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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-15

Scientific Jones-"It is wonderful what
progress has been made in photography.
Even the spectrum of the corona of the
sun has been successfully photographed"
Tommy Jones-"I wonder if the pho
tographer had to shake rattle at the
spectrum to make itkeep quiet, like he had
to when our baby was photographed
TEXAS SJtings.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
Texas Believes i'm Mills,

GALVESTON. August 27.-Thc De-
mocratic Convention at Temple, Texas.
which to-day unanimously renominatcd
Roger q. Mills to Congress, adopted the
following resolutions:
Whereas, we, the Democrats ofthc 9th
Congressional district. have watched
with the kccncst interest the public acts
of Roger Q. Mills, our Representative in
Congress: BE it Resolved, That wo
view with pride and satisfaction his
great career in Congress as the leader OF
our party, and that we unpualilicdly en-
dorsc his position on the tariff and on the
sub-trcasury bill and his advocacy of the
free coinage of silver.
Resolved, That we are unqualiliedly
opposed to any system whicn converts
the Government into q loan and broker
age agent, and that we oppose the sys-
tenn of the Government lending money
on any commodity whatsoever. whether
United States bonds, silver, farm or
other products.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
Was 1t II Ghost?

GRANITvILLE, S. G. Aug. 27.-About
three or four weeks ago you recorded
the killing of two men near this place
by the Richmond and Danville railroad
trains. Abouta a week ago one of the
regular passenger trains came to a stop
just after passing this place or death
ground. The conductor asked what the
trouble was and learned from his engin-
eer that he had killed man "back
there Upon strict investigation they
concluded the engineer was mistaken
Last night special train from Augusta
passed the northbound passenger train
here. When they reached Vaucluse, a
town three miles north of this, the con.
ductor wired the conductor and engin.
eer of the northbound passenger train
to pick mp q man they had killed at q
certain place north of Graniteville
When the passenger train reached the
death ground" the whole crew and men
passengers engaged in looking for the
dead man. They could find nothing
that looked like man, dead or q live
but Engineer Williams, of the special
train, declared he knocked man off the
track, first throwing him upon the steam
chest of his engine. The railroad men
think it is "ghost. Augusta Chroni.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
Famine in Ireland.

DUBLIN, Aug. 2G.-At a meeting of
the National League here to-day, Timo.
thy NJ. Healy, referring to the potato
blight. said that nothing stood between
the people and starvation during the
coming winter. 1t might not bc legal
for tenants to withhold their rents
during the period of distress, but the
man who should pay his rent and leave
his family to starve would be little
better than an ass. He disliked to be
placed again in the position of men
dicant before Europe and America. II
it should he found necessary to appeal
to America and Australia no part of
the assistance thus obtained ought tC
go to any man who had paid rent dur.
ing the last twelve months.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
A Negro Revolt in Georria.

SANDERsvILLE, GA, Aug. 27.-The
Progress has learned of serious state
of affairs in certain sections of this
county. Our informant gave us the
information one day last week, and his
authority is an old colored woman. He
says that for several days past the ne,
groes between Sandersgiile and the
Hancock County line have been acting
In suspicious manner. They have
been congregating at different places
every night for some time past, and
their meetings have been conducted
with the utmost secrecy.
Drum beating can be heard, and pas
sers-Dy nave overheard the loud voices
OF the leaders addressing the assem-
blages. The white people living in the
sections where these meetings are held
nave become alarmed, fearing that the
negroes will at any moment take the
warpath against them. 1t is said that
a great many Winchester rifles have
Deen purchased by the negroes, and
thelr actions have every appearance of
foreboding no good to the whites.
Our informant states that an old ne
gro woman disclosed the intentions of
the negroes and explained the object of
the meetings. She said the negroes 90
through regular military drills every
night, and the drum is beat for them t(
keep time. The negroes seem to have
some i'll feeling toward the whites, anC
appear inclined to resort to firearms
and force.
VI course, the Progress does not
know whether the old woman's state.
inent can be accepted as reliable or not
out the matter needs investigation at
any rate.-Augusta Chronicle.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
Beats His wife to Death.

MACON, GA, Aug. GA crime OF
peculiar atrocity is reported from Chatta-
hoochee county. Mrs. Cook, wife of a
well-to-do farmer, died last week. She
had been in delicate health for long
time, but suspicion arose that her death
was not the result Of purely natural
causes. The body was exhumed and an
autopsy made, and an inquest held, re-
sulting in verdict that Mrs. Cook had
been beaten to death by her husband,
Henry Cook. 1t appears that the in
human husband brutally whipped his
wife while she was ill, causing her death.
There are fears of lynchino.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
a Noted Desperate.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, August 2o.-The
soldiers protecting Judge Lilly's court
at Hazard, Terry County, KY. captured
J. G. Jones. the noted bush whacker
from Knox County. yesterday, and
placed him in Jail at Hazard. "Clate''
Jones, as he is called, is credited with
having killed more men than any man
in Kentucky. Twenty-Five men is Il
modest estimate of the number said to
have been murdered by him. He is
said to have killed seven in one day.
ty war, and is the leader in the Knott
County war. He is under indictment
here for taking part in the fight that
resulted in the killing of Joe Eversole.
During the war he was a noted BUSH
| whackcr, and is said to have killed all
the Southern men he could find unpro-
| trected.
Numbering men, however, seems to
be only one of this mans talents. He
is said to he quite us skilled in stealing
horses, and has served the State five
years in the pcnitentiary for the eX er-
else of this talent. or course, in this
enlightened country, such distinction
is not unappreciated. Althoguh Knott
County is strongly Democratic and
"Col." Jones is strongly Republican. he
was Jailer of the county, and ut the re-
cent election was defeated by only nine
votes. "Col." Jones is now about sixty
years old, is 5 feet 10 inches high, and
weighs about 220 pounds.
buck" Fugitt was convicted of q
second felony yesterday and given one
year more in the penitentiary. This
was for aiding his brother in escaping
from the officers. This is the fourth
conviction of this court. Judge Lilly
is delighted with the progress he is
making and profuse in his praise of the
soldiers, for never did "boys" work
harder and to hetter effect
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
An Awful Crime.

The Birmingham Evening News says
that M. f. Smith, formerly of Birmins-
ham, but until recently an employee of
the Louisville and Nashville shops Mt
Decatur. is in Jail at the latter place on
serious charge. 1t is alleged that he
tried to drown his wife by throwing her
into a pond, in order to get s5, 900
insurance on her life.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
Killer by n Boiler Explosion.

MANSFIELD, o., Aug. 27.-The boiler
of a locomotive on freight train on the
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
railroad exploded this morning at s
miles East of this city. The engineer
Albert Graham of Gallon, and Fireman
Joseph Murphy of Urbana were instant.
ly killed and horribly mangled. The
fire was communicated to oil cars on the
train and fifteen were burned.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
DROWNING OF sEvENTY-sIx MEN.
Horrible Scenes at the Sinking of the
Oneida in Alaskan Waters.

S's" ~ AhNsNssh w NaICfS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, August 2S.-
Ihe first detailed story ofthe loss ofthc
ship Oneida and the drowning of seventy
six Chinese in Cooks Inlet. Alaska. are
given by John Ericsson, one of the crew
OF the wrecked vessel, who arrived i'm
thrs city on the schoon Campicr last
night.
1--WE sailed from hcre.n said he.
March %. On April &c foo came
down, and about nine O'Clock at night,
whcn we thought we were we'll out from
land, the shock came.
Tho water was flowing into the ship
ata furious rate and the order was given
10 get out the boats. The scene that
followed that order was simply terrible.
Two hundred Chinese fishermenssSxl
sssx. Ssss q apd sps s. s.
i; and cried He and kckesd 'kks and charged S,r cr
the boats, and had to be driven off the
deck by the crew. Some ran up into the
rigging, then down to the deck again.
They attempted to take possession of
the boats which by this time were man
ned.
1T was necessary to push out from
the side of the ship. 10 attempt to hold
them IN check was impossible. They
were like demons. Many of them leap
cd into the water and were drowned.
None of the white men were lost.
Twenty minutes after we struck
there was nothing to be seen on the shin.
She landed fairly on top of the rock and
was broken in two. AS the shin was
settling three dories were washed out
OF tho davits. There was a scramble
Tor them by the panic stricken Chinese,
but only four of them got into the boats.
1T was terrible to listen to the walls
of the doomed creatures. We could give
them no help. A number of them were
caught like rats in n cage and went to
the bottom on the Oneida. Thirty min
utes after the ship struck we were all in
the boats, and not sound could be
heard except the oars in the row locks.
We reached land safely, and when day
broke we went out to sec if we could
find any survivors. We found twelve
Cinnamon floating on the whcclhouse
two days later.
Three ofthe Chinese had managed to
reach the rock, but these were not found
until seven days later, and two of them
IN the meantime had perished from en-
posure. The third had found kec o
spirits and had kept himself alive on its
contents"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
sH, ca ae,szs !;

when organized, proceeded to adopt new
constitution, involving radical changes in
the fundamental law of the party, and to
elect new State Executive Committee
hereunder against the earnest protest of a
number of its members whose loyalty to the
party is beyond question; and whereas,
hfty-nine delegates from the counties of
Beaufort, Charleston, Georgetown, Rich
land and Sumter, after solemnly protesting
against such action and vainly imploring
the majority to pause in their usurpation of
power, were finally impelled by a sense of
duty to their constituencies to withdraw
from the Convention, being unwilling by
| their acquieScence to commit those whom
they represented to q precedent so danger
Gus:
And whereas, this unauthorized exercise
OF power by the majority of said Conven-
ton caused confusion in regard to the Or
gan1c law of the party and the Executive
committee of the same, which threatens to
increase the unfortunate differences preye-
liant and to produce still further division;
And whereas, ii is the deliberate judg-
ment OF this Conference that the action Of
SaAS GS2RHsesl2Ra IN ntReSse Ssspecjs WAS nat
null and void, and we therefore recognize
the constitution under which said Conven-
ton assembled as being still of binding
force and authority, and the then existing
executive committee as being still the right
full head of the party;
And whereas, in the anon alous social
and political conditions now obtaining in
South Carolina, which render the continued
supremacy of the white race i'm the control
and administration of the Government a
consideration of paramount Importance. to
which the interests of individuals and fac
tions should be unhesitatingly subordinat-
ed, we regard the restoration of political
harmony among our people as a high ne
ccSSity and cherish the hope that this may
be consummated through the exercise Of
mutual forbearance inspired by the broad
est patriotism;
And whereas. while condemning the lead
ers OF said ma ajority and reprObating their
methods we entertain only feelings of kind
ness towards our fcllOw-Democrats who
arc supporting them;
And whereas, the contest made during
the present campaign has been conducted
with view to its final decision in and by
the September Convention: Therefore, be
it reSOlved
1. That this Conference of Democrats
hereby puts on record its solemn and en-
phatic protest against the illegal and usur-
pat6Sy action of the majority of said Con-
vention as instigated by its leaders, and
condemn as unpatriotic the Incorporate
and violent methods of said leaders.
2. That the course of the minority of
delegates who withdrew from said Conven-
tion, in refusing to concur in or submit to
its illegal proceedings, is hereby approved.
The resolutions given above constitute
every result of the Conference.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
A LIE AND A BLOW
PASSED BETWEEN TWO REPUBLICAN
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.

Mason and Cannon Commence the Row
Wilson and Bcckwith becomes In
volVed I'm the Dispute ana the Lie and q
Blow Given.
WASHINGTON, August 27-In the
House this morning, after prayers, the
lard bill was resumed.
Turner again set out on his task of
consuming time, taking as his text Can
mons resolution of yesterday. Though.
ne proclaimed himself to be. in good
voice ho+sasunable TO proceed fonpd1
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
The Deadly Barbed Wire

1t is reported from Lexington, Mo-,
that on Friday eighty-five horses belong
ing TO A. j. Noting, which were in a
pasture near Higginsville, became scared
at passing train, ran into barbed
wire fence and literally tore themselves
to pieces.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05

TIE Georgetown Times says there
is no fear in any wise that the Repub-
llcan party, as at present constituted i'm
South Carolina, will ever capture any
thing. No one understands this better
than the Republicans who are among
MS"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05

Four Hundred Delegates Present, all the
Counties Except Three being Represent
mOny Adoptet.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-02
THE cALLIoPH.

According to telegram, 'fightning struck .
man in Springfield, O., killed him. burned the
sign OF . cross on his back, and then dug hole
IN the ground behind him the exact size and
shape OF grave" 1t is also rumored that the
electric bolt paid all the funeral exr enses, or
dered monument for his grave, aud offered TO
marry his widow; but this report lacks con-
hrmation. Norristotrn Herald
New York Editor-want Q position on our
stair Ell? What experience have you had7 APP
plicant-Twenfy years on Philadelphia papers,
sir ftor-Ah, see. John. John fofice boy)
Yes, sir. Editor-Ask the agricultural editor
If he needs an assistant--Ne0 York Weekly.
Mrs. o'Finn-Your goat don't look well, Mrx
O'Taf Mrs. OTaE-No. tn per haste! Last
Chewsd'y he saw tn feller thot WIS atm glass
bottles and windy psnes at Casey's sayloon. and
tn cratnr ID dying wild jillisy ivir sincei-Neso
York World.
One of the most striking examples OF increase
in the value of property is to be seen In the diff
ference between what jefferson gave for Louis
lana and what the lottery company has just
bargained to pay for it-St Louis Globe-Demo-
crdt
Customer Tin chep restaurant)-Waiter, bring
me napkin, please Waterfall in use ct pres
ent Cap but that chap with the heavy NOUS
tache eating soup over tsere will be through
with his soon -Drake's Magazine.
Some girls are pressed for time and others for
the fun OF it-Biagh champion Leader.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-02

The council has chosen Mr.. I4eander
Miller as councilman from the First ward
to ill the vacancy created by the election
OF Harry White to the mayoralty. This
was remarkable selection. Tor DIR. Miller,
though a CAPABLE man and an excellent
citizen, Is Democrat, and the council Is,
or ought to be, distinctly and decid-
eddy Republican. It is certainly
extraordinary that Republican members of
the council should invite Democrat into
that body in spite of the wishes of the Re-
publicans OF the First ward, whose prefer
ence for gentleman of their own political
faith had been openly and Enthusiastically
expressed.
1t should be borne in mind that Mr..
Miller is invited into the council. not to
represent the personal wishes or peculiar
ideas OF Mr.. Phillips, Mr.. Wailingford. Mr..
CalIigan or Mr.. Hull. but to represent the
people OF the First ward. That he was not
the choice Of those people Is clearly shown
from the fact that at q primary election at
which more than three hundred votes were
cast. not one was for him. Under such
circumstances his selection is an affront to
those whom ne must regard as his con-
stituents.
The course OF Councilman Phillips in
this matter should not escape comment.
Less than three weeks ago Mr.. Phillips was
chosen to fill his present position. He was
elected as a Republican. on Republican
ticket and by Republican votes. In stand
ing as republican candidate, he virtually
pledged himself to act with the Republican
party. Already, however, We find him
voting to seat a Democrat in the council
in spite of the unanimous wish OF
the Republicans of the ward
which he will be expected to represent.
Mr.. Wallingford and Mr.. Hall were elected
on non- partisan ticket and, of course,
owed no party duty in the matter. Mr..
Calligan is Democrat. was elected on the
Democratic ticket and voted for Demo-
crat as Democrats always do. 1t is only
Republicans such as Mr.. Phillips
who ask and receive help from
their friends only to turn about and
bestow favors upon their enemies. Mr..
Hull and Mr.. Twichell voted in harmony
with the wishes of the party which elected
them, and Mr.. Mckenzie voted in harm
ony with his political convictions, which
are not such as to incline him to put Dem
ocrats in command of Republican ship.
Mr.. Phillips is the one member of the
council who has been found wanting. His
action Is. to say the least, painful sur
prise to those who nominated and elected
him
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-02
The Slow Growth of Oregon.
Denver Republican.


The slow growth of the state of Oregon is one
OF the surprising facts in the history OF the
Northwest. Oregon was admitted into the
Union in the year 1852 Il then had O popula-
ton OF about 5o,t0l Its population now is esti-
mated 70 be only about 10000. In 1870 the
population of the state was not quite $1,000 OF
Il csc more than $4,000 were natives OF the
United States. and more than 81 1000 were born
in Oregon. These igur. taken from the census
of 1870 so to exp ain in part why Oregon has
grown slowly, for the conditions which gave
rise to these statistics have not radically changed
since that year. In short, Oregon has derived
but little benefit from immigration Its growth
has been to very large extent due to the natural
increase in the populat on. unaid by
the settlement within its borders of people from
elsewhere. But this is not likely to be true of
the decade upon which we have entered. Emil
grafton is setting so strongly toward the North
west that great deal of IL viii find its way to
Oregon, although the objective point OF the
majority OF the emierapts is the Puget sound
country. Oregon is staie of great natural re-
sources Ii contains about $500 square miles
One-third of its area lies west of the Cascade
mountains, and their fore Joys the benefit OF
moist climate. The Willamette valley near
the lower end OF which the city os Portland
stands. could of itself support million people
Esstern Oregon partakes in q measure OF the
climatic conditions OF the arid region, but agri-
culture can be pursued in many parts OF Eastern
Oregon without irrigation, and great deal of
il is valuable as q stock country.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-02
An Electric Proboscis.


"what was the matter with the electric lights
last night"
Nothing serious, my boy. Colonel visseher
came To town at midnight, and when the eiec-
trio lights heard of il they just snuffed them
selves out"
''who 10 Colonel visseher, papa. Is he bad
man who loves the Garks'
mo, 10. my son. On the contrary, he dispels
the dark"
But why should he put out our electric lights,
then, papa. II he is good msn?"
my son. yoa must know that this is not an
age of competition bul of combination. II is an
age Of trusts. nay lad. Now, Colonel visscher is
walking trust on sweetness aud light, aud the
consequence Is that wherever he appears all
lesser ights Immediately pale aud go out, and
all Swee, things fiutter and hover about him.
Do you understand, my SOM"
Hardly"
"Well, then. take this half-iollar and go see
the colonel for yourself tonight at Concordia
hall. You'n catch on then, my lad, 10 why the
lights went out when this good man came"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-02
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