Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Beautifying Country Roads. T HE road - improvement cim paign, which has been so ably conducted by those interested in riding, bicycling and auto mobiling in recent years, is about to ci ter upon another stage of progress. which will appeal with special force to those interested In things beautiful. Heretofore the utilitarian view of road improvement has been kept well in the foreground, but now several New Eng land communities are emphasizing the aesthetic value of beautiful road-sides. Scientific road treatment must of ne cessity come first, but beautifying road sides represents even a more advanced stage of civilization. The pleasure of riding over good, firm, smooth country roads is greatly increased when the trees, shrubbery and general road-side appearances are pleasant to look at. and cool and inviting to the eye. That there are an art and a science in road side treatment is made very apparent by experiments made in New England. Instead of sacrificing trees that would take half a cen::ury to replace. the road masters devise some methods of pre serving them, while new trees are planted at favorable places. Shrubbery along road-sides can be either a nuis ance or a sor rce of great aesthetic value. It all d pends upon its location -_-,~4(nd nature. Along many road-sides the attempt Is made to cut down all weeds, shrubbery and grass. Clean sweep is made of everything, and the result is anything but artistic. The movement started in New Eng land now is to plant trees and shrubs along the road-sides to enhance their beauty. The plantings are far enough back from the roadway so that branches wil never interfere with passing carriages, and steps are taken to keep the ditches free from all ob structing, growths. It Is asserted that If farmers would give as much atten tion to trimming and caring for these trees and shrubs as they now devote to ruthless cutting down of everything along the road-side In the fall of the year, they wold thrive and produce iistic effects. The selection of the proper trees and shrubs for the differ ent roads is a matter for local consid eration, but those which do not harbor sItsninjutio(us to field croos, and Which give the most strikink iffect to the landscape, are recommended. These trees should be trimmed high so that surrounding views of the country will not bi shut off, and in this way one will get the benefit of tpe shade with out spoiling t ie view.r Such artistic dicious management, but systematic study of the s.abject is now being car ried on in different parts of New Eng laud, and it is expected within a year -or two a decided change for the better will be noticed along the leading coun try highways. Unsightly hedges and close-cropped road-sides, with a gen eral air of neglect and untidiness, may then disappear entirely, and the trav eler will find constant feasts for the eye as he ridEs or drives through the country.-Harper's Weekly. Questik'n One of Comfort. Professor: Baker, in a paper on good roads, says: "I believe tmt the roads in the corn belt of Illinois are among the best in the country,'and that with a little in telligent care they can be made on the whole second to none. The earth roads In the prairie portion of Illinois are usually excellent eight, some years ten, :nonths of the twelve, and are reason ably good for ten or twelve months of the year, but there are times in the spring when the frost Is going out of the ground that they are practically im passable for loads. However, through the underdrainage of the soil by tile and through ia better care of the sur face, the period of impassability is com paratively short. There has been a very great improvement in these direc tions in recent years, but there is still room for discriminating imp'rovement."' This short paragraph explains the pe culiarity of the author's views. He considers a road reasonably good even If It is practically Impassable for loads when the frost is going out of the ground; while people who want roads that are fir. and hard all the year around, without clouds of dust in dry weather and without mud in wet weather, consider such a road unreas onably bad for a district that can af ford something better. At the begin ning of the twentieth century the ques tion at issue is one of comfort as well .*aone of ton-mile costs. The farmer's horse and cart and load of hay have been In the glare of the footlights long enough to side-step for a time and let us hear fron his wife and children. They may like to see their neighbors or go to school when the roads are imupas sable; they may like to keep clean when they drive or walk about, and they may wish to live like human be ings instead of caged animals. It is not a matter of broken stone or gravel at all; it is not a matter of money alone, but, one of comfort as well. .New York Tribune Farmer. The Guiana Diamond Fields. Though difficult of access, up a stream full of rapids and cataracts. the recently discovered diamond fields of British Guiana are attracting a good deal of attention. The United States Consul at Demerara reports that stones amounting to a large sum have already been exported through the Custom House. The fields are situated on the E(ieqluibo River, the point of rendez .mus being Bartican- -. TRACY DID KILL H!S PARTNER. Merrill's Body Found In the Woods Where . He Was Shot. Seattle. Washington.-The body of Merrill, the convict and partner of the outlaw Tracy, was found by a boy named Roberts four miles from Cheha lis. The boy's attention was attracted by a hand and foot protruding from the brush, the rest of the body being hidden by the foliage. He notified the Superintendent of the Reform School' nearby, and a guard was placed over the body, awaiting the coroner. Three empty cartridges were found. near the body corresponding to those used by Tracy. The body had a bullet wound in the back, which corroborates the story told by Tracy of the duel between the two because Merrill acted cowardly. Tracy said that he and Merrill dis agreed in the woods and resolved to settle the dispute by a duel. They agreed to start from a mark, walk ten paces in opposite directions and then turn and fire. At the eighth step Tracy, fearing treachery on Merrill's part, turned and fired, hitting Merrill in the back. COST OF LIVING AT TOP NOTCH. Runs Over 8100 a Year, the Highest Since the Civil War. Xew York City.-The cost of living, as computed by the price and the av erage consumption of various articles throughout the United States is higher to-day than at any time In recent years. A detailed computation shows the average cost per individual, adults and children included, to have been $101.0J1 per annum. Taking the accepted ratio of five people to a family, the cost of living per family per year was. $509.55. This average is higi'er than it has been at the begiinning of any liscal year since the war. It is more than $10 per capita, or $50 per family, higher than it was a year ago, when the per capita figure was $91.51. o100,000 From rs. F. F. Ayer. Gifts aggregating $100,000 to char ties and institutions by Mrs. Freder ick F. Ayer, of New York City, have been made public. They are as fol lows: $50,000 to the Old Ladies' Home, $30,000 to the Lowell Textile School, $10,000 to the Lowell Humane Society, $10,000 to the Day Nursery. The gift to the Textile School is tor the pur chase of additional land. The others are trust funds. Wireless Signals Sent 1400 Miles. Signor Marconi, who is on an Italian war ship at Cronstadt, Russia, has received wireless signals from the Cornwall station, about 1400 miles digant, partly overland. Complete messages were received as far as Ska gen, Denmark, about 850 miles from Cornwall. Tremendous Explosions of Geyser. Tremendbus explosions have occurred at the Waimangu Geyser, at Rotorua, New Zealand, a height of 80* to 20 feet being reached. MinorMaen. Cycling, as a sport, is resuming its old-time popularity. Mexican laboring men work for tweve cents a day. There are 244 establish raents. em ploying 9S8t0 giovemakers, in the Uni ted States. The carpenters' strike at Barre, Vt., has been settled. The strikers gained their demands for $2.530 a day. Andirew Carnegie has succeeded the late Dr. Thomas Dunn English as \'ice President of the Society of Americau Authors. WEALTHY FARMER KILLED. Wesley Brusle, of Dutchess County, N. Y.. Slain by a Hay Rake. Pougekeepsie, N. Y.-Wesley Brusic. a promInent and wealthy farmer hivmI at Mount Riga, two miles north of Mil lerton, Dutchess County. met with terrible death on his farm in sight 01 his own house. He went to the barr and brought out one of his youni: horses to hitch to the hay rake. Aftem the animal had been harnessed and hitched Mr. Brusie started to climbl Into the seat. The horse started ano. throwing him to the ground, ran away. Mr. Brusie, who was seventy years of age, held on to the reins and was dragged to a stone wall, where he was caught between the rake and the wall. The horse backed up and crushed his chest in with one his hoofs. The teeth of the big rake then fell down and crushed through the farmer's skull. kiling him Instantly. Buffalo Doctors Want to Scorch. The physicians of Buffalo, N. Y., want permission to speed their auto mobiles on sick calls. The Chief of Police says he cannot trust them. Inquiry Into Warshi's Mishap. Rear-Admiral Crowninshield has cabled the navy department that ht had ordered a Court of inquiry to til the responsibility for the accideni which occurred to the flagship, tht Illinois, while that vessel w;as enterin;. the harbor of Christiania, Norway. Ad miral Crowninshield will fly his tia.: from the Chicago. Itary's King Reviews ilussian Troops. A review of nearly 40,000 troops we hed in Rtussia in honor of the visit oi the King of Italy. kPersonal Mention. Postmaster-General Payne has gone to Wisconsin for the rest of the sum mer. King Lewanika has promised to in stitute a temperance crusade in Baiot seland. Andrew Carnegie has given $75,0 to comlliete Ine Lamnbethi library sys temn in LondouL. A portrait of Rea:-Admiral Chrk, of Oregon fame, is to be placed in the Capitol of Vermont. Queen Alexandrat bought a copy of Roosevelts "Tue Strenous Lite' at the Coronation Bazaar. That Is a good day in which you make some one happy. It is astonish ing how little it takes to make one happy. Feel tnat the day Is wasted in which you have not succeeded in thls_-r.neWitt Talmage. Governor Taft Delivers the Fin e to the Vatican, A THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTE - It is Declared That No More G a Teins Can Be Offered-The Must Leave the Philippines-S Root Thinks Foundation IiairB For an Amicable Agreement. Rome.-Major Porter, of the Judge I Advocate's Department of the Uniied States Army, personally delivered to < Cardinal Rampolla, Papal Secretary of State, the last note of Judge Taft, Gov eruor of the Philippine Islands, on the subject of the withdrawal of the friars froin the islands. This note, it was pre. sumned. would end the Governor's ne gotiations here, as Major Porter si- r multaneously presented a letter from I Judge Taft asking for a farewell audi ence with the Pope. Secretary Root in his communication declares that Judge Taft's journey is quite compensated for by the fact that it is possible to fix general lines on which later can be amicably resolved all the questions now pending. Mean while, as a preliminary, he wishes Car dinal Rampolla to send to the Philip pine Government four lists 9f the prop-, erty considered to belong to the relig- E lous orders, ccmprising the property transferred to corporations; the ecclc siastical buildings occupied by the troops, Withtndications of the damage y and compensation therefori the proper- c ty before considered Spanish Crown lands, which It is desired the American Government should transfer to 'the F church, though Washington will grant a such transfers only on condition that a satisfactory agreement be reached on. all other questions, and. the charitable and educational Institutions which the Vatican desires to be considered as be longing to the church. Secretary Root ends by Instructing 3 Judge Taft to express to Cardinal 9 Rampolla his pleasure that the visit of the American representative has re sulted in a broad basis for harmonious settlenent, has thanks for the courtesy. shown by the Vatican to Judge Taft, and for the promptness with which the Vatican has acted, an} his hopes that, though no specific agreement has been reached, the Vatican ultimately will fin jt just to do what .s been sug gested. - :. --- - Judge Taft ends his note to the Vat icaIn as follows: "In obedience ti Secretary Root's dis patch, I request that the future nego tiations on the points raised be he'd in Manila between an Apostolic Delegate and the Governor, after the informa tion suggeste& above by Secretary Root has been ascertained and presented." The Vatican is buzzing, with com ments on the last A~merican ii te. the un expected, as It was thought tha Wash ington would make counter roposi tins. A majority here represent the result as a success for Papal diplo macy, while others expess the opinion, that the friars wvili n et in Manila better terms than those offered here, and that the affair may end In their being obliged to leave the archipelago with less money, as it would be Im pissible to bring before courts the 60, 000 tenants who occupy taeir lands, paying no rent therefor. BEGGED MERCY FOR PARENTS. Daughter of Couple Sentenced For Coun terfeiting Creates Pathetic Scene. Baltimore, Md.-There was a pa- I thetic scene in the United States Court, when Judge Morris sentenced Joseph Costello to ten years and his wife Mary to five years In the penitentiary for I counterfeiting. They Were members of a gang of five Italians who, it is thought, had been operating in Phila dephia as well az in Baltimore. Little Anne Costello, their thirteen year-old daughter, when the Judge, was about to pass sentence, rushed to his side and on her knees implored him1 to be lenient with her father and moth er. Her sobs and prayers affected al in the court . In the meantime Mrs. Costell~ ame hysterical In her efforts to sec mercy and fell from her chair. S was carried moaning from the co ~ m. Costello bed 'the court officials to place his daughter where she would be protected from temptation and be taught to lead a good life. He Is a professional counterfeiter and has served three years in the Albany Pris on for a similar crime. MERCHANT A SUICIDE. shot Himself That 6100,000 Insurance Might Go to Creditors. Philadelphia.-Joseph G. Mariner, proprietor of the Philadelphia Wall Paper Mills, while on a visit to his parents' home at Smyrna, Del., went Into the stable and killed himself with a bullet in the temple. He gave his life to pay his creditors. The paper mills were closed two weeks. Later a meeting of twenty-five of his creditors was held In New York City, and they are said to have refused a settlement of +he debts at twenty ive per cent. The debts were placed at $100,000. Mariner's life was insured for $100, 0e0, and papers conveying $55,000 of this to Philadelphia and New York creditors for claims are said to be held by banks here. It is said that the sui cide lost $40,000 in stock transactions. Mariner was forty-five years old and leaves a wife. Good Weather For Haying. The past week has been favorable for haying, except in' portions of the Mis souri V'.dley, where it has been retard ed by rai::.. A very tine crop is gener ally indicated in the States of the.'Cen tral V'alleys. Wyoming Stock Raisers Excited. Stock raisers in Wyoming are great ly exercised over the extension of the forest reserves, their winter ranges for sheep having been much curtailed threbhr 'LOTA GAINST ITALY'S KING ,n Anarchist From Faterson, N. J,. Arrested at Bra. L Document lound Showlug He Tfeaht to Take Young Rule:'s Life-Saved From HiA kather's Fate. London.---A iispatch to the Telc raph from Minn says that an impor ant arrest has been mad at Br:t. a mall town in Piedmont, through hich King Victor Emmanuel often asses in his automobile on his way to as private estates. The prisoner is a young man who is escribed as a barber. Ie arrived se retly a few days ago from Pat-2rson. . J. The police, when they searched is quarters at Bra. discovered a num er of documents showing that he was n clse correspondence with Anar hists in Paterson. whose azent he is elieved to be. The prisoner told the police that lis tame is Tonetti. This is not believed. le declares himself to be a militant tnarchist. It is understood that information of is journey to Bra was given to the talian authorities by the police of Pat rson. Paterson. N. J.-The police refuted Imost with indignation the suggestion hat they had notitied the Italian po lee of the doings of an Anarchist. hey denied emphatically that they ad ever heard of a man named To etti. Persons who have paid close at ?ntion to Anarchist doings in Paterson aid that the name Tonetti had never een prominently mentioned In con tection with anarchy here. This fact ieant nothing, however, It was ex >alned, because the leading Anar hists as a matter of protection con tautly change their names and rarely ppear under the real ones. SULTAN OF ZANZiBAR DEAD. Eamud Bin Mahomed Said, Ruler by British Grace, Succumbs to Paralysis. Zanzibar, East Africa.-Hamud Bin labomed Said, Sultan of Zanzibar, rho recently was stricken with paraly sULTAD OF ZAMIBAR. ls, suffered a relapse and died a few lays ago. The Sultan had ruled since 1896, in %hich year he was placed on the brone by Great Britain. TWO LYNCHINGS IN THE SOUTH. legro Burued at the Stake and White Man Hanged on City Scales. Clayton, Mlss.-William Ody, a ne yo, who attempted to assault Miss Vir ~inia Tucker, of this place, was burned t the stake at midnight. The assault vas most brutal. The young woman was iding in the country when she was at. acked, and was so violently pulled rom her buggy by the negro that both uer legs were broken. After Ody's capture a mob quickly ormed and took charge of the pros mer. He was brought before Miss ucker, who identified him, after vhh he was lynched. Owensboro, Ky. - Joshua Andcrson vas taken from jail here by a crowd >f men and hanged to the crossbeam f the city scales. Anderson had gone o the home of his wife, three miles be. ow town, called her out and shot her :hree times. Instantly killing her. An lerson was the first white man ever ynched in Daviess County. UNDER WATER 25 MtNUTESI , mlling Salts Played Part in Resuscita tion of a Child. Washington, D. 0.-According to a ~eport received from the life-saving tation at Anglesen. N. J.. smelling alts played an Itnportant part In resus ittng a child which had been under rater for fully twenty-five minutes. The child was Stanley S. Holmes. Je was thrown into the water from a -owboat during a squall, and when he ws rescued and brought ashore there vas no perceptible breathing. His jws were clenched and had to be pened by force. Artificial respiration ws maintained for an hour and a half, md it was forty-five minutes before 2e showed any signs of life. The de ails of the case will be of value for the nedical recorck Nineteen Men Drowned. A severe typhoon swept over the outhern islands of the Philippines. l'he United States customs steamer hearwater was lost off the Island of Marinduque. Nineteen of her crew, including three Americans, were Irowned. China Accepts Tien-Tuin Terms. The Chinese Foreign Office has ac epted the terms offered by the foreign Ministers for the evaCuation of Tien sn, and it is expected that the Em SQULL HITS A SMILBOM1 Fifteen Persons Drowned at a New Hampshire Resort. ONLY THREE OF PARTY SAVED Acclaent HTapr.ened Before a Number of klotel Gueste-The Victins Were Em ployed as Waiters and Waitresses Two of Them Were Harvard Students -Craft Capsized Without Warninc. Appledore, Isles of Shoals. N. H. The worst accident which has ever hap pened in these isles overtook a party of fifteen waitresses and two waiters. Fifteen of the party were drowned. Two of them were Harvard students. A large sailboat in charge of Captain Frederick Miles. and having on board the waitresses and the head and second whiters from the Oceanic Hotel, was struck by a sudden squall. In a couple of seconds the craft was capsized and the occupants were struggling in the water. The boat was only about 3J0 feet off Appledore Island when the accident took place. and it was witnessed by a large number of hotel patrons. Theie was a good sea running and the steam er Sam Adams and a half hundred rowboats put off to the rescue. With the exception of the two waiters. W. E. Alward and Henry C. Farrington, all but five members of the party were brought ashore. The dead are: W. E. Alward. Cam bridge. Mass.: Henry C. Farrington, Cambridge, Mass.: May Adams, Ports mouth, N. H.; Ena Adams, Ports mouth, N. H.: Alice Roberts. Bertha Graham. Minnie McDonald, Katherine Bowes, Elizabeth Bowes. Saxonville. Mass.; Bessie Chase, Malden. Mass.; Anna Sheehan. Eva Marshall. May Marshall, Haverhill. Mass.; Isabel Kauska. Cambridge, Mass., and Laura Gilmore. The saved are: Captain Fred Miles. Lillian Bresnahan and Alice Haggarty. Alward and Farrington were both Harvard students. Eva and May Mar shall were school teachers in Haver hill, Mass. Katharine Bowes taught school In Farmingham, Mass. Bessie Ciase taught school in Malden. MANY DEAD IN COLD MINESb Exploaion Finde Vietime in Adjoinine 'Properties in Utah. Park City, Utah.-Two powder maga. zines at the 1200-foot level of the Daly. West gold mine exploded, causing a loss of life of about forty-eight men. The 1200-foot level of the Daly-West corresponds to the 600-foot level of the Ontario and as the' mines are. con nected at different point there were victims of the explosion In both. The explosion, it Is believed, was caused by John Burgy. a miner, who enter a foty-ton po yin V l1e.. T of the explo ion is shown by th st that a miner' working on the 1 0' t level of the Ontario, 900 feet below. and nearly a mile away from the point of the explosion, was Ins'antly killed. Two members of the rescuing party have died from the effects of the gases in the mines. The Daly-West did not carry $1 of liability insurance. The mine owners, among whom are Banker McCormick, J. E. Bamberger and Mayor Ezra Thompson, of Salt Lake City, say they will take care of, the families of the men who were killed. BIG CHICAGO STRIKE OFF. lien Return to Work on Advice of State Arbitration Board-1,oo,OOO Loss. Chicago. - The freight handlers' strike, which has almost paralyzed Chicago's business for ten days, ended when the men by almost unanimous vote decided to return to work and se cure the best possible terms. A strike of teamsters, which would have in volved nearly 20,000 men, was averted by tile abrupt ending of the contro versy. The strike, it is estimated, cost the business men of Chicago $10,000,000, and in order to guard against such a contingency in the future they are pre paring to inaugurate an educational campaign In opposition to the sympa thetic strike. The labor unions are fighting to se cure the right to abrogate agreements for the pur-pose of ordering sympa thetic strikes. Credit for the settlement rests with the State Board of Arbitration. It was the adoption of the suggestions by It which led to the action of the Freight Handlers' Union in declaring the strug gle with the railroads ended News of the Toilers, Oswego, N. Y., boilermaigers demandt $2.50 a day. A general strike in the Province oi Cadiz, Spain, is proba ble. Nearly 350,000J are employed in the iron and steel industry mn Lermalny. Ohio stationary engineers' conventioli refused to go on record as opposed i( the negro. All tue woodworking plants of Me tropolis, Ill., are runain;; with iigut crews of non-union men. Parrel, Mexico, co-operative workn; mnen's society is preparmng to observe the anniversary of its orgamzzatiojn. Several hotels at Eerlin are crowded with Americans over from London. Eleven frieght steamers to cost $2, 000,030 hav-e been ordered for the St Lawrence River trade. New York capitalists are seeking it Baltimore, Md., ai site for a steel plan to miaufacture 500 tons of noveltie per day. Germany now leads in the export o scientific instruments. Fouirteen thou sarnd wage-earners are employed in tha in.ius:ry. The longest run without stopping o: record, for a passenger trin n. is that re cently made over the 42S miles betwvee; Buffalo and New York Cit.. GENERAL SMITH RETIRED Army Of'fcer Reprimanded and Re moved From Active Servic2. RJ4U and Burn in samar" Orde" Con demned by the President andt Secretary Root. ashington, D. C.-A see' was e-reated In Army circles by tle publica ton of President Rosevh's decisioD in the case of General Jacob H. Smith, servIng in the Philippines. retiring that officer from the Army. This was doiue, although the court-martial whic found him guilty. merely senlieveid him to be "admonished by the rev'ew inr amuhority." The President, how ever, retired, as well as reprimianded him. This action was taken undr-r 'ie law which provides that officers aV1ing reached the age of sixty-two yeatrs may be retired at will by the Prei dent. The reprimand of Precident Roosevelt Is supplemented by Secre tary Root in a lone circular. in whlie( he explains the conditilins whici -esuil' ed in the court-martial of Gere-al Smith. and shows that. althona' tIhe latter issued the "kill and burn" order as a matter of fact very few persont -were so killed. The President's order was neepared at Oyster Bay. Secretary Root recom mended to the President that he ex-r cise In General Smith's case the -Kht given him under the law summariiyto retire any officer who has reached the aze of sixty-two. Mr. Root sahl he did not believe General Smith to he qualified further to exercise command General Smith entered tho servce of the United States as a Lieuten'rvt of the Second Kentucky Infantry i 1S61. He served through the war an v entered the Regular Army as a Capt'&'-9 of the Thirteenth Infantry. He ser - -0 with distinction in the Indian C t! paign and In the Spanish War. 1 Cuba he was Lieutenant-Colonel of ' Twelfth Infantry. He- has been c duty in the Philinplues since the fr' of 1899. General Smith was seven*" times recommended for a Brigadle Generalship. which he finally gained. He would have retired with honor Jan uary 29, 19.4. STRIFE AMONG THE BOERS. Nen Who Fought to the End georn ThoW Who Gave Up. Pretoria, South Africa.-There is hit ter strife among the Bocrs. and thi hatred and persecution on the part o the men who fought until the end m the war against those who surrenderer and went over to the British is sucP that many prediet that there may Vr a renewal of hostilities. This rouI inevitably result if during the s struction there should be an attempt t place the burghers who surrendered Ir authority over those who fought to ti end. So eof the Boers who served t ave den'bete bu to' nessn 4- tAe.@ guls mselves frofl tiopr rende ed during the war 'y~r green badge. The Transvaal and'Fr State colors are also freely worU. Maw S of the burghers declare they wete duced to agree to surrendar, by th' false representations of their leaders who painted the terms to rosily, ant the whole situation' so *bristles witi difficulties that there are not lackinr those who doubt if the document signet May 31 was really the final settlemen of the South African trouble. Wyoming Republicaa Ticket. The Republican State Convention of W yomuing tias renominated a full state ticket, headed by Deforest Richards for Governor, except in the case of. the Treasurer, whom the law makes Ineli gible fpr re-election. The "progressive and patriotic administration of Presi dent Roosevelt" was indorsed. Cholera Spreading ia China. Cholera is increasing in China, spreading inland from the coast, and several deaths have occurred ia the Forbidden City in Pekin. Four Runrders by a Boy. Willie Cannon, a colored tramp, agedl fiteen years, confessed to Chief of Pou lice Austin at Birmingham. Ahi.. that he had recently killed a white blaby at Gurnee. Ala.. a negro baby at Heen, a negro baby at Cahaba and a negro baby in Birmiingham. The body of the last-named baby has been founid. Cor oner .Paris has the little negro in charge and Is invesugating his story Oklahoma's Population. The commnission appointed to reap portion Okiahonwa has :anke...eed the total population to be 64J Bieks.aeach Leaves British Cainet. Sir Michael Micks-Beeh, Chanellor of the Exchequer, has resigned his porfolio in the Briuish Governmenut, is aenioi giving rise to much spetua tion ar to other piroijable eh:,n-g's un. der Mr. Baifour.. Tfhe neW Pritue Min ister made a spereci, .wib was well recevedI at a piarty couilerence, ait which leaders gave pledges of loyalty. 100,000,0043 Popuiation rrediicted. Director of the Census Mer'ri::m be liees that th-e next eensus wint und te United States to .ae.0,0,0 Porto Rico has S5'J new schoolhouses. Oregon wvants atd for an e::positcoi in 1904. A sea wall is to be built in the harbor of Genoa. A copyright law has been promiul gated in Siamw. Publishers in London arc dismayed -at the prospects of the book trade.* Congress has ordered printed 100,000 copies of Ha~y's eulogy of McKinley. -A Frenchimani claims to have invent d an explosive that is sanok-eless and iashiess. If silence is golden the woman who !s dea~f and dumab must be twenty-fou~r