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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

Had weather lnterfered somewhat With
the celebration Of IAbrr Day In Maine;
nevertheless, Il WAS quito generally
observed throughout The State.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15
STATE OF MAINE.


OXFORD. -.
coUNrY COMMISSIONERS COURT.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT AND
RosD Hills.
isi To Joi> B,RKER. W..
June .. %. ~. day. 81 ,.e isls Rial
in.t~rtlon.
i@ oils. ,r.v.i fro@ West
Bsthel anil vtsrn. 90
June u, day 81 Fp.sarr Aoa''s"y =.
~ @lis. travel frem West Bthsi
snl rrtufu,
Juas u, day At i'sr'. Jsnss 'Iearri -.
@@iIs. travel tva West Il-si~i -.
ssi rvtarn. 80
Juac ~. ~, u. 4 ds,. % p.rmsrk. on
pstltian ~ W, ". nsry. IN
- Iais. travel frssa Wet Hsth
81 ;. ib,amssk AMI rvtsfs, 80
Isss n.l a.y ., Med rsr'' On ps'i''"a "a
~ miAss travel frusn West ittl~i
81 West rsris AMI wtarn.
Ana. 4, dap a Part. q iioatsei ..-.lsa. sS
- .ll.. travel frOa We, itsshsl 49,,
Aug -. ! isy =, We, Pan. oa Is,iusa
20 Nts,sr ilsa-on. 10
-srs. .. a. q. Q days az r.Tis vsasr 80
@s.ils. travel fre~ We, 18th.
81 AMI r,,arn. 80
M@
JoIIS nARKkR.
OXFORD. -. sstssmisf q. t-oi.
rhsn personally Appeared Jahn nsrAsf. AMI
msls cath that the foFvselns se.oant ~ him
rsnslsfs~l and sullssril-rsi L. tfas. usfore ne.
ALBkffr :. AUSTIN.
tkrh sup. Jsi. tear-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15
SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS /!

Esni fur ths Ossssd D,~sss.s. oashdg~R,
o. "a Tunuinx vns yvaf. ga"
Assut 90 tn C.ssss rsi.phsss, cash
tiosn. tto ruRhinx ons yraf, Ella.
Ai.o as~nis Zoe u.isy's Teeth ssa Iss.
sshs D..ps, Is csnts Isr i-,iis. 90 i-o l-siAs-
fpf o. csut..
Ds. 4. 4. Msss's Cream sf tifs rtiis.
,rf Ton. % cent. 90 too love foF ~ osnt..
u.s...l.u A, seS,tss Ma kts..
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

III, reported from all parts 81 the
State that rust IL injuring the potato
gfpu.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15
HAMILTON R. KEEN.
-stt I.gt
N.sis. .f rssi,i.s fss D,sshssGs.
srArE O1 MAINE.

ONFuRD, .. t-i'sar ~ Insolvency.. In the ca-s
% Asa. kE>l-rb>. ia-.slSsnt nyltof.
NOTICE 4 hsr,by xi',n that Q Istiiisn has. On
M. i'sh day ~ Aax. \. u, I-si, ls.n pro
ssntssi o. ALI ,aaTt fuF All tounty, BY IA
ksaistssa, 81 Aitzany, In The toanty ofDNfori.
prayins that ~ may - desrv.~i fall ii-s hsfsv
fruul al his d.lss. PRIV abb unisr the pruttsioas
of charter seventy ~ ths statutes ~ hAlns, AMI
uI-sa All I<titian. u .. erisr-l by sali Cour
that bssrihx - hal uIon the sams i-fof. all
,ouft % Paris, In .ali tSunty - Dnfuri. on
"Wednesday, ths lsth dAy ~ MI. \. ~. lot, 81
hlns o'sk-k IN The fOFvnu-,n. AMI that noties
thsr,of ~ puhnshssi In Tho unfori l,yms-fat. q
nswsIsgsr psl,li.hssi In ALL ,ounty ~ DNfsri.
onrs q sesk fsr to- surrs-slts uesks. tn last
publisation D. - 0ns dAy hrf0rv ths hay ~
h.srins. AMI that al cf,siitor. v ~ have prvsci
tbeir dsits, an.i ether Jsr-"n. lni.f.-t~i, may
apt~ar Al ali place anil tins snd .hos esu-s. n
.hy thy have, shy ti-sharsr .ioaii MT -
granted ALI Debtor socoriins a. the prayer 90
NJ. Istitioa.
Ail.-t -IIERRICk a. DAVIS. Register
of .ald coar Zoe all cOaniy ~ oxford.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15
NoN.mEslDrNr T,NIs

NON-nEsIDENT TAXES
In thu to~u - Broshdsli. IN o. tuahif %
fart, Coz m year 80 "a. Z
The fellosing Ut ~ taaes un -, -
non resltent 80 ners IN ths tusn mf d..
fJr tbe year l~s. In hili. efpuluiitirl y -
Waksdeli, o.,llsstor ~ tAaes ~ all - ~. -
sth dsy of Aax.. ia has t---n rstnfh~ 81
~ me ~ rvIaalninx unpahi - - A.
day % Jgns. l-si ~ his esFtincaif ~ 80 -
no~ vasia unpaid nsties 4 hsfrhi ',..ila
the ALI tsse.. lnteF.--i snsi shsrEf- a. - 80
"a Tho tessury - sai tusn st.la .iiar.
monihs frvsa date u 1.-THE oonnul t'Hsia II a. -
80 murh ~ Tie rrsl estate Axssi A. q. -. IL
" pay The smsunt due there,sni IN. ~ -, H.
ct snsi charges, sill withoat fsrlsf 80 4
-yti d pubhc saftion, a. tbs on Mr.
frink In sAit tssa % tn thiri daf :"
i-ss, al ose o'ciack In IN Aftsfns'n' .,..,
Names ~ owners. Dc-cftItion 81 ''s,' ~.
WIN. Obrisa, ~ aere. ~ lsRl, yale~i l.
iyaa.is.i en ne Rsfth ~ lani ~ y. 80 4
40, est by raj o. iIlram. sosih - ~,
Alsins Lane. west ny hai -
tidal tss on 81 ....tlsi
Js-~- Powers. 10 sers-. value ,'.a A''. = -
10 The late Jsme. POsers, eoah .saH
north ~ Aat ef :. q. Lane. sAa
Naco River. tsa tss tis
Dstesi. AaSuss n, Issi.
David o. snsNE,S,L
Treasurer u IN Ion u nv
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15
SINGLE GERMS.

slnxh Copie. "a M nsmasrai arv tuar cepts
earh. rhsY stii - naiissi ca rpsstpt - pftfs ~
a. pahnsksrs 90 fur a. csafenlsnfs 20 IHstrsrs
sn.s ost,l-s - - sss i.-as haze tsa plsTssi 90
ssla a ths fnIosinE plsoes IN ths tuantY
soath Paris. t.sFrY's nrua ~tsrv.
shurtTrs ufux ~tury.
Nar~av >orcs nfaE ~tsre.
hufkastt, ~ Atss--i, fa-tlaAstsr.
nlxashl lrsnk :. uAflus. fu.trnAstef
fryNhufs. \. lssis, ihsarAnts eAfs-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15
NKw ApvsKrisExkSrs.

NTsuinE
t.rsn.i Of-sning 81 a. fair.
tauntV tururnIsstlnETs' tills.
Nufira
~ui.-rriTfi.tn nshks
iirre We Az Again.
~gha-aI ~uprlcs.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Jo.s y. sr.slr,. R.s,.rtm.

Aspo,ts.
4. q. ue,m-,sr ~ q. 4. klahsn. 30
L. :. Lssrpsi n l.. !. Aksr.. ~
sucsu,Lp.
q. ". Allsn b. ". :. naeAnsm. :"
.. \. Rsu.sa ~ a. .. tts~.on,
,. srsHIiias ~ N. D. clspr.
cssrus.
7. &. Gurpsy 10 Y. Cols. ."
pixrirIp.
l.. frye ~ " iiel'asa, @
rH,>stis rtasrsrioS.
". q. rsri,sl ~ q. q. Wing. q
H.so,ra.
4. s,ssrn. ~ q. n. klAisIi. u
H,nsos.
4. :. E,sru ~ q. y. r..wu. -n
MASON.
A. = Han ~ ~. Msrrtn. 10
srtico.
Z. D. Wits 10 % 70. HABIT, y"
sILrus fLlSr.rto>.
a.. Ablsii b. q n. Abl-st. "a"
>os~At.
4. = kialsii b. Wa. = hsa..a, ~
y y. nr~p "a Wa. : rr.ii. 90
osrosp.
a. n. ns~ksr g. \. q. ChspHa, eo
4. a.. iiiRis ~ 4. ". ulshusoai,
rahIs.
". Ceot-r b. u. ". Co,l a a. lso
Mm D Casper ~ HIST hia.an a >sstn. 30
Ihsss q al o. y ", naFrytt, lso
q. ". ,hs-s ., al D. y. " hsfrvti
II 4. nansst H. D. N AHifsvs.
" 4 narku D. a ". Cha-, 80
~. ". nsnt D. a. D.. sharen, ID
r,su.
\. Cu.hmaa g. ~ q. wiss. I
D. ~. Anstis D. ., Aastia. es
.. nsfs.-s q ~ u uarsess.
. Austia o. :. D. fsttsarn.
u. " hs.Ehi ~ foT'lssl a sHnferifsii'
q 4 siRiash =, Portland a ganfsri Pail.
nail~sy. u.
HusroNp.
. n. tIslhin. b. a. O.. saith, %
: D.. fstisssiil o. D.. caris. Ns
Urto>.
D. ". nsNrs b. ". Y. wrrya, ~"
v.trHrOEp,
. % Chaiisaru ~ Va. ". ghaiioarp.
q. y. Itasssii - .. tis.tsli. DO
N. tus wstssa D. a.. D. .r,sH. ."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

COUNTY or OXFORD.
lot. To wM. woODsuM. Dr.
June :. .. %. oa ia.ps.'tlsa % township
rails. days. sis, CS
To travel fFpm West Peru D.
IN Akss sui fvtsrn. ioo mihs., s@
Iuns 4. ~. a rafi. sisarpei session
gday.. tss. a@
To travel fr,ssa West Peru b.
Parts, AL r.iarn. "a mils-. t0
Jsas "a, On. 70. a psnmsfk 90 raj
kssrins. ilsys. efs IN
To traVsi frum We, Peru o.
tsnulafk AIT fttafn. ITO uailrs. 80
Jun. a.. ~. al Wet Part. on rsssi bar.
Ing fdsys, o. N A0|
10 ,ra,si tr.m We, Peru D.
West Paris sRi r,tarn, o. miies. i9|
Ass. q. 8 az fan. silearns.i s.s.iea
gdsys. Ns. s@
To travel frvm Wet Peru b.
Paris snsi rvtufn, n miFs. t@
ssys- I. q a 90 Paris r.salar ss-.ioo,
idsys. tis. IN
To trstsi ffuaa West r.ru 81
rsrs as.i f,taru. 81 nis., ,@
,os
wM. wOoDstM.
OXFORD q. sspssalsfl i-oi.
rhsa p-r-.naliY agt-ar,si Nllnam Wossisam.
ALL us,ls oath that H. forts,dng a0cognt ~
him rynier,i ssi .ab.sriis-i :. true. hsfur,
ne.
ALngHr :. AUSTIN,
Chfi sap. lot Coar-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15
Acre AND rrGRI

II l. a pity that small Point drill
wouldnt STAY In vein % cosl little
longer. \ renusylnna ccal expert
promises the drillers ss.uo,oso for their
mine II they strike a hc,i 10 coal fiS. icei
thick within s.Oo trct 10 The surface.
IN drlll has already. az depih 10 les
than q Thousand f-et, gone through tso
layers. bat thsy have each h-cn only
about Two f-.t thick. he drill u iii
In good spirits.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

During the dull season, the papers arr
busted In discussing the prospects %
Lieut.. Pcary and his exploring party,
now In winter quarters on the coast Of
Greenland. some authorities say the
party i already doomed unless u has
titles say the party i much BITTER Of than
other earlier parties which have come
out all right. Lieut.. reary probably
does not share any % the misgiyings.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

The Maine branch ~ the Peoples
Party held a convention M Ls~iston lat
wesk and efieCtrl preliminary organifa-
tion. Uncle scion Chas. took quite a
prominent part. AMI the convention
s~.ms,i o. D. made up - the remnant ~
the Old Grc.nhack party, and the Leaders
"a the niou labor party. which cast a
few votes AZ The last els,tion. The plat
form adopted Sas the platform % the
Cincinnati Convention 20 the Peoples
Party. Without change. II advocate.
FIRE. silver Coinagv. government control
20 railways, the suh-trrtsury 2 pr cent
leaning .chcms. anil an the vagarics ~
the farm~rs' AllAncv. That such a
party can have large follosing Ia Maine
under existing circumstances sccms hard
~ likely bat 10 will probably draw o.
it-slf those wha cherish the idea that
the government ought % DO something
Tor tho-e who arv not prusPsring -
cause 20 thcir oSu misfortane, lnetil-
Cicncy or hFinc.s.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15
BORN.

BoRS.
In Hs,bsry. sspt. .. - ~ -i', 81 o~a. nh
Arissn. q 80
Ia Css,.a, ssp, 4. ~ tls -ifs 81 S.riiaaai
johBssa. dsaGhtsfs
In Ii,rfsri. hus. 81. n The -iie u IIshry
knspp. q soa.
In NV. Ass =. ~ ~ .iis u C,l'la IIsaii,
son.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

Sir Edwin Arnold l. o. revive $1,000
for any lectures In America-sso a
lecture. cue % the lcCturcs Will p
given az Portland, In the Stockbridgc
Cuurss.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

The Boarl 20 LADY Managers 10 thu
worlds Pair has pat itssli on rvvori a.
opposci o. having the fair oI'eu CA sun
day. Mr.. Governor Rurleigh AMI Mr..
L. VI. y. stevens, q Maine, Ncrv among
those Who voted and worked Tor the ~
.ul.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

The embargo GA American pork In
Germany has BEEN removed. With the
market thus extended. the farmers %
the United states ought 90 b. able to
gct a little more dollar Into the hog
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

Under the supervision % the United
states government, experiments In pro-
,lucing rain have rcCcntly bern carried
un In the West. and have apparently
heen successful. The experiments we're
necessarily carried on with a great deal
q publicity aud noise, a. they Involved
The firing % quantities ~ dynamite, the
explosion ~ balloons, &c. one Prank
Melbourne undertook % Guido the gov
crument, and carried Ou his experiments
Ia a barn concealed from view. the ma
turr ~ them not being revealed. liis
first trial SEEMED O. b. succcssful, bat on
a second attempt the eNpectod rain failed
to appear. To the ordinary mind Il
would not seem that operations ~ what
ever nature. carried GA In an enclosed
building. could have any apprccable ef-
fcct upon any great body Of the atmos-
pherc.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

Ia hi. rymarks az m. lewiston ten
Israncc meeting. senator FRYE made
GOOD hii AZ thoss Who dcclarr themselves
Ia favor "a reducing drunkenness, anil al
The same time advocate license:
III yog license rum drinking % make
Insu sot.rr, why not license thieying 90
make them honest. and prostitution 10
make thcm ylrtuousF'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

New that the yoang stallion Allerion
has whitfield OF quarter 20 seCond
from Nelson's rccoui, and east down
from hi lofiy position a. The king 20
stations the hor-e ~ which MAlns l. 49,
proud, thcrr are many loud cAlls Tor The
man Nelson o. ct down from the sulky
and give up his placc to some driver vi b.
1. not handicapped by excess % weight
aud disposition. ~ this wcre done, u
might Increase the chances % Nelson's
again lowering The rvcori. a. h. l. believed
capable ~ doing. M. Nelson Il a bred
cr ~ good Judgment, and b. oSns =
wonderful horse bat be- has heretofore
shown a disposition o. D. part ~ the
show himself. and Il l. doubtful " ths
clamor In the present Instance viii In
iuc- him % take himself cat ~ the
sulky.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

Mr.. Blaine l. candidate Tor the rrcs-
ieuiial nomination. Mr.. Blaine will az
sept a unanimous nomination. Mr..
ilaine l. not candidate. Mr.. Blaine
could not accrpt the nomination under
ny circumstance. These stories come
- Thick aud fat that one can not keep
track % thru. And the convention j.
still months 90.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

For 81 We will .ell you q Quaker
Range with cabinet base, ~ plocc- ~
VAR, pipe Ia Nc and finc "a ~ under the
Range; Ne offer this AZ les than vgular
pric.. snd CIV. YOU nearly q year In
which to pay for u At ~ I'.r month.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

The Maine Board % Worlds Fair Man
lgcrs advertise Tor competitive deslgns
for the Maine building 40 Chicago by
Maine arvhitSts, the building to D. con
structcd 20 Maine granite With a slate
roof. II doesn't look ss II The idea -
granite Building % Maine granite had
ie,n given up.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-06

dozen years past, the public will GER
tainly be surfcJed with sensational de-
tails.
No four men ever worked more Sc
cretly and thoroughly as one in every
thing from the election of United States
senator and the expanding Of Sl00,000,OO
down to the nomination of a congressman
or the discharge of a clerk, then the famous
Big Four of CaIifornia-Stanford,C Croker
Hopkins ard Huntington.
Crocker and Hopkins are dead, Stanford
Is IN the United States senate, and now
Mr. Coils Potter Huntington is nightly
interested in the great VIII case. for if Mr..
Searles holds the vast estate he is ex-
pected to vote with Mr.. Huntington and
thus maintain his position As controller of
the Southern Pacific. All the characters
of the drama are personally and histori-
cally interesting Mark Hopkins, creator
OF the vast fortune now 10 be fought for,
was rugged New Highlander and an
'Argonaut OF 80" in California. In four
years he returned and married his cousin
Mary Frances Sherwood; then went again
10 California and in due time became the
famous millionaire and railroad king.
When he died, IN 1878, his wife received a
little matter of $50, 100000, or thereabout.
That was the lowest estimate of it then, and
some think it has more than doubled since
Edwin f. Sea-les is also 4 Yankee, but of
type so different from bluff Mark Hop
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-06

pie TO decide the control. Now, Mr.. Tim
Hopkins hints that If MIR Seares does not
surrender, ne (HopEinsl will publish the
secret history of the road, including a
thousand literally stunning details. II be
does the lovers of gossip will certainly be
entertained, and the trial will be the fea-
ture of the decade.
Second in interest to the Hopkins case
and but barely second, is the suit brought
against Laurence Drake and others by l43
persons claiming to be the natural heirs of
Mrs. Ann Drake Seaman. She died in
1878, leaving 81 900 900 worth of real estate
in New York city, about $1,000, 900 worth
in Chicago and perhaps $780, 600 of personal
property, about three-fourths of which she
had willed to her second cousin, Laurence
Drake. She was very proud OF her descent
from the great navigator, Sir Francis
Drake, and for many years before her
death, at the age of eighty-three, was &c
centric to the verge Of insanity. All the
other brakes received something, but the
Sealnaus and other relatives were left out,
the natural result Of which was suit.
Fifty witnesses We're examined, but the
surrogate finally decided that undue in
fuence" was not proved.
NOtlCt Vi appeal vas Hleu, Dut HoIHlHS
further was done Now the Seamans come
forward with two startling allegations
that the alleged will was forgery and
that their attorney was bribed by the
brakes TO let the appeal go by default.
And that attorney was no less a person
than Smith NJ. Ely, once mayor of New
York, and now dead. 1t is conclusively
proved, in fact admitted by his legal rep
resentatives, that he received heavy fee
from Laurence Drake, but it is claimed
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-06
The Steam Engines of the World.

The number of steam engines in the
world is an everchanging and rapidly III
cressing figure keeping pace with the ex-
tension of the worlds trade. Mulhall gave
the horse power of the worlds engines in
1870 az 1855, 900: in 1860 as II. 400 900, and in
1880 as Is, 92l 600. According to the bureau
of statistics in Berlin the horse power of
the worlds engines had in 1887 increased
to no less than &C, o00, oC0, and allowing for
even a moderate increase since that time tho
horse power cannot now be less than 50, 0oo,-
900, says an English exchange, which fur
nishes the following statistics: France
owns 80, 500 stationary and locomotive boil
ers, 7,Go0 loco" ..tives and 1,S50 ship boilers;
Germany has $1,000 boilers, 10000 locomo-
tives and LOO ship boilers; Austria, L, coo
boilers and 2,soo locomotives. The force
equivalent to the working steam engines
represents in United States, Z, 500, 900 horse
power; in Great Britain, 1000, 900 horse
power; In Germany, 4, 800, 900; in France,
5000, COO. and in Austria, 100000.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-06
Talk About Sullivan.

san FRANCISCO, CAL, Sept. 5. - The
Msriposa was delayed day in arriving here
on account OF severe storm experienced be-
tween Sydney and Auckland. The flood
lasted four days. Seas frequently broke
over the vessel and the cabins were soaking
The pilot house and smoke room were stove
in and other damage done. Those on
deck narrowly escaped being washed over
board. When the steamer left Sydney
John L. Sulllvans combination were about
10 proceed to Melbourne. Sullivan pro-
ceeded TO indulge in liquor on his arrival in
Sydney but did not create any disturbance
Capt. Haywood stated that stories of Sulli-
vans conduct on shipboard were much ex-
aggerated. A party of five roughs at
tackled Sullivan while in saloon, but Sui
ivau and his companions promptly knocked
them down, after which the roughs escaped.
All accounts of the Goddard-C honyoski
fight, the result of which was csbled at
the time, agree that the contest was one of
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-06

that this was not a bride, that it was
merely TO pay him for assisting III a speedy
settlement after the appeal was abandoned
by the contestants. All the real estate is
tied up by injunctions, all who have
bought or leased are in qu0ndary, and
threatening letters are flying about.
One of these hints at murder. 1t was
received by Lawyer George W. Wilson,
counsel for the contestants, and reads,
Take care you do not follow Townsend. 3"
Townsend was the lawyer found dead last
November At the foot of the Palisades,
near Weehawken. After a searching in
quiry the jury decided that he mad COM
mitted suicide, though there were suspi-
cions of murder and it now turns out that
he was to have been an important witness
for the contestants. 1t is hard TO believe
that any one interested in the will would
consent to murder, but 81 Coz, 900 is u great
deal of money, and some men get very
much excited at the prospect of gaining or
losing SO much
Some very queer testimony was intro
duced at the first trial, showing that Mrs.
Seaman erected monuments to her dead
dogs, scattered gold pieces on the parlor
floor when visitors called, regarded Mr..
Drake as the owner OF her house and her
self as tenant, and believed that she could
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-06
IT IS ALARMING.
An Immense Organization of
Cotton Pickers
IN ALL THE COTTON STATES.
1t is Said that at Appointed Time
They Will Stop Short, Never to
Go Again, Uuless Their De-
mands Are Granted
Special 10 the Gazette.

~
GALVESTON, Ten, Sept. 5-A gentleman
well and favorably known throughout the
| state arrived in the city tonight and was
seen by GAZETTE representative. to whoa
he maae the following statement: \ start
ing rumor, he said, had gained
that an immense organization of
| cotton pickers throughout all of the cotton
states had been effected within the past six
weeks or two months, pledged not to pick
100 pounds ana board; that this
organization had been effected through the
colored Alliance, and now numbers more
than half million names on the rolls, with
thousands being added every day.
knowing this of course means
that no cotton will be picked,
as planters cannot afford to pay that sum
for picking at the present price of the staple
l determined TO Investigate the
matter. have examined r NJ.
Humphreys, general superintendent of the
Houston, but could not get any
definite information from him
Humphreys, who is an ex-Confederate
colonel, admitted that some organization of
the kind had been effected, induced by
counter organizations Of planters and
u, III certain seetions-notably At
Memphis and CharleStou-to reduce the
price for picking to > very low stan
dard, but declined to enter into par
ticulars. Humphreys, however, stated
that the coored pickers had
combined to protect themselves from this
dictatiou, aud he thought they would
be able to do 50, that he
Humphreys had recently returned
from u tour of all the Southern
states in the interest OF the colored ALI
ance, and found all matters moving
smoothly and the membership rapidly in
creasing, and he thought the move for an
advance III wages for picking would be
made very soon.
Unable to get any more definite in
formation from Humphreys, 1 pushed my
Investigations further and found that a
secret circular was being printed
in Houston. which will be sent out TO all
the cOlored sub-Alliances throughout
the Southern states tonight, outlining
the plan of action and fixing the
date when simultaneous action
by the picliers for higher wages throughout
the cotton states shall take place l tried
to secure one of these circulars, but was I'M
successful
This IS I most serious matter with
the planters, for they are almost
entirely dependent upon this class of
labor for gathering their crops, ana
if the organization is Us extensive as
ii now seems TO be, the delay in picking
necessarily resulting therefrom Will cause
material loss if bad weather sets in
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-06
JUNTA GOVERNMENT
Chill Now Under the Rule Of
That Party.
ADMIRAL BROWN TO TRACY.
Brazil and Peru Congratulate the Junta
the Victory Won-Twenty Refu-
gees Taken to Peru on
the Baltimore.
The Junta Recognized.

WASHINGTON, Sept. Whether or not
the congressional junta has been recognized
as the de facto government of Chilli cannot
De officially learned at the department Of
state, as the acting secretary refuses
to make any statement whatever on the
subject Nevertheless, there is good rea-
son to believe that acting upon Minister
ECan's information that the authority of
the Junta is supreme in Chill,
he has, as already predicted,
been directing open relations with them.
If there has been any question as to the
proper treatment of the refugees aboard
Admiral Browns flagship it has been de-
cided by the Admiral himself, as appears
from the following cablegram received by
Secretary Tracy from him this afternoon:
VALPARAISO, Sept. 5.-The Baltimore
left yesterday for Molindo, Peru, taking
away twenty refugees whose lives are not
safe in Chill. There was no other way TO
reach neutral territory. The Baltimore IS
to return without delay. Excitement is
subsiding rapidly.
fSi,Tua1f RRpXE