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Independo It Would Lead Eno a?nd and St By T) F Ireland were do would be I formation of tion of the ob a nation, mus safety upon I tenance of the If Ireland to defehd hei She would be :ao poor to wastE military and naval armaments tion. An alliance with Englanc to domestic concerns. It wou by any Continental nation. eigu policy, and it would be m roe doctrine. Ireland's welfare and pros was attae'ked. England's prosy because England would be th, farms. ireland when developed foodstuffs, for her fowls, eggs, land with high priced grades muscular cattle of our westerzi for h(:rself. This English market for Iri between the two. Ireland wou have, because her friendship w< the warmest thing on this side Englsnd's alliance with Ire to .streng'hen :er union with hb sity of a closer union with her called .for their help. The grz help from her colonies than si green flag were waving beside Celt in Canada or Australia -wt an Anglo-Celtic cause. 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Do we mns + ___+ our costumes, .ours are not the records of fusion of the archaeologists 200 Across the river there is .a frost of winter and the heat -of ritins of the Stadium 2000 yeari crete stand? .All the products of our ti stone walls are mere veneers< bricks. If you examine the pro able in a high degree and nl -ar The old books of Germany rot -or dry in a short period he the archaeologist 2000 years h There is only one thing chances. The Brooklyn Bridge structures, needs constant cane. trust that out of your lab will come worthier arts and bu. Paying Too4 | By Oris + ~4+ ..++ F a..vigorous y + + ness and mal i horten his lI $such trs I + termscean ++++++++++ for shaky one ++ "4.4++ substitute for ennui and dul youthful countenance,. if it was creworn -isage, stamped with athletic figure. hs ciuick, elastia a shuffling gaIt? How much rf tion for the companionship of 11 the sweet love of litttle childrei Suppose that .a bright, hot hand. the result of his four yea and to close forever all the door opened to him,-how much mon Ask some man what he wc have made his life rich with h; and which pronise him pleasuri Ask some 'espected citizen, advice is sought, who is held u .cood name., bis influence. his cc NOTES AND COMMENTE At the annual banquet of the bErg. (Mass.i Merchant; Assoc W~jjiilm IH. 2.ontaguie, a mem'tf the (Canadian Prijvy Council. 1e the trade relaiss bMween( and' thle United States. HeI exI his coniviction that Catnada no desired rciprOCity with the States. andI added: "T'here was when you could have had the a of Canada. You were thtn a slumbering in t-he mountains o own prosperity and indifference s1nmbered too long." mnce for Ireland to an Irish Alliance With rengthen the Empire . . tomas J. Regan. given her freedom, the first thIng she would :o form an alliance with England. Her first a foreign policy would be an official declara vious fact that the prosperity of Irv-and, when t depend upon the prosperity of England, her England's safety, her welfare upon the main British Empire were a nation she would need Englan's navy - and protect any shipping she could create. any money or energy on the maintenance of to be used-against England or any other na I would leave her free to give all her attention Id mean that Ireland could never be attacked ;uch an alliance would be Ireland's only for aintained as stoutly as we maintain the Mon perity would be at stake whenever England erity would be Tthe source of Ireland's riches, consumer of the surplus products of Irish would seek 'an English market for her sarp:us and dairy products. She would supply Eng o meat, which cannot be obtained from the 1 ranches and which' England cannot provide sh pnodicts would be a community of interests Id be the warmest friend that England could ruld have the warmth of self-interest, which is of the grave. land would do more than anything else could r colonial possess:.ons. She has seen the neces colonies. During the South African war she ,titude :of the Irish race would bring her more te can :see any other way of gaining. If the' the flag of England there would not be a tr4o ose .heart would not leap with enthusiasm for was an alliance between England and Ireland its youth. SThe = .-.:.... rable Value of ness Tact E. . Perkins. ias to meet the public an.d whos, saceoS de public's attitude toward him needs to study ntly that he may become tactful. How easy ang word, to make an unfortunate impression, prospect at an inappropriate time, or not to to stop talking. two eminent examples :df what tact will :do. ne was a most adroit man. le was a friend der of men. A wonderful memory for names o know and call by name people whom he had re. That was one of the secrets of his great ople right. So did Mr. McKinley, who was opinions of others. He was so tactful .that msformed by him into friends at a sitting. essary to the successful, high-grade Insurance vated at every turn. You .are in "public life" . It is absolutely necessary that you employ ninent tacticians. You know how you warm you like to be treated-in a business-like way you up. You know irow susceptible to such .at you properly he cotuld get your signature, g goes. Turn it around; get yourself into tIre he other- fellow, from whom you want first an 'Twill enhance your stuccess. In other worCE, g tactful in ord'er that you may excel in .it. othing : : hat Will Endure nt Eliot, of Harvard. ondered if our civilization will leave anything logist of 2000 years hence to study. You have -als that have endured under the earth for have found it difficult to find any such durs our buildings, arts and great manufactures. ke any vases that record, as the Greek vases, arts, religion, etc.? None. It may be that worth recording. Instead we attempt to put 2000 years ago on our vases, much to the con 0 years hence. structure of concrete durable in spite of the summer. Will it stand?: What will be the hence, or will the structure of steel' and con -ade and commerce are the temporary. Our )f three or four inches thick backed up by ducars of our great industries, they are perish e becoming more so. will last, but ours will not,4or tire paper will nee. Where, then, shall we find material for that will last-our subways. There are our ,which is the foremost of our engineering tnrs as they penetraite the minds of our people Ldngs to record our civilization to the future. Tuch for Success on Swett Marden. | og business* man, anxious to push his busi e money, were offered a million dollars to fe ten years, would he accept the money on For what .stocks and bonds would he exchange tranquility of his mind for the rest..of his life? ould emiit a man to trade his steady nerves ss carcely enabling him to sign his name, or buoyant spirits and a vivacious manner jaded I apathy? What would he ask for his bright, to be immediately replaced by a wrinkled, anxiety? How much would he take for his step if offered in exchange a bent form and al estate wvould he consider a fair compensa is wife, the joy and comfort of his home, and ful college graduate were asked to sell, off rs' wok, to give up his grasp of human nature, s of intellectual progress that his studies have y would close the bargain? ld take in exchange for the friendships that llowed eXPE rienceS andl perpetual inspiratiett, yand profit 'm future years. inluential for good in his community, whose p a an example to growing youth, to sell his mmuinitys respect, what sum would he name? Corpses Preserved in Peat. - Peat po5ssr .is wonderful antisepti-c Fitch- . rearvativ e qualities owing to the iaaon, presence( of tanr.in. iron andi other sub berj 0t stances in it. Here is an instance: Jk on At the time of the covenant ers. in 'anada .-,. t hree meni were shot at a phice rssA -(-lled (Cro -aloch, on the moors ln tr: eove Old Cumnnock, in Scotland. In Uniited 2.. when a monument was b,eing a tieC crectedi to their memo,ry. the workmen rkets came upon the c rpsee rolled in their giant plaids. The bod .:. ..,ere in exactly the f your same state as when they were buried. . You The moss had preserved them as if JULES VERNE IS DEAD Writer of Quasi-Scientific Romances Which Have Scored Brilliant and Lasting Successes and Appealed in a Special Sense to the Imagination of Youthful Readers of Nearly All Nationalities Succumbs to Diabetes. Amiens, France. By Cable.-Jules Veine died at 3.10 p. m. His family was at his bedside. M. Verne had been subject to chron ic diabetes but it did not assume a crit ical aspe:'t until March 10. Since then he gradually failed and the end was hastened by a stroke of paralysis cov ering his right side until the tongue was affected. The sick man retained consciousness until just before his death, his brain being the last organ to fail. He calmly forsaw death, call ed the members of his family to his bedside. and discussed his departure. Following the announcement of M. Verne's death, telegrams were re ceived from many headquarters. It is expected that the burial will take place here, where M. Verne has long lived and where his most notable ro mances were written. Jules Nerne was born at Nantes, France, in 1S28. He studied law both at home and in Paris, but never prac ticed. In leisure hours he began writ ting pieces for the stage, and in 1863 his first work, "Five Weeks in a Bal loon," appeared. The quasi-scientific style employed in that romance was so successful that others in similar vein followed, and his series of mar velous-romances have made his name almost a household word. His best known works are: "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," "The Mysterious Is land," "A Floating City," "Michael Strogoff," "Adventures of Captain Hatteras," "Dick Sands, the Boy Cap taIn "Around the World in Eighty Days," "A Desert of Ice," "Robur, the Conqueror," and "A country of Dia monds." An unsuccessful attempt on his life was made in 1886. In 1890 he publish ed his last books. "A Family Without a Name," and "The Purchase of the Nor.th Pole." One of the most affecting incidents a'f his last illu.ess was the great num ber of letters and telegrams from chil dren of every nationality, attesting the admiration in which the author was held. His works have been trans lated into many languages. Mrs. Chadwick Testifies. 'Cleveland, Ohio, Special.-In the 'bankruptcy court here Mrs. Chadwick detailed some of her financial trans actions, in the course of an examina tion 'by Attorney L. J. Grossman, act ing for Trustee Nathan Loesser. Mrs. 'Chadwick said that she was not able to give as many details of the transac tions as she would like to, because of the -absence of papers which were held in a number of cities. She had sent for 'the papers and expected to have them when the hearing is 'continued next Thursday. Mrs. Chadwick testified that the total indebtedness would not ex ceed $750,000. Of this sum, borrowed from various persons, she had received only $517,000, leaving $268,000 for com missions to the moneylenders. She said she owed certain banks in Cleveland $200,000. Mrs. Chadwick walked from the county jail to the bankri'ntcy court his afternoon. She looked well and ap -peared happy. $1,000,000 Naval Stores Co. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.-The na v-al stores factors and operators, repre tenting the industry in Florida, Georgia and Alabama, met here with 300 pres ent and organized the Naval Stores Ex port Company, with a capital of $1,000, 000, sixty per cent. of which was sub scribed by operators. This company was organized to protect Jacksonviile and other Florida ports which have been made open markets on account of the former exporters' refusal to accept goods at Florida ports at Savannah prices. Water Over Children's Hezeds. Mobile, Ala., Special.-The weather bureau gives the rainfall of Mondlay and Tuesday at 9.22 inches, the great est fall since June 26. 1900, when 12.71; inches fell in eight and a half hours. Water around Jefferson street public school was over the heads of most of the children attending there, and school could not be held. Many bridges were carried away. 'Buffalo Bill Fails to Get Divorce. Sheridan, Wy., Special.-"Buffalo Bill," some time called William F. Cody, lost his suit for divorce from Louisa Cody. Judge R. H. Scott, of the District Court, deciding that charges of attempts on the part of the woman to poison her husband had not been proven. Judge Scott assPvted that the testimony showed that Mr's. Cody had always been a good mother and a proud and indulgent wife. Telegraphic Briefs. The special committee of the Wil mington Methodist Episcopal Confer ence found all the charges against Rev. C. S. Baker sustained and deposed him from the ministry. R. B. Grover & Co.'s large shoe fac - tory at Br-ockton, Mass., was wrecked by a boiler explosion and afterward burned. 43 bodies having been recover ed last night, with 114 operatives un accounted for and some 50 injured. Judge Parker. late Democratic Presi dential candidate, consented to make a speech before the Democratic Club in New York after he learned tbat neither Bryan nor Cleveland would be there. SIncoming New York steamers arriv edl from two to six days late and wei-e battered by giant seas. By acquiring 200 acres of land. John Alexanders Dowie has increased his summer estate at Muskegon, Mich., to 265 acres. Ex-President Grover Cleveland has gone to 'lorida for three weeks to re (ujr re from his recent attack of gout. General Kuropatkin is to be suc ceededl by Grand Duke Nicholas. The Russians. it is reported, have plannedl to retreat to Harbin as soon a sthe for'ccs in Tie Pass are sufficient ly restoredl. Dri. M\uller. in the German Reic'h stg. comp)lainePd of the present copy ri:ht ar-ranig' mnnt v;ith the United .tets. as 'c:e gift of German intel ectual p)roperty. A receiver and conservator has be'n apponted for the property of Charles F. Berry. clerk and accountant for a Boston law firm, who was trustee for estates valued at $500,000. and who dis appeared, leaving, it is said, his af firs in a ba tnge. THE C YIELDS Financial Matters Impress Russia's Ruler Morc than Bayonets LOAN IS CONDITIONED ON PEACE Understanding That Their Influence Has Finally Frevailed at St. Peters burg and That Proceeds Will Not be Used to Continue the War, Paris Financiers Re-Open Negotiations Much of the Money to Remain in France. Paris, By Cable.-The prospects of peace between Russia and Japan as sumed a more definite and almost a tangible aspeot as the result of the an nouncement of the resumption of ne gotiations for a Russian loan. The postponement of the loan occurred through the stand taken by the fi nancial element against proceedings while the uncertatnties of war con tinued, whilst a willingness to resume negotiations was construed as meaning that their influence firally has prevail ed with the authorities at St. Peters burg. It seems to bo the accept' view of financiers that the proceed ings of the loan will not be applied to the further continuance of the war. It is understood that of the chief inducements to a resumption of the negotiations was that a considerable portion of the proceeds shall remain in France for the purpose of meeting the interest coupons of other loans, and that the placing of contracts for government supplies will be required even after the conclusion of the hos tilitics. Coupled with the announcement of resumption of the loan negotiations came a strong intimation from offi cial and diplomatic quarters that steps looking towards peace had been defi nitely taken by Russia. The Foreign Office declined to confirm a report that France was likely to be intermed iary; but diplomats, who are actively interested, for the first time gave cred it to the statement that Russia had decided to seek peace. It was said in these quarters that Russia would deal directly with Tokio through the French minister, who has charge of Russia's interests there. Needs 200,000 More Men. Gushu, By Cable.-The Japanese are following the Russian rear guard, which is moving north from Santoupu at the rate of 8 1-2 miles a day. On both flanks the Japanese are operat ing a wide turning movement, but the strength of the flanking forces has not been definitely ascertained. A num ber of places along the railroad be tween Santoupu and Gunshu Pass there are broken hills with steep sides and gorges at the bottom, where stub born resistance might be made, but it is doubtful if General Linevitch will make a stand before he reaches the Sungari river and Chantchiatu. Unless he is able to hold the line of the river, the Russian position will be so weak stragetically that he may be compelled to race back of Harbin Into Siberia, owing to the fact, that as they approach Harbin the Russian front parallels the railroad, rendering the danger of a severance of the sole line of communication constantly geater. The prospect of the isolation of Vladivostock must also be met, and it is urgently necessary to supply the garrison with provisions and ammun4 tion, not for a few months, but for two years. Two hundred thousand reenforce ments from Russ:.a are now necessary to make It possi'ble for the Russians to meet the Japanese on anything like equal terms. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The pos sibility that if the Russian - army should be unablE to hold the lower line of the Sungari river at Chaun chiatsu, It may be compelled to retreat not only to Harbin, but also farther westward along the railroad, abandon ing to the Japanese northern Man chiria and the Russian maritime Amur Siberian provinces, as well as the vast territory already lost, is the latest startling news from the front. The strategic weakness of General Linevitch's position, as he falls back northward, is made clear by a Gun shu dispatch, in which it is poimit out that unless Chunchlatsu and the Sungari lines, a scant hundred miles below Harbin, can be held, it will be dificult to maintain a position farther back before Harbin, where, with the front of the army paralleling the rail road, the practicability of a turning movenment to completely sever com munications and isolate the army six thousand miles from home Is too serious for Russian considera tioni. That such a dispatch should hay' been permitted to pass the cen sor at the front is significant; and, if Ienral Linevitch has communicated similar estimate of the situation di et to Emperor Nicholas, it may ac unt for his Ma.jesty's increased dis ~Osiion to listen to peace counsels and. open negotiations before the Jap anese establish themselves on Rus sian soil. It can now be definitely stated that the decision to appoint Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaiv ,:h to the supreme command in the Far East was recon sidred, because of the opinion that the outlook at the front does not war rant the risk of compromising the prEstige of a member of the imperial rainly. At the general staff, the view that General Linevitch may be compelled to abandon Harbin and retire towards Lake Baikal, leaving Vladivostock to its; fate, is rega:7ded as almost un w:rrantcd by anything that is official lv known there, it being pointed out t t Field Marshal Oyama may have . >ng and laborious task to bring up a. trmny of :300,000 or~ 400,000 men. Meanwhile. Russian re-enforcements are arriving at H-arbin at the rate of 1200 men per d':ty. Ncvertheless, it is signifi:ant that: there is nowv a wvell marked peace party at the War OHice. Gen. Rosser to be Marshal. Washington, Special. - Pr-esident Roosevelt recently appointed Gen. Rosser, who was the youngest brigadier general in the Confedlerate ar-my, post master at Charlottesville. Va. At the tie the appointment was made it was Intimated that a better position might be provided for Gen. Rosser in the fu ture. It is. understood now that he will be nominated as United States mar shal for the weste:-n district of Virginia on the expiration of the term of the Dresnt incnmbent. S. Brown Alle. FLOOD AT PITISBURG Dne of the Worst Experiences the lroi City Has Had in Years Threaten as a Result of Torrents Pourin Down the Monongahela. Pittsburg. Special.-Pittsburg i threatened with one of the worst flood in years. At 10 o'clock Fore caster Frankridge predicts over 30 fee He does not expect over 35 feet, if tha much. During the early hours Tues day, the water began to recede from th rise in the Alleghany, but a fresh im petus was given to the rush torrent by a rainfall of nearly two inches ove the entire water-shed of the Mononga hela river. Tuesday night about 5 miles above Pittsburg the Monongahel was rising eight inches an hour, and a the harbor here the gauges show a ris of nearly three inches per hour. Sh,ould the river reach the predicte height, street car traffic between thi city and surrounding towns will b almost suspended, while the railroad up the Monongahela valley will hav to suspend traffic. Already a numbe of mills have shut down, as a resul of the water putting out the fire! From three to five feet more of wate is expected up the valley, and a totz of 20,000 men are likely to be idle. Hundreds of houses in Allegheny, o the south side, and in McKeesport an other suburbs, are surrounded by fror two to eight feet of water, the occu pants living in the second stories. I some places the water has entered th upper rooms, and homes are bein abandoned for the time being. No fo talities have been reported toda3 Scores of business houses have thei basement:; flooded, and the loss wi be heavy. The crest of the flood i expected about 9 p. m. Wednesday. LINEVITCH'S HEADQUARTERS. Directing Retreat of the Three Armie From the Crossing of the Sung-a River. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-Genera Linevitch's headquarters have bee established for the present at Cher chiawatzu, situated at the crossing c the Sungari river, whence he is d recting the retreat of the three armie and disposing of the fresh troops c the Fourth Corps just arriving fror European Russia. The protection c the Sungari bridge is vital to the sa vation of the army, as the river i not fordable below Kirin, and one the line of the river is passed an the bridge blown up, the Japanes pursuit will be effectually checked. A the same time the second army i falling back on the line of the rai road, while the first and third, wit the transports, are retreating alon the Mandarin road to Kirin, both d4 stroying bridges and roads, and di nuding the country behind them, an making it impossible for the Japanes to live in the immediate wake of th retreat without their own commissar at. The .Tnpanese are advancing ove the grand trade route 20 miles we: of the railroad. No information i available regarding the strength c the Japanese column, but the War 0 fice says It is hardly enough to col stitute a menace with the disposition General Linevitch is able to make c fresh troops. Cheers For Kuropatkin. HarL.in, By Cable-At the departur southward of General Kuropatix crowds of thousands of civilians an soldiers gat:hered at the station an gave him a great ovation. Above thur dering hurrahs were heard cries c "God send you happiness," "Good-by4 hrother," "Good-bye, father." As th train started, soldiers rushed forwar in a surging crowd and grasped th hand-rail o' the general's car, throwin their fur caps in the air and runnin some distance with the car. The sce,n made a deep impression on General Ku ropatkin, down whose face tear streamed. Removing his cap, he sa luted again and again, and stood bare headed on the platform of the car a long as the train was in sight. Residents of Harbin are uneasy, an many of them are departing. Chines are withdrawing their deposits fror Chinese banks here. Comm,ission is Too Large. Washington, Special. - Segretar Taft made public a letter which h has written to the President conceri ing complaints made by Dr. C. 2 L. Reed regarding the work of th isthmian canal commission. In th course of his letter, Secretary Tai said that many of the things complaix ed of would be remedied by placin the control of the canal under on head, or at least under a co,mmissio composed of not more than thre renbers. He adds that he will sul mit' to the President. i:a a short tim< a plan for the re-arrangement of tb commission. J qpanese Losses 100,000. Gunshhu Pass, By Cable.-The Japa nese losses are estimated at the Rus sian headquarters to be 100,000. Som of the troops employed to cover the re treat from Mukden were badly demor alized losing their way in the hills easi ward and only now rejoining thei own divisions. So certain was Genera Kuropatkin of being able to hold Mub den that maps of the country north ward vwere not even distributed. Kure patkin, however, resolved to accet battle against his better judgmen owing to the impatience of St. Peters burg for victory and he was confirm'e in this direction by false calculation of Field Marshal Olyama's strength. News of the Day. Advices from Paris are that th French cable in Venezuela has not bee cut, but Castro's excuse for wishing t annul the concession is termed speciou and the French Government has bee appealed to. Chancellor von Buelow, in the couirs of a discussion in the Reichstag on th purchase of vessels by Russia, state Germany's attitude to be one of strit neutrality, and accused the Socialists c trying to provoke war wvith Russia. The English and Irish coasts hav been swcpt by a storm and many die asters to sessels arc reported. New Troops in Good Spirits. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-A coup) of brief telcgrams from General LinE vitch dated March 20 were given ot Tpsday. They merely say that th troops cortinuedl to retreat northwar March 19. that he had allowed the me to rest March 20 and that he had in spected more new arrivals from Rus sia and he.d found the troops in excel lent snirits. Guest of ilonor at Banquet of the Ta fleel Club S HE SPOKE ON POLITICAL LINE Touches Upon Matters of Large Pa litical importance-Bold Advccat of Republican Doctrines. Greensboro, N. C., Special.-Vice President Fairbanks was the guest o honor at a banquet of the Tar Hee Club here Wednesday night. The oc t casion was one of great brilliance e The Vice-President spoke at length and said in part: Mr. Fairbank's Speech. C Mr. Blackburn and Gentlemen o: North Carolina: This is a somewhat belated cele bration of Washington's birthday r When I accepted your courteous invi tation for the 22d of last February I fully expected to fill my engagement but the exigencies of public busines: presented. I urged your committee tc permit me to withdraw my acceptanc( but they chose rather to postpoz;e th( banquqet until tonight. I am mor< than repaid for coming by your mosl cordial greeting. There is somethini in Southern hospitalityy whicl makes the stranger within your gate. feel that he is at home, or, at least that he is a welcome guest. It is well that the people of differ ent portions cf the country shouli meet and mingle with each other, foi the more they come to know eac other, the less danger there is of rmis understandings and the more certainti there is that they will come into ac cord upon great questions which maki for social, material and nationa growth. I am not here, my friends, to maki a partisan speech, and shall utter n< word with respect to those questionj which are the subject of sharp par tisan differences. I rejoice with you in the splendii progress made in recent years by th< State of North Carolina. Her ad vance has been notable in every ave s nue of activity. It has, indeed, beer marvelous. New fields of employmen1 Shave been opened to her people. Hei advance, however, has not been alon( in material things, for it has beer s mhrked in educational and social con ditions; in those higher walks whici should 'most distinguish the State. I1 e seems as though she has been touchei t deeply by the spirit of improvement. In God's Providence we saw oul duty differently a few years ago. WE see it the same today. We have fait g to believe that never again will thero be any cleverage among the people o: the United States upon lines of lati tude or longitude. We are co-shareri e in the glory won by valor of thosi who went down to the field and show ed the world the heroic metal o Americans. We are all thankful tha r he who presides over the affairs o men preserved the unity of the repub lic and wiped away forever the insti tution of human slavery. I was with William McKinley on evenig at the beginning of the Span Sish-American war, when a little gray Shead, gray-beareed man greeted th< President whose name abides with ut and will abide with us forever as sweet and precious memory. Th< SPresident received him cordially, and said: "So ypu want to go to the war jgeneral?" "Yes, Mr. President," sait he. "I want to go to the war. I onet fought against the flag, and I wis] fnow, before I die, to fight for it. love it and honor it." SThe President manifested his prc found appreciation of the patriotisi eand the courage of th'e veteran wh< gspoke, and promised to put upon hit gthe stars of a major general in the earmy of the Union. He kept th< - promise, and the old Confederate cav ; airy officer. General Joe Wheeler - marched away to vindicate the hono - of the stars and stripes. sGeneral Wheeler was in that crisi but a type. Others who had fough l against the flag, in the long ago, wer inspired by the same high purpos 2 which actuated him, and well demon strated the gratifying fact of our com plete solidarity. Republican government was ordain ed to promote justice: to secure eaci Sand all in the fullest possible enjoy e ment of eaual rights and privilege! Sunder the law. Every American mus stand before the law upon a plane o Cperfect equality with his fellov eAmericans. Our laws must be in t spired by a sense of justice. Let ut teach the love of justice at the fire side, in the school room, in the pulpit in the press, in the counting house in the factory. Yes! Teach it$Avery ewhere, for without justice abides witl us, 'government is a mockery. Let us safeguard thfe rights of prop erty; protect that which honest an< atient -kidustry has acquired. But first of all, and better than all, pre serve inviolate the rights of men a low and high degree. Political parties are essential ir popular government. They have er Sisted from the earliest days of the - republic, and they will continue t< the end. It is of vital importance therefore, that they should be high minded and patriotic; that they shoul< stand for those measures which ar< -wholesome and which tend to advanc< to the utmost degree the public wea: They should support sound and cot servative poliaies, which are the onl: sure foundation of industrial and, sc cial progress and of enduring nationa greatness. We should see that parties are kep~ as cas we would have the State They - culd not be given over t< mere timI!'sqrvers. or to those whose allegiance is 'it first to the publit welfare. ,Be good -party men, but be patriots 'first of all. President Haye: very well observed that,' "He serve: his party best who serves his' c'ountr: besi. But, my Democratic friend, you say3 "Yes, I grant your claims ebout the beneficent results following Republi can administrations, but it is not re spectable to be a Republican in th< South"; and some Northern me: seemingly are in accord with you it this view. - Myself Southern born, bred an< reared in the South, a Republican al my father beforc me, I claim that t( day, and every- other dlay s:nce 180i it has been respectable for an: Southern gentleman to be a Repul lian in his own home if he was cther wise respectable. It has not beel t popular. It is always rc..spectable jg ebe politically honest. It is alw respectable to vote your princip1egl is always respectable to dein free ballot and a fair eo 4 - respectable to vote w),'.% y . which secured last yeat 4 vote of thirty-two out' 47 sovereign States and j~ o sven ada hal mfo 4 SOUTHERN EL4CAIORS 'Preparations Under Way Fo nual Conference, to be Year at Columbia. Columbia, Special. - P well under way c'th session of the Conf Education in the South. T meets in this city on the even April 28th. The Conference comes to Columb by invitation of the Governor of State, the Legislature of South Car lina, the State department of edu tion, t e educational institutions Colum a, the mayor, the city coun and th Columbia Chamber of Co1 merce. Attendants upon the confe{ ence come from every quarter of the country, representing men and women interested in the general cause of edu cation, people of affairs as well as peQ ple professionally associated with schools. The address of welcome be delivered by Governor Heyward. The officers of the conference Mr. Robert C. Ogden, of New Y City, president; Edgar Gardner phy, of Alabama, vice-president; B. J. Baldwin, of Montgomery,. secretary; Mr. William A. Blair, t ston-Salem, N. C., treasurer. The ecutive committee is B. B. Valent 1 Richmond, Va., chairman; Dr. Rob B. Fulton, chancellor of the LTnivers of Mississippi; the Hon. John B. Kn president of the recent constitutio convention of Alabama, Ala.: G. Glenn, superintendent of schools, J sonville, Fla.; B. C. Caldwell, p dent of the State Normal School, C. B. Gibson, superintendent schools, Columbus, Ga.; Dr. Ric H. Jesse, president of the Univers of Missouri; Hon. S. A. Mynders, Sta superintendent of education, Tena. Clarence H. Poe, editor of the Pro sive Farmer,'Raleigh, N. C.; Dr. D. Johnson, president of Winthrop lege, Rock Hill, S. C.; Dr. D. F. Ho ton, president of the Agricultural an Mechanical College, Texas. This is the first meeting that conference has held in South Caroli * It met last year at Birmingham, Al and the year before at Richmond, V The local committee of arrangem include many of the leading citie of Columbia, and the social recep to be tendered to the guests of t Conference in the Capitol Bull will be without doubt an occasion memorable interest and importan Both houses of the Legislature h offered their assembly rooms for use of the reception committee. The programme, together witht er details in connection with meeting, will be announced withi, next few days. An interesting f is to take place on the morning o 27th, when that session of th ence will be assigned to the.State perintendents of Education who be present from the South. They t invited to select their own c an and discuss such questions as: of immediate interest in their seve fields. Mr. Robert C. Ogden, president the conference, will bring a di uished party of visitors b s train. The greater number of to - in attendance will be from the South ern States, about one thousandbe expected from south of Mason qp Dixon's line. The chairman of the local tonimit tee of arrangements Is E. S. Drehei superintendent of schools of thect of Columbia. Those intending t& a tend the Conference should give,.eari r.otice to Superintendent Dreher. D I-tails as to railroad rates will be a nlounced through the press at an earl 'date. Guilty of Manslaughter. 3After being out all night the ju( in the murder case at Florence again Dispensary Constable W. B. Rowei Sunday morning at -11 o'clock brougZ in a verdict of guilty of manslaught with recommendation to mercy. tBlount was an Atlantic Coast L railroad detective. The shooting suged from a quarrel Rowell had Blount about the latter drink! a blind tiger. The -lie was and Blount grabbed a stick Ro was carrying and struck him on 1head, and almost simultaneo Rowell shot him. South Carolina Items. rThe Security Loan and Investme -Company of Newberry was given s charter. The officers are W. H. Hu -president; John M. Kinard, vice- pr ,ident; James M. McCaughrin,ser ,tary and treasurer. These gentleme -an4 the following constitute t Sboard of directors: George S. Mowe D. C. Heyward, 0. B. Mayer, Geor -W. Summers, J. T. McCravy, S. ' IMcCravy, J. L. Keitt, T. B. Sta house, Z. F. Wright, C. D. Bar Union, Special-The McNally Bri works, which have one of the Iup-to-date brick making plants I - tae are now in operation just -Of Union opposite the Powell Swhere they have ten acres of fine clay. Mr. P.- A. McNally Is and Mr. Jackson, of Greensboro. N. an exerienced brick maker, is superin. Stendent. The plant will have a capad -ity of 60,000 standard size brick p day and 30 hands will be employe The machinery, which has just been I Sstalled, is all new and improved. T clay pit being considerably below gt level of the yard, the clay will tdrawn by machinery to the high point of ground, where will be I the different machines and kills The New River Lumber Compa Sof Hirdeeville, has applied for a c a ter. Corporators are C. A. Willi a and B. A. Haygood. Proposed capi a Ization, $10,000. Blockade Runner Caught. Tckio, By Cable. - The Briti steamer Mars, while attempting-th - '.assage of Sayo Straits, bound i0 Vladivistock, was caught in the le 3 and is stranded off Surai Promo 1 tory. The crew abandoned the yessI 1 and landed on the island of H-okkaxt do. .* Killed By Walter. Richmond, Special.-McKeen, se a nd steward at the Homestead Hote Hot Springs, Va., was killed by H. Hanshor colored waiter. I ad disc Hansboro and hadr me u behind him and struck hin the ead with a heavy bottle. H 11 crushed and lhe died in Hansboro escaped in t d every effort Is being madi him. McKeen was from Ne tate\and was unmarried. ..aacaPtain.