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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-08-14
Fifty.one Miles Sho. ter.

In the completion and operation of the
South Bound railroad to Colombia, and
it, connection with the Richmond &
Danvillc railroad at thst point the dis
tance IRON Savannah 10 New York will
hc sscncd tifty-oac miles over the pres.
cnt mileage Of The Atlantic Coast Line.
The Coast Line mileage now Is nine hun
dred and eighty one, and the South
bound aud the Richmond and Danvilc
eight hundacd and sixty-scven miles.
The famous vestiDule ;Ian of the Rich
mond & Dauvillc now leaves New York
at 3:20 p. m. and reaches Charlotte
N. c., the next morning at 7:15 From
Cha,lo. to Savannah via Columbia and
the South Bound, the DISTANCE is two
hundred and ii:y-three IN a..siH...u..l
should bc made easily in nine hoGiI
making it possible t, leach Savannah ut
3:45 the next afternoon, o. little more
than twenty-five hours out. the present
time bv Inc fast maii train, No. 81 OF the
Coast Line, is about twenty-six hours.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-08-14
Notes of Foreign Happenings

Hawaiian newspapers announce tina,
the Hon. J. Mott Smith has succeeded
Widcmann MS Minister Of Finance.
The Car and CZarina Of Russia, the
Grand Duke Alexis, and the Minister of
War have started for Finland. They will
make the journey in the imperial yacht
Dcrjava
A committee of the Argentine Senate
has approved bill authorizing provis-
sional issue of so, COO, 900, and the cs.
tabIishmcnt Of the Argentine National
Bank TO Iquidatc the affairs Of the pres
ent National Bank.
The Commission appointed by the
Pope to investigate the recent losses to
the It. Peters Pcnc, fund have already
found deficiency, which is said tc
amount 20 10000, 900 lie. The Com
mission has not yet cot cluded its in
vcsticatiOns
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-08-14
A Cruel Joke on a Bank.

CAFE MAY, y. j., Especial. The
foolish joke of u II year old boy started
run on the Cape May branch Of the
New Jersey Trust and Safe Deposit Co !,
of Cambridge, and the joker il now in
Jail i'm default of one thOue and dollars
bail He told an old colorcd employee
Of the Stockton hotel that the bank was
broke, and the old man ran for his cash
telling other dcpositors as ne IAN why
he wcst. The rumor flew rapidly and a
crowd sool collected asking for their
money The true state Of the case was
made known and by noon the run had
ceased. This is Cape Mays busy season
and deposits were very heavy, but the
bank SSlfct,s nave prepared themselves
-for~1nv~rurYrer-r -rvfttrct-ur- cr,rrusC.
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Nine-Million Dollar Railroad
Record.

CHARLESTON, s. c., !Sp cial The
biggest railroad deal of the century has
just developed here. A. B. Morton,
vicc-president of the Cincinnati and
Cape Fear railroad, who was here last
week, had recorded in Brrkcly county II
mortgage for $4,000, 900 on property of
that road. The pr je t is to run the
road from Norfolk to Charleston cast Of
the Atlantic Coast Line, enter ng the
city on bridge across the Cooper river,
crossing Ashley river and going down to
Savannah.
The company now controls III line
built from Norfolk to Southport, N. c.,
and is engaged in constructing line
from Southport to Conway, S. c. From
there the road will be extended via
Georgetown down to Charl, ston. The
company has purchased the franchise OF
the Mount Pleasant and Little River rail.
road with all the necessary land grants.
The new road will, it's said, give the
shortest route north and west now in ex-
istenCe
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Thirty thousand toas, or two thousand
carloads, of staff will be used in the con
struction of the main buildings of the
Exposition at Chicago. 1t has been de-
cided that all Of the buildings will be
faced with this material. Staff was in
vented in France about 1876, and first
used in the buildings OF the Paris Expo.
sition in 1873. 1t is composed chiefly
of powdered gypsum, the other constt
uents being alumni, glycerine and dex-
trine. These are mixed with water
without heat, and cast in molds in any
desired shape and allowed to harden.
The natural color is murky white, but
other colors are produced by external
washes, rather than by additional ingre-
dients. To prevent brittleness the ma
terial is cast around coarse cloth, bag
ging or oakum. The casts are shallow
like, and about half an inch thick. They
may be in any form-in imitation of cut
stone, rock, faced stone, holdings. or
the most delicate designs. For the low.
er portions Of the walls the material is
mixed with cement, which makes it hard.
Staff is impervious to water, and is a
permanent building material, although
its cost is less than onc-tenth of that oi
marble or granite.
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FUSION IN LOUISIANA.
The Anti-Lottery Democrats and
Farmers Alliance to Unite
On Ticket.

New ORLEANS, Especial. The con.
ference between the Farmers Alliance
and the entilottery Democrats, at La.
fayctte, has resulted in an agreement by
which Joint ticket will be nominated
The Farmers Alliance will name the
Governor, Treasurer, and the Superin-
icndcnt of Public Education, and tho
Anti-Lottery League, the Lieutenant
Governor, Auditor, Attorney General,
and Secretary of State.
These nominations are to be made by a
Convention elected by all white voters
who ere opposed TO the lottery and after
ward submitted TO the Democratic State
Convention. The Alliance endorsed this
agreement, and at once nominated T S.
Adams, its President and State Com
missioner OF Agriculture, for Governor
The campaign will be made almost alto
gether on the lottery issue.
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RUMORS OF A TREATY
Between France and Russia as q

Between France and Russia as q
2 sIa result q s6sls;;g tho ssas6e sgisss & sttztns
I lnsr,@-:,.,.lAAX-.rYxSla
French. feet 10 Cronsra1dS<O the cloae
friendship between Russia aud France
continue to be circulated in all classes ol
society, and there Is much conjecture as
to what the outcome of conferences bc
tween the representative, Of the two
nations will b".
lie Pax publishes mn article which, if
true, will put IN cnd 10 all conjecture
That paper says Baron Mohrcnhcim,
the Russian ambassador 10 France, las
received dispatch from the Rusfian for
cign minister announcing that II treaty Of
alliance between Russiaand France has
been signed.
CHANGING FRENCH DIPLOMATS
The journal official announces the fo!-
lowing changes that have been made in
the French Diplomatic service. Count
dc Mantcbello has been appointed to
succeed NJ. DC Labaulagc rs ambassador
TO Russia, NJ. Comban, at present am
bassador to Spain has been transferred to
Constantinople, where he will represent
France at Court Sultan He, as before
announced, will he succeeded at Madrid
10y NJ. Theodore Roustan, at present
French minister i'm the United States
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LEE COLLECTED THE MONEY
And Then Skipped Out For Parts
Unknown.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, special -
Frank A. Lee, a Young man who came
here two years ago from Tenn sscc, and
has been working in the telephone ex-
change, collecting and assisting in keep
ing W. the instruments, collected some
thing over three hundred do lar. max
inc out bills from the books without the
knowledge Of the manager. Lee went
off duty Monday night, securing a sub
stitute to work in his place. lie did not
r. 1ort for duty in the morning. and Mana,
9,!sE Walker never suspected anything un-
til he called OH four or live subscribers.
and found that they had payed their
bills yesterday to Lee. The young man
is about eighteen y,a,s Of age end rather
good looking. He left no trace ats to
where he went
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Athanasius, the bripand who C.

Athanasius, the brigand who cap
tured q train in Turkey the other day,
seems to be picturesque an1 gentle
ruffian of the operatic sort. He is de-
scribed as very handsome, about thirty
five years old, dressed with scrupulous
care, and wearing white Oriental cloak.
70 the women on the train he behaved
with grace and gallantry, assuring them
that he warred not with the fair sex. He
treated his captives witt much consid-
Grafton, and when kid was stolen gave
them the meaty bits and was content to
pick the bones himself. IN letter
which he wrote to Greek newspaper in
Constantinople he said he meant to keep
$40, 900 Of the ransom for himself, di-
vide $14 900 among his six associates,
and give $l2, 900 to the poor. He fur
ther requested that the messenger con-
veying the money shou ! he authorized
TO spend part Of it in buying seven
wooden shirts, tobacco, cigarette. papers,
six revolvers, six amber cigarette hold
ers aud six pocket knives for the use of
bis band. When his captives were re-
leased he kissed them and gave each Of
them S25 for pocket-money. 1t would
be almost painful to hear that this
romantic robter qualified himself for a
brigand by serving rs waiter in res
taurant, if it were not for the general
air OF burlesque about the whole affair.
1t tappears now that there were only seven
bandits in all, and there is something
more than a suspicion that the ex- waiter
and his is were simply the agents
Of some raso " Turkish officials,
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North Cardinals First Coke Furnace.

The first coke furnace ever built IN
North Carolina is under cont act. The
Cranberry furnace now makes coke iron
which it sells at high price in Pittsburg
for Bcssemcr steel purposes, but this fur
mace was not originally for using coke.
IL is a small furnace intended for char
coal iron. The new coke furnace, for
the building of which contract has been
let, will be located at Greensboro, and
will be owned by the North Carolina
Steel and iron Co, OF that city. The
building of this furnace opens the era
of iron making in North Carolina on a
large scale, for the iron ore wealth OF
the state is so great that it must become
great ron producing section.
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''Ministers have their trials" observes
the Chicago Herald, ''but they know
how to bear them without wearing out
prematurely. The neurology of Audover
Theological Seminary for 1890 showed
that of the forty SIX graduates who had
died two were over ninety years of age,
one of them ninety-sevcn, nineteen were
between eighty and ninety, fourteen we're
between seventy aud eighty, and only
one was under fifty. The average age
Nwas seventy-six years and eight months.
No wonder that life insurance agents are
friendly to clergymen.
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TO the nearest hotel, Juggling his own va

to the nearest hotel, Juggling his own va
lise.
Hc registered and, to use his own
words IN talking to newly made ac-
quaintanCe, "Confound il anybody rec
ognizod me, even after had sigued my
name.
He went Immediately to his room and
endcavored TO take q. nap. In this he
was not disturbed, ss his only callers
were the hotel bell boy and couple of
newspaper men.
In the afternoon he boarded n train
for the Georgia Chautauqua, where he
was met bv party of citizens and
band, which played "Dixic" in the shrill-
est key.
There were probably 300 people wait
ing on the hotel piazza TO greet the great
orator. Mrs. Lease, 1.-The woman who
beat Ingalls," occupied conspicuous po-
sition in front of the crowd. She re-
gardcd tho ex-senator with triumphant
smile.
-yweMt ~. rlpGalls addgcssed about {, 300 peo-
when he discussed the war and tne fucu
question finally caught his audience, and
at the conclusion Of his address all agreed
that he richly deserved the. $500 for
which he was induced to 'come down
South ~
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The IGnent ou.burst against the Prince
of Wala1k, says London 7rut', proof
positive that loyalty in the old sense Of
the word has ceased to exist. Tbs
Queen is respected as woman, bat not
as the descendant Of a line of Kinrs.
The monarchy rests upon the fragile basis
OF the good conduct of the occupant of
the throne. As principle it has alrea iy
disappeared. 1t has become m ere qu,s
tion of expediency whether we shall have
a King or do without one. kingship
worse ior being republic, s't as hbs
know; but republic England is likely
to become before fifty years have ex-
pired.
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THE SLEEPING CAR TRAGEDY.
Death of d. F. Connell, who was Shot
by the Unknown Highwayman.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, Especial. j.
Daniel F. Connell, the capitalist of Ports
mouth, Ohio, who was shot by some un-
known person while lying in his berth
on the Pullman sleeping car on the Ches-
apeake and Ohio train last Saturday
morning, died at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning at Wrights Hotel He was
conscious to the last moment, and his
last words were, "Im getting blind"
He did not think he would die until Just
few moments before death. His wife,
daughter, and four sons were with him.
He had nine children lie mad no
statement except that the assassin dclib-
era'cly shot him after dcmarfiTg his
money which was refused
Mr.. Come | was born in Wcllsburg,
w. Va. and was G3 years old lie made
will yesterday His remains were tax ken
to lis home mt ) 30 in the afternoon
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TERRIBLE HOLOCAUST
A Fast Passenger Train d ashes
Into A Freight.
The Cars Telescoped, The Fireman
Killed, and Nineteen Itai.
ians Roasted.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Especial. The
morning freight train on the West Shore
road going west broke in two between
Port Byron and Montezuma, and the
fast train No. dashed into tho rear,
je6f.thef1 e1lun1isatv = haGk To- warn the.
& The hrou sh tf(fN spSSsc mar ~ IN y 81
Killed Niuctcen Italians, en- rS6{s t$t
Niagra Falls In the smoking Cur, we'c
burned to death, and thirty or forty 9th
crs in the same car were injured. The
sleeping car was burned, but it is sup.
posed that nearly al the passengers were
rescued. The injured were brought to
Syracuse and arc being cared for The
bodies of tho killed have been brought
here for Identification. Among the in
jurcd is the member Of an Opera Co
VIII" died on the way here.
The scene of the accident is four miles
from Fort Byron and two from Montezu
mn. Trainmen say that more killed arc
in the wreck. A dense fog prevailed
over the Montczuma marshes and envcl-
opcd tho train and tracks
Physicians and other aid were sent
from Syracuse, Auburn. Montczuma and
Port Byron. The scene AT tho wreck is
described rs terrible.
AT o'clock wrecking train brought
the killed aud wounded here, and ambu.
lances, police patrol wagons and hacks
,s s,tsS&dtd ID aepasiap through the
dertak.r's rooms.
Michael Belgin, of Buffalo, fireman of
the passenger train, was instantly killed,
Engineer Patrick Ryan, of Buffalo, had
his chest crushed and is in the hospital
here. OF the 90 Italians in the smoking
car, one only escaped injury, and he was
on the platform, usually considered the
place of greatet danger Seventeen in
lurcd Italians were brought to Syracuse,
some of whom will probably die. 1t is
now said that nobody in the sleeping car
@was badly hurt, and all passengers who
were able were brought here on the Cen
tral train. The bodies of the killed arc
held ut Port Byron, where Corner Stew
art will hold an inquest.
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THE PEOPLES PARTY.
The Convention Net With 4bo Dele
gates in Springfield, Ohio.

SPRiNeFIELD, o., Especial. = When
the Peoples party convention was called
to order Wednesday by Hon. Fl. r
barnes, OF the State committee, at leas,
$50 delegates occupied seats i'm the beau
fully decorated hall. A more ORDERLY
and lntclliga MT convention is seldom seen
Many ladies were on the floor of the hall
ana several of them occupied ,ea's on the
stage. The proceedings were opened
with prayer by Joshua Crawford, am
Chairman Ba mes then read letters of en-.
Hon. ". T. vTu.yncrs,- -srvuu~SG~------a
National Committee of Alabama.
Hugh Cavanaugh, Of Cincinnati, was
introduce as temporary chairman, and
when he advanced to the front of the
stage he was greeted with hearty ap-
plause. Cevapaugh said this was tn
most important convention held by any
party for many y ars. 1t is composed Of
men who have no axes to grind "Wc
propose, said he, ito serve notice on
dominating pa,ties that they have served
out their time. We differ from both the
other State conventions which have been
held this year, notably the one in Colum
bus, in that we have not so many Sena.
atorial. candidates in the field We are
here to represent a principle which must
in the end prevail. Politicians have been
saying: You till the soil end VIC will
attend to the politics.
Cavauaugh said that John Sherman,
like Ingalls,, would be relegated to pri-
vate life. II the Mansfield Iceberg fully
understood his position he would say
with Wolsey, Had l but served the
people with half tho strength I have
served Wall street they would not now
leave me in my old age"
ii. b. Hutchinson was selected as tenn
porary secretary. Various committees
retired and pending their return to re-
port. Robert schilling addressed the
convention
After receiving reports from commit
tees, the convention adjourned until the
morrow The committee on resolutions,
which has been wrestling with the plat
form since 3 p. m, at 10 p. m, ad-
journed without having reached
Il conclusion. The points at issue
are prohibition and the land tax. Re-
garding ticket everything in chaos. A
tozen atcs and their respective advo.
Gates are not sanguirc. There is beneath
the sur ace considerable feeling between
the Federation of Labor men and the
knights of Labor, which causes the farm
ers' element to suspect both.
The State Peoples Party Convention
Thursday nominated John Seltz, of Sen.
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AFTER UNCLE SANS MONEY.
A Plot TO Rob the United States
Treasury.

WAsHINGHoN, ID. c., Special. The
secretary Of the treasury has been advised
that bold attempt will be made during
tho present month To rob the treasury by
" strong and determined band Of men
organized for that purpose. The plan is
for the purpose of divcrtng the att cntion
Of the police, and then to overpowcr the
treasury watchman. and boot the vaults
The information was given in a letter
sigued by the "King of the Tramps, "
who explained his knowledge of the plot
by the latement that he was leader of
tho band. The letter was re!crrcdt to the
captain 0. the watch with instructions to
give the visitors a proper reception.
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BosroN, Especial. 1--lfhc Kknsas i
Memphis and Birmingham road statcmei
shows deficit for the year ending June
30th last of $4,000 against surplus
of $50. 90 last year. The Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Memphis road shows a
balance for dividend for the year ending
June 30th, OF 1855, $50 against 1860, 157
the previous year. The figures show II
deficit of $40, $3.50 against a surplus Of
$123,27 in 1890. The directors voted
that consideration Of "A dividend upod
contracts foa preferred stock be postponed
until the result Of :he earnings for the
calendar year of 1891 be ascertained, and
that dividend upon common stock be
Dasscd
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The Tennessee Legislature.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Especial. Coy
crnor Buchanan has issued call for the
forty seventh geneLal assembly to meet IN
extra session Monday, August 3lst. nc
announced scveIal days ago that he ouid
convene the general ASSEMBLY, August
nth. but was induced to postpone the
assemblying of the body two weeks by
very urgent letters from members who de-
sired to feel their constituents upon the
important questions that are to DC con
sidered
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Alliance Men Holding Back Wheat,

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Especial The
Alliance men in this section seem TO bc
taking seriously the advice given by the
order to hold wheat for higher prices.
One result here Is that milIcrs are Tofm-
ing league to purchase Western grain
claiming that the middle Tennessee farm
crs, with the Alliance behind them will
sell only at enormous prices. Wheat has
gone up from S2t TO 90 cents in week,
and -four has advanced 25 cents per bar
rel As matter of fact the mills have
SO far succeeded in running on East Ten
ncssce wheat, but the supply will be in
adequate to the wants of the flour max
prs
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-AGhamical Outfit.

RALEIGH, n. G., ISpecial. IAN en-
tire new chemical outfit was ordered to-
dav for the chemical department "f the
Agricultural aud Mechanical College ana
it is expected to arrive here in time Tor
nee at the opening of the fall session. IL
is ordered from Germany and is to be
very full and very complete.
r 1t is estimated at the State Tre.-sury
Department that about $4,000 OF the
direct tax money has been paid out to
claimants up 10 date, and applications
are coming in much fastcr than they can
be paid and a.c rapidly accumulatiog
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Suicide Because of Gambling Losses.

AUGUSTA, Ga, Especial. Pope n.
Crouch, travelling salesman for j. i.
Friedman & Co of Paducah, KY, was
found dead in bed in the Planters Hotel
Wednesday. An empty phial labelled
morphine, and n note addressed to trav.
Cling men and one addressed to his wife
told story Of illfortune and money lost
at gambling The letter to the travellers
asks that they take care of his wife.
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North Caroliua Is to have ,he

North Carolina is to have the honor
OF having the longest electric railway in
the world, announces the Cincinnati
iEaqxirer, a line from Asheville to
,Rntherlorton, distance of forty one
miles, being about to be constructed.
The power is furnished by water. The
road will be built to operate both freight
4and passenger cars.
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Florida ut the Worlds Fair.

The farmers of Florida appear 20 be
rs heartily in favor of great State dis
play at the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position as nre their Virginia brethren.
A Stat convention is to be held at Or
In rdo, Orange county, October 7th, to
organize for efficient work, Statewise,
aud TO raise funds to enable her to enter
TITO competitive rivalry with California.
The citrus exhibits of those States de-
lighted all visitors, and surprised the
majority who attended the first New
OrI ans Exposition Since then money,
enterprise and popalati n have poured
E,ns.s@iifsi4lar -aad -erasxwhGre through all
STXTY - !. ~ .s.aaaSter; ahas 2
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The Use OF Letters.

fhe ratio in which the different letters
are used in the language is shown by the
numbers of each letter supplied iua "biil
of type" to the printers. Inc prSPort
ton is z 3, aud 8, q ., o, 10, o
and 90, p "a, W and y 20. IN and aV,
c 40, u As, d and 90, II 90, Z ~, n, 0
and 80, a and 80, 100 aud lao'---
Boston Globe, -....-...-.---,,s2 2s