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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-01
kilograms and News of Importanoe
From Everywhere.
Some Remarkable Events Happen.
ing Within and Without
the State.

The Democrats Of the ninth congres
sionsl district of Texas have re nominal
ed Joseph d. Sawyer for Congress.
L. e. Leonard, president of the Farm.
ers' Alliance OF Missouri, will accept tho
Peoples party nomination for Governor
Of that State. a.
Buffalo Bill presented the wiz 5wes,
Show before Queen Victoria at Windsor
on Friday.
Col. Dan Rice, the veteran Snowman,
offers to bet 36. 900 acres of land in Ten.
nessee, worth $3.50, 600, that Cleveland
will carry New York.
Senor Malta, who was minister from
Chill to Washington, has written book
defending his course in the BaltimoIe
affair.
Ravachol, the anarchist and dy ynamiter,
has been placed on trial at Montbrissou,
France, charged with committing fir7
murders.
1t is said that the new German army
bill will increase Emperor Williams
forces by SO, 900 men and add GO, 900, 600
marks to the budget,
In Chicago, Agnes Huntington's chorus
girls were fined 81. so for wearing Cleve.
land badges on the stage, and the girls
thereupon destroyed sixty costumes.
An anti-tobacco movement has been
started at Chattanooga, aided by liquid
preparation which causes disgust for
the weed either for smoking or chewing.
The reformers carry little vial OF this
antidote in their pockets, and take a sip
whenever the craving returns.
The figures heretofore given out of the
total population of the United States
were close approximations only, and did
not include Alaska and some Of the In.
dian tribes. The count has now been
completed and verified. and the total
population is officially stated to be 82,-
079,766.
The Peoples party Of Montana have
nominated Miss Emma Knowles for at
torney general, and the candidate of the
Independents of North Dakota for super
tendent of public instruction is Mrs
Eisenhuth, who ran for the came Office
on the Democratic ticket last year.
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Cotton Raising in Peru.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-United States
Consul Daugherty at Callao, Peru, has
made an interesting report to the Depart
ment of State on cotton raising in Peru.
Calculating expenses of three and half
years, covering six crops, the cost of un.
ginned cotton per quintal, delivered at a
ginning establishment, may safely be set
down at 95 silver soils Prior to 1885
the principal market for Peru cotton was
Liverpool, though few shipments were
made direct to Hamburg, where its special
Availability for admixture with woolen
goods was first recognized. Since the
above mentioned years the direct ship
ments to Now York have been annually
Increasing. The cotton is put upin b'les
of about 175 pounds, for the convenience
of carriage by mule to the coast
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It seems that in Corsica you secure
your personal safety by keeping bandit.
In au article in the National Review
Basil Thompson explains that the tax of
supporting bandit is not without its
compensations. Bandits are hidden
power in the country. They control the
petty elections; they menace those who
are hostile to their own friends. Thus,
while :he existence Of 900 of them is a
real danger to public security, it is no
small advantage to Corsican to be re-
tated to bandit. You support, you
pay, protect the bandit; aud in return
he places his gun at your disposal. 1t is
an exchange of services. "He has ban
dit in bis service is common express
sion. are you in debt7 The bandit
will gain you time. Are you disputiug
the ownership of property7 The bandit
will show your opposent he is wrong.
Have you land on which shepherds tres
passa He will keep them off.
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New Industries in the South.

In its weekly review Of new Southern
enterprises the Manufacturers Record Of
Baltimore, in its last issue, includes the
following important items:
a $75,0 coal mining and lumber
manufacturing company Mt Oakland,
Md. a 800, 900 cottopseed oil mill COM
broom and bru h manufacturing company
at Nashville, Tenn. a 500, 900 sponge
company at st. Marks, Fla; 100000
wood novelty company at Roanoke, Va {;
$50, 600 ship-building and dealing conf
pany at Suffolk, Va $50, 900 water
works company and 5000, 900 brick
company at Alexandria, Va; 5000
publishing company at Baltimore, Md. :;
$50, 900 brewing company at Birmlng-
ham, Ala a 1856, 0G0 brewing company
at Louisville, KY; a $1,000 sugar re-
tinng company at Alexandria, La; a
s., 600 cider manufacturing company at
Columbus, Ga. a 500, 0J0 tool company
ut Wheeling, W. Va. "A S25, 600 hotel,
electric light and water works company
at Bayard w. Va. a $50, 600 cotton oil
company at Ladonia, Texas: S25. 900
irrigation company and $4,000 orange
grove company at Orlando, Fla a $50,
900 l"mber and veneer company al War.
nell, Fla ; $50, coo phosphate and fer.
tilizer company at Bloomfield Fla a
800, coo coal Shipping company at Port
land, Texas; 100000 thread manu-
featuring company at Savannah, Ga: IA
$75, 900 pulley manufacturing company
at +. nnsboro, w. Va a SEQ 1000 lumber
company at Sunsbury, N. c., and $15,
900 milling company 1T Keyser, w Va
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Mr.. Cleveland at Home.

BuzzARps BAY, MAss.-The wire ii
Mr.. Cleveland's house was at work pour
ing in congratulations to Mr.. Cleveland
from all parts of the country. Before
tho tired out telegraph operator resumed
his post at the private wire in Gray Ga
blcs over forty messages had been receiv-
ed ut the Buzzards Bay telegraph office.
About 10 o'clock the kilograms began to
come in pretty lively. They were from
people in all positions in official as we'll
as civil life.
Mr.. Cleveland said that he was deeply
touched by this latest mark Of esteem
from his party. He felt confident, he
declared, that his fellow. countrymen
stood ready to place the mark Of approx.
al on true Democracy, and persstency in
the advocacy of these principles was all
that was necessary to succeed. He did
not think that differences in Democratic
conventions were at all hurtful, but in
view of the importance of Democratic
success he could not conceive Of any
reason for lack of harmony or united and
active efforts to win in the coming cam
paign.
A reporter for the United Press called
at the Cleveland house. Mir. Cleveland,
Mrs. Cleveland and Gov. Russell and
Comedian jefferson were at breakfast.
Mr. Cleveland met the Representative, to
whom he said in reply to question RS to
whether nc had any furthor message to
make public concerning the work Of the
convention: 81 have nothing to say be-
yond what | have already given out. The
convention hiss not vet finished it's labors,
and until it has it seems to me that any
thing from me would be out of place,
and open 10 mincOnstluction.
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DEMOCRATIC wIawAM.

CHICAGO, ILL., June 22.-The New York
delegation was clinging this morning to
last desperate hope of defeating the
nomination of Grover Cleveland. They
were seeking to unite the opposition to
him on some new candidate, and the
name most frequently heard in connec-
ton with the possibility of new combi-
nation was that of General Henry w.
Slocum, of New York. German, the
New Workers would have nothing to do
with.
The New York delegates are very in.
dignant with the Maryland Senator,
whom they charge with having broken
their combination against Cleveland two
days ago, after encouraging them to be.
lieve that he would stand by them. They
talked freely about Mr. German, and
told some of the inside history of the
German movement Of, Sunday and its
relation to the Hill movement. Mr.. Cor.
man and Mr.. Brice, they said, encourag-
ed the Hill leaders in New York State to
call the mid-winter convention. Mr.
German promised that the Maryland con-
vention should be held soon after the
convention at Albany. 1t was par, Of
the policy of the anti Cleveland people
to weaken the strength of Cleveland
through the country by having his State
instruct for Hill, and by following this
with an anti-Cieveiand convention in
Maryland, which has always been a
Cleveland stronghold. Mr. German, the
Hill men say, broke faith in this and did
not have the Maryland convention called
until almost every other convention in
the country had been held. Two weeks
ago Mr.. German met Senator Hill, Mr..
Murphy and Mr.. Sheehan in New York
This meeting was chronicled in the pa
pers but no statement was made public
OF what had been doue. Hill men say the
meeting was held at the instance of Mr..
Gorman, to consider the opposition tc
Cleveland. Mr.. GoIman urged Mr. Hill
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According to a st. Louis decision,
quoted by the Boston Transcript, the
stealing OF electricity is a misdemeanor
In the eyes of the law. A hardware
dealer with some knowledge of electri-
city placed fine wire across the connec.
tions to his meter, and caused 1t to
register in certain time about $40 am
peres less than was actually used When
brought to trial his lawyer interposed the
ingenious defence that, as at common
law electricity was unknown, and could
not under the code be made subject Of
larceny, and as no statutory law had been
passed making it felony or misdemean-
or to steal electricity, for the reason that
its character was not known, aud that it
was not subject to asportation as person.
al property, his client could not be con-
victed of larceny. 1t was, however,
shown by the prosecution that gas, elsc
unknown at common law. was neverthe-
less something whose larceny was recog-
nized by the law as misdemeanor.
When the attorney for the defence inter
posed the plea that the act in question
was fraud or deception instead of q
larceny, the Judge took advantage of the
Missouri statute which makes fraud per.
petrated with view to theft felony,
and .n, tho dafor orl",.'r -" at $4,000.
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Austin Cor6in's "ring fence" about his
game preserves in New Hampshire is
twenty eight miles long, aud it cost
$1,000 mile. Favored persons receive
permission to drive throu,A the park.
Mr. Corbin has printed cards conferriug
this privilege, and the regulations for
visitors are elaborate, states the San
Francisco Examiner. No firearms are
permitted 20 visitors, aud at the same
time all persons entering tue park are
warned to beware of the wild beasts that
abound within the ring fence. Travellers
an the region, on inquiring for the owner
of this or that piece of land, are me-
with the stereotyped answer, "Corbin's. {"
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THE VIRGINIA PEOPLES PARTY
An Independent State Convention at
Richmond.


RICHMOND, VA.-The first convention
of the Peoples Party of Virginia was
called to order in Sanger Hall with 76
delegates. Capt. Edmond r. Cooke, o.
Cumberland county, was temporary chair
man. j. j. Silvey, State Secretary of
the Alliance, was chosen secretary.
Col. Beverley and son, j. Brad. Bever-
Icy, of Fauquier, made addresses.
The Committee On Organization and Or
der of Business then submitted the fol-
lowing report, which was adopted:
Permanent Chairman General James
G.. Field.
Permanent Secretary-J. ]. Silvey.
eve recommend that each district del
egation nominate temporary district
chairman, district elector, and district
delegates to Omaha.
THE PLATFORM.
At this point in the proceedings the
Committee on Platform submitted its re
port, recommending and reafiirming the
Bill of rights of the Industrial Confer
ence held at st. Louis on February 22,
1892; declaring for the union of labor
forces; demanding a national currency,
safe, sound, flexible. aud issued by the
general government only; demanding
face and unlimited coinage of silver; de-
manding that the amount Of circulating
medium be not less than $50 per- capita I;
demanding that postal savings banks be
established by the government; asserting
that all lands now held by railroads and
other corporations in excess OF their actual!
needs, and all lands now owned by
aliens should be reclaimed by the govern
ment aud held for actual settlers; assert
ing that the telegraph and telephones,
like the postoffice system, is n cessity
for the transmission of news and should
be owned and operated by the govern
ment in the interest of the people.
The third and last plank in the plat
form was:
eve declare for honest elections. the
great bulwark of American liberty. that
the will of the people may be expressed,
uncontrolled by vicious partisan laws and
machinery, either federal or State, or by
the influence of money power, and we
call upon every freeman to use all lawful
and just means to prevent fraud, deceit,
and abuse in conducting elections"
The entire report was unanimously
adopted, and after the transaction of con-
siderable unimportant business the con
vention adjourned.
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Strewn With Corpses.

CALCUTTA. cholera is raging
with increased mortality In Persia aud
Afghauistan. In Turbatyshan the str. cts
are said to be strewn with corpses. Mol
labs parade the stree reading aloud the
Koran and leading thousands who hope
by such means they can csca The di-
sease No physicians are ct hand
In the Jail at Moulmeine. Burmah,
tnere have en- already several deaths
from cholera and the 700 prisoners have
b en- removed to Kyauktau.
In Meshed, Per6a, there have been $50
deaths in two days.
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81 All that covers Egypt with fertile
helds, hemmed in everywhere by sterile
'ewastss, Is the sediment which the Athara
River, the Niles great tributary, brings
from rich Kassala and the mountains of
Abyssinia aud spreads over the Nile
Valley. 1t has been r,aintained by
BIZ samuel Baker that if the Soudanese
only knew their power it would not be
aitt1cult to divert to Athara from its
thannel and dry up its waters in the
Nubiau desert, turning Egypt into a
Parrsn Wilderness like the surrounding
waste.
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NJ ys tyHS M - - 81 - =
North Carolina, Stevenson OF Illinois,
10 80; Morrison I; Cleveland 8 1-S; Boies
North Dakota, Cleveland 8. .
Ohio, Cleveland IA; Bots 10; Carlisle 5;
Hill 8; German o.
Oregon, Cleveland 8,
Pennsylvania, Cleveland "a.
Rhode Island, Cleveland 8.
South Carolina, Boies Ia; Hill 8; Clsve,
land 1.
South Dakota, Cleveland z; Boies 1.
Tennessee, Cleveland "a.
Texas, Hill !; Boies 9; Cleveland 2S.
Vermont, Cleveland 8.
virgiris, Cleveland IL, Hill II, Cor
Warrington, Clevelands.
West Virginia, Cleveland z, Hill
Pattisop 1, German 3.
Wisconsin, Cleveland "a. On this bal
lot Cleveland has 594 1-2.
Wyoming, German 3, Cleveland 8.
Alaska vote nominates Cleveland.
Alaska, Cleveland 2.
Arizona, Cleveland 8. (Great cheer,
District Of Columbia, Cleveland 8.
New Mexico, Cleveland 4.
indian Territory, Cleveland ..
Total vote: Cleveland 618 1.2, Hill 112
Boies 103, German 80 1-2, Stevenson
18 2-3, Morrison 8, Carlisle 10, Campbell
3, Pattison !, Whitney /, Russell /.
Texas, West Virginia and Maryland
change votes to Cleveland. On motion
of Ohio, Cleveland is declared nominated
by acclamation at 3:45 a. m, Chicago time
(446 our time.)
STEVENSON SECOND PLACE.
The following candidates were put il
nomination for Vice President Thursda
morning:
Arkansas nominated Isaac F. Gray, q
Ind lana.
NJ ichigan nominated Allan Il. Morse
X entucky nominated Adlai f. Steven
son, of Illinois.
Mr.. Elias stood ON the chair whel
North Carolina was called and second, {
the nomination of Stevenson. He sale
that if Mr.. Stevenson was wise enough
"to be in the cabinet of the Hon Grove
Cleveland, he was fit to run on the tick
ct with him. -
Stevenson was nominated on the frs
ballot, and by motion of Ohio it wa
made unanimous
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n9ftheastern Minnesota the annual
1ssra&s temperature is thirty-six degrees;
IN Florida il is seventy six degrees.

ehopkeepers in Italy are ready to
trust Americans to remarkable extent,
shyss the Boston Transcript. 81 can't
nffotd to buy that" said New England
kravsler to an importupate curio dealer
in Rome, adding, II haven't money
enough this side the Atlantic" "Mon-
sieur will pay for it the next time he
comes to Italy," replied the man, with
the foreigners calm trust in the wealth
and the travelling propensity of Ameri-
cans.
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27.
u. Ho{9uto1 WltsSl - = ~ -
] Ballad on the Death Of 0ol. P6iI(s
The Anti-option Bill Before Congress.
"'More Good Work Needed" :.
Says Progressive Farmer.
In MEMORIAM,
NJ On. A. 9. HouoHroS

sypR Al 8 HouoHros.
noble man s missing frou, the front rank In the
voice hushed which spoke except for truth
- and right
Hts valiant form shall lead force. to the
His foreetul face in .iumb.r .l..p. our chi.f ha.
- passed away.
Yetwhie we mourn. ss mortal musttor him we low,
Well face the work he left do and trust again 10
meet;
He lives though lost 10 morta, sight he acts though
- naught see.
He stu inspires the gathering hosts he helps max.
mon free.
Then doubt not ye, who loved him here. the purpose
nom on hi h.
Such souls as his immortal are. they were not born
to die;
His namc shibbosth shall be- his zeal our model
grand.
Among the nations honored dead his tonbs shalt
And on he .sS.r which marks the .po, of hts last
earthly deep, 4
Wen carve these words He sowed the seed that
freedom mon might reap"
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Nominated on the First Ballot.

The Ciosing Scenes OF the Convsntion
stirring-Drenohod Orstory and . Plat
form Baptixed-Wilson Prssides Splen-
didly Over tho Convsntion-The Caller.
les Tumultuous-Spseohs OF Albeit,
Dunoomb. Dewitt and Others.
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LAND-LABoR-CAPITAl

By DIR. A. 8. HouoRroS.
Sufictcnt seed. spade or SO.
A plot Of fertile land.
And labor as q free born man
Among his kind can stand:
But II one half the crop must 30
For use OF seed and spade,
II half OF what remains as rent
For use OF land Is paid,
Then LABOR rubbed, o slavc, must ia
It's Independent place,
For unreQuited toll creates
A feeble, servile race.
II trade, by manifold designs,
Is rendered swift and free,
II money hows a steady course,
Then Incidence will fee:
but " n drought Of means exists,
EXCHANGES fail or flag.
And business 10 standstill comes.
And enterprises lag;
Then tfnmps begin 10 beg for bread,
And ricc and crime appear;
AMI health and wealth and happiness
Give way Ia want and fear.
It's plain to see that what we need
To drive dull time away,
Ia freedom 10 produce and trade,
And none To say us. may"
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An Ex- Congressman Murdered.

MEMPHIS, TENN. Judge j. B Nor
gan, ex-Copgressman from Mississippi,
was killed near Horn Lake by Henry
Foster, q lawyer. Foster walked into 8
car and fred two bullets into Morgan
head.
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: Fne uDszI scnooI enrollment for the
Up.t<d States last year was IA, 20o, 600.
'fhie Includes universities, private and
psroshisi schools bays 10000
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WASHINGTON, ID. C.--Last Monday,
in the House, just after reading, II pre-
sentative Hatch moved susL Lensiou of
rules SO that his pet measure, the Anti.
Option bill could he considered imruc.
diately. He was bitterly opposed, but
succeeded in finding sufficient support to
carry his measure. The House refused
to allow moro than Is minutes to each
side for debate, and by vote prohibited
the extension OF remarks in the Record
So this very important measure was
rushed through in a little over half
hour, and carried by vote of 1877 to 48.
The bill fixes license tax of 1900 per
year on dealers in futures and options,
and tax of cents pound on cotton,
hops, pork, lard bacon, and other edi
BILE products of swine, and of 81 cents
a bushel on wheat, corn, oats, rye, bar
ley, grass seed, and flax seed if sold
subject to any option or future contract,
The bill has been sent to the Sen tic and
laid on the table, as there is some doubt
to which committee it should be referred
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Pardridge, the Chicago grain gan bier,
hal about 100000 Of his i'll. gotten
gains squeezed out of him by the recent
sharp advonce in wheat and corn. If the
hard orking growers of these staples
had secured this money, there would
have been some comfort in plating
the operation. But as it simply trans
ferred the money fiom one robber to
another, the general publicis is not special
ly interes ted in the matter.
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An English and Eestern syndicate will
invest SO, coo, 900 in the purchase and
operation az tlie New Orleans cotton
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MORE GOOD WORK NEEDED

Mr.. Powdcrly, leader of the Knight.
of Labor, reports his organization in ex-
cellent shape Nearly 5000 members
have been added in the past three months
II is good thing now to increase the
membership of the Alliance, and it would
not be a bad idea to do some m visionary
work among people outside the Alliance.
Take none but good men. 1t makes no
difference how poor they are nor how
rich, but be sure they are good men.
Every farmer and mechanic in the land
should he taking part in the Alliance
meetings and reading reform literature.
Like the Knights of Labor and ell
similar organizations, the Alliance has
reached the point where there is solid
bottom. All organizations take in un-
worthy people, all make mistakes. The
Alliance is now 10 healthy condition.
Some OF the unworthy members are in it
yet, but those who expected to get rich
at once and accomplish in day things
that has taken years to accomplish, have
dropped out, and now it is the greatest
and by far the most influential organi-
cation in the world. BY cucful manage
ment aud patience it will yet rcvolutioDize
this country, and nj no distant day. Stand
to your guns. Progressive farmer.
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PRESIDENT PoLK's SUCCESSOR

ii. l. Loucks, Of South Dakota, Vice.
President of the National Alliance, will
now become President. He is editor of
the Dakota Ruralist, the most influential
paper in the State, and has been promi-
nently connected with the Alliance
movement since its introduction.
He is said TO he an educated man, q
good speaker and has an abundance of
good, common sense, and character en-
tirely above reproach.
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According to the estimates OF the Ag-
ricultur~! apartment the people al the
United States are sa indled out of not less
than s7o, ooG, GGG year by ihe practice
of adulteratipg foods
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Over 81, 100000 acres OF land in the
the United States are owned by foreigp
uoblemen