Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V ^ THE BJ8TH OF T*E LOCOMOTIVE BV CLIXTOX DA.XOKBriCLD. I Would you ride on a ?t?ed which the utI termoat speed shall not tire? { Not in the emperor'* stable, O friend, / *hall >qu hnd mm. _ -Come dowu to the gianU who labor with ' water and hre. The awiirthy mechanics who to utrenxth and who*e akiil have destined hun. Tberc lie the waste and the nut of the loose scattered iron. But her? by the forges and here where the Hammers are falling, Resonant, steady, are men fthotp your I faitli may rely on i To worfc us the miracle lorn of their A wonderful calling. For the soldier is bird to destroy, to rejoice in the killed. To tear at the life and the heart of a suffering nation; ^ But here are the meti who have taken as ? X I 21J waion wora, i ounu. \ They are one with the god*, for their I .work is the work of creation. ' Sullenly echo the forges, and higher and higher Rise the white flames under brass in the crucilk flowing. Now the iron takes shape and follows the worker's desire, Swiftly and surely the eager conception is growing. | Quietly out in the sun the smooth switches are lying? When !o, from the hands of the toilers, < half-breathing, half-sobbing. Strong with a strength never wearied, a gooa wiii unaying. The Iron Hone conn, with his new power beat ins and throbbing! Take him! Through him shall a message Eof ultimate beaiinj Establish the peoples ai one, and shall heal all the rotten -Corruption of years, one land to another revealing. Take him?a son of the Law, oat of Chaos begotten! ?Youth's Companion. jjj fiatting Bu9 Clarh'i * r X yr T E hear a great deal about \ A / the Russian detective V y and bow be will fol* low a mystery to the end of the earth." said a gentlemau the other day in the smoking depart- 1 men:: of a drawing-room car on an Eastern railroad. "It's my opinion tbat our detective* right here in ' America are abont as wideawake as ' any in the world." .1 "D'you think so?" said a red whis- i keraJ mat; seated by the window, in i a tone indicating mat ne was or a i f dllerent opinion. ? "I am sure of It." said the other. I "I am aware that Scotland Yard Is held up as a model for detect! re work, but Scotland Yard could learn any day < from so Lie of our first-class detective i agencies." ] "What d'you know about it any I way?" asked the red whiskered man. ( "Well, our firm was robbed several i years ago of some securities?we're , stockbrokers?and I was the member j of the firm who took the matter iu , , charge. I found a dttective who traced the thief in no time and recovered all ( the property. He was smart as chain , lightning. He told me of many intricate cases be bad followed, showing ( me j usi aow ue uau worswi iaem up. He said they were blind as bats at , Scotland Yard." ( The man by the window save u snort. "Many Englishmen are of the same ' opinion." the speaker persisted. "Scot- . land Yard was once a home for remarkable detective work. It is now Tery much run down." "I know better." said the red whiskered man. goaded by this disparage- ; ment. "Scotland Yard is the best in the world." "How do you know?" "I've seen the way they work." "Perhaps you can cite a case?" . The man turned and looked out o* the window, but he was evidently a loyal Briton and could not bear to hear i any British institution attacked. "I'll do it." he said, turning from the scene without. "One of my intimate friends. Lord Blandery. gave a party at bis country seat, and I was among tbe guests. The morning we were all in.... ??... ?v iuv idiuuji jcn cm wcic uiioo* lng. There were tifty guests about to i depart, and one of them might be tbe . thief. Lord Blandery didn't like to ' propose a search, but I have a fancy for detective work and uiade up my mind to spot the thief. Lord Blaudery acceded to my request to permit no one to leave tbe house until I gave tbe word, then told m<> all about tbe missing property, sbov.ns me a few things that were left. " 'Here.' be said among othf?r things, 'is a mosaic sleeve button. Tbe other lias been stoleu. I bought them in Home several years ago.' " "There Is a clew.' I sa'4. 'in cast? we fail to find the thief here. I'll take it to a man I know in Scotland Yard, and I'll lay you a hundred pounds he'll return your Jewelry. He'll tind its mate and by that means tbe thief.' -Well every guest was searched. I leading tbe way. We rook our leave. <And I left the sleeve button at Scotland Yard. "Soon after Lord Blandenr's valet found another place and left his lordship'* service*. One month later he wan found dancing at a servant'* ball, wearing a mosaic scarfpin. A detective from Scotland Yard who bad kept an eye on him ever since he bad left Lord Blandery walked up to him ahd ' placed the missing sleeve button beside the pin. They werg identical. The valet, uot Isdns able to make use of a single sleeve huttou. bail had it turned into a scarfpin. Lord Blandery recovered a hundred thousand pounds' worth of jewelry and paid me the wager, and I secured tbe scarfpiu from Scotland Yard a* a memento." "I don'? believe that yarn." said the champion of the American detective. "I'll show you the pin. I have It right here in my pji ke;." And. drawing out* a small jewel oox. he opened it and produced a mosaic pin of a very peculiar pattern. "Tom Kourke." said the doubter, "you are the biggest liar in the world, as well as the biggest thief. You have fallen a victim to your insane desire ^o j overtop everybody else. For trying tut down me you'll get twenty years of! penal servitude when I get you back to I<ondou. I've been following you far six months. Here i* the mate t*> j jour iru ii*ioriutni wtru1 uuuuu. He pulled up h!s coat sleeve, and U/'- . > i ' ' (L^ui 'mi then? tn one of his cuff* was a mosaic button, the counterpart of the pin. "Who are you?" exclaimed the frfccd of Lord Bbnd^ry. paling. "I'm Peter Yorke. of Pinkerton's. Scotland Yard got this sleeve button from Lord Marivalc, not Lord Blandery. a? you have named him. There a-as no valet iu the case, but one of Lord iiiarlvale's guests was Uuthrey Guy CI irke-Benson. who had brought forged letters of introduction from Melbourne. Soon after the robbery Le disappeared, and the forgery was <!iscovered. It was believed that he lad sailed for America. The remainlag button was scut to our New York iftlce. and I was put ou the rase. I knew you for Tom Rourke who had done ten years for burglary, but I was not sure that you had sailed among the bloods of England under the aristocratic name of Uuthrey Guy <_iarK?f-ovu?uu. As he spoke be took from bis pocket a pair of handcuffs. The man at the window moved his hand, when the detective whipped out a revolver. Then Tom Itourke. who had done teo years for burglary received the brace l*u resignedly.?Waverley Magazine. TIRING OF FACTORY LIFE. Girls of the TntBMit F.??r Far Dome# tic Service. To encourage factory girls to enter domestic employment a band of young society women, graduates of an uptown private school, have furnished a suite of rooms for model training, and emn'nvml an instructor in the art of r,v.' ?? -? housework. Tlie enterprise Is the most recent addition to the work of the Brenrley League Industrial Evening School, which has been conducted for several years in the Fogg Memorial School of the Children's Aid Society. No. 552 \Vest Fifty-third street, with the support of the organization whose name It bears. Two rooms, a bed room and dining room, have bceu fitted for the purpose. qn<i ivn ovpulnsrs a week the fifteen young girls of the domestic training class. who are from fourteen to sixteen ream of age, make a sortie on the place with pails and brushes, brooms, dustpans and cloths, and remove every vestige of dirt that has accumulated since ttfc? last lesson. Indeed, scrubbing goi*s on with as much rest and vigor as If it were the semi-annual housecleaning fray in family apartments. The pretty white Iron bedstead, with its spick and span counterpane and shams, is stripped and aired; the crisp white muslin curtains are carefully pinned up safe from the dangers of water and dost, the rugs are swept until a lookeron trembles for them, and they are at last rolled up and put away to allow the floor its share of the cleaning. It is. indeed, the floor and the paint that suffer the moat, for every girl in the class loves to scrub, and into that work puts all ber superabundant energy. When the windows and mirrors are cleaned, the last bit of dusting done, the bed remade in the primmest of styles and the nickel polished, the table is set. without a vestige of food. 1:o be sure, but in a fashion most satisfactory to those who arrange It. THien cornea one of the girls as waitress, and all sorts of points of etiquette suited not only to the maid but the dinner, are discussed. By the time the table is cleared and the disben put away the Lour for closing has come. The girls at the class are mainly of Irish parentage, and work in carpet or liauiiuock factories or flax mills, receiving from |!2 to $2.50 a week.?New York Tribune. A Useless Search. A discussion arose at a meeting of medical men who bad assembled at the Philadelphia College of Pbyslciau* as to the utility of the X-ray on the battle field, and the surgeon. Dr. W. W. Keen, told this story: "After the battle of Gettysburg a corps under the command of a young physician, who bad recently been appointed, was ordered to collect tbe wounded. Among the disabled! was a man who bad been shot through the leg. The young doc#*v tiaA litis L" n I fa A ftni" |?I 0 p* wvvcucu IV U3V um ??m*4v. *? % W cutting for half an hour be wag interrupted by tbe young soldier with: "Say. how mueh longer are you going to cut?' 'Until I get the bullet,' replied the doctor. 'Why. you fool. If that's what you want I've got it in my pocket.' Sure enough, tbe bullet had lodged In the skin of the man's leg after passing through, and be bad kept it as a souvenir." Fantastic Kottlas. Glass in fabric is so beautiful thai even grotesque designs cannot entirely rob it of charm; hence the "fan tasies in glass" come fitly into collections. Among foreign tattle-curio* are found Buddha bottles, dragon*, seahorses. ships, gondolas, fountains, violins. whales, and lion bottles; bottles with horizontal stories or perpendicular divisions; and glass jugs with horns oi whistles In the handles. American curio-bottles show a wide but more practical range, expressing nutioual jocosity in such sha|>es as cigars, pis tols. monuments, eggs. Itoxlng-gloves bird-cages, canteens, lanterns, scallop shells, shoes, slipiiers, roller-skates barrels, castles, snails, bircb-bark logs cones, pyramids, tigures of Uncle Sain. Santa Claus, and tbe like.? Brooklyn Eagle. Uaberttaibery Lor*. Here is a bit of halierdashery lor? aud usage that should lie welcomed by processionist* aud purists. The generic word for what is luexactly termed "neckwear" in "cravat." This word come* from a Croatia regiment who first introduced the article, which, in its various modifications. Is now known under a variety of names. Cravats are "tieable." or "made up." A ticiihk cravat done Into the ordinary salh.-r'a knot is. technically speaking, a "knot:"' when it is made up It is a "teek." A tieable cravat that is arranged in tin * f - I- .1 I..,. ? i'lj lll <u i\ inniMim in u in-, i>ui ? ???u i< is made up it is a "liow." A tieablt cravat tied hy oneself is an "Ascot." hut if it is made up iu this fortu i? is n "tint." There are other forms, of course, hut they explain themselves. New York News. ;Tolrrln> Animal*. The giraffe, armadillo aud |>orcu piue have uo vocal chords, and are therefore, mute. Whalec and serpent) are also voiceless. \ INSURES SAFETY I IN DEEP MINES Protects Lives ky Sbowfel Danger K Point in Cun The apparatus shown in the accompanying Illustration Is Intended espe- ti dally for use in measuring the veutl- D latlng current in a mine or other place (| where It is desired to-ascertain the amount or velocity of the air passing, such velocity providing the essential data from which the volume can be calculated at any distant point or station, thus oftentimes acting to save the lives of miners when the ventilation fails to carry off the explosive gases from the mine. Hitherto the accuracy of such instruments, particularly in coal mines, has been affected by the deleterious matter carried by the atmosphere in which they have to be placed, such as noxious gases, moisture, smoke, greasy matter, exlplations from a number of men and animals, gases exuding from the pores of newlycut coal and the like. The inventor of this apparatus, Joseph Toompson, claims to have overcome this objection by excluding all the deleterious matter from the working parts of the o apparatus, acd, while employing elec- ? ti APFABATUS 70S OTASITBQfO AIB CTTB- n KXXTS. * t triclty to transmit the signals, makes a It safe to use In an explosive atmos- gj phere by Inclosing the contact points a In a protecting casing. The vertical n shaft which supports the hemispherical cnps has a metallic disk In contact t] with a spring finger attached to the at side of the chamber aa shown, but one t( aide of this disk is covered with a f( crescent-shaped non-conductor, which tj serves to break the current by interpos- 0 ing between the disk and the finger tj at every revolution. The chamber is 0 filled with petroleum or other oil, thus excluding dust and gas from the working parts and serving ns a lubricant for ' n me spinui*. _____ a Mirror Hold* tho Month Opoa. " Perhaps the Invention of Willism Hare, as shown in the d.'awlng. will ^ eliminate the expression "open the . mouth wide" altogether, or at least, r 7 1 'jl , I! . ? ' ? ^ ^ DENTAL PBOP TO PREVENT CLOSING THE JAW8. make It uncommon enough not to annoy the dentist. The arrangement consists of a steel frame of the shape shown, with mirrors fixed in different positions in the frame to direct the rays of light into a cayity in any tooth ~ tod reflect the interior to aid the dentist In bis work. It will be seen that because of the shape and construction of the device, when It is placed in the mouth the cheek is held away from the teeth by the projecting brackets or retractors. while the tongue Is held from contact with the teeth by tbe inner portion of the frame, the teeth being exposed through the opening between Uie parallel ribs. l Buckle and Lock Combined. Dog: collars with locking buckles have j( the advantage of dispensing with the r| padlock. ri The buckle Is well made and fitted j ??? u with an excellent lock, which is lo- 0 cated inside the tongue and out of the j, way. the key entrance being at the ^ tide of the buckle and conveuieutiy ? accessible. # t, 1 tl Invented the Poatal Sltmu. [I i The inventor of the gummed postage ^ stamp was a Scotsman. Mr. James i Chalmers, of Dundee, who. in IS."4. suggested the adoptiou of the present j, i system of attixiug adhesive squares of ( ' paper to envelopes. Mr. Chalmers was ridiculed, and. auiuug others, medical men predicted j. i that thi> constant licking of gum would be prejudicial to the health of the Xa' tioii. It was not until 1841 that the , i plan of Mr. Chalmers received the seri- ^ ous attention of the postotUce author- . itles. , Many n man who is considered a 11 good story-teller fails utterly when lit? ' gets home to his wife. ! The lawyer rather ou courages otiir. ' people to tell him their trouble*. u : C21N WW T RYl i NV >URE ATMOSPHERE FOR. BUILDINGS lew Solution of the Heating end Ventilating System. Pure air In roomg can only be ol!>ilned by thorough ventilation, and hi o provision Is made in many buildiga for a change of air except by HE ATI NO AND V*STI LATINO STSTK1C. penlng the wlndowg, the latter are ften allowed to remain closed in win* ?r. owing to uie low temperature ouiIde. Or, if they are opened and the old air admitted, increased, beat must lien be provided' to make tbe rooms omfonable again. An Improved beatig aad ventilating system recently deised by George H. Ennis solves tbe roblem in a mucb better manner tban i possible wltb tbe open window. Tbe lain feature of tbe apparatus, as liown, is tbe installation of a central entilating abaft connecting with tbe everal rooms. Inside this shaft is arried tbe direct heating pipe from le furnace, wltb branches entering neb room near tbe ceiling. The hot ir naturally rises through the pipes, nd is discharged into the various x>ms, where it depresses the colder ir In the room, and tbia finds an exit irough tbe opening close to tbe 0oor. scendlng thence tb the top of tbe baft, and passing out Thus the cold ir is constantly withdrawn from the Mm and replaced by the warm air. ow, If the air for heating Is obtained irough a duct leading from the outer tmosphere into the furnace and thence > the air rbaft tbe system will be >und well-nigh perfcct In summer lis same system may be utilized to x>l tbe air of tbe rooms by displacing lie warm air in tbe building with the ooler air from tbe basement. Boat Tor Land or Water. TVIth this contrivance tbe passengers lay enter the boat and be driven long the bench into tbe water, and rben finally launched the same appaatus which accomplished that work \ used to propel the boat through the rater. Any ordinary form of motor > used, being geared by chains to the pparatus shown in the rear of the oat. This consists of a gear wheel rith concave face secured in a rigid oke. with a tilting post carrying a econd gear wheel, meshing In the ret. A second chain connects the lat?r gear wheel to the propelling wheel, kt either end of the shaft carrying the ear gear wheel is a yoke, extendlug irward and ending in a handle, which erves to turn tbe propeller after tbe lanner of a rudder. In order that the riving wheel may serve as a propel ACNCHE8 PAS3EXOERS FBOM THE DBI BEACH. r in the water It is fitted with a selea of pivoted blades. which turn at Ijjht angles to the plane of rotation uring the lower half of their revolution To accomplish this a deflector is tached to tlio aide of the fork, which iirows the blades out during half of lie revolution aud then returns them a they pass through the fork. Mow tu I're]i?r? * Manuscript. In preparing manuscript* use plain rhlte paper ami good black ink. Don't se paper thnt In tlinisy or transparent i so s[>ongy that (1k> iuk is likely to lur. nor sheet* that are of different izes or thai have hem torn out of a otebook aud left with the rouuli edges utrimtmd. The two Mixes of sheets tiat an- most generally used are commercial note and letter paper. If you ave to send out baud-written copy ever write it !u pale iuk. o: in lead eucil or in buekhand. which as a rule s extremely difficult to make out. ultivate a round, clear, good-sized, aliost vertical hand, at-d form the habit f leaving : wide space between the ines Write, of course, ou ouly one ide of the pa pel and if you tlud. near lie ruu. mai ,i"u m v * / >>* ?vr ? uu ? i l'w lines over what you tbought would e the Inst sheet, ilou't squeeze the itial Hues together at the bottom of be page or write theui ou the back of t iu ordei to save auotlier sheet. In otb handwritten and typewritten copy i?ave a margin of at U-as: an inch at o?b sides of the sheet s well as at the op an J bottom.?Ladies' Home JouriaL ENTB9II LIGHTING DEVICE THAT IS HANDY May Be Used in Places Where maml. ? *? ? - - ^ - * ? a nciuoii 19 insmiiGidxv* The primary object of the invention illustrated below is to produce a lighting device which occupies such a small space that It can be easily carried about and readily adjusted to a book or other object, thus enabling the user to read without discomfort in places where ordinarily a poor light or oo light at all can be bad, particularly out of doors on summer nights or in warm climates, on ship deck at night, in the sick room or in poorly lighted trains or waiting rooms. In the case of our illustration It is attached to a pulpit to afford the preacher plenty of light for reading without Injuring the eyes of the congregation by the glaring rays of an ordinary light. With the ( MMMAMiul KM# tnolaa vo/tnntlff lui[/i u* cu oiviago vmwii^o *vwui?^ introduced very little discomfort is occasioned in carrying the entire apparatus to produce this light the stand* ard which supports the lamp being flexible and folding with the cord Inside the case which carries the battery. When needed for lighting purposes the support is opened and clamped on the book or paper, throwing the light just where it Is most useful. Of course, for the purpose of pulpit lighting a larger size of apparatua DXS101TXD FOB IKDITIOUAL CSX. Is necessary than for Individual use, the latter concentrating its rays on a much smaller surface than the former, but the same general Idea answers for both purposes. A switch is provided for turning off the current when not in use. The inventor is Burton S. Philbrook. Improved Cmbralla Drip-Cap. Oar illustration shows a practical oveltj for preventing the dripping ol water over the floor from a wet umbrella when the owner, or borrower, enters a roam. Oftentimes the urn* brella Is taken through the house to a rear room for spreading out to dry, and in thil" case a trail of water Is generally left behind across the carpets. Thy drip cup here illustrated is intended especially to prevent this, aa #S$I (r*J CATCHES TH1 8TBEAM OF WATKH. well at the formation of the little pud* dies of water wherever the user of the umureua stops 10 iransuei uuaiuras ui chat with a friend. The cup is of rubber. with a thick end on the tip of the cone to hold the flexible cup in place when slipped over the end of the umbrella handle. When the umbrella is opened as a protection for the person the drip cup covers the cloth around the stick, the very place where the cloth is apt to wear out first. When the umbrella is in use the device contracts slightly and is hardly noticeable, but when the cup is in operation it expands and holds quite a quantity of water, which is easily poured out by tilting the umbrella slightly before opeuiug. The inventor is William W. Winter. Plant SIOOO Year* Old. In the towu of Hlldcrsheim. Germany, is probably tbe uiost unique plant in tbe world. It is a rush bush 1UUU years old. and sprouts from its branches have realized fabulous sums. Some iyears ago a rich Englishman offered ??"iO.UUU for this entire tree, but the sum was indignantly refused. This wotiderful plant clings amid thickly grown moss against the side of the famous old Church of St. Michael. It is claimcd that it ha* bloomed perennially since the day* of Kiug Alfred, and this siatewt-ut has never beeu disputed, for its record has been as carefully kept as the pedigree , of the bluest-blo?Hled family in the kiugdom. It is supposed to have been discovered by some mysterious means through the medium of King Loui*, ut' Hildersheiui, us fur back as HrJlL Carnrilr't Salmon Fl*h?rie?. Mr. <*urii?-gie has just erected within the Skibo eristic grounds in Scotluud a. magnificent sumion and troct hatchery. in which 1.">0.<XH) ggs are incubating in well appointed boxes. In con-1 u.?ction also with his Skiho and oilier! estates in Sutberiaudshire he is tlie i proprietor of extensive salmon fishings iu Dornoch tirth. and along the Kyle of Sutherland, and there are several lakes, both natural and urtitieial. throughout his domuins that arc well : stocked with trout. . v .Jfi, major walleracquitte? The Court Stood Eleren to Two For That Vordiot Ofllcor Had Boon Triad on a Charge ot Killing Filipino* la liia Ulaad of Sauaar Without Trial. < Manila.?Major Littleton W. T. Waller of the Marine Corps, has been acquitted. He wa3 tried by the courtmartial oa the charge of killing natlres j of the Island of Sainar without trial, j The court stood 11 to 2 for Major Waller's acquittal. The court-martial to try Major Waller was ordered on March 6. The charge was that he executed natives of the Island of Bamar without trial under circumstances described as being peculiarly atrocious. Friends of Major Waller and Lieutenant John H. A* Day, ' whose court-martial was ordered at the same time, attributed the alleged actions of these officers to temporary mental aberration, due to the severe privations they had suffered in the Island of Samar. In Washington it was intimated that the court-martial of Major Waller was due to the Jealousy -M 41 ? - n? k.4 oi uroioer omreni, aa ?umrr uuu a record for gallantry, was sure of promotion, and wag in line for the command of the Marine Corps. Major Waller, in his testimony, given at Manila on March 31, described the hardships which the marines had to endure on account of the treachery of the natives. He said that the only order In which be perhaps exceeded his authority, was that which be issued to the marines calling upon them to avenge their brothers of the Ninth Infantry, who had been slaughtered in the Chinese expedition. Every other act, he declared, was Inspired by General Smith, who, he said, had given orders to kill every native person over ten years of age. Major Waller's first sea duty was on the frigate Lancaster, which was present at_tbe bombardment of Alexan aria, 'mere tie woo uisuncuon wim a party of marines by removing 20,000 rounds of cartrldes from a burning store. He became a Captain In 1800, and during the war with Spain was stationed on the battleship Indiana. When Cervera's fleet came out of Santiago harbor.Waller's battery fired 1744 shots In sixty-five minutes. He was promoted to the rank of Major in 1809, was sent to Taku In June. 1000, and took part In the fighting at Tlen-Tsln. He returned to Manila and on October 22. 1001, went to Samar with 330 marines. TWO MURDERS IN DETROIT. A Girl aad a Bioklutpar Posad Slain U "'.the Detroit, Mich.?Two atrocious murders have been committed here within a few hours of each other. Just before midnight M. Jennett, 22 years old, daughter of a cabinetmaker, was found on Thirteenth street with terrible wounds on her head and her throat cut Harry Jewell, who lives near, said be saw a man apparently beating something on the sidewalk, and when be left Jewell discovered the girl's body. m?I(aa AOMsfa^ T>fnfnBflAi? Tnaonh IUC I^UillX Aftftft^Oft^VS & ft Vtvaw* wv?v|#u M. Miller, a musician and married, who bad long been attentive to the girl. He had been her music teacher. Miller confessed that be killed Miss Jennett with a small batcbct, wbicb was found in bis kitchen. A warrant was issued for him In the police court, and he was arraigned there. He waived an examination and was committed to Jail without bail. The second murder was that of George W. Haywood, paymaster of the Malleable Iron Works. He was found in the street near his home with a gaping wound In bis bead. W. F. Tnnoa whrt hn<irHo<! with Havwood. was arrested. A revolver that bad belonged to bim was found a short distance from Haywood's body, and Dr. Baker believes the wound could have been made by a pistol fired at very close range. Jones and his landlady had frequent quarrels, and the suspected man Is j said to have been infatuated with Mrs. | Haywood. The woman says to the ; best of her belief Jones was in the house all night. TO SUCCEED MR. EVANS. Sttftu F. Win, of Ksdmi, ChoMB V* Pension ConmliiloMr. Washington, D. C.?President Roosevelt astonished politicians in general and Kansas In particular by appointing Eugene F. Ware, better known by bis self-chosen name of "IronqulU" of Kansas, to succeed Pension Commissioner EVans. It is usual to appoint a Union soldier Pension Commissioner, but It is seldom that the positiou has gone to a j man with such a fighting record as I 3Ir. Ware's. If he cared for the title | he would be known as Captain Ware. | for be served all through the Civil < War. Mr. Ware was born at Hartford. ! Conn.. In 1S41. He enlisted in the j Civil War in Company E. First Iowa ! Volunteer Infantry, servlug afterward j in Company L. Fourth Iowa Volunteer j Infantry, and Company F. Seventh j Iowa Cavalry, finally becoming Captain of the last-named organization. He also saw service Id the Indian | wars, and In these campaigns was badly wounded. After leaving the army he moved to Fort Scott. Kan* and in 1871 was admitted to the bar, was a member of the State Senate, and twice a delegate to the Republican National Convention. Later be moved to Topeka. He Is a member of a well- j known law firm of Toledo, Kan. TRIED TO POISON HER MOTHER. ; Six tee n-Y ear-Old Annie Thorn*, of Ho | boken, Coutictml of the Crime. Jersey City. X. J.?Annie Thorns. ! sixteen years old. who. on January 15 last, ut her home lu liuboken. ati tempted to poison her mother. Mrs. Lizzie Thorns, was convicted in the General Sessions Court. Fatal Fight With Outlaws. In a light between officers and de*? poradoes. near Hracc*. I. T. four meu were killed and sifen wouuitett. Nrwn of the Toilers. A general strike of cloakuiakers it likely in New York City. Tin* twenty-two shipyard* of Germany employ tiu,uuii men. The Bethlehem Steel Company has I voluntarily Increased the wages of its employes. The City Council of Sherman. Texan, has ^antiil the eight-hour day to all city employe*. The condition of lal?or iu Oregon is steady ami fair for this time of year. All mechanics are busy and the mills a in I factories arc running nliiht and | Uay. | St**' T'\l\ ' aa IIWREVEilSOF IHfra VARHINOTON ITSMS. President Roosevelt nominated Geeeral Michael Kerwin to be Pension Agent in New York. This is a reappointment. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue rendered a decision on tbe collateral loans tax. nustaining bin former ruling that tbe tax most he paid. Secretary Shaw asked for tbe resignation of Assistant Immigration Commissioner McSweeney, of New* York. The House p:tssed tbe bill to pension Mrs. McKinley at *he rate of $5000 a year, and it was sent to tbe President for signature. President Roosevelt returned to Washington from hi? trip to tbe Charleston Exposition. The postal receipt* for March an compared with March. l'JOl. for tbe fifty largest postotfices in the country, show a net Increase of ten per cent. Kohert J. Wynne, a newspaper correspondent, was appointed First Assistant Post:uastor*CJeneral. Governor Dole, of Hawaii, arrived in Washington for a conference with President Roosevelt. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. The sentence of Iglcsias. President of tbe Federation of Workmen in Porto Rico, was revoked. Tb<> Chaplain of Cristotial Cemetery. Havana, Cuba, wax arrested for refusing bodies upon which burial fees bad not been paid. The United States transport Hancock, which went aground on one of tbe Philippine Island*, was floated. An order granting partial pardon t? all those who are undergoing life or shorter sentence was published at Ha- . , vana, Cuba. / Cholera is spreading rapidly in tbe Philippines. The report of Governor Gardfea-r, of Tayabes Province. P. I., declared outrages by American troops were nmklnir the natives our Derpettiaf enemies. DOMESTIC. 4 Thousands of dollars were lost by small shopkeepers in New York City who obtained "lu.surance" from companles that had do existence. Two hundred sporting men witnessed a prize light at midnight In a lit Ms church at Kingsland, N. J. During a quarrel John Doyles, of Flndlaj. Ohio, snot and killed bis wife. TK- e??n.Ui?l Oil IVimnfinv f?Imnrlxwl 1UIT KJI0UUHIU V/?? \wui|f?w/ ?? ? the only Independent pipe line lo Ohio. A dust itortn that obscured the ran ind did considerable damage swept J Southern Minnesota. Circulating counterfeit money was charged against 'ieuero Agone, under arrest at New York City.Prom a beating given blm by etrlk- >rs Thomas W. Smith died at Chicago. A reprieve granted by Governor Dockery was received Just thirty-five minutes too late to prevent the execution of Henry Flutcher. colored, at St Louis, Mo. Antonio Magglo. the Anarchist who predicted President McKinley's asasdnatlon. was released from custody ifter six months' imprisonment at Santa Fe. N. M. Chief of Police Marstellar. Just appointed at Elkins, W. Va., was shot and killed bj Wilfred Daris. whom he liad arrested iu a saloon. Davis iraa raptured hy a iwsse and taken to Jail it Philippi. Frank Meyers. Dudley Boyd and James Shaffer were instantly killed by i boiler explosion in a saw mill at Peoria, Iowa. For kiiiiiiff DenutT Marshal Frank Taylor, at Dukedom, Tenn.. Tom Blan. hard, a farmer, was lynched. George E. Chamberlain. of Portland, <vas nominated for Governor of Oregon by the Democratic State Conven.ion. Eight hundred square miles of prairie .and In Terry County, Tezaa., waa iwept by Are, hundreds of cattle being burned. The valuation of the late Philip D. Armour's personal property in New York Cltv and Chicago was fixed at J14.751.109. Adjutant-General Jasper N. Beese, >f Illinois", died in Springfield. The United State* Steel Corporation's aet earnings for the year were $11,067,195. After paying all dividends the to surplus is $24,449,717. " White miners of Colorado are protesting agninst the Importation of Japanlabor, and strikes were not Infrequent during the past month. > rOKIIOK. ?' T>nni nnnmpr (invcmor-General II. 1 UU| of IndoCbimi. resigned bis office. The Counters Boni dc Castellane. formerly Annu Gould, of New York City. guve birth to u sou at Beria, France. The Belgian Cabinet refused to yield to the demand for constitutional revision. and the .King alone can prevent a serious crisis. Tbe .Mayors of London selected the date of July 5 for King Edward's dinner to SUD.UOt) of tbe poor to commemorate his coronation. Tbe Governor of St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, entertained Admiral Higgin.?on aud the officers of tbe North Atlantic Squadron. A revolt hrokn out in Gen. a Portuguese colony iu Iudia, several soldiers being killed. The newspaper organ of President Uo. a. of Argentina. uiged tbat country uot to permit Cbile to absorb Peru and Bolivia. Berliu, Germany. wax mucb damaged by ligbtuing. bail and Hood. Consul Campltell left Russia for tbe United States, declaring tbat be will ivsign the post at Warsaw, owing to (lie opposition to his appointmeut there. Mealey. who preferred charges airaiust Ambassador Clayton, was de dared innocent of contempt and perjury by the Court of Appeal* of Mexico. Coronation preparations were actively progress at I.oudou; a lively * peculation sprung up in i lie price of seats to view tlii* royal procession. It was reported in I.oudoti tliat ten h;.it:tliotft of inilitiu would lie sent to Ireland to enforce the Coercion act. S.-nor Uo'icrt. leader of the fataloiii.ui>. died suddenly at Barcelona. Spam. of heari disease. I; was iv|Miricd that ?.'eruiatiy. Austri:i nml 1 i: Iv had aurevd lo cjUUUlle Hi.- Triple .villniuv. The ?"z:ir riHiiiiiutril I lie yeatcucc of liMtli on Otlmiel ti rim at fui iwirayins Ku>*i;iu ;ir;n\ aecreu to life iuiprisouiiieiii jii S.hlii>?fllH.Tg. ou uu ii<l;lll(l ill tin- NfVll. Persia ill i*Mie :i live per cod;. lotinni.inui roiiiilc ?-'M louu. wiili Ilu.v sia's -ouivut. . .