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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-01-24
TWENTY SEVENTH DAY.
The Council Meets in Executive Session
and Unanimously Confirms Dist
Atty, R. E. Twitchell,
The House Passes the Penitentiary Bill
The Washington Commission
High License Again.

In executive session at noon to-day the
council unanimously confirmed the ap
pointment OF Mr.. r. f. Twitchell to be
district attorney for the counties OF Santa
Fee, Rio Arriba and San Juan.
1nrNHIT
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"0LD UNCLE BILLY"
Death of an Eccentric Character OF
Cabarrus County.

CHARLOTTE, N. G., Especial. l-One Ct
the most eccentric men in North Caroliuu
las just died in Township No. 10, Cabar.
rus County, at the age Of 80. He was
VIM. I'ost, known throughout this sec.
ton as "Old Uncle Billy"
d. Droll in speech, singular in thought.
TIC was n bachelor, woman hatcr, a mis-
n and rcclusc. His sole companions
we're two old dogs and an old ncgrcss
'rho cooked his meals. After bis death
his relatives ransacked his house aud
gathered together SO, 900 in gold found
slowed away in cans, stockings, pockets
Of old clothes, pitchers, jars, gourds,
boxes, cupboards and hooks and erannics..
Opcncu Tor ton years were among them.
Three hundred doiluis in notes which
had been hid amoug the raf,crs had been
destroyed by rats and mice. The old
man made will month before his
death, by which he bcqucathed of the L.
800 acres he possessed, 500 acres to Peter
Eost and his brother, his ncphows, and
the remainder in 100 acre tracts to other
ncphcws. No requests were made to hia
nCccs or any of his female relatives, nov
was the faithful old black cook rcmcm-
bcrcd. One thousand dollars was be-
oucathcd to Bethel Church, from which
he was buried. Tho disappointed rela-
tiyes threaten 10 contest the will
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ROYAL Arch Masons.

MINNEAPoLIs, MINI, Especial. THE
general grand chapter Regal h,ch Masons
Of the United States of America began
its twenty eighth triennial convocation
here at high noon, Wednesday. This
body is the largest Masonic body in the
world, having a membership of 141, ,9Ol
1t is also the oldest body in the United
States, and it will celebrate its centennial
in 1897. An address of welcome was de-
livcrcd by Mayor p. b. Winston, and
response by the general grand high priest,
ID. f. Day, Of Buffalo, N. Y. The report
of the general grand scribe showed that
in two years the new growth of the or
der has been ii, 942. The total member
ship now is 141, ,901. Since 1889 $186
196 were collected and $16S, 095 expend-
ed. There are 2,069 enrolled chapters,
Interesting references was made to the
growth of the order in Asia, Mexico and
South America The grand chapter in
| Chile has not been heard from on account
of the civil war. The general grand
! high priest in his address said that the
| grand ch,ptcrs of Pennsylvania, Virginis
| and West Virginia, which were still in
dependent, would probably be brought
under the general chapter, as wei as the
Canadian grand chapters, before the cen
| ten, ial
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That Big Light House.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Especial. ]-Un-
derson & Ban of New York, contractors
for the construction of the light house on
Diamond Shoal, off Cape Hattcras, have
informed the Light House board that
notwithstanding great loss that they have
already sustained in that work, they will
make another cndcavor 30 secure solid
foundation On treachcrous reef, it will
be impossible, they say, to do that or
anything before next year beyond the con
.strction Of caisson which will be larger
and stronger than the one which was de-
stroycd a few weeks ago while being put
in position.
They feel confident that Il permanent
liyht can be cstab'i-hcd at that point but
think it canuot be done for much less
than two million dollars Their contract
price is 1886, 900, being within $4,000
OF the available appropriation.
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Professor Lombroso, student OF
criminals, says that out of forty one an
archists whom he studied in the Paris
pUfics UIuU5, rnnty -one Pot 0eu'. e"o''ry'
the criminal type of features. OF forty
three Chicago anarchists the percentage
of wicked faces WAS forty, and that is
about the percentage obtained from the
professors researches among the politi-
cal criminals of Turin. RcgicideS or
murderers of presidents, such as Flcschi,
Guiteau, Nobilng and historic evil-docrs
like Marat, had nearly all th" cr::!:U;'
cast of features. Nobiling, Guiteau and
Booth, in the specialists opinion, hal
syhereditary tendencies to crime Certai'
socialists, like Karl Marx and Lassallc
are exempted from the doctors classified
tion, as their features are noble, but tn"
such men do not favor anarchy.
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Virginia's Worlds Fair Convention.

The spirit manifested at the State con-
vcntion held last week, Wednesday, at
Pulaski, evidenced that the Worlds Co
umbian Exposition has taken a strong
hold upon the minds of the people of
the Commonwealth, and that there will
be substantially unanimous call upon
the general assembly next winter to make
large appropriation, so that every re-
source and every attraction of Virginia
mav-be adequately and" fttingiy exhibit.
e'. WINE no sum was fixed upofi ak 1tfr..
last that would be required, there was a
general agreement that 800, 900 would
be the lowest sum that the Legislature
should appropriate
1T has been noticed that in some other
States the farmers opposed any appro.
prlation, or else insisted that it should be
very small. and that they denounced all
Iiberality of appropriation as prievous
cXtravaSancies. Not thus feel the yir.
glnia agriculturists, who were represent
ed ut Pulaski. On the contrary they in
!ehd to spend literally. but not lavishlv
III ordcr that their Commonwealth NAV
have rev rd for the enterprise and pub.
Tic spirit of her citizens.
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1t Means Dollar Wheat.

A Baltimore merchant tells the Amer.
can of that city that France has ordered
wheat this wear in Baltimore mp TO the
present time to the extent OF about 21,-
600 OOOi, go. 900, O0O') The expenditure
of 81, 600, 900 means the purchase through
firms in this city Of, roughly estimated,
} { OO. 600 bushels nf wheat. The purchase
money alone does moi by any mcanS re-
present the benefit accruing TO this city
llom such expenditure, for you must '"kc
into consideration the vast hlupe' o,
hands ,bat must necessarily be employed
TO handle the grain, on ihc railroad, at
the piers, and on shiphoard. -.
The shortage of tnc wheat crops IN Eu,
roncan countries and the heavy crop OF
wheat and other cereals with which VIC
on this sidc'o: rhc water have neeh p'c'S
ed. serve to give boom 10 shipping at
this and othcr pors Of the Atlantic that
makes the hearts OF the mario the far
- ond the middleman glad
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Straws Show the Wind.

The railroad construction which is re-
corded for the six months ending July
Isl. shows that of the ] 500 miles of rail.
way that were built during tcat period,
:'3G were in the South. The mileage of
'hc several States is as follows: Georgia.
10; Alabama, 137 South Carolina,
2o.5; West Virginia, III Virginia, 100;
and North Carolina, "a 4. OF the Nor
thc,n States Pennsylvania leads with
1894, Washington follows with i02.7,
Montana with 7s7. Only t%oa htra mhtrtas
were constructed in New York, four i'll
Massachusetts, five in Indiana, six i'll
Maine and Missouri each and seven III
New Hampshire.
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The asylum that anarchists of all
Europern countries have made of
Switzerland has never been regarded
favorably BY the Swiss pcasantry. They
have been imRervious to all attacks of
socialistlc oratory, and in order to make
a more distinct resistance against soriot--
ism, peasant associations, under the
name of "Buuerbunde," have been
founded in several parts of German
Switzerland. The movement has two
newspapers, one of which advocates this
policy for the Government. "The abo-
lition Of public festivals and Government
pensions, opposition to all supcrfluous
expenditure OF the State and improve d
education"
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The Prince OF Monaco having secured
! wiieSwith $500, 900 annual income has
made up his mind to -bcgood und nave
no more gambling in his spacious realm
after the present lease of tho Casino is
run out, April 16, 1892 But the enter.
prising managers of the tables have
made arrangements to reproduce the en-
tire establishment, theatre and all, in
Andorra, the little republic in the
Pyrcnees On the border of France and
Spain. Already 81, 100000 of the capi-
tai stock has been taken up in Paris.
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Forty Thousand in Gold in Her Wood
shed.

NEW CASTLE, PA. Especial. THE Ep.
worth Methodist Episcopal Church here
has Just come into $40, 900 in n peculiar
way. Mary Greer was an eccentric old
four weeks agJ:a Jtalse,sGa{s ies . years; A1ou.
had como. sho sent for her lawyer and q
friend TO make her will.
She G!:::s.. asked 90 uc carried to awood-
shed in the yard. There she pulled aside
some rubbish aud disclosed can con
tanning $40, ,0OOin shining gold. Then
the old lady was carried iuto the house
and made will bequcathing $4,000 to
the church. She was Informed that il a
public bcqucst was made within thirty
DAYS Of death il was OF no avail, so the
old lady handed over the money in cash.
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BALTIMORE, MD, Especial. 1.-The
American says that the National Farm
ers' Alliance will hold their encaaap apment
in Maryland, near this city, and that the
annual cncampmcnt will be had here
every year, certainly for the mkt five
ycals, and it is probable that hte WI!
be purchased and the encampmem located
here permanently This year the en-
campmcnt will be held in Se'tember
About Two hundred acres of lane will be
needed for the cncampment andan audi,
torium will be erected which vii seat
10000. The encampment will last two
weeks and 250, 900 persons ma, be eX-
pccted to be present. The Pennsylvania
and Baltimore and Ohio railroads have
made liberal Offers to secure the 'ncamP'
mcnt along their lines.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-07-31
A YOUNG JEWS STORY
Of Inhuman Treatment in Russia
and How he Escaped siRssis.s-

and How He Escaped sibsgiA.,S.s.
adSass: M '7ltusSS ssS SEs = s,S
detention bureau at the barge Office,
awaiting the decision Of the supcriatcn
dent of immigration IT is probable that
they will all be seat back, aa each one
has been assisted
One Of the detained immigrants, Men
del Tiogalski. a young man Of twenty, II
carpenter bv trade tells II thrilling story
of his own adventures and sutIcrings in
Russia. lie became 4 suspect, while work
ing at his trade il Riga. End TO escape
Siberia, which was inevitable, he fled
from city to city, parsucd constantly. He
was finally taken prisoner. beaten and
treated most inhumnnly, and prepared
for Siberia. when he again managed 20
escape. lie succeeded in reaching the
frontier and by the assistance Of his Coun
trymen was sent TO Hamburg llcIc he
was further assisted aud left for America.
He has no money. having been robbed
he was taken prisoner IN Russlu,- auu' ne
says il he is caught again in that country
he will he put 10 death. The Jewish
societies have taken hold of his case.
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Joseph Nimmo, Jr., the Government
Statistician, is Of the opinion that cat
the rate at which the Interstate Com
mission is now evolving decisions, it is
to be apprehended that in the course of
ten years the railroad lawyers of this
country, except those willing to study
themselves to death, will throw up their
profession in despair, fo- the reason that
1t has become too much for Them"
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The real truth about "the attempt in
Japan to assassinate the Czarew!tch' has
reached the Berlin embassies from st.
Petersburg. 1t appears that the Care
witch and his companions, having dined
freely, proceeded in plain clothes into
the lowest quarter of the town in which
they were staying, where they entered a
"tea saloon" in which a large and
rowdy company we're assembled. The
Czarewitch and his friends appear to
have been some what exhilarated, and
were assumed TO be band Of not very
refined touists "on the spree" A row
speedily took place, and the police were
called in, whereupon there was rough
fight, i'm the course Of which the Care
witch was slightly wounded, by a pure
accident, and he and Prince George OF
GsssGs Gsss5Yssa and their followers were the only
laughter at the idea of the Emp1eirbsTFl E1i 81 II b y
Russia having so hastily decorated hi
Greek nephew for saving the Czarewitch
who was in danger of nothing except q
prison cell for the night. which Prime;
George would hayN shared with him, fol
they were bo'o equally culpable. Tn,
Emperor was furious when the trut
reached him, AMI, not content with tele
graphing very severe rebuke To the
Czarewitch, he ordered him to re-
turn home at once. HIS "bcar.leaders'
will have n bal time Of it wh,a they get
back to Russia.
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pEFFER IN WEST VIRGINIA.

WHEELING. w VI, Senator W. b.
Peircr of Kansas, National Alliance Sec
rctarv Turner and State Alliance Organi-
ger Gorskadon addressed an audience of
10, 900 people at Moundsville. After the
addresses conference was held with
leading Alliance and Peoples party men
Of this State with n view of mapping a
pl II of mping in West Virginia. The
Great majority of the Alliance leaders,
such as Congressman Capchart and Scna-
tor Knott, stand aloof from the movement
and nrcdict its failure in this State.
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The United States Secret Service off.
GERS have notified all the jewellers of
Chicago that hereafter they will be pros
ecuted for counterfeiting in case they
are caught gold plating silver or nickel
coins for use as-bangles. This action is
taken because Il has been discovered
that some of these plated coins have
been passed for gold coins, which they
resemble in size.
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A
hon would return TO the Republican
party. Now, this was made of the whole
cloth. The president of the Alliance
came out in card denouncing the whole
story as falschood No such resolution
uon was ever introduced, yet it gets in
print, and people who read only the par
tisan papers fancy the Alliance has gone
TO pieces in Kansas, and that its members
VIII 60 straightway back to their old love,
the Republican party"
II want to tell you that such notions
are absurd In Kansas today we have
from $4,000 to 10000 members gained
since the adoption of the ocala platform.
Does that look like losing strength? We
are growing faster than ever and are
thoroughly united"
win there be a third ticket in the
race1 will give YOU A
straight answer: SO far as the Northwest
$ concerned the third party has come to
'iay 1T w have a. tiakat. ~ thn aaldkhskss
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IL Is the opinion of the Chicago Herald
that "Uncle Sam does not cffer much en-.
couragement in the way of remuneration
to men of science in the Government en-
lploy. No matter how able scientis.
may be the maximum salary he can re.
ceiVe is $500 year, and it is frequently
never $1,000"
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NUMBER 81.

slesswards amid the firing Of ca mon NV
~ Rockbridge artillery the corts %.
nsrI.ei by little Julia and the veil f.,, "s
posing to view the statue. Militsrv ard
civic organizations then passed in view ~
the statue through the cemetery drsn'
ping Out Of line as.thaQ .ssc6ed theS,
quarters. ~
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'SoJffN8<St, tA<fpn t4k4u -tWIEO the
east has been tobked BY eesnn phisli-
S:tea Pioneers must command den the
admiration Of their victims.
Tue thirty second judicial ditrict is
composed of six counties-SewaH. Stew
ems and Merton, on the southern Inc be-
tween Kansas and No Mans Laul, and
Grant, Haskell and Stanton joining them
on the north. Each of these couities is
- miles square. A few years ago every
re of their area belonged 10 the govern
ment. Since then they have been taken
up by alleged farmers, who, as soon they
could secure title from the land office,
mortgaged them to loan companies for
all the agents would advance and abau-
doncd them
Now the loan companies are in undis-
putcd possession of 90 per cent. of the
claims, and about the only remaining ev-
ldcncc that the country was ever popu-
lated are the ruins of sod houses and dug
outs that dot the broad piai4 st. regplaE.
tfe''s sWfrcn rrftkin Indication that
the little hut is occupied, and that water
is being pumped for the family's use
from depth ranging from 100 to 1S0
feet.
Towns which were abiding places for
mcrly Of from 500 to 5000 people are
now either entirely deserted or nearly
80. County seats which contain fully
100 business houses seldom have over
three in use, and
THE ARE ENOUGH BUILDINGS
TO furnish two for each man woman and
child resident. City lots, which were
once in demand at 81, 800 each, and
many of which have brought $4,000,
row have no value, and their owners do
OF pretend to pay taxes upon them.
These counties were organized in pros
porous times, when eastern loan compa-
mics, through their agents, were dealing
lax tbonsseds, to hQes
,4ss MI sestSStn ehSaSn % entitle them to county
organization under the state law, while
now there is not one that has half enough.
Abortive attempts at farming have al
most invariably proved complete failures,
and the only crop that has been raised
has been one of bonds and mortgages.
-
Commencing Monday, July 81, Farm
crs' Alliance and Knights of Labor en-
campment began at Sulphur Springs,
Texas, to continue five days. The
programme is modelled upon the Chau-
tauouan system, and includes
addresses each day from we'll known
lecturers, the following speakers being
of the number: Prof. G. Vincent, Sena-
tor PETER, President Evan Jones, Harry
Tracy. NJ. w. wilkins, r. w. Coleman,
II. s. p. Ashby, w. S. Morgan, G. w.
fYionv, uiM -rE -Earmer, Ralph Beau
gathering of labor peor Ayef held IN
Texas was present. Gro, ,aa wood and
water were provided gr those who
were campcd. w
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r.. f,,v,er of Brooklyn says

The Rev Rev, pI: GreeIey cey once told him that
that Horace H"S tbat at the time Of his youns
he believed INA. Nav "' Hampshire he was imo
mr1hSsa man a SiH % the w. Tns asss Rsy P Of
cuylsr further the i@yn lyman Beecher, that i%
nosc times wS Of coG"se'IT%. ,%"r Sin
na d1ns6 .o %acS % %wHsksy in nsg. it shrs S.rs vt
changed since theh'
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ALLIANCE ll h1MENT.
Everything Mortgsged d South,
western Kansas.
Counties With Small ropulf ion. and
Large Debts the 0utcjne of
Wildcat Settling gcAekes.

Southwestern Kansas boats of the
shrewd.st financiers in the Wild, writes
Topeka correspondent OF be Boston
Herald How the people livj and what
they can hope for in the futui have puz.
a,eu the brains OF the eassekh TART of the
State for many years.
me attention which the redht killing
OF Col Sam Wood has t9zna towards
lns has sssal,sd nsalss i0rsssi.s io e Lend
r,s,lSss ), -. =. 80 ~
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TRAGEDY AT A DANCE.
deorge Futch Shoots Willie Dow,ine
and His Father.

A Starkc, Fla, special says. WIN,
lowing was shot aud killed and his
'ather, Joseph Bowling, perhaps fatally
Wounded by George Futch, Wedncsdoy
"orning, about fifteen miles west of bora
Inc trouble occurred ut the hon a ~
Anerum Adkins during the proura.s -
old man D6wiins 8 szk fSgE hand.
futch got enough aud saskcd to be
turned loose" Then Bowling let him
20. Then Futch slipped back, pulled
"ul his pistol, and began firing.
The first shot struck Willie Bowling
over the region of the heart, killing him
instantly Futch had fired three shots
at Joseph Bowling, the father, the first
entering the upper part of the right
thigh, the next entering the right lower
",tion of the abdomen, and the last cp-
'cring the right groin.
Futch then ran through the front gate
and turned and fired another shot into
the crowd, dangerously wounding an
orphan boy named Narncs. A posse
started pursuit of Futch ut once, but so
far nothing has been heard from him.
These people are we'll connected and
among ths best citizcus of Bradford
county. In fact, Joseph Bowling bears
the reputation of being one Of tho best
aud most prosperous farmers Ia the couu'
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0<1oren fhe distance TO the
0nlf by 100 miles. j. J. Williams. of
Jackson, is chief engineer

GEORGIA.
Columbus is to have garbage crema.
tory.
Savannah will probably build second
garbage Crcmatory.
y grand reunion of the surviving vete,
rams Of the famous Forty second Georgia
reg ment took place Wednesday, at
Grant Park. Atlanta.
At a meeting of Brunswick citizens
the Southeast Georgia Fair Association
was organized for ;he purpose of holding
an annual fair in Glyun.
Virgil Steed has sold $3.50 worth of
"atcrnclons for the cash in Talbotton
since the opening of the season off of
two acres of land, on which he made
less than one thousand pounds of seed
cotton last year.
Captain Dempster, of the ,SslNstian
A 4As -
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''STONEwALL" JACKSON.
The 30th Anniversary of Manassas
Fifty Celebrated.
Hne Statue of the Great Cavalry
Leader Unveiled at
Lexington.

LEXINGTON, Va Especial. The 3oth
anniversary OF the first battle of Manas.
thusasm
The village was bright and bustlinr
with color, while 10000 strangers as,
sem6led within its cnvirons to participate
IN the exercises incident to the unveilinp
OF the monument symbolic .cf. the. askeers
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S00l&Sl A 11endacfatic ledders do not put
an end to their int .lerance, prescription,
and denunciation of our order and its
principles there will he third ticket in
the South also. There is great deal of
human nature among AL lance men. They
have stood II good deal from the Demo
cratic leaders, but are growing weary and
may turn on their dctnctors."
''Is il true that you have demanded
the resignation of President Hall, of the
Missouri State Alliance, being he is op
posed to the sub-treaSury plnnk!'
"About as true us the story that as
commander of Confederate brigade
had some prisoners shot in cold blood Mt
Gettysburg. l never got higher than third
lieutenant and the Union soldiers l had
executed existed in the fertile brain OF II
partizan editor. No. President Hall has
not been asked out of the order have
had some correspondence with him and
think that he with Wade of Tennessee
and McAllister and Beeman, of M,ssissip-
Sal, aye making sad mistake aaxiasi.~'
"What about the charges that DR.. Ma
cune has sold out to the protective tariff
advOcatcsl"
That is on par with the other stuff.
We never notice the calamnies directed
against our prominent men. The public
has got so used to the fakes of the party
organs that little dependence is placed in
what such papers say"
"Col. Polk has been lecturing in New
York State to enthusiastic audiences, and
will start shortly for Georgia, where he
is to make speech making tour in COM
pany with Gen. Weaver, of Iowa, Hon.
Jerry Simpson, and Mrs. Digges, Of
Kansas