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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11
JAPAN WANTS LIGHT.
An Appeal to Gov. Fifsr for Points
on Local Self f-Governmcnt.

srnINerIELD, Ill, Especial. An In
T.sg T%.usos'ing letter was received by Gov.
shes to-day. 1t comes from Japan, and
mas oesn turned over to Secretary Wines
OF the State Board OF Charities with 4
request that he reply to IL. Tho letter
is addressed to tho "Hon. Joseph w.
FIJI, and is as follows:
'TAMURA STREET, TOXIC JAPAN
o Aug. 2, 1901,
"The Hon, Joseph W. NJ. 6srernor AZ
the State Of Illinois.
DEAR SIR: Count Stagki, tho leader
OF the Liberal party Of Japan, askod ma
10 investigate the local Goverument of
ffihuss q smnsass - IS 5 100 3 8 ! jaoss.
pie Of that system in its newer form that
l cannot do better than extract from
clear and trustworthy writer the follow
ing account Of the whole scheme Of local
elf-govcrnment in that. State, which is
fairly typical of the New World, by
Robert Shaw. LII. D..
$50 translate four pages of the loca
Government Of your State, but it gives
only the main points. would like to
see manual of local sclfgoverument
so we shall be able to know Just how
much work belongs to the State, county,
and town each. In Japan the ceptral
national Government takes up all works
on civil government. Capitalization
woakcns the people. So we wish to reform
our administrative system. We want
our locil sclf-govc,nment as you have
in America Will you please send me
some of your Official publications "a
which we may find all points for local
government or local administration
We would like to know the extent Of
the work, the taxes for national, State,
grateful for sketch of local self.govefn.
ment. 1t will give us new light.
Excuse me for the abbreviation OF
Your name. Just got it from the Amer
an Legation by telephone, so that
cannot get the last part Of your name.
Yours most sincerely,
''SHENEMoro."
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11
CONNECTED WITH MANY PAPERS.
Career of DR.. Kingsbury, the Editor
of the Wilmington Messenger.

We copy the following from the
editorial column of that excellent jour
nal, the Wilmington IN. c. Messenger:
1T may interest some our readers to
know with what papers, etc, we have
been connected. We edited entirely the
Oxford Leisure Hour Oxford Torch
light, Warrenton Indicator, Raleigh
Crescent. Our Living and Our Dead,
monthly, and the Educational Journal,
monthly We were at one time asso-
ciated in the tditorship with the Raleigh
Daily Sentinel, Raleigh Daily Record,
Raleigh Christian Advocttc. twiCe con
Bccted with it J Raleigh Biblical Record
cr. (paid to write editorials, Tarbo"o
Southcrncr. Wilson Advance, Taiboro
CaIolinian. (whcn Major Hcarnc was
EDITOR. and Memphis, Tenn. Baptist.
We edited Kind Words. a Sunday -schoo!
monthly, published al Memphis, Tenn.
We were travelling correspondent of the
Weldon News and Fayetteville Gazette
(,ignature "TuSCarora was at one
time paid correspondent of Crutcn-
! fields daily at Petersburg. Va called
! the News, and also of the Richmond Dis
patch. We were also paid Contrlbu-
! tor, editorially and otherwise, of DR.,
Deems New York Watchman, and have
oftehsNrAi the leading papers OF
the State, such rs the old Raleigh Regis
ter, Raleigh STANDARD, Spirit of the Age
Gn Alex Germans day. and Whining
ton journal and other papers. We have
been connected with two other dail cs ir
this cilv for now nearly fifteen years,
making twenty-five newspapers, month
lies, ETC., We have been in some way
identified with
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11
Steamer Burned.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Especial. The
w. W. Corcorao, an excursion steamer
on the Potomac river, burned to the
waters edge Thursday. The loss is es-
timated at s45, 900; insurance $35, 900,
Robert Grantly, colored boy, who
worked on the boat, jumped overheard
and was Grounded. The steamer George
Leary caught fire from the burning boat
but suffered but slight damage.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11
Sradfieid viii sue Brewer.

WINSTON, N c., Especial. Joseph
Bradfeld, one of the defendants in a
prosecution for lib | at the instance Of
ex Congressman Jno. NJ. Brewer, who
attend Il the trial last week in which his
case was mol pressed He says he will
bring suit ngninst Brewer for malicious
prosecution for 5000 and feels sure
that he will be able TO recover punitive
damage.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11
court house at Newport News was award
ed to Norfolk firm at $1s,975.

| ed TO Norfolk firm at $1S, 975.
-Four orphan children arrived at Lynch
burg, Thursday morning, from Califo,nia.
They were the children of the late Will
nam Abbott, and were sent there to Icla-
'lves. They were very tired and wo,n
out They Travelled in care OF the train.
men.
Charles Sharrar, young white man
nom North Can olina was arrested at Pc
,ersburg, Thursday, on three charges of
larceny. His f. How boarders have been
missing valuables very rapidly.
The Norfolk floating elevator has ar
rived The force of men who are hand
ling the grain arc now working day and
night in the effort to keep up with the
growing traffic The steamship CITY of
Worcester sailed Thursday from Norfolk
for Antwerp, with cargo of 12, 600 bush
els of wheat.
Haden Penn, of Buchanan, has in his
possession masonic medal which will
DC exhibited at the Worlds Fair iu Chi
cago, and which has history worthy of
being record,d. 1t is between seventy
five and a hundred years old, and was
conferred upon Charles B. Peen, grand
father of the present owner. and first
president of the State Bank at Buchanan.
1t was the symbol of the thirty second
degree in Masonry; the highest then con-
ferred in this country. The medal is
literally covered with Masonic emblems.
representing all the degrees from entered
apprentice to the thirty-sccond degree.
The Grand Lodge of the Virginia In.
dependent Order of Good Templars met
III annual session in Portsmouth. with
Dennis Archer, grand chief templar. in
The chair. They changed the name of
the order and elected and installed off
GERS as the Grand Lodge of Good Temp
lars OF America: Grand Vice-Tcmplar
Mary A, Ashby, of Capevillc; Grand
conductor, Mrs. NJ Washington, Rich
mond; Grand Guard, Mrs. Adeline Lo- |
Templar- elect is A. N. Jones, Of Nor
LII
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11

In the estimation of the Boston Tran
script son, of the most significant of
possible indications of the genuiueness
OF the bonds which unite Germany and
Austria was furnished recently on the
battlefield of Koniggratz in Bohemia,
where deputations of officers from the
various Austrian and Prussian and Saxon
regiments met to commemorate the
twenty fifth anniversary of that conflict
t1shsd 3lf the pretensions of the
Hapsburgs to authority in Germany. Per.
haps the idea may have been gathered
from America, where Gettysburg aud
many other fields have become fami
liar with the spectacle of such re.
unions of whilom antagonists But the
thing is absolutely novel in Europe, and
the fact that the Austrians and saxons on
the one side could bring themselves to
drink with the Prussians on this scene of
heir historic humiliation helps us to
tmeasure how truly the world has bee,
cnangeu since the Bonaparte empirc wa.
demolished in France. Perhaps the
saxons' part in the celebration is even
more remarkable than that borne by the
Austrians, for Saxony still recalls with
bitterness how barely it escaped the fame
After this there can be no question Of
the entire h omogeneity of the interests
and aims inside the German Empire.
William is, as it were, to put the official
seal upon this complete unifcatioa of his
subjects in the autumn by reviewing
Bavaria's two army corps, something no
German Emperor heretofore has done out
OF fear of wounding South German sus
capabilities.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11

The American hog has won, and ru-
NOR has it that he will enter Germany in
triumph in n very short time. The laws
of supply and demand, seem to be in
favor Of American farmers this year all
along the line.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The Germans will celebrate Deutsche
Tag at Charleston on Oct. 6.
Governor Tillman has sent letters to
solicitors calling attention to Section G52
of the General Statutes, with request
that incompetcnCy in trial justices he re-
ported to the Governor -
Attorney General Pope also calls at
tention to Section 500, requiring them
and the Attorney General to examine the
condition of the cl'rks Of Court, sheriff
and registers and report thereon.
Fine progress is being made building
the Port Royal dry dock; 200 workmen
arc employed.
The Alliance warehouse at Oran2eburs
has opened and is storing a great deal OF
ltcCv wealth.
Governor Tiliman has appointed Capt.
Grorgc H. Waller to lie county treasurer
of nnrl, ,'On County. 1t is said on the
best authority, That The Governor was
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11
NORTH CAROLINA.

The Raleigh electric street cars are now
running.
The Secretary of State is sending out
great number Of the road laws.
Another large hotel to cost $75, 900 is
to built at Blowing Rock.
The Carolina Queen gold mine, of
Burke county, was sold last week for
$4,000.
Will Wynne. of the Raleigh Bicycle
Club, has been to Maine and back 90 a
bicycle.
A Tarboro newspaper makes pathetic
appeal for cemetery for the town. Cir
cumstances are such, it points out, that
soon there will be no place for the dead
except the public dump.
A special from Carthage says l.. w.
Cockman was murdered near there by
Willis Shaw. colorcd, having been stabb-
ed through the heart.
After a long pursuit Deputy Marshal
Chrrie captured noted moonshiner nam
ed Fleming, in Robson county. Elem
ing mad" his escape Tuesday night s5GG
reward is now offered for him.
The lower Neuss river, after having
done vast damage to the crops, is falling.
Tar river is near its usual level. Much
low land on the Cape Fear is yet under
water. The iicc crop is badly hurt.
There are 2S, 900 claimants of the Ii
rect tax. B g as that number is, it has
in two months duly and AugusD been
reduced by 7.4OO that number or war
rants having been issued. At the rate of
| 200 day now the warrants are made out
and approved Clearly, at this rate the
| S404 900 will soon be paid out.
The State commissioner of agriculture
states that there will be twenty one fairs
held in the State this year. His stats
tics also make fine showing for cotton
factori,s. There were just after the war
ixty small mills in, the State. In 1890 they
had increased TO 113 and this year there
are 1874 cotton mills in operation in North
Carolina.
A colored boy while swimming with
some other boys in the river near Green.
vile, Thursday, was drowned.
The steamship Enuque reports having
passed steamer sunk of Hatteras. out
side Diamond Shoal one mile from Hat
teras light, bearing northwest Hel
masthcads, which were painted white
projected out of the water about six feet
She was in thirteen fa hons.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11
B0UfHEkN STATE NEWS.
Our Coterie Of Commonwealths Re-
presented Here.
happenings of the Day Reported
and Notes of Industrial Pro-
gress Find Space.
VIRGINIA.

Governor Mckinney and family are
visiting their old home in Farmville.
Hon. r. r. Noblin was appointed as
nngin'a's representative TO the Corn
falace Festival in Sioux City.
Thirty Petersburg young men met and
athletic club.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11

The expedition viii go to El 'Pss6- as
the guests Of the city, and the munici-
pality will bear larg, part of the ex-
penses. The small appropriation under
which the men have been working is not
sufficient for all the experiments which
they would like t. make, but the citizens
OF Texas are sufficiently interested TO fur
nish the necessary funds. A delegation
from the large ranch owners of southern
and southwestern Texas has Just had
conference with Mr.. Ellis regarding ex-
perimcnts which they wish TO have made
on the great King ranch of nearly one
million acres, near Corpus Chri.ti.
Mr. Ellis, in behalf Of Gen. DyTcn-
forth, has sgraed to go to that part of
the State after the experiments arc made
at Ell Paso. Prominent Government Off
cials from Mexico have signifed their in
tention OF being present at the FL Paso
demonstration, and hundreds of people
from various parts of the State will be
present.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11
MORE RAIN MAKING.
HE DRENCHED CHEYENNE
The Rainmaker Operates Through a
Hole in q Roof and chey-
enne Has Showers.

,CuEYENNE, Wy. Especial. If Frank
Aioerson did not produce rain hero This
stternoon 1t must be be conceded that he
mas private and accurate advices from the
,siu iu-makipg regions. He operated with
n's secret process, and there were two
suowers, amounting to nearly half an
inch of precipitation.
livery condition favored continuation
Oh OF the fair wea her of the past four days
M lD1oQ1nnnnta Qf Che. local ssignal,
ing corns. Capt. Ravcnscroft, the weath-
er bureau agent here, went ont on the
roof r. peatedly, watched his barometer
closely, for the tool for registering hun
bly, inactive, and declared on his reputa-
ton and without prejudice that if it
rained to-day he was no prophet.
At 2 80 p. IN. this was the exact con.
dition, with the streets crowded. In lif-
teen minutes, and with all the weather
indicators lying, rain set IN Clouds
gathered over the shops of the doctor,
lightning flashed, and the thunder sound
ed hollow like counterfeit.
In twenty minutes the & ugc showed
eleven hundredths of mn inch Of prccipi.
tatio,. The clouds then toatcd away,
and 1t seemed rs though the weather had
settled for tho rest of the day: but i,
two hours Albertsnn had stated his mill
again. and the sharpest shower of the
season came up, making the total fall
very near the promised half inch.
Capt. Ravenscroft, n student, who has
been five years in the service, is firmly of
@ss aae si%sst whSy Il s4tssssfast tsasssa
Every appearance and indication was
against the visi alton.
The heavy rnin was local, Cheyenne
being the storm centre of ninety.
circumference Melbourne and his back
ers are simply clatcd The wizard and
his brother will bet a"ythng and go any
where. The experiments will be contin-
ucd. II conclusions are reached, Mel
bourne will be engaged to furnish show
ers for large areas in this State
He keeps his secret we'll lie works i'm
a barn and loafs very little. There i.
hole in the roof for his use, but its utili.
ty has not been ascertaincd. Opinions
are divided as to whether he uses Chemi-
cal gas or electricity. The two storms
came from different directions.
MORE TEXAS RAIN EXPERIMENTS COMING.
MIDLAND. Tx, Tsp cial. John T.
Ellis, who has charge of the Government
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11
exchange and appointing committee to
work 70 that end.


Although cars have been generally dis
tributcd by the railroads of Illinois, but
very little wheat is flowing eastward
from that State Alliance leaders at
tribut this to the circular sent out from
Washington advising the farmers to hold
their grain. In the southern part of the
State, where the yield was the greatest.
only enough wheat has been thrashed
and sold to pay pressing debts, while the
ba!!. of ]; has been pur in store-nouses TO
await higher prices.
The Farmers Alliance of Elk county
has passed resolutions asking the Presi-
d.rt of the F A. and |. L. of Kansas to
call convention Of the people to petit
ton the President to assemble Congress
for the purpose of issuing and lending
Treasury notes to the people.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-08

not now dressed in those colors entirelyp'
Yes, | am. You viii see that am, if
you look closely, although there are so
many shades Of grey that one can really
wear quite variety of color without ap-
pearing to be dressed at all in one hue. This
gown, for example, is French grey. 1t is
a little on the blue, SO that in certain lights
1t appears almost like blue dress, and yet
IL is really grey. 1t is blue grey and goes
wei! with any color might choose to wear
NOW look closely and you will see that
this cloak is likewise
ALL IN GREY AND BLACK.
The back is black plush without suspicion
OF color in 1t. The sides are of steel color
Drocade with great white or greyish white
ngures upon it, AS you first look at it, it
looks to you as if 1t were black cloak with
blue and white brocaded side forms, and
yet 1t is not so. The boa which you admire
Is silver fox. Thus you see, so far have
preserved the greyness of which 1 spoke.
MY hat, as you see, is of light grey felt, and
the velvet ribbons, feathers, and ornaments
upon 1t are either of steel or of slate color.
! am thus clad in harmony of colors which
Is SO varied that it does not tire one, and
yet is sufficiently of one tone to give that
dressy appearance which every woman
covets."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-08
PARK CITY.
November s
ELECTRIC LIGHT MACHINE.
Pioneer Found Dead-Arrivals and Depart
ures-Business and Pleasure

A Pioneer Found Dead-Arrivals and Depart.
ures-Business and Pleasure.
The Park City Light and Power COM
pany was the recipient of many congratu-
lations on Friday evening, the event being
the starting of the new Ide engine which
will hereafter run the two new Edison
dynamos which were recently put in by
M. X. Jones, of Salt Lake, to whom a
great deal OF credit Is due for both the ex-
pedltious manner in which the contract
was completed and for the excellent man
ner In which the engine and dynamos ran
on their first trial. 1t is understood that
the company, which will hold meeting on
thursday evening next, will accept the
improvements and will report them as be-
Ing IN hrst- class shape.
A brief resume of the business of this
company will be perhaps interesting:
The company was incorporated on March
Y, 1883, with 1, 900 shares of the par value
OF 81 each. The present power house and
contents, Including two Ide engines, four
No. 10 Edison dynamos and two boilers,
represent an outlay of about S25, 900. The
present facilities suffice to furnish 1000
sixteen candle power lamps and are amply
The present officers and board OF direc.
tors are: Barney Riley, president and man
ager u. q. Williamson, vice president; d.
Y. Mclaughlin, secretary and treasurer.
Board of directors: E. G. Williamson, w.
Robson, w. ]. Snyder, d. G. Mclaughlin
and Barney Riley
The people Of Park City are feeling some
what elated at this new acquisition to the
lighting of the place, as there are some parts
sadly in need of light.
D. q. Lambert. of Kamas is shipping
100000 feet Of lumber to the Pacific Lum-
Der company, Sugar House. This is the
country coming to the front.
One of the Oldest pioneers of Park City
was found dead al the cabin Of the claim
he was working in Poca, clio gulch at about
O'Clock on Friday evening last by man
by the name of Sheppard. The old fellows
name was John Hughes.
Mr.. A. Motfat, superintendent Of the On
tario, went to Salt Lake yesterday morn
ing.
Joseph A. West, returned to Zion yester-
day.
l. L. Osborne went to Salt Lake yester-
day.
A great many Parkites ayailed them
selves of the opportunity to see Gilmore
this week.
The business of the police court this
week was:
DRINKS, fined. $1,000
obstructing sidewalk 500
battery ------... ..----------- ---------- TO- co
ioUaI
The Crescent shipped this week, in con-
centrates, 155, 900 pounds.
Richardson, of Crescent lease, shipped
96,QOO pounds OF concentrates and 5000
pounds of tirst-class ore this week.
F. Bower is registered at the Park City
hotel, from Chicago.
The name of II. c. Stiphen, Chicago,
ornaments the Park City hotel register
The line of amusements are very quiet
In the city now, nothing being booked as
yet.
Mrs. Jos. a. Young returned Friday
evening from visit 20 Salt Lake.
Mrs. W. w. Macintosh went to Salt
Lake Friday to look at the sights of Zion.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-08
ODDS AND ENDS.

George KEENAN, is an exceptionally dex-
FERROUS telegraph operator, but it is cues
tionable If he would get good results if the
Gar was at the other end Of the wire.
Sara Bernhard was born in Paris. Her
certificate of birth-date not given-proves
it, and shows that her mother was Jew
ess who kept, or was kept by, milliner's
shop.
Senator Stanford may pride himself upon
having bigger mail than President Har-
rison, but he hasn't as big family hat to
creep under when he is wearied with the
cares of office.
Nathan Harris, of Rich Valley, Va, has a
family of four children, the eldest one of
which is a well proportioned and intelligent
young lady of nineteen, who is only thirty
four inches in height and weighs forty and
a half pounds. Her hair sweeps the floor
when she stands erect.
Street car strabismus takes an inconven-
lent form when the conductor isn't able to
see that twelve men have had to pack them
selves on one seal in order not to crowd the
eight women on the other side, who would
rather be torn to pieces by wild horses than
bulge Sn inch TO make room for newcom-
en-
DR.. Pinel, of Paris, has discarded the
whole theory Of animal magnetism because
he has discovered that hypnotic patients
obey the photograph as readily as they do a
living speaker. What pity it is that some
body didn't think to have the state Senate
hypnotized and then have Hensel fire his
brief into photograph.
Mrs. Henrietta Lamar, relict of General
Mirabeau b. Lamar, who commanded the
cavalry at the battle of San Jacinto and
was the second president of the republic of
Texas, died at Santa Anna, October 6, at
the home Of her niece, Mrs. H. a Morse.
Mrs. Lamar was the daughter of the Rev.
John Newland Mofiitt, q Methodist preach
er of national reputation from forty to sixty
years ago.