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this place, and then made a proposition
70 YOU, viz: to take, in lieu Of tile $1,000
position which you had prom sed me,
5000 cash and the placing OF two ca us
in the employ OF the district (JusL one
half what the position in the house OF
representatives was worth to mel. You
said that this would suit you much bot
Ter. That you would, however, have to
see some senator's before giving me a
positive answer. called to see you at
your Office on the Monday following,
the l4th of March. You then told me
that you had seer the senators, and
that the matter was all right, etc, and
that YOU would have had the money for
me, but that they did not have a meet.
ing on Saturday, aud that you would
try and get it that day Monday, and
told me to call to see you next day
Tuesday, at you office at 10 o'clock
a m. / called as directed, and you told
me to call again that evening at 8
o'clock. / did so, but you did not rut
in an appearance. then wrote you a
note, told you OF my embarrassment,
caused by your failure to comply with
your promise, and asked you to let me
have $50 OF the amount promised me,
and'that l would wait ten days for the
balance. This you treated US you had
several of my other letters-with silent
contempt.
On Monday, the 21st of March, you
said to me in your Office that the sena-
tors had not been in the senate cham
Der during the week past. l met you
on the street the next day Tuesday,.
You then said that you thought Sena-
tor German would be in the senate that
day; that you received a note from him
on Saturday, the 10th, stating that he
would be at the senate on Monday, but
that he was not there. The next day
wednesday, l met YOU at the door Of
the Maltby house. You stated TO me
that Senator Brice was in tho senate
Yesterday, but that Senator German was
not there, and that they had to get to-
gether before you could get the money
for me. On April l wrote to you, ask
ing that you arrange the natter that
Senators German and Brice were both
in the senate, and to let me know
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nnd tha. bis parp0so was 10 Ieaeat N.

and that his purpose was to benefit tho
negro.
knew something about colored people
aud that | did not believe in imnirra.
ton schemes; that thought the
negroes were better off in the south
except when they wanted to leave NJ,
their own notion. l then INQUIRED
what he wanted in connection with liz
matter. and he said he wanted money
To carry it out. | told him had no
money for the purpose, did not belieye
in his methods, and did not want 10
contribute to his schemes; that il
negroes came to West Virginia insearcb
OF work or to better their condition that
was their matter. / told him | did not
want to have anything further to say on
the subject, and never saw him after.
wards. Very truly, &c,
S. B. ELKrys.
C. b. Harl, O6iceQf tte Intelligence, Wial.
ing, HeS! Virginia.
FROM MR. ATKINSON.
WHEELING, W. VA, Oct. %, 1892.
chas. Burdet Hart Esq.
DEAR S1R:-Replying to your letter ot
inquiry in regard to my, connection
with an alleged scheme in the early
part Of 1890, charged by the Democrats,
TO import negroes into West Virginia
for the purpose of colonizing them and
carving the state for the Republican
party-I was called upon several times
hy a man by the name Of D. Mob.
Lindsey, whose object he claimed was
70 procure homes and employment for
colored people in the south, and to bet
ter their condition in q general way.
He represented himself as an agent Of
an emigration society in North Carolina,
and asked me if l could not find homes
for a number Of men in different parts
of West Virginia. AT the same time no
stated d number of them were already
experienced in coal mining, and that he
would guarantee all Of them to be in.
dustrious, Woodworking men, who
would render good service to anyone
who might employ them. His whole
aim seemed to be to betterthe condition
of the colored people whose Interests
he had in charge. l merely told him
that / would, when convenient, confer
with some of our people who employed
miners and other laborerS, and would
do anything l could to get work for
such men as would come to our state,
becomec citizens, and identity themselves
with our interests. This is all the con.
nection | had with Lindsey and his al
legged scheme, except to concur in a let
ter which Mr.. Lindsey presented to me
bearing the subject, which contained
nothing improper in any shape or form.
Being very busy at the time, l paid no
attention to the matter, and never at.
tempted to procure homes for any OF
his men. Very truly yours,
G. W. ATKINSON.
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Just as soon MS you could get Senators
German and Brice together?
l want no quibbling about this mat
ter.
As TO b~ulldozing and threatening, l
must say that l was not aware that
asking a gentleman to comply with his
personal obligations, and insisting that
he do so. could reasonably be construed
into %bulldozing or threatening. II this
is, however. either one or the other, or
both you can make the mostiof il. l
will further add, that | do not engage
or indulge in the disreputable practice
to which YOU allude, nor do / fear any
n who attempts it with me, though
he be a U. S. Senator. The only trouble
between us, is, that you have failed to
keen faith with me, while / have kept
perfect faith with you. You have
failed TO comply with your promises
made to me, while l have strictly COM
piled with every one | have ever made
to you. =,
l want you to distinctly understand
that l ask nothing from you, except
that you comply with your personal.
charlottesville the promises you
have made me this much expect and
demand.
What moral or legal right have you
to make q promise to me, and Teceive a
consideration from mo for it, and then
tell me you can't comply with it, or
endeavor to shift the responsibility
upon Senator German or Senator Brice
or some committee.
have never, in all my life failed to
keep faith with any one, who kept faith
with me. | am sorry to say that you
have not kept faith with me. You
have not complied with the solemn
promises you have made me. Such
action upon the part of IN or
binary Individual l would well
know how to characterize, but when
INDUCED in by a United States senator
] must confess that / am at a total loss
to know what to say or even think. |
will, however, say this much, and l
think you must agree with me: If 1
should nor fail to KEEP faith NTH you, you
hare no right to complain or teel dggriered.
Now, in conclusion l will state that l
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IMPATrENcE.
wAsuINorovSD. G., Feb. %, 1892.

wAsHrNerowSD. C., Feb. %, 1892.
Senator O. j. FdaEne.
DEAR slR:-My friend is getting impa-
tent and l fear beginning to think 1 am
treating him badly. ! would be very
much pleased, if you would arrange for
him to- to work on the LIST OF March.
l have called the last three mornings
to see you and will call again tomorrow
morning; il it is not convenient for you
to see me then, please let me hear from
you, as / am very anxious to communi.
cate with him definitely in regard to
the matter. l would call at the senate
to.see you, but dislike to do so.
Yours very respectfully,
ID. Mob. LINDSEY.
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the Sd Of June l wrote again to him.
On the 9th OF June / received a letter
from him requesting me to see him At
Chamberlin's on Friday about z o'clock
p. ~. called at that. hour n after
waiting over an hour, he came IN, Dor
rowed 500 from a gentleman present,
paid it TO me and took my receipt torlt
He made no allusion to our Riggs
House interview, or any explanation.
whatever, as to why he had failed to
comply with the statement made to me
by him on that occasion. Col. Thomp-
son, YOU will remember, was called
into this matter by you on the night OF
the 18th Of July, 1890, when he paid me
the cash payment agreed upon by u.s.
in your Office on B street, northeast /
desire to say here, that l have no claim
upon him, nor is he under any obliga-
tons to me. =,
you and everyone else concerned In
this matter. l have kept every promise
and performed every service that l
agreed to. You have failed to comply
with your part Of our contract, and you
have now no right to complain or feel
aggrieved at any action l may take in
I6ope you will not think that I m
'bulldozing'' or Threatening" when l
now say to you that unless you comply
with your obligations to me without
further delay, that 1 will place the mat.
ter in the hands of an attorney and
prosecute my claim in the courts. l
regret exceedingly to have to resort to
such means for a settlement, and do so
only because | believe it to be my only
remedy. 1 will wait a few days to hear
from you. This is the last letter you
will receive from me upon the subject
Very respectfully,
D. Med. LINDSEY.
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WHEELING. WEsr VIRGINIA,
October 81, 1892.

My DEAR SrR:-In reply to your in.
quiry about Lindsey's call upon me in
New York, and introducing the subject
OF bringing negroes into West Virginia
from the south. sometime in the early
part Of 1890, | desire to say about that
time a man by the name OF Lindsey
came to my office, No. l, Broadway,
New York, and said no wanted to talk
with me about bringing negroes from
the south into West Virginia, saying
that they could get better wages there,
and could better their condition. He
said he represented an emigration
society in the state OF North Carolina,
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Phil. B. THOMPSON, JR.,
ATTORNEY AT Law,
11NpsEY's tErrERs 10 rnoMrsoN.

wAsnlxaTos, D. c., May 70, 1892.
Col PHI. D. Thompson.
DEAR sR:-Please permit me to call
your attention to our interview in the
Riggs house on the night of the goth OF
April and respectfully ask that the
matter between Senator F. and myself.
be settled. l notice that all parties
(which ] presume are concerned) were
present In the senate to-day
Iexpect TO leave the city within q day
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Faulkner Planning His Cohnizng-A fricanhAng Scheme 10 Trick
The People orWest Virginia.
A GREAT IDEA.

expect you to comply strictly with your
personal obligation to me. Provide the
81, 200 position in the house of repre-
senta!fves, or pay me in money what
the position is worth to me, without
further delay, or quibbling. DoTthfs'
and all will be well, and you can rest
contented. Very respectfully,
D. MCD. LINDSEY.
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or two and 1 want the ma~ttersettled Dc
fore leave. Yours very respectfully
d. McD. LINDSEY
M.snLnoros, D. O, May 80, l80.

wAsnrSoroS, D. G., May 80, 1892.
Col PHI B. Thompson;
DEAR Sniff l understand you cor
rectiy, YOU stated to me at inter
view in the Riggs House on the 2Oih OF
last month, (April) when you PAID nns
500 ON account Of Senator Fanikner
that the balance should be paid wlthlH
eight or ten days, or as 500 US su.p 4
the bows returned from New YORK l
have received 500 since paid to me by
a gentleman in your office on the 18TH
inst. 1 am anxious that the matter
should be settled at an early a date as
nrSctieabIe. II it is not convenient to
me the entire amount now; please
see that / am paid 500 by Wednesday
the lat by or before : O'CLOCK p M 40 a.
o'clock Wednesday night.
Yours very respectfully,
d. Mob. LINDSEY.
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WASHINGTON, D. G.,
June 7th, 1892. !

Col. Pitt. B. Thompson, ,,
DEAR srR:-1 have heard nothing
from YOU in reply to my letters OF the
Both ult. and the Sd inst. L write this
to ask that if nothing better can Dc
done, just now, with my matter, that
YOU have me paid 500 OF the amount
by three or four o'clock p. m, to.mor-
row. / am very much in need OF that
amount lust now. Very respectfully,
ID. Med. LINDSEY.
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SOME PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE.
HOTEL CHAMBERLIN,

NIUI HEhSON OVUhhEI
WASHINGTON, D. O., May Is, 1892. }
D. Med. Ltnd'eN. Esq.
Hound your notes upon my return
from New York, this morning. Ii you
will call at my Office, rooms 90 and 50,
Atlantic Building, in the morning
Thursday at 10 o'clock, l will have a
hundred dollars $1,000 for you.
Very respectfully
PHIL B. THOMPSON, JR.
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wAsHryoroS, D. O., July IS, 1892.

Il p Grtgsbv Egg,
Please say to Col. Thompson that the
paymentofthe one hundred dollars made
by YOU to me on account of his friend is
not at all satisfactory to me, or is It IN
accord with the statement made by Vol.
Thompson to me on the 10Th oil last
April. l must insist that the matter be
closed without further delay.
Yours very respectfully,
d. McD. LINDSEY.
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MEssRs. ELx1xs AND ATKINSON.

In reference to these disclosures, the
following letters from Secretary Elkins
and Hon. &. W. Atkinson will prove
interesting, as showing how Lindsey
tried to entrap them at Mr.. Faulkner's
bidding:
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w.sv,xeroS, D. O., June 8, 1892.

Col Pha B. Thompson:
DEAR slR:-Permit me to kindly call
vour attention to my letter OF the 3Oth
uIt., and respectfully ask an answer
thereto. Yours truly,
D. McD. LINDSEY.
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WANTED.
RuaLlc SALES.

FoR SALE.
THE TEMPORARY WooDENBRIDGE
Across Wheeling Creek, at Main and Sixteenth
streets, is offered for sale at public auction on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1892,
up four years aud is In us good condition as
when built, II will be sold US 1t stands Term
Cash.
BY order Of the Board Of Public Works.
oclO TN DARRAH, Clerk.
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HOTEL CHAMBERLAIN,
AT-n-- EaUpw

HOTEL CHAMBERLAIN,
MCPHERSON SQUARE,
WASHINGTON, D. O., July 5, 1892. }
D. Ned Lfndsey, Esq., si4 81. NE
s1R:-Mr. Thompson has requested
me to hand you some money. Please
be so kind as to be at his office rooms
SO and 65 Atlantic Building tomorrow
"wednesday promptly at 4:l5 p. m. |
can only get there after four, and will
only have a few mements. If more
convenient you can call at the Inter
state Commerce Com'r (Sun Building)
any time during the day. l am in the
Auditors Division, 18th floor.
Respectfully,
PM. B. THOMPSON, JR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Rooms 6S AND IS, ATLANTIC BUILDING,
WASHINGTON, D. u, June 8, 1892.
D. L Nc Lind,ay.
DEAR sm:-Meot me at chamberlins
Friday about I p. m.
Respectfully,
Phil, B. THOMSON, JR.
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SHE,

Fok SALE,
Two two-story franc dwelling homes, all'i,
two-story irnmo dwelling hotseI In Blua'lHS"
dition TO Bridgeport. cheap aud on easy N'+''
r. 7. HOWELL
myn
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A DESIRABLE FARM FOR SALE.

a i5S.acrc farm. with dwelling. stables o.,
chard, etc, ut Film Grove, Is Offered Tor SttW
very reasonable figure. Esy terms. my =
one Of tue most desirable place. in the I'.sEE
horhoo1, Only 1ye miuute'' walk irgm ~
go. railroad and the Wheeling g Kim '''''
sc27 c. A. scHAEFER o.
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CAMPAIGN ISSnES

WASHINGTON, Aug. % - Secretary
Charles J. Foster, in an interview today,
said:
The great issue in the campaign is the
tariff. The Democrats are trying TO make
the force bill an issue, but they are not
succeeding The life is all out of that, and
the force bin issue is without vitality.
What ever President Harrison has to say
on the subject in his letter of acceptance,
will be wise and well said"
CHICAGO. Aug. 23.-The Inter Ocean. in
an editorial regarding the New York
Worlds campaign fund for use in the
northwest, will say tomorrow that it
agrees with the World that protection TO
home industries is I he leading issue before
the voters and heartily indorses the sug-
gestien that the campaign should be mace
vigorously educational, bat believes that
every dollar the World proposes 10 spend
IN the northwest will be spent TO tear
down instead of build mp home industries
Beilevlng this, ana that every voter should
lie fully informed on both sides of the
question, the Iuter Ocean challenges the
World to discussion OF the third plank
OF the Democratic platform adopted n
Chicago last JuBe, and adds;
II TIE editor OF the World is really IL
favor of an educational campaign, he eau
IN no better way secure he object sought
than by accepting our challsuge."
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LONDON GOSSIP.


LONDON. Aug. 23.-Mr Labouchere has
10 today's Truth crisp account of the
circumstances of his exclusion from the
cabinet. He says that he never thought
OF seeking Office, that he never asked for
anything. and that he does not contem-
plate ever doing so. He understood
that the queen did not favor his
appointment to cabinet position.
His Interpretation of the constitution is,
he says, that the queen selects the premier
and leaves him free hand in the choice OF
his colleagues. He Nabouchere) might or
might not have accepted Office if it had
been offered him, but as the
thing is done, he thanks heaven
that, come what may, his head and ears
are safe under Queen Victoria. Radical
appreciation weighs more with him than
that of all the emperors, empresses, kings,
queens and lickspittles in the universe.
He has no intention Of making Overtures
Tor peerage.
LONDON, Aug. 23.-An authority who is
thoroughly familiar with everything that
goes on at court has stated, apropos OF the
many reports in circulation regarding Mr..
Mr. G!adstone's visit TO the queen at Os-
borne House when he accepted office. that
there was nothing to show that the Lib
eral leader WAS not thoroughly persona
grata to the queen and the other members
of the royal family present at Osborne
hoHse. On the evening of the day of his
visit Mr. Gladstone sat for two hours in
conversation on the terrace with the
prince OF Wales His interview with her
majesty was especially cordial and the
queen in no way showed the dislike for
him which is commonly attributed to her.
When Mr.. Gladstone joined the ladies in
the drawing-room he was in high spirits
and was the life of the conversation that
enSued.
In consequence of letter from Mr..
Henry Labouchere stating that the Qneen
had opposed his nomination as "A member
of the new ministry the Liberal Radical
association of NorthamDton, which con-
stituency Mr.. Labouchere represents in
the house of commons, has issued sum-
monses to the other Radical associations
of the country TO join with it in an indig
nation protest.
The Times correspondent at Calcutta
says: The apparent Suplneuess OF the gov
ernment on the silver question is causing
dissatisfaction throughout the country. A
difference of opinion exists in regard to the
adoption of a gold standard, but the con-
victlon is growing that the time has ar
rived for the government to take the
public into its confidence and prevent a
furtt er fail of the rupee by closing the
mints 10 free silver coinage"
The Chronicle SAYS that there is rumor
afloat that Mir. Gladstone will retire from
office in the spring: also, that Harcourt
party aud a Roseberry- Spencer party al
ready eXist-a lords party versus u COM
mons party.
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WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.

WASHINGTON, Aug 23.-The weather
crop bulletin issued by the department
of agriculture says:
1.-The week was warmer than usual from
western Texas northeastward to Missouri
and over all the districts from the upper
Mississippi valley eastward to the Allan
tic coast. 1t was also warmer than usual
over the plateau regions. and thence west
ward, including all the Pacific coast
states. In the gulf states the daily tenn
perature conditions were normal, or
slightly below. Nearly normal tempera-
ture prevailed over Nebraska. Kansas, the
Dakotas and Minnesota while over Mon
tana and Wyoming the week was de-
cdedly cooler than usual Slight frosts-
causing no injury, however-oCcurred In
Wyoming. Except where severe drought
prevails, the week. with respect to tenn
perature, has been very favorable to crops
and agricultural pursuits. Wheat har-
vesting is now we'll over, and threshing is
general. Cotton picking is general in
southern Georgia, aud Is progressing else
where in the south.
Very heavy rains have fallen over por-
tions of the central gulf states and more
than the usual amount is reported from
portions of the lower lake region, the up
per Missouri valley and over limited areas
Kansas. Over much the greater part of
the country, however, the rainfall of the
week has been decidedly below the aver
age, and over extensive areas from the
lower Missouri to the central and upper
Mississippi valleys and TO the Atlautic
coast, no rain, or only light showers, have
fallen. The drought of the previous week
has been intensified, and is now general
over the principal agricultural states from
the Dakotas, Kansas and Nebraska east
ward to the Atlantic coast.
In Missouri there is necessity for o. good
rain. Pastures are short aud plowing is
slow. The harvest is generally completed.
I'm Kansas the conditions, with rain, are
as good Corn in the central and northern
counties is good. In the southern i6 is
not doing well.
In Oklahoma the best conditions pre-
vail. The corn crop and fuits and vegeta-
bles are thriving. Threshing is general,
and some corn is being cut"
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LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA.
The Percentage Is Less by One-Half Tha
1t Was Decade Ago.

The Percentage Is Less by One-Half Than
1t Was q Decade Ago.
An English paper gives some sug-
gestive figures in support of its state
ment that beyond the noble service
done by legislation for the protection
of sailors from the practices resorted to
in the past by rapacious ship owners
the decrease in the annual loss of life
at sea is in a great measure due to i'm
provement in the design of sailing
ships, which are now better able to
Withstand great storms, and the adop-
ton of steel, which minimizes the dan
ger of stranding. The small, old
wooden vessels are disappearing at the
rate of about ], ZOO year. The proper
ton Of lives lost to the total tonnage
entering and clearing English ports has
decreased from A. IL per 1000 tons in
1881 to zoo in 1890. This represents
decrease according to Tonnage of about
one-haH. In the case of steamers the
increase Of traffic was equal to 1916 per
cent, and yet there was decrease in
the number of lives lost of 2S per cent.
In other words, the lives lost were
equal to O.57 per 100000 tons of steam
ers frequenting English ports in 1881,
and in 1890 OF per 100, 900 tons. In
1882 the ratio was Los, and in 1886 O. 16
per 100000 tons. These were the
highest and the lowest in the decade,
and indicate the possibilities of great
fluctuations, due to extraordinary dis
asters- The tendency, however, is
toward a substantial decrease, and it is
satisfactory to note that in ten years
the deaths among masters and seamen
from all causes decreased from 23.a per
1000 employed to 1871 per 1000.