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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-01-27

ORANGE AND CENTER STREETS, L
NEW HAVEN, Conn, January 1891.
Mrs. W(1DE) A(wAKE) HoUsEKEEPER-
Dear Madam
We wish to impress upon your mind
the fact that are doing COMPLETE House
Furnishing business. So many people every day
kindly favor us with their orders for Furniture
who exclaim with much surprise, What do
you keep CARPETS If had known that I
could have saved myself much trouble and ex;;
pense.'' And still others are much surprised
when they visit our kitchen department to learn
that we have full line of STOVES and RAN
GES, as well as CROCKERY and TINWARE.
Customer after customer gives utterance to the
plaintive lament: 'If had only known that
you kept these things could have done so much
better here
For the last time permit us to call your atten-
tion to the fact that this month we are making
SPECIAL PRICES way below value. Very many
of our customers are selecting Carpets and Fur
niture for future use because of the lower prices
now obtainable. Our advice to you is: Do not
delay, but come at once and make your selec-
tions. If we can't convince you of the wisdom
of this course we will pay you for your time and
trouble.
With best wishes, we are,
Yours very truly,
BROWN & DURHAM.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-01-27
How General Hooker G lot His Charger


General Banks story about his war
charger" said Pension Attorney Pond, 're-
calls to mind one Hooker rode in 1858,
and especially at the battle of Chancellors-
Vile. Few people know how Hooker
came by that horse. will tell you. When
Sickles' corps was camped on Good Hope
Hill, just across the eastern branch, and
about quarter of mile above the resi-
denee of Fred Douglass, / happened one
day, while out foraging for something to
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-01-27
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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-16
Letter by n Kansas Congressman.

TOPEKA, Kas, March os.-I have
lately returned from the national capi-
tai. TO say that a Kansas man or
woman is a political curiosity" in Wash
ington is to put it very mildly. especially
If that man or woman happens to come
from that class commonly known down
east as the wild hayseeds."
TO hear these eastern people talk you
would imagine that we were a set of
Tom fools of the Tom foolish kind" as
a communication in yesterdays Daily
Capital puts it. In the eyes of our east
crn friends we are set OF "pesti-
lential fellows" turning the world
upside down with our political here
sizes. They claim that we are a
set of "wild cranks," and that we are a
power in being able to turn things
around: but all close up with this re-
mark: This political cyclone will soon
have spent its fury" Even Jim Blaine
patted Bro. Baker and myself on the
shoulder and said. "You folks will all be
ready to swing back into line into 1892. "
So little do or politicians understand
|, the meaning Of this mighty movement.
Some look upon us as a set of political
adventurcrs, who, for the office, have
been firing the public mind and mislead-
ing the people. And when we inform
them that there was not man on the
peoples ticket that sought nomination
last fall they look at us with aStonish-
ment.
Wall street is worried. And well she
! may be, for on every side and from every
direction we hear muttering of unrest.
We came back in company with Bro.
L. L. Polk, and were present at tl$ Or
Canization of the +. A. & l. L. at Cres-
/ ton last week, and it would have done
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-16
Historical.

TIE colony of Hong Kong was first
ceded TO Great Britain in 1s41, and the
ccsSion was confirmed by the treaty of
Marking in 1912.
THE first Colonial Congress met Oct :,
1.j5, at New York. Timothy Ruggles
of Massachusetts was Chairman and
John Cotton Clerk of the convention.
TIE peculiar reach toward Lake Erie
in the State Line of Pennsylvania, known
As the Triangle (frGm its being originally
1he State of New York extens:onl was a
spcciai purchase. Sept 4, 1.ss, from the
Government, of slice Of the Northwest
Territory, containing .Oo, rs. ac es. at a
State cost Of sl37,G GAO.
G We We're, N 1416, often set Wit
p ec,ts stone s. and sufficiently va,u; b @
to be le as legacics. TT e ,.twclcd elOy, 5
o s. Martial were said to ave rebuk d
Bishop Gravesend. worked with gold al d
in 1910 But the sturdier ishop Button
were thick yellow gloves at 1Ol pair.
In 1858 the fashion of wearing large
stirrup-hosc or stockings. two yards wide
at the top, with points through several
eye'et holes, by which they were made
fast TO the petticoat's breeches, was
brought into England from France, ac-
cording to Randle Holme. "Long and
short kersey stockings are reckoned
among the exports in the Book of Rates,
18th Charles IL, and in il there are en-
tries of stockings of leather, Of silk. Of
woolcn, and of wOrsted for men and chill
dren."
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-16

flames. stampede followed. In the
fierce fight for life eight women were
knocked down aud tramprd under
foot. Several men jumped from VIM
dows, and one of these, Alexander Grant,
painter employed on the place, leapcd
from the third story and struck sign
in his descent. He fell to the ground
scnScless, his skull fractured, and one
leg broken. When all those who were
able to get out had left the building
Officers WclbaSkcy and Fat Shcedy en-
tered the burning Dui ding and went as
far as the flames would permit. They
pulled out several women who had faint
ed from fright or been crushed in the
stami cdr.
Across the street in the Haymarkc
Thcater similar panic was avcrted
only by the coolneSs of George Fair, thu
treasurer. When it became apparent
that the theater was in danger Mr.. Fair
called the ushers into his private Office,
and instructing them to stand at the
fire escape and to by no means permit
crowding, he quietly went around from
one gallery to another and told the
spectators that there was a fire across
, the street, but that there was no imme-
diatc danger. They were then led TO
| the tirc-cScapeS and ma lc their way
easily.
As in the case of the great fire, tn 5
| last contIagratiOn was started by a lamp
| explosion. While the audience in the
| museum theater was watching with in
| tercSt a jugglcr balancing a lighted
lamp on wand. at the same time walk
| ing tightrope. the jugglcr slipped, the
| lamp fell. there was an explosion. and
| flame dartcd up the scenery of the
stage. The stage curtains took fire, and
| before the panic stricken men and
women could make their exit the entire
| stage was a mass of flames
John NJ. Smyth is the heaviest loser.
| The Kohl & Middleton edifice, as well as
| the building occupied by himself, was
| his property. His loss on buildings is
| S4Oo. 900. and on stock 5000, ,tOl. He carried
an insurance of SITS, ,OOo on the buildings.
Kohl Il Middleton lose their entire
| equipment, valued at 100000.
The iive-Story buildings 14.-142 West
| Madison street were owned by James
| Casey and were destroyed They were
| valued at s.l0.ooo. Alfred rcats occu-
pied the entire building with large
| stock of wall paper His loss is S55. O)U
| The next building, occupied by Louis
| Laberge. was six stories, entirely de.
| o'i'Stu, duN '"H'u pH VII
Loss on building Sio,C coo, stock and fix
! lures $4,000.
Joseph STEMS shoe store was at 1853
| Madison street His loss on stock is
| 100000
Other losers are: Adam Gerhardt, barber
, shop at 155 West Mad son street. s3,C01;
Baer Bro hat store and Eureka laun-
| dry at I5,. $4,000; NJ. !. Irrmin. cigars,
| $4,000; Ncely Bros. boots and shoes,
| son,c0o; L. kaempfer, jewelry, loss un-
| known; Lawyer Payne Fittz. $1,000.
Two persons We're fatally injured and
| six others seriously hurt.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-16

QuaCk Doctors and Big Foes.

The Darn recently referred to Com
missioner Carroll d. Wright's estimate
that there will next year be AZ, 900 vacan-
cies in gainful occupations and that there
will be 500. 900 applicants for them, and
wonders what the other $4,000 will do.
Snch economists as Edward Atkinson
would tell them to ecOnomize: our pro-
hibition friends would urge them to sign
the pledge; some of the clergy would say
''repent and be baptiSed:' the protec-
tionists would demand higher tariff and
the free traders free trade But while
all these are counseling and advising
there will be 454, 900 men who cannot
find an opportunity to earn their living.
Isn't it about time that people realized
that an industrial system in which such
a thing as this is possible is wrong?-
F0,rr Tt;},uDc
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-16

through free coinage. England wants
gold as full legal tender because we
pay her 100000, 900 every year in divi-
dcnds and interest. See: England
holds our obligations payable in gold. if
demanded: il we put silver on footing
with gold. England will have to take it
at par with gold.
How long will the OregOHiun continue
to talk for our English creditors: How
much patriotism is there in Il paper that
will continue. as it has for years, the
mouth-pince for English money loaners,
who are determined that we shall pay
them in a scarce commercial article like
gold? Or if we pay her in silver it must
be so that 81 in gold will bring s.. 1t
will be learned some of these days that
the gold notes signed by real estate
mortgaGerS in Oregon are tloatCd in Eng
land. Hence, to make the silver equal
with gold is to make these creatures
howl. The main point is if the
English take silver at all she wants
to give very little amount of gold
for it, then take the silver to India and
get ~ 20 30 per cent more gold for it
than she gave. This is the speculation
part of it that England has carried on
for years.
We have stiIl-fcd the white and ycl-
low calyes-particulaliy the yellow one
long enough. We have been hitchrd
to the ancient metal abSurdities dreary
length of time. We have built monu-
ments for the few and starved the
many for thousands of years. Good
ness. Can't we get away from these
ancient humbugs? Give us paper
money only. Kill tho pair of calves and
hang their hides on the fence to dry
No,thTest Reform JoWndl
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-16
OFFICIAL NOTICE.
National Farmers Alliance and Iodu strial
Union, Office of tho President.

WASHINGTON, y. c., Feb. 10, 1891
To the Membership of the Matte nal
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union:
In compliance with instructions from the
national legislative council of the
National Farmers alliance and Indus
trial union, present herewith a plan for
organization OF a lecture system through
out our entire order. which was adopted
by the council at it's meeting in the city
OF Washington, Feb i. 1891.
| was further instructed to designate
the date on which the first meetings of
the county and district legislative coun-
ellis should b held. All lecturers of the
subordinate bodies Of our order. together
with the county lecturer of their respec
tive counties, will meet at the same
time and place at which their couNty
meeting is held in the month of April
next.
All county lecturers will meet on We'd
nesday, the 9th of May, next, at such
place within their respective congress
sional districts as may be designated by
til" state president, for the purpose Of
| clecting a lecturer for their respective
congressional districts and for the trans
action of such other business as may
come before them.
once designate to the county Legislative
councils the plate at which the district
legislative councils. respectively, Will
! meet on the 9th day of May next, and
will also indicate to the district councils
at their meeting, the place and the date
at which the state legislative council
VIII meet.
Believing that the plan adopted will
prove an efficient and powerful auxiliary
in our work, as great and active edu
cational agency, the national Legislative
| council cordially and earnestly recon-
mend it to the entire brotherhood
throughout the United States for immed-
late adoption. 1t is commended as a
| means for securing that unity of action
and uniform cooperation which is abSo-
lutely essential to the success of our
cause.
Let us resolve that the year 1891 shall
be distinguished above all the years of
onr history for vigorous. active, success
ful work. Let our great order be thor
oughly aligned on the principles we have
enunciated, and assured victory will he
ours.
Select the member best qualified in
subordinate, county and district bodies
| for this important and responsible work.
Have this plan read and discussed in
| every organization belonging to our
| order.
Let the watchword Forward" pass
along the lines. l.. i. Polk.
President y. F. A. and /. I.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-16
Leaving til, Ro,,cn O:d Uu,,<..

The Times, of Leavcnworth. Kan.
heretofore a strong republican paper,
will in che future be run in the interest
OF the alliance. Col. d. Il. Anthony,
the owner OF the paper, in an
interview few days ago freely
admitted a change of heart and
of purpose, and has now determined to
be one of the large majority VINO will in
the future lend their talents and labor
for the npholding of right and the over
throw Of wrong. Open confessions are
now in order and will rapidly accnmu-
late. Read what Col. Anthony says:
have been with the alliance fer six
months. because their views coincide
with mine. Last fall / voted the alli-
ance ticket from top to bottom. and since
that time | have published the general
news OF the alliance. i = | am no
longer with the republican party. because
the party in this state has become cor
| ruptcd. The leaders here are with the
democrats. i < :: / was instrumental
in getting Morrill, out OF the race,
and now he is rclentant. Where Is Nor
! rii now? Where is Ingalls, now: He has
been making some bad breaks lately for
| Lrng MP but rather believe he is coming
| TO my way of thinking. There is abso
| lutcls no hope for the republican lead
crs in this state. They are doomed
! and | am done with them aud the party,
/ body. soul and brcCchcs. You may say that
| shall publish q radical paper and be with
! the alliance in all things. My last advice
| to the republicans was that they Join forces
| with the alliance instead OF fighting il.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-16

and to work together. Now, brother
workman, are you ready to do this? If
you are, why do yOu wait? Why do you
hold back, when SO many of your broth
crs OF the craft are already in line, and
keeping step to the music of organiZa-
ton? Do yOn wish to be counted a drone
in the great human hive of industry?
do not think you do. Come out from
your seclusion, and let us have your in
tluence and support while we are en-
gagged in this great contest for the rights
of all. We see all classes and kinds OF
labor organizations each upon their own
line. We must all come together. Our
interests are the same. What is of value
to the farmer is equally of benefit to the
miner. The cause Of human rights must
be fought by all the cimbined forces OF
tillerS and toilerS upon the one side, and
the Shylocks and millonarcs upon the
other. The battle field will be in our
legislative halls. Upon the side of
human rights will be marshalled intelli-
gcnce. right and justice.
Upon the other side will be seen Or
ganizcd greed, avarice and unscrupulous
cunning. The battle is upon us, there
should be no finching, every toiler
should be in the organization of his or
her craft, seeking knowledge, Tor 1t Is
through this means and this alone, that
we can hope to secure intelligent action.
And without intelligent action it will be
impossible for US to win in this contest
for right and justice.
All over the coal fields of Iowa the
men are rallying to the cause of organi-
zatIon. Everywhere l have held meet
ings the men have organized without a
single exception.
Others are inQuiring after the objects
OF the order, and how we propose to BEN
eft the laboring men. We propose to
benefit them oy securing shorter days
work, by having semi-monthiy payment
of wages, by securing better ventilation,
by having all coal weighed before screen
ing, by aboliShing the truck store, and
by better education among tho miners,
and by better legislation generally. Does
that suit you, brother miner? II so,
then your place is in the organization.
All letters of inquiry will be cheerfnlly
answered, and all information gladly
furnished upon application to Walter $.
Scott, President, or Master Workman
District No. 13, Mystic. Iowa. 7. Q.
Box 4S. WALTER S. SCoTT.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-16
How the Ali,nnce Breez,s BLOW.

Those statesmen who say that the
ideas advanced by the Farmers alliance
will soon blow over, seem to be hitting
very near the bulls eye of truth. Those
ideas are being blown all over the coun-
try on every passing breeze, and the
breezes threaten to become cyclones by
the time some of the scoffers are ready
to stand up for reelection. The fate of
Senator ingalls, should be most carefully
considered by public men, and the rocks
npon which his senatorial bark went to
pieces should be conspicuously marked
upon the navigation chart of politics.
Ogle County, (Iu,l Local.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-16
SWEPT AWAY BY FLAME
CHICAGO PROPERTY WORTH A
MILLION BURNED.
Many Buildings Consumed-Every struc-
ture for 200 Feet in Ruins-Thc Dino
Museum Wrccked-TwO Persons Are
Fatally Injured and Six Others Hurt.

Many Buildings Consumed-Every Struc-
ture for 200 Feet in Ruins-Thc Dino
Museum Wrccked-TwO Persons Are
Fatally Injured and Six Others Hurt.
Once more has Chicago received n
costly visit from the fire king. Not
since the little Chicago fire which swept
everything from Twelfth and Clark
streets north TO Van Buren, in 1874 has
this latest call ever been eclipscd in its
damaging work. The other afternoon
fire started under the stage in Kohl x,
Middleton's West Side Dime Museum on
Madison street, and before it was taken
in control by the fire department it had
destroyed the immense furniture cstab-
lishment of John NJ. Smyth Kohl &
Middlcton'S Museum, and five other
five e-story business blocks, and damag gcd
several of the adjacent structures. A
low estimate to place on the loss is ST.
25O,000.
Aside from its terlible effects. says a
Chicago isratch. the fire was grand
sight to behold Fierce and furious
were the flames, eating all before them
The sky, at first blackened by the huge
volumes of smoke that poured forth from
the secthng flames, soon took on a rose
ate hue as the tongues of fire darted
through the black mass Great fire
brands sailed through the air, and fall
ing started blazcS which threatened
with destruction the surrounding cdi-
fees.
1t appeared as though the western
part of the city was doomed. Tho high
wind carried the firebrands here. there
and everywhere. Tcopic ran about de-
moralizcd. Thousands of persons were
IN peril of their lives. Kohl & Middle
tons museum was jammcd with amusc-
mcnt seekers, who in an instant had
their pleasure turned into greatest tor
ror. SO fast did the fire burn that it
was hardly moment f.on the time it
broke out until the entire place was in
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-16

you good to have bcheld the earnest men
and women we met at the meeting in
Creston. Iowa is waking up and rub
bing the scales off her eyes. 1t would
not surprise us in 1892 to sec
her leading the vanguard Of the
alliance procession. Bro Polk is
the right man in the right place.
He is as honest as the day it long and as
true as steel. You can tic to him with
bands and feel that you are safe. We
rode with him on the train for two days
and two nights, from Washington to
Creston. and we feel confident we know
whereof we speak when we say that our
order has need to be profoundly thank
ful Tor having such man in the lead
just at this crisis. lie has more cxecut-
i've ability than dozen men like Ben
Harrison. His speech at Creston was
we'll received. We met Gen
James B. Weaver and other prom
inent workers at Creston. Be assured
that Iowa is getting her eyes opened.
She is the thirty-siXth state now organ
lied in the union, and others are soon to
follow. Never in the history of America
was there such need of active earnest
work as during the next eighteen months.
Light! Light. Light.M is what the pco-
pie want, all over the country and in
every city. 1.-The fields are indeed white
for the harvest but the laborers are few. "
The call comes to Kansas from all over
the United States. Send us men and
women to help us educate our people.
An educational campaign needs to be
put in motion at once. Speakers from
the northwest :-iould be sent southeast,
and men from the southeast should go
northwest. Let none of our members
be discouraged. We can break the solid
south and the sold north asunder. and
unite the industrial classes of all sec
tions, and bring the wealth producers of
our common country into solid phalanx.
We can Danish the last vestige of hate
and sectional jealousy, and henceforth
no north. no south, no east. To west, bnt
one common country, one common pcO-
pie, working for one common good
John q. Otis in Kansas alliance Union.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-16
FUNERAL OF p. T. BARNUM.
A Large Crowd Follows the Great Show
MANS Re mains t. the Grave,

N FOllOWS Iu0 ~reot Sn0Ws
mans Remains II the Grave.
At Bridgeport, Conn, business was al
most cntire'y suspended out of respect
to the memory of Bridgeport's great
benefa"tor. the late p. Z. Barnum.
Mourning emblems were to be seen on
all sides, and the day was one of gloom
and sorrow. At an early hour the
streets were filled with people from the
surrounding towns and cities. The
funeral services were begun by short
service of prayer at the residence, only
the members of the family being present
The body was then conveyed to the Con-
gregational Church, where DIR. Collyer.
of New York. delivered touching ora
tion. The singing was especially beau
tiful and the for. utes many and
appropriate. The church was crowded.
A great throng followed the to1y to the
grave.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-16
EufIcs OF GOyrrnnle

1t is Just as much the duty OF the gov
ernment to provide Il sniiiciency of
money to protect the interests of the
people by giving them facilities for
traffic and commerce as it is to furnish
police protection. That protection Of
government which does not afford the
citizen immunity from pcnury and want,
when he tolls and earns a competency,
is fraud, a swindle and an imposition.
The money obtained from him by taxa
ton Is secured under false pretense, the
public duties discharged by him under
his fealty and allegiance to it are OBJ
tained by fraud. Let the government
be made to discharge its true functions
and its honest purposes and all the
troubles which beset the people will
yanish. The people are the govern
ment. 1t is in their power to knock the
scales from their eyes, to demand and
secure a satisfaction and fultillment of
their demands. ds.-Allidncc Herald.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-04-16
No Kfnley in Theirs.

Texas proudly announces that she
does not want any sugar bounty from
the Mckinley bill or any other bill. AS
sovereign state she is unwilling to sub
nit her state sugar industry to the SUI
pervision Of an inspector deriving his
authority from any other source than
the state administration. The position
enunciated by the governor of the state
declares condition of independence
that only so magnificent common
wealth as Texas can maintain. With
her vastly diversified interests and in
dustries she is apparently absolutely in
dependent of external infuenccs-DCS
MuiUeS Leader