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; Roanolco Koal Estate. ?
VOL. IX.?NO. 60,
SPECIAL NOTICES.
P01t SALE.
One lot fronting on Railroad avenue 75
feet oast of Henry street, fronting 25
foot by 105 foot tonn alley. Prico$7,500,
-91,000cash and nothing to nssuino before
Uio lust, of January.
WILBUR S. POLE & CO.
; Exchange Building.
Ficb.
Wo can sell lots in the heart of
the town at :.'."> lo ?}() per cent,
lower '.hau any other lots noar
them ean ho bought for.
SIMMON'S, AMBLER& CO.,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Buchanan. Va.
Office corner Washington and Water
streets.
BICYCLE AGENT WANTED. "
Call at Continental Hotel to-day
holween '.? and 1 1 a. in. and It and 5 p. in..
December 4, 1800, and got a chance to
make some money. As I am in town
until 7 p. m. to-day only, I shall have
no time to wrusto on idlers. 1 will talk
business with those that mean business.
(Can for B. TAYLOR URUOE.
CONTAUU? fi ii r,0 Oft POISO N
thoroughly removed from the sys?
tem, without tho uso of mercury or pot?
ash, by DR. SUTOR, 353 Seventh avo
nuo and Franklin street.
A
new enterprise
Wo bog lenyc to announoo that we
Wave. ihtlaguraled tho ".Magic City
Transfer Co." and arc now ready for the
transportation of passongors, baggage,
?r freight. We have nicu vehicles,
polite drivers, and will wait on you j
promptly night or day. Leave orders j
at our otlico, 112 JciTcrson streot, or with
any of our drivers. Respectfully, j
novl3-tf Duvai. & Smith, j
FORGER mm APPREHENDED.
He Was Captured Yesterday in
Washington.
<"li!?f Morris Leaves this Morniiiy; to llrlllg
tho Prisoner t? floanoku ? Howon
PoNHtuI tis 1.. 13. KvnnH to Wusliliigtou
II? Was Sunn l?y 1'oiettnuster Anborry,
anil Is Willing to Return Without n
Requisition?
EI. W. Rowon, alias <J. II. Cowman,
alias L. E. Evans, was arrested yester?
day aftornoon in Washington, I). C,
? po i a telegraphic request from Chief
of Polloo Morris, or this city.
From tho number of charges which
havo been registered .against, him,
Uowon has apparontly succeeded in
..egoLiating a lengthy term in tho Rich?
mond penitentiary.
Tho general public first learned of
Bowon's o.'Ookodnoss through tho
columns of The Times, which paper, on
Tuesday last, related his doings in Nor?
folk during the recent real estate con
?vontion, in which place he borrowed
considerable monoy by representing
himself as a member of tho linn of Hate
man & Kernehan, of this city.
llo also bad scvoral checks upon a
bank in this city cashed by President
Myers, of the Norfolk Exchange,
which oln cks were returned to Air.
Myers marked "no funds."
It then transpired, as reeitec in this
paper yesterday, that he had committed
tho ^graver crime of forgery by passing
a ohrefcs upon a real estate man in
Lynohburg, to which was signed the
names of Smith and Parnell, of Norfolk.
Tho matter was then placed in the
hands of Chief Morris, who proceeded
to investigate, the ft How's career in this
city. Mr. Morris soon learned that
Bowon had passed at least one forged
check in this city upon P, Adler, the
?lothing merchant of Salem avenue.
Shortly before the convention Bowen
called upon Mr. Adler and bought a
?pair of pantaloons, tendering in pay?
ment therefor a o!i< ok purporting to he
drawn by .). C. Thomas upon a bank In
Charleston, W. Va.
Mr. Adler hesitated in taking the
cheek, but was convinced by the man's
plausibility of the COTectni ss of his
uta ten it at that he was a member of the
firm of Batoman ?. Kernehan. and gave
him ttic pantalbona and tho difference,
sorno ?5, In money.
Upon the discovery of this state of
affairs, Chief Morris sot about Unding
Bowen's whereabouts, and heard that
Postmaster A:.berry, who had just re?
turned to tue city from Washington, had
run across a man in the latter place
who r< pibsonlcd himself as L. E Evans,
a momI er ol tho tirm of Francis H.
Kemp ,v Co. The description bo gave
tallied with that of tho party wanted,
and he wired the Chief ol Police of
Washington to locate the man and ar?
rest him.
The A'ashington polico had no diffi?
culty in securing Bowen, who was stop?
ping at the .Metropolitan Hotel of that
city under tho name of Evans.
Hater in the evening Mr. Morris re?
ceived a dispatch from Washington to the
effect that Bowen bad been arrested,
and was willing to return to Roanoke
without a requisition.
Chi -f M i ris will leave for Washing
ten thi morning at 7 o'clock to bring
tho f rg'-r back.
J. R. Uockad .y. of this city, as presi?
dent of 'in' Roanoke Real Estate Ex
ohan.i . yest rday morning offered $25
reward for the apprehension of Bowen,
and t is stated that another similar re?
ward has been offered by other parties.
ROANO
TURPiE ELOQUENT ?ND LOGICAL.
Ho Makes a Great Speech in the
Senate Against the Force Bill.
The Supremacy of the Wlitlo Race Not
Peculiar to Any Portion of tho IJiiliod
Slates?Tho Man In tho White House,
Who Seeks to Embroil tbo Races, Guilty
of mi Outrage Ten-fold Creator Than
Any Ho Invents or Dcxtres.
Washington, l>oo. 3.?[Special]? \
In presenting the petition on tho amend- j
inont to tho tariff bill in relation to the |
rebatoon manufactured tobacco, Allison
said tbo conferoes on t bo part of botb
Houses had agreed to that section of
the tariff bill as tho conference report
would disclose, but it has been omitted
in tbo enrollment.
lie bad no doubt that tho matter
would receive early attention.
Culloin introduced a bill to reduce
letter postage to one cent,* referred
Call offered a resolution directing tho
superintendent of tho labor bureau to
report as to tbo extent of tbo phosphate
industry of Florida, the number of
laborers employed, and the opportuni?
ties for employment of labor in tho fu?
ture development of that industry.
I'lumb suggested that tbo inquiry
should extend to all States containing
phosphate deposit. Call assented to
the suggestion, but tho resolution wont
over till tomorrow.
A long and interesting discussion
took place on tlio subject of tho threat?
ened Indian war. apropos of 11 joint
resolution to issue arms to tho States of
North and South Dakota,and Nebraska. ;
t/orhces havingchnrgod tho situation to j
be due to tb'? faCt of tho Indiana being
starved, und being replied to by Uawes !
and Pioi c 1.
The debate was interrupted at 2 j
o'clock by tbo election bill coming
up as unfinished business.
Hoar, in charge of tho bill, said that '
in view of the ftiCt that on reporting the j
hill at the close of the lust session, he
had address, d the Senate upon it, he
would now forego any opening of the
debate, but would content himself with
answering whatever objection should,
be made to the bill on tbo Democratic 1
side of the chamber.
Mr. Turpio thereupon opened tho dis- |
cussion in opposition.
Turpio said tbo substitute measure J
rested for its support on what, was called :
the suppressed colored Republican volo j
in the South.
Tho returns of the eh ction showed an
abstinence from voting?an abstinence
much greater in Massachusetts and
other Northern States than elsewhere.
Extremists, with a meagre majority in
both bouses, said that this was proof
enough of the suppression of the colored
villi1, und thereupon proceeded to revolu?
tionize the whole method of Congres?
sional eh e; ions.
There had been suppression?suppres?
sion patent, well known, undeniable and
widely prevalent.
The recent census would show that
in tbo States of 1'onnsylvania, Ohio ana
Illinois there were about350,000colored
people; yet in these States no colored
man had ever served as Governor or
been elected to any department of stale
government.
Thero had been not only no propor?
tional division of oflioes, but there had
been none at all. The colored race in
those States bad been deprived of par?
ticipation in official preferment. The
colored citizen in these. States was not
barred by any constitution 01 statute;
he was barred by more potent law?a
law of ract; and blood.
The colored man in those States had
no moro chanco of preferment than a
Roman Catholic bad bad in New Hamp?
shire or Great Britain a hundred years
ago.
The suppression of the colored vote in
the South was a thing manifestly in
quest! m, affirmed on one side and de?
nied on the other, but the suppression
of colored voters of tho North was a
thing without question, actual, abso?
lute, unconditonal.
The supremacy of the white race, was
not peculiar to any portion of the United
States. South Carolina was not more
completely under its sway than was
Pennsylvania. Its supremucy was not
one whit more lirinly established in
Texas and Arkansas than in Illinois
and Ohio.
Much might hn said of tho injustice
of this supremacy. It was easy to write
and print aphorisms, even to give them
the shape of legislative formulas, that
all citizens are cquul. The political
rights as between the nie s might be '
granted, defined and d< oreed, but the
political equities could*only b.j adjusted 1
I by the action.
That action was evcrywh ro wanting; '
I it was everywhere withheld.
The BUpn macy of the white race had
' not been brought about by force or fear.
It had not been wrested or sei/., d, but it
'bad been given, granted, voluntarily
C 'd. d, to those d em. d tor the tune m,?<
worthy of its possession.
The man (especially the man of the
White House) who sought to Oinbroil
white or black races for purposi h<
could not otic al. and dare not nv w.
was guilty of an outrage tenfold gi .>
than any of theso bo Invent il 0 de?
sired.
The solution of the nice problem ??
prooss, not of abstract spVo tlati .1
of real experience. \\ her? vor
of different races were living peac
together under tho same 1.,w
same body politic, without .>:..
thought thai, some must c. mi i t
others must obey, this pro)
being Solved.
Tbo purpose ol tie national
bill (so-called) was, 'am i it
to t,h ? South, m who It and ?'? - ? y U<
p n ling condition4 bl tin ? ?
jii-.t :n> nt. 1 v i.4 proj ?? ! no
tain th< will of tip ? m'hjoi iiy.
overthrow it on the sing] ? . ? ill
to mako a majority of blue* m -i
cause th y ar. blackt ??;
KE, VA., THURSDAY
govorntnont of complexion, not of
opinion.
The kernel and nurposo of tho pend?
ing bill was that tho law of the land
must bo subordinated, to sot enmity
botween white man ami black man. Tho
bill was not artfully framed. Its only
art was its absolute malignity. Pass
this bill and tho right of tho people to
chooso thicr representatives that right
SO precious and priceless to every lover
lover of liberty, was lost?lost beyond
recovery and beyond recall.
lie then proceeded to make a consti?
tutional argument against the power of
Congress to pass a law regulating the
eh ction of Repr?sentatives in the lower
[louse of Congress. Not having this
power itself it could not delegate it to
the Federal election 'boards. These
boards would ho screens, behind which
tho lowest forms of fraud and wrong
would ho practiced with impunity. The
cllcct on c lured constituency of the
South would be most unfortunate.
Negroes, stripped of all molivo for
further self-exertion, would become
l>nrputua| pensioners of the National
Treasury, b'aoile and venal Repre?
sentatives would bo ready for any as?
sault on the public ooffors; taxes would
bo levied on tho labor of white men and
women of tho North, for the support of
tho negro constituencies, who, abandon?
ing oven thought of self-improvement,
would idly wait for their annual dole.
The South had had for a period of one
year a rest. It, had made great indus?
trial progress and invited Northern
capital. This had been tho result of
tho ro-establ isbmont of tho normal
ascendency of tho white race. Should
this bill become a law tho investor
would find in many places in the South
not shares, dividends and income, but
chilled furnaces, idlo mills and smoking
ruins.
The future would intone maledictions
exoeodlngly rare and vehement against
certain men of our day, who would
betray their own race to subjugation?
White apostles, scarred with)brands sin?
ister, an ill 'gltimato offspring recreant
to their kindred and lineage, beings of
perdition, doomed to the reproach which
would darken in infamy as the past
receded, until time, grown weary of
such fell romembrsneo; should cast
their mi-cream names a prey to the
dumb forgetfulness of oblivion.
At, the conclusion of bis speech Tur- j
pie nc.-ived the congratulations of his j
Detuooratic colleagues, and the Sonate I
at 3:25 adjourned.
THE MINERS ALL OUT.
Coal Mining Operations in Ala?
bama Practically Slopped.
N AsnviM.K, Tonn., Dec. 3.?[Spe?
cial!?A Blrmingnam, Alabama, spe cial
says tho striking coal miners wore yes
yesterday joined by nearly all tho men
who wer?: at work Monday, and all
the minors are idle bxcept where OOtt
viets am worked a:id negro minors have
been scoured.
At tho I'.teuton mines, whore 2,000 men
v/eiv employed, a conservative element
tried to got all tho men to return to
work yesterday, but failed, and those
who worked Monday went out.
Eight thousand miners are now idlo,
and the indications arc that the struggle
will be a long and bitter ono.
Nearly half tho furnaces in tho dis?
trict will go out of blast this week, and
others will follow as soou as tho stock
of coke is exhausted.
The strikers ate very quiet, but the
leaders say th iy have gone in to win.
The mine op irators remain llrm and
united against aying tho advanced
wages demanded.
THIS liSSAY CONTKST.
Tho Pupils Interested and i? Pilo of Manu?
script in the TiiiH-s OOlce.
Considerable interest was. manifested
by the children ol the public schools in
the contest to." tho prizes offered by Tim
TlMBS for essay writing.
Nearly all the pubils in the grades in
which the prizes were offered entered
the contest, and the result, a large pile
of manuscript, now lies in TllE TIMES
office.
Tho work of the pupil ? will bo turned
over to tho judges as early as possible.
The contostants a e all eager to know j
who the winners* re, and many who are
not personally interested have already |
inquired for the names of tho successful j
ones.
The Times promises all the boys and [
girls that, the prizes will bo awarded in j
a few days.
Ractui; \ ?-.-,lt-rilny.
[ Cliftom, N.J., Dec. :t. ?j Special |?
? First rac \ six and a half furlongs, si II
? m.r?Count Luna won, Manala second,
j Door lodge third; time, l:24j?. Semd
) r. c ?. five-eighths of a mile, non-winners
this year?Ucadhetit between Repeater
and Kc.it cy. Rayehoster third; time.
;:i?11 j. Third rac-. thrtas-fpurths of a
mile, si Hing, two-year olds?Lizzie won.
j Parkridgo sic me. Zcnohia third; time,
\:\~}.,. Fourth rife, sev< n-cighths i?f a
mile, selling?Uolden Reel won. Vardoo
, , u nd. Mamie Ii. third; tlino, 1.31.
i Pifth nie?, one mllo and three-eighths,
{ s Hing? Eminence won, Outbound, seo
i mid. Supervisor third: time, 1:279$.
I Sixth ru.oo, seven-eighths of i milo?
1 :: h rry won. Dr. Helmuth second,
! c < l!os ? i bird; time. 1:41 H
smith Hi t? Sevontoeii Years.
! :.v i'oKK, D c. 3.?jSp ci i! I -Albert
; . mi i. who was c uv.cLi d in tho
. .sums of forgery in the llr-st
-? raising a seven sitar i ocrtifl
,,, Shore si/ok to a Anvonty
c?t'-. w ht :.c d to-tlay
i y .'? - r iiinn nt in the
???>!. ? ? w .. ;* mein bor of
: b >uh & Smith.
It . ? i? i pet rub d
MORNING-, DECEMB?
THE COPjfeiSHT BILL PASSED
The House Yesterday by a Vote
of 139 to 95.
The OMntin^ on the IUU tasted Two
Koury - vrerkinridsc, of Kontneky,
Furqitli.-ir, Cunrmiugs, AXoAdoo unit
liultev.vn,-tji Bpoko In fc'nvor of the
1i-i'.l--l'<ilcr.;, of Kansas, and Korr, of
loiva,t?iy.v.al It.
WASUlsaTOTT, Dec. [Special | -
After tlie road'Ag of tiho journal tho
Speaker sKto-.-d that tho ponding busi?
ness for further consideration was tho
copyright hill.
Sltnonds (jn charge of tho bill) stated
that tho friends ot tho measure wore j
willipg to have tho vote takon imme?
diately, but express a readiness to yield
any time that its opponents might de?
sire.
Springer argued that the bill changed :
the tarill la v i.i so far as the irnporta- j
lion of looks was concerned. So that
the first effort after the McKinley bill,
and after l'f election, was to make it
nioroimpossible to import articles from I
abroad, notwithstanding the statement !
of the President that Importations wore j
increasing.
Peters, of Kansas, expressed his op?
position to tho character of legislation
involved in the bill. It was in the na?
ture of quasi-spcoial legislation, and as
a matte r Of fact v...s the very legislation
tiiat bad bcoh)argi lycondemned by the
last election,
Tho k:nd of logi&Katlon tho people
wanted was such legislation as reached ,
tbo masses of the people, and Mich ?
legislation was not in favor of any spi c- I
ial class.
Brcckinridge, of Kentucky, said Hum '
it was clearly inconsistent with any j
idea of the Copyright to ni?ko it any?
thing but exclusive." The idea of tho J
copyright was that, ho who owned tho
copyright h:;d tho exclusive right of
sale of his lx>ol:. Ho who owned the
property had a t ight to sell it according
to his judgment.
The copyright was nothing but a legal
title, under tho statutes, to tho property
of tho man wdio produced tbo book.
Being his. ho had a right to disposo of
it. It was dishonest to deprive him of
that right.
Oates inquired as to tho clause requir?
ing a book to bo printed from typo set
within the United States.
Breukonridgo replied that oil legis?
lation was practical and a matter of
c ?nocssl?n, Tho question was not
whether .he remedy could b-j made
absolute, but how nearly absolute it
could bo made. There were diverse
intirents involved.
The interest of tho author who fur-I
nished "."ho/>naVis; tho interest of the1
publisher who furnished the capital, and
the interest of tho workiugmon who ?
furnished the labor. j
All these interests must bo combined |
in this lull, and all were combined iu it. |
lie did not bollovo that cheapor books
could be obtained now than c ?uld be i
obtained under this bill, but ovtn if :
they could, this \\a; a matter of justice |
and honesty.
It was tho old argument lie had heard
of in Kentucky when one old negro
asked another: "Sam, how's it you sell
your brooms cheaper than me, when 1
steals do straw?"
"Oh, that atnt nothin" was the reply.
"1 steals my brooms ready made.'1
(Laughter.)
Ho believed that a man's dollar be?
longed to the man that made it; anil
society's highes*, duty was to protect
that man in possession of his dollar. |
whether that man was a foreigner or
not.
Korr, of Iowa, opposed the bill, char?
acterizing tho idea as something in?
tangible and rcforing to tbo pending
measure as a great tarid law. It was |
a law (or tho protection of printers. It
was not a protective tariiT, but prohibi?
tive tari IT.
The debate lasted tv o hours. The
other speakers in favor of the bill were
Earquhar and Cuminings, of Now York;
McAdoo aud Butterworth.
I'eters, of Kansas, moved to recommit
the bill, with Instruo'.ion?, to tho com?
mittee on patents to report it back with
an amendment limiting tho Ufa ?f a
copyright to fourteen years.
Bn okonridge, of Arkansuws,rooved to j
amend the instructions by instructing j
tho committee to provide for tho im?
porting of books of foreign authors at
the rate now provided by law. Lost;
yea:; 0, nays 1 10.
Peters' motion was lost; yeas 08,
nays 133.
i'ho question then recurred to tho
passage of the b'll, and tho vote re?
sulted: Yeas 130, nays 05.
Without reaching action on any other
measure iho House adjourned.
i'OX-IlASS.
Charles I>. Fox and Mis* Carrie Hass Mar?
ried in Petersburg.
Pktbbsooro, l)c. 3? I Special I ??
Charles 1). b'ox, of tho tho firm of Pox
,t Christian, druggists of Roanoko, and
Miss Carrie Bass, of Vinton, wore
quietly married here to-night at the
residence of bride's parents, in the pres?
ence of a few invited friends.
Hector A. C. Bledsol, pastor of the
Washington Street Methodist Episcopal
Chinch otilclatod.
The. bridal presents were very band
some. Mr. and Mrs. Pox led. for Cin?
cinnati, Ohio, and Darville, Ky? on a
bridal lour.
Steamer Ethiopia Safe.
London, Deo. 3.?[Sp. cial|?Tho An
obore lino steamer Ethopla, Captain
Wilson, from New York, November Hi.
lor Glasgow, concerning: whoso safety
some anxiety lias been felt, sho beinc
I several " >> - ovorduo, passed Tory Island
this morning. Hershaft isle ken, and
I this accident was tho cause of her do
I lay.
Jjjk
R 4, 1890. PI
COMPOMISE PROPOSED.
?*_
Purnell Will Probably Retire
Temporarily.
1.0.wox. Dee. 3.?[Special]?Tho
mortiivgof lue Ntatonalist ruerabcsa of
I the houte to further consider the ques?
tion of the retention of Parnoll in the
lender-hip of the party reassembled ui,
2 o'clock this afternoon h> the room of
the Hot so of Commons, la which the
previous meetings havo been held.
During the proceedings Parnoll an
nouneed thai the sergoaut-at-arms of
Uouso of Commons had granted the
Irish tnciutiors the use of the commit- .
tee room unLtil 7 o'clock.
ilealy disputed that official's right to I
detorinlue tire length of the itsllbcra- I
lion and requested that he bo notified I
to that effect*. Parnoll declared that |
the message that Ilealy suggest! d was
Impertinent.
Objection wa.9 ttaised .to tologmms
from individuals being reoeived duping
the. proceedings. Sexton said he would
persist, to the enil in bis opposition to
Paruell, despito the ruffianly atta <ks
that had been man e upon him.
a dispatch frotii Clonmol was rend,
declaring that the t mants oh the Smith
Marry estates wee 3 with Dillon und
O'Brien In their opp >sitionto tin- leader
of the party.
A telegram from tl e Bel fast branch of
the National League wa.e read. It de?
clared that tho Dienil ers would have no
h ade:-hut l'arnell. When this dispatch
was read. Sexton, who represents tho
western division of Belfast, said that if
the opinion of the1 Belfast Nationalists
was contrary to his own he would resign
his seat, in Parliament.
Clanoey said he ha 1 a proposal to
make which he hoped would Induce the
solution of tho difficulty in which the
party found itself. Sonio conversation
ensued, which resulted in an adjourn?
ment until to-morrow, whon \t is ex?
pected a compromise will he arranged
which will.lead to entirely now devel?
opments.
Clancey's motion involves a tempor?
ary retirement of Parnoll, subject to
certain conditions being exacted from
11 lads tone in conn istion with his prom?
ised home rule Boheme.
Clancy's proposal has raised a hope*
among tho Nationalists that an unani?
mous settlement will lie affected. The
Liberal uirolcs, however, do not share
this hope, the attitude and front of. the
opposition regarding Parnoll being tov?
oluto and unyielding,
FEARS OF LYNCHING.
Johnson to be Tried for Assault
Upon Ptlrs. Majors.
pKTKUsuiMUt, Dec. 3.? [Special]?
William Johnson, t;i.-?i negro, who ;tt
ten pted to commit a criminal assault
<>n Mrs. Elizabeth Majors in Nottoway
coi ntjr some weck;? ago, will bo ax
r ? gned for trial in the county court, of
Nottoway tomorrow. Tho feeling
against Johnson it* s-j hitter that it is
feared that an attempt will be made to
lynch him. and he wiil be takoil from |
here to the county courthouse under
guard of the Nottoway (.rays, of Pluck
stone. Johnson has been confined in
the jail of t his city ever since his ?s?
est, lie has made a full confession of
his guilt.
TOBACCO WOHKS III KN::i>.
Two Mrcnien Killed nnil Two Injured ooo
GirlM Out of Work.
Dkthoit, Dec. 3.?[Special]?Fino cut
department of the Scot ten Tobac do
Works was destroyoM by lire early this
morning, worth $ !u'J,()()0. The sti ok
also a total loss, but the value unknown..
Two Dromon were killed and two in?
jured. Snow rendered it difficult for
tho engine to reach tho lire and Ute
blaze spread rapidly. In three-quarters
of an hour the whole side of the build?
ing on Campen streot was in flumes.
At this lime the dromon at work on
tho Fort street sido, corner of Front,
were soon to 1 liter and an order was
given to fall back. It was too late, how?
ever, and Firemen Robinson and Cnugh
lin were killed by a terrible rain of
brick.
About six hundred girls are thrown
out of employment by the ?re.
Tili: ATLANTIC AX It danvij.i.u.
Rumor that Goiiernl Million? mill iVi
Hocbito? u ill Control the Koinl.
Nokfoi.k, Dec. 3.?[SpoolalJ?It is
rumored here that General Mahono and
associate capitalists will soon have con?
trol of the Atlantic and Danville rail?
road. It is said that the general and
his friends are largely interested in the
c ai and in neral hunts of the South?
west, and if they can get a controlling
Interest in the Atlantic and Danville
they can establish a coal depot at West
Norfolk, near Craney Island, that* will
rival Lambert's Point. Such arc the
peculations hero. Whether they
amount, to it it j thing remains to bo seen.
West Norfolk was tue original terminus
of the Atlantic and Danville line and
* tho company owns oxtonsivo and valua
| blu water-lrout there.
Lend Kluga Orgnnlng ? Trust.
Chicago, Dec. 3. Yesterday morn?
ing there assembled in a house about
! twenty-live gentlemen representing tho
smoltorsof tho Uunitod states. Among
tho attendants at the meeting, which is
heing held with closed doors, is Presl
identThompson, of the National Lead
Trust; Dennis Shoedy, of Denver, Col.;
C. tl. Barton, of the Omaha and Grant
Smelting Company; C. M. lligglns, of
Leadvllle, c. 1.. and B. Z. Swell, of
Pueblo, Colo. Tho object is to forma
0 mblnatlon to prevent s ch wide and
rapid fliihctuatlons m prides as the bust
nesi has been subji ft to.
Advertise- In I
THE TIM KB.
Everybody reads It. '.
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MCE THREE CENTS.
ALLIANCE ON THE FORCE BILL
Resolutions Condemning the
Bill Passed.
KeAUIster, or Mimdsalppi, Introduced the
Hrsolntlons, Making ? Strong Speech
In Support of Them?Northern and
Western Delegates Opposed tho Kcso
Iiitlonn on the Ground thnt Their
c-?>sm:c Would Chech tho Growth of
tbw Alllnnco in Kepublican State?.
OcAr.A, Pia., Dee. .1.?[Special]? Dele?
gate W. S. McAllister, of Mississippi,
to-day introduced in the mevting of tho
Partners' Allianeo tho following pre?
amble and resolutions, winch were*
adopted:
"Whereas tho President of the United
States, in bis annual message to (k>n
gress, recommends .?nd urges the imme
dlate passage of the measure known as
tho Lodge election bill; and
"Whereas stdd bill involves a radical
revolution in the election maohim vy of
tho Union, both State and national,
and its passage will be fatal to the auton-*
omy of tho States and the cherished
liberties of their citizens; and
"Whereas naid bill is partisan in
spirit, and will bo partisan in its appli?
cation, thus ro-vittlizing the gory ghost
of sectional estrangement; and
"Whereas in the holy war which wo
have declared against sectionalism, tho
firesides of tho farmers of the north, ?
south, east, and west are citudi Is around
which the heaviest buttks are being
t'ouyht; and to the end that victory may
crown our nrusadc, let fraternity nutt
unity reign: therefore, be it
"Uosolvod by the National Partners1
Alliance and Industrial Union of
America in national counsel assi mbUd,
That wo do most solemnly prod st
against the passage of trie said Lodge
e.. 'iiion bill; and we must earnestly
petition our Senators to omploy all lair
and legal moans to ttofcat this tin
patriot.u measure, which nan result In
nothing but. evil to one omtin u and be
loved country.
"Itebolved further. That a copy of
those preambles and resolutions bo
lor warded to enoh Senator lu Congress."
McAllister took the Hour in support
of the resolutions, and at the < Ud of a
long spot cb. moved tboir adoption.
As lie sat down thoro was :i .-.tillness
and a hush in the convention whioh
foreboded a storm, dud < vi vy bedy ox
peeied it lo burst (vom tho Wi-siurh or
northwestern delegations, but no storm
came.
Atter a fen- moments of suspenso,
Delegat? Doming, of Poiiiim.v.i. .?auiu,
aioso and said that, he regurucU. the :n
tvoduotinn of the risoluuonu as uu
timoly; that there was luigoLy pro
vaileilt at tho North n fecniry tiUtt tttb
Partners' Alliance w;:s a bouthc.ru
organization, its members b< in.,, uatur?
nt? d with Southern sentiments, and that
the passage of tbeso res? Ituien> would
strengthen this opinion and cht ok tho
growth ot tho Alllnuou North u..?i East.
Iiis languago was very temperate and
conciliatory, and a ripplo 01 applause
greeted the close of his speeoh.
President sluGraih, of the Kansas
State Alliance, u OVOtl th(< adoption of
the resolutions without r? ferenuu to any
committee and without do bate,, which
was lost.
A delegato from Illinois expressed
practically tho same sentiments aa
Deining, of Pennsylvania, llo feared
that the adoption of.tho resolutions at
tills time would confirm tho charge
sometimes beard that tho h'-uimrs'
Alliance is a partisan b-dy. The Alli?
ance, lie said, is tust getting a grip in
tue West and in localities wbuie tho
ltepublican sentnnota is strong;
'ibis notion of the national body
would tend to throw it into a. political
disreputo and stop, its expuuoicn over
the states of the West ami Northwest.
President Hall, of the Missouri State
Alliance,, moved that tho resolutions be
tabled; hut after a short interval, in
which there wen- several slai.i t but
touiporato spuedbes in tavor ul their
passage, lie moved to table hbi original
motion, whitth was earrit d.
The question thvu rccurrceVun McAl?
lister's niollon to adopt tho rtsolu?
tions, and it a ils (kirriv'd uUuauiuiuu&ly
amid Wildest enthusiasm.
fullure of u Lumber t ooapuny.
Nasuvim.k, Team, D o. 3. - .-~v oial^
?A Chattanooga,, Tonncsiuo, s.o o.^l u><
tho Amorloan says tho Chattanooga,
Lumber and Manufacturing Company
have m .do assignment to U mgo 11.
Lowe tor the behetit ol oceultora. Tbo<
amount of Ihdtiht U 111*68 L4 supposed tu
be about S40,0l.Q. Til<-.-chfdlll? . I a.l?Ui
bun up '914,000. Tho compauy wan
recently organized with J. i->. <>, ui.thvny,
of D)ston, as president, und it is saitt
that925,000 was put In bv u N. w Eng?
land capitalist, allowing the sumo sum.
for the plant of the old organization.
Statesmen Thrown into a I'uiUe.
OUTlllUK, Okla., Deo. 3.?An acci?
dental shot was tlrvd into the powder
house outside this city Monday evening
and a torrlllo ex plosion i couv. cd. The
city was shaken * it by an ourthquakei
Tho legislators, who were in s.tslon,
were blldly frighten; d, and rus h d pell
mell out of the building, thinking their
hall was falling down. No ono waa
killed by the ('M'h'&mm^grMte
--r^OMfN11'
Cotton ?IHW ...mined.
London, Dec. 3.?(Special! ? Tho
mills of the Coventry Cotton Spinning
Company at Coventry have been
damaged by flr.' to the extent >.f many
thousand pounds. The the tblows two
hundred hands out of employ nil nt.
Tkc Weather To-l.uy.
j For Virginia:,Clearing iu<; i westerly
I winds and colder; fair liidu'
