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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-08
NORTH CAROLINA.

During the year of 1891 Winston
shinpeh. inst oleron million aud ni~..---
paid for stamps is $500, ,0O5.52.
A'hsavy thuuder aud lightning storm
visited Kalcigh. The lightning set on
fire q large born at the North Carolina
experimental station. Two mules and
the barn and contents were burned.
A. f. Arnold, jewelcr, of Winston,
made an assignment to +. M. Roberts.
The preferred creditors arc Mr.. Roberts
and the Peoples National Bank.
At New Bcrne, George Best, negro.
was arrested On the charge of poisoning
his wife and two children. The former
is dead and the children will die. lie
used "Rough on Rats" in flour, which
was made into bread and partakcn of by
the family.
Some hcinous incendiary touched Tho
torch to the cellar of j. V. McChelr:
store, and the magnificent Blue R'dg
Inn, with her hundred rooms, the Noun
tain Hotel, and eight other establish
ments lie in smouldering ruins to tell tn
sad tale.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-08
Loss to the standard Oil Company.

BAYosNB, N, Especial 1.-The great
barrel works of til, Standard Oil Com
pany, at Constable Hook, are burned,
aud the loss is estimated at 100000.
The FIRE started in the heading room OF
the barrel works.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-08
CLARA BARTON'S SCHEME
10 Transport Western Wheat to the
Starving in Russia.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Especial. NO
arrangements has as yet been made for
the transportation to Russia of grain
gathered by the State of Iowa, under the
auspiclcs of Miss Clara Barton, Presi-
dent OF the Red Cross Society. The
Russian government has significd its will
lingncss to transport the grain and flour
from Iowa, Minnesota and other States
on their merchant marine vessels, il this
government fluids itself unable to volun-
tarily tender the use of its ships.
Senator Allison, the representative Of
Iowa III this matter has so far made no
request of the Secretary of the Navy for
thc designation of any ship. Senator
Washburn has done so, however, as the
representative of the Minnesota millers.
and If Secretary Tracy does not tender
the use OF a naval vessel 1t is proba-
bic that the grain will te transported in
Russian crafts. The executive committc
appointed under the proclamation of the
Governor of Iowa, calling for the relief
OF Russian sufferers, which includes in
Its membership four cx-Governors of
Iowa, had meeting in Dcs Moincs, to
devise ways aud means for the transpor-
tatlon oil wheat, corn, oats rye and -four
donated by the residents of Iowa.
No reply has been received in response
to telegram from Miss Barton, as to the
result of the meeting. 1t is probable,
however, that the committee will avail
itself of the invitation extended by the
Secretary to supcrintcud the transporta-
ton of supplies from New York. Ship
ments from Iowa, however, will not be-
gin till the vessel which will take the
supplies has been settled and the date of
its departure fixed. Miss Barton thinks
it probable that the President will select
the Scoll ship. Constellation, which
was suggested by Senator Washburn to
Secretary Tracy, and which performed
the similar service during the last Irish
famine, rs the most available vessel to
transport tho cargo Of -four donated by
the millers. Its subscriptions are still
being received for this purpose. 1t is
likely, therefore, that no definite action
will be taken in the premises until Con-
gress convcnes. Miss Barton, in rcspons c
to requests from various sections # the
country, has issued call and is recciv-
ing numerous individual contributions of
one dollar for the relief OF the Russian
peasants This money will be used by the
Rcd Cross Society through MissBarton, for
whatever purpose it may be deemed cx-
pcdient. All contributions should be
addressed:
Miss CLARA BARTON,
Hotel Oxford, 14th st. and N. Y. Ave,
Washington, ID. G..
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-08
News OF All Sorts.

News OF All Sorrs. 70
Four-lifths of the steam engines OF the
world have been constructed within TIC
last twenty-five years.
The trouble between the Southern IA
citic company and the Order OF Runway
Tclcgraphers has been settled. Cohccs-
sions were made on both sides, but the
result is victory for the tclcgraphers.
The Baltimore Evening News has pass
cd into new hands. Charles ii. Gras'ey
and II. X. Wor, ,hington will manage II.
They announce that the report that inc
paper had been bought to fight German
| is false.
The orange crop of California has be,
| come so large that it cannot bc marKt tcu
at paying prices. Thousands OF acres OF
land of California are now bearing young
lemon trees. The olive and fig crops OF
the State are now profitable Experiments
in the raising Of Ceylon tea in southern
California will soon be tried.
1t is noted concerning the appointment
of COL William Preston Johnston to ser
vice in connection with the Smithsonian
Institute that hc is very tall-weil owe
six fect--and that not only is his hea'
destitute of hair, but he has neither eye
brows nor eyelashcs, all of which he los
by an explosion while he was in the Con
fcderate army,
New Orleans people are ambitious AM
sauguine. They are prophe'yins Una
their mort will become the greatest ship
ming port of the countrJ within the mex
ten Years. grca'er even than New YORK
They say the producers in the Norther
States west of the Ohio river and In IL
Southern States west of the Alabama ri'
er have found out that they can SIN
grain, cotton and pork to Europe FRO
New Orleans more cheaply than from III
other port. A few days "goa commit.
of tho Kansas Millcrs' Association visitt
II New Orleans to make arrangements !
exporting Kansas flour to TO eign cou
!, tries by way of that port at the rate
d 10000, barrels yea"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-30
Foreign News.

LONDON, May 30.-The fight between
Peter Jackson and Frank Slavin for
$4,000 will occur tonight. There are
to be 90 rounds, making the fight last
an hour and nineteen minutes. The
betting is . to OH Slavin.
BELFAST, May 30-The Telegraph of this
city publishes the promised plan of resistance
to the mandates of an Irish parliament should
such body be established II says that the
men of Ulster will not allow elections TO oc-
cur. The election wri; is to be publicly burned
by the shcriffs Of counties and the mayor Of
Belfast Immediately after they are received
Judges and magistrates taking their commits
sions from tho new executive will not be
recognized The police fierce viii be organ
lied with special constables sworn 10 re-
place the regular police. The Queens taxes
will be paid, but taxes levied by the Dublin
parliament will not be paid. The custom
house will be seized and he'd until the que5-
ton is settled On the event Of war the
North will be in better position both as re-
CARDS credit and geographical position than the
South. Belfast is unassaialblc while Dublin is
orcn to direct and immediate attack.
LONDON, Sfay 30-Baron Hirsch, the well.
known Hcbrcw philantlrypist, is suffering
from an attack Of influenza and congestion CT
the lungs His condition is serious.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-30
RELIGIOUS Assemblies.

The first order of the closing days
session of the general assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian Church at Hot
Spring, Ark, Saturday was tho hear
ing oithe minority and majority reports
OF the committee on directory ofchurch
worship. The majority recommends
no change in the directory Of worship.
After Il long parliamentary wlangle,
occasioned by mixture of amendments
and substitutes, the assembly adopted
substitute for the minority reports of
fered by Rev. Dr. Kerr, of Richmond,
Va. The substitute provides for Il re-
vision. Rev DR.. Banks, of st. Louis,
from the committee on bills and over
lures, submitted report touching Ii
centure and ordination. Its reading
was followed By flood ofeloquence on
the subject of maturing young men for
expounding the Gospel. This report
was finally adopted as a whole. Rev.
DR.. Kerr, of Richmond, Va, made an
eloquent speech culogistic of the South
ern Presbyterian Church, which, he
said, was not troubled by heresy trials
and interneciue strife, while its affairs
were prospecting in gratifying degree
The Presbyterian General Assembly, at
Portland. Ore, reversed the action of the
New York Presbytery in dismissing the case
DIR. Charles A. Briggs, of Union Theological
Seminary, charged with hcrcsy, and rcmanded
the case for new trial. The report of the
committee on revision of the confession of faith
was ordered to he sent to the prcsbyterics
without amendment.
The Southern Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, at Hot Springs, Ark, adjourned TO meet
next year at Macon, Ga
The Methodist Protestant General Confer
cncc, at Westminster, has elected Rev. T. t.
Tagg editor of the Methodist Protestant news
paper, and various other Offices were filled.
The question of the admission of women was
referred to the annual conferences and unless
two-thirJls vote against it the women will be
admitted.
The Baptist Home Mission Society has
closed its anniversary in Philadelphia. a
resolution WIS adopted protesting against
archbishop Ircland's Faribault school plan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Nj IS LYDIA Reid, aged 90 years moth
er of Mr.. JOS. b. Reid, of Prince Will
liam county, died ut occoquan on the
23rd
In East Rockingham Friday after
noon George Maiden was killed by
lightning, which streck tree under
which he had taken shelter from the
storm
At Staunton on Saturday Col. VIM.
Z. Craig. L. s. district attorney. had
one OF his eyes removed. Col. Craig
had been suffering for some days, but
his eye trouble was not regarded seri-
ously.
The Board of Public Interests have
fixed upon July LIST, at noon, in the
Governors office in Richmond as the
time and place TO begin the work of as
sessing railroad, steamboat and canal
companies.
Ex-U. s. Marshal W X. Meade, of
Arizona, has been appointed by the
Governor Of that territory one of the
Worlds fair commissioners. Mr.. Meade
is native of Clarke county, where
many OF his relatives still live.
Hon. w. L. Wilson, of West Virginia,
who some time ago was offered the
presidency OF Richmond college, init
mated in the opening remarks of his
speech before the Tariii.Reform Club in
that city Friday night that he could not
accept. He has had the proposition
under consideration forseveral months.
The Norfolk truckers made their last
shipments Of strawberries Saturday
and the season is over. BY the middle
ofthis week the shipment of peas will
close. The cabbage crop in the county
is an excellent one and shipments are
very large. The great crop of the sea-
son in tia. section will, however, be po-
tatoes, and digging will soon COM
mence. The yield will be enormous,
and the truckers arc very anxious
about ovcrstocking the market
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-30
NEWS 0F TIE Day.

Gen. Il. d. Mussey, well-llnown
lawyer, OF Washington, dice on Sun
day.
Earl Grey protests against Lord Sails
bury's protection speech, and wants
free trade or a retaliatory policy.
Fully three thousand people, left
New York for Europe on the nine
steamships that sailed ON Saturday.
The cholera epidemic in the vale of
Cashmere continues its terrible course.
In four days last week out of / ,73l per-
sons attacked $50 have died.
The storm which did so much dam
age ri Wellington, KS, on Friday last,
also struck Harper and other places i'll
the vicinity, carrying havoc in its track
and killing many persons.
The Cahoiic Missionary Reciew of
Paris states that the Catholic kingdom
of Uganda was destroyed, and the
king. bishop and seventeen mission
aries were driven out by Protestant
natives.
Col. Robert G.. Ingersoll is for Judge
Walter q. Gresham for President. lie
SAYS Mr.. Blaine is master of the situa-
ton and that President Harrison CAN
not be elected if nominated.
Thousands of tons of raw sugar are
stored at German ports, the american
sugar combine keeping away from the
German markets iii order to bear the
raw products and force the Germans to
sell their stock at very low prices.
In many colored churches in Baiti
more yesterday were held special ser
vices Of prayer for the deliverance Of
the colored people OF the South from
mob and ivnch law Earnest sermons
were preached on the subject by the
ministers.
The ministerial crisis in Italy has
brought on q party contest. The Cham
Der Of Deputies has reserved for debate
the vote on account for the next six
months asked for b. Premier Giolitti,
the resignation Of whose ministry the
king declines to accept.
William Free hung himself Saturday
in shed at the rear of his home in
Washington lie made Il moose in Il
clotheslinc. and, fastening the line TO a
beam. put the moose on his neck and
swung himself Otto his death. He had
been unbalanced in mind for some
time.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Brinckcrhoff,
the trial Of whose respective applica-
tons in New York, for divorce recently
we're of sensational nature, have both
remarked. the former to one of his en-
ploycs and the latter to w. p. Durando
who was named in her husbands suit
This is the fourth marriage Mr.. Brinck-
crhoM has contracted.
r Dir. Samuel Spencer, who is rail
road expert for the firm of Drexcl
Morgan " Co., will start to-day on {
tour over the Richmond Terminal sys
TEN to make y thorough preliminary cx-
I animation ofthe condition and physi
cal needs of the property. Walter g.
: Oakman, president Of the Richmond
5 Terminal, will accompany Mr.. Spencer
!. The tour will last ten days or two
| weeks.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-30
The killing of Brakeman Atwer.

The coroner held an inquest on Sat
urday in Washington upon the body OF
+. C. Atwell. a brakeman on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, who was kill
cd early Saturday morning near Erin
idad. in the suburbs of Washington, by
Il negro. The testimony showed that
Atwell. with some other railway en-
ployces had gone out with an engine
and Pullman car. and had put the car
away and were waiting ut the Trinidad
telegraph office for an engine 10 pass
and bring them 10 Washington, when
party of negro men and women, who
mad been to Il dance i'll the ncighbor-
hood, came up. Disappointed that they
had failed to get passage on an express
train which had just passed that point,
one of the women made some observa-
ton about the trains, and Atwell an
swered her in such way that
the negro woman gave sharp reply.
whereas Atwell said that ''she need
not get her back up, for he could whip
all the negroes in the neighborhood."
Thereupon one OF the negro women
called out to her male companions,
These boys are interfering with us,
and Il short, stout negro came up and
grappled Atwell, who had his lamp in
his hand, and attempted to force him
backward Atwcll, swinging his lamp,
struck the negro over the head. In an
instant the negro had drawn II pistol
and shot Atwell in the side, and as At
we'll fell, the negro and his companions
fastened down the railway track and
wcrc seen no more. Atwell was taken
to Washington and died in the Is. y 0.
depot. The deceased was about twenty
one wears of age, a native of Loudoun
county, Va, where his father still lives,
and he has relatives in Alexandria and
in Leesburg. He had been a brakeman
on the Baltimore and Potomac Rail
road, but lately took position on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The de-
tectives have tracked Atwell's slayer to
Philadelphia, and believe they will Sc
cure his arrest within two days. De-
tectives Boyd and Trammel have gone
North for this pupose.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-30
COMMUNICATED.
Cameron Street.

think Kentucky prevents, by law,
the rapid movement of wagons and
carts without springs over the paved
streets of her cities. reside Oh a street
where the original rocks that lay in the
field or wood when the Indian dwelt III
peace on the banks of the Potomac are
still there. Sometime before the flood
the town authorities ordered that Cam
eron street, from the wharf to Christ
church, be paved. AS there WAS
no machinery of sufficient power to re-
move or break tho rocks the contract
or was allowed to grade up to and pave
around them with smaller stones, and
they uhe rocks are still there. We do
not object to the rocks, they are old
relies. and are cverlasting-cvidently
the "Rock of Ages" Columbus, Wash
ington and Lee have stood on them and
if they were to be broken INTO smaller
pieces for paving purposes the relic
hunters would carry them away. What
we do object TO is the fast driving with
empty carts and loose tail-boards over
the rocks. No man with n bilious
headache can stand it without indulging
in profanity. A day or two ago an empty
cart ratified up the street and in few
seconds my corner was crowded with
black and white urchins who thought
that the Alexandria drum corps was
on dress parade. We don't want the
stones removed they have served us
long and well, but we ask the City
Council to ordain that the empty carts
and wagons shall move at a funeral
mace T. Y. r.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-30
CONFEDERATE
SUICIDE OF A GLASS ENGRAvER.

SUICIDE OF A GLASS ENGRAvER.-
Ignacc Glance, a Bohemian glass en-
graver, has for some months carried on
the cigar business at 1913 Seventh
street northwest, Washington, occupy
ing the lower story where cigar store
fronted the street and the rooms back
were used by his family, wife and
two children. He had been thrice mar
ried and did not live pcaceably with his
wife. He was fined some ten days ago
by the Police Court for an assault on
her, and Saturday morning during an
ALLEGATION, while the children were at
play in the yard, he shot her in the
side of the head, and she ran screaming
into the street. Officer Scranton car
ried her to DR.. Kunn's office in the
neighborhood, and, having arranged to
send her to the Freedman's Hospital,
he returned to arrest Glance, and
breaking open the shop door found him
weltering in blood behind the counter
unconscious and with q bullet wound
near the left car. A revolver with two
empty chambers lay beside him. He,
too, was sent to the Freedman's Hos
pital, and it was discovered that the
wound of his wife was not serious, but
that of the husband was fatal. Glance
had n bullet in his brain when picked
up. gave utterancc to no word but ''wa-
teri and died about o'clock Saturday
evening.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-30
BIG Fire in New York.

New YORK, May S0.-At go O'Clock
this morning fire broke out in Brook
Ign causing total loss of$l5o,ooo. The
fire originated in q tnEee-story frame
building occupied l.y the Isaac Renisen
carriage and wagon manufacturing com
pany. Besides the factory ii other
buildings were more or less damaged.
Two injuries were reported. Mrs.
Catharine Keen, 70 years Old, suffer :
ing from pneumonia, was rescued from
one of tho buildings by t: c police. Con-
rad Fallon, 80 years, WAS badly burned
about head and arms.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-30
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
MONDAY EVENING, NAY 80. 1892

SENATOR MoRGANmay sui President
Harrison rs 6 counseior-and ihc lat
ter says he has been one Of hi5-out he
is certainly by no means w:sc ore Tor
the democratic party. That party, as
all know. is divided on the silver qucs-
ton. and no wise democrat, on the eve
Of q national election, would have
called up that question in the Senate,
for the purpose, as he implied, of smok-
ing out democrats. Most wise demo
Gratis. including Mr.. Cleveland, can see
no sense in g measure intended TO in
crease the profits of The silver mine
owners and silver bullion importers, at
the expense of all the ether people OF
the country. but thousands Of others
say i5cy c,;, and why, Just before a
Presidential election, these latter should
be set against any Of the former, and q
subject be raised well calculated to pro-
mote disscnsion in the party, are cues
tons that senator Morgan can tell bei-
ter than any body else.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-30
TELEGRApHIC BaEvITiEs.

In the Memorial Day parade in~New
York to-day, drum corps supplied the
music, the resimental bands having
struck for higher wages.
Decoration Day was generally OBJ
served throughout the North to-day
and in some Of the cities the ceremo-
MES were on an elaborate scale.
A large four-stoly brick building oc-
cupied by number OF tobacco firms in
Lancaster, Pa, was burned early this
morning and much tobacco was de-
stroyed.
The baseball championship games
played this morning resulted as follows:
New York 8, ST. Louis 3 F.; Boston i,
Cleveland o; Philadelphia :, Louisville
6; Pittsburg Ii, Baltimore l Chicago
10, Washington Z; Cincinnati ), Brook
Ign 4.
The mystery attending the sudden
and sensational disappearance Of Capt.
Esan, from Chicago has not yet been
cleared up. The captain who has just
returned from Rochester, n. Y, gives
an extraordinary account ofthc circum-
stances by which his transportation 10
that city was effected. He claims 10
have been drugged and remained I'M
conscious from the time he was seized
in Chicago until he reached Rochester.
He had $500 on his person ofwhich he
was robbed.
Members of snt-IIili democrats left New
York city to-day 10 attend the Syracuse con-
vention to morrow A dispatch from Syrs-
cuso says: The prospect Of a large crowd Of
delegates and on-lookers from ous OF town to
the anti-Iill convention is disappointing To-
day. Very few applications have been made
in advance for rooms at the hotels and up To
noon only handful ofdelcG,bs had arrived
st. Louis train on tie Santa Fc road for
Chicago was dcrs+ilcd last night by the loco
motive striking several head o. stock near
Lcmont, Ill., The engineer Was killed, and
fourteen or fifteen persons iriurni.
Prof Anton iIalhi the w,I!-known author
If several notable works an nihllism, was
found dead in his room ut ST. It Lake Ci,, yes
tcr'l.y.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-30
Moro Storms.

NEWPORT, Ark. May 30.-This section
of the country was visited at 9 O'Clock
last evening by I; terrific rain, wind and
lightning storm lasting half an hour.
The storm took 4 northcasterly c0urse
crossing White river and growing i'll yio-
lencc until it reached the little town of
Auyergne. There it assumed the force
of small tornado. Il struck the hand
some new Methodist church and
levelcd it to the ground The city
academy was also blown down. Thee
were six people in the academy, hut
they all escaped uninjurcd except Mrs
Peaseley, the wife CT The president of
the college, who is reported to have re-
ceivcd serious internal injury The
damage done is considerable.
WEBB CITY. No, May ga ter
rifle cloudburts flooded this city and the
surrounding country last night. The
water fell iii great masses and flooded
the streets to a depth OILS inches ON
the level. All the lead and zinc mines
in this city are flooded nearly to their
tops and the loss will be enormous.