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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-28

Nos. 35 and~7s carry Pullman Buffet sleep ing cars between Jack sonville and Cincinnati via Waycross, Thomasville, Mont gomery, Nashville and Louisville.
 Close connections made by two trains every day for points in southern Georgia and Flor ida, at Savannah with elegant steamships and at Charleston with the Atlantic Coast Line for all points east.
 Through seepers Waycross to New York on train No. 7S.
 B. DUNHAM. Gen. Sup't.
 W.sM. DAVIDSON, Gen. Pass. Agent. LEE McLENDON. Div. Pass. Agent,
 Montgomery, Ala.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-28

sLeave college.
 Train No. l, arrives lake Il 45, and goes to tbop.
 Train No. ?. arrives lake 12 80 and goes to stop. a14 tf
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-28

For further information. sleeping car reser- vation, etc.. call on or address . . c. H. HUDSON, w, A. TURK, G, A,
 G. M., Washington, D. O. Knoxville, Tenn. c. A. BENSo0TER, J. N. ROSS, Supt., A.G. P. A, Birmingham, Ala. Knoxville, Tenn,
 l.. A. STEPHAN, Travelling Passenger Agent, 22ol 1st Avenue,
 Birmingham, Ala.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-28
Geologic Time.

Geologic Time.
 Professor c. D. Wolcott expresses the opinion, contrary to that entertained by rome eminent scientists, that geologic
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-23

other pisces through the field II disturb
ance az Industry came 70 stsndssiA.
fully isJ. 90 msn we're on strike, and At
81 LSas. Chizzgo. indianapolis, - Eed
as 81 Eastern cities, there Vas a complete
embargo on the railroads Some 1900 or
1000 miles Of rad were az one time or
another in the bands Of strikers
In these labor riots Of ls7s between 6fty
and ssventy-fve rioters were killed and
fully 100 wounded in conflict With the
sogdiery, white the destruction to property
al over tive country has never BEEN calca-
Iatsd. EolloNing The railroad strike cams
q Eniners' strike in which ~. 90 laid down
their picks. bat this was devoid of much
violence or bloodshed. although several
were killed in riot II Scranton
In comparison With the great industrial
rebellion Of II that Of the present year
seems almost like boys play.
This Is due TO the fact that President
Cleveland early in the struggle threw the
regular army into the breach without
waiting 70 discuss ''the situation" with
creatures Hike AltEsld. Waite and PEN
f1oyer,
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SAYS HIS TROOP DID NOT murrsY.
Letter From Capt Lindsay. Of the
sprague Cavalry.

sFRAeuE, July IL, 1894.
To THE EpIroR: Nv attention has been
called 70 Geographic report in The col
umns OF your paper Of the 9th inst. also
70 an editorial founded upon said report
and published In your issue Of tn. 10Th
inst. both articles rejecting upon m.
credit aud previous good name of Troon
A. n. q. W, Of Sprague. The former of
these publications IS false in all respects
the latter manifestly unjust, since il is
founded upon Incorrect information.
Two OF my men did fail TO return with
the troop; In fact did not report for dutx
the last day OF our stay IN Tacoma. but
they were not arrested, though their de.
linqueney Is yet matter for Investigation
aud vail be Investigated. Aside from this
breach Of discipline not q man refused
either alone or with others, 10 obey ali
orders issued. Not gun was taken from
them and not single man came home
under arrest.
escort On the way home and were carefully
oa guard 81 al points Of ANTICIPATED dan
ser. IL Is an organization that has a .tats-
vide repatstion for obsaiencs, military
skih and soidieEiy bearing; the praise
gained IN previous enczmpments Was in
novise zhated IN this. their last. and thev
ask oaly THAI the stigma Of a SOLDIER
having Eefused 60 obsy the orders OF hi.
sapeElors be removed.
have now, As briefly as | well coaiA do.
stated the facts in the case, snd trust 70
yeur nsGai spirit OF fair dealing 10 siv.
them an equal circulation with TIE fal,.
aaa s.andsrogs statements that have a.
ready gone through the columns 81 IA.
s.ate press. A. W. Lryp..y
Capt Commanding Troop A. n. q. w.
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sEArTIE, mosDA,. JuLr "a.
CONVERSATION ron THE eorTos
GROWERS. "

The greatest coiton-groSiRg countries Of
the world areSthe UnIsd States. Esypt
and India. Egyptian cotton has . longer
fiber and Is more tussroas than the Amer
lean, and Is used in the manufac.urs OF
thread and fabrics requiring = silky finish.
Last year oneshttscnth of the cotton prod
uct Of Egyt, Of tie value Of s.. 0oo, 600. was
exported TO New EngIand. notwHhstahd-
ing the heavy freight charges IL Egypt
can compete in the American market, how
much more dangerous rival must IL be
in that OF Englandi Under date Of May
n, 1894. the United States consul general
~ Cairo writes to the state department:
This years area Of considerably more
than 1000 COO fecdans is the largest ever
devoted 10 cotton In Egypt, The plants
are already well rooted and strong. which
Was not the case d year ago, when conttb-
ued bad weather disarraBged the planting
season and seed had to be sown two or
three times, this accounting for the
diminution from the crop OF iS92. which
was the largest on record. With average
weather and irrigation, the latter almost
assured thee crop Of 1904 bids fair 10 ex-
coed 100000 bales, or 1,U50, 600 bales of
American standard. y
IL may. IN this connection, appropri-
ntey speak of the potentiaities of this
country as cotton producer, should the
projected scheme for definite perennial
Irrigation, long considered and now al
most assured, be authorized and carried
out With the construction Of reservoirs
for storing the surplus waters OF high
Nile, that they may be utilized in the
season of low Nile, the amount Of culti-
vAble surface can be doubled, in the opin-
ION OF othe governments experts. for
wherever the vitaiizing Nile water can DO
carried the richest vegetation follows.
With Egypt's cotfoncrop thus augmented,
southern Russia ente ring the field Of COM
petition, -overpr6dueti Oh in India immi-
nent, and the market ruling lower year by
year, cotton economists aIfs. theorists In
the Unitsd0States gave material for seri.
Gus reflection"
The cotton growers Of the South ara
face to face with the conditions that have
brought CONSERVATION TO the wheat grow
ers of the North. IL IL not the silver
5qusstioS, bat the application of modern
methods of agriculture 10 vast areas of
land in Asia and Africa. where labor Is
worry cheap. that hasDdepFsssed the price Of
Americas great staples. The free trade
South, now insisting on the destruction of
the Sorthern w9ol industry, may yet cry
for duty on cotton
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THE STRIKE AT sPRAGUE.
A Citizen Protects That There Was No
Lawiepsness In tho Town.

A Citizen Protests That There Was No
Lawietsness In tho Town.
sPRAeUE. July Is, 1894
To THE EpIroR: Sensational reports re-
garding the actions Of the strikers in this
city have been sent to the leading papers
of the Pacific Northwest, and are calcu-
lated 10 do vast amount of injury to the
business interests of this community. So
long as the truth is adhered to the citizens
will find no cause of complaint, but when
reports so untruthful and misleading as
those which appeared In your issues Of
July Q and 10 are published broadcast to
the world. we find it necessary to enter a
most emphatic protest and denial
Not only has the city been the victim of
INSCRIPTIONS newspaper correspondents,
but Troop A, \. g. w. of this town, has
suffered in the estimation of all loyal citi-
zens OF Washington at the hands of these
same correspondents. sprague has at no
time been the scene Of rioting or violence.
The damage done to railroad property here
since the Inauguration of the strike has
been very slight. Outside of the car of oil
which was burned, the damage will not
amount 10 $40 There have been no cara
wrecked or ditched and no engines in
jured.
One would be impressed by the dis
patches sent from here with the idea that
Spraguc was at the mercy of iawless
mob. Such is not the case, nor has il ever
been. BY far the larger element is peace
able and iaw-abiding. ana they intend TO
maintain order and give ample protection
30 property. There was no occasion for
sending out reports OF such a sensational
and untruthful character. The statements
regarding Troop A were also false. as at no
time was the troop or any member of il
under arrest, nor did any of them refuse
To- obey orders at any time on the trim
home from the encampmenf at Olympia.
The publication OF this letter i'm IN.
PosT-ISTEILIGEScER will do much toward
counteraeting the evil effect of your dis
patches Of July 9 ana 10. and will be re-
garded as an act of justice to the business
men and law-abiding citizens of sprsgue.
L. F. WILLIAMS.
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THE scoTcH-IRIsH.

A correspondent recently inquired sar-
Irish" lie might as well have been sar-
castle over the term "Angio-Irish" or
anglo Norman"
The Seotch-lrish are not mixture of
Scotch and Irish blood, but are descend
ants Of the Scotch who settled in Ireland.
The Scoteh-irish race is essentially
Scotch race modified by the environment
OF the province OF Ulster consisting of
the nine northern counties OF Ireland. We
use the term "Scoteh-lrish" in the same
senss as we use the term 'sGsrman-Am
cans" or "lrlsh-AmerIcans." meaning the
descendants Of the German or Irish people
who have mads America their home.
Another illustration. perhaps, would be
the term Pennsylvania Dutch"
IN the middle Of the seventeenth century
the Scotch settlers OF the North Of Ireland
began to emigrase to America Froade.
the historian. says: Prior 10 l6s1 that
fatal emigration Of Nonoanformisi Presbv.
teFtans from Ireland to New England be-
gan. which. enduring for more than a
century. drained ireland Of the soundest
Protestant blood and assisted in raising
beyond the Atlantic power and a spirit
which by-and-by paid England home for
the madness which had driven them
shither"
The Sooteh-lrish emigration 10 America
settled in Maine and New Hampshire. as
the names Of the towns indicate. bat its
great bulk settled in Pennsylvania and the
CaFolinaS. and the overiow from these
states settled Aiahsma. Georgia Ken.
tneky. Virginia and Tennessee. Many Of
them became pioneers Ia oaio. Indiana
and Illinois. Simon ksason, DAME.
Boone snd Anthony Wayne came Of shls
stock, as did Commodore Perry, Andres
Jackson. sam Houston. Zachary Taylo-
and Winheld Scott; 80 cid Henry Clsv.
Patrick Henry. John C. Caihoau. Tom
Corwtn. Tom Ewinr. Hayae. Menaaie.
Po.k. Blaine sa4 HsFrsoa. Robert Fal-
tea. Prof Morse, Prof Henry and Ne
Cormick. Of "McCeTmiek's reaper" we're
ell 81 this stock. jefferson has been rated
as q this stock, bet rs ancestry wss
Welsh. NeAsIy al the great theosoglsns
In America have hsra Of this stock, Nc.
CArtss. McIlvaias e. g.
II Is but Justice 20 say sAat The twe best
strains 81 tsooa IN Americas history are
TIE Seasch-EFssA and the Hnxaeaot
Chaaneay nepew earas Of this HnElemos
stock n New York state. Aa4 Hagh s
Essase cane .! he sane stock IN So2sa
CAfo14nA
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THE ArrArR Al sPEAsuE.

In another column viii be found letter
from Mr. L. +. Williams contradicting the
reports of recent riotous disturbances at
spfague. Also letter from Capt. Land
say. OF Troop A, Of the First cavalry Of
the National Guard Of Washington, deny
Ing that his company was mutinous or in
subordinate.
OF course nobody wishes 20 do the city
of sprsgue an injustice. nor are We sure
that such an injustice has been done. Mr..
Williams. it viii Re noticed. does not
specifically es1s ary ~ lss ecss vhiah are
ss<Srd - 11ys taken plaes thsss- IL b
certain that tTo Ssythern Pacific trestles
we're burped BY rioters from Sprague:
that trains were delayed; that threat
enSng manifestations were made against
the crews Of every train which
pressed THAI place during the ex-
citing days Of the strke. Rioters were
arrested at 6pragus by united States
marshaIs and convicted of riotous acts
committed in thae city. Regular troops
were sent there. not in consequences of
newspaper reports. but before the news
paper reports were published. All this
leads Us TO believe that the peace was not
Is well preserved at sprague as it should
have been.
Further than this, the sentiment of
community, when such a question as that
which confronted the American people a
short time ago is to be met. can usually DO
discovered by the tone of its newspapers.
At sprague daily paper was issued which
was called the strike edition. of one of
the weekly papers Its attitude was radi-
cal in the extreme and its sympathies
were altogether with the rioters at
Chicago and elsewhere. and not At
all with those who were endeavoring
to preserve public order. This paper.
In one of its editions, stated
that a prominent citizen had warned the
editor that the course he was pursuing
was not approved by the business men of
Sprague, and that it would certainly in
jure the town. The editor added, how
ever. that he had carefully canvassed the
business men, and that he found that the
attitude of the paper was warmly APP
proven. Al knts DC True, the business men
of Snrague have only themselves to thank
If an injury has been inflicted upon the
good name OF their town.
As to Troop A, the real facts of that
matter will doubtless be brought out when
an official In vestigation is made. That tie
spirit of that company was not what IL
should have been. however. Is attested by
many. Indeed, one could put in evidence
some Of the letters written from camp to
the Sprsgue papers by the members of that
troop, In At least one of these IL was fiatly
declared that If the troop was ordered to act
against rioters it would ride home; that 1t
had lost no rioters and did not propose TO
look for any. We are not aware that this
bold announcement of the troop that IL
was prepared to disohey orders received
any reprimand from Capt. Lindsay or any
denial from any members of the troop.
We are inclined to think that both
sprague aud Troop A have brought their
troubles upon themselves.
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rnE GREAT LAnon nrors OF 1871

The great railroad riots at Chicago last
week were0oompietely surpassed in vlo-
lence. bloodshed and destruction of prop
erty by the great Piilsbarg railroad riots
of 1877 @
20 The railroad st-ike Of 1897 began on July
il on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and
within thpee days the militia Of West Viz
ginia was IN the Aeid. while within four
days the United States regulars had gone
10 their assistance On The 9th the Mary
iand militia was called out and in riot in
8 Baltimore streets the soldiers killed nine
. and wounded twenty or thirty more. On
the same day the strike burst upon Pitts.
burg.
At Pittsburg the most terrible scenes
were enacted The mob there deted all
authority. and on the 2ls. the Sixth divi.
sion Of Pennsylvania militia arrived TO
maintain order Marching through the
streets the soldiers were stoned by the
mob, and their answering yolieys killed
sixteen and wounded many more. The
mob then broke into the gun shops ana
some Sooo returned fully armed TO do bat
tie with the raw ard ii-trslnea militia
The troops retrcated - a railroad round
house and there the mob nov grown
2ooo0 strong. attacked them. Three or
fsnr cannon hsd been obtained. and these
the mob trained on The noandhouse. Tn
able u dAsledge the soldiers, whose an.
swsrlng shots we're occasionally fatal, the
mob ran blazing Oh cars up against the
rounahe1sp. @
The s1liALA xers forced 60 retreat from
the burning roandacase and escaping
across TIE Allegheny river dishAnaed.
The mSh vas new supreme ia Pltssburs
psPots were earRed. together with 2.ooo
freight cars and LIS locomotives ana
ih6asaads q TIE inhabitants cave war 10
the Cmfd spirit Of pIander Between
sSo0Gou) and SIC. 90 worth Of railroad
property Vas destroyed. The entire mill
ia Of fennsyiYanis and 40 regulars nader
1sn. Hancock were ~ last on the scene,
hpt taolIats$o ee q nueh service.
Dating tAissA,as summer Of outbreak.
IA collisions between the militia and mohs
a. Baffalo and Reading. thirteen rioters
we're killed ard fortxs5hrea wounded. In
Chicago, on july - there was an eneoan.
Ter between the ps'ica aud me mob. more
Sansa}aAfy 9sn any IKE encounter dur
ing she rasi few daNs. IN which nineteen
0 were k.lisd0 and many wounded In S..
Lo~is great mob surrounded she eaar.
isEs x the militia ard police and dared
them = re. Ia san oFragegueo a huge
mob tooko possession e EEss5cIty. ard on
the saue day Of the Chicago riaf bloody
hattie took placed besween the rioters ana
tue rsorsauIsed vislsAnts under wHHkm
j. Coleman. 80 w5ess courage Vas due the
prssegyasaon II NoA hi.E frosu are ana
pianass.
Al Co!amsus, q. a mob fore,bly closed
Ell iHll!s Aad Industries SID IN asny
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EnEiishmen as Money Lenders.
Contemporary Review.


Eng!ishDen are the mich cows of the
world. They are the great lenders from
whom all nations borrow. For genera
tions they have been rich and saving, I'M
I'll 81 last their annul accumulAtions have
become greater than the annual openings
for legitimate investment. So severe has
the pressure become that latterly the
money lender has been forcing his money
into sFery kind Of undertaking, in all
parts of the world, creating. by his own
sagsrness TO lend, the corresponding de-
sire - borrow. IL is the weight of unin-
vested money which stimulates borrowing
not the cupidity of the impecanious.
Borrowing has not produced lending, but
lending borrowing. Interest has con-
tsnued 30 fall because there are more lend
ers Than borrowers. II Engiishmen think
then, that any communities have dip
ped too deep into the kng.Ish purse, they
can easily apply the corrective by n little
seli-contFoL They should abstain from
further lending. This may seem a heroic
rens91Y. but IL Is the only remedy.
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The Press Dispatch Printed About Him
in October. 1sas. False
On October 3, Isg2. the PosT-ISTELLI-
GINGER published the following Associated
Press dispateh:
"PBILADELPHIA, Oct. The theft OF
$4,000 from the Aarena Incandescent
Light Company by Tyndale Palmer,
former Philadelphia mr. wspaoer man. In
which he was joined By a hotel keeper
named Freitas. Of Rio Janeiro. has been
brought TO light The company Is owned
by d. U. Granger, president and ex-senator.
and Joseph III. JazZana. vice president
They formed the South American Wells
bales lncandeseent Light Company, and
sent young Palmer 10 Rio 70 boom
the invention. He and Freitas sold
patent rights for s5l0, 900 in gold, and upon
Palmer's return ne reported the sale as
having been for sSo.oo0 of which $1,000
was expended in salary, expenses ana
commission. The theft was not learned
antil two other men had been sent to
Brazil on second mission. Palmer can
not be returned from England, but action
10 being taken TO recover the sum he ex-
pendsd IN buying farms for relatives"
The dispatch, coming through the usual
channels of news. was accepted and pub
lished as authentic. and the Posr-lNTELLI-
sEscER dssesOss any intention to inlure
Mr.. Psimef. shsm il did not know. and
whom probably Zee Of its readers knew.
The PesT-IsTELLlGESoEB has recently
learned that the statements in the item
were entirely false; that Mr.. Palmer had,
in tact. made proper and highly adyan-
tageous sac for his principals, and that he
had reported the transaction to them
fairly and honestly, precisely as it oc-
CURED. The PosT-IsTELLIGEScER regrets
that the false statements should have been
printed; gives this correction more promi-
nence than the injurious dispatch was
given and. is glad that the Associated
Press no longer relies on the United Press.
as it did in October, 1S92, for Philadelphia
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SOME STATE PRESS OPINIONS.

Train. are moving somewhat easier than
they did week ago. but the strike IL not
over yet This question viii not be settled
until it 10 sestlsd right Vancouver ESgls-
ter. Pop
II wonld not be q bad idea for railway
companies 10 provide uniforms for their
frginmen OF the new buIlet-prooi cloth, 10
be worn IN time Of strikes by those en-
pioyes Ehe decline 10 go out "-!SPokGHs
CAT0niele. Dem.
The Democratic senator's could stand 3
little protection on almost everything but
wool The wool growers did not happen
30 control Democratic senator or two.
and 80 got left. The wool growers have
votes. however-neariy a million of them.
Friday Harb0r Republican, Rep.
The labor troubles which have stopped
the hundreds Of shingse aud saw mills III
this state have cost the people IN the
neigh0orhood of $500, 600. The operatives
in these mills join in with the farmers and
the fruit men IN iamenting the deplorahle
effects Of the railroad tie-up.-Spokdns
SPoEesman- R<visu. Rep.
Populism Is dying IS fast as its own SUI
preme folly can kill IL Ii IS no more GER
tain that the sun will rise on the klickitat
hills on the sth of next November than it
Is that kIickitat county and the state OF
Washington will mop the earth with the
ragged remnants of socialism and incipient
anarchy. Sentinel, Rep.
Where the Coxeyites were there the
Populists abounded. and they are no.
working" the railroad disturbance with
might and main. They approve all law
lessneSs that has been committed, and
boldly proclaim that the law-breakers are
PopRlists and will vote with them. What
fino lot they would he TO run this gov
ernmenL-EtleAsta1Tg ospitais Rep.
Tns appsssezxnE q Gscres a. esevea-
son. rseisisr Of the land once ct tins place
was well received here. and gives general
satisfaction. Mr.. Stevenson needs no in
PRODUCTION to this community; he is we'll
known. having been identified with this
county In political way for many years.
or eli the appointments Of the admins
trstion none were more deserving or more
appropriately Vancouver Co
sNna5sdn, Dem.
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A TREE TOAD.


"ScurioHs-like." said the tree toad,
"lve twtttered for rain sll day;
And got up soon,
And hollered Till noon
But the sun hit blazed away,
I'LL Jest climb down In q eraw-hsh hole,
Weary at heart aud sick at souli
'Dozed away fer an hour,
And / tackled the thing again;
And / sung and sung.
TILL knowed my lung
Was Jest about TO give IN;
And then, thinks ]. of II don't rain now
There re nOthin' in singin' anyhow
"Once in while some farmer
Would come driven past;
And he'd hear me cry,
Aud stop and sigh
TIL jest laid back at last,
And hollered rain till thought nv throat
Would bust wide open at every motel
'But fetched heri-o, fetched herb
Cause little while ago,
As kind o. set,
With one eye shet,
And a-sipgln' soft aud low,
A voice drapped down on my fevered brain,
sayin'-'Ef you'n jest hush III ranp"
james WhttcoHb Riley.
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paid over 20 them the sun Of si25o each,
which amount vas awarded them as III
formers fees in q little Opium TRANSACTION
wherein they we're principals
About ten months ago these boys were
playing around the docks and when creep
ing around under one Of the wharves they
found ; guunysaek which looked sus-
piclous and on dragging Il out 10 the street
found il 10 contain lot of opium Iney
reported the matter 70 Collector saunders.
VINO seized the eontraband and promised
were rewarded for their trouble. The
opium was recently sold a. auction and
the sum of $50 was set aside IS iniormers