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BUWSCRTPTTON, ' *1.00 FEB ATOT7M.
B "hop Stettho t e, tha l»ad»r of ths
Can* ban ii r.nona, lias vi tl.ted a pro.
Ice a ainst the ; ropoaal of i.n indepeu
dual rej u .do for Cana do The Lutlei
JO.iy Smut. are a ra ti tr ey Wight be ,n-
1 erf ore 1 wi.h ihoirid baia-le letoiq 0 an
AiJepenJent, nation vr a .purlieu of thi
Aaieric.in Repub a S.enbouao wai
former./ a member of tha Canid.an
La.-iriiture a id re igned his seat t> be
come a M nnon. Hu is now the recog
h *. J b.ad of tbs Canadian Mormons,
a at his m tnifesto 15 is-nod from the
31 1 mm settlement a'. CurJston in the
Not tiiwosf TeWffofieT- - ——
The enm.ty of Russia to anything 01
a it .mum origin becomes constantly
m >re and more mark e l. Efforts have
been made to prevent tho uso of th*
U iruan tangiaqo in Russian territory,
an 1 now the feeing has taken anew
tun. Thero has been a considcrab t
imuvgratinu of G.rmans recently inte
*'«•* - -*■«—-H"
Older to put R step to it, propose to
levy a high tax Upon each foreigner
taxing ui his reddeica in Rissia. Th*
sum of $10 j 0 a head is spoken of, th*
do“i*n being to make it absolutely pro
hibitory. The obj-c.ion to Gtrmat
ihamigra iafl it that the new-comers aro,
e6 u rule, intelligent, and carry wilt
them ideas of a liberal i ng tuadency.
X - .
. A Vessel Irani Durban, <p small port
on the sou beast coast of Africa, arrive!
at Bo.tea the oilier day, having or board
a number of w 1.1 animals, among which,
it is c.a.m d, is a gorilla. lhe animai
is ale ttt three fret tall, weighs 12(
poi;n is and i> extremily ugly anl fero.
cioui. During lhe voyag3 it brokt
open a strong win den cage and made f
Savage attack ijjwn the tailori. T[ 1{
vessel’s cuptai j wai glad to ho relieved
of bis di aireeibla pmson ;or aad trms*
fer it to a B i -ton musoutn, where it
n w is. It may bs doubled, however,
t. a. tha animal is a real gorilla. Only
two goril «. li ve ever 1 ecu captured
ilive, 0 ie of those die 1 in a short
lime a id the other is said to Le alive in
fcigland. ___uj.'lri-I
The great mieraSt taken in navdl
•Hairs during the past two or t..ret
years seems, in iho 0| ieion of tilt
YVa-htng.on Star, liicilv ti bo eclipsed
in 1 93. Tim aulh' rizin • of eight new
ha lie-ships and five ior| el i- Lous mo ks
a d -iiact era in Uetui Stites nav J
hi lory. From sneer* at our fuvb eness
L reign.erinci have b come deeply in
terested in ail 'hit ]0r:aras to our naval
6 ructure and progress, 'lhe new
armored sea-going ve sen will bring ns
in i no as a naval power. At present
we have no such ship*, while E iglnn 1
lifls seventy-six such crart. cither budt,
bulling or project'd; Francs, fi.iy
aeveu; Htssia, forty-nine; Germany,
forty; Inly, nincieen; Sweien and
Noiwav, twenty; Austr.a, tweive, and
even 1 i.riicy , fi.te.-n , . an , i Cum* „ .
T.ieiu , .vr--»»eU unar*
mor.*d cruiscra, cbiTj^pon (o 2 he j
r •' “v *•
recently. j
According to a i article in the New
York Herb/, bo -iv! mi reports from the
treasurer of each state of ti.e union, the
Rental wealth of tils United Slates is
com uted at 161,450.000,( 00. as against
>j23 719 030, 000 assessed valuation for
taxable purposes. This estimate ii ex
r.tirivc of public prep r y and an esti.
Lin e of 8 011,000 0*0 lull a: road.
The population of the country, on the
ratio of increase ti at obtained freon
1870 to 183), w.tl be 65 003,000 tux
year. O i this ba=:s, anl t kng tua
111 rUXt figures of aggregate weal h, the
am unt nor head ofourp ipu'ation w;.u 1
ba $945. or about the same as
France and ertwidorab ylecs than Great
Britain and Ire un i. Cunmo.itiug on
Its own tig r«, tho Her d says: “The
wealth uf tho Unto l r tales now ex
ceed' the to al wraith oi the whole
wi r d at any timr p evii.u* to the m 1
die of the eighteenth cea.ury, and the
am unt invested abroad is aloue equal
to tha nationil woiith of Porm>ai an t
Denmark. Too total wealth of only
five na ions is cqud to the mere increa-s
of the Hailed Sacs in the last r,in
y< afs. ” Still tt.e ratio of increase * a<
greater in the decide between 1851
and 185) than at any iubs<q:eiu or
pr;. r jisfio t.
Willing t.» Work
“Why don’, you war .?' said a chari
table laly tiie oihsr Jay to a tramp In .
f re wlum si.s iiai placet a n.cely
cook U n:eai.
“i won. 1,'' replied the vagrant, “if
I had tho tools.”
“Wha. sort of to.ils do you wan!?’
askei the ho3tes‘.
“A knito and fork.”— Tha Lailjer.
Gene West,
Mr. Brownstone (>f N w York)—
“WhjfiS-i e< onve »>f D Co iff
Mr. Boo s ( f B.oriki/n)—“He's
gene West to 1 Ve.’’
M . Brewnsten- —“You den t «ay sol
W na: waqas caught a ? 1 '
life Count)) gottrnal ♦
VOL. IE.
AT TIIE CAPITAL.
WHAT TUB FIFTY-FIRST CON
GRESS IS DO INC.
irroiNtMENTs nr pncstoENT harrtson—
MEASURES OP NATIONAL, IMPORTANCE
AND ITEMS 0» OENERAE INTEREST.
In the house on Saturday, after the
passi Cutcheon, ge of a lew private pension called bills,
Mr. of Michigan, up
the senate bill providing for an assistant
secretary of war. Passed. Yeas 180,
called najs 100. Mr. contested Honk, ejection of Tennessee,
up the case ot
trict: Feattierstone vs.-Uatep 1 from opening the first speech dis
or–i'kans^s. ‘The
iu favor of the claims of the contestant
™ made by Mr. Haugen, of Wisconsin.
At tho >fr. conclusion Outhwalte, of of Ohio, Mr. Haugen the s
speech took
dance floor, but in view moved of the small adjourn- atten
of members nu
ment, which motion was agreed to—
yeas 114, nays 107.
In the house, on Monday, Mr. O’Dou
j nell, ot Michigan, at the request United of the
SXTAT'SSAw Seventh Day Adventists, of the
of any bill in regard to the observnntc of
the Sabbath. Referred... .The rotes were
suspended and the joint resolution was
passed; yeas 117, nays 78, medical authorizing
the appointment of thirty exam
iners lor pension bureau.... Mr. Voot
hees, offered a preamble and concurrent
resolution) reciting that in the, recent
lease of the.fur seal islands of Alttskn to
the North American Commercial compa
ny, certain provisions of the law were not
complied the with, and to directing furnish.fd,the the secreta
ry of treasury senate
complete copies of. all the bids for the
lease, With all accompanying papers, ail
testimony, memorand, arguments, holdeis. letters
and correspondence with the He
asked to have the resolution referred to
the finance committee... .The bill fixing
the salaries of several Judges of the Unit
ed States district court discussed at $5,000 per an
num was taken up, at Some
length and passed—yeas 88, nays 18.,,.
Judge Stewart, of Georgia, presented to
the committee on commerce protests from
tlie Savannah board of trade and the
Conyers oil mill, against bill. the passage of
the compound lard
The contested election case of Festher
stone vs. Cate consumed all of Tuesday in
the house. Ten or twelve speeches were
made on cithef side, The vote was post
poned. As it stands, the democrats ha\S
,t could majority Of members in the house, and
have carried the minority report
that Cate Was legally elected, had a vote
been taken. •
The resolution offered in the Senate
on Monday by fur Senator Yoorhecs, in re
gard to tha sfeu islands i?i Alaska,
Was, on Tuesday, reported Mr. buck Morrill from ad
the finance con; not tee by
versely, on the ground that the treasury
dcpartmi nt had already made the ease,
.uni that the committee had no power to
■nterfi re in the matter. The resolution
was definitely third postponed. unseated
Tiie democrat evils on
Wednesday to make room for a republi
can. This time Mr. Cate, of Arkansas,
was the unfortunate one. Featherston.
the contestant, was at once sworn in.
Many republicans admitted his election.
There were, indeed, a half dozen wl o
absented themselves to prevent being
forced to vote against their moral convic
tions. Consequently the although republican only n n
jovity was very small, one
republican, Hitt, of Illinois, a new the man,
voted with the democrats. On first
vote, calling stood the previous question, 141
the vote : i ( tn
three republican majority, . .
or
qi, ( , rc wrere ton democrats absent without
excuse or pftiT». Six are from Ne^ York, Ten
two from South Carolina, oik* from
ansi s
iheir seats Cate would not have been
turned out. The vote declaring 148; Cate and not
elected was—yeas, 147; nays,
Featherstone was seated by a vote of
yeas 145, nays 135, and the oath of office
was administered to him by the speaker. is the
The next case to be taken up
Mudd-Compton contest from agriculture Maryland.
The bouse committee on set
apart its session on Wednesday to hear
members of congress who desired to speak
upon the bills pending the manufacture before the com- and
mittee sale oi to compound regulate lurd. Representative
Stewart, of Georgia, read a letter from YV.
L. Peck, Georgia, president in whichjhc of the Fanners’ “Mr. AS!L
mice of says:
Hatch has no authority to say that the
Alliance in Georgia wants sueti a bill u*
you speak of. Of Course it would ruin
the oi! mill industry in the Bou1b,,and
damage us about $28,000,000 am Rally.
It would reduce the price of lard so as to
work great hardships to Georgia poor people. Y'ou
can rest assured that wants no
such measure Mississippi, passed." member Representative of the
Morgan, of a
committee, said he was a member of the
Farmers 1 Alliance, and knew that the or
ganization in the southern States does not
desire tbe legisiation proposed bills. in the Con- in
ger and Butterworth They are
favor of a general pure food bill. The
passage of the Conger bill would take
oread and meat out ®f the mouths of the
people. The senate YYednesday took the
on Barbour up
Blair educational bill Mr.
id dressed tbe senate in advocacy of the bill.
He spoke of the great intere t which tbe
people took in that measure, and said that
it had been favored in the plat
form of both political parties in
that state. It was of tbe deepest iuterest
to the peop’e of Virginia, who had
done as much for tbe sake of education
is the people of any other State, They
bad expended about $19,000,000 for that
purpose, and had given 15,000,000 to ed
ucate the colored children, which the
-crural government had put u]K.-n, not.
oniv as citizens, 1 ut as sovereigns. He
was surprised at the lack of interest on
the subject shown by tbe senate, and was
astonished at the Southern Senators’ oppo
sition.
NOTES.
Tlie president on Tuesday nominated
to be collectors of customs: Joseph E.
L- c, district of St. Johns, Fla.; Daniel
O Booth, district ofMobile, Ala.
The ifiiiftary committee of the house on
T lesday unfinimous y voted to adopt Mr.
Lansing’s favdfable esta^Wng report on the Oros
Venor bill, tbe Chicamaugt
ZKBULON, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1890;
Tli'' treasury department Ima informed
the Christ church vestrymen of Lewis
burg, Pa., that to bring in a minister
from Canada under contract has been de
cided by the United States circuit court
in Sew York to be a violation of the
alien contract labor law.
in tlie liouse on Tuesday the following
0 by immittjse the sjM-a'kcr; qjjpoiqtmeuts Messrs. Tarstiey were announced Of ilis
9 Brickner itiri, Ryburn of Wisconsin, of Peiio.sylvaniH.oii Slississippi claims;
on
levees; Clieadle of Indiana, on postoffics
aad post roads.
Mr. before Clements, the of Georgia, harbor on Tuesday,
went river anil commit
t e aud usaeu ,01 .1 *—.,wj apptupr
tionpo river, complete the $508,000 present work on tlie
Coosa and fot a new pi t>
ject, of which looks to the complete opeii
mg the river to navigation.
Senator John 5V. Daniel, of Virginia,oti
Judge Tuesday, informed Senator Colquitt and
be Stewart, of Georgia, thet lie would
uuableto accept the Confederate Vit
crans Association’s Invitation to deliver a
speech in Atlanta on the 30th of April,
lie says pressing business at Wash ngton
will prevent his absence at that time.
The men who are to take the farm
mortgages for the census report, will not
be appointed by the supervisors, but by
Superintendent I’ortet. Mr. Porter has
called upon tho Congressmen to furnish
names for these appointments, lie wants
young lawyers or young men w ho have a
slight paid $0 knowledge day. of law. They will be
a
notice Congressman Baker, of-New York,gave days
wUUjti Wednesday call that in a-few admission In
up the bills for the
of Wyoming bring and in New Idaho. Mexico The ami democrat* Arizo
want to
na, where they believe they have a fight
ing northern chance territories. eimuitnncQtisly Tlie Wyoming with the two bill
contains a female, suffrage clause, hold and
recognizes tlie right of women to
office.
Inquiry among tho Georgia members
fails to uncover the letter alleged by the
iiecn Washington written by Pont of Georgia Monday AUiuacenian to liava
a
announcing a n'heme to put an Alliance
candidate in the field in each of the Geor
gia districts next fall. Doth Col. L. F.
Livingston, president, and Hon. Farmers’ Felix
Corpttt, Alliance seer Georgia, tary of the emphatically State that
of say
there is not oue word of truth in the
statement about tho Alliance movement.
There is a great scramble being made
by various companies all oMrthe country
to secure tho Control of the weal lur fishe
ries in the Belli ing sea. The government
has opened the bids for the control of
these fisheries for the next, twenty years.
It allows 00,000 seals to be killed annu
ally. The it Alaska Seal Fur company ha*
controlled lor twenty years past. They
are among the score of bidders this time.
TCyeir profits for twenty years have bleu
OW per cent annually, and consequently number th
great scramble large o
bidders.
The first shot of the Indiana Sea! Fish
ery Yfonil.lt company at the administration, eann
on in the shape of a reaolutioi
introduced i-i the senate by Senator Vor
bees, directing the the settofflry of il’fl tli tli
treasury to diaclo*e nature of
bid* submitted, with tlie accompany in),
papers and mainly propositions. of Indiana Tiie II publicans, company,
composed thtH selected leading Indian
have a
Democrat to cotidiiet deal their iff fight, This
has caused Vorbces a greaf has jbblltft'iil Cinmnent, u
Senator many ria
sons to push the fight against the Pr, si
dent, qndsecretary of the treasury to tin
utmost.
The Pan-American conference Inn
finally adopted the report of the com
niittee on international law. Majority
and minority reports were made by thi
committee on customs union. The ma
jority say union, that the generally establishment understood, of »
customs as
would require not, only a partial sucrifna
of national sovereignty of the American
nations, but constitutions more radical than changes they in their
respective willing The majority, there- are
to accept. adoption
fore, deem the of a customs
union as impracticable. however, They such propose of the to
recommend, to
governments as may desire partial recip
rocity, to make commercial treaties with
one or more of the American countries
under such basis as minority may be accepted in
each case. Tho report recom
mends the rejection of the whole subject.
DISASTERS ON THE RAIL.
THREE MEN KILLF.D AND OTHERS INJURE!.
IN A RAILROAD SMASH-UP.
A disastrous wreck occurred on the
Fort Wayne road, at Lakeville, Ohio,
Monday morning. The third section ol
a train broke down, and the fourth sec
tion of the same train crashed into the
real end. Immediately after the crash,
a tank car of gasoline, in front of the
caboose, exploded and scattered the
burning liquid over the debris, which
took fire and burned fiercely. GalchoHse Engineei
John Cowan, Firemen Harvey
and Head Brakcman Edward Miller, were
killed and their bodies burned burned, to a crisp.
Eighteen loaded cars were
ANOTHER.
Near King’s Mountain, N. O., on Sun
day morning, the third section of a
freight train on tbe Richmond and Dan
ville railroad, ran into the rear part of the
second section composed with train of bands four and ca
boose cars loaded
three freight cars. Seven cars and loco
motives were piled up and the cars
burned. Ten persons were more or less
injured. The engineers and firemen of
the telescoping trains escaped by jump
ing.
THE DEBT STATEMENT
AS ISSUED FROM THE TREASURY DEPART
MENT FOR FEBRUARY.
The debt statement issued at Washing
ton, Saturday, Bhows a reduction of tin
debt during "the month of February o
$8 139,486.06; decrease since June 30tl.
$42,099,091.97; total interest licarin
debt, $821,067,203.(50; total debt of in
kinds, $1,601,713,842.82; debt less *vw.
able credits, $1,034,547,529.48; cash i
the treasury. $022,673,615.10; legal tu
ders outstanding, $348,631,016: $10,280 cvrtri
cutes of deposit outstanding, si
000; gold certificates, $130,604,804:
ver.certificates. $284,176,202; fraction;
_____________ i? ? o T4/t A’y _- - ■-........—
CUERLiT .NEWS.
condensed from tub tele
QRAPD AND CARLE.
THtSOS THAT HAPPEN FIIOM DAY TO DAT
THRououbur Tim wohjld, clj.leo
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
The title of Henry M. Stanley’s book
1st “The Djtikfcst Ahtei: the truest, the
Rescue and Ffetreit’t 1 •’ EiHiii.
Several Niliilis s were arrested Tuesday
near Anit.chkoff pr'ace, in St.' Peters
burg, where tho Czar an 1 imperial
family are residing.
Austra-l/ifngary, The weather is biti the- rly cold throughout
thermometer rang
ing beiwfieil twelve anti fifteen degrees in
centigrade below zero'.
Several ted England snow storninud aui in,various ffojits are re
po 1 in parts
of Europe. Among tho regions visited
are Home and Trui ere.
Affairs iu Ilnyti «rc reported ns in a
very unsettled state, and the general im
pression is that the duration. IBppolyte government
will be of short
L. L. Bastow, tho defeated candidate
on the democratic ticket for lieutenant
governor in Iowa, was on Saturday candi- nomi
nated by tlie democratic caucus as
date for United States senator.
The Brazilian government has resolved
to promulgate 11 constitution without
waiting for the constituent will assembly submit ted to
meet. Tlie constitution be
to tlie people for uppfoval or disapproval.
A dispatch from Atchison, Kansas, re
ports that George W. Howell has conclu
ded the purchase of JilO.OOO acre* of Sabine pint
land situated on both sides of the
river. By tlie purchase he controls ovei
100 miles of river front 1
.
A . _ London , dispatch, of Saturday _ ... suya:
rhe meu-uf-war "Atlanta’ and ‘Boston,
of the American Geuo*. squadron The of evolution. Oh,cap
have arrived at
and "A orktown,” tha 0 her two vessels,:
the squadron, have reached bpezzin.
A dispatch from London, England,
says: Young Abo Lincoln, son of Uniteo
Btates Minister to England Lincoln, and
grandson of the late President Lincoln.
it tin: United States, who lias been sick
olong, died there on Wednesday morn-
At Jefferson City, Mo., settled it is that now con
sidered pretty well Stati
treasurer Noland is short in his account*
tty over $ ;O,000. Even Governor Fraud*
is in doubt as to the irregularities exact amouut, in owing thi
to what he terms
looks.
Three palace and sleeping cars, three
lassvHger anil mail cars ami forty box
•hik— worth in ail about $40,000—are
trewn along the Brazilian coast for miles.
They woro on lhe Briti*li Rucas bark island, Joequinna.
vbioli was lost near and
vere built at Wilmington, Del., for a
i mtos railroad.
A special of Monday from Jefferson
Jity. Missouri, says State Treasurer No
mil has been suspended. No cause foi
lie su pension is known, except tin
umor effect wltieli gained Noland some ere in deuce trouble Iu
he that was
ver hi* accounts with the state. Gi-v
arnor Frimci* is examining the books.
A special from Lamar, Mo., says: Dur
ing an entertainment tvbich was held at
short’s school, twelve miles of there, Sat
wday night, four men became engaged in
1 quarrel. Mrs. Henry Short, who was
present; witnessed f#f;»ted it, 11ml during Six its pro
gross shS and died. men re
ceived painful frcmnih in the course oi
the row.
It is reported from 8t. Paul, Minn.,
that the surveyors of the Great Northern
railroad have discovered a pass in tin
Koeky Mountains, near Mary’s Fork,
which opens the way into a rich and fer
tile country, through which no road ha*
ever penetrated. A line from Anaconda,
Mont., direct to San Francisco will In
ouilt at once.
A dispatch, on Tuesday, from emanating Guthrie,
I. T., rays: The press reports
fruit! Topeka, Kansas, concerning tiie al
leged schemes to colonize Oklahoma and
make a negro state, have greatly aroused
the settlers at Downs. A eecret organ!
zation there has decided to drive out th<
few negroes, and allow no more of that
race to beeaime settlers.
A Minneapolis, defeated Minn., dispatch Axel Paulsen says:
Hugh McCormick
in a ten mile skating race at YVhite Bear
lake on Saturday, The race was for the
world’s side—and championship Paulsen’s of speed championship skaters—
$400 a ’89.0 will.
medal. McCormick’s time was
Paulsen one-third of a mile behind. Fully
3,000 people witnessed tlie race.
’ Tennessee
Tiie suit brought by the
Coal. Iron and Railroad company against
John H. Inman as director, member oi
the executive committee and fiscal agent,
to recover $2,500,000 which, it, was al
leged, he, together with Nathaniel Bax
ter, Jr., arid A. M. Shook, wrongfully
appropriated, was discon iuued by mut
ual agreement at New Y T ork on Monday.
A bill before the Ohio legislative convicteo pro
vides that when any |>erson is
of a crime, it shall be the duty of tin
court to inquire if the person convicted
has a wife or any children under eighteen
years of age depending upon him for
support. If there are such persons, the
family is entitled to receive 00 cents per
Jay from the county for their support.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg, Rus
sia says: The GraManin comments oa
what it considers the lack of wisdom
shown by the powers that have consented
to take part in the labor conference at
Berlin, 'lhe conference, the paper be
lieves, will tend to add economic supe
riority to the military preponderance al
ready exercised by Germany over Europe,
and it is on this ground that it censures
the powers for giving their support to the
uroiuct.__
BOSTCN’8 LEGISLATURE.
KICKING against the enactment o»
A PROHIBITORY law.
A dispatch from Boston, Mass., says
^rtid^rThuJ^ajdumlnhmltuly^insI prohibitory law, and
enacting a straight license fe.
,iso against reducsiw the high committal
•f $1,500 to $500. The same
r.-noritedit extnsdient to appoint workings a of com tin
mission to investigate the
SNOW AND l£C.
A **!,7*»!AHT> IN NEW YOUR—REPORTS
OTHER POINTS,
A blinding snow storm set in at
York on Sunday evening accompanied by
a brisk south wind. The city was soon
covered with a mantle of white. Many
accidents, due to falls on the slippery polite
sidewalks, were recorded at th?
stations and hospitals before midnight.
The temperature fell gradually till mid
night, when iddeked it stood the at eighteen above.
The si'oiv street ear tracks
pretty cftectuall't, 'MeM, aSd Chefi tl*o ale
voted roads ritfd trains
were obliged to run slow because
of About the six blinding inches of snow storm level squalls. had
snow on a
fallen up to midnight. rivers Ferries compelled on both
East ami North were to
cafe.... proceed on A dispatch their trips from with Charleston, the greatest S.
C., says: it snowed here fob thres brain
Sunday morning, 'the Snow Incited, htavrij
however, as it fell.1...It showed
all day Sunday at Fortress ; Monroe Va.
The abovo thermometer registered 85 degrees
zero.
A very heavy snow storm has pre
vailed in the greater portion of New
England practical since Monday. cessation Dispatches the in
dicate a of storm,
at most points clearing, colder weather
following. Snow on a level has been
from twelve to eighteen inches.....From
St. Augustine, Fla. The weather is still
frosty, but it twenty-five is moderating. degrees The Monday mer
cury was at
night. Banana groves and early truck
gardens are badly badly damaged. nipped, and The
orange trees are in
some localities the trees have been killed.
There will txi a great loss on next sea
son’s crop, as the trees are all in bloom.
.....Moutiroinery Ala . reports thiit tua
coll weather has greatly ^ injured fruit
d * , JlWe ..
1^, t0 any ^ rrat C5tlcBt
coUon #t u||
Mollilo tbe fms , gatitrd iv, Sunday and
niorili ^ th o ‘hard
|rw . ze of Sunday merning,did much dam
age to growing truck crops in that local
itv.... Harrisonburg, Va., repoi 1 s liiat foi
I) il; l a ,( l’ortv-eight hours the weather lia
i )eul1 tbe eldest of the season. The mer
airy crawled down nearly to zero. It is
-.bought peaches, apples and small fruit
ire killed.
A BAND OF INCENDIARIES.
A MOONSHINE ORGANIZATION DISCOVERED
IN PlClvENS COUNTY, GA.
A moonshine organization has been un
curt heel in Pickens bound county, together Georgia, bj
whose members are
solemn oath for the protection of its it*
members, and the punishment of infomi
ts. “The hom st man’s friend and pro
lector,” is tlie tittle of the organization, and
m its roll ure twenty-seven sworn mem
crs. It has been in existence about a
,'our and already a mini enrol crimes ure
barged to i’.s nee,mint, the latest the burn
n g 01 three houses within the past two
aonihs. The burning of 11 government band.
LstiUery is also charged tiie organization to th s is
Fhe prime, object of
rile driving oat of the county all who are
supposed to have been guilty of the of
fense of aud giving information the to the revenue of in
iflicera ai*o for purpose
rimiduting witnesses. For some months
past the revenue officers have suspected
the existence of the elan, or a moonshine
irotherhood of some sort. Active mens
ares, however, were directed to the ter
reting out of the members and tlicii
strength until Inst December, when tbe
revenue, officers and county offici rs com
Lined to bring tlie offenders to justice aud
effectually break up their organization,
'l he ring-leader and eleven of bis asso
ciates are now in jail charged with arson all
and conspiracy, and the names of
other suspected the officers. members Two ure of in the the pos
session ot mem
bers’ of the elan laive turned states evi
dence, appearing beforfe tlie United States
district court at Atlanta, Ga., on
Wednesday, when the whole history and
workings of the organization were con
feased.
A CURIOSITY.
SCIENTIFIC MEN BAFFLED BY THE CASE OF
A PARALYTIC.
An Augusta, Ga., dispatch says: Tilt
scientific men iu this section are now
deep in ... inquiry over the , wonder , of , the .. .
mental world ut the 49th centu O
Major Perry, a mulatto, has been
discovered a few miles and from Augusta.
He is very illiterate, 1ms been para
ajr;pi–?cstRi5SS sts^ass–z-'Z
preachin" When an edifying sermon therefrom.
the trance passes off, he is entirely
unconscious of what bn has said or done
during his sleep. This is baffling tbe skill
ol scienjas .
DRY GOODS ABLAZE.
A LARGE FIRE IN NEW YORK—A LOSS
of $300,000.
The dry goods district of New Y’ork
was visited by a fierce fire Tuesday even
ing, which destroyed the five-story iron
front building, N . 892 Broadway, and
burned up everything loss of within $300,000. its walls, The
priucip involving losers a total M. – C. Mayer, im
d are
porters of hosiery and gloves, aud Beacon
– Eaton, manufacturers of fine umbrellas
and parasols. Tea firemen were s ighlly foi
injured. Damages are estimated as
lows: Mayer, $125,000; Beacon – Eaton,
$100,0U0; Brown Comb company, $25,
000' ty’- Harvey – Co., $25,000. Damage
to o building. $21,000.
X m ROBBED THE BANK.
A it ASK ED MAN COVERS THE CASHIER WTrll
TWO REVOLVERS.
A bold bank robbery occurred at Val
ley Fulls, Kan., Saturday evening. A
masked man entered Hicks – Gepphart’s
bank, about 5 o’clock, held up the cash
ier with two revolvers am! roboed tin
: bank, and attempted to escape Th
j town turned out five minutes alter th
i robbery in hot pursuit, overtaking tli
robber, who resisted arrest, and was in
NUMbCR 15.
DAWES tlANGS.
great crowds witness the
SELECTION.
ktnai.e op one o? most diaboi.jca’
MURDER* ever colt anIV th
south—the prisoner's nervE.
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fdic.k tfnwss fe te 1 tlie strength o t.
rtve-elgh'tf *•* w.ire-d rope at Birmingham.
Ain,, Friday at 1.’ wS'o’cWISk. Tbenang
ing was the nsmt #ensatii..is star uS!tero*i
ing ever known in Alabama, aw will
make onset tho most thrilling chapter.
in the c'ridsttei history of the state.
ujntS.6‘dfctf* plo had congregate a ct.nvd utiWtt of a daiusond the Wl, peo ant
an army of policemen vrak Oto doty t<
keep tutt" at a safe ilisfaJfcii. No
one was allowed to J>ass that tim
of officers except thoso wntr h id P' 1 **®’’
By 12 the crowd numbered neat 6-000
At 11 o'clock. Deputy Lockhart en
tered tbe jail and interrupted the dovo
tionatl etefeises king enough to read th.
death Warrant. \f lien (ho deputy in
formed IfawM of tho object of ins mis
sion, he 8811?: ‘Stand up, Dick." Hawe f
arose, and placing u!.f b'sW.la behind him.
looked the officer in the i*M. Then
Lockhart read the death warrant. Bft vet
hrarrd it through without a tremor 0
without moving a muscle. At a quartet
after tWeive Ed Griffin went upon tli v
scaffold, and’ adjusted the rope to th.
beam. It was made tight by aO iroi
staple. Griffin is tlis man who built thi
scaifold. Grifliu was a member of thi
jury that convicted Hawes. Griffin if
now one of Sheriff Smith’s deputies, and
helped to hang the man, whom he, as a
juror, said should die. Hawes went
upon the scaffold, accompanied by the
sheriff, a deputy, and the two ministers. _
He walked with a firm step. There was
less trepidation about him than about
any of the one hundred men in the in
closure, and it was apparent to all. His
nerve was remarkable, aud those who saw
Mb could not keep from admiring it.
THE PlU£Lf.MINARY ARIlANOEMIiKTS.
As I10 stepped to the front of the gal
lows, he moved his head to cue side to
avi >id the rope. Then as ho stood at the
front of tlie gallows, Sheriff Smith,
standing besido him, said: “Dick, have
you anything to sayi” mouth, Hawes and raised hi* hi -
right hand to his gave
m -u tache a twist. There was not a t.rem
or in the movement. Never in his life
did he twist that beard with a quieter crowd
nerve. Then looking over the
camlyheBaid: “I only have want written to sny to
tho congregation that of 1 this whole thing, 0111
a full statement
and it is a true one. I don’t want
any man in the world to think
that I died with a be on my
lips. That is all I have to say.”
Hawes walked to tho front of the scaf
fold, arid Sheriff Smith adjusted therope.
The prisoner was calm. There was no ex
citement about him. As the sheriff raised
the cap, Hawes said; “1 want you all t<
shun w liLky and vile women. I wish 1
had.” The cap was before adjusted, am
Hawes’s vision of those him wu
Shut out for ver. Just as the sheriff vvn
stepping back to give the signal string. to tin
I ri in the basement to pull let tlie stamf
Hawes called out: "Joe, me voice
hero a minute please, HLs wai
still and steady, but it was muffled to
the black cap. The sheriff waited a
minute and then began, “One—two- uttered
three.” As the word three was
the string pulled, the trap inch droppe I am
Hawes’s body went up an end or the two,an
then settled again at the drop of fell, and rope it
It was 13:58 when tho
fourteen minutes tho doctor- said be win
dead. The body was turned over to Mr.
Frank Ililburn, of Atluntu, and taken
home for burial.
THE WRITTEN STATEMKT.
The written statement Hawes has madi
is supposed to be in the hands of thi
printers. It was written by Hawes, and
was given to Col. Taliaferro, his attor
ney, by whom it was, on Fri
day, surrendered by Hawes’s directions
to some one to bo printed in book form.
The proceeds of the sales are to go to hit
boy. It consists of forty pages of hi;
life aud sixteen pages of the crime,
•Colonel Taliaferro has read it, and says
that it is the same story he told on tin
stand on February 18th last, the only dif
ference being in reference to May. OI
her he says be brought her to towu and
turned her over to the party named in the
6tatemcnti un( j that that party carried bet
;t0 t p e | a |je and put h r out of the way.
fha statement asserts that all were put to
death by J drowning. £
A F rl:D D v°'rrr , Y
re-** *■» ** k ;
,
fidelity on Saturday, muidered j' 1 ™
and Irene on Saturday. Their The
were found on Saturday.
/n Saturd^
opinion of the supreme court affirm
ing the decision in the case was written
on Saturday, and on Saturday bis body
was buried.
A CIGARETTE TRU8T.
the amf.rican tobacco company scoopi
a great cigarette manufactory.
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A apodal from Durham, N. C., of
Monday,says: It is now an established fact
that lhe gre .t cigarette manufacturing
concern of W. Duke, Sons – Co., has
sold its plant, as iu fact have all the othor
large cigarette factories in the country, to
the American Tobacco Company, which
has a capital of $5,000,000, to continue
the same business. The Durham factory
will be continued under the old man
agement.
THE _________ CASHItR bKlPPED
with $30,000 of the rank’s money in
ms POSSESSION.
A dispatch William Tuesday H. Pope, from teller Louisville of th
Ky., Louisville says: City National bank, abscondei
• in last S.iturd iy evening with $60,000 6
the bunk’s cash in his posaneaon. Noth
ng tns since been heard of him. Il i
supposed he is now in Canada. Tho bant
will uot be incouVeuienCed by the loss,
whrch will amount to not more thai.
*40.01)0. «» Pone furnished a .lilt-cito...
LViRY TUESDAY
-AT
ZEKTJLOS - - GEORGIA,
-BT-
I*,VT«rrY LEE,
* SPLENDID ADV^SmiTO AGENT.
A GREAT SCHEME.
»OR TB® RBI.rBP OP THE PARMER—EftNA
tor vance’b bill.
Senator Zeb Yanse, the of North Caro! house inn.
has Jttroduced into intended tipper relief ea
congress a novel blit, a* a
nicasuro for thefaftosrs. OOfyOOl) Br.effy outlined
like bill appropriates $50, for the
ereCticn of agricultural depositories the United or
wartfhousfs in each county in
gtHte » w j, ere t fc, sheriff and clerk of ***>
county may certify that of the average wuent, ttvew.
e mount per annum cotton,
corn. OM» and tobacco procftked las? niKt precd- so d
^ ««», for the
ij.g fysort exceeds the i.umt
o( $goO,OW affriw sit current ptfe*i
Thfl schem0 j, to owners of cotton',,
c-i.rn, etc., to deposit flto same in the
warehouse nearest the Jxii.’VS or produe
tioxr, and receive therefor treaewy 1: 0 «**
equal at the date of deposit to eigrff/ pc*
cent um of the net v#lue of such the products, Lading
based on price* torrent iu
cottotr, tobacco and grain markets of the
United Staff*. The bill authorizes the
0 f the treasury to prepare treas
nr ^. not ," a 8Uc i, amosmts us may bo re
^ u j re( j to p ug j nesSi tiw no notes so
prepared are to be of less denomination
tha * ^ n greater tlutfl 410.(Nt.
onB 0 Hr m
pji C6e ll0 tes are made receivable for cus
toin9( .,,,<1 are t o be legal tender for all
(j c i,ts, both private bill and liavo public,
Tho mnin ob j ecS of tbe is to the
g ovcrain ent lead me>uey to the farmers at
t j le j ov interest of one perccrituni ]>er
aunullj It will allow a farmer to bold
^ goods, if he cares to, for a better
tattr ket without paying the unlicensed enormous
r „t es cliavgetl by banks and
luonev lenders. It heads off all trusts
UU( [ combinations, and if it covild become
a i aw ujg suppogjtioa is that peace and
„| ent „ if uo f laxitr, - . would ones tribrt
abta i n ’throughout !i« ivnd.
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THE FARMER 3 TALK
THE FARMER’S ALLIANCE OF MINNESOTA
MEET IN CONVENTION.
The annual session of the Minnesota
Farmer’s Alliance met at Si. Paul
Tuesday, and nearly 400 delegate* to'Cturer were Fi»b
present painted dark Deputy picture State of how farmers
a
iire being rubbed by the • boards of trade
of Minneapolis and Chicago, which
raised or lowered the price of wheat as
they pleased aud held thestarving formers ired,
at their mercy. It was time, he O'd
that the big gambling hell in Chicago
was wiped out of existence, end if the
armers rose in their might this might
ie accomplished. YY. S. Grove.
county lecturer, followed in
t similar strain during the day.
ft developed that there were three 1 ac
tions in the convention, one favoring an
endorsement of Albert Shaffer, the re
publican candidate for governor, thf* **»
end wanted Merriam, the present gOV
ernor, endorsed, and the third wantec i the
Alliance to break awiiv Ignatius from all Donnelly parties.
They wanted to place
in the field on a Farmer's Shaffer Alie nee "'le 1.-101
reform platform. The p «M
11 power, aud will likely remain so.
There are no.v nearly 770 Alliances in
he state, with a total membership of ovei
400,000. __
THE SOUTH'* INVITATION.
DELEGATES OF THE INTERNATIONAL AMER
ICAN CONFERENCE.
The following invitation hns been sent
to each of the delegates to the iuteruati m
al American conference by Secretary
Blaine, through Executive Officer Will
iam E. Curtis; “The secretary of state
desires me to present iris compliments and
to say that the citizens of the southern
states are very anxious that before.returning the delegates
should visit that section
to their homes, aud have forwarded
through him many cordial invitations.
He also earnestly desires that the visit
shall be made, and lias directed me to in
vite you to participate in an exclusion
similar to that given in October myl No
vember last, to leave Washington imme
diately upon final adjournment of tho
conference, and to return here two or
three weeks thereafter. As considerable
time will be required I beg the to iavor make of necessary early
arrangements, an
acceptance."
A BANK ASSIGNS,
THE COUNTY OFFICIALS TUB PRINCIPAL
LOSERS—OUEAT EXCITEMENT.
The banking firm of C. L. Lewis –
Co., doing business in Winchester, Tub,
a town of- 8,000 inhabitants, closed its
doors Tuesday morning and made an as
signment. All of the county officials
made deposits with the bank, and conse
(pientlv are heayjjosers. The treasurer
will lose $3,500, the auditor $2,300 and
quite a number of other persons will lose
smaller amounts, ranging from $10 .) to
$1,000. The firm has been doing busi
ness for a number of years, and was re
garded as one of tho most substantial
banking bouses in the state. Great ex
citement prevails over the assignment
A TOWN DESTROYED
TERRIBLE RESULTS OF THE BREAKING
THE DASIS AT PHOENIX, A. T.
A Phoenix, A. T., dispatch says: dam show True
reports from Walnut Grove
cot’ elusively that the work of construction
was very faulty. The company’s safe
containing $1,000, which was taken six
miles on rushing waters, was recovered
Monday. Tlie steel bo.let used at th«
lower dam was found thirty miles below',
• rushed like a stovepipe. There are nc
traces to be found of cither of the dams,
i’he town of Sycamore mark is wiped its site. out, ! Ol
.me stone standing to
A STEAMSHIP SINKS.
AND CARRIES DOWN WITH HER ORB HUN
DRED PEOPLE.
A dispatch from London on Saturday
states that the British steamer Quetta,
which sailed from Coolatown, Quet-us
land, February 27th, for London, bis
been lost at sen. The re port of the Uiaa
of the Quetta is confirmed at Lba' J’s.
Advices received state that oue hundred
ives were lost. The steamer struck a
rock not shown on tbe chart at S o’clock
Saturday night near Sonwra t. iu .Torres