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iCiUfGSTREE, s. c.
LOUIS J. BRISTOW, Ed. .fc Prop'r.
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f Michigan egg-shippers claim that
they pay more money annually for
Michigan hen fruit than is paid for
Miohigan wheat.
,* The irony of Fate is sublime. One
of the victims of the Mississippi flood
was a book agent who had been peddling
a work on irrigation.
Times and cycles have changed many
A AT/1 cAvinrr 14T .nnt
VUOIVIUO, BUU IUC V/iU DOJtu^, MWtt
Wore you leap." is now rendered by
. V .the cautions pedestrian, "Look before
jou cross the street."
This unkind fling is from the San
Francisco Chronicle: "As soon as the
. water dries off" in Oklahoma the prairie
fires will set in. Oklahoma is a fine
new Territory for people that yearn
ft for excitement, but it is noticeable that
kv it doesn't get much immigration from
California."
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The decision of the Trunk Line Asaociation
of railways to accept bicycles
t as personal baggage between States is
i another recognition of the place the
wheel has won. If now the trainmen
,can be compelled to use ordinary care
m in handling bicycles, riders will have
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<?. In his sermon on last Sunday, a
prominent New York clergyman 6aid:
"The organic fchuroh here has lost its
hold on the public mind. Women are
- the only ones who hold to church
Organizations of to-day. There are
tbut 85,000 men in the City of New
' York to-day who go into Protestant
'$> ohurches. This is true aiso of Roman
r . Catholics. According to the latest
estimates, it is figured that 385,000
C persona attend the Roman Catholic
churches, but of that number there
&V nre a great many who go to church
' - once or twice a year, and apme who
never go unless they think they are
about to die."
It is not generally known that the
President and Yioe-President of the
United States never travel by rail tot
fJ gather. It ia one of the precautionary
measures that hedge about the lives of
the two foremost men in the National
. Government, the idea being that if an
accident upon the rail should caube
the death of one of the illustrious men
the other -vould still be spared to the
country. It was for this reason that
ez-President Cleveland invariably rode
^' upon the Pennsylvania Railroad when
he journeyed from the Capital to Philadelphia
or New York, and Vice-President
Stevenson traveled on the Balti ,
more and Ohio. President McKinley
' and Vice-President Hobart, when they
attended the' recent Grant celebration
in New York, followed the same plan.
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Fifteen yean ago J. J. Lentz, of
Ohio, and R R Bobbins, of Pennsylvania,'
were roommates in New York
f CSty, while they attended the Columbia
law sohooL On the evening after
their graduation Bobbins asked Lentz
what he was going to'do. ' 'I am going
back home and run for Congress.
What are you going to do?" "I am
going home to Pennsylvania with the
eame idea. We will meet some day in
the House." And, sure enough, when
the roll was called for the member3
of tho Fifty-fifth House of Representatives
to oome to the clerk's desk to be
^sworn in, Mr. Bobbins, the representaf
tive from Greensburg, Penn., met Mr.
r Lents, a representative from Columbns,
.Qhio, in the area in front of tne clerk's
Clasping hands, they remarked
in. the same breath: "Well, here we
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\ - Bnrdett Coutts, Sir Ashmead Bartlett's
brother, whose marriage brought
him so much ill will in London, will
be the first person born as an American
citizen to enter the House of
Lords. There have been several
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Americans naturalized as Englishmen
who have received baronetcies and
knighthoods. But no one yet has had
a peerage conferred upon him. There
re still hopes, however, that the
young Harvard graduate, son of Lady
Henry Sojnerset, may succeed to his
grandfather's 6adiy impoverished
Dukedom of Beaufort. The Duke's
oldest son, the Marquis of Worcester,
who married the widowed Baroness de
Tuyll a year ago, has just become the
lather of a little girl. It is needless to
add, remarks the New York Sun, that
the Marquis is greatly disappointed,
and so, too, are the tenants on the
Beaufort estates, who dread becoming
. subject to the rule of a Duke reared
by a mother professing such strong
views on the subject of temperance as
Lady Henry Somerset.
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riCTOBIAH JUBILEE.
Unparalleled Demonstration at the
British Capital in Queen's Honor.
A MOST BRILLIANT PAGEANT.
Diamond JtxMlee Procession Fu?ei .
Through London Amid Great Splen- i
dor?To lit. PhF* and Return?The
Queen Escorted by Princes From AU
Enropo?Amarienn Representatives.
Lokdos, i^ngiewd (By Cable).?The celebration
here of the completion of the sixtieth
year* of the reign of Qaeen Victoria
exceeded In magnitude and splendor any
I pubtto spectacle since the world began..
Representatives of every great religion on
earth witnessed the solemn thank-offering
of the htgh?* prelates of the AngHoan
Church la the vest temple of St. Paul,
which was thronged with the official en*
voys of every Nation on earth, splendid is
their trappings of State. Gathered inthtf
city was the largest aggregation of human
beings ever assembled in one place. Thd
weather was perfect,and the whole monster
demonstration passed off without hitch of
serious accident. The Queen left Buckfngh?m
Palace promptly at the appointed
time, after sending a telegraphic message
of affeotlo^ to her subjects In all parts of
th<* eacA. ?9fce pedafn State through seven
rnfjti. e&treets, gayty decorated and lined
by great crowds of enthusiasts speci
tatoss. In this procession, besides the
speolal representatives "of the Nations,
were eleven Colonial Premiers and picked
men from gv^ry branclj of the British naval
and mllitar7 services. The Queen was at1
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tended by the members or her family under
the escort of a GtaArd of Honor consisting
of twenty-one of the native Indian Cavalry
Corps, and Immediately preoedad by the
speolal irnhasaarttw and Envoys of othtr
Nations and many native ant} foreign
Prtnees. At Temple Bar the Lord Mayor
!resented to bar the altyts official sword,
t St. Paul's Cathedral a stop was mad*
for brief religious ceremonies. Another,
stop was made sithe Mansion House, where
the Quqen was reoelved by the Lord Mayor J
and aooepted a bouquet of flowers from tha(
Lady Mayoress. The return to thePalaoo
was by way of London Bridge, the Borough
?H WMtmlnrior MAm.
It was "Queen's weather," a bright day
of sunshine, and the historic pageant
passed off without a marring Incident.
Nearly 50,000 soldiers, representing all arms
of the serrloe and all sections of the British
dominions, were drawn up along the streets
and In the prooesslon. Thousands In the
streets and squares waited all night In the
hope of a good view of the procession, and
were amazing In their patldnpe.
The decorations wpre without stint, even
In the poorest alleys of the East End. In
the West End they were resplendent. Along
the route of the' procession banners, fee*
toons and designs of every description were
continuous. Bed, white and blue were the
prevailing colors, but a laok of oonoerted
action may be said to has* spoiled to somj
extent the general effect. At the clubs,
public buildings and bridges the dlsplayq
were especially lavish, many of the gray
walls being entirely hidden. Private
houses, too, along the line of march were
decked out gayly, one of them being covered
from roof to basement with red plush.
One or two of the West End streets werq
converted Into arbors of colored bunting,
the festooning forming a. long waving roof.
The Queen breakfasted at 9 o'olock and
Informed her physician that she was not
fatigued by the ceremonies of the day be4
fore. A few minutes later the strains olj
the national anthem as a band passed the
plaoe announced that the ufliaue gathering
of colonial troops had formed in line ana
had ber^n the march toward Buckingham
Palace. The colonial members In state
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carnages joined ute csvucauc, nuu o?iw
man taking his place at the head of the
troope from his oolony.
Then this procession, which was a section
of the day's programme by Itself, and the
first of the kind that ever trod English
ground, started over the regular route to
St. Paul's, there to await the arrival of th^
royalties, the foreign envoys, the British
home escort and the Queen.
Next to the Queen herself the person
most cheered was General Lord Boberta,
the most popular man In the army, and as
such be was greeted. The General rode
rule. May liberty flourish throughout your
empire under just and equal laws, and your
Government continue strong in the affections
of all who live under it.
And I pray God to have Your Majesty in
His holy keeping.
DoneatWashington. this28th day of May,
A. D., 1897. Your good friend.
William McKixlet. ;
By the President,
Johx Shekmax. Secretary.
Her Majesty exnressed her sincere thanks
to President McKinley and to "The Great i
Nation of Our Kinsmen." After Mr. lleid
had retired he strolled about the palace a
little and went home at 4.15 p. m.
The Queen looked very well indeed, and
she seemed to be entirely pleased and interested
in everything. She impressed all
the epjroys with the sincerity of her thanks
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alone, mounted upon a white horse, holding
a Field Marshal's baton. His breast was
covered with distinguished orders.
In tip first carriage In the colonial divi.
sion, surrounded by Canadian troopers, was
Hon. Wilfrid Laurler, Premier of Canada,
and Mrs. Laurler. The Premier received
an ovation all along the line and waved his
hat In acknowledgment.
The Canadians were followed by?the New
South Wales Lancero and other troops;
headed by Premier Bald, the Victoria
Mounted Rifles accompanying Premier Turner,
and the New ZeaLanaers, with Premier
8eddon.
The African section received a tremendous
welcome, especially In view of the
Matabeland campaign. They were headed
by the Hon. Maurice Giffard, who lost an
i arm In the last fighting In Rhodesia.
Next came the Cape Mounted Rifles, fol!
lowed by the contingents from South Aus|
tralia, Newfoundland and Tasmania, each
beaded by tbe Premier ox toe ooiony.
Then came the Motion embracing the
troops from Malta, Jamaica, Sierra Leone,
Bermuda, Hong Kong and Mauritius.
After these came tbe Malays, Sikhs,
Dyaks and others, the colonial part of the
procession ending with the Hosaars from
the Gold Coast, who took part in the reoent
expedition to suppress slave trading.
The whole cavalcade presented specimens
of the lighting forces In every corner of the
Queen's dominions. The enthusiasm of the
millions of Britons who cheered the colonials
was largely bom of the pride of empire
which these visitors represented.
The second procession passed the palace
fifty minutes after the colonials had
climbed Constitution Hill. Formed in
Eaton Square and Sloane street, it more
than eloquently filled up the picture of
Britain's war strength; more than magnificently
completed the carnival of gorgeous
costume and color. Scarlet and blue and
gold were Intermingled with white and
yellow, seining cuirasses and polished helmets;
plumes ana tahsels; furs and gold
and silver-spangled cloths; bullion embroideriesand
accoutrements; splendid trappings
and more splendid trappings for men,
Bashes and stars, crosses and medals?medals
for the Crimea, India, Seriugapatam,
the Kile, Ashanti. Afghanistan. _ Chltral.
oonth Africa, Chinaand dozens of others*
and here and there ware seen the finest and
moat highly prized the worid can show,
the Victoria cross. There <were also batteries
of aztlDery; men of splendid phyE\y
and hones with rare action, which
entered Into the spirit and meaning of
, and over all were heard the rich
strains of that mnsio they best loVed to
hear. The sight was one to stir the blood
as ooIt soldiers hate stirred it since the
dawn of time.
As the soldiers wound out of sight to
iralt for the Queen's prooesslon on Constitution
Hill. It seemed like nothing so muoh
as some streak of burnished gold flowing
between dark banks of human beings
gathered to witness Its passage to a land of
The empire had passed In review, the
army and navy had been shown In tbeli
panoplied strength, the head of It all was
now to come, Her Majesty and the Royal
Procession.
: Promptly at the hour appointed by the
Queen the Field Marshal In oharge of ths
head of the oolumn of the Royal Prooesslon
jwas at the Wellington Statue at the Hyde
Park corner to receive the signal that th<
Queen was about to enter her carriage, and
iat 11 o'clock the starting gun in the park
twas fired and the line of march was taken
bp.
; At 11.16 a. m. a bustle on the main stairbase
of Buckingham Palace announced thi
coming of Her Majesty. Queen Vlctorli
slowly descended the stairs, assisted by <
scarlet-clad and whlte-turbanned Indian
attendant. . She was dressed in black, won
a black bonnet trimmed with white, and
carried a white sunshade.
At the foot of the stairway Her Majesty
i paused for a minute, and touohed an
I electric button connected with all the tele;
graphio systems throughout the British
j Empire, and it fi&shed around the world
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tut? uicrasa&c son uj w AA^A. OUWjects.
It read:
"From my heart, I thank my beloved
people. May God blesa*hem."
Her Majesty then slowly seated herself In
her carriage, the royal trumpeters sounded
a fanfare, the Princess of Wales joined the
Queen, and then the Princess Christian of
Schleswlg-Holstein joined the party. Both
the Princesses seated themselves opposite
Her .Majesty, and at 11.13 the Queen's ooacb
started. Two gillies in Highland costume,
wearing the tartan of MaoDonald of the
Isles, the so-called Crown Prince of Scotland,
occupied the rumble.
As the Queen drove under the archway,
punctual to the second, the cannon shot ol
the royal salute was fired and announced
to the waiting millions that her Majesty
was on her way through London. The
! ^neen met with a most enthusiastic
| tion, and as soon as she emerged irom the
I' >alace gates she began bowing right and
eft to the cheering of her people.
The crowd began to show more eager interest
in the approaching vehicles, as the
| Queen approached. Eleven road landaus,
each drawn by four horses, bore the visit:
ing Princesses and women of the court. In
| the last were Empress Frederick of Germany,
Crown Prince of Naples, Princess
; Louise and Duke of C*burg. Two senior
: equerries rode by the carriage of the EmI
press Frederick. As the familiar faces
< passed many and loud were the greetings.
The colonial escort came next, drawn
! from all the colonies, the Canadians representing
almost all the provinces, athong
them Captain Fleming and Sergeants Joslin,
Leblond, Qpdgins, Davis King. Din?
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ine foreign aavar afid ffiHIiary attic hee
were nei:t, including Major General Miles.
I Lieutenant Colweil. United States Naval
' Attache, and Major Ludlcw, fonuarly
j United States Military Attache. The Amori1
cans woifl modest uniforms, hut attracted 1
a great deal of attention.
, Then the first part of the Sovereign's es- .
| cort rodo Into view, the BeoondLife Guards. !
They were sucoeeded by the oscort of Brit- i
' lsh and Foreign Princes. Ne;rt came the;
guard ol honor, twenty-two officers of na- |
: tive Indian cavalry corps, men of fine
i .physique, picturesque unlionrsand strange
| faiths; ;ben Jat Sikhs, Bn.hmln Sikhs,
j Mussulman Pathans, Hindustani Mussiul;
mans, Hindu Jata, Mussulman Bajeputs,
1 Punjabi Mussulmans and plain Mussulmans.
Then the Queen at last.
Cheers broke foxtb that seemed to fhake
the ground, renewed again und again, as
Her Majesty's oarriige approached. The
famous eight Hanoverian creams, the last
pair standing 16.2 hands, drew her carriage.
Beside her was seated the Princess of
Wales, with H. B. H. Prlnooss Christian
opposite. On the left rode the Duke of
Cambridge; on the right the Prince of
Wales, who was followed by the Duke of
Connaught, the general officer command- '
^The procession closed with, a group of
officials, followed by part of the Second
Life Guards, the Royal Irish Constabulary
and a squadron of theBoy&l Horse Guards.
' As the procession passed through the
city a cordial reception was accorded to
Whltelaw Beld, the special representative
of, the United States. Of all the glittering
throng that passed along he alone wore
the ordinary clothes of everyday life, and
in black frock coat and tall slUt hat he
was a very noticeable feature or the procession.
Again and again he was forced
by vociferous cheering to bow right and
left.
The great bells of St. Paul's broke out in
I joyous chorus as the Queen's carriage
started from Temple Bar, and only ceased
as Her Majesty's carriage stopped in front
of the steps of the City Cathedral, whloh
she entered to attend the service?.
The "amens" in the service were accompanied
by the blast of horns and the roll of
drums, and when they were ended the
Axchbishopof Canterbury called for''Three
ciuwrnci yuecu TIUIUIIO. aim uu uicwut
arose and gave nine cheers for Her Majesty,
wildly waving their hats and handkerchiefs,
to whioli the Queen bowed repeatedly.
Then, amid tho further ringing of bells,
the National anthem was sung, and the
booming; of the Tower guns llring a royal
salute could be heard as the Queen drove
on into other scenes.
As socn as the ceremony was concluded
at St. Paul's the royal procession passed on
to the Mansion House, where she was received
by the Lord Mayor.
The procession then passed on over London
Bridge to the southern part of London.
The same uproarious welcome was given to
the Queen everywhere.
As Her Majesty entered the gates of Buokingham
Pace at 2 o'olock a distant irun In
Hyde Park announced to so much of the
world as was not before the gates that tho
great 'procession wus over. The event se
long prepared had passed Into history. The
sound of the royal salute was answered
still by cheering, as though ihe loyt 1 subjects
who had cdme to cheer had n >t yet
satisfied their ambition, and then the crowd
faded away as It came.
The Queen was very much please 1 and
smiling, and was not overiatigued The
whole affair passed off without a hitch.
There was no serious accident, although a
number of women fainted.
THE QUEEN IN HER CAPITAL I
Will tela w Bald Delivers President MelSlnley's
Personal Letter to Her Majesty.
Queen Victoria received the 'JtJted
.States and Imperial and Royal envoys at
.4 o'clock In afternoon of the day before
the Jpbilee procession In the Bow drawingroom
of Buckingham Palaoe, London. In
the party representing the United 8tates
were 8peclal Envoy Whitelaw Reld, General
Nelson A. Miles, U. 8. A.; Rear Admiral J.
N. Miller, U.. 8. N., and their secretaries
! and aides.
The Americans reached Rockingham
Palace shortly after 2 o'olook. They were
In erenlng dress, with the exception of
the American offloers, and the republican
simplicity of their attire was In startling
' contrast with the brllllanoy of the uniforms
around them. Mr. Reld was received by
'the Prince of Wales In the most cordial
i manner.
\ The Envoys stood In line shortly before
i4 o'clock and went singly Into the audience
i room, to which thev were eonduoted by 8ir
I William James Colville, master of cereI
monies.
The Queen was dressed in black, wore a
; widow's cap, the ribbon of the Order oil the
'Garter and some orders. She sat in a glided
jehair near the centre of the room, the
jPrlnoe of Wales standing Immediately be;hlnd
her. At her right hand was the Prlnoeea
of Wales, and others of the royal famlllw
mm stAHn^AH In vnrinna rmrfs of tho
room.
The Duke of Auei-stadt and the Duke of
Sotomayor, representing, respectively.
Pranoe and Spain, preceded the United
States Envoy, Mr. Held, who wae third, and
was followed by the Papal Envoy, Mgr.
Sambucetti.
' All the envoys presented their letters with
the lowest obeisance. The Queen took each
letter and smillnglv addressed two or threo
sentenoes of thanks and compliments to
each envoy.
Mr. Held was received in the most cordial
manner possible. He presented the following
letter to the Queen:
To Her Majesty Victoria. Queen of Great
Britain and Ireland and Empress of India:
Great and Good Prlend?In the name and
on behalf of the people of the United States,
I present their sincere felicitations upon the
sixtieth anniversary of Your Majesty's accession
to the crown of Great Britain.
I express the sentiments of my fellow
citizens In wishing for your people the prolongation
of a reign illustrious and marked
by advance in Bcieace, aits and popular
wi 11 being. On behalf of my countrymen I
with particularly to recognize your frlendsh:
p tor the United States and your love of
peace, exemplified upon important occasions.
It is pleasing to acknowledge the debt of
gratitude and respect due to your personal
virtues. May your life be prolonged, and
peace, honor and prosperity bless tho
people jover whom ymi have been called to
A remarkable movement in China,
which nronilses to have wideSDread
results, Is the anti-foot-bindlng agita- j
tlon recently started by a prominent
member of the Chinese literati In Sul-fd,
a great city of Szechuan. The Under
of this movement In Chon, a literary
graduate and a scholar of means and
Influence. His home is a leading city
In the richest province of China. While
the district examinations were being
held there recently every one was
araas;ed at the appearance of large
posters on all the dead walls containing
an appeal to all educated Chinese '
to abandon the torture of their young
daughters by foot-binding. The proe- ;
lamatlon was signed by Chon and a
half dozen other prominent graduates >
and officials. ^
' A Denver paper expresses alarm becauseaCh!'
.'.go official has written asking
51 v exact population of the Colorado
town. There is no real cause for
worry at this time. Ultimately, of
course, Denver will have to come into
camp, but CL' 'ago first will annex her
present suburi s. St. Louis, Kansas
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BAGG ram WEST.
An Attempt to Lynch a Colored Man
Leads to a Riot.
A CALL FOR U. S. REGULARS.
The City In the Hands of ? Mob of Colored
Men?One White Man Killed and
Several Wounded?Governor Bloxhain
Asked Help From Federal TroopsRioters
Shot Dead and Many Wounded.
Key West, Fla. (8peclal).?The excitement
in Key West over the assault upon
Mrs. Livingston Atwell, by Sylvanus Johnson,
and the unsuccessful attempts to
lynch him, culminated In an attempt to
mob C. B. Pendleton, and a fight between
colored men and white men, in which one
white man named William Gardiner was
killed and a dozen wounded. It is reported
that four colored men were killed
and ten wounded.
When Johnson was taken to the courtroom
for his trial, he was placed in a closed
carriage and driven up town well guarded.
Four shots were fired at the carriage, but
they went wild.
At the court-room the colored men gathered
in large numbers, all excited and
showing arms. They swore that Johnson
should not be harmed. They surged into
fhe room and almost filled it, only about
thirty-five whtte<rbeing able to get in. The
details of the crime as they were given by
the other women, Mrs. Atwell being too ill
to be present, were terrible, and this stirred
up the white men.
One of the women fainted, and at this
Colonel Pendleton, Editor of the Equator
Democrat, jumped upon a bench and called
out in a voice trembling from passion:
'Are there enough whites here to aid me in
lynching this scoundrel?"
Shouts of "Yes, we will aid youl Let's
lynch him!" rang through the room, and
the whites made a rush for Johnson, who
sank behind a desk. The colored men
jumped up also, and several made a start
for Pendleton. He drew his pistol land
warned them to stop, saying that he would
kill th? first man that attemDted to touch
him. The whites rallied around and the
clicking of revolvers was heard all through
the room.
About 5 p. m. an attack was made on
Pendleton's house, which is situated on the
outskirts of the city, and many shots were
exchanged. The colored men hid In the
bushes and trees, near by and fired into the
building.
Pendleton had been warned, and with
fifty of his friends were inside, well protected
and pretty well armed, They returned
the fire and drove the colored men
off. The ground where the attacking party
stood showed evidences of several men having
been shot, and it is reported that five
colored men were badly wounded there.
About 8 o'clock the oolored men again
gathered about the jail and began to make
demonstrations, while several smaller bands
paraded up and down the streets, threatening
every white man seen. The stores were
all closed and business was suspended
everywhere.
At the jail a party of whites approached
about 10 p. m., and the colored men fired
on them. The whites returned the fire and
a sharp fusillade ensued for several minutes,
but the whites were forced to retire, the
colored men being in too great force. This
retreat was greeted by them with hoots
and yells. William H. Gardiner was killed
here. Charles Lams on and five others, unknown,
were wounded. Many of the colored
men were seen to fall, and it is supposed
that they had several killed.
An appeal was made for the Government
trooj* stationed in Key West to act, there
bfil&K A toll battery at the fort. They were
asked to come out, but the commanding
officer refused until he was ordered by the
War Department.
Sheriff Knight wired the Governor asking
aid to quell the riot. He requested the
Governor to order out the military and request
the Secretary of War at Washingtc a
ordpr out the National troops if needed
o protect lives and property.
A MEMORIAL TO CABOT.
The tOOth Anniversary of the Discovery
of North America Celebrated.
Joltn Cabot, the discoverer, is to have a
monument erected to his honor and memory
by the people of the City of Bristol in England.
This year is the 400th anniversary of
the discovery of the North American continent,
and Bristol considers herself especially
concerned, because it was from that
port that Cabot and his colleagues sailed in
the Matthew on her most successful voyage,
THE PROPOSED CABOT TOWEB AT BBI6TOL.
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on which she sighted the North American
continent. The site for the monument
Is the summit of Brandor In the
heart of the city. The hill is twenty-five
acre;] in extent and has been donated
by the town council to the purpose. The
monument Is to cost $50,000, ana will take
the form of an ornate tower, which has
been designed by W. Y. Gough, the eminent
English architect. The movement is under
the guidance and patronage of the Marquis
of Dufferin. The foundation stone was laid
on June 24, which was 400 year to the day
when the mainland or Nortn America was i
first seen by any European navigator.
Remarkable Hailstorms In KansAS.
A hailstorm of remarkable severity visited
Topeka, Kan., and its vicinity. Some of
the stones weighed from twelve to sixteen
ounces. Trees were stripped of their foliage,
thousands of dollars' worth of windowpanes
were shattered, birds and in some
cases dogs were killed, and a number of
persons were badly injured.
Sunday Observances in Canada.
In a Montreal (Canada) park on Sunday
a father was compelled to order his fouryear-old
boy to cease throwing a toy ball
to him, and was obliged to put the ball in
his pocket under pain of arrest..
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VICTORY FOR CORNELL
Her 'Varsltv Crew lftaft* Tale and Har- ?w|j
ard at Poaghlceepele. ???5
Cornell's 'Varsity crew won the four-' ^
mile, elght-oar college boat race at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., finishing three lengths ahead
of Yale. Yale was seven lengths ahead of
Harvard. The times were: Cornell, 20.34; 4
Yale, 20.44; Harvard, 21.00.
The result of the race was the greatest
surprise ever scored In boating in this
country. It was confidently expected by
the best judges of rowing that both Harvard
and Yale would defeat Cornell.
There i3 but one explanation of Cornell's
victory. Courtney, Cornell's coach, won by
using a stroke that was as near as
Eossible the old Yale stroke, which was
stter known as the "Bob Cook stroke."
The Yale stroke as rowed by Yale was
modified by an English method. Harvard ?
rowed the English stroke as taught to her
by R. C. Lehman, the coach of the Oxford
and Leander crews, and tbe most successful
rowing coach of England.
Cornell and Yale both finished the race
in good physical condition. Harvard was
terribly exhausted, and Boardman, her '
stroke oar, did not regain consciousness j
for three-quarters of an hour after the race V
was rowed. , . ^
Cornell's victory was so decisive as to establish
beyond doubt or cavil he* claim to
recognition among the foremost American
colleges in aquatic sports. That Yale had .
derided this claim and Harvard had
only grudgingly admitted it made
the victory the more glorious.
Neither the Blue nor the Crimson
could do well enough to make the little .
men from Cornell exert themselves, and
with the other two crews spent and breathless
the winners shot on past the line and
pulled gayly down the river for half a mile
to their launch as fresh as if they were be- >
ginning instead^>f finishing the greatest
race in Amerioan college annals.
LIGHTNING KILLg IN GEORGIA.
Mayor's Daughter and Several Men
Among the Victims.
Lightning played havoc with lives and
property in Georgia. The daughter of the
Mayor of Powder Springs, a popular sum- '
mcr resort, Miss Hattie8cott, was killed by '
a bolt, and at the same place a powerful .J
thrashing machine was torn to pieces by
the fluid, its operators dangerously injured
and the draught o:een killed.
At Carrollton, the centre of the stook i.
raising industry in Georgia, James Downs, - i
Jr., and Samuel Ccnnle, both white, were
killed by lightning', the bolt tearing their '/>
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MUlner, in the northern portion of the
State, a bolt struck on Mr. J. A- Farley's ' *farm,
and killed Samuel Lawrence, a colored
farmhand, badly burned another man,
and Injured Mr. Farley's son.
THIRTEEN HIS FATAL NUMBER.
It Follows Terrell Hndaon to the Gallows .
and Will End Only at the Grave.
Terrell Hudson, the murderer, whose
career has been so dominated by the fatal
number "13," was hanged at Decatur, GaJ
Hudson was the thirteenth child of a thlr4
teenth child. On November IS last he shot!
Seaborn Malcolm, and was confined In cell Kj
13 at the Decatur jail. His hanging was iM
one of the most remarkable that has oo- V
curred In Georgia for years.
Colored preachers and his twelve brothers a
gathered around him and so worked him'
into a religious frenzy that yrhen the drop
fell, at 11.45, he was almost a maniac. He Vj|
could ansVer no question Intelligently, and
was dead to all Intents and purposes an ' j
hour before his hanging. His family de- ^
clare their Intention of burying him thlrteen
feet deep.
UGLY AR1ST95RAT LOOKED ON.
A Strange Tale About a Wealthy Member
of'the British Aristocracy. _g| .
A strange tale Is vouched for by one
London paper. It says that a wealthy *- -'a
member of the aristocracy paid <1750 c '
for a room" on St. James's Street, from
whlch to view the Queen's iuhflee. He is vj
suffering, It Is added, from a hideous mal- J
formation of ttye countenance; arrived
late on Monday night, spent that night in. ^3
the room referred to, and witnessed the; 1 ' SJ
procession with an attendant, all other -t
people being excluded from the room. . 'iS
For twenty -seven years, it is further 3
stated, only twppeople have seen his faee>
The unfortunate man drives every night . 5S
about London, and on entering and leaving
his carriage, according to the newspaper,
he oovers nls head witn a hood.
Lynch Law In Mississippi. <9
John Moses, colored, was lynohed at
Crystal Springs, Miss., for the murder of_a Jj
white man named J. W. Strong. A colored
Methodist preacher who tried to shield
Moses was severely whipped under the
same tree that served as a gallows. The
mob was held in check by the Sheriff all
night, but finally they overpowered the
Sheriff and secured their victim. The Capitol
Life Ouards, of Jackson, were at the ''I
depot ready to go to the scene when the /H
news came that the man was dead.
Found Dead in a Trunk.
When an old trunk was opened in the
home of Joseph Melton, near Bordley, in '
Union County, Kentucky, the father found' wj
his two little girls lying in it, smothered to
death?Laura, seven, and Jennie, five.;
While their parents ifere absent the children
had been playing "hide and seek" with . ?*>
three other tots. While searching for *
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gO Oil UlUIUg ymw, 1UC ?wv v.........a j
thought of an old trunk In the cellar, Su
crawled Into It and closed the lid. A spring V-^H
lock made it an air tight tomb.
5000 View a Hanging. 9ajn
Clark Lewis, the qplored murderer, was
hanged at Fayetteville, W. Va. Three of -:?TR
the Lewis gang of murderers were to be
banged on one scaffold, but Governor At- SJqw
kinson respited Albert Viars and Jerry . >2
Brown at the request of Judge Hall. The 3j
hanging was witnessed by 5000 people, the
scaffold having been erected In a woodland
at the foot of three hills. *
Father and Son Killed Together.
Adam Leek, sixty-two years old, and his
son William, twenty-flve years old, were .'<?9
instantly killed by the explosion of the .90
boiler in a small machine shop at Brook- vj
port, Elk County, Penn. The building was .<*#
owned by Leek, and was demolished by >2
the force of the explosion. Both bodies
were blown about 100 feet and were terribly
mangled.
Gold Fever in Alaska.
The extent of the gold fever in Alaska j
at present may De inrerrea irom xne iacx . ; j
that a man who offered tf.25 an hoar to v|
assistants could only get four, all others >^
preferring to trust to luck in getting claims
which would "pan out" better.
Six Thousand Reported Slain.
It Is reported from a credible source that
tho entire Dhanis expedition to the head
waters of the Nile, in the African Soudan, < /
including Baron Dhanis himself, has been
massacred. Baron Dhanis last year enlisted
six thousand men in the Congo Free 0
State to take part in a secret expedition.
Mosquitoes a Pest in the West.
Travelers throughout South Dakota com- va
plain of the unprecedented supply oi .J
mosquitoes this season. In some section;
the pests are so overwhelming that horses x
have to be blanketed against them, and
this affords only a very limited protection*
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