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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
Cycling Across the Continent.

New BEDFORD, May 24.-Allpn w.
Swan, member Of the New Bedford Cycle
Club and resident Of Dorchester. started
from this city to-day on a cycling trip
across the continent 10 San Francisco. He
Will go across Nevada by train on account
of the sandy plains. He expects to be
little over one hundred days on the trip out.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
Secretary Blaine's Condition.

New YORK, May M.-Secretary Blaine
arose this morning, ate a heavy, hearty
breakfa st, and sat up during the morning
His feet ave almost recovered their normal
condition, and his appetite is unlmpaired
He is cOnYalCsc ing rapidly.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
The French Derby.

PARIS, May 24-The race under the aus
pices of the Prix de Jockey Club French
Derby was run to-day and won by NJ. r.
Dem0rbtFs three-year-old Ermak, NJ.
Camille Blane's three-year-old Lehardy
second and Baron A. de Schiekler's three
year-old lie Capricorne third.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
RUSSIAN TYRANNY:
A Jewish Banker Ordered to Leave Moscow
in Twenty-four Hours

LONDON. May PA Times Moscow cor
respondent says: The well-known Jewish
fnancier, Herr Goldberger. Director of the
International Bank at Berlin, who re-
Gently arrived here to establish
branch Of the Berlin house, was
ordered by the police to quit the city in
TWEEN ty-four hours. The friends OF the
financieT got the order rescnded. but Gold
berger departed ia disguise.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
Missing Treasurer and Funds.

ALTON Qll), May 24.-Peter Greenwood.
Town Treasurer Of Upper Alton for eight
years, has not been seen for weeks A hur-
ried examination of his books shows q
shortage of $4,000.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
VOID LICENSES.

Important Decision of Circuit Judge in
Liquor Case.
KANSAS CITY, May 24.-Judge Field of
the Circuit Court rendered a very important
decision yesterday based on the Dram shop
Act of 1889. The case is an Injunction pro-
ceeding brought by adjoining property
owners TO close saloon. The Judge made
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
THE THIRD PARTY.
The Probable Organization Of a Central Com
mittee at Milwaukee

mlttee az MILWAUKEE,.
MILWAUKEE, May 24-It is probable
that tie first organization of the Central
Committee If the Peoples party in accord
with the platform adopted in the con-
yentiOn at Cincinnati took place in this
city this afternoon. The Citizens
Alliance in its meeting resolved itself into a
Central Club, and the officers of the Citi-
Zens' Alliance were to acJ as officers of the
Central Club pro TEN, and the constitution
of the alliance was adopted as a temporary
substitute for tie clnb.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
Mythical Sword Costs Seventeen Lives
When Inhn RrnMn want To ennnnar fhf

When John Brown went to conouer the
South with twenty three men, he believed
that the less he trusted arms of flesh the
more jehovah might be depended on to un-
sheathe his sword. The only other sword
Brown considered worthy to be used by the
Almighty was that which Washington was
Great. One of Browns men Cook came as
spy to Bel Air, aud was Hospitality shown
the Washington relics, Tor which he in
quired. Brown told Colonel Washington,
after taking him prisoner, that he wished TO
get hold of the sword because it had been
used by two successful Generals. The
superstition cost him dear. In order to
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
The Brazilian Ministry

Rio JANEIRo, May 24.-The Ministry has
been modified as follows: Justice. Car
valo; Finance. Brazil; Interior. Araripe:
Ports and Ielegraph. Senior CaYalcanta
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
THE AFRICAN CONFLICT.
Confirmation Of the Report of a Fight On the
Pungue River

LONDON. May "a. j Lord Randolph
Churchill cables from Cape Town q graphic
account of the recent conflict between
Portuguese and British on the Pungue
River, The collision occurred near
Massikessi May 18th between a P0r-
tuguese force and the British South
African Expedition Compsny's police. The
Portuguese force numbered $50 Europeans
and 900 natives, with four guns. The South
Africa Company's police numbered sixty,
and they had only one gun. The Portu-
guese were repulsed and seven OF them were
killed and large number wounded.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
THE WORLDS FAIR.

An Assurance that the Argentine Republic
Will Be Fully Represented.
WASHINGTON, May 24.-The Bureau Of
American Republics furnishes the follow
ing;
The newspapers of Buenos AyreS contain
an elaborate account of the presentation to
President Pellegrini of the Argentine Re-
public OF DR.. Bertolett, special Commits
sioner In the interest OF the Worlds Fair.
The President assured DR.. Bertolett that
the Argentine Republic would be fully rep
resented
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
Mrs. ]. G. Blaine Jr.

NEW YORK, May 24.-Mrs. James G.
Blaine Jr. returned to this city from South
Dakota to-day to consult counsel about a
divorce. She will return to Sioux Falls in
few days.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25

get the sword Brown detached six men I'd
60 after it, five miles away. He thus lost
half day. and all chance of escape. Sew
enteen lives were sacrificed as on an aItaH
before the mythical sword.-M. D. Conway
in Cpnturv
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
RIBOT's DEMAND.
The Gear Will Visit the French Exhibition
at Moscow.

PARIS. May 4.-Ribot, Minister Of For
eign Affairs, excited over the contretemps
which mpeTiled the Cars visit to the
French Exhibition al Moscow, wired to the
ST. Petersburg Embassy, insisting upon the
immediate disposal Of the difficulty at any
cost. A response was received at the For
eign Office to-day that the matter had been
settled and the Gar and family wOulG start
fOr MogeoW to-morrow
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
Two Steamers Sunk in Collision.

LIVERPOOL, May 24.-The steamers Les
teris and Mercy colided to-day in the Riyer
Mersey and buth were sunk, four people
being drowned.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
This Can Be Taken Cum Grano Sal

Mad River, which runs through Winsted,
Conn.,, is the home Of suckers, soma speci-
mems weighing seven and eight pounds hav-
ing been speared here this season. But one
caught by little Johnny SWEET recently
beats the record for the 0ddity of its cap
ture. The river runs back OF the Beardsley
House. and is common dumping ground
for old tin cans ana such rubbish. Little
Johnny noticed an awful rumpus in the
shallow water near the bank. and was as
founded at the strange spectacle nc saw.
1t was a can about the size Of the ordinary
salmon can, swimming up the stream as fast
as it could 90. occasionally humping against
rock, then becoming stranded in the mud.
lie got pole, and by sKillul effort he
directed the can close to the shore where he
could Wade in and get 1t. 1t proved to be a
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
BLOODY ENCOUNTER.
Four Prominent Farmers Fatally Wounded in
Free Fight.

CALERA (Ala.). May 24.-In free fghs
last night with knives and pistols Fred In
gram, Henry Alexander, Joe Allen ana BOD
Allen we re fatally wounded. The trouble
gram and Joe Aliens vile. When the two
men met on the street last night they conl-
menced firing at each other and were soon
re-enforced. The men are all prominent
farmers.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
There is a hoy and q girl in an A lIPpan

(Micb.) family who are twins, but most re-
markably ll-mated. They are 8 years old.
and the girl weighs 40 pounds and the boy
40, and at birth the boy was the larger Of
the two. The girl is as fully developed as
the ordinary girl of Is, and her arm meas
ures II inehss around the largest spot
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
BOTH KILLED.

A Fatal Duel With Revolvers Between Two
Drunken Farmers.
WASHINGTON Qnd.). May 24.-Laf
Sprnkles and William johnson, neighbor-
ing farmers. went to Petersburg yesterday.
Returning home intoxicated they quarreled,
and each drawing revolver they fought a
duel. johnson soon fell dead with three
bullets in his body and SprinkIes died
shortly afterward with a bullet in his left
side,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25
Struck Paw Streak.

BONNEVILLE. May a. - The Young
American Company yesterday struck some
favorabe-looking rock in No. tunnel.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-25

A Reynoldsville (Ga.) man has elected
from his left nostril piece of knife-blade
an inch long. When ten years old he was
stabbed In the cheek by playmate, but he
was un aware that a part of the blade re-
mained in his flesh.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-19
THE MONEY REFUNDED.
The Gold Erick Swindler Goes Free-Ghe
Attorney Generals Decision.
Aiken Recorder.

By the consent Of the Attorney
General, upon the payment Of all costs
and expenses to the State and county
incurred in the eXtradition and iuI-
prisonment Of the defendant, William
Harper, alias H. S. Hall, and also the
payment to Messrs. Weathersbee, Ken
nedy & Easterling of the $1,000 obtain
ed from them under false pretenses, he
was discharged, it being agreed that he
was never again to enter the State Of
South Carolina, upon the condition if
he did he would he rearrested upon the
same charge. The matter being simply
a misdemeanor, the State being saved
from loss, and the money being repaid,
it is very clear that the consent Of the
Attorney-General is the proper thing.
We congratulate Messrs. Weathersbee,
Kennedy & Easterling on their success
and the success of their attorneys in
getting their money, and We are salts
fled that if man ever goes about Will
liston again and says ''gold brick" he
will be shot outright. 1t is settled
fact that the money has been paid over
and that Harper is gone, and so endeth
the chapter. We have 1t second
handed that the money paid over by
the friends of Harper amounted to
s., 200. Harper was taken in irons on
the AS train to Augusta Monday after
noon, and the money was paid over
there and is now IN the Bank of Aiken.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-19
Ip+erestine Facts About the Phosphate
Premiums.

Recently the Columbia Phosphate
company made a very liberal offer Of
several premiums to be competed for by
the farmers of the State at the next
State fair. The following communica-
ton received by Col. Thos. W. Hollo-
way, secretary Of the State Agricultural
and Mechanical Society, with his reply
thereto, was given for publication, as
the information, as the information
contained in the letter will be Of inter-
est to all the farming class:
FORT NOTE, S. c., March I, 1891.
DEAR SIR:-In competing for the
prize offered by the Columbia Phos-
phate company, are competitors allow
ed to use any other grade Of fertilizer
than those regularly manufactured by
the company? I would like to have a
special fertilizer prepared by the COM
pany if such is allowable.
Let me hear from you at once.
Respectfully,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-19
TIE EyER-READY SELF-CoCKER.
Theodore Allen Woundec by stray Shot
Fired in a Hampton Row.
Especial to News and Courier. I

Special to News and Courier.
HAMPTON, S. c., March 14..-After
the inspection by Gen. Farley yester-
day ball was held in the graded school
building. About o'clock p. m. a diff
Guilty arose on the street near the school
house between Charley Harrison, a lad,
and a young man named Abe Ruth,
son of Ex-Sherif A. NJ. Ruth. Harri-
sons brother took Charley's place, and
in the fight that ensued punished Ruth
severely, at least so say eye-witnesses.
Friends of both parties interfered and
separated them.
A few minutes after the fight ended
the parties left in different directions.
Three, some say four, shots were fired
in quick succession, evidently from a
self-acting pistol, all shot by the same
party. A young man named Theodore
Allen, who had just left the ball room
and had no connection with the diff
Guilty, was shot, unintentionally, of
course.
The ball entered the right breast
about one or one and a half inches to
the right of the nipple. The physicians
have been unable to locate the ball or
to form any idea of its direction.
Young Allen was carried to DR.. S. F.
Rays office, where he was attended by
Drs. Ray and J. B. Harvey. This
morning DR.. Folk, Of Brunson, was
called in. The physicians think the
wound is an exceedingly dangerous
one, but not necessarily fatal. Young
Allen is now at Mauldin's Hotel. His
mother and stepfather are with him.
Allen is perfectly conscious and, though
suffering instensely, talks calmly about
the unfortunate affair. He says that
Abe Ruth shot him.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-19
Northern manufacturers Will Move their
Mill to Beaufort.
lS;pe.ialto News and Courier.

Especial to News and Courier
BEAUFORT, March ia very im-
portant transfer Of real estate vas made
here yesterday, and. if it turns outas
has been predicted, it will add much to
the prosperity of this section. a tract
of land containing three hundred and
fifty acres, owned by S. w. Rowland,
fronting upon Battery Creek, was sold
through Mr.. James VI. Crofut for S10,-
0GG to Messrs Fayden & Hunt, of Bos
ton, Mass. The purchasers are largely
interested in extensive cotton manu-
featuring plants in the New England
States, and they propose to remove the
machinery of one Of their mills down
here and erect a large and suitable
house to receive it on the property pur-
chased
The total amount of capital to be
invested by these gentlemen will be
s2O0,OO0. The work of ofconstructing the
necessary plant will be commenced
shortly. In reply to a question from
the News and Courier reporter, the
representative of the firm stated that
they intended to utilize local labor,
which would be much cheaper than
imported labor.
1t is runored that other real estate
transfers equally as important as the
aoove will be shortly consumated,
which will open the eyes of those in
terested N the prosperity of this Sec
ton.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-19
NO FINE FEATHERS FOR THEM.
Alliance Congressman will Shun Fashion
able Society.

WASHINGTON, March S.-The Farm
err Alliance Congressman are not
going into society. Representative
Jerry Simpson, being asked to-day
how the Alliance men will act towards
the fashionable society of Washington,
replied:
This is a matter Oh which there is
decided opinion. The Farmers ALI
ance members are simple, honest folk,
and their Representatives in Cong IS,
| can assure you, are not going to put
on any fine feathers and ape the man
ners of the rich. We shall return, as
far as possible, to the primitive order of
things. You must not get the impress
sion, however, that we are an uncouth
lot of people, who delight to parade
poverty, as has been so often been rep
resented by our opponents. We shall
dress respectfully and decently, but
will not run to the extreme of dress
suits, diamonds, etc. Neither, on the
other hand: are We likely to appear at
a Presidents reception in a flannel
shirt and hobaail shoes.
you can publish the fact as widely
as you wish that the representatives Of
the Farmers Alliance in Congress do
not propose to be led away into any
social dissipation. We expect to live
comfortably but unostentatiously, and
will not allow any frivolous society
claims TO Interfere with our duty to the
country and to our constituents. We
do not take much stock in public din
ners, receptions, etc. Those of an
official character We shall probably at
tend, and it would not be surprising if
We should attend in ordinary dress, as
very few if any of US possess what
society seems to reIuire-a dress suit.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-19
PRICE Sl.5O A YEAR

cattle than men. There is now even &
syndicate on the tomb of Washington
it costs 81 to go to Mt. Vernon and
25 cents 70 beer garden just opposite.
Luther reformed the Church from
the outside; the Republican party re-
formed the Wing and the Democratic
parties from the outside, and the time
has come when we must reform the
Democratic and Republican parties
from the outside. We took in the la
dies in the Alliance because they are
the best moral force in the country,
and we won by them in Kansas. The
way to get these reforms is to send men
to Congress who represent your views"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-19

to encourage vice, since the evil ana
the good are to receive equal measure
of praise and glory.
We DE- not know why it is that wo-
men are held less strictly accountable
for what they say than are men, unless
it be that they are more in sublectlon
TO social customs that require a certain
amount of insincerity from them.
There are certain number Of polite
phrases current in the social world that
all use, whether they mean them or
not, unless they are willing to be
thought ridiculously prudish for OBJ
iecting to speak what is untrue. Now,
most women are desperately afraid OF
committing a solecism, or OF being
laughed at, and SO they go on repeat
ing, parrot-like, the remarks that po-
liteness requires them to make about
being delighted, charmed, glad or sorry,
even though their feelings are just to
the reverse of their words. If they
think at all of the untruths they are
telling, they console themselves by the
reflection that no one attaches any real
value to these phrases. They will bid
a servant say they are not at home to
an unweleome visitor, and yet be un-
welcome visitor, and yet be unreason-
ably angry if that same servant tells
them falsehood about household al
fairs. It is sometimes argued that
"Not at homen is a conventional way
of saying 1t is inconvenlent to see one;
but probably the domestic is not capa-
bic of making these fine distinctions,
and he thinks that since you have or
dered him to tell lie on his own ac-
count if occasion serve.
Each of US has in his mind, unless
he has been very unfortunate IN life,
the memory of some women he has
| known from whose lips he never heard
the slightest prevarication, and we are
sure it is to this type his ideal woman
belongs. They might be thought old
fashioned in these times for not telling
social untruths; but it was very sweet
old fashion, that Of always speaking
the truth, and we hope that in 1.-The
circle Of eternal change" the time will
soon come when it will again be 1.-The
| style"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-19
Blair Not Likely to Venture 1t.
[Chicago Herald.]

It is pretty we'll understood that ex-
Senator Blair will not go to China as
the Minister of the United States.
While it perhaps is true, as Secretary
Ho of the Chinese Embassy to this city
declared, that no protest against Mr..
Blair has been cabled hence to Pekin,
it is known that members of the lega-
ton have privately expressed the opin-
ion that if Mr.. Blair does go to China
his recall will be asked by the Imperial
Government. Not until his arrival
there will any steps be taken to express
the displeasure of that government.
Under the circumstances Mr.. Blair can
hardly aft rd to 60 to China.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-19
PALMER ELECTED SENATOR.
Cost, Fifty Days, Time. One Hundred ana
Eifty-four Ballots and Some S15O,ooo-

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March ll.-At
l22I, the one hundred and fifty
fourth ballot, John NJ. Palmer was
elected United States Senator. Cockrell
voted for him. Evans was the only Re
publican who voted. Taubeneck, r. NJ.
B. A., also refused to answer to his
name.
At 1890 the Republican absentees an
swered to their call, and proceeded to
vote for Lindley.
Great excitement prevailed. = MEM
Der on the Republican side wanted to
"do up" some Of his colleagues. The
one hundred and fifty-fourth ballot re-
suited as follows: Palmer 1O3, Lindley
100, Streeter l. Taubeneck voted for
Streeter.
Atl2.40 Palmer was declared elected,
amid intense excitement.
The fight over the senatorship lasted
fifty days, and has cost the State $780,
900.
GEN. PALMER WAS THE BEST CANDI-
DATE IN THE CONTEST.
WASHING ron, March 12.-President
Polk of the National Alliance, declined
this morning to express his views on
the election in Illinois of Gen. Palmer
to the Senate, and the position of the
three Alliancemen in the recent contest
in Illinois, further than to say that it
appeared to him to have fight be-
tween the Republican and Democratic
parties, rather than contest between
those two parties and tie Alliance.
The Alliance, he thought, had fought
manfuEy for principles, and though
they had not been victorious in send
ing a. Farmers Alliance man to the
Senate, he believed that Gen. Palmer's
election would generally be regarded
with more favor than that of any other
candidate.
President Polk said further that he
knew of no promises being made by
Gen. Palmer as to his policy in the
Senate on any questions whatever.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-19
REPLY.
PoMARIA, Newberry county, S. g.,
March g. 1891,

PoMARIA, Newberry county, S. c.,
March 9, 1891.
DEAR SIR am in receipt Of your
postal as to the requirements OF the
committee of this society in the use OF
the Columbia Phosphate company's
fertilizer to be used in competition for
the premiums offered by that company.
I quote the rule bearing on the case:
"For the largest yield of cotton upon
one acre of land manured with fertl-
lizer manufactured and sold by the
Columbia Phosphate company, S2O"-Oo.
Same requirement as to second largest
yields, 1 beg to call your attention to
section of the rules:
Each competitor shall make to the
secretary Of the society written state
ment under oath, setting forth in detail
the character and the quality of the
land cultivated; the name or variety OF
seed planted; the brand of fertilizer; the
amount applied and mode Of applica-
ton: the system Of cultivation and
manner of harvest; the gross yield of
seed cotton and the total cost of the
crop. This statement shall be filed
with the secretary of the society on or
before a da:e TO be hereafter fixed,
notice of which will be given to each
competitor by the secretary"
No specified grade of the goods is
given, but take it that either one OF
the brands made by the company
should be used in competition, as all
competitions should be on the same
footing in the use ofthe published grade
of the goods manufactured by the Co
lumbia Phosphate company. "a fertl-
lizer manufactured and sold by the
Columbia Phosphate Co.." might be
construed as to the use of any fertilizer
manufactured by that company, but at
the same time the rule says "manu-
featured and sold by the company" 1t
appears that land sold" would re!er to
the brands of goods advertised for sale
by that company, showing a certain
analysis Of the fertilizers manufactured
by the Columbia Phosphate company
Yours very truly,
THOs. w. HOLLOWAY, Sec.
The phosphate company announces
that the premiums are offered for the
best yield made with any Of their fertil-
izers whatever, entirely without refer
ence to the brand.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-19
A Presidential Possibility Welcomed in
Florida.
FLORIDA Times-UniOn.
COmptrol.er General South Carolina

General Alger drove up to one of the
railroad offices this morning, alighted,
and went in. He wanted to find out
something about transportation, and
the agent said: what is your name,
sir?" General Alger," was the reply.
"Well," said the agent, Pm glad
you're a General, cause these Florida
woods are just full of Colonels."