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Show Hundreds of Xegroo Iavlng Alabama for the Territory ( of Oklahoma, b When They Hons to Found a Great . Negro Ojffimonwoalth and Eula 21 Themselves. .. VIOLATION OF THE LABOR LAWS. V Proposed Keduction In Wages O at llie Works of a TtMin.es.4ce Steel Company Will U Resented by the Men Who B Were Imported from Great " 1 Britain. THREATS ACAINST THE COMPANY. And Will Torn Informer. If Thar Ar j-' Not Kept at tli. Price Agreed I pon When Mired. Rihminhiiam, Ala., Jan. 27. A big exodotis of negroes from this state to Oklahoma has set in. Fifty families of negroes left here yesterday for Kingfisher King-fisher and they will be followed in a few days by 200 families. A negro by the name, of Foster from Lea venworth, Kans., has been among them here for some time working up the business, lie represents to them that they can secure rich farming lands in Oklahoma Okla-homa for almost nothing and that if enough of them will go they can secure) an absolute control of the government of that territory. The latter seems to be the principal inducement. A num-of num-of negroes who owned good farms here) have sold out everything and will join in the exodus. POOR JNGALLS The Alliance Men In (he House Hang Together and Vote for l'feller. And for the Caustio Gentleman From Kansas the Jig is All Up. VILAS ELECTED IN WISCOHSIN, Thirty-Seven Votes Taken In Illinois Legislature Without With-out Itrsult. Republicans are, However, Willing to Compromise if the Right Man is Fnnd, FORCE BILL RESOLUTIONS PASSED Tho L.g .l.tur.l of a Number of Stat. Threaten the National Congr... If the Hill rauea. TorKKA, Kan., Jan. 27. W. A. Pfeffeiv editor of the Kansas Farmer, has recently received the full allianen vote for senator in the house. Ffeffer was nominated by the alliance caucus on the ninteunth ballot last night. The vote today means the defeat of Ingalls. The ballot for United States senator resulted: House PfefTer, 96; Ingalls, 23; Blair, 5. Senate Ingalls, !i."i; Pf offer, 2. Pfelfcr was born in Cumberland .y county, Pennsylvania, in 1WH, and is of Dutch parentage, In 1850 he caught tho gold fever and went to California where he remained two years. He made considerable money and returned to Pennsylvania and soon after removed to Indiana and later to Missouri. , He served during the war in the Eighty-third Illinois volunteers. vol-unteers. A', the close of the war he settled at Clarl:svillo, Teun., practicing law, and It',') lie moved to Kansas takihg up claims at different times. He edited various papers; served as delegate dele-gate to the national republican convention conven-tion in 180. In that year he moved to lopeka, assumed editorial control of the Kansas Farmer and afterwards bought tho paper. He has been engaged en-gaged iu the publication of that paper ever since. The paper has a wide circulation I among the Kansas farmers and much inlhienco over them. He joined the al- liauce movement one year ago, and in j ;thc spring of last year began a bitter j land determined warfare against In-4 In-4 galls' rc-electiou. Up to a year ago VS"' Pfeffer was a staunch republican.'. I II" outlined his policy as senator to- I day. Ho said he favored absolute and vi unlimited coinage of silver and oonser- r vativo expansion of the currency along other lines, lie was in favor, he said, of protection to homo industry, but boiieved the best protection did not always result from high tariffs. Protection Pro-tection by tariff us r. general principle, he said was wrong. High tariff should X bo called in to aid only individual struggling industries. He now favored j an average advalorem duty of 20 per f cent. He was opposed to the force bill. |