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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-01
Newsboy Loved Millionaire's Daughter

CHICAGO, March 3l.-Charges of highly
sensational character are made in a suit
Tor 100000 damages begun in the rcuit
court this morning. The plaintiff is
Eugene Dunnivant, formerly q newsboy,
who claims his life was wrecked as the
result of conspiracy between Grin Potter.
millionaire and president of the Illinois
Steel Company, and Tom Fox, James
Hutchins and Frank Allen, who are also
made defendants. tits alleged that deep
plot was laid by Potter to break I'D the
acquaintance between his daughter and
Dunnivant, and with this end in view the
plaintiff claims he has been innocently
caused to serve four years in the peniten-
tiary. The charge is also made that the
then editor of newspaper in Chicago sun
pressed the boys story on receiving ST.. 600
from Potter. A New York paper procured
and published the story, which created a
sensation at the time.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-01
Land Commissioner Carter Begins Work.

WASHINGTON CRY, March si-Renre-
sentative Carter, of Montana, this morning
took the prescribed oath aud entered on
his duties as commissioner of the general
land office.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-01

No.eo 10 loan at once. Gu inside property, by
Clark = ksser, ~ and y sale Deposit building.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-01

Grippe Kills . Frominent Citizen.
RED Burr, Cal, March 3I.-W. G. Nc
Cubbin, prominent citizen Of Red Bluff,
died last night of pneumonia, resulting
from the grippe.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-01
Edwin Booths Farewell to the stag.

Edwin BOOth's farewell to the STAKE.
NEW YoRK, March 3l.-An evening paper
has the following: Edwin Booth has in
formed his manager he would not play
next season, and has Cancelled two weeks
in Brooklyn. This means, in the man.
ayers opinion, he win never appear again.
It is quite certain that the present engage
ment at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
this week will be his farewell one.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-01
Miss Potts. SLAYER Arrested.

NEW YORK, March 31.-Detectives this
afternoon arrested Student Harris, charged
with the death of Miss Helen Pitts
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-01
The New lmmigration Raw,

SAN FxANcIsco, March S1.-The immi-
grafton act will go into effect tomorrow.
II forbids the landing to every alien who
IS mentally, morally or physically incapa-
bic of assuming the rights of citizenship.
and to persons brought here under labor
contracts. None of the federal officials on
whom Is supposed to devolve the enforc-
ing of the act have received official instruc-
tons about It from Washington City. The
act provides for the appointment of an in
spector at each Of the four customs dis
tricts in the state. THUS far no appoint
mcnts have been made. 1t was thought
ut first that Collector Phelps would name
the officers, but it appears that the APP
pointments rest either with the superin-
tendent Of the bureau OF immigration at
Washington City or with the secretary Of
the treasury, and they have made none
DIR. Mcintosh, past assistant surgeon Of
the marine hospital service, is authorized
to make personal examination of all
aliens coming IN after April. II have re-
ceived no instructions from Washington
City," he said, "and don't see how / can
accomplish anything until do.n Coliec-
tor Phelps has received no instructions
from Washington City about the matter
The new act relieves the collector Of juris-
diction over such aliens as come here un-
der the contract system. Jurisdiction is
placed in the hands Of four inspectors as
stated, subject to the Washington SUPER
intendent.
DUssxLDoRr, March 3l.-Representative
OF al the German steamship companies
engaged in carrying emigrants to the
United States have decided to raise the
price Of steerage fares to America 10 marks
the LIST of April.
San Ffancisco's New vsgrancy Law.
SAN FRAxcIsco, March 3i.-Under the
new vagrancy law which went into effect
last week the police are making arrests,
and the records Of the police stations show
many entries for violations of various
clauses Of the law. A number of convic.
tons were obtained in the police courts
yesterday and appropriate sentences
passed. Judge Joachimsen sent William
Cullen to the house of correction for ninety
days. and Edward Phillips, notorious
loafer. to the county jail for six months.
Judge Rix sent three to the house of cor.
rection-Eigar Frank for sixty days and
L. c. Mitchell and All Fook each for
ninety days. In Judge Morley's court the
cases of male warrants were continued,
owing to pressure of business. and in three
courts the same course was pursued with
Sc eral female Migrants. 1t is reported the
police will soon raid the well-dressed va
grants that infest the more frequented
streets
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-01

Sold By all druggists 81; six foe IS. Prepared
only by c. l. HOOD & CO., Isweii, Mass
100 Doses One Dollar
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-01
Hoods Sarsapal'illa

Sold hv all druggists, 81: six fer IS. Prepared
eaiy by c. l. HOOD & Co, Lowell. Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

of us did I hope they got their horses,
but will come back to the point. This
committee after ascertaining the loss,
or the amount Of money it will take to
put the brother in a way to live, the
number he or she has in family, then
let an appeal be published in The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER stating the amount
needed. This appeal must be approved
by the President of the appellants ALI
ance and signed by the Secretary.
Now comes the next suggestion, that
every Sub-Alliance in North Carolina
enter into an agreement that when
such an appeal as above mentioned
shall appear that each Alliance pay pro
rata the amount asked for. What do
you think of the plan, brethren 1t
would cost none of us much if properly
carried out, and would help in distress.
Of course we are no insurance company
and only mean those that cannot help
themselves.
Success to your paper.
F~raternally, .
w M MARTIN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

some grass seed, or some -four, or some
meal, or some hay, or some fertilizer,
or some bone meal, or some meat, or
some groceries, or some clean clothes,
you can get your wants supplied at
Mr.. Wyatt's place. With his laundry
machinery he will undertake to wash
the dirt out of anything except an
editors conscience. Call and see Mr.
Wyatt and he will treat you right and
give you the very best values for your
n
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03
THE AGAIN.

THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER said dis
tinctly in the beginning of the State
printing contention that it meant to
take no part in the fight, and it strictly
and scrupulOusly adhered to it's promise
it has taken no part in the fight. We
have given u reasons for taking this
position twice before. But we are will
ling to give them again. We under
stand that line upon line and precept
upon precept: here a little and there a
little, must be the rule of all public
teaching, so we repeat: THE PROGRESS
sIvE FARMER was charged by some who
are on the Capitals side in this I'M
happy affair with wishing to
secure the public printing contract for
itself. It was also charged with being
in a combination with other parties to
corruptly influence the people in favor
of those other parties. The paper dis
tinctly and Indignantly denied both
these charges. We then determined
that, as we could not take part in the
discussion without being misunder-
stood and misrepresented, we would
take no part in the fight at all. W.
gave notice of our intention in the be-
ginning, and we see no cause to regret
our action.
The Capital implicitly charges us
with attempting to evade. In this it
| Iooc nc Crroxyo TTOnOr How, o0o 11ro he
charged with evasion, when we have
taken no part in the discussion of the
question at issue. When the editor OF
the Capital knows us better he will be
unwilling to make such charge against
us. We may often be found in the
wrong, for we are very fallible. But
the Capital will find that we do not
dodge.
The Capital asks us this question
"Does THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER ad
wise the Alliance members of the Gen
eral Assembly to vote to continue thu
present system of public printing!"
This question is very adroit in thu
Capital, but it will not succeed. W.
have not advised anybody to do, orno
to do, anything in connection with tn,
public printing. We have taken NJ
part in the discussion at all. We viii
say, however, that we have not under
stood, and do not now understand, tina
this discussion has invOlved, OF evolved
any proposition to change the "sys
tenn" of the public printing. We un
derstoOd all along that the question
were whether the printing should b
done by the present printer or another
whether the State should pay a certai
price for the printing, or get it at
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

A LETTER from brother J.. T. Hart
sell, Secretary of Sub-Alliance No. 1877,
says the drones in his Alliance r all
dead-drowned by the wet weather Of
the present winter. He says the mem
bership of his Alliance is now made up
of working bees only. We congratu-
late that Alliance. We expect to al
ways hear good news from that ALI
anco. We thank you, brother, for the
kind words you write about The PRO
GREssIvE FARMER. Write again.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03
AURELIAN SPRINGS, N. c.,
Feb. 10, 1891

F0D. III, 5 y
Mr.. EDITOR:-P1ease give me a little
space for a few suggestions. Seeing so
many appeals in your paper from diff
ferent Sub-Alllances for aid for some
brother or sister in need; and believing,
as 1 do, that it is our duty as brethren
to help each other, would suggest that
when any member should happen to
misfortune so as to be in need of the
~necessarles of life, that a committee be
appointed from his or her Alliance to
investigate and find out what the
losses are or the least they can do with
until they can do better. For instance,
a member loses a horse and is not able
to get another to make a crop, and the
horse he lost is not worth over $50 or
$40, we don't propose to give him one
to cost 800 or $3.50, but to give him
one to cost as near the one lost as DOS
sible. This would apply to any other
property, and why 1 mention the horse
IS, sometime ago there was an appeal
in your paper from a brother in one of
the lower counties asking that each
member of the Alliance in North Caro-
lima give ten cents to aid two brethren
in getting them a horse each to enable
them to make a crop. Now if this
brother had calculated a little, that il
if he really expected that amount from
every member of the Alliance, be
would have found that ten cents pei
member would not only have bought
two horses.but a good-sized drove, anG
if all of the brethren did as well as ter
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

WE see no adequate advantage to
the State in the amended propositian
of the Wilmington and Weldon Rail
road. We would never grant a re-
charter of the Petersburg road until the
Wilmington and Weldon consented to
the unqualified right of taxation upon
the part Of the State. If we could in
fuence the present General Assembly
we would induce them to refuse this
charter to the Wilmington and Wei
don Railroad, and let the company try
for it's privileges in the courts. The
present General Assembly has the
power in it's hands to bring this cor
poratiOn to terms. If it fails to use
this power, we shall know the reason
why. We want no compromise of
this matter that will exempt this cor
poration from any of the burdens OF
taxation borne by any other people OF
corporation. We would be willing tc
grant them all else they ask if they
will allow the unqualified right of the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

he think proper he shall have power
to old all cotton off for any number
OF days, IN doing this he shall confer
with all port agents.
5. It shall be the duty of each port
agent to secure a proper building for
conducting the business, also proper
storage for cotton. Insurance at the
lowest rates possible, a sufficient num-
Der of clerks to properly conduct the
business, storage and insurance to be
charged to each shipper at actual first
cost, his commission to be large enough
to pay rent and clerk hire and still
allow him a fair salary. They shall
confer with the general supervisor, by
telegram, if necessary of all breaks in
the market at their port and get his
advice before putting any cotton on the
market.
G.. Should any planter, merchant or
other person, not a member of the
Alliance, desire to ship cotton to the
Alliance cotton agent, he shall have
the same advantage as a member of
the Alliance. This is done so as to
better control the entire cotton market.
My purpose in presenting the forego-
ing plan is to secure to the farmer all
the advantages in the sale of his cotton
crop that they have not been able to
secure through the numerous cotton
commission merchants in all North
ern and Southern cotton ports. l be-
lieve that the cotton crop can be sold
at much less cost and at a much better
price should this or some similar plan
be adopted, by having all the cotton
handled by man in each port.
There can be a large saving in insur-
ance, storage, labor, etc, and this l
propose to give to the farmer. I would
also recommend that some Southern
city be made the great cotton center
instead of New York. There is not a
pound of cotton raised for the market
north of Virginia, and why should we
go to New York with the most valu-
able of all of our farm products
JAMES L. ANDERSON,
Representative from Hartford Co.
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THAT ANT1-PROH1B1T1oN PAPER.
MoRGANToN, N. c., Feb. IS, '91.

MoRGANToN, N. c., Feb. IS, '91.
Mr.. EDITOR:-In your issue of Febru-
airy 18th you state that the first num-
Der of the anti-prohibition paper, pub
lished at Mt. Holly, CASTOR Co., N. c.,
is ON your table, and that it gives notice
that it will discuss all matters of in
terest freely, and the title of the paper,
of course, gives notice that it will take
the side of whiskey as one of the ar
ticles essential to good government,
good morals, good laws, and we sup
pose to prepare men for eternal happi-
ness in the world to- come.
In this article, Mr.. Editor, we will
not attempt any abuse; we are only too
sorry that men suffer themselves to so
far lose their better feelings that they
are willing to resort to- any means to
defend their cause. It has only been
about six or eight years since Castor
county boosted Of her fOrty-five great
distiIIeries in full blast, producing
daily, by the gallon, hell broth enough
to damn hundreds Of men, and cause
bitter, tears from as many helpless wO-
men, besides themumberleSs amount of
poor, ragged children crying for bread
and hearing no response because papa
is off on a drunken debauch.
If this is the cause which the anti
prohibition paper proposes to defend,
oUr prayer is that the echo of the cries
of the poor women and children who
are suffering from the course pursued
bWa drunken husband and father, may
so, prey upon his conscience that he
will at DIG strike out the prefix at the
head of his paper, and instead Of run
ming an anti, he will come out boldly
on the side of temperance and Of light.
1 was so elated a short time since
on receiving a letter from a friend in
CASTOR county, in which he stated that
petitions were being circulated asking
the commissioners of the county to.
allow or order an election for the whole,
county to vote the whiskey traffic out
OF the county. On reading your article
the thought struck me at once q
this anti paper was to- thwart the pro
gress of this grand movement.
One of the grand principles OF n
Farmers Alliance is it's love for the
temperance cause, and I do humbly
pray that even more stress will be
placed upon that clause of u Consti-
t11tion. for it will be a glorious day for
our grand order, when we a say of a
truth that it was through the instru-
mentality of the Farmers Alliance
that our State and Nation has been re-
deemed from this destroying evil.
We are afraid that our present legls-
lature is a little too tender footed on
the whiskey question. The temperance
sentiment is growing every day ana
the time is not far distant when Ine
man or men who stand up boldly ana
declare for the manufacture ana s4le
of whiskey to be abolished VIII De Che
men whom the people will stand Oy
and defend and support.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

State to tax their property as it taxes
other property. We want it to be dis.
tinctly understood that The Progress
sIvE FARMER asks for nothing more,
and it will be satisfied with nothing
less. We esteem this the most i'm
pOrtant matter before this legislature,
and if the opportunity now present is
allowed to pass another like it may not
come in this generation.
THEfollowing bill has been introduced
into both Houses of the Legislature:
A Bill to be entitled an act to suspend
the operation of Chaper forty-nine of
the Code of North Carolina in certain
cases and repeal certain provisions of
other acts.
The General Assembly of North Caro-
lima do enact:
Sec. 1. That no person, persons or
corporation shall have the power to
form a company under the provisions
of chapter forty-nine of the Code of
North Carolina for the purpose or with
the power to construct any railroad
that will connect the Wilmington &
Weldon Railroad at any point on the
line of said road with the line of the
State of Virginia at any point on said
State line, between the point where it
is crossed by the Blackwater river and
the point where the railway extending
from Oxford in North Carolina to
ClarksYille in Virginia crosses said
line, and any power heretofore given
to said Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
Company OF to any of it's branches to
connect with said State line between
the points where said river and rail
road cross it, is hereby revoked, and
any acts granting such power are to
that extent modified and repealed.
Sec. 2. That no company already
formed and organized under the pro-
visions of said chapter f%Orty-nine of the
Code nOr any company acting by
virtue of any power granted by any
act of the General Assembly of North
Carolina passed since the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight
shall have authority to build any rail
road that will directly or indirectly
connect said Wilmington & Weldon
Railroad Company with the State line
of the State of Virginia between said
points and so much of any existing
charter as empowers any persons or
corporation to establish such connec-
ton by building a line or lines of rail
road, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of
the Acknowledgement to institute
proper proceedings to dissolve any cor
pOratlon that may attempt to violate
the provisions of this act.
Sec. 4. That this act shall take effect
from and after it's ratification.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

WI have received permission from
Mr.. L. R. Wyatt, one of Raleigh's most
wide-awake and enterprising business
men. to invite all our friends in town
and country to visit his place of bust
ness on Fayetteville street. If you
will accept this invitation and go in
with eyes wide open, as we recently
did. YOU will be amply rewarded for
your trip. If you need a harvester, or
a reaper, or a mower, or a harrow, or
a plow, or a c~orn-sheller, or afeed mill,
or a grindstone, or a One-man cross-cut
saw or some wheat, or some oats, OF
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

MAJOR MCCLAMMY has introduced a
resolution into the House of Represen-
tatives to discharge the committees
from the consideration of the Sub
Treasury bill and the Free Coinage bill,
and instructing the committees to re-
port these bills back to the House for
its immediate action. We are glad to
see that there is one man in the Ma
tiOnal House of Representatives who is
not afraid Of the sneers and jeers of
the self-appointed guardians of our
finances, who live eastward from
Washington City. The farmers of
North Carolina will gratefully re-
member Maj. McClammy for his
friendly action
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

OUR readers will miss the report of
proceedings of the General Assembly
from this issue of our paper. We are
50 crowded with important Alliance
matters that this course becomes nee
essary. We hope our friends will not
complain of this. We want to give
them whatever will most benefit them
and we think we should give special
attention just now to Alliance matters
and movements.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

WE learn that the Seaboard Air Line
will reach Atlanta in the early fall of
the present year. This will give the
Seaboard system connections all
thorough Georgia and Florida. We
also hear it whispered that, when
these Southern connections are estab-
lished, the road firm Richmond to
Ridgeway will be built. We should
like is see all these things brought
about. We think the management of
the Seaboard Air Line is the most en-
lightened and the faiIest railway man
agementwe know anything about, and
we want to see it succeed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03
Representative from Hartford Co.

Noa0, John Henry, If yOu erpect to
keep on the blind side Of yOur best girl,
yOu aUOuId better get tlUO subscribers to
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER and giUe the
premium, ALLIANCE GRAND MARCH,
to her 0t once
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

Do you want your communication
published ? If so, give us your real
name and your p~ostOffice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

OUR correspondent who signed her
self The Voice of Thousands did not
sign her true name to her communica-
ton. and so we cannot publish it. But
we agree with the sentiments and
views she expresses, fully. Her letter
has the right ring, and we wish every
woman in the country had the same
sort of pluck of our unknown CORES
pOndent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

WI are willing to publish death
notices and obituaries of reasonable
length. But when apaper has a circu-
ion so large as ours, there will be a
80 Ter Of such notices sent to it.
And we must ask u friends to boil
these notices down. We do not want
to decline to publish these notices.
But if our friends do not make them
shorter, we shall be forced to do so.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

"a Our friends in writing to any of
our advertisers will favor us by men
tioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement in THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

Send as tCO nelU subscribers and get
q copy Of the ALLIANCE GRAND MARCH,
By Prof. j. G. Mears. 1t as beautiful.
Be sure and get 1t.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

WI call the attention of our readers
to the report of the proceedings of the
Supreme Council of the Farmers AL
lance and Industrial Union, printed
on another page Of this issue. The re-
port ought tOhave been printed sooner.
But it was crowded out. Again, we
ask our friends to give this report a
careful reading.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

Do you want your paper changed to
you have been getting it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-03

"a The date on your label tells yoU
when your time is out.