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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19

= thousand people stood on the pier at tb.
root OF Baltic street, Brooklyn. on n recert
AFTERNOON at three minutes of five ocloc, and
trantically waved farewell to the stapcb ne,
tie barkentine Kite as she starte5 ov,v 70.
Greenland sway 'o<
All day the Kite was surrounded bv
a crowd of people, who curiously looked
ao ner crew as they hurried on board boxes
ana bales of merchandise to be used in ths
Arctic voyage. Then there were many no.
PIE In the crowd who came down to the yea-
sci to say goodby to friends, and as n resu1s
no great European steamer ever had q NOR.
In.nusias;ic departure than did the little
N,te as she bore away the members of tho
1912 eNpeui'ion OF
me party of scientists, Of which Professor.
hanseIc h, heiiprln Is in command, were on
t, We're assigned to hunks aft and soon had
tnelr p goods stored away. They compris.
Professors Ben iamn Sharp and 7 r fan
zZooWI9glsts; W DR.. w: e. Hughes, .Qrpithalas;sI,
6i%fpFN robert N. KeeIy: ''"'r Hsnur''
p me immediate party with Lieutenant
setaI "a ASIDE m from himself and his wife, con.
SS,Steu OF Dr. Coax, Professor Astrop John
NJ Nerhoef, Matthew Henson and f;enten.
ant Peary's coiored valet.
"A party OF twenty ladies came to the pier
,1; TO wave farewell to Mrs. Peary and to com
arotc eneeI;t,ne ner ON ner bravery in going IN
.
distinction of being the first lady representa-.
I'VE OF civilization to brave the ice and snow
of Greenland. "' sno"
You will not see many roses in the frozen
North, said lady to the brave Mrs Pearv
,.S She handed her magnificent basket of
roses, so we thought we would give Won a
parting floral tribute"
me floral gift was carried into the iitti,
SIN ie"t square cabin in which Mrs. Pearv
VIII ~ 10 do without the usual feminin.
bouioir, aud as the gift was gigantic in il,
So " quite filed all the space that was NOT
occupied by luggage.
ils crew was picked one. Ever NJ,
was q splendid specimen of hardy maraoni
anu they gave way" with will anl soon
@ ny NV Vas sSssa py Pilot Jane,
t+ihoons, who took the Lieutenant Greedy
party out OF port in 1881 on the Pfoteus
Three long blasts from the Kites waistIe
wera sounded. A fat little tug responded
wtha shrill scream, and then towed the lit.
Tie hits out into the East River, whera
she was beaded for the Sound bv way Of
Hell Gate and thence for Greenlan,l.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
The Cotton situation.

The New York Financial Chronicle
brings its cotton facts down to last Friday
hight. 1t says for the week ending FIR.
lay evening the total receipts have
reached 30, 096 bales, against 33, ,0S2 bales
last week and 3S, ,591 bales the previous
week, making the total receipts since tie
LIST of September, 1890, 6,7s3,913 bales.
against 5,757, ,O2S bales for the same
period of 18S9-90, showing an incfeaso
since September 1, 1890, of 1,O26, SIS
bal s.
The export for the week reach total
OF 46, 4O5 bales, of which 33, 323 were to
Great Britain, 900 to France and 1902
to the rest of the continent.
The speculation in cotton for future
delivery at New York has been fairly ac-
tive for the week under review, with
prices making rather wide variations
There was much depression OH Monday.
when August contracts sold at thirty
MADE apour rne middle of May. This
decline from price already low brought
in buyers to cover contracts. On
Wednesday the next crop advanced a few
points on reports of an adverse crop ac-
count from the state bureau of Georgia.
which said the condition was only rs
and the acreage decreased Is per cent.
This influence and its effect upon the
Liverpool market caused on Tuesday
general buoyancy, which was maintained
throughout the day, the latest figures be :
ing among the highest paid Many who
had been 'short" for months covered
their contracts. But the demand was
pretty we'll met by the room traders, who
bought on Wednesday and were sellers
to realize profits. The receipts at inter
ior towns fell off materially, and this fact
was an element of strength. Friday
there was an early decline in sympathy
, with reduction in value at Liverpool,
where excessive supplies and dull trade
in Manchester are apparently dominat-
ing influences; but after the last call there
was q buoyant market, in which the
early decline was quickly recovered,
owing to reports of q severe drought in
the southwest. Cotton on the spot de-
clined Lice. on Monday and again Cd
Wednesday AT the lower prices com
paratively large business was done or
Thursday for home consumption. Fri.
| day the market was firm, but quiet. at
sac for middling uplands.
The total sales for forward delivery TO,
| the week are 800, 900 bales. For i'm
mediate delivery the total sales foot up
2,043 bales, including 175 for export,
1, 1868 for consumption.
The figures indicate an increase in the
cotton in sight of 805, 7S0 bales as com
pared with the same date of 1890, an in
crease of 1851 bales as compared with
the corresponding date of 1889, and an
increase of 892,0 bales as compared
| with 1888.
| Reports by telegraph indicate that the
temperature has in general been favorable
for cotton. The outlook in Texas is quite
promising.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19

The Scientific Amsri,aa declare, that
"the need of fast war vessels was we'll
illustrated by the recent incident in the
harbor of San Diego, Cal, when Gillian
cruiser belonging to the insurgents en-.
tered the bay, anchored, took on board
recruits, supplies of provisions, amnu.
milton, and then sailed away. This shin.
under the laws of nations, was in fact a
piratical vessel, and as such WIS seized
10y the Government authoritic, a. S,,
Diego, and United States vessel placed
ion board and in possession. Bat tho
sChilian rebels paid no attention to the
laws Of the United States; they NAV be
said to have captured the place. When
they had obtained all the supplies they
wanted to assist them in carrying on wlr
,agaihst friendly nation, they upheaved
anchor aud steams1 away, carrying off as
prisoner the official representative of
the great republic. This was small ship
called the Itata, carrying four guns.
There is nothing to prevent the Cailian
rebels from sending in other boats to
capture or lombard San Diego or other
towns along the coast. Indeed, while
the Itata was taking on supplies at San
Diego, other vessels of the rebels were
lowering outside the haroor. We have
no navy worthy Of the. mana. aud nearly
all our seaports ara without proper de-
fenses. Like SIN Diego, they are at the
mercy of any single piratical boat that
chooses to enter. This is very hunil-
iating position for country like ours to
sb1 placed in. All told, we have q pair
of small torpedo boats, halt8a dozen or
so of small cruisers, and an e1ual nun.
ber of larger vessels. There should be
ffty ships where now there are one1
Every harbor in the country should be
guarded by efficient sentinels consisting
OF vessels of high speed, ready for in
slant action, to maintain and enforce the
authority of the republic"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
FAILED TO MATERIALIZE.
The Ballot Reform Convention in
Charleston.

CHARLESTON, S. c., Especial. The
ballot reform convention failed to mate
rialize. Eight delegates and two news
paper reporters were at the hall at the
hour Of noon, and these agreed unani-
mously that the whole thing is in the soup,
the eight delegates who were present say
ing that their only purpose in attending
was to move an adjournment in case n
quorum had been present.
This was a most audacious attempt to
split the city democracy delegates in the
fight between the two wings of the party
to the regular democratic convention,
which has been called to meet July 28th.
There is no doubt that the reform move
ment lost considerable strength by the
tactics adopted by the office-seekers in
its ranks, but it is still in good fighting
trim, and close battle may be expected
n July.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19

Inc German Emperor, who expressed
at the conclusion of the recent seboo,
conference at Berlin his dissatisfaction
with the manner in which Prussiap bis
'ory Is taught, has, according to the re-
port OF German papers, commissioned
Professor Stengler, or the Oauer pchuo,-
~ Liecherfelde, to write a new. history Of
Prussia under the Hohenzollerns. The
work will serve, in the first instance. "a
textbook for military schools, but is
expected to be used in time at the high
schools of Prussia.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
Serious Result of Joke.

= BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Especial. AT
:clma last night Mac Connell Shelly, sob
f Ex-Congressman G. NJ Shelly, went
INTO a saloon with friend, Sumter Lea,
Jr., and told the saloon keeper, B. F
Bulch, to send dispatch for him. He
had been ioformed that the telegraph
Office was there, but Burch supposed
Shelly was Joking, and referred him to
Landman sitting near as operator
Shelly found out that he had been joked
and being in liquor, he and his compan-
ion icrked off their coats and propos Il
to whip the bar X cper Burch went
out and returned with Il rifle, md oder
,d them out of his house They advanc.
rd on linn. Shelly armed with h MINER
Bu'ch fired, the la striking Shelly jus.
hrl " the nipple. Shelly has di"d.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
Says the PittsDarg Dispatch: Some wi,

Says the Pittsbury Dispatch: Some wit
.emarReu CuaI strc So-yiu5 a.--s-;-- and
telegraph are rapidly making one people !
!. Of all that dwell on the face OF the earth.
they are destroying the national pecul-
iarities of the dress of men in the:coun-
.rics of Europe by giving them the styles
Of everyday clothing from London, which
Is the great centre of traffic for that part
Of the world. Ready garments
from London are sold in the, shops of
Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna, Copenhagen,
|. christiaua, Stockholm and st. Petersburg,
and in many of the smaller cities, which
obtain their supplies from the great one,
On the Inst or from London direct. Form
srly an English sailor could be readily
distinguished from Danish or Swedish
one, and each of these from the other by
his distinctive costume, but at the pres
ant time all OF them are dressed alike,
and quite possibly their garments cams
rom the same factory. Fifty years ago
the homespun garments Of New England
differed from those of the Western aud
Southern States. aud these again from
those of Canada, but nowadays the home
spun has been largely driven out by
'istore clothes" which have found their
way into the great majority of the towns
! aud villages all over the land. The bust
ness OF manufacturing clothing on the
theory that every garment that is made
will fit somebody aud find a customer is
Increasing year by year, and though the
kso trousers thus created are sold at
price that defies competition on the part
of the weaver of homespun, the trade
seems to be profitable one for all con-
cerned. In many Of the large establish
ments the cutting is done with great
tspldity, the cloth being piled in thick.
: ness Of 100 or 200 layers, whicn are cut
by ine saw that follows metal pattern,
under the guiding hand OF single opera
tor. Thus, with the aid of machinery,
one person can do the work Of fifty in
cutting Of garments; the sewing machine
follows closely and rapidly, and In this
way the whole woridis clad. With our
clothing Of one pattern, and the telegraph
laying before Us every day all the news
Of the world, We are not only dressing
alike. but thinking aud talking Of tho
same thinas 1t the same time.
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organizations are concerned; but there is
Il friendly understanding and confedera
tion between them"
What is the purpose of that confed-
eration2"
.For cooperation and protection
alike"
"Are they so confederated that the
Citizens lliance is under the direction
\of the Farmers Alliance?"
II have said that they have copfeder-
1ed and can cooperate. They are
slowing rapidly"
,NHow about other organizations
Hdw about the Knights of Labor?"
fWe have also agreed to a confedcra.
tioh with number of other organiza.
tiors including the. Knights of Labor"
IWhat are they"
:. Patrons of Husbandry, Citizens AL
lance, Knights of Labor the Farmers
Hutual Benefit Association, and North
western Alliance, which helped kill In
gals, set Wade Hampton one side, and
put Palmer in the Senate, made few
..Governors, several State Legislatures,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19

experiments are being made In Euro.
pean navies with captive balloons as
points Of observation. From one sent
up from French ironclad, ships and the
details OF the neighboring coast could be
SEEM In clear weather, for twenty or
twenty-five miles. With silk as the ma.
teriai OF the cable by which it is held
'he oalioon could rise in calm weather to
a height of four hundred yards. The
subject has attracted the attention of
England. ano
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
jackson at Lexington.

On the 21st of July Valentines statue
Of Stoncwall Jackson will he unveiled
at Lexington, Va, and it is expected
that there will be n grand gatheriog Of
vctera Oh that occasion. The iielre is
one of the mos. spirited of Valentines
creation, and is thoroughly suggestive of
the character of his subject. This soulp.
tor is now transferring to marble his
HoHcri: group, Andromache and As.
tyanay, which promises to create a sensa-
tion in tie art orld
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
The Baccarat Scandal.

A cablcgram from London says: In the
Baccarat case Sir Edward Clarke foi
plaintiff followed Sir Charles Russell
Sir Edward made sensation by saying
it would be impossible for authorities to
strike the name of Sir William Gordon
Cumming from the army list and leave
Prince of Wa."s' name thereon.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
OTHER STATES.

A fatal and destructive water-spout
occurred in Green county, Tex, few
days since.
IL has been estimated that Louisiana
alone will call for nearly $4,000, 900 of
sugar bounty this season.
The completion Of the jetties at tho
mouth of the Brazos river, in Texas il
announced. These consist of parallel,
walls 565 feet apart ext, nding to deep
water distance of 5000 feet. Thi.
work has cost s., 800, ,o0e.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19

ATTAwA, ONT, Especial. J. Sir John
Macdonald became unconscious and re-
mained so until he died. at 1915 o'clock,
surrounded by his entire household. Ali
the church bells ale tollirg, and thou
sands OF citizens are expressing deep re-
grct at the premiers' demise
The funeral took place Tuesday. The
body was removed 10 the senate cham
Der and lay i'll state for four OF five hours.
Interm.nt subsequently took place at
kinst"n, Ont, where the premieI's firt
..s4tr NrfWtNnERFuEW -TEIH,-
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
Hebrew Woes in Russia.

A st. Petersburg cablcgram says: The
Iabbis OF the principal cities of Russia
have ordered day Of fasting, prayer and
lntercession against persecution. Re.
newed rumors are current that the Jewish
merchants of ST. Petersburg intend to
quit the city. Among those mentioned
as about to leave are Poljakoif, the rail
way king, and Budzki, the sugar refincr.
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-t&nh,AnfSsptit

Presentation volume is a large silver
bound and clasped book, IA by 2S inches.
Covers of native North Carolina pine,
panelled with natural curled pine. Eight
pages of elegant design on each cover.
Within is framed an invitation printed
on a large tobacco leaf of far-famed
North Carolina golden leaf On the leaf
~ by "a. on the left is printed
The citizens of the southern section
of the Union extend an earnest invitation
to Benz. Harrison, President of the
United States, and his Cabinet
On another tobacco leaf of the same
size is the following: ITO visit them at
the Capital City of the odd North State
during the Southern Exposition in oct.
and Nov, 1891"
Above and on each side of both leaves
are punches of rice grown in North Car
olina, and below are bolls of open cotton
representing agricultural products
Below are sheets of mica, representing
industrial products of the South. The
back ground of the black velvet lined
with gold cord and handsomely framed
with plate glass.
Similar limitations in port folio form
will be presented to each member of the
cabinet. Mr. Walsh then addressed the
President on behalf of the Augusta, Ga.
Exposition and the President said his
response to the other invitation applied
equally to this
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
THE o. K. q W. Gets a Receiver.

A Charleston, s. c., dispatch, says.
In the United States court to-day Fl. o.
Beattie was appointed permanent receiv-
er Of the Carolina, Knoxville and West
ern Railroad, with $4,000 bond.
Holders of bonds of the road are required
to prove their bonds before the clerk of
the court. The suit was brought by the
National Bank of Augusta. This makes
the third railroad in this state now in the
hands Of a receiver, the others being the
South Carolina and the "Threc Cs"
roads.
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The Gear Wishes no Alliance.

The Wen correspondent of the Londcn
Eng. Times says that the Car has re.
jectcd formal proposal for = French
Alliance on the ground that he could
preserve peace only by keeping
free hand
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
ALLIANCE DEGP4 4RTMENT.
Mr.. Fillman Explains the Position
of The Farmers Alliance.
IL VIII Not Support the Action of
the Cincinnati Convention---Pro.
posed Confederation With
Labor Organisations.

WAsHINcToN, d. c., Especial. Ito
the question of whether the Farmers
Alliance is supporting the Cincinnati
episode Mr. Tillman, Secretary of the
National Executive Board of the Far.
mers Alliance. said: "The National Far.
mers' Alliance is not supporting the ac-
ton taken by the Cincinnati Convens
ton"
called 2' fl.
'It was called by Adr. Powers, oy1A
ralana, whp is neithev f%ss nor
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19

There is large lake in Hutchinson
County, South Dakota, we'll filled with
corn-fed fish (bullheads). They got
away with seven acres OF corn which was
left ip the field.shocked but not husked.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
TENNESSEE.

Dayton is to have pearl button man.
ufactory. 'a-
Capitalists are organizing stock
company to construct q steel plant at
South Pittsburg
A company represented by III. F.
Starke. controls about $4,000 acres of
land In Fcntress. Overton and Pickitt
counties, and will sink oil wells on same.
The war department has approved the
allotment by the Mississippi river com
mission OF $15 900 for the improvement
OF the channel at the Memphis grain Gle.
yator.
In the United States court at
Nashville, Judge Jack appointed Boyd
Ewing, OF Chattanooga. receiver of the
Cardiff Coal and Iron Company, of Ro-
ane county. This is an insolvent coon
Grafton, owing between $500, 900 and
$40O, 900, and having assets nearly the
same iu value.
In the notorious libel suits of Reys.
Marker and Sampson VS.. DR.. T. c., Car
ter, decision was rendered at Chatta-
nooga by Judge Traysor, overrulinr the
demurrer fled bvffRc defendant n is
one vi tne most sensauOiiai cases IN the
church history Of the south. Carter is
charged with adultery and made counter
charge against Sampson. All the par
ties are doctors OF divinity.
GEORGIA. II
The Atlanta Park now has two yourg
Mexican lions.
Americus is getting ready to entertain
Jerry Simpson, the sockless statesmen
from Kansas, who will speak in that city
next month.
Ex-Governor Bullock has been unani.
nously elected trustee for four years
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THE PRESIDENT INVITED.
Seventy Delegates Wait on President
Harrison,
And Cordially Urge Him to be Pres
ent at the Inter-States Exposi-
ton of all the South
ern States.

WASHINGTON, d. c., [Spe cial. l-Of
H'out seventy persons Representing all
Southern States, waited on President
Harrison and invited him to attend the
TO attend the exposition to be held at
ifaiclgh, N. c., in October and Novem-
Der next. The party was headed by
Senator Ransom, of North Carolina, and
fatrick Walsh, of Augusta, Georgia,
anu included Mayor Badger, of Raleigh;
So': "A. 3. Andrews. of Richmond
MAJ, X. 8. Tucker, Colonel Burgoine
'ss66dtEsffHn" cities. -'""~'v =" ! '.--
Gov. Holt, of North Carolina, intended
10 De with the party but was not able to
come. The President received them in
inc cabinet room. Senator Ransom
T,auc an eloquent address, inviting the
ircSiaent to Raleish and assuring him of
warm and hospitablc welcome.
The President in reply thanked them
lor their cordiality and the impressive
ness OF their invitation and said it was
,cl5 Sra'liylng to him TO feel that they
had come so far for such purpose.
Their invitation called for serious con-
sidcratlon on his part. but he could not
no" tell what he would be able to do at
tue tine OF the exposition. He said he
A'N "O"i' ot ICCclNeu with KIND
ness, as he had recently had very con
elusive evidence on that point. lie re-
gretted that it was not his privilege to
pass through North Carolina on his re-
cent trip.
- lie Continued - o>.ur.ysv-rTrofrI-
Use at this time, indeed am very charry
about promises. Public men have been
severely criticized for making promises
they could not perform and | have made
a strict rule not to make promises.
There is much doubt about the future
state of public business for me TO antici.
pate what / may be able to do. You
will bear in mind that October and No
vember are apt to be busy times with
the President in connection with the as.
sembllng of Congress and in discharge of
my constitutional duty. I must try to
enlighten congress as to the affairs of the
country. So you see it will not be easy
for me 70 get away in the fall. l am in
full sympathy with every movement for
display of our magnificent development
and material prosperity in the arts of
science.
will bear your invitation in mind
and will try to arrange my affairs so as
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the birth Of Jefferson DAVIS 1tsssf ifii(,!ll
day, was passed by the legislature.
Thomas p. Gray, president of the Med
lcal Association of Florida, and for sew.
eral years mayor of Ocala, is dead: aged
iftysix years.
Rails are now being laid on the seven
niles of road connecting the new mining
own of Phosphoria, near Winter Haven
fla, with the South Florida road at
Barlow.
The legislature passed a Joint resolu.
ton providing for the equitable distribu-
tion of the fund provided for the more
complete endowment and support of the
colleges for the benefit of agriculture and
the mechanics arts.
The East Coast Canal of Florida will
when completed, be 800 miles long. l,
will then be waterway for river steam.
ers from Lake Worth to St. Augustine.
md Will enable the latter city to become
the distributing point for the fruits and
vegetables of the Indian river country.
and for other large areas of fertile lands.
The most difficult part of the work will
DE in crossing the four miles of the Mat.
angas divide, where auicksands will
probably be encountered