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RAND DUKE S ther High Russian By Anarchist SOLIEARY ASSASSIN IS AFRESTE tncle of the Czar and Governor Gen eral of Mos(ow Instantly Killed While Driving,From His Palace in the Ancient Capital by a Bomb brhrown Beneath His Carriage From S:eigh by a Member o. the Socialistic-Revolutionary Party. Mosccw. By Cable.-Within the aalls of the far-famed 'Kremlin Pal ace, and almost underneath the his torical tower from which Ivan the I Terrible watched the heads of his enemies falling beneath the axe of the famous red square, and within a stone's throw of the great bell of Mos cow, Grand Duke Sergius. uncle and brother-in-law of Emperor Nicholas, and the chief cf the reactionaries. me" a terrible death shortly before 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. The deed was dommitted by a single terrorist. who threw beneath the carriage of the Grand Duke a bomb charged with the same high-power explosive which wrought Minister Von Phieve's death. The missle was packed with nails and fragments of iron, ,and its explosion tore the imperial victim's body to ghastly fragments, which strewed the snow for yards around. Every win dow in the great, lofty facade of the palace of justice was shattered, and bits of iron were imbedded deeply in the walls of the arsenal, a hundred yards away. HAT) REPEATED WARNINGS. The assassin belongs to the noted "fighting group'' of the solialistic-rev olutionary party, which has removed other prominent officials and long since passed sentence of death upon Grand Duke Sergius. The Grand Duke knew that he stood in the shadow of death. He was the recipient of re peated warnings, and elaborate pre cautions were taken to ensure his safety. The scene of the crime was the great open triangle within the Kremlin. bounded by the arsnel, treasury and courts of justice, in one angle of which is the Nicholas, or, Little Palace, where the Grand Duke dwelt. At the op site corner Is the Nikolasky gate, e exit to the town beyond the ram rts. IRCUMSTANCES OF THE CRIME. A few minutes before the bell of the gate sounded the hour of 3. the equipage of the Grand Duke emerged from the gates of the palace and pro ceeded, followed by sleighs containing secret police. It swept to a smart pace owards the gate, passing the Choudeff Cloister, Ivan's Tower, the -great Czar bell and long rows of cannon captured rom Napoleon in the winter retreat of 1812. In a minute the carriage was -front of the courts of justice, where e walls of the triangle approach, forming a narrow entrance to the Nik olasky gate. There a man clad in workman's attire stepped forward from the sidewalk and threw a bomb, which he had concealed beneath his coat. A terrrible explosion followed, and a hail f iron pelted the grim stone walls of the arsnel and courts of justice. A ick cloud of smoke, snow and debris se. When it has cleared, a ghastly ht was presented. On the snow lay fragments of the y of Gragd Duke Sergius, mingled the wreck of the carriage. The d Duke's head had been torn from body, and reduced to a shapeless Ip, and the trunk and limbs were htfully mangled. A finger bearing ch seal ring was found lying sev yards away. The crimson tint and ickening smell of blood were every ere. Only a few fragments of cloth proved Demand For Print Cloth all River, Mass., Special.-Sales in urint cloth market for the week estimated at from 175.000 to 200, pieces. An improvement in the emand for goods, and especially 36 and 3S 1-2 widths, is reported, the bulk of the trading during the week being confined to these styles. Regu lars. which sold last week at 2 11-16, are now quoted at 2 5-S. Whole Family Asphyxiated. eveland, 0., Special-Four persons found dead in a s:nall house at 1-2 Central Avenue today. The e: Charles Heller. Josephine is wife; George Nolan, a ;MSay Nolan, wife of George d daughter of the Hellers. neighbors entered the Nc oday the natural gas was g ini the stove, but the filled with a strong odor e only living thing in the a sr.all dog, which was ped in a blanket. It was nd Near Railway Track. o, Special.-The body of a gro was found lying beside the d track about a mile this side ston by the engineer of the A. . C. "'Shoo-Fly,'' going east. He -the body as the train was ap oaching and stopped. An examtina ion rev-ealed that the negro had been shot in the head. The coroner. Dr. 'homas Hill. of this city.. was notifie'l and went down to Beston this after r:oOn to investigate the affair. Killed by Falling Timber. Conco~rd, Special.--Friday evening about 4 oclc a 'phone message0 from Pioneer MIills brinigs theQ news that Mr. Manuel MeVWhiro-, the year-old son of Mr.- Samtel S. ' 'ite., wa kil:ed at his homne by -li timbers. It seems that they weer ng oni addition to the htoute~ "d ' -e 'Ut man had rgone under' the houtre1 t pm up so're ~nrops whc i the heavy tim ,bers fell on him,. sttiking him in the breast- He lingeredi unconscious for about an hour, wheb he died. ERGIUS IS SLAIN Dfficial Blown to Atoms Bom5 Thrower ind?icated that the body had once bee c1t:ied. The coachman lay maui with pain tesidc a deep hoie in the pavem,it. The horse.. draging th: .ront wheels of the carriage. had dash ed off, maddened with pain, to sink dying before they reached the gate. ASSASSIN GLORIES IN DEED. The assassin was thrown to tho grcund and stunned by the force o the explosicon. but he quickly arose and ran toward the gate. attemptng to escape. His haste and the bicod streaming from his face where he had been wounded by fragments of the bomb. attracted the attention of a sergeant of police who seized him be fore he could draw his revolver. The man did not deny the crime, but on the contrary gloried in its success. He expressed his satisfaction that he has been able to kill the Grand Duke without involving the latter's innocent wife. He avowed his membership in the Social revolutionary army, but re fused to give his name. and at the jail his papers were found to be false. CAUSES OF POPULAR HATRED. Much of the responsibility for the catastrophe at the coronation of Em peror Nicholas in Moscow, when sev eral thousand people were crushed to death at the time of the distribution of the imperial gifts. was laid at Grand Duke Sergius' door. It was held that he had not taken sufficient precautions and the Liberals after the affair here of January 22 placed the major portion of the blame on his shoulders. THE CZAR PROSTRATED. The news of the assassination of the Grand Duke reached Tsarskoe Selo while the imperial family was enter taining Prince Frederick Leopold, of Prussia. It created the greatest con sternation. The Emperor is reported to have been ecmletely prostrated. All festivities in hcncr of the Prussian guest were at once abandoned. Friday afternoon Ambassador Mc Cormick and the other ambassadors drove to the palace to express their ofheial condolences, also leaving their cards at the palaces of the various members of the imperial family. POLITICAL EFFECT OF TRAGEDY. Opinion That It Will Inaugurate a Reaction Not Generally Shared, and ' High Authority Declares That the Parliament Will Be Summoned as Annodnced-The Crime Universally Denounced. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The as sassination of Grand Duke Sergius un doubtedly was the work of the fight ing organization of the Socialistic Revolutionary party, which condemned and executed Count Bobrikoff, gover nor general of Finland, and M. Sipia guine and Von Phlihve, Ministers of the interior. It is regarded as a direct challenge from the terrorists to the autocracy, and a revival of the famous duel between the Nihilists and the government 25 years ago. Opinions differ as to the political effect of the tragedy, some inclining to the view thrt the killing of a member of the inmperial family may resul tint Nicholas 11, reviving a period of re action; but this opinion is not gener ally shared. Peace Formally Considered. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-It is learned on exceptional authority that the question of peace was formally considered by Emperor Nicholas and his ministers at the conference held at Tsarkoe Selo. No particulars areI obtainable, as.. before the discussion began, the Emperor exacted from each one present a solemn promise not to divulge the slightest hint of what transpired. The belief, is.. however, that the possible conditions and terms were under consideration. Lookout Inn Damaged. Chattanooga, Special.-Investigation made showed that Lookout Inn, the noted summer hotel on Lookout moun tain, had been damaged to the amount of $1,000 by recent bad weather. The ror.f was broken in several places by the weight of snow ard ice upon it and burst pipes were found all over the building. Repairs will be made at once so that the hotel can be opened on time ne::t month. -Japc Lcce Vantage Point. St. Petersbrg By Cable.-Lieu'ten ant GIeneral Sahr'f General Kuro iatins chief of '-tafi. telegraphs that the Rus.sian -ti -r r1rar1"> de stoved the~ bldin;;s an.d wvafll of Nangu-si. from wh'ich the Japanese ~ad been bbrin the Russin trenche s. The aJapanese v-ore driven cut. in regardl to' the attack on Inc bridge betwveen Guapiin arnd Fantzia tun. Februar. 12. General Satharcff says the .Jap::.ces force comprised 100 cavalry and 20t0 Chinese bandits. Rus sian frenti r guairds drove off the at tackers. who st:bsequer.tly dlestroy.ed a few rails. b!ew up a telegraph pole southward of the bridge, and then fled. Fresh Fromn the Wires. he German Reichstag has referred the commercial treaties to a special committee. Presidena Roosevelt has sent Lady Gregory $25 toward the purchase of Irish pictures for the proposed galierv in Dublin. AEri'tish squjadron. under Prin e Lois oi Battenurg, in Octtor nx will visit America. the ca:rmanr main sos at W ashington and - nap,ol. Russia is alarmed at a threatened epie.ic of cholehra in the spring. Georg~e von' L. Meyer. Armerican Am-I asdo. was the only AmbassM'or acopni: the in)g of i&aly o a shooting tr:p The~ ndget Cmmittee ofi the Ger ,.anReicsta decdedto stroingly for tiry Kiaochou. Germany's Chinese pnrt. Atterney har.a the Coal Cocm 'ie hearing. sa I th railroadis ha:d m -de t"col strike A source of pro It is thought the present British Gov erunent will last until the end of this esion of parliament. LEGISLATIVE 5ESSION NOW OVER Both Houses of South Carolina Ger.er al Assembly Closed Their Work Sat. ur'ay. The Clemson Bill. Dbate boygrn Friday in the s^na to cn the Polick bil. This is he hous bill i: establis> at Winthrop an in. speetion bureau to e :amine fert ilizcrs. Clemson now derivcs the total income from the priviiete tax and if tlh. bill passes the senate Winthrop will he a part beneficiary in it. The bill has ee n on the calendar for some time. ever since it came over from the house. Scnator W. J. John son has on the senate calendar a sim ilar bill but he will le t ires: now that the Pol loc biil has arrived. A good deal of specn-making v:as engaged in Friday on this bill. but no action was ta:cn. Its contsia:ation occupicd both the mo.ning an.c e,en ing session. The house of representatives has declined to pass any legislation to amend the dispensary law. Saturday the senate bill was considered as a substitute for Mr. Brantley's bill, and the whole matter was indefliite.y post poned after a long fight. Will increase Levy. The "supply bill," or the bill to fix the levy for :axes for the current year. was given second reading in the house of representatives Saturday. The levy for State and coun:y pur poses is raised in the bill from 5 to 5 1-2 mills. This is the first time in two score years that the levy has ex ceeded 5 mills. This bill occupied prac tically the entire time in the House. In the Senate routine business only was considered. Many members were absent. The Reformatory Bill. The Reformatory bill came up in the Senate Tuesday but was not disposed of. The bill to give part of the ferti lizer tax to Winthrop College failed to pass. Earlies in the session the militia bill passed third reading without a murmur. As it has already passed the House,' it is now ready for ratifica tion. The bill to cede the land for the State armory was also favorably re ported. The bill to allow Robert L. Limehouse of Dorchester to be admit ted to the bar without examination was unfavorably reported and this report was adopted. The judiciary committee recommended that the bill to reduce passenger rates be continued until next year and this was done. Senator McIver submitted a resolu tion that three senators be appointed to examine the books of the State offi ers. There is a resolution in the house providing for the appointment of five representatives. The report of the findings of the ways and means committee of the House and finance committee of the Senate in the matter of the legisla tive committeE and Secretary of State Gantt was read and will be printed in the journal. A communication from the legisla ture of Arizona asking that our sena atorial and congressional representa tives be asked to plead for statehood for that territory was received as in formation. Both houses of the Legislature rounded up uncontested measures Wednesday, with the result that a hun dred or more of these were passed, and the calendars are relieved of prac tically all of their dead wood and are both short. The Legislature has now practically fir ished its work, and is to be judged by what it has already done. All that remains to be done now Is for the two houses to agree on the measures that have already passed one branch or have passed both with amendments that have to be agreed upon. Mr. K. D. E'Iwardls introduced a res olution forbidding the use of the hall of the House for State ball purposes. The resolution will be killed. The House refused to raise the pay of Supreme Court Justices to $3,500. Instead it passed the bill as it came from the Senate raising the pay $150 each. The Appropriation Bill. The free conference committee on the appropriation bill reported that it had been agreed that differences be tween the two houses should be set ted as followst: The salary of the electrician of the State House shall begin January 1, 1905. A stenographer at a salary of $350 per annum shall be allowed to the immigration dlepartment. The House concurred in the amend ment to increase the comptroller gen eral's printing appropriation from $2, 500 to $3,000. The Senate receded from its amend ment as to purchasing "Efird's Digest." To the bill was added a subdivision: "For the purpose of purchasing land and building armory in accordance with the act passed in 1903, $7,750. Also as a subdivision: "The commis ;ion for the completion of the inside of the State H-onse is authorized to sell the o1:1 boilers now inl use aml. complete the work now in their charge" The Senate receded from its amend mets in re:bing the appropriation to the South C' olina collcge. The re port of the f -ce conference committee was audopted and thus the appr'opria Committee:. Prsi:ent Sloan announced the ap poitmen:t of the following comr.ii, To examine the books and accounts of certain State officer s-Senators But r and Dougls To edamin' biennial sessions legis lation--Snato's MIl er, Rogers and Hood. To investi""i' the work of thie codJe c)mni:ioner -Snato- Hudson. To invcs.ti-'te the affairs of the State f ispcnsary-Senator Warren. To examine into the financial and physic.l condition of the State col leges-Senator Hardin. To examine the fish and oyster indus try of the State-Senators Christensen and McLeod. To examne the penal and charitable institutions of the State-Senator Brooks. SENATE. E" far the most important wo:'k of the Sate was on the reformnatory bill. This bill was fought to an issue and finally a vote was taken and at first appeared by the deciding vote of the piesdent of the Senate that the meas ire had survived. A second vote was taken and the bill by one vote was con tinued until nexst year'. Among the other important matters -vas the Ser "te's concuirrence to the free contferC e committee's report. on the rapp:opiation bill. When the ap'ropriation bill came over trom t' e 3euate. Mr. Moses askedl for it to be submite to the ways and means commit"tee that the amendment might be cons'iered. The committe took the bill uer consideration and reported unanimously for concurrence inth +folloaing senate amendments: Salary of governor's stenographer, $600 to $750. Comptroller gcleral's printing fund, $5c0 to $S50. Railroad 'omm: ssio:e's' scencgra pher. SE'. to $1S0 Cire"ic jd,rges. K24.00 to .Jil.000. Solicitors. $12.30U to $15.600. Court stenographers, $10,200 to $12, Printing, gene.al election, $5.000 to nothing. William Elliott, Jr.. fee. $1,000. Dispensary co:am:ssion, e:Xpenes, $3,0O. And several small claims. The House refused to concur in the Senate's amendment as follows: Increases for South Carolina college: $;00 for stenographer of, commissioner of immigration; $3,000 for tax depart ment. Increase in appropriation for pur .,hase of copies of "Efird's Digest" from $3iu to $G00. Some Importent Work. The conference committeo appointed in these four items consisted of Sen atcrs Itysor and Efird and Represen tetives Harrison. Spivey and Beam guard. When this committee was un able to agree, the free conference com rittce appointed on the bill consisted of Senators Manning, Brice and Hardin and Representatives Moses, Lyon and Sinkler. The House agreed to the Senate amendment appointing the attorney general instead of the seetary of state as a member of the board to build the State armonry. The other commis sioners are the governor and the ad jutant general. The House also agreed to the Senate's amendment to appro priation bill taking out of the hands of the secretary of state, historical com mission and comptroller general the supervision of the construction of fire proof receptacles for documents in the State House. The State house commis sion is charged with the execution of this work. The House members of the free con ference committee on the solicitors' bill consisted of Messrs. Gaston. Brant I my and Cothran. The matter at issue was the proposed raise in salaries. The House concurred in the Senate z.mendments to the supply bill and to the legislative appropriation bill and the bill providing for jurisdiction and pay of magistrates. These were sent to the engrossing department for en ':ollment as acts. The House of Representatives yester day granted the use of its hall to the Conference for Education in the South at its meeting here the 20th of April. PAY CERTIFICATES. The pay certificates were filled out at the afternoon session and the mem bers of the House came up and receiv ed their per diem at $4 for 40 days and mileage. The pay certificates were cashed at the banks, which kept open until dark for the accomomdation of the members. "All those in favor of the motion of the senator from Lee, that the senate do now adjourn, will make it known by saying, aye, and thosE opposed no. It appears to the chair that the ayes have it. And the senate stands ad journed sine die," said President Sloan and his gavel fell sharply three times. And so at seven minutes after four o'clock Saturday afternoon the work of the senate was over for the year of 1905. It had been a long and tiresome day and yet nothing was done. It was the wait which wore everybc<4y out. The senate met early in the :norning, hop ing to get through by roon at least, but there was an unavoidable delay, and after waiting several .hours for some bills from the engrosing depart ment the few senato'rs who had re mained in the city decided to come back in the afternoon. At 4 o'clock 0o' thereabouts the last acts were rati fed and the work was done. IWhen the body met in the morning at 9 o'clock there was a scanty attend ance. A large number of the lawv makers had left the city. Empty chairs glared at one where the day he fore had sat the senators. The senate took a recess and the members of the body wandered back and forth between the house and their own chamber, or else sat about and talked about the session and politics in general. Every body was yawning and stretching their arms by 11 o'clock, but t'aere was even then no end. The trouble lay in the en. grossing department, ar.d yet it was in no way the fault of that excellent Idepartment for the emnployes had Iworked until 4 o'clock yE sterday morn ing. While waiting for :he acts to be ready for ratification, tr e senate held a short session about 11.30 o'clock and the usual resolutions 'were submitted by Senator Brown thanling the prest dent, officers of the sena.te and news paper men. The resolt tion to Presi dent Sloan was no empty and formal tribute, for he has held his office with great dignity andl clearness this year. While his rulings are de:isive, he is al ways willing to explain them courte ously, and no appeal was made during, the entire session, nor a parliamentary manual called into use for reference. een ins the most delicatle situation. The first two cf the resolutions read "1. Reolved, That the senate deC sr. to putt on record its high app::e c ation nf the ability, coulrtesy and d.g nit 'ith which its pre-s.dent, the H.n. Jon T1. Sloan, has dii:;chiarged the dif fleult and delicat e duties of his o lce. "2.Rec:d. That -thc senate tend rs to the~ Hon.. Richard I. Manning, t ,resien pro tem. its :hanks for u ale cou rtly and etilieet perforancc Iof te duties of the chair." TIhese two resolution.s were adopted ba rising vote on mot on of the Sen cr fromo Ne,wberi'y. Priesident Sloan expr'sedl in fitting v:'o'ds 'his gratifi ation that his serviccs had been ap precatd. The report cf the committee to in 'estigate the boiler e::plosion was read .nd the senate again took a recess. Abot noon the speaker and the clerk cam over from the house, and a num er of acts were ratified. but this did not finish all of the work, for the ap propriaton bill and several other im ortant m2easures, were still in the ans~ of the engrossing department. At 1.30 it v.'as decided to adjourn until .30 o'clock and at this hour the senate gain came to order, with Senators Hlay. Earle. Mc!Leod. C. L. Blease., Brice, Chr'istensen. Williams Effird. avis. Rardin, Weclls and E. S. Blease The scaker and his clerk were an oinced anud to the surprisa of thc enate. the~ members of the house whc wre in the State house also attendec the atificaticn of the~ acts. There werE acts in all and thc speaker let te chmber at o mintcs to -1 o'cloclk A cormittee of Senators Wee.. E. S lease and Efird w.as appointed to in fo'm the gvc:'ror that the b'usines: of th sena:e had been dispatched and presently Private Secretary Nor meOft appearedi with the regular mcs sage. Clerk of the Senate Hemnphil iiformed the house that the senate was ready to adjourn and Clerk of thi House Hamer visited the senate witi a simiiar mesage. Senator McLeot skn marie the motion to adjourn. SERIOUS FIRE lSS The City of Indih.apois Suffers By Sul!day Elaze LGSSLS ARE RLICil OV A .Li0's For Four Hcrs Flame:, Criinat'ng in a Drug Establishmre.t Thrcat_ned the Ertirc Whol2s:le 'is':rict ci the t City, But Mere Finaily Controlled After Extensive Ravages. Indianapolis, Special.-Fire which started in the large wholesale millinery house of Fahnley 7 McCrca. located in South Meridian street, Suml1ay night spread to adjoining buiiing-, and within 45 minutes had completely ce stroyed ei;ht buildings and is now me nacing that portion of the wholesale district bounded by Meridian street and Georgia street, Jackson Place and the Union station. Several explosions have occurred in the A. Kiefer Drug Company's ware rooms, and on account of the inflam- f able material stored in the adjoining t buildings the fire is yet beyond control. A storm of firebrands is falling over the business portion of the city, and many fires are expected to result. The damage already done is estimated at over a million dollars. Anong the heaviest losers are Fahn- t cy & McCrea, wholesale milliners; the 2 A. Keifer Drug Company; Griffith r Bros., wholesale milliners; Delmetsch Ir i Co., teys and druggists' sundries; the United States Express Company's ware-. rooms; the Savory Hotel; St. Charles I Hotel, and Sherman House. The roof of t the sheds at the Union depot is on fire. Later-The total loss is $1,500,000. When the fire was brought under eon tral, eight buildings, among which were h three hotels, had been ccmpletely de- t stroyed. One fireman was hurt by fall- v lng walls. Death or Young Battle. It Annapolis. Md., Special.-Midship- r man Samuel Westray Battle, cf the r second class at the Naval Academy, c and a son of Surgeon Samuel Westray Battle, United States Navy. retired, of r Asheville, N. C., dropped dead as the brigade of midshipmen were called to dinner formation shortly after 12 'clock Sunday. He had just taken his place as third petty officer of the second battalion's ninth company h when he was stricken with heart fail ure. He fell before any one reached aim, and was dead when picked up by his mates. Young Battle entered the academy in August, 1902, from e Asheville, and was 21 years old. He t ) was popular with his class and school mates and stood well In his studies. He was an oarsman and pulled stroke 0 in last year's varsity eight at the tcademy, but did not become a candi ate for the crew this season. Ho was also .a member of the .cademy tiop committee and was prominent so-d ially. His parents have bern noti fled by the authorities, but no arrange-a nents have been made yet regarding the funeral. Will Be No State Funeral. I: St. Petersburg-By Cable-It has ow been definitely decided that the t emains of Grand Duke Sergius will l not be brought to St. Petersburg for l the present, but will be placed in a temn orary receiving vault of the Chaudoff t Nfonastery to await the completion of E he alterations now in progress in the ~ omanoff mausoleum in the cathedral E f St. Peter and St. Paul, where the ( permanent interment will occur, ~ mong the tombs of his ancestors.' Another reason is that even Governor t eneral Trepoff has recognized the t act that no precautions can furnish ~ n absolute guarantee of immunity ~ gainst an act of terrorism; and at a lreat state funeral, where ancient t custom requires that the Emperor and C ill of the Romanoff family assemble ~ nd follow the coffin on foot. a single t bomb might wipe out the dynasty. C NTERSTATE Y. M. C. A. CONVEN c TION. i Highly Interesting Meeting to Be Held at Asheville in. March. t The Second Annual Interstate Con -cntin of the Yt,ung Men's Christian ~ soiaticfn will meet in Asheville. N. .March 11-14, 1P03. The p,rogr'amme ibe a very attractive onc, includ --me ci the leading religicus speak-t oft:cuntry. Addt~ress -n taics n.'' ( i;':and. 0.: F. L S"u. - on. 0. texceted): Dr. J. A. . 'fe . eberry' Colle. S. C. A. I r: Yor :l: L ate. Atlanta G.: IH.~ Kin' Charleston, S. C.' H. J. aciel .i alotte N. C TI.) -"dance Steps" will b h e -.e,n! :he:n' StiesC will be miade :'ucation'al. PVysical. Social. 1oys n' 1"Advance Steps" will be suggest Spec(ial features-The "Quiet Tall;., s SS. D. ordon, of Cleveland. Omio. ir odnhas few equal; in giving, fl] mewsages relating to the Chr:s- 1! Te Men's Meeting in the Great g Platf'rm rmeetings. The I,o::"' Meeting in the Associat- I The Deep ,tion to Delegates and Lo- a "l Merabe"ship on Saturday evenmg. Te presen.tationl of Educational ':Ar' y E. L. Shucy. of Dayton. Ohio. Sid"o:os b r. J. A. B. Sherer. Each delegate( arni v.isitor must be Ic lip1ed vwith (rel!fntials. The metmg y -m h a vry roInable one an'l a A $3,500 Verdict. Nashville, Spe cial-In the cirCiut court hc jury in the case of the Southern [ailway company vs. the United States Iarble comnpan.y reported a verdict for :he defendant of some $3,500 damages, 1.20 being land and the remainder for lamages sustained to other property nd non-user of the property. T1he jury f view is said to have allowed $200 ore than the verdict calls for, and this has been the rule that the original u-y of view was more liberal than the 'erdict of juries which sat on the case after appealed to court. This is one of Lh m-an ndmnation nroceedings iISTIMN1IEODEAC NOTE~ F3BRUARY TW2NTY-S!XTH. Heroes cf Home Miisicns."-Jer. 1:7-19. vts 8:1; ct 1422 Cu:' ;: : 2 Cor. 11:2--2S: Acts 2:41. 17; 11 :2-24; 19:17-2r: Phil. 1: 12. 13. Lesson Thoughts. Whiat is hrici:n? is it rear!ines3 o mect danger. eirely, without re ;ard to consequences': This is only ecklessne:;s. Heroism is a willing esrr.:se to the cal of duty even in he face of know:n difculties, dangers .nd possible death. The greatest inspiration to miss onary heroism is the promise, "I am rith thee to delivr te , saith the ord. Let op".sition come; it can .t ovcrwhe'lm. Selecticns. It is aftecting in the highrst de ree to read the diary of David Drain rd, missionary to the American In ians. Here is a specimen.-"Hcre I m, Lord, send me; send me to the nds of the earth; send me to the ough, the savage pagans of the ,ilderness: send me from all that is alled comfort in the earth; send me yen to death itself if it be but in by service and to promote thy king om." Endure hardness as a good soldier f Jesus Christ. (2 Tim. 2:3.) John Eliot, the apostle to the In ians, says that he had considered hese words, and his experiences how that he obeyed them. No one an tell how much the nation owes o his example of Consecration and cal, which has stimulated others to .issionary service. Marcus Whitman. whose hazardous de across the continent in 1842-3 id much to save Oregon to the ,merican Union, said, "My life is of ttle worth if I can save this couatry o the American people." Peter Cartwright was one of a large lass of early missionary heroes who ndured incredible hardship and op osition in preaching the gospel. His arness was cut, his horse's mane and ii were shaved by ruffians, and he as more than once threatened with orsewhippings, and waylaid at lone lplaces in the woods. Nothing but ne stanchest courage on the part of liese pioneer preachers, nerves of on. and faith like that of the he Des mentioned in Hebrews, saved the ause of the gospel from defeat. POHTH [Au[ ESSONS FEBRUARY TWENTY-SIXTH. ledical Missions.-Matt. 11. 2-5; Acts 3. 1-8. Matthew declares that the message hich Jesus sends to John Baptist as vidence of his Messiahship was that ie blind received their sight, the me walked, the lepers cleansed, and iat the dead were raised up. Wheur ne looks at It, it is wonderful how ie whole ministry of Jesus was Lrgely a ministry of physical heal ig. Jesus was the first medical mis lonry. So in the apostolic church ie very first evidence they gave oft ivine power was the healing iot th% ime man at the gate of the temple s described in our .lesson. .. How iuch the gospel now needs to be a hysical ministry to :the bodies of xpen s a preparation for spiritual heal If' the Good Samaritan had sat down y the side of the wiounded man and reached to him of~ his sins he might ave done him little good; but when e bound up his woinds, took him to lie inn, and cared for his physical eed he became a true medical mis, onary. Medical missions are tie atural and logical expression of histianity. The gospel has a mes age to the body as well as to the oul. The deplorable physical condi Lou of many heathen, the supersti ons and prejudice of the peoples oncerning medicine and disease, ake this phase of missionary work oubly important. In many cases the oy must be doctored before the soul an be saved. In many more case. b healing of the bod,y opens the way the soul. In other instances the nly form of missionary work pos ible is medical work. Hence the lssionares of all churches have a.nd the medical work the right hand f evangelism. Much of our mission -y work, both by paremnt board and omen's organizations, Is by h.ospital. nd1 dispensary. In Africa and the is-. irds of the sea medical missions reak the power and destroy the pres ige of the medicine man and. the itch doctor. It takes no high cul u-e to see benefits of surgery and e'dicine. In China medical missions ae been the open door through rhich the Gospel has reached the bet er classes. In Mohammedan lands hey have disarmed fanaticism. ardly people may look askance at ome formis pf our missionary work, tt they cannot help ,applaud our edical work. Far out on the picket ne of missions fearless men and wc 7en are doing the most heroic work f missions in grappling with cholera, mal-pox, plague, leprosy, diphtheria., nd other contagious and terrible die ases. They are the heroes of r.o. rn mission s. Preacher Goes to Chain Gang. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-AConstitution peial from Commerce, Ga., says: Rev. J. D. Woodward, a Baptist min iter charged with b gamy, has been -ied in Jackson Supe:-ior Court, found ilty and sentenced by Judge Russell serve four years in the chain gang. 'uring the trial It developed that 7odward had been married four times rid that three of his wives are still liv ig. When brought into the court room, ife No. 3 and children were present. Then he entered the room one of the. ildren saw him and said: -Mammna, nder is paDa." Oil Men Organize. Seventy-four cf the l:argest nde indent oil mnills in Mississippi met . Jackson Tuesday and organized the ,ississippi Cotton and Crushers' As. ociation. It was also decided to ,:ild a $500,000 refinery and by-pro uct plant at some point in thrns State, .nd a committee to confer with the aanufacturers of such machinery and et their bids. Americans Going to Canada. In 1S96, American immigration into anada amounted to only forty-four rersns, and in 1903 it amounted to THE SUNDAY SCOWU 'NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 26. :u'ict: The 3irntele of the La.ives and' Fi'she'. .Join vi.. -14-G,olden Text, Co,,mmnta."-' o :ii' tiav'. Les,. ~- z -). 1 1. " " I a' * ::t' of the scJaw'I y itar hu - -.r.r. . c re;or: ot th:e tw e. une:- Joni.. and the rc ;,rt t:;.i l: w;, inqu:irinZ io-. him. T-el ao ',. c x", I had(i een ser' out over _lhxi!' :vere a-cac:ting and h aiing the sic. w ihen, ld n;y. like a fiash f 'im a far di tanit v:oud,"came the news that. 11):u1.ithe Baptist had been beheaded by He od, Antipas in Macherus ca,tle. The di "iplc hastened to. .Jcus. probably at ;,oerniai. as chickens hasten to their mother when the hawk hovers near. "Over the sea.'' From a('a?,iernaun, where the ' t "e m et icon t tc. return, by boa:t. ,rivately. t", ecanet7 the crowds : 31:. :;2. They a: retired across the sea o- (;a,iiite to the !onely plain at the 1oot of the hills near Beth.:da. just out ditie o: th'e dofinions of Herod Antinas., T[he" needed thic retireniene i1) for physt cal 'st. (2) for instruction. (3) for com munfion with God. 2. "Mlititude fo lowed." The people eare from all direc tions,- for at this time the western and northern shoirs were populous with cities and vilages. The peaching cf the apostles had stirred,$e w4 country. 3. "A ntaik.' The high g-round near Beth uln. which there closely ap proaches the lake " Sat with His disci ples." Read Sark 6:30-32. Here they could rest and report. 4. "The passover." But because of the reason mentioned in chapter 7: 1 Jesus did not attend. This was His third Passover, a year before His death. "Feast of the .Jews." This was stated for the benefit of John's Gentile readers. This gospel was written in Asia. Minor, among Roman customs. "Was nigh." The fact that the Passover was nigh at hand, so that many must have been starting qn their journey to Jerusalem around the lake and through Perea, partly accounts.ior the concourse of such multi tudes. H. Jesus confers with His disciples (vs. 5-9). 5 "Lifted up His eyes." This was in the afternoon, toward evening, "when the day began to wear away" (Luke 9:12). The Jews nad two evenings; the first be a at , o'clock. ths second at 6 o'clock. S'grea'mpany. "He was moved with comonssion and walked among the people, teaching them many things and heaing their sick. His disciples called His atten tion to the fact that this was a desert place, and as the multitude had been there since mornirg, it was time to dismiss the congregation so the people could go and buy, victnals, lest, they faint by the way (Matt. 14:14,'i5). "He saith unto Philip." He was probably the provider for the disci ples, as Judas was the treasurer. "Whence aie,Ae to buy bread" (R. V.) Christ had fed their souls an4 )iealed their bodies, and now He pronoses to feed their bodies, and thus show that He is able to provide for all their necessities. 6. "To prove Hinr."' .:Philip jhidkknown Jesus for more than two years, and-it was time that be, and the rest of the apostles, should begin to have wide conceptions of Christ's abil ity. "Knew what he would do." Christ proposed the question to test Philip's faith. . 7. "Philin answered." Our Lord saw that His apostles needed lessons in faith, and this miracle was as much for their benefit as for the benefit of the hun r.mltitude. "Two hundred pennyworth." The penny was a silver coin and was worth about sixteen cents. The value of the bread necessary would be, therefore, about . Jesus said, "Give ye them to eat" uluke)- the opostles, then asked in dis may, dhaB jl go "nd buy this great amount of bread? Jesus asked how much they had (Mark), and Andrew said, Five oaves.Aa4 two small fishes. 9. "A lad bere." The multitude had not thoaig'ht' of thefr teinporal necessities, so anxious were they to see and hear Jesus, and th lad, "who had charge of the pro - as uof the. company to which he be lo e"' had all that could be found. "Loavs-fishes." The loaves were round, *iet- lkee ike 1 their poorest food. The fish m iall, did -or 'qled,- and w w 'ith d'i-e<-ikegour erdifies. III. The multitude fed (vs. , II). 10. "Make the- men sit." ' In-orderly rakr fo - the convenient distribution of the food. Mak ay .they sat by'. bundrdsL4 fite.'Temen aloni sd comanies and numbe ,while the'w! en a~nd children were served separately, as - (riental custom 'red; --"ich grass The grass was, read fpr,mowing at this thati of thle 'year. -"AbouA five thousand." Besides women and children (Matt. 14:21). There must have been 10,000 persons to. - feed. Jesus had arranged them so they could easilf' be counted. 11. "Jesus took the loaves." Thus act ing lik-e the master of a family among the Jews, wvho took the bread into his h4nda -. to ive thanks to God before any at the - tabl were permitted to eat. Jesus had : one loaf for a thousand men, besides the women and children. We may have but little, but if we will give the litdin .hve to Jesus He will multiply it a thousnad fold and pass it back to us, and.pas the privilege of passing it gf ing, sin-burdened muts thanks." Jesus thus sets us,s we should never eat without dirst bD ing God for our food, and askng Hi blessing upon it. "Distributed to tb~die. ciples.' There has been mn as to just how the miracle was There is no doubt but that the' plied all along the line. Jesus handed out~ to His disciples: it increased in' their hands as they handed out to the multitudey and as it was passed from one to another the bread and aish continued to swell ma their hands until they all had- enough and I.Tihe fragmnent3 gathered up (vs. 12, 12). 12. "'When-filled." Here is one miracle of our Lord attested by at least 5000 (probably 10,000) persons. No one need ev'er leave Christ's table hungry. He is able to satisfy every demand oi soul and body. He is tlie bread. af-liie. .Whethea.- - we 'demand "little or ruch" it is an easy, matter for Christ to fili us. Thee* & s fulness in Hs7 merey" and loves thatt. QIll those who cat can understand. "Frag ments." "The broken pieces which remain over." Rl. V. 'That nothing be lost." The design is to 'bring ou' th pretiuness of the food which Jesus had given. 13. "Tweve baskets." The word translated "bakts'' means pockets qr .wallets. ' V. A- testimonya term 4,. 14). 11. - - "Then thos~e men." ' hie Teople." -.~ "'Tie miracle." About which there could be no doubt. "Truth." An expression de noting certainty. "That prophet." All who had seen this wonderful miracle were so profoundly impressed with it that they said tnere can be no doubt but this is the Messiah-the Prophet that ,should come~ into the world, according to tne prediction. DEVIL GUARDED THE GOLD is Satanic Majesty's Portrait Indi cated Treasurer H4ouse. In this instance, as often, His Sn :anic Majesty proved a good guide to -ichs. Recently workmen were pa ;erin g a wail in an old house at Per pignon, in~ the south-of -France. On --. :he wa11 was fixed. as a curiouis orna -ent, a.ery ancient sculptured chair. rhe wdrkman found it necessary to -emove this, and discovered that the bac of the chair had hidden a mural Ipainting of the devil, horns, tail 2loven foot, diabolic grin-all. Soundirg the wail with their ham mrs the workmen easily found there was a hollow s:'ace bc-hind it, into which they brcoke. Theire lay a big pile of :arnished gold pieces, some F'rench, most cf them Spanish. Of course this wealth amounting to some thousandOs of francs, reverted to the owner of the house. He re warded handsomely those who found Iit, and does not concern himnsel' whether it was accumulated by the aid of the sulphurous personage whose portrit indicated its hiding place.