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The Portland daily press., 1893-08-01
CLOSE OF THE OLD ORCHARD RACES.
A Hard Fought seven-Heat Struggle and
Fast Time.

The midsummer meeting at the Old
Orchard kite track was not finally finish
ed until yesterday afternoon in conse-
quence of rain.
Little knowledge prevailing among the
general public that there was to be any
racing resulted in light attendance.
The event of interest was the unfinished
2.19 class race, in which the speedy but
unreliable Georgia Fl. was hot favorite,
and the Maine bred horse, Col. Osgood,
had many friends, but the discreet pinned
their faith to the reliable old stager,
Puritan.
The judges in the starter were: Isaiah
Pompilly of Lewiston, starter; G.. W.
Leavitt of Pembroke, and L. P. True of
Saco.
For the fifth heat it was fine heat
between three fast horses. Col. Osgood
won after hard struggle with Puritan
on his wheel and Judge Austin a good
third.
Not having won heat in five Judge
Austin was now out OF the race, altnougn
he had secured part of the purse, and
the sixth heat had but two contestants,
Col. Osgood and Puritan. The latter
won in 2.2O4.
The seventh and final heat in this long
and eventful race was taken by Puritan,
with Osgood good second, in 2.2o4.
Tho fo11our;no ic tho fI111 summary of
the race:
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-05-11

as how to change the condition
affairs that bears so hard upon IT,
wealth-producers of the wealthies
nation on earth.
We have reached point in the
history of our race and nation when
we must either secede from our ad
vanced position in civilization, or
we must 60 forward.
There were twenty-seven thou
sand evictions of tenant families in
New York city in one year, accord
ing to court records an army of at
least one hundred thousand persons
turned into the streets of a great
city-a perfect witch's caldron of
civilization and barbarism, of Christ
ianity and bestiality, but in which
there is more heartlessness in one
DTedSC Cudu CHcIc 10 IcSIuCHt HuiHdu-
ity in a whole block-in which one
man alone owns enough real estate
to have given each evicted family
good residence, and still had to
spare and, as far as we know, this
army OF fallen and bruised humanity
are left helpless by the wayside,
with the certainty that their number
will be greatly increased in the
years to come if there is no change,
and the almost certainty that the
army of buffeted, despised human
ity will arise in rage and wreak re-
venge in blood and fire.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-05-11
THE Ottawa Journal says, in COM

The Ottawa Journal says, in COM
menting on the lie published In
eastern papers, charging Gen. Artz
with recruiting an army: "The
fact is, the Devil owed Kansas a
debt, and paid it off in Republican
newspaper men," True, but any
honest Kansan ought to pray the
Lord to force the Devil to repudiate
further payment, for if the payment
goes on at the present rate for a
decade, Republican newspaper men
will be in the condition of the pole
cat that died from it's own stink {:
they will lie themselves to death,
and then where will be our grave
Yards !?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-05-11

OLD PARTY papers do not cease to
tell that in twenty years the nation
has paid lone thousand millions of
dollars of the heaviest war debt that
ever burdened any nation, reducing
it by one-half; to pay almost as
much upon that higher obligation
the debt to those who had done and
dared in battle, and SO to utilize
their resources that this enormous
draft had not been felt" When we
reflect that all this vast sum has
been produced by labor, and that
the money-changers have not paid
one dime of it more than has been
wrung from them through process
es of the courts. "This enormous
sum" has been felt in taxed
breakfast table," in encountered
homes, made so by the depreciation
of the products of labor. The fel-
lows who are drawing and fixing
salaries, shaving notes and farming
mortgages, have not felt it for the
reason that they have not contribute
ed one cent to the wealth of the
nation.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-05-11
FINANCIAL RUMORS.


Reports from Washington concern
ing the financial situation remind
us of the Sunday school story of a
little girl with tender conscience,
who, having done something naugh-
ty, sought her bedroom at Wight,
not having confessed. Now, the
girls name was Katy, and just as
Katy was about to sleep, katydid
lifted up it's voice, and, to Katy's
excited mind, the katydid seemed
to say, "Katy did. Katy didn'f'.
Mr.. Carlisle does, and Mr.. Carlisle
doesn't. Mr.. Carlisle is going to,
and Mr.. Carlisle is not going to.
A cloud of flying rumors, like a
small body of cavalry spread out
over large area of country, in or
der to conceal the main army, is
about what we conjectue to be the
size of all this hullabaloo.
Wall street is running the United
States treasurer just the same as it
did when Window and Foster were
treasurers or for the matter of that.
lust as Wall street has done all along
since the gold conspiracy of '62.
The newspaper reports are wholly
unreliable, for the reason that they
are contradictory, and for the reason
that special correspondents of news
papers are in the pay of the money
power, and purposely deceive the
people.
According to reports, the great
Diana, Gold Reserve of 500, OOO,-
600, has been broken, and is short
few millions, and then again the god
dess is intact, and there are few
thousands over.
Wall street has no tender con-
science, and it's newspaper katydids
sing Wall streets song for golden
ducats, and not to prick consciences.
The main army is concealed by
dust and bushwhacking cavalry, and
some of these fine days the people
will find themselves sold again to
Wall street.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-05-11

The Topeka Capital, from out the
depths of it's shallow brain, projects
new charge against the Populists,
viz: that Kansas is not getting her
share of emigration, and that it is
the Populist state government that
is soaring away the people who are
seeking homes in the west. 1t is
probably not true that Kansas is not
getting her share of emigration, but
if it is true, and the cause is the one
given by the Capital, then that paper
and kindred lying sheets must take
the blame in that they took pains to
misrepresent the reform movement
in the eastern states. If eastern
people would only stop and think,
they could easily discern that good
government is surest where all the
people take an interest in politics,
and they who have an ounce of
brains should perceive that property
in land is good investment where
farmers take hand in the making
of the laws. AS we have pointed
out heretofore, Nebraska, Iowa and
other states are in advance of Kan
sas in laws protecting farmers in
terests, and as those states are some
of the states that the Capital claims
is absorbing western emigration, it
will be much nearer the truth to
claim that the real drawback to
Kansas, in the minds of emigrants,
is the inability of Populists to COM
pletely overthrow Republican rail-
road domination of our legislature.
But, eastern railroads need not be
afraid of railroads running Kansas
much longer. One more tussle, and
the Populists will be on top all
along the line.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-05-11

GROVER is trying to placate the
conflicting Democratic elements. In
Alabama, he is distributing Offices to
both the Kolb and Jones factions,
and in Texas, the Hogg and Clark
contingents are both in the swim.
The stalwarts of Kansas are simply
assistant Republicans, and they
gathes no plums from the Democrat
ic orchard.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-05-11
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.

ity as they do eviction. From those
who have investigated we learn tina
tenants deny themselves all but tht
barest necessaries of life to raise the
rent money. Working people have
been known to cut down the sup
ply of food to a point but little
above actual starvation in order tt
save from their meagre earnings
their rent bill. Hunger, cold anc
the lack of clothing are borne with
the greatest fortitude, but no roo
to shelter from inclement weather
and no room in which to cover and
hide poverty and distress from the
heartless public gaze, presents a
condition from which the stoutest
heart might quail. How much more
the unfortunate sewing woman, SEN
sitive and refined, or the father OF
mother of helpless, delicate chill
dren?
No spot on earth but a pauper's
grave;
Compared, a paradise the lot Of
slave.
The tales of woe and anguish that
go up from our large cities fall on
dead ears, or ears hardened or steel.
ed against it by many of what are
considered our best and most en-.
lightened citizens.
We are often told that poverty is
the result Of vice, or that Jesus had
said that we should always have the
poor with us or, even some poor,
hard-hearted beings in human form
very coolly inform us that God or.
dams whatsoever comes to pass,
and, therefore, it must be, and can.
not be helped. To all of this we
reply that those who find any ex'
cuse for the existence OF the misery
which we try to portray is OH the
other side of the line that separates
the savage from the humane.
Vice may be the cause OF much
poverty, but that fact will not re-
lieve the virtuous of the duty of re-
lieving the victims. The good
Samaritan did not ask questions, but
promptly and effectually gave relief
1t is misinterpretation of scrip
ture to claim that Jesus either sane
toned the kind of poverty of which
we speak, or proclaimed that it al
ways should be; but it is plain that
if the teachings of Jesus were car
ried out by even those who profess
TO believe on Him, it would vastly
change for the better the unfortun
ate poor and to claim that God hat
ordained a condition in society II
which a few hold, and claim to own
the earth and all its products, while
the masses live out miserable ex
istence or die a miserable death fol
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-05-11

ORDER "The Golden Bottle" thro'
the AeIrAToR Price, so cts.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10
ON wx rt1 THE DANCE.
So q Georgia Judge DEGREES, ia
Opposition to Crusaders,

LITHoNIA, Ca, March S.-The town is
shaken to its verv foundations by the
war inaugurated by the religious sects
against dancing. Last night military
ball was given, in spite of the church
people. who, failing to break it ur bv
PRAYER and exhortation, carried the
matter into the courts and tried to get
an injunction restraining the Young peo-
PIE from tripping to the strains of dance
music.
Superior Court Judge Clark, in refus-
ing the injunction, said that public pol
icy favored the meeting of the sexes.
Continuing, he said: Under the circum-
stances it is not right or proper for me
to interfere. The young ladies have
gone to great deal OF trouble, know
in preparing their new dresses, with all
the fancy fxings known to young ladies,
and the young men have bought swal-
low-tail coats. low cut vests and fancy
bosomed shirts, and it would be highly
improper for me to stop the dance at
this critical period. Then, again, if
were to stop this ball it might break up
several weddings. and the most serious
consequences might follow, so l feel it
my duty to say, 'on with the dance. ;"
During the dance the church people
held a prayer meeting in an adjoining
church and prayed for the sinners who
were dancing themselves to perdtion.-
Washington News.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10
ABOUT THE CLIMATE NOW
IS 1T MORE CHANGEARLE
THAN I'm WEARS PASTe

Col. }. NJ. Israel saws it Is Not. and
Relates circumstances To Bear
Him out in Defence of The Lat
ter-Dav weather.
"These people who pretend to say or
think that our climate is gradually
changing from a steady one to one of
great variableness." said Col. j. M. Is
rael to THE CITIZEN yesterday afternoon,
"do not know what they are conversing
about, or have not acquainted themselves
with the facts in the case"
And the Colonel settled back in his of
fee chair. glanced outdoors at the beau
titul weather with contented look, and
crossing his feet on top his desk began
the narration.
"It was in February OF the year 1S47,"
continued Col. Israel, "when found that
| business would take me to Big Ivy.
started on horseback from Asheville
about . O'Clock in the morning, at
which time the atmosphere was only
| moderately cold, there having been rain
the night before. l rode along with little
| care for the weather. as the sun was
| shining warmly for some time after |
left. l crossed Beaverdam mountain, up
|
waters of Big Ivy. The weather had
suddenly turned cold and kept getting
| worse, till, when rode through the ford,
| the water which was splashed up by the
| horse froze instantly on my clothing and
| the horses skin.
"When l had crossed the ford l had to
break the ice that had formed on the
| horses tail. Another trouble was that
my shoes would freeze to the stirrups and
| it required repeated kicking on my part
| to separate them.
| Finally the weather became so bitterly
cold that found good place to stop.
| and there l stayed until next day, when
the weather had moderated. The house
| at which l stayed was not far from the
scene of the tragedy on Big Ivy two
| weeks ago.
I'm the winter of 1S55-'56, left here
one Sunday to attend the January term
of the county court of Yancey. Sunday
| enough for rain. Monday evening, how
ever. the mercury began sinking, and
continued to do so in a way that was
interesting to note but unpleasant to
lexperience. l remember that there was
to be meeting of magistrates in Burns
| vile, and on Tuesday morning 1nanv OF
them rode their horses across Cane river
on the ice which had formed i'll won
derfully short time.
"Such sudden changes as these were o.
by no means rare occurrence. and it is
my deliberate opinion that, instead o
becoming more variable our climate is
steadily becoming more cquable. Facts
are what we want, and l am satisfied
from my experience in this western coun
try that our weather has been steadily
improving. The improvement has beer
slow, of course, but the improvement
has taken place, nevertheless"
Col. Israel added that he had known
the French Broad to freeze from bank tt
bank within SO hours of the time whel
the mercury took drop.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10
PREACHER EMBEzzx.ER
Thought He Had a Chance To
Make $4,000.

LITTLE Rock, Ark. March THE
Rey. S. II. Buchanan, ex-treasurer of the
board of trustees Of the State insane
asylum. has made a confession to the
committee appointed by the Governor to
investigate the charges Of embezzlement
prefer eIred against him. Mr.. Buchanan
says that his stealing was actuated by a
desire to purchase st. Johns college, a
Masonic institution at Little Rock. He
said the college property was worth
about $50, 900 and it was offered to him
for $2O,OOO. He intended to transfer it
to a syndicate and thereby clear over
$4,000. In his efforts to secure the
amount necessary to purchase the col
lege he had, during the past few years,
taken from the treasury of the asylum
TIE sum of $12 900. Besides this he has
borrowed various amounts of money
from parties all over the State. He is
unable to say what became of the
money.-N, Y. Sun.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10
NEW BLOOD.
Ex-OHce Holders stand no
Chance This Time.

WASHINGTON, March 1O.-Senators
ard represent atives who called on Presi-
dent Cleveland this morning received
conirmatory evidence of the report that
Mr.. Cleveland does not intend to give
Offices to those who had been favored
under a previous Democratic administra-
ton. Ex-Representative Hemphill of
South Carolina called on the President
for the purpose Of ascertaining whether
the report was true and received an
affirmative answer from Cleveland.
1t is likely, of course, that exceptions 5
may be made in rare instances, and one
Of these is said to be that of Judge John
Goode of Virginia who was nominated
for solicitor general but failed OF conir-
nation by the Senate. He cannot there
fore be considered. from a technical
standpoint, to have held Office under
Cleveland.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10
SOME TALK ABOUT WATER
FACTS FOR THE JOINT BOARD
TO CONSIDER.
superintendent In&Ie SaS if The
City Does Not Provide water
Storage soon There VIII be "a
water Famine This Summer.

Another blowout occurred yesterday
in the pi pc line, beyond the mountain.
This caused the water in the reservoir
to run SO low as to necessitate the cut
ting off of the water before noon TODAY.
The supply will be turned into the city
mains as soon as possible, but the super
intendent cannot say at what hour this
can be done.
Waterworks Superintendent Ingle told
THE CITIZEN today that if the city
authorities do not soon take some steI s
to either rebuild the standpipe or build a
reservoir the city would have a water
famine this summer. The old reservoir,
which has been the reliance since the
standpipe burst, is not OF sufficient
capacity to meet the demands of the
cltys water consumers. and when a
break in the line occurs it becomes nee
essary to shut off the supply. The
trouble and distress that will follow such
a condition of affairs during the heated
season. with the new system yet uncom
pleted, are apparent to all.
AS the matter stands now the report
of the reservoir committee has been
adopted by the Joint Board, but, be-
vond getting an estimate of cost from
City Engineer Lee, no steps have been
taken to do anything towards averting
the consequences of which Mr.. Ingle
speaks.
If the reservoir is built there must be
the usual delay of advertising for
bids, signing contracts and executing
bonds, and the same is true of the stand
pipe. This is the 10th day of March,
and unless something is done, and that
quickly, the warm weather will be here
and find the city with an inadequate
supply of water and pipe line that will
appear more of a white elephant" than
anything else.
Superintendent Ingle says a place ot
storage must be had and the matter is
| one to be taken hold of right now!
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10
THE GOLD CRISIS.
Chicago Bankers Offer $4,000,
900 of the yellow Money.

WAsHINGToN, March 1O.-Secretary
Carlisc has received offers from Chicago
bankers to exchange $3,OOO,OOO in gold
for like amount ofsnlall treasury notes
Of denominations of tives, tens and
twenties. The intimation is made that
the amount of small notes that will be
needed will reach SIC, ,OOO,O for which
gold will be paid. The Secretary will
forward the small notes at once. This
demand for small notes is explained by
the fact that with the opening of mild
wea ther cattle end grain are beginning
TO be moved, slight demand is also
being felt further west, and the antici-
pated demand for small notes, for which
gold will be paid. will continue to increase.
So far as the Treasury Department is
advised no gold is engaged at the New
York sub. treasury for shipment tomor-
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10
SAVED BY BREEcHEs BUOY.
Two vessels stranded On the
9Olherm Coast.

WASHINGTON, March disappointment
ent kimball, OF the Life Saving service,
Treasury Department, this morning was
advised by Keeper Morris of the Island
life saving station, Charleston. S. c.. of
the stranding near the north jetty at the
entrance to Charleston harbor, and Of
the subsequent total loss of the schooner
Kate V. Aiken, from Charleston for
Philadelphia. The crew of seven was
rescued by the life saving service. The
Superintendent also received information
this morning of the stranding of the
schooner Little F. Schmidt with a crew
of seven, ten miles south of the Ocrac Oke.
N. c., life saving station. All on board
were saved bv the breeches buoy.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10

BURLINGTON, VT, March To-day S
municipal election resulted in giving the
Democrats control of the city govern
ment for the first time since 1875. They
reelected Mayor Hazleton and three of
the five aldermen. The present Board
stands six Republicans to four Demo-
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10
THE swIrCHMEN's STRIKE.
1t Is Shutting Indiana Coal Mine .
EpoNn.

BRAZIL, Ind, March 1O.-Nearly every
coal mine in the country is closed, the re-
suit of the switchmen's strike at Chica-
go, and the situation is growing criti-
cal. Thousands of miners are thrown
out of en- p'aymcnt with no visible pros
poets for work in the near future. All
switching engines engaged for the last
called in, throwing numerous tralnmen
out of employment. The situation in
Chicago is being closely watched by the
miners and railroad employees of this
citv.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10
whipped bv White Caps.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March Nv lie
and Will Prutt are respectable farmers
in Cherokee county who recently inform
ed revenue officers of the wherea bouts
last twenty-sIx men went to their house,
dragged them out of bed, stripped the m +.
and gave each seventv-eight iashes, each
of the white caps giving three strokes.
The whipping was done with hickory
switches and in the presence of the
women and children. The victims recog-
nized the whippers and have sworn out
warrants for them.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10
Looks Like Contempt. Indeed.

Honolulu. Feb. 16.-The local papers
are full of articles bearing on the topic
of annexation. Several strong articles
have appeared in the native papers, and
yesterday John Sheldon, one of the edi-
tors of the Hawaii Holmoa, was arres-
ted on the charge of contempt of the
Legislative Council, because of publish
ing in his paper an attack on the provis-
ional government. 1t speaks of the rev.
olution as "the illegitimate kid of Ste
vens and the sugar planters. oi which
Wiltse was the dry nurse
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10
Give Him stevenson's AK.

WASHINGTON. March 1O.-Robert A.
Maxwell. nominated to be fourth assist
ant tpostmaster-general is a citizen of
Batavia n. ", and one of the leading
spirits in the anti-snapper convention
and has long beer personal friend of
Cleveland and Postmaster General Bis
sell. The post he will fill will be similar
to that formerly occupied by Vice-Presi
dent Stevenson.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10
Twill Anger Emperor william.

BERLIN, March 1O.-2eichstag today
rejected the second clause of the army
bill providing for the increase of the regi-
mental strength of all the branches of
the service. {
The Richstag also rejected the frs
clause of the army bill fixing the effective
force of the German army in time OF
peace at 492 .O6S, and also rejected Herr
Richtcr's amendment retaining he pres
ent effective force until December, 1895.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10
NOT GUILTY.
Bill Riddle, who Killed =. Il. shell
ton, Now a Free Man.

MARSHALL. N. c., March 10 Spe-
cial 1.-The jury of the Superior court
this morning rendered a verdict of not
guilty in the case of State VS.. Bill Riddle,
charged with the killing of S. E. Shelton.
Gudger & Pritchard and ]. NJ. Moody
represented Riddle.
The court is now eng aged i'll selecting
a jury i'll the case of Hardy Mcrrelj
charged with killing Mark Flynn. This
case will consume the remainder Of this
week.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-03-10

WASHING TON, March 1O.-It is as
serted tonight that all prominent Off
cias in the treasury department, includ-
ing two assistant secreta aries, commits
sioner of internal revenue three comptrol-
lers and all auditors except Patterson
and Fisher have verbally rendered to Sec
retary Carlisle their designations.