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1call on: rB : J. B. LbvOKADAl. 'Tit Pluiuivr A ?;? o n t. ? lor Soaooi'.O Kenl E.;tu-.o. VOL. IX-NO. 07. SPECIAL, notices. OR SALB. F One lot fronting on Railroad nvonuo 75 foot oast of Henry Btroet, r . nting 25 foot by lo.") foot to an alley. Pi lo ? $7,500, 91,000 cash and nothing bo a ? um before thu laut oi January. WILBUR S. POLK & CO. N Exchange Building. OTit:;:. Wo 0 '.ii soil lots in i lie heart of ?he town at 25 to 10 \ .? 0 -nt. lower than any otl i ?i i near them can he. bought for. SIMMONS, A MB Ll?ll it CO., II10AL k.stat;: A';s, Biiohnuun, Va. Office corner Washington and Water ?tracts. WHOOPING CO! CH. ULCBRATBI) BJro throat, an I worm i in children, cured uy Bit. SUT >ii. ?'????> ;-<.;veiith avenue and Kraiklih ?tr-v?t. A NKW BN L'EKPKlSiO. Wo heg h ave to announo ? that we havo Inuaguratcd the "Magic City Transfer Co." and are now niudy for the transportation of passengers, baggage, ?r freight. We liuvo nio vehicles, polite drivers, and will wait on you promptly night or day. Leave orders at our otllc '. I laJeiforson Rlroot, or with any of our drivers. Rospectfully, novl?-tf DuvAii >t Smith. rpUM BOA NO RIO I > 15 V10 l.O PM KNT i. COMPANY Is ready Io enter hto negotiations with par lo? wishing to establish man U ij'ACTIJ RI NO ENTE It PRISES at R?A NOK B, VIRG1NI A. Address AitriiiNOTOi? f-i!,:'!:.". General Mahugor lloanoko Develop* meet Company, Itoanoke, Va. <bo5-lm THE SHEN?RDQAN VALLEY ROAD Conveyed by the Purchasing Committee And Connoililittetl With (ii<- Washington liucl V/i'sl in Now Company Orjrun izeri, With V. ,1. Klmhull a* PrisHtilont. Konto Uy Willr.b tin- N. .V W. JVopic Kxneot ti? (int Into Washington, A joint meeting of the Sbennndoah Valley and of tho Washington and Western railroads was held in Alexan? dria, on Tuesday, when tho two read? worn consolidated and reorganized under th*J name of the Sbennndoah Valley Railroad Company. Mr. J. ICimball was elected presi? dent, and Mr. A. J. llcrapbill secretary. Tho oommitteo which purchasod the Shonand >ah Valley road in Koanolco on September :iotl> last tuen conveyed that road to the n< w e impany. At first it, would appoar that tho Nor folk and Western and the Richmond and Danville corporations had been on n trade, for the Norfolk and W estern ' owns the Shi naudoah Valley road and 1 the Richmond and Dnnvillo owns the short road from Alexandria to LoesbUrg, | commonly spoken of as tho Washington and Westei n. A TiMiis representative sought Super? intendent PUckwer, of the Sbenundouh road, and Uonviul Manager Sands, of tho Norfolk and Western, yesterday, to get information on thia subject, but. j both were out of town. Howovor. Mr. llaiusay, cliiof clork in the general \ manager's olltco, said that the Wash? ington and Western was not the B,cli mond and Danville's line from Alexan? dria to liUusburg, tliis latter road being properly the Washington, Ohio and Western, while tho Washington and Wost. ru road, liguring in the transac? tion, is a paper raid projected from Washington to strike tho tdieiiandoatt road, perhaps hi. Luray or near by. all tho surveys hot being yet complete. '?'i'h'i Sbennndoah Valley road, before br ing purchased by tho Norfolk and Western, was the proprti tor of this Washington and Western," said Mr. Ramsay. It is by the construction of the pro? jected road referred to by Mr. itamsay that tho Norfolk and Western people hope to get into Washington. Now that this deal is made, the construction of tho projected road to Washington will probably be hastenod. There 1b no need to buy a Baltimore, Philadelphia or Now York paper to find fcho nowt;. By sub?eribing for THE TIMES you can havo it served to yon every morning; nt your breakfast table twolvo houra In advance of tbo Northern papors Cotumorclnl Club. Tho board of directors of the Commer? cial Club met last night in the club rooms. Messrs. Pope, Gale, Grieder, O'Leary, Mahson. Kemp, Itamsay and Murphy were present. Measures were unanimously agreed upon for the maintenance of the club, and the enlargement, of its scope of operation from a .social as well as a business standpoint. An examination of its financial condition demonstrated the fact that the prompt payment of initiation fees yet due by many mem? bers was only necosnar,, to fully defray all obligations and meet all expenses. A committee on flnanco was appointed that will at onco call upon all delin? quent members for prompt settlement of tboafiMJB?montson tbo Initiation fees. ROAIN CHRISTMAS jS APPROACHING. The Shops Aro Full of Holiday Goods, Toyn and Trinket*, and Moro Practical Tblugra for Christmas Present-, Some? thing Everywhere mid Somcthiiiu for Everybody?XtuHlllCM Is Lively Itlld tlio Merchants Arc Jolly. Christmas is upon the lips and in the minds tif all. The streets are thronged Irotu early morning until late at night with a good-natured, pleased and cheery throng, the aini ? ci all enclosing bun? dles of overy sort and >'.. scriptlon. Without doubt moro money is spent at this season of the year tu.in any other, and Ilm merchants of Roanoke arti fooling the impetus given trade by the purchnso of holiday goods. While toys and trinkets hold their place wi 11 as Christmas offerings, the tnste of the peoplo Is gradually chang? ing, and tho presents each year are be? coming more practical. A walk among tho stores of the city yesterday disclosed the fact that the tide of trade is now nearly ab its full, and the wise merchant, who has taken in a full stock of novelties, useful and ornamental, and who had tho fore? thought to extensively advertise- tho same, is now reaping his reward. The one thing surprising to the new? comer is tbo comparative lack of toy displays, such as are so marked a feature of the time of year in older com? munities. While those things uro kept in stock by many merchants, they do not heap them up before their doors or advertise them to the exclusion of everything biso. Tue gr. o .ry stores have on exhibition ev- rything i:? the shape et" luxuri?s. Candles and hilts are temptingly dis? played in lavish profusion, while the concomitant parts < r pi< s mid puddiu ;?. cakes and <: lukies obtrude tbcmsulvi -, on one's notice at every hand. Citron, sp:u?s, golden oranges and lemons, g.v.i e. i, und other t-innlar delicar.ics aro to bo seen as window ornaments or in box and barrel inside and outside of doors. ThogrccL'i's report business as very good, with every prospect of being enormous as tho holidays grow nearer. Next to the grocors, tho jowolors tiro making Llio greatest preparations. Horo nov lty and ornament go hand in hand, and Uu who devises some quaint conceit In earring, locket, brucolot, or such, is bound to be inunliiolcnlly rewarded as tho purchastir makes his rounds to seek a present for his lady fair, his mother, or his friend. I*. Is a singular fact the jewelry buy? ing, or rather the bulk of it. at this season is conlned almost exclusively to two classes, the young man in love and tho staid old business man, whose Christmas gifts are tokens of esteem and articles of value. The lover buys for Iiis sweetheart, and bis fancy runs largely to rings or earrings. Tho mother of the young man will for tie- next three weeks study the adver? tising columns of tho live newspaper for presents of utility whose prices will enable lior to expend her money sy as to c >nvey a pleasure to a large number. She will buy collars and culfs, hand? kerchiefs, ami ties for her boys, and for her girls, gloves aud lingerie, .so dear to the maid. n. The young ladies themselves will haunt tu1 book store, the drug store i which has In recent years become a ie. w source of Christmas present supply.) or even the ? hoe sti>ro for tbo wonderful slipper of gr< on with a yellow elephant worki d on it. v. hich is so often nailed to the wall of the young man's room as a convenient eato.i all, ir not a thing of beauty. At the drug stores may be found the wonderful recent productions in cut glass and stamped leather, tho hunker chief c:;:)c and glove hex, the cologne bottle and dresser bottles, and such like things. ISvcn the prosaic furniture establish? ments put ou the> habiliments of joy and from the tiny willow rocker to the stately bookcase Is to be seen u tempting array suited to all conditions of tho house. Tho millinery and dry goods estab? lishments have an espi cial attraction for the feminin" mind ju it now. There the accumulations e>f nameless and familiar things bewil lor the long purse and the short one alike, the first from which to buy, and the latter from bow to buy. The wily merchant will now com 1 mence to spread the worth of his wares j before tho public through the paper. : and the eager pu jlic. always interested j in how to place its money to the best advantage, will now look more atten? tively than ever for bargains and attrac? tions. I Wise is lie who rcdllCOS "shopping" to j a minimum by extolling his wares to the people, telling tlicm what ho has for their Inspection and purchase, by means of advertising, at this, tho hap? piest time of the your. "Little Lord Fauntleroy." "Little Lord Fauntleroy" was pre? sented at the opera house last night to a packed house. The play was well I rendered throughout, and won tbo ap? plause of the largo audience. Little Mahle, as Lord Fauntleroy, captured the audience. She is simply wonderful. Harry Lindloy took tho part of Mr. Hobbs, the grocer, and the sight of him convulsed the audience in laughter. "The Romany Rye" to-night. Stirjrenn General Baxter Dead. Washington, December 4.?Dr. Jedo diah IL Raxter, Burgeon general of the army, who was stricken with paralysis last Monday, died at 1:4.1 o'clock this morning, lie never regained conscious? ness aftor the attack, save for an in? stant on Tuesday, when there was a slight sign of returning consciousness. JOKE, VA., FRIDAY M( FIRE IN A FLAT. Terrible Scenes in a Burning Tenement?Two Lives Lost. Pittsuuro, Pa., Deo. 4?[Special]? Itatwccn 12:30 and 1 o'clock this morn? ing Bro broke out, from some unknown cause, in the flat owned by Dr. John Jackson, on tho corner of Ninth and Pennsylvania avenues. It was n< r.l.v Ihroo o'clock this morn? ing boforo th" flromen succeeded In sub- i dniug tho ftro; It was scvnral hours more before they gave up search for dead bodies. It i i pr >tty certain that Mr. and ?Irs. Ivwln, janitor, wore victims. When the lire broke out thcro were forty uccu j pants sleeping in tho flat, but they were mostly men, and till have been accounted Tor. It was a terrible night for lire. A strong, cold wind, Ullod with flakes j of icy snow, was blowing lroia tbo j west. I When the firemen arrived the smoke j was Issuing from all tho windows, while I tongues of flame shot occasionally from ! the crevic s in the roof. lialf-dresscd forms of men shouting for help were seen at all tho windows, I but tho sight that filled tho spectators I with horror was a woman and two babies I at a third-story window. It was Mrs. .Moore, wifo of tho sto I ward at Hotel Anderson, j Instantly bidders were run up and I she was among the first to be rescued. I The top door was occupied by sixteen j I persons, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin and rour ] teen men, employes of Hotel Anderson. I j At tho first alarm Irwin ran down j ! through tho halls, which were already j (Hied with smoke} to alarm tho occu? pants of the rooms. lie went as far as the second floor, and then rushed bach j to assist, his wit ?. i When hi; returnod to his room she was I not there. Filled with anxiety for her w tf.'r ? he b'-gan to search the building. J lie dashed from room to room on tho i fourth floor, and, not finding her. started for tho third. It wai thuro he died. j Overcome, by smoke he sank o:< : haii3l< d near '<??'* roar wnll on tlie door. and at the oilier end of tin'hall hLi ; ivifo, for whom bo dh d. had peVished. She had sthrt< d down stairs, but wan I RtllTocalMl before reaching the third floor. Her body was found on tho third . Inn I ing d >nd. Her body was uoverodavlth I plaster, and in tho darkness had boon tramped over by tho fireman long before it. was disc ivored. Tie' building wiv\ a four-story brick structure. The first floor was used by J nines Kim in el ,t Co. as a drug store, : and the other three floors for sleeping j apartments. j The tire, is supposed to havo started in I the basement from the beating boilers. ; There was no watchman and the flames | 1 had spread to the fourth story before j they w< re <! iscovered. Tbo loss is $40,000, fully covered by ' insurance. There was no firo escapes on the building. TIL L P.I A M IU A U G U RATED. Hampton Will Probably be De? feated by Irby. { CoMTMltlA, S.C, Dec. 4.?[Special^? Governor-elect H. 11. Tillraan, who was j elected on the reform ticket, composed ! of the Farmers1 Alliancj and other j lb mocrata who wanted a change of the I government, was inaugurated to-day in I front of the station-house at 1 o'clock j in the presence of a largo crowd from I all parts of the State, who arrived last j night and this morning on spi eial j trains. Tho ceremonies took place on a largo ? balcony, which was erect d for the pur j pose. This is second time in the his 1 lory of the State that the governor has ' been inauguiatcd in tho open air. All oilii r State officers-elect werealso sworn in. The Tillman admlstrntion pro'nises re? trenchment and reform, and will rule the government upon this question alone. 11 also demands an agricultural college j for tbo education of the sons <>f tho I farmers and lor the advauo mcnt of j agriculture to a higher standard. It is now believed that Senator Hamp? ton will be defeated by Irby, the Till- j I man candidato for tho United States i Senate. A TKItKIItl.K WItKCK. I - ' Two M?n Instantly Killed ami Several | (Huer* Seriously Injured. I Sr. Louis, Dec. 4.?[Special]?The Chicago and Alton passenger train, bound for Kansas City, leaving Chicago , last niglit. was wrecked at Jacksonville this morning at ~ o'clock. Fred Smith, a merchant of Pokin, Illinois, and Judge .1. K. P.ili'.e. of Kan? sas City, were instantly killed. Judge Riffle's head was torn from his body and the rott of his remains were pinioned under the pile of wreckage. W. II. Knight, of Kansas City, was bruised and badly scalded by steam and probably fatally hurt. Several other persons were less seri? ously injured. A Purnace lllown Up, Joi.ikt, 111.. Dec. 4.?[Special]?A blast furnace blew up here this after? noon, burying fifteen men beneath the falling ' masonry and metal. Eight bodies havo been taken out so far. This is the third fatal accident that has occurred at this furnace. Th* WantherTo-llay. For Virginia: Fair; southwesterly winds and warmer; light rain Friday night. JRNING, DECEMBER TO MAKE THEM ALL REPUBLICAN "r. \ I Is tho Object of the Force Bill According to Mr. Pugh. 1 ltd AlllUUirm Senator IM.ICUHHCK the Ulli und Declares that Under It All Homo erotic Districts Would be Subjected to l'nrttsau Supervision?The Pension Appropriation Hill Discussed in tlio House. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.?iSprciall?Tho ] resolution offered yesterday l>y Mr. Call, directing the superintendent of tho labor bureau to examine aud ro port as to the phosphate industry of Florida, was 1 alien up and agreed to, after being nmended so as to mako.it apply to tbo whole Unitod States, und to di.vct the commissioner to make an examination and report. After a long discussion the joint reso? lution to issue arms to tho States of North and South Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska, for possible use against the indiani, was passed; and then at 2 o'clock the election bill was taken up, and Mr. Pugh addressed tho Senate in Opposition to it. In the course of his remarks Mr. Pugh said that tho country could not fall to understand tho true character ami nature of the proposed legislation. It was never intended to be put in operation itt Republican districts. It was founded on one district proposition and that-was that tho State election officers might bo watched, guarded over and ruled because they were Democrats, and because for that reason alone it was unsr.lc to trust ih< ni. Under its operation there would not be a single district in tho United Stales from which Democrats wore elided to Congress that would not be subjected to supervision by partisan Republicans. The wholo election mauhtmiry of the United States would Income partisan and necessarily corrupt. The whole conception of tbo bill was a transpar ont mid audacious scheme having- no other end or purpose than tho capture of Democratic districts, and tholr trans? fer to'the Republican piirtv in Congress to bo used in perpetuating its suprem? acy, in dcilauco of the will of the people. lib declared that intelligent white people of the South would prefer the rule- of army olllc irs and whlto soldiers ! to tho Intolerable rule of tho infamous horde that would be turned loose upon .them through tho outrageous election I inachinory provided in the bill. Oh his responsibility as a man and as a Senator, ho expressed his conviction that liiere was not a Stale in the South, I in whijJi, oa a rule, it was not the hon ' est and earnest desire to have fair and 1 freo elections for members of Congross i and for Presidential electors; and that [ there were not so many exceptions to the rule in Southern States and districts as there were in Northern States und districts. If the system of local self government was not an established failure, then ii was manifest that the intelligent and moral white people o. the South, and tho Stale gnvi rnmcnts of the South which were immediately interested in, said sorely afdleted by, these mis rabb ruca com plica liens, won hi have to b ? allowed to meet and mitigate the evil as far as possible. He undertook to say that tho black people of the South wero better treated than ihey would bo in the North und r like conditions: and bed eland, in c in? clusion, that tbo wio ??: and safest course for both races w as to trust to the policy of non-1 n teile re nco by the federal governnii nt. After the passage of two or three bills on the. calendar und a brief executive session, the Senate adjourned. ti:;-: pension mi.t.. CoottSrof Indiana Itcvlews His Attack on (toimnlxsoncr liiiitm. Washington, Dec. 4.?[Special]?Un? finished business in the morning hours, was tho bill for the punishment of every guardian, conservator, curator, committee, tutor or other fiduciary agent for tho embezzlement of pensions of award. Tho nervlous question was ordered (yeas 113, nays 02) and the bill passed. At tho expiration of the morning hour the House went into the commit tee of the whole on the pension appropria? tion bill. Morrow explained that the bill ap? propriated for payment of p< nsions the sum of $133,173,000. lie believed that tbero would be no deficiency next year, but. on the contrary, that there would prove tobe a ..light exc ss of appropria? tion, lie said this, because bo anti? cipated that the gentlemen on the other sielo would call the attention to fact that there bad been no peusisn defici? encies during the past few years, and would claim that it was tho purpose of the Republicans to allow a deficiency to grow up in 1M>2. He believed tho appropriation to bo amply Bulftoiont, Savers, of Texas, argued the estimates j of the Commissioner of Ponslona w^**o j totally unreliable, and that;the amount i of money required to pay pensions would bo largely in excess of the amount ap- j preprinted by the pending bill, lie ventured to say that the Fifty-second i Congress would be compelled to moot a doilolenov of not less than 815,000,000. No man, however honest, could tlx, within ?l,00D,00t). tho amount actually j to be expended under this bill. Tbo commissioner had failed to toll tho House what he expended in lS'.K); be had made a similar failure in 1801, and ho would make a greater failure in lsy.'; and the Democratic Congress would have to pay the penalty. His conclusion was, after a oarcful investigation of tho mat? ter, that instead of the Hovernment's expenditures for pension's being con-,' fined to 8133.000.00t), they would bi? nearer 8175,000.000. * In conclusion, ho gave It as his dehV 5, 1890. Pli erato judgment, from full Investigation of facts and figures, together with tho experionoo of tho House as to tho work? ings of tho pension office, that if tho commissioner would work faithfully and energetically, issuing certificates as fast as they wore prepared for issue, thore would inevitably bo a deficiency during ISiKJ of not less than 835,000,000, which ho Democratic House would have to meet. Cooper, of Indiana, renewed bis at'.ack of last session upon Pension Commissioner Raum Rcforrlng to the largo forco of employes in tho Pension Bureau, and to tho vast expenditure of money for pensions, ho said bo proposed to show why this force of then should bo presided over by a man of high char to ter, and why this vast sv.m of monoy should bo disbursed by a man abovO criticism and above reproach. It was bis purpose to call the atten? tion of the country to the fact that tho present commissioner of pensions was not such a person. Carrying out this purpose, he quoted j liberally from tho testimony given be j fore the special committee which, near the close of last session, had under in? vestigation his (Coopor's) chargos against Baum of favoritism toward one prominent pension agent, of borrowing money from an attorney who practiced before the pension bureau, and of Heat? ing the stock of a fraudulent corpora? tion among tbo employes of that bu reau. Ho commented sharply upon this tes? timony and paid no attention to the ob? jections of Cannon and Sayor that no report bad been made to the House by the investigating committee, and that the testimony was not a proper subject of discussion in tbo obsenuo of such re? port. After some discussion of the statues of tho investigation auovo referred to, tho committee rose and the House ad I journcd. COMPROMISE "REJECTED. J To Force a Decisive Issue on :ho Itioh Leadership. j London, Doc. 3.?[Special]- At tho j caucus thii morning of tho oppon? nts I of rarnel), who comprise a majority of j th ? members Of the Nationalist part y in j th ? House of Commons, a resolution was adopted not to accept tho Clancy com? promise, which will b.> offered nt to-day's meeting, but to fotco matters j to a declslvo issue. A report received from Cork last night stating that tho municipal authorities had adopted a resolution in favor of re? tiring Parncll from leadership of the nationalists party was erroneous. On the contrary, tho resolution was In sup? port ot Parncll and adopted by a major? ity of 31 votes. Till: WiSATlIKll. Cold Weather Throughout the Entire Country and Colder Htll) to Come. Washington, Dec. 4.?[Special]?At twelve o'clock to-day tho signal office furnl bed the following special bullotin to the press: "Unusually cold weather prevails this morning over nearly tho entire country. Bast of the Becky mountains tho lino of freezing toraperaturo extending r.j far South as Southern North Carolina, and Including the Northern portion of Geor? gia, Alabama, Mississippi, l^ouisluhn and Texas, twenty to thirty degrees. A fall of S l degrees occurred over the region extending from West Virginia sou tbwost ward to Southern Alabama and j Mississippi, and th- temperature in Wisconsin, Northern Illinois and North? western Iowa is more than '20 degrees below iho normal temperature for the sonson. It will probably bo still colder to? morrow morning in the South Atlantic and Middle States and in New B?gln?;'* but by the existing low tcmperai-fie tbecondition east of Mississippi is not likely to ho of long continuance, us the storm center this morning in West Nebraska will, in its movement east* ward, cause warmer weather. TUE CO AI, M IN KHS STIKE. I'roKpccts of an twiirly Setttemcul of its. mmeuitic*. lllRUINQHAM, Ala., Dec. 4. ? [Special] ?The situatiou among tho miners is unchanged. About 8,000 men are out on a strike, a few having returned to work. Indications point to an eaily uottlo i mont of iho differences. It was ru j morcd here yesterday that as soon as tho operators recognized the committee, j work would bo resumed. The miners say that they are out for I an advance and that Iho report is un? true. Some operators are arranging to lill the mineii with negroes, llaeing Yesterday. GUTTENllKUQ, N.J., Dec. 4.?[Sp0Clsl| ?First race, ?vc-cights of a mile, two year-old?Calcium won, Walter Dale i second, Sir George third; time l:04J?. Second rue", six and one-half furlongs, selling?Moridcn won. Objection second, Sorvia third; time, 1:23%. Third race, one mile, handicap. Itradford won, Lela May second. Uunwad third; time, 1:40. Fourth race, live-eights of a mile, Kitty Van won, Sunday acoond, Dixie third; time, l:02*Jf. Fifth race, ono ana one-fourth in lies, soiling. Esquimau won, Wynwood second. Iceberg third; time, 1:54Jtf. Sixth race, seven-eights of a mile, yelling -Mohican won. A very ' second, Sour Mash third; time, 1:31 Ji*. A Church Iturned. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Doc. 4.?[Special] ?Fire last night entirely destroyed St. Mary's church, valued at $9,000 and in? sured for fTi.OOO. The Church was located at South Highland!, about one nnd one-half miles from tbis olty. The water supply was short. Advert 1 ein : THE T I MSG, Everybody reads It. " [ICE THREE CENTS. THE ALLIANCE IN POLITICS. An Effort to Form a New Party Will be Made 1?.- the Alliance People?A <:?ll for a N* tlenal C onvention to be Hold in Ciu oinnnt, February It, 1.? lining Pr<tp v. .. ? and Will lie Submitted to tho N\?ii-> ? -1 Alliance Tor Endorsement?Prominent L,?Uor People Flocking ArounJl tho Alliance. OcALA, Fla., Ibicoinber ',.?|3pao'tai{ ?The National Alliance tuot at t():it;> th j in. ruing. Tho early pan of th? e sslon was devoted ohh fly tu tho dhv C I ? i in of inside topics. :. id at l.UM A. Llallahor, fraternal delegato from th ) Worklngmcn's Reform League, ol Now York oity, and W. A. A. Carsey, of Now York, from the American Anti-.Nlon ipoly League, wore invited to add re m the convention. [?lach spoke for half an hour or mor , their remarks being principally directed in favor of a closer bond between all na? tional organizations of tho sain caar actor, but a ra nst consolidation. Roth advised thoNation.il Allhinca to stand by its St. Louis platform. ?,.> tako tho lead in any national politic .1 m >vo ment which might grow/iut 01 1;. and said that the other organizations ?vould follow. J. 11. Rice and Jno. Davis, ol Kansas, in conncotlon with ono or two otiiors in sympathy with tho re.ee ut political movement in that State, am n^ them Delegate Vincent, are working upon a call for a national convention to term a new party, the dato bolng nxod foi Kebruary 12, 1301', and ilia place Cincinnati. The call will invite dologat'Y* from the National Farmers' AlUiUio ;:.:<: all other national orgailiz.ite . ? in sympathy \sith it. or Which c'uuei ? tho tit. Louis platform, as well ;.-?>. :? of the "reform press" througbo ? the country, tu lake part in thu imu ? uUoii. The new parly to bo f irtu I ? mid! doubtless work on tho same llu a thu People's party in Kansas?tliai , re uounoo all atllliatlou with otttui . (loot parlies and placeaii.ktioii.il t.u t of its own in 1)10 held. This call, when com pi et will probably bo presented to tho * . mal Allianou for Its endorsement, ? iSugh some of the men in the mov ? ? .im not convinced that liii.-> cuur il bi> wise or politicj Jno. ?i. Holl;,ml, ofJacksoni Fla.', is lure. When I'owdeily an ibis will make four, members of lb onal exe.cutlve board of the Bitpreu ? ;nci) of Knights of Labor in the 0 >mg all of tbatcommlttee exc pt< -^iin of Michigan; and this fact Is I .1 to be fraught with deep signltio .pro pos of a third party moveuii ni There is said to i?t> a strou ling1 among the National Allianu aoro in favor of a general CoUS lUd ? fall similar national bodies. It is alleged that tn> y ha. ?ed, in event of such oonsolulati give all tho national political n ?> to thu organisations outside ol ei . a'n. There is, however, a c ins ?? le? nient whieti may bold the 1 oal. members in cm ek. TUB WORK e>l A I A Purty of Men Attack the ' u of Mr. John Kelly With Gun. an II LYMOnuURO, V.l., IKe, 1 os terday morning. shorn;. 1) I 1 o'clock, Mr. John Kelly, tin-* a*d contractor, and his hou I . ire rudely awakened by rooks I *n against the windows oi 1 n; '?nd the firing of guns. Mr. 1 1 -si denco is situated near f! . ? ?? 11. in Durniid, a lonesome l< e. ut tho time stated a party of 11 .. e on attacked his house in the main '--.itc \m stated. The windows ivet"1 hi u, :vud the front door was per fen 11 >-. .th bullets. After tho f?llisad had': ? Mr. Kelly notified the ; ol oc ,,. > ! j.ir Smith was sent to tie sc im, . sq ing leading to the id ill \ ?: ;iuj i,uft mob could he dlscov oil. 'l itea of tho house woreafi .ie house longer, so the ra. bur's and spent tin ., n? night. Tho object of the atl -yb definitely, various ,i slgncd. 1110 DKAIi A ? The CrnlK Farm, of 103 for Sl?.OOO to n Noi - ii.ti DlUSTOl., Dec. 4.? h .r big land sale came t- . ? ir several days a deal ,al A. W. White, owner- j. une and one-half mi! . ei a Norfolk syndicate The trade has bei , ,, .? 'S' the syndicate has becom ? j tores for 145,000. T u-.d Off in town lots in th Three Men Oos*. Pllll. AlUCZ.rAlA, 1) I 1 Shortly before noon f men employed by tie .1 Cornpanv at their i'? i e..-.1 wharves, wont 10 th- ^ >. 7, for tho purpose of ? Tho o?leo is close 1 | *s tiu? men stood a,t ? 3 paymaster's offio e t n a fow InohoB of t)ii> on A crowd o.' bien w waiting thoir turn t< ? 33, when thai o J.uddc-il; uO^tcOkUdluCR) cornnr a irain of con ? cpaDy lr. horc ?? btir.g Cached towai * c\ty, at too fj^* j three mea nearert t sday, tan with Auj crushed between th. o'clock p. s.. L'-'o lag sad were kill inotors. eaped. OOYLE, Sso'y