitions senate.
An unusually large of
were presented and referred, comprising
some for and some against the Sunday silver rest
law; some for free coinage of and
several from labor unions against
the employment 011 government works
of any but United States citizens.
The resolution offered by Mr. Voorhees
last Monday, as to 'he agricultural de
pression, was taken up and Mr. Voorhees
addressed the senate in relation to it. He
spoke of the deep strong current of auxie
ty, discontent and alarm prevailing iu
farming communities and said that he
proposed to aid them in the inquiry as to
the causes of the existing depression.
The Blair educational bill was then taken
up as unfinished business, and Mr. Pierce,
of North Dakota, addressed the senate.
He hoped, he said, to have an oppor
tunity of voting to postpone the bill till
the second Tuesday in December
next. Mr. Evarts addressed the
senate in support of the bill.
Mr. Call spoke in favor of the bill. He
had voted for it before (he said) anel
would do so now. donation; Ho supported condi- it be
cause it was a without
tions other than such as had been con
tained in the agricultural colleges Dill
and in the bill for experimental
stations. Mr. Bate obtained the floor,
and the bill went over. Mr. Allison,
from the finance* committee, reported
back, with amendments, house bill to
simplify the laws in relation to the col
lection of revenue (McKinley’s adminis
tration bill,) and it was placed adjourned. on the
calendar. The senate then
Another Democrat was turned out of
the house on Thursday. This is the fourth
seat that has been vacated by the Demo
e-rats. The man turned out was Barnes
Compton, of Maryland, anl He had lias become served
five rears in the house,
one of the most distinguished members.
However, there was a young Republican
named Mudd, who wanted hLs seat. There
was no bolting from either party. Every
iaau was on hand or paired, and the vote
stood 159 to 145, in favor of Mudd.
Thursday was a sad day for poor old
“Grandma" Blair. The educational bill
was buried beneath the cold, cold sod by
his colleagues in the senate, The vote
stood 36 to 32 against the biil. However,
when Blair saw his bill had been buried,
he changed his vote from aye to no. in
order to move a reconsideration. Every
member in the senate was either paireei
or voted. The Georgia senators were di
vided. Both Tennessee senators voted
against the biil. as did the Arkansas and
Texas men. The South Carolina. Ala
bama and Mississippi senators wore di
vided, senators Hampton. Pugh and
George voting for the bill. Senator Pasco,
of Florida, and the two Virginia senators
voted for it. The republican vote against
the bill was larger tlian ever before. Mr.
Blair made a motion to recorsider the
vote, which motion was entered: and
then, on motion of Mr. Edmund*, the
BLACKSHEAR, GA. THURSDAY, MARCH 2?. 181)0.
senate proceeded to the cons.deration of
executive business.
NOTES.
The grand jury of the District of Co
lumbia on Tuesday indicted Charles E.
Kincaid for the murder of cx-Representa
tive Taulbec.
The Pan-American conference has re
committed the report of the committee
on port clues, as that seemed the be3t way
of securing a satisfactory basis of action.
The president, ou Wednesday, nomina
ted Smith, to be postmasters: Virginia—George Carolina. Mag-
8. Maiion; South
gie L. Carson. Aiken; Joshua E. Wilson,
Florence,
Mr. Sherman, from the committee on
finance, reported to the senate on 'Tues
day a substitute for his former bill.against
“trusts,” in restraint of production, and
it was placed on the calendar.
Mr. Randall is steadily improving. His
health is better at present than any time
during his long illness, lie seems confi
dent that he will be able to resume his old
seat before this session closes.
Judge Crisp, of Georgia, commmittee appeared be
fore the river and harbor on
Thursday asking for an appropriation and Flint rivers. for
the Oconee, Oemulgee
The committee wild give them, but' it
seems now that the chances in favor of
the river and harbor bill becoming a law
are very slight.
The senate, on Thursday, confirmed the
nominations of A. R. northern Nininger, district United of
States marshal of the
Alabama, and the following postmasters:
South Carolina, W. W. Russell, Anderson;
Tennessee, C. 8 Moss, Franklin. Vir
ginia, P. E. Griffith, Winchester; Lewis
P. Summers, Abingdon.
In executive session of the senate Thurs
day afternoon, the nomination of W. W.
Russell to be post-master at Anderson
courthouse, South Carolina, was confirmed
by a party vote on a call of the : yes and
roes. Tliis nomination has been held up
for some weeks on the objection of South
Carolina senators.
The Georgia congressmen, on Tuesday,
received petitions by the score from all
over Georgia, protesting against the pas
sage of the compound lard bill; also tele
grams that colored delegations wanted from be heard At
lanta and other points to
before the committee. They are all late,
however, for the committee has closed
hearings. An effort was made to get them
to reopen. They refused, but the matter
will be considered, and a final answer
given. The South has been very late in
coming to the front, but there is a bare
possibility of defeating the bill if a very
vigorous fight is made.
The civil service commission has in the
course of preparation a circular of instruc
tions to applicants for examination for
the appointment the government de
partmental service. A considerable por
tion of it is devoted to the discussion of
the question: ‘‘When may an appointment
be expected?” In connection with this
subject, it is learned that, while the quotas
of several eastern, northern and western
states are generally exhausted, those of
the southern states, especially the clerk ineligibles registers,
for appointment full, from the fact being, it is
stated, are by no means clerks who
that competent can
pass the necessary examination from either
Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Texas,
Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, North
Carolina, South Carolina or Kentucky are
reasonably certain of appointment.
The appropriations Tuesday, completed committee the fortifi- of the
house, on bill
cation appropriation bill. The makes
a total appropriation of (4.521,607, being
$3,967,320 less than the estimates,
$3,288,084 more than the last bill, and
$599,678 more than the appropriation
made at the first session of t lie last con
gress. The principal preservation, items are: $150,- Forti
fications, repays and batteries, $1,221,
000; gun and mortar
000, divided as follows: Boston harbor,
$235,000; New Yolk, $276,000; San
Francisco, $260,000: torpedoes, harbor
defense, $230,000; armament of fortifi
cations, $1,056,635; gun factory at Wa
tervliet, N. Y., building and machinery,
$1,256,043; sites for fortifications. $500,
000, and the secretary of war is given
authority to institute condemnation pro
eeedings to secure desirable sites.
THE .MYSRTEY 80LVED
THE BODT OF A FAY CLERK FOUND IN THE
RIVER.
The badly decomposed body of a man
was found Monday morning in the east
ern branch of the Potomac river, at Wash
ington, D. C. Mrs. Jones, wife of Ben
jamin A. Jones, defaulting pay clerk of
Major Goodloe, of the marine corps,
identified the body as that of her hus
band who has been missing since Christ
mas day.
CRAYON GREENBACKS.
A YOUNG ARTIST TRIES HIS HAND AT
COUNTERFEITING.
A St. aged Joseph. Mo., special says: Fred
Jones, nineteen Thursday years, a crayon
artist, was arrested for counter
feiting United States $5 treasury notes.
Jones' method of counterfeiting was pe
culiar. He used no dye*, but made crayon
copies of genuine notes, offeers 1 he counter
feits are pronounced by to he ex
ceptionally deceDtive
FLORIDA’S FREEZE.
THE ENTIBB CROP OF EARLY VEGETABLES
RUINED.
A dispatch from Umatilla, Fla., says:
pleted The frost of Sunday night virtually com
the ruin of the vegetable crop of
South Florida. Here, at Umatilla, the
banner shipping point of Lake county,the
damage is very great. The entire crop of
early vegetable*, except cabbage, is prac
tically wiped ojjL
ALLIANCE NOTES.
WHAT THE ORDER AND ITS
MEMBERS ARE DOING .
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE FARMER,
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS
OF THE COUNTRY.
The Alliance officials in Georgia have
given prompt denial to the Washington
story that the order intended to scoop up
all the Congressional districts this year.
*
* *
The Farmers’ Alliance now lias 70,090
members in Kansas, and is growing at the
late of 3,000 a month. It is ten months
yet until election. Ninety thousand votes
thrown one way will play the mischief
with the plans of the politicians.— Atchi
*<m Glol*.
$ T
* cheering
From every county comes tho
news that the Alliance is growing
stronger. tical Alliancemen are learning co-operation; prac
lessons of economy and
these who had the courage and patience
to stand by the principles of the Alliance
are beginning to reap the benefits of the
order.— Solid South.
+** pretending
AVliy is it that the journals
to be such friends of the Farmers’ Alliance
do not come out squarely and endorse the
sub-treasury plan and the railway plat
form of the National Alliance, which de
mands that tlie railways must be con
trolled by the people in the interest of the
masses, and that the farmer should re
ceive same privileges as are accorded the
bauks and bond-holders? You cannot
carry water on both shoulders any longer.
If you are with us say so, and if you are
not, show your colors .—Southern Farm
era Alliance.
*
* *
The Farmers’ Alliance is going ahead
with its own business. “What have
they done?” some will ask. Read this
and just think for a moment and then
you will answer for yourself: “They
have done a great deal for the laboring
people.” What did guano sell for at
this time last year? and what is it selling
at now? Look at the difference in the
price of cotton everything last fall and proportion last fall year.
Just look at in as
weil as cotton and guano. The principle
of the thing is enough for any man.—
Buchanan (Ga.) Messsnyer.
***
Neither the race problem nor sectional
difficulties intruded themselves at the
great national convention of farmers and
laborers at 8t. Louis. Delegates from
the Colored Farmers’ Alliance were re
ceived by the white Farmers’ Alliance
and matters pertaining to their mutual
interest were considered. Northerners
and Southerners, brothers in the Alli
ance, clasped hands at that convention
and left the thrill of fraternal fellowship
which all the fierce blowing of dead em
bers cannot chill. If politicians will cease
meddling, the Farmers’ Alliance and In
dustrial Union ftie will solve the race problem
and re-unite too-long estranged sec
tions of our beloved country.
***
President Polk of N. F. A. and I. U.,
knows more concerning the condition of
the Alliance throughout the country than
any man in the South, and when ques
tioned ns to Alliance matters, lie said:
“Although the growth of the Alliance in
the South has been wonderful, the
growth of the order in the Northwest has
been still more phenomenal. In Kansas,
great strides are being made iu the right
direction, and the organization has more
than doubled since the St. Louis conven
tion. The farmers of the west, although
they are not troubled by any
particular - grievance such as the
jute bagging oppression of the South,
still have great obstacles to overcome.
They feel the effects of the reduction in
prices, and they find it almost impossible
to make a living profit trying from their pro- the
ducts. They are to break
combination of the buyers, and 1 have no
doubt they will succeed. One feature ot
the National Alliance: assures me above all
else of it; success. It is killing out sec
tioualisrn, and building uj i a national
spirit which will be a benefit to the whole
nation. - '
***
Among the resolutions the adopted National at Alli- the
recent Convention of
ance, held at Atlanta, Ga., was the fol
lowing: “Whereas, at New Orleans in
September, 188S), a conference was had
between prominent representatives and of the?
•otton growers of the South mem
bers of the cotton exchanges in the Uni
ted State s, an agreement was entered into
which was to take effect on the first day
of October thereafter, fixing the taro on
cotton covered bale's at sixteen pounds,
and on jute covered bales at twenty-four
pounds, which was satisfactory to Aili
ancemen. And, whereas, by the oppesi
sition of several important cotton ex
changes this agreement was rendered a
nudety. And, whereas, we invited the
exitton exchanges of this country to a
conference on this same subject at which St.
Louis on Decembar 5th, 1889,
‘.hey refused to notice by letter or other
wise. And, whereas, our president, Col.
L. L. Polk, recently urged upon these
parties to express their wishes or plan for
an adjustment of this ejuestion. March at a meet
ing to be held in Atlanta, Ga.. 19,
1890, and only one reply was received
with encouragement, an<l that from Mr.
James Tobin, of Augusta. And, where
as, after a careful consideration of the
whole subject in all its phases, we,
the presidents and accredited representa
tives of the State Alliances of the cotton
section, in conference assemb’eel in At
lanta, Ga., March 19th. 1890, do unani
mously reaffirm the equity and justice of
our demands on this subject; and wc do,
therefore. AUiance
Resolved, That we urge the
men of the cotton state* to stand by the
action of the St. Louis supreme council on
it he use of cotton bagging orany other
fibre than jute, and that each Ailianeoinan
fie, and i* hereby instructed to deposit
said cotton-covered bales in warehouses,
to be provided, had and, thereon, with liberal and ad- al
vances. as cau be to
low said cotton-covered bales there to re
main until the demands made shall lie
complied Resolved with. also, That national and
your
state officials do unceasing herbby pledge efforts their in ut
most ability and be
half of the people to obtain full and fail
facilities for marketing their cotton. •• * *
Resolved, That our president, the brethren L. L.
Polk, be instructed to assure
in the eotton states that the outlook for
the manufacture an 1 supply of cotton
bagging and is much better tliun for the past de
year will probably be equal to flic
mand.
Resolved, That the state requested presidents ol
each Alliance or union be to as
sist in every possible way J. F. securing Tiluiau,
the national crop statistician, in
accurate crop reports.
Resolved, That the assembled, representatives do of
the cotton States, here as
csrt that the compound lard bill now
pending in congress is unwise, special, the
and class legislation, and will increase
burdens < f one class of producers nml
only benefits a monopoly that by mi mean.*
manufacturers a pure article of hog’s lard,
and members of congress are hereby most
respectfully and earnestly requested to
oppose the passage of said measure.
L. L. Polk, president N. F. A. and I.
U.; 8. M. Adams, president Alabama al
liance; W. 8. Morgan, delegate, Arkan
sas; W. I. Vason, delegate, Florida; L.
F. Livingston, president Georgia Alliance
T. 8. Adams, president, Louisiana; G. B.
Dimes, delegate, Missouri; 8. It. Alexan
der, delegate, North Carolina; K. T.
Stackhouse, president, South Carolina;
S. D. A. Duncan, president, Mississippi; Texas; J. U. It.
W. Coleman, delegate,
Buchanan, president, Tennessee.
THE BOLD BOOMERS.
ORGANIZING FOR ANOTHER RAID ON T1IK
CHEROKEE STUIF.
The Cherokee Strip Homesteaders’as
•ociation has issued a secret circular,elated
at Guthrie, Arkansas City, Winfield and
Cold water, Kas., March 11th, which re
cites that: “The administration sympathy having with
given evidence of its entire
the thousands who are clamoring foi
homes in lhe great domain, now wholly
given over to the cattle barons, to the ex
clusion of many .worthy settlers, it line
'been deemed expedient for association, prospective
settlers to organize n secret invasion of
having for its object the time. Accord- the
Cherokee strip at a given
ingly, on the 22(1 day of April, boomers at 12
o’clock,a concerted movement of
will be made on all sides ol
the outlet, We have gooel reason to
believe that the settlers will be un
molested if the movement assumes suffi
cient proportions.” The matter was
brought to the attention of advised the president
on Wednesday and he that a
statement be given to the press to effee t:
• “That no matter what the proportions the strip will of
the raid, the settlement of
not be allowed until it is made lawful.”
Tho patrol of the Cherokee strip by tin
forces of the United States army was be
gun Wednesday.
DISCU8SINQ THE TARE.
THE BAGGING COMMITTEES CONSIDERING
THE NET WEIGHT QUESTION.
The Interstate and State bagging com
mittees heJel a meeting in Atlanta, Ga.,
ou Wednesday, to discuss tho demand tc
be made by the Alliance as to selling
cotton by net weight. The delegates to
the convention wore as follows; W. 8.
Morgan, barna; Arkansas; 8. M. Adams, Ala
W. J. Vason, Florida; T. S.
Adams, Louisiana; J. B. Dines, Missouri:
S. B. Alexander, R. B. Hunter, North
Carolina; E. T. Stackhouse, South
Carolina; S. D. A. Duncan, Texas;
R. W. Coleman, W. S. McCallister, Mis
aissippi; Tennesseo; J. P. Buchanan, J. F. Tillman,
L. F. Livingston, W. J.
Northern, W. W. L. Peek, It. M. Brown, J.
Butts, Thomas E. Wynn, W. D. H.
Searcy, J{. L. Burks, W. It. Gorman,
Georgia. The object of the meeting was
to decide what demand the Alliance: will
make. As it now stands, cotton is sold
in Liverpool with thirty pounds tare to
the bale off. As cotton bagging with
ties weigh only sixteen pounds, and even
jute with ties weighs only twenty-four,
the farmer loses either fourteen or six
pounds of cotton on every bale he sells.
The demand will probably be that, tike
tobacco, sugar anel other things, cotton
must be sold at net weight.
BLUFFTON’8 GIFT.
SHE SECURES THE LOCATION OF THE NEW
METHODIST UNIVERSITY.
BlufTton, Alabama, makes the munifi
cent gift of $500,000 to the; Methodist
Episcopal church for the location of the
educational institution known as tin* Un
iversity of the Southland. Rev. ('. L.
Mann, D. D., who has it in charge, says
that $1,500,000 will be expended on the
main building, which will be 300 feet by
300 feet anel seven stories in height, with
an inner court 200 feet square. The ma
terial to be used is white marble granite
and sandstone;. Ground will be broken
April 15th, and work on the building
pushed rapidly.
France claims the honor of utilizing a
higher watr;r pressure than that which
has bei put in operation in the (.’hollar
shaft on the Comstock lode in Nevada,
At Brignoud, a turbine nine feet ten
inches in diameter was put in operation 1638
in the v*ar 1875, utilizing a head of
feet, this is still working, anel gives a
force of 1500 horse power, with « (low
if 3(K) litres of water per second.
CURRENT NEWS.
CONDENSED FROM THE TELE
GRAPH AND CARLE.
THINGS THAT HAruF.N FROM DAT TO DAI
THROUGHOUT THE WOIU.D, CULLED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
Twelve hundred immigrants arrived at
New York, Tuesday.
Five hundred rolling mill men are out
on a strike at Pittsburg, Pa.
Yellow fever has broken out iu Campi
nas and Sao Paulo, Rio Janeiro.
Shocks of earthquake were felt in dif
ferent portions of Spain on Tuesday.
Cotton mills in England nru stopping
work, owing to the scarcity of coal, lie
cause of the miners’ strike.
Fire Tuesday night destroyed property
in Milford, Mass., to the extent of $120,
000; insurance about $30,000.
The Illinois democratic central com
mittee has decided to call a state con
vention. to meet at Springfield on June
4th.
The strike of the English coal miners
has ended. Wages will lie advanced 5
per cent., and the men will resume work
at once.
extensive George chemical I). Rosengnrten, founder of the
works of Rosengnrten
Tuesday, Sous, Philadelphia, aged died iu that, city
69.
The Christian and Mussel men clergy
have been prohibited from taking part in
tho approaching election for members of
the Cretan assembly.
Dr. Harrison Wagner, whose numerous
Huits against the Adams Express company
has attracted so much attention, lias conic
to grief, lie was, on Wednesday, arrest
ed in Washington, I). (’., charged with
forgery.
There was a long meeting of the sugar
trust in New York on Thursday, and be
fore it ended interested parties every
where had information that a cash divi
dend of two and a half per cent had been
declared for the present quarter.
The “Newark,’’last of the cruisers built
for the government by Cramp & Sous, of
Philadelphia, was successfully launched
Wednesday afternoon. Tho vessel was
christened by Miss Grace II. Bnutellc,
(laughter of Congressman Uautcllc.
Senator Voorhees will be the principal
counsel for Mr. Kincaid when he is put
on trial for the killing of ex Representa
tive Taulbcc. Senator Voorhees lias had
several long consultations with Mr. Kin
caid, and has marked but the line of de
fense.
Prosecuting-Attorney Davidson, of
Cole county, Mo., filed an information
with Justice Wagner Tuesday morning it
charging ex State Treasurer Noland wit
embezzling state funds. Noland was
present at the time, gave himself up, and
was adinited to bail iu $5,000.
A special of Wednesday from Healey,
Wis., says: A great lire is raging in Ger
mania mines and threatens a heavy loss
of property. Five miners penned in the
burning mine have recovered. perished. The bodies the
of two have been Loss to
mining company $100,000.
A dispatch of Thursday from Berlin,
Germany, says: The labor conference is
working with unexpected rapidity and
success. The Sunday committee hoaprac
tical^ finished its labors, having arrived
at a compromise, advising obligatory that rest for on
church holidays he only
women, young persons and children.
In a case brought up Wis., from the circuit
court of Rock county, the supreme
court decided that tin- Bible had no place
in our common schools. The opinion
was unanimous. The case originated st
Edgerton, where suit was brought to com
pel the school district board to prohibit
teachers from reading the Bible to
scholars.
John F. Plummer, the well known
republican politician York, and made drygoods mer
chant of New dry goods an assign trade
merit Wednesday. T he
was a good deal startled when the failure
was announced. The liabilities un
stated to be $1,000,000. The firm is one
of the largest commission houses in the
business, and lias been in existence many
years.
HEMINGWAY’8 SHORTAGE.
MISSISSIl’I’l's EX-TREASURER SHORT IS IIIH
accounts $315,013.19
A Jackson, Miss., dispatch says: The
legislative committee finished its investi
gation of the accounts of ex-Treasurer
Fleming»ay on Wednesday and presented
their report to the governor. The com
mittee says: “After examination a thorough, compe
tent and painstaking of the
books of the department, and all the
vouchers thereof which were attainable,
we find that the ex-treasurer has not ac
counted for $315,612.19, and lee is in
debted to the state for that amount.” Ol
course suit will be instituted at once.
The report of the committee would indi
cate that the shortage occurred in his last
term. Colonel Hemingway will make a
statement.
JACK FROST'S WORK.
GREAT DAMAGE TO THE TENNESSEE PR (IT
CROP BY THE FREEZE.
On account of the late frost*, it is con
ceded by the fruit raisers of Tennessee,
that this year’s crop will be unusually
On the ridges and mountains it i
estimated that eighty ]* r rent of the
peach, and fifteen per cent of the apple
crops leave been destroyed, the peat
crop is a total failure, vrawsaie. < ut o
by the frost, but may rewood and give a
good late crop.
NO 25
THE KANSAS ALLIANCE
TAKER A HAND IN POLITICS AND WARNS
CONGRESSMEN.
A dispatch of The Tuesday Farmers’ from Kansas
City, Kansas Mo., growing says: rapidly, Alliance in
is so both in
members they nml have perfection become of decidedly organization,
that a dis
turbing factor in local and State politics.
State Organizer through Jennings lias just fin
ished up a trip establishing the state, where
he lias been new Alliances
and extending Every tho scope of in the organiza
tion. county nearly the whole
state is organized, and especially nearly
every farmer in eucli county is a member
of the organiaztiou, In local politics,
where then- immediate interests are at
stnke, Alliances have, generally de
cided to support only their can
didates, who coincide with thcii
views and adopt their principles.
The organization has already got its fin
ger in the national political pie. Tho
president of the the Kansas Alliance has ad
dressed to Kansas Hcnators and rep
resentatives, at Washington, is a letter in
forming them that depression the belief among
tlie farmers that the of agri
cultural interests is due to vicious legis
lation. The letter roucludes thus:
“Many of tho questions (list are receiving
the attention of Congress are far less ur
gent than those upon which the
safety of home and t he welfare of family
depend and people believe that the white
citizens of Kansas have some rights a*
well as the colored citizens in the South.
They believe that the fallen heroes, both
white and black, in the past struggles foi
liberty, and afford the perpetuity wait of our institu
tions, can to for one moment
until the right of living heroes in the pre
sent struggle for American homes, receive
some recognition of the men who have
been chosen to represent them in cou
grcBS. Behind flieso demand: ru more
Hum 100,000 ballots in the State
of Kansas and the time is not far dis
tant, when legislators will hoed the voice
of their constituents.” These indications
of opposition of the Alliance to monopo
lies are troubling decidedly the politicians and they
are becoming nervous.
UNDER FALLING WALLS.
TERRIBLE FATE OF SEVEN A I, INDIAN APO
t.TB FIREMEN.
Fire broke out in tho basement of tha
Bowen Merrill company’s wholesale boolj
and paper house, at lr.dianapolis, Tho location Ind.,oft of th«
Monday afternoon. effective work part
flro of prevented flromen, and the flames on the quickly
tho
made thoir way to the first, and second
floors. The company carries an immensel
stock, estimated at (1211,000, on whlob
there Is an insurance of $70,000. The
building ulld adjoining stores of 11. P.
Wasson & Co., and Byrarn A Sullivan,
were damaged, but the exact loss cannot
be given. The firemen seemed completely
balfled in their efforts to subdue the
Haines. The rear Probably wall fell, eight crushing sev
eral firemen. or ten wero
killed. Three of the bodies have been
.sken from tho ruins
LATKtt
A great throng surrounded ths ruins ol
tho llowen-Merrill book eoncorn Tuesday
morning. An army of workmen w«r<
busily engaged carting away the debril
to exhume t he bodies of the dead and
injured buried there, i he list of th(
dead us far as known are m follows:
Andrew O. (.'berry, superintendent of thi
fire alarm telegraph; mill George pinioned Faulkner, in ths
engineer ruins; company 1,
Espy Htormrr, pipeman origins
company l, mi l In the ruins; David It.
Eowry, pip* m m engine company 2, still
in tin* ruins; l'. G. Mazier, substitute en
gine company 2; Henry 1). Woodruff,
pipeman engine company 5; George W.
Glenn, pipeman reel company 10; Albert
Hoffman, pipeman < ompany 10 ;
Anthony Volz, driver hook and ladder
company 2; Thomas A. Black, truckman
hook and ladder <; in puny 3; The in
jured number eighteen.
Jefferson Davis Memorial Volume.
lit DK. J. WM. JONES.
We learn from the publishers, Atlanta, Messrs. Ga.,
II. C. Hudgins & Co., i>[
that the Davis Memorial volume being
prepared by the popular author, Dr. J.
Wm. Jones, is rapidly nearing completion, leader of
Wince the death of the great* st
the “Lost Cattle,” demand there has such been an work un
precedented for a
and it is an assured fact that it will have
an enormous sale.
Messrs. Hudgins & Co., say they ex
pect to have canvassers in the field in sa
few days so the public will not have Ion j;
to wait.
Aside from the great Jove and admira
tion on the part of our Southern people for
the dead hero, the fact that the talented
author is so well and favorably known
will doubtless cause the volume to be re
ceived with unusual favor.
Those wishing an agency should write
at once to Messrs. H. C. Hudgins «fc Co.,
of Atlanta.
AN UNFORTUNATE MAYOR.
His DWELLING TWICE BURNED DOWN Bit
HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES.
For over a year there has lieen a bitter
war between the prohibition in Colorado and Springs, anti
probation The element feeling bitter that
Col. was so two
months ago the residence of Mayor
Stockbridge, a prominent ground. prohibitionist, The loss
was burned to the
was $11,000, and it is rumored his polit
ical enemies had a hand in the matter.
At a meeting of the:* republican and lib
eral parties Wednesday night, Mr. Stock
bridge was nominated for mayor, and
Thursday morning his new residence was
fired and burned to the ground.