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HARWELL, S. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1904. Before the EnKlIsh-Speaktag People «* Will Find Theoiselyeii Arrayed Affainat the Doctrine of ‘Asia for Aniatic*. The Chronicle savS Russia and Ja pan are still di.scus.sed, sometimes ve- • henaently in Augusta. r l he Japanese sympathizers are h an overwhelming majority, but the Russian sympa^ thlzers, though in t he minority, stick to their ghns and are dsily growing more numerous. Mr. James R -Raa- -dall,-who, early in the day, gave his reasons for faviTriiigthe'M'd.sW'viies,' was asked if he ha<l anyU.ing more to say on the subject find replied: 1‘1 think it is quite useless, at this time, to discuss'the matter. Il ls difficult to change people’s minds, es pecially when, as Mr. Stephens p it it. they are “sot” in their opinions. I have carefully read ail that 1 could PREPARING FOR A GRAB Congress Wants to Rsise Their Own and Other 8alaries. „ '• ’ -r ■ ' •;’ 1 ' , '. ’j , - »" It would seem from the various comments that were passion the-bill asking for an appropriation of 190,- 000 from Congress for a new stable for A Great Skyscraper Frame Collapses in New York. get hold of on both sides of this affair* law * and endeavored, liae Mr. Weigle, to form convictions. Perhaps, however, it may interest your readers to have some peculiar evidence from other sources than my own. The most striking and important testimony comes from a Japanese mer chant of a high order, Yamocino, who - is-oa-a-visit tor New Orleans. Inter viewed hy a - Ptcayme ^porter, hg said that while his countrymen, like himself, were gratitied at the. sympa thy displayed in the Unlted States for Japan, he significantly added: “But I believe this will change. The English speaking nations sympa thize with us today, but it will be dif ferent in a few years. If Japan wins ^this war—and I do not doubt that •.our country will be victorious—Japan will be one of the . first world powers. The yellow peril, as ro oe English writers refer to it,~is not remote. The Chinese and Japanese are very closely allied by racial similarity, and there is naturally a str >ng bond of -sympathy between the two nations, just as there is a strong sympathy be tween the bwogreat English-speaking nations. If China is ever brought up to the high plaue of enlightenment that Japan has reached., it. will natu rally, with its immense population, its vast territory, and its untold and un imaginable resources, be the most powerful country in ttie world. The Japanese have already assisted China not a little, There are many Japanese teachers in Chinese institutions, and * Japanese officlaLs in the Chinese gov ernment service, both civil and mili tary. These are slowly bringing about a reformation. If this reformation is ever brought about completely and China brought out of darkness it will be within the^pnwer of the yellow races to.overrun the world. The doors of nations that are closed today ; can be opened. Even as European ' powers are now closing their doors . against Chinese, but forcing the open ing of Chlnese.doors to foreigners, so will it be in the power of Cnln4 to close and keep closed its doors against outsiders afffTto force open the doors of the western nations. That is why the President, that tills at least would have detterred his friends from spring ing another surprise on the country, as Senator Gallinger did when he asked that the President’s salary be increas ed 125,000 per annum. The request is in the shape of a bill. It is to be discussed at tills seg*lon. The Gallin ger. bill raises the salary of the Presi dent to $75,000; that of the Vice- President to $15,000; of the Speaker of the House to $12 000; of Cabinet officers to $1,5,000: of Senators, Repre sentatives and delegates to $8,000. Ttrrproposed increase are to go into efftct'March 4, 1905. ^ It it recalled-ihat<a brn increasing the salaries of members of Congress to $7.500 was pissed in 187:$. A storm of protest was aroused all over the country, many veteran members of and thfe succeding Congress repealed TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. 8BVEAAL PERSONS AMHUID. Criminal Careleaaneea on the Part of the Contractors, Who Had , Disregarded Repeated Warnings. In the city of New York fourteen persons, are believed to l ave been killed, about a score injured and sev eral are missing through the collapse Wednesday of the steel skelion of the Hotel Darlington, a 13-stcry apart ment house in course of enetton at 57 Forty-sixth street. The steel frame work had been erected as far as the eleventh floor and the. structure was swarming with iron workers, masons and laborers, when, without an Instant's warning, the upper floor sagged and collapsed and tae whole structure fell with a crash t hat was GObirress vJere^tired*Lo nrivaTe'difl' for blocks, and shook-all the ^i r Lf! t J^^„?! i ^J f ^Tbuildlng8 in,the vicinity. A portion of the steel frame fell upon the rear of the Hotel Patterson, on West For ty-seventh street, crushing in the wall of the dining room and killing Mrs. Ella Lacey Stoors, the wife of Frank 'Stows, a wealthy resident of Rye, Westchester county, as she was sitting at luncheon with the wife of the Rev. L)r. Minot Savage, who escaped unhurt. The cause of the disaster generally accepted is the overloading- of the floors. Foreman James Halpin, in charge of the iron workers, stated that there was a large quantity of cement and other building material on the fifth fioor, and that on the ese will change.” Mr. Yamochimo expresses the opinion thatthe~ Japanese-Russia war will develop into an international con Diet. He thinks that either Germany or -France will be forced in first because of their interest itt theT’ar East and because of their strong sympathy for Russia. The British. Empire will come in later, but it will get a full share of everything, just as it has always done. Then the United States will be forced into the conflict. It others, even It is pointed out by friends of the Gallinger bill, however, that Die in dignation of the people was aroused by a measure which is absent from the present proposition—the retroactive. The Congressmen of 1873 paid them- selves their back salary to the begin ning of that term, and likewise their mileage. Tills was generally denomi- naLed_‘la grab,” and the Gallinger bill, it is claimed, seeks to avoid a like condemnation. ’ . The ground for the Gallinger bill was apparently laid on February 25 by Senator Hoar, who talked on the sub ject of Senators salaries being inade quate. The quest ion was on provid ing suitable quarters for Senators, the Democrats having urged that the Republicans had known for a long time that the Democratic Senators,-Or a number of them, were given quarters in an unsafe and condemned building. In the course of his speech Senator Hoar made the following significant remarks: , “Our salary is also now lower in practical value than it was before it was raised fifty years ago. And yet the one thing that we do not seem -te have courage enough to do is to say to the people of the United States that the oompensatlonbf this hnportant of fice shall be at least in some, degree adequate to its dignity and character. “Take the salary of a judge of the District Court of the United States Is there a judge of a district. court of the United State who would not con sider his promotion to the Senate of the United States an advance in dignity and authority? And yet we have put up their salaries and the salaries of the judges of the Circuit Courts to $6,000 and a^y&OO ahd do not venture to touch our own.” ‘ ; And-now the Gallinger bill is sprung. There is very little question that the proposition, in many respects, is one. which has the President alone in mind and it is not improbable that Senator Gallinger wrote his bill after confer ence with leaders in the party who bask in the White House sunshine. A Deserved Rebuke. The Aiken correspondent of The News and Courier says when Benjamin Buford, the white man found guilty ,of manslaughter in killing the negro, Larry Black more, was presented be- may TSj slower than the more so than England, but this govern ment has assumed a position in^Jie Orient from which it canned recede What will txrThbTesutt of the war- no] one can foreseer-but that .tlie conflict now going on is the beginning Of one of the great periods in the world's his tory must be conceded. I regarded this testimony of the intelligent and very frank Japanese marchant as very important because it reveals the true Oriental ambition. A great many people make light of the “Yellow Peril,” although fore Judge Purdy for sentence, he was asked by his honor if he had anything to say why sentence of the court should not be^assed upon him. Buford replied: “Nothing your honor,” and held up the lapel of his coat, on which was pinned the emblem of the Masonic. Fraternity. He had previously given a sign, which Judge Purdy, being a Mason, did not fall.,to recognize. The man’s object was*fevident and,. Judge [ Savage was ill in Purdy strenly said: .“That badge can do you no good here. You are net fit to wear IT. Throw it away. You ninth, floor were the three IFJb beams which were to have been used in con structing the remaining floors of the buildings. That criminal careless ness is chargeable to somebody is shown by the fact that the building department had placed repeated ‘violations” against the building, the ast ode being filed Wednesday at the instance of Inspector Charles French, because “the side walls w^re more than two ^stories in advance of the front walls, and the floor beams were not properly bolted&nd tied.” In spite of this and previous warn- ngs, those res possible for the con struction of the building. went jihead regardless of consequences. Adjoln- ng the collapsed building on the west is the four-story brownstohe residence of Harold Brown. Some of the huge iron beams struck the side of the house and stove holes in the wall and-roof and disloged a part of the brownstone front which was thrown to the street- The occupants escaped uninjured. TXh the east side is a house occupied by A. Walpble Cragje u a school for boys. -The pupils bad gone home to luncheon a few minutes before the crash occurred. Some of the beams struck the house tearing off * portion of the roof and smashing Holes ha the side Waite. — Mrs. Stnrrs whose husband is in London, England, was sitting in lun cheon with Mrs. .Savage when the crash came, and she ann Ernest Meier, a waiter, were instan'ly burled under the debris the roof and walls. Mrs. Savage barely"escai ed~ being etnicif hut, her skirt Wfe oinned to the floor by a mass of falle i bricks Mrs. Storre was breathing when ex tricated, but- died within a few min utes. The waiter Is belle led to be Injured. The other occupants of the dining room escaped unhurt. The Hotel Patterson was sbaknn to its foundations and the rear fi *e escapes on seven stories were torn (rom their fastenings, and aft Ure wl udows on these floors were'smashed. The oc cupants of these apartment hast'ly quitted.the bulicllng. Rev. Minot J. bis apartments in the front of the hotel at the time ot * viola Hid "STP'tTiatts--good-and--in-charge of the noble that emblem represents, and you are no brother of mine. The. sentence of the court is that you shall serve twelve years in the state penitentiary at hard labor. You can thank your counsel for saving your neck did not and Earl Wolseley does not.. It may be that these gentlmert have tolnds superior to these remarkable persons, but pn that point, ther% may be difference of judgment. At any rate, if w* are to accept Japanese testi mony, expressed by. Mr. Yamoclmo the triumph of Japan and the conse quential reawakening of China, as an industrial and martial nation, bodes ill fnr Europe eventually and com A Horrible Death. .V horrible accident was reportec Napoleon Wednesday night to Coroner Green as mercially threatens the-Uoited Stated. ‘-Some people say that It will take many years to acoompTTsfv the reform of China, as indicated, but they for get that Japan has risen gigantically, in their own day, and in case of Japanese domination, China will be no laggard. “However, I do not expect to con- vlnce anybody, against his will, but simply suggest that Mr. Yamocimo’s revelation be taken into account. Personally, I am quite content to await , events, for, as Fredrick the -Chreatsald: ‘Battles are fought be yond the stars, ’ that is, the destinies ot the wprld are shaped by the Ruler of Nations, and not by the opinions of ot mankind.” , - ' The Japsneee Wounded. , Seventy-one wounded officers and from the Japanese fleet arrived on the hospital ship Kobe from Port Arthur. AH' these i wounded in the attack upon Port ROMES AND LIVES Pay a Heavy Tribute to the Raging Prairie Fire*. A dispatch from Lawtm, Okla., says prairie fires that swepiover large portion of Kiowa apd Comanche coun- Uefc Thursday night, deatroyed hun dreds ot farm buildings and much live stock, made 1,000 persons homeless, caused the death of seveial persons, threatened a number of towns and swept away scores of buildings on the outskirts of the towns. The follow ing deaths are verified: Dr. Harmond, six miles from Law- ton; body found. Unknown boy, bjdy found „on prairie near Lawton, burned beyond dentiflcatlon. J jhn Harmond an(i~a daughter of Mrs. Henderaon, living near Lawton were fatally burned. The country wasviry dry, no rain having rallen formorthjs.. Grass and stubble fires, set by farmers' 1 Ss is cus tomary at at this season of the year, were driven beyond jontrol by a vio- ent gale which rose suddenly. Estimates of the lois exceed $200,- 000. ^ ' Report says that more fatalities are- expected as the reports from some dis tricts are meagre. At Hobart, the county seat of Kiowa county, the fire appracbed from 5be east, destroying the stables and fifteen race horses, fifteen residences, two business houses and various small buildings. Spreading to the south- weat, the fire swept . seventy-five tbousaMaofes* omsTtltary andtimber reserve and Indian school reserve, de stroying several Indian houses and forty head of government cattle. Spreading westward the flames cov ered miles of the homestead district, destroying-houses, barns and stock. It was in this district that flve per sons are reported to hSve perished in attempting to proteet their property. The names of three have been learned. They are as follows: Dock and John Harmon, brothers, and a man named Fisher. . The other two were women and their names have not yet been learned. Late at night the fires began mov ing southward toward the city. At midnight five thousand people of the city were battling with the approach ing flames. The advance line of the fire was fully two miles in length and came in a semi-circular form. A thousand men turned their ef forts to checking the grass borders of the reservation at tb€ city limits. Water from every source, carried' in every conceivable way, was distributed along this line and all around tbeiclty limits. This served the purpose of checking the advance lines of the fire, but waapf little avail in hindering the continual rolling of the fire brands into the street of the city. IS more tha^i a hundred places flames arose frbm dwellings, barns and outhouses, GIVES IT THE LIE Grow Say« He Did Not Lunch -With a GotorodMaa^ —~- AS CHARGED BY A COB GRE .SMAN. Social Equality oC the Rooaeveltloa Variety Dlacuseed in a Very U Plain Manner in the Houae Thurat In the house Thursdaj a letter from Grover Cleveland to Representative Webb t f North Carolina was read de nying that C. H. J. Tailor, a negro, lad dined with him at the White House while—he was president, as chargee by Represents ive Scott of Kansas a few days ago. Mr. Webb uaid be had written the former presi dent Binding him an extract from The Congressional Reco d and asking ’ f the statements made by Mr. Scott were'true. “This morning,” he sl id, “I receiv ed the following reply,” which, he *ead amid applause: Princeton, N. J., March 2. E. Y. Webb, House oi Representa tives: Dear Sir: It is a matter of small concern to me that Mr. Scott has seen fit to use my name in a display of bis evil propensities on the floor of the house of representatives. Jn an swer to your inquiry, however, I have to say of bis statement that tb$ col ored man, C. H. J. Taylor, took lunch with me at the White House that it Is a deliberate fabrication out of the whole cloth. - . _r- As far as Mr. Taylor Is concerned, I understand, prior to his appointment as register of deeds at Washington that he had served as an assistant, in the office of the city attorney at Kan sas City. His nomination as register was confirmed by the senate and he served in that place with intelligence and efficiency. He has since died. Some people restrain themselves from abusing the dead. My inquiries concerning. Mr. Taylor tiefore his appointment, my observa- (Ion Of him during his Incumbency, and the little I have known of Uim since satisfy me that tR* character Is very unjustlyfattacked in the diatribe of Mr. Scott. One charge is made against Mr. Taylor by~Mr. Scott which he doubly clinches with truth when be declares. “He was a black negro.” 1 am led, however, to doubt his familiarity witb bis suggestion when he adds: “As black as you ever saw. 1 ’ 3_ Yours very truly, 'C- ' ’. Grovkk C£evbland. Mr. Webb said he wanted this de nial to travel that the statement of Mr. Scott might be overtaken. “Mr. Cleveland was a friend of the negro, but not a fool friend.”said Mr. Webb. - “He never by word or action encouraged the dream of social equal* continued the minority leader, “of the arrogance that teaches men now and then to shed the light of example u on the benighted white, population of tb$ sot th.” Mr. Williams went on: "Nor am I quarreling with Mr. Roosevelt, nor bars I quarreled witb him at all. He b: s aperfset right to invite a colored m m If he chooses, but as far as l know he waited until he was president ol the United Stajes so It could bear an official stamp before he ever did it.” Mr. Soi tt said he had made no im putation of fault against Mr. Cleve land. He had simply pointed to the allegation he made because the Demo emtio party had gone into hysterloi because < ne man had Invited a col ored man to his table.” “All right," said Mr. Williams, “l am glad to hear that because l thought ,he gentleman had a sharj stick and was after my dear and mud adored olr friend, Grover Cleveland.” (Laughtei.) TEACHERS WANTED By ths United States In tbs PMlippins Island Schools. HOW TO OR AN APPOINTMENT Furthei discussion wMcut short b? a point ol order. PROTECTION OF BIRDS. but wherever a blaze grew men were. Ity in the breast of the black man. present to quench it with water. . As a result of the cool judgment of the fire-fighters the etty’s loss was only $10,000. „Families lay out In the prairie throughout the freezing night-after the arlth only thin clothes on their backs. Hundreds of people are destitute and are suffering Intensfcly-Xrom the cold. ; A Slander NaUeh. In reply to news which has been talked, it Is false. As 1 am well known over the State and 1 know that none can prove such againet me, as I now remain single. I want one, and alL-to know it. As I - bare been charged with having a wife. Now If there is any woman who wishes to tna-<e any such claim against me. this is.tbetime for I would like to know who it may be. If news carriers would mind their own business, our county would be far better off. As I learn, there are many who seem to be interested In me* Just bear in mind, If I ever get married, there will be le wrecking work said who- will sing and shout Joad ’discovtred seven * r I)ixie. ,r As I have been hearini bad news and, i&y name is a dayly song: Itmusfi Be 1 stopiied now, at once. —A. M. J., in Walterboro Press and Standard. It Would In Large Measure Solve the v ■ * Bill Weevil Problem. In all this talk about expenditures for helping the farmers in the cotton belt to kill the boll weevil—govern ment heljy,hat, we helieve. Is pqver extended to northern farmers when their crops are menaced—it is strange that not one congressman has bit upon the cause of the trouble. The weevil multiplier because, the. birds . that killed off. Here is a preposition to spend large sums of federal money to help the men who have been killing their best friends. Last year the rava ges of the boll weevil In Texas amount ed to $25,000,000. Did the gains of tbp compensate for that? Will the profits of all the feather workere in the world amend for the loss to be In flicted on the cotton growers in our southern tier, if the weev 1 Increases his pasturage? If so, and the whole cotton belt suffers as Texas has suf fered, it U estimated that the loss will equal a quarter of a billloi Annually. The man who kills the bird that has been eating the grubs and beetles in bis orchards and plantations, be cause he can convert the bird’s akin Into merchandise worth a few cents, brings upon himself the m^ans of fail ure, and deserves that fail ire when it co lies, for the wearlngs h( has receiv ed have been plentiful!. The women, who are responsible for tbs enormous slaughter of our songstera, because they wanted their dead bodies to wear In hats, are realizing the necessity for reform in this'matter, and among the thinking members of Ae sex the fashion of bird wearing has gone out. There are, however, tbousinds of the igoorant and ill bred who advertise their vulgarity by the wearing of dead animals upon their clothing, and so long as the want exlstsxbere will be found men base enough to supply it, though the cost is a high one. Take This was greeted with applause by the Democrats. “ AgaittT”" he continued, - “he waa the shotgun away from the southerner the collapse. . - At 11 o’biock tonight the,contractor happening to the little four-year-old dajghteV of Mr. and Mrs.'Thomas Suydam, who live about fifteen miles from Columbia, on the Garners’ Ferry road. The parents of the little child came to the city Wednesday, and the child, on her way home from school, stopped to play on a pile of logs near the house. While on top, one»of ’the logs turned^nd she was 'caught be- tween several and instantly killed L her head being crushed. It was some time' later that the body was found And It was late before the parents were notified. Consequently they were not able to leave until after dark. The inquest has been held and the funeral will be held tbursday. Co lumbia Record. A Wontan'Scftlped. At Covington, Ga., Mrs. X. W. Wor sham, wife of the superintendent ot the Covington cotton mills, suffered Tbursday from a distressing accident, as the result of which she may die. While in the basement of the mill her hair was caught in some belting of moving machinery^- and she., was scalped, the skin and hair being torn from her nose to the back of her neck. The machinery was stopped as soon as possible and she was rescued from her precarious position. Her condi tion is serious, and her-physlcians can not tell what may be the outcome, aside from the permanent disflgnre- osent. that his men bodies and th&ty two were known to be pinned under the wreckage on the east side of the building. Splendid work was done by the fire men, who at tbe risk of tliejr lives, crowded under tbe tangfed wreckage to rescue tbe imprisoned workmen. They were accompanied by Chaplain Smith of the fire departmeu;, who ad ministered tbe last rites of t hechurcb to several of tbe Injured. Harold Clark, a watchman, was rescued un hurt from the cellar after being im prisoned for four hours. He said that he left Frank Allison,, one of the owners and builders, on the ninth floor & few minutes before the crash. Patrick Murphy, the engineer of the hoisting engine, and six workmen Representatives of tbe district attor ney's office examined tbe wreck Wed nesday and began an Investigation to place the responsibility for the disaster. ' ■' ; State Campaign. State Chairman Wilie Jones has called a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Democartic party, to be held in Columbia on Tuesday evening, April 5th, In the office of the secre tary of •state. The state committee will fix the time for the state conven tion, at which delegatee will be elect ed to the national Democratic conven tion. -j ^ Give Up the Job Postmaster S. S. Parnell of Union Junction, Ark., has resigned beoanse He It Afraid of being killed by feudists. Four members of his family have been assassinated Within the past fifteen months, and he intends to bant a saf er clime. the friend of colored men, but he also was the friend of the southern white man and sympathized with ns in our race problems and race burdens, and that, sir, Is more than Mr. Roosevelt Heerns ever to have done.” Mr. Scott said he” accepted the iitatemi nt of Mr. Cleveland as true and off* red his apology to the former preside it. 4&-justice te himself, said Mr Scctt, he desired to say that he lever before heard the report dented. Mr. i wanson of Virginia asked Mr. Scott Ahere.hs had hea d the report, to whi3h Mr. Scott reiilled that he rad sem the statement in newspa- pere. J Mr. Swanson asked rurther for a copy of a newspaper containing the 8tatemm(.. Mr. Scott explained that * statements were made seveftl years ago aod the pape;s might not be easi y procured. ‘Hi said that he had made full apology to Mr. Cleve- land. ; . _ Mr. Scott added that he had nought to Mrdevelaod for the first i Ifrom for a few seasons, and we shall hear less of weevils, and less of appropria- tlon». / AN INSANE SOLDIER V alts the War Department Bhoota Down Two Boldlera. and time lb four years applause From tbe- Democ*atlc side. This was loudly applauded upon the majority side of the chamber. Mr. Williams, the m norlty leader, A Foolish Pair. A dispat $h to the Augusta Chron-1 ^argedjliat Mr. Roose :elt bad dined iole says JVillle Fine rer a lad of 13, anc Emma Mann, a little maid who boast of only'14 summers, the pair balling from Goldvilie, Ala., drove into We^t Point Ga., Thursday In a rather dilapidated turnout and creat ed astonishment by announcing their desire ’ to find a minister or justice Who would make them man and wife. Young Fincher said he bad tbe per mission of the girl’s parents as well as her own, but that tbe Alabama laws Interfered with his happiness. No one could be found who would tie the knot, and to make matters worse, the would-be groom found hlmsblf devoid Booker Washington to tarry tbe light of example to the south vhich does not believe- in social equal ty. When a question is raised, be sa d, against the appointment of a negro to positions in the south tbe statement Is made that there can be no discrimination on ac count of color; but, continued Mr. Williams, the administration would not appoint a Chinaman as a postmas ter-on tbe Pacific coast if he possessed the ability of LI Hung Change Mr Williams said the whole incident was a telling blow' at the abstract theory of general equality and that it “is a diiicovery' of the underlying hypro of funds. A purse was made up for j^ 5 ***? ^6 contention that all men the pair and they drove Into Harris county hoping to find some one to officiate at their wedding. , Deadly Brave Pin. . A special dispatch from Marion to The State says Mrs. E. B. Foxworth is dead as the result of picking a fever blister with a brass pin.. She Was apparently in good health when a small bibber appeared on her lip and she picked It with a pin, after which it festered' ahd blood poisoning 1 lowed. She suffered a great deal until death relieved her. Mr. Foxworth .was Miss Leola Baker, a daughter of Mr. B. B. Baker, and lived in the Centenary neighborhood, about 12 miles from Marion. She was a noble- hearted, Christian woman. Her unex pected death has oast a gloom over ths Unmarried-Womew Not Elllglble Ibr Kxniulnfttion, bat Wll be Given Preference If Their Hns- bnnde are Seleeted. The United States Civil Ssrvios Commission announces an examina tion on March 29-30, for tbe position of teacher In the Philippine Service, n formation baa been received from the Insula Bureau of the War Depart ment that 150 additional teachers will be required early, in J me. The salary oU this position ranges from $900 to 11,200 per annum and wi based upon the experience a id alive standing in the examination. Those appointed will be t llglble for promotion to tbe higher grt des In tbe ervlce, ranging from $900 to $2,000 or teachers, and from $1,500 to $2,- 500 for division superintendents. Women will not be admitted to this examination, excepted that the wives of male applicants will be permitted to take the examination and, if they pass will be preferred In appoint ments, provided their husbands are also selected tor appointment. This examination is held in view of tbe needs of the service and will not take the place of the examination aohedaie to be held on April 19. As peace has been established in _ .he Philippines and tbe conditions of iving afe improving every month, this examination affords an excellent opportunity for young men to enter an attractive service. Applicants for his examination should be devoted to their profession, and conscientious, energetic, and successful wot ken. Tbe examination will consist of ten obligatory, subjects. There will be no optional subjects given at this time. ~ Two days of seven houn each will je allowed for this examination. Tbe list flve subjects will be given on the flrot day, and ths remaining subjects on the second day. The examination will oonaist Qf tbe subjects mentioned below, which will be weighed u follows: Thesis (of not less than 300 words on either subjects given, to test knowledge of syntax, style, spelling, punctuation, and capitalisation) 12.5; penmanship (rated on thesis), 5; Arithmetic (as oontorised In the ordi nary grammar acnool text-hooks,) 12.6; English (as trpatsd in the ordi nary grammar school text-lmoks, in cluding analysis and parsing), 115; Geography (mathematical, physical and political) 10; Hiatory and civil gov ernment of the United States (as cov ered in the grammar school text-hooks aodthe OoutitutiOD of tbe United.. States), 12.6; Physiology and hygfoe (as found in the grammar school text books), 7.6f Natuaral study and draw- log.(Involving a knowledge of the de velopment, growth, habits, and pecu liarities of the more common anlmals and plants, methods of interesting pupils in ths study of the same, and skill in tbe execution of Illustrative drafting), 7.6; Science of teaching (ooraprtalag school government, meth- NO 24 —'kt Waihlngton armed with a 38 ct Ibre icvolver, Wm. J. O’Brien al as Wm Duffy, an Insane discharged m idler Thursday entered the war de p; rtment and going to room 227 in tt 3 mall and record division, shot R bert J. Manning, a messenger, and Atthur Wlecker, a clerk. Miss Emma Saxton, aaotber clerk, barely missed being shut through tbe head. Tho In.ury to Manning is on the right Side Juiitabovo.the kidneys and is regarded asdangenus. Wlecker was shot in jthe left a :m above the elbow. Beforo the manli^s could fire a third time b; wls overt owered by James J. Dawson; a messenger. It required the oom- bined stn ngth of half a dozen men t> tii ally si bdtie the man. 1‘rgm nen , among them was Lieyt. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, ohlef-of-staff. Tbe lunati; still held the smoking weapon in, hi* hand whin Gen. Chaffee noticed it and with his left ba,nd took the wea pon from him and also the papers in his pockei. M&Js. Kean and Ireland, of the surgeon general’s staff, were hastily Sint for and gave first aid t) the injured men before they were taken to the Emergency hospital. O'Brien or Duffy in talking to Charles Brandt, tbe chief of tbe divi sion, expressed dissatisfaction witb bis discharge papers. Then without a word of warning he drew the pistol from his pocket and aimed it directly at Brandt’s head. Brandt ducked and ods of teaching, duties of the teacher, etc.,) 10; Expsrienor, training, and fitness (rated on Form 2), 10; total, 100 ■ Age limit, 20 yean; hot preference In lertiflcation will be given to. those who are under 40 yean of age. Each applicant will be required to submit to the exatoiner, dn the day he is examined, a recent photograph, not more than three yean oil, of hfm- aetf, which will be filed with his ex amination papers, aa a means of iden tification in case he receives appoint ment. An unmounted photograph is preferred. The date, place and kind of examination, ths examination num ber, nid the year in which 5he photo graph was' taken afiould tx Indicated on the photograph. * This examination la open to all citi zens of the United States who com ply with the requirements, and offara an exoellent 'opportunity to enter a service which has many attractive features and to see a most interesting part of the world, China and Japan are near at hand and are favorite places to visit during vacations. Tbs Philippine Service is classified, and the law oontemplates promotions on the basis of merit from the lowest to the highest position. Appointees will be required to pay their expenses from their bomaato Manila. „ Persons who dealqe. to compete -Ki are socially equal, regardless of color, race, traits and tendencies.” Mr. Scott desired to know who had been asserting social equality “I have underetood." replied Mr. Williams, “that the political theory of your household political faith for the last 20 years has been that men, regardless of color, race, traits, ten dencies, characteristics, capabilities or what-not ought to be strictly equal politically^ and said social equality mbit follow. -.-^1 i “But that is not all, the bead al your party set the example 'Of'aoclal equality in the only manner it can be set by inviting a black man tort 'teWe. ,r " ''u 1 Mr. Williams said that if what the president had done waa not to carry Saxton and fired. She, too, dodged and tbe bullet struck Manning. O’Brien was taken to the police station, it requiring four men to get biih out of the building. O’Brien was admitted to SL Elizabeth’s asy lum in 1893. He later was paroled but returned in 1897. He served^ in the Sixth cavalry and Third artillery. the bullet entered the arm of WieckeCJlMbiird apply for appuj^ton hliflakvafi —- He then turned the weapon on Min on®®- the light of example it waa done for community and caused sorrow in many I no purpose at all. ^ hearts. r | It was an unconscious exhibition, jr Hetpe Japan. • This Turkish government has resolv ed to forcibly prevent the Ruaeia Black sea fleet from passing through the Dardanella, and a fight will prob ably occur should such an attempt be made. The defenses along the straits have' Been strengthened and mines have been laid. An officer has also been appointed especially to supervise defensive measures. The reason for Turkey’s bold action, it is learned, is that strong representations have been made by the powen against such a breach of Russia’s treaty obligations. Good fbr the Governor. - - A dispatch from Greenville to Tbe State sen a big cocking main was in terrupted Thursday by Sheriff J. D. > Gilreath, acting under instructions from Gov. Heyward, and there was great disappointment in the crowd cambering 150 who had ooaae from North Carolina, Georgia and various polnta in this section. Tberendevons waa nearly flve miles from the city, al Me Bee distillery, and the oxk fight ing was about to begin Wh3n *“ Gilreath and his deput the ground, whleb < sternation a large os woods literally. A sent immediately te I advice, and when consul ted this i all that the i ■tractions s .S! courier harried I