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I THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE. I _______ . _______________ VOL 1. BATESBUHG, S. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1901. xo 4<> THE NEW DOCTRINE Hi Preached by ftenatcr Mclau In In V'( k TKE COMMERCIAL AC E W HH ^^B Me Says Further Industrial Dtic valopmont lathe Rul'rg q j?s- lh WM tlnn With AH Civil Z d ?' BB U N.-,tl'n? At tho annusl dinDcr of the Now York ohamber of ccintnrroe held Tuesday evenirg Soorctary II?y v as the #I1 B| prinoipal speaker. w. Senator John L. Mc Laurie of Sou'h 0c Carolina spoke to the sonlimoLt: The L)i ^^B Monroo doctiioo of tto Twentieth ocn foi B B Tho senator do.dared that the ru'.ing question today with all cation*, and oh odo to which nil political questions are he rubordiuatcd is, ' What can wo do to iy Bl farther industrial development and oh- Wi H tain substantial buaineBB prosperity?" thi Speaking of the prcmu'gatiou by' the an ir.fn.nf rpr.nKlirt" of tlm .. A i\ f trice, he said thct "aDy othrr policy th would have wrecked tur government co and been ae insurmountable barrier to our national growth, i ro3penty and ea || progress." gri | Now that wo have bcromo ".ho bo greatest ex; ort cation of tho world," tL tbo "mightiest potentiality on earth at for progress, civilization and human (Jli freedom," wo can ' no longer oonfi 10 cf our institutions and cur destiny to this ph continent, but arc comp-lltCl by unoon- Mj tTollable events to seek fratomitv with uk other nations a; d to icacb cui for new , ohanncls of trado. cf "Tfco Spanish war w.is tho occasion, a f ootfhocaurc. Tlo report, f Dawey's in; cannon in Manila bay was b"t the for o :i oral annoucccnient to ibo world of uo ). what you o?.il on your programme, 't!u ph Twentieth century Monroe dootrinr,' i.>i but which 1 call tho 'M.K'dlry don i'. trine," and as such it will be known to "V v future ages ' urn J Senator MoLaurin eluoida'ed ihc MoKinley doctrir.o to be a follows: }' "First, tfcat as our own uunifolr to ,<2 duotions largely txoerded homo con mr Bumption the expansion of territory, hei trade and ce mmetoc was tho only means \\ j of creating markets for cur surplus is t products. j0I "Second, that as a nation with a firmly established constitutional gov ernmun: arid enlarged national rb'igatioDS, wc could uo longer abstain from ^^^^^^*p?.rtioipw.ii>u iu the affair the j, M- bu: ELU-jt dootrino .flat no govrrnn at < j the Anrcricar. < I with or ocntrolh .. by ar.j Fur . .al. j I " power, yet we mu t ft P relations with t^en rr bo prepa r acck and control iu: si ,.rc of the trade :c" f of the world. rf# ' "Fourth, that wo should not and '-joould not as a nation palely shrink J from tho full performance of all tho ro iro sponsibiliiics oa?t upon rs, but a uit n'rnovo forward tc tho fulfi lment of our jy > national destiny ittf "The propesi ions cmhrac d in <hi< !t * dootrine," ea:u tbo speaker, "will ho 10 lct the Twentieth century what tho Mon tut roe doctrine was to tho Nineteenth j If. as a nalifln. wn wrinkl p i m ?1 1 slii commercial fruits wo Deed and dee-re, , wo must, like individuals, make ua j ihi tional ventures and hcroio tfforis." wt Senator MoLaurio declared tho frin- tkfi oiple.i cmbraccdiu the "Mc hiinley doe- 'or trino" to be tho only ones which prom ?d i iso the stabi'ity rf rvi-i T-t tb ' i full accon piifi Uitoi ?.! i.ur i - ioi el IUdostiny. li o j udiatcd that this <Ioo 1Ll trice is to b < "our chart a^d compass cci until wo complete another cy ch ir. r i v tional lifo and ariiher movement to be made onv ard ar d u|)*Rid." ' > Tho speaker tj>;ko cf reciprocity on treaiics a-; ouo of the features of this ex | twentieth oontury Monroe doorriao and & dtlincd th< ir price'i le to be that trade <-d is not to bo free on one Bide and n iter foi cd on tho olhtr; that goods arc not to bo taken from a foreign country free of duty or at a lev rate, un'eis 'hat [ country take somethii g from u.-i frtu of duty or at leas.t at a low rale. '1 "What wo need in tlis country to 8C' day," baid the senator, "is a non parti- bt san patriotic m and statra manship, more 3|' devoted to the building up o? 01 r com mon country than to j arty tuccess * '& Great national ictuis. involving the bu glory of curriiublic and its mum un pliant success, as a iict constitution, a' tui government, feh?.u!d net be dwarfed into seotionaJ and | ariisan questions. ot Lot us staDd abou'der to shouldt r, gcod mi Americans, nouiaturwlat our politics *h or what our stc'ioc." wt In conclusion Sera'.or MdAurin l'l said: th "All si^na tl at cur modern civil.zilion ,'b apiinachiDg rue of thoso mo- fC ^ mentend crit es ?hat -N B in the history of iho human race. An bt B tagonistio elementi il force are be at work. It a i me as if ?j roj B pointed to America as the final battle J? B ground hotween < rror and truth, and it m B may bo that we ero near tlai field of 1 B Armrnageddon dii painttr, where the brute i a'.uro of man and Lis immortal t c ul should join in B. the great battle, which . o tells ne shall precede the lawn that era of 'peat- ou earth s:.,: gocd will to ward lnnri ' Governor cleot Albert M. ( bin m.nof 10*7 4 followed S * 04 or >lcL.urm Mr. Cummii s raid thero i-> a feeling in 0 this oouDtrv that indutiiru-l oou bin* Vl tiooa wreieodirg it dr.I' ti w.r;l BOO h nopolion. Not a word c- uio b.<?aid, be i declared, ae, ioftt industrial ootnbina- ' lions, but a monopoly wih <tuite a dr feront ib tig ftoio it.c ustnai or. b.t ations. Ho raid there iro two f'. -ci to 111 rcgulato prio'a ore conij elision art tho other regulation bv -'aw "I know," s*id Mr Cummin*, " hat tho people of thir* country toll r.ot stand for industrial mo. opoly any n ore (j than they would f( r a inonirohial forui r i of government. If wo rirh tpre"'t v n the manhood rf oor oil r mump tlie time will cou e when it wtii be nonfH , r sary to nationalize ih< tier s w'. . r ato now agitating tho public mi; d in ,i this parlioula: domain " tl The last speaker of the i ven nc w?n tfl tho Rev. Dr. Dono d ^?go Maokay, who responded to tho toast "Tho higher ,\ ideal of oivio lightocusncsa." In *\ i A REVOLTING CRIME. j; 1 Inhuman Mother Accrued of Killing Her Child. D< The polioo of Hoboken, N. J , are vestigating the mystery of tho death five-year-old Eiralino Dalo, who died edncsday of etryohnino poisoning iu oboken. Tho oliild was tho diughtor Harvov 9. Dale, mauagor of ? lifo pr suranoo agency in Cbiotgo. Mrs. ;lo arrived at Basoh's kotoi Saturday ;bt. According to statements inado her, ehe has not boon focling well d Lad been taking stryohnino tab :s. Monday night, sho said, sho left ft tultlflH oil * it r->n. inn . . V, 1.. - - - ? - ?uu j . iilc she was asleep h.r child arcso a ?tu three of them, thinking they ! :n ro evedy. "H<r ones awoke, mo,' a" ntii'Ui d Mrs. Dale, "and i. summoned rot k Kudlich." Dr. Kcdtiob, who flaw tLo child bo n>c re and after death, said: c?' "I was sumiconed to attend tho ?f iid at midnight aud remained with 'r< r two hours, whan she had complete reoovorod and t??< fro iokin; around e room At 3 o'clock I was toid over of 0 tek phone that tho child was dead 6}h d 1 again wunttnibo hotel. Mrs. 1,0 do tend mo that thortly after L left 6Cfi e child's hands and feet began to got erc id and that deaib soon followed." Te(l County Pbysioian Cocvcrte, who was lied in to view tbo body, Cioined to tut a burial porrnu aud tho child's Ho dy was bald at tbo hotel pending *u' i- rcruit of tho pohco investigation d the arrival of the fa:hcr from del iieago Mrs. Dalo was a Miss Howe '*rl New Vera c.iy. Her father was a 'nK ysician who left an estate frcm which s. Dale received auiccrme of $200 a bac >Lth Mrs. Dalo wa i arrested on a charge icc murder. Kiward Waller, raid to be ' react ef Mrs. Dale, was also taken A o custody, nut not under the murder .7? irge. Mrs. D do oid not f-ho vany ur-ual emotion when li e detectives wd her under atrcst until tha was <-'01 d 'v'aii.r, who had just arrived from rct ' adiTphia, had Leon koked up. " ^ Veil, it he's under arrest then take 1, too." Ha I'oJioo Capt. Hayes and Acsiptaat ^V1 0 uu'or Viokcrs questioned her at ?f;t igth, after which 11 wrs dee ded Jn( it she bo kept under polioo guard at ' r rcoui in Lor hotel until morning ishr was krpt in tho leek up ?nd it ^"1 ihe intention to ^rraigt tho two bo ^(r e tbo recorder in tho mornicg. Hoi Twenty-Two Perished. 'V? Ad IVhat is likely to prove tho moBt dis- si ercus accident that 1 an ever occur- Hr.i id & m ihloe mire in Colorado, re- EJ| ; d \\'?.doesday Iron* a firo, which En ' hu. ui?" at thn mouth of *0!) i Lul.iou u:nci, through which ?.uo ilil u? .::tr Uci.oo mice is worked and Ad iur v. ii.ch li.lod tho mice with Poo tclj j-'juj SQ(inu ko. It is ltupibsi- Hal to give- tveo an approximate tf tho 'J s ol life, Lut it is behoved it will We oh nearly, it* not quite 100. Twee- Po< two are kno-n to have perished. P:c 0 tiro started early this morning J ! m a dofio.ivo Hue i tho bunk house dan the mourn of in? iuui>el. It quick sou (StUiii.u.ii attd Him tho other build Tol ;s. ih.o d cte HiDcko from tho turn- I ; converter house, which was saiuTa- Ell L wiih o.i bey at: pouring into the bis mcl, wuich wuh tho shafts of the Oil uo ao?od as a chimney. The day rcn itt of -UO lutD had just goDo on duty Ho 1 biforo they oouid be warned of Uc lr danger tho levc.s and the (dopes HI ro ti ltd wiih gas. As soon as the I n became aware of their danger, cf- Jn< ts wire made to reach tho surface Lai rough various exits and about half of l'iu bo ir, the uiiro esc?p d. It w:ll he cbr ; veeibie ui ascertain tho number sliii K t tho mite for sovcril houis, on ac We uuc e i tho gas in 8om0 of tho levels. Pot vt'otteu of ihc 112 bodies found were dej icd on the seventh level. Between S and 'JO nieh vcro working on the lih| ath level and this lias not yet been 11 ' pier d. On account tf tho gas aud J'at iokc, these levels could not bo entir vill because of the danger of sulfoca'ion 0 12 bturs af.er tho tltines started. Fie I)j A Horrible Death. ^ A few moments after midnight Lo: mrsday an unknown man threw him- ku It into oco of the furnaoes at Schocn- Sui rgcr s mills, Fourteenth ant 10 ua Cri ects, Pittsburg, l'a. Almost his i n nar i btuy was roastid beyond identih- E too, his left loot being tho only i>art t disfigured. A few moments befo e idmgLii the man was pico to enter the i ill) arc & and stand at tho foot of the ost rating c<gc which cairics ore and AQ her tuppliOB for tho furni c j. Ttio l0 aiiHQt liiat a warnirg was sounded for L)0 o cigo to asound with its load three dul irkmcn saw tho buic do jump on tho hjr atfcroj ard stand within a ftw feel of cm. lie was pul.cd oui about thrco aot iiiU.cs tator, every part of his body ex, ccuibling a piece ot half cooked meat. jnr o one csn icuiember having seen hioi in ioie. It la piobabto ho will never ma identified. i ho bedy wa-> rtmove d tf1( the morgue. Tho man wat atout d.j fy ara of ag?a, modium height, taooy fro ouetaoho at d apparent y at. American, e woiu hlaik laced btioea. Twenty Eskimos Arrive. Pi Twenty K-kimcri a-d their dogs 1 avo "'J rivid -n tho oity and are at tho mid- . ly od tho exposition grounds ThjK. ^ mo vilUgo will he ouo of tho uiany ^ trselio s on t c midway durirg the tj'tsiiijD. 'f t o KdirniN attraotod 'h?i<'craMo attcotion upon their a: ri il, ana when it was learned in I ho city | n ?t they hkd gor.o into I uipoiary vt is erj a. too exposition grounds a Y, go crowd of jeop'o wem ou;. to the lvcrv City" to nk a Eok at the tnos, who cud bo seen oiad in fur lits vVki f ab .ut the grounds ?Oaiston Post. The Iconoclasts. "j The nan who has discovered that (). en Putnam never rode down thai on cky pr? cipieo to cicapo from tho oe ritith ought to be suj prersod. Tha' u one of tho ira'.icnab'e beliefs of Am lie icar , and wj have no patieroo with ay o niin who would disprove it. Next i^r ing wo know pomeholy will prove ?p at tl < ro was no P*ul Keveio, no lias we ii tea par'y, and wo know not what Tf r xt. Wo hrd rather boiiivo a fow lies fo an have all tho traditions of obiid *."> [rod dispelled. tltl OR BETTER ROADbT ilvgatc* Appo nwd tolb? Orwr* viil? Corv?r>1icn If COVFRNOR McSWEENEY, cm Ihi 8'a*? at Lagn pz Well as Frcm Each OJstric*. Tha Narr;*s ct Thrss Wh> A-? Appo ntad. In rcsponso to the request of Former "utcnatit Uovrrcor Manldin, ohairin of the committee on invitation and acKeruci tR for the big S ate good ids kathering it in propom d to hold Greet rilie about tho middlo of next mth, Gov. MeSwconoy Tuesday an jnoed tho ?ppointuient of a number delegates from the State at large and m oaoh of the congressional districts, rbo governor sa.v? that ho has al ye felt a deep interest in the sul jeot good roads, and hopes in this in nee to bo able to attend tho co.'iveD n in p> rson and note the ideas suited by tie experts fish tho South i good toads train Ho will alo bv a- st address an tffi:ia; mvita'ion to itc Geologist Holmes of North Caro a to cjoio to this gathering. Mr. Imcs has already dote much for tho 'ding of good reads in this Stat<>. The governor in the selection cf tho egatt s has, ho pa; s, been guided gely by his dpi ire to tconro men ficl an inttrort in the wotk, men wbo ?M attend th.\ gathering and e?rrj k to their several counties tho id'-a3 bo presented by tloso giving tho obt lessons. t'ho delegates named aro ss foll tws: .t Large?Gen M C Butler, Edgefield; r Joo C ShepjaH, Eduefild, Ear!'" an, 8'ato gcclcgibt; Gcu Edward Crad), Uharles'.cD; F II Hyatt, umbia, .1 D Al Sha?, Lau W S King, Darliogtoo, Col 11 A atson, Saluda; .Jno B Cleveland, rtanburg; (.'apt A A Brown^n*, mptor; T S Williams, Saluda; W L> ?ns, Marlboro; C S MoCall, Ben tsville, J II Wharton, Wrlerloo; ) C Mobley, Winntborc; and Capt >tnas Wi ion, Salem i*iret J > rict?W P Cantwoll, J gcr Smr h, Clarle??on; W F Sauns, Biaufort; Nathan F Taylor, kolei; JB B Chandler, Kingsireo; W R quio, Sr, Georgo'.own; W 1> rgan, Georgetown; W Newton Jones, am's Hun. !eoo> d District?James M Bell, Jr., If y Matthews, Sa'uda; W W A'-aw*. it fluid, Jno Id Eidsno, Aiken; P A nut), Aiktn; J F Goedtr.g, LUmp ; K J Bruci. B&mbrrc; Wa?hiigton TO!'', tir- . .?*, ?-? 0?Mkl . ten; W 11 Parks, Parksvilie;^ W j n aiicd, o&;uo&; cci w iufcuigia, tjj p 1 n 'bira Di-t'iot?J N Nichols, Dae Bt; J N Vfttdiver; Anderson; S M >1, Westminister; D D Slovene, kens; Jno M Schumpcrt, Newbeiry; >1 M?jjr?, Greenwood; D A i* Jori, Greenwiod; .) N Sullivan, Ard*r ; W J Stribbiing, Oooneo, acd C F icy, Anderson. i'oarth l)i tiiot?S P O* , J L;in, F S Karle, D U i)o Vi, Oo'u ; Maobeth Young, Ld' l, A;c li vert, Spirtauburg; J 0 liiol io, L*i? t; J 8 Drumtuood, Laurent; ,) lj well, Campobollo; T .) Bedonbaugh, ion; Adam H Hood, Winneboro; ) [jOoDBid, S; artaoburg. 'ifth District?J C Wilborn, Yoik; j F Gtrdon, k'orkville; W C] Caskey, aoaster; L A Wittkowsky, J B elps, Cam''on; Li Roy Sprints, Lanier; T A Piawfor , 11 >ck Hill, Jobn 'uip, Chester; 10 tl Do Camp, ?J B ilchcli, Gitfnty; K M .Jolly, Grassy nd; A VY Live, C f.? r; W J lt;d r, Hock II all. Sixth l).a; rot?W A D.wling, D?rz'.on; James St'.ckhonsc, Marion; D fiaxior, Timuionsvillc ; J F Bolton, tum'i; 1> 1) MoColl, .1 r., Bencottsi , E 1' K?ng, Cheeietb J ; Thomas 0#cns, Manning; A B McBrydo. ircncc; Jos. Todd, Conway; .1 T eLr, Marion; M E Coward, W V? oro, Bcnnettsville kvjnth Distriot ? F J D Folder, no Star; N F Taylci, Hugor'?; .1 H light, Summery lit; W H Knight mincrvilh ; W II Seed, Sumter; 1' 11 JBs, L . xingtcn; Harry Adam?, Con ec, J C Jacques, Wnltcrboro; Dr A WiilittuB, (Jottagcvllc. The Uospel Truth. Fay j our dc bis n you ca ; and if you u, go aud too jour erioiior and make honest, straigliifi rw ?r 1 statement him of you. condition and prospects n't wait for him to see you; don't igo him on tho stree e; don't avoid n in a crowd, for ho of ail others is i man you ought to see, at d you oid I feel yourself to be s in?n tnthn full ent ol the word until jou have met u with your head erect, looked him the faco aid talked to him liko a id. There i-inothirg tha will take i manhood out of one faster and uioro cc uatiy than dodging and hiding m a creditor.?Oifiney Ledger. ile Knows It All. Tto breadth and depth or inind cf erode ut Kltot of llarvaid were strik Ay displayed in a spctch ho made the acr day in iiostoD, ta>? the Alhao-. toning Journal. In little uo<e ('.an hour ho discussed st. j c s raDging tin foot ball to uiuui jipal ownership b'.rtoi railways. 111 talked on mar gc for o >5, money, on tho K jroptao a ant w,ui>n working in tho fio'dr, tho froo silver and d.TjroeB. 'Ihj ncty of i n subj?o s was amai'ng. it they ail wire handled in an expert d masterly way. And moreover, he s praoticil an i ooovinoiug. Railroad Earning. Aooording to compilations by tho Fioial Chiouiolo, tho gross earnings lt)5 railroads tn tho United States in jtnbcr aovreca id 177,583,00(1, an inane of $8,232,000, or nearlv 12 por nt. Tho earnings of the Northw-s n group wrn lomtiitod by tho avy spring wheat j ield, while otlu r stems had to ojnt'-nd with a a nailer oduonon of oorn, barlry and oats. In ito of thcootton shortage, the South jstorn group increased 10 per cent. io gain in gross earnings o' lOOroade r tho ten months to November 1 is 8,273,000, with the total $024,040,0. j RBPUBLICANJ AT ODDS. Serious Discussions May Occur in the Coming Congress. A dispatoh from Washington says unusual interest in tho ocming session of Congress is being manifested in advanoo of tho assembling of tho Houso and Senate. Public men aro discussing with great eagerness tho many important qno'-lioQB pending and whioh will o juio up ftr ojesidoration during the winter and spring months. The faot that there aro wide difforcnoeH of opinion over those questions in tho party in po ver adds to *hc in terest of tbo occasion and draws atten turn to the viowb of iimiooatm'tnxrs of ibc uitiopi.1 itfif Uiuro as they reach tho oi'y. It looks a little now as if tho tables u iitht bo tumtd and tho tpiru of dinFtaaion transferred from tho Damjciatio side of the Ilouso to the Hepub lioan benohee. Tho Uapublio&as ato pretty badly t *rn up ever tho qucutions of tariff revision, reciprocity, war tax reduct'oo and -hip subsidies. Therois this difference between them and tho Dcinoorata, however?it is possiblo to bold ? caucus and harmonixo their con dieting opinions in a defiuito policy, which would bo eorupuUusl7 followed when onoo decided upon. Signs uiultii 1/ that tho ship tubiidy bill, proposrd pv Senator Fryo and backed by Senator llanoa. will meet with vigorous opposition in Republican quarters. Trouble is browing for tho b.ll in sovirai State delegations. Iudiana and Wisconsin furnish tho most oonsp'nuous examples, but opponents of tho bill arc scattered generally through tho Wcstoru d .-legations. Some Republican representatives io privato convorsatiou declare positively that tho bill shall not booomoalaw. Representative Burton of the Cle-c lard, Ohio, district, Sena'or Hanna s own bailiwick, who is one of the prom iDeot UepubMcana of iho House aud will bo ohbuuitu of the rivers aud h?r ' bors committee, is outspoken against j the ship subsidy bill. Some Wobtern representatives who havo arrived in tho past few days say i >n private conversation that they fear . there will bo a tendency on tho part of j this blouse to be extravagant in appro ! priations they report that there is g ; feeling of that kind among their o stituonoio.*, and say that extravagance while keeping up hoavy inUrnai revc. ; nuo taxes, will ceitainly bo roscmod !" . the pocp'e in tho Congressional el?0 > tionu next fall. A Postotlice liobbed. The safe in iho poo'cHno at Jcr. 'j viilo was blown open Wednesday r f k and $200 iu Htamjs aud o??n * ? taken the town marshal had r. i h '^o robbers, who escaped. < P i -- 3 fu ' Bros. AOoUt a month ago this 'J was broken open and robbed. N J Marshall Claude Walker was about )0< iatds from tho store when ho hcaro trj explosion, lie hurried to the store aa* found three men whom fco ir.rd ti> arrest. After a fight with pis?t-.o ^Ije men getaway, starting in the dtraoijju f Union. Dynamite hod Lsen used ijo getting tho safe open. Three Strang- ri, wLiso bu?in ss was nut discovered* .ere seen about tho town jestcrdaf. Bafo bioaing ties become as common As oh ckeu ticaiii.g in iho u;country. Soarcoly a smalt town has esoapod in the last year. Tho impression is do cided that a gang 19 at work, but bo for uo oluo has boeu fuund and no one has s.'en ihe robbers unul last night. Safes litvo boen blown in Pacolct, Fair Forest, Wollford and Couvorso. Two attemp's hsvo been made on Benson's a?oro at Woliford. A later report from Jocobvillo says tho amount ukeu from tho sale was #400. The 6afo win ruined. No oco was hurt in the fight between the watchman and tho robbtrj ? Spartanburg Journal. Negro ut tho North. It was to 1 avo been fxpeolou that northern papois weird wax wroth and grow bitterly taroasuo in replying to southern stiiOiur.ti upon the president for untcrtaiuing Bootcer T. Washington at dinner. But the taut!.era papers are replying by asking some pertinent quostions and citing some pertincDt tacts. Thoy point out the faot that northern love for the negro is confined to election day. How many business offices in tho north employ ncgroolerka? Ilow many negro trainmen are employed on northern railways? Hjw utary negroes have been appointed to postmasurships in tbo north? How many northern states havo elected negro senators or congress men? How many nogro meohanics are employed in northern mills auu factories a.oegsido white moohanios? North he is limilod to the position of porter iu hotols and on trains, or to wuitcrships in hotols and restaurants. Is there a uegro linotypo opt rator on any great daily newspaper in tho north that is so roucdly doLoucotog tho south for itw attitu:o toward tho Roosevelt-Washington dinner incident? Docs any one of theso northern Republican daily newspaper) employ a negro pressman, a nogro rcoortor or a negro city editor? Somo of tboso days ILo ncgio will realize that he has nothing to gain from tho alleged friendship of men who seek to uso him for politicil purposes only.?Tho Commoner. Schley Declines. Followitig tbo roporl that the oourt or ii nairy would cost Admiral Sohloy $20,0U0 tho Kooxvillo Sentinel on Nov. Id sort tho admiral a dispatch asking if he wouM ooniont to publio subscrtp lions to | ?y the amount. WcdnisUy The Sentinel ro-ioivtd a personal letti.from Admiral Schley, tho purport of which was that bo cannot accept th? otlor. lie nays tho report as to h oost is a mUtako as tho amount is cot so great. Ho suggests that the matter is "too delicate to discuss," and tru* h that his frionds ' will appreciate hi* position and respect it." A King's Bed. It is not every Ann riaan millionaire who can droani of his increasing wealth whilo lying upon a bed upou whi rh onoe rested the form of a king Vol tho other day a full bedroom suit o! ash an! olivcwrood, ono) used by 0 arl A sold to a wealthy Am orican for $5t)0, a low price when the slO ri<- I a .uoiations of the furniture U koj iat> o>Qtidcration . ISs TO KILL MICE.; i Agricultural D?par?m?nt Find* Al'y in tha Phslipplnss. ST?NO? OF THE LITTLE lns#ct Said to Qa Poisonous to ths 5mill Ailmals Will 3oln!rcduc?d Into This C untry. The agricultural department e.t Washing >n id to make a determined atttck upontho Amcrioan field mom o. His extermination in o.rtain iooalitios lias been resolved upon and the Philippine bu .ibluboo is to be brought into eervico 3 tho executioner. Ibis was tho statement made b7 Prof. (1. H Riley, of tho department, who pa?sod through Ohiuigi last week en route to San Franoisro and the Pilippines. Prof, lliloy, of tho division of entomology, will devote a year in ?he Philippines to thestuiy of bugaaud iv so^ts of tho arohipoiago. Too "'hu liming bird" bum^lcbco of the Philip pines w ll bo ouoof the main objects of his inquiry. It is planned to import tho big bco of tho Philippines into tho United States that ho may make war upon tho Amryican hold mouse, a rodent which has caused tho farmers of the country a loss of thousands of dollars. '"It is an oM Baying among farmers," raid Prof. Uiloy, reports a Chicago papjr, "that wheo there is plenty of ?< 07cr there aro lots t_f bumblebees. What tho farmer really'mcatiS is that '?> en there aro lots of humblobeos there < plenty of olover. Ho mieht carry bis logic further by saying that when . Id mice arc source there a<*o plenty of j I'.'mblebees, and that when iboro art twenty of eats tbero aro few field mice. "In order to save tho olovor or?pa >f tho oountry tho agricultural depvrtment has tho ehoioo of fwo things, to itare&sethe number of oats in tho country, which will destroy the Geld mouse, or to Uko away from tbo rodent h's supply winter food Hither method if successful would result in a gain of i ihouennds of do.Urn to tho farmers. The Geld mouse is very fond of bum bitbeo honey and novor 1 a >s an op- ( portuuity to deprivs the inroct of the rewaids of his work. The honey taken away from the tumblckeo oausos him ' to perish iu the winter tirno. Hence a short olover crop for tho bumh'.obuo is a carrier of pollon from one clover : am to another. Thus whtn there ' nr. lots of bumblebees o over comes to ^perfection. If tuo fijld mouse Las do f roved tho bumblobco thero is no ;n u-or lime muu In , logiy. This is not on y true of oiovcr, bu many other plnute. ' Wo hold that tho bumble bco is valuable membor of insect eooiety and t it tho fi.'id m.u:c is a Wi.r>hlo?3 se.uip who likes a good dinner but docs not want to work for it. '"The Philippine bumh:cbeo is an entirely ditfirrnl itjsoot froiu bis Ami riear. oou.in. He is fu:ly as iso's and a half long and looks like a small bird, iio is lull of nu.Aness and ha, nj fear of euoh a small animal a? tho Geld mouse. Ho is a harmlets fellov: when K t atone, but his sting ii deadly to euialkr forius of aoimal lite, lie will Gght for his own with the tcnaoity of a pugilist and anv uuanrnnnlftiia fi. ' ninis?/? mv-.t nc --1 >-.-L his domain will have to tight tor everything ho gets. "A fiild mouso after rcoeiviog the sting of a Philippine bumblebee would much rceemb'.e tho wrecked appearance of bocuo or our college boys after the Thanksgiving football came, lie wcu.d have to lay up for repairs. ' It is tho iutCQtien of tho agricultural department to iotroduoo this bco into tho Uoittd Slates if ohumio conditions will permit. Ilo will bo' aont to tho warmer part3 of tho oouotry at hrat, whero ho may gradually become hardened to tho more eevore climate. It in then hoped he will grow and spread until he covers tho cntiro country. Tho department has its eye upon other instois in tho Philippines wnich may prove of value to agricultural inter cata. There aro several varieties of honey bcea which will bo given a trial. A tp. cies of tree toad, which has a dially antipathy for certain kinds of oiirua insects, will be introduced into southern Ca itorais with tho hope that itmay bo useful in the extermination of the black or armored scale, whion has caused so great a loss to fruit growing interests of lato years." Negro Coach Line. Tho nogrocs of Jacksonville, Fia , who oonstituc bid per cent of the popu laiion, havo instituted a close boycott against tho Jaoksonvillo street railway system on account of a recent ordinance by city council whioh separates tho races on tho oars and gives to tho oonduotor and inotorman police auihori ly in enforcing it. Several mass meet ings havo b en hold by the negroes, a; u soino discr.cr has resulted. Af a big mass meeting th* negroes decided to incorporate ? company for thj j urpose of operating a Bjs.em of fctajr ooaohes to bo used cxoluB.vsly for do pro travel. It ts prcpotol to put 2,000 Bhares of stcok oo the mark , t, to . 0 rold to the negroes, the enterprise to bo managed by cdod cf that race. Tho botlor elomeot cf negroes eppoao aoy violoooo in tho enfjreajont of this boy oott, but despito this opposition of 1)10 loader* cars havo boon shot into on mors than oco oooasion. Counoilman . Wotuioro, who .? a no^ro, ta>8 a bill to repeal tho oroinancj will bo introduced at tl 0 ntxt nicotic g of thooouu oil. A Richmond Mystery. Tho vcrdiot of tho coroner'# jury, in tho oaso of John W. Scott, the young olub and society man who was found ! Itorribly br.aton in tho doorway of a wes* end Ktohmond, Va , reeidonoo ono night last wock and who died without regaining consciousness w*? rendered Wed nosday. The Voidtot was that Mr. , S.tott's injuries veto infl otod by a weapon in the hand* cf noiac person unknown to the jury. Id other woids ! that he was murdered. Tito afTair ojo tinuca a deep mystery, and is exoitiog the greatest interest. , ENVELOPED IN POO. Two Men Killed Outright end Nun hers Seriously Injured. The densest fog ever experienced ii Chicago caused numerous collisions be twoen trains early Wednesday. Ii these collisions two men wero killed t.ro were so badly injared that the; will probably notreoovor and 15 other wore seriontly hurt. Scores ot others tho poiioo say, wero injured iu tnino sooid'.ms, dae to tho fog, but as thej wero able to assist ihcmaelv .Bcocfficia rc? oris wero maco. Tho inoro serious ao/iieuts ooourro( on tbo Mctropoiitan and tho Laks a ? ? o.roos wevj -1 rials. Uo'.liiiins bo twceti v hides aad ftreet oari wer< frequent bull while a great number o people wtro irlured bv ihcra, nono o the iijaros iooapaoitated them ?j< tho dauisgi was chiitl/ to the oollid in* oiij Din themselves. The fog t.t an early hour was so thiol thai jersoci standiig'on tho eidowalki couid soaron'y distinguish stieot oari pasting within a few feet <?f them auc motor men kept thuir g ?ogs clanging r constant warning Ths collision on tho Mo'.r ipolitar wai between tra; us gong tno sami *?/, an wij the ca-e in otbor acoi d uts. B >ea trains were crowded passengers otanuiug on the real platforuii. On tno first train those wcro almost tho only ones to suffer. The motorman slowed up gjing around a curve and whilo waiuur for a signa to iuoroaso speed tho liumboldt Park ezprvea train ora.-hed into tho roar eat without w* icing. Thomas Meeny vat killed. On tho Lake Street Elevated tbo accident was almost exactly similar. The people injured tvero 6taoding on the rear platform with thoexioption of the motorman, BduQD, on the roar train, lio said ho did not soo tho train ahead until too !a'o. Later in ih-> day news of another collision which had ooourmd on tbo Metropolitan, h-joama public. One train was overtaken by another. Otto L;io hcrt, thn oonuuotor of tbo first train, remained on tho rear platform frantically Waving a signal laotorn wtulo the p29*"igord who had neon standing with him went inside. His efforts were in vain. Ho wa8 oruahod and died at tho hospital several hours later, lu all tfv.ro woro bido collisions on elevated strnc:urt s dunn* the fog. MiracUs of Development. Poor s Manual, wmoh iu aiwavs interesting and remarkably reliable, in its latest ciitions gives a statement showing how tho investments io railroads in the Unitei States have grown stnoe 1870. Thirty years ago tho total railroad stp'tal in iho Untied S.ates was #954,380,431. By the cad of tho year llJOl) it hid ri'en to tno enormous sum of { Li,418,790,1171, or m ro itiautl roo and a ii .it ejlu s lie amount in lb70. S B? ftfiu1*-- M.nw.i.k.uu It. jj N. lira y makes ior tno dovelopmcn. of eieo r.oity in recant years. In 1870, when tbcro w?i nearly a billion dollars invested in railroads iu th: country more war not a occc. in cleo trie eatorpnte?. Tluy had ihoir beginning s:veral years later and Lave progressed at a rate that is without preccedent in any line of development. From nothing in 1870 to $3 750,UOO, UUJ is the gto</th of the capital invented in dec r.o railways, lighting ootupanits and other oioctrio companies in tuis oenntry. Tho-hot that there is now $332,000,000 uioro money invested in electrical development in the United Sates than in railroads will surprise meet poisons. Atd the fact th u sirco 1870 the value of investment! in ranroais and cloo tr.o enterprises ir. this country has inor.a td $0,21-1 410,240 is almost in credible. ii. is ouo of the mai y proof: of the unparalleled in or ease ot the weaiih and industrial developments o! the Unit.d S'a'c-*. ? A'i*' ta.louraa'. Government Fiah Exhibita. The sorroury cl sutc received las week the following letter from Mr. W M. 0. Utvenol of Washington, D. U., rep*e8entative of the IJ nod Siatos h?l commitsiou, whioh is of special inter est in Unarieeton: Dear Sir: 1 presume you know t'.a tho ri.h commission oxpeots to male an exhibit of ti;hc-s at Charleston thii winter, and L have been detailed b; the commissioner to tako charge of th. same, it will bo nooessary from tim' to titno to make collections of hsbei from the Klisto, Cooper, Santoo am other nvcrs iu tho State and to maki theso colUo.ivcs properly it will b neocsiary to uio Seines and oihe loucsof fishing nets. I would like tc have authorsation at once from) the proper State tfficial to make such col .ojtions as 1 desire in any part of th S.a'o. Tho permit should be so broa that 1 or any of my assistant* can d< this work without fear of being mo tested by Stalo officials. 1 shall ap prtoia'.e very much any assistanc that you oao render me in this mat tor. It' this do:s not come undor you jurisdiction please refer my letter t< iho proper official. i'no seoretary of state thought i best to have the goveroor grant th authority askod for, acd this Gov McSwoouoy did at oneo in a lotte which has boon 111 iied Mr. llaveco. They Were Buncoed. New Your ooolid <nee men liavo st cured fl,3tiO from W. S. Hunter c '?jahcti, G?. Frank Palmer w?i take into custody on * charge of being on of tho opt rotors. Tno victims had jut returned from Konasor, whore they ha boeu wirkingoa tho co&struotion of new railroad. Uuntor bai $170 an Dell possessed $1,190. Thoy wore ai ousted by a largo, woll dressed ma tar City Hall Park, in Now York, wh said ho was a clothing manufaotun and ho induced llum to go to a rose on oa*t SuVentoeuth street, whoro tht were jnntd by two rnoro men, ono < whom was gotten up to reaembio a woa orn ranoheor. Ho produced cards an proposed a game. 'J he two southerns were loath to bot, but were induced i show their monoy, wh.c 1 they la upon tho tab o. Tho atcok man, it alleged, grabbed and par-sad the mont over to another, who <|sickly dtea prated while Palmer and the othor fc low he-id tho two victims. Palmer at tho other man then started to mal their csoapo but Hunter grabbed Paim and hold him until Dill rau to ll siroot and found an otfiur who uitd tho arrost. IMPROVES IIS SERVICE. i- The Southern Railway Make* Very Important Changes. D The Southern railway is miking cxn tonsive arrangements for the forthoom t ing winter tonribL business to Florida V and other reBorts and for the Charles9 ton exposition business from the east j, as well as from the north and west. y Tbo winter schedules of the Southern I railway went effsot Sunday, Nov. 24th, when it will be arranged to run t~iina 1 from New York and Washington to 3 Florida as independent trains from (hose destined to the southwest via I Atlanta. : The New York and Florida express, t ! No*. 33 and 34, wili leave New York at t 3 25 p. m., Washirxicn 9 55 p. m., ar- i riving at Charlotte 8 10 a. in , Columbia e 11 9fl . ?. i "i?i??? o oa _ -? - vu , VUDIIU31UU O -u p m , AU- t c gust* 2 50 p. m., Savarnah 3 05 p. m , f 4 Jacksonville 7 40 p. in. Thia train will t ? oariy through sleeper New York to c Timpt, Nov? York to August*, New i 1 York to Charleston (effective D? o 1st) ? ?Dd once a week horn Now York to I 1 Thcmssvi'Je (effeoiivo Jan. 1, 1902 ) c The Now York ami Florida Fast Mail t will have New York at 12 15 midnight, r 1 and be operated from Washington in r two sections?one, No. 29, going via t ? Washington Southern lino through j j Rich nood, leaving Washington 10 50 a. a m., Kichmoud 3 30 p. m. And the other e leotion, No. 35, leaving Washington 1 ; 11.15 a. m., running direotly over the v Southern railway to Charlotte; theso 1 trains being united at Charlotte and ? running thenoe to Jacksonville as No. p 29, leaving Charlotte 10.05 p. m., Co- n 1 luaibia 1 20 a. no., arriving Charleston 4 1 7 a. m , August* 7 45 a m , Savannah 1 5.50 a. m , eastern time, Jaoksonville t 9.15 a. m., ointra! time. These trains o will carry through sleeper Now York t to Jack-tcnviilo, Charlotte to Augusta, u Charlotte to Cnarloston (effeotive Deo. g 1st,) with dining oar set vice between i: Chester aod Washington via Richmond. d The Washington and Southwestern d Limited, No. 37, leaving New York 4 30 h p. m., Washington 10 45 p. m., will have, effective Deo. 9.h, sleepor Wash d ' ington to Pinchurst. t Additional trains will bo run between L Charlotte and Columbia to tako care a of local business?being Nos. 27, leav- t ing Charlotte 7 25 a. in., arriving Columbia 11 10 a. m , and No. 28, leaving Columbia 5 p. m., arriving Charlotte 3.45 p. m. Also between Charleston a>.d Columbia, leaving Columbia 11 40 A a. m , arriving Charleston 3 20 p. m , leaving Charleston 2.15 p. m., arrive Columbia 5 55 p. m. These trainB between Char onton and Columbia eon nco'. at Columbia with the New York P and Florida Kxpress. S rhodules of o other trains wul he adjusted to suit ail i tin s > ohaDges. t The Sou.hern's Palm Limited, Nos. ? 31 and 32, will go into service about o vne miiule of January, running on r . r. il l- in a sol\u rrrru juxwh*.-*- rv.*** t York and S.. Augustine, with sleeping 1 oars for Aiken and Augusta. E9<c'lvo November 15;h will be op 0 crated a through t-leoping oar bctwoen r Kentas City aod Jacksonville via " Frisco System, Memphis, Birmingham b and Atlanta to Jacksonville. 8 In addition to the above the famous t train known as the Chicago and Fiori- 0 da Special between Chicago and St. 1 Augustine will be reestablished about 8 , the middlo of January on practically o .u. -1 J -1 i- " 1 ) no caum duuuuuio ?-' iaii year, aiioralug through servioo from Cnioago, Da- i i troit, Futsburg, Cleveland, oto., 1 [ through Cincinnati to St. Augustine. ^ There is alio continued the through ^ i sleeper from Cincinnati to Jacksonville I via Ashcville, Columbia and Savannah. The Cincinnati and Florida Limited * has now become an established all year * , reuod train, solid from Cincinnati to ( ? <laoksonvi!le, cimyoaod of aletpara and I f lirst class ooaaaes, also oafe cars. 1 For the Charleston exposiiion there < will he in addition to through eleopers < from Njw York, Washington, Ctiar- 1 t loito, eio , to Charleston through sleep- ' ing oar from St. Louis, Louisville, etc., 6 to Charleston and from Greenville to 1 1 Charleston. Oa all of the through trains of the < Southern railway will bo operated the 1 1 highest cla^s of diniog oar services, ' 5 serving ail meals in tho most improved 1 s style, cqud if not Buporior to the boat 1 ? hotels. ' Etfootivo on Monday last the Fana3 sylvaaia railroad inaugurated dining ' 3 oar service betweon Now York and 1 i Washington on their trains Nos. B3 and 1 0 69. which mako direct oonnootion at j Washington with Southern rali way r trains Nos. 33 and 311 southbound and 1 ' 31 and 40 northbound. This establishes 1 1 dining oar service on all through trains of tho Southern railway betwoon New 1 0 York and Washington. Full details of tbe service of tho 0 Souihern railway will be aunounocd * later. For tho coming season there will bo 0 inaugurated, as above outlinod, tho most oomplotc and up to date arraDgor uicnt of schedules that has e^er boon J afforded for tbe tourist travel. Each want has been carefully considered and 1 nothing has been loft undono to satisfy 0 it. Tno Sjuthera is doing its utmost ' to ere lurago touiist and other travel to r tho southern resorts, whether located on tho liao o: the Sou* htm railway or not. if Explosives in Cotton. ' Sovon largo oaononorackers and somo ? m!pl u: muohoi were fjacd scorcatod \ in a bale of co'.ten intended for export u to Bremen, Germany. Tbo bale had * boen loaded oa too British steamship I'jyo Ltrgo whioh is taking on a solid 3" ojtton cargo tf It),000 bales, at Pensaoola. Fia. 10 Robbers Dropped Rooty, y The Bmk of Troy, 1'cnn., was robbed f Wednesday night. The oitizins woro J aroused and attacked tho robbers, who J tied, dropping several packages of sil' ver, oontamirg f 1.200, and other val | uablcs. A posse with blood hounds is V in pursui*. Tho amoun' lost is not yet ljt known, but it is thought to be small. Slapped Queen's Face. >1- A special dispatoh from Badpcst id Thursday siys a newspaper thero asserts to that Q i"en Draga and K ng Alcxaner djria oi S <rvia reocoily quarrelled and bo the king slapped the queen's face. The 1 e latter thereupon drartk poison, but her life was saved by physfeians. A ROW IN ATHENS; | Csussd by tha Opposition to tha Translation of tha Oospals INTO MOOERN GREEK. Twenty Thousand Paopla Join ttudants 'n Rioting. Thsra Is Biocdthed in th? Streets of Athens. A dispatch from Athens says agitation against the proposal to translate ho gospols into modern Greek oontinled Thutsday. Twenty thousand per10ns assembled around the ruinB of the emple ot Jupiter Olympus and took >?rt in a demonstration organ'ied by ho students. A resolution was passed tailing on the holy synod to exeommutioato any person who translated the [ospels into Greek as no1* ipoken. C.ght hundred marines were landed and tooperatod with the troops in patrolling( ho locality. Several collisions ocoured and oooasicnal shots were fired. Daring the enoounters between theailitary and the demonstrators, seven >ersons were killed, 30 wero severely md many others were slightly woutdd. Several shots were fired at M. 'hootokis, the Greek premier, but rithout (Scot. Groat excitement prevailed Thursday. Strong military detachments guard the >alaco and the residence of the premier. Everywhere anxious groups are liscuseiog the situation. Hear'rending soones occurred when he bodies of the dead were banded ver to their- relatives. It is rumored hat armed men have arrived at the [Diversity but the building is still uaried by the students, who are adoptng military discipline. Opposition eputies paraded the streets during the ay, exciting the rioters by violent aoguago. Thero wero no further disturbances uring the evening, bat it is feared hat there will bo a renowal of disorder "riday. Among those slightly injured ro the prefect of police of Athens and ho prefect < f Attica. MARINES AT EXPOSITIONl Company Has Arrived and Gone Into CampThe Charleston Post says the oomany of United States marines detailed guard the government exhibits at the x position airivp'' at the "Ivory City" iub m -rning. The oompany consists f fou i.tli r- M.d s;jiiy men. Tho j ffieir of tho company are OapU Hen- -f y L cnard, First Lieut. Arthur B. 1 laid S oend L .at, Arthur 4 ?i r t ra * ?"?* all. Tno company arrived a ovt^fl St waa taken oars guns aBHH^MHH^H omo prepared he t x,'os'.Uuq,^B^H^^HH^^HHBH^^^^^^^| the p ido mannos >raflnn^Hn|^n o uipany- fjH^BjE^^B^n^RB^H a feature thelH^^BHHHm|HB The ocmpanv of marines brought rith them a 3 inoh field piece and hree small oannon captured in China, ^^^^B >ne (f the Chincee make, the other a vrupp gar. The guns were captured 8H >y Capt. Leonard's company at Tien- 9H .sin, while he was leading an attack. |H n this attack Capt. Leonard waa - v Hj soutded by tho enemy, a ball striking fi5 lim in his left arm, and it waa neces- Wm lary for the *riy surgeons to amputate. .he member to save his life. I The oamp of the marines has been jstablishod near the cotton palaoe, on ^ ho east side. It has been namsd Jamp Hcyward, in honor of Col. Heyward, tho oommander of the division to whioh Capt. Leonard was attached in jhina. ^ttk Capt. li'ouard said this morning that ho was glad to get to Charleston and was <iuite osrtain that his stay hero ^^HHS woula bo a most pleasant one. Ho ^^KxB laid ho had hoard of Charleston all of his life, and that there was no oity in . 1 the pountry that he would rathsr visit . at this timo than Charleston. Speaking about the exposition, ho said that tho buildings and grounds presented a beautiful appearance, and, from what he had heard of tho show, he saw no reason why it should not be a euioess in every particular. -: Tho aminos were basy all day pitohing their tents. The work will be completed by tonight. Daring the day a largo number of people visited tho oamp and watohod tho marines at worka Five Persons Hurt. -w Wednesday morning there was a collision between tho Southern trains at Lockhart Junction. FiVo persons were slightly hurt aDd thore was very ,4j little darnagi done to rolling stook. The aooidont happoned at 0.45 and by 12 05 the wreck train had gone up from Columbia and had oloared tho traok for n traffic. Tho employos hurt were Dan Graham of Ashoville, firomao on No. 9, passenger train, faoo out; W. J. Dawkins, iVlman oonduotor, Columbia, slight out over right eye and left knee *4 slightly injured. Tho three passengers hurt were <1. 8. Cur'ec, Baltimoro, slight sprain of hip; J. 11. Marshall, ' Charleston, baok of head slightly 1 bruised. John Due, Koading, Ohio, A right foot s| tV.ned. Dr. Mcintosh ^^9 went opt.-..i Columbia with the tool oar and attended the injared, none of whom are hurt badly. A Uloso Shave. ' James Winn, of Oxford, Ala , had a narrow cicapj from being buried alive Wednesday. After the l uneral sorvioes, the oacket was opened at the cravo, whon tho body was aeon to move. The eaaket was burritd baok to the home of Winn where he revived and is now under :hs troatmout. Winn had been pronounced dead by physioians and he *y apparently dead for two nights and a day. ( j