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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
NUMBER II.
PETER TURNS STATISTICAN.
He Will haye Lot of Figures Absut
Agriculture to Present to Congress.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.-Scuator Pefrer, of
Kansas, is in town. In an interview, he
said: 81 am going to all thas State capi-
tails in the Union gathering stati tics on
agriculture to present TO Congress when
it meets in September. l have been
through the West and North, aud am
now working my way eastward. After
that will attcud meeting Of the Senate
commit c, and then return to Kansas"
"Will Congress meet before Septem,
ber?'
"No. Washington is too warm q
place in the summer, and most of the
members wJuld oppose it,"
".What nc; ion on silver do YOU antici-
pate at the next scssioni"
'Thc Sherman law will be repealed
the first thing. The effect of this will
be to destroy both the old parties anu
build up new one. The new organ
ization is To bc composed Of the Peoples
party mostly, aud it will receive msny
recruits from both of the Other large Or
ganizatio"s, which are now closing their
CarCCrs' y
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Chained Becaus, He Didn't Pay His
Tax

From the Memphis Appeal Avalauc' C !
FLORENCE, ALA.-On one of the prin.
cipal thoroughfar,s of the city nc, re
was bound to a rock and Etpt in the
broi'ing sun throughout the entire day
because he had failed to pay his taxes
and refu' ed TO work them out. A young
lawyer, actuGtcd by kindly impulse,
sent him chair The marshal promptly
returned The chair and gave The s.ndcr
a round ''cussing out" for interfering
That caused others to take sides with
tho young lawyer, and for few moments
exc tement was intense. The affair is
condemned by many as barbarous. The
negro will be kept chained in the same
place until Lie pays his taxes or agrees to
work them out.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
ANOTHER TRAGEDY.
20 People Buried in q Collapsed Hotel
at Fort Scott.

FORT SCoTr, KAs.-At $3.50 o'clock in
the morning, without moments warn
ing, tho fremont House, four-story
brick structure collapsed, burying nearly
seventy five people in the debris. The
body of young woman was the first re
covered. Three men were taken out soon
afterward but their injuries were such
their deaths were expected in few hours.
The fire department aud hundred
citizens are at work among the broken
timbers and are stirred on in their efforts
of rescue by the cries aud means of the
wounded people underneath tn, mass of
debris.
The ground floor of tho hotel was oc =
cupicd by stores, many of which wero
filed with customers. 1t is not known
how many people are beneath tho ruins
1t is believed the death list will reacl.
over twenty
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
FINANCIAL SITUATION.
The End of Frss Silver Coinage In
India.
A Terrible Blowsto the Hopes of the
Biznetallists.

Since the netb has been authenticated
that the Indi61 oycrnment, dominated
by England, had atopped the coinage of
silver at the India mints, the discussion
of silver coinagef fhss assumed new
phase in the Unit States
EFFECrs OF THE sws IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Ds C.-when the re-
ports of Gladstop 4 au nouuccment in the
House of Commoh ohs snd Lord Kimberly s
statement in the iIoussof Lords were re
ccived the grdv OF lthaz sitnation ba-
came at once apparent Carlisle immed-
lately went over to the White House and
for nearly two hours discussed the bear
ings of this action with the President
without reaching any positive conclusion
as to the line of action to be adopted.
The Conference WINS rene we'd at Woody,
the Presidents suburban home, later In
the evening aud was protracted until fur
into the night.
Iu view of this announcement at the
conference the action of the Indian
Government was not altogether sur
prise to treasury. officials, though what
lis effect may bo on the future action of
the United States cannot be accurately
gagged.
CABINET DISCUSSES 1T.
WASHINGTON, ID. C.-Two hours were
consumed by the cabinen Tuesday in
dis uscing the new phrase of the silver
question and other matters demanding
attention. Two confcrc, ces Monday be-
tween the President and Secretary Car.
isle simpl fed mattcrs to some extent.
Although the discussion, it is said, took a
wide range it was necessarily brought
b,ck to one important aud uumis .akabio
point. that the executive had no power
in the premises. Congress alone being
le TO deal with measures of relief. It
'as plain to the cabinet that tho monthly
purchase of silver must be continued or
else Congress must be convened in
special SIS ion Immediately. As the
President had decided to call Congre 8
together in the carly part of September
to oeal with the financial situation and
manif, sted no intention Of changing his
stated purpose, the project of an earlier
S ssion of Congress. it is understood, was
dropped. s, far rs the continuance of
the pu chase of silver bullion under the
ShermaL law was concerned it was point
ed out that little more than two months
remained before Congress would convene
in extra ssion and that during the in
tcrvcuing time the silver to be purchased
would be only 5000, 600 ounces, COM
paratively small amount in view of the
previous purchases; but the best way to
deal with the qu, stion was to wait the
cou,se of events for two months longer
1t was generally agreed to and it was
with this view dominant that the meet
ing adjourned.
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Wyoming's Mineral Riches.

The tin of the Black Hills extends
INTO Wyoming. The State has some
extraordinary soda deposits, some of
these being actual lakebcds of soda.
Copper is found all along the North
Platte River. Lead appears at least
twice i'll large quantities in a survey Of
the State and kaolin fire clay, mica,
graphite, magnesia, plumbngo, and
sulphur are more or less abundant.
Gypsum is found in almost every coun.
ty, and plaster of Paris is being made
of it ut Red Buttes, OH the Union Pa.
ciic Railroad. Marbles cs-some of them
very fine and beautiful-arc being
gathered i'll every county for cxhibi.
ton at the Worlds Fair in Chicago.
They arc of oil colors; but the only
white marble is found in the Sibylee
region, where. by the way, is another
undevelopcd agricultural section OF
great promise. The GRANTEES of tho
State are very fine, and the sandstoncs,
cludc beautiful varieties for building
purposes and for interior decorative
work.
Petroleum appears in several places
in the State" There are wells Mt Salt
Creek in Johnson County. The Omaha
Company have flowing wells mt Bo.
nanza in another part of the county,
and this oil, whose flow is stopped by
the company, is n splendid illuminant.
mile away is spring carrying oil OH
it's surface. Near Lander, south of
the Indian reservation, are more than
two dozen borings. All have flowed,
and all are now cased, but there is q
three-acre lake of leakage from them.
There are signs of oil elsewhere in the
State.
Gold is still being mined where il
was first found, below the Indian reser.
vation in the South Pass District.
Here is both lode and placer mining,
but the principal placer owner is
working the quartz. Within the past
year many new mines have been opened
there and one shipper claims to be
getting from 5000 to $4OO ton out OF
his ore. Another gold district is east
of this on tho Scminoe Mountains.
Others are on both sides of the Medi.
cine Bow range, southwest of Laramie
City, and near the Colorado line; in
the Black Hills, in the Little Laramie
Valley, in the Silver Crown District,
and in the Big Horn country. The
gold mining i'll the State is sufficiently
promising to interest great many
miners and considerable capital; but
the best friends and best judges of the
new State see the richest future for
her in the development of her splendid
agricultural lands first, and next in her
,oal and iron fields. -Harper's Maga.
zine.
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UNION G. H., SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, July . 1898
A Now Process for Gold Extraction

A New Process for Gold Extraction.
One difficulty which has always
been encountered ia developing gold
properties in Georgia, North Carolina
and Alabama has been that at a little
beneath the surface tho gold bearing
ores became suiphurets, and no satisfac.
tory process for treating them to extract
small amounts Of gold have been found.
The sulphuret ores are in largo quanti-
ties in oil of these st ties, carrying from
ten to fifty dollars or even more in gold,
the problem being, therefore, to handle
large quantity of meterial and secure
the small proportion of gold in it.
Recently A. NJ. Beam and Hugh Cal.
houn, with j. 8. Hamilton, of Athens.
Ga, have been experimenting with q
new process which they have patented,
and engaged Prof. Ms Pratt, the we'll
known chemist, Of Atlanta. to examine
and report upon it. In his report Pro-
fessor Pratt states that the experimental
plant was under his direction for one
week. The ore used was quartz carry
ing considerable quantity of pyrite. A
sample showed it" to contain O.95 per
cent. of gold, silver and copper, the val
ue being gold $32. IA, silver 81. .91 total
coin value of one ton Gre $35 O5. A trial
run yielded $12.16 gold. or 1888 per
cent. Of the total, and another run gave
$12.40. After passing through the new
process this ore yielded 1855 gold.
The process, it is understood, is not
complicated nor expensive, aud if such
results as this may be had in regular
practice it will do much toward develop
ing the gold prop rites in these States.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07

nhot effects have been introduced In
hosiery as well as into all fabrics for
feminine attire, and may be found to
match or contrast harmoniously With
tho gowns of many colors now popular.
The prettiest evening stockings have
lace insertions over the top of the foot
and the instep, while some have pieces
of colored baby ribbon to match the
dress run in and out of the lace, but
the prettiest, as well as the most costly,
have medallions or insertions of real
lace over the instep.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07

It has been found in the case OF
primitive river names in the Old World
that q syllable meaning water occurs
once at least, and in many instances
several times, in the same name. From
this, philogists have been able to trace
successive conquests, as each conquer
ing tribe added its own name for water
or river to the syllables already form
ing the names of streams within the
conquered district. The same thing
has happened in this country, as the
whites have tackled the word river to
many Indian names already including
che word.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07

A report recently issued by Stanford
University, Palo Alta, CAL, which was
establshed two years ago, states that
the number of students, men and wo
men, is 764. OF this number 66 are
post-graduates, 500 are under gradu.
ates and 1893 pursue special courses.
The proportion Of men to women is
about 5 to 2, there being 537 men and
227 women connected with the institu.
tion. Every State in the country lie
represented, 468, 40, 81, 80, 81, 1s,
1s. 10, IL, and 10 representing the at
tendance from California, Washington,
Indiana, Oregon, New York, Illinois,
lows, Missouri, Nevada and Ohio re-
spectivety The following countries
also send students: Mexico, Germany,
Denmark. France, Spain, China, Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Japan and Hawaii.
The University Library now contains
lb, 900 volumes, 4700 pamphlets and
800 periodicals. The biological iabo-
ratory at Monterey win open June 3
for q course Of six weeks. The aim
sought in the establishment OF this sta
tion Is to supplement the work given
in the regular course Of instruction in
the geological, botanical and physio-
logical departments Of the University.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
A STRANGE FAILURE.
A Great Paper Firm Fails With As
sets Over 81, 600. 600.

CINCINNATI, O.--Lou:s Spyders' Sons
made an assignment to G. M. Harding, of
Franklin, and George B. Parmlcc, of
Hamilton, Of their four great paper mills
at Hamilton, of their real estate in Butler
county and Of their great paper ware
house, with contents, in Cincinnati.
Their assets are over 81, 900, 900, of which
over $3.50, 900 Is dsbts due them, con-
sidored good. Their total liabilities are
less than than %, 000, 900. It is estimated
that liquidation by forced sale would
leave them $3.50, ,ooc. Their assignment
Is due to the fact that they were unable
to borrow from the banks Monday the
sum Of $1,000. It is very old, well ea
tablished FIRM.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
To Abolish the Revenue Office.

ABINGDON, YA.-Oficial notice was
received here Thursday morning by
Deputy Collector Paul E. Hayter tha.
the Office of internal revenue at this place
is to be abolished on the 30lh instant.
Owing to tho large decrease in collect
ions the department has deemed lis dis
continuance proper, and in consequence
the Hon. p. II. McCaull has ordered ak
the stamps, with other Government prop
erty Of the office, 10 his headquarters in
Lynchburg. The patrons of this office
will hereafter have 10 purchase revenue
stamps from the Roanoke office.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07

1t appears that during the ten years
from 1881 to 1891 the population Of
India increased from 253, 900, 900 to
2S7, 1000, 900. The enumeration of
tracts previously neglected and the adj
dition of Upper Burmah to British ter
sitory accounts for nearly 1000, 900 of
the increase, but the actual population
of the area enumerated in both years
shows an increase of over 81, ,O0O, 900,
or about eleven per cent.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
A Cashier Arrested.

NASHVILLE, TENN.-Will II. Scoggins,
assistant cashier of the failed Commercial
National Bank, has been arrested and
placed under bond to appear at the
October term of the Federal Court on the
ch'rge of being cognizaut of operations
which caused tho wreck of the bank.
A special session of the grand jury will
be hold July 26th when matters il con-
nection with the failed bank will be con-
sidered.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07

There is no city In tho United Statee
which might he called the City of
Churches with more appropriateness,
declares Public Opinion, than Wash.
ington. They are not particularly
large or imposing, these Washington
churches, but there are an immense
number of them. AS matter of fact.
the Capital contains nearly two hun.
dred churches.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
CONGRESS- IN AUGUST.
President Cleveland Makes His Proc
lamatiOn.
1t is Terse and Makes the Day of Con.
vening August z.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Thc President
Friday evening issued the following
proclamation
EXECUTIVE MANSION,

EXECUTIVE MANSION,
NANIsGToN, ID. c., June 30, 1893.
Whereas, The distrust and apprehcn-
sion concerning the financial situation,
which pcrvade all business circlcs, have
already caused great loss and damage to
our people and threaten 10 cripple our
merchants, stop the wheels of manufac-
turc, bring distress and privation to our
formers aud withhold from our working.
men the wage of labor, and
Whereas, The present perilous condi
ton is largely the result Of the fiuancia!
policy which the executive branch of the
government finds embodied In unwise
laws which rust be executed until Ie.
pca'cd by Congress.
Now, therefore, l, Grovc5 Cleveland,
President of the United States, i'm per.
formance of constitutional duty, do by
this proclamation declare that extraor-
dinary occasion requires tho ccnvcning
OF both houses of the Congress of the
United States at the capitol in the City
of Washington on the seventh day of
August next, at 12 O'clock noou, to the
end that tho people may be relieved
through legislation from present and i'm
pending danger and distress.
All those entitled to act as members of
tic Fifty third Congress are required to
take notice of this proclamation aud at
tend at the time and place above stated.
Given under my hand and the seal of
the United States, at the City of Wash
ington, on the thirticth day of June, in
the yoa- of our Lord 1893, and of the
i dependence of the United States the
nc hundred and seventeenth.
[Signcd. GROVER CLEVELAND.
The proclamation was issued at
o'clock this evening. The President had
] # directions for the issuance of the
proc 'amaiion before his departure for
Gray Gables. His determination to call
the extra session the first week in Au.
gust instead Of the first week in Septem-
b r, it is understood, was only definite
ly arrived at at this mornings cabinet
session, after giving full weight to the
numerous kilograms received from all
parts OF the country, urging the cause.
Another consideration which caused tho
President to change his mind was fore
shadowcd in the remark made by one of
his cabinet officers two days ago that il
the President received reasonable assur-
anccs that there was likelihood of the
prompt repeal Of tic socalled Sherman
silver purchase law, he might be disposed
to call Congress together earlier than he
had announced. 1t is inferred from the
fact that the President has done so, that
he considers that he has obtained the as
surances he desired.
Most of the cabinet have followed tho
Presidents example and left the city or
are leaving for brief vacations. Those
who remain say the Presidents procla
nation speaks for itself and decline to
discuss the situation further.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
SACKED A NEWSSiT aPER OFFICE.
It Denounced White Cap outrages,
and Has Had to Suffer for It.

NEW ALBANY, MISS. The office of the
New Albany Gazette was broken open
and sacked by mob Saturday night.
All the type was dumped into the street
and destroyed and the Office. furniture
smashed. The paper has been very out
spoken lately in its denunciation of
White Cap outrages and "blind tigers. Z"
1t thereby incurred the cnmity of the law
less element. The members of the mob
were masked, but several of them were
recognized.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07

The church in the United States
grows in number and wealth. It's
property has increased 921 per cent.
in forty years. In 1850 it amounted
to $S7, 200, 900; in 1890 it had reached
1851, 900, 900. To this is to be added
the immense properties of Christian
institutions, such as hospitals, colleges,
publishing houses md the like.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07

The steamer John Hancock, which
was wrecked q few weeks ago, by o
gale while tied up ct the wharf at
Standpoint, Alaska, has an interesting
history. During the troubles between
the United States and Japan the Han.
cock carried the pennant of Commo.
dore Perry, and it was in her cabin
that the treaty between the countries
was signed.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
4 kentucky Banx, Fails.

A special from Ashland, KY, says:
The Second National Bank of this place
has closed its doors. II is solvent, bat
was forced 10 suspend because OF inability
to reaiizs on good paper. The depositors
win get all their money,
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07

In 1859 Europe had 6,95s, 900 sol
dtcl. and now she has %, 24s, 900. Eu-
roptexpended in 1869 $445, 600, 900 on
its Armies, and now she expends $685.
600, COO and the various Governments
find they have not yet enough.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
The Effect on silver in New York.

NEy Yourselves certificates have
dropped to 77t, commercial bar silver to
n aud Mcxicin dollars to go cents. The
break is due 10 the suspension of pur-
chases of silver for India accounts aud
the closing'of the India mints. The be-
lief that the. Sherman silver bill will be
repealed adds to the b arish feeling on
the metal.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
prelerred Death to tho ohain oane

i ArLASTA, GA--Jack Booth, teacher
Of a band Of music, committed suicide at
Waycross M9ndy morning by taking
morphine. He had been ined thirty
Eve dollars for disorderly conduct, and
could not pay it. Ha killed himself
rather than go to the chain gang.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07

The New York Mail and Express
claims that it was tho first to use the
expression "Old Glory" as applied to
the Stars and Stripes, the former ap-
pellation being not almost as common
as the latter.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
HOW Georgia Truck Farms Pay.

How Georgia Truck Farms Pay.
Major @. M. Ryals has truck farm of
only 1875 acres near Savannah, Ga, in
Chatham county, from which he clears
between $1,000 and $4,000 annually. The
place is considered to be one of the best
managed farms in the South, and shows
what can be done with Southern land
where skill and judgement are used in
cuitivating the sli.. Lust year the Gu
cumbers were the best crop raised on
Major Ryals's land. Potatoes were plcnti
full, but sold at rather low prices. The
cucumber crop, however, made up for
the loss. Cabbage, beans, tomatot s, beets
and carrots sold fairly well, and, while
40 fancy prices were received, these crops
all paid fairly we'll. This year potatoes
have been the leading crop, aud up to
date Major Ryals has shipped 415O b,r-
rels off the sixty acres he planted. He
haa shipped nearly 1000 crates of cab
bage also, and about 500 to 600 crates
OF smarl crops, such as tomatoes. beets,
peas, cucumbers, carrots and others. In
all he has taken nearly 10000 packages
OF truck off his place, and he estimates
that the total amount will be at est 1S, :
600 packages. Most of the vegetables go
to Northern markets, and his freight bills
average $500 year. The farm is oper-
ated by thirty men, under three over
secrs, and thirty mules.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
Insurance Companies Withdraw from
Tennessee.

NAsHvrLLE, Tenn. The following ia.
snrance companies have withdrawn from
tho State because of the law requiring
them to file their charters: The Ameri-
can, Central, Orient, Glen Falls, New
Hampshire, Continental and Georgia
Home. They feared they would become
liable to taxat.oa on their capital stock.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07

An official Bavarian document states
that dog flesh is largely consumed by
italian workmen, thousands of whom
are employed in Munich, and that the
Germans themselves are beginning to
look on it with favor as An article of
diet. The dogs eaten in China are fed
on vegetables.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
VOL. vXXI.---NEW SERIES

The Madrid Epoca expresses the be-
lief that Great Britain will ultimately
cede Gibraltar to Spain if Unidentified
for the cost of the fortifcations which
Great Britain has constructed there.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07
Assistant Bishop Of North Caroline

RALRIeH, N. C,--The Rev. JoEeph B.
Cheshire, Jr., rector at Charlotte, N. c.,
was elected on the thirty-niuth ballot AS
sistant Bishop Of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church for the Diocese of North
Carolina. Mr.. Cheshire was born In Tar
boro, N. c., in 1850, and graduated from
Trinity College in 1870. He studied law
and practiced several years. He has been
rector at Charlotte since 1883.
The remains OF O mammoth mastodon
we're unearthed by workmen while
working ina tunnel near Pomona, Cal f,
. short time ago.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-07-07

The st. Louis water tower is the
highest in the world.